Recaps

Chen Qingyu reached the remains of Taihao Star while Zhou Daochen followed close behind, intending to use the Zhou Clan prodigy to test his strength. He landed on the barren, metal-like surface and learned that Taihao Divine Iron could only be reliably collected when geological upheavals broke pieces free.

• Chen Qingyu recognized the pursuing prodigy as Zhou Daochen, the Zhou Clan’s Dao Son, and decided to use him to test his deductions.
• Zhou Daochen trailed Chen Qingyu as the other pursuers fell behind or abandoned the chase.
• After two hours of flight, Chen Qingyu reached Taihao Star’s remains and resisted the sudden pull of its immense gravity during his descent.
• Chen Qingyu landed safely on the hard, barren surface and observed the vast mountain ranges stretching across it.
• Chen Qingyu realized the surface was made of Taihao Divine Iron and learned that geological upheavals were the reliable way to obtain pieces of it.

Chen Qingyu considered collecting Taihao divine iron to trade for arts and crafts that could help the Chen Clan prepare for war, but decided to focus on growing stronger before exploring. His first check-in at the Ancestral Star Remains rewarded him with the Eight-Nine Profound Art.

• Chen Qingyu realized the Supreme Star Palace bought Taihao divine iron in exchange for supplies and arts, and considered collecting some for the Chen Clan.
• Chen Qingyu sensed that the Taihao Essence lay about seven million li away and decided to postpone exploring while he advanced his cultivation.
• Chen Qingyu checked in at the Ancestral Star Remains and received a grand lottery reward of one cultivation art.
• Chen Qingyu claimed the reward and obtained the Eight-Nine Profound Art.

Chen Qingyu received the Eight-Nine Profound Art and realized it could greatly strengthen his body. After the system unlocked the Kunyu Divine Throne as his ninth sign-in location, Zhou Daochen arrived, and Chen Qingyu challenged his confidence.

• Chen Qingyu received the Eight-Nine Profound Art and learned that his already powerful physique barely met its entry requirements.
• Chen Qingyu learned that the Ancestral Star Remains sign-in rewards were exhausted and that the Kunyu Divine Throne had been unlocked as his ninth location.
• Chen Qingyu considered whether the new location pointed him toward the Kunyu Continent, then set aside his concerns to focus on cultivation.
• Zhou Daochen arrived, accused Chen Qingyu of torturing Zhou Yan for information, and revealed his intent to kill him.
• Chen Qingyu denied torturing Zhou Yan and taunted Zhou Daochen for being overconfident and unafraid of death.

Chen Qingyu overwhelmed Zhou Daochen on Taihao Star’s remnants, but Zhou escaped by severing his own arm and using a desperate gravity-reversing technique. After confirming Zhou’s cultivation had drawn on his clan’s Quasi-Emperor ancestor, Chen Qingyu prepared to cultivate the Eight-Nine Profound Art while Zhou recovered and abandoned his hunt.

• Zhou Daochen attacked Chen Qingyu with a gravity-enhanced punch, but Chen Qingyu barely felt its impact.
• Chen Qingyu seized Zhou Daochen’s fist and tried to examine his body, so Zhou severed his arm and escaped using a powerful secret technique.
• Chen Qingyu sensed the Quasi-Emperor ancestor’s presence in Zhou Daochen’s True Gang power and confirmed his theory about supreme yuan naturally formed.
• Chen Qingyu left to begin cultivating the Eight-Nine Profound Art.
• Zhou Daochen healed himself with spiritual liquid and decided he would not challenge Chen Qingyu again.

After the white-robed youth badly wounded Zhou Daochen on Taihao Star's remains, Zhou Daochen escaped and warned his clan that the youth might be a Divine Origin Realm expert. The Zhou Clan decided to stop seeking revenge and avoid provoking him again.

• The factions pursuing the white-robed youth saw Zhou Daochen flee Taihao Star's remains bloodied and missing an arm, then abandoned their plans to go after the youth.
• Zhou He and the other Zhou Clan prodigies saw Zhou Daochen return weakened and realized he had used their clan's forbidden art.
• Zhou Daochen told them the white-robed youth had nearly prevented his escape and might be in the Divine Origin Realm.
• Zhou Daochen instructed the clan to investigate the youth's identity at the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars and never provoke him again.
• Zhou He and the others said nothing about avenging Zhou Yan.

News of Chen Qingyu’s overwhelming strength spread through the Pavilion of Stars, making him a feared rival before he returned to Earth Star. Meanwhile, he discovered that Taihao Star’s remains greatly aided his cultivation of the Eight-Nine Profound Art and continued training there for eight days and eight nights.

• Zhou He told Zhou Daochen that Chen Qingyu had slain over a thousand prodigies with one strike outside the star gate, leading the Zhou Clan to abandon any plans to challenge him.
• Factions throughout the Pavilion of Stars learned of Chen Qingyu’s feats and began treating him as a formidable rival, while prodigies from the Myriad Dharma Dao Domain grew curious about him.
• Chen Qingyu found that his powerful body let him quickly master the Eight-Nine Profound Art and suspected Taihao Star’s remains enhanced his progress.
• Chen Qingyu decided to appear to explore the remains while secretly using them to cultivate the Eight-Nine Profound Art.
• Chen Qingyu cultivated on Taihao Star’s remains for eight days and eight nights, exceeding the usual limit for a single stay.

After six months of cultivation on Taihao Star's remains, Chen Qingyu had increased his physical strength fivefold and made a name for himself in the Pavilion of Stars. He expected to reach the perfection of the ninth heaven of Heavenly Ascension within three days and prepare to show his true strength.

• Chen Qingyu left Taihao Star's remains after discovering that prolonged exposure caused even powerful cultivators' bodies to disintegrate into the ground.
• He declined most invitations, befriended several prodigies from the Kunyu Continent, and attended their gatherings over the following months.
• Half a year later, Chen Qingyu brought a huge piece of Taihao divine iron to the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars and had the Supreme Star Palace add another entry to his account for moving it.
• Chen Qingyu reflected that his physical strength had increased fivefold and that his divine abilities and secret arts had evolved into calamities.
• Chen Qingyu expected to reach the perfection of the ninth heaven of Heavenly Ascension within three days and resolved to show his true strength.

Chen Qingyu used his accumulated Taihao divine iron to pursue a secret method for crafting a vessel that could carry many people through chaotic void. He hoped it could give the people of the Desolate Continent a way to escape and stop the war, and Steward Li agreed to arrange a private exchange through Elder Zhao.

• Chen Qingyu deposited a huge piece of Taihao divine iron in the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars and considered how to spend the fortune he had accumulated over six months.
• Chen Qingyu asked Steward Li about his investigation into methods for making enormous flying boats or flying palaces capable of crossing chaotic void.
• Steward Li revealed that the method was a top secret unavailable through the exchange list and that Elder Zhao, who presided over the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars, would have to arrange a private trade.
• Chen Qingyu offered all his saved Taihao divine iron for the method, hoping it could provide an escape from the Desolate Continent and prevent the war.
• Steward Li accepted the offer and promised to arrange the exchange for Chen Qingyu.

Chen Qingyu discovered that Elder Zhao and Steward Li had cheated him out of his Taihao Divine Iron instead of providing the Mystic Artifact refining method he sought. He returned to his residence determined to use other means, while his cultivation neared the Peak Heavenly Impulse Realm.

• Chen Qingyu exchanged nearly all his Taihao Divine Iron for treasures at Steward Li's direction, believing the transfers would secure the method for refining a Mystic Artifact that could cross the chaotic void.
• Two days later, Steward Li denied any agreement and claimed Chen Qingyu had exchanged his iron for the listed treasures.
• Chen Qingyu accused Elder Zhao of orchestrating the betrayal, warned that his possessions would not be taken easily, and left the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars.
• Elder Zhao dismissed Chen Qingyu as a threat and reassured Steward Li that the recorded exchanges would protect them from any investigation.
• Back at his residence, Chen Qingyu resolved to use other methods and sensed that his True Gang was nearing the limit of the Nine Heavens.

Chen Qingyu reached perfection at the ninth heaven of the Heavenly Impulse Realm and transformed the Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal, achieving myriad laws return to yuan. He then headed for the Taihao Essence, leaving nearby prodigies startled by the thunderous noise of his reckless advance.

• Chen Qingyu reached perfection at the ninth heaven and began transforming the Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal.
• The Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal absorbed and unified his thirty-six calamities, achieving myriad laws return to yuan and doubling the power of his divine abilities and secret arts.
• Chen Qingyu decided to seize the Taihao Essence and attain supreme yuan naturally formed.
• Chen Qingyu landed in the great rift valley where the Star of Grand Hao lay and headed toward the Taihao Essence.
• Chen Qingyu sprinted through the supergravity without restraint, creating thunderous vibrations that bewildered nearby prodigies.

Chen Qingyu raced across Taihao Star's remains, reaching the final stretch toward the Taihao Essence in only a few hours. He endured a deadly collapsing force field and saw the treasure ahead, convinced it would soon be his.

• Chen Qingyu used his powerful body and [Calamity of Illusion] to charge through the distorted terrain toward the Taihao Essence.
• After reaching the edge of his previously explored route, Chen Qingyu advanced through unknown territory and passed two astonished prodigies.
• Chen Qingyu pushed through gravity that suddenly rose to a million times normal, then continued despite his fingernails crumbling under the collapsing force field.
• Chen Qingyu saw the Taihao Essence floating in a pillar of starlight and sensed that consuming it could transform his life-form.
• Chen Qingyu laughed and declared that the Taihao Essence belonged to him.

Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai watched Chen Qingyu advance through Taihao Star’s remains at an astonishing speed, ignoring the supergravity that slowed everyone else. Chen Qingyu took the lead on the Divine Ranking, but he suddenly stopped less than fifty li from the Taihao Essence.

• Situ Nan took divine medicine and discussed its weakening effects with Xiao Zizai while exploring the great rift.
• Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai spotted Chen Qingyu striding through the collapse field and debated whether he had hidden strength or a special method.
• Chen Qingyu continued forward for half an hour, covering a dozen or so li and taking first place on the Divine Ranking.
• Situ Nan noticed Chen Qingyu had stopped, and he and Xiao Zizai wondered whether Chen Qingyu had reached his limit.

Chen Qingyu reached within fifty li of the Taihao Essence but stopped when his True Gang was nearly depleted, then returned to the Pavilion of Stars with a huge piece of Taihao Divine Iron. His astonishing climb to first place on the Hundred-Step Divine Rankings caused an uproar, while Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai decided to watch him secretly and seek allies.

• Chen Qingyu halted less than fifty li from the Taihao Essence because his True Gang was running low, and he lifted a large piece of Taihao Divine Iron before leaving the star's remains.
• Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai witnessed Chen Qingyu's feat and agreed to follow him secretly, hoping to use a future fight to persuade other competitors to join forces against him.
• Over six hours, Chen Qingyu rose from twenty-fourth place to first on the Hundred-Step Divine Rankings, reaching a record of forty-seven li.
• Geniuses throughout the Pavilion of Stars debated how Chen Qingyu had achieved his result, speculating that he had hidden his strength or possessed a special ability.
• Chen Qingyu returned to the Pavilion of Stars carrying the Taihao Divine Iron as the uproar over his ranking continued.

Chen Qingyu returned to the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars as the new number one on the Divine Rankings, revealing to Steward Li and Elder Zhao that he had reached the Divine Origin Realm. Meanwhile, the other Divine Origin Realm prodigies began discussing how to respond to his rise and the secret they believed he possessed.

• Elder Zhao realized Chen Qingyu had reached the Divine Origin Realm and told Steward Li to avoid provoking him further.
• Chen Qingyu returned with a massive piece of Taihao divine iron and asked Steward Li to exchange it for divine medicines; Elder Zhao left the matter to Steward Li.
• The Divine Origin Realm prodigies gathered to discuss Chen Qingyu’s extraordinary results and the threat he posed to their chances of winning the contest.
• Situ Nan described what he had witnessed on the remnants of Taihao Star, but the other prodigies suspected he had fallen for an illusion.
• Xiao Zizai pointed out that others would be eager to uncover Chen Qingyu’s secret, and the gathered prodigies recognized that his rise could attract desperate rivals.

Chen Qingyu left the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars with divine medicine and flew to Taihao Star’s wreckage, aware that dozens of top prodigies were pursuing him. After the group surrounded him and demanded his secret for crossing the wreckage, he unleashed the Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal.

• The supreme prodigies planned to let the top prodigies probe Chen Qingyu and agreed Xiao Zizai, Sun, and Gao would intervene if needed.
• Chen Qingyu exchanged all his Taihao divine iron for divine medicine, then left the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars and headed for Taihao Star’s wreckage.
• Chen Qingyu detected more than forty top prodigies following him, while Zhou Daochen refused to join them and predicted they were heading to their deaths.
• Chen Qingyu landed on Taihao Star’s wreckage and waited until the pursuing prodigies arrived and surrounded him.
• A burly prodigy demanded Chen Qingyu reveal how he crossed the wreckage so quickly, and Chen Qingyu activated the Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal.

Chen Qingyu killed the geniuses who ambushed him with Omnidirectional Calamity and collected their divine medicines. Situ Nan then appeared, revealed that he had watched the attack, and challenged Chen Qingyu, remaining unaffected when Chen used the same ability against him.

• Chen Qingyu crushed more than thirty second-origin geniuses with Omnidirectional Calamity and finished off the survivors with Calamity of Stellar Destruction.
• Chen Qingyu gathered the attackers’ metal bottles and selected some of their divine medicines to keep.
• Situ Nan appeared behind Chen Qingyu, introduced himself, and admitted that he had let the geniuses test Chen Qingyu for him.
• Situ Nan challenged Chen Qingyu to a personal fight, and Chen Qingyu said he would spare Situ Nan if he won.
• Chen Qingyu unleashed Omnidirectional Calamity, but Situ Nan stood unaffected and said the gravity ability was useless against him.

Chen Qingyu fought Situ Nan, whose gravity-based time manipulation let him evade attacks and strike at incredible speed. Chen Qingyu remained unharmed, while Situ Nan’s weapon began to crack, leaving their battle at an apparent stalemate.

• Chen Qingyu recognized that Situ Nan used gravity reversal to withstand [Omnidirectional Calamity].
• Chen Qingyu charged Situ Nan, but distorted time made the short distance between them seem impossible to cross.
• Situ Nan appeared behind Chen Qingyu and struck him, but Chen Qingyu took no damage and counterpunched the empty air.
• Situ Nan explained that extreme gravity could reach into the domain of time, then accelerated himself and slowed Chen Qingyu to attack repeatedly.
• Situ Nan’s strikes failed to hurt Chen Qingyu, and the recoil cracked his bonded divine weapon, making him wonder if the fight would end in a draw.

Chen Qingyu defeated Situ Nan by suppressing and seizing part of his time-manipulation power, but Xiao Zizai reversed time and restored Situ Nan. The two Twelve Yuanchen Palace prodigies joined forces against Chen Qingyu, beginning their second round.

• Situ Nan struggled to overcome Chen Qingyu but was caught by his time-altering techniques and beaten into grievous injuries.
• Chen Qingyu spared Situ Nan and continued toward the Taihao Essence, but Situ Nan warned that the other supreme prodigies would oppose him.
• Xiao Zizai emerged and revealed that his Innate Divine Ability, Great Thousand Reversal, had reversed time and erased Situ Nan's defeat.
• Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai joined forces against Chen Qingyu, and all three attacked at once.

Chen Qingyu revealed that he had been holding back and unleashed his full power against Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai, overpowering their time-based teamwork. He spared the two after warning them not to interfere again, then continued toward the Taihao Essence.

• Chen Qingyu attacked Xiao Zizai, but Situ Nan’s ability slowed him and displaced Xiao Zizai, while their combined powers returned Chen to his starting position.
• Situ Nan offered Chen Qingyu a truce if he shared the secret behind his rapid advancement and gave up pursuing the Taihao Essence.
• Chen Qingyu explained that he had concealed his strength because he lacked powerful backing, then announced that he would show them his true peak strength.
• Chen Qingyu unleashed the Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal and [Omnidirectional Calamity], using immense gravity to suppress Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai’s time abilities.
• Chen Qingyu struck both men down, spared their lives with a warning, and walked away.

After Chen Qingyu defeated Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai, the two warned the other Divine Origin Realm cultivators that he was overwhelmingly powerful. The group nevertheless agreed to join forces for one attack against him and set out to kill him on Taihao Star's remains.

• Xiao Zizai healed himself and Situ Nan, and they resolved not to fight Chen Qingyu head-on again.
• Situ Nan and Xiao Zizai told the Divine Origin Realm cultivators at the Pavilion of Stars that Chen Qingyu had crushed them.
• Xiao Zizai and Situ Nan agreed to help the group once, then withdraw from the struggle.
• Liang Jingxiao accepted their terms on behalf of the others.
• Liang Jingxiao led the cultivators to Taihao Star's remains to kill Chen Qingyu and eliminate the threat.

Thirteen Divine Origin Realm experts used their combined abilities to pull Chen Qingyu back from his advance toward the Taihao Essence. Chen Qingyu realized they had joined forces to stop him and confronted them.

• Xiao Zizai identified the place where Chen Qingyu had killed dozens of top geniuses, and Liang Jingxiao told the experts to begin.
• Gao Yi used Star-Surpassing Radiance to reveal Chen Qingyu’s past positions across Taihao Star’s remains.
• Sun Chenghan borrowed the strength of all thirteen Divine Origin Realm experts, letting Xiao Zizai activate Great Thousand Reversal.
• The three abilities converged and pulled Chen Qingyu back to the spot where he had first arrived.
• Chen Qingyu recognized the thirteen experts, accused them of obstructing him, and directed his anger at Xiao Zizai and Situ Nan.

Chen Qingyu effortlessly defeated eleven Divine Origin Realm prodigies who tried to stop him from taking the Taihao Essence, leaving them all incapacitated. Liang Jingxiao proved the strongest among them but still could not injure Chen Qingyu meaningfully.

• Xiao Zizai and Situ Nan denied that they had come to stop Chen Qingyu, then fled using concealment techniques.
• Chen Qingyu confronted the remaining eleven prodigies, who attacked him together after Liang Jingxiao gave the order.
• Chen Qingyu unleashed the Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal, suppressing their divine abilities with overwhelming gravity.
• A Supreme Star Palace prodigy struck Chen Qingyu's chest but failed to harm him, and Chen Qingyu broke his wrist and knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Qingyu defeated the other prodigies one by one, while Liang Jingxiao's Source of the Chaos Hole attack was shattered without seriously injuring him.
• Chen Qingyu kicked Liang Jingxiao aside, leaving all eleven Divine Origin Realm prodigies defeated on the ground.

Chen Qingyu was about to kill the defeated Divine Origin Realm prodigies when Elder Zhao intervened and shielded them. Chen Qingyu left after confronting Elder Zhao, who took the survivors away and secretly planned to kill Chen Qingyu later.

• Chen Qingyu summoned annihilating stars to kill the defeated prodigies, while Liang Jingxiao regretted provoking him.
• Elder Zhao broke through the spatial barrier and used purple starlight to shield the prodigies from Chen Qingyu’s attack.
• Chen Qingyu accused Elder Zhao of breaking the rules and threatened him, but Elder Zhao refused to back down and declared that he would protect the survivors.
• Chen Qingyu turned and left, while Elder Zhao refrained from attacking him and secretly planned to eliminate him after he claimed the Taihao Essence.
• Elder Zhao gathered the surviving prodigies and left the remnants of Taihao Star.

After Chen Qingyu defeated thirteen Divine Origin Realm cultivators, news of his overwhelming strength spread through the Pavilion of Stars. He endured the immense gravity on Taihao Star and claimed the Taihao Essence, bringing the contest close to its end.

• The geniuses in the Pavilion of Stars learned that Chen Qingyu had routed thirteen Divine Origin Realm cultivators, while an enforcement elder from the Supreme Star Palace had intervened to save Liang Jingxiao and the others.
• Zhou Daochen told Zhou He that Chen Qingyu was likely to claim the Taihao Essence and that the Hundred-Step Divine Rankings no longer mattered.
• Chen Qingyu pushed through the immense gravity near the Taihao Essence, relying on his indestructible body and divine medicines to recover from his injuries.
• Chen Qingyu reached the pillar of starlight and extended his hand into it.
• The Taihao Essence flew into Chen Qingyu's chest, and he rejoiced that it was finally in his hands.

Chen Qingyu absorbed the Taihao Essence, which transformed his body, expelled his Saint King Bloodline, and greatly increased his physical strength and affinity for stellar power. He also achieved Supreme Yuan Naturally Formed and prepared to leave the Void Cosmos for the Desolate Continent after settling debts with the Pavilion of Stars.

• The Taihao Essence transformed Chen Qingyu, more than doubling his physical toughness and turning his blood and bones silver while expelling his Saint King Bloodline.
• The Taihao Essence entered the Divine Treasure Seed within Chen Qingyu’s Great Radiance Ziwei Star, giving him an abundant source of pure stellar power for cultivation.
• A wave from the Taihao Essence helped Chen Qingyu circulate his profound art through eighty-one cycles of collapse and expansion.
• Chen Qingyu achieved Supreme Yuan Naturally Formed, doubling the power of his True Gang and attaining two of the Three Yuan.
• Chen Qingyu decided to leave the Void Cosmos for the Desolate Continent, but first planned to settle debts with the Pavilion of Stars.