Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Xiao Yang studies the World Chaos Stele, focusing on its first two diagrams and especially the Second Diagram, which contains thirty-six Space and Time Law Essences. His five avatars study outside in the faster-flowing Primordial Universe, helping him make additional progress.
• After seven days, a mental command forces him out of the chamber. His study has greatly accelerated his comprehension: he masters the sixteenth Space Law Essence and fifteenth Time Law Essence, and comes close to mastering the next ones. He also advances in other Lower-tier Origin Laws.
• Candri suggests Xiao Yang either review his insights, consult his teacher, Guixu, or challenge the Celestial Bridge for another chance to study the stele. Xiao Yang chooses to seek Guixu’s guidance.
• The Chaos City Lord watches Xiao Yang leave and reflects that no Human Race genius has ever made much progress along the World Chaos Stele’s path, despite many possessing exceptional talent.
• Guixu demonstrates the Space and Time Law Essences Xiao Yang is struggling with. After another week of study, Xiao Yang masters the seventeenth Space Essence and sixteenth Time Essence, then prepares to challenge the Celestial Bridge.

Character developments

• Xiao Yang’s Law Comprehension advances unusually quickly, reinforcing his talent and determination. He also shows good judgment by seeking help from his teacher rather than relying on unaided study.
• The Chaos City Lord remains skeptical about Xiao Yang’s prospects with the World Chaos Stele, even while acknowledging his rare ability.
• Guixu supports Xiao Yang through practical instruction but does not discourage his choice of stele.

Significant themes

• Perseverance and disciplined study: Xiao Yang combines intensive practice, his avatars’ work, and his teacher’s guidance to overcome difficult material.
• Talent versus precedent: Xiao Yang is exceptional, but the World Chaos Stele has defeated even many past prodigies.
• Learning through guidance: A mentor’s demonstrations help turn Xiao Yang’s insights into mastery.
• Ambition and opportunity: Xiao Yang sees the Celestial Bridge as a way to earn further access to the Chaos Stele.

Character interactions

• Candri advises Xiao Yang on how to build on his first study session; Xiao Yang responds by deciding to consult Guixu.
• Xiao Yang brings his questions to Guixu, who demonstrates the relevant Law Essences.
• The Chaos City Lord observes Xiao Yang from afar and privately weighs his chances, but does not interfere.

Xiao Yang entered the Virtual Universe to challenge the World Celestial Bridge, with Void Ruins Venerable accompanying him. He instantly killed the first-level opponent, and Bafin judged that Xiao Yang could clear at least the fourth or fifth level.

• Xiao Yang told Void Ruins Venerable he would challenge the Celestial Bridge, and his teacher eagerly agreed to accompany him.
• Xiao Yang met Guardian Bafin at the Celestial Bridge Plane and said he was studying the World Chaos Stele.
• Xiao Yang learned that clearing bridge levels earned points and that rewards during his thirty years in Chaos City were multiplied by ten.
• Xiao Yang chose a Martial Warrior as his first opponent and killed the masked figure with a single spear thrust.
• Bafin praised Xiao Yang's talent and said he could likely clear the fourth or fifth level.

Summary of “Bafin’s Shock”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bafin, the intelligence overseeing the Celestial Bridge Plane, observes Xiao Yang’s progress and immediately recognizes that Xiao Yang has used the second technique associated with the Immortal divine weapon Boundless.
• Because this technique requires mastery of the nine law essences of both the Time and Space Origin Laws, Bafin realizes that Xiao Yang’s comprehension has already reached roughly the level needed to pass the fifth level of the Celestial Bridge.
• Bafin is stunned because Xiao Yang had only recently broken through to the Cosmic level and had been at the Stellar level slightly more than a year earlier. He concludes that Xiao Yang is an exceptionally rare genius, potentially one seen only once every ten million epochs.
• Bafin considers sending messages to other geniuses and powerful figures, as he usually does when someone makes rapid progress on the Celestial Bridge, but refrains because Xiao Yang already has Void Ruins Venerable as his teacher.
• Xiao Yang defeats the guardian of the fourth level and advances to the fifth level.
• On the fifth level, he chooses to fight a Martial Warrior. The guardian uses the same spear weapon, Boundless, and launches its second technique.
• Xiao Yang reveals that he had been concealing his true strength. He effortlessly destroys the guardian’s spear phantom, overwhelms the guardian with a stronger attack, and defeats him.
• Xiao Yang proceeds to the sixth level, leaving Bafin astonished. Bafin questions Void Ruins Venerable about what kind of disciple he has taken, while Guixu humorously attributes Xiao Yang’s talent to “luck.”

Character Developments

• Xiao Yang: Demonstrates extraordinary growth and far greater strength than he initially displayed. He has not merely learned to perform Boundless’s second technique; he can use it with considerable ease and power. His confidence increases as he decisively advances through the Celestial Bridge.
• Bafin: Shifts from calmly evaluating Xiao Yang to being completely shocked by his talent. His sharp discernment allows him to accurately estimate Xiao Yang’s law comprehension and recognize his unprecedented potential.
• Void Ruins Venerable/Guixu: Shows obvious pride in Xiao Yang but maintains a playful, modest attitude when Bafin praises him. His position as Xiao Yang’s teacher is emphasized as a source of envy for Bafin.
• Celestial Bridge Guardian: Initially believes Xiao Yang may only barely use Boundless’s second move, but becomes surprised when Xiao Yang reveals his superior mastery. The guardian is ultimately defeated by Xiao Yang’s overwhelming attack.

Significant Themes

• Extraordinary talent and rapid advancement: Xiao Yang’s progress far exceeds normal expectations, establishing him as a once-in-many-epochs genius.
• Hidden strength: Xiao Yang deliberately withholds his full power, creating a dramatic reversal when he reveals that his mastery is much deeper than the guardian—and Bafin—expected.
• Master-disciple prestige: Xiao Yang’s accomplishments enhance Guixu’s reputation and highlight the importance of having a powerful, discerning teacher.
• Measurement of strength through trials: The Celestial Bridge serves as a test of law comprehension and combat ability, with each level revealing Xiao Yang’s development.
• Recognition by the powerful: Xiao Yang’s performance attracts the attention of high-level figures and marks him as someone destined for exceptional achievements.

Character Interactions

• Bafin analyzes Xiao Yang’s battle and privately reacts with disbelief at his progress.
• Bafin and Guixu stand together observing Xiao Yang; Bafin envies Guixu for having such a remarkable disciple.
• Xiao Yang exchanges confident words with the guardian before the fifth-level battle, promising that his true limit will soon be revealed.
• The guardian initially attacks with confidence but is shocked when Xiao Yang destroys his technique and defeats him.
• After Xiao Yang reaches the sixth level, Bafin openly marvels at his ability, while Guixu responds with amused humility.

Xiao Yang cleared the sixth level of the Celestial Bridge on his first attempt, drawing praise from Void Ruins Venerable and attention from the Virtual Universe Company. Afterward, his teacher advised him to continue studying the laws and sent him information about special life forms for his first clone.

• Void Ruins Venerable explained to Bafin that he had brought Xiao Yang to Chaos City early to protect him from assassination by the alien races.
• Xiao Yang cleared the sixth level but was killed soon after by the seventh-level guardian.
• Void Ruins Venerable praised Xiao Yang, while Bafin reported his achievement to the Virtual Universe Company's upper ranks.
• Void Ruins Venerable urged Xiao Yang to deepen his law comprehension before using his Chaos Stele study opportunities.
• Void Ruins Venerable sent Xiao Yang information about special life forms and told him to choose a place to live and consider his first clone.

Chapter Summary: Primordial Secret Realm

Key Plot Points and Events

• Void Ruins Venerable finishes giving Xiao Yang materials and instructs him to choose a Special Life Form for his first Avatar, as well as a residence in Chaos City.
• Xiao Yang leaves Guixu’s residence and occupies a nearby three-story building. With Number One’s help, he remodels the interior to match his preferred style.
• After entering the Virtual Universe, Xiao Yang discovers that he has officially been promoted from the Absolute Beginning District to the Primordial Secret Realm after passing the sixth level of the Celestial Bridge.
• Accompanied by Mu Yu Marquis, Xiao Yang travels to the Primal District, where a larger estate has been prepared for him.
• His new position comes with a significantly stronger guard force: one Immortal, ten World Lords, and one hundred Domain Lords. The World Lords have all achieved recognition of the Laws.
• Xiao Yang meets Aetol, the white-robed administrator of the Primal District, who explains the district’s organization, estates, guard arrangements, and Qualification Battles.
• It is revealed that Mu Yu Marquis personally applied to become the commander of Xiao Yang’s guard unit, rather than merely continuing as his instructor.
• Xiao Yang receives Estate Number 114, an additional residence created because of his promotion.
• After settling in, he immediately asks Number One to project the materials provided by Void Ruins Venerable and begins examining possible Special Life Forms for his first Avatar.
• The first option introduced is the Hidden Demon Race, a powerful energy life form with a thirtyfold genetic level and several stealth- and time-related abilities.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yang: Advances into the Primordial Secret Realm, marking a major rise in status and resources. Despite receiving a grand new estate and powerful guards, he remains focused on improving his strength and selecting the best Avatar.
• Mu Yu Marquis: Demonstrates his continued loyalty and commitment to Xiao Yang by personally becoming the commander of his guard force.
• Void Ruins Venerable: Acts as Xiao Yang’s mentor by supplying valuable information and guiding him toward choosing a suitable first Avatar.
• Aetol: Introduced as the welcoming administrator of the Primal District. He provides Xiao Yang with essential information about its structure and rules.
• Number One: Continues to serve Xiao Yang efficiently, managing both his living environment and the projection of important materials.

Significant Themes

• Advancement and recognition: Xiao Yang’s promotion reflects the importance of proven strength and achievement within the Virtual Universe Company.
• Mentorship and loyalty: Void Ruins Venerable’s guidance and Mu Yu Marquis’s voluntary service emphasize the support surrounding Xiao Yang’s growth.
• Preparation for future power: The chapter focuses less on immediate conflict and more on securing resources, allies, and a powerful Avatar foundation.
• Institutional hierarchy and competition: The explanation of the Primordial Secret Realm and Qualification Battles reveals a strict system in which geniuses must continually compete to retain their positions.
• Specialization and survival: The Hidden Demon Race’s abilities highlight the value of specialized talents, particularly stealth, adaptability, and time-law comprehension.

Character Interactions

• Void Ruins Venerable advises Xiao Yang about choosing an Avatar and residence before Xiao Yang respectfully departs.
• Xiao Yang and Mu Yu Marquis travel together to the Primal District, reinforcing their ongoing teacher-student and companion relationship.
• Aetol formally welcomes both men and explains the benefits and responsibilities associated with Xiao Yang’s new status.
• Xiao Yang reacts with surprise when learning that Mu Yu Marquis has chosen to command his guard unit.
• After reaching his estate, Xiao Yang relies on Number One to customize the residence and display the Avatar information, beginning his evaluation of the Hidden Demon Race.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Xiao Yang leaves, Void Ruins Venerable hosts several powerful friends at his villa.
• He proudly announces that his newly accepted disciple, Xiao Yang, cleared the sixth level of the Celestial Bridge on his first attempt after arriving in Chaos City and comprehending the Chaos Stele.
• Void Ruins Venerable repeatedly boasts about Xiao Yang, amusing and irritating his friends. The Minotaur and Overlord Bear both quickly realize that Xiao Yang’s achievement is the reason for the gathering and the rare wine being served.
• Void Ruins Venerable brings out Divine Brew, an exceptionally precious wine made by a Top Universe Overlord of the Ancestor God Religion. The guests enjoy it while continuing to question him about Xiao Yang.
• The chapter explains why the Venerables envy Void Ruins Venerable: a truly exceptional disciple is rare, and Xiao Yang has already shown the potential to become a Venerable himself.
• Meanwhile, in the Virtual Universe, Xiao Yang studies information on more than a hundred life forms that could serve as the basis for his first clone.
• Although some candidates possess much higher genetic levels, Xiao Yang prioritizes survival ability over genetic strength.
• He chooses the Special Life Form known as Heavenly Void, whose genetic level is only tenfold but whose abilities make it extremely difficult to detect or kill.

Character Developments

• Void Ruins Venerable: Becomes openly proud and boastful about Xiao Yang. His excitement shows how deeply he values his disciple and how rare he considers Xiao Yang’s talent.
• Xiao Yang: Demonstrates strategic maturity by focusing on the qualities most useful to him—concealment, survival, and recovery—rather than simply choosing the life form with the highest genetic level.
• The Venerables: Their reactions reveal their admiration and envy toward Void Ruins Venerable. They recognize that Xiao Yang possesses extraordinary potential.

Significant Themes

• Master-disciple bonds: The chapter emphasizes that a strong master-disciple relationship is one of the most valuable connections in the universe. Masters provide guidance and resources, while exceptional disciples can carry on their legacies.
• Talent and potential: Xiao Yang’s rapid advancement marks him as someone capable of eventually reaching the level of his master.
• Survival over raw power: Xiao Yang’s choice of Heavenly Void reflects the importance of preserving one’s life in a dangerous universe. Defensive and evasive abilities may be more valuable than superior genetic strength.
• Pride and camaraderie: Void Ruins Venerable’s repeated boasting creates a humorous atmosphere among the friends while also highlighting his genuine happiness over Xiao Yang’s achievement.

Character Interactions

• The Minotaur, Overlord Bear, and the white-robed elder tease Void Ruins Venerable about his constant bragging, but their envy shows that they sincerely appreciate Xiao Yang’s talent.
• Void Ruins Venerable uses the gathering and the Divine Brew as an opportunity to celebrate his disciple and impress his friends.
• Xiao Yang’s decision-making contrasts with Void Ruins Venerable’s celebratory pride: while the master boasts socially, the disciple quietly evaluates practical options for his future development.

Heavenly Void’s Abilities

• As an energy life form, it is immune to soul attacks.
• Mimicry: Allows it to imitate creatures or objects.
• Breath Concealment: Makes it difficult or impossible for beings of comparable strength to detect it.
• Cloning: Allows it to split into multiple bodies. As long as one survives, the others can eventually be restored, though dividing into clones reduces its overall strength.

Chapter Summary: “Buying Skins!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter explains the Heavenly Void Clan’s extraordinary cloning ability. All clones collectively possess the same total genetic multiplier as the original body, and the original can survive as long as even one clone remains alive.
• Powerful beings with clones can generally only be killed by:
  1. Destroying every clone physically at the same time, which is extremely difficult because clones are usually scattered and hidden.
  2. Destroying all their souls simultaneously or enslaving one soul, which would affect every clone.
• Because Heavenly Void beings are energy lifeforms without souls, soul attacks and enslavement are ineffective against them. Their only true weakness is having every clone located and destroyed.
• Xiao Yang decides to create a Heavenly Void clone, allowing the Heavenly Void to operate in the outside world while his original body remains safely hidden in the Game World.
• He informs Void Ruins Venerable of his decision.
• Void Ruins Venerable obtains a piece of Cosmic-level Heavenly Void skin from the Minotaur Venerable. The material is sufficient to nurture Xiao Yang’s clone.
• Meanwhile, Xiao Yang discovers that the game’s skin discount event has refreshed. A large garden villa skin, originally priced at Voucher Points equivalent to one million Chaos Units, is discounted to ten thousand.
• Curious about the practical value of expensive skins and now able to afford the purchase, Xiao Yang buys the “No. 0005588 Garden Villa.”
• Purchasing the villa unlocks the game’s skin interface, revealing categories for clothing, tools, accessories, shoes, houses, disciples, chicken coops, and more. Xiao Yang equips the new villa skin.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yang: Shows increasing confidence and strategic planning. He chooses to exploit the Heavenly Void Clan’s nearly unbeatable survival ability and also begins actively experimenting with the Game World’s expensive features rather than merely cultivating.
• Void Ruins Venerable: Demonstrates his support for Xiao Yang by obtaining the rare Heavenly Void material on his behalf. He also proudly boasts about his disciple to the other Venerables.
• Minotaur Venerable: Reveals that he possesses Heavenly Void skin acquired during an earlier secret-realm exploration and willingly gives a piece to Void Ruins Venerable.
• The other Venerables: Become increasingly jealous and impressed by Xiao Yang’s talents, especially his possession of a Cloning Secret Technique and his opportunity to cultivate a Heavenly Void clone.

Significant Themes

• Extreme survivability and immortality: The Heavenly Void Clan’s cloning technique makes them extraordinarily difficult to kill and demonstrates how distributed existence can overcome physical destruction.
• Strategic preparation: Xiao Yang prioritizes safety by keeping his true body hidden while sending a clone into the outside world.
• Mentorship and influence: Void Ruins Venerable’s pride in Xiao Yang and willingness to obtain rare resources show the benefits of having a powerful mentor.
• Wealth and experimentation: Xiao Yang’s purchase of the villa skin reflects his growing resources and his desire to uncover the deeper functions of the Game World.
• Hidden potential: The newly unlocked skin system suggests that the game contains many unexplored benefits, extending beyond farming and cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Void Ruins Venerable subtly asks the Minotaur Venerable for Heavenly Void material while hosting several Venerables for drinks.
• The Minotaur recognizes the real reason for the gathering, teasing Void Ruins Venerable for using the occasion to obtain resources for his disciple.
• The Venerables discuss and envy Xiao Yang’s Cloning Secret Technique, believing it may allow him to grow into a powerful Venerable.
• Xiao Yang does not participate in these conversations, remaining unaware that his mentor has already secured the material needed for his Heavenly Void clone.

Chapter Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yang equips the Villa skin, transforming his Farm Cottage into a spacious four-story villa with roughly 1,500 square meters of interior space, balconies, a garden, and an additional patch of land.
• The garden can only be used to transplant wild plants. Xiao Yang realizes this could provide an endless supply of useful wild resources, such as goji berries, though he is uncertain whether transplanted plants can be harvested repeatedly.
• His attempt to transplant previously stored ginseng fails, reminding him that only certain wild plants may qualify for the garden.
• Inside the villa, Xiao Yang discovers an information panel revealing powerful benefits: increased law-comprehension efficiency, dramatically faster energy absorption, improved temporary comprehension, faster thinking, and the manifestation of the eight Lower-tier Origin Laws.
• He regrets not purchasing the villa earlier and wonders whether more expensive skins, such as manor skins or the previously seen Rockery Skin, might possess even greater effects.
• Because the Game World's time flow is linked to his main body's location, and because the villa does not manifest the Space or Time Origin Laws, Xiao Yang decides to leave one Avatar in the villa to cultivate Fire Origin Law while the others continue cultivating Space and Time Origin Laws in the Primordial Universe.
• He plans to gather Universe Crystals to refresh or acquire better skins, imagining future skins capable of manifesting higher laws, fusion laws, the Chaos Law, or even the Origin Great Dao.
• Xiao Yang also becomes increasingly curious about possible future game areas, including a town, sea, mines, and other unexplored regions where he might encounter valuable resources or game-world inhabitants.
• After several days of arranging resources through the Virtual Universe Company's acquisition department, he receives an email from Void Ruins Venerable instructing him to collect Heavenly Void’s skin fragments.

Character Development

• Xiao Yang’s practical and opportunistic nature is emphasized as he immediately considers how to exploit the garden for renewable resources.
• His excitement over the villa’s abilities turns into frustration because his main body cannot safely enter the Game World and his Avatars cannot fully benefit from the villa’s law manifestations.
• His ambitions expand: he begins thinking beyond current cultivation goals and imagines obtaining increasingly powerful skins and unlocking the game’s larger world.
• Xiao Yang remains willing to risk revealing his Avatars, prioritizing resource gathering and future opportunities over secrecy.

Significant Themes

• The value and hidden potential of resources: The villa’s garden and skin effects demonstrate that seemingly ordinary game features may have extraordinary value in Xiao Yang’s cultivation world.
• Opportunity and regret: Xiao Yang regrets delaying his purchase and worries that he may have missed even more powerful benefits from earlier skins.
• Limits imposed by circumstances: Although the villa is extremely powerful, time-flow restrictions, Avatar placement, and the mismatch between manifested laws and his cultivation needs limit its usefulness.
• Escalating ambition and exploration: Xiao Yang’s speculation about future skins and unexplored locations reflects his growing desire to uncover the Game World’s full potential.
• Cultivation through external advantages: The chapter highlights how game mechanics, skins, crops, and resources can directly influence Xiao Yang’s progress in comprehending laws.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yang has no major direct conversation in the chapter, but he coordinates with staff from the Virtual Universe Company to acquire resources.
• Void Ruins Venerable contacts him by email and gives him a new assignment: gathering Heavenly Void’s skin fragments.
• Xiao Yang’s interaction with the game system is central, as notifications and information panels reveal the garden’s restrictions and the villa’s powerful abilities.

Chapter Summary: “Nurturing a Clone”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yang visits his teacher, Void Ruins Venerable, who gives him a fragment of skin from a Cosmic-level Heavenly Void.
• The fragment possesses extraordinary concealment properties: when infused with Genetic Origin Energy, it becomes completely invisible and undetectable, even to Psychic Power and touch.
• Void Ruins Venerable explains that the fragment will allow Xiao Yang to create a powerful Heavenly Void clone, greatly improving his survival prospects.
• He urges Xiao Yang to make good use of his thirty years in Chaos City by continuing to comprehend the Laws and strengthening himself.
• Xiao Yang gives his teacher ten thousand portions of level 6 Enlightenment Tea, which Guixu happily accepts because he enjoys its taste.
• After returning home, Xiao Yang places the Heavenly Void fragment inside the Inner World of his Origin Core and activates his innate Cloning Secret Technique.
• His Genetic Origin Energy is rapidly consumed as the flames filling his Inner World gather around the fragment, forming a massive red egg covered in black and silver secret patterns.
• Xiao Yang receives an instinctive understanding that the egg will hatch in three years and one month.
• Wanting to accelerate the process, he searches the Virtual Universe treasure vault and discovers Water of Life, a rare treasure capable of promoting the growth and hatching of certain clones.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yang demonstrates deep trust and gratitude toward Void Ruins Venerable, willingly accepting the rare Heavenly Void fragment and generously rewarding his teacher with Enlightenment Tea.
• He also shows increasing initiative and ambition by immediately beginning the cloning process and searching for methods to shorten the hatching period.
• Void Ruins Venerable/Guixu continues to act as a supportive but demanding mentor. He provides Xiao Yang with valuable resources while emphasizing that Xiao Yang’s growing strength will bring honor to them both.
• Guixu’s fondness for Enlightenment Tea reveals a more relaxed and personable side beneath his powerful status.

Significant Themes

• Mentorship and mutual support: Void Ruins Venerable invests in Xiao Yang’s future, while Xiao Yang responds with respect and generosity.
• Preparation and survival: The Heavenly Void clone is presented as an important safeguard against future dangers.
• Growth through cultivation: Xiao Yang’s teacher stresses that time, Law comprehension, and continuous strengthening are essential.
• Innate power and mystery: Xiao Yang can use the Cloning Secret Technique instinctively despite not understanding its principles, suggesting that his abilities contain deeper secrets.
• Resourcefulness: Rather than passively waiting three years, Xiao Yang actively searches for treasures that might accelerate the clone’s development.

Character Interactions

• Void Ruins Venerable gives Xiao Yang the Heavenly Void skin fragment and advises him on cultivating and nurturing the clone.
• Xiao Yang thanks his teacher and gives him a large supply of Enlightenment Tea.
• Their exchange reflects a warm teacher-student relationship based on both affection and high expectations.
• Xiao Yang’s interaction with the newly formed clone is initially indirect: he observes the fragment being enveloped by energy and transformed into a gigantic egg, then seeks a way to hasten its hatching.

Xiao Yang bought Water of Life to accelerate the gestation of his Heavenly Void Clone and obtained the first four volumes of Universe Origin from Guixu. After studying the secret art, he used the Water of Life on the giant egg in his inner world, which began growing fast enough to hatch within three months.

• Xiao Yang calculated that a kilogram of Water of Life would shorten his Heavenly Void Clone's gestation to three months and decided to buy Universe Origin as well.
• Xiao Yang sent Guixu a million chaos units to exchange for points, and Guixu bought him the first four volumes of Universe Origin and transferred the remaining points.
• Xiao Yang studied Universe Origin and saw hints of fusion between laws, but chose to focus on the time and space origin laws for now.
• After the Water of Life arrived, Xiao Yang placed the giant egg in a container with nutrient solution and poured in the Water of Life.
• Xiao Yang sensed the clone's growth accelerate and estimated it would hatch within three months, then returned to studying Universe Origin.

Key plot points and events

• After three months, the hundred-meter egg in Xiao Yang’s Inner World has absorbed all the life force from its solution. Xiao Yang dismantles the container, expecting his first clone to emerge.
• The egg cracks open, revealing a towering, featureless black humanoid: Xiao Yang’s Heavenly Void Clone. Its shell dissolves into the surrounding flames, strengthening them.
• Xiao Yang tests the clone’s abilities. It can become invisible and intangible, then use Breath Concealment to erase its life aura, energy, soul presence, and even the disturbances caused by movement or techniques. It can also perfectly mimic another person, including their aura.
• The clone creates five Tianxu Avatars, but they cannot comprehend laws. They are nevertheless much stronger than Xiao Yang’s Peanut-created Avatars.
• Xiao Yang feeds the clone prepared game Crops, Peanut, and Enlightenment Tea Leaves, boosting its affinity for the Space, Light, and Water Origin Laws and setting it up for rapid cultivation. He then returns to studying the Universe Origin.
• The scene shifts to Earth, where Luo Feng tells Xiao Yang it is time to leave. Xiao Yang asks that Hong and Thunder God be contacted; Luo Feng says they are ready.

Character developments

• Xiao Yang gains a powerful new body and expands his options for law cultivation through the Heavenly Void Clone and its avatars.
• He recognizes that the clone’s natural talents surpass those of his ordinary Earthling body, and plans to exploit that advantage.

Character interactions

• Xiao Yang examines and directs the clone, testing its powers and preparing it for cultivation.
• Luo Feng and Xiao Yang coordinate their departure from the manor, with Hong and Thunder God joining them.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and preparation: Xiao Yang’s stored supplies let him immediately develop the clone’s potential.
• Power through specialization: The clone’s concealment, mimicry, and natural law affinity make it suited to survival, infiltration, and cultivation.
• Uneven strengths: The clone’s avatars are formidable fighters but cannot comprehend laws, highlighting the different advantages of Xiao Yang’s abilities.

Xiao Yang and Luo Feng met Hong and Thunder God in the Virtual Universe before the Dry Witch Auction, where Xiao Yang revealed his mastery of the time origin law by soundly defeating Thunder God in a spar. The others were left stunned by how far Xiao Yang had advanced.

• Luo Feng gained over a thousand chaos units' worth of resources from a ruined Immortal's Divine Kingdom and bought Mosha Clan skin to nurture his second clone.
• Hong and Thunder God advanced quickly under their Marquis Immortal masters and received opportunities to learn from powerful experts in the Dry Witch Secret Realm.
• Xiao Yang and Luo Feng arrived at Thunder God's manor and reunited with Hong and Thunder God before the auction.
• Thunder God challenged Xiao Yang to a spar, eager to test how much stronger he had become.
• Xiao Yang defeated Thunder God, who was shocked that Xiao Yang had gained such strong insights into the time origin law.

Chapter Summary: Breaking Through the Celestial Bridge Again!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Thunder God, Hong, and Luo Feng learn how powerful Xiao Yang has become after comprehending the Space Origin Law and joining the Virtual Universe Company as a core member.
• Thunder God shows them a recording of his battle with Xiao Yang. Although both fighters were restricted to ordinary Ninth-Order Stellar-level bodies and had no weapons, Xiao Yang kills Thunder God instantly with a casual finger strike that releases a spear-like beam.
• Hong and Luo Feng realize they would also have been unable to defend against the attack. Their shock increases when Xiao Yang reveals that he used less than one percent of his strength.
• Xiao Yang explains that his advantage comes from spending time in Chaos City, where the Origin Laws are visibly manifested and can be comprehended far more efficiently than in the outside world. He also notes that his Cosmic-level consciousness and experience remain powerful even when his cultivation is suppressed.
• The group attends the Dry Witch Auction. Xiao Yang is largely unimpressed by the items because the Virtual Universe Company’s treasury contains far superior treasures, while Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng purchase weapons and cultivation resources.
• Afterward, the four return to Thunder God’s residence. Xiao Yang spends several days guiding them in understanding the Time and Space Origin Laws, offering especially valuable assistance to Luo Feng, who lacks a dedicated law teacher.
• More than a year passes in Chaos City. Xiao Yang masters thirty-two essences of the Space Origin Law and thirty essences of the Time Origin Law.
• Because the Heavenly Void Clone has greater talent for Space Law, it focuses on space while Xiao Yang’s main body focuses on time. Xiao Yang becomes fully confident that he can pass the seventh level of the World Celestial Bridge and prepares to challenge it.

Character Development

• Xiao Yang: His overwhelming strength and rapid comprehension are emphasized. Despite his enormous advantage, he remains humble and actively helps his friends improve. His dual-body cultivation strategy allows him to advance in both Space and Time Origin Laws.
• Thunder God: Though shocked by his instant defeat, he does not become discouraged. His confidence and determination return quickly, and he eagerly looks forward to training in Chaos City.
• Hong: He remains calm and perceptive, quickly recognizing the significance of Xiao Yang’s attack and asking how much strength was used.
• Luo Feng: He is deeply impressed by Xiao Yang’s power and benefits greatly from his guidance, especially because he lacks an expert teacher specializing in law comprehension.
• The trio collectively: Their initial shock turns into renewed fighting spirit rather than jealousy or despair.

Significant Themes

• The vastness of cultivation gaps: Xiao Yang’s effortless victory demonstrates how dramatically comprehension, consciousness, cultivation experience, and access to superior resources can separate powerful geniuses.
• The value of environment and opportunity: Chaos City’s visible Origin Laws and enhanced comprehension conditions are presented as crucial advantages for cultivation.
• Persistence and determination: Despite being far weaker than Xiao Yang, Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng maintain their confidence and resolve to improve.
• Friendship and mutual assistance: Xiao Yang shares his insights freely, helping his companions progress instead of keeping his knowledge to himself.
• Parallel cultivation and specialization: Xiao Yang uses his main body and clone to focus on different laws according to their respective talents.

Important Character Interactions

• Thunder God, Hong, and Luo Feng watch and analyze the recording of Thunder God’s defeat, reacting with disbelief to Xiao Yang’s casual attack.
• Hong directly questions Xiao Yang about the attack’s strength, prompting the revelation that he used less than one percent of his power.
• Xiao Yang reassures the others that their current inferiority is temporary and explains how Chaos City can help them close the gap.
• The four attend the auction together, compare their purchases, and later gather at Thunder God’s home.
• Xiao Yang personally guides Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng for several days, with his instruction being particularly important to Luo Feng.

Chapter Summary: “The Seventh Level!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yang returns to the Celestial Bridge Plane to challenge the World Celestial Bridge’s seventh level, less than two years after clearing the sixth.
• Bafin is surprised by Xiao Yang’s confidence, since the gap between the sixth and seventh levels is considered a major hurdle.
• Xiao Yang chooses a Martial Warrior as his opponent, wielding his spear, Boundless.
• The battle begins with both combatants using spears, but Xiao Yang’s attack overwhelms the gatekeeper almost immediately. His strike shatters the opponent’s hand and severely injures one arm.
• Xiao Yang maintains relentless pressure, preventing the gatekeeper from recovering. He ultimately kills the opponent and successfully clears the seventh level.
• Bafin is astonished by Xiao Yang’s overwhelming performance and realizes that Xiao Yang’s growth rate is far beyond expectations.
• Bafin contacts others, prompting Void Ruins Venerable to arrive and watch Xiao Yang’s challenge. The Venerable proudly boasts about Xiao Yang being his disciple and praises his own ability to recognize talent.
• Xiao Yang proceeds to the eighth level and again selects a Martial Warrior opponent.
• The eighth-level gatekeeper acknowledges Xiao Yang’s extraordinary progress but warns that Xiao Yang may struggle if his law comprehension has not improved sufficiently. The chapter ends just as the next battle is about to begin.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yang: Demonstrates a dramatic increase in strength and confidence. His victory over the seventh-level gatekeeper is not merely narrow; he dominates the fight, proving that his cultivation and combat ability have advanced rapidly.
• Bafin: Moves from cautious surprise to genuine shock and admiration. He begins to recognize Xiao Yang as an unprecedented talent whose future potential is difficult even to imagine.
• Void Ruins Venerable: Continues to display his boastful, proud personality. He is delighted by Xiao Yang’s progress and eagerly claims credit for identifying and accepting such a gifted disciple.
• The Gatekeeper: The seventh-level opponent is decisively defeated, while the eighth-level gatekeeper takes a more serious and respectful attitude toward Xiao Yang, treating him as a genuine threat.

Significant Themes

• Rapid growth and exceptional talent: Xiao Yang’s ability to clear a major hurdle after less than two years emphasizes his extraordinary rate of improvement.
• The escalating difficulty of cultivation: The Celestial Bridge’s structure highlights how each higher level represents a greater challenge, with every three levels forming a significant breakthrough point.
• Confidence backed by ability: Xiao Yang’s confidence is justified by his overwhelming performance rather than empty bravado.
• Recognition of genius: Bafin and Void Ruins Venerable serve as observers who underscore how unusual Xiao Yang’s achievements are.
• Trials as measures of progress: The Celestial Bridge functions as both a test of combat ability and a visible indicator of Xiao Yang’s advancement.

Character Interactions

• Bafin and Xiao Yang: Bafin questions Xiao Yang’s confidence but allows him to proceed, later watching in amazement as Xiao Yang clears the seventh level.
• Xiao Yang and the seventh-level gatekeeper: Their exchange is brief and combative. Xiao Yang rejects conversation and immediately attacks, overpowering the gatekeeper through superior spear technique and strength.
• Bafin and Void Ruins Venerable: Void Ruins Venerable arrives after being notified and proudly celebrates Xiao Yang’s achievements. Bafin remains mostly silent, accustomed to the Venerable’s self-congratulatory behavior.
• Xiao Yang and the eighth-level gatekeeper: The gatekeeper respectfully acknowledges Xiao Yang’s growth and warns that the next battle will be more demanding. Xiao Yang responds through his intense fighting spirit, accepting the challenge without words.

Chapter Summary: “Luo Feng Under Immense Pressure”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yang battles the guardian of the eighth level of the Celestial Bridge. Although his Law comprehension is formidable, he is gradually overwhelmed and ultimately defeated.
• Despite losing, Xiao Yang realizes he is only a small step away from clearing the level. He remains confident that a slight improvement in his Law comprehension will allow him to succeed.
• His teacher, Void Ruins Venerable—also referred to as Guixu—arrives with Bafin and praises Xiao Yang’s rapid progress. He predicts that Xiao Yang may clear the tenth level before leaving Chaos City, potentially creating a legend among the current generation of geniuses.
• Void Ruins compares Xiao Yang’s achievements to his own past record, noting that he cleared only the seventh level during his first thirty years in Chaos City. Xiao Yang has already matched or surpassed that accomplishment.
• Xiao Yang dismisses the importance of fame and leaves to continue cultivating, emphasizing that true strength matters more than reputation.
• Registration for the Universe Genius Battle begins across the Virtual Universe. Hong and Thunder God immediately register, while news of the event spreads throughout humanity and attracts the attention of spies from other races.
• On Earth, Xiao Yang continues guiding Luo Feng’s Mosha Clan Avatar in understanding the Space Origin Law. He informs Luo Feng that registration for the Genius Battle has begun, prompting Luo Feng to have his Earthling Avatar register.
• Luo Feng later expresses concern about whether his current strength is enough to enter the universe’s top hundred. Xiao Yang believes Luo Feng is greatly underestimating himself and reassures him that he can certainly become a Core Genius of the Virtual Universe Company.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yang: Suffers his first defeat at the eighth level but shows no discouragement. His confidence and focus remain intact, and his progress continues to astonish even powerful figures such as Void Ruins Venerable. He values genuine strength over fame.
• Void Ruins Venerable/Guixu: Displays pride in Xiao Yang and openly acknowledges that his disciple may surpass his own past achievements. He sees Xiao Yang as an important benchmark who will motivate the entire generation of geniuses.
• Luo Feng: Demonstrates strong growth in the Space Origin Law but suffers from excessive self-doubt. Because he compares other elite geniuses to Xiao Yang, he greatly overestimates the difficulty of the competition and feels immense pressure.
• Hong and Thunder God: Show decisiveness and ambition by registering for the Universe Genius Battle as soon as registration opens.

Significant Themes

• Progress through defeat: Xiao Yang’s loss is portrayed not as failure but as evidence that he is close to a breakthrough.
• Strength versus reputation: Xiao Yang rejects empty fame, believing that actual power is what ultimately matters.
• The pressure of exceptional talent: Xiao Yang’s achievements create a towering standard that inspires others but also makes Luo Feng feel unnecessarily inadequate.
• Mentorship and guidance: Xiao Yang serves as both teacher and role model for Luo Feng, while Void Ruins Venerable supports Xiao Yang’s continued advancement.
• Competition among geniuses: The upcoming Universe Genius Battle introduces a broader stage where human and alien races will evaluate and compete against one another.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yang battles the eighth-level guardian, revealing both his current limits and his proximity to another breakthrough.
• Void Ruins Venerable and Bafin praise Xiao Yang’s accomplishments and discuss his potential impact on the current generation.
• Xiao Yang and Luo Feng share a teacher-student-like exchange over the Space Origin Law. Luo Feng seeks reassurance about his prospects, and Xiao Yang encourages him by assuring him that he can become a Virtual Universe Company Core Genius.

Plot points and events

• Xiao Yang’s reassurance makes Luo Feng more determined to train. Learning that higher-ranked contestants in the Universe Genius Battle receive better secret realms, mentors, guards, points, discounts, and missions, Luo Feng sets his sights on reaching one of the top secret regions.
• Xiao Yang expects Luo Feng to perform far better than in the original timeline, thanks to his early Mosha Clan clone. He also believes Hong and Thunder God can excel: their talent was always exceptional, and they now have teachers, inheritances, resources, and early access to the Dry Witch Secret Realm.
• Xiao Yang travels to White Orchid Star to spend 100 million Chaos Units on another large draw for Level-7 crops that improve affinity with Origin Laws. He has previously obtained mostly crops tied to lower-tier laws and still lacks the desired Pomegranate and Bamboo Shoot.
• Earth remains unclaimed to avoid exposing its location. Xiao Yang previously detected and destroyed a group of Universe Adventurers who entered the Solar System, secretly obtaining their wormhole data.
• In the Game World, Xiao Yang launches a quadrillion draws. Near the end, a strange, unusually hot seed appears. Its information identifies it as a Fire Kirin Fruit, leaving him startled and wondering whether such a crop exists on Earth.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng becomes more ambitious and focused after Xiao Yang explains the rewards tied to competition rankings. He takes his leave to train.
• Xiao Yang quietly encourages Luo Feng without revealing his expectations, while also planning for Hong and Thunder God’s success. He remains cautious about protecting Earth’s location but is willing to spend heavily on his crop-seed pursuits.
• Hong and Thunder God are presented as exceptionally gifted; the story suggests that the support they now receive may let them overcome the disadvantages that hindered them before.

Significant themes

• Preparation and opportunity: Better resources, mentorship, and training can allow talent to reach its potential.
• Merit and hierarchy: Competition rankings determine access to vastly different rewards and opportunities.
• Protection versus exposure: Claiming Earth would secure ownership but reveal its location, so Xiao Yang and his companions choose secrecy.
• Chance and anticipation: Xiao Yang’s expensive draw builds suspense around whether he will finally obtain the crops he wants—and introduces the unexpected Fire Kirin Fruit.

Key plot points

• Xiao Yang discovers that the Level-7 Fire Kirin Fruit improves aptitude for the Fire-Space Beast God Path. Since mastering that path can lead to becoming a Universe Master, he recognizes the fruit’s immense value.
• He immediately plants and harvests the seed, producing a large, flame-like fruit covered in hard scales.
• Unsure how to eat an unfamiliar crop, he uses the game’s warehouse feature to reveal detailed information: the fruit’s flesh is soft, sweet, and edible after peeling, while its scales can be used to forge armor, Battle Suits, and weapons.
• The description says the scales can be given to the Town Blacksmith, revealing that the game contains a Farm Town and may include a crafting system. Xiao Yang wonders whether its blacksmith could forge powerful, personalized treasures.

Character development

• Xiao Yang’s excitement reflects his growing awareness that the game’s crops may offer benefits far beyond ordinary farming.
• He thinks strategically about both the fruit’s effect on his cultivation and the scales’ potential as crafting material. His hopes rise at the possibility of obtaining equipment designed specifically for him.

Character interactions

• No other characters appear in the chapter. Xiao Yang interacts with the game’s systems, using the warehouse to learn how to consume and use the Fire Kirin Fruit.

Significant themes

• Cultivation and opportunity: A seemingly small increase in aptitude could dramatically improve Xiao Yang’s prospects on a path toward Universe Master.
• Discovery and hidden systems: The warehouse reveals uses and features that basic crop descriptions do not, hinting at unexplored parts of the game.
• Personalized power: Xiao Yang contrasts mass-acquired treasures with the rare advantage of equipment forged specifically for its user.

Chapter Summary: “Three First Places”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yang examines the Level-7 Fire Kirin Fruit and learns that both its flesh and outer scales are valuable. The flesh can produce wine capable of slightly intoxicating a Universe Master, while the scales can be forged into weapons and armor.
• Since Xiao Yang lacks brewing equipment and knowledge, he decides not to risk ruining the fruit. He also investigates whether the discarded parts of other high-level crops might be valuable, but discovers that only the Fire Kirin Fruit’s outer scales have special uses.
• Xiao Yang carefully removes the fruit’s scales, then begins consuming the flesh. Each bite releases an enormous amount of energy, forcing him to slowly expel and absorb it before eating more.
• With the help of two Avatars, he ripens nine additional Fire Kirin Fruits. Consuming all ten fruits takes more than a month because of the immense energy contained in each one.
• In the Virtual Universe, Xiao Yang hosts a celebration after the preliminary round of the Universe Genius Battle.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God have each won first place in their respective World Zones. All three only fought seriously during the final days and choose not to participate in the Arena Battle, preferring to spend their time comprehending laws.
• Luo Feng initially believes his World Zone lacked strong opponents. Thunder God reveals that he encountered a powerful genius named Rong Jun, who defeated him in battle but spared his life.
• Thunder God explains Rong Jun’s exceptional mastery of the Space Origin Law and his powerful saber techniques. He also recreates their battle through a Simulation so Luo Feng and Hong can study Rong Jun.
• The celebration continues with expensive food and wine prepared by Xiao Yang. Most of the adults eventually become drunk, while the women and Luo Feng’s children remain sober and continue chatting.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yang: Demonstrates increasing caution and resourcefulness. He investigates the Fire Kirin Fruit’s properties, avoids wasting its valuable scales, and patiently consumes its overwhelming energy over an extended period.
• Luo Feng: Gains confidence from winning his World Zone but realizes he must not become complacent after learning about Rong Jun. He becomes more motivated to continue improving.
• Hong: Shares Luo Feng’s impression that their opponents were weak and carefully studies Thunder God’s information about Rong Jun.
• Thunder God: Reveals that he faced a genuine powerhouse and was defeated. His account highlights both his awareness of his own limitations and his respect for Rong Jun’s abilities.
• Rong Jun: Although he does not appear directly, he is established as a major future rival—an exceptionally talented fighter with outstanding spatial-law comprehension and saber techniques.

Significant Themes

• Resource management and patience: Xiao Yang treats the Fire Kirin Fruit as an irreplaceable treasure and carefully avoids waste, even taking more than a month to consume it safely.
• Continuous improvement: Victory does not lead Luo Feng, Hong, or Thunder God to complacency. Learning about stronger geniuses reminds them that the competition is vast and they must continue cultivating.
• Hidden strength and perspective: Luo Feng and Hong assumed their World Zones lacked powerful opponents, but Thunder God’s experience reveals that a genius’s strength can depend heavily on whom they encounter.
• Companionship and celebration: Despite their intense cultivation and competition, the characters maintain close friendships and families, gathering to celebrate their shared success.
• Preparation for future rivals: Thunder God’s detailed description and simulation of Rong Jun allow Luo Feng and Hong to study a potential opponent before facing stronger stages of the competition.

Important Character Interactions

• Xiao Yang reflects privately on the Fire Kirin Fruit’s uses and consults its stored information to compare it with other crops.
• Luo Feng questions Hong and Thunder God about their experiences in the preliminary round.
• Thunder God recounts his battle with Rong Jun, prompting Luo Feng and Hong to reassess the level of competition.
• Thunder God uses Xiao Yang’s battle arena to recreate his fight, while Luo Feng and Hong memorize Rong Jun’s techniques and characteristics.
• The broader group celebrates together at Xiao Yang’s manor, with the expensive food and wine reinforcing the warmth and prosperity of their relationships.

Summary: “Combat with Rong Jun”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After waking, Xiao Yang, Hong, Luo Feng, and Thunder God go to the combat simulation grounds in Xiao Yang’s luxurious manor on Dry Witch Continent.
• Thunder God inputs Rong Jun’s combat data into the simulator, since he is the only one who has personally fought Rong Jun.
• Hong challenges the simulated Rong Jun first but loses after Rong Jun uses his powerful, self-created saber technique.
• Luo Feng fights next. Although he performs better and pushes Rong Jun hard, he is ultimately defeated.
• Xiao Yang observes that both Hong and Luo Feng are still far below his level and gives all three men guidance on the laws of Time and Space. They benefit greatly from his instruction.
• Over the next year, the trio repeatedly battles the simulated Rong Jun. Luo Feng eventually defeats him, while Hong and Thunder God remain unable to do so by the end of the Arena Battle.
• Later, Luo Feng arrives at a gathering place in the Virtual Universe for the qualified geniuses representing the Dry Witch Universe Country.
• Hong and Thunder God arrive afterward, attracting attention because of their outstanding performances.
• Rong Jun arrives and warmly greets Thunder God. Thunder God declares that he will defeat Rong Jun next time, but Rong Jun confidently refuses to give him the opportunity.
• Rong Jun challenges Hong and Luo Feng to fight him in the finals. The four contestants quickly develop mutual respect and add one another as friends.
• The chapter ends when a terrifying pressure suddenly descends upon the gathering.

Character Developments

• Luo Feng: His defeat by Rong Jun excites rather than discourages him. Unlike Xiao Yang, Rong Jun is an opponent whose strength Luo Feng can measure, allowing him to recognize a realistic path to victory. His rapid progress eventually enables him to defeat the simulated Rong Jun.
• Hong: He remains calm and reflective after losing, recognizing the vast number of hidden geniuses throughout the universe. His defeat reinforces his awareness of the scale of the upcoming competition.
• Thunder God: He acts as the group’s connection to Rong Jun and takes pleasure in testing Hong and Luo Feng against someone he already knows is extremely strong. His determination to surpass Rong Jun remains strong.
• Rong Jun: He is portrayed as confident, powerful, and sociable. His self-created saber technique makes him a formidable opponent, while his friendly interactions show that he respects strong rivals.
• Xiao Yang: He remains far above the others in strength and understanding. Rather than participating in the battles, he serves as a mentor, offering guidance that significantly accelerates the trio’s growth.

Significant Themes

• The vastness of the universe: Hong recognizes that even the Dry Witch Universe Country may contain many talented individuals who have not yet revealed their true abilities.
• Growth through worthy rivals: Luo Feng’s fight with Rong Jun motivates him because the opponent’s strength is understandable and attainable, unlike Xiao Yang’s seemingly limitless power.
• Mentorship and accelerated cultivation: Xiao Yang’s superior understanding of the Time and Space Origin Laws allows him to guide the others and help them progress rapidly.
• Competition and mutual respect: Though the characters compete intensely, their battles lead to admiration, friendship, and anticipation for future confrontations.
• The hierarchy of genius: Rong Jun, Hong, Luo Feng, and Thunder God are presented as exceptional contestants who stand above most of the other qualified fighters.

Character Interactions

• Thunder God introduces the others to Rong Jun’s combat data and teases Hong and Luo Feng about their chances.
• Hong and Luo Feng each test themselves against Rong Jun, gaining valuable insight despite their defeats.
• Xiao Yang gathers the three after their battles and provides personal guidance.
• At the Virtual Universe gathering, the crowd recognizes Luo Feng’s reputation and watches the trio with interest.
• Rong Jun and Thunder God exchange a confident, competitive greeting, while Rong Jun challenges Hong and Luo Feng to meet him in the finals.
• The four promising fighters quickly bond through their shared enthusiasm for battle, becoming friends even as they prepare to compete against one another.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• A terrifying giant in scaled armor arrives in the plaza. His natural aura overwhelms the thousand geniuses, establishing him as an immensely powerful figure.
• He introduces himself as Lord Thirteen, the representative leading the Dry Witch Universe Country’s contestants under the Country Lord’s command.
• Thirteen singles out Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Hong, and Thunder God, telling them that the Country Lord has high expectations for them and that they have excellent chances of advancing.
• He bluntly tells the remaining geniuses that they have little hope, frustrating them but reinforcing the universe’s principle that strength determines status.
• The contestants are transported to a Virtual Universe plane and assigned to Building 0825.
• Hong and Thunder God visit Luo Feng to discuss intelligence supplied by the Dry Witch Secret Realm. The information suggests that relatively few contestants have crossed the Higher-tier Origin Law Threshold, making this Genius Battle seem easier than expected.
• Luo Feng realizes that, based on his performance and his ability to create over a thousand phantom bodies through the Myriad Threads Flow, he may be capable of placing among the top five—or even challenging for first place.
• The three friends conclude that their true objective is not merely the other contestants, but Xiao Yang, whose strength remains far beyond theirs. They jokingly decide that Xiao Yang should treat them to drinks in Chaos City.
• The contestants begin the Trial Tower examinations. Luo Feng deliberately remains until the final moments of each stage because he wants to test himself against Bolan, especially given the importance of the Primordial Secret Realm rankings.
• After more than a year, Luo Feng becomes the last contestant to emerge and reaches the second level of the seventh Trial Tower, earning enough points to take first place.
• Hong and Thunder God also perform impressively, ranking within the top thirty despite being Martial Warriors.
• Bolan recognizes Luo Feng as a genuine threat. After the tower trials, the Arena Battle begins, and the final nine hundred contestants are selected, completing the universe-wide top-thousand rankings.

Character Developments

• Lord Thirteen is established as an intimidating, authoritarian powerhouse, though he shows greater warmth toward Hong and Thunder God because of their shared history in the Dry Witch Secret Realm.
• Luo Feng grows more confident after discovering that his strength places him near the very top of the competition. However, he remains cautious and ambitious, using the Trial Towers to measure himself against Bolan rather than settling for an easy victory.
• Hong and Thunder God demonstrate that they are among the strongest contestants despite not matching Luo Feng and Rong Jun in direct combat. Their confidence and camaraderie with Luo Feng remain strong.
• Bolan, previously viewed as the dominant contestant, begins to feel threatened by Luo Feng’s rapid rise and superior Trial Tower performance.
• Xiao Yang remains absent but influential. His mysterious strength and earlier meaningful expression continue to motivate Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God.

Significant Themes

• Strength determines authority: The reactions to Lord Thirteen and his dismissal of weaker contestants emphasize the harsh hierarchy of the universe.
• Expectations versus reality: Luo Feng and his companions initially expect the Genius Battle to be overwhelmingly difficult, but the supplied intelligence makes it appear easier than anticipated.
• Hidden ability and uncertainty: The contestants’ available information may not reveal everyone’s true strength, encouraging caution despite favorable rankings.
• Ambition and self-testing: Luo Feng does not merely aim to qualify; he deliberately challenges the strongest possible rival and seeks to understand his own limits.
• Friendship amid competition: Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God support and tease one another, balancing the brutal competition with loyalty and humor.
• Potential and recognition: Thirteen’s special attention and Luo Feng’s first-place Trial Tower result suggest that the major powers are beginning to recognize their exceptional talent.

Character Interactions

• Lord Thirteen commands the crowd and personally encourages Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Hong, and Thunder God to meet the Country Lord’s expectations.
• Hong and Thunder God meet Luo Feng to compare their intelligence and discuss the unexpectedly weak overall field.
• The three friends unite around the shared goal of surpassing or eventually confronting Xiao Yang, joking about forcing him to buy them drinks.
• Luo Feng’s Trial Tower performance directly pressures Bolan, transforming their rivalry into a serious contest for supremacy.