Chapter Summaries

Zhao Kunwu urged the other powers to wait for Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate’s decision before choosing how to respond to Li Pin’s rise. After emerging from a pocket space, Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate learned of the Human Alliance reforms and revealed that his contact with the Divine Dragon Empire had succeeded and provided him with a more complete Star Refiner cultivation system.

• Zhao Kunwu advised the Legends and Legendary Mages to prepare quietly and wait for Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate and the Sun Glory Empire to act before taking a position on Li Pin.
• Kui Sha tried to report the latest events to Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate, but Dragon Elephant initially refused to let anyone enter the sealed pocket space.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate emerged after two months, and Kui Sha briefed him on the recent upheavals and Li Pin’s growing influence.
• After reading the reports, Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate praised Li Pin and said Sun Glory should support the Human Alliance reforms and Gaia’s unification.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate told Kui Sha and Dragon Elephant that his contact with the Divine Dragon Empire had succeeded and that he had obtained a more complete Star Refiner cultivation system.

Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate revealed that the Star Refiner realm had not truly reached Legend and promised to compete for leadership of the restructured Human Alliance. After awakening from Mind Cultivation, Li Pin discovered a path beyond Peerless Martial God and flew to the Great Yue Imperial Tomb to resolve the burdens he had left behind.

• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate told Kui Sha that true Legends were cosmic lifeforms and that their current strength only approached Heavenly Rank.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate ordered Kui Sha to help restructure the Human Alliance and said Sun Glory would compete for its first chairman position.
• Li Pin awakened from Sitting and Forgetting, realizing that Mind Power could unlock the human body's potential and reveal a path beyond Peerless Martial God.
• Li Pin decided to settle matters at the Great Yue Imperial Tomb and the Taoyuan Secret Realm, but his Void Ring could not teleport him to Liang's tomb.
• Li Pin flew at six times the speed of sound to the Great Yue Imperial Tomb, scattered the Demonic Beasts at its entrance, and strode inside.

Li Martial God returned from the Great Yue Imperial Tomb after destroying King Liang and nearly all the Demonic Beasts, then found Taoyuan Village threatened by spreading Dark Magic. He promised Lin Baizhan and the villagers that he could lead them to safety.

• Li Martial God crossed the Great Yue Imperial Tomb, killing the Demonic Beasts in his path with his overwhelming power.
• Li Martial God fought King Liang and the other Lord-level Demonic Beasts, killing King Liang as the battle caused the tomb and surrounding mountain to collapse.
• Li Martial God found a pale-blue Skill Stone among the remains, then entered the Taoyuan Secret Realm, where his connection with Gaia weakened.
• Li Martial God noticed dense Dark Magic and the absence of Lin Clan guards, then hurried toward its source and heard the villagers cheering at his return.
• Lin Baizhan met Li Martial God near the mountain where the Blood Demon had been, and Li Martial God promised to lead the villagers out safely.

Li Pin learned that Lin Xuanyao had contained the Dark Magic for decades, but removing him and the Heavenly Demonic Divine Armor had let it flood the Taoyuan Secret Realm. He investigated the newly arriving Holy Dragon Race and realized their cultivation methods could pose a threat to Gaia, while restoring the armor alone would not stop the Dark Magic.

• Lin Baizhan told Li Pin that Lin Xuanyao had used the Heavenly Demonic Divine Armor and his own body to contain the Dark Magic, and that its surge began after they were gone.
• Lin Baizhan explained that three humanlike visitors had arrived over several months, each surviving longer, and identified them as members of the Holy Dragon Race from a lost civilization.
• Li Pin examined the latest visitor's corpse and read Lin Baizhan's booklet on the Holy Dragon Race's Warrior, General, and Commander cultivation ranks.
• Li Pin judged that the Holy Dragon Race's techniques could let fighters with Lord-level vitality challenge Legendary Demonic Beasts and warned that Gaia was unprepared for contact with other civilizations.
• Li Pin returned the Heavenly Demonic Divine Armor to the mountain's Dark Magic source, but Lin Baizhan warned that a Great Star Master would have to bear the remaining corruption and would become a Legendary Demonic Beast within a year.

Li Pin brought the Taoyuan Secret Realm’s people out of the Great Yue Imperial Tomb and arranged for the Lin Clan branch to help monitor the alternate space and Sacred Dragon Civilization. As he continued cultivating, the Human Alliance’s reform advanced toward a new expanded meeting.

• Li Pin explained that the Sacred Dragon Civilization could prepare in the alternate space but would have to wait until the first stage ended to invade other civilizations, then decided to leave the region under new supervision.
• Li Pin led hundreds of people from the Taoyuan Secret Realm through the collapsed tomb and settled them in a nearby town.
• Lin Baizhan and Lin Xingchen volunteered to monitor the Taoyuan alternate space, and Li Pin agreed to their proposal.
• Xingying told Li Pin that Riyao supported Human Alliance reform and that Great Shang was unlikely to oppose it, while Li Pin focused on cultivation for three months.
• Representatives from countries around the world gathered in Great Shang for the Human Alliance’s expanded meeting on reform and unification.

The Human Alliance gathered for a major restructuring conference, where Li Pin arrived as the leading candidate for its first president and was welcomed by representatives and powerful figures from across the world. Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate then arrived in person, and he and Li Pin met each other’s gaze across the hall.

• Reporters and world leaders crowded the Human Alliance headquarters for the expanded conference, where nearly half of the supreme powerhouses and more than a dozen Legends attended.
• Li Pin arrived with Xingying and was greeted by Anna, Xiao Qiushui, Yuan Zhenchuan, and Qiao Baishi, who warned him that Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate planned to attend and wanted to see him.
• Representatives and powerful figures from many nations welcomed Li Pin, while Mo Wangqing watched and regretted that he and his master had failed to support Li Pin earlier.
• Zhao Kunwu arrived and congratulated Li Pin, appearing pleased by his achievements.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate entered the conference hall, and he and Li Pin exchanged looks across the crowd.

At the Gaia Alliance’s founding meeting, Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate challenged Li Pin’s suitability to become its first president, arguing that his arrogance could endanger Gaia when it faced stronger civilizations. He then made his support conditional on Li Pin defeating him.

• Yuan Zhenchuan led the delegates in mourning the Star Alliance’s fallen before proposing that the Human Alliance be reformed into the Gaia Alliance, and the proposal passed unanimously.
• The delegates reviewed presidential candidates, with Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate ranked first and Li Pin second.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate argued that Li Pin’s self-centered personality made him unfit to lead Gaia in dealings with stronger civilizations.
• Yuan Zhenchuan defended relying on strength, and Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate said he would accept Li Pin as president if Li Pin defeated him.

Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate challenged Li Pin for the Gaia Alliance presidency, revealing that his contact with the Divine Dragon Empire had given him new Star Power techniques. The two began fighting at Red Rock Grand Rift, where Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate unleashed a seemingly continuous lightspeed attack on Li Pin.

• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate proposed that he and Li Pin settle the presidency through combat, and Li Pin accepted, choosing Red Rock Grand Rift as their battleground.
• Yuan Zhenchuan ended the enlarged meeting and announced that the Legends would publicly share the meeting’s details after their conference.
• At Red Rock Grand Rift, Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate told Li Pin that he had contacted the Divine Dragon Empire and believed Gaia needed to venture into the cosmos rather than remain isolated.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate explained that he had learned three Star Power star arts and activated an Atomic Field to withstand Li Pin’s rapid punches.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate formed a furnace within himself and fired the Legendary star art Blazing Sun Divine Light, a lightspeed plasma attack with seemingly endless firepower.

Li Pin countered Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate’s Blazing Sun Divine Light by rotating the Gaia Star Magnetic Field, turning the battle into a stalemate. Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate stopped fighting and argued that humanity should consider contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, leaving the decision to the meeting.

• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate overwhelmed Li Pin with rapid plasma attacks, while the watching Legends realized how much his Atomic Will techniques and Sun Furnace strengthened him.
• Li Pin stopped evading and used a rotating magnetic field to deflect the plasma beams, then brought the Gaia Star Magnetic Field down on Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate argued that Li Pin’s magnetic-field attack could not break his Atomic Field and proposed calling the fight a draw.
• Li Pin questioned Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate’s plan to make his powers public, recognizing that the techniques came from another civilization and could change humanity’s future.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate withdrew his attacks and called for the meeting to continue so everyone could choose whether to contact extraterrestrial civilizations.

Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate revealed the scale of the Yin Luo Galaxy and explained that Gaia was only a small civilization facing a brutal competition for the Star God’s inheritance. He proposed that Gaia join the Divine Dragon Empire’s alliance for protection and a chance to gain influence.

• Yuan Zhenchuan and the others watched Li Pin and Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate end their confrontation, then gathered with the other powerful figures to hear Sun Glory’s report.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate said his investigation confirmed the Divine Dragon Empire’s account of the universe and showed the Legends a map of the Yin Luo Galaxy, locating Gaia in the Third Spiral Arm’s Longze Nebula.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate explained that the Divine Dragon Empire had sixty-six billion people, over a thousand Heavenly Ranks, and six Legends, and clarified the power hierarchy above Heavenly Rank.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate told the gathering that civilizations were competing for the Star God’s inheritance and that the Divine Dragon Empire had formed an alliance to improve its chances and protect its members.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate proposed that Gaia join the Divine Dragon Empire’s alliance, arguing that it offered the best path whether Gaia proved exceptional or merely ordinary.

Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate explained the Star Refiner system, Gaia’s rare opportunity, and the deadline to produce a Legend, while the other powerhouses studied the Divine Dragon Empire’s Legendary cultivation method. The gathering ended with Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate chosen as acting president of the Gaia Alliance as Gaia’s leaders prepared to verify the alliance and confront the threats ahead.

• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate taught the gathered Legends and supreme powerhouses about Star Power, the Heavenly Rank, and Gaia’s unusual Star Refiner talent.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate explained that Gaia had ten Star Years to produce a Legend or risk being abandoned by the Human Alliance and the Divine Dragon Empire’s alliance.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate shared the Starry Sky True Dragon Secret Codex, and Li Pin and the other powerhouses learned how rare and time-consuming it was to reach Legend.
• Li Pin asked whether a Legendary cultivation method existed, and Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate said the Divine Dragon Empire had not provided one.
• Zhao Kunwu urged the powerhouses to consolidate their Heavenly Rank strength and clear Gaia’s Demonic Beasts before addressing the distant Legend goal.
• The gathered leaders agreed that Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate would serve as acting president of the Gaia Alliance until their next meeting.

After Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate took control of the Gaia Alliance, Li Pin accepted the change and focused on refining his martial path. The Star Martial God Hall's Martial Gods pledged to find the Star Core Fragments he needed, and Li Pin agreed to wait for them.

• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate became the Gaia Alliance's new central figure, while Yuan Zhenchuan apologized to Li Pin for the outcome.
• Li Pin said the change was a good thing because it freed him to concentrate on martial cultivation, and Yuan Zhenchuan promised to preserve the Martial God lineage.
• Li Pin returned to the Star Martial God Hall and studied the Starry Sky True Dragon Secret Codex, comparing it with techniques from the Taoyuan Secret Realm.
• Li Pin considered how Natal Stars might lead toward the Star God realm, then sensed people waiting for him outside his courtyard.
• Xingying, Shi Shihu, Xie Longcheng, and the other Martial Gods pledged to support Li Pin and find Star Core Fragments, and he accepted their offer.

Li Pin returned to Gaia Star after confirming he could transform his Natal Star in outer space, then received Sun Glory Gate envoys seeking to renegotiate the price of Skill Stones. When Dragon Elephant insisted on speaking to him about a matter of great importance, Li Pin sensed that he was ready for something and rose to meet him.

• Li Pin confirmed that his Natal Star could transform in outer space, though completing the transformation would prevent him from entering Gaia Star again.
• Li Pin reflected on his growing power and attributes before returning to Dragon Transformation Mountain.
• Xingying told Li Pin that Dragon Elephant and other Sun Glory Gate guests had come to discuss Skill Stones.
• Li Pin instructed Xingying to limit Skill Stone sales and keep their price at no less than thirty thousand Thunder Magnetic Elemental Crystals, despite Great Shang's push to lower it to ten thousand.
• Dragon Elephant demanded that Li Pin meet with him personally, and Li Pin sensed that Dragon Elephant was ready for something.

Dragon Elephant challenged Li Pin over the Star Martial God Hall’s Skill Stones, claiming they were needed to strengthen Gaia before the second stage. Li Pin refused unless Dragon Elephant obtained powerful divine rings, then invited him to demonstrate his Heavenly Rank star arts, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Dragon Elephant dismissed Xie Longcheng and Yueying’s refusal and went to confront Li Pin about expanding Skill Stone sales.
• Li Pin accused Dragon Elephant of helping orchestrate a scheme against him, but Dragon Elephant insisted he only wanted to discuss Skill Stones for Gaia’s sake.
• Li Pin offered Skill Stones in exchange for Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate’s Ring of Rebirth and other nations’ divine rings, then challenged Dragon Elephant to demonstrate his star arts.
• Xie Longcheng, Yueying, and Xingying discussed how political rivalries had resurfaced as the threat from the Demonic Beasts waned.
• Li Pin and Dragon Elephant flew high above Dragon Transformation Mountain, where Li Pin asked to experience Dragon Elephant’s Heavenly Rank power.
• Dragon Elephant formed his Atomic Field, Sun Furnace, and Dragon Flame Blade as Li Pin waited for him to attack.

Li Pin tested his newly created Atomic Fission Technique against Dragon Elephant, breaking his Atomic Field and briefly disrupting his Starlight Body but failing to kill him. Dragon Elephant admitted defeat, and when Li Pin asked who had sent him to test his strength, he named Ji Xuanyuan.

• Dragon Elephant attacked Li Pin with the Dragon Flame Blade, but Li Pin dodged his strikes and called them too slow.
• Li Pin used the Atomic Fission Technique to collapse the Dragon Flame Blade and Dragon Elephant's Atomic Field, forcing Dragon Elephant to flee as a Starlight Body.
• Li Pin disrupted Dragon Elephant's body and consciousness, then shattered his reconstructed body with sword energies, but could not stop him from reforming.
• Dragon Elephant admitted defeat after realizing Li Pin had surpassed him, and Li Pin asked who had persuaded him to come test his strength.
• Dragon Elephant denied that Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate had sent him and said Ji Xuanyuan had persuaded him.

Li Pin brought Dragon Elephant to the Great Yue Imperial Tomb to guard its Dark Magic breach, then visited Ge Lin to learn how the Sword Nurturing Art could destroy Heavenly Rank Starlight Bodies. Ge Lin revealed that Li Pin’s atomic-destruction approach could work if he shattered enough atoms quickly, leaving Li Pin with a clearer path toward defeating Starlight Bodies.

• Li Pin subdued Dragon Elephant and ordered him to help Ling Qingfeng guard and purify the Dark Magic breach at the Great Yue Imperial Tomb.
• Li Pin asked Lin Baizhan and Lin Xingchen about recent extraterrestrial arrivals, learned none had come since the clash three months earlier, and told them to stay alert.
• Li Pin used the Void Ring to travel to the Empire and asked Ge Lin to teach him the Sword Nurturing Art’s secret for destroying Starlight Bodies.
• Ge Lin inscribed the Sword Nurturing Art into Li Pin’s Skill Stone, and Li Pin shared his Atomic Fission Technique in return.
• Ge Lin explained that Starlight Bodies could be destroyed by annihilating the spirit, exhausting energy, or shattering atoms, and said Li Pin’s method would work if he shattered atoms rapidly enough across an area.

Li Pin discussed using Mind Power to strengthen his attacks and warned that those who tried to ignite it would face lethal consequences. Meanwhile, Great Shang’s leaders learned that Dragon Elephant had lost to Li Pin and waited to see whom Li Pin would target next.

• Li Pin told Ge Lin he would try to ignite Mind Power, and Ge Lin supported him, saying they would be even over the Sword Nurturing Art if he succeeded.
• Li Pin condemned the people manipulating events against him and warned that if they succeeded in igniting his Mind Power, the rules protecting high officials and Legends would no longer apply.
• Zhao Kunwu, Ji Xuanyuan, Zhuzhao, Yinghuo, and Jin Taibai discussed their plan to use Dragon Elephant and Li Pin to force Sun Glory from leadership and position Great Shang to control Gaia.
• Ji Xuanyuan projected a report and video showing that Li Pin had defeated Dragon Elephant with almost no resistance.
• Zhao Kunwu and the others waited to see whether Li Pin would seek revenge against Sun Glory, target Wood, or come after Great Shang.

Li Pin confronted Great Shang’s hidden Heavenly Ranks after tracing their role in Dragon Elephant’s attack, and he demonstrated that he could destroy their defenses and threaten their ability to reform. He challenged Zhao Kunwu, Ji Xuanyuan, Zhuzhao, and the others to defeat him or die.

• Ji Xuanyuan reported that Li Pin had captured Dragon Elephant alive, and Zhao Kunwu ordered the Star Alliance’s agents to monitor Li Pin.
• Li Pin visited Ge Lin, then left for the Imperial Capital while other nations contacted Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate about his battle with Dragon Elephant.
• Li Pin used his Star Magnetic Field to expose the Heavenly Ranks hiding in the palace and began attacking Zhuzhao and Jin Taibai.
• Li Pin shattered Zhuzhao’s Atomic Field, disintegrated his body, and disrupted the starlight as Zhuzhao tried to reform.
• Li Pin caught and destroyed Jin Taibai’s Flame Dragon Blade, while Zhao Kunwu, Ji Xuanyuan, and Yinghuo attacked him without stopping his advance.
• Li Pin accused Great Shang of benefiting from Dragon Elephant’s attack and challenged its Heavenly Ranks to defeat him or die.

Li Pin pursued Ji Xuanyuan and the other Heavenly Ranks, demonstrating that their attacks could barely slow him while he tested his growing power. They lured him into an alternate space, where the Great Shang fighters revealed a prepared Star Array and declared that it would be his grave.

• Li Pin broke through Ji Xuanyuan’s defenses with a devastating charge, destroying his Atomic Field and divine armor while Zhao Kunwu and the others were blasted away.
• Zhao Kunwu ordered the Heavenly Ranks to flee, but Li Pin chased Ji Xuanyuan and repeatedly tore away parts of his Starlight Body with magnetic restraint.
• Ji Xuanyuan escaped toward the alternate space, and nine Legendary Mages attacked Li Pin as they all entered it.
• Jin Taibai, Yinghuo, and Zhuzhao revealed a golden network sealing the alternate space, while Zhao Kunwu took control of its center.
• Ji Xuanyuan announced that the alternate space contained a prepared Star Array designed to defeat Li Pin.

Li Pin confronted the Great Shang Heavenly Ranks, who revealed their Star Array and tried to kill him with the Five Sovereigns Demon-Slaying Array. As the battle began, Li Pin faced their overwhelming Star Power and resolved to grow stronger through the fight, pushing toward Shatter Vacuum.

• Ji Xuanyuan defended Great Shang's actions and accused Sun Glory of endangering Gaia, while Zhao Kunwu revealed that Li Pin had knowingly allowed events to unfold so he could face powerful opponents.
• Li Pin confirmed Zhao Kunwu's deductions and invited the Great Shang legends to begin their attack.
• Li Pin struck Zhuzhao down with a single blow, and Zhao Kunwu activated the Five Sovereigns Demon-Slaying Array to bind and attack him.
• Ji Xuanyuan fired a massive beam of Blazing Sun Divine Light, but Li Pin used Atomic Oscillation to resist it before evading its renewed attack.
• Zhao Kunwu declared that the array could restore the Heavenly Ranks tens of thousands of times, while Li Pin began repeatedly punching the beam and drove himself toward Shatter Vacuum.