I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

Therefore, while learning about the various methods this genius possessed during the battle, Luo Yuan also recorded all of the opponent's combat process. He felt it was necessary to preserve this information and eventually send it to his own universe for analysis by the higher-ups.

As for what fate awaits this genius, that's not within Luo Yuan's consideration. However, Luo Yuan believes that there are definitely more than one genius like this in this universe, and there must be many hidden ones. The genius on the other side performed very well, but he was still far inferior to Luo Yuan. This was not because the other party's strength and combat talent were not strong enough, but because the inheritance methods he possessed had not reached the corresponding standards.

Luo Yuan himself had received a higher level of inheritance, and was even able to deduce the rules of the universe in this universe and the power contained therein through the rules of his own universe. He then combined these rules with the fighting methods of the geniuses in this universe to create a complete fighting system suitable for himself. This is why Luo Yuan surpassed most of the geniuses in this universe from the very beginning.

That's why he became stronger and stronger in battle. However, what surprised Luo Yuan was that the genius he was fighting was constantly learning Luo Yuan's various fighting techniques during the battle. It seemed that he intended to imitate Luo Yuan's previous performance. However, the other party's comprehension and control were not on the same level as Luo Yuan's, so it was impossible for him to reach Luo Yuan's level.

This resulted in Luo Yuan maintaining the upper hand throughout, leaving his opponent with no chance to retaliate. To the onlookers, it would appear as a one-sided crushing victory, without any apparent difficulty. Only Luo Yuan understood just how exceptional the genius's abilities and talents were, only that his environment prevented him from truly developing them.

Of course, the high-ranking figures of those super powers could also see this during the observation process. Perhaps they had already planned to cultivate this genius as a key talent. However, Luo Yuan's strength so far is too great. Whether Luo Yuan has the ability to become a master-level genius remains to be seen.

What Luo Yuan didn't know was that the high-ranking figures of the various forces in the universe he was in had long ago gathered together to discuss how to save this destroyed independent universe, even though these forces had great conflicts with each other and occupied different territories.

However, in order to protect their ultimate interests, they still need to unite and face external threats together. Only in this way can they truly possess the strength to confront the super-strong beings of the outside world. However, they have now lost the universe controllers and sovereign-level powerhouses, so they are severely lacking in peak combat power. Under these circumstances, they can only adopt a method of silent cultivation, hoping to re-emerge such super-strong beings.

Therefore, these forces choose to establish training bases in a dangerous environment, and each force has to pay corresponding resources and costs to provide corresponding training. The highest level of geniuses are called Dominator-level geniuses. Of course, they judge this level now because the most powerful beings in the entire independent universe are Dominator-level powerhouses.

Secondly, there are geniuses at the level of universe controllers, and then geniuses at the level of creator gods. As for those at the level of Hunyuan, they are not that important in the eyes of the powerful figures of the major forces. Even though a Hunyuan lord sounds very powerful, he is not that important.

However, in the eyes of those super strong individuals, they are only considered average, and in these forces, they can only serve as mid-level managers. It is for this reason that when these forces cultivate geniuses, they try to ensure that the participants' realm is not lower than the God King level.

If someone can possess combat power comparable to a Hunyuan-level expert at the God-King level, it means they have very good talent and are worth cultivating. Moreover, if they can be trained in large numbers, they can form the most basic combat personnel after reaching the Hunyuan level.

Therefore, in a Level 5 civilization universe, the so-called Hunyuan powerhouses are just ordinary warriors. They hold a very high status in the Origin World, but they become very ordinary in higher-level universes. So when the high-ranking figures of these forces judge whether the participating geniuses have passed the test, the most important criterion is whether the growth potential of these geniuses can reach the level they have set.

The genius fighting Luo Yuan lacked the corresponding inheritance and powerful methods, so his fighting style was more inclined to close combat. He did improve his physique to its peak. However, after learning about the genius's fighting methods, Luo Yuan did not intend to fight him in close combat, because it was meaningless. For super strong people, they would never give their opponent a chance to get close.

Moreover, he could directly unleash soul attacks from a great distance to eliminate his opponent, even using long-range attack techniques. So Luo Yuan maintained a proper distance from this genius and continued to attack using mental techniques. Originally, Luo Yuan could have defeated his opponent in a very short time, but he did not.

This is because Luo Yuan felt that rather than ending the battle so quickly, it would be better to observe the extent of this genius's strength, which could also serve as a standard for judging the local geniuses in the entire universe. Moreover, this was the first time Luo Yuan had come into contact with one of the best local geniuses, so he wanted to test the limits of this genius.

However, anyone with eyes could see that Luo Yuan would definitely be the final victor. The gap between this genius's strength and Luo Yuan's was too great. Of course, this genius also knew that he was no match for Luo Yuan, but he persisted and showed no signs of giving up.

The genius who fought Luo Yuan in the first battle was completely different. At least his belief that he could persevere was admirable. Any strong person who wants to truly grow and eventually become a super strong person not only needs the corresponding talent and potential, but also needs a good mindset and belief.

Only those who can keep fighting when faced with adversity are true strongmen, and they can grow faster. Even if their current level and strength are not strong, or their talent is weaker than other geniuses, the height they eventually reach will definitely be much higher than those people.

Moreover, the high-ranking figures from various forces present at the scene were able to make a judgment based on the strength of these geniuses. They also knew what actions to take next, whether it was to win them over or to cultivate them. Furthermore, it was not that those geniuses who were eliminated in the initial battles were weak; it was simply that they encountered stronger opponents.

However, even those geniuses who are eliminated in this talent selection competition still have the right to continue to challenge. So even if they fail in the initial battle, they can still participate in the next elimination rounds and perhaps stand out and eventually reach the finals.

However, at least so far, many forces have observed Luo Yuan's existence, and they initially positioned him as a genius at the level of a universe controller. However, whether he can reach the level of a ruler is very difficult to judge, because reaching this standard is too difficult and requires consideration of various factors.

Once a genius is deemed qualified to become a Dominator-level powerhouse, they will receive the highest level of training and access to the best resources. That's why Luo Yuan displayed exceptional talent and strength in battle. He didn't actually care much about those positions in the universe; his main goal was to acquire more resources.

It would be even better if he could learn the core information of the high-level forces in this universe. Then he could send it directly to the super strong people in his own universe, and he could gain a lot of resources. It is impossible to get Luo Yuan and the others to fight for this damaged universe.

Because they are from completely different universes and are even enemies, it is impossible for them to betray their own universe to help the enemy. Moreover, Luo Yuan knew that he had not shown any trace of the outside universe during the battle. Only in this way could he be qualified to truly access the core.

On the contrary, if those powerful figures were to identify him as a successor from the outer universe, no matter how outstanding his potential and talent, they would not treat him as a key person to be cultivated. Instead, they would be someone to be guarded against. Therefore, the intensity of their investigation would be very high, and they would likely test Luo Yuan in various ways. He felt that it would be difficult to maintain the current situation in the future, but he would try his best.

So far, no external successor has succeeded. He believes that if he can do it, the benefits he will gain will be unparalleled, and this will also serve as an important criterion for whether he can become a successor of a dominant level powerhouse.

There are many inheritors, and to stand out from the crowd, one must demonstrate superior potential and corresponding value. Only in this way can one access higher-level inheritances, allowing Luo Yuan to become even stronger. Therefore, he must work even harder, as any strong individual would think.

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Chapter 800 Champion

Luo Yuan would not underestimate any genius, but he would not overestimate their strength either. After all, Luo Yuan himself was a very powerful being; otherwise, he would not have been able to grow to his current level. For other geniuses, it would take a long time and many attempts to reach a certain level or obtain some treasures and pass the inheritance test.

However, Luo Yuan was different, because he passed on his first try. This was not only because he had improved to an excellent level in all aspects, but also because Luo Yuan had a strong foundation. Moreover, Luo Yuan was able to continuously break through on his own during his growth process.

Few people helped him. Even when he received inheritances from some super strong individuals, he had to go through various trials to obtain them. Luo Yuan did not directly copy these inheritances, but instead used them as reference factors in his own cultivation system. Moreover, Luo Yuan's cheat ability had long since lost its function.

Therefore, he has grown to where he is today mainly through his own efforts. This has freed him from the situation where he needed to rely on other things to grow. Moreover, it has continuously improved Luo Yuan's original state of mind. He found that after overcoming various difficulties on his own, his mind became stronger and more composed and cautious than before.

At least when faced with any danger, he can remain calm and composed, and can come up with various ways to deal with it in a short time. Although the genius he was fighting was also excellent, he was still far behind Luo Yuan. So the battle between the two was over in no time, and Luo Yuan was the one who won. No one was surprised by this.

Next was the third battle. This time, he was fighting a local genius from another force. According to the information Luo Yuan had learned, this force was weaker than a super force like the Luo Tian Sect, but its background was much better than most of the participating geniuses. Therefore, such geniuses possessed excellent inheritances and powerful methods.

However, Luo Yuan noticed that the other party's talent and potential were not very high, and their level was the same as Luo Yuan's. But because they had been cultivating for a long time, they had mastered various techniques to a very high level. After all, there are very few geniuses like Luo Yuan who can become the highest level of the universe's controllers, at least compared to the number of strong people in the entire universe.

Luo Yuan encountered a very talented genius in his second battle, which could only be considered as good luck. However, the probability of such a situation is actually not high, so Luo Yuan felt that it was not surprising to encounter such a prodigy from a powerful force.

However, because Luo Yuan is currently assuming the identity of someone from a small village, the difference in background between him and a prodigy from a powerful force is very obvious. Moreover, Luo Yuan can also sense the powerful confidence emanating from the other party. These days, we have basically not seen any battles between us, because they are directly teleported to the corresponding arena to fight.

If the opponent had seen Luo Yuan's previous two battles, he would definitely not be behaving this way now. He might have already given up before the battle even started, because he didn't know how powerful Luo Yuan really was. Soon the two of them started fighting, but Luo Yuan quickly mastered the various fighting techniques of this genius after just learning about them, and defeated his opponent. The whole process was very short.

That genius didn't even know how he failed before Luo Yuan blasted him out of the arena. But now, he had no chance to investigate, because Luo Yuan wouldn't give him that kind of time. Luo Yuan generally wouldn't easily eliminate other geniuses during their battles.

After all, there wasn't much enmity between them. All that was needed was to defeat the other party. Unless the other party was extremely domineering, then Luo Yuan would have no choice but to take ruthless measures to eliminate them. As for the battle that followed, it wasn't really worth watching, because Luo Yuan had already adapted to the rules of this universe and mastered powerful methods.

He has even reached the level of combat power he originally possessed, making it extremely difficult for him to encounter a formidable opponent. As a result, Luo Yuan has overcome all obstacles and achieved victory. His outstanding performance has also attracted the attention of many powerful figures, especially the examiners from the Luo Tian Sect, who have given him very high praise.

In this independent universe, each major power regularly holds talent selection competitions in the areas they control. The purpose of doing so is to select geniuses with talent and potential, and to provide them with corresponding resources for cultivation. If a genius performs exceptionally well and is outstanding, they can be further promoted and recommended.

They can be sent to secret training bases and given more resources. If they can really improve, they may even become super strong individuals at the level of universe controllers or above. As long as there are enough such super strong individuals, they may be able to break free from the control of other universes and gain true freedom. Therefore, for these super powers, the more talented and promising a genius is, the more valuable they are.

Luo Yuan's performance is already enough to be called a super genius, and he has firmly entered the ranks of geniuses at the level of universe controllers. If he can perform even better in the final competition, he will be promoted to the ranks of the top-level sovereign geniuses.

During these battles, Luo Yuan also encountered some inheritors from the same universe as himself. However, these inheritors who have been able to persist to this point are generally very excellent and low-key. They have adapted to the corresponding rules of this universe, so their combat power has improved.

He was at least much stronger than most of the local powerhouses. During their battle with Luo Yuan, they couldn't possibly discover his true strength, so they all thought that Luo Yuan was a super genius from this local universe. Some geniuses even recorded Luo Yuan's information, wanting to transmit it to their own independent universes as a bargaining chip to obtain resources in the future.

If they knew that Luo Yuan, like these inheritors, came from the same independent universe, Luo Yuan believed that these people would definitely look very ugly, because this would mean that they would not gain any benefits, but would instead be reprimanded by the universe controllers behind them, since these inheritors could not even distinguish between native geniuses and geniuses from the same universe.

During battles, Luo Yuan records geniuses at the level of Universe Controller or higher. He is certain that these geniuses are native to the world. It is absolutely impossible for those inheritors to hide their identities from him. Of course, Luo Yuan has found that the highest level of these native geniuses is no higher than the level of Universe Controller.

As for geniuses at the Dominator level, Luo Yuan has never seen one so far, because such geniuses are definitely very rare. If even one appears, he will receive the attention and protection of the super powers in the entire universe. Even for inheritors like Luo Yuan, it would be very difficult to reach that level.

Although Luo Yuan felt that he was now qualified to be among the ranks of cosmic-level geniuses, he also knew that the standards for judging strength in this universe were definitely different from the standards in his own world. However, none of that mattered anymore, because Luo Yuan had finally made it to the finals. According to the rules set beforehand, the final ten geniuses were all qualified to join the Luo Tian Sect, but they would be given corresponding status and resources based on their ranking.

The geniuses who can reach the finals must be the most outstanding. Whether they are local geniuses or inheritors from other universes, they have all reached a very high level. Luo Yuan found that there were not many inheritors here. After all, after these inheritors came to this independent universe, they were scattered and went everywhere to train and explore. It was impossible for them all to gather in one place.

Therefore, Luo Yuan cannot conclude from this that all the inheritors competing with him are at this level, and the local geniuses here cannot represent all the geniuses in the entire independent universe at this level. However, since Luo Tian Sect is one of the super forces in the independent universe, the level of the geniuses they select must not be too different from those in other regions.

Moreover, Luo Yuan possesses the ability to quickly identify that three of the ten geniuses participating in the finals are inheritors from the same universe as him. Even if these people are well hidden, they cannot escape Luo Yuan's observation. Although they can deceive the strong people in this universe to some extent, for a genius like Luo Yuan who comes from the same universe, he can distinguish them through the differences in the universe's rules.

This is mainly because Luo Yuan's control and comprehension of the rules of his own universe has reached a very high level, approaching the level of a ruler. That's why he was able to find out the other party's identity so easily. However, it is very difficult for those inheritors to know Luo Yuan's background. They even regard Luo Yuan as a super strong person in this native universe.

Moreover, they were extremely hostile. They hoped to find an opportunity to eliminate Luo Yuan in the current battle, at least to make things more difficult for the major forces in this universe. The remaining geniuses were all native geniuses, and two or three of them had reached the level of universe controllers, which surprised Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan didn't know how many super powers were in this independent universe, but the fact that several geniuses at the level of universe controllers could emerge from a single genius selection competition held in an area controlled by the Luo Tian Sect showed that there were quite a few geniuses in this universe. After all, the level of this independent universe had not decreased; it had only lost its controller.

Therefore, Luo Yuan cannot underestimate anyone in this universe. However, these geniuses only possess the corresponding talents. It would take a lot of resources and time to truly cultivate them and bring them to the corresponding level. It is not that having the talent and potential to become a universe controller guarantees that one can reach that level.

After all, if talent is not transformed into real combat power, then it has no value. In the end, it will only perish in the process of growth, or like other ordinary geniuses, it will be difficult to develop. Moreover, these local geniuses at the level of universe controllers have all fought with Luo Yuan. However, Luo Yuan's evaluation of them is that their potential and talent are okay, but they are still lacking in various inheritances and combat methods. This is mainly related to their background.

Luo Yuan also noticed that the powerful inheritances and resources in this universe were concentrated in the hands of those super powers, and they would not easily distribute them. You don't know what their purpose is in doing so. After all, their universe is controlled by other universes, so if they want to turn the tide, they must have even stronger combat power.

Therefore, cultivating more geniuses is the most important thing. Of course, for the high-ranking figures of those super forces, what they value most is that top-notch combat power is the key factor that can determine the final outcome. So, to some extent, controlling and concentrating all kinds of resources and inheritances to cultivate super strong people is also a very correct decision.

Because cultivating a more powerful being does indeed require this centralized and unified management approach, it is very difficult to achieve this level. If it fails, then the true strength of their universe will remain unchanged from before.

This also made Luo Yuan understand why, after he came to this universe, he found that the living conditions of those grassroots geniuses were so difficult. They couldn't even have access to technological products, let alone access to a wider world and detailed information. They didn't know what the outside world was like, so they focused their attention and thoughts on what they were currently experiencing.

They would spend their time on survival and cultivation, so they wouldn't think about so many things, and they would be even less likely to oppose any decisions made by these super powers. Therefore, Luo Yuan felt that the major powers in this universe were not as scattered as they appeared on the surface. They probably had a common leadership organization and had also made corresponding countermeasures.

For example, their selection process for geniuses was very organized, which shows that they have a complete set of reasonable and scientific training systems. The battle between the final ten geniuses soon began. Luo Yuan was always in an absolute advantage because he found that his strength was indeed much stronger than that of us geniuses, at least in terms of talent, he had far surpassed them.

This only shows that Luo Yuan is the most outstanding existence in this region. He cannot directly say that he is a top genius in this independent universe. Therefore, Luo Yuan won the championship of this genius selection competition very easily. His talent immediately attracted the attention of several high-level figures of Luo Tian Sect, who then sent him to a very strange place.

Luo Yuan said this place was strange because he discovered that it was an independent space, and there was no life in this space. It was like a chaotic universe, and no one paid attention to him. It was as if Luo Yuan had been thrown into a space where no one was and then ignored.

Luo Yuan didn't know what the purpose of those high-ranking figures was, but he didn't think too much about it. Instead, he sat cross-legged in the void to cultivate, integrating the various cultivation methods he had learned during the genius selection competition to improve his combat power in this universe.

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Chapter 801 Exploring the Origin

Luo Yuan couldn't understand the Luo Tian Sect's arrangements at all. Logically speaking, since Luo Yuan had become the champion of their genius selection competition, he should have met with the high-ranking figures in charge of organizing the competition. He should have also been given the reward for winning the championship and granted corresponding status and resources. That would have been the normal logic.

However, Luo Yuan discovered that after becoming the champion, he did not see anyone. He was instantly teleported to this void space without anyone communicating with him. However, Luo Yuan believed that as long as he waited patiently, there would definitely be a result. Although he did not know what the purpose of this was, he could only deal with the situation as it came.

What Luo Yuan was unaware of was that while he was cultivating, a group of powerful experts were silently observing his every move. These experts were mostly top-level figures from the super power of Luo Tian Sect. The reason they teleported Luo Yuan to this place was simply to conduct the crucial identity check.

All the powerful beings of the super powers living in this controlled independent universe, as long as they have a relatively high status, understand the truth of their own universe and know that a large number of geniuses from the outside world will come to them for training at fixed times. Therefore, if they hold such a talent selection competition, there will definitely be inheritors participating.

Therefore, they must be able to identify each other. Otherwise, if they spend a lot of time and resources to cultivate these geniuses, or if these geniuses come into contact with the most core secrets of their universe, it will be very dangerous for the entire universe. This would mean that the last spark of their universe that has survived to the end would be completely destroyed by the super-powerful beings who control the universe.

No matter how powerful these selected geniuses are, they must ensure that they exist within their own universe before they can confidently nurture them. They don't want to end up with nothing and put them in danger. In particular, the champions they compete for are the focus of their investigation.

Before fully confirming the other party's identity, one will not easily make contact with them. Only after passing a very important identity test will one take further action. The void space where Luo Yuan is currently located is actually one of the core origin spaces of this independent universe. The rules of this universe are everywhere here, so it is possible to conduct a more thorough investigation of anyone who enters at any time.

If a sovereign-level powerhouse has already emerged in their universe, there would be no need for such trouble, because a sovereign-level powerhouse can directly mobilize all the universe rules of this independent universe, and can know anything that happens in this universe in an instant, and can naturally find out the background and origin of any person.

However, their universe has now lost a ruler-level powerhouse, so they can only conduct investigations in this way. After all, the rules of the universe will not lie to them, and it is even more impossible for those powerful beings from the outside universe to escape detection. But these powerful beings have overlooked one point, which is that if they can have a very strong grasp of the rules of the universe that exist in this universe.

Furthermore, once one has grasped it to an extremely high degree, one can maintain the concealment of one's identity, because this is equivalent to being completely integrated into the universe. Under such circumstances, the rules of the universe cannot determine whether the other party is an existence born from the universe.

Of course, it is very difficult to reach this level, because even if ordinary inheritors come to this universe, it would take at least tens of thousands of reincarnations to fully grasp the rules of the universe and hide all their information and rules.

Furthermore, only by achieving perfect concealment and integration can one avoid the detection of the universe's rules to some extent. Even for those inheritors, achieving this level is practically impossible. Moreover, those inheritors have actually come to this universe many times for training.

Some of them have actually been bought off by the super powers in this universe, or have been persuaded in different ways to help those beings in this universe. Naturally, they can transmit relevant information. Even if the universe controllers in their own universes know about this, they will not interfere too much.

This is because the competition between different universes is extremely fierce, and it is quite normal for some inheritors to cooperate with other universes in order to better integrate into them and obtain the corresponding resources. As long as it is ensured that no super-powerful beings who threaten the main universe appear in the other universe, that is enough.

Therefore, in the independent universe that Luo Yuan is currently in, as long as no super strong person above the level of universe controller appears on the surface, the high-level figures in Luo Yuan's universe will basically turn a blind eye, because they cannot threaten their status.

On the contrary, they will gain a lot of benefits through this method, thereby enhancing their strength. On the surface, these universe controllers in independent universes seem to exist in the same universe, but if there are no sovereign-level powerhouses, Luo Yuan believes that the battles between these powerhouses would be even more brutal than those between powerhouses in the outside universe.

Moreover, regardless of who controls the universe, they all hope to advance to the level of a ruler, because this would give them the opportunity to break away from this independent universe and become even stronger. Even if they cannot achieve this, they can send their successors to undergo various trials, and then have the opportunity to become successors of ruler-level powerhouses.

Therefore, when it comes to personal interests, they don't really care about what happens in the meantime. They would only temporarily choose to cooperate in order to eliminate a super strong person who could pose a huge threat to all of them. However, in order to maintain the balance of power, the internal struggle will never stop.

On the contrary, the major forces in the independent universe where Luo Yuan is now located are able to choose to cooperate under such circumstances and contribute most of their resources in order to create a dominant powerhouse who can protect the entire independent universe.

This shows that they have realized their current situation and have chosen to unite and cooperate. If they continue to do so, they will eventually achieve their goals. Perhaps they can even take over other universes again or even destroy them all.

At first, Luo Yuan didn't know why the high-ranking figures of the Luo Tian Sect chose to deal with him this way. However, based on the information he had gathered, he made some deductions and realized that the main purpose was likely a real identity test. Moreover, if he could pass the test, Luo Yuan would have the opportunity to access the secrets of the most core origin of this universe.

Luo Yuan was actually a little nervous because he didn't know how the super powers in this universe distinguished the identities of those powerful beings from the outside world. Of course, the main way was through the universe's rules of investigation, but the problem was that the universe's rules of investigation were very vague concepts, and it was very difficult to fully grasp them.

It's even more impossible for him to hide everything he's experienced before, including the various changes brought about by the rules. Luo Yuan felt that his championship win this time was a bit too dazzling. If he had only been in the top three, there might not have been such a strong scrutiny.

If Luo Yuan's true identity is discovered during the inspection, it's hard to say what kind of punishment will be given. If these local forces think Luo Yuan is a super genius, it would be very unwise to let him leave like this. They might then take some measures to eliminate him, which would at least weaken the power that controls their universe.

For any universe to truly possess great strength and status, it must continuously produce super-strong individuals. Only in this way can it avoid being swallowed up or destroyed by other universes. Moreover, once the older generation of geniuses and strong individuals reach a certain level, they can no longer improve.