Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun smashed the statue and wore down its Fourth-tier Spirit Formation until he destroyed its Formation Eye, opening the Treasure Vault. He spared Ye Chen for now on Azure Dragon’s advice and entered the vault with the others.

• Ye Chen revealed that a spirit formation inside Yellow Springs Venerable's statue had to be activated to open the Treasure Vault, and Shen Yun confirmed the formation was real.
• Shen Yun battered the statue with the Destiny Divine Dragon until a blood-red spirit formation appeared, then cut it off from Spiritual Qi and attacked it with Great Five Elements Sword Qi.
• Shen Yun's sword Qi shattered the Formation Eye, collapsing the spirit formation and destroying the statue.
• Shen Yun cut away most of Ye Chen's sea of consciousness, but Azure Dragon urged him to spare Ye Chen because Hidden Dragon Destiny could help open the Star Palace inheritance; Shen Yun sealed Ye Chen in the Ring World.
• The palace wall opened to reveal the Treasure Vault, and Shen Yun entered first after ordering the others to follow.

Shen Yun divided the Treasure Vault’s riches among the Secret Realm survivors, giving extra to the Sword Sect members and valuable gifts to his friends. After everyone returned to the Sword Sect, he entered the Ring World and found Ye Chen and the Ninth Princess frozen as they stared at each other.

• Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian supported Shen Yun distributing the Treasure Vault’s treasures, and Shen Yun agreed to share them while granting the Sword Sect members fifty percent more.
• Shen Yun selected the most precious treasures for himself, then gave substantial gifts to Shen Qingruo, Zhong Ling, Situ Feng, Dugu Li, Xiao Fan, and his other friends.
• Everyone received a share and left the Secret Realm in harmony, while Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian resolved to strengthen their ties with Shen Yun.
• After returning to the Sword Sect, Shen Yun entered the Ring World and saw Ye Chen and the Ninth Princess staring at each other, unable to move.

Shen Yun forced Ninth Princess to use Ye Chen’s Hidden Dragon Destiny to open the Star Realm’s Space Gate, while secretly placing spiritual restrictions on them both. Ninth Princess destroyed Ye Chen’s fortune and killed him, and Shen Yun prepared to enter the gate.

• Ninth Princess revealed that the Ancient Star Token needed the power of destiny to open the Star Realm, and that Ye Chen’s transformed Hidden Dragon Destiny would provide it.
• Shen Yun learned the Divine Restraint Technique from Azure Dragon, then planted hidden restrictions on Ninth Princess and Ye Chen after his spiritual sense overwhelmed and knocked them unconscious.
• Shen Yun ordered Ninth Princess to activate the Ancient Star Token, and she began extracting Ye Chen’s fortune to open the Space Gate.
• Ninth Princess drained Ye Chen’s Hidden Dragon Destiny completely, opening the gate as his cultivation prospects collapsed.
• Ninth Princess shattered Ye Chen’s heart meridian and killed him, and Shen Yun turned toward the Space Gate to set off.

Shen Yun entered Star Cloud City with the Ninth Princess and learned that the Han Family’s Starfall Map was linked to the Star Palace. As Ni Yusheng rescued Xue Ling from Young Master Han, Shen Yun watched from a teahouse and recognized an opportunity for a breakthrough.

• Shen Yun took the Ancient Star Token from the Ninth Princess and entered Star Cloud City to investigate the Star Palace inheritance.
• Shen Yun overheard that the Han Family’s Starfall Map was drawing powerful factions to the city because it was connected to the Star Palace.
• Young Master Han captured the wounded assassin Xue Ling and threatened to send her to the Ten Thousand Insect Cave unless she revealed Ni Yusheng’s whereabouts.
• Ni Yusheng attacked, severed Young Master Han’s hand, and rescued Xue Ling from the Han Family’s Eight Guest Elders.
• Ni Yusheng repelled the Eight Guest Elders with eight precise strikes while Shen Yun watched from a teahouse and considered the encounter a chance to advance.

Ni Yusheng overwhelmed the Han Family’s Guard Team, defeated its Golden Core elder, and subdued Young Master Han. As he prepared to leave, a white-clad figure appeared and blocked his way.

• The Guard Team surrounded Ni Yusheng and Xue Ling, while the injured Young Master Han demanded that Ni Yusheng be killed.
• Ni Yusheng charged the Guard Team and routed the Eight Guest Elders and the other guards with his Golden Peng Soaring Heaven Art and blade techniques.
• Ni Yusheng broke the Golden Core Elder’s Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation and defeated him with his stronger Five-Revolutions Mana.
• Ni Yusheng advanced on Young Master Han, severed his silver spear, and held his blade at Han’s neck.
• A white-clad figure suddenly appeared and blocked Ni Yusheng as he prepared to leave.

Shen Yun intervened when Ni Yusheng tried to take Xue Ling, overpowering him and forcing him to flee. He accepted Young Master Han’s invitation to visit the Han residence, while a hidden Divine Sense followed Ni Yusheng in hopes of uncovering clues about Star Palace.

• Shen Yun appeared before Ni Yusheng and blocked him from taking Xue Ling.
• Shen Yun struck Ni Yusheng with Instant Kill Sword Qi, piercing his right arm and revealing his formidable strength to the spectators.
• Ni Yusheng tried to delay Shen Yun with words and begin casting a technique, but Shen Yun interrupted him with Sword One: Return to Ruin.
• Ni Yusheng burned his blood qi, grabbed Xue Ling, and fled while Shen Yun’s hidden Divine Sense secretly latched onto him.
• Shen Yun decided to spare Ni Yusheng so he might lead him to Star Palace clues, then accepted Young Master Han’s invitation to the Han residence.

Shen Yun entered the Han family’s inner-city residence and learned that the Four Great Powers were gathering over the Starfall Maps and Ni Yusheng’s attacks. Patriarch Han welcomed Shen Yun, then recognized the Ninth Princess as a Star Hall Envoy and wondered whether the Divine Temple was about to emerge.

• Young Master Han brought Shen Yun into the inner city and ordered the Han family to receive him with full honors.
• Han Qingchen and the three other young masters met Young Master Han, and they discussed Blood Kill Hall, Ni Yusheng, and the four Starfall Maps.
• Shen Yun realized he needed to obtain the Han family’s Treasure Map and capture Ni Yusheng again.
• Young Master Han introduced Shen Yun as his savior, and the three young masters learned he had driven Ni Yusheng away.
• Patriarch Han appeared, welcomed Shen Yun, and recognized the Ninth Princess as a Star Hall Envoy.

Shen Yun accepted Patriarch Han’s invitation to stay at Han Mansion, while Patriarch Han and the Blood Kill Hall Master secretly formed an alliance to seize the Star Palace’s power. The chapter left both allies plotting against each other and the other major powers.

• Patriarch Han warmly hosted Shen Yun after learning he had defeated Ni Yusheng, and Shen Yun agreed to stay at Han Mansion.
• After the banquet, Patriarch Han ordered Young Master Han and Han Qingchen to investigate the Ninth Princess’s background.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master met Patriarch Han privately and offered an alliance, claiming the Blood Kill Hall could trap the Three Major Powers using the Ancient Path Spirit Array.
• Patriarch Han agreed to cooperate, intending to use the Ninth Princess and the Starfall Map to claim the Star Palace for himself.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master and Patriarch Han sealed their alliance with a blood contract, each secretly planning to betray the other.

Shen Yun uncovered Patriarch Han’s scheme and used a rare pill to cultivate by draining the Han family’s Spirit Vein. His Five Elements Mana reached its fourth transformation, and he decided to push further.

• Shen Yun agreed to travel to Star Palace with Patriarch Han, then used a phantom shadow to overhear him summon the Heart-Stealing Hag.
• Shen Yun began cultivating with a third-grade peak Profound Origin Spirit Quenching Pill and drew spiritual qi from the Han family’s Spirit Vein.
• The draining Spirit Vein disrupted Patriarch Han’s cultivation, shattered his five Water Mirrors, and injured him through backlash.
• Shen Yun advanced his Five Elements Mana to the fourth transformation and decided to keep drawing on the Spirit Vein.

Shen Yun seized the Han Family’s spirit veins to break through to Sixth Turn Mana and Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, then made a wary truce with Patriarch Han. Five days later, as Shen Yun arrived for the journey to the Starry Sky Ancient Road, Patriarch Han prepared the Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag to target the Ninth Princess.

• Shen Yun defeated the Han Family’s two Golden Core cultivators and ripped out more than a dozen spirit veins to refine into mana.
• Shen Yun broke through to Sixth Turn Mana and Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, but failed to reach the Seventh Turn.
• Patriarch Han pretended to forgive Shen Yun and ordered the Li Family, Wang Family, and Tianxing Sect to join the journey to the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Five days later, Han Qingchen escorted Shen Yun and the Ninth Princess to the Reception Hall, where Patriarch Han met with the Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag.
• Patriarch Han warned the Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag not to underestimate Shen Yun and told her to control the Ninth Princess first; then he announced that Shen Yun and his companions had arrived.

Shen Yun confronted the Han family and the Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag, who tried to impose a Divine Sense shield on the Ninth Princess and intimidate him. When the Ghost Hag attacked, Shen Yun defeated her in three breaths, leaving the rest of the hall stunned.

• Patriarch Han proposed that the Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag protect the Ninth Princess with her secret art, but Shen Yun refused.
• The Ghost Hag tortured Young Master Feng and threatened Shen Yun while Patriarch Han prepared to strike.
• Shen Yun asked whether the journey had already been arranged, then dismissed the Han family’s involvement and confronted the Ghost Hag.
• The Ghost Hag used her Mind-Bewitching Ghost Pupils and Soul-Snatching Lock against Shen Yun, while Patriarch Han held back.
• Shen Yun shattered the Soul-Snatching Lock with one punch and blasted the Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag through a wall.

Shen Yun defeated Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag and let her victims take revenge before leading the group toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road. There, he began refining Star Power into his Five Elements Mana, shocking the Ninth Princess.

• Shen Yun destroyed Mind-Bewitching Ghost Hag's Ghost Pupils and pierced her qi sea, leaving her powerless.
• Young Master Feng and Young Master Ji thanked Shen Yun, then confronted the Ghost Hag over their families' blood debts while Patriarch Han disowned her.
• Shen Yun called for the group to depart, and Patriarch Han led a small party toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Shen Yun found that he could not absorb Star Power directly, so he used the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique to refine it into his mana.
• The Ninth Princess realized that Shen Yun was refining Star Power rather than cultivating it and cried out in shock.

Shen Yun refined the star power into his mana and completed its seventh turn, then led the group along the Starry Sky Ancient Road. At the road’s end, he found the way to Star Palace blocked by a different dimension, and three powerful figures appeared as Patriarch Han prepared to begin his plan.

• Shen Yun used the star power to strengthen his mana until it completed its seventh turn, astonishing the Ninth Princess, Patriarch Han, and Azure Dragon.
• The group reached the Starry Sky Ancient Road, where intense star power suppressed their mana and movement.
• Patriarch Han used the Azure Phoenix Cloak to shield himself, while Shen Yun absorbed the star power and grew stronger as he walked.
• At the mountain’s summit, Shen Yun discovered that the distant road was severed and the remaining mountain existed in a different dimension.
• Three tall figures appeared in a burst of light, and Patriarch Han said that the plan could finally begin.

Li Wutong, Wang Musheng, and Sect Master Tianxing joined Patriarch Han in pressuring Shen Yun to accept restrictions before they pursued the Star Palace. Shen Yun appeared to yield, then threatened to eliminate competitors as the Blood Kill Hall Master and Ni Yusheng watched from afar.

• Li Wutong and Wang Musheng arrived and recognized Shen Yun’s strength, then Sect Master Tianxing descended and declared that the four experts would secure the Star Envoy.
• Patriarch Han proposed sharing the Star Palace’s secrets, while Li Wutong demanded a Blood Contract and Wang Musheng suggested placing a restriction on the Ninth Princess; Sect Master Tianxing approved the plan.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master and Ni Yusheng watched the confrontation through a hidden mirror, and Ni Yusheng revealed that his recent breakthrough had made him a second-layer Golden Core cultivator.
• Ni Yusheng recalled that the four experts had once ambushed his master, ruining much of the Blood Kill Hall Master’s foundation, and vowed that none of them would escape this time.
• The four experts threatened Shen Yun, who seemed to acknowledge their argument before declaring that he would reduce the number of competitors for the Star Envoy.

Shen Yun killed Patriarch Han and the two Han family elders after securing the Starfall Map, then confronted the remaining Golden Core experts as his power continued to grow. He exposed the Blood Kill Hall Master’s distant surveillance, prompting the old master to lead others toward him.

• Shen Yun trapped Patriarch Han with Five Elements Mana, killed him, and took the Starfall Map from his Spatial Ring.
• Shen Yun killed the two Han family elders when they ambushed the Ninth Princess, wiping out the Han family’s three Golden Core experts.
• Li Wutong, Wang Musheng, and Sect Master Tianxing prepared to join forces against Shen Yun as his aura continued to strengthen.
• Shen Yun sensed the Blood Kill Hall Master watching from afar and shattered the silver mirror magic treasure with a sword strike.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master straightened and led his people to meet Shen Yun.

Shen Yun refused to ally with Blood Kill Hall and faced the Three Major Powers alone. After he broke through Sect Master Tianxing’s Divine Sense attack and weathered the experts’ combined assault, Tianxing drained his own disciples to force a breakthrough to Great Golden Core, leaving Shen Yun to evade his surging power.

• The Blood Kill Hall Master and Ni Yusheng appeared and offered to join Shen Yun against Li Wutong, Wang Musheng, and Sect Master Tianxing, but Shen Yun rejected them and declared he could handle the group alone.
• Ni Yusheng revealed he had reached a Five-Revolutions Golden Core and claimed a thirty percent chance of defeating Sect Master Tianxing, while Shen Yun mocked his confidence.
• Sect Master Tianxing attacked Shen Yun with the Soul-Losing Bell, but Shen Yun’s Destiny Divine Dragon shielded his Divine Sense and nullified the bell’s attack.
• Li Wutong, Wang Musheng, and Sect Master Tianxing struck Shen Yun together, but his Five Elements Primordial Chaos Body endured their assault, and he blasted the Soul-Losing Bell aside.
• As Shen Yun attacked, Sect Master Tianxing used a sinister technique to drain the Tianxing Sect cultivators’ magical power, crippling them and breaking through to Great Golden Core.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master recognized Sect Master Tianxing’s new cultivation, while Shen Yun dodged the force of his surging magical power.

Shen Yun faced Sect Master Tianxing and two other experts, using the battle’s pressure to pursue a breakthrough. He emerged from Sect Master Tianxing’s devastating Divine Sense attack with Seven-Turn Mana at Ultimate Achievement.

• Sect Master Tianxing ordered Ni Yusheng to prepare the Ancient Path Spirit Array after recognizing Shen Yun’s strength.
• Sect Master Tianxing sent Li Wutong and Wang Musheng to intercept Shen Yun while he prepared to strike.
• Shen Yun charged into the three experts’ encirclement and endured their combined attacks, including Sect Master Tianxing’s Soul-Losing Bell.
• Sect Master Tianxing burned his source mana and unleashed a Divine Sense tornado, seemingly trapping Shen Yun inside it.
• Shen Yun emerged in Five-Colored Immortal Light with a Five Elements Dao Wheel behind him, revealing Seven-Turn Mana at Ultimate Achievement.

After reaching Seven-Turn Mana, Shen Yun broke free of Sect Master Tianxing’s Nascent Domain of Law and swiftly killed Li Wutong, Wang Musheng, and the Wang Family cultivators who fled. The Blood Kill Hall Master dealt with the remaining enemies, leaving Shen Yun to face Sect Master Tianxing.

• Shen Yun revealed Seven-Turn Mana, shocking Ni Yusheng and the other onlookers, while Sect Master Tianxing attacked with his Geng Metal Domain, Myriad Stars Sink.
• Shen Yun tore open the Dark Gold Domain and appeared before Li Wutong, killing him with Instant Kill Sword Qi.
• Wang Musheng tried to escape with a Third-Grade Blood Escape Talisman, but Shen Yun stopped and killed him with Sword One despite Sect Master Tianxing’s Divine Sense attack.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master killed the four fleeing Golden Core cultivators of the Wang Family and offered to handle such enemies himself.
• Shen Yun turned his sword toward Sect Master Tianxing and declared that it was his turn.

Shen Yun defeated Sect Master Tianxing, thwarted his attempt to self-detonate his Golden Core, and annihilated him completely. After collecting the four pieces of the Starfall Map, Shen Yun gave it to the Ninth Princess to lead the way to the Star Palace.

• Shen Yun broke Sect Master Tianxing's Dark Gold Domain and battered him with a punch and Great Five Elements Sword Qi.
• Sect Master Tianxing tried to self-detonate his Golden Core, but Shen Yun stopped him with the Azure Cloud Sword Art and erased his body and soul.
• Ni Yusheng reflected on the fall of the Four Great Powers, while the Blood Kill Hall Master considered what to do next.
• Shen Yun collected the four starlit Treasure Maps and joined them into the Starfall Map.
• Azure Dragon told Shen Yun that the Ninth Princess had a connection to the map and could lead the way to the Star Palace.
• Shen Yun handed the Starfall Map to the Ninth Princess, who accepted it with a slight smile.

Shen Yun learned that the Blood Kill Hall Master and Ni Yusheng wanted to escape the Star Realm, then helped activate the path to Star Palace. The inheritance chose the Ninth Princess, but Shen Yun’s hidden Divine Sense restriction killed her, leaving him to seek another woman who could claim the inheritance.

• Shen Yun told the Blood Kill Hall Master and Ni Yusheng that worlds existed beyond the Star Realm and promised to take them away after obtaining Star Palace’s inheritance.
• The Ninth Princess activated the Starfall Map, reconnecting the broken path and revealing the Heavenly Ascending Stairs.
• Shen Yun and the Ninth Princess climbed the stairs, where the Star Phoenix Bird selected her as the inheritor of the Book of Zhou Tian Yan Dao.
• Shen Yun’s attack on the light pillar failed and triggered a powerful backlash, while the Ninth Princess’s strength increased as the inheritance began.
• Shen Yun’s Divine Sense restriction destroyed the Ninth Princess’s Spiritual Platform and killed her, interrupting the inheritance.
• After Azure Dragon explained the inheritance’s requirements, Shen Yun decided to find another woman to claim it.