Chapter Summaries

Jin Yu completed the inheritance on the 5,200th step, woke after sixty-one days, and left the Inheritance Tower with his body and soul recovering. Meanwhile, Luo Feng’s Golden Horned Beast broke through to the Domain Lord level, and Luo Feng prepared to move forward.

• Jin Yu endured the pain long enough to receive all the inheritance on the 5,200th step, then collapsed unconscious.
• An invisible force sent Jin Yu to the plaza, and Babata told him that the Inheritance Tower had closed and his inheritance was over.
• Jin Yu learned he had slept for sixty-one days while his body repaired itself and his soul recovered.
• Jin Yu reflected on how his teacher’s Body Cleansing Fruit had helped him endure the inheritance and how no one else had reached such a high step.
• Luo Feng’s Golden Horned Beast completed its breakthrough from Universe level ninth order to Domain Lord level.
• Luo Feng ended his cultivation and resolved not to waste any more time.

At a banquet in Lord Xin Hen’s domain, Alex assessed Jin Yu as a promising ally and privately summoned him. Jin Yu reflected on how his actions had changed Nolan Mountain’s fate and on the successes of Luo Feng and his brothers, then followed Alex to a side hall.

• Alex toasted Jin Yu and promised that the Xin Hen Clan would support him, while Jin Yu accepted the hospitality without placing much trust in vague promises.
• Alex judged Jin Yu to be measured and perceptive, and sent a World Master guard away after deciding that befriending him could benefit the Xin Hen Clan.
• Jin Yu recalled that his Universe level slaves had captured Nolan Mountain after his clan’s explorers trespassed, and that Nolan Mountain had been enslaved and killed after Luo Feng’s soul attacks.
• Jin Yu reviewed news that Hong had entered the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, Thor and Jia Yi the Apocalypse Secret Realm, and Luo Feng the Primal Secret Realm.
• Jin Yu declined an invitation for his Emperor avatar to join the Giant Axe Arena, then followed Alex to a side hall after Alex dismissed the other guests.

Great Elder Alex gave Jin Yu a copied edition of the Xin Hen True Explanation, a secret technique created to help comprehend the Xin Hen Chaos Tablet and the essences of the laws. Jin Yu recognized its extraordinary value and learned that it had been made by Alex’s deceased father.

• Alex asked Jin Yu to keep the matter confidential, then presented him with a metal case containing three volumes of the Xin Hen True Explanation.
• Jin Yu opened the first volume and found that its words could draw his consciousness into visions of the universe.
• Jin Yu recognized blade and movement techniques on the metal pages and sensed that they could guide him toward the essences of the Law of Space.
• Jin Yu asked Alex whether the secret technique had been created for the Xin Hen Chaos Tablet, and Alex confirmed that his father had made it for that purpose.

Jin Yu received the first three volumes of the Xin Hen secret technique from Alex, who promised to provide more as Jin Yu advanced. After returning to the Gan Wu Country Lord’s palace, Jin Yu learned that the Peak Genius Battle had ended and prepared to go to the Initial Universe.

• Alex gave Jin Yu the first three volumes of the Xin Hen secret technique, valued at 1 million points, and Jin Yu thanked him without showing much surprise.
• Alex promised Jin Yu the first seven volumes once he mastered the initial three, and the complete nine-volume set if he became a Universe Master.
• Jin Yu pledged to repay Alex’s kindness and help the Xin Hen Clan if it faced difficulties.
• An Immortal escorted Jin Yu through a teleportation gate out of the Xin Hen Clan’s secret realm, and he returned to the Gan Wu Country Lord’s palace.
• Jin Yu told the Gan Wu Country Lord he was satisfied with the inheritance, and the Country Lord said the Peak Genius Battle had ended and Jin Yu could go to the Initial Universe.

Jin Yu reunited with Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi, heard how they had survived dangerous trials and joined the Virtual Universe Company, and told them they would travel to the Initial Universe together. Luo Feng then asked Jin Yu for advice on how to use their points.

• Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi met Jin Yu in the Virtual Universe and told him which secret realms they had entered.
• Thor recounted their perilous adventures, including Thunder World and the Universe Mercenary assessment, while the group described the Galaxy Conglomerate’s growth.
• Jin Yu joked that he had entered the Apocalypse Secret Realm through the back door, prompting the others to recall how easily he had defeated them in the Virtual Universe.
• Jin Yu told the brothers that the Gan Wu Country Lord was his teacher and that Senior Brother Thirteen would escort them to the Initial Universe together.
• Babata drank with Wu and Flowing Light as they praised Jin Yu, and Luo Feng asked Jin Yu how they should spend their points.

Jin Yu advised Luo Feng to focus on law comprehension and recommended foundational secret techniques for Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi. He explained the Tongtian Bridge’s difficulty and estimated how many layers they could clear, leaving the brothers stunned by his strength.

• Jin Yu told Luo Feng to buy Blood Drift and the first two volumes of Spacetime Essays, then surpass Bolan before leaving the Initial Universe.
• Jin Yu recommended Wheel of Time for Hong, Thunderous Movement for Thor, and Ode to the Water God for Jia Yi, advising them to abandon law analysis if they made no progress within ten years.
• Hong and the others bought the secret techniques and learned that access to the Tongtian Bridge would unlock after they entered the Initial Universe and passed an assessment.
• Jin Yu estimated that Thor, Hong, and Jia Yi could not clear the Tongtian Bridge’s First Layer, while Luo Feng might manage it and Bolan could reach two layers at most.
• Jin Yu said he could certainly clear three layers and might clear the Fourth, prompting Luo Feng and the others to call him a freak.

Jin Yu left Earth with Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi to join the Virtual Universe Company, while reflecting on his sister Xiao Ling’s marriage and choosing not to interfere. On the journey to the company’s headquarters, Thirteen welcomed them and Sha He showed them Yu Xiang Mountain, where they learned how sharply benefits differed between its secret-realm zones.

• Jin Yu learned that Xiao Ling had married Jia Yi’s disciple, gave the couple a hundred planets as a wedding gift, and decided that her peaceful life was best left undisturbed.
• On July 18, 2071, Jin Yu led Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi away from Earth toward the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters.
• Thirteen greeted the group aboard his F9 spaceship, explained company matters, and revealed that their status in different secret realms determined whom they had to address as Your Highness.
• Jin Yu and the others teleported to the company’s virtual headquarters, where Sha He guided them around Yu Xiang Mountain and described its five zones.
• Luo Feng discovered that Primal Zone residents received enormous manors, Immortal teachers, and extensive facilities, while Jin Yu, Thor, and Jia Yi had apartments in the Apocalypse Zone.

Jin Yu settled into his apartment in the Apocalypse Zone and used his newly unlocked Treasure Vault access to plan the evolution of his Cloud-Soaring Vine and Star-Eating Grass, along with further cultivation of Myriad Manifestations. He spent 30.72 million points on seedlings and materials, which would be delivered to Chaos City in three years.

• Sha He left after delivering Jin Yu, Jia Yi, and Thor to their assigned zones, and the three reached their apartment in the Apocalypse Zone.
• Jin Yu had Babata search the Treasure Vault for resources to evolve his Cloud-Soaring Vine and Star-Eating Grass, and learned that stronger plants faced vastly higher costs and lower success rates when becoming Immortal.
• Jin Yu ordered several Star-Eating Grass and Cloud-Soaring Vine seedlings to be cultivated at different levels and asked Babata to calculate how much he could advance Myriad Manifestations with 50 million points.
• Jin Yu exchanged 100 million Hun Yuan units for points and purchased the plant seedlings and cultivation materials, spending 30.72 million points.
• Babata confirmed that the materials would arrive in Chaos City in three years and lamented the enormous expense.

During the journey to the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters, Jin Yu cultivated the laws of space and gold, developed a fragile sixth-level Yan Shen Bing technique, and far outpaced the other geniuses. The spacecraft emerged into the Original Universe and arrived at the vast headquarters continent.

• Luo Feng, Jin Yu, and the other selected geniuses spent their points on secret techniques and trained during the voyage.
• Jin Yu fought simulated versions of the Genius Battle's top twenty, defeated them, and estimated his close-combat strength at roughly the fourth layer of the Tongtian Bridge.
• After about two years and three months, Jin Yu analyzed thirty-six types of spatial law essence and briefly formed the sixth level of the Yan Shen Bing, Self-Contained World.
• The other geniuses also improved during the three-year journey, while Jin Yu analyzed about forty-two types of spatial law essence and thirty-six types of gold law essence.
• Thirteen was stunned when Jin Yu revealed his progress, and the spacecraft then entered the Original Universe and reached the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters.

Jin Yu and Luo Feng arrived at the Virtual Universe Company's enormous headquarters, where Jin Yu reunited with his purchased goods and met the young geniuses gathered there. When Luo Feng introduced him as his big brother, Jin Yu's strength and Apocalypse Secret Realm affiliation drew widespread attention and speculation.

• Thirteen escorted Jin Yu, Luo Feng, and the others to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters, a continent-sized structure built by powerful experts.
• Jin Yu and the others thanked Thirteen, then joined the welcoming staff and received the items they had ordered for delivery at headquarters.
• Luo Feng and his fellow newcomers entered an Oval hall and greeted familiar members of the Taichu Zone.
• Wuka questioned Jin Yu's strength and secret realm after Luo Feng introduced him as his big brother, and Jin Yu demonstrated his speed by rubbing Wuka's head before he could dodge.
• The crowd speculated about Jin Yu's background and why someone so powerful belonged to the Apocalypse Secret Realm, while Bolan also turned to look.

Jin Yu and the other human geniuses entered Chaos City’s Prefect’s Mansion and learned about its treasures, including the 52 Chaos Tablets. Jin Yu chose the Xin Hen Chaos Tablet, spent seven days studying its blade-mark diagrams, and left the chamber eager to return to his comprehension.

• The black-robed messenger explained Chaos City’s three treasures and said each newcomer could study one Chaos Tablet for seven days.
• Jin Yu chose the Xin Hen Chaos Tablet, while Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi chose different tablets.
• Jin Yu and twelve other geniuses entered the Xin Hen chamber under Kandri’s watch and examined its nine diagrams of blade marks.
• Jin Yu focused on the third diagram, whose blade marks immersed his interconnected consciousnesses and guided his different bodies toward their own visions of the laws.
• After seven days, Kandri’s call woke the group, and Jin Yu reluctantly left the chamber when its bronze doors opened.

Jin Yu and the other geniuses traveled with Nine Swords Venerable into the Initial Universe, where they saw its exposed laws and arrived at Chaos City. The Reception Envoy explained the city’s rules and residences, leaving the group ready to begin their cultivation.

• Jin Yu explained to Luo Feng that he had been laying a foundation and would fight for worthwhile opportunities.
• Nine Swords Venerable brought the 1,001 geniuses through a chaotic universe passage into the Initial Universe and showed them the laws visible there.
• The spaceship delivered the group to Chaos City, where the Reception Envoy guided them through the streets and explained the unoccupied residences and rooftop law carvings.
• The Reception Envoy warned the geniuses not to disturb those cultivating and said that killing was forbidden in the Initial Universe.
• The Reception Envoy explained the time ratio between the Initial Universe and the Original Universe, then led the group to the Prefect's Mansion.

Jin Yu settled into his cultivation residence in Chaos City and spent a month digesting his insights, mastering eight more essential principles of the Law of Space. After learning that his peers had challenged the Tongtian Bridge, he applied to enter and arrived at the Xin Hen Bridge, where Guardian Bafen explained how its levels tested strength and rewarded further Chaos Tablet comprehensions.

• Jin Yu accepted the residence Thor and the others had chosen near the Prefect's Mansion and began organizing his cultivation gains instead of rushing to challenge the Tongtian Bridge.
• After a month, Jin Yu had mastered eight additional essential principles of the Law of Space, bringing his total to fifty.
• Babata told Jin Yu that Bolan had cleared two Tongtian Bridge levels, while Luo Feng and Rong Jun had cleared one each, and Luo Feng and Thor urged him to challenge the bridge.
• Jin Yu applied for permanent access to the Tongtian Bridge and appeared on its island, where onlookers speculated about his strength.
• Guardian Bafen explained that Jin Yu would challenge the Xin Hen Tongtian Bridge and could earn a Chaos Tablet comprehension opportunity for each level he cleared.

Jin Yu challenged the Tongtian Bridge and effortlessly cleared its first two levels, astonishing the watching geniuses by defeating opponents with both a single blade and illusion attacks. He continued toward the next level as more observers gathered, while Luo Feng recognized how far he still had to go to catch up to his Big Brother.

• Luo Feng, Thor, Jia Yi, Hong, and Wuka encouraged Jin Yu, while Qian Shui joined them to watch his challenge.
• Dao Meng Wang asked Supervisor Bafen to synchronize Jin Yu's battle footage so he could watch from Chaos City.
• Jin Yu chose a Controller on the first level and killed him with one blade before the opponent could stop it.
• Jin Yu chose an illusionist on the second level, resisted his illusion, and killed him with a blade.
• The watching geniuses marveled that Jin Yu could fight as a Controller and an illusionist despite being known as a Warrior, while Luo Feng admitted he could not match his attack.

Jin Yu cleared the first six levels of the Tongtian Bridge on his first attempt, astonishing Dao Meng Wang and the watching geniuses, while Thor, Hong, and Jia Yi also passed challenges of their own. Jin Yu reached the seventh level and unleashed the Yan Shen Bing’s Sword World, but the Man in Blue answered with a Blade World, leaving their trial about to begin.

• Jin Yu defeated the third-level Controller with his own Sword Domain, then chose the Warrior and cleared the fourth through sixth levels.
• Dao Meng Wang marveled at Jin Yu’s achievement, while Luo Feng drew inspiration from his use of the Yan Shen Bing.
• Thor and Jia Yi defeated their illusionist opponents despite serious injuries, and Hong passed the second level by overcoming the illusion with his will and combat skill.
• Wuka asked to join Thor and Luo Feng’s faction, and Qian Shui also expressed interest in joining.
• Jin Yu reached the seventh level, chose the Warrior, and revealed the Yan Shen Bing’s sixth-level Sword World.
• The Man in Blue formed a Blade World with his saber and brought it down against Jin Yu’s Sword World.

Jin Yu defeated the Man in Blue on the Seventh Layer of the Tongtian Bridge by using his Sword World and stronger consciousness to outmaneuver him. After clearing the layer, he headed for the Eighth as the other geniuses reacted to his achievement.

• Jin Yu strengthened his Sword World and used a curving sword-energy attack to force the Man in Blue into a mutual-destruction contest.
• Jin Yu shattered the incoming blade energy with his Yan Shen Bing staff while his sword energy pierced the Man in Blue's head.
• Jin Yu cleared the Seventh Layer of the Tongtian Bridge and set off toward the Eighth Layer.
• Dao Meng Wang closed the livestream, and Thor, Hong, Jia Yi, and Luo Feng reacted to Jin Yu's strength.
• Wuka declared Jin Yu his boss and emailed his father to ask about anyone who held a grudge against him.

Jin Yu challenged the eighth layer of the Tongtian Bridge and defeated its guardian, becoming the strongest current Universe-level genius in a single attempt. His achievement stunned the observers and left Nine Swords Venerable convinced there was no hope of claiming him.

• After learning Jin Yu had passed the seventh layer, Bolan doubted his cultivation path but resolved to focus on space and make Jin Yu his lifelong rival.
• Nine Swords Venerable learned that Gan Wu Country Lord had personally recommended Jin Yu to the Apocalypse Secret Realm and felt jealous.
• Jin Yu challenged the eighth layer and met the Man in Blue, whose Blade World and saber qi tested Jin Yu's strength.
• Jin Yu's own Blade World clashed with his opponent's, and he used his unity with his saber to defeat the Man in Blue with a single strike.
• Overseer Bafen announced Jin Yu's victory to important figures and Universe-level members, while Nine Swords Venerable accepted that Jin Yu was beyond his reach.

Jin Yu resolved to stop holding back and challenged the Ninth Layer of the Tongtian Bridge, refining his will and combat skills under pressure. He cleared the layer after a two-day battle, while the Chaos City Lord observed him from afar and considered his exceptional potential.

• Jin Yu decided that revealing more of his strength was worth the risk and flew toward the Ninth Layer.
• Jin Yu unified his will and attained a heart like a knife, bringing his mental state closer to Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi.
• The Chaos City Lord observed Jin Yu, noted his Golden Horned Beast body, powerful Human Clone, and spatial-law comprehension, and decided to watch his progress before considering him as a Personal Disciple.
• Jin Yu fought a Ninth Layer warrior who wielded the Golden Void Blade, struggling against the opponent's Blade World while using the Yan Shen Bing to create a Sword World.
• Jin Yu adapted under pressure, developed attacks that combined reality and illusion, and broke through as a Mental Master to the Eighth Layer level.
• After fighting for two days and exhausting his opponent's Gene force, Jin Yu beheaded the warrior and cleared the Ninth Layer.

Jin Yu defeated the Yellow-robed man on the Tongtian Bridge’s Eleventh Layer after increasing his force amplitude, then went to challenge Taichu Tongtian Mountain. He aimed to enter the Taichu Secret Realm now and reach the Primal Secret Realm before leaving Chaos City.

• Jin Yu calculated his strength and cleared the Tongtian Bridge’s Tenth Layer by overpowering the Yellow-robed man.
• Jin Yu fought the Yellow-robed man on the Eleventh Layer, matching his advanced blade techniques despite the opponent’s greater strength.
• Jin Yu raised his force amplitude from 4,500-fold to 5,200-fold and killed the Yellow-robed man with a swift slash.
• Jin Yu accepted that he could not pass the Twelfth Layer and left the Tongtian Bridge.
• Jin Yu entered the Tongtian Mountain plane and flew toward Taichu Tongtian Mountain, determined to enter the Taichu Secret Realm.

Jin Yu entered the Taichu Secret Realm, hunted Chaos Beasts until their Chaos True Spirits stopped benefiting his soul, then returned to cultivation in Chaos City. As years passed there, Earth expanded under his influence, new generations of gifted people emerged, and Luo Feng’s family grew rapidly in the Original Universe.

• Jin Yu easily cleared Taichu Tongtian Mountain and gained Taichu Secret Realm membership, mainly welcoming the larger residence and better purchasing conditions.
• Jin Yu hunted and killed tens of thousands of Chaos Beasts over two days, absorbing their Chaos True Spirits until his soul reached saturation.
• The geniuses in Chaos City gradually passed the first layer of the Tongtian Bridge over four years, while they treated Jin Yu as an incomparable exception.
• Luo Feng’s son Luo Ping married and had a child in 2080, and Earth expanded its population and settlements over the following years.
• Jin Yu’s purchased slaves’ descendants were born on Earth, where they received special soul transformations and loyal education; many gifted youths emerged.
• Jin Yu announced Qian Shui was his wife in 2103, while Luo Feng’s grandson also married, prompting Luo Feng to marvel at how quickly families multiplied.