Chapter Summaries

After Lu Li advanced to Middle Void Return by absorbing a Tribulation Transcendence sea beast’s essence, he tested whether fish could live in his jade pendant’s space. Yinyang Qingfan told him that localized time-acceleration treasures might be found in the Starry Sky Immortal Market, and Lu Li asked what it was.

• Lu Li absorbed the essence of a Tribulation Transcendence sea beast, broke through to Middle Void Return, and gained stronger Dao Law power and a larger jade pendant space.
• Lu Li and Yinyang Qingfan left the Endless Deep Trench to avoid provoking a Demon Venerable-level existence.
• Lu Li collected ordinary fish and first-tier treasure fish and released them into the lake within his jade pendant’s space.
• Lu Li asked Yinyang Qingfan about treasures that could accelerate time in a limited area, and she said such items might exist in the Starry Sky Immortal Market.
• Lu Li asked Yinyang Qingfan what the Starry Sky Immortal Market was.

Lu Li learned about Starry Sky Immortal Markets and the limits of Immortal Realm powers’ influence in lower realms before setting out with Yinyang Qingfan to search for another Endless Deep Trench. Meanwhile, Chu Changyue used a Legalist School secret treasure to track the Western Continent’s dragon fate and discovered it was nearby.

• Yinyang Qingfan explained that Starry Sky Immortal Markets were backed by powers with human immortals in the Immortal Realm, and warned Lu Li that visiting one could expose his dragon fate.
• Yinyang Qingfan said clandestine immortals could support lower-realm powers only through costly objects carrying their power, then revealed that she had once been a heavenly immortal official.
• Lu Li ended their discussion and traveled with Yinyang Qingfan toward the Northern Continent, searching for another Endless Deep Trench.
• Chu Changyue traveled beyond the Central Continent, determined to protect his Lineage from the Western Continent’s dragon calamity.
• Chu Changyue activated a Legalist School secret treasure and found that the person bearing the Western Continent’s dragon fate was not far away.

Lu Li reached Late Void Return after Yinyang Qingfan slew two Tribulation Transcendence sea beasts and he absorbed their essence. As they prepared to leave the trench, the awakened Demon Venerable emerged.

• Chu Changyue used a secret treasure to locate Lu Li and flew toward him, intending to kill him.
• Lu Li and Yinyang Qingfan hunted Dao Integration sea beasts in an Endless Deep Trench, strengthening Lu Li's cultivation.
• Yinyang Qingfan fought two Tribulation Transcendence sea beasts for several days and killed them both.
• Lu Li absorbed the beasts' Blood Qi essence and broke through from Middle Void Return to Late Void Return.
• Yinyang Qingfan warned Lu Li that the Demon Venerable had awakened, then reported that it had come out.

Lu Li and Yinyang Qingfan faced Demon Venerable Hui Ye in the Endless Deep Trench after it detected the presence of Lu Li’s fish-shaped jade pendant. Hui Ye attacked them with a bonded Spirit Artifact, and Yinyang Qingfan turned to meet the blow with Yin-Yang Descent.

• Yinyang Qingfan tried to intimidate the awakened Demon Venerable, while Lu Li suspected the fish-shaped jade pendant had drawn it to him.
• Hui Ye emerged, recognized a rare treasure’s presence around Lu Li, and debated whether to attack despite Yinyang Qingfan’s strength.
• Hui Ye launched a barrage of pitch-black needles, and Yinyang Qingfan blocked them with her flowing white robes.
• Yinyang Qingfan urged Lu Li to flee, and he used talismans and Law Treasures as they tried to escape the trench.
• Hui Ye summoned an eighth-rank bonded Spirit Artifact bone spear and sealed their retreat with a Mahayana attack.
• Yinyang Qingfan stopped retreating and invoked Immortal Dao: Yin-Yang Descent.

Yinyang Qingfan killed Hui Ye with her secret art and helped Lu Li escape the Endless Deep Trench, but the attack severely injured her Divine Soul. As Lu Li absorbed Hui Ye’s Mahayana flesh while they traveled toward the Northern Continent, Yinyang Qingfan warned him that people from the Central Continent were ahead.

• Yinyang Qingfan unleashed her black-and-white Dao Laws, shattered Hui Ye’s bonded bone spear, and destroyed Hui Ye’s true body with a single strike.
• Yinyang Qingfan urged Lu Li to collect Hui Ye’s remains, and they escaped the Endless Deep Trench together.
• Yinyang Qingfan explained that her Divine Soul was injured and that she needed an eighth- or ninth-tier Divine Soul treasure to recover.
• Lu Li sensed Hui Ye’s Mahayana flesh nourishing him through the jade pendant and began absorbing it as they traveled toward the Northern Continent.
• Yinyang Qingfan suddenly warned Lu Li that people from the Central Continent appeared to be ahead.

Lu Li and Yinyang Qingfan were tracked down at sea by Chu Changyue, a Venerable of the Central Continent, and prepared to face him despite Qingfan's weakened state. As Chu Changyue approached with overwhelming Mahayana pressure, Yinyang Qingfan invoked Immortal Dao: Yin-Yang Descent.

• Yinyang Qingfan told Lu Li that a Central Continent Venerable was tracking them and that escape was impossible, then vowed to hold him off so Lu Li could flee.
• Lu Li sent Comrade Azure Mountains his contingency plans, including what Primordial Beginning and the Dao Court should do if he died.
• Lu Li accepted the danger and angrily lamented that the Hundred Schools of the Central Continent might prevent his return to Blue Star.
• Chu Changyue appeared, identified Lu Li as the Western Continent's Dragon Calamity, and advanced with formidable Mahayana pressure.
• Chu Changyue dismissed Yinyang Qingfan as no threat, and she silently invoked Immortal Dao: Yin-Yang Descent.

Yinyang Qingfan and Chu Changyue clashed in a Mahayana battle that injured them both, while Chu Changyue targeted Lu Li with a deadly attack. Lu Li unleashed his Divine Ability, Overturning a Nation, and Chu Changyue faltered at the sight of its immortal and godly phantoms, giving Yinyang Qingfan an opening.

• Yinyang Qingfan summoned Yin-Yang millstones and attacked Chu Changyue, who answered with a giant hand formed from Dao Laws.
• Their Divine Abilities collided, throwing them from the void and evaporating a vast stretch of the sea; both were injured, though Yinyang Qingfan was more exhausted.
• Chu Changyue decided to kill Lu Li first, then wear down Yinyang Qingfan, fearing Lu Li could threaten his Lineage in the future.
• Chu Changyue formed a whip of Dao Law light and lashed it toward Lu Li, who activated Overturning a Nation instead of dodging.
• Chu Changyue faltered when he saw the immortals and gods above Lu Li's Divine Ability, and Yinyang Qingfan seized the opening.

Yinyang Qingfan sacrificed her Divine Soul essence to help Lu Li battle Chu Changyue, and the clash created a ten-thousand-li forbidden sea where all three vanished. Three years later, a young moray eel named A Lei struck a dark statue in the forbidden waters, and it began to glow after A Lei turned away.

• Yinyang Qingfan used her Divine Soul essence to unleash a complete Great Dao Law, and Dongfang Jiangxue realized the sacrifice would leave her unable to awaken without a supreme Divine Soul treasure.
• Chu Changyue poured his Legalist Dao Laws into his whip and attacked Lu Li, who resisted with his Dragon Qi and Divine Ability.
• Yinyang Qingfan's Dao Law blocked Chu Changyue's attack, and the combined clash devastated the sea, leaving Lu Li, Yinyang Qingfan, and Chu Changyue missing within a ten-thousand-li forbidden zone.
• Three years later, A Lei, a young moray eel, secretly entered the forbidden sea and ate fragments of wondrous power near its outskirts.
• A Lei struck a dark stone statue with a bolt of lightning, then turned away as the statue slowly began to glow.

Lu Li awakened after three years unconscious beneath the sea and discovered that both Yinyang Qingfan and the Venerable of the Central Continent had survived the battle but fallen dormant. He decided to keep the Venerable alive to delay the Central Continent’s response and looked to the Starry Sky Immortal Market as his only chance to survive.

• A Lei’s lightning awakened Lu Li, who found himself beneath the sea three years after the battle with the Venerable of the Central Continent.
• Lu Li discovered that A Lei could devour fragments of Dao Laws, subdued it, and learned that the forbidden sea had appeared three years earlier.
• Lu Li searched the sea and found Yinyang Qingfan and the Venerable of the Central Continent unconscious inside two enormous undersea mounds.
• Lu Li determined that both cultivators were alive but dormant, and decided not to kill the Venerable because his death could prompt the Central Continent to send another Venerable.
• Lu Li concluded that he needed to imprison the Venerable’s Divine Soul to delay the Central Continent and identified the Starry Sky Immortal Market as his only chance to survive.

Lu Li decided to seek the Starry Sky Grand Market for a Divine Soul treasure to awaken Yinyang Qingfan, but he did not know where it was. After securing a Central Continent Venerable’s Divine Soul and carrying Yinyang Qingfan toward the Dao Court, he contacted Great Xia, where Li Qingshan visited the Martyrs’ Cemetery three years after Lu Li was presumed dead.

• Lu Li realized he needed to find the Starry Sky Grand Market to obtain a Divine Soul treasure and awaken Yinyang Qingfan, but he did not know its location.
• Lu Li took the Central Continent Venerable’s storage Law Treasure, destroyed his body, and imprisoned his dormant Divine Soul in the jade pendant’s space.
• Lu Li assessed the jade pendant’s growth and carried Yinyang Qingfan toward the Dao Court while trying to break the Mahayana imprint on the storage treasure.
• Lu Li awakened the jade pendant and sent a message to Great Xia after three years without contact.
• Great Xia mourned Lu Li as a fallen hero, while Li Qingshan, now a Golden Core True Lord and Bureau 749’s head, went alone to the Martyrs’ Cemetery.

Three years after Lu Li’s presumed sacrifice, Li Qingshan, Xu Mu, and Zhang Xuanqing remembered him and vowed to continue his work against the Silent Ruins. The chapter ended when Li Qingshan received an emergency report that Lu Li had sent a message.

• Li Qingshan visited Lu Li’s statue and promised that Great Xia would carry on resisting the Silent Ruins.
• Li Qingshan met Xu Mu and Zhang Xuanqing at a private restaurant, where they discussed their divine inheritances and the strange sense that something was watching them.
• Zhang Xuanqing mentioned that Lu Dahai had taken a puppet crew to Uranus aboard an enhanced fifth-tier arcane ship.
• Li Qingshan, Xu Mu, and Zhang Xuanqing vowed to continue the work Lu Li had begun.
• Bureau 749 contacted Li Qingshan through its emergency channel and reported that Lu Li had sent a message.

Lu Li told Li Qingshan he had survived the battle and explained his plan to delay the Hundred Schools while searching for the Starry Sky Immortal Market. After finally breaking open the Central Continent sovereign’s storage Law Treasure, he discovered it was shockingly poor.

• Li Qingshan hurried to Bureau 749’s command center and spoke with Lu Li through the glowing fish-shaped jade pendant.
• Lu Li explained that he had destroyed the Central Continent sovereign’s Mahayana body, taken his Divine Soul, and planned to make the Hundred Schools believe the sovereign was still alive.
• Lu Li told Li Qingshan that he needed to find the Starry Sky Immortal Market to obtain resources and help awaken Yinyang Qingfan, then asked Li Qingshan to reassure Lu Dahai.
• Lu Li struggled to break the sovereign’s storage jade bracelet and finally shattered its Mahayana imprint by forcing in Spiritual Power, Dragon Qi, and Essence Blood.
• Lu Li searched the Law Treasure with his Divine Sense and was stunned by how little it contained.

Lu Li read Chu Changyue’s letter explaining why his storage Law Treasure was empty and learned that the Venerable had left his resources to his descendants before facing death. Lu Li’s worries eased, allowing him to break through to Void Return Great Perfection, but a Jade Slip revealed that the Miscellaneous School’s roots lay in the Starry Sky Immortal Market.

• Lu Li found only letters and Jade Slips in Chu Changyue’s storage Law Treasure and discovered a letter addressed to him.
• Chu Changyue explained that he had given his resources to his descendants and removed his bonded Spirit Artifact before leaving the Central Continent, then asked Lu Li to spare his bloodline.
• Lu Li’s indignation and anxiety faded, and the essence absorbed from a demon Venerable triggered his breakthrough to Void Return Great Perfection.
• Lu Li read a Jade Slip that claimed the Miscellaneous School’s true roots lay in the Starry Sky Immortal Market.

Lu Li discovered directions to the Bone Mountain Immortal Market in Chu Changyue’s records and began planning a journey there to seek resources and accelerate his cultivation. He and Great Xia arranged to prepare the Dao Court and mislead the Central Continent, but concealing Lu Li’s presence remained a serious problem as Yinyang Qingfan stirred in his Law Power.

• Lu Li read Chu Changyue’s Jade Slips and learned that the Miscellaneous School’s founder had come from the Bone Mountain Immortal Market.
• Lu Li found directions to the market, including a route to a Star River Ferry, and considered seeking treasures and cultivation resources there.
• Lu Li contacted Great Xia, which supported his journey and planned to prepare trade goods and use its technological advantages.
• Lu Li and Great Xia devised a plan for the Dao Court’s provinces to appear divided and chaotic while secretly continuing to develop.
• Li Qingshan warned Lu Li that experts who could read fate or aura might expose him, and Lu Li worried that he lacked adequate concealment methods.
• As Lu Li frowned over the problem, Yinyang Qingfan trembled and gave a faint moan.

Lu Li learned a concealment method from Dongfang Jiangxue that Yinyang Qingfan had claimed could fool even a Supreme Mahayana cultivator. After arranging the Dao Court’s forces and gathering resources, he mastered the method and prepared to set out for the Starry Sky Immortal Market.

• Dongfang Jiangxue awakened in Yinyang Qingfan’s body, and Lu Li gave her spirit pills and reassured her before planning to return her to Changming.
• Dongfang Jiangxue revealed that Yinyang Qingfan had once claimed her concealment method could evade even a Supreme Mahayana cultivator, then taught Lu Li what she knew of it.
• Three months later, Lu Li reached the Eastern Expedition Army, entrusted Dongfang Jiangxue to Changming, and explained his plan to Primordial Beginning.
• Lu Li had Primordial Beginning secretly mobilize the Dao Court’s resources as bargaining chips for the Starry Sky Immortal Market.
• After another three months, Lu Li had mastered the concealment method and gathered the supplies, so he prepared to set out.

Lu Li left Eastern Desolation Star and entered the Imprisoned Dragon Starry Sky, intent on reaching the Star River Crossing and gathering treasures or knowledge for Great Xia. As he prepared to follow Chu Changyue’s recorded route, he sensed that Chu Changyue had awakened inside his jade pendant.

• Lu Li told Great Xia that Primordial Beginning, Changming, Changye, and Dong Qing would oversee the Dao Court while its forces stayed hidden and feigned chaos in the Eastern Wasteland.
• Lu Li vowed to repay the Hundred Schools of the Central Continent and set out alone, carrying the Dao Court’s gathered resources in his jade pendant.
• Lu Li climbed through Eastern Desolation Star’s astral winds, enduring increasing physical strain as he approached the planet’s outer boundary.
• Lu Li crossed into the Imprisoned Dragon Starry Sky, where fierce stellar astral winds wounded him, and protected himself with a spiritual barrier.
• Lu Li recalled Chu Changyue’s directions to a Star River Crossing route near Bone Mountain and sensed that Chu Changyue had awakened.

Lu Li questioned the awakened Chu Changyue about the Miscellaneous School and the Bone Mountain Immortal Market, but Chu refused to cooperate and tried to destroy his Divine Soul. Lu Li searched his soul instead, then continued through the starry sky with new information about the Jichen Star Domain and Bone Mountain.

• Lu Li sensed that Chu Changyue had awakened inside the fish-shaped jade pendant and entered its space to question him.
• Chu recognized Lu Li, suspected the Yin-Yang School was behind his defeat, and mocked Lu Li's plans to reach the Bone Mountain Immortal Market.
• Lu Li used the pendant's Dao Laws to restrain Chu Changyue after Chu tried to destroy his own Divine Soul.
• Lu Li searched Chu's soul, leaving him mindless and absorbing his memories about the Hundred Schools and the Miscellaneous School's ancestor.
• Lu Li learned that the Jichen Star Domain governed four stars and two continents, with Bone Mountain as their most prosperous place, and continued deeper into the starry sky.

After learning about the Jichen Star Domain from Chu Changyue’s memories, Lu Li flew through the starry sky toward Bone Mountain Immortal Market. He reached the Star River Ferry’s location, where two dazzling stars appeared covered in Artifact Inscriptions.

• Lu Li sorted through Chu Changyue’s memories and learned that the Jichen Star Domain contained four cultivation stars, two vast continents, and Bone Mountain Immortal Market.
• Lu Li resolved to seek opportunities in the starry sky, then sent his new information back to Blue Star for Great Xia to study.
• Lu Li continued flying under his own power, avoiding the costly and slower sixth-tier arcane ship.
• After more than a month, Lu Li reached the recorded location of the Star River Ferry, depleted from flying through astral gales and sparse spiritual energy.
• Lu Li searched for a way to board the ferry, then heard rumbles and saw Artifact Inscriptions covering the two stars ahead.

Lu Li learned that the Twin Star Ferry would transport passengers to the Bone Mountain Immortal Market through a teleportation array, then hired the guide Ling Yun'er to help him register and explain the route. Ling Yun'er hoped to become Lu Li’s maid or slave once they arrived at the market.

• A voice announced that the star array would take passengers to the Bone Mountain Immortal Market in ten days, and hidden cultivators emerged around the ferry.
• Magical boats arrived to collect passengers, and Ling Yun'er offered Lu Li her guiding services for a daily fee, with dual cultivation available at extra cost.
• Lu Li declined dual cultivation but hired Ling Yun'er to guide him and take him to pay the array fee.
• Ling Yun'er explained that Wind-Calming Stone protected her flying boat and robes from astral winds, then resolved to become Lu Li’s slave or maid at the market.

Lu Li arrived at Twin Star Ferry, paid the fee to use its teleportation formation, and searched for high-tier divine-soul treasures. As Ling Yun'er explained the region to him, he learned that others considered the Eastern Desolation Star worthless.

• Lu Li and Ling Yun'er entered Twin Star Ferry, where Lu Li marveled at its immense star formation and resolved to learn advanced cultivation techniques in the starry sky for himself and Great Xia.
• Lu Li paid ten million top-grade Spirit Stones for a token granting him access to the teleportation formation in ten days.
• Lu Li asked Ling Yun'er about divine-soul treasures, learned Twin Star Ferry lacked ninth-tier treasures, and considered visiting the Bone Mountain Immortal Market.
• Lu Li asked Ling Yun'er to explain Twin Star Ferry and the Jichen Star Domain, and she told him that others regarded the Eastern Desolation Star as worthless.