Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen learned that Mount Sumeru had appeared on Gemini Star and raced there to obtain the Star Illusion Stone, which could combine the Star Power of his main body and clone. After meeting up with Nicole at the mountain entrance, Lin Zhen found him surrounded by attackers and recognized their leader as Ao Xiang, the Sky Eagle Clan Martial Artist who had died alongside him in the Arena.

• Chris told Lin Zhen that the Mechanical Realm King and many other Realm Kings were leaving Kirin Saint Star, and that Mount Sumeru had descended on Gemini Star.
• Lin Zhen recalled that Mount Sumeru’s Star Illusion Stone could transfer Star Power between his main body and clone, then set out for Gemini Star with his clone.
• Realm King Hunshi told Lin Zhen he was leaving but assured him that the Mechanical Realm King would also be gone.
• Nicole contacted Lin Zhen from Mount Sumeru and asked him to join forces against powerful Arena Great Gods, including Xuan Jiang.
• Lin Zhen reached Mount Sumeru and used Planet Teleport to arrive at its entrance, where he found Nicole surrounded by attackers.
• Ao Xiang recognized Lin Zhen and threatened to kill him.

Lin Zhen killed Ao Xiang, took his wealth, and set out with Nicole to search Mount Sumeru for luminescent stones. Xuan Jiang learned of Ao Xiang’s death, while Five Ghosts planned to use Ye Hua’s pursuit of Lin Zhen to secure a reward.

• Ao Xiang mocked Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen defeated him with a spear and killed him after stopping time.
• Lin Zhen took Ao Xiang’s Space Ring, forced his twelve followers to transfer more than thirty billion Cosmic Crystals, and let them go.
• Nicole gave Lin Zhen her luminescent stone, and they headed into Mount Sumeru as she warned him that Xuan Jiang would seek revenge.
• Nicole told Lin Zhen that Five Ghosts was one of the Seven Great Fiends, prompting Lin Zhen to ask about the powerful group.
• Xuan Jiang learned that Lin Zhen had killed Ao Xiang, and Five Ghosts advised him to wait for Ye Hua to seek their help against Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen and Nicole collected fluorite stones in Mount Sumeru, but Ye Hua arrived with powerful Metal Robots and forced Lin Zhen to flee. After learning that Xuan Jiang had blocked the route to the Summit Temple so the Five Ghosts could claim Grand Abyss Swordplay, Lin Zhen planned to use Ye Hua to get past the blockade.

• Lin Zhen and Nicole gathered thousands of fluorite stones, and Lin Zhen set his sights on exchanging for a Star Illusion Stone.
• Ye Hua confronted Lin Zhen with Metal Robots left by the Mechanical Realm King, and Lin Zhen escaped their attack.
• Nicole told Lin Zhen that Xuan Jiang and several dozen Star System Level Nine Martial Artists were blocking the sole route to the temple while the Five Ghosts searched for treasures.
• Lin Zhen realized Ye Hua would likely seek Grand Abyss Swordplay and proposed collecting fluorite stones to prompt him to head for the temple.

Lin Zhen and the dwarf gathered fluorescent stones, then used Ye Hua’s pursuit and clash with Xuan Jiang’s forces to reach the mountaintop temple. Lin Zhen obtained the Star Illusion Stone and the third level of Grand Abyss Swordplay, leaving with his main goals accomplished but no fluorescent stones to buy the temple’s other treasures.

• Lin Zhen and the dwarf collected 110,000 fluorescent stones after several days of targeted digging, then Lin Zhen decided it was time to act when Five Ghosts redeemed the first level of Grand Abyss Swordplay.
• Lin Zhen threw Ye Hua 40,000 fluorescent stones while fleeing, and Ye Hua took them to the mountaintop to redeem the second level of swordplay.
• Xuan Jiang blocked Ye Hua from reaching the temple, so Ye Hua sent more than a hundred Metal Robots against Xuan Jiang’s forces; the fighting let Lin Zhen and other Martial Artists rush up the mountain.
• Ye Hua redeemed the second level of Grand Abyss Swordplay, while Lin Zhen redeemed the Star Illusion Stone and then secured the third level of swordplay.
• Lin Zhen spent his remaining fluorescent stones on four Planet Grass and Wood Hearts and gave the dwarf the last 10,000, while Ye Hua continued urging him to sell the swordplay.

Lin Zhen bought up fluorescent stones and exchanged them for valuable treasures before hiding on Mount Sumeru to absorb the Star Illusion Stone. Ye Hua hired Xuan Jiang to kill him, leaving Lin Zhen to begin the fusion while a mountain-wide search closed in.

• Lin Zhen bought more than a hundred thousand fluorescent stones from other Martial Artists and exchanged them for a Dual-Wielding Mastery Manual, Star Gold, and the remaining treasures.
• After the temple closed, Ye Hua hired Xuan Jiang to kill Lin Zhen on Mount Sumeru for three hundred billion Cosmic Crystals, paying half up front.
• Xuan Jiang offered one million Cosmic Crystals to anyone who revealed Lin Zhen's location, sending people across the mountain to search for him.
• Lin Zhen asked Nicole to join a future arena team and considered recruiting Yan Qi Ye, Zi Qianxia, and Long Jue Tian.
• Lin Zhen hid in a mountain hollow with his clone and began absorbing the Star Illusion Stone.

Lin Zhen used the Star Illusion Stone to transfer his clone’s star power to his main body, raising his strength to 13,500. When Xuan Jiang arrived with more than a hundred Star System Level Nine Martial Artists to capture him, Lin Zhen killed five of them with a single attack and challenged the group to defeat him.

• Lin Zhen used the Star Illusion Stone to transfer his clone’s star power to his dantian, raising his total to 13,500 and leaving his clone nearly powerless.
• Hu Ge and seven Black Hole Stage Martial Artists approached Lin Zhen, but his released star power killed all eight of them.
• Xuan Jiang arrived with more than a hundred Star System Level Nine Martial Artists and confronted Lin Zhen, demanding that he surrender Grand Abyss Swordplay.
• Xuan Jiang ordered his men to form a formation around Lin Zhen and revealed that his World Piercer Sword could pierce space and prevent escape.
• Lin Zhen used Phantom God Strike to kill five of Xuan Jiang’s men and asked whether the group could defeat him.

Lin Zhen overwhelmed Xuan Jiang and his assembled Martial Artists, killing many and forcing the survivors to flee. After declaring himself the new Great God of District 68399, Lin Zhen broke Xuan Jiang’s mental resistance with Soul Lock.

• Xuan Jiang led more than a hundred Martial Artists in a charge against Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen killed over half with Tianhe Star Burst and struck down more with Space Slash.
• Lin Zhen defeated Xuan Jiang’s attacks and killed the Martial Artists who tried to intercept him, including a Divine Mechanism Clan assassin.
• Lin Zhen shattered Xuan Jiang’s arm, took the World Piercer Sword, and kicked him into a cliff.
• Lin Zhen charged into the remaining Martial Artists, killed many, and drove the survivors to flee.
• Lin Zhen collected the fallen Martial Artists’ Space Rings, then told Xuan Jiang that he was now the Great God of District 68399.
• Lin Zhen took Xuan Jiang’s mental defense divine artifact and used Soul Lock to break his resistance.

Lin Zhen enslaved Xuan Jiang with Soul Lock, escaped Mount Sumeru, and returned to the arena after warning that Five Ghosts was more powerful. He formed the Phoenix Myth team with Nicole, Zi Qianxia, and Long Jue Tian, then summoned Nicole to join them.

• Lin Zhen used Soul Lock on the badly injured Xuan Jiang, took most of his sixty billion Cosmic Crystals, and ordered him to pretend he had escaped.
• Lin Zhen left Mount Sumeru and returned to Kirin Saint Star, while Ye Hua and Tian Ci plotted to turn the Seven Great Fiends against him.
• Back in the arena, Lin Zhen invited Yan Qi Ye to join his new team, but Yan Qi Ye declined.
• Lin Zhen created the Phoenix Myth team and recruited Nicole and Zi Qianxia, who accepted his invitations and joined him.
• Lin Zhen invited Long Jue Tian, who joined the team, and then summoned Nicole to teleport over.

Lin Zhen assembled a team for the Team Battle and entered the battlefield on the red side, where he unleashed devastating attacks against the Black Side. He remained surrounded by attackers seeking the reward for killing him, but his defenses held as his account balance continued to rise.

• Zi Qianxia recruited Thirteen to complete Lin Zhen's team, and they waited for the Team Battle to begin.
• Heige warned Lin Zhen to stay away from his former teammates, and Zi Qianxia challenged him to fight if they met in the battle.
• Lin Zhen's team entered the battlefield on the red side, and Lin Zhen led the charge from the front row.
• Lin Zhen used Space Slash to kill thousands of Black Side Martial Artists and earn credits.
• Martial Artists targeted Lin Zhen with self-destruct attacks for the reward, but Lin Zhen blocked them with his armor, Light Fiend, and Mental Power while continuing to kill attackers.

Lin Zhen’s squad continued earning riches as the battlefield dwindled, then faced Heige’s team and defeated them, with Lin Zhen punishing Yan Qi Ye before eliminating him. With only tens of thousands left and fewer than two thousand Red Side fighters remaining, Xuan Jiang’s rampage left the Red Side close to defeat.

• Lin Zhen and his teammates kept eliminating opponents as the battlefield fell below three hundred thousand fighters, while their earnings grew.
• Heige’s squad advanced on Lin Zhen’s team, and both groups chose opponents to face, with Lin Zhen claiming Yan Qi Ye.
• Lin Zhen caught Yan Qi Ye’s sword between two fingers and used Mental Evil Spirit Cone to overwhelm him until he suffered brain death and left the arena.
• Long Jue Tian killed Tie Jiang, Zi Qianxia killed Heige, and the dwarf and Zi Shisan eliminated Bolo and Yu Xuan.
• Lin Zhen resumed hunting across the battlefield as the battle reached its fifty-fifth minute, with only tens of thousands remaining and fewer than two thousand Red Side fighters left against Xuan Jiang’s slaughter.

Lin Zhen killed Xuan Jiang with a last-second ambush, then used his arena winnings to move closer to the strength he needed to revive Little Phoenix. As he trained for another million-person battle, Ye Hua warned Five Ghosts that Lin Zhen and Xuan Jiang might be cooperating to make money.

• Lin Zhen avoided Xuan Jiang's challenge, slaughtered Black Side fighters, and ambushed Xuan Jiang in the crowd just as the arena battle ended.
• Lin Zhen explained to Zi Qianxia, Long Jue Tian, and Nicole that he needed Xuan Jiang to remain in power while he stayed in District 68399.
• Lin Zhen counted more than 300 billion in his bank account and continued training his Dark Star, improving his realm, and practicing with the Yin-Yang Yajiao Twin Spears.
• Ye Hua told Five Ghosts that Lin Zhen and Xuan Jiang were likely working together, citing Lin Zhen's arena winnings and Xuan Jiang's survival after Mount Sumeru.
• Five Ghosts listened as Ye Hua suggested watching the next million-person battle, then disconnected without responding.

After Lin Zhen defeated Xuan Jiang again and protected him from Five Ghosts, he tried to earn enough Cosmic Crystals to buy a Fire Crystal Stone Core. Five Ghosts and Ying Huo attacked him together, forcing him to flee by Planet Teleportation, but they pursued him using a tracking mark.

• Lin Zhen killed Xuan Jiang in the arena again, earning 120 billion Cosmic Crystals and bringing his assets to 450 billion.
• Lin Zhen told Xuan Jiang to transfer his remaining 42 billion Cosmic Crystals and flee to the Solar System, then continued earning money in arena matches.
• Five Ghosts realized Xuan Jiang had escaped and went with Ying Huo to kill Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen fought Five Ghosts and Ying Huo with two spears but struggled against their combined attacks and powerful techniques.
• Lin Zhen used Collapse to create an opening and escaped tens of thousands of kilometers away with Planet Teleportation.
• Five Ghosts revealed that Ying Huo had placed a tracking mark on Lin Zhen, and the two set off after him.

Lin Zhen escaped Five Ghosts and Ying Huo, then tried to earn money in the Dimensional Arena with Xuan Jiang, but their accounts were frozen after the Seven Great Fiends filed a complaint. While arranging to buy the Fire Crystal Stone Core to revive Little Phoenix, Lin Zhen discovered his pursuers were tracking him and tried to outlast their spaceship.

• Lin Zhen used Planet Teleportation and his Eternal Crystal Battleship to escape Five Ghosts and Ying Huo, then teamed up with Xuan Jiang to earn money in the Dimensional Arena.
• Five Ghosts secured a complaint from the Seven Great Fiends, and Tian Ci's father's influence led to Lin Zhen and Xuan Jiang's arena accounts being frozen.
• Lin Zhen received Xuan Jiang's earnings, bringing his total to 500 billion Cosmic Crystals, and decided to buy the Fire Crystal Stone Core to revive Little Phoenix.
• Lin Zhen landed on an asteroid to arrange the delivery, but Chris warned him that Five Ghosts and Ying Huo were approaching, forcing him to flee again.
• After confirming that his pursuers could track him across the parallel universe, Lin Zhen repeatedly changed course to exhaust their Energy Blocks.
• After a month of intermittent travel, Lin Zhen docked at a large Meteorite and found that the pursuing battleship had not caught up.

Lin Zhen bought a Fire Crystal Stone Core on White Magnolia Star and absorbed it, gaining the blue-green flame needed for Little Phoenix’s rebirth. Before he could return to Chaotic Star River, the Seven Great Fiends trapped the planet; Lin Zhen learned the Shapeshifting Art and disguised himself as a swift to evade their search.

• Lin Zhen traveled to White Magnolia Star and absorbed a Fire Crystal Stone Core, producing a blue-green flame powerful enough for Little Phoenix to undergo nirvana.
• Chris warned Lin Zhen that the wormhole and surrounding space had been blockaded, trapping him on White Magnolia Star.
• Five Ghosts and Ying Huo revealed that they had lured Lin Zhen into the ambush, and they awaited Ketu alongside Seven Killings, Army Breaker, and Yue Bei.
• Lin Zhen bought and mastered the Shapeshifting Art while waiting for a delivery from the Dimensional Universe Company.
• Lin Zhen transformed into a swift and flew low through the natural landscape, weakening Ying Huo’s tracking mark.

Lin Zhen hid as a bird on White Magnolia Star while Ying Huo and Five Ghosts searched for him after Ketu arrived. Their search failed, and Five Ghosts killed a security guard and ordered the planet’s people to help find Lin Zhen.

• Ying Huo noticed that Lin Zhen’s tracking mark had faded, but Five Ghosts persuaded him to wait for Ketu before leaving the spaceship.
• Lin Zhen flew more than a thousand kilometers away, hid as a bird, and decided to cultivate while he remained trapped on White Magnolia Star.
• Ketu arrived and told Ying Huo and Five Ghosts to find Lin Zhen quickly, warning them that Rahu was nearing the Star Region Stage and would be displeased by failure.
• Ying Huo and Five Ghosts searched the area where Lin Zhen had stayed, then followed an uncertain trail for several days without finding him.
• Five Ghosts killed a security guard who confronted them and ordered the people of White Magnolia Star to help search for Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen hid from a planet-wide manhunt by disguising himself as a frog, and Ya Ya secretly helped him evade discovery. After months of cultivation and a vastly expanded search force arrived, Lin Zhen decided to hide as a grain of sand in the Nalan River.

• Five Ghosts and the others used Star Power Detectors to launch a planet-wide search for Lin Zhen and Ying Huo.
• Ya Ya found Lin Zhen disguised as a black frog but hid him in a tiny dirt house instead of reporting him.
• Lin Zhen cultivated in hiding for three months, raising his total strength to sixteen thousand star power.
• Five Ghosts and the others brought more than a hundred million Star System Stage experts to begin another dragnet search across White Magnolia Star.
• Lin Zhen decided to transform into a grain of sand in the Nalan River and let the current carry him away.

Five Ghosts and Ying Huo ordered White Magnolia Star destroyed to flush out Lin Zhen, turning the planet into a sea of fire. Lin Zhen tried to save Ya Ya, but an Energy Cannon interrupted his teleport as her home burned.

• Ying Huo proposed that the Star System Stage powerhouses and interstellar fleets burn White Magnolia Star, and Five Ghosts and Ketu approved the plan.
• Lin Zhen hid beneath the ocean as his Star Power grew and his Dark Star neared a breakthrough.
• The attackers bombarded White Magnolia Star with elemental flames and Energy Cannons, killing most of its people and devastating the planet.
• Lin Zhen teleported to Ya Ya's city, found her and her mother trapped in a burning house, and shattered a meteor aimed at them with Lightning Kill.
• An Energy Cannon from Five Ghosts and the others interrupted Lin Zhen's attempt to teleport to Ya Ya, and flames engulfed her house.

After Ya Ya died in the destruction of White Magnolia Star, Lin Zhen hid in its core and broke through to the Black Hole Late Stage. As the planet exploded, he emerged in the form of a gigantic black Qilin and unleashed a storm of Deep Cyan Flame against Five Ghosts, Ying Huo, and their forces.

• Lin Zhen grieved Ya Ya’s death as Five Ghosts ordered the battleships to bombard White Magnolia Star, forcing him to burrow toward its Star Core.
• Lin Zhen entered the planet’s core and cultivated until he broke through to the Black Hole Late Stage, raising his combined Star Power with his clone to twenty thousand two hundred.
• The bombardment shattered White Magnolia Star and opened its Star Core as Five Ghosts and Ying Huo prepared their forces to attack Lin Zhen.
• A gigantic black Qilin appeared among the planetary wreckage, revealed itself as Lin Zhen, and roared a threat at the assembled enemies.
• Lin Zhen opened the Black Hole in the Qilin’s mouth and unleashed a tidal wave of Deep Cyan Flame that swept toward the enemy forces.

After White Magnolia Star’s destruction and Ya Ya’s death, Lin Zhen transformed into the Black Hole Beast and unleashed his rage on the invading army. He killed tens of millions and cornered Ying Huo, whom he began executing with an Energy Storm Gun.

• Lin Zhen absorbed the planetary explosion’s flames and temporarily evolved into the Black Hole Beast.
• Lin Zhen unleashed three Black Hole Storms, killing nearly thirty million enemies and driving the surviving army to flee.
• Lin Zhen used Innate Devour to swallow more Martial Artists, bringing the death toll to seventy million.
• Ying Huo remained behind after the army fled, and Lin Zhen transformed back into human form and took an Energy Storm Gun from a battleship.
• Lin Zhen froze time around Ying Huo and began firing at him, declaring that he would execute him ten thousand times.

Lin Zhen killed Ying Huo after trapping him in a relentless storm of energy bullets, then hunted down several of the arena’s Seven Great Fiends. He killed Yue Bei, Seven Killings, and Army Breaker in succession, leaving the battle still underway.

• Lin Zhen used Gravity to hold Ying Huo in the path of his energy bullets until Ying Huo’s defenses, Star Power, and Mental Power were destroyed, then killed him and burned his remains to ash.
• Lin Zhen sensed Yue Bei hiding in a Different Dimension Space, stabbed him out, and crippled him by piercing his Dantian with a second spear.
• Seven Killings Teleported behind Lin Zhen and tried to strike, but Lin Zhen stopped time and killed him with a backward thrust of the Yajiao Spear.
• Lin Zhen detected Army Breaker hiding nearby and used a Space Slash and Mental Evil Spirit Cone to stop his escape.
• Army Breaker blocked Lin Zhen’s first thrown spear, but Lin Zhen’s second spear pierced his chest and pinned him to an abandoned Interstellar Battleship.