Chapter Summaries

Qin Tian passed the examiner assessment and learned that Dongfang Yue suspected he had a Golden Bloodline. After Qin Tian and Dongfang Mingyu clashed with Dongfang Kun, Dongfang Kun’s associate passed the A-Class examiner assessment and chose the Ghost mask.

• Qin Tian defeated White Elephant, received the Examiner's Code from Dongfang Yue, and learned he must attend training in three days.
• Dongfang Mingyu confronted Dongfang Kun, who insulted him and mocked Qin Tian’s C-Class status, before Qin Tian and Dongfang Mingyu left.
• Dongfang Kun presented his associate, Brother Luo, for an A-Class examiner assessment on the Elder Council’s recommendation.
• Dongfang Yue defeated Brother Luo in the assessment but declared that he had passed and healed his wounds.
• Brother Luo chose the Ghost mask, releasing a murderous aura when he put it on.

Qin Tian attended the examiner training conference, where he learned how Guardian Artifacts would be used in the competition. He left eager to acquire manuals and martial arts by exploiting the elimination rules.

• Dongfang Mingyu apologized to Qin Tian, praised his Blade Intent, and invited him to visit the Chaotic Star Zone, where he worked for the family business.
• Three days later, Qin Tian attended the examiner training conference wearing a mask and learned that examiners were ranked A, B, and C.
• Dongfang Yue reviewed the Examiner's Code, and staff distributed Guardian Artifacts to the examiners.
• Qin Tian learned that contestants could claim artifacts from eliminated examiners and that examiners could keep artifacts they won by eliminating contestants before the Arena Battle.
• Qin Tian spotted examiners carrying Silver Rank manuals and planned to obtain them for Li Qi and Feng Mochuan by eliminating contestants who claimed them.
• Qin Tian recognized his Qingmu Life-Giving Pill and surveyed the hall, eyeing the other artifacts like prey.

The Qingmu Star Domain Genius Battle opened with introductions of its top contestants and the announcement that its trials would take place in Shuiyue New City on newly developed Yingmu Star. After the hundred geniuses arrived and waited at assigned locations, the competition officially began.

• Hosts Zhao Wenmo and Jin Xiaojia introduced the Genius Battle and presented videos of leading contestants, including Fu Ning, Yue Shenghuo, and Wu Ziyan.
• The top ten contestants and then all one hundred geniuses took the stage as viewers cheered for their favored competitors.
• The hosts announced that the trial venue was Shuiyue New City on Yingmu Star, recently transformed for human habitation by the Dongfang Family.
• Warhawk One transported the geniuses to Yingmu Star using spatial transfer technology, and the contestants traveled to their assigned locations to wait.
• An hour later, a sound rang across the city and the Qingmu Star Domain Genius Battle officially began.

Liu Yu pursued a Black Crow-masked examiner, confident he could defeat the C-Class opponent in front of Bao Yue Star’s livestream audience. After his opening sword attack failed to hit, he charged again as Qin Tian prepared to test his new fighting style.

• Liu Yu walked through Shuiyue New City while Bao Yue Star viewers watched his livestream and cheered for him.
• Liu Yu spotted a Black Crow-masked C-Class examiner and took off after him, hoping to win a Guardian Artifact and impress his home planet.
• Liu Yu unleashed his Clear Wind Sword technique, destroying the street and nearby buildings, but the Black Crow evaded the attack.
• Liu Yu saw the Black Crow standing nearly a hundred meters away and charged at him again with Azure Wind around his blade.
• Qin Tian gathered profound energy around his fists and prepared to use Liu Yu to hone his new fighting style.

Qin Tian fought Liu Yu in a fierce battle, then used his blade to eliminate him. The city broadcast also announced the eliminations of Mo Wuya and Andre, leaving Liu Yu’s viewers stunned.

• Qin Tian and Liu Yu exchanged powerful fist and sword attacks that devastated the surrounding battlefield.
• Qin Tian drew the Black Frost Blade and marked Liu Yu as his prey.
• Liu Yu charged with Storm Sword—Azure Dragon Devour, and Qin Tian met him with his blade.
• Qin Tian cut Liu Yu, who fell and was eliminated from the competition.
• The city broadcast announced that Mo Wuya and Andre had also been eliminated.

Liu Yu was eliminated by the Black Crow, while Qin Tian detected a battle unfolding at a lake-island forest park and decided to approach unseen. Mo Qingyu, Andrew, and Nangong Yue fought a giant willow guarding an artifact as their viewers argued over their performance.

• Liu Yu activated his Qingmu Jade after the Black Crow defeated him and left the city as the first contestant eliminated.
• Viewers condemned or defended Liu Yu, while brands canceled their contracts and demanded penalties.
• Qin Tian used his senses to map the surveilled city and spotted contestants fighting a plant monster in the southeast.
• Qin Tian concealed himself with Light Distortion and headed toward the forest park to take advantage of the battle.
• Mo Qingyu, Andrew, and Nangong Yue coordinated their attacks against the giant willow on the lake island while their viewers argued in their live channels.
• A strange ripple appeared on the lake as something slipped beneath its surface, unnoticed by the spectators.

Qin Tian used his plant affinity to pacify the willow tree while Zyra absorbed the energy from its green crystal stones. As the three geniuses struggled against the tree’s sudden strength on shore, Qin Tian opened its treasure chest underwater.

• Qin Tian followed Zyra’s request and drew the willow tree’s attention, revealing himself on the live broadcast as its roots attacked him underwater.
• Qin Tian used the Green Wilderness Monarch’s power to calm the willow tree, and Zyra wrapped around its roots and absorbed more than seventy percent of the green crystal stones’ energy.
• The willow tree suddenly grew stronger on shore, striking Mo Qingyu and forcing him, Andrew, and Nangong Yue to focus on defending themselves.
• Mo Qingyu used his Sky Profound Sword Intent to break the willow branches, but the tree quickly regenerated them as the live chat accused the examiner of interfering.
• Zyra finished absorbing the stones’ energy and returned to Qin Tian’s wrist, and Qin Tian swam over and opened the treasure chest.

Qin Tian melded Spirit Forging Soft Gold into Black Frost, greatly enhancing the blade, then vanished from the livestream. His exploits made the Genius Battle trend, and Dongfang Ke learned his identity and decided to let him continue as long as he followed the rules.

• Qin Tian found Spirit Forging Soft Gold in the box and pressed it against Black Frost, causing the substance to merge with the blade and strengthen it.
• Qin Tian tested the enhanced Black Frost with Psionic Energy and was pleased with its sharper blade aura.
• Qin Tian waved at the camera and vanished, provoking a flood of complaints and excitement from viewers across the livestreams.
• The Genius Battle's livestreams drew more viewers, and Qin Tian's exploits became trending topics.
• Dongfang Ke watched a video of Black Crow and learned from Xiaowen that he was Qin Tian, a Bureau 7 colonel recommended by Dongfang Yunhai.
• Dongfang Ke told Xiaowen to let Qin Tian act as he pleased as long as he did not break the rules.

Qin Tian stayed invisible and hunted for pills as the competition eliminated contestants. After Dan Xiao defeated a Brown Bear Examiner and took a bottle of Myriad Elements Yuan Boosting Pills, Qin Tian ambushed and incapacitated him.

• Qin Tian kept himself invisible, surveyed the remaining contestants, and decided to search faster for consumable pills.
• Dan Xiao used his sword techniques to defeat the Brown Bear Examiner, a C-Class examiner, despite the examiner’s desperate final attack.
• Dan Xiao took the examiner’s jade bottle and learned it held nine Myriad Elements Yuan Boosting Pills that could help him advance.
• Qin Tian struck Dan Xiao from behind with a lightning attack and followed with blade strikes, leaving him badly wounded and unconscious.
• Qin Tian mocked Dan Xiao’s claim that four-star geniuses were formidable as Dan Xiao lost consciousness.

Qin Tian took Dan Xiao’s Myriad Elemenst Yuan Boosting Pill after eliminating him, while Dan Xiao was publicly disgraced and Zhuge Yu began choosing a new target. The pill helped Qin Tian break through to Fourth Order, Four Stars.

• Qin Tian took the Jade Bottle from the unconscious Dan Xiao and identified the Myriad Elemenst Yuan Boosting Pill inside.
• Dan Xiao woke to find his Qingmu Jade powerless, learned he had been eliminated, and left after the Brown Bear Examiner warned him against breaking the rules.
• Viewers debated Black Crow’s ambush as the broadcast announced Dan Xiao’s elimination.
• Zhuge Yu heard that Dan Xiao had been eliminated and considered whom to target instead.
• Qin Tian swallowed the Myriad Elemenst Yuan Boosting Pill, circulated its energy through his meridians, and successfully advanced to Fourth Order, Four Stars.

After night fell, Qin Tian marked the examiner known as "God" and found Zhongli Ying, Ao Zihong, and Ji Yufei fighting a Thousand Shadow Ghost Vine. The trio defeated it and uncovered its Guardian Artifact, but a hand snatched the Cyan Boots before Zhongli Ying could claim them.

• Qin Tian left the house after nightfall, used the darkness to conceal himself, and placed a Hunting Mark on the examiner known as "God".
• Qin Tian came upon Zhongli Ying, Ao Zihong, and Ji Yufei battling the Thousand Shadow Ghost Vine.
• Zhongli Ying, Ao Zihong, and Ji Yufei joined forces to survive the vine's counterattack and destroy its core.
• The defeated vine dropped a pair of Cyan Boots, and Zhongli Ying claimed she should have priority because she was an archer.
• A hand darted out of the shadows, grabbed the Cyan Boots, and fled, so Zhongli Ying ordered the group to chase the thief.

Qin Tian evaded Zhongli Ying, Ao Zihong, and Ji Yufei as they tried to seize his gear, then lured them into attacking the A-Class examiner God. The trio realized they had challenged an examiner, while Qin Tian watched from hiding, eager to see God’s strength.

• Qin Tian dodged Zhongli Ying’s arrows, Ao Zihong’s Battle Qi, and Ji Yufei’s ice as he escaped their combined attack.
• Zhongli Ying, Ao Zihong, and Ji Yufei pursued Qin Tian and fired a homing arrow that destroyed a house he entered.
• God emerged from the flames, and the three competitors recognized the A-Class examiner they had accidentally challenged.
• Qin Tian watched from a distant shadow and anticipated seeing how strong God was.

Zhongli Ying, Ao Zihong, and Ji Yufei fought the powerful A-Class examiner “God,” but were quickly overwhelmed. Fu Ning and Zhuge Yu rescued Zhongli Ying with Zhuge Yu’s Eight Trigrams Array, while Qin Tian watched from the shadows and recognized them as dangerous opponents.

• Zhongli Ying, Ao Zihong, and Ji Yufei attacked “God,” but he neutralized their abilities and eliminated Ao Zihong and Ji Yufei.
• “God” advanced on Zhongli Ying, who continued fighting and fired her final Crimson Flame Arrow, but he caught and shattered it.
• Fu Ning and Zhuge Yu appeared and used an earthen wall and Earth Split to cover Zhongli Ying’s escape.
• “God” spotted the Earth Escape marks and realized that two people had rescued Zhongli Ying.
• Qin Tian identified Fu Ning and Zhuge Yu, considered Zhuge Yu especially troublesome, and slipped into the shadows with the stolen boots.

Zhongli Ying joined Zhuge Yu and Fu Ning’s team, which planned to recruit Yue Shenghuo and target Black Crow. Meanwhile, Qin Tian tested the Windwalk Boots and learned to control their speed as morning arrived.

• Zhuge Yu and Fu Ning invited Zhongli Ying to join their team, and she accepted.
• Zhuge Yu planned to recruit Yue Shenghuo, while Zhongli Ying chose Black Crow as their first opponent.
• Zhuge Yu used his compass and found that their paths had faintly crossed with Black Crow’s.
• Qin Tian examined the Windwalk Boots and discovered that their Spirit Patterns responded to his spiritual power and Mental Power.
• Qin Tian practiced controlling the boots until he could race across the courtyard and maneuver with ease.

Qin Tian discovered a Spirit Plant hiding a Green Crystal Stone and treasure chest, then recovered a Starry Sky Armor belt called Black Demon. He activated the armor and admired its powerful, flexible combat form.

• Qin Tian used Light Distortion and the Green Wilderness Monarch's aura to locate a Spirit Plant in a bamboo grove.
• Qin Tian offered to help the bamboo evolve in exchange for taking some Green Crystal Stone and the chest beneath it, and the bamboo accepted.
• Zyra absorbed more than eighty percent of the Green Crystal Stone and brought the treasure chest to Qin Tian.
• Qin Tian identified the belt inside as Black Demon, a high-grade Starry Sky Armor prepared by the Dongfang Family.
• Qin Tian activated Black Demon, which transformed around him in 0.3 seconds and reported a 280% Psionic amplification rate and 96 hours of vacuum combat duration.

Qin Tian traveled to a forest park to confront a Man-eating Flower, but Zhuge Yu and his team trapped him in an Eight Trigrams Array and launched a coordinated ambush. The chapter ended as Fu Ning attacked from the front and Zhongli Ying fired at Qin Tian from behind.

• Qin Tian left Little Bamboo and flew to a forest park where a Man-eating Flower guarded a Green Crystal Stone and an item.
• An Eight Trigrams Array activated beneath Qin Tian, and four attackers emerged to reinforce the formation.
• Qin Tian recognized Zhuge Yu, Zhongli Ying, and Yue Shenghuo among his ambushers, while Fu Ning completed their team.
• Qin Tian mocked Zhuge Yu for appearing to speak with his eyes closed, drawing laughter from the group and their livestream audiences.
• Zhuge Yu ordered an attack, and Fu Ning rushed Qin Tian from the front as Zhongli Ying shot an arrow at his back.

Qin Tian fought Fu Ning, Zhongli Ying, and Zhuge Yu while the Eight Trigrams Array trapped him in a barrage of attacks. Zyra's vines shielded him from their Five Elements Ultimate Kill, leaving the team astonished by his Symbiotic Spirit Plant.

• Qin Tian activated Overlord Body and fought Fu Ning, but Zhongli Ying's arrows and Zhuge Yu's array spells wounded and restrained him.
• Qin Tian repeatedly healed and broke free as Fu Ning, Zhongli Ying, and Zhuge Yu coordinated their attacks against him.
• Zhuge Yu unleashed the Five Elements Ultimate Kill, blasting Qin Tian into a crater as Zhongli Ying assumed he had been eliminated.
• A wall of patterned vines absorbed the elemental storm and revealed Qin Tian unharmed inside.
• Zhuge Yu recognized the vines as a Symbiotic Spirit Plant, and Qin Tian thanked Zyra as she continued digesting the absorbed energy.

Qin Tian used Demon King Domain to escape after Fu Ning, Zhuge Yu, Zhongli Ying, and Yue Shenghuo cornered him. As the group began searching for Black Crow, Qin Tian’s Soul Entity watched them from the sky before returning to him.

• Qin Tian judged that he could not defeat Fu Ning head-on but believed he could escape using his varied abilities.
• Fu Ning, Zhuge Yu, and Zhongli Ying prepared a decisive attack while Yue Shenghuo remained ready to defend.
• Qin Tian activated Demon King Domain, suppressing the group’s senses and Psionic Energy, then vanished when the mist dissipated.
• Zhuge Yu stopped trying to calculate Black Crow’s location after sensing danger, and Fu Ning noticed something watching him.
• Qin Tian’s Soul Entity returned to him, and he named Fu Ning, Zhuge Yu, and Yue Shenghuo beneath his Evil Ghost mask.

Qin Tian stayed out of the contestants’ battles while gathering pills, weapons, and crystals, and Black Crow became the Genius Battle’s most notorious examiner. With only four teams left, Qin Tian considered whether the final contest—and the missing Ghost examiner—might give him a chance to seize the A-Class rewards.

• Qin Tian overheard Zhuge Yu and Zhongli Ying discussing the ambush, then decided to stay low and grow stronger before making another move.
• The contestants eliminated nearly all the C-Class and B-Class examiners, while Black Crow gained fame by tricking them and stealing their Guardian Artifacts.
• Qin Tian collected seven kinds of pills, two Spirit Artifact weapons, and a Silver Rank martial art, while Zyra absorbed Wood Element Crystals and fell into a deep slumber.
• Qin Tian learned that only four teams totaling seventeen contestants remained, including teams led by Fu Ning, Yue Shenghuo, and Zhuge Yu.
• Qin Tian realized the Ghost examiner had never appeared on his Heat Source Perception and considered that the teams’ struggle over the remaining A-Class examiners could create an opportunity for him.

Zhuge Yu, Fu Ning, Yue Shenghuo, and Zhongli Ying defeated the Sixth Order examiner "God" through coordinated attacks and claimed his Guardian Artifact. Afterward, Zhuge Yu insisted his divination still foretold mortal danger, though the team had yet to discover its source.

• Zhuge Yu and the other team leaders agreed to hunt the four A-Class examiners before the Arena Battle, and each team chose an opponent.
• Zhuge Yu's team fought "God," combining their array, arrows, swordsmanship, and dragon-powered attacks to wear down the stronger examiner.
• Zhuge Yu united their powers through the Four Symbols Return to Position formation, and Fu Ning's empowered sword strike defeated "God".
• "God" surrendered the Wind Thunder Soul Annihilation Banner to Zhuge Yu and left, while Yue Shenghuo asked Zhuge Yu to help secure the other teams' items.
• Fu Ning asked about Zhuge Yu's warning of mortal danger, and Zhuge Yu maintained that his ominous divination had not been wrong.