Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen entered Ancient God City’s Second Layer and learned from Dongfang Jun that reaching the third layer required special elemental hearts and a place on the Star Ranking. The Church was likely to hunt him, leaving him to choose how to prepare and seek protection.

• Lin Zhen reunited with Dongfang Jun in the Second Layer and learned that Dongfang Jun had reached the Star Core Middle Stage.
• Dongfang Jun explained that Lin Zhen needed three Ice Hearts from the South Pole to cross the North Pole Point, or three Flame Hearts from the North Pole to cross the South Pole Point.
• Dongfang Jun told Lin Zhen that he also had to defeat someone through a Soul Pact—or kill someone on the Star Ranking—to enter the third layer.
• Dongfang Jun warned that the Church would pursue Lin Zhen and advised him to collect the hearts, hide and cultivate, or seek Luo Yun’s protection at the South Pole Point.

Lin Zhen rejected Dongfang Jun’s offer to join him and traveled north into the Arctic region with Little Warm to gather crystals and Flame Hearts. After fighting Flame Fury Rats and reaching a lava river, he spotted Church pursuers approaching and looked for a way to escape.

• Lin Zhen thanked Dongfang Jun but chose to make his own way, and Dongfang Jun advised him to seek Ice Palace if he needed help before leaving to hunt a Frost Centipede.
• Lin Zhen planned to collect at least three Flame Hearts in the Arctic before heading to the South Pole Point, then traveled north with Little Warm.
• Lin Zhen and Little Warm fought five Flame Fury Rats, killed them, and collected their crystals while Little Warm devoured the beasts.
• Lin Zhen continued through the scorching region, killing more Mutated Beasts and reaching a lava river that blocked his path north.
• Lin Zhen spotted several approaching enemies, including two Divine Cult elders and a Star Ranking expert, and decided he needed to shake off the pursuers.

The Church failed to find Lin Zhen in Ancient God City, so Yan Huang seized his parents and tried to pressure him while making moves to consolidate power. Su Mingyue and An Ning openly broke with the Divine Cult, and the chapter ended as the SS-Rank beast One Against Ten Thousand led a massive assault on Ice City.

• The Church equipped its pursuit squads with compasses after discovering Lin Zhen had used one to evade detection, but they still failed to locate him after a month.
• Yan Huang ordered the Church to act against people connected to Lin Zhen, and three hundred Church personnel raided Li Yao’s building, killed him, and captured Lin Zhen’s parents, Lin Liye and Li Qin.
• Yan Huang declared that Su Mingyue would be the Divine Cult’s only Holy Maiden, but Su Mingyue immediately resigned and denounced the Church, while An Ning barred Divine Cult believers from working at An Corporation.
• Su Mingyue’s departure and An Ning’s hiring policy prompted many people around the world to leave the Divine Cult.
• One Against Ten Thousand advanced to SS-Rank and led countless Mutated Beasts in an attack on Ice City.

One Against Ten Thousand led a massive Mutated Beast siege against Ice City, and the city’s defenders survived repeated attacks with help from Huaxia’s Martial Artists and the walls Lin Zhen had funded. During a temporary lull, An Ning rebuked Divine Cult supporters for relying on Lin Zhen’s defenses while praising their absent god.

• One Against Ten Thousand surrounded Ice City with a vast beast tide, and the City Defense Army repelled the first attacks before Mutated Birds and beasts breached parts of the walls.
• Martial Artists from Huaxia’s Base Cities, including Feng Ni, Li Changying, Tang Wenbo, Jiang Huai, and Zhao Xiaoman, reinforced Ice City as foreign support lagged and casualties mounted.
• Aquatic Mutated Beasts broke through the Songhua River sluices, but defenders used the inner riverside walls Lin Zhen had funded to keep the monsters from overrunning the city.
• Ice City’s weapons cleared much of the river, and the beasts halted their attacks after half a month while both sides gathered strength.
• An Ning challenged people who had insulted Lin Zhen and praised the Divine Cult, asking why their True God had not come to save them.

As Lin Zhen’s defenses saved Ice City from the Mutated Beasts, citizens across Huaxia turned against the Divine Cult for abandoning the city and obstructing aid. Yan Huang faced a growing collapse in the Church’s support and learned that Adams’s team had found Lin Zhen in Ancient God City.

• An Ning denounced the Divine Cult, and Zhao Xiaoman, Meng Dong, Feng Ni, Tang Wenbo, and others tore off and trampled their sect emblems.
• Lu Ming publicly urged Ice City to reject the Divine Cult, prompting protests and withdrawals that spread across Huaxia as its followers fell to eighty million in two days.
• An Ning stood atop the city wall and hoped Lin Zhen would return safely to their home.
• Yan Huang raged as Huaxia and the Martial Artist Association pressured the Church to protect Lin Zhen’s parents, while the Divine Cult faced blame for the failed relief effort.
• Yan Huang demanded news of Lin Zhen, and an aide reported that Adams’s team had located him and was closing in.

Adams and Hadad lured Lin Zhen into an ambush and attacked him, but Lin Zhen killed Hadad before escaping into Folded Space. Adams used Arthur’s Voidstone to seal the area and trap Lin Zhen in a Space Cage.

• Adams received a Voidstone Space Cage from Arthur and ordered Hadad to lure Lin Zhen to their prepared ambush.
• Lin Zhen learned that his parents had been captured and that Su Mingyue might be marrying the Pope, then followed the men who spread the news.
• Adams and Hadad confronted Lin Zhen, and their coordinated attacks overwhelmed his defenses.
• Lin Zhen blinded Hadad and killed him with the fifth level of Spear River, but Adams struck Lin Zhen and wounded him.
• Lin Zhen hid in Folded Space, and Adams used the Voidstone to seal the surrounding space and trap him.

Adams trapped Lin Zhen inside a Voidstone Space Cage, and Lin Zhen began absorbing crystals to advance to the Quasi-Star Realm so he could escape. Meanwhile, Yan Huang publicized Lin Zhen’s capture and used the footage and Holy Light Set to rally the Divine Cult’s followers.

• Adams consulted Arthur about the Space Cage, then ordered Quasi-Star Realm warriors to record Lin Zhen and request help transporting the cage.
• Lin Zhen scanned the cage, found a flaw, and decided to advance to the Quasi-Star Realm so he could use Space Severance to break free.
• Lin Zhen healed his injuries and began absorbing S-Rank and Quasi SS-Rank crystals to build his Dantian Qi into a Qi Vortex.
• When the crystals proved insufficient, Lin Zhen began absorbing Dark Energy Stones.
• Yan Huang learned that Adams had trapped Lin Zhen, ordered pursuit squads to support him, and released footage of the capture online.
• Yan Huang declared Lin Zhen a heretic and appeared publicly wearing the Holy Light Set, helping the Divine Cult halt its decline in followers.

Lin Zhen absorbed vast stores of energy and advanced to the Quasi-Star Realm while trapped in the Space Cage, as Adams and the Church squad began transporting him toward Constantinople. He prepared to use Space Severance to escape before they reached the First Layer.

• Yan Huang threatened Lin Zhen's supporters with the execution of Lin Zhen's captured parents, and Huaxia's Martial Artists backed down from attacking the Church.
• Roast arrived to support Adams, who expected to become Chief Judge after capturing Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen appeared inside the Space Cage after eight hours, and Baggio joined Roast and two other Star Realm experts in moving it toward the First Layer.
• Lin Zhen absorbed more than a thousand S-Rank crystals, four hundred Quasi SS-Rank crystals, and 150 Dark Energy Stones, advancing his Dantian Qi and Dark Star to the Quasi-Star Realm.
• Lin Zhen decided to break the Space Cage with Space Severance and brought the powers of his main star and Dark Star together to form intersecting spaces.

Lin Zhen mastered Space Severance while imprisoned in the Space Cage and began breaking free as Adams and the others prepared to deliver him to the Pope. The Voidstone shattered, leaving Adams and his companions facing Lin Zhen outside the cage.

• Lin Zhen repeatedly practiced merging his Dantian Qi and Dark Star powers until he created a Space Crack and mastered Space Severance.
• Adams, Baggio, and Roast mocked Lin Zhen and fantasized about Adams marrying An Ning after the Pope married Su Mingyue.
• Lin Zhen told Adams he wanted them all dead and practiced extending Space Severance farther from himself.
• A scout reported that the Pope and the media were waiting at the entrance to Ancient God City to receive the captured Lin Zhen.
• As Adams led the group toward the First Layer exit, Lin Zhen used Space Severance to fracture the Voidstone, which exploded into four pieces.

After breaking free from the Voidstone, Lin Zhen slaughtered Adams’s fighters and pursued the fleeing Star Ranking experts. At Ancient God City, Yan Huang learned that Lin Zhen had entered the Meteor Ranking by killing Roast and Baggio.

• Lin Zhen broke out of the Voidstone and killed nine fighters with Lightning Kill, then slew a Star Realm fighter with Overturning River.
• Lin Zhen killed Roast with Space Severance, while Adams and Baggio fled toward the passage to the First Layer.
• Lin Zhen pursued the pair, killed Baggio with a Space Crack, and chased Adams with his Lightning Wings.
• At Ancient God City, Yan Huang and the Divine Cult celebrated after receiving footage that appeared to show Lin Zhen captured.
• Yan Huang checked the Meteor Ranking and discovered Roast and Baggio had died and Lin Zhen had taken Baggio’s sixty-sixth place.

Shu Mingxuan took control of Kholov’s modified body and decided to kill Lin Zhen after Kholov’s lingering hatred demanded revenge. Meanwhile, Lin Zhen killed Adams and faced Yan Huang at Ancient God City, leaving the Church’s fate hanging on their imminent battle.

• Shu Mingxuan discovered that Kholov’s lingering hatred over Lin Zhen’s actions still affected him, so he headed for the first layer to fulfill Kholov’s final wish.
• Lin Zhen caught Adams near the exit, and Little Warm helped him bring Adams down before Lin Zhen killed him with an Overturning River.
• Yan Huang entered Ancient God City after Lin Zhen’s victory stirred the crowd and threatened the Church’s standing.
• Lin Zhen saw Yan Huang approaching, recognized him as a Dark Star Ranking expert, and chose to stand his ground while Little Warm went to the Second Layer.
• Yan Huang drew his golden longsword as Lin Zhen raised the Seven Kill Spear, and the two prepared to fight before the watching crowd.

Lin Zhen fought Yan Huang, the Church’s Pope, in a battle watched across the world and struggled against his opponent’s superior speed and Radiance-powered swordsmanship. He forced Yan Huang into a desperate position by locking him in an embrace and driving them both toward the Seven Kill Spear lodged in a tree.

• Lin Zhen and Yan Huang began their duel as crowds around the world watched, and Yan Huang claimed his sword alone would be enough to kill Lin Zhen.
• Yan Huang used his Quick Sword and changing attack speeds to injure Lin Zhen, who relied on his spear, armor, Mental Power, and six Seven Stars Knives to keep fighting.
• Lin Zhen fought Yan Huang to a standstill, but Yan Huang unleashed his full Radiance Atom power and knocked aside Lin Zhen’s spear and flying knives.
• Lin Zhen hurled his Seven Kill Spear into a distant tree, then charged through Yan Huang’s sword strikes and locked him in a tight embrace.
• Lin Zhen used his Lightning Wings to drive them both toward the spear embedded in the tree, leaving Yan Huang facing the threat of being impaled with him.

Lin Zhen and Yan Huang fought to a near-fatal stalemate in Ancient God City, each trying to strangle the other. Gongsun Du prevented both the Divine Cult and Huaxia fighters from interfering, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain as both men began to lose consciousness.

• Lin Zhen broke his Seven Kill Spear against Yan Huang’s Sacred Artifact shield, then traded blows with Yan Huang and wounded his ankle with Liquid Metal.
• Lin Zhen used Space Severance and a combined elemental Energy Ball, but Yan Huang dodged the attack and seized Lin Zhen by the neck.
• Lin Zhen wrapped Liquid Metal around Yan Huang’s neck, and the two men strangled each other as their strength and consciousness faded.
• Gongsun Du blocked the Divine Cult experts from rescuing Yan Huang and stopped Huaxia martial artists from aiding Lin Zhen, insisting that no one interfere.
• Yan Huang and Lin Zhen continued gripping each other, unable to speak or let go, as both began to black out.

Lin Zhen and Yan Huang’s fight was interrupted by Kholov, whose enhanced strength forced them to flee together. Lin Zhen escaped deeper into the Second Layer, while Yan Huang returned to Constantinople and entered seclusion to refine the Starry Sky Crown.

• Lin Zhen and Yan Huang stopped fighting when Kholov arrived, then used Teleport to escape his attacks together.
• Yan Huang donned the upgraded Sacred Artifact Armor and fought Kholov while Lin Zhen pretended to join forces before fleeing toward the Second Layer entrance.
• Lin Zhen reached the South Pole, where the extreme cold halted Kholov and Yan Huang’s pursuit.
• Yan Huang returned to the first layer without killing Lin Zhen, and news of his failure led more Divine Cult believers to leave.
• After learning of Gongsun Du’s performance in Ancient God City, Yan Huang entered seclusion to refine the Starry Sky Crown and promised that Lin Zhen would die and the Divine Cult would regain its glory.

Lin Zhen crossed the frozen Antarctic mountains and reached the Ice Palace, where Luo Yun and Dongfang Jun welcomed him. Luo Yun proposed that they enter the Third Layer together to defeat the Three-Headed Hellhound and seek Sacred Artifacts, and Dongfang Jun connected the plan to Lin Zhen rescuing his parents.

• Lin Zhen fought and killed a Quasi SS-Rank Snow Demon, then continued toward South Pole Point through the extreme cold.
• Lin Zhen reached the Ice Palace and was invited inside by Dongfang Jun.
• Dongfang Jun introduced Lin Zhen to Luo Yun and the other Stellar Realm experts, who welcomed him with a meal.
• Luo Yun praised Lin Zhen's fight against Yan Huang and suggested they travel to the Third Layer together to find Sacred Artifacts.
• Dongfang Jun explained that an SS-Rank Three-Headed Hellhound guarded the entrance and said reaching the Third Layer could help Lin Zhen rescue his parents.
• Lin Zhen was startled when Dongfang Jun mentioned his parents.

Lin Zhen joined Luo Yun and Dongfang Jun in the Third Layer Demon Realm to hunt the Three-Headed Hellhound and gather Sacred Artifacts before returning to the Church. After they divided the treasure, Little Warm rushed back into the cave, and Lin Zhen was stunned by its changed appearance.

• Dongfang Jun told Lin Zhen that Ice City remained under siege, his parents had been captured, Li Yao had died, and Su Mingyue had disappeared; Lin Zhen resolved to return within half a month.
• Lin Zhen, Luo Yun, and Dongfang Jun entered the third layer at the South Pole and killed a Quasi SS-Rank Ghoul before the Three-Headed Hellhound arrived.
• Lin Zhen and his companions fought the Three-Headed Hellhound for over an hour, with Little Warm helping, until they killed it together.
• The group found four Sacred Artifacts in the Hellhound's cave and divided them, with Lin Zhen receiving Sacred Artifact boots and the mid-grade Sacred Artifact Long Spear Blazing Light.
• Little Warm ran back into the cave, and Lin Zhen was startled by how different it looked.

Lin Zhen joined a group of Star Ranking fighters preparing to hunt the Earth Demon Dragon before leaving the third layer. In Ice City, An Ning opposed Commander-in-Chief Shen Lixing's risky Beheading Operation, but the squad set out as the city faced mounting danger.

• Little Warm evolved after devouring the Three-Headed Hellhound, and Lin Zhen, Luo Yun, and Dongfang Jun swept through the third layer together in search of an SS-Rank Earth Element crystal.
• As Ice City's siege worsened, Lin Zhen saw An Ning growing exhausted on the front lines and decided to leave the third layer soon.
• Luo Yun told Lin Zhen that Star Ranking fighters planned to hunt the Earth Demon Dragon, and Lin Zhen agreed to join them before leaving.
• An Ning fought off Mutated Beasts beside Ice City's walls, while Shen Lixing announced his plan to lead a Beheading Operation against the One Against Ten Thousand.
• An Ning urged Shen Lixing to wait for reinforcements and said Lin Zhen was coming, but Shen Lixing rejected her advice and sent the Beheading Squad out that night.

After defeating the Earth Demon Dragon and obtaining its Earth Element crystal, Lin Zhen learned that Ice City was in crisis and decided to return after condensing his Dark Star. He began absorbing Earth Element crystals in Zhaodong County, where his Dark Star started forming a planetary core.

• Lin Zhen and the other experts killed the Earth Demon Dragon, and Lin Zhen claimed its corpse and the Near SSS-Rank Earth Element crystal.
• Lin Zhen had Little Warm devour the Earth Demon Dragon, then left Ancient God City and discovered that Ice City's Beheading Squad had been defeated and the city was divided over accepting the Divine Cult's aid.
• Lin Zhen decided to break through before going to Ice City, messaged An Ning that he was back, and traveled to Zhaodong County.
• Lin Zhen began condensing his Dark Star with a Quasi SS-Rank Earth Element crystal, which formed its first shell.
• Lin Zhen used the Near SSS-Rank crystal, and his Dark Star began forming its rock layer and asthenosphere.

Lin Zhen used a Near SSS-Rank crystal and a neutron from a Cosmic Black Hole to finish condensing his Dark Star, overcoming his fear of Black Hole power. The completed Dark Star released a terrifying force from Zhaodong Tower.

• Lin Zhen condensed the asthenosphere and mantle of his Dark Star, then used up the crystal while forming the outer core.
• Lin Zhen absorbed a neutron from a Cosmic Black Hole to supply the Earth Element Energy needed to complete the outer core.
• Lin Zhen continued absorbing the neutron as he formed the Inner Core, which was nearly complete by dawn.
• Lin Zhen absorbed the neutron’s final trace and confronted the vision of a Black Hole, declaring that he would not be swallowed again.
• Lin Zhen discovered that his Dark Star had finished condensing, and a terrifying force spread from Zhaodong Tower.

Lin Zhen awakened Star Power after the Dark Star in his dantian formed a planet, and he set out for Ice City as its defenders argued over joining Allen's Divine Cult. The chapter ended with Shen Lixing threatening to seize An Ning and the others unless they submitted, unaware that Lin Zhen was approaching.

• Lin Zhen discovered a planet in his Dark Star and realized that he had gained Star Power and entered the Star Realm.
• Lin Zhen destroyed nearby Mutated Birds with Gravity Burst, then learned that Ice City was close to falling and flew there.
• Little Warm awakened, grew to nearly five meters long, and chased Lin Zhen toward Ice City.
• An Ning, Zhao Xiaoman, Feng Ni, and Tang Wenbo rejected Shen Lixing's proposal to join the Divine Cult, while Shen argued that submission was the only way to save the city.
• Shen Lixing threatened to have his people seize the dissenters, unaware that a flock of Mutated Birds vanished as Lin Zhen approached.