Arc 13The Rhino Emperor Trial

Luo Yuan endured attacks from rival factions while solving the Rhino Emperor Game and earned Duan Donghe’s protection as the leading candidate. As more contenders qualified and Bi Xue advanced, Luo Yuan continued pursuing the six thousand configurations needed to claim the inheritance directly.

  • Luo Yuan studied the Rhino Emperor Game, learned its rules, and began solving its endgames as rival factions gathered at the Tomb Ship.
  • The East Emperor Holy Land, Purple Moon Holy Land, and Divine Eye Clan’s Peak Universe Masters attacked Luo Yuan, but his Star Tower resisted their attempts to destroy or seal it.
  • Luo Yuan solved the first 1,999 endgames, and Duan Donghe named him the only candidate to meet the initial standard, then protected him inside a Glazed Palace.
  • Luo Yuan continued studying under Duan Donghe’s protection, completed his Path of the Beast God, and raised his willpower to the middle Strongest One level.
  • Duan Donghe admitted more candidates, including Bi Xue, Xue You, Lord Lu Chong, and Tiebu Demon Lord, and explained the different configuration requirements for each level of strength.
  • After Luo Yuan solved 3,000 configurations, Duan Donghe gave him a red crystal pillar and explained that six thousand configurations would grant the inheritance directly.
  • Duan Donghe announced that 298 candidates had reached the first level and that Bi Xue had reached the second, giving him a Glazed Palace and crystal pillar.
  • Bi Xue resolved to pursue the inheritance after the East Emperor Ancestor praised his talent and promised to nurture him, while Luo Yuan continued toward his next milestone.
Chapters 301–325 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 301Rules

Luo Yuan and three rival Peak Universe Masters studied the Rhino Emperor Game aboard the Tomb Ship as they competed for the sole inheritance. After two years in the Giant Axe Founder's accelerated-time space, Luo Yuan mastered the game's basic rules and returned to solving its unfinished puzzles.

  • Lord Wu Liang and Lord Ying Ai sought the First True God's help, while the Chaos City Lord and Giant Axe Founder arranged accelerated-time spaces for their avatars and Luo Yuan's original body.
  • Luo Yuan, Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Wu Liang approached the glowing projections in the Tomb Ship's inheritance passage, knowing only one of them could obtain the inheritance and survive.
  • Luo Yuan studied the Rhino Emperor Game in a Small World within the Giant Axe Founder's Miniature Universe, initially struggling to work out its rules from the puzzles other players had solved.
  • After two years of study, Luo Yuan understood the game's basic rules: it used 10,081 units and required divine power to form a perfect, closed energy cycle.
  • Luo Yuan resumed solving the unfinished puzzles, while he and the three other Peak Universe Masters tested their answers by tracing them into their light pillars.

Ch. 302Shadow Bell Demon Lord

Lord Wu Liang figured out the Rhino Emperor Game’s rules and shared them with Lord Ying Ai while factions raced toward the Tomb Ship. Shadow Bell Demon Lord brought Heavenly Bell Clan powerhouses inside and blocked rival factions for a year, until Bei Zhen Star Master arrived with East Emperor Holy Land Universe reinforcements and ordered them to claim the inheritance.

  • Lord Wu Liang worked out the Rhino Emperor Game’s rules and explained them to Lord Ying Ai, who praised his talent.
  • Shadow Bell Demon Lord arrived at the Tomb Ship entrance with three Heavenly Bell Clan peak Universe Masters and sent them toward the Control Core after Lord Lihai showed them the route.
  • Shadow Bell Demon Lord guarded the entrance for a year, preventing other factions from entering and provoking the First Ancestral God Cult powerhouses.
  • Bei Zhen Star Master appeared, entered the cabin with a group of East Emperor Holy Land Universe powerhouses, and ordered them to seize the inheritance for the Ancestor.

Ch. 303They Had All Gone Mad

Luo Yuan and the other candidates continued studying the Rhino Emperor Game as powerhouses from the East Emperor Holy Land Universe flooded into the Tomb Ship to compete for the inheritance. Lord Ying Ai openly insulted them, accepting that he would either claim the inheritance or die, while Luo Yuan withdrew and resumed his study.

  • Bei Zhen Star Master blocked the Tomb Ship hatch with an enormous black star and forbade later arrivals, especially those from Purple Moon Holy Land, from entering.
  • Luo Yuan and the other candidates learned that more factions were arriving, while Luo Yuan continued solving Rhino Emperor Game endgames with his Original Body and fourth clone.
  • Luo Yuan made slow progress on the game’s 10,081 endgames and found that studying their arrangements also improved his understanding of Secret Pattern Diagrams.
  • Hundreds of powerhouses from the East Emperor Holy Land Universe entered the passage together, including Universe Masters, Universe Venerables, and Immortal Gods.
  • Lord Ying Ai condemned the East Emperor group for sending so many competitors and told Lord Lu Chong that he feared neither them nor death; Luo Yuan moved farther away from him and returned to studying the diagrams.

Ch. 304Perfect game solving

Luo Yuan solved the 124th Rhino Emperor Game endgame in one month while new candidates arrived and studied the earlier solutions. Later, the candidates sensed a fierce battle outside the Tomb Ship, caused by the strongest beings in the universe.

  • Lord Wu Liang urged Lord Ying Ai to inform the Divine Eye Clan about the inheritance and the unexpected presence of Immortal Gods.
  • Lord Ying Ai and the Shadow Witch couple sent word to their incarnations, but the Divine Eye Clan could not bring more experts to the Tomb Ship.
  • Duan Donghe warned the arriving East Emperor Holy Land experts to study the Rhino Emperor Game quietly and obey his rules.
  • After comprehending the 123 solved games, Luo Yuan worked on the 124th endgame and successfully solved it in one month.
  • Luo Yuan continued to the 125th endgame, while the candidates later felt shock waves from a battle outside the Tomb Ship.

Ch. 305Overbearing

Luo Yuan and the others continued studying the Rhino Emperor Game while the East Emperor and Purple Moon Holy Lands fought over access to the Tomb Ship. After the Purple Moon Holy Land and the Divine Eye Clan forced Bei Zhen Star Master to let more experts enter, Duan Donghe warned the newcomers that anyone who studied too slowly would die.

  • Luo Yuan learned that Bei Zhen Star Master had sealed the Tomb Ship's hatch with a Sealing Star, blocking the other factions from entering.
  • Lord Lu Chong restrained his anger at Bei Zhen Star Master and focused on solving the Rhino Emperor Game.
  • The Purple Moon Holy Land and the Divine Eye Clan joined forces to attack Bei Zhen Star Master, who ordered them to scram and was eventually driven back.
  • Luo Yuan and the others continued solving endgames as hundreds of Purple Moon Holy Land experts entered the Death Passage.
  • Lord Lu Chong passed the game's basic rules to the new arrivals, and Duan Donghe warned them that those who studied too slowly would die.

Ch. 306Surrounded and attacked

After Duan Donghe revealed that Luo Yuan had solved 124 endgames, eight Peak Universe Masters attacked him to stop him from pursuing the inheritance. Luo Yuan withstood their assault in his Chaos Divine Armor, and the chapter ended with his attackers preparing to continue their lethal assault.

  • Duan Donghe identified Luo Yuan as the one who had solved 124 endgames and allowed the experts in the passage to fight one another.
  • Lord Lu Chong, Ying Ai, and his wife held back while eight Peak Universe Masters from the East Emperor Holy Land Universe, the Purple Moon Holy Land Universe, and the Divine Eye Clan attacked Luo Yuan.
  • Luo Yuan transformed his Chaos Divine Armor into a metal dragon, which endured the experts' strongest attacks without being damaged.
  • Luo Yuan confronted the attackers and kept Giant Axe Founder's true strength secret to protect the Human Race.
  • The eight Peak Universe Masters resumed their attacks, dismissed Luo Yuan's appeals to fairness, and declared that the weak had no right to be treated as equals.

Ch. 307The Bottom Line

Luo Yuan turned the battle over the Rhino Emperor Game against the other factions by attacking their juniors, killing more than a dozen Immortal Gods and Universe Venerables. The stone pillars then killed an East Emperor Holy Land Universe Peak Universe Master who had attacked Luo Yuan and collected his supreme treasures.

  • Luo Yuan's divine armor dragon crushed a Divine Eye Clan Peak Universe Master, but the warrior instantly healed with a supreme supreme treasure and escaped.
  • Luo Yuan realized the eight Peak Universe Masters were targeting him because they feared he would win Duan Donghe's inheritance, and he resolved to seize their treasures after solving the Rhino Emperor Game.
  • Luo Yuan directed the dragon toward the Immortal Gods and Universe Venerables studying the game, abandoning caution as the other factions had abandoned restraint.
  • The dragon's spatial technique and tail strike killed more than a dozen juniors from the East Emperor Holy Land Universe, the Purple Moon Holy Land Universe, and the Divine Eye Clan.
  • Threads of light from the solved stone pillars descended on an East Emperor Holy Land Universe Peak Universe Master who had attacked Luo Yuan, sliced him apart, and pulled his supreme treasures into the pillars.

Ch. 308Killing intent

After Duan Donghe killed Lord Huawu for endangering others, the rival factions interpreted the punishment as a warning against collateral damage rather than a ban on fighting. Seven Peak Universe Masters then surrounded Luo Yuan, determined to kill him and block the Human Race from claiming the inheritance.

  • Duan Donghe annihilated Lord Huawu with light from the stone pillars and took his supreme treasures, frightening the experts present.
  • A Divine Eye Clan elder concluded that Duan Donghe punished attacks that harmed bystanders but had tolerated attacks on Lord Hun Yuan.
  • The East Emperor Holy Land, Purple Moon Holy Land, and Divine Eye Clan stored their lesser experts in flying palace supreme treasures, leaving seven Peak Universe Masters facing Luo Yuan.
  • Luo Yuan warned the seven that Duan Donghe might kill them, but they said their avatars would survive and that sacrificing their original bodies was worthwhile.
  • The seven Peak Universe Masters closed in on Luo Yuan, intent on killing the Human Race genius, while other Universe Masters watched from the sidelines.

Ch. 309Blood-red Tower

Luo Yuan fought off seven Peak Universe Masters while trying to preserve his strength to study the Rhino Emperor Game. He revealed the Star Tower and took shelter inside, leaving his attackers unable to harm him.

  • Universe Masters from other factions watched as seven Peak Universe Masters surrounded Luo Yuan, and they discussed how Duan Donghe had made him a target by announcing his progress on the Rhino Emperor Game.
  • Luo Yuan accused the seven attackers of shamelessly ganging up on him, while they taunted him and demanded that he abandon the Duan Donghe Inheritance.
  • Luo Yuan realized that maintaining the Chaos Divine Armor was consuming too much divine power and would hinder his study of the Rhino Emperor Game.
  • Luo Yuan brought out the Camouflaged Star Tower despite fearing that others might identify it and reveal its true nature.
  • Luo Yuan entered the blood-red Star Tower, and the seven Peak Universe Masters attacked it without effect as he ignored their abuse.

Ch. 310Sealing

The seven peak Universe Masters tried to seal Luo Yuan inside the Star Tower so he would lose his chance at the inheritance. Their attacks and borrowed treasures could not move or damage it, leaving them helpless before the tower.

  • The seven peak Universe Masters surrounded Luo Yuan's Star Tower and discussed sealing it, while Luo Yuan listened from inside.
  • Lord Fenghan activated his Three-Colored Tower Pillar and tried to draw the Star Tower into its black hole.
  • When Fenghan's effort failed, a Divine Eye Clan expert and the other peak Universe Masters took turns pouring in divine power, but the Star Tower remained unmoved.
  • The experts attacked the Star Tower and then borrowed Supreme Treasures and tried their Secret Techniques, but they could neither damage nor seal it.

Ch. 311Supreme Supreme Treasure

The Peak Universe Masters failed to overcome Luo Yuan’s Blood-Colored Star Tower and learned that Duan Donghe had forbidden the Divine Eye Clan’s True Masters from attacking candidates. The Seventh True Master offered his sealing treasure, the Ice Cliff Fortress, to the Holy Lands, and Lord Huang Ke volunteered to use it, but the Seventh True Master hesitated to hand it over.

  • The Peak Universe Masters discussed Luo Yuan’s powerful treasures and asked the Divine Eye Clan’s Second True Lord and Seventh True Master to intervene.
  • The two True Masters revealed that Duan Donghe had forbidden them from attacking candidates, so the Seventh True Master offered to lend the Ice Cliff Fortress to a worthy Universe Master.
  • The Holy Land Universe experts hesitated to volunteer, fearing the candidate who used the fortress would likely die.
  • After the Holy Lands discussed the matter and exchanged benefits, Lord Huang Ke volunteered to act for the East Emperor Holy Land.
  • The Seventh True Master warned that the Ice Cliff Fortress required strongest-one-level willpower to master and said he would not hand it over without safeguards.

Ch. 312Lord Huang Ke

Lord Huang Ke borrowed Ice Cliff Fortress from the Divine Eye Clan's Seventh True Master by offering eight Peak Top-Grade Supreme Treasures as collateral, intending to seal away Luo Yuan's Star Tower. Luo Yuan anchored Star Tower to a crystal pillar, and Ice Cliff Fortress failed to move it, leaving the onlookers to suspect Star Tower was a Supreme Supreme Treasure.

  • Lord Huang Ke and the East Emperor Holy Land Universe experts negotiated with the Divine Eye Clan's Seventh True Master, then pooled eight Peak Top-Grade Supreme Treasures as collateral for Ice Cliff Fortress.
  • The Seventh True Master handed Ice Cliff Fortress to Lord Huang Ke, who began binding it while Luo Yuan observed from inside Star Tower.
  • Luo Yuan realized the East Emperor Holy Land experts meant to seal Star Tower and fused it with a crystal pillar used to project the Rhino Emperor Game.
  • Lord Huang Ke activated Ice Cliff Fortress and tried to draw Star Tower inside, but Star Tower did not move.
  • Lord Huang Ke accused the Seventh True Master of tampering, and the Seventh True Master denied it, suggesting Star Tower was also a Supreme Supreme Treasure.

Ch. 313The invincible Star Tower

Luo Yuan used the Star Tower to anchor himself to a crystal pillar in the Tomb Ship, preventing Lord Huang Ke and the other factions from sealing him away. The powerhouses renewed their attacks, but Luo Yuan remained safe inside the tower and continued solving the Rhino Emperor Game.

  • Lord Huang Ke and the Divine Eye Clan's old man realized that Luo Yuan had attached his blood-red tower to a crystal pillar too tough to break.
  • Luo Yuan recognized that the Star Tower's sealing power and the pillar's durability left his enemies unable to pull him away.
  • The powerhouses realized Luo Yuan could keep working on the Rhino Emperor Game while protected, putting them at risk of losing the inheritance and dying.
  • The Seventh True Master exchanged the Ice Cliff Fortress and the eight Peak Top-Grade Supreme Treasures with Lord Huang Ke.
  • Seven peak Universe Masters agreed to attack Luo Yuan directly and try to disrupt his work.
  • Luo Yuan stayed in the Star Tower's core Control Room and continued solving the game as physical and Soul Attacks failed to harm him.

Ch. 314Simulation, Melee

Luo Yuan safely studied the Rhino Emperor Game inside the Star Tower while seven Peak Universe Masters attacked it without effect. Meanwhile, the Two Great Holy Lands blocked the Tomb Ship's hatch, provoking a battle with experts from the First and Second Reincarnation Eras.

  • The seven Peak Universe Masters realized their attacks could not harm Luo Yuan's Star Tower and continued striking it to disrupt his study.
  • Luo Yuan stayed protected inside the Star Tower, taunted his attackers, and studied the Rhino Emperor Game through his exclusive crystal pillar.
  • Luo Yuan reproduced the game in the Virtual Universe so human experts could study it and help solve its incomplete versions.
  • The East Emperor Holy Land Universe and the Purple Moon Holy Land Universe occupied the Tomb Ship's hatch and barred other powers from entering.
  • Experts from the First and Second Reincarnation Eras fought the Two Great Holy Lands at the hatch and threatened to unite against them.

Ch. 315A gathering of powerhouses

Powerhouses from across the Universe Ocean gathered to compete for the Duan Donghe Inheritance, while the Two Great Holy Lands sent no Strongest Ones in the Universe into the Death Passage. Luo Yuan continued studying the Rhino Emperor Game inside his Blood-Colored Tower as Peak Universe Masters attacked it, and he vowed to kill them once he obtained the inheritance.

  • Dozens of Strongest Ones in the Universe and over a thousand Universe Masters entered the Death Passage after seven Strongest Ones in the Universe forced their way past the Two Great Holy Lands' defenders.
  • Duan Donghe's screening eliminated most of the entrants, but over a dozen Strongest Ones in the Universe, more than five hundred Universe Masters, and many weaker powerhouses reached the Rhino Emperor Game Inheritance Trial Passage.
  • The gathered forces noted that the Two Great Holy Lands had sent no Strongest Ones in the Universe into the passage, and several First and Second Reincarnation Era forces nevertheless sent some of their own.
  • Over a dozen Peak Universe Masters attacked Luo Yuan's Blood-Colored Tower to distract him from solving the Rhino Emperor Game, while newcomers learned he was Lord Hun Yuan and had solved the first endgame.
  • Luo Yuan dismissed the attackers as petty and resolved to kill them after he solved the game and received the inheritance.

Ch. 316Far ahead

Luo Yuan spent five hundred years mastering the Rhino Emperor Game and began studying the difficult two-thousandth endgame while Original Ancestor secretly observed him in the Virtual Universe. Duan Donghe announced that Luo Yuan was the only candidate to meet the required standard, leaving the other candidates shocked and fearful.

  • Luo Yuan solved the first 1,999 endgames over five hundred years and began contemplating the two-thousandth.
  • Original Ancestor appeared unseen in the Virtual Universe, admired Luo Yuan’s progress, and judged his talent superior to the other candidates’.
  • More than a dozen peak Universe Masters continued attacking Luo Yuan’s Star Tower, though Luo Yuan ignored them.
  • Duan Donghe appeared in the death passage and announced that only Lord Hun Yuan of the Human Race had met the Rhino Emperor Game standard.
  • The candidates erupted in shock, and Duan Donghe silenced them with a roar.

Ch. 317Glazed Palace

Duan Donghe summoned Luo Yuan and protected him from the other experts, allowing him to continue studying the Rhino Emperor Game. The rival factions worried that Luo Yuan would claim the inheritance, but Duan Donghe warned them that attacking him would mean death.

  • Duan Donghe called Luo Yuan out of the Star Tower after he had solved the minimum number of Rhino Emperor Game endgames.
  • Duan Donghe told Luo Yuan to keep solving endgames and promised that no one would be able to harm him while he studied.
  • Duan Donghe summoned a glazed palace around Luo Yuan’s crystal pillar and declared that anyone who attacked him would be disqualified and slain.
  • The experts from the East Emperor and Purple Moon Holy Lands and other factions feared that Luo Yuan would obtain the inheritance, and some discussed killing him.
  • Lord Lu Chong argued that the first reincarnation era factions were most desperate and might attack Luo Yuan despite the palace’s protection.
  • Duan Donghe warned all the experts that they could not break through the palace and urged them to keep solving endgames before the trial time ran out.

Ch. 318Fearless

Duan Donghe announced that solving six thousand Rhino Emperor Game endgames would earn his lineage's inheritance, while Luo Yuan had already surpassed the requirements for his level and received his protection. Luo Yuan provoked the experts who had attacked him, then resumed studying the game as they seethed but dared not retaliate.

  • Duan Donghe announced that anyone who solved six thousand endgames would directly receive his lineage's inheritance.
  • Duan Donghe praised Luo Yuan for exceeding his minimum requirement and urged him to solve more endgames for greater benefits.
  • After Duan Donghe vanished, Luo Yuan taunted the gathered experts who had attacked him, knowing Duan Donghe's protection prevented them from retaliating.
  • Luo Yuan vowed that he would claim the inheritance and make his former attackers perish, then sat down to continue solving endgames behind the Glazed Palace's protection.
  • The hostile experts watched the Glazed Palace in anger, while Luo Yuan ignored them and focused on securing the inheritance.

Ch. 319The focus of all eyes

Luo Yuan studied the Rhino Emperor Game while the Human Race’s peak experts encouraged him to secure the Duan Donghe Inheritance. As the Universe Ocean’s experts quietly competed to meet the inheritance’s requirements, Luo Yuan advanced his studies and completed the Path of the Beast God.

  • Giant Axe Founder, Chaos City Lord, and other Human Race experts congratulated Luo Yuan for meeting Duan Donghe’s basic requirements and urged him to claim the inheritance.
  • Luo Yuan told the group that Duan Donghe’s secret technique protected him from anyone who attacked, and the experts left him to continue studying.
  • Original Ancestor watched the gathering unseen and returned to studying the Rhino Emperor Game, hoping its insights might help him escape suppression.
  • Luo Yuan divided his time among the Rhino Emperor Game, Secret Pattern Diagrams, and recreation while experts throughout the Tomb Ship’s Death Passage studied in silence.
  • Luo Yuan’s prolonged study completed his Path of the Beast God and raised his willpower to the middle stage of the Strongest One in the Universe level.
  • The Universe Ocean’s powers recognized the inheritance’s potential and waited for their candidates to meet Duan Donghe’s requirements.

Ch. 320Bi Xue

Duan Donghe announced that Bi Xue of the East Emperor Holy Land had met the basic requirement for solving the Rhino Emperor Game and granted him protection. The inheritance remained undecided, with anyone who met the requirement still eligible and anyone who solved six thousand endgames able to become the final inheritor.

  • The Universe Ocean’s forces discussed their hopes of obtaining Duan Donghe’s inheritance while experts continued studying the Rhino Emperor Game.
  • Duan Donghe appeared and announced that Bi Xue of the East Emperor Holy Land had met the basic game-solving requirement.
  • The East Emperor Holy Land’s experts surrounded Bi Xue to protect him, and Duan Donghe placed him inside a Glazed Palace like Luo Yuan’s.
  • Duan Donghe declared that everyone who met the requirement would receive protection, and attackers would be eliminated and killed.
  • Duan Donghe said the final inheritor had not been chosen, but anyone who solved six thousand endgames could claim the inheritance directly.

Ch. 321Competition

After Venerable Bi Xue became the second candidate to meet Duan Donghe's requirements, Luo Yuan continued solving the Rhino Emperor Game to protect his lead and secure the inheritance. The East Emperor Ancestor ordered his forces to redouble their efforts, while his experts recognized that powerful Universe Venerables had a major advantage.

  • Duan Donghe left after Venerable Bi Xue pledged to continue solving the games, and the experts reacted to Bi Xue's success.
  • Venerable Bi Xue took pride in becoming a candidate and eyed Luo Yuan, while Luo Yuan kept solving the game and aimed to finish six thousand endgames first.
  • The East Emperor Holy Land Universe learned that Bi Xue had met the standard, and its experts discussed the requirements for different levels of strength.
  • The East Emperor Ancestor appeared before the temple's experts and ordered their Universe Venerables and Immortal Gods to work harder to meet the Rhino Emperor Game's standard.
  • The experts concluded that Quasi-Universe Masters had a strong advantage because their requirements were lower while their solving abilities rivaled those of Universe Masters.

Ch. 322A Thousand Years

Luo Yuan continued studying the Rhino Emperor Game as more experts qualified for Duan Donghe’s trial, including the first Strongest One in the Universe. The candidates debated what Duan Donghe sought in a successor while the number of qualified experts kept growing.

  • After Luo Yuan spent eight hundred years studying the game, Duan Donghe announced that Xue You, an Immortal God of the Zerg from the Second Reincarnation Era, had met the requirement.
  • More candidates qualified over the following years, including Lord Lu Chong from the East Emperor Holy Land Universe.
  • After three thousand years, Duan Donghe announced that Tiebu Demon Lord of the First Reincarnation Era had qualified, making him the first Strongest One in the Universe to pass.
  • The experts learned that Strongest Ones in the Universe needed to solve two thousand configurations, compared with one thousand for Universe Venerables and fifteen hundred for Universe Masters.
  • As the number of candidates reached seventy, the experts discussed Duan Donghe’s selection criteria and noted that the East Emperor Holy Land Universe had nine qualified experts.

Ch. 323Breaking through

Humanity’s leaders worried that growing competition for the Duan Donghe Inheritance would reduce Luo Yuan’s chances, while the Giant Axe Founder urged them to trust him and focus on exploring the Universe Ocean. Luo Yuan continued studying the Rhino Emperor Game, stuck at the three-thousandth endgame and striving to break through its bottleneck.

  • The Chaos City Lord told humanity’s leaders that seventy candidates had met Duan Donghe’s requirements and that Luo Yuan remained their only qualified candidate.
  • The Giant Axe Founder urged the leaders not to disturb Luo Yuan and to keep building humanity’s reserves as they explored the Three Great Forbidden Lands.
  • The Original Ancestor secretly watched Luo Yuan study the Rhino Emperor Game in his personal Plane and grew increasingly impressed with him.
  • Luo Yuan reflected that he needed to solve six thousand endgames to become Duan Donghe’s sole inheritor, and that comparing the game with secret patterns had accelerated his progress.
  • Luo Yuan remained unable to solve the three-thousandth endgame, recognizing it as a bottleneck that he had to overcome before making further progress.

Ch. 324Core Inheritance Inheritor

After more than three thousand years, Duan Donghe announced that Luo Yuan had solved three thousand Rhino Emperor Game configurations, making him a Core Candidate and earning him stronger protection. The candidates learned the four ranks and the direct-inheritance threshold, then returned to their increasingly desperate efforts to solve more configurations.

  • Duan Donghe appeared and congratulated Lord Hun Yuan of the Human Race, identifying Luo Yuan as the first Universe Master to solve three thousand configurations.
  • Duan Donghe gave Luo Yuan a red crystal pillar that strengthened the protection around his golden Glazed Palace.
  • Duan Donghe explained the four candidate ranks and said that solving six thousand configurations would grant the inheritance directly.
  • The candidates learned that solving one thousand, two thousand, three thousand, and four thousand configurations established successive ranks, while Luo Yuan needed one thousand more to become an Inheritor.
  • The candidates intensified their study of the Rhino Emperor Game as the number who met the requirements passed one hundred, while Luo Yuan continued working toward his next milestone.

Ch. 325Experts emerged in abundance

After thousands of years in the Death Passage, Venerable Bi Xue became the first candidate besides Luo Yuan to reach the Rhino Emperor Game’s second level. The East Emperor Ancestor promised to support him, while Luo Yuan remained far ahead at the third level.

  • Duan Donghe announced that 298 candidates had reached the first level and criticized the others for their lack of progress.
  • Duan Donghe noticed Venerable Bi Xue had reached the second level, praised him, and gave him a Glazed Palace and crystalline pillar like Luo Yuan’s.
  • Luo Yuan recognized Bi Xue’s strong will, peak Universe Venerable strength, and potential to become a Universe Master.
  • The East Emperor Ancestor met Bi Xue’s avatar, praised his talent, and promised to nurture him if he continued meeting the inheritance’s requirements.
  • Bi Xue became determined to pursue the Duan Donghe Inheritance as his chance to transform his fortunes.
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