Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• The Starfall Empire’s envoys use a clause in the peace treaty to move the compensation handover from the Blue Star Continent to their own distant starfield. They assume this will deter the Shang Tang court and let them avoid paying.
• Shang Tang’s public reply accepts the invitation—by sending a top-tier Golden Immortal to the Starfall Empire.
• News spreads rapidly online. People on the Blue Star Continent and Central Continent celebrate Shang Tang’s bold response and mock the envoys’ failed scheme.
• At their lodgings, the envoys initially congratulate their lead Foreign Minister for supposedly outmaneuvering Shang Tang. A guard then brings news of the planned visit, leaving the delegation stunned.
• The envoys recognize that their treaty wording has given a formidable opponent a legitimate reason to enter their territory. Their attempt to avoid compensation has created a dangerous diplomatic problem.

Character developments and interactions

• Lead Foreign Minister: Begins smug and proud of his strategy, but his confidence collapses when he learns Shang Tang has accepted the invitation.
• Starfall nobles: Praise the minister’s supposed cleverness, then share his shock and anxiety when the plan backfires.
• Guard: Delivers the news that overturns the delegation’s expectations.
• Shang Tang: Though represented only through the public notice, the king is portrayed as decisive and unafraid to take the treaty’s wording literally.
• The public: Celebrates Shang Tang’s response and expresses anger at the Starfall envoys’ perceived bad faith.

Significant themes

• Schemes can backfire: The envoys’ attempt to exploit ambiguous treaty wording gives their opponent an opening instead.
• Words and obligations: Shang Tang treats the invitation as binding, showing how formal language can carry consequences its authors did not intend.
• Power as leverage: The Golden Immortal’s strength transforms what the envoys expected to be a safe diplomatic maneuver into a serious threat.
• Public reputation: The swift online reaction frames the dispute as a matter of honor and exposes the envoys to ridicule.

Key plot points and events

• The Starfall Empire’s envoys remain silent for nearly two days after the Central Continent King publicly rejects their attempt to make compensation conditional on Gu Chen’s personal visit to their starfield.
• They eventually agree to return to the Starfall Starfield with the Golden Immortal, surprising observers. Many suspect the empire intends to obstruct the promised compensation and provoke a confrontation.
• During their audience with the Central Continent King, the envoys ask where the Golden Immortal is. A tremendous Golden Light descends, revealing Gu Chen’s overwhelming power.
• Gu Chen arrives in the palace in person, having crossed the Void instantly. He confronts the envoys about the treaty clause tying compensation for the invasion to his visit.

Character developments

• The Starfall envoys, especially their Foreign Minister, shift from cautious confidence to helpless fear. The Minister now understands why the Starfall Governor fled Gu Chen by self-destructing.
• Gu Chen is revealed as an exceptionally powerful Golden Immortal whose presence alone can alter the heavens. He remains calm and controlled while confronting the envoys.
• The Central Continent King presides over the audience and watches as Gu Chen’s arrival brings the dispute to a head.

Significant themes

• Arrogance and consequences: The Starfall Empire’s bullying and manipulative diplomacy have turned against it.
• Power and deterrence: Gu Chen’s appearance demonstrates that Blue Star Continent possesses a force capable of challenging the great powers of the Starry Sky.
• Public spectacle and political pressure: Cultivators, ordinary people, and rival factions watch the dispute, each hoping the confrontation will weaken the Starfall Empire—or its opponents.

Character interactions

• The Starfall envoys formally request permission to depart and ask the Central Continent King where the Golden Immortal is.
• Gu Chen appears before them and directly challenges them over the compensation clause in the Peace Negotiation Treaty, leaving them overwhelmed by his presence and words.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Chen confronts Starfall Empire’s envoys over the treaty clause requiring him to travel to their starfield before they deliver compensation for invading Blue Star Continent. His calm words and immense pressure leave them terrified.
• He agrees to accompany them, and the envoys leave the imperial palace under the scrutiny of the crowd, who mistake their fear for signs of a battle.
• Aboard the Starfall Empire’s warship, Gu Chen examines the advanced Level Seven civilization’s technology.
• The commander-in-chief, Kela, initially cannot perceive Gu Chen, despite looking directly toward him. The envoys realize Gu Chen has veiled his presence and distorted Kela’s perception through thought alone.
• Gu Chen reveals himself, startling Kela. After Gu Chen dismisses the formal welcome, Kela and the envoys comply without protest.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen demonstrates his dominance through both intimidation and subtle control over others’ perception. He is curious about the empire’s warships but impatient with ceremony.
• The Starfall envoys, led by the foreign minister, shift from strained negotiation to fearful deference. They obey Gu Chen and grow more awed after witnessing his perception-manipulating ability.
• Kela, the commander-in-chief, moves from confusion to alarm when Gu Chen suddenly becomes visible, then accepts his identity and authority.
• Gu Chen’s blunt, dismissive manner contrasts with the envoys’ cautious politeness and Kela’s attempted hospitality.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: Gu Chen’s strength makes resistance unthinkable and renders formal diplomatic protocol largely irrelevant.
• Perception and reality: Gu Chen can determine whether others notice him, suggesting that great power can reshape not only events but people’s experience of them.
• Hierarchy and deference: Weaker figures respond to overwhelming authority with obedience and efforts to show respect.
• Technology and cultivation: The advanced warships display the Starfall Empire’s civilization level, while Gu Chen’s supernatural abilities exceed the commander’s expectations.

Key plot points and events

• The Starfall Empire’s fleet departs Blue Star Continent. Main Body Gu Chen is secretly aboard, though observers cannot confirm whether the Golden Immortal has left with it.
• Several major Starry Sky factions—among them the Tatu Civilization, Aorong Star Hall, and the Mother Church of All Things—plot to test the fleet’s defenses. They hope to provoke conflict and profit from the fallout.
• After their earlier attempt to stir up trouble in Chaoge Royal City was exposed and crushed, these factions decide to disguise their next move as a pirate raid. They recruit the Red Demon Star Pirate Group, which already bears a grudge against Blue Star Continent.
• During the voyage, Gu Chen examines the fleet’s advanced technology. The Starfall Empire’s commanders and envoys fear he may learn its secrets, but he eventually loses interest, judging cultivation easier to pursue than large-scale technological development.
• As Gu Chen prepares to meditate, he senses hostility approaching. Nearly a hundred light-years away, concealed Red Demon pirate ships accelerate toward the fleet.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen remains confident and unbothered by the fleet’s officials’ unease. He freely inspects the ships, then turns to meditation once satisfied, but immediately notices the approaching threat.
• Starfall Empire commanders and envoys are intimidated by Gu Chen’s presence. They try to distract him with entertainment, food, and beauties, but he stops exploring without their intervention.
• The major Starry Sky factions act cautiously, unable to determine whether Gu Chen is aboard. They coordinate with the Red Demon Star Pirate Group to provoke and test the fleet.
• The Red Demon pirates become the factions’ deniable instrument, linking their existing resentment toward Blue Star Continent to the planned attack.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and uncertainty: Gu Chen’s concealed presence leaves the surrounding factions unsure how far they can safely go.
• Technology versus cultivation: The fleet’s sophisticated science impresses Gu Chen, yet he sees cultivation as the more practical path.
• Political opportunism and deniability: Powerful factions use pirates as proxies, hoping to gain from conflict while concealing their own involvement.

Key plot points and events

• A fleet of more than a dozen Red Demon Star Pirate ships speeds through space, causing other travelers to flee from their path.
• The pirates’ leader, Captain Mordo, meets with representatives of the Tatu Civilization, Aorong Star Hall, and the Mother Church of All Things. The three powers hire the pirates to attack the Starfall Empire’s fleet and determine whether the Central Continent King—also called a Central Continent Golden Immortal—is aboard.
• The powers want revenge for the losses they suffered in Chaoge Royal City and hope an ambush could seriously harm or kill their enemy.
• Mordo accepts after inspecting their payment. The pirates deploy their heavily modified, exceptionally fast hunter ships, aided by specialized Void Transit Gates.
• The ships close in on the Starfall Empire’s fleet. An officer reports the incoming attackers, while Gu Chen senses their hostility and calmly awaits their arrival.

Character developments and interactions

• Mordo is openly contemptuous of the supposed “Starry Sky Knights” of Aorong Star Hall, but readily takes the job once properly compensated. His confidence reflects the pirates’ fearsome reputation.
• The three liaisons remain composed despite Mordo’s mockery. They present a united front, framing their alliance as a practical response to a common enemy.
• Gu Chen remains untroubled by the approaching danger. Rather than react with alarm, he is curious about who has come to challenge him.

Significant themes

• Pragmatism over morality: The chapter treats justice and honor as convenient masks in a dangerous interstellar world.
• Power, revenge, and political maneuvering: Rival powers use pirates as deniable agents to pursue retaliation.
• Reputation and capability: The Red Demons’ reputation is backed by specialized ships and a record of escaping capture.
• Calm against looming violence: The pirates prepare a surprise attack, but Gu Chen’s composure hints that the encounter may not unfold as they expect.

Plot points

• The Starfall Empire’s diplomatic fleet detects fast-approaching ships and assumes they may be pirates.
• The Red Demon Star Pirates arrive and openly demand the fleet surrender. Commander Kela reacts with anger and contempt.
• Gu Chen, a powerful Golden Immortal from the Blue Star Continent, senses that the attackers’ hostility is directed at him rather than the fleet.
• The Starfall fleet opens fire, but the pirate ships use speed and deflection fields to evade the barrage and close the distance.
• With the fleets now at close quarters, the Starfall ships cannot safely use their heaviest weapons. A close-range battle begins while Gu Chen observes and investigates the pirates’ motives.

Character developments and interactions

• Kela begins confident that the pirates have made a foolish mistake, but becomes deferential when Gu Chen suggests he is their real target.
• Gu Chen remains calm and curious, using his spiritual sense to search for the source of the pirates’ hostility.
• Mordo, captain of the pirate raiding brigade, is excited rather than intimidated by the Starfall fleet’s firepower and urges his crew into close combat.
• The pirate captains display confidence in their piloting skills, contrasting with the Starfall fleet’s reliance on superior weapons.

Significant themes

• Skill versus firepower: The pirates counter the empire’s heavier weapons with speed, coordination, and expert maneuvering.
• Overconfidence and shifting power: The Starfall fleet initially dismisses the pirates, but Gu Chen’s presence hints that the encounter may involve a larger, personal threat.
• Uncertainty beneath conflict: The reason for the pirates’ hostility—and who is behind their attack—remains unresolved.

Key plot points

• Red Demon Star Pirates attack a Starfall Empire diplomatic fleet, triggering a chaotic exchange of ship-to-ship fire. Nearby crews watch from a safe distance; an experienced captain suspects the pirates have a hidden purpose.
• Starfall commanders send their nobles into battle suits to confront the pirates’ fighters directly. The clashes intensify, but the fight is only a diversion.
• Main Body Gu Chen secretly scans the area with Golden Immortal-level Spiritual Sense. He discovers that the pirates’ command ship also carries operatives from the Tatu Civilization, Aorong Star Hall, and the Mother Church of All Things.
• The outsiders plan to use the pirates to test a ship at the rear of the fleet and determine whether an Emperor-class Central Continent Golden Immortal is aboard. They intend to attack with a Crimson Disintegration Cannon, then escape through a Dual-Phase Void Transit Gate.
• Recognizing the conspirators as powers involved in the earlier Royal City upheaval, Gu Chen dismisses their scheme and steps into the battlefield himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen moves from covert observer to direct participant. His calm, mocking reaction shows confidence and contempt for the plotters.
• Mordo, captain of the pirate raiding brigade, is reckless enough to lead the attack but cautious about confronting Gu Chen, delaying the decisive strike until the fleet is weakened.
• The intelligence liaisons from the three allied powers press Mordo for action, but accept his plan to wait and escape after testing their target.
• Kela, the Starfall fleet commander, and the envoys are astonished when Gu Chen leaves the warship and advances toward the fight.
• The distant captain’s suspicion proves justified: the raid is a coordinated probe, not merely a pirate attack.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: A seemingly straightforward pirate assault conceals a larger political conspiracy.
• Caution and miscalculation: The plotters recognize Gu Chen’s strength but believe they can safely test and evade him.
• Power and confidence: Gu Chen’s effortless surveillance and willingness to enter the battle contrast with the conspirators’ reliance on deception and escape plans.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Chen leaves the Starfall diplomatic fleet and walks unprotected through the battlefield, drawing attention from both sides.
• The Starfall envoys recognize him as a powerful Golden Immortal and expect the Red Demon Star Pirates to be overwhelmed. The pirates’ scanners, however, detect no energy or force field, so they mistake him for an ordinary traveler.
• A pirate fires an Energy Decomposition Cannon at Gu Chen. He emerges unharmed, then kills the shooter by reducing him to basic particles.
• The pirates launch a barrage of advanced weapons. Gu Chen reveals his Golden Immortal aura, and the attacks vanish. His overwhelming power causes the attackers to disintegrate and brings the entire battlefield to a halt.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen shifts from concealing his strength to openly displaying his cultivation. His calm, unhurried demeanor contrasts with the escalating panic around him.
• Kela and the envoys move from surprise at his intervention to confidence that he will defeat the pirates.
• The Red Demon Star Pirates go from mocking Gu Chen to fear and disbelief as their weapons fail and their comrades are destroyed.
• Starfall forces give Gu Chen space, while the pirates misread their caution as irrelevant and provoke him.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Gu Chen’s readings suggest he is powerless, but his true strength is beyond the pirates’ understanding.
• The danger of arrogance: The pirates’ contempt leads them to attack a vastly superior opponent.
• Overwhelming power and awe: Gu Chen’s revealed aura transforms a chaotic battle into stunned silence.

Key plot points and events

• Main Body Gu Chen, a Golden Immortal traveling with the Starfall Empire’s diplomatic fleet, releases an immense aura that reaches across nearly ten light-years.
• Nearby crews and observers mistake his overwhelming presence for that of an Emperor-class expert—someone powerful enough to hold an entire star region in check.
• The Red Demon pirates are terrified, while intelligence agents from several major factions use the moment to confirm Gu Chen’s existence and report back.
• Gu Chen singles out a hidden ship and reaches for it with a colossal hand of Golden Light, forcing Captain Mordo to call on a safeguard left by the Red Demon Star Pirate Group Leader.
• A powerful scarlet avatar appears, repels Gu Chen’s pressure, and convinces the pirates that they have been saved.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen remains calm and in control, deliberately confronting the pirates’ hidden vessel. He is intrigued rather than alarmed when the Group Leader’s avatar appears.
• Mordo reveals his fear but manages to activate the Group Leader’s lifesaving measure, briefly protecting his crew.
• The Red Demon pirates shift from panic and resignation to jubilant confidence when they recognize their leader’s power.
• Observers and faction agents react with awe, fear, and strategic urgency, treating Gu Chen’s appearance as a major political and military discovery.

Significant themes

• The chapter emphasizes the overwhelming gulf between ordinary forces and top-tier cultivators.
• Reputation and hidden power shape how people interpret events: observers see Gu Chen as a star-region guardian, while the pirates’ hopes rest on their leader’s stored power.
• The cliffhanger sets up a confrontation between Gu Chen and the Red Demon Group Leader’s avatar, whose strength and purpose remain unresolved.

Plot points and events

• A scarlet illusory figure appears from the tattoo on Mordo, revealing itself as a manifestation of part of the Red Demon Star Pirate Group Leader’s power.
• Gu Chen recognizes the figure as an opportunity to test himself against a veteran Emperor-class opponent. He introduces himself as Haotian, lord of the Ancient Heavenly Court of the Central Continent.
• The Red Demon leader apologizes for his subordinate’s earlier offense and asks Gu Chen to release the pirates, hoping to settle the matter peacefully.
• Gu Chen refuses, arguing that an illusory projection has no authority to demand concessions and that even the weak must pay for offending the strong. Red Demon accepts the challenge, and the two begin fighting.
• Their opening attacks—a vast Golden Immortal palm from Gu Chen and a Blood-Moon crescent cut from Red Demon’s hook—shake the surrounding space. Nearby ships flee to avoid being caught in the battle.

Character development

• Gu Chen/Haotian is confident and eager rather than intimidated by a famous, experienced powerhouse. He insists on his own authority and refuses to compromise.
• Red Demon initially shows restraint and courtesy by apologizing and seeking a peaceful resolution, but quickly shifts to a domineering, combative stance when Gu Chen rejects his request.

Character interactions

• Gu Chen and Red Demon meet directly for the first time, exchange names, and test each other’s status and resolve.
• Red Demon’s attempt to negotiate fails; their disagreement escalates immediately into combat.
• The surrounding Starfall Empire personnel and pirate crews watch anxiously, then retreat as the clash begins.

Significant themes

• Power and accountability: Gu Chen maintains that strength does not excuse an offense from consequences.
• Pride and status: Both Emperor-class figures refuse to yield, turning negotiation into a duel.
• The scale of power: Their clash shows how dangerous conflicts between top-tier beings are to everyone nearby.

Plot points and events

• Gu Chen, a Golden Immortal-level fighter, and the Red Demon Star Pirate leader’s illusory avatar clash in space. Their first major attacks cancel each other out, creating a dangerous energy storm that forces nearby fleets to retreat.
• The Starfall Empire’s diplomatic fleet and the Red Demon pirates’ ships cautiously return once the storm subsides. Gu Chen and the avatar remain evenly matched at first.
• Red Demon pirates cheer their leader, but Gu Chen silences them with a burst of aura that overwhelms many and injures some.
• The two fighters resume combat, exchanging thousands of blows. The surrounding fleets struggle to avoid the resulting energy waves.
• Gu Chen gains valuable insight into fighting Emperor-class opponents. He realizes the enemy is only an avatar whose power is nearly spent, and decides to end the battle.

Character developments

• Gu Chen remains composed and commanding. He demonstrates both overwhelming power and contempt for interference, while learning from the fight and recognizing when to finish it.
• The Red Demon leader’s avatar proves formidable enough to match Gu Chen temporarily, but its limited reserves become a decisive weakness.
• The Red Demon pirates shift from loud confidence to fearful silence after experiencing Gu Chen’s power firsthand.

Significant themes

• The immense scale and danger of conflicts between powerful cosmic fighters.
• The contrast between boastful confidence and the reality of overwhelming power.
• Combat as a source of learning—and the importance of recognizing an opponent’s limits.

Character interactions

• Gu Chen and the avatar face off in a prolonged, evenly matched battle, each testing the other’s strength.
• Gu Chen rebukes the pirates for cheering from the sidelines, using his aura and words to assert dominance.
• Both fleets are caught between the fighters’ power, responding defensively as they try to survive the battle.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• The battle between the Central Continent Golden Immortal, Main Body Gu Chen, and the Red Demon Captain’s manifestation is revealed to have been only a test of strength.
• Gu Chen dismisses the manifestation as a limited incarnation rather than the Captain’s true body. He warns that its ability to endure determines whether the Red Demon Hunter Ships survive.
• Gu Chen unleashes a powerful Golden Star River. The Captain’s manifestation briefly blocks it with crimson chains, but Gu Chen tears them apart and forms a Golden Five-Clawed Dragon.
• The dragon strikes the manifestation, shattering nearly half of it. The fight shifts decisively in Gu Chen’s favor, and onlookers conclude that the Red Demon pirates are nearly defeated.
• With the incarnation close to collapsing, Mordo activates a Dual-Phase Void Transit Gate and orders the pirate ships to retreat.
• Gu Chen notices their escape attempt and challenges them, asking, “Did I say you could leave?” The chapter ends before the outcome of the attempted retreat is shown.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen moves from measured testing to overwhelming force. He is confident, contemptuous of the weakened incarnation, and unwilling to let the pirates escape.
• The Red Demon Captain’s incarnation recognizes Gu Chen’s superiority and tries to negotiate an end to the fight, but is steadily overwhelmed.
• Mordo shifts from watching the battle to taking decisive action once it becomes clear the incarnation cannot protect the fleet. He orders a withdrawal through the Void gate.
• The pirate captains and crew go from confidently insisting their leader cannot lose to fear and urgency as his manifestation weakens.
• Kela and the Starfall Empire’s envoys welcome the pirates’ impending defeat, seeing it as deserved punishment for attacking their fleet.

Significant themes

• The gap between an incarnation and true power: The Captain’s manifestation can fight briefly but cannot match Gu Chen in a prolonged clash.
• Confidence versus reality: The pirates’ faith in their captain collapses when they witness the limits of his borrowed power.
• Power and consequences: Gu Chen’s overwhelming strength makes the pirates’ escape uncertain, while the Empire’s fleet expects them to pay for their aggression.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Chen’s overwhelming Golden Immortal authority freezes most of the Red Demon pirates and disrupts their escape.
• The Red Demon Captain, reduced to a fading avatar, launches one final attack at Haotian (Gu Chen’s apparent identity). His blood-red fangs tear open space, but Gu Chen counters with a compressed golden dragon that becomes a blazing sun.
• Gu Chen’s attack overwhelms the fangs and destroys the Captain’s avatar. The pirates are left terrified and exposed.
• Mordo, commander of the raiding brigade, gathers his composure and leads a few of the stronger pirates toward the Dual-Phase Void Transit Gate.
• Gu Chen acknowledges their nerve and says he will strike only once, leaving their escape to their own abilities. He then forms a colossal golden finger and attacks the Hunter Ships.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen/Haotian displays calm confidence and immense power, treating the Captain’s last assault as little more than an inconvenience. He grants the surviving pirates a narrow chance to flee, seemingly out of respect for their courage and their captain.
• The Red Demon Captain accepts his likely defeat, addresses Haotian by name, and expends the last of his avatar’s strength in a final attack.
• Mordo proves more composed than most of the pirates: despite the crushing pressure, he uses his Mental Power to guide his ship toward the gate and leads a small group after him.
• The pirates and Starfall Empire fleet react in opposite ways: the pirates despair at their captain’s defeat, while the fleet celebrates the blow against a hated enemy.

Significant themes

• The gulf in power: Gu Chen’s effortless victory shows how helpless the pirates are against an Emperor-class Golden Immortal.
• Collapse after losing a leader: Once the Captain’s avatar disappears, the raiding brigade’s fear and disorder intensify.
• Courage and mercy: Mordo and the escaping pirates show resolve under pressure, while Gu Chen offers them one chance to survive—though the consequences of his attack remain uncertain.

Key plot points and events

• A colossal finger of golden Immortal Light sweeps toward the Red Demon Star Pirates, its Energy Tide slowing their ships as they race for a Dual-Phase Void Transit Gate.
• The finger destroys ten ships almost instantly. The surviving vessels panic, jostling and colliding as they try to reach the gate.
• Captain Mordo realizes the foreign intelligence liaisons aboard his ship are withholding their strongest abilities. He forces them to act by warning that they will all die otherwise.
• The liaisons unleash their reserved powers alongside Mordo’s crimson energy beam. Their combined attack briefly slows the golden finger, allowing Mordo’s ship to escape through the gate.
• The other surviving ships cannot resist the attack and are destroyed.

Character developments and interactions

• Mordo shifts from commanding his crew’s flight to confronting the liaisons directly. Under pressure, he proves quick-thinking and willing to use threats—and his own reserves—to survive.
• The intelligence liaisons from several major powers initially keep their abilities in reserve, but Mordo’s ultimatum prompts them to cooperate.
• The pirates’ usual cruelty and confidence give way to desperation. Nearby observers feel no sympathy for them, viewing their destruction as a service to interstellar space.

Significant themes

• Powerlessness before overwhelming force: The pirates’ ships and defenses are nearly useless against the golden finger.
• Self-preservation and reluctant cooperation: The liaisons act only when their own survival is at stake.
• Consequences and justice: The pirates’ brutal reputation earns them no sympathy as their fleet is wiped out.

Key plot points and events

• Main Body Gu Chen effortlessly destroys nearly all the Red Demon Hunter Ships, shattering the Red Demon leader’s illusory figure with only a fraction of his power.
• One ship escapes carrying Mordo, captain of the Red Demon raiding brigade, and intelligence liaisons from several major powers. Gu Chen deliberately allows it to flee, hoping their allies will send a more formidable opponent.
• Back aboard the Starfall Empire’s diplomatic fleet, Gu Chen ignores the crew’s newfound awe and returns to meditation, while his Spiritual Treasure, Thousand Tribulations, stirs in anticipation of battle.
• Hundreds of light-years away, the survivors emerge from a void gate. Mordo ends the Red Demon Pirates’ involvement, unwilling to face Gu Chen again.
• The liaisons proceed with their own plan: use what they learned to prepare an ambush that will at least severely wound Gu Chen and weaken the Blue Star Continent.
• Witnesses spread news of the fight across the interstellar route, drawing attention to Gu Chen’s overwhelming power.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen remains calm and confident after the battle. Rather than pursue the survivors, he lets them escape as bait, eager to test himself against stronger enemies.
• Kela and the diplomatic crew become markedly more respectful after seeing Gu Chen’s strength; Gu Chen is unmoved by their changed attitude.
• Mordo shifts from participation in the attack to withdrawal, recognizing that the Red Demon Pirates cannot safely challenge Gu Chen.
• The intelligence liaisons stay committed to their mission despite the defeat, treating the encounter as useful confirmation that Gu Chen is with the fleet.
• The Red Demon survivors celebrate their escape, while Mordo and the liaisons part ways over the risk of continuing together.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and its limits: Gu Chen’s easy victory establishes the vast gap between him and the attackers, but the survivors’ larger coalition still poses a threat.
• Conflict as a test: Gu Chen views the coming ambush not merely as danger but as a chance to test his strength.
• Escalation and consequence: By sparing a survivor, Gu Chen knowingly gives his enemies the information needed to plan a more serious attack.
• Reputation and fear: The battle’s witnesses turn Gu Chen’s strength into interstellar news, amplifying his influence—and the attention directed toward him.

Summary

Key events

• The Red Demon Star Pirates’ attack on the Starfall Empire’s diplomatic fleet ends in near-total defeat after a mysterious powerhouse intervenes.
• News spreads rapidly across the stars when the Red Demon Captain confirms that Haotian, the Central Continent Golden Immortal from the Blue Star Continent, is an Emperor-class powerhouse who defeated one of the Captain’s incarnations.
• The revelation draws the attention of major powers, many of which consider recruiting Haotian. His status is compared to a civilization’s ultimate deterrent: one such powerhouse can protect a whole Star Domain—or devastate one.

Character developments and interactions

• Haotian gains recognition as a true Emperor-class figure. His reputation rises sharply, particularly because his strength has now been affirmed by a veteran Emperor-class opponent.
• Gu Cheng, meditating aboard the diplomatic spaceship, is surprised by the publicity and by the nearly ten million Origin Points he has accumulated. He decides to use the attention to gain even more.
• The Red Demon Captain’s confirmation indirectly changes how the wider galaxy views Haotian, while powerful factions begin weighing the possibility of recruiting him.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: Emperor-class beings are rare enough to alter the balance of power across entire Star Domains.
• Reputation and validation: Haotian’s standing shifts dramatically once a respected powerhouse publicly confirms his strength.
• Opportunity amid recognition: Gu Cheng sees the sudden surge of public attention not merely as fame, but as a chance to earn more Origin Points.

Plot points

• While Gu Chen considers how to expand his influence and earn more Origin Points, unmarked warships gather elsewhere in the Starry Sky.
• Elite forces from the Tatu Civilization, Aorong Star Hall, and Mother Church of All Things assemble, drawing attention from their admirers and followers.
• Their celebrated leaders arrive: Prince Sike of the Tatu Civilization, Star Knight Yingyue of Aorong Star Hall, and Saintess Lisi of the Mother Church.
• Onlookers assume the trio has gathered to challenge an Emperor-class powerhouse.
• Aboard a warship, the three leaders review intelligence and agree to ambush the Blue Star Continent’s Central Continent Golden Immortals. Their alliance, armed with Sacred Artifacts of the Ancient Civilization, is intended to punish the Central Continent King for his past actions.

Character developments and interactions

• Sike is presented as a renowned Tatu champion, famous for having led his generation centuries earlier.
• Yingyue is portrayed as a powerful, admired knight commander whose beauty and strength attract enthusiastic fans.
• Lisi commands intense devotion from church followers, but her frightening presence makes others wary.
• The three leaders work together after reviewing intelligence, shifting from celebrated individual figures to partners in a covert military plan.

Significant themes

• Public reputation versus hidden action: Unmarked ships let powerful factions conceal operations and blame others if they fail.
• Power and spectacle: The gathered elites idolize the leaders and mistake their real target for an Emperor-class opponent.
• Faith and intimidation: Lisi’s followers’ fervor contrasts with the fear her presence inspires.
• Political retaliation: The planned ambush is framed as revenge against the Central Continent King.

Plot points and events

• The Level-Seven Tatu Civilization, Aorong Star Hall, and Mother Church of All Things gather elite forces to attack Gu Chen, including powerful young fighters.
• The Starfall Empire’s Foreign Minister warns Gu Chen that the fleet may be caught in the coming battle.
• Gu Chen remains unconcerned, promises to handle the attackers himself, and tells the fleet to continue on its planned route.
• The fleet later detects a hostile force approaching from dozens of light-years away. Commander-in-Chief Kela orders the ships to prepare for battle.
• Gu Chen senses the incoming fleet with his Golden Immortal-level Spiritual Sense and looks forward to testing his newly refined weapon, Spiritual Treasure Thousand Tribulations.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Chen is utterly confident in his strength and eager for a challenge. He reassures the Foreign Minister that the fleet will be protected.
• The Foreign Minister begins anxious about the danger but is relieved by Gu Chen’s assurance and impressed by his composure.
• Kela and the fleet’s personnel respond with disciplined caution, preparing for combat despite Gu Chen’s confidence.
• Thousand Tribulations appears eager for its first battle, trembling with a deadly aura as Gu Chen senses the enemy.

Significant themes

• Calm in the face of danger: Gu Chen’s confidence contrasts with the fleet’s understandable concern.
• Power and protection: Gu Chen’s strength is presented as the fleet’s safeguard against political and military threats.
• Anticipation of combat: The approaching battle is framed not as a danger to Gu Chen, but as an opportunity to test his weapon.

Plot points and events

• A powerful joint fleet from the Tatu Civilization, Aorong Star Hall, and Mother Church of All Things heads openly toward the Starfall Empire’s diplomatic fleet.
• The force is led by three celebrated young champions: Prince Sike, Knight Commander Yingyue, and Saintess Lisi. Each wields a Sacred Artifact and is confident the three of them, with their followers, can challenge—or even defeat—an Emperor-class fighter.
• Their forces underestimate Lord Haotian, dismissing his past victories as insufficient proof of his true strength.
• Passing ships spot the fleet and spread rumors, heightening attention and speculation across the stars.
• The joint fleet catches up with the smaller Starfall diplomatic fleet. The opposing forces face one another in a tense standoff.
• Sike demands a match with Haotian over the deaths of Tatu administrators in Chaoge. Yingyue says she wants to test herself against him, citing the Red Demon Captain’s confirmation that he is Emperor-class. Lisi frames her challenge as seeking justice for the faithful killed in the Royal City.
• Aboard his ship, Gu Chen calms his trembling Spiritual Treasure, Thousand Tribulations, then flashes forward to meet the challengers.

Character developments and interactions

• Sike, Yingyue, and Lisi present themselves as formidable, self-assured champions. Their motives are mixed: personal ambition and a desire for renown sit alongside claims of revenge or justice.
• Gu Chen responds coolly to the public challenges and appears ready to confront the three leaders himself.
• Kela and the Starfall delegation recognize that they are badly outmatched in numbers and firepower, leaving them under intense pressure.
• The challengers address Haotian directly, turning the fleets’ silent standoff into an imminent personal confrontation.

Significant themes

• Reputation versus proven strength: The three champions discount Haotian’s achievements while relying on their own celebrated status.
• Justice and pretext: The challengers invoke deaths among their people, but their language also serves ambitions for testing strength and earning fame.
• Power and intimidation: The enormous fleet’s visible approach unsettles bystanders and threatens a much smaller diplomatic mission.
• Public spectacle: The encounter is already attracting attention across the stars, making any clash a potential legend.

Key plot points and events

• Prince Sike of the Tatu Civilization, Captain Yingyue of Aorong Star Hall, and Saintess Lisi of the Mother Church of All Things intercept the Starfall Empire’s diplomatic fleet and challenge Haotian, an Emperor-class guest traveling with it.
• The Starfall Empire’s foreign minister protests, warning that the three powers would be offending an honored guest. They dismiss his intervention and tell the empire to stay out of the dispute.
• Main Body Gu Chen appears and mocks the allied forces, accusing them of seeking revenge for the events in Chaoge Royal City despite having little chance against him.
• After a brief exchange, Gu Chen ends the discussion and launches the first attack: a vast golden hand of Immortal Light sweeps toward the three leaders, beginning the battle.

Character developments and interactions

• The Starfall Empire’s foreign minister speaks up to defend the empire’s diplomatic standing, but is relieved when the three powers explicitly exclude the fleet from the conflict.
• Sike, Yingyue, and Lisi act together as leaders of their respective forces. Gu Chen’s contempt angers them, and they decide to attack rather than continue arguing.
• Gu Chen displays confidence and disdain, refusing to treat the three renowned young leaders as serious threats. He reinforces his words with an immediate, powerful strike.
• The encounter pits the three allied powers against Gu Chen, while the Starfall Empire’s fleet is left on the sidelines.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Emperor-class status carries authority that young prodigies cannot yet match.
• Pride and reputation: The three leaders cannot accept being dismissed, while Gu Chen’s arrogance provokes them.
• Diplomacy versus conflict: The Starfall Empire tries to preserve appearances and avoid becoming involved, but the underlying dispute quickly turns violent.