Ten years later

Time keeps flowing by, and soon another ten years have passed.

At this point, there were only ten days left before Yang Wu and the others left Chaos City.

On this day, a spaceship shaped like a giant fish, nearly a kilometer long, slowly flew from the Primal Universe into the Initial Universe.

After entering the Initial Universe, this strange spaceship began to fly rapidly towards Chaos City.

Inside the spaceship's main hall, there were two figures.

A Man in Cyan Robe sat in a seat, while a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in jade armor stood respectfully to the side.

These two were none other than Yang Wu's teacher Nine Sword Venerable, and his first King Level Immortal, the King Longyu.

"Long Yu, how have these newcomers from the same batch as Yang Wu performed over the past thirty years?" the Nine Sword Venerable asked with a smile.

In truth, the Nine Sword Venerable no longer cared about how these people performed.

One Yang Wu is enough!

However, these geniuses were ultimately selected and recruited by the Virtual Universe Company, so the Nine Sword Venerable, who was in charge of this year's Genius Battle, naturally couldn't completely ignore them.

"Your Venerable, of the thousand geniuses in this batch, 817 are still alive!" said the King Longyu, who had flowing purple hair, respectfully.

"Among these people, the most outstanding is Yang Wu, the Venerable's disciple. He passed the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge in his tenth year in Chaos City, and has been cultivating diligently ever since."

"Next is Bolan. He passed the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge in the eighth year. However, just a few days ago, Bolan went to try the seventh level of the Universe Heavenly Bridge, but unfortunately he failed!" King Longyu said with a slight regret.

If Bolan had chosen the right path from the beginning, perhaps another genius would have emerged under the Venerable's command, having conquered the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge.

"Also, Luo Feng and Rong Jun performed very well. Luo Feng passed the fifth level of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge in the 27th year, while Rong Jun passed the fourth level of the Giant Axe Heavenly Bridge in the 25th year."

King Longyu continued respectfully, "Five other geniuses have also passed the third level of the Heavenly Bridge: Qianshui, Wuka, Galesi, Long Yun, and Gusiluo!"

As for the other ordinary geniuses who passed through the first and second levels of the Heavenly Bridge, King Longyu didn't mention them at all. These people were not worth the Nine Sword Venerable's attention for the time being.

As the Nine Sword Venerable sat on his throne listening to King Longyu's report, he was pondering the name of a certain person.

This person was neither his prized disciple Yang Wu, nor the other two remarkably advanced geniuses, Bolan and Luo Feng, but Rong Jun, who was far behind Yang Wu and the other two.

As the Nine Sword Venerable slowly recalled all the information about Rong Jun from his memories, he pondered to himself.

"Although Rong Jun's combat talent is astonishing, his Law Comprehension is not among the top of this group of geniuses. Now, thirty years later, he has only passed the fourth level of the Heavenly Bridge!"

"While such a genius is certainly not bad, on average, only one appears in each Genius Battle! Yet, Yuanchen and Gulun, these two Universe Country Lords, are vying to take Rong Jun as their disciple as soon as he has passed the first level of the Heavenly Bridge!"

The Nine Sword Venerable frowned slightly. "These two reached the Venerable level much earlier than I have. Perhaps there really is something about Rong Jun that I haven't discovered."

Whenever he thought of Rong Jun being taken as a disciple by other Venerable, the Nine Sword Venerable would feel a pang of regret.

Although Rong Jun was brought to Chaos City by him and is still under his command, if Rong Jun were to possess the strength of Peak King Level in the future, he could form his own faction, which even the Nine Sword Venerable would be unable to stop.

At that time, Rong Jun will inevitably choose to submit to the Yuanchen Universe Country Leader, and will not be able to continue to stay under the Nine Sword Venerable.

However, the Nine Sword Venerable's furrowed brows quickly relaxed. He thought to himself, "I've already made a huge profit by taking Yang Wu as my disciple this time! Even if there are some things about Rong Jun that I haven't seen through, could he possibly be better than Yang Wu?"

Thinking of this, the Nine Sword Venerable smiled and said, "Although Bolan has embarked on the right path, the Universe Chaos Stele is ultimately different from other Chaos Stele that specialize in studying space. It's quite impressive that he was able to pass the sixth level in thirty years! As for Luo Feng, his progress even surpasses that of Bolan, which is indeed a pleasant surprise!"

"However..." The Nine Sword Venerable suddenly asked quite seriously, "Long Yu, do you think Yang Wu had a chance to pass the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge before leaving Chaos City?"

"This subordinate doesn't know either!" King Longyu replied respectfully, "More than ten years ago, Yang Wu attempted to cross the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge several times, but for the past ten years, he has been focusing on cultivation and has never attempted to cross the Heavenly Bridge again! However, with Yang Wu's talent, he should have a chance to cross the eighth level."

"Yes, there might be hope!" Nine Sword Venerable thought to himself.

Rumble...

The spaceship continued its journey.

The Chaos City, shrouded in Chaos energy, has existed since time immemorial.

On the rooftop of the residence where the founder of the <Lieyan> secret technique once practiced, Yang Wu sat cross-legged, eyes closed, motionless.

After the last simulation, Yang Wu did not immediately attempt to conquer the eighth level of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge. Instead, he continued to cultivate diligently, hoping to comprehend the third Rainstorm Diagram of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele to a perfect score.

Unfortunately, ten years is far too short a time; compared to the two thousand years Yang Wu experienced in the Simulator, it is utterly insignificant.

Even with Yang Wu's incredibly diligent cultivation, he was still a short distance from fully comprehending the Rainstorm Diagram.

That day, Yang Wu awoke from his meditation and saw Qian Shui looking at him with a smile not far away.

"Yang Wu!" Qian Shui asked with a smile, "We're about to leave Chaos City. Aren't you going to try your luck on the Heavenly Bridge? Many people are speculating whether you can pass the eighth level of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge!"

There isn't much time left before Yang Wu and the others leave Chaos City, so many geniuses are trying to cross the Heavenly Bridge.

Unfortunately, apart from a few geniuses who occasionally managed to pass the second level of the Heavenly Bridge, the rest did not make any breakthroughs.

Just now, Qianshui also tried to break through to the Heavenly Bridge.

Unfortunately, the fourth level of the Heavenly Bridge is much more difficult than the third level. Even though Qian Shui had already passed the third level of the Heavenly Bridge 10 years ago, and had received guidance from Yang Wu and King Jianhuang over the past decade, she was still some distance away from passing Heavenly Bridge fourth level.

The Heavenly Bridge has a hurdle every three levels. If the fourth level is already this difficult, what about the seventh? Even Bolan, who had already passed the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge, struggled to comprehend it for more than 20 years but still couldn't pass the seventh level!

But what about Yang Wu? Ten years after arriving in Chaos City, he had already passed the seventh level!

Such talent is enough to amaze countless people.

"The Heavenly Bridge?" Yang Wu smiled slightly.

Before leaving Chaos City, he naturally had to try his luck on the Heavenly Bridge.

After all, during your time in Chaos City, you can earn ten times the points by crossing the Heavenly Bridge.

Although Yang Wu had a lot of points, he used most of them to buy secret manuals, and he had very few left.

Just then--

"Come to me immediately!"

A deep, resonant voice rang directly in Yang Wu's mind; it was the voice of the Nine Sword Venerable that he was familiar with.

"Come to me immediately!"

"Come to me immediately!"

The sound echoed repeatedly, causing all 817 surviving geniuses to cease their cultivation.

"The teacher is here?"

"It is the Venerable!"

Yang Wu and Qian Shui exchanged a glance, then transformed into two streaks of Flowing Light and soared into the sky, flying towards the direction from which the sound came.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

In the vast and boundless Chaos City, amidst the swirling currents, figures soared into the sky one after another, all flying in the same direction.

Above Chaos City, a giant, dark blue fish, over a thousand meters long, flew through the Chaos and solidifying Chaos, its tail fin swaying gently.

An aura that compels one to submit involuntarily emanates from this fish-shaped spaceship.

Click!

The hatch on the belly of the 'big fish' opened, and more than ten figures flew out one after another, the leader of whom was none other than the Nine Sword Venerable, who was wearing a blue battle robe.

At this moment, Yang Wu and more than 800 other geniuses, as well as nearly 100 Immortal beings, had all appeared in front of the Nine Sword Venerable.

"Greetings, Venerable!" Yang Wu and the others, along with a group of Immortal beings, stood in mid-air and respectfully bowed.

"Snort!"

The Nine Sword Venerable let out a cold snort, which was like a heavy hammer striking everyone's heart.

He coldly swept his gaze across everyone suspended below. Yang Wu and the others felt as if they were ants being watched by a giant dragon.

Silence reigned all around; no one dared to utter a sound.

"Chaos City was the safest place arranged for so-called geniuses like you!" The Nine Sword Venerable stood high in the sky, looking down at the group of geniuses below, and said coldly, "But what I didn't expect was that even in the safest Chaos City, nearly 20% of your thousand people had died!"

"This result is truly disappointing! Once you return to the Primal Universe, I'm afraid more than half of you will die within just one hundred years!"

Silence reigned all around; none of the geniuses dared to utter a sound, and could only obediently listen to the admonitions of the Nine Sword Venerable.

In this Chaos City, human powerhouses are strictly forbidden from killing each other. Therefore, the nearly two hundred people who died must have all perished while hunting Chaos Beast.

"You will be leaving Chaos City in ten days," the Nine Sword Venerable said indifferently. "Now, those who should attempt to cross the Heavenly Bridge should do so, and those who should study the Chaos Stele should do so. After you leave, who knows when you will be able to return!"

The Nine Sword Venerable waved his hand and ordered, "Go, all of you, Yang Wu stay!"

"Yes!" a large group of people replied respectfully.

Immediately, the group dispersed and flew off in different directions from Chaos City.

Thanks to the readers, i Ah Chen, for the reward of 20,000 points, more will be added later.