Recaps

Lu Ye discovered that Fang had become a Dao Soldier and learned to wield the Crag Mountain Saber without losing his Dao force. After leaving Hua Ci and returning to the Phantom Extinction Star System, he asked Chen Wulei about an Eight Dao powerhouse who had disappeared after entering the Star Abyss.

• Lu Ye tested the Crag Mountain Saber and confirmed Fang had become a Dao Soldier that devoured his unmerged Dao force.
• Fang suggested merging Dao force into Magic Power, letting Lu Ye use the saber without it consuming his strength.
• Lu Ye decided to seek more Dao force, asked Old Tang to have a scabbard made, and visited Hua Ci before departing.
• Lu Ye traveled to the Phantom Extinction Star System and met Chang Yu and Chen Wulei near the Star Abyss Gate.
• Lu Ye asked Chen Wulei whether an Eight Dao powerhouse from his starry sky had entered the Star Abyss and vanished.

Lu Ye entered Star Abyss through the Star Abyss Gate to gather Dao Power and search for a way to save the starry sky. Inside a crimson passage, he slaughtered invading cultivators, but the passage spawned powerful giant creatures that pursued him as he fled toward Star Abyss.

• Lu Ye learned from Chen Wulei that the strongest Star Abyss creature to enter the starry sky had once been Sixth Dao, and decided to enter Star Abyss himself.
• Lu Ye confirmed that Azure Palace was still stationed on the other side, then said farewell to Chen Wulei and Chang Yu and entered the Star Abyss Gate.
• Lu Ye arrived in a crimson passage and killed the Star Abyss cultivators struggling toward the gate, collecting their Dao Bones.
• A giant mosquito-like creature emerged from the passage, struck Lu Ye with nine Dao strength, and was killed by his full fourteen Dao power, but left no Dao Bone.
• More than a dozen giant creatures began emerging from the passage, so Lu Ye ran toward Star Abyss while the creatures pursued him.

Lu Ye returned through the Star Abyss Gate and learned that a Dao Union-level Starry Sky Devourer was draining his Starry Sky’s foundation. He discovered that the Gate’s rules prevented the gathered Star Abyss creatures from killing one another, leaving his plan to gain strength by hunting them in doubt.

• Lu Ye escaped through the Star Abyss Gate, invoked Lady Yin Luo’s order to pass the gathered creatures, and went to Azure Palace.
• Yin Luo joyfully reunited with Lu Ye and ate three of his Treasure Blood Clones while he asked Uncle Duan about the giant creatures that had pursued him.
• Uncle Duan explained that a Starry Sky Devourer had opened the Gate by biting into the Starry Sky, and that its Ninth Layer Dao creatures were projections of its will.
• Yin Luo revealed that she had seen the Devourer before and identified it as a Dao Union; she promised to kill it after advancing to that realm.
• Lu Ye learned that a Star Abyss Gate’s owner could not kill creatures gathered around it, and realized he could not use them to quickly obtain Dao Bones.

Lu Ye left the Azure Palace to temper more Dao Bones, taking Uncle Duan’s Filth Pearl to conceal his aura as he traveled through the Star Abyss. After luring a group of cultivators with his pure aura, he learned that they had sent only one man to approach him, and Chen Wu assured him they meant no harm.

• Lu Ye decided to leave the Azure Palace, and Uncle Duan gave him a Filth Pearl that could hide his aura while warning him that the Human Race was poorly regarded in the Star Abyss.
• Lu Ye departed under Yin Luo’s tearful gaze, replenished the Talent Tree at a great sun, and killed scattered Star Abyss creatures as he traveled.
• Lu Ye successfully tempered his seventh Dao Bone on his first attempt, but spent nearly a thousand Dao Power and failed to temper his eighth.
• A woman leading a group of more than twenty cultivators spotted Lu Ye’s pure aura and ordered Chen Wu to bring the newly arrived Human Race cultivator over.
• Lu Ye fled to lure the group into pursuing him, but only Chen Wu followed, and Chen Wu called out that they meant him no harm.

Lu Ye joined Qing Yu’s group of Human Race remnants and learned about their plans to compete for Dao Fish at a Dao Pool. As the group traveled toward the pool, Qing Yu kept him under watch, while Lu Ye weighed the chance to gather Dao power from the rival factions Man Mountain and Dragon Spine.

• Chen Wu invited Lu Ye to meet Qing Yu, and Lu Ye agreed to travel with her group.
• Qing Yu noticed that Lu Ye seemed unusually clean and composed, so she placed him in the group’s middle and asked Chen Wu to watch him.
• Lu Ye learned that Qing Yu’s group consisted of Human Race remnants rescued after their starry sky shattered.
• Chen Wu explained that Dao Pools sometimes produced Dao Fish, condensations of pure Dao power, and that Qing Yu’s group was heading to compete for them.
• Lu Ye learned that Man Mountain, led by a powerful Barbarian Race cultivator, and Dragon Spine, made up mostly of Demon Race cultivators, were the other factions seeking Dao Fish.

Lu Ye and Qing Yu’s group reached the Dao Pool, where they discovered that Man Mountain had advanced to Dao Integration and joined forces with Dragon Spine to trap them. As Qing Yu confronted Man Mountain, Lu Ye began tempering his eighth Dao Bone while the others faced the prospect of submission or death.

• Chen Wu told Lu Ye that Man Mountain and Dragon Spine’s leaders prevented any followers from becoming nine-Dao cultivators before they advanced themselves.
• Lu Ye’s group reached the Dao Pool and found Man Mountain’s unusually small force waiting there.
• Lu Ye warned Qing Yu that Man Mountain seemed stronger than a nine-Dao cultivator, and she ordered her people to leave.
• Dragon Spine’s forces arrived and blocked their retreat, revealing that Man Mountain had subdued Dragon Spine after advancing to Dao Integration.
• Lu Ye asked Qing Yu to stall for time and began tempering his eighth Dao Bone.
• Qing Yu attacked Man Mountain with her whip, but he shattered it effortlessly and confirmed that he had reached Dao Integration.

Qing Yu and her followers faced Man Mountain’s demand for twenty Dao Bones, and Lu Ye revealed his strength when the battle began. He left Man Mountain badly wounded and gave Qing Yu’s group a chance to retreat, while their fight continued inside the Blood Sea.

• Man Mountain demanded twenty Dao Bones from Qing Yu’s group, and Qing Yu ordered everyone to split up and run when he threatened them.
• Qing Yu’s followers charged with her, but Lu Ye unleashed a Blood Sea and killed the Dragon Spine Great Demon with a single collision.
• Lu Ye told Qing Yu to retreat, then charged Man Mountain and wounded him with a slash that severed his arm and cut his chest.
• Qing Yu ordered her group to fall back and seek a chance to escape as she realized Lu Ye was fighting Man Mountain.
• Man Mountain fought Lu Ye inside the Blood Sea, struggling against the power of Lu Ye’s seventeen or eighteen Dao Bones.

Lu Ye and his Clone battled Man Mountain while Qing Yu and the others escaped, then joined the fight to help wear down the Fusion Dao cultivator. Man Mountain tried to flee after his followers were killed, but Lu Ye refused to let him escape.

• Lu Ye used the Blood Sea battle to let Qing Yu and more than twenty Human Race cultivators escape while he fought Man Mountain and slaughtered the Dragon Spine cultivators.
• Qing Yu’s group saw Lu Ye and his Clone facing Man Mountain among the corpses of his followers, and realized Lu Ye could contend with a Fusion Dao cultivator.
• Man Mountain charged Lu Ye, but Lu Ye’s Clone struck him with Mystic Fire from the Fire Gourd as Lu Ye attacked with his saber.
• Lu Ye and his Clone alternated attacks, forcing Man Mountain to defend himself until Qing Yu ordered the others to support them from a distance.
• Man Mountain broke out of Qing Yu’s group’s encirclement and tried to flee, but Lu Ye moved to stop him after spending nearly three hundred measures of Dao Power.

Lu Ye killed Man Mountain after a brutal battle in which his Talent Tree Clone died, then received a mysterious Star Abyss Blessing that healed and strengthened him. Qing Yu explained how cultivators earned the blessing, but Lu Ye remained wary of its hidden effects.

• Lu Ye used Liao Power and his Talent Tree Clone’s reckless attacks to stop Man Mountain from escaping and exhaust his Dao Power.
• Man Mountain killed the Talent Tree Clone, but Lu Ye cut off his own arm to escape Man Mountain’s desperate counterattack.
• Lu Ye caught his severed arm and Crag Mountain Saber, then beheaded Man Mountain, killing a Fusion Dao cultivator.
• A dark cloud sent a beam into Lu Ye, rapidly healing his injuries while the Talent Tree swayed and emitted black smoke.
• Qing Yu congratulated Lu Ye on receiving the Star Abyss Blessing and explained that it could reward cultivators who killed enough enemies or defeated stronger opponents.

After recovering from the Star Abyss Blessing and refining the spoils from the battle, Lu Ye declined Qing Yu’s offer to join forces. He directed her group toward Yin Luo’s Azure Palace and invited them to help defend the starry sky he came from.

• Qing Yu explained that the Star Abyss Blessing had healed Lu Ye’s injuries, while he reclaimed his Talent Tree roots and gathered the Dao Bones from Dragon Spine and Man Mountain’s followers.
• Lu Ye recovered at the Dao Pool, refined the Dao Bones for nearly two thousand strands of Dao Power, and kept the remains for possible use with the Starry Tree.
• Qing Yu offered to pledge her group to Lu Ye, but he declined and pointed them toward Yin Luo’s Azure Palace at a nearby Star Abyss Gate.
• Lu Ye revealed that the starry sky beyond the gate was his home and said Yin Luo had protected him there.
• Qing Yu considered Lu Ye’s proposal that her group enter his starry sky and help defend it against the Star Abyss invasion.

Lu Ye joined Qing Yu and her people at the Dao Pool, where he discovered that his Crag Mountain Saber could catch Dao Fish without being harmed by the pool’s strange power. After the group departed, he tempered two more Dao Bones, reaching ten and the strength of the Nineteenth Layer Dao.

• Qing Yu explained how to catch Dao Fish and warned Lu Ye not to enter the dangerously altered pool.
• Lu Ye failed to catch Dao Fish with Dao power at first, then succeeded by using the Fifteenth Layer Dao, though the effort cost most of his gains.
• After hearing that a Dao Soldier might withstand the pool, Lu Ye tested the Crag Mountain Saber and used it to catch Dao Fish directly.
• When the pool returned to normal, Qing Yu and her people departed, while Lu Ye declined to join them and left their future visit to the Star Abyss Gate up to them.
• Lu Ye used two thousand strands of Dao power to form two more Dao Bones, bringing his total to ten and his strength to the Nineteenth Layer Dao.

Lu Ye tricked an Insect Race scout into attacking him, killed him, and waited for the Insect Mother’s reinforcements. When more than thirty Insect Race members arrived without a Fusion Dao cultivator, Lu Ye and his Talent Tree Clone attacked them in a Blood Sea.

• Lu Ye finished wiping out a Star Abyss faction and encountered an Insect Race scout who demanded his Dao Bones.
• Lu Ye pretended to flee and then fight desperately, using hidden Tenth Layer Dao power to kill the scout.
• Lu Ye collected the Dao Bones and waited, knowing the Insect Mother could learn of its subordinate’s death and send hunters.
• More than thirty Insect Race members arrived, but Lu Ye saw no Fusion Dao cultivators among them.
• Lu Ye charged into the group, spread a Blood Sea, and brought his Talent Tree Clone into the battle as the Insect Race members fell into chaos.

After killing the Insect Race survivors, Lu Ye received another Star Abyss Blessing and fled from a pursuing Merging Dao cultivator while tempering his Dao Bones. When he lost contact with his Talent Tree Clone, he tracked it to a strange Star Sand Cloud, entered in pursuit, and found himself in a vast, colorful starry sky.

• Lu Ye wiped out the Insect Race survivors, received a Star Abyss Blessing that strengthened his body, and fled when a Merging Dao Insect Race cultivator came after him.
• Lu Ye reunited with the Talent Tree Clone, evaded the pursuer, and refined Dao Bones until he had thirteen Dao Bones and twenty-one Dao Power.
• Lu Ye lost contact with the Talent Tree Clone and searched the area, eventually finding a strange, flowing Star Sand Cloud.
• When the pursuing Insect Race cultivator caught up, Lu Ye tested the Star Sand Cloud with a Treasure Blood Clone, then entered it to search for his Clone.
• Lu Ye appeared inside an immense, dazzling starry sky, where the grains of Star Sand seemed to be stars.

Lu Ye reunited with his Talent Tree Clone in Variegated, learned that the vast starry sky was a Dao Soldier with no known way out, and agreed to join the Human Race’s Battle Alliance. He reached the Alliance’s enormous city with Kang Xing, Jiang Yuning, and Zhao Tuo, where he saw that mortals also lived across the realm regions.

• Lu Ye teleported to his Talent Tree Clone, found Kang Xing, Jiang Yuning, and Zhao Tuo fleeing Blood Race pursuers, and killed the attackers.
• Kang Xing told Lu Ye that Variegated was a Dao Soldier’s cultivated starry sky where cultivators became trapped, and described the three rival forces inside it.
• Lu Ye agreed to travel with the three to the Battle Alliance and gave them the Dao Bones from the Blood Race squad he had slain.
• The group reached the Battle Alliance, an immense city in a realm region, and Kang Xing explained that mortals had multiplied across Human Race territory.

After entering the Battle Alliance’s city, Lu Ye learned how newcomers were registered and that leaving the Variegated Starry Sky was considered impossible. At the Battle Merit Hall, he discovered that Dao Bones could earn merit and that higher Waist Token ranks granted access to better supplies, including powerful Dao Artifacts.

• Kang Xing and his companions brought Lu Ye to the city gate, where a Formation and the manager’s mirror verified that he belonged to the Human Race and earned him a Waist Token.
• Kang Xing explained that the Waist Token allowed entry to battle cities and enabled communication, and the four exchanged contact marks before parting ways.
• Lu Ye asked a guard at the Garrison Manor about leaving the Variegated Starry Sky, but the guard dismissed him and said there was no way out.
• At the Battle Merit Hall, Kang Xing explained that cultivators earned Battle Merit by submitting unused Dao Bones and could raise their Waist Token ranks from Iron to Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
• Kang Xing and Jiang Yuning told Lu Ye that higher ranks offered better exchange lists and that Dao Artifacts could increase Dao Power; Lu Ye grew cautious about potential opponents wielding them.
• Lu Ye submitted several Dao Bones to the Merit Officer and checked the exchange list, but found it mostly contained healing supplies.

After choosing Azure Water War Star as his base for hunting enemies and earning Battle Merit, Lu Ye uncovered a Blood Race ambush disguised as a battle. He killed the disguised Blood Race attackers and found Insect Race members staging the fight inside the Blood Sea.

• Lu Ye thanked Kang Xing and his companions over a feast, then decided to head for the battlefield to earn Battle Merit and seek a Dao Artifact.
• Lu Ye studied the Starry Sky Map, chose Azure Water War Star, and traveled there alone after passing through several Insect Paths.
• Lu Ye sensed a battle inside a Blood Sea and encountered a group of apparent Human Race cultivators who tried to lure him into an ambush.
• Lu Ye recognized the attackers as Blood Race through his Sacred Nature and killed them before entering the Blood Sea.
• Lu Ye slew the Blood Race member inside the Blood Sea and discovered Insect Race cultivators staging the battle.

Lu Ye continued hunting on the battlefield and discovered that a Blood Race cultivator had received a Star Abyss Blessing. After killing him and damaging his Dao Artifact, Lu Ye unknowingly attracted the Insect Mother's attention, and the chapter ended with enemies across the region becoming more aggressive.

• Lu Ye waited for Insect Race reinforcements after killing a squad, but none arrived, so he refined their Dao Bones and continued hunting for Dao Power.
• Lu Ye saw a Star Abyss Blessing and rushed to find its recipient, a Blood Race cultivator surrounded by corpses.
• The Blood Race cultivator attacked Lu Ye with a Dao Artifact, but Lu Ye saw through his Blood Arts and killed him with a single saber strike, breaking the artifact.
• Lu Ye collected the damaged Dao Artifact and the Blood Race cultivator's unrefined Dao Bones, then left the area.
• A concealed Stone Worm reported Lu Ye's actions to the Insect Mother, who ordered Insect Race forces to move across the region.
• Lu Ye noticed the next day that the Insect and Blood Races had grown more aggressive, giving him more enemies to hunt.

Lu Ye discovered that the Insect and Blood Races had surrounded him, while Ziying investigated their unexplained gathering near a dead star. After an elite Insect Race cultivator attacked him there, Lu Ye realized the enemy was not Dao Fusion and struck back with strength exceeding twenty strands of Dao Force.

• Lu Ye lured out and killed three Insect and Blood Race scouts who had been monitoring him, then fled the dead star.
• A scout reported the enemy races' large-scale deployment near a dead star to Ziying, who ordered him to gather more intelligence.
• Lu Ye found blood seas and enemy forces blocking his escape routes and realized he had been surrounded.
• An elite Insect Race cultivator pursued Lu Ye onto the dead star and attacked him, but Lu Ye blocked his punch with a Talent Tree Clone.
• Lu Ye punched the Insect Race cultivator away and recognized that his strength exceeded twenty strands of Dao Force.

Lu Ye and his Clone fought their way through the Insect and Blood Races’ encirclement, drawing the pursuing armies into battles with Human and Giant Race forces. After escaping, Lu Ye examined the Insect cultivator’s armor-plate Dao Artifact and discovered it reacted to his Dao Power.

• The Insect cultivator tried to escape and summon help, but Lu Ye and his Clone trapped him in a Blood Sea and killed him.
• Lu Ye’s Clone drew the surrounding Insect and Blood Race armies into pursuit, then broke away as Ziying ordered Human and Giant Race forces to mobilize.
• Lu Ye searched the dead Insect cultivator and found five Dao Bones and an armor-plate Dao Artifact attached to his chest.
• Human and Giant Race cultivators ambushed the scattered pursuers, while Lu Ye recalled his Clone and hid on another Dead Star.
• Lu Ye channeled Dao Power into the armor plate and probed it with his divine sense, then froze at what he sensed inside.

Lu Ye seized the Insect Race Dao Artifact Bifu and discovered it enhanced his power only slightly, then spent two months hiding his strength while hunting in the war zone. With Bifu still missing, Fei Lian and the Insect Mother decided to force the Human Race cultivator out by attacking the star.

• Lu Ye tested Bifu with a Talent Tree Clone and found that housing the Clone inside it increased his Dao Power by only one Dao.
• Lu Ye concluded the Insect Mother would pursue him even more fiercely, changed his appearance, and kept his displayed strength to twelve Dao while hunting for two months.
• Ziying learned that the search for the Human Race cultivator had found no trace of him and suspected he was hiding to recover.
• Fei Lian told the Insect Mother that Bifu had not been returned to the Human Race home star and that Lu Ye was likely still in the war zone.
• Fei Lian proposed forcing Lu Ye out by mobilizing the entire army to attack the star.

Fei Lian planned to use a hidden Dao Integrator to track Lu Ye, while Lu Ye continued cultivating and fighting alone in the war zone. When Ziying issued a Garrison Order as the enemy attacked Azure Water War Star, Lu Ye joined the returning cultivators and encountered a divided group on the way.

• Fei Lian told the Insect Mother that a newly emerged Dao Integrator would secretly locate the Human Race cultivator, and the Insect and Blood Races withdrew from the Land of Chaos while preparing to strike again later.
• Ziying received news of the enemy's retreat and worried that the Human Race cultivator the Insect and Blood Races had targeted had been killed or captured.
• Lu Ye, using the name Li Taibai, refused an offer to travel with two Giant Race faction cultivators, then continued hunting alone and tempered another Dao Bone, raising his power to twenty-six Dao.
• Ziying sent a Garrison Order summoning all cultivators in the war zone to defend Azure Water War Star, and Lu Ye immediately set out for it.
• Lu Ye joined scattered Human Race teams, which grew to several dozen cultivators before they spotted a similarly sized Insect Race force and argued over whether to fight or detour.
• Yan Hong revealed his Gold Guard status and asked whether any other Gold Guards were present, silencing the argument.

Yan Hong led Lu Ye and the gathered Human Race cultivators against an Insect Race force, anticipating a Blood Race ambush and rallying the survivors to gather reinforcements. After several days of victories, their force grew to over four hundred, and they prepared to approach the besieged Azure Water War Star.

• Yan Hong took command, identified the Insect Race force as bait for a Blood Sea ambush, and ordered the Ninth Layer Dao cultivators to intercept the Blood Race attackers.
• Yan Hong led the charge against the Insect Race, while Lu Ye killed a hidden Blood Race cultivator after the Blood Sea swallowed the battlefield.
• The Human Race cultivators shattered the Blood Sea and defeated the Insect and Blood Race forces, losing only five people.
• Yan Hong led the survivors away from the battlefield and gathered nearby Human Race cultivators, growing their force to more than four hundred over three days.
• Yan Hong learned Lu Ye's name and warned him that the group's final approach to Azure Water War Star would be difficult; Lu Ye agreed to help lead the force through.

Yan Hong led six hundred Alliance Guards in an attempt to break through the enemy encirclement and return to Azure Water War Star. With Ziying’s support drawing enemy forces away and sending reinforcements to meet them, the Guards broke through the defensive line, with Lu Ye protecting Yan Hong’s flank.

• A battered remnant force joined Yan Hong, and its leader revealed that the enemy had trapped them at a false weak point.
• Lu Ye reunited with Kang Xing, Jiang Yuning, and Zhao Tuo, and told them to follow him when the fighting began.
• After learning that Yan Hong and six hundred Alliance Guards were stranded outside Azure Water War Star, Ziying promised to create an opportunity for their return.
• Yan Hong led the Guards toward Azure Water, using shattered Floating Land as cover while Battle Alliance attacks drew enemy troops away from their route.
• The Insect Mother spotted the approaching Guards, but Ziying’s thousand-man reinforcement charged out to meet them and trap the enemy in a pincer attack.
• Yan Hong spearheaded the breakthrough as Lu Ye and other Ninth Layer Dao cultivators guarded his flanks.

Lu Ye and Yan Hong fought their way back to Azure Water War Star, where Lu Ye learned that his armor-plate Dao Artifact was the fabled Bifu. After turning in Dao Bones for Battle Merit, Lu Ye advanced to Bronze Guard and considered how to handle the treasure.

• A Blood Race cultivator with fourteen or fifteen strands ambushed Lu Ye, but Yan Hong intervened and the two continued fighting until the Alliance Guards and reinforcements broke through to Azure Water War Star.
• Yan Hong thanked Lu Ye, exchanged Waist Token imprints with him, and left to meet Garrison Commander Ziying.
• Kang Xing explained that Yan Hong belonged to the Yan Family and that Huang Zhihuan wielded the powerful Dao Artifact Bifu, an ancient armor plate sought by the Battle Alliance's great families.
• Lu Ye realized his own armor plate was Bifu and wondered whether the enemy's assault on the star was connected to their search for it.
• Lu Ye accompanied Kang Xing and the others to the Battle Merit Hall, exchanged some Dao Bones for Battle Merit, and rose from Iron Guard to Bronze Guard.

Lu Ye joined Yan Hong’s Yan Battalion and fought to defend Azure Water War Star as Fei Lian searched for the Human Race cultivator carrying Bifu. With reinforcements unavailable and his plan stalled, Fei Lian ordered Pei Dan to assault the war star and seize it.

• Yan Hong recruited Lu Ye and his three friends into a newly formed battalion to reinforce the southwest defensive line.
• Yan Battalion charged into battle, easing pressure on the defenders, while Lu Ye’s squad suffered losses but kept Kang Xing and the others safe.
• Fei Lian continued searching for the Human Race cultivator with Bifu and warned Pei Dan not to act before receiving orders.
• Ziying learned that the home war star would send no Dao Fusion reinforcements and that Giant Ruler War Star was also under siege.
• With the Human Race cultivator still missing and Giant Ruler’s situation worsening, Fei Lian ordered Pei Dan to attack Azure Water War Star.