Arc 5Starwind’s Grand Trial

Zhou Heng hunted the Longevity Family through the Sakas Empire and entered Starwind’s Endless Vault, where he passed its trials and gained Starwind’s power. He defeated Zhou Qing’er, helped Karenna reclaim her body, and chose a Fourth-Turn path that required him to eliminate the Longevity Curse units in Sarendo.

  • Zhou Heng destroyed the Blood Lifespan Magic Array, killed Su Ming, and offered the Calamity of Longevity to the Lord of Lifespan, gaining Glimmer of Health.
  • Zhou Heng resisted and swallowed Whispers of the Abyss, gaining Dark Abyss Corridor, then accepted Zhou Qing’er’s quest and began attacking Longevity Family holdings with Qin Wusheng as his guide.
  • Zhou Heng captured Clay Town and Boroer, while Qin Wusheng helped him pursue the Longevity Family and eventually sacrificed himself as Zhou Heng escaped Wu Yi’s sniper shot through a Time Interstice.
  • Zhou Heng entered Starwind’s Endless Vault, defeated its stages, killed Longevity Family players, gathered Star Insignias and Star Sways, and began the Majestic trials.
  • Zhou Heng completed the trials, gained the Dancer of Heaven and Earth’s Light class and Starwind’s authority, then used the vault’s power to trap Zhou Qing’er in the collapsing grassland.
  • Zhou Heng destroyed Zhou Qing’er’s Howler of the Gale, and Karenna emerged from the Sakast Imperial Sword to reclaim her body before Zhou Qing’er died.
  • Karenna gave Zhou Heng Kailina’s Corpse and Soul Factor, then empowered the Sakast Imperial Sword before dissolving into light.
  • Zhou Heng chose the Fourth-Turn option A Nation of One, which required him to raise Slay Longevity to 100% and eliminate all Longevity Curse units in Sarendo.
Chapters 101–125 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 101Dimensional Strike from the Starry Sky

Zhou Heng used Dimensional Strike from the Starry Sky to overwhelm the hostile players and destroy the Blood Lifespan Magic Array in 92 seconds. After the enemy retreated and left the Calamity of Longevity behind, Fate revealed Su Ming’s scheme and pointed Zhou Heng toward a trap of his own.

  • Zhou Heng unleashed Dimensional Strike from the Starry Sky, raining arrows across the battlefield and badly damaging Yu Ming and the other players.
  • Yu Ming ordered the players to slow Zhou Heng, but Bose'er’s mana recovery let Zhou Heng repeatedly fire the area attack while attacking the Blood Lifespan Magic Array.
  • Zhou Heng destroyed the array’s ten million durability in 92 seconds, and Yu Ming ordered the players to retreat without taking the Calamity of Longevity.
  • Zhou Heng picked up the Calamity of Longevity, and Fate warned him that gathering 10,000 portions would create the legendary Source of Lifespan Calamity.
  • Fate identified Su Ming as Zhou Heng’s destined opponent and revealed a way to seek rewards from the Lord of Lifespan when the Source of Lifespan Calamity was born.
  • Zhou Heng searched for an auspicious spot and prepared to wait for Su Ming to walk into his trap.

Ch. 102A split-second sword strike with a backward glance

Zhou Heng waited by the river and used the Elegant Ancient Flute to trap Su Ming in a Noble and Elegant Duel Arena, reducing the Legendary player to level 1 before killing him. Su Ming warned that the Su Family would retaliate as he vanished.

  • Zhou Heng settled by the river near Kasasi City and told Bose'er to return in thirty-seven minutes.
  • Su Ming reached Kasasi City, tracked Zhou Heng with a drop of black liquid, and arrived at the riverbank.
  • Su Ming recognized Zhou Heng's Elegant Ancient Flute and tried to flee when the Noble and Elegant Duel Arena began forming.
  • The flute's effects reduced Su Ming to level 1, and Zhou Heng struck off his head.
  • Su Ming threatened Zhou Heng with the Su Family's vengeance before disappearing, and an Imperial Announcement rang through the Sakas Empire.

Ch. 103Glimmer of Health

After Zhou Heng killed Su Ming, the Imperial Announcement stunned the Sakas Empire and prompted the Longevity Families to target him more seriously. Zhou Heng absorbed the Calamity of Longevity and received the Lord of Lifespan’s promise of Glimmer of Health.

  • The Imperial Announcement revealed that level 31 Zhou Heng had slain level 350 Su Ming, raising the progress of “Longevity, Go to Your Death” by 10%.
  • Li Rang abandoned his attempt to snipe Red-Lipped Su Mo'er long enough to send a bullet toward Kasa Province for Zhou Heng, but Su Mo'er escaped in the shuttle and vowed Zhou Heng would die.
  • Eternal Krossa used the announcement to taunt the Longevity Family players before resuming the battle with the gold-robed old fossils.
  • Zhou Heng found that Su Ming had dropped only the Calamity of Longevity, and the item inside Zhou Heng’s backpack joined it to form a strange mass.
  • Zhou Heng meditated before the Lord of Lifespan, which accepted the Calamity of Longevity as an offering and granted him Glimmer of Health.

Ch. 104Dark Abyss Corridor

After receiving the Lord of Lifespan’s healing blessing, Zhou Heng resisted Su Ming’s lingering Abyssal artifact and chose to swallow it. The damaged Fusion Core devoured the artifact and granted him the Machine God skill Dark Abyss Corridor, though its power would continuously expose him to corruption.

  • The Lord of Lifespan gave Zhou Heng the passive skill Glimmer of Health, which restored health and could prevent one killing blow.
  • Zhou Heng collected Su Ming’s drops and found Whispers of the Abyss, which seized control of his body and tried to corrupt him.
  • Zhou Heng used his willpower to resist Whispers of the Abyss and regain control of his body.
  • Fate Hint told Zhou Heng that he could either store the artifact or swallow it and gain control of its power, so he chose to swallow it.
  • The Fusion Core (damaged) devoured Whispers of the Abyss and granted Zhou Heng the science-fiction branch skill Dark Abyss Corridor.

Ch. 105A legendary power approaches

Zhou Heng ignored a warning that his next enemy wielded legendary power and traveled to Coco Town, where Kailina had summoned him. Meanwhile, the Longevity Families ordered a team to capture him, and the chapter ended as Zhou Heng reached the cabin where Kailina was waiting.

  • Zhou Heng chose to head to Coco Town despite Fate Hint warning him to flee the Sakas Empire, and Bose'er warned him that the Longevity Families would take notice of his power.
  • Nine elders from the Longevity Families decided Zhou Heng had an extraordinary talent and an Ancient Heroes item, then dispatched two level 200 Radiant Lights and two legendary specialists to capture him.
  • Zhou Heng left Bose'er behind and entered Coco Town, where a robot carrying Kailina's name invited him to meet its master.
  • Players in Coco Town recognized Zhou Heng as Heng God and speculated that his arrival could change the war.
  • The robot led Zhou Heng to a wooden cabin and told him Kailina was waiting inside.

Ch. 106The false quest

Zhou Heng accepted Zhou Qing'er’s quest to push Slay Longevity to 70%, despite Fate Hint warning that the offered reward and quest were part of a scheme. Zhou Qing'er planned to use him to uncover the Army Lord’s Treasure Vault and obtain the gene sources she needed for her reincarnation procedure.

  • Zhou Qing'er told Zhou Heng that Kailina was the true Machine Lord of Eternal Krossa and that the Kailina he knew was a clone cultivated by the Vast Organization.
  • Zhou Qing'er asked Zhou Heng to raise Slay Longevity’s progress to 70% so she could locate the Army Lord’s Treasure Vault, offering him a bottle of Grand Health as payment.
  • Fate Hint revealed that the Grand Health was dyed water and warned Zhou Heng that Zhou Qing'er’s quest was part of a scheme, but he accepted it anyway.
  • Zhou Heng received a 20-day quest and left to begin work on the Cloudmist Mountains battlefield.
  • After Zhou Heng left, Zhou Qing'er revealed that she intended to use him to obtain the Ancient Mechanical Deity, the Gale Sword Hero, and Karenna’s Soul Factor, the final piece needed for her reincarnation procedure.

Ch. 107The sweep began

Zhou Heng recruited Qin Wusheng as a guide and began raiding Sakas Empire Faction territory, targeting the Copper Coins and resources held by the Cloudwalk Merchant Guild. After Zhou Heng attacked Clay Town, the chapter left him sweeping through the area toward the guild’s stockpiles.

  • Zhou Heng posted a quest in Coco Town seeking a guide who hated the Longevity Family, and Qin Wusheng answered with detailed knowledge of Cloudmist Mountains deployments.
  • Zhou Heng promised Qin Wusheng three Longevity Su Family players to kill if he guided him to merchant guilds, and Qin accepted.
  • Qin revealed his SS-rank Formless Lifeform talent, which let him summon seven additional selves, and explained that the Su Family-controlled Cloudwalk Merchant Guild in Clay Town traded large quantities of Copper Coins.
  • Qin guided Zhou Heng to Clay Town on Bose'er, where Sakas Empire Faction players gathered to oppose their arrival.
  • Zhou Heng used Dimensional Strike from the Starry Sky to rain arrows across a ten-kilometer radius, then swept through Clay Town toward the Cloudwalk Merchant Guild’s Copper Coins and resources.

Ch. 108A hundred million in ten seconds

Zhou Heng looted the Cloudwalk Merchant Guild, then destroyed Clay Town’s core in just over ten seconds and captured the town. Guided by Qin Wusheng, he headed to a Longevity Family supply transfer station and began attacking its guards.

  • The Cloudwalk Merchant Guild tried to hide its resources, but Bose'er scattered its people and Zhou Heng looted the guild, taking 72 billion copper coins.
  • Zhou Heng used his rapid-fire attacks to destroy Clay Town’s core, capture the town, and kill the hostile players present.
  • Qin Wusheng marveled at Zhou Heng’s strength, then directed him toward a Longevity Family Merchant Guild transfer station 300 kilometers away.
  • Zhou Heng and Bose'er reached the transfer station, where Zhou Heng killed a level 28 Longevity Family player and called him the first.

Ch. 109The power of that name

After Qin Wusheng avenged his family by killing Waga, Zhou Heng advanced on Boroer, but Boro fled before he arrived. Zhou Heng looted the city and prepared to target the Sakas Empire Faction’s main base, Cloudmist Sky City.

  • Qin Wusheng celebrated killing Waga and vowed to keep hunting Longevity Family Players as Zhou Heng finished killing the Sakas Empire Faction players and gathered their resources.
  • Qin Wusheng directed Zhou Heng toward Boroer, where level 80 Boro was stationed, but Boro fled into the Cloudmist Mountains after learning Zhou Heng was approaching.
  • Zhou Heng shot an arrow at Boroer’s City Lord’s Manor, and the Sakas Empire Faction players realized Boro had abandoned the city.
  • Zhou Heng had Bose'er transform into a giant wolf and took control of Boroer as its players fled.
  • Zhou Heng looted Boroer, gained 1% Slay Longevity progress by destroying its city core, and collected vast resources from the city’s merchants and resource vault.
  • Qin Wusheng advised Zhou Heng to attack Cloudmist Sky City, the Sakas Empire Faction’s main base in the Cloudmist Mountains.

Ch. 110A sniper shot from 13,000 kilometers away

The Longevity Family planned to hold Zhou Heng in Cloudmist Sky City for 12 seconds so an Epic sniper and Legendary units could capture him. After Fate warned Zhou Heng that Heaven-Splitting Sniper King Wu Yi was waiting 13,000 kilometers away, Zhou Heng changed course east and received an item sent by Sky Sniper Li Rang.

  • Su Wuhen told five Longevity players that Zhou Heng had taken Qin Wusheng as his guide, and Wang Li dismissed his past abuse of Qin's family.
  • Wang Wudao and the others agreed to hold Zhou Heng for 12 seconds in Cloudmist Sky City while Wu Yi and the Legendary units prepared to attack.
  • Fate warned Zhou Heng that Wu Yi was waiting with an Epic sniper shot and suggested he travel east for a possible gain.
  • Zhou Heng told Bose'er to head east, and Qin Wusheng silently returned to studying the Topographic Map.
  • After Bose'er carried Zhou Heng 800 kilometers east, it caught an object sent by Li Rang and tossed it to him.

Ch. 111Handsome Time Rift

Zhou Heng learned that the Time Interstice could take him between chapters and used the Handsome Time Rift to leave Chapter Nine. After Heaven-Splitting Sniper King Wu Yi shot him, Zhou Heng was pulled into the Time Interstice with Bose'er, while Qin Wusheng sacrificed himself to keep the pursuers from stopping them.

  • Zhou Heng found a message explaining that the Handsome Time Rift could open a Time Interstice and lead him from Chapter Nine to Chapter Seven.
  • Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that Heaven-Splitting Sniper King Wu Yi was watching him and offered a route to the Army Lord's Treasure Vault instead.
  • Zhou Heng asked Qin Wusheng for a light, smoked the cigarette, and ended their cooperation before the countdown expired.
  • Heaven-Splitting Sniper King Wu Yi's bullet pierced Zhou Heng's forehead, but Zhou Heng survived through Glimmer of Health as the smoke formed a Time Interstice.
  • Two Longevity Family Players urged Qin Wusheng to stop Zhou Heng, but Qin Wusheng took something, told Zhou Heng to slay the Longevity Family, and died as Zhou Heng vanished with Bose'er.

Ch. 112Starwind's Endless Vault

Zhou Heng followed Fate’s instructions through the Time Interstice and opened Starwind’s Endless Vault, triggering an empire-wide announcement that allowed others to enter the level-50 secret realm. Zhou Qing’er and Wang Wuyi set out toward the vault, while Wang Wuyi vowed to face Zhou Heng another time.

  • Zhou Heng found Bose’er reduced to an incomplete light-element life construct and followed the Fate Hint through the Time Interstice.
  • Zhou Heng reached a colossal silver gateway guarded by statues and used the Army Lord’s Treasure Vault key to open it.
  • Zhou Heng entered the vault, and the Sakas Empire announced that Starwind’s Endless Vault had opened as a secret realm for one participant at a time, with entrants’ stats restricted to level 50.
  • Players and NPCs learned that they could teleport into the vault but could not leave until its final treasure was found.
  • Zhou Qing’er regained her strength, declared that she would claim Starwind’s legacy, and headed for the vault.
  • Wang Wuyi used a coin toss to decide whether to confront Zhou Heng, then left the Cloudmist Mountains after getting tails and warned Zhou Heng that he would not be so lucky next time.

Ch. 113Eight Clauses

Zhou Heng entered Starwind's Endless Treasure and used his powerful base attributes to fight through its mechanical guardians. After gaining a choice of paths, he followed Fate Hint to a room where he found 300 Small Time-Space Pausers.

  • Zhou Heng entered Starwind's Endless Treasure and received a huge Health increase from its attribute-compensation rules.
  • Zhou Heng fought and killed Starwind's Pet Dogs, reaching level 35 and obtaining A Thread of Resources from the Endless Vault.
  • Zhou Heng crushed the item, splitting the passage into three paths, and used Fate Hint to choose the path containing Small Time-Space Pausers.
  • Zhou Heng opened a treasure chest in a silvery-white room and obtained 300 Small Time-Space Pausers.

Ch. 114Grassland Under the Stars

Zhou Heng fought through the Endless Vault’s increasingly coordinated mechanical monsters and unlocked the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword). He entered a vast, artificially lit grassland and learned that he must collect three Star Insignias to reach the treasure, though he had not been assigned one.

  • Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint to Left 1 and entered a stage where Boke, Boge, and Boji attacked in coordinated teams.
  • Zhou Heng fought the mechanical teams for seven hours, defeated them, and reached level 38.
  • Zhou Heng opened the stage’s treasure chest and chose to unlock the Blood-Drinking Killing Sword, which he recognized as the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).
  • Zhou Heng entered the Grassland Under the Stars and learned that three Star Insignias were needed to reach the treasure, but he had not received one.

Ch. 115A chance encounter

Zhou Heng spent three days killing Wild Star Mice in the Grassland Under the Stars, strengthening the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) while searching for Star Emblems and Longevity Family Players. He finally encountered a Longevity Family woman and killed her after she discovered he could use the Holy Sword.

  • Zhou Heng followed the wind across the grassland and began killing level 50 Wild Star Mice with the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).
  • After three days, Zhou Heng reached level 40 and raised the sword’s Killing value to 8,000, but he still had not found a Fourth-Turn Credential, Star Emblem, or Longevity Family Player.
  • Zhou Heng spotted a Longevity Family woman, and they charged at each other, each intending to kill the other in the secret realm.
  • The woman attacked Zhou Heng with her palms, but he struck her with the Holy Sword and dealt 8,000 damage.
  • The woman fled and begged Zhou Heng to spare her, but he caught her and cut her down with the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).

Ch. 116Three legends

After killing Su Ruo, Zhou Heng found that Star Insignias could transform and followed their pull south. He reached the Longevity Family Players fighting over an ancient tree and an Interstice Breath, then took the tree and inspected its fruit.

  • Zhou Heng killed Su Ruo, collected her drops, and found six Star Insignias that appeared to react toward the south.
  • Li Gu and seven other Longevity Family Players discovered a Swaying Star Lamp and argued over how to divide its six fruits.
  • Su Linyi provoked the others and charged ahead, so the seven Longevity Family Players attacked him together.
  • Zhou Heng watched the fight, gauged the Players’ movement speeds, and waited for them to wear one another down.
  • The Longevity Family Players uprooted the Swaying Star Lamp and found an Interstice Breath beneath its roots, then fought over it.
  • Zhou Heng picked up the neglected tree, appraised it, and plucked its Star Sway fruits.

Ch. 117Interstice Breath

Zhou Heng looted the Star Sway and defeated the Longevity Family players who tried to flee, then collected their Star Insignias and the Interstice Breath. Fate Hint warned him that a terrifyingly powerful being was approaching, and Zhou Heng ran in the direction opposite the grass carried by the wind.

  • Zhou Heng took all six pieces of Star Sway as the Longevity Family players noticed him and fled in different directions.
  • Zhou Heng killed Wang Qinglin and pursued the other Longevity Family players, defeating six of the seven within five minutes.
  • Zhou Heng collected 84 Star Insignias from the seven players, bringing his total to 90, and stored the Interstice Breath.
  • Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that a terrifyingly powerful being was approaching and suggested he either follow the grass or head the opposite way for unexpected gains.
  • After the breeze carried the grass to his left, Zhou Heng sprinted to his right without hesitation.

Ch. 118Starwind's Grand Trial

Zhou Qing'er learned that Zhou Heng possessed the Sakast Imperial Sword and began hunting Longevity Family players to build a reincarnation path and find him. After gathering three portions of Interstice Breath, Zhou Heng discovered they formed Starwind's Grand Trial, accepted it, and entered the trial through a rift.

  • Zhou Qing'er questioned Norton Moerdan about Zhou Heng and the Sakast Imperial Sword, then devoured him and repeatedly killed him by restricting his Revival Point.
  • Zhou Qing'er set out toward the depths of Starwind's Endless Vault, intending to find a Mecha and use its search function to locate Zhou Heng.
  • Over ten days, Zhou Heng killed Longevity Family players, reached level 40max, maxed out the Sakast Imperial Sword, and collected 800 Star Insignias.
  • Zhou Heng found two more Swaying Star Lamps and gathered their Interstice Breath, bringing his total to three portions.
  • The three portions fused into Starwind's Grand Trial, which invited Zhou Heng to compete for the True Treasure.
  • Zhou Heng crushed the trial item, entered the rift that appeared, and stepped onto a White Staircase extending into darkness.

Ch. 119Howler of the Gale

Zhou Heng used Fate Hint to collect the Star Sways in the first Majestic Trial and began searching for its true path. Meanwhile, Zhou Qing'er found the ancient mech Howler of the Gale, which hoped Zhou Heng would complete its remaining trials and gain the power to oppose her.

  • Zhou Heng entered Majestic Trial · One and learned he had to gather 982 Star Sways, find the correct path, and hang all 1,000 within three years.
  • Fate Hint guided Zhou Heng through the paths, helping him collect the required Star Sways by his fifth month in Boundless Endless.
  • Fate Hint told Zhou Heng to stand still and search inwardly for the true path, and he began the difficult search.
  • Zhou Qing'er found the Ancient Mechanical Deity Howler of the Gale at the end of Starwind's Endless Vault and said she intended to use it to obtain Karenna's Soul Factor and pursue Divine Achievement.
  • Howler of the Gale let Zhou Qing'er enter its cockpit, but its level and attributes had decayed; it remained interested in Zhou Heng's progress through the Majestic trials.

Ch. 120A transformation over 300 years

Zhou Heng completed Grand Trial II and chose to endure the false promise of a third trial to temper his will. After experiencing 300 simulated years, he saw through the deception and reached a mechanical life-form, which revealed that Blue Star had failed to meet the standard as a beginner village and had less than a thousand years remaining.

  • Zhou Heng hung all 1,000 Star Sway on the steel road’s streetlights, opening the entrance to Grand Trial II.
  • Zhou Heng displayed his two highest-difficulty achievements, “Will of Transcendence” and “Radiance of Frost,” and passed Grand Trial II.
  • Zhou Heng chose Fate Hint One and endured escalating negative emotions rather than use Fate Hint Two to expose the trick.
  • Zhou Heng regained his resolve, continued up the staircase, and eventually saw through the nonexistent Grand Trial III after 300 simulated years.
  • A mechanical life-form told Zhou Heng that it had waited 10,000 years, that Blue Star had failed to meet the standard, and that less than a thousand years remained.
  • Zhou Heng asked why the time limit was 11,000 years and what the exile was.

Ch. 121Dancer of Heaven and Earth's Light

The mechanical lifeform warned Zhou Heng that Zhou Qing'er planned to use Karenna's Soul Factor and Longevity Family Players for a forbidden reincarnation, then passed on its remaining power and directed him to its throne. Zhou Heng acquired the ten-star Dancer of Heaven and Earth's Light class and was about to leave the trial ground when a Fate Hint appeared.

  • The mechanical lifeform showed Zhou Heng Zhou Qing'er devouring Longevity Family Players and explained her plan to perform a forbidden reincarnation.
  • The mechanical lifeform lent Zhou Heng the Wind God's Sky of Wild Roaring · Starwind and told him to sit on its throne to find the means to defeat Zhou Qing'er.
  • The throne carried Zhou Heng to a pedestal where Warlord Starwind's remaining power, the Dancer of Heaven and Earth's Light class, awaited him.
  • Zhou Heng used the Light Certificate to take Dancer of Heaven and Earth's Light as his second class and inspected its abilities.
  • As Zhou Heng turned to leave the trial ground, a Fate Hint appeared on his retinas.

Ch. 122Starwind's Authority

After obtaining full authority over Starwind's Endless Vault, Zhou Heng returned to the Grassland Under the Stars and faced Zhou Qing'er without using Wind God's Sky of Wild Roaring · Starwind. Zhou Qing'er tried to attack him from her giant Mecha, but the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) triggered Quantum Superposition State and stopped her.

  • Fate hinted that the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) prevented Zhou Qing'er from attacking Zhou Heng, even through a Mecha, and that he could defeat her without using Wind God's Sky of Wild Roaring · Starwind.
  • Zhou Heng left the trial ground and returned to the Grassland Under the Stars, where Zhou Qing'er spotted him and charged toward him in the Howler of the Gale.
  • Zhou Heng received all authority over Starwind's Endless Vault, unlocked his restrictions, and discovered that he could see and alter the entire Grassland Under the Stars.
  • Zhou Qing'er arrived in her enormous Mecha and tried to attack Zhou Heng, but Quantum Superposition State made her cancel the attack against her will.
  • Zhou Qing'er realized she could not bypass the skill's effects, unaware that the Starwind body she had obtained was not the true body Zhou Heng possessed.

Ch. 123A Desperate Howl

Zhou Heng used his authority to shrink the Grassland Under the Stars and cornered the Old Woman "Zhou Qing'er" in her Howler of the Gale. After she slaughtered the Longevity Family Players and offered him a way to attain Divine Truth, Zhou Heng aimed Wind God's Sky of Wild Roaring · Starwind at her and activated Light of Eternity.

  • The Old Woman "Zhou Qing'er" fled, but Zhou Heng summoned a vast hand of earth and began collapsing the Grassland Under the Stars around her.
  • The Old Woman "Zhou Qing'er" questioned the silent Starwind, then slaughtered Longevity Family Players and buried the Vast Star Nation Contribution Resource Vault beneath the soil.
  • Zhou Heng spotted the hidden vault and continued shrinking the Grassland Under the Stars, while the trapped players were swallowed by the collapsing terrain.
  • The Old Woman "Zhou Qing'er" devoured all the remaining Longevity Family Players, but Zhou Heng remained unmoved as the grassland contracted to a 50-kilometer radius.
  • The Old Woman "Zhou Qing'er" offered Zhou Heng a way to attain Divine Truth in exchange for peace, but he aimed Wind God's Sky of Wild Roaring · Starwind at her and activated Light of Eternity.

Ch. 124The Hero King's mercy

Zhou Heng destroyed the Howler of the Gale and defeated the old woman "Zhou Qing'er," whose Mecha was only a fake copy of Army Lord "Starwind." Hero King "Karenna" regained control of her body, and Zhou Qing'er surrendered three things before dying.

  • The old woman "Zhou Qing'er" discovered that the Howler of the Gale was a fake and begged Zhou Heng to spare her, blaming the Longevity Family for her predicament.
  • Zhou Heng equipped the Wind God's Sky of Wild Roaring · Starwind and used his light-elemental arrows to deal overwhelming damage to the Howler of the Gale.
  • The old woman "Zhou Qing'er" fled, but Zhou Heng's homing arrows destroyed the Mecha and threw her from its cockpit.
  • The Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) trembled as Hero King "Karenna" emerged, embraced Zhou Heng, and thanked him for helping her reclaim her body.
  • Hero King "Karenna" comforted the defeated Zhou Qing'er and asked her to return her body; Zhou Qing'er pulled three things from her heart and died, dissolving into sludge.

Ch. 125A Nation of One

After Hero King Karenna gave Zhou Heng her memories, Kailina’s remains, and her final power, he learned more about the Longevity Family’s conspiracy and gained the qualification for his Fourth Turn. He chose the achievement “A Nation of One,” which required him to eliminate every Longevity Curse unit in Sarendo.

  • Hero King Karenna merged with her recovered body and gave Zhou Heng memories revealing the Sakaste Empire’s hidden history and the Longevity Family’s conspiracy.
  • Hero King Karenna entrusted Kailina’s Corpse and Soul Factor to Zhou Heng, explaining that Kailina had been Eternal Krossa’s wife.
  • Hero King Karenna dissolved into light, empowering the Sakast Imperial Sword and granting Zhou Heng her remaining strength.
  • Zhou Heng’s Fourth-Turn options appeared, including “A Nation of One,” which required him to raise “Slay Longevity” to 100% and eliminate all Longevity Curse units in Sarendo.
  • Zhou Heng chose “A Nation of One,” intending to draw on Eternal Krossa’s power.
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