Chapter Summaries

Tian Xun tried to subdue the Purple Robe, but when she used her Word System power, it wrapped her in a clash of purple phantoms and holy light. As Lin Shen went to find out what happened, Night Crow, Chi 118, and another Celestial arrived, forcing him to flee into the mountains after freeing Night Sky and Ye Xing.

• Tian Xun activated every word on the Purple Robe with her Nirvana Power and the Pious Seraph, but could not move it.
• Tian Xun used her Word System power, and the Purple Robe tightened around her as purple phantoms clashed with her holy light.
• Lin Shen tried to reach Tian Xun, but the clash blasted him, Night Sky, and Ye Xing away from the peak.
• Night Crow, Chi 118, and another Celestial arrived while Tian Xun remained hidden in the clash.
• Lin Shen removed Night Sky and Ye Xing's restrictions, then fled into the mountains as Night Sky's plan to escape with Ye Xing was disrupted.

Lin Shen confronted Night Crow, who tried to use the Heaven's Mandate Killing Tablet to injure him but found it no longer worked. Lin Shen fought back, though Night Crow's remaining power still overwhelmed him.

• Night Crow left Night Sky and Ye Xing to Chi 118 and Chi 96, then pursued Lin Shen into the mountain range.
• Chi 118 and Chi 96 concluded that Tian Xun was likely doomed by the Purple Star Ritual Robe's restriction and chased after Night Sky and Ye Xing.
• Night Crow used the tombstone to write Lin Shen's false name, A Tian, but the Heaven's Mandate Killing Tablet caused him no harm.
• Night Crow repeatedly wrote A Tian on the tombstone, while Lin Shen suspected the little tombstone was shielding him from its power.
• Lin Shen struck Night Crow with the Wave Treading Triple Punch, but Night Crow shattered the attack and forced Lin Shen backward.

Lin Shen weighed the gap between Ascension Level experts and Nirvana Realm Experts, then tested his weakened attributes and speed against Night Crow. He evaded Night Crow’s attacks for a time, but Night Crow’s Nirvana Power overwhelmed his defenses and left him facing a barrage of Blade Flame.

• Lin Shen recalled Tian Xun’s explanation that Nirvana Realm Experts had far greater attributes and destructive power than Ascension Level experts.
• Lin Shen concluded that Fan Dance’s Sway Style and the Mutated Exquisite Heart’s Suppress Mountains and Rivers had weakened Night Crow enough to make a fight possible.
• Night Crow attacked Lin Shen with Blade Flame, but Lin Shen used Surging Wave Fist and his speed to dodge the strikes.
• Night Crow activated a skill and clawed at Lin Shen, crushing the Surging Wave Four-Hit Combo and cutting his armor and face.
• Night Crow unleashed a barrage of black-red Blade Flame that cut off Lin Shen’s routes of retreat.

Lin Shen fought Night Crow but was overwhelmed, and Night Crow revealed that his Nirvana Attribute, Evil Ghost Power, let him control anyone it invaded. Night Crow restrained Lin Shen and began using him like a puppet, leaving Lin Shen at his mercy.

• Lin Shen's wounds outpaced Super Reforging, and Night Crow drove him into the ground with a devastating attack.
• Lin Shen used the Ravager's speed to strike Night Crow's pressure point, briefly freezing him and preparing to keep him restrained until his Super Gene Evolution finished.
• Night Crow's Evil Ghost Power invaded Lin Shen and stopped him from moving, while Night Crow broke free of the Pressure-Point Strike.
• Night Crow controlled Lin Shen's body like a puppet, forcing him to beat himself as Lin Shen struggled to break free.
• Night Crow explained that he had deliberately planted Evil Ghost Power in Lin Shen while exploiting his recovery, then told him he was too exceptional to kill lightly.

Night Crow began transforming Lin Shen into the first Mixed-Blood Night Crow and revealed his past and plans to create a new race. Lin Shen completed Super Gene Evolution, broke free of Night Crow's control, and fired his Pet Gun before striking one of Night Crow's acupoints.

• Night Crow began using his Night Crow Bloodline to transform Lin Shen and declared that he would become the first Mixed-Blood Night Crow.
• Night Crow explained that he had been abandoned as a sickly Blood Crow, exterminated the Blood Crow Race, and sought power to destroy the Golden Crow Race.
• Night Crow revealed that he planned to establish the Night Crow Race and make Lin Shen its second member.
• Lin Shen's Super Gene Evolution completed, strengthening his body and restoring his ability to move.
• Night Crow let Lin Shen fire a Pet Capsule at him, and Lin Shen broke free of his control and smashed a fist into one of Night Crow's acupoints.

Lin Shen survived Night Crow’s attempt to transform him, and Fei Zai’s overwhelming suppression stopped Night Crow from killing him. With his power recovering, Lin Shen weakened Night Crow again, though Suppress Mountains and Rivers no longer worked on him.

• Lin Shen’s full-force strike shattered Night Crow’s Feather Armor and sent him crashing into a mountain, but Night Crow tore away his damaged skin and recovered completely with his Living Dead ability.
• Night Crow explained that each time he survived death, his body grew stronger, and he claimed Lin Shen’s bloodline was turning him into another Night Crow.
• As Lin Shen’s blood patterns began to fade, Night Crow prepared to kill him, but Lin Shen threw his ruined backpack and Fei Zai appeared, pinning Night Crow in place.
• Fei Zai refused to attack, while Lin Shen’s Theory of Evolution expelled the Evil Ghost Power and restored his strength.
• Lin Shen used Fan Dance’s Sway Style and the Mutated Exquisite Heart’s Suppress Mountains and Rivers against Night Crow, but the latter skill no longer left an imprint on Night Crow’s body.

Lin Shen killed Night Crow by sawing through his neck with the trash blade, then began cutting apart his head to prevent him from reviving. Beyond Purple Star, Night Sky and Ye Xing were rescued from Chi 118 and Chi 96 when Night Moon and Night Cloud joined the fight, while Ye Xing spotted Lin Shen below.

• Lin Shen discovered that the trash blade could grind through Night Crow’s Feather Armor and sawed through his neck while Fei Zai kept him suppressed.
• Night Crow’s neck was severed, his Nirvana Power vanished, and Lin Shen began sawing through his head to make sure he could not revive.
• Chi 118 and Chi 96 cornered Night Sky and Ye Xing in the sea of stars, leaving Night Sky badly injured as she protected Ye Xing.
• Night Moon and Night Cloud arrived, and their music combined with Night Sky’s sound waves to turn the fight against Chi 118 and Chi 96.
• Ye Xing retreated from the battle and spotted Lin Shen below on Purple Star, turning pale.

Lin Shen captured Night Cloud and finished destroying Night Crow’s head before waiting for Tian Xun to emerge from the Purple Star Ritual Robe. When Night Sky and the others arrived to bargain for Night Cloud, Tian Xun appeared in holy light and confronted them.

• Night Cloud attacked Lin Shen with her guitar-like life foundation, but Lin Shen swiftly captured her again.
• Lin Shen sawed through Night Crow’s head, destroyed the brain, and buried the unresponsive Evil Ghost Blade beneath rocks.
• Lin Shen activated the tombstone, then carried it and Night Cloud toward the mountain where Tian Xun was trapped in the Purple Star Ritual Robe’s light.
• Unable to break through the mountain’s radiance, Lin Shen waited until Night Sky, Night Moon, and Night Cloud arrived and held Night Cloud at swordpoint to stop them.
• Night Sky offered to let Lin Shen leave if he released Night Cloud, while Lin Shen threatened to kill her if they made a move.
• Tian Xun appeared before Lin Shen in holy light and told Night Sky and the others they were not going anywhere.

Tian Xun captured Night Sky and the other two Pure-Blooded Night Ghosts, then tried to use items taken from their backpacks to subdue the Purple Star Ritual Robe. When the items failed, Lin Shen decided to try pulling it free himself.

• Tian Xun silenced Night Sky and the other two with her Word Power, and Lin Shen sealed their acupuncture points.
• Night Sky told Lin Shen that her group had killed Chi 118 and another Celestial, possibly Chi 96, and had kept their belongings in their backpacks.
• Tian Xun took several items from the backpacks and agreed to report the captives to the Celestial Academy, while Night Sky and the others offered to follow her.
• Tian Xun had Night Sky and the others test the items on the Purple Star Ritual Robe, but none of them worked, so she postponed trying to subdue it.
• Lin Shen wondered whether an Ascension Level being could claim the robe and walked toward it, eager to try.

Lin Shen casually put on the Purple Star Ritual Robe after Tian Xun and Night Sky had failed to subdue it. His effortless success stunned everyone, though he found the robe too easy to wear to feel any sense of accomplishment.

• Lin Shen recalled the Sword in the Stone legend and decided to try putting on the Purple Star Ritual Robe.
• Tian Xun and Night Sky discussed whether chosen ones existed, and Tian Xun encouraged Lin Shen to believe in his talent.
• Lin Shen put on the Purple Star Ritual Robe without resistance, leaving Night Sky, Ye Xing, and Tian Xun in disbelief.
• Lin Shen draped the robe over his shoulders like a cape and complained that wearing it had been too easy.

Lin Shen collected the ritual robes from all five stars, and they fused into one after he put on the Red Star Ritual Robe. Reciting their completed prayer transported him to a mysterious palace, where a radiant figure on a throne asked why he had come.

• Lin Shen put on the Yellow Star Ritual Robe without removing the Purple Star Ritual Robe, then gathered the Blue Star and Green Star robes just as easily.
• Lin Shen put on the Red Star Ritual Robe, causing all five robes to blaze with light and fuse into a single black-and-white robe.
• Lin Shen recited the completed prayer to the Jade Emperor, and time stopped around him.
• The fused robe carried Lin Shen through a mysterious gate and up a long staircase into an immense palace, despite his attempts to resist.
• A radiant figure seated on the throne asked Lin Shen why he had come, and Lin Shen replied that the robe had brought him there.

Lin Shen entered the Immortal Courtyard and met the Jade Emperor, who made him a guardian Immortal Spirit without giving him a choice. After the robes vanished and he returned to his companions, Lin Shen realized his Stepping Immortal Courtyard technique might refer to the real place he had visited.

• Lin Shen spoke with the Jade Emperor, who explained that guardian Immortal Spirits granted different kinds of fortune.
• The Jade Emperor told Lin Shen he had already chosen him as his guardian Immortal Spirit and that his protection could be invoked by reciting his long honorable name.
• The Jade Emperor expelled Lin Shen from the Immortal Courtyard before Lin Shen could memorize the name, and the sacrificial robes vanished.
• Lin Shen returned to normal time, where Night Sky and the others had not noticed his visit and lamented that the robes were gone.
• Lin Shen connected the real Immortal Courtyard to the Stepping Immortal Courtyard technique he had learned earlier.

Lin Shen returned to Sky Peak Star with resources looted from An 117 and Chi 118, then faced the Heavenly Emperor for defiling his portrait. The Heavenly Emperor sentenced him to three months of reflection on Celestial Star, whose nature remained unexplained as the chapter ended.

• Tian Xun recovered Chi 118 and Chi 96's headless bodies, imprisoned Night Sky and the others, and sent Lin Shen back to Sky Peak Star.
• Lin Shen handed the Heavenly Emperor the recovered resources and revealed to Tian Congyun that he had looted An 117 and Chi 118's private treasuries.
• Lin Shen admitted that he had torn the Emperor's self-portrait to make An 117 and Chi 118 pay, and Tian Congyun brought him before the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Heavenly Emperor pretended to rage at Lin Shen before jokingly sentencing him to three months of reflection on Celestial Star.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked his consort to explain what kind of place Celestial Star was.

Lin Shen was sent to Celestial Star under the pretense of reflecting before a wall, both giving him protection from powerful families and exposing him to a place that rapidly raised his Gene Mutation Rate. He arrived at Silence Abode and discovered that even breathing there increased his rate.

• Emperor Tian Shu sent Lin Shen to Celestial Star to shield him from suspicion over the supplies taken from Chi 118 and An 117.
• Reports from Tian Xun and An 117 prompted a deadlocked Celestial Academy meeting about reinforcing Giant Ring Star, and Emperor Tian Shu unexpectedly arrived.
• Lin Shen reached Celestial Star and saw his Gene Mutation Rate rise simply from standing on its grasslands.
• Qing Yu checked the Emperor's decree, escorted Lin Shen to Silence Abode, and warned him not to wander because Celestial Star had many restrictions.
• Lin Shen found that breathing the humid air at Silence Abode increased his Gene Mutation Rate again.

Tian Bu Luo learned that a human headmaster had been sent to live at Silence Abode and went there to investigate. Determined to gain access to the place’s lingering Immortal Laws and advance his cultivation, he arrived and spotted Lin Shen in the pavilion.

• Tian Qing Yu told Tian Bu Luo that a human claiming to be the Celestial Master Academy’s headmaster had arrived with Emperor Tian Shu’s decree and was staying at Silence Abode.
• Tian Bu Luo recognized the headmaster and went to investigate, despite Tian Qing Yu warning him not to cause trouble.
• Tian Bu Luo recalled that he wanted to enter Silence Abode to study the techniques of God and Heavenly Emperor and prepare to challenge Di E Si in the upcoming Race Ranking Battle.
• Tian Bu Luo decided to visit the new resident and mooch a stay at Silence Abode.
• Tian Bu Luo arrived at Silence Abode and saw Lin Shen standing in the pavilion, admiring the waterfall with a Folding Fan.

Lin Shen explored the Silence Abode and learned about the Heaven and Divine Human Art from Tian Bu Luo, the Heavenly Emperor’s seventeenth son. Tian Bu Luo recited the art’s mental formula, hoping Lin Shen would practice it, but Lin Shen said he had not remembered it.

• Lin Shen found that Celestial Star heightened his Gene Mutation Rate, stirred his Life Base, and sharpened his senses in the pavilion at the Silence Abode.
• Lin Shen read the Heaven and Divine Human Song carved beside the waterfall, and Tian Bu Luo explained that it had been inscribed by God and Heavenly Emperor.
• Tian Bu Luo told Lin Shen that the Heaven and Divine Human Art required the Tian Xin Art for mastery, but could still help him sense Heaven and Earth’s laws.
• Tian Bu Luo offered to teach Lin Shen the art, explaining that he wanted to stay in the Silence Abode and study the lingering resonance of the Immortal Laws.
• Tian Bu Luo recited and explained the mental formula, but Lin Shen asked him to repeat it because he had not remembered it.

Lin Shen struggled to memorize the Heaven and Divine Human Art while Tian Bu Luo used the lessons to remain at Silence Abode and seek the lingering resonance of the Immortal Laws. After Lin Shen woke to find his Gene Mutation Rate had increased on its own, Tian Bu Luo urged him to cultivate for the upcoming Race Ranking Battle.

• Lin Shen found the Heaven and Divine Human Art tedious and unsuitable for him, but Tian Bu Luo repeatedly recited and explained its formula until Lin Shen memorized it.
• Tian Bu Luo asked Lin Shen to try cultivating, then persuaded him to let him stay the night at Silence Abode.
• Lin Shen went to sleep with the Defier of Fate guarding his room while Tian Bu Luo sat on the balcony perceiving the lingering resonance of the Immortal Laws.
• Lin Shen woke to find his Gene Mutation Rate had increased by one point, and Tian Bu Luo explained that living on Celestial Star could slowly raise it without cultivation.
• Tian Bu Luo urged Lin Shen to study the Heaven and Divine Human Art, arguing that it could help him in the Race Ranking Battle in a few months.

Lin Shen declined Tian Bu Luo’s invitation to compete in the Race Ranking Battle and spent his confinement studying the Evil Ghost Blade and his techniques. As Tian Bu Luo practiced the Heaven and Divine Human Art, Lin Shen saw him merge with his surroundings and then glimpsed what looked like strings attached to him.

• Tian Bu Luo explained the Race Ranking Battle and urged Lin Shen to enter, but Lin Shen refused to pursue fame.
• Lin Shen invited Tian Bu Luo to stay at Silence Abode, and Tian Bu Luo stopped pressing him to learn the Heaven and Divine Human Art.
• Lin Shen tested Night Crow’s Evil Ghost Blade but could not activate its Nirvana Power, then began studying how to fuse Two Eight Fist with Condemned by Thousands using Concealed Heart.
• Tian Bu Luo practiced the Heaven and Divine Human Art in the pavilion while Lin Shen remained at Silence Abode, reflecting on Tian Xun and the four Pure-Blooded Night Ghosts.
• Tian Bu Luo rose with an aura that seemed to unite him with heaven and earth, and Lin Shen suddenly thought he saw fine threads emerging from his body.

Lin Shen discovered that he could see Void Fine Lines on Tian Bu Luo whenever Tian entered Heaven and Human Unite, and realized they seemed to guide his movements according to the Heavenly Law. During their spar, Tian effortlessly evaded Lin Shen’s attacks and then used the realm’s natural advantages to overwhelm him, leaving Lin Shen impressed by the art’s power.

• Lin Shen repeatedly saw Void Fine Lines appear on Tian Bu Luo while Tian was in Heaven and Human Unite, though Tian described perceiving the Heavenly Law rather than lines.
• Tian Bu Luo asked Lin Shen to spar so he could test his new realm, and Lin agreed to see whether he could observe the lines during combat.
• Lin Shen’s concealed finger techniques failed to hit Tian because the Void Fine Lines seemed to guide Tian’s movements and help him dismantle every attack.
• Tian Bu Luo attacked with Heaven and Human Unite, using his surroundings and flawless technique to drive Lin Shen back and prevent him from counterattacking.
• Lin Shen concluded that Tian’s art was formidable and that he would need brute force to defeat Tian rather than match him in technique.

Lin Shen struggled against Tian Bu Luo’s Heaven and Human Unite technique while using their sparring sessions to improve his own finger techniques. After accidentally producing a fused strike that seemed to leave Tian Bu Luo’s Void Fine Lines unmoved, Lin Shen tried to reproduce it.

• Lin Shen realized he could read the patterns of Tian Bu Luo’s Void Fine Lines, but the speed of their movements made them useless for predicting attacks in battle.
• Tian Bu Luo continued suppressing Lin Shen with Heaven and Human Unite, while Lin Shen wondered why the Celestial Race had abandoned the Heaven and Divine Human Art.
• Lin Shen experimented with concealing Two Eight Finger Force inside Condemned by Thousands as Tian Bu Luo sparred with him until exhaustion forced them to rest.
• Over several days of fighting and practice, Lin Shen improved his techniques and learned to unleash Condemned by Thousands around Two Eight Finger Force, though his success remained unreliable.
• Lin Shen accidentally fused two kinds of finger force into a strike that panicked Tian Bu Luo and seemed not to move the Void Fine Lines.
• Lin Shen repeatedly tried to reproduce the mysterious finger strike but could not do so.