Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye borrowed spirit jade from the Merfolk Race, collected Peerless Island’s earnings, and bought star boats and warships for the journey back to the Nine Provinces. With the vessels ready, he prepared to depart with Li Shang attached to him.

• Lu Ye borrowed fifty million spirit jade from Yan Miao and promised Bai Lu he would report his safety when he returned.
• Lu Ye returned to Peerless Island, where Chu Shen gave him roughly ten million spirit jade in earnings and learned that Lu Ye would be gone for ten years.
• Lu Ye ordered thirty Silver Fish star boats and ten Tiger Shark Warships, then bought Dragon Breath Crystals and gifts with the remaining funds.
• Lu Ye failed to contact Pu Ke, who had fled to avoid his arranged betrothal.
• Lu Ye inspected the completed vessels, paid the balance, and prepared to leave for the Nine Provinces with Li Shang attached to him.

Lu Ye entered the Long Cloud Star System to investigate the Great Wheel of Fortune, a mysterious Starry Sky Supreme Treasure that had drawn cultivators from across the region. He reached the bronze disc and witnessed the dangers awaiting those who entered, leaving his own attempt still ahead.

• Tang Jun and Lu Ye reached the Insect Path to Long Cloud and learned that the Great Wheel of Fortune had appeared there, drawing crowds who paid five thousand Lingyu to enter.
• Moon Jade Realm cultivator Zhang recognized Tang Jun, waived Lu Ye’s passage fee, and gave him a token for the Long Cloud Star System.
• Tang Jun explained the Great Wheel of Fortune’s unpredictable nature, and Lu Ye crossed through the Insect Path while Tang Jun stayed behind.
• Lu Ye traveled through Long Cloud with Li Shang and followed the crowd to the enormous, battered bronze disc.
• Lu Ye watched a charred Star Constellation Realm cultivator emerge from the disc and suffer two strikes of Purple Thunder, while nearby Moon Jade Realm cultivators refused to intervene.

Lu Ye and Li Shang tried their luck at the Great Wheel of Fortune, but while Li Shang gained a powerful Soul Artifact, Lu Ye could not make the wheel spin. As Lu Ye traveled toward a Dead Star in the Long Cloud Star System, he discovered that his consolation prize was an apparently ordinary Bone Ocarina.

• Lu Ye entered the Great Wheel of Fortune with Li Shang, but his Essence Blood failed to activate the disk.
• Li Shang offered Soul Power and received a bronze ring that Lu Ye recognized as a Soul Artifact at the Magic Treasure level.
• After several more failed attempts, Lu Ye turned to leave, and the Great Wheel of Fortune dropped a bone ocarina onto the ground for him.
• Lu Ye and Li Shang left the wheel on the Star Boat and headed toward a Dead Star in the Long Cloud Star System.
• Lu Ye examined the Bone Ocarina during the journey, found that it showed no response to Spiritual Power, and concluded it seemed to be a mere plaything.

Lu Ye and Li Shang discovered that the Bone Ocarina’s music attracted Star Beasts, after it drew several Moon Jade Star Beasts and a swarm of Armadillo Beasts. Lu Ye and Li Shang fought the Armadillo Beasts, while Lu Ye struggled to kill them through their tough armor.

• Lu Ye fled from a powerful Moon Jade Star Beast, then escaped its search by teleporting away with Li Shang’s Soul Possession and hiding on a meteorite.
• After the pair resumed their journey, three Moon Jade Star Beasts pursued them following Li Shang’s music, but Lu Ye shook them off after several days.
• Lu Ye arranged a test on a Barren Star, where Li Shang played the Bone Ocarina until a group of Armadillo Beasts emerged and focused on the instrument.
• Lu Ye confirmed that the Bone Ocarina attracted Star Beasts, took it from Li Shang, and drew his Crag Mountain Saber as the Armadillo Beasts attacked.
• Li Shang used Soul Possession to strengthen Lu Ye, who fought the Armadillo Beasts but found their Scale Armor difficult to penetrate.

Lu Ye and Li Shang were trapped by a copper beam from an Armadillo Beast, which left Lu Ye’s body unbearably heavy and prevented Li Shang from ending her Soul Attachment. After the copper light faded days later, Lu Ye found a Copper Coin inside the beast and suspected it had powered the attack.

• An Armadillo Beast struck Lu Ye with copper light that passed through his blade and Sacred Guard, leaving him heavy and unable to evade the others.
• Lu Ye called for Li Shang to leave his body, but the copper light prevented her from ending the Soul Attachment Mystic Art.
• Lu Ye activated a previously prepared Protective Grand Array, whose Sword Qi killed the Armadillo Beasts while protecting him.
• The copper light remained on Lu Ye for several days, then vanished, allowing Li Shang to separate from him.
• Lu Ye searched the slain Armadillo Beasts and found a Copper Coin inside the beast that had fired the beam.
• Lu Ye and Li Shang could not activate the Copper Coin, so Lu Ye kept it to study its intricate markings.

Lu Ye and Li Shang found a Cycle Tree Clone on a Dead Star and followed its clues through an unstable Insect Path into Mist Dragon. Li Shang was suppressed by the ancient Starry Sky Spectacle, while Lu Ye remained unaffected.

• Lu Ye confirmed that playing the Bone Ocarina attracted nearby star beasts as the Star Boat traveled through the Long Cloud Star System.
• Lu Ye and Li Shang found and dug up a dead Cycle Tree Clone on a Dead Star, then searched for an abyss marked on the Cycle Tree’s Star Map.
• After failing to find the abyss, Li Shang located an underground route, and Lu Ye burrowed down until he reached a natural Insect Path.
• Lu Ye used the Dragon Seat and Li Shang’s Soul Possession to cross the unstable Insect Path into Mist Dragon.
• Li Shang detached from Lu Ye under Mist Dragon’s suppressive effect and explained that Starry Sky Spectacles preserved an ancient environment; Lu Ye asked why he was unaffected.

Li Shang explained that Lu Ye’s Cycle Tree Imprint came from his victory in the Divine Sea Conflict, which also granted him resistance to Starry Sky Spectacles’ suppression. As they crossed the Mist Dragon, Soul Devouring Aphids attacked Li Shang, but they left her and rushed into Lu Ye’s Divine Sea, prompting her to warn him not to let them reach the Soul Sea.

• Li Shang told Lu Ye that the Primordial Realm’s Spiritual Light strengthened cultivators and helped them resist the suppressive force of Starry Sky Spectacles.
• Lu Ye lit a segment of the Cycle Tree Clone and led Li Shang through the Mist Dragon, where they found and collected the remains of several travelers trapped inside.
• Lu Ye identified one corpse as a Moon Jade Realm cultivator, took his Storage Rings, and later gathered four more corpses as they continued onward.
• Soul Devouring Aphids invaded Li Shang’s body and began gnawing at her Soul Body, leaving her in intense pain.
• Lu Ye ordered Li Shang into his Divine Sea, where the aphids left her and surged toward him; Li Shang realized his Divine Soul Power was stronger and warned him to keep them out of the Soul Sea.

Lu Ye burned away the Soul Devouring Aphids that attacked him inside the Mist Dragon and found their source in a seemingly dead little girl. After discovering she was alive and clearing the vast swarm from her Divine Sea, he took her with him; days later, he and Li Shang finally emerged from the fog.

• Soul Devouring Aphids entered Lu Ye's Divine Sea, but he used the Talent Tree's flames to destroy them, and Li Shang asked to hide inside his Divine Sea.
• Lu Ye found a little girl's body that released another swarm of Soul Devouring Aphids, then realized she was still alive and used Spiritual Pills to restore her body.
• Lu Ye entered the girl's Divine Sea, burned away the vast swarm, and found her Divine Soul Spirit Body protected inside a white cocoon.
• Lu Ye decided to take the girl with them, and Li Shang carried her as they continued through the Mist Dragon.
• After several more days, Lu Ye and Li Shang reached the edge of the fog and saw boundless starlight.

Lu Ye discovered that the Lingyu in his Storage Ring had been consumed to transform the Copper Coin into a Silver Coin, whose restrained power seemed extraordinary. As he crossed a dangerous Barren Land and passed the Mirror of Rending Void, he found the region crowded with armed Weapon Cultivators searching for something, and a cultivator suddenly flew toward him and attacked.

• Lu Ye found that three million Lingyu had vanished and discovered the Copper Coin had turned into a Silver Coin.
• Lu Ye tested the Silver Coin with a Lingyu and watched it devour the offering, confirming that it required Lingyu to activate its power.
• Lu Ye followed the Star Map through a Barren Land and spent a month bypassing the dangerous Mirror of Rending Void.
• Lu Ye encountered many cultivators from nearby star systems, most of them Weapon Cultivators carrying and activating their weapons as they searched the region.
• A cultivator who spotted Lu Ye flew directly toward him and fired a streak of light.

Lu Ye received a summons to a treasure gathering near Heavenly Dog Star but continued toward home until he rescued Du Lang from a pack of Star Beasts. Reunited with his old acquaintance, Lu Ye learned Du Lang came from the Undetermined Star System, which lay along Lu Ye’s route home.

• Lu Ye received a Jade Slip from Luo Shenzi inviting him to seek treasure near Heavenly Dog Star in one month, but he continued on his journey.
• Lu Ye saw Du Lang and another cultivator besieged by Hyena Star Beasts; their Late Stage companion fled, leaving them behind.
• Lu Ye killed the Star Beasts and rescued Du Lang, who recognized him from the Primordial Realm.
• Du Lang mourned the dead cultivator and collected the Star Beast corpses before boarding Lu Ye’s Star Boat.
• Du Lang asked whether Lu Ye was going to seize the treasure, and Lu Ye learned the gathering was the one mentioned in Luo Shenzi’s message.
• Du Lang revealed that Crimson Sky Continent was in the Undetermined Star System, along Lu Ye’s route home, and Lu Ye considered using Du Lang to make connections there.

Lu Ye learned from Du Lang that the declining Crimson Sky Continent depended on Wuding for cultivation opportunities, and that a long-rumored opportunity in the Barren Land was reserved for Weapon Cultivators. After hearing that Luo Shenzi had summoned cultivators to Heavenly Dog Star, Lu Ye agreed to investigate, while Li Shang discovered that Li Taibai was his alias and asked about his nickname, Lu Yiye.

• Du Lang explained that Crimson Sky had lost its Sunlight powerhouses and could no longer produce Spiritual Light, leaving its cultivators dependent on Wuding for advancement opportunities.
• Du Lang told Lu Ye that he and his senior brother had come to the Barren Land seeking Lingyu and a rumored opportunity, but Xu Dingyang had forced them into danger and his senior brother had died.
• Du Lang said the opportunity was for Weapon Cultivators, that the Sunlights of the Four Directions Star System had barred higher-level cultivators from the region, and that Luo Shenzi had summoned people to Heavenly Dog Star.
• Lu Ye learned that Heavenly Dog Star lay along their route and agreed to go investigate while Du Lang recovered aboard the Star Boat.
• Li Shang asked whether Lu Ye was Li Taibai or Lu Yiye, and Lu Ye admitted Li Taibai was an alias and explained how his one-leaf aptitude had earned him the nickname Lu Yiye.

Lu Ye and Du Lang reached Heavenly Dog Star with a vast gathering of cultivators summoned by Luo Shenzi to seize an opportunity hidden there. After Luo Shenzi organized the assault on the star-beast lair, two teams drew the Moon Jade Realm beasts toward prepared ambushes, and Lu Ye stood with Luo Shenzi as one beast approached.

• Lu Ye and Du Lang arrived outside Heavenly Dog Star, where hundreds of Star Boats had gathered, and Lu Ye saw Xu Dingyang and Luo Shenzi.
• Luo Shenzi approached Lu Ye, recognized him as a powerful cultivator, and asked him to help slay a Moon Jade Realm star beast.
• When the deadline arrived, over a thousand cultivators assembled, and Luo Shenzi explained that they had to defeat two Moon Jade Realm star beasts before entering Heavenly Dog Star.
• Luo Shenzi assigned the cultivators to teams and led the operation, while Li Shang stayed aboard the Star Boat with the unconscious little girl.
• The teams entered Heavenly Dog Star and lured its star beasts out; two teams were pursued by the Moon Jade Realm beasts, and Lu Ye waited with Luo Shenzi near a concealed ambush as one approached.

Lu Ye and the other cultivators fought to encircle two Moon Jade Realm star beasts, but the beasts’ strength made the battle perilous. As more Star Constellation cultivators joined, the beasts tried to flee, and Luo Shenzi rallied everyone to stake everything in a final push.

• Cultivators lured a Moon Jade Realm star beast into the Grand Array, where Lu Ye and the ambushers attacked it while others fought the second beast and the Star Constellation beasts.
• Luo Shenzi injured the beast with his golden spear, while Lu Ye dodged its suction and pursued attacks; the beast then targeted Lu Ye, who fled toward a sect’s battle formation.
• The formation’s leader attacked Lu Ye, but the star beast crashed into the group and broke their formation; Luo Shenzi intervened to save them.
• More cultivators joined as the Star Constellation beasts were killed, gradually overwhelming both Moon Jade Realm beasts and driving them to flee toward Heavenly Dog Star.
• Luo Shenzi urged the cultivators to risk everything and activated a Red Talisman, prompting others with similar reserves to use their own methods.

Luo Shenzi and the cultivators killed one Moon Jade Star Beast while another escaped, and Lu Ye entered Heavenly Dog Star to search for the opportunity hidden within its beehive-like interior. After two days of finding little, Lu Ye suspected the passages were blood vessels and decided to follow the largest one toward where the star’s heart had been.

• Luo Shenzi and the cultivators attacked the two Moon Jade Star Beasts, killing one with a Red Talisman while the other fled grievously wounded.
• Luo Shenzi’s companions discussed how the surviving Star Beast might eliminate rival cultivators searching Heavenly Dog Star.
• Lu Ye, Li Shang, and Du Lang entered Heavenly Dog Star and found countless deep pits leading into a maze of passages.
• Lu Ye encountered concealed Heavenly Dog Star Beasts and defeated the ones that attacked, but found no other cultivators or signs of the opportunity.
• After searching for two days, Lu Ye reasoned that the passages might be blood vessels and chose to follow the largest passage toward the star’s heart.

Lu Ye, Li Shang, and Du Lang encountered Yu Jin's group and an injured Moon Jade Star Beast in the heart-shaped chamber. Lu Ye used the Silver Coin to seal the beast in place and hacked it to death, proving the treasure's power.

• Lu Ye and his companions entered a vast chamber resembling a heart and encountered Yu Jin and two fellow sect members, who blamed Lu Ye for their earlier encounter with a Moon Jade Star Beast.
• Yu Jin threatened Lu Ye, but a hidden injured Moon Jade Star Beast attacked and devoured Yu Jin's two companions before killing Yu Jin as he tried to flee.
• Lu Ye judged that fighting the Moon Jade Star Beast directly would be too dangerous and used his Silver Coin as the beast charged.
• The Silver Coin's silver light enveloped the beast and sealed it in place, leaving Du Lang and Li Shang astonished.
• Lu Ye climbed onto the beast and repeatedly struck its wounds with his Crag Mountain Saber until it died.

Lu Ye discovered that the Treasure Coin's silver light had killed the Moon Jade Star Beast, and he found a strange statue inside its corpse. The statue activated an opportunity exclusive to Weapon Cultivators, sending Lu Ye into a trial where he faced an identical copy of himself.

• Lu Ye recovered Yu Jin and the others' Storage Rings from the Moon Jade Star Beast and found a statue that could not be stored in a Storage Ring.
• After Lu Ye poured Spiritual Power into the statue, it opened its eyes, then released azure ripples that expelled Li Shang and other non-Weapon Cultivators from Heavenly Dog Star.
• Du Lang identified the ripples as the Weapon Cultivator opportunity and said that cultivators would need to pass a trial to claim it.
• The azure ripples carried Lu Ye to an independent azure hall, where a mysterious force examined him.
• The statue transformed into a figure identical to Lu Ye, which matched his Tyrant Saber Technique and fought him to a standstill.

Lu Ye fought a seemingly perfect copy of himself and discovered that the enemy’s saber inflicted wounds that could not heal normally. Unable to use outside resources, he began exploiting the copy’s flaws and using the battle to uncover weaknesses in his own swordsmanship.

• Lu Ye clashed evenly with a duplicate that shared his face, strength, fighting style, and abilities.
• The duplicate unleashed Lotus Sun and Myriad Stars, forcing Lu Ye to defend himself and meet its attacks head-on.
• Lu Ye noticed that wounds from the duplicate’s saber were worsening instead of healing, then used the Talent Tree to burn away the strange power.
• Lu Ye found that he could not access his Storage Ring or activate the Red Talisman, so he had to rely on his own abilities.
• Lu Ye spotted a flaw in the duplicate’s attack, seized the opening, and began searching for more weaknesses in his fighting style.

Lu Ye developed a sawing application of Tidal Sea Myriad Waves and used it to defeat the opponent who mirrored his abilities inside Heavenly Dog Star. His victory cost him the Crag Mountain Saber, and the strange figure hinted at an ancient agreement before melting away.

• Lu Ye realized the trial itself was the Weapon Cultivators’ opportunity, but his opponent kept adapting until their battle reached a stalemate.
• Outside Heavenly Dog Star, Li Shang learned from Du Lang that cultivators emerged after losing, while Lu Ye remained inside and continued fighting.
• Lu Ye used a two-handed strike that combined Divine Edge with a sawing application of Tidal Sea Myriad Waves, breaking his opponent’s Sacred Guard and cutting into his body.
• The wounded figure spoke, declared that Lu Ye had won, then absorbed the Crag Mountain Saber and warned him not to lose his saber again.
• The figure mentioned an ancient agreement and said he wanted to wake sooner, then began melting before Lu Ye’s eyes.

Lu Ye emerged from Heavenly Dog Star after outlasting Luo Shenzi, who challenged him to a duel and resolved to seek him out in the Undetermined Star System. On the journey onward, Lu Ye examined his transformed saber and learned from Li Shang that Fang might be a Weapon Race.

• Xu Dingyang emerged from Heavenly Dog Star before Luo Shenzi, conceding that he had lost the contest to last the longest.
• Luo Shenzi appeared in better condition than Xu Dingyang, then noticed that Lu Ye had not yet come out and wondered if he had died inside.
• Lu Ye emerged, startling the gathered cultivators, and declined Luo Shenzi's eager challenge, saying they could talk when he had time.
• Lu Ye left with Li Shang and Du Lang aboard a Star Boat bound for the Undetermined Star System, while Luo Shenzi decided to visit Wuding Realm with his Great Elder in hopes of fighting Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye examined the Rocky Mountain Saber, learned its new identity was Fang, and heard Li Shang suggest that the being he encountered might have been a Weapon Race.

Li Shang explained the Weapon Race’s history and abilities, confirming that Fang could grow with Lu Ye and help him wield a stronger weapon as his cultivation advanced. On the way to Wuding, Lu Ye was intercepted by Xu Dingyang, who demanded to know what he had obtained at Heavenly Dog Star.

• Li Shang told Lu Ye that the Weapon Race was an ancient, dwindling race whose members could become powerful weapons and grow alongside their masters.
• Lu Ye realized Fang could solve the Crag Mountain Saber’s advancement problem and learned that Fang’s wounds carried a power that could hinder healing.
• Li Shang explained that a subdued Weapon Race member slept until its master died, and Lu Ye considered Fang’s ability to help him grow.
• Du Lang spotted a Wuding Realm Star Boat pursuing them, and Lu Ye allowed it to catch up.
• Xu Dingyang blocked Lu Ye’s Star Boat and questioned where he came from; Lu Ye identified the Jade Snail Star System.
• Xu Dingyang asked whether Lu Ye had obtained anything inside Heavenly Dog Star, confirming Lu Ye’s suspicion that the powerful Star Constellations knew about the opportunity.