Qian Ming, his ready-made son

"It was all thanks to the secret techniques you bestowed on me, Teacher," Huiyun said hurriedly.

"Haha, of course my secret techniques are good. I teach my disciples differently from other experts," Yang Hao said with a laugh.

If he took on a disciple, he would teach them properly and tailor secret techniques to their needs. Why make them waste time earning points to buy techniques?

Of course, only someone at Yang Hao's level could do this. Under normal circumstances, a teacher willing to take in a genius like Huiyun would usually be a King-level Immortal.

"No matter how good the secret techniques are, you still have to be willing to learn them."

As the saying went, a genius was someone whom heaven chased around to feed. But even if heaven chased you around with food, you still had to open your mouth, chew, and swallow.

If someone refused even to open their mouth, was heaven supposed to force the food down their throat?

"You should have more or less mastered those three manuals. Once you reach the World Lord Level, I'll create more secret techniques for you," Yang Hao said, walking slowly through the hall with his hands behind his back.

"Have you decided where you'll go to gain experience after becoming a World Lord?"

Once the Virtual Universe Company's geniuses became World Lords, they were sent out to fight and gain experience, usually on the Outer Domain Battlefield or in Star Prison.

"I have, Teacher. I want to go to the Outer Domain Battlefield," Huiyun continued.

The Outer Domain Battlefield was a place established specifically for experts below the Venerable level to fight, led by the humans, Zerg, Machine Race, and demon race. Of course, those who went there were not limited to those four races and their respective alliances. World Lords and Immortals from countless other races across the universe could also choose a camp and enter the Outer Domain Battlefield to fight and train.

True experts grew through blood and fire. Someone who did nothing but blindly cultivate could never become an expert. Flowers sheltered in a greenhouse would never truly mature.

"Good!" Yang Hao said. "Naturally, I support your decision to gain experience on the Outer Domain Battlefield."

"After you become a World Lord, spend some time cultivating in seclusion in Chaos City. Practice the secret techniques I give you. Once the time is right, take the treasures I provide and venture out onto the Outer Domain Battlefield to your heart's content!"

"Of course, the Outer Domain Battlefield is incredibly dangerous. If you happen to fall... I can bring you back to life. But don't think that being able to revive means you can act recklessly. I'll only give you those treasures once," Yang Hao said, turning to look at Huiyun.

If his disciple died, he only needed to ask a Universe Master for help. Reviving a mere World Lord would be effortless. Still, he warned her to keep her from charging blindly into danger.

"I won't disappoint you, Teacher!" Huiyun bowed again.

"Mm, off you go. I'll be in seclusion for a long time. I've already laid out the road ahead for you. How you walk it is up to you." Yang Hao swept his hand, and Huiyun vanished from the hall.

Afterward, he watched recordings of his disciple's battles. Her fights on the Heavenly Bridge would reveal any problems she had.

"Mm... overall, there aren't any real problems."

He watched the recordings repeatedly, then spent another few weeks tailoring a set of World Lord Level secret techniques for Huiyun.

"One movement technique, one technique for comprehending laws, and one for tempering her will. When she starts creating her own secret techniques, I'll ask the Chaos City Lord to help customize opponents in the Virtual Universe to assist her."

Yang Hao nodded in satisfaction. He had put considerable effort into this set of techniques.

When it came to venturing onto the Outer Domain Battlefield, he was not actually afraid of his disciple dying. His greatest concern was that an alien expert might subject her to Soul Enslavement, or imprison her in a special spacetime until her lifespan ran out.

In the original story, Kedi had fallen into an alien trap and been imprisoned in a special spacetime, dying for good after exhausting his lifespan.

Although a Universe Master could revive someone, how could they bring a person from the past into the present when that person's lifespan had already run out?

That was why Yang Hao had tailored a will-tempering technique for his eldest disciple. Of course, that alone was not enough to put him at ease.

He went to Chaos City and contributed the strange crescent-shaped Supreme Treasure weapon he had obtained from killing Gold-Fearing Roar to the race, receiving 1.2 Supreme Treasure points. Together with the 0.3 points he had left from before, he now had 1.5 Supreme Treasure points.

Contributing Luohua Hall to the race would earn me 48 Supreme Treasure points. Not bad. Yang Hao nodded to himself as he checked the Palace Supreme Treasure's value.

The value offered for contributions was actually on the low side. Redeeming it would cost over 50 Supreme Treasure points. That was a respectable price among ordinary Palace-type Supreme Treasures.

"I'll buy two ordinary soul-type valuable treasures first." After spending 0.2 Supreme Treasure points on two decent soul-type valuable treasures, he left the contribution site.

He also ordered two customized sets of combat equipment from the Virtual Universe Company, one for Huiyun and one for his ready-made son, the Seventh Prince.

These two sets of combat equipment are worth almost as much as two combat-type valuable treasures... Yang Hao thought.

Since they were custom-made, they cost a little more. It was not that he did not want to commission better equipment. If he simply gave them valuable treasure weapons, a horde of envious King-level Immortals would hunt them down. The losses would far outweigh the benefits.

Finally, he asked the Chaos City Lord for a small favor: when Huiyun began creating her own secret techniques, he would customize opponents for her to help her develop them.

"Thank you, Chaos City Lord. I'm going into seclusion for a while to create Universe Overlord-level secret techniques," Yang Hao said, expressing his gratitude.

Qian Wu really has had quite a lucky encounter. His life gene multiplier has reached 1,200. How did he manage that? The Chaos City Lord could not understand it. Qian Wu had not possessed a special lifeform, so how had his life gene multiplier become so high?

Under normal circumstances, a Universe Venerable's gene multiplier topped out at 100.

Still, everyone had their own secrets. The Chaos City Lord did not need to know everything.

At the very least, Qian Wu was a member of the Human Race. His growing stronger meant an increase in the race's overall strength.

"Go on, Qian Wu. It looks like our Human Race will soon have another Universe Overlord," the Chaos City Lord said with a smile.

Yang Hao cupped his hands in salute, left Chaos City, and went to the Qian Wu Secret Realm.

Of the Qian Wu Country Lord's many children, only his seventh son had become an Immortal and survived to the present.

Once someone became an Immortal, their body could transform into energy, and they lost the ability to reproduce.

Thus, after countless years, the vast majority of experts at the Immortal level and above were the only ones left alive in the universe from their families.

For such experts, disciples held a particularly important place in their hearts.

"Haha, I'd better make some arrangements for this ready-made son of mine too," Yang Hao said with a laugh. Having transmigrated into the Qian Wu Country Lord's body, he would play the ready-made father and help look after his son.

The Seventh Prince was Qian Wu's only surviving son and was fairly favored. But Qian Wu had previously been the biggest debtor around, so he had not invested much in his only son.

"If you don't advance, you fall behind!" Yang Hao's gaze hardened.

Although the Seventh Prince had not been an excessively spoiled wastrel in the Qian Wu Universe Country, he had spent countless years coasting along, and his cultivation had not improved in the slightest.

After all those years, he had not even reached Marquis-level Immortal. Among army lord Immortals, he barely ranked in the upper-middle tier.

"Qian Ming!" In the Qian Wu Secret Realm, he summoned the Seventh Prince to the great hall.

"Greetings, Father!" The Seventh Prince's name was Qian Ming, and he held his father in the utmost respect. He knew that everything he had came from his father.

"Mm..." After thinking for a moment, Yang Hao continued, "Seventh son, you're the only child of mine still alive after these endless years. In the past, I had poor luck and was mired in debt, so I paid little attention to your cultivation."

"Yet after countless years, your cultivation hasn't improved in the slightest. I'm very disappointed!"

Yang Hao's gaze was as sharp as needles as he stared coldly at Qian Ming.

"Please forgive me, Father!" Qian Ming had not expected to be reprimanded during this visit. He hurriedly fell to his knees and admitted his fault.

"At least you haven't lost your character. Otherwise... hmph!" Seeing Qian Ming's respectful attitude, Yang Hao figured that he held "him" in sufficient regard.