Chapter Summaries

News that Machina Spirit Overlord and Star Cluster Master had reached peak sixth-tier combat power shook the Universe Ocean and prompted the Automaton Race and Human Race to investigate their identities. At the Giant Axe Temple, Xu Ai revealed Machina Spirit Overlord had once been her intelligent lifeform, while Hen Ren explained Star Cluster Master's abilities and planned to bring her into the Hong Alliance.

• Fenglong Lord and his companions spread news that Machina Spirit Overlord and Star Cluster Master had defeated Purple Moon Holy Land Universe Masters with peak sixth-tier combat power, while Empress Ruthless was believed to be similarly powerful.
• The Automaton Race Father God discovered that his records contained no information about Machina Spirit Overlord and ordered an investigation, vowing to kill her if she was an enemy of the Automaton Race.
• At the Giant Axe Temple, Xu Ai revealed that Machina Spirit Overlord had once been her intelligent lifeform, and she said she had provided only her body and the Evolution Heart.
• Hen Ren told Giant Axe Founder and the others that Star Cluster Master was her friend, had a planet-sized divine body, and used psychic weapons, pinnacle true treasures, and a divine power burning secret technique.
• Giant Axe offered Star Cluster Master a pinnacle true treasure if she joined the Hong Alliance, and Hen Ren agreed to explain the offer to her.
• Giant Axe asked Hen Ren why she had entered the Universe Ocean without notifying the others, and Hen Ren said she wanted to test the Black-Veined Stone Pillar's time acceleration.

Luo Feng and his companions reached the Black-Veined Stone Pillar space, where Hengxing Demon God provoked Empress Ruthless into a fight. Empress Ruthless unleashed power that shocked Hengxing Demon God with its eighth-tier might.

• Luo Feng's group arrived at the Black-Veined Stone Pillar space and met Swallow Eagle Master, who offered to show them around.
• Hengxing Demon God appeared and challenged Empress Ruthless and the others, while Swallow Eagle Master warned Luo Feng that the unpredictable lone traveler was dangerous.
• Empress Ruthless answered Hengxing Demon God's taunts perfunctorily, prompting him to reveal his true form and unleash his domain and willpower assault.
• Luo Feng entered Star Tower but could not help Empress Ruthless because Hengxing Demon God's assault occupied his attention; Lexington and Gaia retreated into the palace.
• Empress Ruthless enlarged her body, burned divine power, and drew the Blood Fang War Halberd before unleashing an attack that Hengxing Demon God identified as eighth-tier combat power.

Empress Ruthless revealed her new Universe Supreme Being status and forced Hengxing Demon God to back down from threatening the Human Race. She left with Bei Chi Star Lord and the others for his residence, while Swallow Eagle Master remained unconscious and was carried along.

• Empress Ruthless claimed she had become a Universe Supreme Being after her halberd strike wounded Hengxing Demon God and her next attack sent him flying.
• Bei Chi Star Lord and Blood Orchid Ancestor arrived, and Empress Ruthless warned Hengxing Demon God not to target the Human Race's inheritance again.
• Empress Ruthless struck Hengxing Demon God with a peak seventh-tier soul attack, alarming him about her potential and prompting him to promise not to trouble Hong Alliance Universe Masters at the Black-Veined Stone Pillar.
• Bei Chi Star Lord invited Empress Ruthless to his residence, while Blood Orchid Ancestor left to study the secret patterns.
• Empress Ruthless called the others out of their palaces, and Luo Feng used the Shi Wu Wings to seize Swallow Eagle Master's palace because Swallow Eagle Master was unconscious.
• Empress Ruthless, Bei Chi Star Lord, Luo Feng, and the others flew toward Bei Chi Star Lord's residence.

Hen Ren explained that she remained a Universe Venerable despite having peak eighth-tier combat power, and the Human Race celebrated her strength. Meanwhile, Long Kui unearthed a coffin-shaped supreme treasure in the Thunder Mountain Range and entered the world inside it.

• At the Giant Axe Meeting, Hen Ren told the Human Race's Universe Masters that she had not become a Universe Supreme Being, but could reach peak eighth-tier combat power with treasures and help from Machina Spirit Overlord and Star Cluster Master.
• Hen Ren explained how her treasures and secret techniques increased her combat power, and Giant Axe urged her to break through to become a Universe Master.
• Giant Axe and the others toasted Hen Ren, while Hen Ren returned to comprehending secret engravings and Lexington and Gaia continued their work.
• Long Kui dug up a huge coffin-shaped object in the Thunder Mountain Range and found a living world inside it.
• Long Kui entered the palace-type supreme treasure, and its black coffin lid closed behind her.

Long Kui explored the coffin world and discovered that its beasts and plants were made from swords. After she imprinted herself on a phantom sacred sword at the world’s temple, the coffin’s energy began forging her into a stronger sword, while Red Kui and Blue Kui entered seclusion.

• Long Kui explored the coffin world and killed a giant python, which dissolved into two longswords.
• Long Kui found that the strange beasts she killed became swords, with the strongest near the temple transforming from true treasure divine swords.
• Long Kui reached a bronze temple surrounded by supreme true treasure swords and found a phantom sacred sword at its center.
• Long Kui branded her life imprint on the phantom, and the Demon Sword appeared in its place.
• The coffin world’s beasts and plants turned into swords or particles, and their energy flowed into the temple to strengthen Long Kui.
• Red Kui and Blue Kui entered seclusion, while Xu Ai recognized that Long Kui was undergoing a powerful forging that could raise her to Void True God level or beyond.

Xu Ai accidentally entered Mount Liu Chong’s thirteenth layer, where she met King Qi and learned that she could leave or face his inheritance trial. She chose the trial and contacted the Human Race for help, while the Chaos City Leader set out to retrieve her divine power Clone on Earth.

• Xu Ai flew into a Backrooms-like labyrinth and found a Manila Room containing King Qi, the illusory consciousness who ruled Mount Liu Chong.
• King Qi explained that the thirteenth layer shaped itself from a visitor’s inner labyrinth and offered Xu Ai the choice to leave or accept his inheritance trial, where failure meant death.
• Xu Ai tried to escape through the Gap but found that the thirteenth layer sealed spacetime methods, so she agreed to the trial and asked what would happen if both she and the Gap Fragment succeeded.
• King Qi said that both could inherit his civilization, though he expected most candidates to fail, and described the trial’s three parts and time limits.
• Xu Ai contacted the Chaos City Leader and Giant Axe, who were shocked by the discovery and decided to send support; the Chaos City Leader set off for Earth to retrieve her divine power Clone.

Xu Ai began King Qi’s comprehension test on the thirteenth level of Mount Liu Chong, where she had to solve four thousand Rhino Emperor Games before facing a combat test. She introduced the game to the Human Race, whose leaders began studying it as well.

• Xu Ai told Chaos City Leader that Gap Demon Lord held an inheritance suited to his path, and he agreed to seek her out.
• King Qi began Xu Ai’s comprehension test, set a deadline of ten eras, and required her to solve four thousand Rhino Emperor Games.
• Giant Axe accelerated time in the Giant Axe Universe while Xu Ai and Gap Demon Lord’s fragment began solving the games.
• Giant Axe told the Human Race leaders that Xu Ai had found a complete Ancient Civilization inheritance on Mount Liu Chong’s thirteenth level.
• Xu Ai demonstrated the Rhino Emperor Game at a meeting and suggested targets of five thousand games for Universe Masters and six thousand for Universe Supreme Beings.
• The Human Race leaders became absorbed in solving the Rhino Emperor Games, and Xu Ai joined them.

Xu Ai and Hen Ren rapidly solved the Rhino Emperor Game while the Human Race and Zerg withdrew from public attention to study it. After Luo Feng told Mountain Guest about Gaia, Mountain Guest searched his old test grounds and found the conscious planet.

• Xu Ai and Hen Ren began solving the Rhino Emperor Game, astonishing King Qi with their comprehension.
• The Human Race and Zerg became low-key as their Universe Masters focused on the game.
• Mountain Guest recognized the Human Race’s high-speed thoughts as a sign they had obtained the Rhino Emperor Game and hoped Luo Feng would be nurtured by them.
• Luo Feng contacted Mountain Guest about Gaia, a conscious planet that seemed to be one he had modified.
• Mountain Guest searched his old test grounds, found a living planet with powerful inhabitants, and asked whether it was Gaia.

Gaia persuaded Mountain Guest to share his artifact-forging knowledge by revealing that she had created a sixth-tier secret technique as a Universe Venerable. After Mountain Guest gave her forging insights and the Rhino Emperor Game, Gaia studied the memories and began researching mechanical-type supreme true treasures.

• Mountain Guest questioned Gaia about her unusual nature, and she explained that part of the Origin of Life was contained within her.
• Gaia asked Mountain Guest to teach her artifact crafting, then demonstrated that she had independently created a sixth-tier secret technique.
• Mountain Guest agreed to invest in Gaia, giving her a Memory Stone of his artifact-forging insights in exchange for a favor and help for Luo Feng.
• Mountain Guest also gave Gaia the Rhino Emperor Game and explained how it tested and cultivated comprehension.
• Gaia asked about mechanical-type treasure forging, and Mountain Guest supplied another Memory Stone containing those methods.
• After Mountain Guest departed, Gaia extracted and memorized the contents, and Lexington began researching supreme true treasure-level mechanical-type treasures.

Xu Ai and her allies arranged excuses to keep away from the coming emergence of Duan Donghe's Tomb Boat, while Yakumo Yukari delivered a powerful inheritance to Chaos City Leader. Yakumo Yukari then persuaded the Ancestral Gods to protect her during seclusion, leaving the group prepared to avoid being drawn into the inheritance events.

• Xu Ai planned to keep her allies away from Duan Donghe's Tomb Boat by claiming they had obtained opportunities from an Ancient Civilization, while Long Kui remained out of contact.
• Yakumo Yukari formed a mechanical puppet, traveled to the Primal Secret Realm, and gave Chaos City Leader a three-sheet inheritance from a tenth-tier Universe Supreme Being on Xu Ai's behalf.
• Hen Ren and Cai Yi told Chaos City Leader and the Zerg Queen that they had obtained opportunities requiring seclusion, then shut down their Virtual Universe devices.
• Raiden Shogun postponed entering seclusion until she could find a safer location, while Yakumo Yukari prepared to leave as well.
• Yakumo Yukari told the three Ancestral Gods she needed protected seclusion for an important opportunity, and Aged Ancestral God agreed to guard her within Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

Xu Ai and her allies withdrew from the competition for the Duan Donghe inheritance while she prepared to advance through the King Qi trial. She browsed the system’s clone recommendations and chose Ryougi Shiki’s Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, leaving her new identity unresolved.

• Xu Ai and her allies hid near the Black-Veined Stone Pillar and withdrew from the Duan Donghe inheritance competition.
• Xu Ai planned to finish the King Qi inheritance trial before considering a breakthrough to Universe Master.
• Xu Ai opened the system panel and examined recommendations including Flandre Scarlet, Remilia Scarlet, and Ryougi Shiki.
• Xu Ai compared their abilities and chose Ryougi Shiki, prioritizing her power to kill even concepts.

Ryougi Shiki was born in a new secret realm, directly nurtured by the Primal Universe, and discovered her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and a second self, Ryougi SHIKI. After they found that they sensed opposing aspects of the Yin-Yang Origin, Ryougi Shiki decided to break through.

• Mountain Guest noticed the Primal Universe Will had weakened and suspected the Sector Beasts had appeared, but he remained unable to act against them.
• Ryougi Shiki was born in a new secret realm as a peak World Lord and examined her abilities and human origins.
• Ryougi Shiki manifested Ryougi SHIKI as a second self, and both discovered they possessed the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
• Ryougi Shiki and Ryougi SHIKI sensed opposing aspects of the Yin-Yang Origin rather than the ordinary Law of Light Origin.
• Ryougi Shiki finished examining herself and decided to break through.

Ryougi Shiki broke through to Immortal and Universe Venerable, then gained insight into the final step needed to reach Universe Master. After the breakthrough, she used a secret technique to expand her divine body and planned to update her life blueprint.

• Ryougi Shiki became an Immortal and discovered that her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception could cut through distance, letting her travel tens of millions of light-years.
• Ryougi Shiki established her God Kingdom in a spatial fragment and merged her small Internal World into it.
• Ryougi Shiki broke through to Universe Venerable by completing the Law of Time Origin.
• Ryougi Shiki, Xu Ai, Hen Ren, Raiden Shogun, Cai Yi, and Yakumo Yukari sought inspiration in the universe's source space and grasped the final step toward becoming Universe Masters.
• Ryougi Shiki broke through to Universe Master, raised her life gene level to a hundredfold, and reconstructed her divine body to ninety thousand kilometers.
• Ryougi Shiki decided to have Gaia update her life blueprint.

Lexington learned that Duan Donghe had appeared in the Flame Ice Region to offer his complete inheritance, but chose not to lead the Hong Alliance’s weaker Universe Masters there. Cai Yi persuaded the Zerg Queen and the Zerg Universe Masters to abandon the dangerous contest and focus on her own Ancient Civilization inheritance trial.

• Lexington heard that Duan Donghe had appeared in the Flame Ice Region and was seeking an inheritor who might pass through reincarnation.
• Hong Alliance Universe Masters asked Lexington to lead them to the Tomb Boat, but she refused because they lacked a Universe Supreme Being to back them.
• Cai Yi asked the Zerg Queen about Duan Donghe’s inheritance and urged the Zerg to give it up.
• Cai Yi argued that her own inheritance was at least as valuable and that pursuing Duan Donghe’s trial risked death and hostility from other factions.
• The Zerg Queen accepted Cai Yi’s advice and told her to concentrate on succeeding in her inheritance trial.

Luo Feng entered seclusion to solve Duan Donghe’s Rhino Emperor Games after completing the first bottleneck, while Xu Ai reached the three-thousandth game in King Qi’s inheritance trial. Hen Ren stopped solving games to study the power of realms, newly able to perceive it after breaking through six bottlenecks.

• Luo Feng completed the first thousand games in three hundred years and received encouragement from Giant Axe and the Human Race’s Universe Masters.
• Luo Feng decided to finish four thousand games within three epochs and immersed himself in solving the games.
• Xu Ai completed her three-thousandth Rhino Emperor Game after a thousand years, and King Qi urged her to continue toward the four-thousandth.
• Hen Ren stopped solving games at the Black-Veined Stone Pillar and began researching the power of realms with Yakumo Yukari’s cooperation.
• Hen Ren used a Gap Fragment to observe the power of realms circulating within her and found that she could now perceive it clearly.

Xu Ai completed four thousand Rhino Emperor Games and passed the first part of King Qi's trial, earning access to Qi Kingdom's partial inheritances. She began studying bow techniques for the next combat assessment while King Qi considered her and the Gap fragment promising inheritors.

• Xu Ai completed the four-thousandth Rhino Emperor Game at the end of the era, and King Qi congratulated her and explained what her achievement could mean.
• King Qi revealed Qi Kingdom's inheritances and presented Xu Ai with countless options; she chose the bow and asked him to recommend movement techniques and soul defense.
• King Qi selected several suitable inheritances and sent Xu Ai to a cultivation chamber to study them and create her own secret methods.
• Xu Ai touched a crimson longbow inheritance, received its techniques, and took out Red Kui to begin her study.
• King Qi assessed the Gap fragment's progress and decided Xu Ai would be the main inheritor, with Yakumo Yukari assisting her.

Luo Feng completed the fourth bottleneck of the Duan Donghe inheritance, and Duan Donghe named him his successor and killed the remaining candidates. Demon God Lei Yi explained how he had helped bring the Tomb Boat to the inner region to secure revenge on the God Eye Clan, and Luo Feng prepared to receive the core inheritance.

• Luo Feng completed the fourth bottleneck, and Duan Donghe appeared to congratulate him and accept him as his disciple.
• Duan Donghe annihilated all the remaining candidates, including the Universe Supreme Beings, to celebrate Luo Feng obtaining the inheritance.
• Duan Donghe summoned Demon God Lei Yi, who explained that he had helped move the Tomb Boat to the inner region in exchange for revenge on the God Eye Clan.
• Duan Donghe gave Lei Yi the treasures left behind, and Lei Yi departed from the Tomb Boat.
• Duan Donghe told Luo Feng that he would now receive the core inheritance of the Duan Donghe lineage.

Purple Moon Ancestor spread a Divine Power Burning Secret Technique across the Universe Ocean to weaken the Human Race before Luo Feng finished receiving Duan Donghe's inheritance. As the Human Race prepared for war, Lexington revealed a hidden Universe Master in Nine Stars City, and Giant Axe Founder set out to recruit her.

• After learning that Luo Feng had solved four thousand Rhino Emperor games and obtained Duan Donghe's inheritance, Purple Moon Ancestor decided to undermine the Human Race and gave Juehua True God the secret technique to distribute.
• Juehua True God spread the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique and cultivation methods throughout the Universe Ocean, raising the combat strength of its factions.
• Chaos City Leader told the Human Race's Universe Masters that the spread was aimed at them and warned that war was likely, while the Hong Alliance planned to stay neutral in the first battle.
• Lexington told Giant Axe Founder and the others that she was trapped in the Universe Boat's core region but revealed that a concealed Human Race Universe Master lived in Nine Stars City.
• Giant Axe Founder agreed to go to Nine Stars City and bring Ryougi Shiki to join the Human Race's forces.

Ryougi Shiki completed another genetic-level upgrade before Giant Axe Founder sought her out to assess her strength and recruit her help for the Human Race’s crisis. They began a spar in the spatial layer, where her movement technique impressed him, and Giant Axe learned she had gained it from an inheritance.

• Ryougi Shiki finished a genetic-level upgrade and resumed researching the divine power life blueprint with Gaia and Cai Yi.
• Giant Axe Founder appeared in Nine Stars City, learned Ryougi Shiki was a Human Race Universe Master, and asked her to reveal her title and combat ability.
• Ryougi Shiki chose the title Endlord and agreed to spar with Giant Axe Founder.
• Giant Axe Founder and Ryougi Shiki entered the spatial layer, where Ryougi Shiki used a pinnacle treasure blade to meet his attack.
• Ryougi Shiki evaded Giant Axe Founder’s strikes with her unusual movement technique and explained that she had learned it from an inheritance.

After joining Humanity's Highest Council, Ryougi Shiki contributed a vast collection of peak treasures to help humanity prepare for a possible war with the other peak races. Giant Axe and Chaos City Leader took her to the Initial Universe to appraise the treasures and welcome her to Chaos City.

• Giant Axe ended his sparring match with Ryougi Shiki, gave her a Virtual Universe device, and introduced her as Endlord to humanity's Universe Masters.
• Chaos City Leader warned that the other peak races might attack humanity within several years after learning the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique, and Giant Axe ordered the factions to gather their geniuses in the Primal Secret Realm.
• Ryougi Shiki offered Giant Axe many peak soul-type, domain-type, and palace-type treasures, whose total value was nearly twice that of humanity's treasure vault.
• Giant Axe said the Virtual Universe system would convert the treasures' value into contribution points and called for the Universe Masters to gather in the Primal Secret Realm to receive treasures.
• Giant Axe brought Ryougi Shiki to the Initial Universe to appraise her contribution, where Chaos City Leader greeted her and offered to show her Chaos City's City Leader Mansion.