9532-9993 Dark Star Empire Arc

9532-9590 – Entering the Summit of the Myriad Gods – SL, Beichen Ying, and Zi Yan enter the Summit. Gatekeeper Bai works for Dishao and knows SL is with NL. He sends her to the harshest starting area for new arrivals, the Dark Star Empire. Spatial magic doesn’t work here, including spatial bags, and at first, SL’s world. SL gradually grows strong enough to resist the restrictions. They meet CMB, get settled in, and start preparing for the terrible Winter. Lots of hunting is involved.

9591-9627 – Entering Yiyang City – SL and the others enter Yiyang City to make arrangements for the house they want to build. She meets Lu, a restaurant owner and important member of House Lu, Apothecary He, the most skilled Apothecary in the city, and Tao Ran, a renowned formations master and most prestigious builder in the city. She impresses all of them.

9628-9646 – Confrontation at Grass Village – SL and the others return to Grass Village only to find Hu2 has wrecked their home and is hurting the villagers. SL breaks Hu2’s ribs and gets Lord Hu to pay compensation. She works on healing Little Bamboo, Lord Hu’s grandson.

9647-9670 – The Fire Tiger – SL, CMB, and Uncle Lu hunt a dangerous White Diamond level Fire Tiger. Hu2 tries to steal credit but is killed by SL. SL escapes any immediate blame.

9671-9684 – Shopping at Yiyang City – SL and Zi Yan head to the city to shop for supplies. Someone notes that they enter alleyways with supplies, then exit with nothing. After shopping, they go hunting with the boys.

9685-9722 – SL starts training in Alchemy and the Metal element. Progress continues on her house. SL learns a bit about her parents, master, and godfather. SL gets in a fight with Lu3.  SL acquires a Master level cauldron as a substitute for her temporarily inaccessible Grandmaster cauldron. More hunting is done.

9723-9733 – Opening a Clinic – SL enters the City at night to help Apothecary He’s clinic. She needs money to give Zi Yan and the others a medicinal bath to recover from a hard day’s work. Lu3 tries to get Uncle Lu and SL in trouble, but it backfires.

9734-9742 – Final Days of Autumn – SL gives Zi Yan and the others a medicinal bath and some of them promote. SL reaches Advanced Alchemist and forges Three Star weapons that have their own sword spirits, one each for Beichen Ying and Zi Yan. The house has finished construction and Winter has come.

9743-9789 – Ice Element and Hot Spring Valley – Since it’s Winter, SL decides to cultivate Ice. She goes from nothing to Master level in a few days, thanks to the Baili family, much to their shock. SL also does some preliminary exploration of the Hot Spring Valley after finding out it is a source of Chaos power. She takes some water samples back for the others to cultivate with.

9790-9849 – Hot Spring Valley and Yiyang City Conspiracy – SL takes the others to cultivate in the Valley. While they do so, SL further explores the source of the power of Chaos and learns many secrets. There’s a connection between the beasts of the valley and the City. SL resolves all of the problems and takes care of all three of her greatest enemies in the region.

9850-9864 – Preparations Before Traveling to Dark Star Empire Capital – SL and the others go back to the underwater crystal palace in the Hot Spring Valley and their cultivation skyrockets. The entire Hot Spring Valley is destroyed at the end of the process. SL’s world fully unseals, although it’s parched and barren, so she decides to have it swallow the chaos river. SL makes Baili2 the new Yiyang City Lord and departs for the Dark Star Empire’s Capital.

9865-9883 – Shopping at the Dark Star Empire’s Capital – SL and company arrive at the Capital, settle in at the Baili Estate and then go shopping for an Imperial level or higher Cauldron, Imperial level or higher skillbooks, and other materials. They meet a new spoiled princess, the Qilin Princess, who immediately picks a fight with SL. They also meet one of the most powerful men in the Empire, the 9th Imperial Uncle. He’s sickly but enters into an agreement with SL to heal him in exchange for providing resources for her to promote to God Level Apothecary.

9884-9894 – Qilin King & 9th King Fight Over Su Luo. The Qilin King, under cover of marrying SL, wants to abduct her from the Baili Estate to learn more about what happened with the Chaos River near Yiyang City. 9th King arrives to snatch SL away as his Doctor from beneath Qilin King’s nose. Both Kings go to the Emperor, but he sides with 9th King for now.

9895-9913 – Qilins plot against SL. They blackmail Concubine Qian, 9th King’s only concubine, to be their tool, but the plan backfires on them all. 2nd Prince makes inroads to getting Qilin King to work for him against 9th King and SL. 2nd Prince seems to hold knowledge of who poisoned the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince’s condition rapidly deteriorates and SL is called to heal him. SL discovers and reveals the Empire’s half step God Apothecary is actively making the Crown Prince’s condition worse, and that the Prince was poisoned. The Emperor agrees to hurry and gather the remaining herbs SL needs to promote to God Level Apothecary.

9914-9924 – God Level Apothecary – SL convinces the 9th King to plot a coup against his brother, the Emperor. SL tells Beichen Ying and Zi Yan that they must reach Brilliant Gold by the time they go Above and Among the Clouds or they will be left behind. It’s the minimum requirement. SL goes through a difficult process but eventually promotes to God Level Apothecary. After which, the fumes from the opened cauldron cause the cultivation of SL, Zi Yan, Beichen Ying, CMB, and 9th King to rise as they all promote. The Emperor noticed the disturbance when SL promoted at the 9th King’s Estate and issues a summons to SL and her friends.

9925-9961 – Entering the Dark Star Imperial Palace- SL and company go to the Palace where the Emperor holds an audience. The Emperor and Crown Prince are both attracted by SL’s appearance and skill. The Emperor starts to make arrangements to make SL his concubine. The Empress works to manipulate Concubine Meng into acting against SL. SL receives some news about NL from 9th King. SL and Meng come into conflict briefly. SL seems to have secretly drugged and turned Meng into her tool against the Emperor. The Empress’ Wang Clan starts to plot against the Emperor to protect themselves and support the Crown Prince. SL and CMB break Situ out of prison under the nose of Zuo Yu. They are forcibly searched by Zuo Yu. SL uses this as an excuse to leave the Imperial Palace and they all head back to the 9th King’s Estate with Situ as their prisoner.

9962-9978 – Final Preparations for the Coup – SL reveals her space to 9th King and starts working on bombs and a rocket launcher with her alchemy. Zi Yan tests the bombs by blowing up 9th King’s Concubine Qian’s house, killing both Qian and her servant. The Crown Prince is finally informed of how dangerous things are and how his father tried to kill him. The war between House Wang and Emperor intensifies, a supporting family of the Wang’s is almost wiped out. SL cures 9th King of his illness, he promotes to 5 star White Diamond after a two month long cultivation session. 2nd Prince is said to have died while falling from his horse. SL anticipates the Emperor poisoning 9th King and preps him. They record the Emperor confessing his crimes and they hide 9th King’s “corpse.” Rumor blames 9th King for 2nd Prince’s death. Concubine Xue, 2nd Prince’s mother, sends Qilin King to destroy 9th King’s Estate in retaliation. Qilin King is killed by SL.

9979-9993 – The coup begins. The Crown Prince is killed by the Emperor. The Wang’s attack the Imperial Palace. All of this is publicly broadcasted by a Crystal Memory Fruit on Concubine Meng. Zuo Yu dies. The 3rd Wang Master dies. The Emperor is revealed to be a Thorny Dragon, a vicious race that’s been trying to take over the Empire. SL and the others, including 9th King, enter the fray. They reveal Situ and old man Baili. Fighting begins. SL traps the Emperor in the Guardian Devil Pagoda Grandfather Chu gave her. The poison SL infected the Emperor through Meng starts to take effect. The Emperor’s Undead Guardian is countered by 9th King.

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