Chapter Summaries

Yan Kunlun and Third Gentleman discussed Nan Li’s impending capture, the conflict between Heavenly Progenitor and the Doomsday Palace Grand Palace Master, and Jin Bubai’s past identities. After gaining enough Editing Points to become the Son of the Starry Sky, Chu Yun hesitated because his Third Senior Brother warned him that involvement with the Starry Sky Heavenly Dao would bring eternal damnation.

• Third Gentleman told Yan Kunlun that Ye Tianze had gone to capture Nan Li and exchange her for Zi Ling Xue, while Heavenly Progenitor could not intervene because the Doomsday Palace Grand Palace Master was holding him in check.
• Third Gentleman revealed that Jin Bubai had previously been Tianming Black Tortoise and Bei Gong Duan, and that Bei Gong Lin descended from Bei Gong Duan’s line.
• Xuan Yu, Little Tiger, and the others finished grinding Bu Wu and Xuan Che into nothingness after several days of battle.
• Chu Yun’s Editing Points reached 289 billion, enough for him to edit the Son of the Starry Sky background.
• Chu Yun hesitated to edit his background after receiving his Third Senior Brother’s warning that involvement with the Starry Sky Heavenly Dao would bring eternal damnation.

Chu Yun rejected the Son of the Starry Sky background after deciding to heed his Third Senior Brother’s warning about Eternal Damnation. He used his Editing Points to raise his cultivation and become the Young Clan Leader of the Ye Shen Clan, whose leader was Ye Tianzheng, Ye Tianze’s older brother.

• Chu Yun spent three days weighing the system’s Background Editing against his Third Senior Brother’s warning and chose not to become the Son of the Starry Sky.
• Chu Yun asked the system about ways to increase his strength and learned that the Reward Exchange offered cultivation cards and other Heaven Ascender-level items.
• Chu Yun spent 200 billion Editing Points on a Half-step Ascending Heaven Cultivation Card and 21 billion to edit his background as the Young Clan Leader of the Ye Shen Clan.
• Chu Yun’s blood changed to the Ye Shen Clan’s Golden Radiant Divine Blood, and he received memories about the clan and its Sky Peering Dao Mirror.
• Chu Yun learned that the current Ye Shen Clan Leader, Ye Tianzheng, was Ye Tianze’s biological older brother.

Chu Yun claimed the Ye Shen Clan’s backing and raised his cultivation to the First Step of Half-step Heaven-Stepping before preparing to return to the Origin World. Jin Ruoli then reported that he could not contact the Golden Giant Race, so Chu Yun set out with his companions to investigate.

• Chu Yun considered how becoming the Ye Shen Clan’s Young Clan Leader could give him a powerful backer and restrain Ye Tianze, then used a Half-step Ascending Heaven cultivation card to reach the First Step of Half-step Heaven-Stepping.
• After returning from the glacier, Chu Yun settled matters with the Ice God Clan, promised support to the White Night Demon Emperor, and planned to return to the Origin World.
• Jin Ruoli told Chu Yun and Pan Fan that the Golden Giant Race had not answered his messages or come to help, prompting concern that something had happened to the clan.
• Chu Yun ordered Jin Ruoli and Pan Fan to gather Little Tiger, Poison Offering, and the others so they could immediately head to the Golden Universe Realm.
• Ke Zhi and Du Bian saw Chu Yun’s group off as they departed the Ice God Universe Realm, while Ke Zhi worried about the Golden Giant Race’s absence.

The Void Thought Saber Ancestor agreed to let the injured Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor use the Void Ice Pool, while secretly plotting to control him and send him after Chu Yun. When Chu Yun and his companions reached the Golden Universe Realm, they found it strewn with the corpses of Golden Giants.

• The Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor begged the Void Thought Saber Ancestor to heal his injuries and let him return to the Void Universe Realm.
• The Void Thought Saber Ancestor allowed Nine Infant to use the Void Ice Pool, then revealed to Jin Bubai that he had tampered with its water so he could control Nine Infant’s life and death.
• The Void Thought Saber Ancestor planned to use Nine Infant as a weapon against Chu Yun, while Jin Bubai discussed his ruthlessness toward disloyal clansmen.
• Chu Yun and his companions traveled on Little Tiger through a spatial wormhole and entered the Golden Universe Realm with Jin Ruoli.
• Chu Yun’s group found Golden Giant corpses scattered throughout the Golden Universe Realm, with blood and decay everywhere.

Chu Yun investigated the massacre that wiped out the Golden Giant Race, while Jin Ruoli learned that their patriarch, Jin Bubai, was missing. Elsewhere, Ji Ya prepared to leave the Golden Phase Universe Realm, and Elder Shu Ming followed a Karma Mark into Dimensional Space, where Yan Kunlun awaited.

• Chu Yun ordered his companions to gather the Golden Giants’ bodies and asked Wan Xiazi to divine the identity of the killer.
• After searching the corpses, Jin Ruoli found that Jin Bubai was missing, so Chu Yun mobilized allies to search for him.
• Chu Yun sealed the devastated Golden Universe Realm, and Jin Ruoli vowed to avenge his race.
• Ji Ya told Elder Shu Ming she did not care who had massacred the Golden Giants, and he warned her to remain hidden after she left in three days.
• After Ji Ya departed, Elder Shu Ming discovered a Karma Mark on his palm and vanished into Dimensional Space, where Yan Kunlun stood.

Yan Kunlun forced Elder Shu Ming to agree to kill Jin Bubai and make their enmity with Bei Gong Lin public. Chu Yun returned safely to the Origin World, delivered a ring from Senior Xuan Yuan to Meng Xie, and began asking Third Gentleman about the questions raised by his journey.

• Yan Kunlun demanded that Elder Shu Ming kill Jin Bubai and ensure everyone knew who had killed him, threatening him with Karma Dao Venerable and an ally from the Ancestral God Palace if he refused.
• Elder Shu Ming agreed to kill Jin Bubai, then vented his anger after Yan Kunlun left.
• Two days later, Chu Yun and his group returned safely to the Origin World, where Meng Ruoxue and Meng Changzhong had kept its affairs in order.
• Chu Yun reunited with his family and trusted subordinates, while Pan Fan taught Jin Ruoli ancient divine arts to help him recover and improve his cultivation.
• Chu Yun brought gifts to the Grass Hall and gave Meng Xie a storage ring from Senior Xuan Yuan, who said it had been bestowed by an Ancestral God.
• After Meng Xie left to cultivate, Chu Yun asked Third Gentleman to answer his questions, and Third Gentleman agreed to explain what Chu Yun was permitted to know.

Chu Yun learned the truth behind the Golden Giant Race’s destruction and discovered the identities and motives of several powerful figures. Third Gentleman revealed that World Ending Old Man protected Ji Ya because she was his great-granddaughter, while Yan Kunlun had survived and become a Heaven Ascender.

• Third Gentleman told Chu Yun that Bei Gong Lin, the Immaculate Star System Sea’s Ancestral God, had attacked him because Jin Bubai wanted Chu Yun and Pan Fan dead to preserve his authority.
• Third Gentleman explained that Jin Bubai had destroyed the Golden Giant Race after fearing he would lose control, and that Void Thought Saber Ancestor had helped him; he had already arranged for Jin Bubai to be killed.
• Chu Yun asked why World Ending Old Man protected Ji Ya, and Third Gentleman revealed that World Ending Old Man was Elder Shu Ming, whom Chu Yun had met before.
• Third Gentleman disclosed that Yan Kunlun, the first Grand Sect Master of the Four Mad Demon Sects, was alive and had become a Heaven Ascender through the second path.
• Third Gentleman explained that Ji Ya was Ge Zibu’s daughter and World Ending Old Man’s biological great-granddaughter, which was why World Ending Old Man protected her.

Chu Yun learned about the Heaven Ascenders in the Star Vast World and the restrictions linking Ancestral Gods to the Starry Sky Heavenly Dao. Third Gentleman warned him to avoid connecting with the Heavenly Dao and told him to grow stronger until he reached the Heaven-Stepping Realm.

• Third Gentleman explained that Ji Ya was the World Ending Old Man's great-granddaughter and Ge Zibu's daughter, and Chu Yun remained determined to kill her.
• Third Gentleman named the Heaven Ascenders of the present age and explained Di Tian's unusual origin as the Ying Tian Star System Sea's Heavenly Dao consciousness.
• Chu Yun asked whether Third Gentleman was also a Heaven Ascender, and Third Gentleman said he barely counted.
• Third Gentleman told Chu Yun that Ancestral Gods both faced restrictions from and could wield the power of the Starry Sky Heavenly Dao, and warned him not to connect with it.
• Chu Yun returned to the Great Xia Imperial Palace and planned to speak with Pan Fan about Jin Bubai.

Yan Kunlun retrieved the All Heavens Life and Death Seal’s artifact spirit from Dao Ancestor Refining God and linked the Star-Silver Life Artifacts to the Star-Silver Gate. Meanwhile, World Ending Old Man killed Jin Bubai in front of Void Thought Saber Ancestor, leaving him as a witness so Bei Gong Lin would come to hate World Ending Old Man.

• Yan Kunlun entered Death Abyss Sea and demanded the All Heavens Life and Death Seal’s artifact spirit from Dao Ancestor Refining God.
• Dao Ancestor Refining God surrendered the artifact spirit, and Yan Kunlun said that those seeking Star-Silver Life Artifacts did so for the Star-Silver Gate.
• World Ending Old Man attacked Jin Bubai in the Void Universe Realm, overpowering Void Thought Saber Ancestor and destroying Jin Bubai’s body, soul, and karma.
• World Ending Old Man explained that he had been forced to kill Jin Bubai and withdrew his power, leaving Void Thought Saber Ancestor alive as the sole witness.
• Void Thought Saber Ancestor stored Jin Bubai’s remains so he could explain the death to Bei Gong Lin.

Doomsday Palace demanded that the Ancestral God exchange Zi Ling Xue for Nan Li, and the Ancestral God agreed to bring Nan Li back. Chu Yun learned that his sister would be returned and that Jin Bubai had died, then vowed to deal with Void Thought Saber Ancestor himself.

• Doomsday Palace gave the Ancestral God three days to send Zi Ling Xue out of the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea in exchange for Nan Li.
• Xuan Yuan told the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor that the Ancestral God had agreed to the exchange because he still felt guilty about Nan Li, and the two set out to join Nu Tian in escorting Zi Ling Xue.
• The Nine Profound Dragon Emperor questioned whether Doomsday Palace might ambush them, but Xuan Yuan said the Ancestral God had assured them nothing would happen.
• Third Gentleman told Chu Yun that the Ancestral God had agreed to the exchange and that Zi Ling Xue was better off returning to Doomsday Palace.
• Third Gentleman told Chu Yun that Jin Bubai was dead, and Chu Yun said he would take revenge on Void Thought Saber Ancestor himself.

Third Gentleman explained to Yan Kunlun why opening the Star-Silver Gate was necessary despite the danger, while preparations continued elsewhere for the hostage exchange. The chapter left Ye Tianze demanding that the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor and his companions hand over Zi Ling Xue.

• Yan Kunlun returned the artifact spirit to the All Heavens Life and Death Seal, restoring the Star-Silver Life Artifact to its original state.
• Third Gentleman told Yan Kunlun that the Star-Silver Gate had to be opened to uncover how the Starry Sky Heavenly Dao controlled Ancestral Gods, and said most preparations were complete.
• Elder Shu Ming sent Ji Ya, the Heaven Transformation Dao Emperor, and the Heavenly Meng Divine Monarch through a spatial passage to take refuge with the Three Yin Sect.
• Elder Shu Ming considered how to deal with Bei Gong Lin, who would seek revenge after Elder Shu Ming killed Jin Bubai.
• Ye Tianze and Liu Changge met the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor, the Wrathful Heaven Divine Emperor, and Xuan Yuan for the exchange of Nan Li and Zi Ling Xue.
• Nan Li said she would self-destruct if an opportunity arose, but Liu Changge sealed her mouth; Ye Tianze then demanded that the others hand over Zi Ling Xue and threatened to kill them if they tried anything.

Ye Tianze exchanged Zi Ling Xue for Nan Li, then confronted Heavenly Progenitor over the seal on Nan Li’s power and the rules governing attacks on those below the Heaven-Stepping Realm. Ye Tianze entered the Ancestral God Palace to test whether Heavenly Progenitor was truly near death, leaving the others waiting outside for the battle’s outcome.

• Xuan Yuan persuaded Nan Li to accept the hostage exchange, and Ye Tianze agreed to trade her for Zi Ling Xue.
• Nan Li and Zi Ling Xue crossed safely; Ye Tianze restored Zi Ling Xue’s strength and checked that she was unharmed.
• Ye Tianze attacked Xuan Yuan with his Ruthless Heavenly Dao Domain, but Star Boundless Divine Radiance rescued Xuan Yuan and removed Nan Li’s cultivation seal.
• Heavenly Progenitor appeared in the Ancestral God Palace and challenged Ye Tianze to enter and see for himself whether the rumors about his condition were true.
• Ye Tianze entered the Ancestral God Palace, whose gates shut behind him, while Liu Changge, the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor, Nan Li, and the others waited outside without hearing any movement.

Ye Tianze entered the Ancestral God Palace to test the Heavenly Progenitor, but was injured and forced to retreat. The Heavenly Progenitor sent Nan Li and Xuan Yuan home, while Liu Changge later questioned whether the Ancestral God’s injuries and seclusion concealed another plan.

• Liu Changge explained that the Ancestral God Palace concealed the Heaven-Stepping duel’s effects and said Ye Tianze was likely testing the Heavenly Progenitor’s condition.
• Zi Ling Xue asked who had the advantage, and Liu Changge said Ye Tianze was favored because the Heavenly Progenitor was wounded.
• The Heavenly Progenitor sent Ye Tianze flying from the palace with Star-Silver Order wounds and warned Doomsday Palace to leave.
• Ye Tianze used the Heartless Order to take Doomsday Palace’s people away, and the Heavenly Progenitor told Xuan Yuan and Nan Li to return home.
• The Ancestral God Palace disappeared, and Xuan Yuan’s group returned to the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea after the Heavenly Progenitor injured Ye Tianze.
• Ye Tianze asked Liu Changge about the Heavenly Progenitor’s condition, and Liu Changge wondered whether his seclusion concealed another scheme.

Ye Tianze dismissed Liu Changge’s concerns about the enemy’s recovery and ordered the forces to begin taking control of the Ying Tian Star System Sea. In the Origin World, Third Gentleman told Mu Qianli that the Mad Demon Blood Sect could offer her a chance to advance her cultivation, and she decided to seek help at the Great Xia Imperial Palace.

• Ye Tianze reasoned that his opponent was still injured and told Liu Changge to focus on taking control of the Ying Tian Star System Sea.
• Liu Changge worried that Di Tian might oppose them, but Ye Tianze said someone was watching Di Tian and would stop him if necessary.
• Ye Tianze received a message about a Young Clan Leader in the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea and ordered his clansmen to investigate without alerting local forces or using force.
• Third Gentleman visited Mu Qianli in the Peach Blossom Forest and told her the Mad Demon Blood Sect needed someone with the Mad Demon Bloodline to inherit its legacy.
• Third Gentleman explained that Mu Qianli could gain the sect’s resources and potentially advance to the Divine Tribulation Realm or higher.
• Mu Qianli agreed to travel to the Great Xia Imperial Palace to arrange an escort to the Mad Demon Blood Sect.

Mu Qianli asked Chu Yun for help entering the Mad Demon Blood Sect’s succession contest, and he assigned Xuan Yu to protect her. Chu Yun then planned a surprise strike against the Dark Ghost Race while the Island of Evil Beasts’ Beast Gods discussed the progress of their chosen inheritors.

• Mu Qianli explained that Third Gentleman had arranged for her to pursue the Mad Demon Blood Sect’s succession, and Chu Yun sent Xuan Yu with her to the Ying Tian Star System Sea.
• Chu Yun and his advisers decided to target the Dark Ghost Race first, reasoning that the Yan Clan would expect an attack because of its open feud with the Ice God Clan.
• Du Qian Yue and Little Tiger secretly left the Origin World, while Chu Yun ordered a public march toward the Ice God Clan for the next day.
• At the Island of Evil Beasts, Tongtian Beast God reported that Qin Fengling and Ye Tun had reached God Tribulation Realm Peak, while A Niu remained at God Tribulation Realm Mid-stage.
• White Fox Beast God complained that he had chosen the lazy A Niu as his inheritor and regretted not choosing Ye Tun.

The Beast Gods learned that Chu Yun had set out to meet the Ice God Clan and received the Dao Venerable’s order to watch Ancestral Dragon Mountain. There, Gu Qianzhong offered Nine Profound Dragon Emperor help advancing beyond the Seven-Step Realm, but the Dragon Emperor suspected he was trying to recruit him into Doomsday Palace’s plans.

• Qingcang Beast God told Tongtian Beast God and White Fox Beast God that Chu Yun was heading to the Ice God Clan and that the Dao Venerable had ordered them to watch Ancestral Dragon Mountain.
• Tongtian Beast God agreed to monitor Nine Profound Dragon Emperor, while the Beast Gods decided not to interfere in Chu Yun’s planned conflict.
• A Dragon Clan Half-step Ascending Heaven expert brought Gu Qianzhong to meet Nine Profound Dragon Emperor atop Ancestral Dragon Mountain.
• Nine Profound Dragon Emperor threatened to kill Gu Qianzhong for colluding with Doomsday Palace.
• Gu Qianzhong offered to help Nine Profound Dragon Emperor advance beyond the Seven-Step Realm, and the Dragon Emperor demanded to know whether he was trying to recruit him into Doomsday Palace’s cause.

Gu Qianzhong persuaded the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor that the Qingcang Beast God possessed the Ancient Ancestral Dragon Soul and could surpass him, stirring doubts about the Dragon Emperor’s standing in the Dragon Clan. The Dragon Emperor spared Gu Qianzhong, but remained silent and troubled by the threat to his authority.

• The Nine Profound Dragon Emperor prepared to kill Gu Qianzhong, then agreed to hear his explanation.
• Gu Qianzhong claimed the Ancient Ancestral Dragon Soul could help the Dragon Emperor break through and said it was inside the Qingcang Beast God.
• The Nine Profound Dragon Emperor accused Gu Qianzhong of sowing discord and gathered dragon power to strike him.
• Gu Qianzhong warned that the Dragon Clan might choose the Qingcang Beast God as its leader if his cultivation surpassed the Dragon Emperor’s.
• The Nine Profound Dragon Emperor let his power dissipate, sparing Gu Qianzhong, and stood in silence as doubts about his authority took hold.

Chu Yun prepared to attack the Yan Clan while the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor heard Gu Qianzhong’s plan to turn him against the Qingcang Beast God. After Little Tiger returned, Chu Yun led thirty thousand Ice God Clan elites toward the Yantian Universe Realm.

• Gu Qianzhong told the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor that Doomsday Palace would help him seize the Ancient Ancestral Dragon Soul to sow discord between him and the Qingcang Beast God.
• Chu Yun gathered with the Ice God Clan’s leaders and paid respects at Xue Zengwu’s empty tomb.
• Ke Zhi told Chu Yun that Bai Ye offered Demon Human Race reinforcements, and Chu Yun said he would ask for them if needed.
• Du Bian reported that the injured Nine Infant Heavenly Ancestor had vanished in the Shangyun Universe Realm, and Chu Yun ordered his people to withdraw because the realm was tied to the Void Universe Realm.
• Little Tiger returned and told Chu Yun the preparations were complete, so Chu Yun ordered the Ice God Clan to march against the Yan Clan’s Yantian Universe Realm.
• Ke Zhi led thirty thousand Ice God Clan elites with Chu Yun toward the Yantian Universe Realm.

Yan Wu Ji gathered the Yan Clan’s forces and prepared to destroy Chu Yun and the Ice God Clan, believing Mo Tianzun’s support guaranteed victory. When Chu Yun’s army vanished en route, Yan Wu Ji realized the march was a feint, but Mo Tianzun appeared and explained the strategy as the Yan Clan faced an unknown turn.

• Yan Wu Ji assembled the Yan Clan’s experts and arranged defenses, while revealing that Mo Tianzun had arrived to support them.
• After waiting for Chu Yun’s army, Yan Wu Ji learned that tens of thousands had disappeared in the asteroid region between the Luosha and Huotao Universe Realms.
• Yan Wu Ji concluded that Chu Yun had used a hidden Spatial Teleportation Array to feint toward the Yan Clan and attack elsewhere.
• Yan Kang reassured Yan Wu Ji that no one had expected Chu Yun to use such a basic tactic.
• Mo Tianzun emerged above the hall and said that any strategy could succeed if it caught the enemy off guard.

Mo Tianzun and Yan Wu Ji chose to attack Chu Yun’s Origin World while Chu Yun and the Ice God Clan moved against the Dark Ghost Race. Ming Ci realized the Dark Ghost Race was likely Chu Yun’s true target, but the Dark Shadow Universe Realm was already under attack.

• Mo Tianzun arrived at the Yan Clan and concluded Chu Yun had likely gone after the Dark Ghost Race.
• Yan Wu Ji persuaded Mo Tianzun to target the Origin World, and ordered Yan Kang to gather the Yan Clan for the attack.
• Ming Ci learned that Chu Yun and the Ice God Clan had vanished near the meteorite belt without attacking the Yan Clan.
• Ming Dao suggested Chu Yun was using a feint, and Ming Ci ordered the Dark Ghost Race’s other three major Universe Realms to gather at the Dark Shadow Universe Realm.
• Enormous roars shook the Dark Shadow Universe Realm as the ground split and the void cracked.