Chapter Summaries

The marshal watched the Righteous Army die protecting the Star Boat as they sent him away from Fortune Star. When a Four-Winged Red-Robed Cardinal attacked, he unleashed the Incense Power stored within him and struck the pursuer down.

• The Righteous Army forced the marshal into the Star Boat and stayed behind to fight the invading Alien Races.
• The marshal remembered the soldiers who had died and watched the battered Star Boat carry him away from Fortune Star.
• A Four-Winged Red-Robed Cardinal attacked the Star Boat and destroyed its expanded sections with a soundwave strike.
• The marshal left the Star Boat while tethered to it and transformed into Super Saiyan 1 through Extreme Rage.
• The marshal released his stored Incense Power, formed a towering Golden Body, and slapped the Red-Robed Cardinal to the ground.

The narrator used the Righteous Army’s Incense Power to crush the Red-Robed Cardinal and the Winged God Sect’s forces at Star Harbor, then escaped Fortune Star aboard the Star Boat. He set a course for Blaze Star and prepared to disguise himself there while searching for the Old Demon Hag and his Immortal Artifact companion.

• The narrator’s Incense Power overwhelmed the Red-Robed Cardinal, and his Golden Body repeatedly smashed the enemy forces at Star Harbor, leaving the harbor in ruins.
• The narrator climbed aboard the Star Boat and escaped Fortune Star before the Red-Robed Cardinal could destroy it.
• The narrator studied the Star Chart, set Blaze Star as his destination, and activated the Star Boat’s maximum-speed Forward Four setting along a Star Lane.
• At age forty-one, the narrator extracted the Good Drinking Manners entry and chose to replace Someone Imitates My Face with Martin’s Morning.
• The narrator planned to find the Old Demon Hag and his Immortal Artifact companion on Blaze Star, using Martin’s Morning to change his appearance and race.

After years of travel aboard Old Zhang’s battered Star Boat, you reached Blaze Star, a busy Second-Class Star. You landed safely, but inspection revealed that the Human Race remained oppressed there, leaving you to face a hostile arrival.

• You spent years traveling through space, cultivating and studying while Martin's Morning changed your appearance each day.
• Your Star Boat arrived at Blaze Star and descended through the Star Harbor's pillar of light alongside vessels carrying many Alien Races.
• You landed at Blaze Star's Star Harbor and joined the passengers waiting for inspection.
• You watched soldiers expose two disguised Human Race stowaways and drag them away to prison.

Huchacha entered Blaze Star using a temporary permit, then hid in the wilderness to cultivate and prepare for revenge against Duobao Tonglao. He began steadily improving his cultivation while gathering resources and refining pills.

• Huchacha paid the Star Harbor officer one hundred standard Source Stones and received a green card permitting him to stay on Blaze Star for three months.
• Huchacha left the harbor and avoided cities and towns where officials might inspect his residence permit.
• Huchacha learned that Immortal Qi was evenly distributed across Blaze Star and that local Cultivators knew little about Duobao Tonglao’s whereabouts.
• Huchacha settled in a secluded place, relying on his cultivation technique, improved fire affinity, and Natural Respiration to cultivate faster.
• Huchacha sent out clones to gather herbs and hunt by day, then cultivated alone beneath the sun and moon at night.

Chen Yi drew the Golden Legend entry "Breathing Makes You Stronger" and broke through to the Qi Transformation Seventh Turn, which put him at the First Turn of Core Formation in reality. He tried to use "Mortal Bone" to comprehend a Divine Ability but found it ineffective for now, then improved his cultivation setup and continued training.

• Chen Yi replaced "Entry Slingshot" with "Breathing Makes You Stronger," making his cultivation rise automatically whenever he breathed.
• Chen Yi advanced from the Sixth Turn to the Seventh Turn of Qi Transformation in three years and learned that his blessing had already brought him to the First Turn of Core Formation.
• Chen Yi equipped "Mortal Bone" and "Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose," but could not comprehend a Divine Ability without further knowledge.
• Chen Yi replaced "Mortal Bone" with "Bad News from the Martial Artist Community" and continued gathering herbs, hunting, refining pills, and cultivating.
• Chen Yi's pill-enhancing entries greatly increased his cultivation speed, and the Five Domains Sacred Pill kept him from worrying about Pill Toxin.

After decades of cultivation on Blaze Star, Chen Yi reached the peak of Nine Turns of Qi Transformation but could not figure out how to form a core. He set out for the Heavenly Sha Sect to seek guidance, arriving disguised as a Dragon Person.

• Chen Yi accumulated cultivation resources and obtained a storage bag after defeating a powerful alien cultivator who escaped with only his Origin Core.
• After ten more years of training, Chen Yi reached the peak of Nine Turns of Qi Transformation and realized he needed an expert to teach him how to advance.
• At age sixty, Chen Yi drew the Epic Entry "Cross-dressing Master" and replaced several of his existing Entries.
• Chen Yi left his cave, bought a Yellow Thunder Bird, and traveled toward the Heavenly Sha Sect, though the bird ignored his attempts to befriend it.
• Chen Yi used "Calamity of Ten Thousand Races" to mimic a Dragon Person and arrived at the Heavenly Sha Sect's mountain gate, praising its grandeur.

You tried to join the Heavenly Sha Sect but could not provide a Blaze Star residence permit, so you escaped and headed toward the Human Race sects. On the way, you heard that the ceremonial tomb of the Ancient Era Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Fire Mystic Maiden, had been discovered, and learned how Heavenly Emperors once ruled the entire Real Realm.

• You disguised yourself as a Dragon Person to seek a master at the Heavenly Sha Sect, where an Elder questioned your family ties because you lacked a residence permit.
• You returned to your Human Race appearance to escape the suspicious Heavenly Sha Sect and decided to try the smaller Human Race sects instead.
• On your way to the Human Race sects, you heard that the ceremonial tomb of the Ancient Era Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Fire Mystic Maiden, had been discovered on Blaze Star.
• Alien Race Rogue Cultivators explained that Immortal Emperors ruled individual galaxies, while the Heavenly Emperors of the Ancient Era had unified the entire Real Realm.

You headed toward the Heavenly Fire Mystic Maiden's cenotaph after your Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose detected a rare treasure there. When cultivators trampled human refugees in the chaos, you intervened, defeated Know-It-All, and pinned him beneath your foot as he begged for mercy.

• You learned that the Heavenly Fire Mystic Maiden was said to have been born on Blaze Star and headed for her cenotaph.
• Your Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose detected a supreme treasure near the cenotaph, and you rode the Yellow Thunder Bird toward it.
• You saw cultivators battling over the cenotaph while fleeing mortals were trampled, and you leaped down to protect a group of refugees.
• You punched the Green-Skin Race cultivator Know-It-All, killed his Big Fat Pig mount, and gave the refugees a Dharma Artifact so they could butcher it for meat.
• You copied Know-It-All's Innate Super Strength, struck him again, chased him down with the Seven Divine Steps of the Starry Sky, and pinned him underfoot.
• Know-It-All begged you to spare him, asking you to let him go for the sake of your being human.

You forced Know-It-All to become your guide after beating him and taking his storage pouch, then questioned him about the Female Heavenly Emperor’s cenotaph. The two reached the ruined Mystic Maiden Town, where powerful Alien Race cultivators battled over several items.

• You beat Know-It-All for insulting the Human Race, took his storage pouch, and made him agree to guide you.
• Know-It-All repeatedly tried to escape or trick you, but you caught him and forced him to keep guiding you.
• A stray lightning strike charred you and killed the Yellow Thunder Bird, but you survived and ate one of its roasted wings.
• Know-It-All explained that Mystic Maiden Town held the only incense temple for the Heavenly Fire Mystic Maiden on Heavenly Fire Star and speculated that the cenotaph’s seal had weakened over time.
• You and Know-It-All approached the ruined town and saw Alien Race experts battling over several items.

You learned about the Heavenly Fire Mystic Maiden's buried relics, Divine Patterns, and the Ares Immortal Kingdom while powerhouses fought over the cenotaph. The relics flew to your feet, leaving you to decide whether to take them as the pursuers closed in.

• Know-It-All identified Siduoduo, Kuerdong, and Yang Juren as the Heaven-Reaching Realm leaders fighting over the relics, while Duobao Tonglao helped besiege Yang Juren.
• You learned that the cenotaph lay beneath the ruined Mystic Maiden Temple and that the Mystic Fire Mirror was rumored to be buried there.
• Know-It-All explained that Noble Divine Patterns suppressed Commoner Divine Patterns and that the Human Race was forbidden from learning Divine Patterns.
• Know-It-All explained that the Ares Immortal Kingdom governed multiple star systems, including Blaze Star and Fortune Star.
• You sensed extreme danger as the Heavenly Emperor Relics flew toward you, and a bronze mirror, long dress, phoenix crown, boots, red cloth, and Jade Slip landed at your feet.
• Know-It-All urged you to run as the pursuing powerhouses approached, while you weighed whether to pick up the relics.

After seizing two Heavenly Emperor Relics, you faced Duobao Tonglao and several Alien Race Desolate Realm Cultivators. The red cloth reflected their attacks, and you merged with it using Divine Weapon Apocalypse, leaving Duobao Tonglao astonished by your rapid cultivation.

• You were blasted by the treasure hunters, but the Heavenly Emperor Relics shielded you, leaving you with a red cloth and the Jade Slip inscribed with "Severing Three Souls."
• Duobao Tonglao and several Desolate Realm Cultivators confronted you and demanded the Jade Slip.
• The Alien Race Cultivators attacked you, but the red cloth reflected their strikes back at them.
• You used Peak-level Divine Weapon Apocalypse to merge with the red cloth, gaining control of it as if it were your body.
• Duobao Tonglao realized you had advanced from Qi Condensation Mid-Stage to Core Formation Early Stage in thirty years and wondered who you were.

Chen Yi’s simulated self used the Female Heavenly Emperor’s red bellyband to fight off the Azure Flood Dragon King and other Cultivators, while Duobao Tonglao withdrew from the conflict. As his Unity of Man and Artifact state began to fail, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sha Sect, Siduoduo, confronted him about attracting the Heavenly Emperor Relics.

• Chen Yi’s simulated self attacked the Azure Flood Dragon King with the red cloth, which resisted the group’s attacks and dragged him across the ground.
• Duobao Tonglao revealed that the red cloth was the Female Heavenly Emperor’s bellyband, distracting Chen Yi’s simulated self long enough for the Azure Flood Dragon King to break free.
• Duobao Tonglao used Divine Patterns to depart, saying she did not want the Jade Slip or bellyband and warning that the Three Great Sects would divide the unearthed treasures.
• Chen Yi’s simulated self put on the bellyband as his Unity of Man and Artifact state weakened, while the Azure Flood Dragon King and the others prepared to attack again.
• Siduoduo, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sha Sect and a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert, appeared and demanded to know how Chen Yi’s simulated self had attracted the Heavenly Emperor Relics.

Demon Sha True Monarch attacked the protagonist to learn why he attracted the Heavenly Emperor Relics, but the protagonist endured his assault and suddenly tore out his heart. The stunned onlookers watched as Demon Sha True Monarch remained alive and the protagonist pried open his skull.

• Duobao Tonglao left with the Spirit Treasures, and the Azure Flood Dragon King and the other Desolate Realm cultivators reconsidered fighting without them.
• Demon Sha True Monarch battered the protagonist across the landscape, then grew suspicious of his rapid healing and demanded to know why he attracted the Heavenly Emperor Relics.
• The protagonist mocked Demon Sha True Monarch and refused to hand over his treasures, prompting Demon Sha True Monarch to attack with a black shadow and Divine Abilities.
• The protagonist used the Red Bellyband to rebound the black shadow, but Demon Sha True Monarch circled around it and lunged at him.
• The protagonist raised his right hand despite Demon Sha True Monarch's restraints, severed his arm, and tore out his beating heart.
• Demon Sha True Monarch survived and began to enter his second phase, while the protagonist pried open his skull and stirred inside.

You destroyed Demon Sha True Monarch’s body and Origin Core, then battered his soul while the Cultivators of Mystic Maiden Town watched in disbelief. Unable to kill the Soul Body, you let him flee after he offered you the Heavenly Emperor Relics, preserving the mystery of your strength.

• You crushed Demon Sha True Monarch’s Origin Core with Dragon Race Bane after killing him.
• Duobao Tonglao saw your strength and fled, while Demon Sha True Monarch’s soul emerged and demanded to know whether you came from the Ji Family or the Jiang Family.
• You used Materialist Warrior to smash Demon Sha True Monarch’s Soul Body, leaving his attacks unable to harm you.
• You struck Demon Sha True Monarch’s soul repeatedly with an empowered punch, baffling him and the onlookers.
• Demon Sha True Monarch offered you the Heavenly Emperor Relics and fled, and you chose not to pursue him.

After defeating Demon Sha True Monarch, the protagonist refused invitations from Holy Light True Monarch and Void-Breaking True Monarch and tried to leave Blaze Star before they discovered his true cultivation. He saw through Void-Breaking True Monarch’s fake Mystic Fire Mirror, then let the two sect leaders believe he was a powerful visitor from a distant star.

• The Cultivators of the Heavenly Sha Sect retreated with their Sect Master after collecting their fallen disciples and battlefield loot, while the protagonist kept a Jade Slip and a Heavenly Emperor's Red Bellyband.
• Holy Light True Monarch and Void-Breaking True Monarch invited the protagonist to visit their sects, but he refused and claimed he had urgent business on Blaze Star.
• Void-Breaking True Monarch probed the protagonist by offering him the Mystic Fire Mirror, which the protagonist recognized as an illusion using the Three-Eyed Race's talent.
• The protagonist explained that the real mirror was an ordinary object infused with Heavenly Emperor Power, surprising Holy Light True Monarch and the surrounding Cultivators.
• The protagonist reminded Holy Light True Monarch and Void-Breaking True Monarch that they had attacked him, and both knelt to apologize.
• The Cultivators, including Know-It-All, became convinced the protagonist was a major power from a distant star, and he forgave the kneeling sect leaders.

The narrator traveled with Know-It-All to find the human-led Firewood Sect while investigating the Jade Slip’s spell, Severing Three Souls. After reaching the sect’s impoverished town, the narrator learned that Firewood Sect was a vassal of the Minotaur-led Iron Blood Sect.

• The narrator summoned Know-It-All, left the area with him, and asked about the strongest human sect on Blaze Star.
• Know-It-All identified the Firewood Sect, and the narrator sent Chen Two to watch Duobao Tonglao while studying the Jade Slip.
• The narrator learned that Severing Three Souls scattered three spiritual souls into random reincarnations that could reunite and resurrect the caster.
• The narrator drew the trait Are You Awake, Big Dipper?, replaced Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose with Disguise as a Pig to Eat the Tiger, and arrived at Firewood Sect.
• Know-It-All explained that Firewood Sect governed Firewood Town and nearby villages as a vassal of the Iron Blood Sect, led by the Minotaur Race.
• Know-It-All began telling the narrator a joke about a Minotaur couple and the birth of their child.

Chen entered Firewood Town to seek guidance from the Firewood Sect and was immediately made its Great Elder after revealing his ninth-turn Qi Transformation realm. He met the sect’s patriarch and master, who hoped his strength would help secure their standing as the Iron Blood Sect’s vassal.

• Chen sent Chen Five to follow Know-It-All, then entered Firewood Town and queued to join the Firewood Sect.
• Chen learned that the Firewood Sect tested recruits with a pitch-black stone and required promising disciples to perform farm and household labor.
• Chen asked whether the Firewood Sect had Core Formation cultivators and learned that both its patriarch and sect master had reached that realm.
• Chen revealed his ninth-turn Qi Transformation cultivation and offered to help strengthen the sect, so the Great Elder gave him the position.
• Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang hosted Chen at a modest banquet and said they hoped his future Core Formation would secure the sect’s vassal status under the Iron Blood Sect.
• When Chen asked whether they feared he had ulterior motives, Shen Yifeng pointed to the sect’s bare walls and asked what he could possibly want.

Chen joined Firewood Sect as its Sixth Elder and used his alchemy and economic reforms to solve the sect’s tax problems and build its wealth. After bandits killed a disciple and stole Source Stones, Chen destroyed their stronghold and enslaved the survivors as miners for Firewood Sect.

• Shen Yifeng explained that Iron Blood Sect drained Firewood Sect’s wealth, and welcomed Chen despite his lack of a residence permit.
• Chen joined Firewood Sect as its Sixth Elder and offered Pills he had refined to help pay the sect’s taxes.
• Ma Bang sold Chen’s Pills for enough Source Stones to cover the taxes, and Chen distributed the surplus among the disciples.
• Chen reorganized the sect’s work around gathering spirit plants and refining Pills, while Ma Bang sold them at the market to build Firewood Sect’s wealth.
• Bandits attacked Ma Bang’s party on the road, killing a disciple and stealing some Source Stones.
• Chen transformed into Super Saiyan 1, destroyed the bandits’ stronghold, and ordered the surviving bandits to mine for Firewood Sect.

Chen helped Firewood Sect expand its resources, secure its mines, and improve its combat strength before focusing on condensing his core. Shen Yifeng recognized Chen’s Void Realm origins from his unfamiliar terms and warned him that revealing them to the Alien Race would be fatal.

• Chen used bandits as miners and sealed Firewood Sect’s mines with a grand formation to prevent escapes.
• Chen forged intermediate Dharma Artifacts for Firewood Sect, and Ma Bang tried to make him sect leader, but Chen returned the robes and left Ma Bang in charge.
• Chen consulted Shen Yifeng about Core Formation, shared his Cultivation Method for correction, and learned that a Void Origin-Returning Pill could greatly improve his chances.
• Chen asked about Spiritual Sense and flight, prompting Shen Yifeng to infer that he came from the Void Realm.
• Shen Yifeng explained that Cultivators in this world relied on Divine Abilities for such feats and warned Chen that the Alien Race would kill him if they learned his origins.

You sought out the Dwarf Alchemist Tai Ge to improve your alchemy and learn how to obtain materials for a Void Origin-Returning Pill. After proving your skill and exchanging knowledge with him, you advanced to grade-three Alchemist and left Mo Xu Mountain while Know-It-All remained imprisoned as Tai Ge’s gardener.

• Shen Yifeng warned you that people who ascended from the Void Realm could become targets of prejudiced Alien Races, and you resolved to grow strong enough to protect the Human Race.
• You spent two years studying core formation and strengthening your True Qi before traveling to Mo Xu Mountain to seek guidance from the grade-two Alchemist Tai Ge.
• Tai Ge rejected you, so you asked Chen Five to bring Know-It-All, who claimed to be Tai Ge’s sworn brother, to the mountain.
• Tai Ge chased Know-It-All for stealing spirit plants, then challenged you to refine a Snow Maple Pill to prove your alchemy skill.
• You refined the pill successfully, and you and Tai Ge began exchanging alchemy knowledge while Know-It-All was sentenced to restore ten batches of stolen spirit plants.
• After reaching grade three in Alchemy, you asked Tai Ge where to find Void Origin-Returning Pill materials and left, while Know-It-All continued working in the medicinal garden.