Recaps

Wu Man ordered Chu Tiannan and the other geniuses to defend East Dragon City's western wall, intending to use them to gather raw stones. Chu Tiannan joined the fight against the Demon Beasts and began extracting raw stones from their bodies.

• Wu Man noticed that the Demon Beasts attacking the city seemed unusually strong and ordered Chu Tiannan and the other geniuses to defend the western wall.
• The geniuses protested Wu Man's command, but most reluctantly obeyed because they feared the Holy Light Imperial Clan and Wu Tianfeng.
• Chu Tiannan followed the others to the western wall, quietly resenting Wu Man's overbearing behavior.
• Wu Man privately dismissed the geniuses as cowards and planned to use them as stone slaves to supply raw stones.
• Chu Tiannan killed several Demon Beasts with his sword and used Cosmic Qi to extract raw stones from their bodies.

Chu Tiannan defended the city wall while farming Origin Stones, drawing the attention of western city commander Wu Man. When an Earth Dragon Demon Beast charged, Chu Tiannan attacked it and drew blood, beginning a fight against a powerful foe.

• Human defenders exploited the walls to kill Demon Beasts and collect Origin Stones, though reckless experts were killed as stronger beasts arrived.
• Chu Tiannan guarded a stretch of wall with his golden sword qi and accumulated 789 Origin Stones.
• Wu Man watched the battle and secretly planned to let Chu Tiannan collect stones before claiming them for himself.
• An Earth Dragon Demon Beast charged the wall and endured Chu Tiannan's golden sword-light attack by unleashing energy beams.
• Chu Tiannan leaped at the Earth Dragon and cut its armor with his dragon-scale longsword, drawing blood.

Chu Tiannan fought and killed a powerful Earth Dragon with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving, then extracted eighty-eight raw stones from its body.

• The Earth Dragon attacked Chu Tiannan with energy beams, but Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving defended him.
• Chu Tiannan struck the Earth Dragon and stabbed its eye, while its thrashing tail damaged the city wall.
• Chu Tiannan pinned the Earth Dragon in place and cut off its arms, legs, and tail.
• Chu Tiannan pierced the Earth Dragon's brain and extracted eighty-eight raw stones.

Humanity’s powerful figures gathered in the Domain of the Gods to watch the Universe Genius Battle, while Tian Xing One worried that Chu Tiannan’s ranking had not improved. The rulers could only watch, unable to communicate with the contestants.

• Humanity’s upper echelons gathered in a vast palace in the Domain of the Gods to watch the Universe Genius Battle.
• The ruler of the Dragon Python Cosmic Kingdom complained that fewer than seven hundred of his country’s youngsters remained after they fought the Frozen Cosmic Kingdom’s contestants at the Peak of the North Pole.
• Tian Xing One said his country’s contestants were scattered across the four continents and noted that Xian’er, Tian’er, and Tian Xing had reached the top hundred million, while Chu Tiannan remained beyond seven hundred million.
• The ruler of the Dragon Python Cosmic Kingdom asked Tian Xing One about the youngster he was watching, and Tian Xing One admitted he was worried that Chu Tiannan’s ranking had not moved.

Chu Tiannan amassed a rich haul defending East Dragon City's western wall as other geniuses joined the fighting. Wu Man arrived and demanded that the well-coordinated man and woman hand over their spoils, claiming it was the rule.

• Tian Xing One was reassured that Chu Tiannan might be hiding his strength and hoped he would not be eliminated.
• Chu Tiannan slew Demon Beasts at the western wall and accumulated nearly a thousand Primal Stones.
• Chu Tiannan noticed a man and woman fighting in strong coordination, though neither could kill an earth dragon alone.
• As the threat eased, Law Second Stage geniuses came to the western wall to join the fighting.
• Wu Man arrived with two clan geniuses, praised the defenders, then demanded the man and woman surrender their haul.

Wu Man demanded that Mo Shuang and Mo Ling surrender the raw stones they had earned, then attacked Mo Ling when they refused. Mo Shuang failed to break through Wu Man’s metal gauntlets and was struck away, while Chu Tiannan had already begun treating Mo Ling’s injuries.

• Wu Man demanded that Mo Shuang and Mo Ling hand over their raw stones, and Mo Ling angrily refused.
• Wu Man struck Mo Ling with his palm, and Chu Tiannan caught her and used a Chaos Current to treat her injuries.
• Mo Ling asked Chu Tiannan to help her brother Mo Shuang, but Chu Tiannan hesitated to get involved.
• Mo Shuang attacked Wu Man in anger, revealing strength at the law third stage.
• Wu Man blocked Mo Shuang’s punch with metal gauntlets and sent him tumbling away with a palm strike.

Wu Man crippled Mo Shuang and then tried to seize Mo Ling while she was tending to her brother. Just as Wu Man reached for her, a black-cloaked young man struck him back, leaving his identity and next move to be revealed.

• Wu Man struck Mo Shuang with a powerful palm, leaving him gravely injured and unable to fight.
• Chu Tiannan caught Mo Shuang, and Mo Ling took her unconscious brother and used her law power to stabilize him.
• Wu Man mocked the siblings for refusing to hand over the raw stones and rushed toward Mo Ling, intending to take advantage of her vulnerability.
• A palm strike carrying vigorous Cosmic Qi drove Wu Man back, and the onlookers saw a calm young man in a black cloak standing behind Mo Ling.

During the battle to defend East Dragon City, Leo left the palace and found Chu Tiannan facing off against Wu Man of the Holy Light Imperial Clan. Chu Tiannan refused to back down despite the enemy’s numerical advantage, and Wu Man prepared to fight him.

• As dawn approached and Night Mode neared its end, Leo left the palace to see what was happening at the western city wall.
• Leo arrived in time to see Chu Tiannan knock Wu Man back with a palm strike.
• Leo asked why Chu Tiannan had clashed with the Holy Light Imperial Clan, and Chu Tiannan said yielding would not solve anything with Wu Man.
• Chu Tiannan told Leo and the siblings Mo Shuang and Mo Ling to step back, while Leo noted the Holy Light Imperial Clan’s overwhelming force.
• Wu Man steadied himself, sneered at Chu Tiannan, and said he would gladly take the raw stones Chu Tiannan was offering.

Chu Tiannan confronted Wu Man on the western city wall while Leo was unable to intervene. Their fight escalated as Wu Man launched a surprise attack from below, and the Demon Beasts outside began a final, furious assault.

• Wu Man taunted Chu Tiannan and attacked him with powerful punches, while Leo retreated because he could not withstand Wu Man's aura.
• Chu Tiannan cut through Wu Man's attack with a sword ray, but Wu Man vanished after using a shield of stone and Demon Beast corpses to block it.
• Wu Man burst through the city wall beneath Chu Tiannan with his Mountain-Collapsing Strike.
• Chu Tiannan used his Chaos Cloak to absorb the punch and steadied himself in midair, surprising Wu Man.
• The Demon Beasts outside the city roared and launched what seemed to be their final siege as dawn approached.

A renewed Demon Beast siege interrupted Wu Man's confrontation with Chu Tiannan, giving Wu Man time to leave and reinforce the wall. After Leo healed Mo Shuang and Mo Ling with potions, the siblings pledged to stand with Chu Tiannan against Wu Man as the beasts attacked again.

• A fierce Demon Beast assault began beyond the western city wall, and Wu Man left to support the defenders after threatening to return for Chu Tiannan.
• Mo Ling thanked Chu Tiannan for helping her and Mo Shuang, while Leo offered the siblings healing potions.
• Chu Tiannan told Mo Shuang and Mo Ling that Leo was his friend, and Mo Shuang took a potion that quickly restored his strength.
• Mo Shuang and Mo Ling vowed to fight alongside Chu Tiannan against Wu Man, but Chu Tiannan told them not to get involved in his grudge.
• Leo raised water barriers to repel the first wave of Demon Beasts as the battle resumed.

As the Demon Beasts launched their final assault on East Dragon City’s western wall, Leo and Chu Tiannan considered escaping once the tide subsided rather than risk a confrontation with the Holy Light Imperial Clan. Chu Tiannan led the defenders in a retreat from the wall as crimson Demon Beasts climbed over it.

• Leo urged everyone to hold back the Demon Beasts and secretly told Chu Tiannan they should leave after the tide subsided if things went badly.
• Leo replenished Chu Tiannan’s strength, and Chu Tiannan agreed that retreating from the Holy Light Imperial Clan might be wiser.
• Leo warned Chu Tiannan that the Demon Beasts were organizing their final wave, and Chu Tiannan saw them charge onto the wall.
• Chu Tiannan used the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving to cut down Demon Beasts as the defenders combined their attacks against the relentless assault.
• Several geniuses were hooked by chains and dragged beneath the wall, so Chu Tiannan ordered everyone to retreat as crimson Demon Beasts climbed onto it.

As Demon Beasts overwhelmed East Dragon City’s walls, Chu Tiannan used his Chaos Phantom and Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving to help repel them before plunging into the horde to hunt for Primal Stones. Wu Tianfeng noticed Chu Tiannan’s Light Weapon and secretly coveted it, while Chu Tiannan continued slaughtering beasts in pursuit of a larger haul.

• The contestants fought together against the surging Demon Beasts as some were dragged from the walls and killed.
• Chu Tiannan summoned his Chaos Phantom, confusing the Demon Beasts long enough for him to slay more than a dozen with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving.
• Wu Tianfeng sensed Chu Tiannan’s Light Weapon, admired its power, and decided he wanted it for himself.
• Chu Tiannan charged into the Demon Beast horde to gather more Primal Stones before dawn.
• Chu Tiannan secretly sent Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons to kill distant Demon Beasts and aimed to raise his total past twenty thousand Primal Stones.

Chu Tiannan charged into the Demon Beast horde to gather raw stones, secretly using the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon while pretending to fight with his sword. He returned to the city wall with exactly twenty-five thousand raw stones, while Wu Man vowed to take them from him after the tide ended.

• Chu Tiannan rushed into the Demon Beast horde, stunning Leo and the others as he sought to gather more raw stones before dawn.
• Chu Tiannan secretly used the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon to slaughter Demon Beasts and swallowed raw stones during battle to restore his strength.
• Wu Man watched Chu Tiannan and vowed that he would make him surrender the raw stones after the Demon Beast tide ended.
• Chu Tiannan withdrew the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon when a gap opened in the horde, then flew back to the city wall with twenty-five thousand raw stones.

Chu Tiannan gained a new skill after comprehending Dragon Cloud Lock, then spotted a purple-glowing reward Demon Beast beneath the city wall. He fought through its protectors and began battling the powerful Lantern Earth Tiger for its raw stones.

• Chu Tiannan returned to the city wall with a large haul of raw stones and realized he had comprehended the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon's Dragon Cloud Lock skill.
• The fighting on the wall eased as dawn approached, but the Demon Beasts attacked more fiercely with less than an hour remaining.
• Chu Tiannan spotted a purple-glowing reward Demon Beast and rushed beneath the wall to claim its raw stones.
• Chu Tiannan cut through the Demon Beasts protecting the reward beast and identified it as a star domain level third stage Lantern Earth Tiger.
• Chu Tiannan summoned more than a dozen streaks of golden light to hold off the surrounding Demon Beasts, then charged the Lantern Earth Tiger with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving.

Chu Tiannan fought through the Demon Beast horde and nearly killed the Lantern Earth Tiger, while Wu Tianfeng planned to seize both the reward and Chu Tiannan’s bronze light weapon. Wu Man rushed in to claim the kill before Chu Tiannan could finish it.

• Wu Tianfeng spotted Chu Tiannan fighting the reward Demon Beast and told Wu Man he wanted the bronze light weapon and the origin stones.
• Chu Tiannan dodged the Lantern Earth Tiger’s attack and wounded it with a strike of sword qi.
• Spectators on the city wall marveled that Chu Tiannan could fight in the horde, unaware that the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon was helping him.
• Wu Tianfeng ordered Wu Man to take the reward, and Wu Man charged toward the nearly defeated Lantern Earth Tiger as Chu Tiannan prepared to finish it.

Chu Tiannan killed the Lantern Earth Tiger before Wu Man could steal the reward, earning 30,000 raw stones and provoking Wu Man into attacking him. The chapter ended as Wu Man's full-strength punch struck at Chu Tiannan, who had made no visible effort to defend himself.

• Wu Man tried to claim the final blow on the Lantern Earth Tiger, but Chu Tiannan drove him back with a sweep of his sword.
• Chu Tiannan killed the Lantern Earth Tiger and received 30,000 raw stones, bringing his total to 55,000.
• Chu Tiannan planned to leave East Dragon City at daybreak and cultivate elsewhere.
• Wu Man accused Chu Tiannan of openly opposing the Holy Light Imperial Clan, and Chu Tiannan mocked the clan's lack of face.
• Wu Man charged at Chu Tiannan with a powerful punch infused with the Law of Holy Light, while Chu Tiannan stood still without raising a defense.

Wu Man unleashed his Holy Light Storm Fist against Chu Tiannan, devastating the battlefield and leaving the onlookers fearing Chu Tiannan had been killed. As Wu Tianfeng ordered Wu Changle to retrieve Chu Tiannan’s belongings, a golden sword-light storm erupted inside Wu Man’s attack and killed him instantly.

• Wu Man’s Holy Light Storm Fist devastated the area around Chu Tiannan, leaving Demon Beasts dead or dying.
• Leo feared Chu Tiannan would die, while Mo Ling worried and Mo Shuang insisted Chu Tiannan had prepared for the attack.
• Wu Tianfeng told Wu Changle to retrieve Chu Tiannan’s belongings, especially his sword, and claimed anything he liked belonged to him.
• A golden sword-light storm erupted inside Wu Man’s storm and ground Wu Man to pieces.

Chu Tiannan survived Wu Man’s Holy Light Storm Fist by using “Break” to turn the attack back on him and kill him. As dawn ended Night Mode, the Demon Beasts began to retreat, and Chu Tiannan reflected on the risks of his technique.

• Wu Man’s Holy Light Storm Fist was overwhelmed by Chu Tiannan’s storm of destruction, which killed Wu Man and scattered nearby Demon Beasts.
• Wu Tianfeng and the others saw Chu Tiannan emerge alive, leaving Wu Tianfeng shocked.
• Chu Tiannan received notice that Wu Man had been eliminated and that his universe ranking had risen to 690001203.
• Dawn reached the East Cang Continent, ending Night Mode and prompting the Demon Beasts to retreat.
• Chu Tiannan considered how “Break” could kill a weaker opponent but was dangerous to use against a stronger one.

After Chu Tiannan killed Wu Man and the Demon Beast tide receded, the survivors of East Dragon City celebrated their survival. Wu Tianfeng then set out with Wu Changle to avenge Wu Man by attacking Chu Tiannan.

• Chu Tiannan recalled the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon after Wu Man's death and learned that Chiyou City had been destroyed by the Demon Beast tide.
• The Demon Beast tide receded at dawn, and Leo and the other survivors celebrated that they had lived through the night.
• Leo spotted Chu Tiannan alive, while Mo Ling confirmed that Wu Man had been eliminated and Mo Shuang regretted not killing him himself.
• Wu Tianfeng, angered by Wu Man's death, ordered Wu Changle to join him in attacking Chu Tiannan, and the two set out together.

Wu Tianfeng and Wu Changle attacked Chu Tiannan outside the city, but he absorbed the blows with little harm. Chu Tiannan dismissed Wu Changle and told Wu Tianfeng that he was not worthy to be his opponent.

• Wu Tianfeng and Wu Changle left East Dragon City to attack Chu Tiannan, while the others stayed behind to maintain control of the city.
• Chu Tiannan sensed the two attackers behind him but did not turn around.
• Wu Tianfeng struck Chu Tiannan with a powerful palm, and Wu Changle followed with three kicks.
• Chu Tiannan used three hundred Primal Stones to strengthen his defenses and landed with only minor wounds.
• Chu Tiannan dismissed Wu Changle as an opponent and told Wu Tianfeng that he was not worthy of him.

Wu Tianfeng offered Chu Tiannan a hundred thousand origin stones in exchange for the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving sword, and Chu Tiannan agreed. The two exchanged the pouch and weapon, leaving their deal completed before the watching geniuses.

• Wu Tianfeng confronted Chu Tiannan over killing someone from the Holy Light Imperial Clan and offered to forgive the matter if Chu handed over his sword.
• Wu Tianfeng offered Chu Tiannan a hundred thousand origin stones for the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving.
• Chu Tiannan agreed to exchange the sword for the origin stones, while Wu Tianfeng insisted they trade at the same time.
• Wu Tianfeng tossed Chu Tiannan the pouch, and Chu Tiannan threw him the sword as the city-wall geniuses watched.

Chu Tiannan exposed Wu Tianfeng’s attempt to cheat him out of Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and the Primal Stones. After the weapon rejected Wu Tianfeng and returned to Chu Tiannan, Chu challenged Wu’s right to wield it.

• Wu Tianfeng took Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and believed he had cheated Chu Tiannan out of the weapon and the hundred thousand Primal Stones.
• Chu Tiannan found the pouch Wu Tianfeng had given him was empty, while Leo grew furious at the betrayal.
• Wu Tianfeng explained that he had never intended to pay and claimed Chu had to bring him the Primal Stones on his knees.
• Chu Tiannan summoned Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving, and the weapon began pulsing in Wu Tianfeng’s hand.
• Wu Tianfeng tried to suppress the weapon, but it burned him and flew back to Chu Tiannan, who asked whether Wu thought he was qualified to wield it.

Chu Tiannan revealed that his Bronze Light Weapon, Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving, was a divine artifact, frustrating Wu Tianfeng’s attempt to claim it. Their palm strikes proved evenly matched, leaving Chu Tiannan to consider a different approach.

• Chu Tiannan revealed Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving’s intelligence and mocked Wu Tianfeng for thinking he could take it.
• The onlookers recognized Chu Tiannan’s weapon as a divine artifact, while Mo Shuang praised his refusal to yield and teased Mo Ling about watching him.
• Wu Tianfeng attacked Chu Tiannan with a powerful palm strike, and Chu Tiannan met it with a counterattack.
• The two attacks collided in a destructive shock wave, and both Chu Tiannan and Wu Tianfeng stepped back.
• Chu Tiannan judged Wu Tianfeng to be his equal and realized that trading basic attacks would not expose an opening.

Chu Tiannan faced Wu Tianfeng and discovered that Wu Changle’s mutated Shadow Holy Light made him vulnerable to attacks from two opponents. As Wu Changle pressed his assault, a woman intervened with red and blue streaks of light.

• Chu Tiannan confronted Wu Tianfeng, whose Law of Holy Light was suppressed by Chu Tiannan’s Law of Chaos.
• Wu Tianfeng recognized the Law of Chaos and believed it was Chu Tiannan’s trump card.
• Wu Changle appeared behind Chu Tiannan and attacked with a shadow clone, revealing his mutated Shadow Holy Light.
• Wu Changle struck Chu Tiannan with his black sword and pursued him with another lethal attack.
• A woman shouted at the two-against-one attack and sent red and blue streaks of light to engage Wu Changle.

Mo Shuang and Mo Ling intervened when Wu Changle attacked Chu Tiannan, and they engaged Wu Changle together. Mo Shuang blocked Wu Changle’s sword just as it threatened Mo Ling, leaving Chu Tiannan free to fight.

• Wu Changle’s attack on Chu Tiannan was interrupted by Mo Shuang and Mo Ling, who arrived from East Dragon City and suppressed his assault with their Cosmic Qi.
• Wu Changle mocked the siblings as people from a native kingdom, but Mo Shuang and Mo Ling challenged him to a fight.
• Mo Ling attacked Wu Changle with her soft, entangling power, which reconnected after his black sword cut through it.
• Wu Changle found an opening and thrust his sword at Mo Ling, but Mo Shuang blocked the blade with his knuckle dusters.
• Mo Shuang told Chu Tiannan to fight without worry while he and Mo Ling handled Wu Changle.