Meanwhile.
News of the Universe Peak Genius Tournament swept like wildfire, instantly setting countless corners of human territory ablaze.
Within the Moro Empire's territory, on the Make Family's main planet-Ironfall Star.
Hundreds of young family members stood solemnly in an enormous Martial Arts Arena, their auras fierce and honed, their bone ages all under two hundred.
Clad in matching dark-silver battle armor, they gazed toward the raised platform with eyes like burning torches.
There, the current patriarch of the Make Family, a Ninth-Order Star Lord whose aura was as deep as an abyssal sea, delivered his final instructions.
"-The Universe Peak Genius Tournament comes once every thousand years, gathering the most brilliant rising stars across all human territory! This is a battlefield where you can make your names, a stairway to the supreme Dao!"
Amplified by a force field, the patriarch's resonant voice thundered across the arena with unquestionable authority. "Our Make Family was founded through battle! In this tournament, do not shrink back or hesitate! Show the blood and edge you honed on the Falling Star Battlefield!"
Among the crowd, Lauen Make stood tall, his gaze resolute.
Over a year of wholehearted support from his family and tempering through life-and-death struggles had stripped away his youthful immaturity.
An air of iron-blooded resolve and steadiness surrounded him, and his cultivation had already reached the Saint Realm.
He clenched his fists and silently declared, Brother Li Wen-I won't fall too far behind either! Lauen Make is coming to this arena at the peak!
"Your objective!" The patriarch's voice exploded like thunder. "Fight your way into the Arka Advanced Empire region's top million! Lauen Make!"
"Here!" Lauen stepped forward, his voice shaking the arena.
"You carry our family's highest hopes-aim for the Arka Advanced Empire region's top hundred thousand! Or even higher!"