Chapter Summaries

Li Che bought 102 Life Fruits from the Universe Galaxy Bank and used his time on Black Dragon Star to study the inherited space and soul techniques of the Mountain Sea Realm Li Che. After more than twenty days of cultivation, the Life Fruits arrived, and an immortal spirit escorting them requested a meeting.

• The Universe Galaxy Bank offered Li Che 102 Life Fruits for 4.2 hunyuan units each, and he bought them for delivery to Black Dragon Star.
• Li Che bought a World Castle on Black Dragon Star and began cultivating while waiting for the Life Fruits.
• Li Che reviewed the Mountain Sea Realm Li Che's spatial technique, Star Suppression, and soul technique, Eight Thousand Soul Lights, while deciding to adapt spatial locking for his martial artist style.
• Li Che studied how to integrate spatial locking into his self-created technique Guixu and considered developing its spatial strangling potential.
• Bai Yue informed Li Che that the Life Fruits had arrived and that the immortal spirit escorting them wanted to meet him.

Li Che received his life fruits and met Military Lord Chenliu, who pitched the Universe Galaxy Bank as the best organization for him to join. Li Che said he hoped to prove himself in a future clash with a marquis-level immortal, and Chenliu explained that such a feat could attract the bank’s greatest figures.

• Li Che verified his identity and accepted a case containing all one hundred and two life fruits from two Universe Galaxy Bank employees.
• Military Lord Chenliu introduced himself as the administrator of the bank’s Black Dragon Mountain Branch and invited Li Che aboard his spaceship.
• Chenliu praised Li Che’s past victory over the Ziqian Ten-Thousand Serpent immortal and compared his strength favorably with other World Masters.
• Chenliu argued that the bank offered a less competitive environment and more plentiful benefits than the Virtual Universe Company or Giant Axe Battle Arena.
• Li Che said he hoped a future conflict with a marquis-level immortal near the Rongbing Empire would demonstrate his abilities.
• Chenliu said defeating or matching a marquis-level immortal could place Li Che among the upper-core geniuses and possibly earn him a great being’s mentorship.

Li Che considered invitations from the five major powers after his Marquis-level victory in the Slaughter Arena and planned to wait for a powerful teacher before choosing an organization. He continued toward his home in the Rongbing Starfield, intending to help his Divine Master secure an inheritance and strengthen himself against the dangers facing human geniuses.

• Li Che left Military Lord Chenliu after two months of discussions and began his 122-day journey back to the Rongbing Starfield.
• Bai Yue displayed invitations from representatives of the five major powers, who had noticed Li Che overpower a simulated Marquis-level Immortal in the Slaughter Arena.
• Li Che learned that his World Lord strength gave him leverage to choose among the powers, and that the representatives had submitted his battle footage to their superiors.
• Li Che decided to wait for a Universe Venerable or Universe Master to offer him discipleship before choosing an organization, and planned to help his Divine Master pursue a Marquis-level Undying Deity's inheritance.
• Li Che compared his law comprehension with that of past geniuses and concluded that a powerful teacher and valuable treasures would help him survive the threats facing rising human geniuses.

Li Che’s extraordinary battle record attracted the attention of powerful figures across the human race, including Venerable Jiufeng, who recognized that Li Che’s abilities closely matched the Ultimate Light Divine General Inheritance. Jiufeng decided to seek Li Che as a disciple, but the Universe Masters had 200 years to claim him first.

• The Big Five circulated Li Che’s battle footage and potential assessment, prompting top King undying beings and Universe Venerables to consider taking him as a disciple.
• Venerable Jiufeng reviewed Li Che’s fight and recognized that his methods strongly matched the black hole aspect of the Ultimate Light Divine General Inheritance.
• Jiufeng concluded that Li Che could master the inheritance and become a powerful candidate Divine General, and he decided to offer him an inheritance resource as his teacher.
• Jiufeng’s intelligent assistant explained that he would advance to first in the disciple-taking sequence if the Giant Axe Founder and Universe Masters did not claim Li Che within 200 years.

Four months later, Li Che returned to the Rongbing Empire after retiring from the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, where the empire’s rulers and powerful world lords gathered to welcome him. His arrival revealed the extraordinary strength and spatial origin-law recognition that had earned him Military Lord-level World Lord certification.

• The Rongbing Empire assembled its two divine lords, hundreds of powerful figures, and a vast fleet to welcome Li Che back.
• World Lord Violent Thunder and others discussed Li Che’s battlefield record and his reputation as a super World Lord capable of contending with immortal gods.
• Li Che arrived aboard a cyan-gold spaceship forged from Wind-Quelling Gold Marrow.
• The gathered powerhouses saw the spatial origin-law imprint between Li Che’s eyebrows and bowed to greet him as the First Prince and a World Lord.

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.