Jinlan Kingdom Lord's Email

"Oh? He crushed his opponent with nothing but a soundwave attack. Impressive!" A bald Immortal expert watching the live battle broadcast could not help but praise him.

One had to know that whether it was the Force Weapons used by warriors or the Psychic Weapons wielded by controllers, they provided tremendous boosts in battle. So unless the gap in strength was enormous, facing an opponent barehanded was an immense disadvantage.

And Lu Ming had done far more than fight barehanded just now. It would not have been an exaggeration to say that he had only moved his mouth.

"Although the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast he cultivates inherently contain soundwave attack methods, to achieve an effect like that, his comprehension of the Lightning Origin Law must have reached a remarkably profound level!" Only when one's foundation in the laws completely crushed one's opponent could one achieve such a result.

And according to what they knew, it had not been long since Lu Ming stepped through the threshold of the Lightning Origin Law—only a few short years.

Yet in just those few years, Lu Ming's comprehension of the laws had already surpassed, even crushed, every other Stellar level seed elite!

"How is that possible?" At the same time, the other five Stellar level seed elite geniuses watching the live broadcast of this battle all fell silent, their eyes filled with disbelief.

They had expected Rudy to lose this battle long ago, but to lose in such a manner... the disparity in strength displayed between the two was simply too absurd!

"I was confident that I could defeat Rudy too, but I would have had to go through a hard battle. Lu Ming... that guy really is a monster!" The green-browed young man Sajia stared fixedly at the screen before finally letting out a sigh after a long while.

If the six of them could be considered geniuses, then Lu Ming was practically a freak, an aberration! The speed of his improvement had completely shattered the understanding of ordinary people and even ordinary geniuses.

Faced with such a vast gap in strength, Sajia could no longer summon even the slightest will to fight.

After the first battle ended, Lu Ming lowered his head and glanced at the screen on his wristguard. Beside his name, it displayed: 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, 1 point.

Not long afterward, Lu Ming's second battle quickly began. This time, his opponent was a Sword Demon Race genius known as Moye, who held the title of "Ghost Sword."

As a super genius of the Sword Demon Race, Moye possessed extraordinary talent in swordsmanship, and his combat ability surpassed Rudy's. At the same time, he had also stepped through the threshold of the Light Origin Law. However, when facing Lu Ming, all of his trump cards were utterly meaningless. The result was still an instant defeat in a single move.

Time moved on, and battle after battle took place.

In this round of the Stellar Class Sequence Battle, the battles among the other six were still extremely intense. However, no matter who among them faced Lu Ming, none could last until the second move. They could only hand over points to him without any suspense.

And the final results did not exceed anyone's expectations. Lu Ming firmly overwhelmed all the others with a perfect record of six battles and six victories, becoming the first sequence of the Stellar level.

"I hope my unusual performance can draw at least a little attention from that Jinlan Kingdom Lord..." After the Sequence Battle ended, Lu Ming resumed his secluded cultivation.

Of course, before that, he had gone to seek Marquis Zhenlei's guidance on the sixth form of the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast, "Phoenix Cry." However, with less than half a year remaining before the Genius Battle began, he probably would not have enough time to master this move.

Virtual Universe, Thunder Island.

This was where many of the Human Race's upper echelons normally resided within the Virtual Universe.

On the throne within a vast palace sat a broad-shouldered brown-haired man wearing a loose black-gold robe, as heavy and imposing as an ancient rock that had stood for countless ages. At that moment, the brown-haired man suddenly opened his eyes.

"Has another five thousand years already passed?" Jinlan Kingdom Lord murmured. His gaze was calm and undisturbed, but when he saw the email he had just received, a trace of light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"This little fellow named Lu Ming has some potential. The fact that he mastered the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast so quickly shows not only that his talent in the Lightning Origin Law is exceptionally high, but also that he is naturally well-suited to cultivating this type of secret technique..." It was precisely this point that made Jinlan Kingdom Lord suddenly feel inclined to guide him.

Over the endless years, Jinlan Kingdom Lord had witnessed far too many geniuses. Only a very small number of geniuses possessing some particular "quality" could draw his attention. This time, he had seen an exceedingly rare "quality" in Lu Ming.

"However, the Lightning Law is ultimately only a lower law. Only if this little fellow can achieve something in the Time Origin Law will he have even the slightest possibility of becoming a true powerhouse." The higher one stood, the farther one could see.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, Lu Ming's tremendous talent in the Lightning Origin Law was already astonishing. But in Jinlan Kingdom Lord's eyes, what did it matter no matter how strong one's talent in a lower law was?

Even if he could rapidly comprehend the entire Lightning Origin Law, he could only become the most ordinary kind of Immortal powerhouse.

If Lu Ming wanted to become a true powerhouse, he ultimately had to turn toward the two superior Origin Laws of space and time. Only with sufficient comprehension of the Laws of Time and Space would he have a chance in the future to become a Marquis-level Immortal or even a King-level Immortal.

As for the even higher realm of Universe Kingdom Lord—Universe Venerable—Jinlan Kingdom Lord had not considered it at all.

Even those ultimate geniuses said to appear only once in ten thousand eras within the Human Race had only an infinitesimal chance of becoming Universe Venerables. Lu Ming? Though he was somewhat special, he was still far from that level.

But who could say for certain what the future held?

Inside the familiar cultivation room.

"Master, you have received an important new email. Please check it." The voice of the auxiliary optical computer, Alice, sounded by Lu Ming's ear, immediately drawing his full attention.

"This is... an email from Jinlan Kingdom Lord?!" Lu Ming could not help but be startled when he saw the sender's signature.

Although he had deliberately displayed his abilities earlier in order to attract the other party's attention, it had only been an attempt. He had not expected it to actually succeed.

"Alice, open the email!" Lu Ming felt somewhat excited and was eager to know what Jinlan Kingdom Lord had written in the email.

Take me as a disciple? The chances should be very small.

Universe Venerables were generally extremely selective when accepting disciples.

In the original story, even Death God Bolan, hailed as a peerless genius who appeared only once every ten thousand eras in the Human Race, had failed to attract any Universe Venerable to take him as a disciple.

The talent and achievements he had displayed so far should still be far from sufficient.

"This Jinlan Kingdom Lord is actually advising me to begin studying the Time Origin Law early?" The very first sentence of the email instructed him to study the Time Origin Law.

If it had been an ordinary genius, Jinlan Kingdom Lord certainly would not have offered such guidance. After all, if one's innate talent was not outstanding to begin with and one further divided one's attention to cultivate the more difficult superior laws, one might ultimately fail to even become Immortal. But in his eyes, Lu Ming was a genius qualified to do so.

Even if he divided his focus, he could still easily break through the Immortal threshold. What he needed to consider was how to go farther.

"My talent in the Lightning Origin Law is extremely high. Using that as a stepping stone, initially comprehending the Time Origin Law should not be difficult..." But that was easier said than done. In terms of the Time Law, he currently possessed only a white talent of Low Affinity for Time Law.

Even if he focused on the Time Origin Law from now on, his rate of improvement might be extremely limited. It would be impossible for it to compare with his rate of progress in the Lightning Origin Law.

As for how he should choose, that would depend on what new talent he drew next month.

"Though it is only an email and I have not even met him, I have at least barely established a connection with Jinlan Kingdom Lord this time. This should count as an 'important turning point,' right?" That was right—this had been Lu Ming's true purpose.

The rewards offered by Jinlan Dojo were secondary. What he desired most was the chance to "trigger an event" and draw talents of even higher quality.