Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan visited the outer bulwarks with Ye Tai, who explained how the Myriad Ravines Bulwark expanded and warned him about the powerful Alien Races that could break through. Ye Tai revealed that the highest-ranked Grand Generals had advanced beyond the Ninth Layer of Star Zenith, onto a human path for contending with evil gods.

• Li Qingshan set out to explore the Bronze Casting Bulwark but encountered Ye Tai, who offered to guide him.
• Ye Tai led Li Qingshan through the Bronze Casting, Flowing Silver, and Molten Gold Bulwarks, showing him their vast fields of ruins and explaining that each layer shifted inward after one hundred thousand years without a breach.
• Ye Tai warned Li Qingshan that any Alien Race reaching the inner bulwarks would be at least Tenth Order and that the nine Grand Generals would need to join forces to defeat it.
• Li Qingshan asked about Ye Tai's cultivation and learned that he occupied the ninth layer of Star Zenith, while Qianjie and the other top Grand Generals had advanced Above the Nine Heavens.
• Ye Tai explained that Above the Nine Heavens was a human path developed to contend with evil gods.

Fu Zeming tried to recruit Li Qingshan with Yinghai’s S-Rank Contract, but Li refused after learning it included a Limit Realm Secret Method. Cao Ya revealed an old contract and offered Li an unconditional 1 billion Star Credit loan, while Wan Keshan warned Li about the secret method and Cao’s tricks.

• Cao Ya arrived during Fu Zeming’s pitch and questioned whether Yinghai’s S-Rank Contract had passed headquarters review.
• Li Qingshan refused the contract, explaining that he did not want to be bound by an investment deal, even after Yu Lei said a Limit Realm Secret Method was valuable.
• Cao Ya claimed to have an SS-Rank Contract, then revealed that his stained, expired S-Rank contract had been prepared for Li three months earlier and explained why he had waited to offer it.
• Wan Keshan called Li, warned him about Cao Ya, and asked whether he knew about the Limit Realm Secret Method.
• Cao Ya offered Li an interest-free, condition-free loan of 1 billion Star Credits, and Li thanked him before leaving with Yu Lei and the others.

Li Qingshan accepted Lingtian Sect’s challenge on Wan Keshan’s behalf and learned the rules governing grudges between the martial world and Crimson Rainbow Continent. As the Cat-Ear Clan began invading the Star Realm and sacrificing its people, Li Qingshan completed his sixth-revolution progress and began transforming his thousand pseudo-acupoints, while purple lightning suddenly filled the sky.

• Li Qingshan told Ling Siyuan that he would go to Lingtian Sect in Wan Keshan’s place, and vowed to settle their grudge in the martial world.
• Ye Yukong explained that grudges had to be settled on Crimson Rainbow Continent and showed Li Qingshan and Wan Keshan an Antimatter Bomb intended for the Cat-Ear Clan.
• Li Qingshan trained aboard the starship as humanity evacuated Ziying Star, using the Martial Dao Space to fill his sixth-revolution progress.
• Cat-Ear Clan members poured through a World Gate to invade, while Shan Shuang hoped their sacrifices would not be in vain and Hu Fang spoke of her lord’s power.
• On July 30, 5628, Li Qingshan reached 100/100 in the sixth revolution and began transforming his thousand pseudo-acupoints with the aid of a spiritual herb.
• At the Star Realm’s Cat-Ear Clan camp, Hu Xiaoxiao anticipated meeting Li Qingshan again before sudden purple lightning spread across the sky.

Li Qingshan authorized a star-system-wide operation to apprehend eight surviving Skysoaring Sect elders after Tu Shen and the other directors assembled evidence against them. After a year of travel, the Demon Subjugation Division’s Starships arrived at their targets and announced the operation.

• Yue Zhen told Patriarch Ma he would see his dispute with Li Qingshan through and ordered his assistant to arrange meetings with influential officials.
• Tu Shen expanded the investigation network across the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions and coordinated the collection and exchange of leads.
• Tu Shen, Su Yuan, and Xia Cunzhen presented evidence against eight Skysoaring Sect elders, and Li Qingshan authorized them to depart and bring the elders to justice.
• Tu Shen instructed the teams aboard eight Starships to wait for her message before beginning their operation across the star system.
• Cao Wuyan discussed Li Qingshan and Yue Zhen, hoping Li Qingshan would force Yue Zhen to reveal his true strength.
• On January 1st, 8971, eight Demon Subjugation Division Starships emerged from Hyperspace Channels near their targets and declared that they were working a case.

After becoming Director of the Reconnaissance Office, Li Qingshan defended Ye Lei from demands for punishment while leading a massive backlog debriefing, and his paper on forging a God Phase began influencing practitioners. The Ministry of Education sent his work to Star Martial Hall, where it could affect the plans for Kong Xun.

• Kong Yang delivered Li Qingshan’s warning to Li Wenbo, leaving him worried that the director had threatened him again.
• Li Qingshan rejected calls from Shao Fenghua and He Jian to punish Ye Lei, saying she should continue investigating her case while he opened the debriefing files.
• Li Qingshan and the Reconnaissance Office began working through the enormous case backlog, while Shi Yan was left at a villa.
• Li Qingshan’s paper on the practical process of forging a God Phase climbed the Demon Subjugation Division rankings, and Qi Feng claimed it had helped him reach Seventh Order Divine Form.
• Xiao Tianyou sent Li Qingshan’s paper to Star Martial Hall and reminded Ye Hao that he hoped to send Kong Xun there as well.

Li Qishan accepted a welcoming gift from the Void God Sect and boarded their starship, while videos exposing his meetings with the sect spread across the Demon Subjugation Division. As the Horn Sector watched a live broadcast hosted by Xia Cunzhen, Li Wenbo warned Ye Lei that Li Qishan’s true nature would soon be revealed.

• Li Qishan met Qu Jie in a desolate stellar region, accepted star fragments, and boarded the starship where Tu Qianliu was waiting.
• Videos of Ni Mocuan meeting Qu Jie and accepting gifts while discussing Director Li appeared on the Demon Subjugation Division forum, sparking outrage across the Horn Sector.
• Su Yuan told Xing Yang that Li Qishan had brought this on himself by meeting Tu Qianliu, though he regretted the fall of a peerless human prodigy.
• Ye Lei celebrated Li Qishan’s exposure, while Li Wenbo revealed that a Black Gold VIP had orchestrated the evidence release and cautioned her not to celebrate yet.
• The forum replaced its posts with Xia Cunzhen’s live broadcast of a shattered asteroid belt, drawing the attention of staff throughout the Horn Sector.

The Demon Subjugation Division’s forum mocked Xia Cunzhen for failing to catch Li Qingshan’s blade and speculated about Li’s growing power and ties to the Coiling Dragon Auction House. At Coiling Dragon headquarters, Yuan Zong revealed that Zhuang Chenxing was seeking candidates to take over the Reconnaissance Office and hinted that Li Wenbo could rise from deputy director to director.

• A forum post blamed Li Qingshan for taking kills from the Action Office and included a photo of Xia Cunzhen stranded among shattered debris.
• Colleagues calculated that Li Qingshan could strike across the Horn Sector within ten days and speculated about his relationship with the Coiling Dragon Auction House.
• Xia Cunzhen confronted a section chief who had posted the photo, then dismissed the idea that Li Qingshan had colluded with the auction house while wondering what he intended.
• Yuan Zong praised Li Wenbo for supposedly resolving the Coiling Dragon Auction House’s conflict with Li Qingshan, though Li Wenbo privately knew he had done nothing.
• Yuan Zong told Li Wenbo that Zhuang Chenxing was scouting candidates to retake control of the Reconnaissance Office and suggested Li Wenbo should begin by becoming deputy director.

Cang Yan watched as Li Qingshan refined the origins of the myriad realms to create an overwhelming array of blue-white suns. After ten thousand suns appeared, Li Qingshan confronted the crushed Heavenly Dao and invited it to test his strength.

• Cang Yan raged as the Epoch Paragons destroyed worlds and Li Qingshan's solar furnaces harvested their origins.
• Tu Xie and the others marveled when Li Qingshan refined the origins at an astonishing speed, then watched it surge tenfold.
• Li Qingshan told the Epoch Paragons to destroy worlds faster, while Cang Yan mocked his prospects of reaching the ninth rank.
• As thousands more suns formed, Cang Yan's confidence faltered and he offered to cease hostilities, but Li Qingshan did not answer.
• Ten thousand suns filled the void, and Li Qingshan appeared before Cang Yan to challenge the Heavenly Dao.

After Li Qingshan destroyed a Meteor-Class Battleship and survived unharmed, the St. Lin 7 resumed its voyage and he spoke with Cao Ya. The chapter left Li Qingshan warned about Dick Star’s complicated local forces as he considered how much further his Shoreless Azure Lotus could develop.

• He Zhengchang and Lu Jie confirmed that Li Qingshan had survived, and He Zhengchang reported the battle to Lin Liyan and Saintwood Corporation.
• He Zhengchang announced that the St. Lin 7 would continue its voyage after the corporation issued new orders.
• Li Qingshan thanked Cao Ya for his concern and offered to help with the Cao Family’s affairs, while Cao Ya celebrated that Li Qingshan had found a way to treat Madman Wan.
• Cao Ya warned Li Qingshan that Dick Star’s local forces and outside influence could make the situation complicated, and advised him to contact Dean Ye if matters became critical.
• Li Qingshan recalled Dean Ye’s power and examined his newly formed Shoreless Azure Lotus.

Li Qingshan arrived on Desolate Star with the Crimson Rainbow Star Region’s team and revealed that he was leading them as Dean of Dick Academy. He negotiated rules for the Chosen One Contest, ending with a warning that he would not tolerate chosen ones killing one another.

• Li Qingshan recognized Fifth Master Yuan, while teachers questioned why he had come to a Tier Three World Gate after reaching the Inner Scene.
• Li Qingshan introduced himself as Dean of Dick Academy, and Chu Hong confirmed that he was leading the Crimson Rainbow Star Region’s team without a Dharma Manifestation expert.
• You Xinghan promised that the Violet Radiance Star Region would protect the Crimson Rainbow Star Region’s Flame Sun Elixir, while privately intending to take it.
• Li Qingshan and You Xinghan agreed that the contest rules would apply within the World Gate, and You Xinghan invoked the unity of the hundred regions to address what happened afterward.
• Li Qingshan declared that injuries during battle were acceptable but warned the chosen ones not to kill their peers or disguise murder as an accident.

After Li Qingshan defeated Yue Zhen and shattered his Iron Fist, stellar paparazzo Xiang Feifeng captured audio from the battlefield and sold the exclusive to major media outlets. News of the duel spread across the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions, ending with Li Qingshan’s warning broadcast throughout the stars.

• Xiang Feifeng arrived at the final clash site and scattered recording devices around the shattered galaxy left by Li Qingshan and Yue Zhen’s battle.
• Xiang Feifeng collected the devices after they recorded Li Qingshan’s words and contacted media outlets to sell the audio.
• Major media conglomerates bought the recordings and published reports alongside photographs and stills of the duel.
• Citizens across the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions viewed images of Li Qingshan’s blade breaking Yue Zhen’s Iron Fist.
• The news reports played Li Qingshan’s warning: “Next time, don't stretch your hand too far!”

Li Qingshan defeated the Phantasm, rescued the others, and uncovered Kong Xun’s role in creating the Phantasm Beckoning. After the Star Martial Hall issued a summons for Kong Xun, Li Qingshan’s words led him to reclaim the name Kong Bin.

• Li Qingshan reunited with Ye Yukong, Mo Yuan, Chi Wen, and Zhou Yunze after the Phantasm’s defeat.
• Chi Wen asked how Li Qingshan had kicked him flying, and Ye Yukong explained that their different martial arts paths gave them different strengths.
• Li Qingshan called out Ye Hao, who rose from his feigned unconsciousness and thanked Li Qingshan for saving Xing Academy.
• Li Qingshan drew Kong Xun out of an office, and Ye Hao accused him of tampering with Starry Sky Beckons through his Enlightenment.
• The Star Martial Hall issued a summons order for Kong Xun, and Li Qingshan encouraged him to find his own path.
• Kong Xun remembered his brother Kongyang’s explanation of his name and declared that he would once again be Kong Bin.

Wan Keshan and Yu Man discovered that Li Qingshan had mastered two D-rank martial techniques and become far more capable than they expected. After Li Qingshan accepted Cao Ya’s Thunder Pattern Saber, Cao Ya warned him about companies seeking investment contracts, while a soaked contract in Cao Ya’s hovercar hinted that one company had already made an offer.

• Yu Man showed Wan Keshan footage of Li Qingshan killing an Evil God Cultist and using Mystic Steps and Wind Shadow Saber at major accomplishment, surprising him.
• Wan Keshan warned Yu Man to keep Li Qingshan’s talent quiet so major corporations would not target him too soon.
• Cao Ya thanked Li Qingshan for teaching Cao Shaoyu and gave him the Thunder Pattern Saber, which flashed with lightning when Li Qingshan drew it.
• Cao Ya explained that companies might offer Li Qingshan investment contracts and advised him not to trade away his future for resources.
• After Li Qingshan left, Cao Shaoyu spilled a drink on a contract in the hovercar, and Cao Ya dismissed it as useless.

The Blood Rot Clan attacked Moya Island with multiple Island Guardian Treasures, overwhelming Sheng Tian’s Xing Tian Fire Shroud and spreading pollution across the island. As the chiefs prepared to stay and fight, Li Qingshan rushed toward the enemy, and a blazing light appeared behind Xue Xing.

• Sheng Tian stopped Moya Island’s warriors from charging into the blood-red sky while he and the clan elders fought the invading aliens.
• Xue Xing used a blood grass Island Guardian Treasure to engulf Moya Island in pollution, but Sheng Tian resisted it with the Xing Tian Fire Shroud.
• Zheng Zicheng and the other chiefs saw a Blood Rot middle-aged man reveal ten Island Guardian Treasures, whose combined power threatened to extinguish Sheng Tian’s barrier.
• The chiefs chose to stay and try to rescue the people on Moya Island, but Li Qingshan objected and vanished toward the enemy after spotting the treasures.
• Xue Xing taunted the struggling humans as pollution overwhelmed the island, until Li Qingshan’s voice rang out and dazzling sunlight appeared behind him.

At First High School’s Martial Arts Hall, Wan Keshan explained the baseline tests and Body Tempering standards to the students. Yu Lei’s results showed that strong speed alone did not meet the First Stage standard, and the baseline testing began.

• Li Qingshan and Zhao Hongzhou inspected the Martial Arts Hall and joined the students gathered there.
• Wan Keshan introduced himself as a possible martial arts teacher and explained the speed and fist-force tests and the Body Tempering thresholds.
• Wan Keshan called Yu Lei first, and she completed the shuttle run with an average speed of 11.8 meters per second.
• Yu Lei immediately threw ten rapid punches and recorded an average fist force of 243 kilograms.
• Wan Keshan explained that Yu Lei did not qualify for the Body Tempering First Stage because her fist force fell short of the baseline.

Beiao confronted Youming over the failed attempt to kill the human monster who survived the Return Sea, then suggested searching for human prodigies alongside Taishang. The chapter ended with Beiao leaving after secretly observing Xie Sen, whose memories Beiao had rewoven.

• Youming questioned Beiao's interest in Xie Sen, and Beiao denied knowing them.
• Youming revealed that Xie Sen was the only survivor of the Return Sea and that the decree to kill them had failed.
• Beiao mocked Youming for botching the mission and warned that the failure could damage the Flesh God Lord's dignity.
• Beiao suggested that Youming's search for Taishang also target other human prodigies, and Youming accepted the proposal.
• Beiao watched Xie Sen tremble, reflected on their repeated survival from the Formless Celestial Devil, and departed as dark-green data.

Fu Shan explained the limits of her advantage to Ying Shilan, while Chi Baixiu asked Qiu Zhan and his brothers not to interfere with Cao Wuyan. After two centuries of waiting for Li Qingshan, Wan Keshan left Ziying Academy with his wife to explore the starry sky, leaving Zhao Yang to keep watch.

• Fu Shan told Ying Shilan that Martial Dao Will and bloodline were key to achieving overwhelming combat power, and confirmed that Li Qingshan could still awaken.
• Ying Shilan planned to recruit Li Qingshan for the Bai Ze Conglomerate after he lost the War of the Four Sages, leaving Fu Shan speechless.
• Chi Baixiu welcomed Qiu Zhan, Suan He, and Chao Chen home, then asked them not to interfere with Cao Wuyan because Li Qingshan had given him a chance.
• Over the following centuries, the Epoch Paragon Ranking changed as new paragons returned, while people continued discussing Li Qingshan and whether he would awaken.
• Wan Keshan handed the duty of watching over Li Qingshan to Zhao Yang and departed with his wife aboard a starship to explore beyond the Four Saints Star System.

Netherworld entered the Eighth Order devil who destroyed Evil Horn Ancestral Land into the Cosmic Demon Sealing Record as the Formless Celestial Devil, while the human lists named him the Formless Grand General. After reaching Star Extreme, Seventh Heaven, Li Qingshan faced questions from Ye Tai, and Wisdom Radiance identified him by adding his name to the list.

• Beiao urged Netherworld to register the dangerous Eighth Order devil, and Netherworld named him the Formless Celestial Devil in the Cosmic Demon Sealing Record.
• The human frontier's Pantheon Lists updated with the Formless Grand General's record of crossing the Star Abyss Chasm and destroying Evil Horn Ancestral Land.
• Li Qingshan completed another stage of the Day Abyss Dust Sand Sutra, reached seven hundred thousand manifestations, and tested his power up to the eighth heavenly curtain.
• Ye Tai confronted Li Qingshan about the coincidences linking him to the rift and Evil Horn Ancestral Land, but Li Qingshan denied involvement.
• Wisdom Radiance showed Li Qingshan the updated list and added his name to the title Formless Grand General.

Li Qingshan waited five years for an eighth-order rift to open and learned that a mission targeting the Evil Horn Old Ancestor was underway. As the Evil Horn Tribe’s completed altar opened its rift, a blinding light appeared from the other side.

• Li Qingshan contacted Ye Tai and asked about the Evil Horn Ancestral Land and its tenth-order Old Ancestor.
• Ye Tai revealed that his mission targeted the Evil Horn Old Ancestor and warned Li Qingshan not to go to the front lines.
• A rift opened over the desolate planet where Li Qingshan had been waiting, and he decided the ancestral land was not the front lines.
• Xie Chen and seventeen allied elders prepared eighteen eighth-order divine sons to enter the newly completed Eighth Order Rift.
• The rift opened above the altar, and a brilliant light like a rising sun shone from within it.

Li Qingshan returned from an Eighth Order Rift with 135 billion Martial Dao Space experience and forty Clan Weapons. At the ruined Evil Horn Ancestral Land, Youming realized the culprit might be an Eighth Order being who had entered through a Star Realm Rift.

• Li Qingshan reviewed his kill notifications and gained 135 billion Martial Dao Space experience from his trip through the rift.
• Li Qingshan retrieved forty Clan Weapons and other spoils from the rift.
• Youming arrived at the devastated Evil Horn Ancestral Land and blamed Zhihui for the destruction.
• Beiao challenged Youming’s assumption and pointed out that a Star Realm Rift could let an Eighth Order being reach the inner territory.
• Youming connected the ruined altar and missing Clan Weapons to an Eighth Order Rift and wondered if an Eighth Order titled Heavenly Demon was responsible.