Luo Feng!

Inside the Demon Beast Alliance Main Hall, the Beast Ancestor tapped his armrest with a rhythm that was slow and steady, as if he were using this cadence to suppress something.

Hong was ranked second.

This was the prelude before the last human genius appeared on the list.

Blood Fang was ranked seventh, and he was already satisfied.

But seeing the names of humans constantly refreshing on the Sky Screen, the sense of unwillingness in his heart could not be quelled.

"Only one left," he said in a low voice. "If the first place is still a human... after this round of the Genius Ranking, humanity will be the undisputed number one power."

At the ancestral grounds of the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance, the Old Beast God remained silent for a long time.

His disciple He Qiu was ranked fifth, and he had been satisfied with that.

But humans occupied the second spot, and the position above was clearly likely to be human as well; he was well aware of Luo Feng's performance over these years.

He suddenly realized that the genius he had painstakingly polished this cycle was merely a supporting actor in front of these two human geniuses.

Far away in Chaos City, Hong sat on the cultivation platform, looking up at his own name on the Sky Screen.

His expression was as calm as ever, perhaps even more indifferent than usual.

A million years ago, he had cleared the twentieth island of the Illusion Sea, and Founder Giant Axe had personally taken him as a direct disciple. Void Gold Master had taught him everything he knew, and he had cultivated for ten billion years within the ten-thousand-fold time acceleration of the Giant Axe's small universe.

Now, his comprehension of laws had reached the peak of the Marquis level, and his willpower had reached the limit of a Venerable.

"Second," Hong said softly, a faint smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

He was not surprised by this ranking; he knew his own talent and comprehension better than anyone.

Being able to rank second was not due to his talent in laws, but rather his temperament, willpower, and heaven-defying insight.

He turned his head to glance at Luo Feng, who was sitting beside him, a complex smile flashing in his eyes.

Luo Feng also turned to look at him, the two brothers smiling at each other without speaking.

It was a tacit understanding forged from the Earth era, through countless life-and-death trials.

On the Sky Screen, Hong's combat projection began to slowly unfold.

It was an extremely minimalist starry battlefield.

There were no complex stellar remains, no chaotic air currents, no auroras, and no dust.

There was only pure void and two figures standing far apart.

Hong's opponent was a special life form at the peak of the World Lord level, whose strength was sufficient to face Blood Fang and He Qiu head-on without defeat, and who held great fame in the Primal Universe.

The battle showed a one-sided trend from the very beginning.

Hong's combat style was perfectly consistent with his expression: simple and direct.

He had no flashy law attacks, no overwhelming domain suppression, and no flamboyant clones or illusions.

He simply employed his most proficient illusion-based assistance, then swung his blade, strike after strike.

Every strike was aimed directly at the opponent's most critical flaw, as if it had been calculated through countless precise simulations, without a hair's breadth of error.

His blade light was not dazzling, and there were no obvious fluctuations of laws visible on its surface.

That was because his temperament and willpower had completely suppressed every trace of excess energy fluctuation, giving the opponent no clues for pre-emptive prediction.

The opponent fought back desperately, each attack powerful enough to tear apart a planet.

Hong's dodging movements were extremely subtle, often shifting only a few inches to narrowly avoid a fatal blow; this evasion did not rely on speed, but on precise prediction of the opponent's intent.

He seemed to know where the attack would land before the opponent even moved, neutralizing every strike with minimal displacement.

Midway through the battle, Hong suddenly paused for an instant.

He stood there, his pupils reflecting the opponent's wild law fluctuations, as if waiting for something.

When the opponent, in a fit of rage, unleashed a full-power strike once more, Hong did not dodge.

Two strands of silver light, as if materialized, suddenly burst from his eyes.

It was not law, nor was it origin energy, but pure, extreme suppression of willpower.

The special life form's full-power strike disintegrated inch by inch before Hong, not because the energy was exhausted, but because his willpower collapsed, and his body no longer obeyed the commands of his consciousness.

Hong swung his blade, and the battle ended.

This was Hong's willpower.

He could directly suppress an opponent's offensive with willpower during combat, even forcibly halting the opponent's survival instinct.

His comprehension of laws might not be as profound as Luo Feng's, but in the dimension of temperament and willpower, there was no one below the level of an Immortal in the entire Primal Universe who could surpass him.

When the combat projection slowly dissipated, the entire Primal Universe fell into a deep silence.

Those geniuses who had suffered immensely in the trials all had the same thought: when fighting someone like this, you aren't afraid that he is stronger than you; you are afraid that he understands you better than you understand yourself. Every one of his strikes was aimed at the direction you were going to dodge before you even moved.

[Human 'Hong'. World Lord Level 9.]
[Law Comprehension: Peak Marquis.]
[Willpower: Venerable Limit.]

[Comprehensive Evaluation: Talent/Comprehension S-rank, Willpower SSS+ rank, Disposition SSS+ rank.]

[His comprehension, willpower, and growth potential are worthy of the second-place ranking among the top ten geniuses below the Immortal level in the Third Reincarnation Era of the Primal Universe.]

[Ranking concluded.]

[Reward: Divine Power Burning Secret Technique (Second Level).]

[Reward: Soul-type Supreme Treasure · Heaven Soul Mirror. (Can enhance soul attacks by one tier and guard the soul.)]

[Reward: One volume of True God-level Willpower Secret Technique.]

[Reward: One True God-level inheritance.]

When the five characters "True God-level inheritance" appeared on the Sky Screen again, the entire human Hong Alliance erupted in excitement.

Hong, ranked second, received rewards equal to or even slightly better than those of Bei Shang, who ranked third.

The palace-type treasure was replaced by a rarer soul-type Supreme Treasure, and he received the same second-level burning technique, willpower secret technique, and a True God-level inheritance.

In the Demon Ancestor Secret Realm, Tremor Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor looked at each other in silence.

Their Demon Race had exhausted all their efforts only to have Frost Parasite make the list, receiving only the first level of the burning technique and the Mist Veil Armor.

Yet, the humans already had one person confirmed on the list, and at such a high position as second place.

Inside the Zerg Queen's palace, the Queen gripped the Eternal Pearl, her knuckles turning slightly white.

In Chaos City, Hong accepted the four light orbs descending from the Sky Screen, smiled faintly, and turned to look at Luo Feng beside him: "Third Brother, it's your turn."

Above the Sky Screen, the final line of text began to slowly coalesce.

The formation of each character was incredibly slow, as if the Sky Screen itself were brewing some sort of grand ritual.

Billions of gazes across the Primal Universe focused simultaneously on that line of text, waiting for the final and most important ranking of a list that had been anticipated for a million years.

[TOP 1: Human 'Luo Feng'!]

The moment this line of text emerged, the entire Primal Universe fell into an absolute silence that lasted for several seconds.

Then, it erupted with unprecedented shock!

In the Virtual Universe Company hall, the rough laughter of Founder Giant Axe made the ceiling vibrate. "I knew it! The first place is also human! Luo Feng! Chaos has taken in a good disciple!"

The human Universe Masters behind him cheered in unison.

Peng Gong Lord slammed his hand on the table, Darkness Master revealed a rare smile, and Dragon Walk Master swung his massive dragon tail, his laughter booming.

In the inner palace of the City Lord of Chaos's residence, City Lord of Chaos stood before the stone wall engraved with names, his hands behind his back as he gazed at that name on the Sky Screen.

Luo Feng.

His personal disciple, the strongest genius the human race had spent a million years of resources to cultivate, and the one with the highest talent and most stable disposition among all the disciples he had ever taken.

In the Demon Ancestor Secret Realm, the silver serpentine body of Dream Demon Ancestor froze completely.

When Frost Parasite ranked ninth, she could comfort herself with "at least he made the list"; when Hong ranked second, she could numb herself with "the humans just got lucky."

But Luo Feng was ranked first.

That human Domain Lord she had once glimpsed from afar on the edge of the Ancestral God Secret Realm, that human genius who had slaughtered sixty-three World Lord-level demons alone in the Blood Stone Galaxy, that black-haired youth who had already become a major threat to the Demon Race when he was taken as a personal disciple in Chaos City.

He was now recognized by the Sky Screen as the number one genius in terms of talent and potential below the Immortal level in the Primal Universe.

Tremor Demon Ancestor remained silent for a full ten seconds before whispering the same words he had spoken a million years ago: "This reincarnation of the Demon Race, in the end, did not catch up."

Inside the Zerg Queen's palace, the Queen placed the Eternal Pearl on the armrest of her throne.

There was no anger or unwillingness on her beautiful face, only an emotion that rarely appeared in her long life: helplessness.

In the Demon Beast Alliance Main Hall, the fingers of the Beast Ancestor tapping on the armrest stopped.

Blood Fang, who ranked seventh, had received a True God-level willpower secret technique and a domain-type Supreme Treasure; he had been satisfied with that.

But Luo Feng was ranked first.

The existence who had suppressed his disciple by a full six places made him realize that the unease he had felt when he witnessed that human fighting the demons alone in the Blood Stone Galaxy all those years ago was no illusion.

In the ancestral land of the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance, the Old Beast God remained silent for a long time.

He Qiu, the royal disciple he had painstakingly polished, ranked fifth, still a considerable distance behind Hong and Luo Feng.

On the cultivation platform in Chaos City, Hong turned to look at Luo Feng with a faint smile. "Third Brother, I knew it would be you."

Luo Feng nodded, looking up at his own name on the Sky Screen, just as he had when he first saw the list of the top ten powerhouses on the Sky Screen back on Earth.

Above the Sky Screen, the combat projection of Luo Feng began to slowly unfold.

Unlike all previous combat projections, this time the Sky Screen did not show a single battle, but a montage of the essence of Luo Feng's most representative battles over the past million years.

The scenes switched seamlessly like flowing water.

The final blade strike from his solo battle against sixty-three World Lord-level demon beasts in the Blood Stone Galaxy—as the blade light split the beasts' skulls, his understanding of the Space Laws suddenly surged from the eighth essence of the Rainstorm Diagram to the seventeenth.

On the thirteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge in Chaos City, he shattered the light gate of combined time and space laws with a single strike, along with fragments of his countless battles against alien races during missions arranged by the Virtual Universe Company.

His blade light, initially blood-red, gradually merged with golden scales and spatial ripples, finally transforming into a natural, dark-gold radiance.

His eyes, once sharp and flamboyant in his youth, gradually turned as calm as an abyss.

Until a certain frame paused: Luo Feng hovered beneath the dome of the Primal Secret Realm, the complete form of the fourth stage of the Seven Changes of Yan God manifesting on his skin.

Golden scales covered his entire body, and behind him, a faint phantom of wings woven from the laws of space and metal condensed. Blood-colored waves parted to either side from beneath his feet, and the law fluctuations of his fourfold clones reached an unprecedented resonance within his body.

He opened his eyes, and reflected in his pupils was the star map of the entire Primal Universe.

[Human 'Luo Feng'. World Lord, ninth stage.]

[Law Comprehension: Venerable, entry-level.]

[Willpower: Venerable, limit.]

[Comprehensive Evaluation: Talent and Comprehension SSS+ grade, Willpower SSS+ grade, Disposition SSS+ grade.]

[His comprehension, willpower, and growth potential are worthy of the title of the number one genius among the top ten geniuses below Immortal level in the Third Reincarnation Era of the Primal Universe!]

[Ranking concluded.]

[Reward: Divine Power Burning Secret Technique (Second Stage).]

[Reward: Soul-type Supreme Treasure · Heavenly Soul Mirror. (Can enhance soul attacks by one tier and guard the soul.)]

[Reward: One Void True God-level inheritance. (Note: Void True God is the strength required to pass through the reincarnation!)]

[Reward: One scroll of Void True God-level willpower secret technique.]

[Reward: Hunyuan Gold Spirit Fruit (Can significantly enhance comprehension!)]

The sheer abundance of the first-place reward left everyone who had been speculating in shock.

Especially when the seven characters "Void True God-level inheritance" appeared, the entire Primal Universe fell silent.

Void True God-level inheritance.

That was an inheritance an entire major realm higher than a True God-level inheritance!

A True God-level inheritance could only guide a cultivator to the limit of a True God, whereas a Void True God-level inheritance pointed the way to transcending the True God realm and passing through the reincarnation.

Throughout the three reincarnation eras of the entire Primal Universe, all the universe's supreme powerhouses had been struggling to find a way to transcend the reincarnation, and countless True Gods had risked their lives in the three great danger zones of the Universe Ocean, all for a mere glimmer of an ethereal chance at transcendence.

And now, the Sky Screen had bestowed a Void True God-level inheritance upon a mere World Lord.

In a sense, this was equivalent to declaring one thing to the entire Primal Universe: You have exhausted all your schemes trying to know how to transcend the reincarnation?

The answer lies with him.

In the Demon Ancestor Secret Realm, the pupils of the Tremor Demon Ancestor contracted sharply.

Void True God-level inheritance—that was not True God-level, it was Void True God-level.

Had he and Meng Cha not been roaming the Universe Ocean for countless epochs for the sake of this very glimmer of hope?

Now, this hope was held in the hands of a human World Lord.

In the serpent-like pupils of the Dream Demon Ancestor, extremely complex emotions surged: greed, unwillingness, jealousy, and a trace of fear she herself was unwilling to admit.

In the past, she had sent people multiple times to probe Luo Feng's location and defensive strength; had it not been for the City Lord of Chaos arranging things without a single gap, Luo Feng might have perished on the Outer Battlefield long ago.

But now, this human junior, whom she and Zhen Jiao had once regarded as a potential threat, had grown to a level where even she could not touch him.

After this, Luo Feng and Hong would inevitably break through to the Immortal level at the first opportunity, and by virtue of their law comprehension and willpower, they would grow into true powerhouses in an extremely short time.

The Zerg Queen gripped the Eternal Pearl, her face pale.

Her reaction was identical to that of Zhen Jiao; transcending the reincarnation was the only obsession that kept her alive.

Now that the Sky Screen had hung a Void True God-level inheritance so blatantly over the head of a human World Lord, it was impossible for her not to be tempted.

But she also knew that from this day forward, the security protection for Luo Feng would be at the highest level of the entire human Hong Alliance.

The only chance to strike at him would be when he was alone in the Universe Ocean; the Outer Battlefield and the Primal Secret Realm were impossible, and the City of Chaos was absolutely out of the question.

Inside the Demon Beast Alliance Main Hall, the fingers of the Beast Ancestor tapping on the armrest stopped completely.

Blood Fang had ranked seventh and received a True God-level willpower secret technique, which was already no small feat.

But Luo Feng had ranked first and received a Void True God-level inheritance.

He knew the weight of this inheritance; it was enough to allow the Universe Masters of the entire human race to emerge with True God-level combat power in batches over the next epoch.

At the ancestral grounds of the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance, the Old Beast God took a deep breath.

Void True God-level inheritance.

Even he had to admit that this genius of the human race's current reincarnation cycle indeed far exceeded the upper limits of the Starry Sky Behemoth royal bloodline.

On the cultivation platform of the City of Chaos, Luo Feng received the several light clusters that had descended from the Sky Screen.

He felt a massive amount of information pouring into his sea of consciousness.

Luo Feng raised his head and looked toward the direction of the Milky Way Galaxy.

There lay a water-blue planet, the place where his dreams had begun.

On an unnamed planet, Yang Yu sat cross-legged on the peak of a mountain manifested by the Jin King Palace, having watched the entire Sky Screen ranking, which had lasted for ten rounds, from beginning to end. He slowly set down the wine flagon in his hand.

"First place on the Genius Ranking. Law comprehension at the Venerable entry-level, willpower at the Venerable limit."

Yang Yu whispered to himself, a curve appearing at the corner of his mouth as he drank the last drop of fine wine from the flagon.

He stood up, his towering body over ninety thousand kilometers tall casting a long shadow across the void.

He was very satisfied with Luo Feng's performance!

"With the Hunyuan Gold Spirit Fruit, I expect the future of this disciple of mine will be even more extraordinary."