Chapter Summaries

Lu Heng realized the Goblin King had been testing him to confirm the presence of Blood Taisui rather than trying to kill him. The Goblin King led him deeper into the wreckage, and Lu Heng followed despite not knowing what awaited him.

• The Goblin King tracked Lu Heng by the scent of black soil from the ravine and repeatedly cut off his escape.
• Lu Heng exhausted himself blocking and dodging the Goblin King's attacks while Blood Taisui grew too weak to protect him.
• The Goblin King struck the ground with its hammer, causing black water like the ravine's seepage to emerge.
• Lu Heng concluded that the Goblin King was testing for Blood Taisui and needed him alive for now.
• The Goblin King put away its hammer and walked into the wreckage, and Lu Heng followed.

Lu Heng learned that the Goblin King had once been human and wanted the Survival World to give the Goblins a place to survive. After returning through the Wristband, Lu Heng tried to ask the forest will to accept them, but received no clear answer.

• The Goblin King led Lu Heng through the wasteland to a cave containing a massive dragon skeleton.
• The Goblin King revealed that it had once been human and that Gold Tier survivors transformed into other races.
• The Goblin King explained that it had chosen to become a Goblin and asked Lu Heng to seek a refuge for its people in the Survival World.
• Lu Heng returned to the world inside the Wristband and tried to convey the Goblins' plea to the forest will.
• The forest will responded with hesitation but gave no definite answer, and Lu Heng resolved to grow stronger and keep trying.

Lu Heng learned that the Forest Will had granted the Goblins and Green Demons Hill Valley and given him a jade reward for his service. He discovered that Gold Tier advancement normally required repaying everything he had gained, then went to the Star Altar to ask the power that favored him how he could advance.

• The Forest Will told Lu Heng that Hill Valley belonged to the Goblins and Green Demons as long as they did not damage the forest.
• The Forest Will gave Lu Heng a piece of jade and explained that his service canceled the debt he would otherwise owe for resources, items, and power before reaching Gold Tier.
• When Lu Heng asked how to advance to Gold Tier, the Forest Will told him to ask the power that favored him and then vanished.
• Lu Heng entered the Shelter, went to the Astrology Room, and knelt before the Star Altar, waiting for the unseen presence to appear.

Inside the Star Altar, Lu Heng learned that the Five-Colored Human Race were the original humans favored by the gods, whose souls had reincarnated across different worlds. The little star revealed that Lu Heng’s soul itself belonged to that race, and he was left absorbing the truth.

• Lu Heng entered a star-filled space through the Star Altar and felt an inexplicable mixture of danger, fascination, and dependence toward the stars.
• A small star resembling Earth told Lu Heng about the Five-Colored Human Race, the ancient humans created and favored by the gods, and how jealous beings had harmed and displaced them.
• The star explained that descendants of the Five-Colored Human Race were classified as Gold, Silver, or Bronze according to their bloodline purity.
• Lu Heng connected the star’s explanation of divine favor to the Forest Will’s final words and asked what he was.
• The star examined Lu Heng and revealed that his soul itself belonged to the Five-Colored Human Race, making him one of the original humans rather than a descendant.

Little Star revealed that Lu Heng belonged to the Five-Colored Human Race and offered him a choice between becoming a Lord of the World Fragment or being reborn as a Star God. Lu Heng chose to sleep and become a new star, as Moonview Valley and the Shelter transformed into the beginnings of a planet.

• Little Star explained that ancient myths preserved memories of the Five-Colored Human Race’s original features, which faded as its bloodline was diluted.
• Little Star confirmed Lu Heng’s identity and offered him the choice of slowly advancing as a Lord of the World Fragment or giving up his life to become a Star God.
• Lu Heng chose to become a Star God, saying he was tired and did not want to keep going.
• Lu Heng closed his eyes and began to sleep as the stars illuminated the darkness around him.
• Moonview Valley and the Shelter transformed into light and seeds that gathered into a new planet taking shape.
• Little Star watched over the forming planet and said it would wait for Lu Heng to awaken.