Chapter Summaries

Ning Jian’s family agreed to let him pursue special admission to the Supreme Academy, and Su Ye revealed that he had created the Great Freedom Heart-Guided Sword. After Ning Huaxin named the laws he had studied, Su Ye prepared to demonstrate a sword for him.

• Ning Jian’s elders supported his decision to leave for the Supreme Academy and test himself for special admission.
• Ning Jian refused to demonstrate his swordsmanship and asked Su Ye to show the Great Freedom Heart-Guided Sword to Ning Huaxin, offering three top-tier Dao Artifacts in return.
• Ning Jian explained that Su Ye had transformed the Ning ancestor’s Low-grade Dao Technique into a Composite Dao Technique combining the Chaos Law and the Heart Law, stunning the family.
• Su Ye declined to demonstrate that technique and asked Ning Huaxin which laws he hoped to master.
• Ning Huaxin said he would most likely pursue the Chaos Law, and Su Ye closed his eyes, rested a hand on Gui Shi, and told him to watch the sword.

Su Ye demonstrated a Composite Dao Technique combining Chaos, Sword, and Fire laws, astonishing the Ning Family and helping Ning Huaxin clarify his path to becoming a World Lord. Su Ye then departed with Ning Jian and Gu Chensha, while the God Fate Dao Lord’s palace hosted the seven strongest World Lords to discuss the Supreme Academy.

• Su Ye used his Nine Swords to reveal the Three Thousand Laws and create a Composite Dao Technique combining Chaos, Sword, and Fire laws.
• Ning Huaxin realized that the Fire Law suited him and thanked Su Ye for increasing his chances of becoming a World Lord.
• The Ning Family’s eight Half-Step World Lords and its head bowed to Su Ye and promised the family’s support.
• Ning Jian agreed to leave with Su Ye and Gu Chensha without making further preparations, and the three departed.
• In the God Fate Star Domain, the seven strongest World Lords of the Seven Core Star Domains gathered at the God Fate Dao Lord’s palace to discuss the Supreme Academy.

The seven supreme World Lords finalized the Supreme Academy plan to prepare for a coming calamity caused by thinning barriers between Star Domains. They officially opened the academy, and direct admissions began as news spread across the universe.

• The God Fate World Lord explained that the thinning World Barriers threatened a disaster and that Supreme Academy would train World Lords to help prevent it.
• Hao Tian challenged Source for arriving late, but the God Fate World Lord ended their quarrel and presented the academy's final arrangements.
• The seven supreme powers approved the plan and used the Dao Stone of the Universe to announce Supreme Academy and activate the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network.
• The Seven Core Star Domains learned that the academy would have Hidden Dragon, Flood Dragon, and True Dragon classes, with one hundred direct recruits from each domain.
• Chen Ping'an received the first direct admission offer to the Hidden Dragon Class, followed by invitations for Dao Wudi, He Yuhuan, and other renowned prodigies.
• The academy's announcement spread across the Five Great World Seas and tens of thousands of Star Domains, causing an uproar throughout the universe.

The Supreme Academy announced its recruitment methods across the universe, igniting excitement among Heavenly Star Domain’s Holy Sons and Holy Maidens. Dongfang Shengyao and the others considered whether Su Ye and Gu Chensha would pursue special recruitment, and whether their absence might leave the group a chance at the arena spots.

• The God Fate World Lord and six other supreme beings spread the Supreme Academy’s information across the universe.
• Dongfang Shengyao and the other former Holy Sons and Holy Maidens learned that the Academy would recruit students internally, through Star Domain Arenas, and through special challenges.
• The group doubted they could secure the Heavenly Star Domain’s limited arena places, especially with Su Ye and Gu Chensha as potential competitors.
• They learned that special recruits who defeated an internally recruited student could earn a World Artifact, contribution points, and teachings from the seven supreme beings.
• Dongfang Shengyao and the others wondered whether Su Ye and Gu Chensha would attempt special recruitment, leaving them a chance to enter through the arena.

The Heavenly Star Domain’s Holy Sons and Holy Maidens learned about the Supreme Academy’s special recruitment and the Myriad Domains Network, while Xu Tianji resolved to travel alone and attempt recruitment. Su Ye returned to Blue Star with Gu Chensha and Ning Jian to visit his loved ones, but the pair were stunned by the powerful young cultivators they found at the Myriad Laws Academy.

• Xu Tianji decided to journey alone to the Seven Core Star Domains, strengthen his resolve, and pursue special recruitment despite his low chances.
• Dongfang Shengyao and the others read that the Myriad Domains Network would open in three days, allowing Heavenly Chosen across the universe to challenge realm limits for rewards.
• Su Ye told Gu Chensha and Ning Jian that he would return to Blue Star before traveling to the Seven Core Star Domains, and they asked to accompany him.
• Su Ye opened a Space Tunnel, bringing Gu Chensha and Ning Jian to Blue Star and then to the Myriad Laws Academy.
• Gu Chensha and Ning Jian recognized the Dao Discussion Stone’s resemblance to the Nine Saints Sect’s Dao Stone and discovered fifteen young cultivators at the Chaos Star High Stage.
• Li Tianyi questioned the two arrivals as he and the other fourteen young cultivators regarded them with suspicion.

Su Ye returned to Blue Star to reunite with his adoptive parents and say farewell to the people close to him before leaving for Supreme Academy. After visiting Sacred Star and meeting his friends there, he prepared to depart for the Seven Core Star Domains.

• Su Ye stopped Li Taiyi and the others from treating Gu Chensha and Ning Jian as enemies, and Su Ling explained Sacred Star’s situation to them.
• Su Ye visited his adoptive parents, Wang Yuerong and Su Su, apologized for worrying them, and spent the afternoon at home with them.
• Su Su urged Su Ye to leave without worrying about his parents, who would wait for him on Blue Star.
• Li Aoxue embraced Su Ye and said she would wait for his return, while Ye Xingli gave him a handmade protective charm and embraced him.
• Su Ye met many people from his past, then decided it was time to leave for the Seven Core Star Domains and Supreme Academy.

Su Ye agreed to spar with Tian Yang before departing, and their sword techniques revealed that Su Ye could contend with Tian Yang’s Destroy Star Perfection strength. Tian Yang then prepared to unleash his full power for a final exchange, leaving Su Ye’s true limits still unknown.

• Su Ling asked Su Ye to take him to the Core Star Domains, and Su Ye agreed.
• Tian Yang offered to accompany Su Ye, but Su Ye refused because Tian Yang needed to remain with the Nine Saints Sect; Tian Yang then requested a spar.
• Time Ancestor created a secret realm and brought the Seven Stars and Eight Fiends in to watch Su Ye and Tian Yang fight.
• Tian Yang unleashed Great Sun, Flowing Sand, while Su Ye countered with Sword One, Timely Rain, and the spectators realized their clash reached Destroy Star Perfection.
• Tian Yang praised Su Ye for keeping up with him and, after acknowledging he had not yet used his trump cards, called for a final sword exchange without holding back.

Tian Yang challenged Su Ye with a perfected Superposition Technique and a devastating sword he was using to enter a Mid-grade Dao Technique. Su Ye answered by unveiling his Nine Swords and reflecting 1,321 threads of Law, leaving everyone stunned as he prepared to test the power of his newly recognized Half-Source Technique.

• Tian Yang used the Superposition Technique to raise his Foundation to the level of a Half-Step World Lord and unleashed a compressed fire-and-ice sword technique.
• Tian Yang empowered himself further with Seven Steps of Treading the Sun and challenged Su Ye to receive his sword.
• Su Ye activated his own Superposition Technique, displayed the Nine Swords, and raised his aura close to the high stage of Star-Destroying.
• Su Ye reflected 1,321 threads of Law, while Time Ancestor explained that they were reflections rather than true Law Power.
• The Manifestation Talisman identified Su Ye's Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword as a Half-Source Technique, and Su Ye prepared to test it against Tian Yang.

Qin Batian used Source’s array seal to divine information about Su Ye and ordered three Half-Step World Lords to ambush him on his way to the Supreme Academy. Meanwhile, Su Ye defeated Tian Yang in the arena, leaving his next move uncertain.

• Source gave Qin Batian an array seal and recruited him into a plan involving nine World Lords.
• Qin Batian learned that Su Ye had killed a Qin Clan member and might possess Chaos Star High Stage combat strength.
• Qin Batian used Source’s seal to clarify his divination and learned that Su Ye planned to travel toward the Supreme Academy through the Chaos Star Domain.
• Qin Batian ordered Qin Yun and Qin Shan to join Qin Ye and Li Ya and ambush Su Ye in the Chaotic Sea Star Domain.
• Su Ye lowered his sword from Tian Yang’s forehead after defeating him and thanked him for yielding.

Su Ye defeated Tian Yang in a sword contest, then departed with Gu Chensha, Ning Jian, and Su Ling for the seven Core Star Domains. Senior Brother Luo offered the fifteen inheritors a chance to follow Su Ye if they reached Chaos Star Great Perfection within two years.

• Tian Yang conceded defeat, but Su Ye said their fight was effectively a draw and admitted Tian Yang would have the advantage in a prolonged battle.
• Li Taiyi and the others marveled at Su Ye's sword, which formed a world from reflected laws and exposed Tian Yang's weakness.
• Time Ancestor eased his concerns about Su Ye's journey, and Su Ye left with Gu Chensha, Ning Jian, and Su Ling.
• Senior Brother Luo praised Su Ye's mastery of the Nine Extremes God-Connecting Sword and said Su Ye could bring hope to Sacred Star even if their master did not return.
• Luo Wu offered the fifteen inheritors a chance to travel to the seven Core Star Domains within two years if they stabilized their cultivation and reached Chaos Star Great Perfection, and they accepted.

Su Ye, Ning Jian, Gu Chensha, and Su Ling began their journey toward the seven Core Star Domains, using the Boundary Sea Map and World Source Guide to chart their route. As Su Ye cultivated by absorbing chaotic energy, a mysterious woman with a scar across her neck appeared near the Ning Family and set out to find him.

• Ning Jian explained that their route crossed forty-six Star Domains and that they would need new World Source Guides in the Chaotic Sea and Azure Profound Star Domains.
• Su Ye tore open a Space Tunnel, and the four traveled through a chaotic region where the Chaos Armor absorbed nearby Chaos Creatures.
• Su Ye calculated that his combined training might let him reach Destroy Star Perfection within two years, while Gu Chensha said he wanted to try for the Supreme Academy's special recruitment.
• A mysterious woman appeared outside the Ning Family in the Moon-Treading Star Domain, sensed that Su Ye had gone toward the Supreme Academy and Central World Sea, and vanished, saying that he must die.

The Ten Thousand Domains Star Network opened, drawing thousands of qualified young prodigies into a virtual city to compete for recognition and contribution points. The Heavenly Star Domain Holy Sons learned how far they lagged behind the universe’s strongest and heard that Chen Xuan intended to claim first place on the Star Shattering Dao Stone.

• The Ten Thousand Domains Star Network activated across the universe, admitting only qualified cultivators under thirty who met strict cultivation requirements and were outside World Barriers.
• Dongfang Shengyao, Ning Meier, Liu Baiyi, and other Heavenly Star Domain Holy Sons entered the network and found themselves among more than ten thousand prodigies, with five Dao Stones representing the pinnacles of different cultivation realms.
• A folding-fan-wielding cultivator told the Heavenly Star Domain group that Lord Sequence had barred the Supreme Academy’s internally recruited students from entering, then introduced himself as the Hundred-Knowing Scholar of the God Fate Star Domain and offered to buy valuable information.
• Chen Xuan arrived with Chaos Star High Stage strength and declared that first place on the Star Shattering Dao Stone would be his.
• The Hundred-Knowing Scholar revealed that Chen Xuan was Chen Ping'an’s older brother and had defeated a Chaos Star Intermediate cultivator while at Star Shattering Perfection, leaving the Heavenly Star Domain prodigies awed and eager to test themselves on the Dao Stones.

Chen Xuan dominated the Shatter Star Dao Stone rankings in the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network, leaving the gathered prodigies shocked by his strength. After he logged out undefeated, Dongfang Shengyao and the others wondered whether Su Ye had arrived.

• Dongfang Shengyao and the others noticed that the five God Fate Dao Stones resembled the Nine Saints Sect’s Dao Stones.
• Chen Xuan announced his name, struck the Shatter Star Dao Stone, and claimed first place for the Skysoar Star Domain.
• Gan Ye challenged Chen Xuan’s Dao Rhyme but could only reach second place before Wan Shuishui pushed him down to third.
• Countless prodigies challenged the stone, but Chen Xuan stayed in first place as the rankings beneath him shifted.
• Chen Xuan left the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network, and Dongfang Shengyao and the others wondered whether Su Ye had arrived.

Chen Xuan claimed the top spot on the Star-Shattering Dao Stone and learned that holding it could bring riches and acclaim when Supreme Academy opened, while he resented Su Kuangtian’s connection to Dao Venerable Hao Tian. Elsewhere, Su Ye grew stronger with a single sword strike, leaving Gu Chensha, Ning Jian, and Su Ling stunned.

• The Hundred-Knowing Scholar tried to sell information about a future challenger and Contribution Points, but Dongfang Shengyao, Liu Baiyi, Ning Meier, and the others refused to pay.
• Chen Xuan told his father, Chen Yue, that he had taken first place in Star Shattering, and Chen Yue urged him to keep the ranking while cultivating the Overlord’s Sword.
• Chen Yue revealed that the Dao Stone leaders would be honored at Supreme Academy’s opening, which would be projected across the universe, and suggested Chen Xuan might attract Dao Venerable Hao Tian’s attention.
• Chen Xuan resented Su Kuangtian for becoming Dao Venerable Hao Tian’s disciple and proposed killing him, but Chen Yue warned him against acting recklessly and told him to secure his ranking first.
• Chen Yue explained that Chen Xuan had mastered the rare Sword Dao Profound Palace, which let him briefly contend with fighters far above his level.
• Su Ye killed a Destroy Star Advanced Stage Chaos Creature with one sword strike, and Gu Chensha, Ning Jian, and Su Ling remarked on his increased strength.

Su Ye and his companions left the Chaotic Region and entered a planet where they learned about the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network. After joining the network, Su Ye recognized its five ranking Dao Stones as sharing the origin of treasures tied to his past, and he headed toward them with Gu Chensha and Ning Jian.

• Su Ye finished replenishing his chaotic energy, and the four travelers crossed into the next Star Domain.
• The group sensed the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network and landed on a bustling planet to rest and learn about it.
• Su Ye, Gu Chensha, and Ning Jian entered the network while Su Ling stayed behind.
• Su Ye recognized the five Dao Stones as illusions of a treasure connected to the Dao Stones before the Nine Saints Sect and Myriad Laws Academy.
• Su Ye, Gu Chensha, and Ning Jian set off toward the Dao Stones.

Su Ye, Ning Jian, and Gu Chensha arrived at the five Dao Stones, where Ning Jian challenged the Star-Shattering Dao Stone and placed 79th. A powerful newcomer, Zheng Kuang, then appeared and set his sights on Chen Xuan’s first-place ranking.

• Su Ye decided to challenge a Dao Stone, hoping to sense the relic and make news of his safety reach his father and grandfather.
• Ning Jian and Gu Chensha both chose the Star-Shattering Dao Stone, and Ning Jian struck it with the Great Freedom Heart-Guided Sword.
• Ning Jian secured 79th place on the ranking, drawing astonishment from the gathered Heavenly Chosen.
• The Hundred-Knowing Scholar introduced Zheng Kuang as a powerful Prodigy from the Savage Soul Star Domain who had cultivated the Ninefold Separation Spirit Division Art.
• Zheng Kuang reached the Dao Stone and looked toward Chen Xuan’s first-place position, prompting Gu Chensha to postpone his own challenge.

Zheng Kuang challenged Chen Xuan on the Star-Shattering Dao Stone but took second place, while Gu Chensha reached seventy-fourth. Su Ye then headed for the Dao Stone as Tianxing’s Holy Sons offered Hundred-Knowing Scholar information about his likely rank.

• Zheng Kuang unleashed his Nine Departures Foundation and Heaven-Splitting axe strike, but the Star-Shattering Dao Stone ranked him second behind Chen Xuan.
• Zheng Kuang claimed his Divine Ability was incomplete, while Chen Xuan dismissed him without a reply.
• Gu Chensha challenged the Dao Stone and earned seventy-fourth place, then told Su Ye it was his turn.
• Dongfang Shengyao and the other Holy Sons realized Gu Chensha and Su Ye had joined the special recruitment.
• Ning Meier offered Hundred-Knowing Scholar information about Su Ye, including the rank he would soon reach.

Ning Meier, Xu Tianji, and the others wagered contribution points that Su Ye would rank among the Star-Shattering Dao Stone’s top seven, while Ning Jian and Gu Chensha bet he would take first place from Chen Xuan. As Su Ye began his challenge, the chapter left his ranking and the bets’ outcome unknown.

• Xu Tianji proposed betting on Su Ye’s rank, and he and four Tianxing Holy Sons signed a Dao Contract with Hundred-Knowing Scholar over whether Su Ye would reach the top ten.
• Hundred-Knowing Scholar countered with a top-seven bet, and Ning Meier, Liu Baiyi, Xu Tianji, Dongfang Shengyao, and Sword Nine Blade accepted.
• Ning Jian wagered all twenty of his contribution points that Su Ye would take first place and surpass Chen Xuan, and Hundred-Knowing Scholar agreed to the bet.
• Gu Chensha also bet on Su Ye taking first place, prompting Hundred-Knowing Scholar to sign another Dao Contract as Su Ye approached the Dao Stone.
• Su Ye touched the Dao Stone, reflected on his plans and the Nine Extremes Sect, then drew Gui Shi and struck the stone with one sword.

Su Ye unexpectedly took first place on the Star-Shattering Dao Stone, surpassing Chen Xuan despite being only at Star Shattering Perfection. The Dao Stone then erased every other ranking and Dao Rhyme, leaving only Su Ye’s name.

• Chen Xuan provoked Zheng Kuang and the gathered Heavenly Chosen, declaring that none of them were qualified to challenge him.
• Su Ye silently entered the rankings, and the Dao Stone announced him as first, pushing everyone else down one place.
• The crowd reacted with disbelief when they learned Su Ye was from the Heavenly Star Domain and had only reached Star Shattering Perfection.
• Ning Jian claimed the twenty contribution points he had wagered with Hundred-Knowing Scholar, while Ning Meier teased the stunned loser.
• The Dao Stone’s other Dao Rhymes collapsed, leaving Su Ye’s True Self Dao Rhyme Sword and his name as its sole ranking.

Su Ye's Dao Rhyme overwhelmed the incomplete Dao Stone, erasing every other contender's inscription and leaving him alone at the top. After the Supremes confirmed his result was valid, the Five Great World Seas were stunned by the revelation that his power exceeded the stone's Chaos Star Great Perfection limit.

• Su Ye realized the Dao Stone was only a projection and that his power had exceeded its limit, making the other Dao Rhyme collapse.
• Su Ye left with Gu Chensha and Ning Jian after the Hundred-Knowing Scholar paid them their Contribution Points.
• Chen Xuan attacked Su Ye's Dao Rhyme, failed to leave a mark, and quit the Ten Thousand Domains Star Network.
• The Hundred-Knowing Scholar offered to pay Ning Meier and the other Holy Sons of Tianxing for exclusive information about Su Ye.
• News of Su Ye spread across the Five Great World Seas, while many people claimed the Dao Stone had malfunctioned.
• After a World Lord sought an explanation, the Supremes confirmed Su Ye's Dao Rhyme was valid and had surpassed the Dao Stone's upper limit.