Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan entered Tian'er’s room to help him endure the dangerous Combat Law fluctuations, while Devour Dog explained how the Heaven Dou Imperial Family cultivated that law. Devour Dog revealed that Chu Tiannan could absorb some of its power to strengthen his Emperor Claw Star Beast bloodline.

• Chu Tiannan asked Tian'er why his law attribute was water, and Tian'er said he had inherited it from his mother.
• Chu Tiannan entered the room despite Xian'er warning that she could not help him, and he raised a chaos barrier against the red Combat Law power.
• Devour Dog explained that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family used Combat Law and advanced by defeating their former selves.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that absorbing the Combat Law’s pure-yang power would improve his physical strength.

Chu Tiannan learned he could devour the combat law power surrounding Tian Xing without harming his breakthrough. As Tian Xing’s new Battle Phantom clashed with his third-order Law Phantom, Chu Tiannan contained the resulting storm and called on his Chaos Phantom to act.

• The Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that devouring the law power around Tian Xing would not interfere with Tian Xing’s advancement.
• Tian Xing formed his new rainbow-lit Battle Phantom to face the third-order Law Phantom manifested from his past self.
• The two Law Phantoms attacked each other with staffs, and their collision unleashed a law storm through the room.
• Chu Tiannan formed a Chaos Domain to contain the storm and told his Chaos Phantom it was time to act.

Tian Xing completed a breakthrough inside his room while the others waited outside, and he emerged having reached the quasi-fourth stage. He credited Chu Tiannan with helping him, while Xian'er and Tian'er continued arguing over their feelings for Chu Tiannan.

• Tian'er sensed the Law of Chaos sealing Tian Xing's door and told the gathered youths they had to wait for news.
• Xian'er and Tian'er argued about which of them had a chance with Chu Tiannan, and Xian'er said he already liked someone.
• The Law of Chaos faded, and Tian Xing emerged with a much stronger presence and a rainbow-light emblem on his forehead.
• Tian Xing said he had reached the quasi-fourth stage and thanked Chu Tiannan for helping him avoid serious injuries.

Chu Tiannan revealed the strength and imposing aura he had gained after helping Tian Xing advance, impressing the other geniuses. The group discussed the unprecedented strength of the upcoming Genius Battle and planned to attend Storm City’s auction.

• Chu Tiannan emerged with a sharpened presence after the Emperor Claw Star Beast’s defenses had strengthened through Chaos devouring the red phantom.
• Chu Tiannan noticed that his aura was hurting some of the geniuses and drew it back in.
• Tian'er celebrated that Heaven Dou Universe Nation had four experts with quasi-fourth-stage laws, while Xian'er explained that the strongest contenders would exceed that level.
• Chu Tiannan judged that the tournament’s top contenders might have fourth-stage laws or exceptionally advanced soul wills.
• Tian Xing invited Chu Tiannan to attend Storm City’s auction after the four continents merged, and Chu Tiannan agreed.

After the first stage ended, the system announced that only one million geniuses remained across the four continents and that the second stage would begin in a week. Chu Tiannan and his companions visited Storm City's auction, where he reflected on the Virtual World Group's wealth.

• The system announced that 250,000 geniuses in Storm City had passed the first stage and that 78 million others on the East Cang Continent had been eliminated.
• Chu Tiannan and the other surviving geniuses learned that only one million contenders remained across the four continents.
• The geniuses began cultivating during the weeklong break before the second stage.
• Chu Tiannan's group of four arrived at Storm City Auction, which Tian Xing said offered a chance to relax and obtain treasures.
• Chu Tiannan looked at the auction entrance and considered the Virtual World Group's immense wealth.

Chu Tiannan and his companions entered Storm City’s crowded auction venue, where he spotted Wu Dongtian and renewed his resolve to kill him. The chapter ended with Wu Dongtian arriving alongside a powerful young man as they wondered about the auction’s finale item.

• Attendants led Chu Tiannan, Tian Xing, Tian'er, and Xian'er to their assigned seats in the auction venue.
• Tian'er and Xian'er bickered over the size of the plaza, while Tian Xing warned that exceptionally powerful geniuses were attending.
• Chu Tiannan and Tian Xing noticed Wu Dongtian entering, and Chu Tiannan recalled Wu’s attempt to have him killed.
• Chu Tiannan told his companions to take their seats and deal with Wu Dongtian later.
• Wu Dongtian spoke with a powerful young man addressed as Brother Wang and asked about the auction’s finale item.

Chu Tiannan attended the crowded auction hoping to learn about treasures related to the second stage, but Wu Dongtian ambushed his group inside the hall. After Chu Tiannan protected Xian'er, Tian'er, and Tian Xing, Tian Xing confronted Wu Dongtian and launched an attack.

• Chu Tiannan and his companions found their seats at the auction, where Chu Tiannan worried that he lacked the Primal Stones needed to upgrade his weapon.
• Wu Dongtian spotted Chu Tiannan and quietly left his companion, intending to confront him.
• Wu Dongtian launched a powerful attack at Chu Tiannan's group, but Chu Tiannan pulled Tian Xing aside and pushed Xian'er and Tian'er out of its path.
• Tian Xing angrily confronted Wu Dongtian, who dismissed him as a loser and told him to stand down.
• Tian Xing, now a Quasi-Fourth Stage expert, swung at Wu Dongtian to settle their earlier score.

Tian Xing attacked Wu Dongtian in the auction house after breaking through to Quasi-Fourth Stage, but Wu Dongtian blocked his strikes with ease. The clash left Wu Dongtian revealing power beyond the Quasi-Fourth Stage.

• Tian Xing launched a palm strike at Wu Dongtian, who caught it and discovered Tian Xing had reached Quasi-Fourth Stage.
• Tian Xing redirected the strike and forced Wu Dongtian several steps backward with the Combat Law.
• Wu Dongtian mocked Tian Xing and mentioned Ocean Queen Xian'er, provoking Tian Xing to summon his Tiandou Staff.
• Tian Xing swung the Tiandou Staff at Wu Dongtian, who blocked it with one hand and a saber.
• Wu Dongtian's holy light great saber shone as his law intensity rose beyond the Quasi-Fourth Stage.

Wu Dongtian revealed that he had reached the law fourth stage and overwhelmed Tian Xing and Tian'er. Just as his saber was about to strike them, a platinum dragon-scale longsword intercepted it.

• Wu Dongtian's aura surged to the law fourth stage, startling Chu Tiannan and Tian Xing.
• Wu Dongtian struck Tian Xing back, and Tian'er caught him and dispersed the force inside his body.
• Wu Dongtian pursued Tian Xing and Tian'er with another saber strike while Xian'er struggled to intervene.
• Wu Dongtian's attack drew awe from nearby geniuses as he closed in on Tian Xing and Tian'er.
• A platinum dragon-scale longsword flew into the path of Wu Dongtian's descending saber and blocked it.

Chu Tiannan stepped in to stop Wu Dongtian from attacking Tian Xing, and the two faced off in the auction square. Wu Dongtian revealed that he had identified Chu Tiannan through soul imprints, while onlookers watched to see how the confrontation would unfold.

• Chu Tiannan blocked Wu Dongtian's saber with the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and held his ground against the pressure of Wu Dongtian's fourth-stage laws.
• A burly young man accompanying Wu Dongtian dismissed Chu Tiannan as a clown who would only be worth taking seriously at the law fourth stage.
• Chu Tiannan shifted his weapon against Wu Dongtian's saber, scraping the two Platinum Light Weapons together.
• Wu Dongtian said Chu Tiannan had eliminated his people and that soul imprints had revealed Chu Tiannan's appearance before Wu Kaishan and another man were eliminated.
• People in the auction square reacted with surprise, while a white-clad young man in the front rows watched the confrontation with interest.

Chu Tiannan challenged Wu Dongtian in Storm City's auction square, drawing attention from the surrounding geniuses. Wu Dongtian threatened the Heaven Dou Universe Nation group, and Chu Tiannan invited him to attack.

• Chu Tiannan reminded Wu Dongtian that he had killed geniuses from the Holy Light Universe Country.
• Onlookers debated Chu Tiannan's strength and speculated that the Ocean Queen was backing him.
• Wu Dongtian threatened to wipe out the Heaven Dou Universe Nation group as his saber's power grew.
• A handsome young genius dismissed Chu Tiannan as too weak to matter and watched the confrontation for amusement.
• Chu Tiannan increased his law power and challenged Wu Dongtian to test his threat.

Wu Dongtian pressured Chu Tiannan to surrender and threatened the people of Heaven Dou Country, but Chu refused and challenged him. As the two unleashed their law powers, Wu Dongtian struck with his saber, leaving their clash underway.

• Wu Dongtian used his fourth-stage law power to press Chu Tiannan and demanded that Chu blow himself up in exchange for sparing the people of Heaven Dou Country.
• Chu Tiannan refused, saying he had eliminated the other threats and would not yield to Wu Dongtian.
• Wu Dongtian released his Law of Holy Light across the trading square, prompting the surrounding geniuses to flee.
• Chu Tiannan countered with his Law of Chaos, while Tian'er and the others watched and Xian'er expressed confidence in him.
• Wu Dongtian declared that Chu had wasted his chance and swung his saber, sending holy light toward him.

Chu Tiannan faced Wu Dongtian’s attack and revealed that his strength was greater than his quasi-fourth-stage level suggested. After blocking Wu Dongtian’s saber without injury, he challenged him to fight again and threatened to kill him.

• Xian'er and the others watched warily as Wu Dongtian prepared to fight Chu Tiannan.
• Wu Dongtian unleashed a powerful holy-light saber strike aimed at Chu Tiannan’s head.
• Chu Tiannan blocked the strike with the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and remained unharmed.
• Wu Dongtian and the onlookers were surprised when Chu Tiannan showed no sign of being overwhelmed.
• Chu Tiannan knocked Wu Dongtian’s saber aside and declared that Wu Dongtian was unqualified to threaten Heaven Dou Country.

Chu Tiannan confronted Wu Dongtian in the trading hall, drawing the attention of Storm City's geniuses and a white-robed young man. Their clash began as Chu Tiannan struck first, while others watched to see whether his quasi-fourth-stage strength could challenge Wu Dongtian.

• Wu Dongtian threatened to kill Chu Tiannan, while nearby geniuses welcomed someone challenging a powerhouse from a super divine country.
• A white-robed young man complained that Chu Tiannan had insulted those at the law fourth stage, and Steward Lai assured him that Wu Dongtian was no match for him.
• Chu Tiannan sneered at Wu Dongtian and launched a powerful strike with the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving.
• A burly young man accompanying Wu Dongtian watched with interest as the battle revealed Chu Tiannan's strength was greater than it seemed.

Chu Tiannan clashed with Wu Dongtian in Storm City, matching the stronger fighter despite his quasi-fourth-stage law strength. After Wu Dongtian’s saber strike erupted in a cloud of smoke, Chu Tiannan walked out unharmed, leaving the fight unresolved.

• A burly young man was astonished that Chu Tiannan could challenge Wu Dongtian despite the gap between their law stages.
• Wu Dongtian blocked Chu Tiannan’s Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving with his own Platinum Light Weapon saber and counterattacked.
• The collision of their weapons sent waves of law power across the gathered geniuses, who raised barriers to protect themselves.
• Wu Dongtian knocked aside Chu Tiannan’s longsword and slashed at him with a powerful saber strike.
• Chu Tiannan emerged from the smoke after taking Wu Dongtian’s strike head-on.

Chu Tiannan emerged from the smoke largely unharmed and faced Wu Dongtian in a fierce clash. After Wu Dongtian’s holy light began devouring his Chaos Currents, Chu Tiannan changed his approach and launched several powerful sword strikes at him.

• Chu Tiannan walked out of the smoke with little damage, astonishing the spectators and sharpening Wu Dongtian’s hostility.
• Wu Dongtian threatened Chu Tiannan for eliminating geniuses from the Holy Light Universe Country, and Chu Tiannan challenged him to prove his strength.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed Chaos Currents and met Wu Dongtian’s holy light attack with sword phantoms formed through the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving.
• Wu Dongtian’s holy light began devouring Chu Tiannan’s Chaos Currents, surprising him with its unusual power.
• Chu Tiannan changed direction and fired several powerful rays of sword qi toward Wu Dongtian.

Chu Tiannan clashed with Wu Dongtian at the auction plaza, revealing the power of his rare Law of Chaos and making the onlookers question whether Wu Dongtian had underestimated him. The fight remained unresolved as the observers recognized Chu Tiannan as a hidden threat.

• Wu Dongtian countered Chu Tiannan’s sword qi with Holy Light Xuanyuan Slash, and their attacks shook the auction plaza.
• The burly young man and the white-robed young man with Steward Lai judged that Chu Tiannan had concealed his strength and could defeat Wu Dongtian.
• Chu Tiannan summoned Chaos Phantom instead of exposing his Chaos Domain, filling the plaza with the power of the Law of Chaos.
• The onlookers recognized Chu Tiannan’s rare chaos attribute and warned that speaking about the vanished Chaos Cosmic Nation was taboo.
• Wu Dongtian’s burly partner reconsidered Chu Tiannan after seeing the Chaos Phantom.

Wang realized that Chu Tiannan and his Chaos Attribute were the real targets behind the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s apparent role in the Genius Battle, but he chose not to warn Wu Dongtian. Wu Dongtian’s holy-light wings began transforming into chaotic black wings under the Chaos Phantom’s influence.

• Wang connected Chu Tiannan’s Chaos Attribute and Heaven Dou origins to the former Chaos Cosmic Nation and concluded that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family was a distraction.
• Wang decided not to tell Wu Dongtian what he had inferred, since they were rivals despite being temporary partners.
• Wang considered how high rankings in the Genius Battle could bring geniuses greater rewards and attract the Virtual World Group’s attention.
• The Chaos Phantom appeared and suppressed Wu Dongtian’s power because of the superiority of chaos over holy light.
• Wu Dongtian watched as the Chaos Phantom’s four holy-light wings turned black and filled with surging chaos currents.

Chu Tiannan revealed that he had copied the Holy Light Universe Country’s Angel Phantom art, provoking Wu Dongtian to summon a more powerful Six-Winged Angel. Their Law Phantoms clashed in the auction plaza, leaving the battle underway.

• Wu Dongtian grew furious when he saw the sacred wings of Chu Tiannan’s Chaos Phantom turn black.
• Chu Tiannan explained that he had stolen the Angel Phantom art with his Devouring System and believed Wu Dongtian’s phantom had no advantage over his own.
• Wu Dongtian summoned a Six-Winged Angel that outshone the Chaos Phantom in aura and size.
• Wu Dongtian ordered the Six-Winged Angel to attack Chu Tiannan, forcing the watching geniuses to retreat.
• The Six-Winged Angel swung its Sun Sword at the Chaos Phantom, which drew its Chaos Sword and met the blow.

Chu Tiannan’s Chaos Phantom fought Wu Dongtian’s Six-Winged Angel Phantom in a fierce duel, proving that Chu could challenge a Law Fourth Stage opponent despite being at the quasi-fourth stage. Wu Dongtian grew jealous and ordered the Six-Winged Angel to stop holding back.

• The Chaos Phantom blocked the Six-Winged Angel’s relentless attacks and countered, forcing it to retreat and regroup several times.
• Spectators marveled at the duel and recognized Chu Tiannan’s exceptional strength and will.
• Wu Dongtian realized Chu Tiannan could surpass him if he advanced to the Law Fourth Stage.
• Wu Dongtian sent the Six-Winged Angel a soul transmission, ordering it to eliminate Chu Tiannan without holding back.