Chapter Summaries

Chu Sheng emerged from the secret realm to find Zheng Yuan captured and Shen Yuheng badly injured, while Lei Jitian demanded the treasures he had taken. Chu Sheng revealed his control over the secret realm by making its entrance fragment fly away, then rushed toward Lei Jitian as the True Lord claimed he had fallen into a trap.

• Lei Jitian held the barely conscious Zheng Yuan hostage and taunted Chu Sheng about Murong Xi, while True Lord Song Yun and the others coveted the secret realm’s treasures.
• Chu Sheng emerged from the secret realm, saw Zheng Yuan and Shen Yuheng injured, and calmly acknowledged that he had obtained its resources.
• When Lei Jitian demanded the treasures in exchange for Zheng Yuan’s life, Chu Sheng said he had not taken everything and raised his hand toward the entrance fragment.
• Chu Sheng caused the entrance fragment to tear free from the ice and vanish into the sky, revealing to Lei Jitian and the four True Lords that he controlled the entire secret realm.
• Lei Jitian demanded that Chu Sheng hand over the secret realm, and Chu Sheng rushed at him before Lei Jitian declared that Chu Sheng had fallen into his trap.

Lei Jitian and his allies trapped Chu Sheng in a freezing formation, but he shattered it and revealed his peak Cave Profound Realm strength. As Lei Jitian tried to flee, Chu Sheng killed him, leaving the other three facing him on the Meteor Ice Plains.

• Lei Jitian and his allies activated Hanxiao’s Cold Prison Lock Profound Formation to drain Chu Sheng’s spiritual power, then threw Zheng Yuan aside and retreated.
• Chu Sheng destroyed the formation in a massive blast, killing dozens of onlookers, including Lin Yue, and emerging from the ice mist unharmed.
• Chu Sheng saw that Zheng Yuan was still alive, then mocked Lei Jitian and the others as he revealed the physical pressure of a Cave Profound Realm peak cultivator.
• Lei Jitian recognized Chu Sheng’s strength and ordered his companions to split up and flee rather than fight him.
• Chu Sheng appeared behind Lei Jitian and severed his head before he could finish saying “run.”

Chu Sheng gathered Justice Points after killing and capturing several Xuan Sha Star villains, then recruited True Lord Song Yun for his divination skills. He learned Shen Yuheng’s cultivation could be restored with rare treasures, but refused when told he would need to help Xie Wuji briefly form a physical body.

• Chu Sheng asked Qin Liangwei to identify the four dead villains and dismissed her after learning her divination was weaker than True Lord Song Yun’s.
• Chu Sheng used Spirit Seizing and General Dispatch to make True Lord Song Yun his servant, then learned he could divine the locations of treasures and people.
• Chu Sheng discovered Zheng Yuan and Shen Yuheng had been captured after Lei Jitian vented his anger on Shen Yuheng.
• Chu Sheng summoned Xie Wuji and asked whether Shen Yuheng’s crippled cultivation could be restored.
• Xie Wuji said Sky-Piercing Vine and a Nirvana Flower could restore Shen Yuheng’s cultivation, but Chu Sheng refused when told he needed to help Xie Wuji condense a physical body.

Chu Sheng had Xie Wuji heal Shen Yuheng and Zheng Yuan, then revealed Fiona as his new driver. Zheng Yuan asked what she could do after losing her cultivation, and Chu Sheng told her to come and see if she could pilot the spirit ship.

• Song Yun discovered that Shen Yuheng had a rare Taiyin Spirit Body, but Chu Sheng dismissed its benefits and asked her to offer him resources instead.
• Shen Yuheng promised Green Wood Valley’s treasures and alchemy formulas in exchange for Chu Sheng’s help, and Chu Sheng agreed to let Xie Wuji treat her and Zheng Yuan.
• Xie Wuji used Earth Dragon Marrow and Nirvana Flower to restore Shen Yuheng’s cultivation and advance her to Myriad Manifestations Realm Fifth Level, while healing Zheng Yuan’s injuries but not her destroyed dantian.
• Zheng Yuan awoke and thanked Chu Sheng, but he told her that her cultivation would not return and introduced Fiona as his new driver.
• Zheng Yuan said she did not want to return to her family, and Chu Sheng told her to come see whether she could pilot the spirit ship.

Chu Sheng confronted the Heavenly Dao Sect over its role in directing threats against him and killed Venerable Qingxuan. He then tested the sect’s disciples, killed Lu Ya after he stepped forward, and declared the sect would be destroyed while allowing its disciples to leave.

• Venerable Qingxuan and the other cultivators approached Chu Sheng and offered their respects after he killed Lei Jitian and the others.
• Chu Sheng summoned True Lord Song Yun, exposed Venerable Qingxuan’s role in passing information to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, and killed him despite his plea for mercy.
• Chu Sheng challenged the Heavenly Dao Sect members to avenge their sect master and claimed he would respect anyone who openly stepped forward.
• Lu Ya came forward, but Chu Sheng ordered Shen Yuheng to kill him, then condemned the sect and offered its disciples a chance to leave.
• Chu Sheng told the Heavenly Dao Sect elders they would die while the disciples who abandoned the sect could go free.

Chu Sheng conquered Qingmang Star’s major factions and tasked Shen Yuheng with establishing a Martial Arts Hall before leaving with Zheng Yuan. Zheng Yuan told Shen Yuheng that Chu Sheng planned to travel to Xuan Sha Star and use the Star Alliance’s safe route to reach other starfields.

• Chu Sheng discovered that Jingkong Zen Monastery had fled and later destroyed it while confiscating the other factions’ resources across Qingmang Star.
• Chu Sheng returned to Green Wood Valley with eight hundred million Justice Points and assigned Shen Yuheng to establish a Martial Arts Hall, giving her a Messaging Jade Slip to report problems.
• Chu Sheng told Shen Yuheng that Zheng Yuan was aboard the Blazing Sun and was unlikely to return, then left with her.
• Shen Yuheng bid Zheng Yuan farewell and learned that Chu Sheng planned to visit Xuan Sha Star before traveling to other starfields.
• Shen Yuheng warned Zheng Yuan that Chu Sheng did not care for her, but Zheng Yuan defended him and said she understood him.

Chu Sheng traveled toward Xuan Sha Star and learned that his absence had left its Star Hunting Ceremony at risk of being delayed. After seeing the Star Alliance’s immense formation around Jining Star, he resolved to help Xuan Sha Star’s people and asked True Lord Song Yun about their lives.

• Chu Sheng learned that the Star Alliance had sealed Jining Star with a powerful formation and that few people knew he had left it.
• True Lord Song Yun explained that the four True Lords’ absence could cause chaos on Xuan Sha Star and disrupt the coming Star Hunting Ceremony, so Chu Sheng agreed to help protect ordinary people.
• Chu Sheng agreed to pose as True Lord Song Yun’s new disciple and switch to Song Yun’s less conspicuous spirit vessel to conceal his identity.
• As the vessel passed Jining Star, Xie Wuji identified the crimson formation as one that drew power from the planet itself and could destroy it if broken.
• Chu Sheng reflected on his distant, unknown way home, then asked True Lord Song Yun about Xuan Sha Star’s sects and ordinary people’s living conditions.

Chu Sheng learned why the Great Gan Dynasty remained powerful despite Xuan Sha Star’s sects: its founder, Lu Qingping, had once advanced cultivation for the whole star. Meanwhile, Lu Qingping plotted to sacrifice five provinces to secure her own advancement to the Universe Realm, leaving the story with Emperor Lu Jingyuan forced to obey her.

• True Lord Song Yun explained to Chu Sheng that Lu Qingping had broken through to True Lord and shared her Jade Light Dao Canon, earning the Great Gan Dynasty the sects’ gratitude.
• Chu Sheng decided he would still extract Justice Points from the dynasty, regardless of its history or Lu Qingping’s past contributions.
• Emperor Lu Jingyuan told Lu Qingping that Song Yun’s Life Token had shattered and then fused back together, while the other missing experts had also run into trouble.
• Lu Qingping ordered two more provinces added to the planned sacrifice, bringing the total to five provinces and about eight hundred million people.
• Lu Qingping planned to blame the deaths on Star Beasts and the sects’ failed defenses, confident that her future Universe Realm power would silence any objections.
• Lu Jingyuan recognized that the dynasty had always served Lu Qingping’s ambitions and bowed, agreeing to follow her decree.

True Lord Song Yun returned to Xuan Sha Star with two mysterious companions, prompting Lu Qingping to plan to capture them while seeking a way to use Song Yun for her advancement. Lu Qingping’s hidden injury and the deadly Forbidden Land trial that caused it were revealed, leaving her wondering who had set the trap and why.

• Zhou Heng recognized True Lord Song Yun’s vessel and secretly reported that Song Yun had returned with two companions, one of whom concealed his aura exceptionally well.
• Lu Jingyuan told Lu Qingping about Song Yun’s return, and she ordered him to contact Chen Mo and have the newcomers watched or captured.
• Lu Qingping’s heart-meridian injury flared as she recalled enduring it for three hundred years and hiding her weakened strength in the imperial palace.
• Lu Qingping remembered entering an Ancient Forbidden Land after rumors promised an Immortal Realm inheritance and a Great Divine Ability.
• Lu Qingping and her companions survived the dangerous trials, only to discover that the Forbidden Land held no Great Divine Ability and had been a lure for their deaths.

After Song Yun was presumed dead, Cai Kun tried to claim leadership of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, but Xie Tianming presented Song Yun’s written order naming him successor. Their dispute was interrupted when Song Yun returned, leaving both Cai Kun and Xie Tianming stunned.

• Cai Kun argued that the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion needed a new leader before the Star Hunting Ceremony and drew support from his allies to claim the Pavilion Master position.
• The Seventh Elder presented Song Yun’s sealed written order naming Xie Tianming as his successor.
• Xie Tianming said he would accept the position, and Cai Kun challenged his authority because he was only in the Myriad Manifestations Realm.
• Xie Tianming claimed he could break through to the Cave Profound Realm that day, prompting Cai Kun and his followers to laugh at him.
• A disciple announced that the Pavilion Master had returned, and the elders saw Song Yun’s spirit vessel approach through the clouds.
• Xie Tianming and Cai Kun realized that Song Yun’s return had made their struggle over the position look foolish.

True Lord Song Yun returned to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion with Chu Sheng and Zheng Yuan, then introduced Chu Sheng as his new disciple and defended his decision to conceal the youth’s cultivation. When Xie Tianming agreed to succeed him as Pavilion Master, Chu Sheng objected, and Song Yun unexpectedly agreed with Xie’s earlier reasons for refusing the position.

• True Lord Song Yun returned to Star Gazing Cliff and introduced Chu Sheng as his new disciple and Zheng Yuan as Chu Sheng’s servant.
• The Seventh Elder asked why Song Yun’s conduct had changed, and Song Yun said that nearly dying had made his old rules and obsessions seem less important.
• An elder challenged Chu Sheng to reveal his cultivation, and Chu Sheng said it was a little higher than the Martial Infant Realm before Song Yun stopped further questions.
• Xie Tianming agreed to become Pavilion Master, but Chu Sheng said Xie liked showing off and was unsuited to the role.
• Song Yun rebuked Xie Tianming and said that Xie had previously been right to claim he lacked the experience and ability to become Pavilion Master.

Chu Sheng had True Lord Song Yun expel Xie Tianming from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, then ordered him to surrender the cultivation techniques he had learned. When Xie Tianming and the disciples who backed him resisted, True Lord Song Yun crippled them, and Chu Sheng gained Justice Points.

• Xie Tianming decided to leave the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion after True Lord Song Yun confirmed that the decision was final.
• Gu Xiang and a group of disciples threatened to leave with Xie Tianming unless True Lord Song Yun revoked the order, but Chu Sheng told them to return the pavilion’s cultivation techniques first.
• Chu Sheng said Xie Tianming should return his cultivation, and True Lord Song Yun struck Xie Tianming’s dantian, shattering his meridians.
• True Lord Song Yun struck Gu Xiang and the other disciples who had threatened to leave, sending them flying.
• Chu Sheng received 10,000,000 Justice Points for teaching the group a lesson and upholding sect order.

The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion elders concluded that Song Yun was no longer fit to lead and asked Cai Kun to seek help from the Great Gan Dynasty. Lu Qingping agreed to cooperate against Song Yun during the Star Hunting Ceremony, but insisted that the dynasty investigate Zheng Yuan and test her cultivation.

• The Seventh Elder and other elders discussed Song Yun’s abnormal behavior and feared he had been replaced or controlled by Chu Sheng.
• The Seventh Elder asked Cai Kun to contact the Great Gan Imperial Family for help in bringing down Song Yun during the Star Hunting Ceremony, and Cai Kun agreed to ask them.
• Lu Jingyuan reported the pavilion turmoil to Lu Qingping, who maintained the plan to capture Song Yun and ordered preparations in Fengming Prefecture.
• Lu Qingping suspected Zheng Yuan was concealing her true power and judged her a greater threat than Chu Sheng.
• After receiving the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion’s request for aid, Lu Qingping agreed to cooperate on the condition that the pavilion investigate Zheng Yuan’s background and test her cultivation.

Cai Kun and the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion elders agreed to join forces with the Great Gan Imperial Family to confront True Lord Song Yun, while secretly debating who should succeed him. Meanwhile, Thunderclap Pavilion and Frost Moon Sect learned that their leaders had not returned and suspected Song Yun had used them as shields.

• Cai Kun told the elders that the Great Gan Imperial Family would send two Cave Profound Realm Attendants to help capture True Lord Song Yun, and he argued that Song Yun must be killed if he refused to repent.
• The Seventh Elder persuaded the elders to investigate the truth first, then kill Song Yun only if he remained obstinate and endangered the sect.
• Cai Kun relayed the Imperial Family's request to investigate Zheng Yuan's background and cultivation, and the Second Elder assigned disciples to befriend her and confirm whether she was truly untrained.
• The Seventh Elder gathered core elders without Cai Kun to discuss a new Pavilion Master, and they rejected Cai Kun as a candidate because they distrusted his ambition and ties to the Great Gan Imperial Family.
• Duan Bufan and Su Ningxue learned that True Lord Song Yun had returned alone and suspected he had escaped by using Lei Jitian and Fairy Han Xiao as shields; Duan Bufan vowed to kill him.

Su Ningxue and Duan Bufan plotted to use the Star Hunting Ceremony to kill Song Yun and seize the people tied to a rumored opportunity. Meanwhile, Chu Sheng visited Yunmo City with Zheng Yuan and Song Yun, where he asked an old man whether he was happy.

• Su Ningxue persuaded Duan Bufan to stage a public dispute with the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion at the Star Hunting Ceremony as cover for their plan to kill Song Yun and capture two people.
• Chu Sheng left the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion with Zheng Yuan and Song Yun to see how happy the people of the Great Gan Dynasty were.
• Chu Sheng wondered why Yunmo City looked ancient despite the advanced technology he had seen on Jining Star, and Song Yun explained that spiritual power could replace technology.
• Song Yun admitted he had never considered how ordinary people lived, while Zheng Yuan praised Chu Sheng for caring about them.
• Chu Sheng asked an old man passing nearby, "Sir, are you happy?"

Chu Sheng and his companions explored Yunmo City, where they found its citizens peaceful and content, while the Golden Scale Guard arrived and Xuan Yangzi was urgently summoned by the Grand Princess. Chu Sheng refused to believe the Great Gan people were truly happy and continued wandering the city, where a furious roar suddenly rang out.

• Chu Sheng heard an old man sincerely praise the emperor and Grand Princess, then saw the Golden Scale Guard arrive in Yunmo City.
• True Lord Song Yun explained that the Golden Scale Guard likely came in response to a matter involving the Grand Princess, not a local demon beast or case.
• Xuan Yangzi greeted True Lord Song Yun, received an urgent summons from the Grand Princess, and hurried to her residence.
• True Lord Song Yun told Chu Sheng and Zheng Yuan how Lu Qingdai had helped Xuan Yangzi preserve Xuanqing Temple, prompting Zheng Yuan to praise Xuan Yangzi over Song Yun.
• Chu Sheng doubted that the Great Gan people were truly happy and led his companions through the city, where a furious voice suddenly shouted, “Thief, how dare you!?”

True Lord Song Yun arrived at the ruined Grand Princess's residence after the Golden Scale Guard mortally wounded Xuan Yangzi, whom he declared his dearest beloved martial uncle. He killed the guards who attacked him and saved Lu Qingdai, who began to explain how Xuan Yangzi had been implicated before an unknown young man interrupted her.

• The Golden Scale Guard devastated the Grand Princess's residence and left Xuan Yangzi gravely wounded.
• True Lord Song Yun appeared and claimed Xuan Yangzi as his dearest beloved martial uncle, but the Golden Scale Guard commander killed Xuan Yangzi anyway.
• True Lord Song Yun unleashed his star-chart technique and slaughtered the Golden Scale Guards.
• Lu Qingdai emerged from the ruins and thanked True Lord Song Yun for saving her.
• Lu Qingdai said Xuan Yangzi had been implicated because of her, but a young man cut off her explanation.

Lu Qingdai claimed the Third Prince had tried to have her killed, but Chu Sheng used his golden eyes to accuse her of lying and decided to investigate the matter himself. As the wounded guards and grateful civilians defended Lu Qingdai, a woman suddenly called her a bad person and said everyone had been deceived.

• Lu Qingdai told True Lord Song Yun and Chu Sheng that the Third Prince had sent the Golden Scale Guard to kill her and frame her attendants for rebellion.
• Chu Sheng said his golden eyes showed that Lu Qingdai was lying, and he decided to handle the case himself while keeping True Lord Song Yun and the others with him.
• Chu Sheng spent 50 million Justice Points to upgrade Spirit Seizing and General Dispatch to Level 2, allowing him to control five souls at once.
• The surviving guards and nearby civilians stepped forward to protect Lu Qingdai and spoke of her past kindnesses.
• An unidentified woman interrupted the crowd and declared that Lu Qingdai was a bad person who had deceived them all.

Chu Sheng ordered True Lord Song Yun to kill the townspeople defending Lu Qingdai, then killed Lu Qingdai after she tried to take her own life. The system identified her as a substitute for the Grand Princess of the Great Gan Dynasty, leaving Chu Sheng focused on what that meant.

• Zheng Yuan accused Lu Qingdai of being evil because Senior wanted to kill her, and the townspeople formed a human wall to protect the Grand Princess.
• Chu Sheng said he would spare the townspeople, then ordered True Lord Song Yun to kill more than a dozen people shielding Lu Qingdai.
• Lu Qingdai struck her own head and collapsed, but Chu Sheng smashed her chest instead of trying to save her.
• Lu Qingdai's soul submitted to Chu Sheng through Spirit Seizing and General Dispatch, while the system identified her as the Grand Princess's substitute and awarded 3000 Justice Points.

Chu Sheng learned that Hu Niuniu had impersonated Lu Qingdai and that Xuan Yangzi’s death might be connected to the National Calamity Cauldron, which Lu Qingdai had taken. After Chu Sheng killed Hu Niuniu and the Great Gan court debated how to respond to Lu Qingdai’s reported death, the real Lu Qingdai met Lu Qingping and tried to explain why True Lord Song Yun had intervened.

• Hu Niuniu revealed that she was Lu Qingdai’s stand-in and said the Golden Scale Guard had targeted Xuan Yangzi, who had asked her about strange behavior from the National Calamity Cauldron.
• Hu Niuniu said Lu Qingdai had taken the cauldron and returned to the Great Capital, while True Lord Song Yun urged Chu Sheng to wait until the Star Hunting Ceremony ended before acting.
• Chu Sheng killed Hu Niuniu and resolved that Lu Qingdai would have to die for deceiving him.
• News spread that the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion had killed Lu Qingdai, prompting public outrage and a court decision to send envoys to investigate.
• Lu Qingdai told Lu Qingping that Xuan Yangzi and Hu Niuniu had not leaked information about the cauldron, leaving them to wonder why True Lord Song Yun had gone to Yunmo City.