Chapter Summaries

Xia Zhi’s record made waves across the human universe, prompting the Ganwu Country Lord to order special treatment for his and other top geniuses’ relatives. The Arena Battle narrowed the field to one thousand and revealed the secret-realm rewards; after the Virtual Universe System’s selection rules provoked protests, Xia Zhi, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun prepared for the decisive battles.

• The Ganwu Country Lord reprimanded three immortals for failing to cultivate the top geniuses and ordered them to bring Xia Zhi’s, Luo Feng’s, and Rong Jun’s relatives into the Ganwu Secret Realm, especially Xia Zhi’s.
• The Scale Armor Giant warned Xia Zhi, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun that the Arena Battle would determine their futures, and Rong Jun vowed to challenge Xia Zhi for first place.
• The Green Robe Venerable announced that the 7,300 advancing geniuses would fight for arena spots, while the top one hundred from the trials watched the matches.
• Galesi defeated opponents through illusion and soul attacks as the arena rounds reduced the competitors to one thousand.
• The Green Robe Venerable announced the secret-realm rewards and revealed that Xia Zhi and Bolan would compete for the two Original Secret Realm places.
• Several excluded geniuses protested the Virtual Universe System’s selection rules, but the Green Robe Venerable and immortals rebuked them; Xia Zhi, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun then resolved to aim for the top ten.

Xia Zhi advanced to the top ten after defeating Tao with a powerful attack that revealed his command of the Time Origin. The chapter ended with the next round’s pairings set to match Xia Zhi against Rong Jun, whose unexpected victory over Gusiluo had drawn widespread attention.

• Xia Zhi instantly defeated his Uke Race opponent, Ukelu, and advanced to the top hundred.
• The Virtual Universe System selected Xia Zhi, Bolan, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and sixteen others to compete for the top ten.
• Xia Zhi killed Tao with a devastating golden axe attack that the Immortals recognized as a simplified Void Breaking Slash aided by the Time Origin.
• Bolan defeated Jiang Mo, while Luo Feng overcame Galesi’s illusions and Qian Shui also advanced to the top ten.
• Rong Jun defeated Gusiluo with his powerful self-created blade techniques, joining Xia Zhi, Bolan, Luo Feng, and six others among the top ten.
• The Green Robe Venerable announced that matchups would pair the fastest winners against the slowest, setting Xia Zhi to face Rong Jun next.

Xia Zhi faced Rong Jun in the first of the top-five Arena Battles and overwhelmed him with the Universe God Weapon’s second form. Xia Zhi won in one move as the other four battles began.

• The Virtual Universe System paired Xia Zhi against Rong Jun and Luo Feng against Long Yun in the top-five battles.
• Xia Zhi warned Luo Feng that Long Yun’s mastery of only one Origin Law seemed suspicious, while Luo Feng cautioned Xia Zhi about Rong Jun’s saber technique.
• Xia Zhi and Rong Jun entered the arena and agreed to use their strongest moves to decide who was stronger.
• Rong Jun attacked with Earth Splitting Saber as Xia Zhi formed the Universe God Weapon’s second form, Sky Breaking Slash.
• Xia Zhi’s golden axe strike split the arena and defeated Rong Jun in one move.

The final matches of the Peak Genius Battle concluded, with Xia Zhi taking first place and Bolan second, earning entry to the Original Secret Realm. After Green Robe Venerable announced the results and the geniuses’ next steps, the competition officially ended.

• Long Yun defeated Luo Feng in the shrinking arena, securing a place in the top five alongside Xia Zhi, Bolan, Qian Shui, and Wuka.
• Green Robe Venerable announced a round-robin battle, and Xia Zhi defeated Bolan, Long Yun, Wuka, and Qian Shui to take first place.
• Bolan placed second, Long Yun third, Wuka fourth, and Qian Shui fifth; Xia Zhi and Bolan entered the Original Secret Realm, while Luo Feng and Rong Jun entered the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Green Robe Venerable congratulated the gathered geniuses, urged them to keep striving, and said staff would take them to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters before their journey to the Initial Universe.
• Green Robe Venerable vanished, and the universe-wide Human Race Star-level Peak Genius Battle officially ended.

After the Peak Genius Battle, Xia Zhi and Luo Feng arranged to be picked up from Bailan Star and learned they would reach the Virtual Universe Company headquarters in about three years. They returned home to Earth, where their families and friends gathered to plan for their long departure.

• Mana collected the geniuses’ home addresses and explained that the Virtual Universe Company would arrange their journeys and send them to the headquarters in about three years.
• Xia Zhi and Luo Feng gave Bailan Star as their pickup location to keep outsiders away from Earth.
• Wuka greeted Xia Zhi and Luo Feng and spoke about their future as companions in the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Mana announced that the prize money had been distributed and urged the geniuses to spend time with their families before leaving their home worlds.
• Xia Zhi and Luo Feng returned to their empty home on Black Dragon Mountain Island and contacted their families.
• Xia Tian, both families, Thunder God, and Hong gathered with Xia Zhi and Luo Feng to discuss what would happen after the brothers left Earth.

As Xia Zhi and Luo Feng prepared to leave Earth for years of training with the Virtual Universe Company, they reviewed God Xia Group’s rise and strengthened its finances. Xu Xin planned to use the company’s growth to join the Virtual Universe Company’s Commercial Department and reunite with them in its secret realms, while Xia Zhi prepared to break through to the Cosmic level.

• Xu Xin, Qin Yiyi, and Luo Hua reported that God Xia Group had grown to 150 trillion Cosmic Coins in assets, and Xia Zhi praised their work.
• Xia Zhi and Luo Feng told their families they would leave in a month, spend decades in the Initial Universe, and continue cultivating until they reached the Domain Lord level; Hong defended their decision to pioneer Earth’s rise.
• Xia Zhi pledged 1,000 Hunyuan Units and Luo Feng pledged 500 to God Xia Group, whose shares were redistributed among the leaders and an Earth development fund.
• Xia Tian revealed that she and Luo Feng’s sons had been admitted to the Ganwu Secret Realm, while Xia Zhi comforted his pregnant wife Qin Yiyi and daughter before his departure.
• Xu Xin told Qin Yiyi she would accept the Virtual Universe Company’s investment and aim to split God Xia Group into two Level Two subsidiaries so she and Qin Yiyi could join the core secret realms.
• Xia Zhi stood above God Xia City and decided it was time to break through from the Star level to the Cosmic level.

Xia Zhi traveled to Mars and used rare nutrients to break through from the Star level to the Cosmic level, triggering extraordinary changes in his body. The breakthrough left him with a soul pearl containing a vast Internal World, while the cause of the transformation remained unknown.

• Xia Zhi told Babata to notify Yiyi, Luo Feng, and the others before taking an E-grade Mechanical race spaceship to Mars.
• Xia Zhi entered a nutrient chamber infused with Nutrient Solution and Crimson Molten Gold to begin his breakthrough.
• Xia Zhi discovered 10,800 points of light inside his body, and nine of them burst into mysterious spaces as his body devoured immense amounts of energy.
• Xia Zhi's Origin Force and Mental Power Vortex Galaxies formed as he advanced to the Cosmic level, while Babata supplied more energy to the chamber.
• A mysterious force transformed Xia Zhi's sea of consciousness into a soul pearl and compressed his dantian into it.
• A thousand-kilometer Internal World formed inside Xia Zhi's soul pearl, with the Taiyu Tower standing over its newly formed continent.

After a year-long breakthrough, Xia Zhi awakened to find that the Origin Laws had transformed his body and soul and bestowed an innate clone ability. He tested his new powers aboard the spaceship as it continued toward Bailan Star, where Babata wondered whether Xia Zhi might become the founder of a new peak-bloodline race.

• Xia Zhi woke in the nutrient chamber after a year of unconscious cultivation, and Babata explained that the Virtual Universe Company had waited for him on Bailan Star.
• Xia Zhi sensed that the Origin Laws had transformed his body and granted him an innate secret technique called Clone.
• Xia Zhi discovered that his new body produced far more illusory bodies with Control Space than his previous level of comprehension should have allowed.
• Xia Zhi moved his Soul Pearl outside his body and entered the enormous world within it before returning to the spaceship control room.
• Xia Zhi told Babata about the Origin Laws' gift and his Soul Pearl, and Babata speculated that Xia Zhi could give rise to a new peak-bloodline race.

Xia Zhi arrived at Bailan Star and was escorted by Sha Wu and the Virtual Universe Company’s subordinates toward its headquarters. He entered the Virtual Headquarters, learned how Rain Aspect Mountain was divided among the company’s members, and was left on the way to the Original Zone.

• Sha Wu reprimanded a horned Domain Lord for questioning how long they had to wait for Xia Zhi.
• Xia Zhi arrived at Bailan Star aboard an E-class Mechanical race spaceship, and Sha Wu greeted him with a group of subordinates.
• Sha Wu explained the Virtual Universe Company’s departments, secret realms, and rules for addressing members while escorting Xia Zhi aboard the company’s F-class spaceship.
• Xia Zhi teleported from his home in Nine Star Bay to the Virtual Headquarters and met Sha Wu on Rain Aspect Mountain.
• Sha Wu showed Xia Zhi the mountain’s five zones and pointed out Thunder Island, where the company’s Immortals resided.
• Sha Wu led Xia Zhi toward the entrance to the Original Zone, where someone from the zone would receive him.

Xia Zhi entered the Original Zone, where Aitor introduced him to his enormous estate, Guard Team, and the privileges and responsibilities of an Original Secret Realm member. Gaia advised him on saving his cultivation points and choosing a teacher, then suggested he request King Tianyu; after Gaia left, Xia Zhi noticed that Babata was acting strangely.

• Sha Wu escorted Xia Zhi to the Original Zone, where Aitor welcomed him and explained how the Original Secret Realm differed from the other zones.
• Aitor brought Xia Zhi to Estate Number 115, where Gaia, the Immortal Army Lord leading his Guard Team, and the estate's warriors and servants greeted him.
• Gaia showed Xia Zhi the estate's training ground, recovery lake, and residences, and explained that his real estate would have even better facilities.
• Gaia warned Xia Zhi to save his ten thousand starting points and told him he could select an Immortal teacher to guide him.
• Gaia advised Xia Zhi to request King Tianyu as his teacher, hinting that the company's leadership favored him after he passed through seven Trial Towers.
• Xia Zhi asked Babata to redesign the divine temple, then noticed that Babata seemed unusually quiet.

At Virtual Universe Company headquarters, Xia Zhi explored the Original Secret Realm’s treasure vault and learned how the company would strengthen its core members. After King Tianyu agreed to guide him, Xia Zhi reunited with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka at Rain Aspect Mountain.

• Babata felt overwhelmed by Xia Zhi’s new status, but Xia Zhi encouraged him and they resolved to use the company’s resources to grow stronger and avenge Huyan Bo.
• Xia Zhi and Babata examined the treasure vault and learned that the company would raise core members’ strength from rank one to rank nine, while they would need to make their own qualitative breakthroughs.
• Xia Zhi declined to spend his ten thousand points yet, requested a guiding teacher, and told Babata to warn Luo Feng to save his points until after visiting the Initial Universe.
• Headquarters appointed King Tianyu to guide Xia Zhi, and Xia Zhi discovered that Tianyu had created the six-hundred-thousand-point Tianyu Secret Art.
• Luo Feng met Rong Jun and Wuka in a Rain Aspect Mountain restaurant, where they discussed their progress and Xia Zhi’s strength.
• Xia Zhi arrived at the restaurant, and he and Luo Feng happily reunited.

Xia Zhi discussed the pressures and opportunities of life as a Virtual Universe Company core member with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka. He chose a rare time-related special lifeform, Chou Pu, as a potential clone and ordered its scale fragments, leaving the success of nurturing it uncertain.

• Xia Zhi, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka discussed the resources available to core members and the pressure to become powerful.
• Xia Zhi returned to the Original Zone and decided to seek a clone that would help him comprehend the Time Origin.
• Babata found Chou Pu, a rare special lifeform whose innate abilities involved controlling time flow.
• Xia Zhi learned that the treasury offered only fragments of a newborn Chou Pu's scales for 1,200 points.
• Xia Zhi bought the fragments and arranged for them to be delivered to Virtual Universe Company headquarters, hoping to nurture a Chou Pu clone.

King Tianyu began teaching Xia Zhi and tested his mastery of the Universe God Weapon, then demonstrated the true power of the Void Breaking Slash. Xia Zhi focused on the weapon’s first form and improved rapidly, prompting King Tianyu to give him more frequent guidance.

• King Tianyu arrived at Xia Zhi’s estate and agreed to teach him in the Virtual Universe, initially for one day each month.
• Xia Zhi demonstrated his Universe God Weapon techniques, destroying simulated mountains with the Illusion Wave Axe and Void Breaking Slash.
• King Tianyu praised Xia Zhi’s skill and demonstrated his own use of the weapon, revealing a far more powerful Void Breaking Slash.
• Xia Zhi gained insight into the Space and Time Origin Laws while practicing the first form under King Tianyu’s instruction.
• King Tianyu noticed Xia Zhi improving nearly every month and began staying at his estate for several days to teach him.

After two years of training under King Tianyu, Xia Zhi reached the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters and received the Chou Pu scale fragment he had bought. He began using his Clone Nurturing technique to try to create a second clone, leaving its success uncertain.

• Xia Zhi gained the upper hand against a Cosmic level Hui Suo Giant Beast, and King Tianyu ended their training session before Xia Zhi departed for the headquarters.
• Xia Zhi and Sha Wu arrived at the enormous headquarters continent, where company staff escorted Xia Zhi inside.
• Xia Zhi received the Chou Pu scale fragment he had purchased and transferred it to his Internal World.
• Xia Zhi activated his innate secret technique, Clone Nurturing, and gathered hazy air currents around the scale fragment as his Internal World trembled.

Xia Zhi successfully began nurturing his innate Clone secret technique, then traveled with the selected geniuses to the Initial Universe. He arrived in Chaos City and learned about its cultivation opportunities, leaving him eager to discover its Three Treasures.

• Xia Zhi formed a dark red giant egg with the mysterious gray mist and learned that his Clone secret technique would take 360 days to mature.
• Xia Zhi reunited with Luo Feng, Wuka, Long Yun, and Bolan as the 1,000 selected geniuses gathered at headquarters.
• Nine Sword Venerable took the geniuses through the cosmic passageway and explained the Initial Universe and its unusual time flow.
• Xia Zhi and the others arrived in Chaos City, where the reception envoy warned them not to disturb cultivators and showed them the insights carved into the rooftops.
• The reception envoy told the geniuses that Chaos City possessed three treasures, and Xia Zhi looked forward to learning about them.

The black-robed envoy introduced the 52 Chaos Steles and brought Xia Zhi and the other geniuses to choose one to study. As Xia Zhi examined the rubbings, the City Lord of Chaos and the Dark Lord watched him secretly and discussed his unusual secrets and possible future as a disciple.

• The black-robed envoy explained that the 52 Chaos Steles were paths to the universe’s peak and led the geniuses to the City Lord’s Mansion.
• The envoy gave each newcomer half an hour to inspect the rubbings and choose one Chaos Stele as their cultivation path.
• Xia Zhi rapidly examined the paintings, gaining different insights from the Heart Mark, Mother Ancestor, Nine Universe, Great Axe, and other Chaos Steles.
• The City Lord of Chaos and the Dark Lord secretly observed Xia Zhi and discussed his unusual soul core, hidden secrets, and possible suitability as the Dark Lord’s disciple.
• The City Lord of Chaos and the Dark Lord vanished after Xia Zhi appeared to make his choice.

Xia Zhi chose the Universe Chaos Tablet and was summoned to meet the City Lord of Chaos in the City Lord's Mansion. There, Dark Lord offered to take him as his Registered Disciple, leaving Xia Zhi to answer.

• Xia Zhi chose the Universe Chaos Tablet, while Luo Feng chose the Nine Universe Chaos Stele and Bolan chose the same tablet as Xia Zhi.
• A Golden Robe Emissary summoned Xia Zhi away from the other geniuses to meet someone in the mansion's inner estate.
• Venerable Guiyi revealed that the City Lord of Chaos had called for Xia Zhi and escorted him to the Chaos Ruins.
• Xia Zhi met the City Lord of Chaos and his junior brother, Dark Lord, in a desolate world filled with the corpses of powerful beings.
• Dark Lord asked Xia Zhi whether he was willing to become his Registered Disciple.

Xia Zhi became the Dark Lord’s Registered Disciple and learned that he must pass one of three Original Tongtian Mountain tests to become a Direct Disciple. After meeting the City Lord of Chaos and Venerable Guiyi, he left determined to enter the Virtual Universe Company’s direct lineage.

• The Dark Lord accepted Xia Zhi as a Registered Disciple and asked about his Soul Pearl and the innate secret technique Clone.
• The Dark Lord introduced Xia Zhi to the City Lord of Chaos, who granted him ten extra opportunities to study the Universe Chaos Tablet.
• The Dark Lord set three tests for Xia Zhi: clear the Cosmic level Original Tongtian Mountain within 200 years, the Domain Lord level within 500 years, or the World Lord level within 1,000 years.
• The Dark Lord told Xia Zhi that passing any test would make him a Direct Disciple, but offered no cultivation resources until then.
• Venerable Guiyi escorted Xia Zhi from the Chaos Ruins and explained the ranks and duties of their fellow disciples.
• Xia Zhi left excited by the chance to join the direct lineage and face the Myriad Races alongside them.

Xia Zhi returned from meeting Venerable Guiyi and witnessed the City Lord of Chaos effortlessly subdue two Immortals fighting outside Chaos City. He then entered the Universe Chaos Tablet chamber for his first seven-day study session and left eager to test himself at the Tongtian Bridge.

• Venerable Guiyi told Xia Zhi about the Human Race’s defenders, and Xia Zhi vowed to become a personal disciple and protect humanity.
• Two King Immortals fought outside Chaos City, and the City Lord of Chaos froze the surrounding universe, crushed them, and ordered them imprisoned for one million epochs.
• Kandri led Xia Zhi, Bolan, and two other geniuses into the Universe Chaos Tablet chamber for seven days of study.
• Xia Zhi saw that the Chaos Stele’s six diagrams appeared connected to the Taiyu Tower and the Cosmic Pole Bell, then immersed himself in studying its laws.
• After Kandri summoned them out, Xia Zhi remembered that he could earn further study opportunities by applying to the Tongtian Bridge, and the group left for their residences.

After choosing the Universe Chaos Tablet, Xia Zhi learned more about the lineage and arrangements surrounding his new path and spoke with King Tianyu about the Dark Lord’s trials. King Tianyu directed him to a specific cultivation residence, where his teacher’s master had left engravings, as Xia Zhi prepared to continue his training.

• Xia Zhi dismissed Bolan’s rivalry and focused on competing with peerless geniuses from human history as he chose a cultivation residence in Chaos City.
• Xia Zhi learned that Gaia was a fifth-generation disciple of the Dark Lord’s lineage, and Gaia explained that Black Xuan King had arranged for King Tianyu to guide Xia Zhi with the Universe God Weapon.
• Xia Zhi contacted King Tianyu and confirmed that he had chosen the Universe Chaos Tablet and met the City Lord of Chaos, but described the City Lord’s offer without revealing the Dark Lord’s identity.
• King Tianyu explained how difficult the three Original Tongtian Mountains were and said passing one would prove Xia Zhi deserved to become the City Lord’s Direct Disciple.
• King Tianyu told Xia Zhi to move to cultivation residence 0014002891, where his teacher’s master had left rooftop engravings, and urged him to restore the Universe God Weapon’s prestige.