Recaps

Luo Yuan learned from the Universe Controller how the Independent Universe, its Source Laws, and the Controller’s legacy fit into the wider cosmos, then began the Inheritor’s trial at the Origin Temple. The chapter left him inside the temple, facing the powerful rule sources whose recognition he needed to obtain the legacy.

• Luo Yuan questioned the Universe Controller and learned that different Independent Universes had distinct Source Rules, so cultivation systems could only be fused safely within their own universe.
• The Universe Controller explained that his legacy revealed the Independent Universe’s fundamental Source Laws and could help its inheritor escape the universe’s constraints.
• Luo Yuan decided to pursue the legacy through the Inheritor’s trial while keeping open the possibility of developing his own Source Rules if he failed.
• The Universe Controller brought Luo Yuan to the Origin Temple, the control core embodying the Independent Universe’s rules, and explained that its recognition was required to inherit the legacy.
• Luo Yuan entered the Origin Temple and sensed its immense powers, including the strongest rule sources from which other rule runes evolved.

Luo Yuan began the Origin Temple’s first trial, which required him to merge cultivation systems from different universes before he could approach the Universe Controller’s inheritance. As he studied their origin cores, he found a more effective way to strengthen his foundation, but the trial and the inheritance still lay ahead.

• Luo Yuan entered the Origin Temple’s first level and learned that he had to prove he could merge different cultivation systems to qualify for the inheritance.
• Luo Yuan began combining the complete cultivation systems provided by the trial, hoping to refine his origin core and develop a system suited to himself.
• Luo Yuan discovered that cultivation systems from miniature universes within the same independent universe shared similarities that let their origin cores complement one another.
• Luo Yuan recognized that his earlier study of geniuses’ combat methods had neglected their origin cores and yielded limited improvements.
• Luo Yuan focused on mastering and merging the origin cores, realizing that doing so could greatly increase his power even if he failed to obtain the Universe Controller’s inheritance.

Luo Yuan reflected on the lonely path of cultivation and became more determined to complete the Origin Temple trial, believing that mastering different cultivation systems could lead him toward controlling his own fate. As he continued fusing Origin Cores, the Universe Controller watched him closely and hoped he would become his Inheritor.

• Luo Yuan resolved to keep advancing and complete the trial so he could grow strong enough to protect what he cared about.
• Luo Yuan reasoned that universes fostered competition and conflict to nurture supreme geniuses, while he refused to become one of the lives sacrificed by the Cosmic Rules.
• Luo Yuan used different cultivation systems to study their universes' Rule Power and considered how their Origin Cores could eventually be fused.
• Luo Yuan recognized that his talent and strength already rivaled Creator Gods despite being only a World-Level Hunyuan expert.
• Luo Yuan increased his efficiency at fusing cultivation systems and believed he could complete the first stage of the trial.
• The Universe Controller continued observing Luo Yuan because he hoped to make him his Inheritor and gain a chance to escape the Independent Universe's control.

Luo Yuan completed the first trial by fusing every cultivation system on the hall’s first floor, forming a powerful origin core and greatly strengthening himself. The Universe Controller took notice of Luo Yuan’s talent as he prepared to face the remaining trials.

• Luo Yuan immersed himself in fusing cultivation systems and gained a deeper understanding of cosmic rules.
• The Universe Controller watched Luo Yuan’s progress and became increasingly interested in his talent.
• Luo Yuan concluded that mastering cosmic rules mattered more than relying on fixed cultivation methods and secret techniques.
• Luo Yuan entered a state of selflessness and fused all the cultivation systems available on the first floor into a powerful origin core.
• Luo Yuan’s power resonated with the origin core, and he felt capable of contending with Creator Gods.
• Information appeared throughout the hall, confirming that Luo Yuan had passed the first trial, though he did not know how many trials remained.

Luo Yuan passed the cosmic rules’ compatibility test and entered an illusion that tested his loyalty by making him defend the universe from outside attackers. After fighting steadfastly despite the danger, he returned to the Origin Temple with his memories restored, apparently having passed.

• The Universe Controller praised Luo Yuan for completing the first trial and explained that he still had more trials to pass before approaching the inheritance.
• Luo Yuan passed the cosmic rules’ compatibility test with nearly one hundred percent integration, astonishing the Universe Controller.
• Luo Yuan reflected on his origins in another universe and his goal of transcending the current universe to return to Earth.
• The cosmic rules placed Luo Yuan in an illusion where he became a Guardian defending the universe, while his memories of Infinite Hunyuan Space were sealed.
• Luo Yuan fought on the front lines despite the danger, and the illusion vanished, returning him to the Origin Temple with his memories restored.

Luo Yuan passed the Cosmic Rules’ loyalty test by using his system to recognize the illusion, though the Universe Will believed he had shown unwavering loyalty. He was transported to the Origin Temple’s highest level to receive the Universe Controller’s inheritance, which required him to comprehend and integrate its source laws as the transmission continued.

• Luo Yuan used his system to identify the loyalty test’s illusion and chose actions that convinced the Universe Will he would sacrifice everything to protect the Universe.
• The Universe Will accepted Luo Yuan’s performance and ended its remaining tests, granting him recognition as the Universe Controller’s Inheritor.
• Luo Yuan was transported to the highest level of the Origin Temple and began receiving information about the source rules of the multiverse.
• Luo Yuan learned that mastering the inheritance would let him wield the Cosmic Rules’ power, but he had to comprehend each part as it arrived or risk failure and death.
• Luo Yuan immersed himself in the source laws and began adapting his own origin power to the universal rule power.

Luo Yuan endured the Universe Controller’s inheritance without letting it alter his origin core, proving his potential to surpass the current Universe Controller. After the transmission, the Universe Controller brought him from the Origin Temple and explained that mastering the temple would let Luo Yuan fully absorb the inheritance and eventually inherit the position.

• Luo Yuan resisted the inheritance’s spiritual pressure and treated its information as reference material rather than allowing it to reshape his cultivation core.
• The cosmic rules intensified the inheritance’s pressure to make Luo Yuan surrender his resistance, but he held firm until the transmission ended.
• The Universe Controller teleported Luo Yuan out of the Origin Temple and, impressed by his performance, resolved to nurture him as a potential transcendent successor.
• The Universe Controller explained that Luo Yuan would need to become master of the Origin Temple to fully absorb and use the inheritance.
• Luo Yuan learned that the Origin Temple was central to becoming Universe Controller, and that Creator God was a status imposed by the cosmic rules rather than a true cultivation realm.

Luo Yuan studied under the Universe Controller, mastered the inheritance and Origin Temple, and advanced to Hunyuan Lord. He began cultivating trusted Human Race followers in a miniature universe as he prepared for the possibility of transcending the universe.

• The Universe Controller guided Luo Yuan through the inheritance and explained how mastering cosmic rules and the Origin Temple could grant control over the universe's power.
• Luo Yuan spent time refining the Origin Temple and strengthening his foundations until he reached Hunyuan Lord.
• Luo Yuan learned the Universe Controller's abilities over tens of thousands of reincarnation eras, convincing the Universe Controller that he would eventually surpass him.
• The Universe Controller opened a miniature universe for Luo Yuan, whose rule power matched the multiverse's highest rules.
• Luo Yuan brought trusted Human Race powerhouses into the miniature universe to cultivate and rejected offers of service from Hunyuan powerhouses he did not trust.

After becoming a Hunyuan Lord, Luo Yuan returned to Infinite Hunyuan Space and focused on strengthening his foundation rather than rushing toward another breakthrough. The Universe Controller opened a path for him to enter a dangerous Higher Secret Realm, where he could train beyond the restrictions that normally bound Hunyuan Lords.

• Luo Yuan broke through to the Hunyuan Lord realm and kept the news quiet while considering the higher realms ahead.
• Luo Yuan returned to Infinite Hunyuan Space, where the Hunyuan Lords honored him and gave him and the human experts he had brought the best cultivation resources.
• Luo Yuan learned that he could gain authority over the Universe by reaching the peak of the Creator God realm, but he worried that advancing too quickly would damage his foundation.
• Luo Yuan consulted the Universe Controller, who arranged for him to enter a Higher Secret Realm reserved for Universe Controller Inheritors.
• Luo Yuan decided to explore the dangerous secret realm and see how the other Universe Controllers’ Inheritors compared to him.

Luo Yuan learned about the dangers and purpose of high-level secret realms, along with the hierarchy of Universe Controllers and Dominators, and insisted on entering one to test himself against other Inheritors. He arrived at a gathering place with more than a thousand Inheritors and prepared to rely on his own strength and resurrection techniques when the expedition began.

• Luo Yuan learned that high-level secret realms were reserved for Hunyuan Lord-level Inheritors and above, and that he had not been told about them because Yuan and the Creator God had wanted to protect him.
• Luo Yuan learned that Dominators controlled independent universes and that cosmic rules and destroyers enforced competition and limits among powerful beings.
• Luo Yuan persuaded the Universe Controller to let him enter a high-level secret realm so he could seek treasures and measure his strength against other Inheritors.
• The Universe Controller teleported Luo Yuan to a temporary gathering place, where he found more than a thousand Inheritors waiting to assemble.
• Luo Yuan recognized that his Golden Finger no longer helped him, but trusted his preparations, including powerful avatars and a resurrection method, to survive the secret realm.

Luo Yuan learned that the Higher Secret Realms were damaged Independent Universes and that the platform let its Inheritors receive fragmentary knowledge of the twelve-level universe dimensional system. He and the other geniuses prepared to explore the realm, aware that its dangers included unknown regions, surviving natives, and forces far beyond their understanding.

• Luo Yuan received a star map and warnings about dangerous regions in the Higher Secret Realm, which had been cleared of many threats by Universe Controllers.
• Luo Yuan learned that Higher Secret Realms were damaged Independent Universes whose Dominators had been eliminated, and that his own universe was a level-five universe among twelve dimensions.
• Luo Yuan understood that higher-dimensional beings could interfere with or erase lower-dimensional universes through their will and the power of Laws.
• The Inheritors became excited after receiving knowledge from higher dimensions and prepared to explore for treasures while avoiding unnecessary fights.
• Luo Yuan recognized that dangerous environments and hostile native inhabitants could threaten the Inheritors during their trials.

Luo Yuan reflected on the relationship between technology, cultivation, and the cosmic rules governing dimensions, then arrived in a damaged independent universe for trials with a clearer plan. He prepared to join a local faction, knowing the Inheritors might become enemies and that the powerful local groups would be wary of provoking the Universe Controllers.

• Luo Yuan concluded that cultivation civilizations advanced faster than technological ones, while technology mainly supported martial arts development.
• Luo Yuan learned that cosmic rules and dimensional differences determined the limits of power, and that even Creator Gods served as administrators beneath Universe Controllers.
• Luo Yuan resolved to keep cultivating until he could discover his original universe and return home, potentially using the power to Reverse Time and Space.
• After arriving in the damaged independent universe, Luo Yuan studied its map and recognized that local factions and life-forms still posed dangers to the Inheritors.
• Luo Yuan prepared to integrate into a local faction, understanding that the Inheritors might have to fight one another and that the Universe Controllers could punish factions that harmed them.

Luo Yuan traveled into the independent universe to seek resources and chose to disguise himself as a native so he could move through it without attracting attention. After reaching the middle region, he replaced a dying villager and took on his appearance, leaving him ready to continue his training in disguise.

• Luo Yuan reviewed the rules governing the inheritors’ competition and understood that their performances determined how resources were divided among their universes.
• Luo Yuan traveled toward the middle region while studying maps and searching for a native he could safely replace.
• Luo Yuan found a gravely wounded young man in an isolated mountain village and waited until he died.
• Luo Yuan read the young man’s memories and learned that he lived in the Luotian Starfield and had reached the peak God King level.
• Luo Yuan transformed into the young man, matching his appearance and aura through his mastery of transformation secret techniques.

After taking over Shi Tian’s body, Luo Yuan captured a Hunyuan-level Chaos Beast and returned to Little Stone Village, where his unusual hunt drew the village chief’s attention. The chief explained that a powerful faction periodically selected local geniuses, leaving Luo Yuan with an opportunity to learn more about the independent universe.

• Luo Yuan used spatial power to intercept and subdue a Chaos Beast that had fled from him.
• Luo Yuan carried the beast back to Little Stone Village, where the villagers and elders discussed how Shi Tian could have killed it.
• Luo Yuan cooked the Chaos Beast, whose aroma spread through the village, then brought some of the food to the village chief.
• The village chief welcomed Luo Yuan and explained that a powerful faction held periodic selections to recruit geniuses and offer them resources, inheritances, and status.

After learning how the Luo Tian Dynasty’s talent selection worked, Luo Yuan agreed to represent Little Stone Village in the Genius Battle and prepared to use the opportunity to gain information and resources. He arrived with the old village chief at a gathering platform, where village chiefs and young candidates from nearby villages had assembled.

• Luo Yuan learned that the Luo Tian Church controlled the Luo Tian Dynasty and used talent selections to recruit promising experts.
• Luo Yuan accepted the old village chief’s sole recommendation slot, hoping to join the Luo Tian Church and learn more about the Independent Universe.
• The villagers admired Luo Yuan for risking the Genius Battle on Little Stone Village’s behalf, and the old village chief held a farewell banquet for him.
• Several days later, Luo Yuan departed with the old village chief, who personally escorted him to the Genius Battle.
• Luo Yuan and the old village chief reached a shared teleportation platform and found village chiefs and their candidates already gathered there.

Luo Yuan joined five thousand geniuses being teleported to a vast arena for the Luo Tian Church’s selection contest, intending to use the event to gain an identity and access to local resources while concealing his true strength. The chapter ended with him examining his device and gathering information about the high-tech venue as the contestants awaited the contest.

• Luo Yuan considered the selection contest a chance to join the Luo Tian Church and secure a lasting source of resources while keeping his Hunyuan-level strength hidden.
• Luo Yuan reasoned that outside Inheritors and local factions competed for influence and resources, so he remained cautious and avoided contacting other Inheritors.
• Five thousand geniuses gathered, and Luo Yuan was teleported away from the village chiefs to the selection venue.
• Luo Yuan arrived in a vast arena surrounded by packed stands and multiple combat rings, where hosts were explaining the contest rules.
• Luo Yuan examined his high-tech device and began receiving information about his location and surroundings.

Luo Yuan reflected on the advantages wealthy factions gave their geniuses and on how competing as an Inheritor let him experience a wider world. He realized that the tournament’s trials would rank the Inheritors and their Universe Controllers, helping determine who could claim the damaged but intact independent universe.

• Luo Yuan observed that well-connected geniuses had better training, knowledge, and resources than contestants from small villages, and recognized how his Golden Finger had enabled his own progress.
• Luo Yuan considered how his concealed strength and the limits on using outside cosmic rules forced him and the other Inheritors to blend into the independent universe.
• Luo Yuan learned that the universe’s Dominator had been eliminated, leaving its intact rule core ownerless and potentially claimable by a Universe Controller.
• Luo Yuan understood that the Dominators would use trials and battles between Inheritors to rank their representatives and fairly decide who could inherit the independent universe.

Luo Yuan entered the Genius Battle, where he used the brutal melee to study the native geniuses and this damaged universe’s exposed Cosmic Rules. He continued fighting under his assumed identity, keeping his methods within the limits needed to avoid revealing that he was an outsider.

• The Genius Battle began with more than ten thousand arenas, each hosting a melee of over a million contestants.
• Luo Yuan observed that many native experts lacked experience in life-or-death combat, while some native geniuses fought on par with the Inheritors.
• Luo Yuan studied the strongest fighters and their control of the Cosmic Rules to improve his mastery of his inheritance.
• Luo Yuan fought using methods compatible with the local rules and his assumed identity, since revealing his outsider status could get him expelled or targeted.
• Luo Yuan continued battling in an arena where he appeared to be the only Inheritor.

Luo Yuan used the arena battles to study local techniques and adapt them into his own, strengthening his abilities while concealing his identity as an Inheritor. His unusual performance attracted attention, and he became a target of interest for powerful factions.

• Luo Yuan observed the local Heavenly Prides and incorporated their techniques into his own fighting style so he could grow without revealing his inherited abilities.
• The brutal battles reduced the competitors on Luo Yuan’s arena to fewer than a thousand, most of whom had substantial techniques and inheritances.
• Spectators investigated Luo Yuan and discovered that the peak God King came from an ordinary village despite displaying Hunyuan-level combat strength.
• Observers saw Luo Yuan grow stronger by adapting opponents’ techniques, prompting great clans and imperial dynasties to consider recruiting him.
• Luo Yuan suspected that some of the other exceptional competitors were Inheritors disguising themselves as locals and understood why they hid their origins while adapting to the universe.

Luo Yuan continued fighting in the Genius Battle while hiding his true strength and identity, studying his opponents’ techniques and the rules of the independent universe. He aimed to perform well enough to join the Luo Tian Church without drawing attention, as the other contestants in his arena kept battling.

• Luo Yuan saw that fewer than ten contestants remained in his arena, and each had combat strength comparable to a multiverse Inheritor.
• Luo Yuan considered how outside factions controlled the independent universe and how Inheritors were sent to investigate possible secret cultivation of powerful beings.
• Luo Yuan kept his abilities restrained so he would not stand out or provoke the other contestants into targeting him.
• Luo Yuan studied the native geniuses’ techniques during their fights, using them to understand the universe’s rules and develop new combat abilities.
• The nine contestants continued fighting among themselves, leaving the arena battle unresolved.

Luo Yuan defeated every genius in his arena after studying their combat methods, then concealed his strength while watching the remaining battles. He identified possible outsiders and promising local geniuses, and planned to use his apparent talent to gain the Luo Tian Church’s attention and resources.

• Luo Yuan observed his opponents’ techniques during the fight and then used newly comprehended methods to defeat them without killing them.
• Luo Yuan was teleported to a rest area, where he pretended to recover while watching the battles in other arenas.
• Luo Yuan recognized several fighters as possible inheritors from his own universe and judged that their exposed methods could draw dangerous attention from local factions.
• Luo Yuan noted particularly strong local geniuses and recorded information about them for later use by the supreme experts of his universe.
• Luo Yuan continued studying the remaining battles, gaining more local combat methods and preparing to use them to win the Luo Tian Church’s trust and resources.

After the free-for-all, Luo Yuan entered the one-on-one stage of the Genius Battle, where only the top ten could join the Luo Tian Church. He was matched against another Inheritor from his universe and kept his identity concealed while suppressing his opponent.

• The free-for-all ended with a little over ten thousand victors, and the organizers arranged one-on-one matchups to select the tournament’s top ten.
• Luo Yuan considered the resources and hidden power of the Independent Universe, but remained cautious because he had no evidence for his suspicions.
• Luo Yuan recognized his opponent as an Inheritor who had arrived from the same universe, while the opponent mistook Luo Yuan for a local powerful being.
• Luo Yuan fought using techniques he had learned from local geniuses, keeping his identity hidden as he steadily overwhelmed his opponent.
• The opponent considered using his original abilities but held back, while Luo Yuan continued pressing him during the fight.

Luo Yuan defeated an Inheritor in his first Genius Battle match by adapting to the universe’s rules while his opponent concealed his true abilities. The Luo Tian Church identified the opponent as an outsider but chose not to pursue him, while Luo Yuan was marked for closer attention and possible advancement to higher-level selection.

• Luo Yuan adapted his methods to the universe’s rules and steadily gained the upper hand over the Inheritor, who held back to conceal his identity.
• The Inheritor finally used his original methods under pressure, exposing himself to the senior figures watching the match.
• Luo Yuan exhausted his opponent’s energy and won, while the defeated Inheritor left the arena shocked by the loss.
• The Luo Tian Church administrators discovered that Luo Yuan’s opponent was an Inheritor from another universe but decided he posed too little threat to target.
• The senior figures investigated Luo Yuan, found no evidence that he was an outsider, and designated him for close observation and potential advancement to core genius selection.

Luo Yuan fought a powerful native genius in his second battle, keeping the upper hand while studying and recording the opponent’s abilities. As the factions assessed the contestants and considered how to rebuild their ravaged universe, Luo Yuan aimed to conceal his origins and gain access to their resources and information.

• Luo Yuan received his opponent for the second battle and judged him to be a formidable native genius with exceptional combat talent but an inadequate inheritance.
• Luo Yuan recorded the genius’s methods and tested his limits, attacking from a distance with spiritual force while maintaining control of the fight.
• The native genius persevered and tried to imitate Luo Yuan’s techniques, but Luo Yuan’s superior inheritance and mastery kept him from fighting back.
• The factions’ leaders watched the contest as part of their effort to identify and nurture promising geniuses after losing their Universe Controllers and Dominator-level powerhouses.
• Luo Yuan recognized that the factions might scrutinize him and resolved to hide that he was an outside Inheritor so he could obtain their resources and information.

Luo Yuan won the Luo Tian Church’s genius selection tournament, defeating every opponent and drawing the attention of its senior figures. They sent him to an empty independent space, where he began cultivating while trying to strengthen his combat ability in this universe.

• Luo Yuan quickly defeated his third opponent and continued winning the tournament’s subsequent rounds.
• Luo Yuan reached the final ten and recognized three competitors as Inheritors from his own universe, while they mistook him for a native genius.
• Luo Yuan assessed the finalists and found several native Universe Controller-level talents, though their inheritances and combat techniques were limited.
• Luo Yuan dominated the final battles and won the tournament championship.
• The Luo Tian Church’s senior figures sent Luo Yuan to an empty independent space, where he sat down to cultivate.