Chapter Summaries

Aubrey sacrificed himself to fire the railgun and destroy the Emperor Claw Star Beast, while Ofit mourned his brother and prepared to claim the beast. As powerful groups converged on the ruins, Chu Tiannan moved to seize the prize and a black-clad attacker struck Ofit from behind.

• Aubrey fired the railgun as the Emperor Claw Star Beast cut him in half, and the blast obliterated the beast's head and killed nearby experts.
• Hei Yaoshi sensed the railgun's power, suspected the Heavenly Dragon Island Imperial Clan was involved, and ordered his group to move out.
• A golden-armored young man also led a two-thousand-strong group toward the center of the ruins.
• Chu Tiannan emerged from the rubble and drew the Heaven-Deriving Sword as he prepared to claim the Emperor Claw Star Beast.
• Ofit charged toward the beast, but a black-clad figure appeared behind it and slashed Ofit's neck with a dark golden sword light.

The Emperor Claw Star Beast revived after Ofit killed it, devoured his fighters, and revealed its human-sized form. A young man emerged from the rubble and claimed the assessment badges left behind.

• Ofit planned to sell the Emperor Claw Star Beast’s corpse, but a golden streak killed him before he could escape.
• Over a hundred greedy fighters rushed to claim the beast, whose severed head regenerated into a new lobster head.
• The revived Emperor Claw Star Beast blasted the fighters with golden light and devoured them, then killed the remaining dozens.
• The beast examined a map as Devour Dog explained that its Myriad Transformations skill had concealed it from the Cosmic Knight Alliance.
• The Emperor Claw Star Beast shrank to human size, and a young man emerged from the rubble and claimed the scattered assessment badges.

Chu Tiannan reached Starry Sky Level Ninth Stage after devouring an enemy, then found a hidden cache of assessment badges and a mysterious green gear. The gear seemed connected to the Inner World of a Star God Level ruin on Miluan Star, but Chu Tiannan sensed danger threatening Shasha and rushed to her.

• Chu Tiannan collected nearly a thousand assessment badges and hid his Emperor Claw Star Beast avatar inside Devour Dog.
• Chu Tiannan realized he had reached Starry Sky Level Ninth Stage and needed a safe place to finish devouring his accumulated power before advancing to Galaxy Level.
• Chu Tiannan uncovered a hidden cave containing tens of thousands of assessment badges and stored them in Devour Dog.
• Chu Tiannan found a green gear component that resonated faintly, and he and Devour Dog suspected it was linked to the Inner World of a Star God Level ruin on Miluan Star.
• Chu Tiannan sensed danger to Shasha, shot into the sky, and rushed to her.

Chu Tiannan returned to find Shasha threatened by Aoleijia and his men, killing the four guards before rescuing her. He left Aoleijia engulfed by a barrage of golden sword rays.

• Shasha warned the men surrounding her that Brother Chu would come back and defeat them.
• Aoleijia sent four men away so he could approach Shasha, while they secretly complained about his control over them through a Soul Gu.
• Chu Tiannan appeared behind the four men and killed them with the Heaven-Deriving Sword.
• Aoleijia tried to grab Shasha, but Chu Tiannan severed his left hand and caught her in his arms.
• Chu Tiannan declared that touching Shasha meant death and engulfed Aoleijia in over a hundred golden sword rays.

After killing Aoleijia, Chu Tiannan comforted the tearful Shasha, but the key on his hand began to pulse and attracted Ao Qin, the seventh prince of the Heavenly Dragon Island Empire. Ao Qin demanded the key and arrived with hundreds of guards, leaving Chu Tiannan facing an overwhelming force.

• Chu Tiannan apologized to Shasha and promised not to leave her again, and she demanded a hug.
• The key on Chu Tiannan's right hand began beating and glowing green.
• Ao Qin appeared and identified himself as the seventh prince of the Heavenly Dragon Island Empire, then demanded the key.
• Chu Tiannan challenged Ao Qin's claim that the territory and key belonged to his empire.
• Hundreds of guards appeared around Chu Tiannan and Shasha, and he realized Ao Qin had brought a massive force.

Ao Qin demanded the secret key from Chu Tiannan and ordered his guards to kill him while keeping Shasha. Chu Tiannan sent Shasha to safety and counterattacked the guards, with thirteen streaks of golden sword qi striking their formation.

• Ao Qin revealed that he wanted the secret key and refused to promise that Chu Tiannan and Shasha could leave alive.
• Chu Tiannan sent Shasha away with the Chaos Cloak as Ao Qin ordered his guards to kill him.
• Chu Tiannan drew the Heaven-Deriving Sword and clashed with the guards’ combined attack.
• Thirteen streaks of golden sword qi burst through the shock wave and shot toward the center of the formation.

Chu Tiannan escaped Ao Qin’s ambush after advancing to Galaxy Level Second Stage and killing over a hundred attackers with his Shadowless Sword qi. He hid near the safe zone with a girl who gave him a healing pill, and he recovered while vowing to remember Ao Qin.

• Chu Tiannan’s thirteen streaks of Shadowless Sword qi pierced the attackers, killing over a hundred and shocking Ao Qin and his forces.
• A Controller warrior explained that Chu Tiannan’s attacks had Galaxy Level Second Stage power, but the gray-robed old man killed him for making excuses.
• A Nu told Ao Qin that Chu Tiannan was a dual cultivator whose mixed-damage skill had amplified his attack.
• Ao Qin ordered his remaining forces to withdraw, deciding they could not risk further losses before the safe zone shrank.
• Chu Tiannan hid in a hole in a mountain with a girl, accepted her healing pill, and recalled that devouring the Emperor Claw Star Beast had let him advance and survive.
• As he meditated to recover, Chu Tiannan silently vowed to remember Ao Qin.

On the twenty-fifth day on Miluan Star, Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi joined forces to attack Chu Tiannan, who was defending a cave with Shasha as the safe zone forced the remaining competitors into battle. A powerful strike shattered Chu Tiannan’s barrier and sent him flying, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The safe zone on Miluan Star shrank to the central ruins, beginning the final stage of the Cosmic Knight assessment.
• Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi formed a temporary alliance against Chu Tiannan after he had devastated their forces in an earlier encounter.
• Chu Tiannan defended the cave entrance while Shasha stayed behind him and worried about his injuries.
• The attackers’ combined blows cracked Chu Tiannan’s defensive barrier as he struggled to hold them off.
• A sudden, powerful impact shattered the barrier, made Chu Tiannan vomit blood, and sent him flying backward.

Chu Tiannan was trapped with Shasha after Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi broke into the cave using the Wilderness-Suppressing Seal. As Ao Qin moved to seal them with the Mountain-Suppressing Bell, Devour Dog prepared to act, but a powerful shock wave suddenly blasted both attackers away.

• Chu Tiannan was injured when Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi broke through the cave entrance with the Wilderness-Suppressing Seal.
• Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi confronted Chu Tiannan, who stood his ground to protect Shasha.
• Ao Qin summoned the Mountain-Suppressing Bell to seal Chu Tiannan and Shasha while seeking the secret key.
• Chu Tiannan urged Devour Dog to act, and Devour Dog prepared despite needing five more minutes.
• A sudden shock wave erupted behind Chu Tiannan and blasted Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi away.

Shasha awakened as a puppeteer and summoned a powerful dragonkin doll to protect Chu Tiannan. She ordered Longlong to attack Ao Qin, Hei Yaoshi, and their forces.

• A sudden pillar of light blasted through the cave, destroying its ceiling and killing several fighters.
• Chu Tiannan saw Shasha hovering in the air with the Chaos Cloak returned to him and the dragonkin doll guarding her.
• Chu Tiannan and the Devour Dog realized Shasha was a puppeteer, and the Devour Dog judged her sixth-grade dragonkin nearly invincible below Galaxy Level Ninth Stage.
• Shasha told Longlong to kill Ao Qin, Hei Yaoshi, and the others, and the dragonkin charged into the enemy ranks.

Shasha’s dragonman puppet overwhelmed Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi’s forces, but the two leaders fought back with powerful weapons. As the dragonman trapped their fighters with its roar, Chu Tiannan intervened and returned Hei Yaoshi’s attack, leaving the battle turning in his favor.

• The dragonman puppet slaughtered Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi’s weaker fighters, and Hei Yaoshi realized his fifth-stage Wilderness-Suppressing Seal was outmatched by the puppet’s sixth-stage strength.
• Hei Yaoshi and Ao Qin argued before joining forces against the dragonman, each wielding a sixth-stage weapon.
• The dragonman’s roar immobilized the fifth- and sixth-stage fighters, while Hei Yaoshi and his peak-level experts resisted its effect.
• Hei Yaoshi sent the Wilderness-Suppressing Seal at the dragonman, but Chu Tiannan struck it with a golden sword and sent it flying back.
• The dragonman drew rocks and helpless fighters into its mouth as Chu Tiannan confronted Ao Qin and Hei Yaoshi.

Chu Tiannan and Shasha turned the fight around, forcing Hei Yaoshi and Ao Qin’s forces to flee. Shasha’s dragonman blocked Ao Qin’s escape, and he offered the key to save his life.

• The azure-scaled dragonman grew enormous, swallowed the attackers, and made Hei Yaoshi flee with his remaining fighters.
• Ao Qin ordered his group to retreat after seeing the dragonman and recognizing Chu Tiannan’s strength.
• Chu Tiannan cut off Ao Qin’s escape as A Nu charged forward to hold him back.
• Ao Qin abandoned A Nu and fled, but Shasha sent the dragonman ahead to block his path.
• Shasha declared that anyone who bullied Chu Tiannan had to die, and Ao Qin offered her the key in desperation.

Ao Qin surrendered the ancient Star God Level key to the sixth-tier dragonman puppet, which devoured it and advanced on him. Meanwhile, Chu Tiannan tested his new Galaxy Level strength against A Nu and Ao Qin’s deathsworn, ending the chapter as he struck their united defense with a sword technique.

• Ao Qin gave the red key to the dragonman puppet rather than risk using his fifth-tier sealed weapon.
• The dragonman puppet crunched up the key and advanced on Ao Qin with killing intent.
• A Nu and the black-clad deathsworn charged Chu Tiannan to protect Ao Qin, knowing their deaths would follow if their master died.
• Chu Tiannan used his newly gained Galaxy Level strength to face the attackers and raised the Heaven-Deriving Sword.
• A Nu and the deathsworn joined their starry sky qi defenses into a barrier as they charged.
• Chu Tiannan swung his sword and unleashed a streak of killing light against the barrier.

Chu Tiannan used the Heaven-Deriving Sword’s third profundity, “Break,” to cut through A Nu and the deathsworn’s defenses. He left their bodies behind as Devour Dog judged that no sufficiently powerful Galaxy Level expert on Miluan Star posed a threat.

• Chu Tiannan unleashed “Break,” concentrating overwhelming power into a golden sword light.
• Devour Dog recognized Chu Tiannan’s third profundity and went into the virtual world, convinced A Nu’s group could not survive the attack.
• A Nu and the deathsworn raised their Starry Sky Air Sacs and joined their defenses to block the sword light.
• The golden sword light passed through their defenses and killed A Nu and the other deathsworn instantly.
• Chu Tiannan put away the Heaven-Deriving Sword and walked past as the deathsworn split apart and fell.

Chu Tiannan pursued Ao Qin after defeating his companions, but Ao Qin used a prohibited laser gun to destroy the azure-scaled dragonman and escape the knight assessment. Ao Qin’s flight was blocked by Chu Tiannan, who appeared holding the badly injured Shasha and ready to strike.

• Chu Tiannan ignored A Nu and the others’ bodies and charged toward Ao Qin, intending to settle their score.
• Ao Qin fired a D-grade, seventh-tier laser gun, destroying the azure-scaled dragonman and sacrificing his chance at a knight rating.
• Shasha collapsed inside the cave, badly injured, and apologized to Chu Tiannan while clutching a dragonman doll.
• Ao Qin fled and vowed to kill Chu Tiannan, but an invisible barrier stopped him.
• Chu Tiannan appeared before Ao Qin with Shasha in his arms as over a hundred golden sword rays circled him.

Chu Tiannan continued attacking Ao Qin after the prince called on his imperial status, and a powerful relative intervened to shield him. The relative's Star Domain attack descended on Chu Tiannan as Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams continued piercing Ao Qin's barrier.

• Chu Tiannan ordered Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams to kill Ao Qin for injuring Shasha, ignoring Ao Qin's offers of money and power.
• A star domain barrier blocked the swords, and Ao Qin recognized that someone from the imperial family had come to save him.
• Ao Qin called for his uncle, who urged Chu Tiannan to show mercy and pressed him with a suppressive aura.
• Chu Tiannan commanded the swords to keep attacking, and they slowly penetrated the barrier.
• The uncle erupted in rage and brought down a star domain attack on Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan stopped pursuing Ao Qin when Ao Mozi, a Star Domain Level expert, suppressed him and protected Shasha. Ao Mozi then learned that the inheritance key had been destroyed and turned his fury on Chu Tiannan.

• Ao Mozi’s suppressive force overwhelmed Chu Tiannan, forcing him to abandon his attempt to kill Ao Qin so Shasha would not be harmed.
• The Chaos Cloak carried Shasha away as the suppressive force faded, and Chu Tiannan challenged the unseen expert for attacking a junior.
• Ao Mozi appeared and declared that he would intervene in the feud, protect his imperial nephew, and make Chu Tiannan accept defeat.
• Ao Qin told Ao Mozi that Chu Tiannan had destroyed the key to the legendary inheritance.
• Ao Mozi grew furious upon hearing the key was destroyed and threatened Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan fought Ao Mozi, a star domain level expert, using Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams and the Linkage skill to buy time for a decisive sword strike. His chaos sword light sliced through Ao Mozi’s star and exploded, leaving Ao Mozi astonished.

• Ao Qin urged Ao Mozi to kill Chu Tiannan, warning that Chu Tiannan had slain hundreds of his men and cultivated both martial arts and control.
• Ao Mozi hurled a star at Chu Tiannan, who used Linkage to combine Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams into a golden cone that clashed with it.
• The shock waves swept Ao Qin away and wounded him despite his fifth-tier weapon’s protection.
• Chu Tiannan gathered power with a sword-drawing stance as the golden cone broke apart under the star’s cosmic qi.
• Chu Tiannan and the phantom behind him drew their swords together, sending chaos sword light through Ao Mozi’s star, where it exploded to Ao Mozi’s astonishment.

Chu Tiannan's chaos sword destroyed Ao Mozi's violent star, but the explosion engulfed him before the Cosmic Knight Alliance directors intervened. Fu Luoxing confronted Ao Mozi, who showed deference to the Alliance's power.

• Chu Tiannan's chaos sword pierced Ao Mozi's aura barrier, but Ao Mozi caught and crushed the attack with his bare hand.
• The chaos sword destroyed Ao Mozi's violent star, which exploded and sent destructive blast waves across the area.
• Chu Tiannan summoned the Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams to form a golden shield as the blast waves engulfed him.
• Five Cosmic Knight Alliance directors arrived, and their leader, Fu Luoxing, gathered and crushed the blast waves.
• Fu Luoxing challenged Ao Mozi for provoking the Cosmic Knight Alliance, and Ao Mozi cupped his hands and apologized.

Fu Luoxing stopped Ao Mozi from interfering with the Cosmic Knight Alliance’s examination, and Ao Mozi withdrew after discovering Chu Tiannan had survived his attack. Chu Tiannan emerged from Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams alive but battered, realizing how close he had come to death.

• Fu Luoxing confronted Ao Mozi and forced him to acknowledge the Cosmic Knight Alliance’s authority.
• Fu Luoxing denied Ao Qin a knight badge and ordered Ao Mozi to take him away.
• Ao Mozi noticed that Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams had survived his assault, then left Miluan Star with Ao Qin.
• Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams’ golden shield dispersed, revealing Chu Tiannan alive beneath its protection.
• Chu Tiannan assessed his injuries and, after noticing the Chaos Cloak on him, grew anxious.