Ji Ning Clone in Chaos City settled down. Although he had reached the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge on his very first attempt, causing quite a stir among Chaos City's upper ranks,
it seemed as though an invisible hand had suppressed everything, preventing the news from spreading. He himself had told no one, completely immersing himself in comprehending the laws.
What he did not know was that he had already drawn the attention of the Virtual Universe Company's leader, the Lord of Chaos City. It was precisely his gag order that kept the news from spreading. Otherwise, Ji Ning Clone might already have been placed on the Alien Races' must-kill list.
It was also because he had appeared for such a short time—only a few years—before directly entering the Lord of Chaos City's sight, so sealing off news of him had not been particularly difficult.
After all, very few people even knew of his existence. Even fewer knew of his cultivation speed—only Lord Gan Wu and some of the Virtual Universe Company's higher-ups. Moreover, most merely knew that he had passed the company's assessment and entered the Primeval Secret Realm; they knew nothing about his specific strength or other details!
Time slowly passed. Due to the difference in time flow, one year in the Initial Universe equaled more than three years in the Primeval Universe. Thus, less than a year after Ji Ning Clone entered Chaos City, the universe-wide finals of the peak Genius Battle arrived.
Within the enormous Arena No. 001, where Luo Feng and the others had struggled for three years, the 900 geniuses selected through the round-robin matches and the 100 first-place winners from the preliminary world zones gathered together.
"Madman."
"Savage"!
It was clear that those who had gone through the round-robin matches were