Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 115 An Unexpected Choice

It has been nearly fifty years since the members of the last Genius Battle left Chaos City.

Over the past fifty years, after the initial adjustment period, the cultivation lives of these cosmic-level geniuses have gradually gotten on track.

Virtual Universe Corporation does not assign any tasks to these core geniuses of cosmic level.

All they need to do is cultivate and become stronger!

Virtual Universe Company also treats these young geniuses very well.

If you want to learn and attend classes, there are courses taught by powerful kings, immortals, and even cosmic rulers in the "Theory" section of the backend management system. You can choose any course to study.

If you feel that you have reached a bottleneck in your cultivation, you can take on various cultivation tasks to hone your skills.

After completing the cultivation task, you can also receive a large number of points from the Virtual Universe Company, which can be used to exchange for various cultivation resources.

In this favorable environment, one genius after another began to show their brilliance.

Thirty-five years after leaving Chaos City, Berlan challenged the Cosmic Bridge and passed through the seventh level of the bridge in one fell swoop!

After understanding his own path, he finally displayed the brilliance of a peerless genius, a talent that appears only once every ten million years in the human race!

In the same year, Luo Feng was not to be outdone. With the sixth level of the Divine Weapon, "Sword World", which he had just mastered, he successfully passed the seventh level of the Nine Universes Sky Bridge and became the biggest dark horse among the members of the same level of genius battle!

The other members of the Primordial Realm, the Heaven and Earth Realm, and the Doomsday Realm were spurred on by these two and naturally rose up to catch up.

Each genius is someone who studies, trains, and takes on missions to hone their skills.

During this process, many geniuses demonstrated remarkable performances.

Like Rong Jun, the "wild man" who was favored by countless human powerhouses, he successfully passed the sixth level of the Bridge to Heaven in the fortieth year after leaving Chaos City, closely following Bolan and Luo Feng.

For example, Galesi, the "Phantom Demon" of the Heavenly Realm, passed through the fifth level of the Bridge to Heaven in the forty-fifth year after leaving Chaos City, directly surpassing the progress of most members of the Primordial Realm!

Their outstanding performance has raised the bar for this year's Genius Battle, attracting the attention of many powerful human figures.

Their focus is on who among the members of this year's Genius Battle will go the furthest and reach the highest level after tens of millions of epochs.

Zhou Yang, who was far ahead of the competition, was naturally favored by nearly half of the powerful figures.

However, the ultimate height on the path of cultivation depends not only on the initial drive but also on the sustained effort put in later.

Therefore, there are also other strong individuals who insist on their own ideas.

"Berlan's spatial talent is the most exaggerated I have ever seen. Even compared with those legendary geniuses, he is top-notch in terms of 'spatial talent' alone."

"Now he has put aside his arrogance and actively chosen a path that prioritizes space and uses time as a secondary factor. His future achievements may not be inferior to Zhou Yang's."

"No, compared to Bolan, I still have more faith in Luo Feng. At the beginning of the Genius Battle, this kid's strength was not outstanding, and his understanding of the laws was very rough."

"However, in just over a hundred years, he has surpassed a host of geniuses and is now on par with Berlan. This rate of progress is astonishing! I believe his future is bright!"

"Hmph, don't forget Rong Jun. He's a member of that person's clan; his future is truly limitless!"

For these ancient beings with long lifespans, the pleasures that can serve as a break during their long and ascetic lives are pitifully few.

Therefore, once this topic was raised, it attracted the interest of many powerful individuals.

One after another, great figures even secretly competed with the geniuses they favored, placing heavy bets on them.

Amidst this atmosphere, an email quietly drifted down from the core of the virtual universe's intelligence.

"Zhou Yang, a member of the Primal Secret Realm, has successfully conquered the cosmic-level Primal Heavenly Mountain, officially entering the ranks of the strongest prodigies of the human race across countless eons!"

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With the arrival of this email, a gamble that had just begun was almost prematurely brought to an end.

Some of the powerful human warriors laughed heartily, while others shook their heads helplessly.

Zhou Yang's fellow geniuses from the same year fell into a long silence.

In the training grounds of the Primal Zone in the virtual universe, Bolan suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes.

A bitter smile involuntarily appeared on his stern face:

"What a freak! I've already put aside my pride and tried my best to catch up on the path that suits me best, but the gap between us is only widening."

At that moment, an overwhelming sense of frustration welled up within me.

"However, it feels good to have a goal worth chasing."

He closed his eyes and immersed himself once again in comprehending the laws.

In the Primordial Secret Realm, at the manor's training ground.

The burly, bare-chested savage Rong Jun was wielding a giant battle axe, and endless, heavy, earth-yellow air currents swirled around the axe blade, causing the space of the training ground to tremble slightly.

Suddenly, Rong Jun, who had been swinging his axe continuously, froze on the spot, and even dropped the giant axe in his hand.

"The Primitive Tongtian Mountain, Heaven itself."

In the Blood Luo World, within a giant pit shrouded in endless malevolent energy.

Luo Feng's eyes lit up instantly.

"Damn, Yangzi has quietly pulled off another big thing. Looks like I'd better speed things up too."

Meanwhile, some former cosmic-level members from the Primordial Secret Realm and the Primordial Secret Realm couldn't help but show bitter expressions on their faces.

"It seems like there's little hope for us in this qualifying round again."

However, they soon made an unexpected discovery—

The total number of members at the cosmic level in the Primal Secret Realm suddenly changed from five to four.

The total number of domain master-level members has increased from 10 to 11.

"Huh? Someone in the Primordial Secret Realm has broken through to become a Domain Lord! That's great!"

One by one, the cosmic-level elders of the Primordial Mystery Realm were delighted.

With a member of the Primordial Secret Realm breaking through to become a Domain Lord, there will be one less opponent to compete against during the qualification battle, which is undoubtedly something to be happy about.

"By the way, who broke through to become a Domain Lord? Was it that old man?"

Many people were watching.

However, when they discovered the missing name among the cosmic-level members of the Primal Secret Realm, they were all taken aback.

"It's him, Zhou Yang."

Meanwhile, on the primordial secret realm of Wuchen Continent, Zhou Yang's manor welcomed a team of personnel from the Virtual Universe Company.

"Your Highness Zhou Yang, the virtual universe network has detected through your network connection that you have reached the Domain Lord level. According to company regulations, we need to confirm this in the real world."

Three black-clad stewards stood respectfully in front of Zhou Yang.

"clear."

Zhou Yang nodded.

After testing Zhou Yang's telekinesis, Force, and blood genes, the leading black-clad butler smiled at Zhou Yang.

"Your Highness, all detection information has been transmitted to the virtual universe network. Congratulations, Your Highness, on reaching the Domain Lord level!"

Thank you.

Zhou Yang smiled and nodded.

"Since Your Highness has been confirmed as a Domain Lord, then according to the rules, Your Highness will have one more opportunity to strengthen your body."

The head black-clad deacon smiled, his purple eyes full of friendliness.

"We have brought the nutrient capsule, which contains enough nutrient solution to help Your Highness strengthen to the ninth level of the Domain Lord."

"Okay," Zhou Yang replied with a smile.

Actually, he didn't have much need for this nutrient capsule.

With the existence of life force, accumulating energy from the first to the ninth level of a domain lord wouldn't take him too much time.

However, there's no need to say these things aloud.

Anyway, Virtual Universe Company is rich and powerful, so why not take this nutrient solution? Even if I don't need it myself, I can save it for my parents.

"By the way, besides the nutrient tank, there is a second thing I need to tell Your Highness."

The leading black-clad butler continued, "..."

"The second thing is that Your Highness, now that you've reached the Domain Lord level, you must be sent out to a distant post!"

"According to custom, they are usually sent to their hometown. Your Highness's hometown is the 'Qianwu Universe Kingdom'."

"I wonder if Your Highness would be willing to return to the Qianwu Universe Kingdom and assume a key position in my Virtual Universe Company's Qianwu branch. If not, Your Highness may choose any universe kingdom."

Zhou Yang listened quietly, and only after the black-clad steward had finished speaking did he smile and shake his head.

"I don't want to be sent abroad."

"I remember the Primal Secret Realm Lord had 1000 years of free cultivation time in Chaos City, right? I need to apply for cultivation in Chaos City first!"

(End of this chapter)