Chapter Summaries

After Li Yang and Lu Yanbie defeated the Tiger-Sheep Squad, their popularity and tips surged, but the Heavenly Endeavor Squad and Zero Three Squad unleashed a deadly combination of blades and lightning across the secret realm. Li Yang concluded Zero Three had exploited Heavenly Endeavor’s formation and planned to provoke a conflict between them.

• Li Yang used the lifespan earned from killing the spores to advance to the fifth grade realm second stage, while the audience saw only blood and celebrated her and Lu Yanbie’s victory over the Tiger-Sheep Squad.
• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie rose in the rankings as spectators and the defeated squad’s tips poured in, and they discussed the danger of the remaining favored squads joining forces.
• The Heavenly Endeavor Squad activated its Heavenly Rain of Blades, forcing many Star Wielders to withdraw or die as Lu Yanbie used his spiritual power to seize control of the blades aimed at them.
• The Zero Three Squad spread its Thunderstorm Cloud over the blade formation, creating a vast electric net that trapped Star Wielders and began destroying the secret realm.
• Li Yang reasoned that Zero Three had taken advantage of Heavenly Endeavor rather than allied with it, then told Lu Yanbie to find Heavenly Endeavor’s location while she stood in front of him.

Li Yang and Lu Yanbie used a sudden attack to make the Heavenly Endeavor Squad believe the Zero Three Squad had ambushed them, provoking the two favorite squads into a final confrontation. As the Life-and-Death Battle dwindled to 90 survivors, a presence deep in the Astral Realm recognized Lu Yanbie as the Nature Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer Lianxin was raising.

• Li Yang raised the Invincible Shield while Lu Yanbie searched for the Heavenly Endeavor Squad, and she worried that the Flower of Evil's spores might be behind the squads' extraordinary powers.
• Li Yang told Lu Yanbie to strike the Heavenly Endeavor Squad and retreat, intending to make them blame the Zero Three Squad; spectators recognized the trick, while Jiang Yuqing gained Shock Points watching them act.
• The Heavenly Endeavor captain blamed the Zero Three Squad for the attack, and Lu Yanbie's Seventh Grade-level power convinced the squad that the strike came from its rivals.
• After the battle's hazards reduced the field to 90 participants, the Heavenly Endeavor Squad charged the Zero Three Squad, whose captain ordered her members to fight back.
• A male voice in the Astral Realm recognized Lu Yanbie as the Nature Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer Lianxin was raising and said he was growing more delicious.

The Heavenly Endeavor Squad and the Zero Three Squad clashed while Li Yang and Lu Yanbie stayed hidden, waiting to ambush whichever side survived. As the spectators bet on the final outcome, Li Yang studied the battle and gained new ideas for strengthening her team.

• The Heavenly Endeavor Squad pursued the Zero Three Squad, and both sides abandoned their earlier agreement to avoid fighting.
• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie concealed themselves and watched as the Heavenly Endeavor Squad set up a Star Formation.
• Spectators tipped and bet on the final battle, and Jiang Yuqing put all his Star Coins on the Fire Fox Squad.
• The Heavenly Endeavor Squad and the Zero Three Squad began exchanging attacks, displaying their coordinated abilities and varied Star Skills.
• Li Yang learned from the battle and thought about how to tailor her junior brothers’ and sisters’ strengths, while the fighting’s shockwaves kept the squads from noticing her and Lu Yanbie.

Li Yang and Lu Yanbie watched the Heavenly Endeavor Squad and Zero Three Squad battle, expecting to take advantage of the survivors. The squads’ captains and vice-captains revealed their secret alliance and went after the two, while Li Yang’s positioning left Lu Yanbie ready behind them.

• Li Yang protected herself and Lu Yanbie with the Invincible Shield as the two squads fought and moved toward the Heavenly Endeavor Squad’s Star Formation.
• The formation trapped the Zero Three Squad, whose captain killed three teammates to break the cage; the two squads then fought until only their captains and vice-captains remained.
• The four survivors revealed they had planned to unite, having used the battle to eliminate their teammates and preserve their strength.
• The four charged toward Li Yang and Lu Yanbie, but Li Yang had positioned herself apart from Lu Yanbie, leaving him behind the approaching group.

Li Yang and Lu Yanbie defeated the Heavenly Endeavor and Zero Three Squads, then withdrew from the Life-and-Death Battle rather than fight each other. After the victory, Qing Teng noticed Li Yang’s ice-element scythe resembled the skill of an Eighth Grade Master.

• Li Yang used the Invincible Shield to survive the squads’ attacks, while Lu Yanbie’s Star Soul stunned their fighters.
• Li Yang wielded Chen Ri and used the Scythe of Ice to cut down two opponents, and Lu Yanbie finished off the remaining two.
• Spores burst from the defeated fighters, and Li Yang gained three hundred thousand years of lifespan, transferring the excess beyond her limit into lifespan pending unlock.
• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie agreed to withdraw from the competition, trusting each other not to fight over the prize money.
• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie left the secret realm as the spectators cheered, each set to receive fifty million Star Coins.
• Qing Teng reviewed Li Yang’s ice-element scythe attack and suspected it was an Eighth Grade Master’s skill.

Li Yang and Lu Yanbie won the Life-and-Death Battle and went with supervisor Jiang Nianchu to arrange their winnings. Li Yang remained wary of the organizers and refused to sell her secret treasure, leaving the pair still negotiating how to claim their rewards.

• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie returned to the venue, where the organizer announced their shares and spectators celebrated their victory.
• Li Yang suspected the Single-Horn Domain might be collecting malice through the Life-and-Death Battle and stayed wary despite its rules protecting contestants' tips.
• Jiang Nianchu introduced himself as the competition's supervisor and escorted Li Yang and Lu Yanbie to the tower to process their winnings.
• Jiang Nianchu offered them Star Coins, Realm Domain currencies, or treasures, and both chose to receive Star Coins.
• Jiang Nianchu offered Li Yang ten million Star Coins for her secret treasure, but she refused to sell it.

Li Yang and Lu Yanbie refused offers for their secret treasures and the Ninth Grade Sacred Heart Flowers, then learned their prize money would take two Single-Horn days to arrive. Suspecting Jiang Nianchu might attack them, they left under the Invincible Shield’s protection, and Li Yang began an exclusive interview with Qing Teng as a precaution.

• Jiang Nianchu offered 20 million for Li Yang’s Invincible Shield and 30 million for her Growth-Type Divine Weapon, but Li Yang refused to sell either.
• Jiang Nianchu presented Li Yang and Lu Yanbie with Ninth Grade Sacred Heart Flowers, which Lianxin warned were avatars of the Flower of Evil that produced spores.
• Li Yang rejected the flowers and said she would not compete in another Life-and-Death Battle, helping Lu Yanbie resist the temptation.
• Jiang Nianchu said their Star Coins would take two Single-Horn days to transfer, then asked an unseen Holy Lord whether he should execute them; the Holy Lord told him to try.
• Li Yang took up the Invincible Shield, protected Lu Yanbie, and contacted Qing Teng to accept an exclusive interview as they left the office.

Li Yang used Qing Teng’s livestream interview to keep Jiang Nianchu from attacking her and Lu Yanbie inside the Single-Horn Domain, then escaped with him to a concealed safe place. The chapter ended with Qing Teng asking what had happened between Li Yang and the Life-and-Death Battle supervisor.

• Li Yang arranged a livestream interview with Qing Teng so viewers would know she and Lu Yanbie were still at the Single-Horn Domain headquarters.
• Qing Teng interviewed Li Yang about her secret treasure and Growth-Type Divine Weapon, and Li Yang revealed that the weapon was a living partner.
• Jiang Nianchu recognized Li Yang’s plan but intended to kill her and Lu Yanbie when they reached the teleportation array.
• Li Yang kept the livestream running as she led Lu Yanbie out of headquarters, while he felt grateful for her protection.
• Qing Teng hid Li Yang and Lu Yanbie in a safe place, adjusted their communicator, and blocked spiritual scans before asking Li Yang what had happened with the supervisor.

Li Yang told Qing Teng and Lu Yanbie about the spores and revealed that she could escape the Single-Horn Domain with a Teleportation Anchor. When Lu Yanbie mistook her for an agent of the Lost Space Society, Li Yang revealed she was from Huaxia’s Nature Pavilion and urged him to help expose the traitor who had driven him from home.

• Li Yang described the spores and the Ninth Grade Sacred Heart Flowers to Qing Teng, who discussed why the favored teams might have accepted them despite the danger.
• Li Yang gave Lu Yanbie a Teleportation Anchor, and he suspected it linked her to the Lost Space Society.
• Lu Yanbie revealed his hatred of the Lost Space Society, while Li Yang told him she was also their enemy.
• Li Yang changed her appearance, revealed her Huaxia identity and Nature Department Star Soul, and introduced herself as a disciple of General Si Kui.
• Lu Yanbie broke down, insisting he had not betrayed Huaxia, and Li Yang urged him to help expose the traitor in the Huaxia Heavenly Palace.

Li Yang persuaded Lu Yanbie to testify against the person who had framed him, promising to help clear his name and bring him back to the Nature Pavilion. As they waited for the Life-and-Death Battle prize money, the group prepared to evade Jiang Nianchu and watched the two-day deadline approach.

• Li Yang reassured Lu Yanbie that she had allies and leverage to expose the traitor, and promised he could join the Nature Department if he testified.
• Lu Yanbie learned that Li Yang was the Nature Department's Heavenly Fortune Bearer and agreed to return with her after they collected the hundred million Star Coins.
• Qing Teng warned that Jiang Nianchu might tamper with the teleportation array, while Li Yang planned to use her Teleportation Anchor and Qing Teng offered to inspect their communicators.
• Jiang Yuqing arrived at the safe point, celebrated his betting winnings, and met Lu Yanbie as the group shared a moment of laughter.
• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie gave remote interviews to keep the public watching the Single-Horn Domain, while the livestream audience dwindled and the deadline drew near.

Li Yang and Lu Yanbie went to the life-and-death battle headquarters to collect their rewards, where the Flower of Evil briefly lured Li Yang with an illusion. After discovering the communicators’ Star Coins could not be transferred for two hours, they prepared to leave the Single-Horn Domain while Jiang Nianchu moved to intercept them.

• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie agreed to livestream collecting their rewards, then went to headquarters as fire-fox half-bloods while Qing Teng waited at the safe spot.
• Jiang Nianchu presented them with anonymous communicators containing fifty million Star Coins each, and the Flower of Evil’s red-dressed avatar flew toward Lu Yanbie.
• Li Yang pushed Lu Yanbie aside, but the Flower of Evil trapped her in an illusion and tempted her before Lianxin helped her regain her senses.
• Li Yang and Lu Yanbie left headquarters with the communicators, while Jiang Nianchu ordered his subordinate to change the teleportation array’s destination and learned that Li Yang had a Spatial Teleportation Star Skill and a Teleportation Anchor.
• Qing Teng confirmed the Star Coins were present but could not be transferred for two hours, so Li Yang decided they would leave the Single-Horn Domain immediately.

Li Yang escaped Jiang Nianchu after using Risking Life to reach the Eighth Grade Realm and severely wounding him, then hid in the Bone Peach Domain disguised as the Bone Peach Mother Tree. She planned to contact Kong Shisan and use the Life-and-Death Battle to maintain her cover, while considering whether the Flower of Evil knew her identity.

• Jiang Nianchu blocked the group's Teleportation Anchors, so Li Yang activated Risking Life and sent Jiang Yuqing, Qing Teng, and Lu Yanbie away under her Invincible Shield.
• Li Yang fought Jiang Nianchu with the Scythe of Ice, then unleashed her Star Soul and pierced his defenses with a fiery red longsword.
• Li Yang escaped to the Bone Peach Domain after Lianxin replenished her lifespan, and took on the Bone Peach Mother Tree's appearance.
• Li Yang found no messages on the communicator and decided to contact Kong Shisan to make her cover as the Bone Peach Mother Tree more convincing.
• Li Yang considered how the Bone Peach Mother Tree could plausibly have connections to Huaxia and infiltrated the Huaxia Realm Domain.

Li Yang deceived Kong Shisan about her escape from the Single-Horn Domain and returned to the Blue Crystal Realm Domain. Her allies and the Nature Department waited anxiously for her, while Li Yaowan headed toward the Single-Horn Domain.

• Li Yang sent Kong Shisan a detailed false account claiming she had escaped the Life-and-Death Battle overseer by using the Sage's Spatial Teleportation.
• After Lianxin assured her that the Flower of Evil had left no mark on her and her friends were safe, Li Yang showed Kong Shisan Risking Life and the Invincible Shield and explained their costs.
• Li Yang told Kong Shisan that Jiang Nianchu had withheld her fifty million Star Coins, prompting Kong Shisan to promise to report the matter to his superiors.
• Kong Shisan questioned whether Jiang Nianchu had seen through Li Yang's Huaxia disguise, but accepted her explanation and ended the call.
• Li Yang teleported back to the Blue Crystal Realm Domain, where Jiang Yuqing, Qing Teng, Lu Yanbie, and the Nature Department waited for her.
• Qing Teng tried to contact Li Yaowan, who had likely gone to the Single-Horn Domain, while the Nature Department members worried and prayed for Li Yang.

Li Yang returned safely from the Single-Horn Domain after defeating Jiang Nianchu’s plan and securing one hundred million Star Coins, then recounted the battle to Li Yaowan and the others. Lu Yanbie declined most of his share and prepared to reveal the truth about the affair sealed away for twenty-eight years.

• Lu Yanbie anxiously waited for Li Yang, who returned safely to the Blue Crystal Realm Domain and reunited with the Nature Pavilion group.
• Li Yang reassured Lu Yanbie that she had learned a life-prolonging technique and had not exhausted her lifespan.
• Li Yaowan confirmed that the Single-Horn Domain battle had ended with Jiang Nianchu gravely injured and Li Yang escaped, then gathered everyone at Li Yang’s palace.
• Li Yang and Qing Teng recounted the events in the Single-Horn Domain, including how they obtained one hundred million Star Coins.
• Lu Yanbie offered to give Li Yang the forty million Star Coins he would otherwise keep, but Li Yang refused and Li Yaowan told him to keep them.
• Lu Yanbie asked whether they could speak freely, then prepared to disclose the affair that had been sealed away for twenty-eight years.

Li Yaowan revealed that Wang Gexiao, the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo’s son and Li Yang’s teacher’s childhood sweetheart, had betrayed the Nature Department during the Greedy Wolf Incident. She recounted the war with the Fenglie Clan and explained that Wang Gexiao had avoided the massacre by claiming he returned to Fenglie Main City to protect Si Kui.

• Lu Yanbie said the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo had tried to silence him, and Li Yaowan clarified that Wang Gexiao had leaked information about the Nature Department and caused the divine descent.
• Li Yang and the others reacted to Wang Gexiao’s identity, while Wang Ruika faced the revelation that his ancestor was the traitor.
• Li Yaowan described how the Fenglie Clan had used accusations against the Nature Department to justify a nine-year war against Huaxia.
• The Nature Pavilion launched a surprise attack on Fenglie Main City with Grandmasters from the Spirit Department, including Wang Gexiao.
• Li Yaowan said a Divine Venerable had trapped the Spirit Department Grandmasters at the Greedy Wolf Transit Point, while Wang Gexiao claimed he had returned to Fenglie Main City to protect Si Kui.

Li Yaowan explained why she believed Wang Gexiao had caused the Divine Descent that destroyed the Nature Department, though the evidence was too weak to justify probing him. Li Yang resolved to find a way to make the Star Nexus Pavilion investigate Wang Gexiao.

• Wang Ruika struggled to believe that his family’s ancestor, Wang Gexiao, could be a traitor.
• Li Yaowan recounted how spiritual interference had diverted the Nature Department’s reinforcements and explained why she suspected Wang Gexiao and the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo.
• Li Yaowan described how the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo had tried to silence Lu Yanbie and later helped ensure that questioning him revealed no clues.
• Li Yang pointed out that the existing evidence could not bring Wang Gexiao down, while probing his spirit would cripple him and require strong justification.
• After Li Yaowan confirmed that Wang Gexiao was the likeliest culprit, Li Yang decided to find a way to make the Star Nexus Pavilion probe him.

Li Yang confined Wang Ruika temporarily and prepared to persuade the Marquis of Wind Pavilion to support a mental probe of Wang Gexiao. At the Wang Family residence, the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo confronted his son and attacked him over his actions.

• Li Yang sensed Wang Ruika's anguish and told him to avoid choosing between the Nature Department and the Wang Family until the crisis had passed.
• Li Yang arranged for Wang Ruika to remain confined in the Blue Crystal Realm Domain and planned to invite the Marquis of Wind Pavilion to negotiate.
• Li Yang intended to use the Blue Crystal Realm Domain, her sword-conversion method, and news of a Lost Space Society gathering to win support for probing Wang Gexiao.
• The Marquis of Mirror Bamboo visited the Wang Family residence after Wang Gexiao returned to the Huaxia Heavenly Palace.
• Wang Gexiao told his father that his actions had been for the Marquis, the Wang Family, and Huaxia, and the Marquis struck him and sent him crashing into a wall.

The Marquis of Mirror Bamboo learned that Wang Gexiao wanted to eliminate Li Yang, but Wang Gexiao persuaded him that a Divine Venerable was necessary to protect Huaxia. Li Yang and Li Yaowan prepared to act against Wang Gexiao without disturbing Si Kui, while the Nature Department continued developing the Blue Crystal Realm Domain.

• Wang Gexiao urged the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo to authorize Li Yang's elimination, arguing that uniting Huaxia and obtaining the Divine Emperor's status would let his father advance to Divine Venerable.
• The Marquis of Mirror Bamboo recalled that Wang Gexiao had engineered the Nature Department's destruction to remove an obstacle to that plan, but he yielded to his son's argument that Huaxia needed protection from the Upper Three Realms.
• Li Yang decided not to tell Si Kui about Wang Gexiao while she recovered from her injuries, and she and Li Yaowan discussed how to act after confirming his guilt.
• The Masterless Swords and the Blue Crystal Clan continued cultivating Star Plants, and Li Yang told them to keep planting the mature crop rather than harvest it.

Li Yang and Li Yaowan cultivated more than 300,000 Star Plants in Blue Crystal Soil to demonstrate its value to the Marquis of Wind Pavilion. As Li Yang began harvesting the mature plants before her, Wang Gexiao learned of the visit and saw a chance to trap them all.

• Li Yang and Li Yaowan decided to preserve the Blue Crystal Soil and grow Star Plants on a renewable basis, while Lu Yanbie and the Nature Department helped plant them and Jiang Yuqing refined recovery pills.
• More than 300,000 Star Plants matured, and Li Yaowan invited the Marquis of Wind Pavilion to visit the Blue Crystal Realm Domain.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion set out with Song Menjiao, while Wang Gexiao learned of her destination and planned to catch them all in one net.
• Li Yang and Li Yaowan welcomed the Marquis of Wind Pavilion and led her to a vast planting area of crisp peach trees grown in Blue Crystal Soil.
• Li Yang gripped Chen Ri, rushed into the Jade Peach Tree grove, and unleashed an area-of-effect ice Star Skill that stunned the onlookers and shook the Marquis of Wind Pavilion.

Li Yang showed the Marquis of Wind Pavilion that harvesting plants in the Blue Crystal Realm Domain produced large quantities of ice-type Star Cores, and the Nature Department harvested all 300,000 Star Plants. The Marquis of Wind Pavilion wavered over backing Li Yang and Li Yaowan’s effort to reopen the investigation into the Nature Department’s destruction.

• Li Yang showed the Marquis of Wind Pavilion Blue Crystal Soil and poured out thousands of Star Cores harvested from Jade Peach Trees.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion questioned whether Li Yaowan had prepared the Star Cores in advance, but Li Yang invited her to stay and witness the harvest.
• Lu Yanbie was overwhelmed by the harvest and decided he wanted to join the Nature Department.
• The Nature Department finished harvesting 300,000 Star Plants, producing nearly a hundred thousand Star Cores.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion considered the Star Cores’ value and began wavering over whether to support Li Yang and Li Yaowan.