Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan became stranded in the Star Fruit Tree space Lin Zhen had visited a thousand years earlier. He found a renewed Space-Time Wandering Flower and began nurturing its rare thunderlight inside his Black Hole while Ning Qingxuan slept nearby.

• Lin Zhen showed Ning Qingxuan the words he had carved into the tree, proving the space belonged to him, and she settled on a nearby mound to recover.
• Lin Zhen found a new Space-Time Wandering Flower and learned from Chris that its fused spatial power and thunderlight could improve his speed, teleportation, and destructive force.
• Lin Zhen covered the sleeping Ning Qingxuan with bedding, and she secretly watched him before truly falling asleep, moved by his kindness.
• Lin Zhen plucked the Space-Time Wandering Flower and drew its attribute-less thunderlight into his Black Hole to nurture it.

Lin Zhen cultivated the lightning inside his Black Hole, then used a lavish meal to persuade Ning Qingxuan to coexist peacefully and teach him martial skills. Ning Qingxuan warned him about the dangers of Divine Punishment Star and began testing whether he could withstand her attacks for ten seconds.

• Lin Zhen watched the lightning enter the Naked Singularity and turn black as it absorbed the Black Hole's destructive power.
• Ning Qingxuan woke to the smell of Lin Zhen's roast meat, and he used food to persuade her to accept a peaceful arrangement in exchange for teaching him martial skills.
• Ning Qingxuan explained that even powerful Realm Kings struggled to obtain a Divine Body on Divine Punishment Star and warned Lin Zhen that his Star Power Transfer could be countered.
• Ning Qingxuan challenged Lin Zhen to defend against her attacks for ten seconds without using his Star Power-boosting method, and Lin Zhen accepted.

Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan lived and cultivated together in the shattered space while she prepared to break through and escape. After one month, Ning Qingxuan’s breakthrough failed, leaving her unconscious and without Star Power in Lin Zhen’s arms.

• Lin Zhen sparred with Ning Qingxuan and gradually managed to withstand three of her moves.
• Lin Zhen made Ning Qingxuan a hot spring and prepared a meal for them, and they discussed her plan to break through and return to the Origin Realm.
• Ning Qingxuan began cultivating for her breakthrough while Lin Zhen absorbed Star Crystals and advanced toward Level Five Domain King.
• One month later, Ning Qingxuan’s breakthrough faltered at the critical moment, and Lin Zhen caught her as she collapsed unconscious.

After Ning Qingxuan’s failed breakthrough left her powerless, Lin Zhen cared for her while continuing to study the lightning in the Black Hole. The Origin Realm learned that Divine Punishment Star would open in two years and five months, and factions across the realm prepared their chosen fighters.

• Ning Qingxuan told Lin Zhen that her weakened state could last two or three years, and he promised to care for her and help her return to the Origin Realm.
• Lin Zhen warmed Ning Qingxuan in his embrace after she caught a chill, then focused on studying the lightning within the Black Hole.
• A voice announced that Divine Punishment Star would open in two years and five months, with ten billion entrants whose performances Dimensional Universe Company would broadcast.
• Qin Yuntian demanded that Great Qin claim first place, while Qin Jianfeng’s supporters named him the empire’s leading contender.
• The Secret Sect, Southern Liang, and the Fire Qilin Clan selected fighters for Divine Punishment Star, and Ke Xiangnan vowed to take revenge on Lin Zhen.
• Feng Qingluan rejected Jun Mo’s advances and entered the Phoenix Clan assembly to hear about the slots.

Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan spent more than two years trapped together, during which he cared for her and grew increasingly attached to her. After Lin Zhen developed Destruction Divine Thunder capable of breaking the space barrier, Ning Qingxuan recovered her strength, and the chapter ended with her opening her eyes as he held her.

• Lin Zhen woke to the news that the Divine Punishment Star had appeared and found Ning Qingxuan recovering in his arms.
• Lin Zhen cared for Ning Qingxuan as she gradually recovered, and they became accustomed to sleeping in his embrace.
• Over more than two years, Lin Zhen advanced to level eight Domain King, learned Grand Void, and cultivated three streaks of Destruction Divine Thunder.
• Lin Zhen realized the Destruction Divine Thunder could break the space barrier and decided to tell Ning Qingxuan about leaving soon.
• Ning Qingxuan secretly regained her strength but did not tell Lin Zhen, and he prepared a feast while wondering what she would do next.
• As Lin Zhen drew Ning Qingxuan into his arms for the night, she opened her eyes and gazed quietly at him.

Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan confessed their feelings before leaving the collapsing hidden space, where she promised to save her first time for him despite her arranged marriage to Liang Zhihuan. After escaping into Southern Liang’s starry sky, they began traveling back together, and Ning Qingxuan asked Lin Zhen to protect Liang Chen on Divine Punishment Star.

• Lin Zhen held Ning Qingxuan close, and she confessed that her marriage to Liang Zhihuan was bound by her obligations to the Green Leaf Sect and the Southern Liang Royal Clan.
• Ning Qingxuan kissed Lin Zhen and offered herself to him, but Lin Zhen asked her to save her first time for him and promised to come take her away; she agreed.
• After Ning Qingxuan broke through and they shared breakfast, she inscribed her name beside Lin Zhen’s on the tree, and Lin Zhen secretly moved the tree and hill into Dark Star Space.
• The space began collapsing, so Ning Qingxuan and Lin Zhen tore through its barrier and escaped the Space Turbulence into Southern Liang’s starry sky.
• Lin Zhen summoned the Two-Headed Demon Dragon and traveled with Ning Qingxuan, who promised to wait for him and asked him to look after Liang Chen on Divine Punishment Star.

Ning Qingxuan returned to Southern Liang after escaping the Space Crack, while Lin Zhen headed toward Divine Punishment Star. Liang Zhihuan ascended the throne and married Ning Qingxuan, but she kept her distance from him and spent their wedding night using the Dimensional Universe.

• Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan parted ways above the ground, and Lin Zhen set off to prepare for Divine Punishment Star.
• Liang Zhihuan learned that Ning Qingxuan had returned and rushed to Zither Sound Abode to see her.
• Ning Qingxuan told Liang Zhihuan that Lin Zhen had killed HuaHua TaiSui, but she avoided discussing Lin Zhen further.
• Liang Zhihuan arranged the Grand Wedding and ascended the throne as emperor of Southern Liang three days before Divine Punishment Star opened.
• Liang Zhihuan announced Ning Qingxuan as his Empress, but she did not let him into her room on their wedding night and instead studied the Dimensional Universe.

Lin Zhen prepared for Divine Punishment Star by researching a Mental Power Potion, then entered the deadly trial as Liang Zhihuan ordered Southern Liang’s seeded contestants to stop him from ranking. The chapter ended with Lin Zhen arriving on the planet as the competition began.

• Lin Zhen continued researching a Mental Power Potion and received the final ingredients shortly before the trial opened.
• Liang Zhihuan learned that Lin Zhen was among the contestants and grew suspicious of Ning Qingxuan’s interest in Divine Punishment Star.
• Liang Zhihuan ordered his seeded contestants to prevent Lin Zhen from obtaining a ranking.
• The Gods began teleporting the contestants to Divine Punishment Star, where Lin Zhen arrived amid the other Martial Artists.

Lin Zhen entered Divine Punishment Star, defeated and eliminated Feng Biao, then traveled to an isolated residence to prepare a Mental Power potion. In Southern Liang, Ning Qingxuan defended Lin Zhen after Liang Zhihuan mocked his zero-point ranking.

• Lin Zhen's Star Power was suppressed upon entering Divine Punishment Star, and he killed Feng Biao with a spear strike after using Mental Impact, though Feng Biao was healed and eliminated instead of dying.
• Chris explained the war-zone rules and identified an abandoned residence where Lin Zhen could rest; Lin Zhen learned that mount pets could not be summoned and checked the early rankings.
• Lin Zhen reached the isolated residence, concealed it from intruders, and began refining pills to prepare a Mental Power potion.
• At a palace banquet, Liang Zhihuan praised Crown Prince Liang Chen's high ranking while officials reviewed Southern Liang's contestants.
• Liang Zhihuan mocked Lin Zhen for having zero points, but Ning Qingxuan pointed out that Lin Zhen had already killed an enemy, unlike most higher-ranked contestants.

Ning Qingxuan and Liang Zhihuan wagered on Lin Zhen’s ranking, while Lin Zhen used a long seclusion to raise his Mental Power and reforge the Seven Stars Knife. The chapter ended with Shi Xiaomao ambushing and eliminating a Martial Artist in the 68th War Zone, where Lin Zhen had landed.

• Ning Qingxuan defended Lin Zhen’s prospects, and Liang Zhihuan promised rewards if Lin Zhen reached high rankings while betting that he would fail.
• After more than twenty days on Divine Punishment Star, Lin Zhen remained at zero points and became the target of ridicule.
• Lin Zhen absorbed his prepared potions and advanced his Mental Power to twenty percent Gold-level Transformation.
• Lin Zhen began reforging the Seven Stars Knife with energy from Space Turbulence.
• Shi Xiaomao used Walking Corpses as bait, ambushed a longsword-wielding Martial Artist, and eliminated him.

Mad Knife Shi Xiaomao learned that Lin Zhen had gone northwest and led his men to hunt him, while Lin Zhen finished forging the Seven Stars Knife and prepared to meet the approaching attackers. At the same time, Liang Zhihuan hosted the emperors of Beiwei and Xi Zhou, who planned to puncture his pride by bringing up Lin Zhen’s zero score on Divine Punishment Star.

• Shi Xiaomao heard from the Werewolf Boss that Lin Zhen had headed into the northwest wilderness and gathered his eighteen subordinates to track him down.
• Lin Zhen forged the final lightning blade, completing the Seven Stars Knife, and sensed nineteen Martial Artists approaching his house.
• Lin Zhen identified the attackers as Southern Liang Martial Artists and prepared to eliminate the eight Domain Kings among them.
• Liang Zhihuan hosted the Beiwei Emperor and Xi Zhou Emperor at a banquet celebrating his succession, with Ning Qingxuan and the other empresses in attendance.
• The Beiwei Emperor and Xi Zhou Emperor decided to bring up Lin Zhen’s zero points on Divine Punishment Star to deflate Liang Zhihuan’s boastful mood.

At a banquet, the Xi Zhou and Beiwei rulers mocked Lin Zhen for having zero points while Ning Qingxuan defended him as her benefactor. When a Beiwei Domain King revealed that Shi Xiaomao’s group had been struck down, Lin Zhen’s score began climbing rapidly, leaving Liang Zhihuan stunned.

• The Xi Zhou and Beiwei emperors mocked Lin Zhen’s zero score, and Liang Zhihuan claimed he could not control Lin Zhen because the Alchemist Guild had granted him a slot.
• The Beiwei and Xi Zhou empresses questioned Ning Qingxuan about her time with Lin Zhen, but Ning Qingxuan called him her benefactor and said she believed in him.
• The Beiwei Emperor boasted about a Domain King in District Sixty-Eight, only for the man’s name to turn black as he was eliminated.
• The eliminated Domain King told the Beiwei Emperor that Shi Xiaomao had led a group to attack someone who instantly killed several of them.
• Liang Zhihuan found that Lin Zhen’s score had risen from zero to 3,500, then 4,300 and 6,100 as his ranking surged upward.

Lin Zhen ambushed the approaching fighters and then slaughtered Realm Kings who attacked him, sending his rank soaring. He faced Crazy Blade one-on-one as Ning Qingxuan and the emperors watched his points climb in shock.

• Lin Zhen killed seven Domain Kings with a surprise attack, then defeated Shi Xiaomao and eliminated the last Domain King in their group.
• Lin Zhen charged Crazy Blade again and used Mental Evil Spirit Impact, Satellite Fall, time manipulation, and his avatar to eliminate Realm Kings surrounding them.
• Lin Zhen and his avatar overwhelmed the remaining Realm Kings, leaving Crazy Blade as the sole opponent.
• Crazy Blade vowed to fight Lin Zhen to the death, and Lin Zhen put away his avatar and accepted the one-on-one duel.
• Ning Qingxuan watched Lin Zhen's points and rank rise rapidly while the Xi Zhou Emperor and Beiwei Emperor praised his strength.

Lin Zhen defeated Shi Xiaomao and continued climbing the 68th War Zone rankings with a killing spree in the Northwest City Area. After reaching rank 10,012, he decided to hunt at night as powerful Undead Creatures emerged beneath the rising moon.

• Lin Zhen used his Divine Infant to defeat Shi Xiaomao, who was eliminated as Lin Zhen rose to rank 188,722.
• Shi Xiaomao told Liang Zhihuan that Lin Zhen’s Mental Power had overwhelmed him and said he had warned his boss, Wolfman, about Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen spent three months killing Martial Artists and Undead Creatures in the Northwest City Area, earning the name Lin Zhen Haters and reaching rank 10,012.
• Lin Zhen rested in a Convenience Store and decided to begin hunting at night, while reflecting on his rapid cultivation progress.
• Night fell, and powerful Undead Creatures—including Dragon Race creatures, Undead Knights, and vampires—emerged beneath the moonlight.

Lin Zhen hunted at night, eliminated one of Werewolf’s men, and vowed to settle accounts with him and the man who insulted Xuan'er. After Black Widow learned that Lin Zhen had killed her brother, Werewolf left his confrontation with Luo Fei to pursue the matter.

• Lin Zhen went to Prosperous Age Garden and attacked two Martial Artists who were fighting an Undead Bison.
• Lin Zhen froze one of Werewolf’s underlings with a Seven Stars Knife, killed the bison, and eliminated the trapped Martial Artist after repeatedly stabbing him with his Long Spear.
• Lin Zhen’s ranking rose to just over six thousand nine hundred, and he decided to make Werewolf come looking for him rather than search for him.
• The surviving Martial Artist reported to Werewolf that Lin Zhen had eliminated Little Guang, and Black Widow killed the messenger for abandoning her brother.
• Werewolf withdrew his group from Luo Fei’s Zombie King hunt, while Luo Fei entered the lair and wondered whether Lin Zhen would soon face him.

Lin Zhen ambushed and killed Black Widow, whose tracking had kept him on the run, then immediately attacked Wolfman after Wolfman accused him of seducing other men’s wives. The chapter ended as Lin Zhen drove his spear at Wolfman with the Shaking Mountain Spear Technique.

• Lin Zhen watched Black Widow and Wolfman’s group close in on the abandoned residential building and decided to eliminate Black Widow first.
• Black Widow entered Lin Zhen’s room alone, but Lin Zhen wounded her with Finger Flick Sword Qi and burned away her spider silk with a Seven Stars Knife.
• Lin Zhen used Star Power Transfer and killed Black Widow with his Long Spear, jumping to 101st place in the war zone rankings.
• Wolfman saw Black Widow’s exposed body, accused Lin Zhen of fooling around with other men’s wives, and vowed to kill him.
• Lin Zhen angrily leaped out and attacked Wolfman with the Shaking Mountain Spear Technique.

Lin Zhen defeated the werewolf and dozens of World Kings, rose to fourth place in District Sixty-Eight, and drew attention from across the Origin Realm. As the borders neared opening, the rankings shifted and a lone Martial Artist headed toward Chen Tianpeng’s Sword Tomb.

• Lin Zhen used Star Power Transfer to defeat the werewolf and fight off dozens of World Kings, and a battle video of him went viral.
• Lin Zhen climbed from 101st to fourth in District Sixty-Eight, while Liang Zhihuan questioned Ning Qingxuan and ordered Shi Xiaomao to prepare for the borders opening.
• Divine Punishment Star entered its fourth month, and the rankings showed Lin Zhen in sixth place, three places below the guaranteed Transformation God Qi cutoff.
• Chen Tianpeng held first place from his Sword Tomb, where his 4,900 swords guarded the abandoned swimming pool and the remains of challengers.
• A Martial Artist left a Convenience Store on Canglan Street and walked toward the Sword Tomb.

After recovering, Lin Zhen challenged Chen Tianpeng, the top-ranked Martial Artist, at the Sword Tomb. He found Chen Tianpeng sparring with Wan Ren Tu, and his attempt to defeat Lin Zhen within twenty seconds ended with Lin Zhen’s spear driving through Wan Ren Tu’s Energy Ball as the two butcher’s blades attacked from either side.

• Lin Zhen left the Convenience Store and challenged Chen Tianpeng, drawing a crowd of nearly ten thousand Martial Artists to the Sword Tomb.
• Lin Zhen entered the Sword Tomb and found Chen Tianpeng fighting Wan Ren Tu, who conceded after Chen Tianpeng defeated his two blades with one sword.
• Wan Ren Tu offered to drive Lin Zhen away and boasted that he could beat him within twenty seconds, with Chen Tianpeng allowing the fight.
• Lin Zhen used Time Acceleration and Star Power Transfer to thrust his Yin-Yang Long Spear at Wan Ren Tu, forcing him to defend with an Energy Ball.
• As Lin Zhen’s spear pushed through the Energy Ball, Wan Ren Tu sent his two butcher’s blades flying at Lin Zhen from both sides.

Lin Zhen nearly eliminated Wan Ren Tu but was interrupted by Chen Tianpeng, whose Flying Swords forced him to retreat from the Swimming Pool. After escaping, Lin Zhen defeated Zhou Xinghai with one spear thrust, rose to fourth place, and left to find a safe place before the boundary opened.

• Lin Zhen overpowered Wan Ren Tu in their duel until Chen Tianpeng intervened with Sword Qi and Flying Swords, saving Wan Ren Tu from elimination.
• Lin Zhen used a Divine Power Pill to blast Wan Ren Tu through a wall, then broke through Chen Tianpeng's Flying Swords and escaped the Swimming Pool.
• Chen Tianpeng warned Lin Zhen not to act rashly again, and Wan Ren Tu apologized before Chen Tianpeng urged him to learn from the defeat.
• Outside the Swimming Pool, Zhou Xinghai tried to attack Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen killed him with a single spear thrust.
• Lin Zhen's points rose above 90,000 and moved him to fourth place, so he hurried away to find a safe place before the boundary opened in thirty-one days.

Lin Zhen used the final hours before the borders opened to break through to Level Nine Domain King and strengthen his Dark Star Space. As Wan Ren Tu’s move shut down Lin Zhen’s chance to reach the top three, Lin Zhen began trying to light the fourth Seven Killings Star.

• Wan Ren Tu eliminated the former fifth-ranked Martial Artist, rose to second place, and widened the gap between Lin Zhen and third place.
• Liang Zhihuan celebrated Lin Zhen’s lost chance at the top three and invited Ning Qingxuan to dine with him; Ning Qingxuan accepted while keeping her heart with Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen watched Wan Ren Tu’s ranking rise and realized that his plan to challenge for third place had been blocked.
• Lin Zhen swallowed Gathering Essence Powder and broke through from Level Eight to Level Nine Domain King.
• Lin Zhen absorbed Domain King-level Star Crystals, reached the peak of the Domain King realm, and drank Inner World Nourishment Potion as the fourth Seven Killings Star began flickering.