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This battle did not last long. It had been him on the offensive, a continuous barrage of attacks, until he unleashed his most powerful self-created secret technique: Hundred Blades—Reincarnation!

According to the guidance of the clan elders and his own ten thousand years of meditation on the Extreme Wind Secret Canon, this self-created ultimate technique definitely possessed the power of an Immortal Deity.

Yet, even when he gave it his all and executed the secret technique to its perfect potential—one could say it was a flawless performance—it was still cleaved open by a single blade strike from the guy in front of him.

Just how profound was this guy's comprehension of the laws? Could he have already successfully realized the ninth level of the Extreme Wind Secret Canon?

Ye Muxuan did not decline and accepted the Wind Jade Gold.

The crowd watching this scene was filled with envy. Earning 300,000 Hunyuan in just a few minutes was enough to make even those Marquis-level Immortal Deities sigh. While their own net worths were certainly higher, they too craved such an easy opportunity to earn wealth.

"What do you call that blade technique of yours?" In the end, Li Zheng could not hold back and asked Ye Muxuan.

Looking at the moves alone was actually useless; the key was the law secret patterns outlined within that technique, which drew upon the origin of the laws—that was the fundamental essence.

"Two-Part Blade Technique, first form: Wind Sever!" Ye Muxuan spoke, his voice low and calm. "The Wind Sever blade technique is based on the origin law of wind. All things in heaven and earth can be severed in two by my blade!"

"Two-Part, Wind Sever..." Li Zheng murmured slightly, ruminating on the words. Nearby, World Lords like the Thunderbolt Spear Zhendan and several Immortal Deities also fell into deep thought.

"Master, you have an email." Within his consciousness, the reminder from his Intelligent Optical Brain, Nine Phoenix, arrived.

Diverting a wisp of consciousness into the Virtual Universe, inside the three-story quiet room of the cottage by Yunmeng Lake, a message flickered on the screen before him. Ye Muxuan clicked it open; it was an email sent from within the military system.

The email was addressed to all World Lords and Immortal Deities who had redeemed a quota for enlightenment in the Initial Universe. The content was simple: it required all of them to arrive at Longyan Planet within one year. The spaceship bound for the Initial Universe would arrive in one year to escort them there.

Ye Muxuan checked the redemption list within the military system, and sure enough, it showed that the quotas for the Initial Universe enlightenment had been fully redeemed.

For this epoch, there were 100 World Lord-level spots and 20 Immortal-level spots, and every single one had been claimed.

Each epoch, the spaceships sent by the Outer Battlefield to escort these people to the Initial Universe operated under two conditions: either all quotas were redeemed, in which case they departed in one year; or the epoch ended, and even if not all spots were taken, the quotas would refresh, and all warriors who had redeemed a spot would depart within that year.

When Ye Muxuan had originally chosen to head to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, he had calculated that there were still sixteen spots left. Under normal circumstances, there would be nearly ten years remaining, and he figured he could make it back in time. Sure enough, now that it had been over seven years—not quite eight—he had returned, and the ship would depart in a year.

In truth, these powerhouses who had redeemed their quotas generally did not run around like Ye Muxuan. Like Rain Sword Kong Yan or Thunderbolt Spear Zhendan, once they redeemed their spots, they would head to Longyan Planet to wait for the ship. After all, unless one was a powerhouse like Ye Muxuan who had a clear goal and a precise schedule, even for cultivation, a few years of waiting was better spent exchanging pointers with peers.

Comprehension of the laws was not something achieved solely by working behind closed doors; exchange and sparring were also highly effective ways to progress. Especially when stuck in a bottleneck, one needed external stimulation even more. Not to mention, the World Lords and Immortal Deities capable of redeeming these spots were undoubtedly the elite of their respective levels.

In the quiet room, Ye Muxuan pondered silently before logging out of the Virtual Universe.

On Longyan Planet, within this small world, these World Lords and Immortal Deities who had redeemed their spots clearly knew the news, and one by one, they were visibly excited.

The Initial Universe!

It was said that peak World Lords who entered the Initial Universe had over a 50% chance of breaking through to become Immortal! In the long run, it could be predicted that at least fifty of the one hundred World Lords present would become Immortals. Moreover, these World Lords who came from the military would be even stronger once they broke through to become Immortals.

The World Lords and Immortals present were all discussing it, their conversations filled with excitement.

Ye Muxuan picked up a bottle of wine, poured a glass for Li Zheng and Zhendan in front of him, and then tipped the bottle to drain the rest in one gulp!

Entering the Initial Universe was the second step of the first plan he had initiated.

For World Lords and even Immortal Deities, a mere year was nothing more than the blink of an eye. Amidst the discussions and sparring of these World Lords, the remaining ones who had redeemed their spots arrived at Longyan Planet one after another within a few short months, with the last one arriving nine months later.

During this process, the later-arriving World Lords and several Immortal Deities also learned of the battle between Li Zheng and Ye Muxuan, and suddenly, the gazes they cast toward Ye Muxuan became much more solemn.

Even among Marquis-level Immortals, not everyone could create a Marquis-level secret technique. The fact that Ye Muxuan could create one at the World Lord stage proved that his comprehension of the laws was extremely high. Once such a genius broke through to become an Immortal, there was a high probability he would immediately become a Marquis!

From a peak World Lord to a Marquis-level Immortal, even a low-tier Marquis, the base power could increase by a thousandfold. Once world energy transformed into Immortal divine power and an undying body was condensed, their combat power would increase by more than ten thousand times. Even the ten Marquis-level Immortal Deities present would have to treat him with respect, or even look up to him, when that time came.

The one hundred World Lords present were almost certainly the most outstanding World Lords currently in the Outer Battlefield, and those twenty Immortal Deities had previously been mostly lone wolves. After all, any Immortal Deity with a bit of a background wouldn't have ended up in a situation where they were already Marquis-level yet still hadn't entered the Initial Universe, forced to come to the Outer Battlefield to trade their lives for a chance.

Therefore, this group generally understood the importance of unity and cooperation, and they all knew what kind of stunning performance a World Lord like Ye Muxuan would display once he broke through to become an Immortal.

Thus, even the Marquis-level Immortals treated World Lords like Zhendan and Kong Yan as equals, not to mention Ye Muxuan, whom they treated entirely as a peer.

The Immortal Deities present were not stupid. If Ye Muxuan failed to break through and remained trapped as a World Lord, it would at most be a failed investment of a favor. If he did break through, that investment would yield a hundred or thousandfold return; any normal Immortal knew what to do.

Three months later, a gray-white spaceship that looked like a giant rock descended upon Longyan Planet. The ship sent by the Outer Battlefield had arrived!

Gazing at the ship docked on the landing platform—a triangular vessel over a thousand meters in diameter, forged entirely from F8-grade Earth Soul Rock Mother and bearing the marks of time—Ye Muxuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The Initial Universe, it was almost time!