Chapter Summaries

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.

The Taihao Essence contest ended in less than four years after Chen Qingyu claimed the essence, and the Hundred-Step Divine Rankings vanished. Elder Zhao learned that the Supreme Star Palace wanted him to recruit Chen Qingyu as its Dao Son, despite their grudge, and resolved to repair their relationship before an unexpected visitor arrived.

• The Taihao Essence was taken, ending the contest, and the Hundred-Step Divine Rankings disappeared as prodigies discussed Chen Qingyu's victory.
• A stern young man reprimanded Elder Zhao for breaking the rules, warned that he would be punished, and hinted that he could eventually return to favor.
• The stern young man ordered Elder Zhao to recruit Chen Qingyu into the Supreme Star Palace and offered the position of Dao Son as a possible inducement.
• Elder Zhao worried that Chen Qingyu would use his new power against him, regretted making an enemy of him, and decided to mend their relationship.
• A streak of stellar flight light descended toward the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars, and Elder Zhao recognized its owner.

Chen Qingyu attacked the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars and challenged Elder Zhao, then fought the Extreme Transformation Realm Saint head-on without falling behind. The chapter ended with Elder Zhao staggering back as Chen Qingyu mocked him.

• Chen Qingyu struck the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars with a powerful punch and called Elder Zhao out to die.
• Elder Zhao flew out in fury, unleashing the pressure of an Extreme Transformation Realm Saint across the terrestrial star.
• Elder Zhao attacked Chen Qingyu with a star-shaped fist, and Chen Qingyu met it with his strongest punch.
• Chen Qingyu and Elder Zhao's attacks collided, and their strength appeared evenly matched as the formation shielded the terrestrial star from the shock waves.
• Elder Zhao staggered back three steps, while Chen Qingyu barely swayed and taunted him for his lack of strength.

Chen Qingyu exploited the altered rules around Taihao Star to destroy Elder Zhao’s ultimate divine ability and kill him. The witnesses feared the Supreme Star Palace would retaliate against Chen Qingyu for killing one of its elders.

• Elder Zhao unleashed Star God Descends into the World, drawing power from the worship of beings on eighteen stars.
• Chen Qingyu used [Heaven and Earth, I Alone] to turn the worshippers against Elder Zhao, causing his divine ability to collapse and badly injuring him.
• Elder Zhao tried to flee into the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars, but Chen Qingyu caught him with [Golden Light Traversing the Earth] and shattered his Divine Treasure with a punch.
• The prodigies watching from the Pavilion of Stars were horrified by Elder Zhao’s death and feared the Supreme Star Palace’s retaliation against Chen Qingyu.

After killing Elder Zhao, Chen Qingyu used the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars’ command token to search the terrestrial star for the thirteen Divine Origin Realm cultivators who had attacked him. He captured and killed them all, leaving no one to escape.

• Chen Qingyu took the formation hub command token from Elder Zhao’s corpse and demanded that the thirteen cultivators come out.
• Liang Jingxiao and the others hid, hoping Chen Qingyu would leave before the star gate learned what had happened.
• Chen Qingyu used the command token and his spiritual sense to search the terrestrial star, forcing the cultivators to flee into the sky.
• Chen Qingyu seized the fleeing cultivators with his True Gang power and took control of Gao Yi’s Star-Surpassing Radiance.
• Xiao Zizai and Situ Nan pleaded that they had not attacked Chen Qingyu, but he accused them of helping drag him back to his original position.
• Liang Jingxiao threatened Chen Qingyu and offered to recommend him to the Supreme Star Palace, but Chen Qingyu crushed all thirteen cultivators to death.

After killing Elder Zhao and the thirteen Divine Origin Realm experts, Chen Qingyu settled his final debt by killing Steward Li. He raided the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars for several treasures, seized Elder Zhao’s black flying vessel, and escaped the terrestrial star toward the stargate.

• Chen Qingyu reflected that the unusual star region had let him kill his powerful enemies and noted that only one debt remained.
• Chen Qingyu entered the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars with the central command token and seized Steward Li.
• Chen Qingyu killed Steward Li, settling all three debts.
• Chen Qingyu opened the central treasury and selected seven or eight valuable treasures to take with him.
• Chen Qingyu chose Elder Zhao’s black flying vessel, refined its control core, and opened the formation barrier.
• Chen Qingyu launched the black vessel into the starry expanse and headed toward the stargate.