Chapter Summaries

Xie Sen’s sealed memories awakened as he recognized the Formless Sky Demon, while Li Qingshan moved to destroy the altar. Above and below, the battle over Evil Horn Ancestor Xie Sha escalated, and Netherworld abruptly accused Venerable Zhihui of planting a Hidden Hand in his territory.

• Xie Sen recognized the sunlight as the Formless Sky Demon, and his shattered soul-seal released him in Dark Green Data Stream.
• Li Qingshan failed to track Xie Sen and turned his attention to the Eighth-Order Altar.
• Ye Tai and eight allies surrounded Xie Sha and attacked him as he protested that he stood Above the Nine Heavens.
• Netherworld confronted Zhihui above the battlefield, but Zhihui blocked his attempt to rescue Xie Sha.
• A roar announced that the Evil Horn Ancestral Land had been destroyed, and Netherworld accused Zhihui of planting a Hidden Hand before vanishing.

Beo learned that the Formless Sky Demon had destroyed the Evil Horn Ancestral Land and the Divine Kingdom, and decided the Demon needed to be entered into the Universe Demon Sealing Record. He refused to write it himself, sent Xie Sen away to pit his misfortune against another fortune, and began looking for someone else to take up the pen.

• Beo pulled Xie Sen from the void, and Xie Sen recovered the memories Beo had sealed about the Returning Ruins Sea.
• Xie Sen told Beo that the Formless Sky Demon had passed through an Eighth-Order Rift and attacked the Evil Horn Ancestral Land, and Beo reviewed his memories.
• Beo accepted that the Formless Sky Demon had destroyed the Divine Kingdom and agreed that he belonged in the Universe Demon Sealing Record.
• Beo refused Xie Sen's request to write the record himself, fearing that doing so would expose his actions to Netherworld.
• Beo sent Xie Sen into deep space as a gift for someone who sought Fate, then turned to find another person to write the record.

The Nine Titled Generals ambushed and killed Xie Sha, unaware that Li Qingshan had destroyed the Evil Horn Ancestral Land. Zhihui realized Li Qingshan was the likely culprit and took Ye Tai to find him.

• Ye Tai and the Nine Titled Generals erased Xie Sha after he raged over the destruction of the Evil Horn Ancestral Land.
• Liu Xing credited Zhihui with planning the ambush and destroying the ancestral land, and Zhihui let the others believe it.
• Ye Tai called Li Qingshan and confirmed he appeared to be at the Sinking Iron Barrier.
• Zhihui returned and revealed that Li Qingshan had reached the Evil Horn Ancestral Land, making him the likely cause of its destruction.
• Zhihui grabbed Ye Tai and crossed the Starry Sky with him to find Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan returned from an Eighth-Order Rift with 135 billion Martial Arts Space experience and forty Clan Artifacts, while Netherworld and Beo investigated the destruction of the Evil Horn Ancestral Land. Netherworld realized that an Eighth Order might be responsible and could be a Titled Sky Demon.

• Li Qingshan celebrated his gains from the rift and summoned the forty Clan Artifacts he had taken from the Evil Horn Ancestral Land.
• Netherworld arrived at the ruined ancestral land and blamed Zhihui for the destruction, vowing revenge on the Human Territory.
• Beo questioned Netherworld’s assumptions and pointed out that an Astral Rift could let someone bypass the front line.
• Netherworld ruled out Tai Shang and Zhihui’s other Titled Sky Demons, then suspected another Titled Sky Demon had arrived.
• Beo explained that an Eighth-Order Altar required at least thirty Clan Artifacts, leading Netherworld to consider that an Eighth Order had destroyed the ancestral land.

Netherworld added the Formless Sky Demon to the Cosmic Demon Sealing Record after Beo urged him to act, while the human list named the same figure Formless General. Li Qingshan returned from destroying Evil Horn Ancestral Land and reached the Seventh Heaven before Zhihui identified him publicly as the Formless General.

• Beo persuaded Netherworld to record the Eighth Order prodigy as the Formless Sky Demon, citing the destruction of Evil Horn Ancestral Land.
• The human God-Sealing List added the title Formless General, prompting people in an unknown chatroom to question the prodigy's identity and summon Zhihui.
• Li Qingshan advanced the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture to 700,000 proficiency and reached through seven heavenly curtains toward the Astral Realm Rules barrier.
• Ye Tai confronted Li Qingshan about the coincidence between his whereabouts, a Seventh Order rift, and Evil Horn Ancestral Land's destruction.
• Zhihui showed Li Qingshan the God-Sealing List and added his name to the title Formless General.

Li Qingshan was revealed as a Titled General and used Zhihui’s supposed grand design to secure command of the Light Chasing Legion and responsibility for Number 269’s Safe Zones. Zhihui warned him that the Netherworld would hunt him on the front lines, but Li Qingshan seemed excited by the prospect.

• The Investiture of the Gods named Li Qingshan a Titled General, stunning Ye Tai after only eight years of service.
• Li Qingshan credited Zhihui with arranging his rise and asked to rely on him as he took command.
• Zhihui placed the Star Forger Envoys under Li Qingshan, gave him the Light Chasing Legion, and assigned him every Safe Zone in Number 269.
• Zhihui learned that Li Qingshan had barely reached the seventh level of Star Pole and warned him that over a hundred Tenth Order Exotic Races served the Netherworld.
• Zhihui cautioned that the Netherworld would target Li Qingshan as a dangerous new enemy, and Li Qingshan eagerly confirmed that the Alien Races would pursue him on the front lines.

Zhihui warned Li Qingshan to stay in the rear until he reached the Ninth Order, despite Li Qingshan’s need for Clan Artifacts and Evil God Corruption to advance. After Li Qingshan appeared on the Human Race God-Sealing List, Zhihui revealed to Ye Tai that he had brought him to Pioneer Constellation No. 269 for a purpose involving the Netherworld’s Clan Artifacts.

• Zhihui explained that Evil Gods had raised the Alien Races’ strength after the human race killed the first Deputy Executor, then ordered Li Qingshan to remain in the rear until he reached the Ninth Order.
• Li Qingshan asked Zhihui for spoils containing Evil God Corruption, but Ye Tai said Clan Artifacts were kept in the Alien Ancestral Lands and treated as dangerous items to be destroyed.
• Zhihui told Li Qingshan that he would soon see a Clan Artifact, then left with Ye Tai before Li Qingshan could ask when.
• The Human Race God-Sealing List named Li Qingshan a Formless General affiliated with Pioneer Constellation No. 269, prompting Venerables to question Zhihui’s decision to accept him.
• Zhihui dismissed the Venerables’ messages, and Ye Tai realized Zhihui intended to use Li Qingshan in a plan involving the Netherworld’s old nest.

Netherworld dismissed Beo’s warning and prepared to capture the Formless Sky Demon, while Beo recognized the disasters surrounding Xie Sen and wondered what would happen when that strange fortune met the Gods’ Proxies. Zhihui explained that his planned attack on Netherworld would unfold across three battlefields, with the Supreme- and Evil God-level conflict still to be revealed.

• Netherworld recognized the title Formless Sky Demon from Xie Sen’s memories but decided it was only a coincidence after Beo said he had made up the name.
• Beo warned Netherworld about Zhihui’s possible schemes, but Netherworld declared that Tai Shang and the Formless Sky Demon would soon fall into his hands.
• Beo left Netherworld’s domain and reflected on the disasters that had followed Xie Sen, wondering how Xie Sen’s misfortune would affect the Gods’ Proxies.
• Zhihui told Ye Tai that he planned to ambush Netherworld and described a Middle Layer Battlefield for Venerables and Deputy Executors and a Bottom Layer Battlefield for Titled Generals and Tenth Order Alien Races.
• Zhihui explained that Tai Shang’s bad luck might draw the enemy’s Tenth Order forces and hold back the Bottom Layer Battlefield, then indicated that the final layer involved Supremes and Evil Gods.

Zhihui explained that his plan was to prevent the Top Layer Battlefield by taking the Netherworld and connecting Number 269 to the Network, while keeping Li Qingshan safe. At Sinking Iron Barrier, Li Qingshan delegated the management of the rear area to his three eager subordinates.

• Zhihui told Ye Tai that he had brought Li Qingshan into Number 269 to secure the Network’s attention and make it possible to connect the territory after taking the Netherworld.
• Zhihui ordered Ye Tai to work with Liu Xing and Xiang Ran to search for Tai Shang and ambush Alien Races Tenth Orders, and to keep Li Qingshan from risking his life.
• Ye Tai reminded Zhihui that he had promised Li Qingshan access to a Clan Artifact, but left without getting a clear answer about when.
• At Sinking Iron Barrier, Tang Yetian, Song Mo, and Qiu Lan congratulated Li Qingshan on becoming the Formless General and asked to join the front lines.
• Li Qingshan assigned the three subordinates to coordinate the Star Forger Envoys and the Light Chasing Legion and manage Number 269’s rear area.

Li Qingshan built up the Formless Barrier and appointed supervisors, then ordered Tang Yetian to watch for signs of an Astral Rift. After Ye Tai warned him that the Netherworld might be setting a trap, Tang Yetian reported an Eighth-Order Rift, and Li Qingshan saw it as bait.

• Li Qingshan renamed Sinking Iron Barrier the Formless Barrier and appointed Song Mo, Qiu Lan, and Tang Yetian as its supervisors.
• Li Qingshan told Tang Yetian to monitor the region closely for signs of an Astral Rift.
• Twenty-two years later, Li Qingshan watched the Meteor Prodigy Battle and reunited with Ye Tai.
• Ye Tai warned Li Qingshan that the Netherworld had returned to its hinterland and that the Venerable had ordered him not to act rashly.
• Tang Yetian reported an Eighth-Order Rift in Xin—Star System No. 61, and Li Qingshan suspected it was bait.

Li Qingshan arrived at a newly opened Eighth-Order Rift and discovered that the Blood Rot Tribe had set it as bait to lure him into their Ancestral Land. He suspected Netherworld was involved, while an unseen enemy remained convinced he would enter the trap.

• Lang Lingfeng prepared to unleash his ultimate move against Lan Daihe, but a mysterious slap sent him crashing into an asteroid.
• Li Qingshan arrived at Star System No. 61, where Tang Yetian and the Light Chaser Guards had captured an eighth-order Blood Rot Tribe member beside an Eighth-Order Rift.
• Li Qingshan learned that the rift had opened without warning and that the captive's memories showed the Blood Rot Ancestor had ordered the altar built while pursuing Tai Shang.
• Li Qingshan realized the apparent trap was bait meant to draw him toward the Blood Rot Ancestral Land and suspected Netherworld was involved.
• Across the rift, a figure with blood-red eyes declared that the Formless Sky Demon would fall into the trap.

Netherworld set an eighth-order rift as bait, confident the arrogant Formless Sky Demon would take the opportunity to attack. On the human side, Li Qingshan recognized the trap and turned it around, leaving Tang Yetian with a newly captured Blood Rot prisoner as the chapter ended.

• Netherworld dismissed Xue Huai’s concerns and predicted the Formless Sky Demon would not resist the chance to cross the rift.
• Li Qingshan told Tang Yetian that Netherworld was likely behind the rift but could not cross because of the World Gate Iron Rule.
• Ye Tai arrived, rebuked Tang Yetian over the news lockdown, then rushed off to report the threat to the Venerable.
• Li Qingshan ordered Tang Yetian to keep a captured Blood Rot prisoner alive and used him as bait at the rift.
• A Blood Rot Middle-aged Man emerged from the rift, froze under Li Qingshan’s control, and was sent to Tang Yetian as another prisoner.

At the front line, Zhihui explained that Tai Shang was rebuilding his Starry River rather than trying to escape, while warning Ye Tai that the Netherworld’s overwhelming numbers made an immediate war too dangerous. He revealed that he was waiting for powerful reinforcements to help hold the line.

• Ye Tai told Zhihui that another Eighth-Order Rift had appeared within the Formless Barrier, and Zhihui learned that Li Qingshan had recognized it as a trap.
• Zhihui explained that the Netherworld’s crude trap suited an Evil God Proxy and said the Nine Great Legions should use the Netherworld’s retreat to rescue Tai Shang.
• Ye Tai reported that the nine Titled Generals had waited twenty-two years without seeing any Tenth Order Alien Races pursuing Tai Shang.
• Zhihui said Tai Shang had chosen not to flee and was reconstructing his Starry River to tread Above the Nine Heavens.
• Zhihui refused to start a war because more than a hundred Tenth Order Alien Races could overwhelm the nine Titled Generals or breach the barrier.
• Zhihui opened a list of high-ranking Investiture of the Gods generals and said he was waiting for their help to hold the line.

Ye Tai learned that the top ten generals could not reach the battlefield for at least a thousand years, while Zhihui considered recruiting someone else to hold the line. Meanwhile, Netherworld sacrificed three thousand Eighth Order Blood Rot Tribe members to lure out the Formless Sky Demon, and their Soul Tablets all shattered as the rift began to close.

• Zhihui told Ye Tai that the top ten generals were busy with missions and would take between a thousand and over five thousand years to arrive.
• Zhihui suggested that someone outside the top ten might be able to hold the line, then checked the Human Race God-Sealing List and saw that Xiang Hao was lost.
• Netherworld ordered Xue Huai to send Eighth Order Blood Rot Tribe members through a rift as bait for the Formless Sky Demon.
• Hundreds of Blood Rot Tribe members entered the rift over the next three days, but Netherworld saw no sign of the Formless Sky Demon.
• As the rift began to close, all three thousand Soul Tablets cracked and shattered at once.

Netherworld ordered the Blood Rot Tribe to open another eighth-order rift after the Formless Sky Demon refused his bait, while Li Qingshan collected experience from the sacrificed monsters. The chapter ended with a new rift opening in the same place, astonishing Tang Yetian.

• Netherworld realized the Formless Sky Demon had used the bait without taking the hook and ordered Xue Huai to continue opening rifts.
• Xue Huai warned that repeated sacrifices would exhaust the Blood Rot Tribe, but Netherworld commanded the Hundred Races to cooperate and vowed to capture Tai Shang himself.
• Li Qingshan collected thirty billion experience from the three thousand Blood Rot Tribe members killed at the rift and told Tang Yetian to strengthen patrols.
• Tang Yetian questioned whether Netherworld would be fooled again, and Li Qingshan said it was possible.
• A new eighth-order rift opened in the same place, leaving Tang Yetian astonished.

Li Qingshan waited through repeated Eighth-Order Rift openings until a Blood Rot Tribe member emerged with memories revealing that Tai Shang had been swept back to the Blood Rot Ancestral Land. The Human Race God-Sealing List then recorded Vast Sky General Xiang Hao as returned, with his battle achievements still under review.

• Li Qingshan refused to enter the Eighth-Order Rift when it opened without offering any bait.
• Zhihui tried to rescue Tai Shang, but an Astral Storm swept Tai Shang away before Zhihui could reach him.
• Zhihui learned that a warrior would return after finishing his final battle and asked him to wait before starting the next one.
• For a month, Li Qingshan watched the Rift repeatedly open and close while Zhihui continued trying to rescue Tai Shang.
• A Blood Rot Tribe member emerged, and Li Qingshan read its memories showing Tai Shang swept back to the Blood Rot Ancestral Land.
• Li Qingshan saw the Investiture of the Gods list Vast Sky General Xiang Hao as returned, with his battle achievements under verification.

Xiang Hao’s return updated the God-Sealing rankings and the Cosmic Demon Sealing Record, while Li Qingshan questioned whether a captive’s memories were bait. At the Blood Rot Ancestral Land, Xue Huai’s trap for the Formless Sky Demon was disrupted when a bedraggled man appeared and questioned Tai Shang’s identity.

• Zhihui announced Xiang Hao’s return to seven people as the Demon Sealing Record named Haotian Heavenly Demon and Xiang Hao rose to third on the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Qingshan considered taking an Eighth-Order Altar and the last thirty Clan Artifacts, but suspected the captive’s account was fabricated bait.
• Xue Mi warned the gathered Blood Rot Tribe members not to flee through the rift while Xue Huai fought Tai Shang at the edge of their ancestral land.
• Xue Huai told Tai Shang that Xue Mi would send more bait to draw the Formless Sky Demon into their trap.
• A bedraggled middle-aged man emerged from a collapsing space, asked the white-robed figure whether he was Tai Shang, and prompted the figure to turn to ashes.

Li Qingshan investigated the prisoners’ memories and realized that the battle between Tai Shang and the Blood Rot Ancestor had become chaotic, while another figure posing as Tai Shang had been bait. As Netherworld attacked Tai Shang during his attempt to ascend, Xue Huai discovered that the Blood Rot ancestral land had been emptied.

• Li Qingshan examined three escaping Blood Rot Tribe members’ memories and saw two figures resembling Tai Shang fighting amid the chaos.
• Li Qingshan concluded that the false Tai Shang had been bait, then watched the rift ripple as many more escapees approached.
• Zhihui spoke with Xiang Hao, who promised to reach Constellation 269 within seven days.
• Zhihui learned that Netherworld was attacking Tai Shang and prepared to intervene as Tai Shang formed the Sword of the Star River to ascend Above the Nine Heavens.
• Xue Huai saw Netherworld’s giant claw descend toward Tai Shang, then discovered that the Blood Rot ancestral land, its Altar, Elders, and people had vanished.

Xue Huai discovered that the Formless Sky Demon had destroyed the Blood Rot Ancestral Land while he was fighting Tai Shang, and Zhihui intervened to help Tai Shang escape Lord Youming. Lord Youming blamed Xue Huai and accused Zhihui of arranging another Hidden Hand, while Zhihui appeared genuinely confused.

• Xue Huai saw that the Blood Rot Ancestral Land and its Eighth-Order Altar had vanished, leaving an Eighth-Order Astral Rift behind.
• Zhihui blocked Lord Youming's claw long enough for Tai Shang to escape through the gaps between its strikes.
• Lord Youming rebuked Xue Huai for losing the ancestral land and Altar, then suspected that Zhihui had arranged the Formless Sky Demon's attack.
• Xue Huai warned Lord Youming that Zhihui had intervened again, but Lord Youming said Zhihui had not left.
• Lord Youming confronted Zhihui, accusing him of planting a Hidden Hand in the Blood Rot Ancestral Land, and Zhihui asked if he had set another one.

Li Qingshan returned from the Blood Rot Ancestral Land with a huge haul of experience and all thirty-two Clan Artifacts needed to complete the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture. After Ye Tai warned him that a decisive battle was beginning, Li Qingshan prepared to bring his forces through the rift and aid the Bottom Layer Battlefield.

• Zhihui admitted to Netherworld that he had laid the Hidden Hand, while Netherworld threatened Tai Shang and pointed out that over a hundred Tenth Order subordinates were pursuing him.
• Li Qingshan emerged through the rift into the Xin-61 Star System and found that his kills had raised Martial Arts Space experience to 530 billion.
• Li Qingshan counted thirty-two Clan Artifacts, completing the final missing piece of the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture.
• Ye Tai told Li Qingshan that Zhihui was confronting Netherworld and that the decisive battle to stabilize Heaven and Earth was about to begin.
• Li Qingshan promised to secure the Formless Barrier, then gathered Myriad Phenomena Star Sand and the Clan Artifacts into a Starry River as he prepared to cross the rift.