Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng met Qiang Lan before the Genius Competition and learned that Star Devouring Marquis had warned Qiang Lan about him. The group matches began, and after Kano dominated his opponents, he faced Qin Heng as the crowd awaited the fight.

• Qin Heng joined the preparation area and exchanged greetings with Kano and the other contestants, telling them he had cultivated for three years.
• Qiang Lan told Qin Heng that Star Devouring Marquis had warned him about Qin Heng and criticized him for lending Pangu Lord’s Stone Axe to his teacher.
• Qin Heng asked Qiang Lan to introduce him to Demon Chief Lord so he could learn more about Pangu Lord, and Qiang Lan said they could discuss it if Qin Heng defeated him.
• Kano won more than ten consecutive matches in the group competition, defeating his opponents with ease.
• The arena announced Kano’s match against Qin Heng, and Qin Heng stepped into the arena as the crowd cheered.

Qin Heng faced Kano in the arena and overcame the powerful Stone Tiger secret art with his self-created World-Fixing Talisman. Kano’s attack destroyed his own body, leaving Qin Heng alone in the arena, though Qin Heng also suffered slight internal injuries.

• Qin Heng matched Kano’s physical strength, then used his True Self Universe to withstand and overturn Kano’s Mountain Law attack.
• Qin Heng pursued Kano with his spear and wounded him with the Singularity Collapse secret art.
• Kano transformed into a Stone Tiger and unleashed a powerful secret art that Qin Heng judged too dangerous to withstand head-on.
• Qin Heng sealed Kano and his attack inside the World-Fixing Talisman’s Small World.
• The sealed attack erupted within the Small World, destroying Kano’s body and injuring Qin Heng before Qin Heng remained alone in the arena.

Qin Heng and Qiang Lan advanced through their group undefeated, while Kano was eliminated after losing to both of them. The final match between Qin Heng and Qiang Lan began, with Qin Heng offering to let his opponent make two moves first.

• Qin Heng defeated Kano with his self-created World-Fixing Talisman and left the arena.
• Qiang Lan defeated Kano with his Wolf Tooth Club, eliminating him from the competition and leaving him furious.
• Qin Heng and Qiang Lan won their remaining group matches, ensuring that both would advance regardless of the final result.
• Qin Heng and Qiang Lan entered the arena for their last group match, and Qin Heng promised to let Qiang Lan make two moves first.

Qin Heng defeated Qiang Lan in the qualifying match by using the Space Law Divine Powers Formless Void and Void Annihilation. After advancing, Qin Heng asked Qiang Lan about Pangu Lord and the Stone Axe, and Qiang Lan invited him to Saint Dragon City to talk.

• Qiang Lan attacked Qin Heng with waves of blood and a powerful secret art, but Qin Heng vanished into the void and returned unharmed.
• Qin Heng used Space Prison to immobilize Qiang Lan, then struck with Void Annihilation, killing him and shattering the arena space.
• The referee system declared Qin Heng the winner and listed both Qin Heng and Qiang Lan as advancing from the group qualifying round.
• Qiang Lan asked about Qin Heng's two moves, and Qin Heng explained that Formless Void merged him with tangible space while Void Annihilation tore apart space and matter.
• Qin Heng asked Qiang Lan about Pangu Lord and the Stone Axe, and Qiang Lan invited him to Saint Dragon City for a face-to-face conversation.

Qin Heng met Qiang Lan in Saint Dragon City to learn about Pangu Lord and the Stone Axe. He discovered the axe was a damaged Chaos Sea treasure repaired by Pangu Lord, while the ties between Pangu Lord, Star Devouring Marquis, and Demon Chief Lord remained rooted in friendship and rivalry.

• Qin Heng left the Dynasty Competition Zone and met Qiang Lan at a virtual tavern in Saint Dragon City.
• Qiang Lan explained that he had heard Qin Heng was the inheritor of the Pangu Bloodline, and Qin Heng clarified that he had awakened its bloodline and gained its healing ability.
• Qiang Lan told Qin Heng that Pangu Lord had repaired the Stone Axe from a damaged First Order Rare Treasure into a Sixth Order Rare Treasure, though its full powers and ultimate grade were unknown.
• Qiang Lan warned Qin Heng that the Stone Axe could attract trouble because others had witnessed its power, but Qin Heng said he would not be intimidated.
• Qiang Lan said Star Devouring Marquis and Pangu Lord had been close friends and rivals, while Demon Chief Lord shared a life-and-death friendship with Star Devouring Marquis.

Qin Heng discussed Pangu’s legacy, the Pangu Clan’s destruction, and his ambition to reach the tournament’s top hundred with Qiang Lan. After Qin Heng left, Qiang Lan told Demon Chief Lord that Qin Heng had not met Pangu, and his master planned to use Qin Heng’s rising potential to draw Pangu out.

• Qiang Lan asked Qin Heng how far he expected to advance in the tournament, and Qin Heng said he could reach the top hundred.
• Qin Heng explained how several factions, including the Force Race, had helped destroy the Pangu Clan and steal its resources and secret canon.
• Qin Heng vowed to fight the Force Race, Myriad Things Holy Hall, and Thunder Holy Hall, while Qiang Lan suggested that Heaven Heart Clan Eternals might support him in the future.
• After Qin Heng left, Qiang Lan told Demon Chief Lord that Qin Heng had not met Pangu and seemed to be from a remnant branch lineage.
• Demon Chief Lord said Qin Heng’s potential might draw Pangu out if his homeland were put in danger, then ordered Qiang Lan to improve his secret arts comprehension.

Qin Heng reviewed the Genius Competition’s statistics and watched recordings of powerful contestants, realizing the Overall Competition Zone would be far more challenging than he had expected. He returned to his Immortal Abode determined to cultivate during the remaining time before the next stage.

• Qin Heng examined the competition data and saw that the God Kingdom’s core regions had vastly more contestants than the Thirty-Six Dynasties.
• Qin Heng checked the rankings, found himself at around 200th in peak power, and studied the higher-ranked contestants’ secret art levels.
• Qin Heng watched recordings of Han Ren, Tianhe Province Xuan Que, Fen Wu, Thunderclap, Feng Qianxue, and other formidable contestants.
• Qin Heng withdrew from the Soul Dimension, returned to the Immortal Abode, and began cultivating in hopes of comprehending an eleventh-order secret art.

After the second qualification round eliminated all Earth Lineage Star Lords, Qin Heng and his companions learned the format for the Overall Competition Zone’s lengthy elimination tournament. The first gauntlet round was set to begin the next day, with the Goddess of War assigned to compete first.

• The Earth Lineage Star Lords, including Wang Daoyi, were eliminated, while eight people registered under Purple Snow Star advanced.
• Qin Heng received the schedule for the Overall Competition Zone, which began with three gauntlet rounds followed by group and points-based elimination matches.
• Qin Heng learned that he would face the Ten Thousand Layered Demon Tower, while the Goddess of War was assigned Endless Hell and Yan Feng was assigned Light Forged Star River.
• Qin Heng explained to Yu Ling why contestants could not safely throw challenge matches, and Yan Feng hoped to avoid becoming a frequent target.
• Qin Heng said they would watch the Goddess of War compete when the tournament began the next day.

Goddess of War entered the challenge competition and quickly took the lead, but stronger opponents and the need to preserve her strength slowed her progress. She reached stage 608 before voluntarily ending her run, confident that her result was already in the top 1%.

• Goddess of War cleared the early stages at extraordinary speed and ranked first, with Thunderclap close behind.
• As the monsters grew stronger, Goddess of War slowed down while Thunderclap, Zula, and Meng Xing overtook her.
• Goddess of War continued past stage 600 and began fighting Star Lord Seventh Order opponents, despite the heavy toll on her strength.
• After clearing stage 607, Goddess of War discarded her spear at stage 608 and ended her challenge, saying she was already in the top 1%.

The Goddess of War advanced from the first batch, and Qin Heng and Yan Feng began their challenges while Qin Heng conserved his strength and watched the rankings. Elsewhere, a returning peak Star Lord Ninth Order discovered the Realm Prison star system was gone, then learned his clan had survived and the Stone Axe remained.

• The Goddess of War reported that stamina had nearly reached her limit, while Qin Heng and Yan Feng planned to conserve strength and Yu Ling worried about advancing.
• The first batch finished, with the Goddess of War advancing and Celestial Lifeform Meng Xing clearing the most stages at 663.
• Qin Heng and Yan Feng entered their challenge passages, and Qin Heng steadily cleared floors while keeping near the front of the rankings and spotting Qin Yi competing.
• A burly man returned to the former Realm Prison star system and found it missing, believing the Force Race had taken the Stone Axe and destroyed the starry sky.
• The burly man learned through the Soul Dimension that the Eastern Embrace Clan had survived, Qin Heng had helped its rise, and the Stone Axe was still there.

After withdrawing from the tower competition, Qin Heng learned that an elder claiming to be a Pangu descendant had arrived at Purple Snow Palace. He confirmed Pan Hong’s identity, and Pan Hong prepared to tell the Earth Lineage about the Pangu Clan’s past.

• Qin Heng stopped at the 500th floor of the Ten Thousand Layered Demon Tower and withdrew from the competition, while Yan Feng finished at 450 stages.
• Fang Lingxue told Qin Heng that Senior Fu Xuan had received a visitor claiming to be a powerful Pangu descendant, and Qin Heng went to meet him with the Goddess of War.
• Pan Hong greeted the Goddess of War and praised Qin Heng for reaching Star Lord Eighth Order and becoming Eastern Ancient’s Number One Prodigy.
• Qin Heng tested Pan Hong’s identity by asking about the Pangu Temple and the treasures on Pluto, and Pan Hong correctly described the hidden treasures.
• Qin Heng and the Earth Lineage Star Lords welcomed Pan Hong, who agreed to share what Ancestor Pan Yun Sheng had told him about the Pangu Clan’s history.

Pan Hong recounted the Pangu Clan’s decline, from Pan Yun Sheng’s failed attempts to reclaim its glory to the massacre that ended with Dong Huaiyue exiling Pan Hong and the survivors. He then described the first great catastrophe after the Pangu Lord’s death, when Eternal Experts conspired with the Force Race to attack the clan’s inheritance.

• Pan Hong told Qin Heng and the others that Pan Yun Sheng had obtained a fragment of the Universe Origin Secret Canon, but repeated pursuit and failed breakthroughs had further weakened the Pangu Clan.
• Before dying, Pan Yun Sheng entrusted Pan Hong with the fragment, the Stone Axe, and the Chaos Law, then sent him and more than three hundred young clansmen away.
• After Pan Hong’s people rebuilt their population, the Nether Clan attacked them, and Force Race members recognized their bloodline as Pan Hong fled with the survivors.
• Dong Huaiyue drove back the Force Race and Nether Clan, concealed the fragment, and exiled Pan Hong and twelve survivors to the Borderland World Prison.
• Pan Hong explained that after the Pangu Lord’s death, the Thunder Lord, Myriad Things Lord, and Burial God Lord bribed Li Qing Cang to reveal the clan’s core inheritance and launched an assault.

Pan Hong recounted the Pangu Clan’s three near-extermination massacres and the losses caused by the Force Race, Nether Clan, Thunder Lord, and Li Qing Cang. After Qin Heng accepted the burden of carrying the clan forward, Pan Hong revealed that a Time Secret Realm had helped him reach Star Lord Ninth Order.

• Pan Hong described how the Thunder Lord’s first attack killed more than 350 billion people, destroyed most of the Pangu Clan, and left its survivors divided among four branches.
• Pan Hong explained that the Force Race later used a Pangu prodigy’s secret art as a pretext to have the Thunder Lord nearly wipe out another branch and seize the Pangu Scripture.
• Pan Hong recounted how Li Qing Cang led a third massacre three eras ago, forcing the remaining Pangu Clan members to hide the Universe Origin Secret Canon and flee with the Stone Axe and Chaos Law.
• Qin Heng and the others condemned the clan’s enemies, and Pan Hong entrusted Qin Heng with the task of helping the Pangu name endure.
• Pan Hong revealed that he had trained for the equivalent of five hundred years in a Time Secret Realm, reaching Star Lord Ninth Order and learning methods from Chaos Law.
• Qin Heng asked Pan Hong where the Time Secret Realm was and whether they could go there.

Pan Hong revealed that the Force Race controlled the route to Realm Prison and offered to teach the Earth Lineage the Pangu Scripture and Chaos Law. Qin Heng shared the Pangu Scripture with his clan, while Pan Hong gave the Chaos Law to Qin Heng and Dong Huaiyue to study.

• Pan Hong explained that reaching Realm Prison required a journey of more than three hundred Void Ember Days and warned that Li Qing Cang and the Force Race made the route dangerous.
• Pan Hong chose to remain on Earth under the Azure Extremes Lord's protection and teach the clan the Chaos Law and Pangu Scripture.
• Pan Hong explained that the Force Race lacked the Pangu Scripture's orally transmitted transformation method, then sent Qin Heng the half-text preserved by Senior Pan Yun Sheng.
• Qin Heng studied the Pangu Scripture and offered the Star Lords access to it, warning them not to reveal the technique to outsiders.
• Lu Xiao and the other Star Lords began studying the Pangu Scripture, while Pan Hong offered the Chaos Law to Qin Heng and Dong Huaiyue.
• Dong Huaiyue agreed to study the Chaos Law and offered to teach Pan Hong some mysteries of time, and Pan Hong addressed her as Fellow Daoist Dong Huaiyue.

Qin Heng learned Chaos Law from Pan Hong and helped him settle into life on Earth, while Chen Yao began cultivating the Pangu Body-Tempering Method under Pan Hong’s guidance. As the Genius Competition’s second round began, Qin Heng advanced through increasingly difficult survival stages and tested how far he could go.

• Qin Heng memorized Chaos Law but found it far more difficult to comprehend than Space Law, then listened as Pan Hong recounted the Pangu Clan’s past.
• Chen Yao grasped the Pangu Source Body’s principles, refined five-colored energy, and began the Pangu Body-Tempering Method with Pan Hong’s guidance.
• Pan Hong accepted Chen Yao as his disciple, then explored Earth’s modern cities before deciding to settle by the coast.
• Qin Heng and the others advanced from the first elimination round, and the competition announced a second round focused on surviving powerful virtual enemies.
• Qin Heng entered the second round, killed his early opponents to conserve energy, and remained among the top three contestants in his batch as the monsters grew tougher.

Qin Heng advanced through Stage 55 of the Genius Competition while the Myriad Things Lord and three other Lords discussed how to seize the Chaos Law from him. The Myriad Things Lord planned to wait until the competition ended before using Qin Heng’s loved ones to force him to surrender it.

• Qin Heng steadily defeated increasingly powerful virtual creatures and reached Stage 55, drawing attention from powerful figures across the Void Ash God Kingdom.
• The Myriad Things Lord revealed that he sought Pangu Lord’s Chaos Law, which he considered more valuable than the Universe Origin Secret Canon.
• The Myriad Things Lord explained that he had spared the Pangu Clan while waiting for the Chaos Law’s bearer to appear, and he believed Dong Huaiyue would share it with Qin Heng.
• The Myriad Things Lord planned to control Purple Snow Star and Azure Extremes Star, threaten Qin Heng’s family and friends, and pressure him into handing over the Chaos Law.
• The Myriad Things Lord agreed to wait until the competition ended before acting, while Li Qing Cang worried that Qin Heng might attract the Void Ember God’s favor.
• When Li Qing Cang asked what they would do if Qin Heng matched Pangu’s achievements, the Myriad Things Lord said they would endure it and find somewhere to bury him.

Qin Heng advanced through the virtual challenge to stage 61 by relying on powerful defensive space techniques, then chose to end his attempt rather than reveal more of his abilities. He returned to the Martial Arts Arena on Earth, where his companions praised his performance and asked about his secret technique.

• Qin Heng cleared stage 57 and took first place in the rankings before entering stage 58.
• Qin Heng used Formless Void and his Eighth Order Secret Method, Two Forms Void True World, to survive stages 58 through 60.
• Qin Heng fought a Star Lord Eighth Order opponent on stage 61, but stopped defending after his body had shattered twice and his strength was running low.
• Qin Heng's challenge ended with a result of stage 61 and 68.02 seconds, while the hidden law particle he had launched annihilated the virtual monster moments later.
• Qin Heng reappeared in Earth's Soul Dimension, where Xuan Nie asked about his secret technique and Pan Hong remarked on his defensive abilities.

Qin Heng took first place in the third elimination round by rapidly killing virtual lifeforms, while the Goddess of War and Yu Ling placed much lower. After the next round’s team arena schedule was announced, Yu Ling and Xuan Nie faced likely tough matches, while Qin Heng expected little resistance.

• Qin Heng used his True Self Universe to kill waves of virtual lifeforms and rose past Jing Yuan and Fen Wu into first place.
• Qin Heng finished the round in first with 1.038 million points; Yan Feng ranked a little over 2,800th, the Goddess of War around 1,300th, Xuan Nie around 1,100th, and Yu Ling over 61 millionth.
• Pan Hong and the Earth Lineage Star Lords celebrated Qin Heng’s performance after everyone returned to their territory.
• The fourth elimination round’s team arena schedule was announced, and Qin Heng expected the fourth and fifth rounds to pose little challenge while Yu Ling and Xuan Nie were likely to face stronger opponents.

Qin Heng and his allies advanced through the fourth round of the Genius Competition, while Shi Duan Tian and Yu Ling were eliminated despite fighting fiercely. The fifth-round draw paired Qin Heng with his old enemy Jue Gang, and Pan Hong urged him to humiliate the Myriad Things Holy Hall genius.

• The fourth round began with more than 100 million Star Lords competing in groups, and Qin Heng found his opponents unranked and unthreatening.
• Shi Duan Tian and Yu Ling fought hard but were eliminated with sixteen wins and three losses, and fifteen wins and four losses, respectively.
• Qin Heng, the Goddess of War, Yan Feng, and Xuan Nie advanced, with Xuan Nie winning all nineteen of his matches.
• The fifth-round groups were announced, and Qin Heng discovered that Jue Gang was among his seventeen opponents.
• Pan Hong urged Qin Heng to torment and humiliate Jue Gang, and Qin Heng agreed to collect some interest.

Five Saint Emperors watched the Genius Competition and argued over which promising contestants to recruit. After Qin Heng thoroughly humiliated Jue Gang in their duel, Sovereign Emperor recognized Qin Heng as a descendant of Pangu and revealed that Pangu might one day return.

• The Saint Emperors discussed recruiting promising contestants, and Tiger Emperor and Old Tenth both laid claim to Qin Heng and Yan Feng.
• Sovereign Emperor identified Dong Huaiyue and the reincarnated Saint Prince Yan Feng as other candidates for cultivation.
• The emperors watched Qin Heng restrain Jue Gang with Space Law and repeatedly smack him with a transformed feather duster.
• Sovereign Emperor recognized Qin Heng as Pangu's descendant and said he resembled Pangu, while the other emperors lamented Pangu's suspicious death.
• Sovereign Emperor revealed that Pangu had not completely fallen and might return after sleeping through several epochs.