Recaps

Yun He passed the ancient ruins’ elite trial and received Meteorite Star equipment and a powerful sword before leaving the ruins. He returned to the underground base after a year inside, shocking the staff and major factions, then went to wash off the grime.

• The bald Crystal Man explained the trial and awarded Yun He a Black God Set, an auxiliary optical computer, the Flowing Light attack method, and a Meteorite Star entry token.
• The Crystal Man gave Yun He a Tier 3 Force Weapon, the Flowing Light Sword, and warned him not to reveal Meteorite Star information.
• Yun He left through the opened passage and emerged from the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins on September 30, 2058, after spending a year inside.
• The base control system identified Yun He, and staff members and major factions were astonished by his return after his reported death.
• Yun He asked for a bath and a fighter jet, then dismissed two attendants and washed the grime from himself.

After leaving the underground base, Yun He broke through to the Planetary Level and received a system reward that raised his gene level tenfold. As he began comprehending the Law of Light, his ability formed a black hole above the base, drawing worldwide attention.

• Yun He left the underground base and began his breakthrough to the Planetary Level while waiting for a fighter jet.
• Yun He discovered that his new ability absorbed light and activated the system, which rewarded him with a tenfold gene level increase.
• Yun He sensed the universe’s origin laws and focused on comprehending the Law of Light.
• Yun He’s light-absorbing ability formed a spinning black hole that grew to ten meters across and exerted its pull over a thousand meters.
• Staff at the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins filmed the black hole and reported it, triggering alarms at the base and an uproar among the world’s major powers.

Yun He created the prototype of a technique called Mixed Hole by combining his domain and the law of light into a small black hole. As world powers gathered at the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, Hong approached its gravitational reach to investigate, while Thunder God arrived and waited outside.

• Yun He entered sudden enlightenment, advanced his domain to the ninth level, and comprehended the law of light.
• Yun He shaped a ten-meter black hole from his domain and light-devouring genetic origin energy, naming the developing technique Mixed Hole.
• Staff evacuated the underground base as fighters from major powers headed toward the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins.
• Hong arrived with Yao Rao and Liu He, noticed that the black hole resembled his domain, and cautiously approached its gravitational reach.
• Thunder God arrived and urged Hong to stop, but Hong told him to stay back and extended his hand toward the black hole's reach.

Yun He completed a mixed hole by fusing the laws of space, time, and light, then emerged from enlightenment as Hong entered its gravitational range. The black hole’s gravity suddenly surged and dragged Hong toward its center, leaving him unable to escape.

• Yun He reached the ninth level of his domain, comprehended the laws of light, space, and time, and fused all three into a true mixed hole.
• Yun He emerged from enlightenment, rejoicing that he had built a foundation that could lead to the True God Realm.
• Hong entered the mixed hole’s gravitational range, where its pull drained his strength and forced him to compress his domain around himself.
• Hong cautiously moved toward the mixed hole’s center, but the increasing gravity rapidly depleted his strength and left him uncertain whether to advance or retreat.
• The mixed hole’s gravity erupted more than tenfold, distorting space, time, and light as it pulled Hong toward the center and began tearing apart his domain.

Yun He reversed the mixed hole’s pull, blasting Hong and the gathered forces away and concealing his role in the event. Later, he told Hong and the others about the trial and rewards he received in the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, then declined Hong’s offer to become an Inspector.

• Yun He changed the mixed hole’s gravitational pull into a repulsive force, creating a huge explosion that drove Hong, the others, and their fighter jets far away.
• Hong survived the blast and returned to his fighter jet without telling Thunder God what had happened inside the mixed hole.
• Yun He met Hong aboard his jet and explained that he had completed a death assessment mission in the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, earning a Black God Set, an Auxiliary Optical Computer, and warrior cultivation methods he could not share.
• Yun He and the others considered whether Luo Feng might still be alive and trapped in the ruins, then Yun He shared basic information about the universe.
• Hong offered Yun He a position as an Inspector of the Limit Martial Hall, but Yun He declined so he could focus on cultivation.

Yun He returned from being trapped and reassured Luo Feng’s family that Luo Feng was alive and would return in a few months. He settled back into cultivation as Vulture Li Yao continued provoking the Luo family, while Yun He secretly gathered evidence for Luo Feng to deal with later.

• Yun He arrived at the Mingyue Residential Area, where warriors recognized him as a Councilor after the death announcement was removed from the Limit Martial Hall’s website.
• Yun He visited Luo Feng’s home and told Luo Hua, Luo Hongguo, and Gong Xinlan that he and Luo Feng had been trapped but that Luo Feng was safe and would return in three or four months.
• Yun He resumed cultivating at home, occasionally visiting the Luo family and declining further approaches from factions seeking to meet him.
• After Gong Xinlan complained about people spreading hurtful remarks, Yun He and Luo Hua suspected that Vulture Li Yao had arranged them, and Yun He urged the family to ignore the provocations.
• Yun He asked the government’s special department to secretly record Li Yao’s actions so Luo Feng could see the evidence when he returned.

After returning from the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, Luo Feng visited Yun He and learned that Yun He had mastered all 312 Basic Forms in a year. Yun He advised Luo Feng to pursue councilor status and use War God Palace law to deal with Li Yao and his wife, who had fled to Europe.

• Luo Feng visited Yun He the morning after returning and learned that Yun He had mastered the fighter's Basic 312 Forms before escaping the ruins.
• Luo Feng explained that he had increased his mental power amplitude to sixteenfold and could control sixteen throwing knives, then changed the subject when Yun He criticized his progress.
• Yun He rejected Luo Feng's offer to arrange a date and questioned him about his training, breakthroughs, and plans to master the Controller's 312 forms.
• Luo Feng said he wanted revenge on Li Yao for targeting his family, and Yun He told him to demonstrate his strength, become a councilor, and have Li Yao and his wife tried under War God Palace law.
• Yun He revealed that Li Yao and his wife had fled to Europe the previous afternoon, while Luo Feng had been with Xu Xin.

Yun He found the Black Giant Egg in the Pacific Ocean just as the Golden Horned Beast hatched and captured the hatchling in his Mixed Hole. He left the ocean carrying it toward Jiangnan Base City, intending to prevent it from growing into a threat.

• After dinner, Luo Feng left home to enter seclusion, while Yun He went to search the Pacific Ocean for the Golden Horned Beast.
• Yun He found the Black Giant Egg as it cracked open and watched the Golden Horned Beast hatch and devour its shell.
• The hatchling sensed Yun He's energy and charged at him, but Yun He trapped it inside a Mixed Hole.
• Yun He secured the struggling hatchling and flew toward Jiangnan Base City.

Yun He continued cultivating by absorbing sunlight, which cooled Jiangnan Base City and altered the region’s climate, while Luo Feng pursued Wood Bud Crystals and advanced his own cultivation. By June 2060, Yun He had reached planetary level six and decided it was time to hand Luo Feng the Golden Horned Beast cub.

• On January 5, 2059, Yun He told Luo Feng that his cultivation absorbed sunlight across Jiangnan Base City, making its weather colder, and Luo Feng left for his Inspector inauguration.
• Yun He reached planetary level three after months of cultivating, then returned to studying the Laws.
• The next morning, Luo Feng called Yun He from Mist Island about Wood Bud Crystals, but Yun He declined to join him and asked him to bring back about a hundred.
• By June 1, 2060, Jiangnan Base City had become cool during summer and bitterly cold in winter, drawing visitors and attention from around the world.
• Yun He reached planetary level six, received a hundred Wood Bud Crystals from Luo Feng, and decided to give Luo Feng the Golden Horned Beast cub.

Yun He brought Luo Feng to an abandoned warehouse and offered him a Golden Horned Beast cub, urging him to possess it while keeping his Earthling body as a clone. Babata agreed to trade space-law materials for the cub, but Luo Feng and Babata remained at odds over whether to accept the opportunity.

• Yun He explained that Earthlings had an ordinary bloodline and urged Luo Feng to consider changing bodies, but Luo Feng resisted giving up his Earthling form.
• Yun He summoned a gravely injured Golden Horned Beast cub, and Babata recognized it as one of the universe's supreme bloodlines.
• Yun He explained that the beast's clone ability would let Luo Feng nurture his Earthling body as a clone, prompting Babata to protest against wasting a clone slot.
• Luo Feng asked why Yun He was offering him the beast, and Yun He said he wanted books on space law and related movement techniques in exchange.
• Babata accepted the trade, and Yun He left Luo Feng and Babata to discuss the offer as they remained at an impasse.

After becoming a father, Luo Feng prepared for the journey into space, and he and Yun He departed Earth aboard the repaired Black Dragon X81. They reached Qiu Long Star and began their plan to obtain citizenship and access to the virtual network.

• Luo Feng and Xu Xin had twin sons, and Luo Feng later took over the Golden Horned Beast after obtaining a Black Dragon X81 spaceship from Ruins No. 12.
• Luo Feng nurtured his Earthling Clone, while the Golden Horned Beast grew to Stellar Level One and Yun He reached the peak of Planetary Level Nine.
• In late September 2062, Luo Feng and Yun He left Earth aboard the repaired Black Dragon Spaceship and entered the Dark Universe at light speed.
• After ten days, the spaceship returned to the Original Universe near Qiu Long Star, where Babata reminded them to obtain Black Dragon Mountain Empire citizenship and open virtual network accounts.
• Luo Feng accepted a docking card from a Qiu Long Star employee and tipped him with a Qianwu Coin, impressing him with their apparent status.

After parting from Luo Feng to keep Earth’s origins from attracting attention, Yun He sold his Flowing Light Sword, bought Cloud-Touching Vine supplies and a castle on Qiu Long Star, and prepared to enter the Virtual Universe. He left Luo Feng to secure Earth’s ownership and settled into his new home for the years before the Genius Battle.

• Yun He parted from Luo Feng and explained that returning to Earth could expose their shared origins and draw unwanted attention to the planet.
• Yun He sold the Flowing Light Sword to the Rare Treasure Shop for 4,800 billion Black Dragon Coins.
• Yun He bought Cloud-Touching Vine seeds and supplies capable of nurturing it to Planetary Level Nine.
• Yun He purchased a castle beside Qiu Long City and became a local resident of Qiu Long Star.
• Luo Feng told Yun He he was returning to Earth with sixteen Stellar Level slaves and one thousand Planetary Level Nine slaves, and Yun He urged him to secure Earth's ownership.
• Yun He instructed his auxiliary optical computer to connect him to the Virtual Universe, and his consciousness plunged into darkness.

Yun He settled on Qiu Long Star, bought two Dream Shell Clan twins as household slaves, and broke through to Star Level. His new space-time law talent let him perceive the higher laws more clearly, and he began trying to fuse patterns for light, space, and time.

• Yun He entered the Virtual Universe, linked his Universe Galaxy Bank account, and explored for several hours.
• Yun He bought the Dream Shell Clan twins La Bei and La Lei at the Qiu Long City Slave Market and assured them they would mainly cook and clean.
• After settling on Qiu Long Star, Yun He broke through from Planetary Level Nine to Star Level in his cultivation chamber.
• Yun He opened the system’s gift pack and received a talent for the space-time law, which greatly sharpened his comprehension of space and time.
• Yun He formed patterns representing the laws of light, space, and time, then began attempting to fuse them into one diagram.

Yun He joined Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God after the Virtual Universe announced the Peak Genius Tournament, which offered Star Level contestants a chance to compete for a place among the human race’s top 1,000. Yun He registered and prepared for the coming contest while keeping Earth’s hidden dangers unexplained.

• Yun He continued studying the fusion of three law systems and received a call from Luo Feng after more than three years apart.
• Luo Feng showed Yun He the announcement for the Peak Genius Tournament and invited him to meet at Nine Star Bay with Hong and Thunder God.
• Yun He told the others that Earth was not as simple as it seemed and that he could not return, but he did not explain further.
• Yun He reviewed the tournament’s rules and rewards, including a chance to study in the Initial Universe and become a Virtual Universe Company core member.
• Yun He registered as a Star Level sixth-stage warrior, and the four looked forward to the competition as registration numbers climbed.

Yun He entered the Peak Genius Tournament’s Ganwu Universe Country preliminary and was assigned to Zone 66, where billions of Star Level participants fought for advancement. After teleporting into the wilderness, he effortlessly killed an attacker who charged him.

• The Virtual Universe Company announced the tournament rules and began the preliminaries, with participants assigned to one of 100 World Zones.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God compared their zone assignments, while Yun He was placed in Zone 66.
• Yun He inspected the Zone 66 rules and learned that the 30-day contest awarded points for kills and ended each participant’s run upon death.
• Participants began fighting across the wilderness, and a saber-wielding fighter attacked Yun He.
• Yun He killed the attacker with a casual thrust of his fingers without drawing his sword.

Yun He lay low in World Zone 66 while contestants came to attack him, then set out to hunt the strongest fighters in a nearby city. He began the harvest by killing a giant man on a rooftop and locating fifteen powerful auras.

• Yun He decided to conserve his strength early in the tournament, while Luo Feng also kept a low profile to practice the Phantom Sword Style.
• Xu Xin found Yun He’s ranking in World Zone 66, and Luo Ping and Luo Hai reacted to the low rankings of Yun He, Luo Feng, and Hong as Thunder God rose into the top 100,000.
• Over twenty days, Yun He killed more than a hundred contestants who tried to sneak up on him, reaching 180,234 points and rank 95,007.
• Yun He stood up and flew toward a nearby city, planning to target the strong contestants who had survived the early tournament.
• Yun He killed a burly man on a rooftop with a single sword beam, sensed fifteen powerful auras in the city, and headed toward the closest one.

Yun He hunted powerful contestants in World Zone 66, rapidly climbing the rankings after defeating Huo Yan and other fighters. His rise, alongside Luo Feng’s, stirred excitement across the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

• Yun He challenged and killed Huo Yan with a swift sword strike, gaining enough points to reach rank 5,127 in World Zone 66.
• Yun He killed two men who had gathered near Huo Yan’s building and continued seeking contestants with strong auras.
• Yun He hunted through the city and climbed to rank 185 with 2,852,749 points.
• Luo Feng reached 128th place in the First World Zone, while Yun He surged into the top two hundred of his World Zone.
• People across the Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated Yun He, Luo Feng, and Nabini’s tournament rankings.

Yun He secured first place in the 66th World Zone, while Luo Feng finished 51st, earning the Black Dragon Mountain Empire four places among the top 1,001. As the tournament neared its end, Yun He reflected on his path and the slaughter that had strengthened his resolve.

• On the final day, Luo Feng rose to 51st and Yun He surged into first place in the 66th World Zone with more than 100 million points.
• Citizens and officials of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated Yun He and Luo Feng, and the emperor ordered that Yun He be heavily rewarded.
• With over two hours left, Yun He had nearly 150 million points and felt certain that first place was secure.
• Yun He rested and reviewed his growth, from arriving in the world to receiving the system's enhancements and developing his law talent.
• Yun He calmed his killing intent and emerged from his reflections with a stronger inner self and a more resolute, confident gaze.

Yun He waited out the preliminary tournament and watched the Ganwu Universe Country’s arena battles unfold, while Luo Feng advanced through the grueling competition. Nearly three years later, Luo Feng entered the final arena as one of the country’s top geniuses, and Yun He anticipated his future breakthrough.

• Yun He qualified through the preliminary elimination tournament and blocked the flood of calls and emails he received afterward.
• Yun He left the Virtual Universe, returned to Qiu Long Star, and decided to free the Dream Shell Clan twin girls after the genius battle.
• A silver-robed man explained the arena battle rules to the 100,100 qualifiers, and the arena melees eliminated Hong and Nabini while Luo Feng advanced.
• Savage Rong Jun defeated Luo Feng, who then fought in the reincarnation battle for more than two years before the Ganwu Universe Country’s 1,000 representatives were chosen.
• Luo Feng arrived at Martial Arena No. 00001, greeted Savage Rong Jun, and prepared to enter the arena as Yun He watched and considered his improving mastery of the Yan Shen Armament.

Yun He and the other top geniuses of the Ganwu Universe Country gathered for the Peak Genius Tournament, where Lord Thirteen’s overwhelming presence showed Yun He the distance between himself and the powerful. Lord Thirteen singled out Savage Rong Jun as the only one certain to avoid elimination and told the rest that they had essentially no hope.

• Lord Thirteen announced that the universe-wide competition would begin in a year and a half, giving the selected geniuses time to improve.
• The chapter described Bolan, Savage Rong Jun, and the Prince of Manka Star as leading contenders, and explained that many law-comprehending geniuses were secretly trained rather than risked in the Giant Axe Arena.
• On September 6, 2070, Yun He arrived at the Ganwu gathering point and stood apart while other geniuses dismissed his former World Zone victory.
• Luo Feng and Savage Rong Jun arrived, and all one thousand Ganwu geniuses gathered before Lord Thirteen appeared and introduced himself as their delegation leader.
• Lord Thirteen told Savage Rong Jun that the ruler had high hopes for him, then told the other geniuses that they had essentially no hope.

Yun He and the Ganwu Universe Country geniuses arrived at the Virtual Universe Company's tournament plane, where other teams focused their attention on Rong Jun. While the contestants settled into their assigned rooms, their Immortal leaders discussed the promising competitors and the long odds of reaching the highest ranks.

• The Scale-Armored Giant dismissed the Ganwu geniuses' doubts and led them to the tournament plane, where their team was assigned Building 0825.
• Other universe countries' geniuses recognized Rong Jun as Ganwu's standout contestant and largely ignored the rest of the team.
• The Scale-Armored Giant handed out room tokens, giving Rong Jun number 1, Luo Feng number 2, and Yun He number 108; Yun He went to his room to rest.
• The Scale-Armored Giant joined the Immortal leaders in Restaurant No. 1, where they discussed Rong Jun, Luo Feng, and the Noah Universe Country's genius Bolan.
• The leaders reflected on the uncertainty of a genius's future, citing Venerable Nine Swords as an exceptional former tournament champion who rose to greatness.

Yun He and the other geniuses learned the Peak Genius Tournament’s elimination rules before being sent to individual trial spaces. He chose to keep a low profile while aiming for the top ten, then began the first Trial Tower by cutting down the Blood-Haired Mammoths.

• Yun He and the other participants were compelled to gather, where a teal-robed man explained that only the top 7,300 would survive the trial round and compete for core-member positions.
• The next morning, the Virtual Universe Company teleported all the geniuses to separate trial spaces, each containing seven Trial Towers with seven floors apiece.
• Yun He decided not to attempt clearing every tower and planned to use the Law of Light and some of the Time Law to finish among the top ten without attracting too much attention.
• Yun He entered the first floor of the first Trial Tower, where he had to face 10,000 Blood-Haired Mammoths.
• Yun He swung his longsword and swept through the charging mammoths with arcs of sword light.

During the Genius Battle trials, the Qian Wu Universe Country’s Thirteen and the Qian Wu Country Lord discovered that Yun He’s mastery of Light and nascent time-stop laws made him a strong contender alongside Rong Jun. The Country Lord learned Yun He was living on Qiu Long Star and looked toward him with interest.

• Thirteen and the other Immortals watched Rong Jun rise to twelfth place as he swiftly killed Flying Hou.
• The Immortals noticed Yun He climbing to fifteenth place and watched him evade Flying Hou with time-stop techniques while striking them down.
• Thirteen recognized Yun He’s time-stop law comprehension and emailed the Qian Wu Country Lord about his abilities.
• The Qian Wu Country Lord rebuked the Immortals responsible for nurturing Qian Wu Secret Region’s young geniuses, then dismissed them from that work.
• The Qian Wu Country Lord read Thirteen’s report, judged Yun He no worse than Rong Jun, and turned his attention toward Qiu Long Star.

Yun He cleared the seventh floor of the first Trial Tower by defeating its Zerg Mother Emperor after discovering that a mixed hole in his sea of consciousness could absorb her soul attacks. He was teleported to the first floor of the second Trial Tower.

• Yun He entered the seventh floor and found a Zerg Mother Nest in the desert.
• Yun He split open the nest, and the Zerg Mother Emperor emerged and attacked him with spiritual force and charm.
• Yun He recognized that he lacked soul defenses and worried about stronger soul attackers in later trials and arena battles.
• Yun He formed a mixed hole in his sea of consciousness, which swallowed the Mother Emperor's soul attacks.
• Yun He killed the Mother Emperor with a sword beam and was teleported to the second Trial Tower.

Yun He and Luo Feng advanced through the Trial Towers as most contestants were eliminated, earning places in the Virtual Universe Company's Core Layer. Their success sent the Black Dragon Mountain Empire into celebration, and Luo Feng's run ended with him ranked third in total points.

• Yun He noticed that the second Trial Tower's Blood-Haired Mammoths were much stronger, while the towers' increasingly difficult floors eliminated most contestants.
• Rong Jun and Yun He were eliminated in the fifth Trial Tower, placing 13th and 14th in total points, while Luo Feng continued and rose to 42nd.
• Only Bolan, Candita, Yi Feng, and Luo Feng remained in the trials, and Yun He and Luo Feng's Core Layer qualification made them heroes throughout the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
• Luo Feng reached the first floor of the sixth Trial Tower before dying, finishing third in total points and prompting celebrations across the empire and Ganwu Universe Country.