Chapter Summaries

Su Luo followed Su Tong to the Wind Chime Shopping Center, where he used his status as Venerable Ling Xi’s Head Disciple to enter a restricted area and learned about Demon Crystals. As he studied the crystals, the Devil Fruit Tree inside him began stirring uncontrollably.

• Su Tong led Su Luo into the enormous Wind Chime Shopping Center, where he noticed her interest in a pill priced at two hundred Points.
• An administrator tried to bar Su Luo and Su Tong from the restricted area, but Su Luo showed his identity as Venerable Ling Xi’s Head Disciple, making the man let them pass.
• Su Luo and Su Tong entered the restricted area and found shelves filled with blackish-purple crystals.
• Su Tong explained that Demon Crystals came from demons born of living beings’ negative emotions and could drive anyone who absorbed them insane.
• As Su Luo contemplated the Demon Crystals, the Devil Fruit Tree within him began to stir uncontrollably.

Su Luo learned that the Devil Fruit Tree now needed a Demon Crystal to advance, then explored the Star Network with Zi Xin before they added each other as friends. Zi Xin logged off and returned to her life as a scarred maid on Hemi Star, where she endured abuse, scavenged a circuit board, and repaired her mother’s television.

• Su Luo discovered that the Devil Fruit Tree required a Demon Crystal to advance, then visited several venues on the Star Network with Zi Xin.
• Su Luo fled Spring Breeze Pavilion after learning about Consciousness Merging, and he and Zi Xin added each other as friends.
• Zi Xin abruptly logged off and returned to her maid’s duties on Hemi Star, where her Young Miss slapped and insulted her.
• After work, Zi Xin scavenged a circuit board from a scrap heap and brought it home to her sick mother.
• Zi Xin repaired the television, and she and her mother watched a music program while her mother lamented Zi Xin’s scars and lost prospects.

Su Luo visited Ling Xi and received two techniques to strengthen his spiritual power and balance the chaotic energies in his body. Ling Xi warned that Balance was incomplete, but said her friend had the rest and could provide it when Su Luo needed it.

• Su Luo returned from the Star Network and reassured Xiao Li and Diana, who wanted to cultivate and join Xuanqiong Holy Land.
• Su Luo explained that Xiao Li and Diana would need to wait for next year's assessment and reach the late Microscopic Realm to pursue one hundred consecutive victories.
• Su Luo visited Ling Xi and endured the powerful spiritual pressure in her cave dwelling before reaching her.
• Ling Xi gave Su Luo Mind Has Lingering Thoughts Wonderful Method and explained its stages of spiritual power and their effects.
• Ling Xi gave Su Luo Balance to stabilize his chaotic energies before his future advancement to the Starlight Realm.
• Ling Xi told Su Luo that Balance was incomplete and that her friend had the remaining half.

Ling Xi explained the Star, Moon, and Sun Ranks, the growth of Natal Law Artifacts, and the requirements for reaching the Heavenly One Realm. Su Luo learned that Mei Ya concealed her true appearance, while Ling Xi described her as beautiful but troublesome.

• Ling Xi explained that Star Rank cultivators gained strength through laws, while Moon Rank cultivators formed an inner space to forge a Natal Law Artifact with a law-born flame.
• Ling Xi showed Su Luo her Illusory Splendor Sword, whose light bewildered him and left him unconscious for two hours.
• Ling Xi explained that Sun Rank cultivators awakened a Natal Law Divine Ability that could be inherited by their descendants, which drove some people to pursue Evil Path Sorcery.
• Su Luo asked about the Heavenly One Realm, and Ling Xi listed its requirements: an original technique, an Extraordinary-grade law, and a universal will-recognized honorific title.
• Su Luo asked about Mei Ya, and Ling Xi said Mei Ya concealed her true appearance and was beautiful but troublesome.

Su Luo sent Xiao Li and Diana back while staying behind to cultivate toward the Starlight Realm, and Ling Xi confronted Ba Dao over Gang Hu’s responsibility for enabling an Evil Cultivator. A week later, William Gulan was shown laboring as a powerless prisoner in Rock Mountain Star’s mines.

• Ling Xi told Su Luo that William had been sent to mine for a hundred years as punishment for sheltering an Evil Cultivator.
• Su Luo decided Xiao Li and Diana could return by airship while he stayed to advance to the Starlight Realm and later earn Star Stones through missions.
• Ling Xi demanded that Ba Dao produce Gang Hu and make him answer for granting nation-founding rights to an Evil Cultivator, while Ba Dao acknowledged Gang Hu’s negligence.
• Xiao Li and Diana boarded the airship and departed, and Su Luo turned back to begin seclusion and cultivation.
• One week later, William Gulan struggled to mine under a overseer’s whip in Rock Mountain Star’s mining district.

Finn took William away after discovering that he had memorized the Evil Path Sorcery, while Xuanqiong Holy Land later witnessed a series of extraordinary law manifestations in the sky. Ling Xi, Kun Peng, and Ba Dao watched the phenomena and argued over Ling Xi’s gifted disciple.

• An overseer whipped William for slacking, but Finn seized the overseer and asked William whether he knew the Evil Path Sorcery.
• William first denied knowing the sorcery, then admitted he had memorized it after Finn killed the overseer, and Finn carried him away.
• A month later, Azure Dragon and Divine Bird phantoms and numerous other law manifestations appeared over Xuanqiong Holy Land.
• Kun Peng told Ling Xi that he envied her disciple, and Ba Dao complained that Ling Xi had only succeeded through luck.
• Ling Xi reminded Ba Dao that he had lost their bet, leaving him unable to respond.

Su Luo successfully advanced to the early Starlight Realm after using the Balance Art to stabilize the powers of law. He went to the Merit Office to find missions and was recognized as Ling Xi’s Head Disciple, but the available Star Stone rewards were too low for his needs.

• Su Luo used the Balance Art to calm the berserk powers of law and broke through to the Starlight Realm.
• Ling Xi, Ba Dao, and Kun Peng visited Su Luo, and Ling Xi warned him to accept only missions he could handle.
• Su Luo went to the Merit Office to accept a mission, where others recognized his platinum-gold badge as proof he was a Venerable’s Direct Disciple.
• Su Luo requested missions up to Morning Star Realm difficulty, and the clerk showed him options to choose from.
• Su Luo found the missions’ Star Stone rewards too small, with the highest offering only five thousand Star Stones.

Su Luo accepted missions to investigate suspected Evil Cultivators and Demons, then traveled to Gulan Star, where he discovered a city slaughtered and drenched in blood. After an unseen attacker shattered his Ice Sword, Su Luo escaped to the surface and faced the deep pit below.

• Su Luo accepted a mission to patrol Gulan Star and several other missions to search for Evil Cultivators.
• A dark creature emerged from the blood pool in the ruins of the Gulan Star Nation capital and relished the scent of blood and despair.
• After patrolling five planets and killing one middle-stage Starlight Realm Evil Cultivator, Su Luo arrived at Gulan Star.
• Su Tong warned Su Luo that something was wrong, and Su Luo found a city with no living people and entered a blood-soaked underground garage.
• An unseen attacker shattered Su Luo's Ice Sword, so Su Luo transformed into a beam of light and burst out of the ground.

Su Luo fought and killed a bat demon that had devoured an entire city, resisting its mind-controlling Bewitching Whispers with his Third Eye. Afterward, he fed the demon’s crystal to his Devil Fruit Tree, raising it from SS-Class to SSS-Class.

• Su Tong identified the bat demon as a late Constellation Realm demon, and Su Luo attacked it with Explosive Collapse Fist, reducing much of the city to craters.
• The battered demon recovered and used Bewitching Whispers to amplify Su Luo’s evil thoughts, but Su Tong urged him to open his Third Eye, which dispelled the whispers.
• Su Luo used Molten Hell to trap the bat demon in magma and killed it.
• Su Luo picked up the demon’s crystal and let his Devil Fruit Tree absorb it, upgrading the tree from SS-Class to SSS-Class.

Su Luo discovered that his Devil Fruit Tree could purify Demon Crystals and learned how demons and negative energy were connected. After returning to Xuanqiong Star, he found his warship destroyed and recognized the threat as a message from Lazi La Kudou Li's Lineage.

• Su Luo gained the Devil Fruit Tree ability Senluo Purifying Erosion, which could purify the negative energy in Demon Crystals.
• Su Tong explained that demons gained intelligence beyond Moon Rank, could take human form at Sun Rank, and were drawn to negative energy created by Evil Cultivators.
• Su Tong told Su Luo that the previous Gulan Nation Lord's nine centuries of Evil Path Sorcery had caused the negative energy that attracted demons to Gulan Star.
• Su Luo unleashed lava to consume the silent city, then headed back to Xuanqiong Holy Land to claim his Star Stone reward.
• Su Luo found his warship broken into pieces with a threat written on its bow and blamed Lazi La Kudou Li's Lineage.

Su Luo returned to the Merit Office, where recordings proved he had killed a late Constellation Realm demon and a middle Starlight Realm Evil Cultivator, earning substantial rewards. After leaving the onlookers stunned, he met Mei Ya and told her about his mission, impressing her with his strength.

• Su Luo reported completing his missions, and the Merit Office clerk asked whether he had encountered Evil Cultivators or demons.
• Su Luo showed recordings of himself killing a late Constellation Realm demon and a middle Starlight Realm Evil Cultivator, silencing the man who had mocked him.
• The clerk awarded Su Luo 45,000 Star Stones and 12 Merit Points; Su Luo exchanged 10,000 Star Stones for Star Network Points and stored the rest.
• Su Luo rebuked the mocking man and left the Merit Office as the crowd watched him in amazement.
• Su Luo encountered Mei Ya outside and recounted his recent mission; Mei Ya was impressed by his combat strength.

Su Luo learned that Mei Ya was leaving for a dangerous border mission, then prepared to return to Azure Star with Ling Xi to investigate its unusual evolution. On Lazi La Star, a grieving woman sought revenge against Su Luo by arranging Azure Star’s destruction, while the Revered Evil God ordered that Su Luo be spared for use as nourishment.

• Mei Ya explained that thirty Merit Points bought a month in the Xuanqiong Ancient Abyss and said she was accepting a border-guard mission restricted to Rising Sun Realm cultivators.
• Mei Ya left for the Merit Office, hoping Su Luo would reach the Rising Sun Realm before they met again.
• Su Luo replaced the exhausted Star Stones in his formation and told Ling Xi he planned to return to Azure Star; Ling Xi decided to accompany him to investigate its evolved creatures.
• On Lazi La Star, a woman demanded revenge for her son’s death and persuaded her husband to hire Interstellar Pirates to slaughter everyone on Azure Star.
• The woman’s husband received orders from the Revered Evil God to destroy Azure Star but keep Su Luo alive so he could grow stronger and become nourishment.

Su Luo discovered the Starry Sky Genius List and visited a private trading market, where he bought a large supply of Demon Crystals. After returning to his body, he kept his ability to purify them secret from Ling Xi, who warned him that Demon Crystals could not be used for cultivation.

• Su Luo examined the Starry Sky Genius List, admired its top-ranked genius Kashu, and decided he would soon earn a place on it.
• Su Luo saw that Zi Xin was offline and headed to Yinfeng City's private trading market.
• Su Luo bargained with the stall owner Rick and bought all of his Demon Crystals, then added him as a friend for future purchases.
• Ling Xi noticed the Demon Crystals and warned Su Luo that they were not cultivation resources, while he kept his purification ability secret.

Ling Xi sensed an unfathomable presence on Azure Star while Su Luo returned to Giant University and reunited with Moto. Yu Zi secretly met Su Luo at his villa, and after their night together, Su Luo detected and caught someone spying outside.

• Ling Xi sensed an unknown, higher-level existence on Azure Star but could not locate or understand it.
• Su Luo returned to Giant University, reunited with Moto, and gave him a purified Demon Crystal to keep secret.
• Yu Zi received Su Luo's message, slipped out of Ape Beast City, and met him at his former villa.
• Su Luo and Yu Zi spent the night together at the villa.
• Su Luo sensed another person's aura outside, caught the spy, and was startled when he recognized her.

Liu Yunyi discovered Su Luo and Yu Zi together, but after transforming into Dragon Girl Form, she was overcome by a reproductive impulse and spent the night with Su Luo. The next morning, she learned why she had acted that way and demanded that Su Luo take responsibility.

• Liu Yunyi confronted Su Luo and Yu Zi after catching them in a secret tryst, revealing that she already knew about their relationship.
• Yu Zi pinned Liu Yunyi down, but Liu Yunyi transformed into Dragon Girl Form and suddenly pounced on Su Luo.
• Su Tong explained that the power Su Luo had given Liu Yunyi triggered a reproductive impulse when she transformed.
• After the night passed, Liu Yunyi woke up, learned the cause of her behavior, and told Su Luo he had to take full responsibility.
• Su Luo showed Liu Yunyi the marks she had left on him, and she asked what they should do now.

Su Luo reunited with Shen Huaiyue and Shen Huaiyu after spending the night with Liu Yunyi and Yu Zi, giving both pairs purified Demon Crystals to aid their cultivation. Shen Huaiyu suspected Su Luo had been with the other women and hinted that Shen Huaiyue had been overtaken by a rival, leaving her confused.

• Liu Yunyi agreed to discuss becoming Su Luo’s woman with her mother, and Yu Zi teased her about their night together.
• Su Luo gave Liu Yunyi and Yu Zi purified Demon Crystals and warned them to keep the crystals secret.
• Su Luo returned to the Shen sisters’ home, where Shen Huaiyu eagerly greeted him and noticed unfamiliar scents on him.
• Su Luo gave Shen Huaiyue and Shen Huaiyu purified Demon Crystals before leaving for Xiao Li’s home.
• Shen Huaiyu told Shen Huaiyue that someone had overtaken her on the curve, leaving Shen Huaiyue bewildered.

Su Luo returned to Xiao Li’s building, reunited with Lu Wuyan, Feng Yike, and Willow, and learned that the Crane Emperor had appeared with a flock of avian mutated beasts heading toward the Central Continent. He went to confront Moto about withholding the news, but Moto insisted the threat was manageable.

• Su Luo found Lu Wuyan at home and followed her to Feng Yike and Willow, who had fallen asleep together after drinking and playing games.
• Willow and Feng Yike woke up, embraced Su Luo, and then went to wash up before the group talked.
• Willow told Su Luo that the Crane Emperor had led avian mutated beasts over Sky Beast City toward the Central Continent without attacking.
• Su Luo told the three women to keep their Demon Crystals hidden, then said he would stay on Azure Star and left for Giant University.
• Su Luo asked Moto why he had not told him about the Crane Emperor, and Moto claimed it was only a level-nine Beast Emperor they could handle.

Su Luo tracked the elusive Crane Emperor to the Central Continent and discovered that it could open Spatial Rifts. After knocking it unconscious, he decided to make it his spirit pet, and Su Tong arranged to keep it frozen when it woke.

• Moto told Su Luo that the Crane Emperor escaped capture by slipping through a crack in space, prompting Su Luo to head for the Central Continent.
• Su Luo found the White Crane atop a mountain, and it attacked his airship before trying to escape through a Spatial Rift.
• Su Luo struck the White Crane with a Light Speed Kick, smashing a mountain and leaving the bird unconscious beneath the rocks.
• Su Luo and Su Tong recognized the White Crane's spatial ability and decided to make it Su Luo's spirit pet.
• The White Crane woke to find itself frozen to the ground as an unidentified voice warned it that it could not escape.

Su Luo offered White Crane a purified Demon Crystal in exchange for lifelong fealty, then prepared a contract to bind their agreement. White Crane agreed while secretly planning to take the crystal and escape.

• White Crane told Su Luo that a floating monster had pierced his wing about a hundred years earlier, forcing him to hide until he recovered.
• Su Luo pointed out White Crane’s Beast Emperor bottleneck and offered to help him grow stronger as a spirit pet.
• White Crane saw the purified Demon Crystal and agreed to swear fealty, intending to flee after receiving it.
• Su Luo consulted Su Tong, then brought out a contract scroll and asked White Crane to seal it with a drop of blood.
• Su Luo released one of White Crane’s frozen wings so they could place their blood on the contract together.

Su Luo bound White Crane to himself with a Blood Contract Scroll, stopping it from escaping with the Demon Crystal and making it submit to his control. Meanwhile, Xiao Li officiated a wedding in a secluded village, where a trace of envy crossed her face.

• Su Luo and White Crane formed a Blood Contract, which allowed Su Luo to control White Crane’s size and movements.
• White Crane seized the Demon Crystal and fled through a Spatial Rift, but the contract shrank it and forced it back to Su Luo.
• Su Luo reclaimed the Demon Crystal and told White Crane to decide whether it would peacefully become his Spirit Beast.
• Xiao Li presided over a village wedding as the newlyweds and villagers knelt before her.