Arc 21The Wagered Battles

Zhang Junbao expanded his influence among the Human Race by revealing his strength and wagering Supreme Treasures against its Universe Venerables. After defeating Star Prison Demon Lord and saving Undying Venerable, he entered ten thousand years of accelerated cultivation in Giant Axe’s Miniature Universe, with plans to hunt his enemies afterward.

  • Zhang Junbao secured Human Race war debris for the Jueshen Mystic Realm, built a palace on Thunder Island’s summit, and began offering treasure-refining services to his peers.
  • After Luo Feng became an Immortal, he killed Venerable Qing Yan and sparred with Zhang Junbao, who showed him the power of Beginning of the Origin.
  • At the Supreme Council, Zhang Junbao defended his achievements against accusations and proposed wager battles, putting his seat and Supreme Treasures on the line.
  • With 107 Universe Venerables registered to challenge him, Zhang Junbao defeated Three Star Venerable, Youmo Country Lord, Ten Thousand Beasts Venerable, and Undying Venerable in the Killing Space.
  • Undying Venerable’s will collapsed after his defeat, so Zhang Junbao treated him with Withering and Flourishing of Wood and helped him return as a Top Universe Overlord.
  • Zhang Junbao resumed the wager battles and defeated Star Prison Demon Lord with the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation and True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword, winning his War Blade.
  • Bolan challenged Thousand Degrees King, Rong Jun prepared to pursue King Longsheng, and Wuka entered Manka Star’s ancestral land for its life-gene trial.
  • Chaos City Lord took Zhang Junbao to Giant Axe’s Miniature Universe for ten thousand years of accelerated cultivation, and Zhang Junbao said he might hunt his enemies afterward.
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Ch. 504Expanding the Origin Universe

Zhang Junbao discovered that his Origin Clone could fuel his law-decomposing secret technique and planned to expand its universe by absorbing discarded war materials. He secured the Human Race’s battle debris in exchange for four Supreme Treasures and received a palace site on Thunder Island’s summit, though he remained excluded from the Human Race Supreme Council.

  • Zhang Junbao realized that his Origin Clone and its Law Cores could supply the divine power needed for his Innate Secret Technique, and he resolved to expand the Origin Clone Universe by decomposing matter.
  • Zhang Junbao asked Chaos City Lord to grant him the Human Race’s accumulated war wreckage and unusable materials for the Jueshen Mystic Realm.
  • Zhang Junbao offered four Supreme Treasures in exchange, and Chaos City Lord obtained approval from the Human Race’s other factions to send the debris to him.
  • Chaos City Lord arranged for the Virtual Universe Company to transport the Human Race’s war debris to Zhang Junbao and invited him to build a palace on Thunder Island’s summit.
  • Chaos City Lord explained that Zhang Junbao would not yet receive a seat on the Human Race Supreme Council, despite his presumed Universe Overlord-level strength.

Ch. 505Qualification for the Summit

Zhang Junbao built a palace on Thunder Island’s summit as Chaos City Lord had instructed, angering Universe Venerables who believed an Immortal God had no right to live above them. After Venerable Zhen Yan explained Zhang Junbao’s achievements and his ability to refine Supreme Treasures, the Venerables dropped their objections and sought his services, while Venerable Ganwu headed to the summit to approach him.

  • Zhang Junbao chose a spot on Thunder Island’s summit for his palace, and Venerable Nine Swords challenged his right to build there before leaving in anger.
  • Zhang Junbao completed his palace, prompting Universe Venerables to complain privately that he had no accomplishments worthy of the summit.
  • Venerable Zhen Yan told Venerable Lei Ming and the others that Zhang Junbao had won his Supreme Treasure himself and had earned Beast God Inheritance Tokens by refining Supreme Treasures.
  • Venerable Zhen Yan explained that Alien Race Venerables had tried to kill Zhang Junbao after commissioning treasures, but Master of Craftsman God intervened and Zhang Junbao reclaimed the treasures.
  • The Universe Venerables set aside their objections and began asking how to secure Zhang Junbao’s help before the Primal Stars opened.
  • Venerable Ganwu decided to approach Zhang Junbao, hoping to obtain a Supreme Treasure of his own.

Ch. 506I, Ganwu, Send Me Money!

Zhang Junbao welcomed Ganwu Country Lord to his new palace and learned about the coming opening of the Primal Stars, where Ganwu hoped to recover from years of debt. Zhang Junbao offered him a way to earn Supreme Treasure Points by acting as a middleman for treasure-refining commissions.

  • Ganwu Country Lord congratulated Zhang Junbao on reaching the summit and asked whether he could refine Supreme Treasures.
  • Ganwu Country Lord explained that the Primal Stars would open within a hundred years and admitted that he owed friends and the Human Race a total of thirty-eight Supreme Treasure Points.
  • Zhang Junbao told Ganwu Country Lord he could earn Supreme Treasure Points by introducing Human Race experts who wanted Supreme Treasures refined.
  • Zhang Junbao offered Ganwu Country Lord one refining opportunity for every twenty clients he introduced, and Ganwu eagerly accepted.

Ch. 507Another One?

Luo Feng broke through to become an Immortal God with Zhang Junbao's help, while discoveries in the Human Race's treasury strengthened suspicions about Zhang Junbao's power. With the Primal Star about to open, Chaos City Lord confirmed Zhang Junbao's Supreme Council membership and told Luo Feng to defeat an alien Venerable to qualify.

  • Venerable Zhen Yan and Ganwu Country Lord spread news of Zhang Junbao's treasure refining, while failed resurrection attempts revealed that those killed in the Jueshen Mystic Realm could not be revived.
  • Venerable Guiyi and Nine Flames Country Lord found alien powerhouses' treasures in the Human Race's treasury and suspected that Zhang Junbao possessed Top Universe Overlord strength.
  • Luo Feng began an extraordinarily powerful breakthrough to Immortal God, and Zhang Junbao used ten Law Cores to accelerate his divine power absorption tenfold.
  • Luo Feng met Chaos City Lord and Zhang Junbao after completing his breakthrough and expressed confidence in fighting a real Universe Venerable.
  • Chaos City Lord confirmed Zhang Junbao's admission to the Supreme Council, required Luo Feng to defeat an alien Venerable for his own admission, and warned both men about the approaching Primal Star opening.
  • Luo Feng built a palace halfway up Thunder Island while Human Race Venerables focused on securing Zhang Junbao's treasure-refining services.

Ch. 508Fleecing One for All He's Worth

Zhang Junbao warned Luo Feng to keep the Star Tower secret and urged him to establish his reputation by killing an Alien Race Venerable. Luo Feng killed Venerable Qing Yan in the Ancestral God Secret Realm, and the Lord of Sky Wolf sensed his disciple’s death.

  • Luo Feng asked Zhang Junbao how he had become able to refine High-grade Supreme Treasures, and Zhang Junbao explained that he had learned Treasure Refining from Sitting Mountain Guest.
  • Zhang Junbao warned Luo Feng to keep the Star Tower secret and encouraged him to seek more treasures from Sitting Mountain Guest and prove his strength by killing an Alien Race Venerable.
  • Zhang Junbao told Luo Feng that Venerable Qing Yan was in the Ancestral God Secret Realm, and Luo Feng set out to find him.
  • Luo Feng confronted Venerable Qing Yan, whose teacher was the Lord of Sky Wolf, and overwhelmed him with the Beast God's tail and the Star Chart.
  • Luo Feng killed Venerable Qing Yan and left, while the Lord of Sky Wolf sensed that his disciple's bound item had become ownerless and roared in fury.

Ch. 509Luo Feng Battles Zhang Junbao

After killing Venerable Qing Yan and attaining the perfect Life Gene Level, Luo Feng challenged Zhang Junbao to test his new strength. Zhang Junbao countered Luo Feng’s attacks and shattered his Miniature Universe, while Luo Feng insisted he could still control its laws.

  • Luo Feng told Zhang Junbao he had advanced to Immortal and believed he could finally match him, then described his Innate Secret Technique, I Am the Universe.
  • Zhang Junbao overwhelmed Luo Feng with his will, but agreed to spar with him in a Virtual Universe Battle Space.
  • Luo Feng attacked with his Gold Beast God Path and a 16,000-Sealing-Star Beast God, but Zhang Junbao used space-time control and the Eight Beast Gods to pin him down.
  • Luo Feng transformed into a Miniature Universe and crushed Zhang Junbao with its cosmic millstone, but Zhang Junbao broke it apart using Beginning of the Origin.
  • Luo Feng declared that he could still control every law within his Miniature Universe, despite its heavy power consumption.

Ch. 510Supreme Council

Zhang Junbao defeated Luo Feng’s Miniature Universe with his developed secret technique, Beginning of the Origin, then offered to teach him its principles and study his Innate Secret Technique. The two received a summons to the Human Race’s Supreme Council and arrived at Mount of Gods, where Zhang Junbao learned that many Venerables wanted him to forge Supreme Treasures.

  • Luo Feng used I Am the Universe against Zhang Junbao, but Zhang Junbao shattered its Universe Millstone and dissolved the Miniature Universe with Beginning of the Origin.
  • Luo Feng tried to destroy his Miniature Universe through self-destruction, but Zhang Junbao suppressed the blast and forced him to reform his body.
  • Zhang Junbao explained that Luo Feng could learn Beginning of the Origin by studying the Universe Origin, then transmitted its principles and asked Luo Feng to demonstrate I Am the Universe for analysis.
  • Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng received a summons to the Supreme Council and traveled to Mount of Gods, where human Universe Venerables greeted them as peers.
  • Blood Wing Venerable asked Zhang Junbao to forge a Supreme Treasure, and Zhang Junbao explained that around fifteen commissions were already ahead of him.

Ch. 511Too Many Supreme Treasures, Let Me Count

Zhang Junbao faced accusations that Chaos City Lord had unfairly equipped him and Luo Feng with Supreme Treasures, while Youmo Country Lord and two allies challenged his right to attend the Supreme Council. Zhang Junbao revealed his many treasures, gave Ganwu Country Lord a Supreme Treasure sword, and gained Venerable Tiehuo’s public confirmation that he could refine Supreme Treasures.

  • Youmo Country Lord, Ten Thousand Beasts Venerable, and Venerable Jinyuan accused Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng of receiving excessive Supreme Treasures from Chaos City Lord and demanded an explanation.
  • Zhang Junbao reminded the crowd that the three Venerables were the teachers of Immortal Gods who had colluded with the Zerg, causing the gathered experts to question their motives.
  • Zhang Junbao listed the Supreme Treasures he had possessed as a World Lord and said he had counted eleven, astonishing the Venerables who had accused him.
  • Zhang Junbao gave Ganwu Country Lord Venerable Pei Feng’s Supreme Treasure sword, Gale, after Ganwu defended him.
  • Venerable Tiehuo confirmed that Zhang Junbao could refine Supreme Treasures and rebuked Youmo Country Lord and the others for questioning his place at the Mount of Gods.

Ch. 512Zhang Junbao's Power

At the Human Race Supreme Council, Zhang Junbao’s ability to refine Supreme Treasures and his supporters’ defense of him silenced Youmo Country Lord and his allies. Zhang Junbao took his place among the Universe Overlords, while Chaos City Lord revealed that his Domain-type Supreme Treasure was at least Top-tier and tied to a remarkable fortuitous encounter.

  • Venerable Guiyi, Venerable Tiehuo, Venerable Golden Crow, and Venerable Longyu backed Zhang Junbao after Youmo Country Lord and his companions challenged his standing and his Supreme Treasure claims.
  • Venerable Tiehuo confirmed Zhang Junbao could refine Supreme Treasures, stirring the Universe Venerables and drawing Youmo, Golden Yuan, and Ten Thousand Beasts into a confrontation.
  • Venerable Guiyi warned that the Race would investigate the three for possible collusion with alien races if they pursued a vendetta against Zhang Junbao.
  • The Hall of Gods appeared, and the Human Race experts were transported inside for the Supreme Council; Zhang Junbao found his seat among the Universe Overlords.
  • Venerable Guiyi told Zhang Junbao that his four Supreme Treasures in the Race Treasury were likely his contribution, and noted he had killed Venerable Si Ke.
  • Chaos City Lord told Giant Axe Founder that Zhang Junbao’s Domain-type Supreme Treasure was at least Top-tier and that he had found its missing component in the Mother Emperor Mystic Realm.

Ch. 513A Warning

Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen defended Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng against accusations that they had been unfairly given Supreme Treasures and privileges. When Youmo Country Lord and Lord Huang Jian challenged Zhang Junbao’s place in the Hall of Gods, Zhang Junbao was asked to prove his strength, and Luan Shen urged him to teach the dissenting Venerables a lesson.

  • Giant Axe and Chaos City Lord discussed whether Zhang Junbao had concealed his strength, while Lord Huang Jian questioned the special treatment given to Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen defended Zhang Junbao, and Chaos City Lord explained that Luo Feng had received only the Shi Wu Wings from him while Zhang Junbao had obtained all his Supreme Treasures himself.
  • Luan Shen revealed that Zhang Junbao had acquired a Domain-type Supreme Treasure at Universe Level and later seized his divine sword on the Outer Domain Battlefield.
  • Chaos City Lord condemned the complacency and jealousy of the Human Race’s Universe Venerables and defended the opportunities and achievements of both Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng.
  • Youmo Country Lord challenged Zhang Junbao’s invitation to the Hall of Gods and his seat on a Universe Overlord’s throne, and Lord Huang Jian proposed that Zhang Junbao demonstrate his strength.
  • Chaos City Lord asked Zhang Junbao what he thought, and Luan Shen urged him to defeat the challengers as the Universe Masters watched.

Ch. 514Growing Apart

Zhang Junbao refused to work for the Human Race without compensation, and the Supreme Council demanded that he prove his strength before accepting his place. He challenged the Universe Venerables to wager matches, while Luo Feng and others stepped forward to support him.

  • Zhang Junbao rejected Demon Lord Luan Shen’s demand that he refine Supreme Treasures for the race without pay, saying he would do it for a High-grade Supreme Treasure.
  • Chaos City Lord defended Zhang Junbao’s record, but Lord Peng Gong, Lord Huang Jian, and other Universe Masters insisted that he prove his strength; Giant Axe agreed to their demand.
  • Zhang Junbao proposed wager matches against any expert below the Universe Master level, putting his Supreme Council seat on the line and demanding Supreme Treasures as stakes.
  • Youmo Country Lord questioned the rules and suggested Zhang Junbao fight without Supreme Treasures, but Zhang Junbao refused to exclude his own equipment and offered to limit himself against opponents below the Universe Overlord level.
  • Luo Feng challenged the proposed restrictions, and Ganwu Country Lord, Venerable Guiyi, and Venerable Tiehuo offered Supreme Treasures or support to guarantee Zhang Junbao’s wagers.

Ch. 515Redistributing the Supreme Treasures

Zhang Junbao returned to his God Kingdom, where he discussed using Supreme Treasures to strengthen the Origin Universe and reaffirmed his plan to confront the Human Race’s greedy Universe Venerables. In Chaos City, he faced more than thirty Venerables who had staked Supreme Treasures against him, then proposed livestreaming their fight to the newly arrived Genius Battle contestants.

  • Zhang Junbao visited his God Kingdom, praised the Cloud-Touching Vine’s progress, and told it to delay breaking through until he became a Universe Venerable.
  • Zhang Junbao explained to the Origin Clone that he intended to take the Venerables’ Supreme Treasures to strengthen the Origin Universe and redistribute them to his supporters.
  • More than thirty Universe Venerables gathered in Chaos City to wager Supreme Treasures against Zhang Junbao, while the Ganwu Country Lord offered Wind Splitter as his stake and Luo Feng voiced his support.
  • The latest Genius Battle contestants arrived with Venerable Nine Swords, who warned Zhang Junbao that the wagered fight was rash and that some Venerables might use Supreme Treasures against him.
  • Zhang Junbao proposed livestreaming the fight for the contestants, and Venerable Nine Swords reacted in horror, fearing the spectacle would crush their spirits.

Ch. 516Making Them Look Good

Zhang Junbao refused to refine Supreme Treasures for the Universe Venerables after they questioned his qualifications, then offered to do so if they agreed to broadcast his wager battles live to nurture the race’s geniuses. The Supreme Council accepted his condition, and Venerable Nine Swords entrusted him with a valuable nine-sword Supreme Treasure set to wager.

  • Chaos City Lord announced that the Primal Stars would open in ten years and told the Human Race’s powerhouses to prepare for the expedition.
  • Zhang Junbao refused Chaos City Lord’s request to refine Supreme Treasures, prompting Huang Jian and other Universe Venerables to criticize him and Chaos City Lord to defend him.
  • Zhang Junbao proposed broadcasting his wager battles live so the race’s geniuses could watch, while the losing Venerables would risk public humiliation and their Supreme Treasures.
  • Zhang Junbao warned that the Master of Craftsman God would listen to him, and argued that the battles would help nurture the race’s geniuses.
  • Venerable Nine Swords gave Zhang Junbao a nine-sword Supreme Treasure set worth twenty Supreme Treasure Points to wager.
  • The Universe Masters at the Supreme Council agreed to Zhang Junbao’s live-broadcast condition.

Ch. 517Following Aurora King Means Meat to Eat

Zhang Junbao arranged a race-wide betting battle against Humanity’s Universe Venerables, turning it into a rare chance for experts and geniuses to study their techniques while helping Venerable Nine Swords profit from battle analysis. He then revealed his confidence to Chaos City Lord and presented the Supreme Treasures entrusted to him, ending with a hint that the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation had become even stronger than a Top-tier Supreme Treasure.

  • Venerable Nine Swords announced that a grand betting battle between Zhang Junbao and Humanity’s Universe Venerables would take place in three days and be broadcast for the race’s experts and geniuses.
  • Zhang Junbao suggested that Venerable Nine Swords charge Immortal experts for explanations of the battles, and Nine Swords agreed to offer the analysis.
  • Zhang Junbao told Chaos City Lord that he would use the battles to test his secret techniques and was not concerned about ordinary Universe Venerables or Universe Overlords.
  • Zhang Junbao explained that Venerable Nine Swords, Venerable Guiyi, Venerable Tiehuo, and others had lent him their Supreme Treasures for the wager, promising Nine Swords a hundred percent return.
  • Chaos City Lord appraised the entrusted treasures at 1,884 Supreme Treasure Points, and Zhang Junbao revealed that the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation was worth even more than a Top-tier Supreme Treasure.

Ch. 518The Universe Masters' Shock

Zhang Junbao revealed that his Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation had become a Peak Domain-type Supreme Treasure and confirmed his wager against the Human Race’s Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords. As the experts debated whether he could win or whether his treasure should belong to the race, Demon Lord Luan Shen defended Zhang Junbao’s right to keep it.

  • Zhang Junbao told Chaos City Lord that his Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation had reached Peak Domain-type Supreme Treasure level and asked him to keep the revelation secret until the wager battles began.
  • Chaos City Lord assured Zhang Junbao that the Human Race would not seize his treasure, then disclosed its existence to the other Universe Masters and promised to help shoulder the pressure on him.
  • Chaos City Lord announced that Zhang Junbao had staked Supreme Treasures worth 1,884 Supreme Treasure Points, and Zhang Junbao confirmed the wager and challenged every registered Universe Venerable and Universe Overlord to face him.
  • The Star Prison Demon Lord decided to enter the wager battles, while Ancestor Tree Venerable declined to attack Zhang Junbao because of Chaos City Lord’s past kindness.
  • Giant Axe and the other Universe Masters were shocked to learn Zhang Junbao possessed a Peak Domain-type Supreme Treasure, and Lord Huang Jian and Lord Qingdong argued that he should hand it over to the race.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen rebuked the demand, explaining that the treasure required comprehension of all Ten Great Laws and asking which Universe Master could use it.

Ch. 519The Battle Begins

Chaos City Lord and Giant Axe Founder prevented the Human Race from seizing Zhang Junbao’s Peak Domain-type Supreme Treasure and arranged wagered battles against him. After 107 Universe Venerables registered, Zhang Junbao began his first fight against Three Star Venerable, who attacked with his signature Self-Destructing Meteor technique.

  • Chaos City Lord and Giant Axe Founder rejected demands to take Zhang Junbao’s Supreme Treasure and ordered the secret kept within the Human Race.
  • Chaos City Lord announced rules for wagered battles, and 107 Universe Venerables registered to challenge Zhang Junbao.
  • The Lord of Sky Wolf entered the human Virtual Universe through a Soul Slave, intent on finding a chance to kill Zhang Junbao.
  • Hong and Thunder God decided to explore Cosmic Secret Realms, while Luo Feng traveled toward the Yan God Race’s territory to seek his inherited treasures.
  • Zhang Junbao confirmed that his Life Gene Level remained intact in the Killing Space and faced Three Star Venerable as his first opponent.
  • Three Star Venerable attacked Zhang Junbao with his Self-Destructing Meteor technique.

Ch. 520One Strike Each

Zhang Junbao defeated Three Star Venerable and twelve Intermediate Universe Venerables without using a Supreme Treasure, prompting humanity’s leaders to recognize his overwhelming strength and discuss the consequences of his wagered battles. Youmo Country Lord then entered the Killing Space to challenge Zhang Junbao, claiming he would teach him defeat.

  • Three Star Venerable concealed a Spiritual Force Supreme Treasure in his secret technique and detonated it at close range, but Zhang Junbao blocked the blast with his Beast God Phantom and crushed the hidden treasure.
  • Zhang Junbao killed Three Star Venerable with a Universe Overlord-level Ultimate Secret Technique, then waited for another challenger.
  • Humanity’s Universe Masters praised Zhang Junbao’s strength and debated how to handle the Supreme Treasure debts of the Venerables who had wagered against him.
  • Zhang Junbao defeated twelve Intermediate Universe Venerables in succession without using a Supreme Treasure or revealing other secret techniques.
  • Youmo Country Lord entered the Killing Space and said he had come to temper Zhang Junbao by giving him a taste of defeat, while Zhang Junbao listened with amusement.

Ch. 521Chapter 526

Zhang Junbao defeated Youmo Country Lord with his Withering and Flourishing of Wood technique, then killed Ten Thousand Beasts Venerable with a Light Beast God soul defense. After defeating eighty-four High Universe Venerables, he faced his first Universe Overlord while humanity’s leaders decided to protect him in secret.

  • Youmo Country Lord burned his divine power and attacked Zhang Junbao with the soul-destroying Soul-Slaying Scythe, but Zhang Junbao’s withered trees shattered the attack and rapidly decayed the scythe and its wielder.
  • Zhang Junbao’s Withering and Flourishing of Wood technique killed Youmo Country Lord, while Kumu recognized it as the perfected form of the secret technique he had once shared with Zhang Junbao.
  • Chaos City Lord praised Zhang Junbao before the gathered experts, and the human leaders agreed that Demon Lord Luan Shen would secretly protect him without confining him to humanity’s territory.
  • Ten Thousand Beasts Venerable challenged Zhang Junbao to fight using the Path of the Beast God, but Zhang Junbao’s Light Beast God Phantom crushed his soul attack and killed him in one move.
  • Zhang Junbao killed eighty-four High Universe Venerables in the Killing Space, then faced his first Universe Overlord.

Ch. 522Undying Venerable Died

Zhang Junbao faced Undying Venerable in a wagered battle and overwhelmed him with his mastery of space-time, Supreme Treasures, and the Eight Beast God Paths. The fight ended with Undying Venerable’s defeat, while Zhang Junbao’s views on cultivating the laws prompted Giant Axe and the human Universe Masters to reconsider how power could be advanced.

  • Undying Venerable challenged Zhang Junbao’s illusions and secret techniques, then unleashed his burning divine power and annihilating vines.
  • Zhang Junbao activated the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation and used Control of Space-Time to hold back Undying Venerable’s attack.
  • Zhang Junbao summoned eight Beast God Phantoms and explained that understanding connections between the Origin Laws could deepen cultivation.
  • Giant Axe confirmed that a Universe Supreme Master needed to make up for deficiencies in other laws, though cultivating all laws from the beginning was not a path everyone could follow.
  • The Eight Beast Gods tore apart Undying Venerable’s vines and secret technique, killing him and giving Zhang Junbao another victory.

Ch. 523Looking Up

After Zhang Junbao defeated Undying Venerable, the elder’s confidence in his secret technique collapsed so severely that even the Giant Axe Founder and Chaos City Lord could not restore his will. The wager battle was suspended, and Zhang Junbao agreed to try to bring Undying Venerable back from the brink.

  • Zhang Junbao’s Eight Beast Gods destroyed Undying Venerable’s technique, leaving the defeated elder doubting whether his path of cultivation was correct.
  • Undying Venerable’s will and soul began to collapse, and the Lord of Void Gold and Giant Axe Founder failed to stabilize him.
  • The Chaos City Lord concluded that only Zhang Junbao could undo the doubts he had caused, so the wager battle was suspended before Zhang Junbao could face Star Prison Demon Lord.
  • Zhang Junbao agreed to go to the Giant Axe Arena and help Undying Venerable rebuild his confidence.
  • Star Prison Demon Lord and the other Universe Venerables recognized Zhang Junbao’s extraordinary mastery of the laws and worried about facing him.

Ch. 524Negotiating Terms

Zhang Junbao negotiated with Giant Axe for access to the Giant Axe Miniature Universe’s origin in exchange for treating Undying Venerable. He began the treatment, and Giant Axe recognized the profound mysteries in Zhang Junbao’s secret technique.

  • The Lord of Void Gold brought Zhang Junbao to Giant Axe’s headquarters and argued that he should be held responsible for Undying Venerable’s collapsed will.
  • Giant Axe dismissed the Lord of Void Gold and spoke privately with Zhang Junbao, acknowledging his strength and asking him to treat Undying Venerable.
  • Zhang Junbao refused Supreme Treasure Points and requested ten thousand years of time-accelerated access to Giant Axe’s Miniature Universe origin.
  • Giant Axe accepted the terms, allowing Zhang Junbao to enter the origin where Undying Venerable had been sealed.
  • Zhang Junbao found Undying Venerable’s will nearly extinguished and enclosed him in a deadwood coffin using Withering and Flourishing of Wood.
  • Giant Axe watched Zhang Junbao’s treatment and was astonished by the life-and-destruction mysteries in his technique.

Ch. 525Creating a Top Overlord by Hand

Zhang Junbao helped Undying Venerable recover by teaching him the Withering and Flourishing of Wood secret technique, while Giant Axe explained the Human Race’s need for unity and defended its people. After 100,000 years, Undying Venerable emerged as a Top Universe Overlord, and Giant Axe credited Zhang Junbao with saving him.

  • Giant Axe observed Zhang Junbao guiding the Withering and Flourishing of Wood secret technique into the coffin where Undying Venerable was sealed.
  • Giant Axe explained that the Human Race’s leaders had allowed Zhang Junbao’s wager battle to test his strength and loyalty, and Zhang Junbao affirmed that he would protect humanity as long as it did not betray his efforts.
  • After 100,000 years, Zhang Junbao and Giant Axe sensed Undying Venerable’s will rekindling as he comprehended the origins of life and destruction.
  • Zhang Junbao told Giant Axe that his secret technique came from an Outer Domain Battlefield inheritance and described how his cultivation of the True Meaning of Taiji let him perceive Chaos and balance the Ten Great Laws.
  • Giant Axe accelerated time around Undying Venerable’s coffin, helping him reach the level of a Top Universe Overlord.
  • Undying Venerable shattered his coffin, bowed to Giant Axe, and thanked him for his new life; Giant Axe told him to thank Zhang Junbao instead.

Ch. 526A Battle Between Top Overlords

Undying Venerable revealed that Zhang Junbao had saved him and helped him become a Top Universe Overlord, strengthening the Human Race ahead of the Primal Star’s opening. Zhang Junbao then resumed his wagered battle with Star Prison Demon Lord, and the fight began with both prepared to go all out.

  • Undying Venerable recalled how Zhang Junbao’s Withering and Flourishing of Wood had stabilized his collapsing will and helped him comprehend the mysteries of life and death.
  • Giant Axe ordered Undying Venerable to conceal his new strength as a surprise against the Alien Races, while Undying Venerable thanked Zhang Junbao for saving him.
  • Zhang Junbao refused Lord of Void Gold’s suggestion to cancel his wagered battle and demanded Star Prison Demon Lord’s Top-tier Supreme Treasure War Blade if he won.
  • Chaos City Lord announced that the wagered battle would continue, and Zhang Junbao challenged Star Prison Demon Lord to stake his War Blade instead of Supreme Treasure Points.
  • Zhang Junbao and Star Prison Demon Lord entered the Killing Space, where Zhang Junbao readied his Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation and True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword as Star Prison Demon Lord launched his first attack.

Ch. 527Demon Subjugation

Zhang Junbao faced Star Prison Demon Lord in a wager battle, endured his Star Prison soul attack while studying the technique, and then used his own space-time control to bind and kill him. His victory over a Top Universe Overlord stunned the experts in the Hall of Gods and left his true strength impossible to dismiss.

  • Star Prison Demon Lord surrounded Zhang Junbao with his Star Prison domain and struck his soul with Illusory Sound: Demon Fall, leaving him apparently helpless.
  • Venerable Guiyi and the other observers feared for Zhang Junbao, while Tian Shi Palace Master explained how Star Prison suppressed its victims and Youmo Country Lord celebrated his apparent defeat.
  • Luo Feng dismissed the soul attack as a threat to Zhang Junbao and compared Star Prison to his own I Am the Universe.
  • Zhang Junbao revealed that he had only been observing Star Prison, then used the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation to restrain Star Prison Demon Lord with overwhelming Control of Space-Time.
  • Star Prison Demon Lord unleashed Star Prison returns to the origin; I am Purgatory, but Zhang Junbao struck with True Martial Demon Subjugation and annihilated him.
  • The Hall of Gods was stunned by Zhang Junbao's victory, and Chaos City Lord realized that his Peak Domain-type Supreme Treasure brought his space-time control close to a Universe Master's.

Ch. 528Giant Axe's Command

After Zhang Junbao defeated Star Prison Demon Lord, his battle inspired his old Genius Battle rivals and friend Wuka to pursue their own paths to greater strength. Human leaders ordered his protection and arranged accelerated cultivation for him, while Zhang Junbao prepared to face the Alien Races himself.

  • Bolan praised Zhang Junbao, then challenged the Machine Race’s Thousand Degrees King to prove his own strength.
  • Rong Jun resolved to avenge his father by targeting King Longsheng and refused to let the gap between himself and Zhang Junbao stop him.
  • Wuka asked his father to let him enter Manka Star’s ancestral land, accepted the danger of its life-gene trial, and entered the secret realm.
  • Venerable Ganwu and Zhang Junbao’s other supporters celebrated their Supreme Treasure rewards, while Giant Axe and Chaos City Lord vowed to protect Zhang Junbao from anyone who targeted him.
  • Chaos City Lord brought Zhang Junbao to Giant Axe’s Miniature Universe for ten thousand years of cultivation under ten-thousandfold time acceleration, and Zhang Junbao said he might hunt his enemies afterward.
Arc 21 of 27
Arc 21 of 27