Chapter Summaries

Si Chen played Bai He in a mindscape where stones manifested as forces of power, while Bai He mistook Si Chen’s naturally emitted aura for a cultivated Great Sun dao. Si Chen’s second move erased Bai He’s million immortal soldiers, leaving the contest underway with Bai He’s forces overwhelmed.

• Bai He began the game with a black stone, turning the bamboo grove into a starry mindscape that displayed Floating Net Heaven behind him.
• Si Chen casually placed a white stone, and his natural aura manifested as a blazing sun that shook Bai He’s starfield.
• Bai He interpreted the sun as evidence of Si Chen’s profound Great Sun dao and attacked with a formation of a million immortal soldiers.
• Si Chen placed a second white stone, manifesting another sun that vaporized the million immortal soldiers in a breath.

Si Chen defeated Bai He in a contest of divine souls, leaving Bai He convinced that Si Chen was an Immortal King nearing the Immortal Lord realm. Si Chen chose not to correct him, deciding that the mistaken reputation would make it easier to gather information and avoid trouble.

• Bai He challenged Si Chen through a contest of divine souls, but Si Chen's visions of suns overwhelmed Bai He's attacks and shattered the Floating Net Heaven Starfield phantom.
• Bai He conceded after Si Chen's ninth sun appeared, while Si Chen privately realized he had been placing stones at random.
• Back in the bamboo grove, Gray Gray mistook Bai He's injury for anger over losing Go, then happily drank Si Chen's Spirit Tea.
• Bai He praised Si Chen as an Immortal King close to the Immortal Lord realm, and Si Chen decided to accept the misunderstanding and raise his cultivation when he could.

Si Chen accepted a star map and the Drifting Cloud Ship from Bai He to help search for his missing companions, then departed Floating Net Heaven with Gray Gray. Bai He ordered his people to treat them with the highest courtesy and wondered who Si Chen was.

• Bai He gave Gray Gray tea and addressed the donkey as Fellow Daoist Gray Gray after Si Chen called it his friend.
• Si Chen accepted Bai He's Myriad Heavens Star Mirror and learned that C-37 was a Mortal Forbidden Zone established under the Immortal Emperor's decree.
• Bai He praised Gray Gray's potential and arranged for Si Chen to receive a Starship stocked with supplies and a control Jade Token.
• Si Chen declined Bai He's invitation to stay, boarded the Drifting Cloud Ship with Gray Gray, and left Floating Net Heaven to search for his companions.
• Bai He ordered Floating Net Heaven's people to treat Si Chen and Gray Gray with the highest courtesy, then pondered Si Chen's identity.

Si Chen diverted the Starship to Floating Net Heaven’s star, explored its surface, and planted a wisp of his origin source in it. He then absorbed the star’s flames to raise his cultivation all the way to the Immortal King Realm.

• Si Chen redirected the Starship toward Floating Net Heaven’s star and left Gray Gray aboard behind a protective barrier.
• Si Chen flew through the star’s outer layers and walked across its photosphere, discovering that it had no consciousness.
• Si Chen placed a wisp of his origin source in the star, forming a faint, stable connection with it.
• Si Chen absorbed the star’s flames to break through successive cultivation realms, reaching the True Immortal Realm and beyond.
• Si Chen continued refining his cultivation until the star’s flames bowed toward him and he reached the Immortal King Realm.

Si Chen reached the immortal king realm, returned to the Starship, and continued toward the nearest mark. In the Lower Realm, Ye Fu learned that her son had ascended and decided she and Si Kai would ascend too.

• Si Chen became an immortal king, and his sentient thunder dragon asked for a grand name before he settled on calling it Little Lei.
• Si Chen returned to the Starship, where Gray Gray greeted him with relief and then fell asleep imagining itself as a mighty divine beast.
• Si Chen sent the Starship toward the nearest mark while Gray Gray noticed he seemed stronger and more radiant.
• Ye Fu confronted Si Kai after learning Si Chen had ascended with his third brother, friends, and a donkey.
• Ye Fu told Si Kai to prepare for their own ascension.

Si Chen encountered a crowded Star-Crossing Raft while traveling toward Purple Firmament Heaven and learned that his Starship was a rare Sky-Patrolling Class vessel. He resumed his journey at greater speed, while Gray Gray contentedly looked forward rather than longing for its past.

• Gray Gray spotted a battered Star-Crossing Raft carrying several hundred weary cultivators, and Si Chen slowed his Starship to match its pace.
• Si Chen appeared on the raft, where Li Yan greeted him and explained that the passengers were headed to Purple Firmament Heaven and would take about ten years to arrive.
• Li Yan explained the Starship grades and identified Si Chen's vessel as Sky-Patrolling Class, surprising Si Chen, who had thought it an ordinary creation.
• Si Chen wished the cultivators well, returned to his Starship, and departed as Li Yan praised his courteous manner to the disciples.
• Si Chen checked the Star Map, increased his Starship's speed by thirty percent, and continued toward Purple Firmament Heaven while Gray Gray dreamed of its past without feeling nostalgic.

After arriving at Purple Firmament Heaven, Si Chen was escorted past the Heavenly Gate Pass queue and learned how the Immortal Domain was divided. He chose to travel to the Lower Three Heavens to find his friends, leaving Zhao Yuan puzzled by his destination.

• Gray Gray reached the fourth tier by resting beside Si Chen during their journey to Purple Firmament Heaven.
• At Heavenly Gate Pass, Zhao Yuan mistook Si Chen for a powerful immortal and let him bypass the long queue.
• Zhao Yuan explained the Upper, Middle, and Lower Three Heavens, and Si Chen said he wanted to find his friends in the Lower Three Heavens.
• Zhao Yuan arranged a private teleportation array, and Si Chen and Gray Gray stepped through to the Lower Three Heavens.
• After they departed, Zhao Yuan wondered why someone so powerful would visit the Lower Three Heavens and decided to report it.

Si Chen arrived in the Upper Realm and followed a nearby mark while observing the crowded, rough marketplace and learning how different the world was from the Lower Realm. The chapter then revealed that months earlier Luo Qingyin had been separated from him during ascension and had landed in a garbage heap.

• Si Chen entered a busy teleportation square, ignored a fortune-teller’s warning, and walked through the market with Gray Gray.
• Si Chen watched two Spirit Transformation cultivators spar and sensed that the Upper Realm’s laws made the world far more solid than the Lower Realm.
• Si Chen followed the nearby mark, feeling guilty as he wondered who had spent months alone in the unfamiliar realm.
• Months earlier, spatial turbulence threw Luo Qingyin out of the Ascension Passage and into a heap of garbage.
• Luo Qingyin, still only at Spirit Transformation, woke in a filthy alley and wondered what had happened to her ascension.

Luo Qingyin found herself alone in a garbage heap in Purple Firmament Heaven, where her cleansing spells barely worked and she learned that newcomers had to register or risk being sent to the mines. After washing her clothes in a stream, she set out to register and planned to search for Si Chen and the others.

• Luo Qingyin climbed out of the garbage heap and discovered that her cleansing spells could barely remove the stains from her clothes.
• A little boy offered Luo Qingyin half a flatbread and told her she was in Golden Water Lane, Purple Firmament Heaven.
• The boy warned Luo Qingyin that newcomers had to register with Steward Zhao or patrols might send them to the mines.
• Luo Qingyin scrubbed her clothes by hand in a stream until she looked presentable.
• Luo Qingyin decided to visit the steward's office and then look for Si Chen and the others.

Luo Qingyin went to register in Golden Water Lane but was attacked after Steward Zhao tried to force her into becoming his maid. After escaping, she changed into a red outfit and chose the name Luo Hongyi as she entered the Lower Three Heavens.

• Luo Qingyin told Steward Zhao she had ascended from the Lower Realm, but he demanded a hundred low-grade immortal crystals for registration.
• Steward Zhao offered to cover the fee in exchange for her working as his maid, then ordered two men to stop her when she refused to stay.
• Luo Qingyin used her sound cultivation and ancient zither to injure the men and strike Steward Zhao before fleeing the courtyard.
• Luo Qingyin escaped through the alleys, changed into a crimson fighting outfit, and declared that her name was Luo Hongyi.
• Luo Hongyi put away her Ancient Zither and walked into the crowds of the Lower Three Heavens.

After escaping Steward Zhao’s search, Luo Hongyi hid in the slums and discovered that the Upper Realm’s dense spiritual energy rapidly healed her injuries and accelerated her cultivation. Hungry and stunned by the poor skills and wares she found at a market, she began to suspect that the “spoils” in her Storage Ring might be valuable treasures here.

• Luo Hongyi cultivated beneath a bridge, found her injuries healing quickly, and evaded Steward Zhao’s men by concealing her identity and aura.
• Over the next few days, Luo Hongyi changed hiding places, recovered, and advanced her cultivation, but she grew hungry and found she had no food in her Storage Ring.
• Two street patrolmen searched the ruined temple for Luo Hongyi and revealed that Steward Zhao had connections in the Middle Three Heavens; she overheard them and remained hidden.
• Luo Hongyi visited a remote market and observed that its cultivators had high cultivation realms but poor combat skills and low-quality pills, techniques, and treasures.
• Luo Hongyi considered whether the items she had collected as spoils in Great Yin might be treasures in the Upper Realm.

Luo Hongyi sold Lower Realm cultivation manuals to earn immortal crystals, then stopped hiding and fought off men who harassed her in the Lower Three Heavens. Months later, Si Chen heard rumors of the notorious “Ball-Shattering Fairy” and dismissed the idea that she could be Luo Hongyi as he followed the mark’s signal.

• Luo Hongyi sold a Lower Realm cultivation method for two hundred low-grade immortal crystals and bought spirit grain buns to stave off hunger.
• Over the next few days, Luo Hongyi sold more Jade Slips for rising prices while men’s leering attention made her feel increasingly unsafe.
• After reaching the mid Spirit Transformation stage, Luo Hongyi openly confronted the market and crippled a one-eyed man and his two companions with sound blades.
• Luo Hongyi stopped hiding, sold manuals at markets around the city, and became known for punishing men who harassed her.
• Months later, Si Chen heard the nickname “Ball-Shattering Fairy,” decided the woman could not be Luo Hongyi, and continued following the mark’s signal.

Luo Hongyi reached Void Refining with startling ease and learned that the Immortal Realm had no heavenly tribulations below True Immortal, which strengthened her resolve to stay vigilant. Her rapid cultivation and valuable wares drew attention in Blackstone City, and Hong Lie of the Hong Household decided she was a treasure worth pursuing.

• Luo Hongyi broke through to early Void Refining in a hidden mountain cave without using her protective treasures or pills.
• After returning to Blackstone City, Luo Hongyi learned from an old cultivator that there were no heavenly tribulations below True Immortal and vowed not to become like the hollow, unstable cultivators she saw around her.
• Luo Hongyi resumed selling cultivation methods at her stall, where the nickname “Ball-Shattering Fairy” kept people at a distance and her breakthrough drew offers, scrutiny, and unwanted flowers.
• Hong Lie received Luo Hongyi’s complete Mystic Fire Heart-Nurturing Method and learned that she had advanced from Spirit Transformation to Void Refining in a few months.
• After viewing an image of Luo Hongyi, Hong Lie called her a treasure and remarked that a beauty like her should not be confined to the Lower Three Heavens.

Luo Hongyi refused the Hong Household’s coercive invitation to the Middle Three Heavens and claimed she already had a Dao companion. Si Chen arrived just as she faced the household’s threats, and he stood beside her as Hong Fu challenged their relationship.

• Luo Hongyi sold a cultivation method and counted the immortal crystals she needed to find Si Chen and the others.
• Hong Fu arrived with attendants and tried to take Luo Hongyi to the Middle Three Heavens as a guest elder, but she refused.
• Luo Hongyi claimed she already had a Dao companion, and Hong Fu suggested bringing him along before she cursed the Hong Household.
• Si Chen rode into the street on Gray Gray, and Luo Hongyi tried to make him leave so the Hong Household would not target him.
• Si Chen thanked Luo Hongyi for enduring hardship, brushed dust from her clothes, and told her he was there.
• Hong Fu asked whether Si Chen was Luo Hongyi’s Dao companion, and Si Chen stepped in front of her and answered, “And if I am?”

Si Chen rescued Luo Hongyi by erasing Hong Fu and his attendants, along with Steward Zhao, after they bullied and humiliated her. He left with Luo Hongyi on Gray Gray, and their teasing conversation eased her exhaustion as they traveled together.

• Si Chen silenced the street and warned that anyone who bullied or humiliated Luo Hongyi would be destroyed.
• Si Chen erased Hong Fu and his seven or eight attendants, then Steward Zhao also vanished in the management office.
• Si Chen reassured Luo Hongyi, took her onto Gray Gray, and explained that he had followed the mark he left on her.
• Luo Hongyi blushed when Si Chen admitted he had heard her curses and complimented her red clothing.
• Si Chen told Luo Hongyi that Xie Changsheng and the others were safe, and they continued on together as she rested against him and asked for food.

Si Chen and Luo Hongyi reached the teleportation array for Heavenly Gate Pass, where Luo Hongyi proudly offered him the immortal crystals she had saved. Their journey was interrupted when three Immortal Kings from the Purple Firmament Immortal Sect arrived and addressed Si Chen as a fellow Immortal King, leaving Luo Hongyi stunned.

• Si Chen rode Gray Gray with Luo Hongyi resting in his arms until they reached the teleportation array for Heavenly Gate Pass.
• Luo Hongyi gave Si Chen the immortal crystals she had saved over several months, and he sincerely praised her effort.
• Three Immortal Kings—Chen Yong, Mo Xuan, and Yue Hua—arrived at the square, forcing the other cultivators to kneel.
• Chen Yong greeted Si Chen as a fellow Immortal King and apologized to Luo Hongyi for the sect's failure to discipline its people.
• Luo Hongyi blushed when Chen Yong called her Si Chen's Dao companion and struggled to process that Si Chen was an Immortal King.

Si Chen accepted a Purple Firmament Token from Immortal King Chen and continued searching for his companions with Luo Hongyi. In another Immortal Domain, Xie Changsheng discovered something strange in the mine and finally confronted the overseer over his unpaid wages.

• Immortal King Chen invited Si Chen to the Purple Firmament Immortal Sect, gave him a Purple Firmament Token, and watched him leave with Luo Hongyi and Gray Gray.
• Immortal King Chen, Immortal King Mo Xuan, and Immortal King Yue Hua discussed Si Chen and Luo Hongyi before departing for the Upper Three Heavens.
• Si Chen returned to Heavenly Gate Pass with Luo Hongyi, confirmed he could be called an Immortal King, and set out to find their next companion.
• Xie Changsheng endured more than three months of mine labor without receiving his promised wages and sensed laws behind a wall in the abandoned area.
• Xie Changsheng pointed his pickaxe at the overseer and demanded his wages as golden light blazed from his Dao Eyes.

Aboard Si Chen's Starship, Luo Hongyi reunited with him and Gray Gray, learned how vast the Immortal Realm was, and poured out the hardships she had endured. The journey continued with the three of them sharing a warm, comfortable moment together.

• Luo Hongyi left Heavenly Gate Pass with Si Chen and Gray Gray and boarded Si Chen's Starship.
• Luo Hongyi questioned how Si Chen had obtained the Starship, and he told her someone had given it to him.
• Si Chen showed Luo Hongyi a Star Map and explained that the Immortal Realm stretched across a vast sea of stars.
• Luo Hongyi thanked Si Chen for finding her and described her months of hunger, hardship, and being called the “Ball-Shattering Fairy.”
• Si Chen praised Luo Hongyi for standing up for herself, while Gray Gray shared fruit and snacks with her aboard the Starship.

After killing Fatty Wang and absorbing a mysterious silver light into his Dao Eyes, Xie Changsheng was hunted through the mine and repeatedly killed, only to return to the moment of Fatty Wang’s death. He realized he was trapped in a time loop and prepared to fight again, while Si Chen sensed that time had tied itself in a knot aboard the Starship.

• Xie Changsheng killed Fatty Wang, annihilated his divine soul, and followed a pull from his Dao Eyes to absorb a wisp of silver light from the rock wall.
• Other overseers pursued Xie Changsheng through the mine, and he fought until he was cornered and killed.
• Xie Changsheng woke at the moment after Fatty Wang’s death and fled again, recognizing the pursuers’ routes and words from his previous escape.
• After he was killed a second time and returned to the same moment, Xie Changsheng realized his death reset time and vowed to kill his pursuers again.
• Aboard the Starship, Si Chen sensed that time had tied itself in a knot, then dismissed Luo Hongyi’s question.

Si Chen told Luo Hongyi that a companion was in trouble, and she devoted herself to cultivating during the starship’s journey to help. Meanwhile, Xie Changsheng remained trapped in a repeating cycle of death and slaughter, growing stronger as his Dao Heart darkened.

• Si Chen sensed that time had knotted and said they needed at least two months to reach someone in danger, prompting Luo Hongyi to begin cultivating.
• Luo Hongyi trained intensely while Si Chen quietly supplied spiritual energy, and she advanced from early to middle-stage void refining in seven days.
• Si Chen stopped Luo Hongyi before she overtaxed herself and reassured her that she and their companions had always been worthy of standing beside him.
• Luo Hongyi resumed cultivating at a steadier pace as the starship crossed the sea of stars.
• Xie Changsheng repeatedly returned to the moment before pursuers arrived after each death, retaining his memories and growing stronger while fearing he was becoming a creature of slaughter.
• Xie Changsheng picked up his mining pick and charged toward the mine’s exit to begin another fight.