Chapter Summaries

Luo Zheng’s consciousness traveled through the Taixu as he practiced the Star Battle Body, encountering colossal beings and stars whose wills rejected him. He connected with one pale-purple star before turning back, still unable to explore the depths of space on his own.

• Luo Zheng saw an immense beast bearing countless Great Thousand Worlds and a gigantic tree rooted through dozens of them.
• Luo Zheng’s consciousness passed a mass that devoured light and approached an ice-blue star, whose will rejected him.
• Luo Zheng encountered more stars that rejected him, including a crimson star that sent up a towering flame.
• Luo Zheng connected with a pale-purple star and sensed its gentle, accepting will, though he could not understand its thoughts.
• Luo Zheng searched among more than a hundred stars, found no others willing to connect, and turned back toward his body.

Luo Zheng gained a pale violet star’s recognition and learned to draw upon its Star Power, then advanced through the Tower of Sin after consecutive Empty Arenas. He challenged Ziyu, a formidable Demon Night Clan genius, just as she was about to advance, and she prepared to punish him.

• Luo Zheng connected with a pale violet star in the Great Void and drew faint starlight over his body, astonishing Fei Er.
• Luo Zheng returned to the Tower of Sin and advanced from the first layer after three consecutive Empty Arenas.
• Luo Zheng entered the second layer and saw Ziyu, a Fifth Order Battle General and God-Level Genius from the Demon Night Clan, standing unchallenged in the arena.
• Fei Er warned Luo Zheng not to challenge Ziyu, but Luo Zheng stepped onto the Martial Arts Arena.
• Ziyu angrily drew a dagger and threatened to make Luo Zheng feel despair.

Luo Zheng challenged Purple Jade, a Demon Night Clan genius, in the Tower of Sin and used Basic Swordplay to withstand her fierce attacks. He disarmed her assault and struck her with the flat of his sword, leaving the stunned spectators and her watching Battle Venerable to react.

• Purple Jade entered the arena expecting an easy victory over Luo Zheng, a human Eighth Order Warrior, and attacked him with her dagger.
• Luo Zheng blocked Purple Jade's rapid strikes with Basic Swordplay and held his ground at close range.
• Purple Jade unleashed Stormy Chaotic Stab, but Luo Zheng sealed off the barrage with Hanging Sword and forced her attack to falter.
• Purple Jade tried to circle around Luo Zheng and seize his neck, but he ducked and turned to slash at her rear.
• Luo Zheng turned the blade and struck Purple Jade with the flat of his sword, sparing her as the Demon Night Battle Venerable and spectators watched in shock.

Luo Zheng defeated Purple Heart in the Martial Arts Arena, won enough Light of Creation to secure an Empty Arena, and left his rivals wary of challenging him. Purple Heart vowed to use Heavenly Execution against him, while Luo Zheng encountered a woman who said someone wanted to talk with him.

• Luo Zheng held Purple Heart at swordpoint and made her admit defeat, earning more than ten times the Light of Creation he had received from earlier opponents.
• The spectators praised Luo Zheng's victory, but no one else dared challenge him, giving him an Empty Arena for the first day.
• Purple Heart vowed to kill Luo Zheng with Heavenly Execution, and a Demon Night Race Battle Venerable warned her that using it was forbidden unless absolutely necessary.
• Luo Zheng left the arena with Fei Er and saw women offering themselves in the second layer's residential district.
• A beautiful human woman blocked Luo Zheng and said someone wanted to talk with him, and Luo Zheng asked how many True Essence Stones she charged for a night.

Xia Shuang brought Luo Zheng to meet Lord Jing, a human battle venerable who tried to recruit him into the Purple Heart Saint Land. Luo Zheng declined but learned that the Tower of Sin’s seats governed access to its top and helped set its rules, the very qualification he had come to seek.

• Xia Shuang controlled her anger and told Luo Zheng that Lord Jing wanted to see him.
• Xia Shuang led Luo Zheng to a tavern, where Lord Jing greeted him respectfully and asked whether he belonged to the Purple Heart Saint Land.
• Luo Zheng confirmed he was not from the Saint Land but declined to reveal his origins.
• Lord Jing invited Luo Zheng to join the Purple Heart Saint Land, but Luo Zheng refused because he already belonged to another sect and had his own goals.
• Lord Jing explained that humans held only four of the Tower of Sin’s 128 seats and that seats granted access to the top and authority over the tower’s rules and punishments.
• Luo Zheng realized that the seats were connected to the qualification he had traveled to the Sea God Continent to obtain.

Luo Zheng learned that the Profound Nether Cave beneath the Tower of Sin opened for one month each year, offering dangerous opportunities to martial artists with a spot. After two Devil Race Battle Venerables mocked humanity and tried to intimidate him, Luo Zheng challenged them with his own soul pressure.

• Lord Jing explained that the Profound Nether Cave was filled with deadly Profound Nether Death Light for most of the year and that each Tower of Sin seat granted five entry spots when it weakened.
• Luo Zheng thanked Lord Jing for offering to consider a human spot for him if he reached the Tower of Sin’s Tenth Layer.
• Mo Jie and Devil Scorpion entered the tavern, mocked humanity’s chances of keeping its seats, and invited Luo Zheng to join the Devil Race.
• Luo Zheng praised Yue Shou’s state of mind while insulting the two Battle Venerables for behaving like street thugs.
• Devil Scorpion tried to overwhelm Luo Zheng with his aura, but Luo Zheng remained calm and unleashed the soul pressure of his War Soul Realm.

Luo Zheng used his soul pressure and Baleful Intent to drive two Devil Race Battle Venerables out of a tavern without attacking. His display stunned the gathered onlookers and left Xia Shuang wondering where such a powerful human warrior had come from.

• Luo Zheng unleashed his War Soul Realm aura and Baleful Intent, overwhelming Devil Scorpion and the other Devil Race Battle Venerable.
• The two Devil Race Battle Venerables retreated to the tavern entrance, and Luo Zheng dismissed his pressure and challenged them to keep humiliating themselves.
• Devil Scorpion threatened to wait for Luo Zheng below before leaving with his companion.
• Witnesses gathered outside and discussed Luo Zheng’s strength and the possibility that he could earn humanity another seat in the Tower of Sin.
• Xia Shuang recalled Luo Zheng’s earlier achievements and wondered about his mysterious origins.

Lord Jing recognized Luo Zheng’s potential and Xia Shuang introduced herself before they parted. Luo Zheng continued refining the Light of Creation and sought to advance through the Tower of Sin, where Purple Jade announced she would challenge him on a higher layer instead.

• Lord Jing considered inviting Luo Zheng to the Purple Heart Saint Land but decided he lacked the authority, and Xia Shuang told Luo Zheng her name as she left with Lord Jing.
• Luo Zheng rented a cultivation chamber and refined Purple Jade’s Light of Creation, concluding he needed to climb higher in the Tower of Sin to gather more.
• Luo Zheng entered the Second Layer’s Martial Arts Arena, where a victorious warrior fled rather than risk facing him.
• Luo Zheng called for a challenger, and the crowd feared someone would prolong his stay on the Second Layer by ending his Empty Arena.
• Purple Jade appeared and said she would let Luo Zheng advance to the Third Layer, challenging him only if she caught up with him there.

Luo Zheng rapidly advanced to the Fourth Layer of the Tower of Sin by completing repeated Empty Arenas, while the Devil Race ordered Night Clan assassins to kill him. The chapter leaves Luo Zheng entering a cultivation chamber and sensing something strange inside.

• Luo Zheng advanced from the First Layer through the Third Layer after completing Empty Arenas, and few dared challenge him.
• The Devil Race ordered Death Warriors of the Night Clan to assassinate Luo Zheng, despite Yue Shou wanting to fight him himself.
• Luo Zheng completed three Empty Arenas on the Third Layer and advanced to the Fourth Layer without gaining Light of Creation or points.
• Ziyu learned Luo Zheng had reached the Fourth Layer and worried she would not catch up to challenge him.
• Luo Zheng entered a cultivation chamber and sensed something strange within it.

Luo Zheng waited in a cultivation chamber for a hidden Night Race assassin to attack, then used his exceptionally tough body to survive the strike and counter. The assassin was injured but continued fighting, leaving their battle underway in the Tower of Sin.

• Luo Zheng sensed a concealed presence in the chamber and stayed alert, suspecting an assassin might be waiting to strike.
• The Night Race assassin approached Luo Zheng unseen and attacked his heart with a Bone Blade, but the weapon could not pierce him.
• Luo Zheng struck back as the assassin tried to retreat, shattering his shoulder and knocking him away.
• Luo Zheng asked whether the Devil Race had sent the assassin, but the assassin refused to answer.
• The wounded assassin attacked again, dodging Luo Zheng's punches as the Tower of Sin repaired the damaged wall.

Luo Zheng killed a Night Race assassin who had been forced by the Devil Race to target him, then continued rising through the Tower of Sin. After refining the Light of Creation on the Seventh Layer, he reached Battle Master Tenth Level, one step from becoming a Battle General.

• Luo Zheng offered to spare the Night Race assassin in exchange for his concealment art, but the assassin attacked again and Luo Zheng killed him.
• Luo Zheng left the secret chamber and warned a watching Devil Race member to challenge him openly in the Martial Arts Arena.
• Luo Zheng defeated challengers on the Sixth Layer, killing six and sparing a Human Race Battle Master, then climbed to the Seventh Layer.
• Luo Zheng refined the Light of Creation and advanced from Battle Master Eighth Level to Battle Master Tenth Level.

Luo Zheng entered the Tenth Layer of the Tower of Sin, where he spotted Yun Luo fighting a beastman Battle General. Her appearance and name matched the woman he had known in White Emperor City, but he could not tell whether they were the same person.

• Luo Zheng advanced through the Tower of Sin and reached the Tenth Layer after a month of battles.
• Xia Shuang welcomed Luo Zheng and led him onward while Xing Hui resented the attention Luo Zheng had received.
• Luo Zheng saw a woman in a Nine-Colored Long Dress dodging a beastman’s attacks in the Martial Arts Arena.
• Luo Zheng recognized the woman as Yun Luo, and Xia Shuang confirmed her name.
• Luo Zheng watched Yun Luo dent the beastman’s High-Grade Immortal Artifact with a finger strike and wondered whether she was the Yun Luo he had known in White Emperor City.

Luo Zheng watched Yun Luo defeat a beastman and learned that she had spent six years on the Tower of Sin’s tenth level, giving away the Light of Creation she accumulated. When Yun Luo approached him and recognized his scent, Luo Zheng asked where she came from, and she wondered whether he had seen her before.

• Xia Shuang told Luo Zheng that Yun Luo had remained on the tenth level for six years, fought regularly, and given away her accumulated Light of Creation.
• Yun Luo defeated a beastman with her Netherworld Finger, and no one dared accept her challenge afterward.
• Yun Luo approached Luo Zheng, sniffed him, and said she liked his scent.
• Yun Luo invited Luo Zheng to fight her and promised him the Light of Creation if he won, but he refused.
• Luo Zheng asked Yun Luo where she came from, and she asked whether he had seen her before.

Luo Zheng met Yue Shou, who had waited on the Tenth Layer to challenge him, but Yue Shou told him to visit the Talent Monument first. Xia Shuang explained that the monument could measure and improve talent, and offered to take Luo Zheng there.

• Luo Zheng answered Yun Luo’s questions ambiguously, and she told him she liked his scent and that he could visit her anytime.
• Yue Shou arrived with Devil Race companions and told Luo Zheng he had been waiting to challenge him, explaining that he had delayed advancing to the Eleventh Layer for their fight.
• Yue Shou directed Luo Zheng to return from the Heavenly Sin Monument before their battle and asked whether he had visited the Talent Monument.
• Xia Shuang explained that the Talent Monument could measure and enhance a martial artist’s talent, then offered to take Luo Zheng there.
• The gathered spectators waited to see how Luo Zheng’s talent would rank among God-Level geniuses.

Luo Zheng examined the Talent Monument’s rankings and learned that only a handful of geniuses from the Sea God Continent had reached its highest rows. Yun Luo agreed to take the test, and her name appeared in the lowest row as the chapter ended.

• Xia Shuang showed Luo Zheng the wall of names, explaining that it recorded beings who had taken the Talent Monument’s test.
• Luo Zheng found Xia Shuang on the Sixth Layer’s ranking and learned that Yue Shou and Mu Qingyang were among the few Sea God Continent geniuses in the Fourth Row, while Liu Yu had reached the Second Row.
• Luo Zheng saw five names in the First Row and asked why Yun Luo was absent; Xia Shuang said Yun Luo had never taken the test.
• Yun Luo changed her mind and entered the Talent Monument’s testing room after sniffing Luo Zheng’s collar.
• Yun Luo’s name appeared in the very bottom row of the wall’s rankings.

Yun Luo took the Talent Monument test and rose from the Ninth Row to the First, surpassing every recorded genius and shocking the spectators. After she emerged, she told Luo Zheng it was his turn, and he entered the test.

• Xia Shuang explained that names on the Talent Monument could climb through its nine rows as new tests revealed their owners’ talent.
• Yun Luo’s name raced from the Ninth Row to the Second, surpassing Xia Shuang, Yue Shou, and Liu Yu as spectators watched in amazement.
• Yun Luo’s name reached the First Row and pushed the five legendary names there back by one place, a feat no one on the Sea God Continent had achieved.
• Yun Luo emerged from the monument without showing emotion and told Luo Zheng that it was his turn.
• Luo Zheng entered the darkness beyond the door as the Talent Monument lit up again.

Luo Zheng entered the Talent Monument and discovered it tested his comprehension of fundamental laws. As he studied the Space Law, his name climbed rapidly through the rows, leaving Xing Hui feeling he had to accept his fate.

• Luo Zheng entered the Talent Monument, where nine stone tablets appeared, each containing a second-layer fundamental law.
• Luo Zheng chose the Space Law tablet, and the other eight tablets disappeared; he began comprehending the law instead of worrying about his ranking.
• Luo Zheng's name rose from the Ninth Row to the Seventh Row and then the Sixth Row as he studied the Space Law.
• Xia Shuang expected Luo Zheng to reach at least the Third Row, while Yun Luo watched his progress in silence.
• Xing Hui saw Luo Zheng reach the Sixth Row, surpassing his own Seventh Row result, and felt he had to accept his fate.

Luo Zheng faced a barrage of Space Cracks in the Talent Monument’s test after gaining only a partial understanding of the second level of the Space Law. He stopped trying to dodge and attempted to merge himself with space, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xing Hui grew increasingly resentful as Luo Zheng advanced through the Talent Monument test and Xia Shuang showed him patience.
• Luo Zheng began comprehending the second level of the Space Law, but the monument vanished before he could grasp more than about one-tenth of it.
• Space Cracks appeared and attacked Luo Zheng, prompting him to realize the monument was testing his comprehension of the law.
• Luo Zheng dodged the increasing Space Cracks by traversing space, but they steadily reduced the room available to escape.
• Luo Zheng reasoned that space was like water and people were like fish, then stopped moving and tried to merge himself with space as a Space Crack rushed toward him.

Luo Zheng adapted to the Space Cracks and rose to the Fourth Row as observers anticipated his further ascent. A new test then sealed away his powers and crushed him with immense pressure, and he appeared in the Second Row beside Liu Yu.

• Luo Zheng used the Space Law to float unharmed across the Space Cracks while studying them.
• Luo Zheng's name rose from the Sixth Row to the Fourth Row, drawing the attention of Xia Shuang and Lord Jing.
• Luo Zheng endured a new test that sealed his Gang Yuan, True Essence, and Dragon Scale Power before compressing his body with increasing force.
• The pressure stopped before Luo Zheng's body collapsed, and his name reappeared in the Second Row beside Liu Yu.

Luo Zheng’s name rose from the Second Row to first place in the Talent Monument’s First Row, astonishing the Sea God Continent and making the Devil Race and Demon Night Race fear his potential. As Luo Zheng finished the test unaware of the danger gathering outside, the chapter ended with a pair of eyes appearing before him.

• Luo Zheng’s name moved from the Second Row to the front of the First Row, pushing Yun Luo and the other names back.
• The Devil Race Generals and Yue Shou resolved that Luo Zheng had to be killed before he could grow into a threat.
• Lord Jing praised Luo Zheng, while Xia Shuang and the other humans worried that the Devil Race would break the Tower of Sin’s rules to attack him.
• Living beings from many races gathered and debated whether Luo Zheng and the human race could rise, with many predicting the Devil Race and Demon Night Race would try to stop him.
• Luo Zheng completed the final test as the light faded, and a pair of eyes suddenly appeared before him.