Recaps

Zhou Heng used the White River Purifying Bottle to suppress the Abyss Mother’s erosion, then tricked the Abyss Succubus into helping him complete his Eighth Turn and reach level 81. After permanently gaining 300% Abyssal Corrosion and enraging the Abyss Mother, he drove the Succubus away and turned his attention to detaining the Calamity Lord.

• Zhou Heng used Time’s Passerby to retrieve the White River Purifying Bottle from the Abyss Giant Python, suppressing the Abyss Mother’s 100% erosion boost.
• Zhou Heng forced the Abyss Succubus to help complete the Eighth Turn achievement Abyss’s Affection by giving her a Bondage Rope and making her strike him with it.
• The Abyss Mother sensed the failed capture, became enraged, and Zhou Heng gained level 81, permanently fixed Abyss Erosion, and a total of 300% Abyssal Corrosion.
• Zhou Heng released the Abyss Succubus, then revealed the White River Purifying Bottle and drove her to flee after she realized he had plundered the Abyss Mother’s power.
• Zhou Heng concluded that he could detain the Calamity Lord, a unit connected to the Lord of Lifespan, because he had seen beyond the Skysea of the Empty Realm.

Zhou Heng discovered how to activate a hidden mechanism in the shattered Eternity Star Fortress and used the Vast Star Fist to unlock his Gene Sequence. A mysterious voice guided his training, then warned him that he must unlock Star River Transcendence during the Legendary Might stage and reach light speed to transcend into Divine Truth.

• The Calamity Lord fled aboard the Barrier-Breaking Ship after recognizing Zhou Heng's White River Purifying Bottle, while Sky Sniper Li Rang praised Zhou Heng and offered help with the Time Interstice before departing.
• After searching the shattered Eternity Star Fortress without success, Zhou Heng received Fate Hints that revealed how to activate its hidden mechanism.
• Zhou Heng planted the Imitation Star Nation Flag where the Eternity Star Fortress Sky Barrier had stood and practiced the Vast Star Fist beneath it.
• A mysterious voice used its remaining power to assist Zhou Heng, raising his punching speed to 10,000.0/s and helping him break through his genetic shackles to unlock Gene Sequence.
• The voice warned Zhou Heng to unlock Star River Transcendence during the Legendary Might stage and reach light speed in Attack Speed and Movement Speed to transcend into Divine Truth.

After doubling his lifespan and reaching Heaven-and-Earth Tier, Zhou Heng unleashed the White River Purifying Bottle’s Grievance across the Skysea of the Empty Realm. He defeated the Calamity Lord, while Su Yilin confronted him, announced she would face him herself, and left as the Abyss’s Wrath event began.

• Zhou Heng emerged from the Brilliant Cloudwhale, released Grievance throughout the Skysea of the Empty Realm, and was announced as a Heaven-and-Earth Tier boss.
• The Calamity Lord absorbed every Beast of Longevity in the realm, grew to a million zhang tall, and attacked Zhou Heng, but Grievance drove it back.
• Red-Lipped Su Mo'er tried to escape, but Su Yilin arrived, knocked her unconscious, and brought her to Zhou Heng.
• After a day of Grievance erosion, the Calamity Lord died, and Su Yilin cut Red-Lipped Su Mo'er in two before telling Zhou Heng she would face him directly.
• Su Yilin departed after praising Zhou Heng for protecting Sky-Roof Leap · East and West Palaces, and the Abyss's Wrath large-scale event began.

Zhou Heng reviewed the newly begun large-scale event "Abyss's Wrath" and used Fate Hint to decide to join the Longevity Family after waiting three days. While waiting in the peaceful Skysea of the Empty Realm, he acquired the seventh Heaven and Earth Series piece, which let him teleport across the area, and then received a new notification.

• The "Abyss's Wrath" event intensified and presented the Longevity Family, Blue Star Federation, and Sakas Empire as faction choices.
• Fate Hint advised Zhou Heng to wait three days before joining the Longevity Family so he could plunder its contribution marketplace.
• Zhou Heng reviewed his attributes, saved his new points, and searched the Skysea of the Empty Realm for the seventh Heaven and Earth Series piece.
• Zhou Heng obtained "Ultimate Technique: Heaven and Earth's Instant," gaining the ability to teleport throughout the Skysea of the Empty Realm.
• A notification appeared after Zhou Heng's collection reached seven Heaven and Earth Series pieces.

Zhou Heng gained enough authority over the Skysea of the Empty Realm to project some of his power outside it, then waited as Abyss’s Wrath began across the chapters. In the present world, Yu Tong began a dangerous trial to regain his lifespan and revive his wife.

• Zhou Heng used his new authority to survey the Seventh and Ninth Chapters, then stayed in the Skysea of the Empty Realm to await his chance.
• Abyss’s Wrath began across the Sakast Region, though the Abyss Creatures that emerged in Chapter One turned back after seeing the man on the Sakast Imperial Throne.
• Yu Tong left Frost Mechanical City carrying his wife’s coffin and prepared to hunt Abyss Creatures to fulfill the next stage of Longevity Trial: Despair of Salvation.
• Yu Tong learned that completing the trial could restore his lifespan and revive his wife, but his next objectives included killing 100 Abyss Creatures more than ten levels above him and finding the item that caused her memory loss.
• Yu Tong stabbed his wrist repeatedly to exchange pain for temporary attributes, determined to become strong enough to eradicate the long-lived.

Zhou Heng joined the Longevity Family faction, examined its marketplaces, and used a Fate Hint to uncover hidden mechanics in the Abyss's Wrath event. Newbie Village Development Regulation Three then unlocked the Light faction and offered him the chance to lead it, which he accepted.

• Zhou Heng joined the Longevity Family faction and received three quests tied to capturing people connected to him, killing Abyss Monsters, and buying an item from Darkness's Shop.
• Zhou Heng inspected Darkness's Shop and the Longevity Family Contribution Marketplace, noting their powerful items and the faction's competition for transcendence.
• Zhou Heng received Fate Hints warning that Darkness's Shop concealed a route to the Abyss faction and suggesting he repeatedly reverse it.
• Zhou Heng reversed Darkness's Shop nine times, triggering Newbie Village Development Regulation Three and unlocking the Light faction.
• Zhou Heng chose to become the Light faction's leader.

Zhou Heng became the Light faction’s master and received special tier subsidies after meeting a hidden development regulation. He opened the Light Marketplace to the Sakas Empire, while Fate Hint warned him not to circulate Chapter Five currency and revealed the Longevity-Cursed Species’ plan to force the unification of space and time.

• Zhou Heng became the Light faction’s master and acquired Coldness of Light, Reduction of Desire, and a temporary faction template.
• A hidden provision granted Zhou Heng tier subsidies, including ancient skills, a class-change certificate, imperial authority, a throne blueprint, and a future Nine-Turn breakthrough.
• Zhou Heng decided to use his surplus resources to help ordinary players grow stronger and advance the Abyss’s Wrath event.
• Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng against listing Chapter Five gold coins, silver coins, Gold Crystals, or Silver Crystals, and explained the Longevity-Cursed Species’ scheme to force the unification of space and time.
• Zhou Heng stored the forbidden currency, listed Immunity Totems (Evil) and Will of the Boundless (Fragments), and opened the Light Marketplace across the Sakas Empire.

Zhou Heng returned to the Sakas Empire during the Abyss invasion and established the Light faction, then began slaughtering Abyss monsters to gather negative experience. After boosting his attack speed and power, he learned that Legendary Might-tier monsters yielded vastly more negative experience, bringing him closer to stripping resources from the Longevity-Cursed Species.

• Zhou Heng manifested above the Sakas Empire and provisionally established the Light faction, giving players and NPCs a chance to reselect their faction.
• Players and NPCs recognized Zhou Heng as his colossal figure appeared in the sky, and he killed an Abyss Demon Bull with one strike.
• Zhou Heng tested the Abyss experience rules and found that killing monsters granted negative experience equal to their levels.
• Zhou Heng spent 100 special attribute points on attack speed and activated God's Throne and O Holy Sword to greatly increase his attack speed and magic attack.
• Zhou Heng swept the Sakas Empire with sword strikes and discovered that Legendary Might-tier Abyss monsters yielded a hundred times more negative experience.

Zhou Heng slaughtered Longevity-Cursed Species and Abyss monsters across the present-day Sakas Empire, inspiring players and NPCs to join the fight. Meanwhile, Yu Tong used the Ember of Memory to uncover his wife's memories and encountered the Mistress of Despair, before his wife briefly woke to tell him to run and say she loved him; a prompt from Fate then appeared to Zhou Heng.

• Zhou Heng used the Sakast Imperial Sword to kill a level 201 Longevity-Cursed Species and pursued the fleeing Longevity-Cursed Species across the present-day Sakas Empire.
• Players and NPCs rallied behind Zhou Heng and joined the battle against Abyss monsters and Longevity-Cursed Species.
• Yu Tong stabbed himself repeatedly to turn his pain into power, then killed Abyss monsters until he could redeem the Ember of Memory.
• Yu Tong used the Ember of Memory on his wife and saw her memories of a tortured woman fused into a fleshy tumor, who called herself the Mistress of Despair.
• The woman on the tumor identified herself as the God of Light, Henala, and Yu Tong's wife briefly woke to tell him to run and say she loved him before falling asleep again.
• A prompt from Fate appeared to Zhou Heng as he continued killing Longevity-Cursed Species and Abyss monsters.

Zhou Heng discovered that the Longevity-Cursed Species had erased the memories of millions of people across the Sakas Empire, and he used 2.31 million Embers of Memory on victims in Middle Ring Province. The Longevity Family realized he knew about their Thought Seal and planned to draw him out of the Skysea of the Empty Realm by opening the Despairing Garden.

• Zhou Heng saw Yu Tong replace his wife’s coffin lid, strap it to his back, and repeatedly stab himself while vowing to save her.
• Zhou Heng searched the Sakas Empire, identified millions of victims of the Longevity-Cursed Species, and exchanged all 231 billion Negative Experience for 2.31 million Embers of Memory.
• Zhou Heng sent Embers of Memory into victims throughout Middle Ring Province, causing black aura to emerge from their foreheads.
• Longevity-Cursed Species members reported Zhou Heng’s actions to their superiors as they feared their opportunity was slipping away.
• Three Gold-Robed Elders in Salendo discussed Zhou Heng’s knowledge of the Thought Seal, and Su Mu proposed opening the Despairing Garden to pull him from the Skysea of the Empty Realm.

Zhou Heng played along with the Longevity-Cursed Species’ mental-imprint scheme, but their plan opened a rift to the Land of Despair and drew him into a duel with the Mistress of Despair, God of Light Henala. Fate revealed that the duel could let him kill her and obtain the item needed for his Nine-Turn, and the Land of Despair entered the Skysea of the Empty Realm to confront him.

• Zhou Heng chose to cooperate with the Longevity-Cursed Species’ scheme, using Embers of Memory on player NPCs implanted with mental imprints.
• The black auras gathered at Sky-Peering Peak and gnawed open a rift to the Land of Despair, where God of Light Henala sent a black beam and tendrils toward Zhou Heng.
• Fate revealed that a Five-Petal Council councilor had arranged the probing duel with Henala and that Zhou Heng could use the chance to kill her for a Nine-Turn key item.
• Zhou Heng blocked Henala’s tendrils with the Skysea of the Empty Realm and struck her black beam back with Ultimate Technique and Earth's Awakened One.
• Henala summoned a colossal mass of black tendrils that pulled the Land of Despair into the Skysea of the Empty Realm, where it expanded to challenge Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng resisted Henala’s attacks in the Skysea of the Empty Realm while supporting the Present-Day Sakas Empire’s forces against Abyss Monsters and the Longevity Family. The faction’s tier rose to 1, granting Zhou Heng two Ancient skills and unlocking two faction skills.

• Zhou Heng used the White River Purifying Bottle to summon Grievance units and evaded God of Light Henala’s tentacles under the Skysea of the Empty Realm’s mechanics.
• Players and NPCs in the Present-Day Sakas Empire rallied behind Zhou Heng and fought the Abyss Monsters while using his Light Marketplace.
• Zhou Heng spent 250 billion Longevity Family faction contribution points on 250,000 Gene Sequence Force-Activation Potions, prompting outrage among the Longevity-Cursed Species and fury among the Light faction.
• Zhou Heng and the Present-Day Sakas Empire’s forces raised Abyss’s Wrath to 10%, advancing their faction tier from 0 to 1.
• Zhou Heng received the Ancient skills Holy Power of Justice and Dance of Heaven and Earth's Light · Wind, and unlocked Coldness of Light and Reduction of Desire.

Zhou Heng learned two Ancient Complex skills and used Holy Power of Justice to turn his sword into a 10,000-meter blade, rapidly clearing Longevity-Cursed Species and Abyss Monsters from the real-world Sakas Empire. Su Yilin watched from a spatial interstice, puzzled that Zhou Heng was ignoring God of Light Henala as she investigated his authority over the Skysea of the Empty Realm.

• Zhou Heng used his two Complex-Level Skill Learning Exemption Scrolls to learn Holy Power of Justice (Ancient) and Dance of Heaven and Earth's Light · Wind (Ancient).
• Zhou Heng combined Holy Power of Justice with the Light Holy Sword, expanding the Sakast Imperial Sword to 10,000 meters.
• Zhou Heng struck across the Sakas Empire, killing Longevity-Cursed Species and Abyss Monsters while players and NPCs with justice in their hearts remained unharmed.
• Su Yilin watched Zhou Heng from a spatial interstice and wondered how he knew about her secret plans and why he was leaving God of Light Henala alone.
• Su Yilin checked her Secret Realm Authority Detector and felt uneasy as it displayed 3,600 seconds.

Zhou Heng killed 400 million of the Longevity-Cursed Species, awakening the darkened Hero King, Karenna, within the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword). After Fate Hint identified the sword as his opportunity, Zhou Heng followed its guidance into the Scroll of the Years to seek the Secret Realm, Land of Despair.

• Zhou Heng stopped killing after the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) released a sinister black aura, and the Hero King, Karenna, emerged from the blade.
• Karenna warned Zhou Heng that killing another 50 million Longevity-Cursed Species would free her darkened self, which could kill him and the God of Light, Henala.
• Fate Hint confirmed that the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) was the opportunity Zhou Heng had been seeking, and Karenna told him she would not die if her other self emerged.
• Zhou Heng resumed his slaughter and killed 400 million Longevity-Cursed Species, causing the darkened Karenna to awaken and try to break free from the sword.
• Zhou Heng withdrew the sword into the Skysea of the Empty Realm and followed Fate Hint's instructions, using Ultimate Spell: Heaven and Earth's Touch and Scroll of the Years to enter the years scroll of the Sakast Region.

Zhou Heng used the Sakast Imperial Sword (Dark Sword) to force the Mistress of Despair, God of Light Henala, into the Land of Despair, then followed her inside. As Su Yilin and the Lone Wolves moved to intervene, Bai Chen sent Li Rang after Zhou Heng with a mysterious item, while Wang Wuyi decided to enter the realm as well.

• Zhou Heng followed Fate Hints, seized the Sakast Imperial Sword (Dark Sword) at the cost of five million Health, and sent it into Time's Passerby.
• The Mistress of Despair, God of Light Henala, stopped attacking Zhou Heng and rushed into the Land of Despair; Zhou Heng entered after her, and Su Yilin followed.
• Bai Chen and Li Rang arrived, and Bai Chen swallowed the Land of Despair's entrance with a black cat while warning that they had only two thousand seconds.
• Li Rang asked Bai Chen to send him into the realm to deliver a special item to Zhou Heng, and Bai Chen sent him in.
• Wang Wuyi arrived, got tails from his coin toss, and chose to find the Land of Despair anyway.

Zhou Heng entered the Land of Despair and used Fate’s guidance to pursue a way to save his dying grandmother, Qi Sinian. He followed a path through a spatial rift, leaving an Endless Path of Light that Qi Sinian and her companions used to follow him.

• Zhou Heng entered the Land of Despair, followed Fate’s hint, and found a plaza filled with unhatched Despairing Creatures.
• Fate revealed that Zhou Heng could choose between confronting Li Rang and Wang Wuyi or finding the person he longed for, and he chose the left-hand path to seek Qi Sinian.
• Zhou Heng resisted the Despair Curse with the White River Purifying Bottle and received a countdown of 1851 seconds to follow a spatial rift using Endless Path of Light.
• Zhou Heng entered the spatial rift and destroyed the sinister presence within it, leaving an Endless Path of Light behind.
• A woman carrying the dying Qi Sinian and leading four others found Zhou Heng’s path and followed it into the spatial rift.

A six-person squad fleeing through Zhou Heng’s Endless Path of Light discovered that it was healing Qi Sinian, while a Longevity-Cursed pursuer tried to seize her to use against Zhou Heng. The squad continued toward the path’s end after one teammate sacrificed herself to help them escape, and the pursuer abruptly stopped after spotting something ahead.

• The mature, beautiful woman led her squad along the Endless Path of Light after they saw it restoring Qi Sinian’s health.
• A four-petaled-lotus man recognized Zhou Heng’s skill and pursued the squad, intent on capturing Qi Sinian before she could meet Zhou Heng.
• When the pursuer drew near, the mature, beautiful woman prepared to stay behind, but the girl with glasses urged them onward and used Conversion of Health to boost the squad’s speed at the cost of rapidly aging herself.
• The mature, beautiful woman led the squad onward as the pursuer caught up and demanded that they hand over Qi Sinian.
• The aged girl with glasses asked why the pursuer wanted Qi Sinian, and he stopped abruptly after something entered his field of vision.

Zhou Heng drove off a powerful Longevity-Cursed Species and found his grandmother, Qi Sinian, weakened by a devastating curse. After reviving her and cleansing some of the curse, he used 10,000 Lifespan Crystals on her and a teammate, preparing to face the Lord of Lifespan.

• Zhou Heng turned to confront the four-petaled Longevity-Cursed Species, and his challenge frightened it into retreating.
• Zhou Heng recognized the skeletal Qi Sinian as his grandmother and learned she had suffered the Despair Curse for seventy-nine years.
• Zhou Heng killed and revived Qi Sinian using the Instant Revival Platform and White River Purifying Bottle, improving her condition.
• Fate advised Zhou Heng to exchange for 10,000 Lifespan Crystals to initiate a new Longevity Trial, and he chose that option.
• After learning a teammate had a Taboo skill that risked her life, Zhou Heng gave her 2,000 Lifespan Crystals and Qi Sinian 8,000.
• Zhou Heng assured the women he would handle the Lord of Lifespan, then sat down to visualize the being.

Zhou Heng accepted the Lord of Lifespan’s quest to kill the longevity-cursed species in the Land of Despair, receiving a million years of lifespan in advance and the debuff Lifespan’s Greed. He set out toward the depths with Qi Sinian and the others, while the debuff compelled the longevity-cursed species pursuing him to charge straight at him.

• Zhou Heng followed Fate’s instructions and received the quest, a million years of lifespan in advance, and the Lifespan’s Greed debuff.
• The glasses-wearing woman’s appearance and lifespan were restored, but Qi Sinian remained unconscious despite gaining 800,000 years of lifespan.
• Zhou Heng followed Fate’s directions toward the depths of the Land of Despair, and the others carried Qi Sinian after him.
• A Federal Army squad spotted the Endless Path of Light and followed it cautiously, expecting Zhou Heng to fight the longevity-cursed species.
• Members of the longevity-cursed species recognized Zhou Heng’s path and pursued him, then Lifespan’s Greed forced them to charge at him in fury.

Zhou Heng used Fate Hint, spatial rifts, and his defenses to lead the Longevity-Cursed Species through the Land of Despair while the mature beauty and the other women followed in his wake. Elsewhere, Su Yilin faced Bai Chen, Li Rang and Wang Wuyi prepared to fight, and Hero King Karenna claimed the Dark Sword’s power as Henala lay dying with a faint smile.

• Zhou Heng drew the Longevity-Cursed Species after him, allowing the mature beauty and the other women to follow safely through spatial rifts.
• The Longevity-Cursed Species formed a vast trail behind Zhou Heng as Blue Star Federation soldiers watched him evade their attacks.
• Su Yilin threatened Bai Chen and reversed time around herself, but Bai Chen attacked her from behind.
• Wang Wuyi offered Li Rang a chance to join the Longevity-Cursed Species, and Li Rang aimed his sniper rifle at him instead of answering.
• Hero King Karenna celebrated gaining power from the Sakast Imperial Sword (Dark Sword), while the dying Henala retained a faint smile.

Zhou Heng killed the level 2000 Mistress of Despair, Goddess of Light Henala, with the Sakast Imperial Sword and gained a new mark from her. The White River Purifying Bottle evolved, but Henala’s death shattered the Land of Despair and released its despairing creatures into the Time Interstice.

• Zhou Heng entered the spatial rift, grabbed the Sakast Imperial Sword, and resisted its attempt to control him with the White River Purifying Bottle’s protection.
• Zhou Heng used the Sakast Imperial Sword to kill the Mistress of Despair, Goddess of Light Henala, earning experience and reaching level 90.
• The White River Purifying Bottle intercepted a black light from Henala, gained the Goddess of Light’s Gaze mark, and evolved to Eternal+ quality.
• Zhou Heng collected three drops as the Land of Despair Secret Realm shattered after Henala’s death.
• Countless despairing creatures rushed out of the collapsing Secret Realm toward the Time Interstice.

Zhou Heng chose Fate’s gamble to save both the Ninth Chapter and the people he owed, using the Fated White River and Fate’s precise instructions to enter Su Yilin and Bai Chen’s battle. He rescued the Despairing Creature Yang Lin and escaped Su Yilin’s attack, while Bai Chen and the Time-Space Cat held her back.

• Zhou Heng chose Fate Hint Three and transformed Fated River · White River’s Protection into the Fated White River.
• Zhou Heng released physical Grievance units and used Wind’s Breath to race toward Su Yilin while the Grievance units blocked the pursuing Longevity-Cursed Species.
• Following Fate’s countdown, Zhou Heng used five Small Time-Space Pausers and charged into the fight between Su Yilin and Bai Chen.
• Zhou Heng recalled the Fated White River to block Su Yilin’s attack and grabbed the Despairing Creature Yang Lin, calling out that Yu Tong was waiting for her.
• The Time-Space Cat blocked Su Yilin’s follow-up attacks, allowing Zhou Heng to disengage after rescuing Yang Lin.

Zhou Heng returned Yang Lin to Yu Tong by hurling the Sakast Imperial Sword to him, then followed fate’s guidance into the Interstice Turbulent Flow Graveyard to find Qi Sinian’s Despairing Creature. He reached the battlefield where Li Rang and Wang Wuyi were fighting, and the two snipers turned to size him up.

• Zhou Heng stabbed Yang Lin with the Sakast Imperial Sword and threw them toward Yu Tong as Fate Hint directed.
• Yu Tong recognized Yang Lin, placed her beside the other Yang Lin in the coffin, and took up the sword, suspecting Zhou Heng had sent it to help him.
• Su Yilin realized Zhou Heng’s Divine Truth was causing the Longevity Family player’s madness and went after him, while Bai Chen followed.
• Zhou Heng learned from fate’s guidance that Qi Sinian’s Despairing Creature was inside the shattered Time Interstice and headed toward Li Rang.
• Zhou Heng entered the Interstice Turbulent Flow Graveyard, lost 300 lifespan, and arrived as Li Rang and Wang Wuyi stopped to assess him.

Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint through the Time Interstice and encountered Qi Sinian, who was purifying young despairing creatures into Thought Seals. Before losing her clarity and attacking him, Qi Sinian gave Zhou Heng a cryptic warning and a ball of light.

• Wang Wuyi and Li Rang confronted Zhou Heng, who fell into a Time Interstice rift; Li Rang pursued him to deliver the Sakast Decree, but Wang Wuyi stopped him with an Ancient-tier consumable.
• Zhou Heng entered the chaotic Time Interstice and gained additional Time-Space Corruption, then followed Fate Hint through a series of rifts.
• Zhou Heng found Qi Sinian comforting young despairing creatures until they vanished and left behind silver-tinged white crystals.
• Zhou Heng appraised a crystal and discovered it was an Ancient-tier Thought Seal that could implant thoughts including Longevity Supreme or Directive: Die.
• Qi Sinian recognized Zhou Heng, gave him a ball of light, and warned him about a tragic Ancient Legendary, a seal, and a factory before turning ferocious and lunging at him.
• Zhou Heng caught Qi Sinian by the neck and examined the ball of light.

Zhou Heng chose not to use the damaged SSS-rank Thought Walker talent, turned the Despairing Creatures into Thought Seals, and escaped the Time Interstice with Fate Hint's guidance. Back at the Fated White River, he waited as the last seconds ticked down and Wang Wuyi appeared to threaten him, just as the White River Purifying Bottle produced an illusory figure.

• Zhou Heng read Fate Hint, which warned that using Thought Walker would expose his copied talent and permanently limit his potential, while keeping it might lead to opportunities in the Second Chapter.
• A Despairing Creature touched Thought Walker and became a Thought Seal, and the other tiny Despairing Creatures transformed the same way.
• Zhou Heng collected the Thought Seals and followed Fate Hint out of the Time Interstice with ten seconds left, intending to save Li Rang.
• Zhou Heng returned to the Fated White River and sat on the Elven Throne while the materialized Grievance units held back the Longevity-Cursed Species.
• Bai Chen prepared to use a taboo skill to buy time, but Wang Wuyi teleported in front of Zhou Heng and aimed a firearm at his head.
• As Wang Wuyi fired, the White River Purifying Bottle shook and an illusory figure appeared beside him.