Chapter Summaries

Tang Chong and Thor tracked the recovering Void Beast to an underground cavern and discovered the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord, a creature from beyond their world. As they fought it, Zhao Hongzhang emerged from its body and pierced Thor’s chest, leaving Thor transformed by the beast’s corruption.

• Tang Chong divined that the Void Beast was underground, and he and Thor descended into the mountains to find it.
• Tang Chong and Thor discovered the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord in a cavern and realized it had come from beyond their world.
• The Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord attacked with mental powers and countless tentacles, but Tang Chong protected Thor and fought alongside him.
• Tang Chong unleashed Moonfire Heavenly Extremity, weakening the creature, and Thor charged it with Solar Flame Annihilation.
• A black-armored Zhao Hongzhang emerged from the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord, caught Thor’s hammer, and pierced Thor’s chest.
• Black markings spread across Thor’s body, and a slit eye emerged from his face after he tried to say Zhao Hongzhang’s name.

Tang Chong escaped the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord after Zhao Hongzhang revealed he had merged with the Void Beast, while Thor was devoured and killed. Lin Sheng learned that Emperor Jingyuan was dead, then heard from the wounded Tang Chong that the Void Beast had resurrected and the situation had spiraled out of control.

• Zhao Hongzhang revealed that he had merged with the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord and planned to devour Tang Chong, Thor, and the Void Beast remains; Thor was killed, but Tang Chong escaped after unleashing his full strength.
• Lin Sheng’s secluded cultivation improved his mental strength and brought him closer to the Grandmaster realm, while he received new Silver Brilliance Stones and news of more Demon Beasts.
• Meng Lie reported that Northern Yan’s imperial capital had been attacked, Emperor Jingyuan was dead, and Tang Chong had gone to investigate with Silo Kingdom’s Holy Knight.
• Tang Chong arrived in the Imperial Capital gravely wounded and told Lin Sheng that the Void Beast in the Sky Rainbow Pavilion had resurrected, merged with Zhao Hongzhang, and killed Thor.
• Tang Chong warned Lin Sheng to run because the situation had spiraled beyond control.

Lin Sheng rejected Tang Chong’s advice to flee and revealed that he had perfected the Heaven-Locking Soul-Siphoning Secret Art, using his World Affinity to cleanse Tang Chong’s mental contamination. He began secluded cultivation at the Yin Ghost Sect to reach Grandmaster before the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord could recover, while a mysterious black mist appeared in the Eastern Sea and dissolved a Giant Demon Sea Lizard.

• Tang Chong warned Lin Sheng that the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord had merged with King Yan, could not be defeated, and would hunt Grandmasters, then gave him a jade carving to hide his aura.
• Lin Sheng refused to hide in the Eastern Sea, saying he would not abandon everyone else, and asked Tang Chong to guard him while he cultivated.
• Lin Sheng used silver-white energy to remove the mental contamination from Tang Chong, who realized Lin Sheng had perfected the Heaven-Locking Soul-Siphoning Secret Art and attained Enlightenment.
• Lin Sheng retreated to the Yin Ghost Sect with tens of thousands of Silver Brilliance Stones and the remains of two Void Beasts, intending to reach Grandmaster within days; Tang Chong began recovering nearby.
• In the Eastern Sea, a black vortex released mist that caught and dissolved a Giant Demon Sea Lizard as ships fled through a storm.

Zhao Hongzhang emerged from the cavern empowered by the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord and attacked Tang Chong, while Lin Sheng broke through to the Grandmaster realm. The chapter ended as Zhao Hongzhang struck at Tang Chong and an unseen figure hit the black mist from behind him.

• Zhao Hongzhang absorbed the remains of a Void Beast and his own body, then set out to devour Tang Chong and another Void Beast carcass.
• Tang Chong recovered from his injuries at the Yin Ghost Sect, sensed the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord approaching, and rushed out to confront it.
• As Tang Chong left, he sent a force into the courtyard where Lin Sheng was cultivating.
• Lin Sheng’s body revived in the Pitch-Black Space, absorbed the remaining silver lights, and broke through to the Grandmaster realm.
• Zhao Hongzhang confronted Tang Chong beneath the darkened sky, and a large hand struck the black mist from behind Tang Chong.

Lin Sheng confronted Zhao Hongzhang, who had fused with the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord, and overwhelmed him with his transformed strength. After repeatedly crushing Zhao Hongzhang’s regenerating body, Lin Sheng drew the Nether Lord’s attention and prepared to fight the enormous eye emerging from the black mist.

• Lin Sheng appeared to protect Tang Chong and identified Zhao Hongzhang as King Yan, while Zhao Hongzhang recognized Lin Sheng as a Supreme Grandmaster-level fighter.
• Tang Chong warned Lin Sheng that Zhao Hongzhang had fused with the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord and offered to hold him off, but Lin Sheng told him to leave the fight to him.
• Zhao Hongzhang struck Lin Sheng and caved in his chest, but Lin Sheng rapidly healed and transformed into a towering, crimson-armored giant.
• Lin Sheng shattered Zhao Hongzhang with a single blow, then repeatedly crushed his regenerating body until Zhao Hongzhang could no longer re-form.
• The black clouds churned as the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord reacted, and Lin Sheng attacked the mist before an enormous black eye emerged from it.

Lin Sheng fought the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord, resisted its mental assault, and weakened it with his World Affinity talent. After the Nether Lord split apart and tried to flee, a black vortex appeared and erased its scattered pieces, revealing the arrival of the black disaster.

• A Violet-Feathered Marten fled as black vortices devoured vegetation on an unnamed low mountain.
• Lin Sheng attacked the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord, but it trapped him with black slime and plunged his consciousness into a terrifying illusion of his past enemies.
• Lin Sheng broke free of the mental assault with his World Affinity talent and burned the black eyes spreading across his body.
• Lin Sheng relentlessly struck the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord with World Affinity, destroying many of its eyes and shrinking its body.
• The Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord exploded, badly injuring Lin Sheng, then split into clumps of slime and fled.
• A black vortex’s mist caught and erased the fleeing clumps, and Lin Sheng recognized it as the black disaster.

Lin Sheng escaped the Black Disaster after it swallowed the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord, then discovered the beast had been captured rather than killed. He recovered its scattered essence blood, successfully assimilated the powerful Void Beast, and prepared to explore its talents.

• Lin Sheng recognized the Black Disaster, fled its pursuing wisp, and warned Tang Chong to retreat.
• Lin Sheng examined the system panel and learned that the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord had been captured, while his first attempt to assimilate it failed for lack of materials.
• Lin Sheng returned to the Yin Ghost Sect, confirmed its sealed Void Beast corpses were safe, and searched the ruined battlefield for more essence blood.
• Lin Sheng gathered enough crystalline black liquid from the battlefield and successfully assimilated the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord.
• Lin Sheng felt his spirit and perception grow stronger and looked forward to discovering the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord's three talents.

Lin Sheng tested the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord’s three talents and discovered that Fear Devour could absorb fear and strengthen his mental power. After returning to the Southern Qi Imperial City, he reviewed his Grandmaster attributes and resolved to advance to the Third Realm before the Black Disaster might return early.

• Lin Sheng tested Thousand Eyes Genesis and Corrupting Pollution, confirming that they gave him powerful regeneration, perception-blocking mist, mental corruption, and a boost to his combat abilities.
• Lin Sheng used Fear Devour on a black tiger and a colony of purple-scaled crocodiles, then realized that the talent absorbed fear and memory fragments to increase his mental strength.
• Lin Sheng tested Fear Devour on a giant centipede Demon Beast and concluded that the Thousand-Eyed Nether Lord had been weakened when they fought because it had only recently revived.
• Lin Sheng killed the centipede and returned to the Southern Qi Imperial City, where Tang Chong warned that the Black Disaster might arrive ahead of time.
• Three days later, Lin Sheng reviewed his increased attributes after entering the Grandmaster realm and decided he needed to reach the Third Realm as soon as possible.

Lin Sheng learned that the Black Disaster had reached the Eastern Continent and might leave him less than three years to prepare, so he accelerated his Blood Corpse Life Technique ritual. Investigating Black Mist Valley, he uncovered a creature that looked like a Void Beast but appeared to be an empty shell.

• Tang Chong told Lin Sheng that the Black Disaster was spreading rapidly and might give him less than three years, then promised to send him Historical Scrolls about past Void Transformation Tribulations.
• Lin Sheng ordered Meng Lie to obtain Void Beast and Demon Beast materials from Northern Yan and the Silo Kingdom, and Meng Lie departed to carry out the order.
• Lin Sheng entered Black Mist Valley and found a Limestone Cavern filled with corpses, including a dead Demon Beast Black Panther controlled by tentacles.
• The dead beasts attacked Lin Sheng, but he destroyed them and seized the tentacle-made face emerging from the Black Panther before it escaped as ash.
• Lin Sheng used his Gang Force to expose a huge earthworm-like creature that seemed to be a Void Beast, then struck its head and found its body hollow except for bones.

Lin Sheng captured and integrated the Parasitic Demon Tendrils, then examined the dead Muddy Earth Earthworm Emperor and learned that it had survived the ancient Void Transformation Calamity for a time. Back in Southern Qi, he gathered his Void Beast remains and planned to seek the Ink Sea Dragon Crab in the Eastern Sea, first asking Tang Chong about the Black Disaster’s condition.

• Lin Sheng crushed the giant earthworm’s tail, discovered the Parasitic Demon Tendrils hiding inside its corpse, and captured the creature as it tried to flee.
• Lin Sheng identified the Parasitic Demon Tendrils, integrated it, gained its perception, spirit, and agility boosts, and tested its parasitism and camouflaging skin talents.
• Lin Sheng examined the Muddy Earth Earthworm Emperor’s remains and learned that it had survived the Void Transformation Calamity before eventually dying from energy loss.
• Lin Sheng collected both creatures’ remains and returned to Southern Qi three days later, where he counted three sets of Void Beast remains for the Blood Corpse Life Technique.
• Lin Sheng decided to gather more Void Beast remains by seeking the Ink Sea Dragon Crab in the Eastern Sea, and contacted Tang Chong to ask about the Black Disaster before departing.

Lin Sheng studied past Void Transformation Tribulations, reunited with Qi Ning and Lan Man, and visited his dying master, Divine Lord Li, on Misty Sea Island. After learning about two ways to break out of the world and receiving a lead on Black Desolation Mountain, Lin Sheng chose to investigate the seabed beneath the Misty Sea Region first.

• Lin Sheng concluded that the Black Disaster was unlike past Void Transformation Tribulations and might be connected to the Tian Yuan Ghost Whale.
• Lin Sheng met Qi Ning, Lan Man, Da Huang, and Little Black on the Eastern Continent, then learned that Divine Lord Li wanted to see him.
• Lin Sheng traveled to Misty Sea Island, where Divine Lord Li explained that one could break out of the world through the body or the spirit and pointed him toward Black Desolation Mountain.
• Divine Lord Li died, and Lin Sheng buried him and vowed to break the world's shackles.
• Lin Sheng decided to prioritize breaking out with his body while continuing to cultivate the Heaven-Locking Soul-Siphoning Secret Art as a possible fallback.
• Lin Sheng resolved to investigate Black Desolation Mountain and find out what happened to Lin Miao, but first set out to examine the seabed beneath the Misty Sea Region.

Lin Sheng discovered that the Ink Sea Dragon Crab had revived after consuming the Azure Abyss Dragon Turtle’s blood essence, then uncovered the turtle’s remains in the deep-sea basin. He carried the immense skeleton toward the Eastern Continent to have it transported to the Imperial Capital before returning to the Eastern Sea.

• Lin Sheng searched the lightless seabed and blasted away sludge to reveal the Ink Sea Dragon Crab’s shed skin, learning that the Void Beast had revived.
• Lin Sheng resolved to track down the Ink Sea Dragon Crab for information about the Void Transformation Tribulation and wondered what had happened to the Azure Abyss Dragon Turtle’s remains.
• Lin Sheng returned to the basin and exposed the mountain-sized Azure Abyss Dragon Turtle shell, discovering its skeleton and system attributes.
• Lin Sheng wrapped force around the Azure Abyss Dragon Turtle’s remains, brought them to the surface, and headed toward the Eastern Continent with the carcass.

Lin Sheng searched the Eastern Sea for the Ink Sea Dragon Crab and found its shed skin, which revealed that the beast had evolved to the pinnacle of Void Beasts and gained intermediate world affinity. He then traveled to Black Desolation Mountain, where the black snow and strange chill felt familiar.

• Lin Sheng crossed the Eastern Sea, spotted the spreading black disaster, and reached the deep-sea pit where he had once found the Starfish Giant Beast.
• Lin Sheng found signs that the Ink Sea Dragon Crab had left and uncovered a shed skin whose markings and extra purple eye suggested the beast was evolving.
• Lin Sheng read the system panel and learned that the Ink Sea Dragon Crab had consumed Wild Heaven Ghost Whale essence blood, reached the pinnacle of Void Beasts, and gained intermediate world affinity.
• Lin Sheng left the pit and traveled toward Black Desolation Mountain, considering whether the Ink Sea Dragon Crab had escaped the world or avoided the black disaster.
• Two days later, Lin Sheng arrived above Black Desolation Mountain and felt a familiar sinister chill from its black snow.

Lin Sheng entered Black Desolation Mountain Valley, where he discovered the remains of dead Supreme Grandmasters and encountered a Black Disaster pursuing the Ink Sea Dragon Crab. He chose to pursue the creature for a chance to grow stronger, but arrived as the Black Disaster’s mist enveloped it.

• Lin Sheng crossed Black Desolation Mountain and entered the valley, where crushing gravity and suppressed martial force accompanied the sinister backlash.
• Lin Sheng found blackened skeletons, including one beside a broken sword marked with the Heavenly Net Sect’s name, and continued toward the valley’s center.
• A huge creature fled past Lin Sheng as a black vortex sent mist after it; Lin Sheng recognized the danger as a Black Disaster and escaped the valley.
• Lin Sheng identified the fleeing creature as the Ink Sea Dragon Crab and decided to pursue it, hoping to gain strength despite the danger.
• Lin Sheng found the Ink Sea Dragon Crab in the Open Ocean Region as it fought the Black Disaster, but the black mist enveloped the creature.

Lin Sheng seized two masses of Tian Yuan Ghost Whale essence blood from the Black Disaster after the Ink Sea Dragon Crab died, then escaped into the nearshore waters. The system’s information led him to conclude that a Desolate Beast was using the Black Disaster to drain the Ghost Whale’s source power, and he left with the essence blood.

• The Ink Sea Dragon Crab escaped the black mist with its World Affinity talent, failed to fend off the pursuit, and exploded in a final attack.
• Several drops of Tian Yuan Ghost Whale essence blood broke free from the black mist, and Lin Sheng grabbed two masses before fleeing across the sea.
• Lin Sheng outran the pursuing black mist and stopped only after reaching the nearshore waters.
• Lin Sheng inspected the essence blood and learned from the system that a power of the same tier had been draining the Tian Yuan Ghost Whale’s source and preventing its revival.
• Lin Sheng concluded that the Black Disaster was the hidden being’s means of absorbing the Ghost Whale’s source power, then took the essence blood and left.

Lin Sheng refined three drops of the Tian Yuan Ghost Whale’s essence blood, becoming a Second Realm Grandmaster without drawing the black disaster’s attention. He then watched the Blood Corpse Life Technique begin consuming the remains at the Yin Ghost Sect to resurrect the Star Pivot Spirit Radiance Dragon.

• Lin Sheng had Meng Lie assign more Imperial Guard personnel to help Deville explore and mine silver brilliance stones.
• Lin Sheng refined one drop of Tian Yuan Ghost Whale essence blood, then checked for threats and found the black disaster had not been stirred.
• Lin Sheng refined two more drops, using the demon resonance and silver brilliance stones to reach the Second Realm Grandmaster level.
• Lin Sheng decided not to refine more essence blood in the Imperial Capital and said silver brilliance stone mining needed to accelerate.
• Lin Sheng watched the Blood Corpse Life Technique absorb Demon Beast flesh and three Void Beast corpses into the ground at the Yin Ghost Sect.
• Lin Sheng explained that he had chosen the Star Pivot Spirit Radiance Dragon for resurrection because of its strength and its apparent advantage in world-breaking.

Lin Sheng continued cultivating the Heaven-Locking Soul-Siphoning Secret Art and refining essence blood while preparing for the Black Disaster. As resources and Demon Beast materials poured into Southern Qi, he reached the pinnacle of Second Realm Grandmaster and began refining his final three drops of essence blood.

• Lin Sheng assessed his progress on the secret art, observed the Yin Ghost Sect’s grounds changing under the Blood Corpse Life Technique, and worried that reviving the Void Beast might take too long.
• Deep beneath the earth, the Void Beast struggled against black-mist chains and siphoning mouths as its body steadily shrank.
• Meng Lie delivered 350,000 Silver Brilliance Stones and a letter from Tang; Lin Sheng sent the stones to Deville and ordered a worldwide search for Demon Beasts with generous rewards.
• Martin Reeves grew angry over Southern Qi’s demands, but Anus urged him to send the Silo Kingdom’s treasury and Great Knights to Southern Qi in hopes of gaining Lin Sheng’s protection from the Black Disaster.
• Five days later, Lin Sheng finished refining another drop of essence blood, reached the pinnacle of Second Realm Grandmaster, and prepared to refine one of his last three drops while wondering whether his world affinity would transform.

Lin Sheng advanced to Third Realm Grandmaster and revealed the coming void transformation tribulation to Ling Yu and Granny Shi. He then used fear to subdue ten captured demon beasts and gained a point of spirit, while preparing to strengthen the Blood Corpse Life Technique against the Black Disaster.

• Lin Sheng consumed Silver Brilliance Stones and Ghost Whale Essence Blood to break through to Third Realm Grandmaster, raising his world affinity talent to intermediate.
• Ling Yu and Granny Shi saw Lin Sheng’s breakthrough, and he told them a more dangerous void transformation tribulation was coming.
• Lin Sheng ordered Meng Lie to thank Anus and Martin for capturing demon beasts and arranged for Deville’s clansmen to search Yuanqi Mountain Range for a Silver Brilliance Stone Mine.
• Lin Sheng used his gaze to terrify ten caged demon beasts into submission, then absorbed the energy their fear produced.
• Lin Sheng checked his system panel that night and found his spirit attribute had increased by one point.

Lin Sheng attained Divine Refinement, strengthened his consciousness, and ordered more materials for the Yin Ghost Sect as the Black Disaster worsened. The chapter ended as Silver Brilliance Stones began losing their luster across the mines.

• Lin Sheng completed the Heavenly Lock Soul Siphon, reached Divine Refinement, and gained the Soul Stabilization talent.
• Lin Sheng stopped a devastating mudslide, then found that the Yin Ghost Sect’s Blood Corpse Life Technique still needed much more time and materials.
• Meng Lie reported that Demon Beast materials had run out and that Deville had delivered five hundred thousand Silver Brilliance Stones; Lin Sheng ordered higher exchange prices and the collection of high-level Spirit Beast materials.
• Black-mist mouthparts drained the remaining energy from an immense bound outline in the deep sea until it shattered into dark-green spores.
• Kanasha noticed the newly refined Silver Brilliance Stones losing their luster, and Lord Vito was warned that something was wrong.

Silver brilliance stone and demon resonance began vanishing as the Black Disaster spread, forcing Lin Sheng and Tang Chong to evacuate powerful martial artists and prepare for the world’s collapse. Lin Sheng completed the Blood Corpse Life Technique at the Yin Ghost Sect, bringing forth a top-tier Void Beast as the disaster neared the Imperial Capital.

• Lin Sheng discovered that silver brilliance stone had lost its energy and found that demon resonance in the Pitch-Black Space had fallen to less than a tenth of its former quantity.
• Tang Chong reported that black vortices and mist were spreading from the Eastern Continent, killing Divine Form and stronger martial artists, and Lin Sheng revealed that the world rested on the Tian Yuan Ghost Whale.
• Lin Sheng and Tang Chong ordered martial artists at Divine Form and above to withdraw from the Central Continent, while Lin Sheng prepared the Frozen Mystic Ice Mountains as an escape route for Ling Yu, Tang Chong, and the others.
• Lin Sheng learned that the Black Disaster spread toward places rich in vital energy, then gathered high-level spirit beasts from the Yuanqi Mountain Range and the Eastern Sea to accelerate the Blood Corpse Life Technique.
• As the Black Disaster approached the Imperial Capital, Lin Sheng watched the Yin Ghost Sect’s ground swell and saw two grayish-white eyes emerge as the Blood Corpse Life Technique produced a top-tier Void Beast.