Chapter Summaries

Su Mingyue and her companions lost their battle against Hua and Lao San, who demanded the Star Gazing Mirror and that she submit to Hua. When Su Mingyue tried to kill herself rather than yield, Lin Zhen intervened and challenged her to regain her fighting spirit.

• Su Mingyue fought Hua while Tang Yu and Yingying faced Lao San, but Lao San wounded Yingying and Tang Yu before joining Hua to defeat Su Mingyue.
• Hua demanded the Star Gazing Mirror and threatened Tang Yu and Yingying, while Su Mingyue refused to give in.
• Yingying and Tang Yu urged Su Mingyue to accept Hua's demands, revealing that they did not share her faith or convictions.
• Su Mingyue rejected their plea, said she would not return to God's Grace, and raised her sword to take her own life.
• Lin Zhen knocked Su Mingyue's sword away with a Flying Knife and urged her not to lose confidence against Hua and Lao San.

Lin Zhen held off Hua and Lao San while Su Mingyue recovered, then joined forces with her when the two attackers tried to flee. Lin Zhen killed Hua with a spear and took his Space Ring.

• Lin Zhen attacked Hua with Lightning Long River and forced him to summon Lao San for help.
• Lin Zhen defended against the two Level Nine War Generals, then resumed his assault until both sides were exhausted.
• Su Mingyue recovered enough to stand with Lin Zhen, prompting Hua and Lao San to retreat.
• Lin Zhen told Su Mingyue to pursue Lao San and chased Hua on his Liquid Metal Shield.
• Lin Zhen used a powerful suction force to stop Hua and kill him with a spear through the heart, then took his Space Ring.

After Su Mingyue spared Tang Yu and Yingying, Lin Zhen beat them and secretly arranged for Yingying to die while tracking Tang Yu for a rare Star Crystal. He interrogated and killed Lao San, learned about three Star Crystal-rich forbidden zones, then cheered Su Mingyue by celebrating the new year with her.

• Su Mingyue rejected Tang Yu's excuses but agreed to let him and Yingying leave, so Lin Zhen beat them before they fled.
• Lin Zhen planted a tracking needle in Tang Yu's hairband and poisoned Yingying, intending to follow Tang Yu to a spatial Star Crystal and ensure Yingying would not return for revenge.
• Lin Zhen used Mental Impact to interrogate Lao San, who revealed that the Beehive, Ant Nest, and Sky Dome held many Star Crystals.
• Lin Zhen took Lao San's Space Ring and killed him, then found Su Mingyue grieving by the riverbank.
• Lin Zhen reminded Su Mingyue that it was New Year's Eve, and they exchanged a high-five and wished each other a happy new year.

Lin Zhen searched Hua’s Space Ring and found a Gold Qi Star Core, giving him a new direction for cultivation. He and Su Mingyue then celebrated the New Year together by grilling mantis legs, and Su Mingyue toasted Lin Zhen in gratitude for meeting him.

• Lin Zhen changed into a festive outfit and searched Lao San’s and Hua’s Space Rings for anything valuable.
• Lin Zhen uncovered a Gold Qi Star Core in Hua’s ring and realized he could use it to improve his weapons and cultivate Metal Sword Qi.
• Lin Zhen found Su Mingyue preparing a wooden rack and seasonings for a New Year meal, and the two joked about her owing him a Red Envelope.
• Lin Zhen grilled the mantis legs while Su Mingyue watched, then used Liquid Metal to make a table, dishes, and utensils.
• Su Mingyue raised her wine glass and thanked fate for letting her meet Lin Zhen.

On New Year's Eve, Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue shared a meal and talked about exploring dangerous Star Crystal sites together. After Su Mingyue fell asleep, Lin Zhen began absorbing a Gold Qi Star Core, enduring severe pain as he worked through it overnight; by dawn, Su Mingyue found him and helped him stand.

• Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue shared grilled meat and wine, then agreed to search for Star Crystals together after Lin Zhen raised his strength.
• Su Mingyue showed Lin Zhen the Star Gazing Mirror, which let him see planets across the Solar System and gave him hope of detecting an extraterrestrial invasion.
• Su Mingyue fell asleep beside Lin Zhen, and he returned the mirror to her before leaving to absorb a Gold Qi Star Core.
• Lin Zhen discovered that absorbing the Star Core's Gold Qi caused intense pain and that he needed to absorb the entire core before he could use the energy.
• Lin Zhen absorbed three hundred strands of Gold Qi during the night, then stopped at dawn as Su Mingyue found him and supported him.

Lin Zhen spent twelve days absorbing the Gold Qi Star Core, which strengthened his attacks, weapons, and Gravity, while he and Su Mingyue grew closer in their secluded nest. After lingering there together for three more days, they packed up and prepared to leave the Star Fruit Tree.

• Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue hunted Mutated Beasts, gathered Star Crystals, and sparred while Lin Zhen advanced to Level Four Late Stage.
• Over twelve days, Lin Zhen absorbed all the Gold Qi in the Star Core, and Su Mingyue helped ease his pain as he recovered each morning.
• Lin Zhen combined Gold Qi with his Lightning Ions, tested its destructive power, enhanced the Bright Silver Spear and Liquid Metal, and increased his Gravity enough to affect ordinary Junior Gods of War.
• Su Mingyue asked whether Lin Zhen had finished cultivating, and they agreed they could leave the next morning, but Lin Zhen stayed behind with her for three more days of food, stories, and stargazing.
• Su Mingyue said they should leave, and she and Lin Zhen packed their things while she looked back at the pool and said she would return someday.

Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue joined Jiang Huai’s group as they headed toward the Ant Nest, where Ma Mingxing explained the dangers and the valuable Star Crystals. Su Mingyue told Lin Zhen she trusted him and wanted him to shield her from unwanted attention, while the group prepared for a place where they would face both Ants and other people.

• Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue left the northern forest and chose to seek the Ant Nest in the west.
• Jiang Huai invited Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue to join his group, which knew the way to the Ant Nest, and Lin Zhen accepted.
• Su Mingyue acted sweetly in front of the group, prompting the others to speculate about her relationship with Lin Zhen.
• Su Mingyue told Lin Zhen she wanted him to stand between her and people who bothered her because she trusted him.
• Ma Mingxing described the Ant Nest’s Worker Ants, Soldier Ants, and Flying Ants, and warned that visitors would also have to contend with rival people.

Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue traveled with Jiang Huai’s group to the Ant Nest, where they found a crowd of Martial Artists competing for access to Star Crystals. The group learned they would have to challenge the teams already in line to earn a spot.

• Jiang Huai’s group traveled with Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue toward the Ant Nest, and Su Mingyue pretended to be Lin Zhen’s girlfriend by cuddling with him overnight.
• The group reached the Ant Nest and saw vast swarms of Ants and numerous Star Crystals beyond a dangerous stretch of dead branches.
• Ma Mingxing led the group to a pond near three branches that offered the closest approach to the Ant Nest, where more than a hundred people had gathered.
• Guang Ge explained that teams took turns controlling the three branches, with access time based on their ranking.
• Guang Ge told the newcomers they could challenge teams ahead of them to move up the queue, and Jiang Huai’s group considered competing.

The newcomers split into two teams and selected veteran teams to challenge for a place in the Star Fruit Tree rankings. Su Mingyue began the first individual match against Zhang Sicheng, stunning Lin Zhen by using a combat technique she had secretly learned from him.

• The newcomers reviewed the three branch rankings and learned that challenges required five-person teams, so they divided into teams led by Lin Zhen and Jiang Huai.
• Lin Zhen's team chose to challenge Zhang Sicheng's Class 495 team on the left branch, while Jiang Huai's team challenged the third-ranked team on the right.
• The teams chose individual battles and submitted their fighting orders before heading to the arena, where Guang Ge warned them not to kill their opponents.
• Zhang Sicheng taunted Lin Zhen's team and Su Mingyue before taking the stage for the first match.
• Su Mingyue took the stage and launched a sudden attack using a combat technique she had secretly learned from Lin Zhen.

Su Mingyue won Lin Zhen’s team its opening match, but the team lost the challenge one to three and missed its chance to collect Star Crystals. After Zhang Sicheng mocked Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue, Lin Zhen immediately challenged his team to a four-against-five Team Battle, which was about to begin.

• Su Mingyue used Lin Zhen’s Waterfall technique to defeat Zhang Sicheng, giving Lin Zhen’s team a one-to-zero lead.
• Sun Tie and Fu Haisheng lost their matches, and Luo Zhen lost the fourth match, leaving Lin Zhen’s team defeated one to three.
• Lin Zhen learned that he could challenge again immediately by withdrawing one teammate for a Team Battle, while Jiang Huai’s group had also lost its challenge.
• Zhang Sicheng mocked Lin Zhen and insulted Su Mingyue, who defended Lin Zhen and told Zhang Sicheng he was far better than him.
• Lin Zhen chose an immediate Team Battle and withdrew Sun Tie; he, Su Mingyue, Fu Haisheng, and Luo Zhen faced Zhang Sicheng’s five fighters as the battle was about to start.

Lin Zhen’s team faced Zhang Sicheng’s five Advanced War Generals, and a planned ambush eliminated Fu Haisheng and Luo Zhen along with their target. After Su Mingyue was injured protecting Lin Zhen and left the arena, Lin Zhen challenged the four remaining opponents alone.

• Lin Zhen used a Mental Impact to help Fu Haisheng and Luo Zhen attack Li Yu, but Li Yu dragged both of them off the arena with him.
• Lin Zhen’s backlash left him struggling against Zhang Sicheng, and Su Mingyue took Zhang Sicheng’s slash while defending him.
• Zhang Sicheng and his men mocked Lin Zhen as Su Mingyue stood by him, injured and unable to answer them.
• Lin Zhen told Su Mingyue to leave the arena, then challenged Zhang Sicheng and the three remaining fighters to attack him together.
• Fu Haisheng tried to comfort Su Mingyue and claimed he would avenge Lin Zhen, but she told him to look at the arena, and he stared in shock.

Lin Zhen defeated Zhang Sicheng and three other challengers, securing the Third Team’s place and the right to harvest Star Crystals. After expelling Fu Haisheng from the team, Lin Zhen tracked him outside the Ant Nest, intending to kill him.

• Lin Zhen used Gravity, Golden Light Rays, and his spear to knock three opponents off the arena, then defeated Zhang Sicheng with Mental Impact and a single spear strike.
• Guang Ge awarded Lin Zhen the Third Team on the left branch, allowing his team to harvest Star Crystals every Sunday in exchange for one Comet Crystal.
• Jiang Huai failed to secure a team position and proposed joining Lin Zhen’s team after a month if Lin Zhen had not found suitable teammates.
• Lin Zhen expelled Fu Haisheng for coveting Su Mingyue, leaving his team with four members and a difficult month of challenges ahead.
• After Su Mingyue rested, Lin Zhen followed the Locator signal he had secretly attached to Fu Haisheng and set out to track him down.

Lin Zhen killed Fu Haisheng after learning that a Special Star Crystal lay at Tree Heart Lake, then entered the Ant Nest alone to collect Star Crystals. He fought through swarms of Ants and used Rainstorm to clear a path across the hill toward the Star Crystals.

• Lin Zhen overheard Fu Haisheng reveal the Special Star Crystal's location at Tree Heart Lake and killed him before he could alert the Sky Dome.
• Lin Zhen returned to the Ant Nest, where Su Mingyue said she was too injured to join him the next morning.
• Lin Zhen left alone for the Ant Nest while Su Mingyue watched from above and others warned him about the dangers and offered advice.
• Lin Zhen descended into the Ant Nest and killed the Flying Ants and Worker Ants that attacked him as he advanced.
• When a swarm surrounded Lin Zhen, he unleashed Rainstorm, cleared a gap, and crossed the hill toward the area where Star Crystals were concentrated.

Lin Zhen fought through the Ant Nest to collect eight Comet Crystals and a Planet Crystal, then reached Level Four Peak after absorbing the Comet Crystals. As his team prepared for its first challenge, Zhang Sicheng plotted with Guang Ge to ruin Lin Zhen, while Su Mingyue recovered and promised to fight alongside him.

• Lin Zhen collected eight Comet Crystals, then risked facing a Queen Ant Guard to use Gravity to seize a Planet Crystal and escape the Ant Nest.
• Zhang Sicheng gave Guang Ge his valuables and begged him to destroy Lin Zhen, while Guang Ge rejected targeting Su Mingyue and promised to find another way to harm Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen gave Comet Crystals to Sun Tie, Luo Zhen, and Guang Ge, gave the Planet Crystal to Su Mingyue, and absorbed the remaining crystals to reach Level Four Peak.
• Su Mingyue told Lin Zhen that her injury had healed and agreed to collect Star Crystals and face challenges with him.
• Lin Zhen encouraged Su Mingyue to pursue greatness, and they vowed to leave the training camp together as their team's first challenge approached.

Lin Zhen learned that Su Mingyue had given up her Planet Crystal to help him, and her Senior Sister took her to the Sky Dome despite her protests. After a month of cultivating and reorganizing his squad, Lin Zhen welcomed the newly arrived Lou Qingfeng as a potential teammate.

• Su Mingyue revealed that she had already submitted a Planet Crystal, allowing Lin Zhen's team to win their Team Battle, but she was badly injured afterward.
• Lin Zhen discovered that Su Mingyue had given her Planet Crystal to Guang Ge so he would not be eliminated, and that her Senior Sister had taken her unconscious to the Sky Dome.
• Lin Zhen gave Sun Tie and Luo Zhen Comet Crystals, forfeited the next challenge, and exchanged his Planet Crystal for Comet Crystals before returning to cultivation.
• Zhang Sicheng and Guang Ge expected Su Mingyue's departure to distract Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen advanced to the Early Phase of Level Five War General and continued cultivating.
• After a month, Lin Zhen and Jiang Huai discussed forming a squad, and Lou Qingfeng arrived to ask to join them.

Lin Zhen formed a new team and defeated Liu Dong’s Central Branch Third Squad, then took Zhang Sicheng with him and learned more about the Sky Dome, Yue Feng, and Dantian Qi compression. Zhang Sicheng warned that Lin Zhen had limited time to save Su Mingyue before her Senior Sister left the Star Fruit Tree.

• Zhang Sicheng mocked Lin Zhen with Liu Dong and the Central Third Squad until they learned Lin Zhen had challenged them.
• Lin Zhen, Jiang Huai, Lou Qingfeng, Ma Mingxing, and Sun Tie defeated Liu Dong’s squad, with Lou Qingfeng’s swords opening the way and Sun Tie knocking Liu Dong off the stage.
• After the victory made Lin Zhen’s team the Central Branch’s Third Team, Lin Zhen told Zhang Sicheng to follow him, and Zhang Sicheng revealed that Guang Ge had helped him.
• Lin Zhen questioned Zhang Sicheng about the Sky Dome, and learned that Yue Feng was its strongest veteran and that Star Crystals could compress Dantian Qi to increase combat power.
• Zhang Sicheng told Lin Zhen that Martial Artists had to leave the Star Fruit Tree before turning thirty and warned that Su Mingyue’s Senior Sister might take her away soon.

Over two years, Lin Zhen rose to Level Nine War General Peak and led his team to first place in Ant Nest, while his companions also grew stronger. Bored with the dwindling harvest, he decided to leave for Beehive after first handling a matter alone.

• Lin Zhen's team gathered Star Crystals and steadily climbed the Central Branch rankings as Lin Zhen advanced through the War General levels.
• Lin Zhen defeated the first-ranked team, secured first place, and gained four harvesting days each week.
• Over the next two years, Lin Zhen reached Level Nine War General Peak, Jiang Huai compressed his Dantian Qi twice, and the team's Star Crystal harvests dwindled.
• After hearing his companions complain about boredom and remembering Su Mingyue, Lin Zhen announced he would leave Ant Nest for Beehive.
• Lin Zhen told Jiang Huai and Lou Qingfeng to meet him at Beehive in a week, promised Ma Mingxing and Sun Tie he would arrange support for them, and left Ant Nest alone.

Lin Zhen left the Ant Nest and traveled to Tree Heart Lake to obtain a rare Star Crystal that could help him compress his Dantian Qi. He cut it down and stored it, then fought his way toward shore through a growing swarm of Sea-Land-Air.

• Zhang Hao insulted Lin Zhen until he learned Lin Zhen was the Great Demon King, then panicked and wet his pants.
• Lin Zhen questioned Guang Ge about Ming Yue and hinted that he wanted money, but left without confronting him because Su Mingyue's safety was at stake.
• Lin Zhen flew to Tree Heart Lake to claim the nearly mature Star Crystal he had heard about from Fu Haisheng.
• Lin Zhen fought through the Sea-Land-Air swarm and cut down the unusual Star Crystal, whose fragrance seemed to replenish his Mental Power.
• Lin Zhen stored the Star Crystal and its bark in his Space Ring, then charged toward shore as the insects closed in around him.

Lin Zhen fought through a huge swarm of insects at Tree Heart Lake while Li Changying and the last Northwest Military Martial Hall survivors were cornered by Zhou Butong’s men. After Lin Zhen killed the insects and washed up, he recognized Li Changying and greeted him.

• Li Changying and Sui Changlong led the last Northwest Military Martial Hall fighters in a retreat from Zhou Butong’s men, but their comrades were killed one by one.
• Sui Changlong sacrificed himself to let Li Changying escape, and Zhou Butong’s men surrounded Li Changying at Tree Heart Lake.
• A massive swarm of insects rushed toward the lake, scattering Zhou Butong’s men and interrupting their attack on Li Changying.
• Lin Zhen emerged from the swarm after killing the insects, then washed and changed while the nearby Martial Artists watched fearfully.
• Lin Zhen turned to Li Changying, smiled, and asked, “Northwest God of War, how have you been!”

Lin Zhen reunited with Li Changying and drove off the Martial Artists pursuing him, then used a dark gold Mental Power Star Crystal to begin compressing his Dantian Qi and advance to Dark Gold Stage. After preparing to use Soul Lock, Lin Zhen returned to Ant Nest at night and entered Guang Ge’s Tree Hole.

• Lin Zhen recognized Li Changying, forced his pursuers to retreat, and took him to a concealed Tree Hole to recover.
• Lin Zhen told Li Changying that Jiang Huai and Lou Qingfeng would arrive in a few days, then left him to rest while he hid nearby.
• Lin Zhen absorbed the dark gold Mental Power Star Crystal, began his first Dantian Qi compression, and gained Dark Gold Stage Mental Power and Night Vision.
• Lin Zhen prepared to use Soul Lock against Guang Ge and flew back to Ant Nest at night.
• Lin Zhen quietly entered Guang Ge’s Tree Hole.