Chapter Summaries

After the preliminaries, the Ganwu Country Lord noticed Yang Wu’s grasp of Space essence and sent him a powerful movement secret technique. Yang Wu studied Flowing Light Instant Shadow and resolved to repay the Country Lord once he grew stronger.

• The Ganwu Country Lord reviewed Yang Wu’s battle and recognized that he had begun to comprehend Space essence.
• The Country Lord ordered Thirteen to deliver Yang Wu a secret manual and promised another surprise if Yang Wu won first place in the Genius Battle.
• While waiting for the arena duels, Yang Wu completed a simulation that strengthened his Void Tower and advanced his comprehension of Law essence.
• Thirteen visited Yang Wu in the Virtual Universe and gave him Flowing Light Instant Shadow on the Country Lord’s behalf.
• Yang Wu learned that the four-level technique progressed from Light Shadow to Teleportation and decided to repay the Country Lord by taking him as a subordinate someday.

Hong competed in Group 161’s arena melee, where he fought the fierce warrior Toreya and revealed his mastery of the Law of Light. Both survived until only ten contestants remained and qualified for the one-on-one arena battles.

• Yang Wu, Luo Feng, and Thunder God watched Hong’s Group 161 match alongside their families.
• The arena announcer introduced Rong Jun and the other contestants, and the crowd roared when Hong was announced as a Black Dragon Mountain Empire competitor.
• Hong cautiously studied the contestants before fighting with his silver spear as the melee began.
• Toreya attacked Hong, and the two fought evenly until Hong unleashed the Law of Light.
• Hong and Toreya both qualified among the final ten, but Toreya glared at Hong with killing intent after the match.

Hong qualified in the arena and was chosen as the disciple of Time Domain Lord Luo. Luo Feng and Thunder God also qualified, leaving the brothers celebrating their success and Hong's chance to grow stronger before the later rounds.

• Hong qualified in the arena, earning congratulations from Yang Wu, Luo Feng, and Thunder God.
• Thunder God prepared for his own arena battle, and Luo Feng promised to help if he faced elimination.
• Luo Feng dominated Group 321's arena battle while Thunder God fought with his lightning-wreathed saber, and both brothers qualified.
• Thunder God joked that he felt like a free gift beside Luo Feng's cheers from the crowd.
• Luo Feng and Thunder God told Yang Wu that Time Domain Lord Luo had chosen Hong as his disciple and set a condition tied to Hong's ranking in Ganwu Universe Country.

Yang Wu watched Luo Feng and Rong Jun face off in the fourth arena final, where both revealed how much they had improved. Their contrasting strengths left the battle deadlocked, with neither able to overcome the other.

• Hong won four consecutive arena finals and secured a spot, while Thunder God lost his fourth battle despite breaking through to the ninth level of the Domain.
• Yang Wu observed that Rong Jun’s will and strength had grown since their previous fight, while Luo Feng had mastered three Golden Illusion Swords.
• Rong Jun drew his Liedi Blade and attacked with three figures, forcing Luo Feng to evade using the Dark Cloud Shuttle.
• Luo Feng counterattacked with his three Golden Illusion Swords, but Rong Jun’s defense held against them.
• Yang Wu judged that Luo Feng could avoid Rong Jun’s attacks while Rong Jun could withstand Luo Feng’s, leaving the battle at a stalemate.

After tying with Rong Jun, Luo Feng chose the Reincarnation Battle, and both rivals trained by simulating one another. On Earth, the Trial Tower shaped the development of human warriors, while Wang Xingyan struggled to clear its third floor.

• The Virtual Universe Company declared Luo Feng and Rong Jun's arena match a draw, and both chose to enter the Reincarnation Battle.
• Rong Jun and Luo Feng each began simulated battles against the other, determined to surpass their rival.
• Wang Xingyan failed for the seventh time to pass the Trial Tower's third-floor illusion realm, despite reaching peak High War God strength.
• Yang Wu opened Earth's resources to its people and established a realistic Trial Tower that tested warriors' consciousness and willpower.
• The Trial Tower became a central route to training, resources, and advancement, while Earth warriors began reading ancient Chinese books and cultivating their minds.

Yang Wu mastered the first level of Flowing Light Instant Shadow while Luo Feng and Thunder God advanced through the Reincarnation Battles. After all three passed, the top thousand Ganwu geniuses gathered at Arena No. 00001, where a powerful figure welcomed them.

• Yang Wu mastered the Light Shadow level of Flowing Light Instant Shadow, and his Moshaza Clan Clone grasped the eleventh basic mystery of Space Law.
• Jiang Tianchen guided Thunder God, who publicly comprehended the Law of Lightning in an arena battle; Yang Wu later grasped the twelfth basic mystery of Space Law.
• Luo Feng and Thunder God passed the Reincarnation Battles and joined the top thousand Ganwu geniuses summoned to Arena No. 00001.
• Yang Wu entered the preparation hall, drawing the attention of the assembled geniuses, while Rong Jun approached him with fighting intent.
• The geniuses entered the arena and faced an imposing, eight-meter-tall man whose pressure weighed on their consciousness before he congratulated them.

As the Genius Battle finalists spent a year and a half preparing, Yang Wu continued strengthening his physical force and understanding of space, while Luo Feng's Moshaza Clan Clone was born. In September 2070, the thousand top geniuses of the Ganwu Universe Country gathered and departed with Thirteen Lord for the ultimate showdown.

• Yang Wu, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Hong, and Thunder God spent the year and a half before the final battle pursuing their own goals and training.
• A Manka Star youth from Wild Universe Country lost to Yang Wu in the Slaughter Space, and a World Master warned him that Rong Jun and Luo Feng were also formidable opponents.
• Yang Wu's June 2069 simulation granted him the thirteenth fundamental mystery of space, and his physical force output rose to forty times.
• Luo Feng's Moshaza Clan Clone was born in October 2069, accelerating his movement technique and space-law research.
• Yang Wu's June 2070 simulation granted him the fourteenth fundamental mystery of space.
• On September 6, 2070, Thirteen Lord addressed the Ganwu Universe Country's thousand geniuses, singled out Yang Wu, Rong Jun, and Luo Feng as the country's greatest hopes, and led everyone to a new Virtual Universe plane.

Yang Wu and Luo Feng arrived at the competition complex, received their room badges, and explored the plaza, where the top geniuses from many Cosmic Countries gathered. Death God Bo Lan approached Yang Wu, called him not bad, and walked away, leaving the two rivals’ encounter as the story’s latest development.

• The Ganwu Universe Country team arrived at Building No. 0825, where Yang Wu received badge No. 1, Rong Jun received No. 2, and Luo Feng received No. 3.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng left their rooms and went to Central Plaza, where other geniuses recognized and discussed them.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng saw famous contestants including Uka, Light Sword Ai Chen, and Phantom Demon Garaisy in the plaza.
• Death God Bo Lan emerged from the Noah Universe Country building, drawing the attention of the geniuses gathered there.
• Bo Lan walked up to Yang Wu, told him he was not bad, and then left.

Yang Wu learned the Peak Genius Battle’s elimination rules and entered his assigned Trial Space as the first round began. The trial started with seven towers, and participants who died would be eliminated while the final rankings would determine who advanced.

• Yang Wu reflected on Bolan’s talent and set Ke Di, who had cleared the Original Sky Piercing Mountain, as his next benchmark.
• Nine Swords Venerable summoned the geniuses and explained that only the top 7,300 would remain after the Trial Space round, with the top 100 advancing directly as core members.
• The next morning, Yang Wu was teleported to a meteorite containing seven Trial Towers and checked his starting score of zero.
• Yang Wu learned that he could advance through each tower level by killing all its targets or surviving for ten days, but dying would end his trial.

Yang Wu entered the Trial Space and rapidly cleared the early levels of the first Trial Tower, aiming to secure first place without drawing the danger of clearing every tower. Meanwhile, Thirteen watched the rankings and trials, grew frustrated with Hong and Luo Feng’s low placements, and praised Yang Wu as his ranking climbed.

• Yang Wu decided that taking first place was enough and entered the first Trial Tower.
• Yang Wu slaughtered the Blood-haired Mammoths and Nine-headed Serpents on the first two levels with ease.
• Thirteen watched the rankings and noted that Yang Wu was seventh while Rong Jun was eighteenth.
• Thirteen discovered that Hong and Luo Feng were using the Trial Space to cultivate and saw that both had fallen beyond rank one million.
• Thirteen closed Luo Feng’s broadcast and watched Yang Wu’s ranking rise, declaring that Yang Wu was still the best.

Citizens of the Ganwu Universe Country celebrated Yang Wu’s second-place ranking and watched his promotional video, while Luo Feng advanced through the Trial Tower and discovered that Earth’s mysterious sphere was a sleeping Zerg Nest. Babata explained that Luo Feng’s teacher had placed it in permanent slumber, and Luo Feng left intending to tell Brother Yang about it.

• Citizens across the Ganwu Universe Country celebrated Yang Wu’s second-place ranking and watched a promotional video showing him slaughtering ten thousand Nine-headed Serpents.
• Luo Feng spent ten days on each of the first six floors of the first Trial Tower while he and his clones cultivated.
• On the seventh floor, Luo Feng saw a Zerg Nest and recognized it as the mysterious sphere in Shenlongjia on Earth.
• Luo Feng confronted Babata on Mars and demanded to know why he had hidden the Zerg Nest from him.
• Babata explained that Luo Feng’s teacher had failed to enslave the Zerg Nest and had placed it in permanent slumber, leaving it no threat to Earth under current circumstances.
• Luo Feng withdrew his consciousness after warning Babata that he would have to explain the situation to Brother Yang.

Hong and Thunder God were eliminated from the Trial Towers and discussed their chances of entering the Ganwu Secret Realm, while Yang Wu continued his run among the top contestants. On the seventh floor of the fifth tower, Yang Wu destroyed the Zerg Nest’s forces and killed the Zerg Queen.

• Hong was eliminated on the second floor of the fourth Trial Tower, and the Ganwu Universe Country’s officials decided to bring him and Thunder God into the Ganwu Secret Realm.
• Hong and Thunder God reunited in Central Plaza and compared how far they had reached before being eliminated.
• Thunder God told Hong that Yang Wu was on the second screen among the top thousand contestants, while Luo Feng’s ranking had risen quietly.
• Yang Wu faced 3,000 Qing Mantis on the seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower and hurled the Chifeng Spear into their Zerg Nest.
• The Zerg Queen attacked Yang Wu with psychic force, but his Void Tower blocked it, and he struck her face with a fireball.
• Yang Wu killed a Qing Mantis that tried to heal by devouring corpses.

Bo Lan reached the seventh Trial Tower but failed its first level, while Yang Wu swept through all ten thousand Blood-haired Mammoths and took first place in the rankings. Yang Wu then stopped at the second level and returned to Central Plaza, where Bo Lan vowed not to lose to him again in the arena.

• Bo Lan passed the sixth Trial Tower, entered the seventh, and killed more than five thousand Blood-haired Mammoths before being eliminated.
• Yang Wu entered the seventh Trial Tower and used nine Light Shadows to kill all ten thousand Blood-haired Mammoths on its first level.
• Yang Wu advanced to the second level, where the coordinated Nine-headed Serpents stopped him, and he rose to first place in the rankings.
• Yang Wu returned to Central Plaza, where Bo Lan told him he would not lose again in the arena.

Luo Feng placed third in the Trial Towers after clearing the first level of the sixth tower, joining Yang Wu and Rong Jun among the Ganwu geniuses who earned direct entry to the Virtual Universe Company. Lin Jia Shisan summoned the six qualified geniuses, while Hong and Thunder God remained behind to pursue training in the Ganwu Secret Realm.

• Candita ranked 29th after his movement technique failed him, and Yi Feng ranked 17th after being overwhelmed by the Nine-headed Serpents.
• Luo Feng cleared the first level of the sixth Trial Tower but died on its second level, finishing third overall.
• Luo Feng returned to the Central Plaza, where Yang Wu, Thunder God, and the other Ganwu geniuses congratulated him.
• Lin Jia Shisan gathered the Ganwu team and announced that Yang Wu, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun had earned direct Virtual Universe Company entry, while Ku, Da Gu Cang, and Qingyu qualified to compete for remaining spots.
• Lin Jia Shisan led the six qualified geniuses away, and Yang Wu told Hong and Thunder God to wait for their good news.

Lin Jia Shisan warned Yang Wu, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun to stay vigilant in the coming battles, while Yang Wu and Rong Jun exchanged a challenge. The final Trial Tower rankings spread across the human territories, and Luo Feng became the Milky Way Galaxy Lord, shocking Earth's officials.

• Lin Jia Shisan cautioned Luo Feng and Rong Jun that Trial Tower rankings did not fully reflect strength, then warned Yang Wu that Bolan remained a threat to his bid for first place.
• Rong Jun told Yang Wu he would defeat him one day, and Yang Wu challenged him to hurry before his chance disappeared.
• The final rankings named Yang Wu first, Bolan second, Luo Feng third, and Rong Jun fourteenth, sparking celebrations across the Ganwu Universe Country and Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
• The Black Dragon Mountain Empire's emperor declared Luo Feng the Milky Way Galaxy Lord by granting him the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Earth's leadership reacted with surprise to Luo Feng's new title, while officials at America's headquarters were stunned that he had been granted a galaxy.

Nine Swords Venerable announced the arena results, rewards, and final-round rules for the 1,000 qualified geniuses. After some contestants protested the Virtual Universe System’s selection process, Nine Swords Venerable silenced them and told anyone unwilling to join the company to leave.

• Nine Swords Venerable congratulated the Trial Tower’s top 100 and sent the remaining 7,200 contestants into three rounds of arena battles.
• Yang Wu, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun watched the duels, where Phantom Demon Garaisy impressed the crowd with his illusion-based soul attacks.
• Nine Swords Venerable announced that the 900 three-match victors had qualified to join the Virtual Universe Company and outlined the rewards and secret realms for each ranking tier.
• Nine Swords Venerable explained the final-round rules, which would let the Virtual Universe System select contestants for battles determining entry to the Heaven and Earth and Primal Secret Realms.
• When several geniuses protested the rules, Nine Swords Venerable’s pressure forced them to their knees, and he told the unwilling to leave.

Yang Wu, Bolan, Luo Feng, and seven others advanced through the final battles to reach the top ten of the Genius Battle. The next matchups were set by the speed of their previous victories, leaving Rong Jun to face Bolan as the top-five battles began.

• Yang Wu and Bolan easily won their first matches, joining the top hundred and then the twenty selected for the next round.
• Yang Wu quickly defeated Yi Feng, Bolan overcame Long Yun, and Luo Feng defeated Jialaxi after resisting his illusion technique.
• Rong Jun displayed a greatly improved slash, while Qian Shui and Jiang Mo both won their matches and entered the top ten.
• Nine Swords Venerable announced that the top ten would be paired according to their previous battle times, matching Yang Wu with Lansiluo and Bolan with Rong Jun.
• The five top-ten battles began, with Yang Wu, Bolan, and the others teleported into the arenas.

Yang Wu defeated Bolan in the final top-five battle, using his amplified burst speed to pierce Bolan’s true body through the mass of avatars. Yang Wu secured the top ranking, while the other competitors’ results established the remaining standings.

• Bolan defeated Rong Jun, Luo Feng defeated Gu Luosi with the Divine Weapon’s second level, and Yang Wu, Uka, and Qian Shui won their other opening matches.
• Nine Swords Venerable began a five-person round robin, and Yang Wu and Bolan each won their first three battles.
• Yang Wu and Bolan faced each other in the decisive final battle, with both declaring they would win.
• Bolan surrounded Yang Wu with more than a thousand avatars, but Yang Wu combined Flowing Light Instant Shadow with Devour Sun and pierced Bolan’s throat at overwhelming speed.
• Bolan’s avatars vanished, leaving Yang Wu standing as the winner, while the spectators struggled to follow the brief battle.

Yang Wu won the Peak Genius Battle and joined the Primal Secret Realm, then prepared to return to Yu Star. Meanwhile, an enemy organization learned of his victory and ordered a deeper investigation.

• Nine Swords Venerable announced the secret-realm placements and said the Virtual Universe Company would bring the selected geniuses to its headquarters before they traveled to the Initial Universe.
• Lin Jia Shisan asked Yang Wu for his address so the Ganwu Country Lord could send his reward, and Yang Wu said he lived on Yu Star in the distant Yunli Starfield.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng submitted their pickup addresses, and Yang Wu received 10,000 Mixed Yuan Units and four-star client status.
• Yang Wu instructed Hong Ling to locate Yu Star and prepare for Dark Universe travel after they arrived.
• On Waluo Star, a black-uniformed team leader reviewed Yang Wu's file and ordered the seventh squad to investigate him further.

Yang Wu waited on Yu Star for the Ganwu Country Lord’s promised surprise while considering whether to advance to the Cosmic Level before going to the Virtual Universe Company. Lin Jia Shisan delivered an Inheritance Crystal that would let Yang Wu enter Cold Ice Mountain, leaving him with another inheritance to pursue.

• Yang Wu arrived at Yu Star and weighed the benefits of remaining at Star Level against advancing to the Cosmic Level.
• Yang Wu decided to break through, but Hong Ling announced that a visitor had arrived before he could begin.
• Lin Jia Shisan delivered the Ganwu Country Lord’s promised gift and departed after Yang Wu accepted it.
• Yang Wu opened the box and learned that its Inheritance Crystal was the key to entering Cold Ice Mountain and receiving the Cold Ice Divine General’s inheritance.
• Yang Wu stored the crystal and resolved to repay the Country Lord’s kindness after becoming a Universe Lord.