Chapter Summaries

Ten eras after Lord Manhu's Artifact Refining Inheritance spread through humanity, it improved equipment and revealed new Venerable talents, including one who refined a Supreme Treasure. Li Che learned that Venerable Tipu wanted to meet him, suspecting Tipu’s teacher, Sitting Mountain Guest, had recognized something familiar in the inheritance.

• Humanity’s Immortal Gods and workshops used the inheritance to refine better equipment, while Universe Venerables began studying artifact refining themselves.
• Several Venerables discovered talent, and Venerable Tipu successfully refined a Supreme Treasure.
• Li Che continued recruiting talented unaffiliated Immortals while his clones trained in the Giant Axe Universe, and his secret technique Origin Light reached the level of a Universe Master's ultimate secret technique.
• Li Che and Shi Huo Venerable received news of Tipu’s achievement, and Shi Huo explained that Tipu was a powerful, low-profile Snake-People Universe Overlord.
• Li Che recognized that Venerable Tipu was a clone of Universe Master Puti, whose teacher was Sitting Mountain Guest.
• Tipu emailed Li Che asking to meet, and Li Che suspected Sitting Mountain Guest had recognized something familiar in the artifact refining inheritance.

Li Che met Venerable Tipu, a Snake-Person Universe Overlord who was secretly an outsider and an intermediary for Sitting Mountain Guest. Tipu revealed that Sitting Mountain Guest wanted to meet Li Che about his ancient civilization inheritance.

• Li Che researched Venerable Tipu and suspected that the unambitious Snake-Person was a spy who had escaped the scrutiny of humanity’s strongest beings.
• Venerable Tipu arrived in a Supreme Treasure palace, and Li Che invited him into the Guixu Fortress to talk.
• Li Che questioned Tipu about his rapid skill in crafting Ordinary Supreme Treasures and asked why he had come.
• Tipu concealed their conversation from the Virtual Universe and said an ancient inheritance had helped him contact a powerful being of another race.
• Tipu revealed that the being interested in Li Che’s inheritance was Sitting Mountain Guest.

Li Che accepted Sitting Mountain Guest’s invitation and sought the Ancestral God’s advice before traveling to meet him. After preparing his human main body with powerful protective treasures and revealing the aura of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, Li Che headed for Sitting Mountain Guest’s territory.

• Li Che accepted Venerable Tipu’s invitation on Sitting Mountain Guest’s behalf and obtained the destination’s star coordinates.
• Li Che’s Starry Clone requested an audience with the Two-Faced Ancestral God to learn about Sitting Mountain Guest.
• The Two-Faced Ancestral God explained Sitting Mountain Guest’s ties to the Yan God Race and warned Li Che to use strong soul protection.
• Li Che drew on Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm’s legacy, including the aura of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, and prepared Rain Afterglow and Quyang Tower.
• Li Che entered Quyang Tower and used Instantaneous Movement to travel toward Sitting Mountain Guest’s territory.

Sitting Mountain Guest reflected on the Jin Kingdom inheritance and the fate of its people before meeting Li Che to learn where the Human Race had obtained it. When Li Che revealed the aura of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, Sitting Mountain Guest was shaken by its familiarity.

• Puti told Sitting Mountain Guest that Guixu Venerable was coming, and Sitting Mountain Guest waited for him in his remote domain.
• Sitting Mountain Guest recalled that the artifact refining inheritance came from the Jin Kingdom and grieved over the Eternal True Gods who had died under the supreme rule.
• Li Che arrived aboard the Quyang Tower, and Sitting Mountain Guest shielded their meeting from the Virtual Universe before asking about the inheritance.
• Li Che agreed to show Sitting Mountain Guest the inheritance's origin and released the aura of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, leaving Sitting Mountain Guest's thoughts in disarray.

Li Che used a fabricated story about inheriting Jin Kingdom techniques to convince Sitting Mountain Guest that he belonged to an ancient lineage. Sitting Mountain Guest offered him a chance to join that lineage.

• Sitting Mountain Guest reviewed Li Che’s past and found no clear explanation for his sudden rise in strength or his knowledge of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual.
• Li Che offered Sitting Mountain Guest a copy of Manhu’s Artifact Refining Compendium in exchange for a Supreme Treasure.
• Sitting Mountain Guest considered probing Li Che’s memories, but the Will of the Original Universe appeared and forced him to stop.
• Li Che handed over the Memory Crystal, and Sitting Mountain Guest examined its artifact-refining methods.
• Li Che vaguely described his inheritance and invented a story about an ancient civilization whose expert had perished after leaving its territory.
• Sitting Mountain Guest accepted Li Che as an inheritor and offered him an opportunity to join his lineage.

Li Che accepted Sitting Mountain Guest’s invitation to join the Jin Lineage after hearing about the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and Sitting Mountain Guest’s quest for revenge. Sitting Mountain Guest took him to an enormous Cosmic Secret Realm and set his first trial.

• Li Che recalled how the Food Kingdom destroyed the Jin Kingdom, leaving Sitting Mountain Guest as its sole survivor, and decided he had reason to join his lineage.
• Sitting Mountain Guest invited Li Che to join, believing his unusual ability and potential might help with his plans.
• Li Che accepted after Sitting Mountain Guest said he would not demand anything from him on behalf of the Human Race.
• Sitting Mountain Guest used Instantaneous Movement to take Li Che to an unfamiliar Cosmic Secret Realm filled with his servants.
• Sitting Mountain Guest ordered Li Che to destroy the divine bodies of three Top Universe Overlords with gene levels above eight thousandfold, without using Supreme Treasures.

Sitting Mountain Guest summoned three powerful special lifeforms and ordered them to test Li Che by killing him without a Supreme Treasure Palace. Li Che fought off their coordinated attacks and revealed his overwhelming strength, leaving the test ongoing.

• Sitting Mountain Guest summoned Darkborn Demon Lord, Esha Star Lord, and Dark Annihilation Demon Lord, then ordered them to kill Li Che.
• Sitting Mountain Guest left Li Che to face the three Top Universe Overlords without using a Supreme Treasure Palace.
• Darkborn Demon Lord struck Li Che with a High-grade Supreme Treasure weapon, but Li Che withstood the blow and introduced himself as Guixu Venerable of the Human Race.
• Li Che removed his damaged Darklight Armor and used Origin Light to send Darkborn Demon Lord flying.
• Esha Star Lord froze the surrounding spacetime as Dark Annihilation Demon Lord attacked, but Li Che emerged unscathed and prepared to continue the fight.

Li Che fought three of Sitting Mountain Guest’s Special Lifeform servants and revealed secret techniques powerful enough to overwhelm them. His sudden surge of strength left Sitting Mountain Guest stunned, as Li Che’s power exceeded the known gene-level limit without drawing any response from the Primal Universe.

• Li Che used his Light-Time Beast God Phantom and the secret technique Guixu to suppress Dark Annihilation Demon Lord and the other two Special Lifeforms.
• Sitting Mountain Guest and Puti watched the battle, and Puti recognized that Li Che’s secret techniques surpassed those of top human Universe Overlords.
• Li Che struck Esha Star Lord with Guixu and destroyed two percent of its divine body in one blow.
• Puti judged that Li Che’s new combat power approached that of a Second-Order Universe Master, while Sitting Mountain Guest realized Li Che’s strength had exceeded the theoretical gene-level limit.

Li Che defeated Sitting Mountain Guest’s three special-lifeform Universe Overlords after summoning his Little Starry Clone to replenish his divine power. Sitting Mountain Guest was satisfied with Li Che’s strength and offered him the identity of the North Prison Lord and everything that belonged to him.

• Li Che used his full strength, including “Guixu” and “Origin Light,” to battle the three special-lifeform Universe Overlords commanded by Sitting Mountain Guest.
• Li Che summoned his Little Starry Clone to replenish his divine power and continued fighting as the Cosmic Secret Realm shook around them.
• Li Che killed the Dark Annihilation Demon Lord, the Esha Star Lord, and the Darkborn Demon Lord in succession, consuming over 40% of his Little Starry Clone’s divine body.
• Sitting Mountain Guest gathered the fallen Overlords’ Supreme Treasures and explained that the three were his servants with clones of their own.
• Li Che asked whether Sitting Mountain Guest was satisfied, and Sitting Mountain Guest offered him the identity of the North Prison Lord and everything that belonged to him.

Sitting Mountain Guest brought Li Che to the North Prison Secret Realm and revealed that he had created the North Prison Lord identity. Li Che accepted the identity and its associated treasures, transforming into the featureless, deep-blue figure.

• Sitting Mountain Guest carried Li Che into a hidden, frozen Cosmic Secret Realm centered on the North Prison.
• Li Che recognized the North Prison as the Flying Palace-type Supreme Treasure associated with the infamous North Prison Lord.
• Sitting Mountain Guest appeared as the North Prison Lord, explained that the identity had been a false one he created, and revealed his true form.
• Sitting Mountain Guest offered Li Che the North Prison Lord identity, its Supreme Treasures, and the North Prison Secret Realm.
• Li Che imprinted the deep-blue icy flame and transformed into the North Prison Lord, then received weapons, armor, and other items from Sitting Mountain Guest.

Sitting Mountain Guest gave Li Che the North Prison Lord’s identity and treasures, explaining how the Yan Emperor had held the role before disappointing him. Li Che received a hundred-million-year challenge to restore the North Prison Lord’s reputation, along with further promises and responsibilities.

• Li Che gathered the North Prison Lord’s Top-tier Supreme Treasures and felt his strength increase after equipping them.
• Sitting Mountain Guest confirmed that the Yan Emperor had previously held the North Prison Lord’s identity, but he took it back because the Yan Emperor failed to meet his expectations.
• Sitting Mountain Guest told Li Che to make the North Prison Lord’s name resound throughout the universe within a hundred million years, or lose the identity.
• Sitting Mountain Guest gave Li Che a metal book, a token that blocked the Virtual Universe, and the choice of two Top-tier Supreme Treasures he had promised.
• Sitting Mountain Guest asked Li Che to shelter future Special Lifeforms in the North Prison Secret Realm and said he would later help him compete for a supreme-ultimate treasure.
• Li Che examined the book, which recorded information about more than a hundred Top-tier Supreme Treasures.

Li Che claimed the North Prison Secret Realm, chose two Top-tier Domain Supreme Treasures, and returned to the Human Race under his Guixu Venerable identity. He began compiling a list of hostile Top Universe Overlords to kill in exchange for Sitting Mountain Guest forging him a Peak Supreme Treasure.

• Li Che chose Ever-Sand and the Annihilation Black Hole, and Sitting Mountain Guest delivered both Top-tier Domain Supreme Treasures before departing.
• Li Che absorbed the Annihilation Black Hole, sent Ever-Sand to his Divine Kingdom for his Starry Clone, and reclaimed the North Prison.
• Li Che explored the North Prison Secret Realm, found valuable mineral veins and gestating treasures, and discovered a special lifeform embryo with genes at 3,200 times the baseline.
• Li Che left his Divine Power imprint in the secret realm, returned to his Divine Kingdom, and separated the Azure Ice Flame from his body to resume his Guixu Venerable identity.
• Li Che activated the Annihilation Black Hole and asked Bai Yue to gather intelligence on hostile Top Universe Overlords, especially those adventuring outside.

Li Che reviewed intelligence on hostile alien Top Universe Overlords and discussed his meeting and agreement with Sitting Mountain Guest with the Lord of Void Gold. He left the conversation considering which enemies to hunt first to earn a Peak Supreme Treasure.

• Li Che accessed Virtual Universe records on the hostile races’ Top Universe Overlords and assessed the strength of the Demon, Machine, and Zerg alliances.
• Li Che examined Star Lord Yuhua’s abilities, including her soul techniques, Zerg armies, and soul slaves.
• The Lord of Void Gold contacted Li Che and asked why he had disappeared from Virtual Universe coverage.
• Li Che explained that Sitting Mountain Guest had examined his artifact refining inheritance in exchange for two Domain-type Supreme Treasures and had formed friendly relations with him.
• Li Che revealed that permanently killing ten Top Universe Overlords or one Universe Master would earn him a free Peak Supreme Treasure refinement from Sitting Mountain Guest.
• The Lord of Void Gold urged Li Che to choose his hunting targets carefully.

Li Che consulted Ancestor Tree Venerable about choosing alien Top Universe Overlords to hunt and establish his reputation. Ancestor Tree Venerable offered possible targets and explained how their deaths could hurt their races, while Li Che waited for the Human Race and Hongmeng Alliance to finish compiling intelligence.

• The Lord of Void Gold arranged for Ancestor Tree Venerable to advise Li Che on selecting alien Top Universe Overlord opponents.
• Ancestor Tree Venerable recommended targets with no clones, poor survival skills, or valuable treasures, including Overlord Wanliu, Venerable Yingjiu, and two Zerg Mother Emperors.
• Ancestor Tree Venerable suggested Li Che could also hunt Top Universe Overlords from the Crystal Race and the Prison Race.
• Li Che invited Ancestor Tree Venerable to join him, but Ancestor Tree Venerable declined, saying that becoming a Universe Master mattered most.
• Li Che returned to the Human Territory and waited for the race and Hongmeng Alliance to compile intelligence on potential targets.

After returning to the Human Territory, Li Che watched King Huichen refine a Heavy Treasure and learned that his race’s search for artifact-refining geniuses was bearing fruit. He declined Shi Huo Venerable’s invitation to visit the Giant Axe Secret Realm, choosing instead to explore the Yizhou Secret Realm and test his strength.

• Li Che found that his parents and Rong Bing and Qi Yao had returned from the Initial Universe with greatly improved strength.
• Shi Huo Venerable invited Li Che to watch King Huichen, an Immortal Huisuo Giant Beast, refine a weapon in a live broadcast.
• King Huichen successfully refined a Heavy Treasure, impressing Li Che and Shi Huo Venerable.
• Shi Huo Venerable invited Li Che to visit the Giant Axe Secret Realm and meet a talented World Lord, but Li Che declined.
• Li Che told Shi Huo Venerable that he planned to explore the Yizhou Secret Realm and had added Zerg Queen Star Lord Yuhua to his kill list.

Three Zerg Queens and their forces descended on the Yizhou Secret Realm’s Law of Wood region to collect treasures and capture or kill other races’ explorers. Mother Emperor Venerable Yaqiu identified Guixu Venerable of the Human Race as their first prey.

• Venerables and Immortal Gods fled the Law of Wood region as Zerg fleets arrived across its worlds.
• A soul-slave Universe Venerable reported to Star Lord Yuhua, who ordered the Zerg forces to search the region and limit their harvesting to valuable treasures and materials.
• Star Lord Yuhua and two Universe Overlord Zerg Queens directed their legions to capture beings with souls and kill those without them.
• The Zerg Queens discussed the possibility of enslaving explorers from minor races and dividing the resources they found.
• Mother Emperor Venerable Yaqiu found Guixu Venerable of the Human Race and named him their first prey.

Li Che faced a Zerg ambush led by Venerable Hubao while three Zerg Queens plotted to enslave him. Star Lord Yuhua decided to personally confront him and vanished with her Zerg Mother Nest to join the attack.

• Li Che watched hundreds of millions of Zerg Warriors surround him as they prepared a coordinated assault.
• Venerable Hubao appeared, locked down space, and summoned more than a hundred Universe Venerable-level Zerg Warriors before inviting Li Che to serve Mother Emperor Venerable Yaqiu.
• Li Che assessed Hubao and the Zerg squad as the three Zerg Queens studied him and ordered Hubao to test his strength.
• Star Lord Yuhua announced she would personally try to enslave Li Che, then used Instantaneous Movement to depart with her Zerg Mother Nest.

Li Che fought Star Lord Yuhua’s Zerg forces in the secret realm, revealing overwhelming strength and resisting her Soul Enslavement. After locating her hiding place, he unleashed the Annihilation Black Hole and exposed her hive, leaving the Zerg forces trapped beneath its crushing power.

• Li Che used Space Strangulation to annihilate Zerg Warriors, then fought off attacks from Venerable Hubao and other Zerg Venerables.
• Li Che killed an Intermediate Universe Venerable with his war halberd Hunt and later destroyed Venerable Hubao’s divine body.
• Star Lord Yuhua concealed herself inside an Immortal Zerg Warrior and launched a carefully prepared Soul Enslavement attack on Li Che.
• Li Che resisted the soul attack with his powerful soul and Rain Afterglow, then detected Star Lord Yuhua’s hiding place.
• Li Che activated the Annihilation Black Hole, annihilating lower-level Zerg and soul slaves while rapidly depleting the divine bodies of stronger fighters.

Li Che used the Annihilation Black Hole to overwhelm Star Lord Yuhua and her hidden army of Zerg Warriors and enslaved powerhouses. After Star Lord Yuhua called for help and tried to escape, Li Che struck her repeatedly, leaving her badly injured and trapped in his domain.

• Li Che activated the Annihilation Black Hole and deflected Star Lord Yuhua's five Supreme Treasure needles with Guixu.
• Star Lord Yuhua revealed the Zerg Warriors and enslaved powerhouses hidden in her Zerg Nest, then ordered them to attack Li Che.
• Li Che unleashed the Annihilation Black Hole's second layer and annihilated many attackers, then damaged Star Lord Yuhua's Zerg Nest with Guixu.
• Star Lord Yuhua abandoned her Zerg Nest, called for aid through the Zerg virtual world, and tried to escape Li Che's domain.
• Li Che struck Star Lord Yuhua with successive Guixu attacks, destroying 14% of her divine body with the first hit and leaving her unable to resist the next.

Li Che killed Star Lord Yuhua in the Yizhou Secret Realm, then survived Lord Luzhi’s attack and escaped by Divine Kingdom Teleportation. Lord Luzhi withdrew, leaving two Zerg Queens to confront the news of Yuhua’s death.

• Star Lord Yuhua told the Zerg Alliance’s Universe Masters that Guixu Venerable was a powerful Top Universe Overlord hunting her, and Lord Luzhi set out to rescue her.
• Li Che struck down Star Lord Yuhua, collected her and her soul slaves’ treasures, and turned toward two other Zerg Queens nearby.
• Lord Luzhi arrived and attacked Li Che with Control of Space-Time and a blade Supreme Treasure, but Li Che countered with the Annihilation Black Hole and survived their clash.
• Li Che used a special treasure to conceal traces of his Divine Kingdom Teleportation and escaped the secret realm.
• Lord Luzhi recognized Li Che’s strength and departed, while the two remaining Zerg Queens learned that Star Lord Yuhua had died.