Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye entered what he believed was a Starry Sky Spectacle and discovered it was a trap containing twelve stranded Merging Dao cultivators. They needed a thirteenth person to climb a pressure-filled staircase and reach an Exotic Treasure and a possible exit, but Lu Ye objected when Ning Gu implied he should take one of the most dangerous lower positions.

• Lu Ye entered the Ladder Cloud Spectacle and found himself transported to a Floating Land surrounded by Merging Dao cultivators.
• Ning Gu introduced himself as a Crimson Race cultivator and explained that the Ladder Cloud was a trap with a possible exit and an Exotic Treasure at the top of thirteen stairs.
• Ning Gu told Lu Ye that the twelve cultivators needed one more person to fill the stairs, and they planned to draw lots for their positions.
• Ning Gu explained that the lower stairs exerted deadly pressure and claimed Lu Ye's Merging Dao Ninth Level cultivation made him strong enough for the bottom two.
• Lu Ye challenged Ning Gu's assumption that he would take one of the bottom stairs, insisting that he wanted a fair chance at the Exotic Treasure.

Lu Ye joined Ning Gu and the trapped cultivators in a plan to climb the steps and open the door, drawing lots to determine their positions. After the last cultivator reached the top and began opening the door, Ning Gu revealed a powerful clone and sent it rushing toward the Exotic Treasure.

• Ning Gu proposed that he and Junior Sister Shuang occupy the bottom two steps while Lu Ye and the other cultivators drew lots for their positions.
• Lu Ye drew a longer lot than Junior Sister Shuang and took the eighth step, where the steps’ power immobilized him and confined his strength.
• The last cultivator climbed to the top, took the Exotic Treasure, and began slowly opening the door.
• Lu Ye regained his ability to move once the final cultivator reached the top, but he remained unable to climb higher.
• Ning Gu’s severed arm transformed into a clone, which raced up the steps toward the cultivator holding the Exotic Treasure as Lu Ye let it pass.

Ning Gu’s Clone took Fellow Daoist Yu’s token and helped open the first trap, but Lu Ye killed the Clone and escaped with the token as Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang pursued him. They entered a second trap with twenty stairs, where Lu Ye realized the pressure made the way out unreachable and declared it a dead end.

• Ning Gu’s Clone took Fellow Daoist Yu’s token, but could not push the door open, so Fellow Daoist Yu opened it and fled.
• Once the first trap released them, Lu Ye killed Ning Gu’s Clone, took the token, and escaped through the door while Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang chased him.
• Lu Ye, Ning Gu, and Junior Sister Shuang found themselves in a second trap with about twenty stairs and no restriction on the number of people needed to escape.
• Lu Ye climbed higher than Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang could manage, while pressure weakened Ning Gu’s Secret Technique and strained all three.
• Lu Ye concluded that none of them could reach the top and warned Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang that the second trap was a dead end.

Lu Ye discovered that the Starry Sky Fragment was dissolving into Chaos mist and proposed using an Exotic Treasure to form an array that could overcome the pressure and let them escape. Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang agreed to mutual assistance, though Ning Gu still resented Lu Ye for destroying his Clone.

• Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang retreated from the upper steps, and Lu Ye climbed to the eighteenth step before the pressure injured him and forced him back down.
• Lu Ye concluded that he could not reach the gateway alone and found the purpose of the token taken from Ning Gu's Clone by locating its counterpart in the mysterious treasury space.
• Lu Ye warned Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang that the Chaos mist was dissolving the Starry Sky Fragment and would eventually swallow them if they remained trapped.
• Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang agreed to cooperate with Lu Ye, who proposed using an Exotic Treasure from the previous trap to help them form an array.

Lu Ye joined Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang to form a Three Powers Formation and escape the pressure-filled staircase. After they reached the doorway, the three separated to recover, leaving Lu Ye to consider finding a companion while knowing Ning Gu still held a grudge against him.

• Lu Ye convinced Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang to swear they would not harm him before they left, then the three attacked and killed the other twelve Merging Dao cultivators.
• Lu Ye used the Exotic Treasure to link their auras, and the three formed a Three Powers Formation to climb the steps.
• Lu Ye, Ning Gu, and Junior Sister Shuang endured the pressure on the twentieth step, stabilized the formation, and rushed through the doorway.
• Lu Ye fled in one direction while Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang escaped together in the opposite direction.
• Lu Ye assessed his severe injuries and decided he needed to find a companion, while recognizing that Ning Gu would seek revenge.

Lu Ye searched for a strong companion in the Sons of the Star Abyss contest and encountered the injured Human Race cultivator Song Weiwei. After saving her and learning her name, he realized she was willing to recover beside him, leaving them poised to partner up.

• Lu Ye spent a month searching for a suitable companion and counted a little over two hundred Star Abyss Coins, still short of the five hundred needed for the item he wanted.
• Lu Ye followed sounds of battle and found an injured female cultivator defeating another woman after their male companion had died.
• Lu Ye killed the weaker woman, then fought the injured Human Race cultivator when she launched a desperate final attack and fainted from her wounds.
• Lu Ye carried the woman and her Dao Soldier to a hidden place, collected the two Star Abyss Coins, and examined her injuries while she recovered.
• The woman awoke, briefly left to change her damaged clothes, returned, introduced herself as Song Weiwei, and sat nearby to recover after Lu Ye said he was alone.

After Song Weiwei abruptly left Lu Ye, she tracked down Bing Yuan to settle an old score and fought him desperately. Just as Bing Yuan’s hidden Shadow Race ally moved to kill her, a black-clad Human Race cultivator appeared behind the ally.

• Lu Ye noticed Song Weiwei’s reaction to the icy battlefield, but she asked to rest without explaining why.
• Song Weiwei sat on Lu Ye’s lap and asked him to take her; Lu Ye covered her and told her to stand, but she left without explaining herself.
• Song Weiwei returned to the icy battlefield and pursued Bing Yuan for a day until she found him at a Barren Star.
• Song Weiwei fought Bing Yuan with desperate, blood-powered attacks, and Bing Yuan called his concealed Shadow Race companion into battle.
• As the Shadow Race woman struck at Song Weiwei, a black-clad Human Race cultivator appeared behind her with his hand on his saber.

Lu Ye intervened when Song Weiwei sought revenge on Bing Yuan, helping her defeat him and drive off his Shadow Race companion. After recovering, Song Weiwei thanked Lu Ye and asked him to listen to her story.

• The Shadow Race woman abandoned Song Weiwei and fled after Lu Ye ambushed her with the Vibrating Blade Technique.
• Song Weiwei's desperate strike failed to harm Bing Yuan, but Lu Ye's Clone and Song Weiwei surrounded him with Lu Ye and blocked his escape.
• Song Weiwei killed Bing Yuan and continued attacking his body after he revealed that he had tormented her companion for several days.
• Lu Ye left Song Weiwei to deal with her grief, then rested nearby and recovered from the damage to his arm.
• Song Weiwei followed Lu Ye, thanked him, and asked him to listen to her story.

Song Weiwei told Lu Ye that she had abandoned her senior sister when Bing Yuan and a Shadow Race cultivator attacked, explaining the guilt behind her despair. Later, Lu Ye and Song Weiwei found an Exotic Treasure beginning to emerge inside a star, where Lu Ye spotted the dangerous golden-haired woman and resolved to kill her.

• Song Weiwei confessed that she had panicked and fled while her senior sister was captured, and Lu Ye listened before telling her they should leave.
• Song Weiwei continued traveling with Lu Ye, giving him all the Star Abyss Coins they earned and marveling at the Star Abyss Blessings he received.
• Lu Ye and Song Weiwei noticed a distant light and hid near a star where an Exotic Treasure was forming.
• Two Merging Dao cultivators rushed toward the treasure, but the golden-haired woman killed them both with her golden-light attacks.
• Lu Ye recognized the golden-haired woman, concealed his aura, and decided to find a chance to kill her before she could escape.

Lu Ye and Song Weiwei confronted the golden-haired woman over the Exotic Treasure, and Song Weiwei drew her into revealing her position. Just as Lu Ye prepared to kill her, the woman activated the Concord Knot, binding their lives together and leaving Lu Ye unable to strike.

• Lu Ye asked Song Weiwei to bait the golden-haired woman while he searched for her hiding place.
• Song Weiwei deliberately lowered her defenses and suffered a chest wound, making the golden-haired woman stop changing positions to attack again.
• Lu Ye found the golden-haired woman with a Void Dao Pattern and rushed in, expecting to hold her until his Clone arrived.
• The golden-haired woman released a translucent butterfly that merged into Lu Ye, and Lu Ye reached her but could not bring his saber down.
• Song Weiwei arrived to attack, but Lu Ye stopped her and asked the golden-haired woman what the butterfly had done.
• The golden-haired woman explained that the Concord Knot made them companions and that the Star Abyss Will would erase either one if the other died.

The golden-haired woman used the Concord Knot to bind Lu Ye to her for the contest, then asked for his help protecting the Four-Eared Beings’ realm from cultivators drawn to an Exotic Treasure. Lu Ye appeared to leave, but Song Weiwei pointed out that the binding meant he could not abandon the woman without risking his own life.

• The golden-haired woman forcibly bound Lu Ye to herself with the Concord Knot, angering Song Weiwei and ending Lu Ye’s partnership with her.
• Lu Ye recognized the realm as the home of the Four-Eared Beings and learned the golden-haired woman had moved it to save it from the encroaching Chaos mist.
• The golden-haired woman asked Lu Ye to help protect the realm and its inhabitants from cultivators drawn by the Exotic Treasure.
• Lu Ye told the golden-haired woman he would leave, and Song Weiwei followed him away from the realm.
• Song Weiwei stopped Lu Ye and pointed out that the Concord Knot bound his life to the golden-haired woman’s; Lu Ye told Song Weiwei their connection ended there and that she should leave.

Lu Ye and Song Weiwei hunted cultivators gathering around the realm where an Exotic Treasure was gestating, trying to protect its inhabitants from the coming battle. As the treasure’s light brightened and the struggle began, Lu Ye sensed a formidable enemy watching him, while Ri Yan and a petite woman observed from an asteroid.

• Song Weiwei insisted on helping Lu Ye, and they joined forces to stop cultivators from approaching the realm.
• Two Ghost Cultivators ambushed and killed a concealed pair, while Lu Ye and Song Weiwei separately killed other cultivators nearby.
• Song Weiwei suspected the unusually long gestation meant the Exotic Treasure was exceptionally powerful.
• When the treasure’s light brightened, cultivators rushed toward the realm, and Lu Ye and Song Weiwei charged into battle.
• Lu Ye sensed a powerful enemy watching him, while Ri Yan and a petite woman remained openly on an asteroid and discussed Lu Ye.

Ri Yan noticed Lu Ye receiving Star Abyss Blessings unusually often while he and Wuyue waited for the Exotic Treasure to emerge. As cultivators converged on the realm, the golden-haired woman killed attackers with her bow, but her rapidly dwindling Dao Power left her unable to stop them all.

• Ri Yan told Wuyue that Lu Ye had received multiple Star Abyss Blessings in quick succession and resolved to investigate him after they obtained the Exotic Treasure.
• Ri Yan promised Wuyue the Exotic Treasure if it proved to be an Attribute Treasure, in exchange for her becoming his companion.
• Lu Ye and Song Weiwei intercepted and killed approaching Merging Dao cultivators as the Exotic Treasure's emergence drew near.
• The golden-haired woman used her bow to kill approaching cultivators with powerful, nearly undetectable attacks, earning Star Abyss Blessings.
• The golden-haired woman realized her attacks consumed a hundred strands of Dao Power each and that her remaining reserves could sustain only twenty more shots against the many enemies closing in.

Lu Ye’s Clone linked his Dao Power to the golden-haired woman, allowing her to resume her attack against the approaching Fusion Dao cultivators. She kept killing them with a relentless barrage as the battle continued around the realm.

• The golden-haired woman realized the Exotic Treasure had not yet emerged and prepared to leave as the Fusion Dao cultivators closed in.
• Lu Ye’s Clone appeared from inside the realm and urged the exhausted woman to escape, but she insisted on fighting until the end.
• Lu Ye’s Clone formed a connection with the golden-haired woman that let her draw on his Dao Power.
• The golden-haired woman resumed firing while Lu Ye’s Clone supplied her with Dao Power.
• The golden-haired woman killed a male cultivator and his companion with a three-point attack, then continued striking down the charging Fusion Dao cultivators.

The Golden-haired Woman slaughtered the Fusion Dao cultivators while Lu Ye supplied her with Dao Force, until an enemy struck them with a powerful Exotic Treasure. They survived by teleporting, and after the Exotic Treasure emerged, they let a Ghost Cultivator take it away to protect the realm and its inhabitants.

• The Golden-haired Woman used Lu Ye's abundant Dao Force to kill Fusion Dao cultivators while Lu Ye and Song Weiwei watched.
• An enemy struck the Golden-haired Woman and Lu Ye's Clone with violet lightning from an Exotic Treasure, shattering them and the surrounding Void.
• Lu Ye and Song Weiwei pursued the attacker while a female Ghost Cultivator seized the newly emerged Exotic Treasure and tried to flee.
• The Golden-haired Woman and the Clone appeared unharmed, explained that they were protecting the realm, and ordered the Ghost Cultivator to take the treasure away.
• The Golden-haired Woman killed two Fusion Dao cultivators who tried to seize the treasure from the fleeing Ghost Cultivator.

Lu Ye and Su Yan survived the assault on the realm, but Song Weiwei left after failing to provoke Lu Ye into killing her, warning that they would be enemies if they met again. Lu Ye gave Su Yan Dao Power to recover and began collecting the fallen cultivators’ Star Abyss Coins.

• Su Yan admitted that she had noticed the female Ghost Cultivator and allowed her to take the Attribute Treasure, which Lu Ye recognized as the treasure that had vanished from the vault.
• Song Weiwei suddenly wounded Lu Ye without killing intent, then fled and said they would be enemies when they met again.
• Lu Ye realized Song Weiwei had hoped he would kill her so she could leave him a Star Abyss Coin, and he wondered whether they could truly fight mercilessly if they met again.
• Lu Ye and Su Yan exchanged names, and Su Yan said her ancestors were Human Race but left her own race unexplained.
• Lu Ye gave Su Yan the Dao Power Bottle to recover while his nine Treasure Blood Clones gathered the fallen Fusion Dao cultivators’ Star Abyss Coins.

Lu Ye explored Su Yan’s rescued Realm, discovered the Four-Eared Human Race’s extraordinary cultivation potential, and placed his Dao Blood in a consort in hopes of cultivating a Dao Body. After Su Yan finished refining Dao Power Liquid, she told Lu Ye she wanted to exchange for a Mirror Realm to protect and carry her Realm.

• Lu Ye surveyed the Realm and found that many Four-Eared Humans had exceptional cultivation aptitude despite living in a low-tier Realm.
• Lu Ye secretly gave Dao Blood to a consort who prayed to the Fox God, hoping her child would become a Dao Body.
• The consort felt warmth in her abdomen, and the emperor later visited her and stayed in her bedchamber.
• Su Yan finished refining the accumulated Dao Power Liquid, restoring much of her depleted Dao Power.
• Su Yan said she planned to exchange for a Mirror Realm, which could solve the problem of carrying her Realm but cost five hundred Star Abyss Coins.

Lu Ye agreed to give Su Yan his Star Abyss Coins to help her reach the Mirror Realm, in exchange for learning her escape technique, which she revealed was an Innate Divine Ability. After they studied spatial techniques together, Su Yan brought Lu Ye into a Space Crevice and explained its dangers.

• Su Yan told Lu Ye she had just over a hundred Star Abyss Coins and needed five hundred to exchange for the Mirror Realm.
• Su Yan explained that the Concord Knot allowed her and Lu Ye to transfer resources, and Lu Ye agreed to give her his coins if she taught him her escape technique.
• Lu Ye and Su Yan found they were still short by a little over fifty coins, so Lu Ye's main body left to hunt while his Talent Tree Clone studied spatial techniques with her.
• Su Yan revealed that her escape technique was an Innate Divine Ability and guided Lu Ye through a discussion of spatial Secret Techniques.
• Su Yan took Lu Ye into a Space Crevice, where she warned him about Space Currents, Void Beasts, and the deeper land of Chaos.

Lu Ye learned Su Yan’s Ox-Striking space secret technique and deepened his understanding of space by repeatedly entering the Space Crevice with her. Meanwhile, Emperor Chen learned that Consort Rong was pregnant and rewarded her household.

• Lu Ye asked Su Yan about the Inner Realm and questioned her warning that Star Abyss Blessings might be dangerous.
• Su Yan taught Lu Ye the Ox-Striking secret technique, explaining that it could not bypass an enemy’s protective power.
• Lu Ye trained with Su Yan and entered the Space Crevice every few days, gradually understanding the mysteries behind his Void Dao Pattern.
• In the Four-Eared Realm, Emperor Chen learned from Consort Rong that she was more than a month pregnant.
• Emperor Chen arranged rewards for Consort Rong, her birth family, and the maids and guards serving her.

Lu Ye and Su Yan secured the Four-Eared Realm in the Mirror Realm and moved through the shrinking Starry Sky Fragment as the contest for the Son of the Star Abyss neared its end. At the final battlefield, four Dao Pools appeared, drawing out two cultivators as the hidden survivors prepared for a clash.

• Lu Ye returned with Star Abyss Coins, and Su Yan exchanged them for the Mirror Realm and entrusted it to him to preserve the Four-Eared Realm.
• Lu Ye and Su Yan left the Starry Sky Fragment, searched for Exotic Treasures for more than two months, and found none as the Chaos mist consumed most of the fragment.
• Lu Ye and Su Yan hid on a Floating Land in the fragment’s final million-li area, where the surviving Fusion Dao cultivators had gathered around the White Jade Platform and Qi.
• Four pillars of light appeared at the platform’s corners, revealing four Dao Pools whose Dao Fish could restore cultivators’ Dao Power.
• Two streams of light raced toward one of the Dao Pools, and Lu Ye grew grave as the hidden cultivators’ uneasy standoff threatened to break.