Chapter Summaries

Luo Yuan entered the Virtual Universe Company’s brutal Trial Space and rapidly swept through the First Trial Tower, reaching its seventh floor in a day. He ended the chapter in first place, drawing praise from the watching Undying beings for his strength and potential.

• The blue-robed being announced that the trial would eliminate over a million participants, and Luo Yuan suspected he was the Nine Swords Venerable.
• The Virtual Universe Company teleported Luo Yuan and the other geniuses into separate Trial Spaces, where their rankings and the rules for seven Trial Towers appeared on their wrist screens.
• Luo Yuan entered the First Trial Tower and began its first floor against 10,000 Blood-Haired Mammoths.
• Within a day, Luo Yuan reached the seventh floor and slaughtered the Star Level Nine Zerg Warriors with the Heavenly Sword Style and his Lightning World.
• The watching Undying beings praised Luo Yuan’s speed and potential as he held first place, far ahead of second-ranked Bolan.

Luo Yuan rapidly advanced through the trial towers, defeating increasingly powerful opponents and holding first place in the rankings. As he reached the seventh layer of the sixth tower, observers praised his strength and progress.

• Luo Yuan killed the Zerg Mother Emperor on the seventh layer of the First Trial Tower after its Spiritual Force attack failed against his Void Tower.
• Luo Yuan discovered that the second Trial Tower repeated the first tower’s opponents at far greater strength, then spent progressively longer periods clearing the first five towers.
• Luo Yuan and his nine Phantom Bodies used the Fourth Layer of the Yan Shen Armament to kill ten Starry Sky Behemoths, Cang, on the sixth layer of the sixth tower.
• Luo Yuan hurried toward the seventh layer of the sixth Trial Tower after clearing the Cang.
• People across the Universe Countries watched the rankings and celebrated Luo Yuan’s continued first place, while the 1,008 Undying praised his progress and mastery of the Yan Shen Armament and laws.

Luo Yuan reached the seventh floor of the final trial tower as the only contestant still attempting the trials. He unleashed his Chaos World and World Destruction against the Zerg swarm, shattering the space around them.

• The Virtual Universe Company announced that Luo Yuan, Bolan, Candita, Yi Feng, and Luo Feng were the five contestants remaining in the Trial Space.
• Citizens of the Ganwu Universe Country and Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated Luo Yuan and Luo Feng qualifying for the Virtual Universe Company's Core Layer.
• Luo Yuan used the fifth level of the Yan Shen Armament and his Chaos Domain to clear the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors of the Seventh Trial Tower.
• Luo Yuan reached the seventh floor and found a Mother Nest releasing roughly a million Green Mantis Zerg toward him.
• Luo Yuan activated Chaos World and World Destruction, crushing the Zerg army and Zerg Mother Emperor and shattering the space.

Luo Yuan completed the trials in first place, astonishing the gathered geniuses and Undying beings with his mastery of spatial techniques and the Chaos World. Back with the Ganwu team, he was summoned alongside Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and three other top performers, while the rest of the team’s tournament ended.

• Luo Yuan unleashed the Chaos World in the final trial, defeating the Zerg and impressing the watching Undying beings with his strength and control of the Space Origin Law.
• The geniuses, including Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Bolan, watched Luo Yuan finish the Seventh Trial Tower and regarded him as a formidable rival.
• Luo Yuan returned to the Ganwu team, where he and Luo Feng congratulated each other on their results.
• The giant in scaled battle robes led the Ganwu team back to its lodgings and announced that Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and three other geniuses had qualified to advance.
• The giant summoned the six qualifiers to follow him, while the remaining Ganwu geniuses were eliminated and faced a different future.

Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun prepared for the arena battles after securing places among the top trial contestants. The Virtual Universe Company began the qualification matches, leaving the top one hundred geniuses gathered in the plaza to enter the Core Layer.

• The Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s emperor named Luo Yuan and Luo Feng Galaxy Lords, granting them the Milky Way and Magellanic galaxies respectively.
• The scaled-robed giant warned Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun not to overestimate their trial rankings and urged them to fight for better standing in the Core Layer.
• Rong Jun told Luo Yuan he hoped to defeat him in the arena, and Luo Yuan said he looked forward to facing him.
• The Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man announced that the top one hundred trial contestants had secured Core Layer places and that the remaining 7,200 contestants would need three consecutive arena wins to qualify.
• The 7,200 contestants were teleported away to their matches, leaving Luo Yuan and the other top one hundred geniuses in the plaza.

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.