Apprenticing Under the Sky Erosion Palace Lord

In the virtual universe, within the temple of Ice Universe Venerable on Thunder Island.

The black-armored, silver-horned Ice Universe Venerable stood frowning.

"Venerable, this Feng Hui is truly too terrifying. Many peerless geniuses start strong but slow down over time, gradually becoming mediocre, yet he only grows more astonishing the further he goes."

"It's been no more than thirty years since he entered Chaos City, and he's already passed the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge by analyzing the essence of the laws. Especially his progress in the last twelve years—it's simply unbelievable."

"He is absolutely a peerless genius that appears once in tens of millions of epochs. Other Universe Venerables and Universe Kingdom Masters will surely line up to take Feng Hui as their disciple."

"When that happens, the master-disciple bond comes first... If Feng Hui grows up, he'll end up under someone else's banner. Venerable, you can't hesitate any longer." Wind King stood by, anxious.

Ice Universe Venerable raised a hand and pressed it down slightly.

Wind King's flood of words caught in his throat, and he dared not speak further.

"I understand." Ice Universe Venerable nodded.

"But..." Wind King was frantic.

Wind King was the strongest Immortal God under Ice Universe Venerable's command, so Ice Universe Venerable treated him with great amiability. The two often discussed matters, and despite being superior and subordinate, their relationship was harmonious.

Ice Universe Venerable shook his head with a smile: "How could I not know? Feng Hui's rate of progress likely reaches the level of a genius born once in tens of millions of epochs."

"But look at our human race's history—every genius worthy of being called 'once in tens of millions of epochs' was chased by countless powerful figures." Ice Universe Venerable shook his head. "Don't bother with this matter anymore."

Wind King said no more and withdrew.

Ice Universe Venerable felt helpless. He was merely a high-level Venerable, and a Space Venerable at that. Though he had some comprehension of the Time Origin Law, it was not profound enough. Guiding a disciple in the Way of Time and Space was a stretch.

At the very least, he couldn't compare to a top Universe Overlord like Sky Erosion Palace Lord, who was only a hair's breadth away from fully comprehending the Time Law and half a step from mastering both time and space simultaneously.

And if a top Universe Overlord like Sky Erosion Palace Lord wanted to compete for his disciple, what could he do? Even if he fought openly, he wouldn't win.

Not to mention, Sky Erosion Palace Lord had already spoken to him and obtained his consent.

Let's not forget, he had also borrowed a treasure from Sky Erosion Palace Lord to explore a Cosmic Secret Realm.

What could he do when his "creditor" snatched away his disciple first?

Ice Universe Venerable sighed, withdrew his consciousness from the virtual universe, and continued his exploration of the Cosmic Secret Realm.

In Chaos City, on the rooftop of his cultivation residence, Feng Hui finished his reflection and organization.

"Open the virtual universe network for reception." Feng Hui smiled. "I reckon quite a few powerful beings have sent emails by now."

His intelligent assistant immediately opened the virtual universe network for reception, and a stream of email notification alerts came through.

"A total of 287 emails, and 8 call requests."

"Mm." Feng Hui nodded slightly.

He knew he might have stirred up some commotion, but he didn't know who would come forward to take him as a disciple.

Feng Hui immediately split off a strand of consciousness to connect to the virtual universe.

In the virtual universe, Rain Phase Mountain, Doomsday Region, Feng Hui sat at his desk in his suite, watching the screen.

On the screen were 287 emails, mainly from some Universe Venerables and powerful King-level Immortals, along with a few from familiar geniuses of this batch. The 8 call requests were all from the younger generation of this batch...

What struck Feng Hui as strange was that his direct superior, Ice Universe Venerable, hadn't sent an email at all...

"Could it be that I'm overestimating myself?" He shook his head and let out a silent laugh.

"Swish, swish, swish."

Feng Hui rapidly clicked through the emails, reading at an astonishing speed, and soon finished them all.

"Geniuses that appear once in ten thousand epochs—those Universe Venerables couldn't care less."

"But a peerless genius that appears once in tens of millions of epochs—that makes the Universe Venerables' mouths water."

Feng Hui smiled. From the emails, he could clearly feel the sincerity of those Universe Venerables. Many of them spoke to Feng Hui with great warmth and expressed their willingness to take him as a disciple.

Of course, everything was left for Feng Hui to decide. These Universe Venerables wouldn't go so far as to force him.

Given the talent Feng Hui had displayed, as long as he didn't die prematurely, he would at worst reach the peak of the King level, fully capable of becoming a Venerable's right-hand man.

And once Feng Hui became a Universe Venerable... having a Universe Venerable as a disciple would make faction struggles, Cosmic Secret Realm adventures, and battlefields much more manageable with master and disciple working together. Others might scheme or ambush, but such things were nearly impossible between master and disciple.

In the Swallowing Starry Sky world, the master-disciple relationship was extremely stable and guaranteed.

Whoever dared to betray or kill their master would, if discovered, become the public enemy of all powerful beings!

That was precisely why those Universe Venerables wanted to take Feng Hui as a disciple.

Besides the emails from these Venerables, there was also a special one from "Sky Erosion Palace Lord."

"Sky Erosion Palace Lord?" Feng Hui looked at the email before him.

In this email, the being who called himself "Sky Erosion Palace Lord" expressed his willingness to take Feng Hui as a disciple.

Feng Hui barely knew any of the other two hundred-plus Universe Venerables; he had no idea which ones were strong or weak.

In their emails, those Universe Venerables naturally described their own abilities a bit, but "every potter praises his pot"—their self-descriptions weren't entirely trustworthy.

As for this "Sky Erosion Palace Lord," Feng Hui was extremely clear about his power and greatness—he was on an entirely different level from the other Venerables.

The Sky Erosion Palace Lord, as one of the three top Universe Overlords of humanity, being taken as his disciple probably wasn't much different from becoming a disciple of a Universe Master.

Even if Luo Feng were to become the Chaos City Lord's disciple, given the Chaos City Lord's status and how busy he usually was, the one who initially guided and taught him was merely the Chaos City Lord's own disciple, the Golden Axe Venerable.

After that, he only arranged some special opponents targeting Luo Feng's various weaknesses in the virtual universe, having Luo Feng fight them to hone his techniques.

When it came to actually instructing disciples, the Sky Erosion Palace Lord was definitely a good choice.

Moreover, the Chaos City Lord was too fair and just, utterly selfless.

When choosing a master, the master's strength was one thing, but how well he treated his disciples and whether he protected them was another.

As for the Sky Erosion Palace Lord... in the original story, some of humanity's highest peak existences, such as Universe Overlords and Universe Masters, once argued over who had more potential between Luo Feng and Rong Jun, even placing bets on it.

The Sky Erosion Palace Lord bet that Luo Feng would be stronger. Back when Luo Feng returned from the Blood Luo World and passed by the Sky Erosion Palace, he couldn't help but give Luo Feng a little guidance.

If it were the Chaos City Lord, he would never do such a thing, but the Sky Erosion Palace Lord thought highly of Luo Feng and wanted to give him some extra coaching.

If he could truly become the Sky Erosion Palace Lord's disciple, that would be quite good.

After thinking it through, Feng Hui made his decision: he would take the Sky Erosion Palace Lord as his master.

But before that, he needed to pay respects to the Ice Universe Venerable through the virtual universe network. After all, he was his direct Venerable, and he needed to inform him of his decision to take a master.

Feng Hui quickly applied through the virtual universe network to enter the Ice Universe Venerable's exclusive spatial plane.

But the Ice Universe Venerable seemed to be busy with something and wasn't there. Only after a while did his consciousness appear in the virtual universe.

He seemed to have known all along, showing no surprise at Feng Hui's decision to take the Sky Erosion Palace Lord as his master.

After all... the Sky Erosion Palace Lord had already settled things with him!

The matter was set in stone, and the Ice Universe Venerable didn't try to interfere anymore, appearing quite straightforward.

For a powerhouse of his level, he could take things in stride. Since his judgment this time was inferior to the Sky Erosion Palace Lord's, losing a disciple was no one's fault but his own.

Besides, the Sky Erosion Palace Lord was indeed more suitable to be Feng Hui's teacher.

"Haha, from the look on your face, you're already impatient with anticipation." The Ice Universe Venerable stood in the hall, looking down from above with a smile. "Since the Sky Erosion Palace Lord is willing to take you as a disciple, that is definitely a blessing for you. Go and pay your respects."

"Remember, you must not show the slightest disrespect when you see the Sky Erosion Palace Lord. The Sky Erosion Palace Lord is a supreme existence of our humanity, guarding an important location for endless ages, making great contributions to our race."

"Yes, Venerable." Feng Hui bowed respectfully.

Then, with a "whoosh," he vanished directly into thin air.