Chapter Summaries

Li Pin urged Li Yunyao to consider becoming a Star Refiner rather than face the perilous path of a Martial God, then refined his combat techniques and developed the Over Limit State. The chapter ended as Yuan Zhenchuan warned him that the Divine Dragon Empire had begun its invasion at Sun Glory Gate, possibly with a Legend leading the attack.

• Li Pin told Li Yunyao that the Martial God path demanded absolute conviction and the willingness to abandon everyone, including him, so she ran from the courtyard.
• Li Pin reflected that most Martial Gods would remain stuck at Starbreaker and judged becoming a Star Refiner to be the more reliable path for Gaia's people.
• Li Pin studied ways to improve his techniques, including neural acceleration, the Great Sun arts, and Atomic Great Splitting.
• Li Pin completed an initial optimization of the Time Candle Dragon and named the resulting bodily acceleration technique the Over Limit State.
• Yuan Zhenchuan informed Li Pin that the Divine Dragon Empire had launched its true attack at Sun Glory Gate and might have sent a Legend.

Li Pin arrived at the Sun Glory Gate as the Divine Dragon Empire’s forces prepared to invade Gaia, and he faced the Legendary Yan Zhong. After easily stopping Yan Zhong’s attacks, Li Pin judged the Legendary’s power disappointing and left him frozen before him.

• Li Pin used the Void Ring to reach the Sun Glory Gate, where Yuan Zhenchuan explained that the Divine Dragon Empire had secretly stabilized the Star Gate and could attack at any moment.
• Li Pin promised to intercept the invasion himself as the Star Gate opened and Divine Dragon Empire forces began arriving.
• Yan Zhong emerged from the Star Gate, suppressed the surrounding warriors with his domain, and challenged Li Pin.
• Li Pin blocked Yan Zhong’s first punch with his force field, then stood unharmed when Yan Zhong struck him with an attack like a miniature sun.
• Li Pin caught and condensed Yan Zhong’s blazing attack in his palm, leaving Yan Zhong frozen with his fist suspended before him.

Li Pin effortlessly defeated Yan Zhong and captured the Divine Dragon Empire forces that could not escape through the Star Gate. After the Empire destroyed the gateway to halt the invasion, Li Pin ordered Gaia’s leaders to locate Alliance Star and restore the Star Gate, preparing to take the fight to the Empire.

• Yan Zhong attacked Li Pin with Dragon Slayer, but Li Pin’s force field blocked the Legendary saber strike without harm.
• Yan Zhong used a crystal to summon Yan Zun’s spiritual attack, but Li Pin’s projected star shattered it, and Yan Zhong ordered the Heavenly Rank experts to retreat.
• Li Pin bound Yan Zhong and the fleeing experts near the Star Gate, but Yan Zhong’s final order caused the gateway to collapse.
• Li Pin captured Yan Zhong and six Heavenly Rank experts, then ordered Yuan Zhenchuan to find Alliance Star’s coordinates and restore the Star Gate.
• Li Pin told the gathered experts that Gaia would now take the offensive against the Divine Dragon Empire.

Sky Dragon Prince Xuan Zhengyi and Ambassador Chi Lianyu investigated the Divine Dragon Empire’s sudden destruction of a Star Gate linked to Gaia. As Xuanzhong City imposed its highest peacetime alert and Yan Zhong disappeared, the ambassadors suspected the campaign against Gaia had gone disastrously wrong.

• Xuan Zhengyi and Chi Lianyu discussed the Divine Dragon Empire’s growing power and questioned why Yan Zhong had personally led the campaign against supposedly weak Gaia.
• A violent energy surge disrupted Star Gates across Alliance Star, and Xuan Zhengyi and Chi Lianyu realized Xuanzhong City had destroyed the gate connected to Gaia.
• Xuan Zhengyi and Chi Lianyu joined Chi Rong and other ambassadors as they rushed toward the Foreign Warfare Department.
• Yan Guang announced that Xuanzhong City was under Level One temporary control after a Star Gate malfunction, while the city activated its highest defensive Star Array.
• Chi Lianyu detected no trace of Yan Zhong in Xuanzhong City, and the ambassadors connected his disappearance to the destroyed Gaia gate and suspected the Divine Dragon Empire had met a powerful enemy.

Li Pin brought Yan Zhong beyond Gaia’s atmosphere and challenged Yan Zun to a life-and-death battle in one year, with the fate of Gaia and the Divine Dragon Empire at stake. He then used Yan Zhong as a sparring partner to study the Starry Sky True Dragon Secret Codex as news of Gaia’s challenge spread across the Longze Nebula and beyond.

• Li Pin released Yan Zhong from his restraints and rejected his offer to join the Divine Dragon Empire, declaring that only one civilization could remain its main body alongside Gaia.
• Li Pin deduced that Yan Zun had not yet reached the third Legendary tier and declared that he would enter the Divine Dragon Empire in one year to fight him.
• Li Pin warned that Yan Zun had to break through to the third tier to preserve the Divine Dragon Empire, or Li Pin would end it and leave only the Gaia Civilization and the Divine Dragon Province.
• Yan Zhong agreed to deliver Li Pin’s challenge to Yan Zun and fought Li Pin so he could study the Starry Sky True Dragon Secret Codex.
• Li Pin’s challenge spread the name Gaia throughout the Longze Nebula and began reaching across the Xian Zhu Star Ring.

Chi Fenglei learned that Li Pin had captured a Divine Dragon Empire Legendary and challenged Yan Zun, but he decided to leave the nebula rather than get involved. Yan Zun ordered the empire to gather its forces and allies to attack Li Pin before he could grow stronger.

• Chi Fenglei and Yan Zun discussed the Human Alliance's rules and the coming second stage before Yan Zun hurried away after receiving a message.
• Chi Fenglei sent Wu Jie to investigate and learned that Li Pin had captured Yan Zhong and challenged Yan Zun, but dismissed him as an unlikely successor to the Yinluo Star God.
• Chi Fenglei chose to leave the Longze Nebula rather than risk being asked to intervene in the conflict.
• Yan Zun warned the Divine Dragon Empire's leaders that Li Pin was at least a second-level Legendary and that they could not treat him like a native.
• Yan Zun ordered the empire to activate the stargate, summon its allies, and gather more than a dozen Legendaries to suppress Li Pin.

Si Xing learned that Li Pin had advanced to third-stage Legend and decided to watch his coming fight with Yan Zun before recruiting him. Meanwhile, Li Pin tested ways to improve his attacks, concluded that his power was most effective when cultivated within his body, and continued refining his strength on a satellite near Gaia.

• Wu Jie told Si Xing that Chi Fenglei planned to leave the Longze Nebula, but Si Xing chose to stay and supervise the Divine Dragon Empire and Gaia Civilization.
• After reviewing reports that Li Pin had captured Yan Zhong and reached third-stage Legend, Si Xing marveled at his advancement and decided to judge him after seeing his battle with Yan Zun.
• On a satellite near Gaia, Li Pin reasoned that star arts depended on releasing Star Power quickly and steadily, then tested thunderous sword attacks on Yan Zhong.
• Li Pin found that his long-range Sword Qi lacked stability and accuracy, making Sword Qi Star River useful mainly for attacking weaker enemies or covering groups at high energy cost.
• Li Pin unleashed a powerful punch and concluded that his body was his greatest talent, so his power system had to develop inward, where he could use Insight to control and stabilize it.

Li Pin refined his combat techniques and realized his fighting system was approaching the third Legendary stage, while Gaia’s leaders prepared for his duel with Yan Zun. The chapter ended with news that the Divine Dragon Empire had begun its full-scale counterattack through the Death Valley alternate space.

• Li Pin named his new offensive technique Lord of Constant Light and outlined goals for three combat skills: offense, speed, and defense.
• Li Pin realized his combat power might already have reached the level of a newly advanced third-stage Legend, despite only half a month passing since his challenge to Yan Zun.
• Yuan Zhenchuan and Gaia’s leaders discussed diplomacy, possible aid from the Fire Dragon Empire, and preparations for the coming battle.
• Yuan Zhenchuan warned that the Divine Dragon Empire might enlist its allies to overwhelm Gaia and said they could truly rely only on Li Pin.
• Ling Qingfeng reported that the Divine Dragon Empire had descended through a passage from the Death Valley alternate space, revealing that its full-scale counterattack had already begun.

Yan Zun led thirteen Legendaries from the Divine Dragon Empire and its allies out of Death Valley’s pocket dimension to attack Gaia and kill Li Pin. After Li Pin learned of their arrival, he killed Yan Zhong with Atomic Great Splitting and raced toward the invaders.

• Yan Zun and the other Legendaries emerged from the pocket dimension, discovered the Ancestor Tree, and agreed to attack Li Pin before he could prepare.
• The thirteen Legendaries crossed onto Gaia, while its three Heavenly Rank watchers withdrew and sent Li Pin accurate intelligence.
• Li Pin learned that Yan Zun had brought thirteen Legendaries and wondered whether he had advanced to the third stage of Legend.
• Li Pin killed Yan Zhong with a lightning-fast strike that disintegrated him at the atomic level.
• Li Pin reflected on controlling his power and set out at immense speed from Gaia’s satellite toward Yan Zun’s forces.

Gaia’s leaders prepared to divide the thirteen Legendary attackers and buy Li Pin time, but Li Pin arrived at Death Valley with devastating force before they could coordinate. He destroyed Yan Zun’s opening strike and killed five Beginner Legendary experts in one attack, leaving the remaining seven stunned.

• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate, Tutan, and Yuan Zhenchuan assigned themselves to hold back Yan Zun, Xue Feng, and Yu Shengjin while Gaia’s leaders planned to support Li Pin.
• Li Pin counted down over the communication bracelet, then plunged from orbit and arrived above Death Valley amid a massive atmospheric shockwave.
• Li Pin told Xingying to assign Gaia’s combat strength as she wished and faced the thirteen Legendary experts.
• Yan Zun ordered the allied forces to attack and unleashed his Heaven-Sundering sword strike alongside Yan Huang, Mo Chuan, and five Beginner Legendary experts.
• Li Pin unleashed dozens of immense sword lights, shattered Yan Zun’s attack, and blasted the five Beginner Legendary experts into starlight.

Li Pin overwhelmed the Divine Dragon Empire’s Legendaries with his Star Magnetic Field, while Yan Zun recognized his power as that of a Demigod and escaped toward Death Valley’s separate space. Li Pin destroyed nine Legendaries and ordered the Heavenly Ranks to pursue the three who fled as he charged after Yan Zun.

• Li Pin shattered Yan Zun’s sword strike, revealing combat power that stunned the Divine Dragon Empire’s Legendaries and the watching Heavenly Ranks.
• Yan Zun ordered a retreat, but Li Pin used lightning and a contracting Star Magnetic Field to draw the fleeing Legendaries toward him.
• Yan Zun deduced that Li Pin had fused a Star Realm Fragment and planned to spread rumors about it to attract powerful outsiders against him.
• Yan Zun used his Chase the Sun technique to disrupt the Star Magnetic Field and escape underground toward Death Valley’s separate space, while Xue Feng, Qi Yan, and Yu Shengjin broke free.
• Li Pin collapsed the Star Magnetic Field and destroyed nine Beginner Legendaries with Atomic Great Splitting.
• Li Pin ordered Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate, Yuan Zhenchuan, and the others to track the three escaping first-stage Legendaries, then pursued Yan Zun underground.

Li Pin pursued Yan Zun through the Star Gate to Magic Dragon Star and fought the Divine Dragon Empire’s coalition army. He killed Yan Zun before he could reveal the secret behind Li Pin’s power, while Si Xing moved to stop Yu Shengjin and Qi Yan from spreading what they had witnessed.

• Si Xing concluded that Li Pin possessed the combat strength of a third-rank Legend and intercepted Yu Shengjin and Qi Yan as they fled into space.
• Yan Zun escaped through the Star Gate to Magic Dragon Star, where more than a thousand Heavenly Rank experts formed a Star Array to support him.
• Li Pin followed Yan Zun through the Star Gate and deflected Yan Zun’s attack with his Star Magnetic Field.
• Li Pin’s sword strikes broke the Star Array’s defenses, disrupted the coalition army, and weakened Yan Zun’s flame dragon.
• Li Pin shattered Yan Zun’s sun-chasing attack, bound him with the Star Magnetic Field, and killed him as he tried to reveal Li Pin’s Star Realm Fragment secret.

Li Pin destroyed Yan Zun and over a thousand Heavenly Rank warriors, then returned to Death Valley and met Si Xing, who had captured Yu Shengjin, Qi Yan, and Xue Feng. As Li Pin considered enslaving or eliminating the three Legends, Yu Shengjin offered to accept a slave mark in exchange for one request.

• Li Pin's Star Magnetic Field trapped and exhausted the fleeing Heavenly Rank warriors, erasing them after Yan Zun's defeat.
• Li Pin surveyed the devastation and concluded Gaia would need allies to divide the Divine Dragon Empire and claim its resources.
• Li Pin returned through the Star Gate and found Si Xing waiting at Death Valley with Yu Shengjin, Qi Yan, and Xue Feng captured.
• Qi Yan and Xue Feng offered to accept servant marks, while Si Xing explained that Mind Power could enslave Legendary targets.
• Yu Shengjin recognized that Li Pin had comprehended Mind Power and offered to accept a slave mark if Li Pin granted one request.

Li Pin learned about enslavement marks and accepted Yu Shengjin’s request to take revenge on the Divine Dragon Empire, marking him and two other Legendaries. After discussing Li Pin’s talent and a possible invitation to the Si Family, he prepared to lead a team to inspect the Divine Dragon Province.

• Si Xing explained that enslavement marks altered their targets’ thoughts and that they could not reliably help someone comprehend Mind Power.
• Yu Shengjin described how the Divine Dragon Empire destroyed his family and hometown, and offered his knowledge of the capital in exchange for permission to kill Yan Hui.
• Si Xing told Li Pin that his Mind Power made him a genius and invited him to join the Si Family, but Li Pin suggested Si Xing learn about him first.
• Li Pin agreed to Yu Shengjin’s request and planted an enslavement mark that made Yu Shengjin obey while secretly striving to surpass him and escape.
• Li Pin planted servant marks on Xue Feng and Qi Yan, then gathered a team to inspect Gaia’s Divine Dragon Province.

Li Pin and his allies conquered the Divine Dragon Empire after he destroyed the capital’s Star Array, leaving Gaia’s leaders to consider how to manage the empire’s territory and resources. As Li Pin inspected the treasury, he planned how its wealth could support Gaia and the Star Martial God Hall.

• Yan Hui failed to contact Yan Zun, but Li Pin and his allies bypassed Magic Dragon Star and attacked the imperial capital on Miracle Star.
• Li Pin destroyed the sixth-rank Star Array before it could fully activate, and Yu Shengjin killed Yan Hui as the palace battle ended.
• Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate, Yuan Zhenchuan, Fan Xiu, Wood, and Xiao Donghai discussed Li Pin’s rapid rise and agreed that Gaia should not hold him back.
• Yuan Zhenchuan reported that neighboring nations wanted to visit Li Pin, and Sun Glory Heavenly Venerate told the group to prepare plans for him to choose from.
• Li Pin examined the Divine Dragon Empire’s vast treasury and considered how its resources could benefit Gaia and support different cultivation paths within the Star Martial God Hall.

Li Pin returned to Gaia and learned from Si Xing how the Star Realm’s destruction changed the nature of Star Gods and their battles. Si Xing explained that sixth-rank Legends could enter the Star Realm without suffering the Power of Guixu, leaving Li Pin to consider their significance.

• Li Pin returned to Gaia with spoils while Yuan Zhenchuan and the others continued overseeing the takeover of planets and resources.
• Si Xing explained the ascension ranks and why fifth-rank Legends often delayed refining Star Realm Fragments to become Holy.
• Si Xing told Li Pin that Star Gods were immortal because their true bodies existed in the Star Realm, but the shattered Star Realm’s Power of Guixu punished them for releasing power.
• Si Xing explained that Star Gods avoided direct conflict because misjudging an opponent’s strength could leave them burdened by the Power of Guixu.
• Li Pin questioned whether Star Gods could truly coexist peacefully, and Si Xing admitted some sought to control the Star Realm and its fragments.
• Si Xing identified sixth-rank Legends as beings who could enter the Star Realm without being burdened by the Power of Guixu.

Si Xing explained the power hierarchy and the coming stages of Guixu, then advised Li Pin on how Gaia could survive. After reading Li Pin’s Star Martial God Codex, Si Xing recognized his unusual potential and recommended factions, especially Divine Treasury Hall.

• Si Xing explained that sixth-rank Legendaries could wield a Star God's authority and described the immense power gap between Legendaries and Star Gods.
• Si Xing warned Li Pin that major powers would secretly influence the Silver Luo Star System and that Gaia's Star Refiners were unlikely to win without alliances, a new path, or exceptional geniuses joining major powers.
• Li Pin gave Si Xing a crystal containing the Star Martial God Codex, and Si Xing read it before urging Li Pin to join a faction suited to his abilities.
• Si Xing recommended Heavenly Sword Arena, Slaughter Battlefield, Star Realm Explorer Association, and Divine Treasury Hall, naming Li Pin as a fitting Pioneer for the last faction.
• Si Xing explained that Divine Treasuries were Star Realm fragments containing the experiences and inheritances of powerful Star Gods, which entrants had to understand and earn recognition from.

Li Pin learned about the Divine Treasury Hall and the Star Realm’s extraordinary powers before returning to cultivate on Taibai Star. As the second phase of Star God’s Return to Ruins approached, Fu Qingtian emerged from years of seclusion having advanced beyond Legendary.

• Si Xing explained how Star God Divine Treasures and the Divine Treasury Hall worked, gave Li Pin information on four factions, and offered to serve as his guide.
• Si Xing described how Star Realm layers enabled immense spatial travel and let Star Gods project incarnations across vast distances.
• Li Pin returned to Taibai Star to cultivate while Gaia Civilization absorbed the Divine Dragon Empire’s assets and neighboring civilizations grew more cautious about annexing native worlds.
• A powerful Star Magnetic Field erupted from Fu Qingtian’s seclusion site, drawing Mo Wangqing, Fu Xueyi, and his other disciples.
• Fu Qingtian emerged after several years and declared that he had broken through beyond Legendary and was invincible under heaven.

Fu Qingtian emerged from seclusion believing he had become invincible, only to learn that Li Pin had surpassed him by several realms and Gaia had become a cosmic civilization. Yuan Zhenchuan explained the changes and congratulated Fu Qingtian on becoming a qualified Heavenly Rank Star Warrior.

• Fu Qingtian declared himself invincible under heaven, while Mo Wangqing and Fu Xueyi struggled to explain how far Li Pin and Gaia had advanced.
• Mo Wangqing showed Fu Qingtian footage of Li Pin effortlessly defeating powerful opponents, leaving Fu Qingtian stunned.
• Yuan Zhenchuan arrived and recounted Li Pin's breakthroughs, the Divine Dragon Empire's defeat, and Gaia's rise into a cosmic civilization.
• Fu Qingtian lamented that his perilous breakthrough seemed outdated, then explained that he had comprehended the Star Magnetic Field by reverse-deducing the Star Martial God Codex.
• Yuan Zhenchuan recognized Fu Qingtian's new realm as the one described in Suppressing the Firmament and congratulated him on becoming a qualified Heavenly Rank Star Warrior.

Fu Qingtian learned that switching to the Star Warrior path might not free him from dependence on the Yinluo Star God, while Li Pin prepared to leave Gaia for the Divine Treasury Hall. Li Pin chose the risky Moro Divine Treasury Hall, and Si Xing advised him to gather information and secure as much starting capital as possible.

• Yuan Zhenchuan gave Fu Qingtian the Suppressing the Firmament cultivation method, and Fu Qingtian realized his new path still relied on the Yinluo Star God he visualized.
• Si Xing told Li Pin that Gaia would soon receive a Signal Base Station and Star Gate Transport Point from the Human Alliance, and advised him on planning for their arrival.
• Si Xing informed Li Pin that the Divine Treasury Hall assessment would take place in three Star Months and explained the route to the hall.
• Li Pin chose Moro Divine Treasury Hall over Tongtian Divine Treasure Hall, citing its proximity and better initial funding despite its dangers.
• Si Xing warned Li Pin about the risks of Moro Divine Treasury Hall and urged him to research it carefully before entering; Li Pin said he would leave Gaia’s affairs to Si Xing.