Chapter Summaries

Qin Jianfeng and the other six experts agreed to take Rampage Thunder Pills and eliminate Lin Zhen, while Ning Qingxuan reached the Divine Punishment Star but could not breach its barrier. As the experts began hunting high-ranking competitors, Ning Qingxuan endured her master's Soul-Chasing Bell and remained determined to see Lin Zhen.

• Qin Jianfeng told the other experts that Lin Zhen was too strong to defeat one-on-one, and Long Xiaonan proposed using the seven Rampage Thunder Pills he had brought.
• The seven experts agreed to take the pills before fighting Lin Zhen, clear out competitors below them to protect their rankings, and regroup in twenty hours.
• The seven experts split up and began eliminating high-ranking Hero Flags, prompting a string of kill notifications in the Dimensional Universe.
• Ning Qingxuan arrived at the Divine Punishment Star after ten months of travel but found no way through its powerful barrier.
• Ning Qingxuan's master, Iron Granny, activated the Three Soul-Chasing Bells, but Ning Qingxuan resisted the call and kept searching for a way to reach Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen removed the Bone-Carving Divine Needle and descended into One Line Sky to fight Qin Jianfeng’s group of seven as the Divine Punishment Star’s final battle began. He overwhelmed Bull Demon King with two powerful spear strikes, while Liang Zhihuan ordered Iron Granny to use the Soul-Chasing Bell to force Ning Qingxuan back to him.

• Lin Zhen absorbed the Bone-Carving Golden Pill’s power, expelled the Bone-Carving Divine Needle, and decided his strength was sufficient to face Qin Jianfeng and the others.
• Lin Zhen discovered seven Hero Flags in One Line Sky and saw that Qin Jianfeng’s group had eliminated several highly ranked Martial Artists, then flew down to confront them.
• Qin Jianfeng’s group waited in the canyon with Rampage Thunder Pills, and La Moti warned them that Lin Zhen was approaching.
• Iron Granny explained the Soul-Chasing Bell’s escalating harm to Liang Zhihuan, who demanded that she ring it up to three times if necessary to make Ning Qingxuan return.
• Southern Liang’s crowds gathered to watch the battle as Lin Zhen met Bull Demon King’s charge and struck him twice, leaving him bleeding and staggering.

Lin Zhen used a feint and his clone to isolate and kill the Bull Demon King, prompting Qin Jianfeng and the other five fighters to take Rampage Thunder Pills. As the battle at One Line Sky escalated, Ning Qingxuan found Lin Zhen’s location but was struck by the Soul-Chasing Bell again.

• Lin Zhen tricked the enemy group with a lotus-assisted turn and his clone, then drove his spear through the Bull Demon King’s throat with Satellite Fall.
• The Bull Demon King revived after his elimination, while Lin Zhen rose in the rankings and crossed his name off his list.
• Qin Jianfeng took a Rampage Thunder Pill and forced the other five fighters to take theirs, causing their combat power to surge.
• Southern Liang citizens celebrated Lin Zhen’s victory as arguments about his performance spread across the Martial Artist Forum.
• Ning Qingxuan spotted the Star Power pillars at One Line Sky and hurried toward Lin Zhen with the Five-Colored Deer, but the Soul-Chasing Bell struck her with agony again.

Lin Zhen fought six Rampage Thunder Pill-enhanced Realm King Peak experts in One Line Sky and killed Long Xiaonan with a single sword. After surviving Long Xiaonan’s explosive dantian, Lin Zhen crossed his name off his list, while Long Xiaonan returned restored and terrified.

• Iron Granny rang the Soul-Chasing Bell a second time, but Ning Qingxuan still did not return, so she told Liang Zhihuan to wait before using it again.
• Lin Zhen used Star Power Transfer to face Qin Jianfeng, Boston, La Moti, Holy Word, Jun Mo, and Long Xiaonan, but their enhanced attacks forced him onto the defensive.
• Lin Zhen unleashed Deep Cyan Flame Power against Qin Jianfeng and Mental Evil Spirit Impact against Holy Word, then took a deep slash from La Moti.
• Lin Zhen concealed himself as a grain of sand and suddenly attacked Long Xiaonan, who transformed into a Golden Dragon to survive the spear thrust.
• Lin Zhen used Grand Abyss to cut off Long Xiaonan’s head, then survived the explosion of Long Xiaonan’s dantian with his lotus barriers.
• Lin Zhen crossed Long Xiaonan’s name off his list, and Long Xiaonan returned restored but was left terrified of facing him again.

After taking a Divine Power Pill, Lin Zhen turned the battle around and eliminated Boston, Holy Word, and Jun Mo, briefly taking first place in the rankings. Qin Jianfeng eliminated La Moti and retook first, leaving him and Lin Zhen to face each other alone.

• Lin Zhen took a Divine Power Pill, boosted his strength, and overpowered Qin Jianfeng before turning aside Jun Mo's ambush.
• Lin Zhen feinted toward Holy Word, then used Light-Speed Combo and Grand Abyss to eliminate Boston.
• Lin Zhen drove La Moti away and stopped Holy Word's self-detonation by piercing his brain with a Seven Stars Knife, eliminating him as well.
• Lin Zhen and Qin Jianfeng led the rankings as their remaining allies joined them in another attack.
• Lin Zhen killed Jun Mo with Grand Abyss despite Jun Mo's Phoenix Flame, while Qin Jianfeng eliminated La Moti and used his body to shield himself from the flames.
• Qin Jianfeng retook first place and challenged Lin Zhen to begin their final battle.

Lin Zhen faced Qin Jianfeng after the Crown Prince swallowed a Rampage Thunder Pill and raised his star power to thirty-seven million. Outside Divine Punishment Star, Ning Qingxuan arrived at One Line Sky and set out to break the Divine Barrier so she could help Lin Zhen.

• Qin Jianfeng explained that he had killed La Moti to claim his points, then swallowed his hidden Rampage Thunder Pill.
• Qin Jianfeng's star power surged to thirty-seven million, leaving Lin Zhen to prepare for a difficult fight without transforming into a Star River Beast.
• Ning Qingxuan reached One Line Sky, read threats from Liang Zhihuan and Iron Granny, and saw Qin Jianfeng's overwhelming power through the Dimensional Universe.
• Ning Qingxuan struck the Divine Barrier and sensed that it was weaker above One Line Sky, but her attack did not break through.
• Ning Qingxuan ordered the Five-Colored Deer to carry her to a nearby asteroid, hoping to use it to strengthen her next attack before the Soul-Chasing Bell rang again.

Liang Zhihuan and Iron Granny prepared to use the Soul-Chasing Bell to bring Ning Qingxuan back, while Lin Zhen fought Qin Jianfeng for first place on the Divine Punishment Star. After Qin Wushang urged his son to stop fearing a mutual death, Lin Zhen unleashed a second Destruction Divine Thunder, opening a three-way fork in One Line Sky as their clash reached its peak.

• Iron Granny told Liang Zhihuan that the Soul-Chasing Bell could damage Ning Qingxuan's mind, but Liang ordered her to ring it a third time anyway.
• Ni Ni's coin landed on its edge after she insisted Lin Zhen would win, astonishing the onlookers in Southern Liang.
• Lin Zhen and Qin Jianfeng fought fiercely after the Divine Punishment Star announced that only ten minutes remained.
• Lin Zhen used his Tide sword skill to turn Qin Jianfeng's hesitation against him and briefly gain the upper hand.
• Qin Wushang secretly used Star River Sound Transmission to tell Qin Jianfeng that a mutual death would not cost him first place.
• Qin Jianfeng attacked without restraint, and Lin Zhen answered with a second Destruction Divine Thunder that blasted a three-way fork through One Line Sky.

Lin Zhen wounded Qin Jianfeng, exposing him as an Imperial Race member, but Qin Jianfeng recovered and threatened to retain first place as Lin Zhen fled. As Lin Zhen weighed breaking through to World King or pursuing a Super Divine Body, Ning Qingxuan forced an asteroid toward Divine Punishment Star despite the Three Soul-Chasing Bells, sending it hurtling down toward the planet.

• Lin Zhen's Destruction Divine Thunder badly wounded Qin Jianfeng, and Qin Jianfeng's golden blood revealed that he belonged to the Imperial Race.
• Qin Jianfeng recovered with his innate Spirit Sword Body and unleashed immense sword energy, while Lin Zhen evaded him by flying into the sky.
• Qin Jianfeng taunted Lin Zhen as the Divine Punishment Star countdown began, claiming the Imperial Race would keep first place.
• Lin Zhen returned to One Line Sky's summit and considered breaking through to World King, but hesitated because he still sought a Super Divine Body.
• Ning Qingxuan pushed an asteroid toward Divine Punishment Star to strike its barrier, but the third Soul-Chasing Bell caused her agonizing pain.
• Ning Qingxuan fought through the bell's effects and drove the asteroid onward as a blazing meteor toward Divine Punishment Star.

Ning Qingxuan crashed a planet into Divine Punishment Star’s barrier to reach Lin Zhen, but the Soul-Chasing Bell forced her to lose her memories of him and leave. After she removed HuaHua TaiSui’s final God Needle, Lin Zhen’s Star Power surged to 22.4 million, and he transformed into the Black Hole Beast as the countdown began.

• Iron Granny recognized that Ning Qingxuan was driving a planet toward Divine Punishment Star and tried to stop her with the Soul-Chasing Bell.
• Ning Qingxuan’s planet shattered against the Divine Barrier, opening a crack as fragments filled the sky.
• Lin Zhen saw Ning Qingxuan at the crack and reached for her while she pulled the Heart-Engraving God Needle from HuaHua TaiSui’s heart.
• Ning Qingxuan lost her memories of Lin Zhen, left on the Five-Colored Deer, and did not look back.
• Lin Zhen’s Star Power rose to 22.4 million after the final God Needle was removed, and he transformed into the Black Hole Beast.

Lin Zhen defeated Qin Jianfeng with Black Hole Storm and took first place on Divine Punishment Star, while Qin Jianfeng and Qin Wushang fled the Great Qin Empire after their Imperial Race identities were exposed. The God then revealed that Lin Zhen’s unusual combination of rewards left him eligible for three divine bodies and offered him a choice.

• Lin Zhen transformed into a Black Hole Beast and used Black Hole Storm to eliminate Qin Jianfeng just before Divine Punishment Star ended, claiming first place.
• Qin Jianfeng returned to the Great Qin Empire, where Qin Wushang took him into the starry sky as the empire began to decline.
• The people of Southern Liang celebrated Lin Zhen’s victory, while Liang Zhihuan ordered Shi Xiaomao to delay releasing damaging information about Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen remained on the emptied Divine Punishment Star and spoke with the God who had arranged the trial.
• The God explained that Lin Zhen had earned three divine bodies through his first-place finish, prior Super Divine Body, and first elimination slot, then presented divine bodies for him to choose from.

Lin Zhen chose the Water Divine Body to fuse with his Snow Lotus Divine Body, gaining the Undying Spirit Body, one hundred percent Star Power utilization, and an additional one million Star Power. After leaving the Divine Punishment Star, he returned to Nanliang City and considered whether Emperor Liang Zhihuan would reward him for winning first place.

• Lin Zhen rejected a simple Star Power increase and accepted the risk of choosing an Advanced Divine Body compatible with his Snow Lotus.
• Lin Zhen chose the Water Divine Body, reasoning that water was most compatible with the Snow Lotus, and the God confirmed his choice was correct.
• The God fused the Water Divine Body with Lin Zhen's Snow Lotus, granting him the Undying Spirit Body, enhanced recovery and comprehension, full Star Power utilization, and one million additional Star Power.
• The God advised Lin Zhen to seek dangerous places and gain experience before leaving, but did not reveal his name until Lin Zhen reached the Eternal Life Realm.
• Lin Zhen returned to the inn in Nanliang City and wondered whether Emperor Liang Zhihuan would reward him for winning the Divine Punishment Star competition.

Lin Zhen saw Emperor Liang Zhihuan turn public opinion against him by branding him a criminal and a deceiver of Ning Qingxuan. He decided to restore Ning Qingxuan’s memories and searched for a way to access the Green Leaf Sect’s secret techniques, but the chapter ended with Liang Chen challenging him to a duel.

• Lin Zhen read a pinned post accusing him of being HuaHua TaiSui, deceiving Ning Qingxuan, murdering Gu Yunting, and committing other crimes, while the imperial family urged citizens to report him.
• The imperial family blocked Lin Zhen from using Southern Liang’s teleportation arrays, and public opinion shifted toward demanding his imprisonment or execution.
• Lin Zhen resolved to uncover how the Green Leaf Sect had damaged Ning Qingxuan’s memories and searched for information on its Soul Suppression Art and Soul-Chasing Bell.
• Lin Zhen learned that access to the secret techniques required a high status and concluded that becoming a Seventh Grade Alchemist was his only realistic option.
• Liang Chen contacted Lin Zhen and challenged him to a duel over his alleged seduction of Liang Chen’s mother.

Liang Chen warned Lin Zhen that Liang Zhihuan had sent the Eternal Martial Artist Madman to capture him. Lin Zhen killed Madman at the inn and resolved to return to the Alchemist Guild while waiting for Ning Qingxuan.

• Liang Chen asked Lin Zhen to help his mother recover her memories and warned him that Liang Zhihuan had hired Madman to capture him.
• Liang Chen left, and Lin Zhen decided to oppose Liang Zhihuan and remain nearby until Ning Qingxuan returned.
• Lin Zhen questioned the innkeeper, learned that Madman was approaching, and prepared to return to the Alchemist Guild.
• Madman attacked Lin Zhen at the inn, but Lin Zhen used a concealed identity and killed him after the innkeeper struck Madman from behind.

Lin Zhen killed Madman and absorbed his memories, gaining valuable alchemy knowledge and new insight into Mental Power Pills. As the Southern Liang Imperial Family prepared to convict him, Lin Zhen planned to take the Seventh Grade Alchemist examination while remaining determined to rescue Xuan'er himself.

• Lin Zhen killed Madman with a surprise attack, then used Soul Search to absorb his memories.
• Lin Zhen spent five days absorbing Madman's alchemy knowledge and learned that Madman had damaged his Mental Power by attempting to comprehend the Wordless Stele.
• Nalan Chenxi told Lin Zhen that the Emperor planned to settle opposition and convict him within three to five days.
• Nalan Chenxi offered to help Lin Zhen escape to the Great Qin Empire, but Lin Zhen said he would leave the Alchemist Guild if convicted rather than endanger it.
• Lin Zhen announced that he wanted to take the Seventh Grade Alchemist examination, and Nalan Chenxi promised to protect him until it was finished.
• After Nalan Chenxi left to arrange the examination, Lin Zhen resolved to take Xuan'er away and fight the Southern Liang Imperial Family and Green Leaf Sect.

Lin Zhen passed the Seventh Grade Alchemist examination by refining a successful Mental Power Pill and became a headquarters Grand Elder. With the imperial family’s decision due within two days, he studied the Soul-Chasing Bell and prepared to make an antidote before confronting the Green Leaf Sect and the Nanliang Imperial Family.

• Lin Zhen began his examination under Long Ge'er’s supervision and chose to refine a Mental Power Pill.
• Lin Zhen used his Black Hole ability to complete the pill’s Mental Power infusion and withdrawal, producing dozens of pills.
• Nalan Chenxi swallowed a pill and confirmed its effects, and Long Ge'er approved Lin Zhen’s advancement to Seventh Grade Alchemist and headquarters Grand Elder.
• Lin Zhen asked Nalan Chenxi about the imperial family’s decision and Xuan’er, then learned he might have to leave Southern Liang soon.
• Lin Zhen accessed information about the Soul-Chasing Bell and worked out how to refine an antidote, though he still needed to prepare for the Green Leaf Sect and imperial family.

Liang Zhihuan issued an edict to arrest Lin Zhen and turned the citizens against him, but Lin Zhen escaped the Alchemist Guild by hiding in the crowd. Liang Zhihuan ordered a citywide manhunt and continued manipulating Ning Qingxuan’s memories to make her hate Lin Zhen.

• Liang Zhihuan issued an Imperial Edict sentencing Lin Zhen to one thousand years in the Water Prison and ordered citizens to protest outside the Alchemist Guild.
• Shi Zhonglie led Imperial Guards and a huge crowd to demand that Nalan Chenxi hand over Lin Zhen, but Nalan revealed that Lin Zhen had already disguised himself and slipped away.
• Shi Zhonglie ordered the teleportation arrays closed and relayed Liang Zhihuan’s command for a citywide manhunt, while Nalan Chenxi worried about Lin Zhen’s escape.
• Liang Zhihuan ordered citizens and undercover agents to search for Lin Zhen and planned to drive him out of Southern Liang by ruining his reputation.
• Shi Zhonglie reported that Ning Qingxuan remembered Liang Zhihuan but had forgotten Lin Zhen, and that the Green Leaf Sect had been telling her Lin Zhen was wicked and responsible for her memory loss.
• Liang Zhihuan ordered Ning Qingxuan brought back once her memories stabilized, expecting her to return to him.

Ning Qingxuan heard Xiao Ya’s false account of her lost memories while Iron Second Sister and Iron Third Sister set out with Heavenly Listener to track Lin Zhen. Their hunt led them to the Royal Medicine Repository, where Lin Zhen revealed himself by attacking Liang Zhihuan.

• Xiao Ya told Ning Qingxuan that Lin Zhen had deceived her and caused her memory loss, but Ning Qingxuan still felt an unexplained ache when she heard he would be captured.
• Iron Second Sister and Iron Third Sister accepted Liang Zhihuan’s help, and Heavenly Listener killed and devoured a guard who mocked it.
• Heavenly Listener followed Lin Zhen’s genetic traces to the Royal Medicine Repository, and Liang Zhihuan rushed inside after it.
• Liang Zhihuan found many medicine cabinets empty and ordered the repository’s staff to stand aside for identification.
• Lin Zhen, disguised as the chief eunuch, approached Liang Zhihuan, and the two attacked simultaneously as Iron Second Sister and Iron Third Sister moved to capture him.

Lin Zhen fought Liang Zhihuan in a nationally broadcast duel after Heavenly Listener exposed his hiding place in the Royal Herb Repository. Though Liang Zhihuan pierced Lin Zhen’s heart, Lin Zhen kicked him away and aimed the Mountain Shattering Long Spear at his throat, preparing to kill the emperor.

• Heavenly Listener tracked Lin Zhen to the Royal Herb Repository, where Liang Zhihuan and other powerful enemies confronted him.
• Lin Zhen struck first with Planet Fall, but Liang Zhihuan pierced him with sword qi and was sent flying by the attack.
• Liang Zhihuan ordered the others not to interfere and began a public duel with Lin Zhen, which spread across Great Liang and the Dimensional Universe.
• Lin Zhen and Liang Zhihuan fought at close range, wounding each other repeatedly as Lin Zhen refused to retreat.
• Liang Zhihuan and Lin Zhen thrust their swords into each other’s chests, with Liang Zhihuan piercing Lin Zhen’s heart.
• Lin Zhen kicked Liang Zhihuan away, produced the Mountain Shattering Long Spear, and aimed at the emperor’s throat.

Lin Zhen fought Liang Zhihuan, Iron Third Sister, Iron Second Sister, and Heavenly Listener while badly wounded and low on strength. He escaped their pursuit by secretly tethering himself to the fleeing Two-Headed Demon Dragon, leaving Liang Zhihuan furious and unconscious.

• Lin Zhen nearly killed Liang Zhihuan, but Iron Third Sister intervened and cut apart his Mountain Shattering Long Spear.
• Iron Third Sister destroyed Lin Zhen’s other spears as he fought her, and Lin Zhen fled while using his Seven Stars Knives to cover his escape.
• Iron Second Sister and Iron Third Sister cornered Lin Zhen with Heavenly Listener, but Lin Zhen used his clone, Divine Infant, and Snow Lotus Bloom to break free.
• Lin Zhen released the Two-Headed Demon Dragon and used Radiance Power to conceal Light Fiend, which tethered him to the demon dragon.
• When the palace artillery fired, Lin Zhen reeled away on the tightening tether, escaping as Iron Second Sister and Iron Third Sister’s attacks missed.
• Liang Zhihuan ordered the pursuit, but Iron Second Sister said they could not catch the demon dragon quickly, and Liang Zhihuan spat blood and fainted.

After escaping the palace battle, Lin Zhen evaded a massive search while deciding to pursue ten million Star Power before advancing to World King. In the Nanliang capital, Su Qing'an enrolled in a sword school and reacted sharply when an instructor said Lin Zhen could kill an Eternal Martial Artist with true sword-dao mastery.

• Liang Zhihuan awoke, mobilized troops and allies to hunt Lin Zhen, and offered a huge bounty for his capture or whereabouts.
• Lin Zhen used his clone to confuse Heavenly Listener and learned from Madman's memories that he could condense a World Stone early by refining Cosmic Crystals.
• Lin Zhen resolved to exceed ten million Star Power before leaving the Domain King realm, though staying alive remained his immediate concern.
• Su Qing'an joined a small sword-dao school in the Nanliang capital and attended classes while keeping to himself.
• When an instructor discussed Lin Zhen's battles and said his swordsmanship could potentially let him kill an Eternal Martial Artist, Su Qing'an opened his eyes in interest.