Chapter Summaries

Yagami Rin stood untouched before the Raccoon Administrator, and Tiandao and Caroline explained that she could not feel fear. The chapter revealed that her Shadow of Yesteryear ability let her separate her primary personality into a shadow clone, leaving her main body beyond the Administrator’s reach.

• The Raccoon Administrator eliminated a scouting teammate, then failed to touch Yagami Rin despite repeatedly attacking her.
• Tiandao asked whether Rin’s “fear deficiency syndrome” had improved, and Caroline explained that Rin’s amygdala activity was unusually low and she could not feel fear or panic.
• Tiandao and Caroline noted that Rin avoided Tiandao because she found him troublesome, not because she feared him.
• The narration explained that Rin’s lack of fear resisted the Eternal Nightmare’s fear effect, while her Star Source, Shadow of Yesteryear, also blocked the Raccoon Administrator’s ability to reach her.
• The Raccoon Administrator questioned Rin about placing her primary personality in a clone, while the narration revealed her shadow clone stood a kilometer away and described its abilities.

Yagami Rin and Huan Qianyin each used soul-separation tricks to evade the Raccoon Administrator in the assessment. The Administrator gave up and passed them both, and they arrived in the rest hall together.

• Yagami Rin’s Shadow Double seized memories from her unresponsive main body, so the Raccoon Administrator abandoned its attempt to question her and searched for Huan Qianyin.
• The Raccoon Administrator found Huan Qianyin imitating Yagami Rin with her Persona Mask Nuo Opera Star Source and using a Shadow Double to take memories from her main body.
• Caroline and Tiandao watched the footage, and Tiandao said Huan Qianyin’s trust in Yagami Rin had led her to follow Rin’s soul-separation method.
• The Raccoon Administrator noticed Huan Qianyin’s Shadow Double but refused to risk harming either examinee’s soul fragment, then declared both examinees passed.
• Yagami Rin and Huan Qianyin appeared together in the rest hall, where Tiandao and Caroline discussed how likely they were to team up.

During his assessment with Caroline, Tiandao encountered an empty apartment building that the Raccoon Administrator identified as his Memory Projection, though it could not see his core memories. Tiandao admitted that what he feared was loneliness, leaving the administrator stunned.

• Tiandao and Caroline were transported to an Eternal Nightmare assessment venue filled with ruins and Black Mist.
• Tiandao approached an old apartment building that stood intact amid the wreckage.
• The Raccoon Administrator revealed that the building was empty inside and said it could not see Tiandao's deepest memories.
• The Raccoon Administrator asked Tiandao whether he felt fear, and Tiandao answered that he feared loneliness rather than failure or death.

The Raccoon Administrator revealed that someone had asked it to test Tiandao Siming’s limits, though the test would not affect his assessment. Tiandao accepted the challenge and easily pierced the Administrator’s Black Mist attack, leaving the Administrator impressed and hinting that the General President had arranged the test.

• The Raccoon Administrator said Tiandao Siming and Caroline had passed the assessment, then revealed that someone had requested an additional test of Tiandao’s limits.
• Caroline moved to protect Tiandao and asked who had arranged the test, but the Raccoon Administrator refused to say; Tiandao chose to proceed.
• The broadcast was cut off, and Tiandao’s Vector Field clashed with the Raccoon Administrator’s Black Mist as it unleashed its true strength.
• Caroline warned Tiandao that the Black Mist could devour star energy and contaminate techniques, but he declined further analysis.
• Tiandao used Star Energy Technique—Black Azure to pierce and disperse the Administrator’s giant Black Mist claw.
• The Raccoon Administrator praised Tiandao and said the General President had called him interesting, while Tiandao pointed out that it had effectively revealed who arranged the test.

Tiandao deduced that the Raccoon Administrator was a former Calamity-class Star Beast defeated by General President Enit, prompting it to reveal its true form as Shadow Nightmare. The chapter ended as Tiandao removed his blindfold and prepared to face the fully powered administrator.

• Tiandao reasoned that the administrators were former Calamity-class beings subdued by General President Enit.
• The Raccoon Administrator confirmed Tiandao’s deduction and decided to get serious.
• The Raccoon Administrator rang its golden bell and transformed into Shadow Nightmare, a Level 4 Calamity once lord of the Black Mist Fallen Zone.
• Shadow Nightmare challenged Tiandao, explaining that it used a raccoon form to avoid alarming ordinary people.
• Tiandao sensed Shadow Nightmare’s vastly increased strength and removed his blindfold, ready to fight.

Tiandao activated Sage Mode 1.0 and fought the Raccoon Administrator in close combat, overpowering the Calamity-class creature despite being a Rank 3 Star Envoy. The Raccoon Administrator rose from the crater and asked what kind of monster Tiandao was.

• Tiandao removed his blindfold and activated Sage Mode 1.0, transforming his Star Energy into Immortal Attribute Star Energy.
• Tiandao stopped the Raccoon Administrator's giant claw with one hand and punched its wrist, forcing it to withdraw.
• Tiandao dodged the Raccoon Administrator's kick and struck Shadow Nightmare beneath its abdomen, knocking its massive body into a crater.
• The Raccoon Administrator rose with much of the Black Mist around its abdomen dispersed and asked Tiandao what kind of monster he was.

Tiandao defeated the Raccoon Administrator in the second assessment and passed alongside Caroline. The successful assessors received materials for the final stage, while Chen Kong began studying after learning about Longevity Island; Tiandao asked to take the final assessment immediately.

• The Raccoon Administrator attacked Tiandao, who used Vector Reversal and a powerful punch to destroy its Black Mist form and pass the assessment.
• The Raccoon Administrator and Tiandao returned with Caroline to the Rest Hall, where it announced that both assessors had passed the second stage.
• The Raccoon Administrator invited the successful assessors to collect the final-stage materials, and Liu Ma encouraged Chen Kong to focus on preparing while his friends planned to try again.
• Chen Kong read the materials and memorized the name Longevity Island from the latest Fallen Zone investigation records.
• After skimming the books, Tiandao asked the Raccoon Administrator if he could take the final assessment immediately.

Tiandao and Caroline passed the Explorer written test and received starlight-class badges, while Tiandao revealed his interest in inheriting Enit’s dormant Dawn team. After they left, Xiaoyu and Nightmare discussed the trainees’ connection to Dragon and uncovered that Bai Ling’s supposed death thirteen years earlier had been an arranged trap, leaving the administrators wary of the danger surrounding the trainees.

• Tiandao and Caroline earned perfect scores on the Explorer exam and received starlight-class badges from the Owl Administrator, Xiaoyu.
• Tiandao asked about forming an Explorer team and secretly resolved to claim Enit’s inactive Dawn team through inheritance.
• After Tiandao and Caroline left, Nightmare asked Xiaoyu about Tiandao, and they discussed Dragon’s influence on the unusually promising trainees.
• Xiaoyu showed Nightmare a document revealing that Bai Ling’s death thirteen years earlier and her meeting with Chen Guang twenty years earlier had been deliberately arranged.
• Xiaoyu and Nightmare agreed to watch the trainees closely and prevent Bai Ling’s tragedy from happening again.

Tiandao recalled the hidden identities and history surrounding Chen Kong while walking with Caroline, then joined her and Liuli at a café. Liuli told them the upcoming trial would take place on Longevity Island, a new Fallen Zone personally chosen by the General President.

• Tiandao remembered that Raccoon Administrator and Owl Administrator had discussed Chen Kong, whose parents were Bai Ling and Chen Guang.
• Tiandao and Caroline went to Stardust Coffee to meet Liuli and Jeremiah.
• Liuli complained that Tiandao and Caroline had ignored her messages, and Caroline said she had been preparing for the Explorer Qualification and investigating old cases.
• Tiandao changed the subject by asking about the trial after the Adaptation Period.
• Liuli said the trial would take place in Longevity Island after the General President's secretary announced that the General President had chosen the new Fallen Zone.
• Caroline said she rarely kept in contact with the General President.

Caroline shared intelligence about the dangers of Longevity Island, where Golden Chrysanthemums were needed to withstand its chaotic time flow. Tiandao recruited Jing Liuli and Jeremiah to help form an Explorer team by taking over the legendary team Dawn, leaving them prepared to challenge the Bureau’s old guard.

• Caroline sent Jing Liuli and Jeremiah confidential files about Longevity Island and its Golden Chrysanthemums.
• Caroline explained that the Golden Chrysanthemum stabilized star energy and protected explorers from the island’s time rules.
• Tiandao asked Jing Liuli and Jeremiah to join an Explorer team he and Caroline were forming.
• Tiandao revealed that they planned to acquire the Dawn team, prompting Jing Liuli to question whether they could take over a team after only passing the assessment.
• Jeremiah agreed to join, and Jing Liuli followed after Tiandao said their application followed the rules and only a few Bureau traditionalists stood in their way.

The Otter Administrator announced that the contestants would soon enter Longevity Island, a secret Fallen Zone, and pointed to Tiandao as proof that they were ready. A flashback revealed that Tiandao’s team had cleared Boneyard Canyon, earning the qualifications to inherit the legendary Dawn Explorer Team.

• The Otter Administrator gathered the contestants and revealed that their next trial would be in Longevity Island, a Fallen Zone.
• When a trainee protested that they were not ready, the Otter Administrator cited Enit’s early achievements and Tiandao’s completed Fallen Zone exploration.
• A flashback showed Commissioner Smith telling Tiandao that his group could inherit the Dawn team only if they independently cleared a Fallen Zone.
• Tiandao accepted the Boneyard Canyon dossier and promised results within a week.
• Tiandao, Caroline, Jeremiah, and Jing Liuli cleared Boneyard Canyon, and Commissioner Smith acknowledged that they qualified to inherit Dawn.

At the Heavenly Martial Training Base, the Otter Administrator revealed that only trainees with Explorer Qualification Certificates could join the Longevity Island trial, sending most of the crowd rushing to take the assessment. Tiandao and Caroline prepared for the trial as it emerged that an old man had arranged it for his own purposes.

• The Dimensional Audience watched a flashback of Tiandao standing victorious in Boneyard Canyon, and news of his Fallen Zone conquest had quieted trainees’ objections to the trial.
• The Otter Administrator announced that trainees needed an Explorer Qualification Certificate to participate in the Longevity Island trial.
• The trainees discovered that most lacked certificates, while Tiandao observed that the requirement itself tested their ability to investigate the unknown.
• The Otter Administrator said the trial would begin the next day and that trainees could still qualify by taking that day’s assessment, prompting the crowd to rush to the assessment center.
• Caroline reviewed detailed trainee profiles on her Tactical Tablet and asked Tiandao how many would join; he estimated close to two hundred.
• The chapter revealed that the trial was also part of an old man’s amusement and served a purpose of his own.

The trainees landed on Longevity Island for a seven-day survival exercise and discovered a hostile, unexplored environment. As Tiandao sensed strange presences approaching from the forest, Liu Ma and Chen Kong decided to stay close to his group.

• The Otter Administrator warned the trainees to prioritize survival, gave them emergency signal flares, and ordered them to disembark.
• The trainees found that the beach sand crunched like hardened swamp, while Caroline detected chaotic star energy and identified the sand as resembling bone meal.
• Caroline and the others spotted bones scattered along the shore, strange vines and sap in the forest, and fleeting lights among the trees.
• Jing Liuli asked Tiandao about the island's primeval jungle, and he suggested that the landing site might be affected by the island's rules.
• Tiandao sensed strange presences approaching from the forest, while Liu Ma and Chen Kong agreed to stay close to Tiandao's group.

A mysterious old man emerged from Longevity Island’s jungle and killed a student with a hidden blade in his cane. He trapped the students on the beach and declared that they did not belong to this era.

• The students gathered near Tiandao and Caroline as the vines parted to reveal a path from the jungle.
• An elegantly dressed old man emerged, and when a student asked who he was, he killed the student with a blade hidden in his cane.
• Caroline drew her modified Data Dart, Chen Xing drew her blade, Yagami Rin moved into the shadows, and Liu Ma activated his Star Source and Star Core.
• The old man warned that Longevity Island was not a place the students should have come to.
• Vines surged onto the beach and formed a net that blocked the students’ route to the transport ship.
• The old man told the trapped students that they did not belong to this era.

Chen Xing and the other students launched a coordinated attack on the Old Man, but his mysterious power overwhelmed her Bloodflame and revealed him to be an exceptionally powerful Calamity-class foe. As the battle continued, Tiandao watched closely while Caroline recorded the Old Man’s abilities.

• Chen Xing attacked the Old Man with her Bloodflame-wreathed Demonic Blade, but he stopped it with his Rose Cane.
• The Old Man’s dark energy extinguished the Bloodflame and began draining the blade, forcing Chen Xing to release it and retreat.
• Jing Liuli, Jeremiah, and the other students joined the assault with Dream Creations, ice, star energy attacks, puppets, and mental abilities.
• Tiandao observed the Old Man’s movements while Caroline used her Tactical Tablet to record his speed, strength, and energy frequency.

Caroline analyzed the old man's energy and suspected he had a symbiotic connection to the island, while he effortlessly erased the students' attacks. When the beach's vines began draining students' stellar energy and killing them, Tiandao finally advanced toward the old man.

• Caroline examined the old man's cane and energy, concluding that severing his connection to the cane might weaken him and that his body might have plant-like traits.
• The old man destroyed Jing Liuli's Dream Creations, shattered Jeremiah's ice, and erased the attacks across the battlefield with a wave of energy.
• The old man challenged Tiandao, and thick purple vines erupted from the beach to bind students and drain their stellar energy.
• Caroline electrocuted and destroyed the vines attacking her, while Tiandao's Vector Field sliced apart the vines targeting him.
• Tiandao walked toward the old man as the audience saw that more than half of the students had fallen, many of them dead.

Tiandao confronted the mysterious old man on Longevity Island while Caroline led the surviving students away. With fewer than thirty of the original 215 students still standing, Tiandao removed his blindfold and revealed that he had cleared the beach so no one would interrupt him.

• The Dimensional Audience saw Mi Yao dead beneath a black reef, killed by dark-purple vines, as the beach’s student group suffered catastrophic losses.
• Tiandao advanced toward the mysterious old man, and his Vector Field crushed every vine that approached him.
• Tiandao ordered Caroline to take the survivors to safety and said he would meet her at the rendezvous point within three days.
• Caroline organized the retreat while Yagami Rin, Huan Qianyin, and others fled, leaving fewer than thirty survivors from the original 215 students.
• After the survivors disappeared into the jungle, the old man warned Tiandao they would not leave Longevity Island, and Tiandao removed his blindfold, saying he had wanted no one to interrupt him.

Tiandao confronted the mysterious old man on Longevity Island, revealing his Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eyes as they clashed through their powers. After Tiandao identified the island’s Ancient God as a dying Heavenly Eye Beast, gray-purple fog began creeping onto the beach, and the old man realized he had to get Tiandao off the island before sunset.

• Tiandao removed his blindfold and unleashed his star energy and Vector Field, grinding the beach’s dark vines into powder.
• The mysterious old man summoned a sea of white roses whose spores disrupted Tiandao’s Vector Field and urged him to leave before the Ancient God awakened.
• Tiandao mocked the old man’s warning and revealed that he had sensed the dying Heavenly Eye Beast hidden in the island’s depths.
• The old man’s monocle cracked as the flowers turned blood-red and gray-purple fog began spreading onto the beach after sunset.
• The old man abandoned his attempt to persuade Tiandao and resolved to send him away before the island’s Seven-Day Cycle began.

Tiandao fought the mysterious old man on Longevity Island and identified him as Wilfred, the Rose Gentleman, whose resin-like blood suggested he had returned from the past. Wilfred asked when Tiandao had discovered his identity, and Tiandao revealed that he had known from the moment Wilfred appeared.

• The old man removed his monocle, unleashed poisonous vines, and attacked Tiandao, who blasted through them with Black Azure.
• The old man raised a wall of roses to block Black Azure, then sent a giant flower blade at Tiandao.
• Tiandao used Vector Reversal to shatter the blade and send its speeding petals back, wounding the old man's arm.
• Tiandao recognized the old man as Wilfred, the Rose Gentleman, from the savage era of Star Source's descent.
• Wilfred asked when Tiandao had discovered who he was, and Tiandao said he had known since their first meeting because others besides the Ancient God could see through time.

Wilfred told Tiandao about the Ancient God’s prophecy and revealed that Doctor Dragon Cybercross had visited Longevity Island with Enit. Tiandao connected the clues and suspected Enit had helped plan and direct the Star Project from the beginning.

• Wilfred said the Ancient God had instructed him to find an island visitor with a god’s bloodline, and he believed Tiandao was that person.
• Wilfred recalled that Enit and a silver-masked man had both met the Ancient God.
• Wilfred identified the silver-masked man as Dragon, whom the Dimensional Audience recognized as Doctor Dragon Cybercross.
• Tiandao considered Enit’s long-standing attention to the Starborn and wondered whether they remained part of the Star Project.
• Tiandao concluded that Enit may have worked with the Doctor to oversee the Star Project and keep it on course.