Arc 23Supreme Heaven’s Trap

Chen Fan destroyed the Deep World and several other realms, advanced his powers, and helped the Penglai Island Master’s path while accelerating cultivation at the Heavenly Gate. When the Second Group Mission forced him into Supreme Heaven, he summoned Past Zero, who erased the realm before clashing with Wang Hao and Li Ping.

  • Chen Fan entered the Deep World, transformed his other self into Old Self, destroyed the realm and its Supreme Existence, and gained the Great Dao of Truth and Falsehood.
  • Chen Fan used Golden Talent: Investment on Wu Yong and received the Primordial Dao-Source Ancestral Root in return for the Chaos Great Dao Tree.
  • Chen Fan used the Fate Demon Dice to advance his Sword Dao Fruit Position, then sent Old Self into the Cthulhu, Desolate, Nightmare, and Astral Realms to seize their Great Daos and defeat their Supreme Existences.
  • Wang Hao and Li Ping blocked Chen Fan from reaching other Great Realms, so he spread the Dao through other worlds and arranged to help Penglai’s Island Master attain the sword Dao fruit position.
  • Chen Fan obtained Longevity Great Talent’s incomplete Creation and Devouring Great Daos, killed the Jade Pool Sacred Lord, and attained the lunar fruit position.
  • Chen Fan used the Fate Demon Dice to accelerate cultivation across the Immortal Realm, helping Heavenly Gate cultivators advance while raising his own limit-breaking levels.
  • Before the Second Group Mission, Zero advised Chen Fan to choose Supreme Heaven in exchange for Purple Talent: Existence from Nonexistence, and Chen Fan selected it.
  • Chen Fan entered Supreme Heaven as Old Self, fought Higher-Dimensional Existences, and summoned Past Zero, who erased the realm before battling Wang Hao and Li Ping.
Chapters 551–575 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 551[The First Group Mission Begins: Heading to the [Deep World] to Investigate]

The first group mission began, sending the protagonist’s other self into the Deep World to destroy the False Human Side. After discovering that the world contained a Surface World and a boundless, horrific Inner World ruled by Weird Gods, the protagonist chose not to use Judgment and prepared to activate Investment.

  • The protagonist realized Zhen Yuanzi’s projection could no longer provide information about Wang Hao and considered visiting the Primordial World in person.
  • The Chat Group announced the S-rank mission to enter the Deep World and destroy the False Human Side, warning members to avoid karmic sin, rule violations, assimilation, aberration, and corruption.
  • After teleporting into the Deep World, the protagonist used True-False Supreme Realm to swap places with the other self, leaving that self to investigate while returning to the Supreme True Realm with Wang Hao, Li Ping, Wu Yong, and Zhang Wenping.
  • The protagonist discovered that the Deep World consisted of a human Surface World and a boundless Inner World of horrors, and sensed that Weird Gods ruled worlds and treated living beings as livestock.
  • The protagonist decided against using Judgment on the Deep World and considered transforming the other self into Old Self, but first prepared to activate Golden Talent: Investment.

Ch. 552[Activating [Golden Talent: Investment], the Primordial Dao-Source Ancestral Root]

The narrator invested in Wu Yong and received the incomplete Primordial Dao-Source Ancestral Root as a hundred-millionfold return. After discovering its powerful abilities and seeing it take root on their rank, the narrator left the story with two primordial spiritual roots.

  • The narrator met Wu Yong and used True-False Supreme Realm to activate Golden Talent: Investment.
  • The narrator bestowed Late Bloomer on Wu Yong, but Golden Talent: Investment produced no response.
  • The narrator gave Wu Yong the Chaos Great Dao Tree, triggering a hundred-millionfold return of the incomplete Primordial Dao-Source Ancestral Root.
  • The narrator examined the new spiritual root's abilities, including nurturing Great Daos and authorities, seizing others' Great Daos, and wielding ten thousand daos.
  • The Primordial Dao-Source Ancestral Root took root on the narrator's rank beside the Myriad-Void Primordial Ancient Weeping Willow.

Ch. 553[[First Group Mission] Completed], Destroying the Deep World]

Chen Fan used his transformed self’s power to complete the group mission by annihilating the False Human Side in the Deep World. He then tried to destroy the entire world, prompting its Supreme Existence to awaken and resist as the chapter ended.

  • Chen Fan entered the Deep World and used Transform All Beings to transform his other self into Old Self, gaining the temporary ability Escape One.
  • Chen Fan forced the Deep World’s Supreme Existence back into slumber and used Escape One to annihilate the False Humans and their associated Weird Gods.
  • The system confirmed that Chen Fan had completed the group mission with 100% contribution and offered him a top-grade Innate Numinous Treasure as an additional reward.
  • Chen Fan used Escape One again to try to annihilate the entire Deep World and turn it into experience and attribute points.
  • The Deep World’s Supreme Existence broke free and resisted Chen Fan’s power while its Weird Gods howled, begged, and fell into despair.

Ch. 554[Kill rewards, Authority Fragments, and the rule-type ability [Fate Demon Dice]]

The protagonist destroyed the Deep World’s Supreme Existence, gained an Authority Fragment and other rewards, then returned to the Supreme True Realm and claimed the rule-type ability Fate Demon Dice. The chapter ended with the protagonist considering how its unusually high priority could improve future ability draws.

  • The protagonist used Old Self to destroy the Deep World and kill its Supreme Existence, while Dao Seizure failed against the Weird Gods but obtained the Great Dao of Truth and Falsehood from the Supreme Existence.
  • The Only Player awarded the protagonist experience, attributes, the major divine ability Inner World, and one Authority Fragment, which could be combined with nine others to obtain a random authority.
  • The protagonist returned to the Supreme True Realm with the Other Self after the Deep World mission ended.
  • The protagonist claimed the mission’s random rule-type ability and obtained Fate Demon Dice, whose results could make an event easier or harder and whose rules affected even Transcendent Ones.
  • The protagonist considered using Fate Demon Dice to improve the odds of drawing an ability with the Golden Talent Ten Gates.

Ch. 555[Top-Grade Innate Numinous Treasure [Heaven and Earth Cauldron], [Qi Refining Limit-Breaking: 24,000 Layers]]

You claimed the top-grade Innate Numinous Treasure Heaven and Earth Cauldron, raised Qi Refining Limit-Breaking to 24,000 layers, and fused numerous divine abilities into Deep World. The chapter ended with you reading the ability’s description and learning it had been condensed from a world of horrors destroyed by a mighty being.

  • You drew the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, whose abilities included storing things beyond outside laws and detection and nurturing post-heaven items into innate-grade equivalents.
  • You discovered that nurturing a Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure into a low-grade Innate Numinous Treasure would take at least ten thousand years.
  • You spent one billion experience points on Qi Refining Limit-Breaking, raising it from 23,000 to 24,000 layers.
  • You fused over a hundred minor divine abilities and more than twenty major ones, spending lifespan and attribute points to obtain the major divine ability Deep World.
  • You read Deep World's description, which said a mighty being had destroyed a world filled with demons, False Humans, and Weirds and condensed it into the ability.

Ch. 556The Terrifying Boost of the Fate Demon Dice, the Sword Dao Fruit Position Breaks Through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage

You tested the Fate Demon Dice while creating a Dao-Seeking Immortal Art for the Sword Dao Fruit Position and advanced its Dao attainment to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Its White Edge mystique grew stronger, though it still could not kill a Higher-Dimensional Existence.

  • You examined the Deep World ability and decided it was now of limited use to you, planning to grant it to others later.
  • You activated the Fate Demon Dice to aid in creating the Sword Dao Fruit Position’s Dao-Seeking Immortal Art and rolled fifteen, receiving a smooth-sailing enhancement.
  • You combined the dice’s effect with your comprehension abilities and primordial spiritual roots to study the immortal art.
  • You comprehended the Dao-Seeking Immortal Art in half a day and advanced the Sword Dao Fruit Position to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, gaining thirty percent of its Mighty Power.
  • Your White Edge mystique changed from making targets susceptible to being slashed to making them susceptible to being slain by a slash, though you recognized it could not yet kill Higher-Dimensional Existences.

Ch. 557[Six-Ring Intelligence, Wang Hao Was Going to Strike! Heading to the ["Cthulhu" Universe]]

After learning that Wang Hao planned to confront him and expose his talents, you stayed in the Supreme True Realm and prepared defenses. He sent an Other Self to the Cthulhu Universe to collect Authority Fragments, but the chapter ended as he transformed into Old Self to face the world’s Supreme Existence.

  • Your golden talent: Listening revealed that Wang Hao planned to attack you before or during the Second Group Mission to force you to reveal your trump cards.
  • You remained in the Supreme True Realm and accelerated the Heavenly Gate cultivators’ progress by using Supreme God's Game, Escape One, Dao-Seeking Peak, and other abilities.
  • You planned to send an Other Self into worlds with Supreme Existences to collect Authority Fragments and spread the Dao.
  • You used Immortal-Settling Journey to send an Other Self to the Cthulhu Universe, a distorted world where even its atoms had become Cthulhu-like monsters.
  • The Cthulhu Universe’s Supreme Existence noticed the Other Self, so you activated Transform All Beings and became Old Self as a Dharma body descended.

Ch. 558[Destroying the ["Cthulhu" Universe], Qi Refining Limit-Breaking: Twenty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Layers]

The narrator's Other Self annihilated a Cthulhu universe, killed its Supreme Existence, and seized its Aberration Dao. After spending the resulting rewards to raise Qi refining limit-breaking to 25,000 layers, the narrator sent the Other Self searching for a safer world with a Supreme Existence.

  • The narrator's Old Self used the Escape One authority to consume the Cthulhu universe with Annihilation and seize its Supreme Existence.
  • The narrator used Dao Seizure to take the Aberration Dao, then erased the Supreme Existence and gained one authority fragment, experience points, and attribute points.
  • The narrator recycled unwanted divine abilities and spent all available experience points to raise Qi refining limit-breaking from 24,000 to 25,000 layers.
  • The narrator ruled out the Supreme Martial Arts World and Supreme Heaven as dangerous destinations because they might be connected to Higher-Dimensional Existences.
  • The narrator used the Immortal-Settling Journey authority with conditions to send the Other Self to a relatively safe Great World containing a Supreme Existence.

Ch. 559[Three Great Worlds, [Qi Refining Limit-Breaking: Twenty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Layers]]

The protagonist’s Other Self destroyed the Desolate, Nightmare, and Astral Realms, killing each realm’s Supreme Existence and harvesting experience, attribute points, and Dao branches. After finding no more suitable realms to visit, the protagonist spent the gains on Qi refining limit-breaking, which rose to 25,500 layers.

  • The protagonist sent the Other Self, disguised as Old Self, to the Desolate Realm, where Old Self used the escape one authority to bring the realm to ruin and seized its Supreme Existence.
  • Old Self used Dao Seizure to take the Desolate Great Dao, then killed the Supreme Existence; the protagonist gained six hundred million experience points and three million attribute points.
  • The Other Self repeated the process in the Nightmare Realm and Astral Realm, obtaining their Great Daos and killing both Supreme Existences while gaining over a billion experience points in total.
  • The protagonist tried to use Immortal-Settling Journey to find another suitable realm, but the authority failed because no other realm met the conditions.
  • The protagonist used all the accumulated experience points on Qi refining limit-breaking, raising it from 24,500 to 25,500 layers.

Ch. 560Eight-Ring Intelligence, Wang Hao's Two-Pronged Plan, Sealing Off the Future

After his attempt to travel to a world ruled by a Spirit Transformation Dao Master failed, the narrator used eight-ring intelligence to learn that Wang Hao and Li Ping had blocked his plans. He abandoned hunting powerful beings and turned to spreading the Dao, while resolving to explore the Longevity Realm and the wider Supreme True Realm.

  • The narrator tried to use Immortal-Settling Journey to reach a world ruled by a Spirit Transformation Dao Master with a Complete Great Dao, but the authority failed.
  • Suspecting Wang Hao or Li Ping had interfered, the narrator used Golden Talent: Listening to seek information about Otherworldly Demons.
  • The Great Dao revealed that Wang Hao had sealed futures in which the narrator hunted Supreme Existences or Spirit Transformation Dao Masters, while Li Ping controlled the eligible Great Realms.
  • The narrator realized Wang Hao had deliberately left the Desolate Realm, Nightmare Realm, and Astral Realm uncovered as a warning, and that Li Ping's Omniscience was far more powerful than he had assumed.
  • The narrator decided that his other self would spread the Dao through great thousand worlds, while he remained in the Supreme True Realm and turned his attention to the Longevity Realm and the un explored parts of the true Supreme True Realm.

Ch. 561[The Plan: Entering the True Supreme True Realm and Seeking Longevity Great Talent's Great Daos]

Chen Fan used the Immortal-Settling Journey authority to enter the true Supreme True Realm and reach Penglai Immortal Island, hoping to obtain Longevity Great Talent’s Great Daos. He offered to help the island master attain the sword Dao fruit position, and Penglai agreed.

  • Chen Fan decided against visiting the Northern Land of Sin and instead chose Penglai Immortal Island as his destination.
  • He planned to trade help securing the sword Dao fruit position for Longevity Great Talent’s two Great Daos.
  • Chen Fan sent his other self to Penglai Immortal Island and erased the probes directed at him while revealing his Dao-burying fruit position.
  • Chen Fan introduced himself as the Eternal Radiance Immortal Venerable, a contingency of the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable, and offered to help the island master attain the sword Dao fruit position.
  • Penglai’s Great Dao voice agreed to Chen Fan’s proposal.

Ch. 562[A Deal with Longevity Great Talent, [Creation Great Dao] and [Devouring Great Dao]]

Changming warned Longevity Great Talent that the Penglai Island Lord’s attempt to attain the Sword Dao Fruit Position faced an unforeseen threat from the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority. They struck a deal for Changming to help avert it in exchange for Longevity Great Talent’s incomplete Creation Great Dao and Devouring Great Dao, while his Ages Dao remained off limits.

  • Longevity Great Talent questioned Changming’s claim that he had come to help the Penglai Immortal Island Island Master attain his Dao.
  • Changming showed Longevity Great Talent edited future-simulation scenes revealing a complication involving the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority.
  • Changming revealed that he was an Otherworldly Demon as well as a contingency of the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable, convincing Longevity Great Talent to believe his warning.
  • Changming asked for Longevity Great Talent’s Great Daos as compensation and learned that he possessed incomplete Creation Great Dao and Devouring Great Dao, along with a gestating Ages Dao.
  • Changming and Longevity Great Talent agreed that Changming would help the Penglai Immortal Island Island Master attain his Dao and avert the threat, and Changming would then receive the two incomplete Great Daos.

Ch. 563[Five-chime intelligence, the departure of the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority, the lunar fruit position]

The protagonist learned that the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority had secretly confirmed the sword Dao fruit position and left, clearing the way for the Penglai Immortal Island Island Master to attain the Dao in a hundred years. The protagonist then killed the Jade Pool Sacred Lord, acquired the lunar fruit position, and completed its Dao-attainment rite by hiding cultivators from mortals.

  • The protagonist promised to help the Penglai Immortal Island Island Master attain the sword Dao fruit position in a hundred years, obtained Longevity Great Talent's incomplete Great Daos, and created an incarnation to stay in contact.
  • Five-Ring Intelligence revealed that the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority had secretly copied the protagonist, confirmed the sword Dao fruit position had been attained, and quietly departed.
  • The protagonist told Longevity Great Talent that the Venerable Lord would not interfere with the Island Master's future attainment, then went to the Jade Pool Sacred Land.
  • The protagonist killed the Jade Pool Sacred Lord and obtained the lunar fruit position and the major divine ability Fishing for the Moon in the Water.
  • The protagonist used Escape One to make mortals forget cultivators and compel cultivators to remain hidden, fulfilling the lunar fruit position's Dao-attainment conditions.

Ch. 564Attaining the Lunar Fruit Position, the Fate Demon Dice's "Bad Turn," and Creating Another Dao-Seeking Immortal Art

You attained the lunar fruit position and endured the Fate Demon Dice’s detrimental effect while creating its Dao-Seeking Immortal Art. By age 23, you advanced to the Nascent Soul middle stage in the lunar fruit position, strengthening its abilities.

  • You attained the lunar fruit position and learned its Yin Lord Concealment mystique, which could replace Yang with Yin and use Taiyin Moonlight to deal defense-ignoring damage.
  • You activated the Fate Demon Dice to help create a Dao-Seeking Immortal Art, but it imposed the detrimental effect of twice the effort for half the result.
  • You struggled to comprehend the art and relied on comprehension-enhancing divine abilities and two primordial spiritual roots, estimating the process would take three years.
  • At age 22, your Herding All Beings plan produced a Foundation Establishment True Person who had broken through from the Ninth Level Qi Refining Limit-Breaking.
  • At age 23, you completed the lunar fruit position’s Dao-Seeking Immortal Art, reached the Nascent Soul middle stage, and obtained thirty percent of its Mighty Power.
  • Your Yin Concealment mystique grew stronger, granting thirty percent of Heaven and Earth’s authority and doubling Taiyin Moonlight’s accumulation and true damage.

Ch. 565[The Terrifying Boost of the Fate Demon Dice's "Nineteen": Accelerating the Shepherding of All Living Beings!]

After rolling a nineteen with Fate Demon Dice, the protagonist transformed the Immortal Realm into an immensely accelerated cultivation environment to advance the Herding All Beings plan. By age twenty-four, talented cultivators had progressed rapidly, while the protagonist harvested those who perished and brought more talented beings into the Immortal Realm.

  • The protagonist decided the Heavenly Gate’s cultivators were advancing too slowly and activated Fate Demon Dice to accelerate the Herding All Beings plan.
  • Fate Demon Dice rolled nineteen, unleashing hidden rules and Heaven and Earth’s authority to increase cultivation speed throughout the Immortal Realm by as much as a hundred millionfold.
  • Within a month, talented cultivators reached Foundation Establishment middle stage, and within half a year, someone reached late stage and became a Great True Person.
  • By age twenty-four, some Heavenly Gate talents had reached Foundation Establishment perfection, while other cultivators perished under the rapidly improving spiritual energy and fortune.
  • The protagonist devoured the dead cultivators and gained more than a hundred layers of progress in both Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment limit-breaking.
  • The protagonist continued bringing talented cultivators from other worlds into the Immortal Realm, whose cultivation speed far surpassed theirs.

Ch. 566[Qi Refining Limit-Breaking, Twenty-Six Thousand Levels], Seven Years of Development, Six-Ring Intelligence

Over several years, the Heavenly Gate’s talented cultivators rapidly advanced toward Nascent Soul, while you accumulated cultivation levels and prepared for the Second Group Mission. At age thirty, your listening talent triggered rare Six-Ring Intelligence just before the mission, but the chapter ended before revealing it.

  • At age twenty-five, you suspended eighteen Ordinary Fruit Positions above the Heavenly Gate and anchored them with the Chaos Bell so cultivators could cultivate golden nature.
  • At age twenty-six, the first talented cultivator reached foundation establishment limit-breaking ninth level and began cultivating the Great Post Earth fruit position.
  • At age twenty-seven, the first talent became a Golden Core Powerhouse and then reached the middle stage, while other cultivators also advanced.
  • By age twenty-nine, the first talent had reached the golden core late stage, and your qi refining and foundation establishment cultivation had risen to twenty-six thousand and nine thousand six hundred limit-breaking levels.
  • At age thirty, the first talent reached golden core perfection as the Fate Demon Dice accelerated cultivation, and your ten-year future letter was about to trigger.
  • Just before the Second Group Mission, your listening talent produced Six-Ring Intelligence, and the great dao’s voice began to reveal it.

Ch. 567[The Second Future Letter, Wang Hao's True Objective, Rigging the Second Group Mission]

You learned that Wang Hao and Li Ping had rigged the Second Group Mission so every available world had SS-level difficulty, then received a Future Letter warning you not to choose the Heavenly Immortal World. As you struggled to prepare, Senior Lin Feng reassured you that the coming danger would not be your fatal tribulation and said he had seen the future.

  • You realized Wang Hao and Li Ping had ensured every world available for the Second Group Mission contained a Higher-Dimensional Existence and had at least SS difficulty.
  • You waited for the Second Future Letter, which warned you never to enter the Heavenly Immortal World because an immense scheme there was beyond your ability to Probe.
  • You concluded that the warning likely meant you would choose the Heavenly Immortal World from the three mission options, but you could not decide what to do instead.
  • At age 31, you continued to advance your cultivation while considering and abandoning various plans for the mission.
  • You consulted Wu Yong, but he demanded a future promise, so your outside self used Simulation Choice Intervention to make you refuse.
  • You contacted Senior Lin Feng, who said his schemes could not reach beyond the Supreme True Realm but that he had prepared backup measures and knew the coming danger would not be your fatal tribulation.

Ch. 568[I Am the Chess Player Activated, Wang Hao's Schemes, Meeting "Zero" Again]

The protagonist examined the three worlds offered for the second group mission and suspected Wang Hao and Li Ping had turned every choice into a trap. After [I Am the Chess Player] activated, he met “Zero” again and learned that the [Heavenly Immortal World] had already been destroyed by [Otherworldly Demons].

  • The protagonist saw that the group mission offered [Supreme Heaven], [Supreme Martial Arts World], and [Heavenly Immortal World], and recognized the first two as worlds tied to Wang Hao's and Li Ping's schemes.
  • The protagonist suspected the [Heavenly Immortal World] was the hidden trap, but realized he had no safe mission to choose.
  • [I Am the Chess Player] and [ten Gates] activated, bringing the protagonist back to “Zero.”
  • The protagonist asked “Zero” about the [Heavenly Immortal World], and “Zero” said it had already been destroyed by [Otherworldly Demons].

Ch. 569The Heavenly Immortal World Had Already Been Destroyed?! Zero's Demand

Zero told you that the true Heavenly Immortal World had been destroyed in an ancient war and warned that entering its projection or a powerful being’s dream could attract incomprehensible beings. After you explained your predicament with Wang Hao and Wu Yong, Zero offered to help in exchange for one of your talents.

  • Zero revealed that the true Heavenly Immortal World had been destroyed and warned you to avoid any similar world that appeared.
  • Zero said entering a projection or dream of the Heavenly Immortal World probably would not endanger your life but could draw the attention of beings beyond your understanding.
  • When you asked about Supreme Heaven and the Supreme Martial Arts World, Zero demanded payment before giving more information.
  • You explained your predicament and told Zero about Wang Hao, Li Ping, Wu Yong, and Zhang Wenping; Zero said he did not know Wang Hao or Wu Yong because they came from a later era.
  • Zero asked whether you wanted his advice or direct intervention, and you considered borrowing his abilities through Ten Gates.
  • Zero asked for one of your talents as payment, and you asked which talent he wanted.

Ch. 570[The Consequences of Sacrificing [Rainbow Talent: Ten Gates], Choosing [Supreme Heaven]]

The protagonist considered Zero’s offer to take [Purple Talent: Existence from Nonexistence] and learned that Zero feared the protagonist might sacrifice [Rainbow Talent: Ten Gates]. After Zero revealed that he could see the protagonist’s predicament and advised choosing [Supreme Heaven] for the Second Group Mission, the protagonist selected it and faced forced teleportation in twenty-four hours.

  • Zero asked the protagonist for [Purple Talent: Existence from Nonexistence] and promised to turn the situation around.
  • The protagonist asked whether Zero feared the sacrifice of [Rainbow Talent: Ten Gates], and Zero admitted that it would cause him trouble.
  • The protagonist realized the eerie Clown Mask might let Zero see what was happening and learn about the protagonist’s past decade and the Chat Group members.
  • Zero advised the protagonist to choose [Supreme Heaven] for the Second Group Mission as the protagonist left [Rainbow Talent: Ten Gates].
  • The protagonist selected [Mission One: Supreme Heaven], and the system announced forced teleportation in twenty-four hours.

Ch. 571Conversation, Seven-Ring Intelligence, "Raising the Stakes," and the Start of the Second Group Mission

Chen Fan accepted Wang Hao and Li Ping’s Probe and prepared for the Second Group Mission. Seven-ring intelligence revealed Wang Hao had secretly unsealed the ninth layer of [Supreme Heaven], and Chen Fan transformed into “Old Self” before entering the SS-difficulty mission.

  • Chen Fan challenged Wang Hao and Li Ping to explain their Probe, and both said they would accept defeat if he overturned their plans.
  • Chen Fan learned that Wu Yong also wanted to use the Probe to discover his trump cards, then closed the Chat Group and prepared for the mission.
  • Seven-ring intelligence revealed that Wang Hao had deduced Chen Fan’s talents and secretly removed the restrictions on [Supreme Heaven]’s ninth layer.
  • The Second Group Mission began, requiring the group to enter [Supreme Heaven] and slay at least one Supreme Existence for two random supreme authorities.
  • Chen Fan activated [Purple Talent: Transform All Beings], changed into “Old Self,” and teleported to [Supreme Heaven].

Ch. 572One higher dimension per layer, probing, and helplessness

The protagonist and four Chat Group members entered the first layer of [Supreme Heaven], where using the [escape one] authority revealed that the realm itself was a Higher-Dimensional Existence. After destroying it and moving to the second layer, the protagonist faced another such enemy and decided to find "Zero" to complete their deal.

  • The protagonist examined [Supreme Heaven] and realized its nine layers were beyond their perception, with the group starting on the first layer.
  • A Higher-Dimensional Existence probed the protagonist, who used the [escape one] authority and powerful treasures to reveal and destroy the first layer.
  • The protagonist summoned "Old Self," whose [Dawn] sword strike suppressed the shapeless enemy before the group arrived in the second layer.
  • Another Higher-Dimensional Existence attacked in the second layer, a realm made of countless stairways whose steps each contained a Great Realm.
  • Unable to escape or rely on Senior Lin Feng, the protagonist resolved to find "Zero" and complete their deal.

Ch. 573[A Deal Struck, [Past Shadow], Summoning a Past That Never Existed]

After striking a deal with “Zero,” you borrowed [Past Shadow], an ability that summoned an echo of a past that never happened. As the battlefield advanced to a mirror world and three Higher-Dimensional Existences overwhelmed “Old Self,” you activated the ability and summoned a figure from the branch River of Time.

  • You agreed to “Zero’s” deal and temporarily borrowed [Past Shadow], which could project a brief echo of “Zero” from an impossible past.
  • You left the space behind [Ten Gates] and returned to a battlefield where “Old Self” was fighting two Higher-Dimensional Existences.
  • The stepped world shattered into a Mirror World, where a Demon Mirror joined the battle and left “Old Self” struggling against three Higher-Dimensional Existences.
  • As the mirror worlds collapsed and threatened to bring you to a fourth level, you activated [Past Shadow].
  • A nonexistent branch of the River of Time became real for an instant, and a figure wearing the signature Clown Mask emerged.

Ch. 574["Mere ants—do you deserve to gaze up at the blue heavens?"]

Past Zero emerged to help the narrator and used a single sentence to ascend to Infinity, erasing Supreme Heaven and then Wang Hao and Li Ping. Wang Hao and Li Ping survived by anchoring a future beyond Past Zero’s power, but Past Zero dismissed their defiance and prepared to show them the gulf between them.

  • Past Zero fully emerged from the River of Time, agreed to help the narrator, and called the narrator too weak.
  • As the group entered Supreme Heaven’s fourth level, a higher-dimensional being attacked, and Past Zero declared that he had already achieved dimensional ascension.
  • Past Zero’s declaration raised his rank to Infinity, and he erased Supreme Heaven and all the higher-dimensional beings within it.
  • Past Zero attacked Wang Hao and Li Ping and erased them, but they reappeared after Wang Hao revealed that he had anchored a future in which they were unaffected.
  • Wang Hao challenged whether a past echo could kill them, and Past Zero laughed before warning that they were too young to understand the gulf between them.

Ch. 575Past Zero's Methods, a Clash Between [Otherworldly Demons]

Past Zero used copied Golden Finger abilities to attack Wang Hao and Li Ping, but Li Ping’s Omnipotence raised their ranks and countered his Judgment Domain. The three began a higher-dimensional battle that left the narrator unharmed amid the chaos.

  • Past Zero used Li Ping’s Annihilation and Wang Hao’s Anchored Future, then deployed Judgment Domain to sentence them.
  • Li Ping argued that Past Zero was only a reflection of the past and could wield only incomplete copied abilities, then destroyed the Judgment Domain with Omnipotence.
  • Li Ping raised his own rank to match Past Zero’s and elevated Wang Hao to the same level.
  • Wang Hao identified Past Zero’s derivative Golden Finger ability as Deception, which made anything believed about him come true.
  • Past Zero, Wang Hao, and Li Ping fought in an incomprehensible higher-dimensional realm, creating and annihilating worlds with their blows while the narrator remained untouched.
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