Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen survived a surprise attack by Broly and escaped the World within a World, with Hong badly injured. They emerged from Thunder World, where Ming Yu rushed over to greet them, eager to learn what they had found.

• Broly's surprise attack badly injured Hong, while Cao Bing and Luo Feng survived thanks to their defensive equipment and Moyun Vine.
• Cao Bing's group fled the World within a World and blamed Ninth Prince Broly for attacking them with a C2-grade laser gun.
• Lei Shen and Luo Feng vowed to take revenge, while Babata doubted that most of them could reach the Immortal level and Hong stopped their argument.
• Ming Yu waited at Thunder World's entrance, hoping Cao Bing's group had secured a treasure for Three Axe Mountain.
• Cao Bing's group emerged from Thunder World, and Ming Yu abandoned his Starry Sky Chess game to fly over to them.

Cao Bing and the others gave Ming Yu the Sky-Cleaving Blade in exchange for his help protecting their interests and killing Nuolanshan. Ming Yu agreed to kill Nuolanshan and granted them ten thousand planets’ profits and ten billion Universe Coins, leaving their focus free for cultivation and the upcoming Genius Battle.

• Ming Yu welcomed Cao Bing and the others and asked whether they had obtained a treasure in Thunder World.
• Cao Bing presented Ming Yu with the Sky-Cleaving Blade, the group’s chosen gift to secure his support.
• Cao Bing asked Ming Yu to kill Nuolanshan, and Ming Yu promised that the Cosmic Level Nine Martial Artist would die.
• Ming Yu offered the group half of his fifty thousand life planets, but Cao Bing declined because managing them would distract them from cultivation.
• Ming Yu instead granted them the profits from ten thousand planets and ten billion Universe Coins, and Cao Bing accepted.

Qin Yu and Xiao Hei reunited with Cao Bing at Leishan Residence, where they shared wine and caught up on their recent adventures. After spending a month with Cao Bing, Qin Yu declined to stay and prepared to return to Crimson Blood Cave Mansion, leaving Cao Bing to plan a visit to Uncle Chen.

• Qin Yu and Xiao Hei reunited with Cao Bing, and the three celebrated with wine while recounting what had happened since their last meeting.
• Qin Yu told Cao Bing about defeating the Chu Kingdom, his encounter with Sang Mo, the pursuit by Crimson Blood Cave Mansion, and killing Di Tong, Di Qing, and Di Jian.
• Qin Yu urged Cao Bing to visit Uncle Chen, who was over seventy and hoped to see him; Cao Bing decided to send his clone and help Uncle Chen reach the God of War level.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Hei spent a month at Leishan Residence sparring and talking, but Cao Bing could still defeat them even when they fought together.
• Cao Bing asked Qin Yu to stay at Leishan Residence, but Qin Yu refused because Hou Fei was at Crimson Blood Cave Mansion and he did not want him to worry.

After more than three years of cultivation, Cao Bing grew stronger and survived a dangerous Six-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation. The leaders of the three major overseas factions then gathered at Leishan Residence, where Cao Bing confronted Azure Dragon but held back to discuss their business.

• Qin Yu left Cao Bing to return to Jiang Li, and Cao Bing resumed cultivating while Pipi Shrimp and Sui Ye managed Leishan Residence.
• Over three years, Cao Bing advanced to mid-stage Star Core, improved Asura, and raised his Slow-motion Intent to thirty-five times, but failed to comprehend a domain in the Stellar Transformation world.
• Cao Bing survived a berserk Six-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulation by relying on formations, defensive artifacts, and healing medicines.
• True Lord Yan Xu, Yida, Azure Dragon Yan Lang, and the other leaders of the three major overseas factions came to meet Cao Bing at Leishan Residence.
• Cao Bing greeted True Lord Yan Xu and Yida, then angrily challenged Azure Dragon over their past conflict; Azure Dragon offered to apologize, and Cao Bing chose not to attack him.

Cao Bing hosted True Lord Yan Xu and the other powers, who sought the Jade Swords needed to open the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion. He agreed to lend his and Meteor’s swords after ten years, delaying the search for the ninth sword while he prepared to grow stronger.

• Cao Bing received High-grade Spirit Artifact gifts from True Lord Yan Xu, Yida, and the other visitors, including Azure Dragon.
• True Lord Yan Xu explained that the group had gathered seven Jade Swords, while Meteor held the eighth, and asked Cao Bing about his connection to Meteor.
• Cao Bing revealed that Meteor was his junior brother and refused to disclose more about their sect.
• True Lord Yan Xu asked Cao Bing to persuade Meteor to lend the eighth Jade Sword so a secret technique could locate the ninth.
• Cao Bing agreed to lend his and Meteor’s Jade Swords in ten years, and True Lord Yan Xu and the others accepted the delay.

As the Peak Genius Battle approached, Cao Bing reflected on his rapid growth through cultivation and a year of life-and-death arena battles. He also reviewed how Hong, Lei Shen, and Luo Feng had advanced, leaving Earth’s group of four stronger than ever before the competition.

• Cao Bing learned that the Peak Genius Battle had been announced and celebrated the arrival of the event he had long awaited.
• Cao Bing recalled reaching Star level 8 and the peak of the eighth-level Space Domain after a year of a thousand Giant Axe Arena battles, including a near-fatal fight that greatly improved his Domain control.
• Cao Bing and Luo Feng divided the proceeds from selling their treasures, and Cao Bing used a Star Heart to strengthen his body and cultivation.
• Hong advanced to Star level 6 and the seventh-level Light Domain, while Lei Shen reached peak Star level 7 and the peak of the sixth-level Lightning Domain with Mist Lord’s guidance.
• Luo Feng’s Golden Horned Beast body reached the Cosmic level, raising his Gold Domain to the sixth level and letting him glimpse the threshold of the Gold Law.

Cao Bing and the other Earth participants prepared for the Peak Genius Battle and were assigned to separate World Zones. The competition began, and Cao Bing immediately killed a Minotaur who attacked him, earning his first point.

• Cao Bing, Hong, Luo Feng, and Lei Shen discussed the Peak Genius Battle and learned that many Star-level fighters from Earth had signed up.
• A month later, Cao Bing and nine other Earth participants gathered before the battle and received separate World Zone assignments.
• The Virtual Universe teleported the ten Earthlings into their World Zones as the Peak Genius Battle began.
• Cao Bing appeared in a bedroom and killed an attacking Minotaur with a single swing of his blade.
• Cao Bing checked his panel and saw that he had one point and ranked 53,827,152nd.

Cao Bing judged the Genius Battle contestants by their strength, then cultivated in seclusion until his Space Domain reached the ninth level. He emerged to hunt stronger opponents, while Earth’s spectators watched his ranking rise.

• Cao Bing killed a contestant who ambushed him, then left to cultivate rather than waste time fighting weaker entrants.
• Cao Bing sorted the contestants into six categories and identified high-level domain users and law users as his desired opponents.
• Cao Bing spent much of the preliminary round cultivating in a basement with the Space Secret Method, but did not reach the ninth level of his Space Domain.
• Cao Bing used his mastery of space to surprise and kill a contestant, earning 5,215 points and reaching rank 301052.
• Cao Bing decided to abandon one-on-one duels and slaughter contestants in earnest.
• Luo Ping spotted Cao Bing’s ranking rise aboard Earth’s viewing ship, and the spectators realized he had finally begun fighting.

Cao Bing’s companions watched the survivors’ rankings as Guan Yong and Nan Xin endured the Genius Battle through stealth and determination. Cao Bing then entered the city’s central battlefield, rose to 3,100th place, and faced the powerful Steel Bone, whose Golden Light-charged staff shattered his blade shadows.

• Yan Ying recalled being eliminated on the sixth day, while the other Earth participants’ results showed Sokolov, Jia Yi, and Mo Handerson had already been eliminated.
• Guan Yong assassinated a blue-skinned participant in World Zone 86 and reached 6,001 points and rank 259,171.
• Nan Xin, badly wounded and missing an arm, escaped a pile of corpses in World Zone 33 as two women watched and chose not to kill her.
• Cao Bing emerged from seclusion and hunted participants across the city, climbing to 3,100th place.
• Cao Bing confronted Steel Bone, one of the city’s ten strongest participants, and unleashed his Asura Saber Technique.
• Steel Bone’s Golden Light-charged bronze staff swept through Cao Bing’s blade shadows and shattered them.

Cao Bing fought Steel Bone and killed him with his improved Extreme Shadow String Kill. After gaining over 6.35 million points, Cao Bing turned toward the spectators, who fled.

• Cao Bing and Steel Bone exchanged thousands of attacks as nearby contestants watched and recognized Steel Bone as a bloodthirsty killer.
• Steel Bone unleashed a powerful golden-domain strike, and Cao Bing countered with his new move, Cross—Extreme Shadow String Kill.
• Cao Bing's blade mark shattered Steel Bone's golden vajra and pierced his chest, killing him.
• Cao Bing received more than 6.35 million of Steel Bone's points, bringing his total to 8,009,689 and his rank to 137.
• Cao Bing looked toward the spectators, and they scattered to escape.

The Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated Cao Bing, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen entering the top thousand, despite knowing little about them. Lei Shen defeated Lieyin in a fierce lightning-domain battle and remained standing, having tapped into a trace of the Lightning Law.

• The Black Dragon Mountain Empire Emperor learned Cao Bing had risen to 137th place and ordered that he be rewarded and identified.
• A minister reported that Cao Bing, Luo Feng, and Hong had entered the top thousand, and then announced Lei Shen had joined them.
• Lei Shen faced Lieyin, a fist-fighting master with a ninth-level thunder domain, and the two battled with opposing styles of lightning.
• Lieyin gained the advantage, but Lei Shen drew on a trace of the Lightning Law and unleashed a powerful strike.
• Lei Shen defeated Lieyin and reflected that the Ten Thousand Thunder Tribulation Crystal had helped him touch the laws, though he was broke and owed Third Brother one Origin Unit.

Cao Bing, known as Asura, entered the top hundred in the 18th World Zone and decided to challenge its strongest competitors for experience. He defeated Huo Chi and called out Qicai as his next opponent.

• The chapter explained that Lei Shen had grasped the rhythm of the Lightning Law with help from the Ten-Thousand-Thunder Tribulation Crystal he bought at auction for five Origin Units.
• Cao Bing’s victories raised him into the top hundred of the 18th World Zone, so he chose to challenge its top experts instead of hunting ordinary competitors.
• Cao Bing shouted a challenge to Huo Chi, who soon appeared and attacked with a formation of sixteen arrows shaped like a fire phoenix.
• Cao Bing pressed Huo Chi with repeated saber strikes, destroyed the fire phoenix, and cut him down after his arrows fell.
• Cao Bing called out Qicai as his next opponent.

Cao Bing faced Fei Yi, a Dongchen Tribe royal and powerful illusionist he had met years earlier at a slave market. Fei Yi trapped Cao Bing in an illusion and attacked him, but Cao Bing remained defiant as Fei revealed his mastery of the Time Law.

• Cao Bing recognized Fei Yi from the Qiu Long Star slave market, and Fei Yi recalled him as the black-haired Planetary-level kid with terrible taste.
• Fei Yi explained that the Dongchen Tribe's status depended on fur color and heritage, and that he was a royal capable of reaching Cosmic-level strength.
• Cao Bing realized Fei Yi had trapped him in an illusion, but he could find no flaw and could not move despite his attempts to retreat.
• Fei Yi struck Cao Bing repeatedly inside the illusion, while Cao Bing experienced pain and disorientation without being able to escape.
• Fei Yi revealed that he had crossed the threshold of the Time Law with a ninth-level domain, and Cao Bing told him he hated irritating illusionists like him.

Cao Bing used a Space Trap and a series of crude self-created illusions to break out of Fei Yi’s mental illusion. Fei Yi suffered backlash as Cao Bing escaped, though both were left exhausted.

• Fei Yi attacked Cao Bing, but Cao Bing used Domain—Space Trap to realize the punch had only harmed him mentally.
• Cao Bing reasoned that illusions were mental traps with flaws, then created illusions within Fei Yi’s illusion to disrupt it.
• Fei Yi shattered Cao Bing’s crude peach forest, volcanoes, and many other illusions until they returned to his original illusion space.
• Cao Bing regained his ability to move and broke free, leaving Fei Yi pale and bleeding from the backlash.
• Fei Yi asked Cao Bing how he had attacked his real body.

Cao Bing explained how he used layered illusions and his Space Domain to attack Fei Yi’s real body from within Fei Yi’s illusion. Fei Yi trapped him in a new illusion, but Cao Bing’s Phantom Clone cut Fei Yi in half before he could escape.

• Cao Bing described how he layered illusions to disrupt Fei Yi’s control of time and sent his Space Domain’s attack toward his real body.
• Fei Yi realized Cao Bing had used his consciousness and Space Domain together to target him, while Cao Bing revealed the effort the plan had required.
• Fei Yi admitted he had cast another illusion on Cao Bing and sent lightning and heavenly fire to attack him.
• Cao Bing revealed that he had created a Phantom Clone as Fei Yi’s illusion began, and the clone struck Fei Yi with a saber.
• Cao Bing’s Phantom Clone cleaved Fei Yi in two before Fei Yi could withdraw his consciousness from the illusion.

Cao Bing recovered from his battle with Fei Yi, then defeated top contestants across several cities and climbed to rank 23 before the first preliminary round ended. Fei Yi returned to the Dongchen Tribe’s World Lords, while the world zones collapsed after the final rankings were locked in.

• Cao Bing recovered from his mental injuries for two days and reflected on how he had defeated Fei Yi through clever tactics.
• Fei Yi appeared before the Dongchen Tribe’s World Lords, who criticized his cultivation of Seven-Heart Illusion, but the Grand Elder ordered him to prepare for the arena matches.
• Cao Bing challenged powerful contestants across several cities, defeated Blood Saber, and grew stronger after his battles.
• Cao Bing killed Crazy Hammer using three Phantom Clones and reached rank 23 with 529,314,493 points.
• Cao Bing waited for the preliminary round to end, and the surviving contestants vanished as the world zones collapsed and their rankings were locked.

The first preliminary round of the Genius Battle ended with Cao Bing, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen achieving strong rankings, bringing celebration to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. At their virtual-world base, they reviewed their battles and the surprising endurance and growth of Nan Xin and Guan Yong, while Yan Ying had been eliminated early.

• The Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated as Cao Bing ranked seventeenth, Luo Feng fifty-fourth, Lei Shen 158th, and Hong 217th in their world zones.
• Cao Bing returned to the group’s virtual-world base, where Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, Guan Yong, Yan Ying, and Nan Xin had gathered.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen described their dangerous battles, with Hong and Lei Shen gaining combat experience by repeatedly challenging stronger opponents.
• Nan Xin fought until the twenty-sixth day before being killed, and she comprehended the second level of the Fire Domain.
• Guan Yong survived until the end of the world zone battle through stealth and comprehended the first level of the Light Domain after escaping a powerful opponent.
• Yan Ying survived only five days before being eliminated on the sixth day.

Cao Bing secluded himself to study Space Law after the preliminaries, using his peak ninth-level Space Domain and Slow Motion Domain to search for its elusive rhythm. While he cultivated, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire rewarded him and his companions, and Nan Xin accepted a World Master as her teacher.

• Cao Bing deleted the recruitment invitations and spent the month reviewing his battles to digest their lessons and seek the Law fluctuations he had glimpsed.
• Cao Bing expanded his peak ninth-level Space Domain to its limit, then activated Slow Motion and Wuxu to search more carefully for the rhythm of Space Law.
• But Ashka arrived with the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's rewards, and the empire granted Cao Bing and Luo Feng the Milky Way Galaxy and a neighboring galaxy to divide between them.
• The empire awarded Lei Shen 80,000 life-bearing planets and Hong 100,000, while Guan Yong became an internal disciple of the Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land and was assigned to a World Master.
• Nan Xin accepted a female World Master's offer to take her as a disciple and prepare her for cultivation under her.

Cao Bing remained in seclusion as the arena melees began, while Hong entered Group 102 and fought his way through the competition. Hong survived the match and advanced, leaving Cao Bing’s participation still uncertain.

• Luo Feng told Hong and Lei Shen that Cao Bing’s domain was strengthening, and they agreed to wait before waking him for his Group 726 match.
• Luo Feng entered the Virtual Universe for the arena melees while Cao Bing continued cultivating in seclusion.
• Nabini fought in Group 21 but was eliminated, disappointing the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and angering its emperor toward the Holy Land’s disciples.
• Hong entered Group 102 and quickly killed a contestant, then defeated a coordinated attack by six competitors.
• Hong fought two remaining opponents as the match ended, securing one of the ten places advancing from Group 102.

Luo Feng easily won his arena free-for-all, while Lei Shen fought an unresolved battle against another Law-comprehending contestant. During seclusion, Cao Bing glimpsed the rhythm of the Space Law, then entered the Virtual Universe exhausted but confident before his match.

• Luo Feng swept away nearby contestants with his Psionic Weapon and won his arena free-for-all without further challenges.
• Lei Shen fought a Law-comprehending Martial Artist until the match ended without a winner, though Lei Shen had been at a disadvantage.
• Cao Bing reviewed his knowledge of space until he perceived the rhythm of the Space Law and released a spatial force that pinned down living creatures throughout his manor except Luo Feng.
• Cao Bing rested briefly, entered the Virtual Universe with little of his mental strength restored, and greeted Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen before his match.