Chapter Summaries

Wang Chen completed his split-soul incarnation and joined the Imperial expedition against the Nether Race stronghold in the Flame Star Cluster. After receiving the Empire Hero Medal and a promotion to colonel, he arrived with the Joint Fleet and met a Nether Race fleet, beginning the campaign.

• Wang Chen materialized his split soul, creating an incarnation that could carry most of his strength and strengthen his connection to the Great World of the Sea of Stars.
• The Empire assembled five fleets to retaliate against the Nether Race by attacking its Mother Nest in the Flame Star Cluster, and Wang Chen transferred his savings to Akemi and Tang Mi before departure.
• Marshal Connors awarded Wang Chen the Empire Hero Medal and promoted him to Imperial colonel before the Joint Fleet set out.
• Wang Chen declined a place aboard the flagship, stayed with the Radiance Cruiser, and cultivated his split soul during the fleet’s two-month voyage.
• The Joint Fleet entered the Flame Star Cluster’s region and encountered a Nether Race fleet, starting the campaign with a fierce vanguard battle.

Wang Chen destroyed a Nether Race warship as the Joint Fleet fought its way to Flame Star and attacked the Nether Mother Nest. The fleet breached the nest’s shield and launched a devastating assault, leaving its destruction imminent.

• Wang Chen cut open a Nether Race warship, fired his particle cannon into it, and escaped as it exploded.
• The Joint Fleet defeated three Nether Legions and fought its way to Flame Star, losing numerous ships in the battle.
• The Royal Glory Battleship charged and fired its Star Annihilator Cannon at the Nether Mother Nest, but the nest’s force-field shield stopped the blast.
• Two more Titan ships fired their Star Annihilator Cannons, and the third strike shattered the nest’s shield.
• The Joint Fleet launched hundreds of thousands of missiles and continued firing at close range on the exposed Nether Mother Nest.

After the Joint Fleet destroyed the Nether Mother Nest on Flame Star, Wang Chen sensed the Origin of the World inside it and ventured into a hidden underground chamber. He found a powerful Origin Fire and met a girl named Shan Lan, who welcomed him to her home.

• The Joint Fleet destroyed the Nether Dragon and dealt a fatal second blow to the Nether Mother Nest, then began landing operations on Flame Star.
• Wang Chen sensed the Origin of the World within the mother nest and piloted the God of War Mecha into the bombardment crater.
• Wang Chen found a metallic tunnel leading deep underground and followed the growing source-power aura nearly a hundred kilometers.
• Wang Chen entered a spherical Cave Dwelling, where the tunnel sealed behind him and a powerful Origin Fire began corroding his mech.
• Wang Chen shielded the God of War Mecha with Psionic Power as a little girl appeared and introduced herself as Shan Lan.

Wang Chen confronted Shan Lan, the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest, inside the Cave Dwelling and fought to suppress her. As the dying Nether Mother Nest’s power weakened, Shan Lan suddenly exploded, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Wang Chen recognized Shan Lan as the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest and introduced himself before attacking her.
• Shan Lan healed from Wang Chen’s strike and assaulted his mind, but Wang Chen drove off the mental attack with his Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon Dharma Image.
• Wang Chen’s Heavenly Net to Punish Evil failed to catch Shan Lan, so he used his Eight Rings Psionic Power to bind and suppress her.
• Shan Lan transformed and struggled against Wang Chen, drawing on World Source Power as their contest continued.
• Wang Chen realized Shan Lan was weakening because the Nether Mother Nest was dying, and Shan Lan then suddenly exploded.

Wang Chen destroyed the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest and escaped the collapsing Star Sea world, carrying the World Origin Fire back to the Haotian Realm. The Haotian Realm took the fire and rewarded him with a surge in cultivation and a powerful breakthrough in his physique, leaving him to stabilize his new strength.

• Wang Chen used the Primordial Dao Stele to suppress and devour the Spirit of the Nether Mother Nest's remaining power core, ending the Nether Mother Nest as its Cave Dwelling began to collapse.
• Wang Chen's true soul left his body, protected by the Primordial Dao Stele and Heavenly Net to Punish Evil, and carried the World Origin Fire through the void toward the Haotian Realm.
• Wang Chen's split soul entered the God of War Mecha as his true soul returned to his main body in the Haotian Realm.
• A spatial vortex took the World Origin Fire from Wang Chen, after which the Haotian Realm's power raised his cultivation from Nascent Soul First Layer to Nascent Soul Seventh Layer.
• The Heavenly Dao reward advanced Wang Chen's Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma to its eighth-layer Vajra Undying Realm and increased his Physique, Spiritual Root, and Divine Soul.
• Wang Chen regulated his breathing and began stabilizing his new realm.

After returning from the Great World of the Sea of Stars, Wang Chen learned that his avatar was still fighting the Nether Race and prepared to offer the world-origin power he had brought back as a Heavenly Dao sacrifice. He gave the World-Crossing Pearl to Du Jiuniang, leaving her surprised by his generosity and stirred by thoughts of him.

• Wang Chen finished a month of meditation, stabilized his cultivation, and learned through his Divine Soul connection that his avatar had joined the Seventh Rapid Response Fleet in further battles against the Nether Race.
• Wang Chen considered how he might eventually bring Akemi and Tang Mi's true spirits back to the Haotian Realm, then concluded his Star Sea training.
• Wang Chen discovered that the World-Crossing Pearl had absorbed a trace of the Great World of the Sea of Stars' Origin of the World, which could be sacrificed for a Heavenly Dao reward.
• Du Jiuniang greeted Wang Chen and was disappointed when he said he had failed to find her lost Divine Soul in the Great World of the Sea of Stars.
• Wang Chen gave the World-Crossing Pearl to Du Jiuniang, who realized its Origin of the World could repair her Divine Soul and blushed as she considered his generosity.

Wang Chen asked Du Jiuniang for help finding Five Elements Spiritual Items and a rare copy of the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law, then decided to earn merit by slaying Heavenly Demons at a World Pass. Du Jiuniang agreed to help him obtain the text and recommend him for a suitable World Pass, and Wang Chen returned safely to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion.

• Wang Chen asked Du Jiuniang about obtaining Five Elements Spiritual Items and a rare copy of the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law.
• Du Jiuniang learned that the Immortal Alliance treasury had few Five Elements Spiritual Items but still had the rare text available for merit points.
• Du Jiuniang offered to help Wang Chen obtain the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law, while Wang Chen agreed to find his own Five Elements Spiritual Items.
• Wang Chen asked Du Jiuniang to recommend him for a World Pass so he could earn merit by slaying Heavenly Demons, and she agreed to find a suitable one.
• Wang Chen returned to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion, where Xu Xinlan, Su Ziling, Yuan Yuan, and Bai Susu were glad to see him safe.

Wang Chen prepared to hunt Outer Realm Heavenly Demons at the Border Pass, and Bai Susu arranged to accompany him as a demon pet to benefit from the void’s power. After securing the Xuan You Immortal Mansion and receiving a rare cultivation art from Du Jiuniang, Wang Chen joined the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance as a guest elder and applied to travel to the Border Pass.

• Bai Susu gave Wang Chen a Demon-Control Tablet so she could accompany him to the Border Pass in her true form, and Yuan Yuan asked to go but was told to stay and cultivate.
• Wang Chen spent several days with Xu Xinlan and Su Ziling, then sealed the Xuan You Immortal Mansion before leaving with Bai Susu.
• Wang Chen met Du Jiuniang in Nine Provinces Immortal City and presented Bai Susu as his demon pet.
• Du Jiuniang gave Wang Chen a rare copy of the Grand Unity Primordial Chaos True Law and introduced him to the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance headquarters.
• Wang Chen joined the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance as a guest elder and applied to travel to the Border Pass to slay Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.

Wang Chen settled into his post at Anyi City, surveyed Dique Boundary Pass, and prepared to hunt Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. After returning from his first circuit of the surrounding void, he received a visit from his elderly neighbor, Xiong Liangpeng, who explained that he had come to the pass to secure resources for his descendants.

• Wang Chen adapted to Anyi City, where he was assigned a Cave Mansion as a Nascent Soul guest elder defending the satellite city.
• Wang Chen gave Bai Susu most of the Immortal Alliance’s Primal Spirit Pills and a hundred High Spirit Stones, and she set up a formation before falling asleep.
• On his sixth day, Wang Chen left Anyi City to study the Void Heavenly Demon Illustrated Record and survey Dique Boundary Pass before hunting.
• Wang Chen made a circuit of the boundary pass, visited four satellite cities, and explored the nearby void while the region remained calm.
• After Wang Chen returned to Anyi City, Xiong Liangpeng visited and said he had little lifespan left and sought resources for his descendants.

Xiong Liangpeng invited Wang Chen to join a team searching for a Spirit Stone meteorite, but Wang Chen politely refused. Wang Chen then explored a star ring in the void and attacked a swarm of black bats, scattering their formation with his Fire Crows.

• Xiong Liangpeng told Wang Chen about a meteorite that might contain a Spirit Stone deposit and invited him to join a treasure-hunting team.
• Wang Chen declined Xiong Liangpeng's invitation, and Xiong Liangpeng accepted his refusal.
• Wang Chen flew into the void aboard his Magic Treasure Flying Ship and reached a star ring marked on the Immortal Alliance's map.
• Wang Chen put away the ship and explored the meteorites on his Dragon Abyss Sword, relying on his body and the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil to endure the void.
• A swarm of hundreds of black bats formed a giant beast and attacked Wang Chen, who countered with tens of thousands of Fire Crows and broke apart the swarm.

Wang Chen hunted void creatures across the star ring, collecting Human Virtue and valuable materials while searching for Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. After sensing a hidden watcher, he reached the core of the star ring and forced a colossal flood serpent from its cave, where it attacked him.

• Wang Chen killed a colony of black bats and their bat queen, then collected the Xuanming Sand from their cavern.
• Wang Chen hunted void creatures across hundreds of meteorites, gaining Human Virtue and collecting valuable void specialties, including a large piece of Void Tungsten Iron.
• Wang Chen sensed a presence watching him but continued into the core of the star ring, where the void vortex exerted a weak pull.
• Wang Chen spotted a figure hiding in a massive meteorite, shattered its concealed cave entrance, and sent Fire Crows into the tunnel.
• A colossal flood serpent burst from the tunnel in flames and attacked Wang Chen with a blast of black radiance breath.

Wang Chen fought a fourth-tier Winged Star Python while a Faceless Shadow ambushed him, using his formations and Heavenly Net to Punish Evil to kill both threats. After destroying the Python’s remains, he gained 1,500,000 Human Virtue.

• Wang Chen evaded the Winged Star Python’s breath and trapped it in the Seven Severing Sword Formation.
• A Faceless Shadow tried to ambush Wang Chen, but he dodged and captured it with the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil.
• The Heavenly Net to Punish Evil devoured the Faceless Shadow and left behind a demonic pearl.
• Wang Chen merged his seven Flying Swords, severed the Winged Star Python’s head, and destroyed its remains with lightning.
• Wang Chen received 1,500,000 Human Virtue.

Wang Chen returned to Dique Boundary Pass after hunting in the void and recovering valuable spoils. Bai Susu revealed that her cultivation had stalled after she depleted her origin to escape imprisonment, and she planned to use dual cultivation with Wang Chen to restore it.

• Wang Chen harvested the Winged Star Python's materials and collected the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon's Demon Bead for merit points.
• After ten days, Wang Chen returned to Dique Boundary Pass, having endured the void's harsh environment for nearly a month.
• Bai Susu warned Wang Chen that void power could damage his consciousness, then invited him to bathe in her hot spring pool.
• Bai Susu embraced Wang Chen and asked whether he had considered her three thousand years of Primal Yin.
• Wang Chen realized Bai Susu had encountered a problem, and she explained that her depleted origin and stalled cultivation had led her to choose dual cultivation with him.

Wang Chen cultivated Yin Yang Grinding with Bai Susu, helping her recover enough to return to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion while advancing his own cultivation. He then resumed exploring the Star Ring, returned with thirty-seven demon pearls, and earned enough merit points to nearly afford a Five Elements Spiritual Item.

• Bai Susu taught Wang Chen Yin Yang Grinding, and he mastered it with her guidance before raising it to Great Accomplishment using Human Virtue points.
• Wang Chen and Bai Susu cultivated together for a month, allowing Wang Chen to break through to Nascent Soul Seventh Layer and cleanse his Dao foundation.
• Bai Susu slumbered in her true form for two months while Wang Chen guarded her and supplied Spirit Stones, then awakened with the aura of a fifth-tier Demon Lord.
• After another half month together, Bai Susu returned to the Xuan You Immortal Mansion, and Wang Chen exchanged seven demon pearls for 10,540 merit points before teleporting back to Nine Provinces City.
• Wang Chen returned to Dique Boundary Pass and explored deeper into the Star Ring, hunting void creatures and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons among its large meteorites.
• After a month, Wang Chen handed over thirty-seven demon pearls and received more than forty thousand merit points, nearly enough to obtain a Five Elements Spiritual Item.

After his gains from exploring the Star Ring dwindled, Wang Chen agreed to attend a Rogue Cultivator Treasure Appraisal Meeting in hopes of trading his void creature materials for demon pearls. The meeting began at Cloud Crane Tower, where cultivators quickly competed to trade for rare treasures.

• Wang Chen learned from Xiong Liangpeng that Rogue Cultivators at Dique Boundary Pass were organizing a gathering where cultivators could trade resources and merit points, and he agreed to attend.
• Xiong Liangpeng gave Wang Chen a Jade Tablet for the meeting, and Wang Chen decided to stay at the Boundary Pass rather than seek another Star Ring.
• Wang Chen received notice that the meeting would be held at Cloud Crane Tower five days later and arrived there with his Jade Tablet.
• A Golden Core True Person offered Thousand-Year Void-Treading Grass in exchange for Primal Spirit Pills, and an unnamed senior secured it with an offer of thirty bottles.
• Another Golden Core cultivator took the stage with a fourth-tier top-grade Flying Sword as the meeting continued.

Wang Chen attended two treasure exchanges, obtained a fragmentary Jade Slip of the Nameless Sword Technique, and declined Xiong Liangpeng’s offer to lend him Spirit Stones. Xiong Liangpeng then gave him a privately made star chart, hoping to forge a favorable bond before his death.

• Wang Chen watched a fourth-tier Demon Bead sell for five hundred High Spirit Stones, too much for him to afford.
• Wang Chen exchanged three bottles of Primal Spirit Pills for a fragmentary Jade Slip of the Nameless Sword Technique.
• Wang Chen attended a private trading meeting for Nascent Soul True Immortals but lacked the funds and trade materials to acquire anything.
• After the meeting, Xiong Liangpeng offered to lend Wang Chen up to ten thousand High Spirit Stones, but Wang Chen declined.
• Xiong Liangpeng explained that he wanted to leave his clan a favorable bond and gave Wang Chen a star chart of places he had explored in the void.

Wang Chen initially rejected Xiong Liangpeng’s offer to protect his family, but reconsidered when Xiong revealed the Myriad Transformation Sword Seed, which could raise Wang Chen’s Dragon Abyss Sword to a fifth-tier Yuanqi. Xiong explained the Xiong clan’s precarious future and asked Wang Chen to help his grandson Xiong Zhaoyuan form a Nascent Soul and protect the clan.

• Xiong Liangpeng offered Wang Chen a secret star chart in exchange for helping his family secure a Nascent Soul, but Wang Chen refused the demand.
• Xiong Liangpeng added ten fourth-tier Demon Beads and five thousand High Spirit Stones, but Wang Chen still declined.
• Xiong Liangpeng revealed the Myriad Transformation Sword Seed, which could advance a fourth-tier Flying Sword into a fifth-tier Yuanqi, and Wang Chen became interested.
• Wang Chen asked Xiong Liangpeng to explain his family’s circumstances before deciding whether to accept the request.
• Xiong Liangpeng described the powerful Haotian Xiong clan and said his grandson Xiong Zhaoyuan was its only Golden Core with a real chance of forming a Nascent Soul.
• Xiong Liangpeng asked Wang Chen to help Xiong Zhaoyuan break through and protect the clan, offering the star chart, Demon Beads, High Spirit Stones, and Myriad Transformation Sword Seed in return.

Wang Chen accepted Xiong Liangpeng’s star map while considering whether to help Xiong Zhaoyuan reach Nascent Soul, then used his Cultivation Panel to restore a fragmentary sword art. The restored Taiyi Sword Technique could reach Great Ascension, but advancing it required Heavenly Merit.

• Xiong Liangpeng gave Wang Chen a star map and asked him to consider helping Xiong Zhaoyuan break through to Nascent Soul.
• Wang Chen accepted the star map and returned to his Cave Mansion.
• Wang Chen activated the fragmentary Jade Slip and discovered that it contained the incomplete Taiyi Sword Technique.
• Wang Chen used his Cultivation Panel to deduce and restore the sword art, rapidly spending Human Virtue points.
• Wang Chen learned that the complete Taiyi Sword Technique could reach Tier 7, and saw it appear on his Cultivation Panel at Beginner level.
• Wang Chen realized that upgrading the sword art required Heavenly Merit rather than Human Virtue.

Wang Chen visited the Xiong family to assess Xiong Zhaoyuan, its Golden Core heir, and offered to find Origin of the World to help him form a Nascent Soul. The offer astonished Xiong Liangpeng, who asked Wang Chen whether he was serious.

• Wang Chen visited Xiong Liangpeng and agreed to meet the Xiong family's Kirin Son, Xiong Zhaoyuan.
• Wang Chen and Xiong Liangpeng traveled to Yan Mountain City, where the Xiong clan welcomed them at the ancestral estate.
• Xiong Liangpeng introduced Xiong Zhaoyuan and explained that the Golden Core peak cultivator lacked the courage to attempt forming a Nascent Soul.
• Wang Chen asked whether Xiong Zhaoyuan would dare to form a Nascent Soul if given Origin of the World, and Xiong Zhaoyuan vowed to try without regret.
• After Xiong Liangpeng dismissed Xiong Zhaoyuan, he asked Wang Chen whether his offer to find Origin of the World was serious.

Wang Chen agreed to help Xiong Zhaoyuan obtain the Origin of the World so he could form a powerful Nascent Soul, while avoiding using the Origin of his private Cangqing Realm. After Xiong Liangpeng secured a slot to the dangerous Blood Moon Realm, Wang Chen descended there to search for the Origin.

• Wang Chen offered to obtain the Origin of the World for Xiong Zhaoyuan if Xiong Liangpeng could secure him access to a lower realm.
• Xiong Liangpeng decided to seek a lower realm slot through the Immortal Alliance despite the risks and expense.
• Five days later, Xiong Liangpeng obtained a slot to the Blood Moon Realm, where fewer than one in ten explorers returned alive.
• Wang Chen chose the Blood Moon Realm because it was still being explored and might hold an undiscovered Origin of the World.
• Wang Chen and Xiong Liangpeng submitted an application to the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance, and Wang Chen descended into the Blood Moon Realm three days later.