Chapter Summaries

Jing Liuli awakened as a Calamity-class Star Envoy while cracking the Smart Machine control system, unlocking her Domain, Innate Good Fortune. She joined Tiandao and Caroline at the factory entrance, where her luck-enhancing power turned the battle against Tie Jin in their favor.

• Jing Liuli slipped through the Smart Machine ranks to reach the factory's control system while Tiandao and Caroline fought Tie Jin outside.
• Tiandao revealed that he had held back to give Jing Liuli a chance to advance, and he and Caroline kept Tie Jin from reaching the factory.
• Jing Liuli was trapped by the control console's energy shield and its backlash, but she endured the assault as her twin Dream Star Sources awakened.
• Jing Liuli broke free, disabled the Smart Machines and the Miracle Stone fragment, and advanced to Calamity-class with the Domain Innate Good Fortune.
• Jing Liuli's Domain healed and empowered her companions while causing Tie Jin's attacks to fail, and Tiandao stopped holding back against him.

Jing Liuli defeated Tie Jin after advancing to Calamity-class and awakening the Domain Innate Good Fortune, though Tie Jin died after recording data about her power. Back at the base, she celebrated with her companions and began a livestream to share her advancement with her fans.

• Jing Liuli used Innate Good Fortune and her purple butterflies while Tiandao struck Tie Jin with Black Azure, defeating him; Tie Jin declared that he had established a Good Fortune module before he died.
• Jing Liuli took photos of the victory and announced her advancement and mission success to her fans, whose response pushed related topics to the top of the Star Net.
• Yun Meng and Xiao Jin arrived, and Jing Liuli demonstrated how Innate Good Fortune eased exhaustion and healed injuries.
• Tiandao led the group back to the base with Tie Jin's remains and the task of clearing the Smart Machine factory, while Jing Liuli planned a celebration livestream.
• Jing Liuli returned to the base, changed into a star-patterned dress, and started her livestream as fans flooded the room with congratulations.

Jing Liuli celebrated her Calamity-class advancement by revealing her Innate Good Fortune domain to her fans, then shared a victory banquet with her companions at New Ember Base. After the Federal Council confirmed the mission’s success and promised her a medal, she continued training her domain and sparring with Tiandao.

• Jing Liuli livestreamed her return and explained that Innate Good Fortune blessed her and her companions while bringing misfortune to enemies.
• Jing Liuli used her domain to choose a hundred giveaway winners, then introduced Caroline to her fans before ending the stream for the victory banquet.
• Jing Liuli celebrated her advancement with Caroline, Yun Meng, Tiandao, Xiao Jin, and the Spirit Fox, while Tiandao reminded her to keep refining her domain.
• Caroline told the group that the Federal Council had sealed the abandoned Smart Machine factory, declared the mission complete, and prepared an exclusive Calamity-class medal for Jing Liuli.
• Jing Liuli promised to fulfill her responsibilities and proposed displaying the medal in a group photo at the base’s wall of honor.
• Over the following days, Jing Liuli trained her domain and sparred with Tiandao, whose attacks repeatedly missed while hers sometimes landed.

Jing Liuli used her 'Innate Good Fortune' domain to recover her lost vlog footage, then released it and received her Calamity-class medal. On an outing to Martial Arts Heavenly Capital, her luck repeatedly resolved mishaps and brought her prizes before she returned safely with her companions.

• Jing Liuli's 'Innate Good Fortune' domain repaired her malfunctioning terminal, restored her vlog footage, and created backups, and Caroline warned her not to rely on luck instead of improving her star power.
• Jing Liuli released her Calamity-class Advancement Vlog, which became popular, and later received her exclusive Calamity-class medal and took a group photo with her companions.
• Jing Liuli persuaded her companions to visit Interstellar Dessert Street in Martial Arts Heavenly Capital, where her domain helped clear an occupied parking berth and obtain the last Star Diamond Mousse.
• Jing Liuli won a lucky draw's first prize and avoided injury when she slipped onstage because a plush doll broke her fall.
• Jing Liuli enjoyed a fortunate photo shoot and street interview, then received spare energy blocks from the fan who had lent her a parking berth when their flying vehicle ran low on energy.
• Jing Liuli returned home with her companions, fell asleep against Yun Meng's shoulder, and Caroline saved clips of her smiling throughout the outing.

Jing Liuli’s Innate Good Fortune domain saved the group from a Subspace navigation hazard, and her celebration livestream drew huge crowds and delighted fans. After returning to the base, she used her domain to repair Caroline’s Smart Machine calibrator and help complete an important calibration, leaving Caroline to promise her extra Star Fruit Mousse.

• Jing Liuli’s domain automatically stabilized the flying vehicle’s navigation and diverted an abandoned patrol craft, avoiding a turbulent zone in Subspace.
• Jing Liuli learned that her vlog had passed one hundred million views and her followers had surpassed one billion, then held a celebration livestream with a jackpot for her fans.
• Caroline made Star Fruit Mousse for the livestream, and Jing Liuli had her draw the grand prize: customized star-patterned jewelry.
• After the broadcast, Caroline received an alert that the Smart Machine calibrator had malfunctioned, and Jing Liuli accompanied her to the laboratory.
• Jing Liuli’s domain restored the calibrator, soothed the Smart Machine core, and revealed a matching spare component, allowing Caroline to complete the calibration successfully.
• Jing Liuli asked Caroline for extra Star Fruit Mousse as a reward and secretly took a photo of her working in the laboratory.

Tiandao effortlessly repaired a malfunctioning Smart Machine power core and the base’s damaged systems, then began teaching Jing Liuli to control her Star Power. The chapter left Tiandao resolved to protect the base and become the protagonist of his era rather than compete with Chen Kong for Stellaris’s protagonist role.

• Tiandao trained at the base and told Yun Meng and Jing Liuli that effort mattered despite his strength.
• Caroline called Tiandao to the laboratory, where he stabilized and repaired the disordered Smart Machine power core and a damaged testing device.
• Jing Liuli said she wanted to become strong enough to protect everyone, and Tiandao agreed to help her train.
• Tiandao repaired the surveillance system and inspected the base’s defenses before teaching Jing Liuli to gather Star Power precisely.
• Jing Liuli practiced throughout the day, and Tiandao resolved to keep protecting those around him and become the protagonist of the era.

Tiandao and Caroline confronted three artificially modified high-level Star Beasts approaching the base, and Tiandao subdued them without letting their unstable energy explode. He returned to the base and refined the absorbed energy while preparing for the further danger he suspected was connected to Tie Jin.

• Tiandao sensed concealed malice in the distant stars, and the base warning system detected an approaching cluster of unknown Star Beasts.
• Caroline joined Tiandao at the perimeter and identified three mid Calamity-class Star Beasts with artificially modified, unstable Star Power.
• Tiandao used Boundless Time and Space and Vector Control to suppress the Star Beasts, absorb and reverse their attacks, and prevent their unstable energy sources from exploding.
• Tiandao subdued all three Star Beasts and told Caroline to monitor the area, while suspecting their modified Star Power was connected to Tie Jin.
• Tiandao returned safely to Jing Liuli, Yun Meng, Xiao Jin, and Caroline, and Jing Liuli shared the crisis with her fans in a live broadcast.
• Tiandao refined the absorbed attack energy at the observation window as the Spirit Fox stayed beside him.

Tiandao refined the artificial Star Beasts’ energy, strengthened his Boundless Time and Space domain, and ordered the base to monitor the hidden force behind the attacks. As he reassured his companions and joined Jing Liuli’s broadcast, Chen Kong recognized the base lounge in its footage and recalled a place from his childhood.

• Tiandao finished refining the three artificial Star Beasts’ energy, advancing his domain and learning to shape the stored power into concealed counterattacks.
• Caroline reported that the artificial Star Beasts’ energy resembled traces left by Tie Jin, and Tiandao ordered continued signal analysis and stronger perimeter monitoring.
• Tiandao kept the suspected threat from alarming Yun Meng and Jing Liuli, then let Jing Liuli film a short broadcast in which he lifted her with Vector Star Energy.
• Jing Liuli asked whether the artificial Star Beasts were connected to Tie Jin, and Tiandao promised to protect her and the others.
• At Martial Arts Heavenly Capital, Liu Ma showed Chen Kong Jing Liuli’s broadcast, and Chen Kong recognized the base lounge from their childhood.

Chen Kong and Liu Ma investigated the Star Beast Royal Court after Tiandao allowed Caroline to share clues and warned that scouts might appear near Martial Arts Heavenly Capital. As the two set out toward a suspected site, Royal Court scouts arrived, setting off a conflict that Tiandao foresaw would grow into a much larger war.

• Chen Kong and Liu Ma recognized that Jing Liuli's livestream showed their childhood base, but Liu Ma stopped Chen Kong from asking Tiandao about it.
• Chen Kong and Liu Ma agreed to investigate the Star Beast Royal Court, whose ties to Association families and possible threat troubled them.
• Tiandao told Caroline to share the Royal Court clues with Chen Kong and Liu Ma, and warned that scouts might appear near Martial Arts Heavenly Capital.
• Caroline sent them information about modified Star Beasts, corrosion-law fluctuations, and likely locations, while Chen Kong and Liu Ma promised to investigate carefully.
• Chen Kong and Liu Ma headed for the first marked area as Royal Court scouts arrived nearby, and Tiandao sensed the coming conflict and prepared for it.

Liu Ma and Chen Kong were ambushed by modified Star Beasts in the outskirts of Martial Arts Heavenly Capital, while Tiandao discovered that a mole within the Association had leaked their whereabouts. Tiandao rescued them and revealed that the trap had been designed to lure him out.

• Liu Ma and Chen Kong found the area suspicious, then fought a coordinated group of modified Star Beasts with corrosive Star Power.
• Chen Kong and Liu Ma realized the outposts were part of a trap, and a Pseudo-Calamity-class modified Star Beast badly wounded Chen Kong as Liu Ma’s Star Power ran low.
• Tiandao used his Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye to observe the battle, detected Association-like auras among the hidden watchers, and ordered Caroline to activate the base’s defenses and search for the mole.
• Liu Ma offered to hold off the Pseudo-Calamity modified Star Beast so Chen Kong could escape, but Chen Kong refused to leave him behind.
• Tiandao arrived, killed the Pseudo-Calamity modified Star Beast, crushed the remaining attackers, and healed Liu Ma and Chen Kong.
• Tiandao told Chen Kong that a mole in the Association had revealed their whereabouts and that the Star Beast Royal Court had set the trap to draw him out.

After discovering that Association elder Vitar was the inside man, Tiandao headed alone to the Western Border Fallen Zone to stop a Calamity-class Star Beast from awakening. Vitar and a hidden Star Beast Royal Court leader prepared an ambush, but Tiandao revealed that his approach was part of a plan to turn hunter into prey.

• Tiandao explained that the Star Beast Royal Court had targeted his Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye and used Chen Kong and Liu Ma as bait.
• Tiandao, Liu Ma, and Chen Kong found a corrupted Rank 3 Star Envoy who exploded before they could question him, leaving behind an emblem linked to Vitar's exclusive potion.
• Caroline reported that Vitar had fled toward the Western Border Fallen Zone, where a Star Beast was attempting a Calamity-class breakthrough.
• Tiandao sent the injured Liu Ma and Chen Kong back to Ember New Base, then went alone toward the western border and warned them not to trust anyone besides Caroline.
• Vitar reported to a hidden Star Beast Royal Court leader, who revealed plans to trap Tiandao with a Calamity-class modified Star Beast and hundreds of Rank 4 Star Beasts.
• The chapter revealed that Tiandao had anticipated the ambush and was deliberately approaching as a hunter rather than a prey.

Tiandao entered the Fallen Zone and defeated the Star Beast Royal Court’s Calamity-class modified Star Beast, its black-shadow commander, and the traitorous Vitar. Afterward, he summoned Chen Kong and the base’s Star Envoys to clear the remaining modified Star Beasts and gather clues.

• Tiandao lured out and killed more than a dozen Level Four modified Star Beasts, then broke into the cave where Vitar and the black shadow were waiting.
• The black shadow unleashed the Calamity-class modified Star Beast, and Tiandao discovered its Star Core was hidden in the most densely patterned spot on its forehead.
• Tiandao pierced the modified Star Beast’s Star Core and destroyed it, then killed the black shadow and Vitar.
• Tiandao told Chen Kong to bring the base’s Star Envoys to the cave, clear out the remaining modified Star Beasts, and collect clues about the Star Beast Royal Court.
• Liu Ma and Chen Kong arrived with the Star Envoys, and Liu Ma rushed to Tiandao, relieved that he was safe.

Tiandao uncovered the Star Beast Royal Court’s hidden plan to capture Chen Kong and awaken Qiong, the being sealed within him. He rescued undercover agent Su Xiao from an experimental chamber, but Chen Kong began showing signs of losing control as Tiandao learned the danger was already closing in.

• Tiandao reassured Chen Kong about the dreams and gave him candy, then told him to learn to control his power.
• Tiandao split the Star Envoys into teams to search the Fallen Zone and the cave for modified Star Beasts, agents, and blueprints.
• Tiandao discovered a sealed chamber containing experimental agents, research records, and a badly wounded young woman, while black Star Mist appeared around Chen Kong.
• After Caroline warned him that the Royal Court had targeted Chen Kong, Tiandao broke the seal and found the imprisoned undercover agent Su Xiao.
• Su Xiao told Tiandao that the Royal Court planned to seize Chen Kong’s Star Core and awaken Qiong, whom Tiandao recognized as the being called Bai Kong inside Chen Kong.

Tiandao learned that the Star Beast Royal Court planned to awaken Qiong and hurried to Chen Kong, whose consciousness Qiong was consuming. Qiong took temporary control of Chen Kong’s body and attacked Tiandao, who arrived prepared to fight without harming Chen Kong.

• Tiandao stabilized Xu Xiao’s injuries, collected the research materials from the secret chamber, and promised to protect Chen Kong.
• Xu Xiao told Tiandao that the Star Beast Royal Court planned to use Chen Kong’s Star Core to awaken Qiong and overthrow the New Federation.
• Qiong consumed Chen Kong’s consciousness and transformed his body, while Chen Kong resisted with memories of Tiandao and Chen Xing.
• Qiong temporarily took control of Chen Kong’s body and declared that Chen Kong had become nourishment for its power.
• Tiandao arrived at the ruins and confronted Qiong, who launched a black claw-light attack that struck Tiandao’s Vector Field.

Tiandao fought Qiong in the Western Border Fallen Zone, using Black Azure and Boundless Time and Space to overwhelm him and stir Chen Kong’s consciousness. As Qiong unleashed his origin incarnation for a last attack, Tiandao restrained it and declared that Qiong was still no match for him.

• Qiong’s assimilative power broke Tiandao’s Vector Field and began spreading through his body, but Tiandao struck Qiong’s consciousness core with the Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye.
• Tiandao hurled Black Azure at Qiong, and its gravitational force devoured Qiong’s black star mist while awakening Chen Kong’s consciousness within him.
• Tiandao deployed Boundless Time and Space, slowing Qiong and disrupting his assimilative power as Chen Kong began resisting control.
• Qiong summoned his origin incarnation and spent most of his remaining strength, while Tiandao strengthened Black Azure within the Domain and trapped the phantom.
• Tiandao sent Black Azure against Qiong’s origin incarnation, devouring its black star mist and shattering its bone blade as he told Qiong he was still no match for him.

Tiandao defeated Qiong and helped Chen Kong regain control of his body, then considered the requirements for reaching the Legendary rank. After discovering a device that could awaken Bai Kong’s power, Tiandao planned to use it to lure out the Star Beast Royal Court and investigate astral manifestation awakening.

• Tiandao restrained Qiong while Chen Kong fought for control of his body, and Black Azure devoured Qiong’s final wisp of consciousness.
• Chen Kong thanked Tiandao, and Liu Ma gave them medicine as the Western Border Fallen Zone emerged from the Black Mist.
• Tiandao reflected on the Legendary rank’s requirements and realized Qiong’s origin had briefly resonated with his Vector Star Source.
• A Star Envoy found a hidden chamber containing Su Xiao, research materials, and a device that Tiandao identified as a means to awaken Bai Kong’s power and seize Chen Kong’s Star Core.
• Tiandao stopped Liu Ma from destroying the device and proposed restoring the chamber and ambushing the Star Beast Royal Court forces that would return for it.
• Tiandao told Chen Kong to rest and protect Su Xiao, while Su Xiao offered to help using her knowledge of the Star Beast Royal Court’s codes and arrangements.

Tiandao learned that the Star Beast Royal Court had launched a devastating attack on the New Federation’s eastern border while he was guarding a black device on the west. He sent Liu Ma to aid the eastern cities and stayed behind with Chen Kong and Su Xiao as the Royal Court’s remaining forces approached.

• Tiandao received Caroline’s urgent message that the Star Beast Royal Court had broken the peace contract, attacked three eastern border cities, and already destroyed two.
• Tiandao showed the footage of the fallen cities, and Liu Ma, Su Xiao, and Chen Kong reacted with shock, grief, and anger.
• After weighing the eastern crisis against the western threat and the danger to Chen Kong, Tiandao ordered Liu Ma to lead the Star Envoys east while he stayed to investigate the device and confront the remaining forces.
• Liu Ma left for the eastern border, while Chen Kong and Su Xiao prepared to support Tiandao in the secret chamber.
• A corrosive Star Energy Fluctuation and approaching footsteps signaled that the Royal Court’s remaining forces had arrived, and Tiandao readied himself for battle.
• At the eastern border, the Beast Tide continued as the injured Enit lay helpless, while the star domain faced an escalating crisis.

Tiandao faced Moka, two modified Star Beasts, and the activated device while nearing the Legendary-class breakthrough. He contained the threats long enough to protect Chen Kong and suppress the device, but his breakthrough remained incomplete.

• Moka sent two modified Star Beasts after Chen Kong and Su Xiao, but Tiandao emerged from hiding and intercepted them with his Vector Field.
• Tiandao wounded the beasts and allowed Moka to approach so he could assess the threat and use the fight to push toward the Legendary class.
• Tiandao seized Moka, but the beasts broke free as the black device activated, threatening the western region and causing Bai Kong's seal inside Chen Kong to crack.
• Tiandao blasted Moka aside, trapped the beasts, and began breaking through, but the device's energy and the beasts' attacks kept him from completing the advance.
• Tiandao soothed Bai Kong within Chen Kong and wrapped the device in azure starlines to suppress its energy, while Moka realized Tiandao's power was still rising toward the Legendary class.

Tiandao broke through to the Legendary rank after defeating Moka’s final assault and suppressing Qiong’s remnant soul. He then rushed to the eastern border, where he turned the tide against the Beast Tide with the power of the Vector Star Lord.

• Moka detonated the Star Core Fragments in his blade, unleashing Corrosive Star Power as Qiong’s remnant soul and two modified Star Beasts attacked Tiandao.
• Tiandao controlled the Corrosive Star Power, restrained the black device, and helped Chen Kong attack Qiong’s remnant soul until it dispersed.
• Tiandao killed the modified Star Beasts, reached 100% compatibility between his Star Source and Star Core, and manifested the Vector Star Lord as he became Legendary.
• Tiandao destroyed the black device and killed Moka before leaving Chen Kong and Su Xiao to clear the western region.
• Tiandao arrived at the eastern border, where his Legendary power rallied the Star Envoys and devastated the Beast Tide with the Vector Star Lord.

Tiandao rescued the survivors at the Eastern Border and learned from Su Xiao and Chen Kong that the Star Beast Royal Court was cultivating an ultimate modified Star Beast at Black Stone Fortress using Qiong’s remains. As Tiandao prepared to support the third city, three peak Calamity-class modified Star Beasts attacked, and he began fighting them with the Vector Star Lord.

• Tiandao summoned the Vector Star Lord, defeated the modified Star Beasts at the battlefield, and helped Liu Ma organize rescues and reinforcements for the third city.
• Chen Kong and Su Xiao found and deciphered a Royal Court chip in Moka’s ruined base, despite Qiong’s true body agitating inside Chen Kong.
• Su Xiao discovered that the Royal Court’s main force was at Black Stone Fortress cultivating an ultimate modified Star Beast, and that President Enit had been poisoned with Rotstar Poison.
• The chip suggested that Qiong’s remains formed the ultimate Star Beast’s core and that Chen Kong might be its key, so Su Xiao sent the information to Tiandao.
• After Tiandao received the warning, three peak Calamity-class modified Star Beasts emerged at the Eastern Border and attacked him.
• Tiandao fought back with the Vector Star Lord as the three beasts coordinated their attacks, while the nearby Star Envoys watched anxiously.