Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan destroyed the Holy Heaven Alliance’s central buildings with a long-range attack, killing three Heavenly Kings while Gu Yunyou could not intervene. After Li Wenyue received a Marquis-Bestowing martial art, Ning Chuan calculated how to use the rewards from his victories and began searching for more Great River Realm Heavenly Kings.

• Ning Chuan sent a blazing sun across three thousand li, annihilating the central buildings and killing Nanshan Gong, Lu Meng, and Xie Feng while gravely injuring Li Wenyue.
• Gu Yunyou confronted Ning Chuan from afar, but he could not leave his domain without giving Ning Chuan time to escape, and Ning Chuan vanished into the void.
• Li Wenyue searched the crater, reported the three Heavenly Kings’ deaths, and received a Martial Seal from Gu Yunyou to claim a Marquis-Bestowing martial art.
• Ning Chuan calculated the Spirits of Law Comprehension he could earn from his victories and recommendations, then began searching for the Holy Heaven Alliance’s Great River Realm Heavenly Kings.

Ning Chuan learned that Ren Cang had left the Blood Curtain Plateau and suspected the Holy Heaven Alliance was planning something. He subdued the injured Nanshan Gong and arranged to leave the plateau disguised among his attendants to investigate Gu Yunyou’s plans.

• Ning Chuan heard Gu Yunyou order the Holy Heaven Alliance to gather in the plateau’s central region and suspected Ren Cang’s departure was connected to the order.
• Ning Chuan caught up with the injured Nanshan Gong and rendered him unconscious despite the Spirit-Seeking Talisman failing to detect him.
• Ning Chuan searched Nanshan Gong’s memories and successfully merged a Divine Oracle Talisman into his soul, making him a subordinate of the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom.
• Ning Chuan ordered Nanshan Gong to request treatment outside the plateau and bring attendants so Ning Chuan could hide among them.
• Nanshan Gong reached the fixed passage and met Gu Yunyou while Ning Chuan departed using the Void Law.

Ning Chuan used Nanshan Gong’s departure from the Blood Curtain Plateau to escape in disguise with Li Wenyue, then inherited the Heaven-Overturning Seal and rapidly comprehended the Third-Heaven True Realm Law. He decided to pursue the Spirits of Law Comprehension before risking a confrontation with Gu Yunyou, while anticipating the North Sea Domain’s opening in a few days.

• Nanshan Gong left the Blood Curtain Plateau with three Divine General attendants, then killed two of them after encountering Li Wenyue and Liu Cangdong, who vanished; the remaining attendant was Ning Chuan in disguise.
• Li Wenyue gave Ning Chuan the Heaven-Overturning Seal Martial Seal, which he had taken from Gu Yunyou while pretending to leave for healing.
• Ning Chuan inherited the Heaven-Overturning Seal and, through sudden enlightenment, advanced it to the third level and raised the True Realm Law to the Third Heaven.
• Ning Chuan considered returning to seize Gu Yunyou’s Marquis-Bestowing martial arts but decided to prioritize obtaining the Spirits of Law Comprehension.
• Ning Chuan anticipated that the North Sea Domain would open in a few days, bringing Martial Star experts and a bloody struggle over the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage.

Ning Chuan brought three Heavenly Kings to the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm and negotiated with Horse Road Mountain’s leaders, presenting himself as a covert ally who had helped him defeat powerful enemies. Chu Longye confirmed Ning Chuan had earned a Spirit of Law Comprehension, leaving him to choose which one he wanted.

• Ning Chuan explained that the Moxuan Consortium could not send devastating weapons to Martial Star, then led Li Wenyue, Liu Cangdong, and Nanshan Gong into the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm.
• Li Wenyue collected more than thirty drops of Divine Metal Tear before Chu Longye appeared with Mo Lan, another of Horse Road Mountain’s seven chief leaders.
• Ning Chuan told Chu Longye that Ren Cang had sought Moxuan Consortium aid and that more Great River Realm Heavenly Kings might follow, so he had quickly contacted trusted allies.
• Ning Chuan claimed he had secretly provided information and helped Ning Chuan kill Great River Realm Heavenly Kings, prompting Liu Cangdong and Nanshan Gong to stage angry objections.
• Chu Longye promised Horse Road Mountain would honor its agreement and offered Ning Chuan a Spirit of Law Comprehension for one complete Third-Grade Law, asking him to choose one.

Ning Chuan asked Chu Longye and Mo Lan about Laws that could grow from the Mystic Ice Law and Heavenly Flame Law, learning of the rare Second-Grade Ultimate Heart Law. He suspected the silver box held a path to mastering it, but Chu Longye and Mo Lan urged him to stop concealing his identity and cooperate openly.

• Ning Chuan asked Chu Longye which Laws the Mystic Ice Law and Heavenly Flame Law could advance into.
• Mo Lan explained that the Ultimate Heart Law fused five Third-Grade Laws and had eighteen foundational Laws, including the Mystic Ice Law and Heavenly Flame Law.
• Mo Lan told Chu Longye that a former Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom Demigod had used the Ultimate Heart Law to attain the King-Bestowing rank and later established his own Divine Kingdom.
• Ning Chuan suspected the silver box contained a Demigod-level path to mastering the Ultimate Heart Law, but kept his suspicions to himself while considering Lin Fengyang's consumed insights.
• After Ning Chuan asked about dozens of Laws, Chu Longye and Mo Lan told him to stop muddying the waters and cooperate openly.

Ning Chuan negotiated for Spirits of Law Comprehension from Chu Longye and proved he met the conditions for two additional ones. He then asked whether an unused basic Law’s Spirit of Law Comprehension could repair a high-grade Law’s Spirit of Law Comprehension, prompting Mo Lan to question his reason for asking.

• Ning Chuan explained that he trusted Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong because he had leverage over them, and said Horse Road Mountain’s treatment of them would reveal whether it posed a threat.
• Ning Chuan reminded Chu Longye that he was entitled to three complete Spirits of Law Comprehension and, for introducing a Great River Realm Heavenly King, ones for the Mountain Realm Law and the All Things Penetration Law.
• Chu Longye said Ning Chuan would need to fully comprehend a basic Mystic Truth to qualify for the two additional Spirits of Law Comprehension.
• Ning Chuan revealed that he had already perfected the Mountain-Bearing Mystic Truth and the Air-Striking Mystic Truth, meeting Chu Longye’s condition.
• Chu Longye agreed to send the two Spirits of Law Comprehension and their Law materials into the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm.
• Ning Chuan asked whether an unused basic Law’s Spirit of Law Comprehension could repair a high-grade Law’s Spirit of Law Comprehension, and Mo Lan asked why he wanted to know.

Ning Chuan chose the Third-Grade Law Spirits he wanted from Horse Road Mountain and learned that two of them would take time to find. After the group’s avatars dispersed, Mo Lan insisted that they still try to control Li Wenyue’s soul because she could not trust the black-robed man’s identity.

• Ning Chuan selected Spirits of Law Comprehension for the Illusory Spirit Law, the Supreme Yin Law, and the Ultimate Yang Law, and Chu Longye agreed to send the Illusory Spirit Spirit while searching for the other two.
• Chu Longye told Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong that Horse Road Mountain would help them enter the Sea Realm, and promised Li Wenyue a Spirit of Law Comprehension for the Mountain Realm Law.
• Chu Longye and Mo Lan’s avatars dispersed after Chu Longye said he would begin transmitting the items.
• In the spatial rift, Chu Longye asked Mo Lan whether they still needed to control Li Wenyue’s soul despite the black-robed man having introduced two Great River Realm cultivators.
• Mo Lan said she could not identify the black-robed man and insisted they try to merge her soul-control seed into Li Wenyue’s soul.

Ning Chuan received a storage card and watched Li Wenyue die when the Divine Oracle Talisman inside his soul clashed with another seal. He claimed to be a Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom spy to protect Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong, then threatened Chu Longye and Mo Lan as they assessed the situation.

• Ning Chuan gave Li Wenyue the Mountain Realm Spirit of Law Comprehension and inspected the information on his storage card.
• Li Wenyue screamed as a silver Divine Oracle Talisman fought a deep blue substance inside his soul, killing him in an instant.
• Chu Longye recognized Li Wenyue as a god slave, while Mo Lan accused Ning Chuan of being one too.
• Ning Chuan secretly instructed Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong to act shocked, and they accused him of serving the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom.
• Ning Chuan threatened Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong with the Divine Kingdom's future retaliation, then warned Chu Longye and Mo Lan not to provoke it.

Ning Chuan confronted Chu Longye and Mo Lan over Li Wenyue’s death and the exposure of his identity, then negotiated compensation from Horse Road Mountain. The chapter ended with Mo Lan asking what additional compensation he wanted.

• Chu Longye and Mo Lan explained that Li Wenyue died by accident when a Divine Oracle Talisman and Mo Lan’s soul-control seed fought for control.
• Ning Chuan accused Horse Road Mountain of causing Li Wenyue’s death and exposing his identity, then challenged them to name the crime under Divine Kingdom law.
• Chu Longye and Mo Lan were surprised to learn that Ning Chuan himself had brought Li Wenyue under control, and Mo Lan argued that Li Wenyue was not important to the Divine Kingdom.
• Mo Lan promised to keep Ning Chuan’s identity secret and confirmed that Horse Road Mountain would give Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong their promised Spirits of Law Comprehension.
• Ning Chuan insisted that he deserved the two Spirits of Law Comprehension he had previously been promised, and Mo Lan offered additional compensation and asked what he wanted.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Mo Lan and Chu Longye for compensation from Horse Road Mountain, disguising his real goal of obtaining a King-Bestowing martial art containing the Ultimate Heart Law. Horse Road Mountain agreed to provide that martial art and six Spirits of Law Comprehension, and Ning Chuan left the secret realm with Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong under his watch.

• Ning Chuan demanded a Spirit of Law Comprehension for the Ultimate Heart Law, but Chu Longye rejected the request as too costly.
• Mo Lan explained that Divine Oracle Talismans limited their bearers to the peak of the Earth Realm, and Ning Chuan insisted that this made powerful combat strength even more important.
• Mo Lan offered five or six Spirits of Law Comprehension for Third-Grade Laws, and Ning Chuan accepted six.
• Ning Chuan also demanded an offensive King-Bestowing martial art containing the Ultimate Heart Law, and Mo Lan agreed to provide one along with the six Spirits of Law Comprehension.
• Mo Lan said the Spirits would take seven to ten days and the martial art no more than a month to obtain, then she and Chu Longye dispersed their incarnations.
• Ning Chuan collected Li Wenyue's corpse and warned Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong that he would monitor all their dealings with Horse Road Mountain as they left the secret realm.

After leaving the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm, Ning Chuan learned that Ren Cang had returned to the Blood Curtain Plateau with a device from the Moxuan Consortium that could seal the continent. He decided to return with Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong, hoping to subdue Ren Cang and secure a chance to cooperate with the consortium, while using Spirits of Law Comprehension to advance toward becoming a Heavenly King.

• Ning Chuan left the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm with Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong, uncertain whether Horse Road Mountain would honor its promised compensation.
• Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong reported that Ren Cang had returned to the Blood Curtain Plateau with a Moxuan Consortium sealing device, freeing Gu Yunyou to act.
• Ning Chuan told Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong to heal before taking him back to the Blood Curtain Plateau.
• Ning Chuan decided to seek Ren Cang's allegiance with a Divine Oracle Talisman and pursue the Brahma Spear and Heaven-Suppressing Sword.
• Ning Chuan used a Spirit of Law Comprehension on the Illusory Spirit Law and learned that it would cultivate nearly two hundred times faster.
• Ning Chuan used his remaining Spirits of Law Comprehension on the Mountain Realm Law and All Things Penetration Law to gather insights toward condensing a Heart of Law.

Ning Chuan continued cultivating toward condensing Hearts of Law while Gu Yunyou’s Sea Realm strength stirred the Heavenly Martial Realm and intensified threats against him. At the North Sea Domain, Bai Qi and his companions resolved to force their way through the Divine Martial Stele’s passage with five ultimate weapons to get Ning Chuan off the Blood Curtain Plateau.

• Ning Chuan estimated that he could condense Hearts of Law within about a week, though he regretted becoming a Heavenly King with a Third-Grade Law and chose not to delay for greater potential.
• Several days later, Ning Chuan’s Illusory Spirit Law reached Fifth Heaven perfection and entered a bottleneck, while his Mountain Realm Law and All Things Penetration Law neared their own breakthroughs.
• News spread that Gu Yunyou was a Sea Realm Heavenly King, emboldening the Heavenly Martial Realm’s people to mock Ning Chuan and praise their alliance leader.
• Bai Qi told Wei Chen and Ye Wuchen that other powerful enemies were targeting Ning Chuan and insisted they must get him off the Blood Curtain Plateau.
• Wei Chen revealed that the Federation had brought five of its twelve ultimate weapons, and Bai Qi activated the Vast Universe Grand Mystic Shield and entered the dangerous passage.

Bai Qi escaped the North Sea Domain’s barrier after a snake-haired young man attacked him and warned that other forces were moving toward the Heavenly Martial Realm. Ning Chuan reached the Blood Curtain Plateau, tested its Black Heavenly Dragon Chains, and revealed he had no intention of leaving.

• Bai Qi emerged from the North Sea Domain barrier injured, then fled with Wei Chen and Ye Wuchen as a snake-haired young man’s sword attack devastated the area.
• The snake-haired young man said he was waiting for Ning Chuan and expected forces in the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom to open a passage through the North Sea Domain in about a week.
• Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong reported that their injuries had healed, and Ning Chuan led them north to the Blood Curtain Plateau.
• Nanshan Gong explained that the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains allowed entry but blocked anyone trying to leave, and he demonstrated how the chains closed around him.
• Ning Chuan used the Void Law to test the chains and found that they could only vaguely sense his location before he withdrew.
• Nanshan Gong suggested that Ning Chuan leave by arranging for him to be carried out for treatment, but Ning Chuan stopped him and said he had not asked to leave.

Ning Chuan joined the Great River Realm Heavenly Kings' search party while secretly preparing to attack them. Before he could strike, his Mountain Realm Law advanced to the Spring Realm, making him a Heavenly King after only a year of cultivation.

• Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong joined the search party with eight other Great River Realm Heavenly Kings, following Ning Chuan's plan to bring Ren Cang under his control.
• Gu Yunyou challenged Ning Chuan to appear and fight him one on one, while the assembled Heavenly Kings discussed Ning Chuan's threat.
• Ning Chuan hid beyond the Spirit-Seeking Talisman's range and began gathering power for a Blazing Heavenly Sun without alerting the others.
• Ning Chuan's Mountain Realm Law advanced to the Spring Realm, formed a Heart of Law, and made him a Heavenly King.
• Ning Chuan watched his Force Wheel transform into a vast Force Sea and reflected that he had become a Heavenly King after just one year of cultivation.

After reaching the Heavenly King realm, Ning Chuan examined his Mountain Realm Law and Divine Weapons before ambushing the Great River Realm Heavenly Kings. He killed Mu Cangyuan and injured three others, but was badly wounded by their counterattack and fled as six Heavenly Kings pursued him.

• Ning Chuan found that becoming a Heavenly King had made the Mountain Realm Law part of him through its Heart of Law, while his Force had increased only modestly.
• Ning Chuan saw that his Mountain Realm Law had reached 81% progress in the Spring Realm and that his Mountain and River Seal Divine Weapon had grown much stronger.
• A Spirit-Seeking Talisman alerted Mu Cangyuan and the other Great River Realm Heavenly Kings, who rushed toward Ning Chuan's location.
• Ning Chuan ambushed the group and killed Mu Cangyuan with a Blazing Heavenly Sun, while the attack severely wounded Ren Cang, Liu Cangdong, and Nanshan Gong.
• Several Heavenly Kings struck Ning Chuan and badly injured him, but he fled as six pursued him while Nanshan Gong and the other two wounded Heavenly Kings stayed behind to recover.

Ning Chuan captured Ren Cang and uncovered the Moxuan Consortium’s involvement, but Ren Cang’s Soul-Controlling Seed exposed Ning Chuan’s false identity as a Divine Envoy. After killing Mo Shangyuan’s remnant and the two Holy Heaven Alliance Divine Slaves who confronted him, Ning Chuan abandoned concealment and vanished, ready to seize what he could by force.

• Ning Chuan met Ren Cang with Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong, searched Ren Cang’s soul, and learned about Mo Shangyuan’s support and the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains.
• Ning Chuan tried to use a Divine Oracle Talisman on Ren Cang, but a Soul-Controlling Seed emerged and Ren Cang’s soul exploded.
• Mo Shangyuan’s remnant recognized Ning Chuan as an impostor, and Ning Chuan killed the powerless remnant before it could reveal more.
• Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong demanded to know whether Ning Chuan had been pretending to be a Divine Envoy, and Ning Chuan admitted it before killing them.
• Ning Chuan accepted that his identity would be exposed and resolved to take what he wanted on the battlefield rather than keep hiding.

Ning Chuan created a stronger Soul-Searching Art and used it to recover fragments of information from Mo Shangyuan’s Soul-Controlling Seed. He learned how the Moxuan Consortium betrayed Horse Road Mountain, then faced the Holy Heaven Alliance’s six remaining Great River Realm Heavenly Kings.

• Ning Chuan fused several martial arts with the Spirit Detection Mystic Truth to create a new Soul-Searching Art, which manifested 66% of the Mystic Truth.
• Ning Chuan used the new art on the fading Soul-Controlling Seed fragments and learned that Mo Shangyuan’s seeds erased victims’ memories of being controlled.
• Ning Chuan learned that the Moxuan Consortium took Horse Road Mountain’s money, then betrayed it to the Nie Family without warning it about the young man’s close ties to Nie Yang.
• The Nie Family killed Horse Road Mountain’s minor commander and branch chief, blocking Horse Road Mountain’s bid to advance to a Bright Moon Grade force.
• Ning Chuan finished examining the recovered memories and turned toward the six remaining Great River Realm Heavenly Kings of the Holy Heaven Alliance.

Ning Chuan used the Mountain and River Seal to kill six Great River Realm Heavenly Kings in one strike, crippling the Holy Heaven Alliance. He then charged at Gu Yunyou, whose Mountain Realm Law Domain slowed his advance.

• Ning Chuan confronted the six Heavenly Kings and declared that none of them would survive to see Gu Yunyou.
• Ning Chuan summoned the Mountain and River Seal and annihilated all six Heavenly Kings with a single strike.
• Gu Yunyou arrived, saw the alliance’s six Heavenly Kings dead, and roared furiously at Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan charged toward Gu Yunyou at tremendous speed, and Gu Yunyou moved to meet him rather than flee.
• Gu Yunyou unleashed his Mountain Realm Law Domain, slowing Ning Chuan as he advanced.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed Gu Yunyou in their battle, using the Mountain and River Seal and Heaven-Overturning Seal to drive the Sea Realm Heavenly King deep beneath the snowy plain. Witnesses recorded and reported the fight, and news of Ning Chuan’s victory spread across both ancient stars.

• Ning Chuan used the Mountain and River Seal to break Gu Yunyou’s Heaven-Overturning Seal and send him flying.
• Ning Chuan pursued Gu Yunyou and struck him with a Heaven-Overturning Seal he had mastered even better than Gu Yunyou.
• Gu Yunyou’s Heaven-Suppressing Sword failed to stop Ning Chuan’s attack, which drove him tens of thousands of meters underground and devastated the snowy plain.
• Venomous Sting and other Divine Generals and Knights recorded the battle and reported that Ning Chuan had suppressed Gu Yunyou from start to finish.
• Witnesses’ accounts spread across the two ancient stars, causing a widespread uproar.

Ning Chuan’s victory over the Holy Heaven Alliance drew attention across the realms, prompting Horse Road Mountain and the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom to consider their next moves. As Ning Chuan continued fighting Gu Yunyou on the Blood Curtain Plateau, a powerful figure from the Divine Kingdom set out, apparently seeking the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance.

• People across Martial Star and the Heavenly Martial Realm celebrated Ning Chuan’s defeat of the Holy Heaven Alliance, while factions of the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom discussed his strength.
• Chu Longye and Mo Lan debated whether Ning Chuan had truly cooperated with the black-robed Divine Slave, then considered approaching him to ally with Xiao Yue.
• A senior officer told the Military Lord aboard the Sun Core about Ning Chuan’s exploits, and the Military Lord departed, hoping to obtain the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance.
• Ning Chuan kept the upper hand against Gu Yunyou on the Blood Curtain Plateau, using his movement and martial techniques to drive Gu Yunyou back.