Chapter Summaries

Chen Fusheng pursued Saint Yuan Xinghua after nearly defeating him inside the All Heavens and Earth Altar, and the two fought a devastating battle across the mountains. Saint Yuan Xinghua unleashed his life-or-death art, while the Bestowment Saint List revealed his blazing mark in Abyss City.

• Saint Yuan Xinghua escaped the All Heavens and Earth Altar after Saint Origin Star Palace experts intervened, but Chen Fusheng killed three of them and gave chase.
• Chen Fusheng caught up with Saint Yuan Xinghua, and the Heavenly Mandate Laborer empowered the Great Halberd with the Devouring Heaven Law as the battle resumed.
• Saint Yuan Xinghua fought back with the Saint Jade Body and Nine Stars Whip, but Chen Fusheng’s Devouring Heaven Sparrow weakened the whip over eight hundred exchanges and blasted him away.
• Chen Fusheng prepared a decisive strike, but Saint Yuan Xinghua burned his root system and unleashed Soul Saint Guidance, manifesting the undying Saint Jade Soul Star.
• The Bestowment Saint List blazed with a pure-white mark in Abyss City, and the Saint Origin Star Palace experts recognized it as Saint Yuan Xinghua’s.

Chen Fusheng defeated Saint Yuan Xinghua after revealing his command of the Saint Brahma Star and Great Sun Saint Star, but Xinghua suddenly died in a mysterious collapse. As Chen Fusheng fled the battlefield, a red-lit stranger appeared and demanded the inheritance from the Initial Saint Origin Tribulation in exchange for sparing his life.

• Saint Yuan Xinghua used the Saint Jade Soul Star to attack Chen Fusheng's mind, but Chen resisted and struck back with the Kui Ox Dharma Aspect and the All Heavens and Earth Altar.
• Chen Fusheng revealed complete Dharma Aspects of the Saint Brahma Star and Great Sun Saint Star, shocking Saint Yuan Xinghua and overwhelming his defenses.
• Saint Yuan Xinghua burned three layers of Saint Star Substance to suppress Chen Fusheng, then suddenly collapsed and died before exhausting his options.
• Chen Fusheng sealed Saint Yuan Xinghua's body and the Nine Stars Whip, then fled the storm zone as other powerhouses approached.
• A Red Light Man confronted Chen Fusheng and demanded a copy of his Initial Saint Origin Tribulation inheritance, offering to save his life in return; Chen gripped the Black Gourd.

Chen Fusheng escaped the mysterious Red Light Man, who warned him to prepare for his funeral, and used divination to seek a way through the danger. He began cultivating the Undying Nascent Soul in a remote, fire-filled region, only to discover that the agony came from a curse left by Saint Yuan Xinghua and the Old Clan Lord.

• Red Light Man used a strange power to control Chen Fusheng, demanded a legacy from his tribulation, then let him go and warned him to prepare his funeral.
• Chen Fusheng asked the Gourd for guidance and learned that cultivating the Undying Nascent Soul might help him survive.
• Chen Fusheng used twelve copper coins and the Five Elements Turtle to divine his fortune, finding misfortune in every direction but a faint chance of turning disaster into fortune in the east.
• Chen Fusheng traveled to a remote, fire-filled region and began rebuilding his soul with the Undying Nascent Soul method.
• As Chen Fusheng's soul shattered in agony, he identified the blood-colored energy as a curse left by Saint Yuan Xinghua and the Old Clan Lord.

Chen Fusheng endured the Saint Jade Soul Curse and began recovering by cultivating an Undying Nascent Soul, though the curse still threatened to erupt. Meanwhile, the Radiant Saint Palace encircled the Giant Axe Lineage, leaving an injured Black Dress Woman and her companions on the verge of defeat.

• The Heavenly Mandate Laborer identified the curse afflicting Chen Fusheng as the supposedly incurable Saint Jade Soul Curse, while Saint Yuan Long began building him a coffin.
• As reports spread that the Dragon Knight had died, Bai Hu and the Saint Origin Star Palace confirmed the claim in Abyss City, and the Radiant Heavenly Monarch arrived to hear the news.
• After half a month of torment, Chen Fusheng's soul produced a golden flame and began healing, but a blood-colored curse returned and forced him to keep cultivating.
• Dao Yang Furnace explained that Chen Fusheng could suppress the curse by cultivating quickly, while Saint Yuan Long abandoned his coffin work to tend the spirit fields.
• The Phoenix Tail Lightning Bird, Thunder Ark, and Vajra gathered fire-type resources for Chen Fusheng as they discovered signs of fierce fighting nearby.
• More than a hundred War Kings of the Radiant Saint Palace encircled the Giant Axe Lineage, and the Black Dress Woman blamed herself for the conflict and the deaths of her Senior Brothers.

Chen Fusheng’s Starry Sky Array sheltered Gong Tianyan and the wounded disciples of the Giant Axe Lineage as they fled the Radiant Saint Palace. When Guang Xiangtian and two other pursuers entered the array, Chen Fusheng recognized their connection to Radiant Heavenly Monarch and rose to confront them.

• Gong Tianyan led the Giant Axe Lineage into Chen Fusheng’s Starry Sky Array to escape the Radiant Saint Palace’s encirclement.
• Gong Tianyan and the others reached Chen Fusheng, whose foul-smelling golden soul appeared above his seated body.
• Guang Xiangtian and two other Transformation Saint-level disciples entered the array and demanded the Giant Axe Lineage be handed over.
• Chen Fusheng asked whether Radiant Heavenly Monarch had recovered from his injuries, then refused to identify himself to Guang Xiangtian.
• Chen Fusheng rose with a bloodstained halberd and advanced on the three pursuers as they attacked with the Radiant Scepter.

Chen Fusheng killed three Radiant Saint Palace powerhouses, then healed his injuries with Gong Tianyan’s help while questioning her about the mysterious Heaven Array Saint Palace Son-in-Law. Meanwhile, Guang Hua Ze discovered a Quasi-Saint Medicine and marched toward the Giant Axe Lineage, setting up a confrontation.

• Chen Fusheng crushed Guang Xiangtian and two other Transformation Saint powerhouses with the Heavenly Mandate Laborer, then began cultivating as the Giant Axe Lineage disciples watched.
• The Heavenly Mandate Laborer told Gong Tianyan and the other disciples to recover at the summit and leave afterward, while Gong Tianyan gave Chen Fusheng Sun Fruits and her Heavenly Yang Tree to heal his soul.
• Chen Fusheng asked Gong Tianyan about the Heaven Array Saint Palace Son-in-Law who had tried to recruit her, and she recounted his cryptic remark that she had missed an unknown opportunity.
• Gong Tianyan recovered and suspected Chen Fusheng might be a Saint Star Master as his appearance changed, while Radiant Saint Palace troops worried about their missing young masters.
• Guang Hua Ze broke an ancient array, found a Double-Pupil Bird that was a Quasi-Saint Medicine, and ordered his troops to issue the Demon Extermination Order against anyone sheltering the Giant Axe Lineage.

Chen Fusheng prepared to explore the Weapon Sacrificing Ground for resources to complete his Great Sun Divine Light Strength, but Guang Hua Ze arrived to attack the Giant Axe Lineage disciples. Chen Fusheng killed Guang Hua Ze with the Seven Absolute Sword Art, while the Radiant Heavenly Monarch in Abyss City sensed that something had gone wrong.

• Chen Fusheng realized that the Sun Fruits had not provided enough fire-element essence to complete his Great Sun Divine Light Strength, so he prepared to seek more resources.
• The Dao Yang Furnace warned that rival factions were setting up intelligence outposts and that the resource land would soon attract many competitors.
• Chen Fusheng left the Giant Axe Lineage disciples and promised to deal with the forces outside their mountain as Guang Hua Ze arrived with dozens of warriors.
• Guang Hua Ze ordered the disciples to surrender, but Chen Fusheng recognized the fire-element substance in the bird on his shoulder and became eager to claim it.
• Guang Hua Ze pretended to attack and then fled after sensing that Chen Fusheng had killed Guang Xiangtian and the others, but Chen Fusheng struck him down with the Darkness Greatsword and the Seven Absolute Sword Art.
• The Radiant Heavenly Monarch felt an ominous premonition in Abyss City and suspected that the Giant Axe Lineage's new generation had been wiped out.

Chen Fusheng subdued a Quasi-Saint Medicine and agreed to let Gong Tianyan accompany him in exchange for her map to the Chaos Saint Light Flame. After searching the vast Zhou Dynasty Weapon Refining World, they finally spotted Fire Turtle Peak, which appeared to be an enormous living turtle or an ancient turtle’s shed shell.

• Chen Fusheng used the Seven Absolute Sword Art to kill a Saint Transformation–level foe, captured the Double-Pupil Bird, and absorbed some of its medicinal essence to strengthen his Soul Light.
• Gong Tianyan returned to Chen Fusheng and offered her incomplete map and flame-sensing ability in exchange for a share of the Chaos Saint Light Flame; he agreed to let her follow him.
• Chen Fusheng and Gong Tianyan searched for Fire Turtle Peak while he cultivated the Great Sun Divine Light Strength and weakened the Saint Jade Soul Curse.
• After days of searching and collecting treasures, Chen Fusheng spotted Fire Turtle Peak: a colossal turtle-shaped mountain range lying in an ocean of flames.

Chen Fusheng reached Fire Turtle Peak, where the factions gathered to await a path into the hidden Weapon Refining World, and tensions rose over Gong Tianyan’s ties to him. After the Other Shore Ark passed overhead carrying the Radiant Twin Saints, Chen Fusheng’s Saint Jade Soul Curse flared and revealed the Old Clan Lord preparing to kill him.

• Chen Fusheng crossed the sea of flames, examined Fire Turtle Peak, and discovered fire-elemental spiritual liquid collecting in depressions across the turtle’s shell.
• Chen Fusheng recognized the Golden Crow Saint Palace and Saint Fire Star Palace among the gathered factions, while Gong Tianyan explained that the Weapon Refining World could only be reached when the turtle herd emerged from the flames.
• Wu Jinyang taunted Gong Tianyan about her capture and the Giant Axe Lineage’s conflict with the Radiant Saint Palace, but Gong Tianyan revealed that the Radiant Saint Palace’s encirclement had failed.
• Fang Jingxuan offered to protect Gong Tianyan and Chen Fusheng, but Gong Tianyan refused to leave Chen Fusheng, and Chen Fusheng urged Fang Jingxuan to follow her instead.
• The Other Shore Ark swept across the sky carrying a feather-robed youth and the Radiant Twin Saints, prompting Fang Jingxuan to warn that they might return to explore the area.
• Chen Fusheng suffered a violent soul attack and saw the Old Clan Lord across deep space, declaring that he would prevent another Chen Yuanqing from running rampant.

Chen Fusheng faced a consciousness-level attack from the Old Clan Lord, who used the Saint Jade Soul Star to project a slaughtering threat across space. Chen Fusheng awakened the power of Ascension Flying Immortal to survive, then collapsed in Gong Tianyan’s arms.

• The Old Clan Lord used the Four Saints Hall and Saint Jade Soul Star to reach Chen Fusheng through the Saint Jade Soul Curse and assault his consciousness.
• The Heavenly Mandate Laborer recognized the spiritual-sense attack and warned Dao Yang Furnace that the Old Clan Lord could sever Chen Fusheng’s consciousness space.
• Fang Jingxuan led the others across a bridge of Fire Spirit Turtles, while Gong Tianyan stayed behind to protect Chen Fusheng.
• Chen Fusheng resisted the attack by activating Ascension Flying Immortal and brought the Heavenly Mandate Laborer into his Consciousness World.
• The Heavenly Mandate Laborer used the Heaven-Swallowing Law to shield Chen Fusheng until the Old Clan Lord’s figure dispersed, and Chen Fusheng collapsed into Gong Tianyan’s embrace.

Chen Fusheng recovered from Old Clan Lord’s attack and used Ascension Flying Immortal to break through the barrier into the sea of flames with Gong Tianyan. Old Clan Lord failed to kill him, then ordered Yun Zhonghe brought to Saint Origin Star Palace with the Immortal Peach.

• Gong Tianyan tended to Chen Fusheng after he collapsed, and Heavenly Mandate Laborer warned him that Old Clan Lord had attacked and might strike again.
• Chen Fusheng absorbed three streams of Quasi-Saint Medicine essence from the Double-Pupil Bird and regained much of his soul’s strength.
• Chen Fusheng took Gong Tianyan into the sea of flames and used Ascension Flying Immortal to pierce the barrier, entering a strange, icy space as the sealed world stirred.
• Old Clan Lord realized his mental attack had failed to kill Chen Fusheng and found Saint Yuan Xinghua preparing a body from Saint Mud.
• Old Clan Lord ordered an attendant to take the Immortal Peach to Saint Origin Star Palace and bring Yun Zhonghe to him.

Chen Fusheng and Gong Tianyan entered the Weapon Refining Land, where he discovered a vast weapon-forging ground and the Sun Tree rooted in a magma abyss. He found the Endless Star River legacy inside a flame grotto, but their arrival drew the hostile attention of the Golden Crow Saint Palace.

• Chen Fusheng carried Gong Tianyan through a perilous route into the Weapon Refining Land and hurried onward while evading the pursuing Evil Dragon.
• Gong Tianyan searched for traces of the Chaos Saint Light Flame but found nothing, while Chen Fusheng explored deeper into the ruined land.
• Chen Fusheng discovered ancient weapon-casting furnaces and a colossal Sun Tree rooted in core magma, where rival factions fought over flame grottoes and weapon embryos.
• Chen Fusheng entered an unoccupied blue-flame grotto and recognized its Star River Imprints as the Endless Star River and the strange person's Fourth Legacy.
• A golden-haired woman from the Golden Crow Saint Palace mocked Gong Tianyan, and the gathered young men joined in taunting her.

Chen Fusheng subdued Wu Lerui with Ascension Flying Immortal and studied the Endless Star River, awakening the grotto-heaven’s formation. As starry flames appeared, rival cultivators noticed the extraordinary spectacle.

• Wu Lerui confronted Gong Tianyan and Chen Fusheng, but Chen Fusheng killed a Golden Crow Saint Palace servant and trapped Wu Lerui in a terrifying spiritual illusion.
• Chen Fusheng broke Wu Lerui’s despairing resistance, and she submitted to him, transformed into a golden bird, and offered her Natal Divine Fire.
• Chen Fusheng ordered Wu Lerui to keep the Golden Crow Saint Palace talents in line while he deciphered the Star River Imprint.
• After three days and three nights, Chen Fusheng comprehended the Endless Star River and connected his crown bone to the heavens, activating the grotto-heaven formation.
• Cultivators battling near the Golden Giant Tree saw the grotto-heaven blaze with starry light as countless blue flames emerged.

Chen Fusheng suppressed Wu Jinyang when the Golden Crow prince attacked him over the Star River Heavenly Fire, then captured him and seized his sacred fire. Gong Tianyan chose to remain near Chen Fusheng, sensing that her connection to the Chaos Saint Light Flame was growing stronger.

• Wu Jinyang arrived at Chen Fusheng’s cave, claimed the Star River Heavenly Fire for the Golden Crow Saint Palace, and angrily confronted Wu Lerui for serving Chen Fusheng.
• Wu Jinyang tried to kill Wu Lerui, but Chen Fusheng blocked his trident with the Dark Greatsword and overwhelmed him with the power of the All Heavens and Earth Shrines Diagram.
• Wu Lerui bound Wu Jinyang and made him apologize to Chen Fusheng, while Gong Tianyan restrained his attendants.
• Chen Fusheng seized Wu Jinyang’s sacred fire, judged it a weak hybrid Golden Crow flame, and kept it as nourishment for his Great Sun Soul Body.
• Gong Tianyan remained at the cave entrance and told the Heavenly Mandate Laborer that she had begun sensing the Chaos Saint Light Flame more clearly.

Chen Fusheng completed the initial cultivation of the Fourth Chapter of Endless Star River, then ascended above the Star River and discovered a second Cosmic Universe Tower. He agreed to trade the Great Luck Material formed when it united with its twin to the Black Gourd, while Yun Zhonghe arrived in Abyss City to meet Radiant Heavenly Monarch.

• Chen Fusheng reached great perfection in the sixth heaven and developed the first manifestations of the Fourth Chapter of Endless Star River, but found that his progress required scarce Saint-level matter.
• Gong Tianyan used her Space Saint Material axe to split space, allowing Chen Fusheng and the others to reach the upper level above the Star River.
• Chen Fusheng and his companions discovered a vast black Cosmic Universe Tower being tempered by mature Star River Heavenly Fire, and the Black Gourd confirmed it was the missing twin of the tower Chen Fusheng already knew.
• Chen Fusheng agreed to give the Black Gourd the Great Luck Material produced when the two towers united, hoping to claim the second tower for himself.
• Yun Yefeng dismissed a vague sense that someone was targeting him, while Radiant Heavenly Monarch mourned the disappearance of his four disciples.
• Yun Zhonghe arrived quietly at Abyss City to meet Radiant Heavenly Monarch after the Old Clan Lord offered him a substantial incentive.

Chen Fusheng used the Black Gourd to connect with the strange man’s remnants and began hammering the Cosmic Universe Tower with his life roots. The weapon-refining commotion drew thousands of cultivators to the cave abode, where the Sixth Highness of the Golden Crow Saint Palace confronted the intruders and welcomed Wu Lerui.

• Chen Fusheng let the Black Gourd draw the strange man’s material roots into him, nearly destroying his body before he connected with the strange man’s remnants.
• The strange man’s Rule Body began hammering the Cosmic Universe Tower, using Chen Fusheng’s energy and life roots to refine the pagoda.
• The weapon-refining vibrations spread through the cave abode, and cultivators including Fang Jingxuan and Fire Tamer Jiao suspected a Venerable-level weapon was being forged.
• Fire Tamer Jiao led cultivators toward the cave abode, and the Golden Crow Saint Palace raised its Golden Crow Jade Tree to block them.
• The Sixth Highness warned the factions to restrain themselves, then used a primordial Golden Crow feather to open a rift through the mist.
• The Sixth Highness greeted Wu Lerui as she emerged from the mist and promised to credit her with the first merit.

Wu Lerui lured Sixth Highness and the Golden Crow warriors into a deadly ambush while Chen Fusheng completed the treasure tower’s forging. As Sixth Highness and other competitors reached the forging ground, Chen Fusheng confronted the Golden Crow prince.

• Wu Lerui led Sixth Highness and his warriors into the Mist World, where Dao Yang Furnace, Swallowing Moon, and Heavenly Mandate Laborer attacked and killed many of them.
• Sixth Highness fought back with his golden Great Halberd and natal feather, while Fang Jingxuan broke through the Endless Star River and entered the Mist World.
• Fang Jingxuan reached the forging ground, recognized Gong Tianyan and suspected Chen Fusheng was the Dragon Knight, then retreated as Sixth Highness approached.
• Chen Fusheng completed the treasure tower, and Sixth Highness arrived, marveled at the supreme treasure, and attacked Chen Fusheng with his Great Halberd.

Chen Fusheng revealed his overwhelming power as he fought the Sixth Highness and Fire Tamer Jiao, forcing both enemies to flee. He pursued the Sixth Highness across the Mist World and struck him down with two arrows, leaving the Golden Crow’s fate uncertain.

• Chen Fusheng’s sword shattered the Sixth Highness’s Great Halberd and wounded him, while Fire Tamer Jiao attacked with her nine stars.
• Fire Tamer Jiao unleashed Myriad Meteors, but Chen Fusheng suppressed her attack with the All Heavens and Earth Altar and drove her back with the Sun and Moon Twin Wheels.
• Chen Fusheng battered the Sixth Highness until the Golden Crow fled, and Fang Jingxuan realized the Dragon Knight’s strength far exceeded what he could challenge.
• The Sixth Highness burned his Golden Crow Saint Blood to escape, but Chen Fusheng transformed his weapons into a bow and fired Swallowing Moon and the Dao Yang Furnace as arrows.
• Chen Fusheng’s second arrow pierced the Sixth Highness’s chest, and the Golden Crow’s radiance dimmed.

After Chen Fusheng killed the Sixth Highness and took the Golden Crow treasures, he entered the Cosmic Universe Tower and began refining its sacred fire to form the Great Sun Soul Body. His cultivation stirred something vast in the deep space, while Yun Zhonghe prepared to make a move in Abyss City.

• Fire Tamer Jiao fled the Golden Giant Tree, and Fang Jingxuan suspected Zhou Chong was the Dragon Knight who had broken through the Fifth Realm.
• Chen Fusheng took the Sixth Highness’s Golden Crow Sacred Fire and natal feather, while Gong Tianyan chose to stay and search for the Chaos Saint Light Flame.
• Chen Fusheng entered the Cosmic Universe Tower, shrank it to palm size, and learned that Gong Tianyan sensed the Chaos Saint Light Flame in the deep-space region.
• Chen Fusheng refined the Golden Crow Sacred Fire to cultivate the Great Sun Soul Body, and the gourd’s movement stirred deep space into the outline of a gigantic giant turtle.
• In Abyss City, Yun Zhonghe told White Tiger and the others to keep his coming intervention secret.

Yun Zhonghe and the White Tiger prepared to help Saint Origin Tianyi locate and kill Chen Fusheng, while Chen Fusheng cultivated the Great Sun Soul Body in the Sun Tree Weapon Refining Land. As Saint Origin Tianyi’s spiritual senses locked onto him and a mysterious pursuer approached, an ancient voice told Chen Fusheng to keep cultivating because it would cover the rear.

• Yun Zhonghe finished the longevity feast and agreed to begin helping Saint Origin Tianyi hunt Chen Fusheng.
• The White Tiger activated the Immortal Palace Array, and Yun Zhonghe manifested seventy-two Immortal Scrolls as Saint Origin Tianyi began probing through the depths of space.
• Chen Fusheng’s red-sun phenomenon nourished Gong Tianyan, the weapon spirits, the spirit fields, and the Sword Saint Ruler as he cultivated.
• Chen Fusheng sensed Saint Origin Tianyi locking onto him and tried to summon the Heavenly Mandate Laborer and the others, but received no response.
• Chen Fusheng sensed a special Primordial Spirit approaching his soul’s world, then heard an ancient voice tell him to continue cultivating while it covered the rear.