Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye wounded Xu Dingyang and his companions after they demanded to inspect his saber, then continued toward Wuding with Du Lang and Li Shang. While focusing on the Crag Mountain Saber, he encountered Qing Li, a Demon Race cultivator from Hundred Battles, who attacked him.

• Xu Dingyang demanded to see Lu Ye's saber, so Lu Ye struck him and several companions in a single exchange before returning to his Star Boat.
• Xu Dingyang concluded that Lu Ye had probably not subdued a Weapon Race member and decided to return to Wuding, intending to settle the injury later.
• Li Shang warned Lu Ye that Xu Dingyang would likely seek revenge, but Lu Ye explained that killing him would jeopardize his plans to cooperate with Wuding.
• Du Lang piloted the Star Boat onward while Lu Ye immersed his mind in the Crag Mountain Saber.
• Lu Ye found himself in the Azure Hall facing a rabbit-eared woman who introduced herself as Qing Li, Demon Race from Hundred Battles, then attacked him with her saber.

Aboard the Star Boat, Lu Ye discovered that Fang contained the saber inheritances of its former masters and repeatedly challenged Qing Li’s imprint to learn her techniques. After passing Qing Li’s trial, he directed the group toward Red Sky to seek an introduction to Wuding’s powerful cultivators.

• Lu Ye realized Fang held inheritances left by powerful former masters, and he began challenging Qing Li’s imprint for her saber techniques.
• Lu Ye entered the Azure Hall repeatedly and was cut down thousands of times, gradually learning to withstand Qing Li’s attacks as the Star Boat crossed the starry sky.
• After the group entered the Undetermined Star System, Lu Ye asked Du Lang about Red Sky and decided to visit its seniors before approaching Wuding.
• Du Lang piloted the Star Boat toward the Crimson Sky Continent, while Lu Ye continued training against Qing Li during the journey.
• After nearly half a year of struggle, Lu Ye passed Qing Li’s trial, and her imprint acknowledged him before disappearing.

Lu Ye faced Yan Xi’s ghostly saber arts in the Azure Hall, then arrived with Du Lang at the declining Red Sky Realm. Du Lang told his master that Lu Ye had saved him, and his master urged him to cultivate and befriend Lu Ye.

• Lu Ye was defeated by Ghost Race Yan Xi in the Azure Hall but recognized that studying Yan Xi’s saber arts could strengthen him.
• Du Lang guided Lu Ye and Li Shang into Red Sky, a Realm whose foundation was fading, and arranged for them to stay at his sect.
• Lu Ye let Li Shang hide in his Divine Sea and continued challenging Yan Xi while Du Lang reported to his master.
• Du Lang told his master that Xu Dingyang had abandoned him and that Senior Brother Yu had died after their encounter with Star Beasts.
• Du Lang revealed that Lu Yiye of the Nine Heavens had saved him, and his master encouraged him to cultivate and make Lu Ye his friend.

Du Lang told his master that Lu Ye had reached the Star Constellation Realm Late Stage, and the old man agreed to meet Lu Ye. Meanwhile, the girl Lu Ye rescued from the Mist Dragon woke, called Lu Ye and Li Shang her parents, and appeared to have no cultivation.

• Du Lang told his master that Lu Ye had saved him and reached the Star Constellation Realm Late Stage, convincing the old man to receive Lu Ye.
• The little girl woke after half a year and called Lu Ye her father, startling him as she threw herself into his arms.
• Li Shang came out to help, but the girl called her Mom and cried when Li Shang denied being her mother.
• Lu Ye and Li Shang concluded that the girl's mind might have been damaged by the Soul Devouring Aphids, and Li Shang soothed her until she fell asleep.
• Li Shang examined the girl and found no trace of cultivation, saying she seemed like a genuine mortal.

Lu Ye visited Hua Sheng to discuss the Myriad Phenomena Star System and ask for help meeting Wuding’s Sunlight cultivator. Hua Sheng asked Lu Ye to bring Red Sky’s Star Constellation cultivators to Myriad Phenomena when he returned, and realized Lu Ye wanted Wuding’s permission for his plans.

• Lu Ye left Li Shang to care for the little girl and went to meet Du Lang’s master, Hua Sheng.
• Hua Sheng thanked Lu Ye for saving Du Lang and learned that Lu Ye had traveled from the Myriad Phenomena Star System to Wuding in one year.
• Lu Ye revealed that an old Insect Path in the Barren Starfield had enabled his journey, but Hua Sheng stopped him from giving its exact location so he would not have to report it to Wuding.
• Hua Sheng asked Lu Ye to take no more than ten Red Sky Star Constellation cultivators to Myriad Phenomena when he returned, and Lu Ye agreed, though he said the trip would have to wait.
• Hua Sheng realized Lu Ye had come to ask to meet Wuding’s Sunlight cultivator.

Lu Ye prepared to travel with Hua Sheng to Wuding Realm, bringing Yaya along despite her treating him as her father. On the way, they encountered Kang Cheng and Xu Dingyang, and Lu Ye realized Xu Dingyang had come seeking trouble, though Kang Cheng’s real aim was to recruit him.

• Hua Sheng agreed to introduce Lu Ye to Wuding Realm’s Sunlight, and Lu Ye decided to seek cooperation there.
• Li Shang named the sleeping girl Yaya, and Lu Ye took her with him when he left Red Sky with Hua Sheng.
• Yaya insulted Hua Sheng’s gift, but Hua Sheng laughed it off before taking Lu Ye and Yaya aboard his Star Boat.
• A day into the journey, Lu Ye recognized Xu Dingyang aboard a Wuding Star Boat heading toward Red Sky with Kang Cheng.
• Kang Cheng claimed he had come to investigate an alleged invasion, but he privately intended to recruit Lu Ye for Wuding Realm.

Lu Ye and Hua Sheng were intercepted by Kang Cheng, who tried to seize Lu Ye, but Yaya woke and shattered Kang Cheng’s arm with a single punch. They continued toward Wuding Realm, where Lu Ye hoped to negotiate passage to the Myriad Phenomena Star System.

• Kang Cheng attacked Hua Sheng’s Star Boat and tried to take Lu Ye away, while Hua Sheng warned that Lu Ye had important business with Wuding’s Realm Master.
• Yaya woke, struck Kang Cheng’s enormous palm apart, and sent him fleeing with Xu Dingyang after pulverizing one of his arms.
• Hua Sheng asked where Lu Ye had picked Yaya up, then said Wuding might overlook Kang Cheng’s injury if Lu Ye offered a route to the Myriad Phenomena Star System.
• Lu Ye and Hua Sheng continued toward Wuding Realm while Yaya slept, and several days later they arrived at the realm.

Lu Ye and Hua Sheng arrived at Wuding Realm to discuss an important matter, and Wuding’s cultivators welcomed them after learning of Lu Ye’s reputation and Yaya’s strength. Their meeting with Realm Master Jiang Shang took an unexpected turn when Yaya ate the Spiritual Fruits on his desk and called Lu Ye “Daddy,” while Luo Shenzi watched with interest.

• Lu Ye and Hua Sheng met Kang Cheng and five other Moon Jade Realm cultivators near Wuding, where Lu Ye introduced himself and explained that he had come to discuss an important matter.
• A Wuding cultivator recognized Lu Ye from the Cycle Tree’s Divine Sea Conflict and reminded the others that he had suppressed Luo Shenzi, making them wary of provoking him.
• Kang Cheng welcomed Lu Ye and led him and Hua Sheng into Wuding’s Holy Palace to meet Realm Master Jiang Shang.
• Yaya sensed Jiang Shang’s pressure, rushed into the great hall, and ate the Spiritual Fruits on his desk after asking whether he wanted some.
• Yaya brought the remaining fruit to Lu Ye and called him “Daddy,” leaving the gathered cultivators stunned as Luo Shenzi watched.

Lu Ye attended a banquet hosted by Jiang Shang and revealed that he had traveled from the Myriad Phenomena Star System through the Mist Dragon with guidance from the Cycle Tree. He asked the Undetermined Star System to grant passage for a group he planned to bring through after returning to Jade Snail.

• Lu Ye arrived with Yaya, greeted Jiang Shang, and joined the banquet with Luo Shenzi and the Moon Jade Realm cultivators.
• Jiang Shang recognized Lu Ye as the cultivator wanted by a joint Blood Race and Insect Race bounty for his deeds in the Primordial Realm.
• Lu Ye explained that he had reached the Undetermined Star System from the Myriad Phenomena Star System in one year, prompting the gathered cultivators to ask about the route.
• Lu Ye said the Insect Path lay within the Mist Dragon and that the Cycle Tree had guided him through it and provided his Star Map.
• Jiang Shang agreed that Lu Ye could borrow passage through the Undetermined Star System, but Lu Ye clarified that he wanted permission for a group he would bring after returning to Jade Snail.

Lu Ye secured Jiang Shang’s agreement to bring cultivators from Undetermined and Great Luo to the Myriad Phenomena Star System, while explaining its rules and opportunities. When Jiang Shang examined Lu Ye’s Star Map, he discovered that Lu Ye’s route to Jade Snail passed directly by an Insect Nest guarded by multiple Sunlight cultivators.

• Jiang Shang agreed to let Lu Ye bring Undetermined cultivators through his territory, and Lu Ye promised to take cultivators from Undetermined and Great Luo along to the Myriad Phenomena Star System.
• Lu Ye explained the Myriad Phenomena Sea’s faction limits, dangers, islands, White Spirit, and Star Constellation Hall contest to the gathered Moon Jade cultivators.
• Lu Ye told the group that his journey to Jade Snail would take about two years, and Jiang Shang arranged for Undetermined and Great Luo to prepare for the five-year round trip.
• Jiang Shang warned Lu Ye that an Insect Nest guarded by multiple Sunlight cultivators was lurking outside Undetermined and threatening invasion.
• Lu Ye showed Jiang Shang his Star Map, and Jiang Shang saw that Lu Ye’s route to Jade Snail led directly toward the Insect Nest.

Lu Ye’s arrival gave the Undetermined Star System a chance to unite the four star systems against the Insect Nest by offering them passage to the Myriad Phenomena Sea. After Lu Ye departed, Jiang Shang arranged for Hua Sheng’s disciple to enter the Undetermined Heaven’s Revelation Pavilion ahead of the coming war.

• Lu Ye raised concerns about bringing a fleet through territory threatened by the Insect Race, and Jiang Shang promised to eliminate the Insect Nest before Lu Ye returned.
• Lu Ye left the Wuding Realm with Kang Cheng, while Hua Sheng recognized that Lu Ye had deliberately strengthened Red Sky’s standing with the Undetermined Star System.
• Jiang Shang and the Great Luo Moon Jade Realm cultivator agreed that news of the Myriad Phenomena Sea could persuade Quiet Moon and Northern Profound Star System to join the war against the Insect Nest.
• The Great Luo Moon Jade Realm cultivator left to negotiate with the other star systems, while Jiang Shang invited Hua Sheng’s disciple to train at the Undetermined Heaven’s Revelation Pavilion.

Lu Ye left Wuding with Kang Cheng and encountered a massive Insect Nest threatening the realm. A female Sunlight distracted an Insect Race Sunlight in battle so Lu Ye could follow her route through the starry sky toward Jade Conch.

• Kang Cheng apologized to Lu Ye and gave him a Storage Ring filled with Spiritual Fruits for Yaya.
• Lu Ye spent three months practicing against Yan Xi in the Azure Hall, trying to learn his Vertical and Horizontal Movement Technique.
• Kang Cheng brought Lu Ye to Wuding’s frontier fortress, where Lu Ye saw a star-sized Insect Nest and met the one-eyed female Sunlight stationed there.
• The female Sunlight warned Lu Ye that the Insect Race had spread its scouts across the area and gave him the route with the lowest risk of detection.
• The female Sunlight drew an Insect Race Sunlight into battle, and Lu Ye immediately fled aboard the Star Boat along her suggested route.

Lu Ye and Li Shang piloted their Star Boat through an Insect Race ambush, where Lu Ye’s transformed saber technique destroyed most of the attackers. As they sped onward, Li Shang realized Lu Ye’s newfound strength came from changes to the Crag Mountain Saber, while the surviving Insect Race cultivators warned of a more formidable interception ahead.

• Lu Ye and Li Shang traveled through Insect Race territory as swarms of pursuers and interceptors failed to catch their Star Boat.
• Li Shang explained that many Insect Race cultivators could survive in the starry sky without reaching the Star Constellation Realm.
• Lu Ye set Yaya aside, altered his appearance with Thousand Faces, and prepared to face a vast Insect Cloud blocking their route.
• The Star Boat tore through the Insect Cloud, and Lu Ye killed more than ten Star Constellation Insect Race cultivators with Fangs Bared.
• The surviving Insect Race cultivators anticipated a stronger interception ahead as Li Shang noticed Lu Ye had grown more powerful.
• Lu Ye recognized that his increased strength came from changes to the Crag Mountain Saber rather than from improving his own cultivation.

Lu Ye tested the newly reforged Crag Mountain Saber and Yan Xi’s Vertical and Horizontal Movement Technique while fighting the Insect Race. After an ambush stopped his Star Boat, he slaughtered the attackers until their Moon Jade Realm leader entered the battle.

• Lu Ye found that the new Crag Mountain Saber cut through the Insect Race’s hard shells far more effectively than his old weapon.
• After ten days of travel, an Insect Race ambush trapped Lu Ye’s Star Boat in a web woven across the meteorites.
• Lu Ye told Yaya to stay out of the fight and used his Controlled Artifacts and Li Shang’s Soul Possession to evade and kill the surrounding Star Constellations.
• Lu Ye relied on an unfinished Vertical and Horizontal Movement Technique to dart through the encirclement, leaving the Insect Race unable to follow his movements.
• The Moon Jade Realm Insect Race cultivator ordered his forces to destroy Lu Ye’s Controlled Artifacts, then charged into the battle himself.

Lu Ye used his Vertical and Horizontal Movement Technique to slaughter the Insect Race Star Constellations, then chose to fight their Moon Jade Realm cultivator. He wounded the stronger foe by empowering his saber with a tide-like technique, but took a devastating punch and faced the pursuing enemy again.

• Lu Ye realized the battlefield’s life-or-death danger had taught him the true essence of Yan Xi’s Vertical and Horizontal Movement Technique.
• The Insect Race Moon Jade Realm cultivator ordered the remaining Star Constellations to scatter, and Lu Ye pursued and killed those fleeing in one direction.
• Lu Ye stopped chasing the scattered enemies and attacked the Moon Jade Realm cultivator, cutting a crack into his carapace before retreating.
• Lu Ye used his movement technique to evade the cultivator’s wide-reaching attack and slashed him with a saber empowered by the Divine Edge Spirit Pattern.
• Lu Ye’s tide-like saber technique broke through the cultivator’s carapace and severed half an arm, but the cultivator’s punch shattered Lu Ye’s Sacred Guard and wounded him.
• The Talent Tree burned away the invading Magic Power as Lu Ye stopped himself dozens of miles away, only to see the wounded cultivator pursuing him.

Lu Ye survived the Insect Race Moon Jade Realm cultivator’s attack and continued his journey, then entered Fang’s Azure Hall to face the next inheritance trial. He learned that the predecessor was Green Mantis, whose relentless, increasingly powerful blade strikes overwhelmed him and ended the trial.

• Yaya frightened the Insect Race Moon Jade Realm cultivator into retreating, and the remaining Insect Race Star Constellation cultivators fled.
• Li Shang retrieved the Star Boat and gathered the dead cultivators’ Storage Rings before the group resumed their journey.
• Lu Ye recovered from his injuries, entered Fang’s Azure Hall, and held a stalemate with Yan Xi until Yan Xi acknowledged that he had passed the trial.
• Green Mantis appeared as the next predecessor and attacked Lu Ye with rapid, increasingly forceful Mantis Blade strikes.
• Lu Ye focused on observing Green Mantis’s movements but could only parry until a strike overwhelmed him and killed him out of the Azure Hall.

Lu Ye found a way to manifest a second saber in the Azure Hall and began training in Green Mantis’s dual-blade art as he and Li Shang traveled through Thousand Hills Tomb. More than a month into the peaceful journey, Yaya spotted an enormous Azure Bird searching through one of the pink nebulae, which lashed at it with tentacles.

• Lu Ye searched Mist Dragon’s Storage Rings, found a Magic Treasure called the Fang Saber, and discovered he could not bring it into the Azure Hall.
• Lu Ye realized the Soul Severing Saber could manifest in the hall, transformed it to resemble the Fang Saber, and began practicing Green Mantis’s dual-blade art.
• Li Shang told Lu Ye they had reached Thousand Hills Tomb, and Lu Ye gave her Soul Tempering Grass to thank her for piloting the Star Boat.
• As they traveled through the pink nebulae, Lu Ye used the journey to familiarize himself with the Fang Saber by merging drops of his Essence Blood into it.
• More than a month later, Yaya pointed out an enormous Azure Bird standing atop a nebula and searching through it as pink tentacles struck at the bird.

Lu Ye and Li Shang were pulled toward the Azure Bird, but the drowsy beast ignored them while Yaya climbed onto its head. Lu Ye explored the torn-open burial mound, found and harvested the remains of the giant worm, then resumed the journey home with Li Shang and Yaya.

• The Azure Bird tore open a pink nebula, swallowed a giant worm, and fell asleep as Lu Ye and Li Shang tried to pass by.
• The Azure Bird pulled their Star Boat close but lost interest in them, allowing Yaya to climb onto its head.
• Lu Ye and Li Shang joined Yaya atop the Azure Bird, and Lu Ye spotted the opened burial mound beneath it.
• Lu Ye entered the burial mound and found a severed worm tail rich with dense energy.
• Lu Ye spent several days cutting the worm tail into pieces and storing them in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Ye returned to Li Shang and Yaya, then set off home aboard the Star Boat.

Lu Ye navigated the Turbulent Blast Zone, surviving a Starry Sky Magnetic Storm with the Dragon Seat’s protection before Azure Bird appeared and seemingly consumed the storm. After Yaya urged him to remove the Dragon Seat, Lu Ye and Yaya climbed onto Azure Bird’s back as it prepared to depart.

• Lu Ye left Thousand Hills Tomb and entered the Turbulent Blast Zone, where he sheltered with Yaya from several Starry Sky Magnetic Storms.
• When he found no shelter from another approaching storm, Lu Ye entered it head-on with Yaya and used the Dragon Seat to withstand the force and flying meteorites.
• After more than two hours in the storm, Yaya’s aura recovered to the Moon Jade Realm, and she pulled Lu Ye toward a terrifying devouring force.
• The magnetic storm dissipated as Azure Bird appeared, and Lu Ye guessed that it had consumed the storm.
• Yaya told Lu Ye to remove the Dragon Seat, and Lu Ye then flew with her onto Azure Bird’s back as it departed.

Lu Ye returned to the Jade Snail Star System after Azure Bird carried him swiftly through the Turbulent Blast Zone, then searched for the Azure Dawn Dao Realm or Jade Snail Realm. He discovered the Clear Wind Realm and learned that it was a subordinate realm of the Azure Dawn Dao Realm, where cultivators had arrived to select new disciples.

• Azure Bird devoured Starry Sky Magnetic Storms and carried Lu Ye through the Turbulent Blast Zone, then changed direction, so Lu Ye continued onward aboard his Star Boat with Yaya.
• Lu Ye reached the border of the Jade Snail Star System and decided to find the Azure Dawn Dao Realm or Jade Snail Realm before returning to Nine Provinces.
• Lu Ye traveled for more than a month, encountered a life-filled realm, and entered it with Yaya and Li Shang to investigate the strange feeling he sensed there.
• Yaya pointed toward a bustling city, and Lu Ye took her there, where he learned the realm was called the Clear Wind Realm and was celebrating the arrival of cultivators from the Upper Realm.
• Lu Ye discovered that the Upper Realm was the Azure Dawn Dao Realm, which selected talented young cultivators from the Clear Wind Realm every ten years.