Chapter Summaries

Yue Zhen watched the Evil Slaying Department’s teams wait for Li Qingshan to appear, then vowed to teach him a lesson about knowing his limits. At Jue Yan Sect, Tu Shen confronted Sect Master Zhuo Qun over Ma Anren, while three district ministers joined the inquiry and asked whether the department had evidence of collusion with Evil Gods.

• Yue Zhen told his assistant that the officials were waiting to see which district Li Qingshan appeared in, and said he would teach Li Qingshan a lesson.
• Tu Shen led his subordinates to Jue Yan Sect and ordered Ya Lie to attack its gate tower, but Sect Master Zhuo Qun appeared and blocked the punch.
• Zhuo Qun asked Tu Shen to summon Minister Li so he could explain the alleged misunderstandings, but Tu Shen presented a long list of charges against Ma Anren and the sect.
• Qi Zhongqiu, Minister An, and Minister Yu arrived and said their departments had verified the listed evidence, but found no proof that Jue Yan Sect colluded with Evil Gods.
• Qi Zhongqiu asked Tu Shen whether the Horn Mansion Evil Slaying Department had found evidence linking Ma Anren to Evil Gods.

Tu Shen used Ma Anren’s confession to summon Li Qingshan’s blade, which killed Ma and then the other Lingtian Elders before Yue Zhen could reach them. Li Qingshan’s blade defeated Yue Zhen’s Iron Fist in a battle across the Stellar Sea and warned him not to interfere again.

• Qi Zhongqiu arrived to take Ma Anren for investigation, and Ma agreed to cooperate while wearing alloy shackles.
• Tu Shen blocked Qi Zhongqiu’s group and questioned Ma about the charges, then summoned Li Qingshan’s blade and asked the Minister to carry out the sentence.
• Li Qingshan’s blade killed Ma Anren as Yue Zhen’s Iron Fist reached toward him, then vanished into a Hyperspace Channel.
• Tu Shen and the other teams reported the confessions of Jia Lang, Duan Luochuan, Wu Yao, Gong Duo, and the remaining Lingtian Elders as Li Qingshan’s blade killed them one by one.
• Yue Zhen pursued the blade, but it turned to fight him and shattered his Iron Fist across the Stellar Sea.
• Li Qingshan’s blade drifted away after the clash and warned Yue Zhen not to stretch his hand so far again.

After Li Qingshan defeated Yue Zhen in a clash across the Stellar Sea, Starry Sky Paparazzi sold recordings and images of the battle to major media outlets. News of Li’s victory and warning spread throughout the Azure Dragon, ending with his recorded words: “Next time, don’t stretch your hand too far!”

• Xiang Feifeng arrived at the site of the final clash and scattered recording instruments around the shattered remains of Yue Zhen’s Iron Fist.
• Xiang Feifeng captured the battle’s final audio and hurried to sell it, while other Starry Sky Paparazzi gathered and transmitted their materials.
• Major Media Groups across the Azure Dragon bought the reports and published accounts and images of Li Qingshan’s clash with Yue Zhen.
• Citizens across the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon opened the news reports and saw images showing Li Qingshan’s blade shattering Yue Zhen’s Iron Fist.
• The reports’ audio played Li Qingshan’s warning: “Next time, don’t stretch your hand too far!”

Li Qingshan severed Yue Zhen’s Iron Fist after Yue interfered with an Evil Slaying Department case. Tai Shang later told Yue to search the Canglan Realm for a mysterious person or object he believed had kept him in Azure Dragon.

• Li Qingshan’s victory over Yue Zhen sparked celebration across Azure Dragon, while Yue accepted his defeat and lamented the fate of the eight Ancestors.
• Yue Zhen’s assistant questioned why Tai Shang had not saved the Ancestors, and Tai Shang appeared and rebuked Yue for defending their crimes.
• Tai Shang explained that the Ling Tian Sect’s debt to him had been repaid and told Yue to recover from his injury and prepare for the War of the Four Saints.
• Tai Shang revealed that he believed past accidents had kept him in Azure Dragon while he waited for someone, possibly an object, who had vanished there.
• Tai Shang ordered Yue Zhen to go to the Canglan Realm and find the mysterious target, leaving Yue confused about what he was supposed to seek.

Li Qingshan halted his search for Cosmic Matter after learning that the Azure Dragon Galaxy’s supply had been nearly exhausted, and continued cultivating toward the next stage. Meanwhile, Cao Wuyan withdrew his spies and decided to wait, believing Li Qingshan had reached a dangerous fork in the road.

• Kong Yang reported that the Lingtian Elders had been executed and that Cosmic Matter prices had soared, then explained that the Azure Dragon Galaxy’s stock was nearly depleted.
• Li Qingshan asked for about 50 million more units of Cosmic Matter, but stopped further purchases when Kong Yang said gathering that much would take decades.
• Li Qingshan checked his cultivation progress, estimated that his remaining supply would last only a few months, and resumed cultivating.
• Cao Wuyan watched footage of Li Qingshan severing Yue Zhen’s arm and ordered his people, including spies in the Heart Constellation Sector, to withdraw.
• Cao Wuyan rejected his subordinate’s warning about the Pure Blood Conflict and said Li Qingshan had reached a fork in the road because the Final Step was both tempting and difficult.

After Nanshan prodigy Qing Feng died attempting Body Transforms into a Star, the Starry Sky debated the danger of the Final Step and wondered what Li Qingshan would choose. Jin Yuanli contacted Li Qingshan to explain the risks, but Li asked whether he wanted to complete the research project.

• Three months after Li Qingshan defeated Yue Zhen, reports announced that Qing Feng had died attempting Body Transforms into a Star and revealed the Star Martial Hall’s Unnamed Cultivation Method research.
• People across the Starry Sky argued over whether the research project justified risking prodigies, while powerful figures focused on what Li Qingshan would choose.
• Hua Yu called Li Qingshan to warn him about Qing Feng’s death and urge him not to attempt the Final Step, but Li asked who Jin Yuanli was.
• Jin Yuanli took over the call and said that five Divine Aspect Eighteen Orders prodigies had existed across Origin Seat, but Qing Feng’s death left only four.
• Li Qingshan stopped Jin Yuanli’s explanation and asked whether he wanted to complete the research project.

Li Qingshan asked Jin Yuanli for fifty million units of Cosmic Matter in exchange for a paper on “Body Transforms into a Star.” After Jin Yuanli showed him Nanshan Qing Feng’s fatal attempt and explained the process, he revealed that the greatest danger lay in the final step involving the True Spirit.

• Li Qingshan asked Jin Yuanli for fifty million units of Cosmic Matter and promised to deliver a paper on “Body Transforms into a Star.”
• Jin Yuanli agreed to provide the resources but warned Li Qingshan not to rush into attempting the Final Step.
• Jin Yuanli showed Li Qingshan a recording of Nanshan Qing Feng’s attempt to transform into a star, which ended in a catastrophic collapse and the annihilation of Qing Feng’s True Spirit.
• Jin Yuanli explained the three stages of the transformation: accumulating mass, collapse, and igniting the Protoplanetary Core.
• Jin Yuanli revealed that the third stage concerned the True Spirit.

Li Qingshan rejected any alternative to the Final Step and secured fifty million units of Cosmic Matter from Jin Yuanli for his “Body Transforms into a Star” paper. As others reacted to his decision, Chi Wen prepared to travel to the Azure Dragon Galaxy to meet an old friend.

• Li Qingshan told Jin Yuanli he would continue cultivating and asked for fifty million units of Cosmic Matter, and Jin Yuanli agreed to provide them.
• Li Qingshan reflected on Qing Feng and humanity’s pursuit of Human Martial Dao before returning to cultivation.
• Ye Yukong and Zhou Yunze discussed Li Qingshan’s path, while Zhou Yunze rejected the idea that he acted for the sake of all living beings.
• Xu Hao refused to abandon the Final Step despite Cang Qiaofan’s suggestion, and gave up one Quantum Star Core to avoid it.
• Shengyang hoped Li Qingshan and Chi Wen would continue toward the Final Step, while Chi Wen decided to visit the Azure Dragon Galaxy to meet an old friend.

Li Qingshan emerged from seclusion and dismissed Ming Shuang’s warning to abandon his pursuit of the Final Step and the War of the Four Saints. When the long-awaited Cosmic Matter delivery arrived, he discovered the deliveryman, Chi Wen, was a prodigy over fifty thousand years old who claimed they were classmates.

• Kong Yang reported that the Evil Slaying Department was peaceful and its members worried about Li Qingshan’s cultivation.
• Ming Shuang asked whether Li Qingshan would continue his path after Nanshan Qing Feng’s death and urged him to consider the limited time before the End of the Epoch.
• Li Qingshan received Chi Wen’s message, sent him delivery coordinates, and explained that Chi Wen was bringing Cosmic Matter sponsored by the Star Martial Hall.
• Ming Shuang revealed that Chi Wen was the old cultivator who had spent at least fifty thousand years preparing for the Final Step.
• Chi Wen arrived on Azure Dragon, rejected Li Qingshan’s attempt to call him senior, and argued that they were classmates because both had studied with Zhou Yunze.

Chi Wen told Li Qingshan that Zhou Yunze was connected to a recurring reincarnation tied to The Stars Are Calling, then revealed he had come to say goodbye before attempting Body Transforms into a Star. He planned to make the attempt within a hundred years and promised to invite Li Qingshan to witness it.

• Chi Wen revealed that he had crossed tens of millions of light-years and brought a second Divine Realm Mountain, prompting Li Qingshan to ask for his guidance.
• Chi Wen recognized Zhou Yunze's Fourth Order Inner Scene and his Dao, and said he had known a similar person fifty thousand years earlier.
• Chi Wen explained that Zhou Yunze repeatedly reincarnated with a new identity and was connected to The Stars Are Calling and Star Martial Hall's efforts to raise humanity's lower limit.
• Ming Shuang questioned whether the information was a human-race secret, and Chi Wen said it was classified but widely rumored and that Zhou Yunze was protected by the Network.
• Chi Wen said he had come to say goodbye because he planned to attempt Body Transforms into a Star, and promised to notify Li Qingshan within a hundred years so they could attend the ceremony together.

Li Qingshan accepted Chi Wen’s warning to wait before attempting his next breakthrough, then resumed cultivating in orbit. Elsewhere, Kong Xun sought inspiration in The Stars Are Calling, while Chi Wen found Zhou Yunze guiding students and heard that Zhou was searching for himself.

• Chi Wen urged Li Qingshan to wait for his news before attempting a breakthrough, and Li agreed as the two parted from Ming Shuang.
• Li Qingshan considered the long wait and began drawing Cosmic Matter from a shattered Star Belt to cultivate.
• At the Alien Star Institute, Kong Xun explained to Ye Yukong that he was studying students who had mastered the fifth layer of The Stars Are Calling for inspiration.
• Ye Hao rebuked Kong Xun for doubting his progress and urged him to keep pursuing breakthroughs in The Stars Are Calling.
• Chi Wen visited Zhou Yunze’s Martial Arts Hall, revealed his identity, and asked whether Zhou could teach all the students there.
• Zhou Yunze told Chi Wen that he was searching for himself, a person absent from the many figures reflected in his vision.

Li Qingshan reached the limit of Divine Aspect Eighteen Orders and visited the Yin Yang Sect to witness its Ancestor’s transformation. After Azure Dragon Councillor Tai Shang explained the path to Body Transforms into a Star, Li Qingshan realized that the transformation’s many changes might be possible to imagine.

• Li Qingshan found that refining all 256 million Quantum Star Cores had not completed his cultivation method, and concluded he had reached the limit of Divine Aspect Eighteen Orders.
• Li Qingshan reviewed reports from the Evil Slaying Department, then followed Yang Xiaoyu’s message and traveled to the Yin Yang Sect.
• Li Qingshan met Yin Zhengyu at the sect and recognized that its two stars and surrounding system formed part of the Ancestor Yin Chi’s body.
• Azure Dragon Councillor Tai Shang appeared and explained that Yin Chi had achieved Manifests Myriad Phenomena, with the rest of his body hidden in the Star Realm.
• Tai Shang described the difficulty of Body Transforms into a Star, and Li Qingshan briefly became dazed after imagining its possibilities.

Tai Shang warned Li Qingshan about the dangers of the Final Step and explained the Epoch Prodigy Ranking and War of the Four Saints, hoping to steer him toward their opportunity. After Tai Shang left amid two unlikely stellar hazards, Li Qingshan resolved to pursue both paths and sent a message to Kong Yang before departing.

• Tai Shang told Li Qingshan that only Sons of the Four Saints could learn the War of the Four Saints' classified opportunity, which could save a million years.
• Tai Shang compared his rapid rise to Yin Chi's long struggle, emphasizing the value of the Epoch Prodigy Ranking and its opportunity.
• A supernova erupted near Tai Shang as he departed, prompting Li Qingshan to wonder whether Tai Shang's famed Hongyun had turned to bad luck.
• Li Qingshan rejected the idea that he had to choose between the Final Step and the ranking, deciding to pursue both.
• Li Qingshan sent a message to Kong Yang and vanished into the starry sky.

Mo Yuan discussed the lost Immortal Realm and the possibility that the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor was connected to it, while Li Qingshan began repeatedly attempting to transform his body into a star. His first attempt failed in a supernova-like collapse, but he immediately returned to the Martial Arts Space to try again.

• Mo Yuan told Ye Yukong that he hoped to reopen the road to Celestial Immortals and said ancient sect records supported the existence of the Immortal Realm.
• Mo Yuan suggested that the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor might be connected to the Immortal Realm.
• Kong Yang delivered Li Qingshan a three-button Counter, which Li Qingshan used to track failures, successes, and consecutive successes.
• Li Qingshan explained that his first attempt to transform his body into a star had failed almost instantly in the Martial Arts Space, leaving him stunned by a supernova-like collapse.
• Li Qingshan tried again in the Martial Arts Space, formed Qingshan Star from his Quantum Star Cores, and then watched the star collapse in another brilliant explosion.
• Back in his office, Li Qingshan added another failure to the Counter and closed his eyes to continue practicing.

Ye Hao explained that Kong Xun’s instruction was slightly improving The Stars Are Calling, while Ye Yukong compared his work with Zhou Yunze’s efforts to make the technique more accessible. Across the Four Saints Galaxy, observers speculated that Li Qingshan had chosen to transform his body into a star, while Li continued mechanically pressing a counter in his office.

• Ye Yukong investigated complaints against Liao Hong and seven other students, then watched Kong Xun correct their Qi-Blood Guidance and noticed their Body Forging improve.
• Ye Hao told Ye Yukong that Kong Xun’s Enlightenment was raising The Stars Are Calling and said he would report a universally applicable improved method to the Star Martial Hall.
• Ye Yukong thought of Zhou Yunze, who was lowering the technique’s threshold, and Kong Xun promised Ye Hao and Ye Yukong that he would keep working hard.
• Cao Wuyan grew anxious because he had heard nothing of Li Qingshan’s movements and could not confirm whether Li would take the Final Step.
• Observers across the Four Saints Galaxy speculated that Li Qingshan had chosen Body Transforms into a Star, while Li pressed a counter mechanically inside his office on Qingshan Star.

Feng Boyong transformed his body into a celestial body, while Ye Yukong and Mo Yuan uncovered that Kong Xun’s cultivation method was turning students toward Mind Nightmares. Ye Yukong secretly alerted Li Qingshan, whose Communicator received an urgent message summoning him to Qingshan Star.

• News spread across the Four Saints Galaxy that Feng Boyong had recovered and transformed his body into a celestial body.
• Chi Wen asked Zhou Yunze to help name his cultivation method and claimed he would scout the way before Li Qingshan.
• Mo Yuan warned Ye Yukong that Liao Hong and the other students might refine themselves into Mind Nightmares through Kong Xun’s method.
• Ye Hao revealed that Kong Xun had colluded with an Evil God and had been taken into custody, then urged Ye Yukong and Mo Yuan to keep the matter quiet.
• Ye Yukong secretly sent a message to Li Qingshan, who received the words, “Eighth-Order Mind Nightmare. Come quickly!”

An Eighth Order Mind Nightmare revealed that he had possessed Ye Hao and manipulated Kong Xun’s research into a demonic version of The Stars Are Calling. He sacrificed himself to summon the Demonic Thought Execution Ground, trapping Ye Yukong and Mo Yuan as Chi Wen and Zhou Yunze arrived.

• Ye Yukong exposed Ye Hao as an Eighth Order Mind Nightmare, and the enemy admitted he had guided Kong Xun’s research to strengthen the Mind Nightmare Clan.
• The Mind Nightmare claimed ties to the Canglan Realm and threatened to take Kong Xun away, while Ye Yukong calmly waited for Li Qingshan.
• Ye Hao collapsed, and his sacrifice summoned the Demonic Thought Execution Ground to transport Kong Xun and capture anyone who came to help.
• Mo Yuan and Ye Yukong found their Communicators destroyed, but Ye Yukong told Mo Yuan not to panic.
• Chi Wen brought Zhou Yunze to the execution ground, where the Mind Nightmare welcomed Chi Wen as another sacrifice and angered him.

Chi Wen entered the Demonic Thought Execution Ground and faced an Eighth-Order Flesh Demon God Projection, but Li Qingshan replaced him and defeated it by confronting his first death. The ground vanished into green smoke, and Li Qingshan pressed the yellow and green buttons on his Counter.

• Ye Yukong and Zhou Yunze urged Chi Wen to wait for Li Qingshan, but Chi Wen entered the Demonic Thought Execution Ground because he feared Li Qingshan could not withstand its assault on his mind and will.
• The ground transformed Chi Wen’s deepest fear into an Eighth-Order Flesh Demon God Projection, recalling the Third-Order Projection he had fought fifty thousand years earlier.
• Li Qingshan kicked Chi Wen out of the execution ground and took his place, where an Eighth-Order Wolf Poison appeared before him.
• Li Qingshan recalled Wolf Poison killing him on his first night in the Martial Arts Space, then slew the beast with a Backhand Upward Slash.
• The Demonic Thought Execution Ground dissolved into green smoke, and Li Qingshan thanked Wolf Poison before pressing the yellow and green buttons on his Counter.

Li Qingshan defeated the Mind Nightmare and confronted those responsible for endangering the Alien Star Institute. Kong Xun received a Star Martial Hall Conscription Order and, inspired by Li Qingshan’s advice and memories of his brother, embraced the name Kong Bin.

• Li Qingshan reunited with Ye Yukong, Mo Yuan, Chi Wen, and Zhou Yunze after defeating the Mind Nightmare, and Ye Yukong explained why Li Qingshan had been stronger than Chi Wen despite their equal cultivation.
• Li Qingshan exposed Ye Hao’s feigned unconsciousness, then pulled Kong Xun from an office and Ye Hao accused him of altering The Stars Are Calling and endangering humanity.
• Li Qingshan warned Ye Hao not to interfere with an Evil Slaying Department case, then revealed that the Star Martial Hall had already conscripted Kong Xun.
• Li Qingshan encouraged Kong Xun to find his own path, and Kong Xun recalled his brother Kong Yang explaining the meaning of the name Kong Bin before accepting that name.

Li Qingshan achieved his first successful Body Transforms into a Star attempt, then spent years refining his research while searching for another success. On his ninety-ninth birthday, Zhao Ran’s call inspired him to arrange a celebration and invite all the Epoch Prodigies to Qingshan Star.

• Ye Hao learned that Kong Xun was gone and saw that Ye Yukong and Mo Yuan had received Star Martial Hall Conscription Orders, while Zhou Yunze remained unconcerned about not receiving one.
• Li Qingshan returned to his office, recorded the fifty million years of Martial Arts Space experience from killing the Eighth-Order Mind Nightmare, and confirmed that he had succeeded once at Body Transforms into a Star.
• Kong Yang reported that Cao Wuyan, another Pureblood Taotie and an Epoch Prodigy, had withdrawn into the Taotie Domain, where Ninth-Order forces might be hidden.
• Li Qingshan spent years practicing and revising his research, gradually increasing the frequency of his successful attempts, though his Counter still showed only one consecutive success.
• On June 2nd, 8982, Zhao Ran called to wish Li Qingshan a happy birthday and promised that she and Yang Xiaoyu would return for his hundredth birthday.
• Li Qingshan accepted the idea of celebrating and ordered Kong Yang to invite all the Epoch Prodigies to Qingshan Star for his Centennial Birthday.