The Road Ahead

Within the territory of a distant universe nation.

There lay a dark, silent expanse of starry sky.

There were no stars or planets here, only the occasional passing meteor fragments and cosmic dust.

Within the spatial interlayer corresponding to this starry sky, a vast and magnificent God Kingdom was hidden.

Countless humans lived within the God Kingdom. All of them watched, reverently, the resplendent temple atop a mountain range that radiated dazzling golden light.

Inside the temple at this moment.

Screech! Screech! Screech!

Roar!

Enormous insect race warriors of every shape and appearance moved through the temple.

Occasionally, golden immortal-level insect race warriors could even be seen.

Apart from the insect race warriors, there were also many humans dressed in white robes, golden robes, and armor.

These humans and insect race warriors often passed one another, yet coexisted peacefully.

At the highest level of the temple.

An insect race nest over ten kilometers tall, resembling a meteorite, stood at the center of this highest floor.

Large numbers of golden immortal-level insect race warriors gathered around it. At a glance, there were no fewer than ten thousand.

"Master!"

A human in golden robes, surrounded by vast numbers of insect race warriors, respectfully bowed to the insect race nest.

"You summoned me. What is it?" A gentle, beautiful voice, like an unparalleled beauty whispering at one's ear, echoed throughout the hall.

"Master."

The leading golden-robed human respectfully said, "The personnel planted within the human race have sent back news. Su Heng, the thirteenth disciple of Mother Ancestor, is still at the World Master level, but his true strength is already sufficient to rival a King-level immortal!"

"Mother Ancestor's disciple? The human genius previously ranked No. 17?" the gentle voice asked with some hesitation.

"Yes."

"Wasn't he only comparable to a Marquis-level immortal? How did he suddenly become King-level? Has he obtained some new opportunity recently?" the gentle voice asked in great confusion.

Mother Ancestor was one of the human race's few Universe Overlords, so naturally they paid close attention whenever she accepted disciples.

At the time, Su Heng had indeed qualified as an unparalleled genius. He had grasped the beginnings of fused laws, created his own ultimate secret technique, and passed the nineteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge with a World Master's law comprehension.

Furthermore, in the days that followed, they had obtained intelligence regarding Su Heng's past life-and-death training.

Back then, Su Heng had directly killed eleven elementary Marquis-level foreign race experts on the Extraterritorial Battlefield!

Under such circumstances, their assassination division had specifically placed Su Heng at No. 17.

However, over the following years, Su Heng gradually fell silent, and his ranking likewise slowly declined until it vanished entirely.

After several million years, the Insect Race Mother Empress heard this name once more—and this time, it reached her ears because his strength had advanced dramatically.

"The exact reason is unclear. The intelligence was learned from infiltrators within the Demon Race. It is said to be information released by Hundred Ape Marquis, a high Marquis-level expert on the Extraterritorial Battlefield. For it, he even paid the price of severe damage to his divine body."

The golden-robed human answered respectfully.

"Hundred Ape Marquis? That Demon Race member on the verge of becoming King-level?" As the Mother Empress in charge of intelligence, she naturally knew some of the more famous Marquis-level and King-level foreign race experts.

"Since this news came from personnel infiltrated into the Demon Race, it should be reliable. In that case, raise Su Heng's ranking to No. 7 and dispatch Green Insect King to Su Heng's location."

The gentle voice issued the order.

Someone capable of killing Marquis-level opponents and even severely injuring high Marquis-level opponents while still a World Master—once he truly broke through to immortality, he would likely be able to contend against an ordinary Venerable!

Such an existence had to be eliminated in advance at all costs!

As for Green Insect King, he had originally been an ordinary warrior of the Green Mantis Race. Yet after experiencing battle after battle, he had accidentally mutated and developed independent consciousness, eventually cultivating step by step to the pinnacle King-level realm.

"Yes!" The golden-robed human rose and bowed.

"Go."

The gentle voice spoke one final sentence, and the entire hall fell silent.

"Immortality..."

Within the Guangluo Shattered Star Belt, Su Heng muttered after withdrawing his consciousness from the Virtual Universe.

Breaking through to the immortal realm was not particularly difficult for him now. He merely needed to accumulate experience for ten or twenty thousand years before creating a pinnacle secret technique.

What made him hesitate was the path after becoming immortal.

Everyone knew that the World Master realm was the easiest period for comprehending laws, because it was the closest to the law ocean of the Primal Universe!

After breaking through to immortality, although one's lifespan became eternal, the speed of law comprehension became far slower than it had been during the World Master stage. Moreover, laws that had not received recognition during the World Master stage would become repulsive, multiplying the difficulty of comprehending them.

Of course, for ordinary immortals, comprehending one lower law and one higher law was already extremely difficult—and sufficient.

After all, higher laws could lead to becoming a Space or Time Venerable, while fusing a lower law with a higher law would allow one to become a Universe Lord.

How many Universe Lords were there in the entire human race? Reaching that step already meant surpassing countless lives in the universe!

If it had been the former Su Heng, he naturally would have followed such a path as well.

But with the arrival of his destiny now, he had no choice but to set his sights farther ahead—True God, Void True God, Eternal True God, Chaos, even God King and Chaotic Source...

And to become a True God, the so-called strongest being in the universe, one needed to comprehend all Ten Great Laws.

During his ten million years as a World Master, aside from fully comprehending the Law of Wood, Su Heng had also received law recognition for the two laws of metal and fire.

Of the eight lower laws and two higher laws, seven laws still had not received recognition.

The lower laws were manageable. With his current talent, he could obtain law recognition in a few hundred years at most. If he were in the Initial Universe, that time could be shortened considerably.

But higher laws were not so simple. Starting from nothing and obtaining recognition from a higher law would require at least around twenty thousand years, even with Su Heng's current talent.

How much time did he have left in his lifespan?

This was why Su Heng had hesitated all along. He was considering whether to leave law comprehension until the very end. Though comprehending laws after becoming immortal was difficult, it was not impossible.

At most, it would simply cost him some time. After breaking through to immortality, his lifespan would be eternal anyway.

Even if the era of reincarnation arrived, it should still be enough for him to become a True God.

"I'll take it one step at a time. Once I create the secret technique, I'll go to the Initial Universe to comprehend laws. I'll grasp as many as I can."

It was obvious he would not be able to figure out this issue in the short term, so Su Heng simply stopped dwelling on it.

Flying out of the shattered star, Su Heng released his spacecraft and began searching for suitable targets, intending to temper his ultimate technique through battle.

There was one more chapter. It would be posted later.