Chapter Summaries

After reaching Universe Level, Yang Wu began nurturing a Hui Suo Giant Beast clone and discovered that his Flame Law affinity had doubled. The clone would take thirty years to mature, while Yang Wu remained curious about the Rusty Iron Sheet that had granted him the Clone talent.

• Yang Wu broke through to Universe Level inside the Nutrient Cabin, transforming the nine stars in his dantian into a spiral galaxy with a black hole at its center.
• Yang Wu used his Inner World to nurture a clone from a piece of the Hui Suo Giant Beast's skin, and learned that it would take thirty years to complete.
• Yang Wu checked the Simulation Panel and found that its cooldown was three years and its simulation period had expanded to one hundred years.
• Yang Wu comprehended the Flame Law and discovered that his affinity for it had at least doubled.
• Yang Wu reflected on how he had received his Flame Burst and Clone talents, then wondered about the Rusty Iron Sheet's origin.

Yang Wu arrived at the Virtual Universe Company headquarters and toured Rain Phase Mountain before entering the Primitive Region. He reached Estate No. 114, where his guard commander Pang Kun welcomed him and began showing him around.

• Fu Luo and his party escorted Yang Wu from Yu Star to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters.
• Fu Luo showed Yang Wu Rain Phase Mountain's Public Region and pointed out Thunder Island, where the company's most powerful experts lived.
• Fu Luo brought Yang Wu to the Primitive Region's gate, where administrator Ai Tuo Er welcomed him and led him to his estate.
• Ai Tuo Er explained the Primitive Region's estates and introduced Yang Wu to his residence, Estate No. 114.
• Pang Kun introduced himself as Yang Wu's guard commander and steward, then led Yang Wu through the estate.

Yang Wu used his 100,000 points from the Virtual Universe Company to buy the first three volumes of Space-Time Essay. He received the manuals at the entrance to the Primitive Region and returned to his villa with them.

• Yang Wu renovated his villa and learned that the Virtual Universe Company had granted him 100,000 points.
• Yang Wu browsed the treasure vault and chose Space-Time Essay, whose first three volumes cost exactly 100,000 points.
• Yang Wu purchased the manuals and spent all his points.
• Ai Tuo Er told Yang Wu that the manuals had arrived and asked him to collect them.
• Yang Wu collected the briefcase from Ai Tuo Er and returned to his villa.

Yang Wu studied the first two volumes of Space-Time Essay and learned how they could deepen his use of the Space Law, then realized Luo Feng might be about to make a poor purchase. After Yang Wu warned him, Luo Feng changed course and bought foundational manuals instead.

• Yang Wu opened the first volume of Space-Time Essay and found its secret techniques helped him understand how to apply the Space Law more effectively.
• After five days, Yang Wu mastered all 3,219 techniques in the first volume and began reading the more difficult second volume.
• Yang Wu learned he had spent six days on the second volume, then remembered Luo Feng might be setting out and sent him an urgent email warning him not to be tricked again.
• Luo Feng and Babata read Yang Wu's warning just before confirming their planned purchase of combat techniques for Luo Feng's Moshaza Clan Clone.
• Luo Feng decided to buy Floating Blood and the first volume of Space-Time Essay, spending 1,640 points.

Yang Wu arrived at the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters after comprehending a fundamental Space Law mystery during the journey. He reunited with the other geniuses, including Luo Feng, before Nine Swords Venerable ordered them to depart for the Initial Universe.

• Yang Wu completed his comprehension of a fundamental Space Law mystery during the spacecraft journey.
• Yang Wu arrived at the enormous headquarters and reunited with the Genius Battle contestants, including Rong Jun, Bolan, and Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng told Yang Wu that he had broken through to the Cosmic Level and made great progress studying Space-Time Essay.
• A red-eyed immortal escorted the thousand geniuses aboard a G-grade Biological Spaceship.
• Nine Swords Venerable appeared before the geniuses and ordered the spacecraft to set off for the Initial Universe.

In Chaos City, Yang Wu and the newly arrived geniuses learned about the Chaos Tablets and chose which one to study. Yang Wu began comprehending the Nine Universe Chaos Tablet, while the Chaos City Lord discovered the Original Nucleus within him and ordered an investigation.

• The black-robed envoy led Yang Wu and the other geniuses to the City Lord's Mansion and explained Chaos City's treasures.
• The Chaos City Lord examined the newcomers, noticed the Original Nucleus inside Yang Wu, and ordered someone to investigate his background.
• Yang Wu chose the Nine Universe Chaos Tablet, while Luo Feng chose the same tablet and Bolan chose the Universe Chaos Tablet.
• Lord Kandeli admitted the Nine Universe group to the available cultivation chamber and reminded them to leave after seven days.
• Yang Wu studied the Rain Drop Diagram, then immersed himself in the more difficult second diagram.

Chaos City Lord investigated Yang Wu’s past and discovered that the Original Universe’s Source Will repeatedly interrupted his spacetime rewind when it reached Yang Wu’s breakthroughs. He reported the discovery to Giant Axe Founder, and they left Yang Wu to develop on his own for now.

• Chaos City Lord traveled to Earth and rewound spacetime to investigate Yang Wu’s history.
• The Source Will interrupted the rewind at Yang Wu’s Star Level breakthrough, consuming 0.3% of Chaos City Lord’s divine body.
• Chaos City Lord tried again and was interrupted at Yang Wu’s Planet Level breakthrough, losing another 0.3% of his divine body.
• Chaos City Lord rewound past the two breakthroughs and found no further abnormalities in Yang Wu’s history.
• Chaos City Lord met Giant Axe Founder in the Virtual Universe and told him what had happened.
• Giant Axe Founder suggested that Yang Wu was favored by the Source Will, and Chaos City Lord decided to let him develop on his own for a while.

After studying the Nine Universes Chaos Tablet, Yang Wu settled in Chaos City with Luo Feng and reviewed a simulation of their coming decades. The simulation showed Yang Wu dying after accepting an inheritance far beyond his strength, and he prepared to claim the insights he had gained before that outcome.

• Kan Deli told the geniuses that passing levels of the Sky Piercing Bridge would earn them more time to study a Chaos Tablet.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng chose neighboring residences in Chaos City, where Yang Wu began digesting his insights and checking his simulation.
• The simulation showed Yang Wu passing five Sky Piercing Bridge levels, nurturing two clones, and advancing his understanding of the laws over the next thirty years.
• In the simulation, Yang Wu accepted a desperate-level Demon Mountain mission and entered the Cold Ice Mountain inheritance passage with an Inheritance Crystal.
• Yang Wu failed the inheritance’s first stage and died, so he chose to receive the simulation’s three fundamental mysteries and the Laws of Lightning threshold.

After absorbing his law insights, Yang Wu realized that the Chaos City Lord had likely investigated his past but that Earth remained undiscovered. He entered the Virtual Universe’s Sky Piercing Bridge to test his progress, leaving the challenge ahead.

• Yang Wu finished absorbing his insights, fully comprehended 18 of the first 36 Space Law mysteries, and crossed into the Thunder and Lightning Law.
• Yang Wu concluded that the Chaos City Lord had investigated him, probably by examining his birthplace, but that Earth had not been exposed.
• Yang Wu appeared in the Virtual Universe and applied to enter the Sky Piercing Bridge, where Supervisor Bafen explained the bridge and the other geniuses’ progress.
• Yang Wu ignored an email about the newcomer points bonus and flew onto the Nine Universe Sky Piercing Bridge to begin his challenge.

Zhen Yan Wang and Tong Nan Wang discussed the new geniuses in Chaos City, including Luo Feng and Yang Wu, before learning that Yang Wu had challenged the Sky Piercing Bridge. They joined other powerful Undying Gods to watch, as several factions considered recruiting Yang Wu and speculated about how far he could advance.

• Zhen Yan Wang complained that Tong Nan Wang had become stingy since profiting in a secret realm, then discussed the new geniuses with him.
• Tong Nan Wang and Zhen Yan Wang compared Bolan and Luo Feng's prospects and considered Luo Feng's progress in the Space Law.
• Tong Nan Wang received word that Yang Wu was challenging the Sky Piercing Bridge, and he and Zhen Yan Wang went to watch.
• Zhen Yan Wang, Tong Nan Wang, and Yan Long Wang met among the gathered Undying Gods, many of whom hoped to recruit Yang Wu.
• Long Yu Wang told Bafen to display Yang Wu's challenge, and the Undying Gods debated how many levels he might pass as the footage began.

Yang Wu cleared the first four levels of the Sky Piercing Bridge, displaying complete mastery of the first Space Law diagram. His performance prompted Long Yu Wang to report him to Nine Swords Venerable, who realized the Chaos City Lord had blocked him from contacting Yang Wu and had likely claimed the prodigy first.

• Yang Wu defeated the first-level gatekeeper with one spear thrust and quickly passed the second and third levels.
• Yang Wu defeated the fourth-level gatekeeper by using the nine fundamental mysteries of the Space Law, then logged off instead of continuing.
• The Undying Gods were stunned by Yang Wu's comprehension, and Long Yu Wang left to report his performance to Nine Swords Venerable.
• Nine Swords Venerable tried to email Yang Wu but could not send the message, so he concluded that the Chaos City Lord had intervened and that he had missed his chance to recruit Yang Wu.

After Yang Wu passed the fourth level of the Sky Piercing Bridge, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Bolan learned how far ahead he was and renewed their resolve to improve. Yang Wu spent his reward points on the Floating Blood secret technique and began studying its volumes.

• Babata told Luo Feng that Yang Wu had passed the fourth level, and Luo Feng vowed to keep striving to surpass him.
• Rong Jun learned of Yang Wu's achievement, steadied himself, and resumed training with his Liedi Blade.
• Bolan saw the news and challenge footage, recognized that Yang Wu had been holding back, and reconsidered his assumptions.
• Bafen emailed Yang Wu's result to hundreds of geniuses, shocking those who had not reached the same level.
• Yang Wu spent 560 points to purchase Floating Blood, then opened its 110-volume set and began reviewing the technique.

Yang Wu joined Luo Feng in hunting Chaos Beasts outside Chaos City and obtained a Chaos True Spirit by killing one. When hundreds of stronger beasts swarmed toward them, the two escaped back into the city, deciding to hunt more cautiously.

• Luo Feng invited Yang Wu to hunt Chaos Beasts outside Chaos City, and Yang Wu agreed.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng read the warnings at the city gate before flying into the wilderness.
• Yang Wu killed an ape-like Chaos Beast with his spear and absorbed the Chaos True Spirit it left behind.
• The blast attracted hundreds of Chaos Beasts, so Yang Wu escaped into his spacecraft and Luo Feng followed him inside.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng returned to Chaos City and decided to kill one Chaos Beast at a time, retreating before collecting its Chaos True Spirit.

Yang Wu and Luo Feng hunted Chaos Beasts until the Chaos True Spirits’ benefits to Yang Wu’s soul reached saturation, doubling his clarity in sensing the origin laws. He then examined the Time Palace in the Virtual Universe’s treasure vault and decided it was an impractical cultivation tool because of its enormous energy costs.

• Yang Wu absorbed a Chaos True Spirit and found that his perception of all ten universe origin laws had improved.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng began hunting Chaos Beasts, sometimes splitting up while using the Mechanical Race spacecraft for safety.
• After half a year, Yang Wu’s soul had reached saturation, and his perception of the origin laws was roughly twice as clear as before.
• Yang Wu planned to accumulate more insights before using his remaining Chaos Tablet study opportunities.
• Yang Wu searched the Primitive Region treasure vault for a Time Palace and learned that its accelerated time required prohibitively expensive energy resources.

Yang Wu used a new simulation to plan his cultivation, missions, and search for Blood Crystals alongside Luo Feng. He withdrew three basic mysteries of the Space Law and left the Lightning Source Law acknowledgment stored in the Mysterious Spacetime.

• Yang Wu planted inheritance-related information in the Inheritance Crystal and began a simulation based on a new cultivation plan.
• In Chaos City, Yang Wu and Bolan pushed each other to advance at the Sky Piercing Bridge, while Luo Feng and the other geniuses increased their efforts.
• Yang Wu nurtured a Moshaza Clan Clone and a Hui Suo Giant Beast, then used the latter to reach World Master Level after years of training.
• Yang Wu and Luo Feng cooperated in the Blood World to gather Blood Crystals, then Yang Wu focused on comprehending the Lightning Source Law and tempering his will at the Ancient God Ruins.
• After the simulation ended, Yang Wu chose to withdraw three basic mysteries of the Space Law.

Yang Wu continued developing his Space Law comprehension and watched Luo Feng pass the third level of the Sky Piercing Bridge before failing at the fourth. He told Bolan that his own first attempt could reach the sixth level and warned him that his ambition was leading him down the wrong path.

• Yang Wu gave his Marquis Level Undying teacher slot to Pang Kun and focused his simulations on the fundamental mysteries of the Space Law.
• Yang Wu learned that Luo Feng was challenging the Sky Piercing Bridge and joined Zhen Yan Wang, Long Yu Wang, and Tong Nan Wang to watch.
• Luo Feng passed the third level but failed the fourth, prompting relief among the other young geniuses who had gathered on the island.
• Bolan asked Yang Wu how far he could reach, and Yang Wu answered that he had been confident of passing the sixth level on his first attempt.
• Yang Wu warned Bolan that his ambition was burdening his talent and urged him to reconsider his path before leaving.

Bolan abandoned his attempt to cultivate both time and space, chose the Nine Universe Chaos Monument, and was accepted as Nine Swords Venerable’s disciple. Over twenty-six years in Chaos City, Yang Wu advanced his understanding of space while the geniuses continued competing on the Sky Piercing Bridge.

• Bolan admitted his past arrogance to his teacher and decided to focus on the Law of Space Origin.
• Long Yu Wang reported Bolan’s decision to Nine Swords Venerable, who resolved to take Bolan as his disciple.
• Bolan’s appointment as Nine Swords Venerable’s disciple drew attention, and he passed the fourth level of the Sky Piercing Bridge.
• Twenty years after arriving in Chaos City, Yang Wu and Bolan had both passed the sixth level, while Rong Jun and Luo Feng had passed the fourth.
• Yang Wu used further enlightenment opportunities and simulations to comprehend more fundamental mysteries of the Space Law.
• By his twenty-sixth year in Chaos City, Yang Wu had comprehended another fundamental mystery.

Yang Wu successfully incubated a Hui Suo Giant Beast clone and discovered its Time Stop talent, which strengthened when combined with his Flame Burst talent. He assigned the clone to study the Time Law while his human body focused on the Space Law, treating the clone as a stepping stone toward mastering time.

• Yang Wu's Hui Suo Giant Beast clone emerged from its egg with a Life Gene Level ten times higher than his human body's.
• Yang Wu tested the clone's Time Stop talent, which initially failed to affect the motionless surroundings in his inner world.
• Yang Wu combined Time Stop with Flame Burst and found that the immobilizing effect doubled, though its range and casting speed did not change.
• Yang Wu considered the Hui Suo Giant Beast's growth methods and decided to claim his stored Lightning Source Law comprehension after leaving Chaos City.
• Yang Wu assigned his human body to study the Space Law and his Hui Suo Giant Beast clone to study the Time Law.

Yang Wu gained recognition from the Flame Source Law at the Cosmic Level, shocking Chaos City and drawing the attention of the Chaos City Lord. The Chaos City Lord resolved to protect Yang Wu from foreign races and summoned Tan Yuan.

• The Flame Source Law descended on Yang Wu's cultivation residence, startling ascetics and powerful experts across Chaos City.
• Yang Wu absorbed a crimson law droplet and gained recognition from the Flame Source Law after decades of cultivation and insights accumulated through simulations.
• Yang Wu realized the law fluctuations had exposed him to foreign races and feared they would target him as a threat.
• Zhen Yan Wang and a snake-tailed woman praised Yang Wu's talent and compared him to a peerless genius from the past.
• The Chaos City Lord compared Yang Wu to his lost disciple Ke Di, vowed not to let foreign races harm him, and summoned Tan Yuan.

After Yang Wu gained recognition from the Fire Source Law, his achievement shocked his fellow geniuses and drew the attention of powerful humans and alien races. The chapter ended with the Monster, Mechanical, and Zerg races ordering his assassination.

• Luo Feng learned that Yang Wu had gained recognition from the Fire Source Law, then went to congratulate him.
• Uka and the other surviving geniuses despaired at the gulf between themselves and Yang Wu, while Bolan continued cultivating the Space Law.
• Long Yu Wang informed Nine Swords Venerable of Yang Wu's achievement, and Nine Swords Venerable said Yang Wu had already been reserved by higher-ups.
• A Zerg spy reported Yang Wu's achievement to the Zerg Nest, which raised his assassination priority to NO.1 and ordered intelligence gathering.
• The Monster Race and Mechanical Race also ordered Yang Wu killed once he became a Domain Lord and left the Primal Secret Realm.