Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hei defeated the attackers and stopped when Ye Qiubai called him, while Shi Sheng completed his fusion with the Star Core and broke through to the Emperor Realm. As the group prepared to leave the now-ordinary Kunlun Heavenly Pool, Lin Jie asked what the stone had been.

• Xiao Hei killed a sword cultivator with one punch and then killed another opponent who tried to withdraw, until Ye Qiubai ordered him to stop.
• Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei faced down the remaining cultivators, who abandoned their plans to attack.
• Shi Sheng fused with the Star Core and broke through to the Emperor Realm, while the old man spirit told him the other seven Star Cores were scattered across the dimensions before disappearing.
• Shi Sheng thanked Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei for guarding him, and Ye Qiubai said the group should leave now that the Kunlun Heavenly Pool had become an ordinary pond.
• Lin Jie approached Ye Qiubai and Shi Sheng and asked what the stone had been.

Ye Qiubai accepted Lin Jie's invitation to visit the Starfall Sword Sect, partly to get closer to Mu Cisheng, whom he regarded as his future brother-in-law. After the group left the Kunlun Heavenly Pool, Mu Fusheng summoned Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng and asked how they would handle the powerful sects they had angered.

• Lin Jie invited Ye Qiubai to spar at the Starfall Sword Sect, and Ye Qiubai learned that Mu Cisheng was Mu Ziqing's brother.
• Ye Qiubai called Mu Cisheng his future brother-in-law and decided to travel with him and Lin Jie to the Starfall Sword Sect.
• Lin Jie warned Ye Qiubai that four first-rate sects might retaliate, but Ye Qiubai said he would not fear them after they had tried to kill him.
• Mu Fusheng announced that the Kunlun Heavenly Pool's restrictions and entry quotas would end now that its divine treasure had found its master.
• Mu Fusheng privately invited Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng to talk, then asked Ye Qiubai how he planned to deal with the hostile sects and suggested joining the Boundless Dynasty.

Mu Fusheng accepted that Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei would not join the Boundless Dynasty, then let them leave for the Starfall Sword Sect. Lin Jie and Mu Cisheng escorted them to the sect, whose decline and suspicious nature stemmed from the Starfall Sword Emperor’s death.

• Mu Fusheng asked Ye Qiubai and his companions to join the Boundless Dynasty, but Ye Qiubai did not accept.
• Ye Qiubai said they would face their pursuers rather than hide, and Shi Sheng explained that the Star Meteorite was connected to his cultivation method.
• Mu Fusheng warned Ye Qiubai that the Starfall Sword Sect was suspicious but would accept those with upright sword hearts, and he told his commander not to covet the Star Meteorite because the three were his friends.
• Lin Jie explained that the Starfall Sword Emperor had died suppressing the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, leaving the sect to decline under the dynasty’s secret protection.
• Lin Jie and Mu Cisheng led Ye Qiubai and his companions to the Starfall Mountain Range, while Mu Cisheng watched Ye Qiubai with puzzlement.

Ye Qiubai and his companions arrived at the Starfall Sword Sect, where he earned Peak Master Zhang Yunzong’s respect by speaking sincerely about the Starfall Sword Emperor. Zhang invited Ye Qiubai to join the sect, but Ye Qiubai declined because he already had a master; the group then continued up the mountain.

• Lin Jie told Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng to wait at the foot of Starfall Mountain before entering the Starfall Sword Sect.
• Zhang Yunzong arrived with his two personal disciples and questioned Ye Qiubai about his reason for visiting the sect.
• Ye Qiubai admitted that he had initially lied about wanting to pay homage, then sincerely praised the Starfall Sword Emperor, easing Zhang Yunzong’s hostility.
• Zhang Yunzong praised Ye Qiubai’s Sword Dao and invited him to join the Starfall Sword Sect, but Ye Qiubai declined because he already had a master.
• Lin Jie led Ye Qiubai and the others up Starfall Mountain, and after half a day they reached the sect gates.

Ye Qiubai visited the Starfall Sword Sect, where Jian Wufeng's lesson about appearances and perception helped him advance his Sword Intent to the Half-Step Sword Saint realm. Jian Wufeng and the mysterious Elder Jian agreed that Ye Qiubai should join the sect and could help restore its glory.

• At the mountain gate, Ye Qiubai respectfully bowed to the old man, who recognized his good character and concealed overwhelming Sword Intent.
• Lin Jie brought Ye Qiubai to meet his master, Jian Wufeng, while Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and Mu Cisheng waited outside.
• Jian Wufeng washed the cloth he had used to clean his seemingly spotless sword and spoke about how sight could deceive, leading Ye Qiubai into the Celestial Person State.
• After three days of cultivation, Ye Qiubai's Sword Intent reached the Half-Step Sword Saint realm, and he thanked Jian Wufeng for his guidance.
• Jian Wufeng and Elder Jian discussed Ye Qiubai's talent and character, agreeing that he should join the Starfall Sword Sect and help restore its glory.

Ye Qiubai visited the Starfall Sword Emperor’s statue and began comprehending its Sword Intent legacy. He connected with it in barely a minute, but sensed that the Sword Intent was incomplete.

• Ye Qiubai bowed before the Starfall Sword Emperor’s statue, and Zhang Yunzong told him he could attempt to comprehend its legacy.
• Ye Qiubai released his Sword Intent and revealed that he had reached Half-Step Sword Saint.
• Lin Jie said Ye Qiubai’s talent was no less than his own, while Zhang Yunzong’s disciples discussed Lin Jie’s earlier progress.
• Within a minute, Ye Qiubai found the statue’s Sword Intent and connected with it, startling the assembled sword cultivators.
• Zhang Yunzong rushed to Cloud-Breaking Peak to report Ye Qiubai’s talent to Jian Wufeng.
• Ye Qiubai sensed that the Sword Intent in the statue was incomplete, as if it had form but lacked spirit.

Ye Qiubai joined the iron fragment to the Starfall Sword Emperor’s statue, awakening its complete Sword Intent and entering the inheritance. Meanwhile, Hong Ying and the others learned about the Extraterrestrial Evil Race and the threat it posed to the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

• Ye Qiubai sensed the iron fragment in his storage ring responding to the Starfall Sword Intent and released it.
• The fragment fitted into a notch in the statue’s stone sword, strengthening the Sword Intent and making Zhang Yunzong recall something an old man had said.
• Ye Qiubai was drawn into the statue, where the Starfall Sword Emperor explained that the fragment was part of his sword and that obtaining his inheritance depended on fate.
• The Starfall Sword Emperor offered Ye Qiubai the Starfall sword and invited him to enter the starry sky to claim as much of the inheritance as he could.
• Ye Qiubai plunged into the Sword Intent-filled stars to begin the inheritance trial.
• In the Heavenly Spirit Realm, Hong Ying and the others learned that the Extraterrestrial Evil Race was a grave threat that even the Boundless Realm could only suppress at great cost.

Hong Ying and Man Wujiang discussed how the Heavenly Spirit Realm could prepare for the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, while Ye Qiubai completed the Starfall Sword Emperor’s inheritance. Ye Qiubai received the Starfall Sword, and Mu Ziqing learned that he planned to visit her.

• Man Wujiang advised Hong Ying and the other leaders to unite their forces, prepare arrays and pills, and use Confucian or Buddhist power against the Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• Man Wujiang explained that reinforcements from the Divine Law Gate could help establish a purifying array powered by Ning Chenxin’s Confucian Dao.
• Mu Cisheng told Mu Ziqing that he had met Ye Qiubai, who said he would come to find her, and Mu Ziqing reacted with delight.
• Ye Qiubai completed the Starfall Sword Emperor’s inheritance and learned the Starfall Sword Technique.
• The Starfall Sword Emperor gave Ye Qiubai the Starfall Sword to keep and use.

Ye Qiubai received the Starfall Sword Emperor’s inheritance and became the Starfall Sword Sect’s Sword Child, then followed Jian Wufeng to learn about the sect’s mission. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng studied formations in the Wilderness Realm, reaching a critical point.

• The Starfall Sword Emperor gave Ye Qiubai the Starfall Sword and asked him to protect the Starfall Sword Sect, then vanished after sharing his teachings.
• The Starfall Sword Emperor’s statue lost its Sword Intent, and Jian Wufeng and Zhang Yunzong recognized Ye Qiubai as the Sword Child after he emerged with Starfall.
• Ye Qiubai restored Sword Intent to the statue so the sect could continue its study, then followed Jian Wufeng to the Secret Archive Pavilion to learn about the sect’s mission.
• A scruffy old man watched Ye Qiubai and believed he would become the savior in the coming calamity.
• In the Wilderness Realm, Lu Changsheng continued studying formations and reached a critical moment.

Lu Changsheng tested his World-Purifying Heart-Calming Array on Liu Ziru, discovering that it could lessen anger but could not fully suppress it. Meanwhile, Jian Wufeng explained that the Starfall Sword Sect had been founded to prepare for a prophecy of a calamity threatening the entire Low-Latitude Realm.

• Lu Changsheng completed the array and provoked Liu Ziru into attacking so he could test it.
• The array reduced Liu Ziru’s anger, but Liu Ziru used his Creation Palm and Lu Changsheng sent him flying.
• Liu Ziru explained that the array had worked somewhat, and Lu Changsheng decided to keep researching it despite his exhaustion.
• Jian Wufeng told Ye Qiubai that the Starfall Sword Sect had been founded to prepare for a future calamity across the Low-Latitude Realm.
• Ye Qiubai admired the Starfall Sword Emperor for preparing the sect to face the catastrophe.

Ye Qiubai declined special treatment from the Starfall Sword Sect, earning the elders’ trust, then prepared to test the strength he gained from the Starfall Sword Emperor’s inheritance. His first spar with Lin Jie began as he wielded the legendary Starfall Sword.

• Ye Qiubai told Jian Wufeng he would only ask the sect for resources when he truly needed them, and Jian Wufeng praised his independence.
• After Ye Qiubai left, the mountain gatekeeper emerged and agreed with Jian Wufeng that Ye Qiubai’s character made him worthy of entrusting the sect to.
• Ye Qiubai reunited with Lin Jie, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng, and Lin Jie challenged him to a spar to gauge his improved strength.
• At the sparring grounds, Lin Jie asked Ye Qiubai to use the Starfall Sword, and Ye Qiubai brought out the nine-foot legendary weapon.
• Ye Qiubai unleashed the first strike of the Starfall Sword Technique, filling the arena with powerful Star Sword Intent, and Lin Jie raised his sword to meet it.

Ye Qiubai and Lin Jie fought a sword duel that tested their limits, with Lin Jie unleashing his sharpest strike and Ye Qiubai answering with the twenty-first strike of the Starfall Sword Technique. Ye Qiubai overwhelmed Lin Jie, who admitted defeat.

• In the shadows, Zhang Yunzong told the masters of Purple Haze Peak and Ultimate Intent Peak that Ye Qiubai's talent surpassed Lin Jie's.
• Lin Jie and Ye Qiubai clashed, and Lin Jie found himself at a disadvantage against Ye Qiubai's heavy Starfall Sword.
• Lin Jie drew out the Sword Intent from the mark on his forehead and unleashed his strongest sword strike, pushing his skill beyond his realm.
• Ye Qiubai built up the Starfall Sword Technique to its twentieth strike, and he and Lin Jie agreed to settle the duel with one final blow.
• Ye Qiubai's twenty-first strike broke Lin Jie's attack, and Lin Jie conceded defeat as Ye Qiubai's sword stopped a finger's breadth from his chest.

The Evil Race commander led the defeated generals toward the Heavenly Spirit Realm, where Ning Chenxin and Hong Ying prepared for another invasion. After learning the enemy would arrive in two days, Lu Changsheng reluctantly decided to act.

• A commander spared the blue-faced evil generals and ordered them to follow him to the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
• Ning Chenxin completed the World-Purifying Array at Cloud Phoenix Palace, with Mu Wan'er and other alchemists ready to support him.
• Hong Ying and Man Wujiang organized the realm’s defenses and sent Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin into seclusion to strengthen themselves.
• Lu Changsheng improved his emotion-calming array and tested it on Liu Ziru.
• Liu Ziru told Lu Changsheng that the Evil Race had set out and would reach the Heavenly Spirit Realm in two days.
• Lu Changsheng cursed that he must owe those little brats and got up from his recliner.

Lu Changsheng went to intercept the Evil Race before they could reach the Heavenly Spirit Realm and slaughtered their forces with his wooden sword. The chapter ended with Man Wujiang wondering why the Evil Race had not arrived.

• Liu Ziru told Lu Changsheng that an Evil Race commander in the Spirit Division Realm and his forces were approaching the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
• Lu Changsheng and Liu Ziru waited in the spatial turbulence, and Lu Changsheng decided to handle the attackers himself to avoid owing the Dark Domain a favor.
• The commander and the Evil Race forces arrived, and Lu Changsheng killed the commander with a single sword strike.
• Lu Changsheng unleashed sword light on the remaining Evil Race members and began a one-sided slaughter.
• Man Wujiang looked into the sky in the Heavenly Spirit Realm and wondered why the Evil Race had not arrived.

Lu Changsheng secretly eliminated the Extraterrestrial Evil Race threat, while Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin grew stronger and remained unaware of his actions. At the Starfall Sword Sect, Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei faced a new threat as representatives of three first-rate powers arrived together.

• Lu Changsheng destroyed the corpses and souls of the Evil Race, then repeatedly returned to check for overlooked traces.
• Hong Ying emerged from seclusion at the late-stage Emperor Realm, and Man Wujiang encouraged her to join the Boundless Dynasty when she left the Cloud Phoenix Empire.
• Ning Chenxin advanced in his Dao attainment while the Heavenly Spirit Realm stayed alert for the Evil Race.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Cottage and chose not to tell his disciples that he had removed the threat, believing they should remain vigilant.
• The Cold Spirit Sect, Profound Brightness Cliff, and Divine Spear Sect sent peak Spirit Division Realm representatives to the Starfall Sword Sect in search of Ye Qiubai and his companions.
• Zhang Yunzong and the peak masters of Purple Haze Peak and Ultimate Intent Peak rose to meet the three visitors.

Three powerful sects demanded that the Starfall Sword Sect surrender Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei over the divine treasure Shi Sheng obtained, threatening war when the sect refused. The Starfall Sword Sect prepared to fight and support the three, while Jian Wufeng arranged intensive training for Ye Qiubai and Lin Jie.

• Bai Qikai, the Cold Spirit Sect fairy, and the Profound Brightness Cliff elder demanded that the Starfall Sword Sect hand over Ye Qiubai and his two companions, revealing their interest in Shi Sheng’s treasure from the Kunlun Heavenly Pool.
• The Starfall Sword Sect disciples drew their swords, and Jian Wufeng declared that the sect would not surrender the three and accepted the threat of war.
• After the three representatives left, Jian Wufeng recalled absent disciples and elders, ordered the sect to prepare for war, and opened its secret realms and cultivation methods.
• Lin Jie urged Ye Qiubai not to feel responsible for the sect’s decision, and Ye Qiubai gave up his idea of leaving to protect the Starfall Sword Sect.
• Jian Wufeng arranged for the three peak masters to instruct Lin Jie and offered to spar with Ye Qiubai so they could improve through combat.

The Cold Spirit Sect, Divine Spear Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff escalated their conflict with the Starfall Sword Sect over the divine object Shi Sheng took from the Kunlun Heavenly Pool. As Ye Qiubai trained under Jian Wufeng, the three factions arrived at the Starfall Mountain Range, and Jian Wufeng ordered the sect to prepare for battle.

• The three first-rate factions declared war on the Starfall Sword Sect, while other factions watched and discussed the divine object Shi Sheng had obtained.
• Mu Zhengting asked Mu Fusheng about the divine object, and Mu Fusheng said he would not seize something already claimed by another; Mu Zhengting then suggested he go see the Starfall Sword Sect’s crisis.
• Jian Wufeng trained Ye Qiubai in basic sword techniques and explained the Sword Dao realms, while Ye Qiubai steadily lasted longer in their sparring.
• Jian Wufeng received a voice transmission confirming that the three factions had reached the Starfall Mountain Range and ordered the Sword Ancestor disciples to prepare to repel them.

The Cold Spirit Sect, Divine Spear Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff attacked the Starfall Sword Sect, whose disciples and leaders chose to resist rather than surrender. As the sects’ strongest fighters clashed and the Big Dipper Sword Array formed, Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng joined the battle against dozens of Emperor Realm experts.

• Bai Qikai, Zhang Yunzong, and the other sect leaders confronted the Starfall Sword Sect, but Zhang Yunzong and the disciples refused to surrender.
• Zhang Yunzong, Purple Haze Peak's master, and Ultimate Intent Peak's master faced their opponents while Jian Wufeng and three Dao Integration Realm experts began a chess match in the sky.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng joined Lin Jie at the front of the formation despite being told to stay back.
• The three sects' forces attacked the mountain gates, and Lin Jie ordered the disciples to activate the Big Dipper Sword Array.
• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei charged alongside Lin Jie to meet dozens of Emperor Realm experts, beginning the great battle.

The Starfall Sword Sect faced the allied forces of the Cold Spirit Sect, Divine Spear Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff while its disciples tried to form the Big Dipper Sword Array. Shi Sheng killed an Early Emperor Realm opponent, Xiao Hei and Lin Jie intercepted attackers, and Ye Qiubai engaged a Cold Spirit Sect fairy as the battle continued.

• Dozens of Emperor Realm experts from the allied army charged at the Starfall Sword Sect's disciples, while the sect's elders moved to intercept them.
• Shi Sheng confronted a Profound Brightness Cliff Emperor Realm expert, and Xiao Hei intercepted a Divine Spear Sect expert who tried to join the fight.
• Shi Sheng used his star-powered Minghuang Mystic Axe to split the Profound Brightness Cliff expert in two.
• Lin Jie moved to stop another Early Emperor Realm attacker, while Ye Qiubai faced a Cold Spirit Sect fairy wielding an ice-blue silk ribbon.
• Ye Qiubai used his Four Absolutes Primordial Sword to engage the fairy, but her palm strike sent him flying and froze his arm.

Ye Qiubai fought the Cold Spirit Sect fairy, an Emperor Realm cultivator, using the escalating strikes of the Starfall Sword Technique. He broke her Ice Lotus and killed her, leaving the Boundless Realm poised to be stirred by a Half-Step Emperor Realm cultivator slaying an Emperor Realm expert.

• Ye Qiubai endured the fairy’s attacks and countered with successive Starfall Sword Technique strikes, growing stronger with each blow and eventually injuring her.
• The fairy summoned her Ice Lotus trump card, but Ye Qiubai combined the Starfall Sword Technique with the Four Absolutes Primordial Sword to match its power.
• Ye Qiubai retreated to build momentum, then shattered the Ice Lotus with his eleventh strike and caused the fairy to suffer a backlash.
• Ye Qiubai seized the opening and killed the wounded fairy with his twelfth strike, piercing her chest and slaying an Emperor Realm cultivator.