Chapter Summaries

Zhou Heng separated Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One from the Pillar of Creation bosses, then used the Endless Mana Corridor's control core and Guangming Borrowing to trap and kill the Longevity-Cursed Species. As Wang Congxin warned that his father could enter the corridor, Zhou Heng revealed that he had already survived a year-long pursuit, and the Ninth Longevity-Cursed Species · Black Awakened One of Heaven and Earth reacted while Fate Hint appeared to Zhou Heng.

• Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One continued attacking Zhou Heng, but Zhou Heng's Health instantly regenerated and Time-Space Pause immobilized Wang Congxin when Pillar of Creation · Light separated from him.
• Zhou Heng swallowed the eight Pillar of Creation · Element Series bosses and used Guangming Borrowing to raise his attributes to the quadrillion (gold) level.
• Zhou Heng compressed the Third Section of the Endless Element Tower and enlarged the Sakast Imperial Sword, preventing the fleeing Sea of Stars Transcendence Longevity-Cursed Species from escaping.
• Zhou Heng killed Wang Congxin · Earth's Black Awakened One and the other Longevity-Cursed Species, then sent them into the White River Purifying Bottle.
• Wang Congxin warned Zhou Heng that his father could enter the Endless Mana Corridor, and Zhou Heng replied that he had escaped a year-long pursuit.
• The Ninth Longevity-Cursed Species · Black Awakened One of Heaven and Earth reacted to Wang Congxin's death, and Fate Hint appeared on Zhou Heng's retinas with 1810 seconds remaining.

Zhou Heng followed Fate Guidance to evade the Black Awakened One of Heaven and Earth while using the Corridor Resonance to connect the Endless Mana Corridor to the Sakast · Mana Element Grand Corridor. He received light and darkness affinity boosts, then tried to redirect the corridor toward the Sixth Chapter as The Bystander watched, with about 800 seconds remaining.

• Zhou Heng picked up the Corridor Resonance, contracted space to evade a giant hand, and briefly saw the Black Eyeball before returning to the Endless Mana Corridor.
• Zhou Heng used the Corridor Resonance and the corridor's master control core to connect the Central Data Processing Library with the Sakast · Mana Element Grand Corridor, transmitting an image of an androgynous man and rising magic towers.
• The Sakast · Mana Element Grand Corridor failed to open but granted Zhou Heng 100% light affinity, and he continued fleeing the Black Awakened One of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhou Heng followed further Fate Guidance to dodge the attacks and received another image, this time of an elegant flute-playing man; the corridor then granted him 100% darkness affinity.
• Zhou Heng tried to change the Endless Mana Corridor's destination from the Tenth Chapter to the Sixth Chapter and prepare to ram it into the Skysea of the Empty Realm, while The Bystander watched.

Zhou Heng used Phantom Light · Elven Throne to trigger the hidden Elven King's power and bring the Fated Black River into alignment with the Endless Mana Corridor. As the river appeared across Sakast, eight-colored light began spreading throughout the region, while the Black Awakened One of Heaven and Earth remained unable to stop Zhou Heng.

• Zhou Heng redirected the Endless Mana Corridor toward the Sixth Chapter, prompting the Black Awakened One of Heaven and Earth to hurry there as a boy carrying Heaven and Earth: Ring swam toward him.
• The Endless Mana Corridor changed course again and charged toward the Skysea of the Empty Realm, and the Black Awakened One attacked The Bystander before turning his assault toward Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng received Fate Hint's options for breaking through the elemental barrier and learned that Phantom Light · Elven Throne could activate the Elven King's hidden contingency to return all eight elements to Sakast.
• Zhou Heng activated Phantom Light · Elven Throne, causing the Fated Black River to appear across the First through Tenth Chapters.
• A subtle cleansing swept through Sakast as eight-colored light poured from the Fated Black River and raced across the region.

As the Mana Element Corridor returned, powerful figures watched its arrival and Su Qingxin sought the Lord of Time and Space’s help against the virus. Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint’s instructions to survive an attack by the Longevity Crusaders Army Lord, then activated Corridor Resonance and received the Eight Elements’ power as his body began to grow.

• The elegant man in leaf clothing watched the Mana Element Corridor return and wondered whether to seek out Zhou Heng, while the white goose warned him to be cautious.
• Su Longevity wrote “Forbidden monster / hunt down” after the eight-colored streams of light reached him.
• Su Qingxin asked the Lord of Time and Space to help combat the virus and prevent Brother Longevity from entering the unknown viral Secret Realm.
• Zhou Heng used Time-Space Pause to stop an attack by the Longevity Crusaders Army Lord, who looked exactly like Karenna, and questioned her connection to Karenna.
• After three seconds, Zhou Heng raised Corridor Resonance and called for the return of the mana elements, gaining temporary Eight Element powers as his body grew taller.

Zhou Heng grew to a hundred million meters tall and began gouging the Sakast Mana Element Grand Corridor to return it to Sakast, but the first attempt failed. Players and NPCs joined his effort while fighting the Longevity-Cursed Species, and Zhou Heng continued as a 700-second countdown began.

• Zhou Heng used the Sakast Mana Element Grand Corridor Path to observe the corridor and a black construct suppressing it.
• The Eight Elements surged through Zhou Heng, expanding him across space-time until he stood a hundred million meters tall before beings from the First Chapter to the Tenth Chapter.
• Zhou Heng struck the Sakast Mana Element Grand Corridor with a nail formed from the Endless Mana Corridor, but the world announcement reported that the return had failed.
• A female Blue Star Federation expert urged people across Sakast to copy Zhou Heng's gouging motions, activating the resonance effort.
• Players and NPCs began gouging alongside Zhou Heng as the Longevity-Cursed Species attacked them, while Zhou Heng kept striking the corridor and a 700-second countdown appeared.

Zhou Heng continued striking the Sakast Element Grand Corridor as Resonance amplified the blows, while The Bystander sacrificed himself to reverse time in the Tenth Chapter and revive its unjustly dead. With only seconds left, black tentacles broke through and attacked Zhou Heng, but his final counterblow cracked the corridor and released elemental power.

• Resonance greatly increased the force of Zhou Heng’s strikes, and cracks began forming where the black dots anchored the Sakast Element Grand Corridor.
• The Bystander entered the Tenth Chapter, spread colorful ribbons across it, and began reversing time to revive the dead and give Zhou Heng and the Blue Star Federation a chance to unlock the True Chapter.
• The Old Man in a Straw Hat and Cape watched The Bystander sacrifice himself, then vanished while keeping a special offensive measure in reserve.
• Black tentacles pierced through the Sakast Element Grand Corridor and reached Sakast as only 200 seconds remained.
• A million-meter tentacle struck Zhou Heng and sent him flying, but he used the force to slam the Endless Mana Corridor into the Sakast Element Grand Corridor.
• Zhou Heng’s blow opened a small crack in the corridor, letting elemental power seep out and triggering a notification for every Sakast unit.

Zhou Heng returned all eight elemental corridors to Sakast, raising every affinity to 2000% and completing his fifth-tier transcendence. As he fell back into the Endless Mana Corridor, The Bystander revived the dead members of Human Kind before perishing, and a final guidance message directed Zhou Heng to open a new chapter.

• Zhou Heng and Sakast’s players returned the light, thunder, ice, and other elemental corridors while resisting the Longevity-Cursed Species.
• The Goddess of Light regretted giving Zhou Heng her power, while the Longevity Crusaders Army Lord planned to track him with Entangling Flame.
• The Starry Sky Dragon of Star Devouring offered Zhou Heng a pet, but he continued chiseling through the Sakast Element Grand Corridor.
• Zhou Heng returned the final Dark Corridor, opened the passage to Sakast, and received 2000% affinity in every element.
• Zhou Heng completed his fifth-tier transcendence, reached level 601, and began falling into the Endless Mana Corridor as his elemental power vanished.
• The Bystander used his remaining power to revive the dead members of Human Kind in the Tenth Chapter before perishing, and a guidance message told Zhou Heng how to open a new chapter.

Zhou Heng escaped Karenna by activating the Sakast Hero King Trial Credential after claiming the remains of the Ancient Hero The Bystander. The Tenth Chapter was corrected into a renewed world, and Zhou Heng arrived at Hero Hall, where he met High Singerōuyuǎn and then saw The Bystander with Walking Artist Snap.

• Zhou Heng seized The Bystander's remains and activated the Sakast Hero King Trial Credential to escape Karenna's location-locking Entangling Flame.
• Karenna watched Zhou Heng vanish into the Hero Trial and left the Endless Mana Corridor as the Tenth Chapter changed.
• The World Announcement declared the corrected chapter The New World Reborn and opened the Endless Mana Corridor, Soaring Rooftop Palace, and a new rift in The Ancient Years.
• Zhou Heng's achievement granted Sakast units a major boost to Element Corridor affinity and permanently increased players' and NPCs' power.
• Zhou Heng entered Hero Hall, met High Singerōuyuǎn, and received her Witness reward.
• The Bystander appeared beside Walking Artist Snap as Zhou Heng looked farther into the hall.

Zhou Heng received gifts from three Ancient Heroes, then followed Fate’s hint to meditate before Merciful Holy Mother and visualize the Vast Star Lord. After fifty years, his visualization reached Compassionate Vastness, Princess of the Vast Star Nation, who sent a trace of power toward him.

• Walking Artist Snap gave Zhou Heng the Profound Meaning-grade skill Artist’s Snap.
• Ababa gave Zhou Heng the special buff Elf’s Sway, and One Shot, One Kill Sniper gave him Sniper Class Transcendence.
• Fate’s hints led Zhou Heng to stay before Merciful Holy Mother and practice Sword Zen while visualizing the Vast Star Lord.
• After fifty years, Compassionate Vastness sensed Zhou Heng’s ripple and sent a trace of power toward the Vast Star Nation.
• Zhou Heng briefly glimpsed Compassionate Vastness’s divine body, and the shrinking streak of power struck him between the brows.

Zhou Heng received the complete Reclining Sage training set and a powerful ring blade from Glorious Warm Sun while witnessing the ancient heroes in the Hero Hall. At the hall’s deepest point, Youtier gave him another gift and disappeared, revealing a golden Imperial Throne.

• Zhou Heng read the Reclining Sage scroll and learned its three stages offered increasingly powerful damage reduction, though the training would be difficult.
• Zhou Heng met Glorious Warm Sun, who thanked him for looking after her younger sister’s clone and said the Skysea of the Empty Realm showed no changes, though Black Ring remained a concern.
• Glorious Warm Sun gave Zhou Heng Warm Sun's Passionate Ring Blade, whose effects included producing Revival Coins and protecting allies under certain conditions.
• Zhou Heng wondered whether the longevity-cursed species could observe the item and infer that he had entered the Hero Hall.
• Youtier appeared before Zhou Heng, praised his progress, promised another gift, and vanished as a golden Imperial Throne appeared in the deepest part of the Golden Palace.

Zhou Heng accepted the Sakast Emperor’s gift and chose the Shattered Starfield Domain for his Hero King trial, where he was raised to level 700 and received four objectives. Fate advised him to train and wait for an Elf Race girl named Gululu Dudu, while ten billion Starry Sky Stone Giants awaited him nearby.

• The Sakast Emperor gave Zhou Heng a quest to convert Silver attributes into Gold and activated his Hero King trial with three possible locations.
• Zhou Heng chose the Shattered Starfield Domain because he needed Bard advancement resources more than information about the golden statue.
• Entering the Shattered Starfield Domain raised Zhou Heng to level 700 and assigned him trials to kill Starry Sky Stone Giants and Epic Divine Ability wielders, find nine Emperor’s Banners, and perform a heroic deed.
• Fate Hint identified the Emperor’s Banners and heroic deed as Zhou Heng’s greatest challenges, advising him to train for a year until Gululu Dudu arrived and suggesting he hunt the Stone Giants.
• Zhou Heng sat down to examine his attributes after seeing that his fifth-tier legendary tempering had greatly strengthened his base stats.

After reviewing his level 700 attributes and the rewards from destroying the Endless Mana Corridor, Zhou Heng used the Will of the Planet to raise his Bard class from 30 to 69 stars. He reached the limit of what his remaining resources could afford and opened the class panel to see what had changed.

• Zhou Heng reviewed his attributes, noting the bonuses from his transcendence, titles, and Empire Fortune.
• Zhou Heng checked the resources gained from destroying the Endless Mana Corridor and found none that could help his attributes transcend to Gold.
• Zhou Heng examined the Bard class information and learned that raising its star rank required playing a musical instrument while visualizing the Bard's form.
• Zhou Heng played the Elegant Compassionate Flute and visualized Bard · Youtier as the Will of the Planet was consumed to repair the class.
• Zhou Heng raised the Bard to 69 stars after spending 2.35e Will of the Planet, then opened the class panel to inspect the changes.

After increasing his Attack Speed and Movement Speed, Zhou Heng used the White River Purifying Bottle to consume two skills and form White River's Heroic Spirit Palace. The new skill transported him to Fate White River, where he set out to meet the Elder Who Fishes in the Sea of Stars.

• Zhou Heng reviewed his increased stats and wondered why Bard's Star Ranks boosted his speed far more than Dancer of Heaven and Earth's Light.
• Zhou Heng activated the White River Purifying Bottle, which devoured Call of Longevity (Curse) and Sea of Stars Heroic Spirit Hall to form White River's Heroic Spirit Palace.
• Abyss Succubus and the other Heroic Spirits regained consciousness and entered the bottle, where their images appeared along a white river.
• White River's Heroic Spirit Palace transported Zhou Heng from the Shattered Starfield Domain into Fate White River.
• Zhou Heng saw the Elder Who Fishes in the Sea of Stars in the distance and walked toward him.

Zhou Heng passed the Fate White River’s trial and received the Elder Who Fishes in the Sea of Stars’ gift, advancing his White River Guardian class to ★★. He returned to the shattered Starfield Domain with a Lucky White Fish in his White River Purifying Bottle and began examining his White River’s Heroic Palace skill.

• Zhou Heng encountered Lucky White Fish in the Fate White River and gained a permanent 1% increase to Attack Speed and Movement Speed.
• The Lucky White Fish formed a path that carried Zhou Heng to the Elder Who Fishes in the Sea of Stars.
• The elder approved of Zhou Heng but said he was not yet qualified to found the White River System, then granted him an enhancement that raised White River Guardian from ★ to ★★.
• The elder told Zhou Heng to purify the entire Fated Black River in the Sakast region to qualify for a Witness reward, then Zhou Heng fell back into the shattered Starfield Domain.
• Zhou Heng found a Lucky White Fish depicted on the White River Purifying Bottle and turned to examine his White River’s Heroic Palace skill.

After advancing to White River Guardian, Zhou Heng discovered the vast army and spirit-summoning powers of the White River Heroic Spirit Palace. He summoned Shengtiandao Ichiro and Pingtian Jurokurō, failed to summon Sarendo Sakas without the Hero King title, and began training while awaiting his trial.

• Zhou Heng examined the White River Heroic Spirit Palace and resolved to raise its Level 10000 guards by killing Longevity-Cursed Species.
• Zhou Heng summoned Shengtiandao Ichiro, who pledged himself to Zhou Heng and appeared at his right side.
• Pingtian Jurokurō appeared, regretted betraying the Blue Star Federation, and warned Zhou Heng that the Longevity-Cursed Species could not be defeated.
• Zhou Heng failed to summon Achilles and learned that he lacked the Hero King title required to summon Sarendo Sakas.
• Zhou Heng activated the Phase Black Hole Star Body and trained his Vast Star Fist while waiting for the Hero King trial.

Zhou Heng spent a year practicing the Vast Star Fist, gaining enormous attribute increases while waiting for events to reach him. On the final day of Fate Hint One’s year, the hunted elf Gululu Dudu approached him for refuge, but the Longevity-Cursed Species searching for her discovered her too.

• Zhou Heng used the Phase Black Hole Star Body’s bonus to practice the Vast Star Fist for a year and gain substantial attributes.
• Gululu Dudu, carrying a method to counter the Despair Curse, followed the Elf Tree’s Fate Guidance toward Zhou Heng while fleeing the Longevity-Cursed Species.
• The Longevity-Cursed Species recognized Zhou Heng, feared confronting him, and ordered a search for Gululu Dudu while their leader called for backup.
• Gululu Dudu reached the edge of a meteoroid and saw Zhou Heng practicing beneath an extinguished black sun as the searching pursuers discovered her.

Gululu Dudu rushed to Zhou Heng with a mechanism for countering the Despair Curse, but the Longevity-Cursed Species froze when he revealed his power. Zhou Heng took the mechanism from her, and an attacker suddenly teleported beside him and swung a dagger.

• Gululu Dudu spotted Zhou Heng and launched herself toward him while a Galaxy-tier Longevity-Cursed Species tried to stop her with Deep-Rooted Giant Tree.
• A level 2710 Longevity-Cursed Species struck Gululu Dudu’s green-haired shield, emptying her health bar and blasting her bald onto the ground beside Zhou Heng.
• Gululu Dudu discovered that the surrounding Longevity-Cursed Species had stopped moving and appraised the human she had reached as Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng finished tempering his Vast Star Fist, revealed his presence to the Longevity-Cursed Species, and refused their attempt to take Gululu Dudu away.
• Gululu Dudu offered Zhou Heng the mechanism for countering the Despair Curse, but a figure teleported beside him and attacked with a dagger.

Zhou Heng killed the Galaxy-level longevity-cursed species pursuing Gululu Dudu and learned that the recorded Hope Awakening Elixir might not defeat the despair curse. He returned the research record to Gululu Dudu, then stayed behind to pursue a different path involving Goddess of Light · Henala.

• Zhou Heng used his overwhelming speed and attack power to kill the level-2871 attacker, then slaughtered every Galaxy-level longevity-cursed species trying to flee.
• Gululu Dudu collected the death drops and watched in shock as Zhou Heng defeated the attackers without triggering their resurrection mechanics.
• Zhou Heng appraised the Tree of Life & Elf Tree Data Record and received fate hints that questioned the recorded elixir formula and described another way to counter the despair curse with Goddess of Light · Henala.
• Gululu Dudu gave Zhou Heng the White Whale Swallowing item, which collected allied death drops within a ten-thousand-kilometer radius.
• Zhou Heng returned the research record to Gululu Dudu, warned that the longevity-cursed species could manipulate the virus data, and sat down with his sword planted in the ground, telling her to leave.

Gululu Dudu left the Broken Starfield Domain after Zhou Heng saved her, while the Longevity-Cursed Species prepared to hunt him under a decree from a powerful lord. The Sage Council Court ranked Zhou Heng above Blue Sky on the Longevity Sniping Rankings, and the First Magic Tower ordered its forces to help Karenna encircle and kill him.

• Gululu Dudu noticed Zhou Heng had Star Maiden's Hair (imitation), thanked him for saving her, and fled the Broken Starfield Domain with the experimental records.
• Six figures gathered in the First Magic Tower of the Sixth Chapter to discuss a decree ordering them to hunt Zhou Heng and capture or kill him.
• A giant python reported that Zhou Heng had taken the top spot on the Longevity Sniping Rankings · Epic Divine Ability list, above Blue Sky.
• The rankings listed Zhou Heng as below Level 1000 and detailed his classes, talents, skills, deeds, bounty, and recommended elimination strategy.
• The withered old man with a nine-petaled lotus between his brows announced that all Longevity Species with base attributes below one million must cooperate with Karenna to encircle and annihilate Zhou Heng.

Henala recognized that the Longevity-Cursed Species were mobilizing because Zhou Heng had reappeared, while Gululu Dudu delivered research on a cure for the Despair Curse. A golden fax then warned that Zhou Heng was being targeted in the Broken Starfield Domain and needed to be moved before an enemy army lord arrived.

• Henala saw Magic Apostles streaming from the Magic Towers and realized Zhou Heng had returned, so she left to exploit the Towers and restore her power.
• Gululu Dudu reached CU28 Laboratory and gave Gashir the Tree of Life & Elf Tree data, which produced the Hope Awakening Elixir to counter the Despair Curse.
• Gululu Dudu told Gashir how she had escaped powerful Longevity-Cursed Species and met Zhou Heng, who had defeated them despite being level 700.
• A golden fax arrived warning that the Longevity-Cursed Species were encircling and assessing Zhou Heng, and instructing the Federation to get him out of the area before the Disordered Entanglement Domain and Karenna arrived.