Recaps

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others found the ancient formation intact on an island suspended over the enormous pit on Continent Number Nineteen. They began crossing the Ten-Mile Heaven and Earth Bridge, where Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable immediately encountered a mysterious force.

• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable said the ancient formation should lie somewhere in the vast pit, and the group worried it had been destroyed.
• Wuxie Scholar warned that other ancient formations might also have been destroyed, but Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led the group to search the pit anyway.
• Saint As spotted an island with buildings and a stone bridge, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable recognized it as the site of the surviving ancient formation.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable explained that the bridge's and formation's powerful restrictions had likely protected the formation from the devastation.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned the group that the Ten-Mile Heaven and Earth Bridge tested their state of mind and spell power, then put on Silver Armor and stepped onto it.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable froze upon entering the bridge as rings of spell power and spirit light radiated from him.

Ye Han and the others approached the Ten-Mile Heaven and Earth Bridge, where its illusions tested their minds as they advanced toward the Nine Dragons Locking the Sky formation. As they crossed, a gigantic creature crawled out of the abyss beneath them and fixed its gaze on the group.

• Teacher Lan Qing said Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable might use the Ancient Dragon Method to open the restriction, and Ye Han described his progress and the group's slim chances of opening it.
• Ye Han and the others activated defensive treasures and stepped onto the Ten-Mile Heaven and Earth Bridge, where its power made spell cultivation difficult.
• The bridge conjured a massive demonic palm and an illusion of Red Dragon Girl, but Ye Han destroyed both and continued forward.
• Ye Han and the others steadily crossed the bridge, enduring illusions that unsettled their states of mind.
• A hundred-mile-long, blue-black-scaled creature climbed out of the abyss beneath the bridge and watched Ye Han and the others hungrily.

Ye Han and the others crossed the Ten-Mile Heaven and Earth Bridge while a metal cube in Ye Han’s ring unleashed an aura that frightened a colossal creature into retreating. Ye Han emerged last, unaware of the danger the others had sensed, and followed them toward the Great Hall of the ancient formation.

• Ye Han fought a three-headed, six-armed Heavenly Dragon Demon Race member on the Ten-Mile Heaven and Earth Bridge and felt strangely threatened despite seeming to have the upper hand.
• The metal cube in Ye Han’s Green Pearl Ring trembled and released an aura that formed enormous scarlet eyes above the bridge, terrifying Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Teacher Lan Qing, and the others.
• A colossal figure approaching the bridge saw the scarlet eyes, hesitated, and retreated; the eyes then vanished, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable hurried onward.
• Seven days later, Ye Han completed the bridge trial and rejoined Teacher Lan Qing, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As, who had reached the end more than a day earlier.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable asked whether Ye Han had sensed the danger, and Ye Han said he had only experienced the bridge’s formation trial.
• Teacher Lan Qing led the group toward the Great Hall of the ancient formation, which Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had already opened.

After waiting sixty years for the Ancient Formation to align, Ye Han and his companions traveled through the Silver Spatial Passage to Number Eight Continent. As they descended toward the continent, a Star Spirit appeared before them, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable recognized the danger.

• Ye Han spent decades cultivating in the formation hall, mastering the Third Mystery of the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries and reaching the middle of the eighth late-stage nascent soul layer.
• After sixty years, the Silver Spatial Passage opened, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led the group toward Number Eight Continent.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable explained that Number Eight was a core continent and claimed its hidden location might hold treasures that could enable ascension or entry into the Star Palace.
• Ye Han and the others flew through the vast passage and sensed Number Eight Continent's abundant spiritual energy as they approached.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned the group away from the Ancient Formation and jumped from the passage, so Ye Han and the others followed.
• A bubble-like gray figure appeared as they descended, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable identified it as a Star Spirit.

Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable encountered a dangerous star spirit on the Number Eight Continent and fought to escape its gray bubbles. They landed safely amid the continent’s spiritual energy and treasures, but the star spirit pursued them for another attack.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned the others that the star spirits could knock them into the starry void, then used dragon-aura wings to evade the creature’s expanding bubbles.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable unleashed a golden dragon that the star spirit swallowed, but he escaped through a gap in the bubbles and landed on the ground.
• Ye Han used the Demon God's Hand to blast open the gray bubbles, while Teacher Lan Qing and the others attacked the star spirit with lightning, sword-rays, and a gray beast.
• Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, and the other two landed safely on the Number Eight Continent, crushing some of its heavenly treasures.
• The star spirit charged after them, unleashing gray light runes to attack.

As the Star Spirit pursued Ye Han and the others with poisonous gray bubbles, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable suspected Ye Han possessed a secret related to ascension and watched for signs of his abilities. He unleashed two fire treasures that destroyed the Star Spirit’s attacks, suggesting the creature feared fire.

• The Star Spirit chased Ye Han and the others with gray bubbles that formed enormous hands and released dizzying poison gas.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable used Ancient Dragon secret methods to resist the poison, while Ye Han protected himself with the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art and concealed his true cultivation.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable inferred that Ye Han held a secret connected to ascension and that the other three Spirit Transformation cultivators were protecting him.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable summoned two Truefire Divine Staff treasures and sent them spinning into the sky amid intense flames.
• The flames caused the Star Spirit’s gray bubbles to collapse and distorted its body, revealing that it might be vulnerable to fire.

Ye Han and the others escaped the Star Spirit and hid in a cavern on Number Eight Continent. The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable revealed that they were seeking the Lesser Star Palace Temple and gave them a Five-Star Formation to practice before entering it.

• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable used his Truefire Divine Rods to hold off the Star Spirit while Ye Han and the others fled.
• After hours of evasion, Ye Han and the others concealed themselves in a cavern and watched the Star Spirit pass without finding them.
• Wuxie Scholar asked what they could gain by killing the Star Spirit, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned them that the legendary Star Crystal was not worth the danger.
• Saint As asked where they were headed, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable named the Lesser Star Palace Temple and explained that it held a treasure leading to the Number One Central Star Palace Temple.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable gave them Jade Slips containing the Five-Star Formation they needed to practice, and Ye Han noticed similarities to his Five Elements Legacy Cultivation Method.

Ye Han and his four companions mastered the Five-Star Formation after months of practice and traveled for nineteen years to reach the Lesser Star Palace Temple. As they stood before the immense palace, Ye Han realized it looked familiar.

• Ye Han and his four companions practiced the Five-Star Formation, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable noted that Ye Han had mastered it unusually quickly.
• Ye Han recognized that his five elements spirit root and Five Elements Legacy Cultivation Method could let him activate the formation alone, but he lacked enough power of the stars and kept his abilities secret.
• After three more months, the five companions successfully mastered the Five-Star Formation.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable urged everyone to travel together and warned that losing anyone would jeopardize their quest.
• Nineteen years later, Ye Han and his companions reached the Lesser Star Palace Temple, and Ye Han found it strangely familiar.

After nineteen years of dangerous travel across the Number Eight Continent, Ye Han and his companions reached the Lesser Star Palace Temple, which reminded him of the Ascension Immortal Palace in the Earth Realm. They activated the Five-Star Formation to open the temple’s defenses, but a blood-red claw suddenly emerged from the mist and attacked Ye Han.

• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led Ye Han and the others through dangerous regions of the Number Eight Continent until they reached the Lesser Star Palace Temple.
• Ye Han recognized the temple’s resemblance to the Ascension Immortal Palace, recalled its connection to the Star Palace, and reflected on how his purple cauldron space had grown during their nineteen years of travel.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned the group about the temple’s powerful formation and told them to use the Five-Star Formation to open it.
• The five companions took their positions and combined five-element spell power with the power of the stars to break through the mist formation.
• A blood-red claw burst from the mist and grabbed at Ye Han while the others were still channeling the formation.

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Ye Han, and their companions fought through an ambush of baleful ghosts and the pursuing Star Spirit to force their way into the Lesser Star Palace Temple. Three enormous shadows arrived too late to enter before its sword formation stopped them, while the Star Spirit attacked them.

• Ye Han raised a Golden Light Shield as baleful ghosts ambushed the group outside the Lesser Star Palace Temple.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led everyone in using the Five-Star Formation to destroy the ghosts’ attacks and break through the temple’s mist.
• With a Star Spirit closing in from above and behind, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable ordered the group to unleash the formation’s strongest attack.
• The stellar dragon gained Starlight Armor and smashed through the baleful ghosts as Ye Han and the others followed it into the temple’s formation.
• Three enormous shadows arrived and tried to enter, but the temple’s sword rain held them back while the Star Spirit attacked them.

Ye Han and the others broke through the baleful spirit ghosts and opened the Lesser Star Palace Temple’s restrictive barrier, but Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable was struck by a hidden sword attack as he entered. Three enormous figures then charged in behind the group.

• Ye Han and the others used the Five-Star Formation and Star Spell Power Pills to fight through the baleful spirit ghosts, with the Star Dragon tearing apart the Baleful Spirit Ghost King.
• The Five-Star Formation transformed into a Formation Disk and began weakening the Lesser Star Palace Temple’s restrictive barrier.
• As baleful spirit ghosts swarmed the group, Ye Han released puppets and the four Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators used clones to defend everyone.
• The group opened a hole in the barrier, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable rushed toward it.
• A hidden sword light pierced Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s shield and throat, while three enormous figures charged in behind the group.

Ye Han and the others entered the Lesser Star Palace Temple after a mysterious sword-ray nearly killed the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable. The Divine Ape Three Fiends arrived too late to enter, while the group prepared to proceed into the temple and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable revealed a Star Palace Token.

• A sword-ray pierced the temple doors and forced the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable to spend a life-saving ability, after which Ye Han and the others entered the formation.
• The Divine Ape Three Fiends appeared, recognized the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and charged through the baleful ghosts.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others withdrew the Five-Star Formation, causing the opening in the temple's barrier to close.
• The Divine Ape Three Fiends failed to break the barrier with their attacks, leaving Ye Han and the others beyond their reach.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned the group about dangers inside and brought out a pitch-black Token that Ye Han recognized as a Star Palace Token.

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable used a pitch-black token to open the Lesser Star Palace Temple, and Ye Han and the others entered its passage. The doors then shut behind them, and an aged voice announced that a trial had begun.

• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable activated the pitch-black token, opening the Lesser Star Palace Temple and releasing starlit spiritual energy.
• Teacher Lan Qing warned the group to stay alert, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable entered first before the others followed.
• Ye Han noticed the temple’s abundant Ancient Dragon aura and star power, and sensed that the Nine Dragons of his Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Dragon Wall were responding to it.
• The Lesser Star Palace Temple’s doors closed behind the group, and an aged, majestic voice announced that the trial had begun.

Ye Han and the others entered the Lesser Star Palace Temple, believing its trial was meant for Star Palace Disciples, and soon faced a swarm of powerful mechanism puppets. As the group fought to hold them off, Ye Han spotted valuable materials he hoped to salvage.

• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable questioned Ye Han about Elder Liu Head's rumored ancient inheritance, but Teacher Lan Qing and the others guessed the trial was for Star Palace Disciples.
• The group advanced cautiously through the passage in the Five-Star Formation and found its spiritual energy and star power exceptionally rich.
• Mechanism puppets emerged from openings in the walls and charged the group with golden sabers and shields.
• Teacher Lan Qing's blade auras struck the puppets' star-powered barriers but had little effect as more puppets poured into the passage.
• Ye Han recognized the puppets' bodies as a source of rare materials and planned to collect them for crafting stronger puppets.

Ye Han discovered the weakness in the Mechanism Puppets’ defenses, allowing the group to fight through them before they hurried onward. Meanwhile, Wu Xuantian and the four Northern Lu Immortal Sect Old Ancestors crossed the Tai'a Bridge but found no Lesser Star Palace Temple at its end.

• The Mechanism Puppets attacked with blade-light storms, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led everyone in defending with the Five-Star Formation.
• Ye Han found that the puppets’ defensive barriers had a shifting flaw at the Kan position and destroyed one by repeatedly striking it.
• Teacher Lan Qing, the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and the others used Ye Han’s discovery to destroy puppets as Ye Han collected their remains.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable urged everyone to stop fighting and hurry onward, so they charged through the swarming puppets.
• Wu Xuantian and the four Old Ancestors of the Northern Lu Immortal Sect raced across the Tai'a Bridge, then found that the Lesser Star Palace Temple was missing.

Wu Xuantian and the Old Ancestors reached the end of Tai'a Bridge but found no Lesser Star Palace Temple, so they decided to continue toward other continents. Elsewhere, Ye Tianyu fled a gigantic Evil Dragon through underground passages and shut himself behind a stone gate, then froze at what he saw beyond it.

• Wu Xuantian found no Lesser Star Palace Temple at the end of Tai'a Bridge, and his pitch-black Token gave no response.
• The Old Ancestors questioned Wu Xuantian and decided to press onward rather than return to the Earth Realm.
• Wu Xuantian followed the Old Ancestors down from Tai'a Bridge, still staring at the empty expanse of stars.
• Ye Tianyu used the Purple Giant Cauldron's sword-rays to intercept the blood-red dragons pursuing him through the underground passages.
• Ye Tianyu slipped through a narrow opening in a stone gate and forced it shut against the Evil Dragon's attacks.
• Ye Tianyu looked beyond the stone gate and froze in surprise.

Ye Tianyu used a black Token to teleport from the Number Sixteen Continent to a Spatial Great Hall, where an unexplained trial began. Meanwhile, on the Number Eight Continent, Ye Han and his four companions fought a powerful Mechanism Puppet as Ye Han urged his seniors to destroy the formation replenishing its power.

• Ye Tianyu examined a model of the Star Continent and noticed that the Number Sixteen Continent was illuminated.
• A pitch-black Token activated the Ancient Formation and sent Ye Tianyu to another Spatial Great Hall, where the Number Six Continent lit up.
• An aged voice announced that Ye Tianyu’s trial had begun, and he realized he could not operate the formation to return.
• On the Number Eight Continent, Ye Han and his four companions attacked a three-headed, six-armed Mechanism Puppet that drew power from the formation overhead.
• Ye Han called on his seniors to destroy the formation so the puppet could no longer replenish its spell power and power of the stars.

Ye Han drew the Mechanism Puppet’s attacks away from the Five-Star Formation and used his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel to strike the starry sky formation’s core. He then plunged into its violent vortex, leaving Teacher Lan Qing and the others wondering what he intended to do.

• Ye Han ordered the others to keep the Mechanism Puppet from attacking him, then rose into the air and drew its sword-rays away as the Five-Star Formation broke apart.
• Teacher Lan Qing used the Divine Beast Shield to protect Ye Han while Saint As, Wuxie Scholar, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable attacked the Mechanism Puppet with their treasures.
• Ye Han enlarged his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel and smashed an inconspicuous point in the astral formation, shattering its core and triggering a dangerous surge of energy.
• Ye Han drove the cudgel into the ground and rode its extension upward, plunging into the raging starry sky vortex as Teacher Lan Qing and the others watched in shock.

Ye Han secretly used the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda to drain the Starry Sky Formation, helping the group defeat the Mechanism Puppet and reveal a spatial gateway. The group prepared to enter the next trial, with Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable forced to lead the way.

• Ye Han entered the Starry Sky Formation and secretly used the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda to absorb its power before it could explode.
• With the formation's energy gone, Ye Han, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As destroyed the three-headed, six-armed Mechanism Puppet.
• A Runes Formation Disk fell from the puppet and opened a spatial gateway, which Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable identified as the passage to the next stage of the trial.
• At Teacher Lan Qing's urging, Ye Han swiftly collected the puppet's valuable materials, frustrating Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, who had wanted them.
• The others waited for Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable to enter the gateway first, so he walked toward it.

Ye Han and four companions arrived in a vast starry realm filled with immense pillars and chains, where the power of the stars was unusually strong. They began recovering and searching for clues to the trial as Ye Han considered his cultivation progress and the challenges ahead.

• Ye Han, the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Teacher Lan Qing, and their companions emerged atop a giant pillar in a boundless starry realm.
• The group marveled at the realm’s immense power of the stars and agreed to recover while investigating how to pass the trial.
• They deployed clones, puppets, spirit beasts, and other guards before meditating on the pillar.
• Ye Han cultivated on the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion, but his Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Dragon Wall could no longer sense ancient dragon aura.
• Ye Han reflected that he had reached the eighth level of the Nascent Soul Realm and still needed substantial cultivation before reaching great perfection and advancing to the Spirit Transformation Stage.

Ye Han struggled with the mystery of his shortened lifespan while recovering with the others in the star-filled space. Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable identified the chains, pillars, and stars as an incomplete formation, and the group set out to inspect a pillar linked to a missing star.

• Ye Han remained troubled by his lifespan and quietly used Teacher Lan Qing's pills to strengthen his cultivation through the Purple Cauldron.
• After five days of meditation, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the other Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators replenished their power of the stars.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable concluded that the chains and pillars formed an incomplete formation connected to the stars overhead.
• The group agreed they might need to complete the formation to pass the trial, and Ye Han deferred to the seniors' judgment.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable released two spirit beasts to lead the group along the chains toward another pillar.

A Star Black Tortoise emerged from a pillar and attacked Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others. After struggling against its powerful combined attacks, the group realized it was not a true divine beast, but a star-formed creature with only a trace of the Black Tortoise’s aura.

• The Star Black Tortoise appeared atop the pillar and crushed the two spirit beasts Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable sent against it.
• The Star Black Tortoise unleashed a storm of stars and giant meteorites at the group.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, Saint As, and Ye Han combined their attacks to block the assault, but barely damaged the creature.
• The Star Black Tortoise grew larger, formed demonic claws from stellar power, and slowed the group by stomping the ground.
• The group recognized that the creature was not a true Black Tortoise and possessed only a trace of a divine beast’s aura.

Ye Han and his companions defeated the star Black Tortoise and discovered that killing star beasts added stars to the formation, increasing its power. Seven days later, they killed a bull-shaped beast that had grown stronger, and they continued searching for the next key to breaking the trial formation.

• Ye Han and his companions attacked the star Black Tortoise with their spells and divine senses until it broke apart, releasing a starlit rune that formed a new star in the sky.
• Ye Han warned Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable that the new star had increased the power of the stars, which could strengthen the beasts they faced.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable ordered the group to rest for several days before continuing through the trial.
• Seven days later, Ye Han and the others killed an enormous bull-shaped Star Continent Demon Beast, which proved stronger than it would have been before the new star appeared.
• The group worried that future beasts would grow even stronger and continued searching for creatures that could serve as keys to breaking the formation.

After more than a century trapped in the Astral Formation, Ye Han attempted to break through to the Spirit Transformation Stage while Teacher Lan Qing and the others continued searching for a way out. His breakthrough began as the four cultivators decided to investigate beneath the pillars.

• Ye Han gathered the power of the stars inside the Azure Profound Divine Palace and prepared to take a Spirit Transformation Pill for his breakthrough.
• Teacher Lan Qing and the others recalled that restoring the final star and slaying the Azure Dragon had strengthened the formation but had not freed them.
• A whirlwind of spiritual energy and starlight surged into the Azure Profound Divine Palace, and Teacher Lan Qing recognized Ye Han's breakthrough attempt.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned that Ye Han would face a dangerous Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, while Saint As lamented their dwindling lifespans.
• Teacher Lan Qing, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar decided to inspect beneath the pillars for another way to unravel the formation.

Ye Han reflected on his Spirit Transformation Stage breakthrough, which had halved his lifespan instead of extending it, while he and the others remained trapped in the Lesser Star Palace Temple's Astral Formation. Teacher Lan Qing arrived and asked whether Ye Han had found anything, but the chapter left them still without a solution.

• Ye Han recalled that he had reached the Spirit Transformation Stage over fifty years earlier without a heavenly tribulation, and that he had encouraged the others to blame the Astral Formation.
• Ye Han brooded over his shortened lifespan, concealed his predicament from the others, and struggled with his loss of hope while trapped for nearly a hundred and fifty years.
• Ye Han and the other cultivators continued studying the Astral Formation for decades without finding a way to pass the trial.
• Teacher Lan Qing rushed to Ye Han along the chains and asked whether he had discovered anything.
• Ye Han said he had found nothing and asked Teacher Lan Qing whether he had made any progress.