Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan tried to assassinate Li Yuntao outside Myriad Treasures Tower, but Li Yuntao escaped using a Soul Artifact and a Void Teleportation Talisman. Lu Chuan began searching for him while Li Yuntao landed far away, battered and furious, unaware of his attacker’s identity.

• Lu Chuan attacked Li Yuntao with the Mysterious Gate of the Female as Li Yuntao left Myriad Treasures Tower, but Li Yuntao’s Soul Artifact blocked the attack and his Void Teleportation Talisman carried him away.
• Lu Chuan killed Li Yuntao’s nearby lackeys with the Heart Burning Blade, then left to search Galaxy Star for Li Yuntao.
• Myriad Treasures Tower went on full alert, and Luo Peng feared Lu Chuan’s assassination attempt would implicate him.
• Li Yuntao emerged from a spatial rift ten million li away, having nearly died in the spatial turbulence and lost his Storage Treasure and several defensive treasures.
• Li Yuntao cursed his unknown attacker and worried that his losses would make him a target of ridicule among his rivals in the Li Family.

Lu Chuan secluded himself on Galaxy Star to refine his treasures and advance his Golden Core. After reaching the tenth revolution, his core transformed into purple-gold and its ten Dao Patterns merged into a mysterious Rune.

• Li Yuntao fled Galaxy Star while Lu Chuan searched for him, and Lu Chuan eventually gave up and entered a temporary cave dwelling.
• Lu Chuan swallowed the Five Elements Heaven Star Fruit and advanced his Golden Core to the sixth and then seventh revolution.
• Lu Chuan swallowed the medicinal pill, whose power tempered his Golden Core, body, and soul, and reached the eighth and then ninth revolution.
• Lu Chuan sensed that his Golden Core could advance beyond nine revolutions and directed more of the pill's power into tempering it.
• Lu Chuan completed the tenth revolution as his Golden Core turned purple-gold and its ten Dao Patterns merged into a mysterious Rune.

Lu Chuan used the pill’s remaining medicinal power and his Heaven and Earth Furnace to condense his Soul of Divine Ability, advancing to the early stage of the Spirit Infusion Realm. After cultivating the Son of Heaven’s Qi Observation Technique the next morning, he headed to the Teleportation Array to wait for the others to gather.

• Lu Chuan formed the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine the pill’s remaining power and transform his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Lu Chuan condensed the Soul of Divine Ability, and the resulting force destroyed his temporary cave abode and the surrounding area.
• Lu Chuan inspected his Attribute Panel and found that his cultivation, Spiritual Power, Blade Intent, Epoch, and physical strength had greatly increased.
• Lu Chuan considered the pill’s connection to Qi Refiners, Kunlun, and the Xuantian Seal, then set those questions aside and departed.
• The next morning, Lu Chuan absorbed the rising Purple Qi with the Son of Heaven’s Qi Observation Technique and went to the Teleportation Array to wait for the group to gather.

Lu Chuan arrived in Xuanhuang Universe Country and set out for Yunlan Star after learning that Xuanhuang Hall’s assessment would take place there. Xiao Yi discovered that the assessment was likely connected to a newly appeared Star Realm rich in resources and linked to multiple foreign-race territories.

• Lu Chuan traveled by Void Teleportation Array from Galaxy City to Xuanhuang Universe Country with several dozen other cultivators.
• Lin Dan invited Lu Chuan to travel with him to Yunlan Star, but Lu Chuan refused and departed alone aboard the Flying Cloud Boat.
• Lu Chuan ordered Xiao Yi to pilot the Flying Cloud Boat to Yunlan Star and retrieve information about the planet and Xuanhuang Hall’s assessment.
• Xiao Yi reported that the assessment likely involved a newly appeared Star Realm on Yunlan Star, which was rich in resources and connected to at least ten foreign-race territories.

Lu Chuan arrived on Yunlan Star, registered for Xuanhuang Hall’s examination, and headed toward the Newborn Star Realm. Li Yuntao learned he was there and planned to kill him once he entered the Star Realm.

• Lu Chuan learned that Xuanhuang Hall’s examination would help guard the resource-rich Newborn Star Realm and traveled to Yunlan Star.
• At Xuanhuang Hall’s registration pavilion in Tianyuan City, the Purple-clothed Woman registered Lu Chuan after checking his Xuanhuang Token and noted his exceptional cultivation.
• Lu Chuan left the pavilion and used Shrink Ground into Inches to head for the Star Realm’s entrance, hoping to enter as soon as the assessment began.
• Li Yuntao learned that Lu Chuan had arrived on Yunlan Star to take the examination and decided to wait until Lu Chuan entered the Star Realm before attacking him.

Lu Chuan received Xuanhuang Hall’s assessment instructions and traveled to the War Fortress, where Deacon Wan Sanqian warned the gathered candidates about the dangers of the newly opened Star Realm. Lu Chuan entered the fortress with the others, preparing to be sent into the Star Realm for the month-long assessment.

• Lu Chuan learned that the assessment required candidates to kill as many Foreign Race beings above Seventh Rank General-class as possible within one month.
• Lu Chuan used Shrink Ground into Inches to reach the War Fortress and found many powerful candidates gathered outside.
• Deacon Wan Sanqian announced the assessment and warned that even Transcendent Peak candidates could die in the Star Realm.
• No candidates withdrew, and Wan Sanqian opened the War Fortress gates for them to enter.
• Lu Chuan entered with the crowd and noted that Wan Sanqian’s strength surpassed the Transcendent Secret Realm.

Lu Chuan entered the Star Realm with the other assessors and learned that Li Yuntao had also come to take part in the assessment. After Lu Chuan headed into the wilderness alone, Li Yuntao sent his followers after him with a tracking treasure.

• Lu Chuan reached the sealed Star Realm passage, and his Spiritual Power was nearly shredded when he tried to probe the vortex beyond it.
• Lu Chuan crossed the passage and received secret information about the Star Realm from people stationed at the War Fortress.
• Tens of thousands of assessors left the fortress, and Lu Chuan chose to travel alone.
• Lu Chuan spotted Li Yuntao among a crowd of over a hundred people and received his threatening voice transmission.
• Lu Chuan left for the Vast Wilderness, and Li Yuntao ordered his followers to pursue him using a Compass that had locked onto Lu Chuan's aura.

Lu Chuan lured Li Yuntao and his followers into a Purple Bamboo Forest, sealed them inside a hundred-li region, and attacked with the Mysterious Gate of the Female. Li Yuntao and a Daoist survived the assault with protective treasures, and the Daoist’s Pagoda flew toward Lu Chuan.

• Lu Chuan slowed his journey to let Li Yuntao and his group catch up, then waited for them in a Purple Bamboo Forest.
• Li Yuntao arrived with a Daoist who had tracked Lu Chuan using his aura, and Lu Chuan taunted them from a thousand meters away.
• Lu Chuan activated a top-grade Sealing Treasure Talisman that isolated a hundred li of mountains and blocked escape by Void Teleportation Talisman.
• Lu Chuan pressed the group with spiritual force and unleashed the Mysterious Gate of the Female, trapping many followers in illusory reincarnations.
• Li Yuntao recognized Lu Chuan as his former assassin and used his Soul Artifact to resist, while the Daoist protected himself with a Pagoda.
• The Daoist sacrificed Essence Blood to empower the Pagoda, shattered Lu Chuan’s Mysterious Gate of the Female, and sent the Pagoda flying at him.

Lu Chuan overwhelmed Li Yuntao and his companions by using the Destruction Law in his attacks, then killed them all in the Purple Bamboo Forest. He gathered the items they left behind.

• Lu Chuan used a punch infused with Destruction Law to crack the Dao Robe youth’s Pagoda and injure him through its backlash.
• Lu Chuan unleashed the Po Jun Saber Art, killing Li Yuntao and the others with a devastating slash.
• The Dao-robed youth used a Jade Talisman and thunder power to break through the sealed space and try to escape.
• Lu Chuan struck the youth’s Sea of Consciousness with the Heart Burning Blade, interrupting his escape, then killed him with another saber strike.
• Lu Chuan summoned the belongings left by Li Yuntao and his companions.

Lu Chuan discovered that his Fragment had grown after devouring Li Yuntao’s Soul Artifact, then traveled toward the Star Realm’s central region to hunt Foreign Races and complete his assessment. He found two groups, from the Demon Race and Blood Race, confronting each other in a valley.

• Lu Chuan inventoried his spoils and found that the Fragment had devoured Li Yuntao’s Soul Artifact, grown by nearly one-tenth, and revealed that it could be repaired by consuming more Soul Artifacts.
• Lu Chuan stored the damaged treasure tower to repair it and give it to Lu Wangshu, then set out to complete his assessment by hunting Foreign Races.
• Lu Chuan traveled through the mountains for two days, killing more than ten thousand Fierce Beasts and collecting their corpses and other valuables.
• Lu Chuan entered the Star Realm’s central region and sensed two teams of about twenty members each, from the Demon Race and Blood Race, facing off in a valley.

Lu Chuan ambushed and killed two Foreign Race squads guarding a rare fruit tree, then claimed all seven Crimson Flame Golden Jade Fruits. He left the valley with the fruits and the squads’ spoils of war.

• Lu Chuan spotted seven Crimson Flame Golden Jade Fruits and decided to take them and kill the more than forty Foreign Races guarding them.
• Lu Chuan sealed the valley with Eight Trigrams of Heaven and Earth and Heaven Sealing Seal, trapping the Demon Race and Blood Race squads.
• A Demon Race expert’s attack failed, and Lu Chuan used Mysterious Gate of the Female to suppress the survivors’ minds before the formation killed them.
• Lu Chuan picked all seven fruits, and the tree withered after yielding its only harvest.
• Lu Chuan turned his attention to collecting the Foreign Races’ spoils of war.

Lu Chuan attacked the Foreign Races gathered at the Oasis to eliminate his rivals before the vortex stabilized. He overwhelmed their forces, but the chapter ended with his Soul Artifact-enhanced Heart Burning Blade striking Mo Ye Tu.

• Lu Chuan unleashed the Mysterious Gate of the Female across the Oasis, drawing many Foreign Races into illusory worlds while sparing the Human Race camp.
• Foreign Race fighters broke free and charged Lu Chuan, while the Human Race camp reacted with shock, skepticism, and jealousy.
• Lu Chuan used Heart Burning Blade and Eight Trigrams of Heaven and Earth to kill many attackers and block their assaults.
• Mo Ye Tu resisted Lu Chuan's mental attacks and launched a blood-colored war spear that shattered the sky.
• Lu Chuan fused a Soul Artifact fragment into another Heart Burning Blade, tore apart Mo Ye Tu's spear and blood defense, and pierced his Sea of Consciousness.

Lu Chuan killed Mo Ye Tu and the Foreign Races in the Oasis, then gathered their spoils while the vortex at its center gradually stabilized. He prepared to enter it first, holding back everyone approaching the Oasis.

• Lu Chuan used the Soul Artifact Fragment to pierce Mo Ye Tu's Sea of Consciousness and kill him in a single strike.
• The Foreign Races fled, but Lu Chuan unleashed Heart Burning Blade and killed them across the Oasis.
• The Human Race camp withdrew in fear as Lu Chuan collected the Foreign Races' Demon Cores, Crystal Cores, treasures, and weapons.
• Lu Chuan sensed the vortex becoming stable and judged that he could attempt to pass through it within an hour.
• Lu Chuan stood above the vortex with Eight Trigrams of Heaven and Earth blocking its devouring force, keeping the approaching races and Fierce Beasts at bay.

Lu Chuan sensed that the Spiritual Energy Vortex had weakened enough for his Spiritual Power to reach the broken city beyond it, so he forced his way through before it fully stabilized. The gathered races rushed toward the oasis after seeing him enter, but a Fierce Beast was torn apart by the vortex, leaving everyone afraid to follow.

• Lu Chuan monitored the gathered races while waiting for the Spiritual Energy Vortex to weaken.
• Lu Chuan sent his Spiritual Power through the vortex and glimpsed part of a broken city beyond it.
• Lu Chuan plunged into the vortex and forced his way into the space behind it.
• The gathered outsiders and Fierce Beasts rushed toward the oasis after Lu Chuan entered.
• A peak General-class Fierce Beast entered the vortex and was shredded by spatial turbulence, stopping the others in their tracks.

Lu Chuan entered the ancient city beyond the Spiritual Energy Vortex and found that the ruined space suppressed both Spiritual Power and divine abilities. He defeated a pack of Crimson Flame Wind Wolves and tried to enslave their wolf king to learn more about the city.

• Foreign Races and Human Race experts discussed Lu Chuan's strength, and some feared that the major Foreign Races would target him.
• Lu Chuan arrived in a dilapidated Ancient City and suspected that the Star Realm was a secret realm left from an earlier era.
• Lu Chuan discovered that the city sharply limited his Spiritual Power and weakened his Shrink Ground into Inches ability.
• Lu Chuan found twelve Crimson Flame Wind Wolves, whose wolf king led them in a Battle Formation attack.
• Lu Chuan struck down the wolves with his saber and the Mysterious Gate of the Female, then used the Life and Death Talisman Seal to try to enslave the wolf king.

Lu Chuan enslaved the Crimson Flame Wind Wolf King, which led him through a maze-like ancient city to a sealed place rumored to hold a great opportunity. Outside, the portal to the Blazing Sun Sect’s former Mountain Gate opened, and the waiting races and native beasts rushed to enter.

• Lu Chuan enslaved the Crimson Flame Wind Wolf King and learned that the city was part of a sect’s Mysterious Realm Cave Heaven from the previous Reincarnation Era.
• The Wolf King led Lu Chuan through the city’s bewildering formation toward the place it could not enter, while Lu Chuan collected the Crystal Cores of the other wolves.
• Outside the Oasis, millions of Fierce Beasts and more than a million members of the major races maintained a tense standoff.
• The Spiritual Energy Vortex erupted, scattering treasures before transforming into a Light Gate that revealed the ancient city.
• The gathered Fierce Beasts and Foreign Races charged toward the Light Gate to claim the Blazing Sun Sect’s resources and inheritance.

The races fought to enter the Blazing Sun Sect’s Ancient City, while explorers uncovered more about the sect and its opportunities. After learning that Kui Gang had obtained Heavenly Origin Spirit Gold, Wan Sanqian ended the examination, ordered the discovery investigated and reported, and feared the possibility of a vein containing the even more valuable Heavenly Origin Spirit Marrow.

• The major races and Fierce Beasts clashed as they rushed through the doorway into the Ancient City, where many were trapped or killed by the Great Array and others found opportunities.
• Intelligence reached Yunlan Star that Demon Race prodigy Kui Gang had obtained Heavenly Origin Spirit Gold inside the Mysterious Realm Cave Heaven.
• Wan Sanqian ordered investigators to determine whether Kui Gang had found stored material or a mineral vein and announced that examinees could leave or continue at their own risk.
• Wan Sanqian ordered the situation reported to Xuanhuang Hall, accepting that the news would expose the examination and attract powerful factions.
• Wan Sanqian recalled that a Heavenly Origin Spirit Gold vein would also contain Heavenly Origin Spirit Marrow, a cultivation treasure, and suspected such a vein existed.

News that a Heavenly Origin Spirit Gold mine and Heavenly Origin Spirit Marrow lay within the Star Realm on Yunlan Star drew forces from across the universe. Xuanhuang Hall envoys learned of Lu Chuan’s extraordinary talent and began discussing how to compete for the mine, while Mystic Ascension Realm experts remained barred from entering the Star Realm.

• News spread that Kui Gang’s Heavenly Origin Spirit Gold came from a mineral vein, sending Human and native forces toward Yunlan Star.
• Six Xuanhuang Hall envoys confronted Wan Sanqian for suppressing news of Lu Chuan’s assessment, and he defended his effort to recruit Lu Chuan for his faction.
• The envoys noted that Lu Chuan was still inside the Star Realm and that they could now compete to recruit him.
• Wan Sanqian asked how they should handle the Heavenly Origin Spirit Gold mine and its accompanying Heavenly Origin Spirit Marrow, prompting a tense silence.
• A middle-aged envoy proposed sending elite Transcendent Peaks into the Star Realm, since Mystic Ascension Realm experts could not enter and the Human Race could not match other races in numbers.

Wan Sanqian sent Ye Yunqing, Luo Tian, and Kast into the Star Realm to seek the Heavenly Origin Spirit Marrow and warned them not to underestimate Lu Chuan. Meanwhile, Lu Chuan reached a sealed courtyard in the Inner City and used his Son of Heaven's Qi Observation Technique to investigate it.

• Wan Sanqian appointed Ye Yunqing captain and told her, Luo Tian, and Kast to gather Heavenly Origin Spirit Marrow and, if possible, claim the Heavenly Origin Spirit Gold Mine.
• Wan Sanqian told the three prodigies to seek out Lu Chuan, explaining that he could kill Transcendent Peak experts with ease.
• The major races remained trapped in the Star Realm's Outer City by native Fierce Beasts, illusions, and battles among the factions.
• The Crimson Flame Wind Wolf King led Lu Chuan through the Inner City to a ruined courtyard that local beings could not enter.
• Lu Chuan's Spiritual Power and Heart Burning Blade could not penetrate the courtyard's barrier, so he activated his Son of Heaven's Qi Observation Technique.

Lu Chuan used the Son of Heaven's Qi Observation Technique and his [Epoch Book] to find a living path through the Great Array surrounding the courtyard. After confirming the route with the Crimson Flame Wind Wolf King, he found a new path when the formation shifted and entered the courtyard himself, reaching its hall.

• Lu Chuan used the [Epoch Book] to strengthen his Son of Heaven's Qi Observation Technique and locate a route through the courtyard's Great Array.
• Lu Chuan sent the route to the Crimson Flame Wind Wolf King, which followed it and safely entered the courtyard.
• Lu Chuan checked the route again and discovered that parts of it had changed into Death Qi and Calamity Aura.
• Lu Chuan found a new route, crossed the courtyard wall, and passed through the Great Array into a hall.