Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo fought the Tian Shu Star Lord, using hundreds of active brains to counter the Star Lord’s Giant Spirit. The Star Lord used a Jade Ruyi to freeze their surroundings and suppress Chen Luo by realm, but Chen Luo identified an opening and struck with the Grand Void Divine Sword.

• Chen Luo clashed with the Tian Shu Star Lord’s Giant Spirit and used nearly three hundred brains to adapt his attacks, forcing the divine statue to stagger.
• The Tian Shu Star Lord brought out his Jade Ruyi and used its power to freeze the Heaven and Earth Vital Qi, then landed repeated punches that injured Chen Luo and disrupted his recovery.
• Old Brother Changqing recognized that the Jade Ruyi was suppressing Chen Luo through their difference in realms.
• Second Brother's Grudge spotted an opening in the Tian Shu Star Lord’s use of the Jade Ruyi, and Chen Luo drew the Grand Void Divine Sword to attack it.
• The Tian Shu Star Lord blocked Chen Luo’s sword with Giant Spirit, but the strike shattered its arm and left a bloody mark on his own arm.

Chen Luo fought Tian Shu Star Lord across two Minor Realms and turned the battle around by using the Grotto-heaven Gourd to shatter the Jade Ruyi. Tian Shu Star Lord escaped with his Nascent Soul, while Chen Luo recovered and hinted that they might next meet as fellow disciples.

• Tian Shu Star Lord overwhelmed Chen Luo with the Jade Ruyi, exploiting the gap between their realms and leaving Chen Luo unable to make his body keep pace with his thoughts.
• At Old Brother Changqing's reminder, Chen Luo transformed into the Stone Dragon and used its strength to counter Tian Shu Star Lord's attacks.
• Chen Luo sent out his Nascent Soul, and the Grotto-heaven Gourd struck Tian Shu Star Lord and damaged the Jade Ruyi, which fled from the fight.
• Chen Luo recovered from his injuries and pinned the wounded Tian Shu Star Lord beneath a dragon claw, while curses, poison, and cold qi weakened him further.
• Tian Shu Star Lord used Nascent Soul leaving the body to escape and warned Chen Luo that he would return with others; Chen Luo stayed behind to recover and said they might next be fellow disciples.

After defeating Tian Shu Star Lord, Chen Luo went to Ouyang Lian’s tomb to find a way to remove the Myriad Stars Gate Mark. He learned the method and found substitute materials in Tian Shu Star Lord’s Storage Bag, leaving with the mark problem resolved.

• Wang Chun, Liu Fei, Shu Fan, and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators confirmed that Tian Shu Star Lord had retreated and examined a fragment from the Old Ancestor’s Jade Ruyi.
• Chen Luo, Dan Tao, and the Flower-Backed Turtle located Ouyang Lian’s tomb using the Fate Turtle Race’s divination arts and broke through its formation.
• Chen Luo entered the tomb, read Ouyang Lian’s brain, and learned the origin and structure of the Myriad Stars Gate Mark.
• Chen Luo learned that Star Sand and Nine Nether Leaf could remove the mark, and that substitute materials could work as well.
• Chen Luo found substitute materials in Tian Shu Star Lord’s Storage Bag and told Dan Tao and the Flower-Backed Turtle they had a solution.

After Tian Shu Star Lord returned defeated by Chen Luo, Myriad Stars Gate’s ancestors planned to capture him and sent their guardian Star Python into action. Chen Luo evaded their tracking, built up the Evergreen Sect in Tian Quan Star Domain, and settled quietly in Bear King City.

• Tian Shu Star Lord returned to Dao Palace after Chen Luo defeated him and damaged the Jade Ruyi, and Ancestor Haori ordered Tian Xuan Star Lord to investigate Tian Quan Star.
• Ancestor Haori ordered Chen Luo captured and refined into a Puppet, then sent Tian Ji Star Lord to rouse the Star Python as the Dao Palace shook.
• The three ancestors revealed they were refining an Immortal Corpse into an immortal artifact using a reincarnation cycle.
• Chen Luo used an aura-concealing artifact to leave the Purple Green Star Domain with Dan Tao and the Flower-Backed Turtle, cutting off Myriad Stars Gate’s tracking.
• Chen Luo expanded the Evergreen Sect across Tian Quan Star Domain and lived under a Foundation Building disguise in Bear King City.

Chen Luo investigated growing unrest within the Myriad Stars Gate as two Star Lords were killed by curses and a Fundamental Diagram surfaced as a likely trap. He and the Flower-Backed Turtle followed a lead to a buried genius brain beneath a bear den on Bear King Mountain.

• Chen Luo learned that unfamiliar forces were testing the Myriad Stars Gate and ordered Dan Tao to investigate a suspicious Body Cultivator's Fundamental Diagram.
• Dan Tao reported that Tian Xuan Star Lord had been killed by a curse, and Chen Luo summoned Old Turtle while learning the diagram's seller used Puppets.
• Chen Luo asked Dan Tao about the collected remains and learned that a genius brain from over a thousand years ago lay somewhere on Bear King Mountain.
• Chen Luo and the Flower-Backed Turtle reached the bear den, turned two White Bears into Puppets, and ordered them to dig through the filthy cave floor.

Chen Luo returned to Bear King City and discovered a Puppet Master had tortured Dan Tao to death and threatened him over the Myriad Stars Gate. Chen Luo destroyed the Puppet Master’s Core Puppet, then traced its lingering aura away from the city as the Myriad Stars Gate approached.

• Chen Luo and the Flower-Backed Turtle returned to Bear King City and sensed that the busy street was filled with puppets controlled by one person.
• The Puppet Master revealed Dan Tao’s mangled corpse and warned Chen Luo not to interfere in the Myriad Stars Gate’s affairs.
• Chen Luo located the Puppet Master’s Core Puppet in an inn and crushed it with earth-based attacks, destroying the inn and nearby houses.
• The Core Puppet warned that the Myriad Stars Gate had arrived before its remaining aura vanished.
• As the Myriad Stars Gate’s people approached, Chen Luo extracted a trace of the puppet’s aura and sent it toward the city outskirts.

Chen Luo followed the Puppet Master's trail through the thorn wasteland, but the trail split into three real traces and exposed the limits of his tracking brains. At a Water Mansion, the Puppet Master and three allies subdued a White Flood Dragon, discussed selling Chen Luo's information to the Myriad Stars Gate, and focused on their mission to lure away a dangerous snake.

• Chen Luo crushed a patch of Poisonous Fang Worms and found that his tracking brains could not distinguish among three genuine trails.
• Chen Luo chose the middle trail while the Flower-Backed Turtle confirmed that all three directions were real.
• The Puppet Master joined three black-robed cultivators at a Water Mansion after reporting that Chen Luo had refused to withdraw and destroyed his Core Puppet.
• A White-Robed Young Master attacked the group to avenge his father, but the old man overcame him with a Spirit Attack and a bell, then subdued him as a white Flood Dragon.
• The group decided to make a Puppet and sell Chen Luo's information to the Myriad Stars Gate, then discussed the snake that threatened their mission and planned to have Eldest Brother lure it away.

Chen Luo destroyed the Puppet Master’s hidden Puppets and reached Cold Water Pool, where a white flood dragon escaped its captors and entrusted its Dragon Pearl to him. As three Old Devils attacked Chen Luo for the pearl, he struck the first one down and caught him, remarking that he had almost smashed the man’s brain.

• Chen Luo used a Geng Metal Sword Rain to destroy the Puppet hidden near the Mountain God Temple, then burned down a mountain valley to eliminate the second Puppet.
• The Puppet Master learned that Chen Luo was approaching Cold Water Pool, while Old Three prepared to fight him and the four men gathered in the Water Mansion.
• The white flood dragon self-destructed to break free, then sent its Dragon Pearl flying away as the Water Mansion collapsed.
• Chen Luo caught the Dragon Pearl above Cold Water Pool, and the white flood dragon pleaded with him for help.
• Three Old Devils surrounded Chen Luo and demanded the pearl, but Chen Luo slapped the leading old man and caught him before he fell.

Chen Luo killed Eldest Brother, captured his remnant soul, and pursued the fleeing Puppet Master while the Myriad Stars Gate searched the battlefield. The Puppet Master reflected on how the four brothers’ plans had collapsed after they targeted the Evergreen Sect.

• Chen Luo killed Eldest Brother’s body and Nascent Soul, then used his Soul Banner to capture the old man’s remnant soul and obtain his brain.
• Chen Luo ignored the three fleeing enemies until he had confirmed Eldest Brother was dead, then pursued the Puppet Master, whose escape was slowed by his destroyed Lifebound Puppet and soul backlash.
• Yu Heng Star Lord and Tian Ji Star Lord arrived at the battlefield, found bone ash, and followed the sect’s secret treasure toward the fleeing enemies.
• The Puppet Master lamented that the four brothers’ successful schemes had fallen apart after they tortured a traitor from the Evergreen Sect and killed one of the Evergreen Sect Master’s temporary underlings.

The Puppet Master fled from Chen Luo and decided to defect to the Myriad Stars Gate, offering its Barbaric Fundamental Diagram in exchange for protection. Chen Luo used Demon Transformation to pursue him, and just as the Tian Shu Star Lord began accepting the Puppet Master's surrender, a pair of enormous eagle claws descended.

• The Puppet Master realized his allies had abandoned him and chose to seek refuge at the Myriad Stars Gate's Yaoguang Palace.
• Chen Luo sensed the Puppet Master's change of direction, used Demon Transformation, and sped toward him while the Flower-Backed Turtle warned that the route was dangerous.
• The Puppet Master reached Yaoguang Palace, announced his surrender, sealed his cultivation, and offered the Barbaric Fundamental Diagram as a gift.
• The Tian Shu Star Lord opened the palace formation to take the diagram, but the Puppet Master sensed danger and looked up as gigantic eagle claws descended.

Chen Luo killed the Puppet Master and broke into Yaoguang Palace disguised as a sixth-tier Peng bird demon. He began taking over Tian Shu Star Lord with the Reverse Soul Seizing Technique while reinforcements approached.

• Chen Luo killed the Puppet Master, crushed his Nascent Soul, and read his memories.
• Chen Luo decided to bring Tian Shu Star Lord into Evergreen Sect and seize the Dao Palace, then broke through Yaoguang Palace's formation.
• Tian Shu Star Lord recognized Chen Luo and attacked with his Giant Spirit as Chen Luo used Dan Tao's brain to begin a Reverse Body Seizure.
• Tian Shu Star Lord and a new consciousness fought over his identity, while his Giant Spirit began striking itself.

Chen Luo’s Reverse Soul Seizing Technique left the Tian Shu Star Lord with two competing consciousnesses, allowing Chen Luo to escape detection while Venerable Snake investigated the incident. After the Star Lords blamed Silent Valley, Chen Luo settled into his stolen Xing Qi identity and considered why his Soul Transformation cultivation had not advanced.

• Chen Luo’s technique implanted Dan Tao’s consciousness into the Tian Shu Star Lord, whose two minds began arguing and fighting with each other.
• Chen Luo disguised himself as the Myriad Stars Gate disciple Xing Qi and hid among the people of Yaoguang Palace as Venerable Snake arrived.
• Venerable Snake examined the Tian Shu Star Lord, identified his madness, and used the dead Puppet Master’s memories to connect the attack to Silent Valley.
• Venerable Snake’s search found only Myriad Stars Gate auras, so the Star Lords concluded Silent Valley was responsible and departed to report to Ancestor Haori.
• Chen Luo ate and drank openly under Xing Qi’s identity, then reflected that three hundred years of spirit refinement had not advanced his Soul Transformation realm.

As the Myriad Stars Gate withdrew from the Yaoguang Star Domain amid crises across its territories, Chen Luo was left behind as its nominal Guardian Elder. He planned to use the vacuum to expand the Evergreen Sect’s influence, beginning with a Li Family banquet.

• Barbarians broke out beneath the Black Wasteland, sacrificed seven cities, and drove Kai Yang Star Lord to retreat while shadowy enemies obstructed the Myriad Stars Gate.
• The Three Ancestors of Sun, Moon, and Stars found that Tian Shu Star Lord possessed two complete lives and recalled forces from the outer territories to defend the Dao Palace.
• Yu Heng Star Lord departed Yaoguang Star Domain with more than a dozen leading families, leaving Chen Luo in charge as the formation lockdown ended.
• Chen Luo practiced Puppet Technique and accepted an invitation to the Li Family’s birthday banquet, recognizing that both sides could benefit from drawing closer.
• Chen Luo decided to use the Li Family’s network to take over influence left behind by the Myriad Stars Gate and advance the Evergreen Sect.

Chen Luo turned the Li Family and more than thirty small families into members of the Evergreen Sect, then focused on advancing his Spirit Refinement. As chaos spread through the Myriad Stars Domain, he defended Yao Guang Star and prepared to begin the Second Step of Soul Transformation.

• Chen Luo reassured the Li Family Head and the small-family leaders, then transformed them into Evergreen Sect followers and ordered them to cultivate and recruit more followers.
• After leaving the banquet, Chen Luo dismissed the families as scouts and assigned his External Brains to Reverse Soul Seizing and Spirit Refining.
• Half a month later, Chen Luo captured a Plague Beast sent to Yao Guang Star and defeated other probing attackers, keeping the region peaceful.
• Chen Luo explained how the Spirit Refinement Second Step would strengthen his Three Aspects and examined the Puppet Master's Engraved Diagram to begin body cultivation.

Chen Luo accelerated his Soul Transformation cultivation by having hundreds of External Brains study the Fundamental Diagram and practice the Reverse Soul Seizing Technique together. Half a year later, as the Evergreen Sect expanded across Yao Guang Star, Chen Luo appeared in a half-illusory state that puzzled the Flower-Backed Turtle.

• Chen Luo adopted the Assumption Method and made more than five hundred External Brains cultivate simultaneously by studying the Fundamental Diagram, enduring a painful backlash before adapting.
• Chen Luo assigned more than three hundred additional External Brains to help Old Fox's Brain cultivate the Reverse Soul Seizing Technique, and the combined effort restored his sense of progress.
• Li Family's family head and other cultivators spread the Evergreen Sect across Yao Guang Star while the Myriad Stars Gate's enemies plundered its territories elsewhere.
• The Flower-Backed Turtle used Five-Colored Spirit Flowers to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and become an Earth Seed Soul Transformation turtle demon.
• Chen Luo told the Flower-Backed Turtle that cultivation could take demons farther than their Demon World's highest path, then appeared in a half-illusory form that the turtle could not understand.

Chen Luo reunited his soul with his body and advanced to the Middle Soul Transformation Stage, while the balance among the forces around the Myriad Stars Gate collapsed. The chapter ended with Ma Liu and Hua Gouzi believing they had killed Shen Lin over a spirit fish, as Shen Lin sank beneath the water.

• Chen Luo wandered Yao Guang Market in soul form, explained the limits of his abilities to the Flower-Backed Turtle, and told it to prepare resources because he might leave.
• Chen Luo reunited the soul fragments cultivated by his External Brains, reached the Middle Soul Transformation Stage, and departed to address a flaw in his integrated soul.
• After a year of uneasy peace, the barbarians entered the Myriad Stars Gate's Dao Palace and disappeared, prompting the Myriad Stars Gate to counterattack and the rival factions to unite.
• Shen Lin crawled from the Reed Marsh after Ma Liu struck him over a spirit fish, then lost his strength and sank into the water.
• Ma Liu and Hua Gouzi retrieved the fish basket and celebrated the spirit fish, unaware that Shen Lin had promised to return to his mother.

Chen Luo revived the drowned Shen Lin by repairing his brain and giving him new life, though Shen Lin awoke without most of his memories. Shen Lin reunited with his worried mother and confronted Ma Liu and Hua Gouzi, the men who had murdered him.

• Chen Luo found Shen Lin's corpse in the reed marsh and used his powers to repair him and bring him back to life.
• Shen Lin awoke with no memory of his identity, and Chen Luo sent him ashore before sailing away.
• Shen Lin's mother searched for him through the night and met Ma Liu and Hua Gouzi, who lied about seeing him.
• Shen Lin appeared in the firelight, terrifying Hua Gouzi and prompting him to flee.
• Ma Liu overcame his fear and raised the shoulder pole he had used to kill Shen Lin, preparing to attack again.

After Shen Lin returned from death, he killed Ma Liu and tried to protect his mother, but Hua Gouzi brought the authorities down on them. Shen Lin was imprisoned and sentenced to execution, learned that his mother was dead, and begged the Immortal Chen Luo to save her as Chen Luo reflected on the separation between Immortals and mortals.

• Shen Lin remembered Ma Liu killing him, broke the shoulder pole, and beat Ma Liu nearly to death before stopping at his mother's cry.
• Shen Lin carried his mother home, then returned to seek the Spirit Fish and deal with Hua Gouzi, but Hua Gouzi fled to report him to the County Yamen.
• Chen Luo used his Spirit Refinement Second Step ability to influence Hua Gouzi's thoughts, while Shen Lin returned home without finding him.
• Hua Gouzi led constables to Shen Lin's home, and the lead constable knocked Shen Lin down before they arrested him and his mother.
• Shen Lin woke in prison, learned he had been sentenced to execution and his mother had died, then begged Chen Luo to save her.
• Chen Luo appeared in Shen Lin's cell, unseen by the constable, and considered how Spirit Refinement Second Step marked the separation of Immortals and mortals.

Chen Luo tested the Origin Seal and investigated Shen Lin’s unusual spirit soul while trying to repair the damage caused by his rapid cultivation. After a moonlight refinement nearly assimilated part of his body, he returned to Yao Guang Star, where the Flower-Backed Turtle warned him that trouble had arrived.

• Chen Luo recognized that Shen Lin’s brain was assimilating the energy from the Reverse Soul Seizing Technique and agreed to save Shen Lin’s mother in exchange for ending their master-disciple affinity.
• Chen Luo used the Life Borrowing Gu to drain the County Magistrate’s lifespan and restore Shen Lin’s mother, then told Shen Lin he would collect from him again in three years.
• Chen Luo infused a brain into a spirit fish, awakening its intelligence, and then used the experience to refine his spirit beneath the moonlight.
• The missing piece of Chen Luo’s spirit soul left his Fundamental Diagram unable to protect him, and moonlight began assimilating his arm before he reversed the damage and returned to Yao Guang Star.
• The Flower-Backed Turtle entered Chen Luo’s secret chamber with two aides and asked whether Chen Luo remembered Silent Valley and the Great Elder of the Barbarians.

Chen Luo investigated the Barbarians and Silent Valley forces gathering on Yao Guang Star, following two Barbarians to Waterlogged Land. He discovered that their apparent appearances were Blood Puppets, while the real Barbarians hid nearby.

• Flower-Backed Turtle told Chen Luo that two Barbarians had fled to Yao Guang Star and that Silent Valley's people were also present, forcing Chen Luo to investigate rather than abandon Shen Lin.
• Chen Luo traveled to Shangyu City in Waterlogged Land and posed as a calligraphy seller near a temple where the Barbarians had been seen.
• Two apparent Barbarians and three sword-carrying men entered the temple, and a handsome young man later tested Chen Luo while he packed up his stall.
• After Chen Luo left, the young Barbarian summoned five puppets and explained that they had been made from living sacrifices to lure the Evergreen Sect's backer into the conflict.
• Chen Luo revealed that he had been watching from the shadows and recognized the five figures as Blood Puppets, noting that their real bodies had stayed out of sight.