Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 47 The curtain opens
The central square of the Genius Battle Dimension is extremely large.

At the edge of the square, there are 99 elegantly decorated restaurants, which charge exorbitant prices.

It can only be said that no matter where the virtual universe network is, it will always find a way to create a 'charge' point.

Of these 99 restaurants, all except Restaurant No. 1 are open to anyone who can enter this dimension.

Restaurant No. 1 is the exclusive restaurant for the immortal leaders of various cosmic nations.

"Shh!"

A streak of light flashed, and the figure of King Qinghuan seemed to appear out of thin air at the entrance of Restaurant No. 1.

"Meet the adults!"

The two virtual universe staff members next to the restaurant did not recognize Qinghuan Wang, but they dared not be negligent in the slightest and quickly bowed respectfully.

King Qinghuan smiled and nodded, then entered the restaurant.

Inside the restaurant, hundreds of immortal leaders from various cosmic nations had gathered, chatting about which nation's genius was worth nurturing.

King Qinghuan naturally heard the name of his junior disciple, Yu Duan.

"Lord Qinghuan?"

"what!"

"Lord Qinghuan, why are you leading the team personally?"

As King Qinghuan entered the restaurant, immortal gods immediately noticed him.

Immediately, hundreds of immortal gods stood up respectfully, each one becoming inevitably reserved.

"Please don't be so formal, everyone. Please be seated."

King Qinghuan casually sat down in an empty seat and nodded to the others.

"My lord, I've heard that Prince Yu Duan of the Northern Ming Universe Kingdom is your personal disciple?"

An immortal deity asked King Qinghuan in a low voice, after careful consideration.

King Qinghuan sighed and said softly, "It's my worthless disciple. His understanding of the laws of time is only slightly better than some ordinary realm lords. I'm sorry you had to laugh at him."

The immortal gods looked at each other in bewilderment.

A stellar-level being is only slightly stronger than an ordinary realm lord... I'm not very capable, please excuse my poor performance.

"My lord, your requirements for your disciple are too strict. If such a genius were to be born in our universe, I would probably be laughing in my sleep."

"Yes, yes, Lord Qinghuan is too modest."

"..."

King Qinghuan laughed and said, "Haha, just kidding. My disciple is quite good. It's just that in this year's Genius Battle, there's a little guy with even more amazing talent."

King Qinghuan deliberately made a small joke, which immediately made the originally rather restrained atmosphere much more harmonious.

"You mean Kodi from the Yuan Chen Universe Kingdom, right, sir?"

"Old Yuanzai, hurry up and come out and tell us about the situation of your family's Kodi."

Many immortals began to discuss what achievements Corti would make in the future.

Just as the group of immortals were chatting enthusiastically, an invisible pressure suddenly rippled out.

Which little guy are you all talking about?

A clear voice rang out, and then a young man dressed in black battle armor appeared in the restaurant.

The figure stood there, seemingly nonexistent, becoming one with the flow of time, ethereal and distant.

"Greetings to His Holiness!"

Immediately, the immortals rose and bowed, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

"Tamashiro, it's been a long time."

King Qinghuan stood up and looked at the young man in front of him. His appearance was almost unchanged from more than 400,000 epochs ago, but his aura and presence were completely different.

Upon seeing Qinghuan Wang, the Jade City Venerable was somewhat taken aback, and then couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Qinghuan Wang, why are you here to lead the Genius Battle team?"

"What kind of teacher am I? I was just fortunate enough to guide you for a period of time," King Qinghuan said helplessly.

Jade City Venerable, the number one genius from hundreds of thousands of epochs ago.

As members of the Primal Realm, everyone is entitled to have an Immortal-level mentor.

This mentor is not a true apprenticeship; their relationship is simply closer than that of the teacher and student in a public lecture.

When the Jade City Venerable, who was in the Realm Lord era, wanted to create illusionary secret techniques, he asked the Illusion King to be his mentor under the guidance of his true teacher, the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master.

Generally speaking, even a regular immortal king would not condescend to become a mentor.

Let alone the King of Illusions?
However, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace personally extended an invitation, which is why King Qinghuan decided to become his mentor for hundreds of thousands of years.

Over the hundreds of thousands of years they spent together, King Qinghuan discovered that Venerable Yucheng's talent was indeed astonishing, and his temperament was also excellent. He then developed a love for talent and passed on his own famous martial arts technique to Venerable Yucheng.

"My current unique skills are all thanks to the guidance of Master Qinghuan Wang back then, which enabled me to create the first move. Yu Cheng will never forget his kindness."

Venerable Jade City truly respected King Qinghuan. For a mentor to pass on a secret technique meant for his own disciples to a student who wasn't even a nominal disciple was an immense favor.

"Fine, I can't argue with you."

Despite saying this, King Qinghuan was still pleased to see Venerable Yucheng's attitude.

"I just heard from other immortals that one of your disciples, Master Qinghuan Wang, is in this cohort?" Venerable Yucheng said with a smile.

King Qinghuan didn't hide anything: "Yes, his name is Yu Duan. After joining the virtual universe this time, he will be under your direct command."

"Is this so..."

Venerable Jade City looked thoughtful, then looked at the other immortals and said, "Teacher Qinghuan and I will go first. You can chat."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

at dusk.

In the central square, Yu Duan, Aarons, and others were strolling around casually.

"Yu Duan, did you hear your nickname? God of Light," Aarons teased.

Yu Duan's face darkened. What kind of lousy name is this?

Are you supposed to be among the top 1,000 geniuses in the universe, and this is all you've got when it comes to naming things?

It would be better to name him after the weapon he uses, and use "Sword of Time" as his nickname.

"Hehe, don't laugh at me, your nickname isn't nice either," Yu Duan retorted, rolling her eyes.

Aarons' nickname was even simpler: Old Ghost.

As for why he's called "Old Ghost," that's self-explanatory.

Aaron looked annoyed and said, "Okay, let's not talk about nicknames anymore."

Hearing this, An Yao and the others who were following him burst into laughter.

Just then, a voice suddenly spread out, as if it contained some kind of magic, directly drilling into the ears of all the millions of geniuses.

"All contestants from the 1008 Universe Country, gather at the central square!"

Approximately five seconds after the notification was sent.

All the geniuses who were not in the central square were teleported over and formed a huge square formation.

The entire process is so seamless that these geniuses don't need to do anything themselves; the virtual universe system will handle everything.

"Shh!"

The immortal leaders of each of the 1008 Great Universe Kingdoms also appeared at the front of their respective teams.

A powerful and overwhelming pressure emanated from these immortal gods, sweeping across the entire plaza.

The square, which had been somewhat noisy, immediately fell silent.

Immediately following, a calm voice rang out.

"Welcome to join the peak genius competition held by our Virtual Universe Company."

The figure of Venerable Jade City, clad in black battle armor, appeared in mid-air.

A unique aura rippled outwards. It wasn't some terrifying pressure, but rather an aura that compelled everyone to submit.

The figure clad in black battle armor stood there, seemingly affecting time and space, creating a sense of temporal distortion.

“Each of the 1008 universe nations selected one thousand geniuses, bringing the total number to over one million.”

The voice of Venerable Jade City rang out once more, containing an unquestionable and immense will.

"With a million of you vying for these thousand spots, there's no time for you to fight one-on-one."

"Therefore, preliminary selection is required through the 'exclusive trial space'."

The rules are as follows:

"Tomorrow you will enter your respective private and independent trial spaces."

"All values ​​and settings in all trial spaces are unified. There are seven trial towers in total, and each trial tower has seven floors."

"You will need to start from the first level of the first trial tower. After passing seven levels, you will be teleported to the second trial tower to continue your journey."

"And so on, until you die and are kicked out of the trial space, then you will receive points based on your performance."

"Rankings are based on points."

"The top 100 on the leaderboard can directly join the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, occupying 100 spots."

“From the 101st to the 7300th, a total of 7200 people will be eligible to participate in the arena battles to compete for the remaining 900 spots.”

"The rest of you are all eliminated."

(End of this chapter)