Chapter Summaries

As the Ganwu Cosmic Nation’s 1,000 geniuses gathered for the Peak Genius Battle, Lin Ye continued deepening his mastery of the Origin Laws through the mysterious Thousand Tribulation Pagoda. Queen Medusa arrived to lead the team, singled out Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun as top prospects, and took them to their assigned building.

• Luo Feng reunited with Kun and Rong Jun, while Lin Ye kept his distance from the other geniuses and turned down Ikas’s flirtation by revealing he was already a grandfather.
• Lin Ye’s Thousand Shadow Clone explored a secret realm and gained further insight into the Law of Fire Origin, which the Thousand Tribulation Pagoda had made accessible to him.
• All 1,000 Ganwu Cosmic Nation geniuses assembled, and Lin Ye spoke with the group while Rong Jun eagerly anticipated fighting him.
• Queen Medusa, a King Immortal from the Snake People Race, arrived to lead the geniuses and named Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun among the team’s strongest prospects.
• Queen Medusa teleported the team to a dedicated Virtual Universe plane, where they were assigned Building 0825.

Lin Ye and the Ganwu Cosmic Nation’s geniuses arrived at the Virtual Universe Company’s gathering place, where other nations’ experts took notice of Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun. As the geniuses mingled and prepared for the battles ahead, Lin Ye encountered several famous rivals and looked forward to competing against them.

• Queen Medusa led the Ganwu Cosmic Nation’s thousand geniuses into the plaza, where other nations’ geniuses and Immortals admired her and discussed Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun.
• Queen Medusa assigned the geniuses room numbers in Building 0825, gave Lin Ye information about the other top contenders, and told everyone the organizers would summon them around nightfall.
• At Restaurant No. 1, Medusa told Sephula that Lin Ye could contend with Death God Bolan, whom Sephula praised as an unprecedented genius.
• Lin Ye and Luo Feng walked through the plaza and discussed Luo Feng’s progress with his secret techniques and their need to grow stronger.
• Lin Ye and Luo Feng encountered Light Sword Ai Chen and other renowned geniuses, including Death God Bolan, as Lin Ye’s excitement for the coming battles grew.

Lin Ye and Death God Bolan recognized each other as rivals at the Peak Genius Battle, while Lin Ye encouraged Luo Feng and promised him a reward for earning a ranking. At Restaurant No. 1, Emperor Feather and Nine Swords Venerable arrived to observe the young geniuses, and Queen Medusa learned that Venerable Fenchen was away exploring the Sirius Clan’s territory.

• Death God Bolan approached Lin Ye, declared him a worthy opponent, and said he would wait for him in the finals; Lin Ye confidently vowed that Bolan would not surpass him.
• Luo Feng told Lin Ye about Bolan’s phantom bodies, and Lin Ye reminded Luo Feng of his own techniques and weapons before promising him a gift if he earned a ranking.
• Qian Shan warned Qian Shui that Lin Ye’s many law affinities made him especially dangerous, but Qian Shui rushed toward Lin Ye to approach him.
• Immortals at Restaurant No. 1 discussed Lin Ye and Bolan until Emperor Feather and Nine Swords Venerable appeared and announced they would go observe the geniuses.
• Queen Medusa asked why Venerable Fenchen had not come, and Nine Swords Venerable explained that Fenchen was exploring the Sirius Clan’s territory.

Lin Ye and Luo Feng received the rules for the Virtual Universe Company’s Trial Space competition and entered their separate trial grounds. As the elimination round began, Lin Ye quickly climbed the first tower while Luo Feng set out to fight and cultivate at his own pace.

• Lin Ye resisted a Venerable’s mental influence and watched Emperor Feather Venerable announce that the contestants would compete for a thousand core-member positions through seven Trial Towers and arena battles.
• The next morning, the geniuses were teleported to their Trial Spaces, where Lin Ye read the rules and spotted that his contestant number was six.
• Luo Feng read the rules, resolved to reach the top ranks, and entered the first tower’s first floor to fight ten thousand Blood Mammoths.
• The Immortals watched the contestants’ broadcasts as Lin Ye advanced to the fifth floor of the first tower by slaughtering Giant-Eyed Demon Centipedes with his blade-intent domain.
• The Immortals praised or criticized Luo Feng’s slower approach as he treated the Trial Tower as a chance to cultivate while fighting.

Lin Ye swept through the second Trial Tower, defeating its Starry Sky Giant Beasts and Zerg Mother Nest while Country Lord Ganwu watched his clone cultivate and break through to Domain Lord. After killing the Zerg Mother Queen, Lin Ye entered the third Trial Tower, confident its opening floors would not challenge him.

• Lin Ye's Thousand Shadow Clone absorbed a secret realm's energy, rapidly advanced its cultivation and law comprehension, and broke through to Domain Lord while Country Lord Ganwu observed.
• Lin Ye swept through the second Trial Tower's sixth floor, killing ten thousand Starry Sky Giant Beasts with his Nirvana Domain and earning 670,000 points.
• Lin Ye entered the seventh floor and split the Zerg Mother Nest with a saber strike, then resisted the Zerg Mother Queen's psychic attack.
• Lin Ye seized the Zerg Mother Queen with Psychic Power and killed her after rejecting her plea for mercy.
• Lin Ye slaughtered the remaining Zerg Warriors and stepped toward the third Trial Tower, expecting its first floors to pose little threat.

Lin Ye remained first in the Trial Space as the geniuses fought through the increasingly difficult towers, while spectators and Immortals watched the rankings. The Virtual Universe Company announced that only Lin Ye, Bolan, Candita, Nasca, and Luo Feng remained alive.

• Lin Ye's Golden Horned Beast reached Cosmic Level rank eight, while his Thousand Shadow Clone had advanced to Domain Lord level and neared Realm Lord level.
• At a banquet on Black Dragon Mountain Island, the Black Dragon Emperor and Cang Lan God Lord celebrated Lin Ye and Luo Feng's success, while Thirteen complained about being replaced as team leader by Lady Medusa.
• Geniuses were eliminated in increasing numbers as they struggled through the third trial tower, and the observers noted Lin Ye's steady first-place ranking and Rong Jun's elimination on the fourth floor of the fifth tower.
• Queen Medusa praised Luo Feng and Rong Jun, then remarked on Lin Ye's unusual movement technique and his strong comprehension of the metal and space origin laws.
• The Virtual Universe Company announced that the five surviving contestants were Lin Ye, Bolan, Candita, Nasca, and Luo Feng.

Lin Ye cleared the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower by killing all ten thousand Blood Mammoths, then continued onward before eventually falling on the seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower. He finished first overall, while Luo Feng placed third, Bolan second, Candita fourth, and Nasca fifth.

• Lin Ye cleared the sixth Trial Tower and entered the seventh as Luo Feng fought through the sixth tower and Nasca reacted to the changing rankings.
• Lin Ye used his water, fire, and thunder laws, movement technique, and Blood Flame Divine Weapon to kill all ten thousand Blood Mammoths on the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower.
• Lin Ye earned ten billion points from the first floor, drawing the attention of geniuses and powerful figures across the Human Race.
• Queen Medusa contacted Country Lord Ganwu and urged him to secure the Genius Battle’s top spot for their country.
• Lin Ye advanced to the second floor to face ten thousand Nine-Headed Pythons, then ultimately fell on the seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower.
• Bolan fell on the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower, Luo Feng cleared its second floor, and Candita and Nasca were defeated on the sixth floor of the sixth Trial Tower; Lin Ye, Bolan, Luo Feng, Candita, and Nasca finished first through fifth respectively.

Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun prepared for the Qualification Battle after Ganwu Cosmic Nation celebrated their Trial Space results. The first 900 qualifiers joined the top 100, and Emperor Feather Venerable announced the rewards and Secret Realm access at stake in the final arena matches.

• Queen Medusa told the Ganwu geniuses that those who failed to advance could enter the Ganwu Secret Realm, while Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun would continue competing for Virtual Universe Company positions.
• Queen Medusa briefed the three on their upcoming opponents and the Four Secret Realms, and Rong Jun admitted that Lin Ye was stronger while promising to keep fighting.
• Emperor Feather Venerable confirmed that the top 100 had secured core-member status and sent the remaining 7,200 geniuses into the Qualification Battle.
• The 7,200 contestants fought through three rounds, leaving 900 qualifiers to join the original 100 in the final arena competition.
• Emperor Feather Venerable announced that the top 1,000 would receive rewards and access to one of four Secret Realms, with the top three entering the Primal Secret Realm.

Lin Ye began the Peak Genius Battle and forced Wu Guike to surrender before their match started. Meanwhile, Venerable Fenchen entered Demon Race territory to seize a secret realm, drawing the attention of Lord of Sirius, who set out to capture him.

• Lin Ye prepared to meet his master if he won the Genius Battle, while Chan'er and Babata urged him to focus on advancing through the contest.
• At the finals, Lin Ye faced Wu Guike, who surrendered immediately and left the arena before they could fight.
• Venerable Fenchen began sealing the Rainbow Void Corridor, then killed the Sirius Clan scouts who discovered him, though one Immortal escaped.
• A Sirius Wolf Venerable reported Fenchen's presence to Lord of Sirius, who decided to capture him and use him to demand treasures from the Human Race.
• Lord of Sirius departed in Sirius Hall, a Supreme Treasure, to pursue Venerable Fenchen.

Lin Ye advanced to the top twenty of the Peak Genius Battle and faced Phantom Demon Garesi in the fight for the top ten. He effortlessly resisted Garesi’s soul attacks and defeated him with the Blood Flame Divine Weapon, securing his place in the next round.

• Emperor Feather Venerable named Lin Ye among the twenty contestants selected to compete for the top ten and urged him to display his full strength.
• The selected contestants rested before being assigned opponents across ten arenas, with Lin Ye paired against Phantom Demon Garesi.
• Garesi attacked Lin Ye with an illusion technique and his black Magic Wheel, but Lin Ye’s soul defenses and Wave Sword stopped both attacks.
• Lin Ye combined his domain with several Origin Laws and struck Garesi down, winning their match.

Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and the other arena victors secured places in the top ten, with Ai Chen defeating the favored Gusluo. Emperor Feather Venerable announced the top-five pairings, leaving the geniuses waiting for the next round.

• Lin Ye swiftly defeated Phantom Demon Garesi, while Luo Feng overcame Yifeng after a prolonged battle and entered the top ten.
• The remaining arena victors emerged, including Ai Chen, who defeated Gusluo, and Lin Ye praised Rong Jun’s progress during the Reincarnation Battles.
• Lin Ye challenged Bolan to a future match, and Bolan accepted as the ten victors awaited their next assignments.
• Emperor Feather Venerable announced that the fastest arena finisher would face the slowest, setting the next matchups, including Lin Ye against Ai Chen and Luo Feng against Qian Shui.

Lin Ye faced Ai Chen while Luo Feng fought Qian Shui in the opening arena battles of the Peak Genius Battle. Lin Ye tested Ai Chen’s Laws of Light and Time through direct clashes, while Luo Feng used a hidden attack after Qian Shui blocked his opening assault.

• The ten finalists entered five arenas, and Emperor Feather Venerable announced the start of their matches.
• Ai Chen attacked Lin Ye at full strength, and Lin Ye blocked her sword strike without retreating before pressing her with successive saber strikes.
• Luo Feng attacked Qian Shui with his Illusion Swords, but her domain combining the Laws of Water and Space slowed them.
• Luo Feng and Qian Shui clashed with their domains and weapons, and Luo Feng revealed that his earlier attack had been a feint before unleashing Dark World.

Lin Ye defeated Ai Chen with his four-Origin-Law attack, then won all four matches in the Reincarnation Battle. The Peak Genius Battle ended with Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Bolan selected for the Virtual Universe Company's Primal Secret Realm and the remaining geniuses assigned to other secret realms.

• Lin Ye overwhelmed Ai Chen’s Light-Dark Heavenly Domain by fusing the fire, thunder, water, and space Origin Laws into his domain.
• Lin Ye summoned a giant axe and attacked Ai Chen with his four-law Blazing Sunfall, overcoming her defenses and defeating her.
• Di Yu announced the five finalists and explained that the Reincarnation Battle’s match results would determine their rankings.
• Lin Ye won all four Reincarnation Battle matches, while Luo Feng and Bolan each earned two points, Rong Jun earned one, and Opasite earned none.
• Emperor Feather Venerable named Lin Ye, Luo Feng, and Bolan as members of the Primal Secret Realm and said the other geniuses would enter lower secret realms.

After the Genius Battle, Lin Ye and Luo Feng learned that the Virtual Universe Company would send F-class spaceships to collect the top thousand competitors and bring them to headquarters within three years. At a celebration on the Virtual Universe Network, they prepared to leave Earth for centuries, entrusted its affairs to their allies, and urged humanity to keep growing stronger.

• The Virtual Universe Company recorded the geniuses’ homeworlds and announced that special F-class ships would bring them to headquarters within three years.
• Lin Ye and Luo Feng attended a celebration with Earth’s martial artists and leaders from the Black Dragon Mountain and Canglan Star Domains.
• Luo Hua told Luo Feng that their family was safe and that Haihai and Luo Ping were making progress in cultivation and travel.
• Lin Ye invited Qi Qi, Vinina, Enchanting, and Isadona to accompany him to Virtual Universe Company Headquarters, and Vinina joked about pregnancy counting toward the allotted spots.
• Luo Feng and Lin Ye entrusted Earth’s affairs to their allies before leaving, and Lin Ye urged the others to keep striving for humanity.

Lin Ye and Luo Feng left Earth to join the Virtual Universe Company, while Lin Ye arranged additional protection for the Milky Way and Earth. After boarding the company’s spaceship, they visited its virtual headquarters on Yuxiang Mountain and learned about its four Secret Realms.

• Lin Ye entrusted Earth to the Nuolanshan Family and asked Nuo Yi, Nuo Er, and Nuo San to protect it while he and Luo Feng departed.
• Worried that spies from other races might attack Earth, Lin Ye used the Ganwu Token to ask Country Lord Ganwu to send Marquis Level Army Lords and their troops to guard the Milky Way and his territories.
• The Virtual Universe Company’s Shafulin greeted Lin Ye and Luo Feng, then noticed Chan’er’s formidable strength and learned she knew his master, Shakara.
• Aboard the spaceship, Shafulin explained why the company called Peak Genius Battle recruits who entered its Secret Realms “Your Highnesses” and described the four Secret Realms.
• Lin Ye and Luo Feng entered the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters plane, where Shafulin showed them Yuxiang Mountain and explained the regions’ populations and status.

Lin Ye and Luo Feng toured the Primal Region before Lin Ye collected the Golden Horned Beast corpse Venerable Fenchen had prepared for Luo Feng. Meanwhile, Lord of Sirius attacked Venerable Fenchen in enemy territory and killed him, leaving Fenchen's final thoughts on his new disciple.

• Shafulin showed Lin Ye and Luo Feng Thunder Island, then escorted them to the Primal Region, where Atoll welcomed them and showed them their villas.
• Lin Ye returned to reality and asked Shafulin to stop at the Ganwu Imperial City, where he collected a Golden Horned Beast corpse from Cosmic River Bank for Luo Feng.
• Venerable Fenchen traveled through Sirius Clan territory with a Void Corridor intended as a gift for Lin Ye, but Lord of Sirius intercepted him.
• Lord of Sirius sealed the surrounding space and used a flame chain to annihilate Venerable Fenchen's Divine Body.
• Venerable Fenchen died thinking that he had gained a disciple but had never held a welcome banquet for Lin Ye in Chaos City.

After learning that Venerable Fenchen had died in Sirius Clan territory, Lin Ye received his master's final message and the Fenchen Token, along with a warning not to seek revenge prematurely. As Lin Ye's grief turned to fury, a strange mutation began in his body and his distant Thousand Shadow Clone appeared beside him.

• Country Lord Ganwu summoned Lin Ye and Chan'er and told Lin Ye that Lord of Sirius had slain Venerable Fenchen.
• Country Lord Ganwu explained that Fenchen had ventured into Sirius Clan territory to find secret realms and spatial-law training opportunities for Lin Ye, and that the Human Race could not revive him under its rules.
• Country Lord Ganwu gave Lin Ye the Fenchen Token, and Lin Ye heard Fenchen's final message urging him to grow stronger, avoid seeking revenge, and rely on Chan'er, Huorong, and Fenchen's female confidantes.
• Lin Ye became furious at Lord of Sirius after hearing Fenchen's message and learning of the many women Fenchen had named as his mistresses.
• A scarlet tower in Lin Ye's sea of consciousness emitted strange runes that branded his body, causing the Origin Laws around him to boil.
• Lin Ye's Thousand Shadow Clone vanished from the Training Room beside Luo Feng and appeared beside him, where crimson threads linked them and Country Lord Ganwu exclaimed at the clone's strangeness.

Lin Ye relived memories of a past life as the Thousand Tribulation Pagoda awakened, then broke through from Stellar Level to Domain Lord in forty-seven days. He vowed to avenge his master Venerable Fenchen by killing Lord of Sirius.

• Country Lord Ganwu and Chan'er watched scarlet power and a mysterious tower appear around Lin Ye and his Thousand Shadow Clone.
• Lin Ye heard memories of Xiao Qi choosing reincarnation and being sent to an initial world with the Thousand Tribulation Pagoda's power.
• Lin Ye awoke, gripped the Fenchen Token, and vowed to honor Venerable Fenchen and avenge him.
• The Thousand Tribulation Pagoda drew in energy as Lin Ye cultivated for forty-seven days and advanced from Stellar Level Nine to Domain Lord.
• Lin Ye examined his transformed body and the multicolored singularities within it, while his Thousand Shadow Clone formed a patterned octahedral core.
• Lin Ye renewed his vow to kill Lord of Sirius and avenge Venerable Fenchen.

After advancing to the Domain Lord Level, Lin Ye traveled to his Primal Secret Realm estate and learned that his new position would bring different trials and benefits. He met his guard captain, Skyfire Marquis Carlos, who had been appointed by Venerable Fenchen to protect him.

• Country Lord Ganwu welcomed Lin Ye and arranged for Thirteen to show him around the Ganwu Imperial Capital while Luo Feng underwent the Golden Horned Beast body snatching.
• After roughly twenty days, Lin Ye left with his group and entered the Virtual Universe to visit the Primal Region, accompanied by Chan'er.
• Xue Yingyue explained the Primal Region's expenses, its princes, and the Domain Lord Level standards Lin Ye would face before showing him Estate No. 112.
• Lin Ye arrived at his estate and found Carlos commanding its guard army and servants.
• Chan'er told Lin Ye that Carlos had once served Venerable Fenchen, who had arranged for him and Huorong to protect Lin Ye.

Lin Ye toured his new Primal Region estate, explored the Virtual Universe Company's vast treasure vault, and learned about the resources available to him as a Primal Secret Realm member. After Death God Bolan visited, Lin Ye overwhelmed him in a spar and prepared to explain how he had advanced so quickly.

• Carlos showed Lin Ye and Chan'er the facilities and attractions in Lin Ye's Primal Region estate, while Chan'er forbade any illicit entertainment.
• Lin Ye settled into his villa and examined the treasure vault, marveling at its powerful secret methods, weapons, and rare treasures.
• Chan'er urged Lin Ye to make full use of the Virtual Universe Company's resources and keep working to become stronger, reminding him that even his teacher had fallen.
• Lin Ye read an email granting him 100,000 points and outlining his Domain Lord-level training arrangements, including help advancing through the Domain Lord levels.
• Carlos announced that Bolan had come to visit, and Lin Ye welcomed him to the Training Room for a spar.
• Lin Ye defeated Bolan, who surrendered and then asked how Lin Ye had advanced so quickly.