Chapter Summaries

Ke Ke secretly showed Lin Shen what he claimed was the real Celestial Divine Statue and taught him how to distinguish it from the fake one on display. Lin Shen returned to the appraisal hall with detailed notes, increasingly convinced the statue was fake, but began to doubt Ke Ke’s sincerity.

• Ke Ke led Lin Shen through several locked doors to a worn Celestial Divine Statue, claiming it was real and the one outside was fake.
• Ke Ke explained the differences between the statues and urged Lin Shen to identify the fake in front of the delegation, while Lin Shen wrote down his instructions.
• Ke Ke told Lin Shen to keep their meeting secret and sent him back to the hall before the appraisal ended.
• On his way back, Lin Shen recognized Ke Ke’s repeated claim that they were friends as reminiscent of Tian Xin and began to suspect Ke Ke.
• Lin Shen returned to find Chi Jiu and the appraisal experts examining the statue and compared it with Ke Ke’s notes, becoming convinced it was fake.

Lin Shen faced pressure to decide whether the Celestial Race should reclaim a Celestial Divine Statue that appraisers could not conclusively authenticate. After learning Tian Jiu You might buy it, Lin Shen chose to welcome it back despite the lingering doubts.

• Chi Jiu and the appraisers found that the statue largely matched records of the genuine Celestial Divine Statue but had unexplained old damage.
• Chi Jiu asked Lin Shen to make the final decision, and Lin Shen initially said the doubts meant they should abandon the statue.
• Chi Jiu revealed that the Di Man Race planned to sell the statue to Tian Jiu You if the Celestial Race did not act.
• The Di Man Race demanded an answer before the statue went up for public sale the next day.
• Chi Jiu and Master Qing Yan left the decision to Lin Shen, who chose to welcome the statue back.

Lin Shen agreed to pursue the Celestial Divine Statue, while General Sasson and Tian Jiu You plotted to deceive the Celestial Envoy Group and ensure Lin Shen took the blame. As negotiations began, Lin Shen refused to let Chi Jiu control the decision, though he had no intention of bringing back the statue.

• Lin Shen left the Envoy Group to plan its negotiations, while General Sasson and Tian Jiu You met secretly and discussed the group's plan to surrender seven Foundation Change Planets for the statue.
• Tian Jiu You revealed that the real Celestial Divine Statue was already in his hands and that Sasson had agreed to trade it to him after the Envoy Group received a fake.
• Tian Jiu You explained why he believed Lin Shen would be blamed by both the Celestial Academy and Emperor Tian Shu, and Sasson agreed that Lin Shen deserved to die.
• Lin Shen recognized that either choice would ruin him and decided he would not bring back the statue, whether it was real or fake.
• The next morning, Lin Shen joined the Envoy Group for negotiations, challenged Chi Jiu's attempt to handle matters without him, and made Chi Jiu admit that he was not being forced to attend.

Lin Shen rejected the seven-planet deal Chi Jiu’s delegation had negotiated for the Celestial Divine Statue and demanded that the Di Man Race consider his three-planet offer instead. Glan protested, leaving the negotiations unsettled.

• Chi Jiu and the Celestial Race delegation negotiated the price of the Celestial Divine Statue down from eleven planets to seven.
• Lin Shen questioned the agreement and refused to sign it, pointing out that he had never approved the seven-planet price.
• Chi Jiu refused to sign the agreement himself, and Lin Shen told Glan he wanted to negotiate the price directly.
• Glan insisted that seven planets were the Di Man Race’s bottom line, so Lin Shen told him to contact someone with greater authority and offered Han Ying, Qian Liu, and Yan Bo.
• Glan angrily objected that Lin Shen’s three-planet offer insulted both the Di Man Race and the Celestial Divine Statue.

Lin Shen negotiated the Celestial Divine Statue deal down from seven planets to three, then signed the agreement despite Chi Jiu’s warnings that something was wrong. As Glan prepared to hand over the statue, Lin Shen withheld the Planet Contracts until both sides exchanged their goods.

• Lin Shen threatened to end negotiations unless the Di Man Race accepted his offer of three resource-poor planets for the Celestial Divine Statue.
• Glan called Lin Shen back and eventually agreed to the three-planet price, surprising Chi Jiu and the other Celestial Race officials.
• Chi Jiu warned Lin Shen not to sign, but Lin Shen signed, stamped, and formed the contract with Glan.
• Glan asked for the Planet Contracts, and Chi Jiu angrily handed them to Lin Shen.
• Lin Shen held the Planet Contracts back and insisted that payment and goods be exchanged at the same time.

Lin Shen accused Glan of presenting a fake Celestial Divine Statue in place of the one the races had agreed upon. After Lin Shen shattered the statue to expose its worthless material, Chi Jiu demanded an explanation from the Di Man Race.

• Glan brought out the Celestial Divine Statue and insisted it was the one previously appraised, while Lin Shen declined to have it examined again.
• Lin Shen claimed the statue was not the one they had seen before and pointed out differences in its wings and fingers.
• Glan denied switching the statue and argued it was still an authentic relic formed from an immortal life foundation.
• Lin Shen tore the statue apart, revealing that it crumbled like rotten stone, and a Di Man Race member confirmed its material was not an immortal life foundation.
• Lin Shen accused the Di Man Race of deceiving the Celestial Race, and Chi Jiu demanded that Glan provide an explanation.

Lin Shen exposed the fake Celestial Divine Statue by revealing its flaws and smashing it, forcing the Di Man Race to honor the agreement. General Sasson ordered Glan to hand over the real statue, leaving Tian Jiu You unable to obtain it without paying an enormous penalty.

• Glan realized Lin Shen had known the statue was fake and had waited until the agreement was signed before destroying it.
• Glan reported the incident to General Sasson, who had been waiting with Tian Jiu You for the transaction to conclude.
• Glan told Sasson that Lin Shen had smashed the statue with a barehanded slap and that its material crumbled into dregs.
• Tian Jiu You insisted Lin Shen must have tampered with the statue, but Sasson demanded proof and ordered the real statue handed over.
• Sasson told Tian Jiu You that he could still acquire the statue only by paying the triple breach penalty, which Tian Jiu You could not afford.

Lin Shen helped the Envoy Group secure the genuine Celestial Divine Statue in exchange for only three planets, earning the officials’ gratitude while the Di Man emperor celebrated the setback to his rival’s plans. On the voyage back to Sky Peak Star, more than a dozen Immortals led by Tian Jiu You trapped the spaceship in distorted space.

• The Di Man Race presented a battered statue that matched Lin Shen’s description, and the Celestial Race completed the handover after appraising it as genuine.
• Chi Jiu thanked Lin Shen for rescuing the mission and preserving the Envoy Group’s reputation, while Lin Shen wondered who Ke Ke really was.
• Sasson XI, revealed to be Ke Ke, celebrated that the transaction had disrupted his rival’s alliance and Western Grand Alliance plans.
• Lin Shen left Di Man Star without contacting Catherine and remained wary as the spaceship carried the statue toward Sky Peak Star.
• Tian Jiu You and more than a dozen Immortals immobilized the spaceship in distorted space, leaving Lin Shen’s six Immortals heavily outnumbered.

Chi Jiu's group faced Tian Jiu You and his allies in the void, where Di Ya Li tested Chi Jiu with her spear spirit foundation. As their battle escalated, Master Qing Yan explained the four grades of Immortal Laws, and Di Ya Li's spear broke through Chi Jiu's defense and closed in on him.

• Tian Jiu You demanded that Chi Jiu surrender the Celestial Divine Statue, but Chi Jiu rejected him as a traitor to the Celestial Race.
• Tian Jiu You sent Di Ya Li to test Chi Jiu, and their spear and blade spirit foundations clashed across the void.
• Master Qing Yan explained to Lin Shen that Immortal Laws were divided into Past Laws, Reality Laws, Future Laws, and Immortal Laws, with Immortal Laws impossible to counter.
• Di Ya Li's silver spear twisted the void and sent Chi Jiu's blade spirit foundation out of control.
• Di Ya Li's spear broke past the blade and streaked toward Chi Jiu, aiming to pierce him.

Chi Jiu killed Di Ya Li with his Mirror Space law and seized her Golden Hourglass, but Tian Jiu You then overwhelmed Chi Jiu and the others with his Immortal Law, Heavenly Kingdom Forbidden Zone. Lin Shen and Master Qing Yan were left facing the prospect of defeat.

• Chi Jiu shattered Di Ya Li’s Silver Spear Life Base, and Master Qing Yan explained how Chi Jiu’s law countered its spatial-disruption power.
• Di Ya Li summoned the Golden Hourglass and used Space Stillness to freeze the battlefield before firing at Chi Jiu.
• Chi Jiu’s Mirror Space law caused Di Ya Li’s head to explode, and he seized the Golden Hourglass.
• Tian Jiu You summoned an emerald jade umbrella that nullified the Golden Hourglass and turned Chi Jiu and the others into drifting jade-like figures.
• Master Qing Yan recognized Tian Jiu You’s law as Heavenly Kingdom Forbidden Zone and declared that they were doomed.

Lin Shen confronted Tian Jiu You after learning that his Heavenly Kingdom Forbidden Zone law suppressed all laws except Immortal Laws, and he questioned whether it was truly an Immortal Law. Trapped and unable to escape, Lin Shen stalled while provoking Tian Jiu You’s adopted sons, ending as Heavenly General summoned his Life Base in anger.

• Master Qing Yan explained that the Heavenly Kingdom Forbidden Zone made all laws ineffective unless they were Immortal Laws, and Lin Shen questioned whether that made it an Immortal Law.
• Tian Jiu You destroyed the spaceship with a wave and offered Lin Shen a place as his thirteenth adopted son.
• Lin Shen asked Tian Jiu You to kill his other adopted sons first, while privately searching for a way to escape and blaming the Di Man Race for the ambush.
• An Immortal rebuked Lin Shen, who mocked him as one of Tian Jiu You’s adopted sons and called the others useless.
• Heavenly General defended his bond with Tian Jiu You, then summoned his Life Base after Lin Shen insulted him.

Lin Shen fought the Heavenly General and endured the amplified attacks of his life foundation, Mad Breaker. He survived by merging with the Defier of Fate and faced the Heavenly General as another devastating beam swallowed him.

• The Heavenly General fired Mad Breaker at Lin Shen, who ordered Ouyang Yudu to stay back and blocked the blue light bullets with his blade and scabbard.
• Tian Jiu You and the others watched as Lin Shen was driven backward but continued to repel Mad Breaker’s attacks.
• The Heavenly General invoked his Tian Array Laws, amplifying Mad Breaker’s barrage until it broke through Lin Shen’s defense and engulfed him in explosions.
• Lin Shen emerged unharmed in armor formed from the Defier of Fate, and the Heavenly General reacted with disbelief.
• The Heavenly General empowered Mad Breaker with his laws and fired a massive blue-and-red beam that swallowed Lin Shen.

Lin Shen blocked Heavenly General’s full-force attack and used Light of Reversed Fate to cut through Mad Breaker’s beam, prompting Tian Jiu You to challenge him to a wager over who would become whose foster child. Tian Jiu You identified Lin Shen’s Nirvana Attribute and prepared to face his three strikes head-on.

• Lin Shen split Heavenly General’s blue beam with his blade and sheath, then cut through another beam with a blade aura empowered by Light of Reversed Fate.
• Tian Jiu You ordered Heavenly General to stand down and sent Tian Bu Huan and the others to capture the fleeing envoy officials.
• Tian Jiu You wagered that Lin Shen would become his Thirteenth Foster Son if he could not harm him in three strikes, while Lin Shen demanded that Tian Jiu You become his foster son if he won.
• Tian Jiu You agreed to the wager and promised to face Lin Shen’s Nirvana Power head-on without exploiting its weakness.
• Tian Jiu You recognized that Light of Reversed Fate could reverse strength and weakness, and said he would let Lin Shen attack three times before Lin Shen had to accept defeat.

Tian Jiu You tested Lin Shen with three attacks, hoping to make him his adopted son, while Lin Shen relied on the Light of Reversed Fate to counter him. Lin Shen broke the first two strikes, but Tian Jiu You’s final palm surrounded and trapped him.

• Tian Jiu You promised Ouyang Yudu that he would let them leave safely if he won by exploiting Lin Shen’s Nirvana Attribute, then challenged Lin Shen to withstand three strikes.
• Lin Shen used the Light of Reversed Fate to cut apart Tian Jiu You’s deceptive finger attack and its hidden follow-up.
• Lin Shen met Tian Jiu You’s sun-like fist force with his blade and split it apart, despite finding no hidden attack.
• Tian Jiu You praised Lin Shen and urged him to reconsider becoming his adopted son, but Lin Shen refused because his friends and relatives were in the Celestial Race.
• Tian Jiu You unleashed his final strike, Victory Stratagem, and Lin Shen’s Light of Reversed Fate cut a crack through the palm before it closed and surrounded him from every direction.

An Liu and the Blood Curse Demon rescued Lin Shen from Tian Jiu You, then helped recover the Celestial Divine Statue and the Envoy Group. Back at Sky Peak Star, Ouyang Yudu told Lin Shen he planned to undergo Nirvana by transforming his body, asking Lin Shen to kill whatever emerged if it was not him.

• As Tian Jiu You's palm light closed around Lin Shen, An Liu arrived and shattered it with a beam of light.
• An Liu summoned the Blood Curse Demon, which drove off Tian Jiu You and freed Lin Shen from the Azure Fall Umbrella's pull.
• An Liu, Lin Shen, and Ouyang Yudu found Chi Jiu and the others turned into Azure Jade Stone Statues, and the Blood Curse Demon restored them.
• The group found the other Envoy Group members but could not find Master Qing Yan, whom An Liu suspected had a connection to the enemy.
• An Liu escorted everyone safely to Sky Peak Star, where the Celestial Divine Statue was handed over to the Celestial Academy.
• Ouyang Yudu told Lin Shen he would undergo Nirvana by transforming his body and asked Lin Shen to kill whatever emerged if it was not him.

Ouyang Yudu completed Nirvana after fusing with the mysterious thing inside him, and Lin Shen confirmed that his friend was still himself despite the mosaic covering his body. Suspecting the mosaic was a Heaven Defying Rebel Bones Fire Seed, Lin Shen bought a case of potent Daydream liquor to get Ouyang Yudu drunk and find out.

• Ouyang Yudu began Nirvana inside a crimson cocoon, while Lin Shen received a Special Grade Celestial Medal for recovering the genuine Celestial Divine Statue.
• After nine days, Ouyang Yudu emerged from the cocoon covered in mosaic censoring and told Lin Shen he had fused with the thing inside him.
• Lin Shen questioned Ouyang Yudu and concluded from his personality and speech that he was still himself.
• Lin Shen wondered whether the mosaic marked a Heaven Defying Rebel Bones Fire Seed and struggled to ask Ouyang Yudu to sleep with him so he could confirm it.
• Lin Shen invited Ouyang Yudu to drink, then bought a case of expensive Daydream liquor potent enough to intoxicate a Nirvana Realm Expert.

Lin Shen celebrated the mission’s success with Ouyang Yudu, who explained that Bai Shenfei might be pursuing the dangerous One Body Two Hearts method to cultivate the Theory of Talent. As Ouyang Yudu revealed his envy of Old Wei and poured liquor over the Jade Bone Demon Umbrella, a mysterious woman’s image appeared on it briefly.

• Lin Shen praised Ouyang Yudu’s cooking and insisted they celebrate their completed mission by drinking heavily.
• Lin Shen told Ouyang Yudu that Bai Shenfei had ascended, and Ouyang Yudu explained that she might be attempting the One Body Two Hearts method to master the Theory of Talent.
• Ouyang Yudu admitted that he envied Old Wei and wished he had been born into the Wei family.
• Ouyang Yudu poured liquor over the Jade Bone Demon Umbrella, briefly revealing the image of a mysterious woman, and Lin Shen toasted her as the Ouyang Family’s beautiful bride.

Lin Shen failed to obtain Ouyang Yudu’s Fire Seed after the Jade Bone Demoness carried him away, but remembered the Great Sea Serpent Tooth and gained a new Fire Seed called Fight Poison With Poison. After testing its ability, he was startled when an unexpected visitor entered his locked bedroom.

• Lin Shen and Ouyang Yudu drank together until Ouyang Yudu collapsed, and the Jade Bone Demon Umbrella revealed the voice of the Jade Bone Demoness before carrying him back to his room.
• Lin Shen remembered the Great Sea Serpent Tooth in his spatial device and discovered that it had granted him the Failed Super Gene Evolution Seed, Fight Poison With Poison.
• Lin Shen drank two toxin-filled Gene Mutation Fluids in succession and found that the second toxin instantly canceled the first toxin’s effects.
• Someone quietly opened Lin Shen’s locked bedroom door, and Lin Shen jumped up in shock when he recognized the person.

Tian Jiu You came to Sky Peak Star to collect Lin Shen as his adopted son and took him from his home through an Immortal Law. He explained that true Immortal Laws were unique, more powerful, and more flexible than Past, Reality, and Future Laws.

• Tian Jiu You entered Lin Shen's home and silenced his calls for help while insisting that he had come to settle their wager by taking Lin Shen as his adopted son.
• Lin Shen agreed to leave on his own, expecting people outside to hear him, but found a vast snowy mountain range beyond his bedroom door instead of his living room.
• Tian Jiu You explained that the Heavenly Kingdom Forbidden Zone was a Past Law, not a true Immortal Law.
• Tian Jiu You told Lin Shen that true Immortal Laws belonged to only one person and offered greater power and freedom than Past, Reality, and Future Laws.
• Tian Jiu You compared Feng Liu's fire Immortal Law with the limited branch abilities of other laws, saying true Immortal Laws could restrain or nullify them.

Lin Shen learned how Immortal Laws worked and how difficult it was to obtain true Immortality. Tian Jiu You offered to pass on his Space Immortal Laws if Lin Shen became his heir, while Lin Shen tried to negotiate his release.

• Tian Jiu You explained that each type of Immortal Law had only one wielder and described the dangerous paths to comprehending laws and obtaining an Immortal Crown.
• Lin Shen concluded that ordinary Immortality was easier to attain than true Immortality, but that occupied Immortal Laws could not be claimed without defeating their wielder.
• Tian Jiu You offered to let Lin Shen inherit his Space Immortal Laws after his death, but said Lin Shen first had to prove his ability and character.
• Lin Shen questioned Tian Jiu You’s motives and wondered how the Emperor Tian Shu had defeated him, suspecting the Blood Curse Demon was an Immortal King pet that countered space.
• Lin Shen proposed changing their wager so that, if he survived Tian Jiu You’s third strike, Tian Jiu You would let him go.