News of Gu Ding clearing the Twelfth Layer of the Virtual Realm as a lord quickly spread throughout the entire Virtual Realm. Not only the human race, but all the other races received the news as well.
Since the Virtual Realm had opened in ancient times, only three humans had cleared the Twelfth Layer at the lord level. Even counting all other races together, there had been fewer than twenty in total. After advancing to the Emperor Realm, every one of them became an existence capable of suppressing an era. Once any race produced such a monstrous genius, hostile races would exhaust every means to assassinate them and nip them in the bud. Once such a monster matured, all other races would have to yield.
Some hostile races swiftly relayed the news back to their own clans. Quite a few races even took action immediately.
"Mobilize the covert agents we have hidden among the humans! Find out everything about this human named Gu Ding!" Within the Zerg Primal Nest, the Progenitor Mother Empress roared wildly at her subordinates. "I want results within three days!"
"Find out exactly who this Gu Ding is!" On the Nineteenth Layer of Purgatory, scarlet flames danced in the Purgatory Emperor Lord's eyes as he issued the order.
"Find out exactly where this Gu Ding came from! Who are his parents? Who is his master? What faction does he belong to? Who is close to him? I want to know everything about him and the people around him!" In the deepest depths of the abyss, blue ghostly light flickered in the Ten Thousand Demons Venerable Lord's eyes.
The other hostile forces reacted similarly. They all wanted to know Gu Ding's background. They knew several of the human Eternal True Kings, and they received updated information on