Recaps

Li Che returned to the Rongbing Empire, where its leaders welcomed him as a figure equal to an Undying Deity. He learned how his parents were doing and agreed to guide a promising Holy Land student preparing for the next Peak Genius Battle.

• World Lords from the Five Major Powers greeted Li Che with deference, and Rong Bing and Qiyao Divine Master explained that the empire's leaders had to recognize his strength.
• Li Che reunited with his former teacher Goruchi and greeted other Rongbing Holy Land experts who had helped him in the past.
• Rongbing Divine Master told Li Che that his mother had reached the eighth stage of the universe level and his father had become a Domain Lord training young cultivators.
• Qiyao Divine Master explained that the Giant Axe Battle Arena would host the next Peak Genius Battle in about fifty years and asked Li Che to guide the Holy Land's most promising Stellar Level student.
• Li Che agreed to guide the young genius if he had the opportunity.

Li Che reunited with his father, Li Hong, in the Rongbing Holy Land and learned about the empire’s promising contestants for the upcoming Peak Genius Battle. He trained a talented youngster for more than three years before the Rongbing Divine Master contacted him to discuss competing for a marquis-level undying deity’s legacy.

• Li Hong explained the Peak Genius Battle’s brutal preliminary selection to a group of stellar-level youngsters at the Rongbing Holy Land.
• Li Che revealed himself to Li Hong, reunited with his father, and transferred a large sum of universe currency into his account.
• Li Che asked Li Hong about the empire’s strongest contestants and learned of a Qiyao Holy Land youngster nearing mastery of an eighth-tier domain.
• Li Che summoned the youngster and began training his force-exertion techniques to improve his combat strength.
• After more than three years, the Rongbing Divine Master contacted Li Che through the Virtual Universe to discuss competing for a marquis-level undying deity’s legacy.

Li Che met Rong Bing and Qi Yao to discuss Marquis Yuchen’s inheritance and the coming contest with Hufeng Divine Country. With Iron Sword Marquis set to compete for the legacy, Li Che received Isaac Venom to help counter his divine power.

• Li Che learned that the F-Class Spaceship Ruins belonged to Marquis Yuchen, a Light- and Time-law marquis-level Undying whose inheritance required a qualified mentalist to master his secret arts.
• Rong Bing explained that Rongbing and Hufeng had agreed to contest for the inheritance in one year, with the winner receiving 90% of the proceeds.
• Qi Yao warned Li Che that Hu Yanbo would send Iron Sword Marquis and that Li Che lacked an Undying Deity’s divine power burning.
• Qi Yao gave Li Che a bottle of Isaac Venom, which could suppress an early marquis-level Undying Deity’s divine power, and Li Che put it away.

Li Che accompanied Rong Bing and Qiyao to the planet where two empires would battle over Marquis Yuchen’s inheritance. When Hufeng revealed that Iron Sword Marquis had arrived to claim it for the Master of Yunmo Star, Li Che stepped forward to face the Marquis.

• Li Che’s assistant, Bai Yue, scanned the opposing fleet and detected three Undying-level energy sources among its ships.
• Rong Bing and Qiyao pointed out where Marquis Yuchen’s inheritance lay and explained that the empires would decide who claimed it through combat.
• Hufeng Divine Master rejected their proposal to divide the inheritance, saying he owed the Master of Yunmo Star a favor and wanted the wealth for himself.
• Iron Sword Marquis appeared behind Hufeng and ordered Rong Bing and Qiyao to concede, declaring the inheritance belonged to his master.
• Li Che stepped between Iron Sword Marquis and the two Undying Deities, revealing himself as a World Lord.

Hu Yanbo watched his soul slave Iron Sword Marquis battle a sector lord who unexpectedly overpowered him. Just as Hu Yanbo prepared to order Iron Sword to burn divine power, Babata warned that the enemy’s spear carried divine power venom that was making Iron Sword’s power grow dormant.

• Babata told Hu Yanbo that Iron Sword Marquis was about to defeat the Rongbing Empire’s two God Sovereigns, and Hu Yanbo looked forward to earning millions of Hunyuan Units from Marquis Yuchen’s assets.
• Babata reported that the Rongbing Empire had found a helper who was suppressing Iron Sword Marquis, and Hu Yanbo watched the fight through the Meteorite Star Ship’s visual simulation.
• Hu Yanbo and his seven Undying soul slaves were astonished as the spear-wielding sector lord repeatedly overwhelmed Iron Sword Marquis despite using world energy rather than divine power.
• The sector lord used Guixu: Suppression to tear apart Iron Sword Marquis’s body, but Iron Sword quickly recovered and told Babata the blow had done little lasting damage.
• Babata warned Hu Yanbo that the sector lord’s spear was tempered with divine power venom and Iron Sword Marquis’s divine power was beginning to go dormant.

Li Che used Isaac Venom and his Guixu: Suppression technique to overwhelm Iron Sword Marquis, whose divine power fell dormant. Hu Yanbo conceded the battle and promised that the Meteorite Star Lineage would stop interfering with Marquis Yuchen's legacy.

• Li Che and Iron Sword Marquis fought to a standstill until Li Che’s Guixu: Suppression gave him the advantage.
• Li Che’s venom-coated Dark Sea Battle Spear gradually poisoned Iron Sword Marquis and reduced his strength.
• Iron Sword Marquis recognized the divine-power poison, but could neither purge it nor burn his weakened divine power.
• Li Che injected Iron Sword Marquis with more Isaac Venom and drove him into the surface of a planet, reducing his strength by more than 95%.
• Hu Yanbo intervened and acknowledged Li Che’s victory, then promised the Meteorite Star Lineage would no longer interfere with Marquis Yuchen’s legacy.

Hu Yanbo abandoned the fight for Marquis Yuchen’s heritage after seeing Li Che defeat Iron Sword Marquis, then set out to pursue a dangerous treasure hunt and a way to control his Zerg Queen. Li Che sent the battle recording to the five major factions, hoping to attract a powerful mentor and secure resources for his rise.

• Hu Yanbo refused to fight for Marquis Yuchen’s heritage, wary of the powerful force that might stand behind Li Che.
• Hu Yanbo revealed that he possessed a living world lord-level Zerg Queen but had been unable to soul-enslave her.
• Hu Yanbo ordered his group to rendezvous with Iron Sword Marquis and head for the Nine Souls Continent to seek a treasure and a stronger soul secret technique.
• Li Che’s assistant Bai Yue reported that the recording of his fight with Iron Sword Marquis had been sent to the undying members of the five major factions.
• Li Che left Rong Bing and Qi Yao to arrange the sale of the spaceship and heritage, while he hoped the battle record would draw the attention of powerful beings.

Void Gold Master received a list of experts to resurrect and agreed to take on the task, despite the severe backlash of reviving a Universe Venerable. After watching Li Che's battle, he offered Li Che a chance to become his direct disciple by passing the eighteenth floor of the Heavenly Bridge within five hundred years.

• Venerable Night Phosphor presented Void Gold Master with a list of more than forty people for resurrection, including Venerable Fu Chong.
• Void Gold Master agreed to resurrect the experts, knowing the work would keep him from the Universe Ocean for centuries and leave him injured.
• Void Gold Master asked Venerable Night Phosphor about promising youngsters, and she showed him footage of Li Che fighting Iron Sword Marquis.
• Void Gold Master judged Li Che's law comprehension exceptional and ordered that he receive the portion of Black Hole Evolution below the Venerable level.
• Void Gold Master set Li Che a test: pass the eighteenth floor of the Heavenly Bridge within five hundred years to become his direct disciple.
• Venerable Night Phosphor proposed that Li Che visit the Initial Universe during the Giant Axe Battle Arena's Peak Genius Battle in fifty-two years, and Void Gold Master agreed.

Li Che taught power-output techniques to Stellar Level students in the Virtual Universe when Army Master Yanpo arrived with an invitation from the Giant Axe Battle Arena. Li Che learned that Venerable Luan Mo wanted to meet him, though Yanpo said the Venerable was acting on orders and might not intend to take him as a disciple.

• Li Che demonstrated a perfect power-output score of 100 and taught students preparing for the Peak Genius Battle.
• After the lesson, Li Che accepted a visit request from Army Master Yanpo of the Giant Axe Battle Arena.
• Li Che reflected that no great being had offered to take him as a disciple since he defeated Iron Sword Marquis, and considered seeking an Initial Universe quota.
• Yanpo told Li Che that a great being had summoned him to the Virtual Universe's Giant Axe spacetime, and Li Che transferred Yanpo two thousand Hunyuan Units.
• Yanpo identified the great being as Venerable Luan Mo, who was in charge of the upcoming Peak Genius Battle, but said the Venerable was acting on orders and might not intend to take Li Che as a disciple.

Li Che met Venerable Luan Mo in the Giant Axe Battle Arena’s virtual headquarters and learned that the Void Gold Master might take him as a disciple after the Peak Genius Battle. Venerable Luan Mo ended their meeting by revealing that the Void Gold Master had assigned Li Che a secret tome as his first test.

• Army Master Yanpo brought Li Che through the Giant Axe Battle Arena’s virtual headquarters to Venerable Luan Mo’s palace.
• Li Che met Venerable Luan Mo, who said he would take Li Che to the Initial Universe after the Peak Genius Battle.
• Venerable Luan Mo explained that a powerful figure would decide whether Li Che could become his disciple and hinted that the figure was the Void Gold Master.
• Venerable Luan Mo praised Li Che’s potential to master an ancient inheritance and said he hoped Li Che would become a fellow Venerable.
• Venerable Luan Mo told Li Che that the Void Gold Master had given him a secret tome as his first test.

Li Che received the Human Race’s secret technique Black Hole Evolution from Luan Mo on behalf of the Void Gold Master, then spent more than twenty years studying it and refining his own Guixu technique. His research was interrupted when the Rong Bing Country Lord informed him that the Peak Genius Battle was about to begin.

• Luan Mo gave Li Che the seven-volume Black Hole Evolution inheritance and warned him to keep it secret.
• Luan Mo told Li Che that the Void Gold Master would assess his progress when he went to the Initial Universe after the Peak Genius Battle.
• Li Che left Giant Axe Space-Time with Army Master Yanpo and returned to Rong Bing Island.
• Li Che studied Black Hole Evolution near a giant black hole, taught students in the Virtual Universe, and incorporated its insights into Guixu.
• The Rong Bing Country Lord notified Li Che that the Peak Genius Battle was about to begin.

Li Che attended a gathering of Undying Deities at the Giant Axe Battle Arena as the Peak Genius Battle began, and watched the preliminary rounds with the assembled Army Masters. The group discussed recruiting promising contestants while the broadcasts showed battles across the world districts.

• The Peak Genius Battle began, and Li Che watched the Stellar-Level contestants depart for the preliminary rounds without disturbing them.
• Bai Yue told Li Che that Army Master Yanpo had invited him to a gathering of Undying Deities at the Rong Bing branch of the Giant Axe Battle Arena.
• Li Che arrived at the gathering and was warmly greeted by the Undying Army Masters, who noticed the depth of his law comprehension.
• The Army Masters explained that they watched the battles to scout talent, and Li Che selected a world district to view on the live broadcast screens.

Li Che watched the Giant Axe Battle Arena’s Peak Genius Battle preliminaries and discussed the contestants’ prospects with the attending Undying Deities. As the tournament reached its third round, an email from Venerable Luan Mo caught Li Che’s attention.

• Li Che received the ranked lists of contestants who had passed the first round and asked the Undying Deities how many might eventually become Undying.
• The Undying Deities discussed the contestants’ potential, while the Arena’s intelligence identified a 1,575-year-old mentalist genius who wielded the second heavy of the God-Splitting Weapon as a potential champion.
• The second round eliminated 90 percent of the contestants, including the Rongbing Empire genius whom Li Che had personally guided.
• The third round narrowed the field to 1,000 contestants, and Army Master Yanpo told Li Che stories about past geniuses who advanced despite losing.
• Bai Yue delivered an email to Li Che, who recognized Venerable Luan Mo as its sender and immediately perked up.

Li Che met Venerable Luan Mo, who assessed his progress in the spatial origin laws and offered to guide him through combat. The chapter ended as Li Che prepared to demonstrate his strongest secret method in a transformed starry arena.

• Li Che used the summons to arrive at a virtual plane containing 1,008 buildings and met Venerable Luan Mo.
• Venerable Luan Mo discussed the dangers of the Giant Axe Battle Arena’s genius training and recalled past prodigies Shi Huo and Nine Sword.
• Venerable Luan Mo praised Li Che’s potential and asked about his progress in the three directions of spatial origin laws.
• Li Che described his advances in Spatial Lockdown and Spatial Annihilation, while noting that Instantaneous Movement still lagged behind.
• Venerable Luan Mo transformed the space into a starry arena, raised Li Che’s virtual body to peak tier-nine World Lord standards, and ordered him to attack with his strongest secret method.
• Li Che summoned a pitch-black battle spear with his world force and prepared to demonstrate his law comprehension.

Li Che tested his new Guixu combat move against Venerable Luan Mo and demonstrated law comprehension at the 17th Heavenly Bridge floor level. Impressed by Li Che’s progress, Venerable Luan Mo offered to meet him in the Ganwu Universe Country to demonstrate spatial laws before the trip to the Initial Universe.

• Li Che used Black Hole Evolution to strengthen himself and struck Venerable Luan Mo with his new move, Guixu, Kill.
• Venerable Luan Mo countered with complete spatial annihilation, destroying Li Che in the Virtual Universe before Li Che was resurrected.
• Venerable Luan Mo praised Li Che’s move and said he had hope of passing the 17th Heavenly Bridge floor.
• Li Che thanked Venerable Luan Mo and gained several inspirations from observing his spatial annihilation technique.
• Venerable Luan Mo offered to visit the Ganwu Universe Country in two months and demonstrate annihilation, confinement, and teleportation to Li Che.

Li Che secured ownership of the Meyer Galaxy and prepared to relocate his family there before leaving for the Ganwu Universe Country. He learned that Marquis Yuchen’s inheritance had been sold and, with no information found about Pansi World Lord, set out to join the Giant Axe Battle Arena.

• Li Che completed the purchase of the Meyer Galaxy from its former owner for twenty thousand eras.
• Li Che gave his parents the galaxy ownership contract and funds, explaining that their family could gradually relocate there.
• Bai Yue informed Li Che that the Rongbing Divine Master had transferred 2.9 million Hunyuan Units from the sale of Marquis Yuchen’s inheritance to Marquis Aurora.
• The Rongbing Divine Master told Li Che that she had found no information about Pansi World Lord, so Li Che dropped the search.
• Li Che told the Rongbing Divine Master he had been invited by the Giant Axe Battle Arena and would probably join them; she offered financial help, which he declined.

After the Peak Genius Battle, Lu Fuyan and the other 999 qualifiers arrived at Virtual Universe Company headquarters and met Li Che and Venerable Luan Mo. Venerable Luan Mo took them aboard the palace-type supreme treasure Ten Thousand Peaks Hall and opened a passage to the Initial Universe, where Li Che expected to stay for at least a thousand years.

• Lu Fuyan arrived as the final genius to reach Virtual Universe Company headquarters, three years after winning first place in the Peak Genius Battle.
• Lu Fuyan and the other 999 qualifiers paid their respects to Venerable Luan Mo, while Li Che assessed Lu Fuyan’s prospects in the Giant Axe Secret Realm.
• Venerable Luan Mo used Instantaneous Movement to take the group above Virtual Universe Company headquarters.
• Venerable Luan Mo summoned Ten Thousand Peaks Hall, a palace-type supreme treasure, and brought everyone inside.
• Venerable Luan Mo opened a passage to the Initial Universe and told the geniuses to make the most of their thirty-year opportunity there.
• Li Che anticipated meeting the Void Gold Master and staying in the Initial Universe for at least a thousand years.

Li Che entered the Initial Universe and gained a new insight into spatial tearing, a minor branch of spatial annihilation. Venerable Luan Mo warned him that his talent could draw foreign-race assassins and pointed out their destination, Chaos City.

• Li Che studied the visible laws of the Initial Universe and advanced his black hole law, mastering spatial tearing.
• Venerable Luan Mo praised Li Che’s progress and explained how rare it was for a world lord to master branches of superior origin laws.
• Li Che asked whether his displayed abilities could attract foreign-race attention, and Venerable Luan Mo said he had secured higher viewing permissions for Li Che’s information and warned him about spies and assassins.
• Venerable Luan Mo reassured Li Che that the Void Gold Master and the Arena would provide protection, then pointed out Chaos City.

Li Che arrived in Chaos City and received an introduction to the city and its cultivation opportunities from King Yongbo, who had come to escort him to the Void Gold Master. The chapter ended as King Yongbo took Li Che to his grand-master’s estate.

• Venerable Luan Mo left Li Che and the other new Universe Level geniuses with the Reception Envoy at Chaos City’s gates.
• King Yongbo introduced himself as Shi Huo’s third disciple and said he had come to receive Li Che on the Void Gold Master’s orders.
• King Yongbo showed Li Che his residence and explained how to find lodging, respect the city’s secluded powerhouses, and study the Chaos Steles, challenge the Heavenly Bridge, and hunt Chaos Beasts.
• Li Che examined the marks on King Yongbo’s rooftop and recognized insights into the Spatial Origin Law that could help his cultivation.
• King Yongbo finished explaining Chaos City, then took Li Che toward the Void Gold Master’s estate.

Li Che met the Void Gold Master, who assessed his abilities and his willingness to fight for humanity before accepting him as a named disciple. He gave Li Che five hundred years to pass the 18th floor of a Heavenly Bridge and become his nineteenth personal disciple.

• Yongbo Wang brought Li Che to the Void Gold Master's mansion, where Venerable Junshan let him enter.
• The Void Gold Master asked Li Che about the Giant Axe Battle Arena, and Li Che described its role in strengthening humanity through battle.
• The Void Gold Master reviewed Li Che's past fights and praised his achievements and tenfold gene level.
• The Void Gold Master asked whether Li Che would sacrifice himself for humanity, and Li Che said he would charge forward despite possible hesitation.
• The Void Gold Master accepted Li Che as his named disciple and set him a five-hundred-year challenge to pass the 18th floor of a Heavenly Bridge and become his nineteenth personal disciple.

After becoming the Void Gold Master's nominal disciple, Li Che entered the Giant Axe Secret Realm and learned he had five hundred years to clear the Heavenly Bridge's eighteenth floor and earn direct-disciple status. In Chaos City, he chose the Giant Axe Chaos Stele as the foundation for his cultivation.

• Li Che received the Giant Axe Secret Realm's membership updates and asked Bai Yue to organize the incoming messages.
• Li Che told King Yongbo that the Void Gold Master had made him a nominal disciple and that Lord Lü Hai would guide him for five hundred years.
• Li Che browsed the secret techniques in the points store and discovered that his zero-point balance left him unable to afford its costly works.
• Li Che went to the City Lord's Mansion and studied reproductions of the fifty-two Chaos Steles.
• When asked to choose a Chaos Stele, Li Che firmly selected the Giant Axe Chaos Stele.

Li Che chose the Great Axe Chaos Stele and entered the virtual universe’s Heavenly Bridge plane, where he prepared to attempt a breakthrough. As Ba Fen alerted powerful figures to Li Che’s attempt, Shi Huo Venerable and King Yongbo speculated about how far he would get.

• Li Che chose the Great Axe Chaos Stele and learned that the Void Gold Master had granted him 20 chances to study it and regular access to Lord Luhai for guidance.
• Li Che connected to the virtual universe and arrived at the Heavenly Bridge island, where Ba Fen greeted him and said someone was already attempting the Great Axe Heavenly Bridge.
• Li Che headed toward the Great Axe Heavenly Bridge while Ba Fen notified several powerful figures that he was about to attempt a breakthrough.
• Shi Huo Venerable and King Yongbo watched Li Che’s progress and predicted that he might reach the 16th or 17th floor.

Li Che challenged the Heavenly Bridge and advanced through its levels by effortlessly defeating opponents with identical physical attributes. He cleared the fifteenth level with his adapted Great Collapse Fist, a key benchmark for Immortals seeking Marquis-level qualification.

• Li Che entered the Heavenly Bridge and cleared the first two levels by dodging each martial artist's attack and killing them with a palm strike.
• Li Che advanced through the early levels, defeating every opponent without weapons or armor as their strength increased.
• Li Che reached the tenth through fourteenth levels and continued to overwhelm opponents despite their increasingly advanced law comprehension.
• Li Che challenged the fifteenth level, used his adapted Great Collapse Fist, and crushed his opponent without resistance.

Li Che faced the sixteenth-level Heavenly Bridge opponent, who wore the Flame Crystal Divine Armor and wielded powerful secret techniques. Li Che defeated the opponent with two spear strikes, and King Yongbo and Venerable Shi Huo expected him to advance to the seventeenth level.

• Li Che chose a martial artist as his opponent on the sixteenth level and learned about the Flame Crystal Divine Armor.
• The armored opponent charged Li Che with the power of the Flame Crystal Ninefold Tempering Body, but Li Che struck them down with his Collapse technique.
• The opponent attacked with a barrage of flame crystal tail afterimages, and Li Che used Guixu Suppression to immobilize and shatter them.
• King Yongbo praised Li Che's techniques, and Venerable Shi Huo said he could pass the seventeenth level.

Li Che fought the 17th-level Heavenly Bridge opponent, using his Guixu methods to overcome the foe’s star-centered powers. After Li Che won, Void Gold Master’s disciples watched and discussed his remarkable potential to reach the 20th level.

• Li Che chose a brawler as his opponent on the 17th level and faced a fighter wearing Flame Crystal Battle Armor.
• Li Che used Guixu: Suppression to hinder his opponent, then fought him with Guixu: Annihilation and his Dark Sea Battle Spear.
• Ba Fen transmitted the battle to Undying Deities and Universe Venerables in the Giant Axe Battle Arena, including Void Gold Master’s disciples and grand-disciples.
• After tens of thousands of rounds, Li Che pierced his opponent’s head with Guixu: Annihilation and passed the 17th level.
• Void Gold Master’s disciples praised Li Che’s talent and wondered whether he might follow Venerable Shi Huo in breaking through the 20th level as a World Master.