Chapter Summaries

Zhuang Hong confronted the Lord of Black Star, the God of Divination, and the Lord of Reincarnation after they entered the Red Sun Star Territory. The Lord of Black Star sought access to the Time Chronicle and an explanation for Zhuang Hong’s perfect body, but Zhuang Hong refused to reveal anything about himself.

• Zhuang Hong sensed the three visitors and flew out to meet them, prepared to fight if they threatened his territory.
• The God of Divination explained that he and the Lord of Black Star had come to talk, while the Lord of Reincarnation had returned seeking revenge.
• Zhuang Hong realized the Lord of Black Star was the powerful being known for Black Star Power and asked why he had come.
• The Lord of Black Star praised Zhuang Hong’s body, then offered to teach him Black Star Power if Zhuang Hong took him into the Time Chronicle.
• Zhuang Hong showed the group Time Crystal Sand and explained that he had learned Time Power another way, not through the Time Chronicle.
• The Lord of Black Star asked Zhuang Hong to explain how he had achieved his perfect body, and Zhuang Hong refused.

Lord of Black Star drew Zhuang Hong into a Black Domain after Zhuang Hong demanded to know his purpose. Zhuang Hong endured its crushing pressure and discovered that, in a place without spacetime, divine powers had no medium through which to act.

• Zhuang Hong rejected Lord of Black Star’s vague offer and demanded that he state his purpose or leave.
• Lord of Black Star swallowed Zhuang Hong into a Black Ball that severed his connections and transported him to a silent void.
• The Black Domain’s pressure shattered Zhuang Hong’s defenses and compressed his body, but he used Hundred Thousand Year Deity Power to resist.
• Zhuang Hong tried to reverse time with Reincarnation Power, but nothing changed in the spacetime-less void.
• Lord of Black Star explained that divine powers required a medium or stage, which the Black Domain lacked.

Lord of Black Star explained his ambition to reach the Upper World and asked Zhuang Hong to help him find the Time Chronicle. Zhuang Hong denied knowing where it was and suggested asking the God of Time.

• Lord of Black Star trapped Zhuang Hong in his Absolute Domain, where pressure from Black Star would intensify over time.
• Lord of Black Star appeared before Zhuang Hong and praised his mastery of Time Power and Reincarnation Power.
• Lord of Black Star described the Upper World as a higher realm that would let its inhabitants roam freely between super starfields.
• Lord of Black Star revealed that he knew the entrance to the Upper World but needed answers from the Time Chronicle to open it.
• Zhuang Hong said he did not know where the Time Chronicle was and suggested Lord of Black Star ask the God of Time.

Lord of Black Star explained that he wanted Zhuang Hong to die and revive in the Time Chronicle so he could find its location and help open a passage to the Upper World. Zhuang Hong rejected the plan, and Lord of Black Star agreed to wait while Zhuang Hong considered it, leaving Zhuang Hong intent on using that time to find a way to defeat him.

• Lord of Black Star told Zhuang Hong that he had destroyed God of Time before, but God of Time returned because his time in the Time Chronicle remained intact.
• Lord of Black Star claimed that Zhuang Hong would revive in the Time Chronicle after dying because he possessed Time Power, and asked him to help locate it.
• Zhuang Hong refused to die for Lord of Black Star, doubting that he would revive and believing his Lifetime Experience would vanish if his Time Units shattered.
• Lord of Black Star insisted that events were destined to bring Zhuang Hong to help him enter the Time Chronicle and reach the Upper World.
• Zhuang Hong persuaded Lord of Black Star to give him time to think, and Lord of Black Star agreed to wait as long as needed.

Lord of Black Star trapped Zhuang Hong’s First Incarnation and then forcibly gathered Zhuang Hong’s true body and every avatar inside the Black Domain. Zhuang Hong’s attempt to warn Yin Zizhong ended with his avatar being swallowed too, leaving all of Zhuang Hong’s selves trapped together.

• Lord of Black Star refused to release Zhuang Hong’s First Incarnation and said he would keep him in the Black Star to think until he understood Lord of Black Star’s goal.
• Lord of Reincarnation and God of Divination waited outside the Black Domain, and God of Divination warned that Zhuang Hong would seek revenge if he survived.
• Zhuang Hong’s true body concluded he could not escape the Black Domain, decided to avoid Lord of Black Star, and prepared to leave the Wheel Horn Star Territory.
• Zhuang Hong sent an avatar to warn Yin Zizhong to flee if the Dragon Court Mixed Domain faced danger, but a Black Ball swallowed the avatar before he could finish.
• Black Balls swallowed Zhuang Hong’s true body and all his avatars across the Galaxy Starfield, bringing them together inside the Black Domain, where Zhuang Hong cursed Lord of Black Star for cheating.

Trapped inside the Lord of Black Star’s void, Zhuang Hong realized that his many powers and escape plans could not free him, and that he might eventually be crushed or imprisoned for ages. The Lord of Black Star demanded that Zhuang Hong help him enter the Time Chronicle, but Zhuang Hong refused, leaving the Lord frustrated and convinced that no one else shared his ambition.

• Zhuang Hong recognized that the Lord of Black Star had isolated his true body and incarnations, preventing his usual escape and revival methods.
• Zhuang Hong gathered his incarnations into his true body, increasing his power, but found that this gave him no way to escape Black Star.
• The Lord of Black Star warned Zhuang Hong that Black Star’s pressure would intensify and urged him to help locate the Time Chronicle in exchange for becoming one of the dead.
• Zhuang Hong told the Lord of Black Star that he would refuse to bring him into the Time Chronicle even if he became one of the dead.
• The Lord of Black Star lamented that others lacked the great souls needed to pursue his goal, while Zhuang Hong dismissed his righteousness as an excuse to take away others’ choices and lives.

Trapped in the Lord of Black Star’s void, Zhuang Hong overcame his despair and resumed his research, while the Lord of Black Star watched and grew wary of his vast power. After two months, the Lord of Black Star emerged and told the God of Divination and the Lord of Reincarnation that Zhuang Hong possessed no fewer than ten thousand divine powers, leaving them stunned.

• After berating Zhuang Hong, the Lord of Black Star left him imprisoned in darkness and secretly observed him.
• Zhuang Hong grew despondent, then regained his resolve and asked Xiao Qi to display his unfinished projects so he could continue his research.
• The Lord of Black Star discovered that Zhuang Hong possessed more than ten thousand Divinity Traits but believed Black Star Power could not be broken.
• After two months, the Lord of Black Star emerged from the Black Ball, while the God of Divination and the Lord of Reincarnation waited outside Dragon Court Mixed Domain.
• The Lord of Black Star told the God of Divination and the Lord of Reincarnation that Zhuang Hong had no fewer than ten thousand types of divine power, shocking them both.

The Lord of Reincarnation investigated Red Sun Ranch for the secret Zhuang Hong had hidden, then returned to her palace to send divine officials in her place. Meanwhile, Yin Zizhong concealed Zhuang Hong’s disappearance and organized the Travelers to explore new worlds and prepare for survival without him.

• The God of Divination warned the Lord of Reincarnation not to damage Red Sun Ranch or provoke the Lord of Golden Light, then teleported away.
• The Lord of Reincarnation searched the ranch for a month, found nothing unusual, and returned to her Rainbow Star Palace to select divine officials to investigate.
• Yin Zizhong decided to conceal Zhuang Hong’s disappearance and proposed exploring teleportation points, establishing new bases, and relocating the Travelers’ core members.
• Yin Zizhong gathered the Travelers’ core members and gained their support for the Galaxy Starfield Exploration Plan without telling them Zhuang Hong was missing.
• Yin Zizhong asked Xu Kaidong, Hua Wanying, and Blue Fur to advise the advance team; Blue Fur helped him contact Wei Ke in the Hua Yin Star Territory.

Yin Zizhong learned that the Travelers could use the Floating Sky Nets across nearby star territories with the highest authority, and he became convinced that Zhuang Hong was the powerful Lord of Colored Balls. After Yin returned to Dragon Court Mixed Domain, the divine official Zuo Xu appeared and demanded that Yin become his subordinate and govern Red Sun Ranch.

• A Traveler reported that the group could access Hua Yin Star Territory’s Floating Sky Net with the same high authority they held on their own network, and Yin Zizhong decided to investigate it himself.
• Zuo Xu reported to the Lord of Reincarnation that the Travelers controlled Red Sun Ranch’s Mayfly Worlds, and the Lord ordered him to enlist their help searching for anything unusual.
• Yin Zizhong confirmed that nearby star territories had Floating Sky Nets built like the one in Dragon Court Mixed Domain, and he used his highest authority to gather intelligence.
• Yin Zizhong concluded that Zhuang Hong was the Lord of Colored Balls and resolved to wait for his master while building the Travelers’ future.
• Zuo Xu appeared before Yin Zizhong, suppressed his body and mind, and ordered him to become the divine official’s subordinate and govern Red Sun Ranch.

Yin Zizhong spent three hundred years serving Zuo Xu while building the Overlookers and advancing his strength, as Zhuang Hong remained imprisoned in the Black Star Domain and pursued his research. The chapter ended with the Lord of Black Star asking Zhuang Hong whether he would help him, and Zhuang Hong asking for more time to decide.

• Yin Zizhong agreed to become Zuo Xu's subordinate, concealed information about Zhuang Hong and the Floating Sky Net, and accepted the task of reporting abnormalities in Red Sun Ranch.
• Yin Zizhong planned to move the core personnel and technologies of several civilizations beyond Red Sun Ranch and to use the Floating Sky Net to draw powerful figures there if the Dragon Court Mixed Domain faced destruction.
• Over three hundred years, Zuo Xu rarely troubled Yin Zizhong, while the Galaxy Starfield grew quieter in Zhuang Hong's absence.
• Yin Zizhong established the Overlookers across a vast cluster of interconnected star territories and, with Blue Fur's help, reached the Sacred Spirit Level.
• Zhuang Hong spent three hundred years conducting research in the Sea of Consciousness World while imprisoned in the Black Star Domain.
• The Lord of Black Star visited Zhuang Hong and asked him to help; Zhuang Hong said he had not decided and requested more time.

Zhuang Hong continued studying Divinity Traits while enduring the Lord of Black Star’s pressure, gradually glimpsing the Rule Framework that governed them. The God of Time learned that Zhuang Hong was still alive and feared that he and the Lord of Black Star were targeting the Time Chronicle.

• Zhuang Hong theorized that Divinity Traits followed a Rule Framework and continued researching how their traits operated.
• The Lord of Black Star increased the pressure on Zhuang Hong, then later returned and asked whether he would help find the Time Chronicle; Zhuang Hong asked for more time.
• The Lord of Black Star continued checking on Zhuang Hong as both focused on their own research and prepared for a prolonged struggle.
• The God of Time asked the God of Divination about Zhuang Hong, who warned him not to become Zhuang Hong’s enemy.
• The God of Time returned to the Imperial Palace and suspected that Zhuang Hong and the Lord of Black Star were setting their sights on the Time Chronicle.

Zhuang Hong spent millennia imprisoned in the Lord of Black Star’s domain, researching Divinity Trait fusion and searching for a way to uncover the rules behind it. When the Lord of Black Star returned to ask for his decision, Zhuang Hong had just found a new idea.

• The God of Time worried that Zhuang Hong and the Lord of Black Star might target the Time Chronicle, but decided not to return and risk being lured into a trap.
• After five hundred years, Zhuang Hong fused over a thousand Divinity Traits into Hua Yuan Power and detected an unknown force linking the traits, though it could not help him escape Black Star.
• Zhuang Hong continued studying trait structures, drawing on information in his Sea of Consciousness World and the Lifetime Experiences of more than fifteen billion members of the Spirit Race to find clues and learn about the outside world.
• After another thousand years, Zhuang Hong told the Lord of Black Star he had not thought it through; privately, he reflected that he had reached a bottleneck after fusing two thousand traits and wished he could study Earth’s scientific advances.
• Zhuang Hong suddenly opened his eyes with a glint as the Lord of Black Star appeared and asked, “Have you thought it through?”

Zhuang Hong tried to create deceased by altering the Time Units containing Spirit Race members’ life experiences, hoping to reach the Galaxy Starfield and overcome his bottleneck. After years of failures, he devised a way to overlap recorded images and created his first specially structured Time Unit.

• Zhuang Hong dismissed the Lord of Black Star and considered using the Time Units to create deceased artificially.
• With Xiao Qi’s help, Zhuang Hong altered the life records of one hundred thousand low-level Spirit Race members and continued making further batches of experimental subjects.
• After a thousand years, nearly all the subjects had died, but none had transformed into deceased.
• Zhuang Hong reasoned that images needed spatial continuity to support thought and decided to overlap their recorded experiences.
• Zhuang Hong altered the structure of the Time Units and produced his first one with overlapping images.

Cheng He was reborn more than four thousand years into the past after dying at Lottie's hands, but found himself trapped in Green Head Fortress. Zhuang Hong revealed that he had resurrected Cheng He and called himself the Underworld.

• Cheng He confronted Lottie to reclaim his stolen treasures, but hesitated when she invited him to bed and was killed by her strike.
• Cheng He awoke in Green Head Fortress with fading memories and realized he had returned to his days as a young Spirit Ascension Level cultivator.
• Cheng He discovered that white mist prevented him from leaving the fortress.
• Zhuang Hong emerged from the mist and explained to himself that overlapping images from the Time Chronicle had enabled Cheng He's resurrection.
• Zhuang Hong identified himself as the Underworld, mocked Cheng He's death, and told him that he had brought him back to life.
• Cheng He asked whether Zhuang Hong was one of the legendary Ancient Great Powers.

Zhuang Hong studied Cheng He, a deceased formed from five days of images, then helped him merge his entire Lifetime Experience into a Complete Deceased. Cheng He gained the power to break out of his Time Unit and vanished, beginning Zhuang Hong’s test of whether he could travel back and forth.

• Cheng He agreed to cooperate with Zhuang Hong’s experiments after learning that doing so might let him become stronger and return to the Hua Yin Star Territory.
• Over three months, Zhuang Hong studied Cheng He and learned how deceased could absorb images from other points in time.
• Zhuang Hong offered to help Cheng He collect all his images in exchange for ten thousand years of unconditional service, and Cheng He accepted.
• Zhuang Hong guided Cheng He through his Lifetime Experience, and Cheng He spent twenty years merging all his images into a complete deceased body.
• After Cheng He’s transformation produced a brief ripple of Time Power, Zhuang Hong recognized how the God of Time might have learned that power.
• Zhuang Hong told Cheng He to break out of the Time Unit and later learn to return, and Cheng He followed the mysterious feeling and vanished.

After Cheng He emerged from the Time Unit, he found himself trapped in the Black Star Domain, where the Lord of Black Star discovered him and brought him to Zhuang Hong. Zhuang Hong reclaimed Cheng He through their connection, confirming that Cheng He remained under his control.

• Zhuang Hong realized Cheng He remained connected to his Time Unit and could be controlled through it even after leaving.
• Cheng He emerged into the Black Star Domain, celebrated his freedom, and began rapidly losing power under its pressure.
• The Lord of Black Star found Cheng He, sensed his faint Time Power, and asked whether he served the Lord of Colored Balls.
• Cheng He claimed to be the Lord of Colored Balls' subordinate, and the Lord of Black Star brought him before Zhuang Hong.
• Zhuang Hong used the Time Unit connection to draw Cheng He back into his body and confirmed that Cheng He was his person.

Imprisoned in the Black Star Domain, Zhuang Hong restored Cheng He and tested whether he could escape through the Time Unit, but Lord of Black Star killed him. After hundreds of years of further experiments, Zhuang Hong began investigating whether overlapping images of a living person could create thoughts.

• Zhuang Hong told Lord of Black Star that he would not help him find the Time Chronicle, and Lord of Black Star left, intending to wear down Zhuang Hong through imprisonment.
• Zhuang Hong questioned Cheng He about returning from outside the Underworld, restored his Time Power, and had him repeatedly test different exit locations.
• Cheng He found that every location he reached was still inside the Black Star Domain, so Zhuang Hong concluded that this escape method would not work.
• Lord of Black Star crushed Cheng He as he emerged, and Zhuang Hong learned through the Time Unit that Cheng He had died and would eventually revive.
• After several hundred years, Zhuang Hong wondered whether overlapping time images of a living person could produce thoughts and began experimenting.

Zhuang Hong searched for a way to make a living Spirit Race member’s layered image revive as one of the dead, then found inspiration in the Fu Shou Race’s Passing the Flame ability. After reviving Cheng He, he asked him to use that ability on a layered image, though Cheng He admitted he did not know how.

• The Lord of Black Star appeared near the Galaxy Black Hole and said he would enter it soon.
• Zhuang Hong spent three hundred years trying unsuccessfully to make a living Spirit Race member’s image transform into one of the dead.
• Zhuang Hong discovered that the Fu Shou Race’s Passing the Flame could gradually turn another person into a puppet aligned with the user.
• Zhuang Hong helped Cheng He complete his revival and recruited him as a subordinate.
• Zhuang Hong brought Cheng He to a layered image and asked him to use Passing the Flame to turn it into an avatar puppet, but Cheng He said he did not know the ability.

Zhuang Hong and Cheng He successfully brought a Six-Whiskered Race avatar to life and sent it into Xi Hui Feng's body in the Galaxy System. Cheng He began speaking to Xi Hui Feng as his supposed second personality, leaving Xi Hui Feng shocked by the revelation of his past.

• Zhuang Hong folded Cheng He's altered time image, and Cheng He awakened a Six-Whiskered Race member named Xi Hui Feng.
• Cheng He took control of the avatar and sent it into Xi Hui Feng's body, returning to the Galaxy System while his original body remained in the Underworld.
• Zhuang Hong asked Cheng He to test whether the avatar could communicate with Xi Hui Feng.
• Xi Hui Feng, ordered to assassinate the powerful Gu Xiao Ying, decided to defect to him instead.
• Cheng He warned Xi Hui Feng through his mind and claimed to be his latent second personality.
• Cheng He recited Xi Hui Feng's hidden origins, prompting Xi Hui Feng to shout for him to stop.

Zhuang Hong equipped Cheng He and thousands of other deceased avatars with Little Spirits to influence Spirit Race members and make contact with the Travelers. After Xi Hui Feng delivered a coded message to Shao Yi, Yin Zizhong recognized its significance and went to meet him.

• Zhuang Hong gave Cheng He the Little Spirit Xiao Qi and instructed him to gain Spirit Race members’ trust and use them to contact the Travelers.
• Zhuang Hong expanded his efforts across thousands of Time Units, and five hundred years later he controlled more than three thousand deceased people.
• Cheng He told Zhuang Hong that ten Spirit Race members under his control had privately contacted designated Traveler targets.
• Xi Hui Feng asked Shao Yi to arrange a meeting with the Young Master, then gave her the coded message, “Mr. Protagonist, has your storybook been published?”
• Shao Yi relayed the message to Yin Zizhong, who recognized its importance and went to meet Xi Hui Feng.