Chapter Summaries

Wang Ye reassured Yuangu Star’s leaders that the first batch of Celestial Venerables had chosen to remain and cultivate on Nine Tribulations Star, then prepared to help refine Yi Li World with Cosmic Bank. He and Xuan Heavenly Venerate decided to blame a failed refinement on interference from the Heavenly Race, leaving Wise Emperor to consider how to cooperate.

• Wang Ye returned to Dark Devil Hall alone and explained that the Celestial Venerables and Slaughtering Heaven Emperor had stayed at his Dark Night City to cultivate.
• Xuan Heavenly Venerate approved selecting more Celestial Venerables and allowing promising High-Dimensional Masters to begin cultivating on Nine Tribulations Star.
• Wang Ye told Xuan Heavenly Venerate he would focus on Yuangu Star’s development and later visit Source Star to seek its legendary powerhouse and opportunities.
• Yuangu Star sent more cultivators to Nine Tribulations Star while Wang Ye spent a hundred years training, reaching 9% progress at the Ninth Heaven of Eternity.
• Wang Ye agreed to go with Cosmic Bank to refine Yi Li World, and he and Xuan Heavenly Venerate proposed that the Heavenly Race forcibly interrupt the refinement so Yuangu Star could avoid responsibility.

Wang Ye helped Cosmic Bank begin refining Yi Li World, while secretly using the process to absorb its gathered energy and accelerate his own cultivation. Wise Emperor realized Wang Ye had tricked him into becoming a witness to the scheme again.

• Elegant Queen, Grand Concubine Supreme, and Cosmic Bank's allies gathered in Yi Li World, and Wang Ye arrived with Xuan Heavenly Venerate and Wise Emperor.
• Wang Ye set up the Innate Spirit Gathering Array and revealed a new Five Spirits Refining God Array, then had Grand Concubine Supreme begin refining the world.
• Cosmic Bank's experts supplied energy for the refinement, while the Heavenly Race never appeared.
• Wang Ye connected a second Storage Spirit Vault and used Rainbow Absorption to divert energy into his Top Tier Inner World without stopping the refinement.
• Wise Emperor understood that Wang Ye had used him as a witness and lamented that he had been schemed against again.

The Spirit Empress realized that humanity and the Heavenly Race had joined forces, but decided not to intervene as Wang Ye refined Yi Li World. Wang Ye secretly used the refinement to cultivate and replenish his energy, and Grand Concubine Supreme successfully refined the world.

• The Spirit Empress and Ling Shu concluded that humans had obtained the Five Spirits Refining God Array through cooperation with the Heavenly Race, and the Spirit Empress chose to wait for a chance to win over other super races.
• Wang Ye pretended that the Storage Spirit Vault was damaged while absorbing Innate Energy to advance his Top Tier Inner World.
• The Elegant Queen rallied the Supremes to keep supplying energy until Wang Ye announced that the refinement had enough power.
• Wang Ye switched Storage Spirit Vaults and connected a divine object to the array, secretly using its energy to replenish his Star Essence while Grand Concubine Supreme began refining Yi Li World.
• Grand Concubine Supreme weakened Yi Li World's Original High-Dimensional Will and successfully refined the world.

After humanity refined Yi Li World, Wang Ye strengthened Yuangu Star’s position and considered future alliances while refusing Nine Heavens Supreme’s attempt to approach him. Wise Emperor worried over who would secure the third position in the next refinement, while Tian Yu Mo continued refining the Fire Seed and ordered Yuangu Star to monitor the remaining ownerless worlds.

• Wise Emperor watched Wang Ye give Grand Concubine Supreme Yao Spring Liquid and privately recognized that Wang Ye had concealed how little energy he had spent.
• Elegant Queen thanked Wang Ye for helping Cosmic Bank obtain Yi Li World and promised future cooperation with the Human Virtual Universe.
• Wang Ye ignored Nine Heavens Supreme but spoke cordially with Ice Emperor Supreme, who invited him to the Esper Tower of Babel to discuss cooperation.
• Wang Ye told Xuan Heavenly Venerate that closer ties with the Esper Tower of Babel could benefit Yuangu Star, and the two left Yi Li World.
• Wise Emperor worried that Wang Ye would manipulate the next world refinement and debated whether to claim the third position for the Human Virtual Universe.
• Ice Purity King reported Yi Li World’s refinement to Tian Yu Mo, who ordered continued monitoring of the Self-Improvement Alliance and the nine ownerless worlds while she hurried to refine the Fire Seed.

Wang Ye prepared to leave for Source Star after arranging his disciples and handing over his duties in the Azure Cloud Realm. He set out with Star Wish Master to seek opportunities and investigate the disappearances of Rong Heavenly Venerate and Hope Celestial Venerable.

• Wang Ye asked Xue Ling and Ning Moli to oversee the selection of his second-generation disciples while he was away.
• Wang Ye returned to Nine Tribulations Star and left the Azure Cloud Realm in Celestial Venerable Chen’s hands.
• Wang Ye told Xuan Heavenly Venerate to keep the Human Virtual Universe, Martial Apex, and Esper Tower of Babel waiting, and she warned him about Source Star’s dangers.
• Xuan Heavenly Venerable sent Star Wish Master to guide Wang Ye into Source Star’s Deep Layer and asked him to search for Rong Heavenly Venerate’s remains and Hope Celestial Venerable.
• Wang Ye traveled with Star Wish Master through dimensional passages to Source Star and agreed to seek opportunities with her.

Wang Ye and Star Wish Master traveled through Source Star while discussing its Core Layer and the possibility that Eldest Senior Sister had died there. After entering the Deep Layer, Wang Ye sensed a summons from the great being of Source Star.

• Wang Ye asked Star Wish Master about Source Star's layers, its Core Layer, and how cultivators could enter it.
• Wang Ye and Star Wish Master crossed the Surface, Shallow, and Outer Layers before reaching the Middle Layer and then the Inner Layer.
• Star Wish Master recalled that Eldest Senior Sister had often cultivated on Source Star and said her last Soul Connection location had been the Deep Layer.
• Wang Ye suggested that Eldest Senior Sister might have entered the Core Layer, since powerful pressure or barriers could have blocked Soul Connection.
• Wang Ye and Star Wish Master entered the Deep Layer, where an invisible pressure gathered around Wang Ye and he sensed a summons from the great being of Source Star.

Wang Ye followed a mysterious guidance into the Divine Beast Base with Star Wish Master, where they encountered a dangerous natural peril and discovered a supreme being’s territory. He found Calamity Celestial fighting Lai Fu and recognized the chance to confront the cultivator who had abandoned him.

• Demon Venerable Xiafei explained to Demon Venerable Dadan that the Divine Beast Base’s strange phenomenon signaled an opened path to the Core Layer, and they planned to ambush whoever found it.
• Wang Ye sensed guidance upon entering the Deep Layer and convinced Star Wish Master to accompany him, while Xuan Heavenly Venerate warned them about the dangers there.
• Wang Ye protected Star Wish Master from a soul-freezing Cosmic Snowstorm and followed the guidance to the Divine Beast Base, where he sensed a supreme being and many primordial divine beasts.
• Wang Ye entered the Divine Beast Base with Star Wish Master and followed the guidance toward its strongest energy and space-time fluctuations.
• Wang Ye found Calamity Celestial fighting Lai Fu and recognized Calamity Celestial as the cultivator who had abandoned him before.

Wang Ye and Star Wish Master entered Chaos Valley and triggered a major change in the Divine Beast Base, where Wang Ye fought off ancient divine beasts and the Demon Venerables. As the strange phenomenon reached its peak, the Supreme appeared.

• Wang Ye left Calamity Celestial to be beaten by Demon Venerables Xiafei and Dadan, then took Star Wish Master toward Chaos Valley.
• Wang Ye and Star Wish Master entered the supreme domain, where hostile ancient divine beasts attacked them and Wang Ye began fighting back.
• Demon Venerable Xiafei and Demon Venerable Dadan realized the humans in Chaos Valley had triggered the changes and rushed there, leaving Calamity Celestial behind.
• Xiafei attacked Wang Ye, but he repelled her with a powerful slash and continued battling the Demon Venerables and divine beasts.
• Calamity Celestial arrived and watched Wang Ye overwhelm his opponents as the Divine Beast Base's strange phenomenon peaked and the Supreme appeared.

Wang Ye defeated the Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird and received a token that allowed entry to the Core Layer, but chose to leave with Star Wish Master instead. He planned to escort her safely, investigate the Core Layer and their Eldest Senior Sister’s fate, and question the Divine Beast King after exploring Chaos Valley.

• Wang Ye fought the Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird on equal terms and eventually broke through its defenses with Scarlet Soul-Extinguishing Thunder and his blade techniques.
• The Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird declared that Wang Ye had passed its test and gave him a Golden Thunder Pearl token for entering the Core Layer.
• Wang Ye declined to enter the Core Layer, and the frustrated Divine Beast King attacked Demon Venerable Dadan, Demon Venerable Xiafei, and Calamity Celestial instead.
• Wang Ye told Star Wish Master he would first make sure she could leave the Deep Layer safely and gather information about the Core Layer, where he suspected their Eldest Senior Sister had perished.
• Wang Ye and Star Wish Master decided to explore Chaos Valley and look for treasures before questioning the Divine Beast King.

Wang Ye and the Star Wish Master looted Chaos Valley before he negotiated with the Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird for a Supreme Contract and Divine Vein Blood. He secured a Core Layer entry token for himself and left with a golden pellet for his Third Senior Sister.

• The Star Wish Master gathered rare Spiritual Plants while Wang Ye found Chaos Fruits and gave her a Purple Diamond Thunder Fruit.
• Wang Ye and the Star Wish Master returned from looting Chaos Valley, and the Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird allowed Wang Ye to enter the Core Layer.
• Wang Ye tested the Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird by pretending to leave, then persuaded it to sign a Supreme Contract that strengthened his combat abilities.
• Wang Ye demanded a token for the Star Wish Master and threatened not to enter without compensation for her.
• Wang Ye bargained the Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird down to one drop of Divine Vein Blood, which it gave him as a golden pellet.

Wang Ye rescued Calamity Celestial from Demon Venerables Xiafei and Dadan, then escorted him and Third Senior Sister out of the Deep Layer. He entered the Core Layer to seek Source Star’s great being, rejected its offers to stop or leave, and advanced into the next stage, where a crushing force struck him.

• Demon Venerables Xiafei and Dadan nearly killed the badly injured Calamity Celestial before Wang Ye arrived and drove them off.
• Calamity Celestial recognized Wang Ye as the Eternal who had brought Blood Wilderness Devil God, and Wang Ye urged him to leave and recover.
• Wang Ye escorted Third Senior Sister and Calamity Celestial out of the Deep Layer, then returned to Chaos Valley and entered the Core Layer.
• Wang Ye explored the Core Layer and used the glowing Core Layer Token to find three choices: cultivate with Chaos Fruits, leave with an Ancient Treasure, or proceed onward.
• Wang Ye chose the middle passage to the next stage, where a terrifying force suddenly descended and tried to crush him.

Wang Ye fought off several cultivators in the Core Layer and reached a Safe Zone, where he learned that tokens were needed to enter the next trial. Surrounded by powerful rivals and uncertain alliances, he considered how to obtain one as a woman asked to speak with him.

• Wang Ye repelled Celestial Venerable Jin Fei, whose mastery of the High-Dimensional Space Heavenly Dao let her escape his attacks.
• Wang Ye countered an Evil Eye Race Celestial Venerable's illusion assault and drove the attacker away.
• Celestial Venerable Jin Fei told Black Calamity Celestial Venerable and Celestial Venerable Xi Qiao that Wang Ye was an unusually powerful Eternal, and they chose to observe him.
• Wang Ye fought off more probing attacks as he traveled through the second stage, then entered a white disc that formed a Safe Zone.
• Wang Ye discovered that tokens unlocked the next trial and assessed the rival groups gathered around the teleportation passages.
• A woman approached Wang Ye and asked to talk.

Wang Ye reunited with his Cosmic Bank Third Senior Sister, Celestial Venerable Yun Fei, after she brought him to meet her group. When Black Calamity Celestial Venerable and Celestial Venerable Xi Qiao tried to kill him, Yun Fei defended Wang Ye, who killed both attackers.

• Celestial Venerable Yun Fei led Wang Ye into the forest and told him about the twenty-five cultivators in the second stage and their struggle to advance.
• Wang Ye and Celestial Venerable Yun Fei discovered they were both disciples of Grand Concubine Supreme, and Wang Ye told her that their teacher had refined the Yi Li World.
• Black Calamity Celestial Venerable and Celestial Venerable Xi Qiao revealed their plan to kill Wang Ye for his token, and Black Calamity admitted that Mo Ran Heavenly Venerate had killed Rong Heavenly Venerate.
• Celestial Venerable Yun Fei broke Celestial Venerable Xi Qiao's spatial seal and declared she would protect Wang Ye as her Junior Brother.
• Wang Ye killed Black Calamity Celestial Venerable in a one-on-one battle, then joined Yun Fei in defeating Celestial Venerable Xi Qiao.

Wang Ye and Celestial Venerable Yun Fei entered the third stage, explored its continents and golden stairways, and chose to test the space-affiliated continent. Wang Ye entered its solo trial and faced a powerful Supreme whose identity shocked him.

• Wang Ye gave Celestial Venerable Yun Fei a Core Layer Token, and the two used tokens to enter the third stage.
• Wang Ye and Celestial Venerable Yun Fei explored the independent world for seven days and deduced that its six golden stairways were tied to a main continent and five attribute-based subsidiary continents.
• Wang Ye revealed that he had fought the Divine Beast King to a draw, then suggested they investigate the subsidiary continents to learn the stage's rules.
• Wang Ye and Celestial Venerable Yun Fei chose the space subsidiary continent and entered separate trials along newly formed cloud paths.
• Wang Ye crossed into the space trial, where a Supreme aura descended and a towering figure appeared before him.

Wang Ye and Celestial Venerable Yun Fei explored the five subcontinents and learned that advancing required either reaching the supreme level or defeating a supreme. Wang Ye then found and killed Mo Ran Heavenly Venerate to avenge Eldest Senior Sister, reclaiming the Space-Extending Shuttle.

• Wang Ye fought an enslaved Ten-Winged Heavenly Race supreme in the Space Subcontinent and withdrew from their evenly matched battle.
• Celestial Venerable Yun Fei told Wang Ye she had also lost to a Ten-Winged Supreme, and they explored the remaining subcontinents together.
• Wang Ye challenged an enslaved Dark Race supreme in the Material Subcontinent and gained the advantage.
• Wang Ye and Celestial Venerable Yun Fei searched the main continent for several years and found Mo Ran Heavenly Venerate near a lotus pond.
• Wang Ye attacked Mo Ran Heavenly Venerate, and Celestial Venerable Yun Fei sealed his escape with the High-Dimensional Space Heavenly Dao.
• Wang Ye killed Mo Ran Heavenly Venerate and took the Space-Extending Shuttle, the life-saving treasure once given to Eldest Senior Sister.

After recovering Eldest Senior Sister's corpse, Wang Ye challenged the Willpower Sub-Continent and defeated its Supreme guardian, clearing the Golden Heavenly Ladder's trial. He parted from Celestial Venerable Yun Fei and headed toward the next level, leaving her wishing he truly were her junior brother.

• Wang Ye recovered Eldest Senior Sister's corpse from Mo Ran Heavenly Venerate's Inner Universe and decided to leave with Celestial Venerable Yun Fei for the Golden Heavenly Ladder.
• Wang Ye challenged the Transparent Willpower Phantom, endured its powerful attacks, and defeated it through his superior willpower defenses and combat strength.
• Celestial Venerable Yun Fei waited outside with Celestial Venerable Heng Jiu, who explained that the Willpower Sub-Continent was considered the ladder's most dangerous trial.
• Wang Ye cleared the trial, obtained the Eternal Heart-Rending Cone and a willpower-type Chaos Fruit, and realized the next level might be the final one.
• Wang Ye warned Celestial Venerable Yun Fei against challenging Sub-Continent Supremes, then embraced her and departed for the next trial.

Wang Ye reached Source Star’s final trial, learned that it required four forms of recognition, and reunited with Hope Celestial Venerable. After updating Hope Celestial Venerable on Yuangu Star, Wang Ye stunned him by revealing that he could defeat a supreme being.

• Wang Ye arrived at the final trial and read its four requirements: recognition from a Source Race ancestor, a Heavenly Dao Sacred Treasure, more than half the cultivators, and a great power.
• Zhu Shasha told Wang Ye that he was the thirteenth cultivator to arrive and pointed him toward Hope Celestial Venerable.
• Wang Ye found Hope Celestial Venerable, identified himself as his Junior Brother, and explained the upheavals at Yuangu Star, including Burner’s disappearance and Qing Yao Xianzi’s capture.
• Hope Celestial Venerable refused to leave Source Star before reaching the supreme level, while Wang Ye said Yuangu Star was thriving under his leadership.
• Hope Celestial Venerable realized Wang Ye had reached the Core Layer and asked whether he could defeat a supreme being; Wang Ye confidently said that he could.

Wang Ye searched the Giant Stone Array for a willpower burst-type ultimate secret art to improve his chances at the second recognition. He mastered the difficult Forbidden Burst Will Refinement Art in a thousand years, exceeding Zhu Shasha’s expectations and leaving him ready to pursue the first recognition.

• Hope Celestial Venerable advised Wang Ye to master a complete ultimate secret art for the first recognition and warned him that the process usually took tens of thousands of years.
• Wang Ye used a Chaos Fruit to raise his willpower to the Peak Celestial Venerable limit, then searched the Giant Stone Array for a willpower burst-type secret art.
• Wang Ye challenged Zhu Shasha to a bet: if he mastered an ultimate secret art within a thousand years, she would support him during the third recognition; if he failed, he would support her.
• Zhu Shasha guided Wang Ye to three ultimate willpower burst-type secret arts, and he chose the especially difficult Forbidden Burst Will Refinement Art.
• After a thousand years of cultivation, Wang Ye mastered the Forbidden Burst Will Refinement Art and broke through to supreme-level willpower.

Wang Ye mastered the Forbidden Burst Will Refinement Art, earned the Heart Refining Race’s first recognition, and began studying the God-Controlling Art. After eight thousand years, he reached its beginner level and set out to pursue the second recognition; Hope Celestial Venerable and Zhu Shasha were left stunned by how quickly he had learned.

• Wang Ye raised the Forbidden Burst Will Refinement Art to Greater Completion and decided to study the God-Controlling Art.
• Wang Ye proved to Zhu Shasha that he had mastered the art by lighting the Heart Refining Race Source Stone, earning the first recognition and winning their bet.
• Wang Ye spent eight thousand years comprehending the God-Controlling Art and reached its beginner level, gaining the ability to enslave Eternal beings and Undying Life forms.
• Wang Ye returned to Hope Celestial Venerable, announced his first recognition, and asked for advice before pursuing the second.
• Hope Celestial Venerable and Zhu Shasha realized Wang Ye had mastered the ultimate secret art in only nine hundred years and were left astonished.

Wang Ye used the Supreme Contract and exhausted his willpower to refine the Purple Gang Rhombus, completing the second recognition. After securing the Heavenly Dao Sacred Treasure, he declared that he intended to obtain the third recognition as well.

• Wang Ye chose the material-type treasure as his first target because the Swift Thunder Golden-Scaled Bird’s Supreme Contract granted material Heavenly Dao comprehension, but he failed to refine it.
• Wang Ye shifted to the purple willpower-type treasure and used the Supreme Contract, the Forbidden Burst Will Refinement Art, and the Eternal Heart-Rending Cone to overcome its restraints.
• Wang Ye refined the Purple Gang Rhombus, gaining a mid-grade Heavenly Dao Sacred Treasure suited to his willpower.
• Hope Celestial Venerable protected Wang Ye while the other cultivators watched in disbelief, and the Devil Venerables left after their mockery was proven wrong.
• Wang Ye thanked Hope Celestial Venerable, then said he was determined to obtain the third recognition despite needing seven supporting votes.