Chapter Summaries

As crowds in the Qin Kingdom gathered to see Lin Zhen lose, he continued training and prepared to face the Holy Land selection. He discovered that old friends from the New Realm had come to support him, then teased Ning Qingxuan after she noticed another woman calling a man “husband.”

• The Qin Kingdom drew an unprecedented crowd to Fallen Star Lake, built a special arena for Lin Zhen, and filled the area with anti-Lin slogans.
• Lin Zhen fought a peak Eternal Life Realm opponent in the Dimensional Arena, managed to injure him, and was ultimately defeated.
• Ning Qingxuan worried about the hostility toward Lin Zhen, but he insisted that he would fight his way through the competition.
• Lin Zhen watched a report showing Zi Qianxia and other old friends from the New Realm setting up banners and cheering for him.
• After Lin Zhen hugged Ning Qingxuan, she recognized a woman calling a man “husband” and accused Lin Zhen of lying about his past.
• Lin Zhen admitted the truth and pounced on Ning Qingxuan, who panicked as he slipped a hand beneath her collar.

The Holy Land selection began at Fallen Star Lake as dignitaries gathered and Zhu Ziheng officially opened the tournament. The matches started across thousands of arenas, while Jiao Xi made a dramatic entrance at Lin Zhen’s arena, where their anticipated showdown had yet to begin.

• More than ten thousand arenas were prepared as crowds gathered to watch the Holy Land selection.
• Zhu Ziheng, Qian Tong, Jin Nuo, and other important guests arrived on the Holy Whale to witness the competition.
• Jing Lu explained the knockout rules, and Zhu Ziheng declared the competition officially begun.
• Contestants were teleported to arenas and began fighting in the first round of matches.
• Jiao Xi flew toward Lin Zhen’s arena on a sword and received cheers, but Lin Zhen had not yet appeared.

Jiao Xi drew public attention by boasting that he would defeat Lin Zhen, while Lin Zhen arrived to face the Qin Kingdom’s hostile crowd. Lin Zhen overwhelmed Jiao Xi with Armorization and Teleportation, leaving him pinned beneath a brutal barrage of punches.

• Jiao Xi answered reporters’ questions and claimed he would defeat Lin Zhen within ten moves, then threatened to torture him if he did not withdraw.
• Other arena matches continued, including a cloaked Eternal Life Realm Martial Artist who killed his opponent with Palm Thunder.
• Lin Zhen arrived on the Two-Headed Demon Dragon as the Qin Kingdom crowd cheered against him, while his own supporters called him the “Married Woman Slayer.”
• Lin Zhen traded taunts with Jiao Xi, then Jiao Xi drew his sword as Lin Zhen activated Armorization and Teleported into close combat.
• Lin Zhen overpowered Jiao Xi despite their equal star power, pinned him to the ground, and battered him with a savage series of punches.

Lin Zhen humiliated Jiao Xi in their match, overwhelming him with a brutal beating before healing him and challenging him to continue. Jiao Xi panicked and crushed his protective talisman to forfeit, leaving Lin Zhen victorious and advancing to the next round.

• Lin Zhen used Armorization to tackle Jiao Xi and pinned him down, beating him while the Qin Kingdom's supporters watched in silence.
• Lin Zhen taunted Jiao Xi and the Qin Kingdom as his supporters cheered and Imperial Preceptor Qian Tong watched in discomfort.
• Lin Zhen healed most of Jiao Xi's injuries and challenged him to fight again, but Jiao Xi begged for mercy.
• Jiao Xi realized he could forfeit by crushing his protective talisman, then did so when Lin Zhen raised his fist again.
• The Holy Land's intelligent system declared Lin Zhen the winner, and Lin Zhen mocked the Qin Kingdom's choice of fighter.

Lin Zhen defeated Kong Xi and continued advancing through the Knockout Round, while his supporters bet on him reaching the Holy Land. He ended the first day undefeated, having advanced through a bye to the next round as the Qin Kingdom crowd watched in frustration.

• After defeating Jiao Xi, Lin Zhen reunited with his supporters, and Zhao Xiaoman and Zi Qianxia bet their fortunes on him entering the Holy Land.
• Lin Zhen defeated Kong Xi with the Severing Sky Divine Sword, forcing him to crush his talisman and leave the arena.
• Lin Zhen defeated an early Longevity Martial Artist from Eastern Jin in three moves and then easily beat a middle Longevity opponent.
• Lin Zhen advanced without fighting when two Longevity Peak Martial Artists injured each other and both crushed their talismans.
• The first day ended with 32,768 Martial Artists remaining, and Lin Zhen joked to the Qin Kingdom crowd that they should have brought more food.

Lin Zhen learned that he would face Ao Xiang, while Qian Tong ordered Xiao Se to target Lin Zhen in the competition. Saga’s failed attempt to persuade Ao Xiang to go easy on Lin Zhen became public, leaving Lin Zhen determined to prove himself in their match.

• Nicole gave Lin Zhen information on the likely opponents in Zone Seven, and Zi Qianxia warned that he could face Xiao Se in the fourth round.
• Qian Tong killed Jiao Xi for fleeing his match, then told Xiao Se to give Lin Zhen no chance if they met.
• People in Qin accused Lin Zhen of advancing through luck and warned the Star River Giant Beast Alliance not to rig his match against Ao Xiang.
• Saga asked Ao Xiang to go easy on Lin Zhen, but Ao Xiang refused, mocked Saga, and had the incident publicized.
• Lin Zhen heard about Saga’s request and decided that winning against Ao Xiang was the only way to prove his innocence.

Lin Zhen faced Ao Xiang in the arena after Ao Xiang accused him of trying to arrange a match-fixing deal and forced a fight to the death. Lin Zhen used a poison bluff to make Ao Xiang hesitate, then attacked relentlessly, leaving Ao Xiang on the verge of defeat.

• Lin Zhen met Ao Xiang in the arena, where Ao Xiang accused him of bribery and burned his Protective Talisman to demand a fight to the death.
• Lin Zhen scattered bottles of poison and warned that the spreading mist would kill them both within three minutes, then tossed his own talisman to Ao Xiang.
• Ao Xiang kept the talisman instead of burning it, fearing the poison and the time limit, and Lin Zhen mocked him for losing his nerve.
• Lin Zhen used Teleport and attacked Ao Xiang with Grand Abyss Swordplay, breaking the arena floor beneath him.
• Lin Zhen pressed his attack with Sword Qi and Tidal Martial Intent as Qian Tong recognized that Ao Xiang had lost the fight when he accepted the talisman.

Lin Zhen defeated Ao Xiang and advanced through two more rounds, reaching the top 4,096 in the Sacred Land Challenge. His next opponent, the formidable Xiao Se, attacked him during the noon break, but Ning Qingxuan intervened before Xiao Se could strike again.

• Lin Zhen baited Ao Xiang with the talisman, killed him, and collected his dragon blood before advancing to the top 16,384.
• Lin Zhen won two more rounds, bringing the Sacred Land Challenge down to 4,096 remaining Martial Artists.
• The Qin Kingdom celebrated when Lin Zhen drew Xiao Se, a Three Flowers Initial Stage swordsman with a Super Divine Body and a record of winning his battles in just thirteen strikes.
• Xiao Se visited Lin Zhen during the break, mocked him, and sent Nicole flying when she challenged him.
• Lin Zhen attacked Xiao Se in anger, but Xiao Se overwhelmed him and pierced his abdomen before Ning Qingxuan stepped in and stopped the next strike.
• Ning Qingxuan warned Xiao Se that provoking Lin Zhen before the match could get him disqualified, then took Lin Zhen away.

Ning Qingxuan recovered her memories and helped Lin Zhen use dual cultivation to strengthen their divine bodies and raise his power before his fight with Xiao Se. Lin Zhen reached Level Seven Realm King and increased his star power to forty-eight million, leaving him ready to challenge Xiao Se despite the remaining gap.

• Ning Qingxuan regained her memories, condensed her Essence Flower, and reunited with Lin Zhen as his wife.
• Ning Qingxuan warned Lin Zhen that Xiao Se had sixty-one million star power and that the mysterious Black Robed Man might be even more dangerous.
• Ning Qingxuan proposed using the dual cultivation method, explaining that her Hundred Flowers Body was compatible with Lin Zhen's Snow Lotus Divine Body.
• Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan successfully cultivated together, causing his Snow Lotus to split into Light and Ice Snow Lotuses and her Hundred Flowers Body to become a Super Divine Body.
• Lin Zhen broke through to Level Seven Realm King, lit the Army Breaker Star, and raised his star power to forty-eight million.

Lin Zhen advanced to Level Seven Realm King and learned to wield the extreme cold of his twin snow lotuses before entering the ninth-round match against Xiao Se. After Michel and Dongfang Yu stunned the crowd by eliminating Qian Tong’s seeded fighters, Lin Zhen arrived in time to fight Xiao Se and began pressuring him with Tianhe Star Burst.

• Lin Zhen reached Level Seven Realm King with forty-eight million Star Power and learned to channel the Ice Snow Lotus’s freezing chill into his attacks.
• Michel defeated Qian Tong’s seeded contender in under a minute, and Dongfang Yu later eliminated another of Qian Tong’s fighters to advance to the tenth round.
• Qian Tong ordered Xiao Se to defeat Lin Zhen and kill him, while spectators speculated that Lin Zhen had fled the tournament.
• Lin Zhen arrived at the arena, reassured the injured Nicole that he would avenge her, and was teleported into the match against Xiao Se.
• Lin Zhen used Tianhe Star Burst to force Xiao Se to cut down dozens of planets, then charged forward with his sword after exposing how many strikes Xiao Se had used.

Lin Zhen survived Xiao Se’s three powerful sword strikes and used Sword Intent to overwhelm him, forcing him to withdraw from the fight. With Xiao Se defeated, Lin Zhen needed only one more victory to enter the Holy Land.

• Lin Zhen blocked Xiao Se’s first sword strike without stepping back, then endured the second and third strikes, which wounded him but did not stop him.
• Lin Zhen healed his injuries and revealed Sword Intent, driving Xiao Se back with relentless attacks.
• Xiao Se crushed his talisman and was taken away, conceding the match to Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen’s supporters celebrated his victory, which left him one match away from entering the Holy Land.

After Xiao Se lost to Lin Zhen, he slaughtered spectators in a rage until the mysterious Black Robed Man stopped and killed him. The Black Robed Man was revealed to be Black Bone, a Heaven Class deserter controlled by Machinery, who planned to use him to kill Lin Zhen in the final battle.

• Xiao Se attacked and killed hundreds of spectators after they mocked him for losing to Lin Zhen.
• Black Bone blocked Xiao Se's sword strikes and killed him by ripping out and crushing his heart.
• The crowd and officials discovered that the Black Robed Man was Lin Zhen's opponent, but they could not identify him.
• Jin Nuo recognized an unusual aura and sent Machinery and his fellow Holy Land disciples away from Blue Whale.
• Machinery and the Chang brothers discussed Black Bone's strength and revealed that Machinery had used soul medicine to control him.
• The three disguised themselves as spectators and returned to the shore as the remaining Martial Artists prepared for the final battle.

Lin Zhen faced the Black Robed Man in the decisive tenth-round battle, as spectators across Qin Kingdom and the Origin Realm watched. After the Black Robed Man’s Iron Claw nearly pierced his heart and destroyed his Sword Ring, Lin Zhen chose to meet the next attack head-on.

• Qin Kingdom’s spectators regained hope after the Black Robed Man easily killed Xiao Se, while Lin Zhen’s supporters warned him to forfeit if the battle became too dangerous.
• Lin Zhen rejected the suggestion to give up and entered the arena with the other 2,047 Martial Artists, declaring that he would win a place in the Holy Land.
• The Black Robed Man attacked Lin Zhen without warning, and his Iron Claw overcame Lin Zhen’s sword, teleportation, and mental attacks.
• Lin Zhen used his Sword Ring to repel the claw, but the Black Robed Man blew up one of his Iron Claws and destroyed the Sword Ring.
• When the Black Robed Man attacked again, Lin Zhen armorized, rooted himself in place, and gathered flame- and frost-covered Sword Qi to clash head-on with the Iron Claw.

Lin Zhen turned the fight against Black Bone with ice, fire, and Sword Qi, but the Mechanic seized control of Black Bone and forced him to reveal his Holy Land techniques. With both hands severed and his Dantian pierced, Lin Zhen unleashed a devastating bolt of lightning, leaving the battle's outcome uncertain.

• Lin Zhen combined Frost Power, cyan flames, and Sword Qi to drive Black Bone back as the Mechanic and Chang Shan suspected Black Bone was holding back to conceal his identity.
• The Mechanic used the Soul-Control Method to command Black Bone to kill Lin Zhen, and Black Bone attacked with renewed ferocity.
• Black Bone revealed his Senluo Swordplay and was recognized by Jin Nuo as an imprisoned Soul Lock Platform martial artist; Jin Nuo urged Lin Zhen to escape, but Black Bone cut off both of Lin Zhen's hands.
• Black Bone pierced Lin Zhen's Dantian, but Lin Zhen unleashed a massive bolt of lightning, grabbed Black Bone with his legs, and brought down his threefold Destructive Thunder Light.

Lin Zhen defeated Black Bone and qualified to enter the Holy Land, then fell unconscious while absorbing Black Bone’s memories. As the next round approached, Ning Qingxuan carried him away, and his rivals hoped he would not wake in time to compete.

• Lin Zhen used Soul Search to strip Black Bone of his memories, destroying his soul and winning the battle.
• The system announced that Lin Zhen had qualified to enter the Holy Land, and the arena restored his damaged body as it teleported him out.
• Ning Qingxuan rushed to Lin Zhen, carried him away unconscious, and Zhao Lihua vowed to kill him after judging their relationship disgraceful to the Green Leaf Sect.
• The Qin Kingdom’s people hoped Lin Zhen would remain unconscious and be assigned to the lowest Holy Land class, while Jin Nuo planned to investigate Black Bone’s release and question Lin Zhen.
• As competitors celebrated or returned home, Lin Zhen remained unconscious, overwhelmed by the memories he had absorbed from Black Bone.

After recovering from his fight, Lin Zhen absorbed Black Bone’s memories and learned powerful Holy Land techniques, then prepared for the final day of arena matches. As recruitment offers arrived, Zhao Lihua confronted Ning Qingxuan for standing beside Lin Zhen, the man who killed her Master.

• Lin Zhen absorbed Black Bone’s memories, learning about the Senluo Swordplay, other Holy Land techniques, and the Mechanical Realm King’s role in sending Black Bone after him.
• Lin Zhen woke fully healed, celebrated entering the Holy Land with Ning Qingxuan, and traveled with her toward Fallen Star Lake.
• The third day of arena matches began, and envoys from several countries tried to recruit Lin Zhen, but he declined to commit to changing nationality.
• Ning Qingxuan encouraged Lin Zhen to focus on the matches and spoke with his friends, who began treating her as his partner.
• Zhao Lihua confronted Lin Zhen and Ning Qingxuan, condemning Ning Qingxuan for loving her Master’s killer and calling herself a Green Leaf Sect disciple.

Lin Zhen defended Ning Qingxuan from Zhao Lihua, then was matched against the deadly arena veteran Lei Ba in the Holy Land's Knockout Round. As their battle began, Lin Zhen prepared to test his combat experience against Lei Ba's four hammers.

• Zhao Lihua berated Ning Qingxuan, but Lin Zhen stepped in and defended his wife, provoking Zhao Lihua into threatening them.
• Jin Nuo stopped Zhao Lihua from attacking and ordered her to withdraw from the arena grounds.
• Lin Zhen drew Lei Ba as his Knockout Round opponent and learned that the four-armed fighter had killed all ten of his previous opponents.
• Ning Qingxuan showed Lin Zhen recordings of Lei Ba's brutal fighting style, and Lin Zhen promised to try to reach Yellow Class.
• Lin Zhen and Lei Ba appeared in the arena, traded insults, and charged into battle as Lin Zhen unleashed his Sword Qi.

Lin Zhen defeated four opponents in succession and advanced to Yellow Class, but his next match paired him with Yin Tianhuo, Qian Tong’s last retainer and a leading contender for Heaven Class. During the break, Lin Zhen resolved that he had to win to secure a higher starting position in the Holy Land.

• Lin Zhen overwhelmed Lei Ba with his Sword Qi and superior combat instincts until Lei Ba conceded, advancing to Flood Class.
• Lin Zhen defeated two more Eternal Martial Artists in the next rounds and entered the top 128, qualifying for Universe Class.
• Lin Zhen fought Sha Ping for half an hour, outlasted him, and advanced to Yellow Class among the final sixty-four contestants.
• The draw matched Lin Zhen against Yin Tianhuo, Qian Tong’s final remaining retainer, prompting the Qin Kingdom’s spectators to celebrate.
• During the noon break, Lin Zhen decided he had to defeat Yin Tianhuo to advance toward Heaven Class and glanced toward Qian Tong on Blue Whale.

Lin Zhen fought Yin Tianhuo, who had taken a pill to boost his star power, and survived by stalling until its effects wore off. He defeated Yin Tianhuo and left the arena with his own pill still active for the next match.

• Ning Qingxuan encouraged Lin Zhen to withdraw if he could not beat Yin Tianhuo, while Lin Zhen considered the tournament schedule and the ten-minute intervals between matches.
• National Teacher Qian Tong gave Yin Tianhuo a pill that boosted his star power by forty percent for ten minutes and ordered him to defeat Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen began the match at a disadvantage, used Black Bone's Momentum-Seizing Strike to interrupt Yin Tianhuo's attacks, and kept delaying the fight.
• After the other arena matches ended, Lin Zhen swallowed a Divine Power Pill, but Yin Tianhuo took his own pill and surged ahead in star power.
• Lin Zhen endured Yin Tianhuo's attacks until the pill wore off, then used Momentum-Seizing Strike to force Yin Tianhuo to crush his talisman and leave the arena.
• Lin Zhen's Divine Power Pill remained active, and he prepared to use its remaining time in the next match.

After Lin Zhen drew Zhao Lihua for his next match, Qian Tong secretly gave her a gravity-inducing treasure and urged her to kill Lin Zhen. Lin Zhen recovered and gained insight from watching a falling sun before the match began, leaving the outcome undecided as he and Zhao Lihua appeared in the arena.

• Lin Zhen drew Zhao Lihua, and Ning Qingxuan warned him that the powerful Green Leaf Sect master could defeat him.
• Zhao Lihua welcomed the chance to avenge Iron Granny and her sisters and to advance toward the Earth Class.
• Qian Tong secretly gave Zhao Lihua his mountain-range treasure to suppress Lin Zhen's speed and told her not to let Lin Zhen leave the arena alive.
• Lin Zhen recovered from his injuries and watched a distant falling sun, gaining a moment of insight.
• Lin Zhen and Zhao Lihua were teleported into the arena as their match began.