Qin Cang

Human Race, Primal Secret Region.

As one of the Virtual Universe Company's Four Great Secret Realms and its most important one, the Primal Secret Region housed countless powerful figures and served as a place of cultivation for generation after generation of Human Race geniuses.

Wuchen Spacetime was the residence of the Virtual Universe Company's Core Members in the Primal Secret Region. Its core consisted of 136 Wu Chen Planets, which could imitate the operation of laws to a certain extent and repel attacks from outsiders.

Anyone who tried to launch an unauthorized attack would be resisted by this spacetime. Even a Universe Country Lord would find it incredibly difficult to force their way in.

What was more, the residences of many Virtual Universe powerhouses were located in the Primal Secret Region, and one of the Chaos City Lord's Clones was stationed there. In the event of an enemy attack, several Universe Venerables, Universe Overlords, or even the Chaos City Lord himself would soon arrive.

There had indeed been cases in the past of Alien Race Universe Venerables personally entering Wuchen Spacetime to assassinate a genius, but they had ended with the Venerable in question becoming a Soul Slave of the Human Race.

It could be said that Wuchen Spacetime's entire defense system was absolutely impregnable.

There were only 113 Manors throughout Wuchen Spacetime: 100 belonged to World Lord Level members, 10 to Domain Lord Level members, and the remaining three to Universe Level members.

Manor No. 101 was Qin Cang's private residence.

Seven thousand years ago, Qin Cang had transmigrated into the universe after being hit by a dump truck, becoming a prince in a medium-sized Universe Country. After a series of events, he had learned that he had transmigrated into the world of Swallowed Star—and that he had become a member of the Yan God Clan, the first experimental race created by God King of Jin, Mountain Sitting Guest.

As Mountain Sitting Guest's experimental race, the Yan God Clan had exceptional talent in Divine Body, even possessing the potential for an Infinite Divine Body.

But while their strengths were obvious, so were their weaknesses. Their talent for the soul and temperament was extremely ordinary. In short, they had muscles for brains.

On top of that, their strongest member, Emperor Yan, had turned against the Human Race over a treasure. When the Human Race merely wanted to punish him, he had unhesitatingly led the entire Yan God Clan away from the Human Race.

Of course, with Emperor Yan's strength, even after leaving the Human Race, he could still have claimed a territory in the vast Primal Universe and established a home for his people. The Yan God Clan would have had a chance to produce new powerhouses.

But that fool Emperor Yan had actually led his people to settle and multiply in a Universe Secret Region.

Everyone knew that lifeforms born in Universe Secret Regions were born with flaws. Apart from the exceedingly rare Special Lifeforms, no ordinary lifeform born in a secret region had ever become a Universe Master. Even the number of Universe Venerables among them was pitifully small.

It could be said that with this move, Emperor Yan had completely cut off the Yan God Clan's hopes of producing another powerhouse.

Afterward, Mountain Sitting Guest devoted all his attention to the Earth Lineage.

After all, Emperor Yan's actions had utterly severed the Yan God Clan's path forward.

Mountain Sitting Guest had cultivated disciples in the hope of finding an ally who could fight by his side. Yet Emperor Yan had betrayed even his own race for a treasure. Perhaps he hadn't dared defy Mountain Sitting Guest because of his strength at the time—but what if Emperor Yan eventually grew as strong as Mountain Sitting Guest? Betraying him would be just as easy.

Although Mountain Sitting Guest acted as if he didn't care what his disciples did, who could truly know what was in his heart?

When he learned that he had transmigrated as a member of the Yan God Clan, Qin Cang had been devastated. After all, the race's talent for the soul was terrible. Yet perhaps because of his transmigration, Qin Cang was fundamentally different from the other members of the Yan God Clan.

Not only was his soul exceptionally robust, but his talent for the laws was also excellent.

After only three hundred years of cultivation, he entered the Universe Peak Genius Competition held by the Virtual Universe Company. With a level of strength that left the competition far behind, he ultimately claimed first place in a stunning victory.

The only thing Qin Cang regretted was that he hadn't been accepted as a disciple by a Universe Master.

Although he hadn't become a Universe Master's disciple, an ancient and powerful Universe Overlord had taken him on as a student.

That Universe Overlord was known as Demon Wing Venerable, one of the oldest and most powerful members of the Winged Human Race, a branch of the Human Race. Though he couldn't compare with the Universe Masters, he was far more powerful and wealthier than the vast majority of Universe Venerables.

This helped Qin Cang feel a little better, and he eventually accepted his teacher. After all, not every genius hailed as one in a thousand eras became a Universe Master's disciple. Most of them merely became disciples of Universe Venerables.

Being a genius who appeared once in a thousand eras was only the minimum requirement for becoming a Universe Master's disciple. In most cases, the decision also depended on one's cultivation path, personal rapport, and other factors.

Demon Wing Venerable was ancient and powerful, yet before this, he had taken only five disciples. Two were Universe Venerables, one had reached the peak of the King level, and one was Invincible King. The last had been assassinated by an Alien Race and had died beyond any chance of resurrection. That was why Demon Wing Venerable had stopped taking disciples for a long time.

It was only when Qin Cang appeared that he once again considered taking on a student.

After Qin Cang became Demon Wing Venerable's disciple, he set a cultivation goal for each stage under his teacher's guidance: to test his Law Comprehension at the Sky Mountain, and to clear every stage of it.

In the end, Qin Cang spent nearly two thousand years before forcefully clearing the Universe Level Sky Mountain, then advanced to the Domain Lord Level.

When he was sent out as a Domain Lord, he returned to his birthplace, the Nine Yan Universe Kingdom, to serve as an Inspector. After another five thousand years of arduous cultivation, he was finally confident he could clear the Sixteenth Layer of the Nine Universes Sky Bridge. Only then did he request to end his assignment and return to his Manor in the Primal Secret Region. Not long ago, he had finally cleared the Sixteenth Layer.

Today, he would challenge the Sky Mountain—the Virtual Universe Company's highest standard for evaluating geniuses aside from the Sky Bridge.

To clear the Domain Lord Level Sky Mountain, one generally needed the strength to pass the Sixteenth Layer of the Sky Bridge.

And unlike the Sky Bridge, which tested only Law Comprehension, the Sky Mountain placed great emphasis on actual combat.

At the foot, midway up, and atop the Sky Mountain stood three guardians: a Fighter, a Controller, and an Illusionist.

The challenger had to withstand all three attacking at once. Each might be slightly weaker than the challenger individually, but together, their combat strength was on an entirely different level.

Of course, even more importantly, clearing a Sky Mountain came with a special bonus reward.

Clearing the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain earned one hundred million points; the Domain Lord Level brought thirty billion, and the World Lord Level a full one trillion!

Aside from the rewards from the company, Demon Wing Venerable had also generously offered Qin Cang additional prizes. He would receive an extra reward for every Sky Mountain he cleared.

What was more, these rewards far surpassed the company's offerings. Many were treasures one could only hope to encounter by chance!

That was precisely why Qin Cang had been willing to spend so much time at the Universe Level and Domain Lord Level.

He wanted the treasures in his teacher Demon Wing Venerable's possession.

After all, Demon Wing Venerable had lived in the same era as the Original Ancestor. His potential had simply run out, leaving him unable to advance any further.

But after countless years of accumulation, although his wealth couldn't compare with that of the Universe Masters, he was undoubtedly among the wealthiest of the Universe Venerables.