Chapter Summaries

Ning Ze revealed the strength he had concealed, cleared a floor of the Fifth Trial Tower with his Sword Art, and rose to sixth place after unleashing Seal Heaven against the Bug Race. Bolan remained far ahead in first place, while Ning Ze's sudden surge left the spectators stunned as the chapter ended.

• Thirteen discovered that Ning Ze had entered the top 1,000 and later learned Luo Feng had joined him, while other Undying criticized Ganwu Universe Country for claiming three qualifying spots.
• Ning Ze cleared the third floor of the Fifth Trial Tower with his Sword Art, shocking Thirteen and the other Undying, while Bolan reached the Seventh Trial Tower and amassed over 13.3 billion points.
• After Yi Feng was eliminated, Ning Ze and Luo Feng remained the only contestants still challenging the towers, drawing attention from spectators across the universe.
• Ning Ze spent nearly ten days avoiding the Bug Race warriors on the sixth floor of the Fifth Trial Tower, leading spectators to expect that he would make no further progress.
• Ning Ze unleashed Seal Heaven, swept away the Bug Race warriors, and rose to sixth place.

Ning Ze surged through the Sixth Trial Tower with his energy-fusing Secret Art, overtook Bolan to claim first place in the Points Competition, and was eliminated after reaching the Seventh Trial Tower’s second floor. Luo Feng later rose to fourth place, and Thirteen reminded Ning Ze, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun that the upcoming Arena Battle would test their true strength.

• Ning Ze revealed his full power on the Sixth Trial Tower’s first floor and cleared it, rising to second place behind Bolan.
• Ning Ze continued through the Trial Tower floors, using a Secret Art powered by fused Mental Power and Gene Energy, and reached the Seventh Trial Tower.
• Ning Ze cleared the Seventh Trial Tower’s first floor, then killed two thousand Nine-Headed Pythons before being eliminated from the second floor with 19,777,770,000 Points, surpassing Bolan.
• Luo Feng advanced through the tower after comprehending the Ten-Line Flow of “Absolute Space” and finished fourth in the Points Competition.
• Thirteen dismissed the trial rankings as proof of strength and told Ning Ze, Rong Jun, and Luo Feng that the Arena Battle would test their real abilities.

Ning Ze reached the Genius Battle’s final 1,000 and learned that the next day’s Ranking Battle would determine their secret-realm placements, while most participants were assigned to the lowest tier without competing. Seeking cultivation guidance from Hou Fu Chen, he discovered that his teacher had created the sword art “Thousand Jade Absolute Void” using the Space Law, though Hou Fu Chen urged him to focus on entering the Original Secret Realm.

• Thirteen warned Ning Ze that his Law Comprehension lagged far behind Bolan’s and that he should use his advantages before reaching the Universe level.
• Ning Ze watched the elimination matches, saw Kai Ke lose to a Mental Master, and exchanged a fierce glance with Bolan as the top 1,000 were selected.
• The Green Robe Venerable announced the rewards and secret-realm tiers for the Ranking Battle, while the Virtual Universe assigned 800 participants to the Doomsday Secret Realm without further matches.
• A Three-Eyed Race genius and others protested the selection, but the Undying Gods’ pressure forced the 800 participants to kneel, and the Virtual Universe told them they could withdraw instead of joining.
• Ning Ze visited Hou Fu Chen and asked about the connection between the Time and Space Laws in “Thousand Jade Absolute Void.”
• Hou Fu Chen revealed that he had created the secret art using the Space Law and advised Ning Ze to concentrate on reaching the Original Secret Realm.

Ning Ze defeated Long Yun with his hidden mastery of multiple Laws and illusion techniques, then advanced through the top-five round to face Bolan for first place. The chapter ended with both undefeated and the betting houses favoring Bolan.

• Ning Ze instantly defeated Duoduoluomo in the opening battle, and the Virtual Universe selected twenty contestants to compete for the top ten.
• Long Yun revealed his Earth and Space Origin Law domain, but Ning Ze countered with his own domain and an illusion before defeating him.
• Ning Ze defeated Lancelot, while Bolan, Ai Chen, and Luo Feng also advanced to the top five.
• Ning Ze defeated Luo Feng, Ai Chen, and Qian Shui, while Luo Feng finished third and Qian Shui fourth.
• Ning Ze and Bolan entered their final match with three wins each, and betting houses heavily favored Bolan.

Ning Ze defeated Bolan with a mysterious Space-Time Combined Strike and secured first place in the Genius Battle, earning entry to the Original Secret Realm. After leaving his family and traveling with Luo Feng to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, he learned how the company’s secret realms divided its members and status.

• Ning Ze combined two sword arts into a Space-Time Combined Strike that killed Bolan in one blow, winning the Genius Battle.
• The Venerable announced the secret realm placements, and Ning Ze and Luo Feng registered Bailan Star as their pickup location.
• Ning Ze told Shu Yi he would leave again, then boarded the company’s spacecraft with Luo Feng for the journey to headquarters.
• At the virtual headquarters, Ning Ze used Teleport to change Babata’s appearance, while Luo Feng reassured Babata that the problem might be fixed later.
• Sha Wu showed Ning Ze and Luo Feng Yu Xiang Mountain and explained that its five zones reflected the vastly different status and numbers of members in the secret realms.

Ning Ze arrived at the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters after three years of secluded cultivation, having greatly improved his Law Comprehension. He and Luo Feng entered the headquarters, where Bolan challenged Ning Ze to a continuing rivalry.

• Sha Wu showed Ning Ze Lightning Island and escorted him to the Original Zone, where Duo Duo greeted him and introduced his vast estate.
• Ning Ze inspected the Treasure Vault, found its treasures far beyond his 10,000 Points, and chose to cultivate with the Clear Universe Sword Canon instead.
• After three years of cultivation, Ning Ze met Luo Feng aboard the spacecraft and revealed that his Law Comprehension had improved about tenfold.
• Ning Ze and Luo Feng saw the immense headquarters continent, several dozen Light Years across, and followed attendants into a building there.
• Ning Ze reunited with Uka and accepted Bolan's declaration that their competition would continue beyond the Genius Battle.

Ning Ze arrived in Chaos City and chose the Wind Shadow Chaos Monument, which matched his talents in wind and time. Inside its chamber, he and his Wind of Time Clone began studying the monument’s first picture as their first seven-day comprehension session started.

• Ning Ze and the other geniuses arrived in the Initial Universe and saw the Laws manifested in the sky above Chaos City.
• The Black Robe envoy explained Chaos City’s rules and introduced the fifty-two Chaos Monuments as paths to ultimate cultivation.
• Ning Ze selected the Wind Shadow Chaos Monument because its wind and time Laws suited him and his Clone.
• The Black Robe envoy led the geniuses to their assigned chambers, where Lord Kandri opened the bronze doors.
• Ning Ze studied the first picture’s one hundred and eight lines, and he and his Wind of Time Clone saw the Laws with unprecedented clarity.

Ning Ze completed his first Chaos Monument session and entered the Heavenly Insight Bridge, where he learned that its trials measured progress in comprehending Laws. As he approached the Wind Shadow bridge, powerful figures gathered to watch the controversial Genius Battle winner’s first attempt.

• Ning Ze fully comprehended the 108 Law Essences in the Wind Shadow Chaos Monument before Kandri’s summons ended his session.
• A battle between Witersel and Lei Bo erupted above Chaos City, but the Chaos City Lord froze the fighting and ordered both combatants imprisoned.
• Ning Ze claimed an ownerless villa, entered the Virtual Universe, and arrived at the Heavenly Insight Bridge plane.
• Warden Bafen explained that the fifty-two bridges corresponded to the Chaos Monuments and tested cultivators’ progress, then directed Ning Ze to the Wind Shadow bridge.
• Ning Ze learned that the bridge had twenty-seven levels and that his first thirty years earned ten times the normal Points rewards.
• Warden Bafen contacted powerful figures, who began gathering to observe Ning Ze’s first challenge.

Ning Ze cleared the first three levels of the Wind Shadow Tongtian Bridge, prompting the watching Undyings to recognize his talent and suspect he cultivated Laws through comprehending Law Essence. He began fighting the fourth-level opponent, whose mastery of the second diagram outmatched his attacks, but Ning Ze kept him at bay while looking for an opening.

• Ning Ze chose a martial warrior and swiftly defeated the first-level opponent with an illusion-assisted Instant Slash.
• Ning Ze passed the second level, then defeated the third-level opponent with Thousand Jade Absolute Void, a technique that made figures from different moments in time appear together.
• The watching Undyings concluded that Ning Ze had fully comprehended the first diagram of the Wind Shadow Chaos Monument and might be comprehending Law Essence, changing their suspicion to admiration.
• Ning Ze chose a martial warrior on the fourth level, where a weathered middle-aged man claimed mastery of the second diagram and attacked him.
• Ning Ze judged that his attacks were slightly weaker than his opponent's, but used sword light to keep the man back while searching for an opening.

Ning Ze cleared the fourth level of the Tongtian Bridge but chose not to use a space-time sword strike that might exploit the Virtual Universe, while Bolan and Luo Feng failed to match his result. A month later, Ning Ze finished comprehending the first diagram and considered an unusual number of powerful experts seeking to take him as a disciple.

• Ning Ze fought the fifth-level Gatekeeper but was defeated, refusing to use his fused space-and-time sword strike because he feared it would cause an improper victory in the Virtual Universe.
• Bolan challenged the Tongtian Bridge after Ning Ze, but he only cleared the second level and left determined to cultivate harder.
• Seven days later, Luo Feng learned Ning Ze had cleared the fourth level and Bolan the second, then failed his own challenge and struggled to understand his mistake with the Yan Shen Soldier.
• After a month of secluded cultivation, Ning Ze completely comprehended the first diagram, and Wu Bai told him that 856 experts had emailed seeking to accept him as a disciple.
• Ning Ze politely declined ten Universe Venerables, including Venerable Nine Swords, and learned that five powerful King-level Undyings also wanted to take him as their disciple, especially King Blood Sword.

Ning Ze rejected offers from other experts and received Hou Fu Chen’s support to follow his own Sword Art, then used another Chaos Monument comprehension to study the Second Diagram. After three months of cultivation, he learned that Rong Jun had passed the First Floor of the Tongtian Bridge and been chosen as a disciple by Yuan Chen Universe Country Lord, leaving him wondering what made Rong Jun special.

• Ning Ze asked Hou Fu Chen for the remaining Sword Art secret manuals, and Hou Fu Chen granted him access to twenty-three manuals and recommended the Vast Wind Language Secret Art.
• Ning Ze decided to strengthen his Sword Art through studying the manuals and went to the City Lord’s Mansion to use another Chaos Monument comprehension opportunity.
• Kandri warned Ning Ze that the opportunity was precious, but Ning Ze entered the Wind Shadow Chaos Monument and spent seven days comprehending its Second Diagram before being forced to leave.
• Ning Ze returned to his residence without taking a teacher, surprising the Undying beings who had expected him to choose one.
• Three months later, Wu Bai told Ning Ze that Bolan had failed another Tongtian Bridge challenge and that Rong Jun had passed the First Floor and become Yuan Chen Universe Country Lord’s disciple.
• Ning Ze wondered why Rong Jun had attracted a Venerable when Bolan’s Second Floor achievement had drawn no such attention.

Ning Ze bought the first two volumes of Vast Wind Language and used them to advance his Law comprehension. After attending Yin Hou King's lecture on the Second Diagram, he left without acknowledging him as his master, provoking anger and gossip among the powerful beings in Chaos City.

• Ning Ze spent 10,000 Points on the first two volumes of Vast Wind Language and discovered that its moving landscape diagram aided his Law comprehension.
• After a year of study, Ning Ze attended Yin Hou King's three-day lecture on the Second Diagram of the Wind Shadow Chaos Monument.
• Yin Hou King waited for Ning Ze to acknowledge him as his master, but Ning Ze left without doing so, and Hidden Cang Marquis glared at him as they departed.
• Ning Ze returned to his villa and resumed cultivation, believing the lecture had clarified the Second Diagram.
• Powerful beings in Chaos City criticized Ning Ze for refusing Yin Hou King and predicted that he would soon face trouble.

After thirty years in Chaos City, Ning Ze and Luo Feng prepared to leave with the other Genius Battle contestants, while Venerable Nine Swords warned them about the deaths among their ranks. Ning Ze and Luo Feng went to challenge the Tongtian Bridge before their departure, with Luo Feng choosing to go first.

• King Longyu inspected the geniuses with King Zhenyan and King Tongnan, and they watched Luo Feng clear the third level of the Tongtian Bridge.
• Luo Feng took King Zhenyan as his teacher, while Ning Ze continued cultivating without meeting him; twenty more years passed.
• Venerable Nine Swords summoned the remaining geniuses and condemned them for losing nearly two hundred people in Chaos City, then gave them ten days before departure.
• Luo Feng and Ning Ze discussed their progress and agreed to challenge the Tongtian Bridge and study the Chaos Monument one last time.
• At the Tongtian Bridge, Luo Feng chose to challenge first so Ning Ze's performance would not affect his fighting spirit.

Ning Ze challenged the Wind Shadow Tongtian Bridge and cleared its ninth layer with powerful long-range sword attacks, drawing the attention of Venerable Nine Swords and Chaos City Lord. He withdrew before the tenth layer, while the Human Race’s great figures began weighing the future of this exceptional genius.

• After watching Luo Feng defeat a challenger with the Yan Shen Soldier, Ning Ze asked Bafen about the Wind Shadow Tongtian Bridge and began his challenge.
• Ning Ze instantly defeated the fifth-layer Gatekeeper with a sword strike that wielded temporal ripples, startling Luo Feng and the watching Undyings.
• Ning Ze cleared the sixth and seventh layers by attacking from a distance, then defeated the eighth-layer Gatekeeper after ending their prolonged fight.
• Ning Ze decisively passed the ninth layer but withdrew without challenging the tenth, judging that his Law Comprehension had reached its current limit.
• The Undyings discussed Ning Ze’s chances of passing the Original Tongtian Mountain, and Venerable Nine Swords resolved to pursue him as a disciple.
• Chaos City Lord received information from Shadow about a genius and began taking an interest in Ning Ze.

Chaos City Lord learned that his teacher had concealed the Virtual Universe error during Ning Ze’s Genius Battle and instructed him to let Ning Ze grow without interference. Venerable Nine Swords then discovered that Ning Ze already had a teacher, Venerable Jing Ran, and learned that Jing Ran’s Clone was Hou Fu Chen of the Ganwu Branch.

• Chaos City Lord summoned Venerable Yufeng over the Virtual Universe’s brief error, then met his white-robed teacher, who admitted preventing interference and urged him to observe Ning Ze for inspiration.
• Venerable Nine Swords expected to recruit Ning Ze, but Venerable Jing Ran appeared and declared that Ning Ze was his disciple.
• A Virtual Universe official confirmed that Jing Ran had accepted Ning Ze as his disciple in the Original Universe more than a hundred years earlier.
• Jing Ran left, worried that others would blame him for Ning Ze’s unconventional Sword Art, while resolving to protect and support his disciple.
• Venerable Nine Swords asked Lei Ming how Jing Ran had a Clone at the Ganwu Branch, and Lei Ming revealed that Hou Fu Chen was that Clone.

Ning Ze arrived in the Original Secret Realm, reunited with Duo Duo, and visited his family in the Virtual Universe. He then explained the realm’s point-earning opportunities and mission risks to Luo Feng, revealing that he planned to attempt a Dangerous-level mission in the Sea Monster world.

• Venerable Lei Ming explained how the Ku Lun Zang Shen Guo had enabled a powerful being to create a flawed, costly clone, leaving Venerable Nine Swords to consider the failed attempt and Ning Ze’s prospects.
• Ning Ze and Bolan departed for the Original Secret Realm with Venerable Nine Swords after the other geniuses left for their own Secret Realms.
• King Longyu showed Ning Ze and Bolan the 136 Star Coins that formed the Original Secret Realm’s protected spacetime, and Ning Ze traveled to Star No. 118 to meet Duo Duo.
• Ning Ze met his wife Shu Yi in the Virtual Universe and reassured her when she voiced envy of Xu Xin’s opportunities and her own distance from him.
• Ning Ze told Luo Feng that he had earned fifty thousand Points at the Immortal Altar and explained the cultivation-world missions and their varying mortality rates.
• Ning Ze told Luo Feng that he intended to enter the Dangerous-level Sea Monster world after reaching Universe Level Ninth Order, and Luo Feng urged him to be careful.

Molo visited Ning Ze and urged him to seek hidden opportunities in mission worlds, but Ning Ze sensed his malice and suspected he wanted to lure him into danger. After reaching Universe Level Ninth Order and preparing his Seven Star Sword Grass, Ning Ze set out for the Sea Monster World, wary of Molo’s warning.

• Molo visited Ning Ze and told him that secret realm mission worlds contained opportunities that had helped him rise through the Qualification Battles.
• After Molo departed, Ning Ze told Wu Bai that he sensed Molo’s malice and avoided confronting him because private fighting was forbidden.
• Ning Ze absorbed Nutrient Solution for three months and advanced to Universe Level Ninth Order, while his Seven Star Sword Grass reached World Lord Fourth Order.
• Ning Ze bonded with Star Leaf and prepared to take it with him into the Sea Monster World, resolving to stay cautious despite Molo’s warning.

Ning Ze entered the Sea Monster World to obtain a Water Spirit Crystal and began searching for a local identity. After discovering Lucander, a low-status Sea Monster hoping to marry Duchess Yingshuang, Ning Ze killed him and was left with the opportunity to take his place.

• King Tie Li gave Kufa an XS-971 detector and ordered him to obtain a Water Spirit Crystal from the Sea Monster World.
• Ning Ze arrived in the Sea Monster World and decided to take a Sea Monster's scales to disguise himself.
• Ning Ze overheard Lucander lamenting that he could not reach the Flying Heaven Realm and would miss Duchess Yingshuang's husband selection.
• Lucander detected Ning Ze through the water mist and realized he was a Celestial Visitor.
• Lucander asked Ning Ze to take his place and marry Duchess Yingshuang, but Ning Ze dismissed his plea and killed him with the Morning Light Sword.

After disguising himself with a Sea Monster’s genes, Ning Ze investigated Yingni Island and learned about its customs, upcoming gatherings, and powerful visitors. As he flew toward a city on Shadow Island, he overheard Sea Monsters pursuing Bisha over a mysterious pearl and revealed his presence by asking what it was.

• Ning Ze used Gene Camouflage Night made from a Sea Monster’s scales and gained stronger Water Law talent, heightened perception, telepathic awareness, and a hypnotic voice.
• Ning Ze searched a sleeping youth’s memories and learned about the monthly Day of Tide Music and Duchess Yingshuang’s groom-selection ceremony and wedding.
• Ning Ze decided to investigate the city on Shadow Island before pursuing the dangerous mission to obtain a Noble Sea Monster’s scales.
• Ning Ze spotted Bisha being chased by three Sea Monsters who accused him of carrying the Jade Sea Pearl and argued over the death of his brother, Barrett.
• Ning Ze asked the four Sea Monsters what the Vast Sea Pearl was, startling them because they had not sensed him nearby.

Ning Ze killed the Sea Monsters pursuing Bisha, took the Jade Sea Pearl, and used Bisha’s identity to enter the Sea Monster World. While the City Lord and Maga searched for a Celestial Visitor on Shadow Island, Ning Ze left and reached a vast underwater city.

• Ning Ze blocked the female Sea Monster’s mental message and killed her, her companions, and Bisha, then searched their memories and took their valuables and the Jade Sea Pearl.
• Barrett learned his companions had died and joined the City Lord’s investigation, where Sea Monsters reported Lucander’s warning about a Celestial Visitor.
• The City Lord traced the reported deaths toward Shadow City and asked Maga for help, but Ning Ze never arrived on Shadow Island and Maga’s search found no sign of him.
• After two days of cultivating the Water Origin Law, Ning Ze left Shadow Island and traveled to a giant seabed city.
• Ning Ze used Bisha’s travel token to register at the city gate and entered the city in disguise.