Long Xing's Direct Disciple

Chaos City. Amid countless cultivation residences, on the rooftop of one such residence.

Lu Ming, seated cross-legged with his eyes closed, slowly opened them, a faint smile on his face. "After reflecting on it, I gained quite a lot."

"Alice," Lu Ming called inwardly.

"Here!" Alice responded enthusiastically at once.

"Enable Virtual Universe network reception." Lu Ming smiled. "I estimate quite a few powerful figures have sent emails."

"Understood." Alice was delighted as well.

She immediately enabled Virtual Universe network reception, and one email notification after another came pouring in.

"There are 439 emails in total, along with five call requests," Alice said quickly.

"So many?" Lu Ming smiled in surprise.

When he had decided to challenge the Tongtian Bridge, he had already guessed that passing the sixth or seventh level would cause quite a storm and attract the attention of many Super Experts...

He immediately split off a thread of consciousness and connected to the Virtual Universe.

In the Yuxiang Mountain Primitive Zone of the Virtual Universe, Lu Ming sat at his desk, watching the screen.

The screen displayed email after email, along with numerous call requests.

"The emails are mainly from Universe Venerables—there are 412 of them. The rest are from some powerful Immortal Gods. Liya, Kun Zhou, and the others also sent emails. But among them, there's one... from the Lord of Dragon Passage!" Alice lay on Lu Ming's shoulder, so excited that her voice nearly cracked.

The Lord of Dragon Passage was an even greater existence beyond the level of a Universe Kingdom Lord, one who stood among the Universe Masters.

Every Universe Master was a true Universe Overlord-level being. Legend had it that they even possessed the supreme power to reverse spacetime and bring the dead back to life!

Even among the peak race known as the Human Race, Universe Masters stood at the absolute pinnacle. Such a great and inconceivable existence had actually sent his master an email personally.

"Alice, open the Lord of Dragon Passage's email!" Lu Ming could not help feeling a little excited as well.

He had expected his performance this time to move quite a few Universe Venerables and Universe Kingdom Lords, but he had never imagined it would directly draw the attention of a Universe Master!

In fact, another Chaos City Lord had also taken a liking to Lu Ming. However, given the Chaos City Lord's personality, he naturally would not take the initiative to compete with the Lord of Dragon Passage for a disciple.

"Lord of Dragon Passage!" After carefully reading the email, Lu Ming could not help revealing a delighted smile.

In the email, the Lord of Dragon Passage had indeed expressed his desire to take Lu Ming as a disciple.

None of the Human Race's Universe Masters were weak. Though the Lord of Dragon Passage might be slightly inferior to the Chaos City Lord in strength, he was still undoubtedly among the top-tier Universe Masters.

"Although the Lord of Dragon Passage has no intention of forcing me to become his disciple, when I can choose a Universe Master as my teacher, I can only apologize to the other Venerables. I believe they'll understand." Anyone with a brain would probably know what to choose.

"For the other Venerables, a polite refusal by email will suffice. But Jinlan Kingdom Lord... I should visit him personally and explain things face-to-face." In the early stages of his growth, he had relied on the Jinlan Dojo, and afterward, he had received this Universe Kingdom Lord's guidance and assistance twice in succession.

Both emotionally and logically, he had to meet the other party at least once and personally express his gratitude.

Through the Virtual Universe network, Lu Ming directly arrived in the exclusive dimensional space of the Jinlan Kingdom Lord and respectfully paid a visit to this Kingdom Lord.

"Lu Ming, this is the first time you and I have formally met, isn't it?" The Jinlan Kingdom Lord, dressed in a loose black-and-gold robe, was exceptionally amiable toward Lu Ming. Upon learning... that the Lord of Dragon Passage intended to accept Lu Ming as his disciple, the Jinlan Kingdom Lord felt it was a pity that they were not destined to be master and disciple, but he was also happy for Lu Ming.

After all... that was a true giant of the Human Race!

Once Lu Ming became the Lord of Dragon Passage's disciple, his future achievements would surely become even more immeasurable. And Lu Ming, after all, came from his Jinlan Universe Kingdom, so the two naturally shared a bond.

Who knew? Perhaps in a number of years, Lu Ming might even be able to lend him a hand.

The brown-haired Jinlan Kingdom Lord stood within the grand hall and said to Lu Ming with a smile, "Since the Lord of Dragon Passage has already sent Xiaofeng Venerable to receive you, hurry over. Don't keep him waiting too long."

"Yes, Kingdom Lord." Lu Ming bowed respectfully.

Then, with a flash, he vanished into thin air.

At the same time...

Lu Ming immediately sent an email to Xiaofeng Venerable, who had come to receive him.

Xiaofeng Venerable was the Lord of Dragon Passage's fifth disciple and an exceptionally powerful Universe Venerable. Of course, Lu Ming could now directly address him as Senior Brother.

A moment later, Xiaofeng Venerable—a handsome, slender man with azure hair—suddenly descended before Lu Ming.

"Haha, congratulations, Junior Brother. Teacher hasn't personally accepted a disciple in a very long time." Xiaofeng Venerable smiled and chatted with Lu Ming as he directly led him out of the Initial Universe.

Clearly, the Lord of Dragon Passage normally had to oversee an important region, and his true body was not within the Initial Universe.

The starry sky ahead was utterly empty. Not even a trace of cosmic dust existed. The only thing there was, far in the distance, an incomparably towering crimson palace.

It was a majestic palace over a million kilometers tall, entirely forged from an unknown crimson material. Its walls were carved with sculptures of enormous divine dragons in various poses, each emanating a terrifyingly ferocious aura.

Moreover, the spacetime around the palace had already twisted, forming a self-contained spacetime of its own.

The handsome azure-haired Xiaofeng Venerable looked into the distance and introduced it to Lu Ming. "This palace is an incomparably powerful treasure called the Dragon Passage Divine Palace. One of Teacher's avatars resides within it most of the time!"

The Dragon Passage Divine Palace? It had to be an immensely powerful supreme treasure, and an exceptionally rare palace-type one at that.

"Come, I'll take you inside." Xiaofeng Venerable smiled faintly.

Rumble!

Spacetime twisted. The hazy starry sky outside the palace vanished in an instant, and Lu Ming felt the world spin around him. He had actually entered a vast, desolate world.

"Teacher!" Xiaofeng Venerable respectfully called out toward the front.

"Hm?" Only then did Lu Ming discover that an incomparably majestic figure had somehow appeared not far ahead of him.

The figure was as burly as a mountain, clad in ancient crimson battle armor. A long dragon tail trailed behind him, and his eyes seemed to contain the entire universe. The invisible tyrannical aura around him twisted the surrounding space.

The moment Lu Ming's gaze fell upon that figure, his soul immediately trembled. Even after his soul's transformation and despite his extraordinary willpower, he could not contend against it.

At first, Lu Ming saw only a humanoid figure. Yet afterward, he seemed to see endless cosmic laws.

Those vast and magnificent cosmic laws continuously radiated a tyrannical aura, making Lu Ming submit completely.

He did not have the slightest thought of resistance.

"Lu Ming?" A deep, powerful voice rang out. All the illusions from before vanished, and Lu Ming could once again see the man with his physical eyes.

The man, whose body was as burly as a mountain and who possessed a long dragon tail, turned to look at Lu Ming. His face was densely covered in thick, resilient red dragon scales. The patterns formed by those scales vaguely outlined one profound Law Secret Pattern after another. His pair of pure black eyes were an exceptionally rare set of double pupils, constantly radiating mysterious and tyrannical power!

"Disciple Lu Ming greets Teacher." Lu Ming immediately knelt.

Terrifying. Too terrifying. Lu Ming trembled inwardly. As expected of a great existence at the Universe Master level!

"Your talent is very strong, your will is exceptionally steadfast, and your fortuitous encounters are quite extraordinary." The Lord of Dragon Passage looked at Lu Ming and praised him. "That is why I think so highly of you. From this day onward, you will be my youngest Direct Disciple."

"Direct Disciple?" Lu Ming was slightly stunned, then looked at the Lord of Dragon Passage in delight.

He had thought he would have to begin as a nominal disciple.

"Based on your previous performance, there is no need for me to set any further tests." The Lord of Dragon Passage casually explained with a smile.

Passing the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge might not seem like much of an achievement, but that depended on the timing.

The Lord of Dragon Passage had already learned of Lu Ming's past from the Chaos City Lord. He knew that although Lu Ming possessed the ability to create avatars, he had yet to nurture his first avatar.

In other words, his previous feat of passing seven consecutive levels had relied entirely on his own innate talent.

Even without an avatar's assistance, he was already this monstrous. Once he nurtured an avatar, his future achievements would naturally become even more immeasurable.

And speaking of avatar choices, he truly had several good recommendations.