Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen killed Xuan Zhu and Apollo, recovered a vast haul of Cosmic Crystals, and returned to the Dimensional Universe Company to seek Flash Strike’s Golden Paper. When both remaining pages proved prohibitively expensive, he browsed the company’s merchandise and spotted refined gold for his Black Hole Beast.

• Lin Zhen killed Xuan Zhu with Mental Evil Spirit Impact, stole her Space Ring, and then pursued and killed Apollo with help from his clone.
• Lin Zhen gave Apollo’s Space Ring to Nicole as repayment, then found about 150 million Cosmic Crystals and valuable treasures in Xuan Zhu’s ring.
• Lin Zhen asked the Dimensional Universe Company to sell him the second and third pages of Flash Strike, but learned they had been acquired by others and would cost one billion and five billion Cosmic Crystals to obtain.
• Lin Zhen browsed the company’s merchandise after deciding not to pay the enormous prices and noticed refined gold, which his Black Hole Beast would need to advance beyond the Planet Stage.

Lin Zhen bought Adamantine and a damaged Heavenly Artifact Pocket Watch, then used the Cosmic Origin in his Dark Star World to repair it. He discovered the Pocket Watch could slow time when powered by Cosmic Crystals.

• Lin Zhen spent 100 million Cosmic Crystals on one ton of Adamantine and bought the damaged Pocket Watch for his remaining 50 million.
• Lin Zhen and Nicole searched the Hell Path for Cosmic Crystals and collected more than ten million each in a day.
• After Nicole went to sleep, Lin Zhen put the Pocket Watch in his Dark Star Space, where it absorbed Cosmic Origin and repaired itself.
• Lin Zhen placed a Cosmic Crystal inside the Pocket Watch, which lit up and slowed the surrounding flow of time.
• Lin Zhen realized that one Cosmic Crystal powered the Pocket Watch for one second.

Lin Zhen advanced to Satellite Level Four while gathering Cosmic Crystals with Nicole through the Six Paths of Reincarnation. With three days left before the World Stone closed, they reached the Underground Palace Temple, where the survivors gathered around the immense Cosmic Crystal boulder to harvest its fragments.

• Lin Zhen advanced to Satellite Level Two, and Nicole accidentally revealed that she had more than one hundred million Cosmic Crystals.
• Over the next twelve days, Lin Zhen gathered tens of millions of Cosmic Crystals and advanced through Satellite Levels Three and Four while Nicole watched in disbelief.
• Lin Zhen and Nicole left the Six Paths of Reincarnation and reached the Underground Palace Temple with three days remaining before the World Stone closed.
• The surviving participants discovered that the enormous Cosmic Crystal boulder was the World Stone's core and learned they could chip off fragments but could not move it.
• Martial artists began striking the boulder for Cosmic Crystal fragments, and the Qingluan Society arrived to claim its share.

Lin Zhen survived the massacre around the World Core and gathered Cosmic Crystal while the factions fought for territory. On the final day, the World Stone began collapsing, but a massive piece of the shattered Core drew the remaining Martial Artists into one last rush.

• Nearly ten thousand Martial Artists fought over Cosmic Crystal, and fewer than three thousand remained after the ensuing massacre.
• Lin Zhen collected Cosmic Crystal and killed three ambushers, while the Qingluan Society defeated Dragon Totem and Tongtian Tower and Dixin Qionglou held back from the fighting.
• Over the next two days, the remaining groups and lone Martial Artists continued gathering Cosmic Crystal, leaving only about a thousand people in the World Stone.
• Lin Zhen exchanged his accumulated Cosmic Crystal with Dimensional Universe Company for enough refined gold to support his advancement to Planet Level Four.
• Intelligent Life warned that the World Stone would collapse in twenty minutes, and the giant Cosmic Crystal cracked and dropped a huge piece as the remaining Martial Artists rushed toward it.

As the World Stone began collapsing, Lin Zhen gathered Cosmic Crystals, rescued Nicole and Hong'er, and fought Tian Ci amid the chaos. With thirteen minutes remaining before the collapse, Tian Ci still blocked Lin Zhen while the temple crumbled and survivors fled.

• Lin Zhen knocked Nicole unconscious, hid her in Dark Star Space, and began collecting Cosmic Crystals with his clone.
• Lin Zhen used Gravity and Meteor Fall to seize a huge crystal fragment and kill Martial Artists who attacked him.
• Tian Ci's forces ambushed the Qingluan Society, killing Lü'er, Qing'er, and Zi'er and driving Hong'er toward the No Return Road.
• Lin Zhen used his domain to shield Hong'er and sent her flying toward the exit, preventing Tian Ci from pursuing her.
• Tian Ci attacked Lin Zhen, and they fought as the Underground Palace Temple collapsed and the remaining survivors fled.
• With thirteen minutes left before the World Stone collapsed, Tian Ci taunted Lin Zhen while continuing to duel him.

Lin Zhen fought Tian Ci through the collapsing World Stone, then discovered his opponent was a clone and destroyed it. With the destructive tide reaching the Underground Palace Temple, Lin Zhen raced toward the No Return Road, but devouring the falling debris sped up the collapse and left him with only five minutes.

• Lin Zhen and his clone battled Tian Ci amid the collapsing Underground Palace Temple while the World Stone’s destructive tide swept through the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• With less than ten minutes remaining, Lin Zhen used the Light Fiend to bind Tian Ci and discovered the opponent was a clone whose true body had likely already escaped.
• Lin Zhen severed the clone’s connection to its true body and killed Tian Ci’s clone with a double-spear attack.
• As the destructive tide reached the Underground Palace Temple, Lin Zhen rushed toward the No Return Road and used Black Hole Storm to devour the falling debris.
• Lin Zhen’s devouring accelerated the World Stone’s collapse, reducing the countdown from six minutes and thirty seconds to five minutes as the tide closed in.

Lin Zhen raced through the collapsing World Stone while Tian Ci waited at the exit, having broken through to the Star System Stage. With only one advancement slot left, Lin Zhen sent Nicole toward safety as Tian Ci chose to attack him instead of securing his own escape.

• Lin Zhen escaped the collapsing Underground Palace Temple and raced down the No Return Road with Chris guiding him, while the destruction tide pursued him.
• Tian Ci mourned his clone, broke through to the Star System Stage, and waited at the exit, determined to kill Lin Zhen.
• Outside the World Stone, Han Sha, Jerry, and Hong'er anxiously watched as only Lin Zhen, Tian Ci, and Nicole remained inside with one slot left.
• Lin Zhen reached the exit and discovered Tian Ci waiting there as a newly advanced Star System Stage expert.
• Lin Zhen released Nicole and hurled her toward the exit, forcing Tian Ci to choose between stopping her and attacking Lin Zhen.
• Tian Ci let Nicole pass and slashed at Lin Zhen, choosing revenge over claiming the final advancement slot.

Lin Zhen escaped the collapsing World Stone with Nicole, finishing twenty-first and missing the Under-Hundred-Year-Old Training Camp by one place, while Tian Ci qualified and threatened him. After receiving the second page of Flash Strike from Nicole, Lin Zhen learned the camp had been postponed for a year and decided to return home to see his family.

• Nicole ambushed Tian Ci, giving Lin Zhen the opening to pass him, but Tian Ci intercepted Lin Zhen's attempt to save Nicole and escaped with twentieth place.
• Lin Zhen used Black Hole Storm to carve through the destruction tide and escape with Nicole, placing twenty-first as the World Stone collapsed.
• Han Sha, Jerry, and the federation chairman stopped Tian Ci from attacking Lin Zhen outside the World Stone, and Tian Ci left after threatening him.
• Nicole gave Lin Zhen the second page of Flash Strike and departed for his hometown, while the council announced that the training camp would be postponed for a year.
• Hong Bo mocked Lin Zhen for missing qualification, but Han Sha and Jerry rebuked him before he left with his followers.
• Lin Zhen said goodbye to Han Sha and Jerry, returned to Baichuan Star to see Ling'er, and planned to go home to meet his newborn child.

Lin Zhen returned to the Solar System with Ling'er after amassing a fortune in Cosmic Crystals and prepared to reunite with his family. He learned that Xi Lan Ke planned to invade the Sun Territory in eight months and continued toward Earth while considering how to stop him.

• Lin Zhen reviewed his gains from the World Stone and found that he had nearly twenty billion Cosmic Crystals remaining after buying enough to reach Planet Stage Level Eight.
• Ling'er asked Lin Zhen for money to buy gifts for his family, and he gave her Tianhe Empire currency instead of Earth banknotes.
• Luo Ni welcomed Lin Zhen back and revealed that Xi Lan Ke had ordered him and Sha Ke to disable the Solar System's defenses for a planned raid.
• Lin Zhen learned that Xi Lan Ke had reached the Black Hole Late Stage and might arrive around the end of the year, then told Luo Ni to keep the threat quiet and stay alert.
• Lin Zhen piloted his spaceship toward Earth, eager to see his family while planning how to deal with Xi Lan Ke.

After returning to Earth, Lin Zhen intervened in a land dispute and forced Azure Sea Star expert Han Qing to submit. Lu Ming then hinted that a surprise awaited Lin Zhen at home.

• Lu Ming struggled to resolve a dispute after Han Qing refused to return homes and land bought cheaply from Ice City residents.
• Lin Zhen arrived at the Administrative Office and ordered the disputed properties requisitioned, with buyers compensated at twice their original purchase prices.
• Han Qing attacked Lin Zhen with Mental Impact, but Lin Zhen crushed his resistance, inflicted a Soul Lock, and compelled him to withdraw.
• Lin Zhen ordered Lu Ming to announce the agreement and explain the settlement to the displaced residents.
• Lu Ming congratulated Lin Zhen and urged him to go home, so Lin Zhen teleported to his front door.

Lin Zhen returned home, reunited with his family, and spent three months cultivating until he reached Planet Level Eight. The chapter ended when Chen Fenglie arrived bloodied and warned Lin Zhen that his policy on hunting Earth’s Mutated Beasts had caused a disaster.

• Lin Zhen returned to Sky City and reunited with Su Mingyue, their daughter, An Ning, their twin sons, and the rest of his family.
• Lin Zhen named his children Lin Ping, Lin An, and Lin Meier, then declared three years of tax relief and higher salaries for Sun Territory officials.
• Lin Zhen supported his family and the Sun Territory’s development, bought ten thousand Star Stage experts as a slave legion, and secretly cultivated until he reached Planet Level Eight.
• Lin Zhen worried that Xi Lan Ke might arrive before New Year and knew he needed more strength to protect his territory.
• Chen Fenglie contacted Lin Zhen, appeared bloodied after a lost battle, and blamed Lin Zhen’s ban on experts hunting Earth’s Mutated Beasts for causing a disaster.

Lin Zhen learned that the abandoned Star Fruit Tree had grown dangerously and its mutated insects threatened Earth, so he ventured inside to investigate. He fought his way to Tree Heart Lake, found a mutated Satellite Crystal, and gave it to Chen Fenglie to absorb.

• Chen Fenglie told Lin Zhen that the Star Fruit Tree had become overrun with powerful mutated insects and had begun threatening Capital City Base City.
• Lin Zhen and Chen Fenglie traveled to the tree, where Lin Zhen killed a powerful leaf insect and then entered alone.
• Lin Zhen and his clone fought through swarms of insects, reaching Tree Heart Lake after two days of battle with a rest in between.
• Lin Zhen discovered that the Star Fruit Tree's crystals had mutated and found a Satellite Crystal powerful enough to benefit Satellite Stage fighters.
• Lin Zhen gave the Satellite Crystal to Chen Fenglie, who absorbed it and said it had advanced his cultivation toward Satellite Level Seven.

Lin Zhen decided to move the Star Fruit Tree off Earth to protect it from discovery and prevent it from draining the planet. After overcoming the problem of lifting it, he used his Black Hole Storm to absorb the tree and spaceship into his Dark Star Space.

• Lin Zhen found few Star Crystals but enough Planet Crystals to cultivate to the Planet Stage peak, and he decided to keep the tree’s location secret.
• Lin Zhen realized he could move the Star Fruit Tree to his Dark Star Space, and Chen Fenglie left without learning his destination.
• Lin Zhen had robots separate the tree’s enormous root mass from the surrounding soil, but the ropes from his spaceship snapped when he tried to pull it free.
• Lin Zhen went to the Bermuda Sea Area and pulled up the Moyun Vine to use as a stronger towline.
• Lin Zhen and his clone used the Moyun Vine to pull the Star Fruit Tree out of the ground, and Lin Zhen absorbed the tree and spaceship into his Dark Star Space with a Black Hole Storm.

Lin Zhen transplanted the Star Fruit Tree and Moyun Vine into the Dark Star, advancing it into the Phanerozoic Eon and greatly increasing his strength. After raising his cultivation to Level Nine Peak Planet Stage, he repeatedly fought simulated Star System Stage opponents and gradually learned to endure and counter their attacks.

• Lin Zhen planted the Star Fruit Tree and Moyun Vine in the Dark Star, whose life-supporting conditions awakened and whose star power advanced into the Phanerozoic Eon.
• Lin Zhen cultivated for ten days, reached Level Nine Peak Planet Stage, and gave Star Crystals to his family to speed their cultivation.
• Lin Zhen entered the Simulation Arena and tested himself against a Level One Star System Stage opponent, surviving the first attack for seven seconds before being defeated.
• Lin Zhen repeated the simulated battles, adapting to the opponent's speed and extending his survival time while spending heavily on the arena.
• On the tenth day, Lin Zhen lasted forty seconds and landed a spear thrust that forced the Star System Stage opponent to dodge.

After fifty days of fighting simulated Star System Stage opponents, Lin Zhen greatly improved and learned his Star Power was still far below theirs. War erupted between the Fire Kirin Empire and the Demon Insect Empire, and Lin Zhen awaited the Star Fruit Tree’s crystals to mature while wondering whether the training camp would send him to the battlefield.

• Lin Zhen spent fifty days battling different simulated Star System Stage opponents, eventually lasting three minutes and thirty seconds before defeat.
• Chris calculated that Lin Zhen had about one hundred and fifty Star Power, compared with at least three hundred for a Star System Stage Level One expert.
• Chris showed Lin Zhen news that war had begun between the Fire Kirin Empire and the Demon Insect Empire in the Chaotic Star River.
• Lin Zhen read reports of the fighting and considered that the Under-Hundred-Year-Old Training Camp might be held on the battlefield.
• Lin Zhen closed the Dimensional Universe and focused on Xi Lan Ke’s expected arrival and the Star Fruit Tree’s crystals maturing in three days.

Tian Ci hired Xi Lan Ke to attack Lin Zhen and the Sun Territory months ahead of schedule. On Pluto, Lin Zhen mastered Time Deceleration, absorbed the matured Star Crystals, and prepared to break through to the Star Stage as an Eternal Crystal Battleship approached.

• Tian Ci gave Xi Lan Ke an Eternal Crystal Battleship and sent him to destroy Lin Zhen and the Sun Territory in a surprise attack.
• Lin Zhen waited on Pluto while his avatar watched nearly thirty Planet Crystals mature into Star Crystals.
• Lin Zhen used the Pocket Watch and Time Stone to calm his mind and unexpectedly slowed a flying block of ice tenfold.
• Lin Zhen maintained his enlightenment through the night and mastered Time Deceleration.
• Lin Zhen absorbed the matured Star Crystals and began preparing to break through to the Star Stage as an Eternal Crystal Battleship approached.

Lin Zhen absorbed the Star Crystal and advanced to the Star Stage, gaining star power strong enough to contend with a weak early Star System Stage Martial Artist. An Eternal Crystal Battleship attacked him during his breakthrough, and its captain Xi Lan Ke confronted him on Pluto.

• Lin Zhen absorbed the Star Crystal, and his dantian’s planet evolved into a star as he advanced to the Star Stage.
• Chris calculated Lin Zhen’s total star power at 330, comparable to a weak early Star System Stage Martial Artist.
• Xi Lan Ke’s crew detected Lin Zhen cultivating on Pluto and fired the Eternal Crystal Battleship’s cannon at him.
• Lin Zhen evaded the bombardment with his danger sense and Teleportation, while his clone joined the fight.
• Xi Lan Ke recognized Lin Zhen, stopped the attack, and descended from the battleship to confront him.

Lin Zhen fought Xi Lan Ke, a Star System Stage pirate leader, and repeatedly matched his attacks despite the gap in their power. Xi Lan Ke transformed into an Ice and Fire Two-Headed Dragon and overwhelmed Lin Zhen, leaving the battle hanging with Lin Zhen on the defensive.

• Lin Zhen dodged Xi Lan Ke's blade attacks and drove him back with a spear strike, shocking Xi Lan Ke and the people aboard the Eternal Crystal Battleship.
• Xi Lan Ke unleashed his Blood Battle Blade Technique, but Lin Zhen used Armorization and Immovable as a Mountain to withstand his attacks for half an hour.
• Xi Lan Ke struck Lin Zhen with Mental Impact, but their Mental Powers collided evenly and forced both fighters to retreat.
• Xi Lan Ke transformed into an Ice and Fire Two-Headed Dragon and attacked with twin blades of freezing cold and blazing heat.
• Xi Lan Ke's transformed strength sent Lin Zhen staggering backward when he tried to block the attack.

Lin Zhen used his clone, a carefully concealed ambush, and Time Deceleration to defeat Xi Lan Ke despite the Star System Stage warrior’s superior strength. With Xi Lan Ke dead, Lin Zhen’s battle against the pirates aboard the Eternal Crystal Battleship remained unresolved.

• Lin Zhen summoned his clone, but Xi Lan Ke’s twin blades and rising Star Power kept the pair on the defensive.
• Xi Lan Ke wounded Lin Zhen’s clone and pressed his advantage with Freezing Qi, prompting Lin Zhen to armorize the clone and launch a final assault.
• Xi Lan Ke blocked Lin Zhen’s Time Acceleration strike and revealed that he had anticipated Lin Zhen’s abilities.
• Lin Zhen drove his spear through his own clone to conceal a Time Acceleration ambush, then struck Xi Lan Ke with Mental Evil Spirit Impact.
• Lin Zhen used Time Deceleration to leave Xi Lan Ke unable to dodge, pierced his throat, and finished him with Tianhe Star Burst.

Lin Zhen captured Xi Lan Ke’s crew and Eternal Crystal Battleship, then discovered a vast fortune and rare treasures in Xi Lan Ke’s Space Ring. He turned Xi Lan Ke into a powerful undead combat puppet and used the Planet Grass and Wood Heart to accelerate the Dark Star’s evolution as the battleship returned to Earth.

• Lin Zhen killed Xi Lan Ke, captured the pirates aboard the Eternal Crystal Battleship, and ordered the ship toward Earth.
• Ma Jing told Lin Zhen that Tian Ci had given Xi Lan Ke the battleship to kill him.
• Lin Zhen opened Xi Lan Ke’s Space Ring and found twelve Sub-light Speed warships, 4.95 trillion Qilin Coins, 180 million Cosmic Crystals, a Planet Grass and Wood Heart, and a Nether Spirit Potion.
• Lin Zhen used his blood and a dose of the Nether Spirit Potion to revive Xi Lan Ke as a stronger combat puppet.
• Xi Lan Ke transformed into a two-headed Star River Beast, and Lin Zhen recognized that his power had risen to the mid Star System Stage.
• Lin Zhen placed the Planet Grass and Wood Heart inside the Dark Star, accelerating its evolution, and the Eternal Crystal Battleship returned to Earth.