Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhixing studied the Universal Realm’s star charts and learned how dangerous interstellar travel was without accurate coordinates, then questioned Li Er about his plans to leave. Li Er explained that he lacked a complete star map, the Northern Reed Continent’s route had been destroyed, and the Heavenly Saint Palace could not serve as a travel weapon away from humanity.

• Soth recognized Chen Zhixing’s two eggs as Spirit Beasts and hurried off to incubate them so he could study how to transform livestock.
• Chen Zhixing spent over a month reading the Universal Star Chart and learned that the Sky God had explored eleven worlds, while travelers without star charts could become lost beyond their home worlds.
• Chen Zhixing visited Li Er and asked whether he had a complete star map and an immortal boat; Li Er said he had neither yet, though the Azure Wave Shuttle Immortal Boat was his.
• Li Er told Chen Zhixing that the Northern Reed Continent’s star route led to a dead land because its demon race had destroyed the route’s far-side Teleportation Array while fleeing the Divine Court.
• Li Er explained that the Heavenly Saint Palace was a human racial weapon whose power depended on humanity, making it unsuitable for a voyage far from the human race.

Chen Zhixing learned that an Astral Map was a rare artifact spirit rather than a copyable chart, and considered how he might obtain a star-faring immortal boat. Bai Yu returned from a disastrous mission and listed several possible vessels, leaving Chen Zhixing with leads to pursue before his eventual journey.

• Li Er explained that an Astral Map was a powerful route-calculating artifact spirit, offered Chen Zhixing the chance to travel with him, and agreed to let him inspect the map later.
• Chen Zhixing declined to leave with Li Er soon, planning instead to return to Heavenly Xuan after Ziwei Mountain appeared in more than eighty years.
• Chen Zhixing concluded that forging an immortal boat himself was impractical and began considering where he could obtain one.
• Bai Yu returned after One Wonder's mission to capture a sea snake ended in an ambush, leaving Qi Luo seriously injured and Fan Gen's foundation damaged.
• Chen Zhixing asked Bai Yu about star-faring vessels, and she named the imitation Heavenly Saint Palace, Great Luo Golden Hall, True Dragon Palace, a Wang Family vessel under construction, and other possible ships.

Chen Zhixing explored ways to obtain an immortal boat capable of crossing the sea of stars, then learned from Soth that the Universal Realm’s ancient gods had tried to make their divine kingdoms drift through space. Soth’s comparison to the World Tree gave Chen Zhixing a new idea, and he left to consider whether he could put the ancient gods’ approach into practice.

• Bai Yu told Chen Zhixing that he could seek an immortal boat from the North Sea dragons, excavate ancient Ruins, build one himself, or take one from its current owner, and she refused to surrender her Azure Wave Immortal Boat.
• Chen Zhixing asked Soth whether the Universal Realm had an immortal boat, and Soth pointed out the ancient gods’ divine kingdoms hanging above them.
• Soth explained that the ancient gods had built ecosystems in their divine kingdoms and intended to make them drift through the Star Sea as massive Small Worlds.
• Chen Zhixing doubted that the divine kingdoms could escape the Universal Realm’s gravity, but Soth argued that the World Tree itself had drifted through the Star Sea.
• Chen Zhixing decided to leave and consider whether he could implement the ancient gods’ method.

Chen Zhixing considered turning a Blessed Land Grotto Heaven into a world-crossing ark and weighed whether to use Ziwei Mountain or build a new foundation. Meanwhile, on Zhou Tian Island, the Star Island Chen Family powered up the Zhou Tian Star Array to support a star-dao cultivator’s breakthrough, while its members discussed Chen Zhixing and the Ziwei Emperor Lamp.

• Chen Zhixing concluded that Ziwei Mountain could serve as a world-crossing ark, but planned to build up another Blessed Land Grotto Heaven first and let his relatives decide whether to join him.
• Chen Zhixing judged that a carefully enhanced grotto heaven could rival the Three Great Holy Lands, though he doubted he could trade his Star Lord Dao Lord position for much support from them.
• The Star Island Chen Family drew down starlight with the Ziwei Emperor Lamp and activated the Zhou Tian Star Array to assist a direct descendant’s breakthrough.
• Chen Family cultivators on Zhou Tian Island celebrated their strength and speculated about Chen Zhixing’s ties to the Three Great Holy Lands and his future realm.
• The Star Island Chen Family discussed whether they would return the Ziwei Emperor Lamp to Ziwei’s Chen Clan in exchange for the method to condense the Middle Pole Ziwei Great Emperor.

Chen Tianheng proved the Star Lord Dao, making him the Star Island Chen Family’s third Longevity cultivator, while the Dragon Turtle regretted refusing Chen Zhixing’s offer to protect his Dao. The chapter ended with the Chen elders arguing over whether to return the Ziwei Emperor Lamp to Ziwei Mountain and discussing Tianheng’s chance to obtain a sword from Sword Casting Villa.

• Chen Tianheng successfully proved the Star Lord Dao, and the Dragon Turtle lamented missing the chance to become the Star Lord Path’s first honored beast.
• The Dragon Turtle recalled its old ties to Chen Tianyuan and Li Er, then sank back into the sea.
• At Heavenly Saint Palace, Tihu ordered a gift sent to Chen Tianheng and learned that Sword Casting Villa’s next sword would emerge in three months.
• Tihu judged the coming sword to be a defective product and told the palace to send several Summit Realm juniors rather than a True Lord.
• Chen Tianheng celebrated his public breakthrough before Zhou Tian Dao, though the elders noted he had secretly succeeded three months earlier.
• The Chen elders argued that Chen Tianheng should seek a Longevity Emperor Sword and that the Ziwei Emperor Lamp had to be returned to Ziwei Mountain.

Chen Shanchen upheld the agreement to return the Ziwei Emperor Lamp to Ziwei Mountain despite Star Island clansmen demanding it for Tian Heng. He woke Chen Wanhong to tell him that Chen Tianyuan had died to help Chen Zhixing become a Venerable, then learned that Ziwei Mountain was gone.

• Chen Shanchen rejected the Star Island clansmen’s arguments for keeping the Ziwei Emperor Lamp and ordered them to stop disputing its return.
• Chen Shanchen visited the sleeping Chen Wanhong in the family’s forbidden ground and complained about the younger generation’s attitude toward Ziwei Mountain.
• Chen Wanhong awoke, realized more than four hundred years had passed, and learned that Chen Tianyuan had died two years earlier.
• Chen Shanchen explained that Chen Tianyuan had burned himself out to help Chen Zhixing become a Venerable, and said Chen Wanhong was free to leave Zhou Tian Island.
• Chen Wanhong tried to calculate the route to Ziwei Mountain and discovered that it was gone.

After two thousand years of seclusion, Chen Wanhong learned that Ziwei Mountain was safe but hidden and set out for Eastern Xuan Province, where he clashed with Heavenly Saint Palace over an entry tax. Meanwhile, Chen Shanchen sent Chen Tianheng alone to Sword Casting Villa and warned him about Chen Zhixing’s strength.

• Chen Wanhong learned that Ziwei Mountain would return from hiding in eighty-four years and vowed to settle accounts with One Wonder, then left for Eastern Xuan Province.
• At Yandang Mountain, Chen Wanhong argued with Elder Wu over the entry tax and claimed to know Patriarch Tihu from his youth.
• Elder Wu ordered the Three Talents Soul-Bewildering Formation to capture Chen Wanhong, but Chen Wanhong reversed the formation he had created and walked into Eastern Xuan Province.
• Chen Shanchen told Chen Tianheng to travel alone to Sword Casting Villa in Western Xuan Province because Chen Wanhong had returned to Eastern Xuan.
• Chen Shanchen revealed that Chen Zhixing had recently beaten a Longevity True Lord of comparable strength nearly to death.

Chen Shanchen lamented the Chen Family’s missed chance to become a fourth Holy Land and resolved to endure until its younger generation rose. In the Northern Domain, Chen Moqing and Wang Lin asked Willow God for a weapon, and She lent Chen Moqing a Longevity Emperor Weapon spear.

• Chen Tianheng accepted Chen Shanchen’s warning but remained inwardly unconvinced before leaving to prepare for Sword Casting Villa in Western Xuan Province.
• Chen Shanchen mourned the Chen Family’s lost chance to establish the Star Palace and resolved to hold on until Chen Zhixing and the others returned or advanced.
• Chen Moqing asked Willow God for a branch to use as a weapon, while Wang Lin nervously tried to soften the request.
• Willow God lent Chen Moqing the black spear Beacon Fire Connecting Cities, which Wang Lin recognized as a Longevity Emperor Weapon.
• Chen Moqing complained that the spear was ugly and tried to persuade Willow God to give him another weapon without returning it, prompting Wang Lin to grab him.

Chen Moqing left Shi Village with Wang Lin and set out for Jiangzhou City, while Chen Wanhong arrived at the Southern Region Alliance headquarters and claimed the land for Ziwei's Chen Clan. The chapter revealed that the Alliance was effectively the abandoned Star Palace, whose fate remained tied to Chen Zhixing's return or Ziwei Mountain's eventual return.

• Chen Moqing celebrated leaving Shi Village, told Wang Lin about his privileged upbringing, and headed toward Jiangzhou City to enjoy its food and young ladies.
• Chen Moqing entered the Heavenly Xuan Realm's jianghu at seventeen, with Nirvana Completion cultivation and powerful family protections behind him.
• Chen Wanhong forced his way into the Southern Region Alliance headquarters in Linjiang City and claimed the site as Chen Clan property.
• The guards reported Chen Wanhong to Qin Yi, who recognized his claimed Chen Clan generation and went to meet him.
• Chen Wanhong walked into the station while Qin Yi explained that the Southern Region Alliance was effectively Chen Zhixing's Star Palace, temporarily operating under another name until he returned.

Chen Wanhong visited the Southern Region Alliance and discussed why the Star Lord’s Gravity Platforms could not be replicated or widely promoted, while the Three Great Holy Lands responded by acquiring a growing share of them. After Qin Yi’s report reached Heavenly Saint Palace, Clarified Butter True Lord recognized Chen Wanhong and recalled his astonishing Dream Awakening power, ending with a rueful reaction to his return.

• Chen Wanhong toured the Southern Region Alliance headquarters and asked why Heavenly Saint Palace had not created cultivation platforms for other attributes.
• Qin Yi explained that the Gravity Platforms depended on the Star Lord’s authority to draw in starlight, and she considered how they threatened the Three Great Holy Lands’ prestige among ordinary disciples.
• The Three Great Holy Lands chose to join the Star Palace and increase their share of Gravity Platform quotas, while keeping the more powerful Star Observation Hall quotas limited to influential groups.
• Clarified Butter True Lord received Qin Yi’s message and recognized Chen Wanhong as the man famed for Dream Awakening and extraordinary cultivation achievements.
• Clarified Butter True Lord recalled Chen Wanhong’s history and lamented that even a dangerous death could not keep him from returning alive.

Tihu learned that Chen Wanhong had returned and decided to lead the party to Jiang Province to meet his old tormentor. Meanwhile, Chen Zhixing punished Shi Hao for merging with the Azurewood Longevity Realm’s divine spark, then told him that the fusion likely meant he could no longer return to Heavenly Xuan.

• Tihu decided to personally lead the group to Jiang Province to confront Chen Wanhong, who had once thrown him into a tiger’s den as a child.
• Chen Zhixing whipped Shi Hao for merging with the Azurewood Longevity Realm’s divine spark, but noticed the divine spark had made Shi Hao’s body transform like plants and trees.
• Chen Zhixing explained that fusing with a realm’s divine spark bound Shi Hao to that world and could leave him unable to escape if it were destroyed.
• Shi Hao told Chen Zhixing that the Azure Wood Longevity World was made from the World Tree’s heartwood and held abundant resources, so Chen Zhixing said it should remain Shi Hao’s training ground.
• Chen Zhixing warned Shi Hao that he probably could not return to the Heavenly Xuan Realm.

After Chen Zhixing learned that Shi Hao could not return home, he examined Zhang Wen and removed a parasitic Spirit Worm from his Sea of Consciousness. Chen Zhixing studied the worm’s possession method and asked Soth to gather more specimens for experiments, leaving Spirit Worm cultivators across the Universal Realm in danger.

• Shi Hao grew dispirited after Chen Zhixing told him he could not go home, then brought Zhang Wen to ask Chen Zhixing to remove the bug in his brain.
• Chen Zhixing pulled a caterpillar-shaped will-body from Zhang Wen’s Sea of Consciousness and assured him that the Spirit Worm had not seriously harmed him.
• Chen Zhixing explained that a mature Spirit Worm could consume its host’s consciousness and transform into a new being, then gave Shi Hao a jade slip containing the cultivation method.
• Chen Zhixing asked Soth to collect Spirit Worms so he could investigate whether the method could resist the spirit world’s pull.
• Soth began intercepting Spirit Worm cultivators throughout the Universal Realm, and many died amid war, accidents, or the world’s laws.

Chen Zhixing arranged for Shi Hao to remain in the Universal Realm and train while he prepared to return to Tianxuan. After discovering that the Heaven Swallowing Divine Hounds had eaten nearly all the Jin Biao, he gave Shi Hao two surviving cubs to raise, leaving Shi Hao eyeing the Phoenixes as another possible pet.

• Soth provided Chen Zhixing with seven Spirit Worms, and they tacitly agreed that Shi Hao would cultivate in the Universal Realm until Chen Zhixing returned to retrieve the divine spark.
• Chen Zhixing told Shi Hao he would return to Tianxuan after the war and the Ascension Immortal Venerable's departure, then promised to show him around Divine Wood Spring City and find him a pet.
• Chen Zhixing found that the Heaven Swallowing Divine Hounds had eaten more than a hundred Jin Biao and scolded their leader, while Shi Hao learned that the Jin Biao were powerful Longevity-level Spirit Beasts.
• Chen Zhixing recovered two Jin Biao cubs from the last pregnant female's corpse and gave them to Shi Hao, telling him to learn the ways of the world by observing the hounds.
• Chen Zhixing promised to take Shi Hao around the Universal Realm for more pets, and Shi Hao asked for one of the Phoenixes beneath the parasol tree.

Chen Zhixing took Shi Hao shopping in Divine Wood Spring City, where Shi Hao bought rare treasures and learned about the Universal Realm’s prices. After three days, Chen Zhixing asked Soth to look after his disciple and accompany them to inspect the Azure Wood Longevity World, leaving Shi Hao at its entrance.

• Chen Zhixing teased Shi Hao about raising the Heaven Swallowing Divine Hound and explained that the Phoenixes would take a long time to mature.
• Chen Zhixing and Shi Hao toured Divine Wood Spring City, where Watchers displayed rare plants, ores, and the remains of powerful creatures.
• Shi Hao asked Arkas about a Frost Dragon corpse, and Chen Zhixing arranged to buy it and have Soth pay for it.
• Chen Zhixing explained that Magic Crystals were weaker than lower-grade Spirit Stones and discussed how cross-realm trading affected prices.
• Shi Hao spent three days buying whatever caught his eye before Chen Zhixing introduced him to Soth and asked Soth to keep him safe.
• Chen Zhixing and Soth set out with Shi Hao to inspect the Azure Wood Longevity World, and Shi Hao found himself at its entrance.

Shi Hao watched Chen Zhixing and Soth carry a mountain out of the Azure Wood Longevity World, then discovered that his new Sun-Devouring Divine Hound had a fearsome destiny. At the edge of the Endless Sea, Chen Zhixing confronted Qi Luo and learned how Ascension and One Wonder had followed very different paths to great strength.

• Chen Zhixing and Soth left Shi Hao in the Azure Wood Longevity World, then used their Heaven and Earth Dharma Forms to carry a mountain range out of it.
• Shi Hao tried to teach the Sun-Devouring Divine Hound to bark, while the narration explained that the beast had to devour a star to become immortal.
• Chen Zhixing met Ascension and Qi Luo at the edge of the Endless Sea, rebuked Qi Luo for betraying Bai Yu, and learned that Bai Yu had been pushed into the Sea Eye.
• Ascension explained that One Wonder had remained at the peak of the seventh sequence for two thousand years because her studies conflicted with Heavenly Xuan Realm's laws.
• Qi Luo explained that Ascension followed the Chaos Dao despite lacking a Chaos Body, and that his path was the sea taking in a hundred rivers.

Chen Zhixing learned about the Carefree Immortal Tomb and his ancestor Chen Wanhong’s immortal inheritance, then discovered that immortality required preserving one’s original yang. He still intended to visit the tomb, but Li Er warned him not to touch the dead’s belongings.

• Chen Zhixing watched Huayu prepare the Azure Wave Shuttle Immortal Boat for travel by adapting its formations, concealing it with special paint, and stocking it with supplies and vast reserves of spirit stones.
• Qi Luo told Chen Zhixing that the Carefree Immortal Tomb was a drifting graveyard linked to Carefree True Lord Chen Wanhong, who had received the Carefree Immortal’s inheritance through a dream.
• Chen Zhixing said he would visit the tomb after returning to Heavenly Xuan, but Huayu told him that immortal cultivation required an unspent original yang and that he could not qualify because he already had a son.
• Huayu told Chen Zhixing to ask One Wonder about the tomb, then Li Er warned him not to touch things left behind by the dead because death energy could cling to him.

Li Er told Chen Zhixing how Heavenly Saint nearly became an Immortal Corpse after trying to take an immortal’s remains, and why he had spent two thousand years weakening himself to keep his future corpse from endangering the realm. Before leaving, Li Er gave Chen Zhixing a map of Carefree Immortal Island’s treasures and warned him to stay away from its coffins.

• Li Er explained that Heavenly Saint had nearly turned into an Immortal Corpse after opening the coffin in the Carefree Immortal Tomb, then spent three years recovering.
• Li Er revealed that Heavenly Saint had kept his dark history secret and had been gradually weakening himself so his eventual Immortal Corpse would be manageable for the younger generation.
• Li Er told Chen Zhixing that Heavenly Saint Palace’s Holy Sons and Saintesses received inheritances made from Heavenly Saint’s Dao cultivation, death qi, and spiritual medicines.
• Li Er described Heavenly Saint’s regrets over the Imperial Court’s destruction and his foolish plan to use an immortal’s corpse as his own burial place.
• Li Er gave Chen Zhixing a map marking Carefree Immortal Island’s treasures and said its dangers would not kill him unless he meddled with a coffin.

Chen Zhixing fought Li Er across the Endless Sea and beyond, but Li Er’s immense strength and endurance overwhelmed his attacks. With Soth unable to hold Li Er back, Chen Zhixing summoned a colossal Ziwei Dharma Idol and launched a powerful star-destroying attack.

• Li Er challenged Chen Zhixing to fight openly, then battered him through the seabed and deflected the Azure Pheasant Immortal Sword.
• Chen Zhixing used the Ziwei Dharma Body and fired seven Zhou Tian Star Annihilation Cannons, but Li Er survived and pursued him through space.
• Chen Zhixing and Li Er battled for hours, with Li Er’s durability and recovery defeating Chen Zhixing’s attempts to wear him down.
• Chen Zhixing called on Soth for help, but Soth fled when Li Er attacked him with a golden body and axe.
• Chen Zhixing gathered the Universal Realm’s stellar force into an enormous Ziwei Dharma Idol and fired the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Mystic Magnetism All-Heavens Star-Dipper Annihilation Cannon at Li Er.

After Li Er beat Chen Zhixing, Chen Zhixing reflected on the terrifying scale of his Ziwei Emperor Lord Dharma Idol and recovered from his injuries. Soth’s memories of the World Tree began to awaken, revealing that colossal starry beings had once threatened it.

• Li Er left Chen Zhixing at his residence, and Chen Zhixing got up and reflected on how Li Er had dismantled his enormous Ziwei Emperor Lord Dharma Idol.
• Chen Zhixing considered how much stronger the Dharma Idol might become with the Ziwei Emperor Lamp and a prepared Zhou Tian Star Array, then began healing his injuries.
• Soth recalled that he had protected the Universal Realm from the Dharma Idol’s explosion and feared that Chen Zhixing could destroy the realm if he chose.
• Soth wondered whether he might one day drag the Universal Realm into mutual destruction with an attacker, and that thought awakened memories inherited from the World Tree.
• Soth’s memories showed the World Tree traveling through the sea of stars while a star-sized turtle, a vast Phoenix, and a star-eating monster noticed it.

Soth recalled that the ancient gods had cut down the World Tree out of fear of a Galaxy Beast, while One Wonder independently uncovered the truth and considered trying to tame one. Chen Zhixing brought Li Er a Heaven Swallowing Divine Hound, but their conversation was interrupted when One Wonder arrived with a cage full of divine sparks and attacked them after they ignored her.

• Soth remembered that the Shi Clan had warned the ancient gods that a Galaxy Beast planned to eat the World Tree's leaves, prompting the gods to cut it down for ark materials and drive the beast away.
• Soth concluded that the Galaxy Beast had never intended to destroy the World Tree, and that the truth would remain sealed away because the present-day survivors needed a simpler explanation.
• One Wonder pieced together the ancient history from the divine kingdoms, judged the gods' choice to preserve their people, and wondered whether a Galaxy Beast could be domesticated.
• Chen Zhixing tried to persuade Li Er to raise a Heaven Swallowing Divine Hound, but Li Er refused and warned that beasts could become dangerous in the sea of stars.
• One Wonder arrived carrying a cage filled with domesticated divine sparks and offered to share what she had discovered about the World Tree and a Galaxy Beast.
• Chen Zhixing and Li Er said they were uninterested and ignored One Wonder, who angrily swung the Divine Cage at them.