Chapter Summaries

The Chaos City Leader investigated Luo Zhiyuan after he quickly comprehended the first picture of the Universe Chaos Stele, discovering his unusual talents but finding no evidence of possession. Bulieni warned Luo about what the investigation revealed, and Luo decided to search the Virtual Universe for resources to develop his cloning ability.

• The Chaos City Leader used Control of Space-Time to examine Luo Zhiyuan and found his soul intact, his body naturally united with it, and mysterious Law Secret Patterns indicating Innate Secret Techniques.
• The Chaos City Leader noticed Luo Zhiyuan's exceptional bloodline and Star-Eating Grass, then concluded he was a blessing to the human race and returned to the Chaos Ruins.
• Bulieni told Luo Zhiyuan that the Chaos City Leader had investigated him and might have discovered his Innate Secret Technique.
• Luo explained that he had comprehended the first picture of the Universe Chaos Stele on his first attempt, and Bulieni suspected this had prompted the investigation.
• Bulieni suggested Luo reveal his Cloning Technique and ask the Chaos City Leader for help finding clone materials.
• Luo decided to enter the Virtual Universe under his own identity and search its resources and information.

Luo Zhiyuan brought Xingxing to the Rooftop to cultivate before traveling to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters at Rain-Phase Mountain. He moved into a temporary estate in the Primal Region and began researching Special Lifeforms, the Heavenly Bridge, Qualification Battles, and trial missions.

• Xingxing asked Luo Zhiyuan to help with comprehending the Law of Space, and Luo promised to teach him after mastering the laws himself.
• Luo Zhiyuan left Xingxing on the Rooftop to cultivate and logged into the Virtual Universe, where Bulieni took him to Rain-Phase Mountain.
• Aitor introduced Luo Zhiyuan to Rain-Phase Mountain's five regions and Thunder Island before escorting him into the Primal Region.
• Aitor explained that Luo Zhiyuan would live in a temporary estate until he won a Qualification Battle and introduced his Guard Army commander, Yuan Fen.
• Luo Zhiyuan toured his estate, adjusted the castle's interior with Bulieni, and began researching Special Lifeforms and other topics.

After explaining his early arrival in Chaos City to Luo Feng, Luo Zhiyuan began training on the Universe Heavenly Bridge and easily defeated its first Illusionist opponent. He flew onward toward the next level, planning to test the other opponent types and choose the most difficult challenge.

• Luo Zhiyuan contacted Luo Feng, revealed that the Virtual Universe Company knew they were related, and explained how the Zerg Race's assassination attempt had led to his early arrival in Chaos City.
• Luo Feng encouraged Luo Zhiyuan to cultivate, then fretted that his son was growing stronger and might be dating; Babata pressed him for details, but Luo Feng refused to explain.
• Luo Zhiyuan asked Bulieni to apply for Heavenly Bridge access and learned that his challenges would earn ten times the usual points for thirty-one years.
• Luo Zhiyuan met Guardian Bafen at the Heavenly Bridge and chose an Illusionist opponent for his first challenge.
• Luo Zhiyuan's Nine Mountains secret technique neutralized the opponent's Soul Attacks, and his Mental Shock defeated the White Figure.
• Luo Zhiyuan flew past the cleared first level, intending to test the other opponent types and later choose the hardest one.

Luo Zhiyuan fought his way through the second and third levels of the Universe Heavenly Bridge, studying his opponents’ techniques and defeating them. After watching the second-level fight, Nine Swords Venerable expected Zhiyuan might clear the third level, and Zhiyuan set off for the fourth.

• Guardian Bafen told Nine Swords Venerable that Luo Zhiyuan had cleared the first level and was attempting the second under special permission from Chaos City Leader.
• Luo Zhiyuan defeated the second-level White Figure by using a Space Phantom to evade its time-infused sword thrust and striking from behind.
• Nine Swords Venerable watched the footage and judged that Luo Zhiyuan might clear the third level, depending on his Chaos Stele comprehension.
• Luo Zhiyuan fought the third-level White Figure, observed its momentum-driven sword technique and spatial attacks, and adapted his own close-combat methods.
• Luo Zhiyuan slowed the White Figure with the Law of Time, beheaded it, and headed toward the fourth level.

Luo Zhiyuan challenged the fourth layer of the Heavenly Bridge and chose to fight a Controller who wielded the Universe Bead. He learned that his opponent had mastered its techniques far beyond his own, and the fight was left hanging as the opponent unleashed the third level, Star Trapping Domain.

• Luo Zhiyuan chose the Controller trial on the fourth layer of the Heavenly Bridge and faced a pale-green figure wielding a Universe Bead.
• Luo Zhiyuan recognized the Universe Bead’s potential and admitted that he had mastered only its second level.
• Luo Zhiyuan and the Green-Clad Man clashed with Nine Star Charge, and Luo Zhiyuan’s stronger consciousness pushed the opponent’s spheres back.
• The Green-Clad Man used Chain Star Whip with unpredictable attacks, forcing Luo Zhiyuan to dodge with Time Flow.
• Luo Zhiyuan pressed the attack, and the Green-Clad Man unleashed the third level of the Universe Bead, surrounding him with Star Trapping Domain.

Luo Zhiyuan defeated the Green-Clad Man on the fourth layer of the Heavenly Bridge by mastering the Universe Bead’s Star Trapping Domain and Star-Exploding Hammer. He chose to return to practice rather than attempt the fifth layer immediately.

• Luo Zhiyuan studied the Green-Clad Man’s Star Trapping Domain, then used the Law of Space to break free and trap his opponent with his own Star Trapping Domain.
• Luo Zhiyuan slowed the Green-Clad Man’s Star-Exploding Hammer and attacked with meteors while dodging the Chain Star Whip with Time Flow and nine Historical Phantoms.
• Luo Zhiyuan increased the meteors’ speed, and they battered the Green-Clad Man to death inside the Star Trapping Domain.
• After the path to the fifth layer opened, Luo Zhiyuan decided to practice with the Universe Bead before continuing his challenge.
• Luo Zhiyuan returned to the Central Plaza, told Bafen he wanted time to practice, and then went back to his residence in the Primal Region.

Blood Wing King advised Ai Chen to choose a Chaos Tablet suited to her talents rather than copy Luo Zhiyuan, and she resolved to follow her own path. After Luo Zhiyuan left the Tongtian Bridge Plane without attempting the fifth level, Chaos City Leader suspected he had a special innate technique or treasure and summoned him to the Chaos Ruins.

• An elder told Blood Wing King that Ai Chen had achieved the clan's best results and proposed changing how younger disciples trained, but Blood Wing King postponed the debate after receiving Bafen's email.
• Blood Wing King discussed Chaos City and recommended that Ai Chen study the Phantom Light Chaos Stele or the Zhouguang Chaos Stele instead of choosing the harder Universe Chaos Stele to imitate Luo Zhiyuan.
• Ai Chen accepted Blood Wing King's advice and vowed not to let short-term gains or losses sway her cultivation path.
• Nine Swords Venerable wondered why Luo Zhiyuan had left after clearing the fourth Tongtian Bridge level, while Chaos City Leader reviewed his performance and suspected a special innate technique or treasure.
• Chaos City Leader decided to ask Luo Zhiyuan about his progress and used divine power to bring him from his residence into the Chaos Ruins.

Chaos City Leader questioned Luo Zhiyuan about his unusual talents and learned that he possessed three Innate Secret Techniques and a Time Chamber. He allowed Luo Zhiyuan to continue cultivating the Controller's methods and arranged for Blood Crocodile King to teach him, while Luo Zhiyuan returned to his residence to resume training.

• Chaos City Leader summoned Luo Zhiyuan and explained that his Soul Space made him exceptionally suited to the Illusionist path.
• Luo Zhiyuan revealed that he possessed three Innate Secret Techniques: a Soul Attack technique, a cultivation technique, and a life-saving technique.
• Luo Zhiyuan told Chaos City Leader about the Time Chamber, and Chaos City Leader agreed that he could continue cultivating the Controller's methods.
• Chaos City Leader arranged for Blood Crocodile King to teach Luo Zhiyuan once a month.
• Luo Zhiyuan returned to his residence, brought Xingxing back from the Rooftop, and prepared to cultivate in the Time Chamber.

Luo Zhiyuan tested the limit of his avatar-producing technique, instructed Xingxing in Space Binding, and returned to the Universe Heavenly Bridge to challenge its fifth level. After learning how rarely anyone passed it, he resolved to break the long-standing streak and face the Controller opponent.

• Luo Zhiyuan created 27 Main Body Avatars before learning that his total number of bodies and avatars was capped at 30 before Domain Lord Level, then kept nine and assigned them tasks.
• Luo Zhiyuan demonstrated Space Binding to Xingxing and explained how she could apply it to strengthen her Entangling Kill.
• Luo Zhiyuan organized his avatars’ cultivation insights and returned to the Tongtian Bridge Plane to challenge the fifth level of the Universe Heavenly Bridge.
• Luo Zhiyuan chose to fight the fifth-level Controller, who told him that only 32 recent tournament geniuses had passed the level within 30 years and none had passed the Universe Chaos Stele.
• Luo Zhiyuan said he would break the streak of more than a thousand tournaments as the Controller prepared to fight.

Luo Zhiyuan battled the Green-Clad Man on the fifth layer of the Universe Heavenly Bridge, matching the opponent’s Space-Splitting Whip with his own. After defeating him, Luo Zhiyuan flew onward to the sixth layer, though he doubted his current understanding would be enough to clear it.

• Luo Zhiyuan summoned a Star-Exploding Hammer made from 1,200 spheres and challenged the Green-Clad Man, who revealed the fifth-layer Space-Splitting Whip.
• Luo Zhiyuan and the Green-Clad Man exchanged attacks, with the whip tearing apart the hammer’s cord and both weapons eventually locking in a stalemate.
• Luo Zhiyuan studied the Green-Clad Man’s technique, then formed his own Space-Splitting Whip and demonstrated that he had mastered it as well.
• Luo Zhiyuan used nine Historical Phantoms to distract the Green-Clad Man and secretly lengthened his whip before striking upward and splitting him in two.
• Luo Zhiyuan cleared the fifth layer, considered that he might not be able to clear the sixth, and flew up to face it.

Luo Zhiyuan challenged the sixth level of the Universe Heavenly Bridge and discovered that the pale green guardian’s Space-Splitting Whip was far more powerful than his own. He was defeated after realizing he needed to combine the Laws of Space and Time, but the guardian doubted he could stop Luo Zhiyuan next time.

• Bafen told a Snake Person that the Heavenly Ruins Bridge was empty, then noticed Luo Zhiyuan had arrived after clearing the fifth level within thirty years.
• Luo Zhiyuan chose to fight the sixth-level guardian as a Controller and challenged the guardian’s claim that nobody had cleared the level.
• The guardian’s Space-Splitting Whip broke through Luo Zhiyuan’s matching attack, so Luo Zhiyuan escaped with Shattered Space.
• Luo Zhiyuan used the Star-Exploding Hammer to disrupt the guardian’s broad spatial-rending attack and then endured a continuous barrage with movement techniques and careful counterattacks.
• Luo Zhiyuan realized he needed to weave the Laws of Space and Time together, but the guardian struck him down while he was distracted.
• The sixth-level challenge failed, and the guardian thought he probably could not stop Luo Zhiyuan next time.

After his failed sixth-level Heavenly Bridge challenge, Luo Zhiyuan refined his understanding of space and time and returned to the Universe Chaos Stele to study its Second Diagram. Meanwhile, Nine Swords Venerable arranged for King Longyu to visit Chaos City and keep a close eye on Luo Zhiyuan.

• Luo Zhiyuan practiced a three-stage attack using the Laws of Space and Time, then merged with Xingxing and headed to the City Leader Mansion after making arrangements in his World Ring.
• The Chaos City Leader praised Luo Zhiyuan for resisting the urge to retry the sixth Heavenly Bridge level and choosing to study the Chaos Stele instead.
• Nine Swords Venerable ordered King Longyu to return from the Outer Battlefield within thirty years and pay special attention to Luo Zhiyuan, who had survived a Zerg Race Mother Emperor's assassination attempt and was expected to clear the sixth level.
• Luo Zhiyuan entered the Universe Chaos Stele chamber after Candery encouraged him, and he confirmed that he had fully comprehended the First Diagram before turning to the Second.
• Luo Zhiyuan studied the Second Diagram with his clones and used Flowing Time to accelerate his comprehension.

After studying the Universe Chaos Stele, Luo Zhiyuan received guidance from Blood Crocodile King on analyzing the Law Essence and learned of techniques that could support his cultivation. Blood Crocodile King also revealed that Yuan Fen was his disciple and had been assigned to protect Luo Zhiyuan, leaving Luo with new resources and encouragement to become Chaos City Leader’s disciple.

• Candery praised Luo Zhiyuan’s progress and recommended that he organize his insights and attend classes taught by experts from Universe School.
• Luo Zhiyuan reviewed his discoveries from the Chaos Stele, then visited Blood Crocodile King and demonstrated his understanding of the first two diagrams.
• Blood Crocodile King explained the Law Essence path and the Second Diagram, answered Luo Zhiyuan’s questions, and promised to share a cultivation technique alongside the Three Star Universe Slashing Blade.
• Luo Zhiyuan met Blood Crocodile King in the Virtual Universe and discovered that Yuan Fen was his disciple, assigned to protect him from further assassination attempts.
• Blood Crocodile King gave Luo Zhiyuan his basic cultivation technique and urged him to study it alongside the Three Star Universe Slashing Blade.

After learning about Chaos City's third treasure, Luo Zhiyuan hunted Chaos Beasts with Xingxing to absorb their Chaos True Spirits and improve their law comprehension. The weaker beasts had little effect on Luo Zhiyuan, so they hunted in the Domain Lord Level region, where they continued to make easy progress.

• The Blood Crocodile King told Luo Zhiyuan about the Public Cultivation Residences, and Luo Zhiyuan spent two days studying laws on his rooftop.
• Luo Zhiyuan read a stone tablet explaining Chaos Beasts and their Chaos True Spirits, which could transform souls and aid comprehension of the Origin Laws.
• Xingxing killed a Universe Level Chaos Beast, and Luo Zhiyuan absorbed its Chaos True Spirit, but its effect was slight.
• Luo Zhiyuan flew to the Domain Lord Level region, where Xingxing killed two Chaos Beasts whose Chaos True Spirits noticeably improved his comprehension.
• Luo Zhiyuan and Xingxing took turns absorbing Chaos True Spirits as Xingxing hunted more beasts, while the Chaos City Leader briefly watched them from the Chaos Ruins.

Luo Zhiyuan balanced soul and energy cultivation with law comprehension, then attended King Zhenyan’s lecture on the Fourth Diagram of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele. The lecture helped Luo Zhiyuan fully comprehend a spatial mystery, while King Zhenyan learned about the promising young cultivator and regretted that he was not from the Nine Universes School.

• Bulieni reminded Luo Zhiyuan to use his External Incarnation to comprehend laws while his main body strengthened its energy with Secret Realm Spirit Marrow.
• A month later, Blood Crocodile King advised Luo Zhiyuan to save his Chaos Stele study chances until he reached a bottleneck in his law comprehension.
• After reviewing his lessons, Luo Zhiyuan entered King Zhenyan’s residence to attend a lecture on the Fourth Diagram of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele.
• As King Zhenyan explained spatial mysteries, Luo Zhiyuan became absorbed in the lecture and unconsciously released spatial-law fluctuations.
• Luo Zhiyuan fully comprehended a spatial mystery, and King Zhenyan learned his background and lamented that he was not a disciple of the Nine Universes School.

After Luo Zhiyuan attended King Zhenyan’s lecture and grasped the essence of a Law of Space, he searched Chaos City for a Public Cultivation Residence. King Zhenyan discovered that Zhiyuan had already found a teacher and went to confront Blood Crocodile King.

• King Zhenyan resolved to recruit a promising Genius Tournament contestant after Luo Zhiyuan impressed him during the lecture.
• Luo Zhiyuan left the residence, reflected on King Zhenyan’s teachings, and continued looking for a Public Cultivation Residence.
• King Zhenyan asked King Li Suo and Violent Fox King whether Luo Zhiyuan had studied with them or become their disciple; both said he had not.
• Violent Fox King offered King Zhenyan Drunken Marquis wine, and King Zhenyan set aside his questions about Luo Zhiyuan to drink with him.
• After recovering from the wine, King Zhenyan saw Luo Zhiyuan searching Chaos City and realized he might already have a teacher.
• King Zhenyan teleported to Blood Crocodile King’s residence and joined him in the reception room.

King Zhenyan learned that the Blood Crocodile King had been guiding Luo Zhiyuan and that the City Leader would take him as a nominal disciple if he crossed the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge. Luo Zhiyuan gathered cultivation materials and planned how to use his remaining years in Chaos City.

• King Zhenyan confronted the Blood Crocodile King about Luo Zhiyuan's understanding of a Law Essence, then learned that the City Leader had set Luo Zhiyuan a trial: crossing the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge.
• King Zhenyan abandoned his hopes of recruiting Luo Zhiyuan after learning the City Leader planned to take him as a nominal disciple if he passed the trial.
• Luo Zhiyuan searched Chaos City for public cultivation residences, finding seventy-eight belonging to the Universe Path and several from other schools.
• Luo Zhiyuan studied the Blood Crocodile King's Soul Beast manuals, bought the Three Star Universe Slashing Blade, and discovered the high treasury price of both techniques.
• Luo Zhiyuan received the Three Star Universe Slashing Blade manuals from Aitor and organized a demanding schedule for his time in Chaos City, including cultivation, lectures, and explaining the Laws of Space to Xingxing.

Luo Zhiyuan learned that his rapid progress in Chaos City had slowed and sought another way to improve his law comprehension. Guided by Bulieni, he found the Light Beast God's sealed crater and the Beast God Essence Blood left there by his teacher.

• Luo Zhiyuan reached Universe Level, ninth rank, and Domain Lord Level, ninth rank in consciousness, while rumors spread that his refusal to take a grandmaster as his teacher showed arrogance.
• King Zhenyan privately dismissed the rumors because he knew the Chaos City Leader intended to take Luo Zhiyuan as a registered disciple and the Blood Crocodile King guided him each month.
• The Blood Crocodile King praised Luo Zhiyuan's progress in the space and time mysteries, then warned that mastering the remaining mysteries and passing the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge would take patience.
• Luo Zhiyuan realized his law comprehension had slowed and decided to use the Beast God Essence Blood to accelerate it.
• Luo Zhiyuan used his Xingshuo Avatar's Teleportation to reach a sealed crater in his World Ring, bowed to the Light Beast God statue, and found a lake of Beast God Essence Blood at the crater's bottom.

Luo Zhiyuan fused six drops of Beast God Essence Blood before his will gave out, greatly increasing his abilities. Months later, he and the other geniuses arrived in Chaos City, where Bolan chose the same Chaos Stele as Zhiyuan to prove himself his equal.

• Luo Zhiyuan fused six drops of Beast God Essence Blood, improving his Law Comprehension, Gene Level, and strength by more than double, but failed to endure a seventh drop.
• Luo Zhiyuan returned from the World Ring and cultivated with Xingxing while several months passed.
• The 999 geniuses arrived in Chaos City and received instructions from the Black-Robed Envoy before choosing their Chaos Steles.
• Bolan chose the Universe Chaos Stele after learning Luo Zhiyuan had chosen it, declaring he would prove himself just as good as Zhiyuan.
• The Black-Robed Envoy told Bolan that Luo Zhiyuan had already crossed the fifth level of the Heavenly Bridge, and Bolan vowed to match him.

Luo Zhiyuan nearly got caught in a fight between Weitesier and Leibo, but the Chaos City Leader stopped them and sentenced both Immortals to prison. After the city calmed down, Luo Zhiyuan headed to the City Leader Mansion to find the newly arrived geniuses.

• Wuka and Rong Jun complained that Zhiyuan had not come to greet them, and Luo Feng suggested they seek his advice after studying the Chaos Stele.
• Luo Zhiyuan studied the Laws on the Rooftop while his Shadow Race Clone comprehended them in the Time Chamber.
• Weitesier and Leibo fought above Chaos City, shattering space and interrupting Luo Zhiyuan’s cultivation.
• The Chaos City Leader froze the fighters, destroyed their Immortal Divine Bodies, and sentenced them to a thousand eras in the Ninth Star Domain Prison.
• Luo Zhiyuan wondered whether the altered punishment was connected to his actions, then flew toward the City Leader Mansion.