Sensation

Qin Cang tightened his grip on his long spear. In an instant, endless flames engulfed the weapon, and he slowly raised it, pointing directly at the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper did not show any weakness; his own spear ignited with raging flames, aimed squarely at Qin Cang.

"Sky-Burning Mountain-Breaking!" Qin Cang shouted.

He thrust his spear forward, the flames carrying immense power as they surged toward the gatekeeper. It was fortunate that this was the Virtual Universe; had they been in the Primal Universe, this strike would surely have torn through the spatial barriers, creating one spatial rift after another.

This technique was precisely Qin Cang's greatest achievement over the past millennium. After gestating his Crowned Python Clone, Qin Cang had used the innate secret technique of the clone as a core to begin creating new spear arts.

This strike was inspired by the "Heavenly Prison," fusing his complete insights into the laws of space and fire. Once unleashed, it possessed the power to collapse the heavens and shatter stars.

By manifesting fire into a spear, he pursued absolute lethality. Under this strike, the gatekeeper had no power to resist.

The outcome was exactly as Qin Cang had anticipated: the gatekeeper's figure dissolved into nothingness amidst the endless flames.

At the same time, the death of the gatekeeper meant that Qin Cang had successfully cleared the eighteenth level of the Sky Bridge, earning permanent residency in Chaos City.

"Did you see that? That's my junior brother! Hahaha, Third Junior Sister, you'd better hurry up, or it won't be long before he becomes the weakest one in our sect," Blood Blade King laughed heartily, not forgetting to tease Snow Imperial King.

Snow Imperial King wore silver battle armor that accentuated her exquisite and curvaceous figure. According to the aesthetic standards of Qin Cang's past life, his Third Senior Sister was a cold, high-status beauty—both in personality and appearance. She had always been unconvinced that Blood Blade King was stronger than her. Even though Blood Blade King had long since retired to Chaos City, Snow Imperial King still roamed the universe daily, all to break through to the Venerable level before him.

"I have no complaints about being surpassed by our little junior brother; his talent is far greater than mine. However, I will definitely become a Venerable faster than you," the silver-armored Snow Imperial King snorted and left the Sky Bridge plane. She was still in the Outer-Region Battlefield and didn't have the time to dwell on this, though she was truly astonished by the little junior brother's talent. It was far superior to anyone she had seen in all these years.

Inside the City Lord Mansion of Chaos City, Chaos City Lord had watched the live broadcast of Qin Cang's challenge from start to finish. As the current number two figure of the human race, Chaos City Lord had seen many geniuses, and there were certainly others who could rival Qin Cang.

However, even if their natural talent was comparable, talent was only one part of the path to becoming a powerhouse; other things were equally inseparable.

Luck, willpower, and even a heart of gratitude were just as important. If the human race spent countless resources only to cultivate an ingrate who stood against them, there would be no one to reason with.

As early as when Qin Cang first entered Chaos City, his formidable talent had attracted the attention of many human powerhouses, including those Universe Masters.

Yet, in the end, not a single Universe Master stepped forward to take him as a disciple. The main reason was that the temperament of the Yan God Clan was truly poor—they were prone to fighting at the slightest disagreement. Who could tolerate that? The people who fought most often in Chaos City were from the Yan God Clan, and how long had it been since the Yan God Clan was absorbed into the human race?

Over these many years, those Universe Masters had seen every type of genius. They would rather wait—wait until a genius with top-tier temperament and aptitude emerged—before making a move. After all, time was the least valuable thing to them.

Fifteen million epochs seemed long, but in the long life of a Universe Master, it was merely a blink of an eye. A single period of seclusion could easily last longer than fifteen million epochs.

In the end, this good seedling, Qin Cang, fell into the hands of Demon Wing Venerable, an old-timer among the Universe Overlords.

"Junior Brother Demon Wing, you have a good disciple," Chaos City Lord sighed.

Currently, the human race's Universe Masters were all from the original group that followed the Original Ancestor; none of them had yet managed to cultivate a new Universe Master.

Even the Giant Axe Founder's strongest disciple was merely a Universe Overlord.

The three top human Universe Overlords were all peers to these Universe Masters.

And now, it seemed foreseeable that the next top human Universe Overlord would likely be the one cultivated by Demon Wing Venerable.

Moreover, he was a formidable existence with the ability to create clones.

Although Qin Cang's current strength was slightly lacking, his wings had almost fully grown. Having cultivated for only ten thousand years, his insights into the laws were already comparable to a King-level, which placed him among the very best in the entire history of the human race.

Furthermore, with the Sky Canopy Python clone and a third clone whose gestation target was yet to be determined, Qin Cang's future was visibly full of hope.

"The stronger this little guy becomes, the better it is for our human race. With his performance now, if I bestow treasures upon him for protection, what more could the others say?" Chaos City Lord smiled, as if seeing a rising star of the human race.

Meanwhile, in the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm, the Desolate Star Region was a special star region derived from the secret realm.

Not far from the star region, a massive nine-story palace stood, observing everything within the star region at every moment.

This was the place guarded by Demon Wing Venerable.

On the ninth floor of the palace, which was Demon Wing Venerable's place of seclusion, his human clone had been stationed for countless years. As for his Two-Handed Demon Marten clone, it was exploring various secret realms across the universe—partly to search for treasures, and partly to seek that sliver of hope for breaking through to become a Universe Master.

At this moment, inside Demon Wing Venerable's palace, besides Demon Wing Venerable himself, there was a white ape-man wearing golden armor.

"Xuantian, what do you think of my disciple?" Demon Wing Venerable laughed loudly.

"The Demon Venerable's disciple is naturally outstanding. It's been a long time since I've seen you laugh so happily," the golden-armored ape-man smiled. He felt a bit envious; he hadn't encountered such an excellent genius disciple in a long time. The Demon Venerable hadn't made a move in countless years, but the moment he did, he caused such a stir. Now, in the entire Hong Alliance's circle of Venerables, who didn't know that the human race's current number one genius was the Demon Venerable's youngest disciple?

Unfortunately, for countless years, he had remained only a high-level Venerable, with no clue how to create a Universe Overlord-level ultimate technique. He had come this time just to borrow a supreme treasure to add a layer of security while exploring secret realms. He hadn't expected to be dragged by the Demon Venerable to watch the live broadcast of the little guy clearing the Sky Bridge.

"Xuantian, you said you wanted to borrow my pair of divine hammers, right?" Demon Wing Venerable smiled.

"That's right, Demon Venerable. With your pair of divine hammer treasures, my attack power will rival that of a Universe Overlord. I'll definitely gain something this time. Besides, the Venerable accompanying me has also borrowed a top-tier heavy treasure palace, so there's no need to worry about survival. If you lend me the hammers, it will be the same as before: I'll pay a deposit of 5 treasure points first, and we can settle the difference after I return," Xuantian Venerable promised.

As the saying went, if your techniques aren't enough, use treasures to make up for it. For powerhouses like Xuantian Venerable, their potential was already exhausted. Rather than struggling to create a Universe Overlord-level ultimate technique, it was better to use one's reputation to borrow treasures and improve strength. Even if one fell, it was nothing more than working to pay off the debt. If one succeeded, those warm treasure points and heavy treasure points wouldn't lie.

"I naturally trust you. You can take this pair of divine hammers and use them first," Demon Wing Venerable waved his hand, and a pair of black divine hammers appeared before Xuantian Venerable.