Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ling used the Sunday Immortal Sword to shatter the Blood Fiend Great Formation, stopping the Five Elements Blood Fiend Formation from reaching full strength and turning the battle in the humans’ favor. The Star Sea Foreign Race’s surviving forces were driven back, but their leader ordered every Fifth-Tier clansman to kill Zhou Ling.

• Zhou Ling attacked a weak point in the Blood Fiend Great Formation with the Sword Sun while Fei Qinan held off a Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race member.
• Zhou Ling warned Yu Yin that the enemy had formed a Five Elements Blood Fiend Formation, and Cheng Yi ordered the human cultivators to follow Zhou Ling’s commands.
• Zhou Ling shattered the Blood Fiend Great Formation with the Sunday Immortal Sword, killing many Star Sea Foreign Race members and weakening the other four Blood Fiend Dharma Aspects.
• Feng Lan, Qi Jian Zhi, and more than a hundred cultivators pursued and killed the fleeing Star Sea Foreign Race, leaving none alive.
• The Star Sea Foreign Race leader ordered all Fifth-Tier clansmen to kill Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling broke the Five Elements Blood Fiend Formation and survived a fifth-tier Star Sea Foreign Race's soul attack, allowing human reinforcements to turn the battle in Sunday Immortal City's favor. Gu Lie's blood domain was destroyed, but he escaped, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Zhou Ling retreated toward the defensive barrier after [Crisis Deduction] warned him of a fifth-tier threat, but Gu Lie attacked his soul with a tide of blood souls.
• Fei Qinan destroyed the blood soul attack with a Soul Blade, and Zhou Ling returned safely to camp to recover.
• Gu Lie fought Cheng Yi while human reinforcements led by Chen Zhanglei arrived and joined the battle, overwhelming the Star Sea Foreign Race forces.
• Zhou Ling recovered with a Jade Clarity Pill while Qi Jian Zhi, Feng Lan, and the others stayed nearby to protect him.
• The human forces destroyed Gu Lie's blood domain, but Gu Lie announced his retreat and escaped.

Zhou Ling helped the defenders retake Sunday Immortal City, earning over fifty thousand military merits and the trial’s top ranking. The city’s leaders let him keep the Sunday Immortal Sword for now, and he rejected a proposed alliance that included Tao Yue.

• Zhou Ling and the human cultivators routed the Star Sea Foreign Race, while Cheng Yi stopped the pursuit and declared Zhou Ling had earned the foremost merit.
• Cheng Yi explained that Zhou Ling had wielded the Sunday Immortal Sword to kill a Fifth-Tier enemy and break the Five Elements Blood Fiend Formation, saving Sunday Immortal City.
• Fei Qinan advised Cheng Yi to let Zhou Ling keep the Sunday Immortal Sword because the Star Sea Foreign Race would target him, and Zhou Ling accepted.
• Zhou Ling’s jade token showed over fifty thousand military merits, while Qi Jian Zhi and the others congratulated him on securing first place in the trial.
• Pei Qing Shuang asked Zhou Ling to combine their teams, but he refused to work with Tao Yue.

Zhou Ling recovered in his tent and examined the bone ring taken from a Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race, finding a treasure trove that included a damaged Golden Dragon Egg. While other trial participants were stunned by his more than fifty thousand points, Zhou Ling decided to remain in Sunday Immortal City and began using the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame to try to save the egg.

• Zhou Ling meditated to recover, then used Dry Yang True Fire to erase the Blood Fiend Seal on the Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race's bone ring.
• Yan Yu Tian and other trial participants saw Zhou Ling's points exceed fifty thousand and were shocked, with Yan Yu Tian despairing over the gap.
• After several days, Zhou Ling opened the bone ring and found Spirit Stones, high-grade medicines, Blood Pills, materials, and a damaged Golden Dragon Egg.
• Zhou Ling learned that the Golden Dragon Egg needed True Dragon Essence Blood or vital medicinal liquid to recover, but neither option was readily available.
• Zhou Ling decided to stay in Sunday Immortal City, recover, and avoid leaving without using Crisis Deduction.
• Zhou Ling enveloped the Golden Dragon Egg in the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame and let threads of flame seep into it.

Zhou Ling nurtured the Golden Dragon Egg until a Heaven Grade True Dragon hatched, then visited Fei Qinan, who urged him to remain in Sunday Immortal City while the Star Sea Foreign Race targeted him. Fei Qinan gave Zhou Ling a top-grade Sunday Fire Seed to strengthen his spirit flame and asked for his help reforging a Sunday Immortal Sword.

• Zhou Ling used Azure Lotus Spirit Flame and a Fourth-Tier Green Wood Grass to help the Golden Dragon Egg hatch into a Late Second-tier Little Golden Dragon.
• Zhou Ling fed the Little Golden Dragon Blood Spirit Grass and let it follow him out of the tent because his Beast Bag was full.
• Fei Qinan praised Zhou Ling for taming the True Dragon and warned him that the Star Sea Foreign Race had placed him high on its kill list, advising him to stay in Sunday Immortal City.
• Zhou Ling told Fei Qinan that the Sunday Immortal Sword had recovered to around forty percent, and Fei Qinan presented him with a Fourth-grade top-grade Sunday Fire Seed for his Dry Yang True Fire.
• Fei Qinan explained that the underground fire vein could still repair the Sunday Immortal Sword and asked Zhou Ling to help him reforge another sword; Zhou Ling agreed.

After Sunday Immortal City’s forces reclaimed the city and drove the Star Sea Foreign Race beyond the Sword Qi Great Wall, Zhou Ling celebrated the victory with Qi Jian Zhi, Feng Lan, Pei Qing Shuang, and Bu Yang. Inspired by the heavy casualties, Zhou Ling spoke of ending the threat, and the five formed the Star Sea Alliance to support one another within the Dao Alliance.

• Fei Qinan told Zhou Ling to take care when fusing the fourth-grade top-grade Sunday Fire Seed and recounted how the human army retook Sunday Immortal City, pursued the Star Sea Foreign Race, and killed three fifth-tier enemies in the campaign.
• Zhou Ling met Qi Jian Zhi, Feng Lan, Pei Qing Shuang, and Bu Yang, and they gathered to celebrate the victory with Spirit Wine.
• Feng Lan and Qi Jian Zhi voiced their willingness to support Zhou Ling after he declared that he wanted to defeat the Star Sea Foreign Race and protect the Dao Alliance.
• Qi Jian Zhi proposed an alliance, and Zhou Ling, Feng Lan, Pei Qing Shuang, and Bu Yang agreed to support one another.
• The five named their new alliance the Star Sea Alliance and sealed the agreement by drinking together.

Zhou Ling traded Essence Augmentation Pills for Dragon Sword Grass and other Star Sea Foreign Race spoils, then revealed that he could refine Third Order pills. After sorting the materials, he prepared to refine a Five Elements Dragon Sword Pellet using the Dragon Sword Grass and five suitable Fourth Order materials.

• Little Golden Dragon drank two jars of Qi Jian Zhi’s Green Bamboo Spirit Wine, and Zhou Ling offered Essence Augmentation Pills in payment, but Qi Jian Zhi refused.
• Pei Qing Shuang traded Zhou Ling three plants of Dragon Sword Grass for Essence Augmentation Pills.
• Qi Jian Zhi proposed a group trade, and Zhou Ling exchanged pills with Qi Jian Zhi and Feng Lan for blood medicines, Blood Pills, and other materials.
• Zhou Ling told the group he could refine Third Order pills and accepted spirit medicines from Pei Qing Shuang and Feng Lan for pill refining.
• After the others left, Zhou Ling inventoried the traded materials and chose Dragon Sword Grass and five Fourth Order Five Elements materials to prepare for refining a Five Elements Dragon Sword Pellet.

Zhou Ling fused the Sunday Fire Seed into Dry Yang True Fire, advancing it to the Fifth Order and himself to the seventh layer of the Golden Core Realm. Meanwhile, Tao Yue warned Liu Zheng Jia that Zhou Ling’s growing reputation and strength made him a threat, and Liu Zheng Jia agreed he could not be allowed to keep advancing.

• Zhou Ling used his talent and cultivation technique to suppress the Sunday Fire Seed and begin fusing it with Dry Yang True Fire.
• Zhou Ling sustained the fusion with spiritual power and pills as the two Spirit Flames gradually merged and strengthened his cultivation.
• Dry Yang True Fire reached the Fifth Order, and Zhou Ling advanced to the seventh layer of the Golden Core Realm while his Soul Cultivation reached the Early Nascent Soul realm.
• Tao Yue told Liu Zheng Jia that Zhou Ling had killed a fifth-rank Star Sea Foreign Race alone and had become highly regarded in Sunday Immortal City.
• Tao Yue urged Liu Zheng Jia to stop Zhou Ling before he returned to the Dao Alliance, and Liu Zheng Jia agreed that Zhou Ling’s growth had to be checked.

Zhou Ling completed the Five Elements Sunday Sword Pellet and discovered that his Five Elements Pure Yang Pill Qi had become faster to condense and more effective at strengthening his mana. He then found that Little Golden Dragon had reached the Third Order and awakened a formidable bloodline divine ability, leaving him impressed by its strength and its suppression of other demon beasts.

• Zhou Ling completed the fourth-grade high-quality Five Elements Sunday Sword Pellet and tested its Five Elements Sword Qi.
• Zhou Ling condensed Five Elements Pure Yang Pill Qi, used it to refine his mana, and checked the trial rankings, where he remained far ahead in first place.
• Zhou Ling discovered that Little Golden Dragon had reached the early Third Order and learned that it had awakened the Vast Sea Golden Sun Technique.
• Little Golden Dragon demonstrated that its Golden Sun Domain could swallow Zhou Ling's early Golden Core-level Sword Qi, while its physical strength shattered a Mid Golden Core-level Golden Sword Qi.
• Zhou Ling summoned the late Fourth Order Blood Thunder Crow King and saw it cower under Little Golden Dragon's dragon might before rewarding both beasts with Fourth-Tier Blood Medicine.

Zhou Ling emerged from seclusion, named his Third Order spirit beast Golden Sun, and learned that the Star Sea Foreign Race was attacking Monday Immortal City. After hearing that Dean Gong had gone to reinforce it, he asked Fei Qinan whether the assault might be a trap designed to draw human cultivators into a Blood Fiend Great Formation.

• Zhou Ling took Little Golden Dragon out of his tent, learned Sunday Immortal City had been quiet, and renamed it Golden Sun.
• Feng Lan recognized that Zhou Ling had reached late Golden Core, and Pei Qing Shuang traded blood medicinal ingredients for his Essence Augmentation Pills while reporting that Monday Immortal City was under attack.
• Qi Jian Zhi told Zhou Ling that Dean Gong had passed through Sunday Immortal City on her way to reinforce Monday Immortal City.
• Zhou Ling went to Fei Qinan and learned that more than a dozen, possibly twenty, Fifth-Grade Star Sea Foreign Race members were leading over ten thousand attackers against Monday Immortal City's grand formation.
• Zhou Ling warned Fei Qinan that the assault might lure reinforcements into a Blood Fiend Great Formation, and Fei Qinan agreed the possibility could not be ruled out.

Zhou Ling agreed to help Fei Qinan refine materials for the Sunday Immortal Sword, and Fei passed him a Fifth-Tier sword inscription while revealing his and Ji Siqing’s Immortal Artifact Sect origins and hopes for Zhou Ling to surpass them. After learning that Monday Immortal City was under siege and more than a thousand cultivators were trapped in the Eight Desolations Blood Dragon Formation, Zhou Ling insisted on going there to help and planned to travel with the other four trial disciples.

• Fei Qinan asked Zhou Ling to refine Fifth-Tier materials for the Sunday Immortal Sword within seven months, then gave him a Fifth-Tier sword inscription as compensation and instruction.
• Fei Qinan told Zhou Ling that he and Ji Siqing had left the Immortal Artifact Sect and hoped Zhou Ling would become a Sixth-Tier Artifact Refiner and uphold the Dao Alliance’s crafting arts.
• Zhou Ling asked to postpone forging the Sunday Immortal Sword so he could go to Monday Immortal City and check on Dean Gong, but Fei Qinan warned that the city was dangerous.
• Cheng Yi reported that the Star Sea Foreign Race had set the Eight Desolations Blood Dragon Formation to trap reinforcements, with more than a thousand cultivators, including over ten Nascent Soul Cultivators, already trapped.
• Zhou Ling insisted on going to Monday Immortal City to help and said he would travel with the other four trial disciples rather than take guards from Sunday Immortal City.

Zhou Ling studied the Sword Seal Inheritance and repaired Feng Lan’s Yangmu Sword, leaving her with a trace of his Rule Sword Intent. As Zhou Ling and his companions prepared to depart for Monday Immortal City, Liu Zheng Jia planned to expose their whereabouts to the Star Sea Foreign Race, while Feng Lan rejected Tao Yue’s attempt to dissuade her.

• Zhou Ling read Fei Qinan’s Sword Seal Inheritance and found its Sunday Immortal Sword refinement method.
• Qi Jian Zhi, Feng Lan, Pei Qing Shuang, and Bu Yang decided to accompany Zhou Ling to Monday Immortal City the next day.
• Zhou Ling repaired the damaged Haoyang Sword Seal in Feng Lan’s Yangmu Sword and infused it with a trace of his Sunday Sword Qi.
• Tao Yue told Liu Zheng Jia that Zhou Ling and the others would leave for Monday Immortal City, and Liu Zheng Jia decided to reveal their whereabouts to the Star Sea Foreign Race.
• Tao Yue warned Feng Lan not to go to Monday Immortal City, but she coldly refused his concern.

Zhou Ling traveled with Feng Lan, Pei Qing Shuang, Qi Jian Zhi, and Bu Yang through the Dark Star Domain toward Monday Immortal City, using his Blood Thunder Crows and [Intermediate Observation] to avoid its Demon Beasts. Just as they emerged, a Third-Level Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race ambushed them, and Zhou Ling fought off its Blood Eye attack with Earth Spirit Land Fire and Bright Sun Burning Heaven Flame as the others prepared to face its reinforcements.

• Zhou Ling checked his weapons, spiritual flames, pills, and Spirit Beasts before setting out with Feng Lan, Pei Qing Shuang, Qi Jian Zhi, and Bu Yang for Monday Immortal City.
• After the group entered the Dark Star Domain, Zhou Ling sent his Blood Thunder Crows ahead to drive off Demon Beasts and used [Intermediate Observation] to guide the warship safely through.
• As they neared the far edge of the dark region, Zhou Ling sensed danger and struck a concealed Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race with the Sunday Immortal Sword.
• The Star Sea Foreign Race revealed that it had targeted Zhou Ling for killing Old Liu, while seven Fourth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Races approached aboard a bone boat.
• The Star Sea Foreign Race trapped the group in its Blood Fiend Domain and attacked Zhou Ling's Sea of Consciousness with a Blood Eye.
• Zhou Ling protected the group with Earth Spirit Land Fire, then used Bright Sun Burning Heaven Flame to destroy the Blood Eye and clear the blood fiend energy from his Sea of Consciousness.

Zhou Ling broke the Blood Domain and killed a Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race using the Sunday Immortal Sword and overlapping spirit flames. With the remaining Star Sea Foreign Races trying to flee, Feng Lan and the others continued fighting, and Feng Lan killed her opponent.

• The Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race sealed the surrounding starry sky with his Blood Domain, while Zhou Ling used the Sunday Immortal Sword and his spirit flames to break through its attacks.
• Feng Lan and the others held off the Fourth Order Star Sea Foreign Races as Zhou Ling attacked the Blood Domain’s blood eye and weakened his enemy.
• Zhou Ling combined Bright Sun Burning Heaven Flame and Dry Yang True Fire to unleash a powerful Sword Domain, destroy the enemy’s Blood Domain, and kill the Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race.
• Zhou Ling captured the enemy’s bone ring and consumed pills to recover as the remaining five Star Sea Foreign Races tried to flee but were trapped by the Blood Thunder Crows.
• Qi Jian Zhi and the others pressed their opponents, while Feng Lan engulfed her Fourth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race opponent in Green Wood Sword Qi and killed it.

Zhou Ling and his allies survived an ambush by a Fifth Order Star Sea Foreign Race member, and Pei Qing Shuang suspected their route had been leaked, possibly by Tao Yue. After Zhou Ling warned Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi confronted Tao Yue and took him in for questioning, while Liu Zheng Jia feared the investigation could expose his role.

• Zhou Ling killed the Fifth Order Star Sea Foreign Race member, stored the enemy corpses for the Blood Thunder Crows, and led his wounded group toward Monday Immortal City.
• Pei Qing Shuang suspected the attackers had targeted Zhou Ling using leaked information, and Zhou Ling warned Cheng Yi to watch for spies and Tao Yue.
• Cheng Yi and the Nascent Soul Cultivators received Zhou Ling's report and decided to investigate Tao Yue.
• Liu Zheng Jia noticed Zhou Ling's points had reached eighty thousand and urged Tao Yue to deny knowing anything when Cheng Yi approached.
• Cheng Yi accused Tao Yue of possibly colluding with the Star Sea Foreign Race and took him away for questioning despite Liu Zheng Jia's warning.

Zhou Ling’s points surpassed eighty thousand after he killed another Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race member, impressing the cultivators at Monday Immortal City. City Lord He personally welcomed Zhou Ling and asked him to help find a way through the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation.

• Yan Yu Tian learned Zhou Ling had reached eighty thousand points and gave up hope of catching him, while Chen Zhanglei celebrated the sudden increase.
• City Lord He and the Nascent Soul Cultivators concluded Zhou Ling might help break the formation trapping several human Nascent Soul Cultivators and sent for him.
• Zhou Ling’s group traveled cautiously through the dangerous starfield and safely approached Monday Immortal City.
• City Lord He and six other Nascent Soul Cultivators intercepted Zhou Ling’s warship and welcomed him, astonishing Wan Nian and the other cultivators.
• Zhou Ling confirmed he had killed a Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race member, and City Lord He invited him into Monday Immortal City to discuss matters.

Zhou Ling arrived at Monday Immortal City and reported that a Fifth-Tier Star Sea Foreign Race had ambushed his group, prompting suspicion that Tao Yue or someone behind him had leaked their route. He then went with City Lord He to inspect the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation, where thousands of human cultivators remained trapped, and began analyzing how to break it.

• Zhou Ling told City Lord He and the others about the ambush, while Qi Jian Zhi and Feng Lan identified Tao Yue as the likely informant.
• Zhou Ling argued that Tao Yue might lack the means to arrange the ambush, prompting City Lord He and Chen Zhanglei to leave the investigation to Sunday Immortal City while prioritizing Monday Immortal City's crisis.
• Zhou Ling revealed that he could observe Array Formations and agreed to go immediately to the northern battle zone to examine the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation.
• City Lord He led Zhou Ling and the others to the battle zone, where they saw six human warships trapped inside the expanding blood domain and more than twenty Star Sea Foreign Race bone boats nearby.
• Zhou Ling carefully observed and analyzed the formation as Master Gu and Master Yuan reported that their attacks had failed to break it and were draining their cultivators.

Zhou Ling discovered how to break the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation and coordinated with City Lord He to attack its eight Blood Flood Dragons. The battle began, with over two thousand trapped cultivators still depending on Zhou Ling to find and strike the formation’s weak points.

• Master Gu warned City Lord He that the trapped cultivators might not survive two days and that sending rescuers into the formation could trap them too.
• Gu Lie and Gu Jing recognized Zhou Ling as a threat and resolved to kill him, while Gu Lie tried to lure him into the formation.
• Zhou Ling identified the formation as a bloodline formation and explained that simultaneous attacks on all eight Blood Flood Dragons would expose weak points he could strike.
• City Lord He assigned the eight Blood Flood Dragons to the Nascent Soul combatants and tasked Master Gu with assisting Zhou Ling.
• City Lord He, Chen Zhanglei, and the other cultivators attacked the Blood Flood Dragons as Zhou Ling watched for the formation’s weak points.

Zhou Ling used the Sunday Immortal Sword to destroy the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation, turning the battle for Monday Immortal City in the Human Race’s favor. As City Lord He and the human forces pressed their attack, Zhou Ling stayed back with Feng Lan and the others, wary of Gu Lie’s killing intent.

• Yan Yu Tian and other cultivators watched in disbelief as City Lord He and the Nascent Soul Cultivators followed Zhou Ling’s commands.
• Gu Lie and Gu Jing strengthened the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation, leaving the six human warships struggling to withstand its attacks.
• Zhou Ling spotted a brief weakness in the formation and struck it with the Sunday Immortal Sword, breaking the formation and severely injuring its Star Sea Foreign Race operators.
• Zhou Ling and Master Gu ordered the human forces to charge, while City Lord He and the Nascent Soul Cultivators attacked the injured Fifth-Tier enemies.
• Gu Jing tried to retreat but was forced to fight City Lord He, while Zhou Ling stayed out of the battle and reassured Feng Lan and the others that he was unharmed.

Zhou Ling helped rout the Star Sea Foreign Race by breaking the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation, then treated Dean Gong’s injuries with his Azure Lotus Spirit Flame. The battle ended in a decisive human victory, and City Lord He awarded Zhou Ling one hundred thousand military merits.

• Gu Lie ordered the Star Sea Foreign Race to retreat after Zhou Ling broke the Eight Desolations Blood Fiend Formation, and the human army killed six of the eight fifth-tier formation controllers.
• Gu Lie and Gu Jing attacked Zhou Ling with blood souls, but Chen Zhanglei and Zhou Ling’s Azure Lotus Spirit Flame blocked their attacks before City Lord He called off the pursuit.
• Dean Gong collapsed after reuniting with Zhou Ling, so he used the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame to restore her meridians and helped her recover.
• City Lord He and the Nascent Soul cultivators praised Zhou Ling for saving them and the city from the formation.
• City Lord He awarded Zhou Ling one hundred thousand military merits, which Zhou Ling welcomed as enough to secure cultivation resources for his family.