Chapter Summaries

After two and a half years of cultivation, Chen Yuan had greatly improved his techniques and law comprehension, then returned to Purple Glow Peak to study the inscription. During his meditation, a seven-colored mist attacked his soul core but was stopped by his Soul-Shocking Cauldron, leaving him alert to the unknown intruder.

• Chen Yuan completed his secret techniques and raised his Law of Wind comprehension to 38.4%, while strengthening his soul defense and other abilities.
• Chen Yuan registered for the upcoming assessments but focused instead on studying the Purple Glow Inscription and earning points through missions against star pirate groups.
• Chen Yuan returned to Purple Glow Peak, greeted Guardian Bailijia, and began comprehending the inscription with Irel's Overclocking state.
• The Monster depicted on the inscription flashed its eyes, sending an invisible oscillation into Chen Yuan as he studied.
• A seven-colored mist entered Chen Yuan's Consciousness Sea and attacked his soul core, but the three Soul-Shocking Cauldrons joined forces to repel it and awaken him.

Shang Hou revealed that he was the Nameless World Lord who fused his soul with the Purple Glow Inscription to survive, and explained why he had targeted Chen Yuan for possession. He planned to continue pursuing the Eight Laws and believed Chen Yuan’s mysterious talent might help him overcome the path’s difficulty.

• Shang Hou appeared in Chen Yuan’s Consciousness Sea and declared that he intended to possess Chen Yuan.
• Shang Hou identified himself as the Nameless World Lord and explained that he fused with the Purple Glow Inscription to preserve his soul and draw energy from his Internal World.
• Shang Hou said he chose Chen Yuan because he sensed the Nine Luminaries Body and could not understand how Chen Yuan had cultivated it.
• Chen Yuan asked whether Shang Hou would continue pursuing the Eight Laws, and Shang Hou said he had discovered the path and believed the Primal Universe Will feared it.
• Shang Hou revealed that he hoped Chen Yuan’s mysterious talent could lower the difficulty of fusing laws.

Shang Hou explained why he planned to possess Chen Yuan, hoping to use the Optimization System to pursue Law Fusion. Chen Yuan rejected his ambition and challenged his understanding of the universe, so Shang Hou attacked to seize his body and search his memories.

• Shang Hou revealed that he had chosen Chen Yuan as a possession target because the Optimization System could help him succeed at Law Fusion.
• Shang Hou claimed his Peak World Lord soul and Immortal characteristics gave him an overwhelming advantage, and said he could split his soul to match Chen Yuan's body.
• Shang Hou admitted that he had spoken at length partly because he wanted someone to remember him and his past.
• Chen Yuan mocked Shang Hou for abandoning a safer path to pursue a reckless shortcut and argued that his ambition had left him without eternal life.
• Angered by Chen Yuan's contempt, Shang Hou transformed into seven-colored light and lunged at him to take possession of his body.

Chen Yuan fought Shang Hou in his Consciousness Sea, using soul secret treasures to endure the possession attempt until only one day remained. Shang Hou then burned away his soul body with a will secret technique and entered Chen Yuan, leaving him frozen.

• Chen Yuan used the Soul-Shocking Cauldrons to block Shang Hou, but the incomplete third cauldron shattered under the assault.
• Chen Yuan charged Shang Hou with his soul treasures, revealing the Azure Firmament Sword and defensive secret treasures Sky Radiance and Azure Sky.
• Shang Hou summoned the Seven-Wound Armor and Heaven-Breaking Halberd, and the two fought to a standstill as their soul power dwindled.
• After six days, Chen Yuan had lost over half his soul power while Shang Hou had lost thirty percent, but Chen Yuan believed he could last the final day.
• Shang Hou used Soul Burning to become formless smoke, entered Chen Yuan's soul, and left him motionless.

Chen Yuan faced Shang Hou in a battle of wills inside his Mind World while seeking a way to reach the Fetal Breath Realm. By entering a dream and reaching the Origin of the Universe, Chen Yuan succeeded in breaking through, and his soul power and will began rising dramatically.

• Shang Hou revealed that he had burned his soul to invade Chen Yuan's Mind World and challenged Chen Yuan to a battle of wills.
• Shang Hou eroded most of Chen Yuan's Mind World, and Chen Yuan used Heart as Sword and Unity of Heaven and Man to resist him.
• Chen Yuan realized that reaching the Fetal Breath Realm required dreaming, then put his consciousness to sleep and entered the Dream Realm.
• Chen Yuan's consciousness traveled through dimensional gaps and reached the outer region of the Origin of the Universe, where he sought to resonate with its laws.
• Chen Yuan succeeded in drawing on Origin Power and formed a Holy Embryo, breaking through to the Fetal Breath Realm as his soul strength and willpower surged.

Chen Yuan defeated Shang Hou in the Mind World after connecting to the Origin of the Universe and reaching the peak of King Level with his Will Branch. After leaving Purple Glow Peak, he spent three days sorting through Shang Hou’s memories and focused on the World Lord’s complete comprehension of the Ten Laws.

• Chen Yuan reclaimed the Mind World from Shang Hou and explained that the Primal Universe had helped him connect to the Origin of the Universe.
• Shang Hou realized that his attempt to fuse the Ten Laws had led him onto a path above True Gods, then dissipated after admitting he had chosen wrongly.
• Chen Yuan collected Shang Hou’s remaining memories, left the stone hall when Bailijia called time, and received a reminder to perform well at the upcoming Branch Assessment.
• Chen Yuan spent three days reviewing Shang Hou’s memories and found secret techniques, though most conflicted with techniques he already used or were otherwise unsuitable.
• Chen Yuan set aside the secret techniques and turned his attention to Shang Hou’s complete comprehension of the Ten Laws.

Chen Yuan examined the Law insights and spiritual changes he gained from Shang Hou’s memories and his breakthrough to the Fetal Breath Realm. He discovered that Origin Great Dao Fragments provided a new source of Kill Points, though their connection to the points left him with questions.

• Chen Yuan learned that Shang Hou’s memories preserved insights into all Ten Laws, including 41% comprehension of the Law of Time and 47% of the Space Laws.
• Chen Yuan realized Shang Hou’s complete analysis of the 108 essences of Time would greatly accelerate his own comprehension of the supreme Law.
• Chen Yuan checked his System Panel and found that reaching the Fetal Breath Realm had maximized his Brain Domain Width and raised his soul to Immortal level and his Will to peak King level.
• Chen Yuan awakened Spiritual Force, tested it by lifting objects in his secret chamber, and decided to treat it as a supplementary ability.
• Chen Yuan discovered that connecting his Holy Embryo to the Universe’s Origin granted Origin Great Dao Fragments and increased his Kill Point gains to 600 per second.
• Chen Yuan asked the system how fragments could generate Kill Points and learned that Kill Points were actually Origin Great Dao Fragments.

Chen Yuan renamed his Kill Points as Origin Energy and used them to optimize his cultivation methods and secret techniques while studying Shang Hou’s insights into the Law of Time. Three days before the Ganwu Branch assessment, Shi Lan tested Chen Yuan and was shocked by how far his law comprehension had advanced.

• Chen Yuan learned that his Holy Embryo’s breathing could generate Origin Energy and changed the system’s energy display and measurement units.
• Chen Yuan began optimizing the Fetal Breath cultivation method, spent more Origin Energy to reduce its completion time to three months, and also optimized the Soul-Shocking Cauldron and Thousand Wind Secret Canon.
• Chen Yuan entered seclusion to study the Law of Time using Shang Hou’s insights, and more than two months passed.
• With three days left until the Ganwu Branch assessment, Shi Lan tested Chen Yuan at the Training Ground and was astonished by his law comprehension, especially his understanding of the Law of Time.
• Chen Yuan checked his panel and saw that his Wind comprehension was 42.3% and his Time comprehension was 9.17%.

Chen Yuan’s rapid progress in the Laws and Force Exertion impressed Shi Lan, who warned him to hide enough of his talent to avoid Alien Races while still placing first in the upcoming assessment. Shi Lan explained that first place would let Chen Yuan directly challenge a Seed-level genius in the Ganwu Branch, and the assessment began three days later.

• Shi Lan praised Chen Yuan’s recent progress in the Laws, and Chen Yuan explained that Shang Hou’s insights had helped him advance in the Law of Time.
• Shi Lan acknowledged that he could no longer guide Chen Yuan much further, while Chen Yuan thanked him for helping improve his Law comprehension and Force Exertion through Retrospection.
• Shi Lan warned Chen Yuan that revealing his full strength could attract assassination attempts from Alien Races, and Chen Yuan agreed to control his performance.
• Shi Lan explained that the assessment’s first-place winner could directly challenge a Ganwu Branch Seed-level genius, and advised Chen Yuan to balance caution with a strong showing.
• Three days later, the Ganwu Branch Assessment officially began.

Chen Yuan entered the Ganwu Branch promotion assessment, where the preliminary round used a Trial Space format with points and time limits. He advanced to the seventh floor of the fourth Trial Tower while keeping a carefully controlled lead, then deliberately ended his run and returned to cultivating.

• Chen Yuan teleported to the assessment plaza with the other 99,999 participants and learned that the preliminary round would take place in the Trial Space.
• The Blood-Robed Immortal announced the rules, giving the trainees three minutes to review them before the assessment began.
• Chen Yuan entered the Trial Space with a second-tier force weapon and battle armor, then rapidly cleared the first three Trial Towers.
• He monitored the second-place contestant and slowed his progress to maintain a lead of roughly two floors.
• After the second-place contestant remained far behind, Chen Yuan cleared the third Trial Tower and reached the seventh floor of the fourth.
• Chen Yuan judged his lead sufficient, killed himself to leave the Trial Space, and returned to cultivation.

After optimizing and cultivating the Fetal Breath Method, Chen Yuan advanced to the main competition and defeated Carlo to enter the Ganwu Branch. He received instructions to report there within one year.

• Chen Yuan reviewed the optimized Fetal Breath Method, which strengthened his Spiritual Force, Holy Embryo, and Will, and let him briefly send his consciousness into Origin Land once a month.
• Chen Yuan began cultivating the Fetal Breath Realm, and more than a month passed before the preliminary competition ended.
• Chen Yuan entered the Assessment Space ranked first among the thousand remaining participants, with 67,770,000 points.
• The Blood-Robed Immortal announced that the top thousand preliminary contestants would face the Ganwu Branch's bottom thousand in one-on-one battles, and Chen Yuan was assigned Carlo.
• Carlo used his Domain and kept his distance, but Chen Yuan's nine-layer Domain overwhelmed him, and Chen Yuan killed him with a sword strike.
• Chen Yuan received confirmation that he had become a Ganwu Branch trainee and was told to report within one year.

Chen Yuan and the other 999 successful contestants advanced to the Ganwu Branch, where ten selected geniuses competed in a Round-Robin Battle. Chen Yuan won all nine matches with one move each and finished first as the Promotion Assessment ended.

• Chen Yuan waited in the plaza as the contestants returned, and Hai Wei greeted him after winning his Arena Battle duel.
• The Blood-Robed Immortal announced that the 1,000 qualifiers would advance and selected Chen Yuan, Hai Wei, and eight others for the Round-Robin Battle.
• Chen Yuan defeated Hai Wei in one move despite using a second-tier weapon, shocking the spectators.
• Chen Yuan won all eight of his remaining matches with a single move each.
• The final rankings placed Chen Yuan first with nine victories, Hai Wei second with eight, and Gu Mo third with seven, ending the Promotion Assessment.

After the Promotion Assessment, Chen Yuan used his new Ganwu Branch access to buy a time secret technique and supplies he planned to optimize for profit. He then collected the Nutrient Solution and departed Purple Glow Star aboard his teacher’s spacecraft without an escort.

• The Blood-Robed Immortal concluded the assessment, confirmed Chen Yuan could challenge a Seed-level genius within three years, and sent the participants back to Purple Glow Peak.
• Chen Yuan learned about his new Ganwu Branch permissions and purchased the Backflow secret technique for 10,000 points.
• Chen Yuan decided to buy Nutrient Solution to optimize and resell, then ordered 20,000 tons through the Black Dragon Mountain Branch.
• Si Kun delivered the Nutrient Solution and asked whether Chen Yuan needed an escort to the Ganwu Branch, but Chen Yuan declined because his teacher had provided a Grade E spacecraft.
• Chen Yuan boarded the disguised Origin Beginning Palace and departed Purple Glow Star.

Chen Yuan optimized the Nutrient Solution while traveling to the Ganwu Branch, then used his challenge qualification to face Nuolan Carley, the number one Seed. Chen Yuan defeated him with the Law of Time Acceleration and claimed first place among the Seeds.

• Chen Yuan learned that the system could optimize up to 3,000 tons of Nutrient Solution at once and shortened the optimization time to 7.5 days by spending Origin Energy.
• Chen Yuan used his Challenge Card to challenge the number one Seed, Nuolan Carley, despite the warning about his high ranking.
• Nuolan accepted the challenge and met Chen Yuan in the Virtual Universe arena, where they selected weapons and unleashed their Domains.
• Chen Yuan judged Nuolan's strength after exchanging hundreds of blows while concealing most of his own power.
• Chen Yuan used the Law of Time Acceleration to strike Nuolan from behind and won the challenge, becoming the number one Seed.

After defeating Nuolan, Chen Yuan claimed the top Seed position and drew the attention of both the branch’s geniuses and an assassination organization. He sold optimized Nutrient Solution to build his wealth, bought resources for the Nine Luminaries Body, and arrived at the Ganwu Branch headquarters.

• Nuolan told Ke Yan that Chen Yuan had defeated him and taken the number one Seed position, then blocked further calls and returned to seclusion.
• An informant reported Chen Yuan’s emergence to a covert team, whose leader added him to the Assassination List at No. 98.
• After eight days of Dark Universe travel, Chen Yuan sold 9,000 tons of Nutrient Solution to Cosmic Galaxy Bank on Blue Sea Planet for 9,000 Hunyuan Units.
• Chen Yuan stopped at two more planets, sold more optimized Nutrient Solution, and raised his wealth to 20,000 Hunyuan Units, upgrading his bank account to four-star status.
• Chen Yuan spent 6,900 Hunyuan Units on treasures for the seventh and eighth levels of the Nine Luminaries Body and, after a month of travel, reached the Ganwu Branch headquarters.

Chen Yuan settled into the Eternal Silence Wind Eye on Ganfeng Planet and cultivated in seclusion while secretly selling Nutrient Solution to build his wealth before the Core Layer assessment. With the assessment a month away, he stopped selling and found that he had accumulated more than 800,000 Hunyuan Units.

• Chen Yuan arrived at Lake Heart Island and discovered that the storm around his residence contained artificial Law secret patterns that could aid his comprehension of the Law of Wind.
• A Domain Lord delivered Chen Yuan's Nine Luminaries Body cultivation resources and explained that Chen Yuan had earned the title of Chief after defeating Nuolan.
• Chen Yuan decided to keep a low profile until the Core Layer assessment and devoted himself to cultivation while selling Nutrient Solution.
• Chen Yuan secretly traveled to Cosmic Galaxy Banks in a disguised Origin Beginning Palace to sell Nutrient Solution, keeping his movements hidden from outsiders.
• Nearly two years later, Chen Yuan returned to Ganfeng Planet and learned that the Core Layer assessment was one month away.
• Chen Yuan paused his sales and checked his Cosmic Galaxy Bank account, which held more than 800,000 Hunyuan Units.

Over two years, Chen Yuan greatly advanced his laws and secret techniques, reaching strength sufficient to pass the fifth floor of the Heavenly Bridge. After reflecting on the system’s role and his own effort, he strengthened his Dao heart and unexpectedly improved his Fetal Breath Method.

• Chen Yuan raised his Law of Wind comprehension to 51% and his Law of Time comprehension to 12%, while his force output reached the hundredfold limit.
• Chen Yuan advanced the Nine Luminaries Body to 82% of the seventh level, the Soul-Shocking Cauldron to the Four-Cauldron Realm, and Backflow to 18% of the fourth level, bringing his Time Acceleration above tenfold.
• Chen Yuan judged that his current strength could pass the first five floors of the Heavenly Bridge and compared his progress with Luo Feng’s generation of geniuses in Chaos City.
• Chen Yuan reflected that his progress came from both the Optimization System and his own effort, and concluded he could still reach great heights without the system.
• Chen Yuan’s renewed confidence strengthened the Holy Embryo and raised his Fetal Breath Method from 7.85% to 12.67% of entry level.

Chen Yuan prepared for the dangers of future missions by planning to optimize his defensive palace and battle suit after entering the Core Layer. When the advancement assessment began, he arrived at Purple Crystal Island and joined the other Seed-level geniuses, where an Immortal appeared after all one hundred had assembled.

• Chen Yuan reviewed his plans to strengthen the Origin Beginning Palace and Heavenly Radiance Battle Suit, and hoped to obtain Yan God Race Soldier Armor fragments and a Clone secret technique after advancing.
• After quietly cultivating for a month, Chen Yuan received the Virtual Universe notification for the Core Layer assessment on June 10, 2085.
• Chen Yuan used the teleportation button to reach Purple Crystal Island and followed an attendant to the assembly hall.
• Chen Yuan reunited with Nuolan, who said her progress over the past two years had been negligible, and they discussed the assessment and entering the Core Layer.
• All one hundred Seed-level geniuses gathered in the hall, and an Immortal's pressure silenced them as a young girl entered.

Chen Yuan and the Ganwu Branch geniuses arrived at the Core Layer assessment site, where the Black Annihilation Marquis explained the Battle Royale selection and her rule against killing fellow branch members. She asked Chen Yuan and Nuolan to help three other Ganwu contestants qualify so she could earn enough contribution value for a rare treasure, and both agreed to help.

• The Black Annihilation Marquis led the Ganwu Branch contestants to Building 0167 and assigned them rooms according to their branch rankings, with Chen Yuan receiving room 1 and Nuolan room 2.
• The Black Annihilation Marquis explained that the assessment would have four Battle Royale rounds, each eliminating ninety percent of contestants, and said contestants could not kill others from the Ganwu Branch.
• Chen Yuan and Nuolan dismissed concerns about opponents teaming up, while the Black Annihilation Marquis reprimanded Kajier for questioning whether that possibility was fair.
• After the other contestants left, the Black Annihilation Marquis explained that she needed five Ganwu Branch members to qualify to earn enough contribution value for a rare company treasure.
• Nuolan agreed to help two contestants advance, and Chen Yuan agreed to help one more in exchange for a request worth up to ten thousand Hunyuan Units.

Chen Yuan passed the Promotion Assessment’s Battle Royale trial by waiting until the shrinking Assessment Space brought other participants within reach, then swiftly eliminating groups with his overwhelming strength. After the assessment ended, he returned to the lobby and noticed the Black-Veiled Girl looked displeased.

• Chen Yuan and Nuolan exchanged good-luck wishes before teleporting into separate assessment spaces.
• Chen Yuan used his Mind Domain to locate every participant but chose to cultivate instead of revealing his sensing ability.
• After twenty days, Chen Yuan moved to the city’s central region and ambushed teams, eliminating their members in rapid succession.
• Chen Yuan wiped out the groups in the city until 100 participants remained, ending the round and advancing with the other survivors.
• Chen Yuan left a strand of consciousness in the Assessment Plaza and cultivated while the remaining spaces completed their trials.
• Five days later, Chen Yuan arrived at Building 0167’s lobby and noticed that the Black-Veiled Girl seemed displeased.