Chapter Summaries

The human forces battled the Dragon Race, Elephantfolk, and Undead, using poison and magic to overcome the Elephantfolk. As Meng Tian faced the Undead, Confucius led six thousand Confucian Disciples in summoning Suirenshi, who manifested across Blue Star.

• Silver Dragons used space magic to kill eleven Golden Core Realm cultivators, while the Underworld’s growing ghost population developed into Yin Soldiers and Evil Ghosts.
• Huo Qubing, Shi Shuang, and Shi Kun used poison to incapacitate Elephantfolk on their planet, but the Elephantman Chief blocked the Star Gate and trapped Huo Qubing’s troops.
• Liu Che attacked the Elephantfolk while Liu Xiu used combination magic to block their retreat and burn the battlefield.
• Liu Xiu reached Huo Qubing through the Star Gate and helped annihilate the Elephantfolk on their planet, after which Liu Che withdrew to assist Wei Qing.
• Meng Tian’s White Tiger Legion fought three Undead forces as Spirit Beasts joined the battle and Confucianism entered the war.
• Confucius led six thousand Confucian Disciples in summoning the Fire Ancestor, and Suirenshi appeared in tangible form and announced himself across Blue Star.

Suirenshi appeared on Blue Star’s battlefield and burned the Undead Army to ash before fading away. With the undead forces suppressed, humanity and its spirit beasts attacked the Dragon Race, killed the Sacred Colossal Dragon, and left Lin Hao heading for the Dragon Race’s Star Gate.

• Suirenshi answered the Confucian disciples’ summons, used humanity’s first flame to destroy the Undead Army, and vanished after greeting Father God.
• Meng Tian opened the Spatial Secret Realm and unleashed an Undead Calamity, while the White Tiger Legion advanced on the three undead Star Gates.
• Little White and Little Green led the spirit beasts against the Sacred Colossal Dragon as human cultivators fought the other colossal dragons.
• The spirit beasts and human fighters killed colossal dragons and feasted on them, while Little White gave Lin Hao three chunks of the Dragon King’s meat.
• Lin Hao shared dragon meat with Cheng Yuan and Qin Ming, then flew toward the Dragon Race’s Star Gate.

After the Star War, the Human Race and its allies plundered the defeated races, taking dragon eggs, corpses, and Machine Race technology. Zhu Yuanzhang founded Great Ming and joined the attack on the Machine Race before the story jumped ahead a hundred years.

• Cultivators and spirit beasts raided the Dragon Race's Star Gate, while Lin Hao left with two dragon eggs and one Dragon Race corpse.
• Human armies defeated the Machine Race and drove it back through its Star Gate, where several dynasties joined forces to seize its technology.
• Zhu Yuanzhang founded Great Ming after he and twenty-two of his followers reached the Golden Core Realm, then led them toward the Machine Race's Star Gate to acquire technology.
• The Human Race was ordered to plunder supplies without occupying territory, leaving the defeated races alive as both sides recovered from the war.
• A hundred years passed.

A century after the Star War, Blue Star’s animals and plants evolved, while millions of ghosts waited for the Underworld to open. Zhang Yang ended the war, used his rewards to establish Fengdu City and the Netherworld’s administrative institutions, and prepared to manifest another Underworld building.

• Over the hundred years after the Star War, Blue Star developed new technologies, Fierce Beasts, Spirit Beasts, and spirit plants, while the Underworld’s ghost population grew and suffered without reincarnation.
• The Heavenly Dao announced the Star War’s end, and Blue Star’s dynasties occupied enough territory for Zhang Yang to receive over 8.7 million energy points and numerous treasures.
• Zhang Yang distributed the treasures to the Earth Realm and Qin Kingdom, then used energy points to manifest Fengdu City in the Earth Realm.
• Zhang Yang manifested the Netherworld, establishing its administrative offices, courts, Ten Halls of Hell, Five Ghost Emperor Mansions, and Palace of the Great Emperor of Fengdu.
• Ghosts and monsters gathered outside Fengdu City, but its gates remained shut and its walls prevented them from entering as Zhang Yang prepared to manifest a third building.

The universe’s overlords returned to the Ancestral Star to celebrate with Zhang Yang, but the Epoch Catastrophe struck as Nian Beasts attacked across the universes. Zhang Yang revealed how to repel them, and the survivors established New Year traditions before he wished the readers a happy New Year.

• The universe’s overlords, including Little White and Ying Zheng, returned to the Ancestral Star to visit Zhang Yang.
• A wave of black energy spread across the universes, forming Nian Beasts that attacked living beings and overwhelmed the gods.
• Zhang Yang explained that Nian Beasts grew stronger against powerful opponents and that all living beings had to fight them together.
• Zhang Yang revealed that Nian Beasts feared explosions, firelight, thunder, and red, then taught living beings to make Firecrackers and put up red Couplets.
• Living beings drove the Nian Beasts away with Firecrackers and Couplets, named the day New Year, and Zhang Yang wished the readers a happy New Year.

Zhang Yang completed a simplified Underworld by manifesting its key buildings and establishing a reincarnation system, then organized more than two million Yin Soldiers as Ghost Messengers. After Blue Star’s victory count jumped by twenty, Zhang Yang appeared on the Starry Sky Virtual Platform and declared his intent to attack the Myriad Races.

• Zhang Yang manifested Wild Ghost Village, Soul-Confusing Hall, Eighteen Levels of Hell, Ghost Realm Fortress, the River of Forgetfulness and Naihe Bridge, and the Reincarnation Platform, creating a simplified Underworld and reincarnation process.
• Zhang Yang explained the Yin Soldiers’ duties and benefits, and more than two million ghosts accepted their positions and received Identity Tokens.
• The Yin Soldiers entered Fengdu City, where its white light strengthened them and assigned them ranks, accommodations, and jobs as Ghost Messengers.
• Wang Wu and his seven dormmates were assigned to the logistics office to produce Soul-Seizing Ropes, while Li Hao collected his equipment and took up guard duty at Fengdu City’s main gate.
• The Heavenly Dao began searching the Earth Realm and Human Realm for officials to help build the Underworld, while the Myriad Races reacted in shock to Blue Star’s victory count rising from fifty to seventy.
• Zhang Yang appeared on the Starry Sky Virtual Platform and challenged the Myriad Races to prepare for his attack.

Zhang Yang entered the Starry Sky Virtual Platform as Blue Star prepared to invade four races in a Star War. After victories against the Immortal, Dragon, and Ghost Races, Blue Star’s forces prepared to attack the Sea Race using Water-Avoidance Pearls and a race-specific poison.

• Zhang Yang met Quark and Foxwoman, then chose opponents from the Immortal, Ghost, Dragon, and Sea Races as Blue Star’s Star War began.
• Buddhists and Confucians targeted the Ghost Race, while human forces used mechanical armies and technology to fight the Immortal and Dragon Races.
• The Sea Race’s ability to turn nearby territory into virtual seawater hindered human forces, and the two sides reached a stalemate.
• After five years, Blue Star’s factions had defeated the other three races and taken dragons, dragon eggs, dragon resources, and Immortal Race Spirit Stones.
• Shi Shuang developed sea vine toxin, and human Golden Core Realm cultivators crossed into Sea Race territory carrying it and Water-Avoidance Pearls.

Zhang Yang expanded the Underworld’s infrastructure while Blue Star defeated the Sea Race and continued winning Star Wars. As the Underworld began selecting and training Land Gods, the newly appointed Zhou Fude returned to his region and prepared to reveal himself to a farmer who worshipped him.

• Human Race cultivators poisoned and captured Sea Race creatures, killing the strongest fighters and bringing survivors to Blue Star’s oceans.
• Zhang Yang moved Blue Star’s dragon vein beneath the ocean, placed the Ghost City in the Earth Realm, and gained energy points and victories from the wars.
• Zhang Yang materialized Underworld buildings, advanced to another Star Ring, and continued choosing opponents as Blue Star gathered spirit veins and dragon veins.
• The Underworld promoted Netherworld Enforcers and began selecting Land Gods, appointing the virtuous village elder Zhou Fude after his peaceful death.
• Zhou Fude trained for 365 years in the Underworld while one year passed in the living world, then returned to find a farmer worshipping his likeness and waited until night to reveal himself.

Zhou Fude guided the devout Farmer to wealth, and Farmer eventually built a temple that sparked widespread worship of Land Gods across Blue Star. Thirty years later, Land God temples had spread everywhere, while temples in major cities remained empty.

• Zhou Fude entered Farmer’s dream and told him where to dig for buried wealth.
• Farmer found gold and other valuables, grew prosperous, and later decided to share his good fortune by building a Land God Temple.
• Farmer built a temple and a statue of Zhou Fude, and the Land God manifested golden words above it during the opening celebration.
• News of the manifestation spread across Blue Star, prompting people and governments to build Land God Temples as reports of other Land Gods appeared.
• Over time, Land God worship spread throughout Blue Star, while major cities built empty temples; thirty years passed.

The Underworld officially began operations after decades of preparation, while three newly sworn brothers set out on a journey and Zhang Jue encountered a mysterious immortal who gave him the Essential Arts of Great Peace. Zhang Jue accepted the old man as his master, setting him on a new path.

• After extensive testing, the Underworld began processing the dead and sending souls through judgment, punishment, and reincarnation.
• Three young men from prominent Eastern Han families decided to travel to different continents and establish their own nations.
• Zhang Jue lost his job and agreed to hike with his sworn brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, who shared his inability to cultivate.
• While hiking, Zhang Jue wandered into thick fog and followed an old man into a cave.
• The old man gave Zhang Jue the Essential Arts of Great Peace and warned him to spread enlightenment without harboring wayward ambitions.
• Zhang Jue bowed to the old man, who identified himself as the Old Immortal of Southern Florescence and vanished.

Zhang Jue founded Great Peace Daoism after studying the Heavenly Book, while Zhang Daoling established Orthodox Unity Daoism and spread Laozi’s teachings across Blue Star. As Daoist schools flourished and Blue Star advanced to the First Star Ring, Zhang Yang turned to Quark to discuss the urgent push toward a level three civilization.

• The Old Immortal of Southern Florescence’s Heavenly Book merged into Zhang Jue, granting him a half-immortal physique and teachings he recognized as the Dao.
• Zhang Jue returned home with Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, secluded himself to study the Essential Arts of Great Peace, and founded Great Peace Daoism three years later.
• Zhang Daoling traveled across Blue Star, established Orthodox Unity Daoism, and attracted countless disciples with his claim that Laozi had taught him.
• Daoist cultivation spread across Blue Star as dynasties adopted different religious and cultural policies, while Zhang Yang continued advancing the planet through Star War victories.
• Blue Star advanced to the First Star Ring after another sixty years, and Zhang Yang entered the Starry Sky Virtual Platform to discuss reaching level three civilization with Quark.

After learning about the dangers and opportunities awaiting a level three civilization, Zhang Yang prepared Blue Star for advancement. The people and legendary figures of Blue Star answered his call to war as he confirmed the advance.

• Quark explained that level three civilizations appeared randomly in the Milky Way, could wage wars and move planets, and faced dangers from powerful Starfolk, cosmic disasters, and star pirates.
• Zhang Yang reviewed Blue Star’s Energy Points, received Quark’s planet code, and hesitated after hearing about interstellar travel’s risks, but Quark persuaded him to proceed.
• Zhang Yang returned to Blue Star and informed its inhabitants that the civilization was about to advance and that they would face both dangers and new opportunities.
• Ying Zheng, Liu Bang, Li Yuan, other Chosen Ones, and cultivators gathered in the sky and cried, “War!”
• Zhang Yang summoned Suirenshi, Fuxi, Shennong, Nuwa, and the Yellow Emperor, who joined the call to war, and he confirmed Blue Star’s advancement to a level three civilization.

Blue Star completed its advancement to a Level Three Civilization and appeared in the Milky Way, where Zhang Yang began assessing its new surroundings. The lifting of the planet’s suppression triggered widespread breakthroughs and tribulations, and Guiguzi advanced all the way to the Deity Transformation Realm.

• Blue Star jumped through space and settled in the Milky Way’s Perseus Arm, while the medal briefed Zhang Yang on the galaxy and gave the planet its identification code.
• Zhang Yang entered the Starry Sky Virtual Platform to investigate nearby space and plan how to obtain supplies and locate Quark.
• After Blue Star’s advancement lifted its suppression, many Foundation Establishment cultivators broke through to the Golden Core Realm, while spirit beasts and fierce beasts faced tribulation lightning.
• Little White and Little Green evolved into Horned Dragons, and other spirit beasts—including the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and White Spirit Fox—completed their evolutions and flew away.
• Guiguzi used his merit to withstand tribulation lightning, broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, then endured seventy-two bolts and advanced to the Deity Transformation Realm.
• Guiguzi vanished in a streak of golden light after his breakthrough, leaving the Human Race astonished.

After Blue Star’s cultivators and the Underworld’s Yin Deities advanced, Zhang Yang met Quark on the Starry Sky Virtual Platform and learned how the universe’s trade, missions, and energy systems worked. He returned to Blue Star to turn the Star Map and Star Anchor into laws so he could locate Quark.

• Confucius, Shakyamuni, and Xiang Yu reached realms equivalent to Deity Transformation, while other Human Race cultivators and powerful Underworld beings advanced to higher realms.
• Blue Star’s advancement stabilized, and the dynasties began assembling Level Three Civilization technology for future interstellar warfare.
• Zhang Yang found Quark’s planetary code on the Starry Sky Virtual Platform and accepted Quark’s request to manifest his will.
• Quark taught Zhang Yang to set up his Star Lord information and explained the Star Map, Star Anchor, Energy Points, Divine Source Points, and mission system.
• Zhang Yang returned to Blue Star to turn the Star Map and Star Anchor into laws so he could determine Quark’s location.

Zhang Yang learned how star imprints and the Star Map worked, then shared advanced technology with the emperors. Ying Zheng tested a drop of high-grade cosmic energy, faced a deadly tribulation, and survived with help from the Five Primordial Human Ancestors, advancing to the Deity Transformation Realm.

• Zhang Yang examined the Star Map, learned how Star Lords could kill rivals and revoke star imprints, and used the Star Anchor to find Quark's planet, 183 million light-years away.
• Zhang Yang shared level three civilization technology with the emperors, and Ying Zheng received a Divine Edict containing high-grade cosmic energy.
• Ying Zheng swallowed the Energy Point, was propelled through the sky as his cultivation rose, and began facing unusually powerful red tribulation lightning.
• Ying Zheng was badly injured as the tribulation intensified, while the emperors and Human Race watched helplessly.
• The Five Primordial Human Ancestors emerged from Firecloud Cave and used their merit to block the final strike, allowing Ying Zheng to advance to the Deity Transformation Realm.
• Ying Zheng thanked the ancestors, who told him to thank Father God, and he returned to the Qin Palace reflecting on their words.

Zhang Yang moved Blue Star through space toward Quark’s Planetary Coordinates, spending Energy Points to propel it. When a nearby planet attacked, Blue Star’s barrier blocked its first volley, and the enemy sent troop transports toward the seemingly inexperienced world.

• The five great progenitors of the Human Race in Firecloud Cave refined their Energy Points after Zhang Yang rewarded them.
• Zhang Yang explored the Starry Sky Virtual Platform, complained about its fees, and chose not to buy any treasures.
• Zhang Yang used Planetary Movement to steer Blue Star manually through space, spending Energy Points as fuel while its cultivators trained and nations advanced their technology.
• Blue Star stopped near another planet, whose forces dispatched nine warships and fired a probing volley at it.
• Blue Star’s F-Rank Defense Card blocked the attack, and the enemy mistook it for a newly advanced civilization before sending troop transports toward it.

Blue Star fought an invading Vampire Race in a planetary war, using orbital weapons, cultivators, and military forces to overwhelm the enemy. After the vampires’ defeat, Zhang Yang forced their Star Lord to agree to an Enslavement Contract.

• Blue Star’s Orbital Cannons struck the approaching enemy fleet, while Zhang Jue and other cultivators attacked the vampires fleeing toward the planet.
• Zhang Yang activated a Cosmic Contract to begin the planetary war, and forces from both worlds charged into battle.
• Blue Star’s fighters and bombers illuminated the enemy planet with Kinetic Fusion Bombs, weakening and destroying many vampires.
• Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian disciples joined the fighting, and Zhang Daoling summoned more than ten thousand Daoist Soldiers to aid the surrounded Daoists.
• Blue Star’s forces defeated the vampires and hunted down survivors after the enemy’s Divine Cards failed to change the outcome.
• Zhang Yang confronted the enemy Star Lord, who agreed to sign an Enslavement Contract after Zhang Yang rejected his request to amend its terms.

After conquering the Vampire Race, Zhang Yang let Vampire One Star develop under Blue Star’s rule and spent a century strengthening Blue Star. He launched the Heavenly Net System across the planet and then set off toward his next destination.

• Zhang Yang enslaved the Vampire planet as Vampire One Star, imposed an annual tribute of half its energy points, and discovered that the giant bat had only 26 points.
• Zhang Yang withdrew Blue Star’s army, ordered the Vampire Race’s Star Lord to focus on development, and planned to build Blue Star’s collective strength.
• Over the following century, Blue Star advanced its technology through cooperation between the dynasties and cultivation sects, producing new warships, upgraded robots, and Spatial Rings.
• Fifty years before the system’s widespread launch, Father God invited Ying Zheng to test the Heavenly Net, and Ying Zheng recruited guards and tried its lottery.
• Zhang Yang watched the Heavenly Net expand across Blue Star and the Underworld, stocked its marketplace and Auction House, and then spent energy points to depart for his destination.

As vampires migrated to Blue Star, Zhang Yang introduced temporary residency passes to protect the Human Race’s interests while drawing supplies from affiliated planets. Blue Star then stopped near barren planets, and Starfolk set out on an interstellar exploration mission in search of Cosmic Wonders and other treasures.

• Vampire migration to Blue Star prompted human representatives to ask Ying Zheng to address the growing competition for resources.
• Ying Zheng consulted Zhang Yang, who agreed that unrestricted migration could harm Blue Star’s people and weaken its affiliated planets.
• Heavenly Net began selling temporary residency passes to residents of affiliated planets for contribution points exchanged from Blue Star Coins.
• After Blue Star reached new coordinates near more than a dozen barren planets, Heavenly Net announced an exploration mission offering rewards for discoveries, especially Cosmic Wonder fragments.
• Starfolk launched spaceships to explore the nearby planets, while Liu Bei and his two brothers began their expedition in a spaceship bought with their remaining funds.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei explored a Wasteland Planet, fought alongside Human Race cultivators against its monsters, and collected valuable Demon Crystal Stones. They counted seventy-two stones and realized they had made a fortune.

• Liu Bei chose a nearby Wasteland Planet from the Star Map and flew there with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
• Liu Bei dodged an enemy spaceship's laser attack and joined other Human Race ships in destroying it and its two monster occupants.
• Liu Bei and his brothers rushed to aid Human Race ships attacked by thousands of enormous monsters on the planet.
• Zhang Fei and Guan Yu rescued besieged cultivators and fought the monsters, collecting the crystals that fell from their brains.
• The Human Race forces killed the monsters, though several Golden Core cultivators died, and their companions stored their souls in Soul Bottles.
• Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei identified their seventy-two crystals as Demon Crystal Stones worth 500 Blue Star Coins each and celebrated their haul.