Chapter Summaries

Lin Chenxing and his brothers learned about the Peak Genius Tournament and discussed their chances in the competition. They decided that Blue Star’s new Stellar Level fighters should participate too.

• Lin Chenxing received a message from his second brother and realized it was time for the Genius Tournament.
• Thunder God gathered the six brothers and showed them the tournament announcement and its rewards.
• The brothers discussed the strength of the competition and assessed their prospects, including Lin Chenxing’s ninth-level domain and lack of law comprehension.
• Hong asked whether to notify Blue Star’s three new Stellar Level One fighters, and Lin Chenxing agreed that Jia Yi, Sokolov, and Xi Qing should compete.

Lin Chenxing and the other Blue Star contestants registered for Ganwu Universe Country’s Genius Tournament, then entered their assigned World Zones for the Preliminary Elimination. In World Area 52, Lin Chenxing hid from the early fighting, seized an opening to reach a garden, and earned seven points along the way.

• Lin Chenxing and eight others from Blue Star registered for the tournament, which drew more than 822.5 billion participants from Ganwu Universe Country.
• The contestants learned that their physical abilities would be equalized and that the Preliminary Elimination would narrow the field to 100,100 survivors.
• Hong, Thunder God, Mohanderson, Lin Chenxing, East, Luo Feng, Jia Yi, Sokolov, and Xi Qing announced their assigned World Zones before teleporting into the competition.
• Lin Chenxing appeared in a city building in World Area 52, stayed hidden while fighters battled nearby, and waited for an opportunity to leave.
• When Blade Soul drew the city's fighters into his challenge, Lin Chenxing slipped toward a garden, collected plants, and gained seven points by killing three opponents.

Lin Chenxing, known as Demon Vine, used his vines to hunt powerful fighters during the Preliminary Elimination. After killing thirteen Martial Artists who attacked him, he rose to rank 3688, while an unseen observer watched from a nearby building.

• On the eighth day, Lin Chenxing ignored a man trapped in his vines and checked his points and rank.
• Lin Chenxing directed his vines toward areas with powerful opponents as his territory emptied and his reputation as Demon Vine spread.
• Thirteen Martial Artists ambushed Lin Chenxing among the high-rises, but his layered vines stopped their attacks.
• Lin Chenxing revealed his ninth-level domain and bound all thirteen attackers, who then broke through his domain and attacked again.
• Lin Chenxing drew a branch-like spear and unleashed a flower-filled illusion that killed the thirteen Martial Artists.
• Lin Chenxing's points rose to 81374 and his rank improved to 3688, while an unseen person watched from a nearby building with a flickering flame in their eyes.

Lin Chenxing and the other top fighters in the city confronted the newcomer Lan Ming, whose mastery of water and bow overwhelmed them. After killing Prisoner and repelling Aurora, Lan Ming broke through Lin Chenxing's defenses, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lin Yi, Lin Jun, and Xi Qing watched as Lin Chenxing climbed into the top three thousand in the rankings.
• On day 17, Lin Chenxing called out Red Demon, Prisoner, and Aurora, and Red Demon revealed that Lan Ming had challenged the city's strongest fighters.
• Lan Ming blocked attacks from Lin Chenxing, Aurora, and Prisoner, then fired a powerful arrow that killed Prisoner.
• Lan Ming's blades cut through Lin Chenxing's vine defenses, but Lin Chenxing stopped them with leaves from his spear.
• Aurora unleashed her invisible sword attack, but Lan Ming parried her and sent her retreating from the fight.

Lan Ming killed Lin Chenxing in the final clash, ending Lin Chenxing’s run in the competition and dropping his score and rank. Back with his friends, Lin Chenxing watched the standings as the contest continued, while his final rank settled at 1053.

• Red Demon interrupted Lan Ming’s attack on Lin Chenxing, then retreated when Lan Ming turned toward Lin Chenxing again.
• Lin Chenxing expanded and concentrated his Domain, charged Lan Ming, and raised a vine shield, but Lan Ming’s arrow pierced the shield and killed him.
• Lin Chenxing returned with Xi Qing and checked the rankings, seeing Lan Ming at rank eight and learning that Mohanderson remained in the competition.
• Lin Chenxing reflected that Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God could bring more attention to the Blue Star Lineage, while its secrets were better kept hidden.
• At the end of the thirtieth day, Lin Chenxing’s rank settled at 1053.

After the Arena Melee and early elimination matches, Luo Feng advanced while Hong entered the Reincarnation Battle, and Lin Chenxing resumed studying the Law of Wood. A year later, his investigation of the law revealed a strange energy-draining blind spot at Mars’s northernmost pole.

• Lin Chenxing congratulated Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, and Mohanderson on their preliminary results, while Mohanderson explained how he had broken through to the Fifth-Level Domain and placed 998th.
• Black Dragon Mountain Empire envoys offered rewards for the Blue Star Lineage’s top performers, including galaxies for Luo Feng and Hong or Thunder God and a sacred-land disciple place every five hundred years.
• Luo Feng and Hong reached the Arena Melee’s top ten, but Thunder God and Mohanderson were eliminated before then.
• Luo Feng defeated Savage Rong Jun in his fourth match, while Hong lost his third match and entered the Reincarnation Battle.
• Lin Chenxing left the Virtual Universe to study the Law of Wood through his Domain’s connection to the planet’s plants.
• One year into the Reincarnation Battle, Lin Chenxing noticed that his Domain’s energy kept draining into a blind spot at Mars’s northernmost pole.

Lin Chenxing cleansed his domain beside the black hole, which formed into a portal that drew him into a small secret realm. As his domain’s energy shaped the realm and brought forth a Giant Bamboo, the Blue Star Lineage gathered outside and entered to find him.

• Lin Chenxing used the black hole to cleanse his domain until it stopped absorbing energy and formed a ring-shaped portal.
• Lin Chenxing touched the portal’s rippling surface and was pulled into a small space filled with energy from his domain.
• Lin Chenxing watched the energy form land, sky, and gravity, then saw a Giant Bamboo and countless smaller bamboos grow.
• The Blue Star Lineage gathered at the portal on Mars and learned that Lin Chenxing’s clones knew only that he was alive.
• Luo Feng identified the portal as an entrance to a secret realm, and Mohanderson and Hong led the others inside.

Lin Chenxing’s group explored a secret region shaped by his bamboo-focused domain, and he decided to use it as a laboratory for improving Spirit Bamboo. After Hong lost the Reincarnation Battle, Army Lord Luo offered to take him as a disciple, and Lin Chenxing asked whether one Origin of Laws could give rise to another.

• Lin Chenxing explained that the secret region’s bamboo plants and structure had formed from the wills in his domain, and he proposed using the region to experiment with Spirit Bamboo.
• Hong agreed that the secret region should belong to Lin Chenxing, and the group surveyed it before sealing its entrance behind a tower.
• The Blue Star Lineage discovered that only Planetary Level and higher could enter the secret region, while Luo Feng remained its sole contender to advance to the final battle.
• Ming Yu brought General Jiang Tianchen and Army Lord Luo to meet Hong, and Luo offered to take Hong as his disciple for a twenty-thousand-year journey through the universe.
• Hong accepted Luo’s offer and asked him to explain Lin Chenxing’s discovery; Lin Chenxing asked whether one Origin of Laws could give rise to another, and Jiang Tianchen said laws could not do so.

Lin Chenxing learned from Luo how one Origin of Laws might give rise to others, then studied the process in the Thousand Bamboo Realm while Blue Star opened limited contact with other planets. Meanwhile, Luo Feng reached the Nine Line Flow and placed second in the Trial Tower eliminations, becoming the most revered hero of the Blue Star Lineage.

• Lin Chenxing described the fleeting streams of colored air he had witnessed, and Luo theorized that recombining similar essences could let one Origin of Laws derive others.
• Luo postponed his journey by a month after gaining new insight, while Lin Chenxing returned to the Thousand Bamboo Realm and began observing its expansion and forming matter.
• After Luo Feng received ownership of the Milky Way Galaxy, Lin Chenxing, Thunder God, and others allowed each Blue Star faction to send a few people to habitable planets while keeping the solar system as the Blue Star Lineage’s holy land.
• Luo Feng achieved the Nine Line Flow in the Trial Tower and placed second overall after killing 2,866 Nine-Headed Pythons on the sixth tower’s second level.
• The Blue Star Lineage celebrated Luo Feng, whose achievement made him its most revered hero.

Lin Chenxing studied other Origin Laws while Luo Feng prepared to leave for Virtual Universe Company Headquarters. Before departing, Luo Feng promised to help Blue Star grow stronger, and Lin Chenxing advised him to save his points for guidance and manuals at headquarters.

• After Hong departed on his travels, Lin Chenxing trained against Star Level fighters in the Killing Field to study their different laws.
• Luo Feng lost to Long Yun in the final arena tournament, leaving only Long Yun and Death God Bolan to enter the Primal Secret Region.
• Hong warned Luo Feng to survive and shoulder the responsibility of protecting the Blue Star Lineage, while the brothers shared plans to develop its fighters.
• Mohanderson and East planned to take qualified Star Level fighters on Universe Mercenary missions, while Thunder God volunteered to oversee the Training Base.
• As Luo Feng set off, Lin Chenxing advised him to save his points for the teachers and manuals at Virtual Universe Company Headquarters, including Floating Blood.

Two years after Luo Feng left, Lin Chenxing, Thunder God, East, and Mohanderson devised a Dojo system to restore competition and improve talent training in the Blue Star Lineage. The chapter laid out the Dojo requirements, tournaments, and recruitment rules that would govern the new system.

• Thunder God complained that most Training Base students ignored his lessons and lacked the motivation to train.
• Lin Chenxing and East argued that the students needed goals and competition, while Mohanderson suggested restoring the old system.
• After three days of discussion, Lin Chenxing, Thunder God, East, and Mohanderson agreed to establish Dojos within the Blue Star Lineage.
• The four brothers set rules for Dojo approval, required power levels, and disbandment deadlines.
• The four brothers created the Dojo Ranking Battle, Dojo Genius Battle, and Dojo Rookie Battle, with tournament rankings shaping recruitment and rewards.

The Blue Star Lineage established eight dojos on Mars and developed Lin Chenxing’s Three Realms Plan into a system for cultivating talent and training fighters. The chapter ended with the Human Realm on Blue Star, the Heaven Realm on Mars, and the Earthly Realm on Venus firmly established.

• The Blue Star Lineage opened eight dojos on Mars, including Xi Qing’s dojo for female disciples.
• The dojos sent disciples to teach children at Blue Star’s martial arts halls and undertake life-or-death trials on Venus.
• The Blue Star Council coordinated martial arts halls, while newly advanced Planetary Levels and talented researchers were guided to Mars for further training.
• Mars grew into the Heaven Realm, housing nearly ten million people and more than fifteen hundred Planetary Levels across formal and external dojo membership.
• Venus became the Earthly Realm, with three defensive perimeters assigning fighters to manage monsters and defining training grounds for different power levels.
• The Three Realms framework was completed and took hold throughout the Blue Star Lineage.

At the Heyang City Municipal Martial Arts Hall, He Meng finally accepted Jiang Zhicheng’s challenge after enduring repeated taunts. As both prepared for an after-class fight, their instructor watched to see whether He Meng would apply for independent study and knew teachers would intervene if the bout became dangerous.

• Jiang Zhicheng challenged He Meng, while other students mocked He Meng and urged him to fight.
• The chapter described how Jiang Zhicheng’s early breakthroughs and privileged training had eclipsed He Meng, whose parents had taught him to defend his pride honorably.
• After the students continued provoking him, He Meng told them to be quiet and agreed to fight Jiang Zhicheng after class.
• Jiang Zhicheng applied for independent study to prepare, while He Meng attended class as usual and left the instructor relieved but concerned.
• The instructor and other teachers allowed student conflicts to test combat ability but planned to stop any fight that risked death or disability.

Jiang Zhicheng and He Meng sparred in the Martial Arts Hall, where Jiang used his experience and balanced technique to exploit He Meng’s weaker left side. After Jiang landed a heavy shoulder strike and launched a powerful follow-up, He Meng charged straight at him with a reckless counter.

• He Meng grew annoyed by Jiang Zhicheng’s defensive patience and attacked first, but their opening exchange ended with both boys breaking free and assessing each other.
• Jiang Zhicheng targeted He Meng’s left side and struck his left shoulder with a forward-driving punch.
• Jiang Zhicheng pressed his advantage and launched a Double-Barreled Strike with both fists.
• He Meng decided not to block and charged toward Jiang Zhicheng as a vision of a shooting star shattering a meteor filled his mind.

He Meng and Jiang Zhicheng woke in the Martial Arts Hall infirmary after injuring each other in their spar, and Jiang Zhicheng named He Meng’s improvised technique Meteor Strike. Jiang Zhicheng proposed becoming friends and gathering talented allies, while He Meng remained unsure how to respond.

• Teachers caught He Meng and Jiang Zhicheng after their spar sent them flying, and the students were told to move along.
• He Meng woke in the infirmary and learned from Jiang Zhicheng that both of them had suffered painful arm and shoulder injuries.
• Jiang Zhicheng asked about He Meng’s improvised move, and after hearing its inspiration, called it Meteor Strike.
• He Meng asked why Jiang Zhicheng was helping him, and Jiang Zhicheng said He Meng had earned the right to be his friend.
• Jiang Zhicheng proposed teaming up and gathering talented allies, while He Meng reflected on Jiang Zhicheng’s upbringing and stayed silent.

He Meng recovered in the Martial Arts Hall infirmary while Jiang Zhicheng used his family connections to help him, then the story jumped five years ahead to a Martial Arts Hall Tour Tournament in Heyang. The Nanlin City team arrived for its sixth challenge, having lost only once in its first five matches.

• The doctor examined He Meng and Jiang Zhicheng, prescribed rest and treatment, and agreed to help He Meng obtain recovery supplies at Jiang Zhicheng's request.
• Jiang Zhicheng recovered quickly after taking a Bamboo Mountain specialty and left the infirmary, while He Meng prepared to advance to third-stage classes after his fourteenth birthday.
• Five years later, the Heyang City Martial Arts Hall welcomed the visiting Nanlin City team for the Martial Arts Hall Tour Tournament.
• The tournament rules awarded points for age-group matches, with the top ten halls in each region advancing to the Blue Star final and the top eight receiving Council resources.
• Nanlin City had drawn lot number one and arrived at its sixth stop in Heyang, having lost only once in its first five challenges.

He Meng’s team competed in the 17–19 age group, and Jiang Zhicheng defeated Nanlin’s Level 7 captain to secure Heyang Martial Arts Hall’s victory. The chapter ended with the referee declaring Heyang the winner.

• He Meng told the instructor that the opposing team posed little threat and planned to let his teammates gain experience before he or Jiang Zhicheng took the anchor position.
• Fu Jingpeng lost the opening bout but wore down his opponent, and Kang Yiwei won the next two bouts.
• He Meng sent Jiang Zhicheng to face Nanlin’s Level 7 captain, who had already spent much of his strength defeating Kang Yiwei.
• Jiang Zhicheng dodged the captain’s attack, unbalanced him, and stopped his fist just short of the fallen fighter’s head.
• The referee declared Heyang Martial Arts Hall the winner of the fourth age group.

Jiang Zhicheng improved his Artistic Conception Level movement technique while Nanlin Martial Arts Hall completed its matches and Heyang Martial Arts Hall prepared to travel to Hening Martial Arts Hall. The chapter ended with He Meng reminding his group to focus on the upcoming challenge.

• Old Qi and Liang Fei discussed Jiang Zhicheng's talent and his likely future training with Xingyan Dojo.
• Liang Fei encouraged his defeated students and warned them to prepare for Sky Blade Martial Arts Hall's visit in five days.
• Jiang Zhicheng practiced with He Meng and the others for three days, learning the basics of his movement technique and succeeding more than 95 percent of the time.
• Nanlin Martial Arts Hall won its five subsequent Tour Tournament matches, with Kang Yiwei and the other competitors handling most of the bouts.
• After the teams rested, Liang Fei led Heyang Martial Arts Hall toward Hening Martial Arts Hall, while the competitors reviewed footage and He Meng's group joked over snacks on the bus.
• He Meng reminded Jiang Zhicheng, Zhuang Xin, and Fu Jingpeng that Hening's team might be difficult and that they should prepare.

After the Tour Tournament, Heyang Martial Arts Hall qualified for the Blue Star finals and learned it would compete in Group 4. He Meng, Jiang Zhicheng, and Kang Yiwei prepared for the group match as Group 4 entered the arena and the contest began.

• Heyang Martial Arts Hall finished third in East Asia after Jiang Zhicheng reached Apprentice Level 7 and forced draws against Lingcheng Martial Arts Hall and Muge Martial Arts Hall.
• The top ten teams from each region gathered on the Pacific island for the Blue Star Martial Arts Hall Tournament, where 320 teams were divided into groups and competed for places in the Ranking Tournament.
• Heyang Martial Arts Hall drew number 37 and joined Group 4 alongside teams including Monte Martial Arts Hall, which had several Apprentice Level 7 fighters.
• He Meng warned that the other teams might cooperate against Heyang Martial Arts Hall, while Jiang Zhicheng worried about Kurt Rian and Kang Yiwei offered to enter the arena first.
• Group 3's match ended, and Group 4 entered the arena as the pressure lifted and its match began.

Kang Yiwei and the allied martial arts halls fought through a shifting melee, with several competitors eliminated and points awarded. After Kang Yiwei and a Qiubang competitor injured each other and left the ring, Jiang Zhicheng entered as the other halls prepared to target him.

• The Soto, Miya, and Kazi competitors joined the fight against Qiubang, Aojin, and Mona, and all four halls replaced their competitors after the exchange.
• Yongjia and Ha'er each lost a competitor to Kang Yiwei and Heyang, while the remaining halls formed shifting alliances and attacked one another.
• Kang Yiwei and the Yongjia competitor coordinated against the Monte competitor, but the other halls redirected their fight toward the East Asian pair.
• The Yongjia competitor eliminated Mona's last Level 6 competitor, and Kang Yiwei knocked out Kazi's Level 6 competitor before attacking Qiubang.
• Kang Yiwei and the Qiubang competitor struck each other and were removed by the referee, earning a point for each side.
• Jiang Zhicheng replaced Kang Yiwei, and the other competitors joined forces to try to eliminate him.