Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ye entered the Chen Family’s Star Dome Hundred Refinements and faced a trial against late Fourth Break aliens, while the observers outside judged his slow progress. He remained on the first trial as the others advanced, though he had chosen to use its formation to hone his spear technique.

• Chen Jiuxuan opened the Star Dome Hundred Refinements and sent Jiang Ye, Chen Zilu, Chen Haoyue, Chen Feng, and Chen Qian into its five portals.
• Jiang Ye was transported to a trial space where he had to reach the Far Shore Star and encountered dozens of opponents matching his Life Level.
• An alien attacked Jiang Ye, and Jiang Ye killed him with a spear before other aliens joined forces against him.
• The aliens formed the Sun-Covering Cloud-Mist Formation, and Jiang Ye decided to use its pressure to improve his spear technique rather than rush to clear the trial.
• Outside, Chen Zilu passed the tenth trial while Chen Haoyue, Chen Feng, and Chen Qian passed the fifth, but Jiang Ye remained on the first until his marker finally moved.

Jiang Ye used the Star Sea's Hundred Refinements to hone his Luoshen Spear, rapidly clearing trials after breaking through and reaching the twentieth trial. Outside, the Chen Family learned he had triggered Nightmare-level difficulty, while Jiang Ye prepared to battle stronger opponents and refine his technique further.

• Chen Jiuxuan revealed that Jiang Ye had triggered Nightmare-level difficulty, recalling that he himself had only reached the thirtieth trial under that setting.
• Jiang Ye cleared the first trial after an hour of fighting and entered the second, using the battles to improve his Luoshen Spear.
• After several hours of fighting through the early trials, Jiang Ye perfected details of his spear technique, broke through, and swiftly defeated his enemies.
• The Chen Family watched Jiang Ye surge from the third to the twentieth trial in minutes, then slow as he faced the harder twentieth trial.
• Jiang Ye sensed the pressure of the twentieth trial's powerful foreign fighters and charged into battle to temper his technique.

Jiang Ye advanced through Star Dome Hundred Refinements, using the trial battles to master the third ultimate move of the Luoshen Spear technique and reveal combat strength at the Five Breaks level. He shattered the Chen Family’s record by reaching level ninety-two, with the trial still continuing.

• Jiang Ye absorbed the insights of hundreds of defeated foreign warriors, completed the third ultimate move of the Luoshen Spear technique, and gained top-tier Five Breaks combat strength.
• Chen Zilu emerged after reaching the sixty-ninth trial and advanced to late Five Breaks, then learned Jiang Ye was facing nightmare difficulty.
• Jiang Ye cleared trials twenty-one through fifty, while the Chen Family members watched in disbelief and wondered why he had stopped at level fifty.
• Jiang Ye resumed the trials, defeated quasi-Five Breaks opponents with his spear and domains, and reached level seventy, a height associated with Transcendent Talent.
• Jiang Ye passed the Chen Family record of level seventy-nine and continued climbing to level ninety-two, leaving Chen Jiuxuan and the elders stunned.

Jiang Ye reached the hundredth trial of Star Dome Hundred Refinements but could not defeat its mid-stage Five Breaks expert, so he abandoned the fight. After returning to the void space, he received confirmation that he had passed the ninety-ninth trial, and multicolored starlight began surging toward him.

• Jiang Ye fought through stages ninety-three to ninety-nine, defeating increasingly powerful groups of Five Breaks opponents and taking a full day to clear the ninety-ninth stage.
• The Chen Family watched Jiang Ye reach the hundredth trial, while Chen Jiuxuan and the elders speculated about its difficulty and Chen Zilu hoped he would succeed.
• In the hundredth trial, Jiang Ye faced seventy early-stage Five Breaks experts and a mid-stage Five Breaks expert, who repeatedly blocked his attacks and left him badly wounded.
• Jiang Ye sensed that continuing would cost him his life and abandoned the trial, escaping to the void space after failing to defeat the mid-stage Five Breaks expert.
• Bai Gui praised Jiang Ye for reaching the ninety-ninth trial and giving up decisively, while Jiang Ye worried about how strong Zhou Xingkong had become.
• A message announced that Jiang Ye had passed the ninety-ninth trial, and multicolored starlight swept toward him as the void space began to shake.

Jiang Ye absorbed the Star Dome Gift, advanced from late-stage Four Breaks to Five Breaks, and received a Third-Tier Enlightenment Divine Jade after reaching the ninety-ninth trial. After he left, a mysterious figure arrived too late to meet him and discovered that Jiang Ye came from a Level 0.7 civilization.

• Jiang Ye absorbed the multicolored starlight from the Star Dome Gift, rapidly refining his life force as he advanced through late-stage Four Breaks, peak Four Breaks, and quasi-Five Breaks.
• The Chen Family learned Jiang Ye had ended the trial at the ninety-ninth pass, and Chen Jiuxuan and the elders discussed his record and the reward he might receive.
• Jiang Ye absorbed the last of the starlight and broke through to Five Breaks, realizing the Star Dome Gift had transformed his Life Level in only a few hours.
• A golden Third-Tier Enlightenment Divine Jade appeared, and Bai Gui explained its immense value and warned Jiang Ye to keep it secret.
• Jiang Ye left the void with the jade, and a mysterious figure arrived afterward, divined that Jiang Ye came from a Level 0.7 civilization, and resolved to find him at the next Civilization Crossing.

Jiang Ye returned from Star Dome Hundred Refinements after reaching the ninety-ninth stage and breaking through to Five Breaks, astonishing the Chen Family. Chen Jiuxuan gave him powerful treasures, entrusted him with protecting Chen Zilu and preserving the Chen Family if it fell into danger, and Jiang Ye left with another gift from Chen Fang.

• Jiang Ye emerged from Star Dome Hundred Refinements, and the Chen Family learned he had advanced directly to Five Breaks.
• Chen Jiuxuan sealed the gathering’s secrets, then privately learned Jiang Ye had fought seventy Five Breaks powerhouses at the ninety-ninth stage and faced a formidable final stage.
• Chen Jiuxuan gave Jiang Ye a peak Six Breaks puppet, a semi-divine spear, and a Fire Source Fruit, and explained his concern about the Chen Family’s future and Chen Zilu’s hidden secrets.
• Jiang Ye promised to protect Chen Zilu, agreed to return and attempt the hundredth stage, and learned Chen Jiuxuan’s lifespan was nearing its end.
• Chen Fang apologized for his former hostility and gave Jiang Ye a storage ring, which Jiang Ye accepted on Chen Zilu’s behalf before departing.

Jiang Ye tested his new demigod spear and discovered that the third-tier Enlightenment Divine Jade dramatically accelerated his ability to develop techniques, so he began refining the Luoshen Spear Technique. Meanwhile, Chen Jiuxuan warned Alliance Leader Qi Tian that Blue Star’s Shadow Calamities threatened its future and entrusted a junior to his protection.

• Jiang Ye returned to Chen Zilu’s residence, showed her the treasures Chen Jiuxuan and Chen Fang had given him, and briefly tested his strength against her after mistaking her hand-holding for a challenge.
• Jiang Ye cultivated in the Chen Family and quickly bonded with his new demigod spear, using the True God Canon to overcome the weapon’s unfamiliarity and leave a mark in the void with a thrust.
• Jiang Ye activated the third-tier Enlightenment Divine Jade and found that its state of enlightenment could project and develop up to twenty lines of thought, greatly increasing his technique-creation speed.
• Bai Gui explained that gods could use the jade to activate over a hundred consciousness projections and that the treasure was valuable enough to buy many home planets of first-level civilizations, so Jiang Ye resolved to keep it secret.
• Alliance Leader Qi Tian and Chen Jiuxuan discussed a level 7.1 Shadow Calamity in Xihai Province, the strain on Blue Star’s defenders, and the danger of a future ultimate Shadow Calamity.
• Chen Jiuxuan told Qi Tian he had come to entrust a junior to him, asking him to protect the youth for the sake of Blue Star’s future.

Chen Jiuxuan told Alliance Leader Qi Tian about Jiang Ye’s extraordinary talent, prompting Qi Tian to arrange secret protection, while the Hidden Spirit Organization plotted to capture or kill Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu. As Jiang Ye trained at the Chen Family residence and grew stronger, he and Chen Zilu learned that Qiu Zang had returned severely injured and rushed back to the academy.

• Chen Jiuxuan told Qi Tian that Jiang Ye had reached the ninety-ninth level of Star Dome Hundred Refinements on Nightmare difficulty, and Qi Tian assigned Shadow Hunter to protect him in secret.
• The Hidden Spirit Organization made Jiang Ye a top target, assigning Xia Qing and peak Five Breaks Zhuo Feng to attack him while Nine Breaks Ma Qian waited to intercept any powerful protector.
• Jiang Ye trained at the Chen Family residence, reached the peak of Four Breaks and began breaking through to Five Breaks, while Xia Qing, Zhuo Feng, and Ma Qian watched for a chance to strike.
• Jiang Ye sparred with Chen Zilu using his Black God Spear and revealed that he had perfected the Luoshen Spear Technique’s first trump-card move, Ten Suns Across the Sky.
• Chen Zilu received word that Qiu Zang had returned from the front lines severely injured, so she and Jiang Ye immediately flew back to the academy.

Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu raced to White Dragon University to help Teacher Qiu Zang but were ambushed by Xia Qing and Zhuo Feng. After Jiang Ye defeated Xia Qing and Shadow Hunter stopped Ma Qian’s assassination attempt, Chen Jiuxuan intervened to end Ma Qian’s destructive self-detonation, and Jiang Ye descended to check on the still-living Xia Qing.

• Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu left the Chen Family estate for White Dragon University after learning Teacher Qiu Zang was in trouble.
• Xia Qing and Zhuo Feng attacked Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu, and Jiang Ye crushed Xia Qing with a single spear strike.
• Shadow Hunter revealed himself, blocked Ma Qian’s attack on Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu, and broke through Ma Qian’s defenses.
• Ma Qian detonated his Sea of Consciousness and martial foundations, unleashing a devastating blast that Shadow Hunter could not fully contain.
• Chen Jiuxuan appeared, rescued Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu, and dispersed the energy storm with a wave.
• Chen Jiuxuan pointed out that Xia Qing was still alive, and Jiang Ye flew down to check on her.

After Xia Qing briefly regained control of herself, Jiang Ye killed her at her request and learned that the Hidden Spirit Organization had targeted him and Chen Zilu. The chapter ended with Chen Jiuxuan searching the Chen Family for a traitor while the Hidden Spirit Organization alerted the Shadow Clan, which designated Jiang Ye a top-priority target.

• Xia Qing briefly regained her consciousness, confessed her remorse to Jiang Ye, then attacked him when the evil force took control again, and Jiang Ye killed her.
• Chen Jiuxuan and Shadow Hunter warned Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu that the Hidden Spirit Organization had sent Ma Qian to assassinate them, and Chen Jiuxuan escorted them to White Dragon University.
• Jiang Ye healed Qiu Zang's external wounds and revealed that his Life Level had reached the fifth Break.
• Chen Jiuxuan sealed the Chen Family estate and began searching its members' memories to find who had leaked information about Jiang Ye.
• Lan Ling learned that Ma Qian, Zhuo Feng, and Xia Qing had died, then told Nether God that Jiang Ye had reached the early fifth Break.
• Nether God revealed that the Shadow Clan had already designated Jiang Ye a top-priority target and began giving Lan Ling instructions for an important plan.

Jiang Ye learned that the Shadow Calamities were worsening and prepared to train for the Star War, while Chen Jiuxuan uncovered a traitor in the Chen Family. A Shadow Clan ultimatum demanding Jiang Ye’s surrender brought Blue Star’s strongest fighters together, and the assembly ended with an unidentified speaker challenging the claim that a Level 7.9 Shadow Calamity would doom a province.

• Jiang Ye told Qiu Zang and Chen Zilu about his progress, then learned that Shadow Clan lairs continually produced new enemies and that the Star War would include fighters from Four Breaks to Seven Breaks.
• Jiang Ye planned to reach the middle stage of Five Breaks, assessed his cultivation techniques, and failed to enter the seventh floor of the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder.
• Chen Jiuxuan found that Chen Yi had leaked family secrets to the Hidden Spirit Organization and killed him, then warned other Chen Family members against serving their own interests.
• Chen Jiuxuan decoded a Shadow Clan message and received a communication from the Alliance Leader, prompting him to hurry to Federation headquarters as other demigods and Nine Breaks powerhouses gathered.
• Alliance Leader Qi Tian told the assembly that the Shadow Clan demanded Jiang Ye’s surrender or threatened a Level 7.9 Shadow Calamity, and the gathered powerhouses debated whether to hand him over.
• As the assembly struggled to find a response, an unidentified speaker argued that a Level 7.9 Shadow Calamity would not necessarily cause an entire province to fall.

Qi Tian backed protecting Jiang Ye despite the risk of a level 7.9 Shadow Calamity, while Jiang Ye improved his Star Piercing Arrow Technique and then learned that the calamity would strike Xishan Province. Chen Jiuxuan gave Jiang Ye the essence of his five hundred years of cultivation and set out to enter the Starry Sky Passage and destroy the Shadow Clan's lair.

• Qi Tian rejected handing Jiang Ye over and said the Federation would fight if the Shadow Clan began a final war, while Chen Jiuxuan vowed to destroy the Shadow Clan's lair if a level 7.9 Shadow Calamity broke out.
• Jiang Ye used the third-tier Enlightenment Divine Jade to improve his Star Piercing Arrow Technique, developing splitting arrows and raising his firing rate to eight hundred arrows at once.
• A second-level crisis alarm sounded across Blue Star, and the experts realized a level 7.9 Shadow Calamity had begun; Lan Ling ordered her followers to spread a message according to their plan.
• Chen Jiuxuan visited Jiang Ye, gave him jade slips containing the essence of his cultivation, and said he was going to Xishan Province to reinforce its defenses.
• Jiang Ye learned that Zhu Honglie was in Xishan Province and that Chen Jiuxuan planned to enter the Starry Sky Passage before the calamity broke out; Chen Jiuxuan left to begin his final mission.

Jiang Ye faced a worldwide smear campaign blaming him for the impending Level 7.9 Shadow Calamity, while Chen Jiuxuan retaliated against the Hidden Spirit Organization and Zhou Huaifeng prepared to confront the threat. The chapter ended with Zhou Huaifeng wielding the Silver Dragon Divine Sword and charging alone into the Starry Sky Passage in Xishan Province.

• Hidden Spirit Organization death-soldiers broadcast claims across the Federation that Jiang Ye had caused the Shadow Calamity and could stop it by sacrificing himself.
• Chen Zilu reassured Jiang Ye that the accusations were lies, and the two vowed not to let the Chen Family's Old Ancestor down.
• Chen Jiuxuan destroyed a Hidden Spirit Organization base, while Zhou Huaifeng used his demigod power to demolish thirteen bases and the Federation broadcast the truth about the organization's campaign.
• Lan Ling lamented the destruction of the bases but expected the Shadow Calamity to arrive soon and ruin Jiang Ye's reputation.
• Zhou Huaifeng entered the Chen Family's forbidden zone, awakened the Silver Dragon Divine Sword, and set out for Xishan Province as the Chen Family bade him farewell.
• As the Level 7.9 Starry Sky Passage loomed over Xishan Province, Zhou Huaifeng charged into it alone.

Jiang Ye absorbed Chen Jiuxuan’s cultivation essence, reached Five Breaks through the True God Canon, and condensed Heart Fire with the Fire Source Fruit. The chapter ended as his system warned that it was overloaded by energy exceeding that of a low-martial plane.

• Jiang Ye resolved to grow strong enough to destroy the Hidden Spirit Organization and the Shadow Clan, while Chen Zilu encouraged him to honor Chen Jiuxuan’s wishes.
• Jiang Ye began refining the jade slips containing Chen Jiuxuan’s five hundred years of cultivation knowledge as Blue Ling raged over Chen Jiuxuan’s attempt to stop the Shadow Calamity.
• The Chen Family elders watched Chen Jiuxuan’s dimmed life flame and prayed for his safe return while Jiang Ye cultivated in seclusion for a month.
• Jiang Ye reached the entry level of the True God Canon, officially stabilized his Five Breaks strength, and found he could easily reach the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder’s seventh level.
• Jiang Ye postponed the Divine Rank assessment until after the Star War and swallowed the Fire Source Fruit to condense Heart Fire.
• Jiang Ye successfully condensed Heart Fire, but his system immediately warned that it was overloaded by energy exceeding that of a low-martial plane.

Jiang Ye condensed Heart Fire, unlocked a title that let its power surpass the lower realm’s limits, and discovered he could perceive Fire’s Profound Meaning before reaching Six Breaks. After testing his strength against Chen Zilu, he spent three months cultivating in preparation for the Star War.

• Jiang Ye unlocked the title Immortal of the Lower Realm, which empowered his Divine Ability Fire to ignore the lower realm’s rules, and he saw Fire’s Profound Meaning after bringing out his Heart Fire.
• Jiang Ye tested Heart Fire on a mountain range, destroying more than twenty peaks, then returned to White Dragon University to spar with Chen Zilu.
• Chen Zilu fought Jiang Ye with her full strength and Star Energy, but Jiang Ye’s Heart Fire-infused spear strike threatened her before she defeated him.
• Chen Zilu gave Jiang Ye fifth-tier Class A opportunities and resolved to prepare to support him if he lost to Zhou Xingkong in the Star War.
• Jiang Ye returned to his residence and cultivated for three months, hoping to reach the mid-stage of Five Breaks before the Star War.

As the Star War approached, the leading geniuses prepared for a contest that would award its champion Civilization Luck. Jiang Ye studied the rules and trained toward the championship, while the rival families’ prodigies sharpened their ambitions.

• At the Zhou Family’s God Cleansing Waterfall, Zhou Xingkong broke through physically, and the Zhou Family Demigod promised to have peak Five Breaks experts spar with him while warning him not to kill Jiang Ye.
• Li Zihuang reached Minor Accomplishment in the Heavenly Maiden Heart Sutra, and the Li Family Demigod urged her to master Heavenly Maiden Spirit Shatter for a shot at the championship.
• Li Qingyue reviewed Jiang Ye’s rapid rise and insisted she did not regret casting him and his father out of the Li Family.
• Chu Jingye defeated a mid-stage Seven Breaks expert, then learned from the Chu Family’s ancestor that the Star War champion would receive Civilization Luck; Qi Tianqian vowed to avenge his earlier loss to Chu Jingye.
• At Heaven’s Gate University, peak Seven Breaks students planned to challenge the Transcendents, while Jiang Ye learned the Star War’s two-stage rules and that all participants would enter at early Seven Breaks.
• Jiang Ye reviewed his improved techniques, including his perfected spear moves and Great Accomplishment Star Piercing Arrow Technique, and resolved to win the Star War.

As the Star War approached, Qiu Zang briefed Jiang Ye on his dangerous rivals and revealed that the Alliance Leader had sealed Jiang Ye’s information, giving him an advantage. The Star War began in a Civilization Relic, and Jiang Ye arrived amid growing public attention to his promised duel with Zhou Xingkong.

• Qiu Zang showed Jiang Ye intelligence on leading Star War contestants, warned him about Zhou Xingkong and Chu Jingye, and explained that Jiang Ye’s information had been sealed.
• Qiu Zang and Bai Jing discussed the Star War’s strongest contenders and the worsening Shadow Calamity in Xishan Province, where Chen Jiuxuan was fighting alone in a Level 7.9 lair.
• A mysterious giant received an order from his Master to travel to Blue Star and bring someone back.
• On December 1, the Star War began, and its host announced that the tens of thousands of contestants would compete inside a Civilization Relic.
• Online viewers made Jiang Ye’s challenge to Zhou Xingkong a major topic, and Jiang Ye said he would use the Star War to test his training before he and Chen Zilu arrived at the venue.

Jiang Ye entered the Star War, passed the Civilization Relic’s strength assessment, and discovered that Civilization Fire temporarily raised contestants’ power. After joining Song Xuan in a fight, he faced the arrival of several Seven Breaks opponents.

• Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu arrived at the Star War, where spectators focused on Jiang Ye and White Dragon University students invited him to team up.
• The Star War began, and contestants entered the Civilization Relic to compete for Civilization Fire in a two-stage tournament.
• Jiang Ye defeated successive groups in his strength assessment, earned an Upper Class A rating, and was sent into the relic.
• Jiang Ye acquired Civilization Fire, which temporarily raised his realm to Seven Breaks, and realized that contestants could grow stronger by taking others’ fire.
• Jiang Ye found Song Xuan battling a young man in black and joined her, but several Seven Breaks fighters arrived to support their opponent.

Jiang Ye defeated Yan Ya and four other black-clad experts after suppressing their Domains with his Blood Sea Domain and Sacred Domain, forcing them to surrender their Civilization Fires. After sharing one fire with Song Xuan and absorbing the remaining four, Jiang Ye realized they had strengthened his foundation and wondered whether he could use Heart Fire to comprehend Fire's Profound Meaning.

• Yan Ya and four black-clad experts surrounded Song Xuan and Jiang Ye, demanding their Civilization Fires, but Jiang Ye challenged them instead.
• Jiang Ye broke Yan Ya's saber attack and held his own against Yan Ya's Heaven and Earth Dharma Appearance, while Song Xuan joined the fight.
• Yan Ya and the four others unleashed their Domains, but Jiang Ye countered with his Blood Sea Domain and Sacred Domain, then defeated Yan Ya with one strike.
• The four black-clad experts surrendered their Civilization Fires, and Yan Ya also admitted defeat and handed over his before all five were transported out.
• Jiang Ye gave one Civilization Fire to Song Xuan and absorbed the other four, discovering that they had stabilized and strengthened his foundation.
• Jiang Ye wondered whether he could use Heart Fire to comprehend Fire's Profound Meaning now that he had reached the Seven Breaks realm.

Jiang Ye secluded himself in the Civilization Relic to study Fire's Profound Meaning while Song Xuan comprehended Water's Profound Meaning. A month later, a powerful Seven Breaks fighter attacked them, and Jiang Ye emerged to confront him.

• Spectators and Demigods watched Jiang Ye defeat Yan Ya's group as Zhou Xingkong slew a Civilization Guardian Beast in the core region.
• Jiang Ye entered a cave to cultivate, discovered that his Heart Fire absorbed traces of Fire's Profound Meaning, and checked the rankings, where he stood at one hundredth place.
• Jiang Ye and Song Xuan spent a month in secluded cultivation as participants across the relic pursued the opportunity to comprehend the Heaven and Earth Profound Meaning.
• The Purple Armored Burly Man found the cave, defeated Song Xuan with one strike, and demanded her Civilization Fire.
• Jiang Ye emerged to protect Song Xuan and attacked the Purple Armored Burly Man, whose Fire's Profound Meaning clashed with Jiang Ye's blazing spear thrust.