Divine Master

Chapter 6: Divine Master

Two months later, deep within the dark universe, a pitch-black spaceship was hurtling through space at extreme speed. This was none other than Li Che's usual ride, an E9-grade alloy spaceship.

"Respected World Lord Li Che, welcome back to the Ganwu Universe Country after successfully completing your service on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. Thanks to your efforts, the human territories have remained peaceful for the past 52,054 years. On behalf of the Ganwu Universe Country, we extend our most sincere gratitude for your efforts..."

A crisp, pleasant, universal-language female voice echoed through the spacious lounge. This was a comforting email sent by the authorities of the Ganwu Universe Country to every warrior returning from the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. Aside from the sincere tone and gentle attitude, it also included numerous links to interstellar news from the past 50,000 years, making it quite thoughtful.

"Respected 1-star mercenary of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, welcome back to the Ganwu Universe Country. Since you have already reached the World Lord level, we cordially invite you to visit any Mercenary Alliance branch to take the evaluation for a 3-star universe mercenary. Please remember, as long as you are willing, the Universe Mercenary Alliance will always be your steadfast backing..."

"Respected user of the Universe Galaxy Bank, welcome back to the Ganwu Universe Country. All businesses such as investments, deposits, consignments, and gambling duels can be handled by contacting the nearest Universe Galaxy Bank branch. We will wholeheartedly serve you..."

Before the wide floor-to-ceiling windows of the lounge, Li Che stood with his hands behind his back. He gazed at the starry brilliance of the dark universe outside the spaceship, listening to the trivial messages from the Universe Mercenary Alliance, the Virtual Universe Company, and the Giant Axe Battle Arena. Taking a deep breath, he seemed to catch a hint of the scent of peace in the air, and a smile could not help but surface at the corner of his mouth.

I have returned to the region of the Ganwu Universe Country. I really miss this place called home!

Undoubtedly, the authorities of the Ganwu Universe Country attached great importance to Li Che. He had even received an email from the Ganwu Secret Realm, inviting Li Che, this Military Lord-level World Lord powerhouse, to establish a force within the Ganwu Universe Country.

Listening to the messages of these emails, Li Che gently stroked the dark purple World Ring in his hand-this was the small gift previously bestowed upon him by Nine Sword Venerable.

Inside it, a shuttle-shaped spaceship over 800 meters long was floating quietly. This was an all-metal vessel cast entirely from F6-grade Wind-Quelling Gold Marrow, engraved with a rather intricate set of law secret markings on its surface, and equipped with numerous high-tech achievements such as detectors, laser cannons, and energy-jamming devices.

Counting the Wind-Quelling Gold Marrow used to construct this spaceship, along with the law secret markings engraved on its surface, the intelligent assistant calculated through comparison that the value of this spaceship should be around 2.4 million Hunyuan Units.

Such a small gift truly made Li Che feel somewhat emotional.

Nine Sword Venerable was, after all, a Universe Venerable-level figure. A million Hunyuan Units was a huge fortune for military lords or even ordinary Marquis-level undying beings, but to him, it was merely a tiny investment.

For this goodwill, Li Che chose to accept it. He decisively halted the E9-grade alloy spaceship beneath his feet, switched to this spaceship from Nine Sword Venerable instead, re-accelerated, and entered the dark universe.

"Sir, Divine Master Rongbing has sent you a communication request."

Just as Li Che was engrossed in admiring this high-grade spaceship forged entirely from pure metal, his optical brain intelligent assistant suddenly materialized and reminded him.

"Put it through."

Hearing this, Li Che's mood did not fluctuate much; he simply spoke casually.

"Beep!"

As his voice fell, within the crystalline eyes of the optical brain assistant "Bai Yue", a sliver of light was immediately projected. That light magnified, and soon it mirrored a heroic female figure standing over nine meters tall.

Snow-white and crystalline skin like jade, smooth and translucent ice-blue long hair, a flawless face, coupled with a suit of battle armor that seemed to be cast from hundreds of millions of years of glacial ice, made this female Undying Deity appear sacred and inviolable.

She practiced the Ice Law-a variant of the Water Origin Law-and later constructed her divine body using the complete Water Law. Even though she was merely a technological projection, she still lowered the temperature inside the cabin by more than ten degrees.

Divine Master Rongbing—she was the undisputed master of Li Che's motherland, the Rongbing Empire. She was a relatively young yet extraordinarily powerful female Undying Deity.

"Greetings, Divine Master." Facing this beautiful and sacred female Undying Deity, Li Che did not display an overly deferential expression; he merely nodded slightly toward her.

As a powerful World Lord recognized by the Extraterrestrial Battlefield military system as possessing the combat strength of an immortal military lord, Li Che naturally possessed the qualification to sit on equal footing with other immortal military lords.

However, looking at this tall female standing over nine meters tall, Li Che still occasionally uttered some inward complaints in his heart.

The imperial family of their Rongbing Empire actually had an average height of only around two meters, with very, very few exceeding three meters. No matter how one looked at it, she did not look like the descendant of this Undying Deity.

Li Che had once heard that this Rong Bing Divine Master actually had no partner, nor had she ever left behind any blood descendants. In reality, the ancestors of the current Rongbing imperial family were all simply children from the tribe's villages when the Divine Master was initially weak.

Viewing it now, this rumor did not seem entirely groundless.

"Li Che,"

"I received news from the universe country stating that you have completed your retirement procedures on the Fourth Battlefield, and your virtual universe coordinates have already arrived within the territory of the Ganwu Universe Country. Are you returning?"

Divine Master Rongbing evidently did not know the inward complaints in Li Che's heart. Gazing at the most outstanding genius in the history of the Rongbing Empire, a trace of a bland smile could not help but surface at the corner of her mouth as she spoke softly.

Nor did she mind Li Che's casual attitude; in this universe, strength dictated everything, and she now naturally regarded Li Che as an entity of the same tier.

"I have indeed returned to the territory of the universe country, but I estimate it will take a while before I return to the empire. I need to make a trip to the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield."

Regarding this deity who had provided him with the vast majority of her early protection and assistance, Li Che had no intention of concealing anything, and spoke honestly.

"The Black Dragon Mountain Starfield? I've never been there. I have, however, met that Master of the Ice Sea Holy Land within the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield a few times. Do you need any help?"

Hearing this, Divine Master Rongbing nodded. The major star sector where the Ganwu Universe Country resided was simply too vast; even as an Undying Deity, she had only visited a portion of the medium-sized countries.

"No need. It's just that during the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, I received the kindness of a deceased powerhouse from Black Dragon Mountain. I'm thinking of visiting his homeland to see if I can help his ethnic group," Li Che said casually.

He had no intention of concealing his itinerary; this kind of half-true news was both told for the sake of his own Divine Master and immune to fear should someone gaze back through time in the future.

Divine Master Rongbing nodded slightly.

The human race's Fourth Battlefield was one of the most terrifying low-level creature meat grinders in the universe, where a massive number of powerhouses died almost every minute and second. It did not surprise her that Li Che had occasionally received the kindness of some deceased powerhouse.

"Divine Master, you have never actively contacted me before. Is nothing major happening in our empire, right?"

Most of Li Che's mental focus was on contemplating and calculating the stellar coordinates related to Earth, but he still spared a small fraction of his attention to ask his own Divine Master.

He had been transmigrated into this world for close to 60,000 years, yet this female Undying Deity had devoted herself to nurturing him with meticulous care, so Li Che did indeed regard her as one of his own people.

"I had friction with a nearby immortal. Our empire and the medium-sized civilization under that person's command might erupt into a large-scale war, likely within the last few decades. If you return, you should be able to help quite a bit."

Divine Master Rongbing's tone was very calm, devoid of the slightest emotion, but Li Che could discern the biting battle intent within her words, showing she felt absolutely no fear of war.

"What is the enemy's situation like?" After pondering slightly, Li Che spoke thus.

"The opposing side is the medium-sized universe civilization, the Hufeng Empire. Although the Divine Master behind them is somewhat older, their true combat strength is not much different from mine,"

Divine Master Rongbing spoke softly,

"However, in order to defeat me in one fell swoop, that Divine Master has enlisted the Divine Master of a neutral holy land near their empire-'Meteorite Star'. That Meteorite Star Divine Master is a top-tier-military-lord-level soul master and is very difficult to deal with."

Hearing this, Li Che looked at his own Divine Master with a somewhat strange expression.

Meteorite Star?

He was far too familiar with this name.