Chapter Summaries

After a year studying Return to Ruins Evolution and the Chaos Stele, Lin Yuan entered the Heavenly Bridge Plane to test his improved comprehension. As he began the Heavenly Ruins Heavenly Bridge challenge, Guardian Bafen alerted powerful figures who gathered to watch him.

• Lin Yuan studied Return to Ruins Evolution for a year, linking his accumulated insights and greatly improving his comprehension of the Law of Space Origin.
• Lord of Void Gold learned that Lin Yuan was progressing quickly and said he would meet him at the Great Axe Arena headquarters after his studies.
• Lin Yuan arrived at the Heavenly Bridge Plane, where Cohen told him that several prodigies had died after hunting Chaos Beasts outside the city.
• Lin Yuan ignored Guardian Bafen's offer to explain the bridges and entered the Heavenly Ruins Heavenly Bridge.
• Guardian Bafen emailed powerful figures, and several of them, including grandmasters of the Heavenly Ruins Lineage, arrived to watch Lin Yuan's challenge.

Lin Yuan challenged the Heavenly Ruins Heavenly Bridge to earn points and demonstrate his strength, quickly clearing the first five levels. As he faced the sixth-level Guardian, powerful observers watched and debated how far he could progress.

• Lin Yuan chose a Warrior opponent on the first level and killed the Black-Clad Man in one strike, earning 1,000 points.
• Lin Yuan passed the next levels quickly and reached the fifth level while King Tianyuan and King Black Mist watched from the Heavenly Bridge Plane.
• King Black Mist explained that Brian was her disciple, and Brian arrived with Ling and Lena to watch Lin Yuan's challenge.
• Lin Yuan passed the fifth level, surprising King Tianyuan, who had expected his progress to stop there.
• Lin Yuan chose another Warrior on the sixth level, where the Black-Clad Man attacked with powerful axe techniques.

Lin Yuan cleared the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge and defeated the seventh level’s Guardian with a powerful Return to Ruins Evolution technique. His victory revealed that he had learned a secret technique created by the founder of the Heavenly Ruins Chaos Stele.

• Lin Yuan dodged the Black-Clad Man’s attacks, then wounded him with Long Rainbow Rending Sky and cleared the sixth level.
• Spectators marveled at Lin Yuan’s progress, and Venerable Erosion Fire revealed that Lin Yuan was his junior brother, prompting speculation about their teacher.
• Lin Yuan reached the seventh level and chose a Warrior as his opponent.
• Lin Yuan wielded the Burning Universe Flame Wild Axe and struck the Blue-Clad Figure with Star Shattering Break, knocking away his axes and destroying his body.
• The Blue-Clad Figure recognized the technique as one created by the founder of the Heavenly Ruins Chaos Stele before dying, and Lin Yuan passed the seventh level.

Lin Yuan passed the seventh level of the Heavenly Ruins Heavenly Bridge on his first attempt but was defeated at the eighth, impressing Guardian Bafen and Venerable Erosion Fire. Back at his estate, he reviewed his points and future opportunities before returning to cultivation.

• Guardian Bafen watched Lin Yuan pass the seventh level and told the Universe Level members of the Giant Axe Secret Realm about his performance.
• Lin Yuan challenged the eighth level, but the blue-clad man easily blocked his strongest attack and killed him with a counterstrike.
• Guardian Bafen congratulated Lin Yuan, and Venerable Erosion Fire revealed that he had publicly named Lin Yuan as his junior brother.
• Lin Yuan returned to his estate, received notice that he had 127,000 points and 34 remaining chances to study the Heavenly Ruins Chaos Stele, and considered how to spend his points.
• Lin Yuan assessed his future goals in the Illusion Sea and Tongtian Mountain, then resumed cultivating.

Lin Yuan led Cohen, Ling, and Resk outside Chaos City to hunt Chaos Beasts and absorb the Chaos True Spirits they left behind. After his soul reached its limit and his understanding of the Ten Great Laws improved, he returned to the group and decided to cultivate aboard his spaceship while they hunted another month.

• Lin Yuan invited Cohen, Ling, and Resk to hunt Chaos Beasts with him and warned them to stay near his spaceship's protective shield.
• Beyond Chaos City, Lin Yuan brought out his F9-Grade Spaceship, and the group fought nearby Chaos Beasts.
• Lin Yuan killed three Chaos Beasts with Burning Sky and absorbed their Chaos True Spirits, which sharpened his perception of the Origin Law.
• Lin Yuan hunted Chaos Beasts alone for a month, until absorbing Chaos True Spirits barely improved his soul and his comprehension of the Ten Great Laws became clearer.
• Lin Yuan returned to find Cohen, Ling, and Resk fighting several Chaos Beasts at once; Ling said the spaceship's shield had protected them from two swarms.
• Lin Yuan entered the spaceship to cultivate and test how his transformed soul affected his cultivation speed while the others continued hunting.

After returning to Chaos City, Lin Yuan bought secret techniques suited to his study of Time, Space, and Fire. Meanwhile, a Monster Race spy reported Lin Yuan’s achievements to the Black Sky Wolf, who ordered him monitored and marked for assassination if an opportunity arose.

• Ling, Resk, and Cohen thanked Lin Yuan for helping them hunt Chaos Beasts before he returned to his house to cultivate.
• Lin Yuan read Guardian Bafen’s updates about the other geniuses and learned that Lena had passed the fifth Heavenly Bridge level.
• Lin Yuan spent 84,000 discounted points on the Ten Axes of Heaven Opener and another 7,700 points on Flame Analysis and Instant Stream of Light.
• Lin Yuan received the three secret techniques and began studying them in his training room.
• A black-robed human spy told the Black Sky Wolf that Lin Yuan had passed the seventh Heavenly Bridge level on his first attempt and become Lord of Void Gold’s named disciple.
• The Black Sky Wolf classified Lin Yuan as No. 3 and ordered his agents to monitor him and report any chance to kill him after he left Chaos City.

After ten years of training in Chaos City, Lin Yuan returned to challenge the Heavenly Ruins Heavenly Bridge. He defeated the guardian of the eighth level with his Heaven Opening Axe and passed it.

• Lin Yuan spent ten years studying the Heavenly Ruins Chaos Stele, comprehending its third diagram and beginning the fourth while training with the Heaven Opening Axe.
• Lin Yuan decided to challenge the Heavenly Bridge again, and Guardian Bafen announced his return to watchers across the Virtual Universe.
• Lena and several of Lin Yuan’s fellow geniuses gathered to watch, while Brian said he wanted to see how far Lin Yuan had advanced.
• Lin Yuan chose the warrior path and fought the Blue-Clad Man on the eighth level of the Heavenly Ruins Heavenly Bridge.
• Lin Yuan used the Space-Time Storm, the sixth axe of Heaven Opener, to destroy the Blue-Clad Man and pass the eighth level.

Lin Yuan cleared the eighth and ninth layers of the Heavenly Ruins Heavenly Bridge, astonishing the King-level Immortals and the Nine Flame Kingdom Lord. He reached the tenth layer but was quickly defeated by its Yellow-Clad Man, leaving the challenge unfinished.

• Lin Yuan swiftly defeated the Blue-Clad Man on the eighth layer, and Guardian Bafen emailed the Great Axe Arena geniuses about his progress.
• The Nine Flame Kingdom Lord watched the live footage with Marquis Yuankun and praised him for having such an exceptional disciple.
• Lin Yuan fought the Blue-Clad Man on the ninth layer for dozens of rounds before defeating him with his Space-Time Storm and a move from Return to Ruins Evolution.
• Lin Yuan reached the tenth layer, where the Yellow-Clad Man warned him that its difficulty far exceeded the ninth layer.
• The Yellow-Clad Man struck Lin Yuan down with an axe before he could counter, ending his challenge at the tenth layer.

After passing the Ninth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge, Lin Yuan reunited with Lena and learned she was his junior apprentice-niece in their shared faction. He gave her Black Jade Venom to temper her willpower, then began studying the Fourth Diagram of the Star Motion Diagram, which he needed to understand to reach the level required for the Twelfth Layer.

• Brian watched Lin Yuan's Heavenly Bridge challenge and left, while Lin Yuan returned to a crowded plaza and received congratulations from Baffin and Lena for passing the Ninth Layer.
• Lena revealed that Venerable Iron Wall was her teacher and Lin Yuan's senior brother, making her his junior apprentice-niece, and Lin Yuan promised her a gift.
• Lin Yuan reflected that the Ninth Layer had given him useful combat insights, but he still could not understand the Yellow-Clad Man's axe strike on the Tenth Layer.
• Ten days later, Lin Yuan gave Lena a bottle of Black Jade Venom and explained how she could use it to temper her willpower, recommending that she also seek a Soul Secret Technique.
• Lin Yuan and Lena entered separate chambers in the City Lord Mansion to study the Chaos Stele, and Lin Yuan focused on the Fourth Diagram of the Star Motion Diagram.

Lin Yuan continued cultivating in Chaos City, spent most of his points on treasures, and watched Liu break through to Domain Lord. In his seventeenth year, his Fire Origin Law comprehension reached 50%, earning him a lottery draw and a Golden Soul Fruit, which he chose not to claim yet.

• Lin Yuan left the Chaos Stele chamber after gaining new insights into the Fourth Diagram, and Candri marveled at his rapid progress.
• Lin Yuan reviewed his points and cultivation plans, then noticed Liu breaking through to Domain Lord in his Clone Space.
• Lin Yuan gave Liu more growth materials and told it to reach peak World Lord before he set out to explore.
• Lin Yuan spent nearly all his points on cultivation treasures and continued training, but failed another attempt at the Heavenly Bridge's Tenth Layer.
• In his seventeenth year in Chaos City, Lin Yuan reached 50% comprehension of the Law of Fire Origin and won a Golden Soul Fruit in a lottery draw.
• Lin Yuan decided not to claim the Golden Soul Fruit yet because its sudden appearance might attract the Chaos City Lord's attention.

Lin Yuan examined the Golden Soul Fruit and the Dominion Records technique while preparing to leave Chaos City after thirty years of cultivation. On the final day, he entered the Heavenly Bridge to attempt its tenth layer again.

• Lin Yuan considered how the Golden Soul Fruit might help him cultivate soul techniques, but decided to wait until he left Chaos City before using it.
• Over the thirty years, the surviving geniuses advanced on the Heavenly Bridge, and several passed higher layers, including Lena, who passed the seventh.
• Lin Yuan met Ling, Resk, and Cohen for drinks, where they discussed their progress and Cohen mentioned that King Jinkong had taken him as a disciple.
• On the final day, Bafen asked Lin Yuan whether he was confident about passing the tenth layer, and Lin Yuan entered the Heavenly Bridge for another attempt.

Lin Yuan cleared the tenth layer of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge and defeated the eleventh layer’s Yellow-Clad Man by combining two axe techniques. His mastery of the Law of Fire Origin shocked the spectators, while Guardian Bafen prepared to report his achievement.

• Brian emerged from the Heavenly Bridge and joined King Black Mist, King Zhenyan, and other spectators to watch Lin Yuan’s challenge.
• Lin Yuan defeated the Yellow-Clad Man on the tenth layer after studying his axe techniques during their fight.
• On the eleventh layer, Lin Yuan struggled against the Yellow-Clad Man’s eighth axe, then brought out the Burning Universe Flame Wild Axe.
• Lin Yuan matched the Yellow-Clad Man’s Ash Extinguishing Void and wounded him with his own strike, revealing Law of Fire Origin comprehension that astonished the spectators.
• Lin Yuan combined his axe techniques to suppress and kill the Yellow-Clad Man, clearing the eleventh layer as Guardian Bafen began composing an email about his achievement.

Lin Yuan challenged the twelfth layer of the Heavenly Bridge but was defeated, then reunited with Venerable Erosion Fire as his Chaos City training came to an end. Venerable Erosion Fire gathered the surviving geniuses and prepared to send them back to the Primal Universe and the Great Axe Arena headquarters.

• Lin Yuan reached the twelfth layer but lost to the Yellow-Clad Man's strengthened Instant Eternity technique.
• Lin Yuan met King Zhenyan and King Black Mist in the plaza, then spoke with Venerable Erosion Fire, who praised his progress.
• Venerable Erosion Fire summoned the surviving geniuses from the Warrior Battle to the city gates a day later.
• Venerable Erosion Fire announced that 882 of the original 1,000 geniuses had survived and that their Chaos City studies were over.
• Venerable Erosion Fire instructed the geniuses to board the spaceship for transport to the Primal Universe and the Great Axe Arena headquarters.

Lin Yuan gained recognition from the Law of Fire Origin while returning with the other geniuses to the Primal Universe. After arriving at the Great Axe Universe, the group began traveling to the Great Axe Arena Headquarters to report before being sent to their secret realms.

• Venerable Erosion Fire gave Lena a valuable treasure aboard the ship, and the geniuses returned safely to the Primal Universe.
• The Law of Fire Origin descended upon Lin Yuan, granting him recognition and leaving a Red Flame Mark between his eyebrows.
• Venerable Erosion Fire explained that Lin Yuan could now communicate with the Law Ocean and advised him to focus on the Law of Fire Origin and the two Upper Laws.
• An undying used God Kingdom Teleportation to take Lin Yuan and more than eight hundred geniuses to the Great Axe Universe.
• Venerable Erosion Fire directed the geniuses into a bronze palace that carried them through the Cosmic Passage toward the Great Axe Arena Headquarters.

Lin Yuan arrived at the Great Axe Arena’s headquarters inside Founder of the Great Axe’s Miniature Universe, where he received a soul-bound token and learned that the Virtual Universe could not reach the Great Axe Universe. Venerable Erosion Fire then brought him to meet their teacher, Lord of Void Gold.

• Lin Yuan recognized the Bronze Palace as the Top-Tier Heavy Treasure Azure Cloud Palace and entered the Great Axe Universe with the other geniuses.
• Venerable Erosion Fire explained that the Great Axe Universe had no Virtual Universe access and led the geniuses to collect soul-bound jade tokens for entering and leaving headquarters.
• Venerable Erosion Fire told Lin Yuan that three powerful figures were stationed in the Great Axe Universe and invited him to meet their teacher, Lord of Void Gold.
• Venerable Erosion Fire brought Lin Yuan to a golden planet, where Lord of Void Gold transported them into a wondrous space.
• Lin Yuan saw Lord of Void Gold and knelt to pay his respects.

Lord of Void Gold examined Lin Yuan and learned about his clones and other hidden assets without detecting the Lucky Wheel. He gave Lin Yuan the Heavy Treasure Fire Scale Armor and told him to wait until he passed the trial before choosing his next clone.

• Lord of Void Gold inspected Lin Yuan and discovered his Original Core, Internal World, Storm Ruins Spirit Clone, Zerg Mother Nest, and three clone slots.
• Lin Yuan admitted that an opportunity had given him the ability to create clones, while keeping the Lucky Wheel undiscovered.
• Lord of Void Gold advised Lin Yuan to delay creating another clone until he passed the trial and gained higher-level permissions.
• Lord of Void Gold gave Lin Yuan the Heavy Treasure Fire Scale Armor and warned him to keep it secret.
• Lord of Void Gold sent Lin Yuan back outside the golden planet.

Lin Yuan left the Great Axe Arena headquarters with a defensive Top-Tier Heavy Treasure from his teacher and traveled with Lena to the Giant Axe Secret Realm. There, Watson greeted Lin Yuan and escorted him toward his nearby residence as Venerable Erosion Fire departed.

• Venerable Erosion Fire told Lin Yuan to keep the teacher's defensive Top-Tier Heavy Treasure secret, and Lin Yuan agreed.
• Lin Yuan explored the Great Axe Arena headquarters and learned about the youths raised in the Great Axe Universe.
• More than eight hundred geniuses left the headquarters, and Lin Yuan said goodbye to Cohen, Ling, and Resk before departing with Lena and Venerable Erosion Fire.
• Venerable Erosion Fire explained the Four Great Secret Realms during their journey, and the group reached the Giant Axe Secret Realm ten days later.
• Watson met Lin Yuan and Lena, then arranged for their guards to escort them to their separate residences.

Lin Yuan settled into his private planet in the Giant Axe Secret Realm and claimed the Fire Kirin Armor, learning how it could defend him and merge him into the void. After checking Liu’s progress and deciding to gather resources, he entered the Virtual Universe’s Immortal Altar plane.

• Watson showed Lin Yuan his private planet and warned him to avoid the dangerous crimson planet and other perilous areas until he became Immortal.
• Lin Yuan moved his palace and cultivation room to a mountain summit and told the guards and servants not to approach without permission.
• Lin Yuan claimed the Fire Kirin Armor and learned that its Flame Flood Dragon Escape technique improved fire-origin control and Teleportation while allowing him to merge into the void.
• Lin Yuan tested the armor’s defenses and void-merging ability, then checked Liu and found him nearing the World Lord Level.
• Lin Yuan spent points to apply for entry to the Immortal Altar plane and was transported there by a flash of white light.

Lin Yuan claimed the Immortal Altar’s maximum points before entering the Illusion Sea to test his will and Ten Thousand Hearts Undying. He flew past the fourteenth island, leaving the Golden-Robed Elder stunned by his progress.

• Lin Yuan used his perfect hundredfold body control to earn 81,000 points at the Immortal Altar.
• Lin Yuan entered the Illusion Sea to test how far his will and soul technique could carry him.
• Lin Yuan passed the first ten islands without stopping, drawing the Golden-Robed Elder’s attention.
• Lin Yuan resisted the eleventh island’s illusion through will alone, then broke through and continued onward.
• Lin Yuan flew past the thirteenth and fourteenth islands, astonishing the Golden-Robed Elder.

Lin Yuan used his Ten Thousand Hearts Undying technique to endure the Illusion Sea’s rising Consciousness Pressure and passed the eighteenth island, officially becoming Lord of Void Gold’s thirty-seventh personal disciple. On the nineteenth island, an illusion showed his friends and teacher dying, but Lin Yuan rejected it and pressed onward.

• Lin Yuan activated Ten Directions Heart Guard and pushed past his former limit, clearing the islands through the seventeenth.
• Lin Yuan endured the Initial King-level pressure on the eighteenth island and shattered its illusion, passing Lord of Void Gold’s trial.
• Lord of Void Gold celebrated Lin Yuan’s achievement and told Lord of Lanzang to keep his Illusion Sea performance secret.
• Lin Yuan landed on the nineteenth island, where overwhelming pressure blurred his consciousness and illusions showed Cohen and his teacher dead.
• Lin Yuan rejected the illusions, declared that he had nothing to fear, and flew toward the next island.