Arc 7The Tiangong Era

Yang Hao strengthened the Human Race through the Territorial War, the Tiangong Universe Country, and the Genius Battle, while Giant Axe Founder explored the Universe Ocean and killed Shrimp Jue True God. The arc ended with Yang Hao bringing the Universe Masters a new account of miniature universe architecture for them to study.

  • The Salamander Whale clone killed Lord Ziqing with Beast Ancestor’s help, claimed Piercing the Universe, and later fought the Menghua Progenitor at seventh-order peak strength.
  • Yang Hao and Giant Axe led the Human Race and Zerg through the Territorial War, where Li Hao broke through to become Lord of Mountains and Seas and helped secure victory.
  • Yang Hao founded the Tiangong Universe Country and moved the Universe Artifact Refining Group’s headquarters there, then punished Yi Jiaqin for selling treasures to the Demon Race and Machine Race.
  • Yang Hao launched the Genius Battle, where Cao Qingcang took first place and became the Yan God Race Patriarch’s disciple while Zha Wantian took second and became Li Hao’s disciple.
  • After a hundred million eras of development, Chaos City Lord reached the first level of the divine power path as Giant Axe Founder and Beast Ancestor set out to explore the Universe Ocean.
  • Giant Axe Founder fought Shrimp Jue True God across the spatial islands and killed him after rejecting his offers to surrender.
  • Yang Hao looted Shrimp Jue True God’s ruined miniature universe and received Ten Thousand Universes, then brought its account of miniature universe architecture to the Universe Masters for study.
Chapters 155–179 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 155The reactions of the universe's races

Shi Feng's Supreme Treasure forging and Yang Hao's Artifact Refining Group reshaped the Human Race's relations with other powers, while the Group expanded into a major force. Five hundred epochs after its founding, it had attracted artifact refiners and pharmacists, and its growing membership included Fei Lun and the newly promoted three-star pharmacist Femo.

  • Shi Feng completed a set of Ordinary Supreme Treasures, and the Northern Border Alliance's leaders decided to pursue cooperation with the Human Race.
  • Yang Hao offered the Snow Frontier Alliance a long-term contract and a discount in exchange for a pledge not to attack human experts; the Starry Sky Beast Alliance also sought a contract.
  • Artifact-refining geniuses flocked to the Group, while most peak and top powers pledged not to initiate attacks against humans; the Demon Race, Machine Race, and Zerg secretly discussed suppressing the Human Race.
  • Shi Feng caught a Northern Border Alliance Universe Master commissioning a Supreme Treasure for a Demon Race friend, and the Group warned that anyone aiding the Three Races would lose access to its services.
  • The Artifact Refining Group grew into a sixth major power, recruiting talented workers and developing more high-ranking artifact refiners and pharmacists.
  • Fei Lun rose to five-star Artifact Refiner and helped his parents become Immortal Gods, while Femo earned three-star pharmacist status for his deadly venom.

Ch. 156Beast Ancestor, Can You Actually Do This?

The Salamander Whale clone mastered the Salamander Whale Progenitor’s techniques and created the fusion secret technique Star Devourer, then tested it against Lord Ziqing in Liuzhong Mountain. He persuaded the Beast Ancestor to join the fight for Lord Ziqing’s supreme supreme treasure, and the chapter ended with the clone unleashing a seventh-tier attack and both allies pressing their assault.

  • The Salamander Whale clone cultivated the Sixth Turn of Hunyuan Ten Turns, grew his divine body, and created the fusion secret technique Star Devourer after studying the Salamander Whale Progenitor’s techniques.
  • The Salamander Whale clone intercepted Lord Ziqing in Liuzhong Mountain and used Star Devourer’s rapid attacks with a warhammer and greataxe to challenge him.
  • Lord Ziqing unleashed Piercing the Universe, overpowering the clone’s technique, while the Beast Ancestor watched the battle and coveted Lord Ziqing’s supreme supreme treasure.
  • The Salamander Whale clone persuaded the Beast Ancestor to help kill Lord Ziqing in exchange for several peak top-grade supreme treasures, and the Beast Ancestor joined the fight.
  • The Beast Ancestor struggled to break through Lord Ziqing’s defenses, so the Salamander Whale clone activated Extreme Cosmos Sorrow and raised Star Devourer’s power to the seventh tier.
  • Lord Ziqing panicked at the two seventh-tier attacks, and the Beast Ancestor urged the Salamander Whale clone to attack while the clone ordered him to join in.

Ch. 157Self-Detonation!

Lord Ziqing refused to surrender his supreme supreme treasure until the Salamander Whale avatar and Beast Ancestor overwhelmed him, so he hurled the treasure away and self-detonated. The Salamander Whale avatar used the Cosmic Sea Avatar’s tenth-order self-detonation to secure the treasure, and the Queen later arranged an exchange for a warhammer-type supreme supreme treasure.

  • Lord Ziqing lost most of his divine power to the Salamander Whale avatar and Beast Ancestor, then threw his sword treasure away and self-detonated to deny them an easy claim.
  • The Cosmic Sea Avatar wielded the Starry Tower to delay Beast Ancestor before self-detonating with tenth-order power, giving the Salamander Whale avatar time to seize the sword treasure, Piercing the Universe.
  • The Salamander Whale avatar sheltered in the Starry Tower and survived the blast, while Beast Ancestor fled after losing divine power.
  • The Queen arrived in the Empress Palace, drove off Juehua True God, and brought the Salamander Whale avatar aboard.
  • The Queen agreed to exchange Piercing the Universe through her East Emperor Holy Land contact, adding a peak top-grade Soul-type Supreme Treasure to obtain a warhammer-type supreme supreme treasure for the Salamander Whale avatar.

Ch. 158The formidable Lord of Star Devourer! (Five updates, 22,000 words!)

The Salamander Whale clone studied Star Annihilation, raised his attacks to seventh-order peak strength, and returned to the Universe Ocean to seek battles. After he fought the Menghua Progenitor to a standstill in Liuzhong Mountain, Lord Xi Ruo spread news of his power, alarming the Demon Race and Machine Race.

  • The Salamander Whale clone claimed Star Annihilation and learned that it could manifest armor that greatly reduced incoming attacks.
  • After a million eras of study, the Salamander Whale clone modified his secret technique and reached seventh-order peak attack strength; the Queen told Lord Yunmeng he had outgrown their expeditions.
  • In Liuzhong Mountain, the Salamander Whale clone encountered the Menghua Progenitor and Lord Xi Ruo, then attacked the Menghua Progenitor after a treasure emerged.
  • The Salamander Whale clone used Extreme Cosmos Sorrow to fight the Menghua Progenitor’s eighth-order Menghua Supreme form, improving his secret technique as Lord Xi Ruo watched.
  • The Menghua Progenitor ended the fight and left, while Lord Xi Ruo praised the Salamander Whale clone and spread word of his seventh-order peak strength.
  • The Tremor Demon Ancestor and others realized the Zerg’s combat strength rivaled the Demon Race’s, prompting the Demon Race and Machine Race to consider how to respond.

Ch. 159Founding a faction came with a check-in, too

Yang Hao instructed the Human Race’s Venerables for the coming Territory Contest while the race’s Universe Masters advanced along the divine power path. After the system recognized his Artifact Refining Group as the Sixth Force, it rewarded him with the middle volume of On Divine Power and rare life materials, leaving him considering Nine Nether Lord’s potential.

  • Chaos City Lord explained the Territory Contest’s rules: mixed squads would fight for a hundred years, and the side with the higher survival rate would win.
  • Giant Axe announced that the Human Race and Zerg would share the territory if victorious, with the Human Race giving the Zerg one Peak-Quality Palace Supreme Treasure and two Peak Armor Supreme Treasures.
  • Yang Hao instructed more than two-thirds of the three thousand conscripted Venerables and improved his understanding of several laws through teaching them.
  • Chaos City Lord, Lord of Darkness, and Lord Peng Gong continued progressing toward perfect genes, and Chaos became a Universe Strongest after surpassing the threshold.
  • Yang Hao’s system recognized the Artifact Refining Group as the Sixth Force and awarded him the middle volume of On Divine Power and ten million types of life materials.
  • Yang Hao gave the new materials and text to the Universe Masters and considered Nine Nether Lord a possible candidate to reach the third level of the divine power path.

Ch. 160Territorial ambitions

Yang Hao told Giant Axe Founder about a coming Universe Ocean crisis and laid out plans to strengthen the Human Race by taking Zerg Territory and eventually much of the Machine Race's territory. In the Universe Ocean, Yang Hao's Salamander Whale clone recruited Beast Ancestor as a sparring partner and began fighting him, considering whether Beast Ancestor could help counter the Demon Race.

  • Yang Hao planned to recruit Nine Nether Lord later and considered taking all 800 Star Regions of Zerg Territory by luring the Zerg Queen into the Dim Land.
  • Yang Hao warned Giant Axe Founder that a crisis capable of destroying Holy Land Universes might strike during their reincarnation era, and proposed seizing Zerg Territory and attacking Mechanical Father God to expand Human Territory.
  • Yang Hao told Giant Axe Founder that handling the crisis might let them negotiate for Original Ancestor's release, but they agreed not to tell the other Humans until they became supreme powerhouses.
  • Yang Hao's Salamander Whale clone offered Beast Ancestor two Peak Supreme Treasures to fight him, and Beast Ancestor accepted.
  • The Salamander Whale clone and Beast Ancestor fought evenly at Seventh-Order Peak strength, and Yang Hao considered Beast Ancestor's potential as a way to deal with the Demon Race.

Ch. 161Fight for Every Inch!

Yang Hao organized the human and Zerg forces for a hundred-year territorial war, while the Demon and Machine Races lost days arguing over their teams. The battles began across ten Outer Domain Battlefields, where Tian Shi defeated one enemy team and then fought the Demon Race’s Venerable Demonic Elephant inside the Star Tower.

  • Yang Hao was appointed to oversee the battlefields and rallied 3,000 human Venerables before leading them to meet the 1,000 Zerg Mother Emperors.
  • Yang Hao and the Lord of Star Devourer arranged the human-Zerg teams, while Lord Hengxian and Lord Changjiu delayed the opposing forces by arguing over their roster.
  • The four Universe Masters deployed their teams across ten battlefields, and Li Hao led a human-Zerg team into the Jumping Star Ring while Tian Shi entered the Star Tower with his team.
  • Tian Shi’s team encountered and killed a ten-member Machine Race and Demon Race team inside the Star Tower.
  • Puti directed Venerable Demonic Elephant and his team into Tian Shi’s path, and the two Top Universe Overlords began a fierce battle after placing their allies in their World Rings.

Ch. 162Venerable Tian Shi

Tian Shi killed Venerable Demonic Elephant in the cramped Star Tower, then helped his squad defeat the nine Venerables released from Demonic Elephant’s World Ring. Yang Hao assessed the battlefields and warned Li Hao about Lord Eagle Hawk, while Li Hao prepared to face the stronger foe if they met.

  • Tian Shi overwhelmed Venerable Demonic Elephant at close range, and Demonic Elephant detonated his remaining divine power rather than be killed.
  • Tian Shi survived the blast, destroyed Demonic Elephant’s World Ring, and assigned his squad to fight the nine Venerables inside.
  • The Human Race squad killed all nine Demon Race and Machine Race Venerables, and Tian Shi distributed divine-power restoration treasures.
  • Yang Hao observed the battlefields, judged that the Seventh Battlefield now favored the Human Race, and warned that Lord Eagle Hawk threatened Li Hao in the First Battlefield.
  • Li Hao acknowledged that Lord Eagle Hawk was stronger but resolved to fight him if they met in the Jumping Star Ring.

Ch. 163Stalemate

Ten years into the Territorial War, the races had suffered heavy casualties, and the Human Race’s leaders discussed their growing strength and the future of the war. When the Salamander Whale clone punished Demon Race and Machine Race Venerables for breaking the battlefield rules, the fighting remained unresolved as their teams adapted and grew stronger.

  • The Chaos City Lord, Lord Peng Gong, and Lord Long Xing resurrected more than three hundred fallen Venerables and discussed casualties, Qian Wu’s influence, and the Human Race’s prospects.
  • On the Sixth Battlefield, the Salamander Whale clone found more than two hundred Demon Race and Machine Race Venerables fighting as one forbidden group and injured them with his aura and cold snorts.
  • Lord Changjiu arrived and agreed to disband the group after the Salamander Whale clone threatened to wipe out anyone who broke the rules again.
  • Lord Changjiu assessed the balance across the battlefields and noted that the Demon Race and Machine Race had begun coordinating effectively.
  • Yang Hao realized the opposing teams’ coordination and specialized weapons were making them stronger, leaving the Territorial War without a clear advantage for either side.

Ch. 164Lord Shanhai? Lord of Mountains and Seas!

Li Hao, known as Lord Shanhai, fought Lord Eagle Hawk on the First Battlefield and struggled against the Demon Race Top Universe Overlord’s superior strength. When the battle threatened both Li Hao and his race’s chances in the war, he broke through his bottleneck and fully comprehended the Time and Space Laws, reaching the Universe Master realm.

  • Tian Shi’s squad continued killing alien teams on the Seventh Battlefield while Yang Hao worried that the Human Race and Zerg were falling behind in the territorial war.
  • Lord Eagle Hawk tracked Li Hao’s palace Heavy Treasure in the Jumping Star Belt and challenged him to fight.
  • Li Hao sent Country Lord Beichen and the others into the palace Heavy Treasure, then fought Lord Eagle Hawk with his Warhammer and Secret Techniques.
  • Lord Eagle Hawk gained the upper hand, destroying Li Hao’s divine power and warning that he would soon die unless he hid and waited for rescue.
  • Li Hao resolved not to disgrace his teacher or weaken his race, and the pressure of battle let him fully comprehend the Time Law alongside the Space Law.
  • Li Hao broke through to the Universe Master realm.

Ch. 165A surprising turn of events

Li Hao broke through to Universe Master during his battle with Lord Eagle Hawk, then used his new strength to kill him. Yang Hao and the Lord of Star Devourer forced the other races to let Li Hao remain in the First Battlefield, while Meng Cha resurrected Lord Eagle Hawk.

  • The Universe Origin Law descended as Li Hao fought Lord Eagle Hawk, allowing Li Hao to convert much of his divine power and become a Universe Master.
  • Li Hao used Control of Space-Time and his Warhammer Supreme Treasure to overpower and kill Lord Eagle Hawk.
  • Yang Hao and the Lord of Star Devourer confronted Lord Changjiu and his companion, and they agreed that Li Hao could stay in the First Battlefield until the territorial war ended.
  • Mechanical Father God accepted that the other races could not overturn the decision, while Zhen Jiao and Meng Cha discussed the cost of resurrecting Lord Eagle Hawk.
  • Meng Cha rewound space-time and resurrected Lord Eagle Hawk, weakening herself in the process.

Ch. 166Final victory

Li Hao broke through to become a Universe Master and helped the human and Zerg forces win the Territory Contest, after which Giant Axe awarded the Zerg three Supreme Treasures for their cooperation. The humans celebrated their victory and Li Hao’s rise as Lord of Mountains and Seas, while he privately planned to take control of the Zerg when the time was right.

  • Li Hao swept through the Jumping Star Ring, killing 210 Venerables across twenty-one enemy squads over ten years.
  • After the hundred-year contest ended, the four races tallied their losses and confirmed that the humans and Zerg had won with lower casualty rates than the Demon Race and Machine Race.
  • Giant Axe and the Queen agreed on the territory’s allocation, and Giant Axe gave the Zerg one Peak-Quality Palace Supreme Treasure and two Peak Armor Supreme Treasures.
  • The Queen praised Lord of Star Devourer for his service, while he privately resolved to take the Zerg for himself when conditions allowed.
  • The humans resurrected their fallen Venerables and held a victory banquet, where Giant Axe announced that Li Hao had become a Universe Master named Lord of Mountains and Seas.
  • Lord Peng Gong and the other Universe Masters congratulated Lord Qian Wu and Li Hao at the banquet.

Ch. 167A Strongest One's Comprehension!

Li Hao became a Universe Master and began improving his life genes while Yang Hao planned his disciples’ development and the Human Race’s expansion into a new territory. A check-in reward gave Yang Hao Universe Strongest-level comprehension, and he entered secluded cultivation as his Salamander Whale clone continued fighting in the Universe Ocean.

  • Yang Hao congratulated Li Hao on his breakthrough, gave him treasures to improve his life genes, and laid out a path for developing stronger secret techniques.
  • Li Hao’s two main combat clones raised their life genes to around ten thousand times, while Yang Hao reassured Tian Shi and promised to find a way for Huiyun to become a Universe Master.
  • Yang Hao proposed developing a new territory at the junction of four races and establishing the Universe Artifact Refining Group’s headquarters there, and Giant Axe Founder approved the plan.
  • Li Hao’s breakthrough triggered a check-in critical bonus, and Yang Hao received Universe Strongest comprehension that temporarily overwhelmed his consciousness.
  • Yang Hao began planning three strongest secret techniques and a stronger fusion technique, while his Salamander Whale clone continued fighting in the Universe Ocean.

Ch. 168Qian Wu Model 2.0

Yang Hao established the Tiangong Universe Country as the Universe Artifact Refining Group's new headquarters and launched plans for Qian Wu Model 2.0, designed to cultivate more experts through training grounds and missions. With the relocation complete and powerful guardians in place, development of the new Star Region began.

  • Yang Hao and the Artifact Refining Group's senior executives planned to relocate their halls and passages to a newly formed Star Region and test Qian Wu Model 2.0 there.
  • Yang Hao named the Star Region the Tiangong Universe Country and outlined combat grounds, incentives, secret realms, and shared missions to train people and recruit geniuses.
  • The Artifact Refining Group moved its headquarters to the Star Region's Core Land, where Yang Hao stationed the Long-Dream Boat, Lord Liang Zhu, and the Lord of Mountains and Seas' Green Mantis avatar.
  • Yang Hao ordered Cosmic Passages opened throughout Human Territory and took the position of ruler of the Tiangong Universe Country after handing the Qian Wu Universe Country to Qian Ming.
  • The Universe Artifact Refining Group and the other five major powers began developing the Star Region, modifying planets, building training grounds, and relocating populations.

Ch. 169Traitor

The Tiangong Universe Country and its Four Great Secret Realms continued to take shape as Yang Hao learned that Yi Jiaqin had sold Supreme Treasures to enemy races and publicly punished him for betraying the Human Race. Yang Hao tightened the Artifact Refining Group’s rules and prepared for a long wait before the Primal Star opened again.

  • Yang Hao oversaw the development of the Tiangong Universe Country and the Four Great Secret Realms while Huiyun managed construction and recruitment.
  • The Virtual Universe Company revealed that six-star Artifact Refiner Yi Jiaqin had sold High-grade Supreme Treasures to the Demon Race and Machine Race.
  • Yang Hao summoned the Artifact Refining Group’s senior members, sentenced Yi Jiaqin to imprisonment in Star Prison, and warned that traitors would receive no mercy.
  • Yang Hao established a department led by Tian Shi to investigate senior members and planned departure requirements for Artifact Refiners who wished to leave the group.
  • Yang Hao learned that the Primal Star would not open again for an extremely long time, leaving Cosmic Secret Realms as the main place for the group to train through combat.

Ch. 170The Giant Axe Founder Was Actually the Universe Ocean's Biggest Debtor?

The Human Race grew stronger as Yang Hao expanded the Universe Artifact Refining Group and helped more Universe Masters advance along the divine power path. The Giant Axe Founder, eager to resume exploring and settle what he owed Yang Hao, left himself with a new title as the Universe Ocean’s biggest debtor.

  • The Giant Axe Founder resolved to create his Eighteenth Axe, challenge the Divine Eye Clan, and search for two supreme supreme treasures to repay Yang Hao.
  • Yang Hao reviewed the Artifact Refining Group’s expansion, planned its first Genius Battle, and arranged to give newly acquired supreme treasures to his original body and Tian Shi.
  • Yang Hao continued guiding the Yan God Race toward eventual reintegration with the Human Race, while Li Hao studied the Mad Demon God-Destroying Armor and Femo gained four-star pharmacist status with Perfected Femo Venom.
  • Six of the eight Human Race Universe Masters on the divine power path surpassed perfect genes, and Lord of Void Gold apologized to Yang Hao for his earlier remarks.
  • The Giant Axe Founder celebrated the Human Race’s growing strength, then decided to explore the Universe Ocean to develop his secret technique and find treasures to repay Yang Hao.

Ch. 171Peak Genius Tournament

Qian Ming took over the Qian Ming Universe Country, while Yang Hao and Huiyun prepared the Universe Artifact Refining Group’s first Peak Genius Tournament and announced that the overall winner would become a Universe Master’s disciple. The publicity drew eager competitors across the Human Race, including the young genius Zha Wantian, who decided to enter.

  • Yang Hao stepped down as Qian Wu Universe Country Lord and made Qian Ming its successor, after which the country and its dojo were renamed for Qian Ming.
  • Qian Ming urged his officials to support the upcoming Genius Battle hosted by the Universe Artifact Refining Group.
  • Yang Hao told Huiyun to intensify promotion and offer the tournament’s top genius a chance to become a Universe Master’s disciple, with Lord Liang Zhu and Li Hao agreeing to take the winners as disciples.
  • The tournament announcement spread through the Human Race, prompting Star Level beings to train and register while Beichen ordered his universe country to support the event.
  • Zha Wantian saw the announcement, judged the tournament a chance to find a worthy opponent, and decided to compete.

Ch. 172The Yan God Race entered the tournament

Yang Hao sent ten thousand Yan God Race geniuses to compete in the Human Race’s Peak Genius Tournament as part of their return to the Human Race. As the qualifying rounds began across the Universe Countries, Cao Qingcang studied the rules and Zha Wantian entered the Qian Ming Universe Country’s preliminary battlefield.

  • The Black Dragon Mountain emperor sent his selected Star Level warriors to compete and lamented the empire’s declining tournament results.
  • Yang Hao chose ten thousand Star Level geniuses from the Yan God Race, urged them to prove their potential, and took them to the Tiangong Universe Country.
  • Cao Qingcang entered the Virtual Universe, saw the enormous number of tournament entrants, and reviewed the qualifying rules after registration closed.
  • The Qian Ming Universe Country’s Country Lord dispatched its geniuses to compete, while Qian Ming hoped they would earn a top-three place and enter the Supreme Treasure Secret Realm.
  • Zha Wantian chose to wait for the Eleventh Battlefield’s competitors to thin out, then killed a powerful brute in one thrust; the brute bought a spectator spot to watch him.

Ch. 173The temptation of the Yan God Halberd

Zha Wantian mastered the Golden Scale Spear and took first place in the Eleventh World Zone, earning fame and rewards for the Azure Eagle Empire. Meanwhile, Cao Qingcang led the Yan God Race’s geniuses through their qualifying rounds, while Yang Hao defended the decision to let the race compete.

  • Zha Wantian killed Three-Blade Sister and her spectators, then defeated Black Gold and rose into the top ten.
  • Zha Wantian finished first in the Eleventh World Zone, and the Azure Eagle Empire’s emperor rewarded him with twenty galaxies.
  • Cao Qingcang rallied the Yan God Race’s geniuses as they entered the Tiangong Universe Country’s qualifying rounds, and many chose halberds inspired by the Yan God Halberd.
  • Human Race leaders questioned the Yan God Race’s participation, but the Giant Axe Founder and the Chaos City Lord relayed Yang Hao’s explanation and quelled their objections.
  • Cao Qingcang took first place in both qualifying rounds, while more than three thousand Yan God Race geniuses advanced to the arena battles.

Ch. 174Reborn through possession!

Lord Sheduo discovered a vast spacecraft in the Water-Ice Domain and was possessed by an ancient being seeking to regain power. As the being cultivated in Lord Sheduo’s body, his other body in the Primal Universe began behaving strangely, while Sitting Mountain Guest reflected on the Yan God Race and the Star Tower.

  • Huiyun praised the Tiangong Universe Country’s Genius Battle participants and urged them to prepare for the Strongest Battle, while Cao Qingcang looked forward to representing the Yan God Race.
  • Lord Sheduo explored an unmarked passage in the Water-Ice Domain and found a huge spacecraft buried in perfect ice.
  • An ancient voice lured Lord Sheduo to a drop of divine blood, then possessed his body when he touched it.
  • The ancient being recalled his past as a supreme being of the Great Food Country and planned to cultivate quickly before the Primal Universe’s origin will noticed him.
  • Lord Sheduo’s other body refused a Venerable’s request to resurrect a friend, making the Venerable suspect that his patriarch had changed.
  • Sitting Mountain Guest considered Qian Wu’s cautious approach with the Yan God Race and lamented that no suitable master had appeared for the Star Tower.

Ch. 175The Human Race was shaken

Zha Wantian and Cao Qingcang used the Trial Towers to cultivate, but Cao Qingcang’s extraordinary combat talent carried him past every human contestant and shook the Human Race. Cao Qingcang and Zha Wantian finished first and second, and both were chosen as disciples of Universe Masters, leaving the third-place contestant furious.

  • Zha Wantian and other top geniuses stayed on each Trial Tower floor for ten days to cultivate, while Thirteenth and the other team leaders learned why contestants were advancing slowly.
  • Zha Wantian reached the top five before being eliminated on the third floor of the seventh tower, while Cao Qingcang continued fighting and advanced to the fourth floor.
  • Under pressure, Cao Qingcang entered a mysterious combat state, greatly increased his power, and became the last contestant fighting in the towers, shocking the Human Race with his performance.
  • Yang Hao ordered that Cao Qingcang and Zha Wantian be accepted as disciples by Universe Masters, assigning Zha Wantian to Li Hao.
  • Cao Qingcang was eliminated on the fourth floor of the seventh tower, then placed first in the tournament, with Zha Wantian second and a powerful Immortal God’s son third.
  • The third-place contestant protested that the Universe Artifact Refining Group was unfair for not having the Universe Masters accept another disciple.

Ch. 176The Chaos City Lord's Limit

The Genius Battle and Strongest Battle ended with Cao Qingcang and Zha Wantian becoming disciples of powerful figures, while Yang Hao continued guiding his students and supporting Liang Zhu. A hundred million eras later, Chaos City Lord reached the first level of the divine power path, as the newly reborn Lord Sheduo hunted for treasures in the Universe Ocean and planned to grow stronger.

  • A King-level Immortal cut off his son's Virtual Universe connection after the boy questioned the Universe Artifact Refining Group, and the first Genius Battle concluded with Cao Qingcang taking first place and the top thousand being assigned secret realms.
  • Yang Hao praised Cao Qingcang, while the Yan God Race's Patriarch announced that the top thousand Yan God Race geniuses would enter the Initial Universe and accepted Cao Qingcang as his disciple.
  • The Strongest Battle concluded, Li Hao took Zha Wantian as his disciple, and Yang Hao continued training his students while Lord Liang Zhu guided his own disciple and the Qingji Clan.
  • After a hundred million eras, Yang Hao reflected on the stabilized Tiangong Universe Country and the progress of his disciples, while the reborn Lord Sheduo entered the Universe Boat and killed Lord Jiujian to obtain treasures.
  • Chaos City Lord reached a life gene multiplier of thirty thousand and the first level of the divine power path, prompting the Human Race's upper ranks to celebrate while other divine power cultivators assessed their own limits.

Ch. 177Giant Axe's Opportunity

Giant Axe Founder explored the Universe Boat’s dangerous Demon-Sealing Land, made progress on his secret technique, and found Shrimp Jue True God carrying a Supreme Supreme Treasure. He considered attacking the lone wanderer, but knew he would need to kill him outright to prevent future threats to the Human Race.

  • Giant Axe Founder left for the Universe Boat while Beast Ancestor, frustrated by his lack of strength and treasures, decided to explore its depths more boldly.
  • Using Salamander Whale Progenitor’s map, Giant Axe Founder traveled to the Demon-Sealing Land and began cautiously exploring its shifting spatial labyrinth.
  • After a billion eras, Giant Axe Founder had evaded a Demon-Sealing Beast, improved his secret technique, and obtained a wondrous object, but still had not found a Supreme Supreme Treasure.
  • Giant Axe Founder encountered Shrimp Jue True God, a lone strongest being whose spear-type Supreme Supreme Treasure could raise his strength to the eighth-order peak.
  • Shrimp Jue True God offered to leave the spatial island, while Giant Axe Founder weighed attacking him and concluded that any strike must ensure his death to protect the Human Race.

Ch. 178Silent Night, a Spear-Type Supreme Supreme Treasure

Giant Axe Founder fought Shrimp Jue True God for his spear-type Supreme Supreme Treasure, Silent Night, and unleashed the Heavenly Pole Demon God fusion to overpower him. After Shrimp Jue threatened the Human Race, Giant Axe refused his surrender and continued attacking to kill him.

  • Giant Axe Founder attacked Shrimp Jue True God with his Seventeenth Axe, but Shrimp Jue blocked most of its power with Silent Night.
  • Giant Axe fused with Qian Wu's avatar and the Demon-Sealing Armor, Wu Ming, and Purple Charm Hall through Heavenly Pole Demon God, greatly enhancing his strength and speed.
  • Giant Axe repeatedly struck Shrimp Jue, shattering the spatial islands while strange currents eroded Shrimp Jue's divine power.
  • Shrimp Jue tried to escape between the islands, but Giant Axe caught up and kept attacking until Shrimp Jue offered Silent Night in exchange for his life.
  • Shrimp Jue threatened to hunt down the Human Race if he escaped, and Giant Axe declared that he had to kill him to protect his people.
  • Shrimp Jue pleaded and offered all his treasures, but Giant Axe continued unleashing the Seventeenth Axe and told him that death was his only path.

Ch. 179Why Were They Looking at Giant Axe So Strangely?

Yang Hao collected Shrimp Jue True God's treasures and received the secret technique Ten Thousand Universes, which recorded architectures for miniature universes. After he shared it with the Human Race's Universe Masters, they worried that Giant Axe Founder had designed his miniature universe without knowing how much its architecture affected his potential.

  • Giant Axe Founder killed Shrimp Jue True God and took his supreme supreme treasure, while Yang Hao traveled to loot Shrimp Jue True God's ruined miniature universe.
  • Yang Hao collected Shrimp Jue True God's treasures and materials, then received a beyond Universe Strongest-level check-in reward: Ten Thousand Universes.
  • Yang Hao recorded Ten Thousand Universes in a Memory Crystal and brought it to the Universe Artifact Refining Group for the Universe Masters to study.
  • The Universe Masters learned that miniature universe architecture shaped a Universe Strongest's future potential and wondered whether Giant Axe Founder's architecture was adequate.
  • Giant Axe Founder returned with Silent Night, examined the architectures in the Memory Crystal, and felt relieved after his initial review.
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Arc 7 of 13