Yanfeng Planet

"Your Highness, the celestial bodies surrounding the headquarters of the Giant Axe Martial Arena that appear natural are actually powerful technological weapons," Napa introduced respectfully. "Even those mountains and rivers hide profound mysteries; they are all part of the headquarters' defensive system."

Ling Xuan nodded, secretly marveling in his heart.

With the strength of the Giant Axe Martial Arena, turning the entire continent into an impregnable fortress was naturally a trivial matter.

However, the planet in the center was quite peculiar.

To build such a massive continent only to have it encircle the entire planet, as if protecting it—he wondered what mysteries this planet held.

"Puff, help me look up information on this planet," Ling Xuan ordered, driven by curiosity.

"Yes, Master." Puff began to utilize Ling Xuan's clearance to search.

"Strange, there was no response just a moment ago, but suddenly the information for this planet appeared." Puff whispered in confusion, as if the system had encountered a bug that even a high-end intelligent lifeform like her could not comprehend.

"Did you find it, Puff?" Ling Xuan asked.

"I found it, Master. This planet is called Yanfeng Planet. It seems to be the ancestral planet of an ancient race, the Yanfeng Clan. It appears that the Zhulong clan you belong to originated from this very planet," Puff said.

"No wonder. The world believes that Yanfeng Planet was destroyed in the long river of history and time, but the true Yanfeng Planet was kept here by Teacher Giant Axe to be protected within the headquarters of the Giant Axe Martial Arena."

"No wonder in the future, Teacher Giant Axe was willing to directly provide Luo Feng with a peak treasure and return the ownership of Earth to him; the sentiment of protecting one's homeland is the same for both."

Whoosh!

After flying at sub-light speed for several minutes through the entrance passage of the continent, the spacecraft finally decelerated until it came to a halt.

Ling Xuan, followed by the immortal Napa and the others, flew out from the cabin door together.

Outside, more than a dozen men and women in uniforms were waiting. When Ling Xuan arrived, a silver-armored man with green horns, the leader of the group, stepped forward and said with slight respect: "Your Highness Ling Xuan, I am here under the Venerable's orders to wait for you. Please, follow me."

"Mm." Ling Xuan nodded.

"Napa, thank you." Ling Xuan looked back at the lean old man.

The immortal Napa smiled: "It has been my honor to accompany Your Highness for these three years."

Afterward, the two parted ways.

Ling Xuan walked along this dreamlike corridor with the silver-robed man and the others. The latter half of the corridor was transparent, allowing one to see the beautiful starry sky outside and the surrounding mountain scenery at a glance.

After only a moment, Ling Xuan was led into an oval-shaped hall. The entire hall was transparent on all sides and above; looking up, one could see the infinite starry sky, and looking into the distance, one could see the beautiful scenery of the headquarters. Moreover, one could see spacecraft passing by at any time, and even immortal existences flying past like meteors.

"Ling Xuan."

"Yanmo, you've arrived."

As soon as Ling Xuan entered, he immediately drew a warm welcome from many people.

The first place of this year's genius competition, the man who beat the Yanshen Clan's Cao Benqi to a pulp, the super genius who was the first to clear the Trial Tower.

Furthermore, aside from his frenzied appearance during combat, Ling Xuan was actually very easy to get along with in daily life.

Most importantly, everyone was from the same batch; perhaps they could use this connection to get close to a powerful figure in the future, so those who had already arrived were incredibly enthusiastic.

"Lishuang, Yanqiu, Yaoli..." Ling Xuan smiled and responded to everyone one by one.

Over these three years, the young people in their batch had naturally interacted quite a bit. Over the three years, aside from a very small number of loners, most had become friends, or at least could chat and laugh together.

Especially the three women, Feng Lishuang, Leng Yanqiu, and Yaoli; under Ling Xuan's intentional or unintentional contact, their feelings had developed rapidly—they were practically ready to get married.

Don't ask why Ling Xuan could marry three; the answer is that he's cheating.

"Ling Xuan..." Suddenly, a sinister and terrifying voice rang out from behind him, and the air pressure in the surroundings seemed to drop significantly.

The surrounding geniuses were startled and retreated one after another, not daring to approach the center where a storm was about to erupt.

Ling Xuan frowned and turned to look at the newcomer, "I seem to hear a dog barking and yelling."

Cao Benqi froze upon hearing this, veins bulging on his face, looking extremely enraged, "Do you dare to have a match with me in the Giant Axe Martial Arena?"

"You and I are both the most outstanding geniuses of the Giant Axe Martial Arena. The tradition of the Giant Axe Martial Arena is life-and-death training. You wouldn't be afraid, would you?" Cao Benqi glared at Ling Xuan.

Ling Xuan sneered. I wasn't afraid of you in the Virtual Universe, let alone in reality.

In reality, I can call for backup, and the Giant Axe Martial Arena never said you couldn't use treasures to assist in combat.

Coupled with his innate secret technique and the Zhetian Method, which had already broken through to the second heaven of Xiantai, beating this Cao Benqi—who had just broken through to the Universe Level—would be child's play.

"Ling Xuan, don't agree to him. The true advantage of the Yanshen Clan lies in their physical body," Feng Lishuang hurriedly stopped Ling Xuan, who was about to open his mouth to agree.

"The Yanshen Clan is the only race among humanity whose life gene multiplier is not one; their physical talent is terrifyingly strong," Leng Yanqiu added.

"Yeah, yeah, I heard that this Yanshen is the most powerful genius in the history of the Yanshen Clan. I'm afraid his gene multiplier exceeds five, which means his combat power in reality is more than five times what it is in the Virtual Universe."

"What? Scared? You coward, you hid from me like a turtle during the genius competition, not daring to face me head-on. Now, are you going to cower in front of your women too?" Cao Benqi's arrogance grew as he saw Ling Xuan hesitating to accept his challenge.

"Go to the Giant Axe Martial Arena? That suits me perfectly." A hint of killing intent was contained in Ling Xuan's voice, "But let's make it clear first: once I hammer you into a pulp, don't go crying to the Yanshen Clan."

With Teacher Giant Axe as his backing, Ling Xuan's words became increasingly aggressive.

Cao Benqi roared and took half a step forward, but at that moment, the entire hall suddenly shook violently.

Brilliant golden light poured down from the dome, and the pressure descended like a physical force. Cao Benqi's footsteps stopped instantly, and the others were forced to kneel on one knee.

"Enough." The deep voice seemed to come from the depths of the universe, "Geniuses are not toys to be used for internal strife. Cao Benqi, if you act recklessly again, go back to the Yanshen Clan. The Giant Axe Martial Arena is not a place where you can run wild."

Cao Benqi's heart was filled with unwillingness. Why did this powerhouse of the Giant Axe Martial Arena only blame him, while the other party in the conflict, Ling Xuan, did not receive the punishment he deserved at all?

No matter how unwilling he was, he dared not show it at this moment; when facing an existence far more powerful than himself, his mind remained exceptionally clear.

If that powerful existence knew what Cao Benqi was thinking, he would surely laugh out loud. Are you kidding? Ling Xuan is the personal disciple of the Giant Axe Founder, and this is the Giant Axe Martial Arena. If they didn't protect him, would they favor an outsider instead? Besides, it was you who started the trouble in the first place.

"Yes."

"Follow me." After saying this, the owner of that voice unleashed a vast and irresistible force, enveloping all 1,000 young people present.

Whoosh!

Instantly turning into a streak of light, they flew for several minutes before arriving in front of a strange spaceship parked on the lawn, at which point he set all 1,000 young people down.

"Phew."

Ling Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of being carried through the air by someone else just now was truly uncomfortable; it provided absolutely no sense of security.

"All of you, get inside. I will give you one final warning: for those of you who are restless, behave yourselves once you reach the Initial Universe. If you dare to cause trouble in the Initial Universe, no one will tolerate you. Even if your Universe Country Lord comes to plead for mercy, it won't necessarily save you from death," the mysterious powerhouse continued to admonish them.

"Yes, my lord." Everyone responded in succession, only then noticing the spaceship before them.

This was a gray-black ship, shaped like a bird, with the feathers on the great bird's wings still trembling slightly, as if it were a living creature.

The belly of the great bird featured a cabin door filled with a technological aesthetic, which was currently wide open, revealing the corridors inside.

Ling Xuan and the others walked into the spaceship while marveling at it.

Inside the main hall.

An invisible pressure made all 1,000 geniuses afraid to make a sound, and even the dozen or so other Immortal beings on the ship, including the mysterious man, bowed slightly.

Standing in the center was none other than the Venerable presiding over this Genius Tournament, Beiyan Venerable.

PS: I'm skipping the romance; if I wrote it, you'd surely be sickened by the cheesiness, and it would slow down the pacing. Besides, the female leads in Swallowed Star are mainly plot devices to prove the protagonist isn't a eunuch. During the nine hours you all waited for this update, the protagonist got married and registered his marriage; I won't write out the process.

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