Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen set a universe record by defeating the Eighteenth Layer’s God Realm Heavenly Lord, then faced a powerful God Stone Realm Mind Power Master on the Nineteenth Layer. As Lin Zhen struggled through the opponent’s relentless mental and hidden-weapon attacks, the outcome of the battle remained undecided.

• Lin Zhen’s record-breaking tower results shocked the Origin Realm, and Absolute Heaven Great Emperor called for him to be eliminated during the Tian Huo War.
• Lin Zhen cleared the Seventeenth Layer in 0.2 seconds and faced the Eighteenth Layer’s God Realm Heavenly Lord.
• Lin Zhen used God's Domain to overwhelm the Heavenly Lord and defeated him in forty-one seconds, setting the universe’s fastest God Realm record.
• Lin Zhen advanced to the Nineteenth Layer, where a God Stone Realm Mind Power Master with God's Domain struck him with Mental Impact and a storm of hidden weapons.
• Lin Zhen activated Armorization and Attach Metal, then charged into the hidden-weapon barrage while the Mind Power Master continued his attack.

Lin Zhen defeated the Nineteenth Layer Mind Power Master and fought his way through the Twenty-third Layer of the Thirty-Three Heavens Tower before a God Stone Realm Heavenly Lord stopped him. He emerged as the first person to clear the Twenty-third Layer while challenging continuously at God Realm strength.

• Lin Zhen used Absolute Zero to close in on the Nineteenth Layer Mind Power Master, then killed him with a strike of Sword Qi and tied the universal record for that stage.
• Lin Zhen used his clone and two bolts of Divine Thunder to defeat the Twentieth Layer Domain warrior, earning the right to remain permanently in Fallen Star Lake Holy Land.
• Lin Zhen bit the Twenty-first Layer Star River Beast to death, then defeated the Twenty-second Layer Elemental warrior using the Sky Piercing Bamboo and Heartless Martial Skill, setting a new record.
• Lin Zhen endured a three-hour battle against the Twenty-third Layer sword-wielding Guardian and killed him with Destruction Atomic Divine Thunder.
• Lin Zhen lost to the Twenty-fourth Layer Heavenly Lord and left the tower, where his family and the people of Fallen Star Lake cheered his record-breaking progress.

After clearing the tower, Lin Zhen learned from Jin Nuo that the Tian Huo War would draw out powerful hidden demigods and Perfected Experts, then prepared to leave for Tian Huo City. On his way, he stopped at Double Tree Garden to see Feng Qingluan, where Hong Jin was also seeking her attention.

• Jin Nuo told Lin Zhen he could be designated first place in the Holy Land Competition and urged him to focus on the approaching Tian Huo War.
• Jin Nuo explained that reclusive demigods and Perfected Experts might enter the war, and warned Lin Zhen to avoid any Perfected Expert he encountered.
• Lin Zhen promised An Ning he would bring Ping'er back, then left Fallen Star Lake and visited Ning Qingxuan in Qin Capital.
• Lin Zhen set the Lapis Lazuli to navigate to Double Tree Garden so he could see Feng Qingluan before leaving for Tian Huo City.
• Hong Jin asked two Junior Sisters where Feng Qingluan was, learned she was cultivating beneath the Bodhi Double Trees, and overheard them say she already liked Lin Zhen.

Hong Jin tried to win Feng Qingluan over with rare foods and confessed his long-standing feelings, but she rejected him and reaffirmed her love for Lin Zhen. Enraged by her rejection and her defense of Lin Zhen, Hong Jin reached a breaking point beneath the Bodhi Double Trees.

• Hong Jin visited Feng Qingluan beneath the Bodhi Double Trees and offered her rare fire-attribute delicacies, hoping to draw her closer.
• Hong Jin confessed that he wanted to care for Feng Qingluan forever and had stayed in Double Tree Garden for her.
• Feng Qingluan told Hong Jin that she regarded him as family and that Lin Zhen already occupied her heart.
• Hong Jin criticized Lin Zhen for leaving Feng Qingluan waiting, and Feng Qingluan warned him not to slander the man she loved.
• Feng Qingluan said Lin Zhen's blood flowed within her and rejected Hong Jin's gifts, leaving Hong Jin feeling that his years of waiting had been meaningless.

Lin Zhen learned that only a handful of Demigods were suspected of reaching perfection, then traveled to the Double Tree Garden to see Feng Qingluan. Feng Qingluan rushed to meet him after receiving his message, while Hong Jin watched her leave with resentment.

• Lin Zhen asked Chris about Perfected Experts and learned that twelve Demigods were suspected of reaching perfection, but information about how perfection offered Demigods a way forward was restricted.
• Lin Zhen reflected on his shortcomings in spear art and swordplay and hoped to learn the final Senluo Swordplay move, Purgatory, during his visit to the Double Tree Garden.
• Lin Zhen arrived at the Double Tree Garden gates, but a guard refused to let him enter without an introduction.
• Lin Zhen messaged Feng Qingluan, telling her he had come to see her and asking her to let him into the Holy Land.
• Feng Qingluan received Lin Zhen's message while rejecting Hong Jin, then hurried off to meet Lin Zhen as Hong Jin watched resentfully.

Hong Jin drugged Feng Qingluan and trapped her inside the True Illusion Realm, where he fought off Double Tree Garden’s rescue parties. Lin Zhen learned what had happened, entered the realm to save her, and prepared to face Hong Jin alone.

• Hong Jin used Phoenix Intoxication to knock Feng Qingluan unconscious and carried her into the True Illusion Realm to keep Fang Fei from interfering.
• Fang Fei gathered Double Tree Garden’s disciples and sent them into the realm, but Hong Jin defeated the rescue parties and killed many of them.
• After Feng Qingluan failed to answer his message, Lin Zhen knocked out the guard at the entrance and rushed toward the Bodhi Double Trees.
• Lin Zhen used Soul Lock to learn that Hong Jin had taken Feng Qingluan hostage, then asked Fang Fei to let him enter the True Illusion Realm.
• Lin Zhen rejected Fang Fei’s request to spare Hong Jin and entered the realm, while Fang Fei stopped the remaining disciples from following him.

Hong Jin's attempt to force Feng Qingluan to submit drove her to unleash her Nirvana Flame, but Lin Zhen rushed in and saved her. After Feng Qingluan recovered and entered Lin Zhen's Inner World, Lin Zhen faced Hong Jin for a fight.

• Hong Jin killed the last disciple who had been sent to stop him and approached Feng Qingluan, intending to make her his woman.
• Feng Qingluan revealed that her Blood-Bound connection to Lin Zhen had let her resist Phoenix Intoxication, then unleashed her Nirvana Flame to kill herself rather than submit.
• Lin Zhen charged into the flames, used his Black Hole to contain them, and revived Feng Qingluan with a Nine Revolutions Heavenly Spirit Golden Pill.
• Feng Qingluan asked Lin Zhen to place her in his Inner World, and he did so after reassuring her.
• Lin Zhen confronted Hong Jin, who invoked Purgatory of Senluo Swordplay and challenged him to battle.

Lin Zhen defeated Hong Jin in the collapsing True Illusion Realm and escaped with Feng Qingluan still safe inside his God Realm. After absorbing Hong Jin’s soul and learning Purgatory, Lin Zhen reached a new height in sword mastery.

• Lin Zhen unleashed three Destruction Divine Thunders in succession, crippling Hong Jin before he could use his full strength.
• Hong Jin used Purgatory, causing the True Illusion Realm to collapse, but Lin Zhen interrupted his attack and escaped just before the world shattered.
• Lin Zhen devoured Hong Jin’s ruined body and absorbed his soul power, then destroyed Hong Jin’s soul despite his pleas for mercy.
• Lin Zhen extracted Purgatory from Hong Jin’s memories and fused it with the three other forms of the Senluo Swordplay.
• Lin Zhen opened his eyes with a fearsome Sword Intent that awed Fang Fei and the others nearby.

Lin Zhen reunited with Feng Qingluan, then spent years cultivating aboard the Lapis Lazuli as he traveled toward Tian Huo City. After completing the eighth level of Shadowless Steps, he entered an exploding star to seek a breakthrough into the God Stone Realm, where an assassin ambushed him.

• Fang Fei told Lin Zhen that Double Tree Garden would no longer allow male disciples to stay, and Lin Zhen said goodbye to Feng Qingluan before leaving for Tian Huo City.
• Lin Zhen cultivated for fourteen years aboard the Lapis Lazuli, bringing his Shadowless Steps comprehension to ninety-nine percent while refining his God's Domain.
• Bai Yunyan told Lin Zhen that the Tian Huo War would begin in a little over a year and urged him to arrive early.
• Near the Tian Huo Star System, Lin Zhen completed the eighth level of Shadowless Steps and spotted an exploding star that could help him reach the God Stone Realm.
• Lin Zhen entered the explosion zone and pushed toward the star's core, but a golden-clad figure suddenly attacked him with a blade.

Lin Zhen battled Ying Sha, a Perfected Expert hired to kill him, amid a catastrophic stellar explosion. After faking his death and counterattacking, Lin Zhen escaped the exploding star while Ying Sha pursued him.

• Ying Sha ambushed Lin Zhen, wounded him, and revealed that he had arranged the stellar explosion as an elaborate trap.
• Ying Sha explained that an unnamed employer had paid for Lin Zhen's life and that he had targeted Lin Zhen because of his ability to devour energy.
• Lin Zhen rushed into the star's core, where Ying Sha struck him with Annihilation and believed the flames had killed him.
• Lin Zhen revealed that he had used the Substitution Trick to switch places with his clone, then attacked Ying Sha with Senluo Swordplay.
• Ying Sha interrupted Lin Zhen's sword combination with Reverse Blood Blade, but Lin Zhen evaded his assault as the Star Core exploded.
• Lin Zhen teleported away, accelerated time, and tore through space; Ying Sha's pursuing blade struck only his afterimage.

Lin Zhen escaped Ying Sha’s attack and traveled to the Tian Huo Continent as the Tian Huo War’s battlefield took shape. He reached Holy City, where Ground Race leaders gathered, and learned that veteran fighters were seeking places in the expanded Hall of Fame.

• Ying Sha stopped pursuing Lin Zhen to treat his injuries and vowed to kill him after recovering.
• Lin Zhen returned to the Lapis Lazuli and learned that billions of fighters had gathered on the Tian Huo Continent for the coming war.
• Several hundred Gods separated Tian Huo City from the continent, creating the Heaven Realm River as the boundary between the two races and establishing rules for the battle.
• Lin Zhen arrived at Holy City, where Qiong Jing and other Hall of Fame Members welcomed him.
• Lin Zhen learned that the war’s main objective was to cross the Heaven Realm River and capture Modu, while veteran Martial Artists sought temporary Hall of Fame positions.

With the Tian Huo War approaching, Jiu Xuan organized the Ground Race’s defenses and assigned Lin Zhen to command the Eighth War Zone alongside Augustine. Lin Zhen recognized the appointment as a deliberate provocation by Ying Sha.

• The Hall of Fame expanded to three hundred members, with ancient experts Jiu Xuan, Ying Sha, and Multi-Armed taking the top three places.
• As the war neared, people across the Origin Realm debated the likely outcome and how the Ground Race should defend the Heaven Realm River.
• Jiu Xuan, Ying Sha, and Multi-Armed established a command headquarters, and Jiu Xuan ordered a defensive counterattack based on the Ground Race’s greater numbers.
• Jiu Xuan divided the front into nine war zones, assigning himself the Fifth, Ying Sha the First, Multi-Armed the Ninth, and Lin Zhen the Eighth with Augustine as his deputy.
• People argued over Jiu Xuan’s plan and the veteran commanders, while Lin Zhen realized Ying Sha had likely assigned his bitter enemy Augustine to him on purpose.

Di Zang changed the Endless Race’s battle plan to maximize Ground Race casualties as both sides prepared for war, while numerous Endless Race experts publicly challenged Lin Zhen. Lin Zhen arrived at the Eighth War Zone, where the Giant Dragon King warned him that the opposing forces had gathered to target him, and the battle was set to begin in three days.

• The Absolute Heaven Great Emperor told Di Zang to prioritize killing Ground Race experts, and Di Zang revised his plan for the Heaven Realm River battle.
• Mo Luo, the Night Prince, the Clown King, the Red Widow, the Element Controller, and Tian Zhuo publicly challenged Lin Zhen, while Edward and Tian Nie also showed interest in killing him.
• Lin Zhen arrived at the Eighth War Zone with Augustine, the Giant Dragon King, and countless Ground Race warriors as the armies took positions along the Heaven Realm River.
• The Giant Dragon King told Lin Zhen that the Endless Race’s Second War Zone had attracted many fighters who wanted to target him, and that the battle would begin in three days.

As the Tian Huo War approached, Lin Zhen received his equipment and learned that Ying Sha expected every war zone commander to die if their zone fell. The Endless Race singled Lin Zhen out for death, and the war began when its forces charged the Ground Race.

• Lin Zhen accepted the High-Grade Supreme Treasure armor, spear, sword, and pills assigned to him as commander of the Eighth War Zone.
• Jiu Xuan promised the Ground Race would fight to the end, while Ying Sha demanded that commanders commit suicide if their war zones fell, prompting Lin Zhen to suspect Ying Sha was targeting him.
• Absolute Heaven Great Emperor urged the Endless Race to crush its opponents, and Edward taunted Lin Zhen and threatened his soldiers in the Eighth War Zone.
• Edward’s army roared for Lin Zhen’s death, and rumors spread that the Eighth War Zone was the weakest.
• At dawn, the Endless Race charged through the sea of clouds toward the Ground Race, beginning the Tian Huo War.

The Ground Race and Endless Race launched the first major clash of the Tian Huo War, while Lin Zhen let Augustine lead the eager fighters into battle. Zhou Can slaughtered his way through the enemy and collected God Stones, only to find himself surrounded by King-sealed Demigods.

• Lin Zhen rejected the Giant Dragon King's request to lead the main force and allowed Augustine to take the volunteers into combat after Augustine accused him of holding them back.
• Jiu Xuan ordered the Ground Race to attack, and the two armies collided, killing over a million fighters within seconds.
• Zhou Can charged into the Endless Race ranks, using his Flying Swords to cut down Wolf Clan fighters and shatter Rock Giants.
• Zhou Can killed nearby fighters from both races to claim the God Stones inside the Rock Giants, then collected the stones.
• Dozens of King-sealed Demigods emerged from behind Rock Giants and surrounded Zhou Can.

Zhou Can was killed in an Endless Race ambush, and coordinated assassination squads began wiping out Ground Race Hall of Fame Members across the battlefield. With five more Hall of Fame Members trapped in the Eighth War Zone, Augustine pleaded with Lin Zhen to rescue them, but Lin Zhen refused until Augustine offered to meet his conditions.

• Zhou Can was overwhelmed by Demon Clan King-level fighters and killed, and the Dimensional Universe announced his death.
• Endless Race assassination squads targeted Hall of Fame Members across the battlefield, and nine Ground Race members died within half an hour, including five from Lin Zhen's Eighth War Zone.
• Lin Zhen watched as five Hall of Fame Members remained surrounded while enemy squads closed in, despite mounting criticism of his command.
• Augustine urged Lin Zhen to send help, but Lin Zhen reminded him that he had pushed to deploy the fighters and refused to intervene.
• Augustine, unwilling to risk rescuing them himself, admitted defeat and asked Lin Zhen to name his conditions.

Lin Zhen rescued Ground Race Hall of Fame Members in the Heaven Realm River while cutting down the Endless Race forces surrounding them. At the fifth rescue site, he refused to enter an ambush and transformed into the Black Hole Beast, swallowing the trapped comrade and the surrounding enemies alike.

• Lin Zhen ordered Augustine to defend the position and obey his command during the Tian Huo War, then entered the Heaven Realm River to begin the rescue operation.
• Lin Zhen and his clone slaughtered the force surrounding a wounded Hall of Fame Member, while the Treasure Hunting Vine collected the fallen enemies' treasures; the rescued warrior pledged to obey Lin Zhen.
• Edward learned that Cindy, Marshall, Clown King, Night Prince, and the Element Controller had set out to intercept Lin Zhen, and he expected them to kill him.
• Lin Zhen rescued four Hall of Fame Members and approached a fifth, who was being used as bait as several Endless Race Hall of Fame fighters closed in.
• Lin Zhen transformed into the Black Hole Beast and used Black Hole Devour to swallow the trapped comrade and the surrounding Endless Race forces.

Lin Zhen wiped out a trap with Black Hole Devour, then fought five Endless Race Hall of Fame Members while the Ground Race argued over his ruthless decision. He killed Cindy and Marshall in quick succession, leaving three enemies to face him.

• Lin Zhen used Black Hole Devour to destroy nearly two hundred fighters, including a trapped Ground Race Hall of Fame Member, while preserving their God Stones.
• Ground Race members argued over whether Lin Zhen was a traitor or had made the necessary choice, then turned their attention to his battle against five Endless Race Hall of Fame Members.
• Lin Zhen lured the Element Controller, Clown King, and Night Prince ahead, broke through their formation, and killed the unprepared Cindy with a sword strike.
• Lin Zhen activated God's Domain and used Abyss to kill Marshall, earning a Dimensional Universe announcement of his double kill.

Lin Zhen killed Clown King and Night Prince, bringing his tally to four consecutive kills and stunning the Origin Realm. Though Night Prince’s self-detonation injured him, Lin Zhen used the blast to pursue the fleeing Element Controller.

• Lin Zhen froze Clown King's Steel Demon Bear with Absolute Zero, shattered it with a Starfall, and killed Clown King with a sword strike.
• The Dimensional Universe announced Lin Zhen's third consecutive kill, and people across the Origin Realm celebrated his victory.
• Lin Zhen wounded Night Prince with Senluo Swordplay as Element Controller turned and fled toward his camp.
• Lin Zhen used Armorization and Attach Metal to charge through Night Prince, who self-detonated and injured him.
• Lin Zhen survived the blast, healed with a pill and his Undying Spirit Body, and chased after Element Controller as the Dimensional Universe announced his fourth consecutive kill.

The Element Controller fled from Lin Zhen, prompting Edward to ask Lou Jialuo for help. Lou Jialuo sent Ayu Luo to intercept Lin Zhen, and the two met as Lin Zhen continued his pursuit.

• The Element Controller tried to escape Lin Zhen, who had already overcome Night Prince's Self-Detonation and was faster on his Thundercloud.
• Edward decided the Element Controller's death would be a major loss and contacted Lou Jialuo for help.
• Lou Jialuo ordered Ayu Luo, a veteran Hall of Fame Martial Artist, to cross war zones and kill Lin Zhen.
• Ayu Luo left the First War Zone after defeating several demigods, while the Element Controller fled toward the Ninth War Zone.
• The Element Controller met Ayu Luo, who dismissed his warning about Lin Zhen and moved forward to confront him.