Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 202 A Thousand Years Later, Luo Feng Escapes His Predicament

Qi Yuan's main body and his three clones each performed their duties, leading incredibly fulfilling lives.

In this fulfilling state, time quietly slipped away.

One year, two years, three years...

As Shangqing's clone continued to engage in battles in the cosmic sea, the title of 'Master of Heaven' that he fabricated gradually spread among the powerful figures of the other two cosmic eras.

In particular, the 'Blood Whale Realm' is the most famous treasure of Lord Yue Lan, and there are quite a few powerful people in the universe who can recognize this treasure.

As Qi Yuan gradually revealed this treasure during the battle, it naturally attracted the attention of many powerful figures.

The Lord of Yuelan is a top-tier fourth-order universe lord. Such a powerful being has a very low probability of perishing unless he accidentally falls into a particularly dangerous environment.

When news of his demise spread, it attracted the attention of many powerful figures.

Now that the Blood Whale Realm has appeared in Qi Yuan's hands, these people naturally connect the fall of Lord Yue Lan with Qi Yuan.

However, the universe lords who roamed the universe sea were not afraid of him at all, who was the mastermind behind the potential downfall of Lord Yue Lan. Instead, they all rushed to 'test' his strength.

Especially for those powerful individuals from the first and second cycles, who have lived through countless years, they are not overly afraid of death.

The hope of escaping the cycle of reincarnation rests on the strongest beings in the universe behind them, and it's difficult for them to offer much help.

Therefore, in the long course of life, one naturally needs to find something to occupy one's thoughts.

Exploration, combat, and treasure hunting naturally became their greatest passions.

Especially since Qi Yuan is a new face who has only recently emerged in the Cosmic Sea, he naturally attracts more attention from some of the 'veterans' who have been venturing in the Cosmic Sea.

Not to mention the occasional battles that broke out, there were even a few exceptions, such as some universe lords from the Ancestral God Alliance in the Second Cycle Era, who came under the guise of avenging Lord Yue Lan to specifically seek out Qi Yuan for a battle.

Of course, avenging Lord Yue Lan was a pretense; these people were probably more interested in the treasures like the 'Blood Whale Realm' that had fallen into his hands.

When the levels of secret techniques and divine bodies are similar, a stronger treasure can naturally enable them to unleash greater combat power, which is exactly what every universe lord is extremely eager to pursue.

Qi Yuan's main purpose in entering the Cosmic Sea was to fight and hone his skills, so he naturally accepted any opponent who came to him.

In any case, those who are attracted by the treasure of Lord Yue Lan are generally only at the fourth level, which is within Qi Yuan's ability to handle.

With a divine body at the level of perfect genes, powerful treasures, and the strongest talent secret technique 'Light of Nothingness' as a backup, even if he is slightly lacking in creating his own secret techniques, it is enough for him to be fearless of any challenge from a fourth-order universe lord.

Moreover, as he experienced numerous battles and clashed repeatedly with cosmic rulers of different styles, Qi Yuan was deeply moved.

In addition, his main body and other clones began to study other fundamental laws, as well as the 'craftsman's inheritance of Che Houyuan', which made his basic understanding more and more solid.

The novel ideas and improved fundamental understanding naturally led him to a deeper understanding of how to perfect the secret techniques.

Some shortcomings in the secret techniques were exposed, and then targeted improvements were made to make up for them, so that the power of the two secret techniques, "Opening Heaven" and "Chaos Suppression", was continuously improved and enhanced, constantly approaching the level of "the strongest secret technique", and the combat power he could exert became even stronger.

As he advanced, through battle after battle, although he did not achieve the feat of killing the Lord of the Universe again, he still demonstrated his formidable strength to many powerful figures in the Universe Sea, and his reputation naturally spread as a result.

However, in the eyes of those powerful beings in the cosmic sea, this 'Master of Heaven' seemed quite mysterious.

Most of them only knew that this newly risen 'Master of Heaven' had top-tier fourth-order combat power and extremely powerful domain treasures, capable of clashing with peak domain treasures without being at a disadvantage.

However, nothing is known about his specific background, strength, or other aspects.

It's as if this powerful figure appeared out of nowhere, with no way to trace his past.

In this peaceful yet fulfilling life, more than a thousand years have passed in a flash.

However, starting on this day more than a thousand years later, a series of remarkable events began to unfold.
The "Peak Genius Battle" of the human race held by the Virtual Universe Company more than 10,000 years ago can be considered the most eye-catching of the tens of millions of genius battles in recent years.

In this year's Genius Battle, several exceptional geniuses emerged whose talent was enough to overwhelm members of many previous Genius Battles.

First, there was Naberan, whose incredibly exaggerated spatial talent amazed many high-ranking human leaders, who even made exceptions to intervene and guide him in his growth choices multiple times.

Then there was Rong Jun, whose origins were incredibly mysterious and whose talent surpassed all others of his generation, making him a disciple sought after by even the most powerful beings in the universe.

Even more astonishing is Luo Feng, who rose to prominence at an astonishing speed.

As a member of the Primordial Secret Realm, he made rapid progress and surpassed Bolan in just a hundred years, becoming the number one among that group of genius members.

Furthermore, in the first Secret Realm Qualifying Battle, he defeated numerous opponents and entered the Primal Secret Realm. In the following period, he grew at an astonishingly rapid pace, as if he had unlocked a cheat code.

Centuries later, he challenged the Bridge to Heaven once again, and he broke through from the eighth to the thirteenth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge, instantly captivating everyone's attention with his exaggerated feat of crossing six levels of the Bridge to Heaven.

Numerous cosmic venerables vied to take him as their disciple, and in the end, it even alarmed the Lord of Chaos City, who then accepted him as his disciple.

Later, during the trials in the outer battlefields, he slew marquises and destroyed kings, earning the title of 'King of the Blade River'.
Although much of the information was concealed by the Chaos City Lord's orders, and even many high-ranking members of the human race were unaware of it, the portion that was revealed was still enough to amaze people.

His status as a direct disciple of the Chaos City Lord and his powerful talent naturally make people look forward to his future performance.

However, to the surprise of countless people who were paying attention to him, Luo Feng suddenly disappeared without a trace, and no news of him came out again.

Moreover, this state of affairs lasted for more than six thousand years.

After more than six thousand years of silence, many people suspect that this former genius has fallen from grace, and some even speculate that he has already perished.

However, amidst this skeptical gaze, Luo Feng reappeared in the public eye in an extremely high-profile manner—

He directly broke through the Primordial Heavenly Mountain, a realm master level, and announced his return to countless people!
The Primordial Tongtian Mountain is the highest benchmark for measuring geniuses among the human race in the universe.

Especially the most prestigious Tongtian Mountain, which is at the level of a Realm Lord. Only those who pass through this Tongtian Mountain are qualified to be called the most outstanding geniuses of the human race.

Throughout countless eons, only a handful of geniuses have ever managed to pass through this Heavenly Mountain.

And if these geniuses don't perish along the way, each of them can become a true pillar of strength for the human race.

Now, Luo Feng has reappeared in everyone's sight in this way, forcefully shattering all doubts and causing countless powerful figures of the entire human race to be shaken!
Chaos City, in the New Romance Mansion.

Longji, Luming, and several other disciples whom Qi Yuan valued were gathered together for a lively discussion.

"That's incredible! To be able to pass through the Primordial Heavenly Mountain directly, those who can do that must be among the most outstanding geniuses of the human race!"

"It's amazing! It's only been about 10,000 years since that person joined the Virtual Universe Company through the Genius Battle. I've seen quite a few videos of him participating in the Genius Battle before. I never expected that he would be able to directly pass through the Primordial Heavenly Mountain at the World Lord level!"

"That's outrageous! It's absolutely outrageous!"

The Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a Realm Lord-level peak, is considered the ultimate benchmark for measuring geniuses among the entire human race in the universe.

Since it's a benchmark, it's naturally something to look up to!

Now, this benchmark that countless geniuses look up to has been surpassed right before their eyes, how can they not sigh with regret?

"Now, the realm lords of the four great secret realms, especially the Primordial Secret Realm and the Primordial Beginning Secret Realm, are all driven almost mad by this news!"

Lu Ming, the young man with dragon horns, smiled and sighed.

"I've heard a lot of people talk about this Senior Luo Feng before, saying that after becoming the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord, he didn't have any decent achievements. They said that if they could become the Chaos City Lord's disciple, they would do this and that. Hehe, this internal email from the company has really slapped them in the face. Now, those who said such things are all extremely ashamed!"

"Those people deserve it. So what if they take a little longer to cultivate? Many of them act all high and mighty."

The golden-hammer dwarf, Frodis, clad in sleeveless armor, his two bare, muscular arms adorned with what appeared to be flowing lava-like patterns, curled his lip.
"Back when I advanced to the Primordial Secret Realm through the qualifying battle and broke through to the Realm Lord, I heard many people say that I was lucky and had an invincible teacher who was a King, which is why I progressed so quickly. They said that I would fall back to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm in the next qualifying battle. Hmph, now I have surpassed many of those who said those things!"

"Haha, we know you're amazing. You're a newly emerging forging genius and combat genius from the Primordial Secret Realm. We people from the Doomsday Secret Realm really admire you!" Longji chimed in with a chuckle.

Upon hearing this, Floridus, who had been quite boastful, quickly scratched his head awkwardly and put on a simple, honest smile again.

"Ahem, if we're talking about geniuses, Sixth Senior Brother, how can I compare to you? With your strength, you're more than capable of entering the Primal Secret Realm. It's just that the qualifying battle has a time limit. Otherwise, you would have already rushed into the Primal Secret Realm."

"That's right. With Sixth Senior Brother's rate of progress, I believe we'll soon see him pass the Realm Lord level Tongtian Mountain. That will definitely surprise everyone!" Lu Ming beside him teased.

"You two shouldn't flatter me, it'll only make me a target of hatred if word gets out."

Longji rolled his eyes helplessly. "If I had that ability, I would have chosen to break through to immortality long ago. Why would I need to stay at the realm lord level?"

The group was chatting and reminiscing when, without them noticing, a gentle figure in a moon-white robe suddenly appeared in the empty seat beside them.

The gentle figure listened to their conversation, but spoke with a faint smile:

"Hehe, who among you said you wanted to challenge the Primal Tongtian Mountain?"

(End of this chapter)