Bloodline Enhancement and Life Evolution, the Next Peak Genius Tournament

Inside the quiet room, the stark-naked Yu Duan carefully held a slender needle in his hand. Inside it was a colorful liquid that flowed incessantly, emitting a gorgeous, faint glow like a seven-colored sunset.

"This is a treasure worth hundreds of billions of Universe Coins..."

An S-grade Bloodline Evolution Agent; in terms of price, it was even higher than some Grade 5 low-tier Force Weapons. A Universe Level practitioner definitely couldn't afford it; only a Domain Lord would have a chance.

As for the legendary Domain Lord level medicine, only a higher-tier World Master would have the hope of affording it, and generally, only powerful World Masters who had been acknowledged by the laws would be willing to spend the money.

Yu Duan took a brief look, then without hesitation, plunged the needle directly into his skin.

As the gorgeous, colorful liquid surged into his body, an indescribable, excruciating pain spread out, as if billions of steel needles were piercing through every single cell.

A pain far worse than being sliced by a thousand knives swept through him, stimulating the muscles all over his body to spasm uncontrollably. This was a biological instinct, beyond one's subjective control.

"Damn... this is fucking intense!"

Yu Duan gritted his teeth, making a creaking sound. His gums couldn't bear the pressure and began to bleed, the blood spilling out from the corners of his mouth.

The entire transformation process would last for about an hour.

Fortunately, Yu Duan had long since prepared himself mentally.

In terms of pain, the suffering he was enduring now was nothing compared to the pain Luo Feng would face when he claimed the Star Tower in the future.

If one couldn't prepare themselves to bear immense pain, then there was no point in thinking about becoming a true powerhouse.

Inside Yu Duan's body, every cell had turned into a miniature battlefield. The medicinal effect of the Bloodline Evolution Agent "invaded" the cell membranes, frantically surrounding and suppressing all mitochondria, telomeres, and the like, pushing Yu Duan's genetic traits to undergo unknown changes.

In the blink of an eye, an hour passed.

In the quiet room, Yu Duan lay sprawled on the floor in a "big" shape, gasping for air violently.

At this moment, Yu Duan felt that the muscles all over his body had completely lost their strength; he just wanted to sleep.

"Master, Master, the process of bloodline evolution consumes a massive amount of life energy. Therefore, it is best to soak in the 'Pool of Life' immediately after the evolution is complete."

His intelligent assistant, Tianran, projected her figure from the optical computer, looking at Yu Duan with some concern.

"Mm, I know."

Yu Duan forced himself to stand up. Seeing this, Tianran hurriedly opened the rock-gray nutrition pod.

"Whoosh!"

As the nutrition pod opened, one could see it filled with a pale blue liquid, occupying about one-fifth of the pod's volume. At the same time, a chill of minus thirty or forty degrees instantly permeated the air.

Yu Duan collapsed directly into the nutrition pod. With a splash, the strange pale blue substance instantly submerged his entire body.

Immediately, Yu Duan sensed a vast and boundless vitality emerging from the nutrient solution, seeping through his skin and turning into pure, immense life force. It replenished the energy consumed by the bloodline evolution and pushed his life level to begin a leap.

"Close the pod door!"

Yu Duan's will, through the Virtual Universe Network, controlled the pod door to close.

The entire soaking process would take about 10 days.

Taking advantage of these 10 days, Yu Duan could also attend lectures in the virtual universe.

The lecture halls of the Beiming Sacred Land had many courses every day. They were all public lectures; one needed to make an appointment to attend, and there were quotas.

Of course, in most cases, public lectures would not be full, with the exception of courses taught by powerful Immortal Gods.

Although the Beiming Kingdom Lord had twenty thousand Immortals under his command, it was impossible for them to do nothing but teach a group of little guys every day.

Especially the five hundred princes and marquises enfeoffed by the Kingdom Lord; they would only open a public lecture when they were bored, and incidentally, see if there were any good seedlings.

Time passed day by day. In the blink of an eye, it had been over a week since Yu Duan entered the Beiming Sacred Land.

Virtual Universe, Beiming Sea, Yu Duan's manor.

In the cultivation ground, a gorgeous Light Domain surged and billowed. One could vaguely see Yu Duan's figure flickering as he practiced the Floating Light Glancing Shadow movement technique.

"Master, Master, the public lecture you reserved is about to start. The content is: The relationship and mysteries between the Origin Law of Light and the Light Domain."

Tianran flew hurriedly to Yu Duan's side. On her palm-sized figure, she held a large virtual light screen, which displayed the reminder that the public lecture Yu Duan had reserved was about to begin.

"Good, teleport directly to Shenxi Star, Primary Lecture Hall."

As soon as Yu Duan finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the spot, teleporting directly to the entrance of the Primary Lecture Hall on Shenxi Star, hundreds of light-years away from the Planetary Level floating island.

Primary Lecture Hall, Hall No. 4.

This was a circular auditorium-style building with a radius of 100 kilometers. It surrounded a central podium, with circles of student seats on the outside, totaling over ten thousand.

Just after Yu Duan's figure entered the lecture hall, he saw two familiar faces.

"Yu Duan, over here!" A charming girl with fox ears and purple eyes waved her hand.

Beside the girl was a lean young man wearing scale-armor battle robes: "Haha, I told you, Yu Duan would definitely come to the public lecture too."

The charming girl was named Chi Li, from the Chimei Race, a Universe Level bloodline ranked in the top 50 of the human race, naturally possessing extremely strong illusion talent.

The lean young man beside her was named An Yao, a genius of the Anluo Race, also an extremely powerful race where over ninety percent of the powerhouses comprehended the Origin Law of Light.

Both of them were outstanding among the Star Level students. Chi Li was ranked 29th among Star Level students, and An Yao was even in the top 10. Both were geniuses who had stepped into the origin laws.

Both of them were people Yu Duan had just met in the past few days. Among those Star Level geniuses who had crossed the threshold of the laws, they were the rare few who didn't look down their noses at others.

Especially after learning that Yu Duan had mastered a triple domain before even turning 18 this year, the two of them grew even closer in their attitude toward him.

"Chi Li, An Yao, you two certainly arrived early."

Yu Duan took the opportunity to sit down beside them and chat.

Chi Li smiled and said, "After all, it is an Immortal God giving a lecture, and it just so happens to be about the mysteries of the light origin laws, so it is worth coming to listen."

"I expect the explanation won't be too profound; it will likely focus more on how to perceive the laws, which should be quite useful for Yu Duan."

An Yao sighed with emotion, "It's a pity that you joined the Sacred Land a bit late, Yu Duan. If you had joined a hundred years earlier, you might have been able to compete in that tournament."

"That tournament... the Peak Genius Tournament?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Duan's first thought was the Peak Genius Tournament.

Chi Li's fluffy purple tail swayed in front of her, and she stroked it gently, laughing coquettishly, "It seems the elders in your family have told you about it too. There is less than 20 years left until the next Genius Tournament."

"20 years, huh... it's not entirely impossible; at the very least, I could go and gain some experience."

If he truly had 20 years, Yu Duan was actually confident he could fight his way into the Peak Genius Tournament.

As for what rank he could achieve, that would depend on what the cost of pre-advancing his law perception would be.