Chapter Summaries

Lord of Reincarnation tried to recruit Ancient Great Powers to accompany her to the Hua Yin Star Territory, but they all refused until God of Divination offered to join her. She agreed to travel with him, hoping his divination skills could help uncover why gods had suddenly become depressed.

• Lord of Reincarnation visited Lord of Black Star and invited him to watch the battle, but he refused and returned to his Black Ball.
• Nirvana Phoenix Lord also declined Lord of Reincarnation's invitation, even after hearing about the depressed gods across the Galaxy Starfield.
• Lord of War Chess, Lord of Placement, Lord of Equivalence, and the other Ancient Great Powers refused to join Lord of Reincarnation.
• Lord of Reincarnation abandoned her search for companions and prepared to return to the Hua Yin Star Territory to welcome the Spirit Race.
• God of Divination approached Lord of Reincarnation and asked to travel with her to the Hua Yin Star Territory, and she accepted.

Lord of Reincarnation traveled with God of Divination toward the Hua Yin Star Territory, unaware that the other Ancient Great Powers had secretly gone there too. Meanwhile, Zhuang Hong seized the Lifetime Experience of hidden God Kings in Yong Ze Star Territory, prompting God of Time to panic and keep fighting while summoning help from his avatars.

• Lord of Reincarnation asked God of Divination to find the cause of the God Kings' depression, and he agreed to investigate.
• God of Divination revealed that the other Ancient Great Powers had secretly headed to Hua Yin Star Territory because they distrusted Lord of Reincarnation.
• Zhuang Hong brought more than half the Spirit Race in Yong Ze Star Territory into the Floating Sky Net and abducted hidden God Kings to seize their Lifetime Experience and possessions.
• God of Time realized Zhuang Hong was plundering his God Kings' time and considered abandoning the fight to protect them.
• God of Time chose to continue attacking Zhuang Hong's avatar and contacted his other avatars, while Zhuang Hong grew wary of his plans.

Zhuang Hong’s clone continued its stalemate against the God of Time, surviving a secret attack that bypassed defenses. As powerful Ancient Great Powers gathered to watch, the God of Time hoped to use his influence to turn them against Zhuang Hong, while the Lord of Reincarnation and the God of Divination arrived.

• The God of Time used his Sub-Wave to shatter Zhuang Hong’s body, but Zhuang Hong quickly reassembled and dispersed the follow-up attack with a Seven-Colored Ball.
• The God of Time resolved to wait for an opening and use his influence and resources if his own strength could not defeat Zhuang Hong.
• Three days later, while Zhuang Hong’s true body caused trouble in another star territory, his clone noticed powerful spectators watching the continuing battle.
• Zhuang Hong proposed a temporary truce to deal with the spectators, but the God of Time refused and attacked more fiercely, planning to recruit the Ancient Great Powers’ help.
• The Lord of War Chess, the Lord of Placement, the Lord of Equivalence, and the Nirvana Phoenix Lord discussed Zhuang Hong’s unusual strength and armor.
• The Lord of Reincarnation and the God of Divination arrived, and the God of Divination said he had come only to observe.

Zhuang Hong weighed the danger posed by the Spirit Races and Ancient Great Powers gathering in the Hua Yin Star Territory against the chance to expand the Floating Sky Net. As he considered how to survive, the Lord of Reincarnation hosted a gathering where the Ancient Great Powers discussed him and the Lord of Placement's lethal marking ability.

• Zhuang Hong learned that rumors about a cosmic supreme treasure had drawn Spirit Races to the Hua Yin Star Territory and earned him the nickname Lord of Colored Balls.
• Zhuang Hong considered retreating or fighting back, and assessed his avatars, Mental Strength, and the danger of facing several Ancient Great Powers together.
• Zhuang Hong decided to stall the God of Time and considered using oversized Seven-Colored Balls to drive away the spectators.
• The Lord of Reincarnation gathered the Ancient Great Powers on a high platform to discuss Zhuang Hong and whether he threatened their resources.
• The Lord of Placement described Zhuang Hong as a potential rival, while the Lord of Reincarnation recalled how his mark could make an opponent's death fall upon them.

The Ancient Great Powers debated how to defeat Zhuang Hong while God of Time remained locked in a stalemate with him. God of Divination outlined three ways to kill Zhuang Hong, but the group rejected the costly options and was left to consider accepting him as a new Ancient Great Power before six Seven-Colored Balls suddenly attacked.

• Lord of Reincarnation revealed that she had fought Zhuang Hong before God of Time arrived but had been unable to defeat him.
• God of Divination said the Ancient Great Powers could suppress Zhuang Hong but would struggle to kill him completely, and warned that his avatar would self-destruct if threatened.
• God of Divination proposed hunting Zhuang Hong for a thousand years or destroying the Spirit Race across several star territories to cut off his power, but Lord of Reincarnation refused to sacrifice her territory.
• God of Divination named Lord of Black Star as someone who could easily crush Zhuang Hong, but Lord of Reincarnation said Lord of Black Star had declined her invitation.
• God of Divination advised the Ancient Great Powers to build a good relationship with Zhuang Hong and accept him, when six enormous Seven-Colored Balls appeared above them and pressed down.

Zhuang Hong’s Seven-Colored Balls battered the Ancient Great Powers, while the God of Divination protected them and revealed he wanted something Zhuang Hong had taken. Several powers departed, but the God of Time later sent an avatar toward the waiting spectators, prompting Zhuang Hong to suspect he was calling for reinforcements.

• Zhuang Hong’s Seven-Colored Balls overwhelmed the Ancient Great Powers, and the God of Divination shielded them with his Void Gauze until it broke.
• The God of Divination said Zhuang Hong had taken something important from one of his territories and admitted he might join an attack on him.
• The Lord of Reincarnation refused to help kill Zhuang Hong, and the Nirvana Phoenix Lord, the Lord of Placement, and the Lord of Equivalence left.
• The Lord of War Chess summoned and merged with his true body, then waited with the God of Divination and the Lord of Reincarnation for the God of Time.
• Zhuang Hong watched the Ancient Great Powers warily as the God of Time failed to overcome him, then sent an avatar toward the others.
• Zhuang Hong wondered if the God of Time was calling for reinforcements.

The God of Time recruited the Lord of War Chess to help capture Zhuang Hong, who was forced into a deadly game of Heavenly Star Chess. The chapter ended with Zhuang Hong learning that he had to win on the chessboard to escape alive.

• The God of Time offered the Lord of War Chess Mayfly Spirits and a ranch in exchange for attacking Zhuang Hong, while the God of Divination refused to help and the Lord of Reincarnation held back.
• The Lord of War Chess agreed to challenge Zhuang Hong to a one-on-one game and asked the God of Time not to interfere.
• The Lord of War Chess enveloped Zhuang Hong in a vast chessboard domain and divided his divinity and power among three hundred and sixty pieces.
• The Lord of War Chess explained that Zhuang Hong would die if his Life Core piece or all his pieces were captured, and that winning Heavenly Star Chess was his only way out.

Zhuang Hong used Xiao Qi and Divination Power to outplay the Lord of War Chess, absorbing power from pieces he captured and pushing the game toward a win. The Lord of War Chess recognized Zhuang Hong’s superior skill and decided to use his trump card.

• Zhuang Hong and the Lord of War Chess began a game in which captured pieces were transformed into source spirits and absorbed by the victor.
• The Lord of War Chess captured two of Zhuang Hong’s pieces, but Zhuang Hong later captured one of his Dragon Kings and recovered much of the power he had lost.
• Xiao Qi helped Zhuang Hong control the board, and he captured more of the Lord of War Chess’s pieces while gaining strength.
• The Lord of War Chess struggled to find a way out of his disadvantage, while Zhuang Hong calmly waited and let him take his time.
• After Zhuang Hong countered a sacrificial move, the Lord of War Chess admitted to himself that Zhuang Hong was the better player and said, “Take back my move!”

Zhuang Hong tried to find a way to escape the Lord of War Chess’s domain while their match continued, and the Ancient Great Powers waited outside. The God of Time summoned more allies to attack Zhuang Hong, leaving the Lord of Reincarnation impressed by his ruthless plan.

• The Lord of War Chess took back a move, and Zhuang Hong resolved to exploit the Chess Game’s rules or use his self-destruct program if necessary.
• Outside the Chess Game, the Lord of Reincarnation and the God of Divination concluded that the Lord of War Chess was likely at a disadvantage and would reverse moves before he could lose.
• The God of Divination said he would wait to approach Zhuang Hong, while the Lord of Reincarnation planned to gather Spirit Race members and train divine officials.
• The God of Abyss Dragon arrived at the God of Time’s invitation and revealed that he had come to help defeat Zhuang Hong.
• The God of Time said more allies were on their way and that they would attack together, prompting the Lord of Reincarnation to call the plan ruthless.

After defeating the Lord of War Chess, Zhuang Hong discovered that the rules let his opponent reclaim the power he had lost. Zhuang Hong rejected the concession and seized half the Lord of War Chess’s power, then emerged from the Chess Game to face the God of Time and six other Ancient Great Powers.

• Zhuang Hong defeated the Lord of War Chess after a month-long chess game and absorbed most of his power.
• The Lord of War Chess conceded to reclaim his lost power, but Zhuang Hong rejected the concession and took half of it for himself.
• Zhuang Hong’s power surged to more than sixty times its former level, while the Lord of War Chess lost nearly half his power.
• Zhuang Hong returned with the Lord of War Chess to the place where they had been fighting the God of Time and demanded the Lord of War Chess agree to his requests.
• The God of Time prepared to attack Zhuang Hong with six Ancient Great Powers, but froze when he saw how strong Zhuang Hong had become.
• The Lord of Reincarnation and the God of Divination were stunned, and the Lord of Reincarnation asked what the Lord of War Chess had done.

Zhuang Hong escaped the God of Time’s pursuit after the Lord of War Chess intervened and trapped the attacking Ancient Great Powers in his War Chess Domain. The God of Divination then revealed that the God of Time was the cause of the God Kings’ depression.

• The God of Time ordered the Ancient Great Powers he had invited to capture Zhuang Hong, but the Lord of War Chess blocked their path and demanded that they let him leave.
• The Lord of War Chess refused the God of Time’s offers and threats, then trapped him and the other attackers inside an enlarged Chinese-checkers board.
• The God of Time’s attack shook the War Chess Domain and damaged other Ancient Great Powers’ chess pieces, prompting them to stop him.
• Zhuang Hong used the distraction to retreat, set up layers of concealment, and teleport away safely.
• The Lord of Reincarnation asked the God of Divination why he was not chasing Zhuang Hong, and the God of Divination said the God of Time had caused the God Kings’ depression.

Zhuang Hong hid in a distant void to absorb his incarnation’s power, but the God of Divination tracked him down and proposed an alliance against a coming crisis from an Outer Star System. Zhuang Hong demanded help against the God of Time, and the God of Divination revealed that the God of Time had already been dead for countless years.

• Zhuang Hong escaped the Hua Yin Star Territory and stayed in a distant void, delaying his return to his main body in case his incarnation was being tracked.
• After half a year, the God of Divination found Zhuang Hong and said he had located him through divination rather than a tracking mark.
• Zhuang Hong recognized the God of Divination as the former owner of Divination Power, and the two secretly tested possible battles through their divinations before agreeing not to fight.
• The God of Divination warned Zhuang Hong that a crisis from an Outer Star System would threaten the entire Galaxy Starfield and proposed that they cooperate to survive it.
• Zhuang Hong asked the God of Divination to help him eliminate the God of Time, but the God of Divination said the God of Time had died countless years ago and could not be killed again.

God of Divination explained how the God of Time had resurrected from the Time Chronicle and offered Zhuang Hong access to his Divinity Treasures in exchange for learning any traits Zhuang Hong mastered. Zhuang Hong refused, believing he could collect the treasures himself.

• God of Divination told Zhuang Hong that the God of Time had awakened in the Time Chronicle, recovered his experiences, and could resurrect even if his body and divinity were destroyed.
• Zhuang Hong realized that taking someone’s Lifetime Experience could erase their chance of awakening from the Time Chronicle, and explained to himself that he had learned Time Power from Time Crystal Sand.
• God of Divination deduced that Zhuang Hong could analyze and learn Divinity Traits, then offered him his Divinity Treasures in exchange for being taught every trait Zhuang Hong learned.
• Zhuang Hong asked whether God of Divination possessed Reincarnation Power and War Chess Power, and God of Divination said he had both, along with other traits besides Time Power.
• Zhuang Hong refused the offer, saying he could collect many Divinity Treasures within ten thousand years, and God of Divination realized that Lord of War Chess had ruined his chances.

Zhuang Hong rejected the God of Divination’s offer of cooperation and set terms so steep that the God of Divination refused. Elsewhere, the God of Time’s attempt to capture Zhuang Hong failed, and the Lord of Reincarnation demanded a pastoral farm as compensation for his spies in her territory.

• Zhuang Hong refused to share his learned Divinity Traits with the God of Divination, explaining that cooperation would cost him his advantage and create a dangerous opponent.
• The God of Divination proposed increasingly smaller shares, but Zhuang Hong offered ten chosen traits for every thousand Divinity Treasures, and the God of Divination rejected the terms.
• The Lord of War Chess dissolved the War Chess Domain, releasing the six Ancient Great Powers, and the God of Time fought him before they parted as enemies without finding Zhuang Hong.
• The Lord of Reincarnation mocked the God of Time for failing to catch Zhuang Hong and asked about their connection, but the God of Time denied having any special relationship with him.
• The Lord of Reincarnation confronted the God of Time over spies in Rainbow Sky Pastoral Farm and demanded a pastoral farm; the God of Time refused.

After Zhuang Hong escaped the battle in the Hua Yin Star Territory, news of his rise spread across the Galaxy Starfield, though the name he became known by was the Lord of Colored Balls. He struck a bargain with the God of Divination to teach him traits in exchange for Divinity Treasures, then chose the Hua Yin Star Territory as their meeting place.

• Zhuang Hong became famous throughout the Galaxy Starfield as the Lord of Colored Balls, and rumors spread about his battle against the God of Time and other Ancient Great Powers.
• The Nirvana Phoenix Lord wondered how Zhuang Hong had escaped, while the Lord of Placement celebrated that he had avoided joining the battle.
• The God of Divination weighed the cost of trading Divinity Treasures for traits and decided the bargain could help him grow stronger.
• Zhuang Hong and the God of Divination agreed that he would teach traits in exchange for batches of one thousand Divinity Treasures.
• Zhuang Hong asked the God of Divination for treasures that could increase his foundational power, and the God of Divination offered to seek Mayfly Spirits.
• When the God of Divination suggested meeting at a Star Beast, Zhuang Hong chose the Hua Yin Star Territory instead.

Zhuang Hong began analyzing Divinity Traits to strengthen his power and prepare to take Red Sun Ranch from the God of Time. As Zhuang Hong stole God Kings’ Lifetime Experiences, the God of Time sought the Lord of Black Star’s help, who agreed to consider intervening if shown the Time Chronicle.

• After returning to the Hua Yin Star Territory, Zhuang Hong and the God of Divination confirmed that only the Ancient Great Powers’ avatars remained and negotiated an exchange of Divinity Traits.
• Zhuang Hong used Xiao Qi to analyze the traits, hoping to improve his divine powers and eventually find a way to protect Red Sun Ranch from the God of Time.
• While Zhuang Hong’s avatar studied the traits, his true body stole the Lifetime Experiences of deities and God Kings, forcing the God of Time to pursue him and reclaim some of them.
• The God of Time considered asking the Lord of Black Star to kill Zhuang Hong in exchange for access to the Time Chronicle, but hesitated because that would expose his Life Core to danger.
• The God of Time went to the Lord of Black Star and described Zhuang Hong’s actions; the Lord of Black Star said he might help if the God of Time took him to the Time Chronicle.

Zhuang Hong mastered ten difficult Divinity Traits and taught them to God of Divination, while God of Time failed to enlist Lord of Black Star's help. God of Divination struggled to use the traits, so Zhuang Hong demanded the next batch of Divinity Treasures without waiting for him to master them fully.

• God of Time offered Lord of Black Star his riches in exchange for help reaching the Time Chronicle, but Lord of Black Star refused and decided to meet Lord of Colored Balls later.
• Over fifty years, Zhuang Hong mastered a thousand Divinity Traits, integrated dozens into his fused divine powers, and increased his base power by ten percent.
• Zhuang Hong told God of Divination he had analyzed ten difficult traits and taught him their laws in exchange for a second batch of Divinity Treasures.
• After a year, God of Divination said he understood the traits but needed a hundred years to master their practical use.
• Zhuang Hong refused to wait and demanded the second batch immediately, prompting God of Divination to agree to hand it over.

Zhuang Hong analyzed the second batch of Divinity Treasures and mastered ten powerful traits, then taught them to the God of Divination. The God of Divination, eager to learn them before Zhuang Hong left, struggled to understand the explanations and asked him to repeat them.

• The God of Divination gave Zhuang Hong the second batch of Divinity Treasures and chose ten traits for him to analyze.
• The God of Divination explained the Mark Leaf's Reincarnation Power, the Crimson Phoenix Pearl's Nirvana Phoenix Power, and the Twin Stones' Equivalent Power, along with other traits.
• Zhuang Hong and Xiao Qi analyzed the treasures, and Zhuang Hong mastered every trait in the second batch over eighty years.
• Zhuang Hong's power increased by more than fifteen percent, and he taught the ten traits to the God of Divination.
• The God of Divination found Zhuang Hong's explanations difficult to follow and asked him to explain them again.

Zhuang Hong tested Reincarnation Power by restoring a destroyed planet, then used Nirvana Phoenix Power to create a Divine Embryo inside a star. The chapter ended with him wondering whether the embryo had given him the Immortality Trait.

• Zhuang Hong used Destruction Power to collapse a planet, then activated a spacetime anchor and reversed time to restore it.
• Zhuang Hong discovered that mastering Reincarnation Power kept his memories and thoughts continuous during reversal, and he resolved to confront the Lord of Reincarnation again.
• Zhuang Hong approached a dangerous overlapping star and used Nirvana Phoenix Power to withstand its violent energy.
• Zhuang Hong entered the star, formed a Divine Embryo from his flesh, and infused it with Nirvana Phoenix Power until it matured and connected to him.
• Zhuang Hong sensed that the Divine Embryo could restore him if he died and wondered whether he now possessed the Immortality Trait.

After centuries of mastering Divinity Traits and expanding the Floating Sky Net, Zhuang Hong reunited with his avatar and became confident enough to confront even the Lord of Black Star. He decided the time had come to return to Red Sun Ranch and stop the God of Time from harvesting it.

• Zhuang Hong completed his exchange of Divinity Traits with the God of Divination, who told him about the powerful Lord of Black Star and the possibility of a future black hole eruption.
• The God of Divination left, and Zhuang Hong’s true body continued building the Floating Sky Net across the Layered Light Star Territory and other star territories, taking control of territory once held by the God of Time.
• Zhuang Hong’s avatar returned and merged with his true body, making the avatar’s accumulated power fully his own.
• After two days adapting to his complete body, Zhuang Hong decided to return to Red Sun Ranch before the God of Time harvested its mature mayflies.
• Zhuang Hong thought of the civilizations in the Dragon Court Mixed Domain, especially Earth and Ji Ling Star, and wondered how Zi Zhong and the others were doing.