Recaps

After refining Variegated’s core, Lu Ye used its authority to appear across battlefields, slaughtering enemy forces and turning major battles into Human Race victories. He continued fighting while telling You Die to wait for his return, and the Human Race’s suspicions that he was a traitor began to fade.

• Lu Ye and his Clone devastated an Insect and Blood Races army, allowing the Human Race to turn a retreat into victory.
• Lu Ye teleported to another battlefield, killed an Insect Race Merging Dao cultivator, and helped the Human Race rout its enemies.
• Lu Ye spoke to You Die across the distance, told her he would return when finished, and stopped her from injuring herself to summon him.
• Over the next half month, Lu Ye appeared at several large battles and helped the Human Race win each one.
• Reports of Lu Ye’s actions reached the Human Race’s main star, and accusations that he was a traitor gradually faded.

Lu Ye collected the last Bifu from Yan Xiaowu in exchange for Dao Bones, then used the resulting Dao Power to try to stop Variegated from drifting. He nearly exhausted his reserves and only slowed it to a crawl, leaving him to gather more Dao Power before he could halt it completely.

• Lu Ye entered the Ruins after Yan Xiaowu reported that he could no longer activate the Sacrificial Altar, then adjusted the Ruins with the Variegated Core so Yan Xiaowu could enter.
• Yan Xiaowu delivered Dao Bones from several clans, and Lu Ye gave him the last of the Bifu in return.
• After Yan Xiaowu departed, Lu Ye sealed the Ruins and refined the Dao Bones, bringing his Dao Power reserves to an estimated two or three hundred thousand.
• Lu Ye spent about ten days using Dao Power to slow Variegated's drift, nearly exhausting his reserves without stopping it completely.
• Lu Ye decided to gather more Dao Power before trying again and wondered how matters were progressing back in the starry sky.

Lu Ye returned to Variegated and learned that You Die had summoned Merging Dao cultivators to hunt him, so he changed course and went to meet Ziying at Dusty World Stronghold. The chapter ended as Ziying welcomed him and expressed relief that he was unharmed.

• Lu Ye studied the miniature starry sky and used the Star Map to choose where he would enter Variegated, arriving near You Die's war zone.
• You Die contacted Lu Ye through a Stone Worm and warned him that she had summoned Merging Dao cultivators to encircle him, while secretly urging him to flee.
• Lu Ye asked You Die whether she could lure the pursuers to him one at a time, but she refused and warned that the war zone's stability affected both their safety.
• Lu Ye crushed the Stone Worm and headed for Dusty World Stronghold, where Ziying commanded the Battle Alliance forces.
• Lu Ye reached Ziying's palace, revealed his true appearance, and greeted her; Ziying welcomed him and said she was glad he was unharmed.

Lu Ye revealed to Ziying that he was still at the Dao Entry Realm despite killing Merging Dao cultivators, and offered to take her out of Variegated so she could reach the Dao Union Realm. Ziying agreed to seek a replacement for her post before leaving and became Lu Ye’s sworn elder sister, promising to return and help him after advancing.

• Ziying discovered through a palm exchange that Lu Ye was still at the Dao Entry Realm and was astonished by his ability to kill Merging Dao cultivators.
• Lu Ye told Ziying that Variegated prevented cultivators from advancing beyond the Merging Dao Peak and revealed that he could take her outside.
• Ziying considered leaving with Lu Ye but decided she could not abandon Dusty World Stronghold while it remained at risk.
• Lu Ye suggested that Ziying ask the main star to send a replacement, and she agreed to find someone despite the difficulty.
• Lu Ye asked Ziying to return to Variegated after advancing to the Dao Union Realm and help him; Ziying trusted him and proposed they become siblings.

Lu Ye stopped Variegated from drifting, but was ambushed by a hidden Merging Dao Peak cultivator and nearly killed. He escaped to the Insect Nest, where You Die began helping him recover.

• Lu Ye asked Ziying about trading passage out of Variegated for Dao Bones, and she warned him to wait until his strength rivaled a Merging Dao Peak cultivator.
• After hunting across Variegated, Lu Ye emerged and killed the gathered cultivators who attacked him.
• Lu Ye spent more than three hundred thousand Dao Power to stop Variegated in a fixed location.
• A concealed attacker struck Lu Ye with a soul attack and grievously wounded him, but he escaped back into Variegated.
• Lu Ye used the Life Chain to reach You Die in the Insect Nest and asked her to heal him.
• You Die enveloped Lu Ye with her power, and his injuries gradually began to recover.

After recovering, Lu Ye confirmed that distance could weaken the Life Chain and told You Die he had refined the Variegated Core and could leave Variegated. He asked her to help him obtain Dao Bones from the Insect and Blood Races, then used his authority as Variegated's master to escape when she tried to stop him.

• Lu Ye realized his severe injuries had not affected You Die because the Life Chain could fail across a great distance.
• You Die asked how Lu Ye refined the Variegated Core, and he explained that Nine Infants' restriction had expelled her while he remained and completed the refinement.
• Lu Ye told You Die he could leave Variegated, and she became excited at the prospect of escaping and reaching the Dao Union Realm.
• Lu Ye asked You Die to help him obtain Dao Bones from the Insect and Blood Races, but she accused him of asking her to betray them.
• You Die tried to keep Lu Ye from leaving, but he used Variegated's authority to evade her perception and vanished.

Lu Ye continued hunting across Variegated’s battlefields, forcing the Insect and Blood Races onto the defensive while building his strength. After Ziying arranged to leave her post, Lu Ye brought You Die into an oath-bound alliance and prepared to take her out of Variegated, wary of the powerful enemy who had ambushed him before.

• Lu Ye and his Clone slaughtered enemies across several battlefields, reducing Human Race Alliance losses and driving the Insect and Blood Races to adopt a defensive strategy.
• The Human Race Alliance invited Lu Ye to the main star, but he ignored the invitation and continued gathering Dao power while keeping in touch with Ziying.
• Two months later, Ziying told Lu Ye that a replacement would guard her Stronghold, and he sent her a location to meet him once she was ready.
• Lu Ye returned to Yinshuo War Star, where You Die agreed to help him in exchange for his aid in advancing to Harmonizing Dao; they swore mutual oaths in the name of the Star Abyss Will.
• You Die sent only her Soul Body into Lu Ye’s Divine Sea to leave Variegated, and Lu Ye warned her about the possible Merging Dao Peak cultivator who had ambushed him.
• Lu Ye revealed that another person would accompany them, intending for that ally and You Die to face the suspected attacker together.

Lu Ye brought You Die into the Ruins to meet Ziying and explained how the Life Chain bound his life to the Insect Mother’s. After warning Ziying about an enemy who might be waiting outside, he prepared to lead them out, but Ziying insisted on taking the risk herself.

• Lu Ye entered the Ruins with You Die and waited for Ziying, who arrived through a passage.
• You Die greeted Ziying intimately, prompting Ziying to recognize her as the Insect Mother and suspect Lu Ye had been bewitched.
• Lu Ye explained the Life Chain and his history with You Die, persuading Ziying not to attack her.
• Lu Ye told Ziying that a possible Merging Dao Peak had ambushed him and might still be waiting outside, so he needed her and You Die to help deal with the threat.
• At the exit, Lu Ye said he would go first and asked Ziying to wait three breaths, but Ziying objected and offered to go instead.

Lu Ye lured out a Ghost Race Merging Dao cultivator who had ambushed him, then helped You Die and Ziying discover that leaving Variegated had freed them from its restraint on advancement. He gave Ziying guidance toward the Union Dao Realm before returning to Variegated with You Die, who tried to coax the same information from him.

• Lu Ye left Variegated with You Die hidden in his Divine Sea and was ambushed by a Ghost Race Merging Dao cultivator.
• You Die fought the ambusher, but he fled before Lu Ye and Ziying could catch him.
• You Die and Ziying sensed that the restraint preventing advancement to the Union Dao Realm had disappeared outside Variegated.
• Lu Ye gave Ziying a Jade Slip containing guidance from Nine Infants, and she decided to pursue advancement without using a harmful shortcut.
• Ziying stayed outside Variegated to cultivate, while Lu Ye and You Die returned; You Die then coaxed Lu Ye for a copy of the Jade Slip.

You Die agreed to help Lu Ye lure the eight Merging Dao cultivators in the war zone to the Insect Nest so they could be ambushed. After the cultivators gathered, You Die presented a restrained Lu Ye, leaving the group puzzled and Che Lin unaware of her betrayal.

• You Die bargained with Lu Ye for the same benefits Ziying had received and agreed to summon all eight Merging Dao cultivators.
• Lu Ye told You Die that he commanded 167 Dao, and she explained that Che Lin was the strongest of the eight while two Insect cultivators were under her absolute control.
• Lu Ye rejected You Die’s suggestion to summon the cultivators one by one and insisted they gather together for a single attack.
• You Die summoned the eight cultivators and ordered the Strongholds to tighten their defenses and keep their forces inside.
• The eight Merging Dao cultivators gathered in the Insect Nest, where You Die presented a restrained Human Race cultivator and a Blood Race cultivator recognized him as Lu Ye.

Lu Ye and You Die ambushed the Insect and Blood Race Merging Dao cultivators, then launched coordinated attacks on their Strongholds. After word leaked and survivors fled the final Stronghold, Lu Ye contacted Yellow Springs and urged him to investigate.

• Lu Ye revealed the power to leave Variegated, then joined You Die in ambushing Che Lin and the other Merging Dao cultivators inside the Insect Nest, killing all but four attackers.
• Lu Ye collected the spoils as You Die sent her two direct descendants to their assigned Strongholds and agreed to accompany him.
• Lu Ye and You Die attacked the Strongholds, slaughtering their Dao Entry cultivators while Lu Ye's Treasure Blood Clones gathered Dao Bones.
• After Lu Ye cleared the third Stronghold, he found the last one abandoned as Insect and Blood Race cultivators fled, so he turned his attention to the Yellow Springs War Star.
• Lu Ye contacted Yellow Springs, identified himself, and urged him to investigate the Insect and Blood Race Strongholds before vanishing.

After Lu Ye and You Die wiped out the enemy forces across the Yellow Springs Great War Zone, Huangquan claimed the war zone but could not learn what had happened or contact Ziying. Lu Ye refined the immense haul of Dao Bones, surpassed two hundred Dao, and continued preparing to enter the Merging Dao realm.

• Huangquan sent forces to inspect the enemy Strongholds and learned that seven had been devastated while one was empty.
• Huangquan led his troops to Yinshuo War Star, where they found the Insect Nest lifeless and discovered six dead Merging Dao cultivators, including Che Lin.
• Huangquan declared the Yellow Springs Great War Zone taken, then discovered he could not send a message to Ziying and feared she was dead.
• Lu Ye sent You Die and her subordinates Yayi and Kuzhi out of Variegated, then stayed behind to refine the Dao Bones gathered from the slaughter.
• Lu Ye gained roughly seven or eight hundred thousand Dao Force and polished his Dao Bones until he surpassed two hundred Dao.

Lu Ye discovered that his foundation capped his safe strength at two hundred Dao, preventing him from tempering his final five Dao Bones. After leaving the Variegated starry sky, he met You Die and kept the shortcut to advancing to Dao Union secret from her.

• Lu Ye failed repeatedly to temper a Dao Bone and discovered that controlling two hundred Dao caused severe injuries, revealing that his foundation limited his strength.
• Lu Ye realized he could not raise his foundation without advancing realms, but refused to advance before finishing his Dao Bones.
• Lu Ye left the Variegated starry sky and met You Die's subordinates, Yayi and Kuzhi, who led him to her in a Dead Star.
• You Die asked Lu Ye about the shortcut to advancing to Dao Union, but he refused to tell her because it involved invading and destroying a starry sky.
• Lu Ye reflected that Yin Luo had likely abandoned her plan to corrode starry skies and had become a secret guardian of one instead.

Lu Ye, Ziying, and You Die learned that the nearby Boundless City was a powerful Beast Race force that enslaved Human Race cultivators as renewable Bone Vessels. Ziying had planned to negotiate with the city, but the revelation cast that plan into doubt.

• Ziying returned with an unconscious Cat Tribe cultivator she had captured near Variegated.
• You Die used Divine Source Illusion Sea to interrogate the cat, learning that Boundless City had roughly a dozen or twenty Merging Dao cultivators and a Merging Dao Peak City Lord named Mad Lion.
• Lu Ye and Ziying realized Boundless City had at least two Merging Dao Peak cultivators, including the Ghost Cultivator they had encountered earlier.
• Ziying proposed speaking with Boundless City to seek peaceful coexistence, but You Die warned that the city raised Human Race cultivators to turn them into cultivation resources.
• You Die explained that Bone Cultivation made Human Race Dao Entry cultivators into Bone Vessels whose Dao Bones could be repeatedly harvested, and Lu Ye remembered that other Merging Dao cultivators had once tried to take him for Bone Cultivation.

Lu Ye and Ziying decided to recruit Elder Chen Gushan to help them confront Boundless City and its exploitation of Human cultivators. Ziying returned to Variegated to approach him, while Lu Ye went to replenish the Talent Tree’s fuel; Chen Gushan was astonished when she claimed she had left Variegated and come back.

• You Die warned Lu Ye and Ziying that Boundless City was too powerful to attack without reinforcements, and Lu Ye proposed seeking help from Variegated.
• Ziying suggested Elder Chen Gushan, a Merging Dao Peak cultivator who might also know other trustworthy candidates, and agreed to contact him.
• Lu Ye brought Ziying into Variegated, where she sent Elder Chen a message and arranged to meet him while Lu Ye left to replenish the Talent Tree’s fuel.
• Ziying found Chen Gushan fishing on a quiet satellite star, and he explained that Yellow Springs had mistakenly spread word that she had died.
• Ziying told Chen Gushan that she had left Variegated and returned, but he thought she was joking.

Ziying told Chen Gushan about a way to leave Variegated and asked him to help deal with Boundless City. Chen Gushan recruited Yan Zhixing and He Linglong, then showed them a method to advance to Dao Union, leaving them wondering how they could use it while still inside Variegated.

• Ziying told Chen Gushan that Lu Ye had discovered a way to leave Variegated and explained their conflict with Boundless City.
• Chen Gushan agreed to leave retirement and help Ziying, then summoned Yan Zhixing and He Linglong as potential allies.
• Yan Zhixing and He Linglong arrived, reunited with Chen Gushan, and reminisced about their younger years.
• Chen Gushan gave Yan Zhixing and He Linglong Jade Slips containing a method to advance to Dao Union.
• Yan Zhixing questioned how the method could help them advance while they remained inside Variegated.

Chen Gushan revealed that the Ruins contained a way out of Variegated, and Ziying confirmed that Lu Ye had already taken her through it. Lu Ye guided Chen Gushan, Yan Zhixing, and He Linglong out of Variegated, where they discovered the starry sky beyond and prepared to meet You Die.

• Chen Gushan used Ziying’s connection to Lu Ye to persuade Yan Zhixing and He Linglong that the Ruins held an exit from Variegated.
• Ziying confirmed she had left Variegated with Lu Ye, and Yan Zhixing and He Linglong agreed to seek his help.
• Chen Gushan, Yan Zhixing, He Linglong, and Ziying entered the Ruins and met Lu Ye in the second great hall.
• Lu Ye led the group to the exit, and Yan Zhixing, Chen Gushan, and He Linglong passed through first, followed by Lu Ye and Ziying.
• Outside Variegated, Yan Zhixing felt the restraint on his cultivation vanish, and Lu Ye proposed that they meet You Die at her Insect Nest.

Lu Ye and the Merging Dao cultivators agreed to infiltrate Boundless City rather than assault its defenses directly. Disguised as a captive and carried by a controlled Cat Demon, Lu Ye entered the city with You Die hidden in his Divine Sea, where he saw its thriving streets and the Human Race’s brutal treatment.

• You Die shared her intelligence about Boundless City, and the cultivators debated how to attack it.
• Lu Ye proposed entering Boundless City from within, and You Die agreed to hide in his Divine Sea while the others prepared to support their escape from outside.
• Lu Ye left a Treasure Blood Clone in the Insect Nest, and the Cat Demon carried him toward Boundless City as He Linglong and Ziying followed in secret.
• The Cat Demon used a jade bone to open Boundless City’s protective barrier, allowing her and Lu Ye to enter without exposing You Die.
• Lu Ye saw that Boundless City was bustling with inhabitants, while Human Race cultivators were ragged, forced into labor, or offered for sale.

Lu Ye entered Boundless City as the little Cat Demon’s Bone Vessel and saw how brutally the Human Race was exploited. After Red Snake took him to a Bone Pool and began whipping him, You Die possessed her body, leaving Lu Ye free to inspect the place while Yan Zhixing and Chen Gushan prepared to act outside the city.

• Lu Ye saw Human Race servants beaten and learned that Humans in Boundless City were treated as livestock, with Dao Entry cultivators turned into Bone Vessels.
• The little Cat Demon brought Lu Ye to Red Snake, who agreed to train him in exchange for thirty percent of his future Dao Bones.
• Red Snake whipped Lu Ye, but his wounds healed quickly; when she took him into her house, You Die possessed her and tormented her Soul Body.
• Lu Ye warned You Die not to act without consulting him, then went to inspect the Bone Pool beside Red Snake’s house.
• Lu Ye saw about five hundred naked, withered Bone Vessels in the pit and realized the area contained around a hundred such Bone Pools.
• Yan Zhixing and Chen Gushan left the Insect Nest to try to break Boundless City’s defenses, while Yayi and Kuzhi stayed behind.

Lu Ye entered Boundless City’s Bone Pool as Yan Zhixing and Chen Gushan began their assault, drawing the city’s defenders into battle. The attack failed to trap Ghost Annihilation and Golden Ape, and the chapter ended with Boundless City’s Merging Dao cultivators demanding permission to fight.

• Lu Ye examined the Bone Pool’s formations, and the Snake Girl’s presence terrified the Bone Vessels as the city shook from the attack.
• Mad Lion recognized Yan Zhixing and Chen Gushan as the attackers and sent Ghost Annihilation and Golden Ape to confront them.
• Chen Gushan exposed Ghost Annihilation’s ambush while Yan Zhixing engaged Golden Ape, and Ziying and He Linglong emerged from hiding.
• Ghost Annihilation warned Golden Ape about the ambush, and the two defenders escaped back into Boundless City before the attackers could cut them off.
• Mad Lion cautioned Golden Ape against underestimating humans, while Boundless City’s Merging Dao cultivators called for permission to attack.

Lu Ye discovered that the Bone Pools powered Boundless City's Protective Grand Array and infiltrated its defenses to weaken it from within. As the Bone Pools and Formation Bases came under attack, Mad Lion sent Golden Ape and Heart Tiger to intercept the intruders.

• Lu Ye identified the Bone Pool Formations as the source feeding Boundless City's Protective Grand Array and sent You Die to destroy them while he searched for the Grand Array's Formation Bases.
• Lu Ye created Treasure Blood Clones, split up with his Talent Tree Clone, and located four Formation Bases while Yan Zhixing and the others attacked from outside.
• You Die and the Treasure Blood Clones killed the Bone Pool guards and destroyed the Formations in successive Bone Pools, severing their power supply to the Grand Array.
• Mad Lion discovered the Bone Pool attacks, and Ghost Annihilation left to confront You Die while Golden Ape offered to help.
• Mad Lion realized the Formation Bases were also under attack and ordered Golden Ape and Heart Tiger to intercept the intruder while the others guarded the bases.

Lu Ye and You Die attacked Boundless City's Formation Bases while Yan Zhixing's group tried to break through the Protective Grand Array from outside. Lu Ye destroyed another Formation Base after defeating Heart Tiger, then used clones to mislead him as his true body moved to aid the Talent Tree Clone against Golden Ape.

• Yan Zhixing and the other three brought out their Dao Soldiers and increased their assault on the Protective Grand Array as Lu Ye and You Die began attacking inside Boundless City.
• Heart Tiger confronted Lu Ye, but Lu Ye overwhelmed him with a saber strike and rushed toward the third Formation Base.
• Lu Ye killed two Merging Dao cultivators guarding the Formation Base and destroyed the hall and the Formation Base with Giant Blade Slash.
• Lu Ye received two Star Abyss Blessings, created eight Treasure Blood Clones, and sent them fleeing in different directions to confuse Heart Tiger.
• Mad Lion told Heart Tiger that Lu Ye's true body had gone to support Golden Ape, leaving Heart Tiger stunned by how quickly Lu Ye had reached him.

Lu Ye used his clones to destroy Boundless City's Formation Bases and help break its Protective Grand Array. After Heart Tiger fell and reinforcements entered the city, Lu Ye withdrew to hunt weaker Merging Dao cultivators.

• Lu Ye sent his Treasure Blood Clones to join the battle while his main body teleported to assist the Talent Tree Clone against Golden Ape.
• Lu Ye's main body kept Golden Ape occupied while the Talent Tree Clone destroyed a fourth Formation Base hall and killed a Merging Dao cultivator.
• Lu Ye used the Treasure Blood Clones' blood mist to bring the Talent Tree Clone near Heart Tiger, then the two Lu Ye fighters overwhelmed him.
• Boundless City's Protective Grand Array shattered, allowing four Human Race Merging Dao Peak experts to enter the city.
• Lu Ye exploited Heart Tiger's distraction to kill him, then fled with the Talent Tree Clone as Golden Ape and other Merging Dao cultivators arrived.
• Lu Ye received another Star Abyss Blessing and chose to target weaker Merging Dao cultivators rather than fight Golden Ape.

Lu Ye and his allies defeated Boundless City's Merging Dao cultivators while searching for Mad Lion, who had remained hidden. After Ghost Annihilation revealed that Mad Lion was preparing a secret trump card, a surge of power from a distant building revealed that the threat had reached Joining Dao.

• Ziying joined You Die in fighting Ghost Annihilation, while Lu Ye helped Chen Gushan and Yan Zhixing kill the Merging Dao cultivators besieging them; each enemy Lu Ye killed granted him a Star Abyss Blessing.
• Chen Gushan and Lu Ye supported He Linglong, and together they killed Golden Ape; Ghost Annihilation escaped after giving You Die and Ziying information about Boundless City's hidden trump card.
• Ziying told the gathered allies that Mad Lion had been preparing the trump card, and Lu Ye realized the city's Merging Dao cultivators had fought to the death to buy him time.
• A surge of Spiritual Light and overwhelming majesty rose from a distant building, revealing a power that had surpassed Merging Dao and reached Joining Dao.

Lu Ye and the others tried to escape Boundless City after Mad Lion revealed himself as a Dao Fusion cultivator, but his attacks forced them to turn and fight. They formed a Black Tortoise Formation under Lu Ye’s guidance, yet Mad Lion’s casual strike battered them before the array was complete.

• Mad Lion emerged as a Dao Fusion cultivator, and Lu Ye ordered the group to flee toward Variegated.
• Mad Lion’s soul attack left You Die helpless, so Lu Ye’s Talent Tree Clone intercepted the beam and was destroyed in his place; Lu Ye then rescued You Die and led the others onward.
• As Mad Lion pursued them, Yan Zhixing, Chen Gushan, and He Linglong tried to hold him back, but Lu Ye and Ziying stayed to help fight.
• Lu Ye connected everyone’s auras, formed another Talent Tree Clone, and began guiding the group into a Black Tortoise Formation.
• Mad Lion reached them and struck with a wave of Dao Force, hurling the incomplete formation away and leaving everyone injured.