Chapter Summaries

Sovereign Noah ordered Ethan to stop investigating Tiel’s death, but Ethan resolved to continue despite the warning. After Lei Kuang reported that Xu Jingming had mastered the Lightning Law and was likely Blood Kill, the Star Torch Sovereign reviewed Xu Jingming’s record and decided to visit him personally.

• Sovereign Noah told Ethan to end his investigation into Tiel’s death and offered him a Life Fruit, but Ethan refused the compensation and left.
• Ethan decided to continue investigating because he believed Noah was shielding the person who killed Tiel.
• After Xu Jingming killed him, Lei Kuang realized Xu Jingming had comprehended the Lightning Law and reported that he might be Blood Kill to his Eternal God teacher.
• Lei Kuang’s teacher reported the news to the Star Torch Sovereign, who reviewed Xu Jingming’s history and was astonished by his achievements at age twenty-four.
• The Star Torch Sovereign decided to travel to the Noah Empire and meet Xu Jingming in person.

Xu Jingming dominated the final day of the preliminary round, killing the top contestants in the 65th Competition Zone and finishing in first place for the Noah Empire. He returned to reality to celebrate with Ye Lan, Yuli, and the others, while preparing for the arena matches.

• When the final day began, the Competition Zone shrank and revealed the locations of the top one hundred contestants, letting Xu Jingming hunt them at greatly increased speed.
• Xu Jingming killed the contestants he found, causing the leaders' points and rankings to fluctuate as he climbed further ahead.
• Xu Jingming recognized Steve as the second-place contestant, revealed that he was Blood Kill, and killed him with the T7-grade Lightning Punishment Technique.
• The preliminary round ended with Xu Jingming in first place, earning a direct spot representing the Star Torch Empire in the arena matches while the other top one thousand advanced to the arena round.
• Spectators praised Xu Jingming's achievement, and people from the Noah Empire celebrated their champion's success.
• Xu Jingming returned to his villa, where Ye Lan, Lu Yunji, Yuli, and the others congratulated him as he said the real challenge was still ahead.

After Xu Jingming won first place in his division, the Noah Empire offered him and his companions extraordinary benefits to build ties with him. He agreed that they should accept, and the chapter ended with the Noah Sovereign arriving personally at their residential district.

• Ye Lan told Xu Jingming that Star Tier and Cosmic Level experts had been lingering near their villa, while Su Qingli said property prices nearby had soared because people wanted to get close to him.
• Ling Shuang and Su Qingli revealed that the Sovereign had transferred them into the Noah Sacred Land as Level 1 Geniuses, with Eternal God mentors promising Law Seed imprints.
• Loli Eva explained that Xu Jingming's victory and defeat of Division 65's top hundred had made him valuable to the Noah Empire and could help him gain the attention of the Star Torch Empire.
• Ling Shuang and the other women asked Xu Jingming whether they should accept the Sovereign's offer, and he told them to take the benefits.
• The Noah Sovereign appeared above the Cloudsea Residential District, startling its residents by coming in person to see Xu Jingming.

Noah Sovereign honored Xu Jingming as the Noah Empire’s Pillar of the Nation Prodigy and warned him that Tiel’s grandfather, Ethan, was investigating Tiel’s death. Ethan then confronted Noah and demanded that Xu Jingming be handed over, invoking the name of Dominator Beto.

• Noah Sovereign awarded Xu Jingming a title with benefits equal to those of a Cosmic Level Expert and publicly praised his achievements.
• Noah privately apologized over Tiel and assured Xu Jingming that he would not be punished, while warning that Ethan had arrived to investigate Tiel’s death.
• Xu Jingming thanked Noah for protecting him and explained that Tiel had previously hired someone to kill him.
• Ethan arrived before Noah and Xu Jingming, accused Noah of shielding Tiel’s murderer, and demanded that Xu Jingming be handed over.
• When Noah challenged him, Ethan said he would involve Lord Beto, leaving Noah questioning what connection Ethan had to the Dominator.

Ethan demanded that Noah Sovereign hand over Xu Jingming for killing his grandson Tiel, threatening to summon the Dominator Beto. Noah Sovereign refused, and Ethan revealed that Beto was already in Noah Empire territory before crushing the Blood Oath Crystal.

• Ethan claimed that he and Beto were longtime friends and threatened to summon him unless Noah surrendered Xu Jingming.
• Lu Wen and Niki warned Xu Jingming to flee with Ye Lan and the others if Ethan called Beto, while Xu Jingming asked Eva to contact Charlie and offer to join the Abyss Arena.
• Noah Sovereign displayed Xu Jingming's Genius Battle results, showing that his score was seven times the runner-up's, but Ethan remained intent on revenge.
• Noah Sovereign refused to hand over Xu Jingming, saying the empire could not surrender a once-in-tens-of-millions-of-years prodigy.
• Ethan said Beto was already within Noah Empire territory, then crushed the Blood Oath Crystal.

Ethan summoned Beto, a Dominator Tier powerhouse, to capture Xu Jingming, who was helpless against Beto’s control of the laws. Just as Beto reached for him, the Star Torch Sovereign arrived in person with three peak Eternal Tier powerhouses and stopped him.

• Ethan crushed the Blood Oath Crystal, and Beto descended through a spatial rift onto the Noah Empire’s Imperial Capital Star.
• Beto’s presence injured Xu Jingming with a glance, then imprisoned him by altering the laws around him.
• Lu Wen and the Noah Sovereign tried to intervene, but Beto repelled and injured them while Niki attempted to open a portal.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that the Abyss Arena had sent video verification, but Beto reached for him before Xu Jingming could play it.
• The Star Torch Sovereign arrived with three peak Eternal Tier powerhouses and restored the laws Beto had suppressed.

Star Torch Sovereign arrived at the Noah Empire and stopped Ethan and Beto from pursuing Xu Jingming, declaring that he valued the young cultivator. He revealed that Xu Jingming had comprehended the Lightning Law, placed him under the Star Torch Empire’s protection, and asked to speak with him privately.

• Star Torch Sovereign rebuked Beto for attacking Xu Jingming and ruled that Tiel had died in self-defense.
• Star Torch Sovereign warned Ethan not to target Xu Jingming, his family, or his home again, and Ethan and Beto departed.
• Star Torch Sovereign praised Xu Jingming for comprehending the Lightning Law and earning the Abyssal King rank by defeating the Elf Race’s Princess.
• Star Torch Sovereign told Noah Sovereign that the Star Torch Empire would protect Xu Jingming, and Noah pledged the Noah Empire’s cooperation.
• Xu Jingming accepted Star Torch Sovereign’s invitation to talk and led him away.

After learning Xu Jingming had reached the Star Brilliance Tier in the Lightning Law and become an Abyssal King, the Star Torch Sovereign personally offered to take him as a student. Xu Jingming postponed his answer until after the Genius Battle, leaving the Sovereign’s offer open as he aimed for the Eternal Star Alliance’s core training.

• Noah Sovereign, Lu Wen, and Niki realized Xu Jingming was the newly risen Abyssal King and ordered the empire’s highest protection for his family and hometown.
• The Star Torch Sovereign invited Xu Jingming to become his student and promised resources that could help him reach the Eternal Tier within ten thousand years.
• Xu Jingming thanked the Sovereign but chose to decide after the Genius Battle, hoping to qualify for the Eternal Star Alliance’s core training.
• The Star Torch Sovereign gave Xu Jingming a token for contacting him and promised information about rival prodigies before departing.
• Ye Lan, Ling Shuang, Song Qiuyun, Yuli, and Eva reacted to the Sovereign’s immense presence, while Xu Jingming reaffirmed that he would choose after the competition.

Xu Jingming learned that Roy Rael, a Star Brilliance Tier genius who had mastered both Gold and Destruction Laws, was his most dangerous rival in the Genius Battle. Unable to gather enough Origin Points to raise his Destruction Domain before the next stage, he decided to spend the coming month with Ye Lan and the others instead.

• Xu Jingming told the Abyss Arena not to send a Dominator Tier combatant and reviewed the other Universe Realms' talented contestants with Eva.
• Eva identified Roy Rael as the only contestant who posed a serious threat, and Xu Jingming watched footage of Roy destroying a small city with his sword.
• Xu Jingming calculated that raising his Destruction Domain to the Destruction Law would require six million Origin Points, far more than the 2.146 million he had.
• Ye Lan, Lu Yunji, Ling Shuang, Su Qingli, and the other women reassured Xu Jingming and reminded him that his achievements already exceeded their expectations.
• Xu Jingming acknowledged how little time he had spent with the women and decided to devote the coming month to accompanying them.

Xu Jingming spent a month with his family and perfected his Destruction Domain and combat skills using Origin Points while the Cosmic Genius War’s preliminary battles concluded. As the second stage began, he left for the gathering place determined to take first place overall.

• Xu Jingming skipped the preliminary battles’ next round as his zone’s top contestant and disabled communications to keep factions from interrupting his time with Ye Lan and the other women.
• Xu Jingming spent 1,100,000 Origin Points perfecting his Destruction Domain and used most of the rest to perfect his combat skills, then considered how his abilities compared with Roy’s.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva about her delayed Sacred Healing Pill, and she said it would likely arrive in another month.
• The Star Torch Empire’s preliminary matches ended, with Xu Jingming the only contestant from the Noah Empire to advance; after five days of rest, the Genius Battle’s second stage began.
• Ye Lan, the other women, and Xu Jingming’s children wished him luck, and Xu Jingming left for the gathering place, aiming to rank first in the Cosmic Human Race.

Xu Jingming joined the Star Torch Empire’s prodigies in the Virtual Universe and learned about the Dominator Rank after Lord Demon Blade arrived. The chapter ended with Xu Jingming confident that the Deep Blue System could help him reach any rank if he gathered enough origin points.

• Xu Jingming arrived at the plaza, where the gathered prodigies recognized him as the 65th Competition Zone winner and Abyssal King Blood Kill.
• Steve and other contestants greeted Xu Jingming warmly and explained that Steve had been the runner-up he defeated.
• Lord Demon Blade appeared through a Space Rift, and Steve identified him as the Star Torch Empire’s second-strongest Dominator Rank expert.
• Steve explained that Dominators were divided into Initial Tribulation, Immortal, and Supreme ranks, and that Beto was only an Initial Tribulation Dominator.
• Steve warned Xu Jingming that even reaching the Eternal Tier was extraordinarily difficult, while Xu Jingming reflected that the Deep Blue System could take him further if he acquired enough origin points.

Lord Demon Blade announced a major reward for Xu Jingming if he reached the top five hundred, then led the Star Torch Empire’s geniuses to the second stage of the Cosmic Human Race Genius Battle. An Eternal Star Alliance presider explained that a brutal mass arena would eliminate nearly everyone, leaving only one survivor from each arena to compete for the final rankings.

• Lord Demon Blade promised Xu Jingming an A9 spacecraft and five hundred Life Planets if he placed in the top five hundred overall, and Xu Jingming vowed to defend the Star Torch Empire’s honor.
• Demon Blade led the Star Torch Empire’s thousand geniuses to a continent where teams from the High-level Cosmic Nations gathered, and other geniuses recognized Xu Jingming as Blood Kill, the Abyssal King.
• Xu Jingming surveyed the assembled competitors and felt eager to face opponents at his own level.
• A green-robed Eternal Star Alliance representative announced that 10.8 million geniuses would fight across one hundred chaotic arenas, with only the final survivor from each arena advancing to one-on-one battles.
• The representative stated that each arena’s final hundred survivors would be recruited, its final ten would receive core training, and everyone else would be eliminated.

The contestants prepared for the second stage, a chaotic arena battle in which their real physiques and Mental Strength would determine their abilities. Moon Shadow confronted Xu Jingming and confirmed that he was Blood Kill, then asked if he was really only twenty-five.

• The imposing figure announced that the contestants would be divided among one hundred arenas and could use their real physiques and Mental Strength in the second stage.
• Demon Blade assigned rooms and told the contestants the competition would begin in an hour, prompting them to form teams for the melee.
• Steve invited Xu Jingming to join the Star Torch Empire’s alliance, but Xu Jingming refused, confident in his strength.
• Moon Shadow arrived and told Xu Jingming she recognized him as Blood Kill, then asked whether he was truly only twenty-five years old.

Xu Jingming learned that Moon Shadow still expected to defeat him, then joined the contestants as the second stage of the Eternal Star Alliance Genius Battle began. The first arena melee placed him in a desert with 108,000 contestants as a thirty-second countdown began.

• Moon Shadow challenged Xu Jingming to advance and meet her in the arena, while Xu Jingming remained confident he could defeat her again.
• Steve explained that Moon Shadow was proud and eager to reclaim her honor after losing to Xu Jingming.
• The second stage began, and spectators from 10,800 High-level Cosmic Nations filled the stands as the contestants gathered.
• The organizers announced that the 10.8 million contestants would compete in 100 arena melees, with only each arena's last survivor advancing.
• Xu Jingming was randomly assigned to the first arena, where 108,000 contestants appeared in a desert as the barrier countdown started.

Xu Jingming entered the first-round desert arena and discovered that three other contestants had also comprehended Laws. When the chaotic battle began, a thousand nearby contestants targeted him, but Xu Jingming's lightning instantly killed their first attacker and swept through hundreds more.

• Xu Jingming checked that his strength, Lightning Law, and Destruction Domain were intact while he waited for the arena countdown to end.
• Spectators identified Badley, Molin, and Garr as three other Law comprehenders in Xu Jingming's arena, and Dominators discussed his odds and wagered on his ranking.
• The countdown ended, releasing more than a hundred thousand contestants into a chaotic battle where only the last survivor would advance.
• A thousand nearby contestants recognized Xu Jingming and united against him, while a young man with perfected Azure Wind and Gold Domains charged first.
• Xu Jingming struck with Haotian Divine Lightning, pierced and obliterated the young attacker, and killed hundreds of contestants in its path.

Xu Jingming used the Lightning Law to massacre the contestants in the desert arena, while three other Law-wielding fighters cleared the remaining contestants in separate zones. After the last ordinary contestant fell, Badley gave Molin two choices: ally with Xu Jingming against him and Gal, or join them to eliminate Xu Jingming.

• Xu Jingming unleashed golden lightning that killed more than a thousand fleeing contestants and continued his massacre with the Thunder Dragon Technique.
• Spectators, including those from the Star Torch Empire, watched Xu Jingming dominate the arena and celebrated his strength.
• Badley, Molin, and Gal each slaughtered contestants in their own parts of the arena while avoiding a fight with one another.
• After Gal killed the final ordinary contestant, the four Law wielders faced off, and Badley forced Molin to choose between joining Xu Jingming or joining him and Gal.

Molin joined Badley and Garr in targeting Xu Jingming, but his perfected Destruction Domain and Thunder Abyss Sun Eater Dharma Form True Body overwhelmed their opening attacks. The three opponents revealed their own Dharma Forms and surrounded him, leaving the battle poised for a clash between four enormous forms.

• Molin chose to help Badley and Garr eliminate Xu Jingming first, while Badley said he wanted revenge for Moon Shadow.
• Badley, Garr, and Molin attacked Xu Jingming together with stone spikes, a rain of swords, and twin daggers.
• Xu Jingming summoned his Thunder Abyss Sun Eater Dharma Form True Body, shattering their attacks and sending all three opponents flying.
• Garr recognized that Xu Jingming's Destruction Domain had reached perfection, but Badley urged the others to use their Dharma Forms.
• Badley, Garr, and Molin revealed their Dharma Forms and surrounded Xu Jingming as the arena filled with turbulent Law energy.

Xu Jingming attacked Badley, Garr, and Molin after judging their Laws and Domains inferior to his own, then used his perfected Thunderstorm Technique and lightning-fast spear strikes to kill all three. The arena fell silent after his overwhelming victory.

• Xu Jingming assessed the three opponents’ abilities and charged at them despite being outnumbered.
• Badley, Garr, and Molin launched their strongest attacks together, but Xu Jingming countered with his perfected Thunderstorm Technique.
• Xu Jingming’s Golden Lightning shattered all three Dharma Forms and revealed his perfected mastery of the T6 combat skill.
• Xu Jingming instantly killed Molin with a spear strike and declared her the first casualty.
• Xu Jingming killed Badley in less than 0.3 seconds, then pierced Garr through his collapsing blade storm.
• The audience fell into dead silence after all three Law experts were killed.

Xu Jingming overwhelmed Badley, Molin, and Garr with his perfected Thunderstorm Technique to win the arena melee and advance to the one-on-one matches. His victory stunned the spectators and contestants, while Moon Shadow resolved to face him despite his strength.

• Xu Jingming used his perfected Thunderstorm Technique to defeat Badley, Molin, and Garr and take first place in the arena melee.
• The Genius Battle announced that Xu Jingming had advanced to the one-on-one arena matches, and the Star Torch Empire’s spectators celebrated his victory.
• Spectators and Dominator Tier experts learned that Xu Jingming had perfected a T6 Level Combat Skill at age twenty-five and praised his extraordinary comprehension.
• Moon Shadow reconsidered her chances against Xu Jingming but resolved to rely on her perfected Life Domain and enhanced elven bloodline.
• Xu Jingming reflected on the power of his Thunderstorm Technique and left the arena competition zone.

Xu Jingming watched the Cosmic Human Race Genius Battle and saw Roy annihilate more than a hundred thousand opponents with one sword. Roy’s terrifying Destruction Law left Xu Jingming wary, but he remained determined to face him.

• Xu Jingming observed the arena matches and noted how many contestants had comprehended Laws, though he believed few could threaten him besides Roy.
• Roy entered the forty-second match to thunderous cheers, and Ye Lan told Xu Jingming that Roy was widely considered unbeatable.
• Three Law experts led a charge against Roy, but he dismissed them as ants and unleashed a single sword strike.
• Roy’s attack destroyed every contestant in the arena, including the three Law experts, astonishing the audience and the Sovereigns.
• Xu Jingming admitted that Roy’s Destruction Law was powerful, reassured Ye Lan, and said he would not be easily defeated.