Chapter Summaries

Zhou Heng chose to gamble on keeping Sky-Roof Leap · East and West Palaces rather than flee, while the Longevity-Cursed Species and powers of the Abyss closed in. Fate warned him that he had to reach the B9999 Mining Area Control Room and secure the White River Purifying Bottle within a year, leaving him only seconds to act.

• Wang Daosheng and the Longevity-Cursed Species attacked Zhou Heng’s Abyss Stinky Fish · Beauty, but its Divine Truth power repeatedly killed them.
• Wang Daosheng deployed the Immortal Revival Chessboard, letting the attackers revive quickly and renew their assault.
• Wang Daosheng broke through the fish’s defenses and entered its mouth, prompting Fate Hint to warn Zhou Heng about the Abyss Sage and Abyss Mother.
• Fate offered Zhou Heng a choice between retreating to the Skysea of the Empty Realm and gambling on finding Starry Sky Barrier or Free Radical within a year.
• Zhou Heng chose the gamble, and Fate gave him a countdown to disengage from the soul statue and reach the B9999 Mining Area Control Room for the White River Purifying Bottle.

Zhou Heng escaped Wang Daosheng by using Fate Hint to navigate a Mind Maze, then restrained the black liquid in the control room with the White River Purifying Bottle. As reinforcements arrived and Wang Daosheng was struck down, Zhou Heng faced a 500-second deadline to choose his allegiance while new Abyss threats approached.

• Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint through the Mind Maze and slipped past Wang Daosheng, who realized he had been deceived too late.
• Zhou Heng used the White River Purifying Bottle to suppress the black liquid in the B9999 Mining Zone Control Room, then stayed to await reinforcements as Fate Hint instructed.
• Wang Daosheng confronted Zhou Heng but stayed outside the bottle's protective light.
• Xu Huaizhi's Planetary Greatsword Boranko (replica) arrived and struck Wang Daosheng with a gigantic greatsword.
• Xu Huaizhi told Zhou Heng he had 500 seconds to make an independent choice before stronger enemies arrived.
• A giant serpent and an Abyss Succubus headed toward Zhou Heng as the Abyss Mother intervened.

Planetary Technology · Xu Huaizhi defended Zhou Heng until the Abyss Giant Python · Wisdom · Wrath and the Abyss Saintess arrived. Zhou Heng escaped into the Time Interstice with help from the Abyss Stinky Fish · Beauty, but the Abyss Succubus pursued him.

• Planetary Technology · Xu Huaizhi fought off the Longevity-Cursed Species while Zhou Heng stared into the Abyss.
• Abyss Giant Python · Wisdom · Wrath roared, immobilizing everyone for 100 seconds, and Planetary Technology · Xu Huaizhi realized Zhou Heng had expected the Abyss Sage to arrive.
• The Abyss Saintess tried to seize Zhou Heng, but the Abyss Succubus interrupted her, and Zhou Heng rushed into Abyss Stinky Fish · Beauty.
• Wang Daosheng chased Zhou Heng as he called for help, prompting the Abyss Stinky Fish · Beauty to propel him toward the Time Interstice entrance.
• Zhou Heng entered the Time Interstice, and the Abyss Succubus followed after waiting for a revelation from her Master.

Zhou Heng evaded the Abyss Succubus through the Time Interstices and reached Skysea of the Empty Realm, while Wang Daosheng followed the Abyss Saintess's orders to seek the Starry Sky Barrier. Zhou Heng's agreement with the Abyss Sage was fulfilled, but his advancement attempts failed as he reached level 71.

• Zhou Heng used Fate's guidance to escape the pursuing Abyss Succubus through a series of Time Interstices.
• Wang Daosheng realized that Su Qingxin was guiding Zhou Heng and led his team toward Skysea of the Empty Realm to find the Starry Sky Barrier.
• Zhou Heng reached Skysea of the Empty Realm and escaped the Abyss Succubus, who was left roaring in the Time Interstice.
• The Abyss Stinky Fish · Beauty dragged Sky-Roof Leap · East and West Palaces deeper into the Abyss, fulfilling Zhou Heng's agreement with the Abyss Sage.
• Zhou Heng permanently fixed Abyss Erosion and gained a sliver of the Abyss Sage's power, while his star upgrades and advancement failed and he leveled up to 71.

Zhou Heng entered the Skysea of the Empty Realm, where his level was locked and his abilities were suppressed, and learned that the Compassionate Ancient Flute could lead him to power and Red-Lipped Su Mo'er. He headed south to learn about the realm, while Su Mo'er also set out south to kill him.

• Zhou Heng inspected his attributes and discovered that the Skysea of the Empty Realm had reduced him to level 1 and disabled his abilities.
• The Elegant Ancient Flute pointed north, and Fate Hint revealed that Red-Lipped Su Mo'er held the Compassionate Ancient Flute there, but warned that the Abyss Succubus had also arrived and urged him south.
• Zhou Heng chose to travel south to learn about the Skysea of the Empty Realm and find a way to regain power.
• Red-Lipped Su Mo'er saw the Compassionate Ancient Flute point south and, fearing Zhou Heng could kill her, set out to find him.

Zhou Heng entered the Town in the Clouds, traded a Revival Coin for red Elegant Aura, and obtained a flashy Ultimate Technique that could not kill. Fate Hint revealed that the Longevity-Cursed Species was close to disabling the realm’s three-month reset and showed Zhou Heng a path south as his only way out, but he rejected the suggestion to beg Red-Lipped Su Mo'er for forgiveness.

• Zhou Heng discovered the Town in the Clouds and met a boy selling red Elegant Aura.
• Zhou Heng traded the boy a Revival Coin for the aura, then crushed it and obtained Ultimate Technique: Swift Flowing Light.
• Zhou Heng learned that Ultimate Techniques could not kill, and suspected the Longevity-Cursed Species had found a way around the Bard’s rules.
• Fate Hint confirmed that the Longevity-Cursed Species was close to seizing enough Authority to end the Fairness and Justice (Reincarnation) reset, and revealed Red-Lipped Su Mo'er's powerful techniques.
• Fate Hint advised Zhou Heng to go south to the last Cloud House and show someone his leap achievement, while also suggesting he beg Red-Lipped Su Mo'er for forgiveness.
• Zhou Heng rejected the suggestion to beg for forgiveness and tried to steady himself after seeing how unfair the enemy’s techniques were.

Zhou Heng met the Bard Guard at the edge of the Skysea of the Empty Realm and proved his strength by revealing his achievement breakthroughs. The guard gave him a quest and the Epic of the Cloudsea, leaving Zhou Heng to seek the means to seize the crucial 10% of authority.

• Zhou Heng followed the road south and met an old fisherman who revealed that the native inhabitants had lost 70% of their authority to the longevity-cursed species.
• The Bard Guard explained that the inhabitants had sixteen years to reclaim the 71%-80% portion of authority before losing their remaining resurrection authority.
• Zhou Heng showed the guard his achievements from the First Turn through the Seventh Turn, including his theft of the Abyss Sage's Abyss Erosion.
• The Bard Guard warned Zhou Heng to seal the Elegant Ancient Flute with Morning Glimmer and told him to find Ultimate Formula · Divine Eyes of Heaven and Earth, Will of the Empty Realm, and the Betrayal of the Goddess of Light Secret Realm.
• The Bard Guard gave Zhou Heng the Epic of the Cloudsea, which became the prerequisite item for his quest to seize the crucial 10% of authority, then dispersed into the cloudsea.

Zhou Heng learned the history of the Skysea of the Empty Realm and received a Fate Hint about the Bard’s deceptive artifact, Morning Deception. He summoned a Cloudwhale and rode it toward Morning Glimmer, which it eventually found.

• Zhou Heng read the Epic of the Cloudsea and learned how the Longevity-Cursed Species came to control the Skysea of the Empty Realm.
• Fate Hint revealed that the Bard was a truth-tier Forgery Master who had left Morning Deception in the Skysea.
• Zhou Heng found the Tranquil Cloud Whale Flute beneath the stool where the Bard Guard had disappeared and played it to summon a Cloudwhale.
• Zhou Heng boarded the Cloudwhale and directed it toward Morning Glimmer, then examined its attributes as it flew at immense speed.
• The Cloudwhale stopped after finding Morning Glimmer, and Zhou Heng recognized the destination.

Zhou Heng used Morning Glimmer and Morning Deception to conceal the Elegant Ancient Flute and make a Small Mana Bottle appear to carry its aura, but triggering Morning Deception transported him and the Cloudwhale to the hidden Ultimate Spell · Endless Stars. There, the Ancient Hero "Old Man in Straw" mistook him for Black Ring and set him three fishing tasks, and Zhou Heng chose to use Fate Hint Three to catch the most powerful item as quickly as possible.

• Zhou Heng reversed Morning Glimmer into Morning Deception and used the two effects to conceal the Elegant Ancient Flute and disguise the Small Mana Bottle with its aura.
• A massive vortex swept Zhou Heng and the Cloudwhale into the hidden Ultimate Spell · Endless Stars after the spell detected the reversed concept of Morning Glimmer.
• Zhou Heng met the Ancient Hero "Old Man in Straw," who mistook him for Black Ring and told him to fish up cola, a standard-issue Mecha, and elegant aura (red).
• Zhou Heng saw Fate Hint warn that ordinary fishing would take too long and expose his deception, then chose Fate Hint Three to fish for the most badass item quickly.

Zhou Heng fished up three powerful items in Ultimate Spell · Endless Stars and convinced the Ancient Hero, the Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape, that he was worthy despite not being the Chosen One of the final millennium. The Ancient Hero sent Zhou Heng to “Betrayal of the Goddess of Light” with a witnessing reward, then disappeared.

• Zhou Heng fished up Ultimate Spell: Divine Eyes of Heaven and Earth and discovered he could not use it inside Ultimate Spell · Endless Stars.
• Zhou Heng obtained the Will of the Empty Realm and, after nearly 30 failed casts, caught the Heaven and Earth Fishing Rod.
• Zhou Heng presented the three items to the Ancient Hero, the Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape, who realized Zhou Heng was not Black Ring, the Chosen One of the final millennium.
• Zhou Heng told the Ancient Hero that Black Ring would come of age in 16 years, 1 month, and 27 days, and the Ancient Hero changed the surroundings into a dark, lifeless space.
• The Ancient Hero gave Zhou Heng a ball of light and directed him to “Betrayal of the Goddess of Light,” then vanished.

Zhou Heng received two ultimate spells from the Ancient Hero and used one to survey the Skysea of the Empty Realm. He headed for the Betrayal of the Goddess of Light Secret Realm while the Abyss Succubus waited nearby to capture him.

• The Ancient Hero "Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape" gave Zhou Heng one million Health and Mana and the Ultimate Spell of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhou Heng learned Ultimate Spell of Heaven and Earth and Ultimate Spell: Divine Eyes of Heaven and Earth, raising his Elegant Aura to two before leaving the dark space on the Cloud Whale.
• Zhou Heng used Divine Eyes of Heaven and Earth to survey the Skysea of the Empty Realm, spotting the half-bodied Red-Lipped Su Mo'er and the pursuing Abyss Succubus.
• A fleeing light aura opened the Betrayal of the Goddess of Light Secret Realm, and the Abyss Succubus waited by its entrance, planning to drag Zhou Heng into the Abyss if she touched him.
• Zhou Heng approached the Secret Realm on the Cloud Whale without letting the Abyss Succubus touch him, and she opened her eyes and greeted him.

Zhou Heng trapped the Abyss Succubus with an Ultimate technique and entered the Secret Realm, Betrayal of the Goddess of Light, while Red-Lipped Su Mo'er discovered his fake flute. After receiving the identity Bard · Elegance, he arrived in the Vast Star Nation’s imperial capital, Vast Star Capital.

• Zhou Heng used Ultimate Technique · Heaven and Earth's Stars to pin the Abyss Succubus beneath a star, then entered the Secret Realm, Betrayal of the Goddess of Light.
• The Abyss Succubus broke free of the attack and followed Zhou Heng into the Secret Realm before it disappeared.
• Red-Lipped Su Mo'er found Zhou Heng’s fake Small Mana Bottle, destroyed it, and wondered how he had acquired his abilities and unfamiliar Ultimate technique.
• The Secret Realm identified Zhou Heng as Bard · Elegance and confirmed he could log in stably to Vast Star Nation Imperial Capital · Vast Star Capital.
• A phantom told Zhou Heng to explore the Secret Realm and meet him at the end, then Zhou Heng emerged in a crowded plaza in Vast Star Capital.

Zhou Heng entered the Vast Star Capital as Youtier, a level 321 Bard whose powerful abilities came from his 30-star class. After Gong Ruoxue left him at a fist-training hall, Fate Hint warned that her training plan would not help him escape the Mind Corridor and pointed him toward another opportunity.

• Zhou Heng examined Youtier's attributes and realized the 30-star Bard class had vastly increased his base attributes while converting them into mana.
• Gong Ruoxue led Zhou Heng through the Vast Star Capital and scolded him for appraising her.
• Gong Ruoxue brought Zhou Heng to the Basic Fist Arts Training Hall and told him to train in the Vast Star Fist.
• Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that training there would not let him reach the end of the Mind Corridor and directed him roughly 30° west of north.
• Zhou Heng turned away from the training hall and headed toward the opportunity Fate Hint had identified.

Zhou Heng visited the Starfish Tavern, where Councilor Henala denounced the Star Lord’s plan for universal technological ascension and defended magic as a path to godhood. After a robot invited him to the Hall of Truth, Fate’s hints led him to accept and arrange a midnight meeting in the Vast Star Capital.

• Zhou Heng entered the Starfish Tavern and asked for a glass of hot water despite having no star coins.
• Councilor Henala publicly opposed the Soaring Rooftop, warning that technological ascension would draw the Masters’ attention and arguing that people should choose magic.
• Tavern patrons applauded Henala and criticized the Star Lord’s technological path to godhood.
• A female robot gave Zhou Heng a Hall of Truth invitation and urged him to pursue magical ascension.
• Fate’s hints encouraged Zhou Heng to visit the Hall of Truth, so he asked the robot how to join.
• The robot told Zhou Heng to meet at specified coordinates in the Vast Star Capital at midnight.

Zhou Heng entered the Hall of Truth and chose to train Vast Star Fist before leveling, rapidly raising his attributes and level. Fate then urged him to leave the Hall, defeat the weakened Henala, and prove to the watching Bard · Elegance that choices could change the outcome.

• At midnight, Zhou Heng entered the multicolored portal to the Hall of Truth with the crowd.
• Zhou Heng chose Vast Star Fist and trained in the Land of Twinkling Stars until he reached the attribute limit, spending 99 years.
• Zhou Heng assigned his free attributes to mana, then traveled to Leveling Island and killed Experience Monsters to gain levels.
• Zhou Heng obtained a Legendary stage four refinement certificate and reached level 1000 after roughly 11 years, raising his mana to 4.1008we.
• Fate told Zhou Heng that continuing to train would cost him the chance to reach the end, and suggested he leave the Hall to defeat the weakened Henala while Bard · Elegance watched.

Zhou Heng followed the Fate Hint west and tracked down the Abyss Succubus, who was trapped in Councilor Henala’s forced transcendence. He killed her in an instant, crashing the Secret Realm, and then faced the approaching Bard · Elegance.

• Zhou Heng left the Hall of Truth and used his flute and Breeze’s Trust to fly west according to the Fate Hint.
• Zhou Heng changed course as the Fate Hint updated, while the Abyss Succubus grew increasingly uneasy in Councilor Henala’s identity.
• The Abyss Succubus realized she might have been tracked, stopped moving, and waited as her transcendence countdown continued.
• Zhou Heng arrived playing his flute, and Councilor Henala was pierced with holes and died before completing transcendence.
• The Abyss Succubus was removed from the Secret Realm, causing it to crash, and Zhou Heng looked up as a familiar figure approached.

Bard · Elegance gave Zhou Heng his Bard class, the Ultimate Technique · World and Heaven's Awakened One, and a fragment of the Mind Corridor before vanishing. Zhou Heng learned the Ultimate Technique and viewed three memories of the Goddess of Light · Henala’s destruction of the Vast Star Capital, ending with the city transformed into the Land of Technology's Wail.

• Bard · Elegance gathered the Secret Realm and two other glows, then warned Zhou Heng not to enter the sixth chapter before reaching Epic Divine Ability and bestowed his final gifts.
• Zhou Heng received the Bard class, the Ultimate Technique · World and Heaven's Awakened One, and a fragment of the Betrayal of the Goddess of Light Mind Corridor segment.
• Zhou Heng examined the Bard class and found it powerful but unusable because he had no fourth class slot.
• Zhou Heng learned the Ultimate Technique, which negated other Ultimate Techniques within the Skysea of the Empty Realm while he remained still.
• Zhou Heng viewed a memory of Divine Truths slaughtering the Vast Star Capital and another of eleven fighters attacking the Goddess of Light · Henala while a golden-robed man stood apart.
• Zhou Heng watched a gigantic Mecha blast Henala into the ground, after which the Vast Star Capital became the Land of Technology's Wail.

After completing the Secret Realm "Betrayal of the Goddess of Light," Zhou Heng escaped the Abyss Succubus by exploiting a brief lapse in her vigilance. He pursued the fleeing Secret Realm power toward the center of the "Skysea of the Empty Realm," where the statue of the Ancient Hero "Bard · Elegance" stood.

• Zhou Heng noticed that the "Land of the Howling Gale" resembled the "Land of Technology's Wail" and resolved to seek the remaining "Ultimate Spell: Heaven and Earth Series" abilities.
• After Zhou Heng completed the Secret Realm, Fate warned him that the Abyss Succubus could drag him into the Abyss if she touched him as he emerged, so he waited for her to let her guard down.
• The Abyss Succubus grew distracted after waiting for Zhou Heng for many days, and Fate told him to act immediately, send Cloud Whale (Tranquility) to his right, and activate "Ultimate Spell of Heaven and Earth."
• Zhou Heng escaped on Cloud Whale (Tranquility) and used "Starlight Fall" to trap the pursuing Abyss Succubus in a barrage of attacks.
• Zhou Heng activated the other two abilities in the "Ultimate Spell: Heaven and Earth Series," located the fleeing Secret Realm power, and pursued it toward the statue of the Ancient Hero "Bard · Elegance."

Zhou Heng fought through the Longevity-Cursed Species and reached the statue of Bard · Elegance, awakening it after only twenty days. Its destruction triggered a world announcement that formed two opposing factions and set them competing for control of the Skysea of the Empty Realm.

• Red-Lipped Su Mo'er received a message and ordered the Longevity-Cursed Species to stop Zhou Heng from reaching the Bard · Elegance statue.
• Zhou Heng used Ultimate Spell of Heaven and Earth to crush the attacking Longevity-Cursed Species as he continued toward the statue.
• Red-Lipped Su Mo'er learned that Zhou Heng possessed Ultimate Spell of Heaven and Earth and sent information about the Skysea of the Empty Realm back to others.
• Zhou Heng reached the statue, and the guiding light entered its eye, bringing it to life and filling the Skysea with flute music.
• The statue disintegrated, and a world announcement created the Except Zhou Heng and Zhou Heng factions, assigning them opposing quests for the remaining Ultimate Spell series and the Compassionate Elegance Flute.

After gaining the power to grow thirty thousand meters tall and fly at immense speed, Zhou Heng used his new form to confront Red-Lipped Su Mo'er in the Skysea of the Empty Realm. Her attempt to strip his Ultimate Techniques failed, and Zhou Heng reached for the Compassionate Ancient Flute (Illusory).

• Zhou Heng obtained Ultimate Technique and Earth's Greatness and expanded into a thirty-thousand-meter form visible throughout the Skysea of the Empty Realm.
• Crimson Co., Ltd. and Star Guild moles discovered the sea had been sealed off and feared that the Beasts of Longevity would arrive.
• Zhou Heng flew toward Red-Lipped Su Mo'er and used Ultimate Spell of Heaven and Earth to trap her beneath a barrage of falling stars.
• Red-Lipped Su Mo'er activated Ultimate Technique Severance and Ultimate Technique Severance 2, but neither stripped Zhou Heng of his techniques.
• Zhou Heng summoned the Elegant Ancient Flute, which drew the Compassionate Ancient Flute (Illusory) from Red-Lipped Su Mo'er's backpack, and reached for it.