Chapter Summaries

Sheng Yang announced that he would achieve Apotheosis as a Star, alarming the researchers who feared his true spirit could not withstand igniting the star. He dismissed their warnings and flew into the starry sky, determined to follow Li Qingshan’s example.

• Sheng Yang registered on the Network and declared that he would achieve Apotheosis as a Star, while Chi Wen’s cultivation progress remained far behind.
• Jin Yuanli and Gui Rong worried that Sheng Yang was rushing into the dangerous final step, and Gui Rong tried to contact him to warn him.
• Sheng Yang connected with the research team and asked whether a Blue Supergiant Star could expand until it collapsed into a black hole.
• Jin Yuanli explained that the Quantum Star Nucleus could not reach the threshold for a second collapse, and Sheng Yang regretted that he could only become a larger Blue Supergiant Star.
• Sheng Yang argued that Li Qingshan had trusted his true spirit to endure igniting the star, rejected Gui Rong’s warning, and flew into the depths of the starry sky.

Li Qingshan reunited with Feng Boyong, helped Cao Wuyan’s bloodline awaken the little fatty, and promised to search for Suixin. He then met Chi Wen, Jin Yuanli, and Yang Zhixuan, who invited him to help develop a technique for reaching the limits of the eighth rank, and he revealed that he lacked Myriad Manifestations Star Sand.

• Li Qingshan and Feng Boyong greeted each other after a thousand years before Feng left for the Celestial Killer Sect.
• Li Qingshan arrived as the little fatty absorbed Cao Wuyan’s bloodline and reached the seventh rank, then promised Chi Baixiu and Master Wu Nian he would search for Suixin.
• Cao Wanjin arrived and realized Li Qingshan had chosen the little fatty in the Pureblood Conflict.
• Li Qingshan reunited with Chi Wen and Jin Yuanli, who discussed how his success supported their research into becoming a star.
• Yang Zhixuan introduced his project to develop a technique for reaching the star realm, and Li Qingshan accepted the cultivation chip before saying he lacked Myriad Manifestations Star Sand.

The Four Saints Council revealed that Li Qingshan had earned the unprecedented title of Primal First Seat, while more than a hundred people had been named Children of the Four Saints. The Council summoned the media to prepare a system-wide broadcast as the Epoch Paragons began returning home.

• Editors-in-chief and paparazzi gathered outside the asteroid belt after the Four Saints Council summoned them.
• Shi Feng announced that the Council had major news about the Epoch Paragon Ranking and told the media to prepare themselves.
• The Council revealed a ranking that named Li Qingshan Primal First Seat and listed more than a hundred Children of the Four Saints.
• Shi Feng told the media that the Epoch Paragons were returning and instructed them to prepare for a broadcast, without disclosing the secret behind Li Qingshan's title.
• On September 10, Year 0003 of the Xinsi Epoch, news channels across the Four Saints Star System sent out the notification “Paragons, return!”

Li Qingshan led Hui Banxing, Ye Lei, and the Action Department members to Chuan Hui Group’s building after claiming the investigation had found no problem. He exposed the thirteenth floor, where everyone expected to find the alien race, but the room was empty.

• Li Qingshan apologized to Hui Banxing for the mistaken report and invited himself into the building for tea.
• Li Qingshan entered the atmosphere with Ye Lei, while Kong Yang invited the Action Department members to follow.
• Hui Banxing directed Li Qingshan toward his office, but Li Qingshan chose the thirteenth floor instead.
• Li Qingshan destroyed the thirteenth-floor windows and outer walls, revealing a pink room decorated with fox-tailed women’s posters.
• Everyone saw that the thirteenth floor was empty and contained no alien race.

Li Qingshan destroyed the Blood Rot Clan forces on a planet and reunited with Kong Yang, who had returned to save him. Meanwhile, Bloodglory learned that humans had killed five elders and prepared to hunt the human prodigies responsible.

• Li Qingshan emerged from the planet’s blazing light after killing a Blood Rot Clan elder who begged Kong Yang for help.
• Kong Yang told Li Qingshan he had returned to save him, and Li Qingshan agreed that they were comrades.
• Li Qingshan, Kong Yang, Kong Yin, and the Niu Brothers left the devastated planet through a rift.
• Blood Yin reported to Bloodglory that humanity had retreated and the vassal clans were obedient.
• Bloodglory showed Blood Yin that five elders’ Soul Tablets had shattered and concluded that sixth-rank humans had killed them.
• Bloodglory declared that he would target humanity’s prodigies and anticipated whether two human prodigies would return to help the fleeing survivors.

Li Qingshan prepared to return through the rift while the Heaven's Pride Tournament was suspended to rescue the stranded contestants. On the other side, Bloodglory detected a more valuable target and left Blood Yin to pursue the smaller fish.

• The military announced that Fei Xingye, Ye Yukong, and others were stranded in alien territory after a Blood Rot Clan ambush, and Li Qingshan ignored Ye Hao's call before focusing on his techniques.
• Kong Yang and his companions decided to thank Li Qingshan for saving them, but Ye Hao called and ordered Kong Yang to stop Li Qingshan from entering the sixth-rank rift again.
• Ye Hao persuaded Kong Yang that stopping Li Qingshan would protect him and clear Kong Yang's path up the battle merit rankings, so Kong Yang agreed to try.
• Ren Han prepared a spacecraft made by Xi Na as a fallback, and Li Qingshan thanked him before entering the rift; Kong Yang arrived to see him off.
• Bloodglory revealed that the earlier pursuit had been bait, then detected a true big fish five thousand light-years away and went after it, leaving the other targets to Blood Yin.

Li Qingshan learned that Feng Boyong had destroyed the Seventh Order Divine Form that attacked him, then traced the assassination plot to the Lingtian Sect and received an apology from the Coiling Dragon Auction House. The chapter ended with Li Qingshan questioning how many more subordinates the auction house would sacrifice to protect its leaders.

• Feng Boyong struck down the shadow of the Seventh Order Divine Form, and Li Qingshan recognized his swordsmanship.
• Cao Ya and Cao Ding'an learned that Feng Boyong had intervened, and Cao Ding'an marveled at his strength and Li Qingshan's achievements.
• Li Qingshan explained that First Master Yuan had lured him to the Chaotic Star Sea, and Cao Ya concluded that the Lingtian Sect had arranged the attack.
• Li Qingshan received a call from Li Wenbo, who showed Yu Feng's severed head and apologized for the Coiling Dragon Auction House's role in the Cao Family's troubles.
• Li Qingshan accepted the apology and ended the call, then remarked that the auction house had a tradition of sacrificing subordinates to protect its leaders.

Li Qingshan deflected Zhuang Chenxing’s accusations after an unseen attack, and Tu Shen was appointed deputy director to command the Second Investigation Division. Su Yuan later learned that Qiongxiao’s true purpose in the meeting had been to help Tu Shen—“to slay God.”

• Zhuang Chenxing reappeared and accused Li Qingshan of ambushing him, while Li denied it and joked that he would investigate the attack.
• Li asked Ming Shuang to investigate and clear his name, prompting Zhuang Chenxing to retract his accusation.
• Ming Shuang appointed Tu Shen deputy director and commander of the Second Investigation Division, then left the meeting.
• Zhuang Chenxing praised Su Yuan before Su Yuan logged off, and Li Qingshan and Xia Cunzhen also disappeared.
• At the Security Office, Su Yuan questioned a black shadow about Qiongxiao’s role in opposing Li Qingshan.
• The black shadow explained that Qiongxiao’s purpose had been to help Tu Shen, or, as Su Yuan realized, to slay God.

Xi Na delivered the Heaven's Pride Tournament participants to Fortress 13 in a modified battleship that broke apart, then secured a Planetary-class Battleship from Ren Han after showing him information about Li Qingshan. Ren Han welcomed the group and explained the fortress’s missions and the rare opportunity of the sixth-rank Star Realm Rift, leaving them approaching the place where it would be opened.

• Xi Na emerged from her dismantled Planetary-class Battleship and argued with Ren Han about her unauthorized modifications and the damage they caused.
• Xi Na delivered the tournament participants to Fortress 13 and asked Ren Han for a Planetary-class Battleship to return with.
• Ren Han examined Xi Na’s information, agreed to provide the battleship, and led the participants into Fortress 13, valuing Li Qingshan above the ship.
• Ren Han explained how seventh-rank fighters scouted dangerous high-energy plasma zones and said sixth-rank Star Realm Rifts offered a rare chance for combat.
• Li Qingshan asked about the rift, and Ren Han led the group toward a building where they would learn how the fortress could open it.

Li Qingshan brought Lei Chen to a virtual conference to secure his appointment as Deputy Director of the Reconnaissance Third Division. Zhuang Chenxing unexpectedly supported the nomination, and Ming Shuang approved it unanimously.

• Li Qingshan dismissed the Reconnaissance Office meeting and told Lei Chen he intended to promote him after Lei Chen broke through to God Phase.
• Li Qingshan explained that Zhuang Chenxing had delayed the promotion meeting for three months and took Lei Chen to the virtual conference.
• Li Qingshan sarcastically urged Zhuang Chenxing to retire and pursue a breakthrough, prompting Xia Cunzhen to laugh and Su Yuan to endorse Lei Chen.
• Zhuang Chenxing said he had no objections to Lei Chen's appointment, and Ming Shuang approved Lei Chen unanimously as Deputy Director of the Reconnaissance Third Division.

The rescue fleet arrived at the Godfall Continent, where Tu Shen confirmed that Li Qingshan was present and leading the rescue operation. While gathering the continent’s people, she adopted an orphaned girl named Little Ye and renamed her Tu Ye.

• Jin Yuanli dismissed Leng Feng’s concerns about the political undercurrents surrounding Li Qingshan, trusting that Li Qingshan would resolve them after his seclusion.
• Zhuang Chenxing sent Tu Shen and tens of thousands of rescuers through the world gate to recover the people of the Godfall Continent.
• Tu Shen reported to Li Qingshan that the rescue fleet had arrived and learned that he wanted her to carry out the mission and report the truth afterward.
• Tu Shen found Little Ye, an orphan who wanted to meet the great older brother, and promised she would see him in the future.
• Tu Shen took Little Ye with her, named her Tu Ye, and asked her to call her Mother.

Li Qingshan arrived at the Third Division base in Xi Na III and met Vice President Li Wenbo of Coiling Dragon Auction House. After accepting a Blazing Sun Shard, Li Qingshan proposed a transaction and asked for one hundred seventh-rank Divine Sons.

• Xi Na showed Li Qingshan the modified Xi Na III, and he approved its Disintegration Progress Bar before departing with Kong Yang.
• Three months later, Li Qingshan and Kong Yang arrived at the Third Division base, where Bao Hetong and Ni Mocuan introduced him to the staff.
• Li Wenbo appeared at the base and asked Li Qingshan to speak privately outside the star system.
• Li Qingshan took a Blazing Sun Shard from Li Wenbo and said he preferred transactions to personal favors.
• Li Qingshan asked Li Wenbo to provide one hundred seventh-rank Divine Sons, not maidservants.

Long Yeyun reviewed reports on the Bloodstained God Statues and met Old Taoist Tianji, who warned that the Great Calamity was beginning and that its destined Heaven's Killer had descended a thousand years ago. Tianji identified Sword God Feng Boyong as Heaven's Killer and warned that Li Qingshan was in danger in the Far West, but Long Yeyun trusted Li Qingshan's confidence and chose to wait for the outcome.

• Liu Licheng brought Long Yeyun reports on the Bloodstained God Statues, many of which recorded Li Qingshan purging Cursed Lands during his travels.
• Long Yeyun found that investigations into the statues led to desolate places with no clear source, and Old Taoist Tianji appeared in the courtyard.
• Old Taoist Tianji warned Long Yeyun that the Great Calamity was imminent and said Heaven's Killer had descended a thousand years earlier.
• Tianji identified Sword God Feng Boyong as Heaven's Killer, said the Far West was a calamity node, and warned that Li Qingshan could not be saved from it.
• Long Yeyun said he trusted Li Qingshan's confidence and decided to wait for the outcome in the Far West.

After the Epoch Paragon Ranking changed hands repeatedly, Qiu Zhan and Cao Wuyan prepared for the coming Pureblood Conflict while waiting for a powerful figure to return. Gu Feng awakened after a thousand years as an eighth-rank powerhouse, and the chapter ended with the Evil-Slaying Headquarters inviting him to become Deputy Minister.

• Xin Moyu defeated Fu Shan and took first place on the Epoch Paragon Ranking, beginning an era of frequent changes at the top.
• Qiu Zhan, Chao Chen, and Suan He realized that Cao Wuyan might already know they had returned, while Qiu Zhan prepared to welcome a returning White Tiger Star System figure.
• Cao Wuyan anticipated that the same figure who had once defeated Qiu Zhan would return and planned to ally with him against Qiu Zhan.
• Gu Feng awakened on July 1st, 9947, broke through to the eighth rank, and initially feared that Li Qingshan had fallen into Zhuang Chenxing's scheme.
• The assembled directors and section chiefs invited Gu Feng to return from retirement and assume the post of Deputy Minister.

Tianji Group promoted Perfected Lingwei’s public ascension ceremony, drawing crowds and young opponents to Tianji City. At the ceremony, Li Qingshan reunited with Hao Peiyun, who planned to save the world, and noticed Stellar Realm laws on Lingwei and the visiting sect masters, along with traces that seemed like fishing lines.

• Tianji Group advertised Perfected Lingwei’s ascension ceremony across Tianji City, and crowds traveled to reserve viewing spots while young opponents gathered secretly.
• Li Qingshan spent three months waiting in Tianji Tower for Daoist Tianyun, then left for the ceremony.
• Li Qingshan met Hao Peiyun at the packed venue, and she said she intended to save the world from Tianji Group’s control.
• Daoist Tianyun introduced Perfected Lingwei and stood with sect masters from other worlds as she arrived.
• Li Qingshan sensed Stellar Realm laws on Lingwei and the other sect masters and saw traces overhead that resembled fishing lines.

Li Qingshan appeared during a livestream and revealed he had completed Transformation of Emptiness in just four years, alarming Zhuang Chenxing and viewers who suspected he had used a rare time resource. As Zhuang Chenxing denied intending to harm him, Ming Shuang, Director of the Demon Subjugation Division, appeared.

• Viewers recognized Li Qingshan on the livestream and learned he had arrived by hyperspace jump and completed Transformation of Emptiness.
• Wan Keshan, Zhou Yunze, Shi Yan, and others reacted to Li Qingshan's breakthrough, while Ying Shilan wondered how it was possible.
• Zhuang Chenxing calculated that the breakthrough should have taken at least 409 years, or 41 years with Time Sand, and demanded to know how Li Qingshan had done it.
• Li Qingshan said it was comprehension and taunted Zhuang Chenxing to seize him, but the livestream and its audience kept Zhuang from acting.
• Viewers speculated Li Qingshan had used an extraordinary time resource, and Li warned Zhuang that other eighth-order martial artists might come for him.
• Zhuang Chenxing claimed he would protect Li Qingshan, and Ming Shuang suddenly appeared.

Li Qingshan learned that the Frontier Constellations offered dangerous battles and great opportunities, but Shi Feng urged him to stay for the War of the Four Sages and its ranking. After the others departed, Li Qingshan greeted Feng Boyong as a senior.

• Tu Xie told Li Qingshan that the Frontier Constellations were expanding human territory and described his experience fighting there.
• Li Qingshan asked Tu Xie for an introduction to the Frontier Constellations, but Shi Feng appeared and warned him against going before the War of the Four Sages.
• Shi Feng explained that the war’s opportunity could yield Myriad Manifestations Star Sand and time resources, and that the Four Saints Star System’s Epoch Paragon Ranking gave its young paragons a rare advantage.
• Tu Xie revealed that he had returned to compete for a chance to reach the Ninth Order and become a Grand General in the Frontier Constellations.
• Shi Feng and the others left for the Four Saints convergence point, and Li Qingshan approached Feng Boyong and greeted him as a senior.

Li Qingshan learned that Dao Ancestor Cang Yan was the ancient Ancestor of Earth Immortals and concluded that Cang Yan could not enter the Azure Wave Myriad Realms. He ordered Xingyun to transform the Great Sky Detachment Formation into the Heaven Piercing Grand Formation and extend it across all the myriad realms.

• Li Qingshan asked Xingyun whether he wanted to save his master, Old Taoist Tianji, and promised to save him if he was alive or avenge him if he was dead.
• Xingyun explained that Cang Yan came from ancient Azure Wave legends and had founded the Earth Immortal Method to slow the loss of Great Ascension cultivators' lifespans.
• Xingyun suggested that Cang Yan had submitted to an evil god and evaded the Five Declines of Heaven and Man before emerging a thousand years ago.
• Li Qingshan reasoned that Cang Yan could not enter the Azure Wave Myriad Realms because he had merged with the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• Li Qingshan told Xingyun to change the Great Sky Detachment Formation into the Heaven Piercing Grand Formation and make it cover the Azure Wave Myriad Realms.

Li Qingshan overcame the nightmare of Wolf Venom and helped restore the Planetary Fortress, while Bao Hetong and Ni Mocuan confronted Yu Feng over the Nightmare Clan’s infiltration. After agreeing to join the Reconnaissance Office, Li Qingshan began considering its director’s position as a way to access intelligence on the Evil Gods throughout Horn Sector.

• Li Qingshan relived his countless deaths to Wolf Venom, then killed the Tier Six beast and ended the Heavenly Demon Execution Ground.
• Li Qingshan, Bao Hetong, and Ni Mocuan woke the fortress personnel and restored order at the Planetary Fortress.
• Yu Feng contacted Ni Mocuan, reported Feng Hao, and revealed that he had executed him, angering Bao Hetong and Ni Mocuan.
• Bao Hetong invited Li Qingshan to join the Reconnaissance Office, and Li Qingshan said he had long aspired to join it.
• As Bao Hetong and Ni Mocuan departed, Li Qingshan considered becoming the Reconnaissance Office director to gain access to Evil God intelligence across Horn Sector.

Li Qingshan set a Seven Stars Banquet for half a year later to draw the sects together before the Lingtian Sect could attack, then used Profound Spirit Jade to seek insight into his own Dao. The rankings announced the new banquet, while Li Qingshan continued cultivating in seclusion.

• Li Qingshan asked Long Yeyun and Old Taoist Tianji to arrange a Seven Stars Banquet in half a year and secretly warn the various sects about the coming decisive battle.
• Li Qingshan persuaded Old Taoist Tianji to give him his remaining seven pieces of Profound Spirit Jade, then used them to contemplate the majestic figure in the starry river.
• After the jade ran out, Li Qingshan entered the Martial Dao Space and recited the Celestial Phenomenon Seven Arts.
• Seven Stars Sect disciples departed in all directions, and Heaven's Secret Pavilion updated Li Qingshan's Earth Ranking entry with invitations to the Seven Stars banquet.