Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan destroyed one Bedrock Guardian and faced its berserk companion at the Divine Sound Sect. He launched a massive Mirage Dragon greatsword strike to end the guardian’s endless duty.

• Chu Tiannan’s Heaven-Splitting sword qi destroyed the first Bedrock Guardian’s core, reducing it to ordinary rocks.
• The surviving Bedrock Guardian went berserk, and Devour Dog warned Chu Tiannan to target its core rather than fight it head-on.
• The Bedrock Guardian burned its core and asked the silent Divine Sound Sect for permission to use its full strength.
• Chu Tiannan put away Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and formed a huge Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon Myriad Transformations greatsword.
• Chu Tiannan sent the greatsword crashing down, while the Bedrock Guardian charged forward to protect the sect without fear of death.

Chu Tiannan defeated the Bedrock Guardian in a virtual ruin and sensed a summons from a jade hall deeper inside. As his ranking climbed, a powerful phantom recognized something of an old shadow in him and watched with anticipation.

• Chu Tiannan destroyed the Bedrock Guardian, which died regretting its failure to protect the sect.
• Chu Tiannan put away the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon and discussed the realism of the virtual world with the Devour Dog.
• Chu Tiannan sensed a faint summons from a white-jade hall in the ruins, where the treasure was likely located.
• Tian Xing One watched Chu Tiannan's ranking rise to 210,000th and hoped he would reach the top hundred thousand.
• The phantom in purple-and-gold robes recognized something of his old shadow in Chu Tiannan and briefly showed regret and killing intent.

A purple-and-gold-robed figure and his companion watched Chu Tiannan enter the White Jade Palace, where the Divine Sound Sect’s deadly trial awaited him. Chu Tiannan found a skeleton on a floating seat and two treasure chests, but had not yet discovered what the palace held.

• The purple-and-gold-robed figure asked Asila to show Chu Tiannan’s Genius Battle progress and saw that he had entered the Divine Sound Sect instead of the Big Dipper Sect.
• The gold-robed figure warned that no one had ever escaped with the Divine Sound Sect’s treasure, while the purple-and-gold-robed figure said Chu Tiannan could try his luck.
• Chu Tiannan entered the White Jade Palace and walked along its red-carpeted hall past dust-covered jade objects.
• Chu Tiannan saw a crystalline skeleton sitting on a floating seat and noticed two treasure chests beneath it.

Chu Tiannan found a Heaven-Tier Treasure Soul and a scroll in the White Jade Palace. As he unrolled the scroll, White Bones began to move behind him.

• Chu Tiannan opened a chest and discovered a Heaven-Tier Treasure Soul, which Devour Dog said could help repair the Chaos Armor.
• Chu Tiannan stored the soul in a jade box, unaware that its life aura had made White Bones's fingers stir.
• Chu Tiannan opened the second chest and found a scroll he suspected contained a supreme Divine Sound Sect technique.
• Chu Tiannan unrolled the scroll, activating a strange humming sound, while White Bones suddenly began to move.

Chu Tiannan found the supreme soul technique Divine Soul Nine Heavens and learned its cultivation requirements before a white-robed figure attacked him at the White Jade Palace exit. He realized the attacker was the skeleton that had vanished from its floating seat.

• Chu Tiannan read the scroll and discovered that Divine Soul Nine Heavens had nine escalating soul attacks and required powerful Cosmic Qi and soul will.
• Devour Dog explained that Cosmic Will suppressed information about levels above Emperor Level Star God and noted that the technique could complement Chu Tiannan’s Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon.
• Chu Tiannan stored the scroll in his spatial bracelet and headed for the palace exit.
• A white-robed figure blocked Chu Tiannan, demanded that he stay, and attacked him with lengthening skeletal fingers.
• Chu Tiannan dodged the attack and saw that the skeleton had disappeared from its floating seat.

White Bones revived in the White Jade Palace and attacked Chu Tiannan with overwhelming soul power and bone scythes. Chu Tiannan fought back but could not pierce her body, and he ended the clash injured and thrown against a pillar.

• White Bones revived, and Devour Dog warned Chu Tiannan that her soul will matched the Star Domain Level Peak.
• White Bones attacked Chu Tiannan with her scythe-like fingers, forcing him to dodge as they tore through the pillars and floor.
• Chu Tiannan advanced through the attack and used Heaven-Splitting to resist the bone scythes.
• Chu Tiannan struck White Bones with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving, but his sword bounced off her shoulder without splitting her.
• White Bones struck Chu Tiannan's soul with her immense soul will and sent him crashing through a stone pillar, while a wound on his right leg bled.

Chu Tiannan fought White Bones in the ruined White Jade Palace and discovered that her zither attacks relied on powerful soul will. After surviving her first barrage, he summoned the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons to defend against her escalating assault.

• Chu Tiannan resolved to defeat White Bones so he could qualify for the Genius Battle and remain within reach of Luo'er.
• White Bones summoned a zither and attacked Chu Tiannan with notes of death, revealing her peak Star Domain ninth-stage soul will.
• Chu Tiannan blocked the first barrage with Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving but was blasted through three stone pillars and injured.
• White Bones played faster, sending destructive notes at Chu Tiannan from every direction.
• Chu Tiannan put away his sword and used Myriad Transformations to form a defensive array of over a hundred Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons.

Chu Tiannan endured White Bones’ Divine Soul Nine Heavens attack inside the White Jade Palace. He emerged unharmed by the soul assault, revealing that he was immune to soul attacks.

• White Bones unleashed death notes against Chu Tiannan in the Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragon Sword Formation.
• White Bones summoned two additional zither-playing figures and attacked with the first heaven of Divine Soul Nine Heavens, Soul Severing.
• Chu Tiannan withstood the barrage as the notes battered the palace and damaged his body.
• White Bones stopped attacking, believing her soul notes had killed Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan emerged from the smoke surrounded by over a hundred Heavenly Sin Mirage Dragons and told White Bones he was immune to soul attacks.

Chu Tiannan survived White Bones’s First Heaven Soul Severing and learned that she spared him because she was lonely and intrigued by his unusual soul. After they discussed his origins and death, White Bones thanked him and returned to the White Jade Palace, leaving Chu Tiannan to continue on.

• White Bones unleashed a mass of death notes at Chu Tiannan, but they stopped before him because she had no killing intent.
• White Bones admitted that Chu Tiannan’s soul had withstood her First Heaven Soul Severing and let him go, saying he was qualified to receive her ultimate technique.
• White Bones gazed over the ruined grounds of her sect and told Chu Tiannan that his soul lay beyond the universe’s will of suppression.
• Chu Tiannan said he was not from this world and asked whether White Bones would believe he had already died once.
• White Bones said death might be another beginning, thanked Chu Tiannan for the conversation, and floated back into the White Jade Palace.

Chu Tiannan escaped the collapsing Divine Sound Sect with Divine Soul Nine Heavens, while Xian'er and her companions were cornered by Mo Ba and other members of the Heavenly Demon Cosmic Nation. The chapter ended as Mo Ba attacked them over Chu Tiannan’s killing of Mo Jiu.

• The Divine Sound Heavenly Maiden told Chu Tiannan to use Divine Soul Nine Heavens righteously and warned him about its strain and the danger of its final heaven.
• As the Divine Sound Sect collapsed, Chu Tiannan thanked the Divine Sound Heavenly Maiden and left with the heaven-tier treasure soul and Divine Soul Nine Heavens.
• Mo Ba and four other members of the Heavenly Demon Cosmic Nation surrounded Xian'er and her two companions.
• Mo Ba blamed Chu Tiannan for Mo Jiu’s death and struck at Xian'er and her companions.

Chu Tiannan arrived just in time to protect Xian'er, Tian'er, and Tian Xing from Mo Ba, then confronted the Heavenly Demon Kingdom warrior. Mo Ba attacked him with a bloody scythe as the watching geniuses fled.

• Xian'er shielded Tian'er and Tian Xing from Mo Ba's fierce attack, but an unseen force blasted Mo Ba backward and injured several people.
• Chu Tiannan appeared and protected Xian'er with a defensive barrier, then checked that his companions were unharmed.
• Tian Xing told Chu Tiannan that Mo Ba was competing for the small ruin and that the other powerful enemies were absent.
• Chu Tiannan confronted Mo Ba for attacking his companions, and Mo Ba declared that the Heavenly Demon Kingdom would kill anyone connected to him.
• Chu Tiannan raised the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and released a powerful soul pressure, but Mo Ba dismissed it and swung his blood-colored scythe at him.

Chu Tiannan faced Mo Ba’s Death God Ghost Scythe and destroyed it with a single sword strike. He then drew and sheathed his sword before walking away, leaving Mo Ba frozen and the others confused.

• Mo Ba attacked Chu Tiannan with his Death God Ghost Scythe, confident he could win.
• Chu Tiannan blocked with the Dragon Scale Heaven-Deriving and split Mo Ba’s scythe in two.
• Mo Ba was shocked that Chu Tiannan had erased his attack with a single sword strike.
• Chu Tiannan approached Mo Ba and performed a swift sword-drawing slash before turning away.
• Xian'er and the onlookers were left puzzled as Mo Ba remained frozen in the distance.

Chu Tiannan killed Mo Ba with a sword strike that used soul power, then explained to Xian'er, Tian Xing, and Tian'er that the attack had only been simulated by the virtual world. He continued toward his goal of entering the Genius Battle's top hundred thousand.

• Chu Tiannan drew his sword once, then left with Xian'er, Tian Xing, and Tian'er while Mo Ba remained wary.
• Mo Ba realized Chu Tiannan's strike had cut apart his body, and he died roaring in unwillingness as onlookers wondered how the attack worked.
• Xian'er asked Chu Tiannan how he had used soul will in the sword strike, and he explained that a treasure and the virtual world's settings had made it appear real.
• Chu Tiannan heightened his soul perception while flying and heard something that caught his attention.

After learning that a Heaven-Devouring Beast’s spine could be obtained by killing it in the virtual world, Chu Tiannan hurried to West Mound Valley at the Devour Dog’s urging. He arrived to find extensive signs of a powerful battle, leaving the beast’s whereabouts unclear.

• Strangers discussed the Heaven-Devouring Beast and the valuable spine promised to whoever killed it in the virtual world.
• The Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan the spine was needed for the dim four-winged figure and urged him to reach West Mound Valley quickly.
• Chu Tiannan changed course, sent Xian'er, Tian Xing, and Tian'er safe coordinates, and sped ahead alone.
• Chu Tiannan arrived at West Mound Valley and saw a green landscape giving way to scorched, barren earth marked by battle.
• Chu Tiannan judged that the traces showed a battle at the Law Fourth Stage Late Phase, with soul wills near Star Domain Ninth Tier.

Chu Tiannan entered the devastated West Mound Valley and discovered evidence that a Law Fifth Order powerhouse had fought there. After hearing a battle in the distance, he headed toward it, hoping to seize the Heaven-Devouring Beast’s spine and use its power to break through.

• Chu Tiannan flew into West Mound Valley and saw the corpses of Genius Battle participants scattered across the scorched land.
• Devour Dog pointed out a deep crater, and Chu Tiannan sensed Law Fifth Order fluctuations in the traces of a tremendous battle.
• Chu Tiannan and Devour Dog discussed the threat posed by a Law Fifth Order fighter and the possibility of advancing by devouring the Heaven-Devouring Beast.
• Chu Tiannan decided to pursue the battle and streaked across the sky toward it.

Chu Tiannan reached a scorched valley and found a Heaven-Devouring Beast battling a group of powerful geniuses. He chose to watch from afar as the beast roared that the humans would pay.

• Chu Tiannan traveled to the scorched earth and sensed powerful Cosmic Qi and soul will.
• Chu Tiannan spotted the Heaven-Devouring Beast, recognized that it could devour souls, and judged its intelligence to be formidable.
• Chu Tiannan saw more than a dozen geniuses fighting the beast, led by a white-robed swordsman and a figure controlling icy blades.
• Chu Tiannan noticed weaker geniuses watching from a distance and decided not to join the fight while the beast remained largely unharmed.
• The Heaven-Devouring Beast stamped the ground, shook the battlefield, and threatened the humans.

Chu Tiannan watched Aolan and Mofeite lead their forces against the Heaven-Devouring Beast, but judged them insufficient to defeat it. Mofeite then froze the beast solid with Nine Heavens of Winter.

• Chu Tiannan overheard observers identify Aolan and Mofeite as leaders of allied cosmic nations and memorized their names.
• Aolan cut through the Heaven-Devouring Beast's Cosmic Qi attack, while Chu Tiannan watched and assessed the fighters.
• Aolan avoided the beast's foreclaw strike and wounded its head with his silver sword.
• Mofeite attacked the beast with icy blades as their nations' geniuses joined the fight, and some royal geniuses were crushed.
• Mofeite used Nine Heavens of Winter to coat the Heaven-Devouring Beast in ice and freeze it solid.

Mofeite froze the Heaven-Devouring Beast with his weapons, but the beast broke free and attacked the geniuses. As it prepared to use Heaven Devouring, Aolan called for everyone to join the fight.

• Mofeite used ice law power through his weapons to freeze the Heaven-Devouring Beast, impressing the watching geniuses.
• Devour Dog warned that the beast could not be restrained, and the Heaven-Devouring Beast shattered the ice.
• The beast struck with a phantom claw, killing three Law Fourth Stage geniuses while Aolan retreated.
• The Heaven-Devouring Beast began gathering pressure for Heaven Devouring, and Aolan urged everyone to help.
• Geniuses from across West Mound Valley swarmed into the battle to protect themselves from the beast.

More than a thousand geniuses attacked the Heaven-Devouring Beast, but it unleashed its Heaven Devouring skill, killing weaker fighters and threatening Chu Tiannan. As Chu Tiannan struggled to shield his soul from being dragged out, the Chaos Phantom appeared behind him.

• Aolan led the geniuses in a massive assault on the Heaven-Devouring Beast, which suffered extensive wounds.
• The Heaven-Devouring Beast summoned a giant phantom and began using Heaven Devouring, killing many weaker geniuses.
• Chu Tiannan realized the beast had likely killed the geniuses he had seen dead earlier in West Mound Valley.
• After the Devour Dog warned him to resist with his soul will, Chu Tiannan used his Soul Power to withstand the attack.
• The Chaos Phantom appeared behind Chu Tiannan as he fought to keep his soul inside his body.

Chu Tiannan used his Chaos Phantom to turn the Heaven-Devouring Beast’s soul-extraction attack into a source of Soul Power, while the beast’s final strike eliminated most of the remaining fighters. After the beast died, Devour Dog took control of Chu Tiannan and snatched its corpse before the others could claim it.

• The Chaos Phantom destroyed the Heaven-Devouring Beast’s soul-extraction force and absorbed its heaven-devouring Momentum into a black hole, strengthening Chu Tiannan’s Soul Power.
• Chu Tiannan realized he could use the stolen power to refine his soul and began laying down soul formations.
• The Heaven-Devouring Beast’s attack eliminated more than seven hundred geniuses, leaving fewer than thirty percent alive, before the beast collapsed and died from its injuries.
• Aolan, Mofeite, and the surviving geniuses rushed toward the Heaven-Devouring Beast’s corpse to claim it.
• Devour Dog took control of Chu Tiannan’s body and used a black hole to take the corpse before anyone else could reach it.