Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye helped Hunter Camp squads kill a Six Dao powerhouse, then stood guard while Du Qingsha entered seclusion to temper her second Dao Bone. While waiting, he tested whether his clones could wield Dao Power and discovered that his Talent Tree Clone could become a Six Dao cultivator by taking enough of it, at the cost of weakening his main body.

• Lu Ye used six strands of Dao Power to break the enemy’s defenses, and Du Qingsha and the squad wounded and killed the Six Dao powerhouse in a coordinated assault.
• Du Qingsha confirmed the enemy had been a Six Dao cultivator after finding three Dao Bones, and the two squads divided the spoils before separating.
• Du Qingsha asked Lu Ye to guard her while she attempted to temper her second Dao Bone, and he agreed as she entered seclusion.
• Lu Ye tested a Treasure Blood Clone and found it could not wield Dao Power because it lacked a Dao Foundation.
• Lu Ye found that his Talent Tree Clone could wield Dao Power and reach Six Dao if given more than two hundred strands, but doing so weakened his main body to Five Dao.

Lu Ye and Du Qingsha’s squad faced a sudden crisis after the Star Abyss Gate erupted with the power of the battlefield’s Supreme Treasure, the Sand Flask, and the Star Abyss began invading in force. As Star Abyss Outsiders were urged to slaughter the inhabitants, a Six Dao enemy attacked the squad and grievously wounded Xu Rong.

• Du Qingsha emerged from seclusion and revealed that she had succeeded in tempering her second Dao Bone and advancing to Six Dao.
• After a period of hunting, Lu Ye’s Dao Power surpassed four hundred, and Du Qingsha told him she would hand Squad A3 over to him before moving deeper into the battlefield.
• Lu Ye, Du Qingsha, Xu Rong, and Snake Girl sensed a disturbance at the Star Abyss Gate, where the Sand Flask’s power clashed with another force.
• A burst of dense Star Abyss aura swept across the battlefield, and a powerful voice urged the invaders to kill every living creature.
• A Six Dao Star Abyss Outsider attacked the squad; Du Qingsha engaged it, but Xu Rong’s Artificer Armor was shattered by one punch, leaving half his body mangled.

Lu Ye and Du Qingsha fought off a wave of Star Abyss Outsiders, but the Ghost Sedan captured Lu Ye and reunited him with several of his former companions. As more companions arrived, Lu Ye learned that Nine Radiance had failed to forge a Dao Foundation, then found himself subjected to the Ghost Sedan's confinement again.

• Xu Rong and Snake Girl were driven mad by an evil voice and killed by a Six Dao expert, so Lu Ye and Du Qingsha fought back and slew him.
• More Star Abyss Outsiders joined the battle, and Lu Ye and Du Qingsha fought through the attackers until Lu Ye used the Blood Sea to cover their retreat.
• The Ghost Sedan's red ribbon dragged Lu Ye away from Du Qingsha, and he rejoined Nine Radiance, Chen Li, Phantom Shadow, and Shuixian inside the sedan.
• Lu Ye learned that the Ghost Sedan had taken the group to another starry sky and that Nine Radiance had failed to forge a Dao Foundation.
• Su Wan, Purple Extreme, and Chong Yue arrived, and Lu Ye was suddenly immobilized by the Ghost Sedan's confinement.

The Ghost Sedan carried Lu Ye and seven others from the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky directly into the Star Abyss, where they found shelter on a shattered Barren Star. Once the group settled in a cave, Purple Extreme began comparing their experiences in the previous starry sky.

• As the Ghost Sedan shook, Nine Radiance, Su Wan, and Shuixian clung to Lu Ye while the others were thrown around inside.
• The group wondered where the Ghost Sedan was taking them and concluded that Sheng Yuanzi and Wuchen had likely died after separating from them.
• Purple Extreme stepped out first, and Lu Ye sensed that he had forged his Dao Foundation; the others followed and found themselves in an area saturated with Star Abyss aura.
• Purple Extreme ordered everyone to conceal their auras, and Phantom Shadow scouted a safe route to a hidden cave beneath a shattered Barren Star.
• Shuixian asked Lu Ye about his grudge with Purple Extreme and advised him to seek a chance to resolve it; Lu Ye agreed to talk with Purple Extreme.
• After the group established a Formation and rested in the cave, Purple Extreme recounted his earlier journey and described a sudden increase in the strength and numbers of Star Abyss Outsiders on his battlefield.

The group discussed the Star Abyss invasion and realized the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky was close to falling, while their own starry sky had faced an invasion before. Purple Extreme agreed to set aside his grudge with Lu Ye and protect the others as they cultivated, then asked Lu Ye to promise aid to Purple Jade if they returned and it was endangered.

• Purple Extreme concluded that the expanding Star Abyss Gates would soon engulf the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky, and the group discussed how their own starry sky had also once been invaded.
• The group identified the Cycle Tree as a possible source of knowledge about the previous invasion, though they had no way to reach it or return home.
• Purple Extreme revealed that he had forged a Dao Foundation and offered to protect the others while they cultivated toward the Dao Realm.
• After the others left, Purple Extreme told Lu Ye he would not kill him because conflict between their forces would weaken their starry sky against the coming invasion.
• Purple Extreme asked Lu Ye to help Purple Jade if it faced danger after they returned home, and Lu Ye agreed.

Lu Ye cultivated in the Star Abyss, helped his companions advance, and reached the mid-stage Sunlight Realm. After Nine Radiance overcame the emotional knot preventing her from forging a Dao Foundation, Lu Ye revealed his six-Dao strength to Purple Extreme and proposed hunting Star Abyss cultivators for Dao Bones.

• Lu Ye set up Teleportation Spirit Arrays for the group and cultivated, accumulating Dao Power in the dense Star Abyss aura.
• Chong Yue entered the Dao Entry Realm, followed by Su Wan and Shuixian; Chong Yue confirmed he was a five-dao cultivator.
• Lu Ye decided to hunt Star Abyss cultivators for Dao Bones, then spent half a month refining Lingyu and spirit crystals to break through to the mid-stage Sunlight Realm.
• Nine Radiance revealed that distracting thoughts kept her from using the Furnace Method, and Lu Ye helped her overcome the knot in her heart.
• Lu Ye told Purple Extreme he wanted to hunt for Dao Bones and demonstrated that he wielded six Dao, shocking Purple Extreme.

Lu Ye hunted Star Abyss creatures for nearly a year, sending most of their Dao Bones back to help his companions grow while learning that a nearby faction had begun searching for him. With all eight companions now in the Dao Entry Realm, he urged them to leave their hidden cave and suggested he might find a way back.

• Lu Ye left a Talent Tree Clone with Purple Extreme to guard their position, then hunted Star Abyss creatures and refined their Dao Bones to build his Dao power.
• Lu Ye killed a five-Dao Winged Race Lost Heart and sent its Dao Bone back for Nine Radiance.
• After half a year of hunting, Lu Ye learned the surrounding region was not especially dangerous but discovered a nearby faction whose members were searching for him.
• About a year after the Ghost Sedan brought them to the Star Abyss, Chen Li forged his Dao Foundation, bringing all eight companions into the Dao Entry Realm.
• Lu Ye told the gathered companions they could no longer stay because the nearby faction might find their cave, then said they should follow him as he searched for a way back.

Lu Ye revealed that his Cycle Tree Imprint could guide the group toward a possible route back to the Myriad Phenomena Sea, then proposed hunting a Seventh Dao before they departed. At the Golden Rice Bowl, Lu Ye’s group ambushed the survivors of a battle between a Seventh Dao star beast and a Flame Race cultivator, and the fight continued as Lu Ye confronted the Flame Race leader.

• Lu Ye showed his Cycle Tree Imprint and explained that it gave him a faint direction toward the Cycle Tree, so the group agreed to follow it back toward the starry sky.
• Lu Ye proposed killing a Seventh Dao before they left, and he led the others toward the Golden Rice Bowl, where a strange tree bore fruits guarded by a Seventh Dao star beast.
• Lu Ye’s group discovered a Flame Race cultivator and his followers battling the star beast, then hid and waited while the fight depleted both sides.
• The Flame Race cultivator killed the star beast, but Lu Ye and his Clone ambushed and killed a Sixth Dao cultivator as Purple Extreme, Chong Yue, and the others attacked the remaining enemies.
• Lu Ye’s main body engaged the Seventh Dao Flame Race cultivator while his Clone spread a Blood Sea to aid the group against the remaining Star Abyss cultivators.

Lu Ye and his companions defeated the Flame Race cultivator and captured a Four Dao cultivator, who explained the Starry Fruit’s benefits and how to ripen it. After Lu Ye swore an oath to spare him once his method was verified, the group prepared to use the collected Dao Bones to nourish the Starry Tree.

• Lu Ye and the Talent Tree Clone helped their allies defeat the Flame Race cultivator and his subordinates, sparing one Four Dao cultivator for questioning.
• Lu Ye learned that Starry Fruits could raise cultivators’ limits, strengthen their foundations, and improve their chances of tempering Dao Bones.
• The captive offered to reveal how to ripen the fruit in exchange for an oath that the group would let him leave unharmed after verifying his method.
• Lu Ye swore in the name of the Star Abyss Will, and the captive explained that placing Dao Bones beneath the Starry Tree would speed the fruit’s growth.
• Nine Radiance reported that the group had collected twenty-nine Dao Bones with remaining Dao Power and three without it.

Lu Ye and his companions seized a Starry Tree from the Flame Race and fed it Dao Bones and Lu Ye’s Dao Power to make its three fruits mature. They agreed that Lu Ye, Purple Extreme, and Chong Yue would receive the fruits, while their group set out to gather more Dao Bones.

• After the Flame Race was defeated, Lu Ye recovered its Storage Rings and learned that the Starry Tree could consume Dao Bones even after their Dao Power was exhausted.
• Lu Ye fed the Starry Tree the group’s Dao Bones, then sacrificed his own Dao Power when the fruits remained immature.
• Lu Ye assigned Nine Radiance and Su Wan to guard the tree and sent the others to hunt for more Dao Bones.
• The Four Dao cultivator warned that the fruits would be difficult to preserve after ripening, prompting Lu Ye to settle their distribution in advance.
• Nine Radiance, Chong Yue, and Su Wan discussed who should receive the fruits, and Lu Ye decided that he, Purple Extreme, and Chong Yue would each take one.

Lu Ye's group ripened three Starry Fruits, helping Purple Extreme, Nine Radiance, and Chong Yue reach the Sixth Layer Dao, then continued their perilous journey through the Star Abyss. After about four years on the road, Lu Ye estimated they would reach their destination within a year.

• Lu Ye and the others spent eight months gathering Dao Bones to ripen the Starry Fruits, and Purple Extreme, Nine Radiance, and Chong Yue emerged as Sixth Layer Dao cultivators.
• Lu Ye invited the Fourth Layer Dao cultivator to join them, but the man declined and warned them against swearing oaths in the name of the Star Abyss Will.
• The eight traveled through the Star Abyss, survived a deadly clash with a Ninth Layer Dao Star Beast, and later recovered from their injuries.
• Phantom Shadow, Shuixian, and Chen Li advanced to the Fifth Layer Dao, while Lu Ye accumulated enough Dao Power for both himself and his Talent Tree Clone to wield Seventh Layer Dao strength.
• After searching many Starry Sky Spectacles without finding another Starry Tree, the group rested, and Lu Ye estimated they would reach their destination within a year.

Lu Ye and his companions discovered that the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky had fallen to the Star Abyss and rescued Fort Master Nan, who died after entrusting Purple Extreme with her Dao Bone. Lu Ye later made contact with Du Qingsha and led the group toward her location.

• Purple Extreme recognized the wreckage of Hekan War Fort, confirming that the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky had been swallowed by the Star Abyss.
• Lu Ye and his companions joined the battle and killed the Star Abyss cultivators besieging Fort Master Nan.
• Fort Master Nan recognized Purple Extreme, gave him her Dao Bone, and died from her wounds.
• Lu Ye tried to contact Du Qingsha, his only known contact from the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky.
• Three months later, Lu Ye successfully contacted Du Qingsha and led the group toward her location.

Lu Ye reunited with Du Qingsha, Chen Wulei, and Chang Yu, the only survivors they had found from Thunderbolt War Fort, and invited them to return with him to his starry sky. As the eleven-person group prepared to follow the Cycle Tree’s resonance home, Chen Wulei warned them that he had once encountered a foe whose strength surpassed the nine-layer Dao Realm.

• Lu Ye found Du Qingsha, Chen Wulei, and Chang Yu hiding in a wrecked warship and caught them up on what had happened since they last met.
• Chen Wulei told Lu Ye that most of their people had died during the Star Abyss invasion and that their original starry sky had been torn into scattered regions.
• Lu Ye explained that the Cycle Tree Imprint might lead his group back to his starry sky, and invited the three survivors to join them.
• Chen Wulei, Du Qingsha, and Chang Yu accepted Lu Ye’s offer and pledged to help oppose the Star Abyss invasion.
• Chen Wulei warned Lu Ye that a foe who had once wounded him seemed stronger than a nine-layer Dao cultivator.

Lu Ye and his ten companions reached the Cycle Tree Imprint’s destination, only to find tens of thousands of Star Abyss creatures gathered around a murky region and a mysterious palace. With the Star Abyss Gate seemingly about to open, the group’s hoped-for route home appeared impassable.

• Chen Wulei theorized that the Star Abyss Gate’s growing stability allowed increasingly powerful cultivators to pass through, and the group discussed how little they knew about realms beyond Dao Realm.
• Lu Ye led the group cautiously toward their destination, avoiding battles as the Cycle Tree Imprint’s signal grew clearer.
• A Star Abyss cultivator landed on their asteroid, and Phantom Shadow assassinated him; another cultivator exposed the group, prompting Lu Ye to kill him and order everyone to flee.
• Lu Ye and Chen Wulei led the eleven-person group through pursuing Star Abyss creatures while Purple Extreme and Chong Yue guarded the rear.
• Lu Ye saw a vast gathering of Star Abyss creatures surrounding a murky region and a radiant palace, and halted when he realized they seemed to be waiting for the Star Abyss Gate to open.

Lu Ye and his companions were caught in a battle between two Star Abyss factions and fought their way toward the sensed endpoint. At a golden palace, a little girl recognized Lu Ye from an image left by Azure Lord and questioned how he could be outside.

• Lu Ye led his ten companions through encircling Star Abyss creatures, then realized the forces ahead and behind them belonged to two rival factions.
• The two factions clashed, sweeping Lu Ye and his companions into the battle; Lu Ye spotted that the endpoint had been left undefended and guided the group toward it.
• A little girl in a golden palace ate captured Lost Ones while Uncle Duan explained that the Star Abyss Gate would open in a few years and Blood Fiend was attacking their territory.
• The little girl saw Lu Ye in a battlefield scene, recognized him from an Image Retention Stone, and asked how he could be outside when he should be inside.
• Uncle Duan examined the image and said it had been left behind by Azure Lord.

Lu Ye and his companions escaped the battlefield but were stopped by the overwhelmingly powerful Uncle Duan and brought to the Azure Palace. There, Yin Luo recognized Lu Ye as the person Azure Lord had ordered her to protect, while Lu Ye learned that she had just fought a troublesome Star Abyss cultivator.

• Lu Ye and his companions approached the Void, but Uncle Duan blocked their way and effortlessly sent all eleven back when they tried to flee.
• Uncle Duan led the group to the Azure Palace, where Yin Luo excitedly sniffed and nuzzled the women before reacting intensely to Lu Ye’s scent.
• Yin Luo asked Lu Ye whether he came from Nine Provinces, and he confirmed his identity and explained that the Ghost Sedan had brought them to Star Abyss.
• Yin Luo recognized Lu Ye as the person Azure Lord had told her to find and protect, then left to confront a Star Abyss cultivator in the chaotic battlefield.
• Yin Luo returned unharmed and complained that the cultivator kept harassing her despite being weaker, while Uncle Duan explained that the opponent was difficult to kill.

Lu Ye learned that Yang Qing, known in the Star Abyss as Azure Lord, had arranged for Yin Luo to protect him. When Yin Luo threatened to eat his companions, Lu Ye risked his life to stop her, and she relented; afterward, he revealed Azure Lord’s identity to the group.

• Yin Luo told Lu Ye that Azure Lord had asked her to wait for him and protect him when the Star Abyss Gate opened.
• Yin Luo decided she could eat Lu Ye’s companions because Azure Lord had only ordered her to protect Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye threatened to kill himself with his saber unless Yin Luo spared his companions, and she agreed not to eat them.
• Uncle Duan settled Lu Ye and the others in rooms at Azure Palace, where they discussed how outmatched they were by Yin Luo and her forces.
• Lu Ye told the group that Azure Lord was Yang Qing of the Dragon Race, and wondered where Yang Qing had gone after leaving Nine Provinces.

Lu Ye investigated the unopened Star Abyss Gate and received Old Tree’s warning through the Cycle Tree Imprint not to return to the starry sky yet, but to strengthen himself first. He decided to stay in the Star Abyss, where an ape-like expert questioned him about his actions at the Gate.

• Lu Ye told the others that Yang Qing had entered the Star Abyss long ago, then asked them to wait safely inside Azure Palace while he investigated.
• Lu Ye left Azure Palace and confirmed that Yin Luo’s orders kept her Star Abyss lifeforms from attacking him unless he struck first.
• Lu Ye reached the unopened Star Abyss Gate and sensed that it connected to the Myriad Phenomena Sea starry sky.
• Old Tree sensed Lu Ye’s Cycle Tree Imprint and sent him the warning, “It is not the time. Do your best to improve yourself!”
• Lu Ye decided to remain in the Star Abyss, and an ape-like expert asked what he had done before Lu Ye said he had come at Yin Luo’s assignment.

Lu Ye learned from Uncle Duan that the Dao Realm consisted of Entering Dao, Fusing Dao, and Uniting Dao, and discovered that Yin Luo planned to profit from destroying his starry sky. He shared the information with his team, leaving them aware of the threat and the long path ahead.

• Lu Ye visited Uncle Duan and learned that Entering Dao ranged from the First to Ninth Layer, followed by Fusing Dao and Uniting Dao.
• Uncle Duan explained that Star Abyss creatures invaded starry skies for benefits that helped them grow and cultivate, and said Lost Ones would eventually become Star Abyss creatures.
• Uncle Duan revealed that he and Yin Luo were at the Fusing Dao level, and that destroying Lu Ye’s starry sky could let Yin Luo advance to Uniting Dao.
• Lu Ye returned to his residence, summoned his team, and told them what he had learned about the Dao Realm and Yin Luo’s intentions.

Lu Ye sent the others out to hunt Star Abyss creatures while he focused on cultivation and strengthening himself. After Yin Luo ate his Treasure Blood Clone, she clung to him in tears, and Lu Ye saw a chance to ask her for compensation.

• Lu Ye and the others agreed they could not return yet and planned to hunt Star Abyss creatures for Dao Bones, splitting into three teams while Lu Ye stayed behind to cultivate.
• Lu Ye gave Nine Radiance a drop of Treasure Blood to monitor her, and after she turned back at the door, he pinned her against it.
• Nine Radiance hunted with Chong Yue and Phantom Shadow while Lu Ye cultivated with his main body and Talent Tree Clone.
• Yin Luo recognized Lu Ye's Treasure Blood Clone and tried to eat it, so Lu Ye withdrew his consciousness before she swallowed it.
• Yin Luo cried that she had eaten Lu Ye and feared Azure Lord would not forgive her, and Lu Ye asked how she would compensate him.