Yuan Tian

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yuan Tian (袁天)
Alias(es)	Green Willow; Star; Star Emperor / Star Lord
Species/Race	Creation-grade Innate Green Willow Spirit Root; a top-tier Innate God and Devil
Gender	Male
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; Star Emperor; leader of the Star Clan; formation master; artifact refiner; alchemist; disciple of Daoist Hongjun
Status	Alive; a Quasi-Sage and Star Emperor. He has defeated Po Hun, retaliated against the Qilin Clan, acquired the Fourteenth-Rank Azure Lotus, and remains targeted by the Dragon Clan and Luohou. 119 159 227 255
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Golden Immortal	6	Completed the first two revolutions of the Ninefold Soul-Origin Mystic Art over 13 million years.
Primordial Unity True Immortal	6	Advanced after a further 30 million years; gained the qualification to cultivate divine abilities.
Primordial Unity Golden Immortal	8	Reached the third turn during prolonged cultivation; unconsciously cultivated the Time and Spatial Laws.
Zenith Heaven Loose Immortal	8	Reached the fourth turn after 1.8 billion years of cultivation; prepared for the Transformation Tribulation.
Zenith Heaven True Immortal	9	Passed the Nine-Nine Great Heavenly Tribulation and successfully took human form.
Rank Six Soul	48	His soul cultivation reached the highest known current rank, comparable to an ordinary Quasi-Sage’s soul strength.
Daluo Golden Immortal	66	Broke through while enduring the Thunderclap Sky Veil and Mount Buzhou's pressure.
Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Grand Perfection	70	Reached Grand Perfection upon arriving at Mount Buzhou's summit and obtaining the Twelve Star Beads.
Quasi-Sage / Primordial Loose Immortal	119 120	Derived and cultivated the fifth turn of his art over two million years, attaining Quasi-Sage strength without using the Corpse-Severing Dao. His immense mana and divine abilities allow him to contend with veteran Quasi-Sages.

Background

Yuan Tian was an orphan on Earth, raised by an elderly couple who left him a substantial inheritance after their deaths. He received martial-arts instruction in childhood, became a super-first-rate expert in the era of declining Dharma, and lived largely as a shut-in devoted to training. 1

While cultivating, he was struck by a book that emerged from a black hole. The incident awakened memories from nine prior lives, each of which had belonged to a top-tier expert from the Primordial Wilderness or later Cultivation World. 2

Several remembered lives shaped his present path:

• First life — An early Human Clan member who reached peak Daluo Golden Immortal in under ten thousand years. A formation genius, he studied the Twelve Heavenly Gods Baleful Formation and All-Heavens Star Formation during the Witch-Demon War before dying alongside thirty-six Demon Sages. 2
• Second life — A witch-human who awakened Witch Clan bloodline, cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, attained a Great Witch body, and died amid Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor’s conflict. 2
• Third life — A Human Clan cultivator who obtained the Mystic Sect’s Nine Revolutions Origin Technique, attained the Dao Fruit of a Daluo Golden Immortal, and died in the Investiture of the Gods War. 2
• Fourth life — A Demon Clan cultivator who mastered the Heavenly Demon Immortality Art and Demon Emperor Immortality Art, becoming a Demon Sage and Daluo Golden Immortal. He killed eighteen Buddhist experts before the Buddhist Sect escalated against him. 2
• Ninth life — Simultaneously cultivated Dao, Demon, and Buddhist techniques. His ninth division of the Primordial Spirit forced a mutated hundredfold tenth-level Loose Immortal Tribulation, leaving only a wisp of his soul preserved by the Great Dao Secret Record. 2

His current life began when he was reborn roughly ten thousand years after the creation of heaven and earth as Green Willow, one of the Ten Innate Spirit Roots. Unable to move before transformation, he devoted himself to creating a cultivation method capable of letting him take human form. 3 5

Yuan Tian spent one million years creating the initial four turns of the Ninefold Soul-Origin Mystic Art. After surviving his transformation tribulation, he converted his original Green Willow body into three life-bound Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures, preserving both his true form and his human existence. 5 9 10 11

After spending extensive time on Mount Buzhou, Yuan Tian discovered the Thirty-Six Heavens, the Twelve Star Beads, several Innate Spirit Roots, and the True Thunder Source. His later establishment of the Chaos Star Formation in the void increased the Primordial Wilderness’s spiritual energy and led to his recognition as Star Emperor. 68 70 103 111

Yuan Tian later accepted Daoist Hongjun as his master. Hongjun’s lectures and guidance helped him understand the Corpse-Severing Dao, the cause of his cultivation bottleneck, and the importance of using the Chaos Star Formation to increase the Primordial Wilderness’s spiritual energy. 98 100 102

Appearance

Yuan Tian normally appears in human form and is described as approximately 1.8 meters tall. He can expand his body to one hundred thousand zhang when employing the Eternal Imperishable Body. 38

• His original body was a million-zhang Innate Green Willow before transformation. 8
• His celebration cloud can display the Xuanchen Cauldron, Great Dao Secret Record, Chaos Star Chart, and Golden Dragon Scissors. 35
• His enlarged divine body possesses immense physical strength and can produce explosive shockwaves with casual movements. 38
• By the Quasi-Sage realm, his physical body had become comparable to a Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. 121

Personality

Yuan Tian is intensely curious, especially about formations, cultivation methods, and unfamiliar techniques. His first life died studying great formations on a battlefield, and in his current life he repeatedly studies formations in depth rather than settling for a superficial understanding. 2 12 13

He values practical strength over rhetoric or schemes. Aware that inherited memories did not give him genuine combat experience, he deliberately sought battle with the Dragon Clan to temper his instincts and physical body. 17 20

Despite his aggression in battle, Yuan Tian is careful with territory and companions. He established powerful formations around Penglai Island and later built a concealed, defended cultivation site for Pang Heng before departing alone. 15 25 26

He is also patient in craftsmanship but exceptionally possessive of useful resources. He spends centuries or millennia refining treasures and pills, while gathering spirit herbs, roots, stones, and enemy spoils with the aim of building his own strength and future influence. 23 28 30 34

As Star Emperor, Yuan Tian became more willing to build and train a force rather than depend only on himself. He promoted the Star Lords, equipped them to defend Star Heaven, and used captured Qilin Clan members to give the inexperienced Star Clan genuine battle experience. 145 146 150

Yuan Tian struggles to openly express affection and often conceals concern behind teasing, provocation, or harsh lectures. This tendency is apparent in his treatment of Pang Heng and his two willow children, whom he protects while rarely expressing his feelings directly. 149 251 252

Although cautious against stronger opponents, he is highly vindictive when his opportunities or allies are threatened. Lin Tian’s interruption of his rare enlightenment forged an irreconcilable enmity, while the Dragon Clan’s repeated pursuit led him to confront their forces directly. 160 229

Abilities & Skills

Ninefold Soul-Origin Mystic Art

A supreme cultivation art personally created by Yuan Tian from the accumulated methods and experience of ten lives. It cultivates the soul, Primordial Spirit, and physical body simultaneously.

• Requires the bloodline of a Creation-grade Innate Green Willow Spirit Root; Yuan Tian is presently its only known cultivator. 6
• Its first four turns can reach the Great Luo Realm; Yuan Tian has only partially deduced the fifth turn. 5
• Requires roughly one hundred times the mana of ordinary cultivation methods at the same realm. 6
• Grants Yuan Tian vastly greater and purer mana than cultivators at the same stage. 6
• Includes methods for divine abilities and body tempering. 6 20
• Its soul-cultivation component protected Yuan Tian from the soul-damaging effects of the Po Hun Saber. 39
• Yuan Tian later completed the fifth turn through deduction informed by his accumulated techniques and Hongjun’s teachings, allowing him to enter the Quasi-Sage realm. Later chapters also refer to the evolved art as the Nine-Turn Primordial Unity Profound Art. 98 119
• The art’s extreme spiritual-energy consumption also grants Yuan Tian mana replenishment and injury recovery speeds far exceeding those of cultivators at the same realm. 252

Eternal Imperishable Body

The divine body produced through the physical-cultivation aspect of the Ninefold Soul-Origin Mystic Art.

• Reached Lesser Accomplishment after nearly two billion years of tempering. 20
• Its durability is comparable to a Mid-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure and to the Heavenly Dao Dharma Body. 20
• Can be enlarged to one hundred thousand zhang for direct combat. 38
• Can be injured only by an opponent of comparable cultivation wielding at least a Mid-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, or a specialized body-harming weapon. 20
• Mount Buzhou’s pressure and the Thunderclap Sky Veil tempered his body from the intermediate to the peak level of a Mid-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. 65 66
• By his Quasi-Sage seclusion, his body had reached the strength of a Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. 121
• His comprehension of Primordial Chaos Qi after refining the Fourteenth-Rank Azure Lotus further benefited the body and strengthened his commitment to the Eternal Imperishable Body as his primary path. 219

Innate Divine Abilities

Yuan Tian possesses six innate divine abilities, an exceptional number for an Innate Lifeform. 6

• Five-Elements Heaven-Seizing Hand — Fuses Innate Five-Element objects into the hands, then uses spatial power to seize beings or objects within the five elements. Yuan Tian cultivated it to Initial Stage/minor accomplishment using ten Innate Five-Element Spirit Fruits. 8 14
  • Captured eleven unconscious Dragon Clan members by shrinking and storing them in his hand. 24
  • Used it to collect medicinal ingredients and other resources. 35
  • Its internal World in the Palm can store entire Spirit Roots and their surrounding soil, as Yuan Tian did with the Plantain Tree. 66
  • Advanced to the Intermediate Stage during Yuan Tian’s Quasi-Sage seclusion. 120
• Stellar Vortex — An innate spatial divine ability that could not be meaningfully cultivated in the Primordial Wilderness before Yuan Tian possessed Quasi-Sage strength. He advanced it to Minor Accomplishment after becoming a Quasi-Sage. 6 120
• Illusory-Extinguishing Star Eye — Allows Yuan Tian to identify the origins and identity of beings no stronger than himself. 6 16 27
  • Reached Great Accomplishment during his Quasi-Sage seclusion, becoming his first innate divine ability to attain that level. 120 121
  • Its enhanced perception allowed him to discover the imprisoned Twelve Heavenly Guards within Star Heaven’s Star Origin Pillars. 112 113
• Star Devouring — Absorbs killed power and formation energy. 8
  • Yuan Tian used it to survive the final bolts of his Transformation Tribulation and to absorb Phoenix Ancestor’s probing elemental attacks. 9 86
  • Its foundation improved greatly during his Quasi-Sage seclusion, though it had not yet reached Great Accomplishment. 120
• Absolute Defense — A defensive ability Yuan Tian chose not to use during his battle with Po Hun. 6 42
  • It helped Yuan Tian withstand the spatial collapse of Heaven-Earth Reversal during his test of the Twelve Primordial Cycles Formation. 116
  • It was close to Great Accomplishment following his Quasi-Sage seclusion. 120
• Absolute Spatial Domain — A defensive spatial ability Yuan Tian chose not to use during his battle with Po Hun. 6 42
  • It was close to Great Accomplishment following his Quasi-Sage seclusion. 120

Heaven-Treading Nine Steps

A self-created movement and combat divine ability founded on Spatial Law, Speed Law, and other laws.

• Yuan Tian has created only the first six of its intended nine steps. 40
• Sixth Step: Heaven-Shifting redirects force attacking Yuan Tian, though he cannot fully control the destination. 41
• He used Heaven-Shifting to redirect Po Hun’s attack back toward Po Hun. 41
• After entering the Quasi-Sage realm, Yuan Tian created the seventh step, Seven Steps Overturn Heaven, which became the highest step he could employ. 232
• His Quasi-Sage mastery of Spatial Law also allows short-range teleportation across the Primordial Continent, making him exceptionally fast even among Primordial experts. 151

Formations

A formation grandmaster whose expertise originates from his first life and has continued to develop in the Primordial Wilderness.

• Mastered the uncontrolled Innate Five-Element Formation and could enter or leave it freely after a century of study. 12 13
• Established the Nine Heavens Annihilation Formation, an offensive formation whose continuous attacks could threaten even Daluo Golden Immortals. 15
• Established the Chaos Wutu Formation, a defensive and trapping formation that withstood Yuan Tian’s full-force testing. 15
• Created the Chaos Star Formation using the Chaos Star Chart, drawing on the power of countless stars to manifest destructive star power. 42
• Used the Chaos Star Formation against Po Hun’s Four Symbols Heaven-Slaying Formation. 41 43
• Established the full Chaos Star Formation in the void using 365 Chaos Star Banners on the primary stars and 108,000 Star Banners on the lesser stars. The formation replenishes the Primordial Wilderness’s spiritual energy and is beneficial to the Heavenly Dao. 103 118
• The Twelve Primordial Cycles Formation, operated by the Twelve Heavenly Guards, can inflict mental illusions, Reverse Space-Time through Time Law, and Heaven-Earth Reversal through Spatial Law. 113 116
• The Twelve Heavenly Guards later deployed the related Twelve Shichen Formation against the Dragon Clan, allowing them to restrain thirteen Daluo Golden Immortals and contend with a Quasi-Sage reinforcement. 229
• Yuan Tian comprehended the Primordial Unity Qi Formation from Pangu’s Eighty-One Creation Forms. It combines offense, defense, and entrapment, though Yuan Tian intends to refine a formation disk before attempting to deploy it. 219 220
• He later reforged Penglai Island’s defenses with new formation plates rather than continually using the Nine Heavens Chart and Mountains and Rivers State Chart as formation anchors. 252 253

Soul and Law Comprehension

Yuan Tian actively cultivates his soul rather than relying solely on Primordial Spirit advancement.

• His soul has reached Rank Six, placing it on par with Po Hun’s and above ordinary cultivators of the era. 48
• Before obtaining Po Hun’s inheritance, he had comprehended the Primordial Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, Metal, Chaos Star, Time, and Spatial Laws. 8 14 50
• Po Hun’s inheritance gives him the foundation to comprehend Soul Law and Slaughter Law, potentially bringing his total to ten Laws. 50
• Most of his comprehended Laws remain at minor achievement rather than major achievement. 50
• During Quasi-Sage seclusion, Yuan Tian advanced the Spatial and Five-Element Laws to Minor Accomplishment. His Time Law advanced only slightly despite his efforts. 120
• He acquired the True Thunder Source from Mount Buzhou and seeks to comprehend it sufficiently to wield Chaos Thunder, the ancestor of all thunder. 68
• Observing Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth deepened his understanding of the Great Dao of Chaos, Primordial Chaos Qi, and the hidden formation within Pangu’s Eighty-One Creation Forms. 219 220

Artifact Refinement and Alchemy

Yuan Tian is skilled in heart refinement, artifact crafting, and pill refinement.

• Forged the Golden Dragon Scissors from the remains of Dragon Eighth and Dragon Thirteen over forty-nine years. 23
• Refined the Xuanchen Cauldron over eighty-one years, inscribing eighteen thousand formations into it. 30
• Reached the point of casually refining perfect spirit pills below the immortal grade after one thousand years of practice. 33
• Refined First- and Second-Turn Golden Cores to major accomplishment and Third-Turn Golden Cores to perfect quality. 34
• Refined four Banana Leaves from the Plantain Tree into the four Top-Grade Innate Plantain Fans over 3,900 years. Together, they form the Innate Four Symbols Formation. 121
• Upgraded the Xuanchen Cauldron with Star Essence, Divine Script, and Merit, elevating it into an Acquired Merit Supreme Treasure. 122
• The upgraded cauldron can suppress Fortune, kill without incurring karma, improve pill and treasure refinement success rates to 30%, and provide immense defense when suspended overhead. 122
• Refined Fourth- and Fifth-Turn Golden Cores, as well as twelve Nine-Tribulation Golden Cores that can protect their users through nine tribulations. 122

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Great Dao Secret Record — A Fortune Supreme Treasure and Yuan Tian’s accompanying Spirit Treasure. It suppressed his fate, preserved a wisp of his ninth life’s soul, and assisted him in creating the Ninefold Soul-Origin Mystic Art. 2 4 5
  • It possesses extraordinary Fortune-suppression properties and makes divination of Yuan Tian’s whereabouts extremely difficult, even for major Primordial powers. 111 227
• Nine Heavens Chart — One of Yuan Tian’s life-bound Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures; formerly served as the foundation of the Nine Heavens Annihilation Formation. 11 15 252
• Mountains and Rivers State Chart — One of Yuan Tian’s life-bound Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures; formerly served as the foundation of the Chaos Wutu Formation. 11 15 252
• Chaos Star Chart — One of Yuan Tian’s life-bound Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures; creates the Chaos Star Formation. 11 41 42
• Twelve Star Beads — Twelve fragments of the Chaos Pearl that can form a set of Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures. They can establish the Twelve Star Formation, enabling Reverse Space-Time and Heaven-Earth Reversal. 70
• Golden Dragon Scissors — An acquired supreme weapon of slaughter forged from two golden dragon corpses. Its offensive power rivals a Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, but each use incurs karma. 23 24
• Xuanchen Cauldron — Originally a Top-Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure used for alchemy and artifact refinement, it was later elevated into an Acquired Merit Supreme Treasure. It improves refinement success rates, suppresses Fortune, avoids karmic backlash in killing, and possesses formidable defensive power. 30 122
• Po Hun Saber — Po Hun’s former life-bound saber, acquired by Yuan Tian after Po Hun’s death. It can harm souls and contains restrained Killing Intent. 39 50
• Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus — A former Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure taken from Po Hun. It later fused with the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus and no longer exists as a separate treasure. 45 50 157 159
• Fourteenth-Rank Azure Lotus — An Innate Supreme Treasure produced by the fusion of the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus. Yuan Tian obtained it in the Qilin Clan’s territory and preliminarily refined it during eight hundred years of seclusion. 159 221
• Plantain Fans — Four Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures refined from the Plantain Tree’s leaves, corresponding to wind, fire, water, and earth. Yuan Tian entrusted them to the Ten Directions Star Lords for Star Heaven’s defense and the Innate Four Symbols Formation. 121 150
• True Thunder Source — A supreme-treasure-grade thunder source absorbed from the Thunderclap Sky Veil. It replenished Yuan Tian’s mana and serves as the basis for his future comprehension of Chaos Thunder. 68
• Star Heaven Palace — A Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure palace complex that serves as Yuan Tian’s imperial residence and the center of his authority over Star Heaven. 111 112 113
• Nine-Wilderness Star Chair — The control center of Star Heaven. Sitting upon it gave Yuan Tian legitimate, complete control over the palace complex. 113

Relationships

• Pang Heng — Yuan Tian’s underling, disciple, and sworn “little brother.” Yuan Tian took him in despite the likely conflict with the Dragon Clan, trained alongside him, healed him after his duel with Dragon Eighth, and supplied him with protective formations and treasures before their temporary separation. 17 23 25 26
  • Their reunion after Yuan Tian’s Dragon Clan conflict confirmed their enduring loyalty. Yuan Tian later involved Pang Heng in strengthening Penglai Island’s formations and introduced him to the two Little Green Willows as their Uncle Pang. 240 252
• Two Little Green Willows — Two willow saplings grown from branches of Yuan Tian’s original body through the influence of his Time and Spatial Laws. They call him “Father,” and Yuan Tian treats their protection and future development as important. 8 11 15
  • Yuan Tian later calculated that their Transformation Tribulations would arrive in ten million years, nearly one hundred million years earlier than he initially expected. 149
• Po Hun — A top-tier Innate God and Devil who became Yuan Tian’s life-and-death opponent. Yuan Tian defeated him in battle, survived his attempted soul possession, absorbed his soul power and memories, and claimed his treasures. 36 39 48 49 50
• Luohou — A peak Innate Demon God and ancestor of the Devil Dao who observed Yuan Tian’s battle with Po Hun. Yuan Tian encounters him immediately after leaving the Chaos Star Formation and recognizes that Luohou is stronger than himself. 49 50
  • Luohou later emerged from seclusion after refining the Heavenly Demon Pagoda and remains hostile toward Yuan Tian, still coveting the World-Destroying Black Lotus without knowing that it has fused into the Fourteenth-Rank Azure Lotus. 255
• Dragon Clan — A hostile clan Yuan Tian deliberately used as combat training targets. Their conflict intensified after he protected Pang Heng, defeated several dragons, and forged the Golden Dragon Scissors from Dragon Clan corpses. 17 20 22 23
  • The Dragon Clan eventually identified Yuan Tian as Dragon Eighth’s killer, stationed forces to await his return to the Eastern Sea, and sent Long Zhuo with other experts to confront him. 227 229
• Daoist Hongjun — Yuan Tian’s master and the future Dao Ancestor. Hongjun received Yuan Tian courteously at Jade Capital Mountain, lectured him on the Dao and the Corpse-Severing path, and advised him on resolving his cultivation bottleneck through the Chaos Star Formation. 94 98 100 102
• Star Clan — The stellar race under Yuan Tian’s authority as Star Emperor. Yuan Tian holds half of their ethnic Fortune, though the Star Clan cannot easily leave their duty of suppressing the All-Heavens Stars. 111
• Twelve Heavenly Guards — Yuan Tian’s twelve elite guardian subordinates, released from the Star Origin Pillars in Star Heaven. They are absolutely loyal, possess exceptional concealment and physical bodies, and act as the core of the Twelve Primordial Cycles Formation. 113 116
• Ten Directions Star Lords — Former Star Lords promoted by Yuan Tian and given the Ten Directions Hall. He entrusted four Plantain Fans to the cardinal Star Lords so they could protect Star Heaven with the Innate Four Symbols Formation. 150
• Phoenix Ancestor — A Quasi-Sage-level leader of the Phoenix Clan who fought Yuan Tian after accusing him of peeping. Yuan Tian withstood her probing attacks with Star Devouring and later suffered a Primordial Spirit injury while saving her. 86 88 149
• Lin Tian — The Qilin Clan’s hidden Quasi-Sage genius and greatest hope of producing a Sage. Lin Tian secretly observed Yuan Tian’s raid on Qilin Mountain, attacked him during enlightenment, and interrupted Yuan Tian’s opportunity to achieve Two-Corpse Severing, creating an irreconcilable feud. 154 159 160

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rebirth and Transformation

After awakening nine lives of memories, Yuan Tian reincarnates as Green Willow and races to overcome the inherent immobility of an Innate Spirit Root. He creates the Ninefold Soul-Origin Mystic Art, reaches the Zenith Heaven Loose Immortal realm, survives the Nine-Nine Great Heavenly Tribulation, and takes human form. 2 5 8 9

Penglai Island

Yuan Tian discovers Penglai Island, studies the Innate Five-Element Formation, cultivates the Five-Elements Heaven-Seizing Hand, and establishes powerful protective formations around the island and the two Little Green Willows. 12 13 14 15

Eastern Sea and Pang Heng

After leaving Penglai, Yuan Tian encounters the crab Pang Heng, takes him in, and confronts the Dragon Clan. He allows Pang Heng to settle his grudge with Dragon Eighth, heals him afterward, forges the Golden Dragon Scissors, and later arranges a protected cultivation site for Pang Heng. 16 17 19 23 25 26

Resource Gathering and Refinement

Traveling alone through the Primordial Wilderness, Yuan Tian gathers resources relentlessly, learns pill refinement, creates the Xuanchen Cauldron, and advances his alchemy from spirit pills to perfect Third-Turn Golden Cores. 28 29 30 33 34

Duel with Po Hun

Yuan Tian battles Po Hun in an extended life-and-death duel involving divine bodies, the Golden Dragon Scissors, the Heaven-Treading Nine Steps, and competing formations. He ultimately kills Po Hun during a soul-possession attempt, absorbs his inheritance, and takes the Po Hun Saber and Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. 38 41 42 48 49 50

Mount Buzhou

Yuan Tian ascends Mount Buzhou to temper his body and seek opportunities. He acquires the Plantain Tree, the True Thunder Source, the Twelve Star Beads, and insight into the Thirty-Six Heavens while breaking through to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Grand Perfection. 65 66 68 70 84

Star Emperor and Star Heaven

Following Hongjun’s guidance, Yuan Tian establishes the Chaos Star Formation across the All-Heavens Stars, replenishing the Primordial Wilderness’s spiritual energy. He is recognized as Star Emperor, acquires Star Heaven Palace, awakens the Twelve Heavenly Guards, and gains a true power base in the Star Clan. 103 111 112 113

Quasi-Sage Seclusion

Recognizing that Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation no longer offered sufficient deterrence, Yuan Tian enters seclusion and refuses to emerge until reaching Quasi-Sage. He derives the fifth turn of his cultivation art, advances his Laws and divine abilities, and becomes a Quasi-Sage without relying on Corpse-Severing. 119 120

Conflict with the Qilin Clan

After the Qilin Clan attacks Star Heaven, Yuan Tian and the Twelve Heavenly Guards defeat their invading experts. He trains the Star Clan against captured Qilin warriors, then conducts a covert counterattack on Qilin Mountain, raiding the clan’s treasury for resources to strengthen his own force. 141 145 146 149 154

Fourteenth-Rank Azure Lotus

Within Qilin Mountain, the World-Destroying Black Lotus guides Yuan Tian to the Twelve-Petaled Purifying Green Lotus. The two lotus thrones fuse into the Fourteenth-Rank Azure Lotus, an Innate Supreme Treasure. Yuan Tian enters enlightenment after obtaining it, but Lin Tian interrupts the opportunity with a surprise attack, preventing Yuan Tian’s hoped-for Two-Corpse Severing breakthrough. 155 157 159 160

Dragon Clan Retaliation and Return to Penglai

The Dragon Clan eventually deduces that Yuan Tian killed Dragon Eighth and sends Long Zhuo and fifteen other experts to intercept him. Yuan Tian’s Twelve Heavenly Guards suppress the Dragon Clan’s Daluo Golden Immortals while Yuan Tian overwhelms multiple Quasi-Sages. He later returns injured to Penglai Island, reunites with Pang Heng and his children, and begins rebuilding its formations for the Quasi-Sage era. 227 229 240 252 255