Chapter Summaries

Abaddon, the Void Emperor, emerged from a rift with the Abyss Legion and attacked Lin Ye and the Galactic Alliance Fleet. Lin Ye's defenses failed against Abaddon's power, leaving him badly overwhelmed as the battle continued.

• A rift opened in space, and Vega's Alpha Consciousness identified the approaching ruler as the true Void Emperor.
• Abaddon emerged, summoned tens of thousands of Abyss Legion warships, and erased Karax for failing to defeat the Milky Way's forces.
• Lin Ye challenged Abaddon, but the Void Emperor's first attack blasted him tens of thousands of kilometers backward.
• The Abyss Legion fired planet-destroying beams at Lin Ye and the Galactic Alliance Fleet, and the Sun unleashed a solar flare that combined with Lin Ye's sword to block the barrage.
• Abaddon struck Lin Ye with a Void Slash that tore through his barrier and sent him crashing through three asteroids.

Lin Ye and his allies faced Abaddon, who mortally wounded Ace and shattered the Galactic Sword. As the Star Guardians arrived, they told Lin Ye he must gather the Twelve Zodiac Marks to awaken his true Cosmic Guardian power and oppose the Void Origin.

• Ace blocked Abaddon's attack to protect Lin Ye, took a blade through the chest, and fell unconscious with his fate unknown.
• Lin Ye fought Abaddon in rage, but Abaddon overwhelmed him and cracked the Galactic Sword until it snapped in two.
• The Galactic Alliance Fleet and the planets lost hope as Abaddon prepared to deliver a final blow to Lin Ye.
• A faint light of friendship gathered in the broken sword, and an ancient bell summoned three Star Guardians through a golden portal.
• The leading Star Guardian stabilized the broken sword and explained that Lin Ye needed to gather the twelve Zodiac Marks scattered across different galaxies to become a true Cosmic Guardian.

The Star Guardians sealed Abaddon temporarily and sent Lin Ye to seek the Constellation Marks, beginning with a mark in the Andromeda Galaxy. Lin Ye departed in the Star Shuttle with Luffy and Zoro, leaving Ace in their care as the battle continued behind them.

• The Star Guardians trapped Abaddon with Zodiac Chains and gave Lin Ye a Starlight Crystal, telling him to find the Constellation Marks before the seal failed.
• Lin Ye agreed to travel with Luffy and Zoro, while the Star Guardians promised to care for the unconscious Ace.
• The Star Guardians gave Lin Ye a Cosmic Star Map and a Star Shuttle, warning him that each mark required a trial and that Void Empire forces might attack.
• Lin Ye said goodbye to Ace, his friends, the planets, and the Star Guardians, then left the Solar System through a wormhole.

Lin Ye traveled to the Flame Domain in the Andromeda Galaxy and defeated Aries to claim the first constellation mark, awakening the Universal Guardian Will. He set out for the Large Magellanic Cloud to seek the Taurus mark.

• Lin Ye reached the Flame Domain and endured its extreme heat to approach the burning planet where Aries guarded the mark.
• Aries attacked Lin Ye, whose broken Galactic Sword and Galactic Will were overwhelmed by the guardian’s power.
• Remembering Ace and the people he needed to protect, Lin Ye awakened the Universal Guardian Will and defeated Aries.
• Aries gave Lin Ye the Aries mark, warned him about the eleven remaining marks and the Void Empire, and Lin Ye absorbed the mark as his sword was partially repaired.
• Lin Ye set his next destination as the Taurus mark in the Large Magellanic Cloud and arrived there after several days of jumps.

Lin Ye endured Taurus's seven-day trial of despair and won the Taurus mark, then traveled to the Gemini Starfield to face a perfect replica of himself. Their first sword attacks collided with equal force, leaving the Gemini trial unresolved.

• Lin Ye overcame illusions of the Solar System's destruction, his friends' deaths, and the universe's end, continuing through seven days and nights of torment.
• Taurus awarded Lin Ye the Taurus mark and warned that the Void Legion had found several Constellation Marks and could block him from obtaining them.
• Lin Ye learned his next target was the Gemini mark, traveled to the Gemini Starfield, and discovered its paired, mirror-like worlds.
• A replica of Lin Ye appeared and declared that he had to defeat himself to earn the Gemini mark.
• Lin Ye and the replica exchanged Galactic Flash attacks, and their sword strikes clashed with equal power.

Lin Ye faced and defeated his perfect replica in Castor’s Gemini Trial by drawing on the bonds he shared with his companions. He won the Gemini Mark and realized he needed to forge a new path beyond the techniques he had shared with his replica.

• Castor appeared and declared that only one of Lin Ye and his replica could survive the Gemini Trial.
• Lin Ye’s replica overwhelmed him with the complete Galactic Sword and forbidden techniques, leaving Lin Ye’s weapon nearly destroyed.
• Remembering Ace’s sacrifice and his bonds with Luffy, Zoro, and others, Lin Ye awakened Bondlight: Companion Sword through the broken sword’s hilt.
• Lin Ye’s Bondlight overwhelmed the replica, which vanished along with the complete Galactic Sword.
• Castor awarded Lin Ye the Gemini Mark, his third constellation mark, and Lin Ye resolved to forge a new path.

Lin Ye defeated his perfect duplicate by fusing the Aries and Taurus powers into a new Star Swordsmanship, then earned the Gemini mark. Castor warned him that the Void Empire had occupied the Cancer Starfield, and Lin Ye set out to help its struggling guardian.

• Lin Ye fused the Aries and Taurus powers into his own fighting style and wounded his duplicate with Star Swordsmanship: First Form—Blazing Fire, Solid Rock!
• Lin Ye defeated the duplicate with Star Swordsmanship: Second Form—Flame-Rock Explosion, and the duplicate acknowledged that Lin Ye had surpassed it before disappearing with the Galactic Sword.
• Castor praised Lin Ye for creating a new path and gave him the Gemini mark, which strengthened his Star Swordsmanship and began reshaping his broken sword hilt.
• Castor told Lin Ye that the Void Empire had occupied the Cancer Starfield and that Kanser was struggling against Void Energy.
• Lin Ye decided to leave for Cancer immediately, and Castor handed him a crystal.

Lin Ye left Gemini Starfield for Cancer Starfield, but Azazel and a massive Void Legion fleet intercepted him. After Azazel overwhelmed him with reality-erasing attacks, Lin Ye was trapped inside an expanding field of annihilation.

• Lin Ye accepted Gemini's Guardian Crystal from Castor and departed for Cancer Starfield, feeling the combined strength of his three Constellation Marks.
• An approaching fleet of 3,200 Void warships revealed Azazel, the Void Emperor's General of Destruction, who ordered his forces to fire on Lin Ye's shuttle.
• Lin Ye abandoned the shuttle and used Three Elements Unity to destroy dozens of warships, but Azazel struck him with Void Annihilation and seriously wounded him.
• Lin Ye used Streamlight Evasion to dodge Azazel's attacks, but Azazel activated Area Annihilation and trapped him in collapsing space.

Lin Ye was saved from Azazel by Drax, Alyia, and the Constellation Alliance, then joined Drax in attacking the General of Destruction. Azazel summoned a Void Black Hole, leaving the allied forces in immediate danger.

• Lin Ye used Gemini Clone to attack Azazel from behind, but Azazel blocked him and sent him flying before preparing a final strike.
• A golden divine dragon appeared and crushed Azazel's Void Annihilation attack, giving Lin Ye a chance to survive.
• Drax arrived with the Orion Mechanical Legion, and Alyia led the Ice Crystal Fleet as the Constellation Alliance joined the battle.
• Drax told Lin Ye that Ace was seriously injured, provoking Lin Ye to destroy a Void Warship with a powerful Rage Blade.
• Lin Ye and Drax attacked Azazel together, but Azazel's Area Sweep overwhelmed their attacks.
• Azazel summoned an artificial Void Black Hole, and Drax ordered everyone to retreat.

Drax sacrificed himself to seal Azazel's Void Black Hole, and Lin Ye's grief drove him into a reckless rage that left him bound and vulnerable. Alyia took Azazel's fatal strike to protect Lin Ye, urged him to master his emotions, and left him a Frost Crystal as her final gift.

• Drax overloaded the Mechanical War God's core and destroyed the Void Black Hole, dying in the explosion.
• Grief and rage empowered Lin Ye, but his chaotic attacks let Azazel bind him with Void Chains.
• Azazel raised the Annihilation Blade to kill Lin Ye, and Alyia shielded him, taking the blade through her chest.
• Alyia urged Lin Ye not to let rage cloud his mind, then transformed into ice crystals and left him a Frost Crystal containing the power of pure Frost Law.

Lin Ye overcame his doubts by combining Alyia’s frost with his Constellation Marks and challenged Azazel with Icefire Twin Blades. Ace awakened with dangerous Void Flame and joined the battle, vowing to avenge Drax and Alyia before his power consumed him.

• Lin Ye heard Alyia’s message through the Frost Crystal, regained his resolve, and fused its power with his Constellation Marks and broken sword.
• Lin Ye attacked Azazel with Astral Swordsmanship: Icefire Twin Blades, combining the powers of Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Alyia’s frost.
• Ace appeared with blackish-purple flames and explained that Abaddon’s Void Energy had given him the power to control Void Flame, but threatened to consume him within three hours.
• Ace told Lin Ye he had risked the transformation to help protect his friends and the universe.
• Azazel invited Ace to join the Void Empire after sensing the Void Emperor’s mark within him, but Ace refused and vowed to avenge Drax and Alyia.
• Ace unleashed Void Hellfire: Infernal Flames against Azazel.

Ace and Lin Ye fought Azazel with their strongest attacks, but Azazel survived and summoned a vastly larger Void fleet. As the battle overwhelmed the Leo Star Sector and Ace’s remaining time dwindled, Lin Ye watched Frost Fleet soldiers die protecting him and blamed himself.

• Ace unleashed Void Karmic Fire, wounded Azazel, and warned Lin Ye to kill him if the Void eventually consumed him.
• Azazel burned his core energy to unleash Final Chapter of Extinction, but Lin Ye and Ace countered with Icefire Twin Blades and Purgatory Annihilation, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Azazel summoned emergency reinforcements, and countless Void Warships poured through portals into the Leo Star Sector.
• Lin Ye and Ace attacked the fleet together, destroying many ships, while Frost Fleet soldiers fought desperately to protect Lin Ye.
• Ace told Lin Ye he could not hold on much longer as the fleet’s numbers overwhelmed them, and Lin Ye felt guilty watching the Frost Fleet soldiers die.

Lin Ye and Ace defeated the Void general Azazel, but Ace’s Void corruption worsened until he begged Lin Ye to kill him if he lost control. Lin Ye refused to give up on saving his friend, leaving him torn between Ace’s life and the safety of everyone else.

• Ace’s Void Energy corruption spread, and Lin Ye helped him resist the Void Consciousness as they fought Azazel.
• Ace unleashed unstable Void Karmic Fire, melting Azazel’s armor and destroying his Annihilation Blade.
• Lin Ye struck Azazel through the chest with Astral Swordsmanship: Icefire Twin Blades, and Azazel died after calling for the Void Emperor.
• Azazel’s dying plea awakened the Void Emperor, who locked onto Lin Ye’s location and vowed to act personally.
• Ace’s body and mind succumbed further to the Void, and he begged Lin Ye to kill him if he became a monster.
• Lin Ye refused to abandon Ace, but Ace warned that letting him turn could endanger Luffy, Usopp, and everyone else.

As Void Energy rapidly corrupted Ace, he confessed his deep friendship with Lin Ye and gave him his untainted Flame Essence. Fearing he would lose control and hurt Lin Ye, Ace forced him away and disappeared into the Void, while Lin Ye resolved not to abandon him.

• Ace asked Lin Ye to kill him if the Void Energy made him lose control, but Lin Ye refused and searched for another cure.
• Ace told Lin Ye the corrosion was irreversible and confessed how much their friendship and years of fighting together meant to him.
• As Ace transformed under the Void Energy, he extracted his pure Flame Essence and gave it to Lin Ye as a final gift.
• Ace shoved Lin Ye hundreds of meters away and walked into the darkness, telling him not to follow and to remember their friendship.
• Lin Ye wiped away his tears, gripped Ace's Flame Essence, and refused to abandon his friend.

Lin Ye confronted Void Ace after the Void Consciousness consumed Ace’s humanity, but refused to strike back until Void Ace began killing survivors. Lin Ye resolved to stop the monster and fought him with his sword, leaving their battle raging as their attacks clashed.

• Lin Ye found Ace transformed into a three-meter-tall monster controlled by the Void Consciousness, and Ace attacked him with Void Hellfire.
• Lin Ye tried to reach Ace and defend himself, but Void Ace wounded him and ignored his pleas.
• Void Ace attacked the Ice Crystal Fleet survivors, killing over a dozen warriors and then targeting other fleeing civilians.
• Lin Ye realized Ace’s consciousness was gone and decided he had to stop the monster to protect innocent lives.
• Lin Ye raised his broken sword and faced Void Ace’s Ultimate Destruction attack with his own swordsmanship.
• Lin Ye and Void Ace clashed with Astral Swordsmanship: Icefire Twin Blades and the Void Karmic Fire, but the flames overwhelmed the battlefield.

Lin Ye fought Void Ace until he realized Ace was still resisting the Void Will, then used their shared memories to help him regain control. Ace gave Lin Ye his pure Flame Essence and asked him to strike, leaving Lin Ye with the Purifying Flame as he mourned another lost companion.

• Lin Ye noticed that Ace briefly regained clarity during his attacks and called out to him with memories of their friendship and promises.
• Ace briefly regained control, then transferred his untouched Flame Essence to Lin Ye to help purify the Void.
• As the Void Will began to take over again, Ace exposed his chest and asked Lin Ye to free him.
• Lin Ye used Stellar Swordsmanship: Purification Light to pierce Ace, who dissolved into golden-red motes and awakened the Purifying Flame within Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye grieved over Ace’s death and blamed himself for losing him, Drax, and Alyia.

After losing Ace, Drax, and Alyia, Lin Ye gathered their relics and vowed to avenge them before fleeing the arriving Void Legion. He reached the Leo Star Sector and found its planet lifeless, the Leo Guardian dead, and the Leo mark missing, then ordered a search for further clues.

• Lin Ye recovered Drax's armor plate, Alyia's crown, and Ace's cloak, and swore to avenge his fallen comrades and stop the Void Empire.
• Lin Ye escaped aboard the Star Shuttle as the Void Legion arrived, and discovered that Ace's Purifying Flame had fused with the powers of the four Marks within him.
• Lin Ye traveled to the Leo Star Sector and found its core planet poisoned by Void Energy and devoid of life.
• Lin Ye searched the ruined Golden Palace and found the dead Leo Guardian, whose chest had been pierced by what appeared to be a Void Weapon.
• Lin Ye searched the palace for the Leo mark but found it missing, then ordered the AI to scan nearby star sectors for clues.

Lin Ye was rescued from a Void Empire ambush on Leo by Seraphina, Guardian of Virgo, who revealed that the Empire had killed five Guardians and collected their Constellation Marks. On a hidden asteroid, Seraphina told Lin Ye that the surviving Guardians had formed a secret Alliance, but she suspected there was a traitor among them.

• Hundreds of Void Elites ambushed Lin Ye in the Golden Palace ruins, and their attacks overwhelmed his defenses.
• Seraphina arrived and destroyed the Void Elites, including their fused Void Giant, with her purification arrows.
• Seraphina told Lin Ye that five Guardians—Ares, Tauros, Conser, Scorpio, and Leo—had been killed and that the Void Empire had taken their marks.
• Lin Ye learned that the Empire held five marks and that three more remained unaccounted for, in addition to his four.
• Seraphina took Lin Ye to a hidden asteroid and revealed that the remaining Guardians had formed a secret Alliance, where she suspected a traitor was hiding.

Lin Ye arrived at the Constellation Alliance’s hidden Star Fortress and met its leader, Asteria, and the surviving Guardians. Asteria revealed that the Void Empire sought to gather all twelve Constellation Marks and release the Chaos Void, leaving Lin Ye responsible for helping stop the seal from being broken.

• Seraphina told Lin Ye that the Void Empire could locate Guardians and intended to collect the Twelve Zodiac Marks to lift the seal of the Destroyer God.
• Seraphina brought Lin Ye to the Star Fortress, the Constellation Alliance’s concealed base, where Apollo welcomed them.
• Lin Ye met the Alliance’s Guardians, including Luna, who had inherited Cancer’s power after Conser’s death, and Asteria, the Alliance leader.
• Asteria explained that the ancient Guardians had used the Zodiac Marks Sealing Array to imprison the Chaos Void, which could devour matter, energy, life, time, and space.
• Asteria revealed that the Void Emperor planned to release the Chaos Void and reshape the universe into a realm of darkness, so the Alliance had to prevent him from collecting all twelve Marks.

The Void Fleet attacked Star Fortress, where Lin Ye awakened the Star Sword’s full power and the Pisces brothers’ betrayal was exposed. After the survivors escaped the collapsing fortress, the legendary Star Mothership rescued them, and its guardian Orpheus welcomed them aboard.

• Asteria prepared Star Fortress for battle as the Void Fleet’s attacks rapidly weakened its defensive barrier.
• The elder Pisces Guardian revealed that he had willingly joined the Void Empire, and he fought his younger brother after becoming Voidified.
• Lin Ye’s constellation marks resonated with Ace’s Purifying Flame, awakening the Star Sword and letting him destroy more than a dozen Void Warships with one strike.
• Asteria ordered an evacuation, but the elder Pisces Guardian sent the route to the Void Fleet, and the brothers fell into the Void while fighting.
• A Void Interception Fleet blocked the evacuation shuttle until the Star Mothership arrived, attacked the Void Fleet, and helped the survivors escape.
• Orpheus, guardian of the Star Mothership, greeted Asteria and Lin Ye and revealed that he had been waiting for the right moment to appear.