Chapter Summaries

Zhang Junbao secured Divine Eye Marquis’s inheritance, learned that the Illusion Demon Tree was the best way to reconnect the Lost Secret Realm to its spatial node, and headed to find it. He reunited with Hong, Thunder God, and later Luo Feng, while Hong arranged for the Illusion Demon Tree to join them.

• Feitian persuaded Babata to hand over the intelligent devices prepared for her, while Zhang Junbao concealed his activity in Divine Eye Marquis’s palace and sealed it again.
• Feitian told Zhang Junbao that finding the Illusion Demon Tree was the fastest way to reconnect the fused space to its original spatial node.
• Feitian assessed Moyun as a Universe Level Fourth Rank Cloud-Touching Vine with seventy-two main vines, and Zhang Junbao set out to find the Illusion Demon Tree.
• The Illusion Demon Tree told Hong and Thunder God that stronger plant life was approaching and offered to accompany Hong if he helped it grow stronger.
• Hong and Zhang Junbao confirmed by call that the approaching Cloud-Touching Vines belonged to Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng, and Zhang Junbao promised the Illusion Demon Tree good things if it followed Hong.
• Zhang Junbao reunited with Hong and Thunder God, and Luo Feng arrived two days later; the four embraced and celebrated their survival.

After Hong subdued the Illusion Demon Tree, Zhang Junbao helped it grow strong enough to reconnect with the spacetime node while sharing other gains from the Divine Eye Marquis’s realm. Babata chose to leave Zhang Junbao and guide Luo Feng instead, and the chapter ended with the group joking as Babata and Feitian bickered.

• Hong subdued the Illusion Demon Tree, which admitted it needed greater strength to contact the original spacetime node.
• Zhang Junbao gave Hong a Life Fruit for the Illusion Demon Tree and gave Thunder God a lightning and time secret technique.
• Luo Feng revealed that he had killed Black Dragon Mountain Empire geniuses who attacked him, and Zhang Junbao gave him a Life Fruit for his Cloud-Touching Vine.
• Feitian’s arrival left Babata feeling displaced, so Zhang Junbao released Babata’s Soul Imprint and let him follow Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng accepted Babata as his guide and inherited the responsibility for Hu Yanbo’s remaining property, while Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng vowed to keep competing.

After the Illusion Demon Tree helped Zhang Junbao and the others escape the fused secret realm, they returned to Man Luo and revealed the location of an Immortal's ruined palace. Man Luo rewarded Zhang Junbao with one Hunyuan Unit and took control of the secret realm, while the four survivors departed for Earth.

• The Illusion Demon Tree absorbed the Life Fruit, reached Cosmic Level Fifth Order, and used its illusions to rob the remaining geniuses while Hong, Luo Feng, Zhang Junbao, and Thunder God shared their gains.
• Zhang Junbao contacted Man Luo, and the Illusion Demon Tree activated the spatial node so Man Luo could open a passage out of the fused secret realm.
• The four returned to Man Luo and Zhang Junbao told him that the secret realm had merged with a fragment of a divine kingdom containing a ruined Immortal's palace.
• Zhang Junbao gave Man Luo a map to the palace, and Man Luo transferred one Hunyuan Unit to his account as a reward.
• Man Luo confirmed the palace's value, brought hundreds of surviving geniuses out of the secret realm, and prepared to claim its treasures as Zhang Junbao and the others left for Earth.

Zhang Junbao returned to Earth with Luo Feng and the others, then claimed an intact Machine Race spaceship from beneath Bermuda. After spending time with his family, the four set out for the Ganwu Auction to sell their secret-realm treasures and buy weapons and supplies to strengthen themselves.

• Zhang Junbao and the others returned to Earth and agreed to cultivate in seclusion to prepare for the next Universe Genius Battle.
• Feitian discovered an ownerless Machine Race spaceship beneath Bermuda, and Zhang Junbao retrieved it with her help.
• Feitian took control of the intact peak E-class spaceship, which Zhang Junbao kept for their use.
• After spending more than a month with his family, Zhang Junbao took Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God into the universe to attend the Ganwu Auction.
• Zhang Junbao explained that they would sell their excess treasures through Teacher Hu Yanbo's five-star account, while Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God planned to buy weapons suited to their cultivation.

Zhang Junbao and his companions sold some secret-realm treasures, used their wealth to strengthen the group, and prepared for the Ganwu Universe Country auction and the Genius Battle. After years of cultivation, the tournament was announced in the Virtual Universe, and the four set out to learn more.

• Zhang Junbao and his companions consigned selected treasures through the Universe Galaxy Bank and received the proceeds safely on Bailan Star.
• Zhang Junbao transferred 100 Hunyuan Units each to Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God to support their cultivation and urged them to aim for the Genius Battle.
• At the Ganwu Auction, Luo Feng obtained a damaged skin for a Moshaa Clan clone and a Yan Shen Armament, while Hong and Thunder God bought weapons suited to them.
• After years of intense cultivation, Hong completed a powerful life-and-death illusion, while Luo Feng, Thunder God, and Zhang Junbao discussed their progress in the Virtual Universe.
• A tournament announcement appeared over Black Dragon Mountain Island, and Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God left the bar to look at it.

Zhang Junbao, Hong, Luo Feng, and Thunder God reviewed the Universe Genius Battle and registered for the Ganwu Universe Country competition. After the others left to train, Zhang Junbao received a message telling him to win first place to unlock the next stage of access.

• Zhang Junbao and the others overheard rumors that the Illusion Demon Tree had robbed the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's geniuses, and Hong joked about using them to perfect his Life and Death Illusion.
• The group studied the battle rules and learned that the top 1,000 finalists would become Core Members of the Virtual Universe Company and receive valuable rewards, including access to the Initial Universe.
• Zhang Junbao and Feitian encouraged Thunder God by pointing to his potential and the group's strong law comprehension.
• The four registered for the Ganwu Universe Country competition, and the system confirmed that all of them had reached Star Level Ninth Stage.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God went to the Killing Field to train, while Zhang Junbao received a message instructing him to take first place to unlock the next stage of access.

Zhang Junbao and his friends entered the Peak Genius Tournament, where billions of contestants fought for a handful of advancement spots. In the forty-ninth zone, Zhang Junbao effortlessly killed his first attacker, then waited calmly for the competition to intensify as his family watched his broadcast.

• Zhang Junbao learned that he had to win first place in the universe-wide Genius Battle to unlock the next level of Virtual Universe access, and he resolved to pursue the prize.
• Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God reviewed the tournament’s elimination rules and learned they had been assigned to zones forty-nine, one, seventy-two, and eighty-eight, respectively.
• The four friends entered their zones as the preliminaries began, while rankings and live broadcasts appeared across the Virtual Universe Network.
• Zhang Junbao inspected his competition status and the points system, deciding that killing opponents one at a time would not be enough to win first place.
• A heavily armored contestant attacked Zhang Junbao in his villa, but Zhang Junbao killed him before his axe could fall and then sat down to drink tea.
• Zhang Lin and Luo Hua paid to watch the broadcast and were puzzled to see Zhang Junbao drinking tea and Luo Feng sitting calmly amid golden fish instead of fighting.

Zhang Junbao defeated a Spirit Reader and then subdued Hanta, an Earth Walker genius who attacked him with an earth-attribute domain. He questioned Hanta about the domain and the Earth Walker Race’s secret patterns, leaving Hanta convinced that Zhang Junbao could transform his race’s future.

• A Spirit Reader attacked Zhang Junbao with door fragments concealing Shattered Star weapons and a Silk Floss Needle, but Zhang Junbao blocked the attacks and killed him with the Arc Blade Disc.
• Hanta used an earth-attribute domain to engulf Zhang Junbao, but Zhang Junbao immobilized him and evaded his stone-hammer attacks with light and illusions.
• Zhang Junbao stopped Hanta from escaping and offered to spare him if he explained his domain; Hanta identified himself as the Earth Walker Race’s strongest Star Level genius.
• Hanta described how his domain combined Earth's Ripples and Heaviness with his race’s innate secret patterns, while Zhang Junbao studied the law principles.
• Zhang Junbao recognized that the secret patterns strengthened affinity for the earth-attribute law but were incomplete, and Hanta confirmed his deduction.

Zhang Junbao mastered Hanta’s earth-fusion technique, then traveled through the tournament world killing opponents and gathering secret techniques. After thousands of fighters were recruited to hunt him for a reward, Zhang Junbao faced their ambush as nobles watched the tournament and Brolin hoped he would defeat Priscilla.

• Zhang Junbao formed a rock-armored mud slime by fusing earth techniques, released Hanta, and left after refusing to teach him.
• Zhang Junbao killed two fighters who attacked him in a canyon and continued collecting techniques and points as he traveled.
• A red-skinned swordsman and an old cultivator discussed a ten-million-Ganwu-Coin reward for helping Priscilla's forces hunt Daoist Sanfeng, and the swordsman agreed to join.
• Zhang Junbao recognized that the huge crowd surrounding him was meant to exhaust him before Priscilla attacked.
• Elvis mocked Austin and Brolin while nobles watched Priscilla's campaign, and Brolin silently wished Zhang Junbao would defeat Priscilla.

Zhang Junbao was ambushed by Priscilla and more than ten thousand contestants, but used his powerful Ninefold Domain and Arc Blade Disc to slaughter them. After the battle, Elvis recognized Zhang Junbao as a genius worth recruiting, while Daoist Sanfeng’s reputation spread through the Forty-Ninth World.

• After more than ten days of gathering secret techniques, Zhang Junbao noticed Priscilla’s force surrounding him and checked his points.
• Priscilla killed Clement, then ordered his followers to attack Zhang Junbao and leave his head intact.
• Zhang Junbao’s Ninefold Domain distorted space and immobilized or disoriented the attackers, causing their barrage to miss.
• Zhang Junbao used the Arc Blade Disc’s Half Moon form to kill most of the force, then killed Priscilla with its Full Moon form.
• Zhang Junbao finished off the remaining attackers and left, while Elvis decided to win him over and Priscilla reappeared in the palace, shouting in fury.
• News of Zhang Junbao’s slaughter spread through the Forty-Ninth World, and contestants feared encountering Daoist Sanfeng.

Zhang Junbao’s points and ranking soared as he hunted competitors, while the Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated his victory over Priscilla. In the Forty-Ninth World Zone, Selote challenged him, and Zhang Junbao surprised him by countering his spear fighter’s ninth-level Domain of Gold with one of his own.

• Zhang Junbao praised Priscilla for supplying a huge number of points, then sensed powerful auras in the city and headed toward them.
• The Ninth Prince and Black Dragon learned that Daoist Sanfeng was Zhang Junbao of the Silver Blue Empire, and Black Dragon ordered the empire to celebrate his achievement.
• At Zhang Junbao’s home, Feitian praised his progress while Babata worried about Luo Feng’s low ranking; Hong and Thunder God climbed into the top hundred thousand as Luo Feng began rising too.
• By the fifteenth day, Zhang Junbao had reached rank 1,014 and walked through the ruined Forty-Ninth World Zone, where Selote, ranked seventy-eight, confronted him.
• Selote unleashed his Ninefold Domain and spear intent, but Zhang Junbao answered with a ninth-level Domain of Gold that suppressed Selote’s domain.

Zhang Junbao defeated Selote, revealed his mastery of the Law of the Origin of Gold, and accepted points and secret techniques from Selote and three wandering brothers in exchange for guidance. His rank rose to 69, while a silver-haired man marked him as a rival for the strongest in the city.

• Selote overcame Zhang Junbao's pressure and fought him, but Zhang Junbao revealed his mastery of the Law of the Origin of Gold and immobilized him.
• Convinced by Zhang Junbao's advice about mastering laws rather than being controlled by them, Selote explained his secret technique and willingly surrendered his points before Zhang Junbao killed him.
• Three brothers from Planet Namek offered their secret techniques and points in exchange for guidance, and Zhang Junbao agreed after hearing how cosmic raiders had driven them from their home.
• Zhang Junbao studied the brothers' combined attack technique and saw his ranking rise to 69 after taking their points and those of nearby onlookers.
• A silver-haired man declared Zhang Junbao his rival for the strongest in the city, killed a nearby challenger, and vanished in a streak of azure light.

Luo Feng confronted the notorious Demonic Hammer, while Hong used illusions to kill Moon Demon. In the 88th World Zone, Thunder God fought Savage, wounded him with Punishment Lightning, then escaped with a Time Law technique.

• Luo Feng recovered in the First World Zone, checked his rank of 246, and continued holding back his Yan Shen Armament as his battles grew more intense.
• Luo Feng met Demonic Hammer, a powerful Anjialuo Race genius, and the two prepared to fight.
• Hong killed Moon Demon by turning the illusionist’s obsession against him, raising his rank to 498.
• Thunder God challenged Savage, who was ranked third, and wounded him with Punishment Lightning before Savage’s stronger slash forced him to his knees.
• Thunder God escaped using a Time Law secret technique and hid in a cave, reflecting that deeper mastery of Punishment Lightning could let him defeat Savage.

Thunder God left the city to seek out law geniuses who could help him grow strong enough to challenge Savage, while Luo Feng killed Feng Lun with the Yan Shen Armament and climbed to thirty-second place. With five days remaining, Luo Feng set out to hunt powerful fighters in other cities.

• Thunder God decided to leave his city and seek out other law geniuses as training targets for his eventual rematch with Savage.
• The Silver Blue Empire and Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrated Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God reaching the top hundred, and Black Dragon promised them the Milky Way Galaxy as a reward.
• Luo Feng checked his peers' rankings, then agreed to fight Feng Lun, who had challenged him to reveal his full strength.
• Luo Feng used the Yan Shen Armament's Phantom Sword Style to pierce Feng Lun's defense and kill him.
• Luo Feng gained more than eighteen million points, rose to rank thirty-second, and resolved to hunt experts in other cities.

Zhang Junbao faced Silver Phantom, the top-ranked contender in the 49th World Zone, and overwhelmed him despite his mastery of space techniques. Zhang Junbao left Silver Phantom alive to confront his obsession as the preliminaries ended.

• Silver Phantom challenged Zhang Junbao, intending to defeat him and carve his name into the last blank spot on his weapons.
• Silver Phantom attacked with space-law techniques and Ten Thousand Line Flow, but Zhang Junbao answered with Serious Repeated Sideways Jumps and sent him crashing through buildings.
• Silver Phantom lost confidence, then tried to attack Zhang Junbao with his rings, which Zhang Junbao trapped in spatial vortices.
• Zhang Junbao explained that he wanted to meet more geniuses rather than claim first place, and he refused Silver Phantom's demand to kill him.
• The countdown reached zero, and the Peak Genius Tournament preliminaries officially ended.

After the preliminaries, Zhang Junbao reunited with Feitian and discussed the results with Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God. Five contestants from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire advanced to the arena tournament, which was scheduled for a month later, while the group rejected organizations seeking to recruit them.

• Zhang Junbao returned to the Virtual Universe, where Feitian greeted him and he promised to consider buying her an Evolution Heart.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God visited Zhang Junbao and discussed his defeat of the silver-haired first-place contestant and the importance of mental resilience.
• Thunder God described his narrow escape from Savage, and Hong advised the group to avoid exceptionally powerful contestants when necessary.
• Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, and Nabini were confirmed among the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's top thousand contestants; Zhang Junbao ranked second, Luo Feng third, Hong twenty-ninth, Thunder God sixty-eighth, and Nabini 860th.
• Black Dragon celebrated the empire's unprecedented results, while Zhang Junbao and the others turned down recruitment offers and focused on preparing for the arena tournament.

Zhang Junbao and the others accepted the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s rewards and information before the arena battles began. Hong’s Arena Melee started with him using illusions to turn attackers against one another, while the Savage approached him.

• Butashka visited Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God on behalf of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and offered them a galaxy, further rewards, and information on rival geniuses.
• A month later, the Arena Melee began, dividing the competitors into groups of one hundred, with ten advancing from each group.
• Zhang Junbao and Hong competed on the first day, while Luo Feng and Thunder God watched from the stands.
• Hong found himself in the same arena as the Savage and chose to eliminate other contestants rather than confront him immediately.
• Hong used illusions to confuse a group of eight contestants, causing them to fight among themselves as he picked them off.
• The Savage noticed Hong and walked toward him.

Hong faced Savage in the arena, using illusions, concealment, and spear techniques to withstand his overwhelming attacks. Savage’s defenses and will ultimately overcame Hong, who was defeated in their final exchange.

• Savage killed a Spirit Reader who stood in his way and challenged Hong, revealing that he held a grudge because Thunder God had escaped him during the preliminaries.
• Hong briefly caught Savage in an illusion and attacked, but Savage broke free and began slaughtering the other arena contestants while Hong hid using the Law of Light.
• A fierce armored woman found Hong and attacked him with curved blades and a yielding force; Hong used his spear to spin her into the crowd.
• Savage located Hong and struck him, but Hong’s illusion made the attack miss; Hong realized Savage’s defensive secret technique had also stopped his full-power strike.
• Savage resisted Hong’s final illusion and traded blows with him, cutting Hong in two even as Hong’s spear pierced Savage’s throat, and Hong was defeated.

Hong was eliminated by the Savage but gained insight from their battle, while an aging World Lord considered making Hong his successor. In the arena melee, Zhang Junbao used strategy and his Earth Domain to break up a ten-person alliance and kill Patrick, leaving the contest in progress.

• The Savage praised Hong's Law of Light and mental attacks after defeating him, and Hong returned to the stands without losing heart.
• Luo learned that Hong came from the Milky Way and, after hearing of his companions' results, decided he wanted Hong as his successor.
• Hong told Thunder God and Luo Feng that the Savage might have crossed the thresholds of both Earth and Space, while Zhang Junbao faced ten contestants who had joined forces against him.
• Patrick revealed that an Immortal from the Ganwu Universe Sacred Land had ordered the group to kill Zhang Junbao, and Zhang Junbao killed two attackers with his Earth Domain before urging the other contestants to join the fight.
• The contestants helped wear down Patrick's alliance, and Zhang Junbao killed Mercedes while the others eliminated the remaining allies.
• Zhang Junbao suppressed Patrick's Fire Domain with his blood moon and killed him with a ray of moonlight.

After Hong was eliminated by Savage, he accepted Army Lord Luo as his teacher, and Zhang Junbao joined their discussion of the Law of Light. Zhang Junbao’s insight helped Luo break through to the Immortal realm, leaving Three Axe Mountain and the Black Dragon Mountain Empire celebrating his rise.

• Luo Feng and Thunder God advanced through their arena battles, while Hong reflected on his defeat and Zhang Junbao worried about protecting Earth’s secrets.
• Ming Yu introduced Zhang Junbao to Jiang Tianchen and Army Lord Luo, who had come to recruit Hong as his disciple.
• Luo offered to teach Hong the Law of Light, and Hong immediately accepted because Luo’s experiences resembled his World Destruction insight.
• Hong invited Zhang Junbao to join their discussion of the Dao, and Zhang Junbao proposed that light could connect the laws of time and space.
• Zhang Junbao urged Luo to stop treating time as an obstacle, prompting Luo to comprehend the Law of Light and break through to the Immortal realm.
• Laimontuo and Moleiya witnessed Luo’s breakthrough, while Black Dragon prepared gifts to welcome the newly ascended Immortal.