Chapter Summaries

Su Han and Lu Xueqi sneaked across the square toward the altar, but the Star Source flared and awakened the Star Beasts before they could reach it. They charged down the Starlight Corridor and fought off the first attackers.

• Lu Xueqi insisted on accompanying Su Han, while Elder Mu stayed behind to set up the Lesser Heavenly Star Guiding Formation and warned them to retreat within an incense stick's time.
• Su Han and Lu Xueqi used concealment and the ruined palace buildings to reach the Guiding Star Monument and step onto the Starlight Corridor.
• The corridor's silver light concealed them as they passed through the sleeping Star Beasts toward the altar.
• The Star Source suddenly flared, awakening the beasts and exposing Su Han and Lu Xueqi before they reached the altar.
• Su Han and Lu Xueqi sprinted toward the altar as the Star Beasts attacked, and Su Han used the Star Fixing Token and Big Dipper Sword Seal to knock back three beasts.

Lu Xueqi and Su Han fought their way toward the altar, but the Humanoid Star Spirit trapped them and hurled a lethal spear at Su Han. His turtle shell awakened and connected with the altar through a pillar of silver light, stopping the attack and leaving the Star Spirit and all the Star Beasts frozen in reverence.

• Lu Xueqi held back the Star Power Mysterious Turtle’s starlight torrent by forming hundreds of Ice Shields, then urged Su Han onward despite her injuries.
• Su Han blasted the charging Star Power Giant Lion and nearby Star Beasts with Seven Stars Shine Upon the World, then pulled Lu Xueqi toward the altar steps.
• The Humanoid Star Spirit restrained Su Han and Lu Xueqi with star power and threw a starlight spear at Su Han.
• Su Han’s turtle shell flew from his robes and resonated with the altar, which sent out a pillar of silver light that enveloped them.
• The silver light dissolved the spear and the star-power prison, while the Humanoid Star Spirit and every Star Beast stopped and turned toward the altar in bewilderment and reverence.

Su Han and Lu Xueqi activated the altar’s inheritance, learning how to cure Bi Yao and obtaining a portion of Star Source Marrow. As the turtle shell’s power faded, they fled the altar, but the Humanoid Star Spirit attacked them with a devastating palm of starlight.

• Su Han recognized the turtle shell as the key to the altar and climbed its steps with Lu Xueqi while the Star Beasts and guardians let them pass.
• Su Han placed the turtle shell in its matching base, activating the altar and receiving the Ancient Water Tribe’s inheritance through his Star Seed as Lu Xueqi guarded him.
• Su Han learned that Bi Yao needed Star Source Marrow and the Star Soul Guiding Technique to recover, then received the technique from a rune within the turtle shell.
• Su Han used the technique to extract a thumb-sized portion of Star Source Marrow from the Star Source sphere and sealed it in a cold jade bottle.
• Su Han took the fading turtle shell and fled down the altar with Lu Xueqi, but the Humanoid Star Spirit roared and launched a giant palm of starlight at them.

Su Han and Lu Xueqi fought their way toward Elder Mu’s guiding formation as the Star Beasts and their guards closed in. Lu Xueqi stayed behind to unleash Tianya’s ultimate cold against the Starlight Giant Hand, allowing Su Han and Elder Mu to escape while her fate remained unknown.

• Elder Mu activated the Star Guiding Bead formation, but it could not reach Su Han and Lu Xueqi beneath the altar.
• Su Han used the Star Seed and the altar’s remaining power to delay the attacks, then fled with Lu Xueqi under her tortoise-shell barrier.
• Su Han blasted open a path through the Star Beasts, and Elder Mu drew the pair toward the formation with a beam of starlight.
• Su Han threw the Star Source Marrow to Elder Mu and entered the formation, but Lu Xueqi turned back and unleashed Tianya’s Ice Extreme to freeze the pursuing attacks.
• The Starlight Giant Hand shattered Lu Xueqi’s icy domain and engulfed her as Su Han and Elder Mu vanished through the formation.
• Su Han and Elder Mu emerged in a hidden coral reef cave at Falling Star Lake, where Elder Mu said Lu Xueqi had burned her Life Origin to unleash Tianya’s ultimate cold.

After Lu Xueqi’s apparent sacrifice, Su Han refused to believe she was dead and planned to recover while Elder Mu concealed them from the Star Beasts. Lu Xueqi survived the attack as a faint ice-blue presence hidden in a crack near the core palace altar.

• Su Han tried to return for Lu Xueqi, but Elder Mu stopped him and warned that his damaged body could not withstand the Star Source Marrow.
• Su Han sensed that his connection with Lu Xueqi remained and asked Elder Mu to use the Star Source Marrow to create a Concealment Formation while he healed and broke through.
• Elder Mu agreed to set up the formation and buy Su Han several days to recover.
• At the core palace altar, the Humanoid Star Spirit searched the crater after its attack, while the Giant Lion Star Beast and Black Tortoise Star Beast prowled nearby.
• Lu Xueqi survived by fusing her body, cultivation, and part of her Divine Soul into the Tian Ya Sword’s ultimate frost, leaving a faint ice-blue glow in a crack.

Lu Xueqi survived by sealing herself inside the Tian Ya Sword’s Ice Soul Cocoon, while Su Han hid in a formation and began a perilous attempt to destroy and renew his star seed. The chapter ended as his star seed shattered and he invoked nirvana, with his survival still uncertain.

• The Tian Ya Sword sealed Lu Xueqi’s remaining life and soul in an Ice Soul Cocoon, where she sank into a deep sleep and held onto her wish for Su Han to live and wait for her.
• The Star Spirits found no life aura in the altar chamber and returned to their statues, unaware that Lu Xueqi’s cocoon was slowly absorbing star power.
• Elder Mu concealed Su Han in a coral reef cave with a formation that could last for seven days, and Su Han asked him to stand guard without interrupting him.
• Su Han chose to force his damaged star seed into nirvana rather than slowly heal his injuries, despite the risk of destroying his body and soul.
• Su Han’s star seed shattered, and he summoned his will to cry, “Nirvana... Rebirth!”

After rebuilding his Star Seed, Su Han reached Half-Step Golden Core and used a same-origin Space Rift to reach the Core Palace’s outskirts in search of Lu Xueqi. He found no trace of her or the Tian Ya Sword, and a powerful force inside the palace blocked his senses.

• The newborn Star Seed devoured the shattered fragments and Su Han’s life essence, then restored his body and raised his cultivation to Half-Step Golden Core.
• Su Han sensed a same-origin spatial fluctuation in the cave and decided to enter the Core Palace alone to find Lu Xueqi.
• Elder Mu gave Su Han a Heartbond Jade Talisman and agreed to guard their retreat route and distract the Star Beasts if needed.
• On the fourth night, Su Han used the unstable Space Rift to teleport to the edge of the Core Palace, with the tortoiseshell shielding him from the spatial tearing.
• Su Han concealed his aura and searched for Lu Xueqi or the Tian Ya Sword, but a force in the palace blocked his sensing.

Su Han infiltrated the palace and recovered a crystal containing the Tian Ya Sword’s lingering spirituality. He fled with it under attack, called for Elder Mu, and the chapter ended as the pursuit reached its climax.

• Su Han used the pure star power from his star seed to slip past the Star Beasts and enter the palace.
• Su Han found a faint trace of icy star power and spirituality in a crack beside the crater, identifying it as the Tian Ya Sword.
• Su Han triggered a formation to draw the Star Beasts away, then seized the ice crystal and shielded it with the Tortoise Shell.
• The Humanoid Star Spirit and the other guards attacked as Su Han escaped, and he carved through the Star Beasts with Seven Stars Po Jun.
• With pursuers behind him and Star Beasts blocking his path, Su Han crushed the Heartbond Jade Talisman and called for Elder Mu.

Elder Mu arrived at the Star Spirit Altar and rescued the badly injured Su Han, then fought the three Star Spirit Guards. While Elder Mu battled their altar-wide forbidden technique, Su Han used the Tian Ya Ice Crystal and turtle shell to rush toward the altar’s guarded core.

• Elder Mu shattered the Humanoid Star Spirit’s attack, healed Su Han, and learned that the Tian Ya Sword Spirit still survived in the ice crystal.
• Elder Mu identified himself as Mu Changqing of the Qingyun Sect and declared that he would take Su Han and the ice crystal away.
• Elder Mu summoned vines and a green shield to fight the Star Spirit Guards, whose leader invoked the Star Spirit Forbidden Technique, Zhou Tian Xing Dou.
• Elder Mu summoned the Azure Emperor Dharma Form to hold back the altar’s Starlight Net as the palace shook under their clash.
• Su Han infused the turtle shell with his restored star power and the ice crystal’s icy power, then rushed toward the altar’s core.

Su Han reached the altar’s crater and found Senior Sister Tian Ya’s Origin Essence Blood, then connected it to his own blood and the Tian Ya Ice Crystal to awaken her power. As Elder Mu fought the Humanoid Star Spirit, Su Han called on Tian Ya for help while the crystal’s spirituality continued to recover.

• Su Han rushed past the Star Spirit Guards and leaped into the crater while Elder Mu held back the Humanoid Star Spirit’s forces.
• Su Han used an imitation of Tian Ya Ice Extreme to stall the Star Spirit’s giant hand and uncovered an engraving containing Tian Ya’s Origin Essence Blood.
• Su Han touched his heart’s blood to Tian Ya’s Essence Blood, triggering a resonance that gave him memories and strengthened the Tian Ya Ice Crystal.
• The crystal absorbed Tian Ya’s Essence Blood, and its power joined with the turtle shell to shield Su Han from the Humanoid Star Spirit’s attack.
• Elder Mu struck the Humanoid Star Spirit to protect Su Han, who sensed Tian Ya’s will awakening and called for her help.

Su Han escaped Falling Star Lake with the surviving spirituality of Senior Sister Tianya, while Elder Mu held off the Star Spirit Guards. After Su Han returned to Qingyun Sect and spent a month recovering, he awoke to find Elder Mu beside him.

• The Tian Ya Sword Spirit strengthened Su Han’s tortoise-shell defense, healed him, and ordered him to leave as Elder Mu restrained the three Star Spirit Guards.
• Elder Mu opened a bridge of light, allowing Su Han to escape the Star Spirit Palace and meet the sect deacon outside.
• Su Han and the deacon fled Falling Star Lake through the coral reef cave’s Teleportation Array, carrying the Tian Ya Ice Crystal back to Qingyun Sect.
• The Sect Master accepted the ice crystal and ordered the Spirit Nurturing Pool opened to restore Tianya, while Su Han collapsed from exhaustion and was taken to the Hundred Herbs Hall.
• One month later, Su Han awoke in the Hundred Herbs Hall with his injuries partly healed and found Elder Mu sitting beside him.

After recovering from his injuries, Su Han learned that Tianya’s sword spirit was rebuilding itself and had developed a special connection to his heart’s blood and aura. Once his strength returned, he hurried to Tian Ya Peak to help her.

• Elder Mu told Su Han he had been unconscious for thirty-five days and that the sect had spared no expense to heal him.
• Elder Mu explained that Tianya was being nurtured in the Spirit Nurturing Pool and that her Dao body’s reconstruction might depend on Su Han.
• Su Han recalled sensing a familiar, cold presence while unconscious, and Elder Mu said Tianya’s sword spirit strongly responded to Su Han’s aura.
• Su Han discovered that frigid energy had entered his star power, refining his cultivation and strengthening his ice-element star arts.
• Five days later, Su Han had fully recovered, neared the middle stage of the Star Seed Realm, and rushed toward Tian Ya Peak.

Su Han visited Tian Ya Peak and discovered that Senior Sister Tianya’s recovering spiritual nature recognized him and sought a form connected to him. As the elders reforged the Tian Ya Sword, it suddenly flew toward Su Han instead of forming Tianya’s Dao body.

• Su Han climbed Tian Ya Peak with an elder and saw Senior Sister Tianya’s phantom growing clearer within the Spirit Nurturing Pool.
• The Sect Master told Su Han that Tianya’s spiritual nature rejected their plans for her Dao body and asked him to make contact with her.
• Su Han touched the Tian Ya Ice Crystal and heard Tianya’s voice say, “You... came.”
• The Sect Master and elders used their starforce to reforge the Tian Ya Sword’s sword body.
• The newly formed Tian Ya Sword transformed into a streak of light and shot toward Su Han, while the Sect Master failed to stop it.

After the Tian Ya Sword Spirit chose Sword Spirit Symbiosis with Su Han, he spent six months cultivating to prepare for her awakening. He successfully condensed his Star Wheel by joining her powerful sword qi with his star power.

• Tianya entered Su Han’s sea of consciousness and chose to share life and soul with him through Sword Spirit Symbiosis.
• The Sect Master ordered Su Han to cultivate at Tian Ya Peak, opened the Scripture Repository to him, and told him to reach the Star Wheel Realm before Tianya awakened.
• After six months of intensive cultivation, Su Han reached the peak of the Star Seed Realm and attempted to condense his Star Wheel.
• Tianya’s sword qi surged into Su Han’s dantian during the breakthrough, and he guided it into his star power rather than suppressing it.
• Su Han formed a rotating Star Wheel inscribed with icy-blue patterns infused with Tianya’s sword qi.

After half a year of seclusion, Su Han formed an unusual Ice Crystal Star Wheel that deepened his bond with the Tian Ya Sword Spirit. He learned Tian Ya Peak needed him for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, then the Sect Master summoned him to the main hall.

• Su Han emerged from seclusion after forming an Ice Crystal Star Wheel that fused star power with the Tian Ya Sword Spirit’s sword intent.
• Su Han resolved to grow strong enough to restore Senior Sister Tian Ya’s Dao body, sensing that their connection had deepened.
• Su Han met Zhao Ming, Chen Lin, and Li Mu, who praised his breakthrough and asked about his Star Wheel’s grade.
• Zhao Ming and Chen Lin told Su Han the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament would begin in three months and that Tian Ya Peak had ranked last for three tournaments.
• The Sect Master called Su Han to the main hall.

Su Han showed the Sect Master his unusual Ice Crystal Star Wheel, which combined star power with Tian Ya’s sword intent, and learned that its growth was tied to Tian Ya’s recovery. The Sect Master agreed to train him for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament and tested his strength with the Thousand Illusions Ice Sword Array.

• Su Han left Zhao Ming, Li Mu, and Chen Lin after the Sect Master summoned him.
• The Sect Master examined Su Han’s Ice Crystal Star Wheel and recognized it as a Sword-Intent Wheel Condensation containing both Tian Ya’s sword intent and Su Han’s own will.
• The Sect Master explained the Star Wheel’s extraordinary power and warned that Tian Ya’s recovery was bound to Su Han’s cultivation.
• The Sect Master told Su Han about the gifted disciples from the other peaks and offered to guide his cultivation for the next three months before the tournament.
• The Sect Master summoned the Thousand Illusions Ice Sword Array to test Su Han, and Su Han shattered its first twelve swords with a sword aura.

Su Han broke the Thousand Illusions Ice Sword Array by combining his own sword techniques with Tian Ya Sword Intent, then received guidance from the Sect Master on his cultivation. The Sect Master assigned him three months of training and arranged to teach him the Ice Heart Sword Canon in three days.

• Su Han's Sword Intent awakened thirty-six autonomous sword shadows that learned to absorb the array's cold energy and grew stronger.
• Su Han summoned the Tianya Sword Wheel and shattered the seven giant swords, breaking the Thousand Illusions Ice Sword Array at thirty percent of the Sect Master's power.
• The Sect Master praised Su Han, gave him an emerald-green pill, and advised him to improve his Sword Intent and Star Power while relying less on Tian Ya Sword Intent.
• The Sect Master instructed Su Han to stabilize his cultivation, study the Sword Canon, and contact Tianya's spirituality each midnight for the next three months.
• The Sect Master told Su Han to return in three days to learn the Ice Heart Sword Canon.

Su Han studied six sword canon inheritances at the Qingyun Sect Scripture Repository before Elder Lin revealed why Tianya had become the Tian Ya Sword. He learned that he might be able to revive her through the Ancient Sword Tomb, and left with a five-year goal and access to the Ice Secret Realm.

• Su Han comprehended six sword canons in the Scripture Repository, deepening his understanding of the sword dao.
• Elder Lin told Su Han that Tianya had discovered the Ancient Sword Tomb and sacrificed her dao body to protect its clues from the Xuanming Sect.
• Elder Lin explained that the tomb would appear in five years and that finding its Creation Sword Pool could restore Tianya's dao body.
• Su Han vowed to reach the Star Palace Realm within five years so he could enter the Ancient Sword Tomb.
• Elder Lin gave Su Han a pass token to the Ice Secret Realm and urged him to prove himself at the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament.

Su Han entered the Ice Secret Realm to cultivate and test his swordsmanship, then gained a breakthrough after absorbing an ancient sword dao imprint. The chapter ended when Tian Ya Peak disciples Zhou Ming and Zhao Feng encountered him.

• Su Han entered the Ice Secret Realm, where dense star power and accelerated time helped him cultivate the Ice Soul Star Art.
• Su Han defeated an early Star Wheel Realm Ice Soul Tiger and collected its crystal core.
• Su Han fought various star beasts over the following days, improving his swordsmanship and combat experience.
• Su Han absorbed a domineering sword dao imprint from an ice mountain and merged it with his own understanding of the sword.
• Su Han broke through to the Star Wheel Realm Mid-stage and encountered Zhou Ming and Zhao Feng.

Su Han joined Zhou Ming and Zhao Feng in hunting an Ice Crystal Flood Dragon, then refined part of its crystal core to improve his cultivation. He left the secret realm at the peak of the Star Wheel Realm Mid-stage, just short of advancing to the Late-stage.

• Zhou Ming and Zhao Feng warned Su Han that the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament would demand greater strength and invited him to hunt an Ice Crystal Flood Dragon.
• Zhou Ming and Zhao Feng lured the flood dragon from a cold pond while Su Han stayed on the shore to support them.
• Su Han struck the flood dragon in the eye, helping Zhou Ming and Zhao Feng wound it before Su Han delivered the final blow.
• The three divided the flood dragon's crystal core and scales, and Su Han refined part of the core in an ice cave.
• Su Han reached the peak of the Star Wheel Realm Mid-stage, then left the secret realm with Zhou Ming and Zhao Feng.