In this chapter, we learn that the "god slaying strike" is a sword technique that has been used in the human race for thousands of years, but that it is now being used by a god sea-level cultivator. The god slaying strike seems to be consuming a great deal of the god's innate energy, which means that the god will soon be unable to continue his attacks. The only thing that can stop this is the "staff of infinite life" , which is the highest tier of life in the universe. This is the staff of the "nightmare lord of life," the "ultimate divine tier" of the universe, and the "lord of life" in the sense of the word. We learn that this staff is exclusive to the "nonautical lord" of life, and that the nocturnal lord is the most powerful of all the divine tiers. The staff is also the highest level of the 12 beasts in the world, each of which is equivalent to a "divine extremity realm cultivator" .