Chapter Summaries

Qin Shaofeng settled the final Battle Merit claims, granting Yang Ping cultivation resources and allowing Xiao Ruyi to retain his merit. He then established a Hero Ranking and announced rewards for future campaigns.

• Yang Ping presented Zhang Miao’s head as proof that he had slain a Ninth-tier Saint Star Position expert and chose Qin Shaofeng’s promise to fund his cultivation through the Ninth tier.
• Qin Shaofeng awarded Yang Ping the resources he needed to reach the Ninth-tier Saint Star Position.
• Xiao Ruyi presented another Ninth-tier Saint Star Position expert’s head and chose to retain his Battle Merit for future rewards.
• Qin Shaofeng announced that the Two Sects Alliance would establish a Hero Ranking to honor fallen heroes.
• Qin Shaofeng announced campaign participation rewards and Battle Merit rules for killing Seventh-tier-or-higher enemies.

After announcing the alliance’s rules and ordering everyone into seclusion, Qin Shaofeng spent ten days absorbing Venerable Rank Star Beast essence pills. He emerged to find the alliance transformed, then urged its leaders to continue cultivating while considering how to strengthen himself for a possible Heaven Ascension Realm enemy.

• Qin Shaofeng announced the alliance’s Battle Merit rules and ordered everyone to enter seclusion with abundant cultivation resources.
• Qin Shaofeng withdrew to a quiet chamber and spent ten days absorbing Venerable Rank Star Beast essence pills.
• Qin Shaofeng emerged and found over a thousand young Saint Star Position experts gathered on the main peak, diligently cultivating their new martial skills.
• Ximen Kuang, Xiao Ruyi, and the others admitted they had not yet mastered their skills, so Qin Shaofeng ordered them back to cultivate and told Xiao Ruyi to practice the first slash of Ghost Three Slashes.
• Qin Shaofeng headed toward the back mountain and considered raising his martial body before seeking more supplies from Shen Wang.

Qin Shaofeng emerged from seclusion and told Old Ghost Chen Xing he planned to visit the Seven Luminaries Sect and the Xuan Yin Sect, where he hoped to help a friend. He left his intentions partly unexplained, while the assembled leaders joked about his knack for encountering trouble wherever he went.

• Old Ghost Chen Xing summoned Qin Shaofeng after hearing he had emerged from seclusion, but Qin Shaofeng arrived first and shared tea with him.
• Qin Shaofeng said he planned to collect supplies from Tower Master Shen Wang and visit the Seven Luminaries Sect and the Xuan Yin Sect.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing questioned why Qin Shaofeng would visit the Xuan Yin Sect, and Qin Shaofeng said he hoped to help a friend there.
• Ximen Yaoyang joked that trouble followed Qin Shaofeng from place to place, prompting laughter and an awkward defense from Old Man Tian Ling.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing redirected the conversation, and Qin Shaofeng explained that he had a friend in the Xuan Yin Sect whom he wanted to help.

Qin Shaofeng proposed visiting his friend in the Xuan Yin Sect, and Old Ghost Chen Xing decided to accompany him despite Qin's concern about the risks. They agreed to set out the next day, leaving both sects in the hands of their deputies and elders.

• Qin Shaofeng said his friend in the Xuan Yin Sect had last been around the Heaven Star Position and might now be nearing the Saint Star Position.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing judged that Qin believed his friend had grown powerful and agreed they should visit, since the alliance needed trustworthy allies.
• Qin Shaofeng invited the others to join him and suggested they could trade for resources at the Heavenly Machine Tower along the way.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing insisted that he, Zhao Ziyu, and the Third Elder would accompany Qin, despite Qin wanting stronger escorts and worrying about their identities being exposed.
• Chen Xing said his wife could manage Seven Stars Sect while Lu Wenxin and two Old Ancestors handled Chasing Stars Sect, and they decided to set out the next day.

Qin Shaofeng heard how the alliance had integrated the Seven Stars Sect and then left with Chen Xing, Zhao Ziyu, and Ke Wuming for Divine Sea City. At the Heavenly Machine Tower, the guards welcomed him as a young master, and Xiao San hurried out to greet him.

• Qin Shaofeng learned that the alliance had made limited progress teaching new cultivation methods, while abundant resources had helped many members advance.
• Chen Xing and the other leaders settled the Seven Stars Sect's lineages and dispersed its Core Disciples into the remaining groups.
• Qin Shaofeng and Chen Xing quietly left the sect, taking nearly half its resources and bypassing spies outside with Ran Zun's Myriad Stars Chessboard.
• Qin Shaofeng, Chen Xing, Zhao Ziyu, and Ke Wuming arrived in Divine Sea City and were ushered into the Heavenly Machine Tower by its guards.
• Xiao San, now a minor steward, hurried to greet Qin Shaofeng in the tower's main hall.

Qin Shaofeng’s arrival at Heavenly Machine Tower revealed how unusually deferential its staff had become toward him, leaving his companions puzzled about his influence. He waited in a private lounge for the Tower Master’s wife while the Tower Master remained in seclusion.

• Xiao San warmly greeted Qin Shaofeng and offered to take him upstairs, while three customers wondered who he was.
• A Heavenly Machine Tower attendant apologized to Qin Shaofeng and threatened the customers when they asked about his identity.
• The attendant warned the three customers not to inquire about Qin Shaofeng and threatened to turn them away before helping them seek Chu Huan’s whereabouts.
• Zhao Ziyu questioned Qin Shaofeng about Heavenly Machine Tower’s respect, and Qin Shaofeng blamed it on a deal he had made during his previous visit.
• Xiao San brought tea and reported that the Tower Master’s wife had been informed of Qin Shaofeng’s arrival, while the Tower Master was still in seclusion.

Qin Shaofeng reunited with Shen Wang and his wife, secured more Star Beast Origin Cores and supplies, and announced that he would train Ran Zun during a half-month stay. The chapter ended with Old Ghost Chen Xing objecting when Qin Shaofeng tried to buy more than he could pay for on credit.

• Zhao Ziyu challenged Qin Shaofeng to reveal why Xiao San treated him with such respect, but Qin Shaofeng refused to explain.
• Qin Shaofeng's group ate the banquet before Shen Wang and his wife arrived, and Qin Shaofeng casually addressed them as Big Brother and Sister-in-law.
• Qin Shaofeng asked Shen Wang for more Star Beast Origin Cores, and Shen Wang agreed to search other factions for the remaining supply.
• Qin Shaofeng said he would stay for about half a month and raise Ran Zun from the Second Grade to at least the Fifth Grade Saint Star Position.
• Qin Shaofeng offered Storage Bags worth fifty billion for Shen Wang's supplies, then tried to take the full seventy-billion-billon stock on credit.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing warned against the credit purchase and suggested that Qin Shaofeng take only fifty billion worth of items.

Qin Shaofeng secured a 200-billion credit purchase from Heavenly Machine Tower, and Shen Wang revealed that Qin’s previous transactions had totaled nearly two trillion. After cultivating for twenty days with Star Beast Origin Cores, Qin advanced the Heavenly Chart to Space Level Two and gained a closer sense of the Power of Space.

• Shen Wang agreed to let the two-sect alliance owe Heavenly Machine Tower 200 billion, explaining that Qin Shaofeng’s previous transactions had been worth nearly two trillion.
• Shen Wang revealed that Qin had sold Heavenly Machine Tower more than half of the Chasing Stars Sect’s resources and resources from the Four Symbols Sect, including spoils taken from powerful enemies.
• Qin Shaofeng arranged for the alliance to purchase supplies and asked Shen Wang to prepare rooms so he and his companions could cultivate.
• Qin Shaofeng cultivated for twenty days with Star Beast Origin Cores and completed the Heavenly Chart’s requirements, advancing it to Space Level Two.
• After the advancement, Qin Shaofeng sensed that the Power of Space had become even more intimate.

Qin Shaofeng tested the Level Two Space Heavenly Diagram and created a Spatial Rift that nearly destroyed his guest room while consuming more than half his qi and blood power. He left the Heavenly Machine Tower with Ran Zun and the others, and Old Ghost Chen Xing asked what had caused the disturbance.

• Qin Shaofeng created a Spatial Rift while testing the Level Two Space Heavenly Diagram and discovered that using it consumed more than twenty blood units of qi and blood power.
• Shen Wang confronted Qin Shaofeng about damaging the guest room, and Qin Shaofeng offered two billion in compensation before Shen Wang demanded ten billion for future messes.
• Qin Shaofeng saw that Ran Zun had reached the Fifth Grade Saint Star Position and announced that he was leaving immediately.
• Qin Shaofeng and the others departed the Heavenly Machine Tower, while Ran Zun hid in Qin Shaofeng's shadow and transferred his breakthrough aura to him.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing asked Qin Shaofeng what he had done, explaining that the disturbance had made their hearts tremble.

Qin Shaofeng left the city with Old Ghost Chen Xing, Zhao Ziyu, and Ke Wuming, buying roast chickens in extravagant fashion along the way. Outside the city, he gave Chen Xing a Space Crystal Stone and said it had come from an elder brother in the Shen family of the Cangming Realm.

• Qin Shaofeng avoided explaining his cultivation and urged the others to leave the crowded streets before anyone recognized them.
• Qin Shaofeng bought forty roast chickens and paid the startled stall owner with a Radiant Star Coin, refusing to take change.
• After the group left the city, Qin Shaofeng explained that he had bought the chickens for their taste and because his Space Ring could keep them warm.
• Qin Shaofeng gave Old Ghost Chen Xing an unstable Space Crystal Stone, which Chen Xing recognized as a genuine Space Treasure.
• Qin Shaofeng said the Space Crystal Stone had been given to him by an elder brother from the Shen family of the Cangming Realm.

Qin Shaofeng led Old Ghost Chen Xing, Ke Wuming, and another companion to infiltrate the Seven Luminaries Sect, using a costly Formation Disk to bypass its alert formation. They reached the sect’s Core Land, where Old Ghost Chen Xing stopped Qin Shaofeng after noticing something amiss.

• Qin Shaofeng explained that he no longer valued the Space Crystal Stone and led the group toward the Seven Luminaries Sect.
• The four arrived at the sect after midnight, and Qin Shaofeng inferred where its Core Land lay from Old Ghost Chen Xing’s description.
• Qin Shaofeng asked about the sect’s treasury, but Old Ghost Chen Xing admitted he did not know where it was.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing identified the white light around the sect as an alert formation and used a one-use Formation Disk to conceal the group as they passed through it.
• Qin Shaofeng led the group toward the Core Land, but Old Ghost Chen Xing stopped him and warned that something was wrong.

Qin Shaofeng realized the Seven Luminaries Sect’s unusually heavy patrols resembled Tianyang Mountain’s defenses and suspected the sect had sent its experts away to target the Seven Stars Sect. He drew the defenders’ attention alone so his companions could exploit an opening into the Core Land.

• Qin Shaofeng recognized that the Seven Luminaries Sect’s patrols and precautions reminded him of Tianyang Mountain, and he concluded its experts were likely away under the Four Symbols Sect’s orders.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing tested the Core Land’s five-colored Defense Formation, while Qin Shaofeng proposed provoking the defenders alone so the others could slip inside.
• Qin Shaofeng chose Zhao Ziyu to assist if the defenders proved too powerful or refused to open the formation, then approached it as the others hid.
• Qin Shaofeng’s approach triggered a bright flash and commotion, and dozens of Saint Star Position martial artists and patrol members surrounded him.
• A white-haired old man demanded to know why Qin Shaofeng had broken into the Seven Luminaries Sect’s Core Land, and Qin Shaofeng mocked him for not recognizing his identity.

Qin Shaofeng attacked the Seven Luminaries Sect and slaughtered the patrol squads sent against him, then used Jin Yang to provoke the Sun Luminance Jin Lineage. The Sun Luminance Star Lord arrived with two Fourth-tier Saint Star Position experts, and Qin Shaofeng insulted him as they faced off.

• Jin Yang recognized Qin Shaofeng as the killer of his brothers and ordered his patrol squads to attack.
• Qin Shaofeng revealed his Fourth-tier Saint Star Position cultivation and killed nearly half of the 120 patrol members.
• Jin Zheng Tian refused to open the Defense Formation, while Qin Shaofeng defeated the remaining patrol members and injured Jin Yang.
• Jin Yang threatened Qin Shaofeng with his Sixth Grade Saint Star Position father, but Qin Shaofeng showed no fear.
• The Sun Luminance Star Lord arrived with two Fourth-tier Saint Star Position experts, and Qin Shaofeng taunted him as Jin Dogshit.

Qin Shaofeng provoked Sun Luminance Star Lord Jin Rongqing into a duel after crippling Jin Yang, then unleashed his martial skills against him. The chapter left Jin Rongqing and the onlookers expecting Qin Shaofeng to lose as their weapons clashed, while Jin Zheng Tian remained suspicious of hidden reinforcements.

• Zhao Ziyu hesitated to intervene as Jin Rongqing and two Fourth-tier Saint Star Position warriors approached Qin Shaofeng.
• Qin Shaofeng crushed Jin Yang’s leg bones and challenged Jin Rongqing to defeat him if he wanted to save his son.
• Jin Rongqing ordered his two men to stand back and attacked Qin Shaofeng with the Sun Sword Art.
• Qin Shaofeng used Lightning Thousand Flash and Ghost Three Slashes to get behind Jin Rongqing and force him to redirect his attack, injuring him with the backlash.
• Qin Shaofeng and Jin Rongqing’s weapons collided as Jin Zheng Tian searched the surroundings for Qin Shaofeng’s suspected reinforcements.

Qin Shaofeng killed Sun Luminance Star Lord Jin Rongqing with one strike, then taunted the Seven Luminaries Sect’s experts as he pressed his attack. The chapter ended with another Fourth-tier Saint Star Position expert charging at Qin Shaofeng while calling for Jin Zheng Tian to avenge him.

• The Seven Luminaries Sect’s core experts mocked Qin Shaofeng, but Jin Zheng Tian wondered why a Chasing Stars Sect leader would come alone to seek death.
• Qin Shaofeng used Lightning Thousand Flash to cut Jin Rongqing’s longsword and kill him with a single strike.
• Qin Shaofeng collected Jin Rongqing’s Storage Bag and the bags from nearby corpses, then taunted Jin Yang and the two Fourth-tier experts outside the Defense Formation.
• One Fourth-tier expert appealed to Jin Zheng Tian, while Jin Yang begged his grandfather to avenge his father.
• Jin Zheng Tian warned Qin Shaofeng to leave, but Qin Shaofeng killed one of the Fourth-tier experts and provoked the other into charging at him.

Qin Shaofeng killed Jin Yang despite Jin Zheng Tian’s threats, then turned away from the elders and continued slaughtering the Seven Luminaries Sect’s stronger members. He had cut through more than half the sect and killed over three hundred Heavenly Venerate Realm experts, leaving empty rooms in his wake.

• Qin Shaofeng killed a Fourth-tier Saint Star Position man who attacked him, then took his Storage Bag.
• Qin Shaofeng killed Jin Yang after Jin Zheng Tian refused to intervene, and mocked the old man as he left.
• Qin Shaofeng’s departure confused Jin Zheng Tian, Old Ghost Chen Xing, and the others, but screams soon revealed that he had resumed his attack across the sect.
• Qin Shaofeng targeted Seven Luminaries Sect members above the Heaven Star Position while Ran Zun collected the Storage Bags and switched containers when their stored space began to clash.
• Qin Shaofeng slaughtered his way through more than half the Seven Luminaries Sect, killing over three hundred Heavenly Venerate Realm experts and leaving empty rooms behind.

Qin Shaofeng looted and demolished the Seven Luminaries Sect’s buildings while its leaders stayed behind their Defense Formation, then set the ruins ablaze. He left the sect’s leaders trapped inside as the fire threatened their stronghold and his plans to spread word of their inaction threatened its reputation.

• Qin Shaofeng explained to Ran Zun that the Seven Luminaries Sect’s leaders had chilled their disciples’ hearts by refusing to act.
• Qin Shaofeng and Ran Zun searched the sect, taking anything useful and destroying what they could not carry.
• Qin Shaofeng declared his Three Lights Policy and continued tearing down buildings while the sect’s leaders argued with Great Elder Jin Zheng Tian about opening the Defense Formation.
• Qin Shaofeng greeted Jin Zheng Tian and the others, then poured oil around the ruins and announced that he and Zhao Ziyu were leaving.
• Qin Shaofeng ignited the oil and told Zhao Ziyu that the fire and stories spread by released witnesses could finish the Seven Luminaries Sect.

Jin Zheng Tian ordered the Seven Luminaries Sect’s Defense Formation opened so its experts could kill Qin Shaofeng, while Old Ghost Chen Xing moved to destroy the formation’s foundation. Qin Shaofeng charged four Seventh-tier Saint Star Position fighters, and the chapter ended before the dust cleared.

• Jin Zheng Tian realized Qin Shaofeng’s plan had exposed the Seven Luminaries Sect to lasting disgrace and ordered the Defense Formation opened.
• Old Ghost Chen Xing told Ke Wuming to stand ready to support Qin Shaofeng while he went to destroy the Defense Formation’s foundation.
• Jin Zheng Tian commanded the Seven Luminaries Sect’s experts to kill Qin Shaofeng, and Zhao Ziyu offered to hold them back.
• Qin Shaofeng told Zhao Ziyu to target Jin Zheng Tian and charged the four Seventh-tier Saint Star Position experts with the Ghost Three Slashes battle saber and the Emerald Dragon King defending his arm.
• Qin Shaofeng’s Ghost Slash collided with the four attackers amid a burst of air, and the Seven Luminaries Sect’s experts began searching for his body and the resources he had taken.

Qin Shaofeng killed the Seven Luminaries Sect attackers and defeated the force that had charged out of its Defense Formation. As Zhao Ziyu confronted Jin Zheng Tian, Jin realized the sect’s two ancestors had not appeared.

• Qin Shaofeng survived the Seventh-tier experts’ attack and killed three of them with a single slash.
• Zhao Ziyu pointed his sword at Jin Zheng Tian while Ke Wuming slipped into the Seven Luminaries Sect’s Core Zone.
• Qin Shaofeng charged into the Seven Luminaries Sect force, killing more than forty experts as system prompts reported his Real Value reaching its limit.
• Qin Shaofeng finished the battle and joined Zhao Ziyu, then Jin Zheng Tian wondered why the sect’s ancestors had not arrived.

Qin Shaofeng attacked the Seven Luminaries Sect while Zhao Ziyu stayed behind to fight Jin Zheng Tian, and Old Ghost Chen Xing battled the sect’s defenders. As Qin Shaofeng’s fires began raising his Martial Body Value, he pushed into the Core Land and encountered Family Head Lu.

• Zhao Ziyu chose to fight Jin Zheng Tian to reach the ninth tier, while Qin Shaofeng charged toward the Seven Luminaries Sect’s Core Land.
• Qin Shaofeng realized that the spreading fires were increasing his Martial Body Value, possibly by killing the sect’s seed disciples.
• Qin Shaofeng slaughtered Core Disciples as he searched for the sect’s treasure vault, then headed toward the central battlefield.
• Family Head Lu arrived to confront Qin Shaofeng, while the sect’s defenders discovered that Old Ghost Chen Xing was only a hired hand.