Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming mastered the third form of the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast and looked ahead to becoming Marquis Zhenlei’s disciple and competing in the Human Universe Peak Genius Battle. An unexpected email interrupted his thoughts, but its contents were not revealed.

• Lu Ming mastered Tiger’s Roar, the third form of the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast, and left the Slaughter Space.
• The Jinlan Dojo headquarters’ elite geniuses regarded Lu Ming with awe because of his reputation and rapid rise.
• Lu Ming considered how much stronger he would need to become to stand out in the Peak Genius Battle three years later.
• Lu Ming recalled how his Infinite Talent had granted him increasingly powerful talents, including Heart of the Wild.
• Lu Ming expected becoming Marquis Zhenlei’s disciple to bring him another high-quality talent, but an unexpected email interrupted him.

Lu Ming received Marquis Zhenlei’s invitation to become his Direct Disciple after mastering the first three forms of the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast. At the Immortal Hall, Marquis Zhenlei formally accepted him and began lecturing on the secret technique, while Sajia realized Lu Ming had pulled further ahead.

• Alice read Lu Ming an email in which Marquis Zhenlei said Lu Ming had passed his test and qualified to become his Direct Disciple.
• Half a month later, Lu Ming met Sajia at the Immortal Hall before Marquis Zhenlei’s lecture.
• Marquis Zhenlei announced that Lu Ming had passed his test, and Lu Ming came forward to be formally accepted as his disciple.
• Marquis Zhenlei seated Lu Ming beside his senior brother Yuan Mo, bringing his active disciples at the Jinlan Dojo to nine.
• Marquis Zhenlei began explaining the first four forms of the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast and their relationship to the Lightning Origin Law.

After becoming Marquis Zhenlei’s disciple, Lu Ming received powerful resources and began three years of special training to prepare for the next Genius Battle. During training, he refreshed a new talent called Son of Light, which greatly increased his affinity with the Lightning Origin Law.

• Marquis Zhenlei praised Lu Ming for mastering Tiger’s Roar and promised to guide him toward learning Dragon’s Cry before the next Genius Battle.
• Marquis Zhenlei raised Lu Ming’s benefits, gave him the Five Chapters of Thunder and a World Ring of cultivation resources, and told him to handle some upcoming matters.
• Lu Ming accepted gifts and congratulations from several factions and considered using his new wealth to strengthen the Lu Family.
• Lu Ming began one-on-one special training with Marquis Zhenlei, who emphasized learning techniques for fighting different kinds of opponents.
• Lu Ming refreshed a purple talent, Son of Light, which greatly enhanced his affinity with the Lightning Origin Law.

Lu Ming absorbed Star Blue Crystals and underwent a Life Leap without advancing beyond the ninth rank of the Stellar level. The transformation revealed the true power of his Son of Light talent, and he resolved to surprise Teacher Marquis Zhenlei with his progress.

• Lu Ming felt his cells hunger for life energy and began absorbing Star Blue Crystals, triggering rapid changes throughout his body.
• After two days of absorption, Lu Ming sensed a new power fuse into every cell as his Life gene level leaped.
• Lu Ming found the Lightning Origin Law clearer and his connection to the Universe Origin closer, then tested his lightning techniques.
• Lu Ming realized the Son of Light state made his law-based attacks far stronger and raised his Life gene level tenfold.
• Lu Ming decided to surpass Marquis Zhenlei's expectations by learning the fourth form of the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast.

Lu Ming demonstrated that he had nearly perfected Dragon's Roar Form in under three months, so Marquis Zhenlei began teaching him Ape Cry Form. After mastering it, Lu Ming’s cultivation brought him a deeper insight into the Lightning Origin Law, and he faintly glimpsed its essence.

• Lu Ming asked Marquis Zhenlei to teach him Ape Cry Form, then demonstrated his near-perfect Dragon's Roar Form to prove his progress.
• Marquis Zhenlei praised Lu Ming and demonstrated Ape Cry Form, explaining how its Six-armed Demon Ape intent made the technique powerful and versatile.
• Lu Ming quickly mastered Ape Cry Form, aided by his Heart of the Wild talent and his comprehension of Thunder Beast Intent.
• While cultivating in the Jinlan Dojo, Lu Ming gained a deeper understanding of the Lightning Origin Law and realized he might have glimpsed its essence.

Lu Ming tested how understanding the Lightning Origin Law strengthened his Lion's Roar, then entered his first Stellar Class Sequence Battle. He defeated Rudy instantly with a sonic attack, demonstrating the vast gap between them.

• Lu Ming used the Lightning Origin Law's essence of violence to strengthen his secret technique and tested its power in the training room.
• After Alice alerted him to an email, Lu Ming learned about the Stellar Class Sequence Battle and considered how winning might draw the Jinlan Kingdom Lord's attention.
• Five days later, Sajia watched Lu Ming's live match against Rudy, a Seed Elite who had crossed the threshold of the Flame Origin Law.
• Rudy charged at Lu Ming with his saber while Lu Ming stood with his arms crossed and did not summon a weapon.
• Lu Ming unleashed Lion's Roar, incapacitating Rudy with a sonic attack and leaving him dead in the snow.

Lu Ming dominated the Stellar Class Sequence Battle and caught Jinlan Kingdom Lord’s attention. He received the Kingdom Lord’s advice to study the Time Origin Law, leaving him to consider whether to pursue it based on the talent he might draw next month.

• Lu Ming defeated Rudy with a soundwave attack, then instantly beat Moye and every other opponent to win all six battles and become the first sequence of the Stellar level.
• After the tournament, Lu Ming sought Marquis Zhenlei’s guidance on the sixth form of the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast, Phoenix Cry, but doubted he could master it before the Genius Battle.
• Jinlan Kingdom Lord reviewed Lu Ming’s performance, recognized his unusual aptitude for the Lightning Origin Law, and decided to advise him to begin studying the Time Origin Law.
• Lu Ming received Jinlan Kingdom Lord’s email and learned that he was being urged to study the Time Origin Law early.
• Lu Ming considered his low affinity for the Time Law and decided that his next monthly talent draw would help determine whether to pursue it.

Lu Ming received two rare Time Law secret techniques from Jinlan Kingdom Lord and gained the purple Son of Time talent. He used it to grasp the Time Origin Law at an entry level, then looked ahead to the upcoming preliminaries.

• Lu Ming opened Jinlan Kingdom Lord’s gift and found the Cosmic Thunder Fusion and Time Beast Codex secret techniques, spanning twenty-one volumes and covering the Time Law’s branches.
• Lu Ming reflected on how talent and hard work both mattered for becoming a powerhouse.
• At the start of the new month, Lu Ming gained the purple Son of Time talent, which greatly increased his affinity for the Time Origin Law.
• Lu Ming cultivated using Cosmic Thunder Fusion and his understanding of the Lightning Origin Law, quickly resolving problems in his Time Law studies.
• After a month of cultivation, Lu Ming formally grasped the Time Origin Law at an entry level and felt confident about the preliminaries.

The Human Universe Peak Genius Battle began, prompting Lu Ming and countless other Stellar-level fighters to register. After registration closed, Lu Ming received the competition rules, which standardized participants’ physical attributes and equipment for the selection battles.

• Alice told Lu Ming that suspended proclamations announcing the Peak Genius Battle had appeared throughout the Virtual Universe, and he connected to the network.
• Lu Ming learned how the Universe Kingdom selections and Peak Finals would choose the top geniuses, then registered as a Stellar-level ninth-rank warrior.
• Geniuses across the universe prepared for the battle, including disciples of the Star Snow Divine Kingdom, a brawny fighter from the Xuanming Universe Kingdom, and Liya, who registered at her teacher’s urging.
• Registration in the Jinlan Universe Kingdom reached 970 billion applicants by the deadline.
• Lu Ming opened an email explaining that the selection would equalize participants’ physical attributes and psychic power while setting limits on their weapons and armor.

Lu Ming learned the rules of the Genius Battle and was assigned to the Seventh World Zone for the bloody preliminary elimination. As the 30-day contest began, a Winged Ghost Race youth attacked him, and Lu Ming vanished to counter.

• Lu Ming read that contestants had to survive a mass elimination, and he planned to pursue prominent opponents to secure first place in his world zone.
• The Jinlan Kingdom Lord addressed the gathered contestants before transporting them to their assigned zones.
• Lu Ming was assigned to the Seventh World Zone, a forest modeled after the Spirit Taming Secret Realm, and checked the contest rules on his bracer.
• A Winged Ghost Race youth spotted Lu Ming and launched a Wind Howl Wheel attack.
• Lu Ming ignored the approaching weapon and vanished like lightning.

Lu Ming rampaged through the forest preliminaries, using his Thunder Prison technique to slaughter groups of participants and rack up points. After Samael fled from him, he ran into six people ahead, just as Lu Ming closed in behind him.

• Lu Ming killed a Winged Ghost Race youth and began hunting openly through the forest.
• Lu Ming slaughtered more than a dozen participants with lightning, then charged toward a larger melee.
• Lu Ming used Thunder Prison to destroy the crowd and gained over 1,600 points.
• Lu Ming continued killing participants until Samael fled from him in terror.
• Samael encountered six people ahead and shouted for them to run from the demon god pursuing him.

Lu Ming left his division after five days of hunting and set out to challenge powerful opponents across the Seventh World Zone. As he entered another division and drew a crowd of attackers, Samael was eliminated after Lu Ming killed him, and the other contestants braced for Lu Ming’s arrival.

• Samael killed the six men who had attacked him, but Lu Ming caught up and killed him, eliminating him from the competition.
• Samael learned that Vana was calling him and reluctantly accepted the call.
• Lu Ming checked his points, found himself ranked fifth, and decided to hunt high-scoring opponents in other divisions.
• Contestants in Lu Ming’s former division celebrated his departure, while Demon Blade resolved to face him on the final day.
• Marquis Zhenlei and his disciples praised Lu Ming’s rise into the top five of the Seventh World Zone.
• Lu Ming entered another division, searched the forest sea with his spiritual power, and drew dozens of fighters who rushed to attack him.

Lu Ming called out the top experts in the new sector and slaughtered Snake Demon, Blood Spear King, and Mad Witch with ease. He continued hunting elite fighters over the following days, becoming known as Demon God—Lu Ming, a taboo existence that no one dared provoke.

• Lu Ming publicly called out the sector’s top experts from atop a giant tree.
• Snake Demon, Blood Spear King, and Mad Witch arrived, and Lu Ming killed Snake Demon with one punch.
• Blood Spear King and Mad Witch fled, but Lu Ming caught and killed them, earning 2.4 million points from the three fighters.
• Over the next two days, Lu Ming killed two titled experts from another sector.
• Three days later, Lu Ming killed Mad Rhino, Gray Blood, and Holy Sword, and ordinary combatants identified him as Demon God—Lu Ming.

Lu Ming hunted down the strongest experts across the Seventh World Zone and climbed to first place as his points soared. With three days left, Demon Blade heard that he planned to challenge the entire World Zone on the final day.

• Lu Ming waited in a new sector, met its strongest fighter, an Ape Clan youth, and killed him in a rapid clash.
• Over twelve days, Lu Ming hunted down renowned experts including King of Underworld, Sky Eye, and Moon Soul, causing their points to be halved and securing first place.
• Citizens of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom watched Lu Ming's points rise and discussed his dominance across the Seventh World Zone.
• Demon Blade, ranked twelfth, reflected that she had avoided Lu Ming by leaving her original sector early and planned to challenge him on the final day.
• Demon Blade heard that Lu Ming intended to challenge everyone in the World Zone on the final day and wondered whether he could survive the enormous number of opponents.

With first place in the Seventh World Zone nearly secured, Lu Ming gathered more than a million competitors at Myriad Tower Forest to create a major event and fight them all at once. He unleashed his lightning techniques against the attackers, and the battle continued as titled geniuses joined the assault.

• Lu Ming decided that simply winning the preliminary round would not make a major enough event, so he arranged to face the Seventh World Zone’s opponents together.
• More than a million competitors gathered at Myriad Tower Forest, including high-ranking challengers and low-ranked fighters hoping to gain points by striking Lu Ming down.
• Lu Ming arrived and charged into the crowd, transforming with the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast and using Thunder Prison to devastate the attackers.
• Demon Blade, Azure Fire, Steel Blade, Evil Shadow, and other titled powerhouses joined the battle as Lu Ming continued fighting through the crowd.

Lu Ming lured Demon Blade, King of Strength, and the other experts into his Thunder Prison, then unleashed a lightning storm that annihilated them. His use of the Lightning and Time Origin Laws astonished the watching Immortals and spread his fame across the universe kingdoms, leaving other geniuses to see him as a major threat.

• Lu Ming expanded his Thunder Prison and used Thunder Prison Storm to trap Demon Blade, King of Strength, Azure Fire, and the other attackers.
• Lu Ming unleashed Endless Annihilation, engulfing the trapped enemies in a devastating thunderstorm.
• Spectators watched in shock as Lu Ming crushed his opponents, while the Immortals recognized that he had fused the Lightning and Time Origin Laws into his domain.
• The Jinlan Universe Kingdom's Immortals praised Lu Ming's prospects and learned that Marquis Zhenlei was his teacher.
• Lu Ming's battle drew attention across other universe kingdoms, where rival geniuses began to regard him as a foremost enemy.

After Lu Ming’s success in the Genius Battle preliminaries attracted gifts and attention from powerful figures, he drew a new Purple Talent: Will of the Overlord. The chapter leaves him considering how to cultivate the talent and its potential to develop into a Will Secret Technique.

• Lu Ming received a congratulatory email and valuable gifts from Frost Sword Marquis, Blood Wing Marquis, and Eternal Night Marquis, and he asked Alice to send them thanks.
• The emperor of the Heilin Empire gifted the Liuyan Empire to the head of the Lu Clan after Lu Ming’s performance raised his standing.
• The Jinlan Kingdom Lord watched Lu Ming use the Time Origin Law and decided that the rare genius deserved further guidance.
• Lu Ming drew the Purple Talent Will of the Overlord, which transformed his mental will and could make weaker enemies lose the courage to fight.
• Lu Ming recognized the talent’s potential to develop into a Will Secret Technique and resolved to consider how to cultivate it.

Lu Ming studied the Huo Suo Giant Beast Statue in the Jinlan Universe Kingdom’s secret realm to improve his understanding of lightning and time. Nearly five years later, his comprehension had advanced greatly as the final competition drew near.

• Lu Ming arrived at Huo Suo Canyon, where a World Lord escort showed him the statue crafted by the Jinlan Kingdom Lord.
• Lu Ming discovered that focusing on the statue drew him into the Heart of the Wild state and let him perceive its Law Secret Patterns.
• Lu Ming chose to cultivate the Huo Suo Codex and began studying the statue’s lightning and time laws and the Huo Suo Giant Beast’s spirit.
• Lu Ming spent nearly five years observing the statue and gradually uncovered the meaning of its patterns.
• The Cycle Battle concluded and the final competition approached while Lu Ming’s comprehension of the two Origin Laws reached an astonishing level.

Lu Ming reviewed intelligence on rival geniuses before joining the Jinlan Universe Kingdom’s contestants for the Genius Battle finals. Led by the Nine Peaks Divine General, the team arrived at the Virtual Universe’s gathering plane and headed to Building 0513.

• Alice showed Lu Ming intelligence on the other universe kingdoms’ strongest contestants, including the War Emperor and Remnant Dream.
• Tiffany learned that Lu Ming, known as the Demon God, could threaten her, while Boros vowed to defeat Lu Ming and the other leading geniuses.
• Lu Ming arrived at the gathering plaza and briefly met Elena, who was approached afterward by Saren.
• The Nine Peaks Divine General exerted his aura over the contestants, singled out Lu Ming as Jinlan’s strongest prospect, and told the others to strive for the top thousand.
• The Nine Peaks Divine General led Jinlan’s team to the finals’ vast gathering plane, where they headed for Building 0513.

Lu Ming arrived with the Jinlan Universe Kingdom team at the genius gathering and drew the attention of geniuses and Immortal powerhouses alike. At the restaurant, he met Tiffany and was challenged by Ert, while Kun Zhou sensed Lu Ming’s unusual presence and declared him a worthy opponent.

• Nine Peaks Divine General led the Jinlan Universe Kingdom geniuses into Building 0513, then left them to settle in and explore the free restaurants.
• Jiu Yue entered No. 1 Restaurant, where representatives of other universe kingdoms questioned him about Lu Ming’s strength.
• Lu Ming visited a restaurant and drew curious stares from the gathered geniuses before Tiffany introduced herself and recommended Meteorflame Wine.
• Ert criticized Lu Ming and Tiffany, prompting Tiffany to insult him while Lu Ming dismissed the accusation.
• Kun Zhou arrived, sensed something extraordinary in Lu Ming, and called him a worthy opponent while confidently predicting his own victory.