Chapter Summaries

Shen Zhui secured his betrothal to Princess Anle and prepared to leave for the Martial Marquis Secret Realm, while the Fan Family and two former conspirators in the Protector Duke Case reacted to his rising influence. After saying goodbye to his family, teacher, and Zi Xuan, he departed for the Xuan Tian Gate.

• The Human Emperor betrothed Princess Anle Ji Zixuan to Shen Zhui, and Fan Hongyi seethed while the Fan Family arranged his marriage to Princess Qinghui Ji Rong.
• Water Demon King confronted King Peichuan about their roles in the Protector Duke Case and urged him to deal with Shen Zhui before he grew stronger.
• Jin Rong told Shen Zhui that he would travel in seven days to the Martial Marquis Secret Realm, located beyond the Great Thousand World.
• Shen Zhui reassured Shen Shan, his adoptive mother, and Shen Xinlan before visiting Zhao Xing, who warned him to rely on his own strength.
• Shen Zhui spent his last night with Zi Xuan, promised to return safely, and departed for the Xuan Tian Gate at dawn.

Shen Zhui said farewell to Tan Lang before King Jianhuang brought him into Sword World and Jin Rong introduced him to the Martial Marquis Secret Realm. Shen Zhui entered the Human Emperor’s Virtual God Realm and headed with Jin Rong to hear True God Nuo An’s sermon.

• Tan Lang gave Shen Zhui a Jade Sword from the Dao Protector and promised to guard his family while Shen Zhui was away.
• King Jianhuang took Shen Zhui through the Xuan Tian Gate passage into Sword World, where Jin Rong welcomed him to the Sword Palace.
• Jin Rong explained the ranks, competition, and time acceleration in Great Zhou’s secret realms as he led Shen Zhui to the Martial Marquis Secret Realm entrants.
• Jin Rong told Shen Zhui about the Virtual God Realm and its ability to host divine sense even at the Divine King level.
• Shen Zhui used a Divine Roaming Token to enter Martial Marquis City in the Virtual God Realm, where he and Jin Rong went to hear True God Nuo An expound on spacetime laws.

Shen Zhui attended King Nuo'an Tang Lin’s lecture on the Five Elements laws, then explored his spacious manor and the secret techniques and treasures available to top geniuses. He discovered that the Nine Revolutions Starry Sky Art was among the offerings, and Chanxin urged him to choose a Thunder Art.

• Jin Rong warned Shen Zhui not to speak during King Nuo'an Tang Lin’s lecture, and Shen Zhui listened closely as Tang Lin explained the fusion of metal and fire rules.
• After the lecture, Shen Zhui stayed to comprehend Tang Lin’s teachings, then learned that Lu Yuanwei and Xie Tianhu had gone ahead to inspect their residences.
• Jin Rong escorted Shen Zhui to his five-hundred-li manor, where Captain Vick introduced him to a hundred peak Venerable-level Divine Weapon Puppets and the manor’s facilities.
• Shen Zhui entered the Myriad Transformations Tower and browsed the secret techniques and treasures available through the Martial Marquis Secret Realm.
• Shen Zhui found the Nine Revolutions Starry Sky Art among the offerings, and Chanxin suggested he choose a Thunder Art because his lightning talent was strongest.

Shen Zhui explored the Martial Marquis Secret Realm’s Contribution Point system and searched for lightning Daoist magic. He chose the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art and Divine Body Blood Explosion Technique, then waited for their delivery.

• Vic explained the secret realm’s Contribution Point allowances, how members could earn points, and the strict rules governing secret techniques and treasures.
• Shen Zhui browsed the lightning techniques with Zen Heart and discovered that the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art continued the incomplete Thunder God Art he already knew.
• Shen Zhui bought the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art and the Divine Body Blood Explosion Technique for 95,000 Contribution Points, leaving him with 5,000.
• Shen Zhui considered ways to earn more Contribution Points while waiting, and Vic returned with the two secret techniques.

Shen Zhui used the epiphany state to master the first three techniques of the fifth stage of the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art and advanced to the Venerable Sixth Tier during his time in King Jianhuang's Cave Heaven World. As he neared the fourth technique, Jin Rong summoned him to the public dueling arena to watch two Jinwu Generals fight.

• Shen Zhui examined the fifth stage of the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art and the Divine Body Blood Explosion Technique, then used the system's epiphany state to master Thunderclap Divine Dragon and Five Thunder Generals.
• Shen Zhui spent twenty-five days studying and training, meeting fellow geniuses and learning about secret-realm affairs while his cultivation advanced to the Venerable Sixth Tier.
• Shen Zhui used the epiphany state to master Lightning Spear, which fused five Thunder Generals into five powerful spears, and found he could control 129,000 Thunderclap Lassos.
• Jin Rong called Shen Zhui to the public dueling arena in Martial Marquis City to watch two Jinwu Generals fight.

Shen Zhui watched Jinwu Generals Lin Xiu and Xiao Zhang wager a top-grade sixth-tier treasure in the central dueling arena, studying their vastly superior combat abilities. After Xiao Zhang dominated the opening exchanges, Lin Xiu trapped him and unleashed the Divine King-level Daoist Magic Heaven and Earth Thorns, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Shen Zhui met Jin Rong and Qian Yiming at the crowded arena, where Lin Xiu and Xiao Zhang prepared to wager a treasure over their dispute.
• Shen Zhui learned about the two Jinwu Generals’ backgrounds and bet two thousand Contribution Points on Lin Xiu, while Jin Rong and Qian Yiming backed Xiao Zhang.
• A True God announced the wager, and Lin Xiu and Xiao Zhang began their duel in an Endless Desert.
• Xiao Zhang used his speed, sword, and wings to pressure Lin Xiu, who endured the attacks with his Gray Rock Tribe defenses and twin rods.
• Lin Xiu stopped retreating, let Xiao Zhang’s sword pierce his shoulder, and seized him as Earth spikes erupted from more than a hundred sand dunes.

Lin Xiu’s carefully laid Heaven and Earth Instant Kill Formation nearly defeated Xiao Zhang, but Xiao Zhang survived and won with his tribe’s innate ultimate move. Five days later, Shen Zhui and the other newly arrived geniuses entered the Secret Realm World, where the Commander Level newcomers were granted a month in the Primordial Cave Heaven.

• Lin Xiu’s Heaven and Earth Instant Kill Formation battered both fighters, but Xiao Zhang broke free and unleashed his six-winged attack.
• Xiao Zhang killed Lin Xiu with a weak Sword Qi and won, while Shen Zhui and Qian Yiming praised Lin Xiu’s resilience and predicted he would improve.
• Five days later, King Jianhuang brought the geniuses to the Secret Realm World, where King Duhai welcomed them and transported them to Martial Marquis City.
• King Duhai announced that Commander Level newcomers could enter the Primordial Cave Heaven for one month, and Shen Zhui joined the fourteen eligible geniuses.
• King Duhai explained the cave’s exceptional Origin-comprehension benefits and sent Shen Zhui and the others through its entrance.

After a month comprehending the origin laws in the Primordial Cave Heaven, Shen Zhui greatly improved his rule mastery and learned that he could earn more free access by clearing the Three Great Treasure Towers. He cleared the Law Tower’s sixth level before failing the seventh, then decided to try the Divine Body Tower.

• Shen Zhui watched the seven origin stars evolve in the Primordial Cave Heaven and spent a month comprehending their laws before being sent out.
• King Duhai explained that Shen Zhui could earn another free month of comprehension by clearing levels in the Three Great Treasure Towers.
• Shen Zhui tested his progress in the Virtual God Realm and found that his Thunderclap Lassos had increased to one hundred forty-nine thousand.
• Jin Rong and Qian Yiming explained the Law Tower’s trials and the rewards for clearing its levels, and Shen Zhui entered the tower.
• Shen Zhui cleared the first six Law Tower levels but was defeated by the seventy Venerable Seventh Tiers on the seventh level.
• Shen Zhui returned to the plaza and decided to try the Divine Body Tower because he possessed the Extreme Realm Golden Body.

Shen Zhui and the other newcomers witnessed Yang Zhe pass the eighteenth level of the Law Tower, then went to the Divine Body Tower, where veteran commanders tried to lure them into wagered battles. After learning how they preyed on newcomers, Shen Zhui accepted Black Bear’s challenge and raised the stakes to 300,000 Contribution Points.

• Yang Zhe emerged after clearing the fifteenth through eighteenth levels of the Law Tower, astonishing Shen Zhui and the other newcomers.
• Shen Zhui, Jin Rong, Qian Yiming, and the newcomers headed to the Divine Body Tower, where Jin Rong explained its trials and how the three towers determined rankings.
• Black Bear and other veteran commanders gathered by the tower to challenge the newcomers for Contribution Points, and Jin Rong and Qian Yiming warned Shen Zhui about their scheme.
• Weak Water Venerable revealed that Black Bear had already tricked many newcomers out of their Contribution Points, prompting Black Bear to insult the human geniuses.
• Shen Zhui accepted Black Bear’s wagered battle and challenged him to bet 300,000 Contribution Points.

Shen Zhui wagered 300,000 Contribution Points against Black Bear and fought him in the public dueling arena. After overpowering Black Bear with his strength and the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art, Shen Zhui won the duel.

• Shen Zhui accepted Black Bear’s challenge for 300,000 Contribution Points, and his allies helped him gather the wager.
• Jin Rong explained that Black Bear had passed the ninth floor of the Divine Body Tower and possessed the Bear Demon Race’s powerful divine body.
• Shen Zhui and Black Bear began their duel in the public arena, where Black Bear used the Bear Demon Cudgel Technique to attack.
• Shen Zhui increased his Cave Heaven amplification and gradually overwhelmed Black Bear with his saber strikes.
• Shen Zhui used the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art to pin Black Bear to the ground, and the rules declared Shen Zhui the winner.

Shen Zhui defeated Black Bear in a wagered arena battle, then met Prince Yulin and turned aside Gu Luohe’s challenge with Yulin’s help. After King Jianhuang rebuked him for celebrating instead of cultivating, Shen Zhui left the gathering to train against simulated Jinwu Generals.

• Shen Zhui defeated Black Bear with the help of the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art and won three hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• The alien-race audience was shocked by Black Bear’s loss, while Shen Zhui’s friends celebrated and Xie Tianhu introduced him to Prince Yulin.
• Gu Luohe challenged Shen Zhui to wager Contribution Points, but Prince Yulin stepped forward and drove him away.
• Shen Zhui invited his friends to his manor, returned their lent Contribution Points, and calculated how to spend his remaining wealth on cultivation manuals and treasures.
• King Jianhuang summoned Shen Zhui, scolded him for celebrating after defeating a low-ranked Jinwu Commander, and ordered him to train against simulated Jinwu Generals.
• Shen Zhui ended the drinking and headed to the manor’s training ground to face the simulations.

Shen Zhui spent months cultivating under King Jianhuang’s guidance, mastering the second layer of rule artistic conception and preparing for the ranking battle. In the ninth month, he purchased the first layer of the Divine King-level Reincarnation Blade Technique and realized he needed to earn more Contribution Points.

• King Jianhuang sent Shen Zhui an Inheritance Crystal Ball that taught him the five stages of rule artistic conception, and Shen Zhui mastered Chaos Conception after three days of study.
• Shen Zhui repeatedly challenged a simulated Yulin, eventually mastering Origin Genesis after four months of training while continuing to develop his blade technique.
• King Jianhuang intensified Shen Zhui’s training, while Shen Zhui continued cultivating his Thunder Art, secret techniques, and other powers alongside his training in the secret realm.
• Lu Yuanwei, Tali, Tahu, and several other commanders broke through the ninth layer of the Law Tower, while Shen Zhui delayed his own challenge on King Jianhuang’s advice.
• In the ninth month, Shen Zhui completed his comprehension of the second-layer rule artistic conception and bought the first layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique for two hundred thousand Contribution Points.
• Shen Zhui discovered that he had only 21,980 Contribution Points remaining, and decided he would need to find a way to earn more.

Shen Zhui mastered the first layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique but remained unable to form a domain, so he studied Tuo Sen’s battles and went to the public dueling arena to find stronger opponents. After defeating Blood Shadow Blade in one strike and winning five thousand Contribution Points, he learned Chan Xin wanted him to prolong the fight so his opponent would challenge him again.

• Shen Zhui mastered all four moves of the first layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique and defeated Captain Vike during training.
• Shen Zhui failed to escape Lin Xiu’s Heaven and Earth Instant Kill Formation in a simulated battle, and Chan Xin advised him to form a domain or advance Five Elements Pierce the Void.
• Shen Zhui watched Tuo Sen defeat Gao Luo with his Sword World and was struck by the gap between their strength.
• Chan Xin told Shen Zhui that his Contribution Points were nearly gone and suggested betting on dueling matches to earn more and gain combat experience.
• Shen Zhui accepted Blood Shadow Blade’s challenge and killed him with a single Lightning Spear, winning five thousand Contribution Points.
• Chan Xin scolded Shen Zhui for defeating Blood Shadow Blade too quickly and explained that he should have let the man believe he could win a rematch.

Shen Zhui earned 420,000 Contribution Points by secretly dominating more than a thousand gambling duels, then agreed to wager 1.2 million against Gu Luohe. Their high-stakes battle drew tens of thousands of spectators, and Gao Luo and Xiao Zhang placed an additional three-million-point bet on its outcome.

• Shen Zhui concealed his true strength while winning more than a thousand duels, raising his Contribution Points to over 420,000.
• Shen Zhui decided to accept challenges only from Jinwu Commanders above the ninth Law Tower floor as he sought a breakthrough before the ranking battle.
• Gu Luohe challenged Shen Zhui to a 600,000-point duel, and Shen Zhui raised the wager to 1.2 million, which Gu Luohe accepted with contributions from the alien prodigies.
• Tens of thousands gathered to watch Shen Zhui and Gu Luohe's duel, while Gao Luo backed Shen Zhui and Xiao Zhang wagered three million Contribution Points on Gu Luohe.

Shen Zhui fought Gu Luohe in a high-stakes duel, only to discover that Gu Luohe had secretly mastered a domain and could predict attacks. Under pressure, Shen Zhui broke through to the third-layer Rule Intent and formed a domain of his own, leaving Gu Luohe crushed and the wager decided.

• King Jianhuang invited King Nuo'an Tang Lin to watch Shen Zhui and consider whether to teach him, while they discussed Shen Zhui's Extreme Realm Golden Body and hidden potential.
• Shen Zhui and Gu Luohe began their duel for 1.2 million Contribution Points, and Shen Zhui's Thunderclap Divine Dragons and Five Thunder Generals failed to stop Gu Luohe's strange movement and predictive ability.
• Gu Luohe revealed a ten-mile domain, which let him suppress Shen Zhui and extend his whip's reach across the arena.
• Shen Zhui entered Gu Luohe's domain and used the Reincarnation Blade Technique to endure its suppression and continue honing his Rule Concept.
• Shen Zhui broke through to the third-layer Rule Intent and formed a domain spanning more than sixty li, dispersing Gu Luohe's domain.
• Shen Zhui's golden sun wheel crushed Gu Luohe's whip and tore his body apart.

Shen Zhui defeated Gu Luohe, earned a large number of Contribution Points, and broke through to the third level of rule comprehension, gaining a domain. With the ranking battle approaching, he entered the Law Tower to test how far his new strength would take him, and the chapter ended as his seventh-floor trial began.

• Shen Zhui defeated Gu Luohe in the Virtual God Realm, won their 1.2 million Contribution Point wager, and gained a domain during the battle.
• Xiao Zhang paid Gao Luo three million Contribution Points after losing his own bet, while Gu Luohe withdrew from the Virtual God Realm in anger.
• King Nuoan agreed to guide Shen Zhui for a few days, while Fan Hongyi approached King Peichuan with an offer to resolve his troubles.
• Shen Zhui spoke with Zi Xuan and Ji Chen, then learned that his betting winnings had raised his balance to 1.84 million Contribution Points.
• Shen Zhui spent one million Contribution Points on the second level of the Reincarnation Blade Technique and the sixth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder God Art, and planned to challenge the Law Tower, Divine Body Tower, and World Tower.
• Shen Zhui entered the Law Tower's seventh floor and began fighting seventy Seventh-tier Venerable guards.

Shen Zhui challenged the Law Tower, swiftly passing its ninth floor and overcoming the tenth after reconsidering how he combined metal and space rules. He entered the eleventh floor eager to test his chosen path further.

• King Jianhuang told King Yaohuang and King Jianchi that Shen Zhui, Zhao Xing's disciple, was challenging the Law Tower, and they watched his progress.
• Lu Yuanwei, Lan Hai, Xie Tianhu, and other geniuses gathered outside the tower as Shen Zhui reached the ninth floor.
• Shen Zhui defeated all ninety opponents on the ninth floor with his Reincarnation Blade Technique and advanced to the tenth.
• On the tenth floor, Shen Zhui's opponents matched his Hundred Moon Wheel and challenged his early fusion of metal and space rules, so he used the Five Thunder Generals to defend while studying their attacks.
• Shen Zhui concluded that his approach was not mistaken, only premature, then fused metal and space in a stronger Thousand Day Wheel to defeat all ten opponents and pass the tenth floor.
• Shen Zhui entered the eleventh floor, resolved to keep testing his chosen combination of rules.

Shen Zhui climbed to the sixteenth level of the Law Tower, where he was defeated, and his rapid progress astonished the Martial Marquis Secret Realm. After leaving the tower, he broke through to the Ninth Tier Venerable realm and headed for two more treasure pagodas.

• Shen Zhui passed the eleventh through fifteenth levels of the Law Tower, adapting his tactics to defeat increasingly numerous Venerables and breaking apart the fused domain on the fifteenth level.
• Lin Xiu received Gao Luo's message about Shen Zhui's progress and recognized him as a serious rival, while Xiao Zhang and the other geniuses were also shocked that Shen Zhui had passed the fifteenth level in his first year.
• Shen Zhui failed the sixteenth level when the seventy Venerables overwhelmed him with their combined domain and attacks, ejecting him from the Law Tower.
• King Jianhuang, King Yaohuang, and King Jianchi discussed Shen Zhui's performance, and Yulin congratulated him outside the tower and invited him to spar.
• Shen Zhui broke through from the Venerable Eighth Tier to the Ninth Tier, expanding his Cave Heaven World to ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand li, then returned to the Virtual God Realm to visit the other treasure pagodas.

Shen Zhui cleared the tenth floor of the Divine Body Tower and the twelfth floor of the World Tower, then used a month in the Primordial Cave Heaven to deepen his understanding of the rules. As the Ranking Battle progressed, he began preparing to cultivate the second layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique and merge supreme rules.

• Shen Zhui defeated the Ape Demon on the Divine Body Tower’s tenth floor but failed to pass the eleventh.
• Shen Zhui passed the World Tower’s twelfth floor, but the thirteenth-floor attack shattered his Cave Heaven World.
• The Divine King Hall’s three great existences placed Shen Zhui on the key observation and protection list alongside Tuo Sen.
• Shen Zhui used one free opportunity to enter the Primordial Cave Heaven and spent a month comprehending Rule Evolution.
• After Chanxin told Shen Zhui the Ranking Battle had begun, Shen Zhui entered his cultivation chamber to practice the second layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique and merge supreme rules.

Shen Zhui searched the Secret Realm World for top-tier rule fusion methods, bought four Space Five Elements methods, and began learning the second layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique. After seven days of training, the General's Secret Realm ranking battle reached its final stage, and Shen Zhui called Kong Yangzhou, Ruoshui, and Demon Eye to stay behind after a celebration.

• Shen Zhui found no top-tier fusion methods in the incomplete Six Harmonies Daoist Scripture and searched the Secret Realm World, where he discovered the high cost of studying them.
• Shen Zhui spent eight hundred thousand Contribution Points on four Space Five Elements fusion methods, including one combining space and metal.
• Shen Zhui studied the second layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique and realized that Heavy Saber used spatial power to suppress and add weight to the blade, rather than to cut.
• Shen Zhui trained his true body in Space Five Elements and Heavy Saber while his clone studied the Divine Body Blood Explosion Technique; seven days later, the ranking battle entered its final stage.
• At Estate No. 9527, Shen Zhui celebrated Kong Yangzhou, Ruoshui, Demon Eye, and the other successful qualifiers, then asked the three to stay after the banquet.