Chapter Summaries

Chen Ao refused Hong and Lei’s plea to fight the Golden Horned Beast, knowing that the crisis was part of the events that would let Luo Feng rise. After secretly saving millions and revealing his strength and ambitions, Chen Ao continued to wait for a chance to leave Earth and eventually become a Universe Master.

• Hong and Lei begged Chen Ao to kill the Golden Horned Beast, but he claimed Earth’s trial would be resolved by a Child of Fortune and said he was too old to fight.
• Hong and Lei returned to the base and led Earth’s experts, including Luo Feng, to face the Golden Horned Beast after Chen Ao refused to intervene.
• Chen Ao watched the battle and recalled that he had waited fifty years for Luo Feng’s rise, hoping Luo Feng would possess the Golden Horned Beast and open a path off Earth.
• Chen Ao learned that his people had settled more than a million newcomers and reflected that he had secretly saved over eight million people in Australia.
• Chen Ao used his Sword Saint system’s Q skill to enter a spatial rift, then resolved to keep developing safely until he became a Universe Master and could leave Earth.

After waiting for Luo Feng for years, Chen Ao asked him for access to the Virtual Universe and warned him and his companions about the dangers of space. Luo Feng returned from his first trip into the universe and gave Chen Ao the promised sensor, opening a path for Chen Ao to learn how to grow stronger.

• Chen Ao greeted Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei, thanked Luo Feng for coming, and asked him to arrange Virtual Universe access.
• Luo Feng learned from Hong and Lei that Chen Ao could pin both of them down with one finger, though Babata dismissed Chen Ao as a Star Level Nine native.
• Chen Ao watched Luo Feng and the others leave Earth and waited for them to return, planning to trade his Black Metal Plate for help.
• After experiencing the danger of the universe, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei returned to Earth and brought Chen Ao a sensor for Virtual Universe access.
• Lei admitted that Chen Ao had been right about the risk of becoming a slave, and Chen Ao called himself Earth's sage of this generation.

Chen Ao revealed his mastery of the Space Law by destroying a spaceship with a strike from his rusted sword, leaving Luo Feng, Hong, Lei, and Babata stunned. After the others left, Chen Ao began searching the Virtual Universe for lectures on space.

• Chen Ao took the Virtual Universe Sensor and told Luo Feng that Earth's will had revealed his coming inheritance.
• Chen Ao sensed intruders above Earth and destroyed their spaceship with a sword strike from more than a hundred kilometers away.
• Chen Ao explained that his attack came from comprehending laws, and Babata reacted in disbelief that a native Earthling had mastered the Space Law.
• Chen Ao promised to give Luo Feng something when he received his inheritance, and Luo Feng decided to return to learn from him.
• After Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei left, Chen Ao searched the Virtual Universe for lectures on the Space Law.

Chen Ao attended space-law lectures for more than two years, hoping to learn how to use his unusual grasp of space law and to earn enough for secret techniques. When Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei visited, Chen Ao offered Luo Feng the first Black Metal Plate of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual for one Hunyuan Unit and challenged them to damage it.

• Chen Ao attended advanced lectures on space law and Space Phantoms, using them to refine his understanding despite having no domain or knowledge of lower laws.
• After more than two years, a World Lord asked whether Chen Ao had comprehended space law, but Chen Ao said he had no domain and had learned space law through his Q skill.
• Chen Ao decided he needed roughly one Hunyuan Unit to buy secret techniques that would let him use his strength.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei visited Chen Ao after Luo Feng received an inheritance, and Chen Ao handed Luo Feng a metal plate he called a supreme treasure.
• Chen Ao identified the plate as worth hundreds of millions of Hunyuan Units but offered it to Luo Feng for one, then challenged them to attack it and leave even the tiniest mark.

Chen Ao used Luo Feng’s payment to buy two secret techniques and began training for the upcoming Genius Battle. As Luo Feng learned how formidable the competition would be, he practiced the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual and discovered its power to improve his life genes and comprehension.

• Luo Feng transferred one Hunyuan Unit to Chen Ao, who bought the Thousandfold Combat Power and Space Cleave manuals.
• Chen Ao stopped attending lectures and used his meditation skill to train in the secret techniques.
• Babata explained the Genius Battle’s requirements, and Luo Feng resolved to cross the threshold of origin law comprehension.
• Luo Feng studied the metal plate Chen Ao had given him and began practicing the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual.
• Luo Feng discovered the manual improved his life genes and comprehension, while Chen Ao reflected that inheriting the Star Tower was too dangerous for him.

Luo Feng rapidly improved his understanding of the Law of Gold and challenged Chen Ao to test his strength, only to discover how vast the gap between them remained. The Genius Battle was announced, and Chen Ao prepared to leave Earth.

• With the Nameless Secret Codex enhancing the Golden Horned Beast's affinity for the Law of Gold, Luo Feng crossed its threshold and began nurturing his Mosha Clan clone.
• Luo Feng asked Chen Ao to fight him, and Chen Ao agreed after warning him about their age and cultivation gap.
• Luo Feng attacked with the Yan Shen Armament's Phantom Sword Style, but Chen Ao stopped the Golden Illusion Sword without moving, seized it, and broke Luo Feng's spiritual link to it.
• Chen Ao explained that control of the Space Origin Law had let him block the sword, and Luo Feng left determined to challenge him again after training with Babata's simulation.
• The Virtual Universe announced the Peak Genius Tournament across Black Dragon Mountain Island, and Chen Ao defeated a simulated Domain Lord before leaving the Combat Room, ready to leave Earth.

Chen Ao entered the Genius Battle under an alias and aimed to qualify without attracting attention. In Zone 88, he slaughtered nearby competitors with overwhelming force and decided to quietly take first place and advance to the finals.

• Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei discussed the Genius Battle, and Chen Ao revealed that he had registered under another name.
• Chen Ao learned that he was assigned to Zone 88, while Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei were in Zones 1, 72, and 88 respectively.
• Chen Ao entered the Battle Space wearing a mask and armor, then killed a spear-wielding attacker and many nearby competitors in an instant.
• The surviving competitors panicked at Chen Ao's strength, and he decided to sweep through Zone 88 and claim first place without drawing attention.

Chen Ao used a massive sword attack to slaughter thousands of contestants and take first place in Zone 88, drawing attention and complaints. He decided to lie low for three days while the Aosen Empire mistakenly celebrated Ao Li Gei as an imperial genius.

• Chen Ao unleashed four kilometer-long sword-light attacks that cut through contestants and devastated an area more than a hundred kilometers wide.
• Chen Ao earned over 1.3 million points in thirty seconds and appeared first in Zone 88 under the name Ao Li Gei.
• Contestants complained that Ao Li Gei was cheating, while people in the Aosen Empire cheered for him and the emperor ordered an investigation.
• The Aosen Empire found no Ao Li Gei among the Genius Battle entrants, but announced that he was an imperial relative living away from the clan.
• Chen Ao noticed that his score had attracted attention, so he put away his sword and decided to spend three days sightseeing before attacking again.
• Other contestants fled from Chen Ao, and he admired the natural scenery while reflecting that entering the Initial Universe would be safer than traveling farther afield.

After ten days of inactivity, Chen Ao resumed hunting across the cities, rapidly climbing the rankings with his overwhelming swordsmanship. The Aosen Empire’s royal family denied any connection to him, then celebrated when his renewed killings pushed him into the top thousand.

• Chen Ao saw that he had fallen to 1,654th place and decided to hunt the leader for points.
• As the Aosen Empire’s people blamed Ao Li Gei for his stagnant ranking, Emperor Ao Li Li Ao learned he was not a member of the royal family and ordered the clan elder to deny any connection.
• Chen Ao killed a fighter who called him the Sword God, gaining enough points to rise into the eight hundreds.
• Chen Ao reached another city and killed its fighters with sweeping sword strikes, raising his total to twenty-eight million points and placing thirteenth.
• The Aosen Empire’s people cheered when Ao Li Gei reentered the top thousand, while Emperor Ao Li Li Ao pretended to be ill and uninvolved.

Chen Ao climbed back to first place by killing powerful contestants with single sword thrusts, then reached the eighth city and interrupted Rong Jun’s pursuit of Lei. Rong Jun confronted Chen Ao, determined to test the strength everyone said he could not match.

• Chen Ao killed Blood Demon, Dark Blood, and Wind God with one sword thrust apiece, raising his ranking to fifth with fifty-seven million points.
• Chen Ao hunted through four cities, reached eighty million points, and returned to first place as spectators marveled at his swordsmanship.
• Chen Ao entered his eighth city and saw Rong Jun chasing Lei after Lei gave up fighting him and ran.
• Chen Ao stepped between Rong Jun and Lei, and Lei fled after Chen Ao gave him a frightening glance.
• Rong Jun confronted Chen Ao and demanded to see how strong Sword God really was.

Chen Ao dominated Zone 88 while keeping his strength concealed, then defeated Rong Jun again before the competition ended. He qualified directly for the Universe Finals and later reunited with Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei, telling them he had barely qualified.

• Chen Ao defeated Rong Jun with a single thrust, and Rong Jun resumed hunting competitors while vowing to challenge him again.
• Chen Ao maintained a modest lead in points as Luo Feng rose into the top ten of the First World Zone after mastering the Yan Shen Armament's first stage and part of its second.
• On the thirtieth day, Chen Ao held first place with 180 million points and faced Rong Jun, whose strongest technique could not get past Chen Ao's Phantom Bodies.
• Chen Ao killed Rong Jun, secured first place in Zone 88, and qualified directly for the Universe Finals without entering the Arena Competition.
• After the competitors returned to the Virtual Universe, Chen Ao told Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei that he had barely qualified, and Lei recounted how the zone's first-place Sword God had saved him from Savage.

Chen Ao revealed that he had already earned a direct place in the Universe Finals, leaving Luo Feng to compete in the Arena Competition. Luo Feng advanced through his matches and faced Rong Jun, whose nine Phantom Bodies stunned the spectators and put Luo Feng at a disadvantage.

• Chen Ao told Luo Feng and the others to prepare for the Arena Competition, then left while Luo Feng hoped to fight him.
• When Luo Feng and the others found Chen Ao absent from the competition, he explained that he had taken first place in Zone 33 and already qualified for the Universe Finals.
• Chen Ao urged Luo Feng to outshine Bolan, and Luo Feng crushed his opponents as the crowd cheered him on.
• Luo Feng faced Rong Jun, who recalled being defeated by the Sword God during the preliminary competition and recognized Luo Feng as someone who knew him.
• Luo Feng attacked with all nine phantom swords while Rong Jun fought with his Earth-Splitting Blade, then Rong Jun revealed nine Phantom Bodies and astonished Luo Feng and the watching immortals.

Luo Feng nearly defeated Rong Jun by forcing out the Yan Shen Armament’s second style, but lost when the attack drained his spiritual power. Afterward, Chen Ao advised him to focus on comprehending laws rather than training for close combat, and Luo Feng accepted his guidance.

• Rong Jun overwhelmed Luo Feng with nine Space Phantoms, shattering his Golden Illusion Swords.
• Luo Feng combined the swords and barely unleashed Sky Piercing Style, severely wounding Rong Jun but exhausting his spiritual power.
• Rong Jun killed Luo Feng as the arena shrank, winning the match by a narrow margin.
• Luo Feng told his brothers the fight had shown him his weaknesses, then went to ask Chen Ao for close-combat guidance.
• Chen Ao urged Luo Feng to focus on comprehending the Space Law, and Luo Feng agreed that practicing just to win matches would waste time.
• After Luo Feng left, Chen Ao expected his progress to accelerate once his Mosha Clan Clone took shape, though it would not gain the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual’s benefit.

During the three-year Reincarnation Battle, Luo Feng greatly improved his control and Gold Law comprehension, while Chen Ao remained reluctant to fight or explore. After the selection ended, the 1,000 chosen geniuses learned they had a year and a half to prepare for the inter-universe summit, and Rong Jun resolved to challenge Chen Ao again.

• Luo Feng asked Chen Ao for guidance on crossing the Space Law threshold, but Chen Ao told him to wait for his Mosha Clan clone to be born.
• Luo Feng defeated a short youth on the final day of the Reincarnation Battle with a precise Sky Piercing Style attack, impressing the Blade Marquis and the white-robed old man.
• Luo Feng and Rong Jun reunited in the preparation hall, where other geniuses discussed Luo Feng's rapid progress.
• A giant addressed the 1,000 selected geniuses and announced that the summit showdown would begin in a year and a half.
• Rong Jun watched Chen Ao leave and resolved to face him again in the finals, while Luo Feng said Chen Ao would have to accept the match.

Luo Feng and Chen Ao joined Qianwu Universe Country’s delegation for the universe-wide Genius Battle finals, where Lord Thirteen led the thousand contestants to their assigned residence. The chapter ended with the top geniuses gathering their attention on Death God Bolan, whom Chen Ao saw as a useful shield.

• Luo Feng joined the Qianwu Universe Country geniuses, while Chen Ao remained unnoticed at the edge of the gathering.
• Rong Jun questioned Luo Feng about his distance from Chen Ao, and Luo Feng explained that Chen Ao had told him to pretend they were strangers.
• Lord Thirteen arrived, singled out Luo Feng and Rong Jun as the delegation’s strongest prospects, and underestimated the rest, leaving Chen Ao pleased to stay unnoticed.
• Lord Thirteen led the thousand geniuses into the Virtual Universe finals plane, assigned them to Building 0825, and distributed numbered room plates to them.
• Death God Bolan appeared in the central plaza, drawing the attention of the leading geniuses, while Chen Ao considered him a useful shield.

Chen Ao entered the Peak Genius Tournament’s Trial Space and secretly kept pace with Rong Jun, rising to sixth place while drawing Thirteen’s attention. Thirteen also watched Luo Feng use the trial to cultivate, and he accepted Luo Feng’s slower progress after seeing his potential.

• The Virtual Universe Company announced that contestants would compete in seven trial towers, with only the top 7,300 advancing past the elimination round.
• Chen Ao was teleported to his Trial Space and planned to match Rong Jun’s progress without drawing attention to himself.
• Luo Feng discovered the Zerg Mother Nest and, after leaving the matter unresolved with Babata, resolved to grow stronger to protect Earth.
• Thirteen watched Rong Jun fight through the trial and noticed Chen Ao close behind him in sixth place.
• Thirteen was surprised by Chen Ao’s hidden strength, then watched Luo Feng and accepted his slow progress as cultivation.

Chen Ao advanced through the ranking battles by hiding his strength, first falling to Bolan and then defeating Luo Feng when the shrinking arena limited Luo Feng’s attacks. Venerable Nine Swords recognized Chen Ao’s crude use of Hundred Line Flow and considered taking him as a disciple.

• The top five—Bolan, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Chen Ao, and Long Yun—began fighting for the two places in the Primal Secret Region.
• Bolan defeated Chen Ao with a single sword strike, leaving Luo Feng and Rong Jun puzzled by Chen Ao’s apparent helplessness.
• Luo Feng defeated Long Yun by piercing his defenses with the fully mastered second move, Sky Piercing Style.
• Luo Feng overwhelmed Chen Ao with repeated attacks, but Chen Ao endured until the arena shrank and then stabbed Luo Feng at close range.
• Venerable Nine Swords recognized Chen Ao’s use of Phantom Bodies and Hundred Line Flow, then hesitated over whether to take him as a disciple.

The Genius Battle ended with Bolan and Chen Ao claiming the Primal Secret Region places, and the selected geniuses prepared to travel to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters. Chen Ao used his prize money to buy an auxiliary intelligent lifeform and a Sunken Water Vine fragment, intending to nurture a clone.

• Chen Ao defeated Rong Jun by piercing his sword arm and exposing flaws in Rong Jun's self-created secret technique.
• The officials confirmed that Bolan and Chen Ao had won the Primal Secret Region places, and the Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man declared the Genius Battle over.
• The geniuses submitted their addresses for transport to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters, and their prize money was paid out.
• Chen Ao bought an auxiliary intelligent lifeform, named it Omega, and accessed the Virtual Universe's internal treasury.
• Chen Ao purchased a Sunken Water Vine fragment for 70,000 points and planned to nurture it as a clone near Earth.

After reaching the Universe Level, Chen Ao nurtured a Sunken Water Vine clone and discovered that its innate Strangulation technique revealed fused Wood, Water, and Space Laws. On Qiu Long Star, he guided Luo Feng to spend his Virtual Universe Company points on law-comprehension resources, and both began selecting manuals for their cultivation.

• Chen Ao reached the Universe Level, retrieved a Sunken Water Vine fragment from Qiu Long Star, and successfully nurtured a clone with a body roughly five thousand kilometers long.
• Chen Ao examined the clone’s Absorption and Strangulation abilities, recognizing that Strangulation’s secret patterns combined the Wood, Water, and Space Laws.
• Chen Ao put the clone into the Q Skill’s exclusive space and waited on Qiu Long Star for the Virtual Universe Company’s spaceship.
• Luo Feng arrived on Qiu Long Star, and Chen Ao reminded him about his ten thousand reward points and advised him against spending them on combat gear.
• Chen Ao urged Luo Feng to focus on comprehending the essence of the Metal and Space Laws, and Luo Feng began searching the Treasure Vault for suitable manuals.
• Chen Ao and Luo Feng searched for secret techniques suited to their cultivation as they prepared to spend the next three years diligently studying.

Luo Feng and Chen Ao cultivated aboard the spaceship while Chen Ao’s Sunken Water Vine clone received perfect genes and gained the innate secret technique Void Slaughter. As their journey to Chaos City neared its end, Chen Ao halted his study of the wood law to avoid revealing his talent.

• Luo Feng found the Drifting Blood secret technique and asked Chen Ao for advice, but Chen Ao refused to give him a direct recommendation.
• Chen Ao’s Sunken Water Vine clone reached the perfect gene level and received Void Slaughter, a secret technique fusing the laws of gold, wood, and space.
• Luo Feng devoted himself to studying gold and space laws and repeatedly sparred with Chen Ao, who pretended to be injured and praised Luo Feng’s progress.
• Luo Feng grew frustrated with Chen Ao’s reluctance to fight and stopped seeking him out, while Chen Ao focused on comprehending the wood law.
• As the spaceship neared Chaos City, Chen Ao sensed the wood law’s recognition approaching and stopped his comprehension to keep his talent hidden.