Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong comprehended the Force Pattern Battle Body, received a golden star script from a divine dragon-shaped force pattern, and completed a unique star body while remaining at the Star Embryo realm. When Lin Feng and the others attacked again, Jiang Changkong prepared to kill them all.

• Jiang Changkong used the blood qi and six force patterns to comprehend the Force Pattern Battle Body and the star arrays in the palace.
• A huge divine dragon-shaped force pattern appeared, overwhelmed the martial artists, and imprinted a golden star script on Jiang Changkong.
• The star script accelerated Jiang Changkong’s cultivation, and Lin Feng ordered the others to recover before attacking him again.
• Jiang Changkong completed a unique star body and a new Star Gate, though his aura remained at the Star Embryo realm.
• Jiang Changkong taunted Jin Hansheng after his head regrew, then declared he would kill everyone as Lin Feng and the others charged.

Jiang Changkong mastered the palace’s star formation and used its power to overwhelm Lin Feng and the other martial artists. He began beheading them with the Lunar Sword, determined to keep his promise to kill them.

• Jiang Changkong activated the formation and used unseen force mixed with Star Power to repel and restrain the attacking martial artists.
• Jiang Changkong tested the Lunar Sword on Lin Feng, discovering that its sharp tip could cut through a Star realm martial artist’s defenses.
• Heng Xi identified the weapon as a fragment of Jiang Changyue’s Lunar Sword and explained its exceptional sharpness to Huo Qinglan.
• Jiang Changkong repeatedly beheaded Lin Feng and other captives as they pleaded for mercy, while refusing to use techniques that might expose his identity.
• Jiang Changkong declared that he would keep his promise and kill them, unless a corpse or a Near-God Human intervened.

Jiang Changkong and Huo Qinglan’s group killed the trapped martial artists, then Jiang Changkong found a way to escape by cutting through the stone wall with his sword. They carved their names into the wall before leaving.

• Jiang Changkong kept chopping Lin Feng while Huo Qinglan and the others killed the remaining martial artists, leaving Jin Hansheng alive for Jiang Changkong to finish.
• Jiang Changkong killed Lin Feng and Jin Hansheng, then checked his status and realized the group’s spatial equipment held valuable Star Stones and Star Crystals.
• Huo Qinglan recovered, and Jiang Changkong said he could get them out by cutting through the third-level wall with the Lunar Sword.
• Jiang Changkong cut a stone block from the wall, astonishing Huo Qinglan and Yao Qing, and warned them not to covet the sword fragment.
• Huo Qinglan and Jiang Changkong carved their names into the wall before preparing to leave.

Jiang Changkong and the others escaped the Blood Qi Palace after the Lunar Sword stirred the Force Pattern, then watched the palace vanish into a spatial rift. Back aboard the warship, the group compared their inheritances and agreed to seek Jiang Changkong’s help if they found the palace again.

• Heng Xi used the Lunar Sword to widen the escape opening, and Jiang Changkong led the group out as the Force Pattern roared.
• Jiang Changkong’s star formation carried all five through the blood qi, and the Force Pattern’s howling subsided after he put away the Lunar Sword.
• At the Sin Domain barrier, the martial artist atop the Blood Qi Palace waved at Jiang Changkong before the palace disappeared into a spatial rift.
• Huo Qinglan ordered An Shanhe to secure a room aboard the warship, and Jiang Changkong injured the others to conceal what had happened.
• Huo Qinglan, Yao Qing, Nan Zhaokong, and Heng Xi offered Jiang Changkong their clans’ support, and he agreed to join them if they found the palace again.

Jiang Changkong negotiated rewards for helping the others escape the Blood-colored Palace, then sold ranking rewards to the gathered prodigies. He left with IOUs and kept the palace’s secrets from Heng Xueyue.

• Jiang Changkong and the others agreed to conceal the near-god inheritance, while Huo Qinglan promised Mechas, weapon materials, and to clear Wang Ruiqing and the others’ names.
• Jiang Changkong left the room and offered to sell second- and third-place Sin Domain rewards to the gathered geniuses.
• Sha Jingmo bid for third place, and other buyers drove the bids for third and second place to twenty-five thousand and thirty-six thousand top-tier sixth-rank Star Stones, respectively.
• Jiang Changkong accepted IOUs for the rewards, and Heng Xueyue asked about his realm and what had happened in the palace.
• Jiang Changkong refused to tell Heng Xueyue what had happened.

Jiang Changkong took stock of his Sin Domain spoils, then exchanged 2.39 million sixth-rank Star Stones at Ten Thousand Mile City's Martial Arts School. He left with processed Essence, Qi, and Spirit totaling more than two hundred million, while the principal and Yao Meng teased him for counting every stone by hand.

• Huo Qinglan reminded Jiang Changkong to contact her when he went to the Void Realm and explained that maintaining deduced stars helped with cultivation.
• Jiang Changkong reviewed his Star Crystals and Star Stones, finding over 178 million points of Essence, Qi, and Spirit among his gains.
• Over three days, Jiang Changkong sorted his Star Stones, received Mechas and weapon materials from the major powers, and learned that the Federation's grand prize had not arrived yet.
• Jiang Changkong asked Yao Meng to take him to Ten Thousand Mile City's Martial Arts School so he could exchange his sixth-rank Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong told the principal he had 2.39 million stones, and the principal exchanged them all after learning Jiang Changkong had counted them by hand for three days.
• The principal showed Jiang Changkong the inventory instrument, which confirmed the count, and Yao Meng suggested he bring Nan Tianwang next time.

Jiang Changkong chose a resource-rich wasteland as his reward and received its ownership token from Huo Qinglan. He returned to Abyss City, where his allies welcomed him and gathered to share a meal.

• Huo Qinglan offered Jiang Changkong a choice between an undeveloped wasteland and a high-level starry ruin, and he chose the wasteland.
• Huo Qinglan gave Jiang Changkong the token for plot fifty-three and taught him how to transform into a ball of light and use voice transmission.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi congratulated Jiang Changkong and offered to tell him about a small Star Crystal vein if he went to the Void Realm.
• Jiang Changkong told Yao Meng and Nan Tianwang about the wasteland, and Yao Meng offered to have her family build its base.
• Jiang Changkong returned to Abyss City and met his senior sisters, Professor Yun, Wang Ruiqing, Xu Hengzhi, Jiang Haishan, and Principal Yu Beilin.
• Jiang Changkong invited everyone to eat at the City Lord's Manor, and Xu Hengzhi offered to provide the wine.

Jiang Changkong reunited with his companions in Abyss City, recounted his defeat of the Sin Domain, and arranged for Wang Ruiqing to investigate the Mecha sabotage that had led to his exile. He stayed to study Star Script and prepare equipment for an eventual trip to the Void Realm.

• Jiang Changkong shared a meal with his companions and recounted his battle in the Sin Domain while concealing the Blood Qi Palace.
• Jiang Changkong appointed Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue as vice presidents of the Martial Arts Association before going with them to study Star Script.
• Wang Ruiqing asked to accompany Jiang Changkong to the Void Realm and investigate how his assistants had sabotaged Mechas, and Jiang Changkong agreed to help if trouble arose.
• Jiang Changkong gave Wang Ruiqing materials to forge peak eighth-rank weapons and asked him to preserve the tip of the Lunar Sword.
• Jiang Changkong studied Star Script with Professor Yun, had Star Crystals processed, and brought out Mechas and lower-rank Star Stones for her to refine energy from.

After mastering star script, Jiang Changkong deciphered the Battle Body techniques and advanced into the Star Body realm, forming six distinct Star Bodies. He reached the late Star Body stage and decided to contact Liangqiu Xuanyi about the small mineral vein before returning to the Void Realm.

• Jiang Changkong finished studying star script and learned that the three Battle Bodies could merge into an Ultimate Battle Body, but only after reaching Near-God level in each.
• Jiang Changkong left the Abyss and broke through to the Star Body realm, forming the Bright Moon, Sacred Sun, White Cloud, Spirit Controlling, Tyrant Saber, and Taiji Star Bodies.
• Jiang Changkong used his remaining Essence, Qi, and Spirit to advance to the late Star Body stage and discovered that maintaining a Star Body helped cultivate him.
• Jiang Changkong transformed into a little sun using the Sacred Sun Star Body, then decided to contact Liangqiu Xuanyi about the small mineral vein and return to the Void Realm.

After breaking through to the Star Body realm, Jiang Changkong arranged to meet Professor Yun and Wang Ruiqing at Wasteland No. 53, then negotiated with Liangqiu Xuanyi for information about Star Crystal mines and a Star Demon group. That night he joined An Shanhe and several unfamiliar experts to travel to the Void Realm.

• Jiang Changkong reviewed his improved cultivation and agreed to meet Professor Yun and Wang Ruiqing at Wasteland No. 53 before heading to the Void Realm.
• Jiang Changkong reached Ten Thousand Mile City, arranged to enter the Void Realm with An Shanhe that night, and met Liangqiu Xuanyi about Star Crystal mine information.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi offered Jiang Changkong a second mine in exchange for wiping out a nearby group of Star Demons, and revealed that his wasteland contained two large mines.
• Jiang Changkong briefly restrained Liangqiu Xuanyi with the Spirit Controlling Formula, revealing his soul martial art and startling her.
• After dining with Nan Tianpang, Jiang Changkong met An Shanhe outside Ten Thousand Mile City and joined Hai Tianhe, Hai Mingsha, and Feng Tingyu on the journey to the Void Realm.

Jiang Changkong entered the Void Realm with An Shanhe, Hai Mingsha, Hai Tianhe, and two Star Embryo martial artists. After he sensed hostile auras in the dark forest, the group pressed forward and was caught in a star formation.

• Jiang Changkong learned that the Void Realm entrance lay beneath the Void Hall and reluctantly accepted Huo Qinglan's free escort.
• An Shanhe and the others registered at the Void Hall, where six Star Body martial artists suppressed the spatial rift so the group could pass through safely.
• Hai Mingsha explained that the Void Realm had stronger gravity and spatial forces, while Jiang Changkong asked about legendary space martial artists.
• After emerging into a dark forest, Jiang Changkong sensed several hostile auras, and the group decided to charge through rather than detour.
• Starlight sealed a hundred-mile area around the seven travelers, and the formation's pressure nearly brought down the two Star Embryo martial artists.

Jiang Changkong and his companions were trapped in layered star arrays prepared by five Star Demons who knew their abilities and tried to recruit him. Hai Mingsha suddenly betrayed the group by attacking Jiang Changkong, who revealed he could wield three Star Bodies at once and prepared to face the enemies alone.

• The Star Demons' layered arrays suppressed Jiang Changkong and his companions with sun, blood qi, wind, ghosts, gravity, and water.
• Five Star Demons arrived, praised Jiang Changkong's talent, and demanded that he join their Star Race or die.
• Jiang Changkong asked which humans had helped prepare the ambush, then refused the Star Demons' offer and fought back.
• Hai Mingsha unexpectedly attacked Jiang Changkong instead of the Star Demons, but Jiang Changkong repelled him and drew his Scorching Sun Saber against all five enemies.
• Jiang Changkong revealed his Taiji Star Body and three simultaneous Star Bodies, then dismissed his Taiji power and raised the Sacred Sun as the star arrays intensified.

Jiang Changkong destroyed the Star Array and subdued Hai Mingsha and the Star Demons by unleashing several powerful techniques. After learning that the Immortal Palace's Intelligence Hall had recruited Hai Mingsha, he killed them and continued onward with An Shanhe.

• Jiang Changkong's Sacred Sun Star Power broke the Star Array and gravely damaged Hai Mingsha and the five Star Demons.
• Jiang Changkong used the Spirit Controlling Formula to tear apart and kill the soul-attribute Star Demon, then blasted another Star Demon apart with his White Cloud Ninefold Scripture.
• Jiang Changkong used his Force Pattern star body to turn Hai Mingsha and the remaining Star Demons into blood mist, then let them heal and collected their spatial equipment.
• Jiang Changkong questioned the Star Demons, killed them when they refused to answer, and learned from Hai Mingsha that the Immortal Palace's Intelligence Hall had promised him a stellar-level breakthrough potion.
• Jiang Changkong killed Hai Mingsha, collected the corpses for the research institute, and told An Shanhe to continue onward.

Jiang Changkong arrived at Base Fifty-Three, contacted Huo Qinglan and the three families, and heard their account of the Star Demons’ origins. Huo Qinglan and the others then questioned him about the ambush and Liangqiu Xuanyi.

• Jiang Changkong reached Base Fifty-Three and inspected the buildings prepared for him.
• He contacted Huo Qinglan and the three families, who soon arrived at his base.
• Huo Qinglan, Nan Zhaokong, and Heng Xi explained that Star Demons were evolved beings from other worlds who called themselves the Star Race.
• Huo Qinglan and the others asked Jiang Changkong about the ambush, and he said he knew no details beyond what An Shanhe had reported.
• The group asked Jiang Changkong how much he knew about Liangqiu Xuanyi.

Jiang Changkong learned that the Federation might soon send martial artists into the depths of the Void and decided to prepare for a pioneering squad. After his guests left, he became Bright Moon and attacked a nearby Star Demon stronghold to test his Tyrant Saber.

• Jiang Changkong told Huo Qinglan and the others that the Near-God's corpse was dead but its body remained alive and could erupt if it sensed danger.
• Huo Qinglan explained that the Federation might organize an expedition into the depths of the Void and that pioneering squads could claim seventy percent of the resources they secured.
• Jiang Changkong learned that pioneering would begin in more than two months and resolved to raise his strength before then.
• Jiang Changkong transformed into Bright Moon and entered a nearby Star Demon stronghold guarded by peak eighth-rank star formations.
• Jiang Changkong used the Lunar Saber and Tyrant Saber's Moonlight to strike down the formations and halt the early Star Embryo realm Star Demon.

Jiang Changkong discovered Star Demons conducting experiments on humans and learned that a Jiang Family Stellar martial artist had arranged the research and killings. He killed the Jiang Family elder and the Star Demons, then uncovered signs that the Star Demons had lied about their supposed tribute.

• Jiang Changkong followed the stench of blood to a cave, where Star Demons discussed human test subjects and a Jiang Family connection.
• Jiang Changkong found human corpses and experiments inside the cave, then killed one Star Body Star Demon and crippled another with the Tyrant Saber.
• A Jiang Family elder arrived and demanded the surviving Star Demon and the resources Jiang Changkong had collected.
• Jiang Changkong killed the elder, then forced the surviving Star Demon to admit that a Jiang Family Stellar martial artist had ordered them to kill intruders and turn over resources.
• Jiang Changkong extracted the Star Demon's soul and found that its Star Crystals and the elder's belongings did not match the claimed tribute, suggesting the Star Demons had lied.

Jiang Changkong uncovered evidence of a Star Demon research operation and traced a Jiang Family martial artist to several Star Demons hiding in the mountains within his territory. After learning the Jiang Family’s ties to the research were limited, he planned to investigate the Star Demons and a nearby Star Crystal vein himself.

• Jiang Changkong recorded the destroyed research site, left the name Jiang Changyue, and used the Spirit Controlling Formula to spy on the escaping Jiang Family martial artist.
• The martial artist visited a palace deep in Jiang Changkong’s wasteland, met four Star Demons in succession, then returned to the Jiang Family territory to cultivate.
• Jiang Changkong learned from Huo Qinglan that the dead man was the Jiang Family’s second brother and that the surviving family members were not involved in the research.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi sent Jiang Changkong a map showing a small Star Crystal vein within his territory, and he decided to investigate it and the hidden Star Demons.

Jiang Changkong infiltrated the Star Demons’ mountain stronghold, uncovered their experiments and a Star Crystal vein, and learned that a Jiang Family martial artist was working with a middle-aged man pursuing the Battle Palace’s secrets. When the middle-aged man attacked him, Jiang Changkong revealed his three Star Bodies and began fighting back.

• Jiang Changkong secretly entered the mountain and found Star Crystals, human subjects, and Star Demons conducting experiments in a hollow chamber.
• Jiang Changkong questioned two Star Demons, killed them when they refused to answer, and collected their Star Crystals.
• Jiang Changkong followed a Jiang Family Star Body martial artist carrying Star Crystals and overheard him report to a middle-aged man about Jiang Changyue and the Battle Palace.
• Jiang Changkong revealed himself and challenged the middle-aged man, who sent the Star Body martial artist away and attacked with an earth-yellow star and a longsword.
• Jiang Changkong manifested his Holy Sun, pale-cloud, and Taiji Star Bodies and launched the Sunset Blade and Qi Pierces the Clouds as the middle-aged man invoked Earth Star.

Jiang Changkong defeated and killed an early Stellar Realm agent of the Immortal Palace, then forced a surviving Star Body martial artist to reveal the palace’s human research and the Jiang Family elder’s captivity. He kept the survivor alive to lure the Immortal Palace into a trap.

• Jiang Changkong used his Star Bodies and techniques to overcome the middle-aged man’s attacks and pull his soul from his body.
• The middle-aged man’s soul revealed that he served the Immortal Palace before it exploded, and Jiang Changkong took his spatial equipment and burned his corpse.
• Jiang Changkong confronted the surviving Star Body martial artist and offered to spare him if he obeyed.
• The Star Body martial artist revealed that the Immortal Palace researched humans at several Void Realm bases and that the Jiang Family elder was imprisoned and studied by the Star Demons.
• Jiang Changkong realized the survivor could help him lure the Immortal Palace into a trap.

Jiang Changkong questioned Lin Nanfeng about the Immortal Palace and the Star Demons, then raised five martial arts to the peak of the Star Body realm. The next morning, he set out with Lin Nanfeng to deal with the remaining Star Demons as Professor Yun and the others traveled toward the base.

• Jiang Changkong brought Lin Nanfeng to his territory and learned about its Star Demons, a dangerous ruin, the Immortal Palace’s soul-power tracking, and the spoils the Star Demons held.
• After counting his Star Crystals, Jiang Changkong decided to target an early-stage Stellar Star Demon and had Lin Nanfeng guide him there the next day.
• Jiang Changkong raised the Taiji Yin-Yang Art, Lunar and Solar arts, Spirit Controlling Formula, and Three-Zhang Golden Body to the peak of the Star Body realm, gaining eight Force Patterns.
• Jiang Changkong learned from Huo Qinglan that Professor Yun and the others would reach the base within two days, then told Lin Nanfeng that they would deal with two remaining Star Body Star Demons.
• Lin Nanfeng learned that Jiang Changkong had already slaughtered the other two Star Body Star Demons after Lin Nanfeng left.