Compensation Plan
Lu Yan'an froze, then quickly turned around to look behind him.
Two figures stood silently behind him.
The surrounding world had completely changed. Where the Universe Supreme Being had descended, even the Universe Origin would temporarily retreat. For a moment, Lu Yan'an could no longer comprehend the Universe Origin Law.
The moment his eyes fell upon the two, his body began to tremble unconsciously. Countless Cosmic Rules surrounded them, and even with their power greatly restrained, he could still feel the threat of death.
Lu Yan'an was not very familiar with these two figures. However, he could roughly guess their identities from their clothing and appearance.
First, there was the figure slightly behind the Divine Body. He was imposing, with dazzling long golden hair and long eyebrows that reached his chest. If I'm not mistaken, he should be the mastermind behind the Giant Axe Dojo — the Lord of Void Gold.
The one in the middle was a Wild Savage Giant with disheveled hair. In terms of imposing presence, this Wild Savage Giant was the most ruthless of all the powerful figures Lu Yan'an had ever seen. Even the City Lord of Chaos paled in comparison to him.
At that moment, they stood there, an endless aura enveloping the entire universe. Under this boundless aura, it felt like an ordinary human being under the sun, experiencing no pressure whatsoever, but rather feeling quite comfortable. This made Lu Yan'an instantly realize that this was not oppressive force, but rather the life force naturally emanating from a super being.
Realizing he could no longer sense the Universe Origin Law, Lu Yan'an felt for the first time the terrifying power of True God.
The powerful cultivate by sensing the Universe Origin Law; the clearer the sensing, the faster the cultivation. However, once the Origin Law of the universe cannot be sensed, even Lu Yan'an's attacks will be greatly diminished. In other words, facing a True God, Lu Yan'an currently has no chance of resistance!
"Greetings Giant Axe Founder, Lord of Void Gold!" Facing such a supreme being, Lu Yan'an hurriedly bowed respectfully. "I never expected to be so honored that you two would make this trip for me."
The Lord of Void Gold looked at Lu Yan'an calmly without speaking, while the Giant Axe Founder said with interest, "Honor? You certainly have the right! If my Giant Axe Dojo doesn't provide a reasonable explanation for this matter, then it will be a major issue for my human race!"
The assassination attempt on Lu Yan'an by the King Luanyu was far too outrageous and completely crossed a red line within the human race. As a member of the management of the Giant Axe Dojo, using his resources to plot the assassination of a genius Domain Lord from a Virtual Universe Company —if this gets out, it won't just be a simple matter of personal interest; it will certainly escalate into a factional infighting issue.
Everything boils down to self-interest. As the saying goes, "Don't say anything that's detrimental to unity!" Almost all principles of conduct in the universe are based on self-interest, and unity is precisely the greatest interest within a group. Usually, individual interests are less than factional interests, which are less than group interests! From this perspective, it's not hard to understand the Giant Axe Founder's statement.
Once the situation escalates to a factional conflict between the Giant Axe Dojo and the Virtual Universe Company, the interests most at risk are precisely those of the community—unity.
"However, you are quite decisive! When I used Time Reversal to observe the whole story, I was admiring your boldness and decisiveness, but now it seems you had something to rely on all along!" The Giant Axe Founder said with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, "There is actually a means of resurrection! And it's a method we don't understand at all. It seems your opportunity is greater than we imagined."
"If someone had told me before that there were other ways to resurrect someone besides time travel, I wouldn't have believed it. But now I do."
Then, with great interest, he asked, "Can you tell me how you were resurrected? Of course, I won't force you; you can choose not to tell me."
Lu Yan'an frowned, hesitated slightly, and then said in a low voice, "Abyss Purgatory, a..." As he spoke, he suddenly realized that he seemed unable to speak, and could only look helplessly at the Giant Axe Founder.
Upon hearing Lu Yan'an's words, the Giant Axe Founder murmured to himself, "The Origin Will of the Primal Universe?"
He clearly saw Lu Yan'an's slightly changed expression and his abruptly stopped words.
As True God, the Giant Axe Founder naturally knew about the Origin Will of the Primal Universe. Any information beyond reincarnation, or even higher-level cultivation experiences, was completely obscured by the Origin Will of the Primal Universe! This was precisely why Lu Yan'an couldn't reveal the details. In other words, the method used to resurrect Lu Yan'an must be a method beyond that of True God!
Upon seeing this, the Lord of Void Gold narrowed his eyes into slits. Such an encounter, surpassing even the Universe Supreme Being, was truly unimaginable.
"The Abyss Purgatory? Alright! That's one clue, I suppose. As for what happens next, since the Origin Will of the Primal Universe has intervened, I won't ask any more questions! We should now raise our attention to the Abyss Purgatory to the highest level." The Giant Axe Founder continued.
"Next, let's talk about compensation for you! What are your thoughts on this?" After a moment's thought, the Giant Axe Founder Axe's booming voice rang out.
"I'll leave it to you, sir!" Lu Yan'an replied respectfully. It wasn't that he had no thoughts about the compensation; in fact, he understood perfectly well that with his strength as World Lord, he had no right to negotiate with the Giant Axe Dojo! Since that was the case, he might as well just look at the compensation plan offered by the Giant Axe Dojo.
"Two options, the first one will bring you more benefits. But the choice is yours." The gruff voice of the Giant Axe Founder rang in his ears.
"The first option is that the Giant Axe Dojo will compensate you with a Supreme Treasure, but in return, the Martial Arena will not bear the cost of resurrecting your relatives. However, I also want to make a promise to you! With your World Lord Level strength, you will soon be going to the Outer Region Battlefield. You can use your military merits on the Outer Region Battlefield to exchange for the resurrection rights of your relatives."
"The second option is that your relatives will be resurrected immediately, but the compensation treasure will become a Heavy Treasure!"
Throughout the entire story, the Giant Axe Founder only stated that the scope of resurrection was Lu Yan'an's relatives, not the entire population of Yuan Planet.
It's important to understand that even when the Universe Master Reverse Time and Space and resurrect life, they pay a price. Even if the resurrected beings don't have high Life Gene Level, the sheer number of them is overwhelming. A single planet can harbor hundreds of millions of intelligent beings, and resurrecting them all at once would inflict a punishment no less severe than resurrecting a single Universe Venerable. However, if the resurrection is limited to Lu Yan'an's relatives, the pressure is significantly reduced.
Human lifespan varies greatly. For example, Planetary Level lifespan is a little over 1000 years, Star Level is one epoch, Universe Level lifespan is 10 epochs, Domain Lord's lifespan is 100 epochs, and World Lord is 1000 epochs! Only by becoming Immortal Expert can one achieve eternal immortality. In the early stages, it is generally the physical limitations that prevent the soul from continuing to live.
Generally speaking, the human soul can live for a very long time, up to 1000 epochs. However, the body is inherently limited; no matter how good the medical care, it will eventually age and die.
Planetary Level body can last for a little over 1000 years, Star Level body for an epoch... up to World Lord. World Lord possesses an "Internal World," which absorbs external energy and continuously supplies the body, preventing aging. At this point, lifespan depends on the soul.
The limit of the soul is 1000 epochs.
So--
The lifespan of World Lord is 1000 epochs.
Only by transcending the World Lord and achieving a leap in the essence of the soul can one attain eternity! Planetary Level, Star Level, Universe Level, Domain Lord, World Lord —the leap in life level is primary. But the leap from World Lord to immortality is a leap in the soul.
The universe was utterly silent.
The Giant Axe Founder and the Lord of Void Gold were waiting silently, while Lu Yan'an was deep in thought, looking quite conflicted. Finally, Lu Yan'an raised his head.
"Have you made your choice?" The Giant Axe Founder looked at Lu Yan'an.
"Hmm." Lu Yan'an nodded. Most of his relatives were at the Star Level, with a lifespan of one epoch for both body and soul. In other words, he had to complete their resurrection within one epoch.
These two compensation options are quite generous, and from Lu Yan'an's perspective, there's nothing wrong with them. The first option is to directly give him a Supreme Treasure, then exchange his merits on the Outer Region Battlefield for the resurrection of his relatives; the second option is to resurrect them now, but only compensate with a single Heavy Treasure. In other words, it's a test of his ability to gather enough military merits to resurrect his relatives within one era, with the aid of a Supreme Treasure. Moreover, it's conceivable that, to hone his skills, the amount of military merit required to resurrect his relatives won't be low.
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