Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan returned to Blue Star with 1.04 million Evolution Points and sold his ferocious beast spoils for 360 million Blue Star coins. He reunited with Xia Qingyin and revealed that he had advanced to Fifth Order Lower Rank, leaving him to resume training before the Genius Battle.

• Lu Yuan returned to Blue Star with 1.04 million Evolution Points and planned to use them on the Spirit Refining Technique.
• Lu Yuan sold his ferocious beast spoils at the Ganning Province Supernatural Ability Base for 360 million Blue Star coins.
• Lu Yuan called Xia Qingyin and told her he had broken through to Fifth Order Lower Rank, then traveled to Shencheng City to meet her.
• Lu Yuan reunited with Xia Qingyin, and the two went back to school together.
• After spending the night with Xia Qingyin, Lu Yuan went to train while she slept.
• Xia Qingyin woke the next day and learned Lu Yuan had advanced two minor realms to Fifth Order Lower Rank.

Lu Yuan reached Fifth Order Lower Rank and chose to cultivate both as a mage and a warrior. Ye Qingyue tested his Spiritual Power and decided he was ready to learn the SS+ rank Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture, then explained its visualization method.

• Lu Yuan told Ye Qingyue he would focus on Spiritual Power while also following the warrior path.
• Ye Qingyue flew to Shencheng Supernatural University and met Lu Yuan at the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall.
• The manager recognized Ye Qingyue as the Hall Master and escorted her and Lu Yuan to a VIP room.
• Ye Qingyue probed Lu Yuan's Spiritual Power and found it reached seven thousand hertz.
• Ye Qingyue chose the SS+ rank Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture for Lu Yuan and explained its central images.

Lu Yuan saw that his System Panel now separated martial skills from ring-ranked spells, and Ye Qingyue gave him a mage’s textbook and her old staff. She explained how her Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique would eventually let him form Ice Wings, leaving him with a clear path toward flight once he advanced his Body Tempering Art.

• Lu Yuan inspected his updated System Panel and noticed that it categorized his skills as martial skills and spells of different ring numbers.
• Lu Yuan wondered why the Fifth Order superpowered individuals he had encountered in the No. 7 Lost Ruin had not cast spells like mages.
• Ye Qingyue gave Lu Yuan a Mage’s Basic Compendium and offered to explain anything he did not understand.
• Ye Qingyue gave Lu Yuan her old staff, which contained half the blood essence of an eighth-order Lower Rank phoenix-type ferocious beast.
• Lu Yuan asked Ye Qingyue about the Ice Wings she had displayed, and she explained how the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique could let him form and regenerate Ice Wings after advancing his Body Tempering Art.

Lu Yuan studied the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture and Mage's Basic Compendium, then registered for the Blue Star Genius Battle. In Beautiful Country, Amy and William feared their son Noah had died after his life orb shattered, and the chapter ended with half a month passing.

• Lu Yuan read the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture, found it painfully difficult, and asked Ye Qingyue for help.
• Lu Yuan practiced casting spells from the Mage's Basic Compendium but could not release even a D-rank spell using the mage method.
• Lu Yuan registered for the Blue Star Genius Battle as participation surged to 100 million people.
• Amy discovered that Noah's life orb had shattered, and William tried to reassure her while fearing something had happened to their son.
• Amy and William recalled that Noah had gone to train in the No. 7 Lost Ruin, and half a month passed.

The Blue Star Genius Battle registration ended with 320 million contestants, and Lu Yuan reviewed the newly published schedule. The chapter explained the four competition stages and their rules, leaving the top 100 contestants set to compete in the finals.

• Registration for the Blue Star Genius Battle closed after reaching 320 million applicants aged 22 or younger.
• The competition schedule appeared on the website, and Lu Yuan opened the details.
• The Preliminary Round would divide contestants among 10,000 regions for a seven-day virtual Underground World contest, with the top 100 from each region advancing.
• After a three-day break, the one-million qualifiers would compete for four days, and the top 10,000 would enter the King's Tournament.
• In the King's Tournament, contestants would climb an Attack, Defense, or Support Tower, with the fastest 100 to reach the top advancing to the finals.

The Blue Star Genius Battle rewards were announced, with increasingly valuable cultivation resources for higher ranks and individualized prizes for the top 100. Several SS-rank contestants prepared for the competition, including Ito Bridge, Lin Sheng, Lucas, and last year’s runner-up Nikos.

• The Blue Star Genius Battle announced its reward tiers, offering tailored prizes to the top 100 contestants.
• Ito Bridge, whose SS-rank Eight-headed Serpent ability was kept secret by Sakura Country, vowed to lead his nation back to its peak.
• Lin Sheng reviewed Lu Yuan’s achievements and thought Lu Yuan would become champion at 22, after Lin Sheng had stopped competing.
• Lucas, a Third Order Middle Rank ability user with the same SS-rank Ice Seal Throne ability as Lu Yuan, wondered how Lu Yuan had advanced so quickly.
• Nikos, a Fifth Order Middle Rank fire ability user and last year’s runner-up, set his sights on this year’s competition.

With the Blue Star Genius Battle only days away, Lu Yuan spent his Evolution Points mastering the Mage's Basic Compendium and strengthening Little Ice. He then tested his newly learned Third Ring Spells in the Virtual Space, where his Ice Dragon's Roar struck with far greater force than before.

• Lu Yuan spent 200,000 Evolution Points raising his Mage's Basic Compendium comprehension to 100%, allowing him to cast Third Ring Spells.
• Lu Yuan used his remaining 840,000 Evolution Points to raise Little Ice from West Tier Lower Rank to Fifth Order Lower Rank.
• Lu Yuan entered the Virtual Space and created a target post to test the strength of mage spells.
• Lu Yuan cast Ice Dragon's Roar through three magic circles, summoning an ice dragon twice as large as before.
• The ice dragon slammed into the target post and erupted in a thunderous blast that filled the area with icy mist.

Lu Yuan entered Division 33 of the Blue Star Genius Battle Preliminary Round and used Detective Skill to hunt vicious beasts as the Underground World competition began. He headed toward the center, steadily increasing his points through the first five days.

• Lu Yuan spent the days before the battle training at the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall and made no special preparations for the hunt.
• At 9:00 a.m., Lu Yuan and the other contestants entered the virtual Underground World for the Preliminary Round.
• Lu Yuan used Detective Skill to locate beasts within 50,000 meters and ran toward the Underground World's center, where stronger beasts were likely to be found.
• Lu Yuan killed vicious beasts and ability users along the way, often using Ice Blade to defeat weaker beasts in one strike.
• Lu Yuan's points rose from 10,400 on Day One to 263,800 on Day Five.

The contestants saw a full map and rankings that revealed the first-place contestant had 2.86 million points, far beyond anyone else. Li Kai realized he had no realistic chance of overtaking Lu Yuan, and contestants instead looked for opponents with slightly more points than themselves.

• The map displayed the top 100 contestants and their points, with the first-place contestant holding 2.86 million.
• Contestants wondered who could have amassed so many points by killing high-level beasts without resting.
• Li Kai, ranked second in Region 33, saw the first-place contestant's score and abandoned his hopes of earning his university's reward.
• Li Kai calculated that even claiming 25% of the first-place contestant's points twice would not let him take first place.
• The contestants chose to fight opponents with points close to but slightly above their own.

The top 100 fighters in Competition Zone 33 banded together to seek out the fighter with 2.86 million points, only to discover that he was Lu Yuan. When most of them tried to flee, Lu Yuan activated Extreme Ice Phantom Kill Array and addressed them as his guests.

• After chaotic battles left only 100 fighters, a bespectacled boy persuaded a group to head for the top-ranked fighter, and Li Kai joined them.
• Lu Yuan noticed the group approaching and welcomed the chance to fight them together.
• The group found Lu Yuan beneath a towering tree and recognized him as the Great Xia Kingdom fighter who had impressed everyone at the National Supernatural University Competition.
• Most fighters immediately scattered and fled, prompting Lu Yuan to activate Extreme Ice Phantom Kill Array.

After Lu Yuan wiped out the top 100 contestants in his division and secured first place in the Preliminary Round, he prepared for the King's Tournament while struggling to learn his SS+ rank Spirit Refining Technique. The Qualifying Round began three days later, and his first opponents surrendered as soon as they saw him.

• Lu Yuan killed the other 99 ability users in his division, raising his score to 11,940,000 and securing first place.
• Lu Yuan told Xia Qingyin he had scored over ten million, reassured her about her seventeenth-place finish, and went to her dorm after she asked him to comfort her.
• Lu Yuan tried to study the second page of Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture at the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall but could not grasp its visualization.
• The King's Tournament began three days later, with Lu Yuan scheduled to face four contestants in the Qualifying Round.
• Lu Yuan's opponents immediately surrendered when they saw him, letting him leave virtual reality in under half a minute.

Lu Yuan began the King's Tournament by choosing the Attack Tower and quickly cleared its first two floors with his Ice Blade skill. After using Evolution Points to raise Ice Blade to Perfected Level, he headed up to the third floor.

• Lu Yuan chose the Attack Tower and began his climb after the one-minute preparation period.
• Lu Yuan killed all 20 Third Order Lower Rank vicious beasts on the first floor with Ice Blade.
• Lu Yuan used Evolution Points gained through Little Ice to raise Ice Blade from Master Level to Perfected Level proficiency.
• Lu Yuan cleared the second floor's vicious beasts in less than half a minute and climbed to the third floor.

Lu Yuan conquered the Attack Tower and advanced to the Blue Star Genius Battle finals. With seven days to prepare, he left virtual reality to study the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture.

• Lu Yuan used Ice Dragon's Roar to defeat the two fifth-order middle-rank vipers on the ninth floor.
• Lu Yuan climbed to the tenth floor and defeated two fifth-order upper-rank vicious beasts with another Ice Dragon's Roar.
• Lu Yuan received prompts confirming that he had conquered the Attack Tower and advanced to the finals.
• Lu Yuan exited virtual reality and turned to studying the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture during his seven days of preparation.

Lu Yuan mastered the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture after seven days of meditation, raising his Spiritual Power to 11,000 Hz. He planned to tell Ye Qingyue the news, while Xia Qingyin prepared a feast for him at the school supermarket.

• Lu Yuan entered the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall’s S-rank training room and spent seven days studying the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture.
• Lu Yuan visualized the hidden moon and starry sky, understood the technique, and mastered its first level.
• Lu Yuan checked his status panel and found that his Spiritual Power had risen from 7,000 Hz to 11,000 Hz, though he could not use his Evolution Points to level up the technique.
• Lu Yuan decided to share his success with Ye Qingyue.
• Xia Qingyin bought ingredients at the school supermarket to prepare a feast for Lu Yuan after his seven days in the training room.

Lu Yuan showed Ye Qingyue that he had mastered Spiritual Power in less than a month, and she encouraged him ahead of the Blue Star Genius Battle finals. After reviewing the finals format and his strongest rivals, Lu Yuan received Xia Qingyin’s invitation to come home for a meal.

• Lu Yuan let Ye Qingyue examine his Spiritual Power, and she confirmed it had reached 11,000 hertz.
• Ye Qingyue praised Lu Yuan’s talent, promised him her gift regardless of his result, and named Ito Bridge, Lin Sheng, and Nikos as the other top SS-rank contestants.
• Lu Yuan declared that he had never had an opponent, and Ye Qingyue told him she believed in him.
• Lu Yuan checked the finals schedule, which outlined the Round of 16, Quarter-finals, semifinals, and grand final, and noted that Companion Beasts were banned only in the final.
• Lu Yuan left the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall and answered Xia Qingyin’s call inviting him home to eat.

Lu Yuan entered the virtual arena for the 2052 Blue Star Genius Battle and learned that the organizers were spotlighting the four seed players, all SS-rank ability users. The introduction revealed his rapid rise to Fifth Order Lower Rank, stunning spectators who remembered his cultivation a month earlier.

• Lu Yuan activated the virtual reality device and appeared among the top 100 contestants, where he spotted seed players Ito Bridge, Lin Sheng, and Nikos.
• The virtual system welcomed the contestants and spectators to the 2052 Blue Star Genius Battle before announcing a special introduction of the seed players.
• The system introduced Nikos, who had awakened the SS-rank ability Blazing Divine Fire and reached Fifth Order Middle Rank, followed by Lin Sheng and Ito Bridge.
• The system introduced Lu Yuan as the wielder of the SS-rank ability Ice Seal Throne at Fifth Order Lower Rank.
• Spectators from the Great Xia Kingdom were shocked that Lu Yuan had advanced from Fourth Order Middle Rank in just one month.

Lu Yuan learned he had been paired with Galal in the Round of 16 and stayed to watch the matches. As Match 9 began, seeded competitor Ito Bridge summoned the Eight-headed Serpent and let it possess him.

• The organizers announced that Lu Yuan had reached Fifth Order Lower Rank, making Lin Sheng, Ito Bridge, and Nikos wary of his potential.
• The tournament began random Round of 16 pairings, and Lu Yuan drew Galal, a Tian Zhu Country competitor known for his metal ability and twin blades.
• Lu Yuan welcomed the matchup and decided to watch the other competitors before his own fight.
• The first eight matches took place, with a martial-combat-type ability user winning the opening duel against a fire-type ability user.
• Ito Bridge entered Match 9 and summoned the Eight-headed Serpent, which possessed him and greatly increased his combat ability.

Lu Yuan faced Galal in the round of 16 and chose to fight him at close range with the Star Shattering Spear. Galal gained a slight edge, but Ituka recognized that Lu Yuan’s defense was building momentum and that Galal had grown careless.

• Jiang Xuanran defeated her water-type opponent with thunderous attacks, and Lin Sheng won Match 17 using Explosive Tornado and Extreme Wind Blade.
• Nikos won Match 19 with Fireball Bombardment, and the earlier matches ended quickly.
• Lu Yuan entered Match 22 to loud cheers and met Galal on rugged, mountainous terrain.
• Lu Yuan and Galal clashed with Frost Spear Continuous Attack and Void Shattering Saber Technique, and Galal gained a slight advantage after more than a dozen exchanges.
• Spectators questioned Lu Yuan’s decision to fight at close range, while Ituka judged that Lu Yuan was building momentum and Galal had become careless.

After Lu Yuan’s victory over Galal drew widespread attention, online commentators questioned his chances of winning the Blue Star Genius Battle, but he stayed focused on training. The quarter-finals began with more than three billion spectators, and Lu Yuan learned his opponents for the four matches ahead.

• Videos of Lu Yuan defeating Galal went viral, while online analysts favored Nikos and claimed Lu Yuan had the weakest championship odds.
• Lu Yuan dismissed the criticism, thanked Jiang Xuanran for her encouragement, and continued training at the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall.
• The round of 16 concluded the following day without Lu Yuan watching, and the audience fell to one billion after the seeded contestants had all competed.
• After a day of training, Lu Yuan entered virtual reality for the quarter-finals, where the random draw matched him against Maclin, Zhang Yang, Pierre, and Artyom across four days.

Lu Yuan faced four opponents in the Blue Star Genius Battle quarter-finals and won his first three matches with ease. The chapter ended as he watched Artyom transform into a Berserk Demon Bear before their match.

• Lu Yuan defeated Maclin, fighting with his eyes closed against the light-type ability user's attacks.
• Lu Yuan overwhelmed Zhang Yang's Flame Barrier with the Extreme Ice Phantom Kill Array and eliminated him.
• Lu Yuan defeated Pierre, whose water-type ability and elegant swordsmanship could not match him.
• Artyom unleashed his Berserk Demon Bear ability and transformed as Lu Yuan calmly faced him.