Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen spent years cultivating until he reached the Sixth Layer of the Heaven Reaching Platform, while Blazing Fire Ancestor waited for a chance to confront him. Lin Zhen entered Purgatory seeking insight in the level-two ferocious beast area, unaware that Blazing Fire Ancestor was tracking him.

• Lin Zhen negotiated with the bank and repaid 500,000, then returned to cultivation rather than risk creating a second clone before his Super Electron count increased.
• After three years, Blazing Fire Ancestor alerted Charlie that Lin Zhen had finished cultivating, but Charlie reprimanded him for repeatedly calling the guild back without a sure opportunity.
• Lin Zhen cultivated for another two years and reached the Sixth Layer of the Heaven Reaching Platform, raising all four Dark Matter attributes above 200.
• Lin Zhen left his tent and headed into Purgatory, intending to seek insight in the level-two ferocious beast area and earn money to repay the bank.
• Blazing Fire Ancestor followed Lin Zhen into the level-two area, using a Positioning Compass to track him without being noticed.

Lin Zhen tested his enhanced strength against a Thunder Rhino on the Second Layer and decided he could hunt there. Blazing Fire Ancestor placed a bounty on him and revealed his location, leaving Lin Zhen facing Pi Wanwan, who came to claim the reward.

• Lin Zhen entered the Level Two Thunder Element Zone and killed a Thunder Rhino in seven seconds, then decided to stay and hunt for materials.
• Blazing Fire Ancestor broadcast a five-hundred-thousand bounty for Lin Zhen and announced his coordinates using a Positioning Compass.
• Lin Zhen stored the Thunder Rhino's corpse and prepared to flee after realizing Blazing Fire Ancestor had pinpointed him.
• Pi Wanwan flew over, recognized Lin Zhen as the wanted target, and decided to kill him for the bounty.

Lin Zhen fought off the Lower Gods drawn by Blazing Fire Ancestor’s location broadcasts, killing four and collecting their God Crystals and God Stones. He realized that slaughtering Gods could earn enough to repay his debts, but more pursuers still threatened his plans on the Second Layer.

• Pi Wanwan charged Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen activated God's Domain, pierced Pi Wanwan with his spear, and killed him with a Hand Blade before taking his God Crystal and God Stones.
• Lin Zhen saw more pursuers approaching and moved away, then stopped after another location broadcast from Blazing Fire Ancestor drew three Lower Gods toward him.
• Lin Zhen killed two mid-stage Lower Gods in quick succession, taking their God Crystals and God Stones.
• Lin Zhen used a Mental Power bombardment to stun the late-stage Lower God, then defeated him in close combat despite suffering injuries.
• Lin Zhen recovered from his wounds and counted four God Crystals and more than two hundred thousand God Stones, realizing he could repay his debts by slaughtering Gods.

After the Blazing Fire Ancestor raised the bounty on Lin Zhen to one million Witch Coins, Lin Zhen evaded the hunters and killed four more pursuers. Charlie learned Lin Zhen possessed a Dominator Weapon and ordered Blazing Fire to wait while he headed to the Second Layer.

• After four hunters vanished, the Blazing Fire Ancestor offered one million Witch Coins for Lin Zhen's corpse, drawing many people toward Lin Zhen's location.
• Lin Zhen chose to evade the gathering hunters rather than return to the Safe Zone, using his Mental Power to avoid groups and ambush isolated enemies.
• Over three days, Lin Zhen killed four more people and escaped a five-man squad's attack with the Undying Overlord Body.
• Charlie confronted the Blazing Fire Ancestor about the enormous bounty, and Blazing Fire admitted that Lin Zhen had taken a Dominator Weapon from him.
• Charlie ordered the Blazing Fire Ancestor to stop broadcasting Lin Zhen's location and said he would come to the Second Layer.

Charlie tracked down Lin Zhen to seize his Dominator Weapon and attacked him in the Thunder and Lightning Zone. Lin Zhen could not overcome Charlie’s strength, so he escaped toward the third layer using his Thundercloud and Wind Thunder Wings.

• Charlie left the Wind-Type Ferocious Beast area and met Blazing Fire Ancestor, who used his compass to locate Lin Zhen.
• Blazing Fire Ancestor led Charlie to Lin Zhen, who was killing Thunder Rhinos in a mountain hollow.
• Charlie attacked Lin Zhen with his saber and overwhelmed him with his strength as a late-stage Lower God and Two-Star Purgatory Warrior.
• Lin Zhen struck Charlie with Destruction Ions, but Charlie endured the lightning and blocked Lin Zhen’s follow-up attack.
• Lin Zhen summoned a Thundercloud and fled toward the third layer, using his Wind Thunder Wings to ride through the lightning and pull away from Charlie.

Lin Zhen entered the Thunder and Lightning Zone’s deadly third layer while Charlie failed to follow and ordered Blazing Fire Ancestor to find lightning-resistant equipment. Lin Zhen sheltered in a mountain pit and began a desperate struggle to survive as Primordial won a bet with Thunder Dominator, who worried Lin Zhen might die before claiming the Dominator Weapon.

• Charlie pursued Lin Zhen to the third-layer entrance, but Lin Zhen ignored his offer of a truce and entered alone.
• Charlie followed with the Positioning Compass, but lightning and ferocious beasts injured him and forced him to retreat to the second layer.
• Charlie sent Blazing Fire Ancestor to buy lightning-resistant and lightning-zone acceleration equipment, then waited at the entrance to ambush Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen fled through the third layer under relentless lightning and beast attacks, then hid in a mountain pit and used a Thunder Rhino corpse to draw away the Thunder Eagles.
• Primordial won a bet against Thunder Dominator, who conceded but questioned whether Lin Zhen would survive the third layer.

Lin Zhen used a Nine Revolutions Heavenly Spirit Golden Pill to survive Witch Star’s lightning and began comprehending the Thunder Truth. Watching him cultivate, Primordial and the Thunder Dominator agreed that if Lin Zhen succeeded, he could choose one of three Superior Grade Weapons.

• Lin Zhen realized Witch Star’s lightning tracked his aura and nearly exhausted his star power as he tried to withstand it.
• Lin Zhen took the pill, revived at full strength after a lightning strike shattered him, and resumed resisting the thunder with Thundercloud and the Lightning Wings.
• Lin Zhen studied the lightning’s ions, photons, atoms, destructive power, and violent molecules as he attempted to resonate with it.
• Primordial told the Thunder Dominator that Lin Zhen’s progress meant he should prepare to give him a weapon.
• The Thunder Dominator proposed making Lin Zhen’s reward conditional on mastering the Thunder Truth, and Primordial secured his promise to let Lin Zhen choose one of three Superior Grade Weapons if he succeeded.

Lin Zhen spent a year drawing on painful memories to master Destruction Power, then used his Black Hole Beast form to trap violent lightning molecules and resonate with them. He mastered Thunder Truth as the storm raged around him.

• Lin Zhen failed to resonate with the drifting Thunder Molecules and focused instead on mastering Destruction Power.
• Lin Zhen recalled the hardships and losses of his previous life for a year, building his emotions, momentum, and determination to unleash Destruction Power.
• Lin Zhen combined his three strands of Destruction Divine Thunder with his own lightning bolt, creating a vast storm that killed a nearby Lower God.
• The Thunder Dominator praised Lin Zhen for mastering Destruction Power, while Primordial revealed that Lin Zhen was a Black Hole Beast.
• Lin Zhen transformed into a Black Hole Beast and trapped the violent lightning molecules inside his Black Hole.
• Lin Zhen merged lightning elements and Destruction Power with the trapped molecules, resonated with them, and mastered Thunder Truth.

After mastering Thunder Truth in Purgatory’s third layer, Lin Zhen received the chance to choose one of three Dominator Weapons. He saw through the disguise on the fiery cloak, chose it, and discovered it could conceal him completely.

• Lin Zhen mastered Destruction Divine Thunder and planned to travel deeper into Purgatory to condense a Lightning Clone.
• A mysterious phantom offered Lin Zhen a choice between five-colored armor, a black longsword, and a fiery red cloak.
• Lin Zhen suspected the cloak’s intense Fire Elements were a disguise and asked the phantom to reveal its true form.
• The phantom revealed the Thunder Concealment Cloak and gave it to Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen put on the cloak and vanished without leaving any trace of his aura.

Lin Zhen used the Thunder Concealment Cloak to reach Purgatory’s Ninth Layer and create his second clone, a powerful Lightning Clone. After merging with it, he prepared to undergo his first heavenly tribulation.

• Lin Zhen wore the Thunder Concealment Cloak and passed through Purgatory’s layers without being detected, reaching the Ninth Layer.
• Lin Zhen found a secluded place and split his soul to begin condensing a Lightning Clone.
• Lin Zhen gathered the Ninth Layer’s powerful lightning and spent three days forming the Lightning Clone, whose Star Power reached 9.6 billion.
• Lin Zhen merged with the Lightning Clone, raising his Star Power to 21.6 billion and then to 36.7 billion with God's Domain.
• Lin Zhen removed the Thunder Concealment Cloak and activated his Life Gene, drawing Chaos Qi into the sky as he prepared for his first heavenly tribulation.

Lin Zhen passed his first heavenly tribulation and reached the threshold of Lower God, but postponed his breakthrough until he could repay his loan and find a better place. As he returned to the Second Layer, Charlie spotted him and received Wang Chong’s order to kill him for the Dominator Weapon.

• Lin Zhen endured all nine Chaos Qi Streams, with the final Earth-focused strike causing him only minor trouble.
• After the tribulation, Lin Zhen’s Life Gene stabilized and he reached the limit of God Stone, but he delayed forming a God Crystal to handle his loan and choose a suitable breakthrough location.
• Lin Zhen returned from the Ninth Layer to the Third Layer under his Thunder Concealment Cloak, then headed toward the Second Layer.
• Wang Chong confronted Charlie over his declining income and learned that he had been waiting to ambush Lin Zhen for the Dominator Weapon.
• When Lin Zhen appeared at the exit, Charlie told Wang Chong, who ordered him to kill Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen killed Charlie, took his God Crystal, God Stones, and Positioning Compass, and destroyed Wang Chong’s Water Mirror. Wang Chong retaliated by arranging to blacklist Lin Zhen at the bank and deny him Safe Zone tent rentals, while Lin Zhen discovered the bank had raised his loan repayment to 5.5 million.

• Charlie confronted Lin Zhen while Wang Chong watched through a Water Mirror, but Lin Zhen used God's Domain and killed Charlie with his Hand Blade.
• Lin Zhen took Charlie’s God Crystal, nearly seventy thousand God Stones, and Positioning Compass, then cut apart the Water Mirror after Wang Chong threatened him.
• Wang Chong decided to retaliate and arranged for the bank to blacklist Lin Zhen and charge him exorbitant interest, while also paying the Safe Zone administrator to deny Lin Zhen tent rentals.
• Lin Zhen returned to the Safe Zone, sold God Crystals and other items for nearly seven hundred thousand, and contacted the bank to repay his loan.
• The bank notified Lin Zhen that his five hundred thousand loan now required 5.5 million in repayment and that he had been blacklisted.

After Wang Chong froze Lin Zhen’s access to money and had him targeted, Lin Zhen vanished under his Thunder Concealment Cloak and stayed hidden in Purgatory. He obtained a Mutated Violent Ape Gene Serum through a Soul Locked captain and arranged a meeting with Wang Chong.

• Lin Zhen learned that the Safe Zone had dismantled his tent and revoked his protection because he was on the Bank Blacklist.
• An Eight Great Hammers Upper God and his men came to kill Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen concealed himself with the Thunder Concealment Cloak and escaped their search.
• Wang Chong issued a five-million bounty for Lin Zhen, requiring that his Dantian God Kingdom remain undamaged.
• Unable to leave Purgatory through its shielded exits, Lin Zhen decided to stay hidden and pursue stronger Life Gene cultivation with a Mutated Violent Ape Gene Serum.
• Lin Zhen sneaked into a team captain’s tent, knocked him unconscious, and used Soul Lock to make him buy the Gene Serum.
• After obtaining the serum, Lin Zhen had the captain arrange a meeting with Wang Chong and prepared to confront him.

Wang Chong paid ten million to the squad captain for Lin Zhen, hoping to obtain the Dominator Weapon, but the deal turned out to be a trap. Lin Zhen’s clone exploded in a thunderstorm and blew away half of Wang Chong’s head, while the real Lin Zhen remained safe.

• Wang Chong’s squad captain contacted him with Lin Zhen bound and demanded ten million in goods and cash for his release.
• Wang Chong bought the requested Positioning Compass, Mutated Star River Leech Life Gene Cultivation Elixir, and cash, then traveled to Purgatory’s Safe Zone exit.
• Wang Chong exchanged the goods for a cabinet containing what appeared to be an unconscious Lin Zhen.
• After the trade, Wang Chong ordered his guards to kill the squad captain, who self-detonated and injured Wang Chong.
• Wang Chong opened the cabinet, and the Lin Zhen clone inside transformed into a thunderstorm that blew away half of Wang Chong’s head.

After stealing Wang Chong’s Positioning Compass and Gene Serum, Lin Zhen hid on Purgatory’s Ninth Layer and focused on strengthening himself before becoming a god. He completed his second Life Gene and advanced his soul cultivation, then began cultivating a third Life Gene for its powerful vitality.

• Wang Chong realized Lin Zhen had taken the compass and Gene Serum, then vowed to keep hunting him in Purgatory.
• Lin Zhen returned to the Ninth Layer, gave the Positioning Compass to his Lightning Clone, and began cultivating the Mutated Violent Ape Gene.
• After five years of cultivation, Lin Zhen completed the second-level Life Gene and survived its tribulation, increasing his combat power.
• Lin Zhen spent twenty-two years advancing Soul Guard through three layers of the Heaven Reaching Platform, raising his soul strength and Mental Power.
• Lin Zhen began cultivating the Mutated Star River Leech Gene to strengthen his vitality alongside his Undying Overlord Body.

After ten years of cultivation, Lin Zhen survived the third Life Gene tribulation with the help of his powerful regeneration and reached the limit of the God Stone Realm. He was on the verge of becoming a God, but needed to find a safer, more suitable place to break through.

• Lin Zhen used the Mutated Star River Leech Gene Serum to cultivate his third level of genes.
• Wang Chong set up a Sensing System in the Safe Zones and stationed Gods there to watch for and intercept Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen endured all twenty-five tribulations, repeatedly regenerating from severe wounds with the Leech Gene's power.
• Lin Zhen completed his third-level Life Gene transformation and felt his strength reach its limit in the God Stone Realm.
• Lin Zhen realized he would break through within one or two days and decided to seek a safer location with a more violent Energy Element.

Lin Zhen chose the seventh Purgatory entrance for his attempt to break through to Godhood, but Wang Chong’s men ambushed him in the Safe Zone before he could reach it. Surrounded by thirty Gods, Lin Zhen had less than three minutes to escape before Wang Chong arrived.

• Lin Zhen decided to challenge the seventh entrance and aimed to stabilize his breakthrough at the Lower God Early Stage.
• Lin Zhen entered the Safe Zone wearing his Thunder Stealth Cloak, where three Middle Gods and twenty-seven Lower Gods waited for him.
• The Eight Great Hammers’ men blanketed the area with ink, forcing Lin Zhen to reveal himself and confirming his identity to Wang Chong.
• Wang Chong ordered his men to hold Lin Zhen in place and hurried toward the Safe Zone with two subordinates.
• The Gods blocked the entrances and attacked Lin Zhen, who prepared to unleash his full strength and fight his way out before Wang Chong arrived.

Lin Zhen faced thirty Gods sent by the Eight Great Hammers and revealed overwhelming strength, killing most of them despite suffering fatal wounds. The battle continued with only a handful of enemies left standing.

• Tie Shan charged Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen crushed his arm with a punch and killed him with a hand blade.
• Lin Zhen unleashed four consecutive slashes and killed six Lower Gods in 0.1 seconds, leaving only five of the initial twelve besiegers alive.
• The Middle God leader ordered the Gods guarding the intersections to join the attack on Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen’s Sword Blade Storm killed one Middle God and fifteen Lower Gods while his fatal wounds rapidly healed.
• Within five seconds, Lin Zhen had killed twenty-three of the thirty attackers, and God Crystals floated around him.

Lin Zhen killed most of the Gods who had attacked him and collected their God Crystals, including a Middle God Crystal. Wang Chong arrived with two Upper God subordinates and cornered Lin Zhen near two dangerous escape routes.

• Lin Zhen’s Undying Body let him survive the Gods’ attacks, and he collected the God Crystals of the more than twenty enemies he had killed.
• Lin Zhen demanded the God Crystals of the two remaining Middle Gods, who began using hit-and-run tactics to stall him.
• Lin Zhen used Destruction Divine Thunder to kill the five remaining Lower Gods and one Middle God, then attacked the last Middle God.
• Wang Chong arrived with two Upper God subordinates, who used metal objects and Dominator Weapon armor to counter Lin Zhen’s thunder and block his escape routes.
• Lin Zhen was left with a choice between the All-Element Energy Entrance and the dangerous Chaos Qi Stream entrance in the Land of Death.

Lin Zhen escaped Wang Chong’s ambush by entering the ninth Chaos Qi passage, where the relentless energy began destroying his body. As his Leech Gene struggled to keep up, Lin Zhen decided to become a god and headed deeper to find a safer place to break through.

• Wang Chong and two Upper God subordinates drove Lin Zhen away from the eighth passage, forcing him into the ninth.
• Wang Chong’s subordinates warned that the ninth passage was nearly certain death, so the group waited outside for Lin Zhen to emerge.
• Lin Zhen endured the Chaos Qi’s crushing pressure as it damaged his body faster than the Leech Gene could repair it.
• Lin Zhen decided to become a god to increase his chances of surviving and left the entrance to seek a safer place to break through.