Chapter Summaries

After Shen Yourong was mistakenly praised for clearing the eighth floor, Yu Wei clarified that Ning Chuan was responsible. Ning Chuan entered the ninth-floor assessment, completed a movement-art inheritance that repaired Myriad Phenomena Thunder Sky, and began dodging the mechanical puppets with ease.

• The crowd celebrated Shen Yourong for clearing the eighth floor until Yu Wei explained that she had only passed the seventh and Ning Chuan had cleared the eighth.
• Yu Wei refused to reveal Ning Chuan and Qin Ya’s identities, while the crowd noticed the eighth-floor light was still glowing and speculated about the unknown examinee.
• Ning Chuan and Qin Ya entered the ninth floor, where the artifact spirit explained that Ning Chuan had to evade mechanical puppets until their energy ran out.
• Ning Chuan inherited Nine Illusory Thunder Flashes, which helped repair Myriad Phenomena Thunder Sky and raised it to Expert (75%).
• Ning Chuan began the assessment and used Nine Illusory Thunder Flashes to evade all nine mechanical puppets without difficulty.

Ning Chuan won the ninth-floor assessment and was promoted to First-Class Divine Servant, then discovered that the tenth floor was a public selection for the Goddess of Night’s Personal Divine Guard. The crowd saw through his disguise as he began an assessment that would test his soul and will against the severed head of a god.

• Ning Chuan defeated the nine mechanical puppets, earned a certificate and 2,048 drops of Heavenly Primal Liquid, and became a First-Class Divine Servant.
• The tower announced that all other assessments were suspended while it publicly selected the Goddess of Night’s Personal Divine Guard.
• The artifact spirit stated that candidates had to be under thirty, handsome, and well-proportioned, then asked Ning Chuan to remove his robe.
• Ning Chuan revealed his identity, and the crowd recognized the World Walker as the person who had reached the tenth floor.
• The artifact spirit explained that candidates had to climb thirteen steps while resisting divine pressure from the head of the Berserk God of Bloody Battle.

Ning Chuan cleared the Divine Servant Tower’s tenth floor after the crimson mist triggered rapid breakthroughs in his Eight Heavenly Gates and Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World Dharma Aspect. He became a Personal Divine Guard and learned that clearing the thirteenth floor would make him commander of the tower.

• The artifact spirit released crimson mist across the tenth floor, and Ning Chuan endured its mental pressure and fear.
• The mist’s Heaven-Shaking Law triggered an epiphany that brought the Eight Heavenly Gates to complete mastery and advanced the Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World Dharma Aspect to 95% of its Mystic Truth Prototype.
• Outside the tower, Lin Ye touched a stray wisp of mist and collapsed in terror, alarming the observers.
• Ning Chuan resumed walking, climbed all thirteen steps through the dense mist, and cleared the tenth floor.
• The artifact spirit promoted Ning Chuan to Personal Divine Guard and gave him a pitch-black credential.
• Ning Chuan learned that clearing the thirteenth floor would make him Divine Guard Commander, with authority over the entire Divine Servant Tower.

Ning Chuan learned that becoming Divine Guard Commander could let him move the Divine Servant Tower, but the final tests demanded extraordinary combat strength. He entered the eleventh-floor test confident in his ability to challenge a Titled Knight, while the thirteenth-floor test remained an uncertain battle against a First-Heaven Divine General wielding a Fifth-Grade Law.

• Ning Chuan learned that the Divine Servant Tower belonged to the Goddess of Night and that a Divine Guard Commander could take it away if she did not object.
• The artifact spirit explained that the last three floors tested combat strength, with the eleventh requiring Ning Chuan to defeat a Peak Knight wielding an Excellent Mystic Truth.
• The artifact spirit said the twelfth-floor puppet was a Peak Knight with a Divine Mystic Truth, prompting observers to realize Ning Chuan would have to defeat a Dharma Aspect Divine General.
• The artifact spirit revealed that the thirteenth-floor test required defeating a First-Heaven Divine General wielding a Fifth-Grade Law.
• Ning Chuan gathered his thoughts and chose to take the eleventh-floor test.

Ning Chuan defeated a Peak Knight mechanical puppet on the Divine Servant Tower’s eleventh floor using the Nuclear Weapon Rebellion-Quelling Art and earned promotion to Divine Guard Commander. He immediately entered the twelfth-floor assessment, leaving the watching crowd waiting to see whether he could defeat a Divine General.

• The artifact spirit transported Ning Chuan and Qin Ya to the eleventh floor and announced that passing would promote Ning Chuan to Divine Guard Commander.
• Ning Chuan opened all Eight Heavenly Gates and faced a mechanical puppet that had mastered the Mystic Ice Mystic Truth to ninety-eight percent.
• Ning Chuan’s Nuclear Weapon Rebellion-Quelling Art melted the puppet’s ice attacks and overwhelmed it without using the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons or a Divine Weapon.
• After about a quarter of an hour, Ning Chuan smashed the mechanical puppet apart and received a credential upon being promoted to Divine Guard Commander.
• Ning Chuan accepted the twelfth-floor assessment immediately as the crowd watched, wondering whether he could defeat a Divine General.

Ning Chuan challenged the Divine Servant Tower’s twelfth floor, where four mechanical puppets with Nine Extremes Mystic Truth overwhelmed him until he unleashed Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons. When the puppets summoned all nine clones and survived his first volley, Ning Chuan activated Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World.

• Ning Chuan fought a mechanical puppet empowered by Nine Extremes Mystic Truth and was driven back by its attacks and clones.
• Ning Chuan used Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons to attack four mechanical puppets, forcing them to defend.
• The original puppet summoned all nine clones, and the ten puppets coordinated to withstand Ning Chuan’s first volley with only moderate damage.
• Ning Chuan realized his Force could not sustain enough volleys to defeat the puppets and decided he needed to increase his attack power.
• The spectators grew pessimistic as they watched Ning Chuan’s hair turn white and his eyes glow scarlet, signaling Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World.

Ning Chuan activated Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World and destroyed all ten mechanical puppets on the twelfth floor, earning promotion to Divine Guard Deputy Commander. After recovering, he began the thirteenth-floor assessment against a dragon-shaped mechanical puppet.

• Ning Chuan strengthened Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World to a sevenfold increase, pushing his injured body to its limit.
• Ning Chuan used more than three hundred Divine Weapons to destroy all ten mechanical puppets and clear the twelfth floor.
• The artifact spirit promoted Ning Chuan to Divine Guard Deputy Commander and asked whether he would take the Divine Guard Commander assessment.
• Ning Chuan recovered with Heavenly Primal Liquid and the Blood-Drop Life Creation Technique, then agreed to continue the assessment.
• The artifact spirit transported Ning Chuan and Qin Ya to the thirteenth floor, where Ning Chuan faced a massive dragon-shaped mechanical puppet with the fifth-grade Law of Realm Warfare.

Ning Chuan fought the metal dragon guarding the final assessment floor and pushed his Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World Dharma Aspect to twelvefold amplification for one decisive volley. He lost consciousness before learning the attack’s result, but the artifact spirit declared that he had passed and promoted him to Divine Guard Commander.

• Ning Chuan used the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons to hold back the metal dragon, but his weapons could neither injure it nor stop it from advancing.
• Ning Chuan rejected the idea of abandoning the assessment and returning later, fearing a Heavenly King might destroy the Divine Servant Tower once his progress became known.
• The metal dragon unleashed pitch-black flames, destroying the divine radiance of over a hundred Divine Weapons and closing in on Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan recalled his weapons, pushed his Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World Dharma Aspect to twelvefold amplification, and fired every Divine Weapon in one volley.
• Ning Chuan lost consciousness and fell, and Qin Ya caught him as the artifact spirit announced that he had passed the assessment and been promoted to Divine Guard Commander.

Ning Chuan's defeat of the metal dragon stunned the crowd, who realized he had gained control of the Divine Servant Tower. After waking from three days unconscious, he began healing while resting on Qin Ya's lap and reflected on what the battle had taught him.

• The artifact spirit ended the assessment after Ning Chuan destroyed the metal dragon, and the crowd marveled at his unprecedented strength.
• The crowd speculated about Ning Chuan's standing among the Federation's strongest Knights and realized he now controlled the Divine Servant Tower, but no one could enter it.
• Ning Chuan remained unconscious for three days because the power of his Dharma Aspect prevented his severe wounds from healing properly.
• Ning Chuan woke with his head resting on Qin Ya's thighs, and she told him how long he had been unconscious and urged him to treat his injuries.
• Ning Chuan used the Blood-Drop Life Creation Technique to heal while lying on Qin Ya's lap, then reflected on the lessons and gains from his battle with the metal dragon.

After defeating the metal dragon, Ning Chuan considered how to strengthen his body enough to sustain his powerful Dharma Aspect and took control of the Divine Servant Tower. He learned that the Night Moon Palace held the Goddess of Night’s martial arts and treasures, and prepared to visit its armory.

• Ning Chuan decided that comprehending a bodily Mystic Truth could let him withstand Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World for longer, and planned to seek a related martial art and acquire more Firmament-grade weapon martial arts.
• After half a day of healing while resting on Qin Ya’s thighs, Ning Chuan recovered and received the black card granting him highest authority over the Divine Servant Tower.
• Ning Chuan learned that the tower’s mechanical puppets could not leave and that its defenses were too weak to withstand a Heavenly King’s attack.
• The artifact spirit explained that the tower held few valuable martial arts, while the Night Moon Palace contained the Goddess of Night’s treasures and offered the Divine Guard Commander three divine-grade martial arts.
• Ning Chuan learned that the Night Moon Palace’s armory also held over three thousand heaven-grade martial arts and asked the artifact spirit where the palace was.

Ning Chuan learned that the Night Moon Palace could move and focused instead on taking the Divine Servant Tower. He and Qin Ya tracked down Wu Guangzhi outside the tower, where Qin Ya cut him in two after Ning Chuan’s mental attack left him helpless.

• The artifact spirit told Ning Chuan that the Night Moon Palace could move, and he abandoned the idea of locating it.
• Ning Chuan and Qin Ya entered the Divine Servant Tower’s core area and searched the surveillance screens for Wu Guangzhi.
• Ning Chuan reasoned that Wu Guangzhi would wait near the tower’s entrance to ambush him.
• Wu Guangzhi waited by a portal, planning to kill Ning Chuan despite his severe soul injuries and the divine envoy’s order.
• Ning Chuan and Qin Ya emerged behind Wu Guangzhi, and Ning Chuan used Dark Night Abyss to stun him.
• Qin Ya struck Wu Guangzhi with an azure blade, cleaving him in two.

Ning Chuan captured Wu Guangzhi, claimed the Divine Servant Tower, and then faced an attack from the three injured leaders of the Old Gods Society. Qin Ya fought them off as Ning Chuan urged her to retreat toward a high-clearance area where they could use defensive equipment.

• Ning Chuan ordered Qin Ya to cripple Wu Guangzhi for questioning, but Wu Guangzhi burned away his soul after warning that the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom might soon descend on Martial Star.
• Ning Chuan took the Divine Servant Tower into his possession and looked for Yu Wei so he could return the Icy Cold Sword before leaving with Qin Ya.
• Dark light sealed the area, and the pope, the chief judge, and the ascetic leader of the Old Gods Society arrived to demand the Divine Relic and their god's treasure.
• Qin Ya shielded Ning Chuan and fought the three leaders, whose souls had been injured while crossing the mental torrent.
• Ning Chuan advised Qin Ya to retreat to an area requiring higher clearance and use its defensive equipment if the leaders pursued them.

Ning Chuan and Qin Ya escaped the Old Gods Society’s spatial barrier with Yu Wei’s Space-Shattering Scroll, then fled as the three leaders pursued them. When their clearance keys let them pass through the ruins’ high-clearance areas, Ning Chuan redirected Qin Ya toward Moonlight Lake, where the Divine Guard Commander’s authority could activate the city’s security measures.

• Qin Ya failed to break the Space-Locking Iron Curtain, and the Old Gods Society’s three leaders attacked her and Ning Chuan while the barrier trapped the explorers below.
• Yu Wei sent Shen Yourong and the old woman away, then used the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s Space-Shattering Scroll to destroy the barrier and free the area.
• Qin Ya teleported Ning Chuan away as the Old Gods Society leaders pursued them, abandoning their plan to kill Yu Wei and the other trapped explorers for now.
• Ning Chuan realized the pursuers’ black key let them pass through high-clearance areas, so he asked the Divine Servant Tower’s artifact spirit where the ruins required the highest clearance.
• After learning that Moonlight Lake was a high-clearance area, Ning Chuan directed Qin Ya toward it and discovered that his Divine Guard Commander authority could activate Moon City’s security measures himself.

Ning Chuan used the Divine Guard Commander's credential to control Moonlight Lake's security facilities and trap the three leaders of the Old Gods Society. After the broken key to Night Moon Palace triggered the palace's appearance, the leaders were left staring at it above the lake.

• Ning Chuan activated the credential and sensed seven nearby security devices, but saved them for an attack at Moonlight Lake.
• Qin Ya brought Ning Chuan to the lake's center, where the three leaders of the Old Gods Society surrounded them.
• Ning Chuan summoned nine water giants, and he and Qin Ya joined them in seriously wounding the three leaders.
• The pope used the leaders' blood to activate the black key, briefly halting the water giants, but Ning Chuan restored control and the giants hurled the leaders into the lake.
• The black key shattered on the lake water, and Night Moon Palace appeared in the sky.

Ning Chuan and Qin Ya pursued the Old Gods Society’s three giants into the Night Moon Palace and used its security devices to trap them. As the chief judge neared death, he revealed that killing a god and refining their Heart of Law could lead to the King Realm, and claimed the Goddess of Night was awakening in the Moon God Ruins.

• The three giants of the Old Gods Society fled into the Night Moon Palace, and Ning Chuan and Qin Ya followed them inside.
• Ning Chuan activated the palace’s security facilities, pinning the giants down and dissolving them in corrosive green mist.
• The Old Gods Society’s chief judge killed the pope and the leader of the ascetics, then begged Ning Chuan to spare him.
• The chief judge revealed that refining a god’s Heart of Law could make someone a Heavenly King, and swore that his claim was true.
• The chief judge said the Goddess of Night was awakening in the Moon God Ruins and offered to explain how a Divine Relic could locate her, while the green mist dissolved his limbs.

Ning Chuan interrogated the Old Gods Society's presiding judge about the Goddess of Night's possible return and learned how Divine Relics could lead to an awakened god. After revealing his God-Slaying King Token, Ning Chuan planned to search the Night Moon Palace armory and look for the Spirit-Awakening Flower before leaving the ruins.

• Ning Chuan used the Dark Night Abyss to force the Old Gods Society's presiding judge to explain how gods could awaken and be located through their Divine Relics.
• The presiding judge revealed that the Goddess of Night was one of the seven strongest gods and that she might still be dangerous even with greatly diminished strength.
• Qin Ya urged Ning Chuan to leave the ruins, but he explained that the spiritual-power torrent blocked the exit and showed her his God-Slaying King Token.
• Ning Chuan decided to search the Night Moon Palace armory and look for the Spirit-Awakening Flower before leaving once the torrent dissipated.
• Ning Chuan imprisoned the presiding judge in the Divine Servant Tower, keeping him alive for his knowledge of the palace.

Ning Chuan and Qin Ya found Spirit-Awakening Flowers in the Night Moon Palace garden and stored them in the Divine Servant Tower. Pollen from a Dragon-Phoenix Flower poisoned Qin Ya, leaving Ning Chuan to help her dispel its effects before her soul spontaneously combusted.

• Ning Chuan used the artifact spirit's map to guide Qin Ya toward the Night Moon Palace armory.
• Ning Chuan and Qin Ya discovered Spirit-Awakening Flowers and other rare plants in the palace garden.
• Ning Chuan dug up the flowers with a large mass of soil and stored them in the Divine Servant Tower.
• Qin Ya staggered after inhaling pollen, so Ning Chuan carried her into the Divine Servant Tower.
• The artifact spirit identified the Dragon-Phoenix Flower pollen as an aphrodisiac that affected women and warned that Qin Ya's soul would spontaneously combust unless its effects were dispelled.
• Ning Chuan suggested Qin Ya try to resolve the pollen's effects herself, and Qin Ya reluctantly agreed.

Ning Chuan helped Qin Ya survive the Dragon-Phoenix Flower’s pollen, and the experience caused his Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture to evolve into the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth. He discovered the new Mystic Truth had inherited 70% progress and began using it to strengthen his body, with his punching force reaching a thousand tons.

• Ning Chuan left Qin Ya to rest and returned half an hour later, finding that the pollen’s effects still threatened her soul.
• Qin Ya agreed to let Ning Chuan help her, and after the pollen’s effects wore off, she fell asleep holding him.
• The Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture absorbed Dragon Phoenix Power, evolved into the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth, and inherited insights that raised its progress to 70%.
• Ning Chuan realized he should wait to condense a Force Wheel until his Ultimate Weapon Art reached the Perfect Realm and opened his Force Apertures fully.
• Ning Chuan activated the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth and found it strengthened his whole body, but its first use exhausted the Force in all eighty-one apertures.
• After drinking Heavenly Primal Liquid, Ning Chuan activated the Mystic Truth again and watched his punching force climb to 1,000 tons.

Ning Chuan mastered the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth, and the system revealed that it could create martial arts by merging multiple martial arts containing the same Mystic Truth. After Qin Ya and Ning Chuan discussed what had happened between them, she explained how Mystic Truths shaped martial arts.

• Ning Chuan's body continued to be tempered by the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth, and his punching force rose beyond 1,500 tons.
• The system told Ning Chuan that it could create a martial art only after at least two martial arts containing the same Mystic Truth had evolved into Mystic Truths.
• Qin Ya woke and panicked at Ning Chuan's withered appearance, but he explained that the Mystic Truth's tempering had temporarily drained his energy.
• Qin Ya asked Ning Chuan to treat their encounter as an accident and focus on cultivation, and he agreed to let time pass before discussing it again.
• After they dressed, Ning Chuan teased Qin Ya about what to call her, then asked how to use a Mystic Truth to create a martial art.
• Qin Ya explained that a martial art manifested only part of its creator's comprehension of a Mystic Truth, usually no more than thirty percent.

Ning Chuan learned how martial arts embodied Mystic Truths, then tested the immense physical strength he gained from tempering and the Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World Dharma Aspect. Qin Ya unexpectedly broke through to Fifth-Heaven Divine General, and Ning Chuan left her curious about what his own progress resembled.

• Qin Ya explained that a Knight's combat strength depended on mastered Mystic Truths and self-created martial arts, which usually embodied no more than thirty percent of a Mystic Truth.
• Ning Chuan's body finished its current tempering, reaching a base punching power of 2,200 tons and senses he felt were comparable to Divine Sense.
• Ning Chuan activated Heavenly God Descends to the Mortal World and raised his physical punching power to 3,000 tons, while his Force received a twelvefold boost.
• As Ning Chuan prepared to take Qin Ya to the Night Travel Palace's armory, he noticed she had entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
• Qin Ya broke through to Fifth-Heaven Divine General after several hours, and Ning Chuan hinted that her Law advancement and his Mystic Truth comprehension resembled something she would not want to hear.