The cosmic dust had barely settled. Within the shattered remnants of the Xingyu (星域, Star Domain), the once-invincible Star Demon God Xingmo Shen (星魔神) lay vanquished. For protagonists Long Haochen (龙皓晨) and Sheng Cai'er (圣采儿), this victory was forged at a tremendous cost, a testament to their unbreakable bond and the last-minute intervention of a legendary hero.
Yet, there is no time for respite. The echo of the fallen god's final act—a desperate sacrifice to his master—has already triggered a more immediate and personal catastrophe. Even as the couple stands amidst fading starlight, a new and brutal battle for survival erupts elsewhere, drawing Long Haochen toward a long-awaited, hate-fueled reckoning with his greatest nemesis.
The Fall of a God
Vashak, the Star Demon God, orchestrated a devastating trap. Using the Celestial Fate Disc Xingchen Mingpan (星辰命盘), he manipulated the fates of countless human warriors, drawing them into a lethal arena. His alliance with A Bao (阿宝), son of the Demon Emperor, was meant to be a final solution. Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er fought through this nightmare, breaking the disc's power through sacrifice and a soul-deep connection.
But Vashak, cornered and desperate, made an ultimate gamble. He allowed A Bao to wound him, using the act as a catalyst to shed his physical form entirely. He poured the collective future and life force of his entire demon lineage into a single, catastrophic purpose: to annihilate the couple and drag the entire Star Domain into oblivion with him.
In this realm of his own making, Vashak was supreme. Brandishing the power of a Fifth Stellar Crown Diwu Xingmian (第五星冕), he stripped Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er of their command over the domain's fundamental rules. The battle seemed hopelessly one-sided. The couple was relentlessly battered by waves of cosmic force capable of erasing worlds. Long Haochen, a Knight to his core, refused to yield. Shield shattered and body broken, he stood firm before Sheng Cai'er, his unwavering defiance the last light in the encroaching dark.
This unwavering resolve sparked a miracle. The Knight's Heart Qishi Zhi Xin (骑士之心) within Long Haochen pulsed, freezing the very rules of the domain. From this stillness emerged the last Eternal Hero, Xiao Huo (萧霍). Having erased his own destiny six millennia ago, he had waited in slumber for a worthy successor. He found it in Long Haochen. Bestowing his legacy and his own Fifth Stellar Crown, Xiao Huo empowered the young Knight for a single, decisive moment. Long Haochen's counterattack, the technique "Fleeting Glory Chana Fanghua (刹那芳华)," pierced the Star Demon God's essence. Even in death, Vashak's loyalty was to his race, his final act a sacrificial offering of his power to the Demon Emperor Mo Shenhuang (魔神皇), Feng Xiu (枫秀).
A Legacy Forged in Stars
With the demon's dissolution, Xiao Huo's spirit faded, his duty complete. The brief silence that followed was shattered by a distant, visceral tremor of malice. The crisis had never been confined to the stars. While the battle raged above, A Bao had launched his assault on the human defenders below. Long Haochen's grandfather, Long Tianyin (龙天印), summoned the Throne of Seal Shenyin Wangzuo (神印王座) in a desperate defense, but its offensive nature was ill-suited for protection. The throne was shattered by the phantom of the First Reverse Infernal Dragon Ni Tian Molong (逆天魔龙), summoned by A Bao, leaving the humans exposed and facing annihilation.
Driven by urgency and fury, Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er split their forces to respond. Long Haochen descended to the bloody battlefield known as the Slaughter Purgatory Shalu Lianyu (杀戮炼狱), the sword that felled a god still in his hand. His arrival was a bolt of righteous vengeance. After rescuing his grandfather, his focus narrowed to a single point: A Bao. The history between them is a river of blood and humiliation, from early skirmishes in the Dream Paradise Meng Huan Tiantang (梦幻天堂) to the atrocities of the Star Domain arena. Each encounter deepened A Bao's obsession, twisting it into a singular, destructive drive.
Now, they stand opposite each other once more. A Bao's face is a mask of arrogant contempt, unchanged by the carnage he has authored. But Long Haochen is profoundly transformed. The mantle of the Eternal Hero and the power of the Fifth Stellar Crown now flow through him. He is no longer the promising novice A Bao once hunted; he is a champion tempered by stellar fire and legacy. The air crackles not just with magical energy, but with the weight of personal history and the fate of two species.
A Bao's descent is a tragedy of privilege and obsession. As the son of the Demon Emperor Feng Xiu, his defeat by Long Haochen became an unhealing wound. His quest for vengeance has long since detached from any cause greater than his own wounded pride. He gambled the future of an entire demon clan and pushed an ally to self-annihilation, all to service a personal grudge. His actions blur the line between serving his race and succumbing to a private demon. This confrontation is therefore more than a battle; it is the inevitable collision of a man who fights to protect and a prince who fights only to conquer his own shadow.
The coming clash promises to redefine power within the narrative. A Bao commands the terrifying specter of the Infernal Dragon and carries a fragment of his father's supreme might. Long Haochen wields the crystallized legacy of human hope and stellar law. Furthermore, Vashak's final sacrifice was not in vain for the demons—it has bolstered the Demon Emperor's own ascension towards godhood. The outcome of this duel will therefore send shockwaves far beyond the battlefield, potentially igniting the total war both sides have long anticipated. The fight for the Throne of Seal (神印王座) enters its most critical and volatile chapter.
