Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen reunited with Zhao Xiaoman in Southern Liang and stepped in when her team pressured her to entertain Steward Feng. He challenged Feng’s claimed Alchemist credentials and threatened to report him to the guild, leaving Feng stunned and unable to produce ice and fire power.

• Captain Han and Big Brother Li pressured Zhao Xiaoman to appease Steward Feng so their team could obtain affordable medicine for Pill Poison.
• Lin Zhen recognized Zhao Xiaoman, and she ran into his arms after nearly a thousand years apart.
• Steward Feng insulted Lin Zhen, while Captain Han urged him to sit elsewhere and stop interfering.
• Lin Zhen stayed beside Zhao Xiaoman and defended her, prompting Steward Feng to threaten him with his Alchemist status.
• Lin Zhen questioned Feng’s rank and challenged him to demonstrate barehanded ice and fire power, threatening to report him to senior guild officials.
• Steward Feng realized he could not meet Lin Zhen’s challenge and wondered whether Lin Zhen had powerful connections.

Lin Zhen confronted Steward Feng over his treatment of Zhao Xiaoman and drove him away without resorting to violence. He gave Zhao Xiaoman money and pills, then left with Lin Feng while Steward Feng planned to seek revenge.

• Lin Zhen showed Steward Feng that he possessed both freezing qi and flames, and offered to provide Zhao Xiaoman with pills himself.
• When the man surnamed Li demanded that Zhao Xiaoman make Lin Zhen apologize, Steward Feng slapped him and told him to buy pills elsewhere.
• Steward Feng apologized to Lin Zhen, paid for the food and wine, and fled with his bodyguards before vowing to get revenge.
• Zhao Xiaoman agreed to stay with her team until they found a replacement, and she exchanged Dimensional Universe contact information with Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen gave Zhao Xiaoman five Origin Realm Crystal Coins, Gathering Essence Powder, and Hundred Flower Pills, warning her not to share the pills.
• Lin Zhen returned to Lin Feng and left, while Zhao Xiaoman realized Lin Feng was a World King traveling with him.

Lin Zhen refined his alchemy skills in Nanliang City, won another arena challenge against Liang Chen, and passed the Southern Liang Alchemist Guild’s Sixth Grade Alchemist assessment with an improved Divine Power Pill. Nalan Chenxi granted him Grand Elder status and promised to request two Eternal Martial Artists as his guards.

• Lin Zhen explained to Lin Feng that the pills given to Xiaoman would poison anyone else who took them and that he could cure her if needed.
• Lin Zhen bought a manor near the Southern Liang Alchemist Guild and spent a month mastering pill formulas using Gu Yunting’s memories.
• Lin Zhen defeated Liang Chen again in the Dimensional Universe by protecting his chest from Liang Chen’s blade and killing him with Hidden Weapon Flying Knives.
• Lin Zhen began the Sixth Grade Alchemist assessment before Nalan Chenxi and Dwayne, refining a Divine Power Pill with Ice, Fire, and Thunder techniques.
• Nalan Chenxi found that Lin Zhen’s improved pill increased star power by forty percent with minor side effects, granted him Sixth Grade Alchemist and Grand Elder status, and promised to request two Eternal Martial Artist guards.

Lin Zhen became a Sixth Grade Grand Elder of the Southern Liang Alchemist Guild and obtained three of the bones he needed for alchemy. While waiting at the guild, he encountered Liang Chen and Steward Feng, who recognized him and threatened him.

• Nalan Chenxi registered Lin Zhen as a Grand Elder, gave him a purple robe, and introduced him to the guild’s other Grand Elders.
• Lin Zhen asked Fu Ruoya for six types of bones and bought the available Dragon Race, Kun Peng, and Soul-Devouring Beast bones for over two billion.
• Lin Feng went to take the Fourth Grade Alchemist assessment while Lin Zhen waited in the guild lounge.
• Lin Zhen overheard Liang Chen ordering Steward Feng to refine medicinal ingredients into pills quickly so he could raise money for another challenge.
• Liang Chen and Steward Feng noticed Lin Zhen, and Steward Feng called him a swindler before threatening him.

Lin Zhen was accused of stealing pills at the Alchemist Guild and struck Steward Feng twice when Feng tried to seize his Space Ring. The Guild’s leaders arrived as Feng and Liang Chen demanded his punishment, and Lin Zhen said he was an alchemist.

• Steward Feng and Liang Chen accused Lin Zhen of stealing pills and tried to force him to hand over his Space Ring and fifty billion.
• Lin Zhen struck Steward Feng twice, drawing a crowd of guild members who rallied behind Feng.
• Elder Wang arrived and sided with his disciple, while Liang Chen called for Lin Zhen to be imprisoned.
• Nalan Chenxi, DeWayne, and the Grand Elders arrived, and Steward Feng repeated his accusation to them.
• Lin Zhen said he was an alchemist, but Steward Feng mocked him and insisted he was a swindler.

After Lin Zhen exposed Liang Chen’s plot, the Alchemist Guild expelled and blacklisted the conspirators, while Liang Chen left in disgrace. Back home, Liang Chen discovered a Wanted Order for a Lin Zhen who looked identical to the Grand Elder and suspected the arena had been a trap.

• Lin Zhen showed a recording of Liang Chen, Steward Feng, and Elder Wang conspiring to sell inferior pills and falsely accuse him.
• Nalan Chenxi revealed that Lin Zhen was a newly appointed Grand Elder, and Charles expelled Steward Feng and Elder Wang while the guild ordered them blacklisted.
• Nalan Chenxi dismissed Liang Chen and warned Lin Zhen that Ning Qingxuan might retaliate; Lin Zhen admitted he had deliberately let his enemies fall into a trap.
• Liang Chen returned home and decided to collect payments for Wanted Orders after losing his source of income.
• While sorting the orders, Liang Chen found one for a Purple Gold Divine Clan World King named Lin Zhen and discovered that it matched Lin Zhen’s appearance, hometown, and alchemist background.
• Liang Chen concluded that the wanted man was the same Lin Zhen and that the Star System Arena had been designed to trick him into losing money.

Liang Chen suspected Lin Zhen was a Purple Gold Divine Clan World King and set out for Xianle County to investigate Gu Yunting’s death and Lin Zhen’s past. As Lin Zhen learned about Divine Punishment Star, he agreed to trade his bodyguard and contribute money to secure a chance to enter it.

• Liang Chen suspected that Lin Zhen had used an avatar to deceive him and decided to investigate Lin Zhen’s past in Xianle County before Divine Punishment Star opened in three years.
• The chapter explained that Divine Punishment Star offered rare chances to temper Divine Bodies, with only one thousand entry quotas for the Southern Liang Empire and one hundred prizes on the planet.
• Lin Zhen continued selling pills through the Alchemist Guild, earning substantial profits while waiting for the medicines in his body to take effect.
• Nalan Chenxi told Lin Zhen that the guild could provide only one Eternal Life Realm bodyguard and suggested exchanging that protection for a Divine Punishment Star spot.
• Nalan Chenxi explained the Divine Punishment Star opportunities and estimated that Lin Zhen would need to contribute thirty billion to secure entry.
• Lin Zhen agreed to give up the bodyguard and pursue a place on Divine Punishment Star.

Lin Zhen collected the Savage Ape bones and continued training as he prepared to advance to Domain King, while Liang Chen concluded that Lin Zhen was HuaHua TaiSui and set out to tell Ning Qingxuan. Ke Jianglong waited outside Lin Zhen’s home to ambush him, and Lin Zhen left the Alchemist Guild to begin his breakthrough in his courtyard.

• Fu Ruoya told Lin Zhen that the Savage Ape bones had arrived, leaving him only the Qilin and Phoenix bones to acquire.
• Chris estimated Lin Zhen’s training schedule and told him he was about thirty-six days from advancing to Domain King.
• Liang Chen reconstructed the Rising Sky Tower battle and concluded that Lin Zhen was HuaHua TaiSui, then headed home intending to tell Ning Qingxuan.
• Ke Jianglong tracked Lin Zhen to the Alchemist Guild and disguised himself as a peddler to wait outside Lin Zhen’s residence.
• Lin Zhen defeated a simulated Level One World King with his Primordial Beginning swordplay and decided he needed to reach Domain King to compete on Divine Punishment Star.
• Lin Zhen left the Alchemist Guild for his courtyard with the pills needed to begin his breakthrough.

Lin Zhen confronted Ke Jianglong, the World King who had once sealed him for seven hundred years, and their fight escalated when Ke Jianglong used the Qilin Clan’s Kirin Art to isolate Lin Zhen from his clone. The chapter ended with Lin Zhen transforming into a gigantic black mutant Qilin to face Ke Jianglong’s Fire Qilin.

• Lin Zhen recognized the disguised peddler as Ke Jianglong, and they agreed to settle their old score in Lin Zhen’s courtyard.
• Lin Zhen’s clone fought Ke Jianglong and overcame his Star Power advantage with superior combat skill and sword techniques.
• Lin Zhen’s clone wounded Ke Jianglong, but Ke Jianglong invoked the Qilin Clan’s Kirin Art and created a force field that separated Lin Zhen from his clone.
• Lin Zhen took a Divine Power Pill, increased his Star Power, and transformed into a gigantic black mutant Qilin as Ke Jianglong approached in Fire Qilin form.

Lin Zhen fought Ke Jianglong in Black Hole Beast form, using his superior innate rank to narrow their strength gap. Meanwhile, Liang Chen told Ning Qingxuan that Lin Zhen was HuaHua TaiSui, prompting her to decide to confront him; the chapter ended as Lin Zhen unleashed Black Hole's Call on Ke Jianglong.

• Lin Zhen transformed into a Black Hole Beast and fought Ke Jianglong, biting through his foreleg while both beasts suffered severe wounds.
• Liang Chen returned to the Zither Sound Abode and told Ning Qingxuan he had discovered that Lin Zhen was HuaHua TaiSui.
• Liang Chen portrayed Lin Zhen as a villain who had cheated him and plotted against Ning Qingxuan, and she said she would go to the Alchemist Guild the next day.
• Lin Zhen revealed he had bitten off part of Ke Jianglong's foreleg and declared that he would swallow him whole.
• Lin Zhen invoked Black Hole's Call, and a Black Hole opened its eye upon Ke Jianglong.

Lin Zhen killed Ke Jianglong by swallowing him with Black Hole Devour, then absorbed his bloodline and immense star power. After an overnight breakthrough, Lin Zhen reached Level Four Domain King, with 2.5 million star power excluding his Dark Star Space.

• Lin Zhen bit off a piece of Ke Jianglong's bone, then swallowed and killed him with Black Hole Devour.
• Lin Zhen destroyed Ke Jianglong's soul and absorbed his bloodline power, triggering a breakthrough.
• Lin Zhen broke through from the Star System Stage and rapidly advanced to Level Two Domain King as his star power surged.
• Lin Zhen cultivated through the night and reached Level Four Domain King, with 2.5 million star power excluding the Dark Star Space.
• People nearby sensed the unusual star power around Lin Zhen's home, then left after a surge of air warned them away.

After strengthening his cultivation, Lin Zhen bought the Shaking Mountain Spear Technique and the Mountain Shattering Long Spear to prepare for the Divine Punishment Star. When Ning Qingxuan arrived at the Alchemist Guild and tracked his aura, Lin Zhen tried to flee, but her heavenly light exposed him in the crowd.

• Lin Zhen spent 20 billion on the Shaking Mountain Spear Technique and 22 billion on the Mountain Shattering Long Spear, then tested the weapon’s immense weight.
• Lin Zhen planned to train for two years before the Divine Punishment Star opened and sent his clone back to the Alchemist Guild.
• Lin Feng told Lin Zhen that Ning Qingxuan, the Crown Princess of the Southern Liang Empire, had arrived at the guild, and Lin Zhen suspected she was searching for him over HuaHua TaiSui.
• Lin Zhen hid his clone in Dark Star Space and fled the rear courtyard as Ning Qingxuan’s aura locked down the surrounding area.
• Ning Qingxuan used a gourd from Lin Zhen’s pill-refining room to track his aura and cast Eye of Revelation, Soul Lock My Enemy, illuminating Lin Zhen in the crowd.

Lin Zhen tried to escape Ning Qingxuan’s pursuit, destroying the Light of Revelation that marked him and hiding in a bathhouse. Ning Qingxuan cornered him there, but only realized after he slipped away disguised as a little boy that he had deceived and humiliated her.

• Ning Qingxuan chased Lin Zhen using the Light of Revelation, and Lin Zhen repeatedly Teleported to flee.
• Lin Zhen transformed into his Black Hole Beast form and swallowed the Light of Revelation with Black Hole Storm before escaping again.
• Ning Qingxuan used a trace of Lin Zhen’s genetic material to track his general direction, while Lin Zhen stopped at a tavern to eat.
• When Ning Qingxuan locked down the space around the tavern, Lin Zhen fled through the streets and hid in a bathhouse.
• Ning Qingxuan ordered the bathhouse patrons to leave, and Lin Zhen emerged disguised as a little boy and kissed her before walking away.
• Ning Qingxuan recognized the boy’s aura as Lin Zhen’s and realized he had tricked her.

After Lin Zhen stole Ning Qingxuan’s first kiss, she recognized him and pursued him into the Endless Star Sea. Meanwhile, an Eternal Crystal planet threatened Nanliang Capital City, and Liang Zhihuan led experts to divert it as Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan raced through the same starry sky.

• Lin Zhen transformed into a little boy, kissed Ning Qingxuan, and fled when she realized who he was.
• Lin Zhen summoned HuaHua TaiSui’s Two-Headed Demon Dragon, and Ning Qingxuan chased him on her Five-Colored Spotted Deer into the Endless Star Sea.
• Lin Zhen was badly wounded by Ning Qingxuan’s strike and lay unconscious as the Two-Headed Demon Dragon carried him deeper into space.
• A detector warned that an Eternal Crystal planet would crash near Nanliang Capital City in seven days, prompting Liang Zhihuan to convene his advisers.
• After learning Ning Qingxuan was away pursuing HuaHua TaiSui, Liang Zhihuan assembled Eternal Life Realm experts and led them into the starry sky to divert the planet.

Lin Zhen used Star Power Transfer and a Divine Power Pill to gain enough strength to turn and fight Ning Qingxuan, then provoked her into losing control so he could stall for time. As Ning Qingxuan regained her composure, an enormous pressure approached from behind Lin Zhen.

• Chris told Lin Zhen that a planet was rushing toward them and advised him to combine his clone's Star Power with his own.
• Lin Zhen transferred his clone's Star Power, took a Divine Power Pill, and turned the Two-Headed Demon Dragon back toward Ning Qingxuan.
• Lin Zhen attacked Ning Qingxuan, but her superior Star Power and swordsmanship quickly put him at a disadvantage.
• Lin Zhen used Mental Impact to brush Ning Qingxuan's chest, enraging her and disrupting her attacks.
• Lin Zhen used Immovable as a Mountain and his spear techniques to defend and delay Ning Qingxuan until she regained control.
• As Ning Qingxuan prepared to strike Lin Zhen with a heavy blow, she sensed enormous pressure approaching from behind him.

Lin Zhen watched Ning Qingxuan try to divert an enormous Eternal Crystal planet from striking Nanliang Capital City, then used the catastrophe to study Planet Fall. He remained nearby as Ning Qingxuan weakened, intent on learning the technique rather than rescuing her or leaving.

• Ning Qingxuan drove Lin Zhen back with powerful sword qi until an immense Eternal Crystal planet appeared on a collision course with Nanliang Capital City.
• Chris told Lin Zhen that the planet’s impact would cause a massive disaster, and Lin Zhen realized Ning Qingxuan meant to redirect it.
• Ning Qingxuan repeatedly struck the planet with sword qi, shifting its trajectory by a few centimeters with each blow as Lin Zhen watched.
• After more than ten minutes, Ning Qingxuan grew exhausted and spat blood, while Chris warned Lin Zhen that she would soon have to evade or die.
• Lin Zhen stayed near the planet and focused his Mental Power on comprehending Planet Fall, hoping to learn the move.

Lin Zhen comprehended Planet Fall and used the technique to strike the descending Eternal Crystal planet, saving Ning Qingxuan from her final charge. Severely weakened after the attack, he faced Ning Qingxuan’s sword at his neck as she demanded to know why he had saved her.

• Lin Zhen realized Planet Fall required him to attack with the resolve to destroy himself, then ordered the Two-Headed Demon Dragon to carry him toward the Eternal Crystal planet.
• Ning Qingxuan, nearly out of strength after shifting the planet’s trajectory, prepared to sacrifice herself to protect her homeland.
• Lin Zhen reached the planet and unleashed Planet Fall with his Mountain Shattering Long Spear, blasting the planet back a kilometer and pushing Ning Qingxuan away from it.
• Lin Zhen mastered Planet Fall but suffered severe injuries and the Divine Power Pill’s Star Power side effect.
• Ning Qingxuan placed her Green Edge Sword against Lin Zhen’s neck and asked why he had saved her.

Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan were swallowed by a Space Crack after they helped divert the Eternal Crystal planet from Nanliang Capital. Crown Prince Liang Zhihuan’s people reviewed the footage and discovered that the woman who had helped was the Crown Princess.

• Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan were swept into a Space Crack together after the Eternal Crystal planet’s tail tore open space.
• Crown Prince Liang Zhihuan learned that the planet had shifted course and ordered his people to identify the two who had diverted it.
• The Crown Prince’s attendants watched the unclear footage and saw a sword-wielding woman and a spear-wielding man work together to push the planet off course.
• Liang Zhihuan ordered his people to install a clearer system, then angrily silenced them when they speculated about the pair.
• The enhanced footage showed the woman leaning into the man’s embrace as the Space Crack swallowed them, revealing her as the Crown Princess.

Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan were swept through Space Turbulence and relied on each other to maintain a protective shield, gradually easing their hostility. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Liang Zhihuan struggled with the news that Ning Qingxuan had entered the turbulence with another man and ordered the incident kept secret.

• Lin Zhen shielded himself and Ning Qingxuan from the Space Turbulence and persuaded her to channel her Star Power into the shield.
• Ning Qingxuan helped sustain the shield, and she and Lin Zhen took turns recovering and maintaining it as their hostility faded.
• Liang Zhihuan's companions recalled his long devotion to Ning Qingxuan and watched anxiously as he reacted to her disappearance into the turbulence with Lin Zhen.
• Liang Chen ordered his people to identify Lin Zhen and keep everything that happened a secret.
• Liang Zhihuan ordered the newly introduced system removed from his carriage.

Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan escaped the Space Crack through a Space Fragment and landed in a damaged space with a tree bearing powerful Star Crystals. After Lin Zhen explained that he had killed HuaHua TaiSui and made his body a clone, Ning Qingxuan eased her hostility, but the tree’s inscription appeared to identify it as Lin Zhen’s.

• Ning Qingxuan spotted a Space Fragment, and she and Lin Zhen fought through the Space Storm to reach it.
• Lin Zhen told Ning Qingxuan that he was the original Lin Zhen and that HuaHua TaiSui was dead; he showed her the motionless clone, and she confirmed the difference with her Mental Power.
• Ning Qingxuan set aside her sword and declared their past score settled, then went with Lin Zhen to inspect a glowing tree atop a hill.
• Lin Zhen recognized that the tree’s Star Crystals held power for martial artists of several levels and decided to move the tree into Dark Star Space.
• Ning Qingxuan blocked Lin Zhen from picking a Star Crystal, but when he pointed out the writing on the trunk, she saw the words “Lin Zhen’s Little Tree!”