Invitation

Virtual Universe, Yunmeng Lake, small cottage, third-floor quiet room.

Ye Muxuan looked at the other two teleportation points before him, reached out, and tapped one.

Virtual Universe, special plane, suspended above the massive Rain Phase Mountain is Thunder Island.

If Rain Phase Mountain is the gathering place for core members of the Virtual Universe Company below the Immortal level—where all members below the Immortal level from the four secret realms of Primal, Primordial, Heaven and Earth, and End Times reside within the Virtual Universe—then Thunder Island is the true gathering place for the powerful.

On Thunder Island, the foot of the mountain is for Immortals, the mountainside is for Venerables, and the misty clouds at the peak are where the palaces of super-existences like Universe Masters reside.

On the mountainside, inside a towering and magnificent palace, a human Immortal with black armor and a proud, single horn atop his head was reporting to the master of the palace.

"Are you saying that among this batch of new World Lords, there is currently one who has cleared the thirteenth level, three the twelfth, and five the eleventh?" The master of the palace, a majestic man upon a throne, looked down at the Immortal below.

"Yes, my lord. Over twelve hundred people from this new batch have already cleared the Heavenly Bridge, and with over two hundred remaining, the overall data will basically not have much margin for error."

"And what about the Immortals?"

"Among the Immortals, the highest a Marquis Rank Immortal could clear is the sixteenth level, and the highest a General Rank Immortal could clear is the thirteenth level."

This is the gap in talent between genius World Lords and ordinary Immortals!

"Send them invitations according to the usual practice. Among the World Lords, those four are qualified to enter the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, and the other five can choose to enter the End Times Secret Realm. As for the Immortals, I will handle them myself." After pondering for a moment, the majestic man on the throne made his decision.

The cultivation of Primal Secret Realm World Lord-level members involves too much; even he cannot decide on the quotas for Primordial Secret Realm members alone and needs to discuss it with the other Venerables in charge of such matters. However, for the quotas of the Heaven and Earth and End Times Secret Realms, as long as there is a verified record of clearing the Heavenly Bridge, he—as a high-level manager of the Virtual Universe Company with the strength and status of a dignified Universe Overlord—can still make the call.

Moreover, it just so happens to be his turn to preside over this.

And a Heavenly Bridge level of the thirteenth floor for a World Lord is already the standard for the current Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, or even the Primordial Secret Realm, of the Virtual Universe Company.

If these people are truly geniuses, they can rise against the current no matter where they are placed. If their talent is insufficient, even if they enter the core layer, they will only be on the outermost fringe.

As for average World Lords, even if they have obtained the recognition of the origin laws, their law comprehension is only around the eighth or ninth level of the Heavenly Bridge. With such talent and strength, there is no hope of breaking through to become an Immortal, and even if they were lucky enough to break through, they would be the weakest of Immortals. At that point, they wouldn't even be qualified to enter the End Times Secret Realm, whereas in the Primal Secret Realm, there are even Universe Rank members who have passed the eighth level.

It was not just the Virtual Universe Company; the other four major powers of the human race also paid attention to these newcomers immediately. After all, these newcomers from the Outer Battlefield and auctions do not have clear faction affiliations like those from the Genius Tournament or the Strongest Tournament, nor do they have direct Venerables. Even if they were to reach out and poach them, it wouldn't count as stealing. Especially those from the Outer Battlefield, who have all survived at least fifty thousand years of life-and-death trials; their probability of breaking through to become Immortals is far, far higher than those who came through the auctions.

The three powers other than the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Dojo were even more sincere in their solicitation.

After all, they do not have the qualifications to select genius members through the Strongest Tournament or the Genius Tournament. The geniuses discovered and recommended solely by their own organizations within the various Universe Kingdoms are nowhere near as stable in their sources as the geniuses of the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Dojo. Not only in quantity, but even in quality, they are inferior.

This can be seen from the current top geniuses within their respective best secret realms: the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Dojo remain far in the lead, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance follows closely behind, and the two major banks can only pick up the scraps.

The five major powers within humanity are naturally aligned externally, but internal competition has never ceased. The people at the very top are naturally aware of this, and the higher-ups have never opposed this kind of competition.

Initial Universe, Chaos City.

On the rooftop of the small gray building, Ye Muxuan, who had been sitting quietly for a month, opened his eyes.

"After a month of settling, the harvest is good." He looked up at the law secret patterns revealed in the sky, and after turning all his gains from the Heavenly Bridge, the Illusion Sea, and his meditation on the Chaos Stele into the foundation for his breakthrough to become an Immortal, Ye Muxuan finally stood up.

He was getting closer and closer to becoming an Immortal.

"Nine Phoenix, how many emails in total this month?"

"Master, a total of 94 emails and 45 call requests."

Ye Muxuan looked up at the law secret patterns above, splitting off a wisp of consciousness to enter the Virtual Universe.

A month ago, after he cleared the Illusion Sea and the Immortal Altar, he had turned off Virtual Universe reception and sat on the rooftop of the small gray building to quietly settle his gains. Therefore, no matter which faction, organization, or individual it was, they could not contact him unless they came directly to the rooftop of the small building to find him.

But in Chaos City, it is forbidden for anyone to disturb others while they are meditating on the origin laws!

The main thing was that he was too weak right now. So weak that no matter whose invitation it was, he was not qualified to refuse them directly! But he still wanted to pick and choose, to carefully consider which faction to join.

Cultivation consumes too many resources. Moreover, this universe is too vast, and when one is not strong enough, one desperately needs a powerful backer. One must know that even a Beast God with the strength of a natural Universe Master could be dismembered just because it was discovered that its blood, scales, hair, and so on were treasures beneficial to cultivation; even with the backing of the Ancestral God Sect, one of the nine super powers, they could not be saved. If he, a tiny World Lord, didn't look for a backer now, he would be purely foolish.

Virtual Universe, Yunmeng Lake, lakeside cottage, third-floor quiet room.

He quickly browsed through the emails and call requests. They were mainly formal invitations from the department heads of the five major powers, as well as call requests from some acquaintances, such as Kong Yan, Zhendan, Li Zheng, and Qing Lun.

As for the call requests and emails from strangers, Ye Muxuan also looked at them one by one. Besides some representing the five major powers, there were also some from powerful individuals wanting to take him on as a disciple.

Ye Muxuan checked the identities of these strangers one by one, but with his current status and position, he could only find information on some Limit King Level individuals; he could not find anything beyond that. However, it was precisely because he could not find them that it vaguely exposed some information.

Ye Muxuan leaned back on the sofa, his gaze falling on the screen in front of him.

Excluding acquaintances like Zhendan and the others, there were a total of 22 powerful individuals willing to take him as a disciple! Among them, 15 were Peak King Level, 5 were Limit King Level, and there were two whose identities could not be checked, only showing that his authority was insufficient!