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Hu Yanbo continued absorbing cosmic energy for five hundred years, astonishing the Immortals in Chaos City as his space-law comprehension appeared to reach King Rank. Venerable Greenstone reprimanded Star Radiance King for failing to recruit him and ordered him to choose between leaving his post or leaving Chaos City.

• Hu Yanbo cultivated on a rooftop for five hundred years, continuously absorbing vast amounts of cosmic energy.
• The Immortals and King Rank experts watched in disbelief as they suspected Hu Yanbo had reached King Rank comprehension of the space law.
• Venerable Greenstone questioned Star Radiance King about failing to recruit Hu Yanbo, and Star Radiance King admitted his poor judgment.
• Venerable Greenstone told Star Radiance King to relinquish his recruitment position or leave Chaos City and return to his post.
• Star Radiance King realized the ultimatum was punishment for his mistake and felt regret as he looked toward Hu Yanbo.

After seven hundred years of cultivation in Chaos City, Hu Yanbo completed his divine body and entered King Rank. As the Human Race welcomed its new King Rank expert, he realized that the young cultivators below now saw him as a great being.

• A Black-Robed Envoy explained Chaos City's rules to a new group of young cultivators and praised Hu Yanbo's astonishing progress in seclusion.
• The young cultivators learned Hu Yanbo was close to earning permanent residency, while a Universe Mercenary Alliance King Rank expert compared his potential to Mengsui King.
• After several more years, the energy surrounding Hu Yanbo dispersed, and he awoke with a complete divine body and King Rank strength.
• King Rank experts congratulated Hu Yanbo on becoming a new Human Race King Rank expert, and he greeted them calmly.
• Hu Yanbo watched young cultivators return from hunting chaos true spirits and realized they now regarded him as a great being.

After entering King Rank, Hu Yanbo assessed his limits and decided that killing Demon Hand King would require more strength and time. Void True King and King Qian Cang congratulated him and began discussing the title the alliance would bestow upon him.

• Babata celebrated Hu Yanbo's new King Rank and urged him to seek revenge on Demon Hand King, but Hu Yanbo judged that his soul techniques were not yet refined enough to defeat him.
• Hu Yanbo recognized that he had achieved his first goal of living freely in the Primal Universe and set killing Demon Hand King as his next goal.
• Hu Yanbo concluded that he needed to reach Peak King strength to guarantee Demon Hand King's destruction, and considered how future breakthroughs might bring him there.
• Babata announced an incoming call from Void True King, and Hu Yanbo accepted it, bringing Void True King and King Qian Cang into view.
• Void True King and King Qian Cang congratulated Hu Yanbo on entering King Rank, and Qian Cang said the alliance wanted to grant him a title despite his having skipped a proper Marquis title.

Hu Yanbo declined an offer to have the Universe Mercenary Alliance give him a title, preferring to earn one through his own achievements. After the call, he focused on strengthening himself and considered the elite King-level Immortals who had begun seeking his friendship.

• Void True King and King Qian Cang offered to recommend a title for Hu Yanbo, but he said he wanted to earn one through his own deeds.
• Void True King praised Hu Yanbo’s ambition, while King Qian Cang reminded him that he would eventually need a title befitting his status.
• After the call ended, Babata questioned Hu Yanbo’s decision, and Hu Yanbo said that strength mattered more than an empty name.
• Hu Yanbo resolved to improve his soul techniques, integrate his increased power, and eventually defeat Demon Hand King.
• Several prominent King-level Immortals contacted Hu Yanbo to befriend him and called him the second Mengsui King, but he left their requests unanswered and set his sights higher.

Hu Yanbo received an invitation from Kandri for a drink and realized that becoming a King Rank Immortal made him a peer rather than a traditional disciple to Universe Venerables. Just as he prepared to rely on his own cultivation, Universe Overlord Yuan Huang offered to take him as his direct disciple, and Hu Yanbo accepted.

• Hu Yanbo read Kandri’s congratulatory email and accepted the invitation to visit him after consolidating his progress.
• Hu Yanbo concluded that Venerables saw him as a promising junior rather than someone needing traditional master-disciple guidance.
• Yuan Huang sent Hu Yanbo an offer to become his direct disciple after reviewing his combat records.
• Hu Yanbo searched the alliance database and learned that Yuan Huang, the Abyssal Emperor, was a powerful Universe Overlord with a history as a lone wanderer.
• Hu Yanbo accepted Yuan Huang’s offer and paid his respects to him as his new master.

Hu Yanbo entered Yuan Huang Hall and was accepted as Yuan Huang’s fourth disciple after the Venerable praised his rise from humble origins through relentless struggle. Yuan Huang passed him the Yuan seal, a framework of space-law insights, leaving Hu Yanbo with a powerful new method to study.

• Hu Yanbo flew to Yuan Huang Hall on Glory Sacred Mountain, shocking the onlookers who watched the gates open for him.
• Hu Yanbo entered the hall and met Yuan Huang, whose presence and battle-worn appearance overwhelmed him.
• Yuan Huang told Hu Yanbo about his three accomplished disciples, Hong, Zhu, and Pan, and explained that he valued those who forged their own paths through hardship.
• Yuan Huang named Hu Yanbo his fourth disciple and sent the Yuan seal into his soul.
• Yuan Huang explained that the Yuan seal embodied his insights into the three mysteries of space law and surpassed the Space-Time Essays in depth.

Hu Yanbo received the Abyssal Seal’s insights into applying space law and believed they would soon help him advance. Yuan Huang rewarded him with resources and promised a Universe Master’s guidance if Hu Yanbo reached Peak King and killed five enemy King Rank experts within three hundred epochs.

• The Abyssal Seal fused with Hu Yanbo, combining his past insights and granting him powerful combat experience in Yuan Huang’s methods of slaughter.
• Hu Yanbo told Yuan Huang that the gift had clarified obstacles in his space-law comprehension and could lead to a breakthrough.
• Yuan Huang realized Hu Yanbo might be nearing Initial King and praised his comprehension.
• Yuan Huang granted Hu Yanbo three billion Hunyuan units in starting resources and an upgraded armor-and-war-blade set made primarily from grade G metal.
• Yuan Huang promised to ask a Universe Master to analyze Hu Yanbo’s secret techniques if Hu Yanbo reached Peak King and killed five enemy King Rank experts within three hundred epochs.
• Hu Yanbo thanked Yuan Huang, resolved to meet the conditions quickly, and left Yuan Huang Hall.

Hu Yanbo chose to save his available advance rather than risk drawing more scrutiny, then passed the Eighteenth Layer of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge and received permission to found a school. After meeting Venerable Guiyi, he planned to leave Chaos City once he finished his remaining business.

• Hu Yanbo decided to hold back his available advance because another sudden breakthrough could attract unwanted attention in Chaos City.
• Hu Yanbo passed the Eighteenth Layer of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge and qualified to apply for permanent residency in Chaos City.
• Hu Yanbo visited the City Lord's Mansion to upgrade his privileges and met Venerable Guiyi, who confirmed his accomplishments.
• Venerable Guiyi granted Hu Yanbo permission to found a school based on the Nine Universes Chaos Stele and earn contribution points through public lectures.
• Hu Yanbo left the City Lord's Mansion relieved but uneasy about the Chaos City Lord's scrutiny, and resolved to leave Chaos City after finishing his business.

Hu Yanbo established his own palace in Chaos City, received congratulations and resources, and cultivated his soul techniques while preparing to leave. His plans were interrupted by a farewell message from Marquis Glorious Light, who thanked him for saving his life.

• Hu Yanbo used his permanent resident privileges to build a black-metal palace in Chaos City and received congratulations from fellow cultivators, including True Yan King.
• Babata compared the value of True Yan King's secret technique with Hu Yanbo's Soul Seal, and Hu Yanbo said his potential could surpass True Yan King's.
• Hu Yanbo replied to the congratulatory messages and secluded himself to study the soul path and digest what he had gained from the Abyssal Seal.
• An Immortal God delivered two World Rings containing the rare resources Hu Yanbo had bought with nearly all his available wealth.
• Hu Yanbo cultivated the Cloud-Touching Vine and worked on a soul attack technique until Marquis Glorious Light sent a message thanking him for saving his life and bidding him farewell.

Hu Yanbo received a farewell email from his old comrade Marquis Glorious Light and urgently sought a way to locate him. Void True King revealed that Glorious Light had entered the dangerous Nether God Secret Realm on a high-risk mission, leaving Hu Yanbo with a lead and a warning about the dangers ahead.

• Babata told Hu Yanbo that Marquis Glorious Light’s farewell email suggested his life was in danger, but gave no location.
• Hu Yanbo asked Void True King to help trace the email, and Void True King explained that he lacked access to the Virtual Universe Network’s transmission records.
• Void True King recognized Marquis Glorious Light and revealed that he and Marquis Rock had accepted a high-risk five-star mission in the Nether God Secret Realm several months earlier.
• Void True King warned Hu Yanbo that the public secret realm was treacherous and filled with powerful Immortals from alien races.

Hu Yanbo studied the dangers and resources of the Nether God Secret Realm, then left Chaos City for the Original Universe to pursue his plans. The Chaos City Lord briefly observed his departure before Hu Yanbo reached the Virtual Universe Company's Divine Kingdom teleportation site.

• Hu Yanbo searched the Universe Mercenary Alliance database and learned that the Nether God Secret Realm was a contested public realm whose active dangers were mostly King-level Immortals.
• Hu Yanbo decided that reaching High King would make the realm less dangerous and submitted an application to leave Chaos City, which was approved.
• As Hu Yanbo's vessel departed, the Chaos City Lord observed him, judged him a promising but not especially important Immortal, and turned his attention away.
• Hu Yanbo's vessel passed through the passage into the Original Universe and headed for the Virtual Universe Company's centralized Divine Kingdom teleportation site.
• Hu Yanbo arrived at the vast teleportation hub and saw experts traveling between its enormous platforms.

Hu Yanbo reached the Nether God Secret Realm in his upgraded Yunmo Star Ship and learned that Rock and Radiance were being hunted in the Dark Corrosion Cavern. As he prepared to use his advance panel to grow stronger for their rescue, he reconsidered what kind of ability he needed most.

• Hu Yanbo arrived near the Nether God Secret Realm and summoned his newly upgraded Yunmo Star Ship, while Babata praised its refined law secret patterns.
• Hu Yanbo received coordinates for the Dark Corrosion Cavern from Rock and suspected that Rock and Radiance had discovered a treasure that drew King Rank pursuers.
• Hu Yanbo told Babata to monitor the detection equipment, then entered the ship's quarters to use his advance panel.
• Hu Yanbo found that he could advance his space-law comprehension to High King but not Peak King, and concluded that his foundation could not support the greater leap.
• Hu Yanbo reconsidered taking a general High King advance and focused instead on requesting a specialized ability to improve his survival and mobility before the rescue.

The author explained that the King Rank seed contract was a formal support program for promising Immortals, extending the top powers’ investment in talent beyond the World Lord stage. The chapter argued that this system fit the original setting, while Luo Feng’s exceptional growth meant its ordinary processes were rarely shown.

• The author compared the five top powers’ investment in World Lords to institutions supporting doctoral students and building their foundations.
• The author explained that promising Immortals could receive further resources and advancement opportunities as early-career talent.
• The author described the King Rank seed contract as a commitment specifying resources, privileges, and expected goals for selected members.
• The author argued that formal training contracts were compatible with the original setting, noting that Luo Feng’s rapid growth had left little reason to depict the usual process.

Hu Yanbo advanced to complete mastery of the Space Law’s Teleportation mystery, then replenished his newly advanced High King divine body with rare treasures. He reached the outer region of the Nether God Secret Realm and prepared to face the dangerous entrance.

• Hu Yanbo chose to draw an advance on complete mastery of Teleportation, and the system granted it in exchange for surviving a life-and-death battle.
• Hu Yanbo used his World Ring’s rare treasures to rapidly restore his divine power until his High King divine body reached its ideal state.
• Babata told Hu Yanbo that the Yunmo Star Ship had reached the outer region of the Nether God Secret Realm.
• Hu Yanbo saw the turbulent energy belt and the vast vortex marking the secret realm’s entrance, and recognized that teleportation was better suited to combat than traveling hundreds of thousands of light-years.

Hu Yanbo entered the Nether God Secret Realm and raced toward the Dark Corrosion Cavern after Marquis Rock’s distress call. As Blood Fang King prepared to kill the exhausted Marquis Rock, Hu Yanbo burst into the cavern and confronted him.

• Hu Yanbo entered the chaotic Nether God Secret Realm, stored his ship, and began teleporting toward the Dark Corrosion Cavern.
• Blood Fang King cornered the wounded Marquis Rock in the cavern after she had evaded him for half a day.
• Marquis Rock used her Rock Wall Bastion to withstand Blood Fang King’s attack, but her defense nearly shattered and her divine power was running out.
• Marquis Rock prepared to burn her remaining divine power and make a final stand, believing no help would arrive.
• Hu Yanbo smashed through the cavern ceiling and challenged Blood Fang King for attacking Marquis Rock.

Hu Yanbo arrived in the Dark Corrosion Cavern and rescued Marquis Rock from Blood Fang King, unveiling the soul-destroying Void Lotus technique. Blood Fang King fled, and Hu Yanbo left with Marquis Rock to reach Radiance.

• Hu Yanbo appeared just as Blood Fang King was about to strike Marquis Rock and wounded him with nine spatial blades.
• Blood Fang King healed his physical injuries and charged again, confident Hu Yanbo could not seriously harm him.
• Hu Yanbo created the Void Lotus technique and used it to erase nearly five percent of Blood Fang King's soul.
• Terrified by the soul damage, Blood Fang King burned his divine power and fled.
• Hu Yanbo chose not to pursue Blood Fang King and asked Marquis Rock to take him to Radiance.
• Marquis Rock agreed, and the two vanished from the battlefield.

Hu Yanbo brought Marquis Rock to safety and learned that Marquis Glorious Light had fallen into a deep slumber after Blood Fang King gravely damaged his divine body. Reflecting on his own helplessness, Hu Yanbo resolved to pursue strength independently, awaken Glory, and eventually seek the Outer Domain Battlefield and the path to Universe Venerable.

• Hu Yanbo followed Marquis Rock's directions to a quiet asteroid belt and checked for threats before settling on a large asteroid.
• Marquis Rock asked how she should address Hu Yanbo after witnessing his King-level strength, and he told her to call him Hu Yanbo or Brother Yanbo, though she insisted on calling him Lord Hu Yanbo.
• Marquis Rock revealed that Blood Fang King had annihilated much of Marquis Glorious Light's divine body, leaving him slumbering, and showed him Glory's figure from her World Ring.
• Hu Yanbo reflected on the limits of King Rank and his helplessness before stronger foes, then resolved to awaken Glory, seek life-and-death battles, and later venture to the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• Hu Yanbo rejected his former dependence on the Prepayment System and Luo Feng, resolving to pursue strength on his own and protect those he cared about.

Hu Yanbo used rare treasures to stabilize and revive Marquis Glorious Light, while Marquis Rock was astonished by Hu Yanbo’s strength, generosity, and apparent epiphany. After Glorious Light began recovering, Hu Yanbo gave Marquis Rock treasures to repair her Divine Body, and she chose to save them instead.

• Marquis Rock noticed a profound change in Hu Yanbo’s aura as he silently watched the injured Marquis Glorious Light.
• Hu Yanbo took Purple Marrow Essence, Three-Turn Soul-Gathering Grass, Void Soul Crystal, and other rare treasures from his World Ring and used them to treat Glorious Light.
• Glorious Light’s Divine Body and soul stabilized, and he awoke briefly before Hu Yanbo told him to keep absorbing the treasures.
• Hu Yanbo gave Marquis Rock additional treasures to restore her Divine Body, but she asked to keep them unused and take them with her.
• Hu Yanbo let Marquis Rock decide how to use the treasures, and she stored them carefully while reflecting on Glorious Light’s good fortune.

Hu Yanbo healed Marquis Glorious Light and asked why Blood Fang King had pursued him and Marquis Rock so relentlessly. Marquis Glorious Light discovered that their earlier guess about revenge was wrong and began revealing the real reason, but the chapter ended before he named it.

• Hu Yanbo used rare treasures to restore Marquis Glorious Light, who was astonished by Hu Yanbo's immense strength and new treasures.
• Marquis Rock envied how easily Marquis Glorious Light addressed Hu Yanbo by name.
• Hu Yanbo asked why Blood Fang King had hunted Marquis Glorious Light and Marquis Rock despite the cost.
• Marquis Rock guessed that they had killed a close blood relative of Blood Fang King while fighting demon Immortal Army Lords.
• Marquis Glorious Light inspected the spoils in his World Ring and warned that the real reason for Blood Fang King's pursuit was that one of his descendants had been carrying something.

Hu Yanbo discovered that the dark silver crystal Marquis Glorious Light had recovered was an Inheritance Crystal for the Rift-Splitting Divine Envoy, though it could not grant its inheritance for another 20 epochs. He saw a chance to trade it through his teacher Yuan Huang for a Divine General Inheritance, leaving him excited by the prospect of gaining power without risking his life.

• Marquis Glorious Light brought out the dark silver crystal, and Hu Yanbo activated it with his divine power.
• The crystal revealed mysterious writing as space around it warped, so Hu Yanbo searched the Virtual Universe for a translation.
• Hu Yanbo learned that the crystal held the inheritance of the unique Rift-Splitting Divine Envoy and could next grant it in about 20 epochs.
• Hu Yanbo realized he might trade the crystal through Yuan Huang for a chance to receive a Divine General Inheritance.
• Hu Yanbo concluded that the find could help him grow stronger while avoiding the dangerous repayment plan he had considered.

Hu Yanbo explained the Inheritance Crystal’s immense value to Marquis Glorious Light and Marquis Rock, who willingly gave it to him after he saved their lives. In return, he promised to arrange and pay for their cultivation in Chaos City, then turned part of his attention toward Yuan Huang’s palace.

• Hu Yanbo explained the Inheritance Crystal’s value, and Marquis Glorious Light and Marquis Rock were astonished by its worth.
• Marquis Glorious Light and Marquis Rock insisted Hu Yanbo take the crystal, saying they could not protect it and owed him their lives.
• Hu Yanbo accepted the dark silver Inheritance Crystal and promised to arrange and pay for the two Marquises to cultivate in Chaos City.
• Marquis Glorious Light and Marquis Rock eagerly accepted the opportunity, while Hu Yanbo privately reflected that Chaos City could strengthen their cultivation.
• Hu Yanbo said he would contact the relevant department about their places and directed part of his consciousness toward Yuan Huang’s palace.

Hu Yanbo visited Yuan Huang to report finding an Inheritance Crystal, but Yuan Huang recognized that Hu Yanbo had gained the space origin’s recognition and praised his extraordinary progress. Yuan Huang reflected that Hu Yanbo’s potential could eventually make him a Universe Venerable, and Hu Yanbo remained respectful and humble.

• Hu Yanbo arrived at Yuan Huang’s palace on Glory Sacred Mountain and requested an audience.
• Hu Yanbo told Yuan Huang he had obtained an Inheritance Crystal of the Rift-Splitting Divine Envoy in the Nether God Secret Realm.
• Yuan Huang examined Hu Yanbo and discovered that his will and consciousness had strengthened and that he had gained the space origin’s recognition for Teleportation.
• Yuan Huang praised Hu Yanbo’s rapid advancement, noting that other Human Race Universe Masters might have sought him as a disciple if Yuan Huang had hesitated.
• Hu Yanbo credited his progress to Yuan Huang’s Abyssal Seal and maintained his humility, while Yuan Huang concluded that his disciple could one day become a Universe Venerable.

Yuan Huang offered Hu Yanbo thirty billion points or a Divine General Inheritance opportunity, and Hu Yanbo chose the inheritance opening in two thousand years. Hu Yanbo realized his teacher had likely spent a valuable favor to secure the slot and resolved to repay him as he continued training in the Nether God Secret Realm.

• Yuan Huang explained that Hu Yanbo’s rare Sky-Splitting Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal could be sold for thirty billion points or exchanged for a Divine General Inheritance opportunity.
• Hu Yanbo chose the inheritance opportunity, and Yuan Huang arranged the best suitable slot opening in two thousand years by calling in a favor.
• Yuan Huang told Hu Yanbo to train in the secret realm and promised to notify him when the inheritance approached.
• Hu Yanbo returned to his true body in the Nether God Secret Realm and continued talking with Marquis Glorious Light and their companion while reflecting on Yuan Huang’s support.
• Hu Yanbo wondered whether his Prepayment System could help Yuan Huang advance, then set the idea aside and focused on growing stronger.

Hu Yanbo took Marquis Glorious Light and Marquis Rock aboard the Yunmo Star Ship and headed for the Nether God Secret Realm’s exit, unaware that Blood Fang King had summoned Blade Mantis King to hunt him. Blade Mantis King identified Hu Yanbo from Blood Fang King’s description and pursued him through a spatial rift.

• Hu Yanbo boarded the Yunmo Star Ship with Marquis Glorious Light and Marquis Rock and set course for the secret realm’s exit.
• Blood Fang King hid near the Dark Corrosion Cavern and contacted Blade Mantis King, hoping to get revenge on Hu Yanbo.
• Blade Mantis King arrived with a dark-green expert, and Blood Fang King described Hu Yanbo and his black lotus soul attack.
• Blade Mantis King recognized Hu Yanbo’s appearance but said it did not matter that he was absent from the Human Race’s roster of King Rank experts.
• Blade Mantis King tore open a spatial rift, and he, the dark-green expert, and Blood Fang King entered it to pursue Hu Yanbo.

Hu Yanbo stayed in the Nether God Secret Realm to hone his techniques and tested his evolving Void Lotus against increasingly powerful opponents. After several centuries of trials, he believed he could defeat ordinary Initial King immortals and considered venturing deeper into the realm.

• Hu Yanbo chose to remain in the Nether God Secret Realm for several hundred years to master his strength and refine the Void Lotus.
• Hu Yanbo killed a demon High-level Marquis with one Void Lotus strike, saving three Human Army Lords who had been near defeat.
• Hu Yanbo spent several hundred years fighting enemies of various factions and reviewing each battle to improve his techniques.
• Hu Yanbo concluded that his Void Lotus had grown close to the limits of a top-tier secret technique and could destroy Marquis-level opponents with ease.
• Hu Yanbo considered entering the realm's more dangerous depths to test himself against an Initial King immortal.