Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong discovered Chu Yunlong disguised as He Junchu while meeting Xu Xingheng and took him to the research institute for identification. Professor Yun confirmed his identity, but Chu Yunlong died from poison, leaving Jiang Changkong suspecting someone had learned of his plans and that an enemy might be near Heng Xueyue.

• Jiang Changkong spent Heng Xuanqing's Star Stones upgrading the Spirit Controlling Formula and Blazing Sun Art, strengthening his Star Power.
• After Xu Xinghe reported that Chu Yunlong was meeting Xu Xingheng, Jiang Changkong went to the meeting place and found Xu Xingheng with a young man claiming to be He Junchu.
• Jiang Changkong brought He Junchu to the research institute, where Professor Yun determined that his altered face concealed Chu Yunlong's identity.
• Chu Yunlong died after black blood spilled from his lips, and Jiang Changkong concluded that he had taken poison before willingly going with him.
• Jiang Changkong suspected someone had known where he was going and worried that an enemy might be close to Heng Xueyue.

Jiang Changkong learned that Heng Xueyue suspected Heng De of attacking him and agreed to help her stage a fake death in exchange for six thousand low-grade sixth-rank Star Stones. After collecting half the payment, he advanced to the late Star Spirit stage as a coalition prepared to attack him that night.

• Yao Meng told Jiang Changkong that Heng Xueyue suspected Heng De, then showed him Heng Xuanqing's history and explained why he might have attacked Jiang Changkong.
• Yao Meng asked Jiang Changkong to help fake Heng Xueyue's death so Jiang Changyue could take her away, and offered six thousand low-grade sixth-rank Star Stones; Jiang Changkong accepted and collected half in advance.
• Yao Meng warned Jiang Changkong that the Stability Alliance was being stirred up to kill him and said her allies had prepared a way for him to escape the coming group attack.
• Jiang Changkong improved his martial arts and advanced to the late Star Spirit stage, greatly increasing his strength.
• Xu Xinghe warned Jiang Changkong that his eldest uncle was uniting the families to attack him and asked him to spare his uncle's life; Jiang Changkong agreed.

Jiang Changkong faced thirty-four peak Star Spirits in the Gravity Zone and crushed their combined assault, then killed Heng Xueyue. He was left weakened by the clash of two powers as Heng Xuanqing and the others escaped with her body.

• Heng Yongxing invited Jiang Changkong to the Gravity Zone for a final contest over the mineral vein, where thirty-four peak Star Spirits gathered to force him out.
• The gathered factions attacked Jiang Changkong together, but he unleashed his full power and cut down all thirty-four, leaving some alive but badly wounded.
• Jiang Changkong found no Star Stones among the fallen and approached Heng Xueyue, declaring that the others no longer got to set the rules.
• Heng Xueyue struck Jiang Changkong, and he brought her down with a palm strike that cut off her aura.
• Heng Xuanqing and two others sent Lunar Star Power into Jiang Changkong, weakening him; he killed an old man who tried to attack, but could not pursue the fleeing survivors.
• Heng Xuanqing escaped with Heng Xueyue's body while Jiang Changkong called for Changyue and struggled with the clashing powers inside him.

Jiang Changkong staged Heng Xueyue’s death to draw out the Heng Family, then took her away and revealed she had survived. They agreed that Heng Xueyue would investigate the hidden mastermind behind the attacks in exchange for 3,000 low-grade sixth-rank Starstones, while Jiang Changkong arranged for her to protect Xu Xinghe.

• Heng Yongxing blamed Jiang Changkong for Heng Xueyue’s apparent death, and Heng Xuanqing vowed to seek revenge with help from two powerful friends.
• Jiang Changyue froze Heng Yongxing, took Heng Xueyue’s body, and left after warning Heng Xuanqing not to interfere.
• Jiang Changkong met Heng Xueyue in the swamp and revealed that she had been pretending to be dead.
• Heng Xueyue explained that someone was orchestrating attacks on prodigies and proposed investigating who had received the missing Starstones.
• Jiang Changkong agreed to help for 3,000 low-grade sixth-rank Starstones, provided Heng Xueyue protected his friend.
• Jiang Changkong contacted Xu Xinghe and arranged for Heng Xueyue to guard him.

Jiang Changkong learned that Xu Xingheng and a mysterious man in black were organizing an attack on the research institute and collecting Star Stones from local forces. After Xu Xinghe promised to alert him once the Star Stones were delivered, Jiang Changkong agreed to back his revenge, while Heng Xueyue planned to strike in two days.

• Jiang Changkong returned to the research institute, dismissed Professor Yun and Tang Ruoxi’s concerns about the Heng Family, and continued studying Star Script.
• Xu Xingheng and a man in black recruited more than a dozen peak Star Spirits, threatened them with the Sin Domain, and demanded half their Star Stones in exchange for a chance to cooperate with major forces.
• The man in black ordered the group to attack the research institute in two days while he found someone to deal with Jiang Changkong.
• A petite figure followed the man in black and sent news of the plan to Jiang Changkong, who warned Professor Yun and learned she would make arrangements.
• Xu Xinghe asked Jiang Changkong to avenge his father and uncle, promising to notify him when the Star Stones arrived; Jiang Changkong agreed to support him.
• Heng Xueyue messaged Jiang Changkong that they would wait two days for the invited allies to gather, then strike together.

Jiang Changkong and Heng Xueyue intercepted Heng Xuanqing, Heng De, and Xu Xingheng as they traveled to meet two hidden figures. After defeating them, Heng Xueyue learned her uncle had targeted her to trade her life for her aunt’s freedom, and the chapter ended with Xu Xingheng recognizing one of the approaching strangers.

• Professor Yun showed Jiang Changkong battle armor and a sphere that absorbed Star Power, then assured him she could protect herself and Ruoxi.
• Heng Xuanqing and Heng De left the Heng Family base, met Xu Xingheng, and revealed that one of their allies wanted Jiang Changkong dead and everyone else silenced.
• Heng Xueyue confronted the three men, and Jiang Changkong swiftly defeated them so she could question them.
• Heng Xuanqing admitted he had traded Heng Xueyue’s life for her aunt’s freedom, while Heng De referred to the aunt’s imprisonment in the Sin Domain.
• Two black-clad figures arrived, and the badly injured Xu Xingheng recognized one of them.

Jiang Changkong lured a powerful black-clad swordsman into the Abyss and fought him with both lunar and solar power. He exposed the swordsman as Yun Bugui, a Yun Family sinner who seemed to have escaped the Sin Domain in secret.

• A black-clad swordsman tried to kill Xu Xingheng, but Jiang Changkong intervened and lured him away by promising to reveal Jiang Changyue's location.
• Heng Xueyue activated the Lunar Star Array and faced the remaining black-clad man.
• Deep in the Abyss, Jiang Changkong clashed with the swordsman, who used white clouds and rapid sword attacks to conceal his movements.
• Jiang Changkong unleashed lunar and solar power together, formed a gold-and-silver Taiji Diagram, and reversed much of the swordsman's attack.
• Jiang Changkong's counterattack tore away the swordsman's robes and revealed Yun Bugui, whom Xu Xingheng had recognized.

Jiang Changkong killed Yun Bugui after overcoming his techniques designed to counter lunar and solar power, then discovered Yun Bugui’s research and Star Stones from the Sin Domain. He joined the others in defeating the man in black, whose identity as Nan Tianpang’s Fifth Uncle shocked everyone.

• Jiang Changkong redirected Yun Bugui’s attacks with the Golden-Silver Taiji Diagram and defeated him in their final clash.
• Jiang Changkong found Yun Bugui’s spatial ring, including Star Stones, research slabs, and the Nine Heavens Nine Clouds Art, and decided to keep the dangerous manual from spreading.
• Jiang Changkong checked on Professor Yun and Tang Ruoxi, then flew to help Heng Xueyue and the others suppress the man in black.
• Jiang Changkong struck the man in black, and the combined attacks of Heng Xueyue, Yao Meng, Nan Tianpang, Li Changtian, Ji Chengming, and Heng Xinming subdued him.
• Heng Xueyue removed the captive’s robe, revealing Nan Tianpang’s Fifth Uncle and shocking everyone present.

Jiang Changkong learned that Heng Xuanqing and Nan Tianpang's Fifth Uncle had helped people escape the Sin Domain, then agreed to let the families investigate quietly. After counting his gains, he contacted the Martial Arts Association and began arranging to build a city around the Abyss mineral vein.

• Nan Tianpang's Fifth Uncle died after warning Nan Tianpang to keep his eldest brother away from the Sin Domain, while Heng Xuanqing revealed he had acted to free Heng Moxuan.
• Jiang Changkong learned Yun Bugui had escaped the Sin Domain and been killed, and agreed not to expose the escape plan while the families investigated it.
• Xu Xinghe spared Xu Xingheng after speaking with him, and Heng Xueyue and the others took Xu Xingheng away in exchange for benefits.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the institute, where Professor Yun and Tang Ruoxi processed Star Stones, and he tallied his own gains.
• Jiang Changkong accepted the Martial Arts Association mission to establish Abyss City, then invited Ji Ziling, Yu Beilin, Jiang Haishan, and others to help build and operate it.

After uncovering the plot against Heng Xueyue, Jiang Changkong collected the Star Stones owed by the major powers and decided to build a city near the mineral vein and three resource zones. He offered plots of land together with shares in the vein, prompting the others to agree to buy in.

• Heng Xueyue explained how Heng De had followed her, how she and Heng De blamed Jiang Changyue, and why Heng Xuanqing had waited before acting.
• Jiang Changkong asked Heng Xueyue for the Star Stones she had promised him, then offered Yao Meng and Nan Tianpang a deal.
• An Dingbang begged Jiang Changkong to reduce the seventy-percent Star Stone tribute, while Xu Xinghe delivered Star Stones from the major families and explained the tribute arrangements.
• Jiang Changkong announced that he planned to build a city and divide its land among the major powers, while Heng Xueyue said her family would not interfere in Stability Province's affairs.
• Jiang Changkong offered fifty percent of the mineral vein along with the land, and Heng Xueyue and the others agreed to buy plots.
• The group chose a site between the Gravity Zone, the Swamp Zone, and the Lunar Cold Pool, though Jiang Changkong remained wary of the dangerous sword energies within the pool.

Jiang Changkong divided the mineral vein’s shares among the families and factions, then perfected his martial arts and cleared the Swamp Zone of Star Demons. He entered the Lunar Cold Pool with Heng Xueyue and Heng Xinming to retrieve the arriving Star Stones.

• Jiang Changkong allotted shares in the mineral vein to the research institute, Ji Ziling and the others, Xu Xinghe, and the major factions, while An Dingbang agreed to give up half the annual profits.
• Jiang Changkong used his Star Stones to perfect his six martial arts, reaching peak Star Spirit and strengthening his Star Gate.
• Jiang Changkong read Yun Bugui’s secret manual, learned the Nine Heavens Nine Clouds Art, and perfected it, completing the move Clouds Veil Sun and Moon.
• Jiang Changkong tested the new palm technique, then killed the Star Treasury- and Star Spirit-level Star Demons in the Swamp Zone while leaving the rest to support the medicinal herbs.
• Heng Xueyue called Jiang Changkong to the Lunar Cold Pool as six thousand lower-grade sixth-rank Star Stones arrived, and he entered the pool with her and Heng Xinming.

Jiang Changkong accompanied Heng Xueyue and Heng Xinming through Lunar Lake, where Heng Xueyue found Lunar Essence and a Moon Heart. After rejecting her offer to work for her, Jiang Changkong left and resumed hunting Star Demons near the three major regions.

• Jiang Changkong entered Lunar Lake with Heng Xueyue and Heng Xinming, using his Lunar Sword to fend off Star Demons as they searched for treasure.
• Heng Xueyue collected Lunar Essence after the Moon Laurel Leaves resonated, and later took a heart-shaped Moon Heart that they found.
• Heng Xueyue offered to share the Moon Heart and provide resources if Jiang Changkong worked for her, but he refused and asked for Star Stones on Changkong's behalf.
• Heng Xueyue and Heng Xinming left the lake with Jiang Changkong after explaining that the remaining areas were too dangerous to enter.
• Jiang Changkong left, removed his black robe near the three major regions, and lured Star Demons with blood before attacking them with blade light.

Jiang Changkong explored the Abyss, discovered a dangerous rift that Star Demons emerged from, and learned from Professor Yun about the Sin Domain and the Federation’s three major sectors. He received an invitation to compete for a place in the Sin Domain, which could help prepare him for future opportunities in the Void Realm.

• Jiang Changkong helped oversee the Abyss city’s development while his acquaintances and the research institute took on construction, research, and defense responsibilities.
• Heng Xueyue invited Jiang Changkong to join her in the major province for the upcoming Sin Domain selection and asked him to send Jiang Changyue with her, but Jiang Changkong said Jiang Changyue had already left.
• Jiang Changkong explored the deepest part of the Abyss and found a rift whose powerful starlight destroyed a peak Star Spirit Star Demon, confirming that Star Demons could emerge from it but could not enter.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the stronghold, where Professor Yun gave him a Federation invitation to compete in Ten Thousand Mile City for one of ten Sin Domain slots.
• Professor Yun explained that the Federation consisted of the provinces and overseas islands, the Void Realm, and the Starry Sky Expedition.

Jiang Changkong learned about the dangers of the Void Realm and discussed the Sin Domain with Professor Yun before leaving Abyss City for the Martial Arts Association competition. After improving the Nine Heavens Nine Clouds Art, he discovered he could ride clouds at great speed.

• Professor Yun warned Jiang Changkong that intelligent Star Demons in the Void Realm knew martial arts and could manufacture instruments, and she offered to share information about people she hoped he might rescue from the Sin Domain.
• Jiang Changkong studied star script while clearing Star Demons, and Abyss City began construction as he sold land, resources, and entry rights to the surrounding regions.
• Jiang Changkong left Abyss City to register for the Martial Arts Association competition, planning to enter the Sin Domain and seek its greatest benefits.
• Jiang Changkong maxed out the Nine Heavens Nine Clouds Art, solidified his White Cloud Star Gate, and gained a major increase in Star Power.
• Jiang Changkong combined the Spirit Controlling Formula with the Nine Heavens Nine Clouds Art and rode a cloud faster than he could fly or travel by sword.

Jiang Changkong traveled to Ten Thousand Mile City, hearing martial artists discuss his exploits along the way. At the city gates, the soldiers recognized him and excitedly asked to buy him a drink.

• Jiang Changkong flew and ran toward Ten Thousand Mile City, killing flying Star Demons along the way before returning to the main road near the city.
• He encountered martial artists camping outside the city and learned that Star Demons could not be found for ten thousand miles around it.
• The campers discussed how Jiang Changkong had defeated Heng Xueyue, built a city, and raised the difficulty for martial arts associations seeking promotion.
• Jiang Changkong reached Ten Thousand Mile City and gave the gate guards his name and credentials for registration.
• The soldiers recognized Jiang Changkong as the City Lord of Abyss City and excitedly invited him for a drink.

Jiang Changkong registered for the Sin Domain quota competition in Ten Thousand Mile City and learned that the Martial Arts Associations would compete in teams for ten quotas. After rejecting Han Jiangbei’s proposal to join forces, he left the gathering and found Fatty Nan boasting that they were close brothers.

• Jiang Changkong declined the guards’ invitation for a drink and registered for the competition, receiving a black token to return with in five days.
• Sha Jingmo, Hai Dafu, and Han Jiangbei invited Jiang Changkong and the other association presidents to Han Jiangbei’s family hotel.
• Han Jiangbei explained that the Martial Arts Associations had ten quotas, with eight people allowed per quota, and that the competition would be a team contest.
• Han Jiangbei proposed working together over the quotas, but Jiang Changkong said he only cared about Star Stones and left after warning off the discussion of threats.
• Jiang Changkong found Fatty Nan drunk and claiming that he and Jiang Changkong were close enough for him to take all eight of Jiang Changkong’s slots.

Jiang Changkong met with Heng Xueyue, Yao Meng, and representatives of three families to discuss his Sin Domain slots and a possible path into the Void Realm. He demanded a Mecha as the price of cooperation, and the families countered with a seventh-rank low-grade Mecha and Star Stones.

• Nan Tianpang boasted that Jiang Changkong was his sworn brother, and Jiang Changkong knocked him down and demanded to know why he had spread the claim.
• Nan Tianpang explained that he had exaggerated to lure Jiang Changkong to meet Heng Xueyue, Yao Meng, and several Martial Arts Association presidents.
• Heng Xueyue and Yao Meng explained that Sin Domain slots could qualify their holders to enter the Void Realm and offered Jiang Changkong a cooperative place with a basic survival outpost.
• Jiang Changkong rejected the idea of selling his eight slots for Star Stones and said he would rather wait until he reached the high ranks unless the families improved their offer.
• Jiang Changkong demanded a Mecha, and the three families offered a seventh-rank low-grade Mecha and five seventh-rank low-grade Star Stones before he asked for an eighth-rank Mecha and Heng Xueyue told him to get lost.

Jiang Changkong finalized arrangements for the Sin Domain expedition, received a warning about Sheng Jin’s possible schemes, and spent the remaining days preparing for the contest. At the competition site, organizer An Shanhe offered him a military position and warned him that enemies might seek revenge before the Martial Arts Associations arrived.

• Jiang Changkong agreed to cooperate with the three major factions, which supplied a seventh-rank mech and sent eight peak Star Spirits to join his association without entering the tournament.
• Yao Meng warned Jiang Changkong that Sheng Jin’s people might use Sin Domain poison, and Jiang Changkong reviewed information about the domain before resting.
• Nan Tianpang took Jiang Changkong around to meet association presidents over the next five days, boasting about Jiang Changkong’s achievements to promote their chances in the contest.
• An Shanhe explained the competition rules and directed the participants to a site three hundred li east of the city.
• An Shanhe offered Jiang Changkong a position under him; Jiang Changkong declined, and An Shanhe revealed that he was An Yuanshan’s uncle and warned him about enemies seeking revenge.
• An Shanhe noticed the approaching Martial Arts Associations and turned his attention toward them.

Jiang Changkong entered the Sin Domain tournament and defeated nine peak Star Spirits from the Skywind Martial Arts Association with a single burst of Star Power. After returning to watch the other matches, he sensed someone watching him with hostility and quietly asked Yao Meng to investigate.

• An Shanhe divided the tournament into ordinary province, major province, and overseas island regions, and Jiang Changkong went to the ordinary province area.
• Nan Yanyang announced the random matchups, and Jiang Changkong was assigned to fight the Skywind Martial Arts Association.
• Jiang Changkong agreed to decide the match in one move, then overwhelmed all nine peak Star Spirits with his Blazing Sun Star Power and won.
• Jiang Changkong returned to Nan Tianpang and Yao Meng, complained that the tournament was moving too slowly, and asked whether he could fight a hundred opponents at once.
• Jiang Changkong sensed a hostile observer and whispered to Yao Meng to investigate without drawing attention.

Jiang Changkong discussed the competition and Sin Domain’s prisoners with Yao Meng, then learned Sheng Jin was likely plotting against him. After Nan Tianpang described a plan involving poison and a Solar Star Array, Jiang Changkong realized Sheng Jin might obtain one and said he wanted to give his enemies a chance to act.

• Jiang Changkong calculated how many Star Stones the competitors and their allies might bring into Sin Domain, and fantasized about robbing them.
• Yao Meng explained that some major powers bought off opponents, and Jiang Changkong won his second-round match using only Star Power.
• Yao Meng showed Jiang Changkong information about Sheng Jin and said they were likely assessing his strength before attacking him.
• Nan Tianpang suggested poisoning Jiang Changkong and using a Solar Star Array with restrictive devices to defeat him, prompting Jiang Changkong to knock him beneath a chair.
• Yao Meng warned Jiang Changkong that he would be safe if he stayed with them, but he said he wanted his enemies to make a move rather than keep watching him.