Recaps

Ning Chuan advanced his Eternal Heavenly Art by absorbing insights into several laws, then collected passage taxes from the departing Martial Extermination Army. Ye Yuexue offered to take him as a personal disciple and make him the Universe First Cultivator Bank’s divine son, leaving Ning Chuan asking what it meant to sever his karma with Martial Star and Yin Star.

• Ning Chuan discovered that the Eternal Heavenly Art’s levels absorbed insights into different laws, but even the Chaos and Cause and Measure Laws barely advanced its first level.
• Ning Chuan let the Martial Extermination Army leave, then stopped them and charged passage taxes according to their flight routes.
• The Martial Extermination Army paid Ning Chuan’s fees and fled, while Nie Yang withdrew and Yin Zhu stayed to learn why Ye Yuexue had come.
• Ye Yuexue offered to take Ning Chuan as his personal disciple and make him the current divine son of the Universe First Cultivator Bank.
• Yin Zhu objected that the offer could draw the bank into the conflict, but Ye Yuexue said an Immortal would sever Ning Chuan’s karma with Martial Star and Yin Star.
• Ning Chuan asked Ye Yuexue what severing karma meant.

Ning Chuan rejected Ye Yuexue’s invitation to join the Universe First Cultivator Bank and sever his karma with Martial Star, choosing to remain for the people he cared about and the opportunities Martial Star might hold. Ye Yuexue gave him three years to reconsider and left him an Ancient Heaven Stone, while viewers praised Ning Chuan’s righteousness.

• Ye Yuexue explained that severing karma would erase Ning Chuan’s attachments to Martial Star and Yin Star, then invited him to join the Universe First Cultivator Bank.
• Ning Chuan refused the invitation, saying he had carefully considered his choice and did not want to abandon Martial Star or the people connected to it.
• Ye Yuexue offered Ning Chuan three years to reconsider and warned him that Martial Star and Yin Star were both extraordinary.
• Ye Yuexue sent Ning Chuan an Ancient Heaven Stone to help cultivate his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, then departed, followed by Yin Zhu.
• Viewers believed Ning Chuan had stayed out of righteousness, and his gift income surged again.

After defeating Yin Zhu’s forces, Ning Chuan thanked viewers during his first livestream and reflected on the danger of the battle and his future cultivation. He concluded that Martial Star’s defenses and his own techniques would protect him from stronger foes, then examined the Ancient Heaven Stone and Yin Star fragment he had obtained.

• Ning Chuan took over the livestream on his way back to the Federation, thanked the audience, and encouraged viewers to visit Martial Star and the Ancient Pilgrimage Path.
• Viewers discussed whether an eccentric witch, the sole disciple of a super fiend, should attempt the journey, while Ning Chuan ended the livestream near military headquarters.
• Ning Chuan rested in his private courtyard and considered the danger posed by Yin Zhu, concluding that Martial Star’s defense mechanism could suppress even powerful attackers.
• Ning Chuan assessed how the battle’s earnings could fund Spirits of Law Comprehension and identified advancing Heaven’s Wrath as his most important short-term goal.
• Ning Chuan compared his strength with the Nebula Realm chiefs of Horse Road Mountain and concluded that even stronger opponents would struggle to kill him.
• Ning Chuan took out the Ancient Heaven Stone Ye Yuexue had given him and the Star Core fragment from Yin Star.

Ning Chuan used the Ancient Heaven Stone to accelerate his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and discovered that his Divine Treasures could share insights, but he could not activate the Star Core fragment's Space-Time intent. Qing Meng visited him at military headquarters and discussed his overwhelming strength and reputation as the strongest below the Nebula Realm.

• Ning Chuan sent the Ancient Heaven Stone into his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye Divine Treasure, accelerating its cultivation and prompting the Insight Divine Eye to absorb its insights.
• Ning Chuan tried using a Third-Grade Time Law and the Chaos Law to activate the Star Core fragment, but neither worked, so he decided to ask the Universe Broadcasting Group about other methods.
• Ning Chuan noticed Qing Meng flying to the military headquarters and arranged for her to meet him in a reception room.
• Qing Meng admitted she was nervous around Ning Chuan, and he teased her about owing a hundredfold descent tax.
• Qing Meng told Ning Chuan that the outside world considered him unbeatable below the Nebula Realm, and they agreed that beings above that realm could not come to Martial Star.

Ning Chuan learned that his livestream had earned him access to valuable cultivation resources and discussed how to obtain a Chaos Law comprehension spirit. Jiang Luoshui offered him her opportunity to receive an Immortal’s personal guidance, and Ning Chuan accepted, eager to witness a complete Great Dao.

• Jiang Luoshui told Ning Chuan he could receive roughly ten to twenty Spirits of Law Comprehension for First-Grade Laws as the reward for his livestream.
• Ning Chuan asked whether he could exchange the rewards for a Chaos Law spirit, and Jiang Luoshui explained that his ranking on the Three Thousand Heavenly Geniuses Ranking might give him a chance to obtain one through the Universe First Cultivator Bank.
• Jiang Luoshui said Ning Chuan was guaranteed to rank at least eleventh in the universe, while the bank was assessing whether he could survive long enough to rise.
• Jiang Luoshui offered Ning Chuan her opportunity to receive personal guidance from an Immortal, explaining that the Immortal had survived the world-ending battle and might answer his questions about it.
• Ning Chuan thanked Jiang Luoshui and accepted the opportunity to experience the Immortal’s Great Dao.

Ning Chuan arranged to receive Immortal Huang Wu’s guidance and purchased laws, martial arts, and cultivation resources to strengthen himself. As Jiang Luoshui warned that Yin Zhu’s next move could be far more dangerous, Ning Chuan considered the possibility of drawing Immortals to Martial Star but chose to grow stronger before taking that risk.

• Jiang Luoshui told Ning Chuan that Immortal Huang Wu could come to Martial Star to guide him in about ten days to half a month, and Ning Chuan agreed to wait without delaying until his Wuji Law reached perfection.
• Ning Chuan ordered three Spirits of Law Comprehension, resources for several Divine Treasures, and four King-Bestowing martial arts; Jiang Luoshui arranged delivery of the available items and said the rest would take longer.
• Jiang Luoshui advised Ning Chuan to use his livestreams to attract regular viewers by exploring Martial Star’s Dao lineages and arranging staged dangers, and Ning Chuan accepted the plan.
• Qing Meng suggested that recreating the battle’s spectacle might require an Immortal, prompting Ning Chuan to consider drawing Immortals to Martial Star by revealing a First-Grade Law once he and the God-Slaying Tower were stronger.
• Jiang Luoshui warned that Yin Zhu could use methods more dangerous than the Martial Extermination Army and promised to gather intelligence, while Ning Chuan resolved not to underestimate him as his own strength continued to rise.

Ning Chuan used the Eternal Heavenly Art to activate a fragment of Yin Star’s Star Core and draw out the artistic conception of the Great Dao of Space-Time. He instantly comprehended thirty-four First-Grade Laws, which merged and opened the Great Dao of Space-Time, leaving him stunned.

• Jiang Luoshui explained that powers capable of changing time could make the Star Core fragment reveal the artistic conception of the Great Dao of Space-Time.
• After Jiang Luoshui and Qing Meng left, Ning Chuan channeled the Eternal Heavenly Art into the fragment and awakened a faint artistic conception.
• Ning Chuan’s Eternal Heavenly Art began comprehending thirty-six First-Grade Laws, including the Time, Dimension, and Space Laws.
• The new Laws advanced beyond the Spring Realm and rapidly formed Law Hearts in Ning Chuan’s Force Sea.
• Thirty-six First-Grade Laws merged and opened the Great Dao of Space-Time, leaving Ning Chuan struggling to stay composed.

Ning Chuan discovered that his thirty-six perfected First-Grade Laws had granted him the Great Dao of Space-Time ahead of time and transformed his Force into divine power. He tested his new power by withstanding his own Heaven's Wrath, then severed the lightning's connection to the Divine Treasure by reversing space-time.

• Ning Chuan found that his thirty-six Hearts of Law had remained separate while forming a whole, opening the Great Dao of Space-Time and transforming his Force Sea.
• Ning Chuan realized his transformed Force could nourish and strengthen his body and soul, and that his lifespan had exceeded ten billion years.
• Ning Chuan checked his system panel and saw all thirty-six First-Grade Laws and the Great Dao of Space-Time at Great River Realm Perfection, while the first three realms of the Eternal Heavenly Art remained just short of absolute Perfection.
• Ning Chuan sensed slight flaws in his Great Dao of Space-Time, which he attributed to opening it with First-Grade Laws.
• Ning Chuan unleashed Heaven's Wrath against himself, but his space-time power crushed the lightning before it reached him.
• Ning Chuan used the Eternal Heavenly Art to sever the lightning's connection to the Heaven's Wrath Divine Treasure and reverse the surrounding space-time.

Ning Chuan discovered that the Star Core fragment could create a temporary space-time seal that isolated him from the Universe's origin but allowed his martial arts to keep cultivating. The seal would last one real-world night, giving him about a hundred days of cultivation before it faded.

• Ning Chuan realized the Star Core fragment contained too little Great Dao intent to advance his Great Dao of Space-Time beyond Great River Realm Perfection and concluded that he would need more fragments.
• Ning Chuan resonated with the Star Core fragment and released a power that accelerated time around him while cutting off the Universe's origin.
• Ning Chuan found that the seal suppressed his normal cultivation, but his martial arts continued to cultivate automatically at their usual pace.
• Ning Chuan realized that one night in the real world would give him around a hundred days to cultivate and considered the likely progress of his Divine Treasures and Great Dao of Space-Time.

Ning Chuan spent one hundred and one days in accelerated secluded cultivation, steadily advancing his Laws, Divine Treasures, and Great Dao of Space-Time while considering how to obtain other Dao Arts. He emerged at dawn with the Great Dao of Space-Time advanced to the middle stage of the Sea Realm.

• Ning Chuan meditated in the time-space and advanced his Mountain Realm Law to the Sea Realm, then raised his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye to the second level.
• Ning Chuan considered learning Dao Arts to wield more Great Daos and prioritized Huang Wu's Dao Art and resources to repair the God-Slaying Tower.
• Ning Chuan opened the Hidden Abyss speed-type Divine Treasure, then opened Soul Sea and the Heaven-Destroying Divine Treasure.
• Ning Chuan's Time Law advanced to the Sea Realm, and his other First-Grade Laws began advancing in the following half month.
• Ning Chuan opened the Desolate Antiquity Divine Treasure and the Extreme Cold Divine Treasure during his secluded cultivation.
• Ning Chuan's Great Dao of Space-Time advanced to the middle stage of the Sea Realm, and he ended his one hundred and one days of cultivation at dawn.

After emerging from 101 days of seclusion, Ning Chuan researched the Great Dao of Heavenly Fate and asked Qing Meng about the Dao Arts of Immortal Huang Wu. He learned that Huang Wu’s Desolation of All Heavens was available for purchase, then discovered Jiang Luoshui had spent heavily to help Qing Meng cultivate.

• Ning Chuan reviewed his progress in the laws and researched the Supreme Heavenly Gate’s master, Yin Cang, and his three famous Dao Arts.
• Ning Chuan decided to ask Jiang Luoshui about the order in which Yin Cang created his Dao Arts, then accepted the resources Qing Meng had brought.
• Qing Meng told Ning Chuan that Huang Wu’s Desolation of All Heavens was available for purchase and explained its power and price.
• Ning Chuan asked Qing Meng whether she had money and learned that Jiang Luoshui had paid a True God to help her comprehend a third-grade law.
• Ning Chuan remarked that Jiang Luoshui must be wealthy and willing to spend a fortune on Qing Meng, leaving Qing Meng blinking in surprise.

Ning Chuan sent his law bodies to search Martial Star’s Dao lineages while he cultivated the Great Dao of Space-Time. After Nie Yang assigned him a mission to guide the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom’s army to Martial Star through the Ancient Pilgrimage Path, Ning Chuan pretended to be anxious about carrying it out.

• Qing Meng agreed to investigate which Dao Arts created by the master of the Supreme Heavenly Gate had spread beyond Yin Star, when they appeared, and whether they could be purchased.
• Ning Chuan dispatched a hundred law bodies to Martial Star’s Dao lineages, with one livestreaming and the rest searching for treasure, while his true body cultivated the Great Dao of Space-Time at military headquarters.
• Ning Chuan received Nie Yang’s message about a new mission and traveled to a mountain forest in the Capital Administrative Region to meet him.
• Nie Yang ordered Ning Chuan to use the Ancient Pilgrimage Path at the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace to guide the Divine Kingdom’s army to Martial Star.
• Ning Chuan feigned concern that guards would discover him, and Nie Yang said he would arrange his transfer to the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace while a royal family member handled the final step of twisting space-time.

Ning Chuan learned that the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom planned to use an Immortal to repair the Ancient Pilgrimage Path and send the Blood Mystic Army to Martial Star. He kept the formation implements and resolved to investigate the path further, while the Divine Kingdom spread misleading information to weaken him.

• Ning Chuan disguised as a loyal Divine Slave learned from Nie Yang that an Immortal would help the Divine Kingdom send its army through the Ancient Pilgrimage Path.
• Nie Yang assigned Ning Chuan to lead the formation setup and sent him the necessary implements.
• Mystic King told Nie Yang that Heaven-Slaying Immortal's Great Dao of Destruction might let stronger Blood Mystic Army generals descend, and ordered him to spread partial truths while concealing the army's movements.
• Ning Chuan kept the implements instead of destroying them and considered investigating the Ancient Pilgrimage Path, knowing he could prevent the imperial descendant from safely descending.
• Ning Chuan concluded that a single Immortal would likely have struggled to kill him even before his current growth, and wondered how many Immortals had recently ascended.

Ning Chuan prepared to face the impending arrival of the Immortal Tu Tian by cultivating the Great Dao and seeking powerful Dao Arts. He learned the Heavenly Dao Art was guarded by the Universe First Cultivator Bank, while a viewer’s paid message asked when he would venture into the sea of stars.

• The Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom spread reports that an Immortal would descend to suppress Ning Chuan, drawing outsiders to Martial Star and filling Ning Chuan’s coffers with taxes and fees.
• Ning Chuan delayed transferring to the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace and focused on cultivating the Great Dao of Space-Time so he could seize the initiative against powerful enemies.
• Qing Meng told Ning Chuan that the Universe First Cultivator Bank held the Heavenly Dao Art but refused to pass it on to outsiders.
• Mei Xiaoyao warned Ning Chuan that an Immortal was coming, then joked about using his ashes to grow a flower; Ning Chuan identified the Immortal as Tu Tian, master of the Underworld.
• Ning Chuan considered acquiring Tu Tian’s Heaven-Slaying Art, and a viewer asked when he planned to venture into the sea of stars.

Ning Chuan publicly claimed he would remain on Martial Star until he could match a True God, though he privately planned to leave the planet to observe an Immortal’s Great Dao once it was safe. The Three Thousand Heavenly Geniuses Ranking then placed him third in the universe, and Ye Yuexue personally invited him to discuss a loan from the Universe First Cultivator Bank.

• Ning Chuan told viewers he would stay on Martial Star until he became a True God or gained comparable strength, while privately considering a future journey into the universe to observe an Immortal.
• Ning Chuan continued livestreaming inheritance explorations as viewers began urging him to check the newly released Three Thousand Heavenly Geniuses Ranking.
• The ranking placed Ning Chuan third in the universe, prompting widespread debate and an official explanation that his talent merited the position despite the danger he faced on Martial Star.
• Ning Chuan realized the high ranking could increase the loan he could obtain from the Universe First Cultivator Bank.
• Ye Yuexue sent Ning Chuan an invitation to discuss a loan, leaving him surprised that a top-tier True God had contacted him personally.

Ning Chuan discussed Horse Road Mountain’s evacuation from the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom and offered to seek the Universe First Cultivator Bank’s protection in exchange for the Hidden Killing Tower’s supreme inheritance. Mo Lan agreed to meet Ye Yuexue, though she asked for time to calm her nerves first.

• Ning Chuan asked Chu Longye and Mo Lan how Horse Road Mountain’s evacuation was progressing, and Mo Lan said it was more than halfway complete.
• Chu Longye insisted he could still suppress Ning Chuan, while Ning Chuan smiled and let the claim pass.
• Ning Chuan proposed that Horse Road Mountain offer its supreme inheritance to the Universe First Cultivator Bank in exchange for safe passage out of the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom.
• Chu Longye and Mo Lan were shocked to learn that Ye Yuexue, a True God, was handling Ning Chuan’s loan.
• Mo Lan accepted Ning Chuan’s offer to introduce her to Ye Yuexue, then asked for a little time to calm herself before the meeting.

Ning Chuan met with Ye Yuexue to negotiate a loan from the Universe First Cultivator Bank, whose unusual risk came from Yin Zhu. He chose the larger, higher-interest loan and asked to spend it on martial arts, leaving Ye Yuexue to suspect Ning Chuan might exploit the deal much as Yin Zhu once had.

• Ning Chuan invited Mo Lan and Ye Yuexue to an online meeting and had Mo Lan explain Horse Road Mountain's Hidden Killing Tower inheritance.
• Ye Yuexue agreed to add the inheritance's value to Ning Chuan's loan limit and explained that Yin Zhu made lending to him riskier than lending to other prodigies.
• Ye Yuexue offered Ning Chuan either a smaller loan at the usual interest rate or a much larger loan at a higher rate with obligations after he became a god.
• Ning Chuan chose the larger loan, confident that his unusual cultivation would make the bank's future demands far less dangerous to him.
• Ning Chuan declined Spirits of Law Comprehension for the Chaos Law and asked to choose martial arts first, prompting Ye Yuexue to compare his position to Yin Zhu's.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Ye Yuexue for access to rare Dao Arts by wagering that he would join the Universe First Cultivator Bank as a Dao protector if he failed to reach strength comparable to a True God before the Era of Revival ended. Ye Yuexue agreed to submit Ning Chuan’s request for the Heavenly Dao Art for review and approved the Heaven-Slaying Art, while Ning Chuan chose a Dao Art containing the Great Dao of Chaos for his final slot.

• Ning Chuan proposed a wager that would bind him to the Universe First Cultivator Bank if he failed to attain True God-level strength before the Era of Revival ended.
• Ye Yuexue accepted the wager but said the company would need to review Ning Chuan’s request for Yin Cang Immortal’s Heavenly Dao Art.
• Ning Chuan requested the Lord of the Underworld’s Heaven-Slaying Art, and Ye Yuexue approved it but could not promise that an Immortal would personally guide him.
• Ye Yuexue limited Ning Chuan to three Dao Arts, and Ning Chuan selected one containing the Great Dao of Chaos, hoping to use the Chaos origin qi at the Supreme Divine Hall’s inheritance site.

Ning Chuan learned that the Universe First Cultivator Bank would grant him the Heaven-Slaying Art but withhold the Heavenly Dao Art and Furnace Heavenly Art until he survived the danger posed by Immortal Yin Zhu. As he selected cultivation resources, Ye Yuexue warned him to focus on the strongest Divine Treasures, and Ning Chuan revealed that he had already unlocked more than ten of them.

• Ye Yuexue explained the Furnace Heavenly Art and Primordial Heavenly Scripture, and Ning Chuan chose the Furnace Heavenly Art as the Dao Art he wanted.
• Ye Yuexue told Ning Chuan that the bank would provide the Heaven-Slaying Art but reserve the Heavenly Dao Art and Furnace Heavenly Art until he survived Immortal Yin Zhu.
• Ning Chuan declined Spirits of Law Comprehension and requested Golden Ancient Marrow and other resources for his Divine Treasures.
• Ye Yuexue urged Ning Chuan to concentrate on the strongest Divine Treasures and described how his own mixed focus had limited his strength.
• Ning Chuan told Ye Yuexue that he had unlocked a double-digit number of the strongest Divine Treasures, more than Ye Yuexue had.

Ning Chuan arranged a loan to buy the Desolate Heavenly Art and materials for repairing the God-Slaying Tower, while investigating the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom’s plans. The chapter ended with Huang Wu arriving on Martial Star, and Ning Chuan sensing her presence.

• Ye Yuexue learned that Ning Chuan had unlocked a double-digit number of the strongest Divine Treasures and agreed to raise his loan limit.
• Ning Chuan borrowed funds for the Desolate Heavenly Art and materials to repair the God-Slaying Tower, while Ye Yuexue warned him not to rely too much on artifacts.
• Jiang Luoshui arranged for Huang Wu to bring the Desolate Heavenly Art to Martial Star in person.
• Ning Chuan met a Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom spy as Divine Slave, who urged him to seek a transfer near the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace and prepare a reception array.
• Ning Chuan sensed Huang Wu’s arrival on Martial Star late on July 22.

Huang Wu delivered the Desolate Heavenly Art to Ning Chuan and offered him guidance, allowing him to glimpse the Great Dao of No Chaos. The Desolate Heavenly Art rapidly comprehended and opened that Great Dao, which reached Spring Realm Perfection before Huang Wu noticed anything unusual.

• Huang Wu appeared outside Martial Star and sent Ning Chuan the Desolate Heavenly Art in a Martial Seal, bypassing the planet’s defense mechanism.
• Ning Chuan received the inheritance and asked Huang Wu to reveal the Great Dao of No Chaos so he could prepare for Yin Zhu’s plans.
• Huang Wu demonstrated the profound intent of her Great Dao, and Ning Chuan’s Desolate Heavenly Art began comprehending it.
• Ning Chuan comprehended four First-Grade Laws and fused them with the Wuji Law to open the Great Dao of No Chaos.
• The Great Dao of No Chaos reached Spring Realm Perfection, and Ning Chuan checked his system panel in surprise.

Ning Chuan discovered that Huang Wu had only shown him the basic intent of the Great Dao of No Chaos, then gained a massive breakthrough when she displayed its origin power. As Huang Wu explained the difference between Immortal-created and Innate Great Daos, Ning Chuan began receiving a fresh surge of insight from her demonstration.

• Ning Chuan noticed that the first display of Huang Wu's Great Dao had advanced his comprehension only to Spring Realm and suspected she had held back its power.
• Huang Wu sent probing pillars of light toward Ning Chuan, and he blocked them with the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye while concealing his First-Grade Laws.
• Huang Wu's display triggered Ning Chuan's Great Dao of No Chaos to advance to Heaven Realm Perfection and his Desolate Heavenly Art to break through to its second level.
• Huang Wu explained that her first display had shown basic intent, while the second had revealed the Great Dao's origin power.
• Huang Wu described how the origin power of an Immortal-created Great Dao differed from that of an Innate Great Dao, and Ning Chuan received another surge of insight as he watched her demonstrate it.

Huang Wu revealed the origin power of her Great Dao of No Chaos, greatly accelerating Ning Chuan’s cultivation, and agreed to let him observe it during their guidance session. After they discussed martial arts, Ning Chuan used the remaining time to ask about the world-destroying battle between Martial Star and Yin Star.

• Huang Wu explained how innate Great Daos helped hegemonic factions’ geniuses advance through the Upper Three Realms and beyond.
• Ning Chuan asked Huang Wu to reveal her Great Dao of No Chaos’s origin power for the rest of their guidance session, and she agreed.
• Ning Chuan observed the origin power while asking Huang Wu martial arts questions, and their discussion impressed her with the breadth of his knowledge.
• Ning Chuan outlined a way to combine fundamental laws of the Time Law into a special Second-Grade Law.
• Huang Wu noted that only the final tenth of the session remained, so Ning Chuan asked about the world-destroying battle between Martial Star and Yin Star, and she grew serious.

Huang Wu explained that the world-ending battle between Martial Star and Yin Star began when the Great Dao of Chaos competed with the Great Dao of Space-Time for dominance over the Universe Origin. She revealed that the battle’s outcome would reshape the Universe and said that several Immortals and even more True Gods from Martial Star had survived.

• Huang Wu explained that the Universe Origin could evolve beyond Rules by producing ancient life-bearing stars with Innate Great Daos.
• Huang Wu said Martial Star’s Great Dao of Chaos competed with Yin Star’s Great Dao of Space-Time for dominance over the Universe Origin.
• Huang Wu described how the two possible outcomes would change lifespans and combat power, and revealed that other universes existed beyond the dangerous borderlands.
• Huang Wu explained why different overlord-level factions supported Martial Star or Yin Star, and said she had fought for Martial Star because of both her ideals and the strength of Chaos.
• Huang Wu said Yin Star had gained a major head start, but Martial Star held a slight advantage when the world-ending battle ended, with several Immortals and more True Gods still alive.
• Ning Chuan was shocked to learn that Martial Star had surviving Immortals and True Gods.

Huang Wu revealed that Martial Star’s surviving experts sacrificed themselves to create its defense against Immortals, and Ning Chuan resolved to protect the star and follow their path. As the Blood Mystic Army’s arrival drew closer, he prepared to strengthen himself and continued arranging to observe Huang Wu’s Great Dao source power.

• Huang Wu told Ning Chuan that Martial Star’s surviving experts had become its defensive mechanism through martyrdom, leaving it able to resist Immortals.
• Huang Wu warned Ning Chuan that Martial Star’s restored Great Dao of Chaos would attract countless factions, then advised him to grow strong enough to match a Demigod before exploring the universe.
• After Huang Wu left, Ning Chuan decided to protect Martial Star and put an end to Yin Zhu’s hopes, believing he was nearing Demigod-level strength.
• Ning Chuan joined the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace as a Divine Slave and guarded its outer perimeter while preparing reception arrays for the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom’s Blood Mystic Army.
• Ning Chuan received his loan, used the funds to repair the God-Slaying Tower, and saved his growing livestream earnings for a chance to observe Huang Wu’s Great Dao source power.