Recaps

The princes watching Battle Zone 53 traded boasts and barbs as they followed the Genius Preliminary Selection Battle. Blue King’s rivals mocked Luote over the Galaxy Kingdom’s recent demotion, and Luote defended his people’s chances.

• People from across the Heaven Dou Universe Nation traveled to Battle Emperor Star to watch the preliminary battles in person.
• Princes watching Battle Zone 53 praised the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s strong competitor and asked Blue King about its training.
• Blue King downplayed the kingdom’s success while enjoying the deference his status brought him.
• Blue King and the other princes taunted Luote about the Galaxy Kingdom’s weak showing and recent demotion.
• Luote answered that reaching the top hundred was enough and that advancing farther did not necessarily prove strength.

Luote watched the Galaxy Kingdom's last remaining group struggle to qualify, placing his hopes on Chu Tiannan. In Battle Zone 53, Luo Zhongtian and several others were restrained as a representative of the Feather Spirit Kingdom offered to secure their advancement in exchange for cooperation.

• Luote swallowed his anger as the Blue King mocked the Galaxy Kingdom's declining tournament results.
• Luote saw that only the group in Battle Zone 53 remained, with Chu Tiannan ranked 104th and three days left in the preliminaries.
• A group in the center of Battle Zone 53's urban area found two women and a dark-skinned young man restrained by an unknown weapon.
• The blue-clad girl called Luo Zhongtian a traitor for siding with the Feather Spirit Kingdom.
• A white-robed young man offered to release the captives and help them reach the qualifying round if they followed the Feather Spirit Kingdom's arrangements.

Lan Yu and the Feather Spirit Kingdom geniuses threatened the captured Xian'er, Xian Yue, and Liu Ben, demanding that they side with them or withdraw. As Lan Yu dismissed Chu Tiannan as a weakling, he suddenly fell and shattered, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lan Yu pressured the bound Xian'er, Xian Yue, and Liu Ben to choose between joining him and withdrawing from the competition.
• Lan Yu credited Luo Zhongtian with helping capture the three, while Luo Zhongtian nervously agreed with him.
• Xian'er stalled for time as Xian Yue pointed out that Chu Tiannan was coming to help them.
• Lan Yu mocked Chu Tiannan’s ranking, but Liu Ben insisted that Chu Tiannan’s strength was greater than it appeared.
• As Lan Yu finished speaking, he fell to the ground and shattered before Luo Zhongtian’s shocked gaze.

Chu Tiannan killed Lan Yu, then faced a group of law-comprehending experts who attacked him together. As their combined attack engulfed him, Xian'er broke free and rushed toward the blast.

• Chu Tiannan killed Lan Yu and rose to 33rd place in the rankings.
• The icy-blue-skinned girl and the other young experts attacked Chu Tiannan to avenge Lan Yu.
• Chu Tiannan stood his ground with the Heaven-Deriving Sword as the group unleashed their Dark Spirit Law attacks.
• Their combined attack swallowed Chu Tiannan, and Xian'er broke free of her bindings and charged into the pillar of light.

Luo Tianzheng raged over Luo Zhongtian’s betrayal and ordered harsh punishment if he failed to advance. At the Battle Emperor Star viewing grounds, the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s confidence faltered when Lan Yu was eliminated.

• Luote drank in silence after Xian'er, Xian Yue, and Liu Ben were captured because of Luo Zhongtian’s betrayal.
• Luo Tianzheng condemned Luo Zhongtian for currying favor with the Feather Spirit Kingdom and threatened to strip him of his titles and exile his clan branch if he failed to advance.
• Luo Tianzheng punished three generals who had defended Luo Zhongtian, ordering them taken away.
• The Blue King mocked the Galaxy Kingdom’s weakness while Luote watched the competition and hoped for a miracle.
• Lan Yu’s virtual body shattered on the screen, confirming his death and elimination.

Chu Tiannan instantly killed Lan Yu in Combat Zone 53, shocking the watching princes and enraging the Blue King. After learning Chu Tiannan was a Galaxy Kingdom contestant ranked in the top fifty, the Blue King traded taunts with Luote and watched as his remaining geniuses used a fusion skill against Chu Tiannan.

• Chu Tiannan killed Lan Yu with a single sword strike, causing Lan Yu to die before the watching princes.
• The Blue King erupted in anger and ordered his minister to identify the black-cloaked young man.
• The minister identified him as Chu Tiannan, a Galaxy Kingdom contestant whose ranking had risen into the top fifty.
• The Blue King accused Luote of plotting, and Luote answered with a mocking smile before they traded threats.
• The Blue King cheered as his remaining geniuses used a fusion skill to devour Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan used the fourth-stage Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving technique to find and destroy the flaw in the Feather Spirit Kingdom geniuses’ fusion attack. The pillar of light shattered, leaving the enemy participants defeated while Xian’er lay unconscious.

• Xian’er tried to enter the pillar of light to rescue Chu Tiannan, but its force hurled her back and left her badly injured.
• Chu Tiannan spotted a golden vortex inside the pillar and prepared to test Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving’s fourth stage.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed the technique’s ultimate move, Break, and its golden tornadoes shattered the vortex and the pillar of light.
• The Feather Spirit Kingdom participants were struck by the tornadoes, spat blood, and fell unable to rise.
• The blue-skinned girl and Luo Zhongtian stared in terror at Chu Tiannan, who remained suspended in the air with his golden sword.

Chu Tiannan defeated the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s team in Battle Zone 53, ending the crisis and securing the Galaxy Kingdom’s advance. Xian’er woke in Xian Yue’s arms and clung to Chu Tiannan, relieved he had survived.

• Blue King and the other spectators celebrated as Chu Tiannan was engulfed by the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s combined attack.
• The attack’s pillar of light shattered, and Chu Tiannan sent the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s geniuses flying in defeat.
• Luote cheered for Chu Tiannan while Blue King smashed his wineglass and stormed away.
• Liu Ben asked Chu Tiannan how to deal with the immobilized opponents, while Xian Yue gathered Xian’er into her arms.
• Chu Tiannan pressed his hand to Xian’er’s forehead, and she woke and embraced him, saying she had feared he would not survive.

After Chu Tiannan saved Xian Yue and her companions from the Feather Spirit Kingdom team, Xian'er and Liu Ben retaliated against their defeated opponents. As Xian Yue thanked Chu Tiannan, he noticed the yellow-armored young man trying to escape.

• Xian'er checked Chu Tiannan for injuries, and he told her he was fine and to collect the battle merits.
• Xian'er repeatedly slapped the defeated blue-skinned girl until she self-destructed and withdrew from the preliminary competition.
• Liu Ben joined Xian'er in intimidating the remaining geniuses from the Feather Spirit Kingdom.
• Xian Yue thanked Chu Tiannan and grew flustered when he asked if she was all right.
• Chu Tiannan spotted the yellow-armored young man trying to flee.

Chu Tiannan confronted Luo Zhongtian after the First Prince tried to escape, and Luo Zhongtian pleaded for his life while disguising his betrayal as a plan to rescue his teammates. Chu Tiannan killed him in the qualification battle, then remarked that it was a pity this was not the real world.

• Chu Tiannan asked Luo Zhongtian where he was going as Xian'er and the others surrounded him.
• Luo Zhongtian claimed he had only pretended to betray his teammates to lower the enemy's guard and rescue them.
• Xian'er and Xian Yue condemned Luo Zhongtian's excuses, while he begged Chu Tiannan to spare him and let him compete in the qualification battles.
• Chu Tiannan approached Luo Zhongtian, who fell to the ground and scrambled away in fear.
• Chu Tiannan struck Luo Zhongtian with a golden sword light, eliminating him, and lamented that it was not the real world.

Luo Zhongtian tried to kill Chu Tiannan after returning to the real world, but Chu Tiannan’s protective halo stopped him and the tournament teleported Luo Zhongtian away. He was then stripped of his position as eldest prince and sentenced to exile with his direct family.

• Luo Zhongtian decided to kill Chu Tiannan in the real world and struck at him with a spear.
• Chu Tiannan’s halo shattered Luo Zhongtian’s tier-five weapon and sent him flying.
• Luo Zhongtian prepared to use the Primordial Chaos God Slayer, but the tournament eliminated and teleported him away.
• Three divine generals delivered an imperial decree stripping Luo Zhongtian of his princely title and exiling him and his direct family to the frontier.
• Star Domain Level warriors seized Luo Zhongtian and dragged him away.

Chu Tiannan and his teammates celebrated qualifying for the Genius Qualification Battle, then returned to the virtual world for the next round. Chu Tiannan found himself surrounded by enemy markers and learned that he ranked 975642nd on the Doulong Star Battlefield.

• Chu Tiannan, Xian'er, Liu Ben, and Xian Yue shared their rankings, with Xian Yue placing first and all four advancing.
• The contestants were told that the Genius Qualification Battle would begin in half an hour.
• Chu Tiannan rallied his teammates, and they joined hands before being teleported back into the virtual world.
• Chu Tiannan saw a dense cluster of enemy markers on his wristband and learned that contestants had to defeat opponents to earn battle merits.
• Chu Tiannan checked his status and saw that he had 211 points and ranked 975642nd on the Doulong Star Battlefield.

Chu Tiannan entered a massive single-field qualifying battle and chose to cultivate while the other geniuses fought, aiming to master “Break” and give his Bauhinia Star Beast clone time to advance. A red-clad Controller attacked him by surprise, but Chu Tiannan appeared behind the attacker, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Chu Tiannan found that the top hundred geniuses from each of the original battlefields had been placed together, and he could not locate any of his teammates.
• Chu Tiannan observed intense fighting and saw the number of surviving geniuses rapidly fall.
• Chu Tiannan decided to cultivate in his starting area to master “Break” and give his Bauhinia Star Beast clone more time to break through.
• A red-clad young Controller launched a fireball at Chu Tiannan’s room, but received no combat merit notification.
• Chu Tiannan appeared behind the red-clad young man and asked if he was looking for him.

Chu Tiannan turned the red-robed young man's ambush against him and defeated him in the starting room. The Controller genius lost his qualification to compete among the geniuses.

• Chu Tiannan reappeared behind the red-robed young man, who realized his ambush had failed.
• The red-robed young man flooded the room with magma and sent a scarlet flame vortex at Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan drew the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and used the Law of Chaos to cleave the vortex in two.
• The red-robed young man admitted defeat, and Chu Tiannan told him he had lost because he underestimated his opponent.
• Chu Tiannan pressed his palm to the red-robed young man's forehead, and the Controller genius was eliminated from the competition.

Chu Tiannan settled in to cultivate after defeating an opponent and gaining battle merits, while the Luoshen Universe Country’s qualification battle began. The chapter ended with a mysterious girl in a yellow dress appearing on its battlefield, her enormous golden sword intimidating the other geniuses.

• Chu Tiannan learned that his house had been destroyed and decided to cultivate at someone else’s place.
• After his ranking rose, Chu Tiannan checked his new standing and collected 761 battle merits from his defeated opponent.
• Chu Tiannan told the Devour Dog to guard him during five months of seclusion and warned it about the Bauhinia Star Beast avatar’s impending breakthrough.
• The Luoshen Universe Country’s genius qualification battle began in a simulated version of the Luo God Clan’s ancient ruins, where participants discussed forming temporary teams.
• A girl in a yellow dress appeared among the contestants, drawing their attention and awe with her cold beauty and enormous golden sword.

Luo'er appeared at the qualifying round and thought fondly of Chu Tiannan, wondering whether he had advanced. After rejecting Heng Liuji's team invitation, she asked him for a favor.

• Luo'er watched the forest and thought about Chu Tiannan and their happy days together on Earth.
• Luo'er reasoned that Chu Tiannan's cunning would help him through the preliminary round.
• Heng Liuji approached Luo'er and invited her to join his team of experts.
• Luo'er refused to form a team but asked Heng Liuji to grant her a favor.

Luo'er instantly killed Heng Liuji, then attacked the other cosmic geniuses who tried to surround her. She left dozens of them dead after driving them to flee with her golden greatsword.

• Heng Liuji politely offered to help Luo'er, but she struck him with a golden palm and destroyed his virtual body.
• The surrounding geniuses recognized Heng Liuji as the prince of the Great Heng Realm and feared Luo'er's strength.
• Luo'er announced that she would take their battle merits, prompting thirty or forty geniuses to surround her.
• Luo'er drew her golden greatsword, and the geniuses fled when they felt its oppressive force.
• Luo'er sent sword energy after the fleeing geniuses and killed them one after another.

Luo'er left the teleportation array, determined to reunite with Chu Tiannan at the Universe Genius Battle. Meanwhile, Chu Tiannan completed his comprehension of the second stage of the cosmic laws and set his sights on reaching the top ten thousand before the remaining month and a half was over.

• Luo'er thought of Chu Tiannan and vowed to meet him at the Universe Genius Battle and give him a beating.
• Chu Tiannan used the Law of Chaos to expand and command the chaotic currents around him, forming a more powerful phantom of chaos.
• Devour Dog confirmed that Chu Tiannan had reached the second stage of the cosmic laws, where words became law and cultivators could unleash law skills.
• Chu Tiannan learned he had cultivated for four and a half months and had fallen outside the top two hundred thousand, with a month and a half remaining.
• Chu Tiannan slung Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving onto his back and declared that he would break into the top ten thousand.

Chu Tiannan left his room while worrying that the Bauhinia Star Beast’s breakthrough pains were affecting his combat ability. In the tournament’s starting area, he slaughtered a hundred experts who tried to take his battle merits.

• Chu Tiannan asked Devour Dog how to lessen the pain from the Bauhinia Star Beast’s breakthrough, but Devour Dog told him to endure it.
• A group of about a hundred tournament contestants surrounded Chu Tiannan and demanded his battle merits.
• Chu Tiannan refused to flee as the contestants launched a simultaneous attack.
• Chu Tiannan drew his sword and killed the surrounding contestants with a single strike.

Chu Tiannan suppressed the Emperor Claw Star Beast’s bloodlust after killing over a hundred opponents and advanced through the Doulong Star Battlefield. Elsewhere, a white-robed swordsman wondered about his teacher’s teachings, while a gray-cloaked young man searched for worthy rivals.

• Chu Tiannan used Chaos Power to suppress the Emperor Claw Star Beast’s bloodthirsty nature and reaffirmed his control over it.
• Chu Tiannan’s kills raised his Doulong Star Battlefield ranking to 149768, and he set off toward the horizon to find more opponents.
• A white-robed young man meditated among corpses whose wounds showed they had each been killed by one sword strike to the throat.
• The white-robed young man asked his teacher what the next step was, gazing beyond the sky with his blood-wheel, three-flowered pupils.
• A handsome young man in a gray cloak wondered why he had yet to meet a true genius and expected to find real opponents in the Universe Genius Battle.

Mo Liang slaughtered rival geniuses with his bloodthirsty chain sword while waiting for the qualification battle to end and the Universe Genius Battle to begin. In the city, Chu Tiannan deliberately walked into a street watched by powerful contestants, drawing the attention of a hunter seeking to improve his rank.

• Mo Liang killed multiple Martial Artists and Controllers with his chain sword, including a highly ranked Cosmic Laws expert who cursed him.
• Mo Liang grew bored and said he was eager to leave the battlefield and taste the geniuses from other divine kingdoms.
• As the qualification battle neared its end, surviving geniuses gathered in the city, where cold-war standoffs and daily deadly fights continued.
• A three-eyed genius ranked in the seventy thousands watched the street for easy targets and spotted Chu Tiannan walking openly through it.
• Chu Tiannan sensed at least ten powerful auras and smiled, calling the encounter a chance for business.

Chu Tiannan entered Dragon King Star City to find a better place to cultivate and learn whether his teammates were still fighting, while continuing to pursue battle merits. After surviving an ambush and eliminating his attacker, he was recognized by another hidden competitor who tried to flee.

• Chu Tiannan wandered through Dragon King Star City and sensed that someone was watching him.
• A three-eyed young man attacked Chu Tiannan with a Flame Bull Cannon, but Chu Tiannan kept the flames at bay and eliminated him.
• Chu Tiannan saw that his rank had risen to 43,567 after continuing to lure opponents into underestimating him and collect their battle merits.
• A thin young man recognized Chu Tiannan and tried to escape, but Chu Tiannan told him not to leave.

Chu Tiannan learned of a law inheritance in Dragon King Star City and followed the map toward it, killing the man who had revealed the secret to gain battle merits. In the virtual battlefield, he discovered that the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving could consume the real souls and wills of simulated demon beasts.

• A lean man begged Chu Tiannan to spare him and offered secrets about powerful experts and a law inheritance.
• Chu Tiannan let the lean man leave, then used a golden light sword to kill him for his battle merits and followed the electronic map.
• Chu Tiannan encountered and killed a galaxy level eighth-stage demon beast in the mountain forest.
• The Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving devoured the demon beast's soul, strengthening Chu Tiannan's soul, perception, and will.
• Chu Tiannan realized that the virtual demon beasts' bodies were simulated, but their souls and wills were real.

After hearing that contestants from the Galaxy Kingdom were in danger at the Chaotic Dragon Mausoleum, Chu Tiannan learned its location from a passing genius and raced to save them. Heavenly Sin’s upgrade was nearly complete, but he left before it was finished.

• While bathing, Chu Tiannan overheard travelers say a law inheritance had been activated and that Sea Demon’s group was targeting the Galaxy Kingdom contestants.
• Chu Tiannan attacked three young geniuses traveling toward the inheritance, killing two and demanding the surviving flame-covered man reveal the destination.
• The survivor told Chu Tiannan they were heading to the Chaotic Dragon Mausoleum, and Chu Tiannan killed him after getting the information.
• Chu Tiannan asked Devour Dog about Heavenly Sin’s upgrade, learned it was almost finished, and flew toward the mausoleum to save the others.

Sea Demon pursued Liu Ben, Xian Yue, and the unconscious Xian'er through the Chaotic Dragon Mausoleum because he wanted to devour Xian'er's exceptional soul will. Liu Ben and Xian Yue fled with Xian'er, who remained afflicted by the Demon Gu and a powerful ocean law, and believed they had lost their pursuers.

• Sea Demon landed with his followers on Dragon Head Mountain and tracked the group toward a misty valley.
• One of Sea Demon's followers spoke confidently about tracking their prey, and Sea Demon struck him down, saying he wanted the woman.
• Sea Demon revealed that he sought Xian'er's powerful soul will and believed consuming it could make his own soul will invincible at the galaxy level.
• Liu Ben carried the unconscious Xian'er through the Forest Sea Rock territory while Xian Yue ran alongside them.
• Xian Yue said she could no longer sense the pursuers' auras, though Xian'er remained weak and affected by demonic markings and ocean law.