Recaps

After the trials, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Yun He prepared for the final arena battles while Thirteen warned them not to underestimate their rivals. Three rounds of fights selected 900 more geniuses for the Virtual Universe Company's Core Layer, and the chapter ended as the victors returned to the plaza.

• Thirteen announced that Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Yun He had qualified directly for the Core Layer, while most of the Ganwu Universe Country geniuses were eliminated and sent toward the Qian Wu Secret Region.
• Thirteen warned Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Yun He that trial rankings did not reliably predict combat strength and urged them to prepare for future battles.
• Rong Jun told Luo Feng and Yun He that he hoped to face and defeat them in the arena, and Luo Feng welcomed the challenge.
• Venerable Nine Swords announced that contestants ranked 101st through 7,300th needed to win three consecutive arena matches to earn a place.
• The 7,200 contestants fought three rounds, with half eliminated each round, and the final 900 victors appeared in the plaza.

Venerable Nine Swords announced the rewards and final ranking process for the 1,000 contestants, but the rules excluded 800 from the final arena battles. After the excluded contestants protested and were suppressed by Immortals, Yun He, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun reflected on how little their genius mattered before they became powerful.

• Venerable Nine Swords announced the rewards for each rank and said the final arena battles would begin the next day.
• The Virtual Universe System selected 200 contestants for one-on-one battles, leaving the other 800 assigned to the Apocalypse Secret Realm without a chance to compete.
• The Three-Eyed Youth and other excluded contestants protested the rules, but 1,008 Immortals forced them to the ground.
• An ethereal voice told the protesting contestants they could leave the Virtual Universe Company if they objected, and several Immortals warned them against arrogance.
• Yun He, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun discussed how the company viewed them as one batch among many, and Yun He urged them to respect powerful experts.

Yun He advanced through two arena battles to enter the top ten of the genius competition, where he joined Bolan, Luo Feng, and eight others. Venerable Nine Swords announced that the ten would next compete for the top five and the first- and second-place positions, with pairings based on how quickly they had won.

• Venerable Nine Swords began the final battles, and Yun He defeated the Rock Youth to enter the top 100 and qualify for the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• The Virtual Universe System selected Yun He and nineteen others for the next round of battles.
• Yun He defeated Opat with his sword light, drawing notice from the other contestants and immortals.
• Bolan, Qian Shui, Luo Feng, and the other victors secured the ten places, with Rong Jun defeating Gusiluo in the longest battle.
• Venerable Nine Swords announced that the top ten would compete for the top five and first and second place, pairing contestants according to their previous victory times.

The top ten began their final arena matches, and Yun He defeated Wuka with his time-law sword attacks. Bolan, Qian Shui, and Jiang Mo also advanced, leaving Luo Feng and Long Yun as the last pair still fighting.

• The finishing times set the matchups, pairing Bolan with Rong Jun, Yun He with Wuka, Qian Shui with Ai Chen, Luo Feng with Long Yun, and Jiang Mo with Lancelot.
• Thirteen learned that Yun He had ranked among the top two, giving Ganwu Universe Country three contestants in the top ten.
• Luo Feng told Yun He he hoped to fight him, and Yun He warned him to watch out for Long Yun.
• Yun He overwhelmed Wuka with a stream of time-law sword attacks and killed him with a final strike between the brows.
• Bolan defeated Rong Jun, while Qian Shui beat Ai Chen and Jiang Mo defeated Lancelot, securing three places in the top five.
• Luo Feng continued attacking Long Yun, but Long Yun endured the Yan Shen Armament's Sky Piercing Style as their arena shrank.

Long Yun’s formidable earth-and-space domain defeated Luo Feng and two other top-five contestants, but Yun He and Bolan broke through his defense. Yun He and Bolan secured first and second place, with their final ranking still undecided.

• Long Yun used his domain to suppress Luo Feng’s attacks and defeated him as the arena shrank.
• Long Yun easily defeated Jiang Mo and Qian Shui in the top-five Reincarnation Battle.
• Yun He battered Long Yun through his defensive domain and defeated him.
• Long Yun lost to Bolan as well, placing third, while Yun He and Bolan secured the top two places.
• Yun He and Bolan’s final ranking remained to be determined.

Yun He conceded the final Genius Battle to Bolan, then prepared to leave Qiu Long Star for the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters and the Initial Universe. Before departing, he freed La Bei and La Lei, secured their future, and urged them to grow stronger before trying to save their clanswomen.

• Yun He conceded to Bolan in the final battle, and the tournament ended with Bolan taking first place and Yun He second.
• Venerable Nine Swords announced the tournament results and said the selected geniuses would gather at the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters before going to the Initial Universe.
• Luo Feng acknowledged Yun He's strength and resolved to keep working hard, while Yun He encouraged him.
• Yun He freed La Bei and La Lei, gave them the castle and arranged jobs for them, then advised them to build their strength before rescuing other Dream Shell Clan members.
• A Virtual Universe Company spaceship arrived, and Yun He departed as the twins tearfully bid him farewell.

Yun He traveled toward the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters with Immortal Gu Luo and explored Yuxiang Mountain in the Virtual Universe. After learning about its five regions and seeing Thunder Island, Yun He prepared to enter the Primal Region.

• Immortal Gu Luo introduced himself as a high-level Immortal Army Lord and escorted Yun He aboard an F-class spaceship bound for the company's headquarters.
• Gu Luo explained the Four Great Secret Realms and led Yun He into the Virtual Universe Company's Virtual Headquarters.
• Yun He learned that Yuxiang Mountain was divided into five regions, with the Primal Region reserved for a small number of elite members.
• Gu Luo showed Yun He the public region and pointed out Thunder Island, where the company's Immortals and stronger experts lived.
• Gu Luo led Yun He toward the entrance to the Primal Region, which he could not enter himself.

Gu Luo escorted Yun He to the Primal Region, where administrator Aitor welcomed him and showed him to Estate 115. Yun He learned that the powerful Immortal God Ke Yin had been assigned as his guard commander by the Zhouguang Country Lord, leaving him wary of the attention.

• Gu Luo stopped at the boundary of the Primal Region, and Yun He continued along the road to its entrance.
• Aitor welcomed Yun He and explained the Primal Region’s estates, residents, and the status of its Highnesses.
• Aitor brought Yun He to Estate 115, where Ke Yin and the estate’s guards and servants greeted him.
• Aitor introduced Ke Yin as Yun He’s guard commander and estate steward, then left them to tour the grounds.
• Yun He asked why Ke Yin served him, and Ke Yin revealed that the Zhouguang Country Lord had ordered the assignment.

Yun He explored his new residence and the Virtual Universe Company’s treasure vault, then received advice from Zhouguang Country Lord about his understanding of light and time laws. He chose affordable foundational manuals instead of Zhouguang Country Lord’s costly secret manual and prepared to advance to the Universe Level.

• Ke Yin showed Yun He the enormous training facility and his villa before taking his leave.
• Yun He browsed the treasure vault and read the Virtual Universe Company’s message, which urged him to reach the Universe Level and focus on combat strength, origin laws, and secret techniques.
• Zhouguang Country Lord wrote that Yun He’s law applications were crude and recommended the first three levels of the Zhouguang Secret Manual.
• Yun He discovered the Zhouguang Secret Manual cost 100,000 points, while the manuals Chen Shi and Drifting Blood covered the 108 time and space essences at a much lower price.
• Yun He bought Chen Shi and Drifting Blood for 1,820 points and prepared to advance to the Universe Level.

Yun He attempted a carefully planned breakthrough to the Universe Level, using his mixed hole to replace the miniature black hole forming in his dantian. The breakthrough triggered a strange epiphany in which he witnessed a black hole grow until space within its reach crumbled.

• Yun He began his Universe Level breakthrough aboard the spaceship, drawing in cosmic energy and light until the ship was plunged into darkness.
• The nine stars in Yun He's dantian expanded and exploded, and he placed his mixed hole at the center as a miniature black hole formed.
• Yun He's mixed hole absorbed the black hole and unleashed a vast gravitational vortex, prompting Gu Luo to immobilize everyone aboard the spaceship.
• A strange fluctuation froze the spaceship and its occupants while Yun He entered an unconscious epiphany.
• Yun He witnessed a star evolve into a black hole that grew over countless ages until space within its gravitational reach ceased to exist.

Yun He woke after three days and discovered that he had successfully reached Universe Level, with his strength already at Cosmic Level Third Order. He accepted the mixed hole as the core of his life and declared that he and the mixed hole were one.

• Gu Luo realized he had briefly lost awareness during Yun He's breakthrough and decided to keep the experience to himself.
• Yun He awoke from an immense span of subjective time, recovered his memories, and understood that he had broken through to Universe Level.
• Yun He found that his mixed hole had fused with the black hole in his dantian, forming a galaxy and generating origin force throughout his body.
• Yun He recognized that the Will of the Original Universe had bestowed the innate talent called I Am the Black Hole, which would make the mixed hole his hidden life core.
• Yun He reflected on the insights and powerful soul will gained from his experience, then declared that he and the mixed hole were one.

After reaching the Universe Level, Yun He received a hundredfold gene-level increase that sharpened his Law perception and gave his will an intimidating pressure. He returned to the Virtual Universe and collected the secret technique manuals he had bought, hoping they would guide his independent study.

• Yun He opened his reward and raised his gene level to 110 times the baseline, greatly improving his perception of the Laws.
• When Gu Luo secretly sensed Yun He, Yun He’s gaze and will frightened the Immortal into withdrawing his divine sense.
• Yun He asked Gu Luo to keep the incident confidential, and Gu Luo agreed and resolved not to offend him.
• After resting, Yun He entered the Virtual Universe with only a wisp of consciousness and noticed that even his restrained will was apparent to others.
• Yun He met Aitor, apologized for being unreachable during seclusion, and accepted the secret technique manuals he had purchased.

Yun He studied Lian Luo’s Drifting Blood and Chen Shi manuals during his journey to the Virtual Universe Company’s Universal Headquarters, rapidly comprehending the space and time origin laws. After three years, he arrived at the Original Universe and saw the company’s vast headquarters for the first time.

• Yun He opened the briefcase and began studying the Drifting Blood and Chen Shi manuals, which explained the essences of the space and time origin laws through sword techniques.
• Yun He practiced and contemplated the manuals during his journey, making rapid progress as he corrected earlier misunderstandings.
• Yun He fully comprehended thirteen essences of both space and time after three years of study aboard the spacecraft.
• Gu Luo told Yun He that they were nearing Universal Headquarters, and the spacecraft returned to the Original Universe.
• Gu Luo activated the spacecraft’s exterior simulation, and Yun He saw the enormous supercontinent of the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters floating among the stars.

Yun He arrived at the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters and joined the other Genius Battle finalists. Venerable Nine Swords ordered the 1,000 geniuses to depart for the Initial Universe aboard a G-class biological spaceship.

• Yun He traveled with Gu Luo to the Universal Headquarters, where staff received him and Gu Luo and the guards bid him farewell.
• Yun He entered a hall with the other Genius Battle finalists, kept to himself, and briefly exchanged greetings with Luo Feng.
• After all 1,000 geniuses gathered, a red-eyed Immortal led them to a G-class biological spaceship and brought them aboard.
• Venerable Nine Swords addressed the geniuses, ordered them to set off for the Initial Universe, and the spaceship vanished.

Yun He and the other young geniuses entered the Initial Universe and witnessed its origin laws repairing space as their spaceship approached Chaos City. The Reception Envoy led them into the ancient city, where they saw powerful cultivators gathered to study.

• The young geniuses suffered from the chaotic flow of time in the passage between the Original Universe and the Initial Universe, while Yun He tried to study it.
• Venerable Nine Swords showed the group the Initial Universe’s secret patterns and explained how its visible origin laws made it easier to comprehend.
• Venerable Nine Swords warned that the geniuses might not all survive their thirty years of cultivation in Chaos City.
• The Big Fish Spaceship dropped the thousand geniuses above Chaos City and departed.
• The Reception Envoy introduced Chaos City and led the geniuses through its streets, where they saw Immortal Experts and sensed even more formidable beings deeper inside.

The Reception Envoy explained Chaos City's residences, cultivation carvings, safety rules, and time ratio before leading the geniuses to the City Lord's residence. The Chaos City Lord secretly examined Yun He, discovered the black hole in his dantian, and spoke to him before withdrawing his gaze, leaving Yun He shaken and pretending to be surprised.

• The Reception Envoy showed the geniuses an unoccupied residence and explained how to claim a building and study the origin-law carvings on its terrace.
• The Reception Envoy warned that humans could not kill one another in the Initial Universe and explained that its time flowed at a 1:3.28 ratio to the Original Universe.
• The Reception Envoy led the thousand geniuses toward the City Lord's residence as the Chaos City Lord's unseen gaze settled on them and paused on Yun He.
• The Chaos City Lord examined Yun He, saw the black hole hidden in his dantian, and isolated him from the surrounding space-time.
• Yun He met the Chaos City Lord's gaze, resisted revealing all his secrets, and heard the City Lord call him impressive.
• The Chaos City Lord withdrew his gaze, and Yun He pretended to be startled while continuing toward the City Lord's residence.

The black-robed Reception Envoy brought Yun He and the geniuses to the City Lord's residence and explained Chaos City's three treasures, including the 52 Chaos Tablets. The group began examining rubbings of the tablets to choose one for their seven-day study, while Yun He decided to inspect every picture before making his choice.

• The black-robed Reception Envoy warned the geniuses not to stare too long at the words above the City Lord's residence.
• The black-robed Reception Envoy explained that the 52 Chaos Tablets were Chaos City's second treasure and described them as paths to the pinnacle of cultivation.
• The black-robed Reception Envoy told the geniuses that each could choose one Chaos Tablet to study for seven days and led them to the corridor of rubbings.
• The black-robed Reception Envoy gave the thousand geniuses half an hour to examine the fifty-two pictures and choose a tablet.
• Yun He began viewing every picture for thirty seconds each, despite already having a choice in mind.

Yun He chose the Universe Chaos Stele after gaining insight into the space-time law from its rubbing, then went to study it with Bolan and the other selected geniuses. Watching from afar, the Chaos City Lord disapproved of Yun He's choice because he believed Yun's talent lay in the Light-Time Fusion Law.

• Yun He studied the rubbing of the Universe Chaos Stele and made progress on the fourteenth essence of time and space.
• Yun He chose the Universe Chaos Stele, and the black-robed Reception Envoy recorded the geniuses' selections.
• The black-robed Reception Envoy sent geniuses whose chosen Chaos Steles were available to their chambers, while Luo Feng, Wuka, Rong Jun, and others waited for occupied chambers to become free.
• The Chaos City Lord recalled Yun He's concealed strength, his Light-Time Fusion Law comprehension, and the unusual black hole in his dantian.
• The Chaos City Lord became displeased that Yun He chose the Universe Chaos Stele and considered intervening.

Yun He arrived at the Chaos Stele chambers and was urged by Kandri, on the Chaos City Lord’s orders, to choose the Zhouguang Chaos Stele instead. Yun He refused and entered the Universe Chaos Stele chamber, leaving the Chaos City Lord displeased but unwilling to force his choice.

• Kandri welcomed Yun He and the other newcomers and explained that they could study their chosen Chaos Steles for seven days.
• Kandri received instructions from the Chaos City Lord to warn Yun He and persuade him to choose a different Chaos Stele.
• Kandri told Yun He that the Chaos City Lord considered the Zhouguang Chaos Stele more suitable, but Yun He insisted on studying the Universe Chaos Stele.
• Kandri let Yun He enter the chamber, and the Chaos City Lord watched from afar, frowning but accepting that Yun He had to choose his own path.

Yun He contemplated the Universe Chaos Stele and greatly advanced his understanding of space-time laws before the session ended. After choosing a secluded residence in Chaos City, he decided to absorb his new insights before attempting the Heavenly Bridge.

• Yun He studied the first diagram of the Universe Chaos Stele and advanced to just short of fully comprehending the thirty-first space-time essence.
• Kandri summoned the geniuses from their cultivation chambers and instructed them to find residences and apply to enter the Heavenly Bridge through the Virtual Universe.
• Kandri asked Yun He again to reconsider, but Yun He refused and chose to keep his abilities concealed while he grew stronger.
• Yun He selected an unoccupied, secluded residence near the edge of Chaos City for the next thirty years.
• Yun He settled on his rooftop terrace to consolidate his insights before attempting the Heavenly Bridge.

After a month studying the Chaos Stele, Yun He entered the Universe Heavenly Bridge to test his strength and earn more study opportunities. As he began the challenge, Tong Nan King and True Yan King discussed the young geniuses they were watching, including Yun He and Luo Feng.

• Yun He learned that a month had passed while he studied the Chaos Stele and entered the Virtual Universe to apply for the Heavenly Bridge.
• Guardian Bafen explained the Heavenly Bridge’s rules and told Yun He that Bolan had cleared two levels.
• Yun He entered the Universe Heavenly Bridge and read that clearing levels would earn doubled points, with a tenfold bonus for newcomers during their first thirty years in Chaos City.
• True Yan King visited Tong Nan King and drank his Seven-Colored Flowing Light Wine.
• Tong Nan King said he thought highly of Yun He, while True Yan King voiced uncertainty about Luo Feng studying the essence of the space law.

True Yan King and Tong Nan King watched Yun He begin his long-delayed Heavenly Bridge attempt, expecting him to struggle beyond the first level. Yun He defeated the first level’s gatekeeper after studying his use of the Space-Time Law, then prepared to continue.

• True Yan King and Tong Nan King discussed the geniuses’ choices of Chaos Steles and True Yan King expressed uncertainty about Luo Feng’s potential.
• Tong Nan King received word that Yun He had started his Heavenly Bridge attempt, so he and True Yan King went to watch.
• Yun He chose to fight a warrior at the end of the first level and faced a masked swordsman gatekeeper.
• Yun He exchanged sword blows with the gatekeeper for about five minutes while observing his Space-Time Law techniques.
• After learning the gatekeeper’s moves and law applications, Yun He decided to end the battle.

Yun He defeated the first Heavenly Bridge gatekeeper and began fighting the stronger opponent on the second level. As the battle helped him refine his sword techniques, he formed a new sword strike and challenged the gatekeeper to face it.

• Yun He pierced the first gatekeeper's forehead, passed the first level, and headed toward the second.
• True Yan King and Tong Nan King recognized Yun He's profound Space Law comprehension, while Guardian Bafen secretly sent emails; Long Yu King arrived to watch him.
• Yun He chose a warrior as his second-level opponent and began exchanging blows with the stronger gatekeeper.
• During their prolonged fight, Yun He blended techniques from Drifting Blood and Chen Shi, gradually making his swordplay more fluid and adding ideas of his own.
• Yun He formed a new sword strike, caught the gatekeeper's attention, and asked him to enlighten him by receiving it.

Yun He passed the second and third levels of the Heavenly Bridge after revealing a self-created sword art that formed a black hole and qualified as an ordinary Immortal Level supreme art. He left the Virtual Universe, unaware that Long Yu King was going to report his achievement to Venerable Nine Swords and that the others had ordered it kept secret.

• Yun He killed the second-level guardian with his black-hole sword technique, and the gray mist announced that he had passed.
• True Yan King, Tong Nan King, Long Yu King, and Guardian Bafen recognized Yun He's technique as a self-created Immortal Level supreme art and were shocked by his talent.
• Yun He fought the third-level guardian for over half an hour to study his flawless use of the space-time law, then killed him with the same technique and passed the level.
• Yun He stopped before the fourth level, logged off from the Virtual Universe, and planned to use his remaining opportunities to study the Chaos Stele.
• Long Yu King ordered Guardian Bafen to keep Yun He's achievement secret, then left to report it to Venerable Nine Swords.

Yun He's Heavenly Bridge performance drew the attention of the Virtual Universe Company's higher-ups, while Luo Feng used his own failure to rethink how he wielded the Yan Shen Armament. The Chaos City Lord ordered Yun He's strength and talent kept secret, leaving Yun He free to continue progressing under his watch.

• Guardian Bafen announced that Yun He had cleared three Heavenly Bridge levels, prompting the other geniuses to react and Bolan to challenge the third level, where he was defeated.
• Luo Feng responded to Yun He's achievement by increasing his training and realizing that he needed to use the Raindrop Diagram and develop his own approach to the Yan Shen Armament.
• King Long Yu showed Venerable Nine Swords a recording of Yun He's challenge, and Venerable Nine Swords recognized that Yun He had created an Immortal Level ultimate technique and could clear far more levels than he had attempted.
• The Chaos City Lord watched Yun He train and reconsidered his earlier doubts about Yun He choosing the Universe Chaos Stele, judging that his talent and comprehension might lead him to become a Universe Master.
• The Chaos City Lord ordered Yun He's recording and information sealed, then reflected on his deceased disciple Kedi while anticipating Yun He's future progress.