Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye fought Nine Infants’ remnant soul inside his Divine Sea, using his Ghost Ship and the Talent Tree’s Annihilating Flame Power to resist it. As Nine Infants’ soul poison overwhelmed his defenses, Lu Ye revealed that he had bought time for You Die to arrive.

• You Die sensed Lu Ye was in grave danger and rushed to meet him after sending Li Qi a message.
• Nine Infants entered Lu Ye’s Divine Sea and attacked his Soul Body, seeking to take over his physical body.
• Lu Ye summoned his Ghost Ship, but Nine Infants cracked its defenses with a single bite.
• Lu Ye unleashed the Talent Tree’s Annihilating Flame Power, burning Nine Infants and forcing it to retreat.
• Nine Infants protected itself with fluorescent light and flooded the Divine Sea with soul poison, gradually overpowering Lu Ye’s defenses.
• Lu Ye weakly told Nine Infants to deal with You Die before boasting, revealing that he had been buying time for her.

You Die initially appeared to side with Nine Infants, which sought to seize Lu Ye’s body, but she and Lu Ye secretly coordinated a counterattack. After the attack failed to overcome Nine Infants, You Die summoned her main soul and merged it with her Split Soul to fight at full strength.

• You Die entered Lu Ye’s Soul Sea and tried to persuade Nine Infants to spare him by offering to find it another body.
• Nine Infants revealed that Variegated was its Dao Soldier and promised to guide You Die beyond Dao Union, convincing her to feign submission and withdraw.
• Nine Infants shattered the Ghost Ship’s defenses and lunged for Lu Ye, who had deliberately lowered them to trigger the ship’s formations.
• You Die returned and struck Nine Infants, but it overwhelmed her Split Soul before Lu Ye’s flames stopped its bite.
• You Die summoned her main soul and merged it with her Split Soul after realizing she needed her full strength to face Nine Infants.

You Die fought Nine Infants inside Lu Ye’s Divine Sea to stop it from taking his body, while the Life Chain passed some of her injuries to him. Nine Infants’ desperate final attack nearly killed them both, and the chapter left Lu Ye and You Die gravely wounded.

• You Die rejected Nine Infants’ offer and drew her Dao Soldier, then charged at it inside Lu Ye’s Divine Sea.
• Lu Ye used the Ghost Ship and Divine Lotus’s light to protect himself as You Die and Nine Infants fought, but the Life Chain transferred part of her severe injuries to him.
• You Die warned Lu Ye that Nine Infants was trying to flee, and Lu Ye used his Soul Power and Talent Tree flames to trap it.
• You Die struck Nine Infants as it fled through the flames, leaving its remnant soul close to collapse.
• Nine Infants compressed itself into a black sphere and shattered the Ghost Ship’s protection, then struck Lu Ye and exploded in a final attack.
• Lu Ye and You Die survived the blast but fell onto the Soul Sea, both gravely wounded.

Lu Ye recovered in You Die’s Divine Sea after their soul battle with Nine Infants, and she questioned him about Nine Infants, Bifu, and his hidden strength. After his Soul Body healed and returned to his physical body, Lu Ye found that You Die’s cultivation had increased his Dao Power, while You Die began to see his potential as a way to escape Variegated.

• Li Qi brought the unconscious Lu Ye to the Yinshuo War Star after You Die ordered him to settle Lu Ye there.
• Lu Ye awoke in You Die’s Divine Sea, where she had used their Life Chain to help heal his severe injuries.
• You Die asked Lu Ye about Nine Infants and the Ruins, and he explained that Nine Infants may have used Bifu to find a suitable body.
• You Die learned that Lu Ye’s power exceeded a hundred Dao Marks and realized he might eventually help her escape Variegated.
• Lu Ye refused You Die’s offer of soul cultivation, but stayed in her Divine Sea until his Soul Body healed.
• Lu Ye returned to his physical body and found that his Dao Power was still increasing from You Die’s cultivation.

Lu Ye discovered that Nine Infants had survived as a trace of spiritual consciousness in his Divine Sea and negotiated oaths with it over the refinement of Variegated. After learning the method, he told You Die he needed to return to the Ruins, and she agreed only on the condition that he burn her Soul Body with his flame.

• Lu Ye used the Talent Tree's Annihilating Flame Power to eradicate Nine Infants' poison from his Divine Sea and exposed Nine Infants hiding there as a trace of spiritual consciousness.
• Nine Infants offered to help Lu Ye refine Variegated, but warned that the Dao Integration Realm was the minimum requirement.
• Lu Ye and Nine Infants swore oaths in the name of the Star Abyss Will, agreeing that Nine Infants would not harm him and that he would help it find a suitable physical body.
• Nine Infants explained the method for refining Variegated, and Lu Ye listened before returning his attention to You Die.
• Lu Ye told You Die he needed to return to the Ruins to retrieve Bifu, and You Die demanded that he burn her Soul Body with his flame.

Lu Ye killed Li Qi in the Insect Nest, angering You Die, then set out for the Ruins to investigate what Nine Infants had told him. You Die could not stop him because of their Life Chain, but she cleared his path by warning the Insect and Blood Races to avoid him.

• Lu Ye agreed to let You Die use the Talent Tree’s Annihilating Flame Power on her Soul Body after he returned.
• Li Qi arrived to escort Lu Ye to the Ruins, and Lu Ye suddenly killed him and took his Dao Soldier.
• You Die became furious, but Lu Ye argued that killing him would also cost her life because of their Life Chain.
• Lu Ye left for the Ruins with Li Qi’s Stone Worm, while You Die let him go because she believed he could not escape her control.
• Lu Ye killed Insect and Blood Race cultivators as he crossed the Insect Nest, so You Die warned others to stay out of his way.

Lu Ye returned to the Ruins to pursue another goal, found the halls empty of trials, and recovered a Bifu from the Blood Race cultivator’s corpse. He encountered Yan Hong and Huang Zhihuan in the deepest hall, where Huang Zhihuan recognized Lu Ye’s name and asked if he had created the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Dao Pattern.

• Lu Ye entered the Ruins again and learned from Nine Infants that its awakening had disabled the trials and that the trial figures could not be summoned for more Dao power.
• Lu Ye searched the dead Blood Race cultivator and found a Bifu containing three corpses, then asked Nine Infants about refining the Variegated Dao Soldier.
• Nine Infants warned Lu Ye that he would need to reach Merging Dao Peak to refine Variegated, and Lu Ye asked whether another cultivator could refine it and transfer it to him.
• Lu Ye asked Nine Infants for directions and headed toward a door in the hall, but Yan Hong and Huang Zhihuan entered through it.
• Yan Hong reunited with Lu Ye and introduced him to Huang Zhihuan, who asked whether Lu Ye had created the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Dao Pattern.

Lu Ye faced Huang Zhihuan and Yan Hong after they found him in the Ruins, then continued deeper after they left. He arrived at Nine Infants' Medicine Garden, where he discovered a Starry Tree and the resources Nine Infants had prepared for its revival.

• Huang Zhihuan recognized Lu Ye and attacked, but Lu Ye easily blocked his strikes and knocked him back.
• Huang Zhihuan fled, while Yan Hong stayed and accepted Lu Ye's assurance that he would not betray the Human Race.
• Yan Hong asked whether Lu Ye had found a way to leave Variegated, and Lu Ye told him there was no such path in the great hall.
• Yan Hong departed, and Lu Ye realized that returning to Human Race territory would expose him to suspicion and danger.
• Lu Ye followed the passage to a Teleportation Array and arrived in Nine Infants' Medicine Garden.
• Lu Ye found a Starry Tree and learned that Nine Infants had once transplanted five or six, along with preparing the garden's resources for its revival.

Lu Ye explored Nine Infants' Medicine Garden, eating its Spiritual Fruits and discovering a timid but overwhelmingly powerful Spirit Plant in human form. He identified her true body as a Dao Comprehension Tea Tree, which was still hiding in plain sight as he approached.

• Lu Ye ate the Jade Dao Fruits and other Spiritual Fruits while Nine Infants complained that he was wasting the garden's treasures.
• Lu Ye encountered a timid green-haired girl, who attacked him several times with enough force to injure him before fleeing.
• Lu Ye recovered and continued gathering fruit, staying alert in case the girl returned.
• Lu Ye noticed a leaf-covered tree curl inward as he approached, and Nine Infants recognized it as a Dao Comprehension Tea Tree.
• Lu Ye realized the tree was the girl's true body and that she had been hiding there all along.

Lu Ye harvested resources from the Medicine Garden and used Enlightenment Tea to help temper his Dao Bones beneath the Starry Tree. He left with his strength increased to one hundred and fifteen Dao, while five Starry Fruits remained unused.

• Nine Infants explained that the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree’s leaves improved breakthroughs and cultivation, and Lu Ye frightened the timid tree into dropping more than a dozen leaves.
• Lu Ye ate the Medicine Garden’s edible fruits and rare plants, filling the Talent Tree with Dao power as it continued burning away the oath’s constraints.
• Beneath the Starry Tree, Lu Ye refined Li Qi’s Dao Soldier into Dao power and examined the intricate, varying patterns on the Enlightenment Tea leaves.
• Lu Ye chewed an Enlightenment Tea leaf and tempered his Dao Bones, increasing his strength by fifteen Dao to one hundred and fifteen Dao.
• Lu Ye left the five Starry Fruits unconsumed, deciding that increasing his strength as quickly as possible was more important.

After consuming the Starry Fruits, Lu Ye sealed the route to the Medicine Garden and opened the hidden passage out of Variegated. He escaped into the Star Abyss, but stayed near Variegated to find a way to refine the Dao Soldier and resolve his connection to You Die.

• Lu Ye consumed the five Starry Fruits, gained three Dao Powers, and found that the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree had hidden herself.
• Following Nine Infants' instructions, Lu Ye closed the gate to the Medicine Garden and opened the passage leading out of Variegated.
• Lu Ye crossed the dangerous spatial passage and emerged from Variegated into the Star Abyss.
• You Die sensed that Lu Ye was beyond her usual perception and wounded herself twice, but the Life Chain did not transfer either injury to him.
• Lu Ye drifted alongside Variegated instead of leaving, intending to refine the Dao Soldier and settle his troubles with You Die.
• Lu Ye realized he had lost the recorded route to the Star Abyss Gate leading back to the starry sky.

Lu Ye killed two cultivators who attacked him for his Human Race identity, receiving Star Abyss Blessings that strengthened his body but brought harmful abnormalities. He returned to Variegated in a war zone near a Human Race Battle Star, while You Die sensed his return and ordered the Stone Worms to retrieve him.

• Two cultivators approached Lu Ye, and the pink ball attacked, saying they could take him for Bone Cultivation.
• Lu Ye cut off the pink ball’s tentacle, then killed it and the Thousand Eyes Race cultivator as they fought back.
• Lu Ye received two Star Abyss Blessings and realized they strengthened his body while forcing the Talent Tree to burn away harmful abnormalities.
• Lu Ye collected the spoils, changed his appearance with the Thousand Faces Spirit Pattern, and returned to Variegated near a Human Race Battle Star.
• You Die sensed Lu Ye’s return and sent a message through the Stone Worms to bring him back quickly.
• Lu Ye headed to Shaochong War Star to register for a new identity and obtain an Alliance Guard Token.

After registering under an assumed identity on Shaochong War Star, Lu Ye was exposed by a secret record linked to his Alliance Guard Token. Yan Hai pursued him through space, leaving Lu Ye fleeing with his plans to reach Ziying in ruins.

• Lu Ye registered as Li Taibai, obtained an Alliance Guard Token, and decided to travel to Yellow Springs War Star to seek out Ziying.
• On the Human Race Alliance’s main star, two elders noticed Lu Ye’s record react and ordered his capture after learning that the Insect and Blood Races had targeted him.
• Yan Hai ordered everyone on Shaochong War Star to remain in place, and the steward who had registered Lu Ye identified him.
• Yan Hai demanded that Lu Ye surrender and return to the main star, but Lu Ye denied being Lu Ye before fleeing into the sky.
• Yan Hai pursued Lu Ye through space but struggled to catch him, while Lu Ye considered whether he would have to return to You Die.

Lu Ye escaped Yan Hai and killed the Blood Race Merging Dao cultivator sent by You Die to retrieve him, deepening confusion over whether he was a Hidden Agent. After hiding in another war zone and keeping his Waist Token concealed, he sensed two Merging Dao cultivators searching nearby and heard one challenge Zhong Pu.

• Yan Hai ordered Alliance Guards to intercept Lu Ye, but Lu Ye charged through them without killing anyone.
• A Blood Race Merging Dao cultivator arrived on You Die's orders to bring Lu Ye back, and Lu Ye changed course and entered his Blood Sea.
• Lu Ye burst out of the Blood Sea and killed the Blood Race cultivator, earning a Star Abyss Blessing, then warned Yan Hai to stop chasing him and fled using three forms.
• Yan Hai recognized Lu Ye as a powerful Merging Dao cultivator, pursued a Treasure Blood Clone, and watched it vanish; reports of the encounter caused an uproar on the home star.
• You Die learned that Lu Ye had killed the Blood Race cultivator and faced demands for an explanation, while Lu Ye used an Insect Path to reach another war zone and hid his Waist Token in the Little Flower Realm.
• Two Merging Dao cultivators searched the area where Lu Ye was hiding, and one called out to Zhong Pu, asking why he had left his territory.

Lu Ye was forced out of hiding by Zhong Pu and joined the Human Race guardian in attacking him. The chapter ended with Zhong Pu fleeing into a Blood Sea that swallowed all three cultivators.

• Zhong Pu and the Human Race Merging Dao guardian fought across the region, and their battle forced Lu Ye out of a shattered star.
• Lu Ye recognized that You Die had sent Zhong Pu to find him and charged into the fight, striking at Zhong Pu instead of the Human Race guardian.
• Zhong Pu and the guardian each recognized Lu Ye and were shocked by his strength and apparent Dao Entry cultivation.
• Lu Ye and the Human Race guardian attacked Zhong Pu together, and Lu Ye wounded him despite You Die's threat to die if Lu Ye did not stop.
• Zhong Pu knocked Lu Ye back and tried to flee, but a red light spread into a Blood Sea and swallowed Lu Ye, Zhong Pu, and the guardian.

Lu Ye’s attempt to evade You Die ended when she injured herself through their Life Chain, exposing him and forcing him to abandon his plans. Seeking a safer route back to her, he found a hidden entrance to the Ruins, where an old Human Race cultivator recognized him through stories from a girl he knew.

• After Lu Ye and a Human Race Merging Dao cultivator killed Zhong Pu, Lu Ye urged the man to seize the chance to attack the star and then left.
• While Lu Ye hid in another war zone, You Die injured herself and made him suffer through their Life Chain, exposing his location to an Insect Race Merging Dao cultivator.
• Lu Ye chased the Insect Race cultivator but could not catch him, and then decided to return to You Die rather than risk further pursuit.
• Lu Ye followed his Star Map to a Forbidden Land on a Barren Star and discovered a concealed entrance to the Ruins.
• An old Human Race Merging Dao cultivator recognized Lu Ye despite his altered appearance and said he had heard of him from an outstanding little girl.

Lu Ye spoke with the old man guarding the ruins, then returned inside and met Yan Hong, who brought him the Yan Family’s accumulated Dao Bones. Lu Ye concealed the ruins’ secrets, exchanged communication marks with Yan Hong, and left him preparing to advance to Fusion Dao.

• Lu Ye learned that Ziying had worried about him and warned him not to return until the Human Race Alliance trusted him, since Waist Token records could reveal his identity.
• Lu Ye entered the ruins and found Yan Hong waiting for him; Yan Hong said Huang Zhihuan was in seclusion preparing to advance to Fusion Dao.
• Yan Hong gave Lu Ye several months’ worth of Dao Bones from the Yan Family and asked whether he had discovered anything unusual in the ruins.
• Lu Ye said there was no way to leave Variegated through the ruins, while withholding the secrets he had found; Yan Hong accepted his answer without pressing him.
• Lu Ye and Yan Hong exchanged Waist Token communication marks, and Lu Ye urged Yan Hong to prepare for Fusion Dao before they parted.
• After leaving the ruins, Yan Hong learned that Lu Ye had become a Fusion Dao cultivator and killed Fusion Dao cultivators of the Insect and Blood Races, and he was stunned.

Lu Ye returned to Yinshuo War Star and endured You Die’s punishment after she suspected he had tried to escape. He hinted that he knew how to leave Variegated, and You Die realized he was telling the truth, though he did not reveal the method.

• An Insect Race Merging Dao cultivator brought Lu Ye back to Yinshuo War Star, where Lu Ye sensed that the Talent Tree was burning away accumulated abnormalities.
• You Die pulled Lu Ye into their reincarnation illusion and beat him after accusing him of trying to leave her.
• Lu Ye spent several days trapped in the thatched hut while You Die ignored him, then asked whether she wanted to leave Variegated.
• You Die appeared immediately, and Lu Ye teased her by refusing to say whether he knew how to leave.
• Lu Ye accidentally revealed through the Life Chain that he knew the way out, and You Die decided not to press him yet.

Lu Ye discovered that his latest Star Abyss Blessing let him draw Dao Fish from a distant, distorted world and convert them into Dao Power, though the experience unsettled both him and You Die. After tempering more Dao Bones, he reached the strength of one hundred and twenty-one Dao, and You Die reminded him of a forgotten promise involving fire.

• Lu Ye absorbed the Dao Power from Yan Hong's Dao Bones and examined the strange blessing within him.
• Lu Ye activated the blessing with Dao Power, drawing in Dao Fish that transformed into more than two thousand Dao Power while making his surroundings seem like another world.
• You Die called Lu Ye back from the strange experience and said it had seemed as if he had vanished into a distant world.
• Lu Ye spent his accumulated Dao Power tempering Dao Bones and increased his strength from one hundred and eighteen Dao to one hundred and twenty-one Dao.
• You Die repeatedly interrupted Lu Ye and reminded him that he had promised her something about fire.

Lu Ye used the Talent Tree’s Annihilating Flame Power to temper You Die’s Soul Body, then negotiated a price of eighty Dao Bones per breath for future sessions. He kept Bifu’s location from her and revealed that a fragment of Nine Infants’ consciousness had survived, leaving it hidden from You Die.

• You Die reminded Lu Ye of his promise to burn her with the divine flames, and Lu Ye briefly used the Talent Tree’s power to temper her Soul Body.
• Lu Ye refused to continue unless You Die paid for more, and they agreed on eighty Dao Bones per breath.
• You Die asked about Bifu, and Lu Ye said it was not with him, concealing that he had left it in the Medicine Garden.
• Lu Ye summoned the surviving fragment of Nine Infants’ spiritual consciousness, which checked that You Die was gone.