Arc 63The Return of Contemplation

Zhou Heng resisted Lord of Compassion’s attempt to consume him and gained the Master of Transcendence’s protection while building Virus Resistance. He restored the Contemplation path and unlocked his Soul attribute, then followed Fate Hint to request borrowed power as a Heavenly Pillar entered the conflict.

  • Zhou Heng absorbed the Abyss Jiao Dragons’ attacks and formed the Boundless Endless Library pathway, which neutralized the whales attacking his Mind Corridor.
  • Lord of Compassion sacrificed beings across the Ancient Era, sheltered Ci Shui and Bei Di, and lost his remaining compassion and Sea of Stars Lord status.
  • Zhou Heng activated the boundless endless salvation mission as Virus Source Species · Compassion severed his consciousness from his divine body.
  • The Master of Transcendence discovered the Boundless Court’s interference with Zhou Heng and sent him to kill clones of himself to gain Virus Resistance.
  • Lord of Compassion withdrew his virus from Zhou Heng after learning that Zhou Heng could eventually absorb its power.
  • Zhou Heng summoned the Record of All Beings and received fragments that Endless of Transcendence helped complete, restoring the Contemplation path and unlocking his Soul attribute.
  • Zhou Heng destroyed the clone world and gained question-mark-level Virus Resistance from imprisoned beings while Lord of Compassion used Eternity's Dark Moon to declare the Eternal Moon Era.
  • Zhou Heng rejected two fatal Fate Hints, followed the third hint’s countdown, and asked Endless of Transcendence to lend him its power.
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Ch. 1551Conditions for fusing the two panels

The Lord of the Boundless intervened to help fuse Zhou Heng’s two Divine Energy panels, but the fusion failed and gave him a new plan with demanding requirements. As Zhou Heng continued absorbing energy from the Abyss Jiao Dragons, the Ancient Era’s Standard Sea of Stars Lords retreated, leaving him to gather power toward the fusion threshold.

  • The Lord of the Boundless sensed Zhou Heng’s Contemplator’s Nobility and used a sliver of Boundless Power to trigger a fusion of his two panels.
  • After repeated fusion failures, Zhou Heng received a new plan requiring one trillion units of the Microscopic World and 1eeeeeeeee Free Attribute Points on both panels.
  • The Ancient Era’s Standard Sea of Stars Lords recognized the Lord of the Boundless’s projection and fled.
  • The Abyss Jiao Dragons turned their attacks on Zhou Heng, but Contemplator’s Nobility nullified them and converted their data into Epic Divine Ability Divine Energy Attributes Points.
  • Zhou Heng continued absorbing the energy as his Epic Divine Energy Panel’s Free Attribute Points climbed toward the required threshold.

Ch. 1552The "Fated Black River" and the Black Rain

Lord of Compassion unleashed a branch of the Fated Black River across the Ancient Era, using black rain to drive its inhabitants into madness and feed their deaths to a black whale. The Lord of the Boundless noticed the danger hidden in the Transcendence Boundless Starlight, but a faint call from the Fated Black River stopped him from warning Zhou Heng.

  • Lord of Compassion surveyed the retreating Standard Sea of Stars Lords’ memories and learned of Tsundere Ao Tiantian and Bobo’s sacrifice.
  • Lord of Compassion summoned black liquid and shaped it into stairs leading to the black whale, beneath which a branch of the Fated Black River took form.
  • Black rain spread across the Ancient Era, unleashing negative emotions that drove beings to fight and die.
  • The black whale devoured the dead, while Lord of Compassion used the mass sacrifice to seek the power of his stripped Sea of Stars Lord status.
  • The Lord of the Boundless discovered a compassion-affix chain reaction hidden in the Transcendence Boundless Starlight and tried to warn Zhou Heng.
  • A faint whale call carrying the Fated Black River’s power halted the Lord of the Boundless before he could speak.

Ch. 1553The summons of "Fated Black River · Ancient Era"

The Fated Black River summoned the Sea of Stars Skywhales and compelled them to attack Zhou Heng, while the Lord of the Boundless could only stabilize space-time and offer him limited help. The first whales entered Zhou Heng’s Mind Corridor as he continued contemplating, and notifications appeared before him.

  • The Lord of the Boundless announced that the Ancient Era was nearing its end and invited its living beings to seek shelter in the Boundless Celestial Palace, restoring their clarity for one month each year.
  • The Fated Black River’s whale cry afflicted the Sea of Stars Skywhales, stripping away their control and turning their eyes blood-red.
  • The Boundless Court sanctioned an attack on Zhou Heng and directed the summoned whales to target his Mind Corridor.
  • Zhou Heng continued absorbing Epic Divine Ability points from the Abyss Jiao Dragon as the first Sea of Stars Skywhales entered his Mind Corridor.

Ch. 1554"Boundless Endless · Library · Divine Energy Pathway" Displayed Its Might

Zhou Heng’s mind was attacked by Sea of Stars Skywhales summoned through the Fated Black River, but his newly completed Boundless Endless · Library · Divine Energy Pathway protected him from their assault. The whales could not harm him because their attacks lacked the boundless or endless affixes.

  • The Fated Black River sent Roaming Star Whales into Zhou Heng’s Mind Corridor, where his Torch of Transcendence Will resisted their thought and will attacks.
  • Yōuyuǎn Long Whales followed and shattered the Torch of Transcendence Will’s defenses as they charged toward Zhou Heng’s soul.
  • Fate Hint gave Zhou Heng no warning, indicating that he could still contend with the whales attacking his Mind Corridor.
  • A phantom of the Boundless Endless Library replaced the Mind Heavenly Palace and formed the Boundless Endless · Library · Divine Energy Pathway.
  • The pathway prevented the whales’ attacks from harming Zhou Heng because they lacked the boundless or endless affix.

Ch. 1555In the End, I Was One Move Behind...

Zhou Heng’s completed Epic Divine Energy pathway protected his soul from the Fated Black River’s devastating assault. Lord of Compassion realized he had failed to devour Zhou Heng, questioned his past choices, and closed his eyes to rebuild his power as a new Water-Bearing child appeared in the Ancient Era.

  • The Fated Black River’s Boundless Ancient Whales attacked Zhou Heng’s Mind Corridor, but his Boundless Endless Library pathway neutralized their damage.
  • Past, Present, and Future observed Zhou Heng’s completed pathway and praised his strength to Lord of Compassion.
  • Lord of Compassion recognized that Zhou Heng’s pathway had linked to the Boundless Endless Library and lamented that he was one move behind.
  • Lord of Compassion recalled his impoverished past, questioned whether he had been wrong, and felt a crack form in his heart.
  • Lord of Compassion closed his eyes and chose to nurture his power anew while a Water-Bearing girl discovered a glowing child on a lakeshore.

Ch. 1556Let Us Work Together Once More... Shall We...

Water-Bearing Race children rescued a radiant boy who had washed ashore and brought him to Cold Water Village, where Han Qingshui learned he could remember only the name Ci Shui. After she left, his identity changed to Bei Di and memories of the Lord of Compassion surfaced, ending with voices urging him to join forces to defeat Zhou Heng.

  • A Water-Bearing Race girl found a glowing, unconscious boy on the lakeshore, and the children recognized him as belonging to the Higher Water-Bearing Tribe.
  • The children carried the boy to Cold Water Village, where Han Qingshui introduced herself and asked him about his identity.
  • The boy remembered the name Ci Shui and a voice repeating, “Let us work together once more,” as his memories caused his body to overheat.
  • After Han Qingshui left, Ci Shui became serene, his name changed to Bei Di, and he wondered whether he was the Lord of Compassion.
  • Bei Di heard voices calling for one final alliance to defeat Zhou Heng.

Ch. 1557"(\*^▽^\*)" disappeared~

Ci Shui and Bei Di were born as a youth whose identity kept shifting between their two names, while Lord of Compassion protected them in the depths of the Eleventh Dimension. As Compassion’s last warmth vanished and the virus source species took full control, he became a cold fiend and declared that the true game would begin.

  • Bei Di collapsed under a torrent of information, and his true name began switching between Ci Shui and Bei Di.
  • Lord of Compassion sensed their birth and promised to shelter them while they grew, though he could not interfere with their choices.
  • Lord of Compassion sent their region into the deepest reaches of the Eleventh Dimension, where an indistinct figure danced amid the starlight.
  • The separation of Compassion further destabilized Lord of Compassion’s affix, and the last genuine trace of compassion faded from his eyes.
  • A notification reported that Lord of Compassion had lost the Sea of Stars Lord status and that his name had changed, removing the smiling emoticon.
  • Lord of Compassion opened his eyes, now wholly cold, and announced that the true game would unfold during the Ancient Era.

Ch. 1558Seeing Kami Huo again

A squad of Roaming Star Gods fled a suddenly empowered Fated Black River · Roaming Star Whale and discovered vast swarms of whales of three kinds charging deeper into the Sea of Stars. As the squad faced near-certain death, an otherworldly radiance appeared ahead.

  • The Fated Black River · Roaming Star Whale crossed a faint golden ring-shaped belt, went berserk, and killed the squad’s level 12417 captain and five other members with 1(crystal ★★★★★) attacks.
  • The captain revived with a Boundless · Revival Coin and ordered Kami Huo to use her Deep Dimension High-Efficiency Propulsion Device to flee deeper into the Sea of Stars.
  • The six squad members escaped the whale but found countless Fated Black River · Roaming Star Whales, Yōuyuǎn Long Whales, and Boundless Ancient Whales charging in the same direction.
  • A brilliant, primordial-looking radiance surged from the deeper reaches of the Sea of Stars as Kami Huo and the others faced the whale swarm.

Ch. 1559The final fleeting second!

Kami Huo and her team watched Zhou Heng effortlessly seize the level 99,999,999 Transcendence Boundless Starlight and complete the Boundless Salvation mission. As the final time node arrived, the compassion affix began eroding Zhou Heng, who activated the boundless endless salvation mission while the virus reached 99%.

  • Transcendence Boundless Starlight scattered the Fated Black River whales, and Kami Huo and her team Appraised it and feared they were doomed.
  • Zhou Heng appeared among the whales, and Kami Huo recognized him from the Vast Star Nation dungeon.
  • Zhou Heng reassured Kami Huo with a glance, seized Transcendence Boundless Starlight, and completed the Boundless Salvation mission Chapter's Yōuyuǎn.
  • The compassion affix activated, and the Virus Source Species began eroding Zhou Heng as two overlapping voices declared the time ripe and called for the boundless endless salvation mission to activate.
  • With the virus erosion at 99%, Zhou Heng activated the mission as the clock reached December 12, at 12:12:12.

Ch. 1560Grand Vision Beyond Ancient Reality

Zhou Heng began the Boundless Endless Salvation quest, but Virus Source Species · Compassion severed his consciousness from his body and began taking control. He used the quest’s advance reward to practice the Master of Transcendence Audience Method, and his sword swings began opening mysterious rifts.

  • Zhou Heng read the quest’s three objectives: reconstruct the Truth Skill quality system, cast a Wordless skill at the 1 Light level, and reconnect the Fourth and Fifth Expansions.
  • As the quest began, Virus Source Species · Compassion’s erosion passed 100% and severed Zhou Heng’s consciousness from his divine body.
  • The quest automatically granted Zhou Heng the Wordless-quality skill Master of Transcendence Audience Method, which instructed him to visualize swinging an infinitely long sword through the Sea of Stars.
  • Zhou Heng sat cross-legged in the darkness and repeatedly visualized slashing through Boundless Endless, ignoring Compassion’s assault on his consciousness.
  • Zhou Heng came to understand the Master of Transcendence as a being who had continually resisted restrictions, and mysterious rifts appeared with his sword swings.

Ch. 1561Boundless Endless · Shattered · Pieced Together · Master of Transcendence

Zhou Heng reached the true form of Boundless Endless · Shattered · Pieced Together · Master of Transcendence far earlier than expected, and the Master withdrew the reward it had granted him. After learning Zhou Heng’s name and discovering the Boundless Court’s plan to overwrite his data through countless Zhou Heng units, the Master suspected he was an unprecedented anomaly.

  • Nine-colored rivers surged through Zhou Heng’s visualization space and formed a colossal sword as Boundless Endless · Shattered · Pieced Together · Master of Transcendence spoke to him.
  • The Master recognized Zhou Heng as the 101st Supreme Hero, questioned why he had arrived far too early, and withdrew its witnessing reward before Zhou Heng could read it.
  • The Master asked Zhou Heng for his true name so it could investigate his past and determine whether its plans had gone wrong.
  • Zhou Heng introduced himself respectfully and waited for Fate Hint, which gave him no guidance.
  • The Master traced Zhou Heng’s name through Boundless Endless and found that the Boundless Court was using countless Zhou Heng units and the affixes “soul” and “unique” to overwrite his data.
  • The Master concluded that Zhou Heng might be a super anomaly no one had anticipated.

Ch. 15621 Million Light (Concept)

Endless of Transcendence praised Zhou Heng, enhanced the Ice God Bird (Element Source Species), and sent him to a world filled with his clones to fight and grow stronger. Zhou Heng arrived safely and saw countless versions of himself living across a peaceful world.

  • Endless of Transcendence reviewed Zhou Heng's past, praised his strength, and offered him a chance to gain Virus Resistance.
  • Zhou Heng accepted the challenge, and Endless of Transcendence empowered the Ice God Bird (Element Source Species), raising its movement speed to 1 million Light (concept).
  • Endless of Transcendence sent Zhou Heng and the Ice God Bird (Element Source Species) through a rift to a special region where he was to kill cloned versions of himself without falling from the bird.
  • Zhou Heng arrived in a tranquil world populated entirely by Zhou Heng Clones, who lived as workers, farmers, scholars, bullies, and ordinary families.

Ch. 1563Will (crystal★★★★★★) +1

Zhou Heng slaughtered countless clones in the eternity otherworldly species’ clone world, absorbing the virus source species and the clones’ strange, complete life memories. As he endured the memories, his will began gaining points at the crystal★★★★★★ level, though his two will attributes remained separate.

  • Zhou Heng summoned the boundless microcosmic concept Eternity Long Heaven and Earth Sword and used it to kill countless Zhou Heng Clones.
  • The virus source species parasitizing the clones left their hosts and rushed into Zhou Heng, eroding him as he struck again.
  • Zhou Heng absorbed memories of clones who had lived abstract lives as a blacksmith, a teacher, and a silent man beneath a tree.
  • Zhou Heng used his will forged through five hundred million years of solitude to digest the flood of clone memories while continuing to kill clones.
  • Zhou Heng received notifications that his Will (crystal★★★★★★) had increased, but his two will attributes remained listed separately.

Ch. 1564Boundless Court · Seat 31 · Lord of All Beings

Zhou Heng slaughtered the clones in the world created by the Lord of All Beings, absorbing their memories and steadily increasing his virus resistance while the transcendence affix protected him from infection. The Lord of All Beings tried to seize him but was repelled by nine-colored radiance, leaving it unable to interfere and worried about Compassion’s plan to devour Zhou Heng.

  • Zhou Heng found that his two will attribute panels still could not fuse, then continued killing clones with his sword and absorbing their Boundless Endless Era memories.
  • As virus source species eroded Zhou Heng’s sense of existence, the transcendence affix purified the virus while preserving the virus resistance he gained.
  • The Lord of All Beings discovered Zhou Heng destroying the clones in the world it had created and reached out to seize him.
  • Nine-colored radiance pushed away the Lord of All Beings’ hand, and it recognized the aura of transcendence.
  • The Lord of All Beings realized it could not erase Zhou Heng and pitied Compassion, whose plan to devour him would be difficult.

Ch. 1565Intelligence from the Boundless Endless Era

While Zhou Heng harvested virus source species from his endless clones in the Boundless Endless Era, the Lord of Compassion learned that Zhou Heng was building resistance to his infection. The Lord of Compassion withdrew the virus from Zhou Heng’s body and waited for him to return, conceding the current round but preparing for their next contest.

  • Zhou Heng continued cleaving his clones in the Boundless Endless Era, rapidly increasing his virus resistance while only one second passed outside.
  • The Lord of Compassion observed Zhou Heng’s fully eroded, maddened body and believed his attack had succeeded.
  • The Lord of Compassion caught a strand of starlight carrying intelligence from the Master of All Beings and learned that Zhou Heng’s consciousness was under the Master of Transcendence’s protection, harvesting clones to gain resistance.
  • The Lord of Compassion realized Zhou Heng could absorb the compassion power if his resistance reached the three-question-mark level, so he withdrew every strand of Virus Source Species · Compassion from Zhou Heng’s body.
  • Zhou Heng’s body calmed and became still, while the Lord of Compassion waited for him to return and face the next round.

Ch. 1566The Sealed "Soul" Attribute

After ten years of killing Clones, Zhou Heng nearly lost his sense of self under the weight of their memories. Fate Hint showed him how to unlock the sealed Soul attribute, and he began the process while his Heroic Spirits continued fighting in his place.

  • Zhou Heng absorbed countless Clone Zhou Hengs’ memories and struggled to remain balanced on the Ice God Bird’s back.
  • Fate Hint revealed that his will could not transform because the Soul attribute field was sealed, and warned that forcing it open would get him erased.
  • Fate Hint laid out a path to unlock Soul by having Zhou Heng summon Heroic Spirits, resonate with the outside world through the Record of All Beings, and gather five fragments of The Return of the Epic Divine Ability.
  • Zhou Heng stopped swinging his sword, sat cross-legged on the Ice God Bird, and summoned Heroic Spirits with Scatter Beans into Soldiers.
  • Su Longevity and the other Heroic Spirits charged at the Clones to keep killing them as Zhou Heng focused on the next step.

Ch. 1567The suppressed "Contemplation" path

Zhou Heng used the Record of All Beings to awaken the powers sealed in the Vast Graveyard and weaken the Master of All Beings’ control. Fragments of the suppressed Contemplation path flew to him, and he began to visualize the Boundless Dark Sun after collecting four.

  • Zhou Heng summoned the Record of All Beings, strengthening his sense of self and resonating with the Vast Graveyard.
  • The Master of All Beings tried to seal the Zhou Heng Clone World, but the Master of Transcendence blocked it.
  • The Record of All Beings awakened the gravestones, releasing their stored powers and souls against the Master of All Beings.
  • The upheaval weakened the seal on the Contemplation path, and its fragments began emerging from the Vast Graveyard.
  • Four Contemplation fragments flew into Zhou Heng’s possession, and he turned his attention to visualizing the Boundless Dark Sun.

Ch. 1568The astonished "Master of Transcendence"

Zhou Heng visualized the Boundless Dark Sun, which absorbed his five fragments and prompted the Endless of Transcendence to seek the remaining pieces in the Vast Graveyard. The Master of All Beings tried to stop it, while the gravestone beings fought to obstruct the Master and aid Transcendence.

  • Zhou Heng visualized the Boundless Dark Sun, and his five fragments flew into it and made it grow more powerful.
  • The Endless of Transcendence realized Zhou Heng’s fragments could help gather the five pieces held by the Master of All Beings and restore Contemplation’s pathway.
  • The Endless of Transcendence left the Zhou Heng Clone World and appeared in the Vast Graveyard to retrieve the remaining fragments.
  • The Master of All Beings expanded to hide the fragments’ locations as gravestone beings jeered and attacked it to help the Endless of Transcendence.
  • The Master of All Beings activated its Truth Skill, All Beings, You, and I Are All the Same, and the gravestone beings crowded around it to block its vision.

Ch. 1569Do you even understand what it means to be the "Lord of Contemplation"?!

The Master of All Beings failed to save the five remaining fragments, but intercepted a trace of the Master of Transcendence’s power and gained its coordinates. Zhou Heng absorbed the fragments, revealed the Lord of Contemplation’s true visage, and watched countless white paths burst outward across Boundless Endless.

  • The Master of Transcendence’s silent sword strike swept past the Master of All Beings and let the Endless of Transcendence seize the five fragments.
  • The Master of All Beings revealed that it had intercepted a trace of Transcendence power, which could anchor the Master of Transcendence’s true coordinates.
  • The Endless of Transcendence delivered the five fragments to Zhou Heng, and the Boundless Dark Sun swallowed them.
  • The Boundless Dark Sun expanded and revealed the true visage of the Lord of Contemplation, granting Zhou Heng the assembled power of the Boundless Endless of the Epic Divine Ability.
  • Countless white paths shot from the Boundless Dark Sun through the eras, spreading across Boundless Endless.

Ch. 1570A World Announcement Resounding Throughout Boundless Endless!

The return of the Epic Divine Ability Path of “Contemplation” spread throughout “Boundless Endless,” awakening powers and earning Zhou Heng a world-shaking announcement and a transcendence of his soul. As the realms celebrated his achievement, the “Master of the Soul Celestial Palace” took shape on the 11th Seat of the “Boundless Court” and looked toward the “Master of All Beings” and the “Zhou Heng Clone World.”

  • A White Path spread across “Boundless Endless,” and beings throughout the realms sensed powers awakening and attributes changing.
  • Sea of Stars Lords and beings in “Heaven” recognized the return of the Epic Path of “Contemplation” and speculated that Zhou Heng had caused it.
  • The World Announcement praised Zhou Heng for returning the path and rewarded him with a transcendence of his soul, repeating the message one hundred times.
  • After a brief silence, beings across “Boundless Endless” celebrated Zhou Heng and discussed the changes to their attributes.
  • The “Master of the Soul Celestial Palace” formed on the 11th Seat of the “Boundless Court” and gazed at the “Master of All Beings” and the “Zhou Heng Clone World.”

Ch. 1571Soul +1 (One Color)

The Master of the Soul Celestial Palace confronted the Master of All Beings over the opened path to the Epic Divine Ability of Contemplation and ordered it to help kill Zhou Heng if the Lord of Compassion failed. Unaware of the confrontation, Zhou Heng gained a one-color Soul attribute and resumed consuming his clones, expecting it to help him decipher Virus Resistance.

  • The Master of the Soul Celestial Palace seized the Master of All Beings and demanded to know why the path to Contemplation had opened, fearing the Lord of Contemplation would revive through living beings' thoughts.
  • The Master of the Soul Celestial Palace warned that Boundless Endless Heaven and a new Supreme Hero Trial were approaching, then ordered the Master of All Beings to release the barrier and kill Zhou Heng if the Lord of Compassion could not stop him.
  • The Master of All Beings remained silent, then examined a trace of nine-colored power taken from the Master of Transcendence and said it interested him more than Zhou Heng.
  • Zhou Heng received the Soul attribute at one color after returning the path to Contemplation and breaking the Boundless Court's seal.
  • Zhou Heng found that his Mind Corridor had grown vast and gained a celestial palace, while his Mana Corridor construction became at least a hundred million times faster.
  • Zhou Heng gripped his sword and resumed swallowing his clones, believing his new Soul attribute could help decipher Virus Resistance.

Ch. 1572Endless beings bound in chains

After destroying the Zhou Heng Clone World, Zhou Heng gained overwhelming Virus Resistance from countless chained beings in a boundless darkness. As the Endless of Transcendence mocked a Boundless Court Heavenly Pillar that tried to stop him, countless crimson eyes opened in the darkness.

  • Zhou Heng used the Boundless Microcosmic Concept Eternity Long Heaven and Earth Sword to destroy the Zhou Heng Clone World and absorb the clones’ memories as nourishment.
  • Zhou Heng found himself in boundless darkness, where countless beings from different races were imprisoned in chains engraved with Boundless Court Runes.
  • As the chained beings passed before him, Zhou Heng’s Virus Erosion and Virus Resistance rose at an accelerating rate, while nine-colored radiance cleared the erosion and preserved the resistance.
  • Zhou Heng’s Virus Resistance grew beyond any known mathematical notation, prompting a Boundless Court Heavenly Pillar to warn the Endless of Transcendence not to release question-mark-system attributes to the lower levels.
  • The Endless of Transcendence mocked the Heavenly Pillar, and countless pairs of crimson eyes opened in the depths of the darkness.

Ch. 1573The fourth seat, "Great Heaven of Transcendence That Freely Manifests Through Others"

Zhou Heng rejected the fourth seat’s offer and continued absorbing imprisoned beings, raising his virus resistance to a question mark with Endless of Transcendence’s help. As Zhou Heng pursued two more question marks, Great Heaven of Transcendence That Freely Manifests Through Others prepared to test his limits.

  • Great Heaven of Transcendence That Freely Manifests Through Others offered Zhou Heng humanity’s possessions in exchange for abandoning his course, but Zhou Heng asked about the Boundless Court’s imprisoned powers instead.
  • Great Heaven of Transcendence That Freely Manifests Through Others challenged Zhou Heng to defeat the enemies being sent against him, then vanished as their numbers and speed surged.
  • The imprisoned beings’ impacts drove Zhou Heng’s virus resistance data into a question mark, and Endless of Transcendence said it would let him permanently claim the power of galaxy-rank virus source species.
  • Endless of Transcendence explained that Zhou Heng needed three question marks to absorb starfield-rank virus source species, and offered to help him reach that level.
  • As Zhou Heng pressed onward toward the second and third question marks, Great Heaven of Transcendence That Freely Manifests Through Others awakened beneath the Boundless Court and resolved to test him.

Ch. 1574Eternity's Dark Moon

The Lord of Compassion used the Boundless Rank Item Eternity's Dark Moon to transform the Eleventh Dimension's Ancient Era into the Eternal Moon Era and strengthen its inhabitants. The Lord of the Boundless chose to let the battle continue as a test of whether Zhou Heng was ready to join the greater conflict.

  • Great Self-Transforming Transcendent Heaven's power formed Eternity's Dark Moon before the Lord of Compassion, who realized Zhou Heng had drawn the Third Heavenly Pillar into the battle.
  • The Lord of Compassion sent Eternity's Dark Moon into the sky, where its transcendence power began affecting the entire Ancient Era.
  • The Lord of Compassion declared the Eternal Moon Era and challenged Past, Present, and Future and the Boundless Celestial Palace's palace masters to agree or object.
  • The palace masters identified the moon's power as belonging to Great Self-Transforming Transcendent Heaven and wondered what Zhou Heng had done to draw it into the fray.
  • The Star-Patrolling Sea Lord asked the Lord of the Boundless whether they should descend in their true bodies, but the Lord of the Boundless said they should observe the battle as a test of Zhou Heng's worthiness.

Ch. 1575What kind of move needed to be counted in seconds?

Zhou Heng chose Fate Hint Three, which guided him to borrow Endless of Transcendence’s power to witness a new Master of Truth and rebuild his Mana Corridor system. He began the precise countdown and request, leaving Endless of Transcendence curious about what he intended to do.

  • Zhou Heng considered three Fate Hints and rejected the two paths that ended in his death.
  • Zhou Heng chose Fate Hint Three, which instructed him to count one hundred seconds, reach toward a precise point, visualize Endless of Transcendence, and ask to borrow its power.
  • Zhou Heng followed the countdown while sealed living beings continued to increase his resistance to the virus source species.
  • Endless of Transcendence questioned Zhou Heng about his gaze and later appeared in his soul when he visualized it.
  • Zhou Heng asked to borrow Endless of Transcendence’s power and said he would act after about twenty-five seconds, surprising it with his certainty.
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