Chapter Summaries

Lin Shen continued through the Immortal Court’s competitions, defeating his opponents with one shot while seeking a way to enter the Star God Palace and investigate what happened to the people from the Ancient Realm Region. Meanwhile, Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun visited Yue Hongyan, whose unusual sadness suggested that her connection to A Tian was troubling her.

• Lin Shen decided to keep competing rather than risk fighting Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun, and he joined them in inspecting Yu Lizi’s resource-rich planet.
• Lin Shen used the intelligent brain’s help to face weaker opponents in the Elimination Round, defeating each with a single shot as Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun watched.
• Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun discussed the delayed marriage alliance between the Shen Family and the Deng Family, and Wen Bu Jun proposed marrying Pan Xiaoning’s younger sister to test whether their families’ bloodlines could pass down several divine arts.
• Wen Bu Jun contacted Yue Hongyan and brought Pan Xiaoning to visit her, where they noticed her sorrow and wondered whether she had fallen in love.
• Yue Hongyan had been trying to meet A Tian of the Deng Family to understand the red string connecting them, but Lei Shi kept preventing her from doing so.

Yue Hongyan learned that the armored competitor A Tian was Lin Shen, whom she recognized as the man tied to her by a vivid fate thread. Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun mistakenly believed he was Yue Hongyan’s lover and resolved to investigate whether he deserved her.

• Pan Xiaoning told Yue Hongyan about a mysterious competitor named A Tian, whose fighting style and strength had impressed him.
• Yue Hongyan recognized A Tian’s name, showed Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun a photograph, and hurried with them into the Great Void World to see him compete.
• Yue Hongyan confirmed that the armored competitor was Lin Shen and saw a purple-red fate thread connecting his hand to her neck.
• Yue Hongyan identified A Tian as Deng A Duo, whose marriage alliance with the Shen Family astonished Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun.
• Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun misunderstood Yue Hongyan’s anger and evasiveness as heartbreak over a forbidden romance, then vowed to help her judge whether A Tian deserved her.

Lin Shen used his authority over the Universe's Hardest Godman competition to rig the Ranking Battle bracket in his favor, then returned to care for his little white tigers. His plan hit an unexpected snag when Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun discovered that Lin Shen’s first opponent was the ominous Wu Xiaoming.

• Lin Shen entered the Ranking Battle after winning ninety-seven consecutive matches and used his authority to arrange Pan Xiaoning against Wen Bu Jun while choosing an apparently weak opponent for himself.
• Lin Shen returned to his planet and fed the four little white tigers, while Xiao Yu grew resentful as he copied the Introductory Chapter of the Peerless Divine Art.
• Lin Shen fed Deformed Liquid to the rapidly growing Bai Xiaojiu and considered entering the tigers in a pet competition to test their strength.
• Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun were surprised to be matched against each other in the first round, and Pan Xiaoning tried to revoke their previous agreement.
• Pan Xiaoning and Wen Bu Jun checked Lin Shen’s opponent and learned it was Wu Xiaoming, a feared fighter whose name made them worry about the match.

After Wen Bu Jun defeated Pan Xiaoning, he named Deng A Duo and Wu Xiaoming as threats in the competition, drawing widespread attention to Wu Xiaoming’s match against Lin Shen. Lin Shen entered the arena unaware of his opponent’s fame and immediately used Xiao Ying to claim the first move.

• Wen Bu Jun defeated Pan Xiaoning, then said Deng A Duo and Wu Xiaoming were strong competitors who could challenge him.
• Wen Bu Jun revealed that Deng A Duo competed as A Tian and that Wu Xiaoming was the legendary Gun God Nameless.
• The news that Wu Xiaoming had entered the competition and would face Deng A Duo caused a sensation, while the Deng Family, Lei clan, Deng Yongxin, and Shen Family reacted with confusion or curiosity.
• Shen Qingxue followed the match to learn more about the man she expected to marry and bear children with.
• Lin Shen entered the arena unaware of Wu Xiaoming’s fame and had Xiao Ying grant him the first move.

Lin Shen, competing as A Tian, defeated Gun God Nameless Wu Xiaoming with a single shot in the Most Hard God-Human Competition. After learning who he had beaten, Lin Shen remained unconcerned as the Immortal Court’s attention turned to his expected match against Wen Bu Jun.

• Lin Shen chose a sniper rifle and shot Wu Xiaoming through the helmet as soon as his turn began, winning the match immediately.
• Spectators and commentators reacted to the Gun God’s first defeat in the Great Void World, while Wen Bu Jun and Pan Xiaoning recognized the bullet’s destructive power.
• Wu Xiaoming admitted he had been careless and accepted the loss, resolving to face Lin Shen again in Gun God Duel someday.
• Long Xiuzi and Qing Lunzi told Lin Shen that Wu Xiaoming was Gun God Nameless, and Lin Shen said the victory had felt no different from the earlier Elimination Round.
• Shen Qingxue gained a better impression of Lin Shen, while Immortal Court media publicized Deng A Duo and drew attention to his coming match with Wen Bu Jun.

Lin Shen watched Wen Bu Jun face Long Banruo and learned more about Wen Bu Jun’s extraordinary Writing as a Vehicle of Truth. In the stands, he spotted another mosaic-covered woman, Yue Hongyan, who approached him to investigate their connection, while Lin Shen eagerly made room for her.

• The chapter described how Wen Bu Jun could turn attacks into words and materialize writing as powerful objects, making him a near-unbeatable rival to Pan Xiaoning.
• Lin Shen finished his match and went with Long Xiuzi, Qing Lunzi, and others to watch Wen Bu Jun fight Long Banruo, who was eager to overcome his longtime rival.
• Yue Hongyan noticed Lin Shen in the stands and left Pan Xiaoning to approach him, curious about the strange red threads connecting them.
• Lin Shen saw the mosaic on Yue Hongyan and reconsidered which of the people he had encountered carried Heaven Defying Rebel Bones Fire Seeds.
• Yue Hongyan asked to sit nearby, and Lin Shen had Old Long move so she could sit beside him, worsening her opinion of him.

Long Banruo revealed the Nine Dragon Set and used it with his Heavenly Dragon Banruo Divine Art to injure Wen Bu Jun, while Wen Bu Jun’s counterattack failed to break Long Banruo’s defense. The chapter left Wen Bu Jun claiming he had not yet fought seriously as Long Banruo prepared another powerful attack.

• Lin Shen watched as the arena’s roulette selected Long Banruo to attack Wen Bu Jun first.
• Long Banruo equipped all nine pieces of the Dragon God Set, whose dragon phantoms joined with his Heavenly Dragon Banruo Divine Art.
• Long Banruo’s opening punch destroyed Wen Bu Jun’s divine artifact armor and left him injured.
• Wen Bu Jun struck back with a barrage of rosy light, but Long Banruo’s dragon phantom shielded him without harm.
• Wen Bu Jun dismissed Long Banruo’s power as only somewhat interesting, and Long Banruo gathered a Dragon Pearl above his fist for his next attack.

Wen Bu Jun defeated Long Banruo by turning his Dragon Pearl into writing and using it against him, strengthening Lin Shen’s doubts about winning the competition. Meanwhile, Wei Wufu arrived on Di Man Star and told Christine he had come to see him, not to retrieve Lin Shen’s book.

• Long Banruo unleashed the Dragon Pearl’s full power, but Wen Bu Jun tapped it into a glowing dragon character and later sent it back to wound Long Banruo, winning the match.
• Lin Shen asked Yue Hongyan for her contact information before the arena closed, then wondered whether her hidden trait was Heaven Defying Rebel Bones.
• Lin Shen admitted he was unsure he could defeat Wen Bu Jun, while the competition continued with both men emerging as the lower division’s most popular contestants.
• Yue Hongyan waited for Lin Shen to message her, but he did not know what to say and stayed silent.
• Wei Wufu arrived at Christine’s residence on Di Man Star, and Christine asked whether he had come to retrieve Lin Shen’s book.
• Wei Wufu told Christine that he had come to find him instead.

Christine gave Wei Wufu Lin Shen's Peerless Divine Skill, but Wei Wufu left after understanding only a little and set out to find the worst person in the universe. With Christine's help, he confronted Evil Law King Roger and rejected the Justice Crown's coronation, leaving a mysterious gate opened by his punch.

• Christine gave Wei Wufu Lin Shen's Peerless Divine Skill and watched him read it, but Wei Wufu returned the book and said he had understood only a little.
• Wei Wufu told Christine he wanted to find a bad person and asked who was the worst; Christine named Evil Law King Roger and agreed to take him there.
• Christine and Wei Wufu met Roger on the lifeless Proga Moon Star System, where Roger admitted he was the worst person in the world.
• Wei Wufu challenged Roger, and the Justice Crown descended as Roger's Evil Law engulfed the planet.
• Wei Wufu rejected the Justice Crown, struck through Roger's Evil Law, and opened a mysterious gate in the void.

Wei Wufu entered the Immortal Courtyard in search of Lin Shen, while Lin Shen continued competing under the mistaken identity of A Tian and eventually faced Wen Bu Jun in the final. Wen Bu Jun equipped powerful armor before Lin Shen opened the match with a sniper shot, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Wei Wufu abandoned the path to becoming a Law King, became a Lower God-Human through the Ghost God System, and entered the Immortal Courtyard to find Lin Shen.
• Lin Shen continued winning matches, impressing the Shen Family and drawing Shen Qingxue closer to the man she believed was her arranged marriage partner.
• Lin Shen advanced to the final against Wen Bu Jun, whose previous matches had left him seemingly unaffected by Lin Shen's attempts to wear him down.
• The roulette wheel gave A Tian the first move, and Wen Bu Jun summoned the formidable Demon’s Curse Armor.
• Lin Shen fired his sniper rifle at Wen Bu Jun’s head to test whether his attack could pierce the armor.

Lin Shen’s piercing bullet broke through Wen Bu Jun’s armor and skull, but Wen Bu Jun removed the wound and continued fighting. Lin Shen endured Wen Bu Jun’s sword attack with the Immortal Set, then fired again at the glowing acupoint in Wen Bu Jun’s chest.

• Lin Shen’s bullet pierced Wen Bu Jun’s Curse Armor and skull, and Pan Xiaoning concluded that A Tian’s weapon or trait could pierce anything.
• Wen Bu Jun peeled the glowing wound character from his forehead, restoring his injury and armor.
• Lin Shen activated the Immortal Set and endured Wen Bu Jun’s torrent of sword lights until the attack ended.
• Lin Shen fired another bullet at the red-glowing acupoint in Wen Bu Jun’s chest, and Wen Bu Jun pressed his finger against its tip.

Lin Shen and Wen Bu Jun fought an exhausting battle, repeatedly injuring each other with attacks neither could fully block. As the exchange continued, Lin Shen’s armor began to fail while Wen Bu Jun’s power was running low.

• Lin Shen’s bullets pierced Wen Bu Jun despite his Qi Characters, while Wen Bu Jun’s Indestructible Sword pierced Lin Shen and failed to keep him down after his wounds healed.
• Wen Bu Jun attacked Lin Shen with a poisoned sword, but Lin Shen’s poison immunity rendered it ineffective.
• The two exchanged bullets and weapons conjured through Writing as a Vehicle of Truth, each recovering from the other’s attacks as spectators cheered.
• Wen Bu Jun struck Lin Shen with repeated attacks, including lightning, while Lin Shen’s Immortal Set accumulated damage.
• Wen Bu Jun realized that his power was being depleted and thought that the battle could not continue much longer.

Wen Bu Jun unleashed a life-or-death technique that let his word law borrow the might of Jade Emperor God, leaving the audience convinced Lin Shen could not survive. The talisman descended onto Lin Shen’s forehead, and the chapter ended before its effect was revealed.

• Pan Xiaoning explained that Wen Bu Jun was nearing exhaustion and predicted he would use his strongest life-or-death technique.
• Wen Bu Jun summoned a divine-soul projection despite being a Lower God-Human, shocking Shen Qingxue and the spectators.
• Wen Bu Jun wrote an immortal divine-script talisman invoking Jade Emperor God and declared, “Swift as the law decrees.”
• The talisman’s immense pressure overwhelmed spectators, and it descended onto Lin Shen’s forehead.

Lin Shen discovered that the phrase “Hurry, hurry, as decreed by the law” activated the Jade Emperor God talisman, then used it to defeat Wen Bu Jun. The battle’s aftermath left the Immortal Court baffled by Lin Shen and the Deng Family struggling with the attention surrounding A Tian.

• Lin Shen peeled Wen Bu Jun’s Jade Emperor God talisman from his forehead unharmed, leaving Wen Bu Jun too drained to fight.
• Lin Shen suspected the words “Hurry, hurry, as decreed by the law” were needed to activate a talisman and tested his theory by throwing the talisman at Wen Bu Jun.
• The talisman’s power destroyed Wen Bu Jun, the Competition Arena, and several spectators before Upper God-Humans stopped the blast from killing more people.
• The system declared A Tian the winner, and God-Humans across the Immortal Court studied recordings but could not explain why the talisman had not harmed Lin Shen.
• Deng Yongxin felt overwhelmed as Lineages, including the Shen Family, questioned him about A Tian and the Deng Family’s marriage alliance.

Lin Shen chose a First-Class Star as his reward and prepared to interview for the Central Sky Star Region Star God Palace. Meanwhile, Deng Xian offered the Nine Lives Nine Worlds Last Wish Seal to persuade A Tian to enter the Shen-Deng marriage alliance, while planning to give the Shen Family Deng A Duo if A Tian refused.

• Lin Shen confirmed that “Hurry, hurry, as decreed by the law” unlocked talisman power, but hesitated to test whether it could summon the Jade Emperor.
• Lin Shen selected the only First-Class Star among his rewards and received six Star God Palace interview invitations, deciding to attend the Central Sky Star Region interview.
• Deng Yongxin told Deng Xian that the Shen Family demanded the marriage alliance with A Tian, but Deng Xian told him to prepare the wedding without explaining his plan.
• Deng Xian called Deng Kuang and offered the Nine Lives Nine Worlds Last Wish Seal in exchange for A Tian joining the marriage alliance.
• Deng Xian told Deng Kuang that if A Tian refused, the Deng Family would give Deng A Duo to the Shen Family.

Lin Shen explored Yin Mountain Star, his new First-Class Star, and considered entering the Gun God Duel. Deng Kuang then asked him to join the Deng-Shen marriage alliance, offering the Nine Lives Nine Worlds Last Wish Seal in exchange.

• Lin Shen surveyed Yin Mountain Star and recognized the qilin-like forms on a cliff as dangerous Ink Water Cold Eye Beasts.
• Lin Shen considered the Gun God Duel, which suited his Seven Steps of Conflict and Space Bullets despite his sniper rifle being poorly matched to its arena.
• Deng Kuang contacted Lin Shen and asked him to complete the marriage alliance with the Shen Family on the Deng Family’s behalf.
• Lin Shen refused because he already had a wife and child, but Deng Kuang offered him the Nine Lives Nine Worlds Last Wish Seal.
• Deng Kuang explained that the one-use artifact let its user see all nine past lives and gain their experiences and insights.

Lin Shen learned from Deng Kuang that the Nine Lives Seal could reveal past-life experiences, but he refused to marry again to obtain one. Deng Kuang warned him against joining a Star God Palace and revealed that Di E Si had come from the Ancient Realm Region and killed Star God Officials.

• Deng Kuang explained the Nine Lives Seal’s benefits, but Lin Shen refused to pursue it through another marriage because Tian Xun was bearing his children.
• Deng Kuang offered to help Lin Shen decline the marriage alliance and advised him not to become a Star God Official.
• Deng Kuang explained that Star God Officials had to obey the Sovereign and enforce the Immortal Court’s laws, even against their own families and Lineages.
• Deng Kuang said Star God Officials had recently died fighting intruders from the Ancient Realm Region, including someone called Di E Si.
• Lin Shen recognized Di E Si’s name and was startled.

Lin Shen changed his interview plans to the Chang Sheng Star God Palace in the South Star Region after hearing rumors that Old Wei might have come up from the Ancient Realm Region. He arrived for the interview and met other candidates, but the chapter ended as Ji Fengyun was called into Chang Sheng Hall.

• Deng Kuang told Lin Shen that someone from the Ancient Realm Region had reportedly come up and spoken with a stutter, making Lin Shen fear the person might be Old Wei.
• Lin Shen gave up the Nine Lives Seal and researched the Chang Sheng Star God Palace, hoping to learn more by joining it.
• Lin Shen received permission to travel to six Star God Palaces and chose the Chang Sheng Star God Palace for his interview.
• At Chang Sheng Hall, Lin Shen met Ji Fengyun, winner of the Beauty Pageant Competition, and heard Wan Donglin criticize his victory over Gun God Nameless.
• Ji Fengyun explained that the lower-division candidates were the final interview batch, and a voice summoned him into Chang Sheng Hall.

Lin Shen underwent his Star God Palace interview, where the questions left him uncertain about what the officials were testing. The Nine-Star God Official’s final question forced Lin Shen to consider whether he would punish someone he loved for breaking the Immortal Court’s laws.

• Lin Shen entered Chang Sheng Hall and found a lone Nine-Star God Official waiting before the statue of the Antarctic Chang Sheng Great Emperor.
• The Nine-Star God Official asked Lin Shen why he chose this Star God Palace, and Lin Shen said he had not wanted to choose the Central Sky Star Region Star God Palace.
• The official asked whether Lin Shen preferred sweet or savory doufu pudding, and Lin Shen responded by asking what doufu pudding was.
• The official showed Lin Shen two divine maidens and asked which was prettier, but Lin Shen could not decide before the official moved on.
• The Nine-Star God Official asked whether Lin Shen would destroy a loved one who violated the laws of the Immortal Court.

Lin Shen passed the Chang Sheng Star God Palace interview despite believing he had failed, and joined alongside Ji Fengyun and Lu Ming'er. After they left, Wu Qing revealed that he suspected Lin Shen was not Deng A Duo and planned to test whether he came from below.

• Lin Shen and Ji Fengyun compared their interviews and worried that neither had performed well.
• Wu Qing announced that Ji Fengyun, Lu Ming'er, and A Tian had passed and welcomed them as members of the Chang Sheng Star God Palace.
• Lin Shen and the others received their uniforms, badges, and manuals, then were given three days to prepare before starting work.
• Wu Qing told Liu Siming that A Tian's hesitation over doufu pudding and his difference in appearance from Deng A Duo made him suspicious.
• Wu Qing proposed having two captured people from below meet A Tian to see whether they recognized each other.