Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhiyuan and the others fought the Star-Devouring Clan for a day and night, growing stronger as they killed and survived. The battle paused when both sides needed time to recover and assimilate their gains.

• Qin Erniu charged into the Star-Devouring Clan, trading injuries for kills as his berserk power and cultivation grew.
• Huang Tianqi, Qiu Shiyi, Ying Huaixu, Chen Zhiyuan, and He Xiuyuan unleashed their abilities against the Star-Devouring Clan and advanced through the fighting.
• He Xiuyuan wielded the second layer of his Forbidden Technique, while Qin Erniu burned his vital energy and blood to grow stronger and crush the attacking soldiers.
• The Dragon Clan Princess joined the battle and fought off attackers with her trident, despite the Star-Devouring Clan members returning after they fell.
• After a full day and night, Ying Huaixu and the others ran out of pills, and the Star-Devouring Clan stopped attacking to assimilate its gains.
• Both sides took a break, while the Twenty-Four Star-Devouring Ancestors prepared to perform their Divine Ability, Reflection.

The Star-Devouring Clan Chief suspected Ying Huaixu was baiting the clan into gathering its forces, but decided to test him with an attack by Star-Devouring Generals. Ying Huaixu kept pretending to be strong while preparing his companions to capture enemies and locate the clan’s leaders.

• The Star-Devouring Ancestors noticed that Ying Huaixu’s group grew stronger as they fought, and the Star-Devouring Clan Chief decided to test Ying Huaixu with general-level clansmen instead of attacking with everyone at once.
• Ying Huaixu and his group gathered Spirit Herbs for the battles ahead, while He Xiuyuan lost another sparring match to Qin Erniu and the Dragon Girl struggled with their relentless fighting.
• After a few quiet days, the Star-Devouring Clan surrounded the group with a vast army that included several hundred Star-Devouring Generals.
• Qiu Shiyi warned Ying Huaixu that the generals were testing his strength and told him to stay out of the fighting, and Ying Huaixu agreed to keep up his act while he grew stronger.
• Ying Huaixu told Huang Tianqi and the others to capture some Star-Devouring soldiers alive and find their leader, and they agreed to try.

Ying Huaixu’s group lured the Star-Devouring Clan into attacking, then used their unusual revival abilities and Chen Zhiyuan’s formation to devastate the enemy. After the Dragon Clan Princess received a distress signal, Ying Huaixu agreed to help her people in exchange for her help locating the Star-Devouring Leader, while the Star-Devouring Clan Chief ordered his forces to keep the Dragon Clan occupied.

• Ying Huaixu’s group pretended to discuss a plan, prompting the Star-Devouring Clan to attack and target the Dragon Clan Princess.
• He Xiuyuan and Qin Erniu repeatedly revived and fought the Star-Devouring Generals, with Qin Erniu growing stronger after each death.
• Chen Zhiyuan used the All-Heavens Starry Dipper Formation to empower Huang Tianqi, who killed ten Star-Devouring Generals with a Spatial Giant Hand.
• Chen Zhiyuan and Huang Tianqi detonated themselves, wiping out more enemies, and Huang Tianqi later demonstrated his new Spatial Decomposition technique.
• The Dragon Clan Princess asked for help after receiving a distress signal, and Ying Huaixu agreed to aid her clan in return for help finding the Star-Devouring Leader.
• The Star-Devouring Clan Chief ordered his forces to keep causing trouble for the Dragon Clan and stall Ying Huaixu’s group.

The Third Prince discovered a Dragon Palace filled with ancient cultivation methods and Dragon Pearls, but the remains made him suspect someone was weakening the Hongmeng World and that the Secret Realm might be a trap. When rival factions demanded the Dragon Clan’s treasures, he refused and insulted them, leaving the groups on the verge of a fight.

• The Third Prince found countless Dragon Pearls in the Dragon Palace and wondered how so many Immortal dragons had died.
• The Third Prince suspected that someone had misled the Hongmeng World about its Daoist Arts and warned the Dragon Clan disciples to trust no one.
• Jade Qilin, Undying Fire Phoenix, Li Qinghuan, and others confronted the Third Prince at the Dragon Palace entrance and demanded the treasures.
• The Third Prince refused to hand over the Dragon Clan’s spoils and accused the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land of serving outsiders.
• Jade Qilin threatened to kill the Third Prince, while Li Qinghuan told him to restrain his speech, and the Third Prince mocked them both.

The Third Prince exposed the crimes of Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain and the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land, then fought their leaders with help from the Dragon Clan Princess. As the battle continued, Qiu Shiyi blocked the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s attempt to enter the Dragon Palace and swiftly killed its disciples.

• The Third Prince denounced Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain and the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land for stealing fortune and exploiting people, and the Dragon Clan Princess confirmed his accusations to Ying Huaixu.
• The Third Prince fought the Myriad Demon Holy Son and Buddha Son, but their combined attacks overwhelmed his summoned tree.
• The Dragon Clan Princess arrived and helped the Third Prince, taking on Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain while he faced the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land.
• The Thousand Mechanisms Sect tried to sneak into the Dragon Palace, but Qiu Shiyi confronted them and killed the fleeing disciples with a water droplet.
• Qiu Shiyi wondered why the Thousand Mechanisms Sect seemed so weak and saw Ying Huaixu watching the fight while picking his nose.

Qiu Shiyi’s copied Ice Spirit Qi helped the group defeat their enemies, and Chen Zhiyuan uncovered that the force behind them was the Beast God Hall. Ying Huaixu realized the world’s escalating threats went beyond the game’s previews, while the Dragon Clan proposed an alliance with the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.

• Qiu Shiyi absorbed Ying Huaixu’s cold energy through Weak Water and froze the Buddha Son with a Water Sword, allowing the Dragon Clan Palace Master to strike him and force his escape.
• Huang Tianqi sealed the Myriad Demon Holy Son’s escape route, and the Third Prince repeatedly pierced him until he turned to dust and fled into the void.
• Chen Zhiyuan trapped the Myriad Demon Holy Son in a formation, and Qiu Shiyi’s soul search revealed that the force behind the enemies was the Beast God Hall.
• Ying Huaixu recalled the game’s preview of the Beast God Hall and worried that the Main Quest and the world’s dangers had changed.
• The Dragon Girl told Ying Huaixu that the Dragon Clan and the Divine Firmament Sword Sect would form an alliance.

Ying Huaixu set conditions for an alliance with the Ancestral Dragon Sacred Land after learning about the Dragon Pearl, and the Dragon Clan Princess's divination showed that complying offered her clan its only chance of survival. Alarmed by Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang's growth, the Star-Devouring Clan obtained aid from the Mile-High Heaven Clan as Lü Qingyi awakened.

• The Dragon Clan Princess told Ying Huaixu about the Dragon Pearl, and he demanded that her clan train fifty top-tier Spirit Aspect cultivators and twenty top-tier Return to True cultivators within three years.
• The Dragon Clan Princess used Seek Good Fortune and Avoid Misfortune and found that only an alliance meeting Ying Huaixu's requirements offered fortune after great misfortune.
• Ying Huaixu refined the Dragon Palace's medicinal herbs into pills, while Huang Tianqi carried the remaining treasures for the sect.
• The Star-Devouring Ancestors considered targeting Ying Huaixu's companions but discovered that Ye Ningshuang had reached Dao Seal Level Six and could summon him.
• The Star-Devouring Clan Chief requested support, and the Mile-High Heaven Clan sent a Black Star and promised to loosen the Secret Realm's restrictions to permit Half-Step Spirit Aspect power.
• Lü Qingyi awakened from her supposed seclusion and heard a voice reassuring her that everything would be fine.

Lü Qingyi spoke with the Heavenly Dao, who told her to stay hidden and wait for Ying Huaixu to finish the Star Sea Secret Realm. The realm’s outcome would decide whether the world could still be saved, and the Heavenly Dao left Lü Qingyi awaiting the result.

• Lü Qingyi heard the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness and was told to trust Ying Huaixu and wait for the next juncture.
• The Heavenly Dao revealed it had bargained with a Cheat Distributor to obtain Ying Huaixu, while Lü Qingyi wondered whether her feelings for him had been deliberately caused.
• The Heavenly Dao warned Lü Qingyi to remain hidden because acting would expose her condition and put Ying Huaixu, Ye Ningshuang, and the others in greater danger.
• The Heavenly Dao explained that if Ying Huaixu failed to clear the Star Sea Secret Realm, it would send him and Lü Qingyi away with the world’s seeds, but clearing it could give the world a chance to turn things around.
• Lü Qingyi asked why she could not advance beyond Quasi-Emperor, and the Heavenly Dao told her to wait until the Star Sea Secret Realm’s outcome was known.

Xu Yaoyang killed Great Sun Sacred Ground disciples involved in the Star-Seizing Holy Son and Saintess affair, then learned that He Fangxu had gone to find Ye Ningshuang. He hurried off to watch what happened, while still wondering whether He Fangxu had a way to escape the dangerous Star Sea Secret Realm.

• Xu Yaoyang killed the Great Sun Sacred Ground disciples and He family descendants who objected to his actions, claiming he had acted on Young Master He Xiuyuan's orders.
• Xu Yaoyang realized that the Great Sun Saint Lord had promised He Fangxu an escape method for the Star Sea Secret Realm, but neither Xu Yaoyang nor He Fangxu's followers had received it.
• Xu Yaoyang questioned the disciples and learned that He Fangxu planned to frame He Xiuyuan and scheme against the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.
• A disciple revealed that He Fangxu had gone to find Ye Ningshuang, and Xu Yaoyang eagerly set off to watch.

Ye Ningshuang cultivated in the Star-Devouring Clan’s great hall, rejected the divine substances in the Essence of the Ancient God, and suspected the powerful techniques there were bait laid by a hidden mastermind. As she and her companions prepared to use the setup against its creators, a delicate fragrance revealed someone approaching from the shadows.

• Ye Ningshuang absorbed the hall’s evil spirits and refined spiritual power from the Essence of the Ancient God, advancing from Dao Seal Level Six to Dao Seal Level Eight while Black Shadow and Black Cat took its divine substances.
• Ye Ningshuang refused to let the Essence of the Ancient God alter her bloodline and rejected the hall’s god-tier techniques because she suspected such techniques could be traps.
• Black Shadow and Black Cat practiced the techniques, and Ye Ningshuang explained her suspicion that a mastermind had deliberately placed them there to lure cultivators into changing their paths.
• Ye Ningshuang asked Black Shadow to imitate her aura and help muddy the waters, saying they would use the hidden mastermind’s setup to put on a show.
• A delicate fragrance drifted into the hall, and Black Cat and Black Shadow realized Ye Ningshuang had stayed because she had sensed someone hiding nearby.

Ye Ningshuang resisted He Fangxu’s control, defeated him, and arranged for the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land’s disciples to kill him. She then directed Xu Yaoyang to eliminate the witnesses and blame He Fangxu’s death on them, leaving Xu Yaoyang eager to turn the massacre to his advantage.

• He Fangxu tried to enslave Ye Ningshuang with aphrodisiac poison and a bell, but she destroyed his arm and knocked him unconscious with purple mist.
• Ye Ningshuang secretly poisoned He Fangxu and the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land’s arriving disciples, then watched as they tore him apart and killed him.
• Ye Ningshuang’s companions wondered how she had changed from a kind, gentle person, and Black Shadow denied that the Netherworld Spiritual Root affected her emotions.
• Ye Ningshuang told Xu Yaoyang to kill the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land’s disciples and claim they had brutally killed He Fangxu.
• Xu Yaoyang led the Great Sun Sacred Ground disciples into a charge, denouncing the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land.

Xu Yaoyang killed He Fangxu and used the aftermath to advance his cultivation, while Ye Ningshuang left without meeting him. Ye Ningshuang let Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain capture her so she could draw Ying Huaixu into rescuing her, but the Buddha Son realized she was poisoned and the monks turned lustful.

• Xu Yaoyang mourned He Fangxu’s death as a betrayal by Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land, then advanced to the fourth level of the Dao Seal realm.
• Ye Ningshuang left after ensuring the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land disciples were safe and told Black Shadow she was giving Brother Ying a hand.
• Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain trapped Ye Ningshuang in the Buddha’s Demon-Subduing Bell, and she pretended that the bell had sealed her cultivation and Spiritual Power.
• Ye Ningshuang messaged Ying Huaixu to save her, explaining to Black Shadow that she wanted him to appear weak and draw out the Star-Devouring outsiders.
• The Buddha Son noticed the poison in Ye Ningshuang and put away the bell, while he and the other monks became fixated on her.

Ying Huaixu rushed to rescue Ye Ningshuang from Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain and completed the Star-Seizing Ancestor’s commission by killing its disciples. He stopped Ye Ningshuang from kissing him, and the Star-Devouring Ancestors were left unsure whether the pair were acting.

• Ye Ningshuang fought off Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain’s disciples while pretending the Charm Poison had weakened her.
• Ying Huaixu noticed the Secret Realm’s stars were disappearing and the Star-Devouring Clan was growing more numerous, then set out to complete the Star-Seizing Ancestor’s commission.
• Ye Ningshuang sent Ying Huaixu a message asking him to save her, and he and Huang Tianqi rushed to her location.
• Ying Huaixu froze and killed the Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain disciples, completing the commission and earning its rewards.
• Ye Ningshuang leaned in to kiss Ying Huaixu, but he used frost to sober her up and told everyone to find an antidote.
• The Star-Devouring Ancestors suspected Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang were acting, but could not tell whether their concern was genuine.

Ying Huaixu and his companions searched for the Star-Devouring Clan while the Ancestors prepared to break through, but the newly unlocked map revealed twenty-four bosses in the Star Sea Secret Realm and their exit was sealed. Trapped with only seven fighters, Ying Huaixu told his companions to stop suppressing their strength and prepare to use the Revival Pills.

• The Star-Devouring Ancestors continued absorbing Star Core power and warned each other not to underestimate Ying Huaixu.
• Huang Tianqi suppressed or stored the power gained while hunting, fearing the Star-Devouring Clan would imitate the Azure Fox Lady and kill their own people first.
• After Ying Huaixu's group could no longer find the Star-Devouring Clan, Ying Huaixu complained to Heavenly Dao about the unusable map, which then unlocked.
• Ying Huaixu saw twenty-four flaming skulls at the center of the map, and Huang Tianqi confirmed that the way out of the world had been sealed.
• Ying Huaixu told his companions to stop suppressing their strength and break through, then said they needed to figure out how to use the Revival Pills.

Ying Huaixu and his companions prepared to use Revival Pills to survive a desperate campaign against the Star-Devouring Clan, then unleashed their power across the Starsea Continent. Their destruction triggered alarms in cities throughout the Star-Swallowing Clan Group.

• Ying Huaixu shared a map of the Star-Devouring Clan's bosses, and Huang Tianqi and Chen Zhiyuan created formations that automatically administered Revival Pills to most of the group.
• Qiu Shiyi proposed splitting up to hunt the Star-Devouring Clan, but Ying Huaixu insisted they first leave the island and gather herbs to stockpile Revival Pills.
• The seven traveled to the Starsea Continent and discovered that its beasts, herbs, trees, and rocks carried Stellar Power and could help them grow stronger when destroyed.
• Ying Huaixu spent his Experience Points to reach Dao Seal Level Eight, then used his Ice and Snow Intent to freeze and shatter everything in his path.
• Huang Tianqi and the others also rampaged across the continent, while Stellar Flowers bloomed in cities throughout the Star-Swallowing Clan Group and soldiers sounded alarms about heavenly demons.

The Star-Devouring Ancestors planned how to delay Ying Huaixu and the others while seeking outside help, as the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land and Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain confronted the Star-Seizing Ancestor over their Holy Sons' deaths. After He Xixiang brought the Star-Seizing Sect Master back, he attacked the two forces and prepared another volley against their defenders.

• The Star-Devouring Ancestors assigned their forces to hold off Ying Huaixu and the others while they absorbed the Star Core's power, and the Star-Devouring Clan Chief blamed Ying Huaixu for several deaths to summon outside help.
• The Saint Lords of the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land and Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain demanded answers from the Star-Seizing Ancestor, while the Great Sun Saint Lord arrived seeking He Fangxu's body and hesitated to send disciples into the Star Sea Secret Realm.
• He Xixiang pulled the injured Star-Seizing Sect Master out of the starry sky and returned him to the Star-Seizing Sect with his injuries healed.
• After learning what had happened, the Star-Seizing Sect Master berated the Star-Seizing Ancestor and attacked the Ten Thousand Demons Saint Lord and the Buddha Patriarch of Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain with the Star-Destroying Longbow.
• The Star-Seizing Sect Master reached the Heaven-and-Earth True Immortal realm and prepared two more arrows as the great Buddha and the Golden-Haired Hou defended against his attack.

The Star-Seizing Sect revealed that it had two Heaven-and-Earth True Immortals, while its Holy Son and Saintess remained witless after deliberate torture. He Xixiang learned why they had been targeted and wondered whether Ying Huaixu might be able to help restore them.

• The Star-Seizing Sect Master and the Star-Seizing Ancestor drove off the golden-furred hou and the man from Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain, while the Great Sun Saint Lord retrieved He Fangxu's body.
• The Star-Seizing Sect Master discovered the Holy Son and Saintess were still witless, and the Star-Seizing Ancestor explained that restoring their sanity would force them to face memories too dark to bear.
• The Star-Seizing Ancestor persuaded the Star-Seizing Sect Master to watch over the Star Sea Secret Realm with him and wait to see how it ended.
• He Xixiang asked Zhuang Mu what had happened to the Star-Seizing Holy Son and Saintess, and he explained that someone had deliberately tortured them to leave them alive but unable to recover their sanity.
• Zhuang Mu revealed that the pair's secret art could locate worlds and eventually teleport people to them, then considered whether Ying Huaixu's plans might offer a way forward.

Zhuang Mu considered how Ying Huaixu’s actions had reshaped the world and warned the Star-Seizing Sect to protect its Holy Son and Saintess. When false accusations blamed the Divine Firmament Sword Sect for killing three sects’ leaders in the Star Sea Secret Realm, the sects hurried to deny them, and He Xixiang left furious that she had lost an excuse to attack.

• Zhuang Mu reflected on Ying Huaixu’s influence and told the Star-Seizing Sect Master to keep the sect’s Holy Son and Saintess safe.
• Disciples emerging from the secret realm accused the Divine Firmament Sword Sect of killing the Ten Thousand Demons Sect’s Holy Son, Ten Thousand Buddha Mountain’s Buddha Son, and He Fangxu, while spreading a lewd rumor about Ying Huaixu.
• The Great Sun Saint Lord killed the disciple who voiced the accusations, and the three sects claimed images from their disciples showed the Star-Devouring Clan was responsible.
• The three sects warned others away from provoking the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, and investigators stopped looking into their Holy Sons’ conduct.
• He Xixiang arrived ready to attack the three sects, but their quick denials left her furious and sent her away without a fight.

As Ying Huaixu destroyed the Star Sea Secret Realm, he realized the Hongmeng Mission was still unfinished and followed a new tracking hint to Xu Yaoyang and the Taiyin Saintess. They told him about a strange Underground Palace that needed an Extreme Yang Person, and the three set off to investigate.

• The Star-Devouring Clan Chief ordered the clan to activate the Second Plan, War Mode, as pleas for help poured in and the Ancestors neared completion of their Star Core absorption.
• Ying Huaixu questioned why destroying the Star Sea Secret Realm was not completing the Hongmeng Mission and spotted a quest marker on his map.
• Ying Huaixu followed the marker to Xu Yaoyang and the Taiyin Saintess, then learned they had discovered a strange Underground Palace.
• The Taiyin Saintess doubted whether Ying Huaixu’s ice cultivation could handle the Underground Palace’s strange phenomena, while Xu Yaoyang vouched for him.
• Ying Huaixu agreed to go to the Underground Palace, and Xu Yaoyang explained that Ying Huaixu could divine their destination once they told him where it was.

The Taiyin Saintess opened the Underground Palace, where she, Ying Huaixu, and Xu Yaoyang found a vast store of treasures. Ying Huaixu used his ice-laden spiritual power to help the Taiyin Saintess refine Taiyin energy, then set the palace’s resources to be processed automatically.

• The Taiyin Saintess wondered whether Ying Huaixu could divine the location of something invented from nothing, and Xu Yaoyang suggested they try it sometime.
• After six hours of travel, the three reached the Underground Palace, where the Taiyin Saintess opened the formation using Xu Yaoyang’s blood essence and secured the entrance.
• The group found spirit stones, Dao Stones, materials, and herbs, and agreed to divide the treasures equally while letting the Taiyin Saintess take the Taiyin essence.
• Xu Yaoyang had Ying Huaixu charge a crystal ball, earning Ying Huaixu 1,000,000 experience, and the Taiyin Saintess refined the crystal ball’s spiritual power.
• The Taiyin Saintess marveled at the density of Ying Huaixu’s Taiyin energy, and Ying Huaixu collected the treasures and set his Alchemy Furnace, Talismans, and Talisman Treasures to work automatically.