Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan rescued Jiang Xuan’s group from Jiang Lei, then learned more about Yuan Kingdom, the Starry Sky Ancient Cities, and the Juexing Divine Pill from the spoils he collected. As they traveled through the inner region, nine Demigod-level beasts emerged, suggesting that a Blood Calamity had begun.

• Li Yuan subdued Jiang Lei with a divine chain, killed his Demigod subordinates, and looted the group’s treasures.
• Jiang Xuan asked Li Yuan to spare Jiang Lei and frightened him into silence by claiming Li Yuan was connected to her elder brother and the Starry Sky Ancient City.
• Li Yuan refused Xu Guo’s attempt to persuade him to enter the forbidden land, and the group continued through the inner region.
• Li Yuan discovered Information Crystals describing Yuan Kingdom, the Starry Sky Ancient Cities, the Juexing Divine Pill, and the legendary Nine Star Pulse cultivator Gu Yun.
• Nine Demigod-level beasts charged out of a cavern, and Jiang Xuan and Xu Guo suspected that the Blood Calamity had begun.

Li Yuan and his companions fled the Blood Calamity in the Abyssal Demon Blood Cave, but a hidden force targeted them for extermination. After hundreds of demigod-level beasts surrounded them, a Blood Demon emerged from the ground.

• Jiang Xuan warned Li Yuan that the sixteen demigod-level beasts signaled the Blood Calamity and urged the group to flee the inner region, so Li Yuan ordered them to escape.
• When two Wind Path beasts began overtaking Xu Guo's Void Warship, Li Yuan moved everyone into his Nebula Void Shuttle and sped away.
• In the depths of a forbidden zone, two wills discussed the Blood Calamity and ordered their beasts to surround Li Yuan's group and seize their divine artifact.
• Li Yuan concealed the Nebula Void Shuttle in a canyon, where Jiang Xuan said the Blood Calamity usually lasted one or two days and trial-takers suspected the Yuan Kingdom's higher-ups controlled the cave.
• Guyou warned Li Yuan that more than three hundred demigod-level savage beasts were converging on them, and a giant blood-wreathed hand burst from the ground as Xu Guo recognized the Blood Demon.

Li Yuan defeated and killed two Blood Demons and the Demigod-level beasts sent against him, then chose to remain in the Abyssal Demon Blood Cave with Jiang Xuan and the others. After learning that the cave’s independent core could target powerful intruders, he was swallowed along with the Nebula Void Shuttle by a sudden spatial rift.

• Jiang Xuan offered to risk her life to distract the Blood Demons, but Li Yuan told everyone to stay aboard the warship and charged out to fight.
• Li Yuan used his domain and spear arts to kill both Blood Demons and slaughter the Demigod-level beasts despite the hidden will’s order to stop.
• Li Yuan returned to the Nebula Void Shuttle, agreed that Jiang Xuan and Xu Guo could stay, and began recovering his Source Power while they gathered beast heads for the trial.
• In the forbidden zone, one will revealed that the Blood Cave’s independent core would deal with powerful intruders, while another vowed revenge for its dead Blood Demon.
• Guyou warned Li Yuan about spatial power, but an enormous spatial rift swallowed the Nebula Void Shuttle before he could react.

Li Yuan was pulled into a hidden teleportation array and forced to enter a deadly trial passage, where he survived its escalating obstacles and reached an inheritance hall. There, a black-robed phantom revealed that the inheritance had already been claimed over ten thousand years earlier, leaving Li Yuan with no chance to become the master's disciple.

• Li Yuan discovered that the hall’s passages admitted only one person each, and Guyou had him wait while the passages of several armored soldiers and Xu Guo went dark.
• After Jiang Xuan’s passage remained lit, Li Yuan entered a trial passage and learned he had to face its obstacles using only his own strength.
• Li Yuan defeated successive Silver-Clad and Gold-Clad Warriors, then resisted a sinister wind’s soul attack with the Thousand Heart Lotus Platform.
• Li Yuan reached another hall, collected the remaining treasures from a skeleton, and found six other dead trial-takers whose belongings had been taken.
• A black-robed phantom told Li Yuan that the hall was one of ten inheritance lands created by a being beyond True God, but someone had already inherited this one more than ten thousand years earlier.

Li Yuan learned that the Celestial God's inheritance had no personal or inner disciple positions left, but he could become a nominal disciple by pledging to announce it if he became a Celestial God or won an Ancestral World Token. The Black-Robed Elder explained the Ancestral World War and revealed it would begin in twelve years, leaving Li Yuan to face the daunting challenge of qualifying for the token.

• Li Yuan was disappointed to learn that the Celestial God's personal and inner disciple positions were filled, but the Black-Robed Elder offered him a remaining nominal disciple position.
• The Black-Robed Elder said Li Yuan would have to publicly identify as the Master's nominal disciple if he became a Celestial God or won an Ancestral World Token as a Demigod.
• Li Yuan asked about the Ancestral World Token, and the Black-Robed Elder explained that the Ancestral World linked Awakening Star Continent to the Divine Domain and hosted a war for demigods every five hundred years.
• The Black-Robed Elder said only three to ten Ancestral World Tokens appeared in each war, and winners could receive an opportunity from the Founder of the Ancestral World.
• Li Yuan learned that the next Ancestral World War was twelve years away, and the Black-Robed Elder advised him to wait for the following war instead.

Li Yuan weighed the risks and rewards of becoming a Celestial God's registered disciple after learning that one of the available treasures was the rare Law Mirror. He accepted the offer and followed the Black-Robed Elder into another passage, leaving the fate of the failed trial-takers behind.

• Li Yuan rejected the Black-Robed Elder's suggestion to wait five hundred years and resolved to seek a chance to join the Ancestral World War in twelve years.
• The Black-Robed Elder explained why the Celestial God required registered disciples to make their identities public under certain conditions and described their rewards.
• Guyou told Li Yuan that the Law Mirror was an extraordinarily rare enlightenment treasure condensed from a Celestial God's law comprehension.
• Li Yuan decided the Law Mirror was worth the risk and agreed to become the Celestial God's registered disciple under the name Xu Yuan.
• The Black-Robed Elder explained that the skeletons had failed the Inheritance Land's requirements and revealed that the Abyssal Demon Blood Cave's beasts had been cultivated by another True God.
• The Black-Robed Elder admitted that he had held back to test Li Yuan's strength, then flew with him into another passage.

Li Yuan entered the core inheritance land, received a treasury reward, and chose the Law Mirror to study Anchi Celestial God's mastery of spatial laws. As Li Yuan cultivated, his spear insights deepened, and a powerful black-armored senior arrived to observe him.

• The Black-Robed Elder brought Li Yuan to Anchi Celestial God's preserved body and explained the Celestial God's history and the inheritance land's significance.
• The Black-Robed Elder opened the registered disciple treasury and gave Li Yuan twenty thousand cubic God Crystals.
• Li Yuan chose the Law Mirror over a Sealing Tower and a soul secret treasure, then used it to witness Anchi Celestial God's spatial-cutting technique.
• Li Yuan became absorbed in training, and his grasp of spatial mysteries and the Boundary Cloud Spear's fourth form rapidly improved.
• A black-armored figure arrived, identified Li Yuan as Xu Yuan, and watched as his finger-thrust made space ripple.

Li Yuan used Anchi Celestial God's Law Mirror to master the fourth form of the Boundary Cloud Spear and greatly advance his comprehension of space. Jiang Yuan True God arrived, recognized Li Yuan's exceptional talent, and took him away as his junior brother.

• Li Yuan comprehended Anchi Celestial God's palm blade through the Law Mirror and mastered the Boundary Cloud Spear's fourth form, "Shatter the Firmament."
• Li Yuan's Mysteries of Space reached Seven Stages 62%, and his comprehension also advanced his Fire lineage to true meaning.
• Jiang Yuan True God appeared before Li Yuan, and Guyou identified him as a powerful True God with no apparent ill intent.
• Jiang Yuan True God revealed that Li Yuan was his junior brother in Anchi Celestial God's lineage and praised his talent, including his Eight Star Pulse and near-Void-God soul.
• Elder Wu learned that Li Yuan had Eight Star Pulse, while Jiang Yuan True God said he would cultivate Li Yuan and took him away from the Xingkong world.

Li Yuan admitted to Jiang Yuan True God that he had descended from the Divine Domain and claimed to come from the Chaos Divine Court. Jiang Yuan offered to protect him and help him establish an identity in exchange for a future introduction to the Divine Court, then rescued Jiang Xuan from the Inheritance Land.

• Jiang Yuan True God questioned Li Yuan about his origins and deduced that he had recently descended from the Divine Domain.
• Li Yuan identified himself as a member of the Chaos Divine Court, and Jiang Yuan revealed that he was the Yuan Kingdom Lord and a hall master in Awakening Star Ancient City.
• Jiang Yuan offered to help Li Yuan with his identity and participation in the Ancestral World War in exchange for a future recommendation to the Chaos Divine Court.
• Li Yuan and Jiang Yuan swore Law Oaths promising mutual assistance.
• Li Yuan asked Jiang Yuan to save his companions, and Jiang Yuan brought Jiang Xuan out of the Inheritance Land.

Li Yuan joined Yuan Kingdom’s Divine Fire Palace with True God Jiang Yuan’s help and received a recommendation slot for Awakening Star Ancient City. After settling into his residence, he was given ten Juexing Divine Pills and prepared to examine one.

• True God Jiang Yuan revealed himself to Jiang Xuan, told her Li Yuan had saved her, and sent her to the royal capital while keeping their relationship secret.
• True God Jiang Yuan gave Li Yuan information about Awakening Star Continent and arranged a Divine Fire Palace identity and a slot in Awakening Star Ancient City’s upcoming recruitment.
• Li Yuan and True God Jiang Yuan traveled to Yuan Kingdom’s capital, where Void God Shaxi admitted Li Yuan to Divine Fire Palace and placed him tenth on the Feitian Ranking.
• Li Yuan settled into his residence, activated its protective array, and resumed cultivating the fourth form of the Boundary Cloud Spear.
• Li Yuan received one hundred cubic units of God Crystal and ten Juexing Divine Pills, then took out a pill to study it.

Li Yuan discovered that Juexing Divine Pills granted a weaker form of Spirit Guidance, letting him awaken thousands of Life Stars and prompting him to seek more pills and strengthen his soul. Meanwhile, Leng Yan learned that Xu Yuan had taken his Feitian Ranking slot and prepared to challenge him, while Li Yuan received an invitation to a banquet hosted by Jiang Shan.

• Li Yuan refined two Juexing Divine Pills and found that each unleashed a soul impact before briefly enhancing his perception and awakening hundreds of Life Stars.
• Li Yuan used all ten pills, awakened nearly three thousand Life Stars, and concluded that he needed more pills and a stronger soul to pursue higher Star Pulse ranks.
• Leng Yan learned that Xu Yuan had taken his slot among the Divine Fire Palace's top ten Feitian cultivators and went to Marquis Huanzhen for help.
• Marquis Huanzhen learned that a higher authority had arranged Xu Yuan's slot and devised a lawful challenge for Leng Yan while warning him she could not protect him forever.
• Jiang Yuan True God sent Li Yuan a complete forged identity for Xu Yuan, and a servant invited him to a banquet hosted by Jiang Shan of King Wushan's residence.

Li Yuan accepted Jiang Xuan’s invitation to a banquet at Nine Sounds Pavilion, where a mysterious Eight Star Pulse Demigod named Jing Kui discovered his unusual soul strength. As Leng Yan set out to confront Li Yuan over losing his Feitian Ranking spot, Li Yuan remained unaware that trouble was heading his way.

• Li Yuan initially refused Jiang Shan’s invitation, but Jiang Xuan arrived, apologized for the servant’s behavior, and persuaded him to attend a banquet at Nine Sounds Pavilion.
• Jiang Xuan took Li Yuan through the capital in a Black Dragon Puppet warship, and Commander Mo discovered that a demigod from Marquis Huanzhen’s Mansion was following them.
• Jiang Xuan told Li Yuan that Leng Yan had lost his tenth-place Feitian Ranking spot to him and explained Marquis Huanzhen’s influence, prompting Li Yuan to resolve to be cautious.
• At Nine Sounds Pavilion, Li Yuan and the black-robed Demigod Jing Kui clashed with their Divine Senses; Jing Kui introduced himself and said they would meet again in Awakening Star Ancient City.
• After learning Li Yuan was headed to Nine Sounds Pavilion, Leng Yan dismissed the Black-Robed Elder’s warning and set out with his followers to confront him.

Li Yuan attended a banquet hosted by Jiang Shan at the Absolute Sound Pavilion, where Yan Long questioned his strength and resented his trial slot. After learning how difficult it was for Flying-level cultivators to enter Awakening Star Ancient City, Li Yuan was interrupted by Leng Yan, who arrived to see him.

• Jiang Xuan brought Li Yuan to the Absolute Sound Pavilion, where he met Jiang Shan, Baili Teng, and Yan Long.
• Jiang Shan hosted the banquet to congratulate Li Yuan on his Feitian Ranking and thank him for helping Jiang Xuan in the Abyssal Demon Blood Cave.
• Yan Long warned Li Yuan that he might die in Awakening Star Ancient City, while Jiang Xuan rebuked Yan Long and Jiang Shan apologized on his behalf.
• Li Yuan learned from Jiang Shan and Baili Teng that Flying-level cultivators rarely passed Awakening Star Ancient City's trial, and that enduring longer could bring greater benefits.
• Leng Yan entered the hall with an entourage and called for Li Yuan, drawing the guests' attention.

Leng Yan challenged Xu Yuan over his place on the Feitian Ranking, but Xu Yuan defeated Ji Ming with one palm in a wagered battle at the Absolute Sound Pavilion. Leng Yan conceded, gave Xu Yuan a valuable treasure as an apology, and left, while Xu Yuan’s strength astonished the capital’s Demigods.

• Leng Yan arrived with Demigods and demanded that Xu Yuan face him, while Jiang Shan offered to protect Xu Yuan and Xu Yuan chose to meet Leng Yan in public.
• Leng Yan and Ji Ming challenged Xu Yuan, and Xu Yuan accepted Ji Ming’s challenge after wagering five hundred cubic God Crystals against Leng Yan’s Fire Red Crystal.
• Ji Ming unleashed his strongest attack, but Xu Yuan’s single palm shattered Ji Ming’s protective barrier and defeated him.
• The spectators were stunned by Xu Yuan’s near-peak-Demigod strength, and Jiang Xuan collected her fifty-God-Crystal bet from Yan Long.
• Leng Yan admitted defeat, surrendered the Fire Red Crystal as an apology, and left with his followers.
• Jiang Shan, Baili Teng, Jiang Xuan, and Yan Long praised Xu Yuan, and Jiang Shan remarked that Xu Yuan had missed the chance to challenge the Ancestral World War.

After defeating Ji Ming, Li Yuan revealed that he was only thirty, drawing the attention of Yuan Kingdom’s powerful factions. He decided to try the Realm of Nine Sounds, while Jiang Shan arranged for Jiang Xuan to bring him Juexing Divine Pills, and Void God Shaxi raised Li Yuan to first on the Feitian Ranking.

• Li Yuan told Jiang Shan and the others he was thirty, and they discussed his talent, the Ancestral World War, and the dangers of attracting powerful enemies.
• Jiang Shan and Baili Teng explained that the Realm of Nine Sounds would open in three days and could temper Li Yuan’s soul and will; Li Yuan decided to attempt it.
• Jiang Shan gave Jiang Xuan fifty Juexing Divine Pills to take to Li Yuan, hoping their friendship would help protect her in the future.
• Marquis Huanzhen told Leng Yan to abandon his hopes for the Feitian Ranking, become a Demigod, and go to Dongyou Sacred Land.
• News of Li Yuan’s strength spread through Yuan Kingdom, and Jing Kui praised his combat ability and soul will to a purple-robed Void God.
• Void God Shaxi learned Li Yuan had defeated Ji Ming with one palm and ordered his Divine Fire Palace ranking raised from tenth to first on the Feitian Ranking.

Li Yuan accepted Jiang Xuan’s gift of Juexing Divine Pills and secluded himself to cultivate, while Jiang Xuan prepared for the Awakening Star Ancient City trial. After refining the pills and training his will, Li Yuan broke through to Void God-level will, leaving him poised for further growth as the Realm of Nine Sounds approached.

• Jiang Xuan gave Li Yuan fifty Juexing Divine Pills and learned that Xu Guo and the others had likely died in the Abyssal Demon Blood Cave.
• Li Yuan told Ren Qing to turn away visitors while accepting their gifts, then entered seclusion to refine the Juexing Divine Pills.
• Jiang Xuan arranged support for Xu Guo’s family and resolved to work hard in Awakening Star Ancient City so she could help her elder brother.
• Ren Qing received gifts from visiting divine families and decided to serve Li Yuan faithfully in hopes of gaining his trust.
• Li Yuan refined pills until the soul impact knocked him unconscious, then awakened nearly twenty thousand Life Stars and strengthened his sixth star pulse.
• Li Yuan cultivated the Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra until his will broke through to the Void God level, and he anticipated the upcoming Realm of Nine Sounds.

Li Yuan’s will transformed to the Void God level after he touched the Great Sun Scorching Sun and endured its illusions. He refined all eighty Juexing Divine Pills, then joined Jiang Shan and Jiang Xuan on their way to the Realm of Nine Sounds.

• Li Yuan approached the Great Sun Scorching Sun and was drawn into vivid illusions that tested his deepest desires before he returned to his consciousness.
• Li Yuan realized the Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra used illusions to temper his will and resolved to stay alert so he would not lose himself in them.
• Li Yuan refined the remaining Juexing Divine Pills, bringing his total to eighty, and awakened more than two hundred Life Stars.
• Jiang Shan invited Li Yuan to attend the opening of the Realm of Nine Sounds with him and Jiang Xuan.
• Li Yuan left his residence after accepting 1,800 cubes of God Crystal in gifts from divine families, then boarded the Black Dragon Warship with Jiang Shan and Jiang Xuan.

Li Yuan attended the opening of the Realm of Nine Sounds alongside Demigod Jiang Shan and other leading cultivators, drawing attention as the new number one on the Feitian Ranking. After challengers tested the dangerous Nine Sounds Tower, Li Yuan and the others entered to attempt it themselves.

• A black-armored demigod warned his young clan members that the Realm of Nine Sounds was deadly, while the crowd gathered at the Nine Sounds Pavilion to await its opening.
• Demigod Jiang Shan arrived with Li Yuan aboard a Black Dragon Warship, and the pavilion’s master personally welcomed them as spectators speculated about Li Yuan’s strength and prospects.
• Wu Beihong entered Jiang Shan’s hall and invited Li Yuan to join him, but Li Yuan declined and stayed with Jiang Shan; Baili Teng then explained their bitter rivalry.
• The Nine Sounds Tower appeared, and its rules revealed that challengers risked death while higher-level Feitian cultivators and demigods could earn an audience with True God Jiuyin.
• Thousands of challengers entered the tower, but many died and none reached the requirements for a gift or an audience with True God Jiuyin.
• Li Yuan, Jiang Shan, Baili Teng, and several other leading cultivators flew toward the Nine Sounds Tower to begin their challenges.

Li Yuan, appearing as Xu Yuan, slowly challenged the Nine Sounds Tower while studying its fear-based illusions, surprising the gathered spectators and Void Gods as he advanced. After Jiang Shan cleared the ninth floor and awakened Void God-level will, Xu Yuan also reached the ninth floor, leaving everyone waiting to see whether he could pass it.

• Wu Beihong and Leng Yan questioned why Xu Yuan had entered the Nine Sounds Tower, while spectators watched the challengers begin their trials.
• Jiang Shan and Baili Teng raced through the early floors, while Xu Yuan lingered on the first floor to study the tower’s fear-based illusions.
• The Void Gods judged Xu Yuan’s progress too slow, but Dong Lin suggested that he might exceed their expectations.
• Jiang Shan cleared the ninth floor and announced that his will had broken through to the Void God level, angering Wu Beihong.
• Xu Yuan gradually cleared the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, meeting the requirements for a gift and for True God Jiuyin to accept a disciple.
• After eight hours, Xu Yuan reached the ninth floor, and the spectators waited to see whether he could clear it.

Li Yuan saw through the desire behind the Nine Sounds Tower’s fear illusions and passed its ninth floor, astonishing the spectators and Void Gods. Void God Qianhuan told him and Jiang Shan that True God Jiuyin would meet them after the Realm of Nine Sounds closed, while Jiang Yuan True God wondered how Li Yuan’s will had advanced so quickly.

• Li Yuan realized that fear arose from desire, faced his desires directly, and raised his will from level 49 to level 54 as he broke free of the ninth-floor illusion.
• Li Yuan emerged from the Nine Sounds Tower, and Jiang Xuan, Jiang Shan, Yan Long, and other spectators praised his feat while Wu Beihong and Leng Yan reacted with shock and relief.
• The Pavilion Master of the Nine Sounds Pavilion and other Void Gods marveled that a Feitian-level cultivator had passed the ninth realm, and Shaxi decided to report Li Yuan to the Kingdom Lord.
• Void God Qianhuan congratulated Li Yuan and Jiang Shan and said True God Jiuyin would meet them after the tower closed and prepare a gift for each of them.
• News of Xu Yuan’s achievement spread across Yuan Kingdom, and Jiang Yuan True God wondered how Li Yuan’s soul or will had made such a rapid breakthrough.