Recaps

Xiao Shitou was revealed as the black-robed thief who had been stealing underwear throughout Boundless Imperial City. After Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei caught him at the Ping Lineage, they brought him to the imperial palace, where Ye Qiubai questioned his strange interest.

• The Ping Lineage's eldest young lady and her brother waited for the thief, but Xiao Shitou appeared and sealed off their courtyard with spatial power.
• The eldest young lady failed to break through Xiao Shitou's defenses, but Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei arrived and surrounded him.
• Xiao Hei attacked Xiao Shitou, then stopped when he heard the black-robed thief's childlike voice and recognized him as their little junior brother.
• Ye Qiubai took Xiao Shitou to the imperial palace, where he and Hong Ying, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei confronted him about the thefts.
• Ye Qiubai asked Xiao Shitou why he had developed this interest and suggested that Hong Ying could have given him some instead.

Ye Qiubai and the others brought Xiao Shitou back to the Cottage after he stole young ladies’ undergarments, and Lu Changsheng punished him and tracked down the absent Liu Ziru. Lu Changsheng sensed that Shi Sheng was inside a starry secret realm in the eastern Mid-Latitude Realm, with his soul unstable, and sent the others to find him.

• Xiao Shitou hid behind Hong Ying after Ye Qiubai scolded him, and the group took him back to the Cottage.
• Lu Changsheng learned that Xiao Shitou had stolen the undergarments of nearly half the young ladies in Boundless Imperial City and ordered him to face the wall and reflect.
• Lu Changsheng used his divine sense to find Liu Ziru, brought him back, and flicked him in the heart for failing to keep Xiao Shitou out of trouble.
• Ye Qiubai told Lu Changsheng that Shi Sheng had not met up with them in the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Lu Changsheng sensed Shi Sheng inside a starry secret realm in the eastern Mid-Latitude Realm and told the others to find him because his soul was unstable.

Ye Qiubai learned that the starry-sky mystic realm he sought belonged to the Starry Sky Divine Hall and negotiated for entry by offering access to Heavenly Sword Peak’s own mystic realm. Huo Zhengheng secured the exchange, leaving Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei set to enter when the Starry Sky Mystic Realm opened.

• Ye Qiubai asked Huo Zhengheng and Chu Guidao about a starry-sky mystic realm, and they identified one in the Starry Sky Heavenly Domain that would open in a month.
• Huo Zhengheng explained that entry spots were controlled by the Starry Sky Divine Hall, so Ye Qiubai proposed trading access to Heavenly Sword Peak’s mystic realm for three spots.
• Ye Qiubai started to leave when Huo Zhengheng balked at the proposal, prompting Huo Zhengheng to agree to negotiate the exchange.
• Huo Zhengheng took Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei to the Starry Sky Divine Hall and offered the exchange to its elder.
• The elder accepted the bargain, agreeing that the three juniors could enter the Starry Sky Mystic Realm in return for three of his disciples entering Heavenly Sword Peak’s mystic realm.

As the Starry Sky Mystic Realm’s opening approached, Zong Yan led Starry Sky Divine Hall disciples to confront Ye Qiubai and his companions over their invitation to enter. Zong Yan challenged them to a wager, and Xiao Hei stepped forward to fight him.

• Huo Zhengheng returned to Heavenly Sword Peak after arranging the exchange with Huang Er, while Ye Qiubai and his companions stayed in the Starry Sky Divine Hall’s second inner ring.
• Starry Sky Divine Hall disciples voiced doubts about the outsiders entering the mystic realm, and Zong Yan decided to make them withdraw.
• Ye Qiubai reviewed his past battles, Xiao Hei trained with heavy equipment, and Mu Fusheng read the Book of Talisman Seals as Zong Yan and dozens of disciples arrived at their courtyard.
• Zong Yan demanded that Ye Qiubai and his companions leave, but Ye Qiubai refused and Xiao Hei volunteered to spar.
• Zong Yan agreed that if he lost, he would withdraw from the trip to the Starry Sky Mystic Realm, then charged at Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei defeated Zong Yan with two punches, breaking through his star-intent attack and destroying his Quasi-Immortal Artifact. Ye Qiubai then demanded that Zong Yan honor their wager and reveal who had stirred up the Star Divine Hall’s disciples against them.

• Zong Yan attacked Xiao Hei with a tornado infused with star intent, but Xiao Hei punched through it and charged at him.
• Zong Yan empowered his Quasi-Immortal Artifact feather fan with violet starlight and tried to cut Xiao Hei down.
• Xiao Hei struck the feather fan with a second punch, shattering it and gravely wounding Zong Yan.
• Ye Qiubai approached the fallen Zong Yan and asked who had put him up to the confrontation and which disciple had led the others.

Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng exposed Zong Yan’s reluctance to reveal who had directed him, then tracked him after he left. Zong Yan went to meet Ni Gu, but someone suddenly confronted Ni Gu as he fished.

• Ye Qiubai questioned Zong Yan about who had instigated him, but Zong Yan refused to answer and accepted his loss in the wager.
• Ye Qiubai secretly attached Mu Fusheng’s Ten-Thousand-Li Tracking Talisman to Zong Yan, and Mu Fusheng said it would reveal who was giving the orders.
• Hall Master Huang Er chose not to intervene, saying Ye Qiubai and the others could teach the Star Divine Hall’s disciples humility.
• Zong Yan went to the lakeside courtyard of Ni Gu, the grand elder’s personal disciple who ranked third among the disciples.
• As Ni Gu waited for a fish to bite, an unknown voice asked whether he was the one pulling the strings, and the float on his line rose and stopped moving.

Ye Qiubai confronted Ni Gu after disturbing his fishing, and the two fought when Ni Gu explained that outsiders were unwelcome in the Starry Sky Mystic Realm. The Law Enforcement Hall elder stopped Ni Gu before their clash could continue, then challenged Ye Qiubai over his conduct in the hall.

• Ni Gu grabbed Zong Yan and accused him of bringing Ye Qiubai, but Zong Yan denied it.
• Ni Gu told Ye Qiubai that he opposed outsiders entering the Starry Sky Mystic Realm, then attacked him with a Star Intent–reinforced spear.
• Ye Qiubai used Mu Fusheng's Nine Nether Thunderstorm Talisman to engulf Ni Gu in black lightning.
• Ni Gu unleashed a blood-powered forbidden art and broke through the lightning, but a Law Enforcement Hall elder suppressed him and ordered him to stop.
• The elder rebuked Ye Qiubai for behaving insolently as an outsider in the Star Divine Hall.

Ye Qiubai resisted the Law Enforcement Hall elder’s Star Intent and broke through to Transcendent Sword Intent. He left after making the elder honor his promise not to pursue the matter.

• Ye Qiubai challenged the Law Enforcement Hall elder to learn the facts, and the elder pressed him down with Star Intent.
• Ye Qiubai refused to give up and formed his Sword Domain, but the elder’s Star Intent overwhelmed him.
• Ye Qiubai’s Sword Intent broke through to Transcendence, and he took a step beyond the range of the elder’s suppression.
• The elder shattered Ye Qiubai’s tangible Sword Intent longsword, but acknowledged his promise not to pursue the matter.
• Ye Qiubai thanked the elder for helping him break through and left, while Ni Gu could no longer attack him.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei entered the Starry Sky Mystic Realm after Huang Er opened it, hoping to find Shi Qinglan’s castle. Ni Gu planned to challenge Ye Qiubai inside, while Huang Er sensed that the journey might not go smoothly.

• Ni Gu told the Law Enforcement Hall elder he would deal with Ye Qiubai in the mystic realm, where talismans and pills could not be used, and planned to improve his Star Intent with his master, the Grand Elder.
• Ye Qiubai told Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei what had happened, and the three cultivated while preparing for the mystic realm; Ye Qiubai stabilized his Transcendent Sword Intent, Mu Fusheng studied the Nine-Nine Primordial Chaos Divine Lightning Art, and Xiao Hei trained with weights.
• At the Star Divine Hall, Ni Gu taunted Ye Qiubai about losing access to talismans, and Ye Qiubai calmly told him to wait and see.
• Huang Er opened the Starry Sky Mystic Realm with his staff and explained that the disciples should climb toward the depths to comprehend the stars before the realm closed in thirty days.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei entered the mystic realm to search for the castle where Shi Qinglan was believed to be, while Ni Gu and the other disciples entered as well.
• After the disciples entered, the Grand Elder dismissed the danger of letting the three outsiders in, but Huang Er sensed that the journey might not go smoothly.

Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Mu Fusheng entered the Starry Sky Mystic Realm to find Shi Sheng, but discovered that their soul power was being drained as they climbed toward its depths. Ni Gu, Zong Yan, and Xiang Yi were secretly using a Soul-Devouring Star Box to gather soul power and Star Intent, while Mu Fusheng found a way to track the flow toward it.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions entered the starry sky and hurried upward, hoping to locate Shi Sheng despite the sealing force that blocked their senses and talismans.
• As the three advanced, they realized the realm was slowly draining their soul power, and Ye Qiubai suspected this might explain Shi Sheng's weakened soul presence.
• Ye Qiubai recalled Ni Gu's efforts to keep them out of the realm and rushed after Ni Gu and Zong Yan.
• Ni Gu and Zong Yan met Xiang Yi beside a Soul-Devouring Star Box that had been collecting soul power so it could absorb the realm's Star Intent for their cultivation.
• Mu Fusheng sensed the direction their soul power was flowing and proposed following it to find the box.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei found Xiang Yi, Ni Gu, and Zong Yan absorbing the mystic realm’s star power through the Soul-Devouring Star Box. Mu Fusheng killed Zong Yan with Jade Phosphorus Soul Fire and then turned the flames on Xiang Yi.

• The divine hall disciples sensed the stars’ power weakening as the Soul-Devouring Star Box drew power from across the Starry Sky Mystic Realm.
• Xiang Yi, Ni Gu, and Zong Yan realized Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei had tracked them down and decided to kill them before word reached their master.
• Ye Qiubai challenged Ni Gu, Xiao Hei confronted Xiang Yi, and Mu Fusheng faced Zong Yan.
• Mu Fusheng lured Zong Yan into attacking and burned his soul to nothing with Jade Phosphorus Soul Fire.
• Mu Fusheng sent another wave of Jade Phosphorus Soul Fire toward Xiang Yi.

Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei pressured Xiang Yi until he revealed his mastery of the Purple Star Spirit Transformation Art and trapped them in a cage of purple starlight. Mu Fusheng unleashed Profound Yin Purple Lightning, apparently killing Xiang Yi, while Ni Gu realized Mu Fusheng was at the middle stage of the Blood Transformation Realm.

• Xiao Hei’s punch and Mu Fusheng’s Jade Phosphorus Soul Fire forced Xiang Yi to reveal the Purple Star Spirit Transformation Art.
• Xiang Yi formed a cage of purple starlight and attacked Xiao Hei and Mu Fusheng with beams from every direction.
• Xiao Hei used his demonic god and halberd to fend off the beams while Mu Fusheng held them back with Jade Phosphorus Soul Fire.
• Mu Fusheng gathered lightning from the Nine-Nine Primordial Chaos Divine Lightning Art and unleashed Profound Yin Purple Lightning.
• The lightning engulfed Xiang Yi, and Ni Gu sensed no trace of him before estimating Mu Fusheng’s cultivation at the middle stage of the Blood Transformation Realm.

Mu Fusheng and Ye Qiubai confronted Ni Gu after uncovering his plan to blame them for the Soul-Devouring Star Box. Ye Qiubai defeated and killed Ni Gu with the Starfall Sword Technique while Mu Fusheng worked to secure the box and its soul imprints.

• Ni Gu realized Mu Fusheng could fight without talismans and planned to escape and accuse Ye Qiubai's group of bringing in the Soul-Devouring Star Box.
• Ye Qiubai told Mu Fusheng to secure the box and preserve the soul imprints, then confronted Ni Gu about his plan to pin the blame on them.
• Ni Gu charged at Ye Qiubai, who formed a Sword Domain and began attacking him with the Starfall Sword Technique.
• Ye Qiubai's successive strikes overwhelmed Ni Gu's star intent and defenses, leaving him badly wounded and without fighting spirit.
• Ye Qiubai pierced Ni Gu's dantian with his eleventh strike, destroyed it with the Starfall Sword, and killed him.

After Xiang Yi, Ni Gu, and Zong Yan were found dead in the Starry Sky Mystic Realm, the Starry Sky Divine Hall’s leaders prepared to confront Ye Qiubai and his companions. Meanwhile, the trio followed the Soul-Devouring Star Box toward Shi Sheng and reached a castle made of stars.

• A Law Enforcement Hall disciple reported that Xiang Yi, Ni Gu, and Zong Yan had been killed by someone outside the Starry Sky Divine Hall.
• The grand elder and Law Enforcement Hall elder erupted in anger, but Huang Er told them to wait until Ye Qiubai and the others emerged.
• Huo Zhengheng learned what had happened and sent Chu Guidao to inform the Holy Talisman Sect before setting out to protect the three.
• Mu Fusheng erased the dead disciples’ soul imprints from the Soul-Devouring Star Box, and Ye Qiubai used it to resume the search for Shi Sheng.
• The trio followed the Soul-Devouring Star Box’s pull for a day and spotted a castle formed from tens of thousands of stars.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei reached the starry castle and used the Soul-Devouring Star Box to break through its barrier. Inside, Shi Sheng was exhausting his soul power to complete the star patterns on a second Star Core, hoping to gain the strength to help his senior brothers in the Evil Domain.

• Xiao Hei punched the castle’s barrier and was thrown back by the force it returned.
• Mu Fusheng pressed the Soul-Devouring Star Box against the barrier, and it devoured the power of the stars until it began to tremble.
• Mu Fusheng fed the box soul power, causing it to rise and drain souls from the divine hall disciples below until they retreated.
• The box consumed enough power of the stars to dissolve the barrier, and Mu Fusheng sensed Shi Sheng alive inside the castle.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei rushed into the castle to rescue Shi Sheng.
• Shi Sheng continued drawing star patterns on a second Star Core with his soul power, hoping to activate it and help his senior brothers in the Evil Domain.

Shi Sheng completed the Star Core’s refinement with Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng’s help, reaching the middle Blood Transformation realm. As the group left, the Starry Sky Mystic Realm was collapsing, and Mu Fusheng warned them to prepare to flee the Star Divine Hall.

• Shi Sheng recalled being trapped in the hall, cultivating until the Star Core entered his Starry Sky Dantian and he lit his second star.
• Ye Qiubai recognized the Star Core, and Mu Fusheng used the Soul-Devouring Star Box and lent Shi Sheng his soul power to help him continue engraving its patterns.
• Over seven days, Shi Sheng completed the purple patterns, triggering a stellar storm that raised his cultivation to the middle Blood Transformation realm.
• Shi Sheng reunited with Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and their companion, learned the Evil Domain had been dealt with, and left the hall with them.
• The group found the Starry Sky Mystic Realm fading away, and Mu Fusheng warned them to be ready to escape the Star Divine Hall.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng emerged from the Starry Sky Mystic Realm after Xiang Yi, Ni Gu, and Zong Yan were killed, and Ye Qiubai blamed their deaths on their scheme to steal soul power and the power of the stars. Hall Master Huang Er seized the Soul-Devouring Star Box and trapped the four, then discovered Shi Sheng cultivated the power of the stars and demanded that he reveal how.

• The Divine Hall disciples fled the Starry Sky Mystic Realm after its star power vanished and their soul power was drained.
• The grand elder learned that Xiang Yi, Ni Gu, and Zong Yan were missing, while the disciples said the three had left early and seemed hurried.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng emerged, and the Law Enforcement Hall elder accused Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei of killing Divine Hall disciples.
• Ye Qiubai said Xiang Yi and the others had tried to use the Soul-Devouring Star Box to steal soul power and star power, and that they had attacked his group to silence them.
• Huang Er took the box and stopped the four from escaping with a star-intent cage, then sensed the power of the stars in Shi Sheng and demanded his cultivation method.

The Star Divine Hall tried to seize Shi Sheng’s star-cultivation method, but Huo Zhengheng intervened and battled Huang Er while Heavenly Sword Peak’s elders defended Ye Qiubai and the others from the Star Grand Array. As the fight escalated, an enormous spatial ship appeared, leaving Mu Fusheng wondering who had summoned its occupants.

• Hall Master Huang Er threatened to use Soul Search to take Shi Sheng’s Chaos Stars Record, then unleashed his Heaven Immortal Realm presence against Ye Qiubai and the others.
• Huo Zhengheng arrived with the Silver Dragon Sword and blocked Huang Er’s attack before challenging him over the Star Divine Hall’s accusations.
• Huang Er and Huo Zhengheng vanished into the sky and began fighting as the elders of Heavenly Sword Peak gathered to protect Ye Qiubai and his companions.
• The Star Divine Hall’s grand elder and the Law Enforcement Hall elder activated the Star Grand Array, which struck the elders’ sword-intent barrier with a sealing pillar of starlight.
• An enormous spatial ship approached the Star Divine Hall, and Mu Fusheng wondered how its occupants had been alerted.

The Holy Talisman Sect arrived at the Star Divine Hall to protect Mu Fusheng, whom its supreme elders valued, and punish the sect for attacking him. Attendant Gong shattered the Star Divine Hall’s defenses and overwhelmed Huang Er and the elders with a single sword strike.

• A spatial ship bearing the Holy Talisman Sect’s talisman-powered lights arrived above the Star Divine Hall, and Huang Er realized it might have come for Mu Fusheng.
• Attendant Gong and another Heaven Immortal Realm attendant ignored Huang Er and asked Mu Fusheng whether he was injured; Mu Fusheng confirmed he was safe.
• Attendant Gong told Huang Er that Mu Fusheng was a heaven’s chosen valued by the Holy Talisman Sect’s supreme elders, then challenged the Star Divine Hall for attacking him.
• Huang Er summoned the Star Grand Array, but the second attendant used an Array-Breaking Talisman to destroy its nodes and crack the elders’ purple jade seals.
• Huang Er and the Star Divine Hall elders combined their Star Intent into a gigantic meteor to block Attendant Gong’s Sword Intent, but it shattered and sent them all flying after they spat blood.

Mu Fusheng rejected Huang Er’s offer of peace, and Attendant Gong killed the Star Divine Hall’s hall master and wiped out the sect. Mu Fusheng agreed to return to the Holy Talisman Sect, while Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei chose separate destinations.

• Attendant Gong gave Mu Fusheng the choice of what to do with the Star Divine Hall, and Huang Er apologized and offered to let Shi Sheng leave.
• Mu Fusheng prepared his defenses and asked Attendant Gong to act, so Huang Er tried to seize him as a hostage.
• Attendant Gong killed Huang Er, and Mu Fusheng ordered him to slay everyone in the Star Divine Hall.
• Attendant Gong and the other attendant killed every member of the Star Divine Hall, then invited Mu Fusheng to return to the Holy Talisman Sect.
• Mu Fusheng accepted, while Huo Zhengheng said Ye Qiubai would go to Heavenly Sword Peak for his inheritance and Xiao Hei chose to visit the Ape Devil Realm.

Ye Qiubai entered Heavenly Sword Peak’s secret realm to seek the inheritance of its founding patriarch, Wu Jingxiu, who shared his primordial sword physique. He was badly wounded by the first stone statue’s sword technique, but his hunger to learn it drove him to face the attack again.

• Huo Zhengheng told Ye Qiubai that he could attempt the inheritance because he had reached the Transcendent realm of the Sword Dao, though the patriarch’s sword would be needed to unleash its full power.
• Huo Zhengheng opened the secret realm for Ye Qiubai and remained outside to guard the entrance.
• Inside the dark hall, Ye Qiubai’s Sword Qi ignited ghostly candles and revealed eight statues, each depicting a different sword technique.
• The first statue absorbed Ye Qiubai’s sword intent and unleashed a sword dragon that overwhelmed him and slammed him into a wall.
• Ye Qiubai recovered and provoked the statue again, only to be sent flying by its sword dragon once more.

Ye Qiubai defeated the first statue’s sword strike and absorbed its sword intent, advancing his cultivation and transforming his blood as he moved on to the next statue. At the Cottage, Lu Changsheng learned that Star Essence might improve Shi Sheng’s talent and turned to Liu Ziru for help locating it.

• Ye Qiubai matched the first statue’s sword dragon with one of his own and absorbed the statue’s sword intent.
• Ye Qiubai cultivated for two days, advancing to the late stage of the Dao Integration Realm and gaining sword intent and Primordial Qi in his blood.
• Ye Qiubai headed to the second statue and continued challenging the inheritance.
• Shi Sheng returned to the Cottage and asked Lu Changsheng for cultivation guidance, while Xiao Shitou complained about his lessons.
• The Willow Tree explained that Shi Sheng’s Starry Sky Dantian hindered ordinary talent-boosting pills and suggested seeking a wisp of Star Essence.
• Lu Changsheng looked to Liu Ziru after learning that Star Essence might improve Shi Sheng’s talent.

Lu Changsheng agreed to travel with Liu Ziru to the Dark Domain to learn about Star Essence, an S-rank secret that might improve Shi Sheng’s talent. He spent seven days preparing a formation to offer in exchange, but the Dark Domain’s leaders wanted him to join them, leaving the negotiation uncertain.

• Liu Ziru told Lu Changsheng that the Dark Domain had no information on Star Essence available to him as a Five-Star Deacon, so Lu Changsheng would need to negotiate with its higher-ups.
• Lu Changsheng agreed to accompany Liu Ziru to the Dark Domain and spent seven days preparing a formation as a possible exchange for information.
• Liu Ziru summoned the Void Behemoth, and he and Lu Changsheng traveled through space toward the Dark Domain.
• Liu Ziru revealed that Star Essence was an S-rank secret and that the Dark Domain’s leaders wanted Lu Changsheng to join them in exchange for access.
• Lu Changsheng refused to join the Dark Domain and considered seeking the information in the Myriad Buddha Realm if his formation failed.

Liu Ziru brought Lu Changsheng to the Dark Domain, where the Dark Lord offered him access to a clue about the Star Essence if he joined. Lu Changsheng refused, but as the Dark Lord turned away, Lu Changsheng stopped him with a few words.

• Liu Ziru guided Lu Changsheng through hidden space to the Dark Domain’s concealed world, where Lu Changsheng noticed the realm and his own name on its ranking stele.
• Liu Ziru introduced Lu Changsheng to the Dark Lord, who revealed that the Dark Domain held an S-rank clue to the Star Essence’s location.
• The Dark Lord offered Lu Changsheng membership, freedom, and access to the Dark Domain’s secrets below S-rank in exchange for joining.
• Lu Changsheng refused the offer despite Liu Ziru’s urging, and the Dark Lord told Liu Ziru to show him around instead.
• Lu Changsheng spoke as the Dark Lord turned to leave, causing the Dark Lord to freeze with his hand on the door.

Lu Changsheng offered the Dark Lord an array to replace the All-Heavens Divination Grand Array in exchange for clues to the Star Essence. The old diviner confirmed that the array would improve his divination, and the Dark Lord left with Lu Changsheng to honor their agreement, while the old man wondered whether someone from a mysterious place had descended.

• The Dark Lord took Lu Changsheng through a hidden spatial rift beneath the Dark Ranking stone stele to meet the old man maintaining the All-Heavens Divination Grand Array.
• The old man revealed that he had spent years trying to divine Lu Changsheng's fate and strength but could not determine either.
• Lu Changsheng offered his array in exchange for clues to the Star Essence and unfurled a scroll that suppressed the array's Heavenly Dao rules.
• The old man tested the array and said it would improve his divination speed and accuracy by forty percent.
• The Dark Lord left with Lu Changsheng to give him the promised clues, while the old man wondered if someone from that place had descended upon the world.