Within the Human Territory, in the Divine Kingdom Lu Qingshan.
Lu Lingxiao reverted to his human form, his aura of the Gold-Space Fusion Law now incredibly powerful.
"Father, your son, Jin Kong, has broken through to the Third Layer perfection in the Path of the Gold-Space Beast God."
Lu Lingxiao was extremely excited.
He had been Universe Venerable for over a million years, and he had also cultivated the Gold-Space Fusion Law for over a million years. Yet, even so, he had only comprehended the Second Layer. Unexpectedly, his father bestowed upon him a treasure, and with a single enlightenment, he had already reached the Third Layer of perfection.
If he breaks through to the Fourth Layer, then his Path of the Beast God will catch up with his current level.
" The Third Layer perfection is only temporary. The function of this Beast God Heart is far more than that. It has been completely integrated into your divine body. In the future, you will have no problem cultivating the Gold-Space Fusion Law to the Sixth Layer, or even the Seventh Layer."
Lu Qingshan looked at his son and nodded in satisfaction.
"Father, your son will definitely work hard."
Lu Lingxiao was well aware of how precious this treasure was, and his current progress was nothing compared to it.
"The changes in you are too obvious; any strong person could see the problem."
Standing beside his son Lu Lingxiao, Lu Qingshan could almost feel the beating of the Beast God Heart within him. This thing was completely fused with his divine body, becoming a part of his life. Of course, it could still be forcibly removed from his body, but that would be much less effective.
Lu Qingshan simply raised his hand slightly.
A powerful force of the Gold-Space Fusion Law quietly penetrated into Lu Lingxiao's divine body. After a moment, the abnormality in his divine body disappeared, and it seemed that he was just a little more talented.
" Lingxiao... you no longer need to concern yourself with the affairs of the Maple Leaf Universe Country. Focus on your cultivation and don't waste this hard-won opportunity. I don't expect you to comprehend the true Beast God Heart; I'll be satisfied if you can use it to break through to the Seventh Layer the Path of the Gold-Space Beast God."
Lu Qingshan didn't have high expectations for his son.
Given his original talent and potential, it would have been extremely difficult for him to become Immortal, considering he wasn't even Third-Class Genius back then.
It was only through Lu Qingshan's investment of countless resources that he evolved into Second-Class Genius, broke through to the Universe Venerable level, and is now the ceiling among Second-Class Genius.
However, comprehension remains a significant issue, one that Lu Qingshan finds difficult to change.
Compared to Luo Feng and Xi Luo Duo, his son was still far inferior. It would be best if he could comprehend the Beast God Heart, but even if he couldn't, Lu Qingshan could accept it. It wouldn't matter to him if his son became the Universe Master.
At worst, next time, he can simply return the Beast God Heart and give him the Chaos Fruit to use. With the Chaos Fruit's ability to enhance his aptitude, Lu Lingxiao can easily comprehend various Fusion Law. Furthermore, by referring to Duan Donghe Inheritance, breaking through to the Universe Master won't be too difficult.
If all else fails, there's still the path of time and Time-Space. Even if he can't get the Beast God Heart, Lu Qingshan can still help his son achieve perfection with his talent in the Time Law.
He raised his hand, and a metal plaque with a golden beast engraved on its surface appeared on it.
Lu Qingshan continued.
" Lingxiao, go to the Ancestral God Religion to cultivate and receive the Beast God Inheritance. Your progress will be much faster there, and you should be able to break through to the level of Universe Overlord very soon."
"It's Father, Lingxiao understands."
Lu Lingxiao nodded.
He knew how rare the opportunity was, and naturally didn't want to disappoint his father.
Given his father's influence and the prestige of the Human Race, he shouldn't face any danger going to the Ancestral God Religion.
"Go."
Lu Qingshan waved his hand.
Lu Lingxiao bowed respectfully before turning and leaving.
My Divine Kingdom, World Tree.
After Lu Lingxiao left, Lu Qingshan stood alone under the golden shade of the trees, his gaze slightly somber. After bestowing the Gold-Space Beast God Heart upon his son, he thought of his other disciple who also cultivated the Gold-Space Fusion Law.
Golden Sword.
This guy didn't come to see me last time I summoned him.
At this point, we can't get in touch with them at all.
They probably didn't perish...
Lu Qingshan wasn't entirely sure either...
After all, the Virtual Universe permeates the entire Primal Universe. If Golden Sword is still alive, unless he is in an extremely special place, it is impossible for him to be unable to contact the Virtual Universe.
Even if they go into complete seclusion, Intelligent Life should have some countermeasures; they won't truly disappear without a trace.
Unless it's like the situation in the ancestral land of the Starry Sky Behemoth or the outer universe, where the universe and starry sky are under the control of the Universe Supreme Master, naturally shielding the Virtual Universe, then it's impossible to contact the outside world.
An King-level Immortal God rarely splits his divine power unless he possesses the Clone Talent, such as the Illusory Gold Spirit or the Snow Demon Race.
Lu Qingshan took a step forward.
The next second, he appeared in the manor on the continent of the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters. Here, he attempted to Reverse Time and Space and Time-Space. In the past, he found the Golden Sword but was unable to bring it back. This meant that the other party had not perished at all.
Even if the target is enslaved and then killed, Reverse Time and Space can still resurrect them; only the Soul Enslavement cannot be changed.
" Shadow Lord."
He contacted the Shadow Lord in the Virtual Universe.
A moment later, a phantom black figure appeared before Lu Qingshan in the Virtual Universe; it was the avatar of the Shadow Lord.
As the Controller of the Hongmeng Alliance intelligence system, the Shadow Lord knows almost all the information about the Human Race in the Primal Universe.
" Lord of Myriad Laws, you sought me out?"
The Shadow Lord bowed respectfully.
The Shadow Lord is merely Universe Overlord, but he possesses immense authority and is aware of the immense power of the Lord of Myriad Laws within the Human Race.
Back when the Lord of Myriad Laws was still the Myriad Laws Venerable, they could treat each other as equals. Now, the Shadow Lord dares not show any disrespect whatsoever.
"Help me investigate someone," Lu Qingshan said bluntly. "My disciple, Golden Sword, has disappeared somewhere. I summoned him last time, but he didn't appear. I couldn't revive him even by Reverse Time and Space."
" Golden Sword King!" The Shadow Lord recalled for a moment, seemingly consulting the vast intelligence gathered by the Hongmeng Alliance, and quickly arrived at his answer. He said respectfully:
" The Lord of Myriad Laws, the Golden Sword King, left the Human Territory more than a dozen epochs ago. According to our Hongmeng Alliance's intelligence, his last known appearance was within the territory of the Northern Territory Alliance. There are clues suggesting that he may have entered the Taihang Secret Region."
" The Taihang Secret Region?"
Lu Qingshan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"The territory of the Northern Territory Alliance Master?"
"Exactly." The Shadow Lord nodded. "The Taihang Secret Region is the lair of the Northern Territory Alliance Master. Although the Northern Territory Alliance Master is detached from worldly affairs, every countless epochs, he selects some elites from the Northern Territory Alliance Northern Territory Alliance Master and personally mentors them. The most outstanding among them are taken as disciples by the Northern Frontier Alliance Leader. One-third of the Northern Territory Alliance Master's many disciples come from this Taihang Trial. The Golden Sword King last appeared in the Taihang Secret Region and then completely disappeared. Perhaps he was caught up in this Taihang Trial."
This illustrates the importance of intelligence.
Even Lu Qingshan, an invincible being in the Universe Ocean, couldn't find out about his disciple in a short time, yet the Shadow Lord easily found clues and even made reasonable deductions.
"Is the Taihang Trial dangerous?"
Lu Qingshan asked.
"It's extremely dangerous; not a single one of the trial participants survives. However, those trial participants are all elites of the Northern Territory Alliance, and they must have the support of the Universe Master. Even if they fail, they will be resurrected," the Shadow Lord quickly explained. He then asked, "Should we send a letter to the Northern Territory Alliance in the name of the Human Race, explaining the situation? If the Northern Territory Alliance knows that the Golden Sword King is your disciple, the Lord of Myriad Laws, they will certainly not dare to let anything happen to him."
"No need." Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "I'll go see for myself." "You're going to the Taihang Secret Region yourself?" The Shadow Lord, somewhat surprised, then replied, "With the Lord of Myriad Laws going personally, there's naturally nothing to worry about."
" The Northern Territory Alliance Master is also one of the Universe Supreme Master the Primal Universe Third Reincarnation Era. It wouldn't hurt to meet him; we might even have dealings with him in the future."
Lu Qingshan chuckled softly.
Send me the coordinates of the Taihang Secret Region.
"Good."
The Shadow Lord quickly sent over a set of cosmic coordinates.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and disappeared into the Virtual Universe. The Shadow Lord waited for a long time, and only when he saw that the Lord of Myriad Laws had not returned did he turn and leave.
The Shadow Lord's face was full of smiles.
"If the Northern Territory Alliance Master knew that the Lord of Myriad Laws was going, he would probably be quite 'surprised'!"
With the Human Race thriving, the Shadow Lord found things much easier, and as a member of humanity, he naturally felt a sense of pride.
The Taihang Secret Region, deep within the gray continent. This is a vast battlefield composed of countless black rocks, surrounded by twisted chains of law that isolate the entire battlefield from the outside world.
In the center of the battlefield, two figures are engaged in fierce combat.
One of the figures was clad in heavy black armor and wielded a black greatsword almost as tall as himself. His face was completely obscured by a helmet, revealing only a pair of deep, dark eyes that gleamed with a sharp light.
His opponent was a Universe Venerable being enveloped in golden light. The Universe Venerable being possessed a powerful aura and wielded a golden spear.
"The opponent in the ninth level is actually Universe Venerable..."
Golden Sword's lips curled up slightly, but his eyes were full of excitement.
"That's more interesting! Slaughtering a bunch of King Rank is just too boring."
The Taihang Trial has nine levels in total. He easily fought his way to the ninth level. Before that, the trial participants killed each other. Although he hid his identity, no one was his match.
"Boom!!!"
The golden- Venerable one thrust out his spear, aiming straight for the Golden Sword's chest. Wherever the spear tip passed, a pitch-black rift was torn open in the void; its power was so great that it could instantly annihilate even Invincible King.
However, Golden Sword merely turned slightly to the side, and the massive black sword blocked his way like a mountain.
With a deafening clang, the golden spear light struck the greatsword, sending up countless streams of destructive energy.
The Golden Sword remained motionless, while the golden Venerable was forced back three steps by the recoil.
"What?!" The golden- Venerable's expression changed. "How could a King-level Immortal possess such immense power!"
The Universe Venerable could sense that his opponent was merely King Rank, yet his power was even greater than his own.
Golden Sword chuckled lightly, "So what if you're King-level Immortal? You still have to look up to him!"
Before he could finish speaking, his figure vanished from the spot.
The next moment, he appeared behind the Universe Venerable, and the black giant sword suddenly slashed down, the blade condensing the pure power of the Gold-Space Fusion Law, cutting the surrounding space into pieces.
The Universe Venerable hurriedly turned around to defend, but was directly cleaved away by the sword and crashed heavily onto the edge of the battlefield, sending up a shower of rubble.
"Too weak." Golden Sword shook his head, hoisting the greatsword onto his shoulder. "This is the strength of Universe Venerable? It's far weaker than I expected. I thought the Universe Venerable would bring me some surprises."
He sighed.
He seemed quite disappointed with his opponent.
The Golden Venerable crawled out from the rubble, his face ashen. As a Universe Venerable, to be so humiliated by King Rank was naturally unbearable, but he had to endure it; he was truly no match for this guy.
"A monster, truly a monster! With his strength, the Northern Territory Alliance Master will definitely be tempted. When did the Northern Territory Alliance produce such a monstrous King Rank?"
Their Northern Territory Alliance has many Invincible King, but those can only escape from his grasp at best, and are far from being comparable to the one before them.
This guy not only possesses incredibly strong basic power, but his Law Comprehension has even reached the Fourth Layer, which is the level of Universe Venerable. Moreover, his secret techniques are either at the ultimate level of Immortal or at the level of Universe Venerable.
Using that black greatsword to unleash a secret technique, its power was incredibly strong, even he was finding it difficult to withstand.
"Who... who are you? What ethnic group do you come from?"
The Universe Venerable sighed and couldn't help but ask. The Northern Territory Alliance was vast and boundless, with billions of races. Even the Universe Venerable didn't know exactly how many people participated in the trial, nor did he know the identities of all the trial participants.
"I?"
Golden Sword thought for a moment, then suddenly struck what he thought was a very cool pose, raising the greatsword with one hand and pointing it to the sky.
"I am a swordsman who walks between darkness and light, a traveler who crosses life and death, I am..."
The Alien Race Universe Venerable's face darkened, and without asking any further questions, he attacked again.
The spear thrust forward suddenly. "A sneak attack? I'm ready to dodge!"
Golden Sword grinned, his figure transforming into a black lightning bolt once more, easily dodging the attack. Although he was showing off, he hadn't forgotten that he was in battle.
He had long since mastered the art of showing off and fighting, switching between them with effortless grace.
boom!!!
The Golden Venerable was knocked away again.
"Admit defeat." Golden Sword stood in the center of the battlefield, his black armor gleaming brightly in the light of the laws. "You are no match for me."
The Golden Venerable gritted his teeth; although it was very painful, he knew the other party was telling the truth.
The golden spear in his hand slowly lowered, and he finally sighed, "You've won."
"I've passed the ninth level?" Golden Sword asked with a smile.
"Passed." The Universe Venerable's face was ashen.
Golden Sword's lips curled into a smile as he turned and walked towards the battlefield exit, not forgetting to raise his hand and wave it towards the Universe Venerable: "You're too weak. Next time, find a stronger opponent."