Chapter Summaries

As the Starry Sky Trial approached, Mo Mingzi and Mo Lingzi prepared for the Wuji Demonic Sect to compete for first place, while Zhao Wuji learned that Ye Fan would be among his rivals. The chapter left Zhao Wuji facing the challenge of proving himself against the powerful newcomers and established geniuses.

• Mo Lingzi told Mo Mingzi that the Starry Sky Trial was about to begin and that the Wuji Demonic Sect had recruited helpers to pursue first place.
• Mo Mingzi welcomed the trial as a chance to refine pills and compete for Star Domain Tokens.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that he intended to take first place in the Starry Sky Trial after reaching the sixth division of the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon.
• Zhao Wuji studied information about the other contenders and questioned why Ye Fan, an unfamiliar Black Dragon Divine Hall martial artist, was listed.
• Zhao Wuji learned that Ye Fan had defeated Han Li and Wang Xian'er, and his grandfather warned him that he would have to suppress every opponent to become the era's greatest genius.

Zhao Wuji and his grandfather plotted to take Ye Fan’s fortune during the Starry Sky Trial, while Blazing Scorpion Heavenly God sought revenge after Ye Fan took her son’s place. A killer from Seven Kill Star accepted a mission to assassinate Ye Fan as the trial approached.

• Zhao Wuji’s grandfather urged him to use Ye Fan as a stepping stone and seize his opportunities, and Zhao Wuji agreed that the Starry Sky Trial could help advance his Star River.
• A pale young man learned his Starry Sky Trial qualification had been revoked and complained to his mother, Blazing Scorpion Heavenly God.
• Blazing Scorpion Heavenly God discovered Ye Fan had taken her son’s spot and promised to settle the grievance despite a warning not to interfere with him.
• A chief on Seven Kill Star assigned Seven Kills to enter the Starry Sky Trial and kill Ye Fan in exchange for two thousand cubic meters of Five-star Divine Marrow.

The Starry Sky Trial opened, and Ye Fan prepared to enter with Feng Jiu after her nirvana greatly increased her strength. The trial’s screening separated Ye Fan from Feng Jiu on a perilous ancient road, and he focused on passing through before searching for her.

• Azure Lotus Emissary told Ye Fan that the Starry Sky Trial was beginning, and Ye Fan agreed to enter.
• Feng Jiu emerged from her nirvana cocoon with a stronger bloodline and twice her former strength, then joined Ye Fan for the trial.
• More than a thousand qualified martial artists from the Black Dragon Star Domain stepped onto the Starry Sky Ancient Road as outsiders also arrived through a spatial rift.
• Saint Lotus Emissary reassured Ye Fan that he need not pressure himself, but Ye Fan said he aimed for the highest ranking and entered with Feng Jiu.
• The ancient road screened entrants for cultivation above the Demigod Realm, then subjected Ye Fan to raging water, fierce winds, and yellow sand while severing his connection with Feng Jiu.
• Ye Fan decided Feng Jiu could fend for herself for now and pushed onward through the dangerous checkpoint.

Ye Fan quickly passed the raging torrent trial, registered for the Starry Sky Trial, and began cultivating while waiting for it to start. Heavenly Gods gathered to watch the competition, where Saint Lotus Emissary worried that Zhao Wuji might target Ye Fan.

• Ye Fan charged through the raging torrent, using its pressure to temper his body, and reached the summit in less than half a day.
• The trial program confirmed that Ye Fan had passed the preliminary screening, explained the rules, and gave him a waist token that could record points or teleport him out at the cost of his eligibility.
• Ye Fan registered as Blue Star · Ye Fan and began cultivating while waiting for enough participants to gather.
• Saint Lotus Emissary and other Heavenly Gods entered the viewing space, where Hall Master Huo worried that Zhao Wuji might attack Ye Fan, but Saint Lotus Emissary said she had faith in him.
• Heavenly Gods from major factions gathered to watch their geniuses, and the Trial Heavenly Ranking appeared.

The Trial Heavenly Ranking appeared, but Ye Fan was absent from its preliminary top hundred as more than two hundred thousand warriors passed the Starry Sky Ancient Roads. The Heavenly Gods prepared to begin the largest Starry Sky Trial in history, while Old Zhao arranged for Zhao Wuji to target Ye Fan.

• Golden scrolls appeared across the Starry Sky Trial, listing famous geniuses such as Zhao Wuji, Athena, Long Jie, and Costa, while Ye Fan's name was missing.
• The Saint Lotus Emissary defended her belief in Ye Fan, and Hall Master Huo explained that the ranking was only preliminary.
• Old Zhao told Lin Yuan Heavenly God that Zhao Wuji would deal with Ye Fan, pleasing Lin Yuan, who wanted revenge for himself and Han Li.
• Ye Fan saw the ranking and looked forward to testing his strength, while noticing that Little Nine was still nowhere among the gathered warriors.
• The Heavenly Gods discovered that more than two hundred thousand participants had passed the preliminary screening and declared the trial unprecedented in scale.

Ye Fan entered the Starry Sky Trial, where his heightened fortune led him to find the Burning-Heart Scarlet-Blood Grass needed for his cultivation. After killing a poisonous Void God python that ambushed him, he faced twin martial artists who demanded the herb, leaving him poised for another fight.

• Ye Fan sensed a hidden presence before entering the Starry Sky Trial, and a black-robed figure followed him through the same passage.
• Ye Fan arrived in the trial and found the Burning-Heart Scarlet-Blood Grass, a treasure needed for the sixth revolution of his Nine Revolutions Golden Crow Sacred Path.
• A poisonous Void God python ambushed Ye Fan, but he killed it, collected its materials, and gained three Trial Heavenly Ranking points.
• Ye Fan saw that Zhao Wuji led the ranking with nineteen points while his own score of five remained outside the top hundred.
• Wang Long and Wang Hu attacked Ye Fan and demanded that he leave the Burning-Heart Scarlet-Blood Grass to them.

Ye Fan collected the Burning-Heart Scarlet-Blood Grass, defeated two brothers for their points, and found a Vajra Crystal needed for his next stage of cultivation. He realized the crystal could attract opponents for him to defeat, while assassins and demons searched for him elsewhere in the Starry Sky Trial.

• Ye Fan took the Burning-Heart Scarlet-Blood Grass, broke Wang Long and Wang Hu's hands, and forced them to surrender half their points.
• Ye Fan used his Psychic Power to hunt for treasures and opponents as Seven Kills pursued him and demons searched for him.
• Ye Fan found a Vajra Crystal, which was the second treasure he needed to cultivate the sixth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Golden Crow Sacred Path.
• Two groups fighting over the crystal attacked Ye Fan, but he subdued them and took their points and treasures.
• Ye Fan's points reached twenty, placing him fifty-sixth on the Trial Heavenly Ranking.

Ye Fan used the Vajra Crystal’s glow as bait and robbed martial artists who came to claim it. As his points passed one hundred and his Trial Heavenly Ranking rose to twenty-ninth, the name Bandit Ye began to spread.

• The martial artists Ye Fan had robbed promoted rumors of treasure at his location, hoping others would suffer the same fate or defeat him for revenge.
• The Ruan Sect, led by Ruan Dong, traveled to the valley after hearing about the Vajra Crystal.
• Ruan Dong demanded that Ye Fan hand over the crystal and offered him a place in the Ruan Sect.
• Ye Fan defeated the Ruan Sect members, gave them bumps on their heads, and took half the points from each of them.
• More martial artists came to view the Vajra Crystal and were robbed as Ye Fan’s rank climbed to twenty-ninth and his points exceeded one hundred.

Ye Fan watched the Trial Heavenly Ranking, noticed that several mysterious geniuses had taken top spots, and focused on cultivating his Heaven Burial Slaughter Art. His training was interrupted when three Heavenly Demon Sect martial artists attacked, seeking the reward for his place on the Demon Race Must-Kill List.

• Unicorn Gang members complained that Ye Fan had lured them with the Vajra Crystal and robbed them of points, while his ranking rose to twenty-fifth.
• Ye Fan saw Feng Jiu reach ninth place and learned that her Divine Phoenix Clan bloodline showed signs of ancestral reversion.
• Ye Fan questioned the presence of Kui Xuan, Black Blade, and Zhong Ding among the top ten and decided to focus on strengthening himself.
• Ye Fan used Enlightenment to improve his Heaven Burial Slaughter Art from 32% to 38% mastery.
• Pengpeng, a leopard-headed martial artist, and a birdman from the Heavenly Demon Sect rushed to fight over Ye Fan, hoping to claim the reward for his head.

Ye Fan killed three Heavenly Demon Sect warriors with his Heaven Burial Slaughter Art, then faced Seven Kills, an assassin from Seven Kill Star who had tried to kill him. Seven Kills attacked with overwhelming killing intent, and Ye Fan prepared to fight him.

• Ye Fan declared that the Heavenly Demon Sect had made an enemy of him and used its warriors to temper his Heaven Burial Slaughter Art.
• Ye Fan crushed the attacks of Pengpeng, the leopard-headed warrior, and the birdman, killing all three with a gigantic finger.
• A black-robed assassin tried to stab Ye Fan in the neck, but Ye Fan evaded the strike and counterattacked with his spear.
• Warriors watching recognized the assassin as Seven Kills of Seven Kill Star, ranked thirteenth on the Trial Heavenly Ranking.
• Ye Fan asked who had hired Seven Kills, but Seven Kills refused to reveal the answer and attacked by transforming into streams of black smoke.

Ye Fan faced Seventh Kill of Seven Kill Star, whose terrifying killing intent froze him in place. Ye Fan used the Heaven Burial Slaughter Art to absorb that killing intent and temper his cultivation, leaving the onlookers puzzled and Seventh Kill hesitant to attack.

• The martial artists watching the trial reacted to Seven Kill Star targeting Ye Fan, while the Heavenly Gods debated the assassination and Saint Lotus Emissary urged Hall Master Huo to trust Ye Fan.
• Seventh Kill attacked Ye Fan with a storm of killing intent that froze his body and made his resolve waver.
• A system notification told Ye Fan that fighting Seventh Kill could help him improve his Heaven Burial Slaughter Art.
• Ye Fan let the killing intent freeze him, then used the Heaven Burial Slaughter Art to absorb it.
• The watching martial artists wondered why Ye Fan seemed to be absorbing the killing intent, while Seventh Kill hesitated to strike.

Ye Fan absorbed Seventh Kill’s killing intent to cultivate the Heaven Burial Slaughter Art, using his defenses and Space Maze to keep the assassin trapped. After reaching greater mastery, Ye Fan killed Seventh Kill with the art, and his Trial Heavenly Ranking rose.

• Ye Fan absorbed Seventh Kill’s killing aura, which accelerated his Heaven Burial Slaughter Art comprehension.
• Seventh Kill attacked Ye Fan with the Seven-Star Slaughter Art, but Ye Fan blocked his strikes with an earth-element defense.
• Seventh Kill used a Barrier-Breaking Shuttle to penetrate Ye Fan’s defenses, only to become trapped in Ye Fan’s Space Maze.
• Ye Fan kept Seventh Kill occupied while absorbing his killing intent until the Heaven Burial Slaughter Art reached greater mastery.
• Ye Fan unleashed the Heaven Burial Slaughter Art and turned Seventh Kill to ashes, causing his Trial Heavenly Ranking to soar.

Ye Fan killed the Seventh Kill with one finger, rose to seventh place on the Trial Heavenly Ranking, and drew the attention of powerful figures who saw him as a threat. The chapter left Dao Yi confronting Mo Mingzi, who barred his way.

• Ye Fan used one finger to destroy the Seventh Kill, though the technique left him nearly drained.
• Ye Fan climbed to seventh place on the Trial Heavenly Ranking as the Seventh Kill Star Kills disappeared from the list, startling the spectators.
• Hall Master Huo praised Ye Fan, while Old Zhao and Lin Yuan Heavenly God discussed him as a dangerous variable.
• Dao Yi encountered Mo Mingzi in the Starry Sky Trial, and Mo Mingzi warned him that the area was off-limits.
• Dao Yi challenged Mo Mingzi by asking what would happen if he insisted on passing.

Dao Yi challenged Mo Mingzi, but Mo Mingzi trapped him with the Ten Sons Connected Heart Demon and prepared a fatal ambush. Dao Yi’s escape attempt ended with the Yin Demon Curse freezing his qi and blood, leaving him certain the fight was over.

• Mo Mingzi attacked Dao Yi with the Demon King: Great Hand Seal, and Dao Yi met it with a saber strike that revealed a prototype saber domain.
• The Saint Lotus Emissary and Hall Master Huo recognized Dao Yi’s talent, but Hall Master Huo warned that Mo Mingzi had a stronger technique.
• Mo Mingzi unleashed the Ten Sons Connected Heart Demon, draining Dao Yi’s strength and pressing him toward his limit.
• Dao Yi used his blood essence to empower his saber and break through a deliberate opening in the demonic formation.
• Mo Mingzi revealed the escape route was a trap and struck Dao Yi with the Yin Demon Curse, freezing his qi and blood.

Dao Yi was killed by Mo Mingzi, who used his body to refine a Flesh and Blood Treasure Medicine while pursuing greater strength. In the Starry Sky Trial spectator space, the Heavenly Gods argued over the Wuji Demonic Sect and noticed three suspicious outsiders gathering, but could not intervene.

• Mo Mingzi tore out Dao Yi’s heart, killed him, and put his corpse and other ingredients into a pill furnace to refine a Flesh and Blood Treasure Medicine.
• Mo Mingzi began cultivating with the earth fiend qi and hoped the medicine would help him surpass Mo Lingzi, Long Jie, Zhao Wuji, and others.
• Hall Master Huo confronted a Wuji Demonic Sect elder who threatened to use him as an ingredient, but Saint Lotus Emissary urged him to stand down and protect Ye Fan.
• The Heavenly Gods noticed that Kui Xuan, Black Blade, and Zhong Ding were likely outsiders who had infiltrated the Black Dragon Star Domain’s Starry Sky Trial.
• The Heavenly Gods saw the three outsiders gather and were startled by the extraordinary phenomenon appearing around them.

Kui Xuan, Black Blade, and Zhong Ding set a formation trap around a false treasure phenomenon to lure peak Demigod martial artists and harvest them for Flesh and Blood Bodhi. Ye Fan sensed Little Nine near the phenomenon and rushed toward it, while Mo Mingzi fled in the opposite direction.

• Kui Xuan finished setting a vast formation around a mountain hollow as Black Blade and Zhong Ding prepared to ambush incoming martial artists.
• Kui Xuan summoned a cauldron that produced a dazzling treasure-light phenomenon, and Black Blade and Zhong Ding took their positions to lure and capture cultivators for Flesh and Blood Bodhi.
• Mo Mingzi finished refining pills from Dao Yi, saw the phenomenon, and flew away in the opposite direction.
• Ye Fan noticed Kui Xuan, Black Blade, and Zhong Ding climbing the Trial Heavenly Ranking and suspected something was wrong.
• Ye Fan sensed Little Nine near the phenomenon and raced toward it at full speed.

Kui Xuan lured Black Dragon Star Domain martial artists into a valley hollow and used Black Blade and the furnace to turn them into ingredients for the Flesh and Blood Bodhi. As the slaughter continued, a fleeing crimson figure headed toward the strange phenomenon, hoping to lose a powerful pursuer in the chaos.

• Martial artists sensed the Wood Attribute energy from Kui Xuan’s pill furnace and rushed into the valley hollow, while Black Blade waited at the exit to ambush them.
• Zhong Ding heated the furnace as Kui Xuan watched the arriving martial artists and planned to refine them into the Flesh and Blood Bodhi.
• Black Blade killed Shi Qian and the furnace’s branches fed his body into the flames.
• Black Blade attacked a three-person team; the furnace dragged two members inside, and Black Blade killed the leader’s clone and tossed it into the furnace.
• A crimson figure fled toward the place where the blood calamity had erupted, hoping the crowd there would help it escape a powerful pursuer.

Feng Jiu raced toward the Blood Calamity Land while Long Jie pursued her, intent on killing the surviving Divine Phoenix Clan member. As the Heavenly Gods learned of the Sacred Hall’s Flesh and Blood Bodhi scheme and the pursuit, the three leaders of the Black Dragon Star Domain activated a Starry Sky Trial emergency mission.

• Feng Jiu fled toward the Blood Calamity Land as Long Jie accelerated after her and vowed to eliminate her.
• The Heavenly Gods condemned the Sacred Hall of the Eternal Star Domain for using geniuses’ flesh and blood to refine Flesh and Blood Bodhi and weaken the Black Dragon Star Domain.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect powerhouses recognized Feng Jiu as a Divine Phoenix Clan remnant and recalled their role in the clan’s extermination.
• Saint Lotus Emissary told Tianjin Heavenly God that Feng Jiu was Ye Fan’s younger sister, while Ye Fan rushed toward the Blood Calamity Land.
• The leaders of the Black Dragon Divine Hall, Wuji Demonic Sect, and Heavenly Demon Sect activated a Starry Sky Trial emergency mission after the Eternal Star Domain intruders defiled the trial.

The three top powers of the Black Dragon Star Domain announced an emergency mission to stop invading martial artists and offered a Creation God Pill as the reward. As Ye Fan raced onward, he dismissed the pill’s enlightenment benefit but realized he could trade it to a Heavenly God-level martial artist for treasures.

• The Wuji Demonic Sect Master announced that anyone who thwarted the Sacred Hall of the Eternal Star Domain’s methods would receive a Creation God Pill.
• The Black Dragon Divine Hall Master suspected the Wuji Demonic Sect Master had ulterior motives, while the Heavenly Demon Sect Master placed his hopes in Long Jie.
• The Starry Sky Trial administrators announced that invading martial artists had slaughtered Black Dragon Star Domain geniuses and that an emergency mission had begun.
• The three powers offered a Creation God Pill to whoever destroyed the invaders, prompting trial participants to debate the reward and its dangers.
• Ye Fan heard the announcement, dismissed the pill’s enlightenment benefit, and considered selling it to a Heavenly God-level martial artist for treasures.

Feng Jiu escaped Long Jie and reunited with Ye Fan, who decided to confront Long Jie and claim the Creation God Pill to sell it. At the phenomenon’s center, Kui Xuan and his two companions struggled to hold off the Black Dragon Star Domain’s warriors and suspected the Wuji Demonic Sect’s sect master had betrayed them.

• Feng Jiu redirected her flight toward the phenomenon, prompting Long Jie to abandon his pursuit and race there for the Creation God Pill.
• Feng Jiu sensed Ye Fan, reunited with him, and told him Long Jie had tried to enslave and kill her.
• Ye Fan gave Feng Jiu recovery pills and decided they would go to the phenomenon, deal with Long Jie, and sell the Creation God Pill to Heavenly Gods.
• Long Jie and the gathered warriors attacked the formations blocking the narrow passage to the phenomenon’s center.
• Black Blade and Kui Xuan struggled to keep the formation intact and suspected the Wuji Demonic Sect’s sect master had sold them out.