Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan learned that Suixin kept his luck despite the danger, then discovered that non-human clans had stationed elders in the Land of Return. As Li Qingshan prepared to go there, Kong Mingze pledged support for Xiang Hong, who opposed the new First Seat.

• Suixin explained that his luck and Taishang’s Heavenly Luck had once been connected, but his own choices and Taishang’s severing of luck disrupted their fate.
• Li Qingshan asked whether Suixin would keep his luck, but Suixin chose to follow his desires; Li Qingshan then left to visit the Demon Subjugation Division.
• Kong Yang told Li Qingshan that his clan ancestor, Kong Mingze, and elders of other friendly non-human clans were stationed in the Land of Return.
• Kong Yang said Kong Mingze would fully support Li Qingshan when he arrived as First Seat.
• Xiang Hong asked the non-human clan elders to support his own claim, and Kong Mingze pledged his support to Xiang Hong.

Li Qingshan discovered that Cangyan had used the Heavenly Tome fragments and a Heaven Piercing Grand Formation to carry out a hidden plan involving Azure Heaven and the Cold Moon. As the worlds began to open to the stars, Li Qingshan spotted Yue Zhen and the little monk beneath a million-step stairway leading to Suixin.

• Xingyun warned Li Qingshan that the Heavenly Tome was in danger, but its fragments vanished into the outermost star realm despite the Epoch Paragons' efforts to stop them.
• In World No. 5000, a cold white moonbeam took Yue Zhen and the little monk away as the Heavenly Tome phantom faded.
• In the Azure Wave Realm, the Heavenly Evolution Jade Tome appeared and flew toward the Demon Stars, where it met the fragments arriving from within the moonlight barrier.
• Xuanjian explained that Azure Heaven was using the Heavenly Tome to suppress the Cold Moon, while Earth Immortals realized they had unknowingly helped deliver its fragments.
• Li Qingshan and the Epoch Paragons saw the heavens turn transparent and found Yue Zhen and the little monk beneath a million-step stairway, with Suixin sitting under the lone Cold Moon.

Li Qingshan read the Heavenly Tome aloud, shattering its immortal Dao inscriptions as he fought against the Mind Fiend Progenitor’s restrictions. His recitation empowered the Epoch Paragons and changed the Four Saints rankings, and the chapter ended as the shattered inscriptions became tiny black insects.

• Starlight flooded the Four Saints Star System, and the rankings began turning the names of Epoch Paragons into Children of the Four Saints.
• Shi Feng worried that Li Qingshan would be drained by the starlight, while the councilors watched an even greater torrent gather at his top-ranked position.
• Li Qingshan continued reading the Heavenly Tome despite Fake Tianji warning that each shattered inscription was irreversibly damaging it.
• As Li Qingshan read page after page, his Dao voice transformed phenomena around the Epoch Paragons beyond the heavens.
• Li Qingshan read the final word and shattered the last inscription, after which black insects emerged from the damaged pages and gathered at the end of the tome.

Li Qingshan kept cultivating on the moon while following the Initiation Stele rankings and the debate over students giving up the Path to Breaking Limits. After a newcomer from Crimson Yellow Star challenged Ziying students, Li Qingshan completed the Third Turn of Limit Break and stood before the World Gate.

• Li Qingshan studied academy lessons and learned that comprehension mattered more than bloodline for martial arts talent, while mental power awakening was necessary for Mecha Pilots.
• Mou Yu defeated Senior Qin Yong and entered the Initiation Stele rankings at number 100, then Pan Jingan broke through to the Blood Coagulation Realm and rose to number 87.
• Li Qingshan noticed that more students who had abandoned the Path to Breaking Limits were entering the rankings, while Mou Yu continued to hold on.
• Cheng Wenchang, the top new student from Crimson Yellow Star, posted that he intended to enter the Initiation Stele rankings and see Senior Boyong at the top, provoking Ziying students.
• Five days later, Li Qingshan finished cultivating and reached Third Turn of Limit Break 100/100 before the World Gate.

Li Qingshan reached the ninety-ninth star of the Tribulation of Establishing the Dao and faced the spacetime projection of Feng Boyong. Their battle began with Li Qingshan breaking free of Feng Boyong’s void-sealing sword and striking back through a Hyperspace Channel.

• High-level Avatars across the Hundred Regions learned that Li Qingshan of Ziying Star was undergoing the Tribulation of Establishing the Dao, and they anticipated his eventual confrontation with Feng Boyong.
• Li Qingshan reached the ninety-ninth star, and Feng Boyong’s spacetime projection appeared before him.
• Li Qingshan and Feng Boyong formed their ninety-nine-zhang Starry Avatar and Blade-Sword Avatar, respectively.
• Li Qingshan attacked with a palm infused with countless principles, but Feng Boyong drew his sword and froze the void with a strike through a Hyperspace Channel.
• Li Qingshan shattered the frozen space with his fist and struck toward the sword’s hidden point of cold radiance.

Li Qingshan and You Xuan met in a fifth-tier Star Realm Rift, where they discovered a Canine Tooth Clan member who had learned human martial arts. After the group left the rift, Bao Hetong accused You Xuan of crimes, and Li Qingshan asked which evil god he had colluded with.

• You Xuan arrived at Radiant Star Fortress with Kuang Li, Sang Yu, and two other team members, then entered the rift after Li Qingshan failed to emerge.
• The team found Li Qingshan and You Xuan chatting beside a valley while a Canine Tooth Clan member fled from Li Qingshan's attacks.
• Li Qingshan explained that the alien had cultivated human martial arts and reached Blood Coagulation, while You Xuan said alien races could obtain those arts and the Azure Dragon Council had taken precautions.
• Li Qingshan and You Xuan agreed to become friends and left the rift with the team.
• Bao Hetong appeared outside the rift and ordered You Xuan to come to the Demon Subjugation Division; Li Qingshan held You Xuan's shoulder and asked which evil god he had colluded with.

After killing the Blood Rot Clan’s “Demon Child,” Li Qingshan rapidly cleared every fourth- and fifth-rank rift at Crimson Flame Fortress, gaining vast experience. The aliens began avoiding the rifts, leaving Li Qingshan frustrated as he waited for more to open.

• On the Evil Horn Tribe’s planet, Xie Sen decided to halt the altar plans and conceal Xue Ming’s death so other races would suffer losses too.
• Li Qingshan emerged from the rift and told Wang Duanxing that the “Demon Child” and the Blood Rot Tribesmen inside were dead.
• Li Qingshan entered and cleared every fourth- and fifth-rank rift at Crimson Flame Fortress in one hour, gaining over 1.5 million experience.
• As days passed, Li Qingshan kept clearing newly opened rifts, but the aliens appeared less often.
• After five empty rifts in a row, Wang Duanxing suggested that Li Qingshan’s fierce slaughter had scared the aliens into hiding.

Li Qingshan contacted Wu Nian to invite him to bring the Cold Moon Illusion to Dick Star, then told Gao Nianren to wait before intervening in New Star. As the Academy Council approached, people across Old Star and New Star speculated about Shi Tianhe’s disappearance and hoped Li Qingshan would address the Mining Operation.

• Li Qingshan reached Wu Nian through Suixin’s contact information and learned that Wu Nian had never known Suixin survived entering a Star Realm Rift.
• Li Qingshan told Wu Nian that Suixin had reached the thousandth step of the Moon Ascent Stairway and sent him Suixin’s contact information.
• Li Qingshan invited Wu Nian to use the Cold Moon Illusion on Dick Star, and Wu Nian promised to arrive within three months.
• Gao Nianren urged Li Qingshan to intervene in New Star after Shi Tianhe’s disappearance, but Li Qingshan told him to watch over the academy and wait for the meeting in three months.
• News and footage of Li Qingshan’s takeover spread across Old Star and New Star, prompting rumors about Shi Tianhe and the Mining Operation ahead of the Academy Council.

Kong Hao found Zhu Ping’s replica preparing a blood sacrifice, while Mou Yu and Li Qingshan raced to the site. Li Qingshan arrived as Mou Yu fought the replica and was relieved to see it still alive.

• Kong Hao lost his way in the Gobi, followed the scent of Evil God Cultists, and discovered Zhu Ping’s replica drawing sinister patterns around a pool of blood and corpses.
• Cao Ya welcomed Qin Yong and Mou Yu as reinforcements at the World Gate, and Mou Yu entered the vortex to stop the sacrifice.
• Mou Yu found the aftermath of Li Qingshan’s fight with the Wolf Venom and headed toward the sacrifice site.
• Li Qingshan heard Kong Hao’s Signal Flare and raced toward the site, while Mou Yu flew past him.
• Li Qingshan arrived to find Mou Yu fighting middle-aged Zhu Ping beside the blood pool, and he said he was glad the replica had not died.

As Ziying Star evacuated ahead of the threat beneath New Continent, Li Qingshan continued cultivating while Ye Yukong waited for a possible chance to save the planet. Ling Siyuan persuaded Wan Keshan to leave aboard a Lingtian Corporation ship, but Li Qingshan pursued him through space and revealed that he had gained insight into Star Origin Force.

• Lu Qing told Li Qingshan that Ziying Star was being evacuated and that he had to leave before the World Gate was closed.
• Ye Yukong delayed closing the World Gate, while Ling Siyuan offered to save Ziying Star if Wan Keshan returned to the Crimson Rainbow Continent and apologized at Lin Hong's grave.
• Wan Keshan accepted Ling Siyuan's condition and boarded a Lingtian Corporation spaceship, prompting Cao Ya to warn Li Qingshan.
• Li Qingshan failed to reach Wan Keshan by Communicator, opened his ship's hatch, and flew through space to intercept him.
• Li Qingshan told Wan Keshan that he had gained insight into Star Origin Force, and Wan Keshan responded with confidence and approval.

Li Qingshan received his new Thunderpattern Fine Gold saber, named it Thunderclap, and watched students head into the Star Realm to gather resources. He remained at the academy to study and cultivate until New Year’s Eve, when an emergency message interrupted his celebration with Zhao Hongzhou and the others.

• A teacher warned the students that Star Realm Rifts brought danger and that accidents at World Gates could threaten the entire planet.
• Yuan Rui delivered Li Qingshan’s custom saber, which Li tested and named Thunderclap.
• Li learned that the Limitless Squad had found a resource-rich grotto and that students were leaving for the Star Realm to collect points.
• Li stayed at the academy to study and cultivate while more students, including Mou Yu and Zhou Yunze, left for the Star Realm.
• On New Year’s Eve, Li joined Zhao Hongzhou and two others for a celebration in Luoying City, but an emergency message arrived and he told them an accident had come.

Zhou Yunze spoke with Chi Wen about Li Qingshan’s fate and learned that they would meet again. He then watched You Qixuan challenge Yue Zhen, whose iron fist pursued and crushed You Qixuan’s retreating giant palm.

• Chi Wen called Zhou Yunze and asked whether he was worried about Li Qingshan after Shengyang fell, but Zhou Yunze said he had no doubts about Li Qingshan’s survival.
• Zhou Yunze asked Chi Wen whether they would meet again in the future, and Chi Wen solemnly confirmed they would.
• Zhou Yunze joined his Martial Arts Hall students to watch You Qixuan’s live challenge against Yue Zhen.
• Yue Zhen’s iron fist collided with You Qixuan’s giant palm, shattering space across the battlefield.
• You Qixuan shouted in anger as his giant palm withdrew, and Yue Zhen’s iron fist pursued it and crushed it bit by bit.

Li Qingshan rapidly advanced through the layers of the Nine Refinements True Tribulation Solidification Sutra by practicing in specialized laboratories and guarding high-risk rifts. After two and a half years, he reached the ninth layer and encountered the exhausted Ren Han, who had been missing for the same length of time.

• Li Qingshan completed the first refinement in the Martial Dao Space, then left to guard a high-risk rift before beginning the second layer.
• Kong Yang, Kong Yin, and the Niu Brothers rushed after Li Qingshan, but found him already leaving the rift as he volunteered to guard it.
• Li Qingshan completed the second through seventh layers over the following months, cultivating in increasingly specialized laboratories while Ren Han remained absent.
• Two and a half years after exchanging for the technique, Li Qingshan reached the ninth layer in the accretion disk laboratory.
• Li Qingshan left the laboratory and found Ren Han returning with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes, then asked what had happened.

Li Qingshan’s mission to suppress the Star Realm drew students back despite their doubts about his strength. He then defeated Hu Hong in a Meteor Ranking challenge, revealing that he had perfected Wind Thunder Limitless.

• Students questioned whether freshman Li Qingshan could suppress the Star Realm, but they returned through the World Gate to investigate.
• Lu Qing asked Ye Yukong how Li Qingshan had gained enough strength to suppress the Star Realm, and Ye Yukong told her to see for herself.
• Lu Qing and other spectators gathered to watch Li Qingshan challenge Hu Hong, ranked forty-ninth on the Meteor Ranking.
• Hu Hong attacked with Crimson Flame Descent, Meteor Fall, but Li Qingshan struck him down with purple lightning and ended the battle.
• Lu Qing recognized Li Qingshan’s Wind Thunder Limitless, while Ye Yukong told Lu Yan that Li Qingshan did not need to compare himself with past geniuses.

Li Qingshan watched footage of Feng Boyong defeating an Eighth Order before being stopped by Epoch Paragon Yue Zhen, then received unexpected news about Eagle Beak Corporation and a possible lead on its shipments. He stopped the investigation and left after comparing a warning that the coordinates were a trap with a note about the Ten-Tailed Sky Fox and Huashi Group.

• Yuan Zong failed to find Zhuang Chenxing, who had shut off his Communicator and disappeared.
• Li Qingshan watched footage showing Feng Boyong kill Ding Yanfeng, battle Yue Zhen across the starry sky, and flee severely injured after his sword shattered.
• Kong Yang reported that Eagle Beak Corporation's energy bars vanished from a warehouse and that Deputy Director Tu Shen's confidants were also investigating the company.
• Li Qingshan ordered Kong Yang to stop the investigation and learned that Zhuang Chenxing remained missing.
• Li Qingshan placed a warning that the coordinates were a trap beside a note about the Ten-Tailed Sky Fox and Huashi Group, then vanished from his office.

Li Qingshan discovered that World No. 9527 had been refined from Myriad Manifestations Star Sand, but Star Realm laws prevented him from refining its xuanhuang aura. Ancient legends about Dao Ancestor Cang Yan and the Extraterrestrial Devils raised questions about Azure Wave’s history and the origins of its ancient era.

• Li Qingshan identified the world’s xuanhuang aura as the same substance as Myriad Manifestations Star Sand and read a legend claiming Dao Ancestor Cang Yan had used it to refine the Azure Wave Myriad Realms.
• Li Qingshan surveyed World No. 9527 and estimated that roughly one hundred grains of Myriad Manifestations Star Sand had been used to refine it.
• Li Qingshan tried to refine the xuanhuang aura with his Great Sun Light Flame, but Star Realm laws blocked him.
• Li Qingshan concluded that Dao Ancestor Cang Yan must have been powerful enough to affect Star Realm laws and wondered whether the ancient figure was truly a Dao Ancestor or an oversized Spirit Controlling Evil Lord.
• Li Qingshan compared the legend’s account of Extraterrestrial Devils with events involving Old Taoist Tianji and the Spirit Controlling Evil Lord, then questioned who the devils were and where the ancient era had come from.

Star Academy mobilized students across the Crimson Rainbow Star Region to escort Lingtian Corporation under the stated purpose of purging Evil God Cultists, while using the mission to target the company within the rules. Ling Siyuan learned that Cao Ya had spent decades positioning partner companies against Lingtian Corporation and realized the academy’s retaliation had already crippled his plans against Li Qingshan.

• Thousands of Star Academy students accepted escort missions, and a forum thread criticizing Lingtian Sect was deleted and replaced with an announcement forbidding personal grudges.
• Federation academies and warships sealed Lingtian Corporation branches, shipping lanes, and spacecraft routes as Ling Siyuan assured his subordinates the company had acted by the rules.
• Cao Ya told Ling Siyuan that dozens of companies holding his shares had long-standing dealings with Lingtian Corporation and could cause heavy losses if they broke contracts.
• Fu Yu told Ling Siyuan that Seven Stars Academy had ordered the mission, and Ling Siyuan concluded the academy suspected Lingtian Corporation’s Chaotic Star Sea plan.
• Ling Siyuan rejected Fu Yu’s suggestion to contact the Supreme Elders, explaining that Star Academy acted within the rules and had the Azure Dragon Council behind it.

Li Qingshan let Pang Yan experience his memories in their clash of consciousness, beginning with Pang Yan’s birth and then his own youth. Pang Yan realized Li Qingshan had gained a heaven-defying opportunity, while Li Qingshan insisted he had advanced step by step.

• Li Qingshan witnessed Pang Yan’s birth through the baby’s memories and saw Li Hongwu kill Pang Xiu after she tried to protect her son.
• Pang Yan taunted Li Qingshan about his origins, but was shocked when Li Qingshan showed no emotional reaction to reliving them.
• Pang Yan experienced Li Qingshan’s memory of leaving the Public Nursery at fifteen and was confused by the unfamiliar world and Li Qingshan’s frail body.
• Li Qingshan recognized that Pang Yan could not see his memories from before transmigration or the panel, and chose not to reveal more yet.
• Pang Yan concluded that Li Qingshan must have received a heaven-defying opportunity, and Li Qingshan confirmed it while saying he had progressed step by step.

Li Qingshan covered up the disappearance of five Nine-tailed Celestial Foxes, took money from Hui Banxing, and pressed him to expand the trade toward producing a tenth-tailed fox. After leaving River Convergence Star, Li Qingshan ignored a call from Coiling Dragon Auction House vice president Li Wenbo, who was revealed holding a human head at the auction house headquarters.

• Li Qingshan denied that anything had been found at Chuan Hui Group, while the Action Department members concluded that the evidence had been erased and left with Fang Tao following them.
• Ye Lei departed through a Hyperspace Channel, and Li Qingshan had Hui Banxing serve tea before rejecting the tea leaves and accepting black cards instead.
• Li Qingshan demanded more cards to treat the Action Department and told Hui Banxing he would protect the channel if it pursued ten-tailed celestial foxes; Hui Banxing said he needed approval from Xu He.
• Li Qingshan left with Bao Hetong and Kong Yang after Hui Banxing failed to contact Xu He, and the Action Department members kept the cards he had given them.
• Li Wenbo called Li Qingshan from the Coiling Dragon Auction House, but Li Qingshan hung up and said he would wait until next time; Li Wenbo held a human head in his bloodstained office.

Li Qingshan announced that he would hold a hundredth birthday banquet on Qingshan Star and invite the Epoch Paragons, prompting speculation across the star systems about his purpose. Sheng Yang worried that Li Qingshan might attempt Apotheosis as a Star too soon, while the invited Paragons debated whether to attend and what the banquet signified.

• On June 2, news alerts announced that Li Qingshan would host his hundredth birthday banquet on Qingshan Star the following year and invite the Epoch Paragons.
• People across the Four Saints Star System debated whether Li Qingshan meant to provoke the Paragons, attempt Apotheosis as a Star, or simply collect gifts.
• In the Bei He Star System, Sheng Yang read the reports and worried that Li Qingshan might rashly attempt Apotheosis before he was ready.
• The Four Saints and Ten Fiends discussed their invitations, argued over whether to attend, and speculated about Li Qingshan's purpose.
• In the Taotie Domain's Palace of Insatiable Greed, a ram-horned young man stared at a chatroom discussing him and at his invitation.