Chapter Summaries

Old Dao exhausted every available material to forge the Ten Directions Ghost God Spirit Severing Blade, and its power caused the Micro Celestial Realm to begin collapsing. The collapse stopped when a strange spirit body vanished, and Old Dao emerged with the completed Ghost Head Blade.

• Old Dao repeatedly reforged all the materials and scrap blades until only one blood-red chunk remained.
• Old Dao hammered the chunk into a Ghost Head Blade as blackish-purple flames surrounded him and the stone cavern shook.
• Lin Shen fled outside and saw the metal bulls running while the Micro Celestial Realm’s lands and mountains returned to their original scale.
• Lin Shen realized the blade’s power had triggered the realm’s collapse and was about to draw Cosmic Rainbow Light.
• A strange spirit body vanished from the sky above the Adamantine Bull Nest, halting the collapse, and Old Dao emerged holding the finished blade.

Lin Shen asked Old Dao to forge him a manageable weapon, and Old Dao made a Ring Pommel Knife from Blood-Patterned Gold Essence Dregs. The blade proved impossible to sharpen or break, and Old Dao was left astonished by its hardness and resilience.

• Lin Shen asked Old Dao to forge him a blade using Old Dao's own understanding, and Old Dao agreed despite having used up the Blood-Patterned Gold Essence.
• Lin Shen found a lump of Blood-Patterned Gold Essence Dregs in the furnace and persuaded Old Dao to forge a weapon from it.
• Old Dao forged Lin Shen a five-foot Ring Pommel Knife and a matching sheath from the dregs.
• Old Dao tried to sharpen the blade, but the whetstones wore down while the blade remained unharmed.
• Old Dao tried to snap the blade, but it only bent slightly and sprang straight again when he released it.

Lin Shen accepted the unmelting blade Old Dao forged for him and named it the Slag Blade before returning with Tian Zhi Xia to the Celestial Master Academy. He arrived to find creditors demanding payment for centuries of debts, leaving him surrounded with no money to repay them.

• Old Dao failed to melt the blade and sheath, so Lin Shen took them and named the blade the Slag Blade.
• Tian Zhi Xia revealed his name, called Lin Shen his brother, and agreed to return with him to the Celestial Master Academy.
• An Sai and the academy's officials discussed the debt collectors who had gathered to demand payment.
• Lin Shen returned to the academy, where creditors from several departments surrounded him and demanded repayment.

Lin Shen faced a crowd of creditors trying to disgrace him at the Celestial Master Academy, until Tian Zhi Xia drove them off by revealing his imperial status. Afterward, An Sai warned Lin Shen that Tian Zhi Xia was powerful but volatile, leaving Lin Shen cautious about relying on their new acquaintance.

• Creditors demanded immediate payment from Lin Shen and tried to drag him to the Celestial Academy while the academy’s officials stood aside.
• Tian Zhi Xia arrived and challenged the creditors, then slapped An Hui when she refused to answer him.
• An old man identified Tian Zhi Xia as the Heavenly Emperor’s uncle, prompting An Hui and the other creditors to flee without collecting anything.
• Tian Zhi Xia called Lin Shen his little brother, offered to help him in the future, and left the academy.
• An Sai warned Lin Shen that Tian Zhi Xia was close to the Heavenly Emperor but easily provoked, and Lin Shen resolved not to take their shallow friendship for granted.

After Tian Zhi Xia’s return protected the Celestial Master Academy from debt collectors, the Heavenly Emperor tasked Lin Shen with recovering resources embezzled during planetary development. Tian Congyun explained that the recovered wealth was meant for the Imperial Palace, while Lin Shen could keep a portion; Lin Shen recognized the scheme but accepted the assignment.

• The Heavenly Emperor learned that Tian Zhi Xia had beaten An Hui and decided to let the Celestial Master Academy handle its debts while making it earn the repayment money.
• News of Tian Zhi Xia’s return spread across Sky Peak Star, and An 4 realized his protection would make it harder to target the Celestial Master Academy.
• Tian Congyun visited Lin Shen and praised his tea while hinting that the academy should help expose those who had diverted development resources.
• Tian Congyun told Lin Shen that the Heavenly Emperor wanted him to recover embezzled resources from developing planets and deliver them to the Imperial Palace, not the racial treasury.
• Tian Congyun said Lin Shen could keep some of the recovered resources, and Lin Shen privately criticized the Heavenly Emperor for shifting the blame onto him.

After receiving the Heavenly Emperor’s order to inspect Giant Ring Star, Lin Shen prepared to recruit Kong Chuan for the dangerous assignment. While searching the market for him, Lin Shen spotted the Mottled Celestial Old Man selling unusual antiques and noticed a mosaic-covered object.

• An Sai warned Lin Shen that Giant Ring Star’s tangled interests involved Tian Xun, Chi 118, and An 117, and advised him to treat Tian Xun more harshly than the others.
• Lin Shen learned that the Celestial Master Academy had no capable fighters available, so An Sai suggested he recruit Kong Chuan, the Heavenly Consort’s brother.
• An Sai explained that Kong Chuan had fallen out of favor with the Heavenly Emperor after opposing the Heavenly Consort’s marriage to him.
• Lin Shen went to the market to find Kong Chuan and saw the Mottled Celestial Old Man selling strange, ancient objects.
• Lin Shen noticed a mosaic-covered object among the Mottled Celestial Old Man’s wares and asked what the items were.

Lin Shen bought the conch shell from the Heavenly Emperor, hiding his real interest in its Fire Seed behind a tale about imperial aura. He left with the shell after paying five hundred thousand Sky Coins, while the Heavenly Emperor wondered what Lin Shen had recognized.

• Lin Shen asked the Heavenly Emperor about the stall’s wares, and the Heavenly Emperor described them as treasures he had once used.
• The Heavenly Emperor showed Lin Shen the Azure Sea Divine Conch and claimed it let its listener hear the Voice of Azure Luo Sea.
• A burly Gaul mocked the conch and the Heavenly Emperor’s claims, then was knocked unconscious by a Celestial wearing a hat.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked one million Sky Coins for the conch, and Lin Shen offered his communicator as collateral and transferred five hundred thousand Sky Coins.
• Lin Shen tucked the conch against his body and left, while the Heavenly Emperor wondered whether he had recognized him or the conch.

Lin Shen failed to recruit Kong Chuan to the Celestial Master Academy, but learned that Dead Powder had ascended after consuming spirit bases. He planned to return to Giant Ring Star with Wei Wufu to deal with the Heavenly Emperor’s demands, while weighing the cost of asking Tian Xun for help.

• Lin Shen asked Kong Chuan to return to the Celestial Master Academy, but Kong Chuan refused, and Lin Shen left without pressing him.
• Lin Shen returned to his residence and waited for the Pet Egg he had won from the Mottled Celestial Old Man to hatch.
• Wei Wufu told Lin Shen that Dead Powder had ascended after eating spirit bases, and Lin Shen examined its new abilities.
• Wei Wufu explained that he had fed Dead Powder spirit bases while hunting Super Origin Dragons on Ring Mountain Planet, and Lin Shen decided they needed to return to Giant Ring Star.
• Wei Wufu said helping Lin Shen with Tian Xun would be difficult, so Lin Shen resolved to seek another way to meet the Heavenly Emperor’s demands.
• The Heavenly Emperor sneezed while bathing with his Imperial Concubines, then pulled one into his arms after she asked who was thinking of him.

Lin Shen hatched and assessed the ten-turn Mutated Exquisite Heart, whose rare abilities made it a powerful support pet. The Heavenly Consort then offered to send Kong Chuan with him to Giant Ring Star if Lin Shen made Kong Chuan minister of the Special Task Force, a position Lin Shen already intended to wrest from the An Family.

• Lin Shen hatched the Mutated Exquisite Heart, subdued it until it gave him its Pet Key, and found it had reached ten-turn Ascension.
• Lin Shen tested the pet’s abilities and learned that Suppress Mountains and Rivers could weaken nearby creatures, while its other talents offered sensing and defense.
• The Imperial Palace summoned Lin Shen, but he found the Heavenly Consort instead of the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Heavenly Consort asked Lin Shen about Kong Chuan and offered to have him accompany Lin Shen to Giant Ring Star in exchange for making him Special Task Force minister.
• Lin Shen agreed and said the minister’s post could not remain in the hands of someone surnamed An.

Heavenly Consort gave Lin Shen the Heavenly Emperor’s portrait and a mysterious feather before he left for Giant Ring Star with Kong Chuan. The conch shell then revealed the imperfect Fire Seed War Song, and Lin Shen turned to Wei Wufu to help him perform it.

• Heavenly Consort gave Lin Shen a portrait of the Heavenly Emperor as protection and handed him a white feather whose purpose she did not explain.
• After Lin Shen left, Heavenly Consort told Kong Chuan that the Heavenly Emperor needed the Celestial Master Academy revived and ordered him to protect Lin Shen and report on his actions.
• The next morning, Lin Shen discovered that his conch shell had revealed the imperfect Fire Seed War Song, whose power grew stronger as more people sang it.
• Lin Shen decided to find someone who could read music and asked Wei Wufu, who said he understood musical notation.
• Lin Shen wrote down the score and lyrics, then realized the song repeated one strange sentence that he could barely bring himself to say.

Lin Shen discovered that Wei Wufu could sing his War Song and play many instruments, then took him and Kong Chuan toward Giant Ring Star. At a roadside shop, Wei Wufu chose a costly Questioning Heart Wooden Fish spirit foundation, and the owner agreed to sell it to him in exchange for Ascension pets.

• Wei Wufu sang Lin Shen’s War Song, and Lin Shen felt it boost his strength and other abilities slightly.
• Wei Wufu said he could play numerous instruments, but Lin Shen could not find any for him to try.
• Lin Shen took Wei Wufu to the Celestial Master Academy, where An Sai completed Kong Chuan’s reinstatement procedures.
• Lin Shen left the academy with Kong Chuan and Wei Wufu and stopped at a musical instrument shop on the way to the Teleportation Station.
• Wei Wufu selected a mutated third-turn Questioning Heart Wooden Fish priced at eight million, and the owner said Wei Wufu could pay with Ascension pets.

Lin Shen traveled to Giant Ring Star with Wei Wufu and Kong Chuan, then learned that two villagers had died under mysterious circumstances. Their bodies had been found in the stone house where Lin Shen had once seen a woman singing.

• Wei Wufu played the Questioning Heart Wooden Fish while singing War Song, greatly increasing Lin Shen’s strength, and Lin Shen argued with Kong Chuan about spending his personal money.
• Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Kong Chuan teleported to Giant Ring Star, where no one came to receive them because the Celestial Master Academy had lost its standing.
• Lin Shen went to Lao Yu’s village and found Eldest Sister and Lao Yu examining the villagers.
• Eldest Sister told Lin Shen that two villagers had died on consecutive nights, found in an unoccupied stone house with eerie smiles and blood-red handprints.
• Kong Chuan asked what the blood-red handprints looked like.

Kong Chuan identified the killers behind two strange corpses as remnants of the Night Ghost Race and proposed a way to expose them. Lin Shen doubted the explanation, suspecting the Night Ghost might be able to move through Giant Ring Star’s black night, while Kong Chuan insisted it was hiding in the village.

• Eldest Sister showed Lin Shen and Kong Chuan two men whose chests bore blood-red handprints.
• Kong Chuan recognized the marks as Ghost Handprints used by the supposedly extinct Night Ghost Race, which drained its victims’ blood.
• Kong Chuan suggested gathering everyone and checking for blood-red pupils after nightfall to find any Night Ghost remnants.
• Lin Shen warned that Giant Ring Star’s black night made the test dangerous and that a Night Ghost might be able to move through it.
• Kong Chuan dismissed Lin Shen’s concern and argued that the killer had hidden in the village and staged the bodies to mislead them.

Lin Shen and Kong Chuan gathered the villagers in one stone house and restrained everyone so Kong Chuan could identify the Night Ghost Race. When no one revealed themselves and a voice sounded outside, the Night Ghost Race smashed the roof, and Kong Chuan charged into the darkness to confront it while his Blue Peacock protected the others.

• Lin Shen agreed to Kong Chuan’s plan to investigate the villagers, and Eldest Sister insisted on staying with the group.
• Lao Yu gathered the villagers in a stone house, where Kong Chuan used his Blue Peacock to immobilize everyone until nightfall.
• After night fell, Kong Chuan inspected everyone’s eyes but found no Night Ghost among them.
• A mournful voice sounded from the Black Night, and the Night Ghost Race blew away the stone house’s roof.
• Kong Chuan left his Blue Peacock to protect the villagers and charged outside through the darkness to confront the Night Ghost Race.

Lin Shen and the others remained trapped inside Blue Peacock’s shrinking blue light as Female Night Ghost attacked from outside. With Kong Chuan fighting far away, the darkness closed to within inches of Lin Shen and Wei Wufu, leaving their safety uncertain.

• Female Night Ghost approached the room and found that Blue Peacock’s light froze anything that entered its range.
• After failing to break through the blue light, Female Night Ghost tore down the surrounding walls to expose more of Blue Peacock to Black Night.
• The expanding darkness burned against Blue Peacock’s flames, forcing the illuminated area to shrink faster while Female Night Ghost waited outside.
• Distant explosions revealed that Kong Chuan was still fighting a Night Ghost Race opponent and could not return immediately.
• Black Night came within half a foot of Lin Shen and Wei Wufu as Lin Shen cursed Kong Chuan and waited for help.

Lin Shen survived the Female Night Ghost’s attack by sealing her acupoints and entering the darkness with the Night Bloom Flower, while Kong Chuan remained trapped fighting a ghostly attacker. Kong Chuan finally broke free, but feared Lin Shen and the others had already been swallowed by the darkness.

• The Female Night Ghost closed in on Lin Shen as the blue-lit area shrank and her blood-red hand reached for his chest.
• Lin Shen sealed the Female Night Ghost’s acupoints, entered the darkness unharmed with the Night Bloom Flower, and confirmed she resembled the woman he had seen before.
• Kong Chuan fought a ghostly figure that used Sound Domain Power and Blood Handprints to delay him from returning to the village.
• Kong Chuan’s Peacock Divine Radiance shattered the ghostly figure’s Blood Handprint, but the attacker continued harassing him from the darkness.
• The ghostly figure and its mournful song disappeared, leaving Kong Chuan free but convinced that Lin Shen might have met with disaster.

Lin Shen survived the attack and ordered Kong Chuan to leave Giant Ring Star for nearly getting everyone killed. Kong Chuan surrendered his Peacock Eye to earn one last chance, and Lin Shen took it before returning to the stone house, where Kong Chuan saw the others safe and a Night Ghost woman imprisoned.

• Kong Chuan returned to the village and believed Lin Shen had died, but Lin Shen emerged from the stone house alive with the Seven-Colored Flower.
• Lin Shen blamed Kong Chuan for his failure and ordered him to leave Giant Ring Star, but Kong Chuan refused and pleaded for another chance.
• Kong Chuan dug out his Peacock Eye and offered it to Lin Shen as the source of his life and proof of his obedience.
• Lin Shen accepted the Peacock Eye and warned Kong Chuan that this was his final chance.
• Kong Chuan followed Lin Shen into the stone house and found everyone unharmed, along with an imprisoned woman from the Night Ghost Race.

Lin Shen and Kong Chuan kept watch over the captured Female Night Ghost through the night, resisting a mysterious song with Wei Wufu’s Questioning Heart Wooden Fish. After reaching Heaven Island, Lin Shen brought the prisoner to Tian Xun for interrogation.

• Lin Shen ordered Kong Chuan to help guard the stone house in case the Nirvana Level Night Ghost returned to rescue the Female Night Ghost.
• A mournful song threatened to make people inside the house kill themselves, but Wei Wufu used the Questioning Heart Wooden Fish to weaken its influence.
• The song stopped without another attack, and Lin Shen led everyone safely to Heaven Island after dawn.
• Lin Shen carried the captured Female Night Ghost to Heaven Palace and told Tian Xun what had happened in the village.
• Tian Xun became serious after hearing Lin Shen’s account and said she would take charge of the Female Night Ghost.

Tian Xun and Lin Shen learned from Ye Xing that the Night Ghost Race had secretly spread Mixed-Blood Night Ghosts through Giant Ring Star’s three families. Ye Xing also revealed that the Pure-Blooded Night Ghosts were preparing for a trial in the Land of Utmost Darkness, where the Little Wine Emperor had left a successor’s legacy.

• Ye Xing told Tian Xun that four Pure-Blooded Night Ghosts had secretly developed Mixed-Blood Night Ghosts throughout the Tian, An, and Chi families, making the Night Ghost Race the hidden power on Giant Ring Star.
• Ye Xing explained that Ghost Handprints modified other races into Mixed-Blood Night Ghosts, and that the recent deaths had resulted from failed transformations rather than blood being drained.
• Ye Xing revealed that she had targeted Lin Miao because of her Egg Melon purchases, but Lin Shen and the others disrupted the plan, and Kong Chuan defeated the Night Ghosts while Lin Shen captured Ye Xing.
• Under Pious Seraph’s influence, Ye Xing disclosed that a Mutated Nirvana Land on Giant Ring Star served as a trial ground where a successor could inherit an immortal being’s legacy.
• Ye Xing said Night Moon and Night Cloud had gone to the trial ground to prepare for her Nirvana, and identified the immortal as the Little Wine Emperor.
• Tian Xun recognized the Little Wine Emperor’s legend and considered going to the Land of Utmost Darkness to pursue the legacy.

Tian Xun told Lin Shen about the mysterious Little Wine Emperor and questioned Ye Xing about the Night Ghosts. Lin Shen then discussed Giant Ring Star’s resource shares with Tian Xun and realized that Heavenly Emperor had put him in conflict with the entire Celestial aristocracy.

• Tian Xun explained that Little Wine Emperor had once ranked third on the Race Ranking List, loved the Phoenix Race Empress, and was rumored to collect planets.
• Tian Xun questioned Ye Xing about the Mixed-Blood Night Ghosts and the Land of Utmost Darkness, then imprisoned her and decided to make arrangements without alerting the Night Ghosts.
• Tian Xun told Lin Shen that she received three shares of Giant Ring Star’s profits, while her family and Celestial Academy each received three and Heavenly Emperor received one.
• Tian Xun warned Lin Shen that doubling the resources sent to Heavenly Emperor would break the precedent for other star lords and turn the aristocratic class against them.
• Lin Shen realized Heavenly Emperor had maneuvered him into opposing the Celestial aristocracy and complained that Heavenly Emperor was trying to ruin him.