Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing and Luo Feng reconsidered their purchases, and Babata offered Cao Bing the Yun Mo Star secret methods Void Tower and Soul Seal. After more than a month of training and socializing in the Virtual Universe, Cao Bing learned how few points his group had received compared with Bolan.

• Cao Bing accepted Luo Feng’s advice to focus on manuals and give up buying weapons and shield techniques.
• Babata offered Cao Bing the Void Tower and Soul Seal, explaining that Cao Bing and the others qualified as core disciples of Yun Mo Star.
• Luo Feng taught Cao Bing the Void Tower, which advanced Cao Bing’s comprehension of the Space Law.
• Cao Bing trained for more than a month, sought guidance from World Lord-level experts, and became acquainted with Wuka, Rong Jun, Qian Shui, Jiang Mo, and Bolan.
• Cao Bing learned that his Taichu Zone received 10,000 points while Bolan received 30,000, and that Galexi received none.

After three years of travel and cultivation, Cao Bing and the other Earthlings arrived at Virtual Universe Company's headquarters and reunited with fellow geniuses. Bolan sensed that Cao Bing had become far more dangerous, while Rong Jun had yet to arrive.

• Cao Bing advanced his Stellar Transformation technique to the early Planetary stage and his Gene Primal Energy to Cosmic level 3, while training against other geniuses.
• Sha Shu announced that the group had reached Virtual Universe Company's headquarters and escorted Cao Bing, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen to the enormous continent.
• Cao Bing and the others thanked Sha Shu, left the ship, and followed Virtual Universe Company staff into an oval hall.
• Wuka, Qian Shui, Jiang Mo, and the other geniuses welcomed Cao Bing and his companions, while Qian Shui said Rong Jun would arrive in a few hours.
• Bolan greeted Cao Bing and said he felt far more dangerous than he had in the Virtual Universe.

Cao Bing and Bolan nearly fought after meeting in person, but a female Immortal stopped them. Once all one thousand geniuses had gathered, a red-eyed Immortal escorted them aboard a living spacecraft bound for the Initial Universe.

• Cao Bing and Bolan released their fighting intent, setting off a surge of auras among the top geniuses until a female Immortal ordered them to stop.
• Doomsday Zone students resented the gap between themselves and the top geniuses and excluded Hong and Lei Shen, who laughed it off.
• Rong Jun and the remaining young geniuses arrived, bringing the cohort to one thousand.
• A red-eyed Immortal led the students to a lifelike fish-shaped living spacecraft and had them board it for the journey to the Initial Universe.

As the geniuses traveled through the passage to the Initial Universe, Cao Bing endured agony far beyond what the others experienced. By activating Slow-motion Intent, he glimpsed a fragment of the Time Law and memorized it, taking his first step toward comprehending it.

• Nine Sword Venerable led the geniuses through the Universe Channel toward the Initial Universe.
• The chaotic time flow in the passage caused most of the geniuses intense pain, while Cao Bing suffered as though tens of thousands of years had passed.
• Nine Sword Venerable noticed Cao Bing's unusual suffering but chose to observe rather than intervene.
• Cao Bing activated Slow-motion Intent and endured an even greater tearing pain to see the fleeting shapes in the chaos.
• Cao Bing recognized one shape as a fragment of the Time Law, memorized it, and released a faint trace of Time Law aura.

Cao Bing rapidly memorized lines of the Time Law in the Universe Channel, revealing an extraordinary sensitivity to its torrent. After the biological spaceship exited the passage and the torrent vanished, his companions saw the formidable aura of the laws he had accumulated.

• Cao Bing memorized nearly a hundred lines of the Time Law, and the pain in his mind weakened enough for him to rise.
• Cao Bing recognized that the chaos around him was an immense river of Time Law and frantically tried to memorize as much as he could.
• Nine Sword Venerable realized Cao Bing could perceive the torrent and considered how the Cosmic Chaos Tablet lineage might compete for him.
• The biological spaceship reached the end of the Universe Channel, and the Time Law torrent abruptly disappeared from Cao Bing's sight.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen asked whether Cao Bing was all right as Bolan, Rong Jun, and the others reacted to his powerful law aura.

Cao Bing and the other geniuses arrived in the Initial Universe and studied its visible law patterns as Nine Sword Venerable explained their value for cultivation. They reached Chaos City, where a reception envoy greeted them and warned them to obey its rules.

• Nine Sword Venerable revealed the Initial Universe outside the spaceship and explained how its manifest laws could help the geniuses comprehend them.
• Cao Bing compared the Initial Universe's laws with the Time Law he had studied in the Universe Channel and reflected on the difference between memorizing laws and understanding them.
• The spaceship descended above Chaos City, and Nine Sword Venerable warned the thousand geniuses to follow the city's rules and hoped to see them again in thirty years.
• The geniuses disembarked, and the Biological Spaceship departed as Cao Bing looked upon the ancient, imposing Chaos City.
• A black-robed, azure-scaled reception envoy introduced himself and told the newcomers that Chaos City was jointly managed by five major organizations and required strict obedience to its rules.

Cao Bing and the other geniuses learned the rules and wonders of Chaos City before being given half an hour to choose a Chaos Tablet to study. Cao Bing found a snowflake-patterned painting that filled him with joy and chose its corresponding tablet.

• The reception envoy showed Cao Bing and the others unclaimed residences and rooftop Origin Law carvings, then warned them that humans were forbidden from killing one another in the Initial Universe.
• The envoy brought the group to the City Lord's Mansion to see the fifty-two Chaos Tablets, and the plaque above its entrance briefly drew the geniuses into its world of words before he woke them.
• The envoy explained that each person could comprehend one Chaos Tablet for seven days and gave the group half an hour to examine paintings representing all fifty-two tablets.
• Cao Bing examined more than twenty paintings before a snowflake-patterned one stirred his mind and made him certain he had found his choice.
• The envoy gathered the geniuses after time ran out and asked each of them to name the Chaos Tablet they had chosen.

Cao Bing entered the secret room to study the Cosmic Chaos Tablet during his seven-day comprehension period. He focused on its first carving, the Snowflake Diagram, and used his clones and Slow-motion Intent to maximize his cultivation.

• Cao Bing chose the Cosmic Chaos Tablet, while Luo Feng chose the Nine Universe Chaos Tablet, Hong chose the Illusion Heart Chaos Tablet, and Lei Shen chose the Thunder Yan Chaos Tablet.
• The black-robed envoy recorded the choices and sent the group onward, warning them not to wander and explaining that some tablets were occupied.
• Cao Bing and the others met Lord Kandri, guardian of the fifty-two Chaos Tablets, who gave them seven days to study their chosen tablets.
• Cao Bing entered the room containing the Cosmic Chaos Tablet and examined its ten carvings, from snowflakes and mountains to mysterious beasts and a field of chaotic whiteness.
• Cao Bing judged that his law comprehension was still limited, so he focused on the first carving and began comprehending with his clones while using Slow-motion Intent.

Cao Bing and the other newcomers finished their first seven-day session comprehending the Chaos Tablet, then set out to choose residences in Chaos City for the next thirty years. As Cao Bing searched, he openly revealed that his three Time Seal Clones had entered the Initial Universe with him, with the Virtual Universe Company’s tacit approval.

• Cao Bing became absorbed in the Snowflake Diagram on the Chaos Tablet and gained insights while new questions arose in his mind.
• After seven days, Cao Bing left the secret chamber reluctantly and discussed the session with Hong and Lei Shen, who also lamented the short time.
• Kandri told the newcomers to find residences and apply to enter the Tongtian Bridge through the Virtual Universe.
• Cao Bing, Hong, and Lei Shen split up to search Chaos City for courtyards whose engravings suited their cultivation paths.
• While considering how to search among the city's many courtyards, Cao Bing revealed his three Time Seal Clones, which had entered the Initial Universe without being stopped.

Cao Bing settled into a temporary courtyard whose space-and-time engravings inspired him, while four experts of the Cosmic Chaos Tablet lineage discussed his uncertain potential. As King Lou Gu prepared to guide him, Cao Bing challenged the Tongtian Bridge and passed its first level.

• Cao Bing used his original body and three Time Seal Clones to search more than ten thousand courtyards before choosing one with profound space-and-time engravings.
• A one-eyed expert, Luyu, Lou Gu, and Kuang Lan discussed Cao Bing's promise and agreed it was too early to judge his talent.
• The one-eyed expert said Cao Bing deserved guidance, and Lou Gu volunteered to visit him.
• The four Invincible Kings sensed Cao Bing challenging the Tongtian Bridge, and Lou Gu reported that Cao Bing had passed the first level.
• Luyu said the first level was expected to be easy for Cao Bing but the second would be difficult, and the one-eyed expert proposed that they watch together.

Cao Bing entered the Tongtian Bridge to test his progress after studying the Cosmic Chaos Tablet and comprehending the Time Law. He chose a Martial Artist opponent and began facing an illusion of distorted speed and distance.

• Cao Bing entered the Virtual Universe and was teleported to the Tongtian Bridge plane.
• Cao Bing met Overseer Bafen, who explained the bridge’s trials and the Cosmic school’s thirty levels.
• Cao Bing learned he was one of two trainees with a chance of clearing the first level, the other likely being Bolan.
• Cao Bing reached the first level’s endpoint and chose a Martial Artist as his opponent.
• Cao Bing faced a black-masked fighter with a saber and realized its movement made distance and speed seem distorted.

Cao Bing defeated the first-level Tongtian Bridge opponent after learning to see through its combined Time Law and Space Law movement technique. He began the second level, where the black figure’s stronger saber and movement techniques wounded him and forced him to reveal more of his skill.

• Cao Bing studied the first black figure’s elusive movement as they exchanged tens of thousands of blows.
• Cao Bing saw through the figure’s movement technique and split it with a saber strike, clearing the mist and reaching the next level.
• Cao Bing chose a martial artist on the second level and attacked the newly formed black figure with twenty-four phantom arms.
• The second-level figure cut through Cao Bing’s body, but Cao Bing used Eight Directions Shadow Capture to sacrifice a Phantom Clone and survive.
• The black figure wounded Cao Bing’s left shoulder with a space-crossing saber strike, and Cao Bing prepared to use Saber Technique—Asura and Eight Directions Shadow Capture.

Cao Bing fought the Tongtian Bridge guardian and used Slow-motion Intent to study its superior blade work, movement, and coordinated Eight Directions Shadow Capture. As the battle continued, he poured out powerful attacks to hold off the guardian while the kings watched to see whether he could pass the second level.

• Cao Bing surrounded the black figure with Phantom Clones, but the figure summoned seven copies and shattered his blade net with sixty-four coordinated slashes.
• Cao Bing recognized the guardian’s advanced use of Eight Directions Shadow Capture and activated Slow-motion Intent to study its techniques.
• Cao Bing realized the guardian’s eight bodies used a sophisticated joint attack rather than a conventional formation, and they steadily drove his Phantom Clones back.
• Cao Bing absorbed lessons from the guardian while mixing Extreme Shadow String Kill and Starlight into a barrage to relieve the pressure.
• King Luyu, King Lou Gu, King Kuanglan, the one-eyed man, and the Tongtian Bridge overseer watched Cao Bing, debating his chances as the one-eyed man urged them to keep watching.

Cao Bing used a coordinated formation of Phantom Clones to overcome the black figure on the second level of the Tongtian Bridge. After a battle lasting over an hour, he destroyed the black figure with a final surprise attack and won.

• Cao Bing endured the black figure’s relentless attacks and said its fighting style had inspired a new coordinated technique.
• Cao Bing attacked in successive waves with Shadow String Kill, Starlight, and One-Character Extreme Shadow String Kill, arranging his clones around the black figure’s eight phantoms.
• Cao Bing formed the Lotus—Extreme Shadow String Kill Formation, which destroyed half of the black figure’s body but failed to kill it.
• The half-destroyed black figure countered Cao Bing’s Starlight—Star Trace, while Cao Bing’s apparent body shattered as a decoy.
• Cao Bing appeared behind the black figure and finished it with Starlight—Mountain Split, winning the battle.

King Lou Gu and the other experts watched Cao Bing get killed instantly on the Tongtian Bridge’s third level, then Lou Gu sent him advice about strengthening his fundamentals and studying the Brocade Floss manual. Cao Bing discovered Lou Gu was an Invincible King and wondered whether he might take him as a disciple.

• King Luyu, King Lou Gu, and King Kuanglan discussed whether to take Cao Bing as a disciple, but decided to wait; the one-eyed man predicted Cao Bing would last one move on the third level.
• Cao Bing was killed by the third-level gatekeeper as soon as it appeared, and King Luyu lost a bet to King Lou Gu and the others.
• After leaving the Tongtian Bridge, Cao Bing received 3,000 points and two opportunities to study the Cosmic Chaos Tablet, but was unsure how to use them.
• King Lou Gu privately advised Cao Bing to focus on his fundamentals and consider buying Venerable Hua Jin’s foundational manual, Brocade Floss.
• Cao Bing looked up Lou Gu, learned he was an Invincible King, and wondered whether King Lou Gu intended to take him as a disciple.

Cao Bing bought and studied the Venerable-created secret art Brocade Floss, using his Slow-motion Intent to strengthen his understanding of the Time Law. After three months of seclusion, he had not gained entry into the art but had built a better foundation and prepared to hunt Chaos Beasts.

• Cao Bing bought Brocade Floss for 5,100 points and entered seclusion to study it.
• Cao Bing used Slow-motion Intent to study the secret art and improve his grasp of the Time Law.
• Luo Feng and the other trainees challenged the Tongtian Bridge; Bolan cleared two levels, while Luo Feng and Rong Jun each cleared one.
• The trainees learned that Cao Bing had cleared two levels, prompting them to train harder to catch up.
• Cao Bing emerged from three months of seclusion and decided to go out and kill Chaos Beasts.

Cao Bing left Chaos City to hunt Cosmic-level Chaos Beasts and discovered that their Chaos True Spirits strengthened his soul. After slaughtering a massive horde, he estimated that his soul had transformed by five percent and set out to find more prey.

• Cao Bing learned that Hong and Lei Shen had returned to secluded cultivation after finding Chaos Beast hunting inefficient, while Luo Feng remained in seclusion studying the Piao Xue manual.
• Cao Bing entered the innermost hunting zone, killed a Cosmic-level 3 Chaos Beast, and absorbed its Chaos True Spirit, finding that the small amount barely affected his soul.
• Cao Bing faced nearly a thousand Chaos Beasts and used Eight Directions Shadow Capture and Starlight—Meteor Shower to decimate the horde.
• Cao Bing slaughtered the remaining beasts and absorbed their Chaos True Spirits, advancing his soul transformation by at least five percent.
• Cao Bing decided to search nearby areas for more Chaos Beast hordes, hoping to complete his soul transformation.

After three soul transformations from absorbing Cosmic level Chaos True Spirits, Cao Bing entered the Domain Lord area to hunt stronger Chaos Beasts. He killed a Domain Lord level 1 beast, discovered its True Spirit could bring him much closer to a fourth transformation, and returned to the hunt.

• Cao Bing left the Cosmic level region after nearly exhausting the soul-transforming effects of its Chaos True Spirits.
• Cao Bing entered the Domain Lord area, then moved away from the Chaos Beasts drawn to his spaceship.
• Cao Bing used Wuxu to approach a sleeping Domain Lord level 1 Chaos Beast and killed it with a close-range barrage.
• Cao Bing collected and absorbed the beast's Domain Lord-level Chaos True Spirit, learning that a little over three hundred could trigger his fourth soul transformation.
• Cao Bing opened his spaceship's hatch, activated Wuxu, and leapt back into the Domain Lord area to hunt.

Cao Bing returned to Chaos City after six soul transformations and resumed cultivation, while the Immortals discussed his potential and King Kuanglan set a condition for considering him as a disciple. Four years after arriving, Hong stood out among the students by passing the first level of the Tongtian Bridge and becoming a King-level Immortal’s disciple.

• Cao Bing left the Domain Lord-level Chaos Beast territory after completing his sixth soul transformation and headed back to Chaos City.
• King Luyu, King Lou Gu, and King Kuanglan discussed Cao Bing’s strength, but none agreed to take him as a disciple; King Kuanglan said she would consider it if he started Brocade Floss within five years.
• Over four years in Chaos City, Bolan passed the third Tongtian Bridge level, Rong Jun passed the second, and several other students passed the first while Luo Feng continued secluded cultivation.
• Hong narrowly defeated the guardian of the first Tongtian Bridge level and was accepted as the sole disciple of a King-level Immortal from the Illusion Heart Chaos Tablet lineage.

Cao Bing returned to the Tongtian Bridge and defeated the third-level opponent after studying its movement and blade techniques. On the fourth level, he faced a white-robed martial artist whose powerful attacks and space-time secret technique left Cao Bing searching for a way to respond.

• Cao Bing visited Guardian Bafen and entered the Tongtian Bridge to test the secret techniques he had studied.
• Cao Bing used his movement technique to study the third-level opponent, then defeated it with a rapid series of blade strikes.
• Cao Bing spent time absorbing the opponent’s combat experience before reaching the fourth level.
• Cao Bing chose a martial artist as his fourth-level opponent and attacked the white-robed man with both warblades.
• The white-robed man struck Cao Bing with overwhelming force and appeared from concealed movement, which Cao Bing recognized as a secret technique combining space and time.