Recaps

Han Li and Chu Tianhe won the Star Palace's final disciple-selection assessment with their Magnetic-Star Conjunction formation, earning places as direct disciples of Ling Yuling and Ling Xiaofeng. The chapter ended with Xing Xuanzi granting them the privileges of core disciples, including access to the Scripture Repository's top floor and annual trials in Void Sky Hall.

• Ling Xiaofeng and Ling Yuling announced the Magnetic-Star Conjunction assessment, requiring pairs to build a formation that could endure, attack, and defend.
• Han Li partnered with Chu Tianhe, combining Han Li's formation skill and Chu Tianhe's sword intent to create powerful magnetic-star tides.
• Han Li and Chu Tianhe's formation pierced the Magnetic Essence Crystal Target and formed a cycle that united offense and defense, earning them grade A.
• Ling Yuling chose Han Li as his direct disciple and taught him the Magnetic Essence Art, while Ling Xiaofeng chose Chu Tianhe and gave him a Magnetic Essence Sword Tassel.
• Zi Ling congratulated Han Li and gave him a Spirit-Calming Pill, which he swallowed to stabilize his golden core.
• Xing Xuanzi declared Han Li and Chu Tianhe core disciples and granted them access to the Scripture Repository's top floor and annual trials in Void Sky Hall.

Han Li began cultivating the Heavenly Water True Scripture under Ling Yuling’s guidance and advanced his golden core after learning to guide water spirits with magnetic essence. His practice with Zi Ling in Illusory Water Valley was interrupted when Magnetic Essence Peak disciples declared the valley forbidden, while the Twin Saints continued refining their Magnetic Essence Art in seclusion.

• Ling Yuling made Han Li her disciple and instructed him to visit Water Vortex Cave for training, while Chu Tianhe promised to share any insights he gained from his own master.
• Zi Ling brought Han Li Essence-Gathering Pills and accompanied him to Magnetic Essence Mountain, where his Water Essence Spirit Needle helped them pass through the vortices at Water Vortex Cave.
• Ling Yuling taught Han Li to channel water essence with his crystal-core spiritual power and fix its course with magnetic essence, then gave him the Water Essence Evolution Record and assigned him regular progress reports.
• After seven days of seclusion, Han Li reached the introductory level of Water Essence Forming and advanced his golden core to lower-tier supreme grade.
• Han Li and Zi Ling practiced Water-Star Twin Harmony in Illusory Water Valley and sensed a powerful water source, but Magnetic Essence Peak disciples arrived and declared the valley forbidden.
• Ling Yuling and Ling Xiaofeng continued cultivating in seclusion as their Magnetic Essence Art approached a Deity Transformation bottleneck.

Han Li and Zi Ling uncovered Deputy Hall Master Zhao’s plot to seize the contaminated Heart of the Water Source and purified it before the Enforcement Hall arrived. They were summoned to the Council Hall on Main Peak, where the Twin Saints and Grand Elder Xing Xuanzi awaited them.

• Han Li and Zi Ling confronted Magnetic Essence Peak disciples who were sealing Illusory Water Valley, and Han Li defeated them after their leader attacked.
• The captured cultivator revealed that Deputy Hall Master Zhao had sent people into the valley to claim the Heart of the Water Source and had ties to Blood Lotus Cult remnants.
• Han Li and Zi Ling found that the Heart of the Water Source was contaminated, then purified it and recovered it as a Pure Water Source Heart.
• The Enforcement Hall’s Cloud-Chasing Guards arrived and ordered Han Li and Zi Ling to report to the Council Hall on Main Peak at the Twin Saints’ summons.
• Han Li left the valley with Zi Ling, suspecting that the purified Heart of the Water Source was only part of a larger threat.

Han Li and Zi Ling presented evidence that Zhao Kui had colluded with the Blood Lotus Cult, and the Star Palace ordered them to investigate his secret vault on Golden Turtle Island. They set out under a ten-day deadline as the Twin Saints returned to Magnetic Essence Mountain to probe for Blood Lotus traces.

• Han Li and Zi Ling presented the purified heart of the water source, a witness's memory footage, and evidence of Zhao Kui's dealings with the Blood Lotus Cult to Xing Xuanzi and the Twin Saints.
• Xing Xuanzi and the Twin Saints decided to investigate the External Affairs Hall's secret vault and assigned Han Li and Zi Ling to find proof of Zhao Kui's crimes within ten days.
• Ling Yuling noted the water and magnetic patterns on Han Li's golden core and suggested the mission could help him break through.
• Xing Xuanzi ordered the Cloud-Chasing Guards to support Han Li and Zi Ling and authorized them to kill anyone who resisted.
• Captain Chen gave Han Li a Cloud-Chasing Token and identified the Myriad Treasures Pavilion on Golden Turtle Island as Zhao Kui's likely secret-vault location.

Han Li and Zi Ling infiltrated the Myriad Treasures Pavilion on Golden Turtle Island and uncovered Zhao Kui’s Blood Lotus Cult plot and a mole near Magnetic Essence Mountain. After Zhao Kui escaped, they set out to warn the Twin Saints and stop the Bloodwater Grand Formation.

• Han Li and Zi Ling reached Golden Turtle Island, learned of suspicious magnetic essence fluctuations, and located the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s hidden vault entrance.
• Han Li used water-magnetic unity to weaken the Treasure-Gathering Basin formation while Zi Ling concealed their presence with her Star-Illusion Maze Formation.
• Han Li subdued three guards and purified an incomplete Bloodwater Demon Core, learning that Zhao Kui planned to activate the Bloodwater Grand Formation on the Blood Moon night using bones from Myriad Demon Valley.
• Zi Ling found a ledger documenting the External Affairs Hall’s dealings with the Blood Lotus Cult and revealing a suspicious trading location on the Rear Mountain of Magnetic Essence Mountain.
• Zhao Kui returned with four Black-Clad Guards and attacked Han Li and Zi Ling, but Han Li wounded him with a Water-Magnetic Spear before Zhao Kui escaped in blood mist.
• Han Li and Zi Ling resolved to return to Magnetic Essence Mountain and warn the Twin Saints about the mole and the coming Bloodwater Grand Formation.

Han Li and Zi Ling returned to Magnetic Essence Mountain and revealed Zhao Kui’s collusion with the Blood Lotus Cult and its plan to activate the Bloodwater Grand Formation on the Blood Moon Night. Xing Xuanzi ordered a crackdown and sent them to capture the insider and prepare a formation at the Myriad Demon Valley Ruins, leaving them to depart with the means and authority to confront the looming threat.

• Han Li and Zi Ling reported their evidence against Zhao Kui to Xing Xuanzi, including the ledger, defective Bloodwater Demon Cores, and the Blood Lotus Cult’s planned attack.
• Xing Xuanzi ordered the Star Palace to seal the External Affairs Hall’s branches, hunt Zhao Kui, audit accounts, and investigate an infiltrator at Magnetic Essence Mountain.
• Xing Xuanzi tasked Han Li and Zi Ling with capturing the insider and laying out the Heavenly Water World-Cleansing Formation at the Myriad Demon Valley Ruins before the Blood Moon Night.
• Xing Xuanzi gave Han Li a Star Palace Token and a substitute water-source crystal for use against the Blood Lotus Cult Master’s Remnant Soul if it awakened.
• Han Li and Zi Ling boarded the Cloud-Chasing Guards’ ship with formation materials and an enforcement escort, bound for the next stage of their mission.

Han Li and Zi Ling captured Li Tong in Magnetic Fiend Cave and uncovered a Blood Lotus Cult network tied to Zhao Kui’s followers. After Xing Xuanzi ordered a strike against the network and a mission to Myriad Demon Valley, Han Li and Zi Ling prepared to depart, with Han Li’s Water-Magnetic Unity fusion at 28%.

• Han Li and Zi Ling broke the Blood Lotus restriction at Magnetic Fiend Cave and captured Li Tong and two Blood Lotus Cult remnants with help from the Cloud-Chasing Guards.
• Li Tong revealed a hidden chamber, a monthly rendezvous at Chaotic Star Reef, and Helm Master Sun’s role in the Blood Lotus network; Zi Ling recovered a formation-eye diagram and an imitation Blood Lotus token.
• Xing Xuanzi ordered spirit stone transactions through the Huiyuan Branch Helm frozen and elite disciples sent to surround the traitors at Chaotic Star Reef.
• Xing Xuanzi tasked Han Li and Zi Ling with setting up the Heavenly Water World-Cleansing Formation in Myriad Demon Valley and gave them a method for condensing a Water-Magnetic Heart-Protecting Mirror.
• Han Li studied the mirror method in seclusion, and his Water-Magnetic Unity fusion rose to 28% before Zi Ling called him to leave.

Han Li and Zi Ling traveled to Myriad Demon Valley and completed most of a formation to cleanse its fiendish aura. They defeated Bloodhand’s assault, but the Blood Lotus Cult’s main force was expected before the blood moon, leaving them to defend the unfinished formation.

• Han Li and Zi Ling dismantled the Blood Lotus Cult’s Sea-Binding Formation in Soul-Severing Gorge, then Han Li killed three Bloodtooth Sharks that attacked the ship.
• Han Li and Zi Ling reached Myriad Demon Valley and used the Pure Water Source Heart, Water Spirit Crystal Pillars, and Star-Illusion Maze Formation to establish the Heavenly Water World-Cleansing Formation.
• Han Li placed all thirty-six crystal pillars, and the formation drove back the fiendish aura and destroyed the remnant soul in the Blood-Bone Banner.
• Bloodhand and more than twenty cultists attacked the altar, but Zi Ling trapped them while Han Li destroyed three Blood Fiend Beads and gravely wounded Bloodhand.
• The cultists fled, and Captain Chen reported that the Blood Lotus Cult’s main force would attack before the night of the blood moon; ten Cloud-Chasing Guards stayed to protect the formation.

Han Li and Zi Ling completed and strengthened Myriad Demon Valley’s formations before repelling the Blood Lotus Cult’s attack, though the Blood-Bearded Ancestor escaped. They prepared for his promised return on Blood Moon night, with the final battle still ahead.

• Han Li completed the Heavenly Water World-Cleansing Formation and unlocked the Water-Magnetic Heart-Protecting Mirror, while Zi Ling warned that the Blood Lotus Cult might attack within three days.
• Han Li and Zi Ling reinforced their formations, and Zi Ling upgraded the Star-Illusion Maze Formation to trap the Blood Lotus Cult’s vengeful souls.
• The Blood-Bearded Ancestor led more than three hundred cult members against the valley, but the formation stopped their vengeful souls and Zi Ling’s traps restrained their attackers.
• Han Li killed cult members and repaired the crystal pillars as the Blood-Bearded Ancestor’s Blood Lotus Karmic Flame weakened the formation.
• Zi Ling’s illusion confused the Blood-Bearded Ancestor, and Han Li wounded him before he escaped and vowed to return on Blood Moon night.
• The Demon-Subduing Guards captured wounded cult members, and Han Li and Zi Ling prepared to defend the valley for the coming final battle.

Han Li and Zi Ling led the defense of Myriad Demon Valley and destroyed the Blood Lotus Cult's attacking force. With the Star Palace turmoil resolved, they received word that the Twin Saints would grant them the Star Palace's highest honor.

• Blood-Bearded Ancestor led five hundred cultists and the three elders Blood Fiend, Blood Soul, and Blood Shadow in an assault on Myriad Demon Valley.
• Han Li and Zi Ling used the Heavenly Water World-Cleansing Formation and Star-Illusion Maze Formation to withstand the cult's first attack.
• Han Li unlocked the Water-Magnetic Taiji Seal and destroyed the Blood Lotus Grand Burial, then killed Blood-Bearded Ancestor.
• Zi Ling's formation killed Blood Fiend, Blood Soul, and Blood Shadow, while the guards annihilated the fleeing cultists.
• Han Li completed the Star Palace Turmoil quest and gained rewards, including the title Magnetic Essence Star Lord.
• Xing Xuanzi informed Han Li and Zi Ling that the Twin Saints would grant them the Star Palace's highest honor.

Han Li and Zi Ling received titles, resources, cultivation methods, and a VIP Token for their service in destroying the Blood Lotus Cult. They prepared to restore order at the Eastern Sea branch, while Han Li’s water-magnetic unity advanced and Zi Ling explored the spirit spring’s use in alchemy.

• Xing Xuanzi and the hall elders rewarded Han Li and Zi Ling with positions, spirit stones, contribution points, cultivation methods, and permission to enter Void Sky Hall annually.
• Xing Xuanzi gave Han Li and Zi Ling a Star Palace VIP Token and explained that the Twin Saints had entered seclusion to consolidate their cultivation.
• Han Li and Zi Ling volunteered to fight sea bandits, and Xing Xuanzi assigned them to the Treasure-Gathering Branch in the Eastern Sea with guards and relief supplies.
• Han Li and Zi Ling returned to Purple Sky Peak to prepare for their mission, and Han Li studied his new cultivation methods.
• Han Li raised his water-magnetic unity fusion to 38%, loosening the barrier to the Core Formation middle stage, while Zi Ling found that the Heavenly One Spirit Spring resonated with her Star-Illusion Maze Formation.

Han Li spent ten years cultivating water-magnetic unity with Zi Ling and refining formations, bringing his cultivation to the peak of the Core Formation Middle Stage. He entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough while Zi Ling stood guard outside the cave abode.

• Han Li used the spirit spring and Zi Ling's guidance to harmonize water spirit power with magnetic essence, forming a star chart on his golden core.
• Han Li established a Star-Magnetic Spirit-Guiding Formation, while Zi Ling advanced her Star-Magnetic Lost Track Formation to bewilder and trap enemies.
• Han Li gained insight into the unity of heaven and humanity, and he and Zi Ling created the Water-Magnetic Star-Illusion Seal.
• Zi Ling gave Han Li a Star-Settling Pill, helping complete the North Star position on his golden core's star chart and loosening his cultivation barrier.
• After ten years of cultivation, Han Li reached the peak of the Core Formation Middle Stage and began secluded cultivation; Zi Ling planted the formation flag outside to guard him.

Han Li broke through to the Core Formation Middle Stage and quelled the sea beast uprising by killing the Black Flood Dragon King and recovering the Blood Banner Crystal Core. He learned that the Twin Saints' retreat had been attacked and that Ling Xiaofeng was gravely wounded as the Blood Lotus Cult Master's Remnant Soul approached.

• Han Li balanced water and magnetic spiritual power, advanced to the Core Formation Middle Stage, and forged the Water-Magnetic Prism Crystal.
• Zi Ling warned Han Li that mutated Black-Armored Shark Dragons were attacking the Star Palace's Eastern Sea defenses, and Ling Yuling revealed that the Blood Lotus Cult had polluted the Sea Eye.
• Han Li and Zi Ling led the Demon-Subduing Guards to the Miasma Abyss, where Han Li located the Black Flood Dragon King's lair and attacked its domain.
• Zi Ling's formation bound the dragon king and exposed its reverse scale, allowing Han Li to kill it and recover the Blood Banner Crystal Core.
• Captain Chen told Han Li that the Twin Saints' retreat had been attacked and Ling Xiaofeng was gravely wounded as the Blood Lotus Cult Master's Remnant Soul approached.

Han Li and Zi Ling returned to Magnetic Essence Mountain after quelling the sea beast uprising and learned that the Blood Lotus Cult was behind the beasts’ mutations. After the Star Palace Twin Saints ordered a covert investigation, Han Li and Zi Ling planned to probe the cult’s peripheral strongholds.

• Han Li reported the sea beast uprising to Ling Yuling and presented the blood banner crystal core.
• Ling Yuling used the Stellar Divination Instrument to reveal a Blood Lotus Cult stronghold in Miasma Abyss and its experiments on sea beasts.
• Ling Tiansheng and Ling Yuesheng emerged from seclusion, gave Han Li the Star Palace Core Cultivation Manual, and ordered a covert investigation of the cult and its backers.
• Han Li studied the manual, learned the faction distribution of the Chaotic Star Sea, and unlocked Intelligence Analysis.
• Han Li and Zi Ling decided to pose as ordinary cultivators and investigate the Blood Lotus Cult’s peripheral strongholds.

Han Li gathered materials and refined the nascent form of a water-attribute Life-Bound Magic Treasure, the Water-Magnetic Sword, after improving his water-magnetic unity. The Star Palace then ordered him and Zi Ling to investigate three Blood Lotus Cult strongholds, and they chose to depart for the investigation first.

• Han Li exchanged Star Palace Contribution Points for materials to refine a Water-Magnetic Sword, following advice from the Twin Saints.
• Han Li and Zi Ling prepared the sword, but its water and magnetic spiritual powers repelled each other until Han Li studied Magnetic Essence Transmutation into Water and raised his fusion.
• Han Li and Zi Ling completed the sword’s nascent form, which gained Water-Magnetic Oscillation and Ice-Sealing Sword Qi.
• Captain Chen delivered orders for Han Li and Zi Ling to investigate three outlying Blood Lotus Cult strongholds.
• Han Li chose to investigate the strongholds before continuing to perfect the Water-Magnetic Sword.

Han Li and Zi Ling infiltrated the Blood Lotus Cult’s Black Stone Reef outpost and uncovered a plot targeting the Star Palace. After reporting their findings, they learned the cult’s true objective was the Heavenly Star Demon-Sealing Formation diagram, and began preparing for the coming threat.

• Han Li and Zi Ling disguised themselves as caravan stewards and sailed to Black Stone Reef, where they bypassed the cult’s formation and knocked out two guards.
• At the altar, Zi Ling read a recorded image revealing Blood Fang’s plan to attack the Huiyuan Branch Helm alongside Black Wind Stronghold on the night of the full moon.
• Blood Fang ambushed Han Li and Zi Ling, but they wounded him and trapped his four cultists; Han Li’s soul search revealed the alliance sought the Spirit Gathering Array’s star magnetic jade marrow.
• Han Li and Zi Ling returned with the intelligence, and Captain Chen told them the Twin Saints had uncovered the cult’s true target: the Heavenly Star Demon-Sealing Formation diagram.
• The Twin Saints summoned Han Li and Zi Ling to Magnetic Essence Mountain, while Han Li and Zi Ling tended the damaged Water-Magnetic Sword and prepared for the updated quest.

Han Li and Zi Ling helped the Star Palace destroy the Blood Lotus Cult and its master’s remnant soul. They became Star Palace Protectors, while the Star Palace prepared to monitor the extraterrestrial threat that remained in the Chaotic Star Sea.

• Han Li learned that the Blood Lotus Cult planned to destroy the Heavenly Star Demon-Sealing Formation and release the sealed Ancient Demon, and he and Zi Ling went to reinforce the Huiyuan Branch Helm.
• At the Star Palace council, Xing Xuanzi and the Twin Saints ordered an assault on the Blood Lotus Cult’s twenty-seven strongholds.
• Han Li and Zi Ling protected the Huiyuan Branch Helm’s formation nexus and trapped Blood Fang and three other cult elders, but the Blood-Winged Demon Roc broke through the defenses.
• The Twin Saints attacked the Blood Lotus Cult Master’s Remnant Soul; Han Li and Zi Ling helped restrain him, and Ling Yuesheng destroyed him with her sword.
• The Enforcement Hall wiped out all twenty-seven strongholds, and Han Li and Zi Ling were named Star Palace Protectors.
• Xing Xuanzi announced that the Star Palace would establish Sky-Patrolling Envoys to watch for extraterrestrial activity, while Han Li learned he could eventually study at Void Sky Hall.

Han Li and Zi Ling uncovered the formation of the Inverse Star Alliance, a coalition of righteous and demonic forces targeting the Star Palace. After the alliance attacked a Star Palace branch, Han Li gathered intelligence while avoiding the powerful Nascent Soul cultivators, then returned to Magnetic Essence Mountain determined to grow stronger.

• Ling Yuling detected Wan Sangu gathering cultivators to establish the Inverse Star Alliance against the Star Palace, and Han Li and Zi Ling secretly observed the coalition’s meeting at the Myriad Law Sect.
• Wan Sangu and Six Paths Extreme Sage announced the alliance’s founding on Lightless Island, where its members pledged to overthrow the Star Palace and divide its resources.
• After learning of the alliance, the Star Palace Twin Saints ordered investigations, stronger defenses, and preparations for the Heavenly Circumference Stars Formation.
• Han Li and Zi Ling led Cloud-Chasing Guards to reinforce the Huiyuan Branch Helm, but Han Li kept his forces away from the battle between the alliance’s Nascent Soul leaders and recorded their abilities.
• Han Li submitted his intelligence to Ling Yuling and received the title “Cautious Observer,” then he and Zi Ling resolved to build their strength before seeking vengeance and justice.

Han Li and Zi Ling inspected Azure Nether Island, uncovered a damaged formation and deep Inverse Star Alliance infiltration, and stopped three agents from opening the harbor gate. After reinforcements and supplies arrived, they returned to Magnetic Essence Mountain with a report urging stronger defenses.

• Xing Xuanzi sent Han Li and Zi Ling to inspect Azure Nether Island, and they traveled there covertly aboard the Shadow Boat.
• Han Li detected that someone had damaged the island-protecting formation's core with a Spirit-Eroding Needle, while Zi Ling found three cultivators carrying Blood Bat Pendants.
• Shi Jian told Han Li that a Myriad Law Sect steward had tried to recruit the garrison, and Zi Ling discovered that three agents planned to open the channel gate for an Inverse Star Alliance scout vessel.
• Han Li and Zi Ling trapped and captured the three agents as they tried to tamper with the gate at midnight.
• A Star Palace supply ship delivered repair materials and pills, and Han Li left a report recommending additional defenses before he and Zi Ling returned to Magnetic Essence Mountain.

After returning to Magnetic Essence Harbor, Han Li cultivated and refined the Water-Magnetic Sword with Zi Ling’s help, strengthening both his cultivation and his life-bound treasure. He and Zi Ling then prepared to seek water spirit crystals on Cold Moon Island.

• Han Li and Zi Ling returned to Magnetic Essence Harbor after the Star Palace replaced the commander on Azure Nether Island and the Inverse Star Alliance’s spies disappeared.
• Han Li cultivated in his cave abode while Zi Ling set up a formation and used Spirit-Calming Incense to help him recover and improve the Water-Magnetic Sword’s spiritual power transmission.
• Han Li and Zi Ling refined the Water-Magnetic Sword with ten-thousand-year cold jade marrow, giving it powerful ice and magnetic properties.
• Han Li received spirit stones and pills, stored the stones, and gave the pills to Zi Ling to support her pill refining.
• Han Li learned that his cultivation bottleneck had weakened and his attributes and lifespan had improved, then decided to visit Cold Moon Island for supreme-grade water spirit crystals; Zi Ling agreed to accompany him.

Han Li and Zi Ling received separate Star Palace assignments to secure Cold Moon Island and eliminate Inverse Star Alliance agents in the Mist Islands. After six months, Han Li had refined the Water-Magnetic Sword with an ice-magnetic dual effect, and Zi Ling had cleared the covert agents and defeated a Soul-Eroding Flood Dragon; they returned to Xing Xuanzi with their missions complete.

• Xing Xuanzi assigned Han Li to guard Cold Moon Island and Zi Ling to uncover and eliminate covert agents across the Mist Islands.
• Han Li prepared his Water-Magnetic Sword and traveled to Cold Moon Island while Zi Ling equipped herself to investigate the seven-island formation.
• Han Li used the island’s water spirit crystals and magnetic essence to refine his sword, stabilizing its ice-magnetic dual effect and advancing it to the peak of mid-grade spirit artifact quality.
• Zi Ling infiltrated the Mist Islands, defeated the covert agents across the islands, and destroyed a Soul-Eroding Flood Dragon with her formation.
• Han Li and Zi Ling reunited after their six-month assignments, and Xing Xuanzi confirmed that Cold Moon Island’s resources were secured, the agents were eliminated, and the soul-eroding mist had fallen by thirty percent.

Han Li returned to the Star Palace, refined the Water-Magnetic Sword with star magnetic jade marrow, and stabilized his cultivation at the peak of Core Formation middle stage. Zi Ling investigated the Inverse Star Alliance’s regrouping at Black Stone Reef, where she prepared to capture two spies as Han Li waited at Secluded Cultivation Cliff.

• Han Li and Zi Ling reported their success in the Mist Islands to Xing Xuanzi, who ordered them to rest before their next mission.
• Han Li exchanged contribution points for star magnetic jade marrow powder and, with Elder Song’s help, added the Star Magnetic Body Protection effect to his Water-Magnetic Sword.
• Zi Ling learned that the Inverse Star Alliance was regrouping at Black Stone Reef and set out to investigate while Han Li went to Secluded Cultivation Cliff to consolidate his cultivation.
• At Black Stone Reef, Zi Ling used the Blood Star Tracking Pattern to locate demonic energy and found two Inverse Star Alliance spies discussing capturing her.
• Han Li stabilized his cultivation at the peak of Core Formation middle stage as Zi Ling prepared the Star-Illusion Prison Formation to capture the spies and attack the base.

Han Li and Zi Ling learned that Mo Chen, the Blood Magnetic Old Freak, planned to collect falling star iron in the Falling Star Sea and reforge the Blood Magnetic Demon Banner to trigger a starfall. After preparing their techniques and boat, they set out to sabotage his plan and investigate his ties to the Ten Thousand Poisons Valley.

• Zi Ling brought Han Li a Star Magnetic Token and reported that the Blood Magnetic Old Freak sought falling star iron to break the Star Palace's defenses.
• Han Li learned Mo Chen's identity and weakness, while Zi Ling suspected the Starfall Legacy was his true goal in the Falling Star Sea.
• Xing Xuanzi ordered Han Li and Zi Ling to destroy the three pieces of falling star iron and investigate Mo Chen's possible alliance with the Ten Thousand Poisons Valley.
• Han Li developed a preliminary Star Magnetic Lightning Attraction technique, and Zi Ling prepared a formation-breaking diagram with a Blood Star Tracking Pattern.
• Han Li and Zi Ling practiced combining their sword and formation techniques, improving their formation-breaking efficiency and reducing magnetic-storm damage.
• After Xing Xuanzi equipped them with talismans and they refitted the Star-Pattern Boat, Han Li and Zi Ling sailed toward the Falling Star Sea.

Han Li confronted Mo Yan, a late-stage Core Formation captain sent by the Blood Magnetic Old Freak to claim his Water-Magnetic Sword. After their battle escalated from the crystal thicket into the Falling Star Sea, Han Li headed for a reef on the seabed to use the terrain against his pursuer, while Mo Yan continued the chase.

• Han Li detected a nearby late-stage Core Formation cultivator, concealed himself among the magnetic essence crystals, and signaled Zi Ling for help.
• Mo Yan revealed himself, announced the Blood Magnetic Old Freak's order to kill Han Li and seize his sword, and attacked with his Blood Magnetic Saber.
• Han Li used his Water-Magnetic Sword and Star Magnetic Lightning Attraction to break Mo Yan's nine-shuttle formation, but Mo Yan intensified the fight with his Blood Magnetic Flight Art and Ten Thousand Blades Return as One.
• Han Li deliberately opened a gap and plunged into the sea, where he used lightning and magnetic shock waves to stall Mo Yan and continued fighting underwater.
• Mo Yan's Blood Magnetic Domain began suppressing Han Li's spiritual power, so Han Li trapped him briefly in a current vortex and fled toward a sunken reef to make a last stand.

Han Li used magnetic essence and the Falling Star Sea’s storm to defeat Mo Yan, but suffered serious injuries and the storm prevented him from collecting Star Magnetic Grass. Zi Ling rescued him and took him back toward Purple Sky Peak to recover, while the threat of the Inverse Star Alliance remained.

• Han Li exploited the flaws in Mo Yan’s blood magnetic domain with reef dust, magnetic essence crystals, and the Water-Magnetic Sword.
• Mo Yan unleashed a powerful attack, but Han Li summoned lightning from the magnetic storm and pierced the damaged pathways in Mo Yan’s left arm.
• Han Li’s Magnetic Essence Spirit Lock disrupted Mo Yan’s spiritual power, and Mo Yan died when his blood-fiend power exploded; Han Li survived with serious injuries and obtained Mo Yan’s Storage Bag and other rewards.
• Zi Ling found Han Li, treated his injuries, and told him to return to Purple Sky Peak to recuperate while the magnetic storm made collecting Star Magnetic Grass impossible.