Registration

"Today was already March 9th. I wonder if, just like in the original story, the Virtual Universe Company would hold the Peak Genius Battle today?"

Yue Ming muttered to himself. He had logged into the Virtual Universe early that day, waiting for the Peak Genius Battle to arrive. He waited all day, and in the blink of an eye, night had fallen, yet the Peak Genius Battle still had not come.

The Virtual Universe also had day and night. Even the night sky simulated stars, making it almost indistinguishable from the real universe on the surface.

At that moment, tiny lights could be seen throughout Black Dragon Mountain Island. Some entertainment venues were especially brightly lit. Everything was as usual.

But just then, an incomparably enormous black proclamation suddenly appeared in the night sky above Black Dragon Mountain Island. Its entire body was black, while lines of dazzling white characters shone upon it.

"Humanity of the universe, the Peak Genius Battle!"

"Once every ten thousand years!"

"Will soon begin!"

"Hosted jointly by the Virtual Universe Company and all Universe Countries..."

"For details, please enter the official 'Virtual Universe Network' website through your virtual assistant."

The enormous proclamation that had suddenly appeared in the night sky was over a million kilometers in both length and width. As long as one was on Black Dragon Mountain Island, one only needed to look up to see it clearly.

And it was not just Black Dragon Mountain Island. Within the Virtual Universe, the night sky above every continent representing a high-level Universe Country and every island representing a mid-level country displayed the same black proclamation.

Every proclamation announced the imminent Peak Genius Battle. In only a few moments, the news had spread throughout the entire human universe. The speed of its spread was simply inconceivable.

"Beibei, immediately send an email to Luo Feng and the others. Tell them the Peak Genius Battle has begun and have them log into the Virtual Universe..."

"Understood, Master."

Less than a minute later, Luo Feng and the others came online one after another. As soon as they did, they immediately noticed the enormous proclamation hanging across the night sky above them.

"Hahaha, the Peak Genius Battle has finally started! Damn! It's only been a few minutes, and so many people have already registered..."

"Let's hurry up and register on the Virtual Universe Company's official website too!"

"Quick, look at the homepage. There's a Peak Genius Battle feature section here, and it introduces the battle in detail..."

The group logged into the official website and registered first, then opened the feature section. It detailed the various points to note about the Peak Genius Battle. The Peak Genius Battle was open to all Stellar Level humans; as long as one was a Stellar Level human, one could register.

More precisely, the Peak Genius Battle was held once every five thousand years, twice within ten thousand years, with the Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Fighting Arena taking turns to host it.

The Peak Genius Battle was divided into the Universe Country Qualifiers and the Peak Finals. First, internal selections were held within each Universe Country, after which the chosen elites participated in the Peak Genius Finals for the entire Human Race.

The final top thousand in the finals would all receive generous rewards. First, prize money ranging from ten to ten thousand Primordial Units depending on rank. Second, an opportunity to enter the Initial Universe for enlightenment. Third, membership in the internal core of the Virtual Universe Company.

"More than two billion people have already registered. This is insane! And this is only our Ganwu Universe Country."

"This is only the beginning. Ganwu Universe Country has hundreds of millions of galaxies. Even if each galaxy only had a hundred registrants, that would still be over ten billion people."

"Exactly! Ganwu Universe Country alone will probably have at least several hundred billion participants. I wonder whether we can fight our way through..."

The three had originally been brimming with confidence, but there were simply too many registrants. Several hundred billion people—none of them dared guarantee that they would definitely make it into the top thousand.

"The Peak Genius Battle is divided into the qualifiers and the finals. The qualifiers are further divided into preliminaries and the Reincarnation Battle. Registration lasts one month, the preliminaries last one month, and the Reincarnation Battle takes around three years. In other words, everyone still has over three years to cultivate. How has your cultivation been lately? Have you all comprehended the Origin Laws?"

Yue Ming looked toward Hong and Thor. He was not worried about Luo Feng. Compared with the original story, Hong and Thor were indeed much stronger. As long as their luck was not too bad, they had a strong chance of reaching the top thousand in Ganwu Universe Country.

As for the top thousand in the finals, that was harder to say. To break into the top thousand in the finals, one had to at least cross the threshold of the Origin Laws. Otherwise, there was truly little hope.

In the preliminaries and Reincarnation Battle, if one's luck was extraordinary and one did not encounter powerful opponents, even someone slightly weaker could possibly achieve good results.

But the Peak Finals were different. Clearing the Trial Tower depended on raw strength. If one was not strong enough, elimination was inevitable. Yue Ming wondered whether Hong and Thor had comprehended the Origin Laws over the past two years.

Law comprehension differed from cultivation realm. Unless someone deliberately concealed their aura, their cultivation realm could be seen at a glance. But if someone did not make a move, no one could know what level their comprehension of the Origin Laws had reached.

"I have my Golden Horn Beast clone. Relying on the Golden Horn Beast's talent, I've successfully crossed the threshold of the Gold Origin Laws. Recently, I've been comprehending the Space Origin Laws, but unfortunately, the higher Origin Laws are too difficult to comprehend. I've gained almost nothing..."

"My light ray domain has reached the ninth level, and I've comprehended a trace of the Light Ray Origin Laws. I'm still some distance away from truly crossing the threshold, but entering it within three years shouldn't be a problem. As long as my luck isn't too bad, I can at least secure a place in Ganwu Universe Country's top thousand!"

"Compared to Brother Hong and Luo Feng, I'm a step behind. My lightning domain has also broken through to the ninth level, but I still haven't been able to comprehend the Lightning Origin Laws. It always feels like I'm just missing that final trace..."

The three trusted Yue Ming greatly. Since he had asked about their situations, they did not hide anything and truthfully told him about their circumstances.

"Luo Feng, your Golden Horn Beast True Body should have an opportunity to breed a clone at Universe Level, right? You can breed a clone with space talent. That would make comprehending the Space Origin Laws easier for you. If you don't know where to buy one, use your teacher's account and ask Universe River Bank for help..."

Hu Yanbo was a five-star client of Universe River Bank and enjoyed VIP treatment there. He was only asking Universe River Bank to help purchase a few things; there was no way Universe River Bank would refuse.

However, buying the materials needed to breed a clone required quite a bit of money. In the original story, Luo Feng had only earned enough to buy the Evolution God Weapon and Magic Kill Race skin after obtaining a great deal of Universe Crystals in the Thunder World.

But the plot had changed now. Luo Feng had never gone to the Thunder World. He had spent these years in seclusion, preparing for the Peak Genius Battle, so he simply did not have that much money on him.

However, Luo Feng possessed many valuable treasures. Even casually taking out an immortal corpse would be enough for him to buy the Evolution God Weapon and Magic Kill Race skin.

As for worrying about someone coveting his possessions, would Universe River Bank care about such a small amount of wealth? Even if a bank employee had ulterior motives, the Virtual Universe monitored everything in real time. No one would dare act recklessly.

Universe River Bank and Universe First Bank could be said to have taken client confidentiality to the extreme. Even if an internal employee leaked the slightest bit of client information, once detected by the Virtual Universe, it was a capital offense!