Chapter Summaries

The announcement of the Seven Stars Banquet sent Jianghu fighters rushing toward Seven Stars City, while Old Daoist Tianji warned major sects that the Ling Tian Sect had allied with the Evil God. The sects secretly mobilized their disciples, who set out for the banquet under orders to conceal their movements.

• Jianghu crowds across the continent celebrated the Seven Stars Banquet and began traveling toward Seven Stars City.
• Li Qingshan’s fellow prodigies reacted to the invitation, and Qiao Jingxing left Flying Snow City to ask Sect Master Niu for permission to attend.
• Old Daoist Tianji warned Sect Master Niu that the Ling Tian Sect had pledged itself to the Evil God and showed him the withheld Heaven Ranking.
• Old Daoist Tianji delivered the same warning to the Divine Fiend Sect Leader, Shi Zhenghong of the Magic Flame Sect, and other major factions.
• Sect Master Niu ordered Qiao Jingxing to leave immediately for Seven Stars City with disciples below the Awakened realm, then told them to disperse and conceal their tracks.
• Human Ranking prodigies and groups of lower-level disciples left their sects early, ostensibly to attend Undying Yama’s banquet.

Lin Haochuan and Ren Fanyu prepared for a coordinated attack on the Three Sects, Four Schools, and Five Gangs while worrying about the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s involvement. As the Seven Stars Banquet drew near, Seven Stars City filled with Jianghu visitors and disguised Seven Stars Sect youngsters, who settled into roles throughout the city.

• Xiao Baohe told Lin Haochuan that Hua Moli and Huang Lingwei had come down the mountain with disciples, but Lin Haochuan insisted the Ling Tian Sect wait for the appointed time to attack the Three Sects, Four Schools, and Five Gangs.
• Ren Fanyu told Lin Haochuan that the Evil Lord had not responded and warned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s involvement could complicate their plan; Lin Haochuan refused to bow to the Evil Lord and declared that the longsword would decide the outcome.
• Lin Haochuan said he was ready to meet the Little Madman if the ambush failed and they had to turn their swords toward the Seven Stars Sect.
• As the Seven Stars Banquet approached, crowds of Jianghu visitors converged on Seven Stars City, while citizens moved away and prices rose.
• Jiang Lei sold flatbread outside Tian Xiang Tower, and Liu Licheng bought a piece before complaining about its poor craftsmanship and price.
• Liu Licheng told Long Yeyun that the arriving youngsters had taken jobs and blended into the city, and Long Yeyun let them continue enjoying their roles as long as they stayed hidden.

The Ling Tian Sect launched a devastating assault across the continent, destroying the Azure Sea Sect and other major factions as its enemies converged on Seven Stars City. The Heaven Ranking revealed that Ling Tian Sect elders held thirty-three of its thirty-six places, leaving the continent stunned and focused on the coming Seven Stars Banquet.

• Lin Haochuan and Xiao Baohe found the Azure Sea Sect abandoned, and Lin Haochuan ordered the Ling Tian Sect to proceed with its plan against the Seven Stars.
• Ling Tian Sect sword lights destroyed the mountain gates of the Three Gates, Four Schools, and Five Gangs, including the Magic Flame Sect and Titanium Extreme Sect.
• Elder Lin told Duan Yibai that Heavenly Wolf City had been reduced to ruins, and Duan Yibai headed to Seven Stars City with Elder Lin while the other elders scattered into hiding.
• After learning that the Green Wood Sect had been destroyed, the Divine Fiend Sect Master ordered his elders to march together toward Seven Stars City.
• The Heaven Ranking updated to reveal Ling Tian Sect elders among its leading names and reported the destruction of several major factions, drawing the continent's attention to Seven Stars City.

As the Seven Stars Banquet began, the great Jianghu factions and hundreds of Outer Scene Celestials gathered at Seven Stars City, confirming that a decisive battle was imminent. A Ling Tian Sect figure challenged Li Qingshan, while a young man woke in a dusty room with numb eyes.

• Jiang Lei sold flatbreads outside Heavenly Fragrance Inn as Jianghu folk debated the destruction of the great sects and the coming banquet.
• Jiang Lei spoke with Li Hetai and the new shop waiter, who bought flatbreads and said the kitchen masters could teach Jiang Lei to make them.
• Jianghu folk found the great sect strongholds reduced to ruins with no bodies, while the rankings and the whereabouts of the missing experts remained unchanged for months.
• Long Yeyun welcomed the arriving Human Ranking prodigies and Outer Scene Celestials from the Three Gates, Four Schools, and Five Gangs outside Seven Stars City.
• A Ling Tian Sect figure challenged Li Qingshan and threatened to kill the Little Madman.
• A numb-eyed young man slowly opened his eyes in a dusty room.

As Ling Tian Sect advanced on Seven Stars City, Li Qingshan learned that Seven Stars Sect had prepared a defense and was given command of the operation. Old Daoist Tianji warned him to flee, but Li Qingshan reassured him that the plan would keep him safe.

• Li Hetai offered to flee with Jiang Lei, but Jiang Lei pointed out the excited young Martial Artists crowding Seven Stars City and urged him to watch Li Qingshan.
• The Human Ranking prodigies greeted Li Qingshan, who promised to host their banquet despite Ling Tian Sect's arrival.
• Long Yeyun summoned six hundred Outer Scene Celestials, whose appearance cheered the city, while the sect leaders realized Ling Tian Sect had brought three thousand.
• The allied sects offered to fight alongside Seven Stars Sect, but Long Yeyun told them to watch as Li Qingshan took command of the operation.
• Old Daoist Tianji warned Li Qingshan to flee, but Li Qingshan assured him the contingency plan would keep him and his disciple safe.

Li Qingshan and Yan Kang deployed a million Mecha Masters to trap and destroy Lin Haochuan and the Ling Tian Sect, while blood-robed statues began awakening across the continent. As Old Daoist Tianji recognized the arrival of the Great Calamity, Li Qingshan revealed that the mechas were not the true contingency plan; it had been prepared by Xiang Hao 120,000 years ago and rested on seven giant stars beyond the continent.

• Yan Kang ordered the Mecha Masters to surround Lin Haochuan and the Ling Tian Sect with a barrier of stacked energy shields.
• Jiang Lei and countless other young people across Seven Stars City transformed into mechas and joined the force surrounding the city.
• The Mecha Masters’ particle beams killed Ren Fanyu, Lin Haochuan, and the Ling Tian Sect’s three thousand Celestials, while the Spirit Taming Evil Lord declared that its purpose had been achieved.
• Blood-red light began glowing from human-shaped statues across the continent, and Old Daoist Tianji calculated that the Great Calamity had arrived.
• Li Qingshan explained that the million Mecha Masters were not the contingency plan and that Xiang Hao had arranged the real plan 120,000 years ago around seven giant stars beyond the continent.

As the Ling Tian Sect’s thirty-three Elders were reported dead at Seven Stars City, the Three Rankings declared that the Great Calamity had arrived and burned away. Blood light then froze people across cities until two Heavenly Wolf Gang Elders destroyed the hidden Blood Robe Divine Statues in Three Rivers City, revealing that the Evil Lord’s plan threatened the whole world.

• The Heaven Ranking reported that all thirty-three Ling Tian Sect Elders had died beneath the Heavenly Soldier called Light Arrow while besieging Seven Stars City.
• The Three Rankings displayed the blood-red warning, “The Great Calamity Has Arrived,” then burst into flames and turned to ashes.
• Blood-red light spread across cities, freezing Martial Artists and ordinary people and blocking escape through both the ground and the sky.
• Two hidden Elders of the Heavenly Wolf Gang awakened in Three Rivers City, recognized the blood light as the Evil Lord’s work, and searched for nearby Blood Robe Divine Statues.
• The two Elders destroyed dozens of Blood Robe Divine Statues, dispelling the blood light in Three Rivers City and restoring movement there.
• The Elders concluded that the Evil Lord had used the Seven Stars City battle to draw in Outer Scene experts while the Divine Statues revived across the world.

As bloodlight spread toward Seven Stars City, Long Yeyun led the assembled sect leaders and prodigies to the Seven Stars Banquet while Li Qingshan avoided entering Heavenly Human Unity. In the Crimson Rainbow Starfield, the Martial Arts Seven Stars released their Heavenly Phenomena toward the shadow of the Spirit Taming Evil Lord, revealing Xiang Hao’s contingency plan.

• Bloodlight approached Seven Stars City from every horizon, and Long Yeyun told the sect leaders that the million Heavenly Soldiers could not defeat the Evil Lord.
• Long Yeyun invited everyone to the Seven Stars Banquet, while Old Daoist Tianji warned Li Qingshan not to enter Heavenly Human Unity because the Evil Lord was Replacing Heaven with Oneself.
• Li Qingshan went to the banquet, and the Metal Giants descended, resumed their ordinary forms, and returned to their city jobs as Jiang Lei urged Li Hetai to go to Tian Xiang Tower.
• In the Crimson Rainbow Starfield, the Seven Stars Deans saw bloodstains spread beneath a vast shadow and debated how Xiang Hao’s arrangements could affect the Martial Arts Seven Stars.
• The seven giant stars unleashed their Heavenly Phenomena, which flowed toward the shadow as the Seven Stars Deans realized the plan involved Heavenly Phenomenon Seven Methods and Heavenly Human Unity joining inner and outer.

As the Evil Lord's bloodlight engulfed the Crimson Rainbow Continent and surrounded Seven Stars City, Li Qingshan's banquet guests waited for him to achieve Heavenly Human Unity. The Evil Lord revealed that he planned to achieve Dao Integration, and Li Qingshan answered that he would help him do it.

• Li Qingshan hosted the Seven Stars Banquet while the Human Ranking prodigies and sect leaders watched the approaching bloodlight and waited for him to achieve Heavenly Human Unity.
• The bloodlight swallowed the Crimson Rainbow Continent, leaving Seven Stars City as the only clear land, and billions of figures spoke in unison to Li Qingshan.
• Jiang Lei and the Million Mecha Masters joined their Mental Power to protect Seven Stars City from the Evil Lord's demonic voice.
• The bloodlight formed a gigantic Grinning Mask, and the Evil Lord revealed himself as the world's true body and declared that he would achieve Dao Integration.
• The Evil Lord challenged Li Qingshan to achieve Heavenly Human Unity, and Li Qingshan said he would help the Evil Lord achieve Dao Integration.

Li Qingshan achieved Heavenly Human Unity, and the seven heavenly phenomena shattered Yu Ling’s Grinning Mask and began cleansing the corrupted Heavenly Dao Space. He connected that space to the cosmic void, forcing Yu Ling’s attempt to devour the Heavenly Dao toward the far greater Cosmic Heavenly Dao.

• Li Qingshan entered the Inner Scene realm as the seven heavenly phenomena formed an Inner World and shattered the Grinning Mask across the blood-red sky.
• Long Yeyun warned that Spirit Taming Evil Lord still lived while Old Daoist Tianji remained motionless, merged with the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Qingshan met Old Daoist Tianji’s two eyeballs inside the corrupted Heavenly Dao Space and learned Yu Ling had spent 120,000 years corrupting it through reincarnation.
• Yu Ling reversed the Blood Vortex and opened his Grinning Mask to devour Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, but Li Qingshan stopped Old Daoist Tianji from sacrificing himself.
• Li Qingshan used the Martial Arts Seven Stars to pierce the Astral Realm Rules and connect the Heavenly Dao Space to the cosmic void, redirecting Yu Ling’s devouring toward the Cosmic Heavenly Dao.

Li Qingshan and Old Daoist Tianji watched Xiang Hao’s contingency plan unleash a trace of Eternal aura that restored Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and crushed Yu Ling’s attack. Yu Ling survived and threatened Li Qingshan, but Li revealed that the contingency plan had reached its final step as the Seven Heavenly Phenomena appeared.

• Old Daoist Tianji recognized the expanding Heavenly Dao Grinding Mill as a trace of the Eternal Starry Sky’s aura, while Li Qingshan explained that Xiang Hao could have destroyed the Crimson Rainbow Continent despite being unable to interfere with the Astral Realm Rules.
• The Astral Realm Rules sealed the breach, and the Eternal aura restored Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to its original state while leaving Yu Ling alive but severely wounded.
• The Spirit Taming Evil Lord gloated that he had endured to the end, then cursed Xiang Hao for undoing his 120,000 years of work.
• The Spirit Taming Evil Lord threatened Li Qingshan, but Li calmly rejected his guarantee and pointed to the Seven Heavenly Phenomena drifting through the Heavenly Dao Space.
• Li Qingshan declared that the Spirit Taming Evil Lord was celebrating too soon because the contingency plan had reached its final step.

Li Qingshan seized the Heavenly Dao Authority, subdued the Spirit Taming Evil Lord, and restored Old Daoist Tianji’s Primordial Spirit. Rather than rely on Xiang Hao’s contingency plan, Li Qingshan sent himself and the Spirit Taming Evil Lord into Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to settle their fight there.

• Li Qingshan used the seven Heavenly Phenomena to absorb the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation into a jade seal, claiming the Heavenly Dao Authority and rendering the Spirit Taming Evil Lord powerless.
• Li Qingshan crushed the Spirit Taming Evil Lord’s knees and restored Old Daoist Tianji’s Primordial Spirit with the jade seal.
• Li Qingshan hesitated to kill the Spirit Taming Evil Lord because he feared the man’s Projection would ruin the Martial Arts Space.
• Li Qingshan sent the Spirit Taming Evil Lord into Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and announced that they would fight there again.
• Li Qingshan entered the gray vortex himself, declaring that he would seek his Dao within Reincarnation.

Old Daoist Tianji discovered that Li Qingshan had accelerated the cycles of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, while Li Qingshan manifested an expanding Inner World through Heavenly Human Unity. After Tianji told Long Yeyun that Li Qingshan had chosen to face the Spirit Taming Evil Lord in reincarnation, Long Yeyun trusted him and decided to wait.

• Old Daoist Tianji saw the light and shadow in Heavenly Dao Space accelerate and realized Li Qingshan had arranged to speed up reincarnation.
• In Seven Stars City, Li Qingshan’s Heavenly Human Unity manifested an Inner World that continued expanding as Jianghu guests and sect cultivators watched.
• Old Daoist Tianji regained his sight and told Long Yeyun that Li Qingshan had entered Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to contend with the Spirit Taming Evil Lord and comprehend his Dao.
• Long Yeyun accepted Tianji’s account and chose to wait for Li Qingshan, confident in his past achievements.

Yu Ling and Li Qingshan entered the same Reincarnation Realm, where Yu Ling sought martial training and vowed to kill Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan planned to use the realm to comprehend his Own Dao, then accepted food from Zhuo Qiu and chose the name Sang Zi.

• Yu Ling awoke in a new life and ordered a martial arts master summoned, determined to find and kill Li Qingshan through Reincarnation.
• Li Qingshan awoke as a sick beggar and confirmed that his Martial Arts Space remained available despite his cultivation being sealed.
• Li Qingshan realized his Indestructible True Spirit meant Yu Ling’s attempt to wear him down through repeated deaths would fail, and resolved to use Reincarnation to comprehend his Own Dao.
• Zhuo Qiu gave the hungry Li Qingshan a steamed bun, and Li Qingshan promised to repay him someday.
• Li Qingshan learned that Zhuo Qiu hoped to become an escort and told him to call him Sang Zi from then on.

Li Qingshan recovered, found work with Zhuo Qiu, and settled into a small yard beside the Yu Family estate, where he spent his nights watching the sky. Five months later, Zhuo Qiu brought news that Yu Ling had defeated and badly injured the three martial arts masters who trained him.

• Li Qingshan urged Zhuo Qiu to wash up and find odd jobs, and the two eventually earned enough to eat well and wear clean clothes.
• Li Qingshan rented a dilapidated yard beside the Yu Family estate and planted a mulberry tree and a catalpa tree, refusing Zhuo Qiu's offer to join the Linwei Escort Agency.
• Li Qingshan began spending each night in a recliner beneath the stars, while a white-robed youth practiced swordsmanship across the wall and vowed to find him.
• Five months later, Zhuo Qiu visited Li Qingshan with a roast chicken and reported that Yu Ling had injured all three martial arts masters who had trained him.
• Li Qingshan calmly watered the now-grown trees and asked Zhuo Qiu to share his great news.

Li Qingshan taught Zhuo Qiu how to generate force, helping him unleash a saber aura and reach Human Tier One while realizing martial arts in the Reincarnation Realms were skills governed by each realm’s rules. At Linjiang County’s docks, he encountered Yu Ling, who was secretly searching for him and vowed to find him despite Li Qingshan’s remote upbringing.

• Li Qingshan corrected Zhuo Qiu’s movements while he practiced the Mountain Crushing Mad Saber, and Zhuo Qiu’s strike produced a saber aura that marked his advancement to Human Tier One.
• Li Qingshan concluded that martial arts were realm-specific skills and returned to watching the stars as another half year passed.
• At Linjiang County’s docks, Yu Ling arrived aboard the Yu Family’s Tower Ship, and Zhuo Qiu hurriedly pulled Li Qingshan out of his gaze.
• Zhuo Qiu explained that Yu Ling had reached Earth Tier at twelve and could overwhelm Black Mountain County, while Li Qingshan suggested he might be looking for someone.
• Aboard the ship, Yu Ling revealed his hatred of Li Qingshan and vowed to find him, regardless of his background or sect.

Li Qingshan realized he could follow his own path instead of trying to comprehend the Starry Sky directly, and he began practicing the Mountain Crushing Mad Saber. Ten years later, Zhuo Qiu returned with news that Yu Ling had massacred young experts and elders at the Seven Yang Sword Convention.

• Zhuo Qiu brought Li Qingshan wine and food, then practiced the Mountain Crushing Mad Saber in their courtyard.
• After Zhuo Qiu told Li Qingshan to focus on using a technique rather than understanding it, Li Qingshan realized his own path could lead him toward the Starry Sky.
• Li Qingshan practiced the Mountain Crushing Mad Saber and produced a saber aura, while his Status Panel recorded his progress at Human Tier One.
• Li Qingshan continued working, watching the stars, and practicing saber techniques as ten years passed and Zhuo Qiu rose to Human Tier Eight.
• Zhuo Qiu returned from an escort mission and told Li Qingshan that Yu Ling had slaughtered young experts from the seven great sects and their accompanying elders at the Seven Yang Sword Convention.

Yu Ling slaughtered the Blood Oath Gate while searching for Li Qingshan, then continued destroying sects as Li Qingshan remained in Linjiang County. After learning that Zhuo Qiu had died on an escort run, Li Qingshan left the county carrying a branch from the tree where he hung Zhuo Qiu’s bloodstained garment.

• Zhuo Qiu told Li Qingshan that Yu Ling had nearly wiped out seven sects and was heading to the Blood Oath Gate, but Li Qingshan believed Yu Ling was searching for someone.
• Yu Ling confronted Gao Chuan at the Blood Oath Gate, mistook him for Li Qingshan, and killed him along with the sect master, Elders, and everyone else in the hall.
• Yu Ling realized Gao Chuan was not Li Qingshan and resolved to keep searching, while his attacks brought further bloodshed across the Jianghu.
• Wang Hong told Li Qingshan that Zhuo Qiu and other escorts had died after bandits ambushed them on Black Mountain, and he gave Li Qingshan Zhuo Qiu’s bloodstained garment and compensation silver.
• Li Qingshan hung Zhuo Qiu’s garment on a tree, then left Linjiang County carrying a branch.

Li Qingshan secretly destroyed Black Mountain and continued training, while Yu Ling began compiling a list of young Jianghu fighters as he searched for him. Yu Ling focused on Li Qingshan and promised that he would find him soon.

• Middle-aged Zhao killed the Scarred Middle-aged Man after he proposed attacking Linjiang County, then a bare tree branch wielded by a mysterious master destroyed Black Mountain and killed everyone there.
• Wang Hong told Li Qingshan that Black Mountain had been flattened, and Li Qingshan calmly thanked him before returning to practice Wind Thunder Leg.
• Li Qingshan's Status Panel showed Mountain Crushing Mad Saber at Peak Heavenly Tier Complete and Wind Thunder Leg at Human Tier Seven.
• The Black-Clad Middle-Aged Man told Yu Ling that reclusive masters had appeared across the Jianghu and that a suspected Heavenly Tier master had appeared near Linjiang County.
• Yu Ling dismissed the reports about the reclusive masters and ordered a list of all Human Tier and Earth Tier young talents his age.
• Yu Ling saw Li Qingshan's name on the list and vowed to find him soon.

After decades of hiding in Linjiang County, Li Qingshan watched Yu Ling return as the Evil Lord and waited out his long search. Yu Ling died still unable to find him, and Li Qingshan passed away peacefully soon after, leaving their next meeting to another life.

• Yu Ling became the Evil Lord, established the Evil Palace, and hunted young Martial Artists while Li Qingshan quietly lived in Linjiang County.
• Twenty-eight years later, Yu Ling returned to Linjiang County, while Li Qingshan carried food and wine home and reflected on their neighboring lives.
• Yu Ling spread word of his retirement and waited for Li Qingshan to come find him, believing their reincarnation contract would eventually bring them together.
• Fifty years later, Yu Ling died still wondering where Li Qingshan was, and his servants announced that the Evil Lord had ascended to heaven.
• Li Qingshan saw that Yu Ling had died, reflected on the ten perfected Martial Techniques he had learned, and passed away peacefully beneath the mulberry and catalpa trees.