Chapter Summaries

After the Tan Ao Secret Realm expedition, Cao Bing reflected on how his interference had changed events while Luo Feng still gained powerful treasures in the Ninth Abyss. The Seven-Orifice Divine Smoke Peak then sensed its missing components, guiding Cao Bing toward the four remaining colors as two Holy Land experts clashed inside the Universe Boat.

• Cao Bing, Luo Feng, and Lord Ice Peak returned to Human Territory with only three Silk Thread Map fragments, while Cao Bing kept the supreme treasures he had acquired.
• Luo Feng entered the Ninth Abyss after being pursued by the Divine Eye Clan and obtained the Extinction Divine Armor and a powerful relic, while Cao Bing could only watch footage of the relic.
• The Seven-Orifice Divine Smoke Peak trembled in Cao Bing's sea of consciousness and revealed that its orange, yellow, and green components were nearby along with the red component.
• Cao Bing flew away under the Seven-Orifice Divine Smoke Peak's guidance, hoping to recover its missing divine smoke without confronting an overwhelmingly powerful enemy.
• Inside the Universe Boat, a Universe Master from the East Emperor Holy Land fled through a region of crimson pillars while a four-faced, sixteen-armed Universe Master from the Purple Moon Holy Land pursued him.

Lord Luo Yan fled through the Bloodwood Forbidden Domain while True King Lingjing pursued her, seeking the Qingluo Fruit she had found there. Her Four-Colored Divine Smoke could not penetrate his Lingjing Crystal, and the chapter ended as he fired a transparent laser at her.

• True King Lingjing demanded that Lord Luo Yan hand over the Qingluo Fruit, but she ignored him and attacked with the Four-Colored Divine Smoke as she fled.
• True King Lingjing surrounded himself with his Lingjing Crystal, blocking Lord Luo Yan’s smoke and its soul attack.
• Lord Luo Yan continued escaping, regretting her choice to enter the domain but unwilling to surrender the Qingluo Fruit, which could transform its user and grant them rebirth after death.
• Lord Luo Yan relied on reaching the domain’s exit and on a plea for aid she had sent to her clan.
• True King Lingjing declared that Lord Luo Yan could not escape and fired a transparent laser at her.

Cao Bing entered the Bloodwood Forbidden Domain to find the remaining Four-Colored Divine Smoke and restore Evil Skull Peak, concealing his treasures and aura as he searched. He found Lord Luo Yan fleeing True King Lingjing and chose to keep his distance while waiting for an opening.

• Cao Bing entered the Bloodwood Forbidden Domain, where domains could not be used, seeking the Four-Colored Divine Smoke needed to restore Evil Skull Peak.
• Cao Bing concealed Evil Skull Peak and the Soul Locking Tower inside the Flying Ape Divine Boat and traveled through the domain for more than a year.
• Evil Skull Peak's spirit alerted Cao Bing that he was close to the holder of the remaining Four-Colored Divine Smoke, and Cao Bing hid among the bloodwood trees.
• True King Lingjing struck Lord Luo Yan and demanded the Qingluo Fruit, while Lord Luo Yan fought back and tried to escape.
• Cao Bing recognized Lord Luo Yan as the holder of the Four-Colored Divine Smoke and assessed True King Lingjing as a dangerous opponent.
• Cao Bing used the Mirage Pearl to hide his presence and moved farther away, waiting for a chance to act.

After a year and a half of pursuit, True King Lingjing drove Lord Luo Yan to the brink and sprang his trap, but she used a self-destructive attack that nearly destroyed him. As True King Lingjing searched the explosion for the Qingluo Fruit, Cao Bing secretly approached the battlefield.

• True King Lingjing exhausted Lord Luo Yan through repeated blockades until she had less than thirty percent of her divine body remaining.
• True King Lingjing burned his divine body and attacked, forcing Lord Luo Yan to burn hers and counter with a devastating punch.
• Lord Luo Yan used a perish-together technique, destroying herself and shattering True King Lingjing's light shield while obliterating nearly half his divine body.
• True King Lingjing rushed into the explosion to search for the Qingluo Fruit but could not find it.
• Cao Bing approached the battlefield under cover of the explosion.

Cao Bing ambushed and killed True King Lingjing after Lord Luo Yan’s self-destruction apparently destroyed the Qingluo Fruit. Cao Bing took Lingjing’s treasures, including the famed Lingjing Crystal.

• True King Lingjing charged into Lord Luo Yan’s self-destruction and found that the Qingluo Fruit had been destroyed.
• Cao Bing approached True King Lingjing’s true body and froze him momentarily with a terrifying pressure.
• Cao Bing killed True King Lingjing with the Phantom Battle Blades and his fully unleashed Blade Heart.
• Cao Bing collected True King Lingjing’s treasures, including the Peak supreme treasure Lingjing Crystal.

Cao Bing discovered the gravely injured, slumbering fourth-stage Universe Master Lord Luo Yan and recognized the chance to enslave him. After consulting Chaos City Lord, Cao Bing received Primal Ancestor’s enslavement technique and decided to study it before making any attempt.

• Lord Luo Yan’s concealment treasure and freedom from reincarnation had allowed him to hide and recover, but Cao Bing detected his faint soul power with a probe.
• Cao Bing considered enslaving Lord Luo Yan, but feared a failed attempt could make Lord Luo Yan self-destruct and leave him with nothing.
• Cao Bing contacted Chaos City Lord, who quickly agreed to seek out Primal Ancestor’s enslavement technique and experience.
• Chaos City Lord brought Cao Bing a crystal chip containing the technique and insights, and warned him to beware of Lord Luo Yan’s final backlash.
• Cao Bing assured Chaos City Lord that he would study the technique before attempting enslavement, while Chaos City Lord praised his rapid growth and strength.

Cao Bing studied Primal Ancestor’s Soul-Severing Secret while planning to enslave Lord Luo Yan, then learned that the Tomb Ship and Duan Donghe*Wu’s inheritance had appeared. After Luo Feng described the inheritance and its Rhino Emperor Bureau trial to the Human Race’s Supreme Council, Great Axe Founder began selecting Universe Masters to compete for it.

• Cao Bing read the Soul-Severing Secret, judged that mastering it would improve his chances of enslaving Lord Luo Yan, and set aside his desire to retrieve the treasures in her world.
• Several thousand years later, Chaos City Lord urgently informed Cao Bing that the Tomb Ship had emerged and Luo Feng had entered Duan Donghe*Wu’s inheritance.
• Cao Bing joined the Human Race’s Supreme Council, where Luo Feng explained the inheritance, the Rhino Emperor Bureau, and the rival forces that had learned of the contest.
• Lord Peng Gong and three other Universe Masters volunteered to lead the Human Race’s effort, while Chaos City Lord decided he could not go because his avatars had important duties.

Cao Bing went to the Tomb Ship to test himself at the Rhino Emperor Bureau rather than seek Duan Donghe * Wu’s inheritance. After entering the ship, he encountered Duan Donghe * Wu.

• Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing to go to the Tomb Ship, and Cao Bing agreed to send an external incarnation.
• Cao Bing arrived at the Tomb Ship and saw Rock Giant Lord, Lihai Lord, and Red Owl Lord, who had been excluded from the inheritance.
• Lihai Lord and Red Owl Lord discussed stirring up competition so the Divine Eye Clan would be less likely to obtain the inheritance.
• Cao Bing entered the Tomb Ship and flew into its vast, dark hall.
• An invisible energy descended, and Cao Bing saw Duan Donghe * Wu.

Cao Bing entered the Life and Death Corridor and fought Kuiluo, a durable puppet whose strength rose to match his. He eagerly battered it around and hoped to face it once it reached the power of a Universe Strongest.

• Duan Donghe*Wu told Cao Bing to cross the corridor and survive Kuiluo's attacks without hiding in a palace-type supreme treasure.
• Cao Bing caught Kuiluo's opening punch and struck its armor with a destructive palm-blade attack, but Kuiluo quickly recovered.
• Cao Bing observed that Kuiluo's power increased from peak Universe Hegemon to first-tier Universe Master while its defense remained formidable.
• Cao Bing grabbed Kuiluo by the head and repeatedly hurled and battered it around the corridor as its strength continued to rise.

Cao Bing fought Kuiluo as the puppet’s strength rose until it could unleash a seventh-stage secret technique. Cao Bing met Kuiluo’s Sever Thunder Rend with his own self-created technique, Darkness, which swallowed Kuiluo and his lightning.

• Cao Bing repeatedly beat Kuiluo as the puppet’s permitted strength increased, until Kuiluo reached the power of a Universe Strongest.
• Kuiluo revealed that he could use a seventh-stage secret technique once, and prepared to unleash Sever Thunder Rend.
• Cao Bing recalled how years of trials in the Universe Sea had strengthened him and refined his self-created secret technique.
• Cao Bing summoned his reforged Canglan Battle Saber and criticized Kuiluo’s crude execution of Sever Thunder Rend.
• Cao Bing unleashed Darkness, which consumed the corridor, Kuiluo, and his silver-white lightning.

Cao Bing defeated Kuiluo in the Life and Death Corridor and entered the hall where Luo Feng and the other candidates were studying the Rhino Emperor Bureau. Duan Donghe Wu welcomed Cao Bing, while the other factions grew wary of the Human Race and began planning to delay its reinforcements.

• Cao Bing overwhelmed Kuiluo, and Duan Donghe Wu declared that he had passed the trial.
• Cao Bing entered the hall, where Luo Feng greeted him as his Third Brother.
• Cao Bing examined the Rhino Emperor Bureau, whose complete and incomplete phantoms covered the hall’s stone pillars.
• Duan Donghe Wu explained the Rhino Emperor Bureau to Cao Bing and encouraged him to continue.
• The alien Universe Masters reported Cao Bing’s arrival, and their factions planned to intercept Human Race reinforcements.

Cao Bing studied the Rhino Emperor Bureau, a complex puzzle that could develop comprehension and aid his research into Gene Levels. Although he had little interest in Duan Donghe*Wu's inheritance, he had come to solve all 10,081 bureaus and push past his research bottleneck.

• The chapter described the Rhino Emperor Bureau's nine rules and explained that solving it formed an eternal energy cycle.
• Cao Bing ignored the other Universe Masters and focused on the puzzle, which Luo Feng had summarized over the past several years.
• Cao Bing pursued his self-created Blade Heart path and the Divine Power Flow, while researching lifeforms to increase his Gene Level.
• Cao Bing's Gene Level reached 19,855 times, but his progress slowed despite time acceleration and extensive research.
• Cao Bing turned to the Rhino Emperor Bureau to deepen his comprehension and compare its mysteries with his Gene Level research.

Several years after the experts entered the Tomb Ship, new arrivals poured into the relic hall while powerful Universe Strongests fought to control access to Duan Donghe*Wu's relic. North True Star Lord was left fighting several opponents at once as the Divine Eye Clan's Second True Lord and Seventh True Lord joined the attack.

• Several hundred members of the Heavenly Bell Clan emerged from the Life-and-Death Corridor and entered the relic hall.
• Shadow Bell Demon Lord blocked the relic entrance until North True Star Lord arrived and sent Dongsheng Holy Land experts inside before taking over the blockade.
• Myriad Eyes God Lord challenged North True Star Lord, and their fight left North True Star Lord with a slight advantage.
• A ninth-tier True God leading Purple Moon Holy Land tried to slip past, but North True Star Lord ensnared him with a domain treasure, prompting him and Myriad Eyes God Lord to attack together.
• The Divine Eye Clan's Second True Lord and Seventh True Lord launched a simultaneous sneak attack on North True Star Lord.

Purple Moon Holy Land and the Divine Eye Clan sealed the ruin entrance, keeping other factions and Human Race experts out. Great Axe Founder arrived and prepared to challenge the blockade with Jian E, Qi Huang, and the waiting Universe Masters.

• North True Star Lord was driven back by four Universe Strongest beings, and Myriad Eyes God Lord and the other faction experts entered the ruins.
• Second True Lord, Seventh True Lord, and their allies blocked the entrance, killing a Universe Master who tried to force his way in.
• Great Axe Founder arrived, and the gathered experts recognized his strength as a peak tenth-level True God.
• Great Axe Founder called on Jian E and Qi Huang to help break through the blockade, while the excluded Universe Masters began to stir.

Great Axe Founder fought North True Star Lord and a Purple Moon Holy Land Universe Strongest while Jian E, Qi Huang, and other experts overwhelmed the Divine Eye Clan’s True Lords. As four Universe Strongests joined forces to keep Great Axe Founder from entering the ruins, Cao Bing and Luo Feng remained trapped inside the Star Tower under attacks from nearly a hundred Universe Masters, still comprehending the Rhino Emperor Bureau.

• Great Axe Founder attacked North True Star Lord and the Purple Moon Holy Land expert, but their six Ultimate supreme treasures let them hold him off.
• Jian E and Qi Huang fought the Second True Lord and Seventh True Lord as other experts joined the battle and Nightmare Hall Master arrived with a sealing-type Ultimate supreme treasure.
• The Second True Lord and Seventh True Lord retreated, then joined North True Star Lord and his companion in a four-man blockade against Great Axe Founder.
• Lord Peng Gong and the other Human Race Universe Masters concluded they had to rely on Blade Heart and Galaxy to secure the ruins’ inheritance.
• Nearly a hundred Universe Masters attacked Cao Bing and Luo Feng, forcing them to stay inside the Star Tower while continuing to comprehend the Rhino Emperor Bureau.

Cao Bing continued studying the Rhino Emperor Bureau while using it to advance his research into genetic multiplication. After solving one thousand game boards, he met Duan Donghe’s requirement and was shielded from attacks as he continued his comprehension.

• Experts from the various factions gathered in the Rhino Emperor Bureau hall, while most of those sent into the Life and Death Corridor had perished.
• Cao Bing spent three hundred and thirty years using his study of the Rhino Emperor Bureau to further his research into genetic multiplication, and vice versa.
• Duan Donghe announced that Cao Bing had met the requirement for solving the game boards, surprising the gathered candidates and delighting Luo Feng.
• Duan Donghe summoned Cao Bing and told him to keep comprehending because solving more boards would benefit him when he received the inheritance.
• Duan Donghe protected Cao Bing with a golden projection and warned that anyone who attacked him would be eliminated.
• Cao Bing thanked Duan Donghe, ignored the hostile factions, and resumed studying the Rhino Emperor Bureau.

As more beings entered the Duan Donghe relic, candidates competed to decipher the Rhino Emperor Bureau and qualify for the inheritance. Duan Donghe revealed that Cao Bing had broken through the second bottleneck, placing him ahead of the other candidates and leaving everyone determined to keep trying.

• Luo Feng deciphered the first thousand games, becoming the second person to meet the requirement, and other factions grew wary of the Human Race.
• Bixue and Xue You later met the requirements, prompting factions to bring more Universe Venerables and Immortal Gods into the relic.
• Lord Youzan became the seventh expert to meet the requirements, the first non-Human Universe Master besides Cao Bing and Luo Feng.
• Duan Donghe announced that Human Blade Heart had broken through the second bottleneck and raised a red crystal pillar beside Cao Bing.
• Duan Donghe explained the four candidate levels and said that deciphering more games would improve each candidate’s inheritance prospects.
• The candidates suppressed their disappointment and returned to studying the Rhino Emperor Bureau, hoping they could still catch up.

Cao Bing solved the three-thousandth Rhino Emperor Bureau and broke through the third bottleneck, becoming a core candidate for Duan Donghe’s inheritance. Duan Donghe celebrated his arrival and warned the others that Cao Bing reaching the fourth bottleneck would eliminate them all.

• Over the years, nearly seventy experts qualified to solve the bureau, and Luo Feng broke through the second bottleneck and solved the two-thousandth bureau.
• Cao Bing solved the three-thousandth Rhino Emperor Bureau, raising his gene multiplier to 22,000 times and greatly strengthening his will and Blade Heart.
• Three crystal pillars and dazzling gold, crimson, and azure palaces appeared around Cao Bing, revealing that he had broken through the third bottleneck.
• Duan Donghe appeared, praised Cao Bing’s extraordinary talent, and confessed his sorrow over leading his lineage toward extinction.
• Duan Donghe congratulated Cao Bing and said that reaching the fourth bottleneck would eliminate everyone else and trigger Annihilation.

Duan Donghe gave Cao Bing three eras to break through the Rhino Emperor Bureau’s fourth bottleneck, then vanished. A Universe Master tried to kill Cao Bing, but Duan Donghe’s protective barrier destroyed the attacker, leaving Cao Bing to collect his treasures.

• Duan Donghe said Cao Bing had three eras to comprehend the Rhino Emperor Bureau and break through its fourth bottleneck.
• Duan Donghe vanished, leaving the assembled powerhouses to regard Cao Bing with jealousy and hostility.
• A sixth-rank Universe Master launched a sacrificial attack on Cao Bing, hoping to eliminate him and preserve his faction’s chance at the inheritance.
• The tri-colored barrier around Cao Bing stopped the attack and destroyed the attacker.
• Cao Bing gathered the supreme treasures the attacker had left behind.

Cao Bing rejected Duan Donghe’s inheritance after passing the trial, choosing to continue his self-forged Blade Heart path and pursue only the Rhino Emperor Bureau. He recommended Luo Feng as a more suitable inheritor, leaving Luo Feng stunned by his decision.

• Duan Donghe prepared to kill everyone present, but Cao Bing’s avatar shattered and disappeared before he could act.
• Duan Donghe angrily demanded to know why Cao Bing had abandoned the inheritance despite passing the trial.
• Cao Bing explained that he would not follow another person’s path and believed his Blade Heart path could rival the inheritance.
• Cao Bing said he had come only for the Rhino Emperor Bureau and suggested that Luo Feng might be better suited to inherit Duan Donghe’s legacy.
• Luo Feng reacted with shock, and Cao Bing reassured him that he had made the choice for his own reasons.