Chapter Summaries

Zhou Heng arrived on Future as its citizens evacuated ahead of a divine war between the Galactic Federation and the Hall of Truth. Ancient and Modern Heaven revealed the battle above the planet and asked whether they could defeat the Eternity Species and the Boundless Court, leaving Zhou Heng to consider his answer as Fate Hint appeared.

• Alarms ordered citizens on Future to evacuate to shelters as the Hall of Truth's Nine Great Truths approached.
• Zhou Heng met a little girl and picked her up as chains appeared in the sky, but a voice changed the afternoon into night and dispelled them.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven introduced herself, sent the little girl safely toward a shelter, and made the sky transparent for Zhou Heng.
• Zhou Heng saw Galaxy Heaven and the Galactic Federation's Sea of Stars Lords facing the Hall of Truth's Nine Great Truths, led by Mirror.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven asked Zhou Heng whether they could defeat the Eternity Species and the Boundless Court, and Fate Hint appeared as he considered his reply.

Zhou Heng tried to give Ancient and Modern Heaven a reason to believe in victory against the Eternity Species, then began teaching the technology of the Vast Star Nation above Future. Ancient and Modern Heaven remained uncertain, but the Lotus Petal in the depths of her eyes flickered as she wondered whether she could trust him.

• Zhou Heng learned through Fate Hint that Ancient and Modern Heaven was an Eternity Species and a test subject in the Galactic Federation’s effort to counter Eternity.
• Zhou Heng told Ancient and Modern Heaven that humanity had never truly failed and declared, “While I stand, Eternity will surely fall.”
• Zhou Heng teleported above Future’s Central Square and began imparting the Vast Star Nation’s technology to the people below.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven reconsidered Zhou Heng and wondered whether she could believe in him as the Lotus Petal in her eyes briefly flickered.

Zhou Heng used Gift of Knowledge on Future, prompting Ancient and Modern Night to order the entire Ancient and Modern Star Nation to hear his teachings. After Inspector Galaxy Heaven stopped the Eternity Species from reaching Zhou Heng, Collapse granted Azure Sky temporary Sea of Stars Lord Authority and ordered it to bring Zhou Heng back.

• Star Truth · Fervor and the other Nine Great Truths of Reality realized Zhou Heng could use Gift of Knowledge and might obtain a Truth Transcendence Scroll.
• Ancient and Modern Night ordered all Ancient and Modern Citizens to set aside their work and listen to Zhou Heng impart knowledge and resolve doubts.
• Mirror, Army Lord of the Eternity Sacred Army, tried to suppress Zhou Heng, but the Old Woman swallowed the three-colored mist Mirror released.
• Mirror and the other Eternity Species rushed toward Zhou Heng, but Inspector Galaxy Heaven caught them in his palm and forced them to retreat beyond the Milky Way.
• Mirror sent intelligence back to Boundless Endless, and Collapse granted Azure Sky temporary Sea of Stars Lord Authority and ordered it to bring Zhou Heng back.

Ten-Thousand-Hearted Ancient Tree · Azure Sky transcended into a Sea of Stars Lord and attacked the Milky Way Galaxy, while the Galactic Federation's Galactic Master accelerated time to protect the Ancient and Modern Song Festival. Ancient and Modern Heaven began the festival before attacking Zhou Heng, and Azure Sky called on Void to counterattack.

• Ten-Thousand-Hearted Ancient Tree · Azure Sky reached level 90,000,001, entered the Real Universe illegally, and battered open the doors guarded by the Galactic Federation's Galactic Master.
• The Galactic Federation's Galactic Master grew to a galaxy-spanning size and accelerated time so Zhou Heng could begin the Ancient and Modern Song Festival before Azure Sky struck him down.
• Azure Sky spread leaves that distorted the minds of people across the Milky Way Galaxy, but Ancient and Modern Heaven's voice restored their senses.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven emerged from Future and began the festival, then her Crystal-Colored Lotus Petal took control and she attacked Zhou Heng, who used the Universe Login Origin Point to cut away the regions of space containing the attacks.
• Ten-Thousand-Hearted Ancient Tree · Azure Sky recognized that the apparent conflict was a smokescreen to help the festival proceed, then called on Void to counterattack.

Ancient and Modern Heaven briefly resisted eternity’s corruption and insisted that her mission was not complete, even as the Galactic Federation’s Galactic Master prepared to take over. Lord of Compassion froze everyone and declared that the Ancient and Modern Song Festival would begin, leaving the outcome of the game undecided as it turned its gaze toward Zhou Heng.

• Ancient and Modern Heaven relived memories of her life and Zhou Heng’s words, briefly resisting eternity’s erosion in the Mind Corridor.
• The Galactic Federation’s Galactic Master comforted Ancient and Modern Heaven and offered to take over, but Ancient and Modern Heaven said she still had a mission to complete.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven rose from the soul Throne and faced Ten-Thousand-Hearted Ancient Tree · Azure Sky, who activated Virus Source Species · Compassion.
• Lord of Compassion appeared through Virus Source Species · Compassion, immobilized everyone, and said it was too late to stop what was coming.
• Lord of Compassion declared that the Ancient and Modern Song Festival would begin and looked toward Zhou Heng on the Ancient and Modern Star Nation’s Imperial Capital Star.

Zhou Heng joined Ancient and Modern Heaven’s Song Festival, where the spectators’ starlight formed a phantom of the Lord of the Real Universe. In Ancient and Modern Heaven’s Mind Corridor, Lord of Compassion revealed that the Lord of the Real Universe had constrained it, then activated Compassion’s Reversal and turned its palm downward.

• Ancient and Modern Heaven began the Song Festival, and Zhou Heng’s Special-Grade Ticket pulled him close to the performance.
• The spectators’ starlight formed a phantom of the Lord of the Real Universe, and Zhou Heng accompanied Ancient and Modern Heaven with his flute.
• Lord of Compassion revealed that the Lord of the Real Universe had been watching it since it entered the Real Universe, forcing it to redirect the battle toward Zhou Heng.
• Lord of Compassion declared that it would add stakes to its game with the Lord of the Real Universe and activated Compassion’s Reversal.

Zhou Heng entered the special world Galaxy Years, where the Master of the Universe assigned him quests tied to the Milky Way Galaxy and the Eleven Rings. Fate Hint revealed that he was trapped in a scheme and instructed him to spend a hundred years upgrading the meteorite beneath him, then summon and kill Ancient and Modern Heaven.

• Zhou Heng and the other festival spectators were pulled through darkness and inversion, passing the Lord of the Real Universe and other powerful beings before entering Galaxy Years.
• Zhou Heng found himself on a drifting meteorite and saw eleven lines of light spanning the edge of his vision.
• The Master of the Universe gave Zhou Heng quests to gather Milky Way Galaxy Authority fragments, defeat the Eleven Rings, and claim Galaxy Years' World Heart.
• Zhou Heng noticed that his upgrade requirement had risen to 37010 and considered using his upgrade power to increase his strength.
• Fate Hint warned that using a Divine Skill or obtaining authority fragments would leave Zhou Heng trapped under the Eternity Species' watch, and told him to invest his upgrade power in the meteorite for a hundred years.
• Fate Hint directed Zhou Heng to steer the meteorite, carve the name Ancient and Modern Heaven into it, summon and kill Ancient and Modern Heaven, then enter the Eleven Rings and begin the Special Quest.

Zhou Heng spent his upgrade points enlarging a meteorite until it became an asteroid, finally gaining a connection that let him steer it. As it began moving through space, Zhou Heng realized planetary-rank matter could match his Star God rank.

• Zhou Heng poured upgrade points into the meteorite, evolving it through increasingly larger forms, but could not control its direction.
• People in the Ancient and Modern Star Nation studied the Vast Star Nation technology Zhou Heng had taught them, generating upgrade points for him.
• After a year, Zhou Heng used his accumulated points to evolve the meteorite into a Super-Giant Meteorite and then a Planet-like Meteorite.
• Zhou Heng spent his remaining points to evolve the Planet-like Meteorite into an asteroid and sensed a connection with it.
• Zhou Heng realized that only planetary-rank matter could match a Star God, then looked toward a direction and made the asteroid begin moving.

A Star God completed a Special Living Being Quest and obtained a Milky Way Galaxy Authority Fragment, while the Eternity Species watched the Galaxy Years trial and failed to find Zhou Heng. As decades passed without Zhou Heng appearing, their growing unease suggested that whatever he was planning might threaten them.

• A handsome Star God beheaded a woman, completed the quest "The Hidden Decision," and obtained a Milky Way Galaxy Authority Fragment.
• The Hall of Truth's Nine Great Truths and Mirror searched the Galaxy Years trial for Zhou Heng but could not find him among the Star Gods who had obtained fragments.
• Zhou Heng remained hidden on his upgraded asteroid and continued following Fate Hint, while other Star Gods completed quests and claimed fragments.
• After twenty years without finding Zhou Heng, Star Truth · Fervor began to feel uneasy, and the Eternity Species increasingly suspected he might be waiting for them to act.
• By the seventieth year, the Nine Great Truths considered whether Zhou Heng's quest was exceptionally difficult or whether he understood the trial's mechanics and was deliberately staying out of sight.
• In the eightieth year, Mirror searched the trial and also felt unease, realizing that Zhou Heng might be preparing a threat to them.

Zhou Heng encountered a chained woman who resembled Galactic Master · Starlight, but ignored her and continued counting down the years in Galaxy Years. The woman used her saliva to create copies of herself, gathered intelligence about the Milky Way Galaxy, and began a scheme to escape her seal by turning Zhou Heng and the Star Gods into nourishment.

• With twenty years remaining on Fate Hint’s countdown, Zhou Heng saw a chained woman in the starry expanse who looked like the woman at the front of the battle against the Army Lord of the Eternity Sacred Army.
• The woman pleaded and raged at Zhou Heng, then spat strange green-and-pink liquid onto his asteroid as he passed beneath her arm; Zhou Heng ignored her and traveled onward.
• After Zhou Heng left, the woman spat out copies of herself, gave them starlit eyes, and sent them into Galaxy Years to gather information while impersonating Galactic Master · Starlight.
• By the eighty-first year, the copies had used their false status to learn about the Galactic Federation, while the strange liquid continued corroding Zhou Heng’s asteroid.
• By the eighty-second year, the woman had learned that the Eternity Species were invading and that a powerful Eternity Species was observing Galaxy Years, and she decided to use that power to harvest the Star Gods and break her seal.
• The woman recalled her copies and transformed them into Zhou Heng within the mist hidden from the Eternity Species, intending to make Zhou Heng her nourishment and return to the Galactic Federation.

Galactic Master "Starlight" arranged for her reversed self to send false Zhou Hengs into view, hoping to help the real Zhou Heng survive the Eternity Species. The plan drew the Nine Great Truths into action, but the Lord of Compassion seized Starlight’s reversed self and discovered the trail leading to Zhou Heng.

• Galactic Master "Starlight" said she had influenced her reversed self to help Zhou Heng withstand deadly threats, then returned to the Black-and-White Gate to protect the Milky Way Galaxy.
• In the eighty-fifth year of Zhou Heng’s flight, Starlight’s reversed self sent a false Zhou Heng out of the mists, and "Star Truth · Fervor" killed him along with a female Star God.
• More false Zhou Hengs appeared and were killed by members of the Eternity Species, prompting the Nine Great Truths of the Hall of Truth to wonder what Zhou Heng was planning.
• The Nine Great Truths began slaughtering every Zhou Heng they could find, and the Lord of Compassion seized Starlight’s chain-bound reversed self.
• The Lord of Compassion recognized the false Zhou Heng as a transformation of concepts and followed the reversed self’s bond toward the real Zhou Heng.

Galactic Master Starlight’s hidden plan briefly delayed Lord of Compassion, but Zhou Heng remained trapped in Galaxy Years as the countdown neared its end. When Lord of Compassion moved to kill him, Ancient and Modern Heaven appeared to intervene using Milky Way Galaxy Authority.

• Galactic Master Starlight’s saliva transformed into a monster that attacked Lord of Compassion, revealing her plan to use the eternity source species that had eroded her as a fallback.
• Lord of Compassion captured Galactic Master Starlight’s reverse side, while Zhou Heng waited and watched the years pass inside Galaxy Years.
• The reverse side realized Starlight had manipulated her into acting as a pawn and swore revenge, though nobody could hear her.
• In the ninety-ninth year, Lord of Compassion absorbed the love and lifespan virus source species and sensed compassion nearing planetary rank within Ancient and Modern Heaven.
• Lord of Compassion found Zhou Heng still seated on his asteroid, but Ancient and Modern Heaven emerged from the compassion source species and blocked its reach with a portion of Milky Way Galaxy Authority.

Zhou Heng used his accumulated upgrade points to turn an asteroid into a planet and summon Ancient and Modern Heaven, then killed her to free her from the virus source species. Revived and restored to herself, Ancient and Modern Heaven carried Zhou Heng toward the Eleventh Ring as the Virus Source Species · Compassion began exerting its power.

• Zhou Heng spent his upgrade points to evolve an asteroid into a large planet and carved the name Ancient and Modern Heaven into it.
• The inscription summoned Ancient and Modern Heaven, and Lord of Compassion recognized the event as a plan by the Master of the Universe and ordered the Eternity Species to prepare for battle.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven asked Zhou Heng to kill her, and he used the Universe Login Origin Point to remove her heart through spatial cutting.
• After Zhou Heng held her heart for ten seconds, Ancient and Modern Heaven revived and said he had succeeded in giving them a new future.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven grew large enough to carry the planet and Zhou Heng toward the Eleventh Ring as Virus Source Species · Compassion began using its power.

Zhou Heng ascended through the Eleventh and Tenth Rings, killing the Hall of Truth’s defenders with an unseen power while Virus Source Species · Compassion continued to erode him. He reached the Ninth Ring and continued upward, leaving the remaining Nine Great Truths to recognize that the true threats were still ahead.

• Ancient and Modern Heaven carried Zhou Heng into the Eleventh Ring as Virus Erosion and Virus Resistance rose to 5%.
• Zhou Heng killed Star Truth · Fervor before he could use Eternity's Star Wind, then continued toward the Tenth Ring.
• Truth of Speech · Yan Bi failed to affect Zhou Heng with Revelation of Truthful Words and was killed as Zhou Heng advanced.
• At the Ninth Ring, Zhou Heng killed Gaze Truth · Smooth Sailing after he activated Judgment of the Gaze.
• The remaining members of the Hall of Truth’s Nine Great Truths acknowledged Zhou Heng’s strength, while he stayed silent and continued toward the Eternity Sacred Army and Lord of Compassion.

Zhou Heng overcame the Eternity Sacred Army’s Army Lord "Mirror" and entered the First Ring, where the Thousand-Heart Ancient Trees pushed his Virus Erosion past 10%. The connection to "Beauty Star Nation" siphoned away part of the Virus Source Species · Compassion, unsettling the Lord of Compassion as it prepared to strike him.

• The Eternity Sacred Army’s Army Lord "Mirror" failed to replicate Zhou Heng’s space-cutting power and weakened him with its conceptual talent, driving his Virus Resistance to zero.
• Zhou Heng’s Virus Erosion began rising, but he reached "Mirror" and destroyed it before charging toward the First Ring.
• The Thousand-Heart Ancient Trees used their skills to stir Zhou Heng’s memories and draw him toward his roots, while the black liquid eroded his eyes and pushed his Virus Erosion past 10%.
• Zhou Heng opened "Beauty Star Nation," whose siphoning force pulled a tiny portion of the Virus Source Species · Compassion out of him before it could probe his soul.
• The Lord of Compassion, unsettled by the loss and the interruption of its probing, decided to attack Zhou Heng and projected a minute drop of Virus Source Species · Compassion.

Zhou Heng absorbed the Lord of Compassion and its remaining black liquid, while the Ten-Thousand-Hearted Ancient Tree · Azure Sky was destroyed. He gained control of a trace of Virus Source Species · Compassion and recovered the Boundless Endless Transcendence Exemption · Tears of the Heart.

• Lord of Compassion · ...%￥%...￥ · (^▽^) · (•́へ•́╬) · Alas... touched Zhou Heng's brow to analyze him, but was pulled into Beauty Star Nation by the force between his brows.
• A magnificent figure spanning more than ten thousand light-years appeared in the First Ring, and the Lord of Compassion recognized that its plan had been outmaneuvered before vanishing into Zhou Heng.
• Ten-Thousand-Hearted Ancient Tree · Azure Sky charged toward the black liquid, but spatial distortion tore apart the region occupied by its trunks and destroyed it.
• Ancient and Modern Heaven carried Zhou Heng toward the figure as Beauty Star Nation drained the Virus Source Species · Compassion from him.
• Zhou Heng took the black liquid, resisted its erosion, and gained control of a trace of Virus Source Species · Compassion.
• Zhou Heng removed the black coating from the object in his hand and found the Boundless Endless Transcendence Exemption · Tears of the Heart.

Zhou Heng followed Fate Hint’s guidance to claim the Milky Way Galaxy’s Sole Authority and face Purity, Lord of the Cosmic Alliance. After clearing all three trials and sitting on the Lord of the Galaxy Star Seat, he was officially appointed Lord of the Galaxy.

• Fate Hint guided Zhou Heng through a special mission to gain the Milky Way Galaxy’s authority and conceal the Ancient and Modern Star Nation.
• Zhou Heng began the mission and cleared the Ancient Years Trial, Will Beyond the Ages, and Living Beings Wandering the Starry Sky, gaining all three portions of the authority.
• Zhou Heng met Purity, Lord of the Cosmic Alliance, and asserted that they were equals as living beings born of the Real Universe.
• Purity recognized Zhou Heng’s right to wield the Universe Login Origin Point and granted him the Milky Way Galaxy Authority.
• Zhou Heng sat upon the Lord of the Galaxy Star Seat, and Purity declared him Lord of the Galaxy.

Zhou Heng officially became Galactic Master, gaining authority to survey the Milky Way Galaxy and meeting Galactic Master Starlight at the Black-and-White Gate. Starlight warned him about the Eternity Species' corruption and told him to grow stronger in Boundless Endless before exploring the Real Universe's regions again.

• Natalc Lin recalled that someone in his nation had once ordered Zhou Heng eliminated, and Self-Destruction accepted his edict to die in service at the battlefront of Boundless Endless.
• Across the Milky Way Galaxy, Star Gods and leaders welcomed Zhou Heng as Galactic Master while his figure emerged from Galaxy Years.
• Zhou Heng gained the Galactic Master's authority and surveyed the Milky Way, including Galactic Master Starlight and the Black-and-White Gate.
• Zhou Heng went to the Black-and-White Gate and greeted Galactic Master Starlight, who explained that the gate was tied to the Eternity Species' erosion of the Real Universe.
• Galactic Master Starlight told Zhou Heng he was too weak to take over guarding the gate and urged him to grow in Boundless Endless before exploring the Real Universe again.

Zhou Heng removed the Ancient and Modern Star Nation from the Real Universe and prepared to enter Boundless Endless. As he approached the gate, voices and strange black-and-white gates surrounded him, and the Lord of Compassion questioned his timing before he stepped through.

• Zhou Heng asked Ancient and Modern Night to lend him the Ancient and Modern Star Nation, then cut it out of the Milky Way Galaxy and took it away.
• Zhou Heng began logging into Boundless Endless, causing black-and-white gates to appear around its entrance as voices echoed from within them.
• A huge gate opened, and the Lord of Compassion appeared and asked Zhou Heng whether he would enter Boundless Endless at that moment.
• Zhou Heng confirmed he would enter then and walked through the Boundless Endless gate.

After Zhou Heng entered the hidden Boundless Endless Hall, beings throughout Boundless Endless witnessed the unprecedented palace appear above them, alarming ancient powers and the Lord of Compassion. Guided to its center, Zhou Heng chose an upright seated posture to claim the hall’s power and the witness of its observers.

• Zhou Heng logged into Boundless Endless, found the Boundless Endless Hall, and accepted the offer to take residence despite its promised dangers.
• As Zhou Heng entered the hall, it appeared at a 45° angle above every living being in the Present World, drawing questions from ordinary beings and concern from Boundless Ancient Gods.
• Collapse wondered whether Zhou Heng’s talent had triggered the anomaly, while the Lord of Compassion regarded the hall with wariness and killing intent.
• Zhou Heng followed the hall’s guidance to its center, where he was instructed to assume a fitting posture and imagine Boundless Endless beneath him.
• Zhou Heng chose the Awakened One’s Seated Posture and sat upright at the center of the hall.