Chapter Summaries

Luo Yuan and his companions attended the Ganwu Auction, where more than 1.82 million World Lords gathered. The preliminary auction began with the sale of the Tana Star Sector, an entire starfield of 668 galaxies.

• Luo Yuan listened as attendees discussed a coveted slot to enter the Initial Universe and anticipated how his strength might grow before the Universe Genius Battle.
• Luo Yuan told a one-eyed man that he and his companions belonged to no family or organization.
• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God received neighboring seats and were stunned by the auction hall’s three million enormous seats.
• Old Barto announced that 1,823,959 people had attended, over 500,000 more than the previous auction.
• Old Barto opened the preliminary auction by offering the Tana Star Sector, a starfield containing 668 galaxies.

At the Ganwu Auction, Luo Yuan and his companions watched costly lots sell before buying Lanke Fruits and bidding on Yan Shen Armaments. Luo Yuan and Luo Feng each won one, and the auction continued with the next item.

• The Tana Star Sector sold for 1,000 Hunyuan Units as the Ganwu Auction began.
• Luo Yuan spent nearly two trillion Universe Coins on twelve lots of Lanke Fruits, while Luo Feng and Hong bought two lots each.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng identified the Yan Shen Armament as a weapon suited to Mental Master Controllers and decided to bid on one each.
• Luo Yuan bid 3.62 trillion Universe Coins, and Luo Feng bid 3.6112 trillion for Yan Shen Armaments.
• The ninth-highest bid ended at 3.6101 trillion Universe Coins, and Luo Yuan and Luo Feng each won an armament.

Luo Yuan and his companions watched the Ganwu Auction’s finale, where Luo Feng bought a Mosha Clan Member’s skin and the last item, a slot to study in the Initial Universe, sold for 37,000 Hunyuan Units. Fifteen days later, Luo Yuan received his purchases, including Life Fruits, skill books, and the Yan Shen Armament.

• Luo Yuan bought three Life Fruits and several skills related to applying the ten domains during the auction.
• Luo Feng won a Mosha Clan Member’s skin for 3.9 trillion Universe Coins and told Luo Yuan he planned to use it to create a Mosha Clan avatar for the Golden Horned Beast.
• The final auction item, a World Lord Level slot to study in the Initial Universe, sold for 37,000 Hunyuan Units, and the Turtle-Shell Old Man ended the auction.
• Luo Yuan and his three companions left the auction hall, teleported back to Earth, and returned their consciousnesses to their bodies.
• Fifteen days later, Luo Yuan opened the delivery crates and received Lanke Fruits, three Life Fruits, skill books, and the Yan Shen Armament.

Luo Yuan trained with the Yan Shen Armament and fought new geniuses in the Virtual Universe as the Peak Genius Tournament was announced. He continued pressuring a Universe Level opponent in the Decisive Battle Space, eager to improve by collecting his skills.

• Hong told Luo Yuan that many new experts had appeared in the Killing Field's Decisive Battle Space, and Luo Yuan said he would seek them out.
• Luo Yuan celebrated the Spring Festival with Jiang Fang before entering the Virtual Universe on the tenth day of the first lunar month.
• Luo Yuan practiced the Yan Shen Armament, found that he had mastered less than half of its first layer, and began challenging geniuses who used it.
• The Virtual Universe announced the upcoming Peak Genius Tournament across the Universe Countries, prompting excitement among its inhabitants.
• Luo Yuan used his domain and laws to overwhelm a Universe Level Fourth Rank Yan Shen Armament user, then taunted him to use the weapon's third layer.

Luo Yuan defeated a bald young man in black robes who wielded the Third Stage of Yan Shen Armament, then learned about the Peak Genius Tournament with Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God. He decided to enter the tournament and looked forward to testing himself against its contestants.

• The bald young man activated the Heavenly Sword Style, but Luo Yuan used his Ninthfold Earth and Thunder Domains to break his sword-energy space and defeat him.
• Luo Yuan bound the defeated young man and attacked him with Tier 5 telekinetic throwing knives before leaving the Killing Field hours later.
• Luo Yuan noticed the announcement for the Peak Genius Tournament and returned to the palace in Nine Star Bay, where Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God were waiting.
• Thunder God showed Luo Yuan the tournament details, including its rewards for the top 1,000 contestants: prize money, entry to the Initial Universe, and Virtual Universe Company core membership.
• Luo Yuan said he would compete for fun and hoped the geniuses would give him an enjoyable challenge.

Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God registered for the Peak Genius Tournament and later learned how its brutal preliminary round would work. As the Ganwu Universe Country’s preliminary assembly day arrived, the four prepared to enter a contest where billions would fight for survival.

• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God registered for the tournament, which had already drawn billions of participants across the universe.
• The four spent the weeks before registration closed working to improve their strength.
• On April 16, 2066, the four received an email explaining that the contest would equalize contestants’ attributes and divide the selection into preliminary eliminations and arena battles.
• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God learned that over 822.5 billion Ganwu participants would be split among 100 worlds, where contestants earned points by killing others and only the top 1,001 in each world would advance.
• On May 16, 2066, the day arrived for the Ganwu Universe Country’s preliminary assembly.

Luo Yuan entered the Sixth World Zone for the Genius Selection Contest and learned the rules of the 30-day preliminary. As the contestants began fighting, he used his Spiritual Force to gather attributes and drew the attention of approaching rivals.

• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God checked their assigned World Zones and wished one another luck before being teleported apart.
• Luo Yuan arrived in the Sixth World Zone, read the contest rules, and noted the immense gravity and the B9-grade city structures.
• Luo Yuan watched the first battles erupt across the city and spread his Spiritual Force over a radius of ten thousand li.
• Luo Yuan collected attributes from the nearby battles while relaxing on a rooftop, prompting hot-tempered contestants to fly toward him.

Luo Yuan slaughtered the challengers who came to his rooftop in the Sixth World Zone, then continued gathering attributes as the preliminary contest progressed. By the twelfth day, reports of his killings had drawn more powerful, prideful geniuses toward the North City District.

• Luo Yuan killed a burly attacker with the Yan Shen Armament and saw his score rise to 20 points.
• Luo Yuan formed a Sword Domain with 729 small golden swords and killed over a hundred challengers, driving many others away.
• Luo Yuan condensed the fourth layer of the Void Tower while continuing to collect attributes.
• A World Lord watching the Sixth World Zone praised Luo Yuan’s talents, and Ming Yu reported that Luo Yuan had several Ninefold Domains and no teacher.
• On the twelfth day, Teparay killed a green-haired youth who challenged him to face Luo Yuan, then vowed to go after Luo Yuan.
• Geniuses across the Sixth World Zone headed for the North City District after hearing reports of Luo Yuan’s killings.

Luo Yuan fought off waves of geniuses in the Sixth World Zone while rival camps planned to exhaust him, and observers across the universe took notice of his strength. His rise to seventh place, alongside Luo Feng’s 997th-place ranking, brought acclaim to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, though the preliminaries were still underway.

• Luo Yuan listened in on enemy commanders discussing their plan to wear him down and vowed to defeat them once his domain broke through into a world.
• Observers learned that Luo Yuan had reached seventh place in the sixth world and identified him as a genius from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
• Brolin saw that Luo Yuan and Luo Feng had entered the provisional top 1,001 in their respective World Zones and publicly praised them.
• The Emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated the two qualifiers and promised them rewards, while a World Lord cautioned that the final results were not yet settled.

Luo Yuan used the Sixth World Zone’s attacks to push his domain toward a breakthrough, then revealed that he had mastered and combined ninth-level domains of all ten attributes. As his Chaos Domain darkened the surrounding world, his six attackers and the remaining contestants stared in shock.

• Luo Yuan held off waves of contestants on a rooftop with his Sword Domain while ranking fifth and nearing a breakthrough.
• Otto and five other top-ranked contestants formed an alliance and used cannon fodder to wear Luo Yuan down.
• On the twenty-eighth day, Otto and the other five attacked Luo Yuan together with their domains.
• Luo Yuan revealed ninth-level domains of all ten attributes and merged them into a Chaos Domain.
• The six attackers, contestants across the zone, and spectators outside watched in astonishment as the Chaos Domain spread.

Luo Yuan used his Chaos Domain to create a Chaos World, seize control of the Sixth World Zone, and slaughter its contestants. He then destroyed the entire virtual world, drawing the attention of the Ganwu Universe Country’s ruler and countless Immortal Gods.

• Luo Yuan absorbed the domains of Otto and five other contestants, transforming his Chaos Domain into a Chaos World.
• Luo Yuan used universe crystals to strengthen his control over the Sixth World Zone as Otto urged the remaining contestants to attack him.
• Luo Yuan unleashed the Chaos World’s powers and killed the charging geniuses by the hundreds of millions.
• Luo Yuan snapped his fingers and erased the remaining contestants, buildings, and the entire Sixth World Zone.
• Luo Yuan contemplated the world’s limits as his feat stirred an uproar across the Ganwu Universe Country.

Luo Yuan finished first in the Sixth World Zone and secured a place in the Genius Peak Battle, then withdrew from the Virtual Universe to begin preparing for a breakthrough to the Universe Level. As the arena finals continued without him, he went into seclusion on Mars.

• The preliminaries ended, and Luo Yuan returned to Black Dragon Mountain Island after ignoring thousands of calls.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God watched footage of Luo Yuan defeating the Sixth World Zone and discussed their own rankings and Thunder God’s loss to Savage.
• The top 1,001 contestants from each World Zone advanced, while each zone’s first-place finisher, including Luo Yuan, secured a direct final spot.
• Luo Yuan rejected recruitment offers from factions and organizations, claiming he was in seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Luo Yuan entered his backup spaceship on Mars and used the attributes in his Attribute Space to begin breaking through to the Universe Level.

Luo Yuan broke through to Universe Level as both a Psychic Master and a Gene Warrior, gaining immense power and ten-attribute origin energy. A month later, Black Dragon Mountain Empire envoys offered him the Milky Way Galaxy and promised Luo Feng the Magellanic Galaxy if he reached the top one thousand in the Ganwu Universe Country.

• Luo Yuan absorbed vast amounts of cosmic energy and formed a vortex galaxy with a black hole in his Sea of Consciousness, becoming a Universe Level Psychic Master.
• Luo Yuan broke through as a Universe Level Gene Warrior, forming vortex galaxies in ten dantians and gaining origin energy of all ten attributes.
• Luo Yuan mastered the Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal, advanced his space techniques, and strengthened his skills with rare metals.
• A month later, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng met Butashka and the other envoys in Luo Yuan's Virtual Universe palace.
• Butashka told Luo Yuan that the emperor would grant him the Milky Way Galaxy, which was under the Silver Blue Empire.
• Butashka promised Luo Feng the Magellanic Galaxy if he made it into the top one thousand in the Ganwu Universe Country.

Luo Yuan spent three years honing his Yan Shen Armament before challenging a Universe Level Nine genius who had mastered its Fifth Layer. Their clash began with Luo Yuan’s Fourth Layer pillar blocking and resisting the opponent’s Space Cutting sword.

• The silver-haired elder encouraged Luo Yuan and Luo Feng to represent the Black Dragon Mountain Empire in the battles among the Universe Countries.
• Luo Yuan logged off to feed his Cloud-Touching Vine Lanke Fruit, while the three-year arena Reincarnation Battle proceeded without him.
• Luo Yuan trained in the Virtual Universe’s Decisive Battle Space and advanced his Yan Shen Armament mastery to the Fourth Layer.
• Luo Yuan challenged a silver-armored Giant Axe Martial Arena genius who wielded the Yan Shen Armament’s Fifth Layer, Space Cutting.
• Luo Yuan formed a golden totem pillar and knocked apart his opponent’s golden sword before blocking the opponent’s dark-gold longsword.
• The silver-armored man’s sword damaged Luo Yuan’s pillar, but Luo Yuan restored its shifting golden swords and threads.

Luo Yuan defeated the Silver-Armored Youth by rebuilding his Totem Golden Pillar and stopping its attack just before it killed him, then used their duel to improve his Yan Shen Armament. After the Ganwu Universe Country’s selection ended, the 1,000 chosen geniuses gathered to hear that the inter-universe Peak Showdown would begin in a year and a half.

• Luo Yuan used his Totem Golden Pillar’s Absolute Control Zone to intercept the Silver-Armored Man’s sword, but the opponent battered the pillar and nearly destroyed it.
• Luo Yuan reassembled the Totem Golden Pillar, weakened the incoming sword, and stopped the pillar just short of the Silver-Armored Youth’s head.
• Luo Yuan bound the defeated youth and had the Yan Shen Armament strike him repeatedly, gaining fifth-layer Space Cutting proficiency over three days.
• Luo Yuan left the Decisive Battle Space and teleported to the Martial Arena after learning the Ganwu Universe Country’s Genius Reincarnation Battle had ended.
• A giant addressed the 1,000 selected geniuses and announced that the Peak Showdown against other Universe Countries would begin in a year and a half, giving them time to improve.

After the Ganwu Universe Country’s selection ended, Luo Yuan reunited with Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God, while news of his overwhelming strength spread among rival geniuses across the universe. The Ganwu Country Lord then reprimanded the Undying beings responsible for nurturing the country’s young talent.

• Luo Yuan told Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God that he had spent the past three years cultivating in the Decisive Battle Space, where his Demon King reputation had attracted even more challengers.
• In the Savage Universe Country, a Manka Star Person youth learned that Luo Yuan had mastered the Ten Origin Laws, fused them into a Chaos Domain, and defeated an entire world zone, so he hurried off to cultivate.
• Geniuses across the universe gathered intelligence about Luo Yuan and began training harder after hearing he might contend for the overall title.
• The Ganwu Country Lord praised Luo Yuan’s strength but accused three Undying beings of failing to nurture the country’s best geniuses, then forced them to their knees with his rebuke.

Luo Yuan strengthened himself by advancing his Cloud-Touching Vine, acquiring abilities from Luo Feng’s Mosha Clan clone, and improving his techniques before the Genius Battle finals. As the competition began, he arrived at the Ganwu Universe Country gathering and reunited with Luo Feng.

• The ruler of the Ganwu Universe Country dismissed three Undying beings from training the younger generation and considered taking Luo Yuan as a disciple.
• Luo Feng lost all three simulated battles against Luo Yuan in the Killing Space, while Babata encouraged him to keep improving.
• Luo Yuan fed his Cloud-Touching Vine a Life Fruit, helping it break through to the Domain Lord level, and tested its power in space.
• Luo Yuan borrowed Luo Feng’s Mosha Clan clone and gained its copying, spatial affinity, and covert abilities, then spent a year improving his techniques and defenses.
• Before the Genius Battle finals, Luo Yuan watched the sunrise with Jiang Fang and looked forward to fighting the gathered geniuses.
• Luo Yuan arrived at the Ganwu Universe Country gathering on a floating island, where he reunited with Luo Feng and discussed the competition.

Luo Yuan and the other Ganwu Universe Country geniuses arrived in the Virtual Universe Plane with Lord Thirteen, who warned them about the competition and assigned them rooms in Building 0825. Luo Yuan received room number 1 as the gathered teams prepared to meet the Virtual Universe Company organizers later that day.

• Luo Feng told Luo Yuan that the Genius Battle finals would place every contestant at Star Level Nine, and Luo Yuan encouraged him to do his best.
• Rong Jun approached Luo Feng and Luo Yuan, and Luo Yuan brushed off the towering savage by saying he was blocking the sunlight.
• Lord Thirteen arrived and told Luo Yuan and Rong Jun that they were the only Ganwu contestants he expected to survive, while warning Luo Feng that reaching the top 1,000 would be difficult.
• Lord Thirteen led the 1,000 Ganwu geniuses to the Virtual Universe Plane, where other Universe Country teams watched them arrive at Building 0825.
• Lord Thirteen distributed room number plates, and Luo Yuan received number 1 while Luo Feng received number 3.
• Lord Thirteen dismissed the geniuses to rest or mingle, saying the Virtual Universe Company organizers would summon them near nightfall.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng surveyed the gathered geniuses and met several contenders for the top ten, including the Prince of Manka Star and Death God Bolan. Luo Yuan judged Bolan’s renowned space technique to be impressive but still inferior to his own, leaving Luo Feng eager to see them fight.

• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng entered the Central Plaza, where other geniuses discussed Rong Jun and Luo Yuan’s abilities.
• Feng Lun introduced Ai Chen, the Light Sword, and pointed out Galesi, the Phantom Demon, as powerful contenders.
• The Prince of Manka Star approached Luo Yuan, praised his strength, and said he looked forward to fighting him.
• Death God Bolan arrived, drawing the attention of the plaza’s leading geniuses.
• Luo Feng explained that Bolan had manifested hundreds of phantom bodies, while Luo Yuan said his own Ten Thousand Line Flow was nearing Instantaneous Movement.

After the Genius Battle, Luo Yuan rested among the other geniuses while the Immortal experts praised his performance to Nine Swords Venerable. Nine Swords Venerable took note of Luo Yuan and then announced the rules for the next stage, leaving the contestants astonished and under pressure.

• Feng Lun told Luo Yuan that the siblings Qian Shui and Jiang Mo were famous peerless geniuses from August Planet.
• Luo Yuan ignored attempts by other geniuses to befriend him and went with Luo Feng to the restaurant to celebrate and rest.
• The Immortal experts discussed the contestants and praised Luo Yuan’s mastery of the Ten Origin Laws and his chaos world.
• Nine Swords Venerable heard their assessments, remembered Luo Yuan, and decided to watch him closely.
• Nine Swords Venerable gathered the remaining geniuses and explained the next stage’s rules, which surprised them and made them feel immense pressure.