Chapter Summaries

Chu Yunhe arranged a life-and-death battle between himself and Jiang Changkong, recruiting a mid-stage Star Treasury fighter through Jin Feng and staking the quotas. Jiang Changkong accepted the match for five hundred low-grade Star Stones, while his companions suspected Jin Feng was behind Chu Yunhe’s confidence.

• Chu Yunhe visited the injured Chu Tianyun and Jin Feng, who demanded revenge on Jiang Changkong, and explained that the Chu Family could not act openly under Federation scrutiny.
• Chu Yunhe and Jin Feng arranged for Jin Feng’s contact, a mid-stage Star Treasury cultivator, to claim a Martial Arts Association quota and fight in Chu Yunhe’s place.
• Chu Yunhe challenged Jiang Changkong to a life-and-death battle and demanded that he stake his three quotas alongside the five quotas Chu Yunhe claimed.
• Jiang Changkong rejected Chu Yunhe’s claim to the five quotas, demanded five hundred fifth-rank high-grade Star Stones, and then agreed to fight for five hundred low-grade Star Stones at the martial arts school two mornings later.
• Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue warned that Chu Yunhe must have support, and Jiang Changkong suspected Jin Feng might have hired someone from Stability Province.

Jiang Changkong spent time at the Jade Light Chamber of Commerce with Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, and Yang Chengan before Nan Tianwang approached him to negotiate for Starlight Distortion Zone slots. Nan Tianwang revealed that a Sun Stone might be inside and offered his elder brother’s favor, but Jiang Changkong questioned whether that was worth more than Star Stones.

• Jiang Changkong learned from Jiang Haichuan that Jin Feng was unpopular and had few powerful connections.
• Jiang Changkong, Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, and Yang Chengan visited the Jade Light Chamber of Commerce, where the two senior sisters went to play games.
• Yang Chengan took Jiang Changkong to the Jade Light Tea House, but Nan Tianwang interrupted them and invited them to a private room.
• Nan Tianwang asked Jiang Changkong to sell him Starlight Distortion Zone slots, and Jiang Changkong refused.
• Nan Tianwang revealed that the zone’s extreme heat might signal the presence of a Sun Stone and offered his elder brother’s favor for more than three slots.
• Jiang Changkong said that human favors were worth less to him than Star Stones.

Jiang Changkong sold Nan Tianwang three Starlight Distortion Zone slots for one thousand fifth-grade lower-rank Star Stones, unaware that the slots were worth far more. After Yang Chengan explained the market prices, Jiang Changkong realized he had made a poor bargain, while Nan Tianwang celebrated the deal.

• Jiang Changkong negotiated with Nan Tianwang and agreed to sell him three slots for one thousand fifth-grade lower-rank Star Stones.
• Nan Tianwang paid immediately and hurried away before Jiang Changkong could reconsider the deal.
• Yang Chengan told Jiang Changkong that the slots were highly sought after and that he could have charged at least five hundred more Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong accepted that he had sold the slots cheaply and packed up the tea with Yang Chengan.
• Nan Tianwang laughed with a middle-aged man after learning that someone in Stability Province had offered one thousand fifth-grade upper-rank Star Stones for a single slot.

After raising his martial arts and Star Power, Jiang Changkong faced a life-and-death decisive battle against the Jiangshui City Martial Arts Association. When Chu Yunhe sent mid-stage Star Treasury expert Lin Jie to fight him, Jiang Changkong unleashed his power and declared he could slay a Star Treasury.

• Jiang Changkong used his Star Stones to upgrade all five martial arts, then put his remaining Essence, Qi, and Spirit into the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art.
• Jiang Changkong declined Pang Yun's challenge, spent the day with his senior sisters, and noticed many young experts had gathered in Jiangshui City.
• Jiang Changkong signed the life-and-death contract for the battle over the slots, despite Yu Beilin's warning that he could still back out.
• Chu Yunhe presented Lin Jie, a mid-stage Star Treasury expert, as the Jiangshui City Martial Arts Association's fighter, leaving Jiang Changkong's side unable to find a replacement in time.
• Jiang Changkong faced Lin Jie, released his full Star Power, and declared that he could slay a Star Treasury.

Jiang Changkong fought Lin Jie for the Sun Stone slot, using his perception and a feigned loss of strength to lure Lin Jie into a fatal strike. The two impaled each other, leaving Lin Jie with his heart pierced and Jiang Changkong wounded in the shoulder.

• Jiang Changkong and Lin Jie began their duel as Mu Jinhong ordered everyone to retreat.
• Jiang Changkong gained a slight advantage in their direct clashes, and Uncle Liu said it would be difficult to interfere with the result.
• Lin Jie switched to evasive attacks, but Jiang Changkong used the Taiji Diagram and his keen senses to counter him and wound him.
• Jiang Changkong pretended his secret technique was fading, spat blood, and let Lin Jie believe he had weakened.
• Lin Jie launched Boundless Sea, and Jiang Changkong let the sword pierce his right shoulder while driving his saber through Lin Jie's heart.

Jiang Changkong defeated Lin Jie and secured the five Starlight Distortion Zone slots, then recovered from his injuries and learned why Lin Jie had fought for Chu Yunhe. As the group prepared to celebrate, Jiang Changkong considered whether his strength would be enough to claim valuable rewards in the Zone.

• Jiang Changkong defeated Lin Jie, claimed his ring, and forced Chu Yunhe to pay the wager of five hundred fifth-tier lower-grade Star Stones.
• Uncle Liu told Nan Tianwang that Jiang Changkong had won by predicting Lin Jie's sword and avoiding vital points, and warned him not to provoke Jiang Changkong again.
• Jiang Changkong used the rewards to improve his martial arts, then stabilized his injuries while Ji Ziling and the others waited outside his room.
• Yu Beilin said Mu Jinhong planned to give Jiang Changkong a fifth-tier upper-grade saber, and boasted that Jiang Changkong's victory would bring him a major Federation reward.
• Jiang Haichuan explained that people from a major province had arranged Lin Jie's fight for Chu Yunhe, and Jiang Changkong reassured him that he was not to blame.
• Yu Beilin proposed a celebratory feast and chose Mu Jinhong to pay for it.

Jiang Changkong sold four Starlight Distortion Zone slots to visitors from outside Jianghai for fifth-tier mid-grade Star Stones. After warning him that the Lin Family might retaliate over Lin Jie’s death, Luo Yunchen left, and Jiang Changkong prepared to seek Sun Stones in the zone.

• Jiang Haibo delivered Jiang Changkong’s slots and asked to buy one, while five young men also sought entry to the Starlight Distortion Zone.
• Jiang Changkong confirmed that the two senior sisters, Yang Chengan, and Pang Yun would not enter, then revealed that he had already sold three slots to Nan Tianwang.
• Jiang Changkong auctioned his remaining four slots, receiving between 1,120 and 1,150 fifth-tier mid-grade Star Stones for each and settling payment on the spot.
• Jiang Changkong took four jade pendants and four stones from the box as the buyers divided the remaining items, and Jiang Haibo left disgruntled.
• Luo Yunchen warned Jiang Changkong that the Lin Family might pursue him over Lin Jie’s death, introduced himself as Nan Tianwang’s friend, and departed.
• Jiang Changkong counted his Star Stones and looked ahead to obtaining Sun Stones in the Starlight Distortion Zone.

Jiang Changkong upgraded his five martial arts and advanced to late Star Treasury, storing his power within five Star Gates. After celebrating with his companions and receiving a saber from Mu Jinhong, he joined Nan Tianwang and the other slot holders on the trip to the Starlight Distortion Zone.

• Jiang Changkong spent nine million Essence, Qi, and Spirit to upgrade his five martial arts, form his Star Treasury, and reach late Star Treasury.
• Jiang Changkong lamented the cost of further cultivation and resolved not to sell Sun Stone cheaply as he planned to profit from Nan Tianwang.
• Jiang Changkong celebrated with his companions, and Mu Jinhong gave him a fifth-grade high-grade saber before saying someone would take him to the Starlight Distortion Zone the next morning.
• Jiang Haibo led Jiang Changkong, Nan Tianwang, Luo Yunchen, and the other slot holders toward the zone in a military vehicle.
• Nan Tianwang offered to protect Jiang Changkong inside the zone, while Jiang Changkong declined his invitation to go to a major province afterward.

Jiang Changkong searched the Starlight Distortion Zone and found a powerful lunar sword tip hidden beneath a boulder. After taking it, he overheard others discussing the price they paid for entry and realized he had been cheated again.

• Jiang Changkong entered the Starlight Distortion Zone with Nan Tianwang, Luo Yunchen, and two middle-aged men, then split off to explore alone.
• Jiang Changkong followed his guiding stone into a smaller space, killed an early Star Gate Level Star Demon, and searched through the rocks.
• A sword aura erupted when Jiang Changkong destroyed a boulder, revealing a sword tip with a cold lunar aura.
• Jiang Changkong suppressed the sword tip with his Blazing Sun power, grabbed it, and stored it inside his clothes.
• Jiang Changkong overheard someone boast about buying a slot for far less than the price Jiang Changkong had paid, and realized he had been cheated again.

Jiang Changkong killed three men who tried to seize the sword qi, then perfected his Vajra Indestructible Divine Art while wandering through the distorted spaces. He found a drop of golden blood radiating blazing sun power and wondered whether it, like the Lunar Sword fragments, came from an ancient battle.

• Jiang Changkong killed the two young men and their middle-aged companion with Startling Swan Three Blades, then took their spatial artifacts and gained over two hundred thousand Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Jiang Changkong used his gains to raise the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art to perfection and continued searching through the spaces, finding no further treasures.
• Jiang Changkong tested the sword tip and found that it could pierce his perfected defenses, then put it away and entered another space.
• Jiang Changkong arrived in a scorching space where six people from Stability Province were gathered around a drop of golden blood that emitted intense heat.
• A second drop of golden blood merged with the first, and one middle-aged man took a young man and pursued its source while the others stayed behind.
• Jiang Changkong recognized the blood's blazing sun power and wondered whether it and the Lunar Sword fragments had been scattered in an ancient battle.

Jiang Changkong defeated Li Changtian and Ji Chengming to claim two drops of Blazing Sun Blood, then learned about the Sun Stone rumored to lie in the Starlight Distortion Zone. When a peak Star Treasury Star Demon arrived, he stepped forward to face it.

• Li Changtian and Ji Chengming challenged Jiang Changkong for the golden blood, but he shattered their sword strikes and claimed both drops.
• Jiang Changkong learned that he had sold entry spots far below their price in Stability Province, and Li Changtian explained that the golden blood was called Blazing Sun Blood.
• Li Changtian said explorers had found a Sun Stone in the zone, though no one knew where it had gone, and speculated that part of a terrifying creature’s corpse might remain there.
• A blazing sun crossed into the space, dropped two charred corpses, and revealed a Star Demon whose strength was at the peak of Star Treasury.
• Jiang Changkong stood between the Star Demon and the others, unleashed overwhelming Star Power, and told them to leave the fight to him.

Jiang Changkong defeated a powerful Star Demon that could rapidly heal, then obtained a Star Stone containing a martial art with potential to cultivate a Sun Divine Body. Li Changtian and Ji Chengming warned him to keep the treasure secret, then asked him to take them along to the Sun Stone’s location.

• Jiang Changkong’s Sunset Blade wounded the Star Demon, but its Sun Divine Body traits let it heal from the damage.
• After Li Changtian and Ji Chengming explained its fire resistance, Jiang Changkong used the Taiji Mystic Art to destroy the Star Demon.
• Jiang Changkong picked up a Star Stone containing the Mystic Sun Art, but said he would not learn it because he already had the Blazing Sun Art.
• Li Changtian warned Jiang Changkong that the Star Stone was a priceless treasure that could attract powerful enemies, and explained that they could not afford to buy it.
• Li Changtian and Ji Chengming asked Jiang Changkong to take them along to the Sun Stone’s location, believing he was the Nan Family’s trump card.

Jiang Changkong led Li Changtian, Ji Chengming, and two late Star Treasury cultivators into a vast sea of golden flames, where his Blazing Sun Star Power let him withstand the heat and heal. After separating from the others, he discovered that the Lunar Sword tip resonated with a silver-white frozen region and flew ahead, so he pursued it.

• Jiang Changkong claimed he had just broken through to Star Treasury peak and led the group into a golden sea of flames.
• The group encountered a mid-Star Treasury Star Demon that healed with the flames, and Jiang Changkong destroyed it with a Taiji Diagram.
• As the flames turned cool, Jiang Changkong suspected Lunar power and separated from the others to test the sword tip.
• The sword tip triggered a burst of freezing cold before Jiang Changkong sealed it away and continued alone.
• Jiang Changkong reached a silver-white ice region, defeated an early Star Gate Star Demon, and watched the sword tip fly ahead.
• Jiang Changkong pursued the sword tip inside a Taiji Diagram as his Blazing Sun Star Power transformed into Taiji Qi.

Jiang Changkong entered a frozen chamber behind a golden barrier and discovered corpses, a broken stone stele, and a vast reserve of Essence, Qi, and Spirit. By studying the stele’s diagrams, he learned the Cold Moon Art and gained lunar yin Star Power, preparing to test whether it could help him withstand the chamber’s lethal chill.

• Jiang Changkong used blazing sun Star Power to open the golden barrier, but the lunar yin chill inside froze his feet and forced him to retreat.
• Jiang Changkong discovered seven frozen human and Star Demon corpses surrounding a broken stone stele, then saw that each corpse contained 100,000 Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Jiang Changkong rushed inside under the protection of his Taiji Diagram, extracted Essence, Qi, and Spirit from a Star Demon corpse, and upgraded the Taiji Mystic Art, which made the stele’s diagrams clearer.
• Jiang Changkong repeatedly entered the chamber to study the diagrams until he memorized them all and identified the resulting martial art as the mid-tier, mid-grade Cold Moon Art.
• Jiang Changkong spent 90,000 Essence, Qi, and Spirit to raise the Cold Moon Art to Major Mastery, opened a silver-white Star Gate, and formed a gold-and-silver Taiji Diagram with his lunar yin and solar yang Star Power.

Jiang Changkong upgraded his Cold Moon Art, then tried to take the Lunar Stele and was blasted into a flame region, where he learned that Nan Tianwang was fighting over a Blazing Sun Stele and Sun Stone. The chapter left Jiang Changkong arriving at the battle and deciding that the treasures belonged to him.

• Jiang Changkong mastered the Cold Moon Art enough to withstand the icy region and extracted six hundred thousand Essence, Qi, and Spirit from a frozen corpse.
• Jiang Changkong tried to take the Lunar Stele, but it unleashed a blast that shattered the barrier and sent him through space into a flame region.
• Jiang Changkong reunited with Li Changtian and his attendant, then learned that Luo Yunchen and his guardian had also fallen into the region.
• Li Changtian told Jiang Changkong that a Sun Stone and a broken Blazing Sun Stele had appeared, and that Nan Tianwang was fighting others over them.
• Jiang Changkong reached the battle as Nan Tianwang and the other martial artists fought over the treasures.

Jiang Changkong entered the battle over the Blazing Sun Star Stele and Sun Stones, killing two opponents and forcing the others to submit. After Nan Tianwang claimed the treasures in the name of brotherhood, Jiang Changkong took control of them and left Nan Tianwang afraid to resist.

• Jiang Changkong arrived as Nan Tianwang and the others fought over the Star Stele, while the crowd mocked his strength.
• Jiang Changkong killed a young cultivator with the Taiji Diagram and beheaded the young man's late-stage Star Treasury guardian.
• Nan Tianwang claimed the Star Stele and Sun Stones, but Jiang Changkong objected and declared the treasures his; Li Changtian and the others switched their support to Jiang Changkong.
• Nan Tianwang handed Jiang Changkong the Sun Stone, and Jiang Changkong struck down a challenger and his guardian with Sunset, severely injuring nearby opponents.
• Nan Tianwang agreed that everyone should rely on their own ability and backed down as Jiang Changkong stood in control of the treasures.

Jiang Changkong cleared the Star Demons, then made Nan Tianwang and the others pay Star Stones and surrender supplies in exchange for copying the Star Stele. After everyone copied the Mystic Sun Art and the Lunar Star Stele, Jiang Changkong left with Li Changtian and Ji Chengming, admitting he could not take either stele.

• Jiang Changkong defeated the Star Demons and stopped Nan Tianwang and the others from leaving, then demanded Star Stones in exchange for access to the Star Stele.
• Nan Tianwang and the others handed over their Star Stones, weapons, and potions, and copied the Star Stele’s Mystic Sun Art onto their clothes.
• Jiang Changkong collected the spatial equipment of the four people he had killed and led the group to the Lunar Star Stele, where they copied it too.
• Jiang Changkong left with Li Changtian and Ji Chengming, explaining that he had offered access to the steles because he could not move them.

After returning from the distorted land, Jiang Changkong and the others reported a star stele to Jiang Haibo and discussed why high-tier Star Stones were being stockpiled. Back at the hotel, Jiang Changkong counted his loot and used his accumulated Essence, Qi, and Spirit to strengthen his martial arts, leaving himself poised to improve his Vajra Indestructible Divine Art further.

• Jiang Changkong and the four others emerged from the distorted land, where the stones had settled around a gold-and-silver vortex, and told Jiang Haibo that people were fighting over a star stele inside.
• Jiang Haibo praised the group for their supposed effort to preserve the stele and arranged for them to return to Jiangshui City.
• At the hotel, Jiang Changkong asked Li Changtian and Ji Chengming about high-tier Star Stones and learned that Star Crystals aided cultivation and that the Federation and major factions stockpiled stones to support efforts to explore space.
• Jiang Changkong counted the Star Stones he had looted and raised his Essence, Qi, and Spirit total to over two million.
• Jiang Changkong upgraded five martial arts to their peaks, then spent his remaining Essence, Qi, and Spirit on the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art.

Jiang Changkong went to the Starlight Distortion Zone after learning that relatives of those who entered it were attacking the entrance and threatening his friends. He arrived as his enemies prepared to confront him.

• Jiang Changkong considered where to sell his loot, then went to sleep.
• Jiang Haibo called Jiang Changkong about an order to guard the Star Stele entrance, then secretly warned him that four early-stage Star Spirits were present and told him not to come.
• Jiang Changkong left the city despite Li Changtian's warning and rushed toward the Starlight Distortion Zone.
• A middle-aged man defeated Jiang Haishan and, with a middle-aged woman, shattered the golden barrier; the woman entered the zone to collect the Star Stele.
• Jiang Changkong arrived and challenged the group, whose members declared they wanted him dead.

Jiang Changkong confronted the martial artists gathered outside the Star Monument and crushed their resistance with a devastating blade attack. He forced the survivors to surrender their belongings and line up to be searched.

• Nan Tianwang distanced himself from the crowd, while Jiang Changkong asked Jiang Haibo whether the intruders counted as trespassers to be killed.
• A Star Treasury martial artist charged Jiang Changkong, and Jiang Changkong killed him with one sweep of his blade.
• Jiang Changkong used One Blade, Sunset to batter the gathered martial artists, then shattered his blade to overwhelm two Star Spirit experts.
• The wounded Star Spirits surrendered their claim to the Star Monument, but Jiang Changkong demanded their Star Stones, weapons, and potions as well.
• Jiang Changkong searched the martial artists one by one and told them to line up, while Jiang Haibo and Jiang Haishan watched in shock.