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It's likely a Limit King Level, or perhaps... a Venerable?

Ye Muxuan shook his head; he figured he wasn't yet qualified to attract the gaze of a Venerable. However, being able to draw the attention of a Limit King Level was already enough to satisfy him. After all, he hadn't given his all in either the Heavenly Bridge or the Illusion Sea.

He had only cleared the thirteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge and the fourteenth level of the Illusion Sea. As for the Immortal Altar, he would be too embarrassed to call himself a World Lord General capable of killing an Immortal head-on if he hadn't achieved a perfect score.

A hundredfold body force and perfect control over one's own body were things every peak World Lord could achieve; they were, after all, the foundation for breaking through to become an Immortal. If one couldn't even manage that, dreaming of becoming an Immortal was futile—one wouldn't even be qualified to attempt it.

Ye Muxuan's gaze fell upon the screen, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Virtual Universe, private meeting room.

As a World Lord General of the Outer Battlefield, Ye Muxuan was qualified to request such a small meeting room, though it did, of course, require a certain fee. After the attendant delivered the drinks, he bowed respectfully and retreated.

Before long, the individuals who had received his message arrived in the meeting room one after another.

"A rare occasion indeed! You actually sought us out!" A tall, burly man joked as he walked into the room.

"Indeed, it is rare." Following him was the Blade Maniac, Li Zheng.

Soon, everyone Ye Muxuan had invited had arrived. Scanning the room, he saw Zhendan, Li Zheng, Kong Yan, Qing Lun, Blood Sword, Wei Yi, and the others taking their seats.

"I went straight into seclusion after clearing the Heavenly Bridge and only just finished. There are some things I'm not clear on, so I've asked you all here to help me out." Ye Muxuan stood up, poured a glass of wine for each of the nine World Lord powerhouses present, picked up his own glass, and downed it in one go before saying, "I'll start by offering my apologies to everyone."

"Muxuan, you're really splashing out." Zhendan looked at the Five-Colored Star wine in his glass, which shimmered with faint, swirling starlight. "Five-Colored Star—even in the Virtual Universe, a single glass costs 30 Hunyuan Units. You really are wealthy and generous, Muxuan."

There was a bottle of Five-Colored Star in front of each of the ten people, and Ye Muxuan had brought out an extra bottle to pour the drinks. To say nothing else, a single bottle cost three hundred Hunyuan Units in the Virtual Universe, and one bottle could pour at most ten glasses!

For an ordinary World Lord, having ten Hunyuan Units in cash would be considered doing quite well. Of course, those of them who came from the Outer Battlefield had some savings, but unless they were exceptionally fond of alcohol, they wouldn't be willing to spend so much on a drink in the Virtual Universe. Even if the taste was identical, the virtual was still virtual; they would rather grit their teeth and buy a bottle in reality to satisfy their cravings!

"I'll drink this glass, Muxuan. If there's anything I can help you with, just say the word!" Qing Lun, a man in green robes with blue hair, spoke up. He picked up his glass, downed it, and smacked his lips, finding the taste quite good.

He was a Spirit Controller who had chosen the Jinghong Chaos Stele and had cleared the ninth level of the Jinghong Heavenly Bridge, just one step away from becoming an Immortal.

"Same here. If you need help, just ask. I certainly won't refuse if I can assist," added a man in black battle armor carrying a heavy blood-colored sword.

He was Blood Sword, also a follower of the Jinghong Chaos Stele and a powerful close-combat warrior who had cleared the ninth level of the Heavenly Bridge.

With these three speaking up, the others raised their glasses as well. Only Kong Yan, who was fiddling with his glass while observing the others, finally looked at Ye Muxuan and suddenly asked, "Are you looking for information regarding the invitations sent by the five major powers?"

At these words, Zhendan and the others were slightly taken aback, while Ye Muxuan nodded slowly.

"I only just finished my seclusion and discovered that all five major powers had sent me invitations. I don't have any notable background to fall back on, and I lack information about these five powers, so I wanted to learn more from you all." Ye Muxuan didn't hide his intentions and spoke directly.

"After today, you should have a background," Zhendan remarked, and Ye Muxuan smiled.

"It's certainly better to know more before joining one of the five major powers." A slender woman spoke, agreeing with Ye Muxuan. "After we cleared the Heavenly Bridge, the five major powers sent us invitations as well. You were in seclusion at the time, so we gathered to discuss it."

"So, have you all already chosen which power to join?" Ye Muxuan asked curiously.

"That's for you; we don't have any powers vying for us." A tall man with gray-white skin and matching gray-white armor, who looked like a skeleton, spoke up. "As far as I know, among our batch of World Lords, only those who cleared the eleventh level or higher received formal invitations with the chance to become core members. Those who cleared the tenth level aren't considered core members, and as for the ninth level, there's no hope at all!"

"Only by breaking through to become an Immortal is there any real hope!" Blood Sword added.

Regardless of which of the five major powers it was, they had seen countless geniuses over hundreds of millions of epochs. A World Lord at only the ninth level simply didn't catch their eye. Among their core members—for instance, in the Primal Secret Realm—there were many who had cleared the ninth level while still at the Domain Lord stage.

However, it was a different story once one reached the Immortal stage. After all, even among these core geniuses, not everyone could become an Immortal; the probability was no more than 5 percent! The rest of the geniuses would fall on the path to becoming powerhouses for various reasons.

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

"We exchanged some information after clearing the Heavenly Bridge, so let me fill you in." Li Zheng, who had been silent until now, spoke up. "Out of the thousand or so World Lords in our batch, only eleven received formal invitations from the five major powers."

"Li Zheng is the most talented of the younger generation of the Blade Race. He has a Limit King predecessor from the Blade Race backing him, so he knows the details better," Zhendan added from the side.

"The situation regarding Immortals is irrelevant to us. Of the one hundred World Lords who came from the Outer Battlefield, four cleared the eleventh level, two cleared the twelfth—that's Kong Yan and Zhendan—and you are the only one who cleared the thirteenth. Of the thousand or so who came from the auction, three cleared the eleventh level and one cleared the twelfth." Li Zheng looked at the nine World Lords present, his gaze as sharp as a blade. "Among these eleven people qualified to be formal members, you are the only one who hasn't chosen a power to join yet, Muxuan."

Ye Muxuan nodded slowly.

Although the vast majority of World Lords who entered through the auction were at the eighth or ninth level—or even the seventh—the sheer number of over a thousand meant that even with a one-in-a-thousand chance, one or two geniuses would inevitably emerge.