Chapter Summaries

Yuan toured the Righteous Alliance and showed himself to the crowds, giving the Alliance a chance to rekindle its spirit. Xu Xing noted that Gu had not interfered, so they remained wary of what might happen next.

• Yuan toured the Alliance’s exhibits and declined to have them cleared, then refused to contact Ming Yu after seeing his old mask on display.
• Yuan visited his underground chamber and found most of its contents missing, then left without making an issue of it.
• Yuan appeared before the gathered crowd, while Jiang Yujiu livestreamed him until Jiang Yuqi spotted her and told her not to do anything reckless.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun left the nearly deserted amusement park and noted that the crowds had flocked to see Yuan.
• Xu Xing said Yuan’s return had completed the first step toward rekindling the Righteous Alliance’s spirit, but warned that Gu’s lack of interference called for caution.

Xu Xing explained to Yuan the difference between gods and immortals and revealed the history of the four Cang Race Ancestors. The chapter ended with Yuan trying to absorb the revelation that Tai had perished and become the Four Star Regions.

• Yuanjun and Xu Xing discussed the likely purpose behind the Cang Race's actions and parted when they reached their lodgings.
• Yuan asked Xu Xing about his closeness with Yuanjun and whether he had disclosed his origins to anyone; Xu Xing said he had told his senior sister.
• Xu Xing explained that gods were detached from worldly desires, while immortals remained true to their original hearts and retained their emotions.
• Xu Xing told Yuan that the Cang Race had four Ancestors: Heaven, Xuan, Tai, and Gu.
• Xu Xing explained that Gu remained on the Central Continent, Xuan had led Cang survivors to the Far Side of the Starry Sky, Heaven had fallen dormant, and Tai had perished and become the Four Star Regions.
• Yuan repeated the revelations back to Xu Xing, trying to make sense of them.

Xu Xing explained to Yuan how the Human Race drew Heaven's Will out of the Heavenly Dao, divided it among the Seven Great Immortal Sects and himself, and suppressed it. He revealed that the Cang Race could still return while Heaven's Will favored them, leaving the Human Race with a long struggle ahead.

• Yuan questioned how Xu Xing and the immortals had drawn out and suppressed the Great Profound Realm's Heaven's Will.
• Xu Xing explained that the Heavenly Dao was impartial, while Heaven's Will had selfishly favored the Cang Race despite the Human Race holding greater weight.
• Xu Xing said the immortals used the Cang Race Ancestor Heaven's body to draw Heaven's Will out, split it into seven parts, and suppress and refine them.
• Xu Xing told Yuan that he had refined his own part during seclusion and warned Yuan to keep the secret.
• Xu Xing explained that the Cang Race could achieve Dao Integration beyond the Central Continent because of Heaven's favor, and that the Human Race needed vastly more strength to eradicate them completely.
• Yuan understood the danger, and he and Xu Xing exchanged praise for what each had accomplished.

Ming Yu confronted Yuan after learning that he had returned only as a wisp of his soul, while Xu Xing and Yuanjun arrived and revealed that Yuan had left the soul for Xu Xing. Far away, Huang Qi unleashed his full power against Zhang Yunlu as their battle escalated.

• Xu Xing recalled seeing a strange purple mist and a massive mound of flesh inside the Speaker's High Tower's secret realm, with a woman meditating nearby.
• The Righteous Alliance turned down Joyous Union Sect cultivators' requests to visit Yuan after his return.
• Ming Yu forced her way into the main hall and demanded to know why Yuan had hidden his return from her.
• Yuan revealed that he was only a wisp of his soul, but Ming Yu assumed he had left it for another woman.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun appeared, and Xu Xing said Yuan had left the soul for him.
• Huang Qi's power surged as he stopped holding back against Zhang Yunlu, whose instincts warned her of the danger.

Huang Qi’s devastating attack left Zhang Yunlu barely alive, and Huang Qi prepared to face her final strike. Meanwhile, Li Ke arrived at Chi Jiuyu’s starship gravely injured, and Chi Jiuyu discovered Zhang Yunlu’s ruined state through a projection.

• Huang Qi’s blast evaporated the river and scorched the surrounding land, but Zhang Yunlu rose from the riverbed with a thread of life remaining.
• Huang Qi recognized Zhang Yunlu’s murderous intent and rekindled her divine halo to meet her last strike.
• Chi Jiuyu trained her Life-Bound Sword by having it shell nuts, cut fruit, and pour juice while praising its control.
• Li Ke arrived aboard Chi Jiuyu’s starship, collapsed from her injuries, and asked to be taken to a Healing Pod.
• Chi Jiuyu placed Li Ke in the Healing Pod, then used the Virtual Projection Observation System to search for Zhang Yunlu and saw her skeletal form.

Zhang Yunlu exhausted herself in a final attack on Huang Qi, destroying the Bio-Weapon Hub but falling near death. Chi Jiuyu arrived with Li Ke’s Life-Bound Sword and subdued Huang Qi, but a brief gap appeared in the force suppressing his power.

• Li Ke woke in the Healing Pod, identified Huang Qi, and sent Chi Jiuyu to stop him with her Life-Bound Sword.
• Zhang Yunlu launched her final sword strike at Huang Qi, then redirected it to shatter the Bio-Weapon Hub and pierce his palm.
• Huang Qi struck Zhang Yunlu and prepared to kill her as she fell toward the ground.
• An unknown attacker kicked Huang Qi in the back of the head, knocking him from the sky and revealing the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Chi Jiuyu landed on Huang Qi’s skull and prepared to kill him, but the power suppressing him briefly opened a gap.

Huang Qi burned through his essence to flee toward the Central Holy Land, but Bie Xuening’s power erased and returned him to Red Blade Star System 47. She sent Chi Jiuyu and the others away in their starship, which was displaced to an unknown domain where Li Ke discovered a vast Artificial Soul Cultivation Base beneath the barren planets.

• Huang Qi reached the edge of the Western Star Domain and glimpsed the Central Holy Land before an immense hand erased his existence.
• Huang Qi reappeared in Red Blade Star System 47, where Bie Xuening praised Zhang Yunlu and ordered Chi Jiuyu to take her senior and junior sisters away.
• Bie Xuening sent Chi Jiuyu into the starship’s Healing Pod, and Little Snow reported that the vessel had been displaced to an unknown domain.
• Li Ke left her Healing Pod after her cultivation recovered and examined the desolate star systems surrounding the starship.
• Li Ke discovered hundreds of millions of cultivation pods containing clones beneath one planet, revealing an Old Devil’s Artificial Soul Cultivation Base.

Bie Xuening faced Huang Qi as Xuan appeared at the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield and challenged her to a sword. Meanwhile, Xu Xing entered a golden crystal and confronted Meng Xuan and Gu, learning that Gu had used Confusion’s essence to welcome Heaven back.

• Bie Xuening realized she could not kill Huang Qi without forcing him to use Xuan’s essence, but she looked toward the Starry Sky instead of striking.
• Xuan appeared over the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield and challenged Bie Xuening to test her sword.
• Ming Yu decided to accompany Yuan and Xu Xing to the Spirit Sound Workshop after Yuan explained that he lacked detailed memories of his past visit.
• Xu Xing entered the golden crystal containing Meng Xuan and found her in a diminished immortal paradise.
• Xu Xing asked Gu to appear and questioned Gu about using a Human Race cultivator’s failed Immortal-Knocking Pass to welcome Heaven back.
• Gu admitted that he had used Confusion’s essence to plant and magnify doubt in Meng Xuan, turning it into hatred, but Sword Ancestor had disrupted the scheme.

Xu Xing learned that Xuan’s essence was about to restore Heaven through Meng Xuan, while Heaven offered him the title of Son of Heaven and rule over the Great Profound Realm. At the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield, Xuan faced the powers summoned by several sects, and the Sword Sect finally called upon the Ancestral Sword.

• Xu Xing cut Gu off from Meng Xuan and the essence transmitted from the three crystal Secret Realms, but Heaven’s return was already underway.
• Heaven briefly overpowered Meng Xuan, recalled Gu Feng, and offered Xu Xing forgiveness and dominion over the Great Profound Realm if he served Heaven.
• At the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield, Han Li and disciples from several sects summoned ancestral treasures and powers against Xuan.
• Jiang Handi summoned the Tyrant Sovereign’s fist intent, which struck Xuan and devastated hundreds of nearby star systems, but barely injured him.
• Jing Hai of the Sword Sect summoned the power of the Ancestral Sword, drawing a serious reaction from Xuan.

Xuan fought the Sword Ancestor's attack and two Human Immortals, but Bie Xuening killed Huang Qi before Xuan's essence could save him. In the crystalline Secret Realm, Heaven failed to persuade Xu Xing and Yuanjun to ally with it against the Cang Race.

• Xuan repelled the White-Haired Human Immortal and the Black-Shadow Human Immortal while sending a streak of purple light toward Red Blade Star System 47.
• Bie Xuening's sword light erased Huang Qi, and the remnant of Xuan's essence vanished toward the Central Continent after shattering the attack.
• Heaven offered Xu Xing and Yuanjun an alliance to destroy the Cang Race, promising to make Xu Xing the Heavenly Emperor and arrange a grand wedding.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun rejected Heaven's proposal and called it an idiot, leaving Heaven to fall silent.

Xu Xing and Yuanjun freed Meng Xuan from Heaven's control and learned how Gu had used her failed attempt at the Immortal-Knocking Pass to make her a vessel. On the Starry Sky battlefield, Xuan prepared to retreat from two Human Immortals when a sword cry rang out.

• Xu Xing used his Life-Bound Sword, Moon Shadow, to suppress Heaven and restore Meng Xuan's True Self.
• Meng Xuan transformed into a monstrous form and told Xu Xing and Yuanjun how Gu had manipulated her after her failed attempt at the Immortal-Knocking Pass.
• Xu Xing told Meng Xuan she was not to blame, since Gu would have found another person who hated the Cang Race.
• On the frontline, Xuan held off the White-Haired and Black-Shadow Human Immortals while Cang forces retreated toward the Far Side of the Starry Sky.
• Xuan decided to withdraw, but a clear sword cry sounded as the red light and purple qi drew together.

Xuan withdrew from the Starry Sky Battlefield after Jing Hai’s borrowed sword wounded Him, leaving Heaven’s return dependent on Xu Xing and the Central Continent’s immortals. In the Secret Realm, Xu Xing and Yuanjun confronted Heaven as she regained her original form, and Yuanjun bound a seven-colored radiance and questioned whether her sliver of essence could sustain her return.

• Jing Hai released Sword Ancestor’s sword, and its strike wounded Xuan before He retreated from the battlefield.
• The White-Haired Human Immortal and Black-Shadow Human Immortal watched Xuan leave, and the Black-Shadow Human Immortal praised Xu Xing’s sword.
• Xuan’s essence reached the Secret Realm beneath Speaker’s High Tower as Meng Xuan’s monstrous form contracted back into her original appearance.
• Heaven offered Xu Xing and Yuanjun another chance to release the sealed Heavenly Will, but Xu Xing dismissed her and raised his sword, dispelling the realm’s strange phenomena.
• Yuanjun bound a mass of seven-colored radiance with illusory threads of karma and asked whether Heaven’s sliver of essence could sustain her return.

Heaven’s attempt to return failed when Yuanjun restrained Gu and Xu Xing severed the roots of the scheme, saving Meng Xuan at the cost of her cultivation. Xu Xing and Yuanjun sent the explosive shell containing the gathered essences back to Gu, and Meng Xuan awoke as a mortal.

• Heaven realized his essence was insufficient and began severing his bond with Meng Xuan while she tried to drag him into death.
• Yuanjun restrained Gu with threads of karma, preventing him from using his remaining means.
• At the instant Heaven and Meng Xuan’s bond was severed, Xu Xing struck through the past and cut away the roots of Gu’s scheme and Heaven’s parasitism.
• Yuanjun pulled Meng Xuan from Heaven’s shell, saving her but leaving her without cultivation or comprehension of the Great Dao.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun sent the shell and its dangerous contents along a thread of karma to Gu, who answered with an angry roar.
• Meng Xuan woke and asked Xu Xing and Yuanjun what had happened.

Yuanjun helped Meng Xuan recover after Xu Xing cut away the backlash that had stripped her of her cultivation, leaving her mortal but alive. Meanwhile, Li Ke identified herself as the Western Star Domain Guardian Envoy, throwing the Artificial Soul Cultivation Base into chaos as her Starship approached.

• Meng Xuan discovered she had lost her cultivation, spiritual energy, and memories of cultivation techniques, and Yuanjun explained that Xu Xing had cut away the impure backlash caused by Gu's scheme.
• Yuanjun dressed Meng Xuan warmly and brought her out of the Secret Realm, where Meng Xuan apologized to the three Truth Insight cultivators whose essences she had absorbed.
• At the Artificial Soul Cultivation Base, Chi Jiuyu's Starship was detected, and the woman in purple ordered it expelled after learning it carried only a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
• Li Ke agreed to visit the base and told Little Snow to grant her Star Domain Guardian Envoy authority and broadcast her identity throughout the region.
• The base's operators learned Li Ke was the Hidden Blade Sword Master, and an orbital cannon killed the Spirit Transformation Bio-Weapon that had just been released.

Li Ke and Chi Jiuyu visited Li Wan’s Artificial Soul cultivation base, where Li Ke asked for Starship fuel and arranged for Chi Jiuyu to tour the facilities. On the Central Continent, Meng Xuan began preparing to cultivate again from the beginning, while Yuanjun shared the full story of the Righteous Alliance dispute in the group chat, including Heaven’s proposed wedding arrangements.

• Li Wan welcomed Li Ke and Chi Jiuyu to the Star Domain base and led them to its underground lounge.
• Li Ke asked Li Wan to send Starship fuel and arrange a tour of the Artificial Soul facilities for Chi Jiuyu.
• Yuanjun brought Meng Xuan back to the residence, where Meng Xuan said she would restart her cultivation and borrowed Yuanjun’s meditation room.
• Yuanjun gave Meng Xuan a basic Qi Refining method, her former cultivation method, and pills before leading her to the meditation room.
• Yuanjun told the Big Boss Group that Gu had intended to use Meng Xuan as a vessel to welcome Heaven and revealed Heaven’s offer to arrange a wedding between Xu Xing, Yuanjun, the Sword Venerable, and the Spirit Ancestor.
• Xu Xing objected when Yuanjun included the proposed wedding in her account.

Xu Xing and Yuanjun discussed Heaven’s offer and planned to explore Supreme Council Undersea City before the Martial Tournament ended. Back at the Sword Sect, Bie Xuening watched Yueling play a competitive game and confront her master’s silent disapproval.

• Charm Ancestor complained in the group chat that Spirit Ancestor had been chosen instead of him, while the others dismissed the uproar.
• Xu Xing told Yuanjun that he would visit the Spirit Sound Workshop with Jiu Yu after returning to the Sword Sect, since Yuan’s memories were incomplete.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun agreed that Heaven’s offer was meaningless and planned to wait until the crisis was fully resolved before discussing what came next.
• Xu Xing decided to stay at the Righteous Alliance through the Martial Tournament and asked Yuanjun to show him around Supreme Council Undersea City.
• Bie Xuening finished messaging Xu Xing and watched Yueling dominate a competitive game, then Yueling dropped to her knees and apologized when she noticed her master watching.

Bie Xuening learned that Ji Yue’s trial had gone well despite her encounter with Huang Qi, while Ji Yue remained determined to recover and return to the front lines. In Supreme Council Undersea City, Meng Xuan reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, and Yuanjun invited her to compete in the upcoming Martial Tournament.

• Bie Xuening told Yueling to set up a soundproofing array next time, and Yueling returned to gaming after doing so.
• Ji Yue told Bie Xuening that the trial had gone fairly well and that the disciple had completed her task despite encountering Huang Qi.
• Bie Xuening congratulated Ji Yue on finding a promising talent, and Ji Yue said she still hoped to recover and return to the front lines.
• Ji Yue learned that the Sword Ancestor had resolved the Righteous Alliance’s Heart-Severing Qi calamity after Gu Mo sought his help.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun watched Spirit Transformation cultivators use Prism Type-One devices to open a large Secret Realm for the Martial Tournament.
• Meng Xuan arrived after reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining, and Yuanjun invited her to take part in the Martial Tournament.

Yuanjun and Xu Xing encouraged Meng Xuan to enter the Righteous Alliance’s Martial Tournament as part of her renewed cultivation, and gave her gifts to help conceal her identity and recover from injuries. At Yuan’s palace, Meng Xuan planned to reach Foundation Establishment and compete, while Yuan remained in his soul form because Ming Yu was about to arrive.

• Yuanjun urged Meng Xuan to observe the younger generation by entering the Martial Tournament, and Xu Xing encouraged her to take part and withdraw if she wished.
• Yuanjun gave Meng Xuan a system that could adjust her apparent age, realm, and appearance, while Xu Xing gave her a vitality-sealed red mole to heal future injuries.
• Cultivators prepared Undersea City and its Secret Realm for the tournament as Yuan remained in his soul form beside a piece of cyan jade.
• Meng Xuan told Yuan she planned to complete the Harvesting and Refining Method, reach Foundation Establishment, and enter the tournament.
• Ming Yu entered Yuan’s palace, revealing why Yuan had chosen to maintain his soul form.

Meng Xuan began cultivating anew after failing the Immortal-Knocking Pass, while Xu Xing and Yuanjun prepared to leave for a walk. In an unfamiliar star domain, Chi Jiuyu toured an artificial-soul cultivation base as Li Wan learned that the Star Domain Guardian was injured.

• Ming Yu discovered that Meng Xuan had failed the Immortal-Knocking Pass but regained a chance to cultivate, reaching ninth-level Qi Refining and comprehending the Logic of Purity.
• Xu Xing said he would return to the Sword Sect after the Martial Tournament and then visit the Spirit Sound Workshop; Ming Yu said she and Yuan would go to the workshop first.
• Meng Xuan declined Yuanjun's invitation to walk and went to stabilize her cultivation before attempting the Harvesting and Refining Method that night.
• Li Wan showed Chi Jiuyu the artificial-soul cultivation base, where Chi Jiuyu examined its illusions and adjusted them with a remote control.
• A young Spirit Transformation cultivator told Li Wan that the Star Domain Guardian was injured, and Li Wan questioned why he had brought her the news.

Li Ke and Chi Jiuyu prepared to leave the Starry Sky for the Central Continent with Li Wan's help. Several days later, the Righteous Alliance's Martial Tournament began with envoys gathering outside the Secret Realm gates, which opened as the current Speaker arrived to welcome them.

• Li Wan silenced a young man who proposed reporting their presence to the Ancestor and teleported him back to the Central Continent.
• Li Ke learned from Jing Hai that Xuan had appeared on the battlefield and that he had called upon the Ancestral Sword's power.
• Li Wan offered Li Ke and Chi Jiuyu teleportation arrays and warp equipment, and Li Ke accepted her help.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun sampled golden lotus seeds while the gathered tournament envoys watched the Righteous Alliance's grand display.
• Jiang Yujiu sold golden lotus seeds and planned to livestream the Martial Tournament.
• The Secret Realm gates opened, and the current Speaker emerged to greet the envoys.