Recaps

Several thousand years after Chu Tiannan left the Milky Way, Earth and the surrounding planets had become highly developed and densely inhabited. Though people had forgotten Alita, they still honored Chu Tiannan, whose statue stood above the last preserved stretch of the Pacific Ocean.

• Earth and other Milky Way planets were transformed into advanced, inhabited worlds under the protection of the Heaven Dou Universe Nation.
• The Battle of Heaven's Fall devastated the Milky Way, but Earth, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus eventually entered a ceasefire.
• Alita overthrew the oppressive Zalem era, ushered in a new age of supertechnology, and later disappeared.
• Chu Tiannan left the Milky Way five thousand years earlier, excelled in the Genius Battle, and received the title of Galaxy King from Tian Xing One.
• The Galaxy King gave his ruling authority over the Milky Way to Chu Tiannan and took the title King Tailang.
• Earth preserved a hundred-li stretch of the Pacific Ocean around a thousand-zhang statue of Chu Tiannan, revered as its spiritual leader.

After thousands of years away, Chu Tiannan returned to Earth and found that his family had grown into a major power, though it still lacked a Star Domain Level expert. He reached Chu Mountain and looked toward its memorial hall, nervous to see his family and old companions again.

• Chu Tiannan's Clone emerged from the sea and saw how much the ocean and Earth had changed.
• Chu Tiannan told the Bauhinia Star Beast to keep cultivating and seek what lay beneath the seabed after it became a god.
• Chu Tiannan decided to visit the Chu Family and left for Earth with his Clone.
• Chu Tiannan learned that the Chu Family had three Galaxy Level experts but no Star Domain Level experts, then entered its protected realm unnoticed.
• Chu Tiannan reached the memorial hall atop Chu Mountain and felt nervous as he prepared to see his family and companions.

Chu Tiannan secretly visited the Chu Family spirit hall and mourned his parents, promising to revive them and his fallen friends. He left the hall more resolute, with his gaze lingering on the memorial tablet of Thousand Mechanisms Martial God.

• Chu Tiannan evaded the patrolling Chu Family disciples and entered the spirit hall with Devour Dog.
• Chu Tiannan found his own memorial tablet and realized the Chu Family believed he had died fighting the Devour Star Beast.
• Chu Tiannan cried before Chu Huaxuan's and Li Ruoli's tablets, recounting his past and promising to become a Cosmic Throne to bring them back to life.
• Chu Tiannan vowed to revive his fallen friends as well and looked over the memorial tablets of the Martial Gods.
• Chu Tiannan fixed a complex gaze on the tablet of Thousand Mechanisms Martial God.

Chu Tiandong and Chu Tianxi discovered a message from Chu Tiannan proving he was alive, while Chu Tiannan toured a technologically transformed Earth. The chapter left him exploring a Death Motorball arena and learning about mechanical lifeforms.

• Chu Tiandong and Chu Tianxi entered the Spirit Hall after sensing that an intruder had left.
• Chu Tiandong found two golden wisps of light behind Chu Huaxuan's and Li Ruoli's spirit tablets and received Chu Tiannan's message that he was alive and would return.
• Chu Tiandong and Chu Tianxi celebrated the news that their Third Brother had survived.
• Chu Tiannan toured Earth's cities with Devour Dog and saw how advanced technology had reshaped the planet.
• Chu Tiannan entered a Death Motorball arena, where Devour Dog explained that the humanlike competitors were mechanical lifeforms.
• Chu Tiannan's wristband vibrated with a message from the virtual world.

Chu Tiannan traveled to the Heaven Universe virtual world, where his steward Aode explained the privileges and rules granted to the top hundred of the Genius Battle. Chu Tiannan learned about his guard squad, mansion, battle merits, and cultivation options as he prepared to begin life as a newcomer.

• Aode introduced himself as Chu Tiannan's steward and explained that they were heading to the Heaven Universe virtual world.
• Aode told Chu Tiannan that top hundred geniuses were addressed as Your Highness and described his reward of one hundred million battle merits and a thirty-one-person guard squad led by Aode.
• Aode explained that Chu Tiannan would receive a mansion with one million square kilometers of usable area.
• Aode told Chu Tiannan he could attend classes by renowned teachers and that battle merits were essential for missions, advancement, and trials.
• Chu Tiannan read the newcomer's guide and concluded that being a newcomer was not easy.

Chu Tiannan arrived in the Heaven Universe and learned that Thunder Island and Five Emperors City were the Virtual World Group’s center for its most powerful figures and newcomers’ future cultivation. As he gazed at the island, Aode explained that its residents were at least Cosmic Venerables.

• Aode woke Chu Tiannan as the spaceship reached the Heaven Universe, and Chu Tiannan activated a panoramic simulation.
• Chu Tiannan marveled at the Heaven Universe’s vast scale and vivid scenery while Aode compared it with the Earth Universe.
• Aode told Chu Tiannan that the group’s higher-ups and geniuses gathered in the Heaven Universe, with newcomers conducting cultivation and trials in Five Emperors City on Thunder Island.
• Aode pointed out Thunder Island, and Chu Tiannan saw its vast tiers of terrain, palaces, and prominent city.
• Aode explained that Thunder Island’s residents were at least Cosmic Venerables, rulers of a hundred thousand cosmic divine kingdoms.

Aode explained to Chu Tiannan that Thunder Island hosted powerful Cosmic Venerables and described humanity’s devastating Heavenly War of Destruction against the Insect Race and the Demon Clan. As the spaceship entered Thunder Island’s territory, Aode expressed hope that Chu Tiannan would one day rise beyond the Cosmic Venerable level and become a pillar of humanity.

• Aode told Chu Tiannan that entry to Thunder Island required at least Cosmic Venerable strength and that the Virtual World Group had thirty thousand Cosmic Venerables.
• Aode explained that humanity had only a hundred thousand Cosmic Venerables despite its enormous population and faced threats from other races.
• Chu Tiannan asked whether all Cosmic Venerables would fight in a future war, and Aode said it depended on the war’s scale.
• Aode recalled the Heavenly War of Destruction, when humanity, the Insect Race, and the Demon Clan fought and humanity lost more than ninety percent of its million Cosmic Venerables.
• Aode said humanity’s leaders could resurrect sacrificed Cosmic Venerables only once every hundred billion years, then urged Chu Tiannan to reach the Cosmic Throne.

Chu Tiannan promised Aode that he would reach the cosmic throne and eventually return to the Origin World with his loved ones, and Aode pledged to await his success. At Thunder Island, Chu Tiannan reunited with Luo'er and Luo Wang outside Five Emperors City and asked why the city had its name.

• Chu Tiannan assured Aode that he would strive to reach the cosmic throne and take him back to the Origin World after achieving success.
• Aode said he believed in Chu Tiannan and would await his return, their meeting marking the start of an extraordinary future for him.
• Chu Tiannan arrived at Thunder Island, where the dense cosmic qi seemed to nourish his strength even without deliberate cultivation.
• Chu Tiannan met Luo'er, who tried to strike him at the neck, but he revealed that he could have knocked her back and she vowed to beat him next time.
• Luo Wang joined them, and Chu Tiannan asked why the city before them was called Five Emperors City.

Chu Tiannan and the other young geniuses entered Five Emperors City, where Guide Haige warned them to stay respectful and explained that the gate screened for spies. He led them toward their first stop, the Empowerment Comprehension Stele.

• Luo Wang and Luo'er explained that Five Emperors City was overseen by the Flame Emperor Throne and that its lord could fuse the Five Emperors Thrones.
• Guide Haige gathered the cohort and warned the geniuses not to cause trouble in the city.
• Shasha, Xian'er, and the others joined Chu Tiannan, while Luo'er stayed quietly beside him.
• Over ten thousand geniuses passed through the city gate and felt an unseen force examine them.
• Haige explained that the gate screened for spies and led the group toward the Empowerment Comprehension Stele.

Chu Tiannan and the other geniuses entered Five Emperors City, where Haige explained that its cultivators had reached King-Conferring Star God in a hundred thousand years and introduced the Empowerment Comprehension Steles. The group was stopped before the steles by an aged voice, while Chu Tiannan’s Bauhinia Star Beast clone began breaking through to Eternal Star God.

• The Devour Dog explained to Chu Tiannan that the Empowerment Comprehension Stele helped geniuses comprehend profound truths and advance their cultivation.
• Haige led the geniuses through Five Emperors City, where flying was forbidden and Star God cultivators meditated in silence.
• Haige told the group that the strongest geniuses from the previous intake had reached King-Conferring Star God in a hundred thousand years, prompting amazement from everyone but Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan felt discomfort because his Bauhinia Star Beast clone beneath the Pacific Ocean had begun attempting to break through to Eternal Star God.
• Haige brought the geniuses to the Empowerment Comprehension Steles and told them to choose according to their cosmic attributes, but they could not approach the steles before an aged voice spoke.

Elder Ling welcomed the newcomers to the divine steles and explained the rules for their first comprehension attempt. As Chu Tiannan prepared to enter, Elder Ling stopped him and said he was special.

• Elder Ling appeared beside the divine steles and greeted Haige, who introduced him as a powerful overseer of Five Emperors City.
• Elder Ling told the newcomers that each would receive one seven-day comprehension attempt and could commit to only one stele in their lifetime.
• Elder Ling opened the building and summoned the previous group of geniuses out after their comprehension period ended.
• Chu Tiannan approached the divine steles, but Elder Ling stopped him and called him special.

Chu Tiannan searched the divine steles for one suited to his chaos attribute, guided by a connection Devour Dog sensed. He found a dusty, ancient door bearing the stele he was looking for.

• Elder Ling told Chu Tiannan that one of the divine steles might belong to him and traced a mark on his palm.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er entered the divine steles, where Luo'er chose the Heavenly God Cosmic Stele and went in to study for seven days.
• Chu Tiannan saw Bo Jue enter the Asura Cosmic Stele and found Alita hesitating between the Soul and Holy Envoy Cosmic Steles.
• Devour Dog sensed something farther inside, and Chu Tiannan followed the growing connection to a dusty door depicting a divine stele.

Chu Tiannan discovered the forgotten Chaos Universe Stele and learned about his teacher’s legacy and the fall of the Chaos lineage. He entered the stele, while Elder Ling recognized that Lord Chaos had found an heir.

• Chu Tiannan and Devour Dog found the remote Chaos Universe Stele, which Devour Dog said had been created by its old master, the previous Chaos Throne.
• Devour Dog explained that Chu Tiannan’s teacher had created a Chaos Universe Stele as a Cosmic Lord, became humanity’s hundred and ninth pillar, and later died in a plot.
• Chu Tiannan vowed to restore the Chaos lineage and the Chaos Cosmic Nation to glory.
• The Chaos Universe Stele’s door opened for Chu Tiannan, and he entered before it closed behind him.
• Elder Ling saw the hundred and ninth stele light up and concluded that Lord Chaos had found an heir.

The Five Emperors City Lord learned that Chu Tiannan had found the Chaos Universe Stele, despite Elder Ling’s attempt to guide him toward the Emperor Heaven Universe Stele. He suspected Chu Tiannan might inherit the Chaos Lord’s mantle and hoped he would prove worthy.

• Elder Ling reported that the Chaos Universe Stele had opened and Chu Tiannan had found it.
• The Five Emperors City Lord questioned how Chu Tiannan could enter the stele and wondered whether he might inherit the Chaos Lord’s mantle.
• Elder Ling explained that Chu Tiannan had misunderstood his guidance toward the Emperor Heaven Universe Stele.
• The Five Emperors City Lord accepted Chu Tiannan’s choice and resumed cultivating, hoping he would not disgrace the Chaos Universe Stele.

Chu Tiannan met the soul-will of his teacher, the Chaos Lord, in a starry realm and learned that the Chaos Set had been given to him piece by piece as a test. The Chaos Lord opened a gate for Chu Tiannan to complete his inheritance, telling him to endure as long as he could.

• Chu Tiannan was pulled through darkness into a starry universe and found he could not contact Devour or the outside world.
• The Chaos Lord appeared and explained that he was only a soul-will, not a real existence.
• The Chaos Lord revealed that he had tested Chu Tiannan by giving him the Chaos Set one piece at a time, and lamented that he could no longer recover memories of its origins.
• Chu Tiannan declared himself ready to inherit Chaos, and the Chaos Lord opened a star gate and told him to enter and hold out as long as possible.

Chu Tiannan entered the starry gate to comprehend the chaos currents, while the Chaos Lord hoped he would break through beyond the Chaos Lord level. Inside, Chu Tiannan’s Life Core transformed into a cosmic world nourished by divine power, bringing him closer to becoming an Eternal Star God.

• The Chaos Lord sent Chu Tiannan through the starry gate and accelerated his comprehension time, urging him to stay as long as he could.
• Chu Tiannan absorbed the dense chaos currents and quickly advanced from the Star Realm sixth stage to the ninth stage peak.
• As he continued absorbing the currents, cracks spread across his Star Realm Life Core, which repeatedly re-formed and shattered.
• Chu Tiannan’s Life Core transformed into a cosmic world, and cosmic qi inside his body was replaced by divine power.
• Chu Tiannan sensed his Star God power surging and resolved to become an Eternal Star God.

Chu Tiannan absorbed the Chaos Currents and rapidly advanced from an Eternal Star God to a King-Conferring Star God. Outside the starry gate, the Chaos Lord worried that Chu Tiannan would repeat his own mistake of choosing the wrong path.

• Chu Tiannan discovered that he could continue raising his Cosmic Level after becoming an Eternal Star God and absorbed the surrounding Chaos Currents.
• Chu Tiannan advanced through the Eternal Star God tiers and broke through to King-Conferring Star God, expanding his Divine Kingdom to ten thousand light-years.
• The Chaos Lord sensed Chu Tiannan's growing Star God Power and grew disappointed and worried.
• The Chaos Lord recalled that his own wrong choice had prevented him from reaching the Cosmic Throne Level and feared his student would make the same mistake.

Chu Tiannan advanced to Emperor-Ranked Star God by absorbing Chaos Current, then feared the sudden breakthroughs might limit his future cultivation. He stopped absorbing and began slowly compressing his Divine Kingdom’s Star God Power.

• The Chaos Lord watched Chu Tiannan from the Chaos Universe Stele and feared his desire would endanger him, while feeling relieved that Chaos’s legacy could continue.
• Chu Tiannan absorbed Chaos Current until his Divine Kingdom fractured and expanded, allowing him to advance to Emperor-Ranked Star God.
• Chu Tiannan questioned whether his rapid advancement came at a price and worried that he might never progress again.
• Chu Tiannan stopped absorbing Chaos Current and began slowly compressing the Star God Power in his Divine Kingdom.

Chu Tiannan compressed his Divine Kingdom and Star God Power to avoid the cost of advancing too quickly, aiming to reach the peak of Upper Eternal Star God at exactly 9,999 light-years. He struggled to make the final reduction and unleashed a powerful punch into the Chaos Void.

• Chu Tiannan decided that forced advancement carried a hidden price and began compressing his Divine Kingdom and Star God Power.
• His rank fell from Lower Emperor-Granted to Middle King-Granted and then Lower King-Conferring as his Divine Kingdom shrank.
• The Chaos Lord watched from outside the starry gate and urged Chu Tiannan to keep compressing toward a 9,999-light-year Divine Kingdom.
• Chu Tiannan found that reducing his Divine Kingdom from ten thousand to 9,999 light-years was painfully slow, despite sensing the remaining fluctuation.
• Chu Tiannan punched into the Chaos Void, sending a brilliant surge of Star God Power through the starry universe.

Chu Tiannan completed his breakthrough to Upper Star God after resisting the temptation to compress himself to Lower King-Conferring. The Chaos Lord praised him and said his future might exceed even the descent of a Cosmic Throne.

• Chu Tiannan expended excess star god power and compressed his divine kingdom continent to 9,999 light-years, reaching Upper Star God.
• Chu Tiannan discovered that his Bauhinia Star Beast clone had also reached Upper Star God and that his soul's will had sublimated into star god will.
• Chu Tiannan left the gate and thanked the Chaos Lord, admitting that he had been greedy but had pulled back from taking the next step.
• The Chaos Lord praised Chu Tiannan for surpassing his expectations and said he could not foresee how far Chu Tiannan's path might lead.

The Chaos Lord reflected on how greed had kept him from reaching the level of a Cosmic Lord, while Chu Tiannan felt relieved that he had recognized his own limits. The Chaos Lord transformed Chu Tiannan’s weapons into Chaos Sword and Chaos Sin, then revealed another reward: a pair of starry wings.

• The Chaos Lord told Chu Tiannan that his past greed had prevented him from advancing further, and Chu Tiannan feared he might have made the same mistake.
• The Chaos Lord asked Chu Tiannan to hand over Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving, Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon, and Chaos Cloak as a reward.
• The Chaos Lord sacrificed the Chaos Cloak to transform Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and the mirage dragons into their original forms.
• The Chaos Lord named the transformed weapons Chaos Sword and Chaos Sin and explained that Chu Tiannan would need to upgrade them himself.
• The Chaos Lord presented a pair of starry wings as Chu Tiannan’s other reward.

The Chaos Lord gave Chu Tiannan the Chaos Wings and entrusted him with his remaining treasures and legacy. As the Chaos Lord’s will dissipated into the Chaos Universe Stele, Chu Tiannan vowed to revive him despite his warning.

• The Chaos Lord gave Chu Tiannan the Chaos Wings, completing the Chaos Set, and explained how the equipment would aid him.
• The Chaos Lord told Chu Tiannan that his assets were held at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank and urged him to find another teacher.
• The Chaos Lord’s figure began to fade after Chu Tiannan received the inheritance.
• The Chaos Lord warned Chu Tiannan that reviving him would cost Chu Tiannan his life, then merged into the Chaos Universe Stele.
• Chu Tiannan vowed to revive the Chaos Lord anyway.

The geniuses emerged from seven days of comprehending the Cosmic Stele with greatly improved strength, while Chu Tiannan returned as an upper Star God carrying a hidden sadness. He reassured Elder Ling and reunited with his friends, but Luo'er sensed that something was troubling him.

• Elder Ling called the ten thousand geniuses out of the Cosmic Stele, and Tian Xing, Xian'er, Tian'er, and Shasha emerged with greater strength.
• Luo Wang discovered he had reached Lower King-Conferring, while Luo'er had reached Upper King-Conferring and teased him about his past cultivation.
• Luo'er looked for Chu Tiannan, and Shasha spotted him as he emerged from the Chaos Stele passage.
• Elder Ling recognized Chu Tiannan's sadness and the disappearance of a hidden fluctuation in the Chaos Universe Stele, then advised him to look ahead.
• Chu Tiannan reunited with Luo'er and the others, who noticed he was only an upper Star God; he concealed his true strength, and Luo'er quietly asked if something was troubling him.

Elder Ling explained how rare Star Gods were and praised the latest Genius Battle cohort as exceptionally promising. He revealed that some among them had already reached Emperor-Granted level, drawing everyone’s attention to Bo Jue.

• Luo'er noticed Chu Tiannan forcing a smile and asked if he was troubled, but he claimed he was simply excited about his breakthrough.
• Elder Ling asked the young Star Gods about their assumptions regarding the number of Star God experts.
• Elder Ling explained that Star Gods made up less than one hundred-millionth of humanity, despite numbering in the hundreds of millions.
• Elder Ling praised the cohort’s talent and said the Prophet Throne’s prophecy gave them great but uncertain possibilities.
• Everyone focused on Bo Jue after Elder Ling mentioned that some in the cohort had reached Emperor-Granted level.

Bo Jue drew attention for his Emperor-Granted strength and fearsome Star God Will, while Chu Tiannan suspected that Bo Jue had gained an inheritance and regretted yielding to its temptation. Elder Ling dismissed the new geniuses to find places to stay as veteran students arrived in Five Emperors City and looked down on them.

• Chu Tiannan watched Bo Jue and considered how his Star God Will and Teleportation made him a formidable contender.
• Chu Tiannan suspected Bo Jue was angry because an inheritance gained while comprehending the Cosmic Stele had led him to a point of no return.
• Elder Ling told the geniuses to find houses, conserve their battle merits, and consult the Five Emperors City regulations.
• Veteran students arrived through teleportation arrays, and even the weaker ones mocked the new geniuses with King-Conferring Star God strength.