Third Disciple

Lu Yan'an's exchange of treasures this time was practically a tax of 200 Supreme Treasure points for his clan. The transaction fees and Supreme Treasure premiums for the Morning Glow Blade were entirely borne by the Lord of Darkness. After completing the exchange, Lu Yan'an did not continue to exchange for treasures, as other treasures were of little significance to him.

On one hand, for the strong, treasures are not about quantity, but quality! Of course, if you have enough Supreme Treasure, and each one is of exceptional quality, that's another story. After carefully considering and confirming the extent of the Supreme Treasure treasures he possessed, Lu Yan'an turned and left this treasure trove of the human race. His next destination was already decided— the Universe Ocean!

Virtual Universe, atop Thunder Island.

Lu Yan'an and the Giant Axe Founder walked side by side in the corridor, both of them in a very pleasant mood.

"Are you preparing to head to the Universe Ocean?" the Giant Axe Founder asked softly.

Lu Yan'an nodded slightly. "The inter-race war ended with a near-total victory for our Human Race. Neither the Machine Race nor the Monster Race has any intention of continuing the fight. In the Primal Universe, I can hardly find a place to truly hone my skills. It's time to head to the Universe Ocean!"

The Giant Axe Founder scrutinized Lu Yan'an, making Lu Yan'an somewhat puzzled. After a long while, he spoke with emotion, "The Universe Ocean is extremely dangerous, but some Top Universe Overlord occasionally venture in. Logically speaking, your strength is certainly sufficient to enter. However, once you reach the level of Universe Master, you will become another great pillar for our Human Race."

"Originally, in order to protect you, I wanted you to advance to the Universe Master before entering the Universe Ocean."

"However, it seems that staying in the Primal Universe might hold you back!" said the Giant Axe Founder.

"However, you should be mentally prepared. In comparison, the Primal Universe is merely a cradle! A cradle that nurtured us, very peaceful, with very low danger."

"The Universe Ocean... is the real battlefield."

"Many super-beings from before the Great Destruction, even the Universe Supreme Being, reside in that Universe Ocean." The Giant Axe Founder looked at Lu Yan'an with a serious expression. "There are even greater dangers there, especially in the deepest parts of the Three Great Danger Zones, where even the Universe Supreme Being can perish."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan'an nodded solemnly. The dangers of the Universe Ocean were self-evident; after all, the Giant Axe Founder in the original story had perished in the Dim Land of the Qingfeng Mountain. With this precedent, how could he possibly not take it seriously?

"The Universe Ocean is truly the gathering place of the strong; countless supreme Supreme Treasure and precious artifacts are born there," the Giant Axe Founder sighed. "Generally speaking, only Primitive Star, which open only once every endless Years in the Primal Universe Ocean, can give birth to a Supreme Treasure of the peak Domain Type. But deep within the Three Great Danger Zones... it is said that there are quite a few Supreme True Treasure in the deepest parts of the Three Great Danger Zones! The Peak True Treasure is even more frightening..."

"Of course, you absolutely cannot enter even some of the inner areas, let alone the deepest parts," said the Giant Axe Founder. "Right now, you can only occasionally venture into the outer realms."

Indeed, only there will you truly be tempered.

"In the Universe Ocean, there are countless powerful beings from before the Great Destruction, and any one of them is more ancient than the powerful beings of our Primal Universe! The powerful beings of our Primal Universe were all born after the Great Destruction... Those ancient powerful beings are incredibly strong, and fighting them will inspire many of your ideas, and your strength will improve even faster." The Giant Axe Founder described the grand blueprint.

The Primal Universe was born, evolved, operated, weakened, and destroyed... This is a cycle. A Great Destruction wipes out everything within the Primal Universe! When a new race is born again in the Primal Universe... that marks the beginning of a new cycle. Some beings that existed before the Great Destruction naturally managed to escape it Great Destruction preserve their lives. However, all beings below the level of Void True God have a lifespan of only three cycles, and even those as powerful as True God Level cannot escape it.

Unless a powerful being breaks through to the True God realm and achieves Void Realm status, the small universe belonging to the True God will transform into Holy Land Universe. Only life forms protected by the Holy Land Universe can truly achieve immortality! For example, Purple Moon and East Emperor in the original work are two powerful beings at the Void True God Level. Their Purple Moon Holy Land and East Emperor Holy Land are truly transcendent, watching the birth and death of the Primal Universe time and time again, sitting firmly on their fishing platform.

"Go back and prepare yourself. Once Chaos emerges from seclusion, I will send you to the Universe Ocean!" the Giant Axe Founder laughed. "After Chaos emerges, his strength should be firmly established at the eighth-tier level. With the two of us joining forces, we can go anywhere in the entire Universe Ocean!"

Lu Yan'an smiled and nodded. The City Lord of Chaos was currently in seclusion digesting the lingering effects of constructing Miniature Universe when he broke through to become the Universe Supreme Being. He also needed to take advantage of this window of opportunity to sort out his own situation. The Universe Ocean was not like the Primal Universe; there were quite a few beings that could kill him.

Furthermore, there's the Zuoshanke. His performance in this clan war was, by all accounts, flawlessly fulfilling its requirements for recruiting disciples. Now it's time to go and reap some benefits...

The Star Tower, nine light-years high, has been in this space-time since the creation of the Outer Region Battlefield billions of years ago. For countless years, it has been devouring endless energy from the universe. The surging energy it devoured formed the "Nine-Swirl Nebula," which looks like a nebula but is actually an incredibly terrifying energy vortex.

Sixty thousand Years later, Lu Yan'an returned to this place once again. The ancient Star Tower, entirely black, still stands here, untouched by the endless waves of Years, as if it were eternal.

Even with Lu Yan'an's current strength, he had to admire the skill of the Zuoshanke. Looking around, within the Star Tower, which was nine light-years high, countless Zhenfeng Star were being nurtured, just like "drops of water" in the ocean. Although these Zhenfeng Star were Heavy Treasure, they were extremely common within the Star Tower.

If the Zhenfeng Star had not voluntarily emerged, even with Lu Yan'an's current strength, he would not have been able to forcibly remove those "Zhenfeng Star" from the Star Tower.

"Junior brother!" An aged voice rang in Lu Yan'an's ears, "Come, Master has been waiting here for a long time!"

As he spoke, a spatial entrance appeared on the outer wall of the Star Tower. Without hesitation, Lu Yan'an stepped into the spatial entrance.

It was still that colorful passage, the surrounding space distorted, but with Lu Yan'an's current strength, he could see everything clearly. There were enormous Zhenfeng Star, Heaven-Piercing Pillar, and outside the distorted space, there were many treasures with immense auras; these must be the "Original Soul."

Before long, the mysterious force that had carried Lu Yan'an through the air gradually dissipated, and Lu Yan'an flew out of the passage. He adjusted his posture slightly and landed on the ground as lightly as a feather.

It was still this vast and mysterious hall, with nine pillars tens of thousands of kilometers high supporting the entire hall. Above the hall, at the ends in all directions, were countless Zhenfeng Star... as if the entire hall was surrounded by a sky full of stars. Everything was so familiar!

Two familiar figures appeared ahead.

One of them was the Universe Master, "Pu Ti," who was now restraining his aura and sitting humbly to one side, just as he had been when Pu Ti Yunruo was present. At the very front of the center of the entire hall stood a colossal figure over 900 meters tall, none other than the Zuoshanke! He was wearing seemingly ordinary blue armor, with transparent horns on his forehead, and was looking down at Lu Yan'an.

"Congratulations, Lu Yan'an! From this day forward, you are my third disciple, qualified to rank among the super-strongest beings in the universe!" The towering old man's voice boomed, penetrating deep into Lu Yan'an's heart. The Universe Master "Pu Ti," standing beside him, also smiled at Lu Yan'an, offering heartfelt congratulations. "Third Junior Brother, congratulations!"

Hearing their conversation, Lu Yan'an was quite pleased. If anyone in this Primal Universe was the strongest teacher of disciples, it would undoubtedly be the Zuoshanke before him. Even the most incompetent Flame Yan Di was taught by him and broke through to the Universe Master. With the realm of God King, it was practically a dimensional reduction attack in this Three Thousand Dimension Worlds, not to mention that later on, his disciples included a ruthless figure like City Lord Luo!

Being able to become a disciple of the Zuoshanke means that Lu Yan'an will basically have no problem cultivating to the Void True God realm. As for fighting the three God Kings of the Shi Kingdom after breaking through to the Void True God realm? Please, he hasn't cultivated the Nine Calamity Secret Manual, so there's no question of being targeted by the three God Kings.

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