Recaps

After the elimination rounds, Luo Yuan and the other 899 survivors learned the rewards and rules for the final rankings, including two places in the Primal Secret Region. The rules angered many contestants, but the Virtual Universe Company refused to change them, and Luo Yuan reflected on his place among its many recruited geniuses.

• Luo Yuan watched the arena matches briefly, then spent the remaining hours playing virtual games while the contestants competed.
• The 900 survivors joined Luo Yuan and the other 99, and the Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man announced the rewards and secret-realm placements for each ranking tier.
• The Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man revealed that the finals would start the next day and that the Primal Secret Region would accept two contestants this time.
• Luo Yuan read that the Virtual Universe System would select 100 contestants from the lower 900 to challenge the top 100, leaving 800 without a chance to fight.
• When contestants protested the final rules, a voice warned they could withdraw from the Virtual Universe Company, and Undying elders rebuked them for challenging the leadership.
• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun discussed how the company treated them as recruits among many, while Luo Yuan said his true heart would not change.

Luo Yuan advanced through the first round of the Top Ten Contention Battle and was selected among the twenty contestants for the next stage. He faced Long Yun in the next match, who announced that he would use his full strength.

• Rong Jun explained the status and privileges of Primal Secret Region Members to Luo Yuan and Luo Feng.
• The Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man began the battle, and Luo Yuan defeated Utvisk in under a minute with his claws and Yan Shen Armament.
• Luo Yuan watched as the first round produced one hundred victors, then learned that he had been selected among the twenty contestants advancing.
• After resting, Luo Yuan was teleported into a new arena and found himself matched against Long Yun.
• Long Yun praised Luo Yuan's strength and declared that he would use all his power to defeat him.

Luo Yuan defeated Long Yun and Jiang Mo, then swept through the Top Five Reincarnation Battle until only Bolan remained. In their showdown, Luo Yuan revealed a far greater mastery of the space secret technique than Bolan.

• Luo Yuan broke Long Yun’s domain with the Yan Shen Armament’s Great Skill Appears Simple and won a place in the top ten.
• Luo Yuan killed Jiang Mo with one move, while Luo Feng lost to Bolan and missed the top five.
• The top five were named as Luo Yuan, Bolan, Qian Shui, Rong Jun, and Wuka, and the Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man announced their round-robin battle.
• Luo Yuan defeated Qian Shui, Rong Jun, and Wuka in a single move, leaving Bolan as his final opponent.
• Bolan attacked Luo Yuan with hundreds of Phantom Bodies, but Luo Yuan countered with more than ten thousand, stunning Bolan and the spectators.

Luo Yuan defeated Bolan and won all four Reincarnation Battles, securing first place in the Cosmic Humans' Peak Genius Selection Battle. After the rankings were announced, the 1,000 young participants learned that Virtual Universe Company would transport them to its Universal Headquarters in specialized F-class ships, and they prepared to return home before departing.

• Luo Yuan overwhelmed Bolan with over ten thousand Phantom Bodies, killing his true body and claiming victory in their match.
• Luo Yuan finished first with four wins, while Bolan placed second and Rong Jun, Wuka, and Qian Shui ranked third through fifth.
• The Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man announced the final rankings and told the selected geniuses they would gather at Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters before traveling to the Initial Universe.
• Mana asked the 1,000 participants to provide their planetary addresses and explained that the company would arrange pickups with internal F-class spaceships.
• Mana announced that the optimized pickup plan would bring everyone to headquarters in approximately three years and that the top thousand's prize money had been distributed.
• The participants left the conference room to return home and await letters with their pickup times.

Luo Yuan said goodbye to Jiang Fang and left Earth with Luo Feng to join the Virtual Universe Company. After boarding a ship bound for the company’s headquarters, they learned about their new Core Member status and teleported to a special plane in the Virtual Universe.

• Luo Yuan told Jiang Fang that his training would keep him away for years, and they revisited places on Earth before he left.
• On September 18, 2071, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng departed Earth and traveled to Bailan Star.
• Sha Wu and his subordinates greeted Luo Yuan and Luo Feng as Your Highnesses and escorted them aboard an F-class spaceship.
• Sha Wu explained the Virtual Universe Company’s Core Member routes and why the two were addressed as Your Highnesses.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng entered the Virtual Universe Network and teleported from Nine Star Bay to the company’s Virtual Headquarters plane.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng toured the Virtual Headquarters Plane and learned how Yuxiang Mountain’s five regions reflected members’ status and privileges. After parting from Luo Feng, Luo Yuan was escorted to the entrance of the Primal Region, where servants came to greet him.

• Sha Wu explained Yuxiang Mountain’s five regions and the different housing, facilities, and privileges available to their residents.
• Sha Wu pointed out Thunder Island, where the Virtual Universe Company’s Undying generally lived, then escorted Luo Feng toward the Taichu Zone while directing Luo Yuan to the Public Zone.
• Luo Yuan crossed the Public Zone, where he saw numerous World Lords, and met Green Bamboo, who escorted him toward the Primal Region.
• Green Bamboo stopped at the Primal Region boundary, and Luo Yuan continued alone along the road to its entrance.
• Servants at the Primal Region entrance came forward to greet Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan arrived at his lavish estate in the Virtual Universe’s Primal Region and was introduced to his guards and assigned guide, Mona. After touring the estate, he opened the treasure vault and browsed its categories.

• Aitor flew with Luo Yuan through the Primal Region and explained its membership and enormous estates.
• Aitor showed Luo Yuan estate number 112 and described his guard squad and the more than one hundred thousand servants assigned to him.
• Mona, the Immortal God leading Luo Yuan’s guards, greeted him and took over the tour.
• Mona showed Luo Yuan the estate’s training facility, swimming pool, and residence, while Luo Yuan noted that he would have to wait to reach the real Primal Secret Region.
• Luo Yuan settled into the pavilion’s study and opened the treasure vault, which displayed eight major categories of goods.

Luo Yuan explored the Virtual Universe Company's vast treasury and received 100,000 complimentary points, along with advice to focus on combat strength, origin laws, and secret techniques. He later dined with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka, whose sobering account of how few geniuses survive pushed Luo Yuan to resolve to grow stronger.

• Luo Yuan browsed the treasury's rare treasures and secret techniques, marveling at the Virtual Universe Company's wealth.
• Luo Yuan received a message granting him 100,000 points and advising him to spend his time improving combat strength, comprehending origin laws, and studying secret techniques.
• Luo Yuan joined Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka for a lavish meal in the Public Zone, and Wuka paid to befriend him.
• Wuka described how most geniuses would perish and how few would become supreme experts, leaving Luo Yuan and the others feeling pressure to become stronger.

Luo Yuan spent his joining points on warrior techniques and an eye technique, then continued training aboard his spaceship while traveling to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters. In a simulated battle, he faced Rong Jun at early World Lord strength and fought him evenly under extreme gravity.

• Luo Yuan bought the Demon God Body Refining Technique, Star-Shattering Fist, and Annihilation God Eye, spending all one hundred thousand points.
• Luo Yuan arranged for the Virtual Universe Company to prepare a Nutrient Pod with one hundred times the usual World Lord-level nutrient solution.
• Luo Yuan trained daily in the Virtual Universe during the spaceship’s journey, focusing on laws and techniques that increased amplification.
• Luo Yuan simulated a battle against Rong Jun at early World Lord strength under ten thousand times Earth's gravity.
• Luo Yuan and Rong Jun exchanged thousands of blows, with Luo Yuan matching Rong Jun before their fight continued.

During the three-year journey to the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters, Luo Yuan continued to hone his combat skills and reflected on the vastness of the universe. He and Luo Feng arrived at the enormous headquarters continent and flew inside with World Lord Sha Wu and the others.

• Luo Yuan defeated the simulated Savage Rong Jun in the training ground, impressing the Immortal God Meng Na.
• The recruited geniuses studied and improved during the three-year journey, while Luo Yuan considered how others might have gained extraordinary opportunities.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng entered the Original Universe and saw the immense Super Continent that housed the company's Universal Headquarters.
• The lean, silver-haired old man explained that the headquarters spanned tens of light-years and that nearby celestial bodies served as technological weapons.
• After a thirteen-hour flight to the continent and a passage through its entrance, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng exited the spaceship with World Lord Sha Wu and the others.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng joined the other geniuses at headquarters before the group traveled toward the Initial Universe aboard a strange fish-shaped spaceship. After entering a spacetime tunnel, the differing time flows made most of the youths feel ill, and Luo Yuan steadied Luo Feng as the sensation continued.

• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng received their purchased manuals and supplies at headquarters, then met fellow geniuses including Rong Jun, Wuka, Qian Shui, and Bolan.
• After all 1,000 geniuses gathered, a tall, thin Red-Eyed Man escorted them to a giant fish-shaped spaceship fused with an Undying-tier lifeform.
• An Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man ordered the spaceship to set off for the Initial Universe, and the vessel departed.
• The purple-scaled man asked for a universe spacetime tunnel to be opened, and the spaceship entered the passage between the Initial Universe and the Original Universe.
• The chaotic time flow made the geniuses pale and unsteady; Luo Yuan held onto Luo Feng as they endured the discomfort.

Luo Yuan and the other geniuses entered the Initial Universe and arrived in Chaos City, where they learned about its dangers and the value of studying its laws. The chapter ended with Luo Yuan discovering that the rooftop carvings contained Space Origin Law attribute bubbles.

• The purple-scaled man explained that the Initial Universe revealed the universe’s origin laws and warned the group that they might not survive their thirty years in Chaos City.
• The 1,000 geniuses left the spaceship and were greeted by the Chaos City reception envoy.
• The reception envoy led them through Chaos City and warned them not to disturb the powerful beings studying the origin laws.
• Luo Yuan noticed golden attribute bubbles on the rooftop carvings and confirmed that one contained a wisp of the Space Origin Law.

Luo Yuan and the other geniuses toured Chaos City and learned about its treasures and rules. At the City Lord’s Manor, they began choosing which of the 52 Chaos Steles to study, and Luo Yuan considered how to gain insights from all of them despite the one-stele limit.

• The Black-Robed Envoy led Luo Yuan and the other geniuses through Chaos City, explaining residency limits and the demanding path to permanent residency.
• The group saw the City Lord’s Manor’s inscriptions and learned that Chaos City’s three treasures included the universe’s visible laws, the 52 Chaos Steles, and a treasure outside the city.
• The Black-Robed Envoy explained that each newcomer could study one Chaos Stele for seven days and brought the geniuses to a corridor displaying rubbings of all 52.
• Luo Yuan recognized the pictures as depictions of laws and wanted to collect insights from every stele, but considered other ways to gain law attributes while the geniuses studied the rubbings.

Luo Yuan chose the Heart Trace Chaos Stele, hoping to strengthen his blade skills while secretly using his system to collect laws and techniques. He began striking the stele and rapidly absorbing its contents, drawing the attention of its guardian, who decided to leave him alone.

• Luo Yuan chose the Heart Trace Chaos Stele, and he and Luo Feng agreed to exchange pointers despite choosing different steles.
• The Black-Robed Envoy assigned the geniuses to their selected Chaos Stele chambers, and Luo Yuan displayed astonishing speed on his way to the Heart Trace chamber.
• Luo Yuan found 10,081 blade marks on the Heart Trace Chaos Stele and discovered that striking it caused law and secret-technique attribute bubbles to appear.
• Luo Yuan repeatedly attacked the stele, absorbing its techniques until each Heaven Opening strike transformed into countless blade attacks.
• The stele's guardian observed Luo Yuan's unusual cultivation and chose not to interfere, recognizing the potential of his blade technique.

After studying the Chaos Stele for seven days, Luo Yuan left the City Lord’s Manor, claimed a cultivation residence, and entered the Virtual Universe to challenge the Tongtian Bridge. There, he joined Luo Feng and the other geniuses as Guardian Bafen explained the bridge’s rules and formidable difficulty.

• Kandri ended the geniuses’ first seven-day study period and told them they could earn more time by clearing levels of the Tongtian Bridge.
• Luo Yuan chose an unoccupied cultivation residence in Chaos City, where its service intelligence Xiao Ai welcomed him.
• Luo Yuan entered the Virtual Universe and applied for access to the Tongtian Bridge.
• Luo Yuan met Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, Bolan, and the other geniuses at the Tongtian Bridge’s central island.
• Guardian Bafen explained that the fifty-two bridges matched the Chaos Steles, each had twenty-seven levels, and each cleared level granted seven more days of study.
• Guardian Bafen warned that even Undying generally reached only the tenth level, while Universe Country Lords could reach the twenty-first.

Luo Yuan entered the Heart Trace Tongtian Bridge and swiftly cleared its first three levels, drawing the attention of humanity’s powerful figures. He fought a masked Warrior on the fourth level and gained the upper hand with his Heaven Opening attack.

• Guardian Bafen explained that clearing the eighteenth level granted permanent residency in Chaos City, and Luo Yuan learned that newcomer point rewards were multiplied tenfold.
• Luo Yuan chose Controllers on the first three levels and defeated each with his fourth-layer Yan Shen Armament, clearing all three in under a minute.
• Guardian Bafen announced Luo Yuan’s record-setting progress, prompting human geniuses and powerful figures across the universe to watch his challenge.
• Luo Yuan chose a Warrior for the fourth-level fight and impressed the watching King-level Immortals with his blade techniques.
• Luo Yuan unleashed Heaven Opening, overwhelmed the masked Warrior’s strongest attack, and left him bleeding and kneeling.

Luo Yuan passed the fifth layer of the Tongtian Bridge by defeating an Illusionist, then returned to find the human factions competing to recruit him. Back in his manor, he reviewed a flood of messages and information about the 52 factions.

• Luo Yuan passed the fourth layer and continued to the fifth, where he chose to face a Psychic Master Illusionist.
• The female gate guardian trapped Luo Yuan in an illusion of his old apartment and Xu Qian, but his Void Tower destroyed her mental attack.
• Luo Yuan killed the defeated Illusionist and declined to continue climbing the Tongtian Bridge.
• At the Central Plaza, Knife Desolate King and other faction leaders introduced themselves and tried to recruit Luo Yuan, who left without choosing a master.
• Intelligent Xiao Ba sorted Luo Yuan's tens of thousands of emails, including recruitment information, challenges, and high-level call requests.
• Luo Yuan read the 52 faction introductions to learn more about the schools of Chaos City.

Luo Yuan accepted the Country Lord of the Ganwu Universe Country as his teacher after discussing his goal of comprehending all Ten Origin Laws. On Thunder Island, the Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man heard of Luo Yuan’s five consecutive Tongtian Bridge victories and requested the recordings.

• The Country Lord of the Ganwu Universe Country contacted Luo Yuan, praised his progress, and questioned his decision to study all Ten Origin Laws.
• Luo Yuan explained that he hoped to fuse the laws into the Chaos Law, and the Country Lord advised him to focus on one or two Origin Laws.
• The Country Lord offered to take Luo Yuan as his disciple and explained that he had arranged for Luo Yuan’s first call to reach him.
• Luo Yuan accepted the offer, and the Country Lord named him his fifth personal disciple and promised to handle the other Venerables seeking him.
• The Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man heard that Luo Yuan had cleared five Tongtian Bridge levels and ordered a recording of his battles.

The Nine Swords Venerable and Chaos City’s immortals discussed Luo Yuan’s exceptional progress and his future, while Luo Yuan celebrated his new master alongside his friends. The next day, he began attending lectures at the dojos of the 52 schools, starting with Knife Desolate King’s Heart Scar Faction dojo.

• The Nine Swords Venerable watched Luo Yuan clear five floors of the Tongtian Bridge and praised his broad abilities while wondering how far he could advance.
• True Yan King and Wuni King discussed Luo Yuan and Rong Jun, and True Yan King decided to give Luo Feng some pointers.
• Luo Yuan celebrated with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, Qian Shui, Bolan, and the others, then agreed to guide Luo Feng.
• Luo Yuan revealed that he had cultivated the Yan Shen Armament to the sixth layer, astonishing Luo Feng and the other geniuses.
• Luo Yuan visited Knife Desolate King’s dojo to attend a lecture, and Knife Desolate King welcomed him eagerly.

Over twelve years in Chaos City, Luo Yuan collected attributes through lectures, battles, and hunting Chaos Beasts while steadily strengthening his soul and laws. After fusing the ten origin laws, he triggered the descent of all ten laws and drew the attention of Chaos City's experts and Venerables.

• Luo Yuan attended lectures at the training halls of King Rank experts to collect attributes, then hunted Chaos Beasts to gather origin laws and absorb chaos true spirits.
• Luo Yuan killed Chaos Beasts across the wilderness, raising his soul's strength close to that of an Immortal Expert and advancing to Universe Level Ninth Rank.
• Luo Yuan spent ten years in Chaos City collecting attributes, challenging geniuses, socializing, playing virtual games, and clearing the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge.
• Luo Yuan kept his accumulated origin energy and telekinetic power attributes unfused so he would not reach Domain Lord level and be sent away from Chaos City.
• Two years later, Luo Yuan's ten fused origin laws reached a profound state, and ten pillars of law light descended upon his terrace.
• The cultivators and Venerables in Chaos City were astonished by Luo Yuan's recognition by all ten origin laws, while a figure in the Chaos Ruins opened his eyes in amazement and joy.

Luo Yuan completed his initial Chaos Divine Body and received recognition from all Ten Origin Laws, prompting the Chaos City Lord to offer him discipleship if he cleared the Universe Level Primal Heavenly Mountain. After celebrating with his friends, Luo Yuan began his challenge at the mountain.

• The Chaos City Lord sent Venerable Guiyi to tell Luo Yuan that he could become his disciple if he cleared the Universe Level Primal Heavenly Mountain.
• Luo Yuan completed a year-long transformation into a Chaos Divine Body, and a Golden Wheel Mark appeared between his brows as the Ten Origin Laws recognized him.
• Venerable Guiyi explained the condition for the Chaos City Lord's offer and recounted the tragic fate of their junior brother Kedi.
• Luo Yuan rested, met with Jiang Fang, and shared a meal with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, Qian Shui, and the others.
• Luo Yuan entered the Tongtian Mountain Plane and flew toward the Primal Heavenly Mountain to begin his challenge.

Luo Yuan challenged the Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain and destroyed it with overwhelming strength. After the Chaos City Lord summoned him, Venerable Guiyi judged that Luo Yuan’s combat power already rivaled an Undying.

• Luo Yuan challenged the three guardians at the mountain’s foot, swiftly killing the Minotaur, Ape-Man, and Snake Woman before moving on.
• Luo Yuan instantly defeated the stronger guardians at the mountain’s midsection with Instantaneous Movement.
• At the summit, Luo Yuan unleashed his giant form and Annihilation God Light, destroying the guardians and the Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain while damaging two nearby mountains.
• The Tongtian Mountain Guardian appeared, declared that Luo Yuan had passed, and sent him away.
• Luo Yuan received an email from Venerable Guiyi summoning him to the City Lord’s Manor, where the Chaos City Lord was waiting.
• Venerable Guiyi told Luo Yuan that his combat power already rivaled an Undying, and Luo Yuan wondered how powerful he would become after reaching Undying.

Luo Yuan became the Chaos City Lord’s thirty-second direct disciple and asked permission to study the other Chaos Steles so he could pursue the chaos law. The Chaos City Lord agreed to consider the request, while news of Luo Yuan’s new status spread through humanity’s top factions.

• Venerable Guiyi brought Luo Yuan into the Chaos Ruins and introduced him to the Chaos City Lord.
• The Chaos City Lord formally accepted Luo Yuan as his direct disciple, upgraded his access privileges, and invited him to visit his palace when needed.
• Luo Yuan asked to study the other fifty-one Chaos Steles, and the Chaos City Lord said he would consult their creators before giving an answer.
• Luo Yuan returned to his residence, explored his expanded Virtual Universe access, and considered earning permanent residency in Chaos City.
• Humanity’s top factions learned of Luo Yuan’s appointment, while the Ganwu Country Lord considered borrowing more money to buy him a gift.

Luo Yuan reassured his friends after becoming the Chaos City Lord's personal disciple and cleared the thirteenth floor of the Tongtian Bridge. After learning that powerful factions wanted access to Earth's unique potential, he accepted ocean development in exchange for compensation, protection for Earthlings, and unlimited access to all the Chaos Steles.

• Luo Yuan reassured Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, Qian Shui, and the others that his new status would not change their friendship.
• Luo Yuan cleared the thirteenth floor of the Tongtian Bridge, astonishing the Virtual Universe's higher-ups and spurring other geniuses to cultivate harder.
• Venerable Guiyi told Luo Yuan that the Universe Masters had discovered Earth's ability to nurture descendants with powerful minds and offered either to buy Earth outright or develop the regions above its oceans.
• Venerable Guiyi assured Luo Yuan that the Virtual Universe Company would protect Earth's native humans with a Peak Venerable and support their cultivation.
• Luo Yuan chose ocean development for ten billion Hunyuan Units and unlimited access to all the Chaos Steles, warning that he would retaliate against any faction that harmed or mistreated Earthlings.

Venerable Guiyi delivered valuable gifts to Luo Yuan and explained how he could earn permanent residency in Chaos City. He offered to gather funds for the External Incarnation technique, and Luo Yuan began refining his new treasures and studying his secret techniques.

• Venerable Guiyi gave Luo Yuan the Seven Transformations of the Yan God, the Ten Thousand Heart Soul Control Secret Technique, four Yan God Race battle armors, and the Shi Wu Wings from Teacher.
• Venerable Guiyi told Luo Yuan that he could remain in Chaos City for thirty years even if he advanced beyond Universe Level, and gain permanent residency by clearing five more Tongtian Bridge levels.
• Luo Yuan admitted he feared alien assassination, so Venerable Guiyi offered to pool funds with their senior brothers and sisters to buy him the External Incarnation technique.
• After Venerable Guiyi left, Luo Yuan began refining the Shi Wu Wings and reviewed the abilities of the Seven Transformations of the Yan God and the Ten Thousand Heart Soul Control Secret Technique.
• Luo Yuan considered visiting Demon Mountain to pursue the Demon Sound Divine General Inheritance and improve his psychic power and soul.