Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong, Feng Qixing, and Liangqiu Xuanyi discovered a hidden Near-God Treasure beneath the Star Demons’ territory and entered it. They reached a staircase swarming with Soul Worms, and Jiang Changkong used the Six-Layer Palace to drive the creatures back as they pressed deeper.

• Jiang Changkong sensed the Near-God Treasure beneath the Star Demons’ mountains and brought Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi underground without alerting them.
• The Soul-Anchoring Tree found the treasure’s gate, and Jiang Changkong used its roots to open it.
• Jiang Changkong led the others along a narrow stone path through soul pressure, protecting them with the Soul-Anchoring Tree as the gate’s disturbance threatened to alert the Star Demons.
• The three reached stairs covered above and below with Soul Worms, which Feng Qixing warned could devour their souls.
• Jiang Changkong brought out the Six-Layer Palace, driving the Soul Worms away, and urged the others to hurry before its dwindling power ran out.

Jiang Changkong and his companions became trapped among soul insects on a seemingly endless staircase and discovered that it was part of an enormous soul martial artist. Jiang Changkong found a way to gain the soul insects’ protection by accepting the person’s Great Dao imprint, but the method risked overwhelming Liangqiu Xuanyi.

• Feng Qixing warned that the Great Dao imprint was fading, and Jiang Changkong and his companions continued up the staircase after it vanished behind them.
• Jiang Changkong stopped the Six-Layer Palace from dispersing and began comprehending the soul formations and Star Script while the Soul-Anchoring Tree protected the group.
• A Star Demon appeared and was devoured by the soul insects, while Jiang Changkong continued studying the formation.
• Jiang Changkong activated the Star Script and revealed that the staircase was part of an enormous person, with the three of them standing on the person's palm.
• Jiang Changkong proposed accepting the person's Great Dao imprint to keep the soul insects from attacking, and Liangqiu Xuanyi prepared medicine in case the Soul Great Dao wore down her soul power.

Jiang Changkong reached the altar inside the giant skull and received the soul and Tyrant Saber inheritances from a living remnant of a Near-God Man. After the man disappeared, Jiang Changkong began cultivating in seclusion while Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi recovered nearby.

• Jiang Changkong guided Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi through the soul insects by using Great Dao imprints, and Liangqiu Xuanyi relied on a jade pendant to move faster.
• Jiang Changkong reached the skull’s altar first, where the Soul-Anchoring Tree revealed a hidden compartment containing a gray sphere.
• A black-clad Near-God Man appeared and recognized Jiang Changkong’s stars, then promised him the soul and Tyrant Saber inheritances.
• The Near-God Man showed Jiang Changkong a tiny golden substance that kept him alive, passed on his knowledge, and vanished after warning Jiang Changkong not to mention their meeting.
• Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi arrived, and Jiang Changkong told them he had found the inheritance and would cultivate in seclusion.
• Jiang Changkong studied both inheritances and quickly condensed his soul Star Body with the Star Script left by the Near-God Man.

After comprehending the Soul Dao and gaining new techniques, Jiang Changkong left seclusion with Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi. When Star Demons and human martial artists ambushed them, he crushed the attackers and used the Soul Search Art to uncover their secrets.

• Jiang Changkong spent two months comprehending the Soul Dao and Tyrant Saber, then organized his new martial techniques and secret arts.
• Jiang Changkong led Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi out through the Soul Worms and collected Star Demon corpses and their spatial equipment.
• A group of seven Star Demons and four human martial artists ambushed the trio, and Feng Qixing's uncle threatened him while demanding Jiang Changkong's capture.
• Jiang Changkong destroyed the attackers and their tenth-rank killing array with his Taiji Diagram, then seized their twelve souls.
• Jiang Changkong began using the Soul Search Art on the captured souls, while Feng Qixing failed to stop him.

After learning about the Starry Sky Remnants, Jiang Changkong questioned Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi about why their factions wanted to capture him. Liangqiu Xuanyi revealed her ties to the Immortal Palace and her grandfather’s death, and Jiang Changkong set out with them for an Immortal Palace stronghold.

• Jiang Changkong searched the souls of the Starry Sky Remnants, learned about their factions and locations, and warned Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi to cooperate.
• Feng Qixing said the Wind Line had ordered him to bring Jiang Changkong back alive, while Liangqiu Xuanyi said she did not know who was behind the plan.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi explained that her master, Lin Suyun of the Immortal Palace, had raised her to oppose the palace and supplied her with valuable resources.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi revealed that her grandfather had died on a starry sky expedition, with the Immortal Palace listed as the cause of death.
• Jiang Changkong told Feng Qixing and Liangqiu Xuanyi to take him to an Immortal Palace stronghold and vowed to settle accounts with their factions after reaching the top rank.

Jiang Changkong entered an Immortal Palace stronghold using Liangqiu Xuanyi’s token, killed everyone inside, and searched the facility for research and equipment. After Feng Qixing found his dead younger brother among the corpses, the group processed Star Crystals and planned to leave before the Immortal Palace could send a Star Path cultivator.

• Liangqiu Xuanyi gave Jiang Changkong a token that let him pass through the stronghold’s defenses, while she watched Feng Qixing outside.
• Jiang Changkong searched the old man’s soul, uncovered the stronghold’s research, and killed the guards and researchers who attacked him.
• Jiang Changkong used the stronghold’s array and a tenth-tier Golden Crow treasure to wipe out its remaining inhabitants, then called Liangqiu Xuanyi and Feng Qixing inside.
• Feng Qixing found his younger brother’s corpse and kept it to take back to the Wind Line, while the other corpses were burned.
• Jiang Changkong searched for research on the Solar Star Array, the White Cloud Star Array, and powerful physiques, while Liangqiu Xuanyi processed Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong asked Liangqiu Xuanyi to process his Star Crystals and planned to take the equipment to an uninhabited place before entering seclusion.

Jiang Changkong searched the Immortal Palace stronghold, collected millions of Star Crystals, and began cultivating while Liangqiu Xuanyi and Feng Qixing waited nearby. Feng Qixing considered escaping, but Liangqiu Xuanyi reminded him that Jiang Changkong had searched his neighbor’s soul.

• Jiang Changkong and Liangqiu Xuanyi searched the Immortal Palace stronghold, gathered valuable materials, and found soul inheritances including Soul Avatar.
• Jiang Changkong, Liangqiu Xuanyi, and Feng Qixing left with the Star Crystal-processing machine after several days of processing the crystals.
• Jiang Changkong counted his Star Crystals and 342 million Essence, Qi, and Spirit, then began cultivating and inscribing star formations.
• Feng Qixing told Liangqiu Xuanyi that treasures might still revive the dead, but she dismissed the idea and said she would keep pursuing the Immortal Palace’s destruction.
• Feng Qixing suggested that he and Liangqiu Xuanyi escape while Jiang Changkong cultivated, but Liangqiu Xuanyi warned him that his Wind Line could suffer if his people failed to kill Jiang Changkong.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi reminded Feng Qixing that Jiang Changkong had searched his neighbor’s soul, leaving Feng Qixing speechless.

Jiang Changkong completed his breakthrough to Stellar Peak after months in seclusion, then took Liangqiu Xuanyi and Feng Qixing to destroy an Immortal Palace stronghold. His effortless removal of its tenth-rank killing array left Feng Qixing convinced he had already reached the Star Path.

• Feng Qixing accepted that Jiang Changkong's soul power prevented him from resisting Liangqiu Xuanyi, who argued that helping destroy an Immortal Palace stronghold would avenge their dead.
• After more than two months, Jiang Changkong's cultivation transformed the sky into a great sun and then a white cloud as he advanced all eight martial arts.
• Jiang Changkong emerged from seclusion at Stellar Peak with nine Force Patterns, reflecting on his goal to become near-god within ten years.
• Jiang Changkong found Liangqiu Xuanyi and Feng Qixing, then carried them swiftly to an Immortal Palace stronghold in a valley.
• Jiang Changkong dispersed the stronghold's golden star array with a wave, prompting Feng Qixing to declare that he had reached the Star Path.

Jiang Changkong cleared out a stronghold and collected a huge haul of Star Crystals before Nether Dragon arrived, newly advanced to the Star Dao Realm. Nether Dragon revealed that a mysterious golden tablet had accelerated its growth, and Jiang Changkong left with an offer to use it when he needed to cultivate.

• Jiang Changkong erased the martial artists in the valley, then gathered nearly two hundred million Essence, Qi, and Spirit in Star Crystals with Liangqiu Xuanyi and Feng Qixing.
• Jiang Changkong found that the research materials covered the Lunar and Solar paths only up to the peak of the Star Dao Realm, with nothing on Star Saints or near-god beings.
• Nether Dragon arrived and revealed that it had entered the Star Dao Realm after devouring the Star Saint's corpse Jiang Changkong had given it.
• Nether Dragon explained that its Yellow Springs lineage had lost the Ghost Path inheritance and said it wanted to gather corpses with Jiang Changkong.
• Nether Dragon showed Jiang Changkong a golden tablet that accelerated transformation, Great Dao comprehension, and Dao condensation, and promised he could use it when entering seclusion.

Jiang Changkong finished processing the Star Crystals with Nether Dragon and Liangqiu Xuanyi, then encountered a Wind-and-Fire Lines battle against the Immortal Palace. He joined the fight and sent Nether Dragon charging in, targeting the Immortal Palace while ordering him to spare the other fighters.

• Jiang Changkong learned Nether Dragon needed corpses with Great Dao imprints, not ordinary Star Crystals, and heard about a powerful corpse inside a Near-God Treasure.
• Jiang Changkong and Liangqiu Xuanyi took the processed Star Crystals while Feng Qixing was denied any, then the group set out for another Immortal Palace stronghold.
• Star formations forced Jiang Changkong, Liangqiu Xuanyi, Feng Qixing, and Nether Dragon out of the world as a Wind-and-Fire Lines battle against the Immortal Palace unfolded nearby.
• Feng Qixing identified the Wind Line fighters and pleaded with Jiang Changkong to show mercy, while Nether Dragon prepared to devour the combatants.
• Jiang Changkong told Nether Dragon to avoid killing the fighters above and preserve their spatial equipment, then led his companions into the battlefield as Nether Dragon charged in his dragon form.

Jiang Changkong and the newly advanced Star Dao Realm Yellow Springs Nether Dragon destroyed an Immortal Palace stronghold and rescued members of the Wind and Fire Lines. After learning the stronghold had been tied to the deaths of their younger brothers, Jiang Changkong collected the Star Crystals while warning the Nether Dragon not to grow reckless.

• The Yellow Springs Nether Dragon broke through the stronghold’s defenses, defeated the Golden Crows, and overwhelmed the Immortal Palace forces while sparing the Wind and Fire Line members at Feng Qixing’s request.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi and Jiang Changkong joined Feng Qixing and the rescued group, and Feng Qixing introduced Feng Xueling, Feng Xiaoyue, Feng Hechuan, Feng Wen, Yan Hai, and Yan Mo.
• Feng Xiaoyue explained that the group had attacked after tracing their missing younger brother to the Immortal Palace, and Feng Qixing said Jiang Changkong had found their brother’s corpse at the stronghold.
• Jiang Changkong went down to collect the Star Crystals as the Nether Dragon digested the fallen martial artists and boasted about sweeping across the Void Realm.
• Jiang Changkong warned the Nether Dragon that the Immortal Palace had Star Dao Realm experts and resolved to teach it restraint.

Jiang Changkong completed the Three-Zhang Golden Body and Bright Moon Art with help from Nether Dragon’s golden stone slab, then joined the group in attacking another Immortal Palace stronghold. There, Nether Dragon faced a powerful Star Dao woman while Jiang Changkong moved to eliminate the remaining defenders.

• Nether Dragon lent Jiang Changkong a golden stone slab whose light rapidly strengthened his cultivation as he completed the Three-Zhang Golden Body and Bright Moon Art.
• After Jiang Changkong finished stabilizing his cultivation, he and Nether Dragon set out with Feng Qixing, Liangqiu Xuanyi, and Feng Xiaoyue for another Immortal Palace stronghold.
• Nether Dragon tore through the stronghold’s lunar Star Power barrier, but a middle-aged woman in white struck it with a sword and revealed herself as a Star Dao martial artist.
• Nether Dragon recognized the woman as someone who had bullied it and insisted on fighting her while Jiang Changkong sent the others back and headed toward the mountain to wipe out the remaining defenders.
• The middle-aged woman and Nether Dragon clashed with their Lunar Great Dao and corpse dao, shattering the void as Liangqiu Xuanyi and Feng Qixing watched from a safe distance.

Jiang Changkong infiltrated the lunar barrier, took over a female Star Dao expert’s body, and then arrived to help the Yellow Springs Nether Dragon. He overpowered the middle-aged woman and trapped her in the Six-Layer Palace, leaving her vulnerable to his next attack.

• Jiang Changkong entered the lunar barrier, searched and devoured one expert’s soul, then altered another expert’s lunar path and prepared her body as a spare vessel.
• The middle-aged woman wounded the Yellow Springs Nether Dragon, but the Nether Dragon revealed its dragon pearl and fought back before she healed herself with a top-grade potion.
• Jiang Changkong appeared between the combatants and used Taiji Unity to strike the middle-aged woman, shocking both her and the Nether Dragon with his strength.
• The middle-aged woman unleashed Holy Moon again, but Jiang Changkong sent her into a spatial rift and trapped her inside the Six-Layer Palace.
• Jiang Changkong poured the power of Taiji Unity into the Six-Layer Palace to attack the trapped woman.

Jiang Changkong defeated an Immortal Palace expert in the Soul Maze, gathered the spoils, and moved his group to a new stronghold after improving his strength. He left the Lunar Sword behind as bait for Jiang Changyue, who arrived to assess the stronghold.

• Jiang Changkong trapped the middle-aged woman in the Soul Maze, defeated her, and tried to search her soul before her Great Dao imprint destroyed it; he glimpsed the Research Palace headquarters among several mountain peaks.
• Jiang Changkong took the woman's corpse, Lunar Sword, and spatial equipment, then regrouped with the Nether Dragon, Liangqiu Xuanyi, Feng Xiaoyue, and Feng Qixing to process their Star Crystals.
• The group left the stronghold and found a new place to rest; the Nether Dragon recovered in seclusion while Jiang Changkong perfected the Taiji Yin-Yang Art.
• Jiang Changkong decided to raid another Immortal Palace stronghold cautiously and tossed the Lunar Sword aside as bait for Jiang Changyue.
• Jiang Changyue went ahead to assess the new stronghold while Jiang Changkong and the others stayed hidden.

Jiang Changyue infiltrated an Immortal Palace stronghold and helped Jiang Changkong and the Yellow Springs Nether Dragon attack it. Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon defeated a powerful Solar Great Dao martial artist in the six-layer maze, while their allies fought outside.

• Jiang Changyue posed as a survivor and told the stronghold martial artists that her lord had fallen to Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon.
• Jiang Changyue suddenly stabbed the young Solar Great Dao martial artist, and Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon tore through the lunar barrier and overwhelmed the defenders with Yellow Springs.
• Jiang Changkong dragged the young man into the six-layer maze, where his soul star array blocked the young man's attacks and gave Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon the advantage.
• Jiang Changyue, Feng Qixing, and Liangqiu Xuanyi fought the stronghold's defenders outside the maze.
• The Nether Dragon sacrificed its dragon pearl as Jiang Changkong and the dragon gravely wounded the young man, pinned him down, and left him unable to resist.
• Jiang Changkong searched the dying young man's soul, causing it to explode, and the Soul-Anchoring Tree absorbed the fragments.

After killing an Immortal Palace Star Dao martial artist, Jiang Changkong learned more about Star Dao and the Immortal Palace’s forces. With further attacks on the Immortal Palace too dangerous, he planned to target the Star Demons for resources and advance toward Star Dao.

• Jiang Changkong gave the defeated young man’s corpse to the Nether Dragon and learned that the Nether Dragon had borne only five percent of the Great Dao.
• Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon discussed their strength, and Jiang Changkong resolved to teach the dragon more about cultivation.
• Jiang Changkong left the Immortal Palace stronghold with Liangqiu Xuanyi, Feng Qixing, Feng Xiaoyue, and the Nether Dragon, then counted their Star Crystal gains.
• Jiang Changkong decided to stop attacking the Immortal Palace for now after Liangqiu Xuanyi warned that stronger opponents could arrive.
• Feng Qixing explained the Star Market and the Star Demons who ruled it, but Jiang Changkong chose to seek resources by killing Star Demons instead.

Jiang Changkong and Nether Dragon hunted Star Demons while traveling toward an Immortal Palace ruin, and Jiang Changkong completed two martial arts during a brief retreat. When Liangqiu Xuanyi revealed that her master could expose their location to the Immortal Palace, Jiang Changkong parted ways with her and the Feng siblings and continued toward the ruin with Nether Dragon.

• Jiang Changkong led Feng Qixing, Feng Xiaoyue, Liangqiu Xuanyi, and Nether Dragon southeast, killing Star Demons and gathering Star Crystals and Star Stones along the way.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi told Jiang Changkong that her master wanted him to destroy more Immortal Palace strongholds in exchange for Force Patterns and Lunar and Solar Star Power research materials, but Jiang Changkong refused.
• After ten days of hunting, Jiang Changkong secluded himself and completed Sacred Sun Art and Tyrant Saber, strengthening his power before the journey to the ruin.
• Feng Xiaoyue and Feng Qixing urged the group to abandon the ruin after Liangqiu Xuanyi warned that her master could reveal their location to the Immortal Palace.
• Jiang Changkong released Liangqiu Xuanyi and the Feng siblings, then returned to Nether Dragon and set off with it toward the ruin.

Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon secretly watched Lin Suyun prepare a grand array to open the ruins while rival Star Dao martial artists confronted the Immortal Palace. After the Heavenly Water Grand Array opened a portal, both groups entered, followed unseen by Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon.

• Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon hid near the mountain as Lin Suyun inscribed a star array and four Immortal Palace martial artists waited nearby.
• Liangqiu Xuanyi told Lin Suyun that Jiang Changkong had gone to the Star Market, while Jiang Changkong secretly heard their conversation through his soul power.
• Shui Qin and three Star Dao martial artists arrived, but agreed with the Immortal Palace group to postpone their conflict until after exploring the ruins.
• Lin Suyun and Shui Qin completed the Heavenly Water Grand Array, opening an azure vortex.
• Lin Suyun and the Immortal Palace martial artists entered the vortex, followed by Shui Qin and her companions, then Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon.

Jiang Changkong and Nether Dragon followed Shui Qin and three other Star Dao warriors through an ocean filled with powerful aquatic beasts. After the warriors discovered that the whales used Sea Clan techniques and might lead them to an inheritance, they pursued two fleeing whales as those creatures summoned reinforcements.

• Jiang Changkong and Nether Dragon found that the seawater was saturated with water Dao Rhythm and encountered a powerful Star Dao whale.
• They watched Shui Qin and three Starry Sky Remnants battle three whales, whose attacks revealed they knew Sea Clan martial techniques.
• Shui Qin suspected the ocean held a Sea Clan ruin, and the warriors killed one whale before the other two fled deeper into the sea.
• Jiang Changkong and Nether Dragon secretly followed the warriors, growing concerned as the water Dao Rhythm intensified.
• The two fleeing whales called for companions, and Jiang Changkong pulled Nether Dragon back while hoping the warriors could withstand what came next.

Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon followed Shui Qin’s group and Lin Suyun’s party to the Sea Clan Royal Palace, where Shui Qin guided them through its dangerous coral forest. The group was trapped when they tried to leave, and Jiang Changkong’s golden strike killed a green attacker, whose poisonous stench filled the water.

• Shui Qin used the Sea Clan Heavenly Sound to drive away the whales surrounding her group, and Jiang Changkong and the Nether Dragon followed them onward.
• Shui Qin found Lin Suyun and five companions, who revealed an azure pearl that raised the Sea Clan Royal Palace from the seabed.
• Shui Qin and Lin Suyun agreed to cooperate and entered the palace barrier together with their companions.
• Shui Qin traced a safe route through the coral forest with blue light, warning the others not to step off it.
• Lin Suyun tried to leave after the group gave no explanation about a passing shadow, but the floor shook and a green creature attacked.
• A golden flash split the creature in two, and its foul stench revealed that it was poisonous.