Chapter Summaries

As Tai Shang broke through and severed his karmic shackles, the Nine Great Legions prepared for war while the generals discussed his peril and Li Qingshan’s role. At the Formless Barrier, a radiant Starry River appeared above a school, and the Middle-aged Teacher recognized its blazing source as the General.

• Liu Xing explained that Tai Shang had cut away his karmic shackles and taken a step ahead of the other generals.
• Xiang Ran suspected that bad luck had deliberately pushed Tai Shang into a deadly trap, but Liu Xing cautioned that fate could not be grasped.
• Ye Tai confirmed that Li Qingshan had agreed to guard the Formless Barrier as Xiang Hao traveled toward the front.
• At a high school near the Formless Barrier, a student spotted Mystic Yellow stars gathering into a Starry River in the sky.
• A blazing light overwhelmed the Starry River and spread across the planet, restoring the students’ energy.
• The Middle-aged Teacher looked toward the light and declared that it was the General.

Li Qingshan completed a million manifestations, reached the eighth-order limit, and crossed into the Netherworld rather than advancing to the ninth order first. He emerged before Xue Huai as the Netherworld and Zhihui watched, leaving Xue Huai jubilant and Li Qingshan confused.

• Xiang Hao urged Venerable Fushan to hurry toward Number 269, hoping to claim the Investiture of the Gods First Rank after the battle.
• Li Qingshan completed the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture’s million manifestations and reached the Star Extreme Eighth Heaven limit.
• Li Qingshan chose to cross the rift into the Netherworld, reasoning that his million manifested phenomena would make his ninth-order breakthrough unusual.
• The Netherworld gloated to Zhihui that Tai Shang would die, while Zhihui worried about Tai Shang’s pursuit by more than a hundred tenth-order beings.
• Xue Huai spotted Li Qingshan emerging from the rift and celebrated, but Li Qingshan asked why he was so happy.

Li Qingshan confronted Xue Huai in Netherworld’s territory and revealed he had no intention of escaping. He unleashed the power of a million Star Systems before the Ninth Layer Sky Curtain, shattering the barrier as the battle above the Nine Heavens watched.

• Netherworld attacked Li Qingshan, but Zhihui blocked the strike and exposed his anxiety, prompting Netherworld to identify Li Qingshan as the Formless Sky Demon.
• Xue Huai sealed the Eighth-Order Rift with Blood Waves and challenged Li Qingshan to flee.
• Li Qingshan advanced through eight layers of sky curtains while Xue Huai’s Blood Wave chains pursued him.
• Netherworld intercepted Zhihui as he tried to intervene and celebrated Li Qingshan’s apparent entrapment before the Ninth Layer Sky Curtain.
• Li Qingshan told Xue Huai he had feared Xue Huai would flee, then released the power of a million Star Systems and shattered the Nine Layered Sky Curtain.

Li Qingshan broke through to the Ninth Order by manifesting a million stars, then turned the Sea of Blood that had attacked him into a vast river of purifying starlight. He stood before the defeated Blood Wave and asked what it had been so happy about.

• Netherworld mistook Li Qingshan's apparent explosion for death, but Zhihui recognized that he had manifested a million phenomena through the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture.
• Blood Wave surged the Sea of Blood over Li Qingshan's newborn star systems, confident that it would destroy him during his breakthrough.
• A million Blue-White Great Suns rose from within the Sea of Blood and tore it apart, scorching and absorbing it.
• Li Qingshan emerged amid the million stars as a Ninth Order warrior, while the Sea of Blood evaporated into mist.
• Li Qingshan faced the trembling Blood Wave and asked what it had been so happy about.

Li Qingshan killed Xue Huai, a Tenth Order Alien Race, after breaking through to Ninth Order, shocking Netherworld and Zhihui Above the Nine Heavens. As more than a hundred Alien Races pursued Tai Shang, news of Xue Huai’s death made most of them flee, leaving Tai Shang confused about who the Formless Sky Demon was.

• Xue Huai realized the Formless Sky Demon’s strength and regretted his choices before Li Qingshan killed him, earning five billion experience.
• Netherworld and Zhihui recognized that Li Qingshan had slain a Tenth Order enemy and resumed their tense confrontation.
• More than a hundred Tenth Order Alien Races chased Tai Shang through the blood-colored starry sky, threatening to sacrifice him to the Flesh God Master.
• The pursuers heard that Xue Huai had died to the Formless Sky Demon, and more than half turned and fled.
• Tai Shang halted and asked who the Formless Sky Demon was.

Li Qingshan looked Above the Nine Heavens, discovered that a vast missing region of the Starry Sky matched the space inside his Martial Arts Space, and learned that Netherworld had sent more than fifty Tenth Order Exotic Races after him. As Zhihui began the decisive battle against Netherworld, Li Qingshan stayed put and claimed he had gained insight into the heavens.

• Li Qingshan looked Above the Nine Heavens and saw a vast darkness that fit the missing portion of the Starry Sky in his Martial Arts Space.
• Zhihui warned Li Qingshan that Netherworld had sent more than fifty Tenth Order Exotic Races to hunt him and urged him to flee.
• Li Qingshan asked Zhihui when the decisive battle would begin, and Zhihui answered that it was beginning now.
• Zhihui taunted Netherworld for secretly splitting his forces, then declared that he could kill him and signaled the start of the decisive battle with his Natal Great Star.
• Zhihui saw that Li Qingshan had not fled and had instead closed his eyes; Li Qingshan opened them and said he had gained some insight into Above the Nine Heavens.

As Netherworld attacked Zhihui, Li Qingshan used the Martial Arts Space to understand the path Above the Nine Heavens and began reconstructing the Star River Universe. He left the chapter coordinating a million stars into a cosmic body, pursuing the final step toward ascending.

• Netherworld attacked Zhihui, forcing their three-million-year feud into a decisive battle.
• Li Qingshan struggled to grasp the guidance he saw in the starry sky, then entered the Martial Arts Space to study its clearer revelation.
• Li Qingshan recognized that his long cultivation had prepared him to reconstruct the Star River and tread upon heaven.
• Li Qingshan discovered that the Ninth Layer Sky Curtain kept him from truly reaching Above the Nine Heavens, but he believed sheer numbers could let him kill powerful Tenth Order Exotic Races.
• Li Qingshan released his restraints and gathered one million Blue-White Great Suns and one million Star Systems into a Starry River.
• Li Qingshan began arranging the million stars into the body of the Star River Universe.

The Nine Great Legions received Venerable Zhihui’s signal and launched a decisive assault on the Netherworld’s Ancestral Lands, while discovering that Li Qingshan was missing from Number 269. Elsewhere, Beo watched the conflict with interest, and Xiang Hao was left stranded in a wormhole after Venerable Fushan rushed to join the battle.

• After three days without word from Tai Shang, the Nine Great Generals saw Venerable Zhihui’s Life Star light up and realized the decisive battle had begun before Xiang Hao arrived.
• Ye Tai ordered the Nine Great Legions to attack the Ancestral Lands of the Hundred Races and leave none alive, and the legions charged into the Netherworld.
• Liu Xing tried to notify Li Qingshan, but Xiang Ran confirmed that Li Qingshan was neither at the Formless Barrier nor on Number 269, prompting the generals to stare toward the Netherworld.
• Beo observed the war from the depths of the Starry Sky and looked forward to seeing Xie Sen’s fortune collide with the Gods’ Proxies.
• Venerable Fushan stopped Xiang Hao in the wormhole, told him Zhihui had already begun the war, and left to help, stranding Xiang Hao alone.

Zhihui revealed that he had arranged for Netherworld’s seven allies to be intercepted, leaving Netherworld to face him alone while the Middle Layer Battlefield opened. Below the Nine Heavens, the nine generals received orders to protect Li Qingshan at the Blood Rot Ancestral Land.

• Zhihui named Netherworld’s seven expected helpers and revealed that they had been intercepted in separate battles.
• Enraged, Netherworld vowed to defeat Zhihui and slaughter the Human Prodigies, and the two resumed their fight.
• The Nine Great Legions swept through the Alien Races’ ancestral lands, but no Tenth Order Alien Races returned to defend them.
• The nine generals realized the Middle Layer Battlefield had opened and wondered what to do as they could neither locate nor support Tai Shang.
• Zhihui ordered Ye Tai, Liu Xing, Xiang Ran, and the other generals to go to the Blood Rot Ancestral Land and protect Li Qingshan.

Xiang Hao raced to the Bottom Layer Battlefield after persuading the wormhole to give him a ride, while Tai Shang pursued the retreating Tenth Order Exotic Race. As Netherworld and Zhihui faced off amid the chaos around the Blood Rot Ancestral Land, Li Qingshan opened his eyes and revealed he had been waiting for the arriving enemies.

• Wan Yongze and his classmate spotted Xiang Hao crossing the wormhole in his physical body and mistook him for an unparalleled Great Power.
• Xiang Hao introduced himself to the wormhole, which opened a passage and sent him flying through it after he tried to continue his introduction.
• Tai Shang redirected the Sword of the Star River to pursue the retreating Tenth Order Exotic Race.
• Netherworld taunted Zhihui, but Xiang Hao suddenly arrived on the battlefield, prompting Netherworld to declare that he was too late to save anyone.
• The Blood Rot Ancestral Land became a whirlpool of arriving forces as the Exotic Races converged on Li Qingshan, who opened his eyes and said he had been waiting for them.

Li Qingshan revealed that he had advanced his Star Extreme Nine Heavens into a million-star Star River and reconstructed it as a towering Galaxy Giant. He crossed Above the Nine Heavens to confront the fifty-eight Tenth Order Exotic Races and asked what they thought of him now.

• Li Qingshan calmly stood before the arriving Tenth Order Exotic Races, while Netherworld suspected he had concealed another breakthrough.
• Li Qingshan manifested a million-star Star River within the Nine Heavens, astonishing Ye Tai and the other eight Titled Generals.
• Fifty-eight Tenth Order Exotic Races arrived and attacked Li Qingshan, confident that his Ninth Order power could not threaten them Above the Nine Heavens.
• Li Qingshan froze their attacks, reconstructed the Star River into a Galaxy Giant, and stepped Above the Nine Heavens.
• Li Qingshan looked down at the Exotic Races and asked what they thought now that he stood above them.

Li Qingshan transformed into a colossal Starry River giant and pursued the Tenth Order Exotic Races, crushing their forces across the Blood Rot Ancestral Land and the space cracks. As the survivors fled, Tai Shang recognized Li Qingshan’s voice, while Li Qingshan continued his rampage into another battlefield.

• Li Qingshan’s Starry River giant appeared above the Blood Rot Ancestral Land and stomped more than half of the fifty-eight Tenth Order Exotic Races to death.
• Ye Tai, Xiang Ran, and Liu Xing watched in shock as they realized Li Qingshan had advanced from the Eighth Order to Starry River reconstruction and stepped above the heavens.
• The fleeing Exotic Races passed Tai Shang in the space cracks, abandoning their attempt to fight him as Li Qingshan caught up and crushed them.
• Li Qingshan politely called Tai Shang “Senior” before chasing the remaining fleeing races, leaving Tai Shang stunned by the familiar voice.
• Li Qingshan’s giant foot appeared in the starry sky battlefield and crushed Ninth Order Exotic Races across the Sea of Blood, leaving only the Nine Great Legions’ warriors alive.

The Galaxy Giant’s arrival destroyed Netherworld’s forces and left him trying to flee as Zhihui blocked his escape. Beo watched from his lair until Heaven’s Mandate’s Iron Hook appeared above the battlefield.

• The Galaxy Giant crushed the Tenth Order Exotic Race and pursued the fleeing blood light across the starry sky, devastating the Ancestral Lands of the Hundred Races.
• Netherworld accused Zhihui of plotting around the Formless Sky Demon, admitted defeat, and tried to escape, but Zhihui stopped him with a Starry River barrier.
• Zhihui pointed out that Beo was missing from the battlefield, and Netherworld recognized that only six of the seven expected Deputy Executors had appeared.
• Beo speculated that Netherworld had fled because of the Formless Sky Demon and felt relieved that he had stayed out of the conflict.
• An Iron Hook descended from the Unknown High Place, and Beo recognized it as belonging to the Ancient Proxy, Heaven’s Mandate.

Heaven's Mandate’s Anchor of Destiny tried to strike Tai Shang, but Ancient One Yi Xing drove it away, leaving Zhihui to call for Fu Shan’s attack on Netherworld. Xiang Hao arrived ready to fight thirty-three Tenth Order Alien Races, only for Li Qingshan to destroy them before Xiang Hao could act.

• Heaven's Mandate’s rusted Anchor of Destiny pierced the battlefield and rushed toward Tai Shang, but Yi Xing’s illusory chessboard struck it back into the Unknown High Place.
• Zhihui told Fu Shan to attack Netherworld as the Purple Data Torrent swept down toward him.
• Xiang Hao arrived on the starry battlefield and challenged three Tenth Order Alien Races, then saw thirty more emerge from rifts.
• Xiang Hao began boasting that he would defeat all thirty-three Aliens and rise to the top of the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Qingshan crushed all thirty-three Alien Races with a massive Starry River hand, then appeared and asked Xiang Hao if he was alright.

Li Qingshan reached Xiang Hao after wiping out the forces threatening Tai Shang and the Hundred Races, leaving Xiang Hao stunned by how much he had accomplished before arriving. In the High Heavens, Zhihui and Fu Shan saw that Li Qingshan had already secured the Bottom Layer Battlefield and prepared to finish Netherworld before the Divine Lord could intervene.

• Li Qingshan reassured Xiang Hao that he had already rescued Tai Shang and killed the Tenth Order Alien Races pursuing him.
• Li Qingshan told Xiang Hao that he had also trampled through the Ancestral Lands of the Hundred Races, leaving Xiang Hao speechless.
• Zhihui told Netherworld that he had invited Yi Xing to block the Divine Lord and dismissed Netherworld's threats.
• Zhihui and Fu Shan saw the Galaxy Giant's footprints across the Bottom Layer Battlefield, where the Nine Great Legions were preparing Planetary Fortresses for laying the Network.
• Zhihui and Fu Shan focused their attacks on Netherworld's collapsing core, and Zhihui challenged the Divine Lord to intervene.

Heaven's Mandate explained that Xie Sen's misfortune had nothing to do with Fate, then declared Netherworld doomed as the Formless Sky Demon overwhelmed it. After Netherworld fell, a chaotic will reached down from the Nine Heavens but withdrew with its corpse when the Planetary Fortresses spread a Green Data Stream.

• Heaven's Mandate told Xie Sen that Beo did not understand Fate and that the Formless Sky Demon's power had nothing to do with it.
• Heaven's Mandate declared that Netherworld was doomed as the battle drew the attention of Venerables and Deputy Executors across the universe.
• Beo watched the clash between starlight and the Data Torrent and bid his old friend farewell.
• Star Stream and the Data Torrent stripped Netherworld's core origin from the Star Dome and ground it apart, causing Netherworld to fall from the Nine Heavens.
• A chaotic will sent a blood-red Tentacle down toward Netherworld's corpse, but the Planetary Fortresses spread Green Data Stream across the starry sky and forced it to retreat with the corpse.

After the Network drove the Flesh Demon God away, the Human Race Venerables wondered how the Bottom Layer Battlefield had been won so quickly. Li Qingshan learned why Netherworld’s corpse had remained, and the stirring of his Status Panel hinted at a connection to the Divine Bestowed Throne.

• The Flesh Demon God retreated from the Nine Heavens when the Network appeared, and Pioneer Constellation No. 269 was incorporated into Human Territory as the Radiant Seat Supergalactic Cluster.
• The watching Venerables credited Zhihui’s preparations for the rapid Network connection and complained that he had kept the breakthrough secret.
• Xiang Hao realized Li Qingshan’s importance and asked whether he would still acknowledge him as his dean; Li Qingshan promised he would.
• Li Qingshan asked Zhihui why Netherworld had left a corpse, and Zhihui explained that Deputy Executors carried a sliver of an Evil God’s origin that the Evil God had to reclaim.
• Li Qingshan felt his Status Panel stir as he looked toward the place where Netherworld’s Divine Bestowed Throne had appeared.

After Netherworld’s defeat, Li Qingshan was assigned to rebuild the ruined former Netherworld Territory as the Formless Barrier. He examined his new strength and resolved to strengthen his Star River Universe so he could climb high enough to reach the Evil God Proxies, as six beings attacked the Blood-colored Scroll above the Nine Heavens.

• Zhihui entrusted Li Qingshan with postwar reconstruction across the former Netherworld Territory, now called the Formless Barrier.
• Li Qingshan tempted Xiang Hao with the prospect of naming a galaxy after him, then handed him the reconstruction work and introduced Tang Yetian, Song Mo, and Qiu Lan as assistants.
• Li Qingshan reviewed the Kill Notifications and saw that the Martial Arts Space had advanced to Level 7 with over 1.5 trillion years of available time.
• Li Qingshan concluded that Evil God Proxies could provide future Martial Arts Space experience and recognized that his First Ascent to Nine Heavens progress matched the ten million stars within his body.
• Li Qingshan released the Clan Artifacts he had seized and resolved to strengthen his Star River Universe to reach the Evil God Proxies.
• Six different hands, claws, and tentacles pierced through the heavenly curtains and shot toward the Blood-colored Scroll at the end of deep space.

Tang Yetian, Song Mo, Qiu Lan, and the Star Forger Envoys arrived in the newly claimed Radiant Seat and saw Li Qingshan waiting in the ruined Star Domain. As Zhihui revealed Li Qingshan’s role in the victory on the Pioneer Forum, a thunderous roar from the High Heavens drew the Venerables’ attention.

• Tang Yetian, Song Mo, Qiu Lan, and the Star Forger Envoys crossed into the Radiant Seat and found its Star Domain devastated and free of Netherworld aura.
• Li Qingshan appeared with his back to the arriving group and spoke after standing motionless for three minutes.
• Fu Shan confronted Zhihui for hiding Li Qingshan’s role in the plan to defeat the Evil God Proxy.
• Zhihui opened the Pioneer Venerable chatroom, where the Venerables discussed the cleared Bottom Layer Battlefield and questioned who had achieved the victory.
• Zhihui revealed that Li Qingshan had cleared the Bottom Layer Battlefield and said the Demon Sealing Record would soon appear.
• A thunderous roar came from the High Heavens, and Zhihui, Fu Shan, and the other Venerables turned to look.

The Cosmic Demon Sealing Record and Human Race God-Sealing List revealed that the Formless Sky Demon was responsible for the Netherworld’s destruction, while Beo recognized him as a rapidly rising human talent. The Divine Master then issued a ban forbidding the Formless Sky Demon from ascending to the stars, threatening anyone who witnessed his brilliance.

• The Six Deputy Executors named the Formless Sky Demon at the top of the Cosmic Demon Sealing Record, listing his destruction of the Hundred Races' Ancestral Lands and the deaths of more than one hundred Tenth Orders.
• Xiang Hao watched the Formless General rise to the top of the Human Race God-Sealing List and lamented his own fall from third place to fourth.
• Beo recognized the Formless Sky Demon as the human talent he had known decades earlier and worried that his growth would continue unchecked.
• Beo hesitated to add what he knew because doing so could expose his schemes and his connection to Heaven's Mandate.
• The Divine Master issued the Flesh God Ban, forbidding the Formless Sky Demon from ascending to the stars and threatening all who beheld his brilliance.