The Initial Universe, Chaos City.
Inside a palace with an ancient and magnificent design, there was a long, gray-white stone table in the main hall, with twenty-eight stone chairs on both sides. A burly man with a stern face and wearing brown linen sat on the first stone chair on the right, looking at the woman opposite him who exuded an aura of compassion and pity.
Even today, their legends might be found in the history of that planet. However, in the eyes of powerful beings like those in Chaos City who have lived for millions, tens of millions, or even billions of years, these twenty-odd people who have lived for only tens of thousands of years seem very young.
Not far from this palace, there was another palace, where several dozen people had just arrived.
Of all the powerful beings in the entire Initial Universe, only the Original Ancestor, who could perceive all information with a single thought, would know that these people existed here.
The palace gates opened, Ye Muxuan, dressed in an embroidered black robe, walked in. Looking at these twenty-eight cultural ancestors from the Earth Era, he finally nodded slowly.
These ancient ancestors were taken into his God Kingdom as they were dying, their bodies healed, and they were able to cultivate. They could even return to the tribes and people they had protected to visit them again, which was their original intention.
Ming Yu's obsession was with those clansmen, relatives, and friends who died because of him, and Source Star was shattered and could not be resurrected to this day. Therefore, he was stuck at the last step for more than 200,000 epochs and could not break through. When Qu Zi Yuan threw himself into the river, something finally touched him and made him take that step.
These people's obsession stemmed from the tribespeople they had fought and died to protect. Having gained clarity of understanding, Ye Muxuan believed that, at least until he Immortal,
Their cultivation journey will be smooth sailing.
However, I believe it will be soon enough that they can return to that place and see the tribespeople they once protected.
Ye Muxuan, dressed in an embroidered black robe, sat down at the head of the table and looked at the twenty-eight tribal chiefs present. He said, "Many of you are meeting for the first time. Let me introduce you to each other."
"Pangu, Nuwa," Ye Muxuan introduced to the burly men with hardened faces on either side of him, and the woman who pitied the world.
Suddenly, the other twenty-six people present stood up!
These people are now mostly at the Universe Rank, with two of them even at the Domain Lord level, yet they all bowed to these two in unison.
These two are undoubtedly among the earliest civilizations of Earth! But if the identities of the other twenty-odd civilizations here were known to the Earthlings, they would probably go crazy!
Pangu, Nuwa, Youchao, Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Leizu, Red Emperor, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, Yu the Great
Hou Yi, Yao, Shun, and so on. Each of these people is an ancestor whose name is recorded on stone tablets and tortoise shells and passed down through countless years.
As Ye Muxuan introduced everyone's identities, he also described the environment, expressing his anticipation that they would showcase the splendor of Earth's era.
Meanwhile, in a nearby palace, Ming Yu was introducing the dozens of people present. However, many of these people were already acquainted with him. For example, the burly Kong Qiu had once sought knowledge from Li Er, and he had also met other people during his travels through the states, though they had different stances and ideologies.
There are more than a dozen people who were later honored as "Masters" here, including Laozi, Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Liezi, Zhuangzi, and so on. Among these people, Laozi and Zhuangzi were the most spiritually advanced, and they were also the Illusionist geniuses that Ming Yu valued the most.
There was another genius who attained enlightenment in Longchang in later generations, but at that time Ming Yu was in the God Kingdom using a primordial Supreme Treasure to absorb divine power and transform his divine body, so he was taken away by Ye Muxuan.
With Ye Muxuan and Ming Yu's tacit approval, and after everyone had become familiar with the situation, they left the palace and toured various parts of Chaos City.
Through contemplation and practice, I also met people from another region. After a brief exchange, we learned that we came from the same place, and naturally, we felt a strong sense of mutual respect.
Their resolve was so strong that it even surpassed that of many World Lord Immortal. Even when they witnessed the gap between them, they remained unperturbed, and their cultivation progress in Chaos City was also rapid.
More than three years after the Initial Universe, this year's Star Rank Genius Battle, hosted by the Virtual Universe Company, was presided over by the Venerable Nine Swords. He had been High Venerable for hundreds of thousands of epochs. Although he was still somewhat behind the Universe Overlord due to the Gene Multiplier and the influence of Heavy Treasure, in terms of realm, he was also stuck at the limit of the Universe Venerable and could not break through to this day.
There are actually many Human Race powerhouses who are also stuck at the level of High Venerable and Universe Overlord. Most of them, besides guarding important places of their Universe Kingdom and races, are also looking for an opportunity to break through.
The Venerable Nine Swords may have led the team in this Genius Battle for the sake of training a few subordinates, or perhaps to relax.
A year later, the Venerable Nine Swords led a thousand selected Genius Battle into the Initial Universe, allowing them to choose the Chaos Stele that suited them best and walk the path that was right for them.
Inside the Chaos Ruins, Ye Muxuan, dressed in an embroidered black robe, and the Original Ancestor glanced at the thousand Human Race who had entered, their gaze finally lingering on the disheveled Savage.
"This is a member of the Giant Axe clan?" As one of the few people most familiar with the Giant Axe Founder, both Ye Muxuan and the Original Ancestor could tell at a glance that the Savage Rong Jun was of the same bloodline.
"This little guy is interesting." Original Ancestor nodded, and Ye Muxuan smiled as well. Then, the two of them turned their attention to a lean young man with short black hair.
"Has he possessed the Golden Horned Beast?" The Original Ancestor looked at Ye Muxuan and said, "This little guy has good fortune; he's worth nurturing."
"The Golden Horned Beast has three slots for clones, but unfortunately he's already used two." Ye Muxuan nodded. In their eyes, possessing the Golden Horned Beast was merely a decent opportunity, not a top-tier one.
Although the Golden Horned Beast's Internal World can nurture three clones, firstly, it has already nurtured two, one of which is an energy life form like the Mosha Race; secondly, there is a limit to how many clones the Internal World can nurture, and Special Lifeform exceeding that limit cannot be nurtured.
The Golden Horned Beast is only ten times the life gene. Generally speaking, the Internal World cannot nurture Special Lifeform that are a hundred times more powerful than the original body. In other words, it can nurture Special Lifeform a thousand times more powerful, or even less. There are not many good options.
Just like Ye Muxuan back then, it was the Origin Will of the Original Universe "bestowed" the slot for an avatar, which allowed him to give birth to Special Lifeform like Qingsui, which is 7,000 times stronger, from the very beginning.
Neither of the two people discussing the matter paid much attention to Boland, the winner of this Genius Battle. Over the years, they had seen far too many geniuses of this caliber.
Moreover, the one currently in charge of the Virtual Universe Company is the Shadow Blade Master, not the Chaos City Lord. Although the Venerable Nine Swords believed that Boland's talent far surpassed that of other geniuses, and had once reported that an additional spot for the Primal Secret Realm could be added, Ye Muxuan refused.
Therefore, this time, only Boland entered the Primal Secret Realm directly as the champion of the Genius Battle, while the Rong Jun, Uka, Luo Feng, and Long Yun, were in the Primordial Secret Realm.