When Yan Ning returned to Golden Feather Venerable's palace, he found his teacher standing in the courtyard before the hall, gazing up at the law threads of the Primordial Universe with his back to him.
"You're back?"
Golden Feather Venerable asked without turning around, his voice carrying a hint of ease.
"Yes, Teacher."
Yan Ning bowed respectfully, then said with a smile,
"The City Lord seemed quite interested in me."
"Hahaha!"
Golden Feather Venerable suddenly turned around and laughed, excitement shining in his eyes.
"Do you know, you brat, that the Chaos City Lord hasn't summoned anyone below Sealed King one-on-one in thirty million years?"
Yan Ning froze. "This..."
"What does that tell you?"
Golden Feather Venerable gave Yan Ning's shoulder a hearty slap.
"It tells you that even the Chaos City Lord has taken notice of your potential!"
His eyes gleamed. Then he lowered his voice. "Did the City Lord mention... taking you as his disciple?"
Yan Ning quickly shook his head. "No. The City Lord just offered a few words of encouragement and told me to focus on my cultivation."
"Hmm..."
Golden Feather Venerable nodded thoughtfully.
"That makes sense. Given your circumstances, he'd need to observe you for a while longer. But..."
He suddenly smiled mysteriously and waved his right hand. A suit of armor, entirely gold and covered in flowing, strange runes, appeared out of nowhere and hovered between them.
The armor gave off a terrifying pressure, and even the air around it seemed to grow viscous.
Yan Ning's pupils contracted. "Is this... King Armor?!"
As a Yan God Clan prodigy, he recognized the equipment at a glance.
It was King Armor, of which even the Yan God Clan had very few.
He never expected his teacher to have one.
"Exactly!"
Golden Feather Venerable looked at his disciple's astonished expression with satisfaction.
"It's the King Armor unique to your Yan God Clan! When the Yan God Clan rebelled, humanity seized several suits. I specially prepared this one for you."
Yan Ning's breathing quickened. In the original owner's memories, Yan God Clan armor was divided into four grades: Soldier Armor, General Armor, King Armor, and Emperor Armor.
King Armor was an exceedingly precious treasure even within the Yan God Clan. It could amplify its wearer's strength to an astonishing hundred thousand times the power of a Peak World Lord!
That was equivalent to an ordinary Peak King!
"Thank you, Teacher."
Yan Ning accepted it without hesitation. Only members of the Yan God Clan or the Earth Human Lineage could use King Armor.
Of course, anyone who had cultivated the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex could use it too.
But the Human Race had yet to produce anyone from the Earth Human Lineage, which meant he was the only person who could use this King Armor.
Golden Feather Venerable waved a hand.
"All right. No one but the Yan God Clan can use this thing, and you're the only Yan God Clan member among humanity's survivors qualified to wear it!"
Yan Ning took the King Armor. The instant his fingertips touched it, the armor suddenly transformed into countless golden specks of light that swiftly covered his body as if alive.
"Boom—"
A vast power surged out of the armor, fusing perfectly with his divine body.
Yan Ning could feel every cell in his body rejoicing, as if the armor had been made for him!
"How does it feel?"
Golden Feather Venerable asked with a smile.
Yan Ning clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within him. His eyes flashed. "It's incredible. I'm confident I could take down a Peak King now!"
His Gene Level was currently 4,800 times. His divine body had originally possessed roughly 48,000 times the power of a Peak World Lord. Now that had increased a hundredfold.
That meant 4.8 million times, plus the hundred thousandfold amplification from King Armor!
Altogether, that gave him 4.9 million times the power of a Peak World Lord. Combined with the divine body amplification secret technique he had cultivated, Yan God Transformation—
the first layer could double his power!
Once activated, he would possess 9.8 million times the power of a Peak World Lord.
An ordinary Peak King had a mere hundred thousand times the power. Unless they triggered Burning Divine Body, they wouldn't stand a chance against him.
Besides, his divine body was a full five thousand meters tall!
That was right—a full five thousand meters!
With such an immense divine body, his reserves of divine power far surpassed those of an Ordinary Immortal.
Even against a true Sealed King Invincible, he could put up a fight!
"Excellent!"
Golden Feather Venerable nodded with satisfaction.
"For the time being, spend some time cultivating in Chaos City and getting used to your new strength. Try to make another breakthrough, then go out and take care of your own affairs. Understood?"
Yan Ning nodded.
"I understand, Teacher."
But getting used to his strength wasn't actually his most urgent concern.
What he cared about most was the Check-in System.
Ever since entering Chaos City, he hadn't had a moment to himself. Now that he finally had some free time, he wanted to find somewhere to investigate the system.
Yan Ning went to the temporary residence assigned to him in Chaos City, a simple, ancient stone hall.
The hall was sparsely furnished, but filled with dense cosmic energy. The walls were covered in traces of Law Comprehension left behind by past residents.
"At last, I can study the system in peace."
He sat cross-legged in the center of the cultivation room and summoned the system interface with a thought.
[Host: Yan Ning] [Gene Multiplier: 4,800] [Current Check-in Type: Mission Check-in (switchable)] [Available Mission: Kill ten thousand immortals (0/10000)] [Reward: Unknown]
"Kill ten thousand immortals?"
Yan Ning furrowed his brow.
"That mission won't be easy. But for me, it shouldn't be too difficult. I can still complete it."
He continued examining the system.
After some investigation, he learned that the Check-in System had three types of check-ins.
1. Mission Check-in: The host must complete a designated mission and may choose whether to accept it.
2. Location Check-in: Automatically triggered at a specific location.
3. Random Check-in: Appears entirely at random.
"Looks like I should start by completing the kill mission."
Yan Ning considered the options.
The other two types were somewhat random. This mission check-in was the clearest one.
"With my current strength, hunting immortals on the Outer Domain Battlefield shouldn't be difficult."
Before heading to the Outer Domain Battlefield, he also needed to upgrade his equipment.
Yan Ning immersed his consciousness in the Virtual Universe and opened the Virtual Universe Company's purchase interface.
A dazzling array of weapons appeared before him, leaving him momentarily overwhelmed.
"G-class weapons... F-class... E-class..."
He quickly narrowed the search to G-class weapons.
He couldn't afford higher-grade weapons with his current funds, but G-class would be more than enough for the Outer Domain Battlefield.
"Fire-type... space-type... preferably something that has both."
His finger swept through the air as the weapons' holographic projections appeared before him, rotating for display.
At last, a warblade caught his eye. It was entirely crimson, with flame patterns coiling across its blade.
The Flame Shadow Warblade cost five hundred thousand Hunyuan Units. He bought it.
Besides the warblade, Yan Ning also bought a detector.
It had a radius of one billion kilometers and cost ten million Hunyuan Units.
It was an excellent detector, more than enough for his needs.
After so many years in seclusion, his savings weren't particularly substantial. Once he'd bought everything, he had just 160,000 Hunyuan Units left.
That amount was downright pitiful for someone like him.
Fortunately, he could always earn more money. With his current strength, making money would be a piece of cake.
Buying all that equipment had cost him the entire fortune of an ordinary Marquis Immortal.
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