Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Sovereign rescued Dong Santong, Li Xiaoya, and Xiao Qian, while Devil Lord Baiye survived as a wisp of primordial spirit and fled toward the Devil Race. True Immortal Heavenly Feather intercepted and destroyed Baiye in Chaos Space, then headed back toward the Bright Star Realm.

• Dong Santong told Li Xiaoya that he had awakened his sacred body, but backlash and demonic qi had left the Light Divine Beast turning against him.
• The Immortal Sovereign cleansed the demonic qi and used a vast jade-white hand to carry Dong Santong, Li Xiaoya, and Xiao Qian away.
• After the Immortal Sovereign departed, Devil Lord Baiye emerged from the wreckage and fled as a wisp of black-red light, boasting that his Slaughter Law had reached perfection.
• True Immortal Heavenly Feather caught Baiye in a five-colored spiritual hand in Chaos Space and crushed his last remaining primordial spirit.
• True Immortal Heavenly Feather searched the area, then flew back toward the Bright Star Realm after failing to catch Demon Feather True Devil.

Demon Elder reported the failed attack on the Child of Light to Prince Modong, who ordered the assault on the Thirty-Three Star Realm suspended while intelligence gathering continued. In the Immortal Star Realm, Li Xiaoya recovered in seclusion and learned that Senior Heavenly Feather wanted to see him.

• Demon Elder told Prince Modong that the Devil Race’s forces had failed to stop the Child of Light, and that True Devil Moyu had lost his physical body.
• Demon Elder warned that the Demon Emperor might replace Prince Modong if he failed to succeed, and Prince Modong admitted he needed more time to inherit the laws.
• Prince Modong suspended the plan to attack the Thirty-Three Star Realm but ordered Demon Elder to continue gathering intelligence.
• Demon Elder reported that Li Xiaoya might be among the Immortal Race cultivators, and Prince Modong recognized him as the human who had repeatedly ruined his plans.
• Li Xiaoya continued recovering in the Immortal Star Realm and worried that Xian'er and Senior Sister had been taken to the Immortal Sovereign's Immortal Court.
• Xiao Qian arrived and told Li Xiaoya that Senior Heavenly Feather wanted to see them.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian traveled to Immortal Spirit City after True Immortal Heavenly Feather summoned them, hoping to receive their promised rewards. Heavenly Feather revealed that Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong were inside the Immortal Palace, which required the Immortal Sovereign’s permission to enter.

• Xiao Qian told Li Xiaoya that True Immortal Heavenly Feather had summoned them to Immortal Spirit City, and Li Xiaoya asked after Dong Santong.
• Li Xiaoya recalled that the Immortal Sovereign had taken Dong Santong away and sent Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong to the Immortal Court, while he and Xiao Qian recovered for over a month.
• Xiao Qian warned Li Xiaoya not to mention anything to True Immortal Heavenly Feather unless he asked about it.
• Xiao Qian used a jade token to teleport herself and Li Xiaoya from a tower above the ocean to Immortal Spirit City.
• True Immortal Heavenly Feather met them and explained that Immortal Spirit City was the outer region of the Immortal Court, while Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong were in the central Immortal Palace, accessible only with the Immortal Sovereign’s permission.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian entered the Immortal Race Divine Artifact Treasure Pavilion to claim their rewards and choose one divine artifact each. They found the vault filled with tens of thousands of artifacts, and began deciding what treasures to seek.

• True Immortal Heavenly Feather told Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian that the Immortal Sovereign rewarded them with one divine artifact each and ten thousand years of residence in the Immortal Court.
• True Immortal Heavenly Feather gave them Treasure Retrieval Orbs, which let them pass the vault's guards and restrictions and retrieve one treasure apiece within two hours.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian discussed their choices: Li Xiaoya wanted a defensive treasure, while Xiao Qian sought one combining offense and defense.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian passed through the guarded entrance and a long passage where their divine sense and magic power were suppressed.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian entered the vault's main chamber and saw rows of chambers holding tens of thousands of divine artifacts.

Li Xiaoya searched the Immortal Race’s treasure pavilion for a divine artifact, weighing four promising treasures and preparing to claim the painted scroll. Xiao Qian chose a treasure first, triggering the pavilion’s rotating rooms and changing the treasures before Li Xiaoya could act.

• Xiao Qian told Li Xiaoya that many of the pavilion’s divine artifacts were replicas, then set off to find one for herself.
• Li Xiaoya read the inscription saying that artifact attunement depended on fate and began surveying the treasures without relying on divine sense.
• Li Xiaoya ruled out weapons, armor, and shields, then narrowed his choices to pearls, a jade pendant, a beast-covered vessel, and a painting scroll.
• Li Xiaoya decided to claim the painting scroll and took out his Treasure Retrieval Orb as Xiao Qian announced that she had found her treasure.
• Xiao Qian used her Treasure Retrieval Orb, setting off golden light and machinery that rotated the rooms and transformed the treasures inside; Li Xiaoya’s chosen room moved away.

Li Xiaoya used the Treasure Retrieval Orb to choose between two identical scrolls and barely escaped the Treasure Pavilion before time ran out. After True Immortal Heavenly Feather brought him to register for the Immortal Court, Li Xiaoya asked to leave and reunite with Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong, but Heavenly Feather challenged him with the possibility that they could stay.

• Xiao Qian chose a treasure, causing the treasures in the Treasure Pavilion to change, and Li Xiaoya searched for the scroll he wanted.
• Li Xiaoya found two identical scrolls, used the Treasure Retrieval Orb to select one, and was transported back to the square just before time expired.
• True Immortal Heavenly Feather led Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian to a building where they could register to live in the Immortal Court.
• Li Xiaoya told True Immortal Heavenly Feather that he wanted to see Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong and return to the Thirty-Three Star Realm.
• True Immortal Heavenly Feather warned Li Xiaoya that leaving before becoming a True Immortal could be dangerous, then asked whether he would still leave if Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong stayed in the Immortal Court.

Li Xiaoya registered to stay in the Immortal Court while waiting for permission to see Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong, then examined the life divine artifact he had chosen from the Treasure Pavilion. As Li Xiaoya prepared to bind the ring, the Immortal Sovereign sensed his choice while guarding the captive Light Divine Beast.

• True Immortal Heavenly Feather told Li Xiaoya that Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong were safe and that he would report Li Xiaoya's request to the Immortal Sovereign.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian registered in the Immortal Court and chose nearby Palace residences; True Immortal Heavenly Feather told Li Xiaoya that Second Better lived in the same section.
• Li Xiaoya entered his Palace, examined its abundant treasures and Immortal Spirit Qi, then took the ring he had selected from the Treasure Pavilion into a Sealed Chamber.
• Li Xiaoya infused the ring with life law power, awakening a vast life aura, and decided to perform Blood-Binding.
• The Immortal Sovereign sensed that Li Xiaoya had chosen the Immortal Ancestor's Life Divine Ring while guarding the bound Light Divine Beast.

Li Xiaoya visited Second Better to discuss materials from the Bright Star Realm, after refining the Immortal Ancestor's Divine Life Ring and learning its cultivation and life-saving abilities. He found Second Better with True Immortal Jiuren, who received a newly completed Divine Artifact and left Li Xiaoya astonished at Second Better's skill.

• Li Xiaoya refined the Immortal Ancestor's Divine Life Ring, discovering that it accelerated cultivation and could preserve his life from a fatal attack.
• Li Xiaoya brought materials from the Bright Star Realm to Second Better's palace and sent voice transmissions for six to eight hours without getting a response.
• True Immortal Jiuren arrived and warned Li Xiaoya that Second Better had no interest in ordinary artifact-refining materials.
• Second Better emerged in his mechanical puppet, greeted Li Xiaoya excitedly, and initially ignored True Immortal Jiuren.
• Second Better gave True Immortal Jiuren a hammer Divine Artifact he had finished refining, astonishing Li Xiaoya.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Second Better in the Immortal Court and brought him rare materials, including the wreckage of the Swordlight Flying Boat, for artifact work. As Second Better examined the wreckage, Li Xiaoya discovered that he had a half-dismantled Metal Puppet like the one guarding the divine artifact Treasure Pavilion in his workshop.

• True Immortal Jiuren offered Second Better materials from Immortal Tribulation Stage Demon Kings, but Second Better refused to refine them and invited Li Xiaoya into his cave abode instead.
• Li Xiaoya gave Second Better several Storage Rings filled with rare materials from Ancient Top-Tier Demon Beasts, which delighted the artifact refiner.
• Second Better said he might be able to make two or three Replica Divine Artifacts from the materials and noticed the wrecked Swordlight Flying Boat among them.
• Li Xiaoya explained that he had destroyed the Swordlight Flying Boat with the Golden Light Orb while escaping the Bright Star Realm, and Second Better said he would inspect it for possible repairs.
• Li Xiaoya followed Second Better into the palace and was shocked to see a half-dismantled Crescent Moon Blade-wielding Metal Puppet like the one guarding the divine artifact Treasure Pavilion.

Li Xiaoya learned that Second Better had chosen to remain with the Immortal Race, then discussed divine artifacts and left with new treasures and a communication bell. He returned to his palace and happily reunited with Liu Xian'er, but grew worried when Zhang Hong was absent.

• Second Better told Li Xiaoya that he would stay with the Immortal Race to study artifact refinement, and Li Xiaoya accepted that it was safest for him.
• Second Better explained the difference between genuine divine artifacts and replicas, and revealed that the Miniature Immortal Court Divine Artifact was a powerful cultivation abode.
• Second Better gave Li Xiaoya puppets, Storage Rings, two Replica Divine Artifacts, and a communication bell, and said he was close to refining a Miniature Immortal Court Divine Artifact.
• Li Xiaoya left Second Better's palace and flew back to his own Cave Abode Palace.
• Li Xiaoya found Liu Xian'er waiting outside his palace and embraced her, then asked anxiously where Zhang Hong was.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Liu Xian'er in the Immortal Court and learned that she and Zhang Hong had been brought there to cultivate. Liu Xian'er revealed that she had become the Immortal Sovereign's disciple to study the Formation Dao and had decided to remain in the Immortal Star Realm for now.

• Li Xiaoya reunited with Liu Xian'er, and she told him Zhang Hong was in seclusion preparing to advance to the late Mighty One Stage.
• Liu Xian'er explained that she and Zhang Hong had arrived at the Immortal Court three or four years earlier and were cultivating in the Inner Immortal Court.
• Liu Xian'er told Li Xiaoya that she had taken the Immortal Sovereign as her master to study the Formation Dao.
• Liu Xian'er firmly told Li Xiaoya that she did not plan to return to the Thirty-Three Star Realm for now.

Liu Xian'er chose to remain in the Immortal Star Realm to study the Immortal Sovereign's Formation Dao, hoping to aid Li Xiaoya and the Human Race. After decades, Li Xiaoya prepared to leave with Zhang Hong, while an unexpected visitor called to him during his seclusion.

• Liu Xian'er explained that she wanted to master the Immortal Sovereign's Formation Dao so she could strengthen the Human Race and help carry Li Xiaoya's burdens.
• Li Xiaoya accepted that Liu Xian'er would stay in the Immortal Star Realm and decided to return to the Thirty-Three Star Realm with Zhang Hong after her breakthrough.
• Li Xiaoya spent the following decades cultivating, sparring with Xiao Qian, and advancing his comprehension of the Life Law; Zhang Hong reached the Late Mighty One Stage.
• Li Xiaoya worried that Dong Santong had sent no word since returning from the Bright Star Realm.
• A familiar voice called Li Xiaoya through a voice transmission while he was cultivating in seclusion.

Li Xiaoya received news from True Immortal Heavenly Feather that Dong Santong had awakened his Child of Light Sacred Body, along with precious demon-king and Light Divine Beast blood essence. After preparing for his departure and refining the demon-king blood essence, Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong set out, leaving Second Better behind.

• True Immortal Heavenly Feather delivered Dong Santong's message and reported that he had awakened his Child of Light Sacred Body but could not receive visitors.
• Li Xiaoya found blood essence from the twelve Light-Element Demon Kings and a few drops from the Light Divine Beast in Dong Santong's gift.
• Li Xiaoya planned to wait for Second Better to finish refining materials and repairing the Swordlight Flying Boat so he could avoid traveling directly through the Thirty-Three Star Realm's Immortal Court.
• Li Xiaoya refined the twelve Demon Kings' blood essence with Diamond Grass Extract and reserved the Light Divine Beast's blood essence for later.
• Second Better gave Zhang Hong a protective bracelet, and Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong said farewell and flew away.
• After Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong departed, Second Better suddenly remembered something and hurried back inside his palace.

Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong left the Immortal Star Realm for the Thirty-Third Star Realm after saying goodbye to Liu Xian'er, who chose to remain behind. As they traveled aboard the repaired Swordlight Flying Boat, Zhang Hong asked how they would evade the Dragon Ancestor’s and Great Brahma Immortal Emperor’s scouts when they returned to the human race.

• Liu Xian'er gave Li Xiaoya a Star Realm Teleportation Token and said goodbye to him and Zhang Hong.
• Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong departed through the Star Realm Teleportation Formation, while Liu Xian'er flew toward the Jade Towers.
• A purple-veiled woman riding a Five-Colored Phoenix vowed to surpass Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er before flying away.
• Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong traveled through four star realms, boarded the repaired Swordlight Flying Boat, and headed from the Thirty-First Star Realm toward the Thirty-Third Star Realm.
• Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong practiced dual cultivation during the journey, and Zhang Hong asked how they would avoid the Dragon Ancestor’s and Great Brahma Immortal Emperor’s scouts.

Li Xiaoya explained to Zhang Hong that he intended to strengthen the Human Race rather than seek immediate revenge on the Dragon Race or Great Brahma Immortal Emperor. Near the Star Realm Sea, he avoided its restrictions and opened a mysterious spatial tunnel, leading Zhang Hong inside before an enormous Golden Armor ape-like cultivator appeared behind them.

• Li Xiaoya assured Zhang Hong that he would not confront the Dragon Race yet, and said his main reason for returning was to raise the Human Race's strength.
• Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong continued cultivating and sparring together until they reached the Star Realm Sea aboard the Swordlight Flying Boat.
• Li Xiaoya detected restrictions covering the Star Realm Sea and steered the Swordlight Flying Boat around it instead of entering the Thirty-Three Star Realm.
• Li Xiaoya stored the Swordlight Flying Boat and formed a spatial tunnel in Chaos Space, then led Zhang Hong inside without revealing where it went.
• After Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong vanished into the tunnel, an enormous ape-like cultivator clad in Golden Armor appeared in the void.

Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong returned to the transformed Human Realm Star Realm, where they found the Heavenly Dao Sect had grown into the realm’s sole sect. Li Xiaoya reunited with Heavenly Venerable Daoling and noticed his master seemed troubled, leaving the reason for that concern unrevealed.

• General Heavenly Thunder searched for a trace of spatial-law power near the Thirty-Three Star Realm, found nothing, and departed through a Golden Light Vortex.
• Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong entered the Human Realm Star Realm through a spatial tunnel and discovered that it had greatly expanded and prospered during their absence.
• Li Xiaoya found that the Heavenly Dao Sect had absorbed the other sects and grown to encompass hundreds of peaks, while his parents and Qin Xian were absent.
• Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong went to visit Heavenly Venerable Daoling at his cave abode, and he warmly welcomed them back.
• Li Xiaoya noticed hesitation in Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s expression and asked what was troubling him.

Heavenly Venerable Daoling told Li Xiaoya that cultivators in the Human Realm Star Realm could no longer ascend to the Upper Realm after Li Xiaoya turned it into his own secret realm. Li Xiaoya promised to seek a solution, but left still concerned about the realm’s future and the dangers of letting its cultivators depart.

• Heavenly Venerable Daoling explained that he had been unable to overcome his cultivation bottleneck or leave the Human Realm Star Realm for centuries.
• Li Xiaoya realized that refining the Human Realm Star Realm had severed its connection to the wider realms and prevented cultivators from ascending without special means.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling warned that trapped cultivators could cause unrest, and Li Xiaoya explained that his enemies might destroy the realm if they learned of his presence.
• Li Xiaoya promised to find a solution and gave Heavenly Venerable Daoling pills, True Immortal Spirit Treasures, and a Heaven-Opening Treasure before leaving with Zhang Hong.
• Li Xiaoya headed for the Enchanted Mountain Range, considering the dangers of mass departures and deciding he needed to contact Daode Daoist Patriarch.

Li Xiaoya returned to the Human Realm Star Realm, found his parents safe at the Heaven-and-Earth Realm, and learned how the realm had changed during his absence. After spending several days with them, he went to meet Daode Daoist Patriarch, but arrived in his Thirty-Three Star Realm cave abode to find a mysterious figure waiting.

• Li Xiaoya and Zhang Hong entered the Enchanted Mountain Range through Liu Xian'er's five-colored restrictions and discovered its vast herb garden and thriving cultivation grounds.
• Li Xiaoya sensed that his parents, Lingyu, Qin Xian, Zhao Xiaoqing, and High Person Qianshan had reached the Heaven-and-Earth Realm.
• Li Xiaoya learned that the Human Realm's sects had merged into the Heavenly Dao Alliance and that demon beasts were becoming scarce as cultivators multiplied.
• Li Xiaoya reunited with Mother Li and Li Muzhi, learned they were stuck at a cultivation bottleneck, and spent several days with them.
• Li Xiaoya left to discuss plans with Daode Daoist Patriarch, then found a five-colored figure waiting in his cave abode on Dao Mountain.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Daode Daoist Patriarch, who revealed how he had stolen a Heaven-Creating Divine Artifact from the Immortal Sovereign and explained the Human Race’s history in the Thirty-Three Star Realm. He warned Li Xiaoya that the Human Race could no longer rely on the Immortal Race, then recognized that Li Xiaoya had returned because of the Human Realm Star Realm.

• Li Xiaoya met Daode Daoist Patriarch at his cave abode and learned that his master was a True Immortal who had been waiting for him.
• Daode Daoist Patriarch explained that he had led the Human Race Alliance into the Thirty-Three Star Realm, where humans were later caught between rival races and the Immortal Race’s expanding influence.
• Daode Daoist Patriarch revealed that he had secretly sent the missing Immortal Sovereign to the Immortal Spirit Realm and stolen one of his Heaven-Creating Divine Artifacts.
• Li Xiaoya suspected that the stolen artifact was a Life Divine Artifact, but Daode Daoist Patriarch neither confirmed nor denied it.
• Daode Daoist Patriarch warned Li Xiaoya not to depend on the Immortal Race for protection and said he knew Li Xiaoya had returned because of the Human Realm Star Realm.

Li Xiaoya and Daode Daoist Patriarch devised the “Human Race Rise” plan to secretly develop the Human Realm Star Realm into a cultivation ground that could strengthen humanity. Li Xiaoya left with supplies and a mirror for contacting his master, ready to put their plan into action.

• Li Xiaoya discussed how the human race remained vulnerable to suppression in the Thirty-Three Star Realm and recognized that it could not rely on the Immortal Race for protection.
• Li Xiaoya proposed using the Human Realm Star Realm to cultivate powerful human cultivators, while keeping it secret from the other races.
• Daode Daoist Patriarch identified obstacles to the plan, including the lack of competition and the risk that an ascension passage would expose the Human Realm Star Realm.
• Daode Daoist Patriarch suggested creating dangerous secret realms and treasure hunts, and bringing in demon beasts from other star realms to challenge cultivators.
• Li Xiaoya and Daode Daoist Patriarch spent more than ten days shaping their ideas into a development plan called “Human Race Rise.”
• Daode Daoist Patriarch gave Li Xiaoya supplies and a mirror for contacting him, then watched him depart through the Teleportation Formation.