Chapter Summaries

After transforming into a Moshazhu Race Energy Life to improve his understanding of the Space Law, Bai Yue learned that the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle was beginning and gathered Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God to discuss entering. They registered while agreeing to keep Earth humans’ unusual talent for cultivating Mind Will secret.

• Bai Yue transformed his body into a Moshazhu Race Life Crystal Core and became an Energy Life.
• A Virtual Universe announcement declared that the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle was about to begin across humanity’s Universe Kingdoms.
• Bai Yue showed Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God the announcement, and they discussed the battle’s stages, rewards, and their chances.
• Bai Yue warned the others that Earth humans had an exceptional talent for cultivating Mind Will and told them not to reveal it.
• Bai Yue, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God opened the registration page and saw that more than two billion people had already registered in Gan Wu Universe Kingdom.

Bai Yue and his companions prepared for the Peak Genius Battle as the registration period ended and they learned the ruthless elimination rules. The Gan Wu Universe Kingdom assembled its contestants, and the preliminary round began.

• Bai Yue transformed into a Moshazhu Race member and found that sensing space and using Space Law had become far easier.
• Bai Yue, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God received the competition rules, which called for a mass elimination round followed by arena finals.
• Bai Yue aimed to take first place in his assigned world and qualify directly for the top 1,000.
• Lord Gan Wu encouraged the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom’s contestants before sending them to the preliminary round.
• More than 800 billion registered participants entered the Genius Battle as factions across the universe watched for promising recruits.

Bai Yue entered World Zone 6 for the preliminary round of the Genius Battle and immediately began hunting participants instead of waiting for the later stages. After wiping out the fighters around a school, he flew toward the city’s fiercest fighting.

• Bai Yue learned that he was assigned to World Zone 6, while Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God were sent to other zones.
• The preliminary round began, and Bai Yue arrived in a simulated world where each participant had one life and points came from kills.
• Bai Yue blocked an ambush outside his dormitory and killed his attacker with the Yan Shen Armament.
• Bai Yue reached the school plaza, climbed to the teaching building’s roof, and surveyed the battle-damaged city.
• Bai Yue used his Mental Power and Golden Small Swords to kill participants across the school grounds, including several domain users.
• Bai Yue ignored those who escaped his range and flew toward the area where fighting was most intense.

Bai Yue slaughtered contestants across two cities, drawing attention as the Heavenly Emperor while searching for opponents who had comprehended the Laws. The chapter ended with a towering swordsman challenging him to fight.

• Bai Yue wiped out the last organized resistance in his first city, reached 5,760,545 points, and learned that contestants knew him as the Heavenly Emperor.
• Bai Yue traveled to another city and survived attacks from Ronald Mora and his teammates, then spared Ronald Mora after learning about Aiton and a powerful Mental Master Controller.
• Bai Yue swept through the eastern side of the city, killing contestants and devastating buildings as he searched for strong opponents.
• After resting in a hotel, Bai Yue saw a giant swordsman arrive nearby and call out, “Heavenly Emperor! Come out and fight!”

Bai Yue defeated Aiton, the western district’s strongest expert, and gained enough points to take first place in World Zone 6. Near the end of the preliminaries, he entered the zone’s last city and found himself surrounded, waiting to see what his pursuers had prepared.

• Bai Yue shattered a window, challenged Aiton, and beat him in a clash above the city.
• Aiton launched a Lightning Tiger attack, but Bai Yue pierced his heart with his staff and killed him.
• Bai Yue gained nearly two million points and rose to first place in World Zone 6.
• Bai Yue began hunting powerful participants across the zone, spreading the name Heavenly Emperor as the preliminaries neared their end.
• Bai Yue entered the last city he had not visited, sensed that it was unusually quiet, and noticed people watching him.
• Bai Yue reached an intact park and stopped as countless shadowy figures approached from all directions.

Bai Yue fought off a massive gathering of contestants in the Sixth World Zone and destroyed nearly all of them after Masha Agreshi’s group launched a soul attack. With first place secured, he waited for the competition to end and was teleported when the countdown reached zero.

• Masha Agreshi revealed that she had gathered powerful contestants to kill Bai Yue, and a one-eyed man and others attacked him.
• Bai Yue used the Yan Shen Armament and his staff to kill the attackers, defeating even contestants who wielded domains and Laws.
• Masha Agreshi and her subordinates unleashed a group soul attack, but Bai Yue’s three-tiered pagoda intercepted it.
• Bai Yue activated Absolute Space and struck every remaining contestant, obliterating the battlefield and leaving only those who had already retreated alive.
• Bai Yue checked his rank, saw that he was first with 697654267 points, and waited out the final countdown before teleportation began.

After winning first place in his World Zone, Bai Yue returned to the Virtual Universe and faced the fame and attention his performance had brought. Lord Gan Wu’s envoy offered to make him a registered disciple if he won the Genius Battle, leaving Bai Yue struggling with the offer because of his secret connection to Lord Gan Wu.

• Bai Yue reunited with Long Kui and met Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God after the preliminary rounds.
• Bai Yue warned Luo Feng and Hong about Rong Jun’s strength, including his likely mastery of the Space Law.
• Bai Yue’s videos and final-round performance made him a sensation, drawing attention from fans and organizations seeking to recruit him.
• Bai Yue told Long Kui to refuse the organizations’ invitations while he prepared for the finals.
• Thirteen arrived with an envoy delegation and announced that Lord Gan Wu would accept Bai Yue as a registered disciple if he won the Genius Battle.
• Bai Yue hesitated over the offer because he knew that he and Ji Ning were the same person.

Bai Yue told Lord Gan Wu the truth, and Lord Gan Wu accepted him as a personal disciple, drawing attention across the Virtual Universe. Meanwhile, Ji Ning Clone reached the Virtual Universe Company headquarters and entered the Universe Channel on the way to the Initial Universe, where the journey left him dizzy and nauseous.

• Bai Yue explained everything to Lord Gan Wu, who agreed to make him a personal disciple and assured him his secret was safe.
• Lord Gan Wu appeared before Thirteen, declared Bai Yue his disciple, and watched as Bai Yue kowtowed nine times to acknowledge him.
• Luo Feng congratulated Bai Yue, who warned everyone that Earth’s secret must remain hidden.
• News of Bai Yue’s new status spread through the Virtual Universe, where his supporters overwhelmed the Death God faction and other powerful figures wondered why Lord Gan Wu had chosen him.
• A year and a half later, Ji Ning Clone arrived at the Virtual Universe Company headquarters and joined a group traveling to the Initial Universe.
• Bai Yue’s spacecraft entered the Universe Channel, and its strange flow of time made him feel dizzy and nauseous.

Bai Yue and the other cultivators arrived in the Initial Universe and were introduced to Chaos City and its cultivation resources. Ji Ning Clone chose the Yanshan Chaos Tablet and was sent to study it, while the group entered the passage lined with tablet chambers.

• Ji Ning Clone observed the Initial Universe's space-time fluctuations and learned that its visible spatial cracks revealed the Universe Origin's laws.
• The spacecraft arrived above Chaos City, where a reception envoy explained the city's residences and introduced its fifty-two Chaos Tablets.
• Bai Yue was briefly entranced by the characters above the City Lord's Mansion, then recovered with help from his other two clones.
• Ji Ning Clone examined the fifty-two tablet rubbings and chose the Yanshan Chaos Tablet, which suited his progress in the Space Law and Earth Origin Law.
• The attendants led the cultivators into the passage of Chaos Tablet chambers, where identical old men stood before the bronze gates.

Ji Ning Clone entered Chaos City, spent seven days studying the Yanshan Chaos Tablet, and settled into Lord Gan Wu’s former residence. He then challenged the Yanshan Tongtian Bridge, reached its ninth level, and decided to deepen his understanding before using his accumulated chances to study the tablet again.

• Lord Kandri welcomed Ji Ning Clone and the others into the Yanshan Chaos Tablet chamber, where they studied for seven days before leaving.
• Ji Ning Clone claimed the pale-white residence Lord Gan Wu had arranged for him and logged into the Virtual Universe as a member of the Primeval Secret Realm.
• Ji Ning Clone received permanent access to the Tongtian Bridge and traveled to the bridge representing the Yanshan Chaos Tablet.
• Ji Ning Clone defeated the first-level guardian and advanced through the bridge until the guardian at the ninth level killed him.
• After accumulating eight Chaos Tablet comprehension chances, Ji Ning Clone chose to build up more insights before spending another chance.

Ji Ning Clone continued secretly comprehending laws in Chaos City while the universe-wide Genius Battle finals began. Bai Yue, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and the other qualified geniuses assembled, received their numbered plaques, and encountered fellow contenders, including Bolan.

• The Lord of Chaos City kept Ji Ning Clone’s breakthrough at the Tongtian Bridge secret to protect him from the Alien Races.
• The 1,000 finalists gathered as Thirteen warned them that most would fail to reach the top 1,000 and singled out Rong Jun as a likely survivor alongside Bai Yue.
• Thirteen led the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom team to Tower 0825, where Bai Yue received plaque one, Rong Jun received plaque two, and Luo Feng received plaque three.
• Thirteen joined other Universe Kingdom leaders at Restaurant No. 1, where they discussed Bai Yue, Rong Jun, and Bolan’s prospects in the competition.
• Bai Yue explored the plaza with Luo Feng and Rong Jun, who said he hoped to fight Bai Yue during the competition.
• Bolan arrived at the plaza, but he and Bai Yue did not speak or confront each other.

Bai Yue entered the Genius Battle’s Trial Towers and rapidly rose to first place, clearing the first five towers with ease and defeating the sixth tower’s Zerg Mother Queen. His performance left the spectators and immortals stunned as he continued toward the remaining trials.

• Nine Swords Venerable explained the Trial Tower assessment and announced that only the top 7,300 participants would advance.
• The Virtual Universe Company teleported all 1,008,000 contestants to their trial spaces, where Bai Yue received the rules and a live ranking list.
• Bai Yue swiftly cleared the first Trial Tower, erased its Zerg Mother Queen with a Soul Attack, and took first place ahead of Bolan.
• Bai Yue progressed through the towers faster than the other contestants, while the Virtual Universe Company showed footage of his battles to spectators.
• Bai Yue wounded the sixth tower’s Zerg Mother Queen with a Soul Attack, then defeated her with his dark-golden staff and cleared the tower.
• The plaza erupted as spectators watched Bai Yue clear the sixth Trial Tower with apparent ease.

Bai Yue cleared the first six levels of the seventh Trial Tower and nearly defeated its final Zerg Mother Queen, but a powerful Soul Attack eliminated him. He still ranked first overall, while Luo Feng finished fourth, and the surviving Gan Wu Universe Kingdom contestants prepared for the next assessments.

• Bai Yue fought through the seventh Trial Tower's first six levels, then used the Golden Light Realm to destroy the Zerg Mother Nest on the seventh level.
• Bai Yue approached the Zerg Mother Queen, but a powerful Soul Attack shattered his Void Tower and forced him out of the trial.
• Bai Yue watched the remaining contestants, as Bolan and Candita were eliminated before Luo Feng fell on the first level of the sixth Trial Tower, taking fourth place.
• Thirteen praised the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom team and led Bai Yue, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and three other qualifiers aside to explain the upcoming assessments.
• Bai Yue teased Luo Feng about his ranking, and Rong Jun said he hoped to meet them in the arena matches.

Bai Yue qualified for the Virtual Universe Company and entered the top 20 after defeating Lasha and Yi Feng. The first arena round ended with Bai Yue as the final victor, while Rong Jun surprised everyone by defeating Gu Siluo.

• Nine Swords Venerable announced that 900 contestants had won three consecutive matches and qualified to join the Virtual Universe Company.
• Nine Swords Venerable explained the four secret realms and announced that only 100 contestants would advance to the next arena matches.
• Bai Yue told Luo Feng he was planning a surprise for Bolan, then defeated Lasha with a single strike.
• Nine Swords Venerable announced that the top 100 would enter the Earth and Sky Secret Realm and named the 20 contestants advancing to the next round.
• Bai Yue fought Yi Feng, dodged his sword attacks while observing the other arenas, and then defeated him.
• Rong Jun defeated Gu Siluo, and Bai Yue became the final victor of the round.

Bai Yue won the Genius Battle after defeating Bolan and taking first place in the top-five round robin. Before leaving Earth for more than a hundred years to join the Virtual Universe Company, he reunited with his friends and former Falcon Squad teammates.

• Nine Swords Venerable announced that the ten victors would be paired by the speed of their earlier wins, setting Bai Yue against Bolan.
• Bai Yue admitted he had deliberately arranged to face Bolan, then crushed him with a single staff strike.
• Bai Yue won all four top-five round-robin matches and took first place, while Long Yun placed second and Rong Jun third.
• After registering their information, Bai Yue and Luo Feng returned to Earth to spend time with family and friends before departing for the company headquarters.
• Bai Yue shared a farewell meal with the former Falcon Squad members, who promised to protect Earth and urged him to stay safe.

Bai Yue and Luo Feng departed Earth for the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, while Ji Ning’s clone prepared to resume studying the Yanshan Chaos Tablet in Chaos City. The Lord of Chaos City discovered Bai Yue shared Ji Ning’s soul aura, but chose not to expose him.

• Hong urged Bai Yue, Luo Feng, and their companions to grow stronger and protect Earth, and Bai Yue and Luo Feng left for Bailan Star to await their spacecraft.
• Bai Yue and Luo Feng began a three-year journey to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, while Bai Yue’s Earthling body reached Universe Level Nine.
• Ji Ning’s clone awoke when his Earthling body passed through the Universe Channel and entered the secret chamber to study the Yanshan Chaos Tablet for seven days.
• Ji Ning’s clone, transformed into a Moshazhu, planned to study a Time Law-oriented Chaos Tablet in the future rather than another Space Law path.
• The Lord of Chaos City inspected the arriving geniuses and recognized Ji Ning’s soul aura in Bai Yue, but decided not to interfere.

Bai Yue chose the Wind Shadow Chaos Tablet and learned about Chaos True Spirits, then hunted a Chaos Beast and arranged to study rare lifeforms that could improve his comprehension of wind and time laws. He returned to Chaos City and ordered higher-level Chaos Spirits through the Virtual Universe network.

• Bai Yue chose the Wind Shadow Chaos Tablet, and Ji Ning Clone left its chamber after seven days while Bai Yue's true body continued studying.
• Ji Ning Clone read that Chaos True Spirits could gradually make souls more compatible with the universe, then flew beyond Chaos City to hunt Chaos Beasts.
• Ji Ning Clone killed a crocodile-shaped Domain Lord Level Chaos Beast, collected its Chaos True Spirit, and fled back to Chaos City when other beasts gathered.
• Ji Ning Clone reviewed Long Kui's list of rare lifeforms, including Wind Roar and Cosmic Shadow Deer, and decided to buy every suitable sample he could afford.
• Ji Ning Clone ordered one set each of World Master Level and Immortal Level Chaos Spirits for 11,000 points.

Bai Yue gained recognition from the Earth Origin Law, allowing the Dao Fruit to awaken and absorb Earth Origin as he learned its true nature. The Primeval Universe’s origin consciousness discovered the theft and ordered the three Ancestral Gods to find the culprit, but gave them no clues.

• Bai Yue gained recognition from the Earth Origin Law, and a mysterious yellow droplet entered his sea of consciousness and was absorbed by the Dao Fruit.
• Bai Yue’s consciousness merged with the Dao Fruit, reached the ocean of the Earth Origin Law, and began exploring and comprehending Earth Law.
• Bai Yue learned that the Dao Fruit was a chance to transcend the multiverse and realized that gaining Origin Law recognition gave him a sliver of hope of bearing it.
• Bai Yue used the Dao Fruit to absorb Earth Origin and analyze Earth Law, while his three bodies became avatars and the Dao Fruit became his true body.
• The Primeval Universe’s origin consciousness sensed that Earth Origin had vanished and ordered the three Ancestral Gods to find the thief, but they received no useful clues.

Bai Yue developed his Dao Fruit Inner Universe and decided to focus on comprehending the Gold elemental Dao, while his clones went to test their progress on the Tongtian Bridge. Bai Yue’s wind and time mastery carried him through the seventh floor before he was eliminated on the eighth, drawing attention throughout Chaos City.

• Bai Yue’s Dao Fruit space began naturally drawing in void energy and generating matter, and he resolved to pursue Origin Law recognition for the Gold elemental Dao.
• Bai Yue’s clone and the Ji Ning Clone awakened in Chaos City and entered the Tongtian Bridge plane to test their progress.
• Guardian Bafen welcomed Bai Yue and told the Ji Ning Clone that he would have to wait for the Yanshan Chaos Tablet.
• Bai Yue fought on the Wind Shadow Chaos Tablet bridge using wind and time Origin Laws and reached the eighth floor before being eliminated.
• News that Bai Yue had passed the seventh floor caused an uproar in Chaos City.

After Bai Yue passed the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge, Ji Ning Clone reached the thirteenth. Lord of Chaos City summoned Lord Gan Wu to announce that he planned to accept Bai Yue as a disciple, and Bai Yue went to meet him, where Venerable Guiyi awaited.

• Ji Ning Clone passed the ninth through twelfth Tongtian Bridge levels before failing at the thirteenth.
• Lord of Chaos City summoned Lord Gan Wu and said he intended to accept Bai Yue as his disciple.
• Lord Gan Wu agreed and then told Bai Yue the news, though he did not know whether Bai Yue would be a personal or registered disciple.
• Bai Yue went to the City Lord's Mansion and entered its inner residence after an Immortal guard recognized him and said Venerable Guiyi was waiting.
• Bai Yue met Venerable Guiyi and was startled by the man's formidable presence.