Chapter Summaries

The narrator paid Great Cosmic Heaven Yingshi five million Star Coins to assemble an escort team and take him toward the Shattered Constellation. The team entered the Phosphorescent Constellation, where phosphorescent fire began scorching the narrator’s protective spiritual energy.

• The narrator bought a route to the Shattered Constellation from Yingshi, then paid five million Star Coins to hire three Great Cosmic Heavens for the journey.
• Yingshi, Xia Ye, and Yingluan joined the narrator and traveled with him aboard a Minor Vehicle Star Ferry.
• The team entered the Phosphorescent Constellation through stellar alignment in the Small Forbidden Vault.
• The narrator was startled as the constellation’s phosphorescent light ignited against him and scorched his spiritual energy.
• Yingluan explained that Firebearer had once burned the constellation to suppress the Child Spirit, and that Great Origin Heaven Star Masters could not endure the light for long.

Xia Ye questioned Ying Shi and Ying Luan about Great Luotian Who Raised the Torch and learned that Star God Heaven faced a recurring calamity that nearly wiped out its Star Controllers. After Xiu Hui revealed himself as Ming Tian Longzhao, or Dragon Ancestor, he killed Ying Shi and Ying Luan and forced Xia Ye to return to the Minor Ascension Star Ferry.

• Xia Ye asked Ying Luan and Ying Shi about Who Raised the Torch, and Ying Shi said the Star Controller had been notoriously fierce.
• Ying Luan and Ying Shi explained that Star God Heaven suffered a calamity roughly every hundred years, leaving fewer than one in ten Star Controllers alive.
• Ying Shi and Ying Luan inferred from Xia Ye's Star Coins and mention of Star Ancestor that he had a powerful background.
• Xiu Hui laughed and revealed that he was Ming Tian Longzhao, the Dragon Ancestor, and said Star Ancestor had sent Xia Ye to the Phosphorescent Constellation.
• Ming Tian Longzhao pierced Ying Shi and Ying Luan through their crowns as Xia Ye fled into the Starry Sky Sea of Mists.
• Ming Tian Longzhao threatened to have Xia Ye hunted as an accomplice of Child Spirit, so Xia Ye returned to the Minor Ascension Star Ferry.

The Dragon Ancestor confronted me about my travels and revealed that Great Luotians had been monitoring and interfering with my karma. He pressed me about the Spark Ignition Star Marrow and Yun Heng, then noticed I seemed unafraid of having my consciousness read.

• The Dragon Ancestor accused me of acting under Star Ancestor’s influence, and I denied that Star Ancestor had ordered my journeys.
• The Dragon Ancestor said at least three Great Luotians had been tracking and interfering with my karma, and implied he could hide my actions if I cooperated.
• The Dragon Ancestor asked whether I had inherited the Spark Ignition Star Marrow after entering the Shattered Star Constellation.
• The Dragon Ancestor revealed that he had deciphered the Star Marrow and made Yun Heng his disciple after saving her.
• I thanked the Dragon Ancestor for saving Yun Heng while privately considering the risks of his suspicions.
• The Dragon Ancestor suggested that I wanted him to read my consciousness so I could turn him into a puppet.

The narrator negotiated with Dragon Ancestor, who wanted him to trigger a calamity in Star God Heaven and draw the Great Luotians’ attention in exchange for protection and a chance to obtain the Heavenly Marrow. Dragon Ancestor abruptly departed, leaving Xiuhui, Ying Shi, and Ying Luan confused, while the narrator claimed the ancestor had intervened and decided to use the Great Luotians in return.

• Dragon Ancestor deduced that the narrator had an unusual origin and asked him to set off a calamity in Star God Heaven as the century calamity approached.
• The narrator agreed to draw the Great Luotians’ attention after Dragon Ancestor promised to conceal the Heavenly Marrow and keep the other Great Luotians at bay.
• Before Dragon Ancestor could finish speaking, his possession of Xiuhui went limp, and Ying Shi and Ying Luan awoke with no clear memory of what had happened.
• Xiuhui regained consciousness and wondered whether he had entered an illusory region, while the narrator said Dragon Ancestor had intervened.
• Ying Shi, Ying Luan, and Xiuhui bowed and accepted the narrator’s explanation, and he resolved to use the Great Luotians as they were using him.

Xia Ye entered the Soul-Shocking Sea to reach the Shattered Constellation, using gifts from Ying Shi and Xiuhui to protect himself and mark his route. When Ying Luan and two others appeared and offered to accompany him, he suspected a trap, vanished into Starry Heaven Mist Sea, and overheard them explain that a Venerable Seat had ordered them to protect him.

• Ying Luan and the others gave Xia Ye supplies and advice before he entered the Soul-Shocking Sea.
• Xia Ye flew into the fiery mist wearing Ying Shi's fire-warding garment and using a gemstone and star-guiding threads to guard his mind and mark his way back.
• The Soul-Shocking Sea caused Xia Ye to hear Ying Luan's voice and lose sight of the causal and karmic opportunity threads until he tapped the gemstone.
• Ying Luan and two others appeared and claimed they had decided to accompany Xia Ye to the Shattered Constellation, but Xia Ye refused to trust them and disappeared into Starry Heaven Mist Sea.
• Ying Luan and the others revealed that a Venerable Seat had intercepted them and ordered them to protect Xia Ye until he returned to the Sea of Heavenly Illumination.

Xia Ye discovered that the Child Spirit of the Phosphorescent Constellation could lead them to the Shattered Star Constellation, and he and the three Great Cosmic Heavens opened a path for it. As the Child Spirit grew stronger and surged northwest, Ying Shi and Xiu Hui prioritized reaching their destination, leaving Xia Ye wary of their intentions.

• After the three Great Cosmic Heavens vanished, Xia Ye realized the Soul-Shocking Sea might be part of the Child Spirit's body and revealed himself to Xiu Hui.
• Xia Ye used Star Annihilation Art to extinguish the phosphorous flames in an area, exposing the Child Spirit's tiny blue lights.
• Xia Ye explained that the Child Spirit might find the entrance to the Shattered Star Constellation if they opened paths for it, and Xiu Hui contacted Ying Shi and Ying Luan.
• The four Great Cosmic Heavens cleared paths in every direction, and the Child Spirit chose the northwest route and began surging toward the Shattered Star Constellation.
• As the Child Spirit gathered strength, Ying Luan and Ying Shi worried it would become impossible to suppress, but Xiu Hui and Ying Shi pressed on toward the Shattered Star Constellation.
• Xia Ye grew suspicious of Ying Shi and the others after they returned and agreed to continue.

The group fought a newly born blue Child Spirit, then persuaded it to guide them toward the Shattered Constellation and Da Chuling. The Child Spirit opened an entrance beyond a vast pool of phosphor fire and invited them inside.

• The blue Child Spirit learned to speak, fled from the group, and led Xiuhui and the others in circles while gathering strength.
• Yingshi and Yingluan attacked the Child Spirit, but it repeatedly retreated and absorbed strength from the surrounding phosphor fire.
• The narrator offered to spare the Child Spirit if it revealed the way to the Shattered Constellation, and it pointed toward a fierce phosphor-fire region.
• The Child Spirit led the group to a deep phosphor-fire pool, where it grew into a giant fire giant.
• The narrator deduced that the entrance lay beyond the pool, and the fire giant opened it and gestured for the group to enter.

The narrator and three Venerables crossed the Soul-Shocking Sea and entered the shattered Great Forbidden Repository, where the Heavenly Dao was said to repeatedly rebuild and collapse. After Xiu Hui stayed behind, the narrator and Ying Shi and Ying Luan explored a continent where signs of life emerged, leaving them to face a strange cry from an unseen creature.

• Xiu Hui shielded the group from the phosphorus fire and led them through the Soul-Shocking Sea to the shattered stars of the Great Forbidden Repository.
• The narrator proposed that Xiu Hui stay behind while Ying Shi and Ying Luan accompanied him to search for the Heavenly Marrow, and the group agreed.
• The narrator, Ying Shi, and Ying Luan traveled by Lesser Ascension Star Ferry toward the nearest large continent, where life began appearing amid scorched, barren land.
• The narrator speculated that a living Da Chuling might sustain the continent's living ground, unsettling Ying Shi and Ying Luan.
• A sharp, unfamiliar cry sounded in the distance and drew everyone's attention.

The narrator and Ying Shi and Ying Luan fought a powerful star ape in the Starry Sky Mist Sea. After the wounded ape spoke in the language of the Star God Heaven, Ying Luan struck it down, and she asked whether Ying Shi had recognized that it was once a Great Cosmic Heaven.

• The narrator hurried with Ying Shi and Ying Luan toward a cry, where a star ape attacked and damaged the siblings’ star artifacts.
• Ying Shi and Ying Luan used their Star God Seats and star arts to trap and strike the ape, while it unleashed hundreds of beams and obscuring water vapor.
• The ape fooled Ying Shi with an illusion, but Ying Luan’s second formation strike smashed it into the ground and gravely wounded it.
• Ying Shi restrained the fleeing ape with a shield, and it made a sound in the language of the Star God Heaven.
• Ying Luan ignored the ape’s speech and destroyed it with a third strike, then asked Ying Shi whether it had once been a Great Cosmic Heaven.

Xia Ye searched with Ying Shi and Ying Luan for the hidden treasury tied to Ju Huo while concealing his own strength. After offering the siblings fifteen million points, he got them to agree to reveal which Great Luotian they feared, but their answer remained unresolved.

• Ying Shi destroyed the Child Spirit's remains, and Ying Luan explained how close the group had come to losing the fight.
• Xia Ye used Ju Huo's memories and karmic traces to search for the hidden treasury, while Ying Shi complained that they seemed to be going in circles.
• Ying Shi and Ying Luan debated the danger of revealing the identity of the person connected to Xiu Hui, but they were tempted by Xia Ye's offer.
• Xia Ye raised his offer to fifteen million points, and Ying Shi agreed despite Ying Luan's warning.
• Xia Ye transferred the points and entered the Starry-Heaven Mist Sea state; Ying Luan then demanded that he accept the deal, while Xia Ye challenged the siblings to try withholding the name.

The narrator followed clues to the Heavenly Dao Marrow through a dark ravine and into the body of a Great Da Chuling. He found the enormous blood tumor where the marrow had been absorbed.

• Ying Luan and Ying Shi left after the narrator gave them points, and he concluded that Star Ancestor had most likely ordered them to watch him.
• The narrator entered the ravine, where he found evidence that two continents had been joined together by living tissue.
• He discovered that the Great Da Chuling had absorbed the Heavenly Dao Marrow and plunged into its flesh to search for it.
• The narrator cut through the creature’s blood vessels, following the causal guidance of his deductions.
• He reached a huge blood tumor where the red threads gathered most densely and recognized it as his destination.

The narrator entered the Flame-Lifting Space and found Flame-Lifting’s hidden storehouse, where he claimed the Sky Marrow from a golden coral tree. Da Chuling attacked him, then realized the narrator’s weakness lay in his Star God Seat in the heavens and renewed its assault.

• The narrator escaped the tumor’s blood vines by entering the Flame-Lifting Space and used Flame-Lifting’s memories to access its hidden storage space.
• The narrator found Flame-Lifting’s hoard of heavenly treasures and shattered the golden coral tree, revealing the Sky Marrow.
• Da Chuling appeared and attacked the hidden space, demanding the Sky Marrow as the narrator seized it.
• The narrator briefly dropped the Starry Heaven Mist Sea to let the Sky Marrow enter his body, then restored the defense and thwarted Da Chuling’s attacks.
• Da Chuling noticed the strange starlight above the narrator and realized that the narrator’s weakness was in the heavens.

The narrator fled after Shattered Star Da Chuling shattered the Star God Seat and tried to seize the Heavenly Marrow. Da Chuling pursued and attacked again, while the narrator taunted him over the coming war and the danger to the Shattered Star Seat.

• Da Chuling crushed the narrator’s Star God Seat and pierced his body with black spikes, but the Heavenly Marrow’s threads remained unharmed.
• Da Chuling tried to crush the threads and then absorbed black threads to increase his power.
• The narrator rebuilt his body with the Heavenly Marrow, restored the Star Casket, and fled under the Starry Heaven Mist Sea.
• The narrator called out to Dragon Ancestor and Star Ancestor to provoke Da Chuling, who threatened to destroy the Vast Heaven Hall and reclaim his treasure.
• Da Chuling revived himself further and crushed the Star God Seat projection, but the narrator dodged his attack and taunted him about the coming war and Sky Grass’s revival.

The narrator confronted Shattered Star after claiming the Heavenly Dao Marrow, and persuaded it to let him leave by presenting himself as Juhuo seeking revenge on the Great Luotians. He escaped with Shattered Star’s agreement to wait for an opportunity, though he knew it could have trapped him for a hundred years.

• Shattered Star attacked the narrator with black spikes, but the Starry Mist Sea let him evade the destruction of his Star God Seat.
• The narrator suggested he was Juhuo returned to reclaim the Heavenly Dao Marrow and take revenge on the Great Luotians, causing Shattered Star to reconsider its hostility.
• The narrator threatened to join forces with the Great Luotians against Shattered Star if it refused to let him go.
• Shattered Star demanded a promise, then agreed to give the narrator an opportunity to take revenge, warning that it would kill him if he brought the Great Luotians against the Child Spirits.
• The narrator retreated through the black barriers and hurried away after Shattered Star disappeared.

The narrator used Heavenly Marrow to draw in power while avoiding detection by Star God Heaven's laws, then absorbed Torchbearer's Soul-Shocking Sea and learned how Torchbearer had arranged his rebirth through the flames. By the end, the narrator's Heavenly Marrow had transformed and gained the power to overwhelm any Great Cosmic Heaven.

• The narrator explained how Heavenly Marrow repelled Star God Heaven's laws and how the narrator secretly supplied it with power.
• The narrator returned to the Soul-Shocking Sea after Ying Shi and the other two Great Cosmic Heavens had left.
• The narrator absorbed Torchbearer's phosphorescence, causing the narrator's appearance to shift toward that of an ordinary human and pushing the elemental perpetual-motion machine to its limit.
• The narrator learned from Torchbearer's memories that Torchbearer had detonated himself to ignite the Phosphorescent Constellation and suppress its Child Spirit as part of a plan to be reborn through the flames.
• The narrator absorbed the entire Soul-Shocking Sea in less than half a day, and Torchbearer's power transformed the narrator's Heavenly Marrow into a force capable of crushing any Great Cosmic Heaven.

The narrator returned to Starshine Sea and learned that Tianlin and Diju had been injured in a fight after Jialan’s group demanded that Tian Zi and the others be brought back. With Tian Zi and the others still missing and the grand competition underway, the narrator headed to Great Cosmic Heaven Qungu’s hall to rescue Tianlin and Diju, where Ying Li confronted them.

• The narrator left Phosphorescent Seat and returned to Tianzhao Sea, then learned the grand competitions were underway and hurried back to Starshine Sea.
• At Cosmic Heaven Hall, the narrator learned that Tianlin and Diju had fought Jialan’s group, that Tianzhao and others were severely injured, and that Tian Zi and the others had not returned.
• The narrator learned that Tianlin and Diju had boarded a starship for Starshine Land and decided to go to Great Cosmic Heaven Qungu’s hall to rescue them.
• The narrator followed the karmic threads pointing toward Starshine Land and reached Great Cosmic Heaven Qungu’s Cosmic Heaven Hall several hours later.
• Ying Li came out to greet the narrator and accused them of visiting to disrupt her performance at the grand competition.

Xia Ye asked Qungu Great Cosmic Heaven to take him into her Cosmic Heaven Hall and let him compete on its behalf after he missed the starship to Starshine Land. He also learned that Tian Zi, Di Gou, and Yun Heng had crossed to another star sea, and Qungu promised to investigate their whereabouts.

• Xia Ye explained that he had missed the starship and asked Qungu Great Cosmic Heaven for help reaching Starshine Land.
• Qungu realized Xia Ye wanted to transfer to her Cosmic Heaven Hall and compete for it, and she agreed to apply for his transfer.
• Xia Ye asked about Tian Zi, Di Gou, and Yun Heng, and Ying Li revealed that they had left for another star sea.
• Qungu reasoned that the three must have had a compelling reason to make the costly journey, and promised to seek news of them through her colleagues.

Xia Ye asked Ying Li about the Great Luotian and the history of the World-Ending War of Star God Heaven. She left him with a rumor that Light Ancestor had once cut Star Ancestor’s body to pieces, weakening the Starshine Sea.

• Ying Li caught up with Xia Ye, and he persuaded her to call him brother and show him around the Cosmic Heaven Hall.
• Ying Li took Xia Ye to the Flying Radiance Platform, where he searched the Star Artifact Bureau for historical records.
• Xia Ye asked Ying Li about Great Luotian and the World-Ending War, hoping to learn about powers he might face.
• Ying Li said she had heard that Light Ancestor once hacked Star Ancestor’s body to pieces, reducing the Starshine Sea to a second-rate star sea.

The narrator realized Ming Chu's memories identified Tianzhao Sea as the source of the feeling of being watched, then bought Ying Li an expensive Star Marrow. As the starship departed for Starshine Land, Qungu questioned the gift and reminded the narrator of Star Marrow's effects.

• The narrator accessed Ming Chu's memories and recognized Tianzhao Sea as the place where someone had watched them.
• Ying Li asked whether the narrator and Tian Zi were a couple, then noticed the Star Marrow listings.
• The narrator bought Ying Li a Star Marrow worth thirty million star coins and arranged expedited delivery.
• Ying Li was stunned by the purchase as the starship prepared to launch from Cosmic Heaven Hall.
• Qungu asked why the narrator had bought Ying Li Star Marrow, and the narrator said it was repayment for a secret.
• Qungu reminded the narrator that Star Marrow affected a star controller's racial traits.

Xia Ye gave Ying Li a resplendent Star Marrow and distributed Star Marrows to the Grand Tournament participants to win their favor. Qungu rewarded him with the Myriad Stars Shadow Veil, and the group prepared to adapt to their Star Marrows under her guidance.

• Xia Ye delivered a resplendent Star Marrow to Ying Li, who was astonished by its value.
• Xia Ye gave Star Marrows of varying grades to the Grand Tournament participants, reserving first-grade ones for Qungu's top three direct disciples.
• Qungu praised Xia Ye's generosity and gave him her Cosmic Heaven-grade Star Artifact, the Myriad Stars Shadow Veil, which could conceal causality once the Star God Seat was activated.
• Qungu began supervising the Star Controllers as they prepared to adapt to their Star Marrows, while Ying Li stayed beside Xia Ye.
• Ying Li told Xia Ye that the others had planned to make trouble for him, and Xia Ye laughed that his gifts had won them over.