Will Stellar

"At last, it was here."

In the training chamber, underground fire surged. As it churned, it seemed as though Flame Law rippled within it.

Jiang Ming sat cross-legged at the center of the endless underground fire, the flames around him rising and falling with his breathing.

As though he himself were the source of this sea of fire?

"No wonder Teacher, despite having an endless lifespan and possessing Flame Abyss Star to amass vast wealth, still wanted to venture into the universe."

Jiang Ming had previously believed that Marquis Flame Abyss intended to venture into the universe because he had been trapped at a bottleneck for too long.

But now, Jiang Ming had another thought.

"A long life is simply too dull. Without a matching Heart Realm, time can easily twist a person's mind."

Jiang Ming sighed inwardly.

During this period of seclusion, Jiang Ming had spent tens of thousands of years in this training chamber.

Every day was the same cycle of comprehending and cultivating. If his soul had not experienced a sense of comfort while perceiving the Laws, prolonged cultivation itself would have become a form of torture.

Yet even so, Jiang Ming still felt boredom and listlessness.

"No wonder that intelligent life in Thunder World became mentally twisted and perverse after tens of millions of years.

A lonely soul unable to cultivate or communicate with anyone would find it hard not to become deranged."

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

Even with Jiang Ming's Heart Realm and will, cultivating silently by himself for tens of thousands of years made him feel bored. Much less a mere Intelligent life that could not cultivate.

"Teacher was probably the same. After hundreds of millions of years, her cultivation had not changed in the slightest. Even knowing that venturing into the universe would most likely lead to death, with only a slim chance of breaking through.

She still chose to venture into the universe, not only to gamble on that sliver of hope, but also because she had grown tired of her current life."

Even the minds of immortals were not truly immortal. If time stretched on for too long, their minds would decay and fall.

Many of the universe's most horrific crimes had been committed by these immortals.

The Virtual Universe could simulate everything. In theory, any desire could be satisfied within the Virtual Universe.

But once enough time had passed, falsehood was still falsehood. By then, those Experts would seek stimulation in reality.

"No wonder even the Universe's Strongest paid attention to geniuses with powerful Heart Realms. After Hong and Thor displayed their formidable Heart Realms, the Universe's Strongest and Universe Masters immediately took them as Disciples.

A powerful Heart Realm may be an inconspicuous talent in the early stages, but the longer time goes on, the more its value becomes apparent."

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming could not help admiring Hong and Thor.

The two of them were truly terrifyingly accomplished in the Heart Realm.

"Though they are strong, I am not too bad myself. Over the long years, my Heart Realm has improved as well.

And only now has the true effect of the Will Stellar been revealed."

Within Jiang Ming's sea of consciousness, a Great Sun hung high in the sky, brilliant and dazzling.

After his will transformed into a stellar body, all sorts of negative emotions arising within Jiang Ming's will were continuously burned away by the star.

Even emotions Jiang Ming considered useless and scattered, chaotic thoughts could be burned away.

This kept his mind and will pure and unified. The loneliness of countless years was merely a somewhat larger bundle of kindling.

After cultivating for tens of thousands of years, Jiang Ming's will had continuously improved. Now, the radiance of his Will Stellar had become even more brilliant and dazzling.

Within the Virtual Universe, Nine Star Bay Residential Area on Black Dragon Mountain Island.

Hong, Thor, and Luo Feng had all appeared outside their homes at the same time. The next moment, Jiang Ming appeared there as well.

Hong's gaze met Jiang Ming's. With only that glance, Hong saw a Great Sun rise within his spiritual world, brilliant and dazzling.

The Great Sun hung high in Hong's spiritual world. An ordinary person would surely feel insignificant and terrified...

But Hong's spiritual world was like a vast universe, capable of containing everything.

Even with the Great Sun shining with boundless radiance, Hong's Heart Realm remained utterly unmoved.

"Jiang Ming, what level of strength have you reached now?"

Although the will Jiang Ming naturally leaked out had not affected Hong, it still left him shocked.

He felt that even Ming Yu's willpower pressure as a Domain Lord had not been as overwhelming as Jiang Ming's.

"The Genius Battle is about to begin. Won't you find out then?"

Jiang Ming laughed and entered Luo Feng's home together with the others.

Luo Feng, watching from the side, was also greatly shocked. What shocked him was not Jiang Ming's strength.

It was Hong's will.

On the day the Genius Battle announcement appeared, when he met Jiang Ming, Jiang Ming's will had struck him fiercely. At the time, he had only believed Jiang Ming was powerful.

Now that he saw Hong remain unaffected, he could not help wondering whether he was simply too weak.

Because it was not only Hong. Even Thor was not much worse.

Once they took their seats, each of them quickly received an email from the Universe Genius Battle.

A month had passed since the announcement appeared, and registration had already closed.

The email stated that more than eight hundred billion Stellar level geniuses from the Ganwu Universe Country had entered this competition. In the Genius Battle, everyone's physical attributes would be standardized at the Stellar level ninth stage.

The tests would be of "will," "domain," "Law comprehension," "experience," and more.

The Genius Battle was divided into the Qualifying Battles and the Grand Finals.

The more than eight hundred billion participants from the Ganwu Universe Country would be divided into one hundred World Zones during the Qualifying Battles, with 8.2 billion people in each World Zone.

They would slaughter one another within their World Zone, and ultimately, contestants ranked within the top 1,001 would enter the Reincarnation Elimination Tournament.

Other than the first-place contestant from each World Zone, the remaining one hundred thousand contestants would compete for nine hundred slots in the Reincarnation Elimination Tournament.

The contestant ranked first in each World Zone would advance directly to the next stage without having to compete.

In the end, only one thousand slots from the Ganwu Universe Country would enter the Grand Finals.

After reading the email, Jiang Ming smiled.

"Within a single World Zone, 8.2 billion people are competing for one thousand slots. It truly deserves to be called a grand event held once every ten thousand years. What an enormous spectacle."

Although he had expected it, the thought of 8.2 billion people slaughtering one another still ignited a long-lost fervor in Jiang Ming's heart.

"Yes, what an enormous spectacle. What a frenzied battle."

Hong could already imagine the scene: mountains of corpses, seas of blood.

"There are too many people, so this is the only way." Thor smiled. "But I'm looking forward to it too."

Hearing them, Luo Feng could not help feeling a bloodthirsty craving rise within him.

Kill. Kill.

The Universe Genius Battle allowed one month for registration, and the gathering would begin one month after registration closed.

In the blink of an eye, the day of gathering arrived.

Within the Ganwu Universe Country, more than eight hundred billion participants gathered at this moment.

Among these more than eight hundred billion people were those with extraordinary talent!

Those blessed with exceptional fortune and extraordinary encounters!

Those with immortal Teachers and orderly inheritances!

And those who possessed an Expert's heart...

But every one of these more than eight hundred billion people had some degree of confidence before daring to register.

At this moment, countless geniuses gathered!