Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan fought the sixth-level Tongtian Bridge guardian, using his understanding of time and space to overcome the Silver Clad Man’s spear techniques. He killed the guardian, leaving his attempt at the sixth level victorious.

• Lin Yan faced the Silver Clad Man and used his fused time-and-space swordsmanship to gain the upper hand.
• Longyu King, Black Mist King, King Feng Tuo, King Tianyi, and the other observers praised Lin Yan’s techniques and discussed his prospects as a disciple.
• Lin Yan studied the guardian’s shifting spear techniques while searching for a decisive opening.
• After the Silver Clad Man wounded him, Lin Yan entered the Divine State and struck with the Track Kill Secret Sword, wounding him and severing his arm.
• Lin Yan pressed his attack with a storm of sword shadows and turned the Silver Clad Man into a bloody mist.

Lin Yan passed the first six levels of the Tongtian Bridge on his first challenge, shocking the Immortal Gods and his fellow geniuses. He failed at the seventh level, but his feat prompted others to reassess their cultivation as the young geniuses gathered on Central Island.

• Lin Yan defeated his opponent on the sixth level, and the watching Immortal Gods marveled at how quickly he had advanced through the Tongtian Bridge.
• Guardian Bafen emailed Bolan, Rong Jun, Luo Feng, Qian Shui, Galesi, Ai Chen, Uka, and the other geniuses to tell them Lin Yan had passed six levels and was challenging the seventh.
• Rong Jun, Qian Shui, Ai Chen, Luo Feng, and Bolan each reacted with shock or renewed determination after learning of Lin Yan’s achievement.
• Lin Yan chose to fight a warrior on the seventh level, but the blue-clothed opponent wielded World Power and defeated him, ending his first challenge.
• Longyu King and the other Immortal Gods left to report the result, while True Yan King teased King Tong Nan and the young geniuses arrived on Central Island looking for Lin Yan.

Lin Yan’s six-level Tongtian Bridge achievement spread through the Virtual Universe Company, while Luo Feng set aside his envy and recommitted himself to cultivation. Lin Yan visited King Tong Nan, where True Yan King learned that Tong Nan had secretly been teaching him and reacted furiously.

• Bafen confirmed that Lin Yan had passed the sixth Tongtian Bridge level but failed the seventh, leaving the other young geniuses stunned by the gap between them.
• Longyu King and other Immortal Gods reported Lin Yan’s feat to Nine Swords Venerable, and news of his achievement spread through the Virtual Universe Company’s upper ranks.
• Luo Feng reflected on his own progress, credited Lin Yan with helping Earth develop, and resolved to keep pursuing his goals with Babata.
• Lin Yan decided to save his 63,000 points for now and went to meet King Tong Nan after receiving the teacher’s summons.
• True Yan King praised Lin Yan’s skill and teaching, then discovered that King Tong Nan had guided Lin Yan for two years and angrily grabbed his staff.

Lin Yan celebrated his success at the Tongtian Bridge with King Tong Nan and True Yan King, who warned him about the dangers ahead and the cost of pursuing resources. King Tong Nan let him study the secret art Heavenly Punishment, hoping it would help protect him from the threats posed by alien races.

• King Tong Nan introduced Lin Yan to True Yan King and served him Five-Colored Stars, which transformed Lin Yan’s body and soul.
• King Tong Nan cautioned Lin Yan that the Virtual Universe Company’s competition for resources brought grave dangers, and Lin Yan said he understood.
• Lin Yan explained that he had disabled Virtual Universe Network messages to avoid responding to powerful figures seeking to take him as a disciple.
• King Tong Nan offered to guide Lin Yan for thirty years and told him to consult True Yan King about Space Law.
• King Tong Nan sent Lin Yan to cultivate in the quiet room, where books on Heavenly Punishment awaited him.
• King Tong Nan told True Yan King that he hoped Lin Yan would master Heavenly Punishment to prepare for the dangers of war against alien races.

Lin Yan absorbed the Five-Colored Stars and discovered that King Tong Nan had left him a trove of Soul-type technique books, including the Heavenly Punishment secret technique. As powerful figures considered taking Lin Yan as a disciple, Chaos City Lord received an unexpected message from Mu Xing Country Lord.

• Lin Yan spent three days absorbing the Five-Colored Stars, which strengthened his body and soul and sharpened his perception of Origin Law fluctuations.
• Lin Yan found 116 books on Soul-type techniques that King Tong Nan had prepared, including the Heavenly Punishment secret technique, and resolved to repay his teacher’s kindness.
• Lin Yan began having his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone study the books to improve his Soul-type techniques.
• Nine Swords Venerable recognized Lin Yan’s extraordinary progress and considered his position as Lin Yan’s assigned Venerable an advantage in guiding him.
• Chaos City Lord considered taking Lin Yan as a nominal disciple, then received an email from someone who unexpectedly wished to take a disciple.
• Chaos City Lord accepted the prospect and addressed the sender as Mu Xing Country Lord, wondering whether he had found the ultimate direction of life evolution.

Bolan resolved to follow the Space-focused path with the Universe Chaos Stele instead of changing to match Lin Yan, while Lin Yan studied advanced soul-control techniques in Chaos City. Lin Yan learned that Chaos City Lord had intervened in the offers to take him as a disciple, leaving Mu Xing Country Lord’s invitation as his only available choice.

• Bolan rejected his teacher’s offer to transfer him to the Nine Universes Chaos Stele and committed to pursuing Space as his main focus and Time as his supplement.
• Lin Yan studied the foundational soul secret codices and began examining King Tong Nan’s Heavenly Punishment sound-kill technique.
• Lin Yan enabled Virtual Universe Network reception and found an invitation from Mu Xing Country Lord, along with fewer messages than he expected.
• King Tong Nan and True Yan King explained Mu Xing Country Lord’s ancient status and the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele, which corresponded to a Tongtian Bridge with twenty-four levels.
• King Tong Nan learned from Long Yu that Nine Swords Venerable’s email had been recalled at Chaos City Lord’s direction, suggesting Chaos City Lord wanted Lin Yan to accept Mu Xing Country Lord’s invitation.

Mu Xing Country Lord came to Chaos City to meet Lin Yan and teach the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele. After her lecture, Lin Yan asked her to accept him as her disciple, and she named him her third personal disciple.

• Mu Xing Country Lord received three rods of Tomb River Divine Marrow in the Tomb River Secret Realm and sensed something that gave her a trace of anticipation.
• The Mother Ancestor School's Sect Masters learned that Mu Xing Country Lord planned to lecture in Chaos City and suspected she intended to take Lin Yan as her disciple.
• Lin Yan attended Mu Xing Country Lord's lecture on the First Diagram of the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele and gained new insights into the Origin Laws.
• After the lecture, Lin Yan knelt before Mu Xing Country Lord and asked to become her disciple.
• Mu Xing Country Lord accepted Lin Yan as her third personal disciple and told him to follow her.

Rong Jun and Bolan reacted to the news that Lin Yan had become Mu Xing Country Lord’s disciple, while Lin Yan received his first guidance from her in Chaos City. She advised him to focus on comprehending laws for the next thirty years and later seek the combat manual Black Hole Evolution, then granted him access to her private Plane Space.

• Rong Jun learned that Lin Yan had become Mu Xing Country Lord’s disciple and trained harder to clear the third Tongtian Bridge level.
• Yuan Chen Country Lord wondered why Mu Xing Country Lord and Chaos City Lord had taken such an unusual interest in Lin Yan.
• Bolan learned of Lin Yan’s new teacher and resolved to progress quickly enough to attract an Immortal Grandmaster as his teacher.
• Mu Xing Country Lord praised Lin Yan’s progress, told him to focus on law comprehension, and invited him to attend her explanation of the second Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele illustration.
• Mu Xing Country Lord advised Lin Yan to seek Black Hole Evolution after leaving Chaos City and granted him permanent access to her exclusive Plane Space.

Lin Yan trained in Chaos City, evolved the Tai Sui Tree Spirit to the Domain Lord level, and hunted Chaos Beasts to absorb Chaos True Spirits until his soul became saturated. Thirty years passed as he continued cultivating, while the author ended with a note about feeling mentally exhausted and trying to adjust.

• Lin Yan reflected on his rapid law comprehension in Chaos City and anticipated that he could soon master the essences of the second diagram.
• The Tai Sui Tree Spirit completed its evolution, became a Domain Lord-level defensive battle suit, and merged with Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan used his Mechanical race ship and Sky Shattering Shuttle to hunt a Cosmic Level Nine Chaos Beast, then absorbed its Chaos True Spirit.
• Lin Yan assessed his soul cultivation, Psionic Amplitude Strength, and progress with the Extreme Divine Weapon, noting he was still far from mastering its sixth level.
• Lin Yan continued hunting until his soul became saturated, returned to Chaos City, and spent another thirty years cultivating.

After thirty years in Chaos City, Lin Yan prepared to leave for the Original Secret Realm, reflecting on his immense progress in Law comprehension and bidding farewell to King Tong Nan. Nine Swords Venerable summoned the surviving geniuses and gave them ten days for their final cultivation, and Lin Yan prepared to challenge the Tongtian Bridge once more.

• Longyu reported to Nine Swords Venerable that 821 of the 1,000 newcomers remained alive, with Lin Yan, Bolan, and Luo Feng leading their achievements.
• Lin Yan reached the end of his thirty years in Chaos City after advancing his comprehension of the Universe Chaos Stele and its deepest time and space essences.
• Lin Yan met King Tong Nan, thanked him for his guidance, and heard that their master-disciple relationship would end as King Tong Nan entered seclusion.
• Nine Swords Venerable summoned the surviving geniuses, criticized their deaths in Chaos City, and announced that they would leave in ten days.
• Rong Jun passed the fourth Tongtian Bridge level, Luo Feng passed the sixth, and Bolan passed the seventh before Lin Yan prepared for his own challenge.

Lin Yan challenged the Tongtian Bridge after thirty years of cultivation and effortlessly passed its eighth and ninth levels, stunning the geniuses and Immortal Gods watching. He continued toward the tenth level, leaving his next challenge underway.

• Nine Swords Venerable and Kandri discussed the newcomers' progress, and Nine Swords Venerable learned that Lin Yan had begun challenging the Tongtian Bridge.
• Lin Yan arrived at the Tongtian Bridge, and Longyu King allowed the gathered geniuses and Immortal Gods to watch his battle live.
• Lin Yan defeated the eighth-level warrior with one strike and passed the eighth level.
• Lin Yan fought the ninth-level warrior, combined time and space through his sword technique, and passed the ninth level.
• Lin Yan flew toward the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Lin Yan challenged the Tenth Layer of the Tongtian Bridge despite the Immortal Gods believing it was beyond his reach. He defeated the gatekeeper with his prototype Sword Illusion, leaving the watching crowd to confront another feat that seemed impossible.

• The Immortal Gods watching Lin Yan pass the ninth floor argued that he could not pass the Tenth Layer so soon.
• Lin Yan chose the Warrior opponent and declared that he intended to defeat the Tenth Layer gatekeeper.
• Lin Yan struggled against the yellow-robed gatekeeper’s powerful swordsmanship and realized his ordinary combat ability would not be enough.
• Lin Yan unleashed his prototype Sword Illusion, trapping the gatekeeper’s consciousness and killing him.
• Lin Yan passed the Tenth Layer and reflected that his No Desire secret technique, enhanced Psionic Amplitude, and World Power had made the victory possible.

After thirty years in Chaos City, Lin Yan cleared the Tenth Layer of the Tongtian Bridge but lost at the Eleventh. His achievement amazed humanity’s powerful figures and made alien races mark him as a priority target for assassination.

• Lin Yan cleared the Tenth Layer of the Tongtian Bridge, stunning the observers and leading his fellow geniuses to regard him as unreachable.
• Lin Yan challenged the Eleventh Layer, but his flawed Sword Illusion was defeated by the man in yellow, ending his attempt.
• King Tong Nan, Longyu King, True Yan King, Nine Swords Venerable, Kandri, and the Chaos City Lord praised Lin Yan’s talent and potential.
• Lin Yan returned to his residence to contemplate his insights before planning to view the Universe Chaos Stele the next day.
• A Zerg Mother Nest ordered Lin Yan listed as the organization’s top target and reported his threat to the race.
• Another alien power decided to wait until Lin Yan faced future trials to attempt to kill him, as news of his achievement spread among alien races.

After Lin Yan cleared the Tenth Layer of the Tongtian Bridge, the Ganwu Branch strengthened security around his home and reviewed Jiuzhou Company's growth. Lin Yan then left Chaos City with his peers and traveled toward the Original Secret Realm, where Nine Swords Venerable explained the secret realms and the value of points.

• Black Annihilation Marquis ordered the Ganwu Branch to protect Lin Yan's homeland, while Purple Lightning Marquis reported that Kunlun and Jiuzhou Company's other businesses were thriving.
• Lin Yan studied the Universe Chaos Stele for two more days, then said farewell to his teachers as he departed Chaos City with the other geniuses.
• Nine Swords Venerable praised the batch's achievements and singled out Lin Yan for clearing the Tenth Layer during his newcomer period.
• The geniuses arrived at Virtual Universe Company's headquarters and split among the Four Great Secret Realms; Luo Feng left for the Primordial Beginning Secret Realm, while Lin Yan and Bolan stayed behind.
• Nine Swords Venerable took Lin Yan and Bolan toward the Original Secret Realm and explained its protected Wu Chen Time-Space, cultivation conditions, and the importance of turning points into strength.

Lin Yan weighed how to spend his 1,127,800 points and distributed Jiuzhou Company dividends to Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God. He arrived at the Original Secret Realm, received his territory and Guard Army, and prepared to use a Nutrient Pod to advance his cultivation.

• Lin Yan considered investing in the Green Line Devouring Worm's toxins, buying Black Hole Evolution, and raising his Plant Lifeforms, but decided to wait until he reached the Original Secret Realm before allocating his points.
• Lin Yan invited Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God to Crescent Bay and gave each of them 54,000 Hun Yuan Units from Jiuzhou Company's 540,000-unit dividend; after some reluctance, they accepted.
• Lin Yan spent seven days with his family and friends on Black Dragon Mountain Island before his spacecraft entered the Original Secret Realm.
• Nine Swords Venerable showed Lin Yan and the other geniuses Wu Chen Time-Space and explained that its 136 planets were built to protect them and aid their law comprehension.
• Lin Yan arrived at his assigned territory on Wu Chen Continent and met his Guard Army commander, Gait Gard, who showed him around his palace.
• Lin Yan connected to the Virtual Universe and prepared to apply for a Nutrient Pod to raise himself from Cosmic level first rank to ninth rank.

Lin Yan reviewed the Virtual Universe Company’s resources, planned to strengthen himself before undertaking Cultivation Missions, and bought Black Hole Evolution along with three books on toxins for the Green Line Devouring Worm. He left the chapter preparing for his upcoming training and research.

• Lin Yan applied for a Nutrient Pod and learned that the Virtual Universe Company had arranged up to 200,000 Hun Yuan Units’ worth of Nutrient Fluid for him.
• Lin Yan reviewed the Study and Cultivation options, including training trials and dangerous real-world Cultivation Missions, but decided to build his strength before attempting them.
• Lin Yan spent one million points on the first four volumes of Black Hole Evolution, leaving him with 127,800 points.
• Lin Yan asked Wind Queen to find toxin research books for the Green Line Devouring Worm and bought Yu Luo, North Factor, and Overview of Ten Thousand Poisons for 70,000 points.

Lin Yan received a Nutrient Pod and began studying Black Hole Evolution while his body and Green Line Devouring Worm Clone underwent rapid growth. He discovered the Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body, a body-amplitude secret method that seemed perfectly suited to his unusual cells, and began training to master it.

• Lin Yan ordered Gate to keep everyone out of his residence, then entered the Nutrient Pod with his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone so they could absorb its fluid.
• Lin Yan studied the first volume of Black Hole Evolution and learned about its combat techniques and the core secret method Primordial Beginning.
• Lin Yan found Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body and realized his cells already resembled the Micro Stars required to practice it.
• Lin Yan decided to perfect his bodily exertion, train the secret method in reality, and find out whether the Green Line Devouring Worm Clone could use it.

Lin Yan received the materials he had purchased to evolve his Plant Lifeforms and the Star Flame Crystal, an energy source that could accelerate his cultivation of the Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body. After starting the Plant Lifeforms’ evolution, he returned to his Nutrient Pod and connected to the Virtual Universe to test his progress.

• Gate told Lin Yan that Virtual Universe Company representatives had arrived, and Lin Yan collected their delivery from four World Lords.
• Lin Yan reviewed the costly resources for evolving Sha Luo Flower and the Tai Sui Tree Spirit, then arranged for both to evolve with help from a Green Line Devouring Worm body.
• Lin Yan opened the silver case and refined the Star Flame Crystal, discovering that its concentrated energy made his cells respond eagerly.
• Lin Yan put the Star Flame Crystal away, continued soaking in the Nutrient Pod, and connected to the Virtual Universe to test his force exertion at the Immortal Altar.

Lin Yan tested his bodily exertion in the Immortal Altar and advanced rapidly through the first techniques of Black Hole Evolution. After demonstrating his progress to Mu Xing Country Lord, he stayed in her Plane Space for personalized instruction while his body continued evolving in the Nutrient Pod.

• Lin Yan scored 65 units with his former exertion method, then reached 77 units using Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body and earned points from the Immortal Altar.
• Lin Yan continued training and concluded that his physique was exceptionally compatible with Black Hole Evolution, focusing on Nine Vortex Sword and Nine Refinements Fist.
• Mu Xing Country Lord praised Lin Yan for passing the Tenth Layer of the Tongtian Bridge and asked him to demonstrate his cultivation progress.
• Lin Yan displayed the first refinement of Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body and performed Nine Vortex Sword, surprising Mu Xing Country Lord with how quickly he had learned both techniques.
• Lin Yan remained in Mu Xing Country Lord's Plane Space for specialized instruction while he and his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone continued absorbing Nutrient Fluid.

After Mu Xing Country Lord advised Lin Yan to temper himself through missions, she offered to find him a powerful Immortal teacher, and Lin Yan chose the more prestigious but less available option. He selected the Dangerous Level Viska Star mission and prepared to enter its beast-taming civilization, where he could pursue the Eight Directions Totem Jade or an Ancestor God Sacred Artifact.

• Mu Xing Country Lord finished teaching Lin Yan about time and space, urged him to combine study with dangerous missions, and offered him a choice of Immortal teachers.
• Lin Yan chose to seek guidance from a Feng Wang-level Immortal at the limit of Feng Wang rather than accept a High-class Feng Wang who would remain by his side.
• After reviewing the mission levels and risks, Lin Yan decided to take three Desperate Level and seven Dangerous Level missions over the next hundred years, beginning with a Dangerous Level mission.
• Lin Yan examined the missions in the Original Secret Realm and selected Viska Star, whose objectives offered rewards for gathering Eight Directions Totem Jade or obtaining an Ancestor God Sacred Artifact.
• Lin Yan accepted the Viska Star mission, learned its languages, ordered local-style weapons and armor, and prepared his Green Line Devouring Worm Clone and crystal core for the journey.