Chapter Summaries

The geniuses gathered on Xuanxing to search for the Void Venerable’s inheritance, while Tang Yuan and Yu Heng joined forces after discovering that the planet had changed. Jiang Shu realized that everyone else was searching in the wrong place: the inheritance lay with the true Xuanxing in the vast Cosmos, whose location only he knew.

• Qian Yuxue and Lu Ziyi arrived on Xuanxing, assessed the other geniuses, and reasoned that the inheritor was probably still on the planet.
• Tang Yuan shared an image of Xuanxing before it shrank and its Ninth Order Star Beasts vanished, and Yu Heng agreed to cooperate with him to find the hidden space.
• The assembled geniuses watched one another, while Zhong Jinghuan moved toward Tang Yuan to seek information.
• Jiang Shu analyzed the other geniuses and concluded they had misunderstood the Void Venerable’s words.
• Jiang Shu decided the inheritance was in the same sealed space as the true Xuanxing in the vast Cosmos, and that he alone knew where to find it.

The geniuses on Xuanxing searched for the Void Venerable’s Inheritance until two fighters exposed a sealed space inside the planet. As the Space Rift widened amid a chaotic battle, Zhong Jinghuan wounded Tang Yuan and challenged his trust in Yu Heng.

• The geniuses who remained on Xuanxing split up to search for the inheritance, while Jiang Shu concealed his identity and watched their methods.
• Two geniuses from Tianquan City clashed, and one announced that Xuanxing held a sealed space likely containing the inheritance.
• Yu Heng, Tang Yuan, Qian Yuxue, Lu Ziyi, and other geniuses rushed to the Space Rift and attacked it as rival fighters turned the search into a battle.
• The Space Rift widened under the attacks, while Tang Yuan and Yu Heng guarded it and Tang Yuan urged everyone to break it open first.
• Zhong Jinghuan shot Tang Yuan with an arrow, destroying his arm, then accused Yu Heng of letting the attack happen and charged toward the Space Rift.

Yu Heng, Tang Yuan, and Zhong Jinghuan led the geniuses in opening the Space Rift, while their allies maneuvered for a chance at the Void Venerable's Inheritance. Once everyone entered, they found only a small ocean world with no inheritance, and a few who recognized what the space might be hurried back out.

• Zhong Jinghuan attacked Tang Yuan with a Feather Arrow, but Yu Heng blocked it with his golden great bell.
• Zhong Jinghuan accused Yu Heng and Tang Yuan of monopolizing the entrance, and Yu Heng proposed that everyone open the rift and enter together.
• Qian Yuxue warned Lu Ziyi that the unknown person who had first activated the inheritance might have an advantage, while she and Lu Ziyi prepared to stay together.
• Yu Heng, Tang Yuan, Zhong Jinghuan, and the other geniuses expanded the Space Rift to thirty meters and rushed inside at once.
• The geniuses searched the small ocean realm and found no inheritance, prompting a few who recognized Xuanxing's former size to fly back out.

The geniuses searched Xuanxing for the Void Venerable's inheritance until Yu Heng discovered a hidden space and began breaking it open with Tang Yuan and Zhong Jinghuan protecting him. The chapter ended as the rift opened slightly and a thread of Xuan Xing Origin aura escaped.

• A Tuoba Family genius realized the inheritance could be hidden in another space and shared images of Xuanxing with Tuoba Yu.
• Jiang Shu joined Tuoba Yu's group, agreeing to help break open Space Rifts in exchange for the Tuoba Family's protection and support.
• The Six Great Factions searched and fought across Xuanxing, killing the Secret Realm's Ferocious Beasts and opening every space they found.
• After three days of searching, Yu Heng and Tang Yuan discovered an unusually concealed space, and Yu Heng asked Tang Yuan and Zhong Jinghuan to protect him while he opened it.
• Yu Heng's final strike opened the Space Rift slightly, releasing a thread of Xuan Xing Origin aura.

Yu Heng emerged from the hidden space with only Xuanxing’s Planet Origin and announced that the Void Venerable’s Inheritance was not there. Suspecting that someone else had already taken it, he arranged for everyone to leave the Inheritance Great Hall and swear before the Six City Lords, leaving the inheritance’s whereabouts unresolved.

• After Yu Heng entered the hidden space, Tuoba Yu, Qian Yuxue, Yin Tianze, Zhong Jinghuan, and the other geniuses waited, believing he would obtain the inheritance.
• Yu Heng returned less than a quarter of an hour later with Xuanxing’s Planet Origin and declared that he had found no inheritance.
• Yu Heng said the inheritance might have been taken by someone in the hall and vowed to prove his innocence before the Six City Lords, prompting the geniuses to suspect one another.
• Tuoba Yu questioned his group, and its members denied obtaining the inheritance; Qian Yuxue, Lu Ziyi, Tang Yuan, and Zhong Jinghuan also agreed to swear before the City Lords.
• Yu Heng set a gathering for three days later, when everyone would use their Void Tokens to leave the Inheritance Great Hall and report to the Six City Lords.

Jiang Shu and the other Inheritance Great Hall entrants were summoned before the Six City Lords and required to swear they had not obtained the Void Venerable's inheritance. Jiang Shu passed the test by disguising the fact that he had gained only information about the inheritance, leaving the City Lords unaware of what he knew.

• Tuoba Jin and Zheng Yu discussed Jiang Shu's chances of obtaining the inheritance and the benefits he could bring to the Tuoba Family.
• Yu Heng, Tang Yuan, Zhong Jinghuan, Qian Yuxue, and other entrants emerged from the Inheritance Great Hall, and Jiang Shu warned Tuoba Jin that the inheritance was suspicious.
• Tuoba Jin followed the group to a barrier outside the Void Realm, where the six Eleventh Order City Lords required each entrant to swear they had not obtained the inheritance.
• Yu Heng, Tang Yuan, Zhong Jinghuan, and the other geniuses swore they had not obtained the inheritance, and the City Lords accepted their oaths.
• Jiang Shu prepared himself to pass the test, swore he had not obtained the inheritance inside the Inheritance Great Hall, and received the City Lords' approval.

The Six City Lords sealed the Void Realm and agreed to let new cultivators search for its supposed inheritance for three years before breaking it open. Jiang Shu knew the inheritance was actually tied to Xuanxing, so he traveled with Tuoba Jin to Tuoba City to seek spatial knowledge and prepare to return there.

• The Six City Lords agreed to restrict entry to faction members and wait three years before forcing open the Void Realm.
• Jiang Shu waited with Tuoba Jin as Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts emerged, then told them privately that they should travel to Tuoba City.
• Jiang Shu realized the Void Realm contained only an image and that the true inheritance was connected to Xuanxing, which he planned to investigate once he was stronger.
• Jiang Shu and his companions hurried back to Tuoba City, where Tuoba Jin described the properties and cultivation resources granted to members of his family.

After three months of cultivation in Tuoba City, Jiang Shu prepared to leave for the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance and its Genius Trial Tower. He parted from Tuoba Jin and set out to challenge the region’s geniuses and hunt down the true bodies of the Evil Gods who had invaded Xuanxing.

• Tuoba Jin arranged three rooms for Jiang Shu, Lord of Cangwu, and God of All Beasts, then promised to send Jiang Shu Space Secret Arts through Star Net.
• Jiang Shu told Lord of Cangwu and God of All Beasts about the Void Realm and the Inheritance Great Hall, concealing Xuanxing’s role in his discovery.
• Lord of Cangwu described the legendary Sitting and Forgetting Realm method of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, while Jiang Shu resolved to keep searching for it in the inner region.
• Jiang Shu cultivated for three months with Cosmic Origin Crystals and studied the Space Secret Arts Tuoba Jin sent him to deepen his understanding of space.
• Jiang Shu told his companions he was heading to the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance to enter the Genius Trial Tower and eliminate the Evil Gods’ true bodies.
• Tuoba Jin accompanied Jiang Shu to the Dark Wormhole and wished him success before Jiang Shu departed for the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance.

Tuoba Jin let Jiang Shu leave for the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance, while the Six City Lords discovered the Void Venerable’s hidden inheritance and were repelled by his lingering power. Jiang Shu reached the alliance and began ascending its heavens toward the Genius Trial Tower, leaving observers impressed by his speed.

• Tuoba Jin rejected Zheng Yu’s suggestion to watch Jiang Shu and said Jiang Shu would be better off pursuing opportunities in the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance.
• The Six City Lords found a sealed space containing the Void Venerable’s inheritance, but the Void Venerable’s phantom shattered their hands when they tried to enter.
• The City Lords decided to send their geniuses back into the Void Realm for ten days before opening it to other factions.
• Jiang Shu traveled through a wormhole toward the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance and reviewed its nine heavens and the location of the Genius Trial Tower.
• Jiang Shu entered the alliance’s First Heaven and broke through to the Second Heaven in one breath, drawing the attention of its cultivators.
• Jiang Shu also crossed the Second Heaven’s barrier in one breath as observers wondered whether he could reach the Fourth Heaven.

Jiang Shu entered the Genius Trial Tower after breaking through the Third Heaven and began hunting the Lower Gods who had invaded Xuanxing. After learning the Skeleton Bone God remained on the First Layer while the Blood God and Darkness God had advanced to the Second, Jiang Shu confronted the Skeleton Bone God and struck with his Five Elements Chaos Tribulation Dragon Transformation Art.

• Jiang Shu broke through the Third Heaven in six breaths and entered the Genius Trial Tower’s First Layer.
• Jiang Shu killed a hidden Ninth Order Late Stage cultivator, searched his soul, and learned of a Lower God who cultivated the Dao of Faith.
• Jiang Shu suppressed the flame-formed Lower God and learned that the Skeleton Bone God remained on the First Layer while the Blood God and Darkness God had reached the Second Layer.
• Jiang Shu and the flame-formed Lower God lured out the Skeleton Bone God, and Jiang Shu unleashed the Five Elements Chaos Tribulation Dragon Transformation Art against him.

Jiang Shu killed Skeleton Bone God, Darkness God, and Blood God in the Genius Trial Tower, then controlled Flame God and set his sights on the stronger opponents ahead. He left for the Third Layer, aiming to hone his strength and reach the higher levels.

• Jiang Shu annihilated Skeleton Bone God with a lightning attack and carried Flame God through the gate to the Second Layer.
• Jiang Shu crossed the Second Layer, noted its stronger cultivators and dense Wind Thunder Origin, and searched for Darkness God and Blood God.
• Jiang Shu found Darkness God and Blood God in a Blood Marsh and killed them both with one axe strike.
• Jiang Shu controlled Flame God's Divine Spark, ordered him to survive and keep searching, and confirmed his memories.
• Jiang Shu resolved to challenge the stronger cultivators in the Third Layer and flew toward its entrance.

Jiang Shu fought powerful Ninth Order cultivators in the Trial Tower’s Third Layer, gaining experience while discovering gaps in his cultivation and Space Origin. After a costly draw with a Nine Universes Merchant Alliance genius, he retreated to heal and prepare for further training as observers debated his prospects.

• Jiang Shu battled in the Third Layer and killed a Ninth Order Cultivator, then exchanged names and fighting promises with Zhuang Sheng of the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance.
• Jiang Shu salvaged treasures and secret arts from his opponent, built a cave dwelling, and spent five months fighting ten battles, winning seven, drawing two, and suffering one minor defeat.
• Jiang Shu used the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe to withstand a powerful Alliance genius’s killing move, but both fighters were wounded and Jiang Shu was left unable to continue.
• While healing, Jiang Shu concluded that his rapid cultivation had left him short of suitable methods and mental secret arts, and resolved to pursue the Void Venerable’s Inheritance and improve his understanding of space.
• Tenth Order Experts watching the Trial Tower praised Jiang Shu’s progress but noted that his weak Space Origin understanding could hinder his chances of reaching the Sixth Layer and beyond.

Jiang Shu finished two years of seclusion on the Genius Trial Tower’s Third Layer, mastering the Ninth Order Space Secret Art Cosmic Light Traverse and preparing to challenge the tower. As he approached the Fourth Layer’s barrier, an archer appeared and declared that he had come to kill Jiang Shu.

• Tenth Order Experts outside the Genius Trial Tower discussed the prospects of Jiang Shu, Yu Heng, and the other geniuses, and debated who would advance furthest.
• Jiang Shu spent two years cultivating Cosmic Light Traverse, raising it to major mastery and improving his understanding of space.
• Jiang Shu ended his seclusion, removed his formations, and decided to challenge the tower with a little over three years remaining.
• Jiang Shu crossed the Third Layer toward the Fourth Layer’s barrier while thinking about which other geniuses had begun their challenges.
• An archer drew a bow from a mountain peak, fired a Feather Arrow, and shouted, “Jiang Shu, I've come to kill you!”

Jiang Shu killed Zhong Jinghuan with a single axe after evading his ambush through space, then entered the Fourth Layer to begin the official Genius Trial Tower challenge. His display of Cosmic Light Traverse stunned the Third Layer cultivators as he set his sights on reaching the Seventh or Eighth Layer.

• Zhong Jinghuan ambushed Jiang Shu with a powerful arrow, suspecting he had obtained Void Venerable's inheritance.
• Jiang Shu vanished through space, reappeared behind Zhong Jinghuan, and killed him with one strike of Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe.
• Jiang Shu absorbed Zhong Jinghuan's soul, took his longbow and storage treasure, and left the Third Layer for the Fourth Layer.
• Jiang Shu prepared to face the Fourth Layer's trial, aiming to break through beyond the Sixth Layer.
• The Third Layer cultivators recognized Jiang Shu's use of Cosmic Light Traverse and marveled that he had mastered it in only two years.

Jiang Shu devoured two Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts on the Fourth Layer, using the Kun Peng Devouring Art to strengthen himself for the harder levels ahead. After half a month, he cleared the layer and paused to inspect Zhong Jinghuan’s storage bracelet.

• The Tenth Order Helmsmen praised Jiang Shu’s performance, discussed Jiang Li and Yu Heng, and wagered on how many beasts the three might kill on the Seventh Layer.
• Jiang Shu reasoned that the Seventh Layer’s sixteen coordinated Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts would be a major challenge, then decided to use the Kun Peng Devouring Art to grow stronger.
• Jiang Shu devoured the first beast from within, absorbing its flesh, sinews, and bones before killing it with the Soul Burning Blood Spirit Blade.
• Jiang Shu trapped and devoured the second beast over the next half month, clearing the Fourth Layer.
• Jiang Shu restrained his surging blood and qi, took out Zhong Jinghuan’s storage bracelet, and searched its contents instead of immediately advancing.

After half a year of cultivation, Jiang Shu entered the Fifth Layer of the Genius Trial Tower and fought its four Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts, aiming to subdue and devour them all. He began devouring the Wind Attribute beast as Tenth Order experts debated his chances of reaching the Seventh Layer and joining the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance.

• Jiang Shu used Zhong Jinghuan's treasures and Cosmic Origin Crystals to cultivate for half a year, then stepped through the gate to the Fifth Layer.
• Jiang Shu crippled the Water Attribute Ninth Order Peak Star Beast, trapped the Wind Attribute beast, and suppressed the Fire Attribute beast within three breaths.
• Jiang Shu continued fighting all four beasts, spending Cosmic Origin Crystals and medicinal pills to keep them alive long enough to devour their flesh and souls.
• After the Wind Attribute beast broke free, Jiang Shu battered it down again and trapped it with the Five Emperors seals and Kun Peng Devouring Art.
• A Tenth Order Expert praised Jiang Shu's boldness, while Merchant Helmsman noted that Jiang Li was already fighting eight beasts on the Sixth Layer and might still outperform him.

After five years in the Genius Trial Tower, Jiang Shu finally left the Sixth Layer and entered the Seventh, while Jiang Li and the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance watched to see whether he could surpass Jiang Li’s record. Jiang Shu aimed to devour Star Beasts to strengthen himself before returning to Xuanxing to seek the Void Venerable's Inheritance.

• Yu Heng reflected on his defeat on the Seventh Layer as Yan Helmsman pointed out Jiang Shu, who had remained on the Sixth Layer to train.
• Jiang Li recognized that Jiang Shu’s skill at evading eight Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts showed deep comprehension of the origins of the Cosmos.
• Jiang Shu attacked the eight Star Beasts with his Heaven Rank Mystical Powers and Azure Sky Blue Sea Cauldron, killing them one after another.
• Jiang Shu devoured five of the eight Star Beasts, using their power to open more apertures and strengthen himself.
• In his fifth year in the Genius Trial Tower, Jiang Shu killed eight Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts on the Sixth Layer and charged into the Seventh Layer.

Jiang Shu fought through the Seventh Layer of the Genius Trial Tower and defeated all sixteen Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts, briefly reaching the Eighth Layer before being rescued. Merchant Helmsman recognized his achievement, told him he would likely place first, and gave him five years to recover and prepare for the Eternal Tower.

• Jiang Shu entered the Seventh Layer and faced sixteen Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts as Jiang Li and the experts watched.
• Jiang Shu fought recklessly, using the Kun Peng Devouring Art and his abilities to recover and kill the Star Beasts one by one.
• After killing thirteen Star Beasts, Jiang Shu exhausted his strength, then used the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist and Humanity's Supreme Fist to defeat the remaining three.
• Jiang Shu crossed the Seventh Layer and reached the Eighth Layer, but Merchant Helmsman rescued him before a Ninth Order Peak Star Beast could attack.
• Merchant Helmsman told Jiang Shu he would likely place first, gave him five years to temper his unstable cultivation, and presented him with an Undying Spring to restore his injuries.

After Jiang Shu entered the Eighth Layer of the Genius Trial Tower, the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance welcomed him as a Peerless Genius and gave him valuable resources and support. While he recovered and trained for the Eternal Tower, his fame spread across the Outer Area of the Star Ruins Realm, and he planned to seek the Void Venerable's Inheritance.

• Merchant Helmsman and the other Tenth Order Experts gave Jiang Shu an Undying Spring, secret arts, and insights into Origin Laws.
• Yan Helmsman gave Yu Heng a personal secret art, while Yu Heng concealed his thoughts about the Void Venerable's Inheritance and resolved to build his strength.
• Merchant Helmsman explained that Jiang Shu could draw on the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance's resources as a Peerless Genius and introduced Tark as his protector.
• Jiang Shu settled into a palace, used the Undying Spring to heal, and reviewed his battle on the Seventh Layer while practicing his abilities.
• Jiang Shu expected to recover within a year and planned to return to Xuanxing to seek the Void Venerable's Inheritance.
• Three months passed, the Genius Trial ended, and Jiang Shu's name swept through the Outer Area of the Star Ruins Realm.

After becoming a Peerless Genius of the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance, Jiang Shu secretly returned to Xuanxing to check on its people and prepare to seek the Void Venerable's Inheritance. He left powerful weapons and blessings behind for Xuanxing, confirmed a sealed space remained, and returned to his family in Jicheng.

• Tuoba Jin learned that Jiang Shu had won the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance's Genius Trial and become a Peerless Genius, while Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts received Tuoba Jin's offer of support.
• Jiang Shu secretly traveled through the Black Iron Desert and entered Xuanxing without revealing its Star Gate or its possible connection to the Void Venerable's Inheritance.
• Jiang Shu surveyed Xuanxing and saw that its martial arts, research, and unified government had continued to develop during his absence.
• Jiang Shu delivered three Planet Destroyer Cannons to the Shengjing Research Institute and used his power to aid Xuanxing's martial artists, elders, and people facing disasters.
• Jiang Shu confirmed that a space on Xuanxing remained sealed, then returned to his familiar villa in Jicheng and called out to his parents.