Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming revealed to Marquis Flame Abyss that Shine Upon All was his own second-level secret technique, and she warned him to prioritize law comprehension while arranging to bring him to Flame Abyss Star for protection. He stayed in Thunder World and entered the World within a World, where Luo Feng began exchanging Thunder Stones for an Inheritance Crystal Sphere.

• Jiang Ming entered the safe house, where Li Yue praised him and helped remove his damaged armor.
• In the Virtual Universe, Marquis Flame Abyss asked Jiang Ming about his battle technique, and he confirmed he had created a second-level secret technique.
• Marquis Flame Abyss warned Jiang Ming not to neglect law comprehension and said she was heading to Canglan Star to take him to Flame Abyss Star.
• Jiang Ming agreed to remain in Thunder World until Marquis Flame Abyss arrived, then decided to enter the World within a World with Li Yue.
• Jiang Ming placed surveillance robots near the entrance while Luo Feng offered Master Wu a huge quantity of Thunder Stones in exchange for an Inheritance Crystal Sphere.

Luo Feng and his group exchanged Thunder Stones with Master Wu for the secret technique passwords, then reunited with Jiang Ming and divided up their gains. After seeing Jiang Ming's battle at the World within a World entrance, they learned that the danger outside had eased, though Jiang Ming warned them to stay cautious and Babata identified Master Wu as a possible threat.

• Luo Feng paid Master Wu thirty million Thunder Stones for the three passwords to the complete secret technique Crystal balls.
• Jiang Ming met Luo Feng and his group, reviewed their treasure list, and claimed ninety-five percent of the World within a World's treasures, leaving them five percent.
• Jiang Ming told the group that he had driven away the forces gathered outside, then showed them footage of his battle at the entrance.
• Hong worried about retaliation, and Jiang Ming warned the group that the treasures could attract attention while reassuring them that his Teacher offered some protection.
• Babata warned that Master Wu, the Intelligent life inside the World within a World, might be dangerous, but Jiang Ming said they would deal with him after exchanging for the treasures.

Jiang Ming and his companions collected the World within a World's treasures, and Thor learned that he had become Kabu World Lord's disciple. Jiang Ming settled his grudge with Brolyn by accepting his wealth and asking him to find a buyer for the supposed space-technique inheritance, while warriors gathered at Thunder World's exit to watch them leave.

• After the castle closed, Jiang Ming distributed the 312 treasures among Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor.
• Thor discovered that Master Wu was inside an Auxiliary optical computer and had congratulated him on becoming Kabu World Lord's disciple.
• Outside the World within a World, Brolyn offered Jiang Ming 38 Chaos Units as an apology.
• Jiang Ming accepted Brolyn's apology on the condition that he find a buyer for the crystal ball said to contain complete space secret techniques.
• Babata told Luo Feng that Jiang Ming likely knew the space inheritance was fake and had arranged to sell it through Brolyn.
• As Jiang Ming's group departed, countless gazes watched them from the entrance to Thunder World.

After emerging from Thunder World with its complete treasure trove, Jiang Ming met Qinia and gave her a Life Fruit in thanks for enforcing the Universe Mercenary Alliance’s regulations. Outside the villa, countless Experts tried to pressure him into trading for the Kabu World Lord’s inheritance, and Jiang Ming stood his ground as their combined spiritual pressure intensified.

• Jiang Ming met Qinia, thanked her for keeping the Experts outside Thunder World at bay, and gave her a Life Fruit.
• After learning Marquis Flame Abyss was arriving, Qinia accompanied Jiang Ming out of the villa, followed by Luo Feng and the others.
• Numerous Experts on Canglan Star sent Jiang Ming offers and transmissions seeking the treasures of the Kabu World Lord.
• Jiang Ming resisted the crowd’s pressure, challenged them to take the treasures by force, and continued walking as golden flames burned around him.
• The Experts intensified their spiritual pressure, suppressing Jiang Ming’s will as he remained defiant.

Jiang Ming comprehended the third form of the Stellar Body, transforming his will into a pure white star that burned the minds of the Experts pressuring him. Marquis Flame Abyss arrived and killed the Experts who had sent Jiang Ming voice transmissions, leaving Canglan Star silent.

• Jiang Ming's will grew stronger under the Experts' pressure, allowing him to comprehend the third form of the Stellar Body.
• Jiang Ming's will transformed into a pure white star, and its fire burned the Experts' minds and bodies until they withdrew their wills.
• Marquis Flame Abyss arrived on Canglan Star in a crimson bird-shaped spacecraft, and Jiang Ming greeted his teacher.
• Marquis Flame Abyss burned every Expert who had sent Jiang Ming a voice transmission until their wills vanished and their bodies became cosmic dust.
• Marquis Flame Abyss asked Jiang Ming whether anyone else needed to be dealt with, and the Experts on Canglan Star fell silent.

Jiang Ming left Canglan Star under Marquis Flame Abyss’s protection and entrusted Qinia with guarding his clansmen. After half a month of studying his Third Level Stellar Body, he discovered that its power could exceed the limits suggested by his talent.

• Marquis Flame Abyss arrived in person and protected Jiang Ming from the gathered experts, while Luo Feng and the others watched.
• Jiang Ming asked Qinia to protect his clansmen, then left for Flame Abyss Star with Marquis Flame Abyss.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and the others departed Canglan Star as the gathered experts prepared to leave amid the turmoil over inheritances.
• Jiang Ming spent half a month aboard Marquis Flame Abyss’s spacecraft studying the changes to his Stellar Body.
• In the sun, Jiang Ming tested the third form, I Am the Star, and realized that sufficient time and accumulated Pure White Fire could let him wield energy beyond his talent’s apparent limits.

Jiang Ming arrived at Flame Abyss Star, where Marquis Flame Abyss gave him Crimson Flame Continent and its intelligent manager, Crimson Flame. She also entrusted him with a precious Fire God Crystal, leaving Jiang Ming with a new home and a powerful gift from his teacher.

• Jiang Ming tested his Pure White Fire in the Virtual Universe and estimated that it would take ten days to reach Domain Lord-level energy in an ordinary Stellar-level body.
• Marquis Flame Abyss brought Jiang Ming to Flame Abyss Star and explained how the planet enhanced cultivation of the Flame Origin Law.
• Marquis Flame Abyss granted Jiang Ming Crimson Flame Continent and ordered Crimson Flame to recognize him as her master.
• Marquis Flame Abyss gave Jiang Ming a Fire God Crystal as protection after witnessing his blazing-sun will.

Jiang Ming received a Fire God Crystal from Marquis Flame Abyss and learned she might eventually venture into the universe, leaving him to inherit Crimson Flame Continent. He began a long seclusion in Flame Abyss Star’s cultivation room, using the crystal to accelerate time as he pursued greater strength.

• Marquis Flame Abyss gave Jiang Ming a Fire God Crystal and encouraged him to perform well in the Universe Genius Battle.
• Crimson Flame reported that Crimson Flame Continent had 6.4 million residents and generated 0.8 Chaos Units every hundred years.
• Jiang Ming learned from Crimson Flame that Marquis Flame Abyss might be preparing to venture into the universe, which explained why she had given him the continent.
• Jiang Ming entered the tower’s cultivation room, where Flame Origin and Space Laws were especially clear.
• Jiang Ming used the Wheel of Time to absorb the Fire God Crystal’s power, raising the flow of time to ten thousandfold and beginning his longest seclusion.

Jiang Ming’s Fire God clone awakened a new divine ability inside the sun, causing changes that alarmed Earth and drew Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor to investigate. Jiang Ming reassured Luo Feng that the sun was safe, and the announcement of the Universe Humans—Peak Genius Tournament stirred ambition in both of them.

• Jiang Ming’s Fire God clone cultivated inside the sun as strange white spots appeared on its surface, alarming Earth’s observers and the Earth Federation.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor traveled toward the sun and discovered that its energy had decreased, while Babata wondered whether Jiang Ming had placed a Star Devouring Behemoth inside it.
• Jiang Ming realized that his Annihilation Divine Fire had reached the first level and drew the flames back into himself, allowing the sun’s temperature to fall.
• Luo Feng entered the Virtual Universe, where Jiang Ming told him that the changes came from something he had left in the sun and that everything was fine.
• Luo Feng told Jiang Ming that Brolyn had been demoted to lord of a remote planet, and Jiang Ming said he should thank Brolyn for buying the Crystal ball's triple password.
• The Universe Humans—Peak Genius Tournament was announced, and Jiang Ming and Luo Feng became eager to take part.

After tens of thousands of years of solitary cultivation, Jiang Ming’s Will Stellar had grown stronger and burned away negative emotions, while Hong and Thor impressed him with their powerful Heart Realms. The Universe Genius Battle began its gathering, bringing together more than eight hundred billion contestants from the Ganwu Universe Country.

• Jiang Ming reflected that long lives and prolonged isolation could wear down even immortals, and he recognized the value of a powerful Heart Realm.
• Jiang Ming’s Will Stellar burned away scattered thoughts and negative emotions as his will improved through long cultivation.
• Hong, Thor, and Luo Feng met Jiang Ming in the Virtual Universe, where Hong remained unaffected by Jiang Ming’s overwhelming will.
• The contestants received the Genius Battle rules: more than eight hundred billion participants would compete across one hundred World Zones for a thousand places in the Ganwu Universe Country’s Grand Finals.
• Jiang Ming, Hong, Thor, and Luo Feng anticipated the coming slaughter, and the day of gathering arrived as the contestants assembled.

Jiang Ming entered Zone 99 of the Preliminary Competition and unleashed his Pure White Fire from the continent’s highest peak, eliminating participants so rapidly that his points surged at an astonishing rate. Spectators watched in disbelief as his white light spread across the World Zone, killing every living being it reached.

• Jiang Ming and his companions discovered that they had been assigned to different World Zones, and he prepared to fight without restraint.
• The Virtual Universe teleported participants into the 100 World Zones, where the 30-day elimination tournament began.
• Jiang Ming reached the highest peak in Zone 99 and released Pure White Fire, causing his points to soar past 100,000 almost instantly.
• Participants eliminated without seeing their attacker complained that the tournament was rigged, while contestants in Zone 99 watched Jiang Ming’s score rise by more than 100,000 points per second.
• Spectators outside Zone 99 saw Jiang Ming radiating Pure White Light as everything it reached turned white and all living beings perished.

As viewers questioned the fairness of Jiang Ming’s rapid eliminations, the Black Dragon Mountain Emperor dismissed their doubts and backed him. In the 99th World Zone, Jiang Ming’s spreading sea of fire turned the entire continent into a purgatory, forcing the remaining contestants to struggle just to survive.

• Viewers from other empires accused the Virtual Universe Company of unfairness after Jiang Ming eliminated their geniuses, while citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated his rising score.
• The Black Dragon Mountain Emperor said he trusted Jiang Ming and ordered his people to ignore the critics, confident Jiang Ming would prove them wrong.
• Jiang Ming’s score reached nine digits in under ten minutes, meaning he had killed more than one hundred million participants in the 99th World Zone.
• Jiang Ming’s Pure White Fire spread across the World Zone, melting the landscape and driving the remaining contestants to form teams and resist the heat.
• The World Zone became a sea of magma and fire, where even groups of geniuses struggled to withstand the heat and hot winds as Jiang Ming remained above them.

Jiang Ming's Pure White Sea of Fire overwhelmed the 99th World Zone, prompting the Country Lord to reward Marquis Flame Abyss and send King Cang Jin to protect him. After Jiang Ming ended the preliminary Elimination Tournament early, attention shifted to the remaining contests, where Luo Feng climbed the rankings in the 1st World Zone.

• Marquis Flame Abyss received a summons from the Country Lord, who praised her for cultivating Jiang Ming and granted her a Comprehension Opportunity in the Initial Universe.
• The Country Lord told Marquis Flame Abyss that King Cang Jin was on his way to protect Jiang Ming on Flame Abyss Star.
• Jiang Ming's Pure White Sea of Fire spread across the 99th World Zone, leaving fewer than ten thousand contestants alive and forcing them underground.
• After the last contestant besides Jiang Ming was eliminated, the Sea of Fire World collapsed and Jiang Ming appeared above Black Dragon Mountain Island.
• Crimson Flame told Jiang Ming that thousands of experts had requested calls and relayed his Teacher's message to ignore them until the Genius Battle ended.
• Jiang Ming withdrew from the Virtual Universe as his victory drew widespread attention, while Luo Feng quietly rose through the rankings in the 1st World Zone.

Jiang Ming received the Country Lord’s rewards after securing first place in the Genius Battle and chose two secret codices to improve his techniques. He began practicing the Blood War Secret Codex while awaiting the Flame God Liquid needed for the Flame Heart Secret Codex.

• Luo Feng checked his rank of 997 and set out to hunt for more points.
• Marquis Flame Abyss told Jiang Ming that he had secured first place and received rewards from the Country Lord, including ten thousand Chaos Units, one million points, and half-price privileges.
• Marquis Flame Abyss recommended spatial secret techniques and the Blood War Secret Codex, and Jiang Ming exchanged for it and the first volume of the Flame Heart Secret Codex.
• Jiang Ming read the Blood War Secret Codex and learned that the Flame Heart Secret Codex required Flame God Liquid, so he ordered another unit.
• Jiang Ming practiced saber techniques against a blood-red figure in the Slaughter Field as the preliminary Elimination Tournament drew to a close.

After taking first place in the World Zone rankings, Jiang Ming continued training with the Blood War Secret Codex and realized it offered a path to analyzing the Space Laws. Luo Feng returned from the Elimination Tournament ranked 51, while Jiang Ming began cultivating with the Fire God Crystal in a secure chamber.

• Babata showed Luo Feng Jiang Ming’s overwhelming World Zone performance and his vast lead in first place.
• Luo Feng met Hong and Thor, who praised Jiang Ming’s strength and discussed Earth’s future.
• Jiang Ming trained against opponents in the Slaughter Space and found that the Blood War Secret Codex revealed mysteries of the Space Laws.
• Jiang Ming suspected the Blood War Secret Codex was connected to a Universe Chaos Monument and wondered whether the Ganwu Country Lord had guided him toward it.
• Jiang Ming left the Virtual Universe, activated the Fire God Crystal in his cultivation chamber, and carefully confined the Wheel of Time’s power to himself.

Jiang Ming continued cultivating the Blood War Secret Codex while the Universe Genius Battle’s round-robin tournament began. In the first chaotic arena battle, Luo Feng became the target of a mass attack but killed ten geniuses in succession as Jiang Ming emerged from seclusion.

• Jiang Ming practiced saber techniques and studied the laws carried by subterranean flames, while his Fire God clone aided his comprehension.
• The Universe Genius Battle’s broadcast round-robin tournament began, drawing vast audiences and special attention to Luo Feng and Rong Jun.
• Pushkin confronted Luo Feng in the preparation room, and Luo Feng expected the other contestants to target him because of his fame.
• Luo Feng entered the arena to cheers from the spectators, while the other geniuses grew displeased at the attention he received.
• When the battle began, forty-eight Ganwu royal-family contestants charged Luo Feng, who counterattacked with his golden sword arc and killed ten geniuses.
• As Luo Feng fought in the arena, Jiang Ming opened his eyes inside the Solar System.

Jiang Ming used Annihilation Divine Fire to discover and enter a hidden Space Fold, where he found a ruined World Lord world and recovered secret techniques recorded in a Crystal ball. He decided to leave the techniques to China and wondered how Jia Yi and the country were doing.

• Jiang Ming transformed his Fire God clone with Annihilation Divine Fire and learned to distort space for short-distance movement.
• Jiang Ming found a concealed Space Fold, opened it with Annihilation Divine Fire, and entered it aboard his E9 Mechanical Race spaceship.
• Jiang Ming scanned the ruined world and brought its black ancient building aboard the spaceship.
• Jiang Ming found a World ring containing human remains and a Crystal ball holding secret techniques left by human Experts.
• Jiang Ming decided to leave the techniques to China and thought about visiting Jia Yi.

Jiang Ming checked on Earth’s development, gave Jia Yi secret techniques for the Earth Federation and Huaxia Country, and reflected on the need to remain master of power as he watched Luo Feng and Rong Jun’s arena footage. With no worthy opponent in the Genius Battle, he decided to enter seclusion.

• Jia Yi reviewed potential trade partners for Earth when Jiang Ming contacted him and praised Earth’s steady progress while warning that strength mattered more than fame or prosperity.
• Jiang Ming sent Jia Yi secret techniques for the Earth Federation and Huaxia Country, then discussed Earth’s situation with him.
• After ending the call, Jiang Ming watched Earth from his hidden spacecraft and reflected that cultivation should not turn people into machines or make them puppets of power.
• Jiang Ming watched promotional footage of Luo Feng and Rong Jun, admired their wills, and regretted that the Genius Battle offered him no worthy opponent.
• Jiang Ming decided to make himself his own opponent and enter seclusion.

During seclusion, Jiang Ming refined his understanding of space and the Blood War Secret Codex as his reputation spread across human territory. He set out with Luo Feng for the Ganwu Universe Country delegation, where Lord Thirteen arrived to lead the gathered geniuses.

• Wuka watched Jiang Ming's battle footage and declared him a worthy opponent.
• Jiang Ming cultivated a space-twisting blade strike, then ended his seclusion and met Luo Feng and his sons in the Virtual Universe.
• Jiang Ming and Luo Feng arrived at the gathering plaza, where Jiang Ming learned that everyone else from the 99th World Zone had been eliminated.
• Rong Jun approached Jiang Ming and Luo Feng as the delegation gathered.
• Lord Thirteen's overwhelming pressure shook the geniuses, but he eased it after noticing Jiang Ming's strong will and introduced himself as their team leader.

Lord Thirteen escorted the Genius Battle finalists to the gathering plaza, where Jiang Ming drew attention as the strongest competitor. As the great beings discussed the contestants, Jiang Ming and Luo Feng went out to explore and heard others speculate about Jiang Ming’s extraordinary strength and self-created technique.

• Lord Thirteen called Jiang Ming the unquestionable number one and said only Rong Jun and Luo Feng had a chance of placing in the top thousand.
• Lord Thirteen led the Ganwu Universe Country delegation to the plane with 1,008 towers, where Jiang Ming’s reputation attracted attention from the other countries’ geniuses.
• Lord Thirteen distributed room plates, assigning Jiang Ming No. 1 and Luo Feng No. 3, then left to join the great beings at Restaurant No. 1.
• The great beings praised Jiang Ming and discussed a Ruoya Universe Country genius who had mastered Space Origin Laws at the Stellar level.
• Luo Feng invited Jiang Ming to walk around the plaza, where other geniuses discussed Jiang Ming’s battle footage and his rumored Domain Lord-level secret technique.