Chapter Summaries

Frost City received the emergency quest Frost Watch as Eternal Krossa’s Vast Star Nation attacked and forced everyone to choose a faction. Zhou Heng kept his Sakas Empire citizenship, then was sent with other low-advancement players to deliver supplies while weighing whether to kill an abusive Longevity Family player.

• Eternal Krossa’s Vast Imperial Guards emerged from gates around Frost City and demanded that its people abandon the Sakas Empire for the Vast Star Nation.
• Players received a faction choice, and Fate Hint warned Zhou Heng that joining the Vast Star Nation would be unwise while remaining with Sakas could bring worthwhile rewards.
• Zhou Heng retained his Sakas Empire citizenship as the Vast Imperial Guards poured out of the gates and attacked Frost City.
• Yu Ming ordered lower-advancement forces to retreat and led stronger fighters to defend the city, while Polok gathered forces and requested Revival Coins.
• A Longevity Family player ordered first-advancement and unadvanced players, including Zhou Heng, to carry resources to the front lines and kicked a female NPC.
• Zhou Heng considered executing the abusive player with the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), but hesitated because he feared strengthening Karenna within the sword.

Zhou Heng entered Frost City's resource warehouse and brazenly consumed potions and Heavenly Horse Cigarettes, ignoring warnings about the Su Family. When a player tried to report him, Zhou Heng killed him and continued smoking.

• The Sakast Imperial Sword trembled as Zhou Heng waited in line, but Su Hai failed to recognize him and waved him into the warehouse.
• Zhou Heng drank Lesser Light, Lesser Dark, and other elemental potions to gain damage reduction.
• A freckled girl warned Zhou Heng that Su Hai and the Su Family controlled the warehouse, but he ignored her and kept taking resources.
• Zhou Heng smoked a Heavenly Horse Cigarette for permanent stat gains, while a nearby player absorbed some secondhand smoke.
• The nearby player tried to report Zhou Heng, who killed him and told anyone else to report him outside.

Zhou Heng advanced Burning Rage and looted Frost City's resource storehouse before confronting Su Hai of the Longevity Su Family. Su Hai recognized him as the player who had killed Su Ling, tried to flee, then attacked after throwing status-inflicting items; the chapter ended with Zhou Heng still standing after taking 1,536 damage.

• Zhou Heng used a Common skill advancement scroll to raise Burning Rage to Complex grade, greatly increasing its bonuses.
• Su Hai entered the storehouse after hearing it was being plundered and recognized Zhou Heng as Su Ling's killer.
• Su Hai activated Burning Rage and fled, but Zhou Heng caught up without using the skill.
• Su Hai threw bottles and jars at Zhou Heng, inflicting water, fire, and physical-attribute erosion.
• Su Hai struck Zhou Heng's neck for 1,536 damage, then froze when Zhou Heng survived.

Zhou Heng forced Su Hai to lead him through Frost City's Resource Vault, where Fate Hint exposed the hidden cost of an Ice Crystal and Su Hai revealed an ancient flute-playing statue behind a silver door. When Zhou Heng lowered his sword, Su Hai tried to signal someone, but Zhou Heng killed him before he could finish.

• Su Hai knelt before Zhou Heng and offered to take him to the Resource Vault's real treasury rather than risk fighting him.
• Su Hai showed Zhou Heng an Ice Crystal that granted ice attribute reduction, but Fate Hint warned it permanently cost Human Race players 10,000 Health.
• Su Hai led Zhou Heng to a silver door and said the treasury held an ancient statue of a man playing a flute.
• Zhou Heng recognized the statue might be connected to the Ancient Heroes and ordered Su Hai to open the door.
• Su Hai began to call out after Zhou Heng lowered his sword, but Zhou Heng killed him with a swift strike.

Zhou Heng entered Frost City's treasury with Su Lanlan, claimed a rare skill book, and watched her take the city documents and token. At the far end, he used the Elegant Ancient Flute on another statue and was unexpectedly sent back to the real world, where a figure of light appeared before him.

• Su Lanlan offered Zhou Heng a sheet of White Paper in exchange for the Frost City Lord Token and Su Ling's City Lord Document, then opened the silver doors using a sequence of knocks that stopped invisible arrows.
• Zhou Heng entered the treasury with Su Lanlan, learned the Empire Fortune skill, and gave her the City Lord Document while she took the City Lord Token.
• Su Lanlan warned Zhou Heng that Su Family reinforcements would arrive within thirty minutes, then left the treasury with the city documents and token.
• Zhou Heng found the thirty-meter flute-playing statue and placed the Elegant Ancient Flute against its stone flute.
• The flute's melody returned Zhou Heng to his real-world room, where he saw a figure of light standing before him.

Zhou Heng heard a mysterious figure warn that players had only a thousand years left to reach a goal and urge him to find statues, protect the flute, and choose the highest difficulty for achievement ascensions. Back in Boundless Endless, his magic and mana surged, while Su Lanlan took control of Frost City and prepared to seek revenge on the Su Family.

• A radiant figure appeared to Zhou Heng, warned him that players would be abandoned if they failed to reach a preset goal within the final thousand years, and gave him three instructions before vanishing.
• Zhou Heng questioned what he knew about Blue Star and players’ lifespans, then logged back into Boundless Endless as the flute performance ended and the statue shattered.
• Zhou Heng gained 5,000 magic and 100,000 mana, inspected the Elegant Ancient Flute’s changed abilities, and concluded that he needed to learn a magic skill.
• Zhou Heng calculated that Blood Pump could raise his attack above 21,000 but judged himself still too weak against elite players and the Longevity Family.
• Su Lanlan took control of Frost City, inspected her Frost Lord talent, and vowed to fulfill her mother’s dying wish by taking revenge on the Su Family.
• Su Lanlan expected Su Changhuan, the man who killed her mother, to come with the Su Family’s high-level players as Vast Star Nation attacked.

Zhou Heng looted the Frost Resource Vault, uncovered signs that the Longevity Family was restricting advancement, and received a Fate Hint about an imminent battle in Frost City. He prepared at the city lord’s manor and played the Elegant Ancient Flute, summoning an approaching figure.

• Su Liuyue sensed danger near Frost City, and Su Changhuan hurried toward it after seeing two streaks of colorful light.
• Zhou Heng collected 1,000 intermediate red potions but found no advancement certificates, leading him to suspect the Longevity Family was suppressing ordinary players.
• Fate Hints warned Zhou Heng to flee west or play the Elegant Ancient Flute near the city lord’s manor, where an opportunity would appear.
• Zhou Heng equipped three Vast Sky items that raised his attack speed and movement speed, then headed to the city lord’s manor.
• Zhou Heng smoked a second Heavenly Horse Cigarette, gained permanent attributes, and played the March of Xia Kingdom on the Elegant Ancient Flute as a figure approached.

Su Liuyue confronted Zhou Heng at Frost City's main gate while he played a flute that temporarily reduced her level from 70 to 60. She attacked him, but remained stunned when he survived the full force of her ice arrow.

• Su Liuyue recognized Zhou Heng at Frost City's main gate and suspected he had been waiting for her.
• Su Liuyue drew her greatbow to attack, but Zhou Heng's flute caused her level to temporarily drop by 10 while preserving her level 60 attributes and skills.
• Su Liuyue fired an arrow as Zhou Heng stopped playing, and Zhou Heng countered with his bow, though his arrows dealt no damage to her.
• Su Liuyue hit Zhou Heng with an ice arrow that should have dealt 23,400 damage, but he remained standing, leaving her shocked by his toughness.

Zhou Heng used his superior speed to keep Su Liuyue at a distance, then unleashed Blood Pump and his Extreme Long-Range Shooter arrows against her. Su Liuyue dodged the first volley but was forced to keep retreating as the arrows pursued her, while Zhou Heng remained confident he could kill her.

• Zhou Heng confirmed Su Liuyue's arrows slowed him for three seconds, switched to the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), and fled at high speed.
• Su Liuyue used Entangling Flame to track Zhou Heng, then activated Burning Rage when she could not catch him.
• Zhou Heng matched Su Liuyue's Burning Rage speed, then switched to the Flood Dragon Horn Bow and activated Blood Pump as her boost ended.
• Zhou Heng fired six arrows at Su Liuyue; the first dealt 44,537 damage, and she narrowly dodged the remaining arrows before they turned to pursue her.
• Su Liuyue used a red potion and charged toward Zhou Heng, while he maintained his distance and prepared to continue attacking.

Zhou Heng pursued Su Liuyue through Frost City, using her shared location to keep landing arrows until she activated the forbidden skill Burn Blood, Burn Life and charged at him. He paralyzed her with a Thunder Potion and killed her with a sword, leaving her to realize he had used the same method to bypass resurrection when killing Su Ling.

• Zhou Heng repeatedly struck Su Liuyue with tracking arrows while her health recovery failed to keep pace.
• Su Liuyue fled into Frost City, but Zhou Heng used her shared location to continue targeting her.
• Su Liuyue activated Burn Blood, Burn Life and Burning Rage, reducing her health to 1 as she rushed toward Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng scattered a Thunder Potion, paralyzing Su Liuyue for 59 seconds.
• Su Liuyue tried to bargain with Zhou Heng, but he severed her head with his sword.
• As she died, Su Liuyue realized Zhou Heng had used this method to bypass resurrection and kill Su Ling, and threatened the main branch over the quest.

After killing Su Liuyue, Zhou Heng received a huge empire-wide reward and learned that the slaying had made him a target of the Longevity Family. As Frost City crumbled under Eternal Krossa’s battle with two elders, Zhou Heng headed west in search of danger and opportunity, carrying Su Liuyue’s powerful Dragon Bow.

• Zhou Heng collected Su Liuyue’s drops and received stat bonuses, a skill exemption scroll, and one million Vast Star Nation contribution points after the Sakas Empire announced her death nine times.
• Players and NPCs reacted to the news, while Eternal Krossa attacked the two golden-robed Longevity Family elders above Frost City.
• As the battle shook the city, Zhou Heng followed a Fate Hint west instead of escaping east and gathered Su Liuyue’s equipment and supplies.
• Zhou Heng appraised the Dragon Bow and recognized that its charging damage and reduced level requirement suited his Extreme Long-Range Shooter skill.

After killing Su Liuyue, Zhou Heng learned that the Longevity Family was secretly exchanging silver for copper and gained a fragment of data from the Sakaste Empire's database. He then spotted Su Changhuan about to kill Su Lanlan and raced to intervene, but Su Changhuan fled when he saw him approaching.

• Zhou Heng examined Su Liuyue's drops and found a Longevity quest to exchange silver coins for copper, along with an Unyielding Arena item.
• Zhou Heng's Empire Fortune increased after Su Liuyue's death, and the system gave him a Sakaste database fragment and advanced The True Years progress by 2%.
• Zhou Heng saw Su Lanlan wounded and kneeling before a handsome young man, and sprinted toward her with the Sakast Imperial Sword equipped.
• Su Changhuan pulled his lance from Su Lanlan's chest and taunted her, revealing that she was his younger sister.
• Su Changhuan noticed Zhou Heng approaching and fled, leaving Su Lanlan behind.

Su Lanlan died after giving Zhou Heng the damaged Frost Lord talent, a Second-Turn Credential, and the Taboo skill A Glimmer of Hope, asking him to avenge her and her mother. Zhou Heng chose the special Radiance of Frost achievement to kill Su Changhuan and used the Frost Throne to find him, appearing beside him in an inn.

• Su Lanlan gave Zhou Heng her remaining power and items, then died from the dark element poison.
• Zhou Heng accepted Su Lanlan's gifts, gained the temporary Frost Lord talent, and studied A Glimmer of Hope.
• Zhou Heng activated the Second-Turn Credential and chose the special achievement to kill Su Changhuan.
• Zhou Heng buried Su Lanlan, summoned the Frost Throne, and used it to locate Su Changhuan across Frost City.
• Su Changhuan hid in an inn, but Zhou Heng appeared beside him on the Frost Throne.

Zhou Heng relentlessly pursued Su Changhuan through Frost City, using his teleportation and charged Dragon Bow to kill him despite his powerful poison abilities. Su Changhuan revived among the city-wall casualties, but Zhou Heng appeared again and continued the hunt, leaving the surrounding players to recognize him as the Zhou Heng from the Imperial Announcement.

• Su Changhuan activated Burning Rage and fled, but Zhou Heng used Frost Lord to teleport after him and fired the Dragon Bow.
• Su Changhuan checked his attributes, released Abyss Poison Flow, and cast Toxic Armor as Zhou Heng charged a shot.
• Zhou Heng's 1000%-increased Dragon Bow arrow pursued Su Changhuan through the alleys and killed him with a 6.14 million critical hit.
• Su Changhuan revived on the Revival Platform and rushed into the crowd, offering Zhou Heng a chance to join the Longevity Su Family.
• Zhou Heng pursued Su Changhuan while charging another shot, and the surrounding players recognized him as the Zhou Heng from the Imperial Announcement.

Zhou Heng killed Su Changhuan, earning rewards that advanced the Ancient Years expansion and awakened more of Eternal Krossa’s power. After Eternal Krossa slew two Longevity Family elders, Frost City began a three-week construction shutdown, and Zhou Heng logged out with Su Changhuan’s drops.

• Su Changhuan drank a Starlight Vision Potion, gaining 360-degree Godlike Perspective at the cost of permanently reduced Attack and Health.
• Zhou Heng switched to the Sakast Imperial Sword and killed Su Changhuan with a strike that severed his head.
• The Sakas Empire announced Zhou Heng’s victory and granted him stat boosts, a Complex-Level Skill Learning Exemption Scroll, and Vast Star Nation contribution points.
• Eternal Krossa’s power grew as Chapter Nine progress reached 0.1%, and it killed the two gold-robed elders who fled toward the Sakas Empire capital.
• Golden blood fell over Frost City, boosting its players and NPCs, before Eternal Krossa announced a three-week construction shutdown and Zhou Heng logged out with Su Changhuan’s drops.

Zhou Heng faced Su Ming, who came to Warmth Orphanage seeking revenge for his sister but proposed that Zhou Heng marry into the Su Family instead. After Su Ming declared their conflict had only begun, Zhou Heng comforted Yaya and later logged back into Boundless Endless.

• Yaya warned Zhou Heng that people from the Longevity Families had arrived at Warmth Orphanage.
• Su Ming introduced himself as Su Ling's older brother and offered to forgive Zhou Heng if he married into the Su Family.
• Zhou Heng rejected Su Ming's offer and dismissed his threat to bury him in cement, explaining that Boundless Endless's rules prevented anyone from killing him on Blue Star.
• Su Ming left in his wheelchair, warning Zhou Heng that their game had only just begun.
• Zhou Heng comforted Yaya, cared for the orphanage children, and returned to Boundless Endless a month later.

Zhou Heng completed his second class advancement and met Eternal Krossa at the Vast Star Hall, where he received fragments of the Sakast Imperial Sword and a quest concerning Lifespan Contracts. He accepted the quest to investigate the Land of the Howling Gale, and Eternal Krossa opened the Vast Star Nation contribution shop for him.

• Zhou Heng reached level 21 and advanced Extreme Long-Range Shooter to five stars, gaining improved attributes and abilities.
• Zhou Heng arrived at Frost Mechanical City and followed the Central Main Road to the Vast Star Hall.
• Eternal Krossa told Zhou Heng to spend his 1.8 million contribution points and asked him to investigate where the lifespans from the Land of the Howling Gale's contracts were going.
• Eternal Krossa gave Zhou Heng two fragments of the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).
• Zhou Heng accepted the quest to investigate the Lifespan Contracts, and Eternal Krossa opened the Vast Star Nation contribution shop for him.

Zhou Heng acquired the Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack on credit and departed for the Land of the Howling Gale on a Fusion Warhorse. After his departure, an old woman revealed her plan to forge another Sakas Emperor Sword (Holy Sword) before Blue Star faced a looming threat.

• Eternal Krossa gave Zhou Heng the Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack on credit, setting his debt at 8.2 million Contribution Points and offering to reduce it to 3.2 million if he completed Land of the Howling Gale.
• Zhou Heng inventoried Su Changhuan's drops, including 500,000 Silver Coins, a Brilliant-tier backpack, Heavenly Horse Cigarettes, and a strange worn statue of a woman.
• Zhou Heng fed three Brilliant-tier backpacks to the Generalized Relativistic Infinite Backpack, raising its expansion rate to 30%.
• An Iron Guard delivered a Fusion Warhorse powered by Zhou Heng's Fusion Core and Health, and Zhou Heng rode toward the Land of the Howling Gale.
• An old woman told Eternal Krossa that she had added Karenna's genes to Kailina's clone to forge another Sakas Emperor Sword (Holy Sword), warning that their survival depended on Blue Star with only a thousand years remaining.

During his journey to Frost Mechanical City, Zhou Heng encountered the gravely wounded Tate, who tried to trap him in an arena. Zhou Heng’s flute reduced Tate to his level 21 attributes, leaving their battle poised to begin.

• Over ten days, Zhou Heng gained attributes from the Fusion Core and Heavenly Horse Cigarettes, while his Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) grew stronger.
• Zhou Heng found a wounded old man on the forest road and learned from the Fate Hint that he was Tate, who sought the Ancient Hero System.
• Zhou Heng pretended to help Tate and offered him Blue Potions while preparing to play the Elegant Ancient Flute.
• Tate secretly activated the Unyielding Arena, trapping them in a fight that would continue until death.
• As Tate lunged at him, Zhou Heng finished playing “Eagle Catches Chickens,” and Noble and Merciful Gentleness reduced Tate’s level to 21 while retaining his level 21 attributes.

Zhou Heng repeatedly killed Tate inside the Unyielding Arena until Tate ran out of Revival Coins, then collected three death drops and discovered a Radiant Lifespan Container. A Darkness Curse had marked Zhou Heng’s location for the Darkness Association, and a Fate Hint appeared as he examined the container.

• Zhou Heng killed Tate repeatedly whenever he revived, preventing him from using the Unyielding Exemption Arena.
• Tate exhausted his Revival Coins, died, and afflicted Zhou Heng with the Darkness Curse, which revealed Zhou Heng’s coordinates to the Darkness Association.
• Zhou Heng picked up Tate’s three death drops: Darkness Aid Me, a Legendary Shroud, and the Radiant Lifespan Container.
• Zhou Heng read the container’s appraisal showing it held 1,200 of 9,999 lifespan, and a Fate Hint appeared.