Arc 17The Forgotten Trial
Zhou Heng forged the Sakast Imperial Sword, helped Guangming Assassin Martha confront Su Gudao, and obtained the Waves of Heaven and Earth Sword as Sarendo Sakas defended the Secret Realm. He entered Soaring Rooftop Palace’s Forgotten Trial to rescue Sarendo’s soul, then linked Starwind to the Abyss so Sarendo could return as a Heroic Spirit.
- Zhou Heng entered the Sakas Emperor’s Glorious Secret Realm, learned that the Sakas Emperor had never blamed Martha, and killed a Longevity-Cursed Species woman who attacked him.
- Zhou Heng fought off the Star River Longevity-Cursed Species while Martha reached the Command Platform and received the Waves of Heaven and Earth of Light from Sarendo Sakas.
- Zhou Heng trained in the Vast Star Nation’s technology trial, forged the Sakast Imperial Sword, and gained Heaven and Earth · Sword · Mind Severance from Glorious Free Radical.
- Zhou Heng helped Martha learn Su Gudao’s true feelings, but Longevity-Cursed Species top 9 killed her, and Zhou Heng then beheaded Su Gudao and claimed Waves of Heaven and Earth Sword.
- Sarendo Sakas used Soaring Rooftop Palace to defend the Secret Realm from top 9, sacrificing himself and fading from most players’ and NPCs’ memories.
- Zhou Heng chose the sword’s unsealing method that required killing one trillion units and entered the Forgotten Trial inside Soaring Rooftop Palace.
- Zhou Heng fought through the trial’s central passages and seized Sarendo Sakas’s point of light just before the Abyss’s maw reached it.
- Zhou Heng linked Eternity Wind God · Starwind to the Abyss, and Sarendo merged with Starwind to return to Soaring Rooftop Palace as a growing Heroic Spirit.