Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan killed two Spring Realm Heavenly Kings guarding the Casket-Breaking Secret Key, then chased the wounded Liu Cangdong across the sky. After a token alerted Ning Chuan to the Prison Realm’s suppression ending, he stopped the pursuit and escaped, leaving Liu Cangdong alone as his strength surged.

• Ning Chuan killed the two Spring Realm Heavenly Kings with one slash and took the Casket-Breaking Secret Key.
• Ning Chuan attacked Liu Cangdong with Divine Weapons and flaming phoenixes, forcing him to flee while they fought beyond Origin Martial Mountain.
• Le Yu told Ning Chuan to use his two keys to weaken the martial casket’s defenses and seek the Spirit Refining Sea to retrieve Nine Steps to the Ends of the World.
• Ning Chuan heard Le Yu’s warning but kept fighting Liu Cangdong for several hours, then stopped pursuing him after noticing a change in his identity token.
• The Prison Realm’s suppression of Force and Laws vanished, and Liu Cangdong realized Ning Chuan had escaped while his own strength surged.

Ning Chuan secured Liu Cangdong’s remaining Great River Realm Law Bomb, then hurried toward the Storm Plain to meet the Federation’s Heavenly Kings and share what he knew about the ancient tree. He reunited with Ye Wuchen, who was relieved he was safe and promised the Federation would avenge him.

• Ning Chuan examined Liu Cangdong’s spatial ring, found no Martial Seal, and wondered whether Liu Cangdong had kept one elsewhere or with an avatar.
• The Prison Realm’s suppressive fluctuation returned after an even longer interval, prompting Ning Chuan to hurry toward the Storm Plain and plan to tell only trusted Heavenly Kings about the ancient tree.
• Ning Chuan tested the martial casket containing Nine Steps to the Ends of the World, but its remaining luminous mist resisted his Heaven-Chaos Force.
• Ning Chuan reached the Storm Plain and encountered Ye Wuchen, who had left the meeting area to search for him.
• Ning Chuan told Ye Wuchen that Zhang Yunwang and Chen Zeyue had delayed him, and Ye Wuchen reassured him that the Federation would avenge him.

Ye Wuchen reunited Ning Chuan with the Federation’s Heavenly Kings, while the Holy Heaven Alliance regrouped and learned that Ning Chuan had killed its missing members. Liu Cangdong remained badly weakened by Ning Chuan’s attack, and the alliance faced the loss of its Heavenly Kings.

• Ye Wuchen released his pressure to summon the other Heavenly Kings, and Dong Kaiming, Xu Yuan, and the rest of the Federation’s group arrived to find Ning Chuan safe.
• The Blazing Flame Lion, Violent Earth Ape, and Spirit Void Snake pretended to be happy that Ning Chuan had survived, though they had mixed feelings about their oath and the Spirit Forging Meditation Method.
• At the Holy Heaven Alliance’s canyon meeting point, Xiao Chen, Zhang Tianzhi, and Xu Liyuan decided to wait for their allies before approaching Ye Wuchen’s location.
• Liu Cangdong arrived severely injured, took sacred medicine, and told the others that Ning Chuan’s ability to suppress Laws and Force made him overwhelmingly powerful.
• Liu Cangdong revealed that Ning Chuan had killed all the other Heavenly Kings.

The Holy Heaven Alliance’s four remaining Great River Realm Heavenly Kings agreed to seek help from the aliens and target Ning Chuan, whom they saw as an obstacle to claiming the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage. At the Storm Plain, the Federation’s gathered experts split up to search for the inheritance, and Ning Chuan chose Origin Martial Mountain to pursue Nine Steps to the Ends of the World.

• Liu Cangdong, Xiao Chen, Zhang Tianzhi, and Xu Liyuan decided they needed to kill or drive Ning Chuan out before they could claim the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage.
• Xiao Chen freed a captured alien Heavenly King and sent him to ask Si Nanbo to meet the Holy Heaven Alliance’s leaders about cooperating against Ning Chuan.
• Ye Wuchen gathered the Federation’s twenty-five experts at the edge of the Storm Plain, where Ning Chuan recognized Lin Fengyang among them.
• Xu Yuan criticized Ning Chuan for arriving late, but Dong Kaiming and the other Heavenly Kings defended Ning Chuan and let him choose where to search first.
• Ning Chuan chose Origin Martial Mountain and selected three River Realm ferocious beasts to accompany him, while Ye Wuchen volunteered to protect him from ambushes.
• Ning Chuan planned to retrieve Nine Steps to the Ends of the World at the Spirit Refining Sea and gain enough speed to contend with a Great River Realm Heavenly King.

Ning Chuan assigned himself and four allies to search Origin Martial Mountain, while secretly telling trusted companions that the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage was more likely hidden near an ancient tree. When Xu Yuan challenged the plan, Ning Chuan revealed that he had killed more than ten Heavenly Kings and severely injured Liu Cangdong, leaving the assembled Federation leaders stunned.

• Dong Kaiming proposed sending more Heavenly Kings to Origin Martial Mountain, but Ning Chuan said he and four companions were enough, and Dong Kaiming agreed.
• Ning Chuan privately told Ye Wuchen, Lu, Qin, and Liu Wan that the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage was likely near an ancient tree and gave them instructions to keep the information secret.
• Xu Yuan argued that more Heavenly Kings should investigate, claiming Ning Chuan might seize the inheritance, but Ning Chuan said only fourteen enemy Heavenly Kings remained and that he had killed eight of them.
• Ning Chuan listed the Heavenly Kings and tamed beasts he had killed, including Chen Zeyue, Zhang Lin, and the Ice Lightning Tiger, shocking the crowd.
• Ning Chuan revealed that he had severely injured Liu Cangdong, whose strength would remain diminished for several days, leaving the River Realm Heavenly Kings speechless.

Ning Chuan revealed that he had killed the Holy Heaven Alliance’s Heavenly Kings without relying on a dangerous place, but Xu Yuan doubted him. As foreign Great River Realm Heavenly Kings ambushed the Federation and Liu Cangdong attacked Ning Chuan, the two exchanged a powerful blow that sent them both flying.

• Xu Yuan asked Ning Chuan what dangerous place he had encountered, but Ning Chuan said there had been none and that he had killed the Heavenly Kings himself.
• Xu Yuan accused Ning Chuan of hiding a dangerous place and demanded its location, but an ambush by foreign Great River Realm Heavenly Kings interrupted him.
• Ye Wuchen and the Federation's Heavenly Kings intercepted the attackers, while Xu Yuan let Liu Cangdong pass and charge at Ning Chuan.
• The Blazing Flame Lion attacked Liu Cangdong with a wave of fire, but Liu Cangdong split the flames with a Heaven-Overturning Seal and continued toward Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan met Liu Cangdong's seal with a punch accompanied by ten blazing suns; the suns burst, and both fighters were knocked backward as Liu Cangdong spat blood.

Ning Chuan’s power shocked both sides as the Federation’s Heavenly Kings faced the Holy Heaven Alliance and the Alien Council. Xiao Chen then launched a strange gray-threaded weapon at Ning Chuan, and it passed through Ye Wuchen’s interception as Ning Chuan prepared to take the hit.

• Ning Chuan’s attack matched the power of a relatively weak Great River Realm Heavenly King, forcing Liu Cangdong and the other attackers to retreat.
• Ye Wuchen condemned the two forces for targeting Ning Chuan, while Xu Yuan stayed silent after deliberately letting Liu Cangdong pass.
• Xiao Chen accused Ning Chuan of killing more than ten Heavenly Kings, and Si Nanbo threatened him while the Federation’s Heavenly Kings defended him.
• Ning Chuan realized the Holy Heaven Alliance and the Alien Council wanted either to kill him or force him out of the Prison Realm.
• Xiao Chen launched a fast-moving mass of gray threads at Ning Chuan, and it passed through Ye Wuchen’s attack as Ning Chuan braced to face it head-on.

Xiao Chen marked Ning Chuan with a Gray-Line Vine Snake that could track him, prompting the Federation Heavenly Kings to argue over whether he should leave the Divine Martial Stele. Ye Wuchen refused to yield to the enemy’s demands as Ning Chuan searched for a way to conceal the tracker’s signal.

• Ning Chuan’s attack passed through the Gray-Line Vine Snake, which entered his body and spread into tracking threads; he realized he could not remove them before the Divine Martial Stele closed.
• Xiao Chen revealed the tracker, and Liu Cangdong threatened that the enemy forces would either drive Ning Chuan out or wait for a chance to surround and kill him.
• Xu Yuan argued that Ning Chuan should return to the North Sea Domain for safety, but Qin Lang and Lu Zhan challenged the proposal while the Federation Heavenly Kings debated.
• Ning Chuan kept testing ways to conceal the tracker’s signal as Ye Wuchen ended the argument and declared that the Federation would not accept the enemy’s demands.
• Xu Yuan warned that the enemy might be using Ning Chuan as a pretext to disrupt the Federation and asked what the Federation would do if Ning Chuan stayed.

Ning Chuan withdrew from the Federation’s expedition party so he could pursue the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s inheritance without being bound by the group’s need to protect him. He and Ye Wuchen flew to Origin Martial Mountain, where Ning Chuan called for Le Yu but received no response.

• Xu Yuan urged Ning Chuan to leave the Divine Martial Stele, while the Federation’s Heavenly Kings struggled to agree on a plan to search for the inheritance.
• Ning Chuan announced that he was withdrawing from the Federation’s party but would remain in the Divine Martial Stele and pursue the inheritance on his own.
• Ning Chuan asked the Federation to hold off the Holy Heaven Alliance and Alien Council’s Heavenly Kings, and Xu Yuan agreed; Ye Wuchen chose to accompany him.
• Ning Chuan instructed the three River Realm ferocious beasts to find Le Yu and search for martial caskets after the battle, then left with Ye Wuchen.
• The Federation’s Heavenly Kings clashed with their opponents as Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen flew away from the Storm Plain toward Origin Martial Mountain.
• Ning Chuan shouted for Le Yu at Origin Martial Mountain, but Le Yu did not appear.

Ning Chuan reunited with Le Yu and learned that the Spirit Refining Sea had appeared, offering a way to improve Nine Steps to the Ends of the World and cultivate the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth. As Le Yu warned that the Prison Realm’s destruction could soon kill its realm spirits, Ning Chuan prepared to head for the sea, but he and Ye Wuchen sensed something approaching.

• Le Yu appeared after Ning Chuan called for her and revealed that the Prison Realm’s erosion could put her to sleep or kill her, while the realm spirits would vanish if more than half the realm were destroyed.
• Le Yu showed Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen a map and identified the Spirit Refining Sea northwest of Physique Flaunting Park, explaining that it had appeared and that it emerged when the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance opened.
• Le Yu told Ning Chuan that the inheritance was kept in the Ancient Tree of Heaven and Earth, which would appear within a few days, and that Nine Steps to the Ends of the World might conceal his fluctuations.
• Le Yu explained that the Spirit Refining Sea could speed up cultivation of the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth more than tenfold, prompting Ning Chuan to consider gaining enough strength to face the Great River Realm Heavenly Kings.
• Ning Chuan prepared to leave for the Spirit Refining Sea, but he and Ye Wuchen sensed something in the distance and turned toward the horizon.

Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen fled the five Heavenly King pursuers through Giant Wood Forest, relying on Ning Chuan’s healing to survive Li Huo’s attack. They reached Weapon Forest Valley, where the pursuers spotted a hall and mistook it for the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage.

• Si Nanbo attacked Origin Martial Mountain with Falling Stars Descend from Heaven to block Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen from reaching the Suppressing Platform, but they escaped in another direction.
• Ning Chuan directed Ye Wuchen to detour through Weapon Forest Valley in Giant Wood Forest, while Si Nanbo, Xiao Chen, Li Huo, and the others pursued them.
• Li Huo unleashed Burning Heaven Flame, and Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen charged through the fire, suffering injuries that Ning Chuan quickly healed.
• Xiao Chen declared that the pursuers would surround and kill the two fugitives, but Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen reached Weapon Forest Valley first.
• The five pursuers entered the metal forest and sensed a hall, which the Holy Heaven Alliance’s three Great River Realm Heavenly Kings and Li Huo believed was the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage.

Ning Chuan used his true disciple token to lure five pursuing Heavenly Kings into the hall’s attack array and escaped with Ye Wuchen. After they broke through another interception, Liu Cangdong wondered what hidden trump card Ning Chuan had, then dismissed the idea that he could grow strong enough to fight a Great River Realm Heavenly King before his pursuers caught him.

• Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen entered the hall over its wall, and Ning Chuan suppressed its array with his true disciple token.
• Xiao Chen and Si Nanbo recognized the Suppressing Platform, but Ning Chuan feigned alarm and led the five Heavenly Kings into the hall’s central area.
• Ning Chuan released the array, whose enormous weapons of light attacked the five Heavenly Kings, while he and Ye Wuchen fled toward the Giant Wood Forest.
• Liu Cangdong and three alien River Realm Heavenly Kings tried to intercept Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen, but the pair broke through and left them behind.
• Liu Cangdong suspected Ning Chuan had a secret plan, considered whether he could grow strong enough to face a Great River Realm Heavenly King, and rejected the possibility.

Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen reached the Spirit Refining Sea, where Ning Chuan fully comprehended the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth and greatly increased his physical strength. They descended into the sea to erode the protection around the weapon case, and Ning Chuan reached the seabed while Ye Wuchen waited above.

• Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen arrived at the Spirit Refining Sea, where Ning Chuan fully comprehended the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth but did not advance to the Dragon Elephant Law.
• Ning Chuan used holy medicine to temper his body to the Mystic Truth's limit, greatly increasing his strength and speed.
• Ning Chuan and Ye Wuchen entered the sea and found that its soul attacks grew stronger with depth while also eroding the weapon case's protective mist.
• Ye Wuchen stopped at a depth of about 13,000 meters when the soul attacks reached his limit, and Ning Chuan continued alone.
• Ning Chuan reached the 49,000-meter seabed, where the weapon case's protection rapidly dissipated as the sea began injuring his soul.

Ning Chuan opened the weapon case in the Spirit Refining Sea and inherited Nine Steps to the Ends of the World, gaining insight into its twelve Title Mystic Truths and forming the Ends of the World Mystic Truth. He used it to block the Gray-Line Vine Snake’s fluctuations, while Si Nanbo and the others headed toward the Spirit Refining Sea to investigate.

• Ning Chuan realized the Spirit Refining Sea had strengthened his soul as it healed, then noticed the weapon case’s luminous mist had dissipated.
• Ning Chuan opened the case, received the Nine Steps to the Ends of the World inheritance, and used the Martial Seal to absorb its insights.
• Nine Steps to the Ends of the World advanced to the second level and revealed twelve Title Mystic Truths that formed the Second-Grade Void Law.
• Ning Chuan named their fully comprehended fusion the Ends of the World Mystic Truth and used it to block the Gray-Line Vine Snake’s fluctuations.
• Si Nanbo noticed the fluctuations had vanished, and he, Xiao Chen, Zhang Tianzhi, and the other two figures flew toward the Spirit Refining Sea to check on Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan emerged from the Spirit Refining Sea after comprehending a Mystic Truth related to the Void Law, then demonstrated the power of Nine Steps to the Ends of the World to Ye Wuchen. Ning Chuan refused to rejoin the Federation and set out alone for Origin Martial Mountain, while Ye Wuchen left to draw pursuit away from him.

• Ning Chuan told Ye Wuchen that he had comprehended a Mystic Truth related to the Void Law in less than a quarter of an hour.
• Ning Chuan explained that the Martial Seal for Nine Steps to the Ends of the World had passed on its inheritance only once, and Ye Wuchen said that comprehension still depended on personal talent.
• Ning Chuan refused Ye Wuchen's offer to rejoin the Federation's group and declined his offer to seek help holding Xu Yuan accountable.
• Ning Chuan demonstrated Nine Steps to the Ends of the World, moving ten thousand meters in a step and revealing that he could move thirty percent faster without suppressing the Gray-Line Vine Snake's fluctuations.
• Ye Wuchen departed toward the Spirit Refining Sea's depths, releasing his aura to attract potential pursuers, while Ning Chuan set off for Origin Martial Mountain.

Ning Chuan avoided confronting Si Nanbo, Xiao Chen, and their allies, then headed toward the Giant Wood Forest after hearing sounds from it. There, he found Momo under attack by Liu Cangdong and three alien Heavenly Kings, and arrived just as Luojiatu threatened her.

• Ning Chuan used the Ends of the World Mystic Truth to conceal himself and decided to wait for his enemies to split up before attacking them individually.
• Ning Chuan spotted Si Nanbo, Xiao Chen, and three others heading toward the Spirit Refining Sea, then continued toward Origin Martial Mountain.
• Ning Chuan heard disturbances from the Giant Wood Forest and changed course to investigate because Momo was there.
• Liu Cangdong and three alien River Realm Heavenly Kings damaged the assessment hall and demanded that Momo reveal its treasure vault.
• Momo defended Ning Chuan when the aliens questioned his abilities, while Luojiatu offered her armor in exchange for ending their attacks.
• As Luojiatu threatened Momo, Ning Chuan appeared beside him and asked how long he could live.

Ning Chuan ambushed Luojiatu, killed the three alien River Realm Heavenly Kings, and then overwhelmed Liu Cangdong with his improved movement technique. After severing Liu Cangdong’s right arm, Ning Chuan urged him to use the Gray-Line Vine Snake’s fluctuations to summon help faster.

• Ning Chuan appeared beside Luojiatu and killed him with a single slash, startling Liu Cangdong and the two other alien River Realm Heavenly Kings.
• Ning Chuan evaded Liu Cangdong’s black mist and killed one alien Heavenly King with a slash, then blasted the last apart with a punch and golden flames.
• Liu Cangdong called for Xiao Chen, Si Nanbo, and the others, while Ning Chuan spread a sea of fire to draw him away from the hall.
• Ning Chuan rushed through Liu Cangdong’s Heaven-Overturning Seal and severed his right arm with a saber strike.
• Ning Chuan told Liu Cangdong to use the Gray-Line Vine Snake’s fluctuations to summon help faster.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed Liu Cangdong in Weapon Forest Valley, exploiting his superior speed and attacks while Liu Cangdong struggled with lingering injuries. Liu Cangdong survived Ning Chuan’s strongest punch, but a heartrending scream rang through the Giant Wood Forest.

• Ning Chuan used his movement technique and Azure Heaven Thunder Dragon Wings to catch Liu Cangdong and overpower his Heaven-Overturning Seal.
• Ning Chuan repeatedly attacked Liu Cangdong, leaving him badly wounded and unable to evade or restrain his movements.
• Ning Chuan’s flame phoenix struck Liu Cangdong into a vast crater, and Liu Cangdong fought back while his old injuries limited his strength.
• Ning Chuan seized an opening and hit Liu Cangdong with ten blazing suns, but Liu Cangdong reinforced his shield and survived the blow.
• A heartrending scream rang through the Giant Wood Forest.

Ning Chuan killed Liu Cangdong’s original body in Weapon Forest Valley, though Liu Cangdong’s damaged Heart of Law escaped because he had an avatar elsewhere. Searching Liu Cangdong’s memories, Ning Chuan learned that Zhang Tianzhi carried the Gloomlight Spear Martial Seal and began considering how to take it without exposing his location for too long.

• Liu Cangdong’s old injuries flared as he used his full strength to resist Ning Chuan, but Ning Chuan overpowered him and destroyed his body with a punch.
• Ning Chuan’s Heaven-Chaos Force cracked Liu Cangdong’s Heart of Law, but it vanished and dissipated elsewhere, revealing that Liu Cangdong had an avatar.
• Ning Chuan assessed how the Nine Steps to the Ends of the World improved his movement and concluded that few opponents in the Prison Realm could threaten him, though Si Nanbo remained uncertain.
• Ning Chuan searched Liu Cangdong’s memories and learned that the Gloomlight Spear was a fast, offensive martial art exclusive to the Ultimate Weapon Art.
• Ning Chuan learned that Zhang Tianzhi carried the Gloomlight Spear Martial Seal and weighed the risk that a prolonged fight would reveal his location and attract reinforcements.

Ning Chuan asked Momo about the Prison Realm's failing condition and learned more about the Spirit Refining Sea and the Prison-Suppressing Manor's body-cultivation requirements. After Momo hid and Ning Chuan left, five Heavenly Kings reached the hall, found the dead, and debated who had killed them.

• Ning Chuan rejected the idea of first removing the Gray-Line Vine Snakes inside him and considered ambushing Zhang Tianzhi to seize the Gloomlight Spear.
• Ning Chuan asked Momo how to delay the Prison Realm's collapse or save the realm spirits, but Momo did not know a solution.
• Momo recalled that the Spirit Refining Sea strengthened souls, helped establish body-cultivation foundations, and that the Prison-Suppressing Manor's supreme inheritance required the strength of forty-nine flood dragons.
• Ning Chuan learned that the Spirit Refining Sea might work on the Dragon Elephant Law, then told Momo to hide when he sensed five Heavenly Kings approaching.
• Si Nanbo, Xiao Chen, Zhang Tianzhi, and the other Heavenly Kings arrived and found Luojiatu, Liu Cangdong, and others dead.
• Xiao Chen and Zhang Tianzhi concluded that Ning Chuan had killed two Heavenly Kings, but they could not determine who had killed Liu Cangdong and another Heavenly King.