Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan visited the Immortal Divine Temple after the Abyss Sacrifice World catastrophe and received recognition, rewards, and permission to trade for powerful weapons. The Golden-Robed Divine Lord offered him a Star City territory, and Li Yuan was asked where he wanted it placed.

• Li Yuan arrived at the Immortal Divine Temple, where more than a hundred Red-Armored Divine Guards welcomed him before the waiting cultivators.
• Commander Cang Er told Li Yuan that he would receive a Seven-Star Immortal Token for his role in making the abyss pay a heavy price.
• The Golden-Robed Divine Lord apologized for the losses Xinmeng Cosmic Realm suffered and granted Li Yuan one hundred billion Immortal Merit while letting him keep the Top-tier Emperor Weapon spear.
• Li Yuan requested permission to exchange rare treasures for Top-tier Emperor Weapons, and the Divine Lord approved exchanges for up to 432 weapons.
• Li Yuan promised to help destroy the Abyss Sea, and the Divine Lord offered him a Star City territory in the Immortal World.

Li Yuan agreed to establish a star city after the Golden-Robed Divine Lord assured him that Supreme Hanxing could not threaten it, and he received Seven-Star Immortal Token authority. He exchanged rare treasures for three top-tier Emperor Weapons and secured permission to use Immortal Merit for another.

• Li Yuan agreed to establish a star city near the Second Immortal Divine Temple, while warning that Supreme Hanxing was his mortal enemy.
• The Golden-Robed Divine Lord promised the star city would be safe from Supreme Hanxing and said it would appear in ten years.
• Li Yuan received a Seven-Star Immortal Token, gained expanded exchange privileges, and learned he could control the future star city.
• Commander Cang Er valued Li Yuan's rare treasures at 1.16 trillion cubic Eternal Crystals, and Li Yuan exchanged them for the Crimson Spear, Mingyou Blade, and Imitation Heavenly Venerable Sacred Armor.
• Li Yuan asked to exchange Immortal Merit for the Thousand-Heart Emperor Ring, and a voice authorized Commander Cang Er to permit it.

Li Yuan obtained the Thousand-Heart Emperor Ring and learned that the Immortal Divine Temple planned to grant him an Immortal Star City to protect him from Supreme Hanxing. After clearing Supreme Hongying’s final Soul Pillar trial, he received the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm, a Sub-Saint Weapon formed from the Ancient Cosmic Realm and the Heavenly Net Tribulation Chain.

• Li Yuan exchanged Immortal Merit for the Thousand-Heart Emperor Ring, then left the Immortal Divine Temple after Commander Cang Er warned that the exchange was a special exception.
• The Golden-Robed Divine Lord ordered Commander Cang Er to prepare Star City No. 4 for Li Yuan, intending its Immortal Star City protections to shield him from Supreme Hanxing and strengthen his ties to the temple.
• Eight years later, Li Yuan cleared the final Soul Pillar trial in Supreme Hongying Hall, and Jinyuan congratulated him on passing it as a God King.
• Xiao Mu told Jinyuan about Li Yuan’s feats and his reputation as Dominator Xinyuan, leaving Jinyuan astonished by how quickly he had grown.
• Jinyuan revealed Supreme Hongying’s Sub-Saint Weapon, the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm, and explained that it combined the Ancient Cosmic Realm with the Heavenly Net Tribulation Chain; he gave it to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan mastered the incomplete Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm, honored Jinyuan’s request to preserve the legacy of the Honghe Cosmic Alliance, and prepared to establish a star city. His new city emerged as an Immortal Star City, giving his allies a powerful foothold just as Supreme Hanxing approached.

• Li Yuan branded the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm with his Life Mark, and Jinyuan explained that the Sub-Saint Weapon was incomplete and missing its auxiliary third part.
• Jinyuan asked Li Yuan to take the 136 Soul Pillars and preserve the deeds of the Honghe Cosmic Alliance’s Supremes and Emperor Realm beings; Li Yuan promised to build a Honghe Hall.
• Supreme Hanxing ordered the seven dominators of Supreme Hanxing Star City to attend Li Yuan’s ceremony and destroy his star city, while Li Yuan prepared six True Bodies for the expected attack.
• Li Yuan arrived in the Immortal World with the Starry Sky God Emperor and revealed a vast star city that he recognized as an Immortal Star City.
• Li Yuan brought more than ten thousand Quasi-Saints into the city, granted them cultivation authority, and ordered the Starry Sky God Emperor to announce a Star City Banquet for one month later.

Li Yuan distributed cultivation-granting decrees and vast gifts as he established Immortal Star City, then hosted a gathering attended by powerful figures from across the Universe. Supreme Hanxing arrived in his true body and threatened to destroy the city, leaving Li Yuan facing an immediate confrontation.

• Li Yuan granted Star Guard and Protector Decrees to the Quasi-Saints, secretly gave Elder Decrees to every Sixth-Order Quasi-Saint, and awarded Star City Immortal Tokens to the Starry Sky God Emperor and God King Dongmang.
• Li Yuan gave God King Dongmang and God King Xinjie immense stores of treasures, then studied Immortal Star City's origin and formations.
• Li Yuan held Xinyuan Star City's opening banquet as Dominators and other experts arrived, including God Emperor Yunyue, who revealed he had become a Dominator and announced his upcoming ceremony.
• Supreme Chijun attended and privately spoke with Li Yuan, expressing interest in his connection to the Immortal Divine Temple and gratitude for their shared history with Supreme Beihe.
• Supreme Hanxing arrived in his true body, enveloped Star City in his power, and threatened to destroy it while challenging Li Yuan for addressing him by name.

Li Yuan used Immortal Star City’s formation to fight Supreme Hanxing on equal terms and survived Hanxing’s soul attack. As Hanxing tried to withdraw, Li Yuan activated the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm and struck at Hanxing’s seven Overlords, killing six of them while Overlord Yuyi barely blocked the attack.

• Supreme Chijun tried to mediate, but Li Yuan told him to withdraw and faced Supreme Hanxing himself.
• Li Yuan fully activated Immortal Star City’s formation, gaining power at the threshold of a Sub-Saint, and clashed with Hanxing in a battle that shook the starry sky.
• Hanxing unleashed the Seven-Colored Abyss Fire soul attack, but Li Yuan’s defenses and Saint Heart Mark kept it from killing him.
• Hanxing began to retreat, and Li Yuan pursued him toward Dominator Anlu, Overlord Yuyi, and the other five Overlords.
• Li Yuan used the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm to suppress Hanxing’s speed and send Tribulation Locks after the seven Overlords; six were pierced through, while Overlord Yuyi barely blocked the attack.

Li Yuan used Xinyuan Star City and the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm to kill seven Overlords and hurl Supreme Hanxing into a distant space-time rift. After the battle established Xinyuan Star City as a major power, the Abyss Demon Lords speculated that Li Yuan wielded Sub-Saint Meng'an’s weapon and discussed winning him over.

• Li Yuan multiplied the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm’s tribulation locks, annihilated the seven Overlords’ true bodies, and attacked Supreme Hanxing with a spear formed from over a hundred locks.
• Supreme Hanxing transformed into his Ice Star true form and endured Li Yuan’s spear, but Li Yuan opened a space-time rift and blasted him through it.
• Li Yuan returned to the banquet, declared that it should continue, and news of his victory spread as powerful beings recognized Xinyuan Star City as a forbidden zone.
• Supreme Jing learned of the battle and judged that Li Yuan’s strength in his Star City reached the Supreme limit.
• Demon Lord Mowu proposed that Li Yuan’s chains and control over space-time resembled Sub-Saint Meng'an’s weapon, and Demon Lord Xuezhu suggested the Eternal Divine Palace had given it to him.
• Demon Lord Xuezhu urged the Abyss Demon Lords to stop Li Yuan and consider winning him over after Supreme Hanxing’s defeat.

The Abyss and the Immortal Divine Temple openly rallied forces around Li Yuan, setting the stage for a major clash in the Abyss Sacrifice Sea. As Li Yuan prepared to cultivate in seclusion, Dominator Yunyue and Overlord Tianluo swore loyalty to him, bringing nearly all Dominators of the Eighth Dark Domain under his command.

• The Abyss Demon Lords planned to block Li Yuan in the outer reaches of the Abyss Sacrifice Sea, while the Divine Lords of the Immortal Temples discussed joining forces to support him.
• Supreme Hanxing asked the White-Robed Divine Lord to protect his city, then agreed to cooperate with Demon Lord Beishan by sending his forces against Li Yuan in exchange for powerful rewards.
• The Immortal Divine Temple and the Abyss each issued public declarations urging overlords to support or oppose Li Yuan, and Li Yuan said strength would decide the outcome.
• After the banquet, Dominator Yunyue and Overlord Tianluo swore Eternal Oaths to serve Li Yuan, joining Dominator Tongtian as his direct subordinates.
• Li Yuan told the Starry Sky God Emperor to avoid disturbing him and sent his true bodies back to Universe Spacetime to cultivate in seclusion until the Abyss Sacrifice Sea opened.

Li Yuan learned that the Abyss Sacrifice Sea would open in just over six hundred years, forcing both factions to recruit powerful Masters for the coming battle. The Immortal Divine Temple lent him seven Top-tier Emperor Weapons and granted him two Sub-Saint Ultimate Arts, leaving him better equipped but with little time to prepare.

• Li Yuan assigned five of his True Bodies to deduce the All Things Dao while his other True Bodies studied his existing Eternal Daos.
• The Abyss Will announced that the Abyss Sacrifice Sea would open ahead of schedule and offered rewards to Masters who joined its faction.
• Overlord Shanhuan agreed to fight for the Abyss Faction in exchange for a Sub-Saint Ultimate Art and two Top-tier Emperor Weapons.
• The Golden-Robed Divine Lord told Li Yuan that powerful Masters, including Overlord Shanhuan, were preparing to oppose him and explained that the opening could not be delayed.
• Li Yuan asked the Immortal Divine Temple for cultivation resources and received two Sub-Saint Ultimate Arts and seven Top-tier Emperor Weapons.

After five hundred years of seclusion, Li Yuan mastered the World Sword’s First Sword and unexpectedly opened his fifth Eternal Dao, the All Things Dao. When he merged it into the Primal Artistic Conception, the five Eternal Daos began converging in a way that surprised him.

• Li Yuan studied the Moya Song and World Sword while continuing to deduce the Eternal Dao in seclusion.
• Liu Bing reached the God Monarch level, and Li Shu and Dongfang Ji discussed their cultivation and Li Yuan’s long seclusion.
• Li Yuan perfected the World Sword’s First Sword after hundreds of years of study.
• Li Yuan unexpectedly opened the All Things Dao, his fifth Eternal Dao, while comprehending the World Sword.
• Li Yuan guided the All Things Dao into the Primal Artistic Conception and was shocked as the five Eternal Daos began converging.

Li Yuan’s five Eternal Dao intents transformed his Inner Cosmic Realm into an embryonic Inner Universe, drawing the attention of the Inspectors and Saint Fuhong. Saint Fuhong revealed the hidden history of the Saint Fall Domain and warned that Sub-Saints who left its universes were lost or killed, leaving Li Yuan with the promise of a personal ultimate-art inheritance and a far greater understanding of his world.

• Li Yuan’s five Eternal Dao intents gave birth to a profound Dao charm and transformed his Inner Cosmic Realm into an expanding river of rules, an embryonic Inner Universe.
• The Eternal Light from Li Yuan’s breakthrough alerted Jin Jiu, Zijing, and Yan that a peerless candidate had appeared in the Heavenly Heart Domain.
• Jin Jiu met Li Yuan after the two-thousand-year period and brought Saint Fuhong, who promised to personally teach Li Yuan an ultimate art.
• Saint Fuhong explained that the Endless Saint Finger contained many universes and that Sub-Saints normally left their home universes to enter the Saint Realm.
• Saint Fuhong revealed that Li Yuan’s universe was born in the Saint Fall Domain after two Saint Kings fell there, leaving its rules incomplete and isolating it from the wider Saint Finger.
• Saint Fuhong told Li Yuan that Sub-Saints leaving the Saint Fall Domain became lost in chaotic spacetime or died, and that he had never heard of one escaping.

Saint Fuhong explained the origins of the River Ancient Ruins, the dangers of the Saint Fall Domain, and the paths to becoming a Saint before giving Li Yuan the incomplete eternal ultimate art, Primal Source Art. After the Universe Sphere disappeared, Li Yuan prepared seven of his true bodies to join the Immortal Divine Temple’s assault on the Abyss Sacrifice Sea, where the gathered Dominators included Yanlong and Dongxuan.

• Li Yuan learned that the River Ancient Ruins arose from the Supreme Source, that the Eternal Road led to the Saint Sea, and that the Abyss Faction threatened universes.
• Saint Fuhong explained four paths to becoming a Saint and urged Li Yuan to reach the Sub-Saint limit and refine his universe’s source.
• Saint Fuhong passed Li Yuan the incomplete Primal Source Art, while Jin Jiu warned him not to use the eternal ultimate art lightly within the Universe.
• After the Universe Sphere vanished, Li Yuan left for the Eternal Divine Palace and learned that Saint Fuhong wondered why a Saint King had arranged for him to receive the art.
• More than a hundred years later, Li Yuan assigned seven true bodies to the battle at the Abyss Sacrifice Sea and met the Divine Lords and nearly three hundred Dominators gathering for the expedition.
• Dominator Yanlong and Dongxuan arrived to join the expedition, and Dongxuan greeted Li Yuan.

Li Yuan and the other factions prepared to enter the Abyss Sacrifice Sea, while the Abyss arranged to stop him before he could reach the Source River. After entering a Small World River, Li Yuan hurried toward his destination, killed Quasi-Saint Yanxu, and the Abyss forces began attacking Dominator Yanlong’s group.

• Golden-Robed Divine Lord Ran Yu briefed Li Yuan, Dominator Yanlong, Dominator Dongxuan, and the other Dominators on their mission to help Dominator Xinyuan cross the Source River, then gave them tokens to sense one another’s positions.
• Quasi-Saint Longya and God King Huanxin received Abyss Sacrifice Sea Tokens, while Sheng Xun urged Celestial Demon Sacred Palace’s Overlords to take advantage of the coming conflict and seize treasures.
• Demon Lord Beishan organized the Abyss forces, assigning Overlord Weiyu to hold the Source River and Overlord Shanhuan to hunt Dominator Xinyuan with a group of newly joined Universe Cultivators.
• After the Origin Passage opened, Qiuyuan entered a Small World River and hurried through its passages toward the Source River, while the Abyss tracked his location and sent Overlords to intercept him.
• Qiuyuan encountered Quasi-Saint Yanxu, killed him and his other true bodies with the Moya Song, and continued onward after declaring that his vengeance against Supreme Hanxing had only begun.
• Overlord Yuyi and Overlord Xiaming’s teams entered the Great World River where Dominator Yanlong and the others were located and began surrounding them.

Li Yuan arrived to rescue Dominator Yanlong and revealed Supreme Being-threshold combat power, devastating the Abyss Faction’s forces with his spear arts and spacetime control. After Overlord Shanhuan escaped with a Space-Time Talisman Treasure, Li Yuan learned that his Inner Universe’s evolution had reached its limit, foreshadowing an imminent transformation of his divine body.

• Dominator Yanlong was trapped by Xiaming, Overlord Yuyi, and Overlord Tianmo, while the Immortal Emperor lost one true body in the battle.
• Li Yuan arrived and killed all eight true bodies of Dominator Taihua and Overlord Xuanxu with his World Sword spear arts, then heavily injured Xiaming.
• Li Yuan activated the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm, annihilated most of the Abyss Faction’s Overlords, and destroyed the remaining true bodies of Xiaming, Yuyi, and Tianmo.
• Overlord Shanhuan fought Li Yuan with seven true bodies at Supreme Being-threshold strength, then escaped through a Space-Time Talisman Treasure.
• Li Yuan regrouped with Yanlong, Qingqi, the Immortal Emperor, and the other survivors, then sensed that his Inner Universe’s evolution had reached its limit.

Li Yuan’s Inner Universe reached its limit, transforming his nine true bodies and allowing his consciousness to perceive the Endless Saint Sea. After nine years of cultivation, he opened all nine Top-tier Eternal Daos, understood why his strength barred him from the Origin Place for now, and resumed his journey toward the Source River.

• Li Yuan concealed his true bodies inside the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm as they underwent a life-level transformation, while the Abyss faction prepared to send its Demon Lords if Overlord Shanhuan failed to stop him.
• Li Yuan’s soul broke through the universe’s limits and perceived the Endless Saint Sea, where he learned how controlling the universe could allow him to revive his teacher and others.
• Li Yuan completed his transformation, reaching a body, divine power, and soul comparable to an ordinary Sub-Saint, and spent nine years cultivating during the Saint Sea baptism.
• Li Yuan opened the World Dao, Myriad Spirits Dao, Great Destruction Dao, Heart-Artifact Dao, All Things Dao, Space-Time Dao, Fate Path, Reincarnation Dao, and Chaos Dao, forming the foundation of his Nine Paths Birth.
• Li Yuan realized that the universe was damaged, that its Origin Place rejected him because of his increased strength, and that he could enter once his realm advanced further.
• Li Yuan left the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm and continued flying toward the Source River.

Li Yuan revealed that his breakthrough had raised him to strength comparable to an ordinary Sub-Saint, then destroyed the Abyss forces guarding Source River and left the Sacrificial Sea. The Universe hailed him as invincible for an era, and the Immortal Divine Temple welcomed him and offered him a trillion Immortal Merit and Universe Leader authority.

• Dominator Xinyuan approached the Abyss formation alone and gave its defenders a chance to withdraw, but Overlord Shanhuan ordered the formation to attack.
• Li Yuan's Void Realm True Body annihilated the souls of nearly all the Dominators in the formation, leaving Overlord Shanhuan alive as the six Abyss Demon Lords descended.
• Demon Lord Xuezhu attacked Li Yuan, but he killed her with a casual strike and revealed that his strength had become comparable to an ordinary Sub-Saint's.
• Li Yuan killed the remaining five Demon Lords with the fourth sword of the Sub-Saint Ultimate Art, then used his Void Realm True Body to kill Overlord Shanhuan.
• Li Yuan left the Abyss Sacrifice Sea, and news of Sub-Saint Xinyuan's power spread across the Universe.
• The three Divine Lords welcomed Li Yuan at the Immortal Divine Temple and offered him one trillion Immortal Merit and the authority of a Universe Leader.

Li Yuan accepted the Universe Commander authority and used the Immortal World's origin to clarify his path toward Dao Integration. He then began destroying his enemies’ star cities and abyss demon dens, before returning to the Eternal Divine Palace to prepare to open the Bronze Coffin with Xiao Mu.

• Li Yuan accepted the Universe Commander position after learning the Divine Lords wanted assurance that the Immortal World would survive if he took control of the universe, and he promised to preserve it while reducing its energy supply by ninety-nine percent.
• Li Yuan exchanged for a world-nurturing treasure and three top-tier Sub-Saint Ultimate Art inheritances, then comprehended the Immortal World's origin and recognized Myriad Spirits as the key to uniting his nine Daos.
• Li Yuan destroyed Supreme Hanxing Star City, killed the Hanxing Cosmic Realm lineage members who remained, and gave the wider Hanxing Cosmic Alliance ten days to withdraw before he would kill its members too.
• Li Yuan razed the star cities of Dominators who had joined the Abyss Faction and destroyed the Six-Qi Abyss Demon Den, collecting fragments of the Black Demon Irrigation Stone along the way.
• Li Yuan returned to the Eternal Divine Palace, gathered his true bodies around the All Saints Stone Wall, and told Xiao Mu he was ready to open the Bronze Coffin.

Li Yuan opened the Bronze Coffin and learned from Xiao Mu that its sealed source belonged to the fallen Samsara Saint King and could be refined by a native cultivator who achieved Nine Dao Integration. Over millions of years, Li Yuan pursued Dao Integration and cultivated the Xinmeng Cosmic Realm; at the end, he successfully took control of the Universe source.

• Li Yuan opened the Bronze Coffin in the Eternal Divine Palace, with the chains suppressing its lethal gray mist, and discovered a Dao Intent Star containing the fused profundities of six Eternal Sacred Daos.
• Xiao Mu recovered memories and revealed that he was the Bronze Coffin’s artifact spirit, his master was the Samsara Saint King, and the coffin’s source was meant to be refined by a cultivator from this Universe.
• Li Yuan repaid Supreme Jing with a World-Nurturing Treasure, established the Xinyuan Universe Alliance, and withdrew into secluded cultivation as the alliance became the Universe’s leading power.
• Over the following ages, Li Yuan advanced his Dao Integration while guiding the Xinmeng Cosmic Realm’s cultivators, including Li Shu, who became a Dominator; Li Yuan also repeatedly failed to refine the Bronze Coffin’s source.
• After all his Eternal Daos reached the fourth step, Li Yuan resonated with the Universe source in the Mohe Star Domain and successfully took control of it.

Li Yuan refined his home universe’s origin, became its Dominator, and then comprehended the Primal Sacred Dao to control the Heavenly Heart Domain and attain Saint King strength. After learning the truth behind the Samsara Saint King’s long plan, Li Yuan joined the Qionggao Faction, with his Saint King celebration planned for ten thousand years later.

• Li Yuan refined his universe’s origin, became its Dominator, expelled the Eternal Ruins’ influence, and strengthened the Cosmic Realms.
• Li Yuan killed Supreme Hanxing and the other enemies who had fought him, then discovered that his universe was connected to the Heavenly Heart Domain’s Six Paths Secret Land.
• Li Yuan destroyed the Abyss Ruins and annihilated its Six Qi Demon Servants, while Saint Fuhong warned him that the Abyss Faction’s Saint Kings were preparing to attack.
• Li Yuan comprehended the complete Primal Sacred Dao, refined the Gray Dao Intent Star, and took control of the Heavenly Heart Domain, becoming a Saint King.
• Saint King Huntian explained that the Samsara Saint King had arranged Li Yuan’s path through repeated reincarnations, including as Heart Dream God Emperor.
• Li Yuan agreed to join the Qionggao Faction, and Saint King Qionggao proposed holding Li Yuan’s Saint King celebration in the Heavenly Heart Domain ten thousand years later.

The author reflected on completing High Martial Era, apologized for its erratic 2025 updates, and explained why he chose to end it with the Universe Arc rather than continue into the planned Saint Sea Arc. He left Li Yuan’s later growth to future free extras and said he planned to rest before starting a shorter Starry-Sky High Martial Arts novel.

• The author announced that High Martial Era had finished and thanked readers while apologizing for the sparse updates during 2025.
• He recalled the novel’s early success, then described how health problems, life circumstances, and declining writing momentum led him to wrap up the story.
• He explained that his original outline included a Saint Sea Arc in which Li Yuan would become a Primal Saint King, but he instead followed the shorter Universe Arc ending.
• He said he would write some of Li Yuan’s later growth in free extras after resting.
• He planned to write a shorter High Martial Arts novel about a martial arts vocational college student, then thanked readers and wished them well for the Year of the Horse.