Recaps

The Heavenly Zhui King surprised Chu Tiannan with a destructive light-wave attack while he dodged its blows. Chu Tiannan wrapped himself in his Chaos Cloak as the blast engulfed him, leaving his fate unclear.

• The Heavenly Zhui King attacked Chu Tiannan with its beak and wings, but he dodged its strikes.
• The Heavenly Zhui King suddenly fired a spiral-shaped light wave from its mouth and caught Chu Tiannan off guard.
• Chu Tiannan used his Chaos Cloak to wrap himself as the light wave hit.
• The blast swept across the landscape, killed many Demon Beasts, and shattered the waterfall.

Chu Tiannan survived the Heavenly Zhui King’s destructive attack thanks to the Chaos Cloak and prepared to fight back. Before they could resume battle, a powerful Demon Beast appeared and swallowed the Heavenly Zhui King alive.

• The Heavenly Zhui King’s destructive light wave engulfed Chu Tiannan, but the Chaos Cloak protected him.
• Chu Tiannan thanked the Chaos Cloak and sensed its concern before turning his attention back to the Heavenly Zhui King.
• A terrifying presence and heavy footsteps made Chu Tiannan, the Heavenly Zhui King, and the surrounding Heavenly Zhui Demon Beasts freeze in fear.
• Chu Tiannan warned the Heavenly Zhui King to look behind it, and an enormous azure-headed Demon Beast swallowed it alive.

Chu Tiannan faced a Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast whose strength surpassed the law fourth-stage standard and whose Water Law domain sealed a hundred-li area. He prepared to break through the domain and charged the beast with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and over a hundred Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons.

• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast devoured the Heavenly Zhui King before appearing before Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan recognized the beast as a powerful challenge and drew Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving, summoning over a hundred Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons.
• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast froze and raised the waterfall and river to seal the area within a hundred li.
• Chu Tiannan sensed the beast's law power and charged to break through its domain, while the beast remained still and disdainful.

Chu Tiannan wounded the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast with his strongest attack, provoking the beast into a furious counterattack. The beast’s aura rose beyond the law fourth stage and climbed toward its peak.

• Chu Tiannan attacked the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and over a hundred Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons.
• Chu Tiannan’s combined sword qi and dragon attacks forced the beast backward and injured its enormous body.
• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast stared in disbelief at the cuts and blue blood on its body.
• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast roared, stepped forward, and began its counterattack as its aura surged toward the peak.

After Wu Dongtian lost to Chu Tiannan, the Holy Light Kingdom Lord conceded the Genius Battle and handed over the Holy Light Stone to Tian Xing One. He left the virtual world as the Holy Light Universe Country’s chances of securing a high ranking appeared bleak.

• The Holy Light Kingdom Lord angrily reacted to Wu Dongtian’s defeat and the Floating Dragon Seal changing hands.
• The Holy Light Kingdom Lord suppressed his temper while the Virtual World Group celebrated Chu Tiannan’s victory.
• Tian Xing One stood and raised his cup in response to the Holy Light Kingdom Lord’s remark that he had been lucky.
• The Holy Light Kingdom Lord presented the Holy Light Stone to Tian Xing One and accepted the Genius Battle’s outcome.
• The Holy Light Kingdom Lord warned that Tian Xing One might not be so lucky next time, then vanished from the virtual world.

The rulers learned that Chu Tiannan of Heaven Dou Country had eliminated Wu Dongtian, causing Holy Light Country to become the first super divine nation knocked out. A purple-and-gold-robed phantom was shocked to discover that Heaven Dou Country had defeated Holy Light.

• The ruler of Holy Light Country left after learning that his country's geniuses had been eliminated from the Genius Battle.
• Tian Xing One praised Chu Tiannan for defeating Wu Dongtian while at the quasi-fourth stage.
• A gold-robed phantom remarked that Heaven Dou Country had eliminated Holy Light Country and said Tian Xing One could finally hold his head high.
• The purple-and-gold-robed phantom initially called Holy Light Country's elimination natural, then froze and asked whether Heaven Dou Country had really eliminated it.

Chu Tiannan defended against the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast after its injuries drove its law power to the law fourth stage late phase. The beast’s crushing claw left Chu Tiannan badly hurt, but he survived, leaving it shocked and furious.

• The wounded Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast roared and raised its law power beyond the law fourth stage, though it fell short of the peak.
• The beast attacked Chu Tiannan with an enormous claw, while the contracted water law element domain left him little room to dodge.
• Chu Tiannan formed a golden shield from more than a hundred Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons and held back his chaos domain to conserve Cosmic Qi.
• The claw strike blasted Chu Tiannan’s shield into the domain boundary and left him bleeding with several injuries.
• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast was shocked and enraged when its powerful attack failed to kill Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan began undergoing Law Sublimation after surviving the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast’s attack, and his rising power let him withstand its water law domain. He left the beast’s deadly water beam cleaved in two, with his transformation still underway.

• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast was shocked that Chu Tiannan had survived its law attack despite being below the Law Fourth Stage.
• Chu Tiannan stood firm as his aura rose, and the Devour Dog recognized that he was undergoing Law Sublimation.
• Invisible sword qi surged from Chu Tiannan, cutting apart the rocks and the beast’s water law domain around him.
• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast fired a concentrated water beam capable of killing anyone at the Law Fourth Stage or below.
• Chu Tiannan slashed upward with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and split the incoming water beam in two.

Chu Tiannan broke through to the middle of the Law Fourth Stage during his fight with the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast, and his Chaos Domain began overpowering the beast’s Water Law Domain. He pressed his counterattack, preparing to strike the beast with his sword.

• Chu Tiannan’s sword split the beast’s water beam, and the beam eroded part of its Water Law Domain.
• Chu Tiannan awoke from his sudden enlightenment with his law mastery advanced to the middle of the Law Fourth Stage.
• Devour Dog praised Chu Tiannan’s breakthrough as Chu Tiannan released his Chaos Domain and pushed back the beast’s Water Law Domain.
• The Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast roared and hurled shattered rocks at Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan cut apart the rocks, recalled the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon into his body, and advanced with the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving to attack.

Chu Tiannan used his Chaos Starry Sky Law Domain and Shadowless Sword to overwhelm the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast. After unleashing fifteen streams of sword qi, he left the beast grievously wounded, with the final strike piercing its skull.

• Chu Tiannan's Chaos Starry Sky Law Domain began suppressing the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast's domain.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed thirteen rapid streams of golden Shadowless Sword qi, piercing the beast in thirteen places.
• Chu Tiannan drew his palm across the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and realized a new level of the Shadowless Sword.
• Chu Tiannan struck the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast's belly with a fourteenth stream of sword qi.
• Chu Tiannan's fifteenth stream of sword qi pierced the beast's skull.

Chu Tiannan defeated the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast, but collapsed as his Chaos Domain vanished. Xian'er caught him before he hit the ground.

• Xian'er, Tian Xing, and Tian'er hurried toward the waterfall after seeing Chu Tiannan's life marker remain active.
• They found the battlefield devastated, with Chu Tiannan facing the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast and his sword embedded in its head.
• The beast's life aura disappeared as Chu Tiannan's Chaos Domain devoured its Water Law Element Domain.
• Chu Tiannan pulled his sword from the beast, killing it and raising his overall universe genius ranking to 310762.
• As his Chaos Domain vanished, Chu Tiannan began to fall, and Xian'er caught him in her arms.

A purple-and-gold-robed phantom and his companions discovered that a young fighter in Maple Forest Valley wielded the law of chaos and possessed a familiar Chaos Set. They realized he was not the long-lost figure they remembered, and the chapter left them puzzled by his dual cultivation.

• The purple-and-gold-robed phantom watched a black-clad fighter defeat an enormous azure figure in Maple Forest Valley and recognized the law of chaos.
• The gold-robed phantom examined the fighter’s virtual data and saw that his soul will was comparable to the star domain level and his law of strength had reached the mid-fourth stage.
• The purple-and-gold-robed phantom concluded that the fighter was a newcomer rather than the figure he remembered, and wondered whether he had obtained the Chaos Set by chance.
• A red-robed phantom arrived excitedly after detecting the law of chaos and asked why the others had not brought the fighter back.
• The red-robed phantom saw the fighter’s dual cultivation path and questioned whether he had gone mad.

Chu Tiannan recovered in a secluded cave and discovered that both he and Xian'er had reached the Law Fourth Stage. Xian'er explained that a mysterious voice had advanced her Sea Emperor Law and entrusted her with a future task, and Chu Tiannan revealed the water-law-immune bloodline core he had obtained.

• Chu Tiannan woke with his strength restored and learned from Xian'er that they were still in the virtual world and had survived thanks to him.
• Chu Tiannan sensed that he had reached the middle of the Law Fourth Stage and believed his strength could contend with someone at its peak.
• Chu Tiannan realized that Xian'er had also reached the Law Fourth Stage.
• Xian'er told Chu Tiannan that a voice in her soul will had advanced her law power and said she was chosen to face a future threat and retrieve something in the original universe.
• Chu Tiannan showed Xian'er a blue mass of light and identified it as the bloodline core power that granted immunity to water-law damage.

Xian'er absorbed the Water Law Immunity Core in the virtual world, while Chu Tiannan and Tian'er learned of his victory over the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast. The chapter ended with Xian'er suddenly attacking Tian'er with a wave of water.

• Xian'er drew the Water Law Immunity Core into herself and fused with it in the virtual world.
• Tian'er praised Chu Tiannan for defeating the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast, and Tian Xing admitted he could not match Chu Tiannan's strength.
• Chu Tiannan reassured Tian Xing, while Xian'er gave Tian'er a mischievous look.
• Xian'er formed a powerful splash of water and sent it toward Tian'er, cutting off Tian Xing's defensive barrier with her Sea Emperor Law.

Xian'er tested Tian'er's immunity to the Water Law by striking her without warning, leaving Tian'er frightened and furious despite the test's success. As Xian'er tried to make amends, the others watched the quarrel, and Xian'er suddenly struck her own shoulder.

• Xian'er struck Tian'er with a palm to test whether she was immune to the Water Law, and Tian'er remained unharmed.
• Tian'er realized she was immune to Water Law attacks but angrily blamed Xian'er for testing her without warning.
• Xian'er apologized and offered to let Tian'er hit her back, but Tian'er rejected the idea and demanded peace and quiet.
• Chu Tiannan and Tian Xing watched the exchange, and Tian Xing refused to help Xian'er comfort Tian'er.
• Xian'er turned away from the others and struck her own shoulder hard with her palm.

After Xian'er revealed that she was immune to the Water Law, the group left the cave and Chu Tiannan sensed a powerful presence near the waterfall. As he approached, an unseen speaker warned him not to wake the being inside.

• Xian'er struck her shoulder, then explained that she was immune to the power of Water Law, and Tian'er showed her concern before turning away.
• Chu Tiannan, Tian Xing, Xian'er, and Tian'er finished resting and left the cave.
• Chu Tiannan noticed strange aura fluctuations that were not coming from the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast's corpse.
• Devour Dog sensed the fluctuations near the waterfall, and Chu Tiannan hurried toward it.
• Chu Tiannan felt a tremor in his soul as he watched the waterfall, and a voice warned him not to wake the being inside.

Chu Tiannan encountered a powerful stranger in white after killing the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast. The man recognized him and explained that he wanted the beast’s core bloodline to deal with an old enemy, leaving Chu Tiannan wary as the stranger assessed his reputation.

• Chu Tiannan noticed the man in white hovering above the waterfall and sensed that his Cosmic Qi and Law level surpassed his own.
• The man in white remarked that Chu Tiannan had killed the Jade Water Golden-Eyed Beast, which he had avoided fighting three days earlier.
• The man in white admitted he was interested in the beast’s core bloodline, and Chu Tiannan quietly prepared to defend it.
• The man in white said he needed the bloodline to deal with an old enemy but did not insist on taking it.
• The man in white identified Chu Tiannan by his black clothes and Dragon Scale Sword and praised his record, while Chu Tiannan waited to see what he intended.

A white-robed competitor told Chu Tiannan that he was not yet strong enough to qualify for the Law Ranking or Will Ranking, which would determine who stood out after the third stage began. Chu Tiannan resolved to grow stronger and earn a place on one of them.

• The white-robed man explained that the Law Ranking and Will Ranking would each list five thousand geniuses once the third stage began.
• He warned Chu Tiannan that a Law Fifth Order genius had reportedly appeared in the canyon region.
• Chu Tiannan realized that only the top ten thousand competitors mattered and wondered if the ruins could help him qualify.
• Chu Tiannan thanked the white-robed man but said he would not give up while hope remained.
• The white-robed man departed, and Chu Tiannan decided he needed to qualify for the rankings to stand out.

Chu Tiannan learned that even Law Fourth Stage Late Phase might only place him at the bottom of the Genius Battle’s top ten thousand, prompting him and his companions to consider how to improve. He then noticed a scroll-like object by the waterfall, whose hidden interior might shelter someone powerful.

• Chu Tiannan remembered the girl whose Divine Light sword strike had stayed in his mind and wondered whether she had made the ranking.
• Xian'er, Tian Xing, and Tian'er joined Chu Tiannan, and he told them what the white-robed man had said about the Genius Battle.
• Tian Xing realized he was the only one in their group who had not reached Law Fourth Stage, while Xian'er said they needed to fight for a top-ten-thousand place to gain better resources.
• Chu Tiannan wondered who was inside the waterfall after the white-robed man warned them not to wake the person there.
• Chu Tiannan flew above the waterfall and spotted a scroll-like object on a rock beside the rushing water.

Chu Tiannan and Devour Dog found a map leading to the ruins, but learned that the route passed through the dangerous Jade Ridge Tide. After sensing a horrifying presence hidden in the waterfall, Chu Tiannan shared the map with everyone.

• Chu Tiannan drew a scroll from a boulder and opened it with Devour Dog, discovering a map to the ruins and a message urging him to hurry.
• Devour Dog identified the route as passing through the Jade Ridge Tide, which only Star God Level experts could fully withstand.
• Devour Dog explained that Chu Tiannan might enter if he reached the ruins when the tide was at its weakest.
• Chu Tiannan probed the waterfall with his soul perception, but a bloody light devoured it and showed him a terrifying vision.
• Chu Tiannan leaped down from the waterfall and told everyone they had a route to the ruins.

Chu Tiannan and his companions arrived at Upper Valley, where thousands had gathered near the enormous ruin and the deadly Jade Ridge Tide blocked the way forward. Xian'er reported that not everyone could enter the ruin, while Chu Tiannan remained focused on finding what he needed.

• Chu Tiannan, Xian'er, Tian Xing, and Devour Dog emerged from a spatial rift and reached Upper Valley.
• Chu Tiannan saw the enormous crowd gathered around the ruin and came seeking the Heaven-Tier Treasure Soul to help repair the Chaos Armor.
• Chu Tiannan and his companions observed the Jade Ridge Tide, which Tian Xing said could kill even powerful Star Realm Level experts.
• Devour Dog noted that scattered wreckage near the tide belonged to those who had tried to challenge it.
• Xian'er read a wristband message and warned that not everyone could enter the sect ruin, whose treasures had already been excavated by humanity.
• Chu Tiannan felt relieved that the things they found could be redeemed through the Virtual World Group and murmured that it had to be there.

Chu Tiannan, Xian'er, and Tian Xing discussed the scarce Sect Faction Marks released by the Jade Ridge Tide and the danger of claiming one. Chu Tiannan resolved to face any challengers, while looking forward to meeting someone again soon.

• Chu Tiannan learned from the strategy information that Sect Marks appeared only during weak eruptions of the Jade Ridge Tide and that only some contestants could obtain them.
• Tian Xing explained that Chu Tiannan and Xian'er were Heaven Dou Country's best hopes, while he expected to wait outside the competition.
• Chu Tiannan worried that claiming a Sect Mark would bring trouble from rival geniuses, especially those from nations of similar standing.
• Xian'er told Chu Tiannan she would protect his back, reminding him of a promise made by a woman in yellow on Earth.
• Tian Xing warned that many people would covet a Sect Mark, and Chu Tiannan answered, "Then let them come!"

As the Jade Ridge Tide receded, Sect Marks appeared and Chu Tiannan entered the deadly contest to reach the ruins. He cut through the crowd while a red-clad figure took a mark and set his sights on Chu Tiannan.

• The Jade Ridge Tide weakened, revealing Sect Marks as geniuses rushed to seize them.
• Chu Tiannan told Xian'er to protect Tian Xing and the other one, then went alone to Upper Valley.
• Fighting over the marks erupted, killing and eliminating thousands of geniuses.
• Chu Tiannan slew a quasi-fourth-stage genius with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving as he pushed through the crowd.
• A red-clad figure killed a bald young man, took his Sect Mark, and targeted Chu Tiannan as his next prey.

Chu Tiannan fought through the deadly contest for sect marks and pursued a distant mark despite the surrounding chaos. He claimed it just as a red-robed figure attacked him from behind, and he turned to meet the strike.

• Chu Tiannan killed a bespectacled Controller and charged into the fighting, recognizing that every contestant was his enemy.
• Chu Tiannan sensed a distant sect mark and cut down anyone in his way as he raced toward it.
• Nearby geniuses warned one another to avoid Chu Tiannan and seek other marks.
• A red-robed figure launched a red sword light at Chu Tiannan as he reached for the mark.
• Chu Tiannan pocketed the sect mark, spun around, and raised the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving to face the attack.

Chu Tiannan fought the red-clad figure in a clash that threatened nearby geniuses. After breaking through the figure’s blood-colored law domain, Chu Tiannan entered it and faced the opponent’s threat.

• The red-clad figure’s sword strike sent a devastating shockwave through the area, eliminating some nearby geniuses.
• Chu Tiannan emerged from the blast and attacked the red-clad figure with powerful golden sword qi.
• The red-clad figure struggled against Chu Tiannan’s attacks, which matched his late fourth stage strength.
• The red-clad figure activated his Blood Fills the Sky law domain, but Chu Tiannan broke through it with two strands of sword qi.
• Chu Tiannan entered the blood-colored domain, where the red-clad figure threatened to make his blood evaporate.