Chapter Summaries

Zhou Heng absorbed the sealed beings’ memories, causing his Virus Resistance to surge and the dark space to shatter. After divine projections drove back the Lord of Compassion, Zhou Heng regained consciousness floating on a black river.

• Zhou Heng absorbed the Virus Source Species memories as his Virus Resistance rose rapidly, and the boundless dark space shattered.
• The Lord of Compassion attacked Zhou Heng with colossal palms as he fell through the breaking darkness.
• Past, Present, and Future, the Mother of Family Affection, the Star-Patrolling Sea Lord, the Yōuyuǎn Star Lord, and other palace masters shielded Zhou Heng with their radiance.
• The Lord of the Boundless appeared and used a willow branch to push back the Lord of Compassion’s palms.
• Zhou Heng regained consciousness and discovered he was floating on a ceaselessly flowing black river.

Zhou Heng found himself in Black River Survival with his level and attributes reset and his skills sealed, though the Immortal God System remained available. After rescuing Su Shuangxue from the river, he sensed another drowning being beneath his log and reached down to save them.

• Zhou Heng grabbed a floating log and discovered that Black River Survival had reset his level and attributes and sealed nearly all his skills.
• Zhou Heng inspected his panels and noticed that his Epic Divine Energy Panel and Divine Energy Panel were beginning to merge.
• Zhou Heng assessed the darkness around him and prepared to use Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve to gather resources.
• Zhou Heng heard Su Shuangxue calling for help and pulled her from the Black River.
• Su Shuangxue introduced herself as a member of the Mature Sister Clan from the Gray-Red Star System, while Zhou Heng sensed another drowning being below the log and reached to rescue them.

Zhou Heng realized that Lord of Compassion was manipulating his kindness by sending beautiful women into the Black River, then broke the trap by using Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve to collect all nearby treasure chests. Lord of Compassion recognized that Zhou Heng could bypass the skill seals, though the reason remained unclear.

• Zhou Heng rescued three women of different races from the Black River and grew suspicious when he noticed he was acting against his usual caution.
• Lord of Compassion revealed that he had sent countless female beings toward Zhou Heng to exploit compassion and yin-yang complementarity.
• Lord of Compassion challenged Zhou Heng to resist the trap or sink into the Black River.
• After rescuing a sixth woman, Zhou Heng swept every unclaimed treasure chest within 1,000 light-years into Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve.
• Lord of Compassion realized Zhou Heng could use skills despite the sealing system and wondered whether this was tied to his status as the 101st anomaly.

After Zhou Heng swept up the treasure chests, the Lord of Compassion turned the Black River Survival game against him by offering enormous rewards for his death. As newly ascended species rushed to hunt Zhou Heng, a freckled woman on a white cloth saw the Lord of Compassion.

• The Mother of Family Affection, the Star-Patrolling Sea Lord, and the Yōuyuǎn Star Lord mocked the Lord of Compassion after Zhou Heng took the treasure chests.
• The Lord of Compassion commanded all beings to find and kill Zhou Heng, promising vast rewards to whoever succeeded.
• A Rift-Splitting Demon Wolf, a Soul-Devouring Shadow Wraith, and a Heaven-Burning Flame Demon each vowed to kill Zhou Heng and set out in search of him.
• A freckled woman sitting on a white cloth looked toward the Lord of Compassion, whose view was blocked by the Lord of the Boundless and the other palace masters.

The Supreme Three Heroes entered the Fated Black River to reach the sealed Twelfth Dimension and save the true Compassion, while Zhou Heng’s arrival gave them hope that fate could be changed. The Lord of Compassion revealed that he had only pretended to seek reconciliation: he had infected Goodness and Beauty and planned to use the breach to advance within the Boundless Court, after first dealing with Zhou Heng.

• Truth, Goodness, and Beauty searched the Fated Black River for Ci Shui and Bei Di as Compassion urged them to give up.
• Goodness and Beauty reached the Twelfth Dimension’s sealed boundary, where they sensed Ci Shui, Bei Di, and the separating Sea of Stars Lord status but could not enter.
• Goodness and Beauty reached deeper, tearing open the barrier between the Eleventh and Twelfth Dimensions and pulling their true bodies into the Twelfth Dimension.
• The Lord of Compassion revealed that he had infected the Supreme Three Heroes and intended to take the Boundless Court’s 100th Seat or gain a higher level of Compassion.
• The Lord of Compassion decided to dispose of Zhou Heng before changing his plans.

Lord of Compassion altered his plan as Goodness and Beauty entered the conflict in their true bodies, while Zhou Heng struggled against the power compelling him to rescue women on the Fated Black River. After opening hundreds of chests and upgrading his shelter, he found himself surrounded by a vast crowd of beautiful women, still determined to break free and take control.

• Lord of Compassion realized he had to control the situation before Goodness and Beauty regained their Sea of Stars Lord statuses, and relied on Eternity's Dark Moon and the Swallow Whole Microcosmic Manifestation Long River.
• Zhou Heng rescued another thirty-two women from the Black River and opened more than three hundred treasure chests, upgrading his log into a wooden cabin.
• Zhou Heng concluded that Lord of Compassion was behind the flood of rescues and tried to convert resources from Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve into Black River Survival resources.
• An unknown force repeatedly compelled Zhou Heng to rescue more people whenever he tried to resist or ignore it, while undercurrents let Lord of Compassion track him.
• Zhou Heng's cabin became a broad stone expanse packed with beautiful women, and he watched them without acting as his resolve grew colder.

Zhou Heng was overwhelmed by a swarm of Eternity Otherworldly Species while the Lord of Compassion’s power compelled him to keep rescuing beauties. He escaped beneath the Fated Black River, regained some control, and heard a mysterious whale call approaching.

• A gigantic wave of Eternity Otherworldly Species rushed toward Zhou Heng, drawn by the promise of becoming Sea of Stars Lord if they killed him.
• The wave smashed Zhou Heng’s stone island and swept away the beauties he had rescued, while the Lord of Compassion’s power compelled him to swim after them.
• Zhou Heng dove beneath the Fated Black River, where the beauties revealed their monstrous forms and tried to drag him back to the surface.
• Zhou Heng opened treasure chests underwater and used weapons to fend off his pursuers, while refusing to spend the free attribute points.
• Zhou Heng heard a deep whale call from far away, and something charged toward him through the river.

Zhou Heng escaped the Fated Black River on the Boundless Ancient Whale while the Lord of the Boundless and the other palace masters fought the enraged Lord of Compassion. Fate revealed that the apparent rescue was part of the Lord of Compassion’s staged deception and offered Zhou Heng a risky plan to survive.

• The Lord of Compassion attacked Zhou Heng with a colossal hand, and the Lord of the Boundless and the other palace masters blocked it with their powers.
• The Boundless Ancient Whale reached Zhou Heng, lifted him onto its head, and sped toward the depths of the Fated Black River.
• Fate warned Zhou Heng that the Lord of Compassion had become absolute evil and was using the Light of False Reality to deceive him.
• Fate advised Zhou Heng to follow the whale to the Lord of the Boundless’s Willow Leaf and use the White River Purifying Bottle upon it.
• Fate’s final hint told Zhou Heng to leap from the whale toward the way he came and activate Dance of Heaven and Earth’s Light to reach a Dimension Gap in the Twelfth Dimension.

Zhou Heng used weapons from treasure chests to hold off the pursuing Fierce Women while the Boundless Ancient Whale fought through Black Lifeforms and swam toward the boundary with the Twelfth Dimension. Meanwhile, the true Lord of Compassion trapped a battle inside a bubble of light and believed his power over True and False had secured victory, though the whale and Zhou Heng were nearing the boundary.

• Zhou Heng recalled notifications identifying a possible path to survival and memorized the White River Purifying Bottle, Boundless Dancer of the Sea of Stars, and Dance Light of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhou Heng rapidly opened treasure chests and threw weapons behind him, using their explosions to keep the Fierce Women at bay.
• The Boundless Ancient Whale fought off Black Lifeforms as it carried Zhou Heng deeper through the Fated Black River.
• Zhou Heng sensed the Twelfth Dimension's ancient aura as the whale neared the silver-thread boundary between it and the Fated Black River.
• The true Lord of Compassion watched a battle contained in a bubble of light and declared that the power of True and False, Real and Illusory had made victory his.

As Zhou Heng neared the boundary between the eleventh and twelfth dimensions, Lord of Compassion waited to trap him with the Light of True and False, Real and Illusory. Zhou Heng then looked directly toward Lord of Compassion’s hiding place and sent the White River Purifying Bottle toward the Boundless Lord’s willow leaf, leaving Lord of Compassion wondering what he had planned.

• Lord of Compassion prepared to use the Light of True and False, Real and Illusory to strip Zhou Heng of his power when he reached the Fated Black River’s deepest point.
• Zhou Heng rode the Boundless Ancient Whale through the black lifeforms’ attacks and reached the boundary between the eleventh and twelfth dimensions.
• Zhou Heng raised his head and looked precisely toward Lord of Compassion’s hidden location, then smiled.
• Zhou Heng produced the White River Purifying Bottle and gently blew it toward the willow leaf coordinates identified by Fate Hint.
• Lord of Compassion questioned whether Zhou Heng had seen through his concealment and suspected the bottle’s movement served a larger plan.

Zhou Heng used Dance of Heaven and Earth's Light to illuminate and cleanse the Fated Black River, reaching the hidden Transcendence Space-Time Dancer at the Twelfth Dimension. Their movements synchronized, alarming Lord of Compassion, who realized the False Reality Barrier was about to collapse.

• Zhou Heng leaped from the Boundless Ancient Whale toward the High-Dimensional Fault and activated Dance of Heaven and Earth's Light.
• Zhou Heng's nine-colored radiance tore through the darkness of the Fated Black River and erased the attacking Black Heterogeneous Lifeforms.
• Zhou Heng's light reached the hidden Transcendence Space-Time Dancer and awakened its dormant Dancer Core.
• The Transcendence Space-Time Dancer began matching Zhou Heng's movements, linking higher and lower dimensions across past and present.
• Lord of Compassion realized their synchronized dance would destroy the False Reality Barrier and reacted with furious disbelief.

Zhou Heng danced within the light bubble while Ancient Divine Heaven shielded him from the Lord of Compassion’s attacks. The Lord of Compassion’s desperate charge was knocked back, but he used the blow’s force to plunge into the bubble’s core.

• The Lord of Compassion unleashed a devastating attack at Zhou Heng, but Ancient Divine Heaven blocked it with a vast shield of roots.
• The Lord of Compassion raged at Zhou Heng’s ability to understand and reverse the light of True and False, Real and Illusory, and declared that he had not lost.
• The Lord of Compassion twisted into a monstrous form and charged at Ancient Divine Heaven.
• Ancient Divine Heaven struck the Lord of Compassion and hurled him backward.
• The Lord of Compassion used the impact to propel himself into the deepest reaches of the light bubble.

Zhou Heng entered the Twelfth Dimension, where he endured the realm’s psychic assault and surveyed its ruined landscape. In the Boundless Court, Chief Justice No Heart, No You, No Me, No Him, Her, It, or Deity noticed Zhou Heng’s arrival and reflected on the depths he had reached.

• Zhou Heng synchronized his Dance Light of Heaven and Earth with the Transcendence Space-Time Dancer and was drawn from the Eleventh Dimension into the Twelfth.
• Zhou Heng arrived in a shattered realm filled with spatial cracks, tangled causality, and the wails of corrupted beings.
• Zhou Heng’s powerful soul repelled the Twelfth Dimension’s psychic assault, and he began examining the realm.
• Chief Justice No Heart, No You, No Me, No Him, Her, It, or Deity watched Zhou Heng from the Boundless Court and remarked on his arrival in the Twelfth Dimension.
• Chief Justice No Heart, No You, No Me, No Him, Her, It, or Deity noted that the Deep Layer Space-Time beyond it remained difficult for the court to control.

The Chief Justice forced the Fated Black Rivers of the Eleventh and Twelfth Dimensions together, sending Zhou Heng into a hidden space where he lost consciousness. He washed ashore in a tranquil world, where Ci Shui found him alive and carried him from the water.

• The Chief Justice amplified the Eleventh Dimension’s Fated Black River and summoned the Twelfth Dimension’s river, then sent giant whales to break their boundary and make them converge.
• The Chief Justice declared the collision a new trial for Zhou Heng and said survival would qualify him to stand alongside the Sea of Stars Lords.
• The converging rivers swept Zhou Heng into a concealed space, where the dimensional violence left him unconscious.
• Zhou Heng washed ashore in a peaceful world, and Ci Shui approached while struggling between his identities as Ci Shui and Bei Di.
• Ci Shui found Zhou Heng alive, dragged him from the shallows, and carried him on his back.

After a dimensional collision knocked Zhou Heng unconscious, he awoke in a peaceful village made of water and crystal. A boy named Ci Shui told him the village was Cold Water Village and that its chief had identified him as a rare member of the human race, leaving Zhou Heng curious about the unfamiliar term.

• Zhou Heng recovered from his dimensional journey and woke in a wooden hut, remembering how the collision between the eleventh and twelfth dimensions had sent him drifting away.
• Zhou Heng left the hut and discovered a tranquil village beside a vast, crystal-clear river.
• Ci Shui told Zhou Heng that he and his friends had found him floating in the shallows and carried him to Cold Water Village.
• Ci Shui said the Village Chief Sister had called Zhou Heng a rare member of the human race.
• Zhou Heng asked Ci Shui why he said human race instead of human kind, and Ci Shui looked confused.

After recovering in Cold Water Village, Zhou Heng met its chief, Han Qingshui, and explained how he had been swept there while crossing a dimensional rift. Once Ci Shui left the courtyard, Han Qingshui revealed that Zhou Heng’s arrival had caused memories that should never have belonged to her to appear in her mind.

• Han Qingshui introduced herself as the chief of Cold Water Village and offered Zhou Heng Purewater Spirit Fruits.
• Zhou Heng told Han Qingshui that a upheaval in space-time had swept him into the collision of two great rivers.
• Han Qingshui reacted with sorrow when Zhou Heng described crossing dimensions and the rivers’ collision.
• Han Qingshui sent Ci Shui to fetch water for Zhou Heng, and the boy hurried off toward the river.
• After Ci Shui disappeared, Han Qingshui asked Zhou Heng what he thought of their world and said that his arrival had brought inexplicable memories into her mind.

Han Qingshui told Zhou Heng that Ci Shui’s absolute Compassion would lead him to release a murderous criminal, bringing about the Water-Bearing Race’s destruction and turning him into the Lord of Compassion. She pleaded with Zhou Heng to change Ci Shui’s fate, and Zhou Heng watched the young man by the river in silence.

• Han Qingshui explained that the Master of All Beings would begin the All Beings trial and that Ci Shui had awakened the supreme power of Compassion.
• Han Qingshui recounted how Ci Shui’s indiscriminate compassion brought prosperity to the Water-Bearing Race and made him revered by neighboring races.
• During a great upheaval, Ci Shui released a notorious criminal because he believed everyone deserved forgiveness.
• The criminal brought a terrible calamity that wiped out the Water-Bearing Race, leaving Ci Shui alone amid the ruins.
• Han Qingshui begged Zhou Heng to save Ci Shui, and Zhou Heng silently watched the youth drawing water by the river.

Zhou Heng promised Han Qingshui he would do what he could to help the Water-Bearing Race, then learned through Fate's hints that Yixuxi was secretly hiding in Ci Shui's soul. The hints revealed that Zhou Heng could only save Ci Shui by finding Truth, Goodness, and Beauty after the boy gained Compassion, and Zhou Heng quietly acknowledged the hidden threat.

• Zhou Heng gave Han Qingshui a measured promise to help, easing her despair.
• Ci Shui returned with fresh water, and Han Qingshui praised him before asking him to heat it for Zhou Heng.
• Watching Ci Shui work brought Zhou Heng a rare sense of warmth and memories of Warmth Orphanage.
• Fate's hints revealed that Yixuxi was concealed in Ci Shui's soul and would kill Zhou Heng if he ignored him.
• Fate's hints explained that Zhou Heng could ultimately find Truth, Goodness, and Beauty after Ci Shui gained Compassion, then turn the situation around.
• Zhou Heng thanked Ci Shui and gently patted his head, concealing his response to the hidden presence.

Deep inside Ci Shui’s mind, the two divided forms of Yixuxi argued over whether to keep fighting Zhou Heng, while the hostile form realized Zhou Heng might already have uncovered his hiding place. The chapter ended as Yixuxi began cautiously replanning their game against Zhou Heng.

• Zhou Heng touched Ci Shui’s head and murmured, “I see,” as the two forms of Yixuxi faced each other inside the boy’s mind.
• The compassionate (^▽^) Yixuxi predicted that the hostile (•́へ•́╬) Yixuxi could not reclaim the Sea of Stars Lord’s standing before Zhou Heng and suggested accepting their possible death.
• The hostile Yixuxi accused his counterpart of weakness, but the compassionate form fell silent and remained unmoved.
• The hostile Yixuxi watched Zhou Heng and concluded that he had likely discovered the hiding place and that his apparent gentleness was a disguise.
• Fearing Zhou Heng’s abilities and an unknown source of information guiding him, the hostile Yixuxi began replanning the game with extreme caution.

After three months in Cold Water Village, Zhou Heng witnessed the Master of All Beings descend and begin spreading the power of All Beings Suffer across the world. As creation’s light began to rain down on the chosen, Zhou Heng was poised to seek out Wenwan, the woman Fate Hint linked to a future massacre.

• Zhou Heng learned that the Water-Bearing Race ruled Three Heavens, Nine Seas, and Thirty-Two Domains, while Cold Water Village lay on the fringe of the Thirty-Two Domains.
• After three months in the village, Zhou Heng recalled Fate Hint’s instruction to find Wenwan at the moment All Beings Suffer descended.
• At the final second of the third month, divine radiance flooded the sky and terrified the villagers.
• The Master of All Beings appeared above the village and recited the divine poem that announced All Beings Suffer.
• As the Master of All Beings’ halo turned, creation’s light poured down toward chosen living beings.