Chapter Summaries

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.

Wang Daoyun intercepted Wang Wuyi’s shot, forcing Su Yilin’s plan to collapse and triggering battles around Zhou Heng. As the others fought, Zhou Heng examined three extracted items and realized the Despairing Howl Spear could help him kill the Abyss Succubus.

• Wang Daoyun caught Wang Wuyi’s bullet, and Su Yilin ordered Wang Wuyi to retreat after the balance of the fight shifted.
• Bai Chen’s special field ended, and Li Rang joined him to attack Su Yilin, who could no longer stop Zhou Heng in the Lord of Lifespan’s trial.
• Wang Daoyun confronted Wang Wuyi over his first wife’s death, and the two vanished to begin their battle.
• Zhou Heng inspected the Thought Seal controller and recognized that activating it could turn his allies against him.
• Zhou Heng examined the Despairing Howl Spear and saw that its Fair Experience Judgment abilities could help him defeat the Abyss Succubus.
• Zhou Heng found 2,000 Ceramic Shards and turned his attention to the Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack.

Zhou Heng cleared the Longevity-Cursed Species who had illegally obtained lifespan and unlocked the Longevity Apostle (★) class trials. He killed Wang Wuyi, completing one trial, and the White River Purifying Bottle began evolving.

• Zhou Heng merged the Sakast Imperial Sword fragments into the Sakas Emperor Sword, transforming it into a Holy Sword.
• Zhou Heng used Grievance power to kill the Longevity-Cursed Species charging at him and purified them with the White River Purifying Bottle.
• Zhou Heng completed The Seizure of a Million Years of Lifespan and unlocked five Longevity Apostle (★) trials.
• Wang Daoyun defeated Wang Wuyi, and Zhou Heng purified the defeated Sky-Splitting Sniper before he could resurrect.
• Zhou Heng completed the trial to kill a level 10000 Epic Divine Ability Longevity-Cursed unit, triggering the White River Purifying Bottle's evolution.

After defeating Wang Wuyi, Zhou Heng received a vision of the Sakast Empire’s National Artifact Connecting Heaven and learned that he must find the true chapter, “The True Years,” and build his own empire to open Chapter Ten. He returned to the Fated White River with greatly increased damage reduction and a backpack of gifts, while Li Rang and Bai Chen took Sinian to Qi Sinian.

• Su Yilin fled after Wang Wuyi died, while Li Rang and Bai Chen approached Zhou Heng to give him an important item.
• Zhou Heng examined the White River Purifying Bottle, which had absorbed Wang Wuyi and gained a new summon skill.
• Li Rang handed Zhou Heng the item, transporting him to a vision of a path formed by nine stars, where Naren Sakaste delivered three instructions about the true chapter and Chapter Ten.
• Zhou Heng witnessed the Sakast Empire’s National Artifact Connecting Heaven and gained one million true damage reduction and one million holy damage reduction.
• Zhou Heng returned to the Fated White River and found a letter saying Li Rang and Bai Chen had taken Sinian back to Qi Sinian, along with a Generalized Relatively Infinite Backpack (Replica) as thanks.
• Zhou Heng opened the backpack and began examining its contents.

Zhou Heng discovered that the White River Purifying Bottle had produced a dangerous Virus Source Seed and used it despite Fate's warning to discard it. The seed gave him Viral Corrosion and Virus Resistance, while Fate revealed that he could seek a benefit tied to the Abyss Succubus or go to the Disordered Zone for about twenty years of peace.

• Zhou Heng examined his stored items and recognized Abyss Plunder · Drop as a possible counter to Abyss Protection · Drop.
• Zhou Heng appraised black powder purified by the White River Purifying Bottle and identified it as the Virus Source Seed.
• Zhou Heng considered Fate's hints and chose to put the Virus Source Seed beneath his tongue.
• Zhou Heng gained Viral Corrosion and Virus Resistance, but notifications warned that his attributes were leaking and that he could not transmit resources to his Blue Star body.
• Fate told Zhou Heng that the virus was shifting Authority toward him, mostly to his detriment, and suggested pursuing a benefit that could help him kill the Abyss Succubus or visiting the Disordered Zone for peace.

After purifying every Despairing Creature from the Land of Despair, Zhou Heng returned to the Skysea of the Empty Realm and found that the Longevity-Cursed Species had abandoned much of the Sakas Empire. He began slaughtering those left behind, supplying the Light Faction Shop as he worked toward gaining enough Negative Experience to kill the Abyss Succubus in one hit.

• Zhou Heng purified all the Despairing Creatures over a month, collecting 30 billion Thought Seals that merged into a single aggregate for his backpack.
• He returned to the Skysea of the Empty Realm and found that the Light faction’s Abyss's Wrath progress had reached 18%, while its stock was empty.
• Zhou Heng discovered Sarendo and much of the Sakas Empire’s Inner Ring Province had been abandoned by the Longevity-Cursed Species, who had likely retreated after failing to stop him from opening Chapter Ten.
• Zhou Heng drew the Sakas Emperor Sword and began killing the Longevity-Cursed Species across the Present-Day Sakas Empire, despite their confidence that Revival Coins would protect them.
• Zhou Heng sent Death Drops to the Light Faction Shop to help ordinary players gain Negative Experience, while continuing to kill the Longevity-Cursed Species for another month.