What Li Che did not know was that his reputation was spreading among the Five Major Powers much faster than he had imagined.
The representatives of peak powers such as the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Battle Arena stationed in the Rongbing Empire operated with extreme efficiency. Upon learning of Li Che's utterly absurd battle records in the virtual space of the Slaughterhouse, they simultaneously sent invitations directly to Li Che and decisively reported the matter to their superiors.
For this, one had to marvel at the ultra-high information transmission efficiency of the Virtual Universe.
Supported by this powerful derivative of secret methods, the internal information dissemination cost within the human race was exceptionally low, allowing information about events occurring across several stellar regions or even more distant domains to be transmitted instantly through simple emails or calls.
Therefore, less than half a year after Li Che's match against the virtual Undying Deity, the middle management of the Five Major Powers had already integrated information about World Lord Li Che's identity, faction background, life history, and the possibility that he was an alien spy.
Following that, more than twenty top-tier King-level Immortals and Universe Venerables whose abilities matched or who were interested in taking disciples received news from their respective factions.
Upon seeing Li Che's battle footage and the accompanying basic information, these powerful beings quickly realized the extraordinary nature of this young genius.
Young and having never previously received systematic guidance, he had nonetheless relied solely on himself to reach a level of law comprehension close to the Marquis peak.
Translated into the terminology of the Heavenly Bridge within the five major powers, that meant steadily passing the 16th layer of the Heavenly Bridge, not too far from the 17th.
They understood that, according to Li Che's own intentions, he would inevitably join one of the five major powers in the future. Regardless of which one he joined, it was believed that an explosive period of strength growth would surely await him in the short term.
Once he achieved undying status, perhaps even relying on sheer grinding effort would allow him to quickly reach the King peak or even the King limit.
Then, if he had a good teacher to help him acquire sufficiently high-level treasures and inheritances-such as the Beast God Inheritance or the Divine General Inheritance-he could gain the hope of achieving the status of a Universe Venerable.
On this day, quite a few of the most powerful King-level Immortals within the human race were thoroughly tempted and began considering taking him as a disciple, while the Universe Venerables analyzed Li Che's potential and evaluated the possibility of him becoming a Universe Venerable.
In the eyes of the vast majority of them, the essence of this disciple-taking behavior was an investment act that required expending (expending) massive resources and energy. If they truly took a disciple, they had to ensure a balance between cost and return.
Naturally, Universe Venerables hoped to have a disciple under their command who was also at the Universe Venerable level, so they deliberated with utmost seriousness.
Yet the King-level Immortals exhibited considerable enthusiasm.
After all, they believed that the potential Li Che possessed would definitely make him a King-level entity after achieving undying status. As long as they took him as a disciple, there was a high probability they would reap considerable returns.
A typical successful case in this regard was King Zhen Yan, a peerless King powerhouse of the Virtual Universe Company. Among his disciples was one named the Bloodthirsty King, who aroused the envy of many within the internal ranks of the human race.
A peerless King with a disciple at the King-limit level beneath him-they could completely achieve absolute trust between one another. The strong bond of a master-disciple relationship made them solid and reliable allies to each other.
Naturally, those powerful King-level Immortals hoped that they, too, would possess such a formidable helper.
Unfortunately, according to the rules of the five major powers, King-level Immortals could only take Li Che as a disciple if no Universe Venerable did so within a certain period of time.
Roughly six months after the conclusion of the great battle between Li Che and the virtual undying being, in the Primitive Universe, within a secret domain countless billions of light-years away from human territory, an extremely formidable and great existence abruptly opened its eyes.
This powerful existence possessed a ferocious wolf head and a body covered in long fur, and it was a peerless powerhouse of a major branch within the human race-the Werewolf Race.
"Oh? A disciple-taking opinion sent over by the race? I am stationed long-term in the Ancestral God Religion, yet they actually suggest I take a disciple?"
The moment he received the news from the virtual universe, he was slightly stunned, and then with burning interest, he clicked open the virtual email.
Within it was precisely the battle footage of Li Che and the virtual undying being contending in the Slaughterhouse.
The Werewolf Race powerhouse fast-forwarded the battle footage a thousand times, yet still completed a very detailed evaluation of every detail of Li Che's combat:
"So that's how it is. The old fellows of the race think he has the foundation to match a certain Divine General Inheritance..."
He stroked his long-furred wolf ears and fell into deep thought.
The moniker of this great Werewolf Race existence was Venerable Jiufeng, deservedly one of the strongest legends within the Werewolf Race, and his status within the internal ranks of the human race was also extremely high.
For no other reason than that Venerable Jiufeng was a figure who had perfectly inherited a Divine General Inheritance within the Ancestral God Religion, and he was one of the most renowned Universe Overlords within the race.
Within the Ancestral God Religion where this Venerable Jiufeng resided, there were a total of three tiers of powerful inheritances: the eight Beast God Inheritances, the 72 Divine General Inheritances, and the 3000 Divine Envoy Inheritances.
For instance, the Divine Envoy Inheritance: if one could become one of the 3000 Divine Envoys of the Ancestral God Religion, one would instantly become a supreme existence among Undying Deities, even possessing matching supreme treasures, secret methods, and means, rivaling the weakest Universe Venerables in strength.
For instance, the Divine General Inheritance: if one could completely acquire everything within the Divine General Inheritance and succeed to the position of a Divine General of the Ancestral God Religion, that would be an invincible existence among Universe Venerables, capable of contending against the Celestial Eclipse Palace Master, the Star Prison Demon Lord, and others, finding virtually no opponents below Universe Masters.
Even if one could not succeed to the position of a Divine Envoy or Divine General, one could still completely rely on this set of inheritances to become a top-tier powerhouse within that tier.
Venerable Jiufeng was one of the beneficiaries of the Ancestral God Religion's Divine General Inheritance. Relying solely on a complete set of the Divine General Inheritance, even though he was only a candidate Divine General, this existence had become a powerhouse at the Universe Overlord level.
And Venerable Jiufeng could confirm that the law leaning displayed by Li Che nowadays indeed matched one of the 72 Divine General Inheritances of the Ancestral God Religion very closely.
That was an inheritance system named Black Light Divine General.
The so-called Ultimate Light referred respectively to the "Black Hole" and the "Ultimate Light". Under the effect of this Divine General Inheritance, two completely different methods fused perfectly, and the mighty force unleashed was extremely powerful.
Although Li Che was still just a minor World Lord at present, the methods he displayed already matched the black hole part of that Divine General Inheritance to a very, very high degree.
Venerable Jiufeng nodded to himself.
Given Li Che's tender age of merely fifty thousand years and the talent he displayed, he believed that Li Che had a high probability of mastering the "Ultimate Light" during the World Lord period and then attempting to accept the Black Light Divine General Inheritance.
If Li Che could truly acquire and master the complete and flawless Black Light Divine General Inheritance, it would mean that the human race could gain one more Universe Overlord at the candidate Divine General level.
He, Venerable Jiufeng, could also gain a disciple of comparable strength who was completely trustworthy.
"Master, do you wish to manifest your intention to take the World Lord Li Che as a disciple to the race?"
Just as Venerable Jiufeng was lost in thought, the voice of his Intelligent Lifeform assistant reached his ears once again—the assistant of a great Universe Overlord was naturally an Intelligent Lifeform, specifically a powerful life form that had obtained the Heart of Evolution and reached King-level strength.
"Hoo..."
Hearing this, Venerable Jiufeng gently exhaled a breath, a trace of a smile appearing on his ferocious wolf head:
"Of course. This is a very, very young World Lord who has already displayed his talent. In my eyes, investing a Divine General Inheritance Crystal or a Beast God Inheritance Token in him is well worth it."
Soon, the voice of the Intelligent Lifeform assistant reached Venerable Jiufeng's ears:
"Very well, Master. According to the administrative regulations, if the Giant Axe Founder and the Universe Masters do not express their intention to take a disciple within the next 200 years, you will automatically advance to first place in this person's disciple-taking sequence."
Upon hearing this, Venerable Jiufeng's sharp wolf eyes flashed with a glimmer of law light:
"Oh? Is he already a genius qualified to alarm the Universe Masters?"
The Intelligent Lifeform assistant affirmed:
"Yes. According to the comprehensive evaluation by the venerables in charge of the race, he already possesses the qualifications to be taken as a disciple by a Universe Master."
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