  The Stefan-Boltzmann law can estimate particle emission power and lifetime of
a black hole. However, in modified gravity theories, new parameters in the
action can cause qualitative changes in thermodynamic quantities, thus
obtaining specific thermodynamic properties often requires complicated
calculation with higher degree equations. In this work, we aim to provide a
general model-independent description of the evolution of AdS black holes,
using Gauss-Bonnet massive gravity as an example. We prove that the impact
factor of an infinitely large AdS black hole is equal to the effective AdS
radius, and the black hole is able to evaporate an infinite amount of mass in
finite time, so that the lifetime of the black hole depends on the final state
temperature in the evaporation process. The black hole will evaporate out when
the final state temperature diverges and will transform into a remnant when the
temperature is zero. Since we have analyzed massive gravity in detail, we can
introduce the Gauss-Bonnet term to study how it affects the thermodynamic
quantities. We obtain the final states for different parameter intervals, study
the qualitative properties of black hole evaporation, and classify the
associated cases. This method can also be applied to other models.
