An Undying Gathering

Twenty-six years after Li Che met with Venerable Luan Mo, this session of the Peak Genius Battle was officially announced to convene!

For those powerhouses at the Star-Level, Planetary Level, and Stellar Level, this was an incomparably lively major event. After all, such a top-tier competition involved the 1,000 and 8 universe countries across the entire human territory; the scale was simply too massive, and the rewards were truly astonishing.

One had to know that successfully securing a top ranking in the Peak Genius Battle allowed one to directly join the core tier of the Virtual Universe Company or the Giant Axe Battle Arena, and could even grant a complimentary qualification to enter the Initial Universe for comprehension. These matters were fundamentally unimaginable to little Stellar Level fellows on ordinary days.

Those secondary geniuses, even if lacking the affinity to join the core tiers of the two major factions, could still earn the regard of their local universe countries as long as their performance was outstanding, similarly acquiring unimaginable cultivation resources.

Further down, even geniuses not valued by the universe country secret realms still possessed the possibility of being favored by certain intermediate civilization nations, wild Undying Deities, or World Lords, taking them under their command and soaring straight to success overnight.

Generally speaking, the Peak Genius Battle had never been merely a means for the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Battle Arena to siphon up the absolute top geniuses of human territory, but rather a top-down screening of the outstanding talent of the current era.

Therefore, whenever the Peak Genius Battle convened, figures like the officials of the 1,000 and 8 universe countries and the officials of intermediate civilization nations would dispatch specialists to keep watch for those outstanding talents, unwilling to miss such an opportunity to strengthen their own factions.

Correspondingly, those little Stellar Level fellows would also spare no effort to display their talents to their heart's content on the stage of the genius battle, anticipating being noticed by certain powerful existences.

This was the first time Li Che had observed a genius battle in such meticulous detail.

On the day the genius battle commenced, when his consciousness connected to the virtual universe, he discovered that within the virtual castle belonging to Rongbing Holy Land, a large group of little Stellar Level fellows were standing solemnly. Under the summons of a World Lord acknowledged by the origin laws, they headed toward the warfare space specially carved out by the virtual universe for the genius battle.

Li Che did not disturb those little fellows.

With his hands clasped behind his back, he leisurely walked out of that virtual castle, strolling along the broad streets of Rong Bing Island.

He could hear that the topics discussed by the overwhelming majority of interstellar citizens on the roads were almost entirely information concerning the Peak Genius Battle.

In fact, Li Che even saw that within a distant virtual villa, a Domain Lord level-five "sect ancestor" was lecturing over a hundred Stellar Level interstellar warriors, encouraging them to achieve good results in the genius battle.

One could only say that the threshold of the Peak Genius Battle was truly too low, so low that any Stellar Level with even a shred of strength was willing to struggle and fight in the battlefield of the Peak Genius Battle.

Of course, the vast majority of little Stellar Level fellows were simply unable to pass the first large-scale preliminary round of the Peak Genius Battle.

"Beep, beep!"

Just as Li Che was feeling emotional, the humanoid snake-tailed intelligent assistant Bai Yue on his shoulder suddenly flashed a ray of light from its eyes, followed by speaking softly in a low voice,

"Sir, Army Master Yanpo invites you to head to the Rong Bing branch of the Giant Axe Battle Arena. There is a small gathering of Undying Deities belonging to the internal ranks of the Giant Axe Battle Arena taking place there."

Hearing this, Li Che did not hesitate much either, directly utilizing the paid teleportation function of the virtual universe to head to the location mentioned by Army Master Yanpo.

When he arrived at a towering manor in the interior of the Rong Bing branch of the Giant Axe Battle Arena, he only saw that in the vast grand hall, a full seven or eight mountain-like thrones stood tall and upright there. Each throne was wreathed in the aura of laws, some burning with blazing crimson fires, others surging with violent lightning.

Without a doubt, everyone upon those thrones was an Undying Deity-level existence who had completely comprehended a certain lower law.

"World Master of Guixu has arrived!"

"Brother Li, welcome!"

"It's been a long time since our little gathering had a new member!"

Seeing that it was Li Che who had arrived, the Undying Deities all turned around, greeting him one by one with utmost warmth and cordiality.

"Hello everyone, Army Master Yanpo, Army Master Ranting, Army Master Baihuo..." Li Che smiled as he greeted these Immortal Military Lords.

Over these years, although Li Che had never formally joined the Giant Axe Battle Arena, Army Master Yanpo had already completely regarded him as internal personnel of the Giant Axe Battle Arena.

After all, Li Che had been personally received by a great Universe Venerable from the battle arena's side; in the future, he was almost bound to become a core member of their faction.

In the past twenty-odd years, Li Che had already met with the Undying Deities in charge of the Giant Axe Battle Arena branches across a dozen nearby star domains.

Facing these Immortal Military Lords, Li Che naturally stood on no ceremony. He casually picked a vacant Immortal Throne and sat straight down upon it.

"Boom!"

The moment he sat down, the great might of the laws upon his entire person affected the throne beneath him in the very first instance. A profound, heavy, and expansive power of the laws rippled outward, causing the expressions of the other Undying Deities present to change slightly.

Clearly, the depth of comprehension in origin laws possessed by Li Che, this tiny World Lord, had already surpassed all the Immortal Military Lords present.

This caused the Immortal Military Lords present to feel a silent internal surge of emotion.

He truly lived up to being a talented World Lord valued by a great Universe Venerable; these Immortal Military Lords who had lived for thousands upon tens of thousands of epochs simply could not compare to the other party at all.

"You all truly possess extraordinary means; the live broadcasts of the entire genius battle are captured down to the last detail!"

Li Che did not pay mind to these gazes; his attention was attracted by a row of huge screens in front of the thrones, upon which a full one hundred distinct scenes were displayed, representing the exact one hundred world districts of the Peak Genius Battle preliminary rounds.

"Hahaha! It's merely some basic authority!"

"We have already formed a habit over these years; whenever the battle arena holds a genius battle or a Strongman Battle, we gather together to watch the performance of the geniuses of that session!"

"Of course, occasionally, some minor geniuses left over after the core tier of the battle arena and the Ganwu Secret Realm finish picking will also be absorbed by us into the outer fringes of the battle arena."

Hearing this, the Immortal Military Lords of the Giant Axe Battle Arena explained one by one.

They were the persons in charge of the Giant Axe Battle Arena in the surrounding major star domains, bearing upon their shoulders the mission of absorbing talent for the battle arena. The act of watching the genius battle matches was also a process of screening young talents for these undying ones.

Of course, to these undying ones who had lived through long, long years, the Peak Genius Battle was also a fine recreational activity to pass the time.

After all, Undying Deities were already eternal, great existences in the eyes of low-level interstellar citizens; the Peak Genius Battle, which those underlying Planetary Level citizens could not encounter even once in a lifetime, was actually held quite frequently from their perspective.

"In this Peak Genius Battle, our Ganwu Division has a total participation of 810 billion. I wonder how many will be able to directly join the core tier of the battle arena." The Undying Deities chatted idly one by one.

Li Che leaned back lazily against the towering throne belonging to himself, chatting with these Immortal Military Lords while casually selecting a world district to watch the battle conditions within it.