Chapter Summaries

After the Peak Genius Battle, Che Ke explained how the Virtual Universe Company would collect the 1,000 new core members and transport them to its Universal Headquarters. Li Qi returned to the Molten Secret Realm after learning that the journey would take three years and that he should spend time with family and friends before leaving.

• Che Ke asked the 1,000 geniuses to provide their planetary addresses so the Virtual Universe Company could plan their pickups.
• Che Ke explained that traveling independently would be slow, costly, and dangerous, while the company’s special F-class spacecraft would bring everyone to headquarters in about three years.
• The geniuses learned that the Virtual Universe Company would assign each of them a special F-class spacecraft and distribute the Genius Battle prize money.
• Che Ke advised the geniuses to spend time with their families and friends before leaving their hometowns for a long time.
• Li Qi left the meeting room and returned to the Molten Secret Realm within the Virtual Universe.

After Li Qi’s second-place finish in the Universe Peak Genius Battle brought glory to the Molten Starfield, he reflected on the long separation from his family and his coming training at the Virtual Universe Company headquarters. The Molten Sector Lord thanked him, gave him ownership of ten galaxies, and urged him to spend time with his family before leaving.

• The Molten Starfield celebrated Li Qi’s second-place finish, and the Molten Sector Lord learned that Li Qi had returned to the Molten Secret Realm.
• Li Qi reflected on spending eighty years away from home and on the long journey and cultivation ahead, while hoping to someday revive his eldest brother.
• The Molten Sector Lord told Li Qi that his success had helped him become a registered disciple of the Qian Wu Ruler.
• The Molten Sector Lord gave Li Qi ten galaxies centered on Kuka Planet and arranged for the empire to manage them for five hundred years.
• The Molten Sector Lord advised Li Qi to spend time with his family, and Li Qi went to meet them in the Virtual Universe.

Li Qi returned to the Royce Family and told his relatives that the Molten Emperor had granted him ten galaxies, which the Molten Empire would administer for five hundred years. He offered to fund the family's cultivation and left the elders to decide how to govern the family, while Sixth Uncle Garibuel resolved to take charge and keep family matters from burdening him.

• Li Qi reunited with Winnie, who celebrated his Peak Genius Battle result and urged him to marry.
• Li Qi told First Uncle Huo Lu and the other elders that he had received ten galaxies and that the Molten Empire would administer them for five hundred years.
• Huo Lu planned to prepare family members to manage the territory, while Li Qi proposed a cultivation fund to raise the family's current four generations to the stellar level.
• Garibuel suggested streamlining the family and excluding Li Qi from decisions, prompting Li Qi to leave the elders to settle major matters in meetings.
• Garibuel followed Li Qi and explained that he intended to control the family and prevent it from becoming a burden to him.

Li Qi left his family in Sixth Father Garibuel’s care and traveled with Gong Xiluo to the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters. After touring Yuxiang Mountain and learning about its four secret realms and Thunder Island, Li Qi arrived at the entrance to the Original Area.

• Li Qi trusted Sixth Father Garibuel to manage the family and arranged transport to Molten Emperor Star.
• Fifteen days later, Gong Xiluo, an immortal god sent by the Virtual Universe Company, arrived to escort Li Qi to headquarters.
• Gong Xiluo explained the titles used for core members and described the four secret realms’ ranks.
• Gong Xiluo showed Li Qi Yuxiang Mountain’s five areas and explained their different populations and living conditions.
• Gong Xiluo pointed out Thunder Island, where immortal-level and higher members lived, then escorted Li Qi to the Original Area.

Li Qi arrived at the Original Area, received his manor and guard army, and learned about the privileges and training expectations of the Primordial Secret Realm. After reading the Virtual Universe Company's guidance, he began searching its treasury for Wood Laws secret techniques to study during his three-year journey.

• Aitor welcomed Li Qi to the Original Area and explained the manors, immortal guards, and teachers available to Primordial Secret Realm members.
• Aitor brought Li Qi to Manor Number 115, where Miu Li and the guard army and servants greeted him.
• Aitor identified Miu Li as Li Qi's immortal military lord commander and manor steward, then departed as Miu Li led Li Qi around the estate.
• Li Qi read a Virtual Universe Company message granting him 100,000 points and advising him to study secret techniques rather than spend time accumulating energy.
• Li Qi opened the treasury and asked Xiaoxi to search for secret techniques related to the Wood Laws.

Li Qi bought the first three levels of the Azure Vine Secret Canon, trained for three years, and traveled with the other geniuses toward the Initial Universe. As the group passed through the universe passage, an ancient, incomprehensible voice rang out in his mind.

• Li Qi searched for manuals related to the Azure Vine Pillar, bought the first three levels of the Azure Vine Secret Canon, and decided to save his points rather than buy Twisted Eye.
• After three years of training, Li Qi endured Kedi’s attacks for nearly a minute in the Virtual Universe but still could not defeat him.
• Li Qi arrived at the Virtual Universe Company's universal headquarters and reunited with Man Le, Kedi, and Fei.
• After all 1,000 geniuses gathered, Venerable Gulen led them aboard a fish-shaped spaceship bound for the Initial Universe.
• During the passage between universes, the geniuses suffered from the chaotic flow of time, and an ancient voice suddenly rang out in Li Qi’s mind.

After entering the Initial Universe, Li Qi discovered that the Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method’s Basic Volume could grant him a clone secret technique at its fifth level. He arrived at Chaos City, while an anomaly drew a powerful being to an unusual crimson crystal in the Human Race treasury.

• Li Qi sensed an invisible summons and found new instructions in the Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method, including a clone secret technique unlocked at the fifth level.
• An irregular crimson crystal in the Human Race treasury resonated with Li Qi’s arrival in the Initial Universe, prompting a great being to investigate it.
• Venerable Gulen told the geniuses that they had entered the Initial Universe and explained how its manifested laws made cultivation there valuable.
• Venerable Gulen warned the group to learn Chaos City’s rules and hoped they would all survive their thirty years there.
• Li Qi watched the Initial Universe’s cracks and secret patterns as the spacecraft arrived at Chaos City.

Li Qi and the other geniuses arrived in Chaos City, where Li Qi immediately comprehended the Space Law. The reception envoy introduced the city’s rules and treasures, and Li Qi was startled to hear that Chaos City contained 49 Chaos Steles.

• The 1,000 geniuses left the giant fish spacecraft, and Li Qi comprehended the Space Law as soon as he entered the Initial Universe.
• The black-robed reception envoy introduced Chaos City and warned the geniuses not to disturb those studying or kill anyone inside.
• The envoy explained how to claim an unoccupied residence, described the city’s time ratio, and led the group toward the City Lord’s Mansion.
• The geniuses saw the City Lord’s Mansion’s imposing words and learned that Chaos City had three treasures.
• The envoy said the 49 Chaos Steles represented paths of cultivation leading to the highest peak, and Li Qi reacted in surprise.

Li Qi examined the rubbings of the 49 Chaos Steles to find one compatible with him. The Divine Tree Chaos Stele strongly resembled the mysterious Emerald Tree he had seen before, and he placed it at the top of his alternatives while continuing to inspect the remaining rubbings.

• Li Qi wondered why the Initial Universe had only 49 Chaos Steles and concluded that a long time might remain before the original story began.
• The black-robed envoy explained that each genius could study one Chaos Stele for seven days and led them to a corridor of 49 rubbings to choose from.
• Li Qi set Xiaoxi to alert him after 30 seconds at each rubbing, then found several compatible options, including the Mother Ancestor Chaos Stele and the Nine Universe Chaos Stele.
• At the forty-seventh rubbing, Li Qi recognized the Emerald Tree Leaves and suspected the Divine Tree Chaos Stele depicted the mysterious Emerald Tree he had seen before.
• Li Qi ranked the Divine Tree Chaos Stele first among his alternatives and continued examining the remaining rubbings.

Li Qi chose the Divine Tree Chaos Stele and entered its comprehension chamber with the other geniuses. He began studying its nine illustrations, which depicted trees progressing from fallen leaves and bare saplings to a flourishing ancient tree.

• Li Qi selected the Divine Tree Chaos Stele, believing its focus on wood laws suited his comprehension and future cultivation.
• The black-robed envoy assigned the geniuses to the available Chaos Stele chambers and introduced Kandeli, whose clones guarded all forty-nine entrances.
• Li Qi and the other Divine Tree Chaos Stele students waited for the previous group to leave, then entered the chamber for their seven-day session.
• Li Qi examined the hundred-meter stele and recognized its nine illustrations, which showed trees at different stages of growth.

Li Qi finished his first seven-day session comprehending the Divine Tree Chaos Stele, then chose a secluded residence in Chaos City for the next thirty years. He remembered he still needed to challenge the Heavenly Bridge and planned to do so before returning to the stele.

• A mysterious red-armored man investigated the resonance around Li Qi and found that he was a human with a thirty-two-times life gene level and the Origin of Life ability.
• Li Qi studied the Divine Tree Chaos Stele’s first illustration, discerning nine Wood Origin Law essences and their thirty-six combinations.
• Kandeli ended the geniuses’ seven-day comprehension session, and the black-robed emissary instructed them to find residences and apply to enter the Heavenly Bridge through the Virtual Universe.
• Li Qi selected a secluded residence near the City Lord’s Manor and examined the cultivation records left on its rooftop terrace.
• Li Qi remembered that he had not challenged the Heavenly Bridge and decided to attempt it before continuing his Chaos Stele comprehension.

Li Qi entered the Heavenly Bridge plane and learned how the bridges measured law comprehension and rewarded challengers with more chances to study Chaos Steles. After Overseer Bafen explained that the Divine Tree Heavenly Bridge had twenty-four levels, Li Qi agreed to try it as the watching geniuses reacted in shock.

• Li Qi applied for and received permanent access to the Heavenly Bridge, then appeared on its central island among the core-level geniuses.
• Li Qi spoke with Man Le, noticed Kedi was absent, and asked Overseer Bafen how clearing the Heavenly Bridge granted additional Chaos Stele study opportunities.
• Overseer Bafen explained that each Chaos Stele had a corresponding bridge, and that the Divine Tree Heavenly Bridge had twenty-four levels.
• Overseer Bafen said Li Qi had the strength to pass the first level, startling the geniuses who had already struggled with it.
• Li Qi agreed to attempt the Heavenly Bridge while the geniuses watched.

Li Qi entered the Divine Tree Heavenly Bridge and cleared its first two levels using his Azure Vine Pillar and Endless Vine. After guardian Bafen reported that Li Qi had drawn on the third level, Azure Vine King watched the footage and considered helping him.

• Xiaoxi told Li Qi that clearing Heavenly Bridge levels earned points, with newcomers receiving tenfold rewards for their first thirty years in Chaos City.
• Li Qi chose a controller opponent on the first level and defeated it by merging his nine azure streams into a spear.
• Li Qi used the Endless Vine to block and bind the second-level opponent, crushing it and clearing the level.
• The geniuses watched Li Qi pass the second level, while guardian Bafen judged that the Endless Vine alone could not carry him through the third.
• Azure Vine King arrived after hearing of Li Qi's draw on the third level, watched the footage, and decided to give Li Qi some help.

After reaching the universe level, Li Qi considered a Mosha Clan clone and learned about the dangers and benefits of hunting Chaos Beasts. As he headed to the City Lord’s Mansion in response to a summons, the Inheritance Crystal connected to his home planet stirred an overwhelming longing within him.

• A mysterious being reversed time around Kuka Planet and recovered a thirty-two-sided crystal meteor, recognizing it as an object that had entered the Primordial Universe and fallen into Human Race territory.
• Li Qi reached the universe level, decided to cultivate a Mosha Clan clone, and left Chaos City to inspect its Chaos True Spirit hunting grounds.
• Man Le warned Li Qi that Chaos Beasts had killed several talented cultivators, while also telling him that Kedi had passed the fourth Heavenly Bridge level and was rumored to have become Venerable Guiyi’s disciple.
• After receiving an email summoning him to the City Lord’s Mansion, Li Qi set out to meet its occupants.
• The Chaos City Lord and a silver-haired man discussed the Inheritance Crystal from Li Qi’s home planet, and its appearance caused Li Qi to feel a powerful attraction and longing as he approached.

Li Qi received the Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method from a fiery-red Inheritance Crystal and was accepted as the Ice Peak Lord’s ninth nominal disciple. The Ice Peak Lord promised to resurrect Li Qi’s family if he passed several cultivation tests, then began advising him on choosing a clone.

• Li Qi entered the City Lord’s Mansion’s inner residence and met the Ice Peak Lord, who gave him a fiery-red Inheritance Crystal.
• The crystal imparted the Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method, whose first five turns increased genetic level up to perfection, though Li Qi could not see beyond the fifth turn or speak its contents.
• The Ice Peak Lord accepted Li Qi as a nominal disciple, assigned Venerable Ling Tu to guide him every ten years, and set Heavenly Bridge and Original Tongtian Mountain tests that would earn him personal-disciple status and his family’s resurrection.
• Li Qi asked the Ice Peak Lord for advice about using a clone secret technique granted by the inheritance, and the Ice Peak Lord began offering three suggestions.

Li Qi chose to gamble on nurturing a Kuyu Ancient Tree clone despite the risk that his cloning secret technique could not use world master-level resources. After receiving guidance from Venerable Ling Tu and arranging an immortal mentor, he left Ice Peak Lord’s courtyard, where Chaos City Lord remarked that he had concealed something.

• Ice Peak Lord outlined the Mosha Clan, Drum-Horned Thunder Beast, and Kuyu Ancient Tree as possible clones, and Li Qi decided the Kuyu Ancient Tree was worth the risk.
• Li Qi chose the Kuyu Ancient Tree clone, and Ice Peak Lord promised to send the resources to his residence in Chaos City.
• Venerable Ling Tu guided Li Qi on the wood and space laws, recommended secret methods for studying them, and advised him to request Marquis Bone Cast Beikuku as an immortal mentor.
• Li Qi left, and Venerable Ling Tu reflected on how far his junior had advanced with limited guidance.
• Chaos City Lord appeared before Ice Peak Lord and said Li Qi had concealed something.

Li Qi’s acceptance as a disciple of a Universe Venerable shocked his fellow geniuses, while he kept the identity of his teacher secret and confirmed only that a powerful being would guide him. After deepening his law comprehension, he learned that Boneforged Marquis had accepted his invitation as his immortal instructor and went to meet him.

• Chaos City Lord and Ice Peak Lord discussed Li Qi’s secrets and the need to assess his character, then turned to Yan Emperor’s conflict with a Hong Alliance Universe Lord.
• News spread that Li Qi had been accepted as a disciple by a Universe Venerable, shocking Nuno, Kedi, Venerable Gulen, and the other young geniuses.
• Man Le asked Li Qi to confirm the rumor, and Li Qi said a powerful being would guide him without revealing Ice Peak Lord’s identity.
• Li Qi digested Venerable Ling Tu’s answers and received notice that Boneforged Marquis had accepted his invitation to become the instructor at Manor No. 115.
• Li Qi entered the Virtual Universe and headed to the training grounds, where Boneforged Marquis was sparring with Lord Miu Li.

Li Qi exchanged for several secret techniques and examined the first volume of Spacetime Sketchbook before receiving the materials for a Kuyu Ancient Tree clone. He prepared the leaf with his blood and activated the Clone secret technique, leaving the attempt's outcome unknown.

• Boneforged Marquis advised Li Qi to focus on comprehending laws in Chaos City and recommended Instant Shadow Illusory Body for close combat.
• Li Qi exchanged for the first volume of Spacetime Sketchbook, the first two volumes of Divine Tree True Explanation, and Instant Shadow Illusory Body.
• Li Qi examined Spacetime Sketchbook but could not yet comprehend its techniques because his space-law comprehension was insufficient.
• Li Qi received a world ring containing a Kuyu Ancient Tree leaf and plant-life resources, then confirmed the leaf matched the one Ice Peak Lord had shown him.
• Li Qi pierced the leaf, repeatedly dripped his blood onto it, and activated the Clone secret technique.

Li Qi nurtured a Kuyu Ancient Tree avatar and studied the Origin Law of Wood, successfully mastering the Azure Vine Pillar’s third move. He went to the City Lord’s Mansion to use one of his opportunities to comprehend the Divine Tree Chaos Stele and waited for the current user to finish.

• Li Qi used his secret technique to turn blood on a Kuyu Ancient Tree leaf into a sphere that would nurture his avatar over two or three years.
• Li Qi studied the first volume of the Divine Tree True Explanation and the Azure Vine Secret Canon, then practiced with Endless Vine.
• Li Qi successfully performed the Azure Vine Pillar’s third move, Heavenly Net, and considered how his high life gene level and law comprehension might make breaking through difficult later.
• Li Qi decided to use one of his Chaos Stele comprehension opportunities and traveled to the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Kandeli confirmed Li Qi had two opportunities and told him that someone was using the Divine Tree Chaos Stele for a little over another day, so Li Qi waited.

Li Qi studied the Divine Tree Chaos Stele, deepened his comprehension of the wood origin laws, and challenged the Divine Tree Heavenly Bridge again. He defeated the gatekeepers of the third and fourth levels, leaving Azure Vine King astonished by his rapid progress.

• Li Qi learned that Thirteen had comprehended a domain and Nineteen was pursuing work as a universe mercenary before returning to his cultivation.
• Li Qi studied the Divine Tree Chaos Stele for seven days, gained new insights, and later used the Kuyu Ancient Tree clone's slow growth to remind himself to accumulate more comprehension before studying again.
• Li Qi challenged the Heavenly Bridge and defeated the third-level controller gatekeeper by trapping him with Heavenly Net.
• Li Qi reached the fourth level as other geniuses gathered to watch, while Azure Vine King doubted he could pass with Heavenly Net alone.
• Li Qi condensed Heavenly Net into a powerful sphere and used it to break through the fourth-level controller's defense, passing the level.
• Azure Vine King recognized Li Qi's astonishing law-comprehension speed and regretted not making him his disciple.