Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye and Su Yan sensed that a Star Abyss Gate would soon open over another starry sky, and Su Yan asked to enter and teach its cultivators how to resist the invasion. Lu Ye agreed to escort her and planned to intensify the fighting among the gathered Star Abyss creatures before the gate opened.

• Lu Ye learned Su Yan’s strength had fallen to around the Moon Jade Realm after her nirvana, so she traveled with him while recovering.
• Su Yan explained that Sons of the Star Abyss received Star Abyss Coins instead of blessings, though they could exchange the coins for a precious liquid with similar benefits.
• Lu Ye and Su Yan sensed a Star Abyss Summons, and Su Yan told him another starry sky faced an impending calamity.
• Lu Ye agreed to investigate, and they traveled for nearly a month through growing numbers of Star Abyss creatures, killing those they encountered.
• At the gathering place, Su Yan asked Lu Ye to escort her into the starry sky after the gate opened so she could guide its cultivators; Lu Ye agreed.
• Lu Ye proposed stirring up the gathered creatures’ chaotic battle to reduce the threat Su Yan would face and replenish his Dao Power.

Lu Ye’s Clone slaughtered Star Abyss creatures near the unopened Star Abyss Gate, then killed a Twin-Headed Race Merging Dao cultivator with a single sword strike. The gathered Merging Dao cultivators recognized him as a likely leader and offered submission, but his hostile response left their standoff unresolved.

• Lu Ye’s Clone killed Star Abyss creatures in the area around the unopened Star Abyss Gate, drawing the attention of the Merging Dao cultivators stationed nearby.
• A Twin-Headed Race Merging Dao Seventh Layer cultivator charged the Clone, who killed him with a sword strike and collected his bones and a Star Abyss Coin.
• The Merging Dao cultivators realized the Clone might be a Merging Dao Peak cultivator and the leader recognized by the Star Abyss Will.
• The Clone appeared beside the gathered Merging Dao cultivators, whose Winged Race member offered to acknowledge him as their leader and whose companions agreed to follow his command.
• The Clone called them trash despite their offer, leaving the gathered cultivators tense and wary.

A Human Race Sword Cultivator used erratic violence and selective gifts to divide the Merging Dao cultivators gathered in the chaotic region. When a powerful Blood Race Weapon Cultivator arrived with a blonde girl, the Sword Cultivator ordered the Winged Race man to confront him, and the fight left the Winged Race man facing a rapidly closing opponent.

• The Human Race Sword Cultivator joked about taking only half the Merging Dao cultivators, then resumed hunting Dao Entry cultivators while they watched uneasily.
• After returning to refine Dao Bones, the Sword Cultivator killed a Merging Dao cultivator for supposedly eyeing his Dao Bones and gave bones only to selected cultivators.
• The Sword Cultivator repeatedly gave Dao Bones to the same group, earning their respect while deepening the Winged Race man's resentment and concern.
• A Blood Race Weapon Cultivator and a petite blonde girl entered the chaotic region, and the Blood Race man began slaughtering its inhabitants as the girl collected Dao Bones.
• The Sword Cultivator ordered the Winged Race man to fight the Blood Race Weapon Cultivator, who shattered his attack and pursued him at astonishing speed.

Lu Ye, disguised as a Blood Race Weapon Cultivator, drew the Winged Race man and several Merging Dao cultivators away from his Clone, the Human Race Sword Cultivator. He began organizing them to unite the Dao Entry cultivators and strengthen his side against the Clone.

• The Winged Race man was trapped and wounded in Lu Ye's Blood Sea, then escaped while the Sword Cultivator watched without helping.
• The Sword Cultivator fought Lu Ye twice, and both battles ended in draws.
• During a third battle, the Winged Race man led several Merging Dao cultivators away and sought refuge with Lu Ye, who accepted them.
• Lu Ye explained that the remaining cultivators would resent the Winged Race man for leaving them behind, then ordered the group to recruit Dao Entry cultivators by force.
• The Winged Race man and the others began gathering Dao Entry cultivators, demanding that each join them or die.

Lu Ye and his Clone divided the Star Abyss cultivators into two armies and used repeated battles to cause heavy casualties. After killing the Merging Dao leaders who proposed ambushing the Human Race Sword Cultivator, Lu Ye and his Clone attacked both armies, leaving the forces in chaos.

• Lu Ye and his Clone organized the cultivators into opposing camps, and the armies fought several battles that killed many Dao Entry and Merging Dao cultivators.
• The Winged Race warned Lu Ye that the casualties would weaken the coming invasion and proposed ambushing the Human Race Sword Cultivator.
• Lu Ye lured the Winged Race and the other Merging Dao cultivators close, then killed them inside a Blood Sea.
• The Clone sensed danger near the Star Abyss Gate and gathered the Merging Dao cultivators around him before Lu Ye's main body arrived under cover of the Blood Sea.
• Lu Ye and his Clone swept their Blood Seas toward both armies and began massacring the already weakened Dao Entry cultivators.

Lu Ye watched Su Yan enter the Star Abyss Gate with his Phoenix Feather, then resumed his journey back to Variegated. After encountering a curious Roam Dragon, he sensed a disturbing emptiness in the Void ahead.

• Su Yan entered the opened Star Abyss Gate after giving Lu Ye her Phoenix Feather and telling him to seek the Phoenix Nest once he reached perfection in Union Dao.
• Lu Ye inspected his Dao Body through the Mirror Realm and found that Consort Rong was expected to give birth within ten days.
• Lu Ye encountered a Roam Dragon, briefly rode it in an attempt to speed his return, and watched it flee after he let go.
• As Lu Ye continued toward Variegated, he stopped before an unnaturally empty stretch of Void and sensed that advancing would bring danger.

Lu Ye returned to Variegated after surviving the struggle for the Son of the Star Abyss, and learned that Ziying had continued her cultivation elsewhere. He reunited with Chen Gushan and He Linglong in Boundless City, where he revealed that he had won the selection.

• Lu Ye avoided a dangerous region in the Star Abyss, then traveled onward while the Roam Dragon secretly followed him.
• Lu Ye reached Variegated and found a Jade Slip from Ziying explaining why she had remained at a place Variegated had passed through; he concluded she had likely advanced to Dao Merging.
• Lu Ye entered Variegated near the Human Race's home star and headed to Boundless City, where Chen Gushan and He Linglong welcomed him.
• Lu Ye told Chen Gushan and He Linglong that he had been summoned to compete for the Son of the Star Abyss and had come out on top.
• Lu Ye explained that becoming the Son of the Star Abyss had increased his affinity with Dao Power, but kept the Star Abyss Treasure Vault and Star Abyss Coin secret.

Lu Ye returned from the Ruins and asked the heads of the four great families to let him study their Dao Pattern Pavilions so he could prepare for advancing to Merging Dao. After entering the Yan Family’s pavilion, he left the family heads wondering about his true cultivation level and the reason Yan Yao treated him with such deference.

• Lu Ye told the four family heads that he had been cultivating in the Ruins and asked to visit their Dao Pattern Pavilions.
• Yan Yao agreed immediately, and the other family heads followed suit because they hoped to gain access to the Ruins.
• Yan Yao brought Lu Ye to the Yan Family’s Dao Pattern Pavilion and let him enter alone.
• Huang Chen, Sun Baihan, and Zhou Quan questioned Yan Yao about his unusually generous attitude toward Lu Ye.
• Yan Yao urged the other family heads to grant Lu Ye anything he requested, hinting that he knew something important he could not yet reveal.
• The family heads debated whether Lu Ye had reached Merging Dao as they recalled how quickly his strength had grown from ordinary Entering Dao.

Lu Ye comprehended and recorded the Dao Patterns in Variegated’s pavilions, gathering the knowledge he needed to refine Divine Edge for his advancement to Merging Dao. After visiting every pavilion, he entered the Ruins to seek the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree and begin deducing his chosen foundation.

• Lu Ye spent nearly a year in the Yan Family’s Dao Pattern Pavilion, learning unfamiliar patterns and repeatedly constructing them with his Talent Tree.
• After emerging, Lu Ye asked Yan Yao to arrange his entry into the Huang Family’s pavilion, where he studied for half a year.
• Lu Ye then visited the Sun and Zhou Families’ pavilions, spending progressively less time as he encountered patterns he had already studied.
• Lu Ye briefly explored the shared Dao Pattern Pavilion and confirmed that he had recorded every Dao Pattern in Variegated on the Talent Tree.
• Lu Ye entered the Ruins to find the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree and deduce Divine Edge for his advancement to Merging Dao.

Lu Ye gathered Tea Tree’s leaves and spent more than a year in seclusion refining his Dao Patterns, completing a stronger, simpler Divine Edge. He began advancing to Merging Dao by inscribing it into his Dao Bones, facing intense pain and the challenge of inscribing all 206 bones.

• Tea Tree tried to frighten Lu Ye away, but her emerald leaves flew into his hands, and she ran off sobbing.
• Lu Ye sealed the Ruins and used a tea leaf to sharpen his mind while deducing the Dao Patterns on his Talent Tree.
• After deducing every Dao Pattern and revisiting Divine Edge, Lu Ye completed a version with 20 percent fewer Base Elements and 10 percent greater power.
• Lu Ye prepared to advance to Merging Dao, recognizing that inscribing patterns into all 206 of his Dao Bones would be far harder than for ordinary cultivators.
• Lu Ye used the Talent Tree to begin inscribing Divine Edge into his Dao Bones and endured severe pain as his Dao Power rapidly drained.

Lu Ye successfully advanced to Merging Dao and considered how to find his way back to his own starry sky. After discussing a plan with Chen Gushan and He Linglong, he summoned the four great family heads and began addressing the mysteries of the Ruins.

• Lu Ye completed the Divine Edge Dao Pattern across his Dao Bones, advanced to Merging Dao, and found his wieldable Dao Power had risen to about 260, with his battle strength amplified to roughly 286.
• Lu Ye decided to rest rather than inscribe another Dao Pattern, then searched outside Variegated for familiar celestial landmarks but found none.
• Lu Ye returned to Boundless City and resolved to leave the balance between the Human and Giant Races and the Insect and Blood Races intact while seeking a way home.
• Lu Ye discussed a plan with Chen Gushan and He Linglong, then summoned the heads of the Huang, Yan, Sun, and Zhou families.
• Lu Ye asked whether they still wished to learn what secrets lay in the depths of the Ruins, and Huang Chen described the failed trial, the ruined statue of Nine Infants, and the two unexplained passages.

Lu Ye revealed that the Ruins contained a gate leading out of Variegated and explained that advancing to Dao Integration would require entering Star Abyss’s Inner Realm. He proposed securing Variegated near his home starry sky and asked the family heads to prepare successors and recruit Merging Dao cultivators to search for a route back.

• Lu Ye told the family heads that one passage in the Ruins led to an ancient Medicine Garden and the other to a gate out of Variegated, then revealed that Boundless City had come from outside.
• Lu Ye explained the Outer and Inner Realms and warned that cultivators who advanced to Dao Integration would have to enter the Inner Realm, making it difficult to return and guard their clans.
• Lu Ye proposed mooring Variegated near his home starry sky’s Star Abyss Gate and urged the family heads to choose successors before they left to cultivate.
• Lu Ye asked the family heads to send one or two hundred Merging Dao cultivators with ties to Variegated to investigate nearby celestial phenomena and find his way home.
• The family heads agreed to begin preparations, while Lu Ye decided not to involve the Giant Race yet.

Lu Ye sent Variegated’s cultivators into the Star Abyss to search for a route matching his Starry Sky Maps, then stopped Variegated so they could return to it. Three months later, he entered the Ruins to inscribe Dao patterns again.

• Lu Ye distributed Starry Sky Maps to 150 Merging Dao cultivators and sent them out to search the Star Abyss for six months.
• Chen Gushan and He Linglong left together, choosing freedom in the Star Abyss over returning to Variegated, and Lu Ye bowed as they departed.
• Lu Ye and the heads of the four great families stayed behind as the cultivators scattered, and Lu Ye stopped Variegated to make it easier for them to find on their return.
• Lu Ye killed a Merging Dao Sixth Layer star beast but received neither Star Abyss Blessing nor Star Abyss Coins.
• After three months, Lu Ye’s Dao Bones had recovered, so he entered the Ruins to inscribe Dao patterns safely.

Lu Ye advanced to Merging Dao Second Level, gaining immense power, and made a Jade Token to allow others to enter and leave Variegated. While waiting in Star Abyss for the search party to return, he began cultivating the Crag Mountain Saber and made it a true Dao Soldier.

• Lu Ye carefully inscribed a second Divine Edge pattern into his Dao Bone and reached Merging Dao Second Level.
• Lu Ye found that his two Dao patterns raised his effective strength to roughly three hundred and thirty-six strands, but worried about the growing cost of future breakthroughs.
• Lu Ye refined a Jade Token that would let others freely enter and leave the Ruins, then checked Variegated and returned to Star Abyss.
• Lu Ye waited beside Variegated on a meteorite for the Merging Dao cultivators searching the surrounding region, and decided to cultivate his Dao Soldier.
• Lu Ye invested more Dao Power in the Crag Mountain Saber until it could let him control one additional thread of Dao Power.

Lu Ye learned from Yan Ping that the route back to the starry sky lay nearby, then guided Variegated toward the familiar region. As he neared home, he sensed a Star Abyss Summons ahead, indicating a Star Abyss Gate connected to the starry sky.

• Lu Ye strengthened the Crag Mountain Saber for seven months before Yan Ping returned with celestial records matching a region Lu Ye had previously visited.
• Lu Ye thanked Yan Ping and determined that Variegated could reach the familiar location by following Yan Ping’s recorded route.
• After waiting for the other explorers, Lu Ye sent the cultivators and four family heads back into Variegated and guided it onward.
• Lu Ye recognized the celestial phenomena from the place where he had become trapped in Variegated and hurried toward home.
• Lu Ye sensed a Star Abyss Summons ahead and identified its source as a Star Abyss Gate connected to the starry sky.

Lu Ye returned to the Azure Palace and learned that Yin Luo had lost control of the Star Abyss Gate after a Twin Demon pair defeated her. He offered to help her reclaim it, and Yin Luo chose that over having her hunger satisfied.

• Lu Ye intercepted Ying Hu, who told him that Lady Qing Yu and the others had taken refuge at the Azure Palace.
• Ying Hu explained that two Merging Dao Peak cultivators of the Twin Demon Race had defeated Yin Luo and seized control of the Star Abyss Gate.
• Lu Ye reunited with Yin Luo and the Human Race cultivators, and learned that Qing Yu had advanced to Merging Dao under Uncle Duan's guidance.
• Lu Ye offered Yin Luo a choice between filling her stomach and helping her drive away the Twin Demons.
• Yin Luo chose to have Lu Ye help her reclaim the Star Abyss Gate.

Lu Ye learned that the Star Abyss Gate had expanded enough to admit Four-Dao cultivators five years earlier, then reached the Gate and challenged the Twin Demon Race to help Yin Luo reclaim control. The Red Demon questioned whether Lu Ye was truly ready to face the two of them.

• Lu Ye agreed to help Yin Luo drive off the Twin Demon Race and reassured Uncle Duan despite being only at Merging Dao Second Level.
• Uncle Duan told Lu Ye that the Star Abyss Gate had admitted Four-Dao cultivators when he left five years earlier, suggesting its passage capacity had grown abnormally fast.
• Lu Ye coordinated plans with Variegated's four family heads, then left Variegated several days later.
• Lu Ye arrived near the Star Abyss Gate, saw that fewer Star Abyss living beings remained there, and concluded that many had already invaded the starry sky.
• Lu Ye flew ahead of the Azure Palace and announced that Human Race Lu Ye had come to challenge the Twin Demon Race.
• The Red Demon rose with his twin and asked Lu Ye whether he was sure he wanted to challenge them.

Lu Ye killed the Twin Demon Race experts at the Star Abyss Gate and learned that Seven Dao cultivators could already pass through into the starry sky. He returned to Variegated and led a force of three thousand armed Dao Entry cultivators and four Merging Dao Peak experts out to confront the invasion.

• Lu Ye withstood the Red Demon and Green Demon's combined attack, then killed both of them and collected their Star Abyss Coins.
• Lu Ye brought Uncle Duan and Yin Luo to the Star Abyss Gate, docked Variegated nearby, and learned that Seven Dao cultivators could pass through for now, with Eight Dao soon to follow.
• Lu Ye worried that the Phantom Extinction Star System could not withstand the invasion, gave Uncle Duan instructions, and returned to Variegated.
• Lu Ye met Huang Chen and the other three family heads outside the Ruins, then led three thousand Dao Entry cultivators through the Sacrificial Altar.
• Lu Ye emerged outside Variegated with the three thousand cultivators and four Merging Dao Peak family heads, astonishing Qing Yu, Yin Luo, and Uncle Duan.

Lu Ye returned to the Starry Sky with three thousand Dao Entry cultivators from Variegated and began fighting the Star Abyss invaders. He found the Phantom Extinction Star System almost entirely covered by Star Abyss aura, but reunited with Gu Sheng, who offered to take him to the war fortress and explain the situation.

• Lu Ye told the four family heads that they could not pass through the Star Abyss Gate yet, then led the Variegated cultivators toward it.
• Lu Ye passed through the gate and found Star Abyss aura blanketing the area, with no familiar Human Race life signs nearby.
• Lu Ye ordered Huang Cui'er to command the arriving cultivators and spent days slaughtering Star Abyss invaders with his Talent Tree Clone.
• Lu Ye detected a battle and rescued Gu Sheng from a Star Abyss cultivator, then learned that Gu Sheng had advanced to the Seventh Layer Dao.
• Gu Sheng began taking Lu Ye to the war fortress and explained that the Phantom Extinction Star System's situation was dire but not as disastrous as Lu Ye had feared.

Lu Ye returned to the Starry Sky and learned that the Star Abyss invasion had pushed the Phantom Extinction Star System to the brink, though most invaders remained trapped within its aura. At the Yellow Dragon Realm’s war fortress, he reunited with Gu Yunliu and Old Tree, then discovered that his earlier arrangements had helped the Starry Sky produce many Dao Entry cultivators.

• Gu Sheng told Lu Ye that Seven Daos invaders had spread through Phantom Extinction, while most Star Abyss creatures stayed within its aura and scattered enemies were being hunted across the Starry Sky.
• Gu Sheng brought Lu Ye to the Yellow Dragon Realm’s retreating war fortress, where Gu Yunliu and the other cultivators welcomed him back.
• Gu Yunliu said Chen Wulei was refining Dao Bones and preparing to advance to Dao Fusion, while Chang Yu was pursuing invaders outside Phantom Extinction.
• Lu Ye learned that Old Tree had awakened from reincarnation and was the one who had guided Chen Wulei’s foundational Dao Pattern.
• Gu Yunliu reported that Phantom Extinction had eighty-three Dao Entry cultivators, and Lu Ye recalled how his arrangements with the Nine Provinces and Soul Race had accelerated their growth.