Chapter Summaries

Yu Ling awakened a month later than Li Qingshan in a new reincarnation and tried to find him, but was sent away to a military camp. Li Qingshan settled beside the Yu Mansion and outlasted Yu Ling’s lifetime, preparing to meet him again in the next life.

• Yu Ling awakened at eleven years and one month old, realized reincarnation was wearing away his True Spirit, and vowed to find Li Qingshan before he awakened.
• Yu Ling demanded to practice martial arts, but the Robed Middle-Aged Man threw him from the hall and ordered him returned to the military camp.
• Li Qingshan bought a courtyard beside the General’s Mansion, planted two saplings, and confirmed that he had awakened at eleven while Yu Ling had awakened a month late.
• Over the following decades, Yu Ling rose to power while Li Qingshan cultivated in his courtyard and watched the saplings grow into tall trees.
• After eighty-nine years, Yu Ling died without finding Li Qingshan, who reflected on his progress and closed his eyes, expecting to meet his old neighbor in the next life.

Li Qingshan and Yu Ling lived out connected reincarnations, with Yu Ling repeatedly searching for Li Qingshan as he awakened later in each life. After a thousand lives, Yu Ling finally awakened in the same courtyard as Li Qingshan, who greeted him as an old neighbor.

• Li Qingshan lived quietly in his courtyard while Yu Ling traveled the world, and both died as their third lives ended.
• Across successive reincarnations, Yu Ling awakened later and later but continued searching for Li Qingshan.
• In their five-hundredth life, Yu Ling recognized Li Qingshan at Song Yujia’s wedding and rushed away, vowing to find him.
• The two men died again, and their scenes continued repeating through the thousandth life.
• In the thousandth life, Yu Ling awakened while playing chess with Li Qingshan, then walked toward the gate as Li Qingshan called after him.

Yu Ling recovered memories from all his reincarnations and realized the white-haired old man was Li Qingshan, who had lived beside him throughout. As Yu Ling collapsed after accusing Li Qingshan of deceiving him, Li Qingshan said the Thousand Lifetimes of reincarnation had been for Enlightenment.

• A white-haired old man pointed out two trees, prompting Yu Ling to search his memories for why their branches felt familiar.
• Yu Ling recalled seeing the same branches at the end of every life and asked what kind of trees they were.
• The old man identified them as a mulberry tree and a catalpa tree, and Yu Ling remembered first hearing “Sang Zi” in his first life.
• Yu Ling recognized the old man as Li Qingshan and questioned how his True Spirit had survived the Thousand Lifetimes of reincarnation.
• Yu Ling lunged at Li Qingshan, collapsed from his frailty, and accused him of deceiving him for a hundred thousand years.
• Li Qingshan admitted the deception and said the reincarnations had been for Enlightenment.

After a hundred thousand years of study across a thousand reincarnations, Li Qingshan combined the martial arts he had learned into his own Star River Universe Scripture and broke through the Reincarnation Realm’s Heavenly Dao restrictions. He defeated Yu Ling and gained five million years of available time from killing him.

• Li Qingshan explained that he had comprehended his own Dao by learning martial arts across a thousand lifetimes, rather than accepting the limits of each Reincarnation Realm.
• Li Qingshan summoned starlight and demonstrated thousands of martial arts, which he fused into a new cultivation method while Yu Ling watched in disbelief.
• Li Qingshan’s Status Panel revealed the Star River Universe Scripture, his new Meditation Method, and his Inner Scene realm.
• Li Qingshan told Yu Ling that his Dao extended beyond the Heavenly Dao of their world, and Yu Ling’s exhausted True Spirit began to collapse.
• Li Qingshan smashed Yu Ling’s head, killing him and gaining five million years of available time.

Li Qingshan gained the Heavenly Dao Authority after completing a thousand lifetimes of reincarnation and used it to inspect the Crimson Rainbow Continent, discovering the World Gate could now pass Fifth Order experts. As he prepared to send Old Daoist Tianji home, a gigantic finger formed from the sky and crushed toward the Extreme East Land.

• Li Qingshan regained his youth in the Heavenly Dao Space and realized the Black Jade Seal recognized him as the true Heaven’s Mandate, though he rejected Dao Integration.
• Li Qingshan discovered the World Gate’s laws had changed and could now bear the passage of Fifth Order experts.
• Li Qingshan found a teleportation formation in Old Daoist Tianji’s sleeping place that connected the Crimson Rainbow Continent with the Canglan Realm and the Evil God’s power.
• Li Qingshan spotted Lin Hong’s grave on a peak in the Extreme East Land and slowly pressed down his index finger.
• Jiang Lei, the Brute, Long Yeyun, Old Daoist Tianji, and countless experts witnessed a gigantic finger take shape in the sky and descend toward the Extreme East Land.

Li Qingshan destroyed Ling Tian Sect with a single finger, confirming his victory over Yu Ling. Old Daoist Tianji and the Young Taoist departed for Canglan Realm after making a final request of Li, while the pillar of light in Seven Stars City began to recede.

• Li Qingshan's gigantic finger wiped out Ling Tian Sect and crushed its mountain range, leaving an enormous finger mark.
• Jianghu figures across the continent realized the strike had destroyed Ling Tian Sect and speculated that a mighty cultivator from Seven Stars Sect had acted.
• Long Yeyun asked Old Daoist Tianji about the outcome, and Tianji confirmed that Li Qingshan had won through Heavenly Dao Authority.
• Old Daoist Tianji took the Young Taoist to a southern cave, thanked Li Qingshan, and made a request through the phantom of a Black Jade Seal.
• Old Daoist Tianji and the Young Taoist entered the teleportation array to Canglan Realm, and the cave collapsed behind them.
• The pillar of light in Seven Stars City receded to the courtyard behind Tian Xiang Tower, where a ranking list fluttered into view.

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion issued a proclamation revealing how Li Qingshan ended the Great Calamity and destroyed the Ling Tian Sect. After recovering from Heavenly Human Unity, Li Qingshan reassured the Seven Stars Sect and its guests, and the continent celebrated the calamity’s end.

• The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion published a proclamation stating that Li Qingshan killed the Spirit Taming Evil Lord and destroyed the Ling Tian Sect with one finger.
• People across the Myriad Cities Continent read the proclamation, learned that Yanluo Controls Heaven, and knelt to worship Li Qingshan.
• Li Qingshan opened his eyes at the Seven Stars Sect and assured Huang Lingwei, Qiao Jingxing, and the others that he was fine.
• Long Yeyun invited the sect leaders, Elders, and Human Ranking prodigies to a feast at the Seven Stars Sect.
• The Crimson Rainbow Continent celebrated through the night with feasts and fireworks.

After the Great Calamity, Li Qingshan prepared to leave the Seven Stars World with Long Yeyun and the other Outer Scene experts, whose passage through the World Gate had opened. He requested a thousand Starry Sky Martial Arts as his reward, then departed with the group as Li Hetai watched from below.

• Li Qingshan told Long Yeyun that the World Gate's changed rules allowed Fifth Order Outer Scene Experts to enter the Outer World, and Long Yeyun arranged for the group to leave the next morning.
• Li Qingshan asked for a thousand Starry Sky Martial Arts, explaining that their Principles could be used in his Dao, and Long Yeyun agreed to arrange them.
• Li Qingshan merged Endless Vitality and Wind Thunder Limitless into Star River Universe Scripture, raising his Inner Scene realm and cultivation method from 1/1000 to 3/1000.
• The next morning, nearly a thousand figures and a million Metal Giants rose above Seven Stars City and headed toward the zenith.
• Li Hetai sobered up, watched the departing group, and shouted a farewell to Jiang Lei.

The sect leaders and elders from the Crimson Rainbow Continent arrived in the Crimson Rainbow Starfield, where the Seven Deans welcomed them and arranged for them to return to the Martial Arts Seven Stars. Li Qingshan returned to Wuyang Star, discovered that only a year had passed, and began catching up on messages from his friends.

• Long Yeyun welcomed the sect leaders and elders to the Starfield and introduced them to the Seven Deans of the Star Academy.
• Noon Sun Dean offered the newcomers shelter and time to learn about the Federation, while the Seven Deans opened a Hyperspace Channel.
• The million Mecha Masters boarded Starships, and Liu Licheng departed for Winter Snow Star after saying goodbye to Li Qingshan.
• The Seven Deans praised Li Qingshan, who then boarded a Starship and returned to Wuyang Star.
• Li Qingshan found his Communicator and learned that the date was July 30th, 8905, only a year after he entered the Crimson Rainbow Continent.
• Li Qingshan watched Cao Shaoyu's video message and listened to him talk about the Crimson Rainbow Main Star.

Long Yeyun and the Seven Deans discussed Li Qingshan’s victory over Spirit Taming Evil Lord and decided to conceal his role while arranging his reward. Back at Star Academy, Li Qingshan received a guard-duty assignment and unlocked the full Starry Sky Martial Arts catalog, then bought ten techniques.

• Long Yeyun told the Seven Deans that Li Qingshan had abandoned Xiang Hao’s contingency plan and defeated Spirit Taming Evil Lord.
• Noon Sun Dean proposed omitting Li Qingshan from the report to the Azure Dragon Council and attributing the Crimson Rainbow Continent incident to Xiang Hao’s contingency plan.
• Long Yeyun told the Seven Deans that Li Qingshan wanted one thousand Starry Sky Martial Arts as his reward, and they agreed not to interfere with his Dao.
• Zhao Hongzhou sent Li Qingshan a video showing that he had reached Moon Base despite missing the top hundred of Old Continent.
• Li Qingshan received a guard-duty mission and decided he could use it to return to Ziying Star.
• Li Qingshan received 200,000 Universal Credits and permission to access all Starry Sky Martial Arts, then purchased ten techniques.

Li Qingshan accepted a ten-year garrison mission on Dick Star so he could cultivate without interruption, then departed Wuyang Star. During the journey, he began studying Green Lotus Shoreless Sword and continued filling in the Principles of his Star River Universe.

• Li Qingshan searched the academy's garrison missions, found no posting on Ziying Star, and accepted a ten-year mission on Dick Star near it.
• Dai Lan visited Li Qingshan, learned he had found the method she had asked about, and offered him a ride back to Ziying Star, which he declined.
• Li Qingshan boarded a spaceship bound for Crimson Rainbow Main Star and decided he would visit Little Fatty before continuing his journey.
• During the voyage, Li Qingshan studied Green Lotus Shoreless Sword and entered the Martial Arts Space, where he killed the Old Neighbor again.
• Li Qingshan saw that three more stars had lit up in his Inner Scene and practiced with his Thunder Roar Blade beneath the Star River.

Li Qingshan arrived at the Crimson Rainbow Main Star and reunited with Cao Shaoyu, discovering unfamiliar energy within him that might be a bloodline. After spending three days exploring the planet’s restaurants with Cao Shaoyu, Li Qingshan left for one of its satellites.

• Li Qingshan arrived in orbit around the Crimson Rainbow Main Star and contacted Cao Shaoyu.
• Cao Shaoyu sent Li Qingshan his location, and Li Qingshan flew to the island where he was waiting.
• Li Qingshan sensed unfamiliar energy mixed with Cao Shaoyu’s fat and suspected it was related to a bloodline.
• Cao Shaoyu took Li Qingshan to Vast Sea Pavilion, a restaurant built beneath the sea, where they ate together.
• Li Qingshan and Cao Shaoyu visited restaurants across the Main Star for three days before Li Qingshan departed for a satellite.

Li Qingshan arrived at a starship port on Crimson Rainbow Main Star and prepared to travel to Ziying Star. On the bus, passengers recognized him as the infamous “Groin-Stabbing Blade,” leaving him annoyed as his reputation spread beyond the planet.

• Li Qingshan docked at the starship port, stored his spacecraft in his Storage Ring, and bought a ticket to Ziying Star.
• Li Qingshan boarded a bus to the departure gate, where a little girl asked if he was a magician after seeing him store his spacecraft.
• Li Qingshan showed the girl how he could make a blade appear and vanish, then introduced himself to her parents, Zhao Mo and Xu Chang.
• Passengers recognized Li Qingshan as the “Groin-Stabbing Blade,” and he silently resented whoever had spread the nickname.

Li Qingshan boarded a Sacred Forest Group passenger starship while Zhenyuan Fortress Mecha Masters prepared to escort it against suspected pirates linked to the Chaotic Star Sea. During the voyage, he fused techniques into a new Dao Principle and began learning another technique after the ship reached Gold Sand Star.

• Li Qingshan bypassed the crowded boarding lines and settled into a luxury cabin aboard the passenger starship.
• Captain He Zhengchang and Lu Jie welcomed Lin Liyan and twenty Fourth-Order Mecha Masters, who warned that recent pirate attacks might be linked to the Chaotic Star Sea.
• The starship began its journey, while Yu Man declined her companion's invitation and remained in her cabin to meditate.
• After seven days, the starship reached Gold Sand Star, and Li Qingshan advanced his Star River Universe Scripture by absorbing Green Lotus Shoreless Sword.
• Li Qingshan combined Green Lotus Shoreless Sword with Wind Thunder Limitless to form a Cyan-Black Sword Light embodying his Dao Principle, then began extracting Starfall Seal.

The Sacred Forest No. 7 came under a long-range attack from an Interstellar Pirate fleet while Zhao Mo, Xu Chang, and Zhao Ran traveled aboard. Lin Liyan dispatched his Mecha Masters to engage the enemy, but warned the bridge crew that stronger pirates or a hidden Meteor-class Battleship might still pose a threat.

• Captain He Zhengchang and First Officer Lu Jie discussed the journey's progress and viewed the starship's route map as it prepared to leave a Life Planet.
• Zhao Ran admired the Emerald Planet and promised to train hard so she could surpass Li Qingshan and travel through the Starry Sea.
• The starship shuddered under long-range fire, and Zhao Mo and Xu Chang tried to comfort Zhao Ran as passengers panicked across the ship.
• Lin Liyan confirmed that the attacking fleet had ten super Warships and thirty-two advanced Warships, then assigned targets to the Fourth-Order Mecha Masters.
• Lin Liyan left to fight while warning He Zhengchang and Lu Jie that the pirates might include Outer Scene Martial Artists or a hidden Meteor-class Battleship.

Li Qingshan watched the Mecha Masters battle the Space Pirates from outside the sealed starship, while an Outer Scene Martial Artist and a Meteor-class Battleship turned the fight into a greater threat. As the battleship emerged from a massive spatial rift, Li Qingshan stood up, preparing to act.

• Captain He Zhengchang announced that Fortress Mecha Masters were deploying against the Space Pirates, and twenty Fourth-Order mechas and a Fifth-Order Metal Giant charged into space.
• Passengers and the bridge crew spotted Li Qingshan sitting outside the sealed starship; he identified himself as a Star Academy student and said he was there just in case.
• He Zhengchang and Lu Jie watched the battle footage as the Mecha Masters destroyed the pirate warships, but an Outer Scene Martial Artist trapped the Metal Giant inside a lava domain.
• A huge spatial rift opened beside the starship, and a Meteor-class Battleship emerged from it.
• Zhao Ran reassured her frightened parents that Li Qingshan would defeat the pirates as he rose to his feet in the void.

Li Qingshan faced the Chaotic Star Sea Meteor-class Battleship as it emerged from the Hyperspace Channel, while the crew and Lin Liyan’s team waited to see what he would do. After the battleship’s commander decided to capture him, Li Qingshan exploded.

• Zhao Mo and Xu Chang watched in confusion as Li Qingshan rose toward the approaching Meteor-class Battleship, while Zhao Ran believed he would destroy it.
• He Zhengchang and Lu Jie learned that Li Qingshan planned to handle the emergency, and Lin Liyan told them to listen to him.
• Lin Liyan halted his team’s planned suicide attack after learning Li Qingshan was aboard and claimed he could deal with the battleship.
• The Chaotic Star Sea commander recognized Li Qingshan and decided to capture him for the secrets he might possess.
• Li Qingshan waited for the Hyperspace Channel to close, then exploded.

Li Qingshan manifested a vast Inner World that bloomed into a Green Lotus, then used its Heaven-Piercing Sword Light to destroy the Meteor-class Battleship and defeat the Gloomy Middle-Aged Man. The passengers believed Li Qingshan had sacrificed himself, but he reappeared unharmed above Sacred Forest No. 7.

• Li Qingshan's Inner World spread across the void and gathered into an azure Flower Bud as the Gloomy Middle-Aged Man assumed he was using a self-destruct technique.
• He Zhengchang and Lu Jie worried that Li Qingshan's attack could not reach the Meteor-class Battleship, while passengers aboard Sacred Forest No. 7 watched the Green Lotus bloom.
• The Green Lotus's Seven-Colored Sword Light ignored distance and the battleship's Protective Shield, swallowed the Gloomy Middle-Aged Man, and destroyed the ship.
• Zhao Mo told Zhao Ran to train so she could avenge Li Qingshan, but she pointed out that he was still alive and standing in the void.
• Li Qingshan smiled at Zhao Ran, then looked toward the fireworks left by the destroyed battleship.

After destroying a Meteor-class Battleship and surviving unharmed, Li Qingshan reported in with Cao Ya, learned Dick Star was a politically complicated frontier world, and prepared to continue his journey. He left the call resolved to be cautious and reflected on how much his Green Lotus technique still had to grow.

• He Zhengchang and Lu Jie confirmed that Li Qingshan had survived the battle, and He Zhengchang reported the victory to Lin Liyan and the Sacred Forest Group.
• Li Qingshan changed clothes and thanked Cao Ya, who warned him that Dick Star’s local forces included outside powers and advised him to seek help from Dean Ye if necessary.
• Cao Ya learned that Li Qingshan had found a way to treat Madman Wan and celebrated the prospect of Wan Keshan pursuing his dream across the stars.
• After ending the call, Li Qingshan recalled Dean Ye’s destruction of a Meteor-class Battleship and examined the Green Lotus technique he had just begun to develop.

After two years away, Li Qingshan returned to Ziying Star and reunited with Zhao Hongzhou, bringing him a First Order Fierce Beast for Wan Keshan. Li Qingshan arrived at Luoying First High School as Wan Keshan was scolding his new students.

• Li Qingshan left his starship in space and encountered Yu Man, who had received a month of leave from the Fortress.
• Li Qingshan flew to Moon Base and reunited with Zhao Hongzhou, who was preparing to break through to the Qi and Blood Realm.
• Zhao Hongzhou caught Li Qingshan up on their former classmates and asked him to deliver a caged Fierce Beast to Wan Keshan.
• Li Qingshan discovered the beast was Wolf Poison, an old acquaintance, and flew toward Ziying Star with it.
• At Luoying First High School, Wan Keshan berated his new students until a young man brought in the covered cage and announced the Fierce Beast had arrived.