Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan negotiated with the burly man in beast robes over the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage and explained why he preferred to work with the Moxuan Consortium. The burly man revealed that Zhang Tianzhi’s Law had limited his prospects, while Ning Chuan concealed his reaction by closing his eyes.

• Ning Chuan said he had sought information about the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage because he hoped to cooperate with the Moxuan Consortium, and he demanded a price for what he knew about it.
• Ning Chuan argued that the Moxuan Consortium offered him better protection and rewards than the faction represented by the burly man in beast robes, citing Gu Yunyou’s rise and Zhang Tianzhi’s failure to advance.
• The burly man in beast robes denied that his faction had caused Zhang Tianzhi’s lack of progress and explained that Zhang needed to master a Fourth-Grade Law to reach the Sea Realm.
• The burly man in beast robes watched Li Wenyue and the black-robed man for reactions to the revelation that Laws had upper limits; Li Wenyue stiffened, while Ning Chuan closed his eyes.
• Ning Chuan opened his eyes again and calmly remarked that there was such a restriction.

Ning Chuan and Li Wenyue questioned a burly man in beast robes about Horse Road Mountain, learning that it was a licensed interstellar corps and a Radiant Star-tier force. The man explained the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom’s four force tiers and their standards, and Ning Chuan asked him to elaborate further.

• The burly man introduced Horse Road Mountain and described its vast territory and long history, while Ning Chuan and Li Wenyue were surprised by its scale.
• Ning Chuan and Li Wenyue compared the man’s name and clothes to those of bandits, and the man admitted Horse Road Mountain held a legal plundering license and called itself an interstellar corps.
• The burly man warned Ning Chuan and Li Wenyue that the wider universe was violent and that even powerful forces could become prey.
• Ning Chuan asked about the Moxuan Consortium and Horse Road Mountain’s rank, and the burly man identified Horse Road Mountain as Radiant Star tier.
• The burly man listed the four force tiers as Unranked, Radiant Star, Bright Moon, and Brilliant Sun, and explained that combat strength, territory, wealth, taxes, and government ties affected a force’s tier.
• Ning Chuan asked the burly man to explain the tier standards in greater detail.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Chu Longye over cooperation between Horse Road Mountain and himself, refusing to reveal his identity until he could trust the faction. Chu Longye agreed to cooperate and said Horse Road Mountain's Divine Son and Divine Daughter would descend after Martial Star revived, leaving Ning Chuan promising to welcome them.

• Chu Longye explained the faction ranks and claimed Horse Road Mountain had seven Nebula Realm experts, enough to merit Bright Moon Grade status.
• Ning Chuan questioned whether Horse Road Mountain had joined the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom under amnesty and whether its dispute with the Moxuan Consortium involved a Universe Realm cultivator.
• Chu Longye introduced himself as a Nebula Realm cultivator wielding two Third-Grade Laws and demanded that Ning Chuan remove his disguise.
• Ning Chuan refused to reveal his identity, arguing Horse Road Mountain could use it to pressure him, and cited Zhang Tianzhi's cooperation and Spirit of Law Comprehension as evidence of that risk.
• Ning Chuan showed Zhang Tianzhi's spatial key as proof of his connection to the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm, then warned that Horse Road Mountain was his only known Ancient Pilgrimage Path and that he would not help another faction benefit from it.
• Chu Longye agreed to cooperate and said Horse Road Mountain's Divine Son and Divine Daughter would descend after Martial Star revived; Ning Chuan said he would await their arrival.

Ning Chuan negotiated Horse Road Mountain’s cooperation for Martial Star’s revival while concealing his identity as the very person whose inheritance the group wanted. He agreed to help secure ancient orthodoxies and protect himself until a route through the North Sea Domain opened.

• Chu Longye told Ning Chuan and Li Wenyue that their forces would follow the Divine Son and Divine Daughter’s orders and prepare to seize Martial Star’s ancient inheritances.
• Chu Longye recognized Li Wenyue as the Mystic Weapon Pavilion’s grand elder, and Ning Chuan warned him not to expose Ning Chuan’s identity.
• Ning Chuan explained that the North Sea Domain route remained blocked, but Chu Longye expected forces to clear it within two or three weeks because Ning Chuan held the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance.
• Chu Longye admitted Horse Road Mountain wanted the inheritance but ordered Ning Chuan to keep it out of the Holy Heaven Alliance’s hands until the route opened.
• Ning Chuan agreed to make sure Ning Chuan stayed alive.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Chu Longye over Horse Road Mountain’s demands, insisting that the dangerous final tasks required better compensation. He asked for a Spirit of Law Comprehension, and Chu Longye explained how such spirits aided cultivation and Law comprehension.

• Chu Longye promised Ning Chuan protection and the chance to leave the Heavenly Martial Realm with Horse Road Mountain after the era of resurgence.
• Chu Longye assigned Ning Chuan to cripple the Holy Heaven Alliance by killing most of its remaining Great River Realm cultivators.
• Ning Chuan argued that the last two tasks carried excessive danger and demanded improved terms from Horse Road Mountain.
• Ning Chuan requested a Spirit of Law Comprehension like the one given to Zhang Tianzhi.
• Chu Longye explained that the spirits contained condensed insights into Laws and could accelerate cultivation, while Li Wenyue questioned how Zhang Tianzhi had comprehended the Thick Mountain Law.

Ning Chuan questioned Chu Longye about choosing and using Spirits of Law Comprehension, then learned how they could support cultivation to higher realms. He ended by asking whether Horse Road Mountain could obtain a Spirit of Law Comprehension for a first-grade Law.

• Ning Chuan asked how cultivators could identify which Laws suited their talents, and Chu Longye explained that they relied on their martial insights.
• Chu Longye said Zhang Tianzhi had received a Spirit of Law Comprehension for the Mountain Realm Law because Horse Road Mountain had not yet valued his contributions.
• Ning Chuan avoided revealing whether he had mastered a fourth-grade Law and asked Chu Longye about his second third-grade Law, All Things Penetration.
• Chu Longye described three paths for advancing All Things Penetration and said his restricted clone could not demonstrate either of his Laws.
• Chu Longye explained that Spirits of Law Comprehension could help cultivators reach the Sea Realm, while higher realms required increasingly powerful experts to refine them.
• Ning Chuan realized how useful Spirits of Law Comprehension could be and asked whether Horse Road Mountain could obtain one for a first-grade Law.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Chu Longye for Spirits of Law Comprehension, agreeing to pursue the Prison-Suppressing Manor's inheritance or eliminate Gu Yunyou in exchange for a second-grade law Spirit. He also accepted a deal to kill Holy Heaven Alliance Great River Realm cultivators for third-grade law Spirits, then asked for both of Chu Longye's third-grade laws.

• Ning Chuan asked Chu Longye about obtaining Spirits of Law Comprehension for first- and second-grade laws, and Chu Longye explained their immense cost and difficulty.
• Chu Longye offered Ning Chuan a second-grade law Spirit if he obtained the Prison-Suppressing Manor's core cultivation technique or eliminated Gu Yunyou and united the Heavenly Martial Realm, and Ning Chuan agreed to try.
• Ning Chuan negotiated a reward of one Nebula Realm-level third-grade law Spirit for every three Great River Realm cultivators he caused to die, with incarnations counting as half.
• Chu Longye agreed that Ning Chuan could work with Ning Chuan and use a tool that counted kills by absorbing souls, but warned that Ning Chuan must survive.
• Chu Longye offered a Spirit for either his Mountain Realm Law or All Things Penetration Law, and Ning Chuan said he wanted both.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Chu Longye for Spirits of Law Comprehension and promised to bring other Great River Realm cultivators to Horse Road Mountain. After Lan Ge secretly asked Chu Longye to withhold Li Wenyue’s reward, Chu Longye sent Ning Chuan the promised items, and the two men left the secret realm.

• Ning Chuan argued that his strength, ability, and willingness to bring outsiders to Horse Road Mountain made him more valuable than Zhang Tianzhi, and offered to recruit trustworthy Great River Realm cultivators.
• Chu Longye agreed to let Ning Chuan claim the Mountain Realm Law and All Things Penetration Law Spirits of Law Comprehension, and promised further rewards if Ning Chuan introduced a Great River Realm cultivator.
• Chu Longye offered Li Wenyue part of a Spirit of Law Comprehension, but Lan Ge appeared before his true body and told him she had a use for Li Wenyue, so he should not give him one yet.
• Li Wenyue chose the Mountain Realm Law Spirit, but Chu Longye said he would prioritize Ning Chuan’s delivery and the soul-collecting card.
• Ning Chuan received the soul collector and two Spirits of Law Comprehension, sealed and stored them, then left the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm with Li Wenyue.

After leaving the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm, Ning Chuan ordered Li Wenyue to gather all the Divine Metal Liquid while he weighed the threats surrounding him and planned for the North Sea Domain’s opening. As dawn broke over the Fire Gold Sea, he remained confident that the Void Law would let him escape most pursuers, though Law Spirits with detection abilities could still endanger him.

• Ning Chuan closed the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm and left the Fire Gold Sea with Li Wenyue, both keeping silent.
• Ning Chuan ordered Li Wenyue to use the Mystic Weapon Pavilion to gather all available Divine Metal Liquid, promising to distract Gu Yunyou with trouble on the Blood Curtain Plateau.
• Li Wenyue accepted the order and hurried away despite his injuries.
• Ning Chuan considered how Federation and alien Great River Realm Heavenly Kings might advance to the Sea Realm and target him when the North Sea Domain opened.
• Ning Chuan concluded that Law Spirits might detect his Second Heaven Void Law, and recalled that awakened Law Spirits had already slaughtered villages and towns.
• Sunlight rose over the turbulent Fire Gold Sea as Ning Chuan continued to face the dangers ahead.

At the Fire Gold Sea, Ning Chuan inspected and activated two Spirits of Law Comprehension, greatly increasing the cultivation speed of his All Things Penetration Law and Mountain Realm Law. He realized the insights Lin Fengyang had consumed might affect his future comprehension and considered asking Chu Longye whether mastering those Laws could make up for them.

• Ning Chuan had Bai Zhi, Le Yu, and Momo inspect the patterned card and two Spirits of Law Comprehension before he removed their seals.
• Ning Chuan activated the Spirit of Law Comprehension for the All Things Penetration Law, triggering an epiphany and raising the Law's cultivation speed by nearly 200 times.
• Ning Chuan activated the other Spirit, and the Mountain and River Mystic Truth advanced into the Mountain Realm Law, whose cultivation speed rose by more than 185 times.
• Ning Chuan found that the Spirit's insights into the Mountain and River Mystic Truth remained intact because he had already comprehended it.
• Ning Chuan wondered whether comprehending the Heavenly Flame Law and Mystic Ice Law could compensate for insights Lin Fengyang had consumed, and decided to ask Chu Longye.

As the Holy Heaven Alliance searched for Ning Chuan, Mu Shangyun taunted the Federation online and claimed ten Great River Realm Heavenly Kings would kill him. Hidden in the Fire Gold Sea, Ning Chuan strengthened his Laws, arranged for Li Wenyue to refine Divine Metal Liquid, and prepared to ambush Mu Cangyuan's team for its Heaven-Overturning Seal Martial Seal.

• Mu Shangyun announced that the Holy Heaven Alliance had organized ten Great River Realm Heavenly Kings into teams to hunt Ning Chuan, sparking a fierce online argument with the Federation's people.
• Ning Chuan assessed his growing combat power and decided that Heaven-Overturning Seal would best complement his Mountain Realm Law.
• Li Wenyue delivered about fifty-eight thousand drops of Divine Metal Liquid, and Ning Chuan gave him the spatial key to refine it into Divine Metal Tears.
• Ning Chuan asked the recovering Li Wenyue to return with him to the Blood Curtain Plateau and help manipulate the Holy Heaven Alliance's plans.
• Ning Chuan chose Mu Cangyuan's team as his first target because Mu Cangyuan possessed the initial Martial Seal for Heaven-Overturning Seal.

Ning Chuan visited the Beast Emperor Hall to refine its ferocious beasts and strengthen his body, but the supply ran out before he could reach his unknown Mortal Transcendence Realm limit. He ordered Xi Fengrou to gather weaker beasts and considered how to obtain more cultivation resources from Horse Road Mountain.

• Ning Chuan detoured to the Beast Emperor Hall, where Xi Fengrou had emptied its eighteen beast-taming mountains and barred others from entering.
• Ning Chuan refined the beasts from all eighteen mountains in less than half a day, increasing his physical strength by about five hundred thousand tons.
• Ning Chuan learned that the Beast Emperor Hall had no more powerful ferocious beasts available, so Xi Fengrou offered to gather ordinary beasts instead.
• Ning Chuan agreed to take the ordinary beasts and worried that their lower-quality energy would not let him reach his cultivation goal in time.
• Ning Chuan considered asking Horse Road Mountain for resources but struggled to justify it after telling Chu Longye he lacked talent for body cultivation.
• Ning Chuan came up with the idea of introducing himself to Horse Road Mountain.

Ning Chuan infiltrated the Holy Heaven Alliance’s search operation in disguise, then used a Force clone to avoid detection and secretly reached Mu Cangyuan’s team. He watched the three Great River Realm Heavenly Kings from nearby, preparing to act while they remained unaware of him.

• Ning Chuan disguised himself as Ye Shanliang and joined Li Wenyue’s group as they returned to the Blood Curtain Plateau.
• Gu Yunyou ordered Li Wenyue to join Liu Cangdong’s team and sent Ning Chuan and the other Divine Generals to await orders at the command post.
• Ning Chuan spotted three Great River Realm Heavenly Kings in a nearby building and considered killing them, but delayed because Gu Yunyou was close and the Heavenly Kings might carry Divine Oracle Talismans.
• When his search assignment began, Ning Chuan sent a Void Law Force clone away with the Spirit-Seeking Talisman and slipped out of Gu Yunyou’s sight.
• Ning Chuan crossed the plateau and found Mu Cangyuan, Li He, and Qiu Huiyang leading a search team; the three Heavenly Kings did not notice him hiding nearby.

Ning Chuan lured the Holy Heaven Alliance’s Heavenly Kings into a trap, killed Mu Cangyuan with a surprise attack, and then fought Li He and Qiu Yanghui while pretending to be injured and weakened. He planned to keep the alliance believing they could defeat him long enough to hunt more Heavenly Kings and secure benefits through his cooperation with Horse Road Mountain.

• A Knight used a Spirit-Seeking Talisman to reveal Ning Chuan’s presence, drawing Mu Cangyuan, Li He, and Qiu Yanghui to the area.
• Ning Chuan attacked with a mountain-and-river seal, which the three Heavenly Kings destroyed along with his Force clone.
• Ning Chuan emerged from the void and killed Mu Cangyuan with a sudden strike, then claimed his soul and spatial ring.
• Ning Chuan taunted the Holy Heaven Alliance and announced that its members had become his prey.
• Li He and Qiu Yanghui attacked Ning Chuan together, and he met them head-on before feigning injury and fighting as if trying to escape their encirclement.
• Ning Chuan reflected that his staged weakness could help him kill more Heavenly Kings without revealing his full strength while he pursued benefits from Horse Road Mountain.

Ning Chuan used his Force clones and a feint to kill Qiu Yanghui while Li He fled rather than face him. After warning the arriving Heavenly Kings that the real hunt had only just begun, Ning Chuan vanished, and their search found no trace of him.

• Li He destroyed a Force clone of Ning Chuan with the Heaven-Suppressing Sword, then tried to search for the hidden Ning Chuan by attacking the surrounding area.
• Ning Chuan’s feint drew Li He and Qiu Yanghui into separate defenses, allowing Ning Chuan to appear above Qiu Yanghui and strike him with the Mountain and River Seal.
• Ning Chuan killed Qiu Yanghui with the falling seal, leaving the watching Divine Generals and Knights terrified.
• Li He fled toward the approaching Great River Realm Heavenly Kings, refusing to counterattack even after noticing Ning Chuan’s weakened aura.
• Ning Chuan took Qiu Yanghui’s soul and spatial ring, warned Li He and the other Heavenly Kings that their turn would come, and vanished into the void.
• Li He and the other Great River Realm Heavenly Kings searched the area with martial arts, but they found no trace of Ning Chuan.

Gu Yunyou received news that Ning Chuan had killed two Great River Realm Heavenly Kings and remained trapped in the northern Blood Curtain Plateau, leaving him unsure whether the Holy Heaven Alliance could stop Ning Chuan or whether to seek more Moxuan Consortium support. Venomous Sting then leaked the news, stirring both ancient life-bearing planets.

• A Divine General reported that Ning Chuan had killed Heavenly King Cangyuan and Heavenly King Yanghui, while Li He had fled, and that Ning Chuan possessed a powerful concealment Law.
• The Divine General said Ning Chuan remained badly injured and trapped in the northern Blood Curtain Plateau, prompting Gu Yunyou to order Mu Cangyuan and Qiu Yanghui to return after their soul injuries healed.
• Gu Yunyou learned that Li He had already joined the three-person Heavenly King team and wondered whether four Heavenly Kings could stop Ning Chuan.
• Gu Yunyou hesitated to ask the Moxuan Consortium for help because he feared losing his privileged position and would have to contact them through another Holy Heaven Alliance member.
• Venomous Sting sent word of Ning Chuan's latest battle, and both ancient life-bearing planets erupted over his killing of two Heavenly Kings and forcing another to flee.

After Ning Chuan killed two Great River Realm Heavenly Kings, his victory terrified the Holy Heaven Alliance and silenced its families across the Heavenly Martial Realm. Searching the fallen kings’ memories, he learned Gu Yunyou had reclaimed the clan-guarding martial arts, complicating his plan to defeat him.

• The Federation publicized Ning Chuan’s battle, and people across Martial Star and the Heavenly Martial Realm reacted with shock and celebration at his killing of Mu Cangyuan and Qiu Yanghui.
• The Holy Heaven Alliance’s Heavenly King families ordered their offspring to delete comments about Ning Chuan, while Mu Shangyun feared retaliation over his earlier post.
• Ning Chuan hid on the Blood Curtain Plateau and searched the two dead Heavenly Kings’ souls for the location of Mu Cangyuan’s incarnation.
• Ning Chuan learned that Gu Yunyou had taken and guarded the Heaven-Overturning Seal and the other clan-guarding martial arts.
• Ning Chuan realized he could not obtain the martial arts needed to strengthen himself and ambush Gu Yunyou without confronting Gu Yunyou first.

Ning Chuan considered how to obtain Gu Yunyou’s Marquis-Bestowing martial arts, then used his soul collector and sought advice from Liu Cangdong and Li Wenyue. He learned that powerful Heavenly Kings could receive guardian martial arts without enough merit and repay the shortfall later.

• Ning Chuan examined the soul collector, confirmed it recorded one Great River Realm Heavenly King, and set out to destroy four more avatars or true bodies for a complete Spirit of Law Comprehension.
• Ning Chuan reached the team accompanied by Liu Cangdong and Li Wenyue, asked about the Heaven-Overturning Seal, and learned that Gu Yunyou had taken the guardian martial arts.
• Ning Chuan instructed Liu Cangdong to leave the Blood Curtain Plateau because of his injuries and later give Gu Yunyou the Mountain and River Seal.
• Li Wenyue proposed exchanging merit for the inheritance, but he and Liu Cangdong lacked enough merit and said borrowing it would be difficult.
• Liu Cangdong explained that powerful Heavenly Kings could receive guardian martial arts before paying the full merit cost, while Li Wenyue said his available Spirit of Law Comprehension did not match his Law.

Ning Chuan planned to kill several Great River Realm Heavenly Kings and recruit one or two through the Divine Kingdom. He ambushed Xie Feng, but the other three Heavenly Kings wounded him and pursued him as he merged into the void, while Li Wenyue secretly produced a strange card.

• Ning Chuan agreed to kill Nanshan Gong, Lu Meng, and Xie Feng, then possibly recruit suitable survivors, while Li Wenyue asked to demonstrate the alliance’s need for River Realm experts.
• Ning Chuan chose Xie Feng as his first target and lured the four Heavenly Kings toward him by revealing his soul fluctuations.
• Ning Chuan struck Xie Feng with a Blazing Heavenly Sun, engulfing him in golden flames and injuring Li Wenyue and Liu Cangdong nearby.
• The other three Heavenly Kings attacked Ning Chuan together, blasting him away and leaving him severely wounded.
• Ning Chuan taunted the pursuing Heavenly Kings and began merging into the void as Nanshan Gong ordered the others to use martial attacks.
• As the Heavenly Kings unleashed attacks, Li Wenyue secretly produced a card engraved with peculiar patterns.

Ning Chuan escaped the Holy Heaven Alliance's encirclement, forcing Gu Yunyou to seek help from the Moxuan Consortium. As Gu Yunyou weighed the alliance's losses and Li Wenyue sought a Marquis-Bestowing martial art, Ning Chuan targeted three Great River Realm Heavenly Kings from afar, and Gu Yunyou suddenly sensed the danger.

• Ning Chuan faked the severity of his injuries, escaped Nanshan Gong and the other Heavenly Kings, and vanished after breaking through the encirclement to the north.
• Gu Yunyou summoned Ren Cang and secretly gave him an ancient token so he could contact the Moxuan Consortium for help.
• Liu Cangdong asked to return to the Beast Emperor Hall to recover and retrieve the Martial Seal for the Mountain and River Seal, while Li Wenyue requested a Marquis-Bestowing martial art.
• Li Wenyue sensed Nanshan Gong, Lu Meng, and Xie Feng in a room below, while Ning Chuan watched them from three thousand li away and reached into the void.
• Gu Yunyou suddenly sensed danger, opened his eyes, and shouted for everyone to run.