Chapter Summaries

Zhou Heng entered the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle, where he gained powerful survival buffs and initiated a resource war against the Longevity-Cursed Species. After harvesting their coins, he suspected they were plotting to seize the Resurrection Authority of the Skysea of the Empty Realm.

• Zhou Heng entered the Great Corridor of Mercy and received 100 million revivals and several protective buffs from the Merciful Holy Mother.
• Nine Longevity-Cursed Species members mistook Zhou Heng for an ally, and he killed them instantly.
• Zhou Heng chose the Longevity-Cursed Species as his enemy and received resource-war tasks to kill them and seize Authority Fragment Maps.
• Zhou Heng found that his Forced Drop authority had caused the slain enemies to drop a Silver Coin (Seventh Chapter).
• Zhou Heng wondered why a Seventh Chapter coin had appeared and suspected the Longevity-Cursed Species were plotting to contest the Skysea of the Empty Realm's Resurrection Authority.

Zhou Heng entered the Great Corridor of Mercy, where his overwhelming power let him kill Longevity-Cursed Species and defeat Mighty Power of Motion Qin in one blow. After the Heroic Spirits’ kills completed his first mission and earned him an authority fragment map, Zhou Heng crushed it as his game with Qin continued.

• Zhou Heng sent the ten Heroic Spirits to plunder Death Drops and released Bose'er to collect them in the Great Corridor of Mercy.
• Zhou Heng disguised himself as a member of the Longevity-Cursed Species and killed those he encountered with Wind's Blade.
• Zhou Heng spotted Mighty Power of Motion Qin fighting Sky Sniper Li Rang and rushed to confront her.
• Mighty Power of Motion Qin tried to flee, but Zhou Heng seized her and emptied her HP bar with a critical basic attack.
• Mighty Power of Motion Qin accused Zhou Heng of planning his escape from the Mind Heavenly Palace before resurrecting elsewhere.
• The Heroic Spirits' kills completed Zhou Heng's first Resource Competition Battle mission, and he crushed the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle authority fragment map he received.

After Zhou Heng returned from the Mind Heavenly Palace, the Longevity-Cursed Species reconsidered their plans while one of their five-petaled members headed for the Heaven and Earth Suspension Bridge. Zhou Heng used an Authority Fragment map to travel toward the Tranquil Corridor, where he encountered a new Fate choice.

• Mighty Power of Motion · Zhou Qin learned that Zhou Heng had returned and fled while notifying the other Magic Tower members.
• A calm green-eyed youth from the Thirty-Second Magic Tower headed for the Heaven and Earth Suspension Bridge, intending to use his mechanism map to seize control of the castle and the Merciful Holy Mother's remains.
• Zhou Heng activated the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle Authority Fragment Map and found that the Authority Fragment lay in the Tranquil Corridor beyond the Heaven and Earth Suspension Bridge.
• Zhou Heng vanished from Sky Sniper Li Rang's sight, leaving an Endless Path of Light and drops from slain Longevity-Cursed Species members, which Li Rang began collecting.
• After about 200 seconds, Zhou Heng reached the Heaven and Earth Suspension Bridge and saw a Fate Hint appear as he prepared to cross.

Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint Three through the Fated Black River and reached a hidden chamber beneath the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle, where he encountered the fourth "Bard" statue. The reunited Bard gave him a new melody, the "Compassionate Dance Melody," while looking toward the castle with sorrow.

• Zhou Heng chose Fate Hint Three, jumped from the Heaven and Earth Suspension Bridge, and Su Daotian followed him down.
• Guided by Fate Hint, Zhou Heng adjusted his posture, crossed the angle between the castle and the Fated Black River, and endured the grasping black arms.
• Zhou Heng played the "Elegance Joyful Song" on the "Elegant Compassionate Flute" and was drawn into a brightly lit space before a giant "Bard" statue.
• Zhou Heng offered the flute to the statue, and the light figure who had met him before merged with another Bard figure to form a new one.
• The new Bard returned Zhou Heng's flute and played the "Compassionate Dance Melody" as a phantom woman danced beside it.

Zhou Heng received the upgraded Elegant Compassionate Flute (illusory) and learned that the Bard’s remaining power could aid him. Following Fate’s guidance, he returned to the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle just as Kanda Iliya realized he had been deceived and pursued him inside.

• The figure of light and shadow played Compassionate Dance Melody, returned the flute to Zhou Heng, and told him to seek the power of nobility in the golden statue.
• The Elegant Compassionate Flute (illusory) gained Exquisite quality and enhanced abilities, including powerful duel and battlefield-control effects.
• Fate’s guidance warned Zhou Heng that Su Daotian was deciphering the Confession Room and directed him to reach the castle within seconds.
• Kanda Iliya spotted Zhou Heng racing through the Fated Black River but failed to grab him, then watched him leap into the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle.
• Kanda Iliya realized Zhou Heng had escaped the Mind Heavenly Palace without the Eternal Thought Seal and entered the castle to kill him before the Think Tank learned what had happened.

After Kanda Iliya failed his final test, a woman resembling Karenna ordered his class stripped while powers in mirrored worlds prepared to act. The Blue Star Federation Army received an urgent evacuation order, just as Achilles Gabriel Heng launched a purge that turned the Second Chapter’s inhabitants into scarlet-eyed attackers swarming the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle.

• The woman resembling Karenna spared Kanda Iliya from immediate death but ordered his class stripped, while the black-gauzed woman left after declaring his fate sealed.
• A bare-shouldered maiden and a suited old man discussed the longevity beasts’ move, then the old man and Karenna met each other’s gaze across mirrored worlds.
• A scout delivered the Supreme Council’s order for the Blue Star Federation Army to evacuate within 1,000 seconds, and Zhou Ruolan and Li Rang searched for Zhou Heng while helping the army withdraw.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng arrived with forces from a black fissure and ordered the Guardian retrieval plan and a purge of the Second Chapter.
• Energy-like beings overwhelmed the longevity-cursed species and exploited humans, turning them into scarlet-eyed compassionate saints who charged the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle.

Zhou Heng killed Su Daotian in the Confession Room and took the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle Mechanism Map. After Fate Hint revealed that the Merciful Holy Mother was the Vast Star Lord’s 3,720th princess and offered two paths, Zhou Heng chose to discard the map and put the Sakas Emperor Sword to her neck.

• Su Daotian entered the Confession Room and found statues of the Vast Star Lord and the praying Merciful Holy Mother.
• Zhou Heng appeared without warning, killed Su Daotian, and picked up the dropped Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle Mechanism Map.
• Zhou Heng witnessed the Vast Star Lord and the Merciful Holy Mother, gaining a lifespan limit of 10 billion and the Affection of the Truth "Compassion" buff.
• Zhou Heng used Fate Hint and learned that the Merciful Holy Mother was the Vast Star Lord’s 3,720th princess and that he could choose between two routes.
• Zhou Heng discarded the map before the Merciful Holy Mother, drew the Sakas Emperor Sword, and laid it across her neck.

Zhou Heng killed the Merciful Holy Mother, triggering the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle’s reversal and self-destruction as Achilles Gabriel Heng pursued Kanda Iliya. After collecting the Starlight Leaf · Seed Tears, Zhou Heng received Fate Hints outlining two possible ways to intervene in the escalating battle.

• Zhou Heng beheaded the Merciful Holy Mother, extinguishing her final spark of life and reversing the castle’s mechanics.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng took the Merciful Holy Mother’s remains while the castle began detaching its sections and counting down to detonation.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng pursued Kanda Iliya, who fled through the disintegrating castle while releasing Grievance units.
• Zhou Heng collected 108 Starlight Leaf · Seed Tears from the Merciful Holy Mother’s tears.
• Zhou Heng received Fate Hints suggesting he could head west and play his Flute Melody or enter the Great Hall conspicuously and kill Kanda Iliya before Achilles Gabriel Heng.

Zhou Heng followed a mysterious light to the Heaven and Earth City Main Seat and activated its skill to transform the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle. Meanwhile, trapped Blue Star Federation troops turned back to fight the Compassionate Saints, buying Zhou Heng time as the castle began to compress.

• Zhou Heng followed the light through the collapsing space and found the Heaven and Earth City Main Seat.
• Yu Linming led the retreating Blue Star Federation troops back into the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle after finding the exit blocked by Compassionate Saints.
• The second evacuation squad and other Federal Army troops turned back to fight the Longevity-Cursed Species and delay the enemy for Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng sat on the Main Seat and activated The Intersection of Rows and Columns, triggering the castle's transformation.
• The Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle began to compress, and every unit inside sensed the change.

As Heaven and Earth City contracted into a two-dimensional plane, Achilles Gabriel Heng and Kanda Iliya prepared to fight Bear Loli and Zhou Ruolan while Zhou Heng confronted the Longevity-Cursed Species in the Winding Corridor. Zhou Heng annihilated them and unlocked the corridor mechanism, gaining building movement and splicing authority.

• Achilles Gabriel Heng learned that Kanda Iliya would survive and ordered him to keep Zhou Heng there and reclaim his power.
• Heaven and Earth City contracted into a two-dimensional plane, and Achilles Gabriel Heng and Kanda Iliya attacked Bear Loli and Zhou Ruolan.
• Bear Loli transformed with the power of the Starry Sky Giant Bear and charged at Achilles Gabriel Heng.
• Zhou Heng and the Heroic Spirits faced the Longevity-Cursed Species in the Winding Corridor, and Zhou Heng killed every enemy there.
• Zhou Heng used the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle Mechanism Map to find the maze's sole route and unlock the Winding Corridor mechanism.

Zhou Heng used his new authority to splice Heaven and Earth City’s areas, slaughtering Longevity-Cursed Species and upgrading his backpack before confronting Su Daotian’s group. Su Daotian’s lifespan attack failed against Zhou Heng’s greater maximum lifespan, and Zhou Heng collected an item from his remains.

• Zhou Heng searched Heaven and Earth City’s million-plus areas and began splicing them together while avoiding the Compassionate Great Hall battle.
• Zhou Heng’s spliced areas killed Longevity-Cursed Species, providing enough Brilliant Backpacks to evolve his Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack (Exquisite) into the Brilliant version.
• Zhou Heng joined Mighty Power of Motion · Zhou Qin and the other members of the Thirty-Second Magic Tower, and Su Daotian knelt to beg for mercy.
• When the fat woman from the Moerdan Family insulted Zhou Heng, he killed her instantly, prompting the others to kneel.
• Su Daotian attacked Zhou Heng with Equal Lifespan Pact, but Zhou Heng won the maximum-lifespan comparison with 10 billion against Su Daotian’s 3.5 billion, and Su Daotian melted into sludge.
• Mighty Power of Motion · Zhou Qin and two others attacked and died, and Zhou Heng retrieved an item from Su Daotian’s remains.

Zhou Heng cleared Heaven and Earth City of the Longevity-Cursed Species and discovered that the Compassionate Saints could not be killed. After Fate Hint warned him that killing Achilles Gabriel Heng would bring the Abyss Saintess’s attack, Zhou Heng ordered the Blue Star Federation Army to retreat and began connecting Heaven and Earth City to the Compassionate Great Hall.

• Zhou Heng obtained the Legendary-grade Foundation Deer embryo from Su Daotian and used his power to clear the Longevity-Cursed Species from Heaven and Earth City.
• Zhou Heng encountered the unkillable Compassionate Saints, then met up with Li Rang and Liu Mengmeng.
• Li Rang warned Zhou Heng that stronger Longevity-Cursed Species might still threaten them, while Zhou Heng watched the Compassionate Saints and the Compassionate Great Hall.
• Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that killing Achilles Gabriel Heng would prompt the Abyss Saintess to attack the Second Chapter and endanger the Blue Star Federation Army.
• Zhou Heng ordered the Blue Star Federation Army to retreat, then used his authority to connect Heaven and Earth City with the detached Compassionate Great Hall.

Zhou Heng connected the Compassionate Great Hall to his corridor after receiving attributes from the fighters and soldiers in Heaven and Earth City, upgrading his splicing authority. When the areas joined, everyone else vanished, leaving Zhou Heng to approach Achilles Gabriel Heng and Kanda Iliya alone.

• Bear Loli, Achilles Gabriel Heng, and Kanda Iliya paused their battle when Zhou Heng began splicing the Compassionate Great Hall to his corridor.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng and Kanda Iliya planned to hold back Bear Loli and Deep Blue Allure · Zhou Ruolan, then kill Zhou Heng when the areas connected.
• Bear Loli and Deep Blue Allure · Zhou Ruolan agreed to buy time for Zhou Heng, while the two enemies prepared to counter him with their abilities.
• When the areas repelled each other, Zhou Heng sent a request for help, and the fighters, Blue Star Federation Army soldiers, and Compassionate Saints lent him their attributes.
• The recognition of the units in Heaven and Earth City upgraded Zhou Heng's authority, and he instantly spliced the corridor to the Compassionate Great Hall.
• Everyone except Zhou Heng, Achilles Gabriel Heng, and Kanda Iliya disappeared as Zhou Heng walked toward the two enemies.

Zhou Heng confronted Achilles Gabriel Heng and Kanda Iliya, but Noel Iliya intervened to stop Kanda and revealed that their mother had orchestrated the events to abandon him. Kanda accepted the betrayal and challenged Noel, who answered his younger brother’s challenge.

• Zhou Heng summoned his Heroic Spirits and used the Elegant Compassionate Flute (Illusory) as Achilles Gabriel Heng charged at him.
• Noel Iliya stopped Kanda Iliya from activating the Black River Purification Bottle and told him their mother had arranged the plot and abandoned him.
• Kanda Iliya pieced together the evidence and realized his mother had intended for him to die and lose his Divine Truth class, Black River Guardian.
• Kanda Iliya set down the Black River Purification Bottle and challenged Noel Iliya to fight.
• Noel Iliya accepted Kanda Iliya’s challenge as the Army Lord of the Ninety-Ninth Legion of the Longevity Resistance Army.

Zhou Heng used a concealed summon to send Noel Iliya against Kanda Iliya while the Blue Star Federation Army escaped Heaven and Earth City. As Zhou Heng faced Achilles Gabriel Heng, Achilles prepared to counter Zhou Heng's flute, but a Fate Hint appeared to Zhou Heng.

• Bear Loli ordered the Blue Star Federation Army to withdraw from Heaven and Earth City, and Deep Blue Allure · Zhou Ruolan left a Deep Blue Jellyfish behind before joining them.
• Bear Loli transformed into a Sea of Stars Giant Bear and charged toward the rift with Zhou Ruolan and the troops, where more Compassionate Saints poured out to attack them.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng struck at Zhou Heng, but the Elegant Compassionate Flute blocked his attack.
• Zhou Heng plunged the battlefield into darkness with Darkness's Eternal Night Vision and used Eternal Radiance to shine within it.
• Achilles realized Zhou Heng had summoned Noel Iliya to fight Kanda Iliya and prepared to use Truth's Unyielding Immunity against the Elegant Ancient Flute.
• A Fate Hint appeared before Zhou Heng as Achilles waited for an opening.

Zhou Heng avoided exhausting Achilles Gabriel Heng’s Truth’s Unyielding Immunity by changing his flute skill and trapping him in a debate over good and evil. He exposed Achilles Gabriel Heng’s murder of his family, leaving him stunned as a new notification appeared.

• After Fate offered a way to preserve Truth’s Unyielding Immunity, Zhou Heng changed the flute’s skill to Compassionate Dance Melody.
• The Merciful Holy Mother’s dance activated Compassionate Bardic Heaven and Earth, contracting the dark space and pulling Achilles Gabriel Heng back before Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng explained that their debate would pit good against evil, with the winner keeping all attributes and the loser’s attributes reduced to one.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng argued that the world held only exchanges and balances of interests, while Zhou Heng revealed that he had killed his parents and siblings to become an Extreme Will Berserker.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng stared at Zhou Heng in disbelief, and a new notification began appearing on Zhou Heng’s retina.

Zhou Heng broke through Achilles Gabriel Heng’s defenses by exposing his buried resentment over sacrificing his launch-day opportunity for the woman he loved, then killed him. As Achilles died, he recalled an inexplicable memory and warned Zhou Heng about the woman’s power, while a Fate Hint appeared after Zhou Heng looted his corpse.

• Zhou Heng mocked Achilles Gabriel Heng for missing launch day and challenged his claims about good and evil.
• Zhou Heng provoked Achilles with the story of how the woman he loved had used his launch qualification and early opportunities to rise to power while rejecting him.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng lost control as memories of his devotion and resentment resurfaced, and he failed to notice that he had lost the debate.
• Achilles recalled an unfamiliar memory of the woman asking him to remember that the reversal of the Skysea of the Empty Realm would be their wedding day, then Zhou Heng beheaded him.
• Achilles warned Zhou Heng that the woman was stronger than they were and mentioned a power called discontinuity before dying.
• Zhou Heng collected the 30 Truth's Unyielding Exemptions from Achilles's strangely intact corpse, and a Fate Hint flashed onto his retinas.

Zhou Heng followed Fate’s fourth hint, leaving Achilles Gabriel Heng untouched and entering the Compassionate Great Hall’s hidden control space. Meanwhile, the Army Lord of the Longevity Crusaders revived Achilles Gabriel Heng as a soulless crimson being and departed with him, leaving Zhou Heng to pursue the path Fate had shown him.

• Zhou Heng wrote the message from Fate Hint Four and placed it on Achilles Gabriel Heng’s chest.
• Zhou Heng activated the Main Control Console with the Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle Mechanism Map and was drawn into a tranquil, dark space.
• The Army Lord of the Longevity Crusaders arrived, placed a bouquet in Achilles Gabriel Heng’s hand, reattached his head, and dressed him in a groom’s suit.
• The Army Lord completed Ten-Thousand-Year Death Romance, unlocking some effects of Love’s Truth (Crimson) and creating a soulless crimson-robed Achilles Gabriel Heng.
• The Army Lord read Zhou Heng’s note, chose not to kill him, and left Heaven and Earth City with the crimson Achilles Gabriel Heng.
• Zhou Heng walked along streams of light deeper into the hidden space in search of the Main Control Console.

Zhou Heng met the Merciful Holy Mother, who asked him to uncover why she had killed the Vast Star Lord and accepted a quest lasting 3,000 epochs. As Zhou Heng took control of Heaven and Earth City and began retrieving its detached areas, Noel Iliya defeated Kanda Iliya and Achilles Gabriel Heng retrieved the Black River Guardian.

• Zhou Heng followed visions of the Vast Star Lord and the Merciful Holy Mother, ending with her asking him to discover the truth about her father's death.
• The Merciful Holy Mother offered Zhou Heng the Blooming Starlight Sword and a quest to uncover the truth behind the Vast Star Lord's assassination and the deaths of her three hundred million siblings.
• Zhou Heng accepted the quest, and the Merciful Holy Mother turned into light that revealed the Compassionate Great Hall's main control console.
• Zhou Heng sat at the Heaven and Earth City Main Seat and began retrieving the Confession Room, Starry Sky Dome, and Winding Corridor.
• Noel Iliya defeated Kanda Iliya in the Two-Dimensional Vertical corridor and returned to the Mind Heavenly Palace.
• Achilles Gabriel Heng retrieved the Black River Guardian as Kanda Iliya dissolved into the embrace of Boundless Endless.

Zhou Heng killed Kanda Iliya and worked with the Grievance units and Compassionate Saints to shatter the Second Chapter’s Thought’s Truth Seal, reaching 50% progress and fulfilling the hidden Heaven and Earth of Transcendence achievement. He escaped through unstable space-time after Heaven and Earth City broke apart and advanced to Level 201.

• Zhou Heng killed Kanda Iliya, while the Fated Black River poured into the Second Chapter and unleashed countless Grievance units.
• Zhou Heng retrieved the Confession Room and Starry Sky Dome as Bear Loli and the others fought; Time-Space Walker · Bai Chen arrived with a singing girl whose skill stalled the attackers.
• The Blue Star Federation Army withdrew, and Zhou Heng retrieved the Winding Corridor, awakening the Merciful Holy Mother, whose tears briefly restored the Grievance units and Compassionate Saints to sanity.
• The Grievance units and Compassionate Saints pushed Heaven and Earth City toward Thought’s Truth Seal, and Zhou Heng drove the city into it, shattering both and escaping through the resulting unstable space-time.
• Zhou Heng met the hidden achievement’s Transcendence requirements, received his refinement rewards, and advanced to Level 201.