Chapter Summaries

Luo Zhiyuan advised the newly arrived geniuses on cultivating in Chaos City and warned them about the gap between their Heavenly Bridge abilities and his. After they attempted the bridge, Bolan passed the second level, Rong Jun passed the first, and the others failed to pass the first.

• Luo Zhiyuan joined Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka and advised them to hunt Chaos Beasts, use Public Cultivation Residences, and save further Chaos Stele study for when they reached a bottleneck.
• Luo Zhiyuan said Bolan would likely pass only the second Heavenly Bridge level and doubted Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka could pass the first.
• Luo Zhiyuan learned that Ai Chen had chosen the Zhouguang Chaos Stele before leaving and telling the group where to find him.
• A few days later, Bolan passed the second Heavenly Bridge level, Rong Jun narrowly passed the first, and the other geniuses failed to pass the first.
• Bolan felt disappointed because Luo Zhiyuan had already passed the fifth level, while Rong Jun recognized the gap between them.
• Ai Chen felt discouraged after failing the first level, then resolved to follow the Clan Ancestor's advice and catch up with Luo Zhiyuan in her own time.

King Zhenyan recognized Luo Feng’s talent and arranged to cultivate him, while Ai Chen steadily advanced and Luo Zhiyuan reflected on balancing cultivation with friendship. Luo Zhiyuan told the Blood Crocodile King he would resume challenging the Heavenly Bridge within ten years, regardless of his friends’ progress.

• After reviewing the challengers’ recordings, King Zhenyan praised Luo Feng’s talent and temperament and contacted him through the Virtual Universe Company.
• Ai Chen continued studying and cultivating in Chaos City, then passed the First Layer of the Heavenly Bridge a month after other geniuses challenged it.
• Over the next several years, more than eight hundred remaining geniuses passed the First Layer, while Bolan reached the Third and Rong Jun reached the Second.
• The Blood Crocodile King asked Luo Zhiyuan why he had not challenged the Heavenly Bridge again, and Luo Zhiyuan explained that he did not want to discourage his friends by widening the gap.
• Luo Zhiyuan reflected on Ai Chen’s distance and Xu Xin’s efforts to avoid distracting him, and he continued spending time with his family to strengthen his state of mind.
• Luo Zhiyuan told the Blood Crocodile King that he would keep challenging the Heavenly Bridge after ten years, whether or not his friends reached the Fourth Layer.

Luo Zhiyuan made rapid progress in the Laws of Space and Time after studying the Chaos Stele, while Xingxing comprehended Space Binding. The other geniuses continued advancing through the Heavenly Bridge, and the chapter left Luo Feng’s current progress unknown to everyone but Luo Zhiyuan.

• Luo Zhiyuan returned to study the Chaos Stele and used an avatar to compare the stele with the Origin Law, fully comprehending the Second Diagram and five Mysteries each of Space and Time in the Third Diagram.
• Xingxing comprehended Space Binding, and Luo Zhiyuan took it to the Time Chamber to help it study Space Rending.
• The Blood Crocodile King noticed Luo Zhiyuan’s sudden improvement and told the Chaos City Leader that Luo Zhiyuan might pass the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge within four or five years.
• Ai Chen passed the Second Layer of the Heavenly Bridge, followed by Tao, Gusi Luo, Long Yun, Galesi, Wuka, and Qianshui.
• Rong Jun and Wuka discussed how Luo Feng had not attempted the Heavenly Bridge in years, while Luo Zhiyuan privately estimated that Luo Feng would soon pass the Third Layer.

Bolan passed the fourth level of the Heavenly Bridge, while Luo Zhiyuan gave Ai Chen a secret technique and began creating a whip-based guide to the Chaos Stele’s laws. Bulieni agreed to help him develop the technique, starting with Space Binding.

• Bolan challenged the Heavenly Bridge and passed its fourth level, prompting Bafen to notify Luo Zhiyuan and Bulieni.
• Luo Zhiyuan decided to wait for his father, Luo Feng, to challenge the Heavenly Bridge before attempting it himself.
• Luo Zhiyuan asked Bulieni for a close-combat technique suited to the Laws of Light and Time, then gave the manual to Ai Chen, who eagerly began studying it.
• Luo Zhiyuan trained in the Time Chamber, practiced the Nine Heavens Secret Technique, and taught Xingxing the Mysteries of the Law of Space through a whip technique.
• Luo Zhiyuan decided to create a secret technique covering the first three Chaos Stele illustrations and asked Bulieni for guidance.
• Bulieni agreed to help Luo Zhiyuan develop the whip technique, beginning with a move for the Mystery of Space Binding.

King Longyu arrived in Chaos City to assess the young geniuses for Nine Swords Venerable and learned that Zhiyuan might be capable of clearing the seventh Heavenly Bridge level. The chapter ended with the three old friends discussing the other geniuses before King Zhenyan left with Tongnan King's wine.

• Nine Swords Venerable asked King Longyu to assess the young geniuses, especially Zhiyuan and Rong Jun.
• King Longyu reunited with King Zhenyan and Tongnan King in Chaos City, and they watched the geniuses' Heavenly Bridge attempts.
• King Zhenyan revealed that Zhiyuan had learned the essential mysteries of three types of the Law of Space at his dojo and might clear the seventh level.
• Tongnan King and King Zhenyan warned King Longyu not to approach Blood Crocodile King about Zhiyuan, suspecting the City Leader had chosen him.
• King Longyu learned that Rong Jun was nearing the third level, while Luo Feng had spent much of the past ten years meditating without challenging the Heavenly Bridge.
• King Zhenyan left Tongnan King's residence after discussing Bolan and the other geniuses, taking all of Tongnan King's Five-Colored Stars.

King Longyu surveyed the geniuses in Chaos City and noticed Luo Zhiyuan creating a secret technique, then watched him seek Blood Crocodile King's advice on developing one. After learning that Luo Zhiyuan planned to challenge the Heavenly Bridge soon, she decided to wait for the results before reporting on his progress.

• King Longyu observed Luo Zhiyuan using a vine fragment to practice a technique based on Spatial Pressure, and recognized that he was creating his own secret technique.
• King Longyu watched Rong Jun, Bolan, Long Yun, Wuka, Ai Chen, and Luo Feng train, noting their progress and wondering whether Luo Feng's Law Comprehension was on the right path.
• Two days later, Luo Zhiyuan visited Blood Crocodile King and asked how he had created the Soul Beast Secret Technique.
• Blood Crocodile King explained how revenge against the blood crocodiles had led him to discover their souls' unusual nature and develop his secret technique.
• After Luo Zhiyuan left, Blood Crocodile King invited King Longyu into his residence and told her that Luo Zhiyuan planned to challenge the Heavenly Bridge soon.

After hearing that Luo Feng had passed the third level of the Heavenly Bridge, Luo Zhiyuan joined the gathered talents and then attempted the Universe Heavenly Bridge himself. He defeated the sixth-level guardian with his improved Universe Bead technique and advanced to the seventh level.

• Yuan Fen explained that he ate Liangjisha for its relaxing effect, while Luo Zhiyuan preferred food for its flavor.
• Bulieni told Luo Zhiyuan that Luo Feng had passed the third level of the Heavenly Bridge, so Luo Zhiyuan teleported to the Tongtian Bridge Plane.
• Wuka, Rong Jun, Ai Chen, and other talented youngsters discussed their progress, and Ai Chen said he might be ready to attempt the third level in a year or two.
• Luo Zhiyuan flew to the Universe Heavenly Bridge and chose the Controller path at the end of the sixth level.
• Luo Zhiyuan used his Space-Splitting Whip and its combined Law fluctuations to shatter the guardian and pass the sixth level.

Luo Zhiyuan attempted the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge and defeated its Martial Artist guardian with a secret technique he had created himself. His performance stunned the watching geniuses and impressed King Longyu, who recognized his exceptional progress.

• Bafen announced that Luo Zhiyuan had cleared the sixth level and was attempting the seventh, then projected his attempt across the plaza at King Longyu's request.
• Luo Zhiyuan chose to fight the seventh-level Martial Artist guardian to test his newly created technique.
• Luo Zhiyuan dodged the guardian's hammer strike and used the Space-Splitting Whip to bind him within Space Lockdown.
• Luo Zhiyuan tightened the whip with Space Rending, tearing the guardian apart and clearing the seventh level.
• The geniuses watched in stunned silence as King Longyu praised Luo Zhiyuan's talent and recognized his whip technique as another secret technique of his own creation.

Luo Zhiyuan challenged the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge and tested his Soul Beast secret technique against an Illusionist. He defeated his opponent with a soul attack and continued toward the next level.

• Immortal Experts gathered in the plaza to watch Luo Zhiyuan after he passed the seventh level, while King Zhenyan and King Longyu discussed the Venerables’ interest in him.
• Bolan arrived after learning Luo Zhiyuan had passed the seventh level and joined Rong Jun, Wuka, Ai Chen, and the others to watch.
• Luo Zhiyuan chose an Illusionist for the eighth-level challenge so he could test his Soul Beast secret technique.
• The blue-purple figure told Luo Zhiyuan that Feituo was the only Universe Level disciple known to have passed the eighth level.
• Luo Zhiyuan and the blue-purple figure struck each other with soul attacks, but the Four Great Mountains protected Luo Zhiyuan while his Soul Beast technique overwhelmed his opponent.
• The blue-purple figure lost consciousness and vanished, and Luo Zhiyuan flew onward across the Heavenly Bridge.

Luo Zhiyuan passed the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge and began battling a Controller on the ninth, whose stronger Star-Suppressing Realm suppressed his movements and attacks. Luo Zhiyuan broke through the opponent’s defenses with a layered Soul Secret Technique and destroyed its head, leaving the ninth-level battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Luo Zhiyuan defeated the Illusionist on the eighth level with a Soul Secret Technique, impressing Blood Crocodile King and exciting Bolan.
• Ai Chen decided to leave the plaza and return to training so she could catch up to Luo Zhiyuan.
• Luo Zhiyuan chose a Controller as his opponent on the ninth level, and the blue-purple figure revealed its Universe Bead had reached the Star-Suppressing Realm.
• The blue-purple figure used its Star-Suppressing Realm to suppress Luo Zhiyuan and knock aside his attacks, preventing him from using his Shattered Space movement technique.
• Luo Zhiyuan used nine Historical Phantoms to evade the enemy’s attacks, then launched three overlapping blood-red beast phantoms with his Soul Secret Technique.
• One beast phantom struck the blue-purple figure’s Consciousness Ocean, and Luo Zhiyuan used the opening to hit its head with a sphere of light and shatter it.

Luo Zhiyuan entered the Heavenly Bridge’s Tenth Layer and faced a golden Controller who had mastered the Universe Bead’s Seventh Form. The Dingjie Bead destroyed Luo Zhiyuan’s Historical Phantoms, leaving him to confront the Controller’s overwhelming power.

• Luo Zhiyuan reflected on his near failure at the Ninth Layer and decided to test the Tenth Layer against a Controller.
• Luo Zhiyuan reached the Tenth Layer’s Black Sphere and chose the Controller challenge.
• The golden figure formed the Universe Bead’s Seventh Form, the Dingjie Bead, and Luo Zhiyuan recognized its power.
• Luo Zhiyuan used Time Flow to create nineteen Historical Phantoms and scatter them across the Heavenly Bridge.
• The Dingjie Bead pulled in and destroyed five of Luo Zhiyuan’s Historical Phantoms, then charged toward and crushed five more.

Luo Zhiyuan fought the golden figure on the Tenth Layer, using his Historical Phantoms, the Universe Bead, and Soul Secret Techniques to counter the Dingjie Bead. After exhausting his strength in a final assault, he was struck down, leaving the outcome of the trial unresolved.

• Luo Zhiyuan used Mental Shocks to interrupt the golden figure and create distance from the Dingjie Bead.
• The golden figure used the Dingjie Bead's World Force to break Luo Zhiyuan's Soul Attack, and Luo Zhiyuan realized it could disrupt the form his technique required.
• Luo Zhiyuan and seven Historical Phantoms circled the golden figure with Space-Splitting Whip attacks and Soul Secret Techniques, forcing him to defend with the Dingjie Bead.
• The golden figure countered with nine small spheres using Nine Star Charge, and the two sides held each other in check as Luo Zhiyuan's strength dwindled.
• Luo Zhiyuan and his three remaining Historical Phantoms unleashed twelve blood-colored beast phantoms, but the golden figure charged through their formation with the Dingjie Bead.
• The Dingjie Bead shattered Luo Zhiyuan's Historical Phantoms and rushed at him; after a violent tremor, Luo Zhiyuan and the golden figure disappeared.

Luo Zhiyuan passed the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge after his Mental Power Amplitude reached 200, completing the Chaos City Leader’s test to become a nominal disciple. The chapter ended with Nine Swords Venerable accepting that he could not compete with the Chaos City Leader for Luo Zhiyuan.

• Bafen replayed Luo Zhiyuan’s final moments, revealing that his fused Soul Secret Techniques stopped the golden figure’s attack and that he passed the Tenth Layer.
• Bolan urged Rong Jun and Wuka to train harder, and the three resolved to catch up with Luo Zhiyuan.
• Tongnan King explained to King Zhenyan and King Longyu that Luo Zhiyuan had reached a Mental Power Amplitude of 200.
• King Zhenyan revealed that Luo Zhiyuan had passed the Chaos City Leader’s test to become a nominal disciple in only eleven years.
• King Longyu told Nine Swords Venerable that the Chaos City Leader had chosen Luo Zhiyuan, and Nine Swords Venerable accepted the news and ordered her to watch over the other promising youngsters.

After passing the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge, Luo Zhiyuan asked Chaos City Leader to accept him as a disciple. Chaos City Leader made him an in-name disciple, agreed to keep the news secret to protect his Zerg spy, and arranged for Demon Eye Venerable to guide him.

• Luo Zhiyuan told Yuan Fen that he had passed the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge, then spent a day organizing what he had learned.
• Luo Zhiyuan visited Chaos City Leader and asked to become his disciple, and Chaos City Leader accepted him as an in-name disciple while setting the Primal Heavenly Mountain as the test for becoming a direct disciple.
• Luo Zhiyuan explained that publicizing his new discipleship could expose the Zerg Mother Emperor he had enslaved and planted as a spy, so he asked Chaos City Leader to keep it secret.
• Chaos City Leader recognized Emperor Lingguang as an ancient Universe Overlord and praised the inheritance Luo Zhiyuan had received from him.
• Chaos City Leader agreed to conceal Luo Zhiyuan's discipleship and introduced Demon Eye Venerable, who would guide him once every two years.

Chaos City Leader secretly accepted Luo Zhiyuan as a nominal disciple and rewarded him with more time to study the Universe Chaos Stele. Meanwhile, Luo Feng became King Zhenyan’s disciple and learned that Luo Zhiyuan had already comprehended four fundamental mysteries of the Law of Space.

• Chaos City Leader appointed Demon Eye Venerable to publicly claim Luo Zhiyuan as his disciple and doubled Zhiyuan’s uninterrupted study time at the Universe Chaos Stele.
• Luo Feng encountered Luo Zhiyuan at King Zhenyan’s lesson and watched Zhiyuan’s Law of Space insights benefit the other students.
• King Zhenyan welcomed Luo Feng as his disciple after the lesson ended.
• King Zhenyan told Luo Feng that Zhiyuan had comprehended four fundamental mysteries of the Law of Space and urged Luo Feng to close the gap.

Luo Zhiyuan received news of the Zerg Race’s resources and Beast God Crystals while studying the Chaos Stele, and Bulieni recognized the crystals as a possible clue to Old Mystic’s Essence Blood. They planned to have Isala deliver the crystals so Bulieni could identify them.

• Cultivators in Chaos City discussed King Zhenyan and Demon Eye Venerable taking Luo Feng and Luo Zhiyuan as disciples.
• Bugamu rewarded Isala with ten Beast God Crystals and ordered her to give Luo Zhiyuan ten Immortal Level Shadow Blade Bugs and three more crystals.
• Isala sent Luo Zhiyuan an anonymous message while he studied the Chaos Stele for fourteen days and organized his insights with Xingxing.
• Luo Zhiyuan read Isala’s message and focused on the Beast God Crystals, which Bulieni said could contain Essence Blood from Old Mystic.
• Luo Zhiyuan agreed to have Isala send the crystals so Bulieni could identify them, while warning that any retaliation against the Zerg Race would need careful planning.

Luo Zhiyuan learned how to control the ten Immortal Level Shadow Blade Bugs Isala sent him and confirmed they had no hidden traps. He identified the three accompanying crystals as likely transformed Essence Blood from the Thunder Beast God and had his avatar deliver them to his Main Body.

• Luo Zhiyuan and Bulieni searched the Virtual Universe and learned that Shadow Blade Bugs were powerful close-combat Zerg used to break through enemy lines.
• Luo Zhiyuan asked Isala to send instructions, the ten bugs, and three Beast God Crystals to his guards on Qingyu Planet for delivery to Chaos City.
• A year later, Luo Zhiyuan received Isala's storage ring and had his Main Body Avatar use the red carapace's Soul Secret Technique to claim the ten Shadow Blade Bugs.
• Luo Zhiyuan tested the bugs' control method and found that they could obey his commands but lacked independent souls and God Kingdoms, though their physical strength reached Immortal Army Lord level.
• Luo Zhiyuan's avatar examined the three crystals, suspected they contained transformed Essence Blood from the Thunder Beast God, and handed them to his Main Body.

Luo Zhiyuan put away the Thunder Beast God Crystals and joined the Luo family gathering, where Xu Xin pressed him about Ai Chen. The family learned that Ai Chen had been keeping her distance to focus on cultivation, and Luo Zhiyuan was urged to support her as they continued training in Chaos City.

• Bulieni told Luo Zhiyuan that another Beast God Crystal would not affect him, so he stored the three crystals in his World Ring.
• Luo Zhiyuan joined Luo Feng, Xu Xin, Luo Ping, Luo Hai, and the rest of the family for a meal in the Virtual Universe.
• Xu Xin teased Luo Zhiyuan and Luo Hai about giving the family more descendants, while Luo Feng redirected her attention to Luo Zhiyuan's connection with Ai Chen.
• Luo Hai recalled Ai Chen's strength and beauty, and Xu Xin urged Luo Zhiyuan to bring her home and pursue her.
• Luo Zhiyuan admitted Ai Chen had recently focused on training and suggested she was trying to close the gap between their cultivation levels.
• Xu Xin advised Luo Zhiyuan to support Ai Chen without pressuring her, and the family laughed at his young nephew's remark before continuing their meal.

During Luo Zhiyuan’s years in Chaos City, several other geniuses advanced through the Heavenly Bridge while he focused on comprehending the Universe Chaos Stele. The chapter ended with Luo Zhiyuan choosing to keep studying until he could confidently challenge the twelfth level, while Bulieni helped refine his self-created technique.

• Ai Chen passed the third level of the Heavenly Bridge in the twelfth year, and she thanked Luo Zhiyuan for the secret technique that helped her progress.
• Rong Jun passed the third level in the thirteenth year, Bolan passed the fifth in the fifteenth, and Luo Feng passed the fourth in the nineteenth.
• Wuka passed the third level in the twenty-first year and celebrated, but Ai Chen passed the fourth level that same night, earning rewards for her clan from Xuanyi Venerable.
• After twenty-six years in Chaos City, Candery reminded Luo Zhiyuan that he had only two opportunities left to study the Chaos Stele.
• Bulieni told Luo Zhiyuan he had mastered all the fundamental intricacies of the Laws of Space and Time, but Luo Zhiyuan said he still needed to learn how to apply them before challenging the Heavenly Bridge.
• Luo Zhiyuan continued studying the Chaos Stele while Bulieni helped refine his self-created secret technique, which was stronger than unranked but not yet ordinary-grade.

After mastering the Blood Crocodile King's Soul Beast technique, Luo Zhiyuan challenged the Universe Level Primal Heavenly Mountain and easily defeated its guardians at the foot and halfway point. He flew toward the summit after the guardians warned that his awareness and combat experience still needed improvement.

• Luo Zhiyuan mastered the Blood Crocodile King's Soul Beast technique and killed a Domain Lord Level Nine Golden Horned Behemoth with one strike.
• Luo Zhiyuan traveled to the Heavenly Mountain Plane to challenge the Primal Heavenly Mountain before his planned Heavenly Bridge challenge.
• Luo Zhiyuan defeated the three guardians at the mountain's foot with a single Soul Attack.
• Luo Zhiyuan saw through the Snake Woman's illusion at the halfway point and killed all three guardians with his Soul Attack.
• The guardians warned Luo Zhiyuan that he had failed to notice their ambush, and he flew toward the summit.