Chapter Summaries

Wang Ye realized that Soul Restraining Hell itself imprisoned the departed souls of human Undying Experts, and he began considering how to free them before time ran out. As the First Selection World’s rankings shifted, Eastern Emperor Wan Yi headed for the Seventh Hell to reclaim first place, while Wang Ye hinted that he had an easier way to complete its unique mission.

• Wang Ye explained that the Dark Soul Shadow Spirits were likely controlled by departed souls of human Undying Experts and that the Soul Restraining Stones were connected to the Seventh Hell’s unique mission.
• Xian Yu Yan completed the Fifth Hell’s unique mission, widening her lead over Eastern Emperor Wan Yi, who then traveled to Soul Restraining Hell to pursue its mission.
• Wang Ye, Wen Rou, and Ji Mengni defeated a Dark Soul Shadow Spirit and used a Soul Restraining Stone to capture its departed soul, but realized this did not let it rest in peace.
• After capturing another departed soul, Wang Ye concluded that the rules of Soul Restraining Hell itself trapped souls and that the entire world functioned as a prison.
• Wang Ye noted that fewer than fifty Cosmic Days remained and told Wen Rou and Ji Mengni that he might have an easy way to complete the unique mission.

Wang Ye, Wen Rou, and Ji Mengni finished the first half of the selection in the top five, then were transported to the Seventy-Two Heavenly Halls for the second half. Wang Ye’s arrival immediately turned dangerous when he came face-to-face with Dong Se Ziyu, who drew her holy sword in fury.

• Wang Ye used the Soul Restraining Stone to free a trapped soul, and Wen Rou and Ji Mengni released souls too, raising their rankings as the trio split up to hunt more Dark Soul Shadow Spirits.
• Eastern Emperor Wan Yi destroyed the final core of the Soul Restraining Reincarnation Array, but the Seventh Hell’s Unique Mission rewarded him only 4 million points instead of the 25 million he expected.
• Wang Ye, Wen Rou, and Ji Mengni regrouped at the Dark Abyss Ladder, compared their gains, and agreed to help one another if they met again in the second half.
• The first-half rankings were finalized with Xian Yu Yan first, Wen Rou second, Wang Ye third, Eastern Emperor Wan Yi fourth, and Ji Mengni fifth.
• Wang Ye was teleported into the Seventy-Two Heavenly Halls and encountered Dong Se Ziyu, who recognized him and drew her holy sword.

Wang Ye fought Dong Se Ziyu in the Spirit Weapon Hall, then persuaded her to become his partner. After they began studying the World Panel, Dong Se Ziyu suddenly attacked him with a burst of sword light.

• Wang Ye and Dong Se Ziyu clashed fiercely, revealing that his strength had grown enough to match hers despite her Eastern Emperor Qi and powerful sword techniques.
• Wang Ye convinced Dong Se Ziyu to stop fighting and partner with him, arguing that her previous partner Nong Bi had held her back.
• Wang Ye and Dong Se Ziyu opened the World Panel and reviewed the hall's participants, four missions, and points exchange prices.
• Wang Ye realized why the exchange prices had changed, but Dong Se Ziyu suddenly engulfed him in dazzling sword light.

Wang Ye and Dong Se Ziyu fought off repeated Heaven Race attacks in the Seventy-Two Heavenly Halls, then used the full map to investigate its teleportation gates. After discovering that the gates only led to other first-level halls, Wang Ye realized the key to escaping might lie in the palaces above the clouds.

• Wang Ye and Dong Se Ziyu joined forces to kill an Undying Heaven Race member and drive off the rest of their attackers.
• Wang Ye concluded that the second half of the trial tested survival and spent points to unlock the full map.
• Wang Ye and Dong Se Ziyu reached a teleportation gate and traveled from the Spirit Weapon Hall to the Heavy Arms Hall, which was also part of the first level.
• The pair crossed the Spirit Weapon Hall and entered another gate, arriving in the Armor Hall, then returned after finding no route to the second level.
• Wang Ye studied the map and the palaces above the clouds, then realized the Seventy-Two Heavenly Halls themselves held the clue.

Wang Ye and Dong Se Ziyu cleared the Spirit Weapon Hall trial and reached a one-way passage to the second level. Wang Ye explained that they had to choose between risking the climb to the Ninth Heaven and withdrawing safely, leaving Dong Se Ziyu to consider which path to take.

• Eastern Emperor Wan Yi chose to pursue the summit despite the risks and dismissed Wang Ye as an unworthy rival.
• Xian Yu Yan entered the Valiant General Hall determined to claim first place.
• Wang Ye mapped the Spirit Weapon Hall and led Dong Se Ziyu through its palaces to the hall matching their location.
• The Spirit Weapon Hall’s statue activated a space-time maze, and Wang Ye defeated its guardian after crossing the trial.
• Wang Ye and Dong Se Ziyu reached the one-way passage to the second level, where Wang Ye explained their two choices: press onward or withdraw safely.

Wang Ye explained how to survive the Seventy-Two Heavenly Halls and helped Dong Se Ziyu choose a safer route toward the top hundred before they parted ways. He fought alone, steadily gathered points, and completed the first major mission when an exit passage appeared in the Troop Production Hall.

• Wang Ye reasoned that contestants could not leave from the second level and advised Dong Se Ziyu that safely pursuing the top hundred was more sensible than risking elimination for a top-ten position.
• Dong Se Ziyu trusted Wang Ye, and he explained how to complete the halls’ trials and hunt Heaven Race Experts before they parted ways.
• Wang Ye chose to fight alone and used close combat to defeat first-level Heaven Race Undying Life, improving his fighting skills as he earned points.
• Wang Ye memorized the halls’ locations, passed their trials, and claimed their mission points.
• Wang Ye defeated a Heaven Race warrior in the Troop Production Hall, completing the first major mission as a one-way teleportation passage appeared.

Wang Ye completed the First Selection World’s First Heaven trials while watching the deadly climb through the Seventy-Two Heavenly Halls, where many top contestants were eliminated before reaching the Ninth Heaven. He left through the one-way gate with a 10 million-point reward, having secured his goal in the selection world.

• Wang Ye left the Troop Production Hall and planned to collect the remaining First Heaven points before exiting on the final Cosmic Day.
• Ye Mu and other Heaven’s Chosen were stopped or eliminated as the trials grew more dangerous, while Qi Guan Xian Ai reconsidered her goal of reaching the Ninth Heaven.
• Wang Ye completed all eight First Heaven trials, noted Zi Yu’s rising ranking, and observed contestants’ points collapse as they spent them on recovery.
• Ka Luomeng and Dong Baiying were killed in the Seventh Heaven, and Qing Xuan was eliminated during the final trial before the Ninth Heaven, resetting his points to zero.
• Xian Yu Yan reached the Ninth Heaven and held first place with 50.2 million points, while Jiu Ge Di rose to second after earning 15 million points.
• Wang Ye entered the one-way teleportation gate, left the Seventy-Two Heavenly Halls, and received 10 million points.

Wang Ye placed fifth in the First Selection World and secured entry to Infinite Slaughter World, making him a celebrated genius across the Taishe Star Region. He looked ahead to Yuangu Star’s final contest in three years, then returned to Red River Universe Country to find its nobles and officials gathered to congratulate him.

• The First Selection World rankings were announced, with Xian Yu Yan taking the top spot, A Dan rising to third, and Wang Ye finishing fifth.
• Wang Ye reviewed the results, noted that Ji Mengni had followed a similarly cautious strategy, and found Dong Se Ziyu safely ranked in eighty-third place.
• Wang Ye saw Yuangu Star’s emblem and the three-year countdown to the final contest, and resolved to gain true top-ten combat power before then.
• Wang Ye left the Human Virtual Universe and planned to relax, visit friends, and cultivate after the ten-year competition.
• Wang Ye stepped out of the Cultivation Room and found his Royal Court Manor decorated for a celebration, with Red River officials, nobles, and members of the Thirteen Royal Clans gathered to congratulate him.

The chapter followed the aftermath of the First Selection World as the Eastern Emperor Nation Lord praised Wang Ye and Xian Yu Yan, while Dong Se Ziyu and Qing Xuan faced personal turning points. Wang Ye celebrated his progress with Xi Yan, then began dating Luo Erhan, who asked him to marry her; he carried her into the night before beginning cultivation the next day.

• The Eastern Emperor Nation Lord criticized Wan Yi for turning back from the Ninth Heaven and praised Xian Yu Yan and Wang Ye as promising geniuses.
• Dong Se Ziyu brushed off Nong Bi and left to cultivate, leaving him stunned by her sudden distance.
• Qing Xuan admitted that he had lost because of his willpower, and his father sent him to train in the Heartbreak Realm for three years.
• Wang Ye told Xi Yan that he intended to place in the top hundred at Yuangu Star and reach the final round, while declining to commit to joining the royal clan.
• Wang Ye took Luo Erhan on a date, and she asked him to marry her so the Thirteen Royal Clans would accept him.
• Wang Ye agreed to make their marriage a done deal that night before he entered seclusion the next day, then carried Luo Erhan away.

After announcing his engagement to Luo Erhan, Wang Ye accepted the Thirteen Royal Clans’ offer to make them family and negotiated support to strengthen himself. He left the banquet with their promise to help him obtain treasures, undergo Red River Baptism, and secretly gather demon devil slaves.

• Wang Ye reassured Luo Erhan that he would announce their relationship and formally propose at the celebration banquet.
• The Thirteen Royal Clans proposed that Wang Ye marry one of their princesses to bind him to the Red River Universe Country.
• Wang Ye accepted and chose Luo Erhan, agreeing to become engaged after Supernova Geniuses Contend.
• Wang Ye asked the clans for a Top Grade Supreme Treasure, Life Treasures, a defensive Fine Treasure, and permission to receive Red River Baptism; they agreed to help or grant his requests.
• Wang Ye revealed that killing demon devils gave him Dao Comprehension and asked the clans to keep his bloodline secret.
• The Thirteen Royal Clans agreed to help Wang Ye gather demon devil slaves across the Taishe Star Region.

The Thirteen Royal Clans rewarded Wang Ye by expanding Blue Star’s development and granting his family vast territories, while Wang Ye cultivated new techniques and advanced toward a Red River baptism. The chapter ended with his approval to enter the River of Life.

• The Thirteen Royal Clans arranged resources and territories for Wang Ye, Blue Star, and his family to secure his roots in the Red River Universe Country.
• Blue Star received plans for a Seven-Star Life Main Planet and a special star cluster, while Yao reflected on how Wang Ye had changed its fortunes.
• Wang Liang learned that twelve Seven-Star Life Star Systems had been placed under the Wang Ye Family, with dozens more to follow toward forming an Eight-Star Life Star System.
• Wang Ye cultivated Dimensional Turbulence and mastered Origin Intent Art, strengthening his elemental attacks with will.
• Wang Ye advanced his main body's cultivation and received approval to enter the Red River for its baptism.

Wang Ye underwent the Red River Baptism, perfecting his innate foundation and awakening the Netherflame Devil Blade’s spiritual consciousness. With ten days left before the Second Selection World opened, he resumed cultivating and began harvesting Potential Points across the Red River Universe Country.

• Wang Ye absorbed the Red River’s Life Energy during the thirty-second baptism, transforming his body, soul, will, and top-tier Inner World.
• The Red River restored the Netherflame Devil Blade’s spiritual consciousness, and its renewed power tore through the Undying Life’s energy after Wang Ye emerged.
• Wang Ye’s Strength Rank rose, the Life Divine Tree reached Superstar Rank, and his Inner World advanced toward its third level.
• Wang Ye reflected on the Red River’s history and resolved to become Undying and wipe out the demons and devils in the Taishe Star Region.
• Wang Ye improved his Space and time comprehension and set his sights on learning the top-tier Way of Time, Time World, to reach the Supernova Geniuses Contend finals.
• With ten days remaining before the Second Selection World opened, Wang Ye reunited with Luo Erhan, then traveled among the Nine Star Life Planets to harvest Potential Points from the gathered Superstar Rank slaves.

Wang Ye returned to Red River Star with 963.3 billion Potential Points and used them to break the Annihilating Reincarnation Blade’s limit, transforming his Blade Heart and greatly increasing his combat power. With the Second Round Selection World three Cosmic Days away, he improved his other techniques and chose a Fine Treasure armor that resonated with him.

• Ta Ya helped Wang Ye collect Superstar Rank slaves across all 83 Nine Star Life Planets, bringing him 963.3 billion Potential Points.
• Wang Ye spent 700 billion Potential Points to break the limit of the Annihilating Reincarnation Blade and gained the Limit Breaking Skill Reincarnation.
• Wang Ye improved Dimensional Turbulence, Origin Intent Art, Time Overlap, Touch of Time, and four Dark Energy Rank ability arts.
• Wang Ye visited the Red River Treasure Vault and examined four Fine Treasure armors supplied by the Red River Universe Country.
• Wang Ye chose the skin-tight athletic outfit with eighty-eight abdominal muscles because its time-based and unusual Cosmic Secrets suited him, and he resonated with it.

Wang Ye tested the Crystal Phantom Fusion Suit and decided to keep it as a trump card, while contestants prepared for the Second Selection World. The competition began with Wang Ye entering the passage, uncertain what Yuangu Star’s selection rules would be.

• Wang Ye learned the Crystal Phantom Fusion Suit’s three defensive abilities, tested its fusion, and severed his consciousness from it because of its appearance and heavy demands.
• Eastern Emperor Wan Yi resolved to prove himself in the Second Selection World, while Nong Bi trained to defeat Wang Ye and win back Zi Yu’s favor.
• Qing Xuan emerged from the Heartbreak Realm trials and vowed to reclaim what he had lost, as Qing Yu encouraged him to take first place.
• Piao Bai Bai reappeared after thirteen years, revealed that he had spent the time strengthening himself, and vanished into the competition before Ai Luo Huang Jue Ting could confront him further.
• Wang Ye entered his exclusive competition space, considered possible Yuangu Star rules, and stepped into the passage as the Second Selection World began.

Wang Ye entered Yuangu Star’s Second Selection World, where contestants competed to collect Yuangu Pearls and keep other treasures they acquired. His memories of Yuangu Star guided him toward the Great Vow Star Realm, while Wen Rou became the first contestant announced to have obtained a pearl.

• Wang Ye arrived in a vast starfield and learned that contestants would be ranked by the Yuangu Pearls they collected through exploration, exchange, or rewards.
• Wang Ye realized Yuangu Star was screening contestants for talent and opportunity, and set a goal of reaching the top hundred.
• Wang Ye recognized landmarks from his blurry memories and headed toward the Great Vow Star Realm to find people and opportunities.
• The ranking updated to show Flourishing Star Empire’s Wen Rou in first place with one Yuangu Pearl.
• Wang Ye reached the Great Vow Star Realm, where countless celestial bodies formed a hexagram-like world.

Wang Ye entered the Great Vow Star Realm by pretending to know its apprentice, Bai Cong, and offered to introduce him to a senior. Meanwhile, Eastern Emperor Wan Yi struggled to find Yuangu Pearls and discovered that Wang Ye had already taken the lead with ten.

• Wang Ye approached the Great Vow Star Realm but found its barrier too strong to break through.
• Bai Cong emerged from the barrier, and Wang Ye persuaded him to let him enter by acting as though they had met before.
• Inside the realm, Wang Ye offered to introduce Bai Cong to a senior, and Bai Cong eagerly agreed to help him within the rules.
• Eastern Emperor Wan Yi decided to search the central region for opportunities because he did not know how to earn Yuangu Pearls.
• Eastern Emperor Wan Yi saw that Wang Ye had collected ten Yuangu Pearls and was leading the rankings.

Wang Ye dismantled the Luminous Ten Yi Formation and stripped the Star Language Garden of its treasures, exchanging them for points and Yuangu Pearls while promising to help Bai Cong. Meanwhile, Wen Rou and other eliminated contestants recovered in the Cosmic Teleportation Zone, where Wang Ye’s sudden arrival left everyone astonished.

• Wang Ye took the ten Yuangu Pearls after breaking the Luminous Ten Yi Formation with Bai Cong’s help.
• Wang Ye harvested the Star Language Garden’s plants and treasures, exchanged them for points and Yuangu Pearls, and collected water and soil while Bai Cong reluctantly stood aside.
• Wang Ye promised to introduce Bai Cong to a senior at Yuangu Star and asked him about other ways to earn Yuangu Pearls.
• Wen Rou appeared in the Cosmic Teleportation Zone after losing her fight, and Chi Xuan and Tai Shu Xiao Yao were also there with other contestants.
• Wang Ye suddenly appeared in the Cosmic Teleportation Zone, stunning the gathered contestants.

Wang Ye told the contestants at the Revival Zone how to enter the Great Vow Star Realm, drawing them there while arranging to profit from their visits. He then teamed up with Wen Rou to seek safer opportunities and build their Yuangu Pearl rankings.

• Wang Ye met Wen Rou at the Revival Zone and confirmed that they had both been killed by Yuangu Star Disciples.
• Wang Ye explained the Great Vow Star Realm's entry conditions and missions, then encouraged contestants to visit by mentioning Bai Cong and his offer to let them pay later.
• Wang Ye privately gathered information about how and where the contestants had died, intending to use it to locate opportunities.
• Wen Rou chose to accompany Wang Ye instead of traveling to the Great Vow Star Realm, and he outlined three categories of opportunities from their gathered information.
• Wang Ye and Wen Rou set out to explore the least difficult opportunities first and earn enough Yuangu Pearls to secure a top-ten ranking.

Piao Bai Bai collected Yuangu Pearls while Xian Yu Yan pursued a breakthrough at Sword Burying Cliff, and Wang Ye shared information about the Great Vow Star Realm. Wang Ye and Wen Rou returned to the Azure Astral Thunder Forbidden Ground, overcame its defenses, and reached a platform holding Yuangu Pearls.

• Piao Bai Bai gathered a second Yuangu Pearl and planned to keep searching planets near Ancient Star to catch up with Wang Ye.
• Xian Yu Yan stood at Sword Burying Cliff, trying to comprehend its sword marks and perfect her Sword Heart.
• Eastern Emperor Wan Yi won a Yuangu Pearl at chess, heard that Wang Ye offered a way to earn Pearls, and asked him about the Great Vow Star Realm.
• Wang Ye told contestants they could enter the Great Vow Star Realm through Bai Cong, and Eastern Emperor Wan Yi left to seek an opportunity there.
• Wang Ye and Wen Rou entered the Azure Astral Thunder Forbidden Ground and fought through its thunder attacks, phantoms, and revived armored guards.
• Wen Rou broke the palace's golden rune, and Wang Ye reached the palace's circular platform, where Yuangu Pearls were arranged.

Wang Ye and Wen Rou conquered Opportunity Lands, gathered Yuangu Pearls, and learned that genuine opportunities could be found throughout the trials. At the halfway point, Wen Rou discovered a chance for Sudden Enlightenment, while Wang Ye exchanged points to claim first place and headed to the Great Vow Star Realm.

• Wang Ye shared four of the palace's seven Yuangu Pearls with Wen Rou and explained that hidden opportunities mattered more than the visible rewards.
• Wang Ye and Wen Rou conquered five Opportunity Lands in three Cosmic Years as contestants began flocking to the Great Vow Star Realm after Tai Shu Xiao Yao and Eastern Emperor Wan Yi found opportunities there.
• Wang Ye and Wen Rou entered the Twilight Secret Realm, where Wen Rou resonated with an ancient grave's stele and entered Sudden Enlightenment; Wang Ye left her Yuangu Pearls and went on alone.
• At the halfway point, Wang Ye saw himself ranked second behind Eastern Emperor Wan Yi, exchanged 200 million points for two Yuangu Pearls to take first, and set off for the Great Vow Star Realm.