Recaps

Jiang Fan killed the Golden Robe Woman and went to Chijin Star to investigate the Dark Abyss, where he discovered its members attacking a Void Echoer. The wounded Plain Robe Old Man sent an urgent plea for help to the Void Echoer Chat Group.

• The Golden Robe Woman told Jiang Fan that Chijin Civilization's rulers imprisoned children in Vine Houses to extract their Life Essence, and Jiang Fan suspected the Dark Abyss was behind it.
• Jiang Fan refused to spare the Golden Robe Woman for her attempted robbery and killed her, then vowed to destroy the Dark Abyss's stronghold and avenge his master.
• Jiang Fan reached Chijin Star and sensed activity by people from the Dark Abyss while searching the planet for Vine Houses.
• Five members of the Dark Abyss cornered the wounded Plain Robe Old Man, a Void Echoer, and demanded the Void Source Crystal he had found in the Ancient Ruins.
• The Plain Robe Old Man sent an urgent SOS with his location and condition to the Void Echoer Chat Group, alerting its members.

Star Sea Traveler was cornered by the Dark Abyss Shadow Kill Squad on Chijin Star while the Void Echoers struggled to arrange help. Just as the squad tried to kill him, Jiang Fan appeared and revealed that he had been searching for the Dark Abyss.

• Dream Weaver contacted the Elder Council, but the distant Void Echoers could not reach Star Sea Traveler in time.
• Star Sea Traveler, bound and poisoned in the Flowing Sand Rock Wall Canyon, threatened the Dark Abyss as its members prepared to kill him and take his Void Source Crystal.
• The squad's attack stopped at an invisible barrier and vanished before it could strike Star Sea Traveler.
• Jiang Fan appeared at the canyon entrance and refused the old woman's request to let the squad settle its grudge.
• Jiang Fan said he had been looking for the Dark Abyss and reminded the squad that he had defeated its forces in Tianshu City a year earlier.

Jiang Fan effortlessly suppressed and killed five Dark Abyss assassins who had targeted the Star Sea Traveler, revealing strength far beyond their expectations. The Star Sea Traveler was left stunned and worried that Dark Abyss would seek revenge.

• The Dark Abyss Five recognized Jiang Fan as the Mysterious Youth who had destroyed the Situ, Nangong, and Huangfu clans and attacked him together.
• Jiang Fan crushed their combined assault with a single gesture and pinned all five to the ground.
• The Dark Abyss Five begged Jiang Fan to spare them and invoked an agreement between Dark Abyss and the Void Echoer.
• Jiang Fan refused, pointed out that they had ignored the agreement when attacking the Star Sea Traveler, and killed all five with one strike.
• Jiang Fan burned the bodies away with Golden Flame, leaving the Star Sea Traveler stunned by his power and decisiveness.

Jiang Fan rescued the Star Sea Traveler from the Dark Abyss Shadow Kill Squad and revealed that he was the Void Echoers’ member known as “Mortal.” While the Star Sea Traveler recovered, Jiang Fan discovered a hidden Blood Vine Base imprisoning children and harvesting their Life Origin. Elder Tang arrived and learned that Jiang Fan had already dealt with the attackers.

• Jiang Fan told the Star Sea Traveler that he had come after seeing the distress signal and revealed his code name was “Mortal.”
• The Star Sea Traveler recognized Mortal as the newcomer who had joined the Void Echoers a year earlier and celebrated his strength.
• Jiang Fan protected the Star Sea Traveler as he broke free of the Shadow Bind Chain and expelled the Soul Erosion Poison.
• Jiang Fan searched Chijin Star and found a hidden Vine House where Blood Vines drained the Life Origin of thousands of imprisoned children.
• Elder Tang arrived through a spatial gate, saw Jiang Fan beside the recovering Star Sea Traveler, and asked what had happened to the Dark Abyss attackers.

Jiang Fan told Elder Tang and Star Sea Traveler that he had killed the Dark Abyss Shadow Kill Squad, raising fears that their deaths would spark an unprecedented conflict between the Dark Abyss and the Void Echoers. As Elder Tang prepared to consult the Elder Council, Jiang Fan calmly acknowledged their concerns about the incident becoming impossible to settle peacefully.

• Jiang Fan revealed that he had killed the five members of the Dark Abyss Shadow Kill Squad, who had ambushed Star Sea Traveler over the Tianshu City Incident.
• Elder Tang warned that destroying the corpses would not hide the killings because the Dark Abyss's higher-ups already knew about the ambush.
• Star Sea Traveler agreed that the squad's disappearance could trigger unprecedented turmoil and offered to take responsibility alone.
• Elder Tang rejected Star Sea Traveler's offer and said the Void Echoers would not sacrifice him for a compromise, then planned to consult the Elder Council.
• Jiang Fan told Elder Tang and Star Sea Traveler that he understood their fear of leaving the Dark Abyss grounds to escalate the matter.

Elder Tang told Star Sea Traveler to conceal Jiang Fan’s identity while the Elder Council considered how to deal with the Dark Abyss. Star Sea Traveler reassured the Void Echoer group that he had escaped, leaving them to believe a mysterious expert and Elder Tang had saved him.

• Elder Tang told Star Sea Traveler to say that an unnamed powerful expert had helped him and not reveal Jiang Fan’s identity.
• Void Echoer members anxiously asked about Star Sea Traveler’s fate while Dream Weaver reported Elder Tang’s plans to intervene and travel to Chijin Star.
• Star Sea Traveler appeared in the group and announced that he had escaped danger.
• Star Sea Traveler credited an unnamed expert and Elder Tang with saving him, and the group celebrated his escape and called for the Dark Abyss to pay.

After Jiang Fan refused to hide from the Dark Abyss, the organization declared full-scale war on Void Echoer, blaming the whole group for his actions and other incidents. Elder Tang summoned Jiang Fan and Star Sea Traveler to an emergency meeting in the Void Corridor.

• Jiang Fan told Star Sea Traveler he should keep his distance, but Star Sea Traveler insisted that Void Echoer would not abandon its members and urged him to trust Elder Tang.
• Jiang Fan refused to lie low on Chijin Star and vowed to face the Dark Abyss, demanding answers about its use of children's Life Origin to sustain Poisonous Vine.
• Star Sea Traveler warned Jiang Fan that the Dark Abyss had powerful, long-lived experts and that Void Echoer was outnumbered.
• Star Sea Traveler saw the Dark Abyss's declaration of war in the Chat Group, threatening to kill Void Echoers and their allies until one side was annihilated.
• Void Echoer members denounced the declaration in the Chat Group, while Star Sea Traveler and Jiang Fan realized the conflict had spread beyond Jiang Fan alone.
• Elder Tang told Jiang Fan and Star Sea Traveler that the Elder Council was convening an emergency meeting and summoned them to the Void Corridor.

Jiang Fan and Star Sea Traveler reached the Void Corridor after Dark Abyss declared war, where Elder Tang explained that the Void Echoers were gathering to prepare defenses and await the Grand Elder’s decision. Half a day later, the Void Echoers accepted Dark Abyss’s challenge.

• Jiang Fan and Star Sea Traveler traveled to the Void Corridor after Elder Tang urgently summoned them.
• Thunderous Wrath welcomed Star Sea Traveler and learned that Jiang Fan, known as Mortal, had saved his life.
• Jiang Fan asked Elder Tang whether the Void Echoers planned to fight, and Elder Tang said they were awaiting the Grand Elder’s decision while preparing their base defenses.
• A message in the Void Caller Chat Group announced that the Void Echoers had accepted the challenge.

The Void Echoer gathered for a prewar meeting after Dark Abyss declared war, and the Grand Elder explained how Mortal’s actions had driven the conflict to this point. He revealed that Mortal was Jiang Fan, leaving the assembled members staring at him in surprise.

• The Elder Council called Void Echoer members to assemble at the Void Corridor and announced that the organization would fight Dark Abyss with full force.
• At the prewar meeting, the Grand Elder traced the conflict to Mortal protecting the mysterious youth who had destroyed Tianshu City’s three major forces and joining Void Echoer.
• The Grand Elder explained that Dark Abyss had ambushed Void Echoer members, including Mountain and Star Sea Traveler, and that Mortal had killed the Shadow Kill Squad while rescuing Star Sea Traveler.
• The Grand Elder said Mortal had destroyed Dark Abyss’s Blood Vine Base on Chijin Star and killed seven members, including Ke Laoguai, prompting Dark Abyss to declare war.
• The Grand Elder asked Mortal to speak, and the members realized that Mortal was Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan was revealed to the Void Echoers as the young expert known as Mortal, whose exploits had already surpassed many of them. The Grand Elder announced that the conflict with Dark Abyss would be settled by an elite team battle in the Star Fiend Maze, but he had not yet explained what defeat would mean.

• The Void Echoers were astonished to learn that Jiang Fan was Mortal, and they praised Elder Tang for protecting and recruiting him.
• Huai Zhen realized that his disciple Jiang Fan had secretly caused the turmoil in Tianshu City and had grown stronger than himself.
• Jiang Fan confirmed that the Grand Elder’s account of his actions was true.
• The Grand Elder explained that he and the Abyss Master had agreed to settle the conflict without an all-out war.
• The Grand Elder said each side would send ten members into Shattered Star Canyon to seize the Star River Fragment, with victory bringing Dark Abyss’s admissions and reforms; the chapter ended as he began to explain the consequences of losing.

The Grand Elder explained why the Void Echoers had accepted Dark Abyss’s wager and asked Jiang Fan to bear the pressure as a key stake in the team battle. The chapter ended with the Void Echoers preparing to travel to the Star Fiend Maze, where the Grand Elder would announce the team roster.

• The Void Echoers protested the wager’s conditions, but the Grand Elder argued that it would limit the harm of an all-out war and keep their focus on exploring beyond the Milky Way.
• The Grand Elder asked Jiang Fan whether he resented being made a key stake, and Jiang Fan accepted responsibility for the conflict and promised to fight with all his strength.
• The Grand Elder praised Jiang Fan and promised him a place on the next core-region Milky Way exploration mission if the Void Echoers won.
• The Grand Elder ended the meeting and ordered everyone to gather at Starfall Terrace at dawn to teleport to the Star Fiend Maze, where he would announce the ten-person roster.

Jiang Fan reunited with his master Huai Zhen after the elders praised and welcomed him for his achievements. The crowd discovered that the celebrated Mortal Fellow Daoist was Huai Zhen’s disciple and stared at their connection in shock.

• Thunderous Wrath praised Jiang Fan for defeating the Three Great Families of Tianshu City and the Dark Abyss forces.
• Dawn, Ancient Ruin Excavator, Dream Weaver, and other powerful figures surrounded Jiang Fan and tried to befriend him.
• Huai Zhen watched Jiang Fan from outside the crowd, feeling proud of his disciple’s achievements.
• Jiang Fan reached Huai Zhen and apologized for being delayed, then called him Master.
• The hall fell silent as Thunderous Wrath, Star Sea Traveler, and the others realized that Huai Zhen was Jiang Fan’s master.

Jiang Fan reassured Huai Zhen that he could face Dark Abyss, revealing that five Level 17 Shadow Kill Squad members had failed to withstand a single exchange with him. The team entered the Star Fiend Maze for the battle, where the immense and dangerous ruins immediately unsettled them.

• Huai Zhen warned Jiang Fan that Dark Abyss would use every means to win the team battle at Shattered Star Canyon and offered to fight alongside him.
• Jiang Fan released a powerful surge of vitality and told Huai Zhen that five Level 17 Shadow Kill Squad members had not lasted a single exchange against him.
• Huai Zhen realized Jiang Fan could crush the squad and felt confident that his disciple could protect himself in the coming battle.
• The Grand Elder opened a teleportation gate from Starfall Terrace and led the team toward the Star Fiend Maze.
• Jiang Fan and the others arrived in the vast Shattered Star Canyon and saw the dangerous ruins they would have to navigate as well as face Dark Abyss.

The Void Echoer team prepared for a battle against Dark Abyss at Shattered Star Canyon, but the Abyss Master offered Jiang Fan a chance to defect before the fighting began. Jiang Fan faced the ultimatum as both sides gathered, with the Abyss Master warning that he would be destroyed if he refused.

• Grand Elder Chen Qingshan selected Jiang Fan and nine other elites, emphasizing that their teamwork would be crucial to obtaining Star River Fragments.
• The Abyss Master arrived with Dark Abyss elders, and Chen Qingshan rebuked one elder before confronting the leader.
• The Abyss Master recognized Jiang Fan as Mortal and offered him Dark Abyss’s resources and power if he joined them, promising to cancel the battle.
• When Void Echoer members protested, the Abyss Master suppressed them with dark pressure, but Chen Qingshan countered and accused him of breaking their agreement.
• The Abyss Master withdrew his pressure and warned Jiang Fan that refusing to join would lead to his destruction, leaving Jiang Fan to answer.

Jiang Fan and the Void Echoer’s team entered Shattered Star Canyon to retrieve the Star River Fragment in a deadly contest against the Dark Abyss. Swept into a chaotic region where perception failed, the team overcame spatial hazards but could not determine which way to go.

• Chen Qingshan announced the team battle’s rules: each side sent ten fighters to seize the Star River Fragment, and death was permitted.
• Jiang Fan and the nine other Void Echoer fighters entered Shattered Star Canyon as the Dark Abyss team followed.
• The Abyss Master warned Chen Qingshan that the contest could bury the Void Echoer’s core seeds, but Chen stood by his convictions.
• Spatial turbulence swept Jiang Fan’s team into a dark region with chaotic gravity and blocked perception, and Jiang Fan used his Gravity Field to steady the group.
• Void Ranger smoothed the unstable Spatial Rifts long enough for the team to pass through them.
• Rock, Dream Weaver, and Thunderous Wrath discussed how to locate the Star River Fragment, but the group had no way to determine its direction.

Dream Weaver inferred the Star River Fragment’s direction, and the Void Echoer team followed the trail into a Space Fold. They reunited in a void-like region, where Space Devourers attacked and Dream Weaver suspected the Dark Abyss had set a trap.

• Dream Weaver traced the floating rocks’ vibrations to infer the Star River Fragment’s general direction.
• The team advanced through the canyon, but a Space Fold pulled Rock into the mist, and Thunderous Wrath rushed in after him.
• Rock urged the others to enter together, and the team emerged in a void-like region with all members accounted for.
• Spatial structures writhed, revealing Space Devourers, which Dream Weaver recognized as evidence of a likely Dark Abyss trap.
• Rock ordered the team to focus on escaping the Space Devourers, and one of the creatures’ tentacles wrapped around Thunderous Wrath.

Jiang Fan rescued the group from the Space Devourers with a spatial black hole and led them to the Star River Fragment. As Thunderous Wrath moved to claim it, an eerie voice revealed that someone had been waiting for them.

• Thunderous Wrath and the others failed to escape the Space Devourers’ tentacles, but Jiang Fan used Spatial Collapse—Point Break to free Thunderous Wrath.
• Jiang Fan compressed space into a black hole that swallowed the Space Devourers and nearby Space Folds, astonishing the group.
• Jiang Fan explained that he had discovered the spatial ability while cultivating and reflected that the black hole had consumed most of the Space Devourers’ Life Energy.
• Dream Weaver guided the group through another day of obstacles to a vast lake, where they found the Star River Fragment suspended at its center.
• Thunderous Wrath stepped toward the Star River Fragment, but an eerie voice said it had been waiting for them.

Chi Ya and Dark Abyss revealed that they had taken the Star River Fragment and deliberately waited for Jiang Fan and the others. They explained how they had used Space Devourers to hinder the group, then prepared to confront them.

• Chi Ya appeared with the Star River Fragment while Dark Abyss members surrounded Jiang Fan and the others.
• Rock recognized Chi Ya as Dark Abyss's team battle commander and questioned why he had waited instead of leaving with the fragment.
• Chi Ya said he had waited to make the contest more interesting and to eliminate the group, especially Jiang Fan.
• Thunderous Wrath accused Dark Abyss of cheating by bringing Space Devourers into Shattered Star Canyon.
• A black-robed man claimed the Space Devourers were resources placed inside the ruins in advance and said Dark Abyss had only used a trick to draw them closer.
• Dream Weaver condemned Dark Abyss for its despicable methods.

Jiang Fan broke Dark Abyss’s killing formation, killed several of its members, and drove the survivors to flee with the Star River Fragment. He pursued them into the canyon but lost track of them, suspecting they had a special formation or item that concealed them.

• Thunderous Wrath, Dream Weaver, Rock, and the other Void Echoer members despaired as Dark Abyss prepared to kill them and wage war against their group.
• Jiang Fan revealed he was unharmed by the killing formation and collapsed its core with a wave of his hand.
• Jiang Fan killed several Dark Abyss members, while Chi Ya fled with the Star River Fragment and ordered the survivors to run.
• Rock and the others stayed behind to recover as Jiang Fan pursued the fleeing Dark Abyss members into the canyon.
• Jiang Fan failed to detect the fugitives and wondered whether they used a special formation or item to hide themselves.

Jiang Fan decided to guard Shattered Star Canyon’s exit rather than chase the Dark Abyss team, while the two factions waited anxiously outside. His arrival alive surprised both sides, and the chapter ended with him stopping just short of the exit.

• Jiang Fan reasoned that the Dark Abyss team would eventually bring the Star River Fragment to the canyon exit, so he raced there to intercept them.
• Outside the canyon, the Abyss Master taunted Grand Elder Chen Qingshan and hinted that Dark Abyss had cheated in the team battle.
• Jiang Fan emerged unharmed, prompting the Void Echoers to cheer and the Abyss Master to question how he had survived.
• The Abyss Master saw that Jiang Fan carried no fragment and mocked the Void Echoers, while Chen Qingshan worried about the missing team members.
• The Abyss Master prevented Chen Qingshan from questioning Jiang Fan under the team battle rules, then noticed Jiang Fan had stopped just short of the canyon exit.

Jiang Fan waited at the canyon entrance to intercept Dark Abyss after they obtained the Star River Fragment. When Chi Ya and four other wounded fighters emerged with it, Jiang Fan shattered their combined attack with a single finger, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Huai Zhen realized Jiang Fan was waiting at the boundary to intercept Dark Abyss and seize the fragment.
• Chi Ya and four other battered Dark Abyss members emerged from the energy zone carrying the Star River Fragment, prompting their camp to celebrate.
• The Dark Abyss fighters recoiled in terror at the sight of Jiang Fan, while the Abyss Master urged Chi Ya to bring the fragment out.
• Jiang Fan challenged Chi Ya to fight within the field, and Chen Qingshan warned Dark Abyss not to violate the rules.
• Chi Ya ordered the four fighters to attack Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan shattered their combined assault with a casual flick and sent all five flying.

Jiang Fan rejected the Abyss Master's offer to become Vice Abyss Master and killed Chi Ya and four Dark Abyss elites, claiming the Star River Fragment for the Void Echoers. As the Void Echoers celebrated their victory, the Abyss Master launched a sudden attack on Jiang Fan at the canyon exit.

• The Abyss Master offered Jiang Fan the position of Vice Abyss Master and promised him resources and methods to extend his life and break through higher levels.
• Chen Qingshan accused the Abyss Master of violating their agreement by interfering in the team battle, but the Abyss Master continued urging Jiang Fan to join the Dark Abyss.
• Jiang Fan approached Chi Ya and the four elites, refused to spare them, and killed all five with quick strikes.
• Jiang Fan claimed the Star River Fragment as the Void Echoers cheered their victory over the Dark Abyss.
• As Jiang Fan prepared to leave the canyon, the Abyss Master attacked him with a giant palm of dark energy.

The Abyss Master attacked Jiang Fan to stop him from leaving the canyon with the Star River Fragment, but Jiang Fan survived and challenged him to a fight. After storing the fragment in the Bead Space, Jiang Fan charged toward the Abyss Master.

• The Abyss Master struck Jiang Fan with a powerful palm, breaking through his Protective Aura and sending him flying while Chen Qingshan tried to stop the attack.
• Chen Qingshan attacked the Abyss Master with a greatsword, but the Abyss Master blocked it and openly declared that he would break the rules to protect the Dark Abyss.
• Jiang Fan walked out of the canyon wounded and told Chen Qingshan to let him handle the Abyss Master.
• Jiang Fan unleashed his Gravity Domain and challenged the Abyss Master despite Chen Qingshan's warning that he was no match for the Level 19 powerhouse.
• The Abyss Master offered to leave Jiang Fan alone if Jiang Fan won, but Jiang Fan refused to trust him, stored the Star River Fragment in the Bead Space, and charged at him.

Jiang Fan fought the Abyss Master at the edge of the Star Fiend Maze, using his strength and a prepared Gravity Field to counter the Abyss Master's attacks. After the Abyss Master relied on a formation to withstand Jiang Fan's punches, he dropped it and launched a surprise attack, but Jiang Fan escaped with his Spatial Ability.

• Jiang Fan shattered the Abyss Master's black-energy dragon with a punch, shocking the onlookers and revealing his formidable strength.
• Jiang Fan used a prepared Gravity Field to slow and destroy the Abyss Master's Shadow Blades and corrosive mist.
• Jiang Fan repeatedly struck the Abyss Master's defensive formation, but failed to break it despite attacking for nearly an hour.
• The Abyss Master admitted to himself that Jiang Fan might be stronger in raw power and had used the formation to drain his strength.
• The Abyss Master dispelled the formation and vanished into darkness, then attacked Jiang Fan with Dark Silk Webs from several directions.
• Jiang Fan sensed the danger and used his Spatial Ability to escape through the gaps in the webs.

Jiang Fan used Myriad Manifestation and his three domains to overpower the Abyss Master with a compressed-space attack that devastated Shattered Star Canyon. The Abyss Master escaped while badly injured, and Jiang Fan turned his attention to the remaining Dark Abyss members.

• Jiang Fan summoned countless Mental Manifestation avatars with Myriad Manifestation, leaving the black web without a clear target.
• The Abyss Master unleashed Eternal Night Cage and dark ropes, binding some avatars and hurting Jiang Fan through their connection.
• Jiang Fan layered the Time Field over his other domains, compressed space into a black sphere, and sent it crashing into the Abyss Master.
• The explosion shattered space throughout Shattered Star Canyon, but the badly injured Abyss Master later appeared and escaped when Jiang Fan tried to strike him.
• Jiang Fan ordered the cowering Dark Abyss members to stop as they prepared to flee.