The King's Favor

While Yu Duan was undergoing the assessment, inside a towering palace.

Magnificent figures were observing the combat footage of Yu Duan. They sat casually, the ripples of laws emanating from their bodies affecting the surrounding space-time, even forming a world unto themselves.

"This Yu Duan is not bad. That sword strike has a hint of the first level of the Light and Time Sword Technique; it is impressive that he was able to execute it!"

"Shenhou is unaware, but what is most astonishing about this Yu Duan is not his mastery of laws, but his age."

"He is not even 23 years old this year, and he stepped across the threshold of the laws... just one month ago."

Once these words were spoken, a look of amazement appeared in the eyes of these super-beings among the immortals.

In terms of mastery of laws, within the Beiming Sacred Land, Yu Duan was not actually considered high.

As the highest genius training institution of the universe kingdom, the Beiming Sacred Land had gathered more than half of the geniuses in the entire universe kingdom.

Among them, there were certainly those with higher mastery of laws than Yu Duan.

But Yu Duan was too young... A genius who stepped across the threshold of the laws at 23, having entered the sacred land for only a few years, soaring from the third level of domain all the way to the threshold of the laws without encountering any bottlenecks.

It could only be said that his age was Yu Duan's disadvantage, putting him at a great disadvantage when competing with geniuses of the same level.

But in a sense, it was also an advantage.

The tall figure known as Shenhou sighed with emotion: "No wonder when Qinghuan God King reported to the great Lord of the Kingdom as per custom, he specifically mentioned Yu Duan."

In recent years, rumors about Yu Duan being favored by the great Lord of the Kingdom had been widespread among the students of the sacred land.

There were even absurd rumors that the great Lord of the Kingdom intended to take this little Star Level fellow as a disciple.

But the powerful immortals present all knew that this was purely a rumor.

Because the great Lord of the Kingdom cultivated the legendary fusion laws, it was impossible for him to take in a genius who comprehended time-type laws.

However, there was a reason for the rumors to spread; this little Star Level fellow was indeed highly regarded by the person in charge of the Beiming Sacred Land, the second strongest person in the universe kingdom, Qinghuan God King.

This person was the strongest under the great Lord of the Kingdom, and among the King-level immortals, he was a super-being at the very peak.

"Regarding this little fellow, I do have some understanding. He is quite close to a descendant of my lineage..."

A bald powerhouse with bronze-colored skin spoke, dark origin power rippling on his body, faintly echoing the passage of time.

"This little fellow not only has excellent talent, but his character is also of the highest quality. He is never arrogant, and he practices exceptionally hard. As far as I know, this is also the reason why Qinghuan God King values him."

This bronze-skinned powerhouse was a super-being of the Anluo clan, one of the fifty-five kings enfeoffed by the great Lord of the Kingdom, a peak Marquis-level powerhouse.

Assessment Hall.

"Swish!"

A blue light flickered, and Yu Duan's figure was teleported directly out of the assessment space.

At this moment, the assessment hall was bustling with people. Except for a very small number of geniuses who passed as quickly as Yu Duan, the others had all been eliminated in the first round.

There were hundreds of millions of ordinary Star Level students, and among them, there was no shortage of those who had only mastered a first-level domain; if placed in the medium universe kingdom branch of the Virtual Universe Company, they would only be third-rate elites.

"I told you, Yu Duan's clearance speed would definitely not exceed five minutes."

An Yao looked around at his friends. He understood Yu Duan's strength best; even among the more than three hundred law-type geniuses, he was ranked in the middle.

If Yu Duan were given another two years, he would have a real chance of rushing into the top one hundred.

"Little Duan, big sister is here!"

Chi Li shook her furry tail and called out to Yu Duan in a coquettish voice. The charm in her tone caused many people around to look at her with fiery gazes.

This little vixen—among all the students in the sacred land, there was no telling how many wanted to sleep with her.

"Coming, coming."

Yu Duan responded with a smile and quickly walked over.

An Yao reached out and punched Yu Duan, laughing: "So, how was the difficulty?"

Yu Duan thought for a moment, then shook his head: "The virtual opponent's technique in using laws was too poor, or rather, there was no technique to speak of; he was just barely able to exert the power of origin laws."

"That's right. This kind of assessment is meant to filter out geniuses who have stepped across the threshold of the laws. As long as one can use the power of origin laws, it is impossible to be eliminated."

At this moment, a young man with green hair stepped up: "Yu Duan, the points battle is next. Do you have the confidence to break into the top three hundred?"

The green-haired young man was named Teluode, and he was also a friend of Yu Duan. He had a good relationship with Chi Li, An Yao, and the others, all of whom were geniuses in the top 50 of the sacred land.

"It's hard to say. The seniors are all very strong. Whether I can make it in or not, I'll only know after I fight," Yu Duan replied with a smile.

The entire first stage of the assessment would last at most 100 minutes.

Because the first stage consisted of ten levels, and the time limit for each level was only 10 minutes. If the opponent was not killed within 10 minutes, that was the end of it.

However, Yu Duan had only been chatting with everyone for a little over an hour when the first stage of the assessment concluded.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, an icy cold wind swept out, filling the great hall.

Then, a burly immortal with blue scales all over his body and a shark-like face appeared.

The moment this immortal appeared, the temperature of the entire hall plummeted, and a thin layer of frost even appeared on the ground.

"Now, the first stage of the assessment has concluded. Those who passed will enter the second stage, the points battle..."

"The points battle begins tomorrow."

The rules for the points battle were simple: everyone would face off against one another, with the final rankings determined by the points earned from each match.

This meant Yu Duan would need to complete 342 matches in total, with 10 matches per day, spanning a duration of 35 days for the entire points battle.

In the villa training grounds of Beiming Sea.

Yu Duan opened his eyes, his consciousness returning from the Virtual Universe network.

"The points battle lasts for 35 days. Even though I have to play 10 matches a day, it won't take more than a few hours at most, so I'll just treat it as a break."

Although the points battle was important, it could not be allowed to hinder Yu Duan's progress.

Besides, if he couldn't break into the top 100, the rewards would be no different from those of the 999th place.

"Tianran, prepare the resources I need for recovery and rest."

As soon as Yu Duan finished speaking, the small sprite Tianran projected herself: "Master, we are running low on money."

The World Master Yan Lun had transferred a significant amount of money to Yu Duan back then, but half of it had been spent on purchasing a planet and supporting the development of his clan.

The remaining 1.5 million Universe Coin would normally be an inexhaustible fortune for a Star Level practitioner.

However, the various recovery potions and resources Yu Duan had been consuming for his training these past few days were all luxury items for rapid recovery, leaving him with less than 100,000 Universe Coin in his account.

"Hehe, it seems the little guy is troubled by finances."

A resonant voice rang out, and then a figure dressed in white robes appeared abruptly before Yu Duan.

In Yu Duan's perception, there was no aura present before him at all.

"Yu Duan pays his respects to you, my lord!"

Yu Duan hurriedly bowed in salute. Although he did not know who this white-robed figure was, addressing him as "my lord" was certainly the right choice.

The white-robed figure smiled and spoke: "I am Qinghuan King, the current person in charge of Beiming Sacred Land. You should have heard of my name."