Madness

Countless exclamations erupted from the various villas.

As the first planetary-level genius accepted by the Ancient Wheel Sacred Hall in eleven epochs, Jiang Luo had always been the center of attention.

This time, because he had broken through to the stellar level and was forced to challenge the Myriad Laws River, there were thousands of Sacred Hall geniuses watching the battle in real-time.

It was simply unbelievable that someone who had just broken through to the planetary level—the weakest rank of Sacred Hall members—had already stepped across the threshold of the origin laws.

"How is this possible?! He actually crossed the threshold of the laws..."

"Isn't his domain only at the third stage? How could he possibly perceive the laws?!"

"This is too exaggerated!"

"Could it be that his body is naturally attuned to the origin law of water? That's why he can sense the fluctuations of the water law in advance?"

"A freak! A total freak! The origin of the Primal Universe is too unfair; why am I not the one with such a monstrous constitution!"

Deep within the Hall of Myriad Laws.

The old man with scales watched Jiang Luo clearing the eighth and ninth levels as if he were slicing through vegetables, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This kid... he hid his depth too well. If he had this kind of special constitution, he should have said so earlier."

A domain allows one's consciousness, origin energy, will, and body to naturally reach a state of incredibly beautiful harmony.

When fighting with one's life on the line, one can even truly integrate origin energy, consciousness, will, and body to trigger a resonance with the space of the universe.

When a domain reaches the eighth or ninth stage, this resonance with cosmic space is elevated to a certain degree, even allowing one to perceive the fluctuations of the origin laws.

Theoretically, whether at the stellar level or the universe level, one must cultivate their domain to the ninth stage to clearly sense the fluctuations of the origin laws and thus gain the conditions to comprehend them.

Being able to perceive the laws before reaching the eighth or ninth stage of a domain indicates that one's constitution is naturally attuned to a certain origin law.

Such an individual might be able to clearly sense the fluctuations of the origin laws even at the third or fourth stage of their domain.

Every such genius is incredibly rare.

Even in the Ancient Wheel Sacred Hall, which boasts the top geniuses of the entire universe nation, there are very few people with such peerless talent.

"I must report this to the Sector Lord immediately." After leaving these hurried instructions, Bu Li departed from the Hall of Myriad Laws.

Only the old man with scales remained, wearing a smile as he went to find Jiang Luo, who had just cleared the ninth level.

According to the regulations, those who clear the ninth level of the Myriad Laws River are promoted to the Second Sacred Hall—the Blood Mountain Hall.

However, since Jiang Luo had already displayed the strength of having crossed the threshold of the laws, he could naturally bypass the Blood Mountain Hall and be promoted directly to the First Sacred Hall, the Ancient Wheel Hall.

Virtual Universe, Huanming Domain, inside a castle in Obsidian City.

A universe-level powerhouse hurried into the castle.

Wuting Sector Lord, with his emerald eyes and handsome face, paused: "What is it? Have you discovered the whereabouts of that Jiang Luo?"

Ten years ago, he had sent people to secretly infiltrate Luo Planet to investigate, and the intelligence he obtained made him basically certain that there must be a Flint Star World spaceship on that planet.

The history books and myths of Luo Planet all coincidentally recorded that a 'spaceship' had crashed five thousand years ago.

This happened to align perfectly with the time the Flint Star Sector Lord had completely perished.

That spaceship had vanished into thin air, and combined with the intelligence regarding Jiang Luo, he was certain that the token must have fallen into the hands of that planetary-level genius.

However, Jiang Luo's whereabouts were unknown, and because of his status as a member of the Sacred Hall, even the Obsidian Company could not access his citizen data.

Without being able to obtain private information such as his login records for the Virtual Universe Network or bank transactions, he had found nothing despite ten years of searching.

"That Jiang Luo..." The subordinate who had rushed over still had a look of shock on his face, "After breaking through to the stellar level, he cleared the nine levels of the Myriad Laws River and was promoted directly to the Ancient Wheel Hall!"

"What?"

Wuting Sector Lord was stunned: "Promoted to the Ancient Wheel Hall? Could he have comprehended an origin law?"

"Yes," the subordinate said respectfully. "According to the intelligence just received, that Jiang Luo seems to have comprehended the origin law of water."

Wuting Sector Lord's expression suddenly turned gloomy.

As the First Sacred Hall, the status of its members was completely different from those in the Blood Mountain Hall or the Hall of Myriad Laws.

After all, there were only a few hundred stellar-level geniuses in the entire universe nation who had mastered an origin law.

Moreover, members of the First Sacred Hall, the Ancient Wheel Hall, were qualified to enter the Gulun Secret Realm.

By then, he wouldn't even be able to reach him.

No! Wuting Sector Lord's eyes shifted. If he goes to the Gulun Secret Realm, what will happen to the treasure within the World within a World of the Flint Star World?

This Jiang Luo will definitely try to obtain the treasure left behind by the Flint Star Sector Lord before going to the Gulun Secret Realm.

The treasure of the Flint Star Sector Lord was something even immortal gods coveted; no matter how high his status or how talented he was, a stellar-level individual would never be willing to give it up.

"Issue the order: monitor the movements within the Flint Star World strictly. Once Jiang Luo's tracks are discovered, he must be killed!"

A lightning storm surged deep within Wuting Sector Lord's eyes: "Absolutely! He must absolutely not be allowed to enter the World within a World of the Flint Star World!"

Before the Flint Star Sector Lord perished, he had released many spaceships carrying tokens to open the World within a World.

His intention was nothing more than to find a successor to take revenge for him.

Naturally, given the arrogant nature of the Flint Star Sector Lord, he generally did not hold ordinary geniuses in high regard.

Therefore, over the past five thousand years, more than one Star-level genius who obtained a token had opened the World within a World to accept the trial, yet none had managed to pass the Flint Star Sector Lord's test to become his successor.

However, a peerless genius like Jiang Luo, who had already stepped across the threshold of the Origin Laws, would likely not be rejected by even someone as arrogant as the Flint Star Sector Lord if he were to seek the mantle of a successor.

Thus, once Jiang Luo entered the World within a World of the Flint Star World, there was a very real possibility that he would pass the trial and obtain the inheritance and treasures of the Flint Star Sector Lord.

This was something he absolutely would not allow!

"Dying while competing for the legacy and treasures left behind by the Flint Star Sector Lord—even the Universe Kingdom would have nothing to say about that." A hint of madness flickered in the eyes of the Wuting Sector Lord.

The protection the Ancient Wheel Sacred Hall provided to its members was essentially to prevent individuals or factions from bullying the weak and snuffing out geniuses who were still growing.

It did not mean that if a member of the Sacred Hall took risks and fell while competing for treasures, the Ancient Wheel Sacred Hall would seek revenge on their behalf.

That would be no different from raising a genius in a greenhouse, and it would be impossible to cultivate true powerhouses that way.

At the very center of the Sacred Island stood a magnificent palace.

It was none other than the Ancient Wheel Hall!

Guided by a purple-haired youth, Jiang Luo walked into the Ancient Wheel Hall.

"My name is Ji Chen. You can call me Senior Brother Ji or Senior Brother Chen, either is fine."

"Senior Brother?" Jiang Luo was taken aback.

Ji Chen, with his head of purple hair, laughed heartily: "Everyone who enters our Ancient Wheel Hall is considered a fellow disciple, because in the ancient era, the first batch of Ancient Wheel Hall members were all disciples of the great Gulun Kingdom Lord..."

As they walked, Jiang Luo listened to Ji Chen's introduction and learned many secrets.

He had not expected that the earliest Ancient Wheel Hall had been established by the Gulun Kingdom Lord for his own disciples.

"That is the origin of the Ancient Wheel Sacred Hall," Ji Chen said with a faint smile. "At first, there was only the Ancient Wheel Hall. Later, the Blood Mountain Hall and the Hall of Myriad Laws were gradually established, which is how the term Three Sacred Halls came to be."

"Only our Ancient Wheel Hall has preserved the most ancient traditions of the Sacred Hall, where we address one another as fellow disciples."

His words carried a sense of pride in his identity as a disciple of the Ancient Wheel Hall.

After all, the first generation of Ancient Wheel Hall members were the disciples of a Universe Kingdom Lord.

"Including you, there are currently 622 Star-level disciples and 194 Universe-level disciples in the Ancient Wheel Hall on the Sacred Island, totaling 816 people."