Realm Lord

After returning to Imperial Capital Star, Zhou Lin would occasionally seek King Jiufeng's advice on cultivation.

King Jiufeng followed the Beast God Path, and his comprehension of space was terrifyingly high. He could get straight to the heart of many of Zhou Lin's questions.

"Your Highness is indeed as the rumors say. Your comprehension of the laws isn't that high." Only after guiding Zhou Lin did King Jiufeng discover that his opponent's comprehension was currently merely comparable to that of a Marquis Immortal.

Zhou Lin and Kedi both had great secrets. Their astonishingly rapid cultivation couldn't be explained by talent alone.

Meanwhile, the storm in Luojin Universe Nation had toppled many people. Almost all the elders of the Zhou Family had fallen, having accepted considerable benefits from Tirlaf.

To be fair, these people truly hadn't known that Tirlaf was a spy. If Zhou Lin had spoken up for them, or even shown them the slightest ambiguous support,

their outcome could have been better.

Unfortunately, Zhou Lin had little goodwill toward most of the clan elders. After looking over the investigation results, he retained only three elders.

All the rest were sent to the detention zone of Luojin Universe Nation.

Zhou Lin also met with the three elders he had retained and redrafted a series of regulations concerning the family's management.

Seven years after the Tirlaf incident.

"Beep, beep, beep!"

An email had finally arrived.

Zhou Lin withdrew from his cultivation and connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe to examine the incoming message.

"Fourth stage of the Highest Point Mission."

If this had been the mission of another Domain Lord from the Primal Secret Realm, it would never have been so complicated. It would have been finalized long ago.

But in Zhou Lin's case, many changes had been made to the four missions designed from the start, and the last one had even been completely scrapped and redone.

It had taken several years for the new mission to be issued.

"The clan discovered Alien spies in Wuyuan Starfield and successfully captured 378 of them. Their leader, Lila, escaped. He is a King Immortal."

Zhou Lin was stunned when he saw this. If he cultivated both the second-grade Void Realm and second-grade space to the godly peak, he would indeed be comparable to a King.

"Mission requirement: After becoming a Realm Lord, personally capture or kill Lila."

"Huh?!" Zhou Lin was dumbfounded. "A mission from the Domain Lord stage can be delayed until the Realm Lord stage? And you're assigning me a King Immortal just like that?"

The Virtual Universe Company simply couldn't find any suitable missions.

The point of the mission during the Domain Lord stage had originally been to observe this Highness's character and his way of handling people and affairs.

Zhou Lin's performance had satisfied them in every respect. They truly couldn't find anything to criticize, especially with his background and strength.

He hadn't received the highest score in the first stage because he had been judged overly cautious.

Especially after taking into account his subsequent ability to fight Immortals, the higher-ups felt that Zhou Lin was too conservative by nature. Even on Yuechen Star, he had immediately asked King Jiufeng to handle the matter.

Even his treatment of his own clansmen had been beyond reproach. He had shown favoritism toward no one, and those he retained were indeed completely clean.

"King Jiufeng, could you take a look and tell me what level of King this Lila is?"

Zhou Lin now asked King Jiufeng about nearly everything.

"Oh?" King Jiufeng looked at the photograph Zhou Lin had sent. After thinking for a while, he said, "Only a Low-Level King."

A King of this strength could be annihilated with a flip of his hand.

Zhou Lin estimated that he was probably around this level as well, because according to the common understanding at present, a Realm Lord's ability to unleash High-Level King battle power was the limit.

With a powerful Divine Body and the laws of the twentieth level of Tongtian Bridge,

a Realm Lord comparable to a Low-Level King would find it difficult to kill a Marquis, because even a normal Low-Level King would have to burn Immortal Divine Power to kill a Marquis.

"That's an interesting mission." Zhou Lin smiled. "The company really does have high requirements for me. They want me to kill or capture a Low-Level King?"

The intelligence department of the Virtual Universe Company would continuously provide Zhou Lin with Lila's coordinates. Lila had accomplished nothing in Luojin Universe Nation, and after returning to the Alien race, he would still have to go to the battlefield or enter a secret realm.

In fact, the Virtual Universe Company didn't believe that Zhou Lin could truly kill a King through his personal strength alone.

Unless he used a special weapon.

Such as all kinds of miraculous venom, or even a Black Hole Weapon.

"Your Highness should be close to becoming a Realm Lord as well." King Jiufeng suddenly said, "Among all the geniuses throughout the ages, I have never seen anyone cultivate faster than you."

A few years ago, Zhou Lin had already broken through the Domain Lord-level Primal Tongtian Mountain.

Although this matter wouldn't be publicly announced, anyone with slightly well-connected sources would know about it, let alone someone of King Jiufeng's status.

"Soon. Within thirty years, I think." Zhou Lin smiled. "I've troubled you all these years, King Jiufeng."

On the surface, Kedi's cultivation speed could keep pace with his because Kedi also possessed great opportunities, such as a Special Lifeform avatar and having spent a long time in regions with different time flows.

Throughout the entire history of humanity, Zhou Lin's current speed could rank among the top three.

The first was Yuan Ancestor.

He possessed such astonishing talent that he could easily break through reincarnation.

During the Realm Lord stage, Yuan Ancestor could likewise kill Kings. That kind of talent had shocked countless races, allowing him to advance in one seamless surge all the way to becoming the Universe's Strongest.

The second fastest was the Dark Lord.

King Jiufeng treated Zhou Lin as a friend. Their relationship was that of both teacher and friend.

He wouldn't remain stuck at the King level for too long, while Zhou Lin had an extremely high probability of becoming a Universe Venerable in the future, and perhaps even a Universe Master.

Twenty-five years later.

Zhou Lin sat cross-legged on the grass in the manor, his consciousness sinking into his body.

He was opening up his Inner World and was about to truly step into the Realm Lord stage.

Normally, when a Domain Lord entered this stage, there would be certain barriers, no matter how high their comprehension of the laws was.

But for some reason, Zhou Lin's process was exceptionally smooth. With the help of divine power, he completed the leap in the essence of life with ease.

This wasn't an enhancement provided by the system. He had carried out the entire process himself.

If he had let the system help, it would have sent him directly to immortality.

"Origin Land." With the help of World Power, a wisp of Zhou Lin's consciousness connected to the most mysterious region of the Primordial Universe.

An endlessly vast land held an infinite number of grains of sand, and each grain contained boundless Cosmic Crystals.

At the very center was the Life Origin Great Dao.

Unfortunately, Zhou Lin was completely unable to observe it at present. Even if he could see it, it would be useless, because the level was simply far too high.

The two worlds resonated. Borrowing the power of the Primordial Universe Origin to open up his Inner World, the incomparably vast force made Zhou Lin seem like a creator.

"It's really small, my Inner World."

Zhou Lin shook his head. Many people had guessed that he possessed a Special Lifeform's Divine Body, which allowed him to defy immortals while still a Domain Lord.

In reality, he possessed an ordinary human body.

His Inner World was only larger than that of an ordinary Realm Lord upon advancement, with a diameter of twenty thousand kilometers. Compared to a Special Lifeform, it was far too small.

Within the world, Zhou Lin's consciousness evolved all things. He was like a creator.

"Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind. Hmm, I can use some insights into World True Intent to open it up."

Endless energy spun and condensed into miniature planets one after another.

The four corners corresponded to the four energies of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

This process of evolution would be very long, ending only when the world had fully taken shape.