Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan used at least ten powerful Dharma Aspects to hold his own against Mo Yan, astonishing the Knights, Divine Generals, and millions of spectators. He then used the Flash Kill Dharma Aspect to bypass Mo Yan’s space defense and attack him from above.

• Ning Chuan and Mo Yan fought fiercely in the sky, with Ning Chuan’s many Dharma Aspects keeping the stronger Mo Yan at bay.
• A Law Enforcement Department Knight explained to the spectators that Ning Chuan had mastered at least ten deep, Title Mystic Truth-bearing Dharma Aspects and possessed transcendent combat skill.
• The spectators compared Ning Chuan’s potential to the Haotian Knight Lu Zhan and speculated that Ning Chuan might one day battle a Heavenly King.
• Ning Chuan used Slaughter the Mortal World as a feint, then attacked Mo Yan from the side with a battle saber.
• Mo Yan solidified the space before Ning Chuan, but Ning Chuan used the Flash-Space Instant Kill Technique empowered by the Flash Kill Dharma Aspect to appear above him and cut through the defense.

Ning Chuan’s Flash Kill saber could not pierce Mo Yan’s defense after Mo Yan revealed the rare Black Hardness Mystic Truth. When Mo Yan seemed poised to end the fight, Ning Chuan summoned the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Ning Chuan struck Mo Yan with his Flash Kill saber, but Mo Yan’s metallic skin stopped the blade and his counterattack forced Ning Chuan to retreat.
• Zhou Yang identified Mo Yan’s defense as the Black Hardness Mystic Truth, and an instructor explained that it could make Mo Yan’s body extraordinarily difficult to injure.
• Mo Yan told Ning Chuan the fight was over and offered to face him again after he became a Knight, while spectators thought Ning Chuan was giving up.
• Ning Chuan refused to end the fight and said he could break Mo Yan’s defense.
• Ning Chuan summoned 108 golden stars containing divine weapons, revealing the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons to the stunned spectators.

Ning Chuan revealed the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons and overwhelmed Mo Yan with its pressure. He wounded Mo Yan with a spear, then assessed the martial art’s strength and limitations as another Divine Weapon emerged.

• Ning Chuan appeared above Mo Yan with 108 golden Stars and Divine Weapons, stunning the spectators with their pressure.
• A Knight and two elders explained that the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons was the Ultimate Weapon Art’s number one offensive art, and recalled how Ying Che had once used a hundred Divine Weapons to slay a god.
• Mo Yan sensed that Ning Chuan’s attacks could kill him, but a blood-red spear struck before he could dodge.
• Mo Yan blocked the spear with his fist, was sent flying, and suffered deep cracks and bleeding in his right hand.
• Ning Chuan dismissed the spent spear and reflected on how the Divine Treasury amplified Divine Weapons, while noting its projectile limitations.
• Another golden Star trembled as Slaughter emerged and aimed at Mo Yan.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed Mo Yan with the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons, then unleashed all 108 Divine Weapons at once. Qin Ya rescued Mo Yan and Zhou Yang blocked the volley, but his famed Nine-Layered Blazing Flame Lotus was nearly destroyed, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Ning Chuan fired successive Divine Weapons at Mo Yan, inflicting severe wounds and driving him back without giving him a chance to counterattack.
• After mastering the technique, Ning Chuan recalled the weapons around Mo Yan and prepared to test the full power of all 108 golden Stars.
• Ning Chuan launched all 108 Divine Weapons at once, and Mo Yan tried to evade before Heavenly Punishment broke through his defenses.
• Qin Ya grabbed the injured Mo Yan and carried him away while Zhou Yang stepped in to block the incoming weapons.
• Zhou Yang used his Nine-Layered Blazing Flame Lotus to withstand the volley, but eight layers were destroyed and the last was left nearly extinguished.

Ning Chuan defeated Mo Yan, claimed first place on the Heroes Ranking, and drew the Federation’s attention to his future potential as a Heavenly King. Back at his apartment, he heard that the Supreme Hall faced urgent challenges in selecting and training talent and securing powerful experts.

• Zhou Yang praised Ning Chuan’s Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons and said it could let him become a Titled Knight without comprehending a Mystic Truth; Mo Yan accepted defeat, and Zhou Yang declared Ning Chuan the victor.
• Mo Yan promised to challenge Ning Chuan again after comprehending two Mystic Truths, while Ning Chuan flew away and spectators celebrated his rise to first place on the Heroes Ranking.
• Videos and news of the battle spread across the Federation, prompting powerful clans and houses to discuss Ning Chuan’s potential and the changes his rise could bring.
• At the Stargazing Tower, Shi Feng told Ning Chuan that the Supreme Hall was attracting many applicants, and Song Shiyu identified talent selection and training as its first major challenge.
• Song Shiyu told Ning Chuan that the Supreme Hall also needed powerful experts to hold the fort.

Ning Chuan and Song Shiyu discussed the Supreme Hall’s need for powerful, loyal Divine Generals, and considered using the Spirit Forging Meditation Method to attract them. Bai Xiuxiu delivered the Heavenly Derivation Art and privately asked Ning Chuan whether he had found anything unusual in Baerjia’s spatial ring.

• Song Shiyu warned that the Supreme Hall would need loyal fourth-heaven or fifth-heaven Divine Generals to withstand opposition from powerful factions.
• Ning Chuan and Song Shiyu considered completing the Spirit Forging Meditation Method to recruit top Divine Generals.
• Ning Chuan, Song Shiyu, and Shi Feng discussed the Supreme Hall’s plans until Bai Xiuxiu arrived.
• Bai Xiuxiu explained that she was late delivering the Heavenly Derivation Art because something unexpected had happened on the way.
• After Song Shiyu and Shi Feng left, Bai Xiuxiu asked Ning Chuan whether he had found anything unusual in Baerjia’s spatial ring.

Bai Xiuxiu identified the black-eyed stone tablet Ning Chuan took from Baerjia as a Divine Relic sought by the Old Gods Society and warned him to keep the Thunder Sovereign’s identity secret. She also told him the Wei Family’s auction proceeds had reached his account, and Ning Chuan revealed he could earn fifty billion in an hour, leaving Bai Xiuxiu flustered after she turned and bumped into him.

• Ning Chuan gave Bai Xiuxiu the black-eyed stone tablet, and her device identified it as a Divine Relic connected, according to the Old Gods Society, to the gods’ revival.
• Bai Xiuxiu explained that the Old Gods Society had sent spies to find Baerjia’s ring and said it did not know Ning Chuan’s identity or that he wielded the Thunder Sovereign.
• Bai Xiuxiu warned Ning Chuan to keep the Thunder Sovereign hidden while the military used the information as bait to hunt the Old Gods Society, and she said the society might have one or two concealed alien Heavenly Kings.
• Bai Xiuxiu took the Divine Relic’s recorded data for experts to examine and reminded Ning Chuan that the Heavenly Derivation Art martial seal was single-use.
• Bai Xiuxiu told Ning Chuan that the first auction of the Wei Family’s assets had earned about fifty billion, which had been transferred to him.
• Ning Chuan said he could earn fifty billion in an hour, and Bai Xiuxiu turned around, bumped into him, and blushed with embarrassment.

Ning Chuan inherited the Heavenly Derivation Art and advanced it by absorbing insights from other martial arts, while it also helped repair the Spirit Forging Meditation Method. At the Ancient Martial Arts Research Institute, its completeness reached 86%, leaving researchers convinced that completing it would remake the Federation.

• Ning Chuan inherited the Heavenly Derivation Art and discovered it could not cultivate automatically until his mental power reached a mist-like state.
• The Heavenly Derivation Art absorbed insights from the Sea-Fortifying Technique and Dark Night Abyss, reaching the Minute Subtlety Realm, and increased the Spirit Forging Meditation Method's repair progress by two percent.
• Ning Chuan brought completed martial imprints to Jiang Xiaorou at the Ancient Martial Arts Research Institute and asked her to hand them over.
• The institute tested the Spirit Forging Meditation Method and found it was 86% complete, up 22% in only a few days.
• Yang Wanli and the researchers discussed how the completed Spirit Forging Meditation Method could transform the Federation and spark a struggle among the Heavenly Kings over its limited inheritances.

News that Ning Chuan was repairing the Spirit Forging Meditation Method alarmed Xie Lian and stirred excitement among the board, while Wu Guangzhi secretly opposed the method’s completion. Ning Chuan received a generous reward and learned that he could repair twelve Stars-tier martial arts at once, then heard Jiang Xiaorou’s latest findings about Xie Lian.

• Xie Lian panicked over Ning Chuan’s work on the Spirit Forging Meditation Method and tried unsuccessfully to reach Wu Guangzhi.
• The board members celebrated the prospect of a spiritual-power cultivation method, while Wu Guangzhi hid his opposition behind a smile.
• Ning Chuan considered the Atomic Fission Killing Method and the Nuclear Explosion Divine Fist while choosing martial arts to repair.
• Jiang Xiaorou told Ning Chuan that the institute had awarded him six hundred drops of Spirit-Nourishing Liquid and permission to repair up to twelve Stars-tier martial arts at once.
• Jiang Xiaorou reported that Xie Lian had advanced rapidly after Zheng Gui disappeared, going from an ordinary assistant instructor to a Knight, but she had no direct evidence connecting him to the disappearance.

Ning Chuan and Jiang Xiaorou investigated whether Xie Lian was involved in Zheng Gui’s disappearance, but Jiang Xiaorou could not read Xie Lian’s deepest thoughts during their brief encounter. Ning Chuan planned to pressure Xie Lian by advancing the restoration of the Spirit Forging Meditation Method, then spent the rest of October studying and training.

• Ning Chuan considered whether Xie Lian’s sudden rise and Zheng Gui’s disappearance were connected, and discussed with Jiang Xiaorou how she might read Xie Lian’s thoughts.
• Xie Lian entered the martial imprint repository, saw Ning Chuan, and quickly left; Jiang Xiaorou read that he feared Ning Chuan would complete the Spirit Forging Meditation Method and was thinking about stealing its martial imprint.
• Ning Chuan proposed using the method’s restoration progress to pressure Xie Lian into taking action, and Jiang Xiaorou worried that he might not risk it without being forced.
• Ning Chuan returned to the Stargazing Tower and spent most of the remaining days in October attending a few classes, taking Spirit-Nourishing Liquid, nurturing his Divine Weapon, and studying nuclear fusion and fission.

Ning Chuan awakened Divine Sense and discovered it could probe objects and read subtle movements, but examining the black-eye stone tablet triggered a terrifying spiritual attack from a mysterious figure within. He survived behind the God-Suppressing Tower and wondered whether the gods might truly revive.

• Ning Chuan transformed his mist-like spiritual power into Divine Sense and found it could extend about a hundred meters, penetrate objects, and sharpen his perception.
• Ning Chuan used Divine Sense to read a black-feathered bird’s movements and concluded he could similarly examine human bodies during combat.
• Ning Chuan probed the black-eye stone tablet and sensed a vast, freezing inner space containing a blurry figure.
• The figure’s aura crushed the Divine Sense inside the tablet and sent a spiritual attack toward Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan’s Blood Soul Needles weakened the attack, and his God-Suppressing Tower blocked it despite cracking.
• Ning Chuan wondered whether the figure was a god’s imprint or true self and whether the gods could really revive.

Ning Chuan met with Jiang Xiaorou, Shi Feng, and Song Shiyu to plan how to lure Xie Lian into stealing the Spirit Forging Meditation Method’s martial seal. They decided to spread a false report that Ning Chuan had completed the method but was withholding it, and Jiang Xiaorou noticed a strange black tablet as she went with him to fetch the seal.

• Ning Chuan welcomed Jiang Xiaorou, Shi Feng, and Song Shiyu and discussed the difficulty of giving Xie Lian a chance to steal the Spirit Forging Meditation Method’s martial seal.
• Song Shiyu proposed targeting someone close to Ning Chuan, and he identified Jiang Xiaorou as the most likely person to access his completed martial seals.
• Ning Chuan revealed that the method was ninety-five percent complete, and the group agreed to make Xie Lian believe it was already finished but being withheld.
• Ning Chuan agreed to let news of the supposed completion reach Xie Lian before the group finalized the details of their trap.
• Song Shiyu and Shi Feng left, while Jiang Xiaorou accompanied Ning Chuan to fetch the completed martial seal and spotted the black stone tablet with an eye on the coffee table.

Ning Chuan learned that the black-eyed tablet represented the Goddess of Night, then arranged for Jiang Xiaorou to bait Xie Lian into revealing what he knew about the Spirit Forging Meditation Method. Jiang Xiaorou claimed Ning Chuan had completed it, but the next day's assessment confirmed its restoration was only 95%, leaving Xie Lian more panicked than ever.

• Jiang Xiaorou recognized the tablet's eye as the symbol of the Goddess of Night and told Ning Chuan about the gods and the Moon God Ruins.
• Ning Chuan visited Wei Chen, who said the Divine Relic was stable but could not confirm whether the gods would revive.
• Jiang Xiaorou met Xie Lian at a bar and, following Ning Chuan and Song Shiyu's plan, led him to believe Ning Chuan had completed the Spirit Forging Meditation Method.
• Xie Lian threatened Jiang Xiaorou and pressed her for Ning Chuan's progress; she said the method was 95% restored and implied Ning Chuan could already kill him.
• The next day, Jiang Xiaorou took the martial seal for assessment, and its completion rate was confirmed to be 95%, leaving Xie Lian in a panic.

After Ning Chuan’s Spirit Forging Meditation Method reached 95% completion, Xie Lian panicked and urged Wu Guangzhi to kill him, but Wu Guangzhi instead planned to investigate Ning Chuan’s acquaintances. Meanwhile, Ning Chuan continued his steady progress and set out to inherit the Nuclear Weapon Rebellion-Quelling Art, wondering whether perfecting his Ultimate Weapon Art could let him wield nuclear-explosion-level power before becoming a Knight.

• Ning Chuan’s 95% completion progress shocked the campus, and Wei Chen turned away Heavenly Kings’ avatars so they would not disturb him.
• Xie Lian told Wu Guangzhi what he had heard about Ning Chuan and demanded that he kill him, but Wu Guangzhi refused because Ning Chuan was under close scrutiny.
• Wu Guangzhi calmed Xie Lian and proposed investigating Ning Chuan’s acquaintances for a way to reach him.
• Ning Chuan continued improving his strength, though inheriting several spiritual martial arts raised his Spirit Forging Meditation Method progress by only one percentage point.
• Qin Ya told Ning Chuan that his application to inherit the Nuclear Explosion Divine Fist had been approved, and they flew to the Stars Treasury.
• Qin Ya explained that the art was properly called the Nuclear Weapon Rebellion-Quelling Art, and Ning Chuan wondered whether advancing his Ultimate Weapon Art to the Perfect Realm could raise his Force enough to imitate a nuclear explosion.

Ning Chuan mastered the Nuclear Weapon Rebellion-Quelling Art to the Minute Subtlety Realm and tested its power before leaving the Stars Treasury with Qin Ya. Song Shiyu then proposed using Jiang Xiaorou and Manjushage to lure Xie Lian into trying to steal the Spirit Forging Meditation Method.

• Ning Chuan completed the Nuclear Weapon Rebellion-Quelling Art inheritance and advanced it to the Minute Subtlety Realm.
• Ning Chuan tested the art and estimated that his strike could reach around 700,000 degrees Celsius, far below the hundreds of millions of degrees produced by powerful nuclear weapons.
• Ning Chuan and Qin Ya left the Stars Treasury and met Song Shiyu, Shi Feng, and Jiang Xiaorou at the Stargazing Tower.
• Song Shiyu revealed that Xie Lian had obtained Manjushage, a sacred medicine that could make a man and a woman fall hopelessly in love, and named Jiang Xiaorou as the best person to approach Xie Lian.
• Jiang Xiaorou agreed to take part, and Song Shiyu proposed that Ning Chuan pretend to have a relationship with one or more other women so Jiang Xiaorou could feign heartbreak and attract Xie Lian's offer.

Ning Chuan followed Song Shiyu’s plan to stage a public romance by attending the Winter Welcoming Festival with several women. Their arrival drew campus gossip, and the chapter ended as a merchant gave Ning Chuan and all four women moonlight flower bouquets.

• Song Shiyu proposed that Ning Chuan attend the Winter Welcoming Festival with several girls so rumors of his relationships would reach Xie Lian.
• Ning Chuan asked Wang Ke and Zi Yun'er to help, while Song Shiyu agreed to handle Song Ruoyu; Ning Chuan decided not to invite Qin Ya.
• After defeating Mo Yan, Ning Chuan stopped arranging challenge matches because other students conceded and fighting no longer helped him promote his martial arts.
• At the festival, Ning Chuan met Song Ruoyu, Wang Ke, and Zi Yun'er, only to find that Qin Ya had come along to keep her disciple company.
• Ning Chuan entered the crowded festival with the four women, prompting students to gossip about his supposed relationships.
• A merchant offered four moonlight flower bouquets, and all four women accepted one before Ning Chuan asked the price.

Ning Chuan learned that the Moon God Ruins’ trial tower issued Genius Qualification Certificates and heard that alien geniuses had humiliated human students there. Galaxy University sent nine top-ranked students to challenge them, while the aliens discussed Ning Chuan and declared that even the World Walker could not match their thousand-year generation of geniuses.

• Ning Chuan bought a Second-Floor Genius Qualification Certificate after learning that the trial tower’s cards granted access to areas in the Moon God Ruins.
• Ning Chuan learned that alien geniuses had seriously injured Zhang Kai and Liu Shayun’s students and publicly declared that humanity had no supreme geniuses.
• Qin Ya told Ning Chuan that Galaxy University would send Mo Yan and other top students to answer the provocation, so Ning Chuan did not need to intervene.
• Galaxy University summoned the top ten Heroes Ranking students, excluding Ning Chuan, and nine Knights set out for the Moon God Ruins.
• In the Moon God Ruins, alien geniuses discussed Ning Chuan’s reputation and Mo Duo insisted that no human of their age, including the World Walker, could contend with them.

Ning Chuan and his companions continued their staged romance at the Winter Welcoming Festival, where Jiang Xiaorou publicly appeared heartbroken after he neglected their movie date. As the story spread, Xie Lian and Wu Guangzhi planned to use Jiang Xiaorou to steal the martial seal for the Spirit Forging Meditation Method, with Wu Guangzhi secretly intending to kill her afterward.

• Ning Chuan joked about conches while Qin Ya interpreted his remark, and he bought conches for the girls.
• Ning Chuan's dates with several girls became a hot topic on the Fenghua Forum, eclipsing news of the nine Knights setting out.
• Jiang Xiaorou confronted Ning Chuan at the festival about the movie date he had missed, and he coldly left her in tears.
• Jiang Xiaorou remained distraught in the following days, while many people sympathized with her but did not blame Ning Chuan.
• Xie Lian proposed using a Manjushage to buy Jiang Xiaorou's help in stealing the martial seal, and Wu Guangzhi agreed to handle killing her afterward.

Xie Lian tried to manipulate Jiang Xiaorou into stealing the Spirit Forging Meditation Method’s martial seal by offering her a Manjushage, while she secretly played along with his plan. Meanwhile, Ning Chuan nurtured more than a thousand Divine Weapons and focused on preparing thirty-three of the strongest for close combat.

• Xie Lian told Jiang Xiaorou that Ning Chuan had completed the Spirit Forging Meditation Method and offered her a Manjushage in exchange for its martial seal.
• Jiang Xiaorou refused to harm Ning Chuan, as instructed by the psychology expert, but privately celebrated that Xie Lian had taken the bait.
• Over the next few days, Jiang Xiaorou acted distracted around Xie Lian while Ning Chuan went on occasional dates to support their plan.
• Ning Chuan nurtured more than a thousand Divine Weapons by feeding them Sharpness Qi and sought weapon martial arts with new effects.
• Ning Chuan selected the thirty-three strongest Divine Weapons for close combat, though he doubted anyone could reach him through the rest of his arsenal.

Jiang Xiaorou lured Xie Lian to a café to exchange the Spirit Forging Meditation Method imprint for Manjushage, while Ning Chuan waited in concealment to confront him. After Wu Guangzhi killed Xie Lian with a spiritual attack, the same attack struck Jiang Xiaorou and wounded Ning Chuan, who retaliated by sending Divine Weapons toward the grove outside.

• Jiang Xiaorou agreed to trade the martial imprint with Xie Lian after securing his oath, then told Ning Chuan about the arrangement.
• Jiang Xiaorou met Xie Lian in a café, where he brought the Manjushage and she showed him the martial imprint.
• Ning Chuan revealed himself and accused Xie Lian of stealing the Spirit Forging Meditation Method as Jiang Xiaorou asked why he had killed Zheng Gui.
• Wu Guangzhi secretly killed Xie Lian with a spiritual attack, and Ning Chuan detected two more spiritual spikes aimed at him and Jiang Xiaorou.
• Jiang Xiaorou was struck and fell, while Ning Chuan suffered a soul injury but summoned the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons and attacked the grove.