Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan endured the Lord of Storms’ increasingly powerful attacks while waiting for the East Pole Island Lord to arrive. After Little Gold’s power was absorbed and strengthened the enemy’s Storm Tornado, Lin Yuan noticed a faint sign of energy black-hole formation, and the Lord of Storms began to flee.

• Lin Yuan withstood the Lord of Storms’ sustained torrent attack, losing health but surviving through his A-rank energy and True Dragon Armor.
• The Lord of Storms unleashed Storm Tornado, striking Lin Yuan with lightning, wind blades, and floodwaters, then repeated the attack despite their supposed three-move agreement.
• Little Gold roared and sent phantom dragon shadows against the Storm Tornado, but the Lord of Storms absorbed their power and made his next attack even stronger.
• Lin Yuan sensed that the combined attack was beginning to show signs of energy black-hole formation, though the Lord of Storms seemed unaware of it.
• After Lin Yuan survived the attack, the drained Lord of Storms transformed into dark clouds to escape before the East Pole Island Lord arrived.

Lin Yuan drove off the Lord of Storms and returned to East Pole Island with the East Pole Island Lord, where he recounted his experiences in Minglong City. As he reflected on his gains and the unresolved situation at the Nether River, he grew concerned about the silence of the Second Lord and wondered whether the Third Lord and Old Three were the same person.

• The Lord of Storms fled before the East Pole Island Lord could arrive, while Lin Yuan warned that their next meeting would be the day the Lord of Storms died.
• The East Pole Island Lord found Lin Yuan with more than 80% of his Health remaining and praised his ability to withstand the Lord of Storms.
• The East Pole Island Lord took Lin Yuan back to East Pole Island and proposed a celebratory feast.
• Several days later, Lin Yuan told Senior Moge and the East Pole Island Lord about Minglong City's history and Minglong's tragic attempt to become the Lord of the Crown.
• Lin Yuan wondered why the Second Lord and Lord Yi had not answered his attempts to contact them and suspected the Nether River situation might involve Research Institute 3154 or the Third Lord.

Elder Ma visited Lin Yuan and explained that Research Institute 3154 was a reincarnated version of the Third Lord, stripped of his memories and power to gather intelligence. Elder Ma then revealed the Mysterious Little Box, leaving Lin Yuan stunned.

• Elder Ma arrived with the East Pole Island Lord after the Historical Hourglass sensor judged Lin Yuan strong enough to meet him.
• Elder Ma explained that Research Institute 3154 was a reincarnation of the Third Lord, who had erased his memories and power to infiltrate the Crawlers and gather intelligence.
• Elder Ma said the Third Lord's objectives included obtaining the Historical Hourglass and pursuing another, more important goal.
• Elder Ma took out the Mysterious Little Box, and Lin Yuan was shocked to see it.

Elder Ma gave Lin Yuan a battered little box that Research Institute 3154 had extracted from inside the Great Being before ending his own life. Lin Yuan found that it settled beside his own Mysterious Little Box at the center of the Treasure Collection Room, leaving him to suspect the box itself mattered more than its power.

• Elder Ma handed Lin Yuan a worn, empty box that looked almost identical to his Mysterious Little Box.
• Elder Ma explained that Research Institute 3154 had retrieved the box using the Truth Crown, then ended his own life to sever the Great Being's connection to it and reunite with his original self.
• Lin Yuan examined the box and told Elder Ma he had no idea how to use it; Elder Ma then left.
• Lin Yuan placed the battered box in the Treasure Collection Room, where it drifted to the center and settled beside his own box.
• Lin Yuan wondered whether the little box itself, rather than the power inside it, was what mattered.

Lin Yuan followed Lilia’s call through the Nirvana Crown and flew into Starry Sky to reach her, leaving the East Pole Island Lord and Moge wondering whether he had found the sealed beings. The Lord of Storms watched Lin Yuan depart and decided to contact Zhao.

• Lin Yuan concluded that Elder Ma’s damaged Little Box held no special power of its own and decided to study it before asking the Third Lord about it.
• The East Pole Island Lord offered to introduce Lin Yuan to the Federation Speaker and warned that the Lord of Storms had been lurking nearby; Lin Yuan chose to wait for his crew and then received Lilia’s urgent call.
• Lilia told Lin Yuan that she and the others were with a big bird, a big cat, and a big turtle, and that he could reach them through her Nirvana Crown before their window closed.
• Lin Yuan used the Withered-and-Verdant Little Tree to travel toward Lilia, then informed the East Pole Island Lord that he was going to retrieve his crew.
• The East Pole Island Lord and Moge speculated that Lin Yuan was heading toward the place where sealed beings had been kept, while the Lord of Storms watched him fly away and said he would contact Zhao.

Lin Yuan followed the Pillar of Light through a Window Period into a shielded planet filled with statues of Ancient Era Mutant Beasts. He met Lilia, Bai Ling, and Never Skunked at a vast northern plaza, where he noticed unexplained shadows beside them.

• Lin Yuan left the Endless Sea Planet and was carried through a Spatial Distortion to a dark region of the Starry Sky.
• He entered a planet through a temporary opening in its golden shield and found no animals, only enormous statues of Ancient Era Mutant Beasts.
• Lin Yuan considered why the mutant beast races had left no trace in the Endless Sea World and wondered whether the planet held the answer.
• Lilia contacted Lin Yuan and guided him to the planet’s northern pole, where she stood with Bai Ling and Never Skunked beside a black hole.
• Lin Yuan noticed other shadows standing beside Lilia, Bai Ling, and Never Skunked.

Lin Yuan met the three shadow-like beings with Lilia and learned that they were the Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor. They asked him to break the seal trapping the beasts, but their explanation ended with a troubling admission about why they could not undo it themselves.

• Lin Yuan arrived and met Lilia, Bai Ling, Never Skunked, and three shadowy beings whom Lilia called Big Bird, Big Cat, and Big Tortoise.
• Little Gold communicated with the shadows, allowing Lin Yuan to understand that they were the Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor.
• The Phoenix Ancestor recognized Lilia as the former queen of all beasts, the owner of the Nirvana Crown, and Lord Yi's younger sister, though it said she seemed very different now.
• The Phoenix Ancestor asked Lin Yuan to break the planet's seal so the beasts could return to the Endless Sea and help the lords carry out the Finale.
• The Phoenix Ancestor explained that the seal had protected the beasts from Pollution, then admitted that a small problem had prevented them from undoing it themselves.

Lin Yuan learned that polluted exotic beasts trapped beneath the Abyss of Sealing were damaging the seals that bound the Ancestors, and he volunteered to eliminate them. At the bottom, he found a mountain of petrified beasts and eagerly counted dozens of Authority Holder-level targets.

• Phoenix Ancestor explained that corrupted exotic beasts suppressed in the abyss were eroding their seals, so the beasts had to be killed before the Ancestors could safely break free.
• Lin Yuan agreed to descend and eliminate the beasts, hoping to gain Authority Bodies, and Little Gold followed him into the abyss.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor worried that Lin Yuan might act recklessly and activated a projection to monitor him.
• Lilia told the Ancestors that Lin Yuan's strength was dependable and his wisdom matched her own, making them more uneasy.
• Lin Yuan reached the abyss's bottom and found a stone mountain containing dozens of powerful Authority Holder-level exotic beasts.

Lin Yuan released the S-rank Ancient Beasts from Sealing Mountain and destroyed them with one swing, impressing the Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor. He then fought an Authority Holder-level Pollution Beast defensively, using the battle to test how energy black holes could be created.

• Lin Yuan recognized the beasts sealed in Sealing Mountain as corrupted ancestors of the Endless Sea’s Sea Beasts and decided to release the weaker ones first.
• Lin Yuan shattered the surface rocks, freeing the S-rank Ancient Beasts, and killed them all with a single swing of the Holy Hall Light Blade.
• The Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor praised Lin Yuan’s strength and careful choice to release one Authority Holder-level Pollution Beast at a time.
• Lin Yuan prolonged his fight with the weakest Authority Holder-level Pollution Beast while studying the conditions needed to create an energy black hole.

Lin Yuan tested what conditions could create an Energy Black Hole and concluded that the opposing power needed to reach a similar rank to his A-rank Energy. He used Little Gold’s Power of War to strengthen Twisted Beasts, but after killing several weaker ones, he continued searching for a stronger test subject.

• Lin Yuan reasoned that power rank, rather than quantity, was the key to forming an Energy Black Hole.
• Lin Yuan had Little Gold use Dragon Qi and the Power of War to strengthen a Twisted Beast.
• Lin Yuan found that the beast’s power remained far below his own rank and killed it with a punch.
• Lin Yuan decided to keep testing on stronger Twisted Beasts and killed seven or eight lower-ranked ones in rapid succession.
• Phoenix Ancestor and the other two watched in confusion as Lin Yuan shifted from cautious attacks to killing the beasts recklessly.

Lin Yuan unearthed and released the first Twisted Beast, a creature deeply transformed by pollution and sealed beneath Sealing Mountain. It proved far more intelligent than the other twisted beasts, spoke to Lin Yuan, and tried to escape, leaving him facing a dangerous opponent.

• Lilia noticed that Lin Yuan had dug up something strange, and Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor recognized it as the first beast to break free of petrification and become twisted.
• Phoenix Ancestor and the others told Lilia that they had buried the heavily polluted beast beneath the planet-wide seal, but it had survived and merged further with the pollution.
• Lin Yuan observed the creature's humanlike form and decided its powerful, unusual aura could help him test his idea.
• Lin Yuan shattered the sealing rock, awakening the first Twisted Beast, which immediately tried to spring upward and escape.
• Lin Yuan blocked its path, and the beast spoke the word "Human" through mouths across its body.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor marveled that the beast was more lucid than when they had sealed it.

Lin Yuan fought the Primordial Distorted Beast while studying how energy black holes formed, and concluded that equal-standing powers also needed to annihilate instantaneously. When murky light appeared beneath Sealing Mountain and shattered the projection, Lin Yuan recognized the Crawlers’ Apostles and told Lilia to stay back.

• Lin Yuan exchanged blows with the Primordial Distorted Beast and sensed that their powers were close in standing, though the creature’s regeneration kept it from being defeated.
• Lin Yuan deduced that an energy black hole required instantaneous annihilation between powers, not merely their gradual cancellation.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor watched Lin Yuan suppress the beast and marveled at his endurance.
• Murky light flashed beneath Sealing Mountain, shattering the projection and alarming Phoenix Ancestor.
• Lilia offered to jump into the Abyss of Sealing, but Lin Yuan told her to stay back and identified the newcomers as the Crawlers’ Apostles.

Lin Yuan confronted Elder Zhao and the Apostles of the Crawlers, who had broken into the Abyss of Sealing to capture the Primordial Distorted Beast. After stalling them and revealing his role in repelling Elder Zhao’s earlier system intrusions, Lin Yuan asked why Elder Zhao had betrayed the Human Federation.

• Lin Yuan recognized Elder Zhao and several high-ranking Apostles of the Crawlers as they entered the Abyss of Sealing.
• Elder Zhao revealed that the Crawlers had found the Primordial Distorted Beast, and he ordered some Apostles to capture it while others attacked Lin Yuan.
• The Apostles overwhelmed the Primordial Distorted Beast, while Lin Yuan endured their attacks with his immense Health and True Dragon Armor.
• Lin Yuan questioned the Apostles about their plans for the beast and provoked disagreement when one corrected him about the Crawlers’ Evolution.
• Lin Yuan taunted Elder Zhao about the unstable passage and revealed that he had repelled Elder Zhao’s previous attempts to hack into the system.
• Elder Zhao stopped the Apostles attacking Lin Yuan and demanded to know how he had controlled the system’s counterattacks, but Lin Yuan asked why Elder Zhao had betrayed the Human Federation.

Lin Yuan provoked Elder Zhao into attacking so he could trigger an Energy Black Hole and turn the fight around. The black hole formed between them, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Elder Zhao said the Crawlers offered a better chance of survival because of secret knowledge about the Primordial Distorted Beast, but he demanded that Lin Yuan explain his understanding of the system.
• Lin Yuan concealed his reason for influencing the system and decided that Elder Zhao's attack could provide the missing condition to form an Energy Black Hole.
• Lin Yuan mocked Elder Zhao by claiming his system influence came from natural talent, provoking Elder Zhao to strike.
• Lin Yuan activated River of Blazing Flames and attacked with Little Gold's Dragon Qi as Elder Zhao dismissed their strength.
• Little Gold split its Dragon Qi between Lin Yuan and Elder Zhao, causing their energies to collide and form a warped black hole between them.

Lin Yuan used Little Gold’s Dragon Qi and the power of war to create an Energy Black Hole that trapped him and Elder Zhao in a forced duel. Elder Zhao initially pushed it toward Lin Yuan with his greater power, but Lin Yuan’s sustained energy supply turned the black hole back toward Elder Zhao, leaving him isolated from the other Apostles.

• Lin Yuan formed an Energy Black Hole by using the power of war to bridge his Authority with Elder Zhao’s.
• Elder Zhao tried to flee, but his reduced energy supply pulled the black hole toward him, and Lin Yuan drove it closer with a torrent of A-rank Energy.
• Elder Zhao realized that energy input controlled the black hole’s direction and blasted it toward Lin Yuan with his superior power.
• Lin Yuan’s River of Blazing Flames kept replenishing his energy as Elder Zhao tired, slowing the black hole and eventually sending it back toward Elder Zhao.
• Elder Zhao called for help, but the black hole twisted the Apostles’ attacks into itself and kept them from intervening.

Lin Yuan killed Elder Zhao with an Energy Black Hole, then turned on the remaining Apostles before his River of Blazing Flames expired. Little Gold’s Dragon Qi helped Lin Yuan form more black holes, leaving the Apostles trapped within his killing range.

• Elder Zhao questioned his betrayal of humanity as Lin Yuan’s Energy Black Hole swallowed him.
• Lin Yuan attacked the remaining Apostles, and Little Gold’s Dragon Qi helped create a black hole that consumed the first one he targeted.
• Another Apostle tried to attack the black hole with a weapon but was swallowed along with it.
• An Apostle avoided defending against Lin Yuan’s power, but Lin Yuan beat him nearly unconscious before Little Gold’s Dragon Qi helped form another black hole.
• The surviving Apostles realized Lin Yuan could kill even their strongest fighters, who were within his killing range.

Lin Yuan eliminated the Apostles in the Abyss of Sealing and reflected on the limits of his new energy black hole and the Great Being’s overwhelming power. He then discovered that the wounded Primordial Distorted Beast was Lao Jiu himself.

• Lin Yuan used the planetary barrier to trap the Apostles and swallowed them all with his energy black hole.
• Lin Yuan considered how the black hole could be countered and compared its power with the Great Being’s command of singularities.
• Lin Yuan found the gravely wounded Primordial Distorted Beast lying beside a pool of blood.
• Lin Yuan recognized the blood’s resemblance to Lao Jiu’s Blood Wine and asked whether the beast was Lao Jiu’s creation.
• The Primordial Distorted Beast asked how Lin Yuan knew a name it had once used, revealing that it was Lao Jiu.

Lin Yuan learned that the dying Primordial Distorted Beast was Lao Jiu, who had tried to escape Chaos’s influence but could not tell whether the turmoil was part of Chaos’s plan. After Lao Jiu died, Lin Yuan suspected Oathbreaker had abandoned the same path for a reason he had kept secret.

• Lin Yuan recognized the Primordial Distorted Beast as Lao Jiu and questioned whether Chaos had planned the upheaval.
• Lao Jiu said he had abandoned his original body to escape Chaos and steal His power, but could not tell whether the events were Chaos’s plan.
• Lao Jiu explained that the Crawlers likely wanted information from his notes, then died from his injuries.
• Lin Yuan considered why the Crawlers sought Lao Jiu’s unusual form and recalled Oathbreaker’s research into Never Skunked’s Aberration.
• Lin Yuan suspected Oathbreaker had abandoned that path after discovering something that made it futile, but wondered why he had not told the others.

Lin Yuan reflected on Oathbreaker’s apparent despair and collected the Authority Cores left by the defeated Apostles. The Historical Hourglass absorbed the Blood Wine beneath Lao Jiu and granted Lin Yuan the method for brewing it.

• Lin Yuan wondered what Oathbreaker had discovered and resolved to grow stronger before seeking answers about the Great Beings.
• Lin Yuan collected seven Authority Cores from the Apostles Elder Zhao had brought, bringing his total to nine, and considered upgrading the Conversion Line.
• Lin Yuan examined the enormous corpse of the Primordial Distorted Beast, Lao Jiu, and noticed the Historical Hourglass reacting to the Blood Wine beneath it.
• Lin Yuan let the Historical Hourglass draw in the Blood Wine, which transformed its Historical Sand and produced a red inscription.
• Lin Yuan touched the inscription, which entered his body and gave him knowledge of how to brew Blood Wine.

Lin Yuan learned that Holy Wine could be mass-produced and wondered what its recipe revealed about the Holy Land and Blue Star. As he prepared to return, he converted ancient beasts’ authority bodies while Lilia and the Phoenix Ancestor’s trio mistakenly believed he was sacrificing himself below the seal.

• Lin Yuan discovered that Holy Wine could be brewed from common materials by Players and could greatly improve affinity for infused powers.
• Lin Yuan suspected that the recipe’s creator understood the laws behind the Holy Land, and considered whether the Third Lord had created it.
• Lin Yuan reflected that Blue Star might conceal secrets beyond what he had learned about the Endless Sea, then decided to return and consult senior figures.
• Lin Yuan gathered the remaining ancient beast corpses and placed their authority bodies into the Conversion Line before their power could dissipate.
• Lilia relayed Lin Yuan’s message that everything was dealt with, and the Phoenix Ancestor’s trio wrongly concluded he was staying below to die protecting them.