Arc 5Venerable and Artifact Refiner

Li Che joined the Ancestral God Religion, advanced to Universe Venerable, and took charge of the Giant Axe Arena’s life-and-death battles. He studied artifact refining in Jin World, forged increasingly powerful treasures, and shared Lord Manhu’s inheritance with the Lord of Void Gold.

  • Li Che claimed the Silver Universe Gourd and Starlight Fortress, then agreed to become Purple Kou Bediya’s partner and met the Thunder Beast God.
  • The Thunder Beast God admitted Li Che to the Ancestral God Religion and gave him resources, which Li Che used to raise his Starry Clone’s gene level to five hundred times.
  • Li Che’s Jin World counterpart was killed by a Soul Attack, and Li Che inherited his memories before awakening in the counterpart’s powerful body.
  • Li Che completed his time-law comprehension and became a Universe Venerable, then received Rain Afterglow and Quyang Tower from the Lord of Void Gold.
  • Li Che became the Giant Axe Arena’s universe-wide director of life-and-death battles, announced his appointment, and brought Mo Alanni into his service.
  • Li Che received Manhu’s Artifact Refining Compendium and studied its methods, eventually forging the Spirit Evolution Jade Armor.
  • Li Che gave the Lord of Void Gold a memory crystal containing Lord Manhu’s complete Universe Master artifact-refining inheritance for the human leaders to assess.
Chapters 101–125 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 101Treasure!

Li Che searched the Ancestral God Religion’s Treasure Land and unlocked the Silver Universe Gourd, a domain-type supreme treasure left by Sea Lord Xiufeng. After exploring many more mountains, he triggered a second treasure at the ninety-first peak.

  • Li Che displayed his immense physical strength, drawing the attention of inheritors throughout the Treasure Land.
  • Li Che and Bediya tested the first several mountains and nearby locations for treasures, finding no response.
  • When Li Che’s starlight body touched a pebble in a pond near the fifteenth mountain, the Five-Colored Aurora Lake enveloped the site and Sea Lord Xiufeng appeared.
  • Sea Lord Xiufeng named Li Che worthy of his inheritance, and the Silver Universe Gourd emerged from the pond.
  • Li Che claimed and examined the gourd, then agreed to lend it to Bediya in exchange for an ice prison star stone.
  • Li Che and Bediya continued exploring, and the ninety-first mountain began to shake as another treasure appeared.

Ch. 102The Palace Supreme Treasure "Starlight Fortress"

Li Che obtained a Palace-type Supreme Treasure at the 91st highest peak and renamed it the Starlight Fortress. After exploring all 108 peaks with Purple Kou Bediya, he learned that her teacher, Purple Kou Venerable, wanted to meet him.

  • Li Che claimed the Calamity-Breaking Fortress, a Palace-type Supreme Treasure, and renamed it the Starlight Fortress.
  • Li Che learned that Lord Xu He, an energy-lifeform Universe Master from the Misty Peak Alliance, had left the fortress for someone with his strength and abilities.
  • Li Che invited Purple Kou Bediya to see the Silver Universe Gourd, then explored all 108 peaks with her without finding another treasure.
  • Li Che planned to pursue more inheritances and eventually seek treasures that could raise the gene levels of his flesh-and-blood and energy lifeforms.
  • Bediya told Li Che that her teacher, Purple Kou Venerable, wanted to meet him because she saw potential in him as a special lifeform.

Ch. 103Venerable Purple Dou Kou Was a Beauty

Li Che met Bediya’s teacher, Purple Kou Venerable, who tested his strength and learned that he had no alliance affiliation. She agreed to report him to the Thunder Beast God for possible admission to the Ancestral God Religion and told him to remain in the Secret Realm while he waited.

  • Li Che and Bediya left the Treasure Land and met Purple Kou Venerable outside the Guardian Beast God's palace.
  • Purple Kou Venerable asked whether Li Che would become Bediya’s partner, and he agreed if Bediya was willing.
  • Purple Kou Venerable brought Li Che and Bediya to her Divine General Continent and questioned Li Che about his exceptional strength.
  • Li Che explained that his innate secret technique Infinite enhanced his strength and said that neither of his divine bodies belonged to a universe alliance.
  • Purple Kou Venerable said she would report Li Che to the Thunder Beast God and instructed him to keep his Energy Diversion divine body inside the Ancestral God Secret Realm while he waited.

Ch. 104The passage of time

Li Che discussed his rapid Light-Time Fusion Law progress and possible Ancestral God Religion membership with the Lord of Void Gold, then returned to competing for a treasure and cultivating. More than seventeen thousand years later, the Thunder Beast God awakened.

  • Li Che defeated a virtual opponent modeled on his Starry Clone and realized that his Guixu technique had improved.
  • The Lord of Void Gold praised Li Che's progress and supported his Starry Clone joining the Ancestral God Religion.
  • Li Che and the Lord of Void Gold discussed Lord Xu He and the possibility of bringing the Misty Peak Alliance closer to the Hongmeng Alliance.
  • Li Che returned to his main body, waited in a secret realm for a valuable treasure, and prepared to contend with two Universe Venerables.
  • Li Che's Starry Clone received the Beast God Inheritance three times, then spent more than ten thousand years studying Origin Light's Third Form.
  • More than seventeen thousand years after meeting Purple Dou Kou Venerable, Li Che was jolted from his cultivation when the Thunder Beast God awakened.

Ch. 105The Beast God's Gift

Purple Kou Venerable brought Li Che to the Thunder Beast God, who tested his innate secret technique and invited him to join the Ancestral God Religion. Li Che accepted and received resources to raise his gene level, then considered using Beast God blood to improve his human body.

  • Purple Kou Venerable took Li Che to the Thunder Beast God Palace and introduced him to the Thunder Beast God.
  • The Thunder Beast God examined Li Che's Infinite Land amplification and confirmed its power matched a gene level of two thousand times.
  • The Thunder Beast God offered Li Che membership in the Ancestral God Religion in exchange for loyalty and service, and Li Che agreed.
  • The Thunder Beast God gave Li Che a World Ring containing resources to raise his gene level from one hundred and eighty times to around five hundred times.
  • Li Che thought of using Beast God blood made from Blood Luo Crystals to improve his human body's gene level.

Ch. 106Improving His Genes

Li Che used his free quota of beast god blood to improve his life gene level, reaching sixty times and raising his enhanced strength to sixty-six million times that of a Peak World Lord. After deciding that acquiring more blood would take too long, he left the Giant Axe Secret Realm to seek other treasures.

  • Li Che applied for his fifty free drops of beast god blood and had them delivered to his residence in the Giant Axe Secret Realm.
  • Li Che examined the blood and learned that its Gold-Space Beast God law patterns were poorly compatible with him.
  • Li Che consumed all fifty drops, raising his gene level to sixty times and his strength with the Infinite Land’s enhancement to sixty-six million times that of a Peak World Lord.
  • Li Che learned that the next auction offering beast god blood was more than twenty epochs away and decided to seek other ways to improve his gene level.
  • Li Che left the Giant Axe Secret Realm and flew toward the Cosmic Secret Realm where he had confirmed a valuable treasure would emerge.

Ch. 107My Turn to Be a Heaven-Defying Special Lifeform

Li Che raised his Starry Clone’s gene multiplier to 500 with resources from the Thunder Beast God, reaching Universe Venerable-level base strength. After meeting Insect-Chasing King on Purple Thorn Island, Li Che became the subject of widespread attention as rival factions assessed his growing power.

  • Li Che used the Thunder Beast God’s resources to improve both his large and small Starry Spirits, raising his Starry Clone’s gene multiplier from 180 to 500 over more than half a year.
  • After his genes stabilized, Li Che’s Starry Clone reached a base strength of 50 million times that of a Peak World Lord without the Infinite Land’s enhancement.
  • Li Che met Insect-Chasing King, and the two special lifeforms exchanged compliments before entering the secret realm together.
  • News spread that Li Che and Insect-Chasing King had fought, and Purple Thorn Island’s inheritors speculated that their clash had ended in a draw.
  • King Chaman ordered the Human Race to treat Li Che as a heaven-defying special lifeform, while other alliances gathered information and considered contacting or recruiting him.

Ch. 108The Twelfth Legacy Clone

Li Che defeated two Universe Venerables in a battle for a soul-type valuable treasure and contributed it to humanity. As he prepared to exchange for another treasure, his twelfth legacy clone began to emerge from the Jin World.

  • Li Che and Insect-Chasing King called their clash a draw, then became friends and discussed their circumstances.
  • Insect-Chasing King gave Li Che two temporary anonymous Virtual Universe account sensors, and Li Che passed one to Bediya.
  • Rong Bing Army Master reached the minimum law comprehension for Marquis rank, while Li Che continued to worry about his parents' progress toward immortality.
  • Li Che fought off numerous Immortals and overpowered two Universe Venerables to claim a soul-type valuable treasure in the Dark Monsoon Belt.
  • Li Che contributed the treasure to humanity, then discovered that his twelfth legacy clone came from the Jin World.

Ch. 109Li Che of Jin World

Li Che absorbed the memories of his counterpart from Jin World, who had been born into the powerful Manli Tribe and grown into a talented Law Venerable. After a stray Soul Attack killed him, Li Che merged with his star to fulfill the counterpart’s final wish to live on.

  • Li Che returned to his residence and drew his will into the new star in the Infinite Land.
  • Jin World's Li Che learned that he lived in the God King of Jin's Miniature Universe and accepted that its cultivation limit was fixed.
  • With his mother's and siblings' help, Jin World's Li Che reached the Law Venerable level and later began exploring the desert around the Manli Tribe.
  • A battle between two mighty energy beings near the tribe sent a devastating Soul Attack into Jin World's Li Che, annihilating his soul.
  • Li Che witnessed the counterpart's final memories, then merged his will into the star to carry on his wish to live.

Ch. 110What an Outrageous Setup

Li Che took over his counterpart’s body in Jin World and reunited with his powerful family after surviving a battle nearby. His mother Man Yu ordered him to stay in the tribe and cultivate until he became a Lord of Laws.

  • Li Che awakened in Jin World’s enormous, powerful body and tested its strength and Battle Spear, finding the surrounding universe exceptionally stable.
  • Li Fei arrived aboard the Lush Growth with Li Che’s siblings and warned him that two top-tier True Gods had recently fought nearby.
  • Li Fei returned to the Manli Tribe with Li Che and advised him to flee if he encountered another battle of that level.
  • Man Yu arrived, examined Li Che for injuries, and ordered him to remain in the tribe until he became a Lord of Laws.

Ch. 111Now That's a True God Family

Li Che learned that his mother, Man Yu, would join a major war and asked her to find him an Innate Lord of Laws born with the Light-Time Fusion Law. After she agreed to search for a living specimen, Li Che reconsidered his cultivation plans in Chaos City.

  • Man Yu summoned Li Che and his three younger siblings and told them they would join the coming war against exotic beasts, giving them a Divine Power Burning Secret Technique.
  • Man Yu forbade Li Che from joining the war because he was only a Law Venerable, then offered to obtain resources for him before she left.
  • Li Che asked Man Yu for the corpse of an exotic beast born as an Innate Lord of Laws of the Light-Time Fusion Law.
  • Man Yu agreed to search for one, preferably alive, while Li Che's fifth sister advised him to study the tribe's secret arts as well.
  • After Man Yu and his siblings departed, Li Che continued cultivating in Jin World and adjusted his plans in Chaos City.

Ch. 112Strength Transformed

Li Che gained a profound understanding of time laws from his Jin World counterpart’s legacy, bringing him closer to mastering space and becoming a Universe Master. While reviewing his counterpart’s memories, he uncovered powerful techniques and equipment knowledge, then recalled that Li Zhen had once encouraged him to pursue the divine power path.

  • Li Che used the time origin law to stop, accelerate, and decelerate time throughout his divine kingdom, though he still needed to adapt to the Primal Universe’s version of the law.
  • Li Che realized that uniting time and space would open the path to becoming a Universe Master, and began reviewing his counterpart’s memories spanning a hundred eras.
  • Li Che learned that his Jin World counterpart had achieved hundredfold divine body and soul amplitudes and possessed many high-level secret technique legacies.
  • Li Che found ideas for modifying Guixu and Origin Light in the memories, but lamented that he could not bring Jin World treasures into the Primal Universe.
  • Li Che recalled that Li Zhen had expected him to pursue a path with greater potential, including the divine power path that had made his father a True God.

Ch. 113Perfect Hundredfold Amplitude

Li Che trained his body and soul amplitude, acquired the Void City, and continued advancing his mastery of the time origin law. After creating the third form of Origin Light, he declared that he was ready to break through to the Universe Venerable level.

  • Li Che bought the palace-type supreme treasure Void City in Chaos City, renamed it the Guixu Fortress, and left the Initial Universe to practice amplitude secret techniques.
  • Li Che trained his human main body's soul amplitude on the Aiyiluo Black Hole, avoiding the more dangerous Toya Black Hole.
  • More than eight hundred years later, Li Che's Starry Clone sparred with Insect-Chasing King in the Ancestral God Religion's Secret Realm Land.
  • Li Che used Origin Light Third Form to overpower Insect-Chasing King, who congratulated him on creating his third ultimate secret technique.
  • Li Che confirmed that he was ready to break through after his human main body's divine body and soul, and his Starry Clone's divine body, reached a hundredfold amplitude.

Ch. 114Breakthrough to Universe Venerable!

Li Che mastered the time origin law and became a Universe Venerable, transforming much of his Starry Clone and strengthening his treasures. He arrived in the Initial Universe as a Time Venerable, surprising the Chaos City Lord and the Lord of Void Gold.

  • Li Che completed his understanding of the Primal Universe’s time origin law after more than six hundred years of study.
  • The origin-law ocean descended upon Li Che’s Starry Clone, converting forty-eight percent of its divine body into a Universe Venerable’s body.
  • Li Che reformed his human main body as a Universe Venerable and activated the third-tier secret engravings of his treasures.
  • Li Che teleported to the Initial Universe, where the Chaos City Lord examined his soul and brought him to the Lord of Void Gold’s palace.
  • Li Che told the Lord of Void Gold and the Chaos City Lord that he had become a Time Venerable, delighting the two human leaders.

Ch. 115Plans for the Future

After becoming a Time Venerable, Li Che received protection from the Human Race and explored the Jin World's wealth of treasures and inheritances. He found an ancient guide to Jin Kingdom artifact refining, which offered him a way to bring some of the Jin World's advantages to the Primal Universe.

  • Chaos City Lord warned Li Che to keep his human main body from acting, while Lord of Void Gold promised to seek a high-grade Soul-type Supreme Treasure for him.
  • Chaos City Lord gave Li Che the Divine Spirit Veil, which could disguise his aura as that of an ordinary Space Venerable.
  • Li Che said the Primal Universe might help him study space's three great mysteries and planned to raise his human body's gene level to match his Jin World avatar's.
  • In the Jin World, Li Che browsed Man Yu's valuable treasures and secret techniques, including Annihilating Radiant Thunder and Space Great Annihilation.
  • Li Che decided to keep the Jin World's inheritances secret until he grew stronger, then found an ancient volume titled Introductory Guide to Jin Kingdom Artifact Refining.

Ch. 116"Introductory Guide to Jin Kingdom Artifact Refining"

Li Che studied Jin Kingdom artifact refining in Jin World while his Primal Universe self became a Universe Venerable and reunited with the Void Gold Lineage’s disciples. He planned to remain in Human Territory to improve his techniques and law comprehension, while privately intending to learn artifact refining from the guide.

  • Li Che stayed in Jin World and studied the "Introductory Guide to Jin Kingdom Artifact Refining" while his mother trained his older brothers for military service.
  • The Lord of Void Gold and the Chaos City Lord announced that King Guixu had advanced to Universe Venerable, and Universe Masters convened a meeting to discuss protecting him.
  • Li Che met with the other personal disciples of the Lord of Void Gold, who celebrated his breakthrough and welcomed him as their youngest junior brother.
  • Lord Yuman offered to lend Li Che a domain-type Top-Tier Heavy Treasure, and the disciples joked about her unpaid loan to the Ganwu Nation Lord.
  • Li Che said he would stay within Human Territory to improve his secret techniques and law comprehension before venturing out, while keeping his artifact-refining plans to himself.

Ch. 117The Race's Heavy Investment

Li Che’s teacher, the Lord of Void Gold, delivered the race’s support to help Li Che advance toward becoming a Universe Master. Li Che received powerful soul and body protection and secret techniques, then agreed to be cautious about revealing his progress.

  • Li Che finished speaking with his Void Gold Lineage seniors and returned to cultivating in the Initial Universe.
  • The Lord of Void Gold arrived and gave Li Che Rain Afterglow, a top-tier Soul-type Supreme Treasure, and Quyang Tower, a high-grade Palace-type Supreme Treasure.
  • Li Che offered Hongpo Marrow back to the Lord of Void Gold, who accepted it and gave Li Che a World Ring containing more than twenty secret techniques created by the race’s Universe Masters and Universe's Strongest.
  • The Lord of Void Gold warned Li Che to protect his human main body and stagger its public breakthrough with the Starry Spirit divine body’s breakthrough in the Ancestral God Religion.

Ch. 118A Venerable's Privileges

After Li Che became a Universe Venerable, he reviewed the new privileges and available senior positions within the Giant Axe Arena. He chose to become the universe-wide director of the Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battle, a largely idle post, while Lord Luhai urged him to focus on cultivation.

  • Bai Yue read aloud the privileges Li Che gained as a Universe Venerable, including access to information about Human Race powerhouses and eligibility for senior posts.
  • Lord Luhai visited Li Che and sent him a list of vacant positions within the Giant Axe Arena.
  • Li Che reviewed the positions, weighing their responsibilities and benefits, and chose the universe-wide director of the Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battle.
  • Lord Luhai learned that Venerable Cangmu currently held the post and had applied to leave for a long-term expedition into a Cosmic Secret Realm.
  • Lord Luhai offered to arrange the handover and advised Li Che to prioritize cultivation.

Ch. 119Universe-wide Director of the Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battles!

Li Che took office as the Giant Axe Arena’s universe-wide director of the giant axe life-and-death battles, and news of his extraordinary identity spread throughout the Human Territory. He met the Arena’s vast ranks of Immortals and World Lords at the headquarters, making his presence known as a deterrent to those who threatened the Human Race’s order.

  • Lord Luhai’s arrangements led to Li Che becoming the Giant Axe Arena’s universe-wide director of the giant axe life-and-death battles.
  • News spread throughout the 1,008 Universe Countries, and Giant Axe Arena members discovered details of Li Che’s remarkable strength and rise to Universe Venerable.
  • About ten years later, Immortals and World Lords from across the Human Territory gathered at the Giant Axe Arena headquarters to meet Li Che.
  • Standing above the Guixu Fortress, Li Che declared that he had succeeded Venerable Cangmu and swore to uphold the fairness and dignity of the battles.
  • The gathered members bowed to Li Che as he used the occasion to make his presence known and deter those seeking to disrupt the Human Race’s order.

Ch. 120The Li Clan

Li Che took over the largely symbolic post of universe-wide director of the Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battles and returned to the Rongbing Empire after tens of thousands of years away. He met Mo Alanni and visited the star system where his parents’ family lived, reflecting on how little he was tied to his younger siblings and future descendants.

  • Li Che asked Venerable Cangmu about the director position and learned it carried few duties or benefits.
  • After completing the handover, Venerable Cangmu departed, and Li Che traveled toward the Ganwu Universe Country aboard the Guixu Fortress.
  • Li Che found that Rong Bing and Qi Yao had grown stronger and that their territories had expanded under the support of the Ganwu Universe Country and the Giant Axe Arena.
  • Li Che met Immortal Army Lord Mo Alanni, who had waited for his return, and invited her to serve directly under him.
  • Li Che and Mo Alanni visited the star system where his parents and younger siblings lived, and Li Che said he would look after his close family without focusing on distant descendants.

Ch. 121Our God King Was a Master Artifact Refiner

Li Che visited Manhu, a Lord of Laws and master artifact refiner, hoping to learn the Jin World’s crafting methods. Manhu gave him a complete artifact-refining inheritance and agreed to teach him regularly before the tribe’s upcoming war.

  • Li Che flew across his residential district and found Manhu forging armor outside his palace.
  • Li Che showed Manhu the God King’s artifact-refining guide and learned that its methods required him to become a True God.
  • Manhu offered to teach Li Che his own artifact-refining methods and demonstrated a powerful palace-type treasure.
  • Manhu pressed a crystal containing Manhu's Artifact Refining Compendium to Li Che’s forehead, transferring the unrestricted inheritance.
  • Li Che asked to study with Manhu, and they agreed that Li Che would visit for guidance every few hundred years until the tribe went to war.

Ch. 122The Venerable Was on the Job

Li Che reviewed his new duties as Chief Director of the Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battle and examined a thousand eras of rule violations. He left the rules unchanged, assigned Mo Alanni to watch for promising warriors, and studied rare materials for Heavy Treasure refining.

  • Mo Alanni gave Li Che records of sixty-two serious challenges to the arena's rules over the past thousand eras.
  • After reading about the participants' hardships, Li Che ordered that the existing rules remain in force and that violators receive the strictest punishment.
  • Li Che asked Mo Alanni to report promising Domain Lord Level and World Lord Level Giant Axe Warriors.
  • Li Che studied the Human Race's Special Materials Store and Manhu's Artifact Refining Compendium to prepare for refining Heavy Treasures.

Ch. 123A first foray into artifact refining

Li Che studied artifact refining in Jin World and made rapid progress, while his human body continued cultivating in the Primal Universe. After five thousand years, his human body reached a gene level of 6,800 times the base level, but he knew he still needed to pursue the divine power path.

  • Li Che researched how heavy treasures and supreme treasures were formed and learned that they could be nurtured by the Primal Universe, found in the Universe Ocean, or refined by powerful experts.
  • Li Che decided to study artifact refining before his mother returned, using Manhu's compendium, Jin World's abundant materials, and Manhu's instruction.
  • After more than two thousand years of study, Li Che refined an ordinary heavy treasure weapon, then later crafted ordinary heavy treasure armor.
  • Li Che's human body spent five thousand years studying laws and secret techniques while serving as Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battle Universe-Wide Director without needing to handle any matters.
  • Li Che's human body reached a gene level of 6,800 times the base level and gained a twelvefold enhancement from the Infinite Land, but he recognized that he still needed to advance along the divine power path.

Ch. 124The race's foundation in artifact forging

After more than five thousand years studying artifact forging, Li Che successfully forged the Spirit Evolution Jade Armor, an ordinary heavy treasure armor. Venerable Fu praised his efficient use of materials, and Li Che turned to the Virtual Universe to learn more about the Human Race’s forging capabilities.

  • Li Che used the Manhu Divine Furnace to forge armor from materials purchased for four supreme treasure points while Army Lord Mo Alanni and Venerable Fu watched.
  • Li Che completed 1,081 plates and named the resulting heavy treasure armor the Spirit Evolution Jade Armor.
  • Venerable Fu praised Li Che for producing armor worth around ten supreme treasure points from the materials.
  • Li Che reflected that his forging skills still fell far short of Sitting Mountain Guest’s and saw Venerable Fu off.
  • Li Che entered the Virtual Universe to investigate the Human Race’s artifact forging capabilities.

Ch. 125You actually had such a fortuitous encounter!

Li Che tested the basic abilities of his Spirit Evolution Jade Armor, then told the Lord of Void Gold he had obtained an artifact-refining inheritance from a Universe Master named Lord Manhu. After examining the inheritance, the Lord of Void Gold recognized its great value and promised that humanity would assess it and offer Li Che a suitable price.

  • Li Che examined the Spirit Evolution Jade Armor while Army Lord Mo Alanni marveled at its capabilities.
  • Li Che contacted the Lord of Void Gold and said he had obtained a complete Universe Master inheritance from Lord Manhu, an expert in artifact refining.
  • Li Che explained that Lord Manhu's inheritance covered methods for refining Peak Supreme Treasures, prompting the Lord of Void Gold to travel to him.
  • Li Che handed the Lord of Void Gold a memory crystal containing the inheritance and asked him to be careful when passing it on.
  • The Lord of Void Gold read the inheritance, praised its systematic methods, and said he and the Chaos City Lord would assess its value and compensate Li Che.
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