Chapter Summaries

Xu Zimo and his companions reached the edge of White Bone Ridge while he considered cultivating the genes of the Old Universe and learned a visualization method from Zhou Yanjun. Their expected escape was interrupted when the White Bone Holy Mother appeared with a host of strange entities.

• Qiu Baiyin told the group that the enormous bone statues marked the exit from White Bone Ridge, while Xu Zimo reflected on the Human Seed Bag and his plans to study genes.
• Xu Zimo asked Zhou Yanjun about cultivating genes, and Zhou Yanjun advised him to visualize his own universe and wrote out a visualization art for him.
• The group continued onward and reached the towering statues made from the bones of ancient creatures.
• The White Bone Holy Mother appeared on a White Bone Throne with fierce strange entities and asked why the group intended to leave without greeting her.
• Qiu Baiyin recognized the White Bone Holy Mother as the ruler of White Bone Ridge and warned the others that she had not appeared in a long time.

Xu Zimo discovered that killing aberrations strengthened his blessing, then confronted the White Bone Holy Mother at White Bone Ridge. He shattered her bone barrage as their battle began.

• The White Bone Holy Mother appeared at the exit of White Bone Ridge and invited the group to stay, while Qiu Baiyin warned Xu Zimo that she could attack him without restraint.
• Two ox aberrations attacked Xu Zimo, but he used the Soul-Seeking Art to locate their hidden physical bodies and killed them with Overlord Shadow.
• The White Bone Holy Mother praised Xu Zimo for learning how to kill aberrations and asked his name, but he charged at her instead.
• The White Bone Holy Mother ordered her subordinates not to interfere and kicked Xu Zimo, sending them both flying back.
• The White Bone Holy Mother launched thousands of bones at Xu Zimo, who advanced and shattered them with Overlord Shadow.

Xu Zimo defeated the White Bone Holy Mother’s soul and found her physical body in a scarlet hell, where she offered to negotiate for her liberation. She revealed that a mysterious black-robed figure had awakened the aberrations and was associated with the words “Order Keeper,” and that aberrations sought to kill visitors in exchange for freedom.

• Xu Zimo suppressed the White Bone Holy Mother with his Azure Planet, bombarded her with meteors, and split her soul in half with Overlord Shadow.
• Following the Soul-Seeking Art, Xu Zimo found the White Bone Holy Mother’s physical body in a scarlet hell surrounded by Vengeful Spirits and magma.
• The White Bone Holy Mother offered to meet any condition if Xu Zimo helped liberate her, and she showed him images of aberrations with the same black-robed figure before them.
• The White Bone Holy Mother said she had heard the words “Order Keeper” when the black-robed figure awakened her, though she could not identify him.
• The White Bone Holy Mother explained that aberrations killed visitors because killing enough people, or people strong enough, could earn them freedom from whoever controlled their lives.

Xu Zimo learned from the White Bone Holy Mother that Heaven Burial Ground’s rules let its strange creatures wield the Old Universe’s core power against anyone who breaks them, keeping outsiders from mounting a large-scale assault. She asked Xu Zimo to help her seek freedom by going to Heaven Burial Ground’s core region.

• Xu Zimo asked why the White Bone Holy Mother had the strange creatures kill everyone who entered, and she explained that she wanted to prevent anyone from approaching the genetic black lines.
• The White Bone Holy Mother told Xu Zimo that strange creatures were confined to their territories and explained that the rules allowed them to kill rule-breakers using the Old Universe’s core power.
• Xu Zimo realized the rules served as a deterrent against outsiders and might explain why the New Universe’s experts had not launched a massive assault on Heaven Burial Ground.
• Xu Zimo asked about the blessing given to first-time visitors, but the White Bone Holy Mother said she did not know what it was.
• The White Bone Holy Mother said she wanted freedom but could never leave Heaven Burial Ground, then asked Xu Zimo to go to its core region.

The White-Boned Holy Mother told Xu Zimo that the core region of the Heaven Burial Ground held a Life Stone and that Xu Zimo’s blessing might qualify him to claim the Universe Core. Xu Zimo accepted her map and agreed to enter the core region, but promised to bring back the Life Stone only if he obtained the Universe Core; the Holy Mother then began removing her own bones as part of helping him leave safely.

• The White-Boned Holy Mother explained that she needed the Life Stone to recast her bones and escape control, and said Qi Tian Sheng had once escaped the core region.
• Xu Zimo asked what the Holy Mother would offer in return, and she told him his growing blessing carried the power of the Universe Core and might mark him as its chosen successor.
• The White-Boned Holy Mother shared a legend about a powerful expert seeking a successor for the Old Universe and gave Xu Zimo a map leading into the depths of the Heaven Burial Ground.
• Xu Zimo accepted the map and agreed to enter the core region, promising to bring back the Life Stone only if he obtained the Universe Core.
• The White-Boned Holy Mother offered to guide Xu Zimo safely through the anomalies around White Bone Ridge, then began pulling bones from her abdomen so he would not leave unharmed while she remained untouched.

Xu Zimo let the White Bone Holy Mother feign defeat, then killed the strange beings around them and greatly increased his blessing power. As the group continued toward the Dragon King Temple, Zhou Yanjun suggested that the Heaven Burial Ground might be the Old Universe’s Eight Wastelands.

• The White Bone Holy Mother shattered her vital bones and entered a slumber, leaving Xu Zimo to deliver the final blow.
• Xu Zimo struck down the severely injured White Bone Holy Mother in front of Zhou Yanjun, Qiu Baiyin, and the others, causing the remaining strange beings to flee.
• Xu Zimo swept his saber through the void, destroying the strange beings’ physical bodies and increasing his blessing power roughly tenfold.
• Xu Zimo warned the Two-Headed Bear not to ask about the White Bone Holy Mother, and Qiu Baiyin led the group southeast toward the Dragon King Temple.
• Qiu Baiyin and Zhou Yanjun described the Dragon God Sect’s former power, and Zhou Yanjun privately told Xu Zimo that the Heaven Burial Ground might be the Eight Wastelands of the Old Universe.

Xu Zimo and his companions reached Nine-Eyed Buddha Mountain on their way to the Dragon God Temple, then sought shelter from a sudden storm in a dilapidated temple. Inside, they encountered two other wary groups, and the travelers kept their distance from one another.

• Qiu Baiyin identified Nine-Eyed Buddha Mountain as the route to the Dragon God Temple and warned that the mountain seemed strange.
• The group entered the mountain, where black skies and heavy rain descended and the mist and miasma restricted their divine souls.
• Zhou Yanjun spotted a temple ahead, and Xu Zimo led the group inside to take shelter.
• Xu Zimo saw a nine-eyed golden Buddha, a powerful woman and young girl, and a dozen black-clad Death Warriors led by a square-faced middle-aged man.
• The middle-aged man warned the newcomers to keep their distance, and Qiu Baiyin led his group to rest apart from the others.

Xu Zimo and the others sheltered from a storm with Xue Tang and a mysterious woman, while learning that many factions had discovered the Dragon God Sect’s Royal Treasury. The woman’s identity as the Hundred-Eyed Witch was revealed, and the group was confronted by a mountain sprite entering the temple.

• Xue Tang told the group that a heavenly phenomenon had exposed the Dragon God Sect and its Royal Treasury to numerous seekers.
• The woman recognized Xue Tang as a descendant of Heavenblade Xue Kai, and Xue Tang recognized her as the Hundred-Eyed Witch.
• The Hundred-Eyed Witch worshipped the Thousand-Eyed Buddha statue and called the young girl Mo'er to join her; Xue Tang explained that the Buddha Master was her master.
• A commotion outside drew the group’s attention, and Xue Tang noted that members of the Black Dove clan had arrived.
• A tiger-striped mountain sprite entered the temple eating a human leg, and Xue Tang warned that it could borrow the Buddha Master’s power.

Xu Zimo drove off the mountain sprite by striking at the Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master's Dao Field, and the Buddha Master withdrew his eerie creatures. Xu Zimo set out for the Dragon God Temple with Xue Tang and the Hundred-Eyed Witch, but a divine dragon appeared over Thousand-Eyed Buddha Mountain as they left.

• The mountain sprite attacked Xu Zimo's group, and Xu Zimo's slash split Thousand-Eyed Buddha Mountain while testing the Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master's Dao Field.
• The Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master ordered the mountain sprite to return, and the eerie creatures withdrew; Xue Tang then apologized to Xu Zimo and addressed him as Senior.
• Xu Zimo agreed to let Xue Tang and the Hundred-Eyed Witch travel with his group, telling them to handle any trouble they could manage.
• Xue Tang sent his puppet-like Death Warriors ahead to scout as the group left the temple.
• The mountain shook, and a divine dragon soared into the sky above Thousand-Eyed Buddha Mountain.

Xue Tang’s group reached the wilderness where the Dragon God Temple was expected to appear, as powerful cultivators gathered to claim the Dragon God Sect’s possible King’s treasury. After a second dragon roar revealed the temple’s location, Chaos Patriarch and other leaders united the cultivators to break through the barrier by force.

• Xue Tang and his companions crossed the area beyond Thousand-Eyed Buddha Mountain and encountered many prominent cultivators heading toward the Dragon God Temple.
• Xue Tang introduced Black Feather Daoist, Chaos Patriarch, and the Qin Emperor as powerful figures drawn by the possible King’s treasury.
• The Demon Emperor Palace provoked a fight among the waiting cultivators, and Xue Tang recognized the clash as an attempt to eliminate weaker competitors.
• A second dragon roar revealed the phantom temple, and a divine dragon flew from it into the clouds.
• Chaos Patriarch called on the gathered cultivators to work together, then unleashed black-and-white power against the barrier concealing the Dragon God Sect.

Chaos Patriarch, Emperor Qin, and Black Feather Daoist led everyone in combining their strength to open the King's Treasury, revealing the Dragon God Temple. After entering, Xu Zimo's group arrived in Dragon God Sect, where Qiu Baiyin produced an incomplete map as the group prepared to explore.

• Chaos Patriarch used the Spirit of Taiji to gather everyone's power, and the combined attack split open the wasteland as dragon roars killed weaker cultivators.
• Qiu Baiyin saved Two-Headed Bear and Youjin from the dragon roars, then urged them to seek fortune despite the risks.
• A temple shaped like a coiling dragon emerged from the fissure, and Black Feather Daoist forced a group of people to enter first before leading everyone inside.
• Xu Zimo and the others followed the crowd through the dragon's mouth and were transported to Dragon God Sect.
• Zhou Yanjun confirmed to Xu Zimo that the group had arrived at Dragon God Sect and the Eight Wastelands.
• Qiu Baiyin argued that everyone should explore together and showed them an incomplete map of Dragon God Sect.

Qiu Baiyin used an ancient map to lead the group into the Dragon God Sect’s Back Mountain, where they found a Trial Tower. Xu Zimo entered to climb it, while the Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master, disguised as Xiao Mo, revealed her belief that he was stronger than everyone who had come to the sect combined.

• Qiu Baiyin showed Xue Tang and the others a map of the Dragon God Sect and explained that she had found it inside an ancient book.
• Xue Tang urged the group to head for the Back Mountain, and they crossed the mist-shrouded peaks to Gadfly Mountain.
• Zhou Yanjun identified the black structure as a Trial Tower, and the group found a tablet listing past trial records, including Long Zizai’s top result.
• Xu Zimo decided to climb the tower because Zhou Yanjun had said it could aid his cultivation, and the others chose to wait or join him.
• The Hundred-Eyed Witch addressed Xiao Mo as Buddha Master, and Xiao Mo disclosed that she believed Xu Zimo could defeat everyone who had come to the Dragon God Sect combined.

Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master warned the Hundred-Eyed Witch not to provoke Xu Zimo, then Xu Zimo began the trial tower challenge and used its monster battles to complete the first stage of his genetic transformation. He left the tower’s first major trial with his whole body genetically transformed and his strength at least doubled.

• Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master told the Hundred-Eyed Witch that Xu Zimo was far beyond the others and advised her to avoid provoking him while they pursued the North Sea Spring Eye key.
• Xu Zimo entered the trial tower, where his divine soul power was sealed and gravity restricted his movements, leaving him to fight monsters with physical strength.
• Xu Zimo climbed through increasingly difficult floors, absorbed gene power from defeated monsters, and gradually awakened genes throughout his body.
• Xu Zimo fought a dense army of monsters under ten thousandfold gravity as gene power poured into him and his body neared complete geneticization.
• Xu Zimo killed the final monsters and completed his first stage of genetic transformation, gaining a physical strength he estimated was at least double his previous level.

Xu Zimo cleared the trial tower, claimed the Gene Divine Tower, and joined Xue Tang and the Hundred-Eyed Witch as they confronted Daoist Black Feather over Dragon God Academy. After Xue Tang slaughtered Black Feather’s Men in Black, Black Feather made their bloodied corpses explode into floating drops of blood.

• Xu Zimo received the Gene Divine Tower from Long Yushan’s phantom after clearing the trial tower and stored the shrunken tower away.
• Xu Zimo, Xue Tang, and the others headed east and found a vast courtyard that they believed was Dragon God Academy.
• Daoist Black Feather arrived with over a hundred Men in Black and claimed Dragon God Academy for himself.
• Xue Tang proposed that he, Xu Zimo, and the Hundred-Eyed Witch join forces, and they agreed.
• Daoist Black Feather ordered his Men in Black to attack, and Xue Tang killed them all with one invisible blade of qi.
• Daoist Black Feather caused the dead Men in Black to explode, turning their corpses into countless floating drops of blood.

Daoist Black Feather overwhelmed Xue Tang and the Hundred-Eyed Witch with his True Fate World, killing the two-headed bear and You Jin. Xu Zimo called on Xiao Mo to stop watching, and she stepped forward in radiant golden light, preparing to act.

• Daoist Black Feather attacked Xue Tang with blood drops, but Xue Tang fought back with Heavenly Blade Nine Slashes.
• Daoist Black Feather seized Xue Tang and nearly killed him before the Hundred-Eyed Witch rescued him and struck Black Feather with the life-draining power of her eyes.
• Daoist Black Feather revealed his True Fate World, Black Feather Myriad Manifestations, and unleashed a storm of feathers that killed the two-headed bear and You Jin.
• Xu Zimo addressed Xiao Mo, who revealed a solemn, Buddha-like presence and stepped forward in golden light.

Xiao Mo, empowered by Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master, bound Daoist Black Feather and left his fate to Xu Zimo’s group. They explored the Dragon God Academy but found it stripped of books, then learned that the Black Dove Clan had apparently emptied other sites as well.

• Xiao Mo used Buddhist scriptures to imprison Daoist Black Feather, while Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master refused to kill him and told Xu Zimo’s group to decide his fate.
• Xu Zimo asked Zhou Yanjun whether the Buddha Master differed from other aberrations, and Zhou said his power seemed to come from an unknown source.
• Xu Zimo led the group into the Dragon God Academy, where they found only empty bookshelves and black feathers identified by Xue Tang as belonging to the Black Dove Clan.
• Chaos Patriarch, Qin Emperor, and other cultivators arrived and said the places they had visited were empty too.
• Xue Tang and the newcomers compared Black Dove Clan feathers they had found, concluding that the clan had reached the sites first and removed the treasures.

The gathered powers formed an alliance to confront the Black Dove Clan over the King's Treasury and marched toward Black Mountain. As the group set out, Qiu Baiyin returned after mysteriously disappearing, while the Crocodile Dragon God's dying apparition mentioned an underground palace.

• The gathered powers agreed to spread news of the King's Treasury, explore the area, and join forces against the Black Dove Clan; Daoist Black Feather apologized to Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master.
• Xu Zimo asked Zhou Yanjun about Black Mountain, and Zhou Yanjun said the unusual mountain in the Eight Wastelands was rumored to be Demon Mountain.
• Xu Zimo noticed Qiu Baiyin had vanished, then the Crocodile Dragon God's apparition appeared, cried out about an underground palace, and dissipated.
• A new group of powerful cultivators arrived, including Venerable Lava and the Innate Fool, and Chaos Patriarch called for the alliance to act together.
• Qiu Baiyin returned and claimed he had searched for leftovers; Xu Zimo questioned his purpose, and the allied cultivators headed toward Black Mountain.

Chaos Patriarch and his allies confronted the Black Dove Clan over feathers found at the Dragon God Sect’s vanished King’s Treasury inheritance. After Dove White Crane called for reinforcements and the Lava Venerable struck him down, Dove Heaven Burial Ground led the clan into battle against the gathered forces.

• Chaos Patriarch called on the Black Dove Clan to meet him, and Dove White Crane arrived as its Second Elder.
• Chaos Patriarch accused the clan of taking the King’s Treasury inheritance and asked to confront its missing eldest prince.
• Dove White Crane denied the accusations, blamed the visitors for the prince’s disappearance, and called for reinforcements.
• The Lava Venerable punched Dove White Crane and sent him crashing to the ground as Black Mountain’s barriers opened.
• Dove Heaven Burial Ground gathered the Black Dove Clan’s forces and declared that the visitors would remain there forever.
• The Black Dove Clan charged the gathered crowd while its Eight Great Elders faced Chaos Patriarch and the other experts.

As a battle erupted outside Black Mountain, Qiu Baiyin slipped away and found a mysterious sphere in an ancient Black Dove Clan tomb. When he touched the coffin holding it, the black qi struck him and the Old Man inside awoke.

• Chaos Ancestor recruited the Thousand-Eyed Buddha Master, who agreed to join the battle in exchange for first choice of the inheritance.
• The Black Dove Clan's eight elders fought Chaos Ancestor's group as fighting spread across Black Mountain.
• Qiu Baiyin used the Dragon God Sect's skin-shedding technique to vanish, and Xu Zimo and Zhou Yanjun followed his genetic trail.
• Qiu Baiyin tracked a compass to a large grave deep inside Black Mountain and killed the Black Dove guards who discovered him.
• Qiu Baiyin overturned the grave and opened the coffin, revealing an Old Man and a black sphere that emitted vapor into his body.
• Black qi surged from the coffin and struck Qiu Baiyin, while the Old Man rose and opened his eyes, lamenting that he had failed to uncover the sphere's secret after tens of thousands of years.

Qiu Baiyin confronted the Black Dove Old Demon and revealed that the Demon Bead was a seal key, not a source of immortality, and that the old man was becoming the sealed demon’s vessel. As the Black Dove Old Demon attacked him, an unseen blade severed the old man’s claws.

• Qiu Baiyin recognized the Black Dove Old Demon as the man who had slaughtered the Gu family and demanded to know why.
• The Black Dove Old Demon confessed that he had killed the Gu family to obtain the Demon Bead and escape death, but it had left him suffering and barely alive.
• The Black Dove Old Demon attacked Qiu Baiyin and demanded to learn how to absorb the Demon Bead’s power, but Qiu Baiyin told him it was the key to a demon’s seal.
• Qiu Baiyin showed the Black Dove Old Demon an ancestral painting depicting a demon who resembled him and warned that he was becoming its vessel.
• The Black Dove Old Demon charged at Qiu Baiyin, but a blade appeared and severed his claws.