Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen advanced to the Three Flowers Realm, greatly increased his star power, and focused on understanding the exploding star core. Bai SuSu recovered her Divine Sense Transformation and summoned her clansmen, unaware that Na Ni planned to capture her.

• Lin Zhen broke through to the Three Flowers Realm, took Flower Nourishing Pills, and watched his Essence Flower begin to bloom.
• Lin Zhen illuminated Rahu, raising his total star power to 294 million, then observed the star core's fission to study its changes.
• Bai SuSu recovered her Divine Sense Transformation but could not find Lin Zhen, so she decided to wait for him and send up a signal firework.
• Na Ni and his Demon Clan companions saw Bai SuSu's signal and headed toward her, while Na Ni killed a Spirit Hound Clan Martial Artist who had accompanied them.
• Na Ni revealed that he intended to find out what Bai SuSu tasted like.

Lin Zhen comprehended a new martial skill while surviving inside a supernova, then devoured the resulting Black Hole and advanced to the Three Flowers Realm. He tested his Starburst attack on a planet and left with greatly increased strength and confidence in his place in the universe.

• Lin Zhen studied the supernova’s energy and matter until he understood how to combine Starfall with a devastating stellar explosion.
• The supernova destroyed his protective planets and created a Naked Singularity, which Lin Zhen’s own Black Hole devoured.
• Lin Zhen’s Black Hole grew to giant-star level, transforming him into a mature Black Hole Beast and raising his main body to the Three Flowers Initial Stage Peak with 350 million star power.
• Lin Zhen used Starfall to unleash Starburst on a barren planet, blasted it apart, and devoured its fragments with his Black Hole.
• Lin Zhen recognized Falling Star, Starburst, and Black Hole emergence as his unique martial skill and considered how to create a true stellar explosion.

Lin Zhen stabilized his cultivation, then interrupted Nani’s attempt to abduct and assault Bai SuSu. He confronted the Demon Clan carriage and demanded they hand her over.

• Nani and the Demon Clan members found Bai SuSu but no sign of Lin Xun, then tricked her into entering a carriage.
• Lin Zhen finished stabilizing his Three Flowers Initial Stage Peak cultivation and decided to return to Tian Fang City to earn money.
• Nani revealed his betrayal, threatened Bai SuSu, and blocked her attempt to contact her sister.
• Bai SuSu fought Nani but was defeated and bound with King Kong Rings.
• Lin Zhen stopped the carriage and declared a robbery, demanding that the Demon Clan surrender Bai SuSu and insulting them.

A Five-Colored Kirin killed Na Ni and pursued Bai SuSu through the starry sky, intent on eating her. When Bai SuSu claimed she knew Lin Zhen, the beast fled as Lin Zhen arrived to save her.

• The Five-Colored Kirin swallowed one Demon Clan Martial Artist, killed the other three and the Hellhound, then tore open the carriage and attacked Na Ni and Bai SuSu.
• Na Ni fled the beast but was killed when its energy attack exploded, while Bai SuSu escaped into the starry sky.
• The Five-Colored Kirin caught up with Bai SuSu at a Meteorite and dismissed her pleas about Jue Tian, Bai Xue, and other powerful figures.
• Bai SuSu said she knew Lin Zhen, and the Five-Colored Kirin recognized his reputation and stopped trying to eat her.
• Lin Zhen arrived, frightening the Five-Colored Kirin into fleeing, and Bai SuSu wept with relief.

Lin Zhen rescued Bai SuSu, and the two shared a passionate farewell before she left to investigate what had happened at Qingqiu Mountain. He returned to Tian Fang City for the Virtual Battlefield, where San Hu threatened him and ordered White Tiger Hall gladiators to target him.

• Lin Zhen broke the King Kong Ring and freed Bai SuSu, who resolved to return to Qingqiu Mountain and learn what had happened.
• Bai SuSu kissed Lin Zhen, exchanged farewells with him, and left after getting his Dimensional Universe Number.
• Lin Zhen returned to Tian Fang City and learned that gladiators would fight in a rising-sea Virtual Battlefield for places among the ten thousand qualified to enter the Eye of the Storm.
• San Hu confronted Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen revealed he had become a Two-Star Warrior and rejected White Tiger Hall's demands.
• San Hu offered rewards to White Tiger Hall gladiators who eliminated Lin Zhen, and the Virtual Battlefield began as the countdown ended.

Lin Zhen entered the Virtual Battlefield, where contestants had to climb a mountain as the rising sea threatened to eliminate them. After easily killing a Three Heroes Society gladiator, he spared Ke Lin Si Man, who revealed that San Hu had offered rewards for Lin Zhen’s elimination and warned him about powerful White Tiger Hall fighters; Lin Zhen then made Ke Lin Si Man accompany him as his mouthpiece.

• Lin Zhen received the Virtual Battlefield rules: the tide would rise every hour, and survivors had to reach the mountain summit within seventy-two tides.
• A Three Heroes Society gladiator challenged Lin Zhen, who killed him with a single sword strike.
• Lin Zhen recognized Ke Lin Si Man, an old acquaintance, and questioned him instead of eliminating him.
• Ke Lin Si Man revealed San Hu’s bounty on Lin Zhen and warned him that Fu Qingfeng and other powerful fighters might target him.
• Lin Zhen refused to let Ke Lin Si Man leave and ordered him to insult anyone who talked trash while Lin Zhen handled the fighting.

Lin Zhen and Ke Lin Si Man entered the Virtual Battlefield with a banner announcing Lin Zhen’s presence, and Lin Zhen slaughtered gladiators who came to challenge him. Their rampage drew growing attention from Tian Fang City as Lin Zhen sought to make his name known to his sons.

• Ke Lin Si Man made a huge banner bearing “White Tiger Hall's Lin Zhen,” and Lin Zhen made its words glow and strengthened its flagpole with Attach Metal.
• Li Xing and Zhang Bao attacked Ke Lin Si Man, but Lin Zhen shot Zhang Bao and disabled Li Xing, whom Ke Lin Si Man killed with the banner pole.
• Lin Zhen and Ke Lin Si Man advanced through the battlefield as Lin Zhen killed challengers with the Kirin Gun, Mental Impact, swords, and Heart Sword.
• More than thirty gladiators surrounded Lin Zhen and Ke Lin Si Man, but they backed away as Lin Zhen advanced with bloodied swords.
• The Virtual Battlefield broadcasts shifted toward Lin Zhen, bringing the White Tiger Hall gladiator to the attention of Tian Fang City's people.

Lin Zhen’s charge through the Virtual Battlefield drew widespread attention, and he and Ke Lin Si Man broke through a crowd before the first tide swallowed the lower island. Lin Zhen surged to the top of the Kill Ranking, prompting Fu Qingfeng to send Bai Yunfei back down to eliminate him.

• Lin Zhen’s banner challenge and battle videos made him famous in Tian Fang City, where Martial Artists debated whether his boldness would lead to victory or elimination.
• As the first tide approached, Lin Zhen and Ke Lin Si Man charged through more than thirty opponents, and Lin Zhen’s Starfall blast cleared their path up the mountain.
• The first tide swept over the lower island, while Lin Zhen and Ke Lin Si Man survived above the rising water.
• Fu Qingfeng killed a Raptor Riders Martial Artist and believed his twenty-eight kills secured his lead, but he discovered Lin Zhen had taken first place with sixty-two kills.
• Fu Qingfeng ordered Bai Yunfei to go back down and kill Lin Zhen, assuring him he would still qualify, and Bai Yunfei descended to hunt him.

Lin Zhen avoided a confrontation with the White Tiger Hall after Chen Yuan revealed they shared a connection to Fallen Star Lake, but he turned back when Bai Yunfei taunted him. Lin Zhen killed Bai Yunfei and the other White Tiger Hall fighters, then continued on with Chen Yuan, who recognized his extraordinary potential.

• Bai Yunfei and several White Tiger Hall fighters gathered to block Lin Zhen, while Chen Yuan arrived and silenced them with his presence.
• Chen Yuan recognized Lin Zhen as a fellow Heaven Class Martial Artist from Fallen Star Lake and urged him to hurry toward the climbing rankings instead of wasting time fighting.
• After Bai Yunfei taunted him, Lin Zhen returned and attacked, smashing Bai Yunfei's shield and tearing him in two despite Bai Yunfei's counterattack.
• Lin Zhen used his Heart Sword to kill the remaining White Tiger Hall fighters, then rejoined Chen Yuan.
• Chen Yuan praised Lin Zhen's strength and potential as they continued together.

After Lin Zhen’s victories made him famous across Tian Fang City, San Hu and Fu Qingfeng gathered White Tiger Hall fighters at the island summit to stop him from qualifying. As Lin Zhen approached, Chen Yuan explained the Hall of Fame and the requirements for becoming a Bestowed Title King.

• Lin Zhen’s background as a Three Flowers Stage Martial Artist and Saint-Level Alchemist became known, and his repeated victories against attackers made him a celebrated gladiator.
• Lin Zhen fought three God Realm experts overnight while Chen Yuan stayed out; Lin Zhen’s clone helped kill all three attackers.
• San Hu announced that he would await Lin Zhen at the summit, where Fu Qingfeng and White Tiger Hall fighters prepared to confront him.
• As Lin Zhen, Chen Yuan, and Ke Lin Si Man climbed toward the summit, Lin Zhen asked Chen Yuan to keep the Raptor Riders from interfering while he faced White Tiger Hall himself.
• Chen Yuan explained that Hall of Fame candidates had to be Seven-Star Warriors who had independently killed a Demigod, and urged Lin Zhen to strive to become a Bestowed Title King.

Lin Zhen faced nearly three thousand White Tiger Hall gladiators blocking the path to the summit, while Chen Yuan negotiated to keep the Three Heroes Society and Raptor Riders out of the fight. After enduring the White Tiger Hall's rotating cavalry charges, Lin Zhen seized an opening and rushed toward San Hu and Fu Qingfeng.

• Chen Yuan confronted Hillsman and agreed that the Three Heroes Society and Raptor Riders would leave Lin Zhen and the White Tiger Hall to settle their conflict alone.
• San Hu challenged Lin Zhen on the narrow path and sent cavalry riders to attack him in rotation while Fu Qingfeng guarded the summit entrance.
• Lin Zhen blocked hundreds of consecutive cavalry charges without giving ground, using Landis's Spear and Immovable as a Mountain.
• As the cavalry grew tired, Lin Zhen took a weak rider's attack head-on, then used Spring Earth to disrupt the formation and charge toward San Hu and Fu Qingfeng.

Lin Zhen defeated San Hu and blocked Fu Qingfeng and White Tiger Hall from entering the mountaintop, then faced their three thousand gladiators alone. As the battle raged, he used his clone to conceal his Black Hole Beast Transformation and revealed a Black Hole Storm.

• Lin Zhen killed San Hu with Starfall, leaving Fu Qingfeng unable to stop him from reaching the mountaintop entrance.
• Lin Zhen refused to let Fu Qingfeng or anyone from White Tiger Hall pass, and he barred the entrance with his spear.
• Fu Qingfeng and White Tiger Hall's gladiators charged Lin Zhen, while observers across Tian Fang City watched his stand; Can Jing and Lei Luo recognized his potential and his connection to the Fallen Star Lake Holy Land.
• Lin Zhen used his clone to block the assault while concealing his transformation, then recalled the clone after two cavalrymen pierced it and unleashed a Black Hole Storm.

Lin Zhen used Black Hole Devour to wipe out most of the three thousand White Tiger Hall gladiators, then fought Fu Qingfeng and the survivors as the final high tide approached. With both men’s hearts pierced and the tide rushing in, Lin Zhen and Fu Qingfeng launched their final strikes at each other.

• Lin Zhen unleashed Black Hole Devour, annihilating all but fewer than three hundred of the gathered Martial Artists.
• Fu Qingfeng rallied the survivors, and Lin Zhen fought them with his dual swords while Fu Qingfeng struck from the crowd and inflicted severe wounds.
• After forty minutes, Fu Qingfeng’s attack severed Lin Zhen’s left arm, and the gladiators piled onto him until he was crushed to the ground.
• Lin Zhen released Star River Domain, killing more than a hundred attackers, then rushed Fu Qingfeng and exchanged attacks that pierced both their hearts.
• Fu Qingfeng revealed that his heart was on the right side, but the final high tide swept in as Lin Zhen grabbed him and both unleashed their ultimate strikes.

After winning a place in the Eye of the Storm, Lin Zhen prepared to open a pill shop and sought the Ephemeral Divine Bell to gain more time for cultivation. On the eve of the opening, he learned that Li Nian and other alchemists planned to challenge him, but Lin Zhen welcomed the confrontation as publicity.

• Lin Zhen survived the Virtual Battlefield battle, entered the top ten thousand, and gained the chance to go to the Eye of the Storm, while White Tiger Hall declined after its gladiators failed to qualify.
• Lin Zhen made plans to open a pill shop in Tian Fang City, with Ke Lin Si Man serving as its chief steward after becoming a one-star warrior.
• Lin Zhen examined the Ephemeral Divine Bell, a supreme treasure that could decelerate time, and planned to raise several billion to buy it at auction.
• Li Nian publicly accused Lin Zhen of being a fraudulent alchemist, prompting widespread doubts about Lin Zhen's credentials and pills.
• Ke Lin Si Man warned Lin Zhen that Li Nian and allied alchemists intended to confront him at the shop's opening, but Lin Zhen said he would use the dispute to advertise the business.

Lin Zhen’s Golden Pill Workshop drew a huge crowd on its opening day, and Tian Fang City’s pill-shop bosses arrived to challenge his credentials. Lin Zhen refused Zhao Yan’s proposed fire-control contest on Zhao’s terms and demanded that Zhao accept the risk of losing.

• Lin Zhen’s shop opened to a packed crowd, and customers praised the quality of its pills as Ke Lin Si Man announced that three Nine Revolutions Golden Pills would be auctioned daily from ten million each.
• Li Nian and the other pill-trade bosses arrived, took seats, and demanded that Lin Zhen welcome them as senior colleagues.
• Lin Zhen greeted his fans before confronting the bosses, who accused him of being a fraud despite his Saint-Level Alchemist title.
• Zhao Yan challenged Lin Zhen to compete in fire control, but Lin Zhen refused and asked whether Zhao dared bear the consequences of losing.

Lin Zhen accepted a high-stakes alchemy wager against Li Nian, Zhao Yan, Ma Xiu, and La La Ti, with each round chosen by his opponents and the stakes doubling. In the first round, Zhao Yan challenged him to the Fire Fighting Technique, and their contest remained underway as Zhao Yan turned his flames into a Black Hole Beast.

• Lin Zhen demanded a signed contract before accepting the wager, which required him to close Golden Pill Workshop if he lost even one round.
• Lin Zhen and the four alchemists signed a contract starting at one hundred million, with the stakes doubling each round and Li Nian's side choosing each contest.
• Zhao Yan chose the Fire Fighting Technique, in which the alchemists attacked each other's Ice Heart Pills with flame shapes.
• Lin Zhen and Zhao Yan exchanged increasingly powerful flame creatures, while Lin Zhen's transformations began to outmaneuver Zhao Yan's.
• Zhao Yan transformed his Golden Dragon into a Suanni and then a Black Hole Beast, boasting that Lin Zhen had no way to restrain it.

Lin Zhen defeated Zhao Yan in a fire-control contest and outsmarted Ma Xiu in an herb-measuring contest, collecting money and compensation from both. La La Ti then challenged him after offering him a position as her exclusive alchemist, and Lin Zhen learned she might be one of God Generation II.

• Zhao Yan’s Black Hole Beast swallowed Lin Zhen’s fireball, but Lin Zhen expanded the fireball inside it until it burst and won the contest.
• Ma Xiu challenged Lin Zhen to measure herbs, then knocked Lin Zhen’s herbs off the scale when time ran out.
• Lin Zhen revealed that he had secretly taken all of Ma Xiu’s herbs and made Ma Xiu pay the two-hundred-million wager and compensate him for the damaged herbs.
• La La Ti offered Lin Zhen a position as her exclusive alchemist, along with two Demigod-level guards for his journey into the Eye of the Storm, but Lin Zhen refused.
• Ke Lin Si Man told Lin Zhen that La La Ti might be one of God Generation II, but Lin Zhen said he would not tolerate her coming to cause trouble.

Lin Zhen faced Li Nian’s challenge to prove that his Nine Revolutions Golden Pill could bring back the dead, and two public tests confirmed that it could revive both a mortally wounded body and a shattered soul. Li Nian refused to accept defeat and offered himself as the next test subject.

• Li Nian challenged Lin Zhen’s claim that his pills could revive the dead and brought two death-row prisoners to test them.
• Li Nian killed the first prisoner with repeated knife wounds, and Lin Zhen’s pill revived him before the watching crowd.
• Li Nian killed the second prisoner with a Mental Impact and a blow to the neck, but Lin Zhen’s improved pill gathered his soul and revived him.
• Lin Zhen demanded that Li Nian pay the eight hundred million stake, but Li Nian insisted on testing a third pill on himself.

Li Nian accused Lin Zhen of fraud and wagered his life and a fortune on testing the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, but the pill appeared to fail and his followers wrecked the Golden Pill Workshop. When Lin Zhen threatened to destroy Li Nian's body, Li Nian suddenly revived, exposing the apparent deception and leaving Lin Zhen demanding compensation from the vandals.

• Li Nian accused Lin Zhen of tampering with the earlier tests, then paid for another Nine Revolutions Golden Pill and transferred Lin Zhen eight hundred million under the terms of a new wager.
• Li Nian stabbed himself, and his subordinate fed him the pill, but Li Nian remained motionless as if dead.
• Li Nian's followers called Lin Zhen a fraud and smashed the Golden Pill Workshop while Lin Zhen's employees stood by.
• Ke Lin Si Man valued the damage and lost goods at one billion two hundred thirty million, and Lin Zhen checked Li Nian before threatening to destroy his body.
• Lin Zhen stomped on Li Nian and raised his sword, prompting Li Nian to spring up and try to flee.
• Lin Zhen used Gravity to seize Li Nian and demanded that Ke Lin Si Man notify the City Lord's Mansion and seek tenfold compensation from the vandals.

Lin Zhen turned the attack on his Golden Pill Workshop into a fortune, then expanded his business and prepared to bid on the Ephemeral Divine Bell. He arrived at the Tian Fang City Auction House and learned that divine crystals would also be auctioned, each starting at one billion.

• Lin Zhen exposed Li Nian's paired-body secret, and the constables forced the attackers to compensate him with five pill shops and 1.5 billion in cash.
• Li Nian left Tian Fang City in disgrace and vowed that the Eye of the Storm would be Lin Zhen's grave.
• Lin Zhen reopened six shops, mass-produced pills with help from alchemists, and grew his wealth to seven billion over the next month.
• Lin Zhen left La La Ti in charge of the shops and went to the Tian Fang City Auction House to obtain the Ephemeral Divine Bell.
• An auctioneer told Lin Zhen that the auction included the Ephemeral Divine Bell, a stellar core, and divine crystals starting at one billion each.