Arc 86The Star Abyss Invasion

Lu Ye united allies across the starry sky, prepared realms and cultivators for the Star Abyss invasion, and endured years of training to reach Great Sun Peak. As the gates opened, he forged his Dao Foundation and advanced beyond the expected limits of Dao Power.

  • Lu Ye returned from Star Abyss with his companions, learned the locations of the starry sky’s flaws, and accepted Old Tree’s assignments to organize defenses and unite Square Inch Mountain.
  • Lu Ye destroyed the Insect and Blood Race forces that threatened the Cycle Tree, then helped Square Inch Mountain reunite with its western half and became its true Realm Master.
  • Lu Ye strengthened Nine Provinces by combining its resources with those of Thousand Hills Tomb, and arranged for the Soul Race Ancestral Land to help cultivators improve.
  • The Star Abyss Gates opened, and Lu Ye and his allies fought the first invaders while hunting down Insect Race forces and guarding a newly discovered gate.
  • Lu Ye trained for years inside the Spirit Warming Lotus, endured its Soul Sea trials, formed his Spirit Flower, and reached Great Sun Peak.
  • Lu Ye reached Jade Sword Island to forge his Dao Foundation, ignited his Dao Fire, and entered the Dao Realm despite not forming a Dao Bone of his own.
  • Lu Ye polished six Dao Bones and reached Fifteenth Layer Dao, then stopped to preserve power for himself and his Talent Tree Clone.
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Ch. 2129The Time Has Come

After eleven years at Azure Palace, Lu Ye and the others prepared to return to the starry sky as the Star Abyss Gate's opening drew near. Their departure would accelerate the gate's opening, leaving them only three to five years to prepare for the invasion.

  • Lu Ye gathered the group and announced that Old Tree had confirmed they could return, then set their departure for one month later so they could build up Dao Power.
  • Lu Ye explained that their return would advance the Star Abyss Gate's opening, which Old Tree estimated would occur within three to five years afterward.
  • Yin Luo pleaded with Lu Ye not to leave, but he promised to visit and bring her food; during the following month, she vented her frustration on nearby Star Abyss creatures, and Lu Ye distributed the Dao Bones they yielded.
  • Lu Ye gave Yin Luo three Treasure Blood Clones as a parting gift, then led the group toward the Star Abyss Gate with Yin Luo and Uncle Duan accompanying them.
  • Lu Ye activated the Cycle Tree Imprint and sent everyone into the turbid Void, where their passage split open a fissure and caused nearby Star Abyss creatures to cheer, believing Yin Luo had weakened the gate.

Ch. 2130Phantom Extinction Star System

Lu Ye and his companions returned from Star Abyss to the Phantom Extinction Star System, where Gu Yunliu led them to a battle city prepared for the coming invasion. They met the reincarnating Cycle Tree, who welcomed Chen Wulei and the other survivors from a destroyed starry sky into their home.

  • Lu Ye and his companions emerged from the Void and were welcomed by Gu Yunliu, Realm Master of the Yellow Dragon Realm.
  • Gu Sheng reunited with Lu Ye and explained that the starry sky had been preparing for the Star Abyss invasion since Old Tree revealed the danger.
  • Gu Sheng told Lu Ye that the group was in the Phantom Extinction Star System, where Yellow Dragon had built a battle city to guard a weak point connected by an Insect Path.
  • Gu Yunliu brought the group to Old Tree, who appeared as a pale child because he had entered reincarnation and spent power bringing them back.
  • Old Tree welcomed Chen Wulei and his companions, and Lu Ye revealed that their starry sky had been destroyed by a Star Abyss invasion more than ten years earlier.

Ch. 2131Five Flaws

Lu Ye learned how Star Abyss invaded through flaws in the starry sky and how Supreme Treasures had sealed two gates during the previous invasion. Old Tree assigned defenses for the confirmed flaws and sent Lu Ye to guard the Heavenly Gang Star System with Square Inch Mountain.

  • Old Tree demonstrated how Star Abyss surrounded starry skies and broke into them through flaws, eventually causing them to shatter.
  • Old Tree explained that Starry Sky Destroyers could create flaws and confirmed five locations, including Myriad Phenomena Sea, the Heavenly Gang Star System, Long Moon Star System, and Mystic Frost Star System.
  • Old Tree said the previous invasion ended when three gates disappeared naturally and two were sealed using the Star Constellation Hall and the Heaven and Earth Cauldron.
  • Lu Ye agreed to arrange defenses at Myriad Phenomena Sea, while Gu Yunliu asked several returned cultivators to help Yellow Dragon Realm guard its flaw.
  • Old Tree assigned Square Inch Mountain to the Heavenly Gang Star System and told Lu Ye to wield it there and complete its final fusion.

Ch. 2132Their Respective Destinations

Old Tree assigned guardians to the remaining breaches and explained his preparations for the coming Star Abyss invasion. After the others departed, he told Lu Ye to act against forces threatening unity and answered his questions about Yang Qing, Supreme Treasures, and the starry sky’s missing Dao Realm experts.

  • Old Tree assigned Long Moon to the Heavenly Asura Race and Profound Frost to Su Wan, then distributed Star Maps showing the star systems and Insect Paths.
  • Purple Extreme chose to guard Long Moon, Chong Yue chose Myriad Phenomena Sea, and other cultivators selected destinations near their clans and allies.
  • Chen Wulei gave Old Tree the records and resources gathered during Mechanical Armor Starry Sky’s three-hundred-year fight against the Star Abyss.
  • Old Tree asked Lu Ye to take action within the next few days against two factors preventing the starry sky from uniting, and Lu Ye agreed.
  • Old Tree explained that the Yang Qing Lu Ye met was a Clone whose main body was a powerful Star Abyss being, and speculated that Yang Qing might be connected to the Ghost Sedan.
  • Old Tree explained that his intelligence came at the cost of his cycles and that the starry sky’s former Dao Realm cultivators had entered the Star Abyss after its earlier invasion.

Ch. 2133You Have Already Been Surrounded by Me

Lu Ye went to the Cycle Star System as the Insect and Blood Races launched an attack to seize the weakened Cycle Tree. He wiped out the Blood Race vanguard with one slash and confronted the Insect Emperor, who ordered his fleet to flee.

  • Lu Ye met with Old Tree, while nine others departed the battle city on separate missions, including Chong Yue, Du Qingsha, and Chang Yu, who headed for the Filth Land.
  • The Insect and Blood Races secretly approached the weakened Cycle Tree, intending to seize it while the starry sky's strongest cultivators were occupied.
  • The Insect Emperor agreed to let the Blood Race lead the assault, and the fleet advanced toward the Cycle Tree.
  • The Blood Race powerhouse sent more than a dozen Sunlight cultivators to attack Lu Ye, but Lu Ye killed them all with a single saber slash from ten thousand li away.
  • The Insect Emperor realized Lu Ye had wiped out the vanguard and ordered his fleet to flee.

Ch. 2134Insect Emperor Realm

Lu Ye annihilated the Insect and Blood Race fleet, then attacked their stronghold in the Insect Emperor Realm, using Dao Power to resist the Primordial Magnetic Field and unleash a Blood Sea across the world. By the end, he had killed the Insect Race Great Priest and more than half the realm’s inhabitants, with the slaughter still underway.

  • Lu Ye surrounded the Insect and Blood Race fleet with nine Blood Seas and annihilated its forces, leaving the warships intact.
  • Lu Ye reached the Insect Emperor Realm and discovered that the Primordial Magnetic Field suppressed Magic Power, but the Talent Tree and Dao Power could overcome its interference.
  • Lu Ye crashed into the gathered Insect Nests, destroying them, then spread his Blood Sea across the entire realm.
  • The Insect Race Great Priest condemned Lu Ye, who declared himself the Insect Race’s punishment and killed him with a Blood Clone.
  • Lu Ye’s Blood Clones appeared throughout the Blood Sea and slaughtered the realm’s inhabitants, extinguishing more than half of its life.

Ch. 2135Reuniting with Feng Rumuo

Lu Ye reunited with Feng Rumuo in the Insect Emperor Realm, shattered the Heavenly Pivot Sword Qi pursuing him, and removed the mark that had caused the thousand-year pursuit. After revealing the coming Star Abyss invasion, Lu Ye explained that Feng Rumuo had begun cultivating Dao Force and could become a Dao Realm cultivator.

  • Lu Ye recognized Feng Rumuo, who had entered his Blood Sea while fleeing the Heavenly Pivot Sword Qi.
  • Lu Ye shattered the pursuing sword light, seized another strand, and used the Talent Tree to find and burn away a hidden mark left by the Heavenly Pivot Sword.
  • After no new sword light appeared, Feng Rumuo thanked Lu Ye and saw that the Insect and Blood Races had been wiped out across the Insect Emperor Realm.
  • Lu Ye explained that Old Tree had ordered the extermination because the Great Trend Descends and Star Abyss invasion were approaching.
  • Lu Ye identified Feng Rumuo's faint power as Dao Force and told him that the invasion could help him become a Dao Realm cultivator.

Ch. 2136Su Wan's Identity

Lu Ye learned that Su Wan was the Grand Palace Master of the Formless Palace and resolved to ask her about Yaya, then returned to the Soul Race Ancestral Land. There he reunited with Yiyi and Amber, both now Sunlights, and was astonished by the Soul Race’s many powerful cultivators.

  • Feng Rumuo revealed that he had once been the Left Protector of the Formless Palace and had never met its missing Saintess, whom Lu Ye recognized as Yaya.
  • Feng Rumuo identified Su Wan as the Formless Palace’s Grand Palace Master, and Lu Ye decided he could ask her about Yaya’s whereabouts.
  • Lu Ye sent Feng Rumuo toward a Star Abyss breach, then used the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus to travel to the Soul Race Ancestral Land and prepare to return to the Nine Provinces.
  • Lu Ye found the Ancestral Land more lively and powerful than before, with hundreds of Sunlights gathered on a seven-colored Lian Continent.
  • Yiyi and Amber greeted Lu Ye, and he discovered that both had reached the Sunlight level.
  • Lu Ye followed Yiyi toward the gathered Soul Race seniors and sensed that many of them had reached Great Sun Late Stage or Great Sun Peak.

Ch. 2137The Soul Race's Shock

Lu Ye told the Soul Race Sunlights about Star Abyss, demonstrated the power of his Dao Power, and advised them to let their weaker cultivators remain in the Ancestral Land. He returned to the Nine Provinces and headed to Square Inch Mountain to hasten the Western Division’s return.

  • Lu Ye arrived among the Soul Race Sunlights, learned they had named him Sacred Lord, and recounted his journey through Star Abyss and the destruction of the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky.
  • Lu Ye explained how Dao Power worked and demonstrated his Ghost Ship’s defenses, which remained standing against the combined attacks of a hundred Soul Race Sunlights.
  • Lu Ye urged Hun Que to keep cultivators with growth potential in the Ancestral Land until they reached the peak of Sunlight, and Hun Que agreed to consider his advice.
  • Lu Ye bid Yiyi farewell, left Amber with her, and returned through the Starry Sky Pool to the Nine Provinces Star System.
  • Lu Ye sensed that the Western Square Inch Mountain was nearing its return, contacted Little Nine, and landed on Square Inch Mountain to hasten its unification.

Ch. 2138All Gather at Square Inch Mountain

Lu Ye accelerated Western Square Inch Mountain’s return and helped prepare Square Inch Mountain and allied forces to defend the Heavenly Gang Star System. As Nine Provinces prospered and his Blood Attendants grew stronger, Shuixian privately asked whether he had told Su Yuqing what happened between them inside the Ghost Sedan.

  • Lu Ye used Square Inch Mountain’s power to draw Western Square Inch Mountain toward it, shortening its expected return to about half a year.
  • Su Yuqing, Shuixian, Chen Li, and Square Inch Mountain’s Sunlights gathered with Lu Ye, who learned that allied star systems would assemble to defend the Heavenly Gang Star System.
  • Cultivators from multiple star systems arrived at Square Inch Mountain, while Lu Ye sent his Talent Tree Clone to inspect Nine Provinces and saw how much it had grown.
  • Lu Ye gave Treasure Blood to his ten Blood Attendants, all of whom had advanced to Sunlight, and urged them to become stronger.
  • Shuixian privately sealed off the area and asked Lu Ye whether he had told Su Yuqing about what happened between them inside the Ghost Sedan.

Ch. 2139Square Inch Mountain United

Lu Ye and Shuixian agreed to keep their respective secrets from Su Yuqing as Square Inch Mountain prepared to reunite with its Western Division. After the reunification, the realm underwent a dramatic transformation, and Lu Ye discovered he had gained the authority of a true Realm Master.

  • Shuixian promised not to tell Su Yuqing about Lu Ye and Nine Radiance unless Su Yuqing asked, and urged Lu Ye not to wrong her again.
  • Half a year later, Lu Ye welcomed Zhang Kun and the other Western Division cultivators as they brought the Blood Jade Realm to Square Inch Mountain.
  • Lu Ye separated the Western Square Inch Mountain from the Blood Jade Realm and guided it into place beside the core, uniting Square Inch Mountain.
  • Lu Ye moved the Blood Jade Realm beside the Blood Refining World, then entered the united realm and witnessed spiritual-energy rain, a vast new spirit jade vein, and many Little People Race cultivators breaking through.
  • An auspicious cloud poured power into Lu Ye, bringing him close to the Great Sun Late Stage, and he realized that Square Inch Mountain had made him its true Realm Master.

Ch. 2140The Blood Ancestor's Obsession

Lu Ye followed an inheritance stirring in his Blood Race bloodline and used the Blood Ancestor's remnant body to summon the scattered Blood Race realms. After recovering, he explained that the Blood Ancestor's lingering obsession was to become whole again, and the other three realms were now moving toward her remains.

  • Lu Ye sensed something wrong in the Blood Refining World and followed his bloodline's instinct to the Blood Ancestor's Source Spirit Aperture.
  • Lu Ye flooded the Blood Ancestor's remnant body with Blood Qi and began moving its arms, while Ma Shangsi and the ten great Blood Attendants helped him complete a hand seal.
  • The Blood Ancestor's remnant body blazed with crimson light, which split into three streams and vanished into the starry sky.
  • Several days later, Lu Ye told Xiang Yin that the Blood Ancestor's remnant body retained an obsession to become whole again.
  • Lu Ye explained that the other three Blood Race realms were now being drawn toward the Blood Ancestor's remains.

Ch. 2141A Plan to Forge Great Sun Peaks

Lu Ye explored using realm foundations to accelerate cultivation and tested the method on Square Inch Mountain’s Great Suns while preparing for the coming Star Abyss invasion. After reaching the Heavenly Gang Star System, he found its cultivators gathering near Mist Heaven and Earth, where the Heaven and Earth Cauldron’s weakening seal could soon leave the breach to them to defend.

  • Lu Ye learned from Little Nine that Nine Provinces’ foundation could be used to raise cultivators’ strength, though doing so would weaken the realm and could destabilize their foundations.
  • Lu Ye arranged for Square Inch Mountain to travel toward the Heavenly Gang Star System and used its foundation to help ten Little People Race Great Suns cultivate for a month.
  • Lu Ye tried to comprehend Square Inch Mountain’s power during the journey but found his cultivation too weak to activate the Supreme Treasure’s deeper abilities.
  • Square Inch Mountain reached the Heavenly Gang Star System, where Lu Ye saw cultivators heading toward Mist Heaven and Earth, the dangerous spectacle surrounding the Heaven and Earth Cauldron.
  • Lu Ye understood that the Heaven and Earth Cauldron’s power was nearing depletion and that the starry sky’s cultivators would have to defend the breach when it opened.

Ch. 2142Heaven and Earth Have Supreme Treasures; Twin Lotuses Bloom from One Stem

Lu Ye returned to the Soul Race Ancestral Land and sought its Origin to help cultivators hone the Soul Suppressing Mystic Art. After meeting a mysterious figure through the Origin, he learned that the Ancestral Land was opened by the Supreme Treasure Spirit Warming Lotus, while the paired Pure Lotus of Purity remained unknown.

  • Lu Ye learned from Xu Yuan that Soul Race cultivators at their limits had gone to defend the five flaws, while those with room to advance stayed to cultivate.
  • Lu Ye explained his plan to Hun Que: combine the Ancestral Land with Nine Provinces to help cultivators hone their divine souls and Magic Power.
  • Hun Que led Lu Ye to the Ancestral Land Origin, where Lu Ye communicated with its lotus and witnessed a vision of a powerful man accompanied by women, dragons, and phoenixes.
  • Lu Ye learned that three days had passed during his brief-seeming contact with the Origin and received the name Spirit Warming Lotus.
  • Lu Ye told Hun Que that the Spirit Warming Lotus had opened the Ancestral Land for the Soul Race and that the Pure Lotus of Purity was its paired Supreme Treasure.

Ch. 2143Seeing Azure Bird

Lu Ye gained the Ancestral Land Will’s consent to use the Soul Race’s Ancestral Land and secured Old Tree’s support for a plan to strengthen Nine Provinces and prepare Sunlight cultivators to reach Great Sun Peak. At Thousand Hills Tomb, Azure Bird agreed to let Lu Ye use the Nebula Grave Mounds and asked him to find Dancing Maiden before the Star Abyss Gate opened.

  • Lu Ye communicated with the Spirit Warming Lotus, received the Ancestral Land Will’s agreement, and learned that the Soul Race would help others enter the Ancestral Land.
  • Lu Ye explained his plan to Old Tree, who endorsed it and agreed to help prepare Nine Provinces as a place to forge Great Sun Peak cultivators.
  • Lu Ye traveled through the Turbulent Blast Zone to Thousand Hills Tomb, where he found Azure Bird resting atop a partly consumed Nebula Grave Mound.
  • Lu Ye told Azure Bird that he needed the realm origins in Thousand Hills Tomb to replenish Nine Provinces, and Azure Bird gave him permission to take what he needed.
  • Azure Bird explained that it planned to enter the Star Abyss when the gate opened and asked Lu Ye to find Dancing Maiden and tell her to come along.

Ch. 2144Nine Provinces Migration

Lu Ye helped Little Nine move Nine Provinces to Thousand Hills Tomb and replenish its depleted foundation with resources from Nebula Grave Mounds, while the starry sky prepared for the coming invasion. He returned to Myriad Phenomena Sea, where leaders discussed opening Spirit Islands to cultivators and establishing a star-wide Merit Pavilion.

  • Little Nine moved Nine Provinces to Thousand Hills Tomb using the Heaven's Mystery Disk, leaving the realm's spiritual energy depleted.
  • Lu Ye sent Treasure Blood Clones to install Heaven's Mystery Pillars in nearby Nebula Grave Mounds, restoring Nine Provinces' spiritual energy and setting it on course to become a Top-tier Realm.
  • Lu Ye informed Old Tree of his agreement with Azure Bird about searching for Dancing Maiden, then asked Azure Bird to watch over Nine Provinces.
  • Lu Ye returned to Myriad Phenomena Sea and joined Sunlight cultivators at Three Realms Island to discuss defenses against the coming Star Abyss invasion.
  • Luan Xiao'e reported that Spirit Islands were admitting cultivators regardless of faction and that Myriad Phenomena Sea had established a Merit Pavilion under Nine Radiance's management.

Ch. 2145Brothers Bound by Deep Affection

Lu Ye helped prepare the Myriad Phenomena Sea for the coming Star Abyss invasion, then reunited with Chu Shen and Hua Ci before returning to cultivation. He discovered that the Talent Tree’s fourth transformation let him devour spiritual energy so quickly that his Magic Source could no longer refine it fast enough.

  • Mang Dang told Lu Ye that the Star Abyss Gate was expected to open near Jade Sword Island, where the area had been cleared for a defensive front.
  • Ma Bin explained that he had forged his Dao Foundation using lingering Star Abyss aura, and Lu Ye gave him the Sword Gourd to refine its Sword Qi into Dao Force.
  • Chu Shen reunited with Lu Ye, thanked him for protecting Nine Radiance, and drank with him until they were both drunk.
  • Lu Ye carried Hua Ci back to his residence, but after several days together, he was left exhausted while she departed to cultivate.
  • Lu Ye descended beneath the Myriad Phenomena Sea and used the Talent Tree to devour spiritual energy, overwhelming his Magic Source’s refining capacity.

Ch. 2146Star Abyss Gate Opens

Lu Ye broke through to Great Sun Late Stage and confirmed he could wield Eight Dao as the Star Abyss Gate reopened near Jade Sword Island. Star Abyss invaders began arriving, and while Lu Ye and his allies guarded the gate, other Sunlights faced the vast gap in strength; a second gate later opened in the Phantom Extinction Star System.

  • Lu Ye broke through to Great Sun Late Stage and confirmed he could barely wield the power of Eight Dao.
  • Nine Provinces became a Top-tier Realm, while Old Tree and Little Nine helped Sunlight cultivators from across the starry sky prepare for the invasion.
  • The Star Abyss Gate reopened near Jade Sword Island, and Nine Radiance killed the first Ox Demon after it provoked her.
  • Sunlights fought another Star Abyss cultivator and discovered that even their combined strength could barely overcome its Dao Power, while Lu Ye, Nine Radiance, and Chong Yue killed the other early invaders.
  • The Star Abyss Gate opened in the Phantom Extinction Star System, where Chen Wulei and Chang Yu guarded against the weak first invaders.
  • Lu Ye learned that Yin Luo had followed his instruction to let invasions proceed unless a Fusion Dao expert tried to enter.

Ch. 2147Something Happened

Lu Ye answered the Cycle Tree's urgent summons and found a low-tier realm being overrun by locusts commanded by an Insect Race invader. After rescuing the realm, he discovered an unexpected Star Abyss Gate surrounded by a united force of Insect Race members.

  • Lu Ye learned that three of the five expected Star Abyss Gates had opened and then left for the Soul Race Ancestral Land to refine the Soul Suppressing Mystic Art.
  • The Cycle Tree summoned Lu Ye to a ruined realm where giant locusts were devouring its inhabitants.
  • Lu Ye killed the Insect Race cultivator directing the locusts, while his nine Treasure Blood Clones cleared the swarms and their infected corpses.
  • Lu Ye's Clones searched the surrounding starry sky and found a previously unknown Star Abyss Gate.
  • Lu Ye saw that a large force of Insect Race members had gathered peacefully around the gate.

Ch. 2148Within the Spirit Warming Lotus

Lu Ye exterminated the Insect Race near the Star Abyss Gate by the Lan Yun Realm and organized a search for the Dao Realm invaders scattered through the starry sky. At the Soul Race Ancestral Land, the Spirit Warming Lotus drew his soul into its interior, where he began tempering his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art toward consummation.

  • Lu Ye slaughtered the Insect Race gathered around the Star Abyss Gate and left his Talent Tree Clone to guard it while he hunted down those who fled.
  • Lu Ye, Chang Yu, Chong Yue, Phantom Shadow, Chen Li, and Du Qingsha searched for and killed more than ten Dao Realm Insect Race members scattered across the starry sky.
  • Lu Ye left Chong Yue and Phantom Shadow to guard the Star Abyss Gate near the Lan Yun Realm and learned that Ma Bin would assist Nine Radiance at the Myriad Phenomena Sea.
  • Lu Ye entered the Soul Race Ancestral Land and followed the Spirit Warming Lotus's summons, sensing that foreign Sunlight cultivators were secluded there.
  • The Spirit Warming Lotus drew Lu Ye's Soul Body into its interior, where the Nine-colored Small Island steadily nourished his Soul Power.
  • Lu Ye used the Talent Tree to repeatedly refine his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art, seeking consummation and the remaining Spirit Flower.

Ch. 2149Soul Energy Empowerment

Lu Ye endured years of increasingly violent trials inside the Spirit Warming Lotus, gradually perfecting the Soul Suppressing Mystic Art and strengthening his Soul Body. After he finally survived the trials, the Lotus empowered him with immense Soul Energy, revealing the purpose of its tests.

  • Lu Ye reflected on the difficulty of gathering all Three Flowers and resolved to pursue the Spirit Flower despite the challenge.
  • Old Tree organized patrols across the starry sky after the Star Abyss Gate near the Lan Yun Realm opened, and Leng Bi became the first new Dao Realm cultivator to emerge from the crisis.
  • Lu Ye continued training inside the Spirit Warming Lotus, where natural disasters repeatedly shattered his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art and injured his soul, forcing him to recover and improve.
  • Lu Ye spent years rebuilding the technique and fighting through the Soul Sea with crew members manifested from imprints, gradually becoming able to withstand the disasters for longer.
  • Lu Ye finally endured the Soul Sea trial, after which nine-colored light poured into him and empowered his Soul Body with vast Soul Energy.

Ch. 2150Spirit Flower

Lu Ye refined the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus into his Soul Body, formed his Spirit Flower, and reached Great Sun Peak, then returned to the starry sky and visited the Azure Bird to ask about Dao Fusion. The Azure Bird explained that Star Abyss Will guided cultivators toward Dao Fusion and punished others for revealing those teachings prematurely.

  • Lu Ye absorbed the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus, formed his Spirit Flower, and reached Great Sun Peak, allowing him to wield Ninth Layer Dao power without pressure.
  • Lu Ye returned through the Starry Sky Pool, changed course toward Thousand Hills Tomb, and then visited Nine Provinces.
  • Lu Ye found the Cycle Tree entering reincarnation and reassured Old Tree before Little Nine concealed the tree and its surroundings.
  • Lu Ye left Nine Provinces and found the Azure Bird with the Dancing Maiden at Thousand Hills Tomb.
  • Lu Ye asked the Azure Bird about Dao Fusion, and she explained that Star Abyss Will would teach him when he became strong enough and could punish anyone who explained it too soon.

Ch. 2151Forging the Foundation

Lu Ye returned to the Myriad Phenomena Sea and prepared to forge his Dao Foundation with the Furnace Method. After meeting Yaya and reuniting with Nine Radiance at the Star Abyss Gate, he ignited his Dao Fire and began the foundation-forging process.

  • Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island, heard Tang Jun’s account of the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and headed for Jade Sword Island to forge his Dao Foundation.
  • Lu Ye encountered Yaya, easily stopped her attacks, and learned she had reached Five Dao Power.
  • Lu Ye reached the Star Abyss Gate, where Nine Radiance agreed to guard him as he began forging his foundation.
  • Lu Ye used the Furnace Method, turning his body into a furnace and igniting his Dao Fire with ease.

Ch. 2152I'm Having a Hell of a Good Time

Lu Ye ignited a Dao Fire to forge his Dao Foundation, but his extreme essence, qi, and spirit made the fire burn uncontrollably through his body. He entered the Dao Realm without forming a personal Dao Bone, then began testing whether he could temper a second one.

  • Lu Ye poured his essence, qi, and spirit into the Dao Fire, which blazed far more fiercely than expected and burned through his body.
  • Fang awakened inside the Liao Saber and reveled in the Dao Fire’s tempering, saying it might help him break his shackles and advance.
  • The Dao Fire eventually vanished, and Lu Ye realized he had genuinely entered the Dao Realm despite failing to form a Dao Bone of his own.
  • Lu Ye examined his condition, wondered whether the Talent Tree had become his Dao Bone, and chose another bone to temper with Dao Power.

Ch. 2153Fifteenth Layer Dao

Lu Ye discovered that his Dao Bones could recover tougher after failed polishing, allowing him to surpass the Ninth Layer Dao limit and reach the Fifteenth Layer. He stopped polishing further bones to preserve Dao Power for himself and his Talent Tree Clone.

  • Lu Ye shattered and failed to polish his first Dao Bone, then watched it reassemble tougher than before.
  • Lu Ye successfully polished his first five Dao Bones and found that he could wield Fourteen Dao Power without strain.
  • Lu Ye polished a sixth Dao Bone after repeated failures, reaching Fifteenth Layer Dao and realizing he was not bound by the Ninth Layer limit.
  • Lu Ye suspected that tempering his body with Dao Fire through the Three Flowers had enabled his unusual advancement.
  • Lu Ye stopped polishing Dao Bones because his remaining Dao Power needed to sustain his own strength and that of his Talent Tree Clone.
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