Chapter Summaries

Ye Han completed Blood-Drip Recognition with the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda but found that activating it drained his power of the stars and much of his spell power. After more than seven months of cultivation, the starry sky formation ran dry and the space began to change, revealing a stone gate.

• The Starry Sky Stone merged into the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda, calming its starlight vortex and filling the pagoda with the power of the stars.
• Ye Han tried to activate the pagoda, but it consumed half his spell power and all his accumulated power of the stars while barely stirring.
• Ye Han reflected on the dangers of the Star Continent and his separation from Teacher Lan Qing and the others, then resumed cultivating and slowly refining the pagoda.
• More than seven months later, Ye Han saw the starry sky formation crack and collapse as its power ran dry.
• The space trembled, the pillars shifted into two straight rows, and an enormous stone gate appeared at their far end.

After nearly a year trapped in the spatial hall, Ye Han found that its star power had run out and tested the enormous stone door. He forced it open by brute strength, releasing a powerful rush of spiritual energy and star power from beyond.

• Ye Han sent a metal puppet toward the stone door to check for another formation attack, then approached when it remained safe.
• Ye Han reflected that Teacher Lan Qing’s Life Soul Token had shown no response for nearly a year, while his cultivation had reached the peak of the nascent soul realm fifth layer.
• Ye Han activated his body-refining techniques and discovered that the stone door slid to the right, but it jammed after opening only a few feet.
• Ye Han unleashed his strength and smashed through the door’s floor mechanisms, forcing the stone door open as spiritual energy poured through.

Ye Han entered the passage beyond the stone gate, where a powerful female spirit body attacked him with a star-powered spear. After discovering his sword strikes passed harmlessly through her, he seized her solid spear with his golden, rune-covered arm.

• Ye Han sent two metal puppets down the passage, but a burst of gray light destroyed them.
• Ye Han activated his Thunderclap Divine Armor when a jade-white female spirit body emerged wearing Starlight Armor and wielding a spear.
• The spirit body unleashed a storm of star-infused spear-rays, and Ye Han countered with his twelve Qing Xuan Divine Swords.
• The spirit body teleported beside Ye Han and pursued him as he dodged with the Thunderclap Shoes, while his sword-rays passed through her without harm.
• Ye Han used his rune-covered arm to seize the spirit body's solid long spear.

Ye Han defeated two artifact spirits in the passage and collected their treasures and spirit beads. He chased three more artifact spirits into a vast cavern, where a thousand-zhang figure seized them.

• Ye Han battered the female artifact spirit until her spear and armor broke, forcing her into a spirit bead, then collected her treasures.
• Ye Han sent Metal Puppets farther down the self-repairing passage, but an unknown force destroyed them.
• A burly artifact spirit charged Ye Han with a battle axe and shield, but Ye Han smashed both treasures and collected its spirit bead.
• Three artifact spirits fled from Ye Han, who chased them into a vast cavern.
• A thousand-zhang figure in the cavern seized the fleeing artifact spirits.

Ye Han battled the Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit, a powerful creature with a Spirit Transformation aura that could absorb attacks and devour opponents. After his assaults failed to overcome its defenses, the cauldron’s lid opened and sucked Ye Han inside.

• The Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit absorbed the returning artifact spirits and revealed its immense, nine-headed form, whose aura surpassed the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit attacked Ye Han with sword and blade light, but Ye Han used the Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to absorb and redirect the attacks.
• The Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit blocked the redirected attacks with a bloodlit figure formed from its treasures, while Ye Han teleported behind it and struck its barrier with the Nine-Turn Vajra Art.
• The cauldron swallowed Ye Han’s Golden Light Fist Barrier Qi and countered his lightning-fast movements with a storm of blades, spears, and crushing weapons.
• The Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit opened its lid and used its devouring force to pull Ye Han inside.

Ye Han defeated the Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit from within its Starry Sky Cauldron by unleashing the Ten Thousand Mountains Painting, then collected the cauldron, the Artifact Spirit Bead, and the spirit's weapons. As he examined the unusual formation in the Starry Sky Great Hall, the Purple Cauldron in his Divine Sense Sea began to tremble.

• The Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit trapped Ye Han in its starry space and bombarded him with beams of starlight, which he absorbed into the Purple Cauldron Space.
• Ye Han summoned the Ten Thousand Mountains Painting and used his spell power and purple cauldron aura to make its mountains overwhelm the starry vortices and rupture the cauldron's space.
• The Giant Cauldron Artifact Spirit expelled Ye Han, then disintegrated from the damage, dropping its Artifact Spirit Bead and eighteen weapons as the Starry Sky Cauldron fell.
• Ye Han collected the Artifact Spirit Bead, identified and stored the damaged Starry Sky Cauldron, and gathered the spirit's weapons.
• Ye Han noticed that the Starry Sky Formation above the hall had an unusual arrangement, and the Purple Cauldron in his Divine Sense Sea began to tremble.

Ye Han discovered a Starlight Ancient Dragon in the Astral Formation and released the Nine Dragons from the Purple Cauldron. After the Nine Dragons devoured the Ancient Dragon, he found that the hall contained two stone gates leading to different places.

• Ye Han spotted a Starlight Ancient Dragon in the Astral Formation and sensed that the Nine Dragons inside his Purple Cauldron had come to this space for it.
• Ye Han released the Heaven-Turning Treasure Pagoda to absorb the formation’s star power and protect him.
• Ye Han released the Nine Dragons, and the Starlight Ancient Dragon attacked him with a beam of stellar light that the pagoda swallowed.
• The Nine Dragons transformed into giant Ink Dragons and devoured the Starlight Ancient Dragon, gaining star power and an Ancient Dragon aura.
• Ye Han returned the Nine Dragons to the Purple Cauldron, observed that they increased its absorption of star power, and found two stone gates in the hall.

Ye Han broke through to the sixth level of the Nascent Soul Realm while exploring the star-formation halls, but worried that his lifespan had increased by only a little over a hundred years. After Teacher Lan Qing's Life Soul Token began vibrating, Ye Han forced open the gate separating them and reunited with Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar.

• Ye Han cultivated in the fifth Starry Sky Formation, gathered treasures, and sensed an opportunity to reach the sixth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• After more than a month, Ye Han broke through to the sixth level, then discovered his lifespan had increased by only a little over a hundred years.
• The Starry Sky Formation collapsed, and Ye Han prepared to open one of the spatial hall's three stone gates.
• Teacher Lan Qing's Life Soul Token vibrated, and Ye Han realized Teacher Lan Qing and the others were behind another gate.
• Ye Han used his strength to force open the gate, sending the giant rock bull, Divine Earth Strongman, and other things flying.
• Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar reunited with Ye Han, who noticed that their lifespans had increased considerably.

Ye Han reunited with Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar after gaining a cultivation level and absorbing the power of the stars and Ancient Dragon aura. They suspected the halls’ formations were tied to the seal protecting the Earth Realm, but Teacher Lan Qing and Wuxie Scholar remained willing to break the restrictions despite the possible consequences.

• Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar questioned Ye Han about his gains and learned he had been transported elsewhere when the Nine Dragons reacted to the spatial barrier.
• Ye Han explained that the Nine Dragons let him absorb Ancient Dragon aura from the spatial halls, then showed the group the strengthened nine ink dragons.
• Wuxie Scholar and Teacher Lan Qing concluded that the halls’ formations could strengthen the Nine Dragons and help them open the Nine Dragons Locking the Sky restriction.
• Saint As warned that destroying the formations might break the Earth Realm’s seal and allow powerful races to invade.
• Teacher Lan Qing acknowledged the danger but said they had come to break the seal and would deal with the consequences later, while Wuxie Scholar described the restriction as both protection and imprisonment.

Wuxie Scholar, Teacher Lan Qing, and Ye Han discussed why cultivators pursued the Dao and voiced their suspicions about the dangers on the Star Continent. Ye Han forced open an enormous stone gate, revealing a passage filled with pairs of glowing blue eyes and powerful auras.

• Wuxie Scholar and Teacher Lan Qing said they cultivated for their own chance to advance, while Ye Han affirmed that he had always wanted to cultivate and attain the Dao.
• Saint As warned that their discoveries might be a trap, and the four shared what they had encountered in the starry passages to prepare for further dangers.
• Teacher Lan Qing and Wuxie Scholar praised Ye Han's physical strength and asked him to open the next stone gate.
• Ye Han activated three body-refining arts and forced the enormous stone gate open by himself, shattering its mechanisms.
• Multiple pairs of chilling blue eyes appeared at the far end of the passage as terrifying auras surged toward them.

Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As fought through Star Spirit Beasts to collect their Star Crystals, which held star power and life force. Their pursuit led them into a clash with an Ancient Dragon Star Beast whose aura had reached the Spirit Transformation Stage.

• Ye Han killed a Star Spirit Beast with his Thunderclap Gloves and collected its Star Crystal as Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As slew other beasts.
• The four men killed dozens of Star Spirit Beasts and pursued the survivors, hoping to obtain more Star Crystals for cultivation and longevity.
• The fleeing Star Spirit Beasts abruptly turned and charged back at the four men, who killed several before sensing a powerful presence ahead.
• An Ancient Dragon Star Beast emerged, crushed and swallowed several Star Spirit Beasts, then charged at Ye Han and the others.
• Ye Han fired lightning at the Ancient Dragon Star Beast while Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As attacked with spells and treasures.

Ye Han and the other three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators discovered that the Ancient Dragon Star Beast absorbed their attacks and reflected them with greater force. They trapped and struck it in the Starry Sky Great Hall, but it transformed into a humanoid figure and escaped their restraints.

• The Ancient Dragon Star Beast absorbed the four cultivators’ attacks and blasted their spells back at them with stellar power.
• Teacher Lan Qing led Ye Han, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As toward the Starry Sky Great Hall, while the beast pursued them and devoured Saint As’s Divine Earth Strongman.
• In the hall, Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As prepared their trapping treasures and divine abilities.
• The four bound the Ancient Dragon Star Beast with chains, golden rings, and ink characters before Saint As smashed it to the ground with his Copper Hammer.
• The Ancient Dragon Star Beast transformed into a humanoid figure and slipped free of the four cultivators’ restraints.

The Ancient Dragon Star Beast broke free, revealed a powerful humanoid form, and seized the treasures of Ye Han, Wuxie Scholar, Saint As, and Teacher Lan Qing. As the four Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators struggled against its dragon soul and attacks, Teacher Lan Qing asked why Ye Han’s Nine Dragons had not reacted.

• The Ancient Dragon Star Beast escaped, took humanoid form, and stole the four cultivators’ treasures.
• The beast unleashed blood-red dragon souls, forcing Ye Han, Wuxie Scholar, Saint As, and Teacher Lan Qing to evade their attacks.
• Ye Han used the Gods-and-Devils Hand to block a dragon soul, but the attack blasted him backward.
• The Ancient Dragon Star Beast used the four stolen treasures to attack the cultivators with even greater power than their former owners could muster.
• Teacher Lan Qing asked Ye Han why the Nine Dragons of his Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Dragon Wall were not reacting to the beast.

Ye Han and the three Spirit Transformation cultivators fought the Ancient Dragon Divine General in the Spatial Great Hall, but the creature’s flickering runes suggested its true body was under attack elsewhere. The Divine General broke through Teacher Lan Qing’s barrier and charged for the cavern passage.

• Ye Han defended himself against the Ancient Dragon Star Beast’s barrage with his five elements spell power and Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, then told Teacher Lan Qing that the Nine Dragons in his Divine Sense Sea had not reacted.
• The creature declared that he was the Ancient Dragon Divine General and attacked Ye Han from behind, but Ye Han blocked his Copper Hammer Treasure strike with his cudgel.
• Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar joined forces against the Ancient Dragon Divine General, forcing him back and making the runes on his skin flicker.
• The Ancient Dragon Divine General unleashed Dragon Soul Bloodlight, blasted all four cultivators away, and charged toward the cavern passage, shouting that he had been tricked.
• Teacher Lan Qing sent his Bronze Bell Treasure to block the passage, but the Ancient Dragon Divine General smashed it aside and continued his escape.

Ye Han used the Cold Art and the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel to stop the Ancient Dragon Divine General from escaping through the passage. The three cultivators joined his attack and shattered the dragon's body, but they watched it warily as its aura seemed to vanish.

• Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As attacked the Ancient Dragon Divine General and forced him back from the passage.
• Ye Han charged into the passage and channeled frost, star power, and his nascent soul into the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.
• Ye Han used the Cold Art to freeze the Ancient Dragon Divine General and struck his head, blasting him out of the passage and into the Spatial Great Hall.
• Saint As smashed the Ancient Dragon Divine General's head into the ground, Wuxie Scholar pierced his throat with a flaming frost sword-ray, and Teacher Lan Qing struck him with Green Lightning.
• The Ancient Dragon Divine General's body cracked apart and collapsed, while the four cultivators remained grave as his aura seemed to disappear.

Ye Han and the three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators killed the Ancient Dragon Divine General and found only a Dragon Soul Star Crystal, then followed the signs of trouble to a damaged coffin. They realized the General had been a Dragon Clan cultivator hiding in a Water Spirit Coffin and suspected someone had tampered with his true body and fled through a side passage.

• Ye Han and the others destroyed the Ancient Dragon Divine General's Ancient Dragon form after his power suddenly weakened, leaving behind a Dragon Soul Star Crystal.
• Wuxie Scholar questioned Ye Han about his hidden ice abilities, and Ye Han played up his strength; Teacher Lan Qing gave him the Star Crystal.
• Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar decided to investigate what had made the General rush back, and Ye Han failed to contact Elder Liu through his sect token.
• The four sent out scouts and raced through a long passage to a hall containing a shattered crystal coffin surrounded by fresh damage.
• Teacher Lan Qing identified the coffin as the hiding place of the General's true body, and Ye Han pointed out the side gate where the intruder had likely gone.

Ye Han and the others found the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s original body missing from a Water Spirit Coffin, and pursued the unknown thief through a corroded hole in the stone gate. Ye Han took the valuable coffin and a coral chart before catching up with the others.

• Ye Han and the others discovered a fresh hole in the stone gate and found the Water Spirit Coffin empty.
• Teacher Lan Qing concluded that someone had taken the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s original body while they fought his soul.
• Wuxie Scholar urged the group to pursue the thief, and Ye Han suspected the same person had controlled the poisonous insects that attacked them outside.
• Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As passed through the hole, while Ye Han collected the Water Spirit Coffin and found a coral chart beneath it.
• Ye Han followed the others through the gate, and Teacher Lan Qing asked whether he had found anything.

Ye Han persuaded Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar to follow the Nine Dragons’ guidance through the left passage instead of pursuing the thief who took the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s body. Meanwhile, the fleeing blood-red figure prepared a soul-poison trap, then noticed something strange.

• Ye Han claimed the broken Water Spirit Coffin as a treasure, while Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar rejected it as ill-omened.
• The group replenished their spell power and followed traces to a fork, where the others chose the right passage and Ye Han sensed the Nine Dragons pointing left.
• Ye Han revealed the Nine Dragons, and Teacher Lan Qing convinced the group to follow their guidance rather than pursue the thief.
• A blood-red figure followed a swarm of Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquitoes and used a gourd to conceal runes in the passage walls as a soul-poison trap.
• The blood-red figure suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed that something was strange.

Ye Han and the three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators opened a stone gate and fought the starry sky spirit beasts beyond it. After the group defeated the last beast, Ye Han let the others divide its Star Crystal and began absorbing the stronger Ancient Dragon aura in the Astral Formation.

• The blood-red figure considered returning to confront Ye Han and the others, but decided to protect the Ancient Dragon Divine General's body and his Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquitoes instead.
• Ye Han sensed a stronger Ancient Dragon aura beyond a stone gate and forced it open while Teacher Lan Qing and the other two Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators guarded him.
• Several starry sky spirit beasts charged through the opened gate, and Ye Han and the three cultivators fought them for their Star Crystals.
• After an hour, the four joined forces to kill a Phoenix-shaped starry sky spirit beast and obtained its powerful Star Crystal.
• Ye Han offered the Phoenix beast's Star Crystal to the three seniors, then sat on the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion and used the Nine Dragons to absorb the Ancient Dragon aura.

Ye Han cultivated with Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar in the Starry Sky Formation while deciphering an Ancient Dragon technique called the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries. He suspected the technique and his growing command of ancient dragon power might help find a way to reach the Upper Realm without unsealing the Nine Dragons Locking the Sky Formation.

• Ye Han used the Nine Dragons to absorb the power of the stars and ancient dragon while Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar cultivated with their Star Crystals and exchanged insights.
• Ye Han deciphered part of the Coral Map and identified its technique as the Ancient Dragon Nine-Layer Cultivation Technique, which he renamed the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries.
• Ye Han realized the technique could strengthen his control over the Nine Dragons and help him use the ancient dragon power he had absorbed.
• Ye Han considered the danger of unsealing the Nine Dragons Locking the Sky Formation and proposed finding a way for cultivators to ascend without breaking its restriction.
• Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar agreed with Ye Han's idea, but they lacked the knowledge and clues needed to put it into practice.