Chapter Summaries

Luo Yuan gave Chaos City Lord detailed maps of the Universe Ocean’s Three Great Forbidden Lands, which Chaos City Lord recognized as a priceless asset for humanity. The chapter ended with Chaos City Lord accepting Luo Yuan’s account of how he found them and praising the accumulated maps.

• Luo Yuan congratulated Chaos City Lord, who said he was preparing to pursue the final step toward becoming a Strongest One in the Universe.
• Luo Yuan told Chaos City Lord that he had important news for the Primal Universe Human Race and presented detailed maps of Liuzhong Mountain, Universe Boat, and Tilted Peak Realm.
• Chaos City Lord examined the maps and realized they were far more detailed than any maps humanity possessed.
• Chaos City Lord asked Luo Yuan how he had obtained the maps, and Luo Yuan claimed he found them in a Secret Chamber Space linked to a Black Token.
• Luo Yuan explained that more than ten thousand chamber owners had added their explorations to the maps over countless years, and Chaos City Lord called them a priceless treasure for humanity.

Luo Yuan’s map of the Three Great Forbidden Lands earned him thirty thousand contribution points and gave the Human Race a chance to explore them more safely. While Giant Axe Founder and Chaos City Lord discussed strengthening humanity and rescuing Original Ancestor, Luo Yuan traveled toward the Flame-Ice Domain after sensing a powerful treasure might be emerging.

• Luo Yuan asked Chaos City Lord to deliver the map to Giant Axe Founder and let his contribution points accumulate for later use.
• Chaos City Lord reflected on Luo Yuan’s accomplishments and the Human Race’s orders to protect the Earth Faction.
• Giant Axe Founder praised Luo Yuan’s maps, and he and Chaos City Lord agreed on a reward of thirty thousand contribution points.
• Giant Axe Founder urged Chaos City Lord to become a strongest one in the universe so they could work toward rescuing Original Ancestor.
• Luo Yuan detected violent tremors in the Flame-Ice Domain and steered the Star Tower toward their source to investigate the emerging treasure.

Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong joined other powerhouses at a black swamp, where a massive Tomb Ship was emerging. As they watched the ancient vessel rise, Luo Yuan learned that it was a legendary treasure whose interior could be entered.

• Luo Yuan flew through the Flame-Ice Domain under the protection of his Chaos Prison and Snowfire World until he encountered Lord Lu Chong.
• Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong agreed to travel together toward the black swamp after sensing that a powerful Supreme Treasure was emerging there.
• Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong arrived and found several powerhouses gathered around a gigantic black warship rising from the swamp.
• Lord Lu Chong identified Lord Ying Ai and Lord Wu Liang inside a spired palace, and Luo Yuan recognized the Divine Eye Clan couple as enemies whose Original Bodies he had destroyed.
• Luo Yuan realized the emerging vessel was the legendary Tomb Ship, which could be entered despite the restrictions that sealed the Universe Boat’s Mausoleums.

Luo Yuan asked Lord Lu Chong how to claim the Tomb Ship, and Lu Chong explained that it could only be claimed by finding its Control Core inside. The ship had not yet opened, leaving Luo Yuan waiting for it to emerge and reveal its Ship Door.

• Luo Yuan secretly contacted Lord Lu Chong and asked him about the Tomb Ship.
• Lord Lu Chong agreed to share what he knew if Luo Yuan helped him deal with the Universe Masters competing for the ship.
• Luo Yuan agreed to help but said he would not give up the Tomb Ship if he claimed it first.
• Lord Lu Chong explained that the Tomb Ship came from an ancient civilization and could not be claimed by imprinting it; its owner had to find its Control Core inside.
• Lord Lu Chong said they had to wait for the Ship Door to open, which would generally happen after the Tomb Ship fully emerged from the Black Swamp.

Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong waited as the Tomb Ship rose from the Black Swamp and drew powerful factions from across the Universe Ocean. When its hatch opened, they raced toward it, and Lord Lu Chong came under attack from rivals trying to stop him.

• Lord Lu Chong explained that a skilled artificer Strongest One had opened the Tomb Ship before and that each ship could carry only thirty-six experts into the Mausoleum.
• Experts from many factions gathered around the Tomb Ship, including Lord Liujiu of the Ancestral God School, while Lord Ying Ai and a Skeleton Race expert traded insults.
• After a month, the Tomb Ship emerged completely from the Black Swamp and opened its hatch.
• Lord Lu Chong and Luo Yuan flew toward the hatch, prompting experts from the Divine Eye Clan, the Ancestral God School, the Skeleton Race, and other factions to pursue them.
• A golden figure and an expert from the First Ancestral God Cult attacked Lord Lu Chong, who vowed to show his strength, while the other experts ignored Luo Yuan.

Lord Lu Chong fought the Divine Eye Clan, the Skeleton Race, and the First Ancestral God Cult as they tried to stop him from reaching the Tomb Ship, while Luo Yuan raced ahead in the Star Tower. Inside, Lord Lu Chong offered to guide Luo Yuan toward the ship’s Control Core, and the other Universe Masters followed them.

• Lord Lu Chong transformed his divine armor into the Deer Insect and used it to repel attacks from the other factions, then invited Luo Yuan to enter the Tomb Ship with him.
• Luo Yuan ignored the other Universe Masters’ warnings and flew ahead in the Star Tower while they continued to hinder Lord Lu Chong.
• Luo Yuan entered the Tomb Ship first, followed by Lord Lu Chong and the other Peak Universe Masters.
• Inside a vast plaza, Luo Yuan could not tell which passage led to the Control Core, so he accepted Lord Lu Chong’s guidance.
• Lord Ying Ai, Lord Wu Liang, Lord Liujiu, and Lord Lihai followed Lord Lu Chong and Luo Yuan to learn which way he would go.

Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong escaped the pursuing Universe Masters by closing a sluice gate behind them, then agreed to compete for the Tomb Ship’s Core Land. They reached the final golden gate together and opened it, revealing a splendid hall.

• Lord Lu Chong used the sluice gate to trap the four pursuing Universe Masters outside, while Luo Yuan followed him into the passage.
• Lord Wu Liang and the other Universe Masters argued over their failed pursuit, then headed toward another passage to seek entry to the Core Land.
• Lord Lu Chong explained that he had recruited Luo Yuan because he was powerful and said they no longer needed to cooperate.
• Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong agreed to rely on their own abilities to claim the Core Land.
• Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong reached the final golden gate at nearly the same time and pushed it open, revealing an ornamented hall.

Luo Yuan and Lord Lu Chong searched the Tomb Ship’s Control Hall for its missing Control Core, while Lord Lu Chong’s plan to claim it before the other experts fell apart. Four more Universe Masters arrived, and the chapter ended with all of them baffled by the Control Core’s absence.

• Luo Yuan swept the Control Hall with his divine power to search for the Control Core, while Lord Lu Chong challenged him to claim it and admitted he expected Luo Yuan to know little about the process.
• Lord Lu Chong searched the hall and grew shocked when he could not find the Control Core, and Luo Yuan suggested that it might not be there at all.
• Lord Lu Chong argued that the Control Core should be in the Control Hall, but four experts—Lord Lihai, Lord Wu Liang, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Liujiu—arrived through another passage.
• Lord Wu Liang scattered his divine blood through the hall in an attempt to claim the Control Core, while Lord Lu Chong mocked his method.
• Lord Ying Ai and Lord Liujiu confirmed that the hall held no Control Core, and Lord Lu Chong denied having obtained it as the four newcomers realized they had found nothing.

Duan Donghe’s recording revealed that his lineage’s inheritance trial would kill everyone except its single successful successor, forcing the gathered experts to weigh the risks. More powerful beings arrived in the Control Hall, including additional members of the Divine Eye Clan and Skeleton Race, as the choice remained unresolved.

• Duan Donghe appeared in a recording and explained that he was the lineage’s final successor, then warned that only one contestant could inherit its legacy and all others would die.
• Luo Yuan and the other five Peak Universe Masters considered whether the inheritance’s value justified the deadly risk.
• Lord Jin Fang emerged from hiding after Lord Wu Liang called him out and joined the Divine Eye Clan group.
• Lord Chi Liu arrived and joined Lord Lihai, who told him he could leave if he chose.

The Universe Masters faced the deadly inheritance trials of the Duan Donghe Lineage, knowing that anyone who failed would perish. Most chose to enter the Scarlet Passage, while Luo Yuan remained behind to consider his choice.

• Lord Liujiu summoned Lord Yan Ju as reinforcements arrived for the rival factions.
• Lord Lu Chong and Luo Yuan refused to seek help, and Lord Lu Chong warned the others about the danger of the trials.
• Duan Donghe's Energy Body opened the passage and explained that only those who reached the final Inheritance Grounds would receive the inheritance.
• Lord Chi Liu entered the passage, followed by Lord Liujiu, Lord Yan Ju, Lord Ying Ai, Lord Wu Liang, and Lord Jin Fang.
• Lord Lu Chong entered the passage after explaining his reasons to Luo Yuan, who stayed behind to think.

Luo Yuan entered the Duan Donghe Inheritance trial alongside eight Peak Universe Masters, despite their warnings and hostility. Duan Donghe began screening the candidates, and Lord Lu Chong passed the first round without understanding what the test had involved.

• Luo Yuan weighed the risks of losing his clone and Supreme Treasures, then entered the inheritance passage.
• Luo Yuan joined eight Peak Universe Masters in a holy palace, where Lord Lu Chong and Lord Ying Ai urged him to turn back and others mocked him.
• Duan Donghe appeared and revealed that the candidates had to undergo screening with a mysterious Cube Device.
• Duan Donghe ordered Lord Lu Chong to enter the Cube Device first, and its flashing Secret Patterns and energy fluctuations alarmed the others.
• Lord Lu Chong emerged unharmed, and Duan Donghe announced that he had passed the first screening round.
• Lord Liujiu and the other Universe Masters questioned Lord Lu Chong, who claimed the experience could only be understood by undergoing it themselves.

Duan Donghe screened the Universe Masters for the inheritance, eliminating three while admitting six, including Luo Yuan. The six accepted the first official trial and followed Duan Donghe to a sluice gate, which they had to pass through to reach the next hall alive.

• Lord Lihai volunteered for the screening but was eliminated, and Duan Donghe forced the remaining Universe Masters to enter the Cube Device.
• Lord Lu Chong, Lord Liujiu, Lord Ying Ai, Lord Wu Liang, and Lord Jin Fang passed, while Lord Yan Ju, Lord Lihai, and Lord Chi Liu failed.
• Luo Yuan entered the Cube Device, endured its mysterious power, and passed after Duan Donghe praised him.
• Duan Donghe explained that the screening depended on whether the candidates' races qualified for his lineage, then ordered the three eliminated Universe Masters to leave.
• Lord Chi Liu spread news of the inheritance throughout the Universe Ocean, hoping to draw other Universe Masters to compete for it.
• The six who passed chose to continue despite the risk, and Duan Donghe led them to a sluice gate that began the first official trial.

Duan Donghe sent five Universe Masters into the Death Passage while keeping Luo Yuan behind, revealing that he had chosen Luo Yuan as the foremost Inheritor and wanted to keep rivals from interfering. As Luo Yuan waited with Duan Donghe, one of the five died in the trial.

• Duan Donghe ordered Lord Ying Ai, Lord Lu Chong, Lord Jin Fang, Lord Wu Liang, and Lord Liujiu to enter the Death Passage first, while Luo Yuan remained outside.
• Lord Ying Ai and the others suspected Duan Donghe had singled out Luo Yuan because of his extraordinary talent, and they reluctantly proceeded through the passage.
• Duan Donghe told Luo Yuan that the passage was perilous and that he had kept him out because he had designated him the foremost Inheritor.
• Luo Yuan heard the five battling the passage’s dangers as powerhouses across the Universe Ocean learned of the inheritance and began heading toward it.
• Duan Donghe opened his eyes and told Luo Yuan that one of the five had died.

After two Universe Masters died in the Death Passage, Duan Donghe let Luo Yuan enter alone to face its trial. Luo Yuan easily overwhelmed the lion-headed Kui Luo, but could not damage or kill him, leaving the trial unresolved.

• Duan Donghe told Luo Yuan that only three of the five Universe Masters had survived and opened the Death Passage for him.
• Duan Donghe explained that he had separated Luo Yuan from the others to test his combat power, and Luo Yuan entered the passage after choosing not to give up.
• Duan Donghe identified the lion-headed Kui Luo as the one who had killed two Universe Masters and warned Luo Yuan not to use a Flying Palace-type supreme treasure.
• Kui Luo charged at Luo Yuan, who struck him with God Slayer and sent him crashing into the alloy wall.
• Luo Yuan repeatedly beat Kui Luo with his attacks and Gold Splitter, but Kui Luo remained unharmed, kept charging, and could not be killed.

Luo Yuan endured Kui Luo’s trial by using Golden Kingdom and his silver wings to survive the puppet’s steadily increasing strength. After Duan Donghe declared that he had passed, Luo Yuan reached the Palaces and reunited with the three surviving Peak Universe Masters.

• Kui Luo grew stronger as he fought, eventually forcing Luo Yuan onto the defensive and draining his divine power.
• Luo Yuan used Golden Kingdom, Instantaneous Movement, and his silver wings to evade Kui Luo’s attacks and keep fighting.
• Luo Yuan’s combat power rose, but Kui Luo reached the strength of a Peak Strongest One in the Universe and began overpowering his clone.
• Kui Luo suddenly stopped fighting and collapsed, and Duan Donghe told Luo Yuan that he had passed the trial.
• Luo Yuan entered the Palaces and met Lord Wu Liang, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Lu Chong, who praised his survival.

Luo Yuan learned that the monster in the Death Passage had killed Lord Jin Fang and Lord Liujiu before he and the surviving challengers continued toward the true Inheritance Hall. He informed the Human Race about the Duan Donghe Lineage’s dangerous inheritance, while news of the trials spread throughout the Universe Ocean and drew the attention of its factions and holy lands.

• Luo Yuan questioned Lord Lu Chong, Lord Wu Liang, and Lord Ying Ai about the two challengers who had perished, and Lord Lu Chong explained that their monster had grown to the level of a higher strongest one in the universe.
• Duan Donghe told Luo Yuan and the three surviving challengers that the palace was only a way station and that they had to continue onward to reach the true Inheritance Hall.
• Luo Yuan joined Giant Axe Founder and the Human Race’s Universe Masters in the Virtual Universe and showed them a recording of his journey, concealing parts of it.
• Luo Yuan explained that the inheritance was a perilous opportunity for the Human Race and said he would give the trial his best effort; Giant Axe Founder urged him to focus on it.
• News of the Duan Donghe Lineage’s appearance spread through the Universe Ocean, drawing attention to Luo Yuan and the other challengers from countless factions and both holy land universes.

Progenitor East Emperor appeared before the experts of the East Emperor Holy Land and ordered Bei Zhen Star Master to lead a force to claim the Duan Donghe Inheritance. Bei Zhen accepted the command and prepared to depart.

• The Ancestor Tree shone with five-colored light, drawing the East Emperor Holy Land’s experts to gather and await their Progenitor.
• Progenitor East Emperor appeared and healed the gathered experts with green light, earning their reverent welcome.
• East Emperor asked whether the Duan Donghe Lineage inheritance had appeared in the Universe Boat, and the experts confirmed it.
• East Emperor ordered Bei Zhen Star Master to lead twenty Peak Universe Masters and three hundred Universe Venerables to seize the inheritance and eliminate anyone who opposed them.
• Bei Zhen Star Master acknowledged East Emperor’s command.

The Two Great Holy Lands, the Divine Eye Clan, and other powers sent elite forces to pursue the Duan Donghe Inheritance. While rival factions prepared for a desperate struggle outside, Luo Yuan, Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Wu Liang continued their trials within the inheritance passage.

• East Emperor Ancestor asked who would risk the dangerous trials, and his followers volunteered before he ordered the Elders to select candidates.
• Bei Zhen Star Master set out for the Tomb Ship, determined to obtain the inheritance for East Emperor Ancestor.
• Purple Moon Progenitor ordered the Purple Moon Holy Land to send an elite contingent led by a Strongest One in the Universe.
• The Seven True Masters debated the Divine Eye Clan's final chance; First True God offered to go but agreed to send Second True Lord and Seventh True Master instead.
• The Divine Eye Clan's elite forces and other powers departed for the inheritance as Luo Yuan, Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Wu Liang continued their trials.

Luo Yuan, Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Wu Liang reached a chamber filled with projections above stone pillars, where Duan Donghe explained that they depicted the Rhino Emperor Game, an ancient civilization’s form of entertainment that also developed comprehension. The chapter ended with the four learning that the chamber held more than ten thousand endgame configurations and over a hundred completely solved games.

• Luo Yuan learned that factions, including the Two Great Holy Lands, were sending powerful experts toward the inheritance, while Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Wu Liang received news of their own factions’ reinforcements.
• Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, Lord Wu Liang, and Luo Yuan resolved to do everything they could to obtain the Duan Donghe Inheritance for their respective factions.
• The four experts flew through the passage and discovered more than ten thousand stone pillars with illusory projections, alongside a hundred-plus pillars with solid projections that corresponded to them.
• Duan Donghe appeared before the four experts and asked whether they had examined the projections.
• Lord Ying Ai and Lord Lu Chong described the projections, and Duan Donghe explained that they depicted the Rhino Emperor Game, an ancient civilization’s comprehension-building pastime created by the hero Rhino Emperor.

Duan Donghe set the four candidates a timed Rhino Emperor Game trial, with death awaiting those who failed the minimum requirements and a chance at the inheritance for the strongest solver. As they began, Lord Lu Chong sought help from the Purple Moon Ancestor, who lent him the Time Realm to accelerate his study.

• Duan Donghe explained that Luo Yuan, Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Wu Liang had to solve endgames starting from the 124th game, warning that failure to meet his minimum requirements would mean death.
• Duan Donghe clarified that before reaching the inheritance, only their divine bodies could be destroyed, but death after encountering the inheritance would annihilate their souls.
• Duan Donghe raised four colored pillars and instructed each candidate to input the rules they had comprehended, adding that solving six thousand games would earn the inheritance directly.
• After Duan Donghe disappeared, Lord Ying Ai questioned the trial, and Lord Lu Chong explained that the Rhino Emperor Game had been used to cultivate powerhouses and could lead to strength beyond Duan Donghe's.
• Luo Yuan believed his experience with Secret Pattern Diagrams gave him an advantage, while Lord Lu Chong, Lord Ying Ai, and Lord Wu Liang grew eager to prove themselves.
• Lord Lu Chong asked the Purple Moon Ancestor for a time-accelerating supreme treasure, and the Ancestor granted him the Time Realm, capable of maintaining ten-thousandfold time.