Recaps

Han Li learned from Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing that gravity underlay magnetic essence and that his water spiritual root could balance its power. He returned to the Star-Magnetic Pavilion with a new path toward unifying his arts and pledged to help the Twin Saints, Ling Yuling, and the Star Palace oppose the Inverse Star Alliance.

• Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing explained how water’s balancing nature let Han Li harmonize magnetic forces, helping him comprehend the essence of magnetic truth and unlock Gravity Control.
• The Twin Saints revealed that Han Li’s role as a conduit could stabilize Magnetic Essence Mountain, free them, and buy time for their son Ling Yuling to take control of the Star Palace.
• Han Li accepted a quest to fuse the Water-Magnetic Mystical Art with the Magnetic Essence Diversion Art and vowed to honor the Twin Saints’ trust.
• Han Li taught the Magnetic Essence Griffin Gravity Control, and the griffin used the resulting field to sharpen its attacks and reach Nascent Soul Middle Stage combat strength temporarily.
• Han Li vowed to achieve Magnetic Essence Unification and make the Inverse Star Alliance answer for its blood debts.

Han Li accepted the Twin Saints’ charge to support Ling Yuling and protect the Star Palace, but refused their proposal that he marry her because he remained devoted to Zi Ling. Meanwhile, Zi Ling had been captured in the Great Jin Dynasty by the demonic cultivator Hu Qinglei, and Han Li left unaware of her danger.

• Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing entrusted Han Li with the Star Palace’s future and gave him the Vice Palace Master token, asking him to guide Ling Yuling.
• Han Li accepted the duty to support Ling Yuling but refused to marry her, explaining that he had promised to find Zi Ling.
• The Twin Saints gave Han Li Ling Yuling’s spiritual sense imprint, and Han Li vowed to protect the Star Palace before searching for Zi Ling.
• Zi Ling awakened in the Great Jin Dynasty, where Hu Qinglei identified her pure water spiritual root and overpowered her attempt to call for help.
• Hu Qinglei seized Zi Ling and imprisoned her in his Storage Ring, while Han Li prepared to meet Ling Yuling, unaware of her capture.

Han Li and Ling Yuling led a mission to reclaim the Cloudbreak Archipelago, where they defeated Wind Old Freak and destroyed the Wind-Howl Formation. On the return voyage, Ling Yuling agreed to help Han Li search for Fairy Zi Ling in exchange for his support, granting him access to Star Palace resources.

• Han Li met Ling Yuling, who confirmed his strength and announced their joint mission to eliminate the Inverse Star Alliance at the Cloudbreak Archipelago.
• Han Li proposed using Gravity Control and the Magnetic Essence Griffin to disrupt the Wind-Howl Formation, and Ling Yuling accepted the plan.
• Ling Yuling attacked Wind Old Freak while Han Li collapsed the enemy's wind dragon with Gravity Control, allowing Ling Yuling to kill Wind Old Freak and break the formation.
• The remaining Inverse Star Guards fled, and Ling Yuling praised Han Li's tactics and offered to provide a spirit beast garden for the Magnetic Essence Griffin.
• Ling Yuling asked why Han Li had refused the Twin Saints' marriage arrangement, and Han Li explained that he was devoted to Fairy Zi Ling.
• Ling Yuling offered to help Han Li find Fairy Zi Ling if Han Li assisted him in leading the Star Palace, and Han Li gained access to its resource repository for the search.

Han Li and Ling Yuling destroyed the Inverse Star Alliance’s Netherworld Island headquarters and captured its intelligence chief, uncovering the enemy’s plan to attack Heavenly Star Island in three months. As Han Li prepared to break through to the next cultivation stage for the coming battle, Zi Ling remained imprisoned in Old Demon Hu’s Heavenly Demon Hall.

• Ling Yuling told Han Li that the Inverse Star Alliance had built an intelligence base on Netherworld Island, and he ordered an expedition to destroy it and capture the Ghost-Faced Scholar.
• Han Li received a fragment of the Magnetic Essence Diversion Art from Ling Yuling and used the Magnetic Essence Griffin to infiltrate Netherworld Island and scout Ghost-Crying Cliff.
• Han Li and Ling Yuling led the assault on the branch headquarters, defeated the Ghost-Faced Scholar, and destroyed the base.
• Han Li and Ling Yuling discovered that Six Paths Extreme Sage and Wan Sangu planned to attack Heavenly Star Island in three months, and Ling Yuling promised to prepare a pill to help Han Li break through.
• Han Li accepted Ling Yuling’s bond and vowed to advance his cultivation and find Zi Ling, while Zi Ling remained imprisoned in the distant Heavenly Demon Hall.

The Star Palace and the Inverse Star Alliance fought a decisive battle over Heavenly Star Island, with Han Li and Ling Yuling leading the defense. After the Twin Saints turned the tide using Magnetic Essence Mountain’s power, Han Li and Ling Yuling destroyed the enemy’s Netherworld Teleportation Formation, while Han Li resolved to find Zi Ling.

• Ling Yuling ordered the Star Palace forces into formation, and Han Li used magnetic essence power to blunt the Inverse Star Alliance’s first assault.
• Han Li and Ling Yuling fought Wan Sangu, while Six Paths Extreme Sage sent six Reincarnation Puppets to block them.
• Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing drew on Magnetic Essence Mountain’s origin power, overpowering the Inverse Star Alliance’s forces and restraining Wan Sangu and Six Paths Extreme Sage.
• Ling Xiaofeng ordered Han Li and Ling Yuling to destroy the Netherworld Teleportation Formation and cut off enemy reinforcements.
• Ling Yuling severed the formation flags, and Han Li destroyed the formation’s energy core with Gravity Control.
• As the Twin Saints’ phantoms faded, Han Li vowed to find Zi Ling and bring her back.

The Outer Star Sea’s beast tribes joined the Inverse Star Alliance, threatening the Star Palace as the Twin Saints were exhausted after battling four Great Perfection Nascent Soul cultivators. Han Li chose to cover the Star Palace’s retreat with the Magnetic Essence Griffin while Ling Yuling led the main force to Magnetic Essence Mountain.

• A steward reported that the Flood Dragon, Kunpeng, and Black Tortoise Tribes had joined the Inverse Star Alliance and were approaching the Inner Sea.
• Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing returned injured and revealed that Wan Sangu, Six Paths Extreme Sage, Long Po, and Feng Xi had cornered them at the Nine Heavens Cloud Terrace.
• The Twin Saints used Magnetic Essence Fusion to wound and repel their four attackers, but their powers and spiritual weapons were exhausted.
• Ling Yuling told Han Li that Starfall Gorge had fallen and the sea beast army was advancing toward the Inner Sea.
• Han Li ordered the Star Palace to prepare Starfall Self-Detonation and volunteered to cover the retreat with the Spirit Pet Battalion, Puppet Guards, and Magnetic Essence Griffin.
• Ling Yuling agreed to lead the main force to Magnetic Essence Mountain while Han Li headed out to defend the Star Palace.

The Star Palace forces fought a brutal war of attrition against the Inverse Star Alliance as the wounded Twin Saints faced four Nascent Soul enemies. With the battle worsening across every front, Han Li and Ling Yuling chose to protect the Star Palace and led a charge against the enemy formation.

• Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing burned their blood essence to unleash a final combined attack, but Wan Sangu, Six Paths Extreme Sage, Long Po, and Feng Xi survived and closed in as the Twin Saints collapsed.
• Han Li coordinated Star River Child and the Star Palace forces against the demon wolves and Profound Fiend Power, while Ling Yuling attacked the profound tortoise and helped wound its forelimb.
• The battle’s ground forces suffered heavy casualties as sea beasts and Inverse Star Alliance fighters overwhelmed Star Palace disciples, and Li Wan'er died after leading a breakout.
• Han Li reminded Ling Yuling of the Twin Saints’ charge to protect the Star Palace and find Zi Ling, then ordered the Spirit Pet Battalion and Puppet Guards to charge with him.
• Star River Child led the Seven-Star Hall disciples into the Inverse Star Guards’ formation, surviving Azure Cloud Guards rallied, and the Twin Saints held off their four pursuers with a final shield and a broken song.

Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing sacrificed themselves to destroy the Inverse Star Alliance’s leaders, and the Star Palace launched counterattacks against the alliance’s scattered forces and the sea beasts. After winning the battles and restoring temporary peace, Ling Yuling honored the Twin Saints while Han Li looked toward the Outer Star Sea.

• Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing fused their power with Magnetic Essence Mountain’s source and sacrificed themselves to kill Wan Sangu, Six Paths Extreme Sage, Long Po, and Feng Xi.
• The Inverse Star Alliance’s forces collapsed, and Grand Elder Xing Chenzi assigned Ling Yuling, himself, and Han Li to eliminate the remaining factions and sea beasts.
• Ling Yuling defeated the Ten Thousand Swords Formation on Azure Luan Island, and Azure Cloud Ancestor surrendered.
• Xing Chenzi stopped Ghost-Faced Old Man from detonating his Blood Soul Pearl and captured him for interrogation.
• Han Li and the Star Palace forces defeated the fleeing sea beasts at Starfall Gorge.
• Ling Yuling lit the Twin Saints’ ever-burning lamp at Purple Star Peak, while Han Li gazed toward the Outer Star Sea.

Han Li turned the spoils from the Star Palace Defense War into Spirit Stones, strategic supplies, and superior pills while advancing his Pill Dao. Ling Yuling gave him access to the Star Palace’s Secret Pavilion and fleet, and Han Li set out to find Zi Ling.

• Han Li brought hundreds of Demon Cores to the Star Palace Treasury, including one grade-eight core and four grade-seven cores.
• Han Li handed over the grade-six and lower cores and the four grade-seven cores, keeping the Azure Water Flood Dragon core for pill refining.
• Han Li refined four superior Lifespan-Extending Pills from a grade-seven Fire Spirit Rhinoceros core and made other pills over the following days.
• Han Li carefully nourished the grade-eight core with Primordial Magnetic Divine Light to study its medicinal properties.
• Ling Yuling gave Han Li a Star Palace Token and pledged the Star Palace fleet to support his search for Zi Ling.

Han Li left the Magnetic Essence Griffin with Ling Yuling at the Star Palace and searched the Returning Ruins Rift Sea for Zi Ling. After exploring many abandoned realms, he found a Fire Spirit Bead whose spatial coordinates might point toward her, and continued east.

• Ling Yuling ordered the Star Palace’s subordinate islands to submit, while Xing Chenzi praised the Palace’s recovery and Han Li’s trust in them.
• Han Li marked the Magnetic Essence Griffin and appointed it the Star Palace’s Palace-Guarding Spirit Beast before departing to search for Zi Ling.
• Han Li traveled through unstable space rifts and found abandoned realms, including the ruined Mystic Ice Palace, but discovered no trace of Zi Ling.
• Han Li defeated a flock of fire crows in the Fire Hell Wasteland and found a damaged Fire Spirit Bead with coordinates that resonated with Zi Ling’s blood star jade token.
• Han Li stored the bead and set the Shrinking Distance Boat toward the eastern rifts, hoping to follow the clue to Zi Ling.

After exploring thirty-six Space Rifts, Han Li passed through the thirty-seventh and returned to the Heavenly South Continent. He recognized the places where his cultivation had begun and headed toward the Yue Kingdom, hoping to find Zi Ling.

• Han Li recalled escaping a Void Ray in the thirty-sixth rift, damaging the Shrinking Distance Boat and losing much of his spiritual power.
• The thirty-seventh rift brought Han Li to the Heavenly South Continent, where he recovered his spiritual power and repaired the boat.
• Han Li followed the Blood-Star Jade Token’s faint resonance and set off north toward the Yue Kingdom to search for Zi Ling.
• Han Li revisited Emerald Bamboo Ridge and Green Ox Town, then learned that a Seven Mysteries Sect branch remained nearby under a foundation establishment stage cultivator.
• Han Li recognized familiar places on the way north and continued toward a Yue Kingdom city, determined to find Zi Ling.

Han Li discovered that the Blood Fiend Cult had returned to the Yue Kingdom and traced its operations from the capital to its stronghold in Black Wind Valley. He chose to gather more intelligence before pursuing revenge, leaving his search for Zi Ling postponed.

• After hearing that the Blood Fiend Cult had reappeared, Han Li recalled how it had hunted him, killed his family, and driven him into the Space Rift.
• Han Li put away the Blood-Star Jade Token and vowed to avenge his losses before searching for Zi Ling.
• Han Li secretly watched the cult’s movements in the capital and learned that its members used an abandoned residence in Ghost-Crying Alley as an outpost.
• After subduing and interrogating a drunk disciple, Han Li learned that the cult’s true lair was in Black Wind Valley.
• Han Li followed five disciples to Black Wind Valley, confirmed that a Blood Fiend Grand Formation guarded the stronghold, and withdrew to plan further surveillance.

Han Li infiltrated Black Wind Valley, uncovered the Blood Fiend Cult’s plans for the Blood Moon Sacrifice, and found weaknesses in its formation and master. After escaping with intelligence and a possible inside ally, he set his sights on stopping the sacrifice and pursuing his vengeance.

• Han Li learned that the Blood Fiend Cult planned to use 81 people’s blood essence in a Blood Moon Sacrifice to spread its domain across Yue Kingdom.
• At Black Wind Valley, Han Li found a damaged formation pillar and defeated the Ghost-Eyed Elder and two deacons, then learned the cult master weakened during the full moon and that pure yang blood could destroy the Blood Soul Pearl.
• Han Li discovered a Blood Corpse beneath the pool in Blood Pool Hall that powered the formation, and overheard the Scorpion Envoy and Ghost-Crying Old Man discuss plans to seize Yue Kingdom’s dragon vein energy and threaten the Seven Mysteries Sect.
• Han Li killed the Ghost-Crying Old Man when he tried to steal blood essence, then escaped as the Scorpion Envoy raised the alarm.
• Han Li found a letter in the Ghost-Crying Old Man’s Storage Bag revealing that the Bloodhand Scholar sought to replace the cult master, and prepared to stop the Blood Moon Sacrifice before seeking Zi Ling.

Han Li prepared to take revenge on the Blood Fiend Sect during the Blood Moon Sacrifice, recruiting Bloodhand Scholar as an inside agent and devising a dangerous plan to destroy the sect’s great formation and kill its leader. On the eve of the sacrifice, Han Li set out alone toward Black Wind Valley, determined to avenge his parents.

• Han Li studied Black Wind Valley’s defenses and planned to attack when the protectors gathered for the Blood Moon Sacrifice.
• Han Li met Bloodhand Scholar in Ghost-Crying Alley, revealed the sect leader’s plan to sacrifice him, and secured his agreement to help destroy the great formation.
• Han Li learned that destroying the Blood Soul Pearl required pure-yang power and decided to simulate it with the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
• Han Li prepared a three-part assault involving Bloodhand Scholar, the formation fissure, and a strike against the sect leader, while keeping the Azure-Water Flood Dragon’s core as a last resort.
• Han Li remembered his murdered parents and departed alone for Black Wind Valley on the night before the Blood Moon Sacrifice.

Han Li abandoned his revenge plan after learning that the Blood Fiend Church Master had reached the nascent soul late stage and his inside man had been captured. He sought refuge with the ruined Seven Mysteries Sect, where Qingyunzi agreed to shelter him if he helped rebuild the sect and set aside revenge for now.

• Han Li learned that Bloodhand Scholar had been imprisoned, the Blood Fiend Grand Formation had been upgraded, and the Blood Fiend Church Master had broken through to nascent soul late stage.
• Han Li fled Black Wind Valley, killed three pursuing guardians with a Star-Magnetic Immortal-Trapping Formation, and decided to seek refuge in the Seven Mysteries Sect.
• Han Li reunited with Elder Shi and Qingyunzi at the Seven Mysteries Sect and revealed that he had reached the nascent soul stage.
• Qingyunzi explained that the sect had dwindled to fewer than a hundred disciples and warned that the Blood Fiend Cult controlled the Southern Border and had multiple nascent soul cultivators.
• Qingyunzi told Han Li that Blood Fiend Cult followers were searching for him and offered shelter if Han Li helped restore the Seven Mysteries Sect and postponed his personal revenge.

Han Li reunited with Nangong Wan at the Seven Mysteries Sect and learned that she wanted to help him fight the Blood Fiend Cult. He refused to involve her in his dangerous revenge, and vowed to find and protect her once the blood debt was settled.

• Nangong Wan visited Han Li in the Pine Listening Pavilion and offered him a Greenwood Beauty-Preserving Pill.
• Han Li declined the pill and warned Nangong Wan that the Blood Fiend Cult was hunting him, giving her a Magnetic Essence Protective Talisman instead.
• Nangong Wan offered the Covering Moon Sect’s help against the cult, but Han Li refused because its leader was too powerful and she would be in danger.
• Nangong Wan accepted Han Li’s decision and returned the pill, promising that the Covering Moon Sect would help if he asked.
• Han Li placed the pill in his Storage Bag and vowed to seek Nangong Wan after avenging the Blood Fiend Cult and becoming stronger.

Han Li left the Seven Mysteries Sect under the protection of a new formation and retraced his route through a Space Rift to the Chaotic Star Sea, seeking Star Palace aid against the Blood Fiend Church Master. He reached Tianxing City and met Grand Elder Lingxu Zi, who invited him to explain his plight.

• Han Li completed the Magnetic Essence Sword Formation and told Qingyunzi he would seek help from the Star Palace to avenge himself against the Blood Fiend Church Master.
• Qingyunzi gave Han Li the Seven-Star Token so the Seven Mysteries Sect could send reinforcements if needed.
• Han Li crossed the Space Rift at Soul-Severing Gorge Canyon in the Magnetic Essence Boat and entered the Star Shard Sea.
• Han Li traveled for seven days to the Star Luo Archipelago, where Li Qing revealed that the Star Palace had been expecting his return.
• Han Li arrived at Tianxing City and asked Lingxu Zi for help against his powerful enemy.

Han Li returned to the weakened Star Palace and asked Ling Yuling for help taking revenge on the Blood Fiend Cult, but the Palace Master could not spare troops yet. Ling Yuling promised aid after restoring control of the Chaotic Star Sea, and Han Li left with several treasures to continue toward the Heavenly South.

• Han Li found the Star Palace damaged by the Twin Saints' deaths and the Inverse Star Alliance's rebellion.
• Han Li asked Ling Yuling to help him confront the Blood Fiend Cult leader, who had slaughtered his sect.
• Ling Yuling refused immediate aid but promised to send troops once the Star Palace regained control of the Chaotic Star Sea within three years.
• Ling Yuling gave Han Li the Star-Magnetic Heart-Protection Art, a Star-Gathering Bottle, and a one-use Star-Magnetic Traction Talisman.
• Li Qing told Han Li that Soul-Severing Gorge would be closed for three months, and Han Li departed toward the Outer Star Sea.

Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin destroyed the Inverse Star Alliance’s strongholds and gathered vast resources for the Star Palace. After Ling Yuling promised to help him return to the Heavenly South when the time was right, Han Li set off toward Soul-Severing Gorge, determined to take revenge on the Blood Fiend Cult and Zi Ling.

• The Magnetic Essence Griffin advanced to nascent soul middle stage, and Han Li received Ling Yuling’s order to eliminate the Inverse Star Alliance remnants on Blood Shadow Island.
• Han Li and the griffin defeated Bloodhand and his forces, then looted the stronghold’s treasury.
• Over the next three months, Han Li and the griffin cleared the remaining strongholds, earning Star Palace commendation while Han Li kept much of the treasure for himself.
• Ling Yuling told Han Li she would help him return to the Heavenly South once she had strengthened her control over the Chaotic Star Sea.
• Han Li left with the griffin for Soul-Severing Gorge, vowing to confront the Blood Fiend Cult Master and Zi Ling.

Han Li led Star Palace reinforcements to Broken Stone Cliff to rescue the Second Elder, who was trapped by the Inverse Star Alliance’s Three Fiends. Han Li fought off their opening attacks, but the battle remained unresolved as the Three Fiends faced him and the Magnetic Essence Griffin.

• Han Li learned that the Second Elder had been ambushed on Blackstone Island and set out with the Magnetic Essence Griffin and Star Palace forces to rescue him.
• Han Li and his troops reached Broken Stone Cliff, where the wounded Second Elder and his surviving disciples were surrounded by Loose Cultivator Longshan, Ancestor Xuanyin, and Man Huzi.
• Han Li formed a Star-Magnetic Protection Formation with twenty elite disciples and clashed with Loose Cultivator Longshan’s axe attacks.
• Han Li repelled Ancestor Xuanyin’s poison claws, while the Magnetic Essence Griffin damaged the Ten Thousand Poisons Banner with its Star Shard Breath.
• Man Huzi struck Han Li with the Star-Shattering Copper Hammer, sending him flying, but Han Li recovered and prepared to continue fighting the Three Fiends.

Han Li and the Star Palace disciples fought the Three Fiends and the Inverse Star Alliance at Broken Stone Cliff, using star-magnetic powers to turn the battle in their favor. Ancestor Xuanyin was gravely wounded and Man Huzi was crippled, while Loose Cultivator Longshan escaped into Blood Shadow Cave as Han Li stayed behind to tend to the injured griffin.

• Han Li recovered from the hammer blow and resisted Ancestor Xuanyin’s poison mist while the Magnetic Essence Griffin trapped Man Huzi and Han Li engaged Loose Cultivator Longshan.
• The second elder rallied the Star Palace disciples, whose sword formation and weapons cut down Inverse Star Alliance cultivators.
• Loose Cultivator Longshan wounded Han Li with his ninefold axe strike, but the griffin swept away the remaining attacks and the disciples launched a spear volley against the Three Fiends.
• Han Li redirected Longshan’s axe into Ancestor Xuanyin’s Ten Thousand Poisons Banner, shattering it and gravely wounding him.
• The griffin took Man Huzi’s hammer blow, allowing Han Li to rupture Man Huzi’s dantian with the Water-Magnetic Sword.
• Longshan fled into Blood Shadow Cave with a Blood Escape Talisman, and Han Li healed the wounded griffin while declaring that the last of the Three Fiends would soon fall.

Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin helped defeat the Inverse Star Alliance’s Three Fiends, and the Star Palace rewarded him as it moved to unite the Chaotic Star Sea. The Sea Beast Tribe submitted to the Star Palace, and the chapter ended with Han Li standing beside Ling Yuling at the Unification Ceremony.

• Han Li and the Second Elder surveyed the battlefield and recovered the Inverse Star Alliance’s treasury and secret letters, which Han Li gave to the Star Palace.
• Ling Yuling welcomed the survivors in Tianxing City and granted Han Li the authority of a Star Palace Guest Elder along with recovery supplies.
• An envoy of the Sea Beast Tribe offered submission after the Star Palace defeated the Three Fiends and the tribe captured the Blood Shark Tribe’s fugitives.
• Ling Yuling accepted the Sea Beast Tribe’s submission, allowing it autonomy in return for tribute and military service.
• Ling Yuling held the Unification Ceremony outside Tianxing City, where Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin stood as the Chaotic Star Sea celebrated its return to unity.

Han Li recovered from his injuries and agreed to spend two years in seclusion rather than help with the Star Palace’s rebuilding, preparing for his return to the Heavenly South. He began forging treasures and formation flags suited to his cultivation while strengthening himself for revenge against the Blood Fiend Church Master.

• Han Li met Ling Yuling, who explained the Star Palace’s fragile state and delayed their planned journey to the Heavenly South for two years.
• Ling Yuling offered Han Li a choice of helping with the Star Palace’s recovery or cultivating in seclusion, and Han Li chose to forge treasures for his future journey.
• Ling Yuling gave Han Li access to the Magnetic Essence Cave and supplied materials for his work.
• Han Li used the Magnetic Essence Griffin to help forge magical treasures and thirty-six Star-Magnetic Dragon-Trapping Flags while tempering his body with Star Power.
• Han Li reviewed news of the Star Palace’s recovery and resolved to return to the Heavenly South after two years to confront the Blood Fiend Church Master.

Han Li completed the Star-Magnetic Dragon-Trapping Flags and broke through to the second layer of his star-magnetic body before helping the Star Palace defeat Inverse Star Alliance remnants at Ghost-Crying Reef. He returned to the Magnetic Essence Cave to resume cultivation for his coming confrontation with the Blood Fiend Cult in the Heavenly South.

• Han Li corrected the flags’ yin-yang magnetic patterns and completed all thirty-six Star-Magnetic Dragon-Trapping Flags.
• Han Li used a Magnetic Essence Beast Core in a star-sand bath and advanced to the second layer of the star-magnetic body, achieving star-patterned profound attunement.
• After Ling Yuling summoned him, Han Li traveled to Ghost-Crying Reef to support the Second Elder against the Inverse Star Alliance remnants.
• Han Li used the flags to break the Soul-Bewitching Star Formation, wounded and restrained the Ghost-Faced Scholar, and helped the Star Palace Disciples defeat the remaining enemies.
• Han Li left the victory celebration and returned to the Magnetic Essence Cave to continue cultivating before his promised return to the Heavenly South in two years.

Han Li broke through to the fourth level of the Star-Magnetic Heart-Protection Art and completed two powerful treasures during six months of secluded cultivation. He left seclusion to discuss the Star Palace’s journey to the Heavenly South, where new traces of Zi Ling had appeared.

• Han Li used Moonlight Dew to balance the yin and yang powers in his magnetic essence spirit embryo, then advanced to star-magnetic spirit-nurturing.
• Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin completed and tested the Star-Magnetic Water-Splitting Spike, whose nine subsidiary spikes could attack independently.
• Han Li refined the Star-Gathering Heart-Protection Mirror and found it could absorb and amplify mental attacks before reflecting them.
• A steward summoned Han Li to meet Ling Yuling, who reported the Star Palace’s progress and discussed the dangers of traveling to the Heavenly South.
• Ling Yuling gave Han Li a map of the Heavenly South and told him that traces of Zi Ling had appeared there.
• Han Li left the Magnetic Essence Cave and vowed to destroy the Blood Fiend Cult and settle his blood feud after another year.