Chapter Summaries

After the Star Domain Genius Battle ended, Ye Fan was presumed lost and Feng Jiu crippled, leaving the Black Dragon Star Domain without its two peerless geniuses. Deep in the Ancient Chaos Ruins, Ye Fan endured the Evil Demon Cub’s maddening influence for three years as his Psychic Power and Martial Dao Will grew, until a powerful storm of thought energy erupted.

• The Star Domain Genius Battle ended, and the Black Dragon Star Domain took first place despite Ye Fan’s disappearance and Feng Jiu’s exile.
• The other star domains resisted redistributing resources, while the Heavenly Secret Pavilion revised its ranking to place Ye Fan first and Feng Jiu second.
• Ye Fan endured the Evil Demon Cub’s chaotic murmurs, which repeatedly pierced his Divine Soul Crystal Wall and battered his divine soul.
• Ye Fan’s Psychic Power and Martial Dao Will rose from level 72 to level 73 as he held on through the torment.
• God Emperor Luangu observed that Ye Fan’s divine soul was growing stronger, while the Evil God Projection doubted he would survive.
• After three years, a storm of thought power that nearly condensed into substance erupted around Ye Fan.

Ye Fan survived the Evil Demon Cub’s final struggle, which pushed his Psychic Power and Martial Dao Will to the True God limit and enabled him to suppress the Evil God’s madness. After learning that God Emperor Luangu and the Evil Demon God Emperor had used him as a chess piece, Ye Fan received the Evil God Mask and considered using it to begin anew.

• Ye Fan’s Psychic Power and Martial Dao Will broke through repeatedly until they reached the True God limit, restraining the chaos in his mind.
• The Golden Armored Valkyrie explained that two God Emperor projections had used Ye Fan as a chess piece and said she had gambled on his chance to grow stronger.
• God Emperor Luangu claimed victory and demanded what the Evil Demon God Emperor had promised before their projections vanished.
• The Golden Armored Valkyrie told Ye Fan that he had spent three years resisting the Evil Demon Cub’s ravings in the Ancient Chaos Ruins.
• Ye Fan received the Evil God Mask and realized it could help him start over while the outside world believed he had fallen.
• Someone called out to Ye Fan, asking him to accept their following.

Ye Fan learned that the Four Bells recognized him as God Emperor Luangu’s disciple and that Luangu had left him cultivation resources in a Cosmic Starry Sky Bank account. The chapter ended with First Bell explaining that the bank was a vast organization operating across countless star domains.

• The Four Bells called Ye Fan their Senior Brother and explained that he met God Emperor Luangu’s selection standards, while Xiao Wu remained suppressed.
• The Four Bells said they were mid-grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts and could combine to wield the power of a peak Heavenly Divine Artifact.
• First Bell revealed that God Emperor Luangu had left Ye Fan funds to withdraw at the Void God, True God, and Heavenly God stages.
• Ye Fan decided to accept the resources as compensation for Luangu using him as a bargaining chip, and the Golden Armored Valkyrie urged him to spend the money freely.
• First Bell explained that countless star domains existed in the cosmic starry sky and that the Cosmic Starry Sky Bank was a colossal power spread across them.

Yi Zhong explained the Four Giants of the cosmic starry sky to Ye Fan, including the benefits and dangers of the Cosmic Void Alliance and Bloody Arena and the cultivation opportunities of the Limit Divine Court. Ye Fan learned how to leave the Ancient Chaos Ruins and discovered that Feng Jiu had sealed them to protect him, leaving him determined to avenge her.

• Yi Zhong described the Cosmic Void Alliance, Bloody Arena, and Limit Divine Court, and recommended the Limit Divine Court as a place for Ye Fan to advance his martial path.
• Ye Fan asked how to escape the Ancient Chaos Ruins and what had happened to Feng Jiu while he was trapped there.
• Yi Zhong told Ye Fan that a teleportation array could take him out of the ruins, though he did not know where it led.
• Yi Zhong showed Ye Fan how Feng Jiu had faced several God King Realm experts and sealed the Ancient Chaos Ruins.
• Ye Fan grieved for Feng Jiu and marked God King Wang, Old Demon Zi, and Long Yin for death.

Ye Fan left the Ancient Chaos Ruins with the Four Bells through an ancient teleportation array, which sent him to an unknown destination. In a remote part of the Cosmic Starry Sky, a squad of five survivors found the gravely injured Feng Jiu, and their green-skinned healer sensed powerful vitality reviving inside him.

• Ye Fan learned the Four Bells' names and agreed to take Zhong Tian, Zhong Di, Zhong Xuan, and Zhong Huang out of the Ancient Chaos Ruins, while Xiao Wu remained an ordinary Wood Attribute Heavenly Divine Artifact.
• Ye Fan activated the ancient teleportation array with the Five-star Divine Marrow and vanished as the Ancient Chaos Ruins fell silent until its reopening a hundred years later.
• Five battered warriors escaped through a void rift, lamenting the losses their Bloody Arena mission had caused.
• A beady-eyed warrior spotted Feng Jiu's burning body hidden behind a floating rock, and the squad approached him in formation.
• The green-skinned warrior examined Feng Jiu and reported his devastating injuries, then noticed powerful vitality reviving inside him.

Feng Jiu was captured while recovering from her grievous injuries, as Ye Fan arrived on a barren planet to begin his Void God-level trial. The trial’s Golden Armored Valkyrie revealed that he would face both an opponent and an inheritance, beginning with a phantom blade.

• The Bloody Arena squad discovered that Feng Jiu was recovering and learned a Heavenly God had severely wounded her.
• The bald, scar-faced leader decided to keep Feng Jiu alive, while the squad planned to exploit her for profit and favor.
• Feng Jiu briefly sensed the bloodthirsty figures around her before losing consciousness again.
• Ye Fan reached a barren planet after a long spatial teleportation and entered the Immortal Ruins Fragment beneath its surface.
• The Golden Armored Valkyrie told Ye Fan to complete his Void God-level trial and revealed a phantom blade as its first challenge.

Ye Fan faced the Soul Burning Blade assessment, enduring its brutal attacks while using Enlightenment Points to comprehend the Heavenly God-level soul art. He reached 10% beginner proficiency, but the trial continued.

• The Golden Armored Valkyrie explained that the Soul Burning Blade was a powerful divine soul attack and that completing the assessment would earn Ye Fan its exclusive Psychic Power weapon.
• Ye Fan refused to give up and began the assessment, where countless Soul Burning Blades attacked his Sea of Consciousness and battered his Divine Soul Crystal Wall.
• Ye Fan spent Enlightenment Points to withstand the pain and comprehend the Soul Burning Blade’s pathways.
• Venerable Kailin, the White Cat, worried that the trial was too harsh, and the Golden Armored Valkyrie said Ye Fan needed extraordinary potential to reach the martial dao pinnacle.
• After an hour, Ye Fan’s Soul Burning Blade proficiency reached 10% beginner.

Ye Fan mastered the Soul Burning Blade, received the Void-Reality Divine Blade, and left the Immortal Ruins Fragment to find his location and search for Little Nine. He emerged onto a barren planet and encountered a battered fatty fleeing armed pursuers, who called out to him for help.

• Ye Fan completed the Soul Burning Blade trial in an hour and formed a Soul Burning Blade Seal in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Golden Armored Valkyrie gave Ye Fan the Void-Reality Divine Blade and explained its solid and illusory forms.
• Ye Fan tested the divine weapon, mastered its transformations, and made it acknowledge him as its master.
• Ye Fan left the Immortal Ruins Fragment, intending to discover his location and find Little Nine.
• Ye Fan emerged from a barren planet and saw a battered little fatty with a weakened blue-silver blade of grass, pursued by several black-armored martial artists.
• The little fatty called to Ye Fan for help.

Ye Fan agreed to protect Blue Silver Fatty in exchange for a body-tempering material, then confronted the four Iron-Clad Warriors pursuing him. Ye Fan defeated them with a single soul attack, and the warriors withdrew while Blue Silver Fatty praised him.

• Blue Silver Fatty offered Ye Fan any body-tempering material he wanted in return for help, and Ye Fan accepted.
• Four high-level True God Iron-Clad Warriors arrived and demanded that Ye Fan stay out of their pursuit of Blue Silver Fatty.
• Blue Silver Fatty provoked the warriors by bragging about seeing their Young Lady bathing, and Ye Fan tried to resolve the conflict with an apology.
• When the Iron-Clad Warriors refused to spare Blue Silver Fatty and attacked, Ye Fan used Soul Burning Blade to strike their Seas of Consciousness.
• The four warriors apologized for their lives and left, while Blue Silver Fatty congratulated Ye Fan on his strength.

Ye Fan, using the alias Feng Qi, met Tang Shan in the Wuma Star Domain and learned that the Divine Phoenix Clan had declined there. Tang Shan took him toward a Cosmic Void Alliance branch, where Ye Fan hoped to find a star map and obtain a Great Sun Flame Crystal.

• Ye Fan asked Tang Shan for a Great Sun Flame Crystal as payment, and Tang Shan agreed to give him one.
• Ye Fan introduced himself as Feng Qi and asked Tang Shan about the Divine Phoenix Clan and their location.
• Tang Shan explained that the Divine Phoenix Clan had become a lesser race and identified the region as the Wuma Star Domain, home to the Cosmic Void Alliance’s central headquarters.
• Ye Fan asked for a starry sky map, and Tang Shan offered to take him to a nearby Cosmic Void Alliance branch and arrange delivery of the crystal.
• Tang Shan and Ye Fan traveled through space, boarded a public-transport spaceship, and saw many powerful races before Tang Shan pulled Ye Fan into a private room.

Ye Fan traveled with Tang Shan to Branch 128 of the Cosmic Void Alliance and discovered that the Divine Realm’s martial resources and technology surpassed what he knew. The chapter ended as he entered the branch and took in its imposing planetary network emblem.

• Tang Shan brought Ye Fan into a lavish private room aboard the public spaceship and offered him food, drinks, and female companions, whom Ye Fan declined.
• Ye Fan found that the spirit fruit and wine strengthened his Divine Spirit Power and slightly tempered his body.
• Tang Shan drunkenly explained that he pursued pleasure to temper his heart and comprehend the Dao, then fell asleep and muttered about a woman’s looks.
• Ye Fan used the Nine Revolutions Golden Crow Sacred Path to digest the wine’s body-tempering energy as the spaceship approached a vast, gleaming planet.
• Ye Fan woke Tang Shan, and the two disembarked at Branch 128 of the Cosmic Void Alliance, where Ye Fan heard the rules and saw the branch’s massive network emblem.

Ye Fan entered the Cosmic Void Alliance’s virtual network with Tang Shan, who showed off his VIP status and offered to cover Ye Fan’s expenses. Ye Fan began exploring the network on his own to find ways to improve his martial strength.

• Tang Shan brought Ye Fan to the 0128 Branch and explained that its rabbit-eared receptionist was a tireless robot.
• Tang Shan registered Ye Fan as a Supreme VIP and revealed his embarrassing account ID, Eight-Pack Abs of Sha Ma Yin Lan.
• Ye Fan created the account Black Dragon Mountain Silver Spear and wondered whether the Evil God Mask could protect his identity from retinal tracking.
• Tang Shan arranged a luxurious suite and explained how its pods monitored and protected their bodies while they stayed online.
• Ye Fan and Tang Shan entered the Cosmic Void Alliance’s virtual network, where Tang Shan admired two women and Ye Fan set off to explore alone.

Ye Fan explored the Cosmic Void Alliance Network Space and discovered the perilous Cosmic Void Ultimate Challenge, which might connect to his Cosmic Void Refining Divine Art and offer him status in the Divine Realm. He accepted the challenge, and its announcement shocked Tang Shan.

• Ye Fan surveyed the martial dao options in the Cosmic Void Alliance Network Space while seeking ways to grow stronger and return to his family in the Black Dragon Star Domain.
• Ye Fan found that the Cosmic Void Ultimate Challenge had nine stages, but its past attempts had caused dozens of deaths and severe soul injuries.
• Ye Fan decided that clearing the challenge could help him investigate his Cosmic Void Refining Divine Art and gain the identity of a Cosmic Void Alliance Walking Envoy.
• Ye Fan confirmed his choice and began the challenge under the name Black Dragon Mountain Silver Spear.
• Tang Shan heard the announcement and exclaimed in shock.

Ye Fan insisted on entering the Cosmic Void Limit Challenge despite Tang Shan's warnings about its deadly risks. As the challenge arena appeared and the crowd gathered to watch, Ye Fan sensed the Cosmic Void Refining Divine Art responding and flew onto the stage.

• Tang Shan urgently contacted Ye Fan and tried to persuade him to cancel the challenge, offering to cover the costs.
• Ye Fan told Tang Shan he believed he could attempt the challenge and escape if he could not win, but Tang Shan warned him that even peerless geniuses had died or suffered devastating soul injuries.
• Tang Shan went to meet Ye Fan after learning he had signed the disclaimer, and he joked that he would bury him on the desolate planet where they had first met if he died.
• Warriors in the 0128 Branch mocked the challenger, Black Dragon Mountain Silver Spear, as the challenge platform emerged and tens of thousands of people watched.
• Ye Fan felt the Cosmic Void Refining Divine Art respond to the arena, strengthened his resolve, and flew onto the stage.

Ye Fan entered the Cosmic Void Limit Challenge’s physical body stage and faced a Giant Strength God, whose appearance stunned the watching martial artists. Ye Fan revealed the strength of his Nine Revolutions Golden Crow Sacred Path and shattered his opponent’s fist, instantly clearing the stage.

• Tang Shan anxiously watched Ye Fan prepare for the challenge while Nie Xiaobai and Nie Xiaoqing recognized Tang Shan and joined him.
• Ye Fan learned that injuries in the simulated physical body would inflict damage and full pain on his real body.
• The challenge summoned a Giant Strength God, prompting spectators to speculate that Ye Fan was a body-refining genius and bet on how long he would last.
• Ye Fan activated the Sixth Revolution of the Nine Revolutions Golden Crow Sacred Path, Great Sun Furnace, and met the Giant Strength God’s punch head-on.
• Ye Fan’s scorching fist broke apart the Giant Strength God’s attack, and he instantly cleared the first stage.

Ye Fan passed the Cosmic Void challenge’s second stage by embracing his lifelong drive to grow stronger, after his one-punch victory in the first stage had stunned the crowd. His rapid progress drew the attention of the Cosmic Void Alliance’s upper echelons.

• Ye Fan’s one-punch victory over Giant Strength God in the physical assessment caused an uproar and cost many spectators their bets.
• Tang Shan bragged about Ye Fan’s strength to Nie Xiaobai and Nie Xiaoqing, while the crowd warned that the willpower assessment could damage a martial artist’s mind.
• The second stage showed Ye Fan memories of pursuing martial arts, improving his family’s life, and eventually shouldering the Human Race’s mission.
• Ye Fan declared that his obsession with martial arts strengthened rather than weakened his resolve, and the blue will-testing space shattered.
• Ye Fan’s swift passage through the first two stages drew the attention of the Cosmic Void Alliance’s upper echelons.

Two Cosmic Void Alliance Monitoring Envoys watched Ye Fan break through the challenge’s obsession trial and discussed the secret inheritance hidden beyond its ninth stage. As crowds gathered to watch the challenge, they learned that Chi Ying, the Alliance’s standout young genius, had arrived after another challenger had already passed the first two stages.

• Illusion Weaver Heavenly God and Lingering Lightning Heavenly God detected a new Cosmic Void Limit Challenge attempt and watched Ye Fan’s replay of the second stage.
• Illusion Weaver Heavenly God concluded that Ye Fan defeated the obsession illusion by turning his own obsession into a weapon, while Lingering Lightning Heavenly God considered reporting him to the higher-ups.
• Lingering Lightning Heavenly God revealed that passing the ninth stage might grant a supreme Divine Realm inheritance coveted by the Cosmic Void Alliance’s highest levels.
• Martial artists flocked to Branch No. 0128 to watch Ye Fan’s challenge, which had already passed its first two stages.
• Chi Ying arrived to watch, surprising the gathered martial artists because he had previously said he would attempt the challenge himself.

Ye Fan passed the Cosmic Void Limit Challenge’s will trial, raising his Martial Dao Will, and faced the third stage’s soul and Mental Power assessment. As Chi Ying watched and studied him, Ye Fan countered the first pillar’s attack with a Soul Blade.

• Ye Fan emerged from an illusion that had felt like a lifetime, and his Martial Dao Will rose from level 80 to level 81.
• Nine Dragon Pattern Divine Pillars appeared around the battle platform, suppressing the spectators’ Mental Power and signaling the start of the soul trial.
• Chi Ying explained that the third stage tested Mental Power and resistance to soul pressure, and he decided to use Ye Fan’s attempt to learn from the challenge.
• Ye Fan recognized the trial and relied on his Divine Soul Crystal Wall to withstand the first pillar’s pressure.
• A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon formed from Mental Power attacked Ye Fan, and he sent a Soul Blade from his Sea of Consciousness to strike it, making Chi Ying’s pupils constrict.

Ye Fan used his Soul-Burning Blade to cut through the Dragon Pattern Divine Pillars’ Five-Clawed Golden Dragons during the Cosmic Void Limit Challenge, surprising Chi Ying and the watching martial artists. As more pillars lit up and the pressure increased, Ye Fan effortlessly destroyed the next two dragons, leaving the crowd wondering how long he could keep it up.

• Ye Fan’s Soul-Burning Blade made Chi Ying sense danger and reconsider his judgment of the challenger.
• Chi Ying’s arrival drew a growing crowd, while Majin Buu tried to interview him and attracted a surge of viewers after Chi Ying told him to get lost.
• Ye Fan’s Soul-Burning Blade split apart the first Five-Clawed Golden Dragon released by a Dragon Pattern Divine Pillar.
• The first and second pillars lit up, doubling the divine-soul pressure and sending two stronger Five-Clawed Golden Dragons at Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan formed two Soul-Burning Blades and swiftly cut down both dragons, astonishing the spectators.

Tang Shan risked 100,000 Cosmic Void Virtual Currency betting that Ye Fan would pass all nine Dragon-Patterned Divine Pillars, and Nie Xiaobai and Nie Xiaoqing joined him with smaller bets. Ye Fan passed six pillars, and seven formidable Five-Clawed Golden Dragons appeared as the challenge continued.

• Tang Shan decided to support Ye Fan by betting on him to pass all nine Dragon-Patterned Divine Pillars.
• Tang Shan wagered 100,000 Cosmic Void Virtual Currency, while Nie Xiaobai and Nie Xiaoqing each bet 100 on Ye Fan passing the ninth pillar.
• Ye Fan steadily passed the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth Dragon-Patterned Divine Pillars.
• The crowd regretted betting on Ye Fan to pass only five or six pillars, while bettors who chose seven watched anxiously.
• Seven Five-Clawed Golden Dragons formed from Mental Power and flew toward Ye Fan.