Chapter Summaries

Fuleila confronted Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Ouyang Yudu, praised their abilities, and questioned Lin Shen about Zheng Zong before challenging him to survive three strikes. Lin Shen blocked her first attack and was surprised that Fuleila's power seemed weaker than he had expected.

• Fuleila assessed Wei Wufu's Phoenix Purple Qi Skill and warned Ouyang Yudu that his spirit-absorbing ability could bring him danger.
• Lin Shen activated his Super Gene Form and tried to persuade Fuleila to let them leave, while secretly holding his weapons and stalling for time.
• Fuleila questioned Lin Shen about Zheng Zong and concluded that they were relatives, but Lin Shen gave an evasive answer.
• Fuleila offered to let Lin Shen leave if he survived three strikes, then revealed her Fallen Seraph Life Foundation.
• Fuleila launched her first strike, Dark Domain Abyss, and Lin Shen met it with a Surging Wave Fist.
• After the explosion, Lin Shen wondered why Fuleila's attack had seemed less powerful than expected.

Lin Shen reassessed Fuleila’s combat strength and realized her Fallen Seraph’s ranged attack was less threatening than he had feared. When Fallen Seraph began charging a second, space-absorbing attack, Lin Shen held back and prepared to counter it.

• Lin Shen calculated that Fuleila’s potential talents and pets could make her overwhelmingly strong, but he had no proof she possessed the worst-case combination.
• Lin Shen used Surging Wave Fist to counter Fallen Seraph’s first Fallen Abyss attack and concluded its ranged skill posed little threat to him.
• Fuleila praised Lin Shen’s ability to strike through the air and withstand her tenth-transformation Ascender, then ordered Fallen Seraph to attack again.
• Lin Shen noticed Fallen Seraph’s second attack absorbed energy from its surroundings and grew stronger, but he chose not to strike in case his force would be absorbed too.
• Lin Shen let Fallen Seraph continue charging and planned to summon Defier of Fate to deal with it once the battle began in earnest.

Lin Shen endured the Fallen Seraph’s amplified Dark Domain Abyss strike and emerged apparently unharmed. He discovered that the continuous explosions flooded him with World Power, strengthening his skills and speeding his recovery.

• Lin Shen waited as the Fallen Seraph gathered power, while Fuleila kept her from building up too much.
• The Fallen Seraph hurled a Dark Domain Abyss sphere more than twice its original size, and Lin Shen met it with Wave Treading Triple Punch.
• The collision triggered a massive explosion over the Flame Sea that blasted Fuleila and the others away.
• After the light faded, Lin Shen remained in place with no visible damage, stunning Ge Erji and Tide.
• Lin Shen realized the explosions let his Super Gene Text absorb World Power far faster than usual, enhancing his skills and accelerating Super Gene Reforging.

Lin Shen discovered that Blazing Fire Star’s explosions enhanced his abilities and let him withstand Fuleila’s attacks, but Fuleila fused with the Fallen Seraph and unleashed Dark Domain Abyss against him. Their clash produced a massive explosion over the Flame Sea, leaving Tian Xin and the others worried about Lin Shen.

• Lin Shen realized that the explosions on Blazing Fire Star boosted his abilities and that his rapid Self-Healing let him recover from the blasts.
• Fuleila fused with the Fallen Seraph and warned Lin Shen that her next attack could destroy him unless he revealed his connection to Zheng Zong.
• Lin Shen refused to answer Fuleila and activated Super Gene Evolution as she launched Dark Domain Abyss.
• Lin Shen met Fuleila’s attack with Wave-Breaking Four-Hit Combo, causing a huge purple explosion that shook the Flame Sea.
• Tian Xin, Tian Xun, and the others saw the explosion from camp, and Tian Xun worried that Lin Shen might not survive.

Lin Shen survived Fuleila’s light explosion and, powered by the World Power absorbed by his Super Gene Text, turned their battle above the Flame Sea in his favor. Fuleila was driven into the seawater and reappeared in the sky, furious and promising to kill him.

• Lin Shen emerged unscathed from Fuleila’s light explosion, shocking Fuleila, Tide, and Ge Erji.
• Lin Shen began attacking Fuleila with Surging Wave Quadruple Strike while his Super Gene Evolution drew in World Power.
• Tide and Ge Erji were caught in the explosions and killed after their shells shattered.
• Lin Shen unleashed increasingly powerful Surging Wave combos, forcing Fuleila onto the defensive as the blasts sent waves flooding toward the continent.
• Tian Xin and Tian Xun watched the distant explosions and wondered whether Nirvana Realm experts were fighting in the Flame Sea.
• Lin Shen blasted Fuleila into the seawater; she reappeared in the sky, enraged and threatening to kill him.

Fuleila fought Lin Shen relentlessly on Blazing Fire Star, but the planet’s World Power let him withstand her attacks and outlast her. When his enhanced ability seemed to end, Fuleila struck his neck with the Death God Scythe, only for the blade to shatter against his unharmed carapace.

• Fuleila teleported around Lin Shen and repeatedly attacked him with the Death God Scythe, while his movement techniques helped him evade some blows and World Power repaired his injuries.
• Fuleila tried to exhaust Lin Shen, but Blazing Fire Star’s World Power replenished him as her own strength dwindled.
• Ouyang Yudu watched the battle with Wei Wufu and admitted that Lin Shen’s strength was beyond his own.
• Fuleila saw white mist rise from Lin Shen and believed his enhanced ability had ended, so she teleported behind him and slashed at his neck.
• The Death God Scythe shattered against Lin Shen’s carapace without leaving a mark.

Lin Shen defeated Fuleila after his Super Gene Evolution made his carapace strong enough to withstand her attacks, then pursued and captured her alive. He left Fuleila bound and wrapped in a robe as Wei Wufu and Ouyang Yudu arrived.

• Lin Shen's Super Gene Evolution completed, strengthening his defense enough to withstand Fuleila's attacks.
• Lin Shen chased the injured Fuleila after she teleported away, but he had to deactivate Super Gene Evolution outside the light-explosion zone.
• After more than an hour of fighting, Third Brother's method took effect, leaving Fuleila unable to maintain her carapace or fly quickly.
• Fuleila stopped fleeing and asked Lin Shen to spare her life base and the Fallen Seraph, but Lin Shen immobilized her with Pressure-Point Strike.
• Lin Shen carried Fuleila, wrapped her in a spare robe, and was joined by Wei Wufu and Ouyang Yudu.

Lin Shen waited with Ouyang Yudu and Wei Wufu on Fire Rock Island while guarding the captured Fuleila and hoping to obtain her Fire Seed before they found the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon. As he pondered whether humans and intelligent machines were fundamentally alike, he considered whether modifying his cultivation techniques could optimize his own system and improve his talent.

• Lin Shen decided to keep Fuleila alive and bring her along, then had the evil dragon carry her.
• Ouyang Yudu led Lin Shen and Wei Wufu to Fire Rock Island to search for the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon, but they found no sign of it.
• Lin Shen chose to wait on the island, and Ouyang Yudu and Wei Wufu stayed nearby while he guarded Fuleila.
• Lin Shen reflected on whether humans and intelligent machines learned in the same way and whether knowledge could be directly stored in the brain.
• Lin Shen wondered whether his Evolution Technique and modified skills had optimized the system within his body and could improve his talent.

Lin Shen proposed optimizing his body like an intelligent machine, and his theory gave Fuleila a new way to think about the Nirvana problem that had kept her from advancing for four hundred years. Still imprisoned, Fuleila lay beside Lin Shen as he went to sleep, then panicked when he draped something over her.

• Lin Shen explained his idea of treating his body like a system to Ouyang Yudu and Wei Wufu, who discussed the difficulty of discovering its underlying structure.
• Fuleila realized Lin Shen's theory resembled the process of Nirvana and considered using her body as the system through which to undergo it, rather than treating her two Evolution Techniques as separate foundations.
• Fuleila recalled that her Source of All Evil and Angel Reincarnation Technique would split her body during Nirvana, which had kept her at the Ascension Level for four hundred years.
• Lin Shen lay down beside the imprisoned Fuleila and told Ouyang Yudu that he would monitor her while he slept.
• Fuleila felt Lin Shen drape something over her and feared he intended to take advantage of her helplessness.

Lin Shen and Ouyang Yudu set out to tame the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon, and Ouyang succeeded almost immediately. Lin Shen took the dragon back to report the mission, while Fuleila reconsidered her view of the humans.

• Lin Shen woke to find Fuleila beside him and teased her before joining Wei Wufu and Ouyang Yudu to watch the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon.
• Lin Shen learned that Ouyang Yudu's constitution helped him tame wild creatures, though Ouyang said he was not yet strong enough to tame the dragon unaided.
• Lin Shen lent Ouyang Yudu Dead Powder and Ji Weisi, and Ouyang flew out to approach the dragon.
• Ouyang Yudu quickly tamed the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon, leaving Fuleila stunned.
• Ouyang handed the dragon and Lin Shen's pets back to Lin Shen, who took them to report the mission.

Lin Shen considered killing Fuleila after securing her Fire Seed, but she tried to bargain for her release with information about a hidden Gene Mutation Land and a human tied to Zheng Zong. Fuleila revealed that she knew where the human had led several powerful races’ experts, leaving Lin Shen interested in learning more.

• Lin Shen decided that capturing Fuleila alive offered little benefit and considered killing her now that he had obtained her Fire Seed.
• Fuleila offered to share a hidden Advanced Gene Mutation Land that had nurtured four Mutated Nirvana Creatures, but Lin Shen showed little interest.
• Fuleila warned that returning her alive could bring Lin Shen and his companions trouble, while killing her would avoid it.
• As Lin Shen drew the Archangel Sword, Fuleila asked whether he knew the legend of the Ancient World King and the Three Treasure Chests.
• Fuleila said a human resembling both Zheng Zong and Lin Shen had visited the Di Man Race and led powerful experts to a place where only three of the seven Di Man kings returned.
• Fuleila claimed she knew where that place was and proposed cooperating with Lin Shen.

Lin Shen and the other two humans returned alive with the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon, surprising An 16 and the others. After they reported their success, Tian Xun explained the Ascension Pool before they learned the Heavenly Emperor wanted to receive them personally.

• An 16 doubted that Lin Shen and the others had survived, but Tian Xun and Chi Shang persuaded him to wait for their return.
• Duo Qi reported that figures were approaching from the sea, and Tian Xin and the little girl rushed to the shore to see Lin Shen and his companions return.
• Lin Shen revealed that they had captured the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon and presented its life base to An 16.
• Lin Shen claimed that Fuleila had been fighting a Nirvana Creature, and he described how they had tamed the dragon.
• Tian Xun offered to safeguard the Crimson Flame Starburst Dragon and explained the Ascension Pool to Lin Shen as they headed to the Celestial Academy.
• At Sky Peak Star, Lin Shen and Tian Xun learned that the Heavenly Emperor wanted to receive them personally.

Lin Shen and Wei Wufu explored Sky Peak Star while Tian Xun and Tian Xin investigated why the unpredictable Heavenly Emperor had summoned them. Lin Shen recognized a Chinese chess failed-game stall, leaving the reason for the summons unknown.

• Tian Xun warned Lin Shen and the others about Heavenly Emperor Tian Shu’s unpredictable cruelty and recounted how he had once started a war over stars that looked like a pig.
• Lin Shen asked why the Heavenly Emperor had summoned them, and Tian Xun sent Tian Xin to investigate.
• Tian Xin left to gather information, while Tian Xun departed to look into the situation herself.
• Lin Shen and Wei Wufu explored Sky Peak Star, noticing valuable items at roadside stalls and the city’s simple, low-rise surroundings.
• Lin Shen stopped at a stall displaying a Chinese chess failed game and recalled how he had studied such puzzles as a child.

Lin Shen recognized the Mottled Celestial Old Man’s chess setup as a Failed Super Gene Evolution Seed called Burning the Camps and paid to challenge him. Lin Shen won the game and claimed the egg before the old man packed up and left, promising to play again.

• Lin Shen examined the Mottled Celestial Old Man’s prize egg and learned the rules of his ten-Sky-Coin chess game.
• Lin Shen recognized Burning the Camps and chose black, despite the neighboring stall owner warning that black was at a disadvantage.
• The Mottled Celestial Old Man played skillfully, but Lin Shen followed the winning sequence until the old man conceded.
• The Mottled Celestial Old Man gave Lin Shen the black egg, asked his name, and left after Lin Shen introduced himself as A Tian.

Lin Shen and the others waited on Sky Peak Star until Tian Xun arranged for the favored Heavenly Consort to remind Heavenly Emperor Tian Shu about them. They met the Heavenly Emperor at the Magnificent Radiance Palace, where he agreed to reward each of them with a cup of Heavenly Liquid.

• Lin Shen treasured the egg he had won and searched Sky Peak Star’s stalls for Fire Seeds, but found none.
• Tian Xin reported that no one knew when Heavenly Emperor Tian Shu would summon them, so Tian Xun contacted the favored Heavenly Consort through her connections.
• Tian Xun warned Tian Xin, Lin Shen, and the others not to disrespect the Heavenly Consort, and two days later the imperial palace summoned them.
• Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Ouyang Yudu met in the palace and followed a Celestial’s advice to keep their heads lowered before the Heavenly Emperor.
• Behind a beaded curtain, Heavenly Emperor Tian Shu asked the Heavenly Consort what reward to give them, and granted each of them a cup of Heavenly Liquid at her suggestion.

Lin Shen and his companions met with Emperor Tian Shu and the Heavenly Consort, discussed Fuleila, and drank a powerful celestial liquid that cleansed and strengthened them. After Lin Shen absorbed it, he learned that the emperor had appointed him headmaster of the Celestial Master Academy, a position he did not understand.

• Lin Shen recognized the Heavenly Consort behind the curtain and realized her Fire Seed might be impossible for him to obtain.
• Emperor Tian Shu questioned Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Ouyang Yudu about Fuleila's appearance, and they described her as looking like a young girl despite her age.
• The Heavenly Consort asked whether any of them could paint Fuleila, but only Ouyang Yudu said he knew a little about painting.
• Emperor Tian Shu raised a cup to Fuleila, and Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Ouyang Yudu drank the celestial liquid, which violently cleansed their bodies.
• After Lin Shen absorbed the liquid, a Celestial told him Emperor Tian Shu had appointed him headmaster of the Celestial Master Academy.

After Lin Shen was appointed head of the Celestial Master Academy, Tian Xun and Tian Xin explained the dangerous position he had been given. Lin Shen then went with them to the Ascension Pool, where he learned that increasing his rebirth count required swimming upstream through a vast mountain range.

• Xiao Liuzi gave Lin Shen an identity card and told him to report to the Celestial Master Academy, then escorted Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Ouyang Yudu out of the Imperial Palace.
• Lin Shen told Tian Xun and Tian Xin that Emperor Tian Shu had appointed him head of the Celestial Master Academy, and Tian Xun confirmed the appointment was genuine.
• Tian Xun and Tian Xin explained that the Celestial Master Academy answered directly to the Heavenly Emperor, handled dangerous and unpleasant assignments, and risked angering both the Emperor and the head of the Celestial Academy.
• Lin Shen decided to postpone reporting for duty and go to the Ascension Pool to increase his rebirth count.
• Tian Xin explained that they had to swim upstream through the Ascension Pool, and that reaching the waterfall's summit could grant ten rebirths; Lin Shen and Wei Wufu realized neither of them was good at swimming.

Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Tian Xin entered the Ascension Pool’s mountain river while the Heavenly Emperor and his companions watched and wagered on how far they could swim. Lin Shen sank as soon as he entered the water, then felt a strange force from the current surge into his body.

• The Heavenly Emperor watched Lin Shen, Wei Wufu, and Tian Xin from a floating island and asked Xiao Liuzi and a Celestial Race beauty to predict how far they would swim.
• Xiao Liuzi bet that the three could swim some distance upstream, while the Celestial Race beauty thought only Tian Xin could make it up the mountain.
• Tian Xin swam upstream with practiced strokes and called for Lin Shen and Wei Wufu to meet him on the mountain.
• Wei Wufu jumped in and struggled upstream with a dog paddle, while Lin Shen dived beneath the surface and sank.
• The Celestial Race beauty laughed at their swimming, and Lin Shen felt a strange force in the current enter his body.

Lin Shen walked upstream along the riverbed of Ascension River, absorbing strange power and strengthening his Life Foundations as the current grew more violent. He charged toward Ascension Pool, but the Heavenly Emperor intensified the waterfall and churned the pool into chaos.

• Lin Shen sank to the riverbed and walked upstream, absorbing strange power that nourished him, the Inheritance Fan, and the Defier of Fate.
• The Inheritance Fan and the Defier of Fate each reincarnated once, raising Lin Shen’s attributes and skill power.
• The Heavenly Emperor and the celestial beauty watched Lin Shen and Wei Wufu struggle toward Ascension Pool, while the Heavenly Emperor noted Wei Wufu’s swimming problem could hinder his Nirvana.
• Lin Shen activated the Super Gene Text and used Surging Wave Fist’s movement technique to run against the undercurrent, sending bubbles and columns of water to the surface.
• Tian Xin summoned the Despairing Heartless Angel to speed toward Ascension Pool as Lin Shen closed in beneath him.
• The Heavenly Emperor pressed a remote control, swelling the waterfall and throwing Ascension Pool into violent currents.

Tian Xin and Lin Shen struggled against the suddenly intensified currents and waterfall in the Ascension Pool, while Lin Shen helped Tian Xin rise beneath the falls. Tian Xin was forced back into the pool, and he realized someone might be interfering with their climb as Lin Shen continued upward and Wei Wufu lagged behind.

• The waterfall's flow surged as Tian Xin entered the pool, sweeping him into the currents and flooding him with strange power.
• Lin Shen pushed through the torrent, found Tian Xin being swept along, and shoved him toward the waterfall.
• Tian Xin used Heartless Angel's six wings to rise several meters against the waterfall before being knocked back into the pool.
• The Heavenly Emperor watched Lin Shen climb and recognized that Lin Shen had helped Tian Xin ascend.
• Tian Xin noticed Wei Wufu struggling far behind because he could not swim, and suspected someone had tampered with the Ascension Pool.