Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan arrived at Wu Yang Star Academy, explored his remote dormitory and the academy intranet, and committed to completing Blazing Sun Nine Revolutions. After 23 days of cultivation, he reached completion, leaving the final step of his breakthrough ahead.

• Li Qingshan received the map to his dormitory, said farewell to Qin Feng and the others, and flew a thousand kilometers east across Midday Sun Giant Star.
• Li Qingshan inspected his antique-style courtyard and reasoned that it was meant to prepare students for life on the Crimson Rainbow Continent.
• Li Qingshan browsed the academy intranet, discovered that missions and most purchases were restricted to inner scene students, and studied available heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
• Li Qingshan calculated that completing Blazing Sun Nine Revolutions would take 23 days, then entered the martial dao space to cultivate.
• After 23 days of cultivation, Li Qingshan opened his eyes and saw that Blazing Sun Nine Revolutions had reached completion.

Li Qingshan and Cao Shaoyu went to Silverglow Hotel’s underground fight club to look for a rumored ferocious beast match. Cheng An mistook Li Qingshan for a Patrol Bureau investigator and agreed to guide them downstairs, while Li planned to confirm whether the beasts were real and kill them if necessary.

• The bellhop led Li Qingshan and Cao Shaoyu to Cheng An, who explained that the fight club occupied the third underground level beneath the parking lot.
• Cheng An said the arena’s strongest regular was registered at Body Tempering Fourth Level and hinted that he might actually be at the Fifth Level.
• Li Qingshan asked about security and ferocious beasts, but Cheng An insisted Silverglow had no way to obtain beasts and warned that they would attract the Patrol Bureau.
• When Cheng An tried to leave, Li Qingshan stopped him with his saber and let him believe he was a Patrol Bureau investigator.
• Cheng An volunteered to cooperate and led Li Qingshan and Cao Shaoyu down the stairwell, while Li decided to verify the rumor and deal with any beasts he found.

Li Qingshan agreed to take Cao Shaoyu to the Silverglow Hotel after learning that a fierce beast might be involved in an underground Beast Fighting match. They reached the hotel, where Li Qingshan used his machete to make the doorman lead them inside.

• Li Qingshan concluded that Starry Sky Beckons could reach a fifth realm, though his Martial Dao Space had only 150 days available.
• Cao Shaoyu told Li Qingshan that his parents were taking him to Wuyi City for martial dao lessons, and Li Qingshan encouraged him to train hard.
• Cao Shaoyu revealed that a fierce beast was rumored to be at the Silverglow Hotel for a Beast Fighting match, and Li Qingshan agreed to go with him.
• At the hotel, the doorman denied there was a third basement level, but Li Qingshan drew his machete and made the doorman lead them inside.

Li Qingshan fought You Qingya after she revealed herself as an Evil God Cultist, then turned to battle the ferocious beasts attacking the hall. As Cheng An and Cao Shaoyu escaped, Li Qingshan declared that the Patrol Bureau was handling the case and charged into the crowd.

• Li Qingshan recognized You Qingya and drew his blade, severing the hands of her bodyguards and cutting her apart.
• You Qingya transformed into a tentacled monster and repeatedly regenerated, but Li Qingshan kept hacking her apart until she crumbled into ashes.
• Li Qingshan learned that Evil God Cultists counted as monsters and gained five years of available time in the Martial Dao Space.
• Li Qingshan sent Cheng An and Cao Shaoyu to escape while he stayed to fight the ferocious beasts slaughtering people in the hall.
• Li Qingshan charged through the crowd toward a ferocious beast, warning that the Patrol Bureau would kill anyone who blocked the way.

Li Qingshan corrected Cao Shaoyu’s Starry Sky Beckons training, then spent a month steadily cultivating and improving his skills. After reaching great accomplishment in Starry Sky Beckons, he suspected the method had a fifth realm that could further accelerate his body forging.

• Li Qingshan corrected Cao Shaoyu’s sloppy Starry Sky Beckons movements and made him practice all 108 forms until he was exhausted.
• Cao Shaoyu explained that he lived in the school dorms because his parents worked in the provincial capital, then continued taking lessons from Li Qingshan.
• Over the following month, Li Qingshan trained regularly, raising Starry Sky Beckons proficiency and advancing his body forging.
• Li Qingshan killed Wolf Venom head-on with his great-accomplishment Wind Shadow Saber and reached Body Forging 20/100.
• Li Qingshan realized Starry Sky Beckons had reached great accomplishment and learned its fourth realm, muscle rhythm.
• Li Qingshan noticed the cultivation method still had a proficiency bar and wondered whether a fifth realm could raise his body-forging efficiency further.

Li Qingshan intervened when Yu Yuanjun took Ren Ming’s assigned van, beating him and invoking the Public Support Discrimination Act. After Lin Fan introduced himself and showed interest in fighting, Li Qingshan said their group had another ride as a black flying car descended.

• Wang Yuzhi left the Luoying City students in Ren Ming’s care, and Li Qingshan exchanged contact information with him.
• Ren Ming confronted Yu Yuanjun for taking his assigned van, but Yu Yuanjun taunted him and said Wuyuan City’s Martial Arts Class was already aboard.
• Li Qingshan stepped in, beat Yu Yuanjun, and claimed Yu Yuanjun had discriminated against him under the Public Support Discrimination Act.
• Lin Fan ignored Yu Yuanjun’s pleas, introduced himself to Li Qingshan, and showed his desire to fight him.
• Li Qingshan declined to take the van and pointed out that their ride was arriving as a black flying car descended.

Li Qingshan reunited with Zhao Hongzhou, Yu Lei, and Hong Qian at the station before the New Talent Competition, then swiftly defeated Liu Haibing and four second-year students who challenged him. Senior Zhong Xian arrived as the fallen students appealed to her for justice, and Li Qingshan greeted her.

• Li Qingshan met Zhao Hongzhou, Yu Lei, and Hong Qian at the station and discussed their prospects in the New Talent Competition.
• Liu Haibing and four second-year students taunted Li Qingshan over his defeat of Yang Peng and challenged him.
• Li Qingshan used his perfected Wind Shadow Saber without drawing his saber to knock all five students down in seconds.
• Senior Zhong Xian arrived, and Liu Haibing called on her to deliver justice while Li Qingshan greeted her.

Li Qingshan defeated Yang Peng and three other second-year students in a four-on-one fight, then rejected Yinghai’s contract and resigned. The chapter ended with President Fu stunned by the news.

• Li Qingshan insisted on fighting Yang Peng and three second-year students at once, and Wan Keshan allowed the match to proceed.
• Li Qingshan discarded his saber and used its scabbard to defeat Yang Peng and then the other three students in under thirty seconds.
• Wan Keshan advised Li Qingshan to focus on body tempering for the New Talent Competition, and Li Qingshan decided to buy Intermediate Nutrient Solution.
• Li Qingshan messaged Manager Zhou to reject the contract and resign from Yinghai.
• Manager Zhou told President Fu that Li Qingshan had rejected the contract and resigned, leaving Fu Wen stunned.

Wan Keshan brought Li Qingshan to a private training room with a Virtual Pod and explained how its rankings could lead to the New Continent’s Final Battle. Li Qingshan learned about the New Talent Competition’s rewards and ended the chapter asking whether he could compete in both the first- and second-year contests.

• Wan Keshan told Li Qingshan that Celestial Net Mystic Steps required Mystic Steps and Celestial Net Steps, then assigned him a private training room.
• Yu Zhuo and the second-year students realized Li Qingshan had received the last available training room, which came with access to a Virtual Pod.
• Wan Keshan explained that the top one hundred Virtual Pod fighters could travel to New Continent for the Final Battle and compete for university admission qualifications.
• Wan Keshan told Li Qingshan that the New Talent Competition offered its top ten in each grade a C-Rank martial art and five million Star Credits.
• Li Qingshan asked whether he could skip grades so he could compete in both the first- and second-year New Talent Competitions.

Li Qingshan killed three ferocious beasts in the hall and discovered that the corpses were being drained as an evil god sacrifice continued after You Qingya’s death. As survivors remained trapped, a Sky Patrol Mecha arrived, and Li Qingshan killed Councilman Pei’s secretary after the man begged for help and threatened him.

• Li Qingshan used Mastery-realm Mystic Steps to get behind a faster-than-Wolf Venom ferocious beast and kill it with his saber.
• Li Qingshan killed two more ferocious beasts, then noticed that blood and flesh were being absorbed from the corpses, suggesting the Flesh Demon God sacrifice had continued after You Qingya died.
• Li Qingshan sprinted toward the exit but bypassed the last ferocious beast and the trapped survivors instead of rescuing them.
• The suited middle-aged man grabbed Li Qingshan and identified himself as Councilman Pei’s secretary, but Li Qingshan denied being from the Patrol Bureau.
• A Sky Patrol Mecha arrived and killed the ferocious beast with a weapon called the Cold Moon Shuttle.
• Li Qingshan confronted Councilman Pei’s secretary and stomped on the beast’s skull, letting its teeth pierce and kill the man.

At the Evil Horn Ancestral Land, Xie Chen tried to carry out Youming’s decree by opening a rift to investigate a hidden coordinate planet, but Xie Bin’s death exposed the danger. After confirming the planet remained unchanged, Xie Chen decided to pursue an Eighth Order Altar by forcing other tribes to contribute Clan Weapons and sacrifices, while Xie Sen’s fear continued to grow.

• Xie Chen reprimanded Xie Sen for losing a Clan Weapon and waited for Xie Bin to return from investigating the coordinate planet.
• The Soul Tablet shattered, confirming Xie Bin’s death and prompting the Ninth Order elders to blame Xie Chen for risking the mission.
• Xie Chen sent a hundred unconscious abandoned pieces through a First Order Rift and examined their memories, confirming that the coordinate planet had not changed.
• Xie Chen proposed opening an Eighth Order Altar and sending Eighth Orders to investigate, arguing that the other tribes would have to provide Clan Weapons under Youming’s decree.
• The elders welcomed Xie Chen’s plan to demand Clan Weapons and shared sacrifices from the other tribes, while Xie Sen trembled and warned that the altar must not be opened.

Li Qingshan attacked the restrained Wolf Venom during martial arts class and kept striking until it died. As the Martial Dao Space entry flashed faster, he unlocked the Martial Dao Space after killing the beast.

• Wan Keshan allowed Li Qingshan to approach Wolf Venom and warned him to stay clear of its bite.
• Li Qingshan struck Wolf Venom’s torso, but its thick muscles and ribs stopped his blade from doing serious damage.
• Li Qingshan circled behind Wolf Venom and repeatedly stabbed its vulnerable lower body, horrifying the watching students.
• Li Qingshan stabbed Wolf Venom again and tore through its organs until it finally died.
• Li Qingshan saw the Martial Dao Space unlock on his illusory panel.

Li Qingshan returned from the Return Sea after a year, astonishing the star system and the Four Saints Council with his account of the Ten Islands Alliance’s victory. He then used the Xiejiao Clan’s horn and his newly gathered resources to break through the fifth firmament and reach the Fifth Realm.

• Li Qingshan’s return was announced across the starry network, and descendants celebrating his arrival flooded the forum.
• Xiang Feifeng notified the media while Li Qingshan welcomed the Four Saints Council members who arrived at the convergence place of the Four Saints.
• Li Qingshan recounted how he gathered resources by targeting alien treasuries and helped the Ten Islands Alliance defeat its enemies.
• The council members said the Network would handle the matter, then left to hold a meeting, while Li Qingshan decided to investigate the Horn Sector.
• Li Qingshan refined the Xiejiao Clan’s horn, absorbed a million grains of crystalline sand, and condensed 300,000 manifestations.
• Li Qingshan shattered the fifth firmament and entered the Star Extreme Fifth Realm.

After a year away, Li Qingshan returned from the Four Saints convergence point, surprising Xiang Feifeng, who had waited there to document his return. Xiang posted photographs of Li’s arrival to the Qingshan Watchtower Forum, where watchers celebrated the legend’s return.

• People on the Qingshan Watchtower Forum discussed whether they could live long enough to see Li Qingshan return, and Reporter, Not Paparazzi encouraged them to keep watching.
• Xiang Feifeng told Lu You he planned to keep watch at the Four Saints convergence point and document the outcome of Li Qingshan’s journey.
• A green data network appeared in the starry sky, and Li Qingshan emerged from it after only one year away.
• Xiang Feifeng greeted Li Qingshan and explained that he had waited to deliver a surprise to the young watchers.
• Xiang Feifeng posted photographs of Li Qingshan’s return on the forum, prompting the watchers to celebrate.

Li Qingshan returned to the Four Saints Star System and donated a vast treasury to the Demon Subjugation Division, then tested his sunlight-based communication ability on Zhao Ran. As the Four Saints councilors sought to appoint him Azure Dragon Councilor, the Primal Council rejected their application and issued a cryptic message: “Primal Origin, branches of the same breath!”

• Ming Shuang learned Li Qingshan had returned and received his donation of Myriad Manifestations Star Sand, Time Sand, and Time Crystal Marrow for the Demon Subjugation Division.
• Zhao Ran read the news about Li Qingshan and briefly entered a sunlight realm, where she recognized him as her dean before he appeared before her.
• Li Qingshan explained that people beneath sunlight could temporarily connect to a realm by thinking of him, but he considered the ability impractical compared with the internet.
• Ying Yu of the Bai Ze Conglomerate contacted Li Qingshan to apologize for past offenses and asked him to look after the conglomerate.
• The Four Saints councilors unanimously nominated Li Qingshan to fill the vacant Azure Dragon Councilor seat, but the Primal Council rejected their application.
• The Primal Council replaced the rejected application with the message “Primal Origin, branches of the same breath!”

Li Qingshan established Formless Bulwark’s leadership and ordered Tang Yetian to watch for Star Realm Rifts, suspecting the alien races might use them as bait. After Ye Tai warned him that the netherworld might be setting a trap, a report of an eighth-order rift renewed Li Qingshan’s interest.

• Li Qingshan renamed Ironclad Bulwark Formless Bulwark and appointed Song Mo, Qiu Lan, and Tang Yetian to key inspector positions.
• Li Qingshan explained that he had entrusted Tang Yetian with Sky Patrol so he could monitor the domain for Star Realm Rifts.
• Li Qingshan watched the Meteor Heaven's Pride Tournament and reunited with Ye Tai after twenty-two years.
• Ye Tai warned Li Qingshan that the netherworld had retreated and that Venerable Zhihui had ordered him not to act rashly.
• Tang Yetian reported an eighth-order rift in Xin-61 Star System, and Li Qingshan suspected it was bait for a trap.

Zhihui explained that his plan was to prevent the top-tier battlefield from emerging by connecting No. 269 to the Network after taking Netherworld territory. Meanwhile, Li Qingshan received his new title as Formless Grand General and assigned his eager subordinates to oversee construction across No. 269’s rear.

• Zhihui told Ye Taitian that he had aimed to prevent the top-tier battlefield by expanding No. 269 into the Netherworld and connecting it to the Network.
• Zhihui ordered Ye Taitian to work with Liu Xing and Ran to probe the Netherworld for Supreme, continue ambushing alien tenth-tiers, and keep Li Qingshan from taking risks.
• Ye Taitian reminded Zhihui of his promise that Li Qingshan would soon see the Clan Weapon, but left without getting a clear answer about the timing.
• At the Ironclad Bulwark, Tang Yetian, Song Mo, and Qiu Lan congratulated Li Qingshan on becoming the Formless Grand General and eagerly sought frontline duty.
• Li Qingshan assigned Tang Yetian, Song Mo, and Qiu Lan to coordinate the Star Forger Envoys and Light Chasing Legion in construction across the rear of No. 269.

After destroying the Chaotic Star Sea, Li Qingshan reached the peak of the Outer Scene and began establishing his Dao in the Star Belt. As he formed the embryonic Cosmic Star River Dharma Aspect, he watched for the tribulation that would follow.

• Cao Ya introduced his grandfather, Cao Ding'an, to Li Qingshan, who handed Cao Ya a sealed cabinet and said he would establish his Dao.
• Li Qingshan's realm advanced to Outer Scene 100/100, and he sensed an opportunity to establish his Dao beneath the Star Belt.
• Li Qingshan spread his inner heaven and earth through the void, where an azure lotus bloomed and revealed a nebula filled with starlight.
• Cao Ya and Cao Ding'an recognized the nebula as an embryonic Dharma Aspect but could not discern its form.
• Li Qingshan drew on his principles and Star Origin Force to create stars in the nebular vortex, advancing the Star River Cosmos Sutra.
• When the ninth star rose, the void trembled as Li Qingshan waited for the tribulation of establishing his Dao.

Li Qingshan exchanged one million war merits for the Nine Refinements True Tribulation Solidification Sutra and discovered its standard version was packed with scientific theory, while its low-comprehension version relied on laboratory practice. After Ren Han called to ask whether he would cultivate the standard version, Li Qingshan declared himself a member of the practice school.

• Li Qingshan used his war merits to exchange for the Nine Refinements True Tribulation Solidification Sutra, which also granted him access to a fortress laboratory.
• Li Qingshan opened the technique and was overwhelmed by the scientific formulas and technical material in its standard version.
• Li Qingshan selected the low-comprehension version, which replaced theory with laboratory simulations and procedures for tempering his Dharma Form.
• Ren Han called Li Qingshan and assumed that a genius like him would choose the standard version rather than visit the laboratory.
• Li Qingshan reframed the distinction as theory versus practice, then told Ren Han that he belonged to the practice school.

The Azure Sky Society used the Azure Sky Proclamation and visions of disasters to rally the Myriad Realms for migration, while Li Qishan prepared to pierce the heavens with the Epoch Paragons. On the ninth day, their connection to the homeward path suddenly vanished.

• The Azure Sky Proclamation announced that the heavens would be pierced in ten days, stirring excitement and fear across the Myriad Realms.
• Azure Sky Society members showed the public visions of real disasters and Li Qishan and the executive directors fighting to protect worlds, strengthening support for the migration.
• Under Zhang Tinnan's coordination, the Azure Sky Society spent the following days gathering the people's conviction as preparations for migration continued.
• Li Qishan gave Xing Yun the final page of the Heavenly Book, and Xing Yun assured him that the Heaven Piercing Grand Formation would be ready on time.
• Li Qishan told the gathered Epoch Paragons that he would divide out a thousand worlds for them and asked them to help shatter the Azure Wave Myriad Realms once the outer starry realm's rules broke.
• Li Qishan and the Epoch Paragons sensed that their induction toward the homeward path had vanished.