Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen fought King Yama, whose ghosts and powerful clone kept him from reaching the main body. Surrounded and wounded, Lin Zhen unleashed his trump card, True Starfall, to counterattack.

• King Yama summoned ghosts of increasing strength, but Lin Zhen cut them down and tried to charge him directly.
• King Yama raised the stakes by reviving the ghosts as immortal Judges and sending a powerful clone to attack Lin Zhen.
• The King Yama clone and the Judges overwhelmed Lin Zhen, while spectators expected him to lose.
• Lin Zhen used Seventh Layer Shadowless Steps to evade the clone and leap into the air.
• Lin Zhen unleashed True Starfall, blasting the star he had nurtured inside his Black Hole toward his enemies.

After surviving Lin Zhen’s Star Burst, King Yama overwhelmed him with the near-instantaneous strikes of his Harvesting Blade Technique. At the brink of defeat, Lin Zhen grasped a trace of Time Stop and used it to counterattack King Yama.

• Lin Zhen and King Yama survived the Star Burst, but King Yama’s robe was destroyed and he was left injured.
• King Yama attacked Lin Zhen with his Harvesting Blade Technique, striking 99,999 times per second and inflicting severe wounds.
• Dong Xuehan explained that Lin Zhen needed to interrupt King Yama’s attacks, while Tian Nie doubted he could do so.
• As King Yama’s fatal strikes descended, Lin Zhen drew power from the Ethereal Divine Bell and formed a tiny Time Stop force field.
• Lin Zhen dodged the first blade, slipped his sword between successive strikes, and launched a Superluminal Speed counterattack at King Yama’s throat.

Lin Zhen turned the fight around against King Yama, using his final Destruction Divine Thunder, Black Hole Beast Transformation, and Treasure Hunting Vine to defeat him and destroy his God Realm. Exhausted but victorious, Lin Zhen advanced to the battle for the top four, where he would face Augustine.

• Lin Zhen pierced King Yama's throat during a tiny opening between his slashes, then struck him with Destruction Divine Thunder and badly wounded him.
• King Yama's death energy healed his wounds, and he grabbed Lin Zhen by the neck while bombarding his mind to stop his Flying Swords.
• Lin Zhen transformed into a Black Hole Beast, and his Treasure Hunting Vine seized King Yama from behind, allowing Lin Zhen to break free and tear off his arm.
• Lin Zhen used Black Hole Devour to consume King Yama's body and continued the attack when King Yama's God Realm appeared.
• Lin Zhen destroyed King Yama's God Realm and soul, securing victory and advancing to face Augustine in the battle for the top four.

After defeating King Yama, Lin Zhen arranged a one-on-one match with Augustine to settle their grudge and decide third and fourth place among the Ground Race. As Lin Zhen prepared for the final battle, Tian Nie investigated his recent night with Dong Xuehan while Bai Xue’s subordinates continued searching for him.

• Lin Zhen proposed conceding his other matches in exchange for a one-on-one battle with Augustine, and Bai Xue approved it as the next day’s first match.
• Augustine threatened Lin Zhen before leaving the Dimensional Universe, while Lin Zhen checked that Lin An was safe and chose to cultivate instead of going out.
• Tian Nie learned that Bai Xue’s subordinates were searching for Lin Zhen with Soul Detectors.
• A subordinate told Tian Nie that Lin Zhen and Dong Xuehan had drunk together at Chaos Bar before Lin Zhen carried Dong Xuehan to Skyfire Inn.
• Tian Nie questioned whether the two had merely slept after drinking and ordered his subordinate to monitor Bai Xue’s search for Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen hid from the search for him by transforming into a Qilin wood carving, but Dong Xuehan discovered him and attacked. Believing he had died after asking her forgiveness, she left their old grudge behind, while Lin Zhen secretly shattered a pill in his mouth.

• Lin Zhen listened to the rabbit demon couple discuss Absolute Heaven Great Emperor's choice between Bai Xue and Bai Su while he ate with them.
• When soldiers searched the residence, Lin Zhen transformed into a Qilin carving, but their scan revealed that the couple had been subjected to Soul Lock.
• Dong Xuehan arrived, broke the Soul Lock, learned Lin Zhen was hiding inside, and knocked everyone unconscious before confronting the carving.
• Dong Xuehan tried to break the carving's horns and reach its tail, then struck it with ninety billion in star power and exposed Lin Zhen's badly injured true form.
• Lin Zhen told Dong Xuehan he had deliberately provoked her and asked her to forgive him; she accepted his apology and reached to close his eyes.
• As Dong Xuehan believed Lin Zhen was dying, a pill shattered between his clenched teeth.

Lin Zhen revealed that he had survived by using his alchemist skills, and he and Dong Xuehan fought, kissed, and struggled over their feelings before she brought him into her Inner World. Tian Nie entered the room and confronted Dong Xuehan about her hidden origins.

• Lin Zhen recovered from his injuries and admitted that he had pretended to die, enraging Dong Xuehan.
• Dong Xuehan attacked Lin Zhen, but their struggle turned into kissing before she pushed him away and hesitated over whether to kill him.
• When a ripple passed through the space, Dong Xuehan brought Lin Zhen into her Inner World, realizing that she trusted him deeply.
• Tian Nie entered the room and questioned Dong Xuehan about her origins, recounting her remarkable background and their first challenge tournament.

Tian Nie discovered Dong Xuehan’s identity as Bai Xue and confronted her about Lin Zhen, while she ended their relationship and disappeared. Tian Nie then gave Augustine an Imperial Race Demon Pet to use against Lin Zhen, and the final day of the challenge tournament began.

• Tian Nie identified Dong Xuehan as Bai Xue, Princess of Qingqiu Mountain, and pressed her to explain what had happened with Lin Zhen.
• After Tian Nie left, Bai Xue revealed herself to Lin Zhen, told him to forget her, and vanished after warning that they would be enemies in the Tian Huo War.
• Tian Nie offered Augustine the Undying Demon Eye, a Demon Pet belonging to the Absolute Heaven Great Emperor, to help him defeat Lin Zhen.
• Augustine hesitated over accepting the Imperial Race’s help but finally took the Undying Demon Eye.
• The final day of the challenge tournament began as spectators gathered to watch the remaining battles, including Lin Zhen’s match against Augustine.

Lin Zhen and Augustine fought for third place, with Lin Zhen’s son’s freedom at stake. After Lin Zhen gained the upper hand in a brutal exchange, Augustine summoned the Undying Demon Eye to drain Lin Zhen’s star power, and Lin Zhen’s attack failed to destroy it.

• Han Xuan opened the final day of the challenge matches and announced Lin Zhen’s battle against Augustine.
• Lin Zhen and Augustine traded devastating blows until Augustine retreated and lost the first exchange.
• Augustine summoned a one-eyed monster that absorbed Lin Zhen’s star power while Augustine kept him engaged in combat.
• Dong Xuehan recognized the monster as Jue Tian’s dead pet, the Undying Demon Eye, while Tian Nie watched confidently.
• Lin Zhen struck the monster with Abyss, but Augustine wounded him and the creature reassembled without damage.

Lin Zhen used Absolute Zero, gained through Bai Xue’s snowflake, to freeze and destroy Augustine’s Undying Demon Eye, then froze and swallowed Augustine. With the fight decided, he set out to save his son, An’er.

• Augustine used the Undying Demon Eye to drain Lin Zhen’s star power while repeatedly wounding him, leaving Lin Zhen badly weakened.
• Ye Xingcai, Qiong Jing, and the Endless Race experts discussed how difficult Augustine would be to defeat while the Undying Demon Eye remained active.
• Lin Zhen evaded Augustine’s attack and struck the Undying Demon Eye with Absolute Zero, freezing it solid.
• Lin Zhen shattered the frozen Undying Demon Eye and burned away its fragments.
• Augustine charged Lin Zhen in a panic, but Lin Zhen froze him and swallowed him into his Black Hole Beast form.
• Lin Zhen declared that he was coming to save An’er.

Tian Nie realized Lin Zhen’s hidden Absolute Zero had foiled Jue Tian’s plan to keep him out of the top three, while Lin Zhen rescued Lin An and learned that Lin Ping was likely with the Endless Race. After Dong Xuehan won a third consecutive championship, Jue Tian announced that the Tian Huo War would begin in fifty years and that he intended to drive the Ground Race from Tian Huo City and the surrounding Endless Battlefield.

• Tian Nie suspected a connection between Lin Zhen and Dong Xuehan and decided to report his suspicions to Jue Tian.
• Lin Zhen defeated Augustine, secured Lin An’s release, and learned Lin Ping had likely ended up among the Endless Race.
• Tian Zhuo took third place among the Endless Race, while Ye Xingcai finished second among the Ground Race.
• Qiong Jing defeated Tian Nie but lost to Dong Xuehan, who claimed her third consecutive Hall of Fame Challenge championship.
• Jue Tian announced a fifty-year deadline for the Tian Huo War and declared that he would drive the Ground Race out of Tian Huo City and the surrounding battlefield.

After the tournament, Lin Zhen prepared to return to the Origin Realm but was summoned by Lei Luo, his Third Senior Brother and a God. Lei Luo warned that Jue Tian would target Lin Zhen in the Tian Huo War and urged him to master God Domain before reaching the God Stone Realm.

• After Jue Tian announced the Tian Huo War, Lin Zhen said goodbye to the other contenders and told Bai Yunyan he planned to return to the Origin Realm.
• Old Man Can Jing brought Lin Zhen to meet Lei Luo, who revealed that he was Lin Zhen's Third Senior Brother from Fallen Star Lake.
• Lei Luo explained that Jue Tian's Undying Demon Eye had been given to Augustine to attack Lin Zhen, so Jue Tian would likely target him in the war.
• Lin Zhen asked whether Jue Tian could attack despite the ban on Gods participating in the Tian Huo War, and Lei Luo warned that the emperor would find a way.
• Lei Luo told Lin Zhen that reaching the God Stone Realm would not be enough and that he needed to master God Domain first.

Lei Luo taught Lin Zhen how God's Domain worked and explained its cultivation stages, urging him to strengthen his domain before the Tian Huo War. Lin Zhen left the Dimensional Universe to return home, while Dong Xuehan watched from afar.

• Lei Luo demonstrated his Eighth-Level lightning God's Domain and explained how domains strengthened star force and attacked opponents.
• Lei Luo taught Lin Zhen that domain cultivation required retracing the stages of his martial arts path and described the nine domain levels and their limits.
• Lei Luo warned Lin Zhen that potential enemies from the Endless Race might also learn to cultivate God's Domain before the Tian Huo War.
• Lin Zhen memorized Lei Luo's advice, hoped to meet the woman in the White Cloak again, and left the Dimensional Universe to begin his journey home.
• Dong Xuehan watched from a distant viewing platform after Lin Zhen disappeared.

After leaving Tian Huo City, Lin Zhen began cultivating Time Stop during the journey home while setting an intense training plan for Lin An. He realized that Time Stop was best studied without any other force field active, then began to perceive how space and time formed together.

• Lin Zhen reunited with Lin An, said he would search for his other son after the Tian Huo War, and took Lin An aboard the Lapis Lazuli to return home.
• Lin Zhen planned to rebuild his Star River Domain as the Time-Space Star River, but decided to master Time Stop before shaping the domain.
• Lin Zhen learned that the journey to Fallen Star Lake would leave eighteen years before its centennial assessment and planned to use the travel time to cultivate.
• Lin Zhen assessed Lin An's abilities, ordered Chris to create a demanding training plan, and gave Lin An money to train in the Dimensional Universe.
• Lin Zhen began cultivating Time Stop while his clone studied the eighth Shadowless Steps pattern; after a year, he stopped using Time Deceleration because it interfered with his comprehension.
• After another year, Lin Zhen perceived space unfolding from a point into a three-dimensional form and began to understand how time and space arose together.

After fifteen years away, Lin Zhen’s spacecraft neared the Origin Realm, and he achieved an initial grasp of Time Stop and completed the star within his Black Hole. The chapter ended as he recognized the vast waters of Fallen Star Lake below and realized he had finally returned.

• Lin An spent years training aboard the spacecraft, reached Silver-level Mental Power, and watched anxiously as they approached the Origin Realm.
• Lin An saw a burning meteor freeze before it struck the spacecraft, and Lin Zhen reprimanded him for losing focus before revealing he had mastered Time Stop.
• Lin Zhen discovered that the Dimensional Universe had reconnected with the Origin Realm five years earlier and learned that An Ning had tried to contact him.
• Lin Zhen completed the condensation of a star within his Black Hole, gaining the power to unleash a True Star Burst.
• Lin Zhen saw the waters of Fallen Star Lake below the spacecraft and celebrated his return after decades away.

After eighty years away, Lin Zhen returned to Fallen Star Lake with his son Lin An, while Gabriel completed his Universe Mirror Art and prepared to challenge Lin Zhen’s family. Lin Zhen brought Lin An to Star Picking Island and planned for him to take the Holy Land’s trainee assessment before reuniting with the family.

• Gabriel completed the Universe Mirror Art after five years of seclusion and resolved to prove himself superior to Lin Zhen.
• Gabriel told Athena he had succeeded, and Athena vowed to challenge the women in Lin Zhen’s family.
• Lin Zhen and Lin An identified themselves to Great Qin’s Air Defense Corps, whose soldiers saluted Lin Zhen and let their spacecraft proceed.
• Lin Zhen and Lin An arrived above Star Picking Island, where Lin Zhen decided to visit Fifth Senior Brother Jin Nuo at Quiet Heart Abode before Lin An took the trainee assessment.
• Jin Nuo welcomed Lin Zhen and Lin An to Quiet Heart Abode and invited them to drink tea.

Lin Zhen visited Jin Nuo at Quiet Heart Abode with his newly reunited son, Lin An, then set off with him for the Thirty-Three Heavens Tower. There, Lin Zhen’s family waited to challenge the tower when a woman accused them of using their beauty to cut the line.

• Lin Zhen brought Lin An to Quiet Heart Abode, where the words above the door drew Lin Zhen into their artistic conception.
• Jin Nuo welcomed them with Vim Tea, gave Lin An a peak High-Grade Supreme Treasure Bamboo Sword, and discussed Lin Zhen’s prospects as Holy Land Caretaker and the dangers of the Tian Huo War.
• Jin Nuo advised Lin Zhen to challenge the Thirty-Three Heavens Tower, so Lin Zhen took Lin An there on Thundercloud to meet his family.
• At the crowded Thirty-Three Heavens Tower, An Ning, Su Mingyue, Lin Meier, Xiao An Qi Er, and the elf beauty waited in line while a Martial Artist offered to let them go ahead.
• As An Ning started to accept the offer, an unknown woman accused the women of using their beauty to break the Holy Land’s rules.

Athena provoked An Ning, Su Mingyue, and their family, then attacked Lin Meier and was injured when Lin Meier countered with Lin Zhen’s techniques. Gabriel arrived to confront the women, claiming they had insulted him by hurting Athena.

• Athena taunted An Ning and Su Mingyue, insulted Lin Zhen, and suggested their son was dead.
• Lin Meier attacked Athena after Athena mocked the family, and Athena countered with a sudden star-powered strike.
• Lin Meier dodged Athena’s attack with Shadowless Steps and struck back with Space Slash, sending Athena flying and making her spit blood.
• Su Mingyue defended Lin Meier as Athena summoned Gabriel for help.
• Gabriel arrived, comforted Athena, and challenged An Ning and Su Mingyue for injuring her.

Gabriel attacked An Ning and Su Mingyue’s group over his grievance against Lin Zhen’s family, but the six women joined forces and knocked him down. Gabriel transformed into a black-winged Archangel and unleashed Destruction Strike, just as a mass of lightning crashed down.

• Gabriel threatened Lin Zhen’s family and challenged anyone who opposed him, while Su Mingyue refused to back down.
• An Ning fought Gabriel alone at first, but his Universe Mirror Art gave him the advantage and forced Su Mingyue to join the battle.
• Lin Meier, Ling'er, and the Anqi Er sisters joined An Ning and Su Mingyue, and the six women coordinated their attacks against Gabriel.
• Su Mingyue’s Light-Thunder Kill struck Gabriel after the others helped overwhelm him, knocking him to the ground.
• Gabriel transformed into a black-winged Archangel, summoned countless mirror images, and launched Destruction Strike at the six women.
• A mass of lightning crashed down as Gabriel’s attack threatened the women.

Lin Zhen returned to the Fallen Star Lake Holy Land with Lin An and reunited with his family. After Gabriel threatened them, Lin An took up the fight and overwhelmed him, while Gabriel tried to escape and break through to the Divine Transformation Stage.

• Lin Zhen arrived on a Thundercloud with Lin An, and An Ning and the family joyfully reunited with them.
• Lin Zhen confronted Gabriel for threatening his family, then let Lin An fight him instead.
• Lin An sent Gabriel flying with a punch and battered him with his spear techniques, eventually piercing his shoulder and knocking him down.
• Athena attacked Lin An to buy Gabriel time, while Gabriel retreated and swallowed a pill to attempt a breakthrough.
• Lin An rejected Athena's feigned vulnerability and launched Planet Fall at her, insulting her as he attacked.

Lin Zhen killed Gabriel after his breakthrough and secretly took the Universe Mirror Art from his memories. He spent most of a year training his family at Fallen Star Lake Holy Land, then departed to see Ning Qingxuan before turning to more important matters.

• Lin An struck Athena with Planet Fall, but Gabriel completed his breakthrough and repelled Lin An's spear.
• Lin Zhen used Thundercloud to kill Gabriel unseen, stripped his memories, and obtained the Universe Mirror Art.
• Lin Zhen stayed at Fallen Star Lake Holy Land to guide his family, brought his parents to live there, and spent time with his wives and companions.
• Lin An, An Ning, Su Mingyue, Lin Meier, Ling'er, and Anqi Er's sisters successively broke through to the God Transformation Stage, while Lin Liye and Li Qin reached the Eternal Life Realm.
• Lin Zhen left before the year was over to visit Ning Qingxuan, while his daughter Lin Meier tearfully asked him to stay.