Chapter Summaries

Chu Sheng learned that Director General Will had been ordered to destroy the Meteorite Forbidden Zone’s restrictions, possibly as part of a plot tied to Jining Star and his past life. After Ren Quan exposed Xie Yan and the others’ plan to ambush him in the forbidden zone, Chu Sheng prepared to face them there.

• Ren Quan told Chu Sheng that Director General Will had secretly ordered the group to destroy the restrictions in the Meteorite Forbidden Zone, though someone else might have been directing Will.
• Ren Quan explained that Universe Realm cultivators had retreated from the hollow cavity after sensing a dangerous gaze, leaving the Star Alliance to seal the demon worms behind three layers of restrictions.
• Chu Sheng ordered Xie Yan and the others to prepare for a trip to the Meteorite Forbidden Zone, and Ren Quan falsely told them she had agreed to become Chu Sheng’s person.
• Xie Yan and the others told Ren Quan their plan to set Chu Sheng up at the second layer of restrictions and attack him together if needed.
• Ren Quan revealed the ambush plan to Chu Sheng while he was instructing Zheng Yuan to remain at the branch, and Chu Sheng said he would show them what true outnumbering the few looked like.

Chu Sheng returned to the Shattered Star Meteorite Belt with his companions and discovered that the Meteorite Forbidden Zone’s outer restrictions had been damaged, possibly by his earlier attack. After the group entered the passage and found the second restriction destroyed as well, a woman announced that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had requisitioned the area.

• Chu Sheng and his companions crossed the eerily quiet Shattered Star Meteorite Belt as he considered the missing Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion members and the danger in the forbidden zone.
• The group found the outer restriction cracked and partly destroyed, and Chu Sheng wondered whether his earlier strike had hit its weak point.
• Xie Yan led the group into the hollow passage, while Chu Sheng remained unconcerned about the dangers and considered using Song Yun to test the traps.
• After the group traveled through the passage, they discovered that the second restriction had also been destroyed.
• A woman beyond the restriction identified the group as members of the Security Administration and said the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had requisitioned the area for ten days.

Chu Sheng clashed with the Heavenly Phoenix Clan after they requisitioned the passage, killing a burly inspector and challenging their Universe Realm expert. Chen Mo revealed that Chu Sheng came from the Qing Ming Chu Family, leaving the Heavenly Phoenix woman stunned.

• Xie Yan planned to provoke Chu Sheng into fighting the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, but Chu Sheng questioned their failure to apply for permission.
• A Heavenly Phoenix Clan woman warned Chu Sheng that a trial was underway and dared him to drive out its participants.
• When the burly man urged Chu Sheng to back down, Chu Sheng seized him and beat him to death in front of Xie Yan and the others.
• Chu Sheng threatened to kill Xie Yan and shouted back at the Heavenly Phoenix woman when she ordered them to stop fighting inside the passage.
• The woman emerged from the damaged restriction and challenged Chu Sheng, but Chen Mo revealed that he belonged to the Qing Ming Chu Family.

Chu Sheng confronted the Heavenly Phoenix Clan woman over the unauthorized trial, then entered the Bone-Corroding Nest Corridor with Ren Quan and Xie Yan. After exposing Xie Yan’s ambush plan, Chu Sheng faced the destruction of the final restriction and ordered his companions to kill Xie Yan as he claimed Sector 13 was doomed.

• The woman identified Chu Sheng as a Qing Ming Chu Family inspector and challenged his authority to halt the trial, but he entered the restricted area anyway.
• Ren Quan explained that the group had entered the Bone-Corroding Nest Corridor, while the woman stayed behind at the second restriction.
• Xie Yan tried to lead Chu Sheng onto a humus layer, but Chu Sheng revealed he knew about the plan and Ren Quan said he was dead.
• Chu Sheng summoned Lu Qingping and two others, surrounding Xie Yan and his companion before Xie Yan demanded a one-on-one fight.
• A boom shook the corridor as Ren Quan realized the final restriction had been destroyed, and Xie Yan laughed that his mission was complete and Sector 13 was finished.
• Chu Sheng ordered the others to chop Xie Yan into mince.

Lin Yan shattered the Star Alliance restriction during a trial, triggering an approaching Insect Tide and a confrontation with Chu Sheng. As the crowd prepared to retreat, Lin Yan attacked Chu Sheng to keep him from stopping everyone.

• Lin Yan destroyed the restriction with a spear strike, and Fei Ling said she would honor her marriage promise if he accepted.
• Lin Yan claimed he had been tricked into breaking the restriction, while a man suggested Fei Ling choose Sun Hao instead.
• Fei Ling insisted she would marry either Lin Yan or Sun Hao, and Lin Yan began to accept before elders warned that the Insect Tide was approaching.
• A Heavenly Phoenix Clan elder ordered everyone to retreat to the Bone-Eroding Nether Corridor and blamed Lin Yan for destroying the final restriction.
• Chu Sheng emerged from the passage and accused the intruders of endangering Sector 13, refusing to let them leave.
• Lin Yan told Chu Sheng he alone should face punishment, then launched a powerful spear strike at him.

Chu Sheng confronted the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s trial group after they disturbed the restriction and unleashed the Insect Tide, rejecting their pleas to leave and criticizing them for causing the disaster. As the swarm arrived, he killed a fleeing Heavenly Prodigy and challenged the others to face the consequences.

• Lin Yan’s spear strike failed to harm Chu Sheng, who caught the spear tip and revealed Cave Profound Realm peak strength.
• The Heavenly Phoenix Clan elder asked Chu Sheng to move aside so the trial participants could escape the approaching Insect Tide, but Chu Sheng blamed them for destroying the restriction and endangering Sector 13.
• Hong Luan urged everyone to leave, while Lin Yan and Fae Ling Fairy defended the Heavenly Prodigies’ talent and future potential against Chu Sheng’s mockery.
• The Insect Tide arrived with numerous Insect Kings, and a Heavenly Prodigy tried to flee past Chu Sheng.
• Chu Sheng’s Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss killed the fleeing Heavenly Prodigy, and Chu Sheng demanded that the group take responsibility for the disaster they had caused.

Chu Sheng killed Ming Tuo and several Heavenly Phoenix Clan elders while the Heavenly Prodigies and their escorts tried to stop him. As a Meteorite Demon Worm tide approached, Hong Luan entered the danger zone to confront Chu Sheng, then fled back into the hollow passage after sensing that stepping farther would mean certain death.

• The Heavenly Prodigies threatened Chu Sheng, but Chen Mo warned them that Chu Sheng belonged to the powerful Qing Ming Chu Family.
• Hong Luan ordered Ming Tuo and the Heavenly Phoenix Clan elders to seize Chu Sheng, but Chu Sheng killed Ming Tuo with one strike.
• The elders summoned Heavenly Phoenix Descends, but its phantom vanished near Chu Sheng, who then cut another elder in half.
• A woman warned everyone that the Meteorite Demon Worm tide was approaching, while Hong Luan threatened to enter the territory and attack Chu Sheng.
• Hong Luan rushed out of the hollow passage, sensed that she would die if she advanced, and retreated as the Heavenly Prodigies watched in confusion.
• Hong Luan threatened that the Chu Family would face pressure over the deaths, and Chu Sheng called her trash.

Chu Sheng forced the Heavenly Prodigies to fight the Meteorite Demon Worms, then slaughtered the swarm and most of the prodigies himself. After Hong Luan questioned his identity, she explained how her group had chosen the forbidden land and revealed that the local group they had chased was probably already dead.

• Chu Sheng ordered the Heavenly Prodigies to kill the Meteorite Demon Worms or die, while he watched them struggle against the Insect Tide.
• Lin Yan accused Chu Sheng of double standards, and Chu Sheng killed him with the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss.
• Chu Sheng unleashed massive strikes that wiped out nearly all the demon worms and killed nearly half of the Heavenly Prodigies, earning 250 million Justice Points.
• Chu Sheng told the surviving prodigies to clear the remaining worms, then questioned Hong Luan about why they had chosen the forbidden land.
• Hong Luan explained that her group had followed a rival group there after a conflict and had made the forbidden land their trial ground after seeing its outer restriction damaged.
• Hong Luan said the rival group’s spirit vessel bore a “Heaven” character and that they were likely dead, since she had counted each person they hunted as ten Meteorite Demon Worms for the trial.

Chu Sheng killed the Heavenly Phoenix Clan prodigies after learning they had used Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciples as prizes, then fought Hong Luan in the starry sky. Though he endured her strongest attack, Hong Luan chose to spare him and seek a settlement with the Chu Family.

• True Lord Song Yun recognized the Heaven-marked spirit vessel as belonging to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and realized Chu Sheng was about to act.
• After confirming the Meteorite Demon Worm had been eradicated, Chu Sheng killed the returning Heavenly Prodigies for using people as prizes.
• Hong Luan accused Chu Sheng of trying to silence her, but he said he had no intention of asking her to hide what happened.
• Hong Luan used her Heaven-Burning Domain against Chu Sheng, but he ignored her flames and gravity and evaded her first attack.
• Hong Luan empowered herself with tenfold gravity and struck Chu Sheng with a palm; he was blasted away but suffered no serious injury.
• Hong Luan decided not to kill Chu Sheng and said she would consult the elders before negotiating with the Chu Family.

Chu Sheng trapped Hong Luan in Divine Firmament Court, which severely suppressed her domain, but she dragged him into her minor world and fought him to a stalemate. The fight continued as Chu Sheng began to tire while Hong Luan recovered from every injury.

• Chu Sheng used Divine Firmament Court to pull Hong Luan into its golden plaza and discovered that her domain was greatly weakened there.
• Hong Luan opened a spatial vortex and dragged Chu Sheng into her own minor world, though Divine Firmament Court's suppression remained on her.
• Chu Sheng attacked Hong Luan with his black longsword, and their first clash forced her back despite her Universe Realm strength.
• Hong Luan repeatedly recovered from her wounds with the power of her minor world and continued fighting Chu Sheng.
• After a hundred rounds, Chu Sheng grew exhausted while Hong Luan's attacks remained relentless.

Chu Sheng escaped Hong Luan’s minor world after Wei Wuji shattered it, then killed and enslaved her soul. Back in the starry sky, Hong Luan revealed that her clan’s Heavenly Phoenix bloodline might one day become pure True Spirit Bloodline.

• Chu Sheng summoned Wei Wuji, who revealed he could destroy Hong Luan’s minor world but warned Chu Sheng to capture her afterward.
• Wei Wuji unleashed the Great Desolation Heaven Shaking Palm, breaking the minor world and badly injuring Hong Luan.
• Chu Sheng killed Hong Luan while she was weakened, gained 100,000,000 Justice Points, and upgraded Spirit Seizing and General Dispatch to Level 3.
• Chu Sheng enslaved Hong Luan’s soul and ordered her to open a passage out of the collapsing minor world.
• Chu Sheng returned to the starry sky and learned that Hong Luan had forged her minor world with mixed Heavenly Phoenix blood and the True Spirit World Derivation Method.
• Hong Luan told Chu Sheng that her clan might possess pure True Spirit Bloodline in the future.

Hong Luan told Chu Sheng that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s True Blood Blessing would not take place for a hundred years, leaving him unable to obtain the True Spirit Blood early. After returning to Wangshu Star, Chu Sheng prepared to leave for the wider starry sky and learned that Zheng Yuan had cooked him longevity noodles for a birthday she had mistaken.

• Hong Luan explained that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had chosen a partner for its True Blood Blessing, but the blessing site would remain sealed until the hundred-year deadline.
• Chu Sheng realized he could neither wait a hundred years nor reach the blessing early, so he ordered the Star Beasts cleared before returning to Wangshu Star.
• Chu Sheng and Chen Mo returned to the Star Alliance Branch, where Zheng Yuan welcomed them and Chen Mo began arranging an interstellar route and submitting his resignation.
• After resting several days, Chu Sheng found Zheng Yuan bringing him longevity noodles and learned she had mistaken his age for an upcoming birthday.
• Chu Sheng corrected Zheng Yuan, then told her to leave the noodles and go.

Chu Sheng set out for Liushuang Star with Chen Mo and Zheng Yuan, joining Tang Shuyan’s merchant association for the journey. When Zhao Zhenji recognized Chu Sheng as the man tied to Sin City’s destruction, a Star Alliance official silenced the accusation by ordering Zhao seized instead.

• Chu Sheng learned that the Star Alliance’s interstellar routes would take more than ten days to reach Liushuang Star.
• Tang Shuyan invited Chu Sheng and Chen Mo to travel with her merchant association, and Chen Mo declined her offer to join it.
• Chu Sheng recognized Zhao Zhenji from the Star Luo Merchant Association and recalled that Zhao had compensated him with a Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma.
• Tang Shuyan identified Chu Sheng as the fiend who slaughtered Sin City, and Zhao Zhenji accused him before the gathered crowd.
• A Star Alliance official slapped Zhao Zhenji, called him the real fiend, and ordered him seized for interrogation.

Chu Sheng was publicly accused of massacring a city, but Sun Debiao defended him after learning his identity and praised his actions in Sin City. After Tang Shuyan explained how the Star Luo Merchant Association had escaped, Chu Sheng asked about the association and revealed that he needed True Spirit Bloodline.

• Zhao Zhenji accused Chu Sheng of being a city-massacring fiend, and Sun Debiao had him pinned down and denounced him for framing Young Master Chu.
• Sun Debiao defended Chu Sheng by citing his service to the star region, and Chu Sheng admitted he had killed a million criminals in Sin City.
• Chu Sheng dismissed Sun Debiao's group and asked Tang Shuyan why the Star Luo Merchant Association's members had survived Sin City.
• Tang Shuyan explained that they had fled after learning Chu Sheng killed Master Jueshan, and Chu Sheng asked about the merchant association's size.
• Tang Shuyan offered to help Chu Sheng, who interrupted her to say he needed True Spirit Bloodline.

Chu Sheng asked Tang Shuyan to investigate the whereabouts of True Spirit Bloodline and how to break an ancient restriction in the Burning Heaven Secret Realm, then learned about Spirit Communication Jade Tokens and the costly Star Alliance Network. Tang Shuyan lent him an intermediate token, which Chu Sheng connected to and began exploring.

• Chu Sheng requested True Spirit Bloodline from Tang Shuyan, who explained that obtaining it was too dangerous for the Star Luo Merchant Association.
• Tang Shuyan offered the association’s intelligence network, and Chu Sheng asked her to investigate traces of True Spirit Bloodline and a way to break the Burning Heaven Secret Realm restriction.
• Tang Shuyan gave Chu Sheng a jade token to link their communications, and Chen Mo explained that Spirit Communication Jade Tokens accessed the Star Alliance Network but were costly to use.
• Chen Mo described how his salary was consumed by family expenses and network fees, prompting Chu Sheng to curse the Star Alliance Network.
• Tang Shuyan returned with an intermediate Spirit Communication Jade Token after learning Chu Sheng’s aura was not responding on her token.
• Chu Sheng connected to the new token, explored its many functions, and grew pleased with it.

Chu Sheng explored the Spirit Communication Jade Token and learned about the Star Alliance’s rankings and rumors of reincarnated great powers. He ended by discovering that the Heavenly Phoenix Trial had suffered an anomaly and its participants and accompanying elders were missing.

• Chu Sheng tried searching for the Qing Ming Chu Family, but Chen Mo explained that his intermediate jade token could not access information about powerful lineages.
• Chu Sheng spotted the supposedly dead Lin Yan on the Myriad Manifestations Ranking and learned that Xiao Shentong had risen to the top of the True Lord Ranking despite being only at the third level of the Cave Profound Realm.
• Chen Mo explained that Xiao Shentong was rumored to be a reincarnated great power, then told Chu Sheng that Chu Sheng’s shallow knowledge and lack of extraordinary opportunities made him unlike one.
• Chen Mo spoke of his loyalty to Chu Sheng and his hopes of benefiting his daughter and the Chen Family, while Chu Sheng hinted at old grievances and said Chen Mo would not betray him.
• Chu Sheng reviewed the Hidden Dragon Ranking and judged its top talents far weaker than himself.
• Chu Sheng found trending notices reporting that the Heavenly Phoenix Trial participants and accompanying elders had lost contact, prompting several powers to offer rewards for clues.

Chu Sheng and his companions traveled to Liushuang Star, where Star Alliance martial law and strict inspections had been imposed amid the search for those involved in the Heavenly Phoenix Trial. At the inspection station, a device scanned Chu Sheng and displayed the number 23, startling the inspectors.

• Hong Luan warned Chu Sheng that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan and other forces might trace the trial to him, but Chu Sheng insisted he had acted lawfully under Star Alliance orders.
• Chu Sheng learned that the Liuying Star Domain was under martial law and that Storage Rings would be inspected, and Hong Luan confirmed the measures were likely tied to the Heavenly Phoenix Trial.
• The Blazing Sun reached Liushuang Star, where Zheng Yuan thanked Chu Sheng for letting her see the wider world, and Chu Sheng called her an idiot.
• At the inspection station, Chen Mo presented his identity jade token while Chu Sheng and Zheng Yuan were told they would need identity reviews and Storage Ring inspections.
• An inspector's device displayed the number 23 when it scanned Chu Sheng, and both inspectors reacted with sudden interest.

At a Star Alliance checkpoint, Chu Sheng’s many Storage Rings drew the inspectors’ attention, especially a mysterious black saber. Supervisor Li Mao intervened and suggested Chu Sheng might be connected to the Heavenly Phoenix Trial.

• Li Mao oversaw strict checkpoint inspections during the holiday and noticed his subordinates examining three travelers at Passage Five.
• The inspectors found more than twenty of Chu Sheng’s Storage Rings filled with Spirit Crystals, then searched the small ring he wore.
• One inspector sensed that Chu Sheng’s black saber was unusual and tried to take it, but Chu Sheng objected that the inspection rules required its return.
• Li Mao arrived, claimed handling the saber was permitted under Star Alliance rules, and asked whether Chu Sheng was connected to the Heavenly Phoenix Trial.

Li Mao tried to seize Chu Sheng and his blade by accusing him of involvement in the Heavenly Phoenix Trial disappearances. Chu Sheng admitted he had killed the missing participants, and the chapter ended as he punched at a brocade-robed young man’s supposedly impenetrable barrier.

• Li Mao ordered inspectors to arrest Chu Sheng and confiscate his blade, while Tang Shuyan watched and declined to intervene.
• A brocade-robed young man wagered that Chu Sheng’s backing would not help him and challenged Tang Shuyan to travel with him if he won.
• Chu Sheng calmly admitted that he had killed the people from the Heavenly Phoenix Trial, shocking Li Mao and the crowd.
• The brocade-robed young man dismissed Chu Sheng’s backing and offered to believe him if Chu Sheng could damage his high-grade treasure barrier.
• Chu Sheng struck the barrier with a powerful punch, and the young man’s Cave Profound Realm Seventh Order servant shouted a warning too late to stop him.

Chu Sheng beat Song Xuan, the young master of Great Thousand Mountain, despite learning of his powerful family, and prepared to kill him after forcing him to kneel. Just as Chu Sheng raised his foot to strike, representatives of Great Thousand Mountain and the Star Alliance shouted for him to stop.

• Chu Sheng shattered Song Xuan's shield and struck him so hard that his chest caved in.
• The old man revealed that Song Xuan was Great Thousand Mountain's sect master's only son, and Chu Sheng pretended to regret attacking him before striking again.
• Chu Sheng sent the old man flying, kicked Song Xuan down, and forced him to kneel.
• Chu Sheng refused to spare Song Xuan and threatened a green-robed onlooker who pleaded for mercy.
• As Chu Sheng prepared to kill Song Xuan, voices from beyond the checkpoint demanded that he stop.