Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong cleared the remaining Star Demons and confronted the early-stage Stellar Star Demon holding the old master of the Jiang Family captive. He freed the old man from his equipment but learned the man had exhausted his strength, then unleashed the Force Pattern against the Star Demon.

• Jiang Changkong used the Spirit Controlling Formula to kill the two remaining peak Star Body Star Demons and collect their Star Stones and corpses.
• Lin Nanfeng led Jiang Changkong to the mountain where an early-stage Stellar Star Demon held the old master of the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Changkong sent Lin Nanfeng to deal with the Star Embryo Star Demons and entered the mountain alone, bypassing its star arrays.
• The Star Demon attacked Jiang Changkong, who collapsed the mountain's interior and destroyed the equipment and tubes holding the old man.
• The Star Demon said the old man had exhausted his strength, while Jiang Changkong activated the Force Pattern and prepared to overwhelm it with his power.

Jiang Changkong defeated and repeatedly pulverized a Star Realm Star Demon, then fought its arriving companion. After learning the demons belonged to nearby territory, he declared that he would slaughter those near him and seize their resources.

• Jiang Changkong shattered the Star Demon's star and formation, blasted its body apart, and overcame its rapid regeneration with repeated attacks.
• Jiang Changkong freed an old man trapped inside the mountain and told him to recover while he dealt with the Star Demon.
• The old man suggested sealing the Star Demon, but its companion arrived, saw Jiang Changkong suppressing it, and tried to flee.
• Jiang Changkong attacked the companion and insisted that any Star Demon entering his territory belonged to him.
• The old man explained that the companion came from another territory owned by a middle Star Realm martial artist, and Jiang Changkong said he would eventually slaughter the nearby Star Demons.

Jiang Changkong killed the Star Demons, rescued Jiang Jiuqiao, and used his spoils to bring all eight martial arts to the peak of the Star Body realm. After Lin Nanfeng revealed that the Stellar Star Demons had a nearly depleted Star Crystal vein and a ruin-sensing stone, Jiang Changkong discovered that the stone seemed to point toward a ruin.

• Jiang Changkong used the Spirit Controlling Formula to tear out and kill the two Stellar-level Star Demons, then killed the surviving Star Demons and looted their Star Crystals and instruments.
• Jiang Changkong met Jiang Jiuqiao, told him that his friend had killed Jiang Jiuqiao's second son, and asked him to return to the Jiang Family before coming back to discuss the research.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the palace, counted his haul, and upgraded the White Cloud Ninefold Scripture, Tyrant Saber, and Battle Body Star Array Diagram, bringing all eight martial arts to the peak of the Star Body realm.
• Lin Nanfeng returned with the palace and told Jiang Changkong about the Star Crystal vein, which they found nearly exhausted beneath the ruined mountains.
• Jiang Changkong found a patterned golden stone in a Stellar Star Demon's spatial equipment and sensed that it was calling to him from somewhere ahead and to the left.
• When Jiang Changkong asked whether the other Stellar Star Demon had a ruin, Lin Nanfeng stiffened and asked how many Stellar Star Demons Jiang Changkong had killed.

Jiang Changkong entered the Ancient Battlefield and discovered an immense star array, the remains of a slaughter committed by a Force Pattern cultivator, and a mysterious sapling growing from a corpse that still held vitality. The chapter ended with him bracing for the corpse’s power to emerge.

• Jiang Changkong ordered Lin Nanfeng to secure the territory, then flew to a hidden golden gate and entered the Ancient Battlefield.
• Jiang Changkong explored a sea of bones, found a broken ninth-rank sword and an enormous star array, and realized the array surpassed the Stellar level.
• Jiang Changkong advanced through increasingly dangerous attacks, spotted a golden skeleton, and changed direction to keep searching.
• Jiang Changkong found Star Script describing a Force Pattern cultivator who had slaughtered countless martial artists to forge a Force Pattern Battle Body.
• Jiang Changkong discovered a gray sapling growing from a corpse with flesh, blood, and surging vitality, and raised his power in alarm.

Jiang Changkong discovered that the sapling was a Soul-Anchoring Tree and entered a dark space where he encountered two Stellar-level soul cultivators. After learning that the tree could unlock a near-god’s treasure, he planned to claim it and wait for the others to return.

• Jiang Changkong realized the corpse was dead and that the sapling was not physical, then used the Spirit Controlling Formula to enter a dark space.
• Jiang Changkong spoke with two Stellar-level soul cultivators, who said they had found the space through a six-story palace before vanishing.
• Jiang Changkong withdrew from the darkness and received memories revealing the sapling’s origin and the near-god’s treasure it could unlock.
• Jiang Changkong recognized the sapling as a Soul-Anchoring Tree that could anchor souls and serve as a key to the treasure.
• Jiang Changkong decided to take control of the tree, wait for the two cultivators to return, and later capture Star Demons to nourish it.

Jiang Changkong bound the Soul-Anchoring Tree to his soul, scavenged weapon fragments from the Ancient Battlefield, and returned to the base. There, he learned the Star Demons had researched human star bodies and arranged for Professor Yun’s team to decrypt their equipment and study their remains.

• Jiang Changkong used soul energy and Star Script to bind the Soul-Anchoring Tree to his soul, gaining the ability to sense anyone who entered the dark space.
• Jiang Changkong collected more than a hundred weapon fragments in the Ancient Battlefield, then used the golden stone to return to the base.
• Jiang Changkong met Professor Yun, Wang Ruiqing, Lin Nanfeng, Xu Hengzhi, Xu Xinghe, and others at the base, where Xu Hengzhi said Old Liang and his companions planned to bring their families to serve him.
• Wang Ruiqing told Jiang Changkong that the Star Demons had researched how many star array patterns human bodies could withstand and had captured Lunar and Solar cultivators as well as people practicing basic martial arts.
• Professor Yun said she needed a day to decrypt the research equipment, and Jiang Changkong handed over Star Demon corpses and weapon fragments for study and reforging.

Jiang Changkong sought more workers to develop his territory, and Jiang Jiuqiao agreed to send Jiang Family members to help for free. Professor Yun then revealed that researchers had been experimenting with Star Body fusion, including forcibly erasing and replacing people’s Star Bodies.

• Jiang Changkong discussed the territory’s manpower shortage with Xu Hengzhi and An Dingbang, who said workers from Stability Province were reluctant to come and that they were waiting for news from Old Liang and the others.
• Jiang Jiuqiao visited Jiang Changkong, offered Star Crystals as thanks, and agreed to send Jiang Family members to develop the territory without charge.
• Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao visited Professor Yun to ask about the research decoded from the instruments.
• Professor Yun explained that researchers had tried inscribing a new Star Body onto a captured martial artist, but the man’s body burst apart under the power.
• Professor Yun revealed that researchers had also erased a person’s Star Body and strengthened his physique so he could barely withstand a replacement, though the conflict between the powers remained unresolved.

Jiang Changkong learned that the Immortal Palace had experimented with fusing Star Bodies and that it might target him next. Jiang Jiuqiao invited him to explore a ruin, but warned that rivals might raid Territory No. 53 while he was away, so Jiang Changkong prepared to strengthen its defenses.

• Professor Yun explained that the Immortal Palace had researched fusing Star Bodies through the five elements, and Jiang Jiuqiao recalled being used as a research subject.
• Professor Yun proposed continuing the research using Star Demons, while warning Jiang Changkong that the Immortal Palace had likely set its sights on him.
• Jiang Jiuqiao told Jiang Changkong that he wanted to explore a ruin he had discovered a year earlier, and Jiang Changkong agreed to accompany him.
• Jiang Jiuqiao warned that rivals might take advantage of Jiang Changkong's absence to seize parts of Territory No. 53.
• Jiang Changkong decided to arrange stronger defenses against Star Body warriors before leaving.

Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao secretly entered a ruin in Star Demon territory, where Jiang Changkong discovered and destroyed a strange tree feeding on Star Crystals. They left with an emerald bead containing powerful wood-attribute energy, and Jiang Jiuqiao asked Jiang Changkong to look after the Jiang Family.

• Jiang Changkong left Xu Hengzhi and Professor Yun with defenses and powerful attacks to protect his mineral vein before departing with Jiang Jiuqiao.
• Jiang Jiuqiao explained that he knew a technique for opening Star Array-sealed ruins and led Jiang Changkong into Star Demon territory.
• Jiang Jiuqiao used Star Script to open a hidden entrance in a weed, and the two entered a ruin filled with apparent ninth-rank Star Crystals.
• Jiang Changkong used soul perception to reveal that a strange little tree was draining shriveled corpses, then destroyed it with the Holy Sun.
• Jiang Changkong took the emerald bead left behind, and Jiang Jiuqiao asked him to look after the Jiang Family.

Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao entered a vast sea of flowers concealing a giant killing array and met Hua Tianluo and Hua Tianrui, two sisters living in the ruin. When the pair tried to leave after tea, Hua Tianrui coldly insisted that they stay.

• Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao found a vast sea of flowers covered by linked star arrays and cautiously entered it together.
• A zither melody stirred the flowers, and Hua Tianluo appeared and invited Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao to meet her elder sister.
• Hua Tianrui welcomed the two into a palace in the flowers and said that she and Hua Tianluo had lived in the ruin for more than ten years.
• Jiang Jiuqiao and Jiang Changkong tried to take their leave, but Hua Tianrui told them to sit longer and drink tea.

Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao were trapped in a mysterious flower sea with two powerful sisters, then joined by Jin Guangxuan, Liu Bing, and six Star Body martial artists. As night fell, the guests suddenly felt an unnatural, overwhelming hunger.

• Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao suspected the sisters and their flower sea concealed a dangerous formation, and avoided drinking the tea.
• Hua Tianrui and Hua Tianluo welcomed the newcomers and invited everyone to stay, while Jiang Changkong secretly searched the lofts for Hua Tianrui.
• Jin Guangxuan recognized Jiang Changkong and demanded an account for Jin Hansheng's death, but Liu Bing interrupted their confrontation.
• Hua Tianrui served tea and warned that the place was not peaceful at night as the green light faded and darkness fell.
• Jin Guangxuan's stomach growled, and everyone, including Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao, was overcome by intense hunger.

Jiang Changkong stayed in the pavilion after sensing a deadly formation outside, but a mysterious light separated him from Liu Bing and Jiang Jiuqiao and drew him into an illusion with Hua Tianrui. Hua Tianrui told him the game would continue and promised he could find everything he desired there.

• Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao chose to stay at the pavilion, and Liu Bing joined them while Jin Guangxuan and the others left.
• Hua Tianluo warned the group not to open their doors or windows at night, and Jiang Changkong sensed that the killing formation had activated.
• Liu Bing opened a window to look outside, and Jiang Changkong saw that the flowers had turned into small trees before a black shadow struck the window.
• Hua Tianrui and Hua Tianluo discussed their interest in Jiang Changkong and Liu Bing, then turned into streams of smoke and vanished.
• Specks of light entered the room and overcame the group, separating Jiang Changkong from Liu Bing and Jiang Jiuqiao.
• Jiang Changkong found himself in an illusion with Hua Tianrui, who offered him tea and said the game must continue.

Hua Tianrui tempted Jiang Changkong with visions of the Flower Sea Kingdom’s Star Crystals and flower fertilizer, then fought him after he rejected her offer. Jiang Changkong escaped her dream, but found Jiang Jiuqiao and Liu Bing still trapped in their own dreams and tried to reach them with the Spirit Controlling Formula.

• Hua Tianrui showed Jiang Changkong her past battles and revealed that the emerald-green beads he had taken were flower fertilizer.
• Hua Tianrui offered Jiang Changkong Star Crystals, flower fertilizer, and herself, but he attacked her and seized the treasures.
• Hua Tianrui recognized Jiang Changkong’s Force Pattern Star Body and challenged him, while he used the Spirit Controlling Formula against her.
• Jiang Changkong awoke in the room beside the unconscious Jiang Jiuqiao and Liu Bing, then entered their dreams with the Spirit Controlling Formula.
• Jiang Changkong found Jiang Jiuqiao and Liu Bing still digging for Star Crystals and wondered why Hua Tianrui had not attacked them.

Jiang Changkong and his companions escaped an illusion and tried to leave the flower sea, but Hua Tianrui trapped them in her killing formation again. He rejected her offer to stay with her and fought back as the group faced the sinister trees.

• Jiang Changkong broke the illusion affecting Jiang Jiuqiao and Liu Bing, then told them he had fought Hua Tianrui in a dreamscape.
• After the killing formation subsided, the group found Jin Guangxuan gravely wounded, and he said the others were dead.
• Hua Tianrui let the group leave, but Jiang Changkong noticed the floorboards vanishing beneath them and sensed danger.
• The flower sea's killing formation rose again, separating Jiang Changkong from the others as Hua Tianrui tried to persuade him to stay with her.
• Jiang Changkong rejected Hua Tianrui's offer and shattered the dreamscape, rejoining the others as they fought the sinister trees.
• Jiang Changkong attacked Hua Tianrui with the Spirit Controlling Formula while the pavilion and gazebo vanished around them.

Jiang Changkong and his allies defeated Hua Tianrui by destroying the formation she controlled, uncovering a trove of eighth-rank Star Crystals. Jin Guangxuan turned on them to claim the crystals, and Jiang Changkong left while secretly planning to let him trigger the traps outside.

• Jiang Changkong joined forces with Jiang Jiuqiao, Liu Bing, and Jin Guangxuan to fight Hua Tianrui and the bizarre trees.
• Hua Tianrui revived from the sea of flowers, but Jiang Changkong used his Star Bodies to destroy her and break the formation.
• The formation collapsed, revealing many eighth-rank Star Crystals containing Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Jin Guangxuan knocked Jiang Changkong and the others back and claimed the crystals, revealing that his strength had not been weakened.
• Jiang Changkong took Jiang Jiuqiao to leave, intending to let Jin Guangxuan trigger the traps outside before dealing with him.

Jiang Changkong and the others were trapped underground and followed a passage to a hall containing Hua Tianrui’s statue and a promised near-god inheritance. After Liu Bing received the inheritance and Jin Guangxuan began worshipping, Jiang Changkong suspected Liu Bing was acting under Hua Tianrui’s control.

• Liu Bing stopped Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao from leaving, but branches erupted from the ground and dragged all four underground to a palace.
• Jin Guangxuan and the others entered the palace, collected Star Crystals, and chose the left passage after finding three routes.
• A soul-infused floral fragrance entered the group, and Jiang Changkong suspected it was coming from Liu Bing while allowing the energy into his body.
• The group reached a hall with Hua Tianrui’s statue and read an inscription promising a near-god inheritance to anyone who performed three bows and nine kowtows.
• Liu Bing worshipped the statue and received a golden ray, then Jin Guangxuan began worshipping as Jiang Changkong accused Liu Bing of playing a double act.

Jiang Changkong exposed Hua Tianrui’s possession scheme and destroyed her and Hua Tianluo with the Soul-Anchoring Tree. Jin Guangxuan broke free of the illusion, and Jiang Changkong pursued him into battle above the collapsing palace.

• Jiang Changkong revealed that Hua Tianrui had impersonated Liu Bing and entered his body to seize control of him.
• Jiang Changkong used the Soul-Anchoring Tree to consume Hua Tianrui’s soul, then found and killed Hua Tianluo inside Liu Bing’s body.
• Jin Guangxuan awakened from the illusion after Jiang Jiuqiao attacked, and he confronted Jiang Changkong.
• The palace collapsed during the clash, revealing Star Crystals and pearls beneath it.
• Jiang Changkong asked Jiang Jiuqiao to collect the items and followed Jin Guangxuan upward to continue their fight.

Jiang Changkong and Jin Guangxuan fought a brutal, evenly matched battle among the ruins while Jiang Jiuqiao gathered their spoils below. Jiang Changkong finally trapped Jin Guangxuan with the Soul-Anchoring Tree, whose roots consumed Jin Guangxuan’s soul-killing attack and left his soul unstable.

• Jiang Changkong and Jin Guangxuan exchanged powerful attacks, injuring each other as their battle shook the ruins.
• Jiang Jiuqiao collected Star Crystals and Liu Bing’s spatial equipment, then found a glowing stone pearl in the shattered statue.
• Jiang Jiuqiao tried to join the fight, but Jiang Changkong told him to stay back and continued battling Jin Guangxuan.
• Jin Guangxuan urged Jiang Changkong to split the spoils, but Jiang Changkong refused and concealed their fight with White Cloud to prevent Jin Guangxuan from escaping.
• Jiang Changkong bound Jin Guangxuan with the Eight Force Patterns and sent the Soul-Anchoring Tree’s roots into his body.
• Jin Guangxuan used a gray medicinal herb to unleash a soul-killing attack, but the Soul-Anchoring Tree absorbed it and left his soul trembling and translucent.

Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao divided the spoils after escaping the Flower Sea Kingdom ruins, then returned to find that fifteen factions had stolen nearly all the Star Crystals from their territory. Jiang Changkong gathered information on the thieves as Jiang Jiuqiao warned that confronting their united forces might require help from Huo Qinglan and the Federation.

• Jiang Changkong gave Jiang Jiuqiao a share of the Star Crystals and took the emerald-green beads and a mysterious soul-related stone bead.
• Jiang Jiuqiao searched the underground palace for a near-god inheritance but found none, and the two discovered that half a month had passed under the illusion's influence.
• Jiang Changkong and Jiang Jiuqiao returned to their base, where Xu Hengzhi revealed that fifteen families had stolen the Star Crystals and left only one behind.
• Jiang Changkong ordered Xu Hengzhi to give him the information on the factions and said he would find Professor Yun.
• Jiang Jiuqiao warned that the factions might be united and include late-Stellar Realm experts, suggesting that Jiang Changkong ask Huo Qinglan for help through the Federation.

Jiang Changkong investigated the theft of Star Crystals and prepared to retaliate against the factions robbing his territory. Examining the Soul Nourishing Pearl with Jiang Jiuqiao, he learned how it came to be in the ruins and gained knowledge of soul techniques.

• Professor Yun reported that thieves had stolen more than seventy thousand Star Crystals, and Jiang Changkong gave her his own crystals and emerald-green beads to process.
• Jiang Changkong reviewed the fifteen families behind the robberies, learned that his three allied factions had been unable to keep the thieves away, and ordered Xu Hengzhi to inflate the recorded losses.
• Jiang Changkong told Xu Hengzhi to leave the mineral veins unguarded and record further thefts with two extra zeroes, saying he expected the thieves to repay the crystals or face his plans.
• Jiang Changkong used the Spirit Controlling Formula to let Jiang Jiuqiao examine the Soul Nourishing Pearl with him.
• The pearl revealed that Hua Tianrui's severed arm and palace had fallen into the Void Realm, where she used a formation to kill intruders and collect Star Crystals while trying to restore her body.
• Jiang Changkong learned that the Soul Nourishing Pearl had protected Hua Tianrui and Hua Tianluo, and gained information about a soul-killing formation and applications of soul power.