Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen received 240 million points from Xiao’s fatal scam and learned the names of several people who had attacked him at Crimson Flame Volcano. As the Northern Territory Alliance uncovered that Lin Zhen was the Ghost-Masked Man, he headed toward Xing Ling’s squad near Mirror Lake, where Xing Ling learned of his return.

• After Xiao borrowed 240 million points and transferred them to Lin Zhen, his creditors found his corpse, and the Northern Territory Alliance traced the transfer to Lin Zhen.
• The Northern Territory Alliance identified Lin Zhen as the Ghost-Masked Man and warned lenders and the gangs that had attacked him.
• Lin Zhen received Xiao’s report naming the former attackers and chose Xing Ling of the Azure Nightmare Gang as his first target.
• Lin Zhen set out for Xing Ling’s squad, which was about 1.3 million kilometers away in Mirror Lake’s edge region.
• Xing Ling read a message from a friend in the Northern Territory Alliance announcing that the Ghost-Masked Man had returned.

Xing Ling and his team waited for the tide at the Mirror Lake Treasure Hunt Zone, where he spotted a Superior Grade Weapon and rushed to claim it. The chapter ended as Xing Ling reached for the longsword’s hilt.

• Xing Ling received a warning that Ghost-Masked Man had reappeared and been identified as Lin Zhen, but he doubted the report and told his team to stay cautious.
• Xing Ling assigned his twelve-person team to search promising spots as the Mirror Lake tide surged over the shore.
• After five hours, the tide receded and treasure hunters across the lake retrieved weapons, armor, and stones, while many found nothing.
• Xing Ling saw a five-foot azure longsword emerge at his chosen spot and recognized it as a Superior Grade Weapon.
• Xing Ling shot toward the longsword and reached for its hilt.

Lin Zhen took the Jackdaw Divine Sword from Xing Ling and used its power to overwhelm the Azure Nightmare Gang. After killing eleven Upper Gods, he left Qing Ling as the last survivor.

• Xing Ling reached for a Superior Grade Weapon, but the Ghost-Masked Man seized it and revealed himself as Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen recognized the sword as Jackdaw, one of the Eighteen Divine Swords, and learned it could greatly amplify his Absolute Zero Freezing Qi.
• Xing Ling and eleven other Azure Nightmare Gang Upper Gods attacked Lin Zhen to reclaim the sword.
• Lin Zhen used the Profound Yellow Pagoda to block their energy attacks and killed a Peak Upper God with one freezing strike.
• Lin Zhen charged into the gang and slaughtered eleven opponents with the Jackdaw Divine Sword, leaving Qing Ling terrified and alone.

Lin Zhen killed Xing Ling after taking his wealth and set out to hunt Osduo, who summoned Hedgehog for protection. Hedgehog agreed to confront Lin Zhen, setting up their encounter.

• Xing Ling surrendered his wealth to Lin Zhen, who took his forty million race points and valuables before killing him.
• Lin Zhen announced that he was targeting those who had joined the siege at Crimson Flame Volcano, then flew toward Osduo.
• Osduo learned that Lin Zhen had wiped out Xing Ling's group and feared he would be next.
• Osduo contacted Hedgehog, a veteran Quasi God King known as “Invincible Below God Kings,” and asked him for help.
• Hedgehog agreed to reach Osduo within twenty minutes and confront Lin Zhen.

Hedgehog arrived with thirty-six battle-hardened Upper Gods to help Osduo confront Lin Zhen, boasting that his nearly completed King Kong Body could rival a God King. Lin Zhen reached the beach and his Thundercloud’s lightning struck Hedgehog, but Hedgehog was unharmed and challenged him.

• Osduo welcomed Hedgehog and learned that Lin Zhen was expected to arrive within five minutes.
• Hedgehog promised to kill Lin Zhen and threatened to punish Osduo for disrupting his cultivation.
• Hedgehog explained that he had spent nearly a billion years refining a King Kong Body and lacked only Chaos Metal Qi to complete it.
• Lin Zhen rode his Thundercloud toward the group of more than forty Upper Gods gathered on the beach.
• The Thundercloud’s lightning struck Hedgehog, but he brushed it off and taunted Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen fought Hedgehog, a Quasi God King whose strength far surpassed his, and relied on Teleport, speed, and rapid recovery to survive their prolonged battle. After Lin Zhen injured Hedgehog, Hedgehog unleashed a golden nebula from his divine kingdom and declared that the fight would end.

• Hedgehog attacked Lin Zhen with his battle halberd, and Lin Zhen was blasted hundreds of meters away by the stronger strike.
• Lin Zhen used Teleport to appear behind Hedgehog and cut his scalp with the Jackdaw Divine Sword.
• Hedgehog and Lin Zhen fought across the Volcanic Zone for an entire day and night, with neither able to finish the other.
• Lin Zhen risked an attack and wounded Hedgehog's arm with another sword strike.
• Hedgehog released a golden nebula from his divine kingdom across a thousand-mile radius and announced that the battle was over.

Lin Zhen fought Hedgehog, whose Domain of Metal and true form’s bone-spike attack pushed him to the brink. Their battle ended in a desperate contest between Lin Zhen’s Mental Impact and Hedgehog’s flying swords, with the outcome unresolved.

• Hedgehog used his Domain of Metal to bombard Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen’s Profound Yellow Pagoda blocked the gold qi.
• Hedgehog transformed into his Star River Beast true form and unleashed more than thirty thousand armament-level bone spikes as Myriad Swords Flight.
• Lin Zhen dodged the bone spikes with Teleport but was pierced repeatedly as his recovery fell behind.
• Lin Zhen used the Sun Ring to strike Hedgehog’s Mental Sea of Consciousness, briefly halting the flying swords.
• Hedgehog forced the swords onward with his domain armament while Lin Zhen continued his Mental Impact, leaving both to fight until one gave out.

Lin Zhen defeated Hedgehog by swallowing him with Black Hole Devour, then tried to absorb the Chaos Metal Qi that threatened to destroy him. His Cosmic Origin calmed the energy somewhat, but he still had to endure its immense power and pain.

• Lin Zhen and Hedgehog fought a brutal contest of will until Hedgehog prepared a final attack using his metal domain equipment.
• The Chaos Metal Qi inside Lin Zhen was drawn out, and Hedgehog recognized it as the energy he had sought for a billion years.
• Lin Zhen transformed into a Star River Beast and swallowed Hedgehog with Black Hole Devour.
• Hedgehog's domain equipment shattered, releasing a vast mass of Gold Qi that Lin Zhen tried to devour as well.
• The Gold Qi overwhelmed Lin Zhen's body until he unleashed his Cosmic Origin to suppress it, leaving his survival dependent on enduring the agony.

While Lin Zhen suppressed the vast Gold Qi, he used Susanna’s World Construction to seal himself in an unreachable pocket of space. News of his predicament and treasures drew forces from across Mirror Lake, who converged on the Beach Area to kill him and claim his possessions.

• The Dimensional Arena fighters attacked Lin Zhen, but he created an independent pocket of space that they could not enter.
• Osduo and the other Dimensional Arena fighters failed to break through Lin Zhen’s spatial barrier and called for reinforcements.
• Jiang Chao led two Shield God Battleships from the Heavenly Citadel Alliance toward the Beach Area to kill Lin Zhen and take his treasures.
• Feini set out with a Wandering Satellite from the Northern Territory Alliance to pursue Lin Zhen and claim the Sun Ring.
• Members of the Eight Great Hammers, the Azure Nightmare Gang, the Sakura Alliance, and the Lone Star Angler’s surviving disciples headed toward Mirror Lake to seize Lin Zhen’s Dominator Imperial Seals.
• Quasi God Kings and other treasure hunters joined the rush, turning Lin Zhen’s predicament into a gathering point for forces across Mirror Lake.

The Tree Demon King arrived at the Beach Area to try to break the spatial barrier protecting Lin Zhen, who was resisting Gold Qi in another dimension. His strongest Wood Element attack also passed through without affecting Lin Zhen, leaving the crowd without a way to reach him.

• Nearly ten thousand people gathered at the Beach Area, where several faction leaders watched Lin Zhen endure the Gold Qi inside a separate dimension.
• Delov struck Lin Zhen's spatial barrier with his Five Metal Hammers, but his attack had no effect.
• Feini explained that Lin Zhen was hidden in another dimension, while Lanka refused to join the effort against him.
• The Tree Demon King arrived on his Wandering Satellite, and the crowd stepped aside to let him try to break the barrier.
• The Tree Demon King tested the barrier with his branches and then grew a powerful Wood Element branch from a seed, but neither attack reached Lin Zhen.

An Damandisi failed to break the space trapping Lin Zhen, so the Tree Demon King and the gathered factions surrounded it with the Moon Elf Tree and agreed on a provisional share of Lin Zhen’s treasures. They waited for Lin Zhen’s battle with the Gold Qi to end, while several thousand cultivators gathered around the encirclement.

• The Tree Demon King and An Damandisi each attacked the space trapping Lin Zhen, but neither could break it.
• An Damandisi warned that no one beneath the God King realm could forcibly break the spatial technique, then went to cultivate on a distant mountain.
• Delov and Infant Spirit announced they would wait for Lin Zhen, and the Tree Demon King proposed using the Moon Elf Tree to trap him if he escaped.
• The Tree Demon King and the others agreed on a provisional treasure-distribution plan, including that he could not take the Profound Yellow Pagoda outright.
• The Tree Demon King grew the Moon Elf Tree around Lin Zhen’s prison, and the assembled factions took positions while Lone Rangers and Lone Star Angler’s prospective disciples lurked nearby.
• Lin Zhen continued his grueling battle against the Gold Qi as the gathered cultivators waited for its outcome.

Lin Zhen tried to master the Essence of Metal by overcoming his fear of Gold Qi, which was invading his body and threatening to exhaust his Cosmic Origin. After piercing his palm without flinching, he tested his heart and detected a faint involuntary response, leaving his progress uncertain.

• Lin Zhen realized he had to grasp the Essence of Metal before his Cosmic Origin ran out and the Gold Qi destroyed him.
• He recalled that mastering metal required letting Gold Qi temper both his Dantian Qi Sea and Mental Sea of Consciousness without fear.
• Lin Zhen tested himself by forcing Gold Qi through his palm and noticed his muscles instinctively contract.
• He tried again, drove Gold Qi through his palm without flinching, and succeeded at the first step.
• Lin Zhen thrust Gold Qi through his heart and noticed his blood circulation accelerate slightly, despite his muscles and heartbeat remaining steady.

Lin Zhen overcame his fear of piercing his Dantian Qi Sea and Mental Sea of Consciousness, allowing him to comprehend the Essence of Metal. As the Gold Qi flooded into him, his cultivation began to surge.

• Lin Zhen pierced his heart and eyes with Gold Qi, passing his second and third tests without fear.
• Lin Zhen tried to pierce his Dantian Qi Sea but hesitated, fearing that damage would permanently destroy his divine power and Mental Power.
• A mysterious voice told Lin Zhen to confront his Heart Demons by remembering where he came from.
• Lin Zhen realized that his rebirth had given him more than he could have expected and let go of his fear of losing everything.
• Lin Zhen pierced his Dantian Qi Sea and Mental Sea of Consciousness with Gold Qi, then absorbed the surrounding energy as his cultivation surged.

Lin Zhen absorbed the Gold Qi Hedgehog’s immense Gold Qi, comprehended the Essence of Metal, and advanced to Middle God Peak before emerging from the Moon Elf Tree. Facing the assembled gods, he demanded an admission fee and threatened to keep anyone who refused from leaving.

• Lin Zhen’s comprehension of the Essence of Metal triggered a violent surge of Gold Qi that rapidly advanced him from Middle God Initial Stage to Middle God Middle Stage.
• Lin Zhen broke through to Middle God Late Stage and then Middle God Peak as the Gold Qi continued to flood into him.
• Lin Zhen’s body became nearly as tough as a Mid Grade Weapon, and he discovered that his Star Soul Long Spear could not mark his palm.
• Lin Zhen merged his Thunder Element clone and Light Element Clone with his main body, activated God’s Domain, and raised his divine power to 6.17 million.
• Lin Zhen removed the space barrier, faced the crowd waiting to attack him, and demanded an admission fee, threatening to let no one leave without paying.

Lin Zhen emerged from seclusion and fought the gods who had gathered to seize his treasure, destroying the Moon Elf Tree and killing waves of pursuers with three powerful sword strikes. He ended by warning the stunned crowd that those who refused to pay the fee would die.

• More than four hundred gods attacked Lin Zhen, but he teleported away from their opening assault.
• Lin Zhen cleaved the Moon Elf Tree with the Jackdaw Sword, killing more than sixty gods and exposing the fighters who had used the tree as cover.
• Lin Zhen lured a pursuing group of more than one hundred gods into a line and cut them down with a sweeping sword strike that also split a volcano in half.
• As the remaining gods pursued him over Mirror Lake, Lin Zhen used Gravity to hurl compressed lake water at them and killed them with corrosive waves and sword attacks.
• Lin Zhen pointed the Jackdaw Sword at the dead and warned the more than two thousand gods on shore that refusing to pay the fee would bring death.

Lin Zhen faced the major guilds’ main force after his three sword strikes failed to drive them away. The Tree Demon King deployed the Tree God King’s Night Forest to block Lin Zhen’s escape, and Lin Zhen prepared to fight Delov first.

• The major guilds’ leaders, including Delov, Infant Spirit, Feini, Jiang Chao, Osduo, and An Luo, joined the attack while the Tree Demon King held back.
• The Tree Demon King warned that Lin Zhen could Teleport and offered to suppress his escape in exchange for Lin Zhen’s complete Profound Yellow Pagoda.
• The Tree Demon King revealed the Tree God King’s Mid Grade domain-type armament, Night Forest, and spread its domain across the battlefield.
• The Tree Demon King vanished as the two thousand guild members charged Lin Zhen from all directions.
• Lin Zhen chose not to flee and fixed his attention on Delov, his first target.

Lin Zhen slaughtered the forces attacking him in the Night Forest, revealing the strength of his Divine Infant and prompting the survivors to flee. He pursued An Luo and took the Star Ring, while Feini remained among his targets.

• Delov charged Lin Zhen with the Five Metal Hammer, but Lin Zhen pierced his chest with Jackdaw and survived the attackers' combined assault.
• Lin Zhen killed Delov, took his Mid Grade war hammer, and slaughtered more than eight hundred enemies in three minutes.
• Lin Zhen used Teleport to kill Jiang Chao and Osduo, then destroyed Infant Spirit's Divine Infant and slew him.
• The survivors believed Lin Zhen was a God King and fled, while Lin Zhen continued pursuing Feini and An Luo for the Moon Ring and Star Ring.
• Lin Zhen caught An Luo as he fled, killed him, and seized the Star Ring along with his other possessions.

Lin Zhen seized the Star Ring and pursued Feini, but An Damandisi intervened, took the Moon Ring, and revealed he had eight Dominator Imperial Seals. With the Tree Demon King driven away, Lin Zhen prepared to face An Da, whom he considered his strongest opponent since entering the Mirror Lake Continent.

• Lin Zhen pursued Feini through the Night Forest domain while the Tree Demon King left the fleeing fighters to exhaust him.
• An Damandisi ambushed and severely wounded the Tree Demon King, then killed Feini and took the Moon Ring before Lin Zhen could reach him.
• An Da taunted Lin Zhen and revealed that he had also collected eight Dominator Imperial Seals; Lin Zhen checked the Dimensional Universe and saw that only four preliminary disciples remained.
• An Da ordered the injured Tree Demon King to leave, and the Tree Demon King withdrew aboard his Wandering Satellite.
• Lin Zhen and An Da faced each other as Lin Zhen prepared for a difficult battle over the Primal Chaos Armor.

Lin Zhen and An Da fought a prolonged duel over their treasures, including the Primal Chaos Armor, the Sun Moon Star Ring, and their matching Eighteen Divine Swords. After three days and nights, Lin Zhen’s layered elemental attacks wounded An Da and put him in mortal danger, leaving the battle close to a decisive end.

• An Da revealed the Eighteen Divine Swords - Fire Crane and challenged Lin Zhen, who wielded the Jackdaw, to a fight over their treasures.
• Lin Zhen and An Da clashed with ice and fire above Mirror Lake, and Lin Zhen initially gained an advantage with his speed.
• An Da revealed a pair of mid-grade wings and used his superior Life Gene to gain the upper hand in their repeated exchanges.
• After three days and nights, Lin Zhen gradually turned the fight around as An Da failed to defeat him.
• Lin Zhen used holy light to draw out An Da’s Earth Element Rock Wall, then pierced it with Gold Qi and wounded An Da’s shoulder.
• Lin Zhen pressed his attack with Gold Qi and lightning, leaving An Da in mortal danger as their duel neared its decision.

Lin Zhen nearly defeated An Da, but An Da forced a breakthrough to God King and began hunting him. As An Da's departure countdown started, Lin Zhen realized he had less than two minutes to stop him from leaving.

• Lin Zhen pressed his attack on An Da and refused his offer of a truce unless he surrendered the Dominator Imperial Seal, Moon Ring, and handheld sword.
• An Da broke through to God King under pressure, sacrificing his hopes of becoming a Dominator and vowing to slaughter Lin Zhen's loved ones and homeland.
• An Da attacked Lin Zhen with his increased power, Winged Armor, and Moon Ring, severing Lin Zhen's arm as Lin Zhen fled using Teleport.
• Lin Zhen discovered that An Da had qualified as one of Lone Star Angler's preliminary disciples and would be teleported away in less than two minutes, but resolved not to let him leave easily.