Recaps

Lu Qingshan defeated Wadis in the final battle after both geniuses unleashed the fourth forms of their divine weapons, earning first place in the Universe Level Ranking Assessment. After returning to his residence, Lu Qingshan decided to break through to the Domain Lord Level, but friends summoned him to the Heavenly Star Continent, where a dazzling black proclamation awaited.

• Wadis used the Yan Shen Armament’s fourth form, Great Skill Appears Clumsy, against Lu Qingshan’s Heaven Crumbles and Earth Shatters.
• Lu Qingshan’s staff phantom shattered Wadis’s golden totem pillar and crushed Wadis, securing Lu Qingshan first place overall.
• Universe Level geniuses and Immortal Gods reacted with shock to both fighters unleashing fourth forms, while Kulen resolved to master his own weapon’s fourth form.
• Lu Qingshan returned to his residence, reflected on his victory, and decided it was time to break through to the Domain Lord Level.
• Lu Qingshan received messages urging him to visit the Heavenly Star Continent, where he saw a glowing black proclamation suspended in the sky.

A Human Race-wide Peak Powerhouse Battle was announced, prompting widespread excitement and speculation about the immense number of Universe Level contestants. The Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Star Holy Land worried that Lu Qingshan and Wadis might not reach the top thousand, and resolved to strengthen them before the competition.

• A huge announcement across the Virtual Universe revealed the first Human Race Peak Powerhouse Battle, with winners offered rewards and a chance to cultivate in the Initial Universe.
• Aomengsi asked Wells how Lu Qingshan might rank, and Wells estimated that Qingshan could reach the overall top ten thousand but was unlikely to make the top thousand.
• The Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Star Holy Land discussed formidable rivals from other Universe Countries and the possibility that Lu Qingshan and Wadis would miss the top thousand.
• The Immortal Gods agreed to use the time before the battle to improve Lu Qingshan and Wadis's strength so the Heavenly Star Universe Country would not fall behind.

Lu Qingshan learned that the Human Race was launching its first universe-wide Universe Level Peak Powerhouse Battle, and he registered in hopes of earning access to the Virtual Universe Company's resources. As registrations surged, the chapter shifted to an Anjialuo Race branch preparing its strongest Universe Level cultivators for the competition.

• Lu Qingshan read the rules for the Peak Powerhouse Battle and resolved to compete for a place in the overall top thousand.
• Kulen, Wadis, Lu Qingshan, and Shangguan Yue discussed their chances, while Rosalyn noticed that registrations were climbing rapidly.
• Lu Qingshan registered for the competition, and the Virtual Universe Network approved him as a Universe Level ninth stage warrior.
• The master of an Anjialuo Race divine kingdom urged several thousand Universe Level cultivators to compete and promised rewards for high rankings.

As the Human Race announced its first Cosmic Humans Peak Powerhouse Battle, powerful teachers and leaders prepared their young geniuses to compete. Weilisi, Kamengsi, Daniel, and a Golden Horned Beast’s human clone all set their sights on the contest as preparations spread across Human Territory.

• A Manka Star People ancestor ordered Weilisi to win first place and arranged a hundredfold Time House for his training.
• Kamengsi convinced his teacher to let him enter the battle, then began breaking through from Star Level to Universe Level.
• Thunderclap King urged Daniel to earn a place to study in the Initial Universe by reaching the overall top thousand.
• A burly teacher told the Golden Horned Beast to enter through his Universe Level human clone after its Zerg Mother Emperor clone finished gestating.
• Teachers, sacred lands, and experts across Human Territory began preparing Universe Level geniuses for the upcoming battle.

Lu Qingshan prepared for the Cosmic Humans Peak Powerhouse Battle with intensive guidance and resources from the Heavenly Star Holy Land. After the preliminaries began, he was transported to World Zone Six as the inaugural competition opened across the Human Race’s territory.

• Lu Qingshan spent three months cultivating with extensive support from the Heavenly Star Holy Land, while Wadis, Kulen, and other Universe Level geniuses also received increased guidance.
• Lu Qingshan read the competition rules: participants would receive equalized attributes and fight through World Zone preliminaries before later rounds selected the top geniuses.
• The Heavenly Star Country Lord addressed the gathered geniuses and urged them to claim at least half of their Universe Country’s places among the thousand finalists.
• Lu Qingshan learned he was assigned to Zone Six, while Wadis was assigned to Zone 71 and Kulen had advanced enough to use the God-Splitting Weapon’s Fourth Layer form.
• Lu Qingshan checked his equipment and was transported with hundreds of millions of participants into his World Zone as the preliminaries began.
• Viewers across the Human Race followed the competition, with ordinary citizens seeing rankings and wealthy viewers paying to watch the battles.

Lu Qingshan entered World Zone 6 and quickly demonstrated his overwhelming strength in the Preliminary Elimination Tournament, killing thousands of contestants with the Dragon-Imprisoning Staff. He spared a young contestant who recognized him, then continued hunting as his points surged.

• Lu Qingshan read the tournament rules after arriving in World Zone 6, where contestants had begun fighting throughout the mountain range.
• Modi charged Lu Qingshan with an axe, but Lu Qingshan killed him with a single punch and earned his first point.
• Lu Qingshan unleashed the Dragon-Imprisoning Staff’s third form, killing 126 nearby contestants and reaching 127 points and rank 11.
• Lu Qingshan questioned a surviving black-clad youth, who said he had crossed the threshold of the wind origin law and recognized Lu Qingshan through Weidisi.
• Lu Qingshan let the black-clad youth go and resumed attacking contestants who fled, fought back, or joined forces against him.
• In less than an hour, Lu Qingshan had killed over ten thousand contestants, and his points continued to rise.

Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Star Holy Land watched their contestants’ progress while Lu Qingshan continued hunting in the First World Zone and sparing familiar allies. In the Sixth World Zone, Karsa killed a powerful contestant but was quickly overmatched by a mysterious blue-green-clad youth, who prepared to kill him before Karsa called for him to wait.

• Immortal Gods discussed Kulen, Shangguan Yue, and Lu Qingshan’s chances as they watched Lu Qingshan defeat contestants with the Dragon-Imprisoning Staff.
• Lu Qingshan hunted only on his own mountain and spared familiar Heavenly Star Holy Land contestants he encountered.
• Fifteen days later in the Sixth World Zone, Karsa killed Lightning and rose into the World Zone’s top ten.
• A blue-green-clad youth appeared before Karsa and called him decent prey.
• Karsa attacked with a Spirit Power weapon, but the youth shattered it with one precise sword strike and mocked his strength.
• As the youth raised his sword to kill Karsa, Karsa shouted for him to wait.

On the final day of the preliminaries, Kamengsi, the feared “Reaper,” arrived at Peak 06 to challenge Lu Qingshan, drawing elite contestants who wanted to see whether the Holy Land’s foremost genius could defeat an outsider. The chapter ended as Kamengsi introduced himself and the spectators realized he was ranked first in the Sixth World Zone.

• Karsa told the blue-clad youth that Lu Qingshan at Peak 06 could defeat him in a single move, and the youth spared Karsa so he could face that stronger opponent.
• As the thirty-day preliminaries reached their final day, contestants across the World Zones fought frantically to secure or protect their rankings.
• More than a hundred top contestants in the Sixth World Zone gathered at Peak 06 after hearing that the “Reaper” would challenge Lu Qingshan.
• Lu Qingshan waited on the summit, anticipating the fight and wondering whether the “Reaper” could threaten him.
• Kamengsi appeared before Lu Qingshan with startling speed, prompting the watching contestants to debate the battle and its significance for Holy Land and outside geniuses.
• Kamengsi introduced himself, and the spectators recognized that he was ranked first in the Sixth World Zone.