Chapter Summaries

After cultivating for eight years, Chu Tiannan set out with Xian'er’s entry token to join the Universe Genius Battle, which began across humanity’s hundred thousand universe nations. Xian'er warned him to beware of Luo Zhongtian, and the chapter left Chu Tiannan ready to enter the competition.

• Xian'er dried Chu Tiannan’s clothes with her water cultivation and told him the qualifying rounds were starting after his eight years of cultivation.
• Xian'er gave Chu Tiannan his proof of entry, hugged him, and warned him to be careful of Luo Zhongtian before leaving.
• Chu Tiannan watched Xian'er depart and told her not to let her guard down either.
• The Universe Genius Battle began as a grand occasion across humanity’s universe nations, with broadcasts inviting young geniuses to compete.

The Galaxy Kingdom’s 150 geniuses gathered at the palace to meet Emperor Luo Tianzheng before the selection. After he demonstrated the might of a Star God Level powerhouse, he promised a galaxy to everyone who advanced from the qualification battles.

• Chu Tiannan joined the gathered geniuses as they discussed Luo Tianzheng and the possibility of becoming Star God Level powerhouses.
• Xian'er stood beside Chu Tiannan, while Luo Zhongtian silently vowed to defeat him in the selection qualification battles.
• Luo Tianzheng descended from a thundercloud and subjected the 150 geniuses to powerful law pressure.
• Chu Tiannan supported Xian'er by holding her hand and sending her Cosmic Qi as she struggled against the pressure.
• Luo Tianzheng withdrew his pressure, wished the geniuses success in being selected by the Heaven Dou Universe Nation, and promised a galaxy to everyone who advanced from the qualification battles.

Chu Tiannan and the others were sent into a special space for the coming competition. When Chu Tiannan woke in a room with five other people, Xian'er explained that they were in the same group.

• Luo Tianzheng sent Chu Tiannan, Xian'er, Xian Yue, and the others into a special space-time dimension, telling them to sleep until they woke and knew what to do.
• The emperor of Heavenly Dragon Island sent Cailing and the other competitors to a mysterious place.
• A yellow-clad woman entered a space-time tunnel, thinking of a black-clad man and anticipating their reunion.
• Chu Tiannan woke in a comfortable room and found Xian'er and Xian Yue resting on his legs.
• Xian'er woke, recognized Chu Tiannan, and asked why he was in her group; Chu Tiannan asked what she meant by a group.

Chu Tiannan joined Xian Yue, Xian'er, Liu Ben, Luo Jitian, and Luo Zhongtian in a qualifying battle group, where he clashed with Luo Jitian and Luo Zhongtian. The virtual battle began, with the group transported to the battle scenario.

• Xian'er explained that six participants from the same cosmic nation formed a group and that the strongest hundred would advance.
• Luo Jitian mocked Chu Tiannan, who threatened to take him out if teammates could fight one another; Luo Zhongtian warned Chu not to be arrogant.
• Xian'er whispered about Luo Zhongtian to Chu Tiannan, and Chu's gaze made Luo Zhongtian glimpse a terrifying figure in a canyon.
• The organizers started a five-second countdown, then activated the virtual world connection for the opening battles.

Chu Tiannan entered the Genius Battle qualifiers in the virtual world and learned the vast scale of the competition, where only the top hundred contestants on each battlefield would advance. Elsewhere, Luo Jitian set out to find his brother Luo Zhongtian before an unknown challenger confronted him.

• Chu Tiannan was teleported alone to Battlefield 10034 in the Heaven Dou Universe Nation, where ten thousand contestants competed for one hundred advancement spots.
• Chu Tiannan calculated the enormous number of participants and qualifiers across the human race, then welcomed the challenge of fighting strong opponents.
• Luo Jitian complained that he had been assigned far from Luo Zhongtian and headed toward him through the South District.
• Luo Jitian vowed to surpass Luo Zhongtian, but an indifferent voice interrupted him and made his expression change drastically.

Chu Tiannan killed his teammate Luo Jitian during the preliminary battle after giving him a chance to flee. Luo Jitian was eliminated, and the contestant count quickly fell by a thousand.

• Luo Jitian encountered Chu Tiannan in the residential complex and realized they were on the same team.
• Chu Tiannan told Luo Jitian to escape while he tried to break through his blockade, and Luo Jitian fled at full speed.
• Chu Tiannan sent ten Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams streaks after Luo Jitian without pursuing him himself.
• Luo Jitian reached a distant plaza and believed he had escaped, but Chu Tiannan's golden streaks cut him in two.
• Luo Jitian's virtual body exploded, eliminating him from the preliminary battle, as the contestant count fell from ten thousand by a thousand.

Chu Tiannan tested whether killing a fellow Galaxy Kingdom contestant earned battle merit, then tried to cultivate while his Bauhinia Star Beast began a painful breakthrough to Star Domain Level. The chapter ended as an armed contestant stormed into his apartment and challenged him.

• Chu Tiannan killed Luo Jitian and received one battle merit point, confirming contestants could earn merit by killing their own teammates.
• Chu Tiannan returned to his room intending to spend twenty days advancing the Heaven-Deriving Sword and Heavenly Sin.
• The Bauhinia Star Beast began breaking through from Galaxy Level, Ninth Stage Peak, to Star Domain Level, unleashing a destructive howl across the seabed.
• Chu Tiannan struggled to comprehend the Law of Chaos as the beast's pain disturbed his Life Core, and Devour explained that the breakthrough would hurt.
• A burly man burst into Chu Tiannan's apartment with a meteor-hammer-like weapon and taunted him, and Chu Tiannan calmly answered with a threat.

Chu Tiannan continued cultivating in the preliminary battle while accumulating battle merit, drawing the attention of Tianyu and Bai, who recognized his unusual potential. With ten days left and only a few hundred contestants remaining, Chu Tiannan decided to hunt again.

• Chu Tiannan took an opponent’s seventeen battle merit points and resumed meditating with nineteen points accumulated.
• Tianyu asked Bai to find Chu Tiannan’s footage and learned that he had entered the battle from the Galaxy Kingdom rather than Heavenly Dragon Island.
• Tianyu and Bai saw that Chu Tiannan had completed nine perfect Life Core compressions and realized he was using the preliminary battle to cultivate.
• Chu Tiannan awoke with ten days remaining and decided to go out and kill more opponents.

Chu Tiannan entered the Central District of the virtual battlefield and found several contestants waiting to rob him. Confident that his comprehension of the Law of Chaos gave him an advantage, he challenged them to consider the gap between geniuses.

• Chu Tiannan explored the virtual world and found no Cosmic Qi fluctuations in the East District.
• Chu Tiannan flew to the Central District, where he marveled at its wealth and advanced technology.
• Several powerful contestants surrounded Chu Tiannan and demanded his battle merits and withdrawal.
• Chu Tiannan recognized that none of the contestants had comprehended law power, then asked whether they knew the gap between geniuses.

Chu Tiannan ambushed Tuluo’s group and used Heavenly Sin to hunt down the fleeing contestants, earning battle merits and improving his rank. After reaching rank 104, he continued toward Xian Yue and the others, aiming to enter the top hundred before the battle ended.

• Chu Tiannan attacked Tuluo without answering his question and defeated him with a single punch.
• Tuluo’s followers fled after realizing Chu Tiannan had comprehended the power of laws.
• Chu Tiannan sent Heavenly Sin to pursue and kill the fleeing contestants, earning battle merits.
• Ten minutes later, Chu Tiannan reached rank 104 and decided he only needed to enter the top hundred.
• Chu Tiannan headed toward Xian Yue and the others.

The princes watching Battle Zone 53 traded boasts and barbs as they followed the Genius Preliminary Selection Battle. Blue King’s rivals mocked Luote over the Galaxy Kingdom’s recent demotion, and Luote defended his people’s chances.

• People from across the Heaven Dou Universe Nation traveled to Battle Emperor Star to watch the preliminary battles in person.
• Princes watching Battle Zone 53 praised the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s strong competitor and asked Blue King about its training.
• Blue King downplayed the kingdom’s success while enjoying the deference his status brought him.
• Blue King and the other princes taunted Luote about the Galaxy Kingdom’s weak showing and recent demotion.
• Luote answered that reaching the top hundred was enough and that advancing farther did not necessarily prove strength.

Luote watched the Galaxy Kingdom's last remaining group struggle to qualify, placing his hopes on Chu Tiannan. In Battle Zone 53, Luo Zhongtian and several others were restrained as a representative of the Feather Spirit Kingdom offered to secure their advancement in exchange for cooperation.

• Luote swallowed his anger as the Blue King mocked the Galaxy Kingdom's declining tournament results.
• Luote saw that only the group in Battle Zone 53 remained, with Chu Tiannan ranked 104th and three days left in the preliminaries.
• A group in the center of Battle Zone 53's urban area found two women and a dark-skinned young man restrained by an unknown weapon.
• The blue-clad girl called Luo Zhongtian a traitor for siding with the Feather Spirit Kingdom.
• A white-robed young man offered to release the captives and help them reach the qualifying round if they followed the Feather Spirit Kingdom's arrangements.

Lan Yu and the Feather Spirit Kingdom geniuses threatened the captured Xian'er, Xian Yue, and Liu Ben, demanding that they side with them or withdraw. As Lan Yu dismissed Chu Tiannan as a weakling, he suddenly fell and shattered, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lan Yu pressured the bound Xian'er, Xian Yue, and Liu Ben to choose between joining him and withdrawing from the competition.
• Lan Yu credited Luo Zhongtian with helping capture the three, while Luo Zhongtian nervously agreed with him.
• Xian'er stalled for time as Xian Yue pointed out that Chu Tiannan was coming to help them.
• Lan Yu mocked Chu Tiannan’s ranking, but Liu Ben insisted that Chu Tiannan’s strength was greater than it appeared.
• As Lan Yu finished speaking, he fell to the ground and shattered before Luo Zhongtian’s shocked gaze.

Chu Tiannan killed Lan Yu, then faced a group of law-comprehending experts who attacked him together. As their combined attack engulfed him, Xian'er broke free and rushed toward the blast.

• Chu Tiannan killed Lan Yu and rose to 33rd place in the rankings.
• The icy-blue-skinned girl and the other young experts attacked Chu Tiannan to avenge Lan Yu.
• Chu Tiannan stood his ground with the Heaven-Deriving Sword as the group unleashed their Dark Spirit Law attacks.
• Their combined attack swallowed Chu Tiannan, and Xian'er broke free of her bindings and charged into the pillar of light.

Luo Tianzheng raged over Luo Zhongtian’s betrayal and ordered harsh punishment if he failed to advance. At the Battle Emperor Star viewing grounds, the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s confidence faltered when Lan Yu was eliminated.

• Luote drank in silence after Xian'er, Xian Yue, and Liu Ben were captured because of Luo Zhongtian’s betrayal.
• Luo Tianzheng condemned Luo Zhongtian for currying favor with the Feather Spirit Kingdom and threatened to strip him of his titles and exile his clan branch if he failed to advance.
• Luo Tianzheng punished three generals who had defended Luo Zhongtian, ordering them taken away.
• The Blue King mocked the Galaxy Kingdom’s weakness while Luote watched the competition and hoped for a miracle.
• Lan Yu’s virtual body shattered on the screen, confirming his death and elimination.

Chu Tiannan instantly killed Lan Yu in Combat Zone 53, shocking the watching princes and enraging the Blue King. After learning Chu Tiannan was a Galaxy Kingdom contestant ranked in the top fifty, the Blue King traded taunts with Luote and watched as his remaining geniuses used a fusion skill against Chu Tiannan.

• Chu Tiannan killed Lan Yu with a single sword strike, causing Lan Yu to die before the watching princes.
• The Blue King erupted in anger and ordered his minister to identify the black-cloaked young man.
• The minister identified him as Chu Tiannan, a Galaxy Kingdom contestant whose ranking had risen into the top fifty.
• The Blue King accused Luote of plotting, and Luote answered with a mocking smile before they traded threats.
• The Blue King cheered as his remaining geniuses used a fusion skill to devour Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan used the fourth-stage Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving technique to find and destroy the flaw in the Feather Spirit Kingdom geniuses’ fusion attack. The pillar of light shattered, leaving the enemy participants defeated while Xian’er lay unconscious.

• Xian’er tried to enter the pillar of light to rescue Chu Tiannan, but its force hurled her back and left her badly injured.
• Chu Tiannan spotted a golden vortex inside the pillar and prepared to test Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving’s fourth stage.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed the technique’s ultimate move, Break, and its golden tornadoes shattered the vortex and the pillar of light.
• The Feather Spirit Kingdom participants were struck by the tornadoes, spat blood, and fell unable to rise.
• The blue-skinned girl and Luo Zhongtian stared in terror at Chu Tiannan, who remained suspended in the air with his golden sword.

Chu Tiannan defeated the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s team in Battle Zone 53, ending the crisis and securing the Galaxy Kingdom’s advance. Xian’er woke in Xian Yue’s arms and clung to Chu Tiannan, relieved he had survived.

• Blue King and the other spectators celebrated as Chu Tiannan was engulfed by the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s combined attack.
• The attack’s pillar of light shattered, and Chu Tiannan sent the Feather Spirit Kingdom’s geniuses flying in defeat.
• Luote cheered for Chu Tiannan while Blue King smashed his wineglass and stormed away.
• Liu Ben asked Chu Tiannan how to deal with the immobilized opponents, while Xian Yue gathered Xian’er into her arms.
• Chu Tiannan pressed his hand to Xian’er’s forehead, and she woke and embraced him, saying she had feared he would not survive.

After Chu Tiannan saved Xian Yue and her companions from the Feather Spirit Kingdom team, Xian'er and Liu Ben retaliated against their defeated opponents. As Xian Yue thanked Chu Tiannan, he noticed the yellow-armored young man trying to escape.

• Xian'er checked Chu Tiannan for injuries, and he told her he was fine and to collect the battle merits.
• Xian'er repeatedly slapped the defeated blue-skinned girl until she self-destructed and withdrew from the preliminary competition.
• Liu Ben joined Xian'er in intimidating the remaining geniuses from the Feather Spirit Kingdom.
• Xian Yue thanked Chu Tiannan and grew flustered when he asked if she was all right.
• Chu Tiannan spotted the yellow-armored young man trying to flee.

Chu Tiannan confronted Luo Zhongtian after the First Prince tried to escape, and Luo Zhongtian pleaded for his life while disguising his betrayal as a plan to rescue his teammates. Chu Tiannan killed him in the qualification battle, then remarked that it was a pity this was not the real world.

• Chu Tiannan asked Luo Zhongtian where he was going as Xian'er and the others surrounded him.
• Luo Zhongtian claimed he had only pretended to betray his teammates to lower the enemy's guard and rescue them.
• Xian'er and Xian Yue condemned Luo Zhongtian's excuses, while he begged Chu Tiannan to spare him and let him compete in the qualification battles.
• Chu Tiannan approached Luo Zhongtian, who fell to the ground and scrambled away in fear.
• Chu Tiannan struck Luo Zhongtian with a golden sword light, eliminating him, and lamented that it was not the real world.