Contradiction

Thunder Island, at the summit of the Central Mountain Range.

This is an incomparably majestic mountain range. The Universe Venerable in palace complexes, but since this is where all the Peak Battle power of the Human Race gathers, it is completely different from the palace complexes, servants, disciples, and nominal disciples below. Although it covers an extremely vast area, it appears exceptionally desolate!

Whoosh!

Lu Yan'an flew among the mountaintops, searching for a suitable spot.

"Junior Brother?" a voice rang out.

"Hmm?" Lu Yan'an turned his head and saw a figure flying in from a distance. It was none other than the Venerable Gui Yi, who was wearing a fiery red battle robe.

"Senior Brother Gui Yi," Lu Yan'an smile.

Gui Yi Yizun saw that Lu Yan'an seemed to be looking for something, so he laughed and said, "Junior Brother, are you looking for Master's palace? It's over there!" As he spoke, he pointed to the extremely magnificent palace behind him.

"No," Lu Yan'an shook his head. "My master instructed me to find a location here to build a palace."

"Build a palace?"

Venerable Gui Yi was slightly suspicious, then laughed and said, "It seems you have entered the Immortal realm. However, Immortals build palaces at the foot of the mountain. Why are you wandering around on the mountaintop?" Ordinary Immortal are not qualified to fly around on the mountaintop. Even the servants in the palaces of those Universe Venerable can only walk within the palace grounds.

"My master, Chaos, asked me to find a location on the mountaintop to build a palace," Lu Yan'an said.

Venerable Gui Yi was taken aback, then laughed and said, "Junior Brother, are you mistaken? Even if you break through to the Immortal realm, with your battle record, you can only build a palace on this mountaintop at most. Those who build palaces on this mountaintop are all beings whose combat power is comparable to the Universe Master, and the weakest of them are the most powerful Universe Overlord!"

"That's right! My Uncle Master Chaos did indeed instruct me to build a palace on this mountaintop, because I didn't break through to Immortality, but directly became Venerable!"

"Venerable?" Venerable Gui Yi's voice rose eight octaves instantly. He admitted he was indeed terrified by his junior brother's strength! But even if he had directly broken through to the Venerable, building a palace on this mountaintop was truly excessive! Even he himself had only recently been permitted to build a palace here. For the City Lord of Chaos to allow Lu Yan'an to build a palace on this mountaintop immediately after his breakthrough to the Venerable One realm would surely incur the displeasure of those at the highest levels! Wasn't this putting him in a very difficult position?

Thinking of this, Venerable Gui Yi immediately pulled Lu Yan'an towards the City Lord of Chaos's palace. "Junior Brother, if you build a palace on this mountaintop, it will definitely incur the displeasure of those Universe Masters. I'll take you to see our teacher and ask him to rescind his order!"

Everything must be done according to the rules. Even the top leader of the Virtual Universe Company should have the authority to convince his powerful subordinates! Building a palace on a mountaintop... that's the privilege of the Universe Master. No matter whose disciple it is, no one can act so recklessly.

"Senior Brother Gui Yi!" Lu Yan'an's voice wasn't loud, but it made Venerable Gui Yi pause in his tracks. "Uncle Chaos has his reasons for asking me to build a palace on this mountaintop!"

Seeing how Venerable Gui Yi was of him, Lu Yan'an felt a warmth in his heart. He then softly explained, "If you want to understand the reason, then come to the Cuiyan Secret Realm in the Original Secret Realm and see my World Tree Clone. All the answers are there!"

There was no explanation needed, as nothing could compare to the sheer awe of seeing it with one's own eyes. Even the City Lord of Chaos was astonished by Lu Yan'an's World Tree Clone after his breakthrough, not to mention the other powerful figures.

Upon hearing this, Venerable Gui Yi nodded slightly and then released his hand. "Then I will go and see your World Tree Clone, and see why the teacher made you build a palace on the top of Thunder Island!"

After saying that, he immediately turned around and transformed into Flowing Light, disappearing from the game in an instant!

After that, Venerable Gui Yi did not come to him again to ask to go with him to find the City Lord of Chaos and request that he retract his statement that Lu Yan'an should build a palace on the mountaintop.

This little incident did not affect Lu Yan'an's choice of the location for building the palace! On the same day, Lu Yan'an the location and the architectural style, and the Virtual Universe automatically created a huge palace complex for him. From then on, this became Lu Yan'an's territory.

However, before the Universe Master residing on the mountaintop could voice their objections, the Universe Venerable residing on the mountaintop were already in an uproar!

"Did the King Huanshi 'Lu Yan'an' build a palace on the mountaintop?"

"What kind of utterly absurd situation is this? Even if he truly entered the realm of immortality, with his battle record, he could at most build a palace halfway up a mountain, let alone be qualified to build one on the mountaintop!"

"Exactly! This is utterly reckless. City Lord, you're so foolish! Even if it's your own disciple, there should be a limit to how much you can spoil him!"

"Regardless of who you choose as your master, everything must be based on merit. The arrangements made by the City Lord this time are quite undignified..."

Lu Yan'an's arrival at the mountaintop caused some commotion.

The Universe Venerable on the mountainside often gathered together. This was their circle, and they naturally felt a sense of superiority and aloofness towards the "Immortal God." Now, suddenly, an anomaly appeared, breaking through to immortality and living on the mountaintop. Although they dared not scold or berate him because of the City Lord of Chaos, they all expressed their dissatisfaction when they gathered together!

On a hillside on Thunder Island, a rainbow hangs upside down beneath a waterfall, and on a nearby peak stands an exquisitely crafted pavilion where several figures are conversing.

"The Lord of Chaos City is a pillar of our human race, and his contributions to our race are immeasurable! We cannot and dare not object to his arrangements! But we are talking about that Illusionary King Lu Yan'an! Does the Lord of Chaos City have anything to do with Lu Yan'an? Hmph, how can a mere Immortal be so shameless with no achievements or strength? ... Lu Yan'an is just a cultivated genius who has been using the race's resources all along. I have never seen him make any contributions! What contributions has he made? Did he give away the supreme treasures to the race for free?"

"Heh, all I see is the City Lord's favoritism towards him! He was clearly just a World Lord before, yet the City Lord bestowed upon him Supreme Treasure! You must know, Supreme Treasure are things that even we Universe Venerable would desperately pursue! He, Lu Yan'an, a World Lord, was given such a treasure just because he became the City Lord's disciple. Who would feel good about that?"

"Geniuses are just consuming resources; they actually owe their race something!"

"But we are here to earn resources for our race! And those powerful figures on the mountaintop are the pillars of our entire race, the strongest fighting force of our human race! Isn't it a disgrace for those powerful figures that an Immortal is building a palace on the mountaintop? What face does a weakling without strength have to go to the mountaintop?"

"Without contributing, their strength is at most at our level. What makes them think they can go to the summit?" A Universe Venerable of the Ape-man Race, over ten meters tall, said with an extremely gloomy expression. He had a terrible temper, and his voice was as terrifying as thunder. His words were immediately acknowledged by the Venerable around him.

"The Fire Ape Venerable is right!"

"Yes, that's right."

The other several Universe Venerable nodded in agreement; this was the first time that so many people had such strong opinions about the decision made by the City Lord of Chaos.

"Let's all keep quiet. After all, this is the arrangement of the City Lord of Chaos," advised a bald Venerable with a special Secret Pattern on his forehead, who was drinking alone. "Even if the City Lord of Chaos arranged it this way, Lu Yan'an should know that he is not qualified to occupy such a position. Now that he has taken root on the mountaintop, it means that there are some things we don't know!"

"There's no need for everyone to get upset about this. Since he's already shamelessly built a palace on the mountaintop, this is a direct slap in the face to those officials."

"The ones who should be angry now are those lords! Just wait and see, there's bound to be a good show. We certainly can't object to the City Lord's orders, but how could those lords possibly acknowledge the strength of a mere Immortal?"

The bald-headed Venerable laughed, "The smart thing to do now is to go to the City Lord and ask City Lord to rescind his order. But since he has already finished building the palace on the mountaintop, we can just sit back and watch the show!"

"Hehe, you're right. Right now, the ones who feel most offended are probably those adults on the mountaintop. We guys on the mountainside are just watching the show. You've really woken us up! As expected of someone who plays illusions, your understanding of the matter is so insightful, Venerable Mengxuan." Fire Ape Venerable had been complaining incessantly, laughed after hearing these words.

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