Top Universe Overlord

Top-Tier Heavy Treasure, the Holy Sun Spear!

Qin Cang's breathing grew heavier. This was a Top-Tier Heavy Treasure! Even among the Venerables, not everyone could afford one. Its value was enough to make Universe Venerables fight tooth and nail for it.

The Holy Sun Spear might not be as valuable as the Huangyan Battle Armor, but in Qin Cang's hands, it could serve an even greater purpose.

The Huangyan Battle Armor was mainly for defense and concealment, while the Holy Sun Spear was a purely offensive Heavy Treasure.

Qin Cang had never studied wing attacks or claw techniques. The only weapon he had ever mastered was the spear, which he had studied for a full ten thousand years!

In the future, if he encountered a Marquis-level or even a King-level powerhouse, his Crowned Python Clone would need to wield the Holy Sun Spear to hold its own.

Before obtaining the Holy Sun Spear, the Crowned Python Clone had only stood a chance of escaping a limit King-level powerhouse. But with the spear, the Huangyan Battle Armor's defense, and the support of the Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass, the Crowned Python Clone would dare to fight a true limit King-level powerhouse. Even if it couldn't win, it could retreat at its leisure, instead of being forced to flee as before, unable to stand and fight.

"I'm sorry for the trouble, teacher, but this is far too valuable. With my strength, I'm afraid..." Qin Cang knew that, however wonderful the treasure was, if word got out, he would be hunted across the entire Outer-Region Battlefield. Even within the Human Race, there would be no shortage of powerhouses eager to attack him.

A mere World Lord who possessed two Top-Tier Heavy Treasures—such a configuration was almost unbelievable in this era.

After all, even among the Venerables of the Human Race, the poorer ones might not have treasures worth as much as Qin Cang's two Top-Tier Heavy Treasures combined.

"Hahaha, disciple, I hadn't planned to give you this in the first place. But I never expected our usually stingy race to invest so generously in you this time. They brought out the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead, the hereditary genes of the Sky Canopy Python, and even a Top-Tier Heavy Treasure set. Naturally, I couldn't be stingy either." Demon Wing Venerable smiled. "Remember, the more talented you are, the more the race will invest in you, and the more resources your teacher will prepare for you.

"I'm telling you all this so you understand that there's no need to hide your talent. Show it boldly. Your teacher and the race will always have your back. You should know that we have only one hope for you: to become a Top Universe Overlord!

"You've heard of the Human Race's three Top Universe Overlords, haven't you?"

"I have. The Human Race's three Top Universe Overlords are Star Prison Devil Lord of the Universe Galaxy Bank, Ancestral Tree Venerable of the Giant Axe Coliseum, and Red Crow Venerable of the Universe Mercenary Alliance," Qin Cang replied.

The Human Race still had three Top Universe Overlords, but Qin Cang didn't know where Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master had gone. He guessed that the latter probably hadn't appeared yet. As for Red Crow Venerable, the original work hadn't mentioned him. Perhaps he would die in some future incident, or perhaps he would break through to become a Universe Master. After all, several Universe Masters in the original work had never been named. Qin Cang wondered whether Red Crow Venerable would become one of the Universe Mercenary Alliance's three Universe Masters in the future. (Readers, feel free to suggest some names. So many characters never appeared in the original, and maybe some of them will show up later and have a little history with the protagonist.)

"That's right. The Human Race's three Top Universe Overlords are all renowned throughout the universe. What do you think they have in common?" Demon Wing Venerable asked.

"Teacher, as far as I know, all three have powerful Special Lifeform divine bodies. That's why their strength far surpasses that of ordinary Universe Overlords," Qin Cang replied. Whether from the original work or what he had heard over the years, the basic information about the Human Race's three Top Universe Overlords was no secret. Once someone reached a certain level, they could naturally find out.

The original work had introduced Star Prison Devil Lord and Ancestral Tree Venerable. Both had powerful Special Lifeform Clones. As for Red Crow Venerable, judging by his title, he had most likely seized the body of a powerful Special Lifeform.

"Indeed. These three powerhouses have divine bodies with Life Gene Levels of a thousand times, or even several thousand times. Star Prison Devil Lord and Ancestral Tree Venerable can also create Clones, which makes them even more intimidating than Red Crow Venerable. Though Red Crow Venerable can't create Clones, he has cultivated the powerful Special Lifeform he seized long ago to this day, and his strength is extraordinary as well," Demon Wing Venerable explained.

"Disciple, when I seized the body of the Two-Headed Demon Marten, I didn't carefully choose a target that could give me the Ability of Clones. That's a small regret of mine. So when you wanted to gain the Ability of Clones, I considered your circumstances and personally made a request to Chaos City Lord. That's how you obtained the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead and the Sky Canopy Python. You must have guessed as much.

"I've told you all this because I want you to understand that the race has given you the chance to stand alongside Star Prison Devil Lord, Ancestral Tree Venerable, and the others. For an ordinary genius, becoming a Universe Venerable—or even producing a single King-level powerhouse—would already count as a gain for the race. But you're different. The race has only one expectation for you: to become a Top Universe Overlord.

"I know how difficult that is. But the hardest external conditions for becoming a Top Universe Overlord have already been taken care of. What remains is up to your own efforts. If you can become a Top Universe Overlord, then our lineage will have reason to take pride in you."

What Qin Cang didn't know was that ever since the race had obtained the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead, Demon Wing Venerable had been planning to take on a disciple. Unfortunately, he had never found a suitable candidate. In the end, he waited fifteen million eras before Qin Cang came along.

The Yan God Clan's sixfold Life Gene Level after breaking through to the World Lord level, combined with Xueluo Crystals and then absorption of the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead, would maximize the bead's effects.

When Qin Cang had appeared at the Virtual Universe Company, the other Venerables were still waiting and watching. Demon Wing Venerable had chosen not to wait and had personally appeared to accept him as a disciple.

Demon Wing Venerable's hopes for Qin Cang had never changed: he wanted Qin Cang to become a Top Universe Overlord.

Demon Wing Venerable couldn't explain why he felt this way, but after countless years without making any progress in strength, he had almost lost interest in everything.

The only things that could still interest him were ways to become a Universe Master, or the prospect of nurturing one genius after another.

Demon Wing Venerable didn't dare to hope that he could become a Universe Master. After all these years, perhaps that drive had long since faded.

But merely nurturing a King-level powerhouse or an ordinary Venerable simply didn't interest him.

After all, he had taken five disciples. Two of them were solidly High Venerables; his eldest disciple was already close to becoming a Universe Overlord; and his two youngest disciples were, respectively, an Invincible King and a limit King-level powerhouse, both with a good chance of becoming Venerables in the future.

In those circumstances, Demon Wing Venerable had no desire to take on another disciple just to nurture an ordinary King or Venerable.

Only by nurturing another Universe Overlord—or even a Top Universe Overlord, or a Universe Master—might he reignite the ambition he had lost long ago.

The Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead, a hereditary material from a Special Lifeform within the race, gave Demon Wing Venerable a good reason.

"If my disciple can truly become a Top Universe Overlord, then why can't I become a Universe Master?" Demon Wing Venerable murmured, watching Qin Cang's departing back.