Chapter Summaries

Yang Yu used his insight into the Annihilation Rays to comprehend the Annihilation Profundity, completing his understanding of the two profundities beneath the Lightning Law’s Essence of Judgment. After his team collected enough Shilan Crystals, he prepared to leave for the outer region and tested his new profundity against a Giant Tusk Beast group.

• Yang Yu explained that his Zhuliuyin Clone’s Time Acceleration amplified its speed, then returned to cultivation after testing his Judgment Profundity on the Time Shadow Beast.
• Fengling Yin entered the Annihilation Ray zone, learned to evade the rays, and dug up the team’s first Shilan Crystal.
• Yang Yu connected the rays’ destructive power to the Essence of Judgment and, after half a month of cultivation, comprehended the Annihilation Profundity.
• Doris found the final Shilan Crystal, bringing the team’s total to twenty-seven, and Yang Yu told Fengling Yue and the others to rest before their departure the next morning.
• Yang Yu flew to a Giant Tusk Beast group to test his Annihilation Profundity and identified its recently emerged Universe Level 1 leader.

Yang Yu tested his Annihilation Blade Shadow against Giant Tusk Beasts, then used it to defeat an ambushing group of North Dragon City students as his party crossed Shilan Great Plain. After refining the technique through weeks of battles, he led his companions into the Wailing Mountain Range for their final dangerous trial in Shilan World.

• Yang Yu used Annihilation Blade Shadow to kill a Giant Tusk Beast leader and its herd, then judged the technique slower against powerful souls than Soul-Splitting Slash.
• Yang Yu returned to camp, improved Annihilation Blade Shadow, and set out with Fengling Yue and the others toward the Storm Beast region.
• Hagwen and Berens led seventeen North Dragon City students in an ambush, but Yang Yu killed them with Annihilation Blade Shadows and let Fengling Yue keep their Shilan Crystals.
• During the next month, Yang Yu's Zhuliuyin Clone reached Peak Star Level 9, while Yang Yu refined Annihilation Profundity and improved his combat skills through repeated battles.
• Yang Yu reached the Wailing Mountain Range with his companions and decided they would cross it before using the spacecraft for the rest of their journey.

Yang Yu and his companions reached the deepest region of the Wailing Mountain Range, where a Domain Lord Level 3 Nether Black-Scaled Snake ambushed them. Yang Yu switched to his Zhuliuyin Clone and overwhelmed the beast with superior speed, Time Law mastery, and a soul attack, leaving it to unleash its Soul Burning talent as a last resort.

• Yang Yu led Fengling Yue and the others through the Wailing Mountain Range, protecting them from increasingly frequent and powerful Fierce Beast attacks.
• After the group reached the range’s deepest region, Fengling Yin noticed the attacks had stopped, and Yang Yu warned that a powerful beast might be nearby.
• Babata detected a Domain Lord Level Fierce Beast, and Yang Yu ordered the group to form up before confronting the Nether Black-Scaled Snake.
• Yang Yu left the group and switched to his Zhuliuyin Clone to face the Domain Lord Level 3 Nether Black-Scaled Snake.
• The Zhuliuyin Clone concealed itself, outpaced the snake, and shattered its soul defenses with an Annihilation Blade Shadow.
• As the soul attack threatened to destroy it, the Nether Black-Scaled Snake used its Soul Burning talent as a final gamble.

Yang Yu’s Zhuliuyin Clone killed the Nether Black-Scaled Snake, comprehended the Annihilation Profundity and Judgment, and broke through to the Universe Level. After rejoining Fengling Yue and the others, Yang Yu planned to incorporate Judgment into his soul attacks and Thunder God Weapon.

• The Zhuliuyin Clone endured the Nether Black-Scaled Snake’s soul-burning attacks, comprehended the Annihilation Profundity and the essence of Judgment, and killed the exhausted beast.
• Yang Yu used the Star Origin Fruit and Life Thunder to help the Zhuliuyin Clone transform its Consciousness Sea into a purple Vortex Galaxy and break through to the Universe Level.
• The Zhuliuyin Clone tested its Time Acceleration Talent Secret Technique, which could stack with law-based acceleration to reach a two-thousand-six-hundredfold effect.
• Yang Yu returned to Fengling Yue and the others, told them the mountain range was safe, and led them out of its Core Region.
• Babata asked about the special life, and Yang Yu explained that he had enslaved Zhuliuyin and described its rarity and talent for the Time Law.
• Yang Yu cultivated the Lightning Law’s Speed and Judgment essences and planned to integrate Judgment into Soul-Splitting Slash, Annihilation Blade Shadow, and the Thunder God Weapon.

Yang Yu completed the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment with his companions and applied to join the Virtual Universe Company's Primal Secret Realm through its Special Assessment. He entered the assessment area confident that his strength could carry him through the Sixth Trial Tower and perhaps even the Seventh.

• Yang Yu tested his newly strengthened willpower and found that his Human Original Body could unleash the Thunder God Weapon's Third Form, Galloping Thunder Style.
• Yang Yu led Fengling Yue, Fengling Yin, Doris, Jarvis, and the others to Storm Canyon, where they hunted Storm Beasts and collected the twenty-seven crystal cores needed to finish their mission.
• Yang Yu and his companions returned to Xingmeng Lake, submitted their mission items, and officially became One-star Mercenaries.
• Yang Yu gave cultivation funds to his companions and Yan Hun, then connected to the Virtual Universe and applied for the Special Assessment.
• After reviewing the Trial Tower requirements, Yang Yu chose the Primal Secret Realm assessment despite the staff member's warning that failure would mean waiting three hundred years to try again.

Yang Yu met Ai Chen while waiting to take the Virtual Universe Company's Primal Secret Realm assessment, and the two exchanged contact information before entering the trial. Yang Yu rapidly cleared the first Trial Tower and began tearing through the second, drawing the chief examiner’s attention.

• Yang Yu waited in the Special Assessment Application Hall, where he met Ai Chen and learned that she had also applied for the Primal Secret Realm assessment.
• Yang Yu and Ai Chen exchanged communication numbers and received notice that the assessment would begin in half an hour.
• Yang Yu entered the first Trial Tower and cleared all seven floors in under a minute per floor using the Thunder God Weapon First Form.
• The chief examiner and his assistants watched Yang Yu and Ai Chen perform exceptionally well among the candidates.
• Yang Yu passed the second Trial Tower in under seven minutes, impressing the chief examiner with his Lightning Law control.

Yang Yu swept through the Third and Fourth Trial Towers with the Thunder God Weapon First Form, impressing the examiners and making Thunder Robe King determined to take him as a disciple. In the Fifth Trial Tower, Yang Yu continued fighting with his new Lightning Light Curtain until the mammoths pushed him to use the Second Form.

• Yang Yu cleared the Third Trial Tower with the Thunder God Weapon First Form, earning praise from the examiners.
• Yang Yu outmaneuvered and killed a thousand Nine-Headed Pythons in the Fourth Trial Tower, revealing his mastery of the Lightning Law's Essence of Speed.
• Yang Yu endured half an hour of attacks from a hundred thousand Zerg Warriors using his Lightning Light Curtain, then resisted the Zerg Mother Empress's Soul Attack and killed her.
• Thunder Robe King resolved to take Yang Yu as his disciple after witnessing his skill and inventive defense.
• Yang Yu entered the Fifth Trial Tower and used the Lightning Light Curtain to fight ten thousand Blood-Haired Mammoths.
• When the mammoths proved harder to kill, Yang Yu unleashed the Thunder God Weapon Second Form for the first time.

Yang Yu advanced through the Trial Tower, displaying his mastery of lightning laws as he defeated the beasts on its first six floors. He reached the seventh floor and began fighting a rapidly multiplying swarm of Green Mantises, while the examiners watched his speed and combat skill.

• Yang Yu used two Illusory Lightnings to slaughter the Blood-Haired Mammoths, then cleared the next floors and killed all ten Starry Sky Behemoths Cang on the sixth floor.
• Yang Yu was teleported to the seventh floor, where a Zerg Mother Nest produced three thousand Green Mantises.
• Yang Yu attacked the swarm with one Illusory Lightning defending him and another piercing through the Green Mantises, but noted that they were stronger than expected.
• Yang Yu increased his speed with the Thunder Light Disc and the Speed Profundity, prompting the female deputy examiner to question how fast a Star Level fighter could be.
• Thunder Robe King explained that Yang Yu's deep comprehension of the Lightning Law and the Thunder Light Disc accounted for his speed.

Yang Yu cleared the first six floors of the Sixth Trial Tower and reached its seventh floor, where he faced a coordinated Zerg swarm. He revealed the Third Form of the Thunder God Weapon and began destroying the advancing squads as the examiners watched.

• Yang Yu killed the Green Mantises, Blood Mantises, and King-level Tiger-Armored Zerg in the Trial Space, then entered the Sixth Trial Tower.
• Yang Yu defeated the sixth tower's Blood-Haired Mammoths, Nine-Headed Python Demon Beasts, Tuoluo Race Warriors, Flying Hou, Mechanical Puppets, and Starry Sky Behemoth Cang.
• Yang Yu reached the seventh floor and found three thousand three hundred Green and Blood Mantises advancing together in coordinated formations.
• Yang Yu unleashed the Thunder God Weapon's Third Form, Galloping Thunder Style, while maintaining his Lightning Light Curtain.
• Yang Yu attacked the Zerg squads with bolts of Substantive Lightning, while Thunder Robe King and the deputy examiners praised his ability and watched the battle.

Yang Yu cleared the Sixth Trial Tower with his Lightning and Time Law abilities, becoming a Primal Secret Realm member and attracting Gan Wu's attention. He entered the Seventh Trial Tower to test his limits and measure himself against humanity's greatest geniuses.

• Yang Yu annihilated the Sixth Trial Tower's mantis, Yantan, and Nasta Zerg with the Thunder God Weapon and Lightning Light Curtain.
• Yang Yu revealed his Time Law comprehension, used tenfold Time Acceleration to reach the Zerg Mother Nest, and killed the Zerg Mother Empress.
• The Virtual Universe Company confirmed Yang Yu had cleared the Sixth Trial Tower and qualified as a Primal Secret Realm member, prompting senior figures to receive an alert.
• Gan Wu investigated Yang Yu's records, became excited by his talent, and decided he deserved special attention.
• Yang Yu chose to continue the assessment and strode into the Seventh Trial Tower.

Yang Yu fought his way through the first six floors of the Seventh Trial Tower, using his domain, speed, Time Law, and Soul Attacks to defeat increasingly powerful opponents. After recovering and meditating, he reached a breakthrough in Time Law comprehension just before facing the final floor.

• Yang Yu revealed his Purple Lightning domain and killed all ten thousand Blood-Haired Mammoths on the first floor.
• Yang Yu cleared the second through fifth floors by relying on his speed, defenses, Time Law, and Thunder God Weapon.
• Yang Yu defeated the ten Starry Sky Behemoth Cang on the sixth floor by combining the Annihilation Blade Shadow with the Soul-Splitting Slash.
• Yang Yu recovered his Origin Force and Mental Force while the Zhuliuyin Clone deepened its Time Law comprehension.
• Yang Yu joined his consciousness with the Zhuliuyin Clone to break through a Time Law bottleneck, then smiled as the breakthrough arrived before the day expired.

Yang Yu broke through in will and Time Law, then cleared the seventh floor of the Trial Tower and became the first person to clear all seven levels. His achievement stunned the examiners and drew the attention of powerful figures, while Venerable Qingye prepared to report the news to his teacher.

• Yang Yu's Zhuliuyin Clone advanced in the Time Law, raising its Time Acceleration to 360 times and allowing Yang Yu's Original Body to reach thirtyfold acceleration.
• Yang Yu entered the seventh floor, slaughtered the Zerg Warriors, and adapted his attacks to push through the insect tide toward the Zerg Mother Empress.
• Yang Yu's will broke through during the battle, strengthening his control of the Thunder God Weapon and his defenses against the Mother Empress's soul attack.
• Yang Yu killed the Zerg Mother Empress and received confirmation that he had become the first person to clear all seven Trial Tower levels.
• Gan Wu and the examiners celebrated Yang Yu's achievement, while Thunder Robe King ordered his information sent to Venerable Qingye.
• Venerable Qingye read the report, stood up in surprise, and decided to inform his teacher immediately.

After passing the Virtual Universe Company's Primal Secret Realm assessment, Yang Yu chose to become Chaos City Lord's Registered Disciple and prepared to travel to the Initial Universe. He bought resources and slaves for Earth and planned to build up Huaxia while keeping Earth's special nature concealed.

• Yang Yu told Ai Chen that he had passed the assessment, while keeping his feat of clearing all seven Trial Towers secret.
• Yang Yu received offers from powerful experts, then accepted Chaos City Lord's invitation to become a Registered Disciple through Venerable Gui Yi.
• Moka arranged Yang Yu's transport to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters and confirmed his rewards of one hundred thousand Hunyuan Units and one hundred thousand Points.
• Yang Yu bought cultivation resources for his family and Huaxia, planned a Huaxia Genius Cultivation foundation, and purchased twenty Universe Level 8 Slaves to protect Earth.
• Yang Yu planned to conceal Earth's uniqueness until he was strong enough to defend it and secure its ownership.

Yang Yu established a cultivation foundation on Earth, then boarded a Virtual Universe Company ship to travel to its headquarters. Luo Si escorted him through the virtual headquarters and introduced Yuxiang Mountain’s regions, leaving Yang Yu at the entrance to the Primal Region.

• Yang Yu transferred resources and control of twenty Universe Level 8 slaves to his grandfather, then secured approval for the Huaxia Genius Cultivation foundation.
• Yang Yu warned Earth’s Planetary Level Martial Artists and Spirit Readers to conceal the unusual qualities of their state of mind and willpower, and they agreed to pass on the warning.
• Yang Yu met Luo Si, a Marquis Level Immortal, aboard an F-grade Guiyan Stone Mother spaceship sent to escort him to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters.
• Yang Yu entered the Virtual Universe and learned from Luo Si about Yuxiang Mountain’s five regions and Thunder Island, where the company’s Immortals gathered.
• Luo Si escorted Yang Yu to the boundary of the Primal Region, where Yang Yu proceeded to its grand entrance and was approached by a servant.

Yang Yu arrived at his estate in the Primal Region, met his guard commander Lei En, and planned to request Marquis Zhenlei as his resident teacher. He then explored the Virtual Universe Company's Treasure Vault, where its vast stock of rare treasures and secret techniques stunned Babata.

• Benita guided Yang Yu to Estate No. 113 and explained the Primal Region's residents, estates, and guards.
• Lei En greeted Yang Yu as his guard army commander and estate steward, and Yang Yu learned that Lei En was King Fengyun's disciple.
• Lei En recommended that Yang Yu apply to have Marquis Zhenlei, a powerful expert skilled in teaching, become his resident teacher.
• Yang Yu submitted an application expressing his admiration for Marquis Zhenlei.
• Yang Yu opened the Treasure Vault and browsed its discounted treasures and renowned soul secret techniques, leaving Babata shocked by the abundance.

Yang Yu broke through to Universe Level in both martial and spirit-reader cultivation, then began advancing toward Universe Level Nine in an E-Grade Nutrient Pod. He received Marquis Zhenlei as his teacher and bought the Lightning Canon to guide his Lightning Law cultivation.

• Babata reacted in awe to the Virtual Universe Company's treasury, while Yang Yu decided to save his Points and Hunyuan for future needs.
• Yang Yu used a Star Origin Fruit to break through to Universe Level, forming a Vortex Galaxy and gaining the Thunder secret technique Liuguang.
• Yang Yu used the fruit's remaining energy to strengthen his soul and mental force, then entered an E-Grade Nutrient Pod to begin evolving toward Universe Level Nine.
• Marquis Zhenlei agreed to teach Yang Yu, praised his Lightning Law comprehension, and recommended the Lightning Canon.
• Yang Yu bought the Lightning Canon for 7,000 Points and waited for its knowledge to be delivered through the Virtual Universe.

Yang Yu received the Lightning Canon and used its teachings to refine his understanding of the Lightning Law and his movement technique under Marquis Zhenlei’s guidance. After months of cultivation and study, he spoke with Ai Chen and encouraged her to keep working toward joining the Primal Secret Realm.

• Benita delivered Yang Yu the 108-volume Lightning Canon, and he learned that the Lightning Law comprised Six Essences and Twelve Profound Mysteries.
• Yang Yu studied the canon while cultivating and exchanged emails with Ai Chen, who resolved to strive for the Primal Secret Realm.
• Marquis Zhenlei demonstrated his movement technique, helping Yang Yu realize that his use of Speed Profundity neglected its Slowness Mystery.
• Yang Yu refined his Thunder Body Technique and, after three days of guidance, improved how he applied the Speed Profundity.
• Yang Yu learned that Marquis Zhenlei had won a Genius Competition and reached strength close to King-level after analyzing the Lightning and Time Laws.
• Yang Yu called Ai Chen, reassured her about her slowing progress, and encouraged her to continue cultivating.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Yu's relationship with Ai Chen progresses to "good friends," and he learns about her background and achievements.
• Yang Yu cultivates diligently, making significant progress in both the Lightning and Time Laws.
• He receives a call from Gui Yi Venerable, who informs him about Chaos City Lord's requirements for him to become a personal disciple.

Character Developments

• Yang Yu's willpower grows significantly due to his cultivation and the Thunder Soul Refining Technique.
• Ai Chen's background and achievements are revealed, showing her exceptional talent and cultivation progress.
• Gui Yi Venerable is introduced as a Time Venerable, displaying his influence and guidance over Yang Yu.

Significant Themes

• The importance of willpower and mental strength in cultivation.
• The relationship between the Time Law and the soul.
• The benefits and privileges offered to genuine geniuses by the Virtual Universe Company.

Character Interactions

• Yang Yu and Ai Chen's friendship deepens through their conversations.
• Yang Yu interacts with Gui Yi Venerable, who offers guidance and shares information about Chaos City Lord's requirements.
• Yang Yu communicates with Hong, Thor, Jia Yi, and others, learning about their cultivation progress.

Yang Yu bought Time True Explanation and used it to deepen his understanding of the Time Law while continuing to cultivate during the journey to the Initial Universe. He learned that Earth’s cultivators were advancing rapidly, and Marquis Zhenlei began teaching him how to apply Thunder Essence in combat.

• Yang Yu purchased the first two volumes of Time True Explanation, studied their guidance, and assigned his Human Original Body and Zhuliuyin Clone to focus on Lightning Canon and Time Law comprehension respectively.
• Over the next two years, Yang Yu comprehended Thunder Essence and nine Time Law Essences, reaching fortyfold Time Acceleration with his Human Original Body and 430-fold with his Zhuliuyin Clone.
• Yang Yu learned from calls to Earth that Purple Light Dew had improved the population’s bloodlines and that Hong, Thor, Dong Nanbiao, Jia Yi, Wang Lin, and others were progressing toward or into the Star Level.
• Yang Yu offered the advancing Earth cultivators Star Level 9 guards and 1 billion Ganwu Dollars each if they chose to explore the universe, while Babata offered to guide them and praised Hong’s talent.
• Marquis Zhenlei praised Yang Yu’s progress and demonstrated how to unleash Thunder Essence through the Thunder God Weapon.

Yang Yu continued refining his understanding of the Lightning Law during his journey to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters. After arriving and meeting Venerable Gui Yi, he boarded the Venerable’s spaceship and prepared to enter the Initial Universe.

• Yang Yu studied the Lightning Canon and practiced the Thunder God Weapon under Marquis Zhenlei’s guidance, while keeping his focus on comprehending surface-level Law Essences.
• After three years of travel, Yang Yu and Luo Si reached the Virtual Universe Company’s enormous real-world headquarters, where Yang Yu parted from Luo Si and received his ordered supplies.
• Yang Yu met Venerable Gui Yi, whose mental influence left the accompanying World Lords dazed but did not affect Yang Yu.
• Venerable Gui Yi praised Yang Yu’s progress in the Time Law and said the teacher was pleased with him.
• Yang Yu boarded Venerable Gui Yi’s spaceship, and Gui Yi opened a universe passage as they approached the Initial Universe.