Chapter Summaries

Zhou Heng pursued Scholar Su Longevity through the Secret Realm, killing the Sakast nobles in his path while Su Longevity fled and struggled to understand their connection. Su Longevity escaped into a region of starry mountain peaks as Zhou Qingqing followed Zhou Heng into the realm.

• Zhou Qingqing followed Zhou Heng into the Secret Realm, determined to learn what he meant by his warnings about Su Longevity.
• Su Longevity endured the realm’s pain as he fled deeper, while Sakast nobles discussed his arrival and the gap between their empire’s foundations and Blue Star’s Players.
• Zhou Heng encountered Sakast nobles, killed them with the Sakast Imperial Sword, and continued pursuing Su Longevity.
• Su Longevity heard a voice calling itself Su Longevity urge him to survive, then warned a group of nobles about the approaching Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng slaughtered the nobles as Su Longevity fled along a river and reached a region of Cosmic Mountain Peaks suspended in a Sea of Stars.

Scholar Su Longevity used a speed-enhancing item to lure Sakast’s nobles toward danger, while Zhou Heng cut through them as he advanced across the mountain peaks. After Zhou Heng warned Zhou Qingqing about Su Longevity’s possible future and left her questioning her love and her fate, she resolved to consider how her Heart of Truth of Love might help him.

• Scholar Su Longevity activated “A Turn for the Better,” increased his movement speed, and shouted that a Boss was hunting nobles from Sakast’s nine great houses.
• Zhou Heng arrived at the first peak and killed its Sakast nobles while Zhou Qingqing watched Su Longevity’s actions with growing doubt.
• Zhou Heng killed the nobles at the second peak, then stopped when Zhou Qingqing blocked his way and asked about Su Longevity’s future.
• Zhou Heng declined Zhou Qingqing’s Heart of Truth of Love, expressed pity for her future, and left after she gave him her name.
• Zhou Qingqing reconsidered her one-sided love for Su Longevity and wondered whether her special item could help Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng pursued Scholar Su Longevity through the Secret Realm but chose not to kill him, while π Longevity watched from the Boundless Starsea and prepared to face Zhou Heng himself. After taking control of his past self, π Longevity spoke with Zhou Heng and left without answering his question about whether he was ready.

• Zhou Heng caught Scholar Su Longevity at Thirty-Second Peak and kicked him onto Thirty-Third Peak after his golden house blocked the Sakast Imperial Sword.
• Scholar Su Longevity fled deeper into the Secret Realm, broke down while hearing a voice in his mind, and cried for his mother.
• π Longevity and the other Su Longevitys realized Zhou Heng had spared his past self and discussed facing him at full strength.
• Zhou Heng fought Sakast's Great Houses while watching Scholar Su Longevity, who eventually calmed down and challenged Zhou Heng to attack.
• Scholar Su Longevity let π Longevity take control, and π Longevity spoke with Zhou Heng before leaving through the route he had come.

After completing the Third Army Lord’s first trial, Zhou Heng received the Light of the Heart and climbed through crushing pressure to the 9,999th peak. There he faced an apparent Level Nine Observer named Bolo, passed the second trial by attacking him, and was directed toward the deepest part of the Secret Realm.

• Zhou Heng let Su Longevity leave, then received the Light of the Heart for completing the trial “Ethereal Self.”
• Zhou Heng climbed the peaks under overwhelming pressure while using the Sakast Imperial Sword for Sword Sacrifice.
• On the 9,999th peak, Zhou Heng met Bolo, who claimed to be an observer from Sea of Stars Technology and challenged him to attack within three seconds.
• Zhou Heng appraised Bolo’s overwhelming attributes, suspected the encounter was an illusion, and beheaded him with one strike.
• Bolo revealed that he existed but left his true location and condition unknown, then told Zhou Heng to drive the completed Blood-Drinking Killing Sword into the ground and meet him in the deepest part.
• The Third Army Lord announced that Zhou Heng had completed the second trial, “Void Realm of Heaven and Earth,” and Bolo’s image became light and shadow that moved deeper into the Secret Realm.

After completing the Third Army Lord’s trial, Zhou Heng received the Light of the Body and uncovered a message left by the dead Hollow Spirit. The message linked the two lights to Zhou Heng’s path toward longevity and warned that he would face Su Longevity·4, while the Time-Space Core reacted to the remains.

• The Sakast Imperial Sword reached the 9000e level in Killing and Protection, then warned Zhou Heng not to wreak havoc on space-time and said Su Longevity·3 was nothing to fear.
• Zhou Heng crossed the final mountain peak, reached the end of the secret realm, and completed the Void Realm of Heaven and Earth trial.
• Zhou Heng received the Light of the Body, a Transcendence Artifact, and wondered whether the trial’s reward would be another Light of Something.
• Zhou Heng visualized Hollow Spirit’s form, revealing the Third Army Lord’s mirror-built remains, then heard its message about his epic path and the lights guiding him against Su Longevity·4.
• Zhou Heng declared that he would inherit Hollow Spirit’s will, causing its remains to collapse into scrap, and the Time-Space Core trembled as if it had discovered something precious.

Zhou Heng used Fate Hint to choose a path that concealed his information from Sea of Stars Technology Co., Ltd. while preparing to fight π Longevity’s species. His Time-Space Core absorbed the Third Army Lord’s remains and became a powerful mecha, but Zhou Heng then discovered that his powers had returned in Past and Former Times as something approached overhead.

• Zhou Heng read Fate Hint’s guidance and chose to rely on it to learn how to use the three lights against Su Longevity·4.
• The Time-Space Core left Zhou Heng and absorbed the Third Army Lord Hollow Spirit's Long Space-Time Realm’s mirror-like technological remains.
• The fused core returned to Zhou Heng and gained the ability to summon Vast Eternal Krossa, equipped with the Brilliant Space-Time Great Sun and other powerful abilities.
• Zhou Heng reviewed the upgraded core and felt more confident about fighting Su Longevity·4.
• Zhou Heng reopened his attribute panel, found that his attributes and powers had returned, and heard something tearing through the space above him.

Zhou Heng fought Su Longevity·4 in the Secret Realm before Bi Tianming, the Seventh Chosen One, trapped him in the Fate’s Gambling Table domain. Guided by Fate Hint and aided by his White River Guardian skill, Zhou Heng disrupted Bi Tianming’s games and set up a chance to strike at Su Longevity·4.

• Su Longevity·4 attacked Zhou Heng with countless roots, but Zhou Heng evaded them in the Secret Realm.
• A deep-purple fruit fell from Su Longevity·4 and released Bi Tianming, the Seventh Chosen One, who pulled Zhou Heng into the Fate Dice domain.
• Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint’s instructions and tossed his die; Fated Guardian then forced Bi Tianming’s die to land on a lower result.
• Bi Tianming changed the game into a card challenge, and Zhou Heng threw the fourth and twelfth cards at him while declaring that he would fulfill Bi Tianming’s unfinished fate.
• Bi Tianming changed the challenge into a spinning-wheel game and activated probability-based skills, but Zhou Heng used Virus Source Species · Deathly Silence to move Bi Tianming’s ball to number 1 and threw his own ball.
• Zhou Heng left the game, declaring that he alone would end the despair caused by the longevity-cursed species.

Zhou Heng passed the Sixth Chosen One, Neither Rain Nor Blood’s challenges and learned she had guided Su Longevity to the ????????? Secret Realm. As Su Longevity·4 entered the year 02000 space-time, Zhou Heng saw Xiaoyue’s fruit, and her truth skill activated.

• Zhou Heng watched Bi Tianming land on 1 and revert to fruit form as Su Longevity·4 drew closer.
• Neither Rain Nor Blood emerged from a fruit and asked Zhou Heng whether rain should exist in the world.
• Following Fate Hint, Zhou Heng answered that rain was the blood of the dead returning to heaven and earth, resisting her movement-speed penalty.
• Zhou Heng told Neither Rain Nor Blood she was unworthy of the Sixth Chosen One title, though her choice was both right and wrong, and she accepted his answer.
• Neither Rain Nor Blood revealed she had guided Su Longevity to the ????????? Secret Realm and said her head could lead Zhou Heng to Between Heaven and Earth.
• Su Longevity·4 nearly entered the year 02000 space-time, and Xiaoyue opened her eyes and activated a powerful truth skill when Zhou Heng saw her fruit.

Zhou Heng entered Xiaoyue's illusory Star City to find the Compassionate Waltz and gather Virus Source Species, while Su Longevity·4 watched his progress. He chose to reveal his Magnificence Epic Path rather than risk a future Reincarnation calamity, prompting Su Longevity·4 to order the resources he needed cut off.

• Zhou Heng entered Waltz of Xiaoyue Star City (Illusory), where Fate guided him to seek the Compassionate Waltz and gather 400 billion Self-Containment Virus Source Species.
• Zhou Heng killed the nine-petal Longevity-Cursed Species lining the moonlit path and purified them until he had enough Virus Source Species to refine his fourth attribute-free Epic Path.
• Fate presented Zhou Heng with two choices: conceal his Transcendence and risk a future Reincarnation calamity, or reveal his Magnificence Path and rely on his Clone Data to offset lost resources.
• Zhou Heng chose to reveal his path and summoned the Endless Book · Magnificence Path · Epic to begin constructing his fourth attribute-free Epic Path.
• Su Longevity·4 recognized Zhou Heng's path and sent an Encrypted Black Aura to the Sage Council Court, ordering it to prevent Zhou Heng from obtaining more Virus Source Species.

Zhou Heng used the Endless Book · Magnificence Path · Epic and self-contained Virus Source Species to raise his level to 5000 and complete his fourth Epic Path, but Su Longevity·4 had withdrawn the Longevity-Cursed Species. He followed the branch revealed by playing the Great Xia March and reached a mysterious woman who asked him to play the Compassionate Dance Melody as she danced.

• Zhou Heng used self-contained Virus Source Species to build his fourth Epic Path, raising his level from 4001 to 5000.
• Zhou Heng returned to the Waltz of Xiaoyue Star City and found that Su Longevity·4 had removed the nine-petaled Butlers and Maids, revealing three branching paths.
• Zhou Heng played the Great Xia March at the junction, and the path on his right became brighter and filled with dancing couples.
• Zhou Heng followed the bright path, noticed a mysterious woman seated on a lavish throne among the couples, and reached her at the path's end.
• The woman asked Zhou Heng to play the Compassionate Dance Melody, and he agreed while admitting he could not dance it.
• The woman rose from her throne and began to dance as Zhou Heng prepared to play the Elegant Compassionate Flute.

Zhou Heng received the eldest princess of the Vast Star Nation’s radiance and transformed his flute into the Elegant Compassionate Sea of Stars Flute, gaining powerful abilities and a way to remove Thought Seals. The Third Chosen One, Xiaoyue, then appeared and stripped Zhou Heng of his Wind God's Throne Divine Truth as she challenged him to prove himself worthy of facing the Tree Lord.

• Zhou Heng played the Compassionate Dance Melody while the eldest princess of the Vast Star Nation danced, and she praised the depths within his heart before telling him to follow his conscience.
• The eldest princess transferred her radiance into Zhou Heng’s flute, transforming it into the Elegant Compassionate Sea of Stars Flute.
• Zhou Heng learned that the flute could weaken enemies by 5,000 levels and that its Compassionate Waltz could remove Thought Seals.
• Xiaoyue appeared as Su Longevity·4’s fruit and challenged Zhou Heng to defeat her before he could challenge the Tree Lord.
• Xiaoyue’s abilities stripped Zhou Heng of his Wind God's Throne Divine Truth and temporarily converted it into a class belonging to her.

Zhou Heng resisted the Third Chosen One, Xiaoyue's attacks and forced her to retreat after revealing his immense health. Fate Hint then revealed how he could challenge Su Longevity·4, and Zhou Heng charged at him with the Sakast Imperial Sword.

• Xiaoyue stripped or sealed Zhou Heng's Divine Truth classes and attempted to weaken him with a barrage of debuffs, but the Vast Civilization Kindling blocked most of them.
• Zhou Heng played the Elegant and Compassionate Starry Sky Flute and used Noble and Merciful Gentleness to reduce Xiaoyue's level by 5,000.
• Xiaoyue struck Zhou Heng with her celestial body, but her 1,000-trillion damage attack lowered his health by only ten percent.
• Su Longevity·4 ordered Xiaoyue to retreat, and Zhou Heng returned to the time and space node of Online Game Era Year 02000.
• Fate Hint instructed Zhou Heng to attack Su Longevity·4 while he was partly within that space-time and harvest his remaining nine petals of Longevity-Cursed Species, so Zhou Heng raised the Sakast Imperial Sword and charged.

Zhou Heng’s attacks failed to harm Su Longevity·4, who dragged him into Longevity Heaven and Earth and activated a new skill set. The duel became a public colosseum match, where the spectators mostly backed Su Longevity·4 as the battle was about to begin.

• Zhou Heng struck Su Longevity·4 over three hundred million times, but the opponent’s health did not decrease.
• Su Longevity·4 unleashed Longevity Heaven and Earth, pulling Zhou Heng into its domain and accelerating the loss of his lifespan.
• Following Fate Hint, Zhou Heng used Heaven and Earth's Space-Time to stabilize the domain, then killed himself once with the Sakast Imperial Sword to counter the age increase.
• Su Longevity·4 activated Longevity's Colosseum and invited the players and NPCs of Online Game Year 02000 to watch and bet on the duel.
• After reading the colosseum’s descriptions, the spectators favored Su Longevity·4, and the betting ratio settled at 20% for Zhou Heng and 80% for Su Longevity·4.

Zhou Heng used the Elegant and Compassionate Starry Sky Flute to reduce Su Longevity·4 to level 1, but Su Longevity·4 countered with the truth skill Court of Authority and restored his power. As Su Longevity·4’s roots pursued Zhou Heng, he recognized the Abyss System Panel and suspected Zhou Heng was attempting to become a god.

• Naren Sakaste and Su Longevity·3 watched the contestants’ information, and Naren Sakaste chose Su Longevity·4.
• The audience’s bets reduced Zhou Heng’s attributes, attack speed, movement speed, and skill damage by 80%.
• Zhou Heng played the Elegant and Compassionate Starry Sky Flute, and its effects reduced Su Longevity·4 to level 1.
• Su Longevity·4 activated Court of Authority, overturned the flute’s effects, and restored his attributes to their peak.
• Su Longevity·4 sent roots after Zhou Heng, who switched to the Abyss System Panel and tried to evade them.
• Su Longevity·4 recognized the Abyss System Panel and suspected Zhou Heng intended to use Divine Truth to transcend into a god.

Zhou Heng faced Su Longevity·4 as the enemy prepared to stall until he could fully enter Online Game Era Year 02000. Fate Hint revealed a plan for Zhou Heng to exploit the timing and overpower him, and Zhou Heng began counting down while pretending to fight.

• Naren Sakaste recognized Zhou Heng's immense negative experience as Zhou Heng displayed his Abyss System panel.
• Su Longevity·4 decided to use Ten-Petal Lotus to create ten-petal Reincarnation Trees and other beings that could prevent Zhou Heng from benefiting from their deaths.
• Zhou Heng appraised the newly created Reincarnation Trees and discovered their attributes and safeguards were tailored to counter him.
• Fate Hint instructed Zhou Heng to transform the ten-petal beings, swallow them, seize attributes from Longevity-Cursed Species, and suplex Su Longevity·4 beyond Sakast's starry skies.
• Zhou Heng accepted that he could not defeat Su Longevity·4 head-on and began silently counting down while holding the Sakast Imperial Sword (Lifespan).

Zhou Heng fought off Su Longevity·4’s puppets while waiting for the future entity to push further into Online Game Era Year 02000. Su Longevity·4 realized Zhou Heng was likely preparing to strike when space-time shook again, and both sides awaited the moment.

• Zhou Heng slashed the Reincarnation Tree · Puppet but struggled to kill it despite dealing enormous damage as the Butlers and Maids joined the attack.
• Naren Sakaste questioned whether Su Longevity·4 could defeat Zhou Heng, while Su Longevity·3 remained wary of Zhou Heng’s unrevealed abilities.
• Players and NPCs debated the battle as Zhou Heng noticed Su Longevity·4’s summoned fruits could not reappear until they regained their strength.
• Zhou Heng realized Su Longevity·4 could not harm him before entering the region fully, leaving him in control of the remaining 50 seconds.
• Su Longevity·4 recognized that Zhou Heng was likely waiting to attack when the next space-time tremor allowed more of his body to enter, and prepared for the moment.

Zhou Heng used the Light of the Heart to turn some of Su Longevity·4’s ten-petal longevity-cursed species into nine-petal ones, then consumed them to strengthen the truth of longevity. As Su Longevity·4 tried to escape and Su Longevity·3 and Naren Sakaste entered the battle, a nine-petaled golden lotus bloomed between Zhou Heng’s brows.

• Zhou Heng and Su Longevity·4 silently counted down while preparing their attacks, as Naren Sakaste and Su Longevity·3 watched from outside the Colosseum.
• At the final second, Zhou Heng used the Light of the Heart to modify the longevity-cursed species, then expanded with the Light of the Body and swallowed them.
• The virus source species began devouring the nine-petal species but tried to flee when it realized the others were allowing it to grow; Su Longevity·decay dragged it back and forced it to keep eating.
• Zhou Heng swallowed 3.7 billion species, including 100 million modified into nine-petal ones, while Su Longevity·4 ordered the remaining 100 billion to attack and begged Su Longevity·3 for help.
• Su Longevity·3 attacked Naren Sakaste and reached toward Zhou Heng, but Naren Sakaste evaded him and charged into the Colosseum as Su Longevity·3 tried to force Su Longevity·4 out of that space-time.
• After Zhou Heng continued consuming virus source species, the golden lotus between his brows bloomed into nine petals.

Zhou Heng deciphered the truth of longevity and constructed the preliminary Longevity Epic Path, uncovering achievements that set him against π Longevity. He chose the hidden Annihilation of Longevity achievement and activated Asphyxiation against Su Longevity·4.

• Zhou Heng obtained the Longevity (illusory) (truth) (prototype) skill after deciphering the truth from 100 million Nine-Petal Longevity-Cursed Species.
• Zhou Heng used the Endless Book · Magnificence Path · Epic to begin constructing the Longevity Epic Path.
• Zhou Heng completed the path’s preliminary construction and received four Finalization achievements along with the hidden Annihilation of Longevity achievement.
• Zhou Heng chose to become an enemy of π Longevity and targeted the trembling Su Longevity·4.
• Zhou Heng activated Asphyxiation (illusory) (truth) (prototype).

Zhou Heng borrowed the power of the ten-petaled Longevity-Cursed Species to reach overwhelming Health and used “Fierce Attack! Fierce Attack! Fierce Attack!” to withstand Su Longevity·4’s attacks. He charged toward the edge of Sakast with Su Longevity·4, while Su Longevity·3 warned the Sage Council Court that Su Longevity·4’s death could expose the hidden Heaven and Earth · Sword Fragments.

• Zhou Heng drained power from the ten-petaled Longevity-Cursed Species and raised his Health to 3000eeee.
• Su Longevity·4 sensed the danger of “Fierce Attack! Fierce Attack! Fierce Attack!” and attacked Zhou Heng while trying to escape.
• Zhou Heng activated the item, endured Su Longevity·4’s attacks with his 30weeee Health recovery per second, and charged at him through space-time.
• Su Longevity·3 realized Zhou Heng was trying to drive Su Longevity·4 out of Sakast, where the Abyss Giant Whale would devour him.
• Su Longevity·3 withdrew from Online Game Era Year 02000 and sent the Sage Council Court a warning about the consequences of Su Longevity·4’s death.

The Sage Council Court scrambled to stop Zhou Heng as he broke through space-time toward the outside of Sakast, but interference prevented it from activating Soaring Rooftop · South Palace. As the Longevity Nine Venerables and Vast Star Nation Councilor moved to pursue their own plans, Third Longevity Curse Species Bard departed without accepting her offer.

• The Sage Council Court learned that Zhou Heng was charging through space-time toward a point outside Sakast, but Vast Star Capital City Lord Capital interfered with its attempts to contact Soaring Rooftop · South Palace.
• Su Longevity ignored the Sage Giant Brain’s message while suppressing Blue Star Federal Leader · Blue Sky, and the other Su Longevity declared himself the Lord of Time and Space.
• The Sage Giant Brain drained the lifespans of the Longevity-Cursed Species in the Sage Council Court, then headed for the Fated Black River and informed the surviving Longevity Nine Venerables.
• First Longevity Curse Species Heng arrived at Soaring Rooftop · East Palace and told Fifth Longevity Curse Species Revival to leave its defense to him and obtain Soaring Rooftop · South Palace.
• Vast Star Nation Councilor asked Third Longevity Curse Species Bard to help obtain Bosaeruite Starlight Trees and Rikanbode Starlight Trees, offering him an ancient Vast Star Nation Skill Set in return.
• Third Longevity Curse Species Bard asked whether his life weighed more than Mount Tai, then rode his Plum Blossom Deer into the light and vanished.