Purple Chen Nation Lord's Attention

Zhou Yuan sheathed his blade without sparing the surviving contestants a glance. Without pausing for even a second, he soared into the air again and flew into the distance, continuing his search for traces of the alien races.

"H-He just left like that?" one survivor said as he watched Zhou Yuan's disappearing figure, his voice still trembling slightly.

"What, do you want revenge on him?" Another contestant beside him shot him a look, obvious fear written across his face. "Didn't you see that blade light just now? The aftershock alone nearly took me out. If he'd wanted to kill us, we'd have been reduced to pulp already!"

"How could I dare..." The contestant who had asked hurriedly shook his head, a trace of relief appearing on his face.

"That was the Blade God, wasn't it?" another contestant suddenly said as he stared in the direction Zhou Yuan had gone.

"Most likely. He truly lives up to the name Blade God." The others all chimed in, their eyes filled with awe.

In the distant ruins, Zhou Yuan had already vanished. The surviving contestants looked at one another, lingering fear filling their hearts. They knew that in this brutal preliminary round, they absolutely could not provoke a powerhouse like Zhou Yuan. Otherwise, they would end up no better than those alien races.

After slaughtering those tens of thousands of alien races, Zhou Yuan had risen to first place in World 66.

Far away on Soka Star in the Gulf Stream Galaxy of the Purple Chen Universe Nation, more than twenty Stellar-level powerhouses sat gathered in a spacious hall, watching the Peak Powerhouse Battle broadcast on a virtual screen as they discussed it heatedly.

"Could this Zhou Yuan be the one who left our planet?" A white-haired Stellar-level elder pointed at the first-place contestant in World 66 on the screen, uncertainty in his eyes.

"What are the odds? He's only a little over two thousand years old. He may have had some talent back then, but he couldn't possibly be this formidable." Another Stellar-level elder shook his head, sounding unconvinced.

"Not necessarily. He comprehended a domain while still at the Stellar level—he was the only one on our planet to do that. Right, Su Li, weren't you close with him? His family is still on the planet, isn't it?" a young Stellar-level man said.

Su Li was a handsome Stellar-level powerhouse. He considered it for a moment before saying, "We got along fairly well, but we haven't been in contact for a long time. After Zhou Yuan's parents died, he went out to venture on his own. He was still at the Stellar level then, and he even asked me to look after several of his nephews and nieces."

"How are those nephews and nieces of his?" the first elder asked.

"They died long ago. None of them broke through to the Stellar level, so they only had a thousand-year lifespan. But their family is doing fairly well now. They have seven or eight Planetary-level members," Su Li answered.

"Seven or eight Planetary-level members—not bad. Do you know what Zhou Yuan is doing now?" the elder continued.

"The last time we spoke was over six hundred years ago. He said he was in the Yunyan Secret Realm at the time, already at the ninth rank of the Universe Level. He also asked about his family, but it seemed he didn't really take much care of them," Su Li replied.

"His family isn't actually that close to Zhou Yuan. They aren't his biological nephews and nieces; they descend from his granduncle's branch," Su Li added, explaining Zhou Yuan's relationship with the Zhou family of Soka Star.

After hearing this, the Stellar-level powerhouses in the hall all nodded, their eyes carrying a hint of emotion. None of them had expected that the youth who had left Soka Star back then had now grown into a top powerhouse of the Universe Level.

In a vast plain within World 66, alien corpses covered the ground, and blood had dyed the earth red. Zhou Yuan sat cross-legged atop the roof of a ruined building, his eyes closed as he regulated his breathing and restored the genetic energy he had expended.

"The body provided by the Virtual Universe is still too weak. If I had my real body, I wouldn't even need to recover." Zhou Yuan muttered disdainfully.

The elimination round had been underway for eleven days, and the alien races' strength doubled every day. Their strength was now equivalent to the Domain Lord level. With vast numbers of alien races besieging him, even Zhou Yuan had to expend considerable genetic energy to kill them, and his recovery speed could no longer keep up with the expenditure.

After a while, Zhou Yuan's genetic energy had fully recovered. He lowered his head and looked at the information displayed on the screen on his left arm:

Contestant: Zhou Yuan (Purple Chen Universe Nation)

Points: 72384721

Rank: 1

Remaining contestants: 1235

From the fifth day onward, Zhou Yuan had held onto first place in World 66. His points far surpassed those of the second-place contestant behind him; not even spirit readers could catch up to Zhou Yuan.

Now, only a little over a thousand contestants remained. Zhou Yuan estimated that the elimination round would end in just a few more days.

He recalled what had happened on the ninth day. At the time, the second-ranked spirit reader had come to challenge him, and Zhou Yuan had used the Space Origin Law for the first time.

That spirit reader was quite strong. He had reached the threshold of the Space Origin Law and had deeply comprehended the Wood Origin Law as well. He wielded a fifth-rank mental force weapon, but unfortunately for him, he had encountered Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan had forced the spirit reader to surrender with just three strikes of the Breaking Mountain Blade. He had not even used either of the two secret arts he had created himself. From that point on, no contestant dared challenge Zhou Yuan again.

Two days earlier, aboard a luxurious spacecraft in World 1, Dream Fantasy Marquis looked over Zhou Yuan's latest intelligence and could not help sighing. "It seems I still underestimated Zhou Yuan. He's also so proficient in the Space Law. He has what it takes to claim first place in the final battle."

With that thought, Dream Fantasy Marquis did not dare delay and directly contacted the Purple Chen Nation Lord.

"Nation Lord, I've discovered a genius who may be able to take first place in the final battle. Here is his information." After getting through to the Purple Chen Nation Lord, Dream Fantasy Marquis hurriedly sent Zhou Yuan's file over.

"Oh? He has the potential to take first place? Let me see." The Purple Chen Nation Lord's voice carried a trace of curiosity. He opened the file and examined it carefully.

"He stayed in the Yunyan Secret Realm for so long afterward. I'll check the records." After saying that, the Purple Chen Nation Lord left Dream Fantasy Marquis hanging and began retrieving Zhou Yuan's records from the Yunyan Secret Realm.

The Purple Chen Nation Lord was a high-ranking member of the Virtual Universe Company and also the ruler of the Purple Chen Universe Nation. With his high level of authority, obtaining intelligence on the Purple Chen Universe Nation was naturally easy. Before long, he found Zhou Yuan's information from the Yunyan Secret Realm.

When he saw the records of Zhou Yuan killing World Lord-level ferocious beasts in the Yunyan Secret Realm, the Myriad Transformations Secret Art nearing the fifth level, and his creation of an ordinary top-tier secret art, even the Purple Chen Nation Lord was shocked. He had not seen many geniuses of this caliber.

"Whew. What a monster. He killed World Lord-level ferocious beasts at the Universe Level, his Myriad Avatars is nearly at the fifth level, and he even created an ordinary top-tier secret art without anyone to guide him." The Purple Chen Nation Lord drew a deep breath, a look of seriousness flashing through his eyes.

"I need to keep an eye on him. I can't let the alien races discover him and assassinate him."

With that thought, the Purple Chen Nation Lord vanished directly from the Purple Zenith Secret Realm.