The Virtual Universe, halfway up Heavenly Peak Mountain.
Clouds and mist wreathed the mountainside, where magnificent villas and palaces of every style stood along the slopes.
This was the exclusive residential area for the Eternal Gods of Star Dome Academy.
Ordinary students could not enter without permission, and making a disturbance was strictly forbidden.
Yet now...
"Colt, get out here!"
A clear shout, laden with tremendous fury, suddenly exploded like thunder from the heavens!
Whoosh—
The sound waves churned the once-tranquil mist into violent billows.
Inside the villas and palaces...
The Eternal Gods who had been meditating, teaching, or attending to business...
Opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their brows furrowing slightly.
"Who dares cause trouble on Heavenly Peak Mountain?"
"What audacity!"
Waves of powerful mental energy swept outward, filled with displeasure and scrutiny.
Meanwhile, along the paths and platforms scattered across the mountainside...
The students who had been waiting respectfully or hurrying past...
Stopped in astonishment and turned as one toward the source of the voice.
Two figures stood suspended in midair.
The man on the left wore black combat gear, his posture straight as a spear.
His face was handsome and resolute. It was Xu Jingming!
The woman on the right wore silvery-white combat gear, her figure tall and graceful.
Her face was cool and breathtakingly beautiful. It was Lin Qianxue.
The virtual sprite of Vera, the little succubus girl, floated beside them, her small face alight with excitement at the spectacle to come.
"Isn't that... Xu Jingming? The winner of this year's Genius Battle, the Frost Crown Dominator's new Personal Disciple!"
"That's Lin Qianxue beside him! She's from the Frost Crown Lineage too!"
"How dare they call Lord Colt by name on Heavenly Peak Mountain? And tell him to get out here?"
"Something huge has happened! It has