Chapter Summaries

The Starblade Squad reached the Shadow Race’s Black Fortress in the Starshadow Desert and fought its defenders. After defeating the warriors inside, Ye Lingyun sensed that the battle had strengthened his Ice Seal Throne and Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, and the squad continued onward.

• Ye Lingyun led the Starblade Squad through a sandstorm, which Huo Yunfei cleared with his Lie Yan Storm.
• The squad found the Black Fortress, and Bing Qing'er suggested attacking from the flank while using the desert for cover.
• Huo Yunfei charged the fortress gates with his Lie Yan Strike, destroying them as the squad rushed inside.
• Ye Lingyun summoned the Ice Seal Throne, while Bing Qing'er, Huo Yunfei, and Xue Yao attacked the Shadow Race warriors and Xuan Feng healed and supported the squad.
• The Starblade Squad defeated the Shadow Race warriors, and Ye Lingyun withdrew the throne after sensing that it and his Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox had grown stronger.
• Ye Lingyun declared that the battle was only the beginning, and the squad continued forward through the desert.

After the Starblade Squad destroyed the Shadow Race's secret base, they fled across the Starshadow Desert with powerful pursuers closing in. Ye Lingyun split the team to help them escape, then stayed behind and defeated the pursuers attacking him, continuing onward with renewed confidence.

• The Shadow Race sent a powerful force after Ye Lingyun and the Starblade Squad as they escaped through the desert.
• Ye Lingyun decided the squad had to split up, and Bing Qing'er, Huo Yunfei, Xue Yao, and Xuan Feng each fled in a different direction.
• Ye Lingyun stopped to confront the pursuers, summoning his Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and Ice Seal Throne.
• Ye Lingyun fought off the pursuers until they were hurled to the ground and dissipated.
• Ye Lingyun sensed that the battle had strengthened his Ice Seal Throne and origin spirit, then continued onward, determined to face what lay ahead.

Ye Lingyun fought Ying Sha across the Starshadow Desert and, after triggering a hidden mission, broke through to Star Lord Level and defeated him. Exhausted but newly strengthened, Ye Lingyun continued onward, expecting more challenges ahead.

• Ye Lingyun stopped fleeing when Ying Sha caught up and attacked him in the Starshadow Desert.
• As Ying Sha overwhelmed him, Ye Lingyun triggered the Hidden Mission 'Power of Smiling' and forced himself to smile.
• Ye Lingyun's Gentleman's Sword awakened, and he used Starfall Rift to counter Ying Sha while searching for a weakness.
• Ye Lingyun broke through to Star Lord Level, strengthening his Star Power and Origin Spirit Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
• Ye Lingyun used Might of a Star Lord to hurl Ying Sha to the ground, where Ying Sha died.
• Ye Lingyun put away the Gentleman's Sword and continued into the desert, declaring that this was only the beginning.

Ye Lingyun and the Starblade Squad encountered the awakened Shadow Ancestor in the Starshadow Desert and tried to retreat. After Ye Lingyun held the Shadow Ancestor off, the squad escaped, leaving their battle for another time.

• Ye Lingyun sensed the Shadow Ancestor’s overwhelming power and ordered the Starblade Squad to withdraw.
• Huo Yunfei attacked the altar, but Ye Lingyun stopped his charge with the Ice Seal Throne and persuaded him to retreat.
• The Shadow Ancestor pursued the fleeing squad, and Ye Lingyun slowed him with the Ice Seal Domain before battling him and being wounded.
• Bing Qing'er, Huo Yunfei, Xue Yao, and Xuan Feng held back as Ye Lingyun faced the Shadow Ancestor, unable to help him.
• Ye Lingyun and the Starblade Squad escaped the Starshadow Desert, while the Shadow Ancestor failed to catch them.

The Shadow Ancestor awakened in the Starshadow Desert and tried to use battlefield slaughter to break through to the Star God Stage. Although four human supreme powerhouses attacked him together, he became a half-step star god, defeated them, and launched an assault on humanity.

• The Shadow Ancestor awakened at the altar in the Starshadow Desert and planned to reach the Star God Stage using accumulated shadow power.
• Venerable Apocalypse, the Star Sea King, the Wind and Snow Saint, and Huo Yun True Lord sensed the threat and raced to confront him.
• The four powerhouses attacked together, but the Shadow Ancestor unleashed black light and forced them onto the defensive.
• The Shadow Ancestor was knocked down twice as the four continued their assault, and his breakthrough plan failed, though he became a half-step star god.
• The Shadow Ancestor decided to exterminate humanity as a catalyst for his breakthrough and defeated the four powerhouses.
• The Shadow Ancestor attacked humanity's territory, shattered its defensive lines, and left its people terrified and despairing.

The Shadow Ancestor attacked the Human Race’s final defensive line, overwhelming the defenders despite Jin Yang, Ye Ying, and Xuan Feng’s efforts to stop him. The three warriors fell, and the Shadow Ancestor continued his assault into Human Race territory as the defense crumbled.

• The Shadow Ancestor led the Shadow Race army toward the Human Race’s defensive line, where Jin Yang, Ye Ying, and Xuan Feng prepared to fight.
• Jin Yang, Ye Ying, and Xuan Feng each attacked the Shadow Ancestor, but their powers collided with his Shadow-Devouring Demon Spell without meaningfully harming him.
• The Shadow Ancestor’s attacks killed Human Race warriors and severely suppressed the three defenders.
• Jin Yang, Ye Ying, and Xuan Feng charged again but were defeated and thrown to the ground.
• The Shadow Ancestor pushed into Human Race territory, rapidly destroying the defensive line and killing its warriors.

Ye Lingyun triggered the system's hidden mission and gained Star God Stage power, which he used to defeat the Shadow Ancestor and wipe out the Shadow Race army. He restored the Human Race warriors with his star power, then felt his strength fading as he walked toward the distant starry sky.

• Ye Lingyun triggered the hidden mission "Power of Smiling" and gained Star God Stage power by smiling amid despair.
• Ye Lingyun fought the Shadow Ancestor with the Gentleman's Sword and defeated him.
• Ye Lingyun used "Starfall Sword Strike" to destroy the Shadow Race army.
• Ye Lingyun used "Star Ice Joy" to revive and heal the Human Race warriors with a Starstorm.
• Ye Lingyun felt his power rapidly draining and walked toward the edge of the battlefield as his Star God Stage strength faded.

Ye Lingyun returned to the Douluo Plane, where he reunited with his former teammates before meeting the plane spirit of the Star Great Plane. He accepted the duty of protecting it, reshaped his body, and became a Star God.

• Ye Lingyun awoke on the Douluo Plane and reunited with his former teammates.
• Ye Lingyun enjoyed time with his teammates before the manifestation of the system appeared and identified itself as the plane spirit of the Star Great Plane.
• The plane spirit told Ye Lingyun he could reshape his body and become a Star God to protect the Star Great Plane.
• Ye Lingyun accepted the mission, and the plane spirit transformed him into a Star God.
• Ye Lingyun sensed the stars and living beings across the Star Great Plane and faced the distant stars as its guardian.

After ten thousand years, Ye Lingyun wandered among ordinary people and shared his knowledge, but he grew lonely and returned to the heights of the Star Great Plane. He embraced his role as its eternal guardian and vowed to protect it for all time.

• Ye Lingyun traveled through fields, cities, and academies, meeting farmers, playing with children, and teaching students about the stars.
• As time passed, Ye Lingyun grew lonely and missed the companions who had once fought alongside him.
• Ye Lingyun stood at the pinnacle of the Star Great Plane and recognized himself as its guardian, bound to the plane and every life within it.
• Ye Lingyun vowed to guard the Star Great Plane forever, declaring, “Only time and I shall stand unfallen.”