Chapter Summaries

Nightmare Candle King threatened Luo Feng’s family to force him to sell Earth, but Luo Feng revealed that Undying Venerable had come to Earth. Zhou Zheng arrived and overwhelmed Nightmare Candle King, leaving him kneeling and certain he was finished.

• Nightmare Candle King secretly threatened Luo Feng’s family while publicly urging him to sell Earth.
• Luo Feng refused to yield and warned that Undying Venerable had come to Earth to purchase an island.
• Nightmare Candle King gave Luo Feng three seconds to decide whether to sell Earth.
• Zhou Zheng entered the reception hall, shattered Nightmare Candle King’s mental defenses, and ordered him to kneel.
• Zhou Zheng replayed Nightmare Candle King’s threats aloud, and Nightmare Candle King realized he was finished.

After Zhou Zheng protected Luo Feng from Nightmare Candle King, Founder Giant Axe ordered punishment and the Giant Axe Fighting Arena’s Venerables warned their envoys not to cause trouble on Earth. Luo Feng reaffirmed that he would keep Earth, then agreed with True Yan King to sell an island to the Virtual Universe Company as well as one to a Giant Axe Fighting Arena Venerable.

• Zhou Zheng told Nightmare Candle King that he had sent the incident’s footage to Giant Axe, then told Luo Feng he would have to walk his own path from now on.
• In the Virtual Universe, Giant Axe told Zhou Zheng that Nightmare Candle King had been dealt with, and said Meng Tu had been seeking news of him.
• After the incident spread among the Giant Axe Fighting Arena’s Venerables, they warned their envoys to avoid causing trouble on Earth.
• Luo Feng visited True Yan King, who said the Venerables knew a major figure stood behind him and asked whether he would give up Earth.
• Luo Feng told True Yan King he would keep Earth and sell an island to a Giant Axe Fighting Arena Venerable; True Yan King suggested selling another island to the Virtual Universe Company, and Luo Feng agreed.

After Earth’s crisis settled, Luo Feng left for Chaos City while Zhou Zheng decided to seek opportunities in the Cosmic Sea. Zhou Zheng entered the Space Fold, sensing that someone had been watching him, but departed before investigating.

• Luo Feng learned from Hong that Earth’s unusual soul wills had drawn attention, and Hong had passed twenty levels of the Illusion Sea.
• Luo Feng completed decades of missions and cultivation, enslaved the Zerg Mother Queen, obtained the Nine Tribulations Scripture, and survived an Alien Race assassination attempt.
• Luo Feng applied to enter Chaos City, said goodbye to his family and Zhou Zheng, and left Earth for the Initial Universe.
• After using up his lifeform samples, Zhou Zheng hid some treasures on Earth and decided to travel to the Cosmic Sea in search of opportunities.
• Zhou Zheng opened a rift into the Space Fold and sensed concealed watchers before entering the Cosmic Sea route.

After leaving the Original Universe, Zhou Zheng explored the Cosmic Sea and eventually discovered a dangerous region with a mysterious Azure Mountain Peak. He entered the black waves surrounding it and found a silver-armored figure approaching the peak while another figure struggled under its suppression.

• Zhou Zheng suspected Zuo Shan Ke had watched him in the Original Universe but decided he had little reason to fear him.
• Zhou Zheng flew through the Cosmic Sea to search for opportunities, collecting only ordinary treasures along the way.
• After nearly a century, Zhou Zheng spotted a vast silt waterfall and teleported there in the Sirius Hall.
• Zhou Zheng entered the Silt Ocean and found black waves that sealed space around a mysterious Azure Mountain Peak.
• Zhou Zheng noticed a silver-armored figure approaching the Azure Mountain Peak while another figure was being suppressed nearby, and he sensed the peak was extraordinary.

Zhou Zheng investigated the Azure Mountain Peak and heard it name Nine Phases Mountain, Void God Temple, and Boundless Sea. After acquiring a Cosmic Sea Map from a fleeing Lord of Universe, he returned to examine the mountain more closely.

• Zhou Zheng approached the Azure Mountain Peak as two Lords of Universe fought over it, and one fled after recognizing him as a Universe Strongest.
• Zhou Zheng touched the mountain and heard a distant voice name Nine Phases Mountain, Void God Temple, and Boundless Sea before he withdrew his hand.
• Zhou Zheng pursued the remaining Lord of Universe, struck him hard, and demanded a complete Cosmic Sea Map instead of killing him.
• The Lord of Universe gave Zhou Zheng a map that lacked all three locations, then fled after learning Zhou Zheng called himself Cheng Tian True God.
• Zhou Zheng returned to the Silt Ocean, noted that the first Lord of Universe had escaped, and brought out the Azure Mountain Peak to inspect it.

Zhou Zheng investigated the Azure Mountain Peak, heard it name Nine Phases Mountain, Void God Temple, and Boundless Sea, then set out for the Universe Boat. He reached its Black Pattern Stone Pillars and encountered immense Will Impact and Time Acceleration as he approached one.

• Zhou Zheng tested the Azure Mountain Peak's durability, heard the faint voice repeat three place names, and stored the mountain away.
• Zhou Zheng considered whether the Original Universe's will had guided him to the mountain and decided to explore the Three Great Forbidden Lands.
• Zhou Zheng teleported to the enormous, damaged Universe Boat after more than a hundred years of drifting through the Cosmic Sea.
• Zhou Zheng arrived at the Black Pattern Stone Pillars, where nearby Lords of Universe watched him warily.
• Zhou Zheng flew toward a Stone Pillar and endured Will Impact at the Void True God level and Time Acceleration of a hundred thousand times normal.

Zhou Zheng studied the Black Pattern Stone Pillar and realized its secret patterns involved the Supreme Rules of time, while his powerful will let him advance farther than other experts. News identifying him as Cheng Tian True God spread rapidly through the Cosmic Sea, and Dream Demon Ancestor ordered someone to make contact with him.

• Zhou Zheng examined the pillar’s secret patterns and inferred that they governed time under the Supreme Rules.
• Zhou Zheng moved closer to the pillar, astonishing nearby Lords of Universe with his ability to surpass Beichi Star Lord’s progress.
• The Lords of Universe discovered that Zhou Zheng was Cheng Tian True God, a newly emerged Universe Strongest from the Original Universe, and circulated news of his powerful will.
• Dream Demon Ancestor received word that Cheng Tian True God had entered the Cosmic Sea and ordered a Lord of Universe from an affiliated race to contact him.

Zhou Zheng failed to comprehend the Black Pattern Stone Pillars’ secret patterns but continued toward the Universe Boat’s Inner Domain in search of its Main Control Room. Lord of Kunsheng delivered Dream Demon Ancestor’s offer to trade information about the Core Area for Lord of Sirius’s freedom, and Zhou Zheng arranged to meet Dream Demon Ancestor outside his Minor Universe.

• Zhou Zheng studied the Black Pattern Stone Pillars under intense pressure and millionfold Time Acceleration but could not comprehend their Supreme Rule patterns.
• Zhou Zheng left the pillars and continued toward the Universe Boat’s Inner Domain to search for the Main Control Room.
• Lord of Kunsheng approached Zhou Zheng and relayed Dream Demon Ancestor’s offer of Core Area intelligence in exchange for Lord of Sirius’s freedom.
• Zhou Zheng proposed that Dream Demon Ancestor bring the intelligence to his Minor Universe, where he would release Lord of Sirius after the trade.
• Dream Demon Ancestor agreed to meet one month later, and Zhou Zheng considered how he would verify the intelligence’s value and truth.

Dream Demon Ancestor traded the route to a hidden world in the Core Area of Universe Boat for Lord of Sirius’s release, but Zhou Zheng sealed the space and attacked him. Dream Demon Ancestor realized Zhou Zheng’s Azure Mountain Peak could shatter his Supreme Treasure armor and threaten his Heart of True God.

• Dream Demon Ancestor visited Zhou Zheng’s Minor Universe and offered intelligence about where he had found his Dream Scale armor in exchange for Lord of Sirius.
• Dream Demon Ancestor described the hidden world he had discovered through Phantom Sound Gate and gave Zhou Zheng a token containing the route and entry method.
• Zhou Zheng released Lord of Sirius, and Dream Demon Ancestor handed over the token.
• As Dream Demon Ancestor and Lord of Sirius prepared to leave, Zhou Zheng sealed the space and attacked with the Azure Mountain Peak.
• Dream Demon Ancestor’s Dream Scale armor shattered under the blow, and he realized he had to flee before Zhou Zheng destroyed his Heart of True God.

Zhou Zheng defeated Dream Demon Ancestor with two blows and forced him to enter his Minor Universe, where he demanded the truth about the information Dream Demon Ancestor had previously shared. Dream Demon Ancestor admitted he had fabricated one detail and agreed to reveal everything he knew about the Core Area of Universe Boat.

• Zhou Zheng struck Dream Demon Ancestor twice with the Giant Mountain, severely damaging his Heart of True God, and asked whether he wanted to live or die.
• Dream Demon Ancestor chose to live, entered Zhou Zheng's Minor Universe, and released Lord of Sirius as Zhou Zheng had promised.
• Dream Demon Ancestor told Lord of Sirius to conceal what happened from everyone except Zhen Jiao and then left through the Cosmic Passage.
• Inside the Minor Universe, Dream Demon Ancestor realized Zhou Zheng had recently become a True God but still found his strength and identity suspicious.
• Zhou Zheng demanded that Dream Demon Ancestor repeat his earlier information, and Dream Demon Ancestor admitted he had invented the claim that the world concealed secrets.
• Zhou Zheng ordered Dream Demon Ancestor to reveal everything about the Core Area of Universe Boat, and Dream Demon Ancestor agreed.

Zhou Zheng entered Universe Boat’s Core Area after extracting information from Dream Demon Ancestor, where he encountered Zuo Shan Ke at the Phantom Sound Gate. The two recognized that each had hidden secrets and left open the possibility of cooperating.

• Demon Ancestor Zhen learned from Lord of Sirius that Meng Tu had been trapped in Cheng Tian True God’s Minor Universe and resolved to conceal the news while preparing for the consequences.
• Zhou Zheng suppressed Dream Demon Ancestor inside his Minor Universe, then traveled through Universe Boat’s Outer Domain and Inner Domain to the Phantom Sound Gate.
• Zhou Zheng examined the gate and prepared to enter the Core Area before Zuo Shan Ke arrived on a flying mountain.
• Zhou Zheng confronted Zuo Shan Ke about his unusual nature and his presence near Earth, while pretending he had only pieced together scattered clues.
• Zuo Shan Ke and Zhou Zheng acknowledged that they each had secrets they could not explain, and Zhou Zheng suggested they might cooperate in the future.

Zhou Zheng explored the Core Area of Universe Boat, survived its dangers, and followed a mysterious voice to a vast stele. The voice called the site “Wu's Treasure” and told him to come closer, leaving Zhou Zheng startled by how quickly he had found it.

• Zhou Zheng examined a ruined wall in a desolate world and read its final message about being one step short and hoping the general succeeded.
• Zhou Zheng left the world where Dream Demon Ancestor had found his Supreme Treasure armor and continued deeper along the Starry Corridor.
• A sudden ray of light annihilated Zhou Zheng's Space-Time Avatar, but he reappeared and pressed on through the corridor's dangers.
• Over fifty years passed as Zhou Zheng explored deeper into the Core Area, hearing an indistinct voice call to him repeatedly for ten years.
• Zhou Zheng approached a colossal stele whose secret patterns were beginning to glow, and the voice identified it as “Wu's Treasure.”

Zhou Zheng activated the secret patterns on a Stone Tablet and released a black-and-white seal containing the will of Qianshi, who had once been called Fou Ji. Qianshi explained that its mission was connected to destroying the Universe Boat and offered Zhou Zheng a chance to become an inheritor, while a ray of light approached him as a gift.

• Zhou Zheng realized that World Beasts may have caused the secret patterns to become accessible and studied them while infusing them with Divine Power.
• After a thousand years of Zhou Zheng’s effort, the patterns fully lit up and a black-and-white seal emerged from the Void.
• The Supreme Rules suppressed the seal’s power, and its occupant introduced himself as Qianshi, formerly Fou Ji.
• Qianshi told Zhou Zheng that the voice calling out about Wu’s Treasure had been his and that he could not give away the treasure because it had to fulfill its mission.
• Qianshi invited Zhou Zheng to try to become an inheritor, and a ray of light shot from the seal toward him as a gift.

Zhou Zheng received the Aurora Shuttle from Qianshi and agreed to accompany him beyond the Universe Boat. Qianshi brought the Inheritance Hall from the past into the present, and Zhou Zheng entered it while the other experts gathered outside were barred.

• Qianshi gave Zhou Zheng the Aurora Shuttle, which Zhou Zheng refined enough to discover its powerful attack, escape, and defensive functions.
• Zhou Zheng agreed to go with Qianshi, who teleported them from the Universe Boat to the outside.
• Qianshi used the Thousand Worlds Seal to bring the Inheritance Hall from the past into the Cosmic Sea, drawing the attention of experts throughout the region.
• Zhou Zheng entered the Inheritance Hall, while the other experts who tried to follow were stopped by an invisible force.
• Zuo Shan Ke arrived, recognized the Thousand Worlds Seal, and wondered who Cheng Tian True God was.

Zhou Zheng inspected Qianshi’s missions and exchange rewards in the Inheritance Hall, then attempted Tongtian Peak and was forced out by its escalating dangers. He left without passing the trial, planning to challenge Red Dust Star later as a Lord of Universe.

• Qianshi explained that True Gods had to pass Tongtian Peak to obtain Wu’s Treasure, while lower-level lifeforms had to emerge from Red Dust Star, and offered rewards for completing missions.
• Zhou Zheng read the missions, including searches for treasures and inheritances in the Universe Boat and a request for World Beast intelligence in Qing Feng Realm.
• Zhou Zheng discovered that Law Patterns could be exchanged for True Divine Artifacts, secret techniques, Mechanical Flow treasures, and access to accelerated cultivation environments.
• Zhou Zheng challenged Tongtian Peak but was teleported out after encountering enemies that grew as strong as Void True Gods.
• Qianshi told Zhou Zheng that he might obtain Wu’s Treasure by enslaving a World Beast, while Zhou Zheng decided to save his one chance to challenge Red Dust Star until later.

After the Divine Palace opened, Cosmic Sea Lords of Universe entered and learned from Qianshi that it offered trials and missions connected to the lost Wu Kingdom and its treasure. The visitors summoned their factions’ True Gods, while Zhou Zheng remained the powerful ally Qianshi hoped to use against World Beasts.

• A month after Zhou Zheng entered the Inheritance Divine Hall, an invisible ripple opened the Divine Palace, and Lords of Universe rushed inside.
• A Three-Eyed Lord of Universe asked Zhou Zheng about the place, and Zhou Zheng called it an opportunity and a challenge.
• Qianshi appeared, introduced himself as a survivor of the Ancient Civilization that built the Universe Boat, and revealed that Wu's Treasure could be inherited through trials.
• Qianshi directed True Gods to Tongtian Peak, those below True God level to Red Dust Star, and other visitors to the Ascension Platform's missions and rewards.
• Qianshi answered questions about missions, True God weapons, and World Beasts, while the Lords of Universe questioned the purpose of the opportunities.
• The Divine Eye Clan, Bone Clan, East Emperor Holy Land, and Purple Moon Holy Land announced that their True Gods or Progenitors were on their way.

The major factions sent experts to seek Wu's Treasure and prepare for the World Beasts, while the Human Race planned its own expedition. When Lord of Darkness was hunted by the Divine Eye Clan after finding a possible Crimson Fire Flame Crystal, the Human Race considered asking Cheng Tian True God for help.

• The East Emperor Progenitor and Purple Moon Progenitor ordered their factions to pursue inheritances and beware of World Beasts.
• Founder Giant Axe and the Human Race Lords of Universe decided to send Clones and other experts into Red Dust Star, while Founder Giant Axe stayed behind.
• Chaos City Lord learned that Lord of Darkness was being hunted in the Scorching Realm after finding a crystal that might be the Crimson Fire Flame Crystal.
• Founder Giant Axe told Lord of Darkness to surrender the treasure if necessary to survive, but Lord Peng Gong suggested seeking Cheng Tian True God's help.
• Chaos City Lord proposed contacting Cheng Tian True God through his incarnation in the Original Universe, where Luo Feng could reach him.

Zhou Zheng left the Inheritance Divine Hall and planned to prepare his Divine Body before entering Red Dust Star, gathering World Beast intelligence in the Dim Land to earn Law Patterns. Meanwhile, Lord of Darkness was cornered by Biyen True Lord, who demanded the crimson crystal he carried.

• Zhou Zheng decided to strengthen his Divine Body under the Inheritance Divine Hall’s time acceleration before attempting Red Dust Star.
• Zhou Zheng planned to collect World Beast intelligence in the Dim Land and return to the Original Universe to deal with Dream Demon Ancestor.
• Zhou Zheng learned through his Avatar that Lord of Darkness was being pursued by Divine Eye Clan Lords of Universe and headed back toward the Universe Boat.
• Biyen True Lord intercepted Lord of Darkness and demanded the Crimson Fire Flame Crystal.
• Lord of Darkness handed Biyen True Lord a palm-sized crimson crystal, and Biyen True Lord recognized it as an extraordinary treasure.

Zhou Zheng rescued Lord of Darkness by killing Azure-eyed True Lord in one strike, then returned the Crimson Fire Flame Crystal to Lord of Darkness. Lord of Darkness planned to exchange it for a Supreme Treasure for Giant Axe, and Zhou Zheng took him toward the Inheritance Divine Hall.

• Lord of Darkness threw the Crimson Fire Flame Crystal to Azure-eyed True Lord, but Zhou Zheng Teleported in and took it first.
• Azure-eyed True Lord attacked Zhou Zheng and Lord of Darkness with his Supreme Treasures, but Zhou Zheng used the Aurora Shuttle to kill him in one strike and seize Biyen's Light.
• Zhou Zheng told the Divine Eye Clan's Lords of Universe to pass along his challenge, and they fled.
• Zhou Zheng returned the Crimson Fire Flame Crystal to Lord of Darkness, who said he would exchange it for a Supreme Treasure for Giant Axe.
• Zhou Zheng placed a hand on Lord of Darkness's shoulder and Teleported with him toward the Inheritance Divine Hall.

The Fourth True Lord and Fifth True Lord confirmed that Biyen had fallen and rushed to rescue survivors from his collapsing Minor Universe. At the Inheritance Divine Hall, the Lord of Darkness exchanged a Crimson Fire Flame Crystal for a Supreme Treasure axe, and Zhou Zheng arranged to meet Giant Axe near his Minor Universe.

• The Fourth True Lord and Fifth True Lord found Azure-eyed True Lord's Minor Universe collapsing and accepted that Cheng Tian True God had killed Biyen.
• The Fourth True Lord warned the Fifth True Lord that they could not defeat Cheng Tian True God, and they went to rescue their clansmen.
• The Lord of Darkness exchanged a Crimson Fire Flame Crystal for a blood-red Supreme Treasure axe intended for Giant Axe.
• A Lord of Universe learned that Cheng Tian True God had killed Biyen and hurried toward Red Dust Star.
• Zhou Zheng asked the Lord of Darkness to have Giant Axe meet him near his Minor Universe, and the Lord of Darkness agreed.