Chapter Summaries

Shen Zhui entered Fire Refining Star Prison, mined a rich deposit, and defeated Babuli’s group to gather resources and Merit Points. After questioning Babuli, he learned that powerful lords controlled the territory and decided to meet the Scarlet Refiner Lord.

• Shen Zhui crossed the void passage into Fire Refining Star Prison and disguised himself as a meteorite to land unnoticed.
• Shen Zhui discovered Fire Refining Essence Rock and used Divine Weapon Puppets to mine more than eighty thousand units.
• Babuli arrived with his followers, demanded Shen Zhui’s haul, and ordered his Venerable guards to attack.
• Shen Zhui killed the ten Venerable guards, incapacitated the others, and gained more than seven hundred million Merit Points.
• Shen Zhui spared Babuli and questioned him, learning that the Scarlet Refiner Lord, Fire God Lord, and South India Lord ruled the outer territory under the protection of the Nine Prison King.
• Shen Zhui asked Babuli to take him to the Scarlet Refiner Lord, and Babuli hesitated.

Shen Zhui learned about the Fire Source Crystal Diamonds and identified three of Scarlet Refiner Lord’s subordinates who were likely to possess them. After reaching Chilian City, he prepared a covert operation to seize the diamonds and enter Fire Refining Star Prison.

• Shen Zhui forced Babuli to reveal that Scarlet Refiner Lord had joined Fire God Lord to confront South India Lord over the Fire Source Crystal Diamonds.
• Babuli told Shen Zhui about the Hell Vortex, Fire Refining Star Prison, and the powerful benefits of its Fire Source Crystal Diamonds.
• Babuli named Huang Tao, Xue Qi, and Heifeng as lords who definitely possessed Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, and Shen Zhui agreed to target them.
• Shen Zhui and Babuli arrived at Chilian City, where Shen Zhui disguised himself as one of Babuli’s guards and ordered him to gather information.
• Shen Zhui surveyed the city and located the suspected Hell Vortex before his seven clones and true body split up to begin the operation on the fourth day.

Shen Zhui infiltrated Chilian City’s estates to obtain Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, killing Lord Heifeng and Lord Xue Qi and collecting valuable crystals. After learning that Huang Tao had left the city on a secret mission, Shen Zhui returned to Babuli’s residence, then secretly withdrew to test the effects of a Fire Source Crystal Diamond.

• Shen Zhui used Snow Fox disguised as Lord Heifeng’s wife to enter Heifeng’s loft, trapped him inside the Void Concealment Formation, and killed him after taking his treasures and learning where more crystals might be found.
• Shen Zhui’s avatars raided Lord Xue Qi’s estate and recovered another Fire Source Crystal Diamond along with ten fragments.
• Shen Zhui learned that First Lord Huang Tao had left Chilian City on a secret order, possibly to attack Nanyin Territory, and recalled his avatars.
• Babuli reported the deaths of Heifeng and Xue Qi, while Shen Zhui’s clone stayed in the residence and his true body secretly left the city.
• Shen Zhui reached a secluded cave, produced a Fire Source Crystal Diamond, and prepared to try absorbing it.

Shen Zhui absorbed the Fire Source Crystal Diamond, strengthening his divine body and expanding his Cave Heaven beyond its former limit. After returning to Chilian City, he learned that Huang Tao was investigating the recent killings and discovered that Huang Tao had secretly reached the True God Level and pledged allegiance to the South India Lord.

• Shen Zhui resisted the crystal’s assault on his soul and endured its fiery transformation of his body.
• The Fire Source Crystal Diamond expanded Shen Zhui’s Cave Heaven to one hundred million miles and advanced his Nine Revolutions Star Formation Art to the sixth layer.
• Chan Xin explained how the expanded Cave Heaven and supreme treasures could help Shen Zhui cultivate the third layer of the Seven Absolute Heavens.
• Shen Zhui returned to Chilian City, where Babuli told him that Huang Tao had locked down the city to investigate Heifeng and Xue Qi’s deaths.
• As Huang Tao’s guard summoned Babuli for questioning, Shen Zhui discovered that Huang Tao had become a True God and secretly pledged allegiance to the South India Lord.

Huang Tao prepared to seize Chilian Territory after learning that Chilian True God had been injured, but Shen Zhui confronted him when Babuli was summoned to the estate. Shen Zhui defeated Huang Tao repeatedly and enslaved him, leaving Huang Tao alive as his servant.

• Huang Tao ordered eleven Venerables to impersonate the dead lords while they searched for the mysterious killer and waited for Chilian True God to return wounded.
• Babuli and Shen Zhui traveled to Huang Tao's estate, where Huang Tao learned from a statue that Chilian True God had been injured and summoned Babuli inside.
• Huang Tao tried to kill Babuli, but Shen Zhui revealed his overwhelming domains and attacked Huang Tao, then stored Babuli in his grotto-heaven.
• Shen Zhui repeatedly cleaved Huang Tao apart, overpowering his attempts to flee, fight back, and self-detonate.
• Shen Zhui used Myriad Heart Soul Control to enslave the weakened Huang Tao, who then addressed him as Master.

Shen Zhui defeated and enslaved Huang Tao, took his treasures, and arranged for Babuli to rule the Scarlet Refiner territory as his agent. After strengthening himself with Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, Shen Zhui learned that Yang Zhe had also entered the Fire Refining Star Prison.

• Three vortex guardians sensed Shen Zhui's fight with Huang Tao but chose not to interfere because the Nine Prison King's rules allowed the territorial lords to fight among themselves.
• Shen Zhui enslaved Huang Tao, claimed his treasures, and learned that he had only four Fire Source Crystal Diamonds left, while the three guardians each possessed at least three.
• Shen Zhui ordered Huang Tao to hide the battle and continue his plans, then appointed Babuli Grand Lord of the Scarlet Refiner territory in exchange for a share of its Fire Source Crystal Diamonds.
• Shen Zhui settled in Chilian City and absorbed another Fire Source Crystal Diamond, expanding his Cave Heaven and increasing his strength before reaching his current absorption limit.
• In the Virtual God Realm, Bell told Shen Zhui that Yang Zhe had accepted a dangerous-level mission in the Fire Refining Star Prison.

Shen Zhui watched Huang Tao defeat the wounded Chilian True God, then revealed his own overwhelming strength and enslaved him. Chilian submitted and handed over all the treasures he carried.

• Shen Zhui spent half a month cultivating in Babuli's lord manor and advanced his secret techniques and domains.
• Huang Tao and fourteen Venerables ambushed the returning Chilian True God at the ruined City Lord's residence.
• Huang Tao fought Chilian True God with Shen Zhui's guidance and gifts, but Chilian endured the attacks until Huang Tao's sixth-rank battle armor helped turn the fight.
• Shen Zhui ordered Huang Tao to spare Chilian, then offered Chilian the choice to submit or die.
• Shen Zhui displayed his eightfold domain and defeated Chilian, who abandoned resistance and was enslaved by the Myriad Heart Soul Control Art.
• Shen Zhui ordered Chilian to hand over all the treasures on him, and Chilian produced them.

After defeating Chilian, Shen Zhui explored the Hell Vortex and used its three-colored flames to build up his resilience, allowing him to absorb a sixth Fire Source Crystal Diamond. When he plunged into the abyss seeking further improvement, the Nine Prison King caught him and revealed his hatred of Great Zhou's geniuses.

• Shen Zhui learned from Chilian that Hell Vortices helped people absorb Fire Source Crystal Diamonds and went to inspect the vortex in Chilian City.
• Shen Zhui endured the vortex's green, red, and blue flames, strengthening his divine soul, body, and Cave Heaven enough to absorb a fifth Fire Source Crystal Diamond.
• After half a month of training, Shen Zhui absorbed a sixth Fire Source Crystal Diamond but realized he had reached the vortex's limit without entering the abyss.
• Shen Zhui charged into the abyss, but an invisible net caught him and dragged him back to the ground.
• The three guardians' palaces opened, and their identical figures merged into the Nine Prison King, who recognized Shen Zhui as a Great Zhou genius and threatened to kill him.

Shen Zhui fought the Nine Prison King, survived the destruction of several clones, and learned that the king blamed a Great Zhou genius for his daughter Jing Yu’s death. The Nine Prison King agreed to seek revenge through Shen Zhui and revealed the man’s name: Tuosen.

• The Nine Prison King attacked Shen Zhui for being from Great Zhou, but Shen Zhui fought back with his saber and domains.
• Shen Zhui’s strength forced the Nine Prison King to pause, and the king explained that a Great Zhou genius had caused his hatred by winning Jing Yu’s affection and leaving her behind.
• The Nine Prison King killed Shen Zhui’s clone, but Shen Zhui revealed that his true body had escaped and continued to confront him through other clones.
• Shen Zhui offered to help avenge Jing Yu, and the Nine Prison King agreed that Shen Zhui might be capable of killing the man responsible.
• The Nine Prison King recounted how Jing Yu jumped into the Hell Vortex after the genius left, then identified him as Tuosen.

Shen Zhui failed to persuade the Nine Prison King to let him enter the Star Prison, so he sought Tuosen’s help and then attacked the Nine Prison Continent’s lords to force his way in. On the third night, Shen Zhui confronted the Nine Prison King’s clone with his newly developed Asura God Slaying Platform.

• The Nine Prison King rejected Shen Zhui’s offer to rescue his daughter Huang Jingyu and demanded that he swear to kill Tuosen, then destroyed Shen Zhui’s avatar.
• Shen Zhui visited Tuosen and revealed that Huang Jingyu had died after jumping into the Hell Vortex; Tuosen’s red celestial body erupted, and he refused to help.
• Shen Zhui decided to attack the Hell Vortices simultaneously, killed the Fire God Lord, and fought the South India Lord before the Nine Prison King forced him to retreat with a severe shoulder wound.
• Shen Zhui recovered aboard the Cloud Sky Warship and prepared to attack all four Hell Vortices, while the Nine Prison King ordered his people to search for him and guard the passages.
• On the third night, Shen Zhui attacked the Nine Prison King’s clone and summoned his Asura God Slaying Platform, startling the Nine Prison King with his mastery of Thunder Art.

Shen Zhui entered the Fire Refining Star Prison to find Huang Jingyu and discovered an eerie starry realm filled with ruined bridges and tiny planets. After a chained prisoner attacked him, Shen Zhui learned that another imprisoned True God was watching and intervening.

• Shen Zhui trapped the Nine Prison King's clone on the Asura God Slaying Platform, broke through the guards, and entered the Hell Vortex despite the Nine Prison King's blockade.
• The Nine Prison King learned that Shen Zhui had passed through the formation, and Imperial Court elder Yan urged him to believe Shen Zhui might rescue Jing Yu; the Nine Prison King promised to serve Shen Zhui if he saved her.
• Shen Zhui endured the Fire Refining Star Prison's immense pull and received Tuo Sen's message asking him to bring Huang Jingyu out, so he agreed to help.
• Shen Zhui landed on a vast Starry Sky Bridge among tiny planets and discovered signs of powerful prisoners, including a huge hoofprint and a distant beast's roar.
• A chain attacked Shen Zhui from a nearby planet, and he pursued it to find Cang Tian Shen restrained by chains; another imprisoned True God then sent a stronger chain toward him.

Shen Zhui survived Feixis’s time-reversal attack, then tested the prisoners’ attack limits and defeated and enslaved Cang Tian Shen. He began probing Cang Tian Shen’s memories, where he discovered something that startled him.

• Feixis transformed into the Golden Three-Headed Lion and used Time Reversal to drag Shen Zhui toward him, but Shen Zhui escaped with his Merit Barrier.
• Shen Zhui recovered, then repeatedly sent clones toward the two prisoners to determine the range of their attacks.
• Shen Zhui used his findings to isolate Cang Tian Shen from Feixis and repeatedly destroyed Cang Tian Shen’s divine body.
• Shen Zhui enslaved Cang Tian Shen with the Myriad Heart Soul Control Art and began examining his memories.
• Shen Zhui was startled by what he found in Cang Tian Shen’s memories.

Shen Zhui learned that the Fire Refining Star Prison refined imprisoned experts into Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, then used the Merit Barrier to break a God Locking Chain and killed Feixis and Cang Tian Shen. He continued across the third level, searching for Huang Jingyu and completing his kill task, but had not found her by the end.

• Cang Tian Shen explained that the Star Prison drained prisoners' divine power, souls, and life force to produce Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, while Feixis described the Sky Swallowing Giant Spirits that guarded it.
• Shen Zhui asked about Huang Jingyu, learned that Cang Tian Shen had never seen her, and discovered that his Merit Barrier could destroy a God Locking Chain at the cost of one hundred million Merit Points.
• Shen Zhui killed Feixis after wearing down his divine bodies, then killed Cang Tian Shen at his request and fled when the chains from Feixis's planet targeted him.
• Shen Zhui traveled across the third level, killed imprisoned experts, and raised his Merit Points while searching for Huang Jingyu.
• After reaching eight kills without finding Huang Jingyu, Shen Zhui decided to finish the task and then search the third level more thoroughly.

Shen Zhui encountered and defeated Ke Guang’s Void Beast avatar in the Fire Refining Star Prison, then learned the captive Void Beast’s true body held hundreds of Fire Source Crystal Diamonds. He carried the recovering avatar toward its true body, hoping to claim the crystals.

• As Shen Zhui and Chan Xin crossed the Starry Sky Bridge, Chan Xin explained how the Huo Lu Dynasty had collapsed after oppressive rule and endless wars.
• Shen Zhui found a Void Beast feeding on Fire Refining Essence Rock, fled when it attacked, and fought back by detonating his seven avatars to disrupt its Teleportation.
• Shen Zhui discovered the defeated Void Beast was Ke Guang’s final avatar, while Ke Guang’s true body was bound by God Locking Chains more than a thousand miles away.
• Ke Guang offered Fire Source Crystal Diamonds to save his avatar, eventually promising Shen Zhui all 792 crystals stored with his true body.
• Shen Zhui learned that Void Beast avatars could fuse with Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, lifted Ke Guang’s recovering avatar, and headed toward the bound true body.

Shen Zhui learned that the World Gate could help him absorb more Fire Source Crystal Diamonds and confronted Ke Guang’s sealed true body, only to survive its soul attack thanks to his treasures. After taking more than 1,100 crystals from Ke Guang, he began testing whether his seven clones could absorb them too.

• Shen Zhui learned that Ke Guang’s clones had absorbed up to eighteen Fire Source Crystal Diamonds and that the World Gate could improve absorption.
• Ke Guang offered crystals and a Demigod Artifact Remnant in exchange for being freed, but Shen Zhui demanded that Ke Guang submit to soul enslavement.
• At Ke Guang’s sealed true body, Shen Zhui resisted its Assimilation attack with the Blood Origin Divine Armor, while the Nine Nether Soul Sword struck Ke Guang and severely wounded his soul.
• Ke Guang gave Shen Zhui more than 1,100 Fire Source Crystal Diamonds in exchange for sparing his clone, and Shen Zhui collected them before leaving.
• Shen Zhui sealed Ke Guang’s clone, summoned his seven clones, and began testing whether each could absorb a Fire Source Crystal Diamond.

Shen Zhui discovered that absorbing Fire Source Crystal Diamonds transformed his seven clones and amplified his original body, but the clones failed to absorb a sixth diamond. After reaching their limit, he forced Ke Guang to lead him to the World Gate, where he stopped before the mysterious door.

• Shen Zhui found that the first diamond increased his clones’ stamina and that recalling them made his original body seven times stronger.
• Shen Zhui had the clones absorb more diamonds, raising their combat power and the amplification they gave his original body to fifty-three times after five rounds.
• Shen Zhui’s clones failed to absorb a sixth diamond when its energy erased their Spiritual Sense and their bodies began to collapse.
• Shen Zhui decided to seek the World Gate, threatened Ke Guang’s avatar, and made Ke Guang agree to lead him there.
• Ke Guang guided Shen Zhui across the Starry Sky Bridge to the World Gate, and Shen Zhui stared at the door in shock.

Shen Zhui spent six years cultivating near the World Gate, strengthening his body and Divine Soul while searching the third layer of Star Prison for Huang Jingyu. After absorbing ninety-five Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, he resumed his search and finally encountered Huang Jingyu at the edge of the Starry Sky Bridge.

• Shen Zhui entered the seven-colored flames around the World Gate and gradually advanced while tempering his true body and clones.
• Over six years, Shen Zhui searched the third layer for Huang Jingyu and absorbed Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, while only twenty-two days passed outside.
• Shen Zhui's true body successfully absorbed ninety-five Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, while his clones stopped at eighty-five.
• Shen Zhui and his clones searched the final unexplored region of the third layer and were caught in an illusion of Ling Xiao Hall.
• Shen Zhui shattered the illusion and saw Huang Jingyu approach him.

Shen Zhui rescued Huang Jingyu from Fire Refining Star Prison, forced the Nine Prison King to swear allegiance, and returned to Tang King Hall with huge gains. There, Yang Zhe asked whether Shen Zhui had awakened memories from a previous life.

• Shen Zhui's clones defeated Huang Jingyu's avatar, and his true body freed her from twelve God Locking Chains before escaping the planet's trap.
• After a year of cultivation, Shen Zhui exhausted the Fire Source Crystal Diamonds' benefits, escaped Fire Refining Star Prison, and returned to Nine Prison Continent.
• Shen Zhui presented Huang Jingyu to the Nine Prison King, made him swear a Heavenly Dao Oath to serve for a thousand years, and said she would meet Tuo Sen before gaining her freedom.
• Shen Zhui made Babuli king of Nine Prison Continent, left its True Gods under his command, and told Tuo Sen that he had brought Huang Jingyu back.
• At Tang King Hall, Shen Zhui planned to sell most of his remaining Fire Source Crystal Diamonds and noted that he had amassed over ten billion Merit Points.
• Yang Zhe approached Shen Zhui and asked whether he had seen through reincarnation and awakened memories of his previous life.

Shen Zhui rejected Yang Zhe’s belief that he was Yang An reincarnated, then reunited Tuosen with Huang Jingyu and learned that Tuosen belonged to the extinct Ancient God Clan. Tuosen revealed he had mastered the third level of Perfected State of Mind to control his clan’s killing instinct, and said his innate divine ability had identified Shen Zhui as a powerful expert’s reincarnation.

• Yang Zhe asked Shen Zhui whether he had awakened memories from a previous life and explained why he suspected Shen Zhui was Yang An reincarnated.
• Shen Zhui denied having past-life memories, read the imperial court’s rules on reincarnation, and decided against restoring Yang An’s identity.
• Shen Zhui brought the Nine Prison King and Huang Jingyu to Tuosen, and the Nine Prison King punched Tuosen before Huang Jingyu reunited with him.
• Tuosen told Shen Zhui and the Nine Prison King that he was a member of the extinct Ancient God Clan and had left Huang Jingyu to protect her from danger.
• Tuosen said he could control his killing instinct because he had reached the third level of Perfected State of Mind, then revealed his innate divine ability identified Shen Zhui as a reincarnated mighty expert.

Shen Zhui spent forty years cultivating and fused eight top-tier rules, reaching the ninth level in every domain before setting out to deal with those behind the Protector Duke case. Meanwhile, King Peichuan and Water Demon King activated a plan to lure Shen Zhui out, with Fan Hongyi promising an expert’s help.

• Tuo Sen revealed that his Great Sensory Divine Ability sensed Shen Zhui as a reincarnated being, but Shen Zhui’s Merit Barrier blocked the ability.
• Shen Zhui returned to the Secret Realm World with Tuo Sen and Yang Zhe, while Tuo Sen took Huang Jingyu and the Nine Prison King went to guard Shen Zhui’s territory.
• Shen Zhui submitted his Fire Refining Star Prison mission, exchanged two hundred Fire Source Crystal Diamonds, and used his Contribution Points to buy the Space-Five Elements secret technique.
• Shen Zhui cultivated for forty years, fused eight top-tier rules, and reached the ninth level in every domain.
• Shen Zhui set out to target King Peichuan and Water Demon King over the Protector Duke case, while Fan Hongyi urged them to lure him out and King Peichuan agreed to prepare the plan.