Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan and Dragon Girl entered the advanced assessment in the divine land, where they had to try inheritance trials from nine Tier 4 mid-level deities. Dragon Girl abandoned the wind trial, while Ye Fan rejected earth and thunder as paths unsuited to him, then approached the Mind Controller inheritance.

• Ye Fan chose to participate in the advanced assessment and persuaded Dragon Girl to join him.
• White Cat explained that candidates had one attempt at each of nine inheritance light orbs and could earn a deity inheritance by passing its trial.
• Dragon Girl tried the wind inheritance orb but gave up when its light failed to reach one zhang, then moved to the gold orb.
• Ye Fan tried the earth inheritance but found his aptitude weak and his defensive path incompatible with his own.
• Ye Fan tried the thunder inheritance and found its path of destruction followed by rebirth unlike his current pursuit, then approached the Mind Controller orb.

Ye Fan entered the Mind Controller inheritance and excelled in its tests of Mental Power strength, control, and Martial Dao Will. He passed every round perfectly and became the divine master's final disciple, while Dragon Girl continued her Gold-path assessment.

• Ye Fan touched the Mind Controller inheritance sphere, whose intense reaction revealed his exceptional Mental Power talent.
• Ye Fan entered the inheritance space and began the first test, piercing every Mental Power membrane with a single strike.
• Ye Fan used an Enlightenment Point to master the second test's Mental Power shaping exercise and reached the personal disciple limit.
• Ye Fan passed the third test of Martial Dao Will perfectly and became the divine master's final disciple.

Ye Fan comprehended Flamefire Divine Master's Spiritual Fire inheritance, forged a divine lamp, and ignited its fire seed. Meanwhile, the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor plotted against him, while the Polar Bear Emperor fled and chose to hide.

• The Nine-Headed Lion Emperor learned Ba Serpent had been killed and vowed to kill the human spear-dao genius if he passed the advancement trial.
• The Polar Bear Emperor escaped the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor and decided to hide rather than rely on anyone else.
• Ye Fan learned that Spiritual Fire was a Tier 4 God-tier Star Arts that consumed and grew from an enemy's divine soul, and that he first needed to forge a divine lamp.
• Ye Fan used Enlightenment Points to enter a state of enlightenment and successfully forged the divine lamp after several days of comprehension.
• Ye Fan began igniting the Spiritual Fire seed by feeding the lamp strands of his divine soul, enduring intense pain until the seed ignited.

After passing the advanced assessment, Ye Fan entered the core of the Divine Land, where he learned he must face nine final trials to seek its ultimate inheritance. The White Cat kept Dragon Girl behind, while Ye Fan began the first trial under the codename Silver Spear.

• The White Cat told Ye Fan he had qualified as a Divine Land Commander and could explore the core, while Dragon Girl’s inheritance performance left her ineligible to continue.
• Ye Fan asked the White Cat to look after Dragon Girl, then sped into the depths of the passage.
• A phantom reminded the White Cat that advanced-assessment survivors were allowed to explore the core, but the White Cat insisted Ye Fan’s exceptional potential justified its decision to keep Dragon Girl behind.
• Ye Fan reached the core and found a complete stretch of palaces preserved among the ruins.
• When asked to report his name, Ye Fan called himself Silver Spear and learned that he had to pass nine trials to obtain the ultimate inheritance.
• Ye Fan entered the ancient hall at Passage 7 to begin the first of the nine trials.

Ye Fan fought through the First, Second, and Third Ancient Halls, using the simulated Short-Legged Natives to improve his spear mastery and Spear Dao. After resting to restore himself to peak condition, he advanced toward the Fourth Hall and found the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor awaiting him.

• Ye Fan checked into the First Ancient Hall and received one Enlightenment Point before the hall transformed into a grassland filled with simulated Short-Legged Natives.
• The Short-Legged Natives attacked Ye Fan with a barrage of stone axes, but he cut through them and increased his spear mastery and Spear Dao conception.
• The natives formed a giant with their Charging Giant technique, and Ye Fan shattered its stone axe and weak point with his Emperor Weapon.
• Ye Fan overwhelmed the trials in the Second and Third Ancient Halls, raising both his Martial Arts Mastery and Martial Dao Artistic Conception to 68%.
• Ye Fan rested for an hour to recover before heading onward, where he saw the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor outside the Fourth Hall.

Ye Fan confronted the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor as it refined nine Emperor Weapon-tier cauldrons, and the two fought over whether he would become its battle pet or it would become his mount. Their clash pushed Ye Fan’s spear mastery and Spear Dao Law Germination to greater mastery, but the lion retaliated with its Golden Wave Lion Roar, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ye Fan arrived at the fourth ancient hall and identified the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor’s nine cauldrons as Emperor Weapon-tier divine weapons.
• The Nine-Headed Lion Emperor offered to spare Ye Fan if he became its battle pet, but Ye Fan demanded that the lion serve as his mount and help unify the Tianchi Realm’s underground beast clans.
• The Nine-Headed Lion Emperor charged Ye Fan, and Ye Fan fought back with his Wind and Thunder Avatar and Advanced Blood Burn, managing to battle the lion to a near draw.
• After exchanging more than a hundred moves, Ye Fan’s sixth-tier Spear Art and Spear Dao Law Germination both advanced from 68% minor mastery to 70% greater mastery, and his spear strike blasted the lion backward.
• The enraged Nine-Headed Lion Emperor unleashed a Golden Wave Lion Roar that surrounded Ye Fan with powerful sound waves and left him dizzy.

Ye Fan recovered from the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor’s spiritual attack and wounded him with a counterattack, but the emperor turned the Divine Weapon Nine Tripods against him. Ye Fan revealed his Spiritual Fire Seed to burn the emperor’s divine soul, and the emperor tried to kill him through the pain.

• Ye Fan resisted the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor’s Golden Wave Lion Roar and countered with three spear attacks, injuring the emperor.
• The Nine-Headed Lion Emperor summoned the Divine Weapon Nine Tripods and used them to suppress Ye Fan, gaining the upper hand.
• Ye Fan summoned his Spiritual Lamp and sent nine sparks of Spiritual Fire Seed into the emperor’s heads.
• The Spiritual Fire Seed burned the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor’s divine soul, and he activated the Nine Tripods to try to kill Ye Fan despite his agony.

Ye Fan subdued the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor and continued through the Divine Land’s trials, defeating increasingly powerful simulated warriors. He cleared all nine trials, leaving the White Cat astonished by the spiritual energy he could sustain with five Star Rivers.

• Ye Fan endured the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor’s attacks while his mental spark tormented the beast, forcing it to kneel and submit.
• Ye Fan implanted a Divine Control Seal in the Nine-Headed Lion Emperor and ordered him to keep comprehending the Nine Tripods and later help unify the Tianchi Realm.
• After recovering, Ye Fan entered the fourth ancient hall and rapidly defeated simulated alien warriors as the trials grew harder.
• The White Cat and the Divine Land’s intelligent brain watched Ye Fan’s progress and questioned whether he could clear the ultimate trials and serve the fallen Divine Land.
• In the seventh ancient hall, Ye Fan’s Spear Technique and Martial Dao Artistic Conception advanced, and he went on to clear the ninth hall and all nine trials.
• The White Cat asked how Ye Fan could sustain so much spiritual energy with five Star Rivers, and Ye Fan privately noted that all five were perfect.

Venerable Kailin explained the Cosmic Starry Sky’s Martial Way hierarchy to Ye Fan, from Pseudo-Gods through Heavenly Gods, and revealed that Fusang City was only one region in a much larger cosmos. Ye Fan was left stunned by how small the Milky Way Galaxy was within the Black Dragon Star Domain and wondered whether the Martial Way had an end.

• Ye Fan concealed that he possessed five Perfect Star Rivers while Venerable Kailin praised his four revealed Perfect Star Rivers and exceptional potential.
• Venerable Kailin revealed that he had once been a first-stage True God and now remained as a remnant soul with the strength of an Invincible Demigod.
• Ye Fan asked about realms above the Demigod Realm, and Venerable Kailin explained the progression from Pseudo-Gods to Void Gods, True Gods, and Heavenly Gods.
• Venerable Kailin told Ye Fan that he had served the master of Fusang City, a Heavenly God of the Divine Phoenix Clan who ruled a star system and tens of thousands of Life Stars.
• Venerable Kailin revealed that the Milky Way Galaxy was only an ordinary Life Star within the Black Dragon Star Domain, leaving Ye Fan shocked by the scale of the cosmos.

After passing the Divine Land’s Ultimate Nine Trials, Ye Fan received a choice between two rewards tied to helping Venerable Kailin’s family on Caesar Star. He examined both reward lists and prepared to announce his choice.

• Venerable Kailin offered Ye Fan either part of his inheritance or his complete inheritance in exchange for protecting his family on Caesar Star for five hundred years and cultivating a True God Realm martial artist.
• Ye Fan questioned whether he could reach the True God Realm and what would happen if Caesar Star could not be found, and Kailin answered that the agreement would be void if the star was lost.
• Ye Fan asked to see the rewards for both choices, and Kailin showed him two lists.
• Ye Fan spotted the Heavenly Book: Divine Wind Scroll on both lists, examined the other rewards, and told Kailin he had made his choice.

Ye Fan swore a Heavenly Dao Oath to help Venerable White Cat Kailin’s surviving descendants if Caesar Star still existed, then received Kailin’s inheritance treasures. Kailin also offered Ye Fan the right to guard and raise the former Fusang City Lord’s descendant, a ten-thousand-year-old egg destined to reach at least the True God Realm.

• Ye Fan chose to seek out Caesar Star and promised to aid Kailin’s descendants if they survived, prompting Kailin to request a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Kailin explained that breaking a Heavenly Dao Oath could bring the Heavenly Dao’s punishment, and Ye Fan swore to uphold their agreement and help the descendants if they faced danger.
• Kailin gave Ye Fan the inheritance treasures, including the Divine Wind Scroll and additional rare items.
• Kailin told Ye Fan that passing the Ultimate Assessment earned him the right to guard and raise the former Fusang City Lord’s descendant.
• Kailin explained that the descendant had been sealed as an egg for ten thousand years after its father fled an enemy, and that it was destined to reach at least the True God Realm, perhaps the Heavenly God Realm.

Ye Fan agreed to guard and nurture the Fusang City Lord’s descendant after Venerable White Cat Kailin explained humanity’s potential and presented the choice as his ultimate assessment. As Ye Fan learned the incubation technique, Kailin revealed that he hoped Ye Fan would eventually join the Black Dragon Divine Hall, whose protection could shield the descendant from her enemies.

• Venerable White Cat Kailin told Ye Fan that humanity’s aptitude and comprehension made it one of the strongest races, despite its physical disadvantages and shorter lifespan.
• Ye Fan reflected on his Nine-Star Hegemonic Body and Sign-In Enlightenment System, and Kailin admired his composure.
• Kailin asked whether Ye Fan would guard and nurture the Fusang City Lord’s descendant, and Ye Fan agreed after weighing the dangers of refusing.
• Ye Fan made a Heavenly Dao oath and began familiarizing himself with Kailin’s incubation technique for the Phoenix Egg.
• The Divine Land’s Smart Brain questioned whether Ye Fan was strong enough to protect the descendant, and Kailin said he expected Ye Fan to join the Black Dragon Divine Hall and rely on its protection.

Ye Fan learned the demanding incubation method for the Fusang City Lord’s descendant and followed Venerable White Cat Kailin to the Divine Land’s core. There, Kailin revealed a Fusang Divine Tree Branch and an enormous egg preserved in a pool of purer-than-Fire-God-Marrow spiritual liquid, where the descendant had remained hidden for ten thousand years.

• Ye Fan comprehended the incubation method and learned it required powerful blood, Fire Attribute Spiritual Aptitude, and exceptional Mental Power.
• Venerable White Cat Kailin assured Ye Fan that the Fusang City Lord had left treasures to help him and that the descendant would grow closely attached to him.
• Kailin led Ye Fan to a glowing Fusang Divine Tree Branch, which Can Jiu recognized as a legendary treasure.
• Kailin opened an earthen mound, revealing a vast pool of spiritual liquid purer than the Fire God Marrow Ye Fan possessed.
• A huge egg bearing profound flame totems rose from the pool, and Kailin explained that it held the Fusang City Lord’s descendant, hidden there to preserve it and evade its old enemies.

Ye Fan began incubating the ancient Phoenix Egg using his blood, fire affinity, and soul, enduring immense pain as Venerable Kailin and the Smart Brain watched. During the prolonged process, Ye Fan's Soul Tablet in the Emperor Star Palace cracked, leaving Long Qing and the others fearing he had vanished or encountered a hidden higher-level civilization.

• Ye Fan started the Phoenix Egg's incubation, and his blood activated its mysterious patterns.
• Venerable Kailin warned that the coming fire-affinity and soul-symbiosis stages would be far more painful and difficult.
• Ye Fan's True Sun Fire circled the egg and Fusang Tree as his soul began merging into the egg, and he drifted into a hazy state.
• Sima Honglie discovered that Ye Fan's Soul Tablet had cracked and summoned Ma Yunteng.
• Moon Chan Demigod contacted Long Qing, who suspected Ye Fan might have encountered a higher-level civilization's concealment in the Tianchi Realm of Blue Star and ordered them to keep the news secret for now.

Long Qing and the others feared Ye Fan had died in the Tianchi Realm, while the Phoenix Egg he nurtured hatched into a Tier 4 Divine Phoenix. Its birth revealed the Fusang bloodline to the distant Eighth Ancestor, who ordered a True God to destroy the planet sheltering it, as Ye Fan remained unconscious and unaware of the danger.

• Long Qing, Moon Chan Demigod, and Ma Yunteng waited anxiously, believing Ye Fan might have fallen in the Tianchi Realm.
• The Phoenix Egg in the Fallen Divine Land cracked open, and a Tier 4 Divine Phoenix emerged.
• Venerable White Cat Kailin and the Fallen Divine Land's Smart Brain welcomed the Divine Phoenix, who called the unconscious Ye Fan her father-brother.
• The Divine Phoenix's birth stirred an ancient compass in a distant dark domain, alerting the Eighth Ancestor to the Fusang bloodline.
• The Eighth Ancestor ordered his subordinate to find the bloodline's exact coordinates and said he would send a True God to destroy its planet.
• Ye Fan remained dazed in the Tianchi Realm, hearing the Divine Phoenix call to him without knowing that a distant enemy had targeted Blue Star.

After the Divine Phoenix was born, Ye Fan remained unconscious as his Mental Power neared a dangerous breakthrough that could cause mental collapse. Can Jiu offered to sacrifice himself to advance Ye Fan’s Body Refining Star Arts, leaving the others facing the cost of saving him.

• The Divine Phoenix called anxiously to the unconscious Ye Fan, and Venerable Kailin examined him.
• Venerable Kailin discovered that Ye Fan’s Mental Power was nearing a Tier 5 level while his body remained Tier 3, risking mental collapse.
• Venerable Kailin explained that Ye Fan needed a stronger body, but advancing him to Tier 4 could trap him in the plane, while guiding his Body Refining Star Arts would be difficult.
• Can Jiu emerged from the Divine Fire Space and said he understood Ye Fan’s Body Refining Star Arts.
• Can Jiu offered to sacrifice himself to raise Ye Fan’s Body Refining Star Arts and prevent mental collapse.

Can Jiu revealed his true form as a Nine-Turn Mystic Ginseng and sacrificed himself to advance Ye Fan’s Glazed Golden Body, fulfilling his final wish to be buried on Fire God Mountain. Ye Fan completed the Glazed Golden Body and awakened with Psychic Power at Level 50, comparable to a Demigod.

• Can Jiu transformed into a Nine-Turn Mystic Ginseng, and Venerable White Cat Kailin offered to help Silver Spear find what he needed for the next stage of Body Refining Star Arts.
• Can Jiu asked Divine Phoenix to take his remains to Firefall Star and bury him on Fire God Mountain, then sent nine streams of mystic light into Ye Fan to advance his cultivation.
• Ye Fan’s Glazed Golden Body progressed as the feedback from his soul’s connection with Divine Phoenix stabilized his body.
• Venerable Kailin, Divine Phoenix, and the Fallen Divine Land Smart Brain anticipated Ye Fan reaching Demigod-level Psychic Power despite being a third-rank lifeform.
• Ye Fan completed the Glazed Golden Body, his Psychic Power rose from Level 49 to Level 50, and he awoke to see Venerable White Cat Kailin, Divine Phoenix, and the Smart Brain phantom.

Ye Fan mourned Can Jiu’s sacrifice but learned he might resurrect him after reaching the Heavenly God Realm. He welcomed the newborn Feng Jiu, whose extraordinary bloodline gave her Tier 4 strength and mastery of three Tier 9 star arts.

• Ye Fan stored Can Jiu’s body in the Divine Fire Space and listened to Can Jiu’s farewell message about the treasures he had left behind.
• Venerable Kailin told Ye Fan that reaching the Heavenly God Realm could let him resurrect someone with whom he shared a deep karmic bond, giving Ye Fan hope for Can Jiu.
• Venerable Kailin congratulated Ye Fan on nurturing the Fusang City Lord’s bloodline and breaking through to Demigod-level psychic power.
• Ye Fan welcomed Divine Phoenix as his little sister, and she named herself Feng Jiu.
• Feng Jiu revealed that she was already a Tier 4 living being who had mastered three Tier 9 star arts, astonishing Ye Fan.

Ye Fan discovered that his psychic power had reached Level 50 and unlocked the Sky Breaking Shuttle’s second form, the Annihilation Blade Array. Meanwhile, Silver Spear’s Soul Tablet shattered, and officials prepared to announce his death and console Ye Fan’s family.

• Ye Fan checked his status, realized his Demigod-Level Psychic Power could activate the Sky Breaking Shuttle’s second form, and began comprehending the Annihilation Blade Array.
• Venerable White Cat Kailin recognized the Sky Breaking Shuttle as a valuable psychic weapon while Ye Fan learned it could control all three thousand blades.
• At the Tianchi Realm War Base, Ai Hongjun and other martial artists worried because Dragon Girl had emerged from the ruins but Silver Spear had not returned.
• Ye Fan’s parents grew anxious after months without word from their son, despite being told to wait.
• After six months, officials found that Silver Spear’s Soul Tablet had shattered and ordered his death announced publicly, with special condolences for Ye Fan’s family.

After Ye Ling learned that Ye Fan had died and that Gangcun Jiro had attacked her parents to demand a hundred million, she urged her family to use the Essence of Grass and Wood to secure protection. Wu Xie’s squad guarded the Ye Family, while Gangcun Jiro remained intent on taking revenge and claiming the treasure.

• Ye Ling learned from Lan Cuifang that Ye Fan had died and heard Ye Jun explain that a Sakura Country martial artist had demanded a hundred million after attacking her mother.
• Ye Ling proposed offering the Essence of Grass and Wood to Hall Master Yin Shanyue in exchange for hiring powerful guards, and Yin promised to arrange protection within three days.
• Wu Xie brought the Jiangning branch’s First Squad to guard Villa No. 17, and Liu Lou joined them as a temporary member.
• Wu Xie assured Ye Jun that the branch would protect Ye Fan’s family and said the attacker would be punished.
• Gangcun Jiro complained that martial artists were still protecting the Ye Family and vowed to take the Essence of Grass and Wood and repay Ye Fan’s family for his past defeat.