Chapter Summaries

Xia Zhi discovered that the tiny dots engraved on a Chaos City cultivation residence encoded profound secrets connected to the Universe God Weapon and the Universe Chaos Tablet, and he became absorbed in studying them. Meanwhile, King Tianyu and Myriad Tower King waited for Xia Zhi to challenge the Tongtian Bridge, but let him continue his unexpected cultivation.

• Xia Zhi found a subtle engraving of tiny dots on the rooftop of the residence where the creator of the Universe God Weapon had once cultivated.
• Xia Zhi realized the dots resembled the Universe God Weapon’s 12,960 crystal plates and contained mysteries of the Space and Time Origin Laws, then lost himself in comprehension.
• King Tianyu arrived in Chaos City and persuaded Myriad Tower King to meet the newest geniuses who had chosen the Universe Chaos Tablet.
• King Tianyu and Myriad Tower King checked the Tongtian Bridge results, learning that Bolan had passed two levels and Rong Jun had passed one, while Xia Zhi had not yet taken the test.
• King Tianyu saw that Xia Zhi was still in a state of enlightenment and decided to let him finish before challenging the Tongtian Bridge.

After eight months of studying the Universe Chaos Tablet, Xia Zhi finally challenged the Universe Tongtian Bridge and cleared its first four levels on his first attempt. He entered the fifth level as the other young geniuses learned of his progress and were stunned by the gap between him and Bolan.

• Bolan cleared the third level of the Universe Tongtian Bridge, prompting Luo Feng and other young geniuses to challenge it.
• Babata told Xia Zhi that Bolan, Galesi, and Luo Feng had cleared levels while Xia Zhi was immersed in comprehension, and Xia Zhi decided to challenge the bridge before visiting the Chaos Stele chamber.
• Guardian Bafen explained the Tongtian Bridge to Xia Zhi, who entered the Universe bridge and defeated the opponents on its first three levels.
• King Longyu, King Tianyu, and Myriad Tower King watched Xia Zhi clear the fourth level with his mastery of the Universe God Weapon and his understanding of space and time laws.
• Guardian Bafen announced that Xia Zhi had cleared four levels and entered the fifth, astonishing the young geniuses who had just heard that Bolan cleared the third.

Xia Zhi cleared the first five levels of the Universe Tongtian Bridge on his first attempt before losing at the sixth, impressing the senior kings and shocking the other geniuses. After returning to study the Chaos Stele, he learned that Qin Yiyi had been waiting for him and resolved to go home after his studies, while she pursued a goal of expanding Tianchen Company.

• Bolan received word that Xia Zhi had cleared the fifth level and was challenging the sixth, and the other young geniuses reacted with shock.
• Xia Zhi fought the sixth-level guardian with Void Breaking Slash but lost to the guardian’s Heaven-Opening Giant Axe because his Time Laws comprehension was insufficient.
• King Longyu and Myriad Tower King praised Xia Zhi’s achievement, and King Longyu reported it to Nine Sword Venerable.
• Xia Zhi met Luo Feng outside the Chaos Stele chambers, learned that Qin Yiyi had been worried about him, and entered to study after promising to go home when he was done.
• Ailin told Qin Yiyi that the Virtual Universe Company had acquired a majority stake in Tianchen Company, and Qin Yiyi set a goal of raising its assets to 100,000 Hunyuan Units within a hundred years.

After absorbing his insights from the Chaos Stele, Xia Zhi met King Tianyu, who urged him to pursue a difficult path of analyzing the essence of the Universe Origin Laws. King Tianyu arranged study materials and a new mentor before leaving, while Xia Zhi resolved to complete the trials and grow strong enough to help him.

• Xia Zhi ended his eight-month seclusion after discovering new insights in the first Planet Diagram of the Universe Chaos Tablet.
• King Tianyu visited Xia Zhi in Chaos City, praised his progress on the Tongtian Bridge, and compared his achievements with the legendary genius Kedi.
• King Tianyu proposed that Xia Zhi study the essence of the Universe Origin Laws rather than merely imitate how others used them, and Xia Zhi accepted the difficult path.
• King Tianyu left Xia Zhi a list of sixty-eight manuals in his Virtual Universe study and arranged for him to become a disciple of a respected master of the Universe School.
• King Tianyu departed without revealing where he was going, and Xia Zhi vowed to complete the trials and gain the strength to help him.

Xia Zhi spent 38,000 points on secret technique manuals recommended by King Tianyu and began studying the Universe Chaos Tablet and the fundamental mysteries of space and time. After more than three months, his second clone, Chou Pu, was born as a ten-kilometer-tall special lifeform with the innate ability to stop time, leaving Xia Zhi ready to use both bodies to accelerate his cultivation.

• Xia Zhi bought all sixty-eight manuals King Tianyu had recommended for 38,000 points and received them in the Virtual Universe.
• Xia Zhi studied the manuals, learning that the Universe Chaos Tablet’s laws could be understood by dissecting their fundamental mysteries and then combining them.
• Xia Zhi spent more than three months alternating between observing the Chaos Stele, studying the manuals, and practicing secret techniques.
• Xia Zhi watched his second clone, Chou Pu, hatch in his Internal World and grow to ten kilometers tall.
• Xia Zhi discovered that Chou Pu could sense the Time Origin and use its innate secret technique, Time Stop, to freeze everything nearby.
• Xia Zhi decided to have his Earthling True Self study outside laws and secret techniques while Chou Pu comprehended the Time Origin within the Internal World.

Xia Zhi attended Myriad Tower King's lecture and became his disciple, while Bolan watched him leave and vowed to catch up. Over the next decade, the cohort advanced in the Tongtian Bridge, and Xia Zhi continued studying quietly under his new teacher.

• Xia Zhi attended Myriad Tower King's three-day lecture on the first two diagrams of the Universe Chaos Tablet, and his Chou Pu clone shared in his observations.
• Xia Zhi knelt before Myriad Tower King and asked to become his disciple, and Myriad Tower King accepted him.
• Bolan saw Xia Zhi accepted and left determined to surpass him, while Wuka, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun responded to the news by renewing their efforts to cultivate.
• Over the following years, members of the cohort passed successive Tongtian Bridge levels; Bolan became another grandmaster's disciple, and Luo Feng became King Zhenyan's disciple.
• Xia Zhi did not attempt the Tongtian Bridge again for nine years, instead attending Myriad Tower King's lectures, studying Chaos Steles, and cultivating in silence.
• In Xia Zhi's second year in Chaos City, his son Xia Chen reached the Planetary level and met him in the Virtual Universe for the first time.

After nearly thirty years of cultivation in Chaos City, Xia Zhi had deeply analyzed the first Planet Diagram and advanced at the Tongtian Bridge. As he prepared to leave for the Original Secret Realm, Nine Sword Venerable arrived to gather the surviving geniuses and warned them to use their final ten days in Chaos City well.

• Xia Zhi spent years analyzing the Universe Chaos Tablet, concluding that its first diagrams dissect the fundamental mysteries of space and time while later diagrams combine them.
• Rong Jun passed the third Tongtian Bridge level, Luo Feng passed the fourth, and Bolan passed the fifth; Xia Zhi later advanced to the eighth level, where he was defeated.
• Myriad Tower King told Xia Zhi he would leave Chaos City in ten days for the Original Secret Realm and urged him to remain cautious, while promising to answer cultivation questions in the Virtual Universe.
• Xia Zhi planned to challenge the Tongtian Bridge again and try to pass its ninth level before leaving Chaos City.
• Nine Sword Venerable arrived and addressed the 816 surviving young geniuses, criticizing their losses and ordering them to make the most of their final ten days in Chaos City.

Nine Sword Venerable recruited Kandri to explore a dangerous new Cosmic Secret Realm while the geniuses gathered for their final Tongtian Bridge attempts in Chaos City. Xia Zhi cleared the ninth level but failed at the tenth, and his breakthrough left the other geniuses stunned.

• Nine Sword Venerable persuaded Kandri to join an expedition into a newly discovered Cosmic Secret Realm where non-Venerables faced near-certain death.
• After Rong Jun cleared the fourth Tongtian Bridge level and Bolan cleared the sixth, the other geniuses gathered to make their own attempts before leaving Chaos City.
• Xia Zhi challenged the Universe Tongtian Bridge again and defeated the ninth-level Controller by bending space to evade his Heaven-Splitting Slash.
• Xia Zhi failed the tenth level when the yellow-clad Controller's Heaven-Splitting Axe struck through his spatial defenses and killed him.
• Overseer Bafen announced that Xia Zhi had become the second person in ten million epochs to clear the ninth level after only thirty years in Chaos City, astonishing Luo Feng and the other geniuses.
• Rong Jun's teacher encouraged him to keep pursuing Xia Zhi's level and offered to demonstrate the second axe strike of the Great Axe Chaos Stele again.

Xia Zhi’s passage of the ninth Tongtian Bridge level stunned humanity’s powerhouses, while Luo Feng passed the fifth and Bolan struggled with doubts about his chosen path. Xia Zhi remained focused on completing his trials and reaching the Cosmic-level Original Tongtian Mountain before his deadline.

• Nine Sword Venerable and Kandri learned that Xia Zhi had passed the ninth Tongtian Bridge level, and Nine Sword celebrated his disciple’s progress.
• King Longyu told King Zhenyan and King Tongnan that Luo Feng had passed the fifth level, while the group discussed Xia Zhi’s achievement and Bolan’s progress.
• Bolan received news that Xia Zhi had passed the ninth level and Luo Feng the fifth, then questioned whether he should change Chaos Steles.
• Xia Zhi congratulated Luo Feng through Babata, reflected on the advantages and teachers that had helped him advance, and resolved to complete his trials before the hundred-year deadline.

Xia Zhi learned that Dark Lord would accept him as a disciple only if he passed one of three demanding trials, then began his final week of Chaos Stele comprehension in Chaos City. Meanwhile, Qin Yiyi and Xu Xin became Virtual Universe Company Core Members after building the God Xia Group into a major business, but Xia Zhi could not be reached.

• Dark Lord told City Lord of Chaos that Xia Zhi had to complete one of three trials to become his disciple, while City Lord of Chaos considered taking Luo Feng as a disciple.
• Lord Kandri advised Xia Zhi to study the second and third diagrams of the Universe Chaos Tablet and explained the trials' Tongtian Bridge requirements and time limits.
• Xia Zhi ordered Babata to block all communications and began his final seven-day Chaos Stele comprehension session.
• A Virtual Universe Company representative congratulated Qin Yiyi and Xu Xin on becoming Core Members and offered them residences in the distant Doomsday Secret Realm.
• Qin Yiyi and Xu Xin celebrated their success, tried unsuccessfully to contact Xia Zhi, and teleported to Rain Aspect Mountain.

After digesting his insights from the Universe Chaos Tablet, Xia Zhi left Chaos City with Nine Sword Venerable and the other young geniuses. The group returned to the Primordial Universe and separated for their assigned secret realms, while Xia Zhi prepared to enter the Original Secret Realm.

• Xia Zhi reviewed his progress in comprehending the Space and Time Laws before Nine Sword Venerable summoned the geniuses to depart Chaos City.
• Xia Zhi received a farewell message from Myriad Tower King, then reunited with Luo Feng, Bolan, Rong Jun, Wuka, and their classmates aboard the universe ship.
• Nine Sword Venerable praised Xia Zhi, Bolan, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun for their Tongtian Bridge results as the ship carried the group back to the Primordial Universe.
• Nine Sword Venerable announced that the geniuses would be divided among the four secret realms and escorted Xia Zhi toward the Original Secret Realm.
• Xia Zhi said farewell to Luo Feng and the others as they departed for their assigned realms, then set off for the Original Secret Realm with Babata.

Xia Zhi and Bolan traveled to the Original Secret Realm, where Nine Sword Venerable introduced Wuchen Time-Space and its formidable defenses. After reuniting briefly with Qin Yiyi in the Virtual Universe, Xia Zhi arrived at Wu Chen Continent and prepared to settle into his new territory.

• Nine Sword Venerable explained that the Original Secret Realm was Wuchen Time-Space, a small Cosmic Secret Realm, and reminded Xia Zhi and Bolan to use their points to improve their strength.
• Xia Zhi reopened the virtual network, answered Qin Yiyi's many calls, and met her at Ten Thousand Words Tower, where they reunited before parting when the ship reached Wuchen Time-Space.
• Nine Sword Venerable showed Xia Zhi and Bolan the 136 celestial bodies that formed an independent time-space, then left them with their Immortal escorts.
• Gaia and two other Immortals welcomed Xia Zhi and Bolan and took them aboard a golden ship toward their residences.
• The silver-eyed Immortal explained that Wu Chen Continent lay at the center of Wuchen Time-Space, and the ship approached Bolan's territory before continuing toward Xia Zhi's.

Xia Zhi settled into his private territory in the Original Secret Realm and explored the new privileges available through the Virtual Universe Company. After applying for specialized Nutrient Solution, he discovered the training facilities could quantify his strength and abilities.

• The Silver-eyed woman brought Xia Zhi to his vast private territory on the Wu Chen Continent, where Gaia and the guard team welcomed him.
• Gaia showed Xia Zhi the palace complex, cultivation ground, and the 136 Wuchen Planets that guarded the continent, warning him not to enter their orbital paths.
• Xia Zhi ordered the servants to follow Gaia's directions and inspected his Earth-style bedchamber before asking how to obtain Nutrient Solution.
• Xia Zhi logged into the Virtual Universe and applied for a Nutrition Chamber with Nutrient Solution containing Water Element energy.
• Xia Zhi reviewed the Life and Study privileges, including expert lectures and training options, while Babata reacted to the Practice facilities' ability to quantify physical force and Mental Power.

Xia Zhi explored the Virtual Universe Company's training options, then began cultivating in the exceptionally powerful Pool of Life delivered to his territory. As he circulated the Hong Meng Golden Body Art, the pool rapidly drained and his body began to transform.

• Moro asked whether Xia Zhi was easy to get along with and decided he would visit him.
• Xia Zhi reviewed the Tongtian Bridge, Sea of Illusions, Immortal Altar, and real-world cultivation missions with Babata.
• Xia Zhi returned to Wuchen Continent and cultivated while studying the trajectories of the 136 Wuchen stars.
• A headquarters representative delivered a Pool of Life and installed it in Xia Zhi's training ground.
• Xia Zhi entered the pool and circulated the Hong Meng Golden Body Art, creating a vortex that rapidly drained its nutrient solution as his body transformed.

Xia Zhi’s Earthling True Self and Chou Pu clone cultivated the Hong Meng Golden Body Art, triggering further bodily evolution and consuming vast amounts of Nutrient Solution. After the Virtual Universe Company supplied more resources, Xia Zhi discussed the technique with Venerable Guiyi and bought the first three volumes of The Way of Time and Space to aid his law comprehension.

• Xia Zhi’s Earthling True Self and Chou Pu clone absorbed energy from the Pool of Life as their genes and bodies evolved under the Hong Meng Golden Body Art.
• Babata requested more Nutrient Solution, and the City Lord of Chaos approved 100,000 Hunyuan Units’ worth after Venerable Guiyi escalated the request.
• Xia Zhi awoke from his cultivation and told Babata that both bodies were improving, while noting that the inheritance technique could not be freely explained under the Origin Laws’ restrictions.
• Venerable Guiyi called Xia Zhi, discussed the commotion caused by his evolution, and recommended The Way of Time and Space as a companion to the Universe Chaos Tablet.
• Xia Zhi exchanged 100,000 points for the first three volumes of The Way of Time and Space, and Venerable Guiyi advised him to prepare auxiliary resources before future missions.

Xia Zhi studied the first two volumes of The Way of Time and Space, gaining a new understanding of how to apply the Origin Laws and making progress in comprehending them. After spending nearly forty days reading, he planned to attend a public class on the Origin Laws of Space in the Primordial Zone, where he might see Luo Feng and Rong Jun.

• Xia Zhi received the first three volumes of The Way of Time and Space and learned that they taught the path of fusing the Origin Laws of Time and Space.
• Xia Zhi mastered all 2,816 secret techniques in the first volume over seven days, gaining new ideas for applying the mysteries of space.
• Xia Zhi studied the second volume for thirty-two days and learned to use thirty-one secret techniques, fully comprehending two more spatial mysteries and one time mystery.
• Babata told Xia Zhi that a famous King Immortal would teach a public class on the Origin Laws of Space in the Primordial Zone that night.
• Xia Zhi registered for the class and went to his training ground, wondering whether Luo Feng or Rong Jun would attend.

Xia Zhi defended Qian Shui and Wuka from two veteran members who tried to provoke them, then encouraged his friends not to give up ahead of the Secret Realm Qualification Battle. The group left with a hundred years to prepare, though the newcomers still faced a steep gap in strength.

• Ash and Moylin invited Qian Shui for a drink, then taunted Wuka and challenged him to a duel for ten thousand points.
• Xia Zhi offered to face Ash and Moylin together for three hundred thousand points, and both veterans logged off rather than accept.
• Xia Zhi, Wuka, and Qian Shui attended the lecture, then met Luo Feng and Rong Jun for drinks, where Wuka recounted what had happened.
• Rong Jun explained that the coming Secret Realm Qualification Battle could send the weakest Cosmic level members to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, leaving Wuka, Qian Shui, and the other newcomers worried.
• Xia Zhi urged the newcomers to keep fighting and improving instead of giving up before the qualification battle.

Xia Zhi advised Luo Feng and his companions on using secret techniques to improve their cultivation, then chose Black Hole Evolution to strengthen his combat ability. He considered costly upgrades for his Cloud-Soaring Vine and learned that his newly purchased manual had arrived.

• At a gathering, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, and Qian Shui worried that their cultivation had slowed, and Xia Zhi recommended buying secret techniques and pursuing training opportunities.
• Back at his study, Xia Zhi bought the first three volumes of Black Hole Evolution for 100,000 points after deciding to develop his warrior abilities.
• Xia Zhi asked Babata about repairing Luo Feng's Meteorite Ship and advancing the Cloud-Soaring Vine, but postponed the expensive ship repairs and noted the vine's high costs.
• Gaia brought Xia Zhi the Black Hole Evolution manual, which had arrived shortly after he purchased it.

Xia Zhi learned that points were far more valuable than their apparent exchange rate suggested, so he bought ordinary Cloud-Soaring Vine materials with money and reserved points for scarce items. He studied Black Hole Evolution, tested his bodily strength at the Immortal Altar, and left to challenge the Sea of Illusions.

• Gaia explained that treasury points were scarce and valuable, and Xia Zhi decided to spend money on ordinary materials and points on hard-to-find ones.
• Babata calculated that evolving the Cloud-Soaring Vine to the ninth World Master rank would require 60,000 points and about 12,000 Hunyuan Units, and Xia Zhi authorized the purchases.
• Xia Zhi opened Black Hole Evolution and learned about its four Body Amplitude levels, from Nine Refinements to Ten Thousand Refinements.
• Xia Zhi entered the Immortal Altar and repeatedly tested his strength, achieving a best result of only 33 units and earning no points.
• Xia Zhi resolved to practice Nine Refinements and the Hong Meng Golden Body Art, then left for the Sea of Illusions.

Xia Zhi tested his Soul Will in the Sea of Illusions, where his childlike purity of heart helped him clear nine islands before the tenth overwhelmed him with Immortal-level pressure. His feat drew the attention of the Virtual Universe Company's leaders, while he returned to training and planning his next steps.

• Xia Zhi entered the Sea of Illusions and used his steadfast state of mind to break through the illusions on the first nine islands.
• Xia Zhi resisted an illusion claiming that his teacher, King Tianyu, had died, then cleared the ninth island.
• The tenth island's overwhelming pressure shattered Xia Zhi's consciousness and sent him back to his study, where he concluded that the ninth island was his current limit.
• Xia Zhi saw that clearing nine islands had earned him 51,100 points and decided to keep studying secret arts before taking cultivation missions.
• The Sea of Illusions' overseer reported Xia Zhi's performance to the Virtual Universe Company's senior leaders, and City Lord of Chaos praised his potential.