Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao rewarded Su Qingxue by backing the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce’s effort to unify the Celestial River business world. After the Wanyu and Qihang presidents challenged her expansion and insulted Jiang Hao, he appeared in their negotiation hall.

• Jiang Hao told Su Qingxue she could annex any Celestial River chamber of commerce except those backed by Xiu Wushuang, Lin Xudao, and Luo Qingcheng, and promised to support her.
• Su Qingxue accepted Jiang Hao’s reward, though she had expected a romantic encounter rather than a business plan.
• Su Qingxue led the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce in rapidly annexing small and midsize rivals.
• Wan Tianxiong and Qi Zhenhai joined forces to resist Su Qingxue’s expansion and dismissed Jiang Hao’s authority.
• Su Qingxue rebuked the two presidents for insulting Jiang Hao, and Jiang Hao tore open space and entered the negotiation hall.

Jiang Hao forced the Wanyu Chamber of Commerce and Qihang Chamber of Commerce to merge into the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce, unifying the Celestial River Supergalaxy Cluster. He then left for the Starry Sky Battlefield and arrived near Heavenly Star Lord City.

• Jiang Hao appeared at the negotiation hall and used his Martial Venerable pressure to subdue Wan Tianxiong and Qi Zhenhai.
• Qi Zhenhai called Celestial River Divine Hall branch hall masters for help, but they hung up and blocked him after hearing Jiang Hao's name.
• Wan Tianxiong and Qi Zhenhai agreed to merge their chambers of commerce unconditionally into the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce.
• Jiang Hao left Su Qingxue and traveled through the Celestial River Divine Hall's Ancient Super Array to the Starry Sky Battlefield.
• Jiang Hao arrived in the chaotic battlefield and flew toward Heavenly Star Lord City.

Jiang Hao encountered Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue being overwhelmed by a Martial Venerable Perfection Star Beast, and chose to fight it rather than flee. He unleashed the Heaven-Breaking Spear’s power, and his attack struck the beast.

• A Lizard Star Beast drove Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue to the brink of defeat.
• Chu Kuang urged Jiang Hao to escape and take his two injured teammates with him.
• Jiang Hao decided to help the trio and use the Star Beast to test his strength.
• Jiang Hao summoned the Heaven-Breaking Spear and unleashed Dragon Roar Nine Heavens.
• Jiang Hao’s Dark Red Divine Dragon attack slammed into the Lizard Star Beast, creating a tremendous shock wave.

Jiang Hao overwhelmed a Martial Venerable Perfection Lizard Star Beast despite being only an early-stage Martial Venerable. He killed it with Shatter Void Collapse Realm Strike while Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue watched in disbelief.

• Jiang Hao blasted the Lizard Star Beast into a mountain with one spear strike, leaving Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue stunned.
• Jiang Hao fought the charging beast head-on, breaking its scales with Moon Tide and crippling its foreleg with Pierce Sky.
• Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue marveled at Jiang Hao's ability to dominate an opponent three minor realms above him.
• Jiang Hao judged that he had not needed to use his strongest abilities and prepared to finish the beast when it gathered Chaos Energy.
• Jiang Hao hurled his Heaven-Breaking Spear with Shatter Void Collapse Realm Strike, piercing the beast's head and killing it.

Jiang Hao killed a Martial Venerable Perfection Lizard Star Beast and recovered its Star Core. After Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue thanked him, he learned that his strength rivaled the Seventy-Two Prodigies and asked to accompany them to Heavenly Star Lord City; they were stunned to discover he was new to the Starry Sky Battlefield.

• Jiang Hao retrieved the Heaven-Breaking Spear and extracted the Lizard Star Beast's Star Core, marveling at its pure energy.
• Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue thanked Jiang Hao for saving their lives.
• Chu Kuang praised Jiang Hao's ability to kill a Martial Venerable Perfection Star Beast and said his combat strength rivaled the Seventy-Two Prodigies of Heavenly Star Lord City.
• Jiang Hao asked whether the three were returning to Heavenly Star Lord City and requested to travel with them so he could learn about the area.
• Lu Yuan and Su Yue reacted with astonishment when Jiang Hao revealed that he had only just arrived on the Starry Sky Battlefield.

Jiang Hao traveled with Chu Kuanggu, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue to Heavenly Star Lord City and learned about the Starry Sky Battlefield’s currency and rankings. He arrived at the city eager to test himself among its countless powerful warriors and prodigies.

• Chu Kuanggu agreed to guide Jiang Hao, and the four flew through the Chaos Airflow toward Heavenly Star Lord City.
• The group avoided dangerous spatial rifts and Chaos Vortices before emerging from a Chaos Cloud and seeing the immense city.
• Jiang Hao sensed that the crowds entering the city were all at least Martial Venerables, with several Half-Step Martial Emperors among them.
• Chu Kuanggu explained that Star Cores served as currency and that the Dao Pavilion maintained the Human God, Human King, and Prodigy rankings, each with seventy-two places.
• Jiang Hao considered how his strength ranked among the city's prodigies and looked forward to life on the Starry Sky Battlefield.

Jiang Hao entered Heavenly Star Lord City with Chu Kuang, Lu Yuan, and Su Yue, and passed the city's bloodline-confirmation light. After learning how the light prevented Alien Races from infiltrating the city, Jiang Hao asked Chu Kuang to recommend a quiet place to stay, leaving them ready to consider an expensive cultivation district.

• Jiang Hao entered Heavenly Star Lord City and was examined by the divine light above its gates.
• Chu Kuang explained that the bloodline-confirmation light detected disguised Alien Races after an earlier infiltration had caused catastrophic losses.
• The light confirmed Jiang Hao had a pure human bloodline and then vanished, allowing the group to proceed into the city.
• Jiang Hao said he wanted a secluded, peaceful place with good cultivation conditions.
• Chu Kuang recommended a well-known place but warned that its rent was high, and Jiang Hao said the price would not be a problem.

Jiang Hao and Chu Kuang visited a Jiang Clan property hall in Heavenly Star Lord City, where Martial Venerables guarded the entrance and Martial Emperors staffed the hall. After learning that Jiang Hao had defeated a peak Martial Venerable Star Beast, Jiang Hai offered him an expensive Earth-Grade Residence, and Jiang Hao agreed to rent it.

• Chu Kuang brought Jiang Hao to the Jiang Clan Property Management Hall to find him a place to stay.
• Jiang Hao was shocked to see Martial Venerables serving as gate guards and several Martial Emperors inside the hall.
• Jiang Hai recognized Jiang Hao as a newcomer and advised him to seek cheaper lodging.
• Chu Kuang told Jiang Hai that Jiang Hao had defeated a Martial Venerable Perfection Lizard Star Beast in a few moves.
• Jiang Hai offered Jiang Hao an independent Earth-Grade Residence for ten early-stage Martial Venerable Star Cores per month.
• Jiang Hao took out the Star Core from the beast he had slain and agreed to rent the residence.

Jiang Hao rented an Earth Grade House in Heavenly Star Lord City and, guided by Chu Kuang, visited the Jiang Clan Medicine Hall to find Martial Venerable body-tempering resources. He arrived at a display of Chaos Precious Medicines, ready to choose resources for his cultivation.

• Jiang Hai exchanged Jiang Hao's Martial Venerable Perfection Rank Star Core for seventeen early-stage Martial Venerable Star Cores and a Formation Token after deducting the house's rent.
• Chu Kuang persuaded Jiang Hao to let him continue as a guide, and they used the token to enter the Earth Grade House.
• Jiang Hao admired the manor and its dense Heaven and Earth Energy, while Chu Kuang envied its luxurious grounds.
• Jiang Hao asked Chu Kuang where to buy Martial Venerable body-tempering resources, and Chu Kuang recommended the Jiang Clan Medicine Hall.
• Chu Kuang led Jiang Hao to the Medicine Hall, where they found a section displaying Chaos Precious Medicines such as Blood Bodhi, Star Grass, and Earth Dragon Marrow.

Jiang Hao bought a Chaos body-refining medicine at the Jiang Clan Medicine Hall, confident he could easily earn back its cost by hunting Star Beasts. The arrival of Zhao Tieshan and another Martial Venerable with a huge haul from the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm left the crowd eager to learn how much they had gained.

• Jiang Hao found that a Martial Venerable body-refining Chaos Medicine cost ten early-stage Martial Venerable Star Cores and considered it cheap.
• Chu Kuang warned Jiang Hao to save his Star Cores, but Jiang Hao paid for a Crimson Blood Dragon-Vein Grass.
• Jiang Hao stored the medicine and prepared to leave the body-refining section with Chu Kuang.
• Zhao Tieshan and another injured Martial Venerable entered the hall and laid a large collection of Chaos Martial Medicines on the counter to exchange for Star Cores.
• A bystander recognized Zhao Tieshan and said the haul likely came from the newly opened Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm.

Jiang Hao learned that the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm held rare Chaos Martial Medicines and powerful Star Beasts, and decided to explore it for the resources he needed. Back in his cultivation room, he consumed Crimson Blood Dragon-Vein Grass and began increasing his qi and blood with the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Ancestral God Technique.

• Chu Kuang explained that Chaos Secret Realms formed in the Starry Sky Battlefield, where concentrated Chaos Energy nurtured rare medicines and made Star Beasts especially dangerous.
• Jiang Hao decided to explore the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm, confident that his strength and escape technique would let him handle its dangers.
• Jiang Hao left the Jiang Clan Medicine Hall with Chu Kuang and returned to his cultivation room to absorb his gains.
• Jiang Hao ate the Crimson Blood Dragon-Vein Grass and circulated the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Ancestral God Technique, gaining qi and blood and increasing his proficiency.

Jiang Hao refined the Crimson Blood Dragon-Vein Grass, broke through to mid-stage Martial Venerable, and amplified his qi and blood to more than 625 million. With the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm’s location now public, he joined the crowds traveling there, ignoring other Martial Venerables who underestimated him.

• Jiang Hao absorbed the herb’s remaining medicinal power, broke through to mid-stage Martial Venerable, and raised his qi and blood to more than 625 million.
• After only three days in seclusion, Jiang Hao left his residence to seek information about the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm.
• Jiang Hao learned that Zhao Tieshan’s haul had made the Secret Realm’s location public and drawn many Martial Artists into recruiting teams and setting out.
• Jiang Hao ignored a Rogue Cultivator’s invitation and flew toward the city gates, where groups of Martial Venerables were gathering.
• Jiang Hao traveled alone along the edge of a group heading to the Secret Realm while its members dismissed him as an inexperienced novice.

Jiang Hao’s group reached the entrance to the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm, where Ren Qi and Li Qian demanded a Star Core toll on Xi Ya’s orders. When Wu Lang challenged the checkpoint, Xi Ya appeared and confronted him.

• Jiang Hao’s group arrived at the Secret Realm entrance and found a ten-person checkpoint blocking the way.
• Ren Qi demanded one early-stage Martial Venerable Star Core from each person who wanted to enter.
• Wu Lang confronted Ren Qi and Li Qian, but they said Xi Ya had ordered them to collect the toll.
• The crowd fell silent as Martial Artists recounted Xi Ya’s feats, including killing a Martial Emperor while still at Martial Venerable Perfection.
• Xi Ya emerged from the Chaos Airflow, looked at Wu Lang, and asked whether he was dissatisfied.

Xi Ya defeated Wu Lang with a casual strike after Wu Lang challenged him over the toll to enter the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm. With the crowd subdued, Xi Ya raised the admission price, leaving the late-stage Martial Venerable at the front of the line to decide whether to pay more.

• Wu Lang rejected Xi Ya's demand and charged at him, but Xi Ya's casual wave gravely wounded him and sent him crashing into a meteorite.
• Wu Lang thanked Xi Ya for sparing his life and left with his companions, while the other cultivators lined up to pay Ren Qi and Li Qian.
• Jiang Hao assessed Xi Ya's strike at roughly three hundred million in Blood Qi Intensity and judged it no threat to his own strength.
• Xi Ya decided to raise the toll to two early-stage Martial Venerable Star Cores, and Ren Qi and Li Qian announced the increase to the crowd.
• Ren Qi asked the late-stage Martial Venerable at the front of the line whether he would pay the new price.

At the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm entrance, Jiang Hao refused to pay Ren Qi and Li Qian’s increased toll and effortlessly repelled Ren Qi’s attack. Ren Qi and Li Qian then launched a combined assault against him, while the watching Martial Artists feared he would be crippled.

• A late-stage Martial Venerable paid Ren Qi and Li Qian two early-stage Martial Venerable Star Cores to enter the realm.
• Jiang Hao ignored Ren Qi’s demand for two Star Cores and walked toward the Chaos Vortex entrance.
• Ren Qi attacked Jiang Hao, but Jiang Hao caught his punch with one hand and blasted him backward.
• Jiang Hao challenged Ren Qi and Li Qian over their increased toll, and they refused to back down.
• Ren Qi and Li Qian launched their Heaven-Shaking Star-Shattering Seal and Nether Bone Erosion attacks at Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao overwhelmed Ren Qi and Li Qian with his bare fists, then sent the Prodigy Xi Ya flying in a direct clash. Xi Ya summoned the War God Diagram and launched another attack, leaving Jiang Hao to meet him head-on.

• Jiang Hao shattered Ren Qi and Li Qian's combined attacks and left both Martial Venerables gravely injured.
• Xi Ya attacked Jiang Hao bare-handed, but Jiang Hao broke Xi Ya's arm and blasted him thousands of zhang away with one punch.
• The shocked crowd watched as Xi Ya emerged from the Chaos Airflow and acknowledged Jiang Hao as a worthy opponent.
• Xi Ya summoned the War God Diagram, boosting his power, and attacked Jiang Hao with a punch infused with its divine radiance.
• Jiang Hao roared and met Xi Ya's attack with a punch of his own, going all out.

Jiang Hao shattered Xi Ya’s War God Diagram and wounded him with one punch, stunning the watching Starry Sky Martial Artists. Xi Ya then summoned his family’s Supreme God-Slaying Seal, and Jiang Hao drew the Heaven-Breaking Spear to meet it.

• Jiang Hao’s fist broke through Xi Ya’s restraint and shattered the War God Diagram, sending Xi Ya flying and making him cough blood.
• The watching Martial Artists realized Jiang Hao’s mid-stage Martial Venerable cultivation concealed strength comparable to the Human Heroes.
• Xi Ya healed his injuries, declared he would defeat Jiang Hao in three moves, and invoked the Supreme God-Slaying Seal.
• Jiang Hao summoned the Heaven-Breaking Spear as Xi Ya poured his Blood Energy into the descending black seal.
• Jiang Hao channeled Blood Energy into the spear and activated the Sacrifice Spear Art.

Jiang Hao defeated Xi Ya in front of thousands of Martial Artists, then forced him to hand over the toll and all his Star Cores. After collecting the spoils, Jiang Hao headed toward the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm, leaving the crowd to clear his way.

• Jiang Hao broke Xi Ya's spatial seal with his Spear Domain and defeated him with Dragon Roar Nine Heavens, leaving Xi Ya kneeling with the Heaven-Breaking Spear at his throat.
• Xi Ya admitted defeat, and Jiang Hao demanded the toll he had collected and every Star Core he owned.
• Under Jiang Hao's pressure, Xi Ya opened his Personal Terminal and handed over a vast hoard of Star Cores, including three of Martial Venerable Perfection grade.
• Jiang Hao stored the Star Cores, thanked Xi Ya, and headed for the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm as the Martial Artists cleared a path for him.

After Jiang Hao defeated Xi Ya, the Dao Pavilion ranked him sixty-ninth among the Prodigies, drawing the attention of Heavenly Star Lord City’s major powers. Inside the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm, Jiang Hao hunted beasts and gathered treasures until a Martial Emperor Rank Star Beast appeared, forcing him to retreat.

• Xi Ya left the Falling Star Chaos Secret Realm after Jiang Hao defeated him, and witnesses spread the news to Heavenly Star Lord City.
• The Dao Pavilion removed Xi Ya from the Prodigy Ranking and ranked Jiang Hao sixty-ninth, listing his age as twenty-four and his cultivation as middle-stage Martial Venerable.
• Heavenly Star Lord City’s powers investigated Jiang Hao, while Jiang Hai praised his strength and potential.
• Jiang Hao hunted Starry Sky Exotic Beasts and collected Star Cores and Chaos Martial Medicine inside the Secret Realm.
• A Martial Emperor Rank Star Beast unleashed its aura, and Jiang Hao joined the retreating Martial Artists and safely left the Secret Realm.

After returning to Heavenly Star Lord City, Jiang Hao counted his Star Cores and planned to use his fortune to advance the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Ancestral God Technique. His victory over Xi Ya drew the attention of other Prodigies, and his extravagant medicine purchase revealed his identity to the Jiang Clan Medicine Hall.

• Jiang Hao counted more than twelve hundred early-stage Martial Venerable Star Cores and three Chaos Martial Medicines from his trip to the Secret Realm.
• Hong Yifei and four other Prodigies ranked below Jiang Hao considered challenging him for his position and its rewards, while Leng Yue and Gu Zhan reacted to his victory over Xi Ya.
• Jiang Hao went to the Jiang Clan Medicine Hall and ordered seventy-five stalks of Martial Venerable-grade body-tempering Chaos Martial Medicine to advance his technique to its thirteenth turn.
• Jiang Hao placed seven hundred and fifty Star Cores on the counter, stunning the female cultivator and the surrounding customers.
• A veteran Martial Venerable recognized Jiang Hao as the newly listed Prodigy who defeated Xi Ya, and the Medicine Hall erupted in awe and curiosity.