Chapter Summaries

Zhou Heng faced 9,999 Eight-Petaled Longevity-Cursed Species, whose Chaos attacks could not penetrate his defenses and whose attempts to recruit him concealed a plan to kill him. He revealed that he intended to kill them for his White River Purifying Bottle, then unleashed quadrillions of Grievance units while keeping Time-Space Pause active.

• Zhou Heng used Time-Space Pause to freeze an Assassin-Type Longevity-Cursed Species and spotted roughly 10,000 Eight-Petaled Longevity-Cursed Species surrounding him in deeper space.
• A shoulder-length-haired Longevity-Cursed Species attacked with Chaos damage, and the surrounding Level 10,000s joined in, but Zhou Heng's Chaos Damage Reduction absorbed every blow.
• Zhou Heng renewed Time-Space Pause as his Mana instantly refilled, while the Longevity-Cursed Species tried to recruit him and secretly prepared potions to stop his Mana recovery.
• Zhou Heng asked whether they had completed Sea of Stars Transcendence, then revealed that his White River Purifying Bottle could generate skills and that he had already killed 10,000 Galaxy-class Longevity-Cursed Species.
• Zhou Heng announced that he needed to kill another 10,000 Sea of Stars-class Longevity-Cursed Species and counted exactly 9,999 opponents before him.
• Zhou Heng blew out quadrillions of Grievance units from his White River Purifying Bottle, making the Longevity-Cursed Species wary of the weapon's threat.

Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One used Creation Element Great Power to accelerate the birth of the eight Pillar of Creation · Element Series and summoned a vast Longevity-Cursed Species force to confront Zhou Heng. As both sides waited for the bosses to form, Zhou Heng calmly prepared for the coming battle.

• Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One analyzed Zhou Heng and reviewed three powerful items supplied by his father, the Ninth Longevity Species.
• Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One crushed Creation Element Great Power, accelerating the Pillar of Creation · Element Series' formation and setting a ten-minute countdown.
• Zhou Heng recognized that the hidden mechanism had activated early, while 9,999 Sea of Stars Rank Eight-Petaled Longevity-Cursed Species surrounded him.
• Longevity-Cursed Species from the tower's lower sections received orders to assist against Zhou Heng and began rushing toward the third section.
• Seven-petaled Epic Divine Ability fighters and then 37.01 million Legendary Might fighters arrived and took positions around Zhou Heng.
• After 370 million Level 100 Mortals arrived and surrounded the area, Zhou Heng waited on the Elven Throne for the Pillar of Creation · Element Series to appear.

As the Eight Pillars of Creation attacked Zhou Heng, he invoked the Vast Star Lord and summoned the Ancient Hero, The Bystander, who stopped time across the Endless Mana Corridor. The Bystander took Zhou Heng to the top of the Endless Element Tower and opened a portal to a hidden mechanism containing some of his power.

• The Eight Pillars of Creation appeared in the Endless Element Tower's third section, and Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One asked them to help kill Zhou Heng.
• Pillar of Creation · Water attacked Zhou Heng, but his Time-Space Pause blocked the water jet as Pillar of Creation · Thunder prepared to strike.
• Zhou Heng bid farewell to the Vast Star Lord, and Wang Congxin tried to send the attack signal before time slowed around him.
• The Ancient Hero, The Bystander, appeared and froze the Endless Mana Corridor, then asked Zhou Heng his name.
• The Bystander led Zhou Heng to the top of the Endless Element Tower and opened a Twisted Portal to a hidden mechanism where he had stored part of his power.

Zhou Heng chose the hidden path in the Endless Mana Corridor and entered the elusive Nine Question Marks Secret Realm, where he encountered a message written by Su Longevity. With help from the four Virus Source Species, he began sensing the fleeing Secret Realm.

• Zhou Heng ignored the two starlight paths and entered the twisted, pitch-black path leading to the Nine Question Marks Secret Realm.
• The Bystander realized Su Longevity had left a back door in the Endless Mana Corridor and decided to help Zhou Heng.
• Su Longevity sensed Zhou Heng had found the back door, then wrote the words “Do not permit” on a sheet of paper.
• Zhou Heng reached two immense white scrolls bearing the words “Do not permit” and saw Su Longevity through them.
• Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint’s instructions, called upon Deathly Silence, Decay, Asphyxiation, and Despair, and had them sense the fleeing Secret Realm.

Zhou Heng repeatedly tried to locate the "?????????" Secret Realm, but Su Longevity blocked his attempts with the words "Not permitted." The Bystander chose to help Zhou Heng, merging his trial into the dark space and sending him to witness the years he had preserved.

• Zhou Heng sensed the Secret Realm a hundred times, but each attempt was stopped by Su Longevity's "Not permitted."
• The Bystander discovered that Zhou Heng was contaminated by four virus source species and watched as they called to the Primordial Mother.
• The virus source species considered using Zhou Heng to gain power, while decay objected before joining the search for the Primordial Mother.
• The Bystander saw the Abyss Saintess approach and decided to help Zhou Heng rather than wait for the Chosen One of the Last Millennium.
• The Bystander merged his trial into the black space and urged Zhou Heng to witness the years he had preserved.
• Brilliant radiance engulfed Zhou Heng and the metal around him.

Zhou Heng arrived in Vast Star Capital for the Bystander’s Trial and used Fate Hint to separate himself from his trial self. Following further instructions, he began repeatedly grabbing at the elusive "?????????" Secret Realm, accepting permanent health loss as he pursued it.

• Zhou Heng received the Bystander’s Trial task to report to Central Mecha University in Vast Star Capital within ten days and inspected his powerful Starship Master attributes.
• Fate Hint told Zhou Heng to bite open four fingers, sit cross-legged, and visualize "Boundless Endless," splitting off a version of himself to search for Central Mecha University.
• Zhou Heng waited for the Mother of Origin and, following instructions from Fate Hint, grabbed at a point 37° to his right after spending 100,000 years of lifespan.
• Zhou Heng turned around and grabbed again, glimpsing black light and losing 1we silver health permanently to an attack from "?????????".
• Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint’s next instruction to grab beneath himself and continued reaching for the "?????????" Secret Realm despite further permanent health loss.

The Primordial Mother tried to evade Zhou Heng, while the Ancient Hero Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape cast the Abyss Saintess and her gold-robed army out of the Time-Space Torrent. Su Longevity learned of the interference and tried to seize the Endless Mana Corridor, but three Blue Skys arrived to stop him.

• The Primordial Mother sensed that Zhou Heng touching it would destroy it and the longevity-cursed species, but Zhou Heng repeatedly pursued it using Fate Hint.
• Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape fished the Abyss Saintess and her gold-robed army out of the Time-Space Torrent, warning them not to break their agreement or challenge him.
• Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape flung the army back into the present world, and the Abyss Saintess sent news of the encounter to Su Longevity.
• Su Longevity learned that The Bystander had blocked his back door in the Endless Mana Corridor and considered Zhou Heng's growing influence.
• Su Longevity pulled the Endless Mana Corridor from the Time-Space Torrent, but First Clear Qi, Second Clear Qi, and Third Clear Qi arrived and resisted him.

The Longevity-Cursed Species "Su Longevity" tried to breach the space-time distortion to reach the secret realm Zhou Heng sought, prompting The Bystander to trigger a region-wide era of deterrence. The Bystander then wagered his life and body on Zhou Heng finding the unknown object within 3000s, while a new Fate Hint appeared to Zhou Heng inside The Bystander's Trial.

• The Longevity-Cursed Species "Su Longevity" attacked the endless mana corridor, but One-Conceptual Fiction Sky caught his gigantic palm in the time-space torrent and vanished with it.
• The Ancient Hero "The Bystander" sensed danger in the Sakast Region and realized Su Longevity had secretly deployed an inheritor who was targeting what Zhou Heng sought.
• Another "The Bystander" appeared and crushed a half-black, half-white flame, triggering an announcement that renamed Longevity-Cursed Species as Longevity Species and began Blue Star's fusion with "boundless endless."
• Across Blue Star, people suddenly spoke of having children, while unseen observers saw them grin like devils.
• The Ancient Hero "The Bystander" challenged Su Longevity to a chess game, wagering that Zhou Heng would find the object Su Longevity wanted within 3000s; Su Longevity accepted, agreeing to let Zhou Heng go if he succeeded and kill The Bystander.
• As the two began the Vast Star Nation's Magnificence Boundless Chess Game, a new Fate Hint appeared to Zhou Heng inside "The Bystander's Trial."

Zhou Heng learned from Fate Hint that Su Longevity and The Bystander were using him in their competing plans, and he prepared to summon the Lord of Rules at the countdown’s final second to seize the secret realm. As Su Longevity and The Bystander continued their game, Su Longevity sent a tiny Starry Sky Dragon through the dark space toward Zhou Heng.

• Fate Hint revealed that Su Longevity intended to use Zhou Heng to obtain the secret realm and infect him, while The Bystander was pursuing his own plan.
• Zhou Heng inferred that he could call on the Lord of Rules at the final second and use Time-Space Pause and Space-Time River to sever Su Longevity’s connection to the secret realm.
• A shrill noise sounded in Zhou Heng’s ears, permanently reducing his Health by another trillion.
• Su Longevity and The Bystander played stones on a board and argued over Blue Sky and whether Zhou Heng could kill Su Longevity.
• Su Longevity estimated Zhou Heng’s Health had nearly reached zero and sent a tiny Starry Sky Dragon through the dark space.

Zhou Heng gained 1ee (silver) Health after Su Longevity revealed a Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring, then used his remaining time in the Trial of The Bystander to capture the secret realm and witness scenes from Time’s life. As the countdown neared its end, the scenes revealed the Merciful Holy Mother’s plot against the Star Lord and her warning that the Vast Star Nation faced destruction.

• Su Longevity unleashed a Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring, and Zhou Heng received 1ee (silver) Health as a witness reward.
• Zhou Heng accelerated his attempts to capture the secret realm while scenes showed Time becoming a student and then a librarian at the National Library.
• The aged Merciful Holy Mother told Time she planned to assassinate the Star Lord, warned him against the Hall of Truth ritual, and urged him to take the Star Nation Hero Trial.
• Zhou Heng repeatedly used Time Corrector as the secret realm attacked him, losing Health while the bonus from Su Longevity left him with a net gain.
• Scenes showed Time recording suffering in the Vast Star Nation Annals and becoming a qualified bystander after the Merciful Holy Mother killed her father, the Star Lord.
• The Merciful Holy Mother revealed that her father’s chess game could destroy the Vast Star Nation, split into two selves, and told Time to cooperate with Bard Youtier before she entered the Boundless Starsea.

Zhou Heng used the returning health and Fate Hint to activate the Heaven and Earth's Legendary Codex and confront Su Longevity's attempt to seize him. The mysterious being disrupted the struggle, the Secret Realm escaped with a broken-off corner, and Su Longevity was expelled from the Endless Mana Corridor.

• Su Longevity told The Bystander about the Secret Realm, and The Bystander realized Su Longevity had gained power through the Primordial Mother and predicted Zhou Heng would win.
• At the final second, Su Longevity sent power toward the Secret Realm as Zhou Heng caught a corner of it and recovered the plundered health.
• Following Fate Hint, Zhou Heng sent the virus source species into the Secret Realm, activated the Heaven and Earth's Legendary Codex, and glanced 53° toward the upper right.
• Su Longevity reached for Zhou Heng, but The Bystander intervened as Zhou Heng's Space-Time River and Time-Space Pause locked the space-time around them.
• A towering being questioned Su Longevity, the Secret Realm escaped with a broken-off corner, and Su Longevity was ejected from the Endless Mana Corridor.
• Back in the study, Su Longevity noticed a dot had vanished from the character 允 and admitted he should take Zhou Heng seriously.

Zhou Heng chose his personal fifth-tier refinement achievement and began reaching out to four Virus Source Species inside the forbidden secret realm. As he connected with them, the Lord of Rules intervened, and The Bystander sent the Endless Mana Corridor toward the present world's Tenth Chapter.

• Zhou Heng chose the achievement to clear the Endless Mana Corridor and return it to the Sakast region.
• Zhou Heng encountered the forbidden secret realm and tried to connect with the four Virus Source Species he had infected.
• The Bystander approached Zhou Heng and asked the Lord of Rules for an audience.
• The Lord of Rules helped Zhou Heng connect with the Virus Source Species, then departed in starlight.
• The Bystander slashed upward with a sword gesture, sending the Endless Mana Corridor toward the present world's Tenth Chapter.

The Endless Mana Corridor charged toward the Tenth Chapter, prompting the Longevity-Cursed Species to bring their armies into the Land of Disorder. The Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape fought to delay them while The Bystander and Zhou Heng waited for the Corridor to reach the Reality Chapter.

• The Endless Mana Corridor emerged from the Time-Space Torrent and flew toward the Tenth Chapter, drawing the attention of the Abyss Saintess and the Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape.
• The Abyss Saintess received Encrypted Black Aura and withdrew with her army as the Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape realized the Longevity-Cursed Species had begun directing events.
• The Longevity Crusaders poured through countless rifts into the Land of Disorder, and countless Abyss Saintesses returned to watch the Corridor.
• A glowing-haired woman who looked exactly like Karenna ordered the Longevity Crusaders and the Abyss Saintess to attack the Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape.
• The Bystander told his old friend that he only needed to buy time until they reached the Reality Chapter, then played the Magnificence Boundless Chess Game beside Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng used the four great virus source species to observe the "?????????" Secret Realm, where its power overwhelmed his attributes and will. After Fate Hint revealed a way to expose Blue Star and gain help from Galaxy Federation · Natalak 200 years later, he sent his consciousness deeper into the realm.

• Virus Source Species · Deathly Silence entered the "?????????" Secret Realm and absorbed the Primordial Mother's power, while Virus Source Species · Despair, Virus Source Species · Asphyxiation, and Virus Source Species · Decay fought it and one another.
• With help from the "Lord of Rules" and a fragment of the realm, Zhou Heng connected through the virus source species and witnessed the "?????????" Secret Realm's collapsing and reborn space.
• The realm bestowed enormous attributes on Zhou Heng, then attacked him with a will check that left him trapped in a "Boundless, endless transcendence frenzy."
• Fate Hint told Zhou Heng that he could gain unstable attack speed and movement speed by continuing to observe, and that exposing Blue Star could earn help from Galaxy Federation · Natalak 200 years later.
• Zhou Heng chose to pursue that path and sent his consciousness deeper into the "?????????" Secret Realm, even as the fragment from the "Lord of Rules" rapidly dissolved.

Zhou Heng witnessed a glimpse of π Longevity before being forcibly expelled from the Secret Realm, then used a wisp of black debris to broadcast a signal beyond the Solar System. Su Longevity and Blue Sky recognized the danger and Zhou Heng’s potential, while an extraterrestrial civilization intercepted the signal and began preparing a Salvation Mission for Blue Star.

• Zhou Heng witnessed the Longevity-Cursed Species Su Longevity in the Secret Realm, received powerful speed increases, and was forcibly removed from the Sakast Region.
• Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint’s instructions, swallowed the black debris, and broadcast a pillar of black light beyond the Solar System.
• Su Longevity appeared before Zhou Heng and realized that Zhou Heng could communicate with the outside world; Blue Sky also appeared and discussed Zhou Heng’s potential.
• Su Longevity left, and Blue Sky warned Zhou Heng to grow faster before returning to Warmth Orphanage.
• An extraterrestrial civilization intercepted Zhou Heng’s signal, identified Blue Star as an isolated Novice Village threatened by Su Longevity, and reported that a Salvation Mission had arrived.

The Natalc Star Nation learned that Blue Star’s coordinates had been exposed and sent three hundred million Vast Grunts to investigate, wary that the mission could be unusually dangerous. Zhou Heng returned to Blue Star, saw the changed mission warnings, and attempted to log back into Boundless Endless.

• Four Divine Truth beings discussed three possible danger levels for Blue Star after its coordinates were discovered.
• The Star Lord called Blue Star both an opportunity and a bottomless pitfall, so the Bolang'er Family proposed sending three hundred million Vast Grunts to test it.
• The Natalc Star Nation dispatched the grunts toward Blue Star, estimating their arrival in 200 years.
• Zhou Heng regained his senses after sending Blue Star’s coordinates and noticed the returned Island Country hovering above the planet.
• Zhou Heng checked the Save Blue Star mission and found warnings about lost powers, limited stays, disordered fusion, polarization, and impending extraterrestrial reinforcements.
• Zhou Heng closed his eyes and tried to log into Boundless Endless.

Zhou Heng played Go with the Ancient Hero "The Bystander" and used the Vast Star Nation's Magnificence Boundless Chessboard to raise Vast Star Fist to the silver tier. After The Bystander left him three items and told him to take his remains, Zhou Heng examined the damaged level 300,000 chessboard and turned to the other two items.

• The Bystander invited Zhou Heng to play Go and urged him to focus on comprehending the Vast Star Nation's Magnificence Boundless Chessboard.
• Zhou Heng placed black stones and observed Vast Star Fist training across different scenes, steadily increasing his understanding of the technique.
• Zhou Heng reached 100% progress and advanced Vast Star Fist from the white tier to the silver tier.
• The Bystander gave Zhou Heng the chessboard and two other items, said he had modified Zhou Heng's agreement with the Endless Mana Corridor's central intelligence, and asked him to take his remains after handling his business.
• Zhou Heng examined the fragmented level 300,000 chessboard, whose remaining ability could force a single opponent into a game, and looked at the other two items.

Zhou Heng absorbed the Endless Mana Corridor master control core into the Time-Space Core, gaining a view of the paused corridor and the Ancient Hero “The Bystander” tracing a mysterious mana corridor. Fate offered him two routes: follow the Bystander’s plan to reclaim Corridor Resonance, or seize the corridor’s artificial intelligence first at the cost of opening the region to Sakast after 2000s.

• Zhou Heng stored the Bard · Youtier golden statue and wondered why its quality classification differed so sharply from the master control core’s.
• Zhou Heng brought the Endless Mana Corridor master control core close to the Time-Space Core, which absorbed it and began operating.
• The master control core reported that Zhou Heng lacked Corridor Resonance, preventing it from connecting to the Sakast Region Element Grand Corridor or activating its autonomous systems.
• Zhou Heng observed that time had stopped throughout the Endless Mana Corridor and saw the Ancient Hero “The Bystander” tracing a vast mana corridor that resembled an enormous clock.
• Fate presented Zhou Heng with a choice between following the Bystander’s plan to recover Corridor Resonance and stripping the corridor’s artificial intelligence to help seize the Vast Star Nation’s technological army.

Zhou Heng entered the Central Data Processing Library and persuaded the Endless Mana Corridor’s AI to trust him and detach from the library. As Wang Congxin prepared for Zhou Heng’s return outside, Zhou Heng appraised the AI’s chip, leaving his plan for the Corridor still unknown.

• After time resumed, Wang Congxin asked Pillar of Creation · Light for Light’s Aid and swallowed every longevity-cursed species member, growing into a World and Heaven’s Awakened One.
• Wang Congxin and the remaining Pillar of Creation · Eight Elements bosses waited for Zhou Heng to return.
• Zhou Heng reached the Central Data Processing Library, where the Endless Mana Corridor’s AI said he had failed to complete their agreement.
• Zhou Heng activated the Master Control Core and asked the AI to trust him; the AI agreed to cooperate and detached from the library.
• The AI revealed itself as a small chip and said it could survive three years in the Master Control Core, while Zhou Heng cast Appraisal on it.

Zhou Heng bound the D09914-Type Chip-Type AI to his Time-Space Core, sacrificing its daily health bonus so the AI could use the core and his Abyss corridor to gather energy. He returned to confront Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One, whose attacks failed to overcome Zhou Heng's defenses, leaving Wang Congxin alarmed by the threat he posed.

• Zhou Heng learned that the D09914-Type Chip-Type AI needed core bodies for energy and bound it to his Time-Space Core without hesitation.
• The AI began drawing energy from the Time-Space Core and Zhou Heng's Abyss corridor, while the core stopped granting its daily maximum health bonus.
• Zhou Heng examined the Pillar of Creation · Light's abilities and returned to the Endless Mana Corridor, where Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One was using Guangming Borrowing on the Longevity-Cursed Species.
• Wang Congxin crushed the Truth of Analysis, activated Analysis from Enlightened Wisdom, and used Recovery Refutation Shackles against Zhou Heng, but the item failed.
• Zhou Heng revealed Truth's Unyielding Immunity, and Wang Congxin responded by using Enlightened Wisdom's Truth · Fixed Gaze to restrict Zhou Heng's movement and attack him.
• Wang Congxin's strikes dealt only small amounts of chaos damage, revealing Zhou Heng's extraordinary chaos damage reduction and making Wang Congxin fear he would become a major obstacle to the Longevity Family.