Outburst

The adults were stunned for a moment, then exchanged bitter smiles. The earth-shattering shock in their hearts was oddly soothed by the little girl's pure trust.

Yes, Ming'er (little brother)... truly seemed, from the very beginning, to have walked a path beyond anyone's imagination.

The Ganwu Universe Kingdom, that secret starry sky only the Kingdom Lord could tread.

Twisted space rippled with faint layers of disturbance, revealing that its master's emotions were far from calm on the surface.

A pair of eyes that seemed to pierce through space, bearing the weight of endless galaxies, locked firmly onto the images synchronized from the Virtual Universe.

Not just the dazzling leaderboard at the top, but focusing on every fluid, unhurried movement Qin Ming made within the fifth Trial Tower.

"He's already at the fifth tower... and from the look of it, far from his limit." The vast will of the Ganwu Kingdom Lord churned with uncontrollable waves.

How long had it been?

He himself had nearly forgotten how many long years the Ganwu Universe Kingdom had languished on the stage of the Peak Genius Tournament.

Forget first place overall—even consistently breaking into the top ten or top hundred of the entire universe had become a distant, unattainable hope.

Watching other powerful universe kingdoms produce genius after genius, shining in the finals, entering the core of the Virtual Universe Company, becoming the future pillars of humanity.

Yet his Ganwu Universe Kingdom seemed trapped in an invisible quagmire. He was not stingy; the resources consumed by the Ganwu Secret Realm were staggering, and the selection and training mechanisms had never slackened.

But true, universe-shaking monstrous prodigies often required great fortune, great enlightenment—a talent that broke conventions and surpassed understanding, never born from resource piling alone.

"A domain prototype of fused laws... and not just one type of fundamental law!

Combat instinct is seamless, control over his own power is exquisite and precise, and rarer still is that composure and calm far beyond his age... He's only twenty-two!"

The Ganwu Kingdom Lord rapidly analyzed every detail Qin Ming revealed.

The deeper he dissected, the more the lake of his heart, stilled for who knows how many epochs, surged with towering waves.

"Such talent! Such temperament! And his foundation is terrifyingly solid! As long as he doesn't fall midway, his future achievements... a King is within reach, and even... he might well reach my level!"

Silent thoughts echoed violently through the lonely starry sky.

The exhilaration and excitement from Qin Ming's results were a hundred, a thousand times stronger than seeing ten or a hundred ordinary geniuses nurtured from his own Ganwu Secret Realm.

"Unexpected... truly unexpected! My Ganwu Universe Kingdom could actually produce a genius with the strength and the right to contend for the top overall ranking!"

His gaze seemed to pierce the barrier between virtual and reality, landing on the young figure.

"Little one... charge! Keep charging forward! Show all your skills, hold nothing back!

Let these 1008 Universe Kingdoms see well what kind of brilliance a genius from my Ganwu Universe Kingdom possesses!"

"If you truly can give me, Ganwu, such a surprise, creating this unprecedented glory..."

Within that boundless will, a thought became crystal clear, unshakably firm, like an eternal star.

"I, Ganwu, will spare no effort to help you truly... soar through the nine heavens!"

Over a million eliminated participants gathered in the central plaza, all holding their breath, staring up at the only giant screen still playing footage.

Because...

Throughout the entire Trial Space, among millions of geniuses, only one person was still fighting.

Qin Ming!

Ruoxi stood among the crowd, looking up at the screen. Her eyes shimmered with brilliance. Before, she only knew through points and rankings that Qin Ming was strong—absurdly strong.

But only now, watching him fight in the Trial Tower with her own eyes, did she truly, intuitively grasp how despairing that gap was.

She had pushed herself to the limit, broken through her own boundaries, and barely finished the trial at rank 4399—that was the best she could manage.

And Qin Ming on the screen... had already stepped into the seventh Trial Tower, first floor.

In truth, the types and numbers of opponents on each floor of the seven towers were exactly the same.

The only difference, and the fatal one, was the heaven-and-earth gap in strength!

For example, the first floor always had ten thousand Blood-haired Mammoths.

But the mammoths in the second tower were far stronger than those in the first.

And by the seventh tower... the Blood-haired Mammoths inside were absurdly powerful.

Because every single Blood-haired Mammoth here possessed strength comparable to the top hundred contestants in this Genius Tournament!

What did that mean?

It meant that for Qin Ming to pass this first floor, he needed to kill ten thousand "top-hundred-level" genius opponents within ten days!

"What the hell?! Is the Virtual Universe Company messing with us?" Shouts of disbelief erupted from the million watching geniuses.

"This difficulty... is insane! How could anyone pass?"

"Ten thousand top-hundred-level opponents ganging up? This isn't a trial, it's a slaughter!"

Everyone was stunned by the terrifying difficulty of the seventh Trial Tower. It completely exceeded their understanding of the limits of the Star-level.

Among the crowd, Ruoxi subconsciously clenched her fists, her gaze locked tightly onto the screen where a solitary figure faced a terrifying tide of beasts, her heart involuntarily tightening.

Could Qin Ming... really pull it off?

It erupted!

Having breezed through six consecutive Trial Towers with apparent ease, even a hint of nonchalance, the moment Qin Ming stepped onto the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower, he finally, without reservation, unleashed his true, terrifying power—enough to make the entire universe tremble!

At this moment, those watching this trial were no longer just the leading immortals and countless spectators from the 1008 Universe Kingdoms.

Even the Virtual Universe Company, along with other supreme beings from the four other behemoth factions—entities capable of making the stars quake and civilizations bow—had turned their attention here.

Because the difficulty setting of the seventh Trial Tower was, in theory, absolutely impossible for a Star-level to pass!

This was itself an insurmountable chasm, a yardstick measuring the "impossible."

And now, someone had actually stepped into this realm of the "impossible," and... seemed poised to challenge it!

"Heavens! Qin Ming... only now is he truly revealing the Law of Space?"

"How... how is this possible?"

"No... impossible!!!"

Whether it was the million geniuses watching in the square or the hidden behemoths of the five major factions observing from the shadows, all felt an overwhelming sense of disbelief.