Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan received a challenge from a veiled female Martial Artist named Bai after his arena victories drew widespread attention. Their fight began over the ocean when Bai attacked him without warning.

• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that his recent fighting leaned toward the Martial Artist path and alerted him to a new challenge.
• Arena spectators discussed Chu Tiannan's undefeated record and speculated that Bai was a smurf account.
• Chu Tiannan entered an ocean arena while Devour Dog remarked that he had become famous.
• Bai approached Chu Tiannan, confirmed his identity, and attacked with sword qi.
• Chu Tiannan dodged Bai's strike and countered with his silver sword, which she blocked with a bronze sword.

Chu Tiannan fought Bai and realized that her sword techniques carried a soul, revealing what his own swordsmanship had been missing. Their law-infused attacks clashed in a stalemate, but Bai declared that she had won.

• Bai and Chu Tiannan traded sword strikes, and Chu recognized that Bai had gained law recognition.
• Bai unleashed three enormous crescent-shaped sword rays, revealing a soul within her sword technique to Chu.
• Chu understood that sword techniques needed a soul and answered with a powerful strike from above.
• Their attacks collided, churning the sea and carving a vast crater in the seabed.
• Lu Niu watched the livestream and acknowledged Bai's strength and that his loss to Chu had been deserved.
• Bai and Chu remained locked in close combat as Bai smiled and said that Chu had lost.

Bai fought Chu Tiannan in the virtual world, where he studied her fluid combat style and adapted his sword technique. Chu gained insight and nearly struck her down, but Bai overcame his final attack and won, though she was badly wounded.

• Bai used an illusory shadow to evade Chu Tiannan and pressed him with attacks that disrupted his rigid sword technique.
• Chu Tiannan endured her assault at close range so he could study her movements and realized his techniques lacked adaptability.
• Bai stabbed Chu Tiannan in the shoulder, but he vanished and reappeared behind her with a sword strike infused with the Law of Chaos and his soul perception.
• Bai recognized Chu Tiannan's attack as a feint and countered with a moonlit sword strike that cleaved him in two.
• Chu Tiannan's black sword light sheared off half of Bai's shoulder, but she survived and won the battle.

After Bai defeated Chu Tiannan with her stronger comprehension of laws, he understood how to make his attacks flow by connecting laws with his soul. He entered a trial against a hundred sixth-tier Sand Sea Fire Rhinoceroses and began cutting through their ranks.

• Bai reflected that Chu Tiannan had forced her to use her strongest sword strike, Severance, then left the battle to report.
• In the revival zone, Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that Bai had used her real-world law comprehension to suppress him, and Chu Tiannan accepted the explanation.
• Chu Tiannan recalled his insight during the fight and realized that bringing life to his techniques would help him control his opponents.
• Chu Tiannan asked Devour Dog to open a trial against a hundred sixth-tier Demon Beasts, and Devour Dog sent him into a desert facing Sand Sea Fire Rhinoceroses.
• After a month of battle, Chu Tiannan wielded the Heaven-Deriving Sword with newfound clarity and killed or wounded more than half the beasts with his sword qi and golden swords.

Chu Tiannan received an invitation from the Virtual World Group after demonstrating improved combat technique in the trial space. He decided to meet them at the Profound Rank Arena, where he discovered that its fighters had all been recognized by the laws.

• Chu Tiannan left the trial space excited by his improved combat technique and credited Bai for teaching him a move.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that the Virtual World Group had sent him an anonymous invitation to the Profound Rank Arena.
• Devour Dog revealed that his old master, Chaos, had been a core figure in the Virtual World Group and warned Chu Tiannan not to seek further answers unless he reached emperor level Star God.
• Chu Tiannan chose to meet the Group and entered the Profound Rank Arena, where he sensed powerful auras and learned its fighters had gained the laws' recognition.

Chu Tiannan entered the Profound Rank Arena and discovered that its visitors had all gained recognition of the laws, though Devour Dog explained that most were not geniuses. After a Gold Rank man mocked him for being Silver Rank, Chu Tiannan struck him down before he could react, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Chu Tiannan surveyed the Profound Rank Arena and noticed several Galaxy Level powerhouses among its visitors.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that although everyone in the arena had gained recognition of the laws, few were geniuses.
• Chu Tiannan sent a message saying he had arrived, then waited in the lounge bar area.
• A burly man called Old Wolf mocked Chu Tiannan for being Silver Rank and challenged him to learn the difference between ranks.
• Chu Tiannan warned Old Wolf that he would be dead if they were in the real world.
• Old Wolf drew his staff, but Chu Tiannan struck him into a wall and calmly returned to his drink.

Chu Tiannan easily defeated Oyster in a virtual bar, until a woman in white intervened and revealed that her lord wanted to see him. She warned the onlookers against provoking Chu, leaving them wary of the powerful figure behind her.

• Chu Tiannan sent Oyster flying with a slap, then beat him back again when Oyster attacked with his staff.
• Oyster repeatedly charged Chu Tiannan, while the spectators began to reconsider their low opinion of Chu.
• As Chu Tiannan prepared to draw his sword against Oyster’s final attack, a woman in white appeared and knocked Oyster into a wall.
• Frightened by the woman, Oyster logged out of the virtual world before he could curse at her.
• The woman told Chu Tiannan that her lord wished to see him and warned the crowd that anyone who provoked Chu would oppose her lord.
• The onlookers cupped their fists toward the woman, and none dared challenge her warning.

Chu Tiannan met Tianyu, the head of the Virtual World Group’s Heavenly Dragon Island branch, who invited him to join. Chu Tiannan refused an offer that would restrict his freedom, but Tianyu called him back to propose another way.

• Bai led Chu Tiannan to a private room, where he felt the overwhelming aura of someone inside.
• Tianyu introduced himself as head of the Virtual World Group’s Heavenly Dragon Island branch and said Bai had observed Chu Tiannan.
• Tianyu invited Chu Tiannan to become an external member, explaining that the arrangement could restrict his freedom.
• Chu Tiannan declined because he preferred to come and go alone, and Bai scolded him for refusing.
• As Chu Tiannan prepared to leave, Tianyu called him back and offered to discuss another way to join.

Tianyu offered Chu Tiannan two ways to join the Virtual World Group, including competing in the Universe Genius Battle. Chu Tiannan chose the battle despite his slim chances, and Tianyu promised he could still join if he failed.

• Tianyu told Chu Tiannan that exceptional talent could earn him the Virtual World Group's support without restrictions.
• Tianyu explained that the Virtual World Group was hosting the upcoming Universe Genius Battle and that its successful competitors could join the group.
• Bai warned Chu Tiannan that only ten thousand people would qualify from across the universe and doubted his chances.
• Chu Tiannan chose to enter the Universe Genius Battle so he could test himself against geniuses from across the universe.
• Tianyu approved of Chu Tiannan's choice and promised to keep his offer open if Chu Tiannan failed.

Tianyu advised Chu Tiannan to take the Cosmic Knight Alliance assessment and face real danger to overcome his slowing progress. Elsewhere, Luo Quan learned Chu Tiannan had survived and was searching for the Devour Star Beast’s corpse, but he ordered his subordinate to wait after hearing Chu Tiannan had bought Earth.

• Tianyu suggested Chu Tiannan take the Cosmic Knight Alliance assessment and explained that real danger could awaken his potential.
• Chu Tiannan accepted Tianyu’s advice and left to consider the assessment.
• Bai questioned whether Tianyu had sent Chu Tiannan toward his death, and Tianyu said the choice was Chu Tiannan’s.
• Luo Quan learned Chu Tiannan had survived and killed the Primordial Star Beast, then demanded news of the Devour Star Beast’s corpse.
• Luo Quan promised his subordinate a battalion commander position for finding the corpse, but ordered him to hold off after learning Chu Tiannan owned Earth.

Chu Tiannan paid to enter the Cosmic Knight Alliance’s assessment and joined ten thousand candidates bound for the trial grounds. As he cultivated aboard the slow spaceship, he sensed the other candidates’ fear and suspicion.

• Chu Tiannan admired the Cosmic Knight Alliance’s grandeur before paying a hundred thousand Universe Currency for an assessment badge.
• Two Bronze Knights mocked the candidates’ chances, and one kicked a burly young man unconscious when he challenged them.
• An Alliance staff member announced that ten thousand candidates had gathered and sent them aboard a spaceship for the assessment grounds.
• Chu Tiannan cultivated during the journey and used his soul perception to sense the tense, wary candidates around him.

Chu Tiannan reflected on his fear of companions and the deadly Cosmic Knight Alliance assessment while refusing to join a group of three young men. A timid girl approached him for help, and he took hold of her as she began explaining why her family had forced her into the trial.

• Chu Tiannan sensed suspicion among the spaceship’s passengers and recalled his fear of losing companions, which kept him from sleeping.
• A red-haired, scaled young man invited Chu Tiannan to join his group, but Chu Tiannan refused and judged the three men too weak to threaten him.
• Chu Tiannan remembered the instructor’s rules: participants needed five assessment badges, and anyone who died or failed to collect enough badges would be eliminated.
• A timid girl carrying a stuffed doll asked Chu Tiannan if she could sit beside him and pleaded for his help in the assessment.
• Chu Tiannan told the girl to take her time, then took hold of her as she began to explain that her family had forced her to participate.

Chu Tiannan agreed to let Shasha join his team for the Cosmic Knight Alliance assessment, despite the other candidates’ contempt and threats. As the spaceship reached the assessment planet, he waited until the end of the route before taking Shasha to jump.

• Shasha told Chu Tiannan that no one would team up with her, and Devour Dog urged him to take her along.
• Chu Tiannan accepted Shasha into his team and told her to call him Chu instead of big brother.
• Other candidates mocked Shasha and Chu Tiannan and spoke greedily of killing them for their badges.
• The spaceship announced that candidates could land anywhere along the marked route and that only final results mattered.
• As the candidates jumped from the ship, Chu Tiannan waited with Shasha until the route was nearly over, then took her by the hand to jump.

Chu Tiannan and Shasha learned that poison gas would force examinees into safe zones on Miluan Star, then headed for the ruins to wait. Three young men confronted them and demanded their examination badges.

• Chu Tiannan studied the map and chose the ancient ruins as their destination.
• An artificial intelligence announced that safe zones would appear on Miluan Star and poison gas would fill areas outside them.
• Chu Tiannan realized the safe zones would force examinees to encounter and fight one another for badges.
• Chu Tiannan and Shasha set off for the ruins, but three young men sealed their retreat and demanded their badges.

Chu Tiannan and Shasha were ambushed by Luofusi and four other newcomers, who demanded their assessment badges. Chu Tiannan killed all five with Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams, leaving their bodies in the canyon.

• Chu Tiannan recognized the three newcomers he had turned down and called for the other two to reveal themselves.
• Luofusi arrived with two companions, surrounded Chu Tiannan and Shasha, and demanded their assessment badges and an apology.
• Chu Tiannan used the Chaos Cloak to shield Shasha as Luofusi ordered all five attackers to strike.
• Chu Tiannan released over a hundred golden swords, killing Luofusi's four companions and fatally wounding Luofusi.
• Chu Tiannan recalled Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams as the canyon fell quiet around the five corpses.

Chu Tiannan and Shasha traveled toward the safe zone through the Star God ruins, where they saw Demon Beasts slaughtering fleeing assessment participants. On the sixth day, Chu Tiannan roasted a powerful snake for Shasha to eat.

• Chu Tiannan told Shasha they were about half a day from the safe zone and resolved to protect her despite not understanding her Cosmic Level.
• Chu Tiannan and Shasha saw Demon Beasts pursuing and killing several fleeing Starry Sky Level experts, but Chu Tiannan flew on without helping them.
• On the sixth day, Chu Tiannan finished killing an eighth-stage Starry Sky Level snake and roasted it on a hill in the Star God ruins.
• Shasha ate the snake meat and joked that the snake had tried to eat them first.

Chu Tiannan and Shasha waited at the safe zone as poison gas swallowed most of the world, then continued their journey after Chu Tiannan collected two assessment badges from a dying survivor. Meanwhile, a dark-red spaceship emerged from a wormhole and headed toward Earth.

• Chu Tiannan saw that poison gas had engulfed three regions and that the survivor count had fallen to 6,999.
• A middle-aged man collapsed just outside the safe zone, and Chu Tiannan watched as the poison gas killed him.
• Chu Tiannan took the two knight assessment badges from the man's hand and put them in Devour Dog's space.
• Chu Tiannan and Shasha shared roasted snake meat and continued on their way.
• A dark-red spaceship emerged from a wormhole outside the Solar System and headed toward Earth.

Chu Tiannan and Shasha reached the ruins' core area, where they found no people or beasts, and Chu Tiannan left the exhausted Shasha in a secluded spot while he searched for food. Meanwhile, a Luolin Army spacecraft approached Earth, and Chu Tiannan spotted a massive surge of Cosmic Qi on Miluan Star and headed toward it.

• Chu Tiannan noticed that the map's number had fallen sharply despite seeing no people or Demon Beasts in the silent ruins.
• Shasha asked to rest, and Chu Tiannan gave her soul jade to alert him to nearby activity before leaving to find food.
• A golden-armored captain ordered more than one hundred Starry Sky Level Luolin Army warriors to enter Earth quietly and search for the Devour Star Beast's corpse.
• Chu Tiannan spotted a violent surge of Cosmic Qi near a forest, and the Devour Dog urged him to investigate the opportunity.
• Chu Tiannan agreed to head toward the disturbance.

Chu Tiannan discovered an Emperor Claw Star Beast and planned to help Devour Dog devour it to advance to Galaxy Level. Meanwhile, a group fighting the beast prepared to fire their last D-grade rail cannon as two other gangs approached.

• Chu Tiannan spotted a massive hybrid beast surrounded by rubble, blood, and knight assessment badges.
• Devour Dog identified the beast as a royal-bloodline Emperor Claw Star Beast and said devouring it could let them advance to Galaxy Level.
• Chu Tiannan agreed to attack the beast and drew the Heaven-Deriving Sword.
• Several hundred fighters continued their two-day battle against the wounded Galaxy Level beast, while their ice-armored leader held back some of his strength.
• A young fighter offered to use his last shot from a D-grade rail cannon, and the ice-armored leader ordered him to fire.

Ofit ordered Aubrey to fire a D-grade railgun at the Emperor Claw Star Beast as the creature slaughtered the dwindling human force. The beast charged Aubrey before the weapon finished charging, and Aubrey fired at point-blank range, leaving the result unknown.

• The Emperor Claw Star Beast killed dozens more fighters, reducing the group of roughly a thousand to fewer than three hundred.
• Aubrey positioned the cumbersome D-grade railgun and began charging it while Ofit watched over the battle.
• Chu Tiannan spotted the weapon and was astonished, while Devour Dog identified it as a damaged D-grade third-stage railgun.
• The Emperor Claw Star Beast sensed the threat and charged toward Aubrey, but the people around Ofit refused to intervene.
• As the beast's scythe swept toward him, Aubrey fired the fully charged railgun.