Recaps

The next matchup paired Luo'er with Chu Tiannan, surprising the contestants and spectators because the two had low odds of being matched. From the administration building, a purple-and-gold-robed figure watched Chu Tiannan’s footage with interest.

• The purple-and-gold-robed figure asked Asila to show live footage of Chu Tiannan from Heaven Dou Country.
• Chu Tiannan warned Xian'er that Bo Jue, Luo'er, Saruman, Jue Jian, and Long Sha were dangerous opponents, and said Shasha would definitely reach the top ten thousand.
• The matchup screen paired Ace Luoshen Universe Country’s Luo'er against Chu Tiannan of High-tier Heaven Dou Universe Nation.
• Shasha and Luo Wang reacted with surprise, while Luo'er looked pleased at the pairing.

Luo'er and Chu Tiannan were matched against each other in the ranking battles, drawing an excited crowd. They met on the battlefield, where Chu Tiannan ruefully faced the prospect of fighting his own girlfriend.

• The match between Luo'er of Ace Luoshen Universe Country and Chu Tiannan of high-tier Heaven Dou Universe Nation was announced, prompting widespread excitement.
• Bai Qiu and Gao Qiong discussed the surprising pairing and wondered why the system had matched the two talented fighters.
• Luo'er arrived on the battlefield first, earning cheers from the spectators.
• Xian'er worriedly asked Chu Tiannan if he would be all right, and he replied that they were bound to meet eventually.
• Chu Tiannan joined Luo'er on the battlefield as the crowd split into supporters for each fighter.
• Luo'er teased Chu Tiannan about their unlikely match.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er faced each other in the tournament but both surrendered at the same time, resulting in a draw. The next matchup was quickly assigned, and Chu Tiannan was angered by what he saw on the screen.

• Luo'er greeted Chu Tiannan warmly, and the geniuses watching realized that the two knew each other.
• The battle began, but Chu Tiannan and Luo'er stood facing each other without attacking.
• Chu Tiannan surrendered, and Luo'er surrendered at the same time, so the system recorded a draw.
• The system assigned the next matchup, and Chu Tiannan cursed after seeing it.

Chu Tiannan was matched against Alita, the Virtual World Group’s sole headquarters genius, and was startled by her unusual mechanical body. The chapter ended with both Chu Tiannan and Devour Dog uncertain what kind of being she was.

• The tournament screen matched Chu Tiannan against Alita, genius number ninety-nine from the Virtual World Foreign Branch Group.
• Luo'er warned Chu Tiannan that Alita was reportedly very strong, and he promised not to let his guard down.
• Alita descended onto the fighting platform, drawing the attention of the gathered geniuses and confusing Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan noticed Alita’s mechanical body and asked Devour Dog what she was.
• Devour Dog sensed Alita’s soul fluctuations but could not determine whether she was an intelligent lifeform.

Chu Tiannan asked Alita whether she was human, and she attacked him rather than give a direct answer. Devour Dog revealed that Alita had left Earth and joined the Virtual World Group, and the chapter ended with her kicking Chu Tiannan back again.

• After failing to get anywhere with Devour Dog, Chu Tiannan turned his attention to Alita and asked whether she was human.
• Alita said that she was human or not depending on what Chu Tiannan thought, then punched him and forced him back several meters.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that Alita had left Earth a few thousand years earlier and later joined the Virtual World Group.
• Chu Tiannan asked Alita if she came from Earth, but she pulled away and attacked him with a spinning kick that knocked him back.

Alita overwhelmed Chu Tiannan with her speed, strength, and fluid hand-to-hand attacks, leaving him struggling to evade her. A figure watching from the Virtual World Group building recognized her as a mecha girl and warned that her presence was bad news for Chu Tiannan.

• Alita struck Chu Tiannan with a spinning kick, forcing him to slide backward across the arena.
• Chu Tiannan remarked on Alita's powerful soul and questioned her immense physical strength, but she ignored him and attacked again.
• Alita's punch shattered the ground when Chu Tiannan dodged, and she smoothly followed with another attack.
• A purple-and-gold-robed figure watched the fight and identified Alita as a mecha girl who was apparently not from the Machine Race.

Chu Tiannan endured Alita’s punishing close-quarters attacks, then put aside his weapon and launched a counterattack of his own. The chapter ended as he struck at Alita from behind.

• Alita overwhelmed Chu Tiannan with fast, forceful attacks, and her final kick sent him spinning across the battlefield.
• Chu Tiannan expelled the hidden force Alita had driven into his body and realized her fighting style was designed to counter Martial Artists and Controllers.
• Alita was surprised that Chu Tiannan had withstood her attacks and remained standing.
• Chu Tiannan planted the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving in the ground and told Alita he also knew close-quarters combat.
• Chu Tiannan rushed Alita with a palm strike, moved behind her as she dodged, and drove a backhand strike toward her back.

Chu Tiannan and Alita traded powerful close-range attacks in a fierce virtual arena battle, impressing the watching geniuses. The chapter ended as their Great Heaven Rasengan and Tianxuan Starburst collided.

• Chu Tiannan struck Alita from behind with a Chaos Qi vortex, then pursued her with a Cosmic Qi punch.
• Alita twisted around and met Chu Tiannan’s punch with a blow carrying overwhelming soul will, sending both fighters flying from the shockwave.
• Chu Tiannan used his Emperor Claw Star Beast bloodline to expel the force inside him, while Alita’s core sustained slight damage from the vibrations.
• The watching geniuses focused on the evenly matched battle as Chu Tiannan formed a Great Heaven Rasengan and Alita answered with Tianxuan Starburst.

Chu Tiannan and Alita unleashed their full power in a fierce battle that shattered the battlefield and its defensive force field. As their weapons clashed, Devour Dog warned Chu Tiannan that Alita’s blade was a Mechanical-Style Precious Treasure, but the warning came too late.

• Chu Tiannan and Alita exchanged powerful attacks, breaking apart the battlefield as their close-combat fight reached a stalemate.
• Their final clash shattered the battlefield’s defensive force field, sending shock waves across the spectator stand and prompting cheers.
• Mo Er watched with resentment and helplessness, while Luo Wang admitted Chu Tiannan was stronger than him.
• Luo'er told Luo Wang that she liked Chu Tiannan and would not let anyone change her mind.
• Chu Tiannan retrieved the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and charged at Alita, who drew her leather blade and coated it in icy-blue flames.
• As their weapons met, Devour Dog warned Chu Tiannan that Alita’s blade was a monomolecular weapon and a Mechanical-Style Precious Treasure.

Chu Tiannan and Alita fought fiercely, with Alita’s Mechanical-Style Precious Treasure and mechanical body making her a formidable opponent. Chu Tiannan used his dual cultivation strength to gain the advantage, leaving his sword embedded in Alita’s shoulder as she endured the blow.

• Chu Tiannan was startled to learn that Alita’s weapon was a Mechanical-Style Precious Treasure, and he felt its attacks send a force through his body.
• Alita grew angry when her strikes failed to injure Chu Tiannan, and the two exchanged rapid blows as their energy reserves dwindled.
• Bai Qiu and the Star God Level guides watched the battle, and the guides recognized Chu Tiannan’s dual cultivation potential.
• Chu Tiannan saw an opening, drove Alita back, and slashed into her shoulder with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving.
• Alita’s mechanical body stopped Chu Tiannan’s blade after it cut a third of the way into her shoulder, while she endured the pain with a stubborn gaze.

Alita severed her own mechanical arm to escape Chu Tiannan’s pressure and launch a close-range counterattack. Her strike decapitated Chu Tiannan, leaving the arena stunned.

• Chu Tiannan pressed Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving against Alita’s shoulder, but her mechanical armor resisted his sword.
• Alita refused to surrender as Chu Tiannan poured Chaos Current into his blade and began cutting into her shoulder.
• Alita severed her own right arm, freeing herself from Chu Tiannan’s restraint.
• Alita spun around and slashed Chu Tiannan with her ice-blue blade.
• Chu Tiannan’s head fell to the arena floor as the spectators watched in shock.

Alita defeated Chu Tiannan with a decisive close-range strike, cutting off his head at the cost of her right arm. Chu Tiannan entered the losers' bracket, while Alita remained in the winners' bracket, and the match ended with the two exchanging awkward compliments.

• Alita sacrificed her right arm to behead Chu Tiannan, stunning the audience and Xian'er.
• Bai Qiu questioned how a mechanical lifeform like Alita had been allowed to train in the Virtual World Group, while Luo'er reacted possessively to Chu Tiannan's defeat.
• The arena announced Alita as the winner and sent Chu Tiannan to the losers' bracket, drawing loud cheers.
• A young man with a gray longsword sensed his weapon's interest in Alita and smiled.
• Chu Tiannan praised Alita's ruthless move, and Alita thanked him for letting her win.

Chu Tiannan reflected on his one-sided fight against Alita, while the tournament entered a lull and Xian'er’s narrow victory over Shasha remained its standout match. A new pairing stirred the spectators, and Chu Tiannan reacted with shock when he saw the fighters’ names.

• Chu Tiannan asked Devour Dog why his combat skills had failed against Alita, and Devour Dog explained that her martial arts were exceptionally precise and powerful.
• Long Sha emerged from cultivation and named Chu Tiannan, Luo'er, and Alita as opponents he wanted to face.
• The following matches were mostly one-sided, while Xian'er’s long battle against Shasha ended with Xian'er winning after exhausting Shasha’s Soul Power.
• The Virtual World System announced a new pairing, exciting the spectators and prompting Xian'er to point it out to Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan followed Xian'er's gesture to the match information screen and saw a pairing that made his pupils contract.

Luo'er faced Alita in a highly anticipated Genius Battle match, while Chu Tiannan and Devour Dog discussed the danger posed by Alita, a mechanical life-form. The chapter ended with Luo'er telling Alita she should not have hurt Chu Tiannan, even in the virtual world.

• Luo'er arrived for her sixth battle, drawing attention as the opponent of Alita, who had defeated Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan worried about the match, and Devour Dog warned him that Alita's combat power exceeded his expectations.
• Devour Dog revealed that Alita was a mechanical life-form whose participation in the Genius Battle had been authorized by the Virtual World Group.
• Alita stepped onto the battlefield, and she and Luo'er faced one another with nearly equal auras.
• Luo'er told Alita she should not have hurt Chu Tiannan, even in the virtual world.

Alita admitted that Chu Tiannan had been her strongest opponent so far, though she had not fought him at full strength. Luo'er challenged Alita, who revealed her speed rings and soul flames as the battle intensified.

• Alita said Chu Tiannan had been the strongest opponent she had faced and that she had taken their fight seriously.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that he might have won if he had used his full strength, and Chu Tiannan acknowledged his earlier mistakes.
• Luo'er attacked Alita with a sweeping wave of invisible sword qi.
• Alita dodged and countered with dazzling movements, using purple rings of light beneath her feet.
• Alita coated her leather blade in icy-blue soul flames, and Chu Tiannan recognized the technique as soul materialization.

Alita and Luo'er unleashed a fierce clash that shattered the arena’s protective field and forced the Star God experts to shield the spectators. As the two girls prepared to continue, Alita praised Luo’er’s strength, but Luo’er insisted Chu Tiannan was stronger and had not fought seriously.

• Chu Tiannan entered a meditative state after witnessing Alita’s soul flames, while Devour Dog praised her power and potential.
• Alita’s saber strike was blocked by Luo’er’s sword qi, but Alita shattered the sword qi with a rapid series of slashes.
• Luo’er drew the Divine Light Greatsword and clashed with Alita, destroying the arena’s protective force field.
• Bai Qiu and the other Star God experts reinforced barriers around the spectators as more force fields enveloped the arena.
• Alita told Luo’er she was stronger than Chu Tiannan, and Luo’er replied that Chu Tiannan was stronger but had not gone all out.

Luo'er and Alita pushed their duel to a fever pitch, trading powerful sword and saber attacks that shook the arena. Luo'er then unleashed her divine light phantom, and the chapter ended as Alita met her descending strike with her saber.

• Luo'er and Alita exchanged relentless sword qi and saber light, forcing Bai Qiu and the others to reinforce the combat force field to twenty layers.
• The fighters briefly separated, both breathing hard as their auras began to rise.
• Luo'er vanished at near-light speed and reappeared beside Alita, striking with her Divine Light Greatsword and summoning a divine light phantom.
• Luo Wang recognized Luo'er's technique and suspected the duel's outcome had been decided.
• Alita raised her leather saber to block Luo'er's strike, and their collision split the ground as dust billowed.

Luo'er and Alita's clash devastated the battlefield, prompting the Star God enforcers to contain the damage and protect the competitors. As the crowd waited to see who had won, Chu Tiannan emerged from meditation with the ability to materialize his soul and was stunned by the ruined arena.

• Luo'er and Alita's attacks collided with such force that the Virtual World System could not accurately calculate the damage, and twenty force fields burst.
• Bai Qiu and two other enforcers used their Star God domains to suppress the destructive aftermath.
• Bai Qiu ordered an F-grade fleet escort for every ship carrying competitors to guard them against enemy spies.
• The geniuses watched the smoke-covered battlefield, and the white-robed young man with the gray sword opened his eyes.
• Chu Tiannan finished meditating, discovered that he could materialize his soul into forms such as a sword or shield, and reacted in shock to the devastated arena.

Luo'er awakened her Luo God Bloodline and transformed into the Luo God Form, overwhelming Alita in their arena battle. Alita refused to surrender and prepared to stake the fight on one final strike.

• Chu Tiannan and Xian'er watched the damaged arena anxiously as dust concealed the end of Luo'er and Alita's battle.
• The dust cleared to reveal Luo'er radiating divine light with enormous wings behind her, and Devour Dog identified her transformation as a Luo God Bloodline awakening.
• Luo Wang recognized that Luo'er had entered the Luo God Form and worried that other races might discover her power.
• Luo'er pressed Alita's flaming leather blade down with her massive sword and demanded that Alita admit defeat.
• Alita refused to give up, cut through Luo'er's divine-light attack, and announced that her next strike would decide the battle.

Alita awakened her mechanical wings and domain, bringing her power back up to match Luo'er as both prepared to unleash their strongest attacks. Their blades were about to collide inside Bai Qiu’s protective domain.

• Alita entered a sword-drawing stance and declared that she had only one strike left.
• Alita manifested purple mechanical wings and a soul-flame blade, dispersing Luo'er's pressure.
• Alita spread her own domain, while Chu Tiannan realized she had not used her full power when she defeated him.
• Luo'er charged with the Luo God Sword, and Alita swung her enormous soul-forged blade to meet her.
• Bai Qiu formed a Star God Power domain around the battlefield as the two attacks collided.

Luo'er and Alita fought to a draw after their forms vanished in a devastating clash, and the virtual system ruled that they had perished together. After the battlefield reset, they acknowledged each other’s strength while Alita dismissed Chu Tiannan’s close combat as weak.

• Luo'er and Alita unleashed a clash whose shock waves stunned the watching geniuses, while Long Sha admitted he could not survive either fighter’s strongest strike.
• Bo Jue watched the battle calmly and recalled a voice promising that he would be the most dazzling presence in the Genius Battle.
• The shock waves faded to reveal Luo'er and Alita unharmed but without their transformed forms, and the system declared the match a draw because they had perished together.
• The battlefield reset, and Luo'er told Alita she was stronger than expected and that she had experienced the power of a soul martial artist.
• Alita praised Luo'er’s strength and compared Chu Tiannan’s close combat to orange peel, leaving him exasperated.

After Alita’s battle, Luo’er warned her that Chu Tiannan was truly strong, and Alita challenged him to fight again sometime. Chu Tiannan then faced Bo Jue, the undefeated top-ranked genius, who said he would use one sword strike and concede if Chu Tiannan survived it.

• Luo’er told Alita that Chu Tiannan could take her down with him if he fought all out.
• Alita silently invited Chu Tiannan to fight her again, but he rolled his eyes and did not respond.
• The battle screen announced Chu Tiannan’s match against Bo Jue, and Xian’er worried while Chu Tiannan acknowledged the danger.
• Chu Tiannan faced Bo Jue, who had remained undefeated and eliminated every other genius from the Asura Cosmic Nation.
• Bo Jue drew his gray longsword and said he would use one strike, conceding if Chu Tiannan withstood it.

Bo Jue revealed that he had mastered Teleportation and challenged Chu Tiannan to withstand a single strike. He appeared in front of Chu Tiannan and swung his sword, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Bo Jue told Chu Tiannan that he would concede if Chu Tiannan survived one strike.
• Bo Jue vanished, and Devour Dog warned Chu Tiannan that Bo Jue had used Teleportation.
• Bai Qiu and the other Eternal Star God guides reacted with shock to Bo Jue's ability, while the Asura Cosmic Nation's guide remained calm.
• The purple-and-gold-robed figure speculated that Bo Jue could become the next Asura.
• Bo Jue suddenly appeared before Chu Tiannan and brought his sword down.

Bo Jue used Teleportation to defeat Chu Tiannan and every other challenger in the final ranking battles. The Universe Genius Battle concluded with Bo Jue still undefeated, while Chu Tiannan left with a new goal to pursue.

• Bo Jue teleported beside Chu Tiannan and killed him with a single strike, then accepted Chu Tiannan's respectful acknowledgment of defeat.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on Bo Jue's mastery of Teleportation, and Devour Dog encouraged him to treat the defeat as motivation.
• During the next half-day, Bo Jue defeated Luo'er, Alita, the demon king youth, and the other challengers with Teleportation and his sword.
• Luo Wang lost without making Bo Jue draw his sword.
• Bai Qiu asked whether anyone remained dissatisfied with their rankings and declared the Universe Genius Battle concluded.

After the Genius Battle, Chu Tiannan learned that he had qualified for the Heaven Universe and received an invitation to enter its virtual network. As the spaceship began its long journey, he connected to Earth as well.

• Chu Tiannan and the other geniuses returned from the virtual battle and checked their rankings, with Chu Tiannan discovering he had risen to thirtieth place.
• Xian'er revealed that she had placed in the seven thousands, while Tian'er teased her and Tian Xing noted his rank of 9,996th.
• Gao Qiong announced that Heaven Dou Country had achieved its best results yet, with four geniuses qualifying for the Heaven Universe and others qualifying for the lower universes.
• Chu Tiannan received a wristband message granting him access to the Heaven Universe and directing him to a virtual portal, where Steward Ao Duo awaited him.
• Chu Tiannan took a seat and connected to the Virtual Universe and to Earth.