Chapter Summaries

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 Qing Xuan 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 Qing Xuan 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.

Teacher Lan Qing helped Ye Han regain hope despite his lifespan crisis, then led him toward the chains to test a discovery. He proposed that the Ancient Human Ancestors were naturally able to cultivate and asked Ye Han why he believed that, hinting at a connection to the trial.

• Teacher Lan Qing told Ye Han that his dispirited expression reminded him of his own despair when trapped in the Tower of Hell.
• Teacher Lan Qing urged Ye Han to hold on to hope, reminding him of how he had struggled to survive as a mortal in Green Ox Village.
• Ye Han recalled his treasures and the Purple Cauldron, regained his resolve, and followed Teacher Lan Qing toward the chains.
• Teacher Lan Qing asked Ye Han about the origins of cultivators and the Ancient Human Race.
• Teacher Lan Qing said he believed the Ancient Human Ancestors could cultivate naturally and asked Ye Han why he thought so.

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing discussed whether ancient cultivators had learned to cultivate by first comprehending the starry sky, and whether returning to that early state of understanding could help them pass the trial. After meeting Saint As and learning his true race, the three agreed to try entering a special emptiness state to sense the stars.

• Teacher Lan Qing proposed that ancient cultivators had grown powerful by studying the starry sky and suggested that comprehending it might be the key to becoming a Star Palace Disciple.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing spent several months walking and discussing cultivation, alchemy, formations, and the power of the stars.
• Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing encountered Saint As on another Sky-Piercing Pillar, where he shared his discoveries and agreed with Lan Qing’s account of ancient races.
• Ye Han learned that Saint As belonged to the Heaven-Dominating Race rather than the Night Spirit Clan and that he was trapped in the star formation after escaping the Tower of Hell.
• Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, and Saint As decided to enter a special emptiness state and sense the starry sky for a way forward.

Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and Wuxie Scholar comprehended the true power of the stars and overcame the flight prohibition in the starry-sky formation. They reached a revolving star that seemed to mark the end of the trial, though the next challenge remained unknown.

• Ye Han used the Qing Xuan Divine Palace to draw himself, Teacher Lan Qing, and Saint As into nine years of contemplation beneath the stars.
• Teacher Lan Qing comprehended star law, discovered he could walk through the void on stellar power, and contacted Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and Wuxie Scholar.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and Wuxie Scholar told Teacher Lan Qing they had found the key to the formation but still needed to comprehend the stars.
• Saint As, Ye Han, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and Wuxie Scholar each mastered stellar power over the following years and regained the ability to ascend through the formation.
• The five cultivators walked upward through the void for over a month and found a revolving star radiating spatial ripples three million feet above them.

Ye Han and the others entered a vast realm filled with mature heavenly treasures and spirit medicines, then spotted a five-colored palace atop a jade mountain that seemed to be their destination. Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable proposed dividing the treasures equally, but Ye Han warned that things might not be so simple.

• Ye Han and the four others emerged into a lush realm where spiritual energy and mature treasures surpassed those on Number Eight Continent.
• Ye Han realized that comprehending star law had increased his lifespan and hoped that mastering life laws could extend it further.
• The group discovered that their ability to wield star power had weakened, then Wuxie Scholar pointed out a palace atop a jade mountain.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable identified rare lifespan-extending treasures and proposed dividing them into five equal portions while keeping their trial as their priority.
• Ye Han cautioned that dividing the treasures might not be so simple.

Ye Han warned his companions that the spirit medicines in the Lesser Star Palace Temple had become powerful, elusive medicine spirits. After the spirits hid throughout the realm, the group decided to head to the palace and focus on passing the trial to become Star Palace Disciples.

• Ye Han tested a spirit medicine with a frost attack, and a one-eyed White Jade Doll emerged to block and destroy it.
• The White Jade Doll roared, causing spirit medicines throughout the realm to turn into white light and vanish underground.
• Teacher Lan Qing explained that the medicine spirits were powerful but timid, and asked how Ye Han had recognized them.
• Ye Han claimed he had learned about medicine spirits from a book, though he knew the immortal vine in his Purple Cauldron Space had developed one.
• Ye Han urged everyone to go to the palace, and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable agreed that passing the trial was their main goal.

Ye Han and the others reached a jade mountain palace resembling the Lesser Star Palace Temple and used the Five-Star Formation to break its powerful restriction. As the formation drew in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, a hazy white figure suddenly appeared nearby.

• Ye Han and the others avoided the dangerous medicinal spirits and climbed the slippery jade mountain to its summit.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable used the Star Palace Token, but its runes failed to penetrate the palace's restriction.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others activated the Five-Star Formation and poured their spell power into it.
• The palace's restriction weakened as the formation drew Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy from within a hundred li.
• Ye Han urged everyone to hurry, and a hazy white figure appeared nearby.

Ye Han and the other cultivators fought off furious medicine spirits while using their attacks to break through the Palace's Restrictive Barrier. Ye Han charged through the opening first and faced a streak of Golden Light Sword Rays aimed at his throat.

• The Five-Star Formation enraged the medicine spirits by devouring the spiritual energy they needed, and the spirits unleashed a powerful rain of white petals.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable ordered everyone to break the formation as their puppets, spirits, beasts, spells, and treasures struggled against the petals.
• The group drew the medicine spirits' attacks toward the Palace's Restrictive Barrier, weakening it until their combined assault opened a hole.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable hesitated, remembering the sword light inside, while Ye Han charged through first.
• A streak of Golden Light Sword Rays shot toward Ye Han's throat, and everyone watched in shock as something unexpected unfolded.

Ye Han entered the palace after the Starry Sky Stone absorbed a golden sword-ray that should have killed him, then concealed the truth from Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others. The group recovered inside the barrier, while Ye Han sensed the sword intent on the Starry Sky Stone might hold greater significance.

• Ye Han rushed through the palace barrier, and the golden light sword-ray vanished after the Starry Sky Stone absorbed it.
• The medicine spirits battered the others as they followed Ye Han inside, then fled when the palace barrier repelled their white petals.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable and the others questioned Ye Han, who claimed he had used a secret method to fool the sword-ray.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable told the group to take pills and recover before using their tokens to enter.
• Ye Han secretly examined the Starry Sky Stone and sensed that its new sword-ray mark and sharp sword intent might be connected to the Ascension Immortal Palace.

The Star Palace sent Ye Han and the others into a spatial vortex, where their Star Palace Tokens protected them from deadly spatial power. Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable turned on the group, but Ye Han saved Saint As and then faced another plea for help as Wuxie Scholar was in danger.

• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable opened the Lesser Star Palace Temple, and a mysterious figure declared the group Star Palace Disciples before sending them to find Starry Sky Stones.
• The spatial vortex began tearing the group apart, but Ye Han and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable were protected by their Star Palace Tokens.
• Saint As's body was destroyed, and his nascent soul pleaded with Ye Han to save him.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable tried to seize Saint As, but Ye Han blocked his attack and drew Saint As's soul into a Rebirth Gourd.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable turned toward Wuxie Scholar with a bloodlit bronze bell, and Wuxie Scholar called on Ye Han to save him.

Ye Han was transported to a starry space by the Star Palace Token and realized Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had used the teleportation to ambush cultivators without tokens. As Ye Han searched for the Starry Sky Stone, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable attacked Teacher Lan Qing, who fought to survive.

• Ye Han was swept into a starry space protected by his Star Palace Token, while Teacher Lan Qing and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable were nowhere in sight.
• Ye Han realized Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had planned to exploit the spatial power to eliminate cultivators without Star Palace Tokens, and that Wuxie Scholar had been caught in the attack.
• Ye Han recalled that he had rescued Saint As's Spirit-Transformation Nascent Soul and soul, which called to him from inside the Rebirth Gourd.
• Ye Han concluded that the Ascension Immortal Palace had been a Lesser Star Palace Temple and raced along the chains to find the Starry Sky Stone before Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable could get it.
• Teacher Lan Qing used the Green Lightning Dragon to fend off Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable's gray Sword-Rays as he vowed revenge.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable cast a black-and-red starlight net at Teacher Lan Qing.

Ye Han followed Teacher Lan Qing’s Life Soul Token through the Starry Sky Formation, hoping to join forces against Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable. He exposed the apparent Teacher Lan Qing as Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable in disguise and began to realize how the deception had worked.

• Ye Han sensed Teacher Lan Qing’s Life Soul Token and raced along a chain to meet him.
• The figure impersonating Teacher Lan Qing claimed that Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had attacked them and that Wuxie Scholar’s body had been destroyed.
• The impostor asked how Ye Han had obtained a Star Palace Token, and Ye Han recognized the question as suspicious and attacked with Golden Light Sword Rays.
• The figure blocked Ye Han’s attack with a black barrier, then revealed himself as Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable wearing the Red Mask.
• Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable accused Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing of conspiring, while Ye Han realized there was more to the Life Soul Token deception.

Ye Han fought the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, who revealed that he had obtained the Starry Sky Stone and used the Red Masks to siphon soul auras. The battle continued as both unleashed powerful treasures and techniques, with neither gaining the upper hand before the chains began to tremble.

• Ye Han realized the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had used the Red Masks and cloaks to siphon soul auras from him and his companions.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable attacked Ye Han with a blood-red saber, sealing rings, and a ghostly figure that restrained his body and divine soul.
• Ye Han broke free with his dark-gold gang qi and fists, then counterattacked with purple-gold lightning and the Qing Xuan Sword Formation, but the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable escaped using his mask.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable resumed his assault with blade light, sealing rings, and Ghost Claws while Ye Han fought back with the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art and Qing Xuan Divine Swords.
• Ye Han summoned the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell to send demon phantoms against the sealing rings, and the chains began to tremble during the fight.

Ye Han and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable accidentally activated the Starry Sky Formation, which sealed them in a giant tree of chains. After the Divine Venerable escaped with a Starry Sky Stone, Ye Han was flung in another direction and spotted Teacher Lan Qing.

• Ye Han and the Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s battle activated the chain formation, which sealed both cultivators and began pulling them toward a giant tree of chains.
• Ye Han saw chain spheres hanging from the tree that contained Star Palace Disciples trapped during the Lesser Star Palace Temple trial.
• The Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable used a Starry Sky Stone to escape and abandoned Ye Han to the chains.
• Ye Han persuaded the Purple Cauldron to release its Starry Sky Stone, whose golden sword rays shielded him from the formation.
• The giant chain tree struck Ye Han and hurled him away from the Divine Venerable, where he spotted Teacher Lan Qing and wondered whether the figure was real.

Ye Han was swept through the starry void and separated from Teacher Lan Qing before a spatial vortex returned him to the entrance of the Lesser Star Palace Temple. Realizing he had been expelled alone, Ye Han saw an opportunity to claim the hall’s spirit-bearing heavenly treasures.

• Ye Han spotted Teacher Lan Qing protected by Golden Light Runes, but his voice could not reach him, and a star storm swept them apart.
• Ye Han drifted helplessly through the starry void for more than half a month until he reached a spatial vortex and used the Star Palace Token to protect himself.
• The vortex returned Ye Han to the entrance of the Lesser Star Palace Temple, where he found the surrounding heavenly treasures restored.
• Ye Han searched for Teacher Lan Qing and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable but found no trace of them.
• Ye Han concluded that the temple had expelled him alone because he carried another Starry Sky Stone, and he considered ways to subdue the heavenly treasures' medicine spirits.

Ye Han planned to capture the medicine spirits near the Lesser Star Palace Temple by using its Restrictive Barrier and infiltrating their ranks. After confirming that his Star Palace Token let him pass through the barrier, he set a trap with an immortal vine and vanished, leaving a medicine spirit exposed to the one-eyed medicine spirit.

• Ye Han recalled how Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable had plotted against him and resolved to settle their score at the Number One Central Star Palace Temple.
• Ye Han planned to exploit the temple's defensive restriction and tested whether his Star Palace Token let him pass through it using his clone.
• Ye Han confirmed that his clone could freely cross the Restrictive Barrier while holding the Star Palace Token.
• Ye Han released an immortal vine from his purple cauldron space outside the barrier, then vanished to draw the medicine spirits out.
• A plump medicine spirit emerged beneath the vine and absorbed spiritual energy until the one-eyed medicine spirit appeared and approached it with a savage expression.