Amidst the mundane affairs of a hundred lifetimes, Chu Ming continued to quietly contemplate, his gaze distant.

"Hmm?"

Swish!

At this moment, a terrifying celestial light ascended from the entire continent, followed by a monstrous aura rising in the sky.

As the strongest person on the continent, Chu Ming naturally felt the aura permeating the entire land. His eyes narrowed, and a cold light shot out.

"I didn't expect the Ice Emperor to break through to the First Layer before me!"

Chu Ming murmured to himself. The Ice Emperor, an invincible figure of this era on the continent, was weaker than Chu Ming at his peak, but now he had taken the lead.

Boom!

The sky over the entire continent inexplicably became covered with frost, adorned in silver.

"To break through, one must be utterly emotionless!"

Chu Ming took a deep breath and murmured. In truth, he had long thought of this method, but he was simply unwilling to accept it.

The "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Technique", although a Divine Level cultivation technique, was not without its flaws. With each layer he cultivated, Chu Ming's control over his emotions weakened. Now, deeply ensnared in illusory desires, if he wanted to break through, he had to break free from these emotional shackles.

Being emotionless is the highest state of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires!

Swish!

Chu Ming flew down, landing amidst a palace filled with jade and marble. As one of the top-tier powerhouses on the continent, Chu Ming naturally possessed the strength to occupy such a vast palace.

"Husband, it's cool at night, come inside and rest!"

A melodious female voice called out. Moments later, a graceful figure emerged from a palace, gazing softly at Chu Ming.

"What's wrong with you?"

The gentle and beautiful woman was slightly taken aback, immediately noticing the stark difference in Chu Ming—his gaze was now incredibly cold.

Boom!

As soon as the gentle woman finished speaking, her body suddenly exploded, with a burst of blood scattering in the sky, her form completely obliterated. Just with a glance, Chu Ming had killed her.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several graceful women shot out from the void, staring at Chu Ming in shock, not knowing what to do.

"Husband, what's wrong with you?"

"What happened?"

"..."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Chu Ming punched out, instantly unleashing multicolored attacks. The women surrounding him, though beautiful and varied in appearance, were no match for even one of Chu Ming's moves. They were all driven into a frenzy, spitting blood!

...

"Falling deeper and deeper!"

The Artifact Spirit gazed at the scene through a crystal, eyes indifferent. The stronger Chu Ming became, the deeper he fell.

...

Boom!

Chu Ming seemed like a god of slaughter, everything around him reduced to ruins, the entire palace obliterated, and blood splattered on the ground like a tragic painting.

Boom!

A terrifying black tribulation cloud suddenly rose in the sky, lightning roaring and rolling, as if countless thunderstorms were slicing through the heavens. Chu Ming's eyes turned blood-red as he stared at the black tribulation cloud in the sky, a look of excitement flashing in his gaze.

Boom!

A black thundercloud, like a calamity of annihilation, descended from the sky, instantly striking Chu Ming. The explosion of destruction turned everything within thousands of miles into rubble.

Splurt!

Just as the black tribulation cloud was about to strike Chu Ming, a white light plate suddenly appeared in the void, covering the sky. The white light instantly repelled everything on the continent, even disintegrating the tribulation cloud into countless stardust.

Boom!

"What's going on?!"

In the Holy Tomb, the Artifact Spirit's gaze was cold as it stared at the scene, pupils suddenly shrinking. The crystal plane before it turned completely dark, Chu Ming's figure had completely vanished.

"Impossible, in the Holy Tomb, I have absolute control unless the other party is a supreme Heavenly Dao practitioner!"

The Artifact Spirit calmed itself down slightly, then began to ponder quietly.

Boom!

Just as it was contemplating, Chu Ming's figure gradually became clear in the starry sky, the black mist around him dissipating to reveal his true form. At this moment, Chu Ming slowly opened his tightly closed eyes, two beams of light shooting out, carrying an endless sense of age, as if countless years were flowing quietly within.

Swish!

The Artifact Spirit's figure darted out from the void, staring uncertainly at Chu Ming before taking a deep breath and slowly speaking.

"I don't know what happened to you, but it appears that you have passed the Second Layer test!"

Chu Ming remained silent. He still hadn't completely recovered from the hundred lifetimes of mundane experiences. Experiencing a hundred lifetimes had been an immense mental trial for him.

"Thanks to it!"

Chu Ming muttered in his heart. At the last moment of the hundred lifetimes scenario, he had almost been unable to hold on, saved only by the white light plate.

After the Artifact Spirit finished speaking, it disappeared into the darkness. Chu Ming closed his eyes and quietly began to recover.

A day passed quickly. The Artifact Spirit emerged from the void, gazing indifferently at Chu Ming and said coldly.

"Now begins the Third Layer test; this is also an opportunity for you!"

Swish!

With a slight gesture from the Artifact Spirit, Chu Ming instantly disappeared from this space and reappeared in a starry sky filled with an ocean of meteorites.

"Here lies a Star Sea Map. Your test for this layer is to comprehend ten percent of this Star Sea Map within three years!"

The Artifact Spirit's cold voice echoed in the void.

Swish!

A phantom pattern spread out in the void. This pattern, the size of a millstone, was covered with countless intricate designs, infinitely mysterious. With just one glance, Chu Ming was deeply captivated.

"This pattern contains numerous changes in secret techniques!"

Chu Ming thought excitedly to himself. If he could fully comprehend this Star Sea Map, his three secret techniques might become top tier in a short period.

Boom!

Chu Ming quickly immersed himself in the Star Sea Map, his mind's secret technique light clusters sparking like flashes of electricity within.

...

"Having spent the energy of countless epochs, I hope he can succeed!"

Gazing at Chu Ming's figure, the Artifact Spirit spoke faintly. The complete Star Sea Map was one of the nine supreme diagrams in the cosmos, a cosmic treasure of inestimable value. The Star Sea Map placed in the Star Sea Hall of the nine Divine Kingdoms, was just a phantom replica. Even so, the energy cost for this was vast.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed. The entire Holy Tomb had almost been turned upside down by Human Race transcendence realm experts and demons. Indeed, many mystical treasures were discovered, some even finding Celestial Tier treasures, and someone even discovered a heaven-defying spiritual medicine, directly breaking through to the Life and Death Realm.

However, Chu Ming seemed to have vanished within the Holy Tomb, leaving no trace. Soon, rumors spread that Chu Ming had fallen in the Primordial Tower. These rumors plunged the entire Human Race into sorrow. After all, Chu Ming was the titled prodigy of the Human Race, his existence a beacon of hope against the Restricted Area. Now, his alleged fall seemed to extinguish their hope entirely.