After establishing his God Kingdom within the Space Interlayer with the Cloud-Touching Vine, Zhang Junbao returned to his residence within the Ancestral God Sect.
Hong and Thunder God went off to train separately, and True Yan King was still in seclusion. However, Luo Feng came to visit him soon after learning of his return.
" Junbao, you're back? I've retrieved the Sealing Star; it's inside." As he spoke, Luo Feng handed Zhang Junbao a jet-black World Ring.
With a sweep of his Spiritual Force, Zhang Junbao discovered 10,081 Sealing Star. Each of these Sealing Star was equivalent to a Heavy Treasure the sealing type, enough to drive countless powerful King Rank to desperate pursuit if placed outside. However, to them, the Sealing Star were merely treasures given away casually.
The Heavy Treasure and Supreme Treasure in the universe can generally be divided into several categories: weapons, armor, souls, Domain Type, seals, and Flying Palace-type. Weapons and armor are the most common, while Domain Type, seals, and Flying Palace-type are extremely rare. Some top-tier Domain Type and Flying Palace-type Heavy Treasure can be comparable in value to ordinary weapon Supreme Treasure.
While the sealed items aren't the most precious, their sheer quantity is overwhelming. 10,081 sealed Heavy Treasure are worth more than several Supreme Treasure. However, ordinary people simply cannot control so Heavy Treasure, especially since the Sealing Star are subordinate treasures of the Star Tower. Only Luo Feng, the owner of the Star Tower, is qualified to control the whereabouts of so many Sealing Star.
Luo Feng understood that without Zhang Junbao's help, his journey would have been ten times more difficult. Although the Sealing Star were precious, Luo Feng himself couldn't use them. Giving them to Zhang Junbao Sealing Star maximize their value was the best choice.
Zhang Junbao never forgot Luo Feng and the others when he had treasures, so Luo Feng naturally wouldn't be stingy with them either.
"Indeed, with these 10,081 Sealing Star, the power of my Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation will surely be enhanced once again, reaching a level comparable to High-grade Supreme Treasure. Even against Universe Venerable, I will have the strength to fight!" Zhang Junbao's eyes were firm. His current enemy had risen from the level of King-level Immortal to the level of Universe Venerable.
Ordinary King-level Immortal are no match for him, but Universe Venerable is someone who can crush even the Peak King Rank. Even Invincible King like True Yan King could only escape from the clutches of Universe Venerable.
However, Special Lifeform like the Insect-Chasing King, which is one of a kind in the universe, is able to kill Universe Venerable is of a higher level. This is not only because his Life Gene Level is far higher than that of ordinary Universe Venerable, but also because he possesses two Supreme Treasure. Ordinary Universe Venerable are lucky to have a few Heavy Treasure, and in terms of treasures, they are completely outmatched by the Insect-Chasing King.
In terms of Life Gene Level, the Insect-Chasing King is only 5,000 times that of ordinary life. After Zhang Junbao reforged his genes on the Craftsman God Star, his Life Gene Level has reached 7,200 times. As for Supreme Treasure, the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation and the True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword are both Supreme Treasure treasures. Although they are incomplete, their power is in no way inferior to ordinary High-grade Supreme Treasure.
However, Zhang Junbao is still World Lord, lacking the Divine Power transformation from World Lord to Immortal God, which would have resulted in a hundredfold increase in Divine Power. Once he breaks through to become Immortal God, ordinary Universe Venerable will be no match for him.
At this stage, the only way to enhance one's combat power is through the upgrade of supreme Supreme Treasure. Possessing these Supreme Treasure is itself proof of strength.
"Haha, it seems you've acquired combat power comparable to Universe Venerable even faster than Teacher True Yan King."
"You can't calculate it that way. If True Yan King breaks through, he will be a genuine Universe Venerable, and his basic power alone will be ten thousand times greater than mine. If he possesses the same Supreme Treasure as me, he will still be stronger than me," Zhang Junbao said.
"Possessing Supreme Treasure is itself a symbol of your strength, Junbao. Otherwise, why can't others obtain Supreme Treasure?"
"However, you should be careful. You haven't challenged other Alien Race inheritors in the Glory World yet, have you? To accept an inheritance, we need to exchange Glory Points for inheritance attempts, and one source of Glory Points is challenging other inheritors in a bet."
The challenges between the Glory World are similar to our Human Race's Virtual Universe Network, but we cannot use simulated Supreme Treasure; we can only fight based on our own understanding of the Path of the Beast God. Those inheritors probably think that we, as World Lord, have a poor understanding of the Path of the Beast God and, without the ability to use Supreme Treasure, our combat power must be much weaker than theirs. Therefore, they are all vying to challenge us.
"Each newcomer starts with 3 Glory Points. The minimum bet for each battle is 1 Glory Points. Every 100 Glory Points is required to redeem a Legacy opportunity."
The Glory Points automatically allocated by the Ancestral God Sect are generated only once per epoch. If you lose them all three times in a row, it will take 10,000 epochs to generate one point. After losing them all six times, it will take 100 million epochs to generate one point on the seventh time.
Those Alien Race saw us as newcomers and easy to bully, so they all wanted to earn Glory Points from us.
"A bunch of gamblers who've lost everything, trying to bully a newbie?"
After hearing Luo Feng's introduction, Zhang Junbao almost laughed. He hadn't expected that even within the Ancestral God Sect, there would still be such bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong.
This is normal, though. Everyone wants to get the most benefit at the lowest cost, so they will naturally choose to pick on the weakest target.
Moreover, Zhang Junbao's high-profile appearance in the Treasure Land, and his unprecedented recognition by the treasure twice, made it impossible for the Alien Race inheritors not to be jealous.
However, with the Five-Colored Aurora Hu monitoring the area within Bauhinia Island, they dared not attack Zhang Junbao. Therefore, the challenge from the Glory World became their best opportunity to torture and suppress Zhang Junbao.
" Luo Feng, how about we go and meet them? I've already declared so publicly that I'm not someone to be trifled with, but I didn't expect so many people to still not believe me."
"There's no way around it. There are always people who think that their genius, that Immortal Level, can't possibly be defeated by World Lord. Besides, those who can come to the Ancestral God Sect are all geniuses in their clans, so naturally they are full of arrogance. Even if you make Venerable Beishan afraid to show up, they still think that you are just relying on your status Treasure Refiner."
"As a result, the number of people who want to torture and kill you to show off their own genius will only increase." Luo Feng was already used to this situation.
Before he killed those King Rank experts, they all thought they could easily crush Luo Feng, who World Lord Level. As a result, they were all suppressed or even died.
At this moment, in the Glory World, quite a few inheritors have already noticed newcomers logging in, and they are all eager to try their luck. This is like a rush to buy a newly released device; first come, first served.
Newcomers only have three Glory Points, which are gone once they're all lost. Most inheritors don't want to miss this opportunity to easily earn Glory Points.
Compared to adventuring in the Ancestral God Secret Realm, challenging a newcomer at the World Lord Level is as easy as eating and drinking.
"A World Lord Aurora King could not possibly have killed so many Peak King Rank by relying solely on his Law Comprehension and secret techniques. He must have relied on the power of Supreme Treasure treasures and other extraordinary encounters."
In the Glory World, everyone uses the exact same body, and the weapons must also be provided by the Glory World. Even Heavy Treasure are not allowed, let alone Supreme Treasure.
Even though the Insect-Chasing King uses the same body as us, it has been defeated many times. Without the boost from these external forces, how much fighting power can the Aurora King maintain?
"That Blade River King is the same; it's said he's also World Lord Level. Hmph, has the Ancestral God Sect really sunk so low that a bunch of World Lord Level are swaggering around here?"
"Let alone the Path of the Beast God, how much power can World Lord hasn't even fully comprehended the basic Law possess after losing external forces?"
"A challenge! These World Lord who haven't experienced the harsh realities of the universe, let me show them the dangers of the cosmos!"
"I'd also like to see these unparalleled human geniuses in pain and helplessness; that would be very interesting."
Not only Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng, but even Hong and Thunder God received many challenges.
It seems the only worry of the Alien Race inheritor is that he challenged them too late, and that Zhang Junbao and the others would lose all their Glory Points so he wouldn't be able to gain any advantage.
The number of invitations kept climbing and soon exceeded ten thousand.
"Oh? Those Alien Race inheritors seem to have started. I've already received over 17,000 challenge letters, and the number is still increasing," Zhang Junbao said with a smile.
"Me too. I guess they think we're easy to bully." Luo Feng smiled, as if he was thinking about how to deal with all the honor points he had accumulated.
There are over 100 million inheritors in the Glory World. Among them, Universe Venerable are extremely rare, and King-level Immortal are the mainstream among inheritors. The vast majority of them have reached the 'Triple Inheritance', and some have even perfected the Triple Inheritance and begun to come into contact with the Fourth Inheritance, just like the True Yan King before, who belonged to the Fourth Inheritance.
The fifth level is basically only attainable by Universe Venerable, while the seventh level is at the level of Universe Overlord. After the seventh level, the complete inheritors are the Guardian Beast God, and there have only been a dozen or so of them in the entire universe to date.
"In the Glory World, one cannot use their own Supreme Treasure. The body is 100,000 times the World Lord Power. What truly determines victory or defeat is one's understanding of the Path of the Beast God and the level of one's self-created secret techniques," Luo Feng reminded him.
"While it's possible that a few geniuses might create their own Ultimate Technique, such geniuses would never lack Glory Points and would most likely not bother with our few Glory Points."
Zhang Junbao knew from the value of Glory Points that 3 Glory Points were extremely rare. A powerful inheritor would need to undergo dozens, or even hundreds, of inheritances to gain sufficient insights.
It takes 100 Glory Points to redeem once, ten inheritances would yield 1000 points, and one hundred inheritances would yield 10000 Glory Points. Calculated this way, those peerless geniuses who can create Ultimate Secret Technique would possess at least 1000 Glory Points.
Would someone like that challenge a newbie for just two or three Glory Points?
Even with such strength, their pride wouldn't allow them to do that.
Just as a person of normal means wouldn't rob a beggar for no reason, only those who are equally poor would covet their three Glory Points as newcomers.
Upon hearing Zhang Junbao's analysis, Luo Feng was greatly impressed.
"So, those who challenged us at the first opportunity were probably all poor wretches among the inheritors of the Ancestral God Sect?"
"To put it bluntly, they're just a bunch of failures in the lineage, trying to survive on our meager Glory Points. It's no different from receiving welfare. Truly powerful inheritors will choose to gain Glory Points through adventure or treasure hunting. These Glory Points from newcomers aren't even worth a drop of soup!"
Zhang Junbao utterly despised these Alien Race inheritors who were eyeing them. It wasn't that they wanted to take advantage of their misfortune, but rather that they, as inheritors, had long since lost the spirit and pride of being the inheritors of the Path of the Beast God.
To comprehend the Path of the Beast God, the most important thing is to comprehend the Heart of the Beast God. Do their beggar-like behavior deserve the Path of the Beast God?
The Beast God represents the Universe Origin, free and unrestrained, which is the true nature of the Beast God, not a group of beggar gods!
Fundamentally, they are already failures of the Path of the Beast God.
Lacking the courage and decisiveness to face danger, they are nothing but a bunch of cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong.
"Since they're planning to give us Glory Points, let's not be polite and accept them. It'll be a contribution to the Ancestral God Sect and the Way of the Universe Origin, lest they tarnish the reputation of the Path of the Beast God."
"With so many free sparring partners, it's perfect for honing my secret techniques."
Without hesitation, Zhang Junbao accepted the hundreds of thousands of challenges he received. Few people knew that he had already reached the fourth level of inheritance, while over 90% of these challengers were only at the Third Layer.
The rule that only allows the use of the Path of the Beast God in battle is practically tailor-made for Zhang Junbao.
Similarly, Luo Feng accepted them all. Statistically speaking, they had more wins than losses. With so many powerful Path of the Beast God serving as free sparring partners, why not?
As for the fear of failure, and the worry of being ridiculed by Alien Race after failure?
If they couldn't even let go of this little bit of pride, they wouldn't have been able to elevate their mindset to this level.
"Hahaha, Aurora King accepted my challenge, and even Blade River King accepted. These two Glory Points came too easily." Seeing Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng's replies, they immediately felt that the Glory Points were already in their hands.
Suddenly, countless bursts of laughter erupted in the Glory World, followed by countless angry curses.
As they continued reading the replies, they discovered that Aurora King was utterly arrogant.
Zhang Junbao's reply not only confirmed the challenge but also included a short message.
"Want my treasure? Then come and explore! My Supreme Treasure is hidden somewhere in the universe. Go and find it!"
If you can defeat me, I will tell you the information about the hidden Supreme Treasure!
These words completely ignited the anger of these inheritors.
" Aurora King, a mere World Lord, what do he take us for? Do he think we're people who covet his Supreme Treasure? He actually expects us to obey his orders and search for those Supreme Treasure; it's utterly ridiculous."
"But that's Supreme Treasure! Legend has it that the Aurora King can forge Supreme Treasure, and he Supreme Treasure quite a few, perhaps more than even Universe Venerable. It's not impossible that he might hide a Supreme Treasure as a wager for a challenge."
"Then what have we become? A bunch of King-level Immortal, being led by the nose by a World Lord. Where is the dignity of us King-level Immortal?"
"Do you value your reputation, or the Supreme Treasure?"
One of the inheritors raised a very thought-provoking question.
" Junbao, why did you add this sentence to your reply? Doesn't that just further provoke those inheritors?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled.
"I want to provoke them. The current inheritors have a very bad atmosphere. Besides wasting resources, these inheritors will probably find it difficult to gain a deeper understanding of the Path of the Beast God."
Since this is an assessment of the Path of the Beast God, I might as well act as an examiner and help the Ancestral God Sect with the selection. Who knows, the Ancestral God might even come to thank me later!
"The examiner?"
"The purpose of the Ancestral God Sect in establishing the Inheritance Land was to select more geniuses to Path of the Beast God. However, now, these lower-level inheritors have no fighting spirit and choose this inefficient and boring way to accept the inheritance, which seriously hinders the true inheritors of the Path of the Beast God."
These people are like bullies on campus; they're bad at studying, but all they think about is bullying the top students.
If there are too many people like this, do you think the Inheritance Land will still have any meaning?
"But this is a matter for the Ancestral God Sect, and it's not our place to interfere."
"That's true in principle, but I need to ask the higher-ups of the Ancestral God Sect for the Beast God Crystallization. That's my sincerity. Let's see if the Beast God of the Ancestral God Sect can see through it." Zhang Junbao smiled mysteriously.