Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen overwhelmed Li Yao in their battle, interrupting his Teleport and knocking him into the ground three times. The chapter ended with Lin Zhen's Lightning Kill defeating Li Yao's Sword River and blasting him bloodied into the crater.

• Lin Zhen struck Li Yao out of the sky, then rushed in as nearby Martial Artists recorded the fight.
• Li Yao tried to teleport behind Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen interrupted him and kicked him back into the crater.
• Lin Zhen battered Li Yao with Gale Spear Brilliance while Li Yao struggled to defend himself.
• Li Yao unleashed Sword River, and Lin Zhen met it with Lightning Kill in a direct clash.
• Lin Zhen's Dark Star strengthened his strike until it overwhelmed Li Yao's Sword River and blasted him into the crater for the third time.

Lin Zhen defeated Li Yao, used Soul Lock to make him a loyal servant, and sent him to protect Lin Zhen’s parents. After learning about the powerful figures and rankings in the Second Layer, Lin Zhen collected the spoils from his enemies.

• Lin Zhen defeated Li Yao in a contest of strength and used Soul Lock to bind him after removing his mental-defense Star Artifact.
• Lin Zhen ordered Li Yao to dissolve Myriad Hao Corporation, send his son and daughter-in-law away, and protect Lin Zhen’s parents as a butler.
• Li Yao explained the Second Layer’s dangers, the Star Realm’s stages, and the rankings, and warned Lin Zhen that Allen would seek revenge.
• Little Warm returned with three Space Rings belonging to Wu Hai, Chaidefu, and Hua Sha.
• Lin Zhen gathered the rings and other spoils, then discovered a large haul of Star Artifacts, gemstones, coins, and miscellaneous items.

Lin Zhen sorted the spoils from the Tyrant Dragon Nest, equipping powerful Star Artifacts and Sacred Artifact armor that greatly increased his strength. He then visited the market outside Ancient God City, learned how deadly the Polar Region’s routes to the Third Layer were, and saw a use for his vast fortune.

• Lin Zhen collected more than thirty Dark Energy Stones, coins, and numerous Star Artifacts from the spoils.
• Lin Zhen equipped wind-element boots, hide gloves, a mental-defense necklace, and the Orange Radiance Half-Body Armor, raising his combat strength.
• Lin Zhen left the First Layer and headed to the market outside Ancient God City to learn about the Second Layer.
• Lin Zhen read that the Polar Region’s fiery Arctic and frozen South Pole were both lethal routes to the Third Layer, requiring elemental power and specialized equipment or medicine.
• Lin Zhen heard vendors selling elemental gear and crystals, and he rejoiced that his more than four hundred billion in funds could finally be put to use.

Lin Zhen reunited with Zhang Yue and learned about the Starry Sky God Sect’s new Holy Son, Yan Huang, whose Sacred Artifact armor had inspired counterfeit merchandise. The chapter ended as Yan Huang’s aircraft arrived, drawing everyone’s attention.

• Lin Zhen rejected overpriced or counterfeit wares while browsing the town’s stalls.
• Lin Zhen reunited with Zhang Yue, who explained that he had left the Star Fruit Tree after being hunted and now made a living trading goods.
• Zhang Yue told Lin Zhen that his imitation Holy Light Set was popular because of the newly revealed Holy Son, Yan Huang.
• Lin Zhen examined reports about Yan Huang, the mixed-heritage Meteor Stage expert who had inherited the Starry Sky God Sect’s Holy Light Set.
• A Black Phantom bearing the Starry Sky God Sect’s emblem arrived, and the crowd recognized Yan Huang’s aircraft.

Yan Huang, the Starry Sky God Sect’s Holy Son, arrived in Ancient God City with Allen and demonstrated his healing power before believers. Allen then confronted Lin Zhen and Zhang Yue over counterfeit armor, and Lin Zhen openly accused the Divine Cult of deceiving people.

• Allen emerged from the Black Phantom and quieted the crowd before introducing Yan Huang as the Holy Son.
• Yan Huang bought Dark Energy Stones from a vendor and healed her injuries with a blessing, winning the devotion of onlookers.
• Lin Zhen and Zhang Yue joked about the Holy Son visiting Zhang Yue’s stall, which displayed armor modeled after Yan Huang’s design.
• Allen led Yan Huang to the stall, recorded Lin Zhen and Zhang Yue packing up, and accused them of selling counterfeit goods.
• Lin Zhen recognized Allen’s attempt to smear him and retorted that the Divine Cult deceived and beguiled people.

Lin Zhen publicly challenged the Starry Sky God Sect’s account of God Transformation Day, warning that the meteor shower was a catastrophe and the so-called gods were invaders. Yan Huang retaliated by ordering people not to trade with Lin Zhen unless he paid ten times the price, but Lin Zhen decided to stay and turn the confrontation into a public test of Yan Huang’s influence.

• Lin Zhen told Allen and Yan Huang that he did not worship the Starry Sky True God and argued that the meteor shower had brought death rather than a divine gift.
• Lin Zhen recalled how the Divine Cult had welcomed the invaders in his previous life, while Su Mingyue had resisted them and awakened other believers.
• People at the marketplace filmed Lin Zhen’s speech, and some voiced support for him despite the Divine Cult’s influence.
• Yan Huang warned Lin Zhen that offending the Divine Cult was unwise and ordered the crowd not to trade with him unless he paid more than ten times the usual price.
• Yan Huang and Allen left for Huaxia to unify the Divine Cult, while the Martial Artists dispersed.
• Lin Zhen refused Zhang Yue’s suggestion to leave and said he would stay, trade with the marketplace, and let the livestream show whether people would follow Yan Huang’s order.

Lin Zhen prepared to challenge Yan Huang’s attempt to keep the market from trading with him by building his own strength and planning to make equipment. He completed his ice resonance and began cultivating fire, leaving the outcome of his confrontation with Yan Huang unresolved.

• Lin Zhen explained that he had to prove people would willingly trade with him, then set up camp with Zhang Yue and gave him a list and fifty billion to buy supplies.
• Zhang Yue returned with the supplies, and Lin Zhen sorted out ice- and fire-element items so he could cultivate both powers before entering the Second Layer of the polar region.
• Lin Zhen used an A-Rank Mutated Beast Crystal to resonate with the cold air inside his Dark Star, raising its temperature-lowering power to minus seventy degrees.
• Lin Zhen absorbed more A-Rank crystals through the day until the Dark Star’s poles filled with cold air, creating a self-sustaining foundation for battle.
• Lin Zhen began resonating with the Dark Star’s fire power and expected to make equipment that would attract customers despite Yan Huang’s ban.

Lin Zhen infused two Seven Stars Knives with ice and fire, then prepared a large stock of elemental equipment to sell. As Zhang Yue got the stall ready amid growing hostility over Lin Zhen’s criticism of the Starry Sky God Sect, the stall opened after three days of work.

• Lin Zhen absorbed S-Rank mutated crystals until he could control ice at minus 100 degrees and fire at 1,500 degrees Celsius.
• Lin Zhen infused the Cold Qi Seven Stars Knife and the Blazing Fire Seven Stars Knife, bringing both to peak Top-Grade Star Artifact quality.
• Zhang Yue told Lin Zhen that people online were condemning him over Yan Huang, while supporters in Huaxia and Ice City defended him.
• Lin Zhen discussed Yan Huang’s efforts to unite the Starry Sky God Sect and planned to challenge the Holy Son’s standing in Ancient God City.
• Lin Zhen gave Zhang Yue a stock of unadorned Star equipment to sell and instructed him to advertise the weapons’ extreme temperatures.
• After three days of infusing equipment, Lin Zhen opened his stall for business.

Lin Zhen and Zhang Yue opened a stall stocked with ice- and fire-element Star Artifacts, drawing eager buyers despite the Holy Son’s pressure on Divine Cult believers. Lin Zhen refused to sell to a believer, but sold equipment to an African Union War God who openly defied the Holy Son, encouraging other onlookers to reconsider.

• Zhang Yue defended his planned equipment stall against Martial Artists who doubted Lin Zhen could provide genuine ice- and fire-element gear.
• Lin Zhen emerged from his tent stronger and helped Zhang Yue open the stall, displaying dozens of Low-, Mid-, and Top-Grade Star Artifacts.
• Martial Artists crowded around to test the equipment and tried to persuade Lin Zhen to sell to them, while Divine Cult believers hesitated because of the Holy Son.
• Lin Zhen refused to sell a sword and boots to an EU War God after pointing out that the Holy Son might punish him for buying.
• An African Union War God denounced the Holy Son, traded crystals, Dark Energy Stones, and cash for armor and a shield, and prompted the onlookers to reconsider buying.

Lin Zhen sold equipment in Ancient God City and acquired the fifth level of the Nine Heavy Spears River, Overturning River, from Jin Qichao. Meanwhile, Yan Huang learned that Su Mingyue had laughed at the news of Lin Zhen’s success and decided she must give up her attachment to Lin Zhen to qualify as the Divine Cult’s sole Holy Maiden.

• Lin Zhen sold equipment to many martial artists, who openly mocked the Holy Son, and made a substantial profit.
• Jin Qichao traded Overturning River and other valuables for Top-Grade Star Artifact boots, and Lin Zhen recognized him as a major figure from his previous life.
• Lin Zhen returned to his tent and began studying Overturning River through his Virtual Helmet.
• Yan Huang met Gongsun Du at God's Grace Church and secured his agreement to unite Huaxia's Divine Cult with the wider Divine Cult.
• Su Mingyue laughed at news of Lin Zhen's success, prompting Yan Huang to discover the forum videos and leave the church in anger.
• Yan Huang told Allen that Su Mingyue could qualify as the sole Holy Maiden if she gave up her attachment to Lin Zhen, and Allen agreed to handle it.

Lin Zhen trained in Star Power Transfer, using his resources to improve his flames and wind while consuming hundreds of Star Artifacts. After reaching the required apprentice standards, he finally repaired the Star Gazing Mirror.

• Zhang Yue spent Lin Zhen’s money buying Star Artifacts in bulk while Lin Zhen stayed in his tent to study and train.
• Lin Zhen learned the Star Power Transfer process and resonated with Wind Element crystals, raising his wind power to level twelve.
• Lin Zhen discovered that lower-grade Earth Element crystals could not merge with his condensed Dark Star, so he postponed absorbing the element.
• Lin Zhen began transferring Star Power, first failing to repair Yue Feng’s depleted armor with ten Low-Grade Star Weapons.
• Lin Zhen improved his transfer skills over several days, becoming a Mid-Grade Star Transfer Master Apprentice and consuming more than a thousand Low-Grade Star Weapons and hundreds of higher-grade artifacts.
• Lin Zhen used more than a hundred Top-Grade Star Artifacts and finally repaired the Star Gazing Mirror.

After repairing the Star Gazing Mirror, Lin Zhen learned that Yan Huang had become Pope and declared him an enemy of the Divine Cult, offering the Chief Judge position to whoever killed him. Lin Zhen checked that his loved ones were safe and challenged anyone who came after him, while preparing to face the Church’s pursuit.

• Lin Zhen finished restoring the Star Gazing Mirror and asked Zhang Yue where he could find high-grade Earth Element Crystals.
• Lin Zhen watched Yan Huang’s coronation as Pope and learned that the Church planned a wedding in one hundred days and would appoint a Chief Judge.
• Allen announced that Lin Zhen was an enemy of the Divine Cult and promised the Chief Judge position to whoever killed him, making Lin Zhen a target worldwide.
• Lin Zhen sent Zhang Yue away, then called his parents, An Ning, and Su Mingyue to make sure they were safe.
• Lin Zhen rejected offers of protection in an online post and warned that he would kill anyone who came to hunt him.

Lin Zhen prepared to face the Divine Cult followers who had gathered outside Ancient God City to kill him, then unleashed a devastating attack on their packed ranks. More than a thousand people died, while surviving experts escaped the blast.

• Lin Zhen chose to confront the Divine Cult followers in Ancient God City rather than flee and equipped his ice-based Star Artifacts.
• Several thousand Divine Cult followers gathered outside the city gates, refusing to pay to enter as they demanded Lin Zhen's death.
• Lin Zhen flew out from Black Phantom and drew the followers' attention as they charged toward him and recorded the confrontation.
• Lin Zhen formed an Energy Ball from the elemental energies within his Dark Star and teleported away from the first wave of attacks.
• Lin Zhen released the Energy Ball above the densely packed crowd, killing more than a thousand followers and leaving the area devastated.

Lin Zhen slaughtered the Divine Cult followers who charged him outside Ancient God City, hoping to frighten the weak away from the conflict. After killing a young devotee who challenged him, he drove the remaining crowd into a panic and left them fleeing.

• Lin Zhen killed more than a thousand people with a single strike, causing many onlookers to hesitate and retreat.
• A young Tsarist Russian Divine Cult follower confronted Lin Zhen and attacked him, but he caught her sword and killed her with lightning.
• The crowd charged Lin Zhen, who fought back with his Seven Stars Knives, Seven Kill Spear, and other powers, killing thousands.
• As Lin Zhen's slaughter continued, more Divine Cult followers turned back, and people online urged the weak to stay away.
• Lin Zhen advanced on the remaining crowd, who panicked and scattered as he flew toward them.

Lin Zhen battled the Church’s forces outside Ancient God City while trying to reach its gates before reinforcements arrived. The Indian Elder blocked the entrance with a stone Lin Zhen recognized as an extremely compressed neutron from a Cosmic Black Hole.

• Lin Zhen drove back the War Gods, then faced nearly a hundred Quasi-Star Realm warriors and the Church’s Star Core Middle Stage Indian Elder.
• The Indian Elder sealed Ancient God City’s entrance with a grain of sand that transformed into a massive boulder, then helped the attackers prevent Lin Zhen from reaching the gates.
• Lin Zhen fought the Indian Elder and used his speed to kill nearly sixty Quasi-Star Realm warriors while the Church’s reinforcements approached.
• Lin Zhen evaded the Indian Elder’s Mental Impact and Teleported to the entrance, but his spear could not move or damage the boulder.
• The Indian Elder identified the stone as Ganges River Sand, and Lin Zhen realized it was a neutron compressed within a Cosmic Black Hole.

Lin Zhen confronted a neutron stone blocking the entrance to Ancient God City and struggled to overcome his fear of Black Hole matter. As ten Church elders arrived to capture him, he mysteriously disappeared before their eyes.

• Lin Zhen recognized the boulder as a neutron from a Black Hole and hesitated to approach it, while the Indian elder waited for reinforcements.
• Yan Huang sent Allen and eight other Church elders to join the Indian elder and kill Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen forced himself to touch the stone but could not push it, collect it, shift it with gravity, or get past it by clearing the sand beneath it.
• Lin Zhen sent his Mental Power into the neutron and discovered something inside it.
• The ten elders surrounded Lin Zhen and blocked his flight and Teleport, but Allen's hand passed through him as Lin Zhen suddenly vanished.

Lin Zhen hid inside Different Space after discovering that the stone blocking Ancient God City contained a planet core with the Earth Element Energy his Dark Star lacked. As the Church’s seven-day search ended, the Indian elder tried to reclaim the stone, but it resisted him.

• When Allen reached for him, Lin Zhen used Space Folding to hide in Different Space, leaving the ten Star Realm elders searching in vain.
• Lin Zhen discovered that the neutron held a shattered planet core and decided to take it by spreading his Mental Power through the stone and driving out the Indian elder’s control.
• During the next several days, Lin Zhen secretly trained his Mental Power inside the neutron while the Church guarded the stone and blocked access to Ancient God City.
• After protests, the Pope promised to end the blockade if Lin Zhen remained missing after seven days, and the Church prepared to keep its promise.
• On the seventh day, the Indian elder tried to recall the stone, but it trembled and resisted, prompting Allen to warn everyone that something was happening.

Lin Zhen explored most of the neutron and raised his Mental Power Diamondization to nearly thirty percent before Allen and Banahe joined forces to drive him out. As Lin Zhen neared collapse, the pressure seemed to make his Mental Power grow, and he saw Little Warm.

• Lin Zhen explored the neutron for seven days, increasing his Diamond aura to thirty percent while avoiding its dangerous core.
• Banahe detected Lin Zhen inside the stone, but Lin Zhen's Mental Impact proved stronger than his.
• Allen joined Banahe's attack, and the two Diamond-level Mind Power Masters pushed Lin Zhen into a corner inside the neutron.
• Lin Zhen resisted their repeated Mental Impacts as onlookers filmed and reported the battle.
• As the Folded Space trembled and Lin Zhen's Mental Power wavered, another impact seemed to strengthen him, and he saw Little Warm.

Lin Zhen awakened Little Warm’s Devour Power in his Mental Power and broke through to Mid-Diamond-level while trapped in the stone. After emerging, he unleashed a Mental Shockwave that killed more than a hundred Quasi-Star Realm experts and badly struck Banahe.

• Lin Zhen realized that Little Warm’s aura had awakened a power that let his Mental Power devour Allen’s and Banahe’s attacks.
• Allen and Banahe intensified their Mental Impacts, believing Lin Zhen was on the verge of collapse, while Allen told the assembled cultists to prepare to capture him.
• Lin Zhen’s Mental Power surged to Mid-Diamond-level, forcing Allen to retreat and striking Banahe so hard that he withdrew from the stone.
• The stone vanished and Lin Zhen reappeared after seven days, dodging the crowd’s weapons with Teleport.
• Lin Zhen released a Mental Shockwave that struck 120 Quasi-Star Realm experts, including Banahe, killing more than a hundred of them through brain damage.

Lin Zhen’s Mental Power reached the Mid-Diamond-level, allowing him to unleash a devastating shockwave before teleporting into Ancient God City. As the Divine Cult organized a hunt, Yan Huang sent Larix after him with the World-Breaking Nail and planned to use Su Mingyue and the Starry Sky Crown to secure his ambitions.

• Lin Zhen’s Mental Shockwave killed more than a hundred Quasi-Star Realm fighters, including Banahe, before he escaped Allen and the other pursuers by teleporting into Ancient God City.
• Yan Huang ordered the Divine Cult to assemble Mind Power Masters equipped with mental defense Star Artifacts and dispatched five squads to hunt Lin Zhen.
• Larix warned Yan Huang that the pursuit squads might not be able to catch Lin Zhen and offered to go after him personally.
• Larix asked Yan Huang for the World-Breaking Nail, which could strike people hiding in another dimension and seal their Dantian Qi, and Yan Huang gave it to him.
• Yan Huang planned to master the Starry Sky Crown, deal with Gongsun Du, and make Su Mingyue his bride before his announced wedding in just over ninety days.