Chapter Summaries

On Mars, Lin Yan trained with the Extreme Divine Weapon and formed its third shape, Void Domain, but struggled to control its chaotic energy without the Void River secret art. He examined the Silver Eye of a Time-Space Nightmare Beast, a gift from the Qianwu Country Lord that he could keep only by entering the Original Secret Realm, and looked ahead to the Genius Battle showdown.

• Lin Yan practiced the Extreme Divine Weapon’s first two forms on Mars and assembled its third form, Void Domain, from 720 Mirror Crystals.
• Lin Yan found that Void Domain’s energy was too chaotic to control effectively and recognized the Void River secret art as the solution.
• Lin Yan inspected the Silver Eye delivered by Divine Lord Kunshalo on behalf of the Qianwu Country Lord, who had made it conditional on Lin Yan entering the Original Secret Realm.
• Lin Yan recalled that the Silver Eye belonged to a peak World Lord Time-Space Nightmare Beast and contained valuable time-law energy.
• Lin Yan judged that he was not yet strong enough to face Bolan but resolved to use the five remaining years to prepare for the Genius Battle showdown.

Hong survived Group 161’s arena melee and advanced after enduring attacks from a powerful female warrior and avoiding the strongest competitor, Rong Jun. As Luo watched Hong gain fame, Lin Yan began promoting Luo Feng and the others while planning to keep himself out of the public eye until a later surprise.

• Luo Feng and Thunder God worried that Hong’s Group 161 assignment placed him alongside the formidable Rong Jun, while Lin Yan trusted Hong to stay cautious.
• Hong hid his strength at first, then fought back as the melee narrowed and used his speed and spear to survive the female warrior’s relentless attacks.
• Hong eliminated the ninetieth competitor and advanced, drawing cheers from spectators and the attention of Luo, the legendary Time World Lord.
• Lin Yan instructed Wind Queen to hire Tianshui Studio to promote Luo Feng and the others, focusing first on Black Dragon Mountain Island and Luo Feng.
• Lin Yan told Wind Queen he intended to let the others gain public attention while keeping himself out of the spotlight for a later surprise.

Lin Yan helped Hong build ties with Luo, the Time World Lord, while Earth’s people and institutions spread to new planets and the four Earth warriors advanced through the Genius Battle. After the Reincarnation Battles ended, Luo Feng reunited with Savage Rong Jun in the preparation hall, where Lin Yan arrived and drew everyone’s attention.

• Luo offered to take Hong as his disciple, but Hong refused so he could remain near Earth and pursue the Ganwu Secret Realm; Lin Yan advised him to keep in contact with Luo and offer him Earth-grown Jade Sea Silver Needle tea.
• Thunder God broke through to the eighth layer of Lightning Domain during his chaotic arena battle, while Lin Yan focused on cultivating with the Silver Eye’s Time Origin Law patterns.
• Lin Yan arranged new planets for Earth’s relocating nations, while Star River University became Earth’s main center for training warriors.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God endured the Reincarnation Battles and passed internal selection; Lord Kunshalo relayed the Qianwu Country Lord’s offer of rewards or entry to the Ganwu Secret Realm.
• After the Reincarnation Battles ended on March 2nd, 2069, Luo Feng met Savage Rong Jun in the preparation hall, and Lin Yan arrived as the crowd watched.

Lin Yan reunited with Rong Jun before the thousand Ganwu geniuses learned they had a year and a half to prepare for the Cosmic Humans’ pinnacle showdown. While Lin Yan cultivated in seclusion and other universe countries assessed their rivals, his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone was finally about to be born.

• Lin Yan told Rong Jun they would fight again later and hoped Rong Jun would still have the courage to challenge him; Rong Jun vowed his blade would never lose its edge.
• A Virtual Universe Company organizer led the thousand Ganwu geniuses into the Fighting Arena, where a towering giant announced that the pinnacle showdown would begin in a year and a half.
• In the Barbaric Universe Country, a Manka Race youth heard that Rong Jun and Lin Yan were dangerous rivals, then declared he would claim first place.
• Lin Yan ignored rival intelligence and cultivated while Rong Jun, Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, and the Ganwu Royal Family’s geniuses trained for the showdown.
• In July 2069, Lin Yan received an insight while comprehending the Time Nightmare Beast Silver Pupil and realized his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone was about to be born.

Lin Yan’s Green Line Devouring Worm Clone hatched, revealing its law talents, powerful soul abilities, and three Talent Secret Methods. He sent a clone to root in Chi Pan Star while preparing for the upcoming peak genius showdown, which was set to begin in September 2070.

• Lin Yan watched the crystal casing shatter and discovered that his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone had hatched as a giant green caterpillar with talents in the Law of Wood and the Space Law.
• Lin Yan learned that the worm’s soul contained 10,000 linked Soul Sources and that its Talent Secret Methods were Clone Technique, Rooting, and Parasitism.
• Lin Yan sent a worm clone to Chi Pan Star’s planetary core, where it transformed into a seed and began absorbing Cosmic Essence through its roots.
• Lin Yan decided to focus the worm’s cultivation on reaching Stellar level nine and studying soul techniques while he continued training his own laws, weapons, and combat skills.
• Lin Yan continued cultivating as time passed, and September 2070 arrived with the peak genius showdown approaching.

Lin Yan encouraged Lin Tangtang and met Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God before the universe-wide Genius Battle began. Lord Thirteen led Ganwu Universe Country’s thousand geniuses to the gathering, where Lin Yan and Rong Jun drew attention while Luo Feng resolved to prove himself.

• Lin Tangtang demonstrated her Control Chapter skills, and Lin Yan gave her a Demon Luo Fruit for Yan Hua while warning her not to prank her classmates.
• Lin Yan visited Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God, encouraged Luo Feng to use the Trial Space to improve, and heard Hong urge them to win a future for Earth.
• Rong Jun approached Lin Yan eagerly, but Lin Yan asked what he would look like with clean hair and clothes, leaving Rong Jun’s mindset nearly collapsed.
• Lord Thirteen gathered Ganwu Universe Country’s geniuses, praised Lin Yan and Rong Jun, and warned that the others had little hope in the competition.
• The thousand geniuses arrived at the gathering plaza, where contestants from other universe countries discussed Lin Yan and Rong Jun while Luo Feng remained confident he could reach the top thousand.

The Ganwu Universe Country geniuses settled into their quarters and explored the plaza, where Luo Feng assessed the competition and Lin Yan joined him. The gathering fell silent when Bolan the Death God appeared, leaving Lin Yan eager to face the battle ahead.

• The Giant in Scale Armor assigned number plates to the Ganwu geniuses, giving Lin Yan number 1, Rong Jun number 2, and Luo Feng number 3.
• At Restaurant No. 1, immortals discussed Ganwu’s promising fighters and praised Bolan, while Saifula anticipated his Noah Universe Country’s success.
• Luo Feng surveyed the plaza’s elite contenders, including Ai Chen, Galesi, Rong Jun, and the Manka Star Prince, and resolved to reveal his full strength.
• Lin Yan joined Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God as nearby geniuses discussed Lin Yan’s victory over Rong Jun and his chances of placing in the top ten.
• Bolan walked into the plaza, drawing the attention of the top contenders, and Lin Yan smiled and called the prospect of facing him interesting.

Lin Yan and the other geniuses learned the rules of the Virtual Universe Company's Peak Genius Battle, then entered their individual Trial Spaces. Lin Yan began the first tower's first floor, determined to clear challenges the organizers expected everyone to fail.

• Lin Yan listened as the geniuses discussed Bolan the Death God's overwhelming Space Origin Law mastery and his expected victory.
• A Space Venerable gathered the million-plus participants, explained that the trial rankings would determine who advanced, and announced that only 7,300 would reach the arena duels.
• The next morning, Lin Yan was teleported to his Trial Space and read the rules and point rewards for its seven Trial Towers.
• Lin Yan entered the first tower's first floor, where he faced 10,000 Blood Mane Mammoths and could advance by killing them all or surviving ten days.

Lin Yan advanced through the Trial Tower, defeating its beasts and mechanical puppets while the universe’s undying observers praised his skill. On the seventh floor of the Fourth Trial Tower, he encountered a Zerg Mother Nest and let its Green Mantises emerge so he could study their combat methods.

• Lin Yan cleared the first floor by killing the Blood Mane Mammoths with his Myriad Sword Soul Seal, then continued through the Trial Tower.
• The undying observers discussed Bolan’s lead and praised Lin Yan’s weapon control, while the Giant in Scale Armor also watched Rong Jun and criticized Luo Feng for using the trials to train.
• Lin Yan destroyed the Mechanical Puppets on a later floor by evading their railgun fire and piercing their control chips with the Aurora Cones.
• On the sixth floor of the Fourth Trial Tower, Lin Yan killed the two remaining Cang and advanced to the seventh floor.
• Lin Yan inspected the Zerg Mother Nest, hoping to learn from its combat methods for his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone, and watched Green Mantises swarm out toward him.

Lin Yan’s promotional video made him a sensation across the Ganwu Universe Country while the Genius Battle’s Trial Space eliminations continued. As Hong joined the eliminated geniuses in the central plaza, Lin Yan revealed a powerful new technique against the Zerg, leaving the spectators and Immortals stunned.

• The Virtual Universe Company released Lin Yan’s promotional video, and people across the Ganwu Universe Country celebrated his ranking and growing fame.
• Hong fought through the third Trial Tower’s seventh level, killed the Zerg Mother Queen, and was eliminated after reaching the threshold of the Light Origin Law.
• Hong met Thunder God in the central plaza, where they discussed their progress and watched Lin Yan ranked second among the Trial Space participants.
• Thunder God defended Lin Yan against critics who doubted he could clear the fifth Trial Tower’s Zerg Mother Nest stage.
• As the Immortals expected Lin Yan to reach his limit, he produced hundreds of afterimages and used the Sky Swallowing Cone to shred the surrounding Zerg.

Lin Yan revealed that his Light and Time Origin Laws let him use Splitting Light and Shadow, a technique that created phantom-like forms and strengthened his combat ability. He used it to defeat the fifth Trial Tower’s Zerg swarm and Mother Queen, then continued onward.

• Immortals watching the trials recognized Lin Yan’s shadow forms and speculated that he had inherited the Splitting Light and Shadow technique from the Fensun World Lord.
• Lin Yan faced the fifth Trial Tower’s Zerg Mother Nest and began fighting its Green Mantises with the Sky Swallowing Cone.
• The Mother Nest produced Blood Mantises, whose coordinated squads restricted Lin Yan’s movement and pressured him from every direction.
• Lin Yan used the second level of Mirror Flower Water Moon, Splitting Light and Shadow, to control the battlefield and slaughter nearly all the Zerg.
• The Mother Queen attacked Lin Yan’s consciousness, but his Tower of Void shattered the mental assault, and he killed her with a crystalline cone.

Lin Yan entered the seventh Trial Tower after Bolan failed to defeat its Blood Mane Mammoths, then revealed the third level of the Extreme Divine Weapon. His moving Void Domain began annihilating the beasts as he tore through their ranks.

• Bolan cleared the sixth Trial Tower and entered the seventh, where he killed 5,612 Blood Mane Mammoths before being defeated and teleported back to the central plaza.
• Lin Yan reached the seventh Trial Tower and reflected that he intended to play the hero who challenged Bolan rather than the Demon King.
• Lin Yan faced the ten thousand Blood Mane Mammoths and summoned 720 Mirror Crystals from the Gem Sword.
• Lin Yan formed the third level of the Extreme Divine Weapon, the Void Domain, which slowed the charging mammoths and destroyed them with its black-and-white energy cycle.
• Lin Yan rode the Sky Shattering Shuttle through the battlefield as the Void Domain moved with him and annihilated the Blood Mane Mammoths.

Lin Yan revealed the third level of the Extreme Divine Weapon, the Void Domain, and overtook Bolan to claim first place in the trials. As Lin Yan continued through the seventh Trial Tower and Luo Feng climbed to sixteenth, their exploits ignited excitement across the human territory, especially in the Ganwu Universe Country and the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

• Lin Yan used the Void Domain to kill every Blood Mane Mammoth on the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower, surpassing Bolan and taking first place.
• Rong Jun remembered Lin Yan's challenge, refused to give up, and vowed to rise to the summit as Tu Man; the Mengluo Wing Race girl and Bolan also watched Lin Yan's feat and recognized him as a formidable opponent.
• Immortals including Heng Tuo praised Lin Yan's hidden strength but doubted he could clear the seventh Trial Tower, especially against the Zerg Mother Queen's Mental Attack.
• Candita stopped on the fifth floor of the fifth Trial Tower and ranked twenty-ninth, while Yifeng cleared that floor before stopping on the sixth floor and ranking seventeenth.
• The Virtual Universe Company's promotional video announced that only Lin Yan and Luo Feng remained in the Trial Space, with Lin Yan first and Luo Feng sixteenth, prompting celebration across the human territory.
• Lin Yan's planned reversal of the 'Bolan Is Invincible' narrative drew widespread attention, and a boy in Ganwu Continent shouted, 'Luo Feng! My Superman!'

Luo Feng reached fourth place in the Trial Space after awakening the Nine Lines Flow, while Lin Yan advanced through the seventh Trial Tower and used the Void River to destroy its Zerg Mother Nest. Lin Yan cleared all seven towers and became a legend, leaving the trial-takers and immortals stunned.

• Luo Feng formed a ninth phantom body under the Zerg attack, mastered the Nine Lines Flow, and killed the Zerg Mother Queen.
• Luo Feng finished fourth overall, reunited with Hong and Thunder God, and watched Lin Yan reach the seventh tower.
• Lin Yan destroyed the Mechanical Puppets on the fifth floor and advanced to the sixth floor, despite the strain of wielding the Void Domain.
• Lin Yan survived the Starry Sky Beasts on the sixth floor and faced a Zerg Mother Nest guarded by thousands of mantises and a Ghost Mantis Insectoid.
• Lin Yan unleashed the Void River, destroyed the Zerg forces and Mother Nest, and killed the Mother Queen as his psychic power ran out.
• Lin Yan was teleported to the central plaza after clearing all seven Trial Towers, where the crowd recognized him as a legend.

After Lin Yan cleared all seven Trial Towers and ranked first, the Virtual Universe Company’s leaders assessed his prospects and prepared for the arena battles. The chapter ended with the Commerce Division agreeing to invest in Lin Yan and Luo Feng’s virtual game company as a subsidiary.

• Lin Yan returned to the Ganwu team after clearing every Trial Tower, and the white-clad young man challenged him to a rematch in the arena battles.
• The Giant in Scale Armor praised the Ganwu team’s results, warned Lin Yan, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun about hidden experts, and stressed that first place carried a slot in the Original Secret Realm.
• Longyu King showed Nine Swords Venerable Lin Yan’s trial footage, but Nine Swords Venerable declined to take him as a disciple because their paths differed.
• Longyu King told Nine Swords Venerable that the Genius Battle had been granted two Original Secret Realm slots, and Nine Swords Venerable decided to add a prize to keep Lin Yan and Bolan competing.
• Ape Purple Lightning Marquis shared Lin Yan and Luo Feng’s plan for their virtual game Kunlun, and the Commerce Division agreed to make Jiuzhou Company a subsidiary of the Virtual Universe Company.

A Universe Venerable announced the arena results and the Virtual Universe Company's secret-realm placements, with Lin Yan and Bolan expected to compete for the two Original Secret Realm spots. After the company’s final-battle rules excluded most of the new qualifiers from further duels, Lin Yan left to prepare for the decisive battles the next day.

• The Universe Venerable sent the 7,200 trial participants into three rounds of arena battles, selecting 900 winners while Lin Yan and the other top 100 watched.
• Luo Feng and Rong Jun discussed Phantom Demon Galesi’s frightening illusion-based soul attacks, while Lin Yan wondered how Galesi’s illusion skills compared with his own.
• The Universe Venerable announced rewards and secret-realm placements for the final thousand, reserving two Original Secret Realm spots for the session and warning the geniuses that they had to seize opportunities.
• The Virtual Universe System’s final-battle rules gave only 100 of the 900 newly qualified geniuses a chance to fight the top 100 trial participants, prompting excluded contestants to protest.
• The immortals subdued the protesting geniuses, and the Virtual Universe Company told them they could refuse to join; Lin Yan left, determined to claim an Original Secret Realm spot in the battles the next day.

Lin Yan faced Phantom Demon Galesi in the top-twenty battle, resisted Galesi’s illusion technique, and defeated him with an illusion of his own. Lin Yan advanced to the top ten, leaving the watching geniuses stunned by his victory over the famed Phantom Demon.

• Lin Yan defeated Liu Qi with a single blow and advanced into the top hundred.
• The Venerable announced the twenty contestants chosen to battle for the top ten, including Lin Yan, Luo Feng, and Phantom Demon Galesi.
• The twenty were paired across ten arenas, and Lin Yan drew Phantom Demon Galesi as his opponent.
• Galesi attacked Lin Yan with his Bewitching God illusion and Black Light Wheel, but Lin Yan’s Tower of Void protected his soul.
• Lin Yan trapped Galesi in an illusion in which the Venerable offered to adopt him as a son, then defeated him and advanced to the top ten.

Lin Yan defeated Phantom Demon Galesi with a powerful illusion, while Rong Jun shocked the spectators by revealing a self-created blade technique and defeating Gusiluo. The tournament paired Lin Yan with Rong Jun for the next round, and Lin Yan drew an invisible sword to offer him the battle he had long wanted.

• Lin Yan trapped Phantom Demon Galesi in an illusion and erased him with a soul attack, astonishing the watching immortals and geniuses.
• Rong Jun defeated Gusiluo with a powerful self-created blade technique that combined earth and space Origin Law Comprehension.
• The ten arena victors advanced to the top ten, and the purple-scaled man announced pairings based on how quickly they had won.
• Lin Yan was paired with Rong Jun, who welcomed the chance to fight the opponent he had awaited for five years.
• As their duel began, Lin Yan summoned an invisible sword and challenged Rong Jun to show his full strength.

Lin Yan challenged Rong Jun to close combat with the Han Guang Sword, surprising the spectators who expected him to rely on his Extreme Divine Weapon. After using an illusion-laced sword style to disrupt Rong Jun, Lin Yan defeated him with his one perfected sword technique, the Instant Kill Secret Sword.

• Lin Yan chose to fight Rong Jun with the Han Guang Sword, drawing astonishment from the watching geniuses and immortals.
• Rong Jun charged with his saber, but Lin Yan’s agile swordsmanship repeatedly turned aside his attacks.
• Lin Yan wove an illusion realm into his swordsmanship, briefly slowing Rong Jun’s consciousness before Rong Jun broke free.
• Rong Jun unleashed his strongest technique, Savage Cleaver, and locked Lin Yan down with a devastating saber strike.
• Lin Yan countered with the Instant Kill Secret Sword, fatally cutting Rong Jun, who crashed to the arena floor.

Lin Yan defeated Rong Jun and advanced through the top five battles, revealing his skill with illusion-infused swordsmanship before facing Bolan in the final match. As Bolan manifested three thousand illusionary bodies, Lin Yan summoned 1,600 Mirror Crystals into the Gemstone Dragon, unveiling the fourth level of the Extreme Divine Weapon, the Dragon of Sun and Moon.

• Lin Yan defeated Rong Jun with the Instant Kill Secret Sword, astonishing the watching geniuses and Immortals.
• The top five battles ended with Bolan, Ai Chen, Long Yun, and Uka winning their respective matches, and the Purple-scaled Venerable in Green Robe announced a points-based Reincarnation Battle with doubled points for first place.
• Long Yun defeated Luo Feng in the top-five battle, while Lin Yan later used illusion-infused swordsmanship to expose Long Yun's defenses and kill him.
• Lin Yan and Bolan each secured three victories, leaving their match to decide the final outcome; Lin Yan declared himself far stronger, and Bolan vowed to win.
• Bolan revealed that he could create three thousand illusionary bodies and unleashed a powerful blood-red sword strike.
• Lin Yan summoned 1,600 Mirror Crystals and formed a Gemstone Dragon, revealing the Dragon of Sun and Moon as the Immortals watched in shock.