Chapter Summaries

Feng Jiu entered the Trial Tower’s tenth floor and faced a simulated Heavenly God, pushing her power to its limit with Divine Phoenix Essence Blood and Triple Nirvana Fire. As she turned his Water Marsh against him and launched her attack, the onlookers saw the tenth floor light up.

• God Kings watching outside Ancient Chaos City reacted to Feng Jiu clearing the ninth floor, while Xuan Ye welcomed the Black Dragon Star Domain’s rising reputation.
• The crowd outside the Trial Tower celebrated Feng Jiu’s ninth-floor breakthrough and recognized her strength as surpassing ordinary True God limits.
• Feng Jiu entered the tenth floor in her true form and confronted a scaled foreign warrior whose Heavenly God pressure filled the space.
• Feng Jiu ignited her Divine Phoenix Essence Blood and used Triple Nirvana Fire to transform the warrior’s Water Marsh into a path for her flames.
• Feng Jiu charged through the waves with feather-like sword rays as the tenth floor lit up and the onlookers fell silent.

Feng Jiu cleared ten floors of the Trial Tower, tying the Black Dragon Star Domain’s historical record and taking first place in points. After Ye Fan brought her back to their camp, Ren Xing of the Eternal Star Domain, Ren Xing of the Purple Chen Star Domain, and Yu Hua Xian stepped forward, setting up the next clash.

• Feng Jiu lit the Trial Tower’s eleventh floor briefly before emerging with her result fixed at ten floors and a reward of ten million points.
• Ye Fan praised Feng Jiu, while Yan Jingtian encouraged Yan Jingyun after he cleared only the fourth floor.
• Yu Hua Xian was shaken by Feng Jiu’s achievement, which overturned her earlier claim that Feng Jiu would become her maidservant.
• Feng Jiu joined Ye Fan at the Black Dragon Star Domain camp and saw that she held first place on the Individual Points Ranking.
• Ye Fan sensed Ren Xing of the Purple Chen Star Domain’s killing intent toward Feng Jiu, and Ren Xing of the Eternal Star Domain, Ren Xing of the Purple Chen Star Domain, and Yu Hua Xian stepped forward.

Fang Lin, Ren Xing, and Yu Hua Xian challenged the Trial Tower after Feng Jiu had already set a dazzling record. All three were eliminated after reaching different floors, and Ye Fan credited their performances as a backdrop to his younger sister’s legend.

• Fang Lin, Ren Xing, and Yu Hua Xian entered the Trial Tower, starting from the second, second, and third floors respectively.
• The three advanced quickly until the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors lit up and remained in a stalemate.
• Fang Lin cleared the eighth floor but was eliminated soon afterward, disappointing the Sacred Hall warriors.
• Ren Xing reached the tenth floor and left the Trial Tower after completing his goal of reaching the ninth floor.
• Yu Hua Xian’s light on the eleventh floor dimmed, and the Azure Cloud Star Domain warriors realized she had also stopped there.
• Ye Fan thanked the others for making his younger sister’s achievements seem legendary.

Ye Fan answered the Azure Cloud Star Domain’s contempt as Yu Hua Shen challenged him to prove himself in the Trial Tower. With Yan Jingtian entering first, Ye Fan followed onto the sixth floor, where he joined Yan Jingtian and Yu Hua Shen for the coming showdown.

• Ye Fan’s taunt enraged Yu Hua Xian, and Yu Hua Shen comforted her before confronting Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan recognized Yu Hua Shen’s formidable aura and suspected their earlier fight at Three Demon Ridge had been against an avatar.
• Yan Jingtian stepped between Ye Fan and Yu Hua Shen, urging them to settle their rivalry in the Trial Tower.
• Yu Hua Shen revealed that Ye Fan had fought an avatar with less than eighty percent of his strength and vowed to face him at his peak.
• Yan Jingtian entered the Trial Tower from the third floor, then Ye Fan wished Feng Jiu well and entered from the sixth floor alongside Yan Jingtian and Yu Hua Shen.

Ye Fan cleared the tenth floor after answering the Gatekeeper’s question and reached the eleventh floor, where a time-limited comprehension trial began. He resisted the stone stele’s mental assault and searched its many True God arts for one that suited him, while the Gatekeeper watched to see whether he would find an incomplete Heavenly God-grade art.

• Ye Fan learned that answering the tenth-floor Gatekeeper’s question cleared the trial, then moved on to the eleventh floor.
• The Black-Robed Elder explained that Ye Fan had to comprehend the threshold of one of the stone stele’s arts before an incense stick burned out.
• Ye Fan’s divine-soul crystal wall withstood the stele’s assault of words, and his Spiritual Fire cut through the mental pressure.
• Ye Fan examined the True God arts and rejected those that did not suit him or duplicated his existing skills.
• The Gatekeeper noticed Ye Fan was searching for a better fit and revealed that an incomplete Heavenly God-grade Star Art was among the choices.

Yan Jingtian and Yu Hua Shen challenged the Trial Tower’s eleventh floor while observers discussed the trial’s difficulty and the gap between Ye Fan and the other warriors. Ye Fan unexpectedly grasped the basics of a Heavenly God Level Star Art and began summoning an army of the dead, leaving a portal to the underworld opening before him.

• Yan Jingtian faced the eleventh-floor Gatekeeper and used an Origin Dao Treasure to withstand the flood of characters attacking him.
• Warriors outside the Trial Tower watched the three finalists challenge the eleventh floor, while Long Jie, Xiang Man, and others realized Ye Fan had outpaced them.
• Yu Hua Xian explained that the eleventh floor tested soul strength, eyesight, mental state, and comprehension.
• The Gatekeeper was shocked when Ye Fan, studying a Heavenly God Level Star Art, produced a powerful comprehension fluctuation before Yan Jingtian and Yu Hua Shen did.
• Ye Fan summoned the exotic beast corpses he had stored, carved Mystic Runes on them, and formed a summoning array that opened a passage to an unknown plane.

Ye Fan passed the eleventh-floor trial after summoning Bai Qi and his formidable Undead Army. He entrusted the Soul Banner to Bai Qi for use in the Underworld, then entered the twelfth floor as the Trial Tower’s light drew attention outside.

• Ye Fan summoned Bai Qi and an enormous Undead Army from the Underworld, then learned Bai Qi could expand his forces there.
• Bai Qi pledged his obedience, and the Black-Robed Elder declared Ye Fan had passed the eleventh-floor trial.
• Ye Fan gave Bai Qi the Soul Banner and confirmed he could still summon it through their lingering connection.
• Bai Qi led the Undead Army back into the Underworld, and Ye Fan entered the twelfth floor.
• The Trial Tower’s twelfth floor lit up, prompting the gathered demigods to wonder who had reached it.

The demigods debated who had advanced furthest in the Trial Tower, and Yan Jingtian became the first to emerge after clearing ten floors. The tower then revealed that both Ye Fan and Yu Hua Shen had passed the eleventh floor and reached the twelfth, leaving their contest unresolved.

• Azure Cloud Star Domain warriors backed Yu Hua Shen as the likely record-breaker, while Feng Jiu confidently declared that Ye Fan could break through the eleventh floor.
• Yu Hua Xian challenged Feng Jiu’s claim and insisted her big brother Yu Hua Shen would pass the eleventh floor.
• Yan Jingtian emerged from the Trial Tower first, having cleared ten floors and earned ten million points along with a True God Level fire-attribute treasure.
• Yan Jingtian explained that he had fallen short on the eleventh floor because the Flame Demon Star Domain’s warriors lacked comprehension, then learned that someone had reached the twelfth floor.
• The tower showed that both Ye Fan and Yu Hua Shen had passed the eleventh floor, prompting excitement among the Black Dragon Star Domain and Azure Cloud Star Domain warriors.

Ye Fan reached the Trial Tower’s twelfth floor, where the Void Silkworm tested his comprehension of space. After briefly studying the Scroll of Space, Ye Fan demonstrated Space Stroll, leaving the examiner stunned.

• Outside the battlefield, Ye Fan’s record made him Black Dragon’s idol, worried the Heavenly Demon Sect, and angered Azure Cloud Star Domain martial artists who hoped Yu Hua Shen would surpass him.
• Xuan Ye’s reputation rose as a Flame Demon Star Domain God King congratulated him and sought closer ties between their domains.
• On the twelfth floor, the Void Silkworm explained that the trial tested comprehension of the path of space and gave Ye Fan a Scroll of Space to study.
• Ye Fan quickly returned the scroll and used Space Stroll, shocking the Void Silkworm with an ability resembling spatial traversal mastered by God Kings.

Ye Fan cleared the Trial Tower’s Twelfth Floor with his space-based ability, becoming the first demigod to do so, and advanced to the Thirteenth Floor. Outside, the Azure Cloud Star Domain mistakenly credited Yu Hua Shen with the achievement and assumed Ye Fan had failed.

• The Space Silkworm confirmed that Ye Fan had passed the Twelfth Floor, making him the first warrior to clear it since the Trial Tower appeared in the Ancient Chaos Ruins.
• Ye Fan thanked the Space Silkworm and stepped onto the Thirteenth Floor, causing it to light up.
• The Azure Cloud Star Domain warriors celebrated, believing Yu Hua Shen had cleared the Twelfth Floor and broken their record.
• Yan Jingyun pointed out that Yu Hua Shen was not the only warrior inside the tower, drawing the Azure Cloud warriors’ anger until Yan Jingtian rebuked them.
• The Azure Cloud warriors saw the Twelfth Floor exit light up and assumed Ye Fan had failed, while the Thirteenth Floor remained lit.

Ye Fan remained inside the Trial Tower after Yu Hua Shen cleared eleven floors and emerged, revealing that Ye Fan had reached the Thirteenth Floor. As the warriors celebrated Ye Fan’s record-breaking progress, he arrived at a floor with an ancient sword hovering in midair.

• Yu Hua Shen emerged from the Trial Tower, and the stone stele recorded that he had cleared eleven floors.
• The still-lit Thirteenth Floor revealed that Ye Fan had surpassed Yu Hua Shen and reached at least the Twelfth Floor, prompting the Black Dragon Divine Hall warriors to celebrate.
• Yu Hua Shen learned from Yu Hua Xian that Ye Fan was still challenging the tower and became angry and unwilling to accept Ye Fan’s achievement.
• Athena celebrated Ye Fan’s progress while Feng Jiu reminded her that Ye Fan already had a sister-in-law, Ai Wei.
• Long Jie, Xiang Man, Mo Lingzi, Fang Lin, Ren Xing, and Yan Jingtian reacted to Ye Fan’s rise, with Yan Jingtian praising him.
• Ye Fan reached the Thirteenth Floor, where he found no Gatekeeper, only an ancient sword hovering in midair.

Ye Fan reached the Thirteenth Floor of the Trial Tower, where the Time Sword challenged him to escape a Dream-Stacking Space and offered a coveted Time Mark as a reward. After accepting, Ye Fan found himself back in his cramped family home with memories suggesting his martial journey might have been a dream, seven days before the Jiangnan Martial Arts University's Trial Camp.

• Ye Fan learned that the Time Sword was the Thirteenth Floor's gatekeeper and that the trial would test his ability to break free of a Dream-Stacking Space.
• The Time Sword explained that escaping the space would earn Ye Fan a Time Mark that could help him comprehend time and halt it briefly in battle.
• Ye Fan accepted the challenge, trusting in his conviction and his Dao Seed, Break Illusion.
• The Time Sword struck, and Ye Fan awoke in the cramped room he had shared with his family, remembering that he had collapsed after training at Linjiang City First High School.
• Ye Fan saw a calendar showing that the Jiangnan Martial Arts University's Trial Camp would begin in seven days and wondered whether his martial journey had only been a dream.

Ye Fan relived his first life in the Trial Camp, where he was expelled, rejected by Jin Lian, and crippled after crossing Young Master Bai. The chapter traced his miserable decades and later lives, showing how the bitterness of the first life made him increasingly attached to the admiration he received afterward.

• Ye Fan and Jin Lian passed the school selection and traveled to Jianghuai City for the Trial Camp.
• After months of training, Ye Fan failed the assessment and was expelled with a demand to repay two hundred thousand Huaxia dollars.
• Jin Lian awakened S-rank spirituality, rejected Ye Fan, and called him someone from a different world.
• Men acting for Young Master Bai beat Ye Fan and crippled one of his legs.
• Ye Fan spent decades as a security guard, lost his parents, and died at fifty-three after a drinking bout.
• In later lives, Ye Fan became a celebrated genius and won Jin Lian, but his first life's bitterness deepened his attachment to adulation.

Ye Fan rose to become the Black Dragon Domain Lord across successive lives, but he began to suspect his world was unreal as a mysterious woman appeared in his dreams. After Jin Lian drugged and imprisoned him, Ye Fan recognized the life as a dream and awakened the power of time.

• Across repeated lifetimes, Ye Fan accumulated his martial foundation and rose from Blue Star Star Lord to Black Dragon Domain Lord, remaining devoted to Jin Lian.
• Ye Fan increasingly saw a mysterious, fairy-like woman and questioned whether his world was real, while Jin Lian reacted with concealed terror.
• In the Dream-Stacking Space, Ye Fan smashed a porcelain vessel and accused Jin Lian of drugging him; she admitted giving him Soul-Stabilizing Soup and summoned powerful experts.
• Jin Lian had Ye Fan imprisoned, claiming his growing hysteria needed treatment, and the Black Dragon Star Domain kept his confinement secret.
• Ye Fan concluded that his life was a dream of Nanke and condensed the Time Mark, unleashing the power of time.

Ye Fan broke free from the Thirteenth Floor’s Dream-Stacking Space and condensed the Time Mark, becoming the first to clear the Trial Tower. The Sword of Time praised his Heart of Innocence, and Ye Fan asked what reward he would receive.

• The Five Brothers worried that Ye Fan might sink into the Thirteenth Floor’s trial, while the Sword of Time watched as he sensed the flaw in the Dream-Stacking Space.
• Ye Fan condensed the Time Mark from the Great Dao of Time, and the cage trapping him began to crumble.
• Ye Fan used Dao Seed—Break Illusion to expose Jin Lian and the surrounding martial artists as illusions made from the Sword of Time’s sword scars.
• The monsters attacked Ye Fan, but he froze them with the Time Mark and killed them with his spear.
• Ye Fan’s real body opened its eyes on the Thirteenth Floor as the Time Mark fully formed, and the Sword of Time declared him the first to clear the Trial Tower.
• The Sword of Time praised Ye Fan’s Heart of Innocence, and Ye Fan asked what his reward was.

Ye Fan received the Three-Slash Sword Mark from the Sword of Time after clearing the Trial Tower’s Thirteenth Floor. He emerged to find the Display Stele confirming his unprecedented victory and awarding him 100 million points.

• The Sword of Time carved three time-powered slashes into a miniature sword and gave the Three-Slash Sword Mark to Ye Fan as a life-saving weapon.
• The Sword of Time warned Ye Fan that the true benefits of the Ancient Chaos Ruins had yet to appear and urged him not to hide his strength.
• Martial artists outside the Trial Tower debated whether Ye Fan could clear the Thirteenth Floor as its light began to dim.
• The Display Stele announced in golden letters that Ye Fan of the Black Dragon Star Domain had cleared the Thirteenth Floor and earned 100 million points.
• The watching martial artists were shocked that Ye Fan had become the first person in the Five Great Star Domains to clear the tower.

Ye Fan emerged from the Trial Tower after clearing its Thirteenth Floor, shocking the gathered Demigod geniuses and God Kings. His achievement put him in the spotlight, while rivals plotted against him and the Black Dragon Divine Hall rose to second place in the overall ranking.

• Ye Fan's result showing that he had cleared the Thirteenth Floor and earned one hundred million points appeared on the Trial Tower's stone tablet, stunning the crowd.
• Yu Hua Xian panicked at Ye Fan's growth, while Yu Hua Shen questioned his own standing before steadying himself and resolving to pursue an epic-grade golden Godhead.
• Yan Jingtian praised Ye Fan and accepted his superior achievement, while Yan Jingyun resolved to strengthen the Flame Demon Star Domain's friendship with him.
• Fang Lin decided to join forces with the Azure Cloud and Purple Chen Star Domains to kill Ye Fan, while Ren Xing considered sacrificing him to a god.
• Ye Fan exited the Trial Tower, and Athena led the Black Dragon Divine Hall warriors in welcoming him as Captain Ye.
• Xuan Ye celebrated Ye Fan's achievement as the Black Dragon Divine Hall rose to second place, leaving God King Wang unable to respond to his earlier boastful remarks.

Ye Fan’s Trial Tower victory shocked the Five Great Star Domains and prompted Xuan Ye to seek allies for the Black Dragon Star Domain. In the Ancient Chaos Ruins, five voices celebrated Ye Fan’s achievement but worried that the evil demon their master had suppressed might still pose a danger.

• The leaderboard showed the Black Dragon Star Domain in second place after Ye Fan cleared the thirteenth floor, alarming God King Wang and Long Yin, who resolved to kill him after the battle.
• The Flame Demon Star Domain’s God King praised Xuan Ye, and they agreed to discuss forming an alliance after the Genius Battle.
• Xuan Ye planned to use the alliance to balance the Black Dragon Star Domain’s internal and external threats while Ye Fan continued to grow.
• In the Ancient Chaos Ruins, five voices celebrated Ye Fan’s Trial Tower achievement and hoped to return to the Cosmic Starry Sky with him.
• The oldest voice warned that their master had left them to suppress an evil demon, and the others argued that its lingering will had likely faded.

After clearing the Trial Tower, Ye Fan became the top-ranked contender and earned the admiration of Feng Jiu and the Yan Jingtian brothers. Yan Jingtian explained that a grand melee would decide the final ten seats and offered to team up with Ye Fan to help him and Zhu Xiang secure places.

• Ye Fan emerged from the Trial Tower with over 102.7 million points, and Feng Jiu celebrated his achievement.
• Ye Fan told Feng Jiu that the twelfth floor tested space and the thirteenth tested time.
• Yan Jingtian and Yan Jingyun praised Ye Fan, and Ye Fan agreed to exchange pointers with Yan Jingtian.
• Yan Jingtian told Ye Fan that a grand melee would determine the final ten seats and their order of choice among the Concentration Dharma Fruits.
• Yan Jingtian warned that Yu Hua Shen and others might target Ye Fan first, then proposed joining forces to help Ye Fan and Zhu Xiang.

Ye Fan agreed to Yan Jingtian’s offer of cooperation as the genius melee approached, while Fang Lin failed to secure Ren Xing’s support and settled for joining Yu Hua Shen. As the contestants prepared for the fight over ten seats, Ye Fan revealed that he wanted Athena to join his group, and the bell signaled the contest’s start.

• Ye Fan agreed to Yan Jingtian’s proposal to cooperate, while keeping his own trump cards secret.
• Fang Lin asked Ren Xing to join forces, but Ren Xing rejected and insulted him.
• Fang Lin turned to Yu Hua Shen, who accepted him as a hired fighter and planned to target Ye Fan and Feng Jiu.
• Yu Hua Shen said his returned avatars could hold off Yan Jingtian, while Ren Xing privately resolved to use his own trump card and surpass the other geniuses.
• Ye Fan told Yan Jingtian that the Black Dragon Star Domain aimed to secure two seats and fight for a third, and asked to bring Athena along.
• Three bell tolls announced that the final contest among the heroes was about to begin.