Chapter Summaries

Li Qi fought Mystic Sand King and King Liyai in the Ice River Belt, using their attacks to seek insight into spatial teleportation while concealing the extent of his defensive strength. King Liyai fled after realizing Li Qi’s divine body was unharmed, and Li Qi revealed that he was Starfall King.

• Mystic Sand King battled Li Qi, judged his attack power weak, struck him back, and escaped while speculating that Li Qi possessed a defensive treasure.
• Li Qi searched the Ice River Belt for another opponent, while Mystic Sand King reported his encounter to the Demon Race camp and a Demon Eye Race immortal decided to pursue Li Qi’s treasure.
• Li Qi ambushed King Liyai, whose rapid saber attacks helped Li Qi glimpse the mysteries of spatial teleportation.
• King Liyai realized his repeated attacks had not weakened Li Qi and fled the battle.
• Li Qi told the fleeing King Liyai that his attacks were too weak and revealed that his title was Starfall King.

After seven hundred years of secluded cultivation, Li Qi resumed hunting opponents in the Ice River Belt to refine his secret technique and deepen his understanding of spatial teleportation. He left Pillar Mountain King after their fierce spar, carrying new insight back to another secluded retreat.

• Li Qi ended his pursuit of a fleeing Insect Race peak marquis-level immortal and decided to seek out king-level immortals instead.
• Li Qi ambushed the Demon Race king-level immortal Pillar Mountain King and challenged him to a spar.
• Li Qi used the third move of Vast Sky, Sudden Rain, to suppress Pillar Mountain King in their battle.
• Li Qi gained insight into spatial teleportation during the fight, forced Pillar Mountain King back, and withdrew.
• Pillar Mountain King left the Ice River Belt, while Li Qi settled on an uninhabited ice block to cultivate his new insight.

Li Qi spent a century fusing the thirty-six law essences related to spatial teleportation, but still could not comprehend the mystery and struggled to find opponents willing to fight him. As he considered leaving the Ice River Belt, a Demon Eye Race king-level undying being headed there to seize his treasures, and Li Qi sensed intense spatial fluctuations that might offer a new opportunity.

• Li Qi fused all thirty-six spatial-teleportation law essences and continued cultivating, hoping to comprehend the mystery before the Thousand-Year Plan.
• Li Qi hunted enemy undying beings in the Ice River Belt, but his growing reputation made them flee instead of fighting him.
• Three human-camp marquis-level undying beings praised Starfall King and discussed his protection of their allies in the Ice River Belt.
• A Demon Eye Race king-level undying being learned that Starfall King remained in the Ice River Belt and decided to travel there for his treasures.
• While pursuing a peak marquis-level undying being in the Ice River Belt, Li Qi sensed intense spatial fluctuations and stopped to investigate.

Li Qi reached the Ice River Belt secret realm evolution and comprehended spatial teleportation amid its spatial fluctuations. As treasures appeared and King Mo Hun arrived, Li Qi raced for Firmament Jade Astral Gold, and Mo Hun recognized him and launched his strongest soul attack.

• Li Qi sensed a secret realm evolution in the Ice River Belt and hurried toward it as undying beings across the region raced to the area or fled.
• King Mo Hun arrived with four peak King-level soul servants, learned of the evolution, and sent word to the Demon Race camp while experts from other camps also rushed toward the coordinates.
• Li Qi was swept through the spatial ripples and emerged elsewhere, realizing he had comprehended the profound mystery of spatial teleportation.
• Pale-gold Firmament Jade Astral Gold appeared, and Li Qi charged toward the largest piece as other undying beings raced for the treasure and one was swallowed by a spatial crack.
• King Mo Hun killed several treasure seekers with a soul attack, forcing the survivors to flee, then recognized Li Qi and unleashed his strongest soul attack secret technique.

Li Qi resisted King Mo Hun’s soul attack with the Molten Fire Crystal and escaped two peak king-level soul servants by using Spatial Teleportation to claim a piece of Firmament Jade Astral Gold. King Mo Hun collected the remaining metal and became the target of a rumor campaign, while Li Qi reached a safe location to inspect his two pieces.

• The Molten Fire Crystal absorbed King Mo Hun’s soul illusion attack, and Li Qi collected a large piece of Firmament Jade Astral Gold without noticing the attack.
• King Mo Hun ordered two peak king-level soul servants to stop Li Qi and sent nearly twenty king-level immortals to collect the newly formed metal.
• After the soul servants drove a piece of Firmament Jade Astral Gold outside the unstable region, Li Qi teleported ahead and stored it in his world ring.
• King Mo Hun recalled the soul servants and collected the remaining Firmament Jade Astral Gold before other powerful immortals arrived.
• Three Machine Race immortals let King Mo Hun leave and spread news that he had obtained the treasures, drawing powerful pursuers toward him.
• Li Qi used the Moyun Vine to transfer to a prepared divine power token near Base 123, then entered the Dark Chi spacecraft to inspect his two pieces of Firmament Jade Astral Gold.

Li Qi discovered 439 kilograms of Glazed Star Gold hidden inside Firmament Jade Astral Gold and planned to sell it to fund his purchase of Fimo Poison. He asked Venerable Ling Tu to help sell the treasure, and his senior brother began offering him two options.

• King Mo Hun scanned nearly a hundred thousand tons of Firmament Jade Astral Gold, found no Glazed Star Gold, and blamed Starfall King for his disappointment.
• Li Qi scanned his ore and discovered Glazed Star Gold concealed in a piece weighing just over two hundred tons.
• Li Qi learned King Mo Hun was already being targeted by experts, and resolved to kill him if he survived the coming attacks.
• Li Qi smelted the ore and recovered 439 kilograms of Glazed Star Gold, then decided to ask Venerable Ling Tu to sell it.
• Venerable Ling Tu met Li Qi, heard his request, and began presenting him with two options for selling the Glazed Star Gold.

Li Qi chose to have Venerable Ling Tu sell his Glazed Star Gold over time so he could prioritize cultivation and future expenses, then returned to Chaos City to deliver it and study the Chaos Stele. Later, he answered Marquis Ya Yu’s plea for help and arrived by teleportation as King Chi Hun pursued him.

• Li Qi chose Venerable Ling Tu’s offer to sell the Glazed Star Gold for more than 440 billion chaos elements, and Venerable Ling Tu agreed to transfer the proceeds once it sold.
• Li Qi left Hongwu Secret Realm for Chaos City, delivered the Glazed Star Gold, and studied the Divine Tree Chaos Stele before preparing to return to the military camp base.
• Li Qi received Marquis Ya Yu’s call for rescue and promised to reach him in about ten seconds using teleportation.
• King Chi Hun pursued Marquis Ya Yu through the Endless Island Secret Realm, taunting him as he burned divine power to escape.
• Li Qi teleported into the pursuit, and King Chi Hun recognized the arriving Starfall King as Marquis Ya Yu’s rescuer.

After rescuing Marquis Ya Yu, Li Qi accepted his payment and returned to the Hongwu Secret Realm to plan his cultivation around perfecting Vast Sky. Eighty-three years later, other factions sought to recruit Starfall King for a dangerous ruin expedition, while Venerable Ling Tu told Li Qi that Golden Axe Venerable had bought his Glazed Star Gold.

• King Chi Hun mocked Li Qi’s weak attack power, then backed down when Li Qi warned him not to provoke a peak king-level immortal; Li Qi teleported Marquis Ya Yu to safety.
• Marquis Ya Yu paid Li Qi 30 million mixed yuan units before leaving to recover from the loss of more than 10% of his immortal divine power.
• Li Qi returned to Base 123 and decided to focus on creating the fourth move of Vast Sky, while cultivating the Origin-Weight Compliant Body and having his clones study spatial laws.
• Eighty-three years later, two peak king-level immortals discussed recruiting Starfall King to help explore a ruin’s core region, but Li Qi had not yet answered their invitation.
• Venerable Ling Tu told Li Qi that Golden Axe Venerable had bought his Glazed Star Gold and deliberately offered a higher price.

Li Qi received 500 billion chaos units for information about the Hongwu Secret Realm, then considered King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi’s invitation to explore a dangerous region containing Void Net Crystal. He agreed to join their expedition a thousand years later after negotiating a larger share, but King Pi Que added one condition.

• Venerable Ling Tu transferred Li Qi 500 billion chaos units after Golden Axe Venerable paid for information about the Hongwu Secret Realm, whose evolution was already widely known.
• Li Qi initially declined King Pi Que’s invitation to explore a dangerous region, but reconsidered after learning it contained valuable Void Net Crystal.
• Li Qi met King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi in the Virtual Universe and learned that two of four peak king-level immortals had died in their previous exploration amid a battle with Demon Race experts.
• Li Qi agreed to join the expedition planned for a thousand years later, expecting to cultivate his plant lifeform and acquire Fimo Poison before then.
• Li Qi rejected the initial proposed shares and negotiated for 35 percent of the gains; King Zhe Yi urged King Pi Que to accept, and King Pi Que agreed with one condition.

Li Qi agreed to protect King Pi Que during a dangerous-region expedition in exchange for a larger share of its gains, then spent most of his resources preparing for it. After buying scanners, Star Devouring Grass, Fimo Poison, and weapon materials, he completed his first ninth-rank spear and began coating it with poison.

• Li Qi agreed to do his best to protect King Pi Que on the expedition, with the gains divided thirty-five percent each for Li Qi and King Pi Que and thirty percent for King Zhe Yi.
• Li Qi returned to his palace and concluded that King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi expected the dangerous region to hold valuable treasures, then planned to upgrade his scanners and cultivate an immortal plant lifeform.
• Li Qi used his Primordial Secret Realm discount to buy large- and miniature-scale scanners, Star Devouring Grass and cultivation resources, 400 grams of Fimo Poison, and materials for refining weapons.
• Li Qi spent several decades refining his first ninth-rank spear from Void Net Crystal, Universe-Severing Purple Cobalt, and Void Flame Gold.
• Li Qi opened a briefcase containing twenty portions of Fimo Poison and began applying one portion to the spearhead.

Li Qi prepared for the expedition to the dangerous place by creating a poisoned spear, improving his secret techniques, and reforging Ink Mark. After receiving King Pi Que’s coordinates, he traveled to Crimson Rainbow Continent, where King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi waited to begin the expedition.

• Li Qi coated a ninth-tier spear with Fimo Poison, named it Shuo Mo, and began reforging Ink Mark while cultivating in seclusion.
• More than eight hundred years later, Li Qi defeated his 1,500th opponent in the Virtual Universe and created the fourth Vast Sky move, Lightning Flash.
• Li Qi completed the reforged Ink Mark and assessed his strength, concluding that Shuo Mo gave him a chance to kill a peak king-level immortal.
• Li Qi received King Pi Que’s coordinates, traveled from Base 123 to Crimson Rainbow Continent, and reached the expedition’s meeting point.
• King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi recognized Li Qi’s approaching spaceship and prepared to depart once Starfall King arrived.

Li Qi joined King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi for a joint expedition with three Demon Race peak king-level immortals into the Crimson Rainbow Continent Indigenous Sacred Land. After the group entered the sacrificial grounds, King Pi Que urged Li Qi to help them reach the core altar, and Li Qi questioned what danger had killed five peak king-level immortals on the previous expedition.

• Li Qi met King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi, then traveled with them to meet the Demon Race team led by King Shuang Ju, King Heng Qiu, and King Huan Yan.
• King Huan Yan taunted Li Qi over his offensive strength, and Li Qi answered sharply before King Pi Que and King Shuang Ju opened the Sacred Land gate with their tokens.
• The six peak king-level immortals entered the passage, where Li Qi read murals describing the Sacred Land as a place to worship the Hongwu Secret Realm, which the indigenous people called their nurturing mother.
• The group reached a vast hall of passageways, and King Pi Que told Li Qi that their previous expedition had reached the inner sacrificial preparation area and yielded valuable treasures.
• King Pi Que revealed that King Mo Hun had fallen after obtaining treasures in the Ice River Belt, then asked Li Qi to help the group reach the core altar.
• Li Qi asked King Pi Que what danger had caused five peak king-level immortals to die during the previous expedition.

Li Qi joined King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi in exploring the inner region of the Crimson Rainbow Continent’s Sacrificial Grounds, where the Demon Race team explored alongside them. After finding traces of a deadly past battle and learning that rare Bewitching Light Silver had caused it, Li Qi realized the site held immense wealth, just as King Heng Qiu began speaking.

• King Pi Que told Li Qi that five peak King-level immortals had been transported into the spatial torrent layer during an earlier battle in the Sacrificial Grounds, and Li Qi agreed to help explore for a thirty-five percent share.
• Li Qi had Xiaoxi record the passages’ writing and murals, then followed King Pi Que and King Zhe Yi through the outer halls to meet King Huan Yan, King Shuang Ju, and King Heng Qiu.
• The two groups entered the inner region, where Li Qi deciphered a mural of strange lines before the Demon Race team went ahead and the others began exploring.
• Li Qi’s group searched the inner area, found only a small amount of G-grade metal, and examined a battle-scarred treasure vault and the pit where King Mi Que and four others had disappeared.
• King Zhe Yi revealed that the pit’s treasure had been one or two tons of Bewitching Light Silver, and Li Qi recognized the site’s immense value before King Heng Qiu spoke.

King Pi Que and King Shuang Ju opened a two-token treasure vault and found a chest and valuable G-grade materials, but they could not open or remove the chest. Li Qi and King Huan Yan raced back toward the vault, where King Heng Qiu attacked Li Qi and urged King Huan Yan to seize the treasures.

• King Heng Qiu announced that he had found a vault requiring two tokens, and Li Qi agreed to hold King Huan Yan back while the others claimed its contents.
• King Huan Yan, King Heng Qiu, King Shuang Ju, King Pi Que, King Zhe Yi, and Li Qi agreed to separate before King Pi Que and King Shuang Ju opened the vault, with the pair set to enter first.
• King Pi Que and King Shuang Ju joined their tokens to open the door, then fought over the G-grade materials and a Chi Hong Essence Gold chest that could neither be opened nor stored in a world ring.
• King Zhe Yi arrived and prepared to join the fight, while King Pi Que's warning prompted Li Qi to release his Five-Hundred-Vine Star-Eating Grass against King Huan Yan.
• King Huan Yan escaped through another passage and raced toward the vault with Li Qi pursuing her; King Heng Qiu attacked Li Qi as King Huan Yan approached the entrance.

Li Qi and the other peak king-level immortals entered the treasury after discovering that its sealed treasure chest could not be opened. When the chest finally opened, a high king-level Black Branch Willow emerged and self-destructed, engulfing the treasury as King Pi Que, King Heng Qiu, and King Zhe Yi struggled to survive.

• Li Qi and King Heng Qiu entered the treasury, where both sides gathered around a sealed chest made of Chi Hong Essence Gold that neither could open.
• The treasury doors suddenly shut, and the chest opened after strange noises came from inside, prompting King Pi Que and King Heng Qiu to rush toward it.
• More than ten thousand branches burst from the chest, and King Pi Que and King Heng Qiu recognized them as a high king-level Black Branch Willow.
• Li Qi recalled the native murals and released the Five-Hundred-Vine Star-Eating Grass, while King Zhe Yi realized the Black Branch Willow posed a danger and tried to escape King Huan Yan.
• The Black Branch Willow self-destructed, tearing apart the divine bodies of King Pi Que and King Heng Qiu and engulfing King Zhe Yi as he fled toward Li Qi.
• King Zhe Yi chose to self-destruct to avoid falling unconscious and being soul-enslaved, adding another shockwave to the devastation spreading through the treasury.

Li Qi survived Black Branch Willow’s self-destruction behind the Star-Eating Grass, then attacked the weakened King Huan Yan with Shuo Mo and its Fimo Poison. King Huan Yan was badly wounded and trapped by the Kuyu Ancient Tree’s spatial lockdown, leaving her with no escape.

• Black Branch Willow’s self-destruction ravaged the treasure vault, killing or devastating several fighters and costing the Star-Eating Grass nearly 80% of its divine power as it protected Li Qi.
• After the blast, Li Qi confronted King Huan Yan, whose divine power had fallen by more than 30%, and fought her with Shuo Mo.
• Li Qi breached King Huan Yan’s armor and poisoned her with Fimo Poison, costing her nearly another 30% of her divine power.
• King Huan Yan tried to teleport away, but the Kuyu Ancient Tree’s Kuyu Cage locked down the space and trapped her.

Li Qi survived King Huan Yan’s self-destruction, collected the spoils, and learned that he had earned enough military merits to leave the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. The Hong Alliance approved his admission but could not access his battle footage, and Li Qi remained in the Sacrificial Grounds as his Star Devouring Grass returned with the recovered spoils.

• King Huan Yan self-destructed to avoid soul enslavement, but Li Qi survived behind his Frost Armor while No. 2 Branch was destroyed.
• Li Qi collected the fallen treasures, assessed his losses, and decided to use the damaged Five-Hundred-Vine Immortal Star-Eating Grass to guard his parents.
• Li Qi received 1 quadrillion military merits for King Huan Yan’s fall and decided to return to the Primordial Secret Realm for secluded cultivation.
• Demon Race immortals discussed King Huan Yan’s death and warned each other against trying to seize Li Qi’s treasure.
• Hong Alliance representatives approved Li Qi’s admission after learning that a human hall master had restricted access to his battle footage.
• Li Qi’s Star Devouring Grass returned to him after collecting the spoils that had fallen into spatial layers.

Li Qi tallied the enormous spoils from the Sacrificial Grounds, then accepted the Hong Alliance’s invitation and learned about its hierarchy and headquarters. He remained in the treasure vault, refining a crimson treasure chest, and planned to return to the Primordial Secret Realm after opening it.

• Li Qi appraised the five peak king-level immortals’ equipment and possessions at a total of about 730 billion mixed element units.
• Li Qi welcomed nine Hong Alliance emissaries to Thunder Island and agreed to join the alliance, receiving a one-star mark.
• King Han Yu and the other emissaries explained the Star Mark system, then celebrated Li Qi’s membership at a lavish banquet.
• Li Qi studied information about Hong Alliance City, its ranks, and the alliance’s role in uniting humanity with other races.
• Li Qi returned his attention to the treasure vault and planned to claim the chest’s contents before returning to the Primordial Secret Realm.

Li Qi opened the treasure chest and found the flying heavy treasure Winged Escape Disc, then returned toward the military camp and entered Hong Alliance City. There, he encountered Raging Tide King, who unexpectedly welcomed him and introduced him to the district’s experts.

• Li Qi finished smelting the treasure chest and discovered the Winged Escape Disc, a flying heavy treasure that could boost his speed and provide protection.
• Li Qi decided not to explore the Sacrificial Grounds’ dangerous core until he grew stronger, then returned toward the military camp to test his new treasure.
• Li Qi ordered Xiaoxi to issue ten-million-mixed-element-unit bounties for the coordinates of King Melting Metal and King Chi Hun, stirring discussion among human experts.
• Li Qi entered Hong Alliance City, learned about its residences and shared physical attributes, and walked through the outer district among experts of many races.
• Raging Tide King recognized Li Qi, greeted him warmly, invited him for a drink, and brought him to meet a gathering of district experts.

Li Qi arrived at Hong Alliance City, where the other experts treated him with great respect, and learned about the district’s factions from five human kings. Blazing Prison King showed him the city’s gambling hall and treasure shops, and after Li Qi returned to his district, a friendly alien king-level expert stopped him.

• The Hong Alliance experts rose to greet Li Qi, while the resentful Raging Tide King invited him to join the circle of alien kings.
• Li Qi declined to follow Raging Tide King and joined five human experts, who explained the district’s factions and why they preferred to remain independent.
• Li Qi chose to stay a lone individual, then agreed to tour Hong Alliance City with Blazing Prison King.
• Blazing Prison King took Li Qi to Puya Palace, where he bought a One in Ten Thousand ticket and lost the drawing.
• Blazing Prison King showed Li Qi Cosmic Treasure Hall, and Li Qi left without buying anything because he already had treasures to sell.
• After Li Qi returned to his district, a friendly alien king-level expert stopped him.