Chapter Summaries

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.

Fei Lian attacked Azure Water War Star, drawing Ziying into a distant battle, while a second Blood Race Fusion Dao cultivator revealed himself on the defensive line. Lu Ye used Bifu to draw Kang Xing, Jiang Yuning, and Zhao Tuo inside, then wounded the powerful enemy with the Crag Mountain Saber as Yan Hong joined the fight.

• Fei Lian tore through the Alliance Guards until Ziying confronted him, and the two Fusion Dao cultivators fought away from the battlefield.
• A Blood Race cultivator attacked Yan Hong, revealed Fusion Dao strength, and killed several Alliance Guards.
• Lu Ye asked Kang Xing, Jiang Yuning, and Zhao Tuo to trust him, then drew them into Bifu and told them to circulate their Dao Power.
• Yan Hong charged the Blood Race cultivator, and Lu Ye joined him with the Crag Mountain Saber.
• Lu Ye wounded the Blood Race cultivator with his first slash, and Yan Hong's spear also pierced him before the enemy struck Yan Hong away.

Lu Ye killed the Blood Race Merging Dao Pei Dan by using his Sacred Nature to suppress him inside the Blood Sea, with Yan Hong accidentally helping land a fatal spear thrust. Lu Ye then charged into the enemy troops to harvest Dao Bones, but Kang Xing and the others warned that their Dao Force was exhausted, while Ziying remained locked in battle with Fei Lian.

• Lu Ye exchanged blows with Pei Dan and held his own, while Yan Hong joined the fight despite his injuries.
• Pei Dan unleashed his Blood Sea and trapped Lu Ye and Yan Hong inside it.
• Lu Ye revealed his Sacred Nature, grievously wounded Pei Dan, and kicked him toward Yan Hong, whose instinctive spear thrust pierced Pei Dan's heart.
• Lu Ye praised Yan Hong, then left him to recover and rushed toward the enemy troops to kill enemies and seize Dao Bones.
• Kang Xing told Lu Ye that he and the others had exhausted their Dao Force, so Lu Ye told them to rest and stop supporting him.
• Ziying and Fei Lian continued their prolonged battle inside another Blood Sea.

After Pei Dan's death, the Insect and Blood Races retreated, and Lu Ye helped pursue them before receiving another Star Abyss Blessing. On the way back to Blue Water, Ziying discovered his identity and learned he possessed a Bifu.

• The Insect Mother told Fei Lian that Pei Dan had been killed by Lu Ye and Yan Hong, so she ordered the Insect and Blood armies to retreat.
• Ziying kept Fei Lian occupied while Blue Water's Alliance Guards pursued the retreating enemies, and Lu Ye charged ahead alone.
• A Star Abyss Blessing healed Lu Ye as he pursued the fleeing forces for two days, before he turned back toward Blue Water.
• Lu Ye hid as Fei Lian fled past with Ziying in pursuit, then met Ziying on his way back and gave her his name.
• Ziying realized Lu Ye had concealed his true appearance and connected him to Yan Hong's report about killing Pei Dan.
• Lu Ye revealed his Bifu and explained that he and Yan Hong had used it to defeat Pei Dan, surprising Ziying.

After the battle, Ziying explained the danger of Lu Ye keeping Bifu and advised him to consider giving it to a great family, while revealing that no one knew how to leave Variegated and that its restrictions prevented advancement to Dao Unification. Back in Azure Water, Lu Ye shared Dao Bones with Kang Xing and the others, then absorbed his remaining spoils and accumulated more than ten thousand strands of Dao Power.

• Ziying praised Lu Ye and Yan Hong for killing a Merging Dao cultivator and promised to report their achievements for Battle Merit.
• Ziying warned Lu Ye that Bifu was a rare treasure coveted by Variegated's factions and made him a priority target, but refused it when he offered it to her.
• Ziying suggested the Yan Family as a possible recipient for Bifu and offered to negotiate on Lu Ye's behalf.
• Lu Ye learned from Ziying that no one knew how to escape Variegated and that its restrictions prevented cultivators from reaching Dao Unification.
• Lu Ye gave Kang Xing and the others a share of the battle's Dao Bones, then used the Talent Tree to drain his own Dao Bones and amassed more than ten thousand strands of Dao Power.

After receiving a Star Abyss Blessing that increased his success rate at tempering Dao Bones, Lu Ye raised his strength to Thirty-Four Dao before Sun Yun of the Sun Family arrived with a Fusion Dao escort. Zhou Gu then appeared with another Fusion Dao cultivator, and Sun Yun angrily challenged him.

• Lu Ye discovered that the Star Abyss Blessing helped his Dao Bones withstand tempering, then used it to increase his strength to Thirty-Four Dao and temper twenty-five Dao Bones.
• Lu Ye noticed that tempering each Dao Bone required more Dao Power as his strength rose, leaving him concerned about the cost of future advances.
• A powerful strike triggered the pavilion's Protective Spirit Array, and Lu Ye and his companions went outside to investigate.
• Sun Yun arrived with a Fusion Dao cultivator and demanded to know which of them was Lu Ye; Lu Ye guessed she had come from the Sun Family because of Bifu.
• Zhou Gu arrived with another Fusion Dao cultivator, and Sun Yun angrily asked why he had followed her to Blue Water.