Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing discovered that Temporal Dust could greatly accelerate the growth of Spirit Rice, then traveled to Shaking Light Star for its grand feast. Zhang Zaizhi explained the star’s role and introduced the eight other direct disciples, leaving Xu Changqing aware that he was the ninth and that the feast would involve ranking them.

• Xu Changqing found that a Temporal Loop had accelerated one stalk of Spirit Rice by about a month without harming it, and considered applying Temporal Dust across the fields.
• Six days later, Xu Changqing chose Kong Ling instead of the conspicuous Abyss-Cleansing Mountain Chariot to travel to the Shaking Light Star Feast.
• Zhang Zaizhi met Xu Changqing and explained that Shaking Light Star served as the Northern Dipper Star Region’s gateway and hosted gatherings for its powers and disciples.
• Zhang Zaizhi told Xu Changqing that ranking was a major part of the feast and that the nine direct disciples outranked bureau chiefs.
• Zhang Zaizhi described the other eight direct disciples, including Zhen Yuanzi, Luo Qinghan, Jun Wuhuo, Baili Hong, Yin Wuji, Feng Buhui, Ji Chen, and Xun Xian, and identified Xu Changqing as the ninth.

Xu Changqing and Zhang Zaizhi entered Shaking Light Star for the banquet, where Xu Changqing met two of his senior brothers and learned that the gathering was a venue for factions to pursue alliances and trade. The banquet had not yet begun, and Xu Changqing waited in his prominent seat for others to approach him.

• Xu Changqing and Zhang Zaizhi passed through Shaking Light Star’s Boundary Pass, where other guests recognized Xu Changqing as a Great Dao Venerable’s direct disciple.
• An External Affairs Bureau deacon escorted them to the front row of the Star-Gathering Terrace, and Xu Changqing gave Zhang Zaizhi a seat beside him.
• Xu Changqing greeted Baili Hong and observed his ability to still the spiritual energy around him.
• Xu Changqing greeted Feng Buhui, whose presence was surrounded by intricate defensive formation patterns, though Feng did not respond.
• Zhang Zaizhi explained that the banquet served as a marketplace for factions to exchange resources and build alliances, and Xu Changqing welcomed the expected visitors.

Xu Changqing attended the Shaking Light Banquet, where Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion true disciples paid their respects to him and the banquet’s extraordinary dishes were presented. After tasting the first offerings and spirit wine, he felt the Six-Colored Lotus respond to their power.

• Song Changyuan, Qin Suwen, Li Tianxing, and other true disciples arrived and paid respects to Baili Hong, Feng Buhui, and Xu Changqing.
• The External Affairs Bureau steward announced that the Shaking Light Banquet had officially begun and described its rare, powerful dishes and spirit wine.
• The steward said the Great Dao Venerable had personally bestowed all the banquet offerings, and jade platters appeared at every table.
• Xu Changqing tasted the Mystic Embryo Nine-Marrow Soup and Myriad Spirits Origin-Restoring Roast, whose spiritual energy stirred the Six-Colored Lotus.
• Xu Changqing drank the Sun-Moon Radiance Brew, and the Six-Colored Lotus responded with an excited hum.

Xu Changqing met several Outrealm cultivators at the banquet, agreed to help Gu Chenzhou nourish a rare spirit plant, and learned that a Cosmic Tidal Surge was about to strike the Sea of Chaos. The announcement left the guests excited by the treasures, sealed realms, and accelerated cultivation the surge could bring.

• Zhao Yuanlang approached Xu Changqing to discuss spirit plants and possible cooperation, then left him a communication jade talisman.
• Zhang Zaizhi screened out several visitors before allowing Gu Chenzhou to ask Xu Changqing to nourish a rare spirit plant with stellar power or starlight.
• As the banquet neared its end, an External Affairs Bureau deacon announced that a Cosmic Tidal Surge was about to occur in the Sea of Chaos.
• The guests reacted with excitement as they discussed the sealed secret realms, ancient treasures, and unusual flow of time within the Sea of Chaos.

Xu Changqing learned that a Cosmic Tidal Surge was underway and suspected that Zhen Yuanzi had returned to the Immortal Mansion. He went with Zhang Zaizhi to meet Gu Chenzhou, who began to raise the matter he had mentioned at the Star-Gathering Terrace.

• Zhang Zaizhi explained that Cosmic Tidal Surges temporarily opened Secret Realms and created regions with unusual flows of time in the Sea of Chaos.
• Xu Changqing and Zhang Zaizhi realized that news of the surge could mean Zhen Yuanzi had returned from guarding the Sea of Chaos.
• Baili Hong and Feng Buhui abruptly left the Star-Gathering Terrace, prompting other guests to speculate about the news.
• Xu Changqing decided to investigate the surge and considered bringing his wife and child from the Grand Void Rift.
• A messenger from the External Affairs Bureau led Xu Changqing and Zhang Zaizhi to the Star Tower, where Gu Chenzhou welcomed them and began discussing his earlier proposal.

Xu Changqing learned why Gu Chenzhou had urgently sought his help and agreed to consider cultivating a Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower. Gu hoped its dew would help him break through to the Body Integration Realm before his remaining hundred years ran out, while Xu weighed the matter against the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion’s power structure.

• Xu Changqing challenged Gu Chenzhou to explain why he had approached him specifically and pressed him to reveal his motives.
• Gu Chenzhou admitted he had at most a hundred years to live and wanted Xu to cultivate a Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower in the Spirit Plant Bureau’s Grade-Five Spirit Field.
• Gu explained that he hoped the flower’s Moon Marrow Heavenly Dew would help him break through to the Body Integration Realm, but that he could also seek help from the Great Dao Venerable if cultivation failed.
• Xu Changqing accepted Gu’s candor, asked about the flower’s deadline and intended use, and began considering the cultivation hierarchy of the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion.

Xu Changqing agreed to cultivate the Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower in exchange for Gu Chenzhou’s support and authority on Shaking Light Star, intending to use them to settle his family and friends. After returning to Jade Balance Star, he learned that the External Affairs Bureau’s absent Director was backed by First Direct Disciple Zhen Yuanzi.

• Gu Chenzhou promised Xu Changqing freedom to arrange personnel on Shaking Light Star and access to the bureau’s intelligence network if he raised the Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower within a hundred years.
• Xu Changqing accepted the agreement with Zhang Zaizhi as witness, and Gu Chenzhou gave him the flower’s seed, cultivation instructions, and supplementary materials.
• While traveling back to Jade Balance Star, Xu Changqing asked Zhang Zaizhi about the Cosmic Tidal Surge and said he planned to visit the Grand Void Rift.
• Xu Changqing planned to use Gu Chenzhou’s promised authority to establish a home and positions for his family and friends on Shaking Light Star.
• Zhang Zaizhi warned Xu Changqing that the External Affairs Bureau’s Director, despite remaining in seclusion, was backed by First Direct Disciple Zhen Yuanzi.

Xu Changqing planted the Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower seed, used a Temporal Loop to accelerate its growth, and concealed the Spirit Fields with formations. The next morning, he went to Shaking Light Star’s Guidance Hall, where the steward noticed his direct disciple token.

• Xu Changqing planted the Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower seed in the Grade-Five Spirit Field and nourished it with Astral Spirit Liquid and Yin Moon Marrow Primordial Liquid.
• Xu Changqing used Origin Tracing to repair a Temporal Dust grain into a Temporal Loop and sent it into the seed, estimating that each loop accelerated its growth by about seven days.
• Xu Changqing set up concealment, Spirit-Gathering, and anti-scrying formations around the Spirit Fields before returning to the bamboo house.
• The next morning, Xu Changqing rode Kong Ling alone to the Guidance Hall on Shaking Light Star.
• The old steward saw Xu Changqing’s direct disciple token and snapped awake.

Xu Changqing used the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion’s Guiding Spirit Light to travel safely to the Grand Void Rift. He arrived to find that the strange phenomena he had seen there before had vanished.

• Xu Changqing asked the old steward to send him to the Grand Void Rift using the Guiding Spirit Light, and the steward activated the formation.
• As Xu Changqing crossed the void, a Boundary-Breaking Shuttle, Marauding Cultivators, and Outrealm creatures fled from the Guiding Spirit Light.
• The Guiding Spirit Light slowed and deposited Xu Changqing beside a closing Void Rift on dark golden rock.
• Xu Changqing found that the Grand Void Rift no longer showed the strange phenomena from the Corpse-Flipping Festival.

Xu Changqing returned to the restored Grand Void Rift and discovered that Xu Ping'an had unified its factions while his family settled in Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven. He reunited with Ruo Qunshuang, Xu He, and Xu Sui, learned that Xu Ping'an had become a Spirit Transformation Venerable, and watched a gigantic silver-white fish descend over the courtyard.

• Xu Changqing used his puppet marks to locate Xu Qiansui and Xu Jiuyou inside Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven and learned that Xu Ping'an had conquered the Grand Void Rift's six major factions.
• Xu Changqing flew to Xu Qiansui, whose acquaintances in Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven greeted her with respect.
• Xu Changqing reunited with Ruo Qunshuang, who had nearly reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and she told him that An'an had been a troublemaker.
• Xu He and Xu Sui rushed into the courtyard and embraced Xu Changqing after more than ten years apart.
• Li Wudao and Mu Ji welcomed Xu Changqing, told him that Chao Jin had arrived more than nine years earlier, and revealed that Xu Ping'an had reached Spirit Transformation and was known as Venerable Taiping.
• A gigantic silver-white winged fish descended from the heavens above the bamboo courtyard.

Xu Ping'an returned to the bamboo courtyard with Li and their son Xu Xiao, whose unique third eye could see flaws in laws. Xu Changqing revealed that he had come to take his family and old companions away from the Grand Void Rift, then told Xu Ping'an that he now lived in the Northern Dipper Star Region of the Four Mortal Domains.

• Xu Ping'an arrived on a Winged Fish with Li and Xu Xiao, who met his grandfather Xu Changqing.
• Li explained that Xu Xiao's third eye could see flaws in laws, and that he had already formed a Golden Core through an unusual method.
• Miao Huayu, Xu Linshan, Lin Xiaoman, and other longtime companions gathered at the bamboo courtyard.
• Xu Ping'an told Xu Changqing he planned to bring Li Yueyao and Xu Mu to live in the Grand Void Rift.
• Xu Changqing said he had come to take his family and willing companions away, then revealed that he lived in the Northern Dipper Star Region of the Four Mortal Domains.

Xu Changqing told Xu Ping'an that he had become the ninth direct disciple of a Great Dao Venerable in the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion and urged him to bring their family and followers there before the Cosmic Tidal Surge. Xu Ping'an agreed to consider the move, and Xu Changqing offered to reveal Black Cat’s whereabouts to bring Xu Linglong back.

• Xu Ping'an learned that Xu Changqing had joined the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion as the ninth direct disciple of a Great Dao Venerable.
• Xu Changqing explained that the Northern Dipper Star Region offered greater resources and safety, and warned that the Cosmic Tidal Surge was approaching.
• Xu Ping'an said he needed time to consider moving because he was responsible for Li'er, Xiao'er, Yao'er, Mu'er, and his followers, and Xu Changqing gave him three days.
• Xu Ping'an told Xu Changqing that Xu Linglong had been searching the Grand Void Rift for the missing Black Cat.
• Xu Changqing told Xu Ping'an to summon Xu Linglong by saying he knew where Black Cat was, and Xu Ping'an sent her a message.

Xu Changqing used the Grand Void Formula to locate a Primordial Star Core hidden in the depths of Grand Void Rift. After discovering it lay beyond a mysterious fissure in a law-suppressing peak, he prepared to force the fissure open.

• Xu Changqing sensed an ancient aura answering the Grand Void Formula and confirmed that a Primordial Star Core was hidden in Grand Void Rift.
• Xu Changqing told Xu Ping'an to wait for Linglong, then flew toward the source with Kong Ling.
• Xu Changqing crossed a wasteland where the laws and space fluctuated, reaching a lone peak that suppressed the surrounding instability.
• Xu Changqing discovered that a black spatial fissure appeared on the peak for exactly three breaths and sensed the Primordial Star Core beyond it.
• Xu Changqing traced the fissure to an energy node beneath the peak and chose to tear it open with Palm Abyssal Ruins.

Xu Changqing entered the hidden rift and found his contracted pet, Chi Ye, hiding inside, then continued deeper into the space. He discovered the Primordial Star Core at its center, leaving him poised to claim a substance capable of creating a rule-space of his own.

• Xu Changqing used the Abyssal Ruins’ suction to pull open the rift and entered before it vanished.
• Inside the rift, Xu Changqing encountered Chi Ye, who pretended to be an ordinary cat and refused to explain why he was there.
• Xu Changqing put Chi Ye into the Square-Inch Ring and continued farther into the space.
• Xu Changqing followed glowing patterns through increasingly dense law fragments as the Six-Colored Lotus began to hum.
• Xu Changqing found the Primordial Star Core floating at the space’s center and recognized its ability to create a Primordial Land.

Xu Changqing used Origin Tracing to discover that a powerful being had sealed the Primordial Star Core for a successor, then broke the seals and absorbed it into his Six-Colored Lotus. After the rift and lone peak collapsed, he sensed that the Star Core was changing the lotus in a way deeper than a realm advancement or increase in power.

• Xu Changqing used Origin Tracing to see a law-powered hand seal the Primordial Star Core and leave it for someone who came after.
• Xu Changqing accepted the Star Core as his inheritance and used Creation Force to break its seals, absorbing the released shockwaves.
• Xu Changqing removed the Primordial Star Core and drew it into his body, where it settled at the center of the Six-Colored Lotus.
• Xu Changqing escaped the collapsing spatial fragment as the unsupported lone peak and its energy node were destroyed, leaving a crater.
• Xu Changqing examined the Star Core inside the Six-Colored Lotus and sensed that it was undergoing a profound transformation.

Xu Changqing chose to leave the Primordial Star Core with the Six-Colored Lotus rather than use it to expand his Portable Space, then confronted Chi Ye and forced her to reveal her past. Chi Ye admitted she had been a Demon God seeking the Primordial Star Core to restore her damaged soul, leaving Xu Changqing to learn that Kong Fang had once hunted her for her talent.

• Xu Changqing decided the Primordial Star Core should remain with the Six-Colored Lotus instead of being moved into the Portable Space.
• Xu Changqing confronted Chi Ye about sneaking into the spatial rift and threatened not to take her home or to Linglong unless she told the truth.
• Chi Ye admitted she had once been a Demon God named Chi Ye and that Kong Fang had targeted her to find the Evernight Ruins.
• Chi Ye explained that her talent, Seek, let her track things she had encountered, and that she knew how to enter the Evernight Ruins, where a visitor could gain a Primogenitor's power.
• Chi Ye revealed that she had separated a wisp of her soul to reincarnate and had found Xu Changqing because she thought he would be easy to bully.
• Chi Ye said she had sought the Primordial Star Core because its Chaos energy could repair her damaged soul and restore at least ten percent of her peak strength.

Xu Changqing learned that Chi Ye could restore its strength by absorbing lifespan, but its contract had prevented it from taking lifespan from anyone else. He let Chi Ye absorb some of his, and the chapter ended with Chi Ye cautiously asking for a little more.

• Xu Changqing pressed Chi Ye to confess that it could find Primordial Star Cores and restore its strength by absorbing lifespan.
• Chi Ye revealed that its contract forbade it from absorbing anyone else's lifespan until it had drained Xu Changqing's, which explained why it had remained weak.
• Xu Changqing agreed to let Chi Ye absorb some of his lifespan, and Chi Ye began siphoning it through his palm.
• Chi Ye absorbed 1,500 years of Xu Changqing's lifespan, repairing its meridians and awakening some of its source power.
• Xu Changqing checked his attribute panel and saw that he still had 2,777,441 years of lifespan remaining.
• When Xu Changqing asked if it had absorbed enough, Chi Ye hesitated and asked for a little more.

Xu Changqing gathered those willing to follow him and departed the Grand Void Rift for the Northern Dipper Star Region, while others chose to remain or return to the Heavenly Origin Realm. During the journey, he explained the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion’s hierarchy and the functions of its seven auxiliary stars.

• Xu Changqing returned to Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven, where Linglong seized Chi Ye and eagerly kneaded the cat.
• Xu Changqing asked who would travel to the Northern Dipper Star Region, and Ruo Qunshuang, Xu Ping'an, Li, Xu Xiao, Xu He, Xu Sui, Li Wudao, and Miao Huayu joined him.
• Xu Linshan, Lin Xiaoman, and the others chose to stay behind, while Mu Ji declined and planned to return to the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Xu Changqing activated his personal disciple token, and he and his companions entered the Guiding Spirit Light as the people left behind discussed his departure.
• Xu Changqing described the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion’s cultivation ranks and explained the roles of its seven auxiliary stars.

Xu Changqing brought his family to the Northern Dipper Star Region, settled them on Shaking Light Star, and learned that he had to join the Cosmic Tidal Surge expedition. Gu Chenzhou suggested introducing Xu He, Xu Sui, and Xu Xiao to Zhen Yuanzi as potential disciples, and Xu Changqing agreed.

• Xu Changqing and his family arrived at the Northern Dipper Star Region and saw its seven primary stars and bustling starships.
• Xu Changqing purchased a residence on Shaking Light Star and settled his family there.
• Li Wudao told Xu Changqing he planned to leave after the Cosmic Tidal Surge and encouraged Xu Ping'an to pursue a better sect if the chance arose.
• Gu Chenzhou visited Xu Changqing, waived the residence expenses, and told him that Zhen Yuanzi would lead the Cosmic Tidal Surge expedition, which Xu Changqing was required to join.
• Gu Chenzhou proposed introducing Xu He, Xu Sui, and Xu Xiao to Zhen Yuanzi, and Xu Changqing agreed to the introductions.

Xu Changqing and Ruo Qunshuang agreed to bring his disciple Qingyao to join their family in the Northern Dipper Star Region. Back at the Spirit Plant Bureau, Xu Changqing accelerated the Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower’s growth and declined Lu Yan’s offer to manage a supply line for the Cosmic Tidal Surge.

• Xu Changqing and Ruo Qunshuang discussed their years apart, and Ruo Qunshuang agreed that Ping'an should bring Qingyao to join their family.
• Xu Changqing returned to the Spirit Plant Bureau and learned from Zhang Zaizhi that he had signed up for Zhen Yuanzi’s Cosmic Tidal Surge team.
• Xu Changqing used Creation Force and the Temporal Dust to accelerate the growth of the Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower.
• Lu Yan explained that the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion needed three supply lines for the Cosmic Tidal Surge and offered Xu Changqing responsibility for one.
• Xu Changqing refused the supply-line post because he lacked experience, and Lu Yan arranged for him and Zhang Zaizhi to travel with Zhen Yuanzi’s team.