Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han escaped the battlefield and discovered that a Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal was consuming his vitality and threatening to possess him. He chose to suppress it while seeking a solution, and reached Falling Star Lake using the map he received from the system.

• Xiao Han used the Myriad Transformations Mimicry Mask and Scorched Earth Evasion Technique to escape as a demonic beast devastated the Blood Fiend Hall forces and threatened Xue Tu.
• Xiao Han hid in a collapsed underground structure and learned that the curse seal was draining his power and eroding his meridians and soul; the system warned that full activation could corrupt or possess him.
• Xiao Han chose the system's suppression option and received a Taiyin Demon-Suppressing Stone blueprint and a map to Falling Star Lake.
• Xiao Han disguised himself as a scorched-earth wanderer, avoided packs of Fiendbone Lizards, and endured repeated attacks from the curse seal during his journey.
• Xiao Han crossed the scorched ruins and arrived at Falling Star Lake, whose dark, still waters were surrounded by an eerie silence.

Xiao Han fought his way to the center of Falling Star Lake, where he found the Star Iron Mother and an ancient stele describing a method to suppress demonic corruption and pointing toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower. When his curse seal erupted and a demonic shadow attacked his soul, he pressed the Star Iron Mother against the mark and began channeling the lake’s stellar power into it.

• Xiao Han discovered the Star Iron Mother on the meteorite island and battled three third-level Martial Emperor Netherworld Water Pythons guarding it.
• Xiao Han slew the three Netherworld Water Pythons and crossed the lake to the island.
• Xiao Han deciphered the ancient stele with help from his Void-Piercing Divine Eyes and World Tree Heart Fragment, learning of the Star Lord, a method for temporarily suppressing demonic corruption, and the Heaven-Piercing Tower to the east.
• Xiao Han took a rubbing of the stele and collected the Star Iron Mother, but the Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal awakened and unleashed a powerful mental assault.
• A demonic shadow emerged from the curse seal and aimed a destructive finger at Xiao Han, who pressed the Star Iron Mother to the mark and poured Falling Star Lake’s stellar power into it.

Xiao Han used the star iron mother, his essence blood, and the World Tree Heart Fragment to suppress the Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal, but powerful enemies arrived as he prepared to leave for the Heaven-Piercing Tower. The chapter left him facing Xue Tu and several formidable companions near Falling Star Lake.

• Xiao Han rejected the soul-sacrifice and mystery-box options and chose to use the star iron mother to suppress the curse seal.
• Xiao Han fused the star iron mother with his lifebound essence blood, while the World Tree Heart Fragment strengthened it with life origin and helped seal the demon's will.
• The system reported that the curse seal's activity had fallen by 70% for three months and awarded Xiao Han Star Lord's Sigh.
• Xiao Han stored the stone stele rubbing, recovered with healing pills, and prepared to seek the Heaven-Piercing Tower.
• Xiao Han sensed several hostile auras approaching Falling Star Lake, including Xue Tu and Martial Emperor realm fighters.

Xiao Han was cornered at Falling Star Lake by Xue Tu and two late-stage Martial Emperor protectors, so he chose to use the lake’s chaos to escape. He disappeared into the storm after activating Star Lord’s Sigh, but his pursuers remained nearby.

• Xiao Han sensed Xue Tu and two late-stage Martial Emperor protectors closing in, while a formation master threatened to block his escape.
• Xiao Han chose the system’s escape option, guarded his consciousness, and secretly stirred the power of nirvana stars beneath Falling Star Lake.
• The formation master sealed Falling Star Island as the two protectors attacked Xiao Han, who dodged their blows and pretended to be badly injured.
• Xiao Han crushed Star Lord’s Sigh, blasting one protector away and shaking the spatial sealing formation.
• Xiao Han detonated some of the lake’s nirvana-star power, plunged into the resulting storm, and used the Star Concealment Technique to blend into the chaos.

Xiao Han escaped Xue Tu's array but was hunted through the mountains as his curse seal weakened and his strength failed. Just as Xue Tu and the two protectors nearly killed him, the Star Map Fragment awakened a monstrous demonic beast from Falling Star Lake, which charged toward the battlefield.

• Xiao Han escaped through a crack in the array and fled into the mountains while Xue Tu and two protectors pursued him.
• Xiao Han's curse seal erupted with sinister power, slowing him and leaving him vulnerable to Xue Tu's blood-colored saber strike.
• Xiao Han used [Life Grafting] to transfer much of the curse's backlash into nearby plants, then countered Xue Tu's attack with [Chaos Annihilation Green Lotus Eternal Night Strike].
• The two protectors wounded Xiao Han with coordinated attacks, leaving him close to death.
• The [Star Map Fragment] resonated with a distant star and awakened the demonic beast sleeping beneath Falling Star Lake.
• The enraged demonic beast surged toward Xiao Han and his pursuers.

Xiao Han escaped Xue Tu and the black-robed protectors by using the demon beast’s attack to reach a hidden cave connected to the Star Map Fragment. There, he found a damaged Ancient Star Cultivation Pool, received Star Origin Liquid and an incomplete body-tempering technique through the system, and healed most of his injuries.

• A terrifying demon beast attacked Xue Tu and the two black-robed protectors, forcing them to abandon their pursuit of Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han used his Eternal Night King Martial Soul and a spatial shift to escape to a hidden ancient cave, then blocked its entrance with boulders.
• Xiao Han found that the cave’s stellar energy suppressed the primordial demon finger soul-splitting curse seal on his left ankle and strengthened his stellar rune seal.
• Xiao Han discovered ancient formation patterns in a dried pool and signed in at the system’s Ancient Star Cultivation Pool location, receiving three drops of diluted Star Origin Liquid and an incomplete Star Body-Tempering Technique.
• Xiao Han swallowed a drop of Star Origin Liquid and used the Creation-Heaven-Penetrating Art to heal most of his injuries, improve his physical strength, and loosen his cultivation bottleneck.

Xiao Han discovered that the Star Map Fragment pointed toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower, then strengthened himself and partly repaired an ancient teleportation array before fleeing Falling Star Lake. He arrived in the Starfall Wasteland, where the system revealed a Heaven-Piercing Tower Reception Token nearby, and he set out to find it.

• Xiao Han placed the Star Map Fragment into the ancient array, revealing the Heaven-Piercing Tower and confirming its direction.
• Xiao Han cultivated the Star Body-Tempering Technique, recovered from his injuries, strengthened his body, and repaired part of the teleportation array.
• As violent energy erupted outside his cave, Xiao Han activated the array and teleported away from Falling Star Lake.
• Xiao Han arrived in an unfamiliar mountain range and glimpsed the Heaven-Piercing Tower in the distance.
• The system detected a Heaven-Piercing Tower Reception Token in the Starfall Wasteland, and Xiao Han traced its energy underground and hurried toward it.

Xiao Han defeated the Molten Fire Poison Scorpions and followed the sulfurfire star marrow to a cavern where he found the Heaven-Piercing Token and a giant skeleton’s remnant soul. As the remnant soul attacked, Xiao Han faced danger from both the energy chains and the dormant curse seal on his ankle, then began to counterattack.

• Xiao Han used his newly tempered body and Annihilation Divine Fist to kill the Molten Fire Poison Scorpions, including their Seventh Layer leader.
• Xiao Han found sulfurfire star marrow among the scorpions’ remains and followed its guidance into a collapsed cavern.
• Xiao Han reached the cavern’s deepest grotto and recognized the token clutched by a giant skeleton as the Heaven-Piercing Token.
• The giant skeleton’s remnant soul awakened, declared Xiao Han an intruder, and summoned chains of star power and demonic qi to attack him.
• The attack stirred the primordial demon finger soul-splitting curse seal on Xiao Han’s left ankle, while he used his Twin Martial Soul and Chaos Domain to resist and prepared to fight back.

Xiao Han defeated the giant skeleton remnant soul by damaging its token and draining its power, then gained the Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token and improved his star map. The demonic spring began trembling after the skeleton fell and Xiao Han pocketed the token.

• Xiao Han studied the giant skeleton remnant soul's attacks and identified the six-pointed star-shaped token as the source of its power.
• Xiao Han struck the token with his Annihilation Divine Fist fused with starfire, cracking it, then used [Life Grafting] and [Shadow Devour] to weaken the remnant soul until its chains vanished and its skeleton collapsed.
• Xiao Han picked up the token and learned it was the incomplete Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token, which could guide him toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower.
• The token resonated with Xiao Han's [Star Map Fragment], raising its completion from 15% to 30% and revealing the Ancient Star Gate in the Starfall Wasteland.
• The demonic spring began trembling violently after the giant skeleton dispersed and Xiao Han pocketed the token.

Xiao Han fled the erupting Demon Spring and its pursuing creature by forcing open the Ancient Star Gate, though a wisp of demonic energy followed him through. He landed injured in a ruined world, where a scarred woman and her armed companions surrounded him and demanded to know where he came from.

• The Demon Spring erupted, and the creature beneath it resonated with Xiao Han’s primordial demon finger soul-splitting curse seal as he fled toward the Ancient Star Gate.
• Xiao Han chose to gamble on the star gate, spent his remaining power opening it, and plunged inside as the creature’s demonic thought struck the unstable passage.
• A wisp of demonic baleful energy followed Xiao Han through the gate and lodged in his back, while the passage carried him to an unknown destination.
• Xiao Han landed badly injured on a plain of war-machine ruins beneath a dark red sky, where the chaotic energy eased his curse seal’s pain.
• A scarred woman and seven or eight armed companions surrounded Xiao Han, and their leader threatened him and demanded to know where he came from.
• Xiao Han raised his hands and said he had accidentally ended up there.

Xiao Han joined Tie Lan Squad as they fought through the Shattered Star Road, where he learned about the Wreckage Lord and the Steel Jaw lord. He guided the group through a dangerous mechanical maze while demonic baleful energy tried to corrupt his senses and expose their position.

• Xiao Han showed Tie Lan a Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token, and Tie Lan identified it as a Skywalker relic before explaining the Shattered Star Road and the Wreckage Lord.
• Rotbone Iguanas attacked Tie Lan Squad, and Xiao Han killed one with a single strike before agreeing to help the group break out.
• A Steel Jaw war puppet called the Crusher pursued Tie Lan Squad, so Xiao Han led them into a maze of mechanical wreckage.
• Xiao Han used his Void-Piercing Divine Eyes to spot traps and patrol beams, guiding Tie Lan Squad through the maze as the demonic baleful energy distorted his senses and signaled through the darkness.

Xiao Han used the violent energy torrent to seal the demonic baleful energy near his heart, then led Tie Lan’s group through the mechanical maze to Steel Jaw. He sabotaged the checkpoint’s main cannon, leaving it engulfed in explosions and chaos as his companions waited to advance.

• Xiao Han chose to seal the demonic baleful energy with chaotic energy and used Star Vortex Reverse Flow to form a fragile seal around it.
• Tie Lan and the others protected Xiao Han while he endured the energy torrent, and the jade pendant helped suppress the baleful energy.
• Xiao Han’s improved control helped the group cross much of the mechanical maze and reach Steel Jaw checkpoint.
• Xiao Han proposed sneaking in alone to disable the Destroyer main cannon, and Tie Lan agreed to wait for his signal.
• Xiao Han saw a tall, thin man attempt to secretly alert Steel Jaw and knocked him unconscious with a thread of dark light.
• Xiao Han detonated a Dark Energy Explosive Talisman on the cannon’s energy hub, triggering a chain of explosions that wrecked the main cannon and threw the checkpoint into chaos.

Xiao Han helped the Tie Lan Squad break through the checkpoint, but Lord Steel Jaw pursued them and attacked, targeting Xiao Han and the Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token. Xiao Han disrupted Steel Jaw’s targeting, but the Star Radiance Seal was close to breaking and the demonic baleful qi threatened to overwhelm him.

• Xiao Han used the Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul and Green Lotus Sword Song to kill the recovering checkpoint guards amid the explosions.
• Xiao Han escaped through the chaos and joined the Tie Lan Squad, who had broken through the checkpoint’s defenses.
• Lord Steel Jaw pursued the squad on a spider-shaped war machine and threatened Xiao Han, demanding the Skywalker Relic and his head.
• Steel Jaw fired his shoulder cannon, but Xiao Han used a Shadow Avatar and A Step to the Ends of the Earth to evade the blast.
• Steel Jaw attacked the Tie Lan Squad with his chainsaw battle-axe, injuring two members and forcing Xiao Han to reveal himself.
• Xiao Han used Chaos Control to disrupt Steel Jaw’s targeting, while the Star Radiance Seal cracked further and the system warned that the demonic baleful qi could take control of him.

As Steel Jaw drove Xiao Han to the brink, Tie Lan briefly disabled the machine with an interference disc, but Xiao Han’s Star Radiance Seal shattered and unleashed the demonic aura within him. Partly overtaken by the aura, Xiao Han evaded Steel Jaw’s attack and struck him with a corrosive punch.

• Steel Jaw saw Xiao Han weakening and brought his chainsaw battle-axe down toward him.
• Tie Lan threw a cracked metal disc that briefly disrupted Steel Jaw’s systems and halted his axe above Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han used the Soul Origin Treasure Jade to try to suppress the demonic aura, but the Star Radiance Seal shattered.
• The released demonic aura transformed Xiao Han’s eyes and flooded him with savage bloodlust, while Steel Jaw resolved to capture and study him.
• Xiao Han moved with newly heightened speed, dodged Steel Jaw’s axe, and punched his metal chest hard enough to make him stagger.

Xiao Han fought off the Primordial Demon Finger’s attempt to control him by awakening the mutated Chaos Nether Lotus, but suppressing the demonic qi left him nearly helpless. As Steel Jaw’s attack closed in, the Heaven-Connecting Ancient Token formed a shield of stars in front of him.

• The Chaos Nether Lotus mutated and began absorbing the Primordial Demon Fiend Qi, giving Xiao Han’s will a chance to resist the Primordial Demon Finger.
• Xiao Han regained control of his body and used the Chaos Nether Lotus to drag the demonic qi back into himself and suppress it.
• Steel Jaw seized Xiao Han’s weakness and fired a powerful energy-cannon beam at him while Tie Lan and her companions were pinned in place.
• The incomplete Heaven-Connecting Ancient Token burst with starlight and formed a solid shield before Xiao Han as Steel Jaw’s beam was about to hit.

Xiao Han used the Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token to open a dangerous spatial rift and escape Steel Jaw, leaving Tie Lan and the surviving scavengers behind. As he was battered by spatial turbulence, he glimpsed a colossal tower before losing consciousness.

• The Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token absorbed energy from Steel Jaw’s attack and activated a short-distance random teleportation function.
• Tie Lan and the scavengers charged Steel Jaw to protect Xiao Han, but several were struck down.
• Xiao Han poured his remaining strength and suppressed Primordial Demon Fiend Qi into the token, opening a distorted spatial rift.
• Before the rift swallowed him, Xiao Han sent Tie Lan a lotus seed and promised to repay her kindness.
• Steel Jaw failed to catch Xiao Han and vowed to hunt him down and take apart the ancient token.
• Xiao Han endured violent spatial turbulence as the token’s starlight pointed toward an unknown place, and he glimpsed a colossal tower.

Xiao Han crashed into a poisonous swamp, where the Primordial Demon Fiend Qi and the Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal resonated and threatened to kill or demonize him. He chose to guide them into fusion, and the World Tree Heart Fragment and Heaven-Connecting Ancient Token helped create a precarious balance before he let out a monstrous roar.

• Xiao Han crashed into a deathly silent swamp as the two demonic forces inside him erupted and began to converge.
• The system warned Xiao Han that he risked demonization or death and offered three dangerous options.
• Xiao Han chose to fuse the demonic forces and began guiding them with the Creation-Heaven-Penetrating Art.
• As the forces tore through his body, the World Tree Heart Fragment released life energy and the Heaven-Connecting Ancient Token answered with starlight, helping to stabilize the conflict.
• Xiao Han endured the ordeal until a nonhuman roar burst from his throat.

After surviving the fusion of the demonic contaminations, Xiao Han gained the embryonic Demon Fiend Battle Body and fled toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower as powerful enemies pursued him. He fought through the Rotten Marsh Lurkers, but the Swamp Lord emerged and invited him to join the Black Marsh Abyss in service of the Great Sleeping Lord.

• Xiao Han recovered from the ordeal, broke through to the peak of the early stage of the Eighth Level of the Martial Master Realm, and received the embryonic beginner Demon Fiend Battle Body.
• Xiao Han sensed the contaminations still threatened to erupt and powerful Martial Emperor auras closing in, so he fled toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower using A Step to the Ends of the Earth.
• Xiao Han discovered his new power heightened his affinity with shadows and negative energy, then killed the Rotten Marsh Lurkers that attacked him.
• The Swamp Lord rose from the mire, displaying an aura similar to the Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal and speaking to Xiao Han.
• The Swamp Lord called Xiao Han one of its kind and offered to help control his power if he joined the Black Marsh Abyss to serve the Great Sleeping Lord.

Xiao Han refused the Swamp Lord’s offer and fought it, winning with a desperate strike fueled by the filthy energy that also worsened the demonic forces inside him. He continued toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower and reached the Starry Sky Ancient Road, where he learned he needed a Star Guide and had to pass through the Purification Corridor.

• Xiao Han rejected the Swamp Lord’s demand to serve it, and the Swamp Lord attacked him with corrosive black rain and swamp tentacles.
• The Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal and Primordial Demon Fiend Qi devoured the rain’s evil energy, causing Xiao Han intense pain and threatening to consume his consciousness.
• Xiao Han unleashed the Demon-Star-Annihilation Strike and blasted a hole through the Swamp Lord’s head, forcing the wounded creature to retreat into the mire.
• Xiao Han took a healing pill and hurried toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower, sensing that the demonic forces within him had grown more active and hungry.
• Xiao Han reached the Starry Sky Ancient Road, read that entrants needed a Star Guide and had to pass through the Purification Corridor, and stepped onto the road to view its ancient murals.

Xiao Han faced the Starpath Guards blocking the Heaven-Piercing Tower’s Purification Corridor and chose to try to bypass them. His stealth attempts failed, and his demonic contamination surged out of control just as the guards began a lethal attack, leaving him trapped between threats within and without.

• The Starpath Guards detected Xiao Han’s demonic contamination and demanded that he undergo purification or be eliminated.
• Xiao Han rejected purification and attempted to evade the guards using shadows and Space Laws, but their star energy attacks tracked him and blocked every route.
• Xiao Han concluded the guards were tireless energy constructs and prepared to fight his way through.
• The Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal and Primordial Demon Fiend Qi resonated violently, forcing Xiao Han to defend his consciousness with the Soul Origin Treasure Jade and Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul.
• The guard captain declared that Xiao Han’s contamination was spiraling out of control and initiated the Final Elimination Protocol as dozens of guards aimed their spears at him.