Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan reunited with his children and family, then learned that his younger sister Ye Ling was dating Liu Lou. The chapter ended with Liu Lou arriving at the family home to meet Ye Fan, nervous about facing his future brother-in-law.

• Ye Fan embraced Ye Si and Ye Huan, who told him they recognized him from family pictures and statues honoring him as a hero.
• Feng Jiu happily held Ye Fan's children and played with them while Ye Fan caught up with his family.
• Ye Fan noticed Ye Ling was away and used his abilities to discover she was on a date with Liu Lou; his family confirmed the relationship.
• Ye Ling and Liu Lou arrived at the villa, where Liu Lou hesitated to meet Ye Fan because he was nervous.
• Ye Fan called Liu Lou over, and Liu Lou agreed to go inside and meet him.

Ye Fan reunited with Ye Ling and met her boyfriend, Liu Lou, while Feng Jiu gave Ye Fan’s children rare treasures. After confirming Liu Lou’s feelings were sincere, Ye Fan heard a woman offer Liu Lou support in exchange for a relationship, leaving his response unknown.

• Ye Ling excitedly reunited with Ye Fan, then joined Feng Jiu and the children, while Liu Lou greeted Ye Fan and his family respectfully.
• Feng Jiu offered Ye Si Divine Phoenix Essence Blood and Ye Huan an Ice Glaze Dragon Clan essence soul, and Ye Fan used spiritual power to give each child their gift.
• Ye Fan took Liu Lou to the back garden and asked whether his feelings for Ye Ling were genuine; Liu Lou affirmed that they were, and Ye Fan accepted his answer.
• Liu Lou received a call from a woman who offered to have her family support his martial path and Star Martial Hall career if he agreed to a relationship with her, and Ye Fan frowned as he heard her offer.

Ye Fan learned that Anna Rothschild was threatening Ye Ling to make Liu Lou accept her, but Liu Lou reaffirmed his devotion to Ye Ling. After Ye Fan identified himself, Anna panicked, the Rothschild heir apologized, and Ma Yunteng called to celebrate Ye Fan's return.

• Anna Rothschild pressured Liu Lou to become her boyfriend and threatened to force the woman he loved to leave him.
• Ye Fan warned Anna through Liu Lou's communication and asked Liu Lou whether he chose Anna or Ye Ling.
• Liu Lou declared that he had always loved Ye Ling and would never change his choice.
• Ye Fan identified himself to Anna and told her to stop harassing Liu Lou; Anna recognized him and collapsed in terror.
• Zoro Rothschild apologized to Ye Fan and promised to restrain the Rothschild Family's younger generation.
• Ma Yunteng called Ye Fan, delighted that he had returned.

After Anna Rothschild was stripped of her status as a direct descendant, news of Ye Fan’s return and Starry Sky Trial victory spread among the Human Race’s elite. Ma Yunteng contacted Ye Fan and said Long Qing, Thunder God, Elder Candle, and Yue Chan wanted to celebrate him, while Liu Lou realized how far Ye Fan had risen.

• The Rothschild Family demoted Anna Rothschild to a branch family and assigned her a low-level job as a warning to its descendants.
• News of Ye Fan’s return and his first-place finish at the Starry Sky Trial spread among the Human Race’s upper ranks.
• Ma Yunteng called Ye Fan, and they spoke casually because of their longstanding bond.
• Liu Lou recognized that Ma Yunteng and other Human Race leaders held Ye Fan in high regard.
• Ma Yunteng told Ye Fan that Long Qing, Thunder God, Elder Candle, and Yue Chan wanted to hold a celebration, but said they would wait until Ye Fan had time.

Ye Fan spent a tender farewell with Ai Wei before departing to compete in the Star Domain Genius Battle. Once aboard the spacecraft, he learned that the Black Dragon Star Domain faced expulsion from the competition if it placed last again.

• Ye Fan’s victory in the Starry Sky Trial strengthened the Human Race and elevated the standing of those allied with him.
• Ye Fan and Ai Wei went shopping in Jiangning City under his Psychic Power disguise, then shared a heartfelt farewell by the lake.
• Ye Fan reunited with Feng Jiu, the Saint Lotus Emissary, and Tianjin Heavenly God aboard the spacecraft above Blue Star.
• The Saint Lotus Emissary told Ye Fan that the Black Dragon Star Domain had ranked last among the five Great Star Domains for many years.
• The Saint Lotus Emissary revealed that Qingyun, Flame Demon, and Purple Chen had proposed expelling the Black Dragon Star Domain if it placed last again.

Ye Fan learned why the Black Dragon Star Domain needed him to compete in the Star Domain Genius Battle and heard an introduction to its rival star domains. Xuan Ye warned him that enemies within the Black Dragon Star Domain, including the Black Dragon Divine Hall, might also seek his death.

• Ye Fan realized that losing access to the Star Domain Genius Battle could deepen the Black Dragon Star Domain’s decline, and he vowed not to let that happen.
• The Saint Lotus Emissary explained the Azure Cloud Star Domain’s powerful Feather Clan and the Flame Demon Star Domain’s formidable Flame Demon Clan to Ye Fan and Feng Jiu.
• The Saint Lotus Emissary continued outlining the martial characteristics of the other major star domains and told Ye Fan that Xuan Ye wanted to speak with him.
• Xuan Ye warned Ye Fan to beware of rival factions within the Black Dragon Star Domain, including forces in the Black Dragon Divine Hall that feared his growth.
• Xuan Ye said the Black Dragon Divine Hall needed someone to break its internal power struggle and began to explain Ye Fan’s role.

Ye Fan agreed to focus on the Star Domain Genius Battle, hoping to grow strong enough to help Xuan Ye and protect himself. As the competitors gathered at the Ancient Chaos Ruins, powerful enemies from other star domains prepared to target the Black Dragon Star Domain.

• Xuan Ye told Ye Fan that traitors in the Black Dragon Divine Hall had issued the mission against Seventh Kill, and urged him to prioritize the competition.
• Ye Fan promised Xuan Ye he would perform well, privately resolving to aim beyond the top ten and pursue first place.
• In the Eternal Star Domain, Elder tasked Fang Lin with killing the Black Dragon Star Domain martial artists who had slain Kui Xuan.
• In the Purple Chen Star Domain, Ren Xing vowed to use the Star-Absorbing Divine Art to devour the other star domains' geniuses, starting with the Black Dragon Star Domain.
• A warship carrying Azure Cloud Star Domain geniuses arrived at the Ancient Chaos Ruins, where its passengers declared their ambitions to condense powerful divine sparks.

Ye Fan reviewed the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s Star Domain Prodigy Ranking and found himself ranked seventy-ninth, then prepared to grow stronger before the battle in the Ancient Chaos Ruins. As his spaceship approached the ruins, the Ancient Chaos City sign-in rewarded him with ten Enlightenment Points, and other spaceships began appearing nearby.

• The Saint Lotus Emissary sent Ye Fan files on the top hundred martial artists from each Star Domain, and Ye Fan memorized the rankings and profiles.
• Ye Fan found himself ranked seventy-ninth and judged that the Heavenly Secret Pavilion had underestimated his abilities and potential.
• Ye Fan received ten Enlightenment Points after the system refreshed his sign-in location to Ancient Chaos City.
• Ye Fan assessed his physical, Psychic Power, and technique training, then cultivated the Cosmic Void Refining Divine Art and God Descends Upon the World aboard the spaceship.
• Tianjin Heavenly God and the Saint Lotus Emissary praised Ye Fan and the Divine Phoenix Clan girl as potential surprises in the competition.
• The spaceship neared the Ancient Chaos Ruins, and Tianjin Heavenly God and the Saint Lotus Emissary saw other spaceships emerge through the cosmic astral winds.

Ye Fan and Feng Jiu arrived near the Ancient Chaos Ruins, where the Star Domain Genius Battle was about to begin. When Long Jie confronted warriors insulting the Black Dragon Star Domain, Niu Zhan broke Long Jie's dragon claw with a single punch.

• Ye Fan left seclusion with his God Descends Upon the World and Psychic Power greatly improved, while Feng Jiu showed him the Ancient Chaos Ruins and the arriving geniuses.
• Tianjin Heavenly God reminisced about his own Star Domain Genius Battle, and warriors from other star domains mocked the Black Dragon Star Domain for its weakness.
• Long Jie stepped forward and demanded that the warriors take back their insults against the Black Dragon Star Domain.
• Niu Zhan, ranked one hundredth on the Star Domain Prodigy Ranking, attacked Long Jie, who transformed into his true dragon form to fight back.
• Niu Zhan shattered Long Jie's dragon claw and sent him flying, then sneered at him.

Niu Zhan, ranked one hundredth on the Star Domain Prodigy Ranking, challenged the Black Dragon Star Domain martial artists and defeated Long Jie and Nian Hun. As he declared an arena against them, onlookers suspected someone was trying to get the Black Dragon Star Domain removed from the Star Domain Genius Battle.

• Niu Zhan mocked Long Jie and defeated him with a punch, then provoked Xiang Man into challenging him.
• Niu Zhan taunted the Black Dragon Star Domain martial artists as others ridiculed their declining domain and its weak showing on the rankings.
• Nian Hun stepped forward, and Niu Zhan rushed him despite claiming he would let Nian Hun attack first.
• Nian Hun struck Niu Zhan's Sea of Consciousness with a Soul Blade, but Niu Zhan endured the attack and knocked him away, leaving the Black Dragon Star Domain martial artists stunned.
• Niu Zhan declared an arena to challenge the Black Dragon Star Domain prodigies, while some onlookers suspected someone was working to have the domain's warriors removed from the Star Domain Genius Battle.

Ye Fan and Feng Jiu arrived as Niu Zhan provoked the Black Dragon Star Domain, and its martial artists called on Ye Fan to defend them. Feng Jiu volunteered to fight Niu Zhan, dismissing the Star Domain Prodigy Ranking that had placed Ye Fan seventy-ninth.

• Niu Zhan's provocation and defeat of Black Dragon Star Domain prodigies left its martial artists humiliated, and Athena prepared to challenge him.
• Ye Fan and Feng Jiu arrived, prompting the Black Dragon Star Domain martial artists to cheer for Ye Fan and ask him to restore their reputation.
• Niu Zhan challenged Ye Fan, but Ye Fan ignored him and considered him an enemy he needed to remove.
• Feng Jiu asked to fight Niu Zhan, and Ye Fan agreed after judging that her strength and inherited trump cards could protect her.
• Niu Zhan objected that Feng Jiu was unranked, and Feng Jiu mocked the ranking for placing Ye Fan seventy-ninth.

Feng Jiu used her phoenix flames to gravely injure Niu Zhan, proving that the unranked demon girl was more powerful than many had expected. As Ancient Chaos City rose from the ruins, Ye Fan gave Feng Jiu a purple Star Domain Token, and someone asked him to sell an extra token.

• Feng Jiu dodged Niu Zhan's attack in her Divine Phoenix form and burned his arm with her Triple Nirvana Fire.
• Niu Zhan cut off his flaming arm before the fire could spread, while the fighters questioned the Star Domain Prodigy Ranking after Feng Jiu's victory.
• Ancient Chaos City rose from the Ancient Chaos Ruins, and a warrior explained that token holders could enter to obtain resources and gain better starting positions in the Star Domain Genius Battle.
• Ye Fan gave Feng Jiu a purple Star Domain Token, but she said she already had one and he insisted she take it.
• A clear-voiced speaker asked Ye Fan if he had an extra Star Domain Token to sell.

Ye Fan sold Little Nine’s Green Star Domain Token to Yan Jingtian of the Flame Demon Star Domain for five thousand cubic units of Five Elements Divine Marrow. As Ancient Chaos City fully appeared and Yan Jingtian entered, another woman called out to Ye Fan to make a deal.

• Yan Jingtian approached Ye Fan and asked to buy a spare Star Domain Token for his twin brother.
• Yan Jingtian killed a warrior who insulted the Flame Demon Star Domain, then resumed negotiations with Ye Fan.
• Yan Jingtian offered Five Elements Divine Marrow according to the Star Domain Token’s quality, including five thousand cubic units for a Green Star Domain Token.
• Ye Fan agreed to sell Little Nine’s Green Star Domain Token, and he and Yan Jingtian completed the exchange.
• Ancient Chaos City fully appeared, Yan Jingtian led his people inside, and another woman called to Ye Fan to propose a deal.

Yu Hua Xian tried to buy Feng Jiu as her maid, but Ye Fan refused and killed the Feather Clan warrior who attacked them. As Ye Fan and Feng Jiu fled into Ancient Chaos City, Yu Hua Xian ordered a kill warrant against Ye Fan and everyone connected to him.

• Ye Fan and Feng Jiu encountered Yu Hua Xian outside Ancient Chaos City, where she offered to buy Feng Jiu as her maid.
• Feng Jiu warned Ye Fan that Yu Hua Xian was dangerous, but Ye Fan refused to discuss selling her and turned to leave.
• Yu Hua Xian's warrior attacked Ye Fan and Feng Jiu, and Ye Fan killed him with a single finger strike.
• Feng Jiu pulled Ye Fan into Ancient Chaos City as Yu Hua Xian ordered a kill warrant against Ye Fan and the eradication of everyone connected to him.

Yu Hua Xian offered the Feather Clan’s goodwill to anyone who harmed Ye Fan and those connected to him, unaware that Ye Fan and Little Nine had already entered Luan Gu Ancient Chaos City. There, they used the Purple Token’s highest authority to choose opportunities for their growth, and Ye Fan began creating a new spear art.

• Yu Hua Xian incited martial artists from several star domains to pursue Ye Fan and his associates after he killed her hound.
• Luan Gu Ancient Chaos City presented Ye Fan and Little Nine with an Opportunity Catalog and explained that Purple Token holders could receive a complete inheritance in one direction.
• Little Nine chose fire and wind Martial Dao Artistic Conceptions and paid 3,000 cubic units of Five Elements Divine Marrow for True God Tier comprehension.
• Ye Fan chose Star Art Creation and focused on spear arts, asking why its price was lower than Martial Dao Artistic Conception comprehension.
• The city explained that Ye Fan could only reference Star Arts and would gain nothing if he failed to create an art, while the creation path offered no comprehension boost; Ye Fan relied on his 10 Enlightenment Points and sought spear-type Star Arts.

After handing over the Five Elements Divine Marrow, Ye Fan entered an ancient battlefield where he experienced the lingering spear intent of many warriors and absorbed their different approaches to the spear. He gathered their insights into a vast inner ocean of spear paths, then used his Enlightenment Points to begin creating his own technique.

• Ye Fan experienced a broken spear’s fierce battlefield memories and comprehended its indomitable fighting spirit and killing intent.
• He studied a fire spear that burned through enemy armies, then a lightning spear that destroyed a city with a descending silver dragon.
• Ye Fan encountered spear techniques defined by speed, steadfast defense, and assassination, and continued studying the lives and paths of their wielders.
• The competing spear philosophies accumulated in Ye Fan’s mind as an ocean of insights, and he sat down to create his own technique with his Enlightenment Points.

Xuan Ye learned that Ye Fan had angered Yu Hua Xian by defending Feng Jiu, but trusted his junior brother to survive. Inside Luan Gu Ancient Chaos City, Ye Fan used his insights and the Void Beast’s teachings to create the third form of his spear art, combining yin-yang and spatial power.

• The Saint Lotus Emissary reported that all twelve token holders had entered Luan Gu Ancient Chaos City and that Ye Fan had sold the Green Star Domain Token to Yan Jingtian.
• The Saint Lotus Emissary told Xuan Ye that Ye Fan had killed one of Yu Hua Xian’s lackeys after Yu Hua Xian tried to take Feng Jiu as a servant, prompting Yu Hua Xian to offer rewards for harming Ye Fan and his associates.
• Xuan Ye said he trusted Ye Fan and wondered what surprise Ye Fan would bring back with the Purple Star Domain Token.
• Ye Fan meditated among the lingering spear intents in Luan Gu Ancient Chaos City and asked the System to help him create the third form of his spear art.
• Ye Fan integrated spatial power with yin and yang, then thrust out a spear strike that shattered space and unleashed a devouring black-and-white vortex.

Ye Fan created a powerful spear art in Ancient Chaos City, drawing the attention of prodigies and major figures across the star domains. Fang Kun set his sights on killing him for his Purple Star Domain Token and the spear art, while Xuan Ye recognized Ye Fan’s work and anticipated more.

• Ye Fan’s spear thrust stirred the wills of the spear path and produced a black-and-white spear phenomenon visible throughout Ancient Chaos City and beyond.
• Yan Jingtian recognized the aura as Ye Fan’s and concluded that his earlier sense of danger had been correct.
• Fang Kun identified Ye Fan as his target and planned to kill him for the Purple Star Domain Token and spear art, believing his higher ranking gave him the advantage.
• God King-level figures determined the new spear art did not belong to their star domains and turned their attention to Xuan Ye.
• Xuan Ye recognized the spear art as Ye Fan’s and confidently told the others that the real show was still to come.

Ye Fan created the Yin-Yang Space Strangling Spear, a technique with Heavenly God-tier attack power, and learned that the Star Domain Genius Battle’s godhead-condensing treasure was the Concentration Dharma Fruit. As he left the spear-intent space, several martial artists turned their attention toward him, setting the stage for possible clashes before the Ancient Chaos Ruins.

• Mo Lingzi saw Ye Fan’s spear light and made surpassing him her goal as she continued cultivating her body in Ancient Chaos City.
• Ye Fan named his newly created spear technique the Yin-Yang Space Strangling Spear after sensing its power to trap opponents with yin-yang currents and spatial leaps.
• The intelligent core told Ye Fan that the Concentration Dharma Fruit matured after five thousand years and could help warriors condense a godhead.
• The intelligent core warned Ye Fan that conflicts between geniuses often erupted during the blank period before they entered the Ancient Chaos Ruins.
• Ye Fan left the space filled with spear intent and sensed several gazes immediately turn toward him.

Fang Kun of Sacred Hall challenged Ye Fan over the supposed death of Kui Xuan, and the two entered the Ancient Chaos Battlefield to fight. Ye Fan faced Fang Kun’s spear with confidence as the battle began.

• Fang Kun, a Sacred Hall prodigy, approached Ye Fan and accused him of killing Kui Xuan.
• Ye Fan said Kui Xuan deserved to die, enraging Fang Kun.
• The Ancient Chaos City rules required each fighter to pay one hundred cubic units of Five-star Divine Marrow to enter the battlefield.
• Fang Kun paid for both fighters and challenged Ye Fan to come up and die.
• Ye Fan entered the Ancient Chaos Battlefield, where its bloody aura stirred his violent brutality.