The First Genius Tournament

Seeing that Lu Yan'an seemed moved by the grand event he had mentioned, Tian Chen struck while the iron was hot:

"This is an incredibly rare opportunity. If you can seize it, you might even be able to enter the core layer of my Virtual Universe Company directly!" Having said that, Tian Chen even put on an envious expression.

Hearing his words, Lu Yan'an immediately understood; this was definitely the universe genius tournament that occurred every five thousand years in the original story! However, the timing was wrong. This was an event that wouldn't be held until over two thousand years later, during the era of City Lord Luo and his peers. Why had it suddenly been moved up by two thousand years? Lu Yan'an was somewhat baffled. As he pondered this, he looked at Tian Chen before him, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Wasn't there an insider from the Virtual Universe Company right in front of him?

"Lord Tian Chen, could you tell me more about this in detail?" Lu Yan'an acted as if he were very interested in the matter.

Seeing that he seemed to have taken the bait, Tian Chen did not hesitate and said directly:

"This is a cultivation opportunity decided upon by the high-level officials of the five major organizations: the Virtual Universe Company, the Giant Axe Dojo, the Universe First Bank, the Universe Galaxy Bank, and the Universe Mercenary Alliance, aimed at all star-level lifeforms of the human race. As long as a participant meets the conditions set by these five organizations, they can directly obtain the status and cultivation resources of their core layers."

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Yan'an and continued to add:

"Of course, the betting agreement for internal members of our Virtual Universe Company will not require you to obtain core layer status. You only need to stand out in the qualifying rounds and secure a spot to advance! If you advance, the betting agreement will allow you to enjoy the treatment of an internal member while maintaining your status as an external member. How about it?"

"And how exactly does the qualifying round work?" Lu Yan'an asked with great curiosity. He wanted to know if this qualifying round, which had moved the plot forward by a full two thousand years, was the same as in the original story!

"That is not entirely clear, as this is the first time the five giants have jointly organized such an event! The information I have is limited."

Tian Chen also shook his head, indicating that he did not know much about the matter either.

"The first time?" Lu Yan'an seemed to have discovered a blind spot, and he also appeared somewhat incredulous.

"Are you saying that this kind of qualifying event is being held for the first time?"

"Of course! Have you ever heard of any qualifying competitions held by the major giant-level powers before?" Tian Chen looked at him with some strangeness, seemingly puzzled by someone who didn't even understand common knowledge.

"Haha, of course I haven't heard of it, I was just curious!" Lu Yan'an said with a forced smile. However, his heart was churning like a stormy sea, unable to calm down for a long time!

The first genius tournament! How is this possible!! Lu Yan'an screamed frantically in his heart; he was stunned by this sudden news.

Ever since he was reincarnated into this world, the similar cultural background and lifestyle had led him to believe that he had been reborn on Earth, just two thousand years before the start of the plot. In his understanding, people of every era had a commonly accepted name for the world they lived in, and the people of this current era simply called the world they lived on "Yuan Planet".

And after entering the universe, seeing the Qiu Long Planet and the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, which were similar to those in the original story, he became even more convinced that he had arrived more than two thousand years before the plot!

It wasn't until he heard this statement from Tian Chen that his worldview was completely reshaped!

It turned out that he hadn't arrived two thousand years before the original timeline, but in the much earlier Yuan Planet era! In the original story, Pu Ti had once said himself that before City Lord Luo, Earth had two other candidates for the Star Tower: during the era of the first candidate, Earth was called the 'Shanhai Realm', and during the era of the second candidate, it was called 'Yuan Planet'!

At this moment, all the threads in Lu Yan'an's mind gradually became clear. He finally understood why he had never heard of the genius tournament in the virtual universe before, and why he could travel freely between Qiu Long Planet and Earth under the secret techniques of Hu Yanbo!

Previously, he had thought that Lord Shen had cracked it, but now it seemed that this idea was completely wrong; his time had deviated from the original timeline by as much as 8.2 billion years!

8.2 billion years, what a long stretch of years! One must know that the life of the Yunmo Planet master Hu Yanbo as an immortal was only a little over sixty million years! At this moment, his heart was clearly in a state of chaos.

Tian Chen, seeing that Lu Yan'an's expression was a bit off, thought he was intimidated by the requirements of the betting contract and hurriedly said to him: "It doesn't matter. Even if you cannot advance in the qualifying rounds to join my Virtual Universe Company as an 'internal member', my Virtual Universe Company will still do its best to cultivate you. You don't need to have such a heavy burden!"

"I understand. Thank you for your appreciation, Lord Tian Chen. I agree to sign this betting contract with the company!" Lu Yan'an did not want to continue the charade. After quickly achieving his goal, he readily agreed; he just wanted to be alone and quiet now.

Tian Chen, hearing Lu Yan'an agree to his request so readily, also appeared very happy.

"Hahaha, since that's the case, we can consider ourselves people of the same company. How about this, I will give you your share of the S-grade bloodline evolution agent first." As he spoke, he asked him for a delivery address.

Lu Yan'an didn't think much about it and directly gave the address of the hotel where he usually stayed on Qiu Long Planet.

Tian Chen nodded after confirming that the address was correct.

"This bloodline evolution agent will arrive at your location in a week at the latest. Make sure to receive it then. By the way, use it immediately after receiving it to avoid any complications!" He patted Lu Yan's shoulder with a tone of advice. As a powerhouse who had climbed up from the bottom of the universe, he had seen too many cases of murder for goods, especially for something as precious as an S-grade bloodline evolution agent; one had to be on guard!

Lu Yan'an nodded.

"You should prepare well in these next few months! I also hope that the first genius I develop can give me a surprise, hahahaha."

"Yes, my lord! Then I shall take my leave." Lu Yan'an cupped his hands and said with slight respect.

"Go! Go!" Tian Chen waved his hand, signaling for Lu Yan'an to leave.

Lu Yan'an turned and left the meditation room.

At this moment, his heart was in turmoil. The first universe genius tournament? Heaven seemed to have played a joke on him!

No wonder he had the opportunity to obtain the inheritance of Pu Ti; this inheritance was originally left by Pu Ti on Yuan Planet to screen for geniuses. If nothing went wrong, the first person from Yuan Planet to head into the universe—Feng Yunruo—was the second candidate for the third disciple of Zuoshanke! And in the original story, Feng Yunruo failed the life-and-death inheritance, and Yuan Planet also headed toward decline, even being destroyed at one point! It wasn't until 8 billion years later that Earth was reorganized and naturally developed to produce City Lord Luo, the child of destiny.

"If my birth was merely to witness the destruction of Yuan Planet, then I choose to become a powerhouse and change the fate of my home!" Lu Yan'an had never been as high-spirited as he was today. He knew clearly that in this universe, the weak had no say. If you want to change your fate, you can only choose to keep getting stronger, until you can break any shackles, until no one dares to offend you!

And right now, there was such an opportunity to change his destiny! His eyes shone brightly. To compete on the same stage with the peak geniuses of the universe and cut them down one by one—what an honor that would be!

"Peak Genius Tournament, here I come! Geniuses of the universe, just you wait!"