Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye visited Myriad Phenomena Island with Hua Ci, who kept him from meeting Nine Radiance and spent the day teasing him as they shopped. After several days in a rented room, they returned to Three Realms Island, where Lu Ye decided to take Yiyi and Amber back to the Nine Provinces’ Ancestral Land.

• Lu Ye arrived at Myriad Phenomena Island with Hua Ci, and Ling Yue told him that Nine Radiance was in seclusion.
• Hua Ci called Lu Ye “Husband” while shopping, and he bought her three hair ornaments after she teased him about loving new things.
• Hua Ci made Lu Ye eat the food she had bought and then rented a luxurious guest room at the Myriad Phenomena Merchant Association.
• After several days, Hua Ci piloted their Star Boat back to Three Realms Island while Nine Radiance watched them depart.
• Lu Ye found Yiyi and Amber with Second Senior Sister and set off with them toward the Insect Path to return to the Nine Provinces’ Ancestral Land.

Lu Ye discovered that devouring the Fire Gourd’s Mystic Fire had begun the Talent Tree’s fourth transformation, likely because the flame was exceptionally high quality. After refining the Fire Gourd and reaching the Insect Path, he crossed back into the Jade Snail Star System and continued toward the Ancestral Land.

• Lu Ye had the Talent Tree devour the Mystic Fire inside the Fire Gourd and noticed that its fuel reserves stayed unchanged while the tree showed signs of transformation.
• Lu Ye concluded that the Talent Tree’s fourth transformation required Fire Element treasures of exceptional quality, then began refining the Fire Gourd so he could nurture more Mystic Fire.
• Yiyi told Lu Ye they had reached the Insect Path, and Lu Ye crossed it with Yiyi and Amber after confirming that all was peaceful.
• Lu Ye arrived in the Jade Snail Star System, saw Three Realms cultivators waiting for their monthly warship passage, and continued with Yiyi and Amber toward the Ancestral Land.

Lu Ye visited the Soul Race Ancestral Land to learn how to cultivate a Soul Suppressing Mystic Art, and Xu Yuan explained how Great Sun Realm cultivators chose and refined one. After seeing Lu Ye summon a Fire Phoenix Divine Pattern, Xu Yuan sent him to the Forest of Heroic Souls to seek inspiration before making his choice.

• Lu Ye returned briefly to the Nine Provinces, where Little Nine told him the Azure Dawn Dao Realm's migration and planned Realm Fusion were proceeding smoothly.
• Lu Ye entered the Soul Race Ancestral Land and met Xu Yuan at the Starry Sky Pool to learn about Soul Suppressing Mystic Arts.
• Xu Yuan explained that cultivators should choose a suitable Soul Art as the foundation of their Soul Suppressing Mystic Art, and Lu Ye considered the Divine Patterns on his Talent Tree.
• Lu Ye formed a Fire Phoenix Divine Pattern from Soul Power, impressing Xu Yuan, who warned that it was powerful but difficult to cultivate and offered no defense.
• Xu Yuan explained that Soul Race cultivators used their own Soul Bodies as the foundation of their arts and directed Lu Ye to the Forest of Heroic Souls to study the Soul Arts left behind by deceased Great Sun Realm cultivators.

Lu Ye entered the Forest of Heroic Souls in his Soul Body and endured repeated attacks from soul arts left by deceased Soul Race Sunlights. After realizing the Ghost Ship’s mark could form the foundation of a powerful Soul Suppressing Mystic Art, he decided to cultivate it.

• Xu Yuan separated Lu Ye’s Soul Body from his physical body and sent him toward the Forest of Heroic Souls.
• Lu Ye entered the forest and was struck by a hammer-like soul art that suppressed his Soul Body.
• Lu Ye realized the attacks would not kill him because the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus marked him as a younger member of the Soul Race.
• Lu Ye wandered among the stone pillars, repeatedly suffering attacks and gaining glimpses of the soul arts left by the deceased Sunlights.
• Lu Ye remembered the Ghost Ship’s mark and decided to use it as the foundation for his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art.

Lu Ye chose the Ghost Ship as the foundation of his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art and spent two years refining it in the Forest of Heroic Souls. After reaching Minor Accomplishment, he tested the Ghost Ship against a powerful soul technique and emerged protected, better prepared to face veteran Great Sun cultivators.

• Lu Ye used the Ghost Ship mark to form his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art and merged his Soul Spirit into it, fixing the Ghost Ship as its foundation.
• Lu Ye spent two years refining the Ghost Ship in the Forest of Heroic Souls, where he replenished his Soul Power from the Mist Spirit Pattern.
• Lu Ye reached Minor Accomplishment in his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art, a level ordinary Great Sun cultivators generally attained in the Middle Stage.
• Lu Ye piloted the Ghost Ship through a storm caused by an erupting soul technique and emerged unharmed after its Protective Spirit Array shielded him.
• Lu Ye tested the Ghost Ship several times and concluded that his improved soul defense would help him face veteran Great Sun cultivators without suffering the same losses.

After completing his soul cultivation, Lu Ye returned to Nine Provinces and found that it had absorbed the Azure Dawn Dao Realm and was preparing to fuse with the Jade Snail Realm. The chapter ended with Chou Wu explaining Jade Snail’s decision and Lu Ye recognizing that the expanding realm might give its star system a new name.

• Lu Ye completed his Soul Suppressing Mystic Art training with Xu Yuan and returned to the Starry Sky Pool.
• Xu Yuan revealed that unusually active Starry Sky Spiritual Energy signaled the coming Great Trend, a vast upheaval last seen over a hundred thousand years ago.
• Lu Ye discovered that the Azure Dawn Dao Realm had fused into Nine Provinces, enlarging the realm and changing its terrain.
• Little Nine told Lu Ye that the Jade Snail Realm was also preparing to merge into Nine Provinces at Luan Xiao'e and Chou Wu's request.
• Chou Wu explained that Jade Snail sought Nine Provinces' protection and prospects, and Lu Ye accepted the decision.

Lu Ye returned to the Myriad Phenomena Sea to use Fire Element resources to nurture the Fire Gourd and learned that the sea was undergoing unusual changes. He then brought Shui Yuan and about a hundred Three Realms Island cultivators to the Star Constellation Hall so they could advance to the Moon Jade Realm.

• Lu Ye met Wu Qimo, who reported that Southern Square Inch Mountain was approaching, and discussed its arrival and the accompanying Blood Absolute Realm with Chen Xuanhai.
• Lu Ye traveled through the increasingly stable Insect Path to the Myriad Phenomena Sea and had the Fire Gourd consume Fire Element resources to nurture Mystic Fire.
• Tang Jun told Lu Ye that spiritual energy had grown denser, Barren Islands were reviving more often, and some cultivators found cultivation easier.
• Lu Ye met Shui Yuan, Hua Ci, and about a hundred cultivators ready to advance, then led them through the Mermaid Territory to the Star Constellation Hall.
• Lu Ye used the Golden Conch to protect the group as they reached the Star Constellation Hall and told everyone to begin their advances.

Lu Ye oversaw more than a hundred Star Constellations advancing to the Moon Jade Realm and continued feeding Fire Element resources to the Talent Tree, which still showed no clear sign of transformation. He then met the Southern Division’s leaders and went to the Blood Absolute Realm to prepare to move it before the division merged with Square Inch Mountain.

• Lu Ye had the Fire Gourd nurture Mystic Fire and fed it to the Talent Tree, but its transformation remained far off and required more resources.
• Hua Ci opened the gateway, and the Star Constellations returned as Moon Jade Realm cultivators; Tang Jun gave Lu Ye Fire Element resources, and Lu Ye ordered Three Realms Island to buy more.
• Lu Ye traveled to Southern Square Inch Mountain, where Su Yuqing, Wu Ji, Xu Pu, and Xia Yingyue welcomed him and discussed the coming merger and the need to move the Blood Absolute Realm.
• Lu Ye visited the Blood Absolute Realm and sensed that his powerful Blood Race bloodline let him mobilize it more easily than before.

Lu Ye guided the Blood Absolute Realm to fuse with the Blood Refining World, while Southern Square Inch Mountain joined the core and expanded the Little People Race’s territory. As Little Nine prepared to devour the Blood Absolute Realm’s foundations, Lu Ye considered gathering the remaining Blood Race realms, and Ma Shangsi began breaking through to Sunlight.

• Lu Ye used the Blood Race Ancestral Artifact to free Southern Square Inch Mountain and steer the Blood Absolute Realm into the Blood Refining World, where the two realms fused.
• Lu Ye sent the four Blood Attendants to check for problems, then visited Square Inch Mountain and confirmed with Chen Xuanhai that the Southern Division had merged safely with the core.
• Little Nine told Lu Ye it wanted to devour the Blood Absolute Realm’s foundations, and Lu Ye agreed while considering whether the other Blood Race realms could restore the Blood Ancestor’s body and strengthen Nine Provinces.
• Lu Ye sensed that Ma Shangsi had found his opportunity to advance to Sunlight.

Ma Shangsi advanced to Sunlight with Lu Ye’s help, and Lu Ye asked him to join an expedition against the Blood Jade Realm. Lu Ye then traveled to Western Square Inch Mountain, where its Sunlights explained how an Insect Path could bring them near the Blood Jade Star System.

• Lu Ye gave Ma Shangsi two drops of Treasure Blood, helping him advance to Sunlight two days later.
• Lu Ye asked Ma Shangsi to assist in an attack on the Blood Jade Realm, and Ma Shangsi pledged his loyalty and agreed to go.
• Lu Ye decided to target the Blood Jade Realm to strengthen Nine Provinces, complete the Blood Ancestor’s body, and strike at the Blood Race.
• Lu Ye departed with Ma Shangsi for Western Square Inch Mountain, where the six Western Division Sunlights welcomed them.
• Lou Zhen showed Lu Ye a star map indicating that the Western Division was about three months from an Insect Path connected to a system adjacent to the Blood Jade Star System.

Lu Ye guided Western Square Inch Mountain through an unstable Insect Path to the Blood Jade Star System, where the Little People Race prepared to attack Blood Jade Realm. After discovering an Insect Nest beside the realm, Lu Ye and Ma Shangsi entered to gather intelligence, and Ma Shangsi encountered Sacred Venerate Tianyu, who mistook his submission for genuine loyalty.

• Lu Ye took control of Western Square Inch Mountain, guided it through an unstable Insect Path, and directed it toward the Blood Jade Star System.
• Western Square Inch Mountain reached Blood Jade Realm, where the Little People Race discovered a large Insect Nest and brought additional Sunlight Realm cultivators over to prepare for the attack.
• Lu Ye and Ma Shangsi entered Blood Jade Realm to investigate the Insect Nest, with Lu Ye disguised as a Moon Jade Realm cultivator and posing as Ma Shangsi's servant.
• A Blood Race cultivator recognized Ma Shangsi and was surprised that he had advanced to the Sunlight Realm.
• Tianyu reprimanded Ma Shangsi for forgetting his place, then offered to make him a Blood Attendant if he followed him loyally.
• Ma Shangsi concealed his disgust and pledged to serve Tianyu.

Ma Shangsi joined Tian Yu’s territory as a follower and learned that the Blood Race and Insect Race would discuss the coming Great Trend Descends at Tianya Pavilion in five days. Lu Ye and the Little People Race planned to strike during the gathering, while Ma Shangsi asked Lu Ye to take in talented Blood Race friends as Blood Attendants.

• Tian Yu took Ma Shangsi and Lu Ye to his territory and explained that the Insect Race envoys had come to discuss how the Blood Race should respond when The Great Trend Descends.
• Tian Yu promised to bring Ma Shangsi to the Sunlight cultivators’ meeting with the Insect Race envoys at Tianya Pavilion in five days.
• Lu Ye told the Little People Race Sunlight cultivators that The Great Trend Descends was a calamity linked to the Blood Ancestor’s destruction of Square Inch Mountain, and they agreed to attack during the gathering.
• Ma Shangsi told Lu Ye about his history with Tian Yu, and Lu Ye promised that Ma Shangsi could deal with Tian Yu when they made their move.
• Ma Shangsi offered to find talented Blood Race clansmen for Lu Ye to recruit, and Lu Ye approved up to nine candidates.

Ma Shangsi recruited six old friends from the Blood Jade Realm and used Lu Ye’s Treasure Blood to help them become Sacred Venerables. The six became Lu Ye’s new Blood Attendants, though Shen En and the others still wondered where the Treasure Blood came from.

• Ma Shangsi invited six old friends—Shen En and five Moon Jade Realm cultivators—to Spirit Peak after receiving them in response to his message.
• Ma Shangsi revealed his powerful Sacred Nature in a sealed chamber and offered each visitor a drop of golden Treasure Blood.
• The five Moon Jade Realm cultivators and Shen En each swallowed a drop and began refining it despite the agony.
• Shen En finished first and learned from Ma Shangsi that the Treasure Blood was not genuine Sacred Blood and posed no danger to their lives.
• Lu Ye met the six newly made Blood Attendants after Ma Shangsi brought them to him.

Lu Ye’s new Blood Attendants learned that he was both the Human Race cultivator Lu Yiye and a Blood Race Sacred Venerable, then left to prepare for an impending conflict. As Lu Ye waited for the Tianya Pavilion discussion, Tian Yu brought Ma Shangsi to his father Ling Ze, who offered to make Ma Shangsi his Blood Attendant, unaware that Ma Shangsi already belonged to Lu Ye.

• Ma Shangsi told Shen En and five Moon Jade cultivators that Lu Ye had bestowed the Treasure Blood that made them his Blood Attendants.
• Lu Ye revealed himself as Nine Heavens Lu Yiye and explained that he was also a Blood Race Sacred Venerable, then gave the six new Blood Attendants their orders.
• After the Blood Attendants departed, Tian Yu arrived and took Ma Shangsi and Lu Ye to his father Ling Ze’s palace.
• Ling Ze welcomed Ma Shangsi as a newly discovered Sunlight cultivator and offered to take him as a Blood Attendant.
• Knowing that refusing could provoke Ling Ze, Ma Shangsi tearfully agreed, despite already being Lu Ye’s Blood Attendant.

Lu Ye and Ma Shangsi ambushed Ling Ze when he tried to make Ma Shangsi his Blood Attendant, killing Tian Yu and shattering Ling Ze’s Blood Crystal. Lu Ye defeated Ling Ze’s soul in his Divine Sea and absorbed his memories, giving him a path to infiltrate Tianya Pavilion.

• Ling Ze gave Ma Shangsi Treasure Blood to refine, but Ma Shangsi and Lu Ye used the moment to launch their attack.
• Ma Shangsi suppressed Ling Ze with Sacred Nature and killed Tian Yu, while Lu Ye shattered Ling Ze’s Blood Crystal.
• Lu Ye broke through Ling Ze’s soul barrier with the Sharpness Divine Pattern and began searching his memories.
• Ling Ze ejected his soul and attacked Lu Ye, but Lu Ye opened his Divine Sea and summoned the Ghost Ship to destroy him.
• The Seven-Colored Divine Lotus devoured Ling Ze’s scattered Blood Light, and his memories surfaced in Lu Ye’s mind.

Lu Ye used fragments of Ling Ze’s memories to impersonate him, but Yumeng recognized that something was wrong. After turning her into his Blood Attendant, he used her guidance to perfect his disguise and headed to Tianya Pavilion for the meeting with the Insect Race envoys.

• Lu Ye learned that Ling Ze’s soul fragments had strengthened the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus and gained scattered memories from them.
• Yumeng entered Ling Ze’s hall, noticed Lu Ye’s disguise, and tried to conceal her suspicion.
• Lu Ye gave Yumeng Treasure Blood, making her his Blood Attendant, then asked her to identify the flaws in his impersonation.
• Yumeng taught Lu Ye to correct his expressions, posture, and tone until she could no longer detect any flaws.
• Lu Ye, Ma Shangsi, and Yumeng traveled to Tianya Pavilion, where Blood Race Sunlight cultivators had gathered to receive the Insect Race envoys.

Lu Ye attended a Blood Race meeting at Tianya Pavilion, where the Insect Race envoy Shilong explained that The Great Trend Descends might let the Blood and Insect Races escape their persecution and rule the starry sky. The meeting left Lu Ye wondering whether recent changes in the Myriad Phenomena Sea and the Insect Path were signs of this coming opportunity.

• Lu Ye and Feng Wudi clashed at Tianya Pavilion until Jiu Tian intervened and ordered them to behave before the Insect Race envoy.
• Lu Ye entered the meeting with Ma Shangsi and Yumeng, then argued with Feng Wudi after he mocked Lu Ye’s relationships with his Blood Attendants.
• Shilong introduced himself and explained that The Great Trend Descends was an opportunity that came once in ten thousand years and could elevate the Insect and Blood Races above all others.
• Shilong cited increased Starry Sky Energy and changes to the Rules within Starry Sky Spectacles as signs of the approaching Great Trend.
• Lu Ye connected Shilong’s explanation to the changes in the Myriad Phenomena Sea and the Insect Path between Nine Provinces and Myriad Phenomena.

Lu Ye pretended to reveal secret knowledge about the great trend to distract the Blood Race Sacred Venerables, then led a coordinated surprise attack that killed them all. Shilong was captured alive, while Lou Zhen and Li Wanning attacked the Insect Nest.

• Shilong told the Blood Race Sacred Venerables that the Insect Race's Great Priest had sensed an approaching great trend and urged the Blood Race to gather its strength and wait.
• Lu Ye claimed that Feng Rumuo had told him about the great trend, then used Blood Arts to shroud Tianya Pavilion and said that the Sacred Venerables deserved to die.
• Lu Ye's prepared ambush suppressed the Blood Race Sacred Venerables as the Square Inch Mountain Sunlights attacked, killing every Blood Race Sunlight and their Moon Jade attendants.
• Shilong survived the attack, but Lu Ye ordered the Little People Race Sunlights to capture him alive.
• Lou Zhen and Li Wanning led elite Little People Race cultivators into the Insect Nest and confronted its lone Sunlight guard.

Lu Ye led the Little People Race in wiping out the Blood Race in the Blood Jade Realm, then used an Ancestral Artifact to bring the realm along with Western Square Inch Mountain toward Nine Provinces. After learning that Shilong knew little about the looming Great Trend Descends, Lu Ye agreed to investigate through Myriad Phenomena Sea, while Chen Xuanhai explained why the Insect Emperor Realm was so difficult to enter.

• Wu Qimo and Lu Ye captured Shilong and sent him to Western Square Inch Mountain, while Little People Race reinforcements swept through Tianya Pavilion and attacked across the Blood Jade Realm.
• Lu Ye found a Spiritual Aperture beneath the realm and used it to sense and control the Blood Jade Realm as the Little People Race destroyed the Blood Race there.
• Lu Ye used an Ancestral Artifact to make the Blood Jade Realm grasp Western Square Inch Mountain, which then carried it toward Nine Provinces.
• Ran Dongsheng reported that the Blood Slaves had been relocated to Western Square Inch Mountain, and Xu Pu said Shilong knew little about the Great Trend Descends beyond what the Insect Race's Great Priest had told him.
• Lu Ye agreed to seek information at Myriad Phenomena Sea, and Chen Xuanhai explained that the Insect Emperor Realm was a Primordial Magnetic Star whose field severely weakened outsiders.

After securing Blood Jade Realm, Lu Ye returned to Nine Provinces and found Ma Bin visiting his homeland. Ma Bin revealed the Heaven’s Mystery Disk was a subsidiary treasure and said a recent change in the starry sky might offer him a path forward, possibly connected to the Insect Race’s warning about The Great Trend Descends.

• Lu Ye brought Chen Xuanhai and the reinforcements back to Square Inch Mountain, then left to continue his cultivation and resource gathering.
• Lu Ye sensed Nine Provinces had grown after Jade Conch’s Realm Fusion and went to the Garrison Hall, where he found Ma Bin beneath the Cycle Tree Clone.
• Ma Bin explained that he had returned because Nine Provinces could now protect itself, and he thanked Lu Ye for helping him recover from his injuries.
• Ma Bin produced the Heaven’s Mystery Disk, prompting Little Nine to attack him and demand its true body back.
• Ma Bin explained that the Heaven’s Mystery Disk was a subsidiary treasure of a Supreme Treasure, though neither he nor Little Nine could explain how it had gained intelligence.
• Ma Bin said he planned to travel because the starry sky had seemed to change in recent years, and Lu Ye told him about The Great Trend Descends.