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It was probably an Invincible King Rank expert, or... a Venerable?

Ye Muxuan shook his head. He probably wasn't qualified yet to attract a Venerable's attention. Still, he was already quite satisfied to have caught the eye of Limit King Level experts. After all, he hadn't gone all out on either the Heavenly Bridge or the Illusion Sea.

He had only made it to the Thirteenth Floor of the Heavenly Bridge, and the Fourteenth Layer of the Illusion Sea. As for the Immortal Altar, unless he'd earned a perfect score, he wouldn't dare call himself a World Lord General capable of killing an Immortal head-on.

A hundredfold increase in strength and perfect control over one's body were things every Peak World Lord could achieve, let alone the very foundation for breaking through to Immortality. If you couldn't even manage that, becoming an Immortal was just a dream—you wouldn't even qualify to try.

Ye Muxuan's gaze settled on the screen, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Virtual Universe, private meeting room.

As a World Lord General from the Outer Battlefield, Ye Muxuan was also qualified to book a small meeting room like this, though it did cost him. After the attendant brought in the drinks, he withdrew respectfully.

Before long, the people who'd received his email began arriving one after another.

"Well, this is rare! You're actually the one inviting us!" A tall, broad-shouldered man walked into the meeting room, still finding time to tease Ye Muxuan.

"Indeed, it is." Blade Maniac Li Zheng followed him in.

Before long, everyone Ye Muxuan had invited had arrived. He glanced around as Zhendan, Li Zheng, Kong Yan, Qing Lun, Bone Hand, Wei Yi, and the others took their seats.

"I went straight into seclusion after clearing the Heavenly Bridge, and only just came out. There are a few things I'm still unclear about, so I'd like to ask you all for help." Ye Muxuan stood and poured a glass of wine for each of the nine World Lords present. He picked up his own glass and drained it before speaking. "First, let me apologize for the trouble."

"Muxuan, you've really gone all out." Zhendan looked at the wine in his glass, where five-colored light shimmered and stars seemed to swirl. "Five-Colored Stars costs thirty Hunyuan Units a glass, even in the Virtual Universe. You really are loaded, Muxuan."

There was a bottle of Five-Colored Stars in front of each of the ten men, and Ye Muxuan had brought out an extra bottle to pour from. A single bottle cost three hundred Hunyuan Units in the Virtual Universe, and could fill at most ten glasses!

An ordinary World Lord was doing well if he had a fortune of ten Hunyuan Units in cash. Of course, those who'd come from the Outer Battlefield had some wealth of their own. But unless they were particularly fond of wine, they wouldn't want to spend the money on a single glass in the Virtual Universe. Even if the taste and everything else were exactly the same, the virtual was still virtual. They'd rather grit their teeth and buy a bottle in the real world to satisfy their craving!

"I'll drink this glass, Muxuan. Just tell me what you need. If I can help, I won't refuse!" Qing Lun, dressed in green with blue hair, spoke up. He picked up his glass and drained it, then smacked his lips. It tasted pretty good.

He was a Spirit Reader who had chosen the Jinghong Chaos Stele and had cleared the Ninth Form of the Jinghong Heavenly Bridge. He was just one step away from Immortality.

"Same here. Just ask if you need help. If it's within my power, I'll do it." Another man spoke up, clad in black battle armor and carrying a blood-red greatsword on his back.

He was Blood Sword, another practitioner of the Jinghong Chaos Stele—a powerful close-combat Fighter who had cleared the Ninth Form of the Heavenly Bridge.

With those three speaking up one after another, the others also raised their glasses. Only Kong Yan continued to turn his glass in his hand, watching the others before finally looking at Ye Muxuan. Then he suddenly asked, "Do you need information about the invitations sent by the Five Great Powers?"

At that, Zhendan and the others paused in surprise, while Ye Muxuan slowly nodded.

"I just came out of seclusion and found that all Five Great Powers had sent me invitations. I don't have any notable backing, and I'm missing some information about them, so I'd like to learn a bit from you." Ye Muxuan didn't hide his purpose and said it plainly.

"After today, you should have some backing," Zhendan said. Ye Muxuan just smiled.

"It's definitely better to learn more beforehand if you're going to join one of the Five Great Powers." A slender woman spoke up in agreement. "After we cleared the Heavenly Bridge, the Five Great Powers sent us invitations too. You were in seclusion at the time, so a few of us got together to talk it over."

"Have you all decided which power to join?" Ye Muxuan asked curiously.

"That's you lot. We have no interest in joining any power." A tall man with a pale, ashen face and armor of the same color spoke. He looked like a skeleton. "As far as I know, among the World Lords in our batch, only those who cleared at least the Eleventh Layer received formal invitations and a chance to become Core Members. World Lords who cleared the Tenth Form still don't count as Core Members. As for those who cleared the Ninth Form, they have even less hope!"

"Only by breaking through to Immortality is there any hope!" Blood Sword added.

No matter which of the Five Great Powers you looked at, they'd seen countless geniuses over the past billions of eras. A World Lord who had only reached the Ninth Form didn't stand out to them. Among their Core Members, even Domain Lords who had cleared the Ninth Form of the Heavenly Bridge were plentiful.

But things were different for Immortals. Even among those core genius members, not all of them could become Immortals. In fact, the odds were only around five percent at most! The rest would fall along the path to becoming strong, for all sorts of reasons.

"You went into seclusion right after clearing the Heavenly Bridge, so you probably don't know the details yet," Kong Yan said. This slender Spirit Controller looked delicate, but on the Third Battlefield of the Outer Battlefield, he was renowned alongside Ye Muxuan and Zhendan as one of the three strongest World Lords!

"After clearing the Heavenly Bridge, we exchanged some information. Let me fill you in." Li Zheng, who'd been silent until now, spoke up. "There are over a thousand World Lords in our batch, and only eleven received formal invitations from the Five Great Powers."

"Li Zheng is the most talented of the Blade Race's current younger generation. His backing is that King Rank senior from the Blade Race, so he has access to more detailed information," Zhendan added.

"The Immortals' situation has nothing to do with us. Among the hundred World Lords who came from the Outer Battlefield, four cleared the Eleventh Layer of the Heavenly Bridge, two cleared the Twelfth Layer—that's Kong Yan and Zhendan—and you're the only one who cleared the Thirteenth Layer. Among the more than a thousand who came through the auction, three cleared the Eleventh Layer, and one cleared the Twelfth." Li Zheng looked at the nine World Lords present, his gaze as sharp as a blade. "Of these eleven who can become formal members, Muxuan, you're probably the only one who hasn't chosen a power yet."

Ye Muxuan nodded slowly.

Although the World Lords who came through the auction were mostly at the Eighth or Ninth Form, and some were even at the Seventh, there were over a thousand of them. Even if only one in a thousand stood out, one or two geniuses were bound to emerge.