Chapter Summaries

Li Yang challenged Chen Ri’s plan to enslave Star Wielders, while Chen Ri prepared to demonstrate her power at the auction. Li Yang warned that enslaving her and the other captives would provoke Huaxia and their home realm domains.

• Li Yang argued that Star Wielders and Star Weapons could be friends and partners, but Chen Ri said her repeated auctions had taught her to distrust Star Wielders.
• Chen Ri ordered the masterless swords to take Li Yang to the auction venue, where about a thousand captured Star Wielders were confined in cages.
• A Nine-Tailed Cat Clan member begged Li Yang for help, and she told him she would also be branded with a slave mark.
• Chen Ri rallied the masterless swords to enslave Star Wielders, and they shouted that they would strip the captives of their free will.
• Li Yang called Chen Ri a tyrant, challenged her claim to love the masterless swords, and warned that Huaxia and the captives’ realm domains would retaliate.

Li Yang freed the Star Wielders from Chen Ri’s control by using Risking Life to sever their cages, then escaped with Qingchen and Jiang Yuqing. She headed for the Life Domain ruler’s castle to retrieve the Light of the Divine Sun and unlock more lifespan.

• Li Yang tried to persuade Chen Ri that the ownerless swords deserved freedom beyond the Sword Tomb, but Chen Ri rejected her arguments and vowed to brand Li Yang with a Slave Mark.
• Qingchen and Jiang Yuqing lured the Death Domain mechas toward the auction venue, where Chen Ri trapped them beneath an iron net.
• Li Yang spent thousands of years of lifespan to sever the cages of the Star Wielders throughout the Sword Tomb and urged them to flee.
• Li Yang concealed herself after freeing the Star Wielders, then withdrew with Qingchen and Jiang Yuqing as Chen Ri confronted the mechas.
• Li Yang told Qingchen she was going to the Life Domain ruler’s castle to retrieve something, and hurried there to obtain the Light of the Divine Sun.

Li Yang stole the Light of the Divine Sun from the Sword Tomb and fed some of it to Lianxin, then hurried to the Death Domain as Chen Ri fought its ruler. After Chen Ri defeated Setting Sun, Qingchen explained why the ruler could not be Cheng Rui’s Star Weapon.

• Chen Ri learned that the ruler of the Death Domain had freed the Star Wielders and went to kill Setting Sun.
• Li Yang found the Light of the Divine Sun in a sword case, let Lianxin consume some of it, and unlocked 20,000 years of lifespan.
• Li Yang and Qingchen joined Jiang Yuqing in the Death Domain and saw Chen Ri battle its ruler.
• Chen Ri’s red light overwhelmed the golden light, and she declared that Setting Sun would die.
• Qingchen connected Setting Sun’s name to Cheng Rui’s Star Weapon, then concluded they could not be the same weapon.

Li Yang revealed herself to draw Chen Ri away while Qingchen collected the light-condensed titanium, but Chen Ri recognized her scheme and attacked. Li Yang used the Noisy Pot’s sword spirit to strengthen her weapons and kept fighting as she burned through her lifespan, leaving Qingchen and Jiang Yuqing fearing for her life.

• Jiang Yuqing and Qingchen tried to comfort Li Yang about the Star Weapon that might have belonged to General Cheng Rui, but Chen Ri sensed Jiang Yuqing and moved to seize him.
• Li Yang used Risking Life to rescue Jiang Yuqing and draw Chen Ri away, then Chen Ri realized Li Yang had orchestrated the earlier events and accused her of seeking the light-condensed titanium.
• Chen Ri unleashed a burst of red light that sent Qingchen flying and forced Li Yang to burn through 5,000 years of lifespan.
• Li Yang fought Chen Ri with her twin blades, and after she released the Noisy Pot, its sword spirit strengthened her weapons under Lianxin’s pressure.
• Qingchen collected the light-condensed titanium while Li Yang continued fighting, and Jiang Yuqing urged him to believe that Li Yang would survive.

Li Yang defeated Chen Ri by using spiritual power to enter her memories and offer her a chance at companionship. As Chen Ri began to break apart, Li Yang gave up 1,000 years of lifespan, and the sword spirit helped transform her into a growth-type Star Weapon.

• Li Yang used spiritual power to adapt Severing Space, seize Chen Ri's spirit, and enter her memories.
• Li Yang relived Chen Ri's loneliness and rewrote the memory of her sale, promising to be her friend and companion.
• Chen Ri's sword shattered, and she told Li Yang she could not wait for Li Yang to reach the Eighth Grade Realm.
• Li Yang agreed to give Chen Ri 1,000 years of lifespan, while Lianxin replenished the lost years and the sword spirit repaired and transformed Chen Ri.
• Chen Ri became a half-meter-tall mecha doll, asked Li Yang if she was her friend, and warned her that the sword spirit was trying to escape.

Li Yang learned that sword spirits could turn conscious, near-death Star Weapons into growth-type weapons, then met Chaochao as the Sword Tomb began to collapse. Chen Ri asked Li Yang to save the Masterless Swords, and they headed for the Life Domain to see what the swords wanted before escaping.

• Li Yang questioned the sword spirit and learned that converting a Star Weapon required consciousness, imminent death, and someone willing to give it lifespan; forcing the conversion risked backlash.
• The sword spirit explained that the Sword Spirit Clan had once traded its talent for offerings, but Star Wielders later exploited and hunted the clan; he revealed his name was Chaochao.
• The Sword Tomb shook as its rulers were gone, and Chaochao warned that the Death Domain would collapse first.
• Chen Ri asked Li Yang not to leave the Masterless Swords behind, and Li Yang agreed to visit the Life Domain and respect their choice about leaving.
• Li Yang led the group toward the Life Domain as a crack opened and the void began consuming the Sword Tomb.

As the Sword Tomb collapsed, Li Yang helped Chen Ri awaken the Masterless Swords’ desire to seek freedom and tried to lead them out. Their weapons could not pass through the exit passage, leaving Li Yang to ask how many the world inside the pot could hold.

• Li Yang and Qingchen split up to find reversal formation cores as the Death Domain collapsed, and Li Yang escaped to the Life Domain with Lianxin’s help.
• Li Yang used her Eighth Grade power to connect Chen Ri with the Masterless Swords, and 27,520 agreed to seek freedom with her.
• Li Yang, Qingchen, and Jiang Yuqing led the Masterless Swords to the exit passage, but a Seventh Grade sword reverted to saber form and could not pass through.
• Li Yang realized Chen Ri would not leave the others behind and asked Lianxin to find out how many Star Weapons the world inside the pot could hold.

Li Yang used the World in the Pot to collect the Sword Tomb’s Masterless Swords before escaping with Chen Ri and the others. Back in Huaxia, she brought the group to the Nature Pavilion, where Qingchen entered using his old minor-student imprint.

• Li Yang activated Risking Life and used the World in the Pot to gather nearly thirty thousand Masterless Swords, nearly exhausting her lifespan before Lianxin replenished it.
• Li Yang, Chen Ri, Qingchen, and Jiang Yuqing escaped the collapsing Life Domain through the passage and arrived at Huaxia’s Astral Realm transit point.
• Li Yang warned Jiang Yuqing not to reveal their haul, since the Nature Pavilion was not strong enough to attract attention over the Star Weapons.
• Qingchen chose to visit the Nature Pavilion with Li Yang and the others before returning to the Central Capital with the Light-Condensed Titanium.
• Yu Hongyuan, Zhong Kun, and others welcomed Li Yang at the Nature Pavilion, where Qingchen crossed the barrier using his old spiritual imprint as a minor student.

Li Yang used her Nature Department imprint to gain access to the Nature Pavilion and bring Jiang Yuqing inside, then introduced Chen Ri as a growth-type divine weapon who would be her comrade and friend. As the Nature Department welcomed Chen Ri, Li Yang wondered whether Lianxin felt overlooked because she had not received a similar introduction.

• Qingchen suggested that Li Yang use her spiritual power to sense the Nature Pavilion, and it recognized her as a personal disciple.
• Li Yang recovered her spiritual power with Jiang Yuqing's pill and granted him permission to enter the Nature Pavilion.
• Feng Yiqiao and the others returned, and Li Yang introduced Chen Ri as an independent growth-type divine weapon and her future partner.
• The Nature Department members welcomed Chen Ri, while Zhong Kun and Lin Zhaoqin bickered and the others offered her food.
• Li Yang asked Lianxin whether she felt unhappy that Li Yang had not introduced her with the same ceremony.

Li Yang recounted her Sword Tomb adventure to the Nature Department and revealed that she had brought back 27,520 Masterless Swords. She proposed freeing them to choose partners and, if they wished, helping farm Blue Crystal Soil once the Nature Pavilion could protect them.

• Chen Ri felt welcomed as Li Yang's friend, and Li Yang squeezed her hand.
• Jiang Yuqing told the Nature Department how Li Yang and Qingchen survived the Death Domain and how Li Yang confronted the ruler of the Life Domain to save him.
• Li Yang advised everyone to use spirit power against similar enemies and accepted Qingchen's Risking Life secret treasure, which he warned had limited uses.
• Jiang Yuqing revealed that Li Yang had brought back 27,520 Masterless Swords, and Li Yang clarified that the swords were free and would not be sold.
• Li Yang explained that she would gradually release the Masterless Swords when Li Yaowan could protect the Nature Pavilion, let them choose partners, and ask willing swords to help farm Blue Crystal Soil.
• Qingchen and Jiang Yuqing asked about Blue Crystal Soil, and Jiang Yuqing imagined the swords farming in formation and earning him Shock Points.

Li Yang arranged for Qingchen to take light-condensed titanium to Professor Li Yaowan so she could repair her natal pill furnace, but discovered that Qingchen was her estranged son. The chapter ended with Qingchen assuming Li Yaowan wanted him to return to the Pill Division, while Li Yang tried to explain that her message was different.

• Li Yang asked Qingchen to take her light-condensed titanium to Professor Li Yaowan at Zhongdu Military Academy, and Qingchen reacted strongly when he heard the professor’s name.
• Jiang Yuqing revealed that Qingchen’s full name was Li Qingchen, and Ying Qi shared that Li Yaowan’s son had left home to become a monk.
• Qingchen admitted that he was Li Yaowan’s biological son and offered to use his own light-condensed titanium to repair her natal pill furnace.
• Li Yang explained that Li Yaowan had cared for her and given her teacher an Eighth Grade Origin Stabilizing Pill, but Qingchen said he would not return to live for his mother’s sake.
• Qingchen guessed that Li Yaowan wanted him to return and take a position in the Pill Division, while Li Yang insisted that was not what she had come to tell him.

Li Yang told Li Qingchen that Li Yaowan had let go of her expectations for him, and he agreed to let her collect the light-condensed titanium at the Heavenly Palace. After Li Yang contacted Shen Binghua to arrange it, Shen Binghua learned that Li Yang had also brought back a growth-type divine weapon and wondered if she might obtain a ninth grade lotus seed.

• Li Yang relayed Li Yaowan's message, and Chen Ri summarized its meaning as freedom, easing Li Qingchen's tension.
• Li Qingchen refused to visit the Central Capital but agreed to let Li Yaowan come to the Heavenly Palace to collect the light-condensed titanium.
• Li Qingchen left after reminding Li Yang to keep the material safe for repairing Si Kui's Star Weapon, while Jiang Yuqing offered to refine Star Recovery Pills for her.
• Li Yang contacted Shen Binghua and revealed that she had found light-condensed titanium and killed an eighth grade Star Weapon.
• Li Yang confirmed she had brought back a growth-type divine weapon, and Shen Binghua agreed to contact Li Yaowan before imagining that Li Yang might find two ninth grade lotus seeds.

Shen Binghua told Li Yaowan that Li Yang had obtained the Light-Condensed Titanium, prompting Li Yaowan to rush to the Heavenly Palace to learn how she had acquired it. Li Yaowan arrived with the Pill Division's personal guard, while she and Li Yang each mistook the other's wary expression for evidence of a trap.

• Shen Binghua told Li Yaowan that Li Yang had obtained the Light-Condensed Titanium and urged her to go to the Heavenly Palace.
• Li Yaowan worried that Li Yang might have killed an Eighth Grade Star Weapon, then left her laboratory and traveled toward the Heavenly Palace.
• Fearing that Shen Binghua had lured her into a scheme, Li Yaowan summoned trusted subordinates and a personal guard to escort her.
• Jiang Yuqing brought Li Yang three furnaces of high-quality Star Recovery Pills as the Pill Division's personal guard approached the Nature Pavilion.
• Li Yang waited behind the barrier with Jiang Yuqing, saw Li Yaowan among the guards, and suspected she had been taken hostage.
• Li Yaowan saw Li Yang's grave expression and became more convinced that the trip to the Heavenly Palace was a trap.

Li Yang gave Li Yaowan the Eighth Grade light-condensed titanium she had obtained at the Sword Tomb, and Jiang Yuqing recounted how she had secured it. Moved by Li Yang’s sacrifice, Li Yaowan promised to help her, and Li Yang asked her to return to the Eighth Grade Realm and protect the Nature Pavilion.

• Li Yang brought Li Yaowan into the Nature Pavilion and revealed the light-condensed titanium, astonishing her.
• Li Yaowan admitted that Shen Binghua had told her about Li Yang killing an Eighth Grade Star Weapon, but she had not believed it.
• Jiang Yuqing recounted Li Yang’s trip to the Sword Tomb, including Li Qingchen’s role and Li Yang risking her life to obtain the titanium for Li Yaowan.
• Li Yaowan wept with gratitude and called Li Yang her money, while Li Yang reminded her that she did not act at a loss.
• Li Yang asked Li Yaowan to return to the Eighth Grade Realm and protect the Nature Pavilion, then sent Jiang Yuqing away so they could speak privately.

Li Yang told Li Yaowan about the Masterless Swords and Blue Crystal Soil, and the two discussed protecting the Nature Department as it expanded. Li Yaowan revealed a lead connecting a Spirit Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer to the attack that destroyed the Nature Department, leaving Li Yang wary of the Spirit Department.

• Li Yang explained that she had promised Chen Ri to free 27,520 Masterless Swords, and Li Yaowan agreed to help shelter them.
• Li Yang told Li Yaowan about the Blue Crystal Soil and proposed having the Masterless Swords cultivate it; Li Yaowan warned that their combined growth could provoke the hidden enemy.
• Li Yaowan said they needed to expose the person behind the scenes before the Nature Department expanded, then shared her knowledge of the Nature Department's fall at Greedy Wolf Transit Point.
• Li Yaowan recalled finding an unharmed Spirit Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer after Divine Exalt Daowu attacked and suspected the hidden enemy had used that bearer to perform the Divine Descent Ritual.
• Li Yang reflected on her growing wariness of the Spirit Department, recalling that the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo was a Spirit Department marquis and a conservative supporter.

Li Yang and Li Yaowan investigated Lu Yanbie, a Spirit Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer whose unusual history suggested he knew who was behind the past Divine Descent plot. They planned to restore Li Yaowan’s control over the Blue Crystal Realm Domain while Li Yang advanced to the fifth grade realm and sought him out.

• Li Yaowan told Li Yang that Lu Yanbie had been cleared as the Divine Descent vessel, but had never returned to the Heavenly Palace in twenty-eight years and was now in seclusion in a realm domain.
• Li Yang concluded Lu Yanbie might be a vital witness and resolved to find and win him over once she reached the fifth grade realm.
• Li Yang and Li Yaowan planned to repair Li Yaowan’s bonded pill furnace, reclaim protection rights over the Blue Crystal Realm Domain, and use it to grow and sell Star Plant materials.
• Li Yaowan became newly ambitious about raising Huaxia Pill’s standing, then criticized Li Qingchen for risking his life to obtain Light-Condensed Titanium.
• Li Yang pointed out that Li Qingchen’s Risking Life had helped her obtain the Light-Condensed Titanium and might have saved her from Chen Ri.

Li Yaowan told Li Yang how her ambition to establish a family had damaged her relationship with Li Qingchen, and Li Yang urged her to respect her son’s independence. After Li Yaowan prepared to repair her natal pill furnace, Li Yang bought supplies for Lianxin and Chen Ri, while worrying that Lianxin’s gifts of lifespan might come at a cost.

• Li Yaowan admitted that she had given birth to Li Qingchen to build a family and strengthen her bid to become one of the Twelve Marquises of the Star Nexus.
• Li Yaowan explained how Li Qingchen’s choice to study with the Nature Department and refusal to follow her plans drove them apart, while the invasion and her sacrifice later softened their relationship.
• Li Yang urged Li Yaowan to let Li Qingchen lead his own life, and Li Yaowan acknowledged that she had tried to control him even though she trusted her natal pill furnace, Imperial City, as a partner.
• Li Yaowan decided to find an eighth-grade master weaponsmith and materials to repair Imperial City, while Li Yang waited for news about protecting the Blue Crystal Realm Domain.
• Li Yang sold some Star Cores to buy Star Ash Soil and Heavenly Spring Water for Lianxin, who gave her two gifts of 200 years of lifespan each.
• Li Yang worried that Lianxin’s lifespan gifts might harm her and also bought materials to maintain Chen Ri.

After Lianxin’s heartfelt response to Li Yang’s reassurance unlocked 20,000 years of lifespan, Li Yang bought more farming supplies and assessed the enormous lifespan costs of Fourth Grade cultivation. She planned to scale up harvesting with Chen Ri’s help and contacted Shen Binghua, learning that Li Yaowan expected to finish repairing her natal pill furnace within half a month.

• Li Yang reassured Lianxin that he was essential because their shared lifespan let her use Risking Life, and his moved response unlocked 20,000 years of lifespan.
• Li Yang discovered that her next lifespan task required collecting Life Extract Liquid, found no information at the trading post, and decided to ask Li Yaowan about it later.
• Li Yang spent her remaining savings on Star Ash Soil and Heavenly Spring Water, while Lianxin worried about her spending and added lifespan to her.
• Li Yang calculated that Fourth Grade cultivation required vast amounts of lifespan and planned to use Chen Ri and the Masterless Swords to farm enough Star Plants for large-scale harvesting.
• Li Yang called Shen Binghua and learned that Li Yaowan had entered seclusion and expected the natal pill furnace repairs to be finished within half a month.

Li Yang asked Shen Binghua how to expand Scythe of Ice’s range, and Shen taught her how to use compatible ice-type Star Skills for targeted improvement. While Li Yang waited to gather suitable Star Cores from large-scale farming in the Blue Crystal Realm Domain, half a month passed without contact between her and Li Yaowan.

• Li Yang asked Shen Binghua for advice on expanding Scythe of Ice’s range, revealing that she had already improved it four times.
• Shen Binghua explained that Li Yang needed compatible ice-type Star Skills and focused mental power to influence the Star Aperture during improvement.
• After their call ended, Li Yang topped up Shen Binghua’s communication credit, then decided to wait for more Star Cores from the Blue Crystal Realm Domain before improving Scythe of Ice.
• Chen Ri continued farming the Blue Crystal Soil with remarkable speed, while Zhong Kun lamented that Li Yang had not released any Masterless Swords.
• Half a month passed without Li Yang contacting Li Yaowan or receiving news from her.

Li Yang and the Nature Pavilion learned that Li Yaowan had repaired her bonded pill furnace, then witnessed the fortune released by her advancement to the Master realm gather over their pavilion. Jiang Yuqing gained the greatest benefit, while Li Yang made little progress, and outsiders could only watch the fortune be absorbed inside.

• Jiang Yuqing rushed to the Nature Pavilion and announced that Li Yaowan had successfully repaired her bonded pill furnace.
• Li Yang told everyone to keep tending the Star Plants while Li Yaowan recovered and handled her affairs.
• A vast golden pill furnace appeared above the Heavenly Palace, signaling Li Yaowan's advancement to the Master realm and releasing a surge of fortune.
• The golden fortune shifted to the Nature Pavilion, where Jiang Yuqing refined pills beyond his realm and advanced from Fourth Grade First Stage to Fourth Grade Fifth Stage.
• Li Yang tried meditating and sacrificing lifespan but gained little, then stopped and watched as the pavilion's students absorbed the fortune while outsiders remained excluded.