Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen advanced after Aegis killed Orpheus, but the test ended before Lin Zhen could kill the wounded Aegis and claim his Imperial Seals. The sixteen candidates were transported to Primordial, who introduced himself as the Lone Star Angler and faced Aegis’s question about whether he was a Dominator.

• Aegis and Orpheus fought over the final advancement slot, and Aegis killed Orpheus after a two-hour battle.
• Lin Zhen returned, took Orpheus’s possessions, and attacked the badly wounded Aegis, but the test ended and teleported them away before Lin Zhen could kill him.
• Lin Zhen regretted that he had collected only eight Dominator Imperial Seals and resolved not to let Aegis collect nine first.
• Primordial left with the disciples, and the Thunder Dominator reflected on Primordial’s power to travel through space.
• Lin Zhen, Aegis, and the other candidates appeared on a tiny asteroid, where Primordial sat fishing beneath its only tree.
• Primordial introduced himself as the Lone Star Angler, and Aegis asked whether he was a Dominator.

Lone Star Angler explained that becoming a Dominator required a Dominator God Crystal, then rewarded the surviving candidates with his Overlay Battle Method. The sixteen candidates were left to study it while Lone Star Angler resumed fishing.

• Aegis asked Lone Star Angler about Dominators, and Lone Star Angler explained that Dominator God Crystals were needed to claim a Dominator Throne.
• Lone Star Angler said there could be up to eighty-one Dominators, with differing strengths depending on their crystals.
• Lone Star Angler explained that the thirty-two Dominator Imperial Seals had been scattered into the New Realm, where only sixteen candidates remained.
• Lone Star Angler sent each candidate his Overlay Battle Method, which could amplify attacks by up to nine times and could not be passed on after death.
• Lone Star Angler told the candidates to cultivate elsewhere, then caught an Eight-Winged Flying Dragon on his fishing line.

Lone Star Angler sent the group into the dangerous Starry Sea, where they had three thousand years to reach God King. Before Lin Zhen was sent off, Lone Star Angler offered him a special reward, and Lin Zhen asked an unexpected question about it.

• Lone Star Angler caught a savage Flying Dragon and told the group that reaching God King within three thousand years in the Starry Sea was required to pass the test.
• An Da, the Upper Gods, the Middle Gods, and the Lower Gods were forced off the speeding asteroid and into the Starry Sea.
• After the others departed, Lone Star Angler singled out Lin Zhen, the youngest and lowest-ranked disciple, for an extra reward.
• Lone Star Angler offered Lin Zhen a choice between the Star Soul spear, the Town Radiance armor, and three drops of Dominator's Liquid.
• Lin Zhen asked Lone Star Angler how a male Dominator had produced the Dominator's Liquid.

Lin Zhen persuaded Lone Star Angler to give him the Star Soul Long Spear and Dominator's Liquid, then departed for the Starry Sea. As he reached its outskirts and learned more about its dangers and factional conflicts, he received a message from the Starry Sky Giant Beast Alliance.

• Lin Zhen argued that his youth deserved extra compensation, and Lone Star Angler let him choose two rewards.
• Lin Zhen chose the Star Soul Long Spear and Dominator's Liquid, then departed after Lone Star Angler warned him to survive in the Starry Sea.
• Lone Star Angler watched Lin Zhen leave and complained about male Dominators before flying away on the asteroid.
• Lin Zhen studied information about the Starry Sea and learned that its dangers included dark energy, powerful creatures, and deadly faction struggles among Gods.
• Lin Zhen reached the outskirts of the Starry Sea aboard the Lapis Lazuli and received a message from the Starry Sky Giant Beast Alliance.

Lin Zhen reunited with the Star River Giant Beast Alliance after arriving in the Starry Sea and learned about its leadership, strength, and treasure exchange system. He discovered that he had no Alliance Points and would need to donate valuable finds to earn them.

• Lin Zhen accepted Hai Yun’s invitation and joined the Star River Giant Beast Alliance in the Starry Sea.
• Hai Yun explained that the alliance was led by Ice Flame, a Mutated Starry Sky Giant Silkworm, and had five God Kings and several million Gods.
• Lin Zhen explored the alliance’s treasure vault and saw powerful weapons, resources, and other items with steep Alliance Point prices.
• Lin Zhen checked his balance and found he had zero points, then learned that donating valuable items could earn points.

Lin Zhen assessed how to exchange treasures for points and decided to buy a Wood Element Crystal to strengthen his Treasure Hunting Vine. He found a nearby gathering point where he could trade his Dominator's Liquid and Flower Spear Two-Headed Snake for enough points.

• Hai Yun explained that Lin Zhen could exchange treasures through the Dimensional Universe for a reduced amount or visit a clan gathering point to receive the full value.
• Lin Zhen considered his three thousand years in the Starry Sea and decided the Treasure Hunting Vine needed to grow stronger before he sent it out to search for treasures.
• Lin Zhen priced a Wood Element Crystal at ten million points and learned that his Thunder Concealment Cloak was valuable, but he chose not to sell it.
• Lin Zhen decided to sell one drop of Dominator's Liquid and his Flower Spear Two-Headed Snake, which together could earn enough points for the crystal.
• Lin Zhen found a gathering point on Snow Mountain Continent less than three thousand Star Miles away.

Vieri, Ibu, and Susanna found a cache of Boundary Stones on Snow Mountain Continent, but Susanna detected seven Northern Territory Alliance members lying in ambush. The trio tried to flee, but the attackers surrounded them and prepared to strike.

• Vieri, Ibu, and Susanna searched Snow Mountain Continent for Boundary Stones and discovered at least fifty inside a trapping array.
• Ibu and Vieri argued about their plans and the cost of a Flying Palace while Susanna watched over the haul.
• Susanna used her wings to scout and sensed seven Northern Territory Alliance members waiting to ambush them.
• Vieri urged the trio to abandon the Boundary Stones and run, but the seven enemies emerged and surrounded them.
• A peak Middle God from the Northern Territory Alliance stepped forward and said the attackers would eliminate the three Star River Beasts.

Susanna, Vieri, and Ibu were ambushed by seven Northern Territory Alliance Martial Artists, and Lin Zhen came across the battle while traveling through the Starry Sea. He transformed into his Black Hole Beast form and waited for a chance to strike, ending the chapter as he pounced from the darkness.

• Susanna, Vieri, and Ibu transformed into their Star River Beast forms but were overwhelmed by the seven attackers.
• Lin Zhen’s Lapis Lazuli was damaged by lava, so he stored it and continued traveling on Thundercloud.
• Lin Zhen sensed the battle ahead and transformed into his mature Black Hole Beast form to help the besieged Star River Beasts.
• A Northern Territory Alliance Martial Artist pierced Susanna’s wing and dragged her down, prompting Vieri and Ibu to rush to her aid.
• Lin Zhen pounced from the darkness while the attackers focused on the Star River Beasts.

Lin Zhen rescued Vieri, Ibu, and Susanna by killing three Middle Gods, then agreed to temporarily team up with them to collect Boundary Stones. As Vieri and Ibu dug underground to gather the stones, Susanna warned Lin Zhen that the spoils would be divided according to each person's contribution.

• Lin Zhen killed two attackers with his claws and swallowed a third, turning the fight in Vieri and Ibu's favor.
• The remaining Northern Territory Alliance fighters fled after abandoning their attempt to take the injured Susanna.
• Ibu and Vieri thanked Lin Zhen, learned his name, and invited him to join them in collecting Boundary Stones.
• Lin Zhen agreed to help the group and accompanied them as they began searching beneath the frozen earth.
• Susanna told Lin Zhen that their shared gains would be divided according to each person's contribution.

After returning to the Star River Giant Beast Alliance gathering point, Lin Zhen received a share of the World Stones collected by Susanna, Ibu, and Vieri. He headed to the exchange keeper while Susanna argued with the others over credit for killing Northern Territory Alliance members.

• Vieri and Ibu reported finding sixty-five World Stones, and Susanna proposed giving Lin Zhen only five.
• Ibu and Vieri each gave Lin Zhen five of their own shares, leaving him with fifteen World Stones.
• Susanna took the group back to the gathering point in her shuttle, where Lin Zhen considered his plans for cultivation and upgrading his Treasure Hunting Vine.
• At the gathering point, Susanna told Lin Zhen she would contact him later, while she and the others began arguing about their kills.
• Lin Zhen walked through the gathering point and arrived at the keeper's wooden house to exchange for items.

Lin Zhen traded his Dominator's Liquid, Flower Spear, and World Stones for points, then bought a Wood Element Crystal and learned that a nearby treasure land would open for exploration in about ten years. He strengthened his Treasure Hunting Vine with the crystal and headed to the Snowman Bar after Ibu invited him to meet the team.

• Lin Zhen exchanged his items for points and bought a Wood Element Crystal from the white-bearded old man.
• The old man told Lin Zhen that explorers planned to pioneer a treasure land after a volcanic spatial disturbance ended in about ten years.
• Lin Zhen rented a snow cave for thirteen years and used the Wood Element Crystal to advance his Treasure Hunting Vine into a tougher Dark Gold form.
• Ibu invited Lin Zhen to the Snowman Bar, where Ibu, Susanna, and the others were waiting with Snow-Buried Brew.

Lin Zhen joined Susanna, Vieri, and Ibu’s team for the upcoming Pioneering Land operation, then began studying Lone Star Angler’s Overlay Battle Method. Meanwhile, Aegis learned that Lin Zhen was the Black Hole Beast who had disrupted the Northern Territory Alliance’s trap and saw him as an opportunity.

• At Snowman Bar, Susanna explained that she had claimed credit for Lin Zhen’s kills to earn her team entry into the Pioneering Land map.
• Susanna invited Lin Zhen to join her team, and he agreed after reviewing her plan for sharing gains.
• Lin Zhen returned to his snow cave and began comprehending the Overlay Battle Method.
• Gu Lie told his teammates that a Black Hole Beast had disrupted the Northern Territory Alliance’s trap and might appear during the operation.
• Aegis recognized that the Black Hole Beast was Lin Zhen and became eager to pursue him because of his eight Dominator Imperial Seals.

Lin Zhen mastered the first form of the Overlay Battle Method and spent years cultivating its second form before the expedition. As the agreed meeting time drew near, Susanna emerged from seclusion and wondered whether the team would have to wait for him.

• Aegis resolved to stop Lin Zhen from obtaining another imperial seal and began plotting against him.
• Lin Zhen recognized the Buddhist principles behind the Overlay Battle Method and used the lotus imagery of his Undying Spirit Body to complete the first form’s three hundred and sixty transformations.
• Lin Zhen spent nearly three years unifying the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, then began studying the Great Vajra Wheel Seal.
• Ibu, Vieri, and Susanna emerged from seclusion without reaching the Upper God realm, while Susanna showed that her Structure Realm Skill had made a breakthrough.
• Susanna noticed Lin Zhen had not emerged with the agreed time less than half a month away and asked whether they should wait for him.

After nearly nine years of seclusion, Lin Zhen joined Susanna's team on their journey to the Mirror Lake Volcano Cluster, where the Gods gathered to explore the newly revealed Mirror Lake Continent. As their shuttle waited to enter, a Northern Territory Alliance battleship cut in line, and familiar Middle Gods stepped out.

• Lanka mocked Susanna's team for recruiting Lin Zhen, but Susanna brushed him off as his team left for the Pioneering Land.
• Lin Zhen emerged from seclusion after mastering the Great Vajra Wheel Seal, and Susanna's team set out for the Mirror Lake Volcano Cluster.
• Lin Zhen cultivated during the journey as the team traveled toward the Mirror Lake Continent, which had been exposed by a massive volcanic eruption.
• At the crowded entrance, Susanna worried that arriving late would reduce their chances of finding treasure and warned Lin Zhen to avoid trouble inside.
• A Northern Territory Alliance Shield God Battleship shoved their shuttle backward in line, and familiar Middle Gods from the alliance stepped out.

Susanna led her team into the Pioneering Land despite threats from the Northern Territory Alliance, then separated Lin Zhen from the group under the pretext of helping him train. Lin Zhen set off alone, while Ibu worried that the enemy would kill him.

• A Northern Territory Alliance leader who had become an Upper God threatened Susanna's group and vowed to kill Lin Zhen in the Pioneering Land.
• Susanna refused to turn back, and the group entered the Pioneering Land as the passage opened.
• Susanna steered the shuttle away from the main force and stopped at an untouched area near a volcano.
• Susanna told Lin Zhen to search alone for half a year, promising him ten percent of the team's finds while letting him keep anything he discovered himself.
• Lin Zhen accepted the arrangement and left; Ibu objected, but Susanna and Vieri defended the decision.

Lin Zhen separated from Susanna and used the Treasure Hunting Vine to find valuable items in the Pioneering Land. After discovering a Ghost Face Mask and a cluster of Chaos Origin Stones, he ended the chapter with the vine hauling up more than a hundred stones.

• Lin Zhen flew toward the Treasure Hunting Vine’s signal and dug up a low-grade Mental Defense Armament, the Ghost Face Mask.
• Lin Zhen put on the mask and continued searching for stronger energy fluctuations.
• Lin Zhen uncovered a Chaos Origin Stone, but it burrowed back underground before he could catch it.
• Lin Zhen sent the Treasure Hunting Vine underground, and it brought him a medium-quality Chaos Origin Stone.
• The Treasure Hunting Vine returned with more than a hundred Chaos Origin Stones clinging to it.

Lin Zhen collected valuable origin stones and world stones before following the Treasure Hunting Vine toward a stronger treasure fluctuation. At a volcano, two factions fought over a newly emerged Profound Yellow Pagoda, and a Sakura Alliance Upper God raced to claim it.

• Lin Zhen exchanged eighty-eight Chaos Origin Stones for 12.8 million points, then dug up nearly fifty world stones for another 700,000 points.
• Lin Zhen traveled deeper into the Pioneering Land and detected an upper-middle-level treasure fluctuation 220 kilometers ahead.
• Four Dimensional Arena fighters and four Sakura Alliance fighters battled on a volcano’s mountainside as a treasure began to emerge.
• A Mid Grade support-type Profound Yellow Pagoda burst from the ground, and both groups fought more fiercely to seize it.
• The Sakura Alliance Upper Gods killed the Dimensional Arena Middle Gods while the axe-wielding Upper God killed two Sakura Alliance Middle Gods.
• One Sakura Alliance Upper God held off the axe wielder while the other rushed toward the unclaimed Profound Yellow Pagoda.

A Ghost-Masked Man ambushed the Sakura Alliance Gods fighting the arena's Giant Axe God and used the Overlay Battle Method to kill the Sakura Upper God and the Giant Axe God. The remaining Sakura Alliance Upper God fled, leaving the Ghost-Masked Man alone with the Profound Yellow Pagoda.

• A Ghost-Masked Man ambushed the Sakura Alliance Upper God who was reaching for the Profound Yellow Pagoda, piercing his shoulder with a Long Spear.
• The Ghost-Masked Man used the Immovable Wisdom King Seal to grievously wound the Sakura Alliance Upper God, and the Giant Axe God finished him off with an axe strike.
• The Giant Axe God attacked the Ghost-Masked Man, who countered with the Great Vajra Wheel Seal and destroyed his body.
• The last Sakura Alliance Upper God fled and vowed that the Sakura Alliance would pursue the Ghost-Masked Man.
• The Ghost-Masked Man remained beside the floating Profound Yellow Pagoda.

Lin Zhen stole the Profound Yellow Pagoda after ambushing the Dimensional Arena and Sakura Alliance fighters, then discovered that the Mid Grade tower body could combine with the missing Profound Yellow Inkstone base to form a Superior Grade weapon. Meanwhile, a Sakura Alliance survivor found reinforcements, and Aegis recognized the Ghost-Masked Man’s techniques as Lone Star Angler’s teachings.

• Lin Zhen collected the fallen fighters’ weapons and treasures, took the Profound Yellow Pagoda, and escaped under the Thunder Concealment Cloak.
• Lin Zhen appraised the pagoda and discovered that its tower body and the missing Profound Yellow Inkstone base formed a Superior Grade auxiliary weapon.
• Lin Zhen began refining the pagoda and reflected that his Overlay Battle Method was powerful but consumed too much divine power.
• A Sakura Alliance Upper God found a twelve-man squad led by Upper God Feng Xiao and described how the Ghost-Masked Man had defeated his companions.
• Aegis recognized the Ghost-Masked Man’s first technique as the Immovable Wisdom King Seal and realized that the man had also learned the Great Vajra Wheel Seal.

Lin Zhen refined the Profound Yellow Pagoda, breaking through to the Condensed Crystal Stage and gaining protection that let him attempt to enter volcano craters. When the Northern Territory Alliance’s treasure hunt revealed the Sun Moon Star Rings, a mysterious figure appeared and grabbed the Sun Ring, then reached for the other two.

• The Sakura Alliance spread rumors about a Ghost-Masked Man who stole treasures and ordered people to eliminate him.
• Lin Zhen completed the Profound Yellow Pagoda’s refinement, advanced his Mental Power to the Condensed Crystal Stage, and decided to enter a Volcano Crater.
• The Northern Territory Alliance stationed twenty-four people around a volcano where they expected a treasure to emerge, while Susanna and her companions watched from afar.
• The Sun Moon Star Rings emerged, and the Northern Territory Alliance’s two Upper God captains moved to seize them.
• A mysterious figure appeared, grabbed the Sun Ring, and reached for the Moon Ring and Star Ring as Ibu watched in amazement.