Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye entered the Peak Genius Battle in World District One and waited until the sixteenth day before beginning his campaign. He left the story slaughtering contestants across the district with his enormous domain, while survivors fled in terror.

• Shen Ye received his District 1 assignment, chose his battle equipment, and was teleported into the competition.
• Shen Ye decided to wait until the sixteenth day before hunting, while Cang Lei and other powerful figures watched the district and discussed his chances.
• After fifteen days, Shen Ye had 151 points and flew into the sky, spreading his domain across a ten-kilometer radius.
• Shen Ye's domain struck contestants with overwhelming force, killing Blood Sword Lando and many others as he flew through the city.
• A green-haired youth realized Shen Ye's attacks were killing contestants indiscriminately and fled in the opposite direction.

Shen Ye’s relentless killing made him a feared force across the First World District, where contestants called him the “God.” After helping Annie, he resumed his rampage, while Jiang Mo and House set out to find him.

• The Nine Emperor Mountain Empire’s leaders watched Shen Ye climb to third place as he eliminated more than two hundred million contestants in half a day.
• Contestants in a city fought over points until they heard the “God” had arrived and saw him kill everyone within ten kilometers.
• Annie recognized Shen Ye and told him she ranked 10,034th; Shen Ye gave her ten thousand nearby contestants to kill and said he aimed to slaughter his way through the district.
• Jiang Mo heard that the “God” had effortlessly killed law geniuses, then decided to seek him out with House.

Shen Ye defeated Jiang Mo with a single sword strike as he continued his slaughter across the First World District. Jiang Mo learned Shen Ye had killed nearly two billion contestants, while his own rank of 871 left him hoping to survive the preliminary round.

• Shen Ye reached another city as its contestants fled, while Jiang Mo moved against the crowd to confront him.
• Jiang Mo resisted Shen Ye's illusion domain and challenged him to use his strongest power.
• Shen Ye drew the Blazing God Sword and killed Jiang Mo with one long-range strike.
• Three elders told Jiang Mo that Shen Ye had slaughtered nearly two billion contestants in five days and led the rankings by more points than everyone else combined.
• Jiang Mo learned he was ranked 871 and worried that he might fall out of the top thousand before the preliminary round ended.
• Shen Ye resumed slaughtering the city as House realized they had encountered a super genius of extraordinary rarity.

After the preliminary round ended, Jiang Mo learned that he had barely qualified, while Shen Ye’s overwhelming victory brought him fame and the attention of the Augus Imperial Family. The chapter ended with Shen Ye being invited to Augustus Star to receive personal guidance from the Universe Nation Master.

• Hua Yue registered Shen Ye-related trademarks and usernames as reports about his victory spread across the Virtual Universe.
• Jiang Mo celebrated passing the preliminaries in 999th place and told Qian Shui that Shen Ye had defeated him with one sword strike.
• An envoy congratulated Qian Shui for taking first place and invited Shen Ye to meet the Universe Nation Master; Qian Shui and Jiang Mo agreed to go along.
• At Sacred Mountain Palace, Shen Ye received congratulations from the Nine Emperor Mountain Empire’s representatives and met Jiang Mo and Qian Shui.
• The Augus Imperial Family’s envoy invited Shen Ye to Augustus Star, where the Universe Nation Master would personally guide him.

Shen Ye accepted the Augus Universe Nation Master's support and traveled to Augustus Star, where he defeated Qian Shui in a spar. Bloodkill Commander recognized that Shen Ye had gained recognition from the Law of Fire Origin, and Shen Ye revealed the ribbon that had concealed it.

• Shen Ye accepted the Universe Nation Master's request to represent the Augus Universe Nation and take first place in the Genius Battle.
• Shen Ye took Hua Yue to Augustus Star to obtain better network permissions for her technology research, and Jiang Mo agreed to help.
• Qian Shui challenged Shen Ye aboard the imperial family's spacecraft, but Shen Ye defeated her by combining his Flame Domain and laws.
• Bloodkill Commander deduced that Shen Ye had gained recognition from the Law of Fire Origin after sensing how his domain suppressed Qian Shui's laws.
• Shen Ye removed his concealing ribbon and showed Jiang Mo, Qian Shui, and Bloodkill Commander the flame mark between his brows.

Shen Ye toured Augustus Star with Jiang Mo and Qian Shui before being summoned to meet the Augustus Nation Lord, who discussed Shen Ye’s talent and a rival genius from the Noah Universe Nation. At the Augustus Secret Realm, Shen Ye was asked to train the students who had heard of his defeat of Jiang Mo, and Jiang Mo and Qian Shui were ordered to join them.

• Jiang Mo and Qian Shui guided Shen Ye around Augustus Star, showing him its powerful inhabitants and the Augustus Secret Realm.
• Bloodkill Commander reported Shen Ye’s arrival and his acknowledgment by the Law of Fire Origin to the Augustus Nation Lord, who compared him with a space-law genius from the Noah Universe Nation.
• The Augustus Nation Lord ordered Bloodkill Commander to bring Shen Ye, Jiang Mo, and Qian Shui to him.
• An Immortal instructor scolded the Augustus Secret Realm students for their poor preliminary results, and they discussed Jiang Mo’s defeat by Shen Ye.
• Jiang Mo introduced Shen Ye as an expert who would guide the students, and the instructor asked Shen Ye to teach them.
• The instructor ordered Jiang Mo and Qian Shui to join Shen Ye’s training session.

Shen Ye fought the Augustus Secret Realm’s strongest Stellar Level students and revealed that his physical force application had reached perfection. After the Nation Lord summoned him, he left the Slaughter Space and considered how the Eight-Nine Arcane Art could help him gain other creatures’ Law talents through transformation; he planned to test its limits in Chaos City.

• The instructor arranged for Shen Ye to face more than thirty-nine thousand students who had passed the preliminaries, and Shen Ye cut through their coordinated attacks while Jiang Mo and Qian Shui recognized how far his overall combat ability surpassed theirs.
• Bloodkill Commander entered the Slaughter Space and told Shen Ye that the Nation Lord was summoning him.
• Shen Ye announced that he would use his full strength, then defeated the assembled students with a single sword strike and left the Slaughter Space with Bloodkill Commander.
• Jiang Mo asked whether Shen Ye had perfected physical force application, and Shen Ye confirmed that he had nearly reached that level.
• Shen Ye recalled that the Eight-Nine Arcane Art enabled perfect bodily control and transformations that could grant him a creature’s Law talents, and he planned to acquire powerful creatures’ remains in Chaos City.

Shen Ye received guidance on the Law of Fire Origin from the nation lord and stayed on Augustus Star under the Bloodkill Commander’s protection. As the Genius Battle finals approached, rivals learned of Shen Ye’s overwhelming strength, and a Manka Starian youth resigned himself to competing for third place.

• Shen Ye asked the nation lord to demonstrate the Law of Fire Origin, then emerged from his comprehension outside the palace.
• The Bloodkill Commander told Shen Ye to remain on Augustus Star until the second stage began, where the nation lord could protect him from assassins.
• A scaled giant warned the Ganwu Universe Nation’s finalists that Luo Feng and Rong Jun were unlikely to enter the top two, and Feng Lun explained that Boland and Shen Ye were formidable contenders.
• Feng Lun told Luo Feng and Rong Jun that Shen Ye had slaughtered nearly five billion participants in the preliminaries and defeated the Augus Universe Nation’s remaining geniuses.
• A Manka Starian youth watched Shen Ye annihilate his opponents with a single sword strike and concluded that he could only aim for third place.

The Peak Genius Battle began as Shen Ye and Boland drew attention as leading contenders, and the participants learned that the Trial Space would eliminate most of them. Shen Ye and Boland tied for first by clearing the first two Trial Towers instantly, leaving their contest unresolved as they reached the third tower.

• The Augus Universe Nation team arrived at the plaza, where Shen Ye drew attention as a leading genius and Boland challenged him to make the competition interesting.
• At dusk, Nine Swords Venerable gathered the participants and announced that the Trial Space rankings would determine who advanced and who was eliminated.
• The next morning, Shen Ye entered his Trial Space and instantly killed the enemies on each floor of the first two Trial Towers.
• The watching Immortals saw Shen Ye and Boland tie for first, as both cleared the first two towers too quickly to distinguish their speeds.

Shen Ye and Boland advanced far beyond the other contestants in the trial towers, while the released rankings made Shen Ye famous across human territory. Boland revealed a dramatic increase in strength and took the lead, but Jiang Mo insisted that Shen Ye was still hiding his own power.

• Shen Ye and Boland reached the third trial tower, where the monsters began to strain their abilities, and Boland let Shen Ye remain ahead for the time being.
• More than ninety-nine percent of the contestants died in the third trial tower, while promotional videos made Shen Ye and Boland famous for reaching the fifth tower.
• Hua Yue listed a username tied to Shen Ye in an online auction and watched its price soar.
• Eliminated contestants watched Shen Ye and Boland fight through the sixth trial tower as Immortals discussed the near-impossible seventh tower.
• Boland manifested more than six thousand phantoms and cleared the sixth floor of the sixth tower, prompting Sevra to reveal that he had returned to studying the Law of Space.
• Rong Jun wondered whether Jiang Mo and the others were worried about Boland overtaking Shen Ye, and Jiang Mo replied that Shen Ye could be hiding his strength too.

Shen Ye cleared the seventh Trial Tower after rapidly strengthening his Wood Element Law and combining it with his mastery of fire. His victory left the contestants and Immortals stunned, while the author’s closing note debated whether the Primal Secret Realm should have two slots or three.

• Boland watched Shen Ye’s points surge ahead as Shen Ye slaughtered the seventh tower’s blood-furred mammoths, prompting Immortals to recognize the depth of his Law comprehension.
• Shen Ye stopped before killing the final Dro Clan warrior, returned to his villa on Augustus Star, and used the Chaos Green Lotus to improve his affinity with the Wood Element Law.
• After ten days of cultivation between floors, Shen Ye cleared the fifth and sixth floors with rapidly improving Wood Element Law mastery, drawing the attention of Nine Swords Venerable.
• Shen Ye fought through the Zerg sea on the seventh floor, used the Azure Blazing Fire Path to reach the Mother Nest, and destroyed it with one slash.
• The author considered whether the Primal Secret Realm should have two or three slots and said they leaned toward two.

Shen Ye’s unprecedented success in the Trial Towers made him a celebrated genius across humanity and drew the attention of the insect race. After nearly a year of waiting, Luo Feng finished fourth overall, and the elimination stage ended with the top 7,300 set to compete for the final thousand.

• Shen Ye emerged after clearing the seventh Trial Tower, astonishing the other geniuses and prompting Nine Swords Venerable to consider which ancient beings might invite him after he reached Chaos City.
• The Virtual Universe Company released Shen Ye’s record-breaking performance, and people across the Augus Universe Nation celebrated while Tianlan Star’s Star Lord was overwhelmed by requests for training.
• An insect-race intelligence agent reported Shen Ye’s achievements, but the insect leader abandoned an immediate enslavement attempt because Shen Ye was on a planet guarded by a Cosmic Venerable and ordered him monitored instead.
• After waiting nearly another year while Luo Feng exploited the time limit, Shen Ye returned to cultivation and Luo Feng was eliminated on the first floor of the sixth Trial Tower, ranking fourth overall.
• Luo Feng learned about Shen Ye’s extraordinary progress in the Law of Wood Origin and his combined wood-and-fire technique, then Nine Swords Venerable announced the elimination stage had ended and summoned the top 7,300 for the next day’s contest.

The Genius Battle concluded as Shen Ye dominated the final rounds and defeated Boland to take first place. The Virtual Universe Company’s secret-realm placements were settled, and the chapter ended with the competition officially over.

• Nine Swords Venerable announced the secret-realm rewards and explained that the Virtual Universe system would choose some finalists directly, prompting protests from disappointed geniuses.
• Shen Ye defended the system’s judgment, and Nine Swords Venerable proceeded with the competition after allowing anyone who wished to withdraw to do so.
• Shen Ye instantly defeated Carl, then overcame Galasi by turning the Illusion Demon’s illusion against him.
• Shen Ye swept through the later rounds, while the top competitors fought to determine who would enter the Primal Secret Realm.
• Boland launched a single all-out sword strike, but Shen Ye countered with the Cosmic Stars Array and annihilated him, taking first place.

After the Peak Genius Battle, Shen Ye considered how Long Yun might handle the pressure of his new rank, then traveled to the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters and settled into the Primal Zone. He began searching the company treasury for materials and techniques to improve his affinity with the universe’s Source Laws.

• Luo Feng told Rong Jun that Long Yun’s third Primal Secret Realm slot would expose him to intense scrutiny, though enduring it could spur his growth.
• Shen Ye found that the Peak Genius Battle had earned him far more luck than he had spent adjusting the universes’ time flow, and decided to seek a universe where luck was well understood.
• A month later, Jess greeted Shen Ye on Augustus Star and escorted him, Jiang Mo Qianshui, and another companion aboard a Virtual Universe Company spacecraft.
• At the Virtual Universe headquarters, Jess explained Rain Prime Mountain’s five zones and the Primal Secret Realm’s future qualification battles.
• Shen Ye reached his Primal Zone estate and searched the treasury for special lifeform remains, Machine Race technology, soul-control techniques, and plant lifeforms.
• Shen Ye reasoned that his weak compatibility with this universe’s Source Laws, rather than his comprehension, had hindered his understanding of the Flame Origin.

Shen Ye planned to improve his affinity with the Source Laws and used his Virtual Universe Company points to buy special lifeform remains. After arriving at Chaos City with the other geniuses, he was given seven days to choose a Chaos Tablet.

• Shen Ye considered using Origin Profundity to gain the attention of humanity's upper ranks and pursue resources, enslavement techniques, and plant lifeforms.
• Shen Ye decided to spend his 30,000 Virtual Universe Company points on the remains of special lifeforms to improve his Source Law affinity.
• Three years later, Shen Ye arrived at headquarters, collected his purchased remains, and reunited with Qian Shui, Jiang Mo, and the other geniuses.
• Nine Swords Venerable led the group through the Primal Universe, where Shen Ye saw the Source Laws manifested and anticipated rapid progress in his cultivation.
• A reception envoy brought the geniuses to the City Lord's Mansion and instructed them to choose one of the 52 Chaos Tablets within seven days.

Shen Ye chose the Giant Axe Chaos Tablet and gained insight from its diagrams before attempting the Heaven-Reaching Bridge. He cleared the sixth level, while the other newcomers learned that nearly all of them had failed at the first.

• Shen Ye chose the Giant Axe Chaos Tablet and, after waiting three days, entered its cultivation chamber with Rong Jun and Wuka.
• Shen Ye said he had barely understood the first diagram, while Kandri advised the newcomers to settle in Chaos City and attempt the Heaven-Reaching Bridge through the Virtual Universe.
• Bafin explained the bridge's rules and rewards, and Shen Ye chose the warrior opponent on the Giant Axe route.
• Shen Ye defeated the first-level opponent and continued through the bridge, eventually clearing the sixth level.
• Wuka assumed he could clear several levels, but Bafin revealed that only Boland had cleared the third level among newcomers from forty-six other Chaos Tablets, while everyone else, including Long Yun, had failed the first.

Shen Ye cleared the seventh level of the Heaven-Reaching Bridge, drawing praise and invitations from Cosmic Venerables, but he hesitated to accept a master. When Rong Jun’s first-level achievement led two Universe Nation Masters to compete for him, Shen Ye found a way to explain why he had not yet taken a master.

• Boland and the other geniuses learned that Shen Ye had cleared the seventh level but failed the eighth, while Bafin explained how rare such progress was.
• Nine Swords Venerable reviewed Shen Ye and Boland’s challenge videos, praised Shen Ye’s technique and combat awareness, and declined to take him as a disciple.
• Shen Ye received offers from eleven Cosmic Venerables to become a nominal disciple but worried that accepting would disrupt his plans to follow a Lower Law path.
• Jiang Mo, Qian Shui, and Wuka told Shen Ye that Rong Jun had cleared the first level and that two Universe Nation Masters were competing to take him as a personal disciple.
• Shen Ye told his visitors that he would keep working until he proved his strength, using Rong Jun’s situation to defer choosing a master.

After refusing to become a nominal disciple, Shen Ye ignored the criticism and focused on cultivating his Inner World. Three years later, his breakthrough caused the Primal Universe to shake, and the Universe Source bestowed on him the auxiliary Innate Secret Technique Heart of the Universe.

• Wuka spread the news that Shen Ye had refused the Virtual Universe Company's offer, prompting geniuses to sympathize with him and Cosmic Venerables to criticize his decision.
• Shen Ye returned to his building and planned to develop his Inner World into a Sole True Realm containing Myriad Worlds.
• Three years passed, and the Primal Universe shook while Blazing Dragon King and Chaos City Lord tried to understand the cause.
• Shen Ye learned that the Universe Source had bestowed the Heart of the Universe, which let him draw energy from the Sea of Laws to replenish his power.

After breaking through to the External Scenery Chapter, Shen Ye hunted Chaos Beasts and discovered that transforming into one let him absorb more Chaos True Spirits. Back in Chaos City, he tested the Eight-Nine Arcane Art’s limits and transformed into Huodou, greatly improving his affinity for the Law of Fire Origin.

• Shen Ye hunted Chaos Beasts for six months, absorbing Chaos True Spirits until his soul reached saturation, then transformed into a Chaos Beast and found he could absorb more.
• Shen Ye continued hunting in Chaos Beast form, and one year later Boland mistook him for an ordinary Chaos Beast and was knocked down with a single tail strike.
• Shen Ye concluded that he needed to hunt Domain Lord Level Chaos Beasts to further improve his soul, but avoided doing so because the battles might attract attention.
• Shen Ye tested the Eight-Nine Arcane Art and found it could transform him into many lifeforms, including Realm Master Level special lifeforms with a Gene Level of one hundred times, but not Immortal Level lifeforms.
• Shen Ye transformed into Huodou and found that his affinity for the Law of Fire Origin had increased dozens of times, making the law’s fluctuations clearer.

Shen Ye spent twenty-five years in Chaos City studying the Law of Fire while others assumed he had stalled, until he suddenly passed the eighth, ninth, and tenth levels of the Heaven-Reaching Bridge. The chapter left the gathered geniuses stunned by the scale of his breakthrough.

• The Virtual Universe Company discovered that Shen Ye had spent ten years studying the essence of the Law of Fire without attending Giant Axe Faction lectures, and the venerables failed to persuade him to change course.
• Rong Jun, Boland, and Luo Feng passed increasingly difficult Heaven-Reaching Bridge levels, spurring the other geniuses to cultivate intensely while Shen Ye was overlooked.
• Twenty-five years after arriving in Chaos City, Long Yun, Galasi, and Qian Shui passed the third level, and the geniuses gathered to celebrate Qian Shui and Galasi.
• Jiang Mo defended Shen Ye when Lancelot and others criticized him for not challenging the Heaven-Reaching Bridge, then announced that Shen Ye had passed the eighth level.
• The group received successive messages reporting that Shen Ye had passed the ninth level and then the tenth level, leaving everyone horrified.