Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng returned from the Universe Boat with the Lord of Darkness and received Founder Giant Axe’s thanks for helping the Human Race. After obtaining a Qing Feng Realm map to search for World Beasts, he proposed a deal involving the captive Meng Tu and Dream Demon Ancestor.

• Founder Giant Axe met Zhou Zheng and the Lord of Darkness outside Zhou Zheng’s Minor Universe and thanked Zhou Zheng for aiding the Human Race.
• Zhou Zheng asked Founder Giant Axe for a map of the Qing Feng Realm so he could investigate the World Beasts, and Giant Axe gave him the Human Race’s most complete map.
• The Lord of Darkness connected Zhou Zheng’s request to the Ascension Platform mission to investigate World Beasts, and Zhou Zheng confirmed he intended to try it.
• Zhou Zheng told Founder Giant Axe that Meng Tu was inside his Minor Universe and asked whether he was interested in Dream Demon Ancestor.
• Founder Giant Axe and the Lord of Darkness were stunned when Zhou Zheng raised the deal involving Meng Tu and Dream Demon Ancestor.

Founder Giant Axe told the Human Race’s Lords of Universe that Cheng Tian True God had captured Meng Tu and would exchange him, along with his Supreme Treasure armor, for a top-tier secret realm. After the Lords agreed to let Cheng Tian choose, Zhou Zheng selected the Original Secret Realm, where his Original Body was located.

• Founder Giant Axe told the Lords of Universe that Cheng Tian True God had captured Meng Tu and wanted a top-tier Human Race secret realm in exchange.
• The Lords of Universe agreed that trading a secret realm for Meng Tu was worthwhile, especially since Cheng Tian would let Human Race geniuses continue training there.
• Lord Peng Gong suggested letting Cheng Tian choose among the top-tier secret realms, and Founder Giant Axe agreed to convene a Giant Axe Meeting.
• Founder Giant Axe informed Zhou Zheng that Human Race would let him choose the secret realm.
• Zhou Zheng chose the Original Secret Realm, and Founder Giant Axe agreed to arrange the transfer.

Luo Feng and the Human Race learned that the Original Secret Realm was being evacuated, while Zhou Zheng transformed the abandoned realm and prepared to travel to the Qing Feng Realm. The chapter left Zhou Zheng setting out without his valuable treasures to reduce the risk of losing them.

• Luo Feng received notice that Original Secret Realm residents had to relocate to the Yuan Chu Secret Realm, and he suspected Zhou Zheng was behind the change.
• The Virtual Universe Company's members were ordered to leave, and the mass migration from the Original Secret Realm began.
• Three years later, Zhou Zheng returned to the Original Secret Realm and established defenses across it, including around the Mizong Star Domain.
• Zhou Zheng built a Divine Palace as his public residence and prepared nutrient solution for future Clone cultivation.
• Zhou Zheng decided not to take the Aurora Shuttle or his other treasures to the Qing Feng Realm, choosing to travel with only basic equipment.

Zhou Zheng intercepted Master Yuan Ao in the Qing Feng Realm and confirmed his connection to the World Beasts before killing him. He took the Xuan Yuan Map and a Strange Object and continued toward the realm’s core, where the map might lead him to the World Beasts.

• Zhou Zheng sensed someone teleporting through the Qing Feng Realm and recognized the traveler as Master Yuan Ao, a Lord of Universe with ties to the World Beasts.
• Zhou Zheng sealed the space around Master Yuan Ao and trapped him in a shrinking sphere of compressed Space-Time despite his flames and Strange Object.
• Zhou Zheng examined Master Yuan Ao and detected World Beast power within his Divine Body, then questioned him about the World Beasts and the Xuan Yuan Map.
• Master Yuan Ao offered Zhou Zheng the Xuan Yuan Map in exchange for his life, but Zhou Zheng probed him before annihilating him and collecting his possessions.
• Zhou Zheng tested the Strange Object, found that it did not enhance his strength, and decided to use it as a short sword while keeping the map to seek the World Beasts.

Zhou Zheng entered the Dim Land and discovered that Master Yuan Ao’s map led into its dangerous depths. He encountered a World Beast named Bell and left it alive after demonstrating his overwhelming strength.

• Zhou Zheng found that the map’s supposed safe passage led into the Dim Land, but followed it anyway.
• Zhou Zheng used a Space-Time technique to survey the area and spotted a World Beast nearby.
• Zhou Zheng confronted the World Beast, whose soul attack failed to harm him.
• Zhou Zheng’s vortex attack destroyed part of the World Beast’s body, and he stopped the attack before killing it.
• The World Beast introduced itself as Bell after recognizing Zhou Zheng as a powerful Cosmic Sea lifeform.

Zhou Zheng, posing as Cheng Tian, drew information about the World Beasts and the Dim Land from Bell while pretending to consider Bell’s bargain. He saw through Bell’s plan and decided to keep playing along so Bell could guide him through the Dim Land.

• Bell told Zhou Zheng that more than thirteen million World Beasts lived in the Dim Land and could communicate instantly with one another.
• Zhou Zheng introduced himself as Cheng Tian and offered to spare Bell if he revealed what he knew about the Dim Land.
• Bell asked Zhou Zheng to kill Moluo and Heiyan in exchange for information, claiming he could block the World Beasts’ communication nearby.
• Zhou Zheng realized Bell wanted him to kill Moluo so Bell could recover by devouring him and alert the other World Beasts without risking himself.
• Zhou Zheng decided to use Bell as a guide while gathering intelligence and avoiding detection by the other World Beasts.

After spending three years exploring the Dim Land with Bell, Zhou Zheng attacked Moluo and used their clash to gather the World Beasts around them. Bell devoured the wounded Moluo, but Zhou Zheng turned on Bell as the other World Beasts converged.

• Bell guided Zhou Zheng through the Dim Land, and Zhou Zheng gathered intelligence on its strongest World Beasts and their territory.
• Zhou Zheng agreed to move against Moluo and followed Bell to the waterfall where Moluo lived.
• Zhou Zheng ambushed Moluo, inflicted severe injuries, and destroyed many of Moluo's split bodies.
• Bell attacked Moluo and began devouring him, while Moluo and Bell sent conflicting messages to summon nearby World Beasts.
• As nearby World Beasts teleported toward them, Zhou Zheng ignored Bell's offer of the Dim Land's secrets and thrust his Black Long Staff at him.

Lord of Fio and the Northern Territory Alliance Leader discovered that Zhou Zheng’s Minor Universe had shattered, confirming that Cheng Tian True God had fallen. News of his death spread through the Cosmic Sea, prompting celebration among the Divine Eye Clan and fear and alarm from Purple Moon Progenitor.

• Lord of Fio saw Zhou Zheng’s Minor Universe crack apart and realized Cheng Tian True God had likely died.
• Lord of Fio summoned the Northern Territory Alliance Leader, and they entered the ruined Minor Universe but found no treasures or remains.
• News of Cheng Tian True God’s fall spread through the Cosmic Sea, drawing many Lords of Universe to investigate.
• The Divine Eye Clan celebrated Cheng Tian True God’s death and vowed to kill the Lord of Darkness if he returned.
• Purple Moon Progenitor suspected the World Beasts had killed Zhou Zheng and hoped someone would pass Red Dust Star’s trial.

After Zhou Zheng’s death revealed the threat of the World Beasts, the Cosmic Sea learned that a billion of them threatened all life and that the Inheritance Divine Hall offered a path to survival. True Gods gathered in Zhou Zheng’s Divine Palace to search for what he had left behind, where a black coffin suddenly opened.

• Qianshi confirmed that Cheng Tian True God’s fall was likely connected to the World Beasts as the Original Universe Will’s three Ancestral God emissaries arrived at the Inheritance Divine Hall.
• The Ancestral Gods revealed that a billion World Beasts could devour the Cosmic Sea and that the Inheritance Divine Hall was the path to survival.
• Founder Giant Axe encountered Founder Hei Zhou outside the Original Secret Realm and refused to let him take what Zhou Zheng had left behind.
• Nearly a year later, Founder Hei Zhou, Void True Demon God, the Insectoid Empress, the Mechanical Race Father God, and other True Gods entered Zhou Zheng’s Divine Palace and found a black coffin.
• Founder Giant Axe explained that coffins were used in some Human Race burial customs, and a sound from inside the coffin was followed by its opening and a pale hand emerging.

Zhou Zheng revived from the Black Coffin as a Lord of Universe and convinced the visiting Universe Strongest that he was the fallen Cheng Tian True God. He explained to Founder Giant Axe how his death and rapid breakthrough had been planned, while establishing the Black Coffin as the apparent source of his revival.

• Zhou Zheng rose from the Black Coffin, caught Founder Hei Zhou's Sixth Order punch, and told the gathered Universe Strongest to call him Lord of Cheng Tian.
• Void True Demon God and the other Universe Strongest left, wary of Zhou Zheng's strength and of being targeted by him in the Cosmic Sea.
• Zhou Zheng told Founder Giant Axe that his past self had died but his present self remained alive, and thanked Giant Axe for stopping Founder Hei Zhou outside the Original Secret Realm.
• Zhou Zheng recounted how World Beasts had killed him after he slew Bell and Morse, as planned, and how he used accelerated time to reach peak World Lord Level before breaking through to Lord of Universe.
• Zhou Zheng revealed that he had staged his emergence from the Black Coffin to shape others' expectations about his revival, and acknowledged Giant Axe's role in making his breakthrough go smoothly.

Zhou Zheng decided to go to Red Dust Star, met with Two-Faced Ancestral God about the Original Universe Will’s limits on his resurrection, and spent a thousand years studying life genes. His Original Body reached perfect genes and was recognized as the God of Space-Time.

• Zhou Zheng told Founder Giant Axe that he wanted to go to Red Dust Star, and Founder Giant Axe wished him success.
• Two-Faced Ancestral God warned Zhou Zheng that his resurrection disrupted the universe’s balance, while Zhou Zheng said he would do his utmost against the World Beasts.
• Zuo Shan Ke learned of Zhou Zheng’s resurrection and suspected that he might be able to enslave the World Beasts.
• Zhou Zheng remained in the Original Secret Realm and studied life genes using corpses supplied by the Human Race.
• After a thousand years, Zhou Zheng’s Original Body achieved perfect genes, and the Original Universe Will recognized him as the God of Space-Time.

Zhou Zheng returned to the Inheritance Divine Hall as a Lord of Universe, surprising the experts there and raising hopes that he might pass Red Dust Star. He met Qianshi to report on the World Beasts, and Qianshi prepared a crystal to verify his intelligence and promised to judge its value fairly.

• The Lords of Universe in the Divine Hall were shocked to see that Cheng Tian True God had survived and become a Lord of Universe, and they worried he would outcompete them for the inheritance.
• Zhou Zheng walked to the Ascension Platform, where Qianshi appeared and questioned him about his return and his experience with the World Beasts.
• Zhou Zheng said the World Beasts were extremely difficult to deal with, and Qianshi explained that the destruction of the Universe Boat left him with few ways to fight them.
• Zhou Zheng asked how Qianshi would verify and value his intelligence, and Qianshi presented a patterned crystal to judge its authenticity and promised not to let Zhou Zheng suffer a loss.

Zhou Zheng traded his World Beast intelligence to Qianshi for fifty Law Patterns and chose to enter Red Dust Star’s Cultivation Grounds rather than exchange them for treasures. He began studying the Divine Power Flow under ten-millionfold time acceleration, aiming to break through the 10081 genetic limit.

• Zhou Zheng told Qianshi what he had learned about the World Beasts and the Dim Land.
• Qianshi valued Zhou Zheng’s intelligence at fifty Law Patterns, which Zhou Zheng accepted.
• Zhou Zheng declined to exchange the Law Patterns for treasures or secret arts and asked to enter Red Dust Star.
• Qianshi allowed Zhou Zheng to enter the Cultivation Grounds and warned him that Red Dust Star’s trials varied by person.
• Zhou Zheng spent one Law Pattern to activate ten-millionfold time acceleration and began studying the genes of gathered lifeform corpses.

Luo Feng became the Chaos City Lord’s Personal Disciple and learned that Zhou Zheng was Cheng Tian True God, a supreme powerhouse who had helped the Human Race. The Human Race watched Luo Feng closely while exploration of the Inheritance Divine Hall continued across the Cosmic Sea.

• The Chaos City Lord formally accepted Luo Feng as his Personal Disciple and began instructing him.
• Luo Feng asked about the powerful being who had helped him, and the Chaos City Lord revealed that he was not human but a supreme powerhouse.
• The Chaos City Lord identified the being as Cheng Tian True God and explained that the Human Race had ceded the Original Secret Realm to him in return for a great benefit.
• Luo Feng realized that the Mizong Star Domain held a secret beyond his reach and resolved to keep his suspicions to himself.
• The Human Race’s powerhouses took notice of Luo Feng’s connection to Cheng Tian True God but let him continue growing undisturbed.
• A hundred years passed as forces across the Cosmic Sea continued exploring the Inheritance Divine Hall and its trials.

After spending a billion years in accelerated cultivation, Zhou Zheng strengthened his laws and Divine Body and decided to gather more Special Lifeform Corpses before cultivating again. He collected corpses from the Ancestral God Cult and the other major powers, then set his sights on the Cosmic Sea.

• Zhou Zheng returned from the cultivation ground after a hundred years outside, having created three top-tier eleventh-rank secret techniques and raised his Gene Level above 26,000 Times.
• Zhou Zheng resolved to gather more Special Lifeform Corpses before returning to secluded cultivation, while a nearby Lord of Universe marveled at the cost of his cultivation time.
• Zhou Zheng traveled to the Ancestral God Secret Realm and traded resources with the three great Ancestral Gods for rare Special Lifeform Corpses.
• Zhou Zheng visited the other major superpowers of the Original Universe, which supplied their stored Special Lifeform Corpses rather than oppose him.
• Zhou Zheng decided that his collection was still insufficient and planned to gather more corpses in the Cosmic Sea.

Zhou Zheng gathered Special Lifeform Corpses from across the Cosmic Sea and spent nearly nine billion years studying laws and life genes in the cultivation grounds. With his Gene Level above fifty thousand times and approaching its second bottleneck, he decided to enter Red Dust Star.

• The East Emperor Progenitor ordered East Emperor Holy Land to give Zhou Zheng the requested corpses and body parts without demanding an exchange.
• The Purple Moon Progenitor demanded Zhou Zheng's revival secret technique in return for corpses, so Zhou Zheng left without negotiating.
• Zhou Zheng spent nearly a thousand years collecting Special Lifeform Corpses, then returned to the cultivation grounds with Qianshi's help.
• After Zhou Zheng remained in the cultivation grounds for eight hundred years, Hengxing Demon God entered and emerged a century later looking grim.
• Zhou Zheng used nine Law Patterns to cultivate for nearly nine billion years, raising his Gene Level above fifty thousand times.
• Zhou Zheng concluded that he needed stronger lifeform genes and decided to enter Red Dust Star.

Zhou Zheng entered Red Dust Star and faced an unusually severe trial, with more than a hundred Golden Armored Warriors blocking his descent. He used his black Long Shuttle to break through their formation and landed safely on the Dark Red Land.

• Zhou Zheng left the Inheritance Divine Hall and flew toward Red Dust Star, drawing the attention of powerful beings.
• Zhou Zheng passed Red Dust Star's screening force and entered the star, where overwhelming gravity prevented him from teleporting.
• Zhou Zheng encountered over a hundred Golden Armored Warriors, far more than the usual maximum of three.
• Zhou Zheng entered his black Long Shuttle and smashed through the warriors' Golden Temple formation.
• Zhou Zheng blasted several Golden Armored Warriors aside and reached the Dark Red Land, then wondered whether they had been forged from Supreme Treasure materials.

Zhou Zheng passed Red Dust Star’s surface trial almost immediately, and Qianshi secretly let him bypass strength-based tests to conserve energy. After reaching the final trial in only a month, Zhou Zheng met Lord of Darkness and Lord Peng Gong, who agreed to explain its rules.

• Zhou Zheng found a passage to Red Dust Star’s core shortly after entering the surface trial, without encountering any natural disasters.
• Qianshi revealed that he had allowed Zhou Zheng to pass the strength and survival trials because Zhou Zheng exceeded their limits and conserving energy mattered for future challenges.
• Zhou Zheng spent a month passing the trials on his way toward Red Dust Star’s core.
• Zhou Zheng entered a vast Bronze Hall where many Cosmic Sea lifeforms had gathered for the final trial, which no one had yet passed.
• Lord of Darkness and Lord Peng Gong greeted Zhou Zheng, and he asked them to explain the final trial’s rules.

Zhou Zheng learned that the palace’s next trial required assembling strange components into an object that could pass inspection, a task no one had yet completed. After receiving the components and learning that his standards would be much higher than other contestants’, he began the challenge with confidence.

• The Human Race powerhouses greeted Zhou Zheng and explained that contestants had to assemble components into creations that passed a trial.
• Lord Qu Feng tested his Radiant Moon Armor, but it was rated Lower Grade C and deemed unqualified.
• Zhou Zheng approached the trial ground, gave his name as Cheng Tian, and received a sphere containing one hundred thousand components and information about how to assemble them.
• Zhou Zheng realized that his superior realm gave him an advantage, though his passing standard would also be higher, and he welcomed the challenge.

Zhou Zheng spent a hundred years studying the components and assembled a living Seven-Colored Beast. Its trial ended in failure, but its existence showed the other powerful beings that the components could create life.

• Zhou Zheng assembled the components into an active volcano, then accelerated time around himself to study and experiment.
• After a hundred years, Zhou Zheng assembled a living beast with four hooves, two wings, and a Seven-Colored Horn.
• Zhou Zheng rode the Seven-Colored Beast to the trial grounds while other powerful beings followed and watched.
• The Seven-Colored Beast fought increasingly powerful opponents until it was ground into dust.
• The stone tablet recorded that Cheng Tian had created the Seven-Colored Beast with 15,000 components and gave it a Lower Grade B evaluation, marked unqualified.