Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan arrived in time to save Liya from Qiu Si and eliminated the Qiu Family prodigy with overwhelming force. He drew more fighters to their location, and after eight of Qiu Si’s allies surrounded him and Liya, he vowed to kill them all.

• Qiu Si trapped Liya in a hundred thousand Space Prisons, but Shi Yan appeared before she could enter the Void Realm.
• Shi Yan crushed Qiu Si with his Blood Vitality, eliminating him from the competition, while Yan Zhu recognized Shi Yan’s strength and left.
• Shi Yan spread his aura to attract his enemies, and Liya chose to stand with him as Yan Zhu tried unsuccessfully to warn approaching fighters away.
• Eight of Qiu Si’s allies surrounded Shi Yan and Liya, and Shi Yan declared that he would kill them all.

Shi Yan annihilated Tianbao Starfield contestants and drew attention after Saint King Qixia warned that Nether God Mountain threatened the Virtual God Tower’s dominance. He then shocked the competition by taking Liya toward the still-closed Sky Bridge, where he risked becoming a target for everyone.

• Shi Yan killed the eight Tianbao Starfield contestants who attacked him, then taunted the starfield and provoked its spectators.
• Saint Lord Chi Guang endured other Tower Masters’ jabs, while Saint King Qixia supported Yanguang and urged the Tower Masters to prepare their Heavenly Prides against Nether God Mountain.
• Shi Yan used Collapse and Heavenly Punishment Divine Fire to eliminate more than a hundred Tianbao contestants who rushed to besiege him.
• As spectators warned that Shi Yan’s strength would make him a target, he took Liya and charged toward the Sky Bridge before its protective barrier had opened.

Shi Yan provoked a crowd of competitors into attacking him, then destroyed them with a massive explosion while protecting Liya. After Liya revealed her Void Realm ability and invited Yan Zhu to join Shi Yan, she said Shi Yan had gone to pick up someone else.

• Sen Liu warned Shi Yan that claiming a Sky Bridge early would draw attacks, but he declared that Liya was his and threatened anyone who harmed her.
• A crowd of competitors charged Shi Yan, and he formed layers of protective barriers instead of attacking them.
• As the barriers broke, Shi Yan unleashed an enormous explosion that obliterated the surrounding area and killed the attackers.
• Yan Zhu fled the blast zone but was stopped by Liya, who had survived unharmed by entering the Void Realm.
• Liya told Yan Zhu that Shi Yan had invited him to the Sky Bridge, and said Shi Yan had gone to pick up someone else.

Shi Yan protected Sen Liu and recruited her, then announced a scheme to fill the Sky Bridge by provoking a mass conflict with contestants from the Tianbao Starfield. After explaining the plan, Yan Zhu chose to stand with Shi Yan and agreed to summon his friends.

• Shi Yan shielded Sen Liu from the explosion and promised to help her reach the Sky Bridge, and she eagerly joined him.
• Liya brought Yan Zhu to Shi Yan, and they saw the enormous crater and destruction left by the blast.
• Shi Yan gathered Qiong Gang, Liu Yu, and other allies, then invited contestants to join him by killing ten people, with each Tianbao contestant counting as ten.
• Yan Zhu explained that Shi Yan’s conditions would provoke the Tianbao contestants to unite and drive other groups into opposing them.
• Sen Liu warned that Tianbao might gather a huge army, but Yan Zhu explained how Shi Yan’s scheme would trap them between rival forces.
• After Shi Yan asked whether he trusted him or Tianbao’s contestants, Yan Zhu chose Shi Yan and agreed to call over his friends.

Shi Yan used his Fiery Eyes to expose a hidden attacker and assess Tianbao's strongest contestants, while his rapidly growing legion changed the pace of the competition. Shi Ye, Hua Ni Chang, and Dongfang Yiqiang formed rival legions on other Sky Bridges as a huge wave of contestants surged upward, leaving Shi Yan's bridge strangely unchallenged.

• Shi Yan saw through a contestant's imitation of a Void Realm, stopped his sneak attack, and killed him.
• Shi Yan told the hidden seeded contestants he could use Flame Explosion ten more times, and Yan Zhu introduced Shi Ye, Hua Ni Chang, and Dongfang Yiqiang as potential allies.
• Shi Yan's legion grew to ten thousand people in one day as more than a hundred legions formed, far faster than in previous competitions.
• Shi Ye, Hua Ni Chang, and Dongfang Yiqiang led their teams onto other Sky Bridges and challenged Shi Yan to withstand the coming battle alongside them.
• Contestants surged toward the nine occupied Sky Bridges, but none appeared to choose Shi Yan's side.

Shi Yan defended the contestants gathered behind him by unleashing a series of Flame Explosions that devastated the battlefield. His attacks eliminated so many contestants that the Sky Bridge barriers withdrew and the second match began early, leaving the tower masters furious and Chi Guang scrambling to placate them.

• Shi Ye unleashed his Domain of Erosion, killing tens of thousands of contestants, while Hua Ni Chang and Dongfang Yiqiang also struck down large groups and halted the advancing crowd.
• The contestants resumed their assault, turning the Great Battle into a frenzied slaughter as spectators blamed Shi Yan for igniting the conflict.
• Mo Shan confronted Chi Guang over Shi Yan's role, but Chi Guang denied teaching him and pointed out that Shi Yan was standing aside.
• When stray attacks hit the group behind Shi Yan, he used them as justification to unleash Flame Explosion and then detonated it ten consecutive times.
• Shi Yan's explosions wiped out a huge portion of the contestants, caused the Sky Bridge barriers to withdraw, and started the second match early.
• The tower masters glared at Chi Guang after their seeded contestants were eliminated, and Chi Guang congratulated Saint King Qixia on Tianbao's promising talent.

Shi Yan passed the Sky Bridge by breaking through illusions drawn from his deepest fears, then reached the third trial and found Hua Ni Chang waiting by the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree. He flew toward the tree to choose a Heavenly Bead, while Hua Ni Chang pursued him.

• Saint King Qixia protected Shi Yan and Chi Guang, leaving Tianbao Starfield's Lineage experts to abandon their plans for revenge.
• Shi Yan entered the Sky Bridge and shattered illusions of a Heavy Truck, a demonic dog, and the deaths of his family and friends.
• An illusion showed Shi Niangui, Qi Ziyue, and others transformed by black mist and begging Shi Yan to kill them, but he broke the scene with his Fire Eye.
• Shi Yan reached the bridge's end and entered the grassland, where he met Hua Ni Chang beside the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree.
• Hua Ni Chang explained that she was choosing a high-point Sky Pearl Fruit, and Shi Yan flew toward the tree after judging her approach unfavorably.
• Hua Ni Chang took offense at Shi Yan's departure and flew after him, calling for him to wait.

Shi Yan explored the Virtual Sky Tree while trying to obtain a Heavenly Bead, and Hua Ni Chang pursued him through repeated dangers. He entered a space resembling a previous Illusion Realm and began crossing its altars toward the bead.

• Shi Yan dismissed Hua Ni Chang and continued searching the Virtual Sky Tree, while she chased after him.
• Shi Yan narrowly avoided a Golden Blood Python guarding a false fruit and considered obtaining its inner core for Zhang Yunya's Blackwater Profound Snake.
• Hua Ni Chang was repeatedly ambushed, and Shi Yan kicked her into a True Sky Pearl after she tried to trap him with Illusion Realms.
• Shi Yan used the Fire Eye to find a Black Light Source containing a Heavenly Bead and entered its space.
• Shi Yan discovered that the space held a black ocean and a series of altars, then jumped onto the first altar, where its Black Cocoon burst open.

Shi Yan seized the Heavenly Bead faster than anyone in nearly a hundred thousand years and received the Virtual Sky Tree’s golden light. Saint King Qixia investigated a new crack in the real Sky Bridge and suspected that Shi Yan or Hua Ni Chang had caused it with a powerful treasure.

• Shi Yan destroyed the many-eyed contaminating creature with Southern Bright Blazing Fire, then crossed dozens of altars by burning the creatures inside their cocoons.
• Shi Yan reached the central altar, took the Heavenly Bead, and was transported to the Virtual Sky Tree, whose golden light rapidly strengthened his spirit.
• The spectators and tower masters were stunned by Shi Yan’s record-breaking speed, while Saint King Qixia left the Virtual God Realm without explanation.
• Saint King Qixia entered the Tianbao Virtual God Tower’s treasure vault and found a new hundred-zhang crack on the real Sky Bridge.
• Saint King Qixia concluded that a mysterious power had cracked the bridge and wondered whether Shi Yan or Hua Ni Chang possessed the treasure responsible.

After refusing Saint King Qixia’s offer of a protected place at Void God Academy, Shi Yan returned to reality and discovered that the Five Elements Ring Remnant had briefly warmed. He then learned the Azure Scale Tribe was attacking Wu Mo’s clansmen and hurried back with Yates to confront them.

• Saint King Qixia offered Shi Yan and Hua Ni Chang places at Void God Academy in exchange for ending the competition and isolating themselves until they became Saint Kings, but both refused.
• Saint King Qixia warned them to conceal any treasures they might obtain, then returned them to the competition venue, where Shi Yan had scored 996 points and Hua Ni Chang 888.
• Shi Yan returned to the Flying Palace, found the Five Elements Ring Remnant briefly warming, and confirmed that no one had left marks on his belongings.
• Xin Na told Shi Yan that the Azure Scale Tribe army had entered the Chaotic Sea and was attacking Wu Mo’s clansmen.
• Shi Yan set off to rescue the fleet, and Yates chose to join him rather than abandon his territory.

The Azure Scale Tribe broadcast its invasion of the Chaotic Sea and Qing Tiandiao threatened to slaughter ten billion people each day until Qing Tianjiu’s killer surrendered. Just as the army prepared to attack, the projection froze under an unknown force, then resumed and revealed a sight that shocked Holy Lord Qian Qing.

• Wu Qing and the Mist Soul Tribe feared the Azure Scale Tribe after its forces destroyed much of their fleet and killed thirty thousand clansmen.
• The Azure Scale Tribe projected its army across the Kunyu Starfield, drawing fearful reactions from its inhabitants and Holy Lord Qian Qing.
• Qing Tiandiao announced that the Azure Scale Tribe would slaughter ten billion people each day until Qing Tianjiu’s killer came forward.
• The Azure Scale army aimed its ships’ cannons at nearby vessels, but the projection froze as a Suspension Magnetic Space Lock halted the scene.
• The projection resumed, and Holy Lord Qian Qing cried out in shock at what he saw.

Shi Yan arrived in time to save Wu Qing’s fleet, then annihilated Qing Tiandiao and the Azure Scale Tribe army with his Fire Eye Ray. He left with Xin Na and his team, while the ruined starry sky was discovered by Holy Lord Qian Qing.

• Wu Qing prepared to die when the Azure Scale Tribe fleet aimed its Mystic Light Cannons at his ships, but Shi Yan appeared and froze the beams.
• Xin Na concealed the scene with her technique, and Shi Yan ordered Wu Qing and the remaining clansmen to leave with her.
• Qing Tiandiao threatened Shi Yan and fired the fleet’s cannons, but Shi Yan entered the Void Realm and evaded the attacks.
• Shi Yan released the Void Realm and killed Qing Tiandiao and the Azure Scale Tribe’s Saints, army, and warships with his Fire Eye Ray.
• Shi Yan crushed Qing Tiandiao’s head, gained five million Martial Virtue Points, and left with his team.
• Xin Na’s concealment dissipated, revealing the spatial scars to Holy Lord Qian Qing.

After arranging for his loved ones to escape to the Molong Starfield, Shi Yan stayed behind in the Chaotic Sea and secretly funded attacks on Azure Scale Tribe strongholds to delay their retaliation. A Saint Lord then trapped Shi Yan and Yates inside an immense domain, leaving them facing a powerful enemy.

• Shi Yan arranged for Xin Na to escort the surviving Mist Soul Tribe members and his loved ones to safety, then spent a fortune with Lu Xingzhou to fund attacks through the Virtual God Realm.
• Over half a month, deathsworn and slaves destroyed Azure Scale Tribe strongholds, killing more than a hundred million tribesmen and over a billion lackeys across the Kunyu Starfield.
• Shi Yan learned that Xin Na had reached the Molong Starfield and told Yates he did not regret staying behind to guard against the Azure Scale Tribe's retaliation.
• Yates began discussing a treasure hunt with Shi Yan, but an immense sea of clouds suddenly enveloped the starry sky around them.
• Shi Yan recognized the domain of a Saint Lord, and Yates realized that the entire planet and outer space had been trapped.

Meng Chu could not reach Shi Yan and alerted Saint Lord Chi Guang, who learned that Shi Yan wanted Holy Lord Qian Qing summoned to the Chaotic Sea. There, a white-clad Saint Lord searched the city’s inhabitants and attacked Shi Yan and Yates, leaving Shi Yan to claim he had come under Saint King Qixia’s orders.

• Meng Chu waited a day for Shi Yan’s safety message, then told Saint Lord Chi Guang that Shi Yan had instructed her to send Holy Lord Qian Qing to the Chaotic Sea to retrieve something belonging to Saint Lan Zhu.
• Saint Lord Chi Guang disappeared after hearing Meng Chu’s report, and she prayed that Shi Yan would be safe.
• A white-clad Saint Lord sent everyone in outer space crashing onto Chaotic Star City and destroyed the spaceports and ships with his voice.
• The Saint Lord searched the memories of the city’s inhabitants with white clouds, then singled out Shi Yan and Yates for inspection.
• Yates objected, so the Saint Lord restrained him and sent white threads toward him; Shi Yan burned the threads away and drew the Saint Lord’s anger.
• As white clouds swept toward him, Shi Yan found he could not enter the Void Realm and claimed he had come under Saint King Qixia’s orders.

Shi Yan stalled Holy Lord White Crow by invoking Saint King Qixia and challenging him to an Illusion Realm test while trying to protect Yates. White Crow eventually dismissed them, but Qian Qing Holy Lord arrived through a law invasion and confronted him.

• White Crow Daoist eased his pressure on Shi Yan after Shi Yan claimed a connection to Saint King Qixia, then believed him when Shi Yan identified himself as the contestant from the Virtual God Realm.
• Shi Yan claimed Saint King Qixia had sent him to investigate the spatial rift and tried to protect Yates, prompting White Crow to threaten them both.
• Shi Yan challenged White Crow to an Illusion Realm test, and White Crow let Yates go while subjecting Shi Yan to repeated trials that Shi Yan passed.
• White Crow increased the Illusion Realm's strength, then ended the test and pressured Shi Yan after dismissing his mention of Qian Qing.
• White Crow tried to drive Shi Yan and Yates away, but they did not move, and Qian Qing Holy Lord appeared through a lightning-filled law invasion.

Shi Yan delivered Lan Zhu’s item to Holy Lord Qian Qing, who arrived to protect him from White Crow. White Crow’s attack triggered a devastating collision, and Qian Qing revealed an Origin Saint Body powerful enough to suppress the resulting explosion, leaving White Crow to suspect Qian Qing had become a Saint King.

• White Crow tried to seize Shi Yan and Yates, but Qian Qing stopped him and summoned Shi Yan to hand over a Space Ring entrusted by Lan Zhu.
• White Crow realized Shi Yan had been stalling for Qian Qing’s arrival and attacked him with the three-foot white crow.
• Shi Yan transformed and unleashed his strongest Fire Eye Ray, colliding with the white crow and triggering a destructive black explosion.
• Qian Qing manifested an electric-light Origin Saint Body and suppressed the explosion, astonishing White Crow.
• White Crow suspected Qian Qing had become a Saint King and feared the consequences for the Azure Scale Sky Bird lineage.

Shi Yan handed Qian Qing intelligence implicating the Azure Scale Tribe, and Qian Qing killed Bai Ya before helping Shi Yan unlock Lan Zhu’s Space Ring. Inside, Shi Yan found the renowned Blue Armor Set and began examining Lan Zhu’s other gifts.

• Qian Qing inspected Shi Yan’s ring and killed Bai Ya for conspiring with the Azure Scale remnants and harming members of the Virtual God Tower.
• Qian Qing praised Shi Yan’s contribution but said he would need to collect his reward at Yanguang Virtual God Tower because he was registered under Chi Guang.
• Qian Qing warned Shi Yan to conceal his unusual Fire Eye, then unlocked the restriction on Lan Zhu’s Space Ring.
• Shi Yan found a battered Blue Armor Set, which Yates identified as a rare frontline reward for killing over a thousand same-level enemies in a month.
• Shi Yan understood that the armor represented Lan Zhu’s heroic legacy, then continued inspecting the ring and exclaimed at the amount of treasure inside.

Shi Yan searched Saint Lan Zhu’s Space Ring and discovered an enormous fortune in Source Crystals, pills, and rare treasures. At the end, Yates recognized that one mysterious metal plate matched his own treasure-hunt clue.

• Shi Yan found seven chests of high-grade Source Crystals and five supreme-grade Source Crystals in Saint Lan Zhu’s Space Ring.
• Shi Yan discovered twenty Boundary Condensation Pills and valued them as vital for helping Fang Ziwei and his senior brothers reach the King Realm.
• Shi Yan examined valuable unknown items with Yates, who identified a damaged Ghost Fire Vine and a Star Core Life Stone.
• Yates recognized the final metal plate as being made from the same material as his own treasure-hunt clue and showed it to Shi Yan.

Shi Yan waited for news about the Azure Scale Tribe before setting out with Yates to search for treasure. After Qian Qing became a Saint King and destroyed the Myriad Star Alliance and the Azure Scale Tribe, Shi Yan joined Yates in the Blue Haze Zone, where Yates revealed the treasure lay beyond a hidden doorway in the void.

• Shi Yan told the eager Yates to wait until he heard from Xin Na and the Azure Scale Tribe before they went treasure hunting.
• Three days later, Shi Yan learned that Qian Qing had become a Saint King, dissolved the Myriad Star Alliance, and exterminated the Azure Scale Tribe.
• Xin Na told Shi Yan that her group had settled on Molong Star, and Shi Yan then arranged to leave with Yates.
• Shi Yan and Yates flew to the Blue Haze Zone, where Yates explained that the treasure was hidden through a nearly impossible-to-find doorway in the void.

Yates and Shi Yan located an ancient stone portal and tried to open it, hoping to reach what lay beyond. Shi Yan’s immense strength shook the portal but failed to move it, leaving Yates’s long-planned attempt on the verge of failure.

• Yates explained that an ancient portal had vanished after a deadly battle and said two metal fragments could help them find it.
• Yates revealed that the portal’s weakened restrictions could be bypassed by martial artists below the Saint level, but he could not push its stone door open himself.
• Yates arranged a formation with his and Shi Yan’s metal pieces, causing the towering portal to appear in the mist.
• Yates pressed against the stone door but could not move it, then stepped aside for Shi Yan.
• Shi Yan summoned the demonic ape’s strength and pushed with all his might, but the door and its frame trembled together without separating, and Yates realized their attempt had failed.