Chapter 701 Lu Ze's Combat Power

When they were finished with purchasing, it was noon already. After lunch, the courier soon arrived. They were within reach at Shenwu City after all.

All the things were placed in one storage ring. The girls immediately gathered around it excitedly.

Buying and receiving packages were probably one of the happiest things for girls, right?

Lu Ze didn't really understand. They distributed the things, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Now, they were full build. It was time for personal cultivation in the afternoon, but they all wanted to try their new weapons, so they went to the virtual reality pod.

After sparring for an afternoon, everyone came out satisfied.

This time, Lu Ze didn't use his newly acquired fire buff divine art. Even if he used it, he would, at most, fight evenly with the alcoholic and fox demon anyway.

That's not what he wanted. He wanted to be able to crush them easily.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms. Lu Ze closed his eyes and sat on the bed. He was confident now that he could kill the strongest bunch of planetary state overlords.

He entered the pocket hunting dimension and appeared in a forest.

Lu Ze looked around. It was the huge forest again, and there was a golden light flashing at the end of the horizon.

Looking at it, Lu Ze smiled. He found his first target.

He used Lightning Travel divine art. Thereafter, he turned into a blood-red beam as he rushed forward towards that golden forest.

Soon, he arrived. Lu Ze didn't conceal his chi at all. He smiled arrogantly as he headed straight for the golden mountain. His dominant chi swept past, making those golden apes shiver in the forest.

"Roar!"

At this moment, an authoritative growl sounded, and then, a golden beam shot towards Lu Ze. Even those extremely tough golden trees wobbled.

Lu Ze looked at the golden ape and raised a brow. It raised its fists and attempted to punch Lu Ze's head.

In return, Lu Ze grinned. Fighting right away, this boss was pretty much like a gangster.

Lu Ze got ready too.

Fire buff!

Golden armor!

Star crippling punch!

Lightning Travel divine art!

Lightning spear! As he used all these divine arts, Lu Ze's spirit force was rapidly exhausted. His meager chi, compared to the golden ape, swiftly grew stronger until it could rival the golden ape.

Roar!

The overlord beast was rather intelligent. It was on par with humans. However, it was just more ferocious.

It aimed to crush Lu Ze with its fists.

Wuu...

The fists created a storm that made Lu Ze's chest heavy.

His hair flew in the wind, but his expression didn't change at all.

An Earth Shield that was tens of meters long formed above his head as the fists hammered

Rumble!

In a brief instant, some cracks appeared on the Earth Shield.

The fire buff couldn't strengthen the Earth Shield. Lu Ze was a level-9 mortal evolution state, but the Earth Shield wasn't at perfect mastery.

The golden fists proceeded towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's fist also flashed with a golden and red light.

Fire buffed the star crippling punch.

Rumble!

The two clashed. Lu Ze's chest felt heavy, and his right hand ached like crazy. His body sunk down while the golden ape was also stopped with the punch. Lu Ze forcibly prevented himself from falling further. He looked at his fist. The golden armor was beginning to crack, but it didn't crumble completely.

As for his own body, it wasn't injured. Lu Ze looked up and smiled.

The golden ape overlord's divine art was that runed fist, right?

Now that he stopped it, this ape was done for.

Lightning Travel divine art!

Lu Ze appeared behind the golden ape and was getting ready to punch. However, the golden ape suddenly flung its arm backward. Lu Ze quickly formed the Earth Shield again while aiming his fist towards that huge hand. There was another clash. The shockwave spread in all directions, causing the golden trees to wobble.

The trees here were special and amazingly sturdy.

Lu Ze had never expected to instant-kill the golden ape. His speed was great, but his attack was slightly inferior. He wasn't too fast that the golden can't react anymore.

He would take it slowly.

The two disappeared in the air and moved rapidly. Waves of lightning sounded non-stop.

The apes below had fled into the caves. Those who didn't dodge the shockwave died on the spot.

The battle lasted an hour.

The golden ape overlord's power weakened a lot. Its punches were no longer as powerful as before.

Lu Ze's face was paler, but he was beginning to get the upper hand. The ape's fists could only crack the shield but not shatter it into pieces. Lu Ze's attacks became extremely threatening to it.

It had to block each star crippling punch with full power. Every lightning spear would char its skin a little.

Its body was extremely firm, but it would still eventually get injured.

Lu Ze's every lightning spear was weakening its power.

Gradually, its body was flickering with lightning. Its agile movements began to stiffen as its body began to shiver.

Rumble!

There was another clash, and the golden ape's body was blown away by Lu Ze.

Lu Ze grinned, but his eyes were cold. He used Lightning Travel divine art and kept up with the body that was flung. "Die!"

His hands flashed with golden light as tens of lightning spear flew, and the attacks struck the golden ape heavily. The violent power made the ape crash with a thud into the golden grounds. Rumble!

The land was very tough, but a crater, which was several hundred meters wide, was still created. A large patch of the golden trees was destroyed.

Golden blood gushed out from the ape. Lu Ze didn't give it time to breathe. He stomped on the ape's chest. Lightning surged from his feet and went into the golden ape, numbing its body, while his fists landed on its chest.

The golden ape couldn't even get up as his bones were getting fractured.

The crater was getting bigger.

Lu Ze punched out a few hundred fists, making the crater a few thousand meters wide, while the golden ape overlord was lifeless.

Lu Ze looked at the ape slowly turn to dust and exhaled. His body felt empty. He wasn't even really injured while fighting this top overlord. He was suppressed in the beginning, but his stamina was his advantage.

If he used full power, he could last two hours.

A few seconds later, the golden ape turned to dust, leaving behind orbs on the groundfifteen overlord purple and red orbs, one strand of white energy thicker than before, one golden body god art orb, and one divine art rune.

Lu Ze smiled happily.

He then looked towards the golden mountain. There were plenty of golden wines there.

After he entered the cave, there was a series of explosions, and all the apes turned to orbs.

Lu Ze came to the wine lake. He wondered whether those apes would keep producing golden wine after they were revived.

Lu Ze moved all the baskets of wine into this mental force dimension. As for the lake, Lu Ze planned to leave it there first. He could come here anytime. Subsequently, he went to the large cave of the overlord. There was a golden divine art rune floating there.

Lu Ze collected it too.

After gathering the things, Lu Ze left the caves.

He looked around at the top of the mountain to think about which direction he should fly.

He already had the drops of the golden ape, so he was in no rush to find other overlords.

Suddenly, a crisp green chi quickly approached.

There was a powerful spirit force that disrupted the air and created a storm. Lu Ze looked at this in shock.

Was it an overlord beast?

He smiled. Wow, a boss came to find him! It was so obedient and understanding.

It had been half an hour since Lu Ze hunted in the caves and collected orbs. He had completely recovered during this time and could fight again.

"Muwuu!"

A dominant howl sounded and that crisp green light stopped not far from Lu Ze. It was a hundred-meter tall green deer.

Lu Ze had a rather deep impression of this beast. The deer and the golden ape were among those overlords who beat him up.

He didn't expect it to come here though. Perhaps it was neighbors with the golden ape. It appeared as though it lived in the forest.

The deer stopped in the air, but its hooves proceeded to step as if it was actually walking on the ground. It also looked desperate, but it stared at Lu Ze with vigilance.

At the same time, a green light was flickering around its body. However, Lu Ze didn't give it time to hesitate. He used Lightning Travel divine art and disappeared from the spot.

The deer roared, and then, a green vine appeared in the air and shot towards its left. There, Lu Ze appeared, and the Earth Shield before him blocked the vine.

Rumble!

Lu Ze saw the Earth Shield break, and then, multiple vines reached out towards him. He was planning to dodge, but suddenly, the vines started gathering in the air and reached for

him.

Lu Ze raised a brow and was going to use space transmission, but he found out in shock that the space seemed to have been completely bound.

Seeing this, Lu Ze didn't feel too good. Damn! What divine art was this? It could bind space so well?

The vines were nearing.

Since he couldn't dodge it, he would fight it head-on.

The vine attacks were weaker than the golden ape's fists. It couldn't completely break his shield with one go.

He used star crippling punch and lightning spear at the same time while reforming his Earth Shield and using golden armor.

Rumble...

A series of clashes sounded. The vines were torn apart, and Lu Ze took a few hits, but they were all blocked by the Earth Shield and golden armor.

With his defenses, he could stop the vine attacks.

The restriction was then gone, and Lu Ze disappeared from the spot. He once again neared the deer overlord.

"Muwu!"

A few hundred vines appeared in the air. They twisted around like tentacles.

Lu Ze's skin was crawling from how creepy they were.

This deer looked quite elegant but was actually a tentacle monster. However, he liked this divine art. It would soon be his!

Lu Ze used all his divine arts—fire buff, star crippling punch, Lightning Travel divine art, and lightning spear.

Lu Ze turned into a golden red war god and tore through the vines as he neared the deer.

He found that this divine art of the deer was rather amazing. Space around the vine seemed to have been reinforced. He couldn't use space transmission there at all. Or perhaps it was just that his space transmission was too low-grade?

Rumble...

Golden, red, blood, green spirit force flashed in the air. The shockwave spread past the golden forest. The trees appeared as though they would be uprooted at any time.

However, this golden mountain seemed like a sturdy rock that ignored the powerful waves.

In terms of damaging force, this green deer was far weaker than the golden ape. However, it was more troublesome. The golden ape just wanted to crush Lu Ze and that was easy to deal with. However, this deer didn't let Lu Ze near him.

Every time Lu Ze tore apart the vines and got closer, this deer ran faster than a rabbit and then began forming vines again.

After fighting for half an hour, Lu Ze found he hadn't even touched it yet.

If only he could use space transmission and appear right next to it... Its attack wasn't as strong as the golden ape, but they were numerous.

He had been struck quite a few times already. It was more exhaustive than when fighting the golden ape.

Despite so, Lu Ze was confident in his stamina. He was right to believe this deer would be exhausted first.

As time went on, Lu Ze's face grew a little pale. The deer's vines started reducing in numbers, and its chi grew weaker. Lu Ze grinned. He was right. At this moment, two shocking roars sounded. "Gugu!" x2

Another two forces approached.

Lu Ze's expression changed. More overlords were here? This chi was on par with the ape and deer.

Lu Ze could feel that sharp chi from a long-distance away. It belonged to those two golden echidnas.

Weren't they in the wilderness?

Why were they here?

During this time, the deer roared excitedly.

The two echidnas came over even faster. Countless golden needles formed in the air and shot at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's face went pale.

They were cheating!

Lu Ze couldn't use space transmission, so he could only form the Earth Shield and golden armor with his full power while using the star crippling punch to break some of the needles first.

The Earth Shield instantly broke, and the golden armor could only hold up for an instant. Luckily, there weren't many needles remaining. Lu Ze survived.

But before he could breathe easy, the fire burned at the edge of the horizon.

The fire dragon rapidly closed in.

Seeing the four top overlords, Lu Ze didn't even want to run. He only lasted a few seconds before dying.

He woke up back in his room. The pain of being pierced by thousands of needles was still there.

wa

He couldn't even move.

He was ganged up again.

After recovering, Lu Ze began cultivating again.

He still digested the white energy strand first. After all, it was very effective and comfortable to use.

There were twenty more days left, and their training at the void border would be finished.

During this time, they decided to go into solitary cultivation on their own. They won't spar with each other anymore.

Ten hours later, Lu Ze finished digesting the white energy.

He didn't use the golden divine art rune. This was probably the fist art that the golden ape used. For him to learn it to a degree stronger than the star crippling punch, he would need experienced mastery at least. That would cost quite some time.

Lu Ze planned to bring Earth Shield to perfect mastery first. He got that special earth blob before, and therefore, his earth god art mastery was almost catching up to his lightning god art and body god art.

If he had perfection mastery of Earth Shield, he was rather confident in blocking the attacks of

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Moreover, he could sense that it would take him at most ten days to bring Earth Shield to perfection. This was the most efficient method.

During the day, Lu Ze used the level-1 planetary state overlord red orbs to cultivate. At night, when Lu Ze entered the pocket hunting dimension, he found out that the overlords were very cunning.

Every time he fought an overlord, they wouldn't fight him head-on. They would run towards the deer overlord instead.

He was even with the top overlords, so there was no way Lu Ze could stop them from fleeing

Every time he saw the deer overlord come, he began to run. If he didn't, then he wouldn't be able to when the vines bound the space.

Ten days later, Lu Ze's handsome face was pale and serious. He was at a crucial moment in progressing the Earth Shield divine art. While he used the purple orbs non-stop, Lu Ze's mind worked rapidly as he learned the secrets of the divine art.

Even with his current enlightenment, it was difficult.

As time went on and Lu Ze digested those complex knowledge, the originally holographic Earth Shields around him manifested their physical form. At the same time, Lu Ze had some kind of sturdy chi emanating from him.

Soon, the yellow light receded, and Lu Ze opened his eyes slowly.

He was a prodigy indeed!

Ten days and the Earth Shield had reached perfection!

Lu Ze smiled. He was in a rather good mood. The defensive power of perfect Earth Shield was many times that of experienced mastery. Level-4 planetary state attacks can't break it now. Instead, it would take level-5 planetary state attacks to break it.

If he wore the Martial God Armor, he was confident in blocking level-6 planetary state!

Currently, his skin was 60% filled with planetary seeds.

The level-1 planetary state overlord orbs were better than he had imagined. He finished more than half the seeds in just half a month. This was rather fast.

Of course, it was also due to the multiple strands of white energy.

Simultaneously, his recovery speed's and spirit force's quality also improved through the constant use of red orbs.

Thereafter, Lu Ze looked at the time. It was already morning. He got out of bed and left his room. Lu Ze had stayed inside for the past ten days. Now, he wanted to take a break.

The living room was very quiet. Only Ying Ying was there. The rest of the people were probably in their rooms.

Lu Ze sat next to Ying Ying and rubbed her head. She looked at him and continued playing. He then found out that Ying Ying wasn't watching cartoons. She was playing games. It was the very old game Snake.

Lu Ze asked, "Ying Ying, did your sisters come out?"

Ying Ying nodded. "Alice comes out every day to cook for me. The other sisters haven't come

out."

She found that although sister Alice was a bit flat-chested, her cooking was great. She was very satisfied with her every day. Even if wasn't comfortable being hugged by Alice, she wasn't going to complain.

At this moment, Alice also came out of the room. When she saw Lu Ze, she smiled like an angel and ran up to Lu Ze. "Senior, why did you come out?"

Lu Ze rubbed her head. "I've made some progress in cultivation, so I'm taking a break."

Alice didn't expect Lu Ze would pat her head. She became dazed first and then blushed while closing her eyes.

Seeing Alice behave like a cat being petted, Lu Ze's eyes softened. "You've been coming out every morning to cook for Ying Ying? That's very nice of you."

Alice shook her head and said, "Ying Ying always wants to eat, and I want to practice my cooking." Then, she rubbed her head against Lu Ze's hand and said, "I'll go cook for you. I still need to go cultivate later!"

She really liked him rubbing her head like that, but she shouldn't get immersed in it. She was a warrior. She would fight with senior in the future.

Lu Ze let go of Alice and nodded. He got up and said, "I'll go cook with you. Although I can't do it well, I can still hand you ingredients and so forth."

Alice smiled brightly. "Really? Then, come with me, senior."

Ying Ying raised her hand. "I want to help too! The cartoons say I can't just eat and not cook!"

Her voice was even so firm.

Alice's smile froze. She looked at Ying Ying in disbelief.

This little girl was a traitor!

She had cooked so much for her before and that was all for nothing?

She was going to cook a romantic breakfast with senior and she wants to join?

However, Alice couldn't really reject Ying Ying's request. She spoke with a stiff smile, "Okay, Ying Ying, come as well." Lu Ze rubbed Ying Ying's face. "Then, you can't cause any trouble for sister Alice, okay?"

Ying Ying looked at Lu Ze with discontent. "I'm going to help!" The three went into the kitchen. Lu Ze looked around curiously.

The kitchen was reorganized by Alice. There were expensive utensils inside.

When Alice came in, she seemed like a different person. She had confidence on her face.

She took out a large pile of spirit materials. "Senior, watch this Qinquan beast meat. Use this spirit water."

"Okay!"

"Ying Ying, peel this purple heart fruit. You can't eat it!"

"...oh."

The scene was busy, and the hands of Lu Ze and Alice touched from time to time. They looked at each other with a smile.

Soon, a flashing dish of roast meat was done.

After enjoying the meal, Lu Ze went to wash the dishes while Alice waved at him. "Senior, I'm going to cultivate."

Lu Ze nodded. "Mhm, tell me if you need anything."

Lu Ze played with Ying Ying for a while and returned too.

Soon, it was night time. Lu Ze entered the pocket hunting dimension once again.

He went into the barren lands and found a random direction to search for overlords.

Ten hours later, Lu Ze saw two resting golden echidnas and smiled.

It will be you guys!

Fire buff!

Lightning Travel divine art! Lu Ze instantly crossed a few hundred kilometers and appeared above the heads of the golden echidnas.

His body was covered with blood lightning as his fist flashed with golden light.

Lightning spear!

Star crippling punch!

The shockwave instantly startled the two golden echidnas. "Gugugu!"

Dense clusters of golden needles appeared in the air and shot at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze had fought them several times. They didn't expect Lu Ze to come and fight the two of them simultaneously. He usually picked off people who were alone.

As the golden needles neared Lu Ze, his eyes flashed with earth runes. Three Earth Shields were then formed around Lu Ze, and all the golden needles were blocked.

Upon the collision between the two, a piercing sound could be heard. Thereafter, an explosive shockwave spread in all directions. Even the ground was plowed, leaving behind deep marks.

When the needles disappeared, there were just a few white marks on the Earth Shield. Lu Ze inserted more spirit force, and these white marks soon disappeared. Lu Ze grinned. He was invincible!

The two golden echidnas felt dumbfounded. Before, they could easily crush the Earth Shield. Why was it like this now?

Meanwhile, Lu Ze appeared with lightning above the heads of one of the golden echidnas.

They defended against Lu Ze's attack while flying off into the distance.

Lu Ze gasped. His defenses multiplied in power, but his attack didn't get much stronger. Nevertheless, that was fine. He didn't have to worry now.

He just needed to maintain the Earth Shield while attacking with full power. He didn't have to worry about getting injured like before. Lu Ze's attacks were incessant and only targeted one of the golden echidnas. Soon, it couldn't even counter-attack.

As for the other one, it was attacking with full power, but it couldn't even break the Earth Shield. Lu Ze chose to ignore it.

The two echidnas were getting anxious. They sped up to move towards the location of the deer.

In half an hour, the echidna, which Lu Ze had singled out, had quite some wounds. Its chi was a lot weaker too. "Muu!"

"Roar!"

Two powerful chi appeared from the distance. A green light swept across the sky and approached rapidly. At the same time, the sky also ignited with flames.

It was the deer and fire dragon overlord!

The two echidnas had a boost in morale, but Lu Ze didn't care. His barrage of attacks fell towards that injured echidna.

He was going to fight one against four.

Sensing the situation the echidna was in, the deer and dragon roared and used their divine art.

A few hundred vines appeared around Lu Ze, which attempted to whip him. Meanwhile, the fire dragon shot out flame pillars from its mouth towards him. At the same moment, the two golden echidnas counter-attacked furiously.

All these attacks struck the Earth Shield. On the other hand, Lu Ze didn't choose to dodge because he wanted to gauge the limits of the Earth Shield.

A terrifying explosion occurred. The land was blown up, and the ground sunk down a level for a few thousand kilometers.

When the rubbles disappeared, Lu Ze looked at the cracked Earth Shield and grinned. It stopped four divine arts at once!

This defense was a bit powerful. His defense hadn't reached level-5 planetary state, but it was invincible against level-4 planetary states.

Spirit force surged and repaired the Earth Shield rapidly.

The four overlords stopped roaring. They didn't expect this situation at all.

During this time, Lu Ze flashed with lightning and appeared next to the injured echidna. Star crippling fist force and lightning spear were then formed.

Lu Ze wanted to kill one first.

The other three overlords supported the injured echidna's defense while attacking Lu Ze.

Lu Ze dodged a portion of the attacks with his Lightning Travel divine art. The remaining attacks weren't a threat to him at all. He then unleashed his tirade of attacks towards the injured echidna.

Half an hour later, the injured echidna was extremely weak while the other overlords' chi weakened. Lu Ze just needed to maintain the Earth Shield. He didn't need to use super regeneration or wood god art. He used lesser energy than before.

Lu Ze charged above the head of the injured echidna while defending against the attacks of the other overlords and exclaimed, "Die!"

He used star crippling punch and lightning spear at the same time. Tens of ten-meter long lightning spears shot towards the wounds of the echidna while his fist moved to crush the top of its head.

The echidna returned a punch while trying to form more golden needles to block Lu Ze's lightning spear. However, it was too weak now. Its hand was shattered, and the golden needles only managed to repel a few lightning spears. The rest of them hit its wound.

The golden echidna howled, and its life force instantly became extremely weak. Lu Ze used Lightning Travel divine art again and stomped on its head.

Rumble!

The star crippling fist force exploded inside its brain and wiped its life force. Its body crashed on the ground like a golden comet. Its death enraged the other three overlords, and they attacked Lu Ze like crazy.

Lu Ze panted. He only had about half the power left, but he still pursued the enemies again.

It was 3-versus-1 now.

A few minutes later, there was another distant roar. A black-and-white beam approached over rapidly.

Lu Ze's expression changed.

Another two arrived?

Lu Ze glanced at the ditch where the echidna's body was. Without hesitation, he flew to the ground and picked up the orbs.

Right at this juncture, the two snakes appeared before Lu Ze. Five divine arts pounded his Earth Shield, and it shattered on the spot. The remaining attacks struck his armor and flung him into the wilderness.

His body was breaking apart. Before he could use the Earth Shield again, another wave of attacks came.

Lu Ze later woke up back in his room. He was in pain, but he was very excited.

He could kill one while fighting a 1-versus-4 battle. He just needed to focus on another single creature tomorrow, and then, he would be able to kill them all in one wave.

Lu Ze began to rest, and when he was no longer in pain, he couldn't wait to digest that white strand of energy. He was getting closer and closer to level-9 mortal evolution state.

He just needed to kill the remaining overlords, and the white energy strands alone could allow him to reach level-9 mortal evolution state.

Afterward, he would breakthrough to the planetary state! At night, Lu Ze entered the pocket hunting dimension again.

Lu Ze had been in the pocket hunting dimension for half a day. He finally found another overlord.

That was a special area filled with lava. It was extremely hot. The air was distorted under the heat. There was a small red island in the center of the lava. A fire dragon was resting there.

Lu Ze looked around and didn't see any other overlords. Therefore, he could not help but grin. Look at what he found, a lone dragon!

Lu Ze charged up without hesitation.

Rumble!

Power surged in Lu Ze's body. The resting fire dragon immediately sensed Lu Ze's chi. "Roar!"

It flashed with fire runes and attempted to run without hesitation.

Lu Ze was stunned in return. This dragon was very fierce last time. Why was it so scared this time?

Lu Ze looked at the island where the fire dragon was resting. There was a small orange flame raging there. This was probably the treasure that the overlord owned, right?

Lu Ze didn't go up to take it immediately. From his past experience, he would have to kill the dragon first before he could get it.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze used Lightning Travel divine art and ran after the dragon.

Lu Ze was slightly faster. Soon, he caught up with the fire dragon. Lu Ze then attackedlightning spear, star crippling punch, and lightning cloud.

The blood lightning flowed in the air with the golden fist force mixed in between.

The fire dragon blocked Lu Ze's attacks while running Ten minutes later, the fire dragon was already receiving injuries. Its red scales were being charred by the red lightning. In a few short minutes, its injuries started to turn serious, and its chi was getting weaker.

Lu Ze's cultivation level progressed more compared to yesterday. He was almost chasing the dragon around and beating it.

The fire dragon didn't expect Lu Ze to progress this fast. It felt like it was going to die before reinforcements could arrive.

At this moment, there was a distant roar. One golden and green light was coming close rapidly. Lu Ze's eyes flashed with coldness. These guys were sending reinforcements faster each time. Previously, it took them half an hour to come over, but now, it was only around ten minutes. However, they were still late in the end.

Rumble!

Tens of lightning bolts formed into one and struck the heavily injured fire dragon, like divine punishment.

The dragon roared in terror. Its body flashed with fire runes as it spat out a terrifying fire pillar. The fire pillar crushed the space and clashed with the lightning.

As they clashed, Lu Ze appeared before the dragon's back. He stomped on the wounded area. He used star crippling punch before the fire dragon could react.

The dominant fist force shot inside and crushed its flesh and organs. Blood gushed out like a fountain, and its life force instantly disappeared.

During this time, the golden echidna and deer finally arrived at the battlefield. Sensing the dragon's death and the shocking amount of blood, the other two overlords suddenly halted.

They paused for a brief moment and flew away faster than when they arrived here.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. These guys were too timid. It was a 2-versus-1 battle. He felt disappointed at this. He looked at the dragon's body and resisted the urge to chase them.

He needed to collect the drops here first. There were just four top overlords left. It's not like he hadn't fought the four of them before.

A few seconds later, the body turned to ashes, revealing the orbs.

Lu Ze waited here for a while but didn't see the black-and-white anacondas approach.

The overlords must have some special way to communicate. Lu Ze stopped waiting and proceeded to the island.

The flame was only the size of Lu Ze's palm, but it emitted this scorching chi.

Lu Ze reached out his hand. As soon as his fingers touched the flame, it shot into his body. Immediately, he felt as though his body was being burned. Large areas of cells died.

Gray and green lights surged inside his body like crazy to stop this encroachment of the flames.

Luckily, the burning only lasted an instant, and the flame appeared in Lu Ze's mental dimension. He was shocked. This flame was too terrifying. However, it was like the earth blob and blood lightning. It could allow god art to evolve and become stronger.

After he completely digested this flame, his fire god art would become extremely terrifying. This was the same for the earth blob too. Nevertheless, he would probably have to wait until the planetary state to completely digest it. Right then, Lu Ze started to heal himself. After a while, he was fully healed and rejuvenated.

He once again went off in search of the other overlords.

At dusk, Lu Ze found the other overlords. All four of them were gathered together. Lu Ze looked at them and used all his divine arts without hesitation.

The four overlords roared in fury and retaliated.

The dark anaconda had darkness god art while the white anaconda had light god art. They seemed to be a unique species on the third map.

The darkness god art was exceptionally eerier. It was corrosive as well. The dark anaconda was coming in and out of the black smoke like a ghost.

On the other hand, the light god art had dominant destructive power but also powerful healing ability.

Lu Ze felt things didn't seem too right. Why did it seem like he was a boss being ganged up on?

This scene seemed familiar. Lu Ze felt he was being targeted.

Their battle seemed to have worked up a doomsday storm that shook the world. More than ten thousand kilometers of barren lands were destroyed. The surrounding hundred thousand kilometers of the region were filled with beasts fleeing from the battle.

The weaker beasts like the range rabbits and possums didn't even have the courage to flee. They were just cowering on the ground as their body trembled non-stop.

The battle lasted for nearly two hours. Lu Ze's face was very pale. He felt he was drained.

The four overlords were equally extremely weak, but none of them had injuries. Lu Ze could heal himself while the overlords had the white anaconda.

Screech!

At this moment, a dark beam shot out of the smoke and struck the already feeble Earth Shield. Accordingly, the Earth Shield broke, and the beam hit Lu Ze hard.

Fortunately, it was much weaker than before. Lu Ze spat out blood and was pushed back a thousand kilometers away. He was injured, but he received the attack with his golden armor and powerful body.

Lu Ze wiped the blood from his mouth and grinned.

Everyone had pretty much used up their energy, but in terms of recovery, how could these overlords compare with him? He stopped attacking and just used the lightning cloud. He just needed to stall a few minutes to recover.

Right at this time, the light started to disappear from the sky. Darkness covered the barren lands.

Lu Ze smiled even brighter. He still had the body of darkness. How were the four overlords going to fight him then?

In half an hour, Lu Ze had recovered more than half his power. The overlords managed to retrieve some of theirs too, but they were much slower compared to Lu Ze.

At this moment, it was completely dark. Lu Ze grinned in return. It was time.

Fire buff!

Body of darkness!

Using these two divine arts simultaneously, Lu Ze felt his power grow by a lot. A force field of chi spread out from him thereafter. He was bathed in blood lightning.

Lu Ze used Lightning Travel divine art and disappeared from the spot. He instantly appeared behind the giant deer.

This guy was the most troublesome. Lu Ze didn't really like it. Of course, Lu Ze liked its divine art the best.

Rumble!

Tens of lightning spear formed as Lu Ze's fists flashed with golden light. His attacks were heading towards the giant deer.

The deer cried out. It used the power it just recovered and formed tens of vines around it. In return, these vines tried to block the lightning spear and star crippling punch

At once, the other overlords also attacked Lu Ze from the side. However, the dark anaconda's chi also drastically rose a level. Clearly, its darkness god art also included the body of darkness. Despite so, their attacks still felt powerless.

There were thick Earth Shields formed around Lu Ze. He ignored those three attacks while focusing on the deer.

Rumble!

After some consecutive clashes, there was a pitiful howl.

The deer's body flew backward while leaving behind green blood in the air.

Although it was a 4-versus-1 battle, Lu Ze's star crippling punch was enough to crush the deer's defenses.

Without hesitation, Lu Ze used Lightning Travel divine art again and pursued the deer.

He clenched his fist, which was flowing with golden, red, and dark beams.

Body of darkness!

Fire buff!

Star crippling punch!

These three stacked together made the star crippling punch emit an extremely shocking chi.

Lu Ze's punch landed heavily on the deer's head.

Rumble!

There was a sound of bones cracking. The fist force surged into the deer's head. The deer wailed, and its life force was wiped out.

With this, the void tentacles all disappeared. Lu Ze could feel he could use space transmission again, but now that he didn't need to run, it didn't matter.

Lu Ze looked at the three other overlords.

They appeared as though they wanted to retreat. Lu Ze grinned. What a joke! Do they still want to run?

Immediately, Lu Ze's body flashed with lightning, and he instantly appeared above the golden echidna's head.

Star crippling punch!

Four of them couldn't even stop Lu Ze's attacks, let alone three.

He easily tore through the fatigued resistance of the three overlords and released a heavy blow on the echidna's head. His power crushed the life force of the golden echidna. Thereafter, Lu Ze turned towards the two anacondas.

The dark anaconda was stronger in the darkness, but its power hadn't fully recovered yet. It was no big threat at all. Meanwhile, the white anaconda was even less of a threat. Lu Ze easily killed them both.

Now, the dark night became even more silent. Even the huge wolves of the night seemed to have disappeared.

Lu Ze looked at the four craters in the ground and panted in disbelief.

He was too strong! He beat four of these level-1 planetary state overlords at the same time.

Moments later, they turned to ashes, and Lu Ze happily collected all the orbs. Each overlord dropped white energy strands, overlord red and purple orbs, god art orbs, and divine art rune.

Lu Ze looked at the white holy orb. So this was light god art? This was a god art that Lu Ze didn't have. It was larger than the metal and wood god art orb.

The darkness god art of the anaconda was different from the body of darkness god art of the wolves. In essence, the body of darkness was more like a simplified version of a divine art.

After collecting everything, Lu Ze started searching for the hives of the overlords.

Lu Ze went around the barren wilderness many times but still wasn't able to find the hive of the red wolf. Did some overlords not have hives?

Lu Ze decided to try again. He had night vision, so his eyesight was on par with his eyesight during the day. A few short hours later, Lu Ze found the forest where the golden echidnas lived at. He soon saw a hive built with golden needles. However, Lu Ze searched the entire place and wasn't able to find the treasure.

Lu Ze was stunned.

Was it that not every overlord had treasures? Lu Ze really didn't know the answer.

He searched it thoroughly a few more times and found nothing in the end. Therefore, he could only accept this fact.

Lu Ze began searching again.

The deer's hive was in that huge forest. There was a special area that contained huge vines. In that region, Lu Ze found a thick vine that had ten crisp clear green crystals.

The vines bore crystals instead of fruit?

He picked the crystals and felt the pure spirit force inside. Through that, he understood its use. The crystal was similar to spirit herbs. If he used the crystal when he was heavily injured, he would recover rapidly.

He already had super regeneration and wood god art, but this healing effect seemed to be a supplement.

The crystal could also rapidly recover his spirit force. With his current spirit force reserve, one crystal was more than enough to recover it.

This was a great item!

One crystal and he would be back to full health.

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He quickly collected the crystals.

Now, it was daytime. He continued his search for the lair of the black-and-white anaconda.

After searching through the entire barren land, Lu Ze finally found a hidden underground hole at the border of the forest. Inside was an open region with a 2000-meter radius.

There was a black-and-white rune floating in the center of the space.

Lu Ze felt dazed upon seeing this. Another divine art rune?

Looking closely, the rune was a fusion between white and black. Was this the fusion divine art of darkness and light god art?!

Thinking about this, Lu Ze grinned.

Fusion divine art was definitely far stronger than a single divine art.

Lu Ze didn't think much. He quickly collected the divine art rune.

After he completely digested these, Lu Ze was confident he would be able to break through to the planetary state and learn these divine art to perfection mastery.

Now that all the overlords were dead, he was bored.

At this time, Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He had a bold idea.

Should he go check out the fourth map?

Lu Ze crossed the forest and proceeded to the fourth map.

Last time, he looked at the fourth map from the border of the forest. It was an endless mountain range covered by trees. The third map's forest was merely a small extension of the fourth map.

According to the setup of the Pocket Hunting Dimension, each map would be larger than the previous one. The fourth map was clearly vaster than these barren lands.

Lu Ze didn't know how big it was exactly, but that mammoth with two pairs of tusks he saw last time was rather terrifying. Definitely, there would be plenty of powerful beasts in that mountain range.

Despite such danger, Lu Ze still wanted to check out the area. He has no opponent now in the third map after all.

Soon, Lu Ze crossed into the forest of the fourth map.

The trees were taller than the third map on average. They were usually a few thousand meters tall.

The leaves were lush and only a little sunlight could penetrate inside the forest.

The ground was covered in rotting leaves. It was damp.

Lu Ze dashed around in the forest. The Blue Bird 1 divine art wasn't fast, but it was gentle, unlike the Lightning Travel divine art, which blasted like thunder. If he drew a boss over, he wouldn't be able to handle it.

He planned to go to the top of the mountain on the side first. The taller he stood, the further he could see. As for why he didn't fly in the air, it was because he would be most likely caught if he did exactly that. It was rather dangerous.

As a mature jungler, Lu Ze knew the importance of hiding himself. As Lu Ze traveled in the forest, there would be beast howls from time to time. There were also terrifying chis being released in the distance. He felt he couldn't beat these beasts at all.

Lu Ze was worried. He was probably going to become the bottom of the food chain again, but that was fine. Later on, he would become super strong again.

Soon, he arrived at the foot of the mountain. On the way, he chose to go around when he sensed a chi.

He looked at this huge peak. The mountain top was a few hundred kilometers up. This was just one peak. There were countless peaks in this mountain range.

There were peaks higher than this one and peaks shrouded in clouds. Lu Ze then chose one without clouds.

Lu Ze silently moved towards the top. There were a few powerful chis at the top. He was worried he would get caught. Luckily, he wasn't discovered despite reaching his destination.

Lu Ze looked down. He couldn't see the end of the mountain range at a glance. The distance was covered by higher peaks. He could only see a small portion.

He saw a huge lake that was a few thousand kilometers wide in the valleys.

He even suspected that he didn't see the entire lake. This lake surrounded a few huge peaks and was blocked by other peaks.

There were huge birds flying in the air from time to time. They had different appearances. Some of them had a wing that spans more than ten meters, but some were over a thousand meters. However, some smaller birds seemed stronger than larger birds.

There were strange beasts appearing in the forest every so often.

The birds might fight each other every now and then. However, it would only destroy the trees of the surrounding few kilometers. Some rocks only cracked a little.

Lu Ze realized that the trees and rocks of this map were much sturdier than the third map's.

"Roar!" a dominant roar sounded. Lu Ze's chest felt heavy. He tensed up. He looked around in the direction of the roar.

On a distant mountain, there was a 300-meter tall blue tiger roaring at the top of the mountain. The wind swirled around it. The trees were rattling heavily.

The surrounding beasts didn't even dare to make a sound.

Lu Ze used his chi stealth god art at full power too, not daring to create a noise.

He felt stunned.

This was a star state beast?!

What a joke!

This tiger's chi was on par with aunty Xunshuang's.

At this moment, a huge black turtle floated up from the lake. It had a hideous dark shell with a sharp horn on its head. It also roared back at the tiger.

Immediately, the lake water rolled over. The waves reached the sky and flooded the surrounding area.

"?י :Lu Ze

Another star state beast?!

Shouldn't this be a planetary state map?

Did he enter the wrong map? During this time, the mountain he was on rattled. Lu Ze instinctively wanted to run, but a powerful force pressed down, and Lu Ze lost consciousness.

In his room, Lu Ze opened his eyes.

He didn't even know how he died, but he wasn't surprised. There were that many star states present there.

This was just a region of a hundred thousand kilometers, and there were already five star states. What about the entire map then? Lu Ze didn't dare to think about it anymore. He would have quite a tragic time soon. He could only sigh. He had no choice. He had to become stronger.

When Lu Ze recovered, he looked at his mental force dimension and smiled.

He took out a green crystal. It was half the size of his fist. It felt very warm to touch.

His mental force reached into the green crystal, which then flowed into his heart. His heart was flashing with green life force.

With one thought, this light would heal him and supply him with energy. It was like he had an extra life.

This was good.

He had ten. He would give Li and the others one each.

Lu Ze really wanted to try the black-and-white divine art rune, but he still decided to improve his cultivation level first.

There were eight days until he returned. His goal was to break through to the planetary state.

Lu Ze looked towards the four strands of white energy and began using them.

Planet Zhihuo Base.

In some training room, a terrifying wave spread.

It was one, then two, three...

The nearby adventurers and soldiers felt dazed.

"Who would break through to the planetary state here?"

Most of the people here were already planetary states.

Someone spoke with uncertainty, "The young dukes of this generation seem to be in solitary cultivation here?"

"Could it be them?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

"Is this for real? How old are they? They've already reached the planetary state?"

"The young dukes of this generation are strong."

"More than one broke through."

Boss Zhu felt this as well in his restaurant and smiled. "These kids aren't bad. They didn't waste that Zhihuo Shooting Star."

Another customer smiled. "Heh, it's going to be the Four-Race Social Gathering soon. These kids can bring the Human Race some honor."

"Hahaha, I must go watch at the time."

At this moment, one person said, "By the way, I wonder how the Monarch of the New Dawn is doing. I haven't heard from him for a long time."

They were very hopeful. His progress must be quite significant.

"We haven't heard much from them since the beast tide."

"I heard a friend say they went to Shenwu City for solitary cultivation, and they earned a few hundred thousand merit points and spent it all."

"A few hundred thousand?!" People were dumbfounded once again.

They knew how hard it was to earn merit points. They wouldn't even be able to save a few hundred thousand merit points within a few hundred years.

Someone sighed. "He's indeed the Monarch of the New Dawn. He's only been here for half a year, and yet, he had already gathered a few hundred thousand merit points. This is the first in history, right?"

Someone asked curiously, "I wonder what power he would have after this solitary cultivation?"

"Probably the mortal evolution state perfect stage?"

"Perhaps after he goes back, he might be able to reach the planetary state?"

The atmosphere became silent again.

"... No, way. Monarch of the New Dawn is only 19 years old, right?"

"... 19-year-old planetary state. Is this plausible?"

Everyone was hopeful but felt this was too unreal.

"Hahaha... then, at least, in the next year or two, Monarch of the New Dawn can definitely reach the planetary state!"

"I agree! With his talent, he can definitely reach the planetary state in, at most, two years!"

"I agree too!"

"20 or 21-year-old planetary state! The Human Race is lucky."

In the cultivation rooms of the base, Luo Bingqing walked out. There was still a cold chi around him. The scorching temperature chilled immediately. However, his calm face had a bit of a smile on it.

He finally reached the planetary state. This speed was beyond his expectations.

During this time, another door opened, and Mo Xie walked out. Seeing Luo Bingqing, his smile froze, and he asked, "When did you come out?"

Luo Bingqing said, "Just then."

Mo Xie nodded. The good mood he was in previously dropped by half. He thought he would be the first, but Luo Bingqing was faster than him.

At this moment, another door opened, and Lin Kuang walked out with a laugh. Seeing Luo Bingqing and Mo Xie, his mouth twitched.

"Oh shit, Luo and Mo, how are you guys faster than me?" He thought he would be first.

Luo Bingqing smiled. "We just came out too."

Right at this juncture, a few more doors opened. Chi Xiaomo, Bernie, and Jack came out.

Lin Kuang punched Jack's chest. "Jack, I'm faster than you!"

Jack's mouth twitched, and he nodded plainly. "Yeah, you're faster than me."

Still, everyone breaking through to the planetary state was a good thing.

They weren't much old, in terms of age. This speed was considered above average in all the generations of young dukes.

Right at this point, there was another ripple from the cultivation room.

Lin Kuang smiled. "Who is it this time?"

Luo Bingqing answered, "Probably Derrick." Indeed, Derrick soon walked out with a smile, but after seeing this many people gathered, his mouth twitched too.

Mo Xie glanced at the cultivation rooms. "Xuan Yuji and the rest would probably need some more time. Let's go have a meal at Zhihuo Little Restaurant and then consolidate more?"

Everyone nodded. "Okay."

Six days later in Shenwu City, at Lu Ze's room.

Lu Ze sat on his bed and had a faint white glow covering his body. On the fourth day, Lu Ze reached the peak of level-9 mortal evolution state with the white energy. Then, in the following two days, Lu Ze was learning the secrets of planetary state and building up spirit force.

As he used the overlord orbs, every cell in his body was being filled with spirit force.

Every cell was imbued with white spirit force mist. In the middle was a faint planetary seed.

Luckily, he got the special spirit body last time. Otherwise, he would still need about a month to reach this stage. Now, he only needed two days.

Simultaneously, Lu Ze found that he had a clearer sense of the rules in the universespirit force, void, elements, space-time.

The entire universe was like a treasure cove of endless knowledge which opened a minuscule opening for Lu Ze. From that opening, Lu Ze could barely feel that incomprehensive knowledge.

He was immersed in it. He had already learned the secrets of the planetary state, but now, he was learning his god art.

He found that while breaking through to the planetary state, he was very close to universal laws. This was a good time to learn god art. As he learned, that earth blob and the orange flame were being rapidly depleted. His fire and earth god art were beginning to mutate and grow stronger.

Now, Lu Ze found that he was pretty much at the limit. He learned all that he could learn. The other stuff wasn't something he could understand at this stage.

Despite so, he still used up a third of the earth blob and orange flame.

Lu Ze used another red and purple orb. His mental force spread across his body. He could sense every cell.

Thereafter, his mental force moved, and the white spirit force mist went towards his planetary seeds. The mist and seeds clashed, releasing waves.

There was severe pain coming from every corner of Lu Ze's body. The dim planetary seeds were lighting up. The planetary seeds were truly transforming into bright planets.

The mortal evolution state was the difference between the mortal and spirit body, but the planetary state was the evolution of life.

His body seemed to have been refined again and again. All the impurities were removed.

Lu Ze could feel his body, spirit force, and mental force rapidly progress.

A powerful invisible wave spread out from Lu Ze's body. Everyone in Shenwu City looked in Lu Ze's direction in shock.

In that direction, there was an endless light forming. It contained the endless knowledge of the universe.

Gradually, this light covered the entire city and extended out even more. It even encompassed this huge planet.

Everyone was confused by what this light was.

"What is this?"

"What happened there? What is that light?"

"For some reason, just looking at this light gives me quite some enlightenment. It feels like my cultivation is making a breakthrough?!" "Me... me too!"

Everyone's expressions went from being shocked to joyful. They could see all sorts of secrets from this light. Those martial techniques they couldn't understand before were becoming easier to grasp.

Therefore, people everywhere chose to close their eyes and enter cultivation.

Even the Shenwu Army soldiers had plenty of enlightenment. They really wanted to cultivate on the spot, but they needed to guard the most important void border base. As such, they could only try to remember what they had learned and cultivate it when they had time.

In some room within the base, a bulky hairy old man sensed the endless knowledge in this light and opened his eyes in shock. "This is?!"

He closed his eyes instantly and felt that the questions he had were answered at this moment. All sorts of enlightenments came up. They used up their potential to break through to the cosmic system state. Because of that, their cultivation level couldn't progress anymore. However, their divine arts and god arts could still be improved.

His god art and divine art that hadn't progressed in a long time started to slowly improve. Everyone learned different things and benefited from the light in different ways. This depended on talent, god art, and cultivation level.

The old man definitely benefited immensely from this.

In Lu Ze's suite, Nangong Jing and the girls were the closest to Lu Ze. They had the most access to the light.

Instantly, all sorts of enlightening thoughts turned up. They were very surprised, but they chose to use red and purple orbs without hesitation and began cultivating.

Using this opportunity, their cultivation level and god art mastery began to skyrocket.

When Ying Ying saw this light, her deep blue eyes flashed with starlight. Then, her little body was wrapped up by starlight. She closed her eyes and dropped to the couch.

A day later, the white light around Lu Ze started to grow more vibrant. Meanwhile, the white spirit mist had completely fused with his planetary seeds.

At this time, the planetary seeds went from dim to luminescent. It was shining bright like starlight. The planetary seeds seemed to have turned into real planets.

During this process, Lu Ze had refined every aspect. In the planetary state, every improvement was an evolution of life.

The starlight around Lu Ze receded while the planets inside his cells formed special runes on their surface.

When the runes were completely formed, Lu Ze's chi calmed down. The severe pain disappeared, and everything was serene again. The special wave disappeared, and the light covering the entire Shenwu City also vanished.

Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. There seemed to be starlight flowing in his deep black eyes.

Level-1 planetary state, he finally made it!

Lu Ze grinned. The trial hadn't finished yet, but he already broke through to the planetary state.

He was a prodigy indeed. He reached the planetary state during his first year in the university!

If this continued and he progressed extensively to a higher state every year, then soon he would be invincible. He was beginning to admire himself now.

Lu Ze got off the bed. Now, it was time to beat up the alcoholic and fox demon.

When he walked out, he saw the living room was very quiet. There was not a single person present.

Lu Ze looked at the tightly shut rooms.

Were they still cultivating?

He looked at the squirming Ying Ying and felt dazed at the scene. When he saw the starlight around her, Lu Ze realized she fell asleep.

He scratched his head and was confused. She hadn't received her heritage for a long time. Why did she suddenly get it now?

Lu Ze didn't think too much of it. He walked up to Ying Ying. His mouth twitched upon seeing that Ying Ying was still hugging the computer. What an internet addict!

Lu Ze took away the computer and carried Ying Ying into a spare room. He placed her on the bed and started to feed her all sorts of orbs.

Immediately, her expressionless face started to smile happily.

Thereafter, Lu Ze went out. He just broke through to the planetary state and wanted to share the good news with the girls, but they were still in solitary cultivation. He felt it was boring to wait, so he went back to his room to cultivate.

Lu Ze planned to improve his divine art mastery.

He then looked at his divine art runes. He had three golden needle divine art runes. It was from one small and two big golden echidnas. He would leave these three for Lu Li and the others to use.

He still had an Earth Shield divine art rune dropped by the fat possum. He would leave this for them too.

The golden ape had two divine art runes.

There was another fire buff rune from the fire dragon. Lu Ze already used the one from the red wolf.

Suddenly, Lu Ze realized he forgot about something. The dark wolves had an overlord too. He hadn't killed it yet!

There should be another divine art then.

He sensed the Pocket Hunting Dimension was open. Therefore, Lu Ze didn't want to cultivate anymore. He was going to get the divine art rune from the dark wolf overlord. He came to the barren lands. The dark wolves would only appear at night.

It was still day time now. Lu Ze looked towards the fourth map and chose not to go. He was a planetary state now, but he would still be an 'underling' there.

Lu Ze remembered that Lu Li and the others were running low on orbs, so he also decided to go harvest a wave.

Lu Ze easily harvested a large wave of orbs. He then went to the first and second maps to collect more orbs. He would give some to old man Nangong, so the latter could give rewards to prodigies.

By the time he finished his objective, it was already night time on the third map.

Lu Ze searched the entire place and finally found a small mountain range in a corner that was completely dark.

It didn't exist during the day.

It had no trees and was just made of black rocks.

Lu Ze saw a few dark wolves, but he didn't fight them. They had chi stealth god art. He didn't want to startle the overlord.

He suspected that the dark wolf overlord was hiding from him. Otherwise, there was no reason he couldn't find it.

Soon, he found the overlord resting at the end of a valley.

Seeing this overlord, Lu Ze raised the corners of his mouth and grinned.

He no longer hid his chi. Thereafter, he let his blood lightning erupt.

As if sensing Lu Ze's chi, the wolf that was resting immediately got up vigilantly. When it saw Lu Ze, its smooth fur immediately spiked up.

Afterward, the dark wolf ran without hesitation.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. This was the most coward overlord he had ever seen.

He turned into a bolt of blood lightning and instantly caught up with the wolf. Before its terrified eyes, Lu Ze punched with golden light, red runes, and dark runes.

Roar!

The overlord used all its chi and swiped its right claw, wanting to block Lu Ze's attack.

The spirit force claw and the star crippling fist punch clashed. The claw was instantly crushed. Consequently, the fist force penetrated the wolf's body and wiped away its life force.

Instant kill!

Lu Ze looked at the body in shock. His breakthrough to the planetary state brought about a huge increase in his combat power.

He looked at his fists and then at the sky and sighed.

It's lonely to be invincible...

A few seconds later, the body turned to ashes, leaving behind orbs.

Lu Ze picked them up and went to the valley where the wolf was just at. There was a huge cave there. He saw another floating black divine art rune inside.

Was it the same as the golden ape's? Lu Ze collected it and decided to give it to Lu Li. This might be useful to her. Thereafter, he harvested a wave of dark wolves. Soon, it was morning. Lu Ze thought about it. He had nothing left to do on the third map. In that case, he might as well attempt jungling on the fourth map. He died too quickly last time and didn't even try fighting the beasts at the bottom of the food chain.

Accordingly, Lu Ze flew to the fourth map.

At this time, a chi surged, and a golden beam swept past the world. In an instant, that sturdy mountain range crumbled. Before Lu Ze could react, he was swept by the golden light. His body ached, and he lost consciousness.

Back in his room, Lu Ze opened his eyes.

This...

He didn't know what got him killed. What could he do? He could only try again next time.

Lu Ze looked at the orbs in his mental force dimension and thought about which to use. After all, he had too many types of resources. They were all great.

Originally, he wanted to learn divine art, but after some thought, he chose not to.

Tomorrow was the last day. He would go back to the Dawn System the day after. He didn't have enough time.

Therefore, Lu Ze began digesting the newly-acquired white energy strand. After that, he used another level-1 planetary state overlord red orb.

Lu Ze found that if he used this for cultivation, he would need a few months to breakthrough.

The energy he needed to make a breakthrough had greatly increased since reaching level-1 planetary state. The energy in the red orbs of a level-1 planetary state overlord was rather terrifying but still not enough for him.

As such, Lu Ze stopped working on his cultivation level and began learning god art instead.

Ten hours later, his fire god art devoured some more of the orange flame and grew stronger. It still couldn't compare with Alice's source flame, but it wasn't bad.

Lu Ze went out of his room again. He wanted to see if those guys had finished cultivation. After all, if he didn't beat up the alcoholic and fox demon, he felt things would be unsettled.

As soon as he walked out, he saw the two rooms on the side open simultaneously. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha came out.

They didn't expect this coincidence.

But soon, Lu Ze reacted. He grinned. "Teacher Nangong and Qiuyue, I just wanted to find you guys..."

However, before he finished his words, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha glared at Lu

Ze.

Nangong Jing asked, "Ze, you created that light?"

Lu Ze: "?"

'Light?'

'What light?'

Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Ze with excitement. "Little brother Lu Ze, did you break through to the planetary state yesterday?"

Lu Ze was stunned. 'How did they know?' He intentionally used chi stealth god art to hide his chi, so they wouldn't avoid fighting him.

They still saw through it?

Lu Ze didn't hide it anymore and smiled. "Yes."

However, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha looked strangely at each other.

Lu Ze was confused. "What's wrong?"

During this time, Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice exited their rooms too.

Nangong Jing asked, "Lin Ling, Li, and Alice did you feel it yesterday too?"

The three nodded. Then, they all looked at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze questioned, "Why are you all looking at me like this?"

Lu Li replied, "Brother, did you feel anything yesterday?"

Lu Ze scratched his head. "I broke through. It's just breaking through? What's there to feel?"

Everyone: "..."

'Would breaking through to the planetary state cause that situation to occur?'

They didn't know what exactly it was, but it definitely wasn't ordinary.

Lin Ling said, "I wonder if they sensed it outside. Let's check the situation."

Lu Ze: "?!

Lu Ze asked, "Why does this involve outsiders? What did I do when I broke through?"

Everyone rolled their eyes at Lu Ze.

They came to the window and when they saw what was going on outside, Lu Ze was completely dumbfounded.

People were sitting on the streets while cultivating 'Why were they cultivating on the streets?!' There were Shenwu Army soldiers standing guard everywhere.

At Lu Ze's building, there were even two star states.

On the other hand, the soldiers looked at those sitting with jealousy. Those two star state's faces were twisted. Despite so, they still guarded this region.

Lu Ze was full of questions. 'What were these people doing?'

He looked at the group again and asked, "Umm... what did I do when I broke through?"

Nangong Jing said with annoyance, "Let's go out first. Since you've finished cultivation, let those star state generals go back and cultivate. Otherwise, it would be a huge loss for them."

The group went out of the room. Consequently, all the Shenwu Army soldiers looked over.

The leading two star states were Barier and a never-before-seen star state.

Barier and the other star state's lifeless appearance immediately disappeared. They came up to Lu Ze fervently.

Barier smiled like a flower. "Lu Ze, you reached the planetary state? Congratulations!" "?"

The other black-haired youth, who was a star state, also smiled at Lu Ze. "I've long heard of brother Lu Ze's name and the contributions you made when you came to the void border. I didn't expect you to reach the planetary state at just 19 years old. This is an honor for the Human Race. I'm the person responsible for the Shenwu Army Mission Hall, Lian Weixing. Call me old Lian."

Lu Ze resisted the urge to step back. He was getting goosebumps from how these two were smiling. Nangong Jing and the girls were more shocked by seeing this scene. It seemed that the bright light was more terrifying than they imagined. Even star states were acting like this. It was definitely very beneficial to them. Barier smiled. "While you were breaking through, the marshal sensed the situation and sent us to protect you. The old man also felt some enlightenment and went into solitary cultivation. Otherwise, he would definitely come to see you now." Lu Ze asked, "Um, just what happened when I broke through?"

'Why did even Saint Shenwu enter solitary cultivation?' How come he felt he was the only person in the world who didn't understand this.

Barier explained, "There was a huge anomaly that appeared when you broke through." "It's said anomalies would only appear when super prodigies broke through to the planetary state. Each anomaly is different and spans a different range."

"When you broke through, that bright light which contained the secrets of the universe covered the entire planet. Even the marshal could benefit from this. To me, this is an extremely strong phenomenon, even among prodigies," Barier remarked excitedly.

He felt that the commotion Lu Ze created was too major. Even the super-prodigies of other advanced civilizations might not have something like this.

Lian Weixing nodded. "We experienced breaking through to the planetary state too. We have a deep impression of the close contact we had with universal secrets. But even when we broke through back then, the feeling wasn't as deep as now."

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha glanced at each other. Perhaps because they had been using the red and purple orbs non-stop, their breakthrough didn't feel significantly different from this one.

Lu Ze finally understood what happened. That feeling of opening the universe's chamber of knowledge affected the outside world. No wonder they were all cultivating.

But...

"That covered the entire planet?!'

'He was that strong? Why was he the last one to know?'

Barier smiled. "Since brother Lu Ze has broken through, our mission is finished. We need to hurry back for solitary cultivation too." They came to protect Lu Ze, not only due to the saint's order but also because it was a good chance to build a relationship with Lu Ze.

If Lu Ze didn't die, he had high chances of reaching the cosmic cloud state.

Lu Ze nodded. They exchanged contacts with him and quickly left.

With this, some Shenwu Army soldiers left too. A portion of them still stayed within the area to guard. After all, there were many powerful humans here.

All soldiers looked at Lu Ze with admiration. They personally witnessed that event. However, thinking about how they still had to guard the city, they wanted to cry.

Lu Ze sensed their gloomy expressions and felt like he was watching a horror movie. His mouth twitched, and he wondered whether he should go back for solitary cultivation.

Right at this moment, a gray short-haired, middle-aged man, who was standing at the door to the hotel, stood up. His eyes widened, and his face was crazed with joy.

He looked at the wind around his hand. "I... learned wind god art?!... I learned wind god art!"

The planetary states who had god arts were of the extreme minority. This man clearly didn't have wind god art before, but now, he learned it.

He stood up and wanted to howl, but a cold stern voice sounded. "Don't make a scene, other people are still cultivating!"

The middle-aged man became dazed for a moment and regained his senses. When he saw the streets filled with people cultivating, he felt dazed again. Oh shit?!

Wait!

I'm on the streets? Why are there that many people on the streets?

There were a few Shenwu Army soldiers looking at him coldly. The middle-aged man immediately didn't feel too comfortable. Clearly, they were the ones who gave him the warning

He suppressed his joy and decided to go outside of the planet and howl. He thought he would never learn a god art his entire life, but he suddenly learned one. This surprise was too huge. The soldiers felt more envious upon seeing that the first person to wake up learned god art. They were waiting to beat this guy up if he didn't listen to the warning, but he controlled himself.

They didn't even have a reason to beat the man up now.

The man who learned wind god art asked a soldier, "By the way, do you guys know what that light was?"

If that occurrence happened a few more times, he would probably become a prodigy.

The soldier replied, "You should thank Monarch of the New Dawn. That light was created when Monarch of the New Dawn broke through."

"Monarch of the New Dawn?" The middle-aged man suddenly looked behind him. He didn't even notice there was someone behind him.

The middle-aged man was dazed. The bright light containing endless knowledge was a phenomenon from Lu Ze's breakthrough?

What was that? This was the first time he encountered a situation where breaking through to the planetary state would create such a thing. He was a planetary state himself.

He almost failed to reach the planetary state, much less create a phenomenon.

Wait...

Breakthrough?!

Did that soldier say Lu Ze broke through to the planetary state? He then looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

How old was Lu Ze? 19? A 19-year-old planetary state?

The man's skin crawled.

He remembered he broke through to the planetary state when he was 483 years old.

Suddenly, he didn't feel that bad. He was, at most, an ordinary prodigy with some cultivation talent. He didn't even have god art and wasn't a young duke. Meanwhile, Lu Ze was considered the greatest prodigy in the history of the Federation.

Why did he even bother comparing himself with such a prodigy?

He calmed his emotions and looked at Lu Ze gratefully and bowed. "Congratulations on reaching the planetary state, Monarch of the New Dawn! Thank you for this time. I finally awakened wind god art, but that's probably nothing to you. I don't know how I should repay you."

The wind god art was a huge fortune to him. He owed Lu Ze big time.

Lu Ze's head ached. He was just still a kid, but this guy treated him like an elder. He didn't really like being in a high position of power. It seemed tempting, but power and responsibility went hand in hand.

The greater your power, the greater your responsibilities.

The saints carried the prosperity of the entire Human Race on their shoulders.

Of course, one could just enjoy the power and not be responsible as long as your heart will allow it. Lu Ze felt he couldn't do that.

Moreover...

It was lonely at the top.

He preferred freedom. However, the humans were still weak. He still wanted to lead the Human Race to the peak of the universe.

If that day really happened, he would take the people around him and roam through every corner in the universe and be happy. There were already two difficult things. One was bringing the Human Race to rise, and the other was getting them all.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze's heart felt heavy.

He grinned at the middle-aged man. In return, the middle-aged man felt spooked. Did Lu Ze have some special fetish?

No way! He had the female young dukes around him.

'Were they not better than a man like him?' The middle-aged man suddenly felt worried.

At this moment, Lu Ze smiled. "Do you have some tasty spirit fruit or material? It just has to be rare and tasty." He couldn't really think of what this man could give him. He had fewer resources and materials than him. Food was probably better.

"?" The middle-aged man couldn't properly react to Lu Ze's words.

'What sort of request was this?'

The Shenwu Army soldiers were also confused with what Lu Ze was thinking.

Lu Li and the girls were expressionless. They already knew Lu Ze would say this.

Lu Ze looked at the middle-aged man and said speechlessly, "Uncle, you're not saying you don't have tasty materials, right?"

The middle-aged man quickly answered respectfully, "Yes, yes, I have planetary state spirit ingredients. I was planning to ask the spirit chef to cook it into spirit food so as to progress my cultivation level."

He took out a meter long blood-jade-type of material and gave it to Lu Ze. He took a long time to collect this, but this was nothing compared to the wind god art. Alice's eyes lit up upon seeing this. She giggled. "This is the heart of Blood Jade Tree. My reserves are almost used up. I didn't find it in the treasure storage last time." She took it and said with pity, "However, it's only two thousand years old. It's a bit young but still manageable."

Lu Ze asked, "What is this used for?"

Alice smiled. "The red jade cake we often eat for breakfast needs this ingredient."

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. "So that's it!" That was one of his favorite cakes.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze looked at the middle-aged man with a friendly look.

This guy was a good person!

Middle-aged man: "..."

He didn't want to live anymore when he heard they often ate cake made with Blood Jade Tree's heart for breakfast.

So this was the joy of wealthy people? This was too joyful.

If they weren't Lu Ze and the girls, he would've wanted to rob them. However, at the same time, the middle-aged man was also happy that Lu Ze took his gift.

The middle-aged man said goodbye and left the city excitedly. He needed to go out of the planet and roar.

Lu Ze and the group also returned to their rooms. They weren't interested in seeing what these humans learned.

Back inside, they didn't cultivate. They just lay on the couch.

They were going to leave tomorrow, and they just finished solitary cultivation, so they settled with relaxing a little.

At this moment, Nangong Jing and the others just realized that Ying Ying wasn't there. They didn't notice it before because they were too shocked by the previous events.

Lu Ze told them she was asleep. They went to Ying Ying's room together, and Lu Ze began feeding her.

Nangong Jing and the rest glared at Lu Ze. Therefore, he gave them some orbs too.

After that, Alice, Lin Ling, and Lu Li went to cook while Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha rested on the couch.

Nangong Jing said, "Look, there's something posted about the situation on the planet earlier. It seems to be the phenomenon you created."

Both Lu Ze and Qiuyue Hesha looked over curiously.

"Where? Let me see."

Nangong Jing projected a post by the Shenwu Army. "The Light Covering Planet Shenwu Is Not An Alien Invasion"

Lu Ze and the others were confused.

How did this involve an alien invasion?

The post explained that the phenomenon was created by Lu Ze's breakthrough. There was even a photo of the planet being covered by light.

Lu Ze scratched his head. "I really caused that?"

After reading the post, Lu Ze and the others finally understood the situation.

The comments in the post were very heated.

"Monarch of the New Dawn reached the planetary state? A 19-year-old planetary state?"

"Amazing!"

"Someone like Monarch of the New Dawn can compete with the prodigies of the advanced civilizations, right?"

"By the way, what is that anomaly?"

"I've heard about it when I've left the Milky Way galaxy. It's said some top prodigies would produce an anomaly when breaking through. Some would have anomalies during their birth.

"The saintess of the Elf Race was born as a star state. It's said that when she was born, the Divine Tree of the Elf Race emitted endless green light that covered their Divine City. All the elves there attained greater mastery of wood god art. Some elves even learned life god art.

"According to what I know, among prodigies who created anomalies while breaking through to the planetary state, the Monarch of the New Dawn can definitely rank at the top. And...

"Those prodigies who could produce anomaly are all cosmic cloud state prodigy. They're also on the Cosmic Realm Prodigy Ranking."

Seeing this reply, people were more excited. This might mean that the Human Race would have a cosmic cloud state super-being!

Lu Ze and the girls were surprised upon reading this reply.

Thereafter, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Ze with joy.

Nangong Jing patted Lu Ze's shoulder and grinned. "You're my student indeed, a prodigy!" She nodded happily as though she did a great job of teaching him.

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. Why did she seem happier than he was?

Qiuyue Hesha also said, "Little brother Lu Ze is really amazing. You can compete with the prodigies on the Cosmic Prodigy Ranking."

Lu Ze smiled. "I'll give you guys a surprise later. You guys will become stronger."

Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing weren't weak. Their foundation was fine, but their god art and divine art couldn't keep up. If they could, they would become extremely strong too.

Lu Ze wanted them to stand above all the prodigies on that rank.

Hearing this, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were dazed for a moment before asking, "Did you get the divine art out?"

Lu Ze: "..."

He rolled his eyes. "I said it was a surprise. Can you give me some face?"

It wasn't a surprise if they spilled it already!

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The two were very excited after seeing that Lu Ze admitted it. Lu Ze's divine art was extremely strong, and he actually managed to extract it.

This would be a huge improvement for them, especially Nangong Jing. She could bully Lu Ze again without worrying about getting beaten up for a short while.

During this time, Nangong Jing suddenly remembered that Lu Ze was also a planetary state.

'How was his combat power then?'

'Would she be able to beat him?'

She peeked at Lu Ze and wondered whether she should test his power.

Lu Ze smiled. "By the way teacher Nangong, now that I reached the planetary state, I still want you to teach me. We're going back tomorrow, so why don't we spar today." Nangong Jing didn't expect Lu Ze to bring it up immediately.

Seeing how confident Lu Ze was, her pride was provoked, and she grinned. "Okay, let me see how strong you are after breaking through."

Qiuyue Hesha said, "I won't fight. I'll just watch you guys."

Perhaps little brother Lu Ze was very strong now. If she went up, she might get beaten up. If the T-Rex got beaten up, she would scorn her. However, if little brother Lu Ze lost, she would comfort him.

At this juncture, Lu Ze looked at Qiuyue Hesha. "That won't do, teacher Qiuyue, I still want to test how good my mental force resistance is. Why don't we spar too?"

'Does she want to run? No way!'

Qiuyue Hesha immediately looked pitifully at Lu Ze. "Little brother Lu Ze, big sister won't fight. I'm not thick-skinned like that T-Rex. I'm just a feeble girl. Don't you feel sorry for

me?"

Nangong Jing sneered. "Disgusting!"

Lu Ze looked at Qiuyue Hesha speechlessly. She could poke a hole through a planet with her body, and yet, she called herself feeble.

Did she think acting cute would work?

He wasn't going to take it! He would teach the fox demon a good lesson!

Right at this moment, Qiuyue Hesha's voice sounded in Lu Ze's mind, "Little brother Lu Ze, do you want to see the advanced version of that dance video?"

Lu Ze: "?"

This evil fox demon was seducing him.

He replied, "Yes!"

"Then, can you let me go?"

Lu Ze: "..." Both of these things would make him happy. Why did he have to pick one? Which one should he even pick? It was so hard to choose...

Right then, Nangong Jing looked at the two and said, "You two are speaking with each other telepathically. What are you saying? Are you trying to seduce Ze again?"

One had to admit a woman's sixth sense was very accurate in this regard.

Lu Ze coughed in embarrassment, but Qiuyue Hesha sneered. "Did you see us do it?"

Nangong Jing was furious and was going to begin arguing back, but Lu Li and the girls walked out of the kitchen at this moment.

Lin Ling smiled. "Time to eat." Lu Ze quickly stopped the two. "Let's go and

eat."

Nangong Jing showed the post to Lu Li and the rest as well. They were rather proud of Lu Ze upon seeing it.

Ying Ying wasn't here, and no one would fight with Lu Ze for the food. Lu Ze had a great time eating After lunch, Lu Ze couldn't wait to drag Nangong Jing and others into the virtual reality.

On the stage, Nangong Jing used her golden battle blood god art with full power.

Her chi was subtly reaching level five of the planetary state.

Nangong Jing exclaimed, "I'm going to attack!"

Nangong Jing blinked before Lu Ze and struck him with the star crippling punch.

Lu Ze smiled, and an Earth Shield suddenly appeared before him. Nangong Jing's fist ended up hitting the shield.

Rumble!

Nangong Jing looked at the unscathed Earth Shield, and the kickback she felt from the power. Her fist felt extremely painful. She retreated a few kilometers.

She then looked at Lu Ze in disbelief. Her full-powered punch couldn't move the Earth Shield at all.

The others were shocked too. Lu Ze's progress was major.

Lu Ze grinned. The Earth Shield wouldn't be broken unless it was a level-5 planetary state power. He still wanted to see its limits.

Now, it was his turn to attack.

He smiled at Nangong Jing and disappeared from the spot.

Lightning Travel divine art!

He appeared before Nangong Jing and flicked her on the forehead before she could even react.

Although Lu Ze restrained his power, it was still very painful for Nangong Jing. Her smooth white forehead instantly turned red.

Before she could retreat, Lu Ze flicked her forehead once again.

Boom!

Once again, her forehead turned even redder than before.

Nangong Jing endured the pain and disappeared in a flash. She left the stage and looked at Lu Ze in vigilance.

Afterward, she could not help but reach out her hands to rub her forehead and gave Lu Ze a death glare. So painful!

Why did this guy become this strong?!

Lu Ze didn't chase her. He just smiled at Nangong Jing and reminisced the satisfaction of flicking her forehead.

He had finally gotten revenge. He felt great now!

Lu Ze's speed made everyone's eyes widen.

Even Qiuyue Hesha couldn't react in time. Meanwhile, Lin Ling could only see a blur. Alice praised, "Senior is so amazing! You're strong than sister Jing."

She had always been watching sister Jing and Hesha beat up senior. Now, it was the other way around.

Qiuyue Hesha shrunk her neck. She felt the world was cold. The T-Rex appeared very hurt. Little brother Lu Ze wouldn't do that to her too, right?

At this moment, Lu Ze asked, "How is it? Do you admit defeat? If you do, then it's teacher Qiuyue's turn."

Lu Ze felt it was best to bully the fox demon now since the chance was rare. As for the video, he still had another opportunity in the future.

Qiuyue Hesha immediately puffed up her cheeks. That bastard! She used that video in exchange, but he still wanted to bully her? This was crossing the line!

Did she not dance well enough?

Nangong Jing felt stunned and looked at Qiuyue Hesha. This pair immediately understood what they thought.

Qiuyue Hesha showed a pitiful appearance. "Now that little brother Lu Ze is so strong, I can't handle you alone. I want to fight you with the T-Rex."

Nangong Jing called out, "We'll go together."

Lu Ze smiled. "Sure."

He wanted to see how strong he was now.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha grinned. Their teamwork was flawless. The two of them could fight with an advanced level-5 planetary state.

They felt they would be able to fight a good battle with Lu Ze.

Qiuyue Hesha got on the stage. Since it was a battle, she was going to give it her all.

Qiuyue Hesha attacked first. Her eyes flashed with pink light. Lu Ze immediately felt his blood boil. His eyes roamed on Qiuyue Hesha's figure invasively, and his chi instantly weakened.

Although she had always used seduction god art and Lu Ze looked at her with such eyes many times before, Qiuyue Hesha still blushed.

Meanwhile, Nangong Jing appeared on Lu Ze's left side and punched.

The Earth Shield appeared accordingly. Nangong Jing wanted to stop the attack and move. However, Lu Ze flared with fire runes. His hand caught Nangong Jing's fist and dragged her to his side. Subsequently, he flicked her red forehead once again.

Lu Ze, this bastard!

While Nangong Jing was covering her forehead, Lu Ze disappeared from the spot.

Qiuyue Hesha's heart skipped. She wanted to retreat, but how could her speed compare with Lu Ze?

Lu Ze's smile entered Qiuyue Hesha's eyes. Following such, he flicked her white forehead, which immediately turned red too.

At this time, Lu Ze felt some kind of force behind him.

Lu Ze smiled and formed the Earth Shield once more, blocking Nangong Jing's leg.

He let go of Qiuyue Hesha and appeared before Nangong Jing Dong!

Another time!

Nangong Jing retreated next to Qiuyue Hesha. Their foreheads were both very red.

Lu Ze felt great watching the entire thing. "How is it? Do you admit defeat?"

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha looked at each other. Nangong Jing raised a brow. "Again!"

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

After five minutes, the battle ceased. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were squatting on the ground, covering their foreheads with their hands.

They shrunk into a ball.

They felt their foreheads were swollen.

On the other hand, Lu Ze felt life was great. He finally exacted revenge!

The three girls below the stage had a strange expression. The flicking sound made their forehead feel some pain too.

Nangong Jing glared at Lu Ze furiously. When her divine art improved, she was going to beat him up.

Qiuyue Hesha also bit her lips and glared at Lu Ze.

Seeing that they were a bit angry, Lu Ze felt things were awkward. He squatted down next to them and smiled. "Are you guys okay? Does it hurt?"

Nangong Jing put down her head, revealing the slightly swollen forehead. "What do you think?!"

He wanted to remind them to use regeneration god art, but he felt that he would get beaten up if he said that.

He gently reached over and rubbed Nangong Jing's red forehead. A green light flowed in his hand, and the wood god art easily healed her forehead.

The three girls below the stage saw this scene and felt annoyed.

Alice looked at her finger. 'Should she flick herself and let the senior rub her? Or, senior can flick her too...'

After the two recovered, Lu Ze smiled. "Let's go out. I'll give you something."

The two immediately understood what Lu Ze meant and quickly nodded. Once outside, they came to Lu Ze's room. After ensuring there was no one, Lu Ze took out a black rune.

Everyone looked at this curiously.

Lu Li was the most sensitive to dark elements. She asked with a desperate tone, "Brother, is this darkness divine art?"

Lu Ze nodded.

He looked at them and explained, "The divine art heritage I created is different. It's a rune, and you can only use it yourself, but the process is much better than relying on the heritage crystal."

He passed the black rune to Lu Li. "This is for

Li."

The others waited for Lu Ze to take out more.

He had an extra golden ape divine art rune, fire buff rune, Earth Shield rune, and three golden needle rune.

Lu Ze gave the golden ape rune and golden needle rune to Nangong Jing. "These two are for teacher Nangong. She is one of our strongest combat power. The golden ape divine art rune can enable her to utilize her greatest advantage. The golden needle divine art is a supplementary offensive means."

Thereafter, he took out an Earth Shield rune and golden needle divine art to Qiuyue Hesha. "These two are for teacher Qiuyue. Her seduction god art is very powerful, but her defenses aren't as strong as teacher Nangong's. She would be focused on her god art during an intense battle. The Earth Shield divine art can allow her to handle things better. The golden needle divine art can also make up for her lack of damage."

He then took out the fire buff rune for Alice. "Alice's source flame is the strongest. The fire divine art rune is for Alice."

Subsequently, he gave the last golden needle rune to Lin Ling. "Lin Ling has spirit eye god art. She can pinpoint weaknesses. This sort of piercing-attack divine art can help her unleash her power the best."

Lu Ze smiled. "I can only form this much so far. Teacher Qiuyue and Nangong are stronger, so they would be facing stronger opponents. Are you guys fine with me giving them two divine art runes first?"

Lu Li and the others shook their heads.

Everyone couldn't wait to go and cultivate immediately.

At this juncture, Lu Ze recalled something, so he grinned. Then, he said, "By the way, there are other things other than divine art runes."

As he spoke, Lu Ze took out a few green crystals.

Nangong Jing and the rest looked at this in confusion.

Lin Ling asked, "What is this, Ze? The life energy inside is so abundant."

They all have wood god art, and thus, they could sense it immediately. Lu Ze smiled. "Absorb this. You can use it when in danger. It can heal and replenish energy. It's an extra life." Subsequently, he gave a green crystal to everyone.

Although they already had Ying Ying as their trump card, it was still good to have some safety measures.

"Touch it with your mental force and draw it into your body."

The group soon followed the instructions accordingly.

Lu Ze asked, "How is it?"

The girls sensed the changes and smiled. "Mhm, it's in our heart. We can feel its effect!"

Lu Ze relaxed. Unlike the orbs, this was the first time he gave others items from the Pocket Hunting Dimension. He wasn't sure whether they could use it.

He then explained, "This is the same as divine art runes. It's all formed after the planetary state, so it's scarce. For a short time, there won't be more."

Nangong Jing rolled her eyes. "Your god art is too insane. You can create anything."

Alice said with disappointment, "I feel that compared to senior, my source flame isn't a top god art."

Lu Ze wanted to smile. He himself didn't know what the Pocket Hunting Dimension was. Perhaps it really was a god art?

If it was a god art, what would be its grade?

Qiuyue Hesha said, "But little brother Lu Ze won't harm us. What god art he has doesn't really matter that much?"

Lu Li smiled too. She watched Lu Ze grow up and knew that his god art was very special, but so what? All that mattered was that Lu Ze was very nice to her.

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Lin Ling giggled too. She might have cared when they first met, but now that they've gone through so much, it didn't matter anymore.

Seeing everyone smile, Lu Ze smiled too.

Relationships were bilateral. Lu Ze was very nice to them, and they gave Lu Ze their complete trust.

Following such, he glanced at Nangong Jing and smiled. "I actually have something else that someone would like."

Everyone looked at Lu Ze. "What is it?"

He would always bring them surprises. Lu Ze took out a bucket of golden fruit wine. Immediately, that intense aroma filled the room.

Nangong Jing's eyes lit up like a light bulb after seeing it.

She gulped down some saliva and exclaimed, "Wow! What wine is this? Ze, how can you have such a great wine? I've always thought the old man's Golden Sun was the best wine. It can't compare with this at all!"

Even the others couldn't resist sniffing the aroma a bit more.

Alice looked at the wine and nodded. "This wine can be used for cooking. It'll definitely be very useful."

As a spirit chef, she was very sensitive to ingredients.

Nangong Jing came up and smiled sycophantically to Lu Ze. "Hehe, Ze, I want to drink it."

Lu Ze's mouth twitched, and he pushed her head away. "What's the rush? I've brought it out already. How can I not give it to you?"

Lu Ze rolled his eyes and said, "This wine is handy in body refinement, but you'll get drunk if you drink too much. Be careful."

Nangong Jing said, "There's only us here. It's fine even if I get drunk. Plus, I haven't been drunk for a long time." With her current cultivation level, it was very hard to get drunk. This made her want to drink it even more.

As for the others, they didn't mind. They were going back tomorrow, and they just finished cultivation. Getting drunk was fine.

Lu Ze said nothing else after seeing this. He smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, try some then." Accordingly, he put the bucket on the ground.

This bucket had a height of half a human. Nevertheless, it was actually the smallest size he could find.

Alice took out a few bowls for everyone from her storage ring. Nangong Jing grabbed one first and came up to scoop some. After finishing a bowl, Nangong Jing's white-skinned face had a red blush. She gasped, "Amazing!"

Then, she drank another bowl.

Seeing this scene, the others also tried. Their eyes all lit up after trying.

Even though they didn't drink much, they could tell this wine tasted amazing. Most importantly, they could feel this wine converting into energy that made their bodies stronger.

Lin Ling was amazed. "It's so effective?"

Lu Ze drank some too. "Mhm, there are no side effects. You can drink more."

He had been drinking the wine non-stop, and it was still useful now.

The others smiled and drank some more.

After a few short sips, the girls all had flushed faces.

Alice seemed tipsy and slowly sat next to Lu Ze. She gently leaned on him.

Lin Ling sat on Lu Ze's other side. They were both holding the bowl and drinking.

Lu Li saw this and walked up to Lu Ze. "Brother, I'll feed you." Lu Ze: "?"

Seeing everyone's flushed faces and tipsy-look, he was speechless.

"These guys were drunk already?'

'Were they all this clingy after getting tipsy?'

Lu Li put her bowl next to his mouth. In response, Lu Ze didn't touch it, and Lu Li was dissatisfied. She moaned, "Brother! Drink! I'm feeding you!"

With that, Lu Ze had no choice but to drink some. Lu Li smiled happily after seeing this. She took her bowl back and kept drinking.

Alice and Lin Ling were still immersed in the wine, unable to restrain themselves.

Meanwhile, Qiuyue Hesha was dragged by Nangong Jing to compete in drinking. She wasn't really a drinker and didn't want to compete with Nangong Jing in that aspect.

However, Nangong Jing looked scornfully at her, and therefore, Qiuyue Hesha drank some more. Now, she seemed like she was about to pass out.

Nangong Jing laughed and then looked at Lu Ze. She lost to him in a fight, but drinking-wise, she felt she was invincible.

She walked arrogantly to Lu Ze. "Ze, come drink with me!"

Alice then said, "Sister Jing! If you want to compete with him, you have to go through me first!"

Lin Ling also raised her bowl. "Me too!"

Nangong Jing pouted her lips and glanced at Alice and Lin Ling.

"People like you, I can beat a hundred of..."

Alice and Lin Ling were naturally not convinced, so the three of them started a drinking contest. However, Nangong Jing quickly outdrank them. They were weaker and didn't know how to drink. Nangong Jing looked pridefully at the drunk Alice and Lin Ling who were leaning on Lu Ze and giggled. She glared at Lu Ze. "Ze! Come!"

Lu Ze glanced at the half-drunk Nangong Jing and smiled. "You really want to still drink with me like this?"

His tolerance was definitely not as good as her, but she was half-drunk already.

Nangong Jing retorted, "So what if I'm like this? I can still outdrink you!"

Lu Ze raised a brow. "Come."

The two filled the bowl and kept drinking.

The golden fruit wine was indeed very potent. They just drank half the bucket, and Lu Ze felt tipsy.

Nangong Jing was already half-drunk, and now, she just sat on the ground, not wanting to get up.

After finishing his bowl, Lu Ze also sat on the ground. He really couldn't get up. He felt the roof was spinning, and his consciousness was blurring

They drank too much!

Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing whose face was burning red. He was very speechless. He had been drinking this wine every day and reached the planetary state. Yet, he was only even with her when she started off half-drunk. Otherwise, he would have been long gone.

Lu Li was very quiet. She was no longer dark-hearted and became cute instead. She sat next to the bed and watched the two drink. Simultaneously, she still took small sips from her bowl.

As for Alice and Lin Ling, they were already lying down and kept mumbling.

Meanwhile, Qiuyue Hesha sat behind Lu Ze and used him as a backrest, leaning on him. She liked to move and poke Lu Ze with her finger from time to time.

The atmosphere had quietened down. Everyone was high already.

At this moment, Nangong Jing stared straight at Lu Ze and mumbled, "Ze..."

"Hmm?"

Lu Ze leaned on the side of the bucket and let Qiuyue Hesha pull his hair. He could feel Nangong Jing's stare and hear her voice, but he didn't open his eyes. He couldn't be bothered replying. He was too tired.

Nangong Jing wriggled over and gradually leaned her head close to Lu Ze.

Lu Ze could clearly feel her scorching breathing "You... hiccup... you're a bad guy!"

Lu Ze: "?"

"Huh?"

He saw tears dripping out of Nangong Jing's eyes. Lu Ze then regained some of his senses. "You... hiccup... What happened to you? Why are you crying?" He was a little worried.

Qiuyue Hesha heard this and sneered. "Hehe... hehehe... T-Rex is crying. She actually cried... hehe!"

Even Alice and Lin Ling squirmed and looked over.

Lu Li placed her empty bowl on Lin Ling's butt and also looked at Nangong Jing.

Seeing this, Nangong Jing suddenly felt sad and cried even more. Lu Ze wiped her tears gently and asked, "What's wrong? Tell me."

Suddenly, Nangong Jing grabbed Lu Ze's collar and pulled him to her.

The two were already close. Following that, he looked up. Then, they kissed.

Lu Ze: "?"

His mind went blank.

Meanwhile, Qiuyue Hesha who used Lu Ze as a rest dropped to the ground. She felt dazed for a few seconds and cried. "Little brother Lu Ze, you bullied me!"

The more she cried, the sadder she was, but when she saw Nangong Jing grab Lu Ze's collar and kiss him, she stopped crying. Consequently, her eyes widened in disbelief. It was like her favorite toy was taken away, and she yelled, "Nangong Jing! What are you doing?!"

The three girls who were on the bed also felt dumbfounded at the scene. Alice blinked her eyes which turned red instantly. Teardrops fell. "Wah! Sister Jing! That mouth belongs to me!... No... No, that's senior's mouth!"

'She hadn't even kissed him before.'

Lu Li was still stunned. She suddenly sat up and leaned on the edge of the bed. "Where is my sword? Where is it?"

As for Lin Ling, she immediately jumped up from the bed. The bowl Lu Li put on her butt flew out. She charged in between the two and separated them. She blocked in front of Lu Ze and looked at Nangong Jing vigilantly.

Nangong Jing was dazed for a moment and mumbled with pride, "I've... left my mark. Ze, you're mine!"

Everyone glared at Nangong Jing.

On the other hand, Lu Ze was dazed.

Oh shit?

Who am I? Where am I?

What just happened?

That was his first kiss?!

During this time, Lu Ze felt his collar being grabbed again.

Lin Ling went forward too.

The atmosphere went silent once more.

Nangong Jing's smile stiffened, and then, she cried again. "Lin... Lin Ling! I kissed him first! He's mine!" Thereafter, she was being on dragging Lin Ling away.

"What are you guys doing! Brother is mine! I'm going to battle you all to death!"

"I've kissed him!"

"Me too!"

Eventually, Lu Ze speechlessly realized that the five of them all took their turns. Then, it seemed like they used up all their energy and lay helplessly on the ground.

Lu Ze was dragged around and just wanted to sleep.

The five girls were furious. They fought around, but they had all kissed him in the end, so who did this guy belong to?

Moments later, Lin Ling glared at the ceiling "Ze, we've all kissed you. Tell us, who are you going to choose?"

Lu Ze replied, "I... I want you all! You've all kissed me, so you're all mine!"

The five girls ended up dazed, and Lu Li was the first to cry. Then, the other girls followed suit.

Lu Ze felt that drunk girls were too terrifying. They were fierce and easy to cry.

At this juncture, someone exclaimed, "Fuck boy!"

He shouted back, "I am! I want you all!"

"You...! Bastard!"

"I am a bastard! I want you all regardless!"

The girls stopped crying. They were now furious.

"Lu Ze, you bastard, I'm going to fight you!" Lu Li grabbed Lu Ze's hand and bit down. "I'll bite you to death!"

"Then, we'll live on our own!"

Sensing the pain from all around his body, Lu Ze took in a cold breath. They were really biting him!

After a long while, the girls were tired. Then ended up lying on Lu Ze to rest.

Lu Ze thought about it and said, "Um... I wasn't able to react before. How about we do it again?"

As a result of his remark, he was bitten. This time, Lu Ze didn't even have an impression of it. He soon fell asleep.

Everyone just fell asleep on the floor.

Early the next morning in Lu Ze's room, everyone wasn't sober from the hangover yet.

"Woo..."

Lin Ling, who was holding Lu Ze's right arm, frowned and made a mumbling sound. She opened her eyes with some confusion. Subsequently, she rubbed her head.

At this moment, she looked at herself. She was holding Lu Ze's arm, and her left leg was on Nangong Jing's waist "?"

'Who am I?'

'Where am I?' 'What am I doing here?'

Then, she began recounting what happened last night. When she remembered that she went up and kissed Lu Ze, she felt stunned. Her white face began blushing once again.

Arghhh!

'What did I do last night!?'

"Am I an idiot?'

Sister Jing, this bastard! She did that in front of everyone! That was over the top!

She looked at Nangong Jing and wanted to kick her.

Lin Ling couldn't describe her mood at all now. She turned her head to look at Lu Ze who was still sleeping. Feelings of anger rose up within her. She remembered clearly when this guy shamelessly said he wanted them all.

Hmph!

Thereafter, she looked at everyone. They were still sleeping. She hesitated for a moment and secretly kissed Lu Ze's lips again. Afterward, she shrunk back and pretended to sleep again. She felt like her heart was coming out of her chest. It was beating rapidly, but she felt happy.

Moments later, Lin Ling didn't notice any movements. Therefore, she opened her eyes and looked around.

Everyone was still asleep. Lin Ling licked her lips.

'Should she kiss him again?'

Just once!

Looking at Lu Ze's handsome face, Lin Ling's heart beat rapidly. She moved nervously towards Lu Ze.

Just when she was about to kiss him, she sensed someone's gaze. She couldn't help but look to the side.

Qiuyue Hesha, who was on Lu Ze's left, woke up and saw Lin Ling moving towards Lu Ze, trying to kiss him. She couldn't react in time.

At this juncture, Lin Ling turned around, and their eyes met. The atmosphere froze.

Qiuyue Hesha blinked her eyes and joked, "You have a lot of initiative, Lin Ling. How about you continue? I'll just watch and say nothing." Lin Ling: "..."

'Continue what!'

'You're very evil!'

'How can I continue with you watching?!'

Her face blushed again. She quickly moved away from Lu Ze and tried to change the subject. She looked at the golden fruit wine on the floor and said. "Huh, sister Hesha, you're awake? This wine is really good. Do you want some more?"

Qiuyue Hesha: "..."

Lin Ling: "..."

Thus, the atmosphere changed again. Lin Ling wanted to beat herself up. 'Why was she so dumb?'

The events last night happened because of this wine!

Alcohol really did cause trouble!

The noises they made slowly made Lu Ze and the others wake up.

Lu Ze looked around and felt his body was quite heavy. He looked around and saw Lin Ling and Qiuyue Hesha. He then remembered what happened last night and felt great. They had quite the initiative when they were drunk.

He felt really great. They had kissed. Now, they were his!

But...

Why did he feel his lips were wet?

Was he drooling?

Nangong Jing and the rest woke up too. They also remembered what happened last night and blushed immediately.

Nangong Jing blushed the most. She was the first one to kiss Lu Ze. She didn't feel much when she was tipsy, but now that she was sober, she was very embarrassed. However, she still wanted to laugh. Lu Ze's first time was

hers.

Meanwhile, the others didn't seem so happy when looking at Nangong Jing. She dared to do that in front of them yesterday. She was too shameless! Nangong Jing stopped smiling after sensing this. Otherwise, she would get beaten up.

Following such, everyone looked at Lu Ze. This guy was the main culprit!

Last night, he said he wanted them all!

Lu Ze noticed that everyone's glances didn't seem to be right, so he immediately changed the subject. "Good... morning? By the way, I'll split the golden fruit wine with you guys first..."

But as soon as he mentioned wine, everyone exploded. "Hehe... stupid Lu Ze! You want to have it all!"

"Look at how happy you are!" "Beat him up!"

The girls went up and surrounded Lu Ze.

"Wow! What are you guys doing? Trying to kill your husband? You guys weren't like this last night!"

Hearing this, the girls paused and blushed even more.

"Ha..." x5

Then, they used more force.

Ten minutes later, they finally stopped. They were less angry.

Lu Ze ended up sitting on the ground. But he didn't dare to say anything since they still had the intention of beating him up. After all, they were definitely shy on the inside. He could understand. There was no need to rush.

It was already very good like this

After a while, Lu Ze said, "Okay, we're about to return. I'll share the wine with you, and let us have breakfast."

Everyone nodded.

Lu Ze gave them the buckets of wine, and then, the cooking trio proceeded to cook.

Alice excitedly said she would cook using the golden fruit wine.

Lu Ze, Qiuyue Hesha, and Nangong Jing were very excited.

Soon, breakfast was ready.

The spirit food was rather delightful when the golden fruit wine was used. The quality was better.

After breakfast, Nangong Jing and the girls dragged Lu Ze to feed Ying Ying.

Just when they were about to do this, the sound of someone knocking on the door could be heard.

Everyone frowned in return. Nangong Jing walked to the door. "Who is it?"

The soldier outside heard Nangong Jing's disgruntled voice and tensed up.

Oh shit!

Did I do something wrong? Did I come at the wrong time?

He was worried.

When Nangong Jing saw who it was, her face was a little better. They should all maintain respect towards Shenwu Army.

She smiled. "What's up?"

Lu Ze and the group came over too.

The soldier saluted and relayed, "It's at the last day of trial for all young dukes. Today, you will be leaving from the Shenwu Army HQ. You should have received the message."

Everyone looked at their phones. It said they were returning today. They would leave after seeing Saint Shenwu.

Lu Ze smiled and nodded. "In that case, wait a moment."

The soldier quickly nodded.

They closed the door and went into Ying Ying's room.

Looking at her starlight, everyone frowned.

She was still asleep and remained unconscious.

Nangong Jing asked, "What do we do?"

Lu Ze said, "I'll check if I can put away her starlight. Otherwise, we can only go back with our own ship."

Lu Ze came up to Ying Ying and poked her face. "Ying Ying, put the starlight away."

Everyone: "...

Lin Ling looked speechlessly at Lu Ze. "This was your method?"

Lu Ze laughed drily. "I have no other way, but it seemed to have failed."

Nangong Jing rolled her eyes. "I'll contact my mom first and see what we should do."

Nangong Jing contacted Zuoqiu Xunshuang accordingly.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was at the Shenwu Army HQ. After hearing that Ying Ying was accepting her heritage, she immediately said she would come to take them on the ship. Then, she would return to the Federation too.

After ending the call, a wormhole appeared in the room. Zuoqiu Xunshuang came out of the wormhole. She smiled and waved at the people. "How is the progress of your cultivation lately?"

Thereafter, she looked at Lu Ze and patted his shoulder. "Hahaha! Great job, Ze! You reached the planetary state at 19 years old and created such an amazing phenomenon. The Human Race will be relying on you!"

Lu Ze felt the intense power on his shoulder, and his mouth twitched. Her personality was exactly the same as Nangong Jing's. They were indeed a pair of mother and daughter. Lu Ze smiled. "Okay, I will continue working hard."

Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded and rubbed Lu Ze's hair. "Ze is a really good child."

Lu Ze: "..."

Nangong Jing didn't feel that happy after hearing this. "Mom, am I your child, or he is? Why don't you care about me first?"

Zuoqiu Xunshuang put her arm around Nangong Jing's shoulder. "Look, if you two can be together, then he's my son."

Nangong Jing thought about last night's event and blushed. She quickly changed the topic. "Okay, don't say these things. Let's send Ying Ying over first."

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was just casually saying the words but upon seeing Nangong Jing's abnormal reaction, her eyes glowed up.

Something happened!

Nevertheless, she didn't ask directly since this was her daughter's privacy. She would find an opportunity to secretly ask her.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang looked at Ying Ying and the starlight she emitted. "So this is how the heritage of the Star Spirit Race works? By sleeping?"

Nangong Jing nodded. "Mhm, she accepts the heritage while sleeping." Zuoqiu Xunshuang sighed. "Really admire those super-civilizations. They can become strong even by sleeping."

Lu Ze and the rest nodded. If sleeping could make them stronger, they might be able to sleep for the entire lifetime.

Nangong Jing carried Ying Ying. Subsequently, Zuoqiu Xunshuang said, "Let's go." Lu Ze and the group followed Zuoqiu Xunshuang into the wormhole.

The other end of the wormhole was a room. Zuoqiu Xunshuang said, "We're inside of a returning ship. You guys can stay in these rooms. I'll arrange it. Ying Ying can be kept here."

Nangong Jing laid Ying Ying gently on the bed and put on the blanket for her. Zuogiu Xunshuang smiled. "Jing Jing is like a mother."

Nangong Jing's mouth twitched. She rolled her eyes and didn't want to talk.

Lu Ze and the girls followed Zuoqiu Xunshuang out of the ship. Then, they were taken to a tall building under Zuoqiu Xunshuang's lead and soon arrived at a large meeting room.

There were tens of young men and women sitting there. They were the young dukes who came this time for the trial.

After staying at the void border for half a year, their chi was much stronger than when they first came. They also seemed more mature.

They were the finest prodigy inside the Federation, but after coming here, they realized it meant nothing. Any random person they see here might be a previous young duke or a prodigy. The missions here were also very hard. This allowed them to get a clear perception of themselves. They were prodigies, but there were many prodigies. If they didn't work hard, prodigies would become ordinary.

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As soon as Lu Ze and the girls arrived, everyone looked over with complicated glances. Lu Ze and his group had their names spread out across the entire void border. What they had done earned the recognition of most young dukes. While they were still arduously doing mortal evolution state missions, the opponents of Lu Ze's group were planetary states, whose levels got even stronger.

They even heard that Lu Ze broke through to the planetary state yesterday, and the phenomenon he created covered the entire planet.

They felt they were fake prodigies.

Lu Ze and the others glanced around and found a space to sit on. In front of them was Lin Kuang's group. Lin Kuang and the rest turned around, looking strangely at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze laughed. "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Lin Kuang's mouth twitched. "You maniac!"

Daphne rolled her eyes. "Monster!" Lu Ze: "?"

He felt he was cursed. 'Who did he mess with?'

Derrick went to confirm, "Ze, are you really a planetary state now?".

Lu Ze smiled. "Doesn't the forums say so?"

Xuan Yuji said dejectedly, "We just got here today. We missed out yesterday!"

Mo Xie said, "We had to wait for you guys. You took so long to make a breakthrough!"

Daphne's group felt a little awkward. If it wasn't for them, the group would have enjoyed the phenomenon.

Daphne giggled. "Ze, bring that out again. We still haven't enjoyed it yet."

Lu Ze: "?"

He didn't even know how he got it out himself.

Nangong Jing said, "Daphne, don't joke like that. You're making it difficult for him."

Daphne looked strangely at Nangong Jing and giggled. "Jing Jing, did something happen between you two?"

Nangong Jing rolled her eyes. "What happened?"

Luo Bingqing looked at Lu Ze and smiled. "Congratulations, your power has surpassed

us."

Lu Ze smiled. "Thank you. Congratulations on reaching the planetary state too."

Luo Bingqing seemed cold, but he was really a nice person. So were the others.

To be a young duke, talent wasn't the only thing needed. The character should be considered too.

They might be persistent in obtaining more power, but they could still accept being defeated and surpassed. To them, they just had to work harder. It was due to this that Lu Ze wanted them to be stronger.

Lin Kuang asked, "How is your power after breaking through?"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched upon seeing that Lin Kuang was keen. This guy wasn't going to try to spar with him, was he?

How should he answer to avoid hurting his feelings?

Meanwhile, Lin Ling said, "Sister Jing and Hesha combined are no match for him."

Lin Kuang: "..."

His eagerness instantly disappeared.w

While everyone was chatting, the door of the meeting room opened again. A bulky, white-bearded old man wearing black armor entered.

Everyone went quiet as soon as he came in. They watched him slowly walk on the stage.

Shenwu Saint Xu Binbai-he was the marshal of the Shenwu Army, and the saint responsible for guarding the void border. He had gone through countless battles in his lifetime. He spent his entire life expanding the human territory and guarding the border. He was admired by many powerful humans.

Everyone got up and saluted the old man. "Marshal!"

The old man waved his hand and let everyone sit. He glanced below the stage and smiled. "Little kids, it seems you've benefited quite a lot from the void border trial. Some of you are more excellent than I imagined, especially a few of you."

He looked at Lu Ze and his group and said, "Lu Ze's title was decided by us old guys. Now, it seems he didn't dishonor his title, whether it was his contribution during this time or his own talent."

Everyone felt quite complicated. Very few people in history had been complimented like this by Shenwu Saint. However, there was nothing they could say because even they believed that they were far from Lu Ze.

Lu Ze just smiled. He felt he just did what he should have done.

"The other few kids aren't bad too, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, Luo Bingqing..."

Shenwu Saint read out the names of those who reached the planetary state. "You've reached the planetary state at such a young age. Very good. Still, you must not become arrogant. The future of the Federation will be paved by you

guys."

Ordinary cosmic system states didn't have to worry about their life, but they were different. A few thousand years later, these saints would turn to dust. So, the future was in the hands of the younger generation.

Those who were named by the saint sat up straighter.

Thereafter, the saint said, "I believe you know the purpose of this trial. The Four-Race Social is about to begin. We've had less time to develop compared to the other races, but that doesn't mean we're weak. Let the other three races and our own race see how strong our younger generation is! The Human Race is young, but we're not inferior to the other three races!"

He glanced across everyone. "Are you confident?"

The alliances were established on the premise of similar powers. The Four-Race Social Gathering is the time to display your own power. You don't have to be extremely strong, but you definitely can't be immensely weak. Of course, the stronger you were, the more power you had in the alliance.

"Yes!" everyone said firmly. They would prove that the future of humanity would only get better and better.

Shenwu Saint only said some simple words, but everyone remembered it dearly.

They represented the Human Race, and all their fellow humans would be watching. This was an honor and responsibility.

Soon, the meeting was over. Before he left, he looked at Lu Ze and told him to come to the void border for training if he had the chance.

That attitude aroused quite some envy. That was the Shenwu Saint!

He was nice to Lu Ze as if Lu Ze was his own descendant.

After the saint left, everyone was led by the Shenwu Army soldiers to the ship where Lu Ze and the girls were on before.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang had come back already. She would be going with them.

After chatting for a while, the Lu Ze and the rest went to their own rooms.

The girls were desperate to start cultivating the divine art runes Lu Ze gave them. That way they could become stronger too.

Lu Ze returned to his room and looked at the orbs and runes in his mental force dimension.

For the divine arts he had already cultivated, Earth Shield and Lightning Travel divine art were at perfection. Golden needle divine art was still at familiar mastery while fire buff reached beginner level.

He still had so many divine arts that weren't cultivated to perfection.

This was a lot. It felt like the end-of-semester examinations, wherein there were so many books left to study. However, if he finished cultivating all these divine arts, his combat power would receive a huge surge.

It took fifteen days to get back to the Dawn System. It wasn't plausible to cultivate them all.

Lu Ze thought about it and decided to cultivate those divine arts he hadn't tried yet to beginner level, and then, he will use the dao enlightenment room to cultivate them to perfection.

Lu Ze chose to start with the deer overlord's vine divine art. He didn't have a restriction-type divine art. This could make up for it.

After going through the breakthrough phenomenon, Lu Ze felt it was easier for him to learn divine arts.

Three days later, his vine divine art reached beginner mastery.

He opened his eyes. Virtual green vines started appearing around him. They were like tentacles. Lu Ze felt he was becoming a tentacle monster. It looked strange, but it was really potent.

Its offensive power wasn't strong, but it could bind space and interfere with enemies.

Lu Ze didn't stop there. He immediately began cultivating the golden ape's divine art. It was a fist divine art similar to the star crippling punch but much stronger. If Lu Ze cultivated this to perfection, it would become his strongest attack, even stronger than the lightning cloud. Three days later, he finished cultivating it too.

Lu Ze clenched his fist, and space suddenly shook. A force wave spread from the fist. He smiled at this development.

It was just beginner mastery, but it was already not too far from the star crippling punch. Accordingly, he named it "Golden Fist Art".

Following such, the next art was the dark wolf divine art. He hadn't used the light and darkness god art orbs yet, so he couldn't learn the light and darkness divine art at this moment.

Three days later, the dark wolf divine art attained beginner mastery.

This divine art was like an evolved version of the body of darkness. It was very similar to fire buff. Therefore, Lu Ze called it darkness buff.

Unlike the body of darkness, darkness buff could also be used during the day but it wasn't as potent during the night. During the day, it would be weaker than the fire buff, but at night, it was stronger than the fire buff. Most importantly, fire buff and darkness buff could be used together. Using these two buff divine arts meant that his combat power would skyrocket.

The only worry he had was that his body wouldn't be able to handle it.

Even with his spirit force, he might not be able to last too long. He decided to try once he entered the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

Lu Ze felt a headache after cultivating divine arts for nine consecutive days. He rubbed his head and planned to rest for a while.

His progress was rather fast. Three days and he already reached beginner mastery for a middle-level, low-grade divine art.

He exhausted his mind at this point. Consequently, his learning speed would slow down.

Lu Ze got out of the bed and planned to exit the room. Thereafter, Lu Ze proceeded to Ying Ying's room.

He hadn't fed her for nine days. Would she be angry?

When he came in, he saw that Lu Li was there too. Lu Li was feeding Ying Ying with red orbs. She looked over and said, "Brother, why did you come?"

Lu Ze smiled and sat next to Lu Li. "Why are you feeding Ying Ying?"

Lu Li smiled. "We thought that since you were in solitary cultivation, Ying Ying would take longer to wake up if no one fed her, so we came over every day to feed her energy."

Lu Ze nodded. "Then, I'll leave you some more orbs later."

Lu Li nodded.

Afterward, Lu Ze started taking out red orbs to feed Ying Ying. Lu Ze smiled and rubbed Ying Ying's little face. Lu Li looked at Lu Ze and grinned. Before he could react, she grabbed his collar and put her head against his shoulder.

Lu Ze felt the sudden weight on his shoulder. He looked over and saw Lu Li. He smiled and put his arm around her.

The two didn't say any words.

Lu Ze looked at Lu Li's pretty black hair and thought about the times when he first transmigrated here. She trained with him and helped improve his combat power. But her heart was evil at the time, and her cooking was horrifying. However, right now, her cooking skills were not that bad. After a while, Lu Ze called out, "Li?"

Lu Li looked up. "Hmm?"

Lu Ze kissed her.

Lu Li clearly didn't expect this. Her body stiffened, and her eyes widened. She used more force in grabbing Lu Ze's collar.

After a while, she relaxed and closed her eyes. When some time passed, the two separated. Lu Ze laughed upon seeing Lu Li's shy look.

Lu Ze said, "I didn't feel anything last time when we were drunk. This time, I finally felt

it."

Lu Li thought about that night and remembered that he kissed the other girls too. She also recalled what he said. Immediately, she wasn't happy anymore.

Seeing how Lu Ze was still smiling, she wanted to bite him. But suddenly, she copied Qiuyue Hesha and looked at Lu Ze seductively. "Brother... do you want to take it a step further?"

Lu Ze was stunned. He looked at Lu Li in disbelief. She was biting her lower lips. He then gulped some saliva and asked nervously, "Really?"

'In his 19th year, was he finally going to become a real man?'

Lu Ze's heart was beating fast.

Lu Li's expression suddenly changed. "Of course not!"

She stood up with pouted lips and walked out the door. "I'm going to cultivate!"

Lu Ze: "?"

He was still dazed when the door closed. Lu Li was crossing the line.

'Where was the basic trust between people?' He was embarrassed and shy for no reason.

She only started the fire but didn't extinguish it. Who did she learn this from?

He felt he had to deal with this seriously!

Lu Ze took a deep breath. He looked at the empty room. Only Ying Ying was lying on the bed. Therefore, he took out some orbs and fed her some more.

This world was too cold. Only Ying Ying's round face could bring him some warmth.

After that, Lu Ze went back to his room and sat down. Now, only cultivation could bring him

joy.

At this moment, Lu Ze felt he could enter the Pocket Hunting Dimension again. Immediately, his eyes lit up.

He went in without hesitation.

His consciousness entered that dark space. This time, there were four golden circles inside. The fourth one was an endless mountain range. Lu Ze chose the fourth circle. When he looked around, he was in a forest.

Lu Ze used chi stealth god art immediately and Blue Bird 1 divine art to travel.

He was going to fight some beasts he could beat.

Lu Ze encountered quite some powerful beasts along the way. There were a few huge wolves with several heads. There was a hundred-meter tall, bone-armored bear and also dinosaur-like beasts.

Approximately, these beasts mostly had level-5 planetary state to level-6 power. Most importantly, they all had god art!

This was indeed a hell mode challenge. Lu Ze hadn't seen those ordinary beasts.

The combat power difference between ordinary beasts and beasts with god arts was huge. Lu Ze might not even be able to beat these god art beasts at level-5 and level-6 planetary state.

He might not even be able to run at all.

If ordinary beasts were like this, what about the overlord beasts then?

Lu Ze felt he had a long road ahead of him.

After running for a few hundred thousand kilometers, he finally sensed a small beast.

It was a level-2 planetary state!

Lu Ze came over to a valley. There was quite some fresh grass inside. Seeing this, Lu Ze's eyes lit up.

He thought of his old friend. 'Rabbit? Is that you?'

Lu Ze snuck into the grass, and soon, he found the beast. It was a ball.

Just a ball, three meters in diameter and covered in green fur. It had two round black eyes and had no mouth.

It was floating above the grass while green light went from the grass to it. It was devouring the essence of the wood element. Lu Ze was disappointed. It wasn't the rabbit! The three previous maps had rabbits.

The ball had wind and wood god art based on just what he saw. He wondered how strong it was.

Lu Ze burst out using blood lightning.

Lightning Travel divine art!

Simultaneously, he used fire buff, darkness buff, body god art, and star crippling punch.

The force fused into one violent fist force that penetrated the green ball. It died before it could even react.

Lu Ze was dazed. Was it that simple?

Seeing the green ball gradually turning to dust, Lu Ze raised a brow. Somewhat unexpectedly, this beast did not even last a hit.

Lu Ze didn't know how strong this guy was, but at least, he could beat small monsters. He felt great. That way, he could grow stronger.

When the dust disappeared, five red orbs, five purple orbs, one wind god art orb, and one wood god art orb remained. On top of that, there was another blue crystal.

Lu Ze picked them all up and looked at the blue crystal. He had never seen this before.

His face became strange.

Was this green fur ball a hidden boss? If it was, then it was too weak.

He sent the blue crystal into his mental force dimension. Regardless, it was good that he acquired new stuff.

Lu Ze looked towards the grass plain. There were also five other beasts that ranged from level-1 to level-4 planetary state. Lu Ze guessed it was the same kind as the green fur ball. He decided to fly over to the nearest one. A few thousand kilometers away, a level-1 planetary state green fur ball was floating on the grass. Lu Ze used Lightning Travel divine art to get close, and then, he utilized the combo of fire buff, darkness buff, body god art, and star crippling punch. With that, the level-1 planetary state green ball died on the spot.

Despite his fire buff and darkness buff reaching only beginner mastery, it was still a huge improvement. His attack just then would be able to beat ordinary level-6 planetary states.

Despite so, his energy consumption was also multiplied. Now, he would only be able to last for an hour or two?

As for his body, it could handle it since the buff was just beginner mastery. If both divine arts reached perfection, Lu Ze wouldn't be so certain. He would probably have an even shorter time using both of them.

But then, those two divine arts would bring him a huge surge in power. Lu Ze was hopeful of finding out his prospective combat power.

After the green ball turned to dust, it didn't drop the blue crystal. This made Lu Ze more suspicious that the green ball from before was special.

Lu Ze kept flying towards the other chis. He faced a level-3 planetary state. It also died without resisting.

This made Lu Ze more certain of his power. Even a level-3 planetary state boss with dual god art couldn't handle one punch from him. Being invincible was so lonely...

Lu Ze felt great.

When the dust disappeared, the blue crystal was there again.

Was this a regular drop?

Was this something new for killing a planetary state?

Lu Ze was more curious about the blue crystal now. What can it do?

He couldn't use it in the Pocket Hunting Dimension, so he had to wait until he went out.

Lu Ze had once again begun his hunt. Soon, the remaining two level-2 planetary state green fur balls were killed.

They didn't drop the blue crystal. There seemed to be some chance of dropping it.

Lu Ze didn't mind too much as there would be plenty of opportunities.

There was another chi remaining in this valley. It was one level-4 planetary state.

Lu Ze intentionally left this opponent as the last one because he didn't know how well his power would be compared to it.

This fur ball also noticed something was wrong when all his pals disappeared.

Wind surged from its body as its green fur was blown around.

When Lu Ze came before this fur ball, it didn't hesitate at all and used wood god art to sweep the grass towards him.

Countless wind blades in the sky also hacked down at Lu Ze.

In return, Lu Ze tensed up after sensing the dangerous chi, but he was keen to try.

The previous hunt was too easy. As he used fire buff and darkness buff, explosive chi shot out of his body. Blood lightning flowed around him as he disappeared from the spot. Simultaneously, a dark lightning cloud formed above his head.

Rumble...

The blood lightning turned into lightning pillars that swept down the area. At the same time, a lightning spear formed around Lu Ze. It shot towards the fur ball in all directions.

Dark, red, and golden light swirled around Lu Ze's fist.

If it wasn't that the space in the fourth map was much more stable, this land would have been destroyed already.

Rumble!

Lightning spear, lightning pillar, and the wind blades clashed. The surrounding few kilometers of grass was torn apart.

During this clash, Lu Ze appeared around the fur ball.

Meanwhile, countless grass coiled towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze ignited with orange flames while the lightning spears swept across. He tore apart the grass while approaching the fur ball.

During this time, the fur ball disappeared from the spot and moved away.

This speed wasn't far off from his Lightning Travel divine art.

The level-4 planetary state green ball had wind god art. Its speed could reach level-6 planetary state. This was rather amazing, given that this guy didn't even have a divine art. If it had wind divine art, it would probably be even faster.

Lu Ze grinned. This ball had wind god art to stop him, but it wasn't like he didn't have wood god art.

His eyes flashed with green runes. Virtual vines started appearing in the void and coiled towards the green fur ball.

The green ball suddenly halted when it saw the vines appear. Clearly, it didn't expect something this eerie to appear. The vines interfered with the green ball's speed. Lu Ze had torn apart the grass and gotten closer again.

He went to smash the green ball's green barrier using the star crippling punch.

Rumble!

A huge crack appeared on the barrier.

Lu Ze didn't stop. He continued to get closer while using vine divine art to slow down the furball even more.

Lightning flashed, and Lu Ze appeared above the fur ball.

Star crippling punch!

He poured out all his spirit force to the barrier.

One punch, two punches, three punches...

After six punches, the barrier cracked, and then, Lu Ze hit the top portion of the ball.

Thud!

Lu Ze felt like he was slapping a basketball.

The ball then shot into the grass under that terrifying force, creating a hole of tens of meters deep.

Lu Ze appeared in the hole before the ball could react and let out more punches towards it.

The sound echoed throughout the valley. Eventually, it all stopped with a rumble.

Lu Ze looked at the flattened ball and stopped.

Soon, the ball turned to dust, and Lu Ze saw that blue crystal once again. Six balls and three blue crystals. The chance of the drop seemed very high.

Lu Ze was quite happy. Regardless of what the crystal was, it should be definitely good.

Lu Ze moved out once again.

Ree!

Before he even left the valley, there was a bird shrieking. Lu Ze looked up and saw a huge bird shrouded by purple lightning swoop down. Lightning affected the entire valley. Thereafter, Lu Ze died.

Lu Ze woke up back in his room. That bird was definitely a high-level planetary state.

Perhaps, it was drawn over by the battle.

Lu Ze's mental force touched that blue crystal.

Immediately, the blue crystal turned into a beam of light and entered Lu Ze's brain. He then found in shock that the endless universal knowledge library, which opened when he broke through to the planetary state, was accessible once again.

Although it was far from being as comprehensible as last time, Lu Ze still received all sorts of learnings.

This...

Lu Ze was overjoyed. This state was immensely beneficial to him in learning god arts and divine arts!

He quickly used a purple orb dropped by the level-4 planetary state green fur ball. His mind cleared up, and then, he used the light god art orb.

Right away, endless light god art knowledge appeared in Lu Ze's mind. He quickly learned, familiarized, and mastered that knowledge.

Lu Ze had lost his sense of time and completely immersed himself in learning.

Two days later, a bright light filled the room. Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. With his handsome face, he really seemed like prince charming.

When the light receded, Lu Ze couldn't resist smiling.

Great!

In just two days, he went from nothing to reaching the perfect state of light god art from the third map.

This wasn't far from the wood god art. The speed was unimaginable. It was several times that of before.

Even the dao enlightenment room didn't have such amazing effects. However, after all, Lu Ze was learning directly from the endless knowledge library of the universe.

Lu Ze looked at the last remaining blue crystal regretfully. The only unfortunate thing was that this was depleted too fast. He used one blue crystal a day.

Previously, he had three, but now, only one was left.

He wondered whether all beasts on the fourth map would drop those blue crystals. If he didn't get those anymore, how could he survive?

Lu Ze shook his head and checked out the Pocket Hunting Dimension. There was still half an hour left and he could enter once more. With this thought, he decided to feed Ying Ying some more orbs.

This time, only Ying Ying was present in the room. Subsequently, Lu Ze left a message indicating that he had fed her.

Thereafter, Lu Ze went inside the Pocket Hunting Dimension and appeared in the mountain range again. The scattered terrifying chi still scared him.

Lu Ze started searching for monsters to hunt.

He was sent here in a random location. The place was so vast. As a result, he couldn't find that valley again.

Lu Ze didn't move very fast since he had to be careful. Five hours later, Lu Ze found another valley.

It was much larger than the one yesterday, about tens of thousands of kilometers wide. However, for planetary states, they could cover this distance in just a few seconds if they flew at maximum speed. In actuality, this was only a small patch of grass.

Lu Ze proceeded and found that there were more than ten of those not-too-strong chis. The strongest were two level-4 planetary states. The rest ranged from level-1 to level-3 planetary state.

It was probably those green fur balls.

Killing those level-4 planetary states would cause quite some commotion and might bring over some boss. Therefore, Lu Ze planned to hunt them last.

Following that, Lu Ze flew towards the two chis that were together.

Soon, he saw two level-2 planetary state fur balls floating and devouring wood energy.

Without hesitation, he used Lightning Travel divine art and killed the two with a single punch. In turn, the opponents turned to dust but left no blue crystals.

Lu Ze was a little disappointed, but there were still 14 more left.

With how handsome he was, surely there would be quite a few blue crystals for him.

Lu Ze flew towards a nearby level-3 planetary state ball. He killed it with one punch and then grinned.

He knew handsome people were lucky. Indeed, there was a blue crystal! In a few short minutes, Lu Ze killed all of the balls, except the level-4 planetary state. Despite that, he only got four blue crystals.

Lu Ze was feeling autistic.

Were handsome people usually less lucky?

Impossible!

Lu Ze looked towards those two level-4 planetary states. Hopefully, those two would give him something good.

Lu Ze charged up without hesitation. Lightning cloud, fire buff, darkness buff, blood lightning, and star crippling punch were all used. Ethereal vines also appeared in the air.

In order to finish the battle quickly, Lu Ze's energy was consumed like crazy.

The two balls weren't weak. They shouldn't be weak even among level-6 planetary states.

A shockwave spread across all directions. Hundred-meter wide ditches started emerging on the grass plain.

Despite fighting alone against two enemies, Lu Ze still had the upper hand.

Soon, Lu Ze appeared above one ball and released the double-buffed star crippling punch down. The other fur ball saw this and shot wind blades at Lu Ze.

In response, Lu Ze formed the thick Earth Shield around him.

Explosions sounded, but the Earth Shield only sustained a small crack. Meanwhile, Lu Ze tore open the shield of the other fur ball and landed many heavy punches on it.

Rumble!

After the explosion, the blue fur ball was flattened to death. Its life force was taken away. In the next second, Lu Ze turned to the other fur ball and smiled.

That thing had a great time attacking him. Lu Ze chased it and threw a series of punches.

*Pant*

The battle only took less than a minute, but Lu Ze used up a large amount of stamina.

He then flew over. Let me see if there's a treasure.

Was there no blue crystal again?

Still, level-4 planetary state orbs were still a good cultivation resource for Lu Ze. Those wind and wood god art orbs were also satisfactory.

Lu Ze looked at the other pile. Finally, there were blue crystals this time.

There were 16 fur balls in total, but only five blue crystals were dropped.

Suddenly, a powerful chi surged.

Lu Ze looked around. There was a hundred-meter-tall huge beast flying over. It was a huge wolf made of black rocks. It had no tail, but it grew a hideous horn on its head. Around it, there were sharp black rocks floating

Thud!

The wolf landed heavily and ended up leaving a crater in the ground. Dense chi surged from its body. Accordingly, Lu Ze felt pressure striking towards him. His body then sunk.

Level-6 planetary state beast!

The wolf howled, and then, one sharp rock around him disappeared.

Lu Ze felt a terrifying danger approach rapidly. He quickly used space transmission to disappear from the spot.

Rumble...

A deep hole appeared where Lu Ze previously stood. The wolf howled again furiously. Tens of thousands of kilometers away, Lu Ze appeared with a pale face. There was a hole in his stomach.

Oh my, were level-6 planetary state beasts this ferocious? He almost didn't get away.

Luckily, that wolf didn't know he had space god art, or he wouldn't have gotten away.

He quickly used super regeneration, wood god art, and light god art. The three healing abilities made his stomach recover rapidly.

At this moment, Lu Ze felt a scorching chi from his behind.

He looked around and saw a huge head approaching near. Its red eyes were bigger than he was.

Lu Ze was dazed.

What was this?

Suddenly, he realized he couldn't move. The hideous mouth opened, and Lu Ze fell unconscious.

Lu Ze opened his eyes back in his room.

He was eaten by a boss! That pain of being eaten alive was spine-chilling.

This was the first time he was eaten. It was a rather new experience. Lu Ze didn't want to go through it again.

Half an hour later, Lu Ze's face slowly recovered. His pajamas were drenched with sweat.

"Huh..." After taking a breath, he felt a bit comfortable deep inside his heart.

This was too unfair. Why could bosses in the Pocket Hunting Dimension eat him, but he can't eat anything?

Lu Ze shook his head and looked at the mental force dimension. There were 80 red and purple orbs, as well as five blue crystals.

Just watching those crystals made him feel a bit better.

He had five days to cultivate well again.

Without hesitation, he used a blue crystal and a level-4 planetary state purple orb and began learning the darkness god art.

Two days later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. Darkness was spinning around his hand. It was very eerie and similar to Lu Li's darkness god art.

They had the same origin. The difference was that the two of them learned it in different directions.

The darkness god art was also at the perfect stage of the third map.

Lu Ze felt great. Now, it was time for the divine arts. He still had light, darkness, and combined divine art.

They had been flying for 13 days already. In total, there were still two days left until they returned to the Dawn System.

Lu Ze decided to learn darkness divine art first, but before that, Lu Ze planned to visit the Pocket Hunting Dimension again.

He couldn't stop while learning, so he wouldn't be able to enter the Pocket Hunting Dimension in the meantime. Now that he used two blue crystals, he only had four left. If he didn't get some more, he might not have enough soon.

Lu Ze gauged the situation at the Pocket Hunting Dimension and saw that he could finally go in. Without hesitation, he entered the dimension.

Lu Ze appeared within a dim forest.

Just when he planned to use chi stealth god art, a terrifying howl sounded next to him.

A powerful wave swept by, and Lu Ze died on the spot. Once again, Lu Ze regained his consciousness back in his room.

"?"

What just happened? He felt he was crushed by something and just died instantly.

Did he encounter the battlefield of bosses as soon as he came in? This was worse than appearing in front of all the overlords on the third map.

He shakily wrapped himself in his blanket. The world was too cold. The Pocket Hunting Dimension was colder. Only this blanket could give him some warmth.

Half an hour later, Lu Ze collected himself and began cultivating. He used blue crystals, purple orbs, and drew in the darkness divine art rune. With that, dark chi surged in his body. He resisted the pain that it brought on his body while learning.

A day later.

Beginner mastery of darkness divine art!

Lu Ze was still in disbelief. It originally took him three days, but now, only one day was spent. This speed was so much faster than his original speed.

At this rate, he would only need a month to reach perfection for such a level of divine art. Comparatively, Lu Ze took more than a month to reach perfection for the divine arts dropped by the overlords of the second map.

This could bring his combat power to the peak using the shortest time.

This darkness divine art was a purely offensive divine art. It had concentrated darkness god art and a corrosive effect. This even affected the target's mental force. However, it was very negligible compared to mental force god art.

In terms of attack, it wasn't as strong as the Golden Fist Art but it was eerier.

This divine art was a long-range attack-type divine art, so Lu Ze decided to call it "Darkness Beam".

Lu Ze attempted to sense the state of the Pocket Hunting Dimension. He felt he could go in again. Thus, he entered without hesitation.

He didn't believe he would be so unlucky to die again immediately this time.

Lu Ze appeared in the forest and instantly concealed his chi. He looked around. No bosses were fighting

Lu Ze felt touched. He chose a random direction and started searching for prey.

Two hours later, Lu Ze found a grass plain. There were six green fur balls. Two level-2 planetary states, three level-3 planetary states, and one level-4 planetary state.

After Lu Ze crushed them, he collected two blue crystals. He was rather happy with the result. It was enough for these two days.

This time, no boss came to watch, so Lu Ze finally walked out of the grass plain alive.

Six hours later, Lu Ze found another region. It was a mountain covered in black metal blocks. There were no trees nor plants, just random metal blocks scattered around. These blocks formed a maze-like place. Lu Ze looked at this black mountain. He didn't know how big it was, but he could feel some not-too-strong chis. They were below level-4 planetary state.

Lu Ze ventured into the area. He moved quickly towards the chi he sensed.

At this time, a dark arc shot out from the mountain towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's eyes narrowed, and he instinctively formed the Earth Shield.

Screech!

The arc sliced open his incomplete Earth Shield and struck his chest. Thereafter, Lu Ze's powerful body made a clanking sound. A huge wound appeared as blood gushed out.

WO

He looked seriously at the mountain. He didn't sense any chi there.

What was inside?

Lu Ze decided to heal himself.

Right then, there was a screeching sound. A strange-looking animal came out of the cracks.

It looked a bit like an insectoid. It was completely black with six legs. It also had a pair of frontal claws that seemed to belong to a praying mantis. It had two pairs of wobbling antennas on its head.

Its blood-red eyes stared deadly at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze raised a brow.

Leve-4 planetary state beast!

If he didn't sense the danger earlier and formed the Earth Shield, he would have died from that. This bastard was too sneaky.

The black metal insect's six legs stomped, and it disappeared from the spot.

Sensing that sharp violent chi, Lu Ze used all his divine arts and charged up with blood lightning

Rumble!

The front claws of the insect released dark rays. They were headed to cut Lu Ze.

On the other hand, Lu Ze used the Earth Shield immediately. The arcs struck the Earth Shield and left terrifying marks on it.

The insect was much stronger in terms of attack compared to the green fur ball. Despite so, the Earth Shield with perfect mastery could still easily block it.

Vines appeared and reached towards the insect while bolts of blood lightning collided with the dark arcs.

Clashes sounded, and a shockwave spread across all directions. Nevertheless, the tough metal mountain wasn't damaged at all.

This mountain was tougher than the other regions.

Lu Ze appeared above the insect. His fist, glowing in red and orange lights, headed towards the insect's head.

"Zhh!"

The insect shrieked and greeted Lu Ze's fist with its two sharp claws. Rumble!

There was a thunderous sound of clashing. The star crippling punch was a low-level divine art, but it contained two buffs. In addition, Lu Ze's body god art was extremely strong, so it wasn't weak overall.

In just an instant, the fist force broke the insect's defenses and hit its claws.

The overwhelming power sent the five-meter-tall insect buried into the metal mountain.

The insect crushed some metal block piles.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze looked at his fist, which had two shallow red marks, and raised a brow.

This insect's body was so tough. Lu Ze's body was already very strong, and he even used the star crippling punch. Yet, his skin still received some damage.

Amazing!

But...

Lu Ze looked at the rubble and sneered. How dare this insect ambush him?! Lu Ze was going to beat it to death today.

At this moment, the pile of rubble moved. As broken metal blocks sprung around, two dark arcs shot towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze blocked them with the Earth Shield. Subsequently, he looked at the rubble. That insect emerged and jumped onto a huge black metal block.

Its body was completely unscathed. Lu Ze looked at this in disbelief.

Was the insect this thick? Its defenses were probably not weaker than his. Perhaps it had quite a decent body god art too.

Seeing the insect still staring at him with blood-red eyes, Lu Ze clenched his fists. He was going to crush its head today. Rumble!

Lu Ze charged up again. "Zhi! Zhi!"

The black metal bug howled and greeted Lu Ze.

Rumble!

In another clash, the insect was flung away by Lu Ze into another pile of metal blocks. He didn't stop there either. A lightning cloud appeared above his head. Blood lightning bolts swam around like snakes.

Runes formed in his eyes as tens of bolts of lightning struck down. He grabbed with his hand, and a blood lightning pillar formed and hit that pile of rubble.

Rumble!

Thunder filled the place.

Black metal splashed everywhere, and the lightning swam around the surrounding few hundred kilometers of land. The nearby mountains were painted red.

"Zhi! Zhi!"

A pitiful scream could be heard in the middle of the lightning pillar. A figure of lightning charged out and dropped heavily on a metal block.

The insect's chi was weakened, but it was still not injured.

Lu Ze frowned at this. Was this guy really made of metal?

Lu Ze remembered that he saw a wolf made of rocks, so it wasn't that hard to accept an insect that was composed of metal.

He then flew towards the insect.

Rumble!

Rumble! Rumble!

Lu Ze unleashed his full power in a fury. His series of crazy attacks struck the metal bug's body. The bug's speed and strength were rather powerful, but its strongest point was its defense. Other than the defense aspect, it was no match for Lu Ze. Therefore, the insect was beaten around by Lu Ze like a punching bag.

In a short minute, Lu Ze struck it more than a few hundred times. Finally, its body revealed signs of breaking. It also became extremely weak after taking this many attacks.

The particular spot on its back, where a crack appeared, was hit once more. The insect landed with a thud in the ground.

"Zhi! Zhi! Zhi!"

Its chi was extremely weak, but its shriek was still very sharp. Its antennas kept twitching. During this time, a series of cracking sounds came. Lu Ze's face changed, and he looked around.

Wm

He saw more than a hundred black metal bugs flying towards him. Why didn't he feel anything before?

These bugs were mostly level-3 and level-4 planetary states. There were a few level-2 planetary states as well.

Lu Ze immediately felt heavier as their chi bore down on him. Even the space seemed to have frozen.

Lu Ze's face turned pale.

How was he going to stand up to them when their defenses were that strong? Now, there was even a level-5 planetary state.

He tried using space transmission but found that the space was extremely stable with numerous powerful chis suppressing it.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. His heart went cold.

How was he going to flee then?

What to do?

His eyes flashed, and he looked towards that nearly dead bug. Since he couldn't get away, he would kill as many as he could.

He moved to the ditch and executed a powerful attack. After ten more punches, the insect finally died.

Lu Ze watched the metal pieces slowly turn to dust. His face became strange at that moment. This insect was really a metallic life form.

The other bugs were coming close. They even covered the sun. Lu Ze flashed with lightning as he dodged the attacks.

He came before a level-2 planetary state bug and punched.

Rumble!

The fist force penetrated the insect's body and wiped away its life force.

At this time, tens of arcs cut towards him. Lu Ze formed his Earth Shield and blocked the

arcs.

Rumble...

The Earth Shield cracked. Lu Ze barely dodged most of the arcs, but a few deep marks were still left on his body.

The insects had already managed to surround him. All Lu Ze could see were furious red eyes, coupled with sharp claws and teeth.

He forcefully hurled the insects that got close to him. Those at level-4 planetary state didn't even need to rest and would charge back right away. On the other hand, the level-3 insects would end up heavily injured while the level-2 insects would die from a single punch. There were tens of level-4 planetary state insects. He didn't even have a way to break free.

Luckily, the body of that level-4 insect earlier finally turned to dust. He picked everything up after being cut a few more times. Red orbs, purple orbs, black orb, and a blue crystal!

Lu Ze grinned.

Joy and pain came together.

Following that, Lu Ze killed three more level-2 planetary state insects and got another blue crystal.

Two!

Lu Ze received several cuts on the back, but he still felt great.

His power was consumed rapidly.

He then used the Earth Shield for one last time and was hacked to death by the insects.

Although Lu Ze still died in the end, he was still satisfied with the loot he gathered.

After resting for half an hour, the painful sensation went away, and Lu Ze began cultivating again. There was one day left until they arrived at the Dawn System. Lu Ze planned to learn the light divine art during this time.

He used the blue crystal and purple orb together.

Unlike the darkness divine art, when the light divine art rune entered his body, Lu Ze could feel being enveloped by light. It was very comfortable.

Pieces of divine art knowledge appeared in his mind, and he started to immerse himself in learning them.

A day later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. There was a warm light around him.

Just like the Darkness Beam, he only spent a day to reach beginner level for the light divine

art.

Lu Ze grinned. He was in a rather good mood.

The light divine art was like the darkness divine art. In terms of attack, it wasn't as strong as the Golden Fist Art, but it had some sort of purifying effect. It seemed capable of countering negative things. Lu Ze decided to call it "Light Beam".

Perhaps because the black-and-white anaconda was a pair, the Light Beam and Darkness Beam had quite some similarities.

Lu Ze got out of the bed and stretched out. They were about to reach the Dawn System. He had learned all his divine art runes and god art orbs in these 15 days. He had fulfilled his goal beyond what was required.

The blue crystal was too potent. Otherwise, he would only be able to learn, at most, light god art or darkness god art.

Now, the only one he didn't learn was that fusion divine art. If he learned that, he would have pretty much learned all the god arts and divine arts on the third map. If he learned all of those divine arts to full mastery, his combat power would experience a huge increase.

Lu Ze felt great. His power was increasing so fast.

He happily walked out and visited Ying Ying's room. He saw that everyone else was inside. They were sitting around Ying Ying while pinching her face.

When Lu Ze came in, they all looked over.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze is so late. We're already at the Dawn System. The ship will stop at planet Venus. Everyone will get a day's rest, and then, we'll be going to planet Jinyao to consolidate the learnings of this trial."

Lu Ze smiled. "We can go home first."

The void border was rather dangerous. Coming back inside the Federation made him feel like it was going back home. He felt rather relaxed.

Lu Ze said, "Since we have a day's rest tomorrow, I'll go to old man Nangong's place tomorrow. I can give him the orbs, so he can reward people."

Nangong Jing smiled and nodded. "I'll go with you tomorrow then."

Lu Ze nodded at her response.

"Wait! I want to go too!" Lu Li said immediately.

'If the two went together, they would have quite some time alone. Who knows what they would do?'

She had to keep watch.

The others thought the same too.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "The more people the better, so I'll go as well."

"I want to go with senior too!"

"I'll go as well then."

Alice and Lin Ling both wanted to go.

Lu Ze: "?"

He thought they had already accumulated enough mental pressure from staying in the void better for a long period of time. He wanted them to rest well at home. Yet, they all wanted to accompany him. Did they become clingy after that night?

He was really charming!

Lu Ze felt great. Meanwhile, Nangong Jing wasn't so happy. She wanted to spend some time alone with Lu Ze on the ship, but now, they all wanted a piece of him too.

Despite her concerns, she couldn't reject them.

Soon, the ship stopped at planet Venus.

Lu Ze and the group smiled. "Let's go." Thereafter, Lu Ze grabbed Ying Ying, and everyone came around and hugged him. He used space transmission.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang had her own business here, so Lu Ze left with everyone.

Accordingly, Lu Ze and the rest appeared in Nangong Jing's place. She then grinned. "We're finally back."

Subsequently, she just dropped onto her bed. "My own bed's the comfiest."

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "Clean up Ying Ying's room first."

Ying Ying usually slept at Nangong Jing's place. A room was reserved for her.

Nangong Jing just pointed to the side and said lazily, "Go over yourself. It's still the same room. There's a dust-cleaning device inside. You don't need to clean it up."

Lu Ze shook his head. She was beyond help.

At this moment, the girls also jumped onto Nangong Jing's bed.

Lin Ling giggled. "Ze, thank you for taking care of Ying Ying. We'll rest for a bit."

Lu Ze: "?"

His mouth could not help but twitch. They just dumped Ying Ying to him and went to rest. Most importantly, there wasn't even space left for him on the bed.

Lu Ze looked at Ying Ying and rubbed her little face. Only Ying Ying could give him some warmth now.

He walked to Ying Ying's room and placed her gently on the bed. Then, he fed her some more orbs.

He returned to their room. It was rather peaceful.

Lu Ze rubbed his head. Who was going to cook dinner?

During this time, Lin Ling took out her phone.

Alice asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Lin Ling smiled. "It's nothing. My brother is asking where we went. They didn't see us on the ship."

Lu Ze asked, "What does brother Lin Kuang need us for?"

Lin Ling answered, "He said that everyone had just returned, so we should have a meal together. It would be their treat."

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. "That's great!"

Lin Ling rolled her eyes. "Then, let's go over?".

Lu Ze nodded. "This is a rare chance, and you guys don't need to cook dinner tonight. Just rest for a bit."

The group got out of the bed, and then, Lu Ze used space transmission to get back to the ship.

Most young dukes hadn't left yet. Lin Kuang and his group said that they would be treating, so people stayed. Most importantly, Lin Kuang informed everyone that Lu Ze and the girls would be joining them.

Everyone looked at Lin Kuang and his group with admiration. Only they could invite Lu Ze to come.

Soon, Lu Ze and his team appeared. Jack took everyone to a spirit food restaurant.

The spirit food was a mortal evolution state. After all, a planetary state was too expensive. It was too much to handle for Lin Kuang and the others. Above all, Lu Ze only cared about the taste, not the grade of the food.

During dinner, most young dukes came to drink with Lu Ze and get acquainted with him.

A few hours later, everyone started leaving.

Lu Ze and the group returned to their dorms.

The first year was over. The students of the elite class in the Federal University began their entrance test again. They were still not back from the battlefield.

Lu Ze almost forgot he was still a first-year university student.

He was about to start his second year, but he still hadn't learned how to pilot a ship.

Could he still realize his dream of driving a spaceship?

Planet Jinyao, in a small wooden shack.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was sitting with old man Nangong as they chatted. Old man Nangong asked, "I heard you found the belongings of a Crystal Race prodigy?"

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled and nodded in affirmation. "Yes, it contained quite some nice cultivation resources. However, most of the divine art and technology isn't suitable for the Human Race."

Old man Nangong didn't mind. "Every race develops based on their characteristics. The Crystal Race is fundamentally different from the Human Race. It's normal that their technology is different. We'll just learn what we can."

Zuoqiu Xunshuang agreed with his answer. Then, she said, "By the way, it was Jing Jing and her group who discovered this. Ze even killed two super-prodigies from the Blade Demon Race. I believe the Blade Demon Race would be crazy with fury now."

Old man Nangong smiled. "You seem to quite like Lu Ze?"

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "Ze is a good kid. He's gentle. Although his talent is unparalleled, he isn't arrogant at all. He treats everyone calmly. He made several contributions at the border. However, sometimes his way of thinking might be strange."

Old man Nangong laughed at this. He knew about this too. Thereafter, he smiled. "Xunshuang. Jing Jing is 30. Lu Ze is not a bad kid. What do you think about the two being together? Let me hug my grandson in a few years. That's all I want."

In his few thousand years of living, Lu Ze was the most excellent youth he had seen.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang's mouth twitched. This old guy wanted her to have Jing Jing, and now, he also wanted Jing Jing to conceive a child. However, she did hope that her daughter would be with Lu Ze.

She smiled. "Old man, they might have their own progress." Old man Nangong's eyes lit up. "Really? Jing Jing is finally getting married?"

He thought that with her personality, she probably wouldn't be able to find someone.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled bitterly. "But other than Jing Jing, the child of Lin's, Alice, and the other girls all seem to like Lu Ze."

She wasn't surprised about this at all.

The old man Nangong was immediately unhappy. "What? Does that kid want them all?! I'm going to break his leg! Jing Jing is already so excellent, and yet, he's not satisfied?"

Zuoqiu Xunshuang wanted to laugh. The other girls were very excellent too.

She said, "Old man, don't get involved. It's best to let them sort this out themselves. They're still young."

Sometimes when parents got involved, it would turn out for the worse.

Old man Nangong sneered. Regardless, he wasn't going to let the kid have them all!

Early the next morning, Lu Ze woke up from his cultivation. He looked out at the bamboo forest and smiled. Such a familiar scene!

He wondered how Ye Mu and the others were doing. He hadn't seen them for quite a while.

As elite class students, they still needed to participate in the entrance test.

As for Lu Ze and his group, they went to the void space, so they didn't need to go.

At this moment, someone knocked on Lu Ze's door. He then heard Alice's soft voice. "Senior, are you awake?"

Lu Ze said, "Yes, come in."

Alice came in with a bright smile and jumped to him. "Good morning, senior!"

Lu Ze smiled and rubbed her hair. "Why did you come so early?"

Alice giggled and kissed Lu Ze. "I snuck over. Otherwise, Li and the others would come too.

Seeing Alice behave so sneakily, Lu Ze wanted to laugh.

Suddenly, he had a bold idea.

He grinned and lifted up Alice's chin and stared into her eyes. "Woman, you're playing with fire."

Alice felt dazed. She studied Lu Ze carefully and seemed worried. "Senior, are you sick?"

Lu Ze: "?"

'What? Shouldn't she be embarrassed?'

Lu Ze could only smile awkwardly. "Nothing..." Alice hugged Lu Ze's neck. "Senior is really nice."

Lu Ze: "?!"

He resisted the urge to ask because he didn't want to appear stupid. It was during this time that someone knocked on the door again.

Lin Ling inquired, "Ze, did you finish cultivation?"

The two immediately separated. Alice looked around, trying to find a place to hide. Lu Ze patted Alice's head. "I've finished. Come in."

Alice quivered and blushed.

When Lin Ling entered, she saw Alice. The two stared at each other. The atmosphere became very awkward. Then, Lu Li's voice sounded. "Brother, you finished cultivation..."

Likewise, she also saw what was occurring inside.

The three girls were very awkward, but Lu Ze was fine. He didn't care anymore. "Let's go to teacher Nangong's place. We'll visit the old man's place after breakfast."

Lu Li and Lin Ling took a deep look at Alice. They underestimated her. She was faster than they were?!

Lu Ze used space transmission to bring them over to Nangong Jing's.

Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing were already waiting for them. Lu Li, Alice, and Lin Ling went to the kitchen while Lu Ze was dragged by Qiuyue Hesha to feed Ying Ying.

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After breakfast, they boarded the New Dawn and flew to planet Jinyao.

Half an hour later, they arrived before the wooden shack.

When old man Nangong saw Lu Ze and the rest of the team, he felt stunned, but he smiled at them. "Aren't you supposed to come tomorrow? Why did you come today? Did you come to visit me?"

Everyone fell silent for a moment. Thereafter, Nangong Jing nodded. "Of course, old man. Haven't seen you for so long. I miss you so much."

Lu Ze and the others sat before the table. The old man poured some Jin Ge tea for them.

Then, they chatted about the void border and the Four-Race Social.

Old man Nangong was in a rather good mood. "The other three races have a few powerful prodigies, but I've learned some information about them. They're weaker than Ze. Ze will get the first place this time!"

Lu Ze nodded. Then, he asked, "I have something to give you."

Old man Nangong asked curiously "What is it?"

Lu Ze took out some low-level orbs. "These are energy orbs I created using my cultivation god art. I, Jing Jing, and the rest of the group have been using this to cultivate. After reaching the planetary state, I have many more of these. Other people can use this for cultivation."

Old man Nangong had been staring at these orbs in shock ever since Lu Ze took them out. He reached out his withered hands and took the orbs. After using an orb, a dominant golden beam flashed in his eyes. His face trembled.

Thereafter, he looked at Lu Ze and asked in a desperate tone, "Kid, how many orbs do you have? Do you have stronger ones?".

Everyone was dumbfounded by his reaction, and Nangong Jing asked curiously, "What's wrong, old man?"

old man Nangong closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "This energy feels like it's giving me a new life, despite having used up all my potential. However, the quality and quantity are a bit off."

Lu Ze and the rest felt shocked for a moment, and then, all of them rejoiced.

Was this useful to old man Nangong?

If the four saints could recover and continue progressing, it would be very beneficial to the Human Race!

Lu Ze took out a planetary state red orb and gave it to old man Nangong. "Try this."

Old man Nangong was quite hopeful and used the orb. Subsequently, his face shook again. There was a hint of surprise, but then, it quickly turned into disappointment.

He said helplessly, "What a pity, it's useful but still not enough. If there's enough quantity, there would be hope. But... I need too much. I can't affect your cultivation."

He still had a few thousand years. It was no rush.

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Nevertheless, he was still very shocked. There was a price to pay for acquiring power. They used the Elf Race's Divine Tree to reach the cosmic system state in an extremely short time. The price was that their potential was completely exhausted, and they couldn't improve further.

However, this energy gave him hope.

'Just what level was Lu Ze's god art?'

Lu Ze smiled. "It's fine, I'm a planetary state now. Soon, I will be able to reach the star state. By then, you can try the star state orbs. Perhaps that would be more useful to you."

If that didn't work, then the cosmic system state!

He would break through to the cosmic system state while the old man was still alive!

Hearing Lu Ze's words, old man Nangong was full of hope.

If Lu Ze was stronger, the energy he could get would also be stronger.

old man Nangong couldn't help being excited. He hadn't been able to progress for two thousand years, but finally, there was hope now.

He looked at Lu Ze gently. This child was truly the new dawn of the Human Race.

Old man Nangong asked, "Kid, you're giving out these orbs to the young dukes, so they can improve their potential?"

Lu Ze nodded in affirmation. "Yes, these orbs can help people build stronger foundations."

Nangong Jing added, "Yes, grandpa. Me and the fox... Hesha's foundation was perfected with Ze's orbs."

The old man narrowed his eyes and fell into contemplation. Thereafter, he looked at Lu Ze and smiled. "We don't need too many for now. These orbs are a fortune to the Human Race. However, if we expose it, it will greatly endanger us. Even with Ying Ying, we still need to be careful." He paused for a moment and said, "I'll give it to those kids who reached the planetary state first and perfect their foundation. Then, I'll slowly give it to the others."

Then, he looked at Lu Ze with concern. "Would giving them orbs affect your own cultivation?"

Lu Ze replied, "If it's just brother Lin Kuang and his team, it's fine."

He gave it to old man Nangong, so he would be the one choosing who to give it to. The old man would definitely better than him.

Nangong nodded and warned Lu Ze, "No matter how many orbs you can give, don't hinder your own cultivation. Even Jing Jing and the others must not affect your cultivation. Remember, only when you're stronger can you help the Human Race better."

After all, the god art belonged to Lu Ze. Only if he became stronger would the god art become more powerful. Hindering Lu Ze's cultivation was like killing a chicken to get the egg inside.

Nangong Jing looked at the old man and wondered if Lu Ze was his real grandson. However, she didn't object at all.

Lu Ze smiled. "Mhm, I understand."

He felt quite warm that the old man cared about him like that.

Subsequently, he gave a portion of red orbs to the old man. When they gathered tomorrow, he would give it to Lin Kuang and his group privately.

Following that, the old man reminded Lu Ze again about keeping his god art a secret.

This was too terrifying. If the other races knew that Lu Ze could infinitely produce energy orbs, they would take control of Lu Ze and make him produce orbs for them.

The Human Race would rather have Lu Ze become stronger, but the other races should not receive high-level orbs.

Old man Nangong would be giving the orbs to Lin Kuang and the rest privately.

With respect to the news of the energy orbs being really leaked, old man Nangong could say that he acquired this when he went out to venture. He was about to die and it was natural that he wanted to cultivate some prodigies to support the Human Race. He would take all the risk.

Lu Ze was also asked to bring Ying Ying if he ever wanted to leave. It was far safer to stay with Ying Ying than inside the human territory. If even Ying Ying couldn't protect him, then the entire Human Race couldn't either.

Lu Ze agreed to all the old man's requests. Then, old Nangong smiled and glanced at Lu Ze and the other girls. "By the way, when are you guys planning to get married. Can you have kids?"

With how talented they were, their offspring would be extremely talented too.

He didn't dare to imagine it.

The orbs couldn't be given to numerous people, but if the offspring were prodigies, then they would have boundless potential even if they didn't use orbs. As for what he said before, he chose to forget it. The future of the Human Race was the most important.

Nangong Jing coughed. She looked at the old man in disbelief.

'Was he really her grandpa?'

He wasn't even standing on her side!

She felt she was about to explode. The other girls were dazed too. 'You guys?' Not only marriage but also kids?

Lu Ze grinned. Even the old man was on his side. He was safe!

Seeing this, Nangong Jing and the girls sneered and glared at him. They even glared at the old man too.

The old man felt awkward from their gaze. He remembered what Zuoqiu Xunshuang said yesterday. It really wasn't good for him to get involved in this.

Despite this, he didn't feel anything wrong with what he said. His generation had it too hard. They fought everywhere for the development of the Human Race.

How many people died in battle?

Only five of them cosmic system states were alive.

Seven cosmic system states died! He even wanted to find a bunch of talented girls to have offspring with Lu Ze. Nevertheless, he still gave up on this enticing idea.

If he really did that, even Lu Ze wouldn't agree. He had already built a good relationship foundation with these few girls here.

Lu Ze smiled. "Old man, we'll try to be quick." The girls: "?" They rolled their eyes and glared at him.

The old man nodded happily. "I can teach your kids. Look, I taught Jing Jing." Now, even Lu Ze felt awkward. He knew that a large reason why Nangong Jing was like this was due to the old man. If he really had kids and the old man taught them, it would be over.

No way!

The others thought of this too.

Nangong Jing quickly said, "Old man, we're going back. We still need to cultivate!"

The old man nodded. "Indeed, you can't slack on cultivation." After speaking, he gave Lu Ze an 'encouraging' look.

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The group left through New Dawn. In the living room, Nangong Jing took out some golden fruit wine and drank. She said angrily, "I was going to give him some golden fruit wine. But now, ha..."

She glared at Lu Ze. "You're not allowed to give him either!"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "... Sure!"

He could only say sorry to the old man on the inside. It would be fine once she wasn't angry anymore.

At this moment, Lu Li looked at Lu Ze. "What did you mean by 'fast'?"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "It was going to be sooner or later."

Immediately, the group charged up. "Say it again!"

"I'm going to beat you up!"

Half an hour later, Lu Ze rubbed his head helplessly.

It was finally over.

It didn't hurt at all, but he still had to cry out in pain. Only that way would they calm down quicker.

It was midday when they got back home. They had lunch together and returned to their own homes to cultivate.

Lu Ze thought about things and chose not to learn fusion divine art for now. He had to visit the old man tomorrow. There wasn't enough time.

As such, he decided to learn the divine arts that were already mastered. That way, he could stop at any time.

Lu Ze began with Golden Fist Art. If that reached perfection, it would bring him the greatest improvement.

As time went on, Lu Ze became immersed in cultivating. The group didn't have dinner together at night. Lu Ze just ate some spirit food Alice gave him in his storage ring. Then, he went to the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

Lu Ze found nearly 20 green fur balls in a valley.

He killed 12 and got three blue crystals. Thereafter, he was burned to ashes by a huge flaming bird when he fought a level-4 planetary state fur ball.

He woke up back in his room and rested for a while before proceeding to learn his divine art again.

The next morning, Lu Li snuck to Lu Ze's dorm even though the sun had just risen. She looked around and took out Lu Ze's key and opened the door.

Yesterday, Alice arrived earlier than she did, so she purposely woke up very early today!

Just when she was about to enter, two voices sounded behind her.

"Li?" x2

Lu Li felt dumbfounded and turned around stiffly to see Lin Ling and Alice walking over. The atmosphere was awkward.

They all had the same idea...

Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes as the sunlight and the fresh wind entered his room. In just a day, his Golden Fist Art had made substantial progress. At this rate, he would be able to reach familiar mastery in three days. By then, the Golden Fist Art would surpass the star crippling punch in power.

He got out of his room and came downstairs. Right then, he saw Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice sitting on his couch as they looked at each other.

Lu Ze looked at the three in confusion. "What's wrong?"

Lin Ling giggled. "Nothing, we're waiting for you."

The other two smiled and nodded too.

Lu Ze replied, "You guys don't need to come over this early every day. I can go over to call you."

"Hahaha..." The three girls didn't know how to reply. They didn't want to wake up this early, but if they didn't, someone would swoop in.

Lu Ze shook his head and said, "Let's go to teacher Nangong's place."

He came over by space transmission. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were already waiting there, just like yesterday.

They fed Ying Ying as usual and headed off.

Soon, they arrived at old man Nangong's shack. There were already numerous people waiting there. They were all young dukes who came back from the void border.

They greeted Lu Ze and the girls fervently.

Lin Kuang and his team had arrived already. They walked over when they saw Lu Ze.

Lin Kuang grinned. "Morning, Ze. I wonder what reward the old man would give this time."

Old man Nangong would be rewarding them based on their contribution at the void border and how much they progressed.

Lu Ze smiled. "You guys have reached the planetary state. The reward will be quite plenty." He could already imagine their excited faces after receiving the red orbs.

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Jack smiled. "Hopefully. But your reward will definitely be the best."

Lu Ze let out a smile. He didn't know what the reward would be. The old man didn't say it yesterday, and he didn't dare to ask either. However, he didn't really seem to need anything

The old man's shack was still closed, so everyone didn't dare to disturb him. The shack was shabby, but it was the home of a saint.

It was fine for Lu Ze and his team to enter, but they didn't want to seem special, so they stood waiting outside.

Soon, all the young dukes arrived.

At this moment, the door opened, and old man Nangong walked out. He was skinny, but his temperament was very strong. He showed more authority now. The old man glanced across everyone and nodded. "I'm very happy. 90 people went and 90 people came back. Not a single one died. Surviving the void border is quite a nice experience for you guys."

Everyone recounted their dangers at the void border and felt lucky to be alive.

Just that experience alone changed them.

Lu Ze grinned. He knew this was all due to Ying Ying. Otherwise, there wouldn't be this many young dukes here. Old man Nangong continued, "General Zuoqiu has told me about your contributions at the void border. I can see your progress too. I'm very happy that you didn't let down the title of a young duke."

Hearing this, everyone looked up with confidence. This was recognition from the saint!

Old man Nangong then said, "In one and a half months, the ambassadors of the other three races will come. At the Four-Race Social Gathering, I hope you can bring the Human Race honor."

All the young dukes replied firmly, "Yes!"

The old man smiled. "This one-and-a-half-month time is your opportunity to consolidate power. Now, I will be giving out the rewards." "Liu Xiaolei, three Heaven Yang spirit fruits, three days in the dao enlightenment room."

ON

"Luca Jerad, three Heaven Yang spirit fruits, half a month in the spirit gathering room."

Everyone rejoiced at their rewards.

For those who were still at the mortal evolution state, a planetary state spirit fruit was a huge reward.

As the old man continued, the young dukes' cultivation level and combat power were higher.

Some even reached level-7 and level-8 mortal evolution states. These young dukes received planet forge fruits as a reward.

Soon, everyone-except Lu Ze and his group, as well as Lin Kuang's group-was rewarded. Accordingly, everyone looked curiously at them. Certainly, their reward would be great. Old man Nangong said, "Those kids who reached the planetary state, your reward will be given from my collection in my many years of adventure. The others can go to Jinyao City to receive your rewards."

Everyone's eyes were green. This was the private collection of a saint!

Even Lin Kuang and his group didn't expect this. Everyone looked at Lu Ze and the rest with admiration before leaving.

Now, old man Nangong glanced at the remaining people and smiled warmly. He then said, "Come in." Subsequently, he went inside the shack.

Everyone followed. The shack wasn't big enough, so it seemed a bit tight with this many people inside.

Old man Nangong changed his expression to a serious face. "Now, I will be giving you precious treasures that I've earned while fighting outside the galaxy. You must not tell anyone!"

Everyone nodded. "We understand, Saint!"

Old man Nangong took out a red orb and explained, "I have acquired this advanced energy from a secret realm. It can perfect one's foundation."

Immediately, the shack became dead silent.

Luo Bingqing and his group stared at the orb as though they had seen a ghost. They knew how important this was to them.

Their breathing quickened.

The old man released his pressure, and everyone regained their senses.

Lu Ze felt this was interesting, so he glared at the orb like he really wanted it.

The old man saw this, and his mouth twitched. He felt he needed to teach Lu Ze what real acting skills were.

He coughed. "You are all the prodigies of the Human Race. You've made quite some contributions to the Human Race. I hope you will all continue to fight for the Human Race."

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded. Then, old man Nangong gave the orbs to everyone, including Lu Ze and the girls.

"Other than the orbs, you guys can use the dao enlightenment room and spirit gathering room as you wish during this period of time. As for Lu Ze and his team... you guys will have permanent access to the dao enlightenment room." Lu Ze was dazed for a moment. When reality finally sunk in, he rejoiced. This was probably the reward he wanted the most.

The old man knew him well.

If he could use the dao enlightenment room non-stop, his divine art cultivation progress would speed up a lot.

After handing out the red orbs, old man Nangong sent everyone out to cultivate.

When they exited the wooden house, Lin Kuang and his team couldn't wait to use the red orbs. Accordingly, they immediately left.

As for Lu Ze and his group, they decided to go to the dao enlightenment room. After all, Lu Ze still had a pile of divine arts that weren't cultivated to perfection. Nangong Jing and the rest of the girls also had divine arts from Lu Ze.

They came to Jinyao City and registered before proceeding to the dao enlightenment room to wait.

Despite being the holidays, the rooms in the dao enlightenment room were still being used.

The young dukes who had received an award to utilize the room didn't choose to make use of it yet. Since they had little free time, they could only visit the room at crucial moments.

After a few hours, it was finally the turn of Lu Ze and the rest.

Lu Ze then entered the dao enlightenment room and sat on the cushion. He decided to cultivate that fusion divine art to beginner mastery first. He didn't have a good grasp of the black and white divine art rune after all.

As it entered him, light and darkness interchanged and vibrated in his body.

Lu Ze frowned. The sensations change alternatively. One minute it was painful, then in the next second, it would change to comfortable.

After using the blue crystal and purple orbs, Lu Ze began learning the divine art.

In the dao enlightenment room, his already extremely fast speed multiplied again. Soon, he had some understanding of the divine art.

This reminded him of the wings of lightning and wind divine art he learned a long time ago. That was a fusion between wings of wind and wings of lightning divine art.

This light and darkness divine art was the fusion between Light Beam and Darkness Beam.

If he used this fusion divine art, the power would be much stronger. This was just the beginner mastery too. When he reached the perfect stage, the power might be doubled. But in order to reach that, he would have to reach perfection in Light Beam and Darkness Beam first.

Fifteen hours later, there was a black-and-white light flowing around Lu Ze. Sometimes they fused sometimes they separated.

Soon, the light receded, and Lu Ze opened his eyes. After exhaling, he couldn't resist smiling.

This was the dao enlightenment room indeed. He only needed fifteen hours to reach beginner mastery for a fusion divine art.

Its power wasn't bad, but it was only at the beginner mastery, so it wouldn't be too strong. For it to become a trump card, he still needed to learn more.

Lu Ze decided to call this divine art "Light and Darkness Beam".

He then nodded and began cultivating again. All the divine arts were at beginner mastery. He just needed to bring them to perfection now.

There was half a month left. Lu Ze thought about it and decided to learn Golden Fist Art first.

A day later, it reached familiar mastery.

Four days later, it reached experienced mastery.

Half a month later, Lu Ze exploded with domineering chi. His Golden Fist Art reached perfection.

Sensing the perfect fist force, Lu Ze felt overjoyed. He clenched his fist, and the golden runes appeared on it. That terrifying power scared even him.

With such power, not even a level-6 planetary state can handle it. If he used fire buff and darkness buff, perhaps he could even fight a level-7 planetary state? This power was a bit crazy.

Lu Ze wanted to test the perfect mastery of Golden Fist Art. He quickly connected with the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

Inside the mountain range, Lu Ze appeared. He looked around vigilantly.

During this half month, Lu Ze would enter the Pocket Hunting Dimension every night to kill monsters and gather blue crystals. Otherwise, he wouldn't have enough stock to cultivate the Golden Fist Art to perfection.

Despite so, his storage never surpassed ten.

He had no choice. There were too many bosses on this map. There were a few times that he died as soon as he came in.

To those star state bosses, his chi stealth god art was non-existent. Even with perfect mastery of Golden Fist Art, Lu Ze had to hide well. Otherwise, he would die for certain.

Lu Ze concealed his chi and started searching for beasts he could beat.

Five hours later, he saw that familiar dark metal mountain range.

He immediately flew over there.

The dark metal insects were thick-skinned, but they were one of the few beasts he could beat now. He had no choice.

A few days ago, he went there again and acquired two blue crystals.

Soon, he entered there without hesitation.

Lu Ze looked around carefully. Their chi was hidden by the mountain, so he couldn't sense them. He had to search with his eyes.

Not long after coming in, Lu Ze sensed a violent chi rising up from all directions. Tens of dark arcs shot at him.

In response, Lu Ze used the Earth Shield to block all the dark arcs.

Back then, he got surrounded without him noticing. This time, it was different. He was no longer the same him!

Lu Ze looked at the five level-4 planetary state insects charging at him and dashed in front of one.

Dark and red runes glowed around him as he punched. His hand clashed with the two claws of the insect.

In an instant, the claws cracked. Then, the domineering golden fist force penetrated it, wiping its life force away. It didn't even have time to howl!

Lu Ze appeared before the other bugs as well and killed them with a single punch.

In just a short moment, the five level-4 planetary state insects were all killed by Lu Ze.

He felt rather happy seeing them turn to dust.

The last time he came over, the Golden Fist Art was only at familiar mastery. He still took a long time to kill one.

The perfect mastery of Golden Fist Art was stronger than he had imagined!

The only drawback was that it was too taxing to use both buffs on it.

Lu Ze didn't even know how many punches he could throw if both buffs reached perfection.

He felt a headache. There was only one blue crystal drop. Unlucky!

He began searching for more insects.

Each peak had about ten insects.

After flipping over two peaks, he acquired five blue crystals. This was his biggest harvest so far in these few days.

For the first time, he had more than ten blue crystals in total.

At the third peak, eight powerful chis appeared, and over a hundred black arcs flew into the air.

Lu Ze smiled. Perfect!

Just when he was about to counterattack, the entire mountain suddenly shook. Lu Ze and all the insects stopped moving.

All the insects lay in a prone position onto the ground shakily. Meanwhile, Lu Ze looked outside the mountain in terror.

There was a few thousand-meter tall beast. It had pale white fur, and its two pairs of tusks seemed rather familiar.

Oh shit?

That guy was this big?

It should be extremely strong even among star states, right?

Even Zuoqiu Xunshuang couldn't compare with this terrifying beast.

Standing there alone made Lu Ze feel that he was being crushed.

Roar!

The elephant roared, and the black metal mountain started to crack. Metal blocks flew everywhere, and Lu Ze felt his body was trampled on.

Lu Ze opened his eyes in the dao enlightenment room. Although he died in the end, he was still quite happy. Perfecting the mastery of Golden Fist Art was powerful than he had imagined. With that alone, his combat power experienced a huge increase.

It became easier for him to hunt monsters.

If he could instant-kill monsters, the battles would cause less commotion.

After some rest and when the pain subsided, Lu Ze proceeded to cultivate again. This time, Lu Ze chose fire buff divine art.

Due to the orange flame, the fire god art was stronger than the darkness god art. Therefore it was better than choosing darkness buff.

A month later, vines, which were almost materializing, emerged in the air around Lu Ze. They wobbled around Lu Ze eerily.

Moments later, Lu Ze opened his eyes slowly. A green rune flashed in his eyes.

He breathed out and evaluated his state. Half a month ago, he brought fire buff to perfection, and now, he elevated vine divine art to perfection too. Lu Ze found that as his cultivation level grew, he spent a longer time in solitary cultivation. This solitary cultivation lasted half a month.

He was indeed a hardworking youth.

Due to the limited time, Lu Ze only chose to learn three divine art to perfection. They were the Golden Fist Art, fire buff, and vine divine art.

As for Lightning Travel divine art and Earth Shield, they were already at perfect mastery before.

Lu Ze had progressed in every aspect rather significantly. He could work on the remaining ones a while later. There was no rush. Lu Ze smiled. He had no clue just how strong he was right now.

He checked the Pocket Hunting Dimension. Right now, he could enter it, and so, he did.

He wanted to gauge his progress.

Lu Ze appeared in the vast forest. He concealed his chi and went in a random direction in search of beasts.

During this one and a half month time, Lu Ze had been hunting every day. His efficiency had greatly improved after his Golden Fist Art reached perfection. The battles usually ended in an instant, and thus, it was harder for the bosses to come and watch.

Usually, he would get about five to six blue crystals a day. Now, he had saved more than a hundred blue crystals.

This was enough for three months of cultivation. As such, he wasn't in that much of a hurry to collect them anymore. Today, the main purpose was to test the limits of his power.

An hour later, Lu Ze found a suitable prey. He crouched on the tree crest, watching a huge beast a few kilometers away.

It was a huge wolf that was 20 meters tall. It had bone armor on its back, forehead, and joints. It was a level-5 planetary state beast.

Lu Ze narrowed his eyes. All the beasts on this map had god arts. A level-5 planetary state could match a level-7 planetary state. It was a good testing target.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze stopped hiding his chi. He used the fire buff that had reached perfection mastery. His chi then suddenly soared multiple times stronger.

A chi wave spread across all directions, blowing the leaves away everywhere.

The wolf lowered its body and bared its fangs. It stared deadly at Lu Ze's direction with vigilance.

Lu Ze grinned and burst out with lightning.

Dong!

The tens of meter-thick branch broke from Lu Ze's stomp.

The fire buff improved him in every aspect. It not only boosted the Golden Fist Art but also the Lightning Travel divine art.

Instantly, he appeared above the wolf's head. His hand clenched into a fist as golden runes appeared. A domineering power spread from it, making the wolf tense up.

"Howl!"

The wolf flashed with white light as its chi suddenly surged. It lifted its paw and swiped at Lu Ze.

Rumble!

The fist and claw clashed. A colossal rumbling sound rang throughout the forest. Simultaneously, a hundred-meter-deep ditch appeared where the wolf was.

Into the distance, the cracks could be seen expanding. Crack...

The wolf's murderous eyes flashed with pain. It retreated its paw while its three other legs stomped. The ground sunk even further, but the wolf had disappeared from the spot.

Rumble!

Golden fist force came into contact with the ditch.

Lu Ze looked around. A huge white light flashed around the trees and came behind him.

Accordingly, he grinned and disappeared from the spot again.

The pale spirit force claw missed. Lu Ze appeared close to the neck of the wolf and punched again.

Just when the punch was about to land, the wolf suddenly turned around and dodged. At the same time, its thick tail brushed at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze returned a punch against the tail, and the wolf howled again. Its tail lowered as blood gushed out, painting it red.

The injury aroused the wolf's ferocity. It kept circling around Lu Ze as it attacked.

In a few seconds, there were tens of clashes. The trees in tens of kilometers radius broke in varying degrees.

Lu Ze didn't know what god art the bone wolf had, but its speed was stronger than its power.

In terms of power, it was still far behind Lu Ze, but its speed made it harder for Lu Ze to take it out in a short time.

During this moment, the wolf already had sustained a lot of injuries. Its eyes revealed signs of retreating.

Lu Ze looked at the wolf coldly.

Did it dare to run? Dream on!

His eyes flashed with green runes. Immediately, vines started appearing around the bone wolf.

The wolf exploded with pale spirit light and shattered the vines reaching for him. It tried to run but was stopped by the vines, and thus, it was slowed down.

Lu Ze once again appeared above the wolf's head. Terrifying chi gathered on his right fist.

The wolf's eyes flashed with a sliver of fear. It wanted to dodge, but it was hindered by all the vines around Lu Ze. As a result, it could only attempt to cut Lu Ze.

This time, the claw's bones were fractured.

Lu Ze didn't stop at all as he proceeded to crush the wolf's head once more.

The wolf tried to extend its other paw to stop Lu Ze's fist.

Rumble!

Crack!

The left paw was also broken now.

Lu Ze decided to stomp on the wolf's head. This time, it couldn't resist anymore.

Its bone armor cracked as a violent force entered its head, crushing its brain and wiping away its life force.

Lu Ze panted and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He used quite some power in this battle.

His cultivation level was only at the level-1 planetary state after all. It was rather not easy killing this wolf.

This improvement in combat power was greater than when he was in the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze felt great.

The wolf turned to dust, leaving behind five red, five purple, one pale white god art orb, and a blue crystal.

Seeing this, Lu Ze felt even better.

Just when he was about to leave, ten more howls sounded.

Lu Ze saw another ten bone wolves trying to surround him. Most importantly, the weakest was a level-5 planetary state. There were a lot of level-6 planetary states, and one was even a level-7 planetary state.

Their chi locked onto Lu Ze. Thereafter, Lu Ze was shrouded by lightning and used both buffs to try to escape. At this time, a white figure flashed before him. Lu Ze's vision just went dark, and he died on the spot.

That level-7 planetary state bone wolf was so fast that he died before using his Earth Shield.

Live with joy and die with honor.

Lu Ze still felt happy since he could fight a level-7 planetary state!

It had been a month and a half. The people from the three races should be almost here, right? How were their powers?

The time for divine art learning had ended. Lu Ze didn't remain in the dao enlightenment room anymore.

He walked out thereafter.

There were already a few people waiting outside. They seemed to be students from a higher year level. Some teachers were present as well.

They were dazed for a moment upon seeing Lu Ze. They couldn't help but peek at him.

They had long heard that Lu Ze would be attending the Four-Race Social Gathering. He was only a second year. He was probably the youngest contestant.

However, they couldn't really go up and talk to him, so they just watched.

Lu Ze was used to this. He waited for a while outside. Soon, Qiuyue Hesha and the other girls all came out.

It was already a month and a half. They had to come out.

Lu Ze really wanted to improve all his divine art to perfection before leaving, but the time didn't allow for it.

Following that, the group left.

People outside started discussing things.

"I heard Lu Ze and teacher Qiuyue seems to be together?"

"I'm so jealous! That's teacher Qiuyue! The goddess of the Federation!"

"And there's teacher Nangong too. She might be a bit violent, but her looks are on par with teacher Qiuyue. She's a nice person too. I've heard my Federal University friend say that she would answer questions patiently in class."

"The three girls on the side are very pretty too. Their chis are so strong. I feel I'm no match for them."

"Don't think about it... That's Lu Ze after all."

"Yes... I've heard people who came back from the void border say that Lu Ze has reached the planetary state."

Everyone: "..." 'A planetary state in his second year in the university. Who could stand up to this?'

"Only someone like Lu Ze would make a person like teacher Qiuyue interested." People shook their heads.

The group left Jinyao City. Lu Ze asked, "Let's go to the old man's place first?"

Everyone agreed.

They soon reached the wooden shack. Inside, the old man was sitting while sipping tea. He smiled. "You guys are done? Your progress is not bad."

He could feel the terrifying power in their bodies. Of course, the comparison was only with respect to their age.

Lu Ze and his group walked to the table and sat down.

The old man said, "The ambassadors of the three races have entered the Federation. They're going to arrive soon."

Lu Ze and the rest glanced among themselves. They were anticipating this. Old man Nangong smiled. "You'll see soon enough how strong those prodigies are."

Then, he looked curiously at Lu Ze. "Ze, come spar with me. I want to see what level your power is at."

He knew Lu Ze was very strong, but he wasn't too clear on what level Lu Ze was at. He was rather confident in Lu Ze, but he still felt he should get to know his progress a bit more.

Lu Ze was dazed for a moment. This was the first time the old man wanted to spar with him.

The girls were dumbfounded for a moment too, and then, they all looked expectantly at Lu Ze. They knew his talent. Likewise, they were very curious about just how strong Lu Ze was now.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were especially eager since they got beaten up by Lu Ze last time.

Lu Ze agreed with a nod.

He knew his power through the Pocket Hunting Dimension, but it was better to let the cosmic system state old man judge.

He also wanted to know what level his power was at in the Elf Cosmic Realm.

The group left the shack and stood out in the open space.

Alice asked, "How strong is senior?"

Lu Li shook her head. "Not sure, but he should be very strong." Lin Ling bit her lips. She still hadn't broken through to the planetary state yet. Though she had brought her golden needle divine art to perfection this time, she felt the gap between them was only getting larger.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha didn't have the blue crystal, but they also brought one divine art to perfection and the other to a beginner level.

The old man lightly tapped the ground and a golden light spread around.

He smiled. "It's too troublesome to fix the ground if it's broken. This is more convenient. Okay, come." Lu Ze took a breath and tensed up. "I'm going to attack, old man."

Red runes spun around Lu Ze, black runes gathered, and blood lightning enveloped him. With the use of multiple divine arts, his chi instantly blew up to an insane degree.

Old man Nangong was stunned. Lu Ze was only a level-1 planetary state, but this chi was astounding. They had not even begun fighting.

Nangong Jing and the rest of the group looked in disbelief. This chi was much stronger than theirs.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were speechless. Why did they feel that even if their divine art was on par with Lu Ze and their cultivation level was higher, their combat power was still weaker?

Lu Ze stepped forward and disappeared from the spot. He appeared behind the old man and used Golden Fist Art.

He punched towards the old man's stiff face. The force blew the old man's scanty hair.

Nangong's mouth twitched.

Is this power really created by a level-1 planetary state kid?

The old man was beginning to doubt life. He was a cosmic system state and had seen prodigies before, but never somebody like Lu Ze.

Even those powerful cosmic cloud state civilizations or Elf Race prodigies could rarely compete with this kid under the same state.

The old man raised his finger and easily blocked Lu Ze's fist.

Lu Ze's body seemed to have touched this indomitable mountain and suddenly stopped. In turn, his eyes narrowed.

Just when Lu Ze wanted to retreat, the old man's finger pressed forward, and Lu Ze instantly flew out.

This force was strong, but it didn't harm him.

Lu Ze landed on the golden earth and felt disappointed. This difference was too huge.

One finger blocked all of his attacks, and he didn't even feel the old man use any force.

Lu Ze scratched his head and sighed. "I'm still too weak."

The old man: "?"

What is this kid saying?

How was this still weak?

How about the others then?

The old man forced out a smile. "Hahaha, kid, you're not bad. You're stronger than ordinary level-7 planetary states even when you're only a level-1 planetary state. It's not too shabby. Of course, you're not too strong. You're still far from those top prodigies, so don't get arrogant, okay?"

Lu Ze nodded and said seriously, "Don't worry old man, I won't be arrogant."

Nangong Jing and the others were speechless.

'Did this old guy have any conscience left?'

Lu Ze asked curiously, "Old man, what level is my power against the younger generation of the Elf Cosmic Realm?"

The old man's smile stiffened. He didn't know what to say.

He was able to see some of the prodigies on the prodigy ranking at the East Region Gathering. Even those prodigies were weaker than Lu Ze within the same state.

He hadn't seen stronger prodigies.

He coughed and smiled mysteriously. "You can feel for yourself when we go to the East Region Gathering next year."

He didn't want to compliment Lu Ze, fearing that he would become cocky.

Lu Ze was a little disappointed, but he was definitely going to the East Region Gathering next year. Then, he would be able to see how strong the Elf Cosmic Realm prodigies were.

The eyes of Nangong Jing and the rest of the group contained an intent to battle too. They too were curious.

The old man suddenly looked seriously at Lu Ze and said, "Ze, there's a very important thing I need to tell you now."

Lu Ze nodded seriously too. "Old man, what is it?"

Nangong coughed. "When you fight with the prodigies of the other three races, go a bit easier on them."

Lu Ze: "?"

He was confused and so were the girls.

Old man Nangong was speechless. He didn't expect this kid's combat power to be that scary.

From the power Lu Ze just displayed, he was invincible among level-7 planetary states. The strongest power that the other prodigies could reach was probably level-5 to level-6 planetary state.

If Lu Ze went up, he would take them out with one blow.

Old man Nangong explained, "The four races are allies, not enemies. So we need to take care of their face. You need to give the prodigies of the other races a chance to show off."

Lu Ze and the girls understood. The competition was broadcasted live to the four races. If the other three races completely lose face, then this wasn't good for socializing.

Lu Ze nodded and smiled. "I understand, old man. If they're too weak, I'll give them a chance to show off."

It wasn't that hard for him anyway. He would just lessen the divine arts he would use.

The old man nodded. He felt great. Since when did a prodigy like Lu Ze appear in the Human Race?

When Lu Ze beat all the other prodigies, then the entire Human Race would be honored.

The old man wanted the ambassadors to arrive quicker. Then, he could show off in front of the cosmic system states of the other three races.

After chatting for a while, Lu Ze and the others left for planet Venus.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha didn't mention sparring at all. They would definitely get beaten up.

This wasn't being timid. They would definitely get revenge once they surpassed him.

Half an hour later, the ship stopped before Nangong Jing's home.

Everyone walked inside.

At this moment, Nangong Jing threw a key to Lu Ze and said, "Ze, you can have this key. You can come whenever you want."

Lu Ze: "?"

He looked at the blushing Nangong Jing and felt stunned. She didn't say this before. However, he wasn't going to reject the key either.

He smiled and nodded.

The other people looked at the two with vigilance.

At this time, Qiuyue Hesha also gave her key to Lu Ze. "Little brother Lu Ze, you can come to my house whenever you want."

Lu Ze also took the key and nodded.

Lu Li and the other girls were annoyed.

'What were they doing?'.

Lu Ze was so happy to receive the keys too.

Nevertheless, the good thing was that they lived close to Lu Ze and could enter his house whenever they wanted.

The group went upstairs to Ying Ying's room.

Ying Ying was still sleeping. The room was filled with starlight.

Thereafter, everyone asked for orbs from Lu Ze and started feeding Ying Ying.

Ying Ying soon smiled and started drooling.

The girls' hearts melted upon seeing this scene.

Lu Ze smiled too.

He was a bit jealous as well. They were never this gentle to him.

So looking cute was the way to go?

During this point, the starlight around Ying Ying flashed.

Lu Ze and the group felt dazed, and then, they rejoiced.

Qiuyue Hesha said, "She's going to wake up."

The group fed her more orbs. Soon, the starlight shrunk inside Ying Ying, and she opened her deep blue eyes.

Her eyes were full of disappointment. "I dreamed about big drumsticks again! But it's gone after waking up."

She didn't want to wake up. She could eat more drumsticks in her dreams.

At this juncture, Alice took out a golden glowing drumstick. "Here, eat it."

Ying Ying's eyes immediately lit up. Even her tone was higher. "Alice is the best!"

Accordingly, she bit onto the drumstick.

Everyone laughed at this.

At this moment, Nangong Jing's phone rang. "My mom." She answered the call.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang appeared in the air. She looked around the room and saw Ying Ying. "Ying Ying woke up?"

Ying Ying looked up and opened her oily little mouth. "Aunty Xunshuang." Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "Ying Ying is really polite."

Then, Zuoqiu Xunshuang turned serious. "The three races are arriving on Earth tomorrow. Come with me."

Everyone was dumbfounded. They didn't expect them to arrive at Earth this quickly.

The Four-Race Social Gathering was held on Earth. It was the Human Race's mother planet and political center.

Lu Ze and everyone nodded.

Lu Ze used space transmission to board Zuoqiu Xunshuang's ship. He even brought Ying Ying along

Ying Ying expressed her desire to watch the event too.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was in the Shenwu Army ship. Inside, there were already several young dukes present. Upon Lu Ze's arrival, she then said, "You're here. Wait for the others, and then, we'll go together."

The young prodigies who will attend the competition will depart as well. It was crucial to do so at this moment because the ambassadors will arrive any time soon. If they fail to, the prodigies would lose the right to greet them.

Lu Ze scanned the entire room. He could tell that most of the students appeared to be pressured. Even Lin Kuang and his team felt the weight of the upcoming gathering. After all, this concerned the honor of the Human Race. It was not simple.

Soon, all the young dukes arrived. Accordingly, the ship took off and proceeded to planet Earth.

Six hours later, the ship entered the solar system.

Lu Ze looked at the familiar blue planet and sighed. This was the second time he visited Earth since his transmigration.

The ship stopped at the Moon, and the group alighted

They saw a lot of banners at the space station. It almost covered the entire place. It was the welcome banners for the three races.

Lu Ze smiled. "This is quite a scene."

Lin Kuang grinned. "Our ancestors have this saying that when friends come from afar, it's a joyful event."

People looked at Lin Kuang in surprise. Jack exclaimed, "Oh shit! Old Lin, you're quite cultured!"

Lin Kuang's mouth twitched at the remark. He could not help but shout, "Go away, you guys!"

Everyone laughed at this scene. Even Luo Bingqing grinned, showing an extremely handsome smile.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang turned around. "After all, they're allies. We should show our hospitality as the host."

Lu Ze nodded.

The ship docked at the official space station, but perhaps because the social gathering was near, there were numerous ships coming in and out.

Everyone at the space station square looked at Lu Ze and the rest. Their eyes were curious and inquisitive. This was only natural since these young dukes were an important part of the event.

Lu Ze and his team studied the other people as well. Those who were walking past had strong chis. The lowest was a planetary state. They even saw a few star states.

Several of them nodded and waved to greet them.

Nangong Jing remarked, "Most of them are high-level government officials. They're rather busy during the social gathering."

Everyone nodded. Even Lu Ze who didn't watch the news often felt that a few of the faces were familiar. They must have appeared on the internet frequently.

They used the government's official spaceship to reach Earth and then walked out of a special passage. Lu Ze and the group saw a number of journalists floating around. Judging from their expression, the press wanted to interview the officials just then.

Some of them looked over to their side and immediately started to take photos of them.

Lu Ze was speechless. Were they about to reach the headline news again? He had been up there a few times already. By the way, he was pretty handsome today, right?

Derrick flicked his fringe and smiled. "It seems there will be quite some journalists during this time.

Luo Bingqing said calmly, "The entire Human Race has its attention focused on the social gathering. It's normal that the journalists are here."

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was very collected. She had been through all of this before. She chose a special passage which the three races will be coming through tomorrow.

The journalists couldn't come near yet. They didn't need to worry about being surrounded when they left.

Thereafter, everyone stayed in a nearby government hotel.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang left after the arrangement for everyone was finished.

At night, they really did see news about them coming to Earth. The news indicated curiosity about their power and their performance at the social event.

Seeing this news, everyone felt even greater pressure. They were planning to eat together, but now, they returned to their rooms and began cultivating.

On the other hand, Lu Ze and the girls were rather relaxed. They might as well enjoy the remaining time instead of doing last-minute cultivation.

Moreover, they at least had one middle-level, low-grade divine art at perfect mastery. This gave them confidence.

Nangong Jing and the rest stayed in Lu Ze's room until it was very late before leaving together. No one wanted to leave first, so they all left together instead.

After they left, Lu Ze sat on the bed and entered the Pocket Hunting Dimension. He got a few blue crystals before getting killed by a boss.

Now, he felt like if he didn't die once a day, something was missing.

Was this death similar to the wind, always by my side?

The next morning, the familiar warm sunlight shone in Lu Ze's room. He slowly opened his eyes.

He was cultivating the Light Beam divine art. With the blue crystal, he would soon be able to reach familiar mastery.

At this moment, there was a knocking sound outside. Lu Ze opened the door and saw Nangong Jing and the rest.

Nangong Jing smiled. "Ze, go to the top floor foyer quickly. The ambassadors have arrived. There's a live broadcast there."

Lu Ze smiled. "Let's go and see."

They came to the top floor. All the young dukes were there.

There was a huge screen at the center. Furthermore, there was not a single ship near the Moon. The solar system has restricted the travel of ordinary ships.

Soon, a fleet came over. It was the human warship leading the front. There were warships protecting the side too.

In the middle, a pack of different styled ships could be seen.

The very center was a huge ship that was a few thousand meters long. There were some guards on the side. This ship was completely grayish-white. There were ancient runes inscribed on it.

Mo Xie said, "It's here, the Barbarian Race's Barbaric God Pillar ship."

It entered the government space station. Moments later, another fleet came over. This time, a white bird-shaped ship was at the center.

"It's the Winged Race's Light Bird ship."

The fleet hasn't landed yet and another fleet was approaching quickly.

This ship made Lu Ze feel strange. The other two ships looked strange, but they were made of metal. In contrast, the ship before his eyes looked soft like the clouds.

It would look fine in a planet, but it didn't look right in space. This thing could warp travel? Subsequently, the contents of the screen changed to a person reporting about the three races and promoting friendship and harmony.

The group didn't leave the foyer. They proceeded to the window and looked at the square. The three races would pass by there.

There were also all sorts of banners around. They made the place seem very festive.

Soon, tens of powerful beings flew over. Lu Ze found that Zuoqiu Xunshuang was among them. The leader was Saint Lin Dong.

A few minutes later, many people came out of the passage. There were some people wearing military uniforms, along with giants that were three meters tall. Some even eight meters tall. At the same time, there were beautiful humanoids with wings and white round beings that had four limbs.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. Were these soft cute-looking organisms really a powerful alien race?

Ying Ying's eyes lit up when she saw the Round Race. It looked as though she was about to drool.

Ying Ying mumbled, "These cotton candies look really delicious!"

The ambassadors of the Round Race all shivered. Something terrifying seemed to be staring at them.

Lu Ze and the group looked speechlessly at Ying Ying. If they let her go without restraint, then perhaps the Round Race would end up annihilated, right?

"They were allies, so they can't be eaten!'

Lu Ze rubbed Ying Ying's head and said seriously, "They can't be eaten!"

"Yes, Ying Ying, you can't eat them!"

Nangong Jing and the rest tried to stop Ying Ying's terrifying idea.

Seeing this, Ying Ying mumbled, "Oh..." Lin Kuang and the others looked strangely at Ying Ying. They knew that Ying Ying was adopted by Lu Ze and his team. However, she was too much of a foodie. Lu Ze and the girls smiled awkwardly after noticing the glances of other attendees.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "She's still young."

The others also smiled apologetically.

Meanwhile, the young dukes on the side laughed in a dry manner. "Hahaha... We understand..."

To be honest, they also felt that the Round Race looked too much like food.

On the other hand, on the square, the beings from the Round Race looked around in confusion. They saw that the Winged Race and Barbarian Race acted very normal, and then, the odd feeling disappeared like an illusion.

Perhaps interstellar travel was too tiring and they weren't used to the environment here.

Saint Lin Dong asked, "Brother Qiu Qi, is everything okay?"

The eight-meter tall, bulky barbarian man and a beautiful woman with platinum wings also looked at the head of the Round Race in confusion.

The head of the Round Race smiled and said, "Perhaps traveling the void space was too tiring."

Their galaxy was still quite some distance away from the Milky Way. They needed to cross over a vast area of chaotic void space.

Saint Lin Dong said, "Your journey was tiring. Today, we'll welcome you, and you can have a good night's rest."

The eight-meter-tall giant grinned. "Where is Nangong Yao? I'm going to drink with him. He definitely has Jinyao Searing Flame left!"

Saint Lin Dong smiled "He's at the Dawn System. He'll come over later. Brother Dali, wait a moment."

This barbarian was also a cosmic system state. Like Nangong Yao, he also loved wine. Every time the two met up, they would drink.

The bulky man nodded happily. "Great!"

At this moment, Lin Dong looked at the curious young generation behind them. "Are these the prodigies of your younger generation?"

The cultivation level of these prodigies was no secret to him.

The Winged Race and Barbarian Race each had a level-3 planetary state prodigy while the Round Race was weaker. They only had a level-2 planetary state prodigy. Nearly half of the Winged and Barbarian Race prodigies were planetary states. The Round Race had a little less, but there were more than ten at least.

He smiled. "It seems the prodigies of this generation are quite good. Congratulations!"

The other three cosmic system states smiled.

Saint Lin Dong was shocked. This generation was quite stronger than the past two generations. However, they also had Lu Ze.

The prodigies of the other races had a stronger cultivation level, but Saint Lin Dong didn't feel they were a match for Lu Ze. After all, Nangong said that Lu Ze's combat power was invincible among level-7 planetary states.

As for Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, who were level-2 planetary states, they wouldn't be weaker than the strongest prodigy of the Round Race.

The female being from the Winged Race, Doris, who was a cosmic system state smiled and looked at the top of a distant hotel. "They are the young dukes of this generation, right?"

The cosmic system states all looked towards Lu Ze and the rest of the group. They noticed them as soon as they arrived.

Qiu Qi was a little shocked. "Your human race has two level-2 planetary states this time?"

'Their race only had one level-2 planetary state, yet, the Human Race has two?'

Man Dali, who belonged to the Barbarian Race and a cosmic system state, grinned. "I remember that girl. She's Nangong Yao's descendant, right? I remember ten years ago at the social, she suppressed the prodigies of our three races in level-1 mortal evolution state. She's very talented. In just ten years, she's already a level-2 planetary state. Your human race has a rather amazing prodigy." Qiu Qi and Doris didn't know much. That event was ten years ago. At that time, they weren't leading the squad.

Saint Lin Dong said, "Jing Jing is still not strong enough. It's nothing worth mentioning." Even someone as cold as him felt prideful. Those three guys would never guess that the strongest is that level-1 planetary state kid.

As they talked, the group at the foyer also looked at the prodigies of the three races.

Luo Bingqing scanned the crowd and frowned. "They're indeed well-established races. I'm not confident against most of the planetary state prodigies of the Winged and Barbarian Race. The Round Race also has a few very strong ones."

Lin Kuang's expression wasn't too good either. He sensed some aura of lethal threat coming from at least ten of the participants. Facing twenty of them made him feel pressured. And this was already after consuming the energy orbs given to them, thereby gaining quite some improvement. Otherwise, without the orbs, an even greater pressure might bore down on them.

There were around 200 people in total and more than 50 planetary states.

Nangong Jing raised a brow. "That tall guy from the Barbarian Race and that black-winged man from the Winged Race gives off a dangerous feeling. I'm not too confident." Qiuyue Hesha nodded. "Indeed, those two are level-3 planetary states."

Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Ze and smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze, what do you think?"

Lu Ze scratched his head. "It's alright, I guess? I felt some threat from those two level-3 planetary states."

He was being humble.

He only felt a slight threat from those two level-3 planetary states. However, since he was in front of many people, he decided to be modest.

Everyone looked at the group in amazement.

They only cared about the level-3 planetary state prodigies? What about the others? There were so many level-2 planetary states.

Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice didn't feel that this situation was strange.

Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha noticed it and felt awkward. "What's wrong?"

Everyone: "..."

Why are your expressions in sync?!

Lu Ze was helpless. He already tried to sound humble.

On the other hand, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were speechless. They couldn't unleash their strongest state here.

Lu Ze laughed. "Okay, I'm kidding. Those two level-3 planetary states are very strong. I'm not too confident. I can only try my best."

Upon finishing his words, the others breathed easy.

"Since Ze said this, then at least, for the Round Race we have high chances of winning."

Lu Ze: "?!"

They didn't believe the truth and chose to listen to his lies.

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'What could he do?' Nevertheless, they weren't too blame. This was the Four-Race Social after all. All the participants were prodigies. A two-level difference was indeed huge.

Luo Bingqing narrowed his eyes as he looked at the alien prodigies. "There are quite some familiar people."

Lin Kuang nodded. "Indeed, and their power is progressing so fast. Most of them are planetary states." Jack raised a brow. "The Barbaric Race's and Winged Race's foundation surpasses the Human Race's a lot. Even the Round Race is stronger than the Human Race. Since they have the advantage in resources, it's just normal that they're improving faster."

Those who have reached the planetary state had confidence and fighting spirit in their eyes. Now that they had perfected their foundation, they didn't think they were weaker than opponents who have better resources than them.

Saint Lin Dong said, "I'll make some arrangements for your prodigies to rest at this hotel."

During the gathering, the younger generations needed to get to know each other. It was easier for them to communicate if they stayed at the same hotel.

The people who could attend were the most talented in their race. They were the future high-level authorities of the race. There would definitely be opportunities for collaboration in the future.

Man Dali laughed. "I'll leave the little bastards of the Barbarian Race to you."

Doris and Qiu Qi nodded.

Lin Dong nodded to Zuoqiu Xunshuang behind him and said, "General Zuoqiu, take them over."

In response, Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded seriously. Thereafter, she smiled at the prodigies. "Come with me, I'll make some arrangements for your stay." The young people followed Zuoqiu Xunshuang with some excitement.

Some of them had been to a few social gatherings and knew some people, but for some, it was their first time. They were curious about the powers of the human prodigies.

Lu Ze and the others looked at the large wave of people coming towards them. Luo Bingqing smiled. "It seems they're staying here too." Lin Kuang asked, "Should we go and test their power first?"

Everyone on the side rolled their eyes. The competition hadn't even begun. If they really caused trouble, they would be taught a harsh lesson.

Mo Xie smiled. "Let's go and have a chat."

Bernie and Chi Xiaomo nodded and smiled.

Last time, they left the Milky Way galaxy because they were invited by friends from alien races.

Luo Bingqing and the rest nodded. "Yes, let's go together."

They had been to two gatherings and knew some attendees there.

Nangong Jing and the group looked at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze then nodded. "Let's go over too. Saint Lin Dong made some arrangements for them to come, so we can get to know them."

It wouldn't be too friendly to not greet the guests as the host.

Everyone came to the first floor, and Zuoqiu Xunshuang had just brought the prodigies over.

The prodigies of the three races had different expressions. Some were curious, some were smiling, and some were disappointed.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "Perfect timing, introduce each other."

After that, Zuoqiu Xunshuang led the prodigies to their rooms.

The Winged and Round races were fine. They almost had the same height as the humans. Some beings from the Round Race were even shorter than the Human Race. However, the beings from the Barbarian Race were at least three meters tall.

Luckily, this hotel was made with them in mind, so there were rooms reserved for the Barbarian Race.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled at Lu Ze and the rest. "Okay, talk among yourselves now. I'm going first."

After Zuoqiu Xunshuang left, several of the prodigies went to people they knew.

A nearly four-meter-tall barbarian and a handsome-looking winged-being walked to Mo Xie's group. The barbarian smiled. "Mo Xie, congratulations on reaching the planetary state."

Mo Xie smiled. "Man Teng, Groff, you guys are planetary states too. Not bad."

Groff said, "The harvest last time wasn't bad. I broke through not long ago after going back. After some time for the settlement, I'm very strong among level-1 planetary states. I can win against all of you all this time!"

Bernie responded, "Groff, tell us that when you actually win."

Groff said, "I'm just stating a fact! I'm invincible among level-1 planetary states!"

Mo Xie, Bernie, and Chi Xiaomo: "..."

They looked towards Lu Ze's direction. They had a monster here among level-1 planetary states.

The three were well aware that Groff was prideful. Bernie could not help but nod. "Yes, that's right. You're the strongest among level-1 planetary states! Good luck!" "Hmph!" Groff crossed his arms. "Of course, I'll bring the Winged Race honor!"

Man Teng laughed. "I'm not going to lose to you, Groff."

"We'll see then!"

Mo Xie and the others didn't participate in this conversation since they wouldn't be fighting for first place among level-1 planetary states. Luo Bingqing and his group also went to meet a few prodigies.

A level-1 planetary state from the Round Race looked at Luo Bingqing with surprise. "Brother Luo, it's been five years, and you've reached the planetary state."

It was hard, even for him, to reach the planetary state. The Human Race's resources weren't as good as the Round Race's. He was rather hardworking, and yet, Luo Bingqing and his group, who were weaker than him, reached the planetary state.

Lin Kuang looked at the ball. His eyes contained some intent to battle. "Qiu An, last time, I lost. This time, let's fight again!"

Qiu An showed a cute smile. "Okay, I won't lose."

At this moment, a four-meter tall barbarian girl wearing revealing armor walked over. There was a four-meter-tall barbarian man next to her.

Lu Ze looked at the two. The girl was a level-2 planetary state, and the man was the strongest in the Barbarian Race. He was a level-3 planetary state.

The girl stared straight at Nangong Jing.

Nangong Jing smiled and waved. "Man Xiu, hello, long time no see."

Lu Ze: "?"

Man Xiu just crossed her arms and said annoyingly, "You didn't go last time."

Nangong Jing laughed in a dry manner. "I was heavily injured from a mission. I couldn't go."

Man Xiu said, "You beat me once and you run away. This time, you won't be able to run. I didn't expect you to reach the level-2 planetary state. Still, this time, I will win for sure."

Nangong Jing smiled. "You're no match for me."

The two girls stared at each other with battle intent.

Meanwhile, the man smiled at Lu Ze. "You're Lu Ze?"

Lu Ze nodded. "Hello, brother Man Kun."

Man Kun asked, "I don't know if it's a misperception, but you seem to be very strong?"

Lu Ze smiled. "No, I do seem to be pretty strong."

Lu Ze looked at this barbarian man with some surprise. His cultivation level was only at level one of the planetary state. If he didn't use his divine art and god art, his power wouldn't be revealed to others.

Of course, if someone had a spirit eye god art like Lin Ling, they might be able to discern his god art. However, if he didn't use divine art, it definitely wouldn't be noticed.

Yet, this guy could sense that he was strong. Man Kun was stunned. He didn't expect Lu Ze to just admit it like that without being humble at all. He didn't know how to answer in the end.

Nevertheless, he didn't think Lu Ze's power could pose a threat to him. The difference between their cultivation levels was a bit big.

He was dazed for a moment, and then, he smiled after regaining his senses. "It seems the power of the human prodigies this time is very good. Our elder told us to go easy on you guys before we came. Now, it doesn't seem necessary."

Lu Ze laughed. Their elders said this too.

Man Xiu glanced at Lu Ze. Man Kun was her boyfriend. She knew how strong Man Kun was. Yet, even Man Kun felt Lu Ze was strong.

Was he really?

Could he be as strong as she was?

Soon, she stopped looking at Lu Ze. Only level-2 planetary states like Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were considered her opponent.

At this moment, a Round Race walked to them. He was a level-2 planetary state. He then smiled. "Long time no see, Man Xiu, Nangong, and Qiuyue."

The three nodded at him.

Man Xiu smiled. "Qiu Lun. I didn't expect you to become the strongest prodigy in your race. You're a level-2 planetary state as well."

Qiu Lun responded, "I'm not the strongest prodigy. There's a prodigy who's currently at the crucial moment of learning god art and can't leave. He's the real prodigy."

The others were surprised. They could tell by Qiu Lun's tone that he really admired that prodigy. He probably had a level-3 planetary state cultivation level too, right?

It seemed Qiu Lun didn't want to talk about it, so they didn't ask either.

Qiu Lun looked at Man Kun. "Hello, how come I've never seen you before? Did you just come out of solitary cultivation?"

Man Kun laughed. "Mhm, I was cultivating in a secret realm inside the race."

Qiu Lun and the rest showed a look of admiration.

"They're indeed a super strong race who once had a cosmic cloud state. They have their own secret realm."

Man Kun laughed bitterly. "We're just living on the glory of our ancestors. We haven't had a cosmic cloud state for over a hundred thousand years."

Then, he spoke with firmness, "My life goal is to become a cosmic cloud state and write the name for my race!"

Lu Ze was surprised. 'Did this big guy have such great ideals?' He then exclaimed, "Wish you success!" Man Kun looked at Lu Ze and saw that the latter was being genuine. Therefore, he smiled. "Thank you."

He wasn't certain if he could reach the cosmic cloud state, but he wouldn't give up without trying. Qiu Lun said, "Cultivation is about breaking impossibilities and creating miracles. There's only a small chance, but if you don't even have the courage to try, you don't deserve to be a prodigy."

During this time, Ying Ying peeked at Qiu Lun who looked very tasty.

Qiu Lun was about to say he wanted to become a cosmic cloud state too, but he suddenly shivered and looked around vigilantly.

'Oh, shit?'

'Why did he feel cold?'

Man Kun was dumbfounded.

What happened? Qiu Lun seemed very hot-blooded before.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He went to check Ying Ying.

It was she indeed!

Nangong Jing and the others were speechless too.

Lin Ling patted Ying Ying's head. This cotton candy was really cool. It could move!

Only now did Qiu Lun feel that threat disappear. He looked around. His fellow kind didn't feel anything.

Was it only him who felt it?

Was he really not used to the land here?

On the other side, the handsome man from the Winged Race was disappointed. He thought there were going to be numerous prodigies here, but only that Barbarian Race prodigy could compete with him.

He couldn't resist grinning when he saw how scared that Round Race prodigy was.

He thought these people were too naïve, thinking they could reach the cosmic cloud state. It was good to have ideals, but it was still better to be realistic.

However, he wasn't going to say this aloud since they were allies after all.

At this moment, a beautiful white-winged woman looked at him. "Eddie, what's so interesting?"

Eddie said, "Nothing."

The woman smiled. "It's your first time coming. I'll show you some friends?"

She pointed in Nangong Jing's direction. "I've met with Man Xiu and the others before."

Eddie rolled his eyes. "Brenda, you can go by yourself. I can't be bothered."

Brenda looked at him with annoyance. "You always like to be alone. That isn't good. Come with me!"

Thereafter, she started to drag Eddie to where Lu Ze and the others were.

Eddie's face changed. "I'm not going! Let me go! I'm fine being alone!"

Brenda glanced at him. "Break yourself free then?"

Eddie's body stiffened, and he got dragged over in the end.

Everyone saw the two beings from the Winged Race come. They wanted to greet them. But when they saw how lifeless that winged-man was, they became dazed.

Just what did he go through?

Why was he like this?

Brenda smiled. "Man Xiu, Nangong, Qiuyue, Qiu Lun, long time no see."

Man Xie raised a brow. "Brenda, I didn't expect you to break through to level-2 planetary state as well. This time, I won't lose like last time!"

Brenda raised a brow. "I'll wait for your challenge."

Then, she pointed to her companion. "Eddie, my immature brother. He's very talented but has been in solitary cultivation. It's his first time out. Please take care of him."

She glared at Eddie who then showed a stiff smile. "Hello everyone, I'm Eddie."

Lu Ze had the feeling that this guy probably stayed home for many years, and this was his first time leaving home.

Lu Ze responded with a smile, "Hello." Like Man Kun, it was Eddie's first time attending the social gathering. Judging from what Brenda said, he really seemed to be the type to only stay home and cultivate.

The Winged Race elders noticed this and didn't think this was fine. Therefore, they forced him out to see the world.

The group chatted casually. Their topics ranged from their understanding of cultivation to their ideals.

Thereafter, the group talked about the East Realm Gathering. Man Kun said with excitement, "The East Realm Gathering is a major event. Quite some prodigies from the east region would go. I would like to see it." Qiu Lun suddenly said, "Before going there, my race might invite you guys over."

"To your race?" everyone asked in confusion.

Qiu Lun smiled mysteriously, but to Lu Ze, it felt cute. After all, he was a ball. "I can't reveal this now. Whether or not it will happen will still depend on this meeting. Perhaps you guys might not need to go."

People were more confused upon hearing this, but they couldn't really ask anymore.

Eddie spoke nervously, "Brenda, I want to go back to cultivate." Brenda frowned and glared at him. This guy wanted to be alone again!

Man Kun smiled. "It's about time to go back and cultivate."

'If you wanted to become stronger and reach the cosmic cloud state, how can you not work hard?'

Although Eddie wasn't good at socializing, they could tell he was prideful and at least a hard worker.

Man Kun never disliked hard-working people.

Lu Ze was disappointed. "You don't want to go out and walk? There's a lot of good food on Earth."

He wanted to drag these guys to go and eat with him. After all, it was a rare chance to visit Earth. He still wanted to sweep the entire food street.

Eddie shook his head firmly. "No!"

Man Kun smiled. "We'll go after the competition. Cultivation is more important now."

Lu Ze was disappointed. He couldn't tie these guys up to go and eat. Even Ying Ying's eyes dimmed down.

After Man Kun and the rest returned to their rooms, Lu Ze and his team looked around. They noticed a lot of prodigies had left.

Some went to tour around while some went to cultivate. This was only natural since the fights were more important.

Lu Ze smiled helplessly. "Then, let's go back to cultivate too." Ying Ying pouted her lips. Seeing this, everyone laughed.

Alice rubbed Ying Ying's head. "Senior, Ying Ying, we can go back and cook for you guys."

Lu Ze's and Ying Ying's eyes lit up immediately. They looked at Alice emotionally. She was an angel indeed! Ying Ying looked at Alice with admiration. "Sister Alice is the best!"

Lin Ling and Lu Li weren't happy.

Lin Ling pinched Ying Ying's face. "Your sister Lu Li and I are also going to cook. Are we not good?"

Ying Ying noticed their dissatisfied expressions and quickly rubbed Lin Ling. "Sister Ling and Li are also really good!"

The group went back to their rooms thereafter.

Qiuyue Hesha was looking at the news. It was exploding with the arrival of the ambassadors.

'Three ambassadors have entered the ancestral planet. The four-race meeting which will discuss the future of the four races is about to begin!'

'Four-race meeting about to commence, discussions about the future of humanity!'

'Four-race prodigies all gathered together. Who is the strongest?'

'Shocking news! The strongest prodigies of the Winged and Barbarian Races have reached level-3 planetary state!'

"The pride duo of the Human Race had reached level-2 planetary state. In terms of strength, the Human Race is actually slightly stronger than the Round Race!'

'Looking forward to seeing the performance of the first Monarch in the Four-Race Battles!'

In terms of prodigy cultivation level, the Winged and Barbarian Races had always been the strongest. There was no doubt about it. Naturally, they had a good foundation.

However, this time, the Human Race had two level-2 planetary states. That was one more than the Round Race. This already made people excited.

Telun System, Planet Lan Jiang, Lu Wen's Company.

Lu Wen and Fu Shuya were looking at all the news. They couldn't hide their smiles at all.

Fu Shuya said, "Just look out how amazing our boy is. The entire race is waiting to see him."

Lu Wen also felt great. "Of course, look at who raised him!"

Fu Shuya responded, "I raised him, of course."

Lu Wen: "?"

'Didn't they raise him together?'

Fu Shuya questioned, "Hmm? Do you have a problem with that?"

Lu Wen immediately answered, "Of course not! It's all my wife's work! You've done too much, come have a seat..."

Fu Shuya laughed and rolled her eyes. "You can sit on your own seat."

She sat on the couch on the side. Lu Wen ran over and sat next to her as well. The two kept looking at the news.

"The human pride duo... Don't they seem to be Lu Ze's teachers? They came over during the new year. Are they that strong?" Lu Wen was shocked.

Fu Shuya nodded. "I can see that the way they look at our boy isn't right. Aren't they rumored to be involved in a scandal too?"

Fu Shuya expressed her anger and pride. "Besides them, Lin Ling and Alice seems to be involved as well?" Lu Wen scratched his head. "This little kid! He was really envious!'

Meanwhile, a lot of employees also whispered among themselves upon seeing the news.

"Boss' son is really amazing! He's representing the entire Human Race!"

"Of course! Ever since that graduation trial broadcast, I knew he was a super prodigy!"

"Wow... little brother Lu Ze is so handsome and talented. His character would definitely be nice too. Which bitch would steal him away?"

"Keep chatting, I'm going out to eat a lemon..."

The men in the office felt hot-blooded.

Fighting for the honor of humanity! This was probably every man's dream. However, their talent didn't allow it...

Of course, they did hope that Lu Ze would bring back honor for the Human Race. Nevertheless, after seeing the dazed expressions of their female co-workers, they couldn't help but feel sour about it.

Everyone was green with envy. After thinking for a moment, they quickly realized that they shouldn't bother with this matter anymore. Regardless of how smitten the women were, they could never be Lu Ze in the end.

After all, the gap between Lu Ze and them was too big.

Back in planet Lan Jiang, at a restaurant called 'My Daughter', Merlin and Zhu Honglian were also following the news.

Zhu Honglian grinned. "Alice is going too, right?"

Merlin nodded with pride. "Yes, our daughter isn't weak. She's much stronger than us at the time!"

Zhu Honglian smiled. "With Ze watching over her, it's only natural."

Merlin's mouth twitched. He could tell that his wife quite liked that kid. However, he didn't like it. Alice was still a kid.

'How could she leave this quickly?'

She should wait at least a few hundred years... No, a few thousand years! Zhu Honglian couldn't resist exclaiming, "Time goes by really fast. It has already been a few hundred years ago since we went."

Merlin nodded. If it wasn't that Zhu Honglian needed to recover and he needed to take care of Lu Wen and Fu Shuya, he would definitely go to the ancestral planet too.

"We were much weaker than the other three races back then."

Zhu Honglian had a wide smile on her face. "This time, with Ze and the others, the Human Race will shine brightly!"

Merlin rolled his eyes, but he didn't object either. He knew that Lu Ze and the rest were definitely extremely powerful.

Other than them, Ye Mu and the others who just came back from the battlefield were also watching the news. Ian asked, "Ze and the girls are going, right? I heard they're very strong. Ze's power has already reached the planetary state."

Ye Mu felt lifeless. "Ze is too much of an animal. We're not even at the core martial state, and he's already a planetary state?!"

"We came back too late. Otherwise, we could have attended to watch and cheer for them." Tianyuan Qianhua said, "There will be a live stream when the competition starts. We can watch them there."

Xuan Yuqi nodded. "She's right. With Ze's power, there would surely be a dazzling performance."

Ye Mu sighed. "That guy is a monster."

Everyone was looking forward to Lu Ze's performance.

Earth.

Lu Ze and the girls had dinner and rested for a while. Thereafter, they returned to their rooms to cultivate.

Lu Ze sat on the bed and used a level-5 planetary state red orb.

He was in no rush to learn divine arts. He went back to his routine of working on cultivation level during the day and learning divine art at night.

Cultivation level was the foundation after all.

The energy of the level-5 planetary state orb was exceptionally terrifying. Even with Lu Ze's current body, he still found it difficult to handle. There was constant pain. Still, it was very effective. He was confident that he could reach level-2 planetary state in just a month.

Even Lu Ze was shocked by this terrifying speed.

This was the planetary state! An ordinary prodigy would need decades to jump to the subsequent level. Was he living in a dream?!

The tide of red energy surged in Lu Ze's body as an endless spirit force was sucked into him.

During this process, Lu Ze's body was becoming stronger. After forming a planetary rune, his cells were empty, but now, they were being filled again.

When it was completely filled, Lu Ze could begin the second forge and reach level-2 planetary state.

Five hours later, the sky dimmed down.

Lu Ze got out of bed and evaluated his situation. There was a major improvement!

During this time, Lu Ze sighed. He hadn't seen the sunset on Earth for a long time. It wasn't prettier than the sunsets on other planets. It was just an ordinary sunset, but this was Earth's after all.

Naturally, it was unique in Lu Ze's heart.

When the sky completely fell dark, Lu Ze walked out of his room.

Alice and the other girls were cooking already. Meanwhile, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were still cultivating.

Ying Ying floated around as though she wanted to help, but she reached out her little hand only to grab a piece of meat.

Lu Ze: "..."

'This little guy was sneaking food!' Ying Ying sensed something and looked in Lu Ze's direction. She instantly stopped chewing. Ying Ying quickly put the plate on the table as though she didn't steal anything.

Lu Ze laughed. Without the stains on her lips and the slow movements of her chewing mouth, he would have believed her too.

Lu Ze walked up to Ying Ying and said quietly, "Ying Ying, you're stealing food! I'm going to tell your sisters."

Ying Ying stiffened at his remark.

Lu Ze wiped the stain on her lips and showed it to her. Ying Ying's eyes widened as though saying, 'How come I didn't realize it?'

Lu Ze's smile turned evil. "You don't want me to tell your sisters, right?"

Ying Ying nodded pitifully. If they found out she was stealing food, they wouldn't let her in the kitchen!

Lu Ze grinned. "I can help you keep a secret, but whatever dish I like today, you can't fight with me!"

Ying Ying responded pitifully, "You definitely like all the dishes!"

Lu Ze looked at her in surprise. She wasn't stupid. He then coughed. "Alright, I want half of all the dishes..."

Before he could finish, tears started to gather in Ying Ying's eyes. He immediately tried to pat her head. "Okay, okay, okay, I'll have a third!"

Only then did Ying Ying nod. After that secret deal was made, the other door opened.

Qiuyue Hesha walked over. Lu Ze and Ying Ying immediately acted normal.

Qiuyue Hesha glanced at the two and then at the table. She grinned but said nothing.

At the dinner table, Lu Ze happily ate while Ying Ying only carefully took a few dishes.

This made the others worry. "Ying Ying, are you okay? Are you sick?"

Ying Ying shook her head. "I'm fine, I just can't eat that much."

Everyone was in disbelief. This didn't seem right.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Ying Ying is so strong what can happen to her? Hurry up and eat." At this point, Qiuyue Hesha communicated with Lu Ze mentally. In his head, he could her saying, "Little brother Lu Ze, you owe me one."

Lu Ze: "..."

Indeed, Qiuyue Hesha did discover them!

On the second day, the four-race meeting began.

Two days later, Lu Ze's Light Beam reached familiar mastery. By the third day, the four-race meeting was officially concluded.

Now, the stage was open for the prodigies.

During the third morning, Lu Ze finished cultivation. He chose to learn Darkness Beam. With the aid of blue crystals, it had also reached familiar mastery.

He went out and saw that everyone was in the living room. They were notified last night that the sparring tournament would commence today.

After breakfast, they made their way to the first floor of the hotel.

All the prodigies were there. Each of them was looking at their opponents. The entire area was filled with a battle will.

Man Xiu glared at Nangong Jing.

Eddie and Man Kun seemed to be into each other too.

Not many people paid attention to Lu Ze. Only the level-1 planetary states of other races would look at him occasionally. Understandably, it was his first time going, and his cultivation level was merely level-1 planetary state.

The prodigies from the other race didn't know him well enough.

Soon, everyone arrived, and Zuoqiu Xunshuang flew over.

She grinned. "Come with me, I'll take you to the stage."

After speaking, she flew off.

Everyone followed Zuoqiu Xunshuang accordingly. The location was on a small island in the Pacific region.

They created a stage just for this competition. With powerful beings reinforcing the stage, they didn't need to worry about the outside world getting affected.

The stage was around ten kilometers in diameter. There were also stands around it. They were made for the high-level authorities and prodigies as a place to rest and watch.

At the same time, there were also journalists doing broadcasts.

The other three races also allocated some individuals to do their broadcasts. The weakest of the young dukes were mortal evolution states. They flew very fast, and soon, they reached the stage.

Thereafter, everyone went to the resting stand that was assigned to their race, waiting for the tournament to start.

The rules were very simple. Beings will fight against individuals who had the same state as them. If one failed to find an opponent within the same state and was confident enough with one's skills, then beings with higher cultivation levels can be challenged by such an individual.

In the previous tournaments, there weren't many who could challenge opponents of higher cultivation levels. Those who were among the mortal evolution state could do so, but it was a different scenario in the planetary state. In such a case, fighting a higher-level opponent was extremely rare.

Everyone was a prodigy, so the difference wouldn't be huge.

When the broadcasting showed the prodigies flying over, the eager audience exploded.

Comments covered the entire screen.

"They're here! They're here!"

"Go! Show them the power of the Human Race!"

"I saw little brother Lu Ze!"

"Young duke Jing is really pretty!" "Young duke Hesha is the best!"

"Little brother Lu Ze is mine!"

"With this many prodigies gathered together, that force is really terrifying. The air is being distorted." "Terrifying!" Everyone was super excited. This happened only once every five years, and this time, the Human Race's skills weren't inferior.

At the highest stand on the side, Saint Lin Dong, Jinyao, Man Dali, Qiu Qi, Doris, and the high-levels of the four races were seated. Man Dali laughed. "These kids aren't bad."

He looked at Jinyao and grinned. "Nangong, I didn't expect your descendant to be this talented. She's already a level-2 planetary state."

Saint Jinyao smiled happily but waved his hand humbly. "Can't compare to your Barbarian Race's prodigy. Your kid is already a level-3 planetary state."

Man Dali felt good too. "That's true, Man Kun awoke the Barbarian King body. His body is extremely strong. Probably no prodigy here can compete with him in terms of physical body."

"Barbarian King body?"

Everyone was shocked.

Qiu Qi said, "That's a very strong body god art. Your race really has a good seed."

"Hehehe!" Man Dali laughed.

Doris grinned too. "Eddie is also a talented prodigy. He had awakened the darkness god art. Together with his wind god art, he wouldn't be weaker than Man Kun."

Darkness god art with wind god art could become extremely eerie and hard to catch. It was a counter to tough physical body god art.

The corners of Qiu Qi's mouth raised up. "Qiu Lun isn't as strong as them in terms of cultivation level, but his god art isn't weak. His thousand transformation god art has reached a very deep state. He should have few opponents within the same cultivation level."

Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong agreed while smiling. However, in their minds, they were thinking, 'Keep showing off, we'll see if you can still laugh later.'

After they were done, Saint Lin Dong waved his hand. "The competition begins. Level-1 mortal evolution state, choose your opponents."

There were no complex rules. They just needed to show their combat power.

Subsequently, one gray-haired youth stood out from the Human Race stand and flew towards the stage. He smiled. "I'm Helas. Since the Human Race is the host, I'll start things off." He then looked at the Barbarian Race side. "Man Da, let's have a battle."

A three-meter tall, bulky man left the stand and landed on the stage with a thud. He was wearing brass ancient armor. He had a bald head and was a level-1 mortal evolution state.

"Helas, I knew you would challenge me."

They met a few days ago and had the same cultivation level. Therefore, they wanted to challenge each other.

Saint Lin Dong smiled and said, "Start if you're ready."

He didn't remind them to keep safe. As long as one didn't die, they could save them. Moreover, with them around, it was difficult to die.

Helas' face turned serious as a dark red sword appeared on his hand. Sharp sword shadows emerged around him simultaneously.

Man Da also clenched his fists and roared. His vines popped up as dim green runes formed. His chi rose.

They were level-1 mortal evolution states, but their chi reached level-3 mortal evolution state, nearing level-4. This wasn't bad. Helas stomped on the ground and shot a sword ray towards Man Da while charging at him.

Clank!

The sword ray that was a few meters from Man Da made a sound.

It broke!

Man Da grinned and charged at Helas in return.

A dark red figure formed around Helas' sword. The chi wave had split, and the sword ray shot at Man Da like a storm.

Man Da roared. The green light around him burst out as his fists turned into palms. Those palms went to meet the storm with terrifying force.

Subsequently, the two green palm prints turned ten-meter large and clashed with the storm.

Rumble!

A shockwave spread across all directions. Man Da charged into the center of the shockwave.

Helas roared and clutched his sword with both hands. The tens of dark red sword rays stacked.

"Sever!"

He took a step forward and sliced down. A few hundred meters long dark red sword ray sliced at Man Da.

Man Da suddenly stopped. He roared, and a light orb spun around his hand. Thereafter, he threw the orb out.

Rumble!

The clash sounded more terrifying than the previous one. The powerful ripple shot into the sky after meeting the boundary of the barrier. The huge pillar tore open the cloud and shot into space.

After the ripple was gone, there was a deep gash on Man Da's breastplate. Blood flowed out while Helas' face was pale. His chi became extremely weak.

Man Da didn't seem to mind the gash and stepped forward again. He appeared before Helas and swung his palm towards Helas.

Helas gritted his teeth and formed a few more sword rays towards the palm print.

Rumble!

The sword ray cracked and the palm print dimmed down, but it still landed on Helas.

Helas chose to fly out. Blood poured out from his mouth, and he landed outside the stage. He struggled to get up as he wiped the blood from his mouth. "I lost."

That thousand-layer sever used up most of his power. If that move didn't work, he didn't have sufficient combat power.

If it was the Winged or Round Race, that move might have let him win, but the Barbarian Race's defenses surpassed the other two races.

He was extremely regretful. He should have challenged the Winged or Round Race instead. But they might also have other trump cards... Man Da breathed out and looked at the deep gash. He almost couldn't stop it.

Thereafter, Man Da laughed. "That move was good. Let's fight again some time."

"For sure!"

Following that exchange, the two went back to their respective stand. The comments section exploded once more.

"So... this is the battle between prodigies? Terrifying!"

"A level-1 mortal evolution state is so strong. Did you see that clash?"

"Yes, the pillar went into space!"

"Almost! We almost won!"

"Yes, what a pity!"

"But young duke Helas tried his best. Is he okay? He looks like he's about to die. He can barely fly back."

"He should be fine, right?"

Helas flew back to the human stand.

Lu Ze looked at him and smiled. "Don't move, let me heal you."

Helas felt stunned. When he regained his senses, he showed a grateful smile to Lu Ze. He asked, "Lu Ze, you have the ability to heal? Thank you. Pity, I didn't win."

Helas was overwhelmed. Lu Ze was younger than he was, but their talent wasn't on the same level. He might be a young duke, but in terms of ranking, he should be at the very bottom.

In response, Lu Ze smiled. "Don't worry, you tried your best. It's just a spar. You can win it back in the future."

Helas nodded. Lu Ze pressed his hand on Helas' shoulder and used wood god art. Immediately, Helas' face went from pale to red. His heavily injured body recovered within a few seconds.

A few seconds later, Helas looked at his completely healed body and was dumbfounded. He didn't expect to recover to his peak state this quickly. Not just him, everyone else was dazed too.

They looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

Louisa had light god art, but even she couldn't cure Helas completely in just a few seconds. She couldn't even beat Lu Ze in what she was good at. This felt bad.

Seeing Helas still standing there, Lu Ze thought he had other injuries and asked, "What's wrong? Are you still uncomfortable?"

Helas quickly shook his head and said, "I have completely recovered. Thank you."

Lu Ze smiled and replied, "You're welcome. Go get some rest." He might be able to heal Helas injuries, but Lu Ze could not restore his stamina.

Helas nodded and returned to his seat.

At this moment, a green-haired man flew up to where they were. He asked, "Where is Helas? I'll heal him..."

Before he could complete his words, he saw the fully healed Helas in his seat.

The man: "?!"

'Wasn't this kid heavily injured? He didn't seem injured at all.'

Louisa said, "Master Jules, Helas has been healed."

Jules smiled. "So it's Louisa. No wonder. With you here, those injuries are not a problem."

Louisa's mouth twitched. "I didn't heal him. Ze

did."

Jules: "?"

He looked at Louisa and then at Lu Ze.

'Lu Ze cured Helas? Since when was he able to heal?'

Lu Ze didn't expect that there would be healers here. But then, that did seem very normal.

The other three races would have healers too, right?

Lu Ze smiled. "I learned wood god art before, so I know some healing methods."

Louisa: "..."

'Some? Did that mean she knew nothing at all?'

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Jules laughed in a dry manner. "Since he's cured, then I'll go back first. With you and Louisa here, I don't need to come in the meantime."

With their healing capability, those below planetary states wouldn't need him. He could come when planetary states got injured.

Nangong Jing and the rest looked at each other. They knew wood god art too, but it was best not to say it for now.

In the next moment, the Barbarian Race also had a healer coming to their stand.

Currently, the second round had begun. A level-1 mortal evolution state man from the Winged Race invited a level-1 mortal evolution state being from the Round Race.

The Winged Race had an affinity with wind god art. Many prodigies knew wind god art, and some of them even learned light god art.

Meanwhile, the Round Race had a rather unique way of fighting. Their body was soft, and they could change shape during battle. They could stretch their body, hands, and even inflate. Their body seemed soft, but it was very cohesive. They could shift from being soft to hard.

This was Lu Ze's first time seeing someone from the Round Race in battle.

Lu Ze saw the being from the Round Race change his hands into two long swords. Thereafter, the being detached those hands and turned them into flying swords.

It was very eerie!

This fighting style was rather cool though. He could even get some ideas from their battles.

This time, the battle between the two participants lasted longer. Neither of them could do anything to each other. After half an hour, the being from the Winged Race consumed his power rapidly and was knocked out of the stage.

The Round Race participant also collapsed on the stage, turning into a deflated balloon. It was rather funny...

Compared to the previous explosive battle, this battle was fancier and gave the audience quite a show.

The two went back to their stands, and each race had healers attending to their wounds.

The competition continued.

Among the four races, the number of level-1 mortal evolution state prodigies was the same as level-2 and level-3 planetary states. They were few.

The Human and Round Race each had two level-2 mortal evolution state prodigies. As for the Barbarian and Winged Race, each had one.

After that, the Round Race prodigy beat the prodigies of the other three races and was held victorious among level-1 mortal evolution states. His thousand transformation god art was better than the other beings from the Round Race as well.

Man Da had terrifying defense and attack, but he had a rather annoying fight against the thousand transformation god art. That prodigy tried challenging a level-2 mortal evolution state barbarian.

The Round Race participant had quite the counter to the Barbarian Race, but despite this, the one level difference was still quite big. He still lost in the end.

Although the number of level-2 mortal evolution states was slightly higher than level-1, it still did not exceed ten altogether.

After knowing the fighting styles of the other race prodigies, the level-1 and level-2 mortal evolution state battles became boring to Lu Ze and the others.

At this moment, Luo Bingqing smiled. "As usual, let's begin."

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha nodded.

Lin Kuang grinned. "It's about time."

Lu Ze asked, "What?"

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "This is your first time fighting, so you don't know. Every social gathering, we would analyze the battle of the prodigies fighting.

Luo Bingqing nodded. "This is vindicating your own dao but also giving pointers to others." Lin Kuang chimed in. "This is a custom. It will be led by the person with the strongest power." Lu Ze realized. "So that's it."

Every prodigy had their unique fighting style and dao. Watching others would allow them to learn things.

This was the fastest way to improve.

Nangong Jing grinned and patted Lu Ze's shoulder. "You can take the lead this time. You're the strongest out of all of us."

The others didn't reject it and just looked at Lu Ze.

In return, Lu Ze scratched his head and felt embarrassed. 'So they all thought he was strong?" "Then, let's begin."

At this moment, a level-2 mortal evolution state from the Winged Race was fighting a level-2 mortal evolution state from the Barbarian Race.

The Winged Race participant had wind god art while the being from the Barbarian Race had body god art.

The battle between them was a battle between speed and power. It was a very explosive battle. The analysis of the battle was to learn from their strong points and warn themselves of others' common errors.

Since everyone trusted Lu Ze to lead, he wasn't going to take it lightly.

He used a purple orb, and his mind became very clear. The battles were no secret to him anyways, but now, every detail was highlighted and analyzed.

He enumerated the problem areas one by one. It included god art usage, power usage, and even mental battle.

Each question made those who were below level-5 mortal evolution state fell into contemplation. Even those above level-5 mortal evolution state had some thought.

Everyone threw out their ideas. They began discussion and made up for their shortcomings. Even Lu Ze could learn something.

Every god art had endless secrets, how could Lu Ze say he knew everything?

Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, Lin Ling, Alice, and Lu Li had a very deep understanding of god art. Their every word drew people's attention.

Everyone had a strange expression. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were already extremely talented so that was acceptable.

On the other hand, Lin Ling was Lu Ze's classmate and was appointed as young duke at the same time.

But what about Alice and Lu Li?

They were a year younger than Lu Ze.

Were all the girls around Lu Ze insane?

They had even greater respect for Lu Ze. His every word could make people feel enlightened. His thought process was extremely clear, and he could express it in a way they could easily understand.

As young dukes, most of them were at least taught by star states once. But to them, even star states might not compare to Lu Ze. The battle ensued. Their power was similar, so it became a fight of stamina.

The other races were also discussing the battle.

At the highest stand, the cosmic system states looked at the battles casually. The intense battle down there is just child's play to them, but it was rather good for mortal evolution states.

Doris had an elegant smile. "These little guys are having good conversations. Not bad."

Man Dali remarked, "Haha! After this, probably a few more are going to make a breakthrough." The corners of Saint Jinyao's mouth were raised. "One can only progress by recognizing his inadequacies and improving them. These little guys are all great."

Qiu Qi looked curiously in the direction of the Human Race and said, "Nangong, the discussion at the human side is very intense this time."

Man Dali and Doris also looked over with curiosity. They also noticed that the human prodigies showed expressions of deep contemplation and then enlightenment. They had excited smiles.

It was just one battle. Was it this absurd?

Man Dali asked, "Nangong, what's the situation there?"

Doris looked at Lu Ze who was surrounded by everyone and raised a brow. "That little guy is leading? He's only a level-1 planetary state?!"

At this discussion, it's definitely the prodigy with the greatest talent and cultivation level leading. The Round Race was led by Qiu Lun. The Winged Race was led by Eddie. Meanwhile, the Barbarian Race was led by Man Kun.

They thought it would be Nangong Jing or Qiuyue Hesha leading, but it was actually that level-1 planetary state little guy. Saint Jinyao tried hard to maintain a straight face and waved his hand casually. "Those little guys are just playing. Look at the match, look at the match."

The other three looked at Saint Jinyao's face, and their mouth twitched. Who would believe him?

Clearly, those prodigies learned a lot, or they wouldn't be this excited.

The three looked at each other. 'Was this kid very talented?'

If so, then his cultivation level shouldn't be low. Why wasn't it as high as the other two girls? The three were extremely confused.

On the other hand, at the human stand, Lu Ze and the others were immersed in the discussion of martial arts.

It had been half an hour, and the battle was near the end.

The two prodigies were pretty much out of stamina, but the Barbarian Race had stronger defenses. When they were both exhausted, he caught a moment where the Winged Race's speed dropped down. At that point, he was able to punch the other party out of the stage. With the conclusion of the battle, the discussion stopped since there was no stimulus material.

The human side also had two level-2 mortal evolution states. They looked at each other. A beautiful blonde girl smiled. "Lan Yezhou, you're stronger than I am. You can go and fight first. I'll wait for a while."

Lan Yezhou rolled his eyes and sneered. "Pfft! Claudia, didn't you always say you were stronger than me? How come you're now saying I'm stronger? Don't think about me going first. You go first!"

He definitely wanted to hear the pointers on the battle that involved the same cultivation as his. Lu Ze's analysis was too on point. He was confident he could improve if he listened.

My brother Ze is a real prodigy!

Claudia's face stiffened. She glared at Lan Yezhou. "I don't care! I want to listen to Lu Ze's analysis too!"

During this time, Claudia had an idea. She was rather confident in her appearance. She could seduce him!

Little brother Lu Ze fancied women. If she seduced him and let him choose Lan Yezhou to fight first, it would be problem solved!

Thus, she took a deep breath and looked at Lu Ze with admiration.

Just when she was about to speak, Lu Li smiled. "Miss Claudia, don't worry, I will record the discussion. Therefore, you can go fight without fear of missing out."

Lin Ling giggled. "I can tell you're a bit stronger than brother Lan."

She pointed at her clear eyes.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled as well. "You're both going to fight, so it doesn't matter who goes first. How about you go first, Claudia?"

Nangong Jing also smiled at her.

Claudia: "?"

They rejected her completely!

However, when she saw the coldness in the depth of their eyes, her mouth twitched. She could only laugh. "Since it's recorded, I'll go first then. I am indeed a bit stronger than Lan Yezhou after all."

Claudia finally left and entered the stage. It was a tactical retreat!

Right now, her opponent was a barbarian girl.

The opponent had a rather beautiful appearance, but she looked ferocious. Claudia had fire god art while her opponent possessed still body god art. Once again, the battle would be explosive!

Lu Ze gained some mastery over fire god art and began analyzing again. Everyone learned a lot and was excited. The battle lasted ten minutes. Claudia barely won. She then returned with some pride and looked at Lan Yezhou.

She won!

She moved towards Lu Ze and smiled gently. "Thank you, Ze."

Lu Ze returned the smile and nodded at her. "No problem."

A green beam shot out of his hand and proceeded to Claudia's body. He didn't touch her.

Seeing this, Nangong Jing and the other girls were satisfied. As for Claudia, she was disappointed and began to doubt her attractiveness.

Louisa was speechless. She was a healer, but no one came to her.

Claudia recovered in a few seconds and sat back next to Lan Yezhou. "Your turn now."

Lan Yezhou smiled. He wasn't worried about missing out now. Lu Ze would analyze his strong points and inadequacies. He could watch the recording to learn.

He flew to the stage and saluted his fists to the Winged Race. "I'm Lan Yezhou, I would like to challenge a Winged Race prodigy."

A white-haired handsome man flew out. It was the prodigy fighting the Round Race before.

He flapped his wings and landed. "Winged Race, Leonel."

Lan Yezhou's face turned serious. The difference between their powers wasn't big.

Claudia won before, so if he lost, he would lose face.

Lan Yezhou held his long sword, and his chi rapidly rose. There was a small purple lightning flickering which soon turned into a lightning snake that circulated his body.

On the other hand, Leonel also held a long sword as the wind flowed around his body. His white hair danced in the air.

Wind and lightning crossed. It seemed like doomsday on the stage.

When their chi rose to the extreme, they disappeared from the spot simultaneously.

Rumble!

The two clashed for the first time and flew back.

They disappeared once more, and a series of clashes occurred. The stage was filled with their afterimages.

Lan Yezhou learned something from Lu Ze's analysis, but he would still need time to transform them into combat power. Nevertheless, he could use the weakness that Lu Ze evaluated for this guy.

It was nothing lethal and could only make Lan Yezhou's battle relatively easier.

The cosmic system states were a little surprised Doris said, "That little guy is quite capable. With just a short match, he could see Leonel's minor weakness." Man Dali laughed. "That Leonel kid is having a hard time now."

It was hard to fight after someone knows your weakness, but this was a part of the competition.

If the two were evenly matched, it was best to find ones' weakness during an intense battle and win.

However, that was easier than done. Only someone with Lin Ling's spirit eye god art can find it. Even Lu Ze couldn't do that unless the weakness was too obvious.

After another clash, the two stood opposite each other.

Leonel wiped the blood from his mouth and looked at Lan Yezhou with shock. "In a short match, you found my weakness?"

"This human prodigy was this strong?'

Lan Yezhou showed a mysterious smile. "Guess."

Leonel's mouth twitched. It didn't matter if Lan Yezhou didn't say it.

He was at a temporary disadvantage, but he was still happy. This could allow him to learn more about himself. He could use Lan Yezhou to make himself stronger.

Thinking about this, Leonel smiled and charged at Lan Yezhou again.

Doris nodded happily seeing this. "Not bad, using your opponent to practice and make up for your weakness. It is better to lose face here than losing your life elsewhere."

The people watching the broadcast were confused. "What's with this Winged Race prodigy? He's injured, and yet, he is still smiling." "Is he into BDSM?"

"This is our cosmic friend, don't say that!"

"This fight is really interesting though."

The battle lasted ten minutes.

Eventually, Lan Yezhou used the minor advantage he built up to win.

Nevertheless, after this battle, Leonel would probably get rid of those minor weaknesses. Lan Yezhou was covered in blood and he returned to the platform.

He glanced at Claudia. 'Hehe, I won too!'

Thereafter, he looked at Lu Ze with admiration. "Brother Ze, you're really amazing!" Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He just had the chills.

Moreover, Lin Ling was the true master at this. With time, she could spot the weakness of those stronger than her.

He smiled. "I'll heal you first."

After that, Lan Yezhou returned to his seat.

Soon, the fight of the level-2 mortal evolution states was about to be over. The last one was a barbarian male. He challenged a level-3 mortal evolution state human prodigy but was sent flying away with a single punch.

Now, it was time for the battle of the level-3 mortal evolution states. This lasted a few hours. When it was over, the sky had already dimmed.

Saint Lin Dong got up and said, "It's been a day. Go back and digest what you've learned."

Those who were injured would still feel tired mentally.

Everyone left the island and flew back to the hotel.

Many of them were desperate to return. After all, they learned quite a lot.

These people were mostly prodigies with lower cultivation levels.

While they were flying, Louisa looked curiously at Lu Ze. "Ze, I didn't expect your wood god art to be this powerful. You're healing ability is stronger than mine."

Usually, wood god art was weaker at healing than light god art.

This made Louisa very shocked. 'Was there something else he didn't know?'

Healing god arts were rare, and the two knew each other well enough. Louisa couldn't resist wanting to discuss this with them.

Lu Ze smiled. "It's not too strong."

His current wood god art was barely reaching the planetary state.

Louisa's face stiffened. 'If his wood god art wasn't strong, then what about hers?'

This was tiring...

Nangong Jing and the others looked at Louisa with vigilance.

'Was she interested in this foodie? Otherwise, why would she talk to him like that?!'

This can't do!

Louisa's mouth twitched when she saw Nangong Jing's terrifying glare. She felt they were thinking about something over the top. They're being overprotective.

Soon, everyone went back to the hotel and began cultivating.

On the other side, in a small shack on Earth, Saint Jinyao, Lin Dong, Man Dali, Doris, and Qiu Qi were drinking wine before a table.

Man Dali was sitting on one side by himself. Even though he was already sitting, he was still four meters tall.

He drank some wine and laughed. "These little kids were pretty good today." The others nodded in agreement.

A prodigy's potential wasn't just in terms of talent. It also included how they deal with adversity.

Judging how far a person could go did not depend on how many times he won. Instead, it was measured on how he faced defeat.

No one can always succeed. If a person is defeated after failing once, then such a prodigy is too brittle. Doris smiled and looked at Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong. "By the way, what's with that little guy Lu Ze? He's not ordinary, is he?"

Qiu Qi and Man Dali also looked over.

Qiu Qi nodded. "He's not ordinary indeed. He's just a level-1 planetary state, and yet, he's leading the discussion. Looking at your prodigies, they seem to approve of him quite a lot."

Man Dali grinned. "Yes, he's got very keen eyes. Many human prodigies grasped the weakness of others.'

Naturally, they weren't dumb. They could tell it was all disclosed by Lu Ze.

Doris smiled. "By the way, we need to thank him."

This was a training process for their prodigies too. Prodigies need to keep challenging themselves.

Today's battles were quite beneficial to them.

Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong were speechless. They wanted to shock them a few days later, but it was revealed this early on?

Ze was just too excellent...

Saint Jinyao smiled. "That little guy is our once-in-a-thousand-years prodigy. He's not ordinary, of course."

"Once in a thousand years?" The other three looked among themselves.

Qiu Qi wobbled his round head. "This rating is really rare, coming from you." Unlike them, Saint Jin Yao received power from the Divine Tree of the Elf Race. Nevertheless, they were all cosmic system states and similar in power. A prodigy must be extremely excellent for Saint Jinyao to say that kind of remark.

Lin Dong didn't refute it either.

Saint Jinyao smiled. "You guys will know in time."

Lu Ze was a super prodigy who created a phenomenon upon breaking through to the planetary state. Not even the Barbarian Race nor the Winged Race, who had a few hundred thousand years of history, possessed such prodigy.

Man Dali was doubtful. "He's that strong?"

The two human saints smiled and said nothing. Seeing this, Man Dali laughed. It would be his fight in a few days. No matter how strong Lu Ze was, he was only a level-1 planetary state after all.

Could he beat the level-3 planetary state Man Kun?'

Doris and Qiu Qi had the same thoughts.

Qiu Qi asked, "Is he going to the secret realm this time?"

Jinyao frowned and said, "I'll let him decide."

He wanted Lu Ze to stay safe inside the Human Race and cultivate. However, Lu Ze probably wouldn't agree. Accordingly, he would let him decide himself.

The other three knew Jinyaos' concerns. Entering the secret realm entailed danger. In addition, there were some races who weren't in friendly terms with them along the exploration.

If Lu Ze was really such a prodigy and he died in the secret realm, it would be a huge loss.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze was currently cultivating. He used a purple orb and blue crystal to digest his learnings today.

There were quite a few god arts that he had. Lu Ze used that to strengthen his own mastery.

In just a short hour, he digested everything he learned. Thereafter, he began working on the Light Beam.

Time passed rapidly. It was the morning again.

Tomorrow, he would be able to bring the Light Beam to familiar mastery.

He then got out of the bed to gather with the others.

All the prodigies had smiles on their faces. It seemed they learned a lot from last night.

Everyone went to the island to battle again.

Today, the battle started with level-4 mortal evolution states.

The numbers started to grow at this juncture. Half a day later, the battle among level-4 mortal evolution states was finished. The Winged Race placed first.

In the evening, the level-5 mortal evolution state battles were finished as well. Once again, the Winged Race ranked first.

Across the battles from level-1 to level-5 mortal evolution state, the Human Race did not manage to place first even once.

Later in the night, everyone went back to cultivate again.

By the third day, it was time for the level-6 mortal evolution states to battle. Their round was finished in the afternoon. This time, the Barbarian Race prodigy ranked first.

With the same result as before, the other three races were able to occupy the first place while the Human Race couldn't. Despite this, all the humans remained calm.

There would be a show later on.

When the night arrived, it was time for level-7 mortal evolution states to begin their fight.

Lu Li and Alice reached level-7 mortal evolution state, approaching level-8.

Lin Ling, however, just reached level-9 mortal evolution state. Currently, it was Lu Li's and Alice's turn to compete.

Everyone was excited.

The other race prodigies could also tell that the two girls were very strong.

Lu Li and Alice looked at each other. Following this exchange, Lu Li got up and flew to the stage. Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong narrowed their eyes with excitement.

At this juncture, the comments section exploded.

"She's here! I know this girl. She's always with Monarch of the New Dawn. She's definitely very strong!"

"She should get first this time, right?"

"I think that won't be a problem!"

Lu Wen and Fu Shuya also watched the screen excitedly.

This was their daughter! She had become an excellent girl already.

Although they were proud, they were still worried about Lu Li's safety at the same time.

Lu Li smiled and looked at the Winged Race stand.

"Human Race, Lu Li, I would like to challenge Winged Race prodigy."

As soon as she said this, a handsome being from the Winged Race flew over and landed elegantly on the stage.

He smiled thereafter. "Winged Race, Ned."

Ned looked at Lu Li with a serious expression.

Their cultivation level was similar, but he still felt a lethal threat from Lu Li. He tensed up, not daring to lower his guard at all.

Lu Li smiled as a dark beam flashed in her eyes. Four dark figures split off from her shadow. She didn't move, but the four shadows disappeared.

Ned's eyes narrowed. Just when he was planning to move, the four figures appeared before him.

Screech!

The wind circulating Ned was torn apart, and the four figures palmed him. Rumble!

Instantly, Ned became extremely weak, and he spat out blood. He could barely stand right now.

He looked at the girl who didn't move at all in shock.

'She was this strong?!'

Not only Ned, but the other prodigies and the high-levels of the four races widened their eyes in disbelief.

'Wasn't this too strong?!'

Prodigies from the same level usually fought for at least a few minutes and usually ended up both injured.

Lu Li didn't even move, and she instantly defeated her opponent.

Doris praised, "She's very good! Her darkness god art is very well learned."

It might not be even weaker than Eddie's darkness god art, but she didn't say this out loud.

Darkness god art was inherent in Eddie. His wings were even black due to this.

Yet, this human girl's darkness god art was on par with Eddie's? Her cultivation level was weaker than Eddie's though.

'The Human Race had such a prodigy?'

Man Dali gasped and looked at Saint Jinyao. "Nangong, you didn't tell me the Human Race had a prodigy like her."

Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong looked at each other. They were shocked too. They knew Lu Li was strong, but they didn't expect her to be this powerful.

Saint Jinyao regretted not reminding all of them and only reminding Lu Ze.

The comments section froze at this point. After a while, there was an outburst.

"Oh, shit! Little sister Lu Li is so strong!"

"Invincible! She instantly defeated a Winged Race prodigy of the same level!" "The first contender among level-7 mortal evolution states was stable!"

"She's so pretty and strong. Her smile is so gentle!"

"From today on, she's my goddess!"

Lu Wen and Fu Shuya relaxed. They were excited and proud. Fu Shuya exclaimed, "Look at how well I taught them. Both our kids are super prodigies!"

Lu Wen quickly nodded in agreement. "You're right! You're the best!"

Fu Shuya nodded happily. Lu Li smiled at Ned. "You lost."

Only then did Ned realize he lost. He smiled bitterly. "I lost."

The difference was too big. There was no way he could win.

He was certain Lu Li had an overwhelming advantage over all the level-7 mortal evolution state prodigies. 'Perhaps she could even fight the level-8 mortal evolution state prodigies?'

Ned was speechless. He was unlucky to encounter this monster.

He then nodded at Lu Li and flew back to the stand. Lu Li went easy on him. Otherwise, he wouldn't even have the power to return.

Everyone else, other than Lu Ze's group, stared at Lu Li in shock.

'Didn't she seem to be Monarch of the New Dawn's little sister?'

Lu Ze smiled. "Good job, Lu Li."

Lu Li grinned. "Of course!" At this juncture, Alice said, "I'm next!"

She was going to finish her opponent cleanly. That way, senior would compliment her too.

Alice flew to the stage and smiled brightly as usual. "Human Race, Alice, I would like to challenge a Barbarian Race prodigy."

The level-7 mortal evolution state prodigies from the Barbarian Race looked at the blue-haired girl and rejoiced. Luckily, it wasn't the black-haired girl anymore.

A bulky man jumped onto the stage. "Barbarian Race, Man Tao!"

Alice giggled. "Are you ready?"

Man Tao was confused but still nodded in the end.

As soon as he nodded, Alice's hand burned with a blue flame.

The dreadful temperature instantly made Man Tao tremble.

"Oh, shit?!'

Before he could even react, a blue palm landed on his chest!

Rumble!

Man Tao was suddenly flung a few kilometers away.

The atmosphere became dead silent.

Everyone: "?"

'It ended as soon as it began?' Who was this blue-haired girl? That fire god art wasn't ordinary at all. Her source flame hadn't completely awakened yet, but it wasn't something an ordinary fire god art could compare to. Man Dali, Doris, and Qiu Qi's mouth twitched. They looked at the two human saints.

Those two girls would be the very top seed even among the Barbarian and Winged Race.

Qiu Qi said, "Nangong, Carlos, congratulations! With such prodigies, your human race would soon get a few more cosmic system states. Your future is secured."

The two human saints felt great.

Alice's potential definitely didn't end there. When the source flame completely awakened, her talent would become extremely fearsome.

The other cosmic system states were annoyed that their descendants weren't this good.

"Alice is also with Monarch of the New Dawn, right?"

"She's as strong as Lu Li!"

"Only such people deserve little brother Lu Ze!"

"That bright smile, that scorching flame. I'm dying!"

Man Tao struggled to get up. Alice smiled at him. "You lost."

Man Tao wiped the blood from his mouth and smiled bitterly. "Thank you for going easy on me."

If she didn't go easy, he would probably become dust now. That menacing flame scared him. What was the situation with the prodigies of this generation?!

Why did he have to face such a monster?

Alice returned to the stand and looked at Lu Ze. "Senior, senior, how did I do?"

Lu Ze rubbed her head in response. "Mhm, you did great!"

"Hehehe." Alice was delighted with the praise.

The others looked at her strangely. They couldn't connect this joyful girl to that powerful warrior who just used fire god art.

The other prodigies looked towards the stand of the Human Race with widened eyes. 'Who could stand up to those two terrifying prodigies?'

Moments later, Saint Jinyao coughed. "Continue the battles."

The other Winged Race prodigy flew down stiffly. He glanced towards the Human Race's stand and quickly looked away.

What a joke! Who dared to challenge the Human Race now? If those two monsters fought, he couldn't handle it.

Who knew if there were more?

Eventually, he challenged the Round Race.

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The battle was very intense and grand, but with Lu Li's and Alice's previous performance, their battle seemed boring.

Despite so, Lu Ze and the others still analyzed it.

Soon, it was late into the night. There were a few more battles, but no prodigies dared to challenge the Human Race. The other level-7 mortal evolution state human prodigies went to fight. When they saw that the rest weren't as terrifying, they felt relieved.

Those two were definitely the most talented among the Human Race, right? They were young. Maybe, that's the reason why their cultivation level wasn't high. The level-7 mortal evolution state battles weren't completely finished, but the battles for the day ended.

On the way back, a lot of prodigies were looking at Lu Li and Alice.

Back at the hotel, Nangong Jing and the others lay on the couch while Alice, Lu Li, and Lin Ling went into the kitchen.

Nangong Jing mumbled, "It's so boring, when will our turn to fight come?"

Her fists wanted to beat someone up.

Lu Ze sat next to her. "What's the rush? We need to let the others fight."

Half the purpose of the battles was for people to improve from the experience. Everyone was going to fight for sure.

Nangong Jing knew this as well. She flipped around and took out a crystal bottle of golden fruit wine.

She drank some. "Indeed, the wine that Ze gave is the best!"

She glanced at Lu Ze and moved closer to him. She then leaned on him and put her shoulder on his. Her warm breath shot towards Lu Ze's neck.

Nangong Jing put the wine bottle next to Lu Ze's mouth. "Hehe, Ze, let's drink together!"

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. However, he didn't reject her offer either. He drank it.

Nangong Jing smiled and then looked at Qiuyue Hesha who was looking at the news on the other side. "Fox demon, let's drink!"

"No, go away!"

Qiuyue Hesha didn't even bother to look up.

After a while, she recalled something and glared at Nangong Jing. "T Rex! If you try to do something to little brother Lu Ze again using drunkenness as an excuse, I'm going to beat you up!"

Nangong Jing felt a little awkward, but she still retorted, "Drunk! Am I the type to get drunk?"

Following her remark, she took a small sip again. The golden fruit wine was very intense. Even she couldn't handle it that well.

After dinner, everyone began cultivating again.

The next day, the level-7 mortal evolution state battles continued.

A few hours later, all the level-7 mortal evolution state prodigies fought.

At this moment, Lu Li went down and said, "Human Race, Lu Li, I would like to challenge prodigies from the three races."

No one answered, given that Lu Li's power surpassed them too much. After some silence, Saint Jinyao smiled. "Lu Li, you and Alice can challenge higher-level prodigies." Lu Li smiled. "Lu Li would like to challenge level-8 mortal evolution states from the three races."

A participant from the Winged Race flew down and said, "I'm Amos, your talent is shocking. Allow me to learn from you." Amos held a long spear. There were intense winds around him and the spear. He then flapped his wings and disappeared from the spot. Lu Li grinned. Dark runes appeared around her.

Darkness buff!

Her chi skyrocketed.

Her hair fluttered in the air as she tapped on the ground and disappeared from the spot.

Rumble!

Shockwaves and wind blades shot across all directions.

Amidst the short clash, a figure flew out, leaving some trails of blood in the air.

It was Amos!

The air was silent once again. Everyone looked at Amos in disbelief.

"Defeated? Just like that?!"

Ned was dazed. Even a level-8 mortal evolution state prodigy was instantly defeated?

Saint Jinyao and the others weren't surprised. They were expecting this after all. Amos struggled to get up and looked at Lu Li in disbelief.

He wanted to seize back the victory, and yet, he was instantly defeated too.

Just how strong was she?

Lu Li smiled. "Well fought."

Amos smiled helplessly. Indeed, she was a monster.

He dragged his body back to the stand.

Lu Li didn't leave the platform and continued. "Which other senior would like to spar with

me?"

She was going to fight until she lost. She would let others know she wasn't much weaker than Lu Ze. She would always be standing by Lu Ze's

side!

No one answered her.

The level-8 mortal evolution state prodigies of the other three races looked among each other hesitantly.

Amos wasn't weak among level-8 mortal evolution states. Nevertheless, he was still instantly defeated. 'Who could beat her then?' Eventually, another barbarian got on the stage. His chi was much stronger than Amos.

He smiled. "I'm Man Li, please enlighten me, sister Lu Li!"

He roared as an earth yellow armor formed around him. Lu Li smiled. She had earth god art too, but she didn't plan to use it now. She would only use darkness god art this time.

She used darkness buff again and disappeared from the spot. Lu Li was so fast that Man Li could only cross his arms in front of his chest when Lu Li's palm reached out.

Dong! Man Li's huge body was struck by a formidable force. His feet slid a few kilometers back before stopping. His earth armor completely crumbled, and his chi became extremely weak. Lu Li didn't stop there either. She appeared before him again and directed her palm downwards.

Rumble!

Man Li's body was sent flying off the stage.

Two moves and Man Li, who was considered extremely powerful among level-8 mortal evolution states, was defeated.

Man Li struggled to stand up in disbelief.

It was hard for him to accept that he was easily defeated by a level-7 mortal evolution state prodigy like this.

Most of the other prodigies couldn't accept this reality too.

Even the people from the Human Race looked at this young girl in bewilderment. Lu Li grinned. "You lost, brother."

Man Li could only sigh. "Your talent is amazing, sister Lu Li. I'm not as good as you."

It wasn't scary that there was a gap between them. Instead, what one should be terrified of was the failure to accept defeat. That would surely put an end to one's path to progression.

Eddie, Brenda, Man Kun, Man Xiu, Qiu Lun, and the top prodigies of the three races all looked at Lu Li. This time, they finally felt some pressure.

Lu Li's cultivation level wasn't strong enough, but if she caught up, they weren't confident in beating her.

Man Li retreated to have his injuries healed.

Lu Li spoke again, "Lu Li would like to keep challenging seniors." The atmosphere was silent.

All the level-8 mortal evolution state prodigies frowned. Man Li lost too much.

At this moment, Jinyao remarked, "Lu Li can challenge level-9 mortal evolution states."

Jinyao was smiling like a sunflower. It made the other three cosmic system states very jealous.

Even the cold Saint Lin Dong couldn't resist grinning.

The prodigies of the other three races tensed

up.

This competition was being broadcasted!

They couldn't even lift up their heads against this human girl. 'How embarrassing would it be?'

After a moment, a bulky barbarian jumped towards the platform. He grinned. "Sister Lu Li, I'm Man Ke. Be careful, I won't hold back."

He didn't want to lose, and he couldn't lose.

Lu Li nodded, "Brother, go ahead."

Man Ke's vines burst up, and he roared.

Rumble!

An explosive green ray spread across all directions. He used his god art at full power right away. "Hiyah!" His bulky legs stomped, and he disappeared from the spot.

Lu Li's face became extremely serious. Dark runes flowed in her eyes. Her chi also rose.

Nevertheless, Man Ke already appeared above her head. He held a five-meter-long ax and hacked down.

A long black sword appeared on Lu Li's hand as she blocked.

Clank!

Lu Li's expression changed. She flew a few kilometers back before stopping.

In that instant, her eyes darkened as darkness spread across the entire stage.

She now used darkness god art and darkness buff at full power. Fighting head-on wasn't her forte. Dancing in the darkness was her combat style.

Darkness clones formed and charged at Man Ke. However, his force field was too strong. The darkness was blocked out more than ten meters from him.

He easily cut the darkness clones approaching

him.

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From time to time, Lu Li also emerged from the darkness to attack.

Man Ke's defenses were extremely strong.

Lu Li used perfected darkness buff, but her attacks could only break Man Ke's spirit force defenses, leaving only a mark on his armor. Clank! Clank! Clank!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

After a few minutes, both of their powers weakened. Fighting such an intense battle at full power was too taxing.

During this time, the darkness staggered and cleared up a bit.

Man Ke immediately stabbed the stage with his sword.

Sword beams shot up into the air, and the darkness crumbled.

Rumble!

Green and dark rays filled the platform, piercing the atmosphere.

When the shockwave disappeared, several cracks appeared on Lu Li's armor. Her face was pale. She received a lot of injuries.

Right away, Lu Li, taking advantage of the other party's unrecovered state, disappeared from the spot and appeared before Man Ke. She went to cut him.

Man Ke's green color condensed and blocked before the sword ray.

Rumble!

Man Ke flew out and barely stopped at the border of the stage. The armor at his chest cracked, leaving a blood mark behind.

He almost dropped out back there.

Lu Li nearly won.

After that burst, she no longer had combat power. She could barely stand.

Man Ke felt relieved. "Sister, you lost."

This human girl was too terrifying.

Ordinary level-1 planetary states were no match for him, and yet, he was forced to this state by this girl.

Lu Li bit her lips and nodded.

She lost.

During this time, Lu Ze appeared on the stage and nodded to Man Ke. He didn't keep attacking after winning, and this won him his approval.

Lu Ze carried Lu Li back to the stage and healed her.

He glanced at her. "You're trying so hard."

She used up all her power.

Her wounds quickly recovered as she squirmed in Lu Ze's arms.

She glared at Lu Ze. "Since it's a battle, of course, I need to try my best!"

Lu Ze laughed in anger, but he couldn't refute what she said either. Lu Li was right. She was a warrior.

He flicked her head. "You're right, but I don't want to listen."

Lu Li held her head and looked at Lu Ze in disbelief. 'How dare he bully her like that?!'

She was going to show him once they got back!

Alice looked at Lu Li with admiration. She wanted to get hugged by senior like that.

Meanwhile, the comments section blew up.

"Ahh! Goddess Lu Li is so strong! She almost beat a level-9 mortal evolution state barbarian prodigy!"

"Little brother Lu Ze is so warm. He was so handsome when he was worried. I envy Lu Li."

"That's right, goddess Lu Li is definitely Lu Ze's now. That fuck boy!"

"Piss off! Who dares to call him that?!"

"He's with so many girls, is he not?!"

"If you're as strong as him, you can do that too!"

Lu Wen and Fu Shuya were worried. "Is Li okay? She seems injured."

Merlin smiled. "Don't worry, Lu Ze has healing god art. That injury is nothing to him. Moreover, there are healers present there for this competition. They're all prodigies."

Lu Wen and Fu Shuya breathed easy, but Merlin was annoyed.

By the time Lu Li recovered, Alice proceeded to the stage. The three prodigies became nervous again. They had a bad feeling.

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A few minutes later, they were proven right.

There was not a single level-7 mortal evolution state prodigy who was a match for Alice.

Two level-8 mortal evolution states went up, and both of them got defeated instantly.

That fire god art was more domineering than Lu Li's god art.

The prodigies of the four races felt bitter. They were here getting abused.

Cultivation was really bitter.

When it was the turn of the level-9 mortal evolution states, a prodigy from the Round Race came down.

An intense battle occurred. Similar to Lu Li, Alice also lost from consuming too much of her power.

Alice could barely stand up, so Lu Ze went down to carry her back as well. Alice squirmed in Lu Ze's arms and sensed the piercing glare of Lu Li and the other girls. She then poked out her tongue. Senior was hers!

After the battle round of Lu Li and Alice, the prodigies began to doubt life.

These two were too strong. They were just slightly weaker than level-9 mortal evolution state prodigies. If they had enough stamina, they might even win.

Subsequently, Saint Jinyao announced the round for level-8 mortal evolution state battles. There were a lot of them, but they weren't as absurd as Lu Li and Alice.

At this point, their battles didn't seem that exciting anymore.

Lu Ze and the rest still watched and evaluated the subsequent fights. Deep into the night, the battles finally stopped.

The saint announced the end of the day, and everyone returned to the hotels.

Lu Ze went into the Pocket Hunting Dimension and hunted for beasts. After getting killed by a passer-by boss, as usual, he left and resumed cultivating

An hour later, his Light Beam reached familiar mastery.

Both Light Beam and Darkness Beam attained familiar mastery now. Lu Ze continued to learn the Light Beam further.

He planned to bring these two to perfection mastery before learning their fused version, Light and Darkness Beam.

The next day, the group had breakfast and went back to the island.

It was now time for level-9 mortal evolution state battles. Lin Ling was a level-9 mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze looked at her and smiled. "Lin Ling, I remember you said you wanted to surpass

me."

Although Lin Ling was annoyed, the gap between their power only grew these past few months.

Lu Ze felt even better upon seeing that Lin Ling was annoyed. For some reason, he just liked seeing her angry.

'Perhaps it was fun bullying her?'

At this moment, Saint Jinyao announced, "Level-9 mortal evolution state battles begin."

Lin Ling was planning to get up immediately. Yes, she couldn't beat Lu Ze, but she could still beat others.

During this time, Lu Ze rubbed her short hair. "Good luck."

Lin Ling slapped his hand away. "Hmph, I don't need you to say it!"

Lin Kuang's face became very complicated on the side. He wondered what his dad would think if he saw this.

A serious figure wearing a military uniform appeared in his mind. Lin Kuang shook his head. Her relationship with their dad was really bad.

He didn't know what to say. After all, his dad abandoned their mom. Even he felt bad. Still, he could also understand what his dad felt at that time.

At this moment, a Round Race prodigy appeared on the stage.

He looked at the human stand. "Round Race, Qiu Qiu, I would like to challenge a human prodigy."

Lu Ze and the others were stunned. They could not help but look strangely at him. Little did he know, there was a prodigy more terrifying than Lu Li and Alice here.

Lin Ling smiled and flew down. "Human Race, Lin Ling." Qiu Qiu gave Lin Ling a friendly smile, and then, his round face tensed up.

He sprung up and disappeared from the spot. In the next moment, Qiu Qiu appeared once again before Lin Ling.

His hands turned into two white swords. "Hiyahh!"

His hands became a flurry of sword light that enveloped Lin Ling.

On the other hand, Lin Ling's expression didn't change at all. Her eyes glowed as her body moved in that small region, dodging every attack accurately.

A few seconds later, Lin Ling flicked her wrist, and her long spear pierced the Round Race. With minimal sound, Qiu Qiu was flung from the stage.

Everyone's eyes widened. They weren't able to react in time.

Qiu Qi was a little surprised. "Her god art seems familiar."

Man Dali and Doris also looked at Lin Ling with surprise.

Saint Jinyao smiled. "She's a descendant of Lin Heng."

After hearing the words, the others had revealed a face of realization.

Doris had a complicated expression. "So she's brother Lin's offspring. The spirit eye god art isn't ordinary indeed."

The four races had been allies for more than a thousand years. They had a lot of experience fighting alongside each other.

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Man Dali sighed. "Pity, Lin Heng is gone. Otherwise, we can drink with him."

Qiu Qi smiled. "But he should feel assured that his descendant is so excellent."

Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong smiled. Lin Heng hadn't recovered his power yet. They weren't going to say he was fine.

The rest of the people there didn't know Lin Ling's situation. The strongest few prodigies of the three races looked at Lin Ling, and their mouth twitched.

'Was she a prodigy of the same caliber as Lu Li and Alice?'

This was huge pressure.

Even the level-1 planetary state prodigies felt a little worried.

They were planetary states. "This human prodigy wasn't going to fight them, right?'

The difference between planetary state and mortal evolution state was very huge!

"Young duke Lin Ling is so strong! She easily defeated Qiu Qiu!"

"Yes, I just saw her poke her spear and that Qiu Qiu flew out. How did she do it?"

"She deserves her place beside little brother Lu Ze!"

"From today on, young duke Lin Ling is my goddess too!"

Lin Ling returned to the stand. There were other level-9 mortal evolution state prodigies fighting. It wasn't time for her to start challenging others.

She glanced at Lu Ze and wondered whether he would carry her too if she used up all her power. At this juncture, the other three races didn't dare to challenge the Human Race.

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Even if they did, they pointed out names of people they knew.

There were several level-9 mortal evolution states. As such, the battles lasted until later into the night.

On the next day, Lin Ling went to the platform again after all the others finished fighting.

Saint Jinyao said, "Lin Ling can challenge a level-1 planetary state prodigy."

Hearing this, the planetary states sat up and looked at Lin Ling.

Planetary states were the star of the show. Mortal evolution states weren't mature enough yet or didn't have enough potential.

Planetary states could really hold their own. This time, a level-1 planetary state from the Winged Race rose up to the challenge.

He nodded at Lin Ling. "Bertlin."

A planetary state was completely different from a mortal evolution state. If there wasn't a barrier blocking Bertlin's chi, the entire Earth would be trembling right now.

It was a bit hard for an ordinary level-1 planetary state to destroy a planet but not for a level-1 planetary state prodigy.

Lin Ling's face tensed up. She had been preparing her golden needle divine art.

During this time, Bertlin disappeared from the spot.

Lin Ling's eyes flashed, and immediately, golden needles formed and shot in one direction.

Rumble!

Bertlin was forced to stop as sharp winds clashed with the golden needles. He was almost caught off guard.

The golden needle attack was too sharp. He was nearly defeated!

Countless golden needles formed once again and shot at Bertlin.

His expression changed.

Hiyahh!

He swung his long sword and formed a green barrier. Simultaneously, his wings flapped, and his speed drastically rose.

Lin Ling moved to the side as a few hundred-meter long wind blade suddenly appeared and cut across where she stood.

Bertlin was planning to attack again, but the golden needles surrounded him once more.

Bertlin attempted to run.

Lin Ling's power was slightly weaker than Bertlin's since she was only a level-9 mortal evolution state.

However, with her spirit eye god art, it was very easy to dodge his attacks. Moreover, she had a perfect mastery of golden needle divine art. Her overall power still surpassed Bertlin by quite a bit.

A few minutes later, Lin Ling caught his weakness and shot a large wave of golden needles at him. As a result, he was instantly heavily injured.

Seeing this, people's mouths widened in disbelief.

A level-9 mortal evolution state prodigy beat a level-1 planetary state prodigy.

This was extremely rare in the entire history of the competitions.

The name of a prodigy like her will eventually spread across the entire eastern region if she didn't die.

Man Dali's eyes turned green. "Congratulations! These three little kids all have hopes of reaching the planetary state prodigy ranking."

Lin Ling continued fighting after resting for a while.

A few more level-1 planetary state prodigies went to challenge her, but they did not pose any threat to Lin Ling. Of course, this didn't include Lu Ze.

Lu Ze felt it was best to let her prolong the battle. After all, he already fought her enough usually. She was bullied by him every time.

He was different from ordinary level-1 planetary state prodigies.

After Lin Ling easily beat an extremely strong level-1 planetary state barbarian, no more level-1 planetary state prodigies dared to proceed to the platform.

At this moment, Jinyao announced, "Lin Ling can challenge level-2 planetary state prodigies."

Lin Kuang's mouth twitched. He gave Lin Ling an extremely complicated look. He was the older brother, and yet, he couldn't beat his little sister.

'What should he do?'

He didn't expect Lin Ling's power to reach this point.

There were very few level-2 planetary state prodigies among the four races.

In the next moment, a level-2 planetary state barbarian finally rose up to the challenge.

He had a powerful body god art and a middle-level divine art. He just reached beginner mastery, but it was still a huge pressure for Lin Ling.

Lin Ling had spirit eye god art and could see some of his weakness. She could cause some minor troubles with the golden needle divine art, but the difference was too huge. Consequently, Lin Ling was easily beaten. She ended up depleting all her power and receiving some injuries.

She fought with her life. Lu Ze then went down and carried Lin Ling up, seeing that she couldn't stand up anymore.

He healed her and rolled his eyes. "You're going too hard. It's not like you haven't fought before. You got yourself so many injuries."

Lin Ling squirmed in Lu Ze's arms and changed into a more comfortable position. "Didn't Li say it yesterday? You need to try your best!"

Lu Li and the girls stared at Lin Ling with sharpness and contempt.

She had spirit eye god art. 'Could she not tell if she would win or not?!'

Still, she made herself end up like this. It's not like others didn't know what she was thinking. However, they couldn't say this out loud since there were so many people present.

After Lin Ling's battle, the level-9 mortal evolution state fights were finally over.

Currently, it was already afternoon. Saint Jinyao announced the beginning of level-1 planetary state battles.

Although a few level-1 planetary state prodigies got beaten up by Lin Ling, they soon recovered with the help of powerful healers. Instantly, they could fight again.

Immediately, Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong looked at Lu Ze.

Man Dali and the others were confused.

Lu Li, Alice, and Lin Ling were already very strong, but they didn't see the two having this expression earlier.

'Was that Lu Ze really stronger than all three of them?' The three stared at each other in disbelief.

The audience was very excited for Lu Ze to go up.

Although Lu Li and the girls were very strong, Lu Ze was the Monarch of the New Dawn. Definitely, he could only be stronger.

They even hoped Lu Ze could beat the two level-3 planetary state prodigies and get the first place.

Luo Bingqing and the others knew that Lu Ze was the strongest among them.

Lin Kuang grinned. "Ze, don't be in a rush to fight. Let us have some fun first."

Everyone else nodded. Even Luo Bingqing didn't reject it.

What a joke! If Lu Ze went up first, what would be the point of them fighting.

On the other hand, Lu Ze didn't care. It was all the same to him.

Lin Kuang flew down the stage and pulled out a blood-red sword. "Human Race, Lin Kuang, I would like to challenge the prodigies from the three races!"

A barbarian flew down and stared at Lin Kuang with battle intent. "Barbarian Race, Man Zhan!"

Their battle intents burst out. The powerful planetary state chi distorted the space. Just the clash of their battle intent alone was thunderous.

Lin Kuang glided his hand on the sword, and his blood stained the blade.

Immediately, his chi soared. The entire space seemed to contain a trace of blood.

Rumble!

He came before Man Zhan and slashed at him. Man Zhan grinned. He held a long staff and swung it.

The staff and the sword clashed together.

Rumble!

Light pillars shot into the sky.

The two clashed, attacked, and moved. Thunderous shockwaves ravaged the stage non-stop. Such an intense battle made the audience lose their voice.

Ordinary people could rarely see planetary state battles. Even the prodigies on the stands were watching their battle with full attention.

Ten minutes later, both of them were covered in blood, and their chi became extremely weak. Lin Kuang moved next to Man Zhan and proceeded to cut the latter's waist with his sword while Man Zhan attempted to smash Lin Kuang's head with his staff.

Suddenly, Lin Kuang raised his left hand. Blood light circulated around it, hitting the staff thereafter.

Rumble!

Crack…

Lin Kuang's left hand was fractured, but the staff was stopped. At the same time, Man Zhan's hand grabbed at the blood blade.

Screech…

Half of Man Zhan's forearm was sliced open, but his bone soon blocked the blade.

Lin Kuang was smaller than Man Zhan, so he stomped on Man Zhan's chest.

Man Zhan flew out.

"Fuck!"

Man Zhan roared and tried to stabilize his body. However, both of them pretty much used up all their energy. He could only watch himself drop outside.

He struggled to get up, but his body was painted in blood.

Lin Kuang's left hand also drooped. Likewise, he was covered in blood too, but he grinned. "Brother Man Zhan, great fight."

If he lost, it would be very embarrassing since Lin Ling beat them all.

Man Zhan was dissatisfied. He already got beaten up by Lin Ling, and now, he lost again, but he still laughed. "Brother Lin Kuang, it's very satisfying fighting with you! Next time, let's fight again."

Lin Kuang's fighting style really suited his tastes. Very few people, even in the Barbarian Race, fought as fiercely as Lin Kuang.

Lin Kuang answered, "Definitely!"

He had the same thoughts.

Lin Kuang returned to the stand. Lu Ze treated him with wood god art. Even for level-1 planetary states, his wood god art mastery was able to cure them easily.

At this moment, Jules rushed in. "I'm here to heal!"

However, when he saw Lin Kuang healing extremely rapidly, he ended up dazed.

"Oh shit, just what degree of mastery was this guy's wood god art at?'

'How long has it even been?'

Lin Kuang would probably heal in a few minutes.

'Wasn't he the healer for the prodigies this time?'

Yet, Lu Ze healed them all…

Following Lin Kuang's battle, Luo Bingqing, Jack, Derrick, Daphne, Louisa, Xuan Yuji, Mo Xie, Chi Xiaomo, and Bernie all went to the platform.

Most of the people who fought against them were their previous opponents from five years ago.

Everyone was fairly familiar with each other, and their battles were tremendously intense.

In the competition, each of the participants had wins and losses. For the most part, the level-1 planetary state prodigies of the Human Race were rather strong. After all, they consumed the red orbs to build their foundation.

Man Dali looked at Luo Bingqing who was fighting Qiu An and exclaimed, "Nangong, your Human Race is about to advance. All these little guys are quite talented."

Doris nodded in agreement. "Their foundations are very solid. They can go pretty far in the star state. If they are lucky, they might even be able to reach the cosmic system state."

Qiu Lun smiled. "You guys probably spent a lot of resources to cultivate them, right?"

All the foundations of the level-1 planetary state prodigies were so firm. This wouldn't happen if they didn't use resources.

Nevertheless, they could understand this situation.

Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong were different from them. They had to plan the future of their race as soon as possible. Otherwise, a few thousand years later, the Human Race would decline after they die. Saint Jinyao sighed. "Yes, it did cost a lot of resources."

The red orbs that Ze took out clearly weren't ordinary energy. They weren't a trifling resource.

Doris and the others felt complicated. They were all friends, but a few thousand years later, these two old guys would be gone. Watching them prepare for their death was quite sad.

Man Dali smiled. "Nangong, don't worry. Even if you pass away, I will still take care of the Human Race as much as I can."

Saint Jinyao became dazed. He was touched, but he couldn't help but feel angry.

'He wasn't dead yet!'

He was waiting for that kid to produce energy with a higher level. Perhaps he might die later than Man Dali by then.

Jinyao laughed and nodded. "Thank you, old dude."

The battles on the stage continued.

Luo Bingqing's ice god art was capable of countering the Round Race's thousand transformation god art.

The Round Race's body could be soft or hard. If it was frozen, it would be difficult to change forms.

Eventually, Luo Bingqing beat Qiu An and won.

Soon, it was already night. Everyone rested and resumed the battle the next day.

By midday, pretty much all the level-1 planetary states had fought.

At least, the level-1 planetary states of the Human Race have fought quite a few times. They were slightly stronger than their previous opponents from five years ago. This was rather a pleasing situation to them.

Seeing how happy everyone was, Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "Can I go now?"

These guys had their fun, but every time he was about to step on the stage, he was stopped by them.

Everyone felt a bit awkward.

Lin Kuang patted Lu Ze's shoulder. "Look at you. You're so strong. We went up first to test the waters for you and see if they're worth your time. This is great, isn't it? I'm doing this for your benefit."

Lu Ze: "…"

He smiled. "Actually, I feel brother Lin Kuang is a really suitable opponent for me."

Lin Kuang: "?"

Due to Lu Ze's response, his smile stiffened. "Um, I've fought too many opponents. I'm too tired now. Next time, I'll fight three hundred rounds with you!"

This guy could beat up planetary states before he was even a planetary state. If Lin Kuang went up now, he would get beaten to death.

Lu Ze was just joking. He was Lin Ling's brother after all. He couldn't really beat him up.

Soon, the current battle ended, and Lu Ze finally flew up to the stage.

With this, all the human prodigies looked at Lu Ze. They wanted to see the difference between them and Lu Ze.

Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong smiled. It was finally this kid's turn to fight. They almost fell asleep earlier.

On the side, the high-levels of the other three races looked at Lu Ze curiously.

At this point, the comments section covered the entire screen of the broadcast.

"Monarch of the New Dawn is finally here!"

"I've been waiting for so long!"

"Monarch of the New Dawn is invincible!" "Little brother Lu Ze is so handsome!"

On planet Lan Jiang, Lu Wen, Fu Shuya, Merlin, and Zhu Honglian were also watching. Merlin said curiously, "I wonder how strong this kid is. If he doesn't get the first place, I'm going to give him some special training when he returns!"

Zhu Honglian smiled. "What if he gets first?"

Merlin then countered, "If he does, then he does. What else?"

At the void border, in Zhihuo Little Restaurant, the broadcast was also playing. All the adventurers filled the restaurant. They were watching Lu Ze.

"It's finally his time to fight. I wanted to sleep before."

"Hehe, me too. I've been waiting for Monarch of the New Dawn's battle."

"Let the other three races see that the Human Race can also have an unparalleled prodigy!"

"With his talent, he can be ranked in the entire Elf cosmic realm state."

"Definitely! Who do you think he is?! Do you not know what he did at the void border?"

"By the way, Boss Zhu made a Zhihuo Shooting Star just for Monarch of the New Dawn?"

"Of course, I was there at the time. I ate it with him!"

Yan Gu and the others were there among the crowd.

To them, Lu Ze was a person who created miracles.

'Would he be able to create another miracle and beat two level-3 planetary state prodigies while only being a level-1 planetary state.'

Lu Ze smiled. "Human Race, Lu Ze. I would like to challenge the three races."

He was a little excited. It was finally his turn.

He was going to act cool now! He needed to think about what position was the coolest.

The prodigies from the three races didn't know much about Lu Ze. This was their first time seeing him.

A bulky barbarian flew up and grinned. "Barbarian Race, Man Ming. Brother Lu Ze, please!"

Lu Ze smiled in return. "Please."

"Hiyahh!" Man Ming roared as runes floated around him.

He used full power immediately. All the other level-1 planetary state prodigies from the Human Race had finished their round. Since Lu Ze was the last one to fight, perhaps he was the strongest.

He widened his eyes and instantly disappeared from the spot.

When his huge body appeared before Lu Ze, the barbarian clenched his fist and proceeded to crush Lu Ze with it.

The wind blew around Lu Ze's hair.

In the next second, Lu Ze lifted up his hand. His long white hands clashed with the fist that was the size of his head.

Thud!

That ferocious beast-like body instantly halted its movements. The barbarian looked at Lu Ze who didn't move at all. He could only shiver in return.

'What monstrous body was this?!'

He stomped on the ground, trying to break free from Lu Ze.

During this moment, Lu Ze grabbed Man Ming's wrist and lifted him up entirely.

Thereafter, his hand fell, and Man Ming's four-meter tall body was rammed into the stage. Man Ming's face went pale. He ended up dazed.

At this juncture, Lu Ze lifted his hand again, and Man Ming was thrown off the stage. This crash woke Man Ming up.

His head was wobbling as he got up. He was completely dumbfounded. …. he lost like that?'

The others couldn't react as well.

Man Dali stared at the figure on the stage and then at Saint Jinyao "Oh shit! What body does that kid have?!"

He only used the power of his body and not even a god art. Yet, he threw Man Ming out like a kid.

This body was on par with the body of the Barbarian King Jinyao felt great. He casually waved his hand. "I already said this little kid is a prodigy that only appears once in a thousand years. He's not ordinary of course."

The prodigies from the three races looked at Lu Ze in a dazed manner.

His performance was more absurd than Lin Ling's and the other two girls'. After all, Lu Ze only used his body alone to toss Man Ming, who had gone all out, like a mere child. He was eerily powerful!

Lin Kuang's mouth twitched. Luckily, he backed down quickly before. Who could bear this anyway? 'If it were him, he would probably be flying out too, right?'

Luo Bingqing's handsome face couldn't stay indifferent anymore. He sighed. "Ze's talent isn't something we can compare with indeed."

Louisa and the others nodded too.

They had watched as Lu Ze grew stronger step by step. Before, they only assumed that Lu Ze was simply a talented student. However, to their surprise, Lu Ze already surpassed them.

By a lot!

Out of all the people, they were the ones who were shocked the most, precisely because they were able to witness Lu Ze's growth personally. Jack sighed. "Soon, this guy's name would spread across the entire eastern region." Everyone nodded. Only one year was left until the East Realm Gathering. With Lu Ze's progression speed, he would definitely become even stronger. 'What degree would they reach by then?'

Nangong Jing and the girls weren't surprised at all. They were the most familiar with Lu Ze.

This was just the beginning. Today, Lu Ze was bound to shock everyone.

Thinking about this, Nangong Jing and the rest of the group looked at Lu Ze with starry eyes. 'This guy was really outstanding despite being a huge foodie and an idiot!'

Following the victory of Lu Ze, the audience became extremely excited too. "Monarch of the New Dawn is amazing!" "The strongest human prodigy!"

"This is too easy. He's the Monarch of the New Dawn indeed. Would he be able to get the first place?"

"I don't think it's much of a problem for him!"

"This is just a small scene."

"I just want to have babies with little brother Lu Ze!"

"I want to have two!"

"I want to have a dozen!"

"There's so many who want to have babies with little brother Lu Ze. You'll never get your turn!"

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Lu Ze would like to challenge the prodigies from the three races

again!"

The level-1 planetary state prodigies looked among each other. They really couldn't hold up against Lu Ze.

Man Ming was exceptionally powerful, but he was like a mere baby to Lu Ze. They didn't feel they would be any better. After some silence, Saint Jinyao announced, "Lu Ze can challenge level-2 planetary state prodigies." Simultaneously, he spoke telepathically to Lu Ze, "Kid, take it easy, especially when you fight with Qiu An. Leave the Round Race some face!"

Lu Ze gasped at the words. He felt disappointed. He had just thought of many ways to act cool. Now that the old man said this, he couldn't enact them anymore…

However, since the old man said it, then he would fight casually.

He looked at the three races again and said, "Lu Ze would like to challenge the seniors."

One prodigy from the Barbarian Race flew to the platform. "I'm Man Feng. Brother Lu Ze's body really shocks me. Let me try it."

Then, he took out a green battle-ax. Green runes appeared around his body. Some even extended to his face.

With this, his chi surged, and a shockwave spread across all directions.

He jumped up from the ground and went above Lu Ze's head. His muscles tensed up, and his veins popped out as he hacked down with the ax.

Screech! The air was sliced open by the ax as a sharp chi pressed towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze estimated that this guy's attack was pretty much at the peak of the level-4 planetary state. Man Feng was quite strong to have such power in his current cultivation level.

He was on par with the ordinary beasts in the Pocket Hunting Dimension on the fourth map.

Even Luo Bingqing and the rest could not fight beyond their level by this much.

This guy was indeed a prodigy of the Barbarian Race.

Nevertheless, this wasn't a threat to Lu Ze. Those beings who didn't have a level-7 planetary state combat power were of no threat to him. Even a level-7 planetary state would only pose a minor problem for him.

According to the old man, he was pretty much invincible among level-7 planetary states.

In the next moment, a golden light flashed, and Lu Ze used body god art. A force more dominant than Man Feng's surged.

Lu Ze had to show that he was using quite some power, but he was also going to challenge the two who were level-3 planetary states, so he couldn't act too weak either.

This was really troublesome. He couldn't be too strong or too weak…

Lu Ze left under the attack-range of the ax and then appeared before Man Feng. He kicked him in the chest.

Rumble!

Man Feng flew out like a comet and landed heavily outside the stage.

With this outcome, Lu Ze felt happy. He used a bit of power now. The old man should know he was fighting casually.

Saint Jinyao: "?"

He rolled his eyes. 'Didn't he tell this kid to take it easy?'

What was this then?!

Seeing the level-2 planetary state Man Feng get defeated so easily, the prodigies from the other three races were once again dumbfounded.

Man Feng struggled up and rubbed his chest.

The injury wasn't too serious. If Lu Ze didn't take back some force, he wouldn't be like this now.

Thinking about this, he felt more complicated. He exhaled and nodded at Lu Ze. "Brother Lu Ze's power is amazing, I'm inferior."

Thereafter, he flew back to get healed.

Lu Ze then smiled again. "Lu Ze would like to challenge the seniors from the other three races."

Man Kun looked at Lu Ze with shock.

Man Xiu said, "I will go and try."

Man Kun shook his head. "You're no match for him."

He smiled bitterly. "I had a feeling before that this guy was powerful, but I didn't expect him to be this strong. Even I'm not confident in beating him."

Man Xiu looked at Man Kun with disbelief. "He's that strong?".

The other prodigies from the Barbarian Race looked at Man Kun with disbelief.

"The human race has a prodigy like him? This guy can probably enter the prodigy ranking,

right?"

They knew how strong Man Kun was, and even he wasn't confident in winning.

Lu Ze was only a level-1 planetary state…

Now, no one dared to go down.

At the stand of the Winged Race, Eddie looked at Lu Ze with excitement. "I didn't expect that the human race has such a prodigy. This is an opponent I desire!"

The prodigies from the Winged Race were shocked. Eddie wasn't good at socializing, but he was really powerful. 'Yet, he considered Lu Ze an equal opponent?' Eventually, after some silence, Round Race Qiu An entered the arena.

He was the strongest among the Round Race, so he had no choice. As the last hope for his race, he had to go up.

He smiled at Lu Ze. "Round Race, Qiu An. Hello, brother Lu Ze."

On the stage, Qiu An flashed with silver-white light. His chi was very terrifying.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze looked at Qiu An and didn't do anything. He planned to let Qiu An show off first.

At this moment, Qiu An suddenly flung his arm and the entire arm stretched out from his body. It turned into a silver long sword and proceeded to attack Lu Ze.

Lu Ze dodged the attack while Qiu An disappeared from the spot. In the next second, he emerged again next to Lu Ze and cut down.

As a result, Lu Ze looked at this white sword in shock. This was a level-5 planetary state attack. It was much stronger than Man Feng's.

He was indeed the leader of the Round Race!

Lu Ze praised the other party. Thereafter, a golden light flashed on his right hand. He released a punch towards the sword.

Upon collision, the fist force sent Qiu An flying, but Qiu An's legs suddenly detached from his main body and turned into two swords which attacked Lu Ze.

The right-hand sword, which Lu Ze dodged previously, also flew back. It attempted to strike Lu Ze.

Faced with such an attack, Lu Ze raised a brow. He flashed with a golden color and dodged the two-leg swords. Subsequently, he slapped away the right-arm sword. Currently, Qiu An's left arm also disconnected from him. It joined the assault against Lu Ze with the other body parts. Lu Ze looked at Qiu An who only had a round body and head left. His mouth twitched. However, at this moment, Qiu An's round body quickly thinned down, and the four ligaments grew out again.

The flying sword ligaments didn't disappear.

Lu Ze was dazed. "That worked?'

Before he could think, the skinny ball Qiu An shot at him and made all sorts of attacks.

Nevertheless, the difference in power couldn't be erased. A golden rune flashed in Lu Ze's eyes. Golden runes formed on his fists as a domineering chi exploded from him.

Qiu An's black eyes widened. He was shocked. His attempt to retreat was halted by Lu Ze's punch.

A dominant fist force struck Qiu An and left a huge hole in his body.

The force took him out of the stage. With this, the four flying swords also stopped.

Moments later, Qiu An struggled to get up.

The gaping hole in his chest squirmed and healed after some time. The four flying swords also returned to his body, and he recovered his rotund form.

He didn't seem injured right now, but in reality, his chi was much weaker.

He panted. "I lost."

Lu Ze smiled. "Brother Qiu An's power is very strong. I almost had to use full power to beat you. Don't be sad. You can definitely become stronger!"

Lu Ze felt he should comfort him.

On the other hand, Qiu An didn't know whether he should be happy or angry upon hearing this.

'Almost use full power!'

This meant that Lu Ze didn't use his full power?!

Qiu An showed an awkward yet polite smile. "Thank you, brother Lu Ze. Next time, I'll challenge you again." Lu Ze's eyes lit up. It seemed his comforting effort was useful. He then replied, "You're welcome at any time!"

With this, they would be closer.

Lu Ze felt great. Now, the old man wouldn't say anything

At the stand, Saint Jinyao nodded happily. This kid did well this time. He showed the hospitable spirit of the host.

He said, "Qiu An can reach level-5 planetary state combat power with just level-2 planetary state cultivation level. He's very extraordinary. Although our kid is slightly better, Qiu An can perhaps follow suit next time."

Saint Lin Dong nodded in agreement. They won, but they still needed to give some face to their friend.

Qiu Lun also showed an awkward yet polite smile. "Qiu An's power is still lacking, but your Lu Ze is too talented. Congratulations.

Saint Jinyao waved his hand. "Nah, nah, that kid is still far from it. He needs more training. Don't compliment him like that. When he can replace us, then he'll be good enough."

Qiu Lun's mouth twitched. Qiu An's talent was indeed good, and he had hopes of reaching the cosmic system state. However, Lu Ze was merely a level-1 planetary state. Qiu An ended up losing Yet, he still needed to get comforted by these two old guys...

Saint Jinyao felt great, but he still maintained a calm expression. "Then, let's continue?" Man Dali and the rest glanced at each other.

Qiu Lun's mouth twitched. There was no one left from the Round Race.

Man Dali and Doris nodded.

Although Lu Ze beat Qiu An, they were rather confident in Man Kun and Eddie.

Saint Jinyao continued, "Lu Ze can challenge level-3 planetary state prodigies."

The crowd was immediately excited.

"It has begun!"

"The last wave! Go Monarch of the New Dawn! Beat Eddie and Man Kun!"

"The Human Race has never gotten first, right?"

"Monarch of the New Dawn, bring back the first win for us!"

Almost all the humans stopped their work and looked at the screens with excitement.

The Human Race has never gotten first in the Four-Race Social Gathering in terms of the strongest prodigy. They had only won in minor fights.

But this time, Lu Ze crushed all the level-2 planetary state prodigies, giving them huge hope in return. Over a thousand years of alliance, the Human Race should have their win now!

Lu Ze turned to the Winged and Barbarian Race. "Human Race, Lu Ze. I would like to challenge the two races!"

Eddie and Man Kun were bursting with battle intent.

Eddie jumped off onto the stage. His eyes were full of battle intent. He didn't seem anti-social at all currently.

He grinned. "Brother Lu Ze, didn't expect you were this strong! But... the first place belongs to the Winged Race!"

Lu Ze smiled. "Victory isn't decided by words. Come, brother Eddie, let me see your power."

Eddie's expression became focused. "As you wish."

His pitch-black wings flapped. The stage was then shrouded in darkness. At the same time, dark runes floated on his wings.

His chi rapidly ascended.

From level-3 planetary state to level-4, level-5...

Eventually, it reached the advanced level-6 planetary state, nearing the peak stage.

This improvement was extensive than Qiu An's. He flapped his wings, and his body almost teleported instantly in front of Lu Ze. Thereafter, green runes gathered on his long sword as sharp wind god art sliced at Lu Ze's back.

Eddie learned the darkness and wind god art to a rather deep level. His attacks were soundless yet deadly. Lu Ze also had these two god arts, and he learned them to a deeper degree than Eddie!

This darkness was like daylight to him.

Rumble!

Blood lightning circulated Lu Ze, and he instantly disappeared from the spot.

The sword ray missed Lu Ze and struck the stage instead.

When Lu Ze disappeared, Eddie's face changed. Simultaneously, he felt a terrifying wave from behind him.

In the following moment, Eddie's eyes narrowed. Green runes started forming on his black wings. His speed rose up again. He disappeared from the spot.

POSS

As he did, a golden fist force sliced across where he stood. Eddie looked at the golden fist force with some fear.

'So close!'

What terrifying attack was this?!

If he was struck, he would end up heavily injured!

Eddie panted and looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

'How did Lu Ze find him in the darkness?' Before Eddie could think about it, Lu Ze once again disappeared from the spot.

Despite using Lightning Travel divine art alone, Lu Ze's speed was not slower than Eddie's. He appeared instantly before Eddie and punched with beams of golden light.

That terrifying golden fist force surged in the darkness.

Eddie sweated cold and quickly dodged Lu Ze's attacks.

If Lu Ze didn't have night vision, Eddie could come and go as he pleased in the darkness. However, now that his eerie means were useless to Lu Ze, it was not good.

After trying to take advantage of the darkness to hide and still getting caught, Eddie gave up.

He was certain Lu Ze had the ability to restrict in the darkness. Although he didn't know exactly what it was, Eddie didn't sit around. He used wind god art to send cutting wind blades at Lu Ze as means of counterattack.

These weak attacks weren't effective in injuring Lu Ze at all, but he didn't give up. He was simply waiting for Lu Ze to make a mistake.

To Eddie, Lu Ze's cultivation level was only at level-1 planetary state. If the battle dragged out, he shouldn't lose.

It was this belief that supported him to keep dodging Lu Ze's attacks.

When the golden fist force scraped past him, it made his skin hurt. The dodging maneuvers also made his power depleted rapidly.

What shocked him was that even though he was already panting, Lu Ze still had a calm expression as though he didn't use any energy at all.

'What was this?!'

Even he couldn't handle such an intense battle. But Lu Ze's cultivation level was lower than his!

'Was his spirit force ampler than his?'

The battle went on, and the darkness on the stage was distorting.

Moments later, Eddie's face turned pale. He was sweating quite a lot. Comparatively, Lu Ze was still having it easy.

As Eddie's chi weakened, his speed began to drop. As for Lu Ze's golden fist force, it was still very steady.

Currently, it was getting harder and harder for Eddie to dodge.

After another clash, Lu Ze appeared behind Eddie and struck his back.

Eddie roared and sucked all the darkness back in his wings. His face was paler, and a dark mark appeared on his forehead.

Nevertheless, his chi became stronger, and it was extremely approaching the level-7 planetary state.

A black sword sliced out from his right hand towards Lu Ze's fist force.

The collision created a loud impact, and a shockwave spread across all directions. That sword ray crushed the fist force and continued striking towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze raised a brow. He didn't expect Eddie to have such a trump card.

Golden runes gathered on his hands again as the golden fist force surged.

He stood in the air and punched towards the black sword ray.

One punch, the black sword ray paused and dimmed.

Second punch, the black sword ray halted once more and dimmed even more.

Third punch...

Fourth punch...

Fifth punch...

In a brief instant, Lu Ze executed tens of punches and crushed the black sword ray. These consecutive attacks finally made him pant a little.

Eddie saw that his strongest attack didn't work, and his mouth twitched. He used up all his power at this point.

'Damn it, how much power reserve did this guy have?!'

Clearly, Eddie had a higher cultivation level, and yet, he had less spirit force. The cosmic system states were also speechless.

Obviously, Lu Ze had a special spirit body, and his foundation was terrifyingly stable. Such prodigies were the most frightening.

Pursuing the extreme of every step undoubtedly built the best foundation for the future.

Lu Ze looked at Eddie who couldn't even fly properly and smiled. "You're indeed brother Eddie. You forced me to this level. I almost used up my spirit force."

Eddie felt very hurt by the remark. 'As if I would believe you!'

Lu Ze didn't even sweat.

Qiu An was also speechless. Lu Ze said he almost used his full power.

'Almost meant an entire state?!'

Saint Jinyao complimented Eddie as usual, and now, Doris finally understood how Qiu Lun felt.

Eddie's mouth twitched, and he nodded. "I lost, I will challenge you again next time!"

Lu Ze smiled and nodded. "You are welcome anytime."

Eddie returned to the stand and sat on his spot while looking down. He was very quiet. Brenda looked at him worriedly. "Eddie, are you okay?"

She knew her brother had been praised all the time within their race. His path of cultivation was very smooth. This was the first time he suffered such a huge loss. She was worried he couldn't handle it."

Eddie bit his lips. "I'm not satisfied..."

Cultivation was something he was addicted to. He cultivated non-stop, and yet, he lost to level-1 planetary state Lu Ze. 'How could he be satisfied?'

Brenda opened her mouth but didn't say anything and just patted his back in the end.

The other beings from the Winged Race looked at Eddie and said nothing.

This proud youth suffered a huge loss. If he can't walk out of it, his future would be much shorter.

After a long silence, Eddie took a deep breath and looked up with firmness. "I will win it back!"

If he gave up after one loss, he would be too much of a loser.

Brenda smiled. Her brother didn't disappoint her.

A level-2 planetary state from the Winged Race patted Eddie. "Eddie you're very talented, but the universe is too big. There's always someone stronger. Encountering defeat is inevitable. Standing up after losing and firmly walking towards your goal is the most precious talent."

Eddie nodded and looked at Lu Ze with firmness.

Meanwhile, the audience exploded. "One last battle!"

"Monarch of the New Dawn is amazing! Win this one and the Human Race would be first!"

"Get the first place!"

"Go Monarch of the New Dawn!"

On planet Lan Jiang, Merlin clutched his hands excitedly. "If this kid really gets the first place for the Human Race, I won't intervene with him and Alice. They can do whatever."

Lu Wen nodded. "Me too. They can do whatever they want. Just get us first. If he can't, I'm going to fly to his school and break his legs!"

Merlin nodded. "Take me with you. Your power is a bit lacking. You can't break his legs. I'll do it!"

Fu Shuya and Zhu Honglian nodded for once. Everyone was watching this with red eyes. At Lu Ze's high school, Li Liang's eyes were red as well. "I have no regrets in life after teaching this kid."

Even Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong couldn't hold it anymore. After a thousand years, this was unprecedented.

Saint Jinyao looked at Lu Ze gently.

'Kid, you better get first!'

Lu Ze recovered his energy and then smiled. "Human Race, Lu Ze. I would like to challenge brother Man Kun!"

Man Kun got up. His battle will stirred the clouds. He then hopped on the stage and grinned. "Barbarian Race, Man Kun. I accept the challenge!"

After the greeting, Man Kun's face tensed up.

Although the battle rounds of level-2 and level-3 planetary states hadn't begun yet, this was pretty much the final battle.

After all, Eddie already lost to Lu Ze. Man Kun was the only one left. Even if the Human Race sent another one, it would only be an internal battle.

Moreover, Man Kun didn't believe that Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were a match for Lu Ze.

Right now, Lu Ze's face was tense. Even though he felt he was strong, the battlefield remained uncertain.

As the two stared at each other, their chi started to soar. Their battle intent soared and clashed in the air.

Man Kun had dark golden light flashing. He dragged a sword taller than him. There were dark golden runes flowing around the sword.

"Hiyah!"

With a roar, Man Kun stomped off the ground and appeared above Lu Ze's head. He slammed down his huge sword at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze raised a brow at this attack.

Man Kun was definitely stronger than Eddie. His power was already approaching the peak of the level-6 planetary state.

Lu Ze could not help but sigh. Man Kun was indeed a prodigy who set his goals on cosmic cloud state. He needed to use more power now.

Thereafter, Lu Ze glowed with golden light while fire runes formed in his body. His exceedingly strong chi rose to another level again. This time, reaching the level-6 planetary state, near level-7. He didn't use the fire buff at full power. However, his current strength was enough. Man Kun sensed the leap in Lu Ze's chi, so he roared and used even more power.

Lu Ze clenched his fists and punched heavily at the sword.

'If you fight someone from the Barbarian Race, just fight with brute force.' Rumble!

A shockwave spread across all directions.

Lu Ze was pushed back a few hundred meters.

Man Kun also flew back a few kilometers before landing in a stable manner.

Man Kun looked at Lu Ze with surprise and couldn't resist remarking, "Brother Lu Ze really gives me a huge surprise. I thought you were at your limit fighting brother Eddie. Yet, you still hid more power."

Man Kun knew that in terms of offensive power, he was stronger than Eddie, but under that head-on clash, he was at a disadvantage.

Lu Ze revealed more power than before. He also said seriously, "Brother Man Kun's power is amazing. I can only take out my trump cards."

Hearing this, Man Kun took a deep breath. "In that case, I won't hold back anymore. My trump card only lasts for a short time, but if I don't use that move, I probably can't outlast you in terms of spirit force."

Thereafter, the surrounding dark golden light exploded as he turned into a dark golden sun. Amidst the sun, a figure appeared behind Man Kun and roared.

The figure entered Man Kun's body as his chi soared once again, reaching the level-7 planetary state.

Saint Jinyao spoke with surprise, "Descending of the Barbarian God? Man Kun learned this move already?"

Man Dali smiled. "Man Kun has a natural Barbarian King body. He has a natural affinity for this divine art. He has barely reached beginner mastery."

To Man Dali, it was obvious that the victory had been decided. Lu Ze may be extremely terrifying, but he only had a level-6 planetary state combat power.

If Lu Ze's cultivation level reached the level-2 planetary state, then no one would be able to stop him.

However... at least this time, the Human Race was just a bit close. The Barbarian Race would still take first place.

Seeing Man Dali smile pridefully, Saint Jinyao just laughed. 'They would see who gets the final laugh soon enough.'

The faces of the prodigies from the other races were pale.

Lin Kuang frowned. "Man Kun is this strong? Level-7 planetary state? This is too absurd?!"

Xuan Yuji's eyes also contained some worry. "Will Ze be okay?"

Daphne said, "Ze is too young and doesn't have enough cultivation level. Given an additional one or two years, he can definitely subjugate Man Kun."

Everyone frowned with some disappointment. They finally had hopes of getting first, but Man Kun had such a terrifying trump card.

Level-7 planetary state combat power was indeed absurd...

The audience's expressions were also bad.

"This Man Kun is too terrifying."

"Monarch of the New Dawn is already very strong. He's just too young." "Yes, Monarch of The New Dawn is only a level-1 planetary state. Man Kun is already a level-3 planetary state. If they had the same cultivation level, he would be able to beat Man Kun up!" "Unlucky."

"The next time would be five years later. If Monarch of the New Dawn still participates, we can definitely place first!"

Man Kun's chi calmed down. Without hesitation, he disappeared from the spot.

Lu Ze instantly felt a terrifying chi coming from behind him. In return, he bit his lips. The fire rune in his body glowed bright red, and his chi suddenly soared to the level-7 planetary state.

He turned around and punched the huge sword that attempted to cut him from behind.

Rumble!

A shockwave spread across all directions. The force pushed them both back a few hundred meters away. Man Kun's eyes widened. He was so stunned that he even forgot to attack. Simultaneously, everyone who didn't know Lu Ze's true power was stunned.

The entire stage fell in silence too.

After a few seconds, a comment finally flew past.

"Monarch of the New Dawn is invincible!"

Then countless comments poured in.

They were too excited.

They thought they lost the chance to place first. However, Lu Ze actually had such a powerful trump card.

Their hopes reignited again. 'The first place was coming closer and closer!'

The human prodigies could no longer stay calm. They all rejoiced. Even Luo Bingqing had an excited smile.

Daphne suddenly grabbed Nangong sing and screamed excitedly, "Jing Jing! OMG, I feel my heart is beating so fast. Do you mind having an additional sister?"

Hearing this, Nangong Jing, including Qiuyue Hesha and the others, all stared coldly at Daphne. Daphne shivered and laughed drily. "Hah... Haha... I'm kidding. My heart stopped beating now."

'Are these women crazy?' Eddie's eyes widened. He didn't feel too good right now.

'Didn't this guy say he was almost out of spirit force?'

He felt extremely complicated.

Meanwhile, Qiu An didn't even know what to say.

The Barbarian Race prodigies directed their gaze at the stage. The battle wasn't over!

Their power was equal. Man Kun still had hopes of winning

Man Kun looked at Lu Ze whose chi was slightly stronger than his and asked in a dazed tone, "Brother Lu Ze, didn't you say you already used your trump card?"

Lu Ze laughed, seeing that Man Kun felt he was cheated, and he argued, "That was my trump card before, but now, this is my strongest trump card."

Man Kun, Eddie, Qiu An: "..."

'If they ever believed this guy's words again, they would be idiots!'

Man Kun calmed himself down. Sensing that his power was slipping away, he felt a sense of urgency.

He charged at Lu Ze again.

Likewise, Lu Ze charged up too.

Man Kun's divine art was just at beginner mastery. It was rather unstable and could only last half a minute.

Lu Ze didn't use stronger power and just maintained the same combat power as his opponent. Despite so, Man Kun's power consumption was far greater than Lu Ze's.

As soon as the divine art's duration ended, Man Kun's face went extremely pale, and his chi became extremely weak.

In comparison, Lu Ze was only panting a bit. Right then, Lu Ze stopped attacking and smiled. "Brother Man Kun, you lost."

Man Kun took a deep look at Lu Ze and grinned. "I lost."

Hearing this, Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong finally couldn't stay calm anymore. Their faces lit up.

All the high-level humans behind them smiled, including Zuoqiu Xunshuang.

"This was the first time ever that they, the Human Race, got first!'

The human prodigies all rejoiced.

Several of them shouted, "We're first!"

The Human Race had been waiting for this moment for too long.

All the prodigies looked at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was now the leader of the new generation. Their goal was to catch up to him.

Nangong Jing and the girls looked at Lu Ze with pride. This guy really brought back the first place.

At this moment, the broadcast was full of celebratory comments.

"Monarch of the New Dawn is amazing!"

"We're first!"

"The Human Race is invincible!"

The powerful beings of the other three races were still shocked.

Man Dali looked at Lu Ze in disbelief and then turned to the Saint Jinyao. "Nangong, the Human Race is really lucky this time!"

Doris also spoke with admiration and envy, "Yes, a level-1 planetary state cultivation level with level-7 planetary state combat power. This can enter the prodigy ranking." Qiu Lun nodded. "It can."

'This was cosmic realm prodigy ranking!'

Those who could become part of it could at least reach the cosmic system state if they didn't die. They had quite some hopes of reaching the cosmic cloud state.

They didn't expect the Human Race to have such a prodigy.

Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong were excited too.

If Lu Ze matured, then the Human Race would be fine even if they died. He could even lead the Human Race to become stronger.

Any cosmic system state race would be overjoyed to have such a prodigy.

Luckily, they had been allies with the Human Race for over a thousand years. If Lu Ze really reached the cosmic cloud state, it would be quite beneficial to them.

'They could seek protection at crucial times.'

Thinking about this, the three felt better.

Right then, Lu Ze returned to the stand.

As soon as he came back, everyone stared at him like they were going to eat him.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched, and he spoke vigilantly, "What are you guys doing?"

As soon as he said this, Lin Kuang charged over and hugged him, patting his back at the same time. "Ze, amazing! You brought the Human Race the first win!"

Before Lu Ze could speak, all the other people came over and surrounded him.

"Ze, brother Ze, invincible!"

"I've never admired anyone my life. Ze, you're the first person I admire!" "Ze, what do you think of my appearance..."

Lu Ze: "?"

He seemed to have heard a girl asking a strange question, but she stopped for some reason.

Nangong Jing and the others retracted their murderous gaze from some pretty female young duke.

They were speechless. They hadn't even decided what to do in the future, and yet, someone wanted to join the fun?'

At this moment, they looked at Lu Ze complicatedly. 'What should they do in the future?'

The other three races looked at the human side with complicated glances, especially the Winged and Barbarian Race.

In the past gatherings, they were usually the first. The Round Race placed first a few times as well. This was the first time that the Human Race became first. Moreover, the youth who got first was overwhelmingly powerful.

Until the last moment, they didn't even know whether Lu Ze took out his strongest power. They didn't believe him at all when Lu Ze said that he already revealed his strongest card.

They were a little disappointed...

Moments later, everyone finally calmed down, and Lu Ze could sit down. Lu Ze sighed. Dealing with these crazy people was more tiring than fighting.

During this time, Saint Jinyao declared, "Level-2 planetary state battles will now commence."

Although the Human Race already placed first, the level-2 and level-3 planetary state battles still needed to proceed.

Eventually, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha beat everyone else, but they chose to conserve power and didn't challenge level-3 planetary states.

Their combat power was similar to Man Kun, but since the Human Race already ranked first, they didn't need to keep fighting. They had to leave the other three races some face after all.

Fighting Eddie and Man Kun wouldn't really benefit them since they both lost to Lu Ze.

Eventually, Eddie and Man Kun fought. Man Kun was stronger than Eddie, and thus, Eddie lost again. Accordingly, he added Man Kun to his goals.

When all the matches were finished, it was late into the night.

Saint Jinyao smiled. "Kids, you did well. The four-race competition is now over. I believe you've all learned quite a bit from the battles. Those who won, don't become arrogant, and those who lost, don't mind the one-time loss."

"Remember, the path of cultivation is long and arduous. There's still a long road ahead of you

guys."

Following that, the prodigies returned to the hotel. On the way, they kept looking at Lu Ze.

Back at the hotel, everyone went to their rooms. Lu Ze and the girls all lay on the couch.

After some silence, Lin Ling, who was leaning on Lu Ze's arm, peeked at his handsome side profile.

She smiled. "Congratulations Monarch of the New Dawn for bringing back the honor of being first for the Human Race."

The others also smiled at Lu Ze with a rare gentleness in their eyes.

Lu Ze grinned and replied, "Of course, look at who I am?"

Lin Ling rolled her eyes. "Look at how proud you became."

However, she still leaned next to Lu Ze and closed her eyes.

Qiuyue Hesha who moved to Lu Ze's other side poked him. "Little brother Lu Ze."

Lu Ze looked in Qiuyue Hesha's direction. In the next moment, Qiuyue Hesha's beautiful face zoomed in his eyes.

He was kissed!

"Oh, shit?'

'Again?!' 'Did these girls all like to be dominant?'

It was like this last time.

Nangong Jing and the other girls widened their eyes.

Last time, they had the excuse of being drunk. This time, the fox demon was this bold?!

Qiuyue Hesha shrunk back and smiled seductively. "This is a reward for placing first, little brother Lu Ze."

Nangong Jing glared at Qiuyue Hesha. "Fox demon, how dare you..."

Qiuyue Hesha sneered, "You were the first to do that."

Nangong Jing: "..."

If she didn't do that after drinking, the situation wouldn't be like this now...

Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice weren't happy. These two old ladies made the first move both times.

'Were they easy to abuse just because they were young?' However, they didn't do anything at all. They didn't have the guts. After all, they were sober now.

The atmosphere became very silent.

Lu Ze scratched his head.

'If he went and kissed everyone else, would he get beaten to death?'

He decided to compromise.

Lu Ze coughed. "Um, Qiuyue Hesha gave me the reward already. What about the others?"

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'Come kiss me, I won't resist!'

Lu Li: "?"

Lin Ling: "?" Nangong Jing: "?" Alice: "?"

They all blushed.

On the contrary, Qiuyue Hesha smiled as though she was watching a good show.

The atmosphere in the hall was deadly silent. Everyone looked at each other.

After a moment of silence, Nangong Jing shot daggers at him and said righteously, "Keep dreaming! I would never be like the fox demon! Don't even think about it!"

Lin Ling gritted her teeth. "You're sick!" It would have been fine if he said it to each of them individually, but there were so many people here... 'Would they still have any face left then?' Alice also nodded in agreement. "Yes, you're crossing the line, senior!"

She was actually a little excited, but since the others said those remarks, she couldn't go up alone.

Lu Li sneered. "You want rewards, right? Seeing how tired you are, how about I cook some food for you today?"

Lu Ze: "?!"

He looked at Lu Li in disbelief.

'He placed first, and yet, she still attempted to murder him?'

Without a doubt, she wanted to cook those dark dishes. Thinking about this, he coughed.

"Why are your thoughts so unhealthy? I just said I want a reward. I didn't say what it was. Why are you all so interested in my body?"

Hearing this, everyone drew a sharp breath and looked at Lu Ze in disbelief. Earlier, he obviously meant it in 'that' way. 'How could he blame them now?!'

Even Qiuyue Hesha smiled. Little brother Lu Ze was a little bloated today, indeed.

"In that case, come, I'll give you a reward now." Nangong Jing had a smile on her face. She was considering letting him go since he ranked first, but now... Nangong Jing then charged up towards Lu Ze. "I'll beat you to death today!"

The rest of them didn't fall far behind, and Lu Ze's cries could be heard once again.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

"... Lin Ling, are you a dog?! Stop biting me. Lin Ling is the cutest in the world!"

"Pfft..."

Lu Ze's cries sounded even more painful at this time.

Only Qiuyue Hesha casually shifted spots and watched the show.

During this moment, a silver-white hole appeared, and Zuoqiu Xunshuang carried Ying Ying out from the wormhole. When she saw the five of them on the couch with red faces and messy clothes, her smile stiffened.

The rest of them didn't expect Zuoqiu Xunshuang to arrive at this juncture. In the end, they all froze on the spot.

Nangong Jing was embarrassed to death. She was still sitting on Lu Ze's leg, and her mom saw such a scene. She wanted to die!

The atmosphere became extremely awkward.

Moments later, Zuoqiu Xunshuang's mouth twitched, and she coughed. "Um, it seems I didn't come at the right time..."

Nangong Jing and the other girls quickly jumped away from Lu Ze.

Nangong Jing said, "Mom, let me explain..."

"No... don't explain!" Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded in understanding.

Thereafter, she put Ying Ying down. "She said she wants to come back. I'll leave her here. You guys, continue..."

Nangong Jing was almost tearing up. "No... mom, don't get the wrong idea..." "I know, I know." Zuoqiu Xunshuang waved her hand and wanted to enter the wormhole.

At this moment, she thought of something and looked at the group. "Um, Ying Ying is here right now. It's best to go back to your rooms. This isn't suitable for kids. And... keep things in balance, young people."

Following her reminder, Zuoqiu Xunshuang disappeared into the wormhole.

After she left, everyone collapsed on the couch.

The life from Nangong Jing's face was drained. "Don't stop me, I'm going to jump off a building!"

Qiuyue Hesha carried Ying Ying and rolled her eyes. "Don't jump from an extremely high area. The Earth might end up broken because of you."

Nangong Jing: "..."

'Alright, for the safety of Earth, it was best that she didn't jump.' At this point, Ying Ying blinked her eyes in confusion. "What happened to them, sister Hesha?"

Qiuyue Hesha rubbed Ying Ying's little face. "They were doing naughty things and got caught."

Ying Ying nodded. "Are they doing something adults do?"

Hearing this, everyone felt lifeless.

'Even the cute little Ying Ying misunderstood them?'

After a while, everyone recovered.

Lu Li, Alice, Lin Ling, and Nangong Jing moved closer to Ying Ying in order to rub her. They hadn't seen her for a few days.

Alice said, "Ying Ying and senior should be hungry. Let's go and cook."

Lin Ling nodded. "Ze placed first today. Let's make a big feast."

Lu Li agreed with the plan.

Hearing them, Lu Ze was very touched.

They were all angels... even though they beat people.

An hour later, the dinner was ready. The table was flashing with spirit light from the food.

After placing the last dish on the table, the main cook, Alice, smiled. "Time to eat." Immediately, Lu Ze and Ying Ying appeared at the table and started fighting over the food.

The others smiled at this and sat down to eat as well.

When dinner time was finished, they watched cartoons with Ying Ying for a while before returning to their own rooms.

Early the next morning, Lu Ze and the group went to the living room and received a notice ordering them to go and gather at the meeting hall of the hotel. When they arrived, they found that Luo Bingqing, Lin Kuang, and a few prodigies who had reached the planetary state were also present.

Lu Ze and the team sat down and asked, "Why did they suddenly call us here? Do you know what it's for?"

Lin Kuang shook his head. "I don't know."

It was at this time that Saint Jinyao and Lin Dong came over. When Saint Jinyao saw Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and the rest, he had a cheeky smile on his face.

Lu Ze and the girls: "?"

Why did the old man give them this strange expression?

Did aunty Xunshuang spill to him what happened last night?

Thinking about this, everyone felt embarrassed.

The old man then said, "This time, you were called over for a very important thing."

"Recently, the Round Race found a secret realm. It is an ancient artificial secret realm. It was the ruins of a civilization that had disappeared. There were quite some treasures inside."

"As of now, there are other beings who are aware of its existence. The secret realm is in the cosmic realm between the Round and Purple Scale Race. After some negotiations, the two sides agreed to send the prodigies of the new generation to excavate it."

"You guys are all planetary states and are the most excellent prodigies of the Human Race. Therefore, I have decided that you will participate."

"Of course, the Purple Scale Race has their own allies. Their alliance isn't fond of our four-race alliance. This time, there will be a bit of danger. You guys should decide whether you want to go."

Lin Kuang was the first to answer. "Of course, I'm going!"

The others assented as well.

Cultivating in the planetary state required too many resources. If they didn't go and fight for it, they should just retire already. The old man wasn't surprised at their reactions. He looked at Lu Ze's group.

They didn't lack resources.

Lu Ze smiled. "We'll go too."

Nangong Jing and the rest wouldn't object since Lu Ze agreed.

The old man nodded. "In that case, I won't say much."

"The agreed time is two months later. It'll take nearly two months to get there. Prepare yourselves and we can leave tomorrow. This time, I'll lead the pack personally." Lu Ze and the others nodded.

After discussing the secret realm, the old man asked them to go back and prepare.

Everyone left the meeting room and returned to their own rooms.

Lu Ze and the team sat on the couch while discussing what they should bring.

Their weapons and armors were already the best they could use at this stage.

As for healing serums, they were unnecessary, especially because they had regeneration god art and wood god art.

In terms of cultivation, they also had red orbs.

Thinking about it, they realized they only needed to bring themselves and some good food, right? Of course, Ying Ying would also be brought along. It was just another trip. Though they didn't know whether Ying Ying could enter the secret realm, it should be fine, even if she could only remain outside. If some boss was being unreasonable, Ying Ying could reason with him.

Early the next morning, everyone gathered at the foyer of the hotel.

The prodigies of the three races were already there. Qiu An, Man Kun, Man Xiu, Eddie, Brenda, and the others were also present.

Qiu An waved his hand to Lu Ze and the rest. "Lu Ze, here."

Lu Ze and the group walked over.

Man Kun seemed to have forgotten the previous defeat he suffered. His face had a smile. "I didn't think we would be fighting alongside each other so quickly." Lu Ze smiled. "I didn't expect it either." Usually, the beings of the four races would only have the opportunity to fight side by side when they reached higher levels. For example, star state or even cosmic system state. Eddie looked at Lu Ze. "I will catch up to you!"

Lu Ze felt dazed for a moment, but he nodded in the end. "Go for it! You can do it!"

Eddie: "?"

'Lu Ze was clearly comforting him, but why did he feel annoyed instead?'

Nangong Jing looked curiously at Qiu An. "Qiu An, the secret realm is what you meant last time, yes?"

Qiu An nodded. "Yes, this is it. We discovered that secret realm when we were battling the Purple Scale Race. We've gone inside and explored. This secret realm was formed tens of millions of years ago. The space inside it isn't too stable. A high-level planetary state can shatter the space inside. Otherwise, it wouldn't be the younger generation entering."

Lu Ze and the group nodded. Some secret realms were naturally formed, and some were man-made. Creating a small dimension involved a lot of restrictions and the stability of space inside was far weaker than the outside universe.

Natural ones were better, but artificial ones would become weaker and weaker if there were no energy to sustain the secret realm. Space lines would contract as time went on.

At this moment, the cosmic system states arrived. Behind them were the star states of the four races.

Even Zuoqiu Xunshuang was there too.

Clearly, they were all going over.

Qiu Lun nodded. "There are two months left. Time is of the essence. Let's head off."

The other cosmic system states nodded.

Then, Lu Ze and the team followed the cosmic system states to the Moon Space Station.

The ships left behind by the three races were there, as well as a large black human ship.

It was a few kilometers long and appeared massive and advanced.

Soon, everyone boarded their own ships and flew off.

On the human ship, Zuoqiu Xunshuang led Lu Ze and the others around.

Lu Ze and the rest looked curiously at the metallic hallways.

This ship was completely different from what they had seen before. It seemed more high technology.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "We bought this ship from the East Realm Gathering for a considerable price. Its attack and defense could reach the peak of star state. It is the ship for Human Race's interstellar travel."

Lu Ze and the others were shocked.

The peak of star state! This was approaching the cosmic system state then.

The Human Race only had four cosmic system states currently.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "The cosmic system state can be bought at the East Realm Gathering but that price isn't something our race can handle."

Lin Kuang said in shock, "You can even buy cosmic system state resources at the East Realm social gathering?"

Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "The things in there are far beyond your imagination. There might even be cosmic cloud state items there."

"Cosmic cloud state?!" Lu Ze and the rest exclaimed.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded in confirmation. "Sometimes, the Elf Race would be traveling there. The things they deal with are cosmic cloud states. It might not be a big deal to them, but it will be something the other races would fight for. Of course, the cosmic cloud state civilization might also choose to trade such things."

This increased the desire of Lu Ze and the others to enter even more.

Soon, they arrived at the residential region.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang provided, "This is the residential region. The rooms have been prepared. It takes two months to get there. Cultivate during this time. If you need anything, you can notify the guards here."

Lu Ze and the others nodded.

Later on, all the other groups left. Only Lu Ze's team remained.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang turned around and smiled. "The old man specifically told me to arrange your rooms close to each other."

Lu Ze and the girls were stunned by the statement. Right then, an idea came to their minds. The old man didn't want others to disturb them...'

Nangong Jing and the others were very embarrassed.

After Zuoqiu Xunshuang left, everyone went to Lu Ze's room.

It wasn't too spacious.

Upon entering, Lu Ze looked around and said, "Ying Ying, come out."

Starlight glowed and Ying Ying suddenly appeared in the room.

Lu Li hugged Ying Ying.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang also prepared Ying Ying's room. It was next to theirs.

After bringing Ying Ying back to her room, everyone began their own cultivation.

Lu Ze sat on the bed and planned his cultivation.

He had been learning divine art this whole time before. His cultivation level didn't improve at all. He should work on it now.

Lu Ze also needed to learn other divine arts.

Currently, Light Beam, Darkness Beam, Light and Darkness Beam, darkness buff, and the golden needle hadn't reached perfection mastery yet.

The three beams were the priority. After all, if Light and Darkness Beam reached perfection, it would become his strongest offensive means.

Darkness buff and fire buff were too energy-consuming when used together, so Lu Ze was in no rush to learn them.

On the other hand, the golden needle divine art was just another means of attack.

Lu Ze planned to work on his cultivation level during the day and cultivate Light Beam and Darkness Beam at night.

Accordingly, he began cultivating.

During the night, Lu Ze felt that he would be able to reach level-2 planetary state in half a month.

This speed was extremely satisfying.

Consequently, he left and went to Ying Ying's room.

It wasn't a suite, so everyone could only eat in Ying Ying's room.

After dinner, everyone went back to cultivate again.

On the 18th day, Lu Ze was covered in sweat. He was trying to break through to the level-2 planetary state.

The spirit force inside his cells surged towards the planets inside his cells.

As the spirit force entered the planet, invisible waves spread everywhere.

Lu Ze's entire body was experiencing pain.

At this time, Lu Ze felt that vast universal knowledge again. In contrast, it was far different when he broke through to the planetary state. Nonetheless, it was still pretty great.

He used a purple orb, coupled with a blue crystal, and began learning it. This breakthrough lasted a few hours.

When his spirit force completely entered the planet, the rune went from one to two. The planet was shining brighter.

Ten hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. Light Beam reached perfection mastery!

Lu Ze sat on the bed and evaluated his progress. After reaching the level-2 planetary state, both the quality of his spirit force and body increased by a great level.

His Light Beam divine art also reached perfection mastery. This saved him a few days.

Lu Ze could not help but smile. Each progress gave people a sense of achievement.

After calming himself down, Lu Ze looked at the time. He spent a while making a breakthrough

Right now, it was already night and he was hungry.

At this time, they had probably finished dinner and began cultivating, so he just took out some food from his storage ring and ate it.

Following that, Lu Ze sat down and entered the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

Inside, he appeared within a vast forest. He immediately concealed his chi and looked around in vigilance.

The fourth map was too dangerous. There were quite a few times that he appeared right in front of star state bosses and died on the spot.

In most cases, Lu Ze couldn't figure out where he ended up. He just died right away.

Luckily this time, he was quite lucky. He felt a powerful chi around the area, but its distance was still a bit far from him.

Usually, if he didn't appear right in front of a boss and they weren't hungry, they wouldn't bully him. He carefully concealed his chi and ran rapidly across the forest.

Four hours later, Lu Ze found a grass plain.

There were a total of twelve green fur balls there. The strongest was only a level-4 planetary. It was not a big threat to Lu Ze.

He moved and easily killed all of them with a punch. Thereafter, he collected a bunch of orbs and three blue crystals.

During this juncture, Lu Ze entered the Pocket Hunting Dimension to cultivate every day and collected a few hundred blue crystals. He used one each day and had more than enough for now.

Lu Ze looked at the blue crystal with regret. 'If only there were high-level blue crystals...'

However, up until now, Lu Ze hadn't encountered stronger ones.

Lu Ze shook his head and quickly left the valley. Although he killed the green furballs with a single punch, there still might be bosses coming over.

Lu Ze continued to search for suitable beasts.

A few hours later, he arrived at the familiar black mountain range.

This was a good region for hunting. There were a lot of black metal insects, and their power was something he could handle. Lu Ze went in without hesitation.

Once inside, he didn't hide his chi and just walked between the huge black stones. After all, he couldn't sense their chi when they were inside the mountain. He could only wait for them to find him.

Not long after entering, a powerful chi surged forward. A sharp black light shot at Lu Ze's back.

Lu Ze grinned at this occurrence. 'Found it!'

He flashed with lightning and disappeared from the spot.

That black arc struck Lu Ze's afterimage and hit the rock instead.

Lu Ze clenched his fist and punched towards the insect's back.

Rumble!

The golden fist force penetrated the metal bug. Immediately, its body cracked and shot away black metal pieces. A level-2 planetary state couldn't block a single punch from him.

Lu Ze picked up the red and purple orbs, as well as the black god art orb. This god art was probably the body god art. However, Lu Ze wasn't finished with cultivating his divine arts. He didn't have time to cultivate this.

He could only leave it for later. Lu Ze continued delving in the mountain range. Every once in a while, there would be a black metal bug attacking him. Sometimes there was one, sometimes there were several of them. They ranged from level-1 to level-4 planetary state.

With Lu Ze's current power, he could finish them with a single punch.

Soon, Lu Ze killed tens of insects and collected more than ten blue crystals.

As he went deeper, the insects grew stronger. The level-1 planetary states were gone, and the number of level-4 planetary states increased. When Lu Ze passed another black stone forest, a sharp call reverberated. The insects made their move, and five powerful chis suddenly emerged. They were rapidly approaching his location to besiege him.

Three of them were level-4 planetary states while two were level-5 planetary states.

Lu Ze raised a brow. The defenses of the level-5 planetary states were extremely strong, even amongst level-7 planetary states.

Lu Ze wanted to see whether it would be troublesome for him to deal with such insects.

The five insects then attacked.

Lu Ze appeared before a level-5 planetary state and punched. His fist glowed with red and golden runes.

Fire buff and Golden Fist Art!

He moved to smash the insect's head while the insect swiped its claws, trying to block the assault.

The claw that couldn't be damaged, even by level-7 planetary state attacks, was instantly blown apart by the golden fist force. The fist force dismembered the insect's body.

Consequently, Lu Ze killed the rest of them with one punch.

Lu Ze grinned.

If he was still a level-1 planetary state, he would barely be able to beat the level-5 planetary states. However, now that his cultivation level progressed, not only did his combat power improve but so did his stamina.

Half an hour later, it was about to be dark.

Lu Ze felt dazed. This was the first time he survived until night on the fourth map.

Right at this moment, ten sharp black arcs shot at him.

Lu Ze tensed up and instantly disappeared from the spot.

Three figures surrounded him. It was one level-6 planetary state and two level-5 planetary state insects.

Lu Ze punched towards the level-6 planetary state insect. In return, the insect shot out two black arcs.

A shockwave spread across all directions.

Lu Ze used this opportunity to appear before the level-5 planetary state insect and pound it to pieces.

The level-6 insect passed through the explosion and sliced at Lu Ze. Lu Ze dodged it and killed the other level-5 planetary state insect.

Subsequently, he smiled at the level-6 insect.

One-on-one was more interesting!

The two figures clashed.

Lu Ze was much faster than the insect. He dodged all those terrifying attacks and struck its back shell.

Rumble!

The insect was slammed into a stone pillar, but soon, it jumped out of the rubbles.

Its chi was weaker, but it kept charging at Lu

Ze.

Lu Ze raised his brow and had an estimate of his current power.

His Golden Fist Art, coupled with the fire buff, contained power reaching the advanced stage of level-8 planetary state.

'This wasn't strong enough!' Lu Ze sighed.

This time, he used the darkness buff as well.

The chi on his fist immediately soared. The darkness buff was just at beginner mastery, but it was still strong nevertheless.

Lu Ze once again punched the insect's back.

Rumble!

Crack...

The fist force finally cracked the extremely tough back armor. A hideous cry sounded from the bug's mouth.

The bug wasn't dead yet, but it was injured.

Its chi was much weaker too.

Seeing this, Lu Ze went before the insect and threw consecutive punches on its cracked back.

Rumble!

After four punches, the insect finally died.

The insect turned to dust, and then, five purple and red orbs, as well as a god art orb and blue crystal, remained. Lu Ze happily collected them. This was his first time getting level-6 planetary state red orbs. With this, his cultivation speed would grow even faster.

Lu Ze left again.

At this time, a level-5 planetary state chi approached Lu Ze.

It was a level-5 planetary state insect.

Lu Ze was going to send it off with a punch, but it raised its claws and swiped at Lu Ze. A terrifying black light flashed and Lu Ze died.

Lu Ze woke up in disbelief.

'It was just a level-5 planetary black metal insect. How could its attack be this terrifying?'

He couldn't even dodge it...

Lu Ze, feeling dumbfounded, sat on the bed. He thought of one possibility. 'Was that metal bug an overlord?'

However, were overlord's cultivation level that low?

Regardless, he would encounter it again next time. He would wait until then...

Following that, Lu Ze began to count his loot. The major reward was the level-6 planetary state red and purple orbs. In addition, he managed to gather a total of 19 blue crystals.

Since he only needed one blue crystal a day, those blue crystals would be enough for 19 days.

As for the rest, there were more than twenty level-5 planetary state red and purple orbs, and even more level-4 planetary state orbs, as well as hundreds of other ones.

He could use level-6 planetary state orbs for himself and give the level-5 planetary state ones to the alcoholic and fox demon. Their body could handle energy of this level now.

As for Lin Ling, she could barely use level-2 planetary state energy. Lu Li and Alice could only use level-1 planetary state orbs.

As long as he didn't die on the spot in the Pocket Hunting Dimension, he would have cultivation resources for everyone to use for several days.

Lu Ze took out and used a blue crystal, including a level-6 planetary state purple orb. Lu Ze immediately felt his mind clear up.

With his current learning capability, he could improve the Darkness Beam, as well as the Light and Darkness Beam, to perfect mastery.

That way, he would have more confidence venturing into the secret realm.

...

Soon, when eight hours had passed, Lu Ze opened his eyes and left his room.

Inside Ying Ying's room, Lu Li and Alice were eating with Ying Ying.

Lin Ling, Qiuyue Hesha, and Nangong Jing weren't there. When Lu Ze entered, Alice smiled. "Senior, you finished cultivation? Come and eat with us."

She prepared a bowl and chopsticks for him.

Lu Ze sat down and put a piece of purple cake into his mouth.

'Delicious!'

Lu Ze then asked, "How is the progress of your cultivation?"

Lu Li smiled. "I'm already a level – 8 mortal evolution state."

Alice nodded. "Me too."

Lu Ze said, "Not bad, you were faster than me at that time."

This was only natural since he didn't have level-1 planetary state special red orbs back when he was merely a level-7 mortal evolution state.

Alice mumbled, "We're still quite far from sister Lin Ling. She can probably reach the planetary state in ten days."

It wasn't that Lu Ze wanted to give Lin Ling better resources. In essence, their bodies simply couldn't handle level-2 planetary state red orb energy.

Lu Ze wasn't surprised that Lin Ling was about to make a breakthrough.

He could only comfort the two girls. "Drink some more golden fruit wine. When your body is strong enough, you can use higher-level red orbs."

Lu Li and Alice blushed. They thought back to what happened before. Lu Li glared at Lu Ze, and Alice looked at Lu Ze with embarrassment.

It was so embarrassing! Lu Ze: "?"

He was confused by their reactions. 'Was there something wrong with telling them to drink more golden fruit wine?'

After breakfast, everyone returned to their rooms for cultivation.

Lu Ze started to use level-6 planetary state orbs to cultivate.

The orb turned into a stream of energy inside his body, and Lu Ze immediately felt pain.

Even with his current body strength, he could only barely handle this energy.

Half the energy went to strengthen his body while the other half entered his cells and drew spirit force from the void into him. His empty cells were slowly being filled up once more. Ten hours later, the red orb was used up.

Lu Ze exhaled and checked his progress.

The orbs were rather amazing. If he used them every day, he would be able to reach level-3 planetary state in just a month.

This speed was beyond belief.

This was the planetary state!

Ordinary planetary states would celebrate if they could break through a level within a few decades. Most of them could only advance every few hundred years while some would be stuck for the rest of their lives.

Even prodigies would take ten years to make a breakthrough

However, Lu Ze was different. For him, his cultivation speed was rather stable. He only took one month to break through a small state, whether it was the mortal evolution state or the planetary state.

As for a bottleneck, Lu Ze's foundation was extremely stable. It didn't exist for him. He then thought about it. 'If this continued, he would be invincible in a few years.'

Lu Ze visited Ying Ying's room again. He found that only Lin Ling was there.

Of course, Ying Ying was still there, so although they threw seductive glances at each other, they couldn't really do anything while inside.

After dinner, Lu Ze gave Lin Ling some more level-2 planetary state orbs and even a few level-3 planetary state orbs.

Lin Ling smiled. "Although my combat power can't compare with yours, my cultivation level is about to catch up!"

Lu Ze flicked her forehead and grinned. "I'll tell you a secret. I just reached level-2 planetary state." Lin Ling: "?!:

Seeing Lin Ling widen her eyes and mouth, Lu Ze felt great.

'Bullying Lin Ling was fun.'

Lin Ling glared at Lu Ze and left.

Lu Ze also returned to his room.

Ten days later, Lu Ze suddenly felt something during cultivation. Accordingly, he opened his eyes. He saw all sorts of light flowing in the ship. That light of endless wisdom subtly appeared.

Lin Ling broke through, and it created a phenomenon too.

Lu Ze didn't waste time. He closed his eyes and used it to learn the Darkness Beam.

Soon, he felt that Lin Ling's phenomenon was much weaker than his. Nevertheless, he still might be able to push Darkness Beam to perfect mastery with this.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were also benefiting from this. They were just missing the last step, and this step could be done today.

Simultaneously, Lu Li and Alice opened their eyes. Lin Ling reached the planetary state, and now, they were the only ones left behind in the mortal evolution state.

They closed their eyes and began cultivating again. 'They can't be worse than the sisters!'

On the other side of the ship, Saint Jinyao suddenly opened his eyes and was shocked. "This is...?"

He immediately realized that someone reached the planetary state!

At this moment, a knocking sound could be heard. Zuoqiu Xunshuang's excited voice came out thereafter. "Old man?"

Saint Jinyao appeared by the door and opened

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was standing outside. "This phenomenon is very similar to when Lu Ze broke through, but it's weaker. Which girl broke through? It should probably be Lin Ling!"

Saint Jinyao nodded and couldn't hide his surprise. "Heavens, protect the Human Race!" This meant that Lin Ling's talent was extremely superior. She had the potential to reach the cosmic cloud state!

'If the Human Race had two cosmic cloud states, how glorious would it be?' The thought of it alone made him excited.

At this time, the other star states went to Saint Jinyao. The look of great shock was evident on their faces.

They hadn't encountered Lu Ze's phenomenon before. Since this is their first experience, it was only natural that they were extremely surprised.

Nevertheless, even if they were stunned, they didn't cultivate right away. They sought Saint Jinyao instead.

Apart from them, the super prodigies of the younger generation were also present. Because of them, there might be hope for the rise of the Human Race in the future.

The situation at hand was a bit weird now. If something happened to Lu Ze and the others, they would be regarded as sinners. "What happened, old man?" a handsome dark-haired man asked.

Saint Jinyao answered, "It's a breakthrough phenomenon. I'll go protect them. You guys, go back and learn. Try to benefit from it!"

Zuoqiu Xunshuang interjected, "Old man, I'll go. You can learn too."

Saint Jinyao shook his head. "I can learn something, but I'm already old. I don't have enough potential. There can't be anomalies every day for me to learn."

"Moreover, I'm a cosmic system state. It would be best if I go. Lin Ling's talent isn't ordinary. Things can't go wrong. If something happens with her breakthrough, I'll never have the face to see those old guys!" Following that, he just disappeared from the spot.

The star states exchanged glances with each other. Then, that dark-haired man inquired, "Zuoqiu, did someone break through? This phenomenon is very similar to Lu Ze's."

Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded in confirmation. "Mhm, someone made a breakthrough. Let's go back and cultivate. The old man is going to protect her. There's no need for us to go."

The others nodded and quickly returned to their rooms. Such a phenomenon was a rare fortune for them too. They needed to grasp it well.

Meanwhile, Luo Bingqing and the others were shaken and left the cultivation state.

They looked at the light inside the room and were shocked. They had seen this phenomenon before when Lu Ze successfully completed a breakthrough. They didn't expect to see it again.

Someone was breaking through to the planetary state!

Last time, they couldn't make it to Lu Ze's phenomenon. This time, they weren't going to miss out.

They immediately began to cultivate.

The phenomenon lasted for an entire day before slowly disappearing.

In Lu Ze's room, dark beams appeared around him.

Runes formed and vanished. Those were the Darkness Beam divine art

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Half an hour later, the darkness receded, and Lu Ze opened his eyes.

He grinned and showed an excited expression.

Lin Ling broke through at the perfect time. His Darkness Beam divine art reached perfection in just one day due to the phenomenon.

This was so much faster than he had anticipated.

It had only been 29 days on the ship. He still had a month to learn the Light and Darkness Beam. This should be enough for him to reach perfection mastery. He might even have time to improve the darkness buff a little.

If that's the case, his combat power could still skyrocket even more.

In Ying Ying's room, everyone gathered.

"Lin Ling, congratulations!" Nangong Jing smiled as she grabbed Lin Ling and rubbed her short hair.

Qiuyue Hesha also came over and smiled. "Lin Ling is so hard working. Perhaps you should ask someone to reward you?"

Lin Ling shivered and immediately slapped away Qiuyue Hesha's claws. "No! Stop playing, sister Hesha!"

Qiuyue Hesha pouted her lips and said with a seemingly sad tone, "Lin Ling won't even let me hug her anymore."

Lu Li and Alice looked helplessly at Qiuyue Hesha who reached out her demonic claws at them and quickly passed Ying Ying over. This little guy didn't fall asleep this time.

Qiuyue Hesha hugged Ying Ying and rubbed against her.

At this moment, Lu Ze came in.

Lu Ze sat next to Lin Ling and rubbed her head. "Congratulations, Lin Ling! You're getting stronger and stronger."

Lin Ling blushed a little and slapped Lu Ze's hand away as she raised her head with pride. "I can definitely catch up to you!"

Lu Ze flicked her forehead. "In your dreams?"

Lin Ling covered her head and glared at Lu Ze.

Alice smiled. "Sister Lin Ling broke through today. I'll go cook something nice, so we can celebrate."

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. "Sure! Sure!" 'This kind of benefit existed, all because of breaking through the planetary state?'

When would Lu Li and Alice reach the planetary state too?

Right then, someone knocked on their door. Lu Ze went to open it.

He saw the old man smiling outside. Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He then said, "Old man, why did you come?"

This old man was smiling too happily.

The old man looked at Lin Ling and nodded. "Not bad, the little girl of the Lin family is a planetary state too, and she created a phenomenon. If Lin Heng knew, he would be very proud."

Lin Ling smiled.

She grew up with Elder Lin and was closer to him than her father. 'Of course, she would love to see Elder Lin happy.'

Then, he patted Lu Ze's shoulder. "You did good, kid."

He knew that Lin Ling could create the anomaly, particularly because of Lu Ze's energy.

This gave the Human Race another person with the potential of reaching the cosmic cloud state.

Jing Jing didn't create the anomaly before, but as long as she stayed with Lu Ze, she wouldn't be worse than Lin Ling.

Lu Ze's energy was too precious.

Lu Ze smiled. "This is only what I should be doing."

The old man smiled. "That's not the only thing you should be doing. You guys should quickly contribute to the rise of the Human Race."

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He wanted to do it too, but he couldn't at this point. It was already great that he was surviving.

As for Nangong Jing and the rest, their smile froze.

"This old guy came to rush them again!' If he wasn't old man Nangong, he would have been beaten to death already.

The old man coughed. "Okay, you guys, continue. I won't disturb you, young people."

Then, he just ran off. Lu Ze: "?"

His skin crawled as he looked at the angry girls.

'The old man set him up!'

How would he deal with this now?!

Lu Ze said, "The old man is too desperate. Look at us, we're taking it slowly, and he still wants to rush us!"

'Slowly?! Slowly have kids with him?'

Haha...

The group surrounded Lu Ze and charged at him.

Ying Ying just sat there expressionlessly and watched.

After a while, Lu Ze was finally released. Thereafter, Alice and Lu Li went to cook.

When the celebration was finished, everyone returned to their rooms to cultivate.

Lu Ze could now begin with the Light and Darkness Beam.

The Light and Darkness Beam was much harder to cultivate than either the light beam or dark beam alone. It was a fusion of two god arts done through divine art. This involved too many things.

However, with the help of purple orbs and blue crystals, the process was quite successful. Knowledge about the light and darkness god art flowed in Lu Ze's mind. He digested them eagerly and was immersed in this sea of knowledge.

Lu Ze thought, 'I love studying, and studying makes me happy.'

After learning this divine art, even if he didn't use it, he could do a simple fusion of light god art and darkness god art.

The power was also much stronger than using a single god art.

Sixteen days later, Lu Ze was sitting on his bed surrounded by black and white beams. These beams flowed and fused. There were deep runes appearing on them.

Moments later, the light around him flashed, and the runes became more condensed.

Then, the light and runes slowly disappeared, and Lu Ze opened his eyes.

He lifted his hand, and the spirit force formed into a ball of swirling black and white energy. The energy contained inside was extremely terrifying. Even Lu Ze felt a little scared.

He grinned and then took back the black and white energy ball.

Over these sixteen days, he finally improved the Light and Darkness Beam to experienced mastery!

This speed was much slower than comprehending the Light Beam and Darkness Beam separately. However, this mastery level alone was on par with Lu Ze's Golden Fist Art after using fire buff and darkness buff.

'How strong would it be once it reached perfect mastery?' Lu Ze was very excited. The only worry he had was that the ship would arrive at the destination in about half a month. He didn't know whether he could reach perfect mastery in half a month.

Lu Ze had already made it to the peak of the level-2 planetary state. In a few days, he would be able to reach level-3 planetary state.

Due to the increase in his combat power, he managed to gather more resources in the Pocket Hunting Dimension. However, level-6 planetary state beasts were still a rare harvest for him.

The fourth map was too dangerous, and sometimes, even he couldn't stop the level-6 beasts from escaping.

Situations of them fighting too intense of a battle and both getting crushed by a boss had occurred too.

Due to these circumstances, Lu Ze could only use level-5 planetary state orbs to cultivate. As a result, he couldn't reach his top speed.

If his cultivation level reached level-3 planetary state and he brought Light and Darkness Beam to perfect mastery, even ordinary level-9 planetary states would be no match for him.

Lu Ze felt great. Even he was scared by such progress speed. During this time, Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing also focused on their cultivation level after achieving perfect mastery of their divine art. They both reached level-3 planetary state days after Lin Ling broke through.

By the time Lu Ze reaches level-3 planetary state, they would probably be approaching the level-4 planetary state already.

As for Lu Li and Alice, they were level-9 mortal evolution states. Lu Ze gave them level-2 and level-3 planetary state orbs.

The two of them are in solitary cultivation right now. They have the intention of reaching the planetary state before arriving at their destination.

Lu Ze very much hoped they would succeed. That way, he would be able to use their breakthrough phenomena to bring Light and Darkness Beam to perfect mastery quickly.

Lu Ze visited Ying Ying's room. Lin Ling, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha were all there.

The group had breakfast and chatted about their cultivation progress before going back to cultivate.

Lu Ze used his level-6 planetary state red orbs.

Ten hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes.

He could enter the Pocket Hunting Dimension again. Without hesitation, he went in.

Lu Ze habitually concealed his chi and surveyed his surroundings. He was in a very dark place. If he didn't have night vision, he wouldn't be able to see anything at all.

This was an environment he had never been in before. The place seemed barren. There were cracks everywhere and strange-looking black and red rocks.

At the top was a thick stone ceiling that was black and gray. In the distance, there seemed to be strands of light being projected.

'Was this underground?' 'Perhaps this was the lair of some beast?" He carefully flew in a direction. Half an hour later, Lu Ze found a pile of level-6 planetary state chi. He felt very excited at the discovery.

He had been to many places and found very few beasts that he could beat. Yet, this place had a load of them.

Soon, Lu Ze found the resting beasts.

They had black scales, a pair of horns on their heads, a thick body, a hideous face, and a pair of thick claws. They seemed like apes with horns.

Demonic chi burst out from those horns, forming a dark mist.

Lu Ze didn't find any other chi nearby. Therefore, he appeared before an ape. The ape suddenly woke up and roared.

In terms of height, it was only five meters tall. It clawed at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze punched with fire-buffed and darkness-buffed Golden Fist Art.

Rumble!

Lu Ze could feel his hand striking a hard metal. A severe pain overtook his senses, and the demonic chi also went inside his body.

Lu Ze flew back out.

The horned ape was also sent flying. Its claw was bleeding. Rather than cowering, it became more enraged. Lu Ze used super regeneration to heal his body.

He stared at this ape in shock. It was stronger than the metal bugs. They had about the same power!

The two kept fighting. Every clash made the underground world tremble.

After a few seconds, they had clashed for more than a few hundred times.

Lu Ze was covered in hideous claw marks. Blood was dripping all over his body.

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On the other hand, the ape's condition was not much better. Its armor had large fragments falling out of it, and one of its horns was broken. Black blood also gushed out from its huge body.

When Lu Ze looked at the dense demonic chi, he had a bold idea.

He charged forward again.

His hand and the claw clashed again.

Rumble!

Lu Ze's bones were fractured, and blood poured out even more.

The ape's claw also cracked.

During this time, a white beam flashed from Lu Ze's left hand.

Light Beam!

The Light Beam was effective in countering the effects of the power of darkness. Lu Ze didn't know for sure, so he decided to test it now.

The dark mist protecting the ape seemed to have been eroded by the light chi. It rapidly receded, and the light divine art struck the ape's chest.

Rumble!

A wound appeared, and the ape was sent flying The ape howled in terror and struggled to fly away.

Lu Ze was excited.

It worked!

Lu Ze flashed with lightning and chased it. He went to hit its back.

The ape twisted around to block, but the Light Beam had already gathered on Lu Ze's other hand.

The ape had no other option but to receive the strike from Lu Ze.

Thereafter, the beam penetrated the ape's chest.

To the ape, this light power seemed like poison, and its chi rapidly dropped.

Lu Ze used another Light Beam and wiped away its life force.

As he watched the body drop heavily to the ground, Lu Ze exhaled. Luckily, he had Light Beam. Otherwise, he might not win this battle. His full-powered mode was too taxing. He might not last as long as this ape. Moments later, the body turned to dust.

On top of the usual stuff, there was a blood crystal.

'A new drop?'

Lu Ze quickly picked up the drops. Five were red, five were purple, one was a black demonic chi orb, and the other one was a blood crystal.

The blood crystal was smaller than the blue crystal. It was half the size of a fist and appeared like a crystal of condensed blood.

Lu Ze didn't know what it was for. He couldn't test it in the Pocket Hunting Dimension either, so he would have to wait until he got out.

He put the things away and moved off in another direction.

Half an hour later, the place was still very barren. There were no beasts and very few plants.

At this time, Lu Ze sensed another distant chi. It was a level-5 planetary state. Furthermore, the beast seemed to be alone.

Lu Ze immediately flew towards it. Soon, among the pile of rocks, Lu Ze discovered the owner of the chi. It was still a horned ape.

Lu Ze appeared before the ape's head as a dominant light surged from his hand, reaching towards the ape.

Roar!

The horned ape tensed up and attempted to run. However, it was far slower than that level-6 planetary state ape. The light ended up piercing the ape.

Upon penetration, the life force of the ape was wiped away. Then, its body slowly turned to dust.

Lu Ze looked at the ape and smiled. This was the Light Beam indeed. It countered the darkness-type beasts.

Soon, the ape left a pile of orbs. There was no blood crystal this time, but a blue crystal was present.

Lu Ze happily picked these things up. He realized that although the underground world was dark, it was rather valuable.

He didn't want to go out. It wasn't like he knew how to get out anyways.

After picking the drops up, Lu Ze once again proceeded with his hunting journey.

The underground world was extremely spacious. He didn't know how wide it was, but he flew for half a day without finding the exit.

There weren't many beasts here. Usually, he would need to fly for an hour or so before finding one. The weakest was that level-5 planetary state while the strongest was a level-9 planetary state dog-like animal with spikes on its back.

Fortunately, Lu Ze noticed it from miles away. That terrifying chi made his skin crawl. He probably wouldn't be able to last a second while facing that.

As such, Lu Ze used his chi stealth god art at full power and evaded the beast. There was more than one type of beast in this world, but all of them seemed to possess that special demonic chi god art.

The beasts here traveled alone too.

This was perfect for Lu Ze.

Although it was hard to find suitable beasts to hunt, he was still in a relatively safe situation. Lu Ze just needed to find one beast and didn't need to worry about the others being nearby.

An unknown amount of time had passed. Lu Ze was sure it had been more than a day. This was the first time he survived for so long on the fourth map.

It was a milestone!

During this time, Lu Ze found six level-5 planetary state beasts and killed them all with ease. He even got two blue crystals. However, that blood crystal didn't drop.

He encountered four level-6 planetary state beasts. Lu Ze eventually killed them all with his Light Beam.

The most dangerous time was when he encountered a six-meter-long lizard-type beast with one horn. It was even slightly stronger than him.

Lu Ze only had one last breath left after killing it. He had to use several hours to recover. Nevertheless, that lizard dropped one blood crystal and a blue crystal.

Currently, Lu Ze had accumulated 30 of each type of level-6 planetary state orbs. This was enough for him to cultivate for a number of days.

He got two blood crystals, three blue crystals, and also level-5 red and purple orbs, as well as a demonic chi god art. This was his greatest harvest on the fourth

map.

After dodging another level-8 planetary state beast, Lu Ze continued searching for prey.

Right then, Lu Ze found another level-5 planetary state chi.

His eyes lit up, and he moved over. Soon, Lu Ze came before a big stone pillar. It seemed to connect to the ceiling of the underground world. It was a few hundred kilometers thick.

It was like a world pillar.

Subsequently, he found a ten-meter wide cave at the bottom.

There was one level-5 planetary state chi inside. There were also special dark rays flashing.

Lu Ze was surprised. 'What was that darkness ray?'

Why did it seem like an overlord cave?

Was there treasure inside? Lu Ze was a little excited.

At this point, the chi in the cave moved. Then, a black figure flashed out and appeared on the ground not far in front of Lu Ze.

It was a wolf-like creature wearing an armor and possessing a pair of demonic wings. It had one horn on its head.

Its appearance was akin to a demon.

The demonic wolf was glaring at Lu Ze. It was only a level-5 planetary state, but its chi was extremely strong. Lu Ze tensed up. He was reminded of that special level-5 planetary state metal insect.

'Was it the same type?'

The wolf flashed past with a beam of darkness.

Lu Ze shrouded himself in blood lightning while using fire and darkness buff.

Screech!

Suddenly, Lu Ze's left arm was broken and blood poured out. The severe painful sensation made him frown.

He ignored this and used light divine art with his right hand and charged at the wolf again.

The wolf paused a little and turned. It easily dodged the Light Beam.

At this juncture, Lu Ze shot towards the cave.

The wolf was too fast. It was implausible to run in this environment. He might as well see what was inside the cave. If there was really treasure, he could just take it then.

Lu Ze was near the cave in an instant. He even saw a dark rune floating at the top of the cave. The dark beam was released by it.

He gambled right!

The demonic wolf let out a tyrannical roar. Black runes flashed on its wings, and it instantly appeared before Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was just about to reach for the rune. He quickly stopped when the wolf appeared before him.

Oh shit?!

'What is this bullshit speed?'

Suddenly, he felt immense pain taking over his body. Once more, he was back in his room.

The pain made him shudder, but the physical pain was actually far inferior from the mental one.

There was a treasure right before his hands. He just needed to reach a little closer to get it. However, he missed it...

That was the rune of the fourth map!

After a while, Lu Ze sighed and recovered a bit.

Anyway, there were still more opportunities in the future...

His harvest this time wasn't bad either. At least, he got the never-seen-before blood crystals and level-6 planetary state orbs.

When he reaches level-3 planetary state...

Lu Ze sneered. 'He would be back!'

That level-5 planetary state wolf was strong, but it definitely hadn't reached the star state level.

By the time Lu Ze reaches level-3 planetary state and achieves perfect mastery for Light and Darkness Beam, he would have the opportunity to beat it, or at least, take away that rune.

Thinking about this possibility, Lu Ze closed his eyes to cultivate.

He went into his mental dimension and touched a blood crystal. Immediately, the crystal turned into a flow of light that entered his body.

Inside him, Lu Ze felt the blood crystal turn into blood-colored energy that spread across his entire body. His cells were writhing and evolving under its influence.

Lu Ze could feel his body rapidly becoming stronger and more lively. His affinity with spirit force was growing. He could sense the spirit force around him. It entered his body with every breath and then converted into his power. His body's combat power alone was level-6 planetary state, approaching level-7.

But now, the blood crystal made his body progress rapidly. Simultaneously, his spirit force affinity was growing too.

Lu Ze already had that special spirit body. Now, it was becoming even stronger. His spirit force recovery speed would naturally grow too. In addition, his cells became more lively. This meant that his physical body's stamina and recovery were greatly improved.

This was just one blood crystal though. What if he had more?

By then, he wouldn't need to worry about not having enough stamina. The blood crystal energy was rapidly digested. In an hour, it had been completely consumed.

Lu Ze used the second one without hesitation. Immediately, his body, cell activity, and spirit force affinity all progressed.

An hour later, Lu Ze measured his state. Soon, a smile appeared on his face.

His body alone improved by 10%!

Following that, he formed a golden blade on his hand. He proceeded to cut his palm with it. Thereafter, blood flowed out.

In just a few seconds, that deep wound closed up, and it recovered mostly.

Lu Ze grinned. He didn't use regeneration god art or any healing god art yet. His body's own recovery ability alone was this fast.

'What if he used recovery god art then?'

Lu Ze felt he could take more risks now. It almost seemed like a waste not to use it.

'What if he got more blood crystals?'

Even if he didn't break through to the level-3 planetary state, his combat power could reach the level-9 planetary state or even higher.

Lu Ze took a breath and suppressed his excitement.

He was stronger now, but he still couldn't beat that demonic wolf.

'It was best not to get cocky.'

He closed his eyes and used a blue crystal and purple orb to start learning the Light and Darkness Beam.

If he had a perfect mastery of Light and Darkness Beam, he might have been able to injure the wolf by surprise. What a pity! Right then, Lu Ze immersed himself in learning

Soon, a night passed.

The next morning, Lu Ze went to Ying Ying's room to have breakfast.

Lu Li and Alice were still in solitary cultivation. Nangong Jing didn't come out either, so only Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling were there.

Qiuyue Hesha revealed her cheeky nature again and kept stretching her sinful hands towards Lin Ling.

On the side, Lin Ling kept dodging.

Lu Ze smiled watching the two play around.

He really wanted to join, but he felt it wasn't appropriate, so he stayed silent as he watched the two of them play.

Eventually, even Ying Ying was dragged in by them.

After a while, the group went back to their own rooms to cultivate.

On the bed, Lu Ze devoured a level-6 planetary state red orb.

Originally, it was a little difficult for Lu Ze to digest this energy, but now, he could do so easily.

Lu Ze's cultivation speed also increased since he could draw more spirit force into his body.

Once he got more blood crystals, then perhaps he might be able to break through a small level in just ten days?

Lu Ze felt he was starting to dream.

Gradually, it was already night. Lu Ze had dinner and went back in the Pocket Hunting Dimension again.

He was hoping he would appear in that underground world once more. However, far from his wish, he woke up back in the vast forest.

As such, Lu Ze could only go in a random direction to hunt for prey. During this time, he realized something.

That special level-5 planetary state black insect killed him instantly too.

'What if it was guarding a treasure too?'

Lu Ze's eyes lit up as he thought about this.

He found that although the fourth map was dangerous, it had much more treasures than the previous ones.

Perhaps because this map was completely the territory of planetary states and above, it was actually the real hunting ground?

This was why the difficulty increased so much, and there were much more treasures than before.

Lu Ze became hopeful.

'What other treasures could there be?'

At the same time, Lu Ze hoped he could encounter that black metal mountain again.

Yet, before he could find it, he was discovered by a boss while he was fighting an anaconda with wood god art.

He wasn't even able to kill a single level-6 planetary state before coming out.

Seven days later, Lu Ze's cells were filled with milky white clouds. They had blended with that vibrant planet.

This was the 33rd day of breaking through to the level-2 planetary state. Now, Lu Ze finally reached the level-3 planetary state.

Another rune formed on the planet while that familiar wave occurred once again.

Lu Ze ignored the pain and used a blue crystal and purple orb to learn the Light and Darkness Beam.

Fifteen hours later, the third rune was completely formed, and his cells were emptied up again.

Nevertheless, Lu Ze felt a far greater power than before.

He broke through the level-3 planetary state!

Lu Ze was still immersed in the learning of Light and Darkness Beam.

A few hours later, he slowly opened his eyes.

His Light and Darkness Beam reached perfect mastery before Lu Li's and Alice's breakthrough.

Now that he had a level-3 planetary state power too, Lu Ze felt he was invincible.

Currently, it was already night.

Lu Ze went to Ying Ying's room and found that only Nangong Jing was there. Both of them didn't know how to cook, so they ate some food and drank a bit. They cuddled a little while being tipsy and returned to their rooms later on to cultivate.

In the room, Lu Ze sat cross-legged on the bed.

It was time for the daily Pocket Hunting Dimension again.

Lu Ze just broke through to level-3 planetary state, and he had just attained perfect mastery of Light and Darkness Beam. Right now, he wanted to test the bounds of his powers.

Lu Ze appeared in the Black Metal Forest.

He felt dazed. 'Did he just find himself here straightaway?'

This was his second luckiest time. The luckiest was when he went to the underground world. However, he didn't know when he could go there again, nor how he could find the entrance...

Lu Ze felt he was extremely lucky today.

At this moment, there were sharp shrieks coming from around him. The sound of clustered black metal bugs moving could be heard from nearby.

Lu Ze grinned. There were four level-6 planetary state insects and eight level-5 ones.

It seemed that he didn't appear at the border of the mountain range this time. Actually, this saved Lu Ze a lot of time.

Soon, the twelve insects appeared. Their bloody eyes contained intense killing intent.

Their shrieks filled the entire mountain range. Black arcs shot across towards Lu Ze. In response, Lu Ze disappeared from the spot.

He then emerged above a level-6 planetary state insect. On his hand, a ping-pong ball-sized light and dark energy ball formed.

With a wave of his hand, the energy ball disappeared. Its speed was unimaginable!

Almost at the same time, a deafening sound occurred, and the violent power pulverized the insect's tough body into dust.

Even the black metal pillar it was standing on disappeared, leaving behind a ditch that was tens of meters deep.

There were a few red, purple, and god art orbs floating in the air.

Since it was turned to dust by Lu Ze, the process of naturally turning into dust by itself was omitted.

Lu Ze looked at the deep hole on the ground in surprise. He knew how tough this black metal mountain was.

He didn't even use the Light and Darkness Beam at full power, and it already managed to create such destruction. This power was beyond his expectation!

Meanwhile, the metal bugs kept charging at him without hesitation.

Lu Ze easily dodged the attacks and threw out Light and Darkness Beams, wiping all of them away.

Twelve beasts dropped three blue crystals and one blood crystal.

Seeing this, Lu Ze smiled. This was the first blood crystal he got since leaving the underground world. He thought only the underground world would drop it. Now, that didn't seem to be the case.

Its drop rate was too low. 'Maybe only level-6 planetary states and above would drop such a thing?' Regardless, this was a good omen!

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He happily picked things up and kept moving. Along the way, he would kill any black metal insects he encountered with a Light and Darkness Beam. However, there were no longer blood crystals among the drops. As he went deeper, Lu Ze soon arrived near the top of a peak.

Lu Ze sensed a terrifying chi rapidly charging up the mountain towards him. This chi was only a level-5 planetary state, but it was far more alarming than the previous level-6 planetary state.

Lu Ze narrowed his eyes. This was probably the level-5 planetary state super insect.

Soon, a black figure appeared before Lu Ze.

Hssss!

This insect charged at Lu Ze directly.

Lu Ze then flashed with blood lightning. Simultaneously, red and black runes formed around him. His chi rapidly soared.

A light and dark energy ball appeared on his hand, hurtling towards the insect. Consequently, the insect drifted in the air to dodge the attack.

Lu Ze gasped. These long-distance attacks were easily dodged by strong opponents. Since he couldn't hit it, then he would create the opportunity to make it land.

Lu Ze charged up with Lightning Travel divine art without hesitation. Golden runes formed in his hand. Its power was slightly weaker than the Light and Darkness Beam but still extremely powerful.

As the distance between the two shortened, the Golden Fist clashed with the insect's metallic claw.

Rumble!

A shockwave spread across all directions, which then crushed the nearby stones. The entire mountain seemed to have trembled for a moment.

Lu Ze felt a sharp and violent chi surge into his fist from the claws. Immediately, there was a severe painful sensation coming from his hand.

He was pummeled back by the force, leaving trails of blood in the air. At the same time, the insect was also flung away. They both fell back a few hundred meters before they could finally halt their movements.

Lu Ze looked at his fist. It was bleeding. However, in a short instant, it healed without him using regeneration god art.

On the other hand, the insect stared at Lu Ze with vigilance. It didn't attack straight up like before.

Lu Ze raised a brow. This insect was stronger than he imagined. His power was much stronger than before, and he used full-powered Golden Fist Art. Yet, he was still injured in the end.

Upon seeing Lu Ze come over, the black metal bug shrieked, but it didn't attack. It was trying to scare Lu Ze off.

Lu Ze grinned. He just reached level-3 planetary state. Nothing was better than having a sparring partner like this. There was no way he was leaving. 'Only one of us lives today!

Darkness buff!

Fire buff!

Lightning Travel divine art!

Lu Ze rushed directly towards the insect.

Noticing that Lu Ze didn't heed its warnings, this super insect charged up too. It was extremely fast, instantly appearing before Lu Ze and swiping its claws at him.

There was no energy spilled out. It was all contained in its claw.

This kind of close-up combat was the most dangerous, but it was indeed the strongest too. Most planetary state battles involved shooting energy beams at each other from afar.

Lu Ze had an extremely powerful body and body god art. Therefore, he wasn't scared of close-up combats.

He dodged the claw and approached the insect's head. He then moved his fist rapidly towards the head.

Hssssss!

Suddenly, the insect's body also shot up and dodged Lu Ze's attack. Thereafter, it reached its claw for his waist.

Earth Shield was quickly formed in return, blocking the strike.

The attack left a deep mark on the shield. Despite this, Lu Ze didn't care much about the broken shield.

His body turned over and golden runes wrapped around him from head to toe as he kicked towards the insect's lower jaw.

Golden Leg Art!

Lu Ze's leg connected, sending the insect high up in the air. At this very moment, black and white runes flashed in his eyes. A human-head-sized energy ball gathered in his hand.

Full powered Light and Darkness Beam! The insect sensed the incoming attack. However, its body was deadly stiff right now. It would be extremely difficult to dodge.

Lu Ze appeared at its stomach as he rammed the energy ball into the insect at a close range.

Rumble!

In an instant, the insect was brought into the sky by the energy. There were pieces of black metal dropping on the ground. Lu Ze didn't stop.

Obviously, the insect still retained a powerful chi within.

Lu Ze pursued the insect swiftly and stomped on its head again.

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The insect fell towards the mountain once more. Halfway, Lu Ze chased after it, and another Light and Darkness Beam formed in his hand.

He pressed the energy ball on the insect's head and smiled. "Die!"

Power surged as the energy ball penetrated the insect's head and wiped away its life force.

The body fell heavily on the ground, leaving behind a deep hole.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze was covered in sweat and panting heavily. This Light and Darkness Beam was too taxing in terms of energy.

He would be drained if he attacked with it five or six times. In addition to that, he was already using the two divine art buffs.

Lu Ze wanted to find the blood crystal even more now.

After resting for a few seconds, the body of the beast turned completely into ashes.

Lu Ze was looking forward to the drops it would provide. Since the insect was extremely strong, then it should possess a lot of nice things.

Lu Ze happily waited for the things to drop. When he saw the drop, he showed a surprised and joyful smile.

This was a huge drop!

There were ten vibrant red orbs. The level of liquefaction inside was substantial than the level-6 orbs. Simultaneously, there were strands of golden light spinning inside.

In addition, ten equally high-quality purple orbs were also present. On top of that, there were two blue crystals and two red crystals.

The blue and red crystals were all larger in size.

There was another god art orb glowing with dark metal colors and a small rune flashing with a dark metal color. However, this rune was incomplete. It was just a shard!

When Lu Ze picked up that rune, streams of knowledge entered his mind.

As it turned out, the rune was a shard of a divine art rune. He needed to gather all four to complete it. Furthermore, without completing it, he would not be able to cultivate the divine

art.

Lu Ze raised a brow. 'What a pity...!

Nevertheless, this also meant that there were quite a few of these beasts.

This time, the insect didn't drop that white strand of energy. That must be something only overlords dropped.

Lu Ze picked everything up and flew towards the peak. Tracing back the origin of the beast, he was aware that it came from the peak. Accordingly, Lu Ze immediately proceeded in the same direction.

Upon reaching the top, a pile of rocks could be seen. At the bottom of the pile was a five-meter wide crack.

Lu Ze walked in and soon arrived within the inner area of the rock pile.

Indeed, there was a dark metal rune floating there!

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He didn't expect to get the divine art rune of the fourth map this quickly.

But soon, Lu Ze's smile froze.

A middle-level, low-grade divine art alone was difficult to handle. Then, what if it was a stronger divine art instead?

'How would he be able to utilize it?'

Lu Ze felt a bit troubled by his thoughts. Clearly, the treasure was already before him. However, he was too weak to use it.

Right then, Lu Ze decided to work hard in cultivation. He moved closer to the rune and reached out his hands.

His body stiffened when he touched it.

Lu Ze looked at the rune in surprise. This was obviously a divine art rune, but this divine art rune wasn't a rune meant for cultivation.

It was a one-time-use divine art rune!

If he activated the rune, he would be able to use a divine art with perfected mastery. In particular, this divine art was a body divine art that will increase your defense in all aspects.

Looking back, that black metal insect suddenly turned darker due to this rune. Unfortunately, its divine art wasn't strong. Otherwise, Lu Ze felt he might not even be able to break its defenses.

The benefit of this rune was that he didn't need to use his own spirit force to maintain it. If he activated it, it would run for half an hour and vanish.

In the short run, this one-time-use divine art was better than a permanent one. It didn't cost spirit force and had already reached perfect mastery!

The treasures on the fourth map were too powerful.

If he activated this rune and then used Earth Shield, he might even be able to block a star state attack.

Right now, he was only a level-3 planetary state!

Lu Ze left this area and headed deeper into the mountain.

As soon as he went into the next region, a powerful chi surged, and a sharp dark arc sliced at him.

Lu Ze shifted tens of meters to the side and dodged it.

A level-7 planetary state insect appeared... Lu Ze's mouth twitched. This insect wasn't even stronger than the level-5 one.

Fire buff!

Darkness buff!

Lightning Travel Divine Art!

Lu Ze charged towards the insect. He directed his fist against the insect's head.

The insect wanted to retreat while swiping its claws at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze grinned as his eyes flashed with a green rune. Vines appeared in the air and wrapped around the insect.

The insect was currently bound. It then opened its mouth and shot out a dark beam. However, it was shattered by Lu Ze's punch as soon as it left its mouth.

Lu Ze's fist continued to pummel its head with powerful chi.

Rumble!

Crack!

The huge force sent the insect flying back. It made the insect stunned.

At this moment, the Light and Darkness Ball appeared on Lu Ze's hand. He went to the front of the insect and pressed the beam inside its mouth.

Rumble! An explosion occurred following Lu Ze's attack. Along with it, half of the insect's body was blown apart. Lu Ze frowned.

This insect wasn't good enough. It was a level-7 planetary state, and yet, its defenses were weaker than that level-5 planetary state super insect.

That level-5 insect only got its head blown off.

Lu Ze looked at the body and shook his head. Soon, the insect turned to dust, leaving behind five red, five purple, and one god art orb. Apart from those, there was nothing else.

Compared to that super insect, this insect was very poor.

Lu Ze picked the things up and planned to continue. During this time, a tremor occurred, which then shook the entire mountain.

Lu Ze felt as though a terrifying power was pressing down on his being. Thereafter, his consciousness faded away.

Once more, he woke up in his room.

He didn't know who it was, but there was definitely some super boss passing by.

Every time a super boss came, he would always end up hurt.

He was used to it...

It wasn't hard. Really!

Half an hour later, Lu Ze was ready to cultivate.

At this moment, spirit force surged in the air and vibrant lights appeared.

Lu Ze was dazed for a moment, and then, he finally realized what it was.

It was a phenomenon! One of the two girls reached the planetary state.

Without hesitation, he closed his eyes and used a blue crystal and purple orb from the super insect.

He was going to learn darkness buff!

The blue crystal from the super insect was much better than ordinary ones. So were the purple orbs.

Coupled with the help from the enlightening light as well, Lu Ze rapidly learned the knowledge about darkness buff divine art.

In his room, old man Nangong was surprised once more. "Which girl broke through? There's another phenomenon!" He quickly left the room and said to Zuoqiu Xunshuang and the other star states who came, "I'll be in charge of protecting. You guys, cultivate!"

One could just visibly notice his apparent happiness from his excitement.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang and the rest also returned to their rooms to cultivate.

Luo Bingqing and the others began cultivating too.

They felt this mission was a huge fortune to them. The phenomena were casually appearing. It greatly helped their cultivation.

Even if there was nothing to gain from the secret realm, this trip alone was already worth it!

A few hours later, Lu Ze brought darkness buff from beginner to familiar mastery. Half a day later, the spirit force surged once again. Right then, the extremely comprehensible universal arcanum became much clearer.

Clearly, another one broke through to the planetary state, creating another phenomenon that reinforced the previous one.

Luckily, this happened in warp dimension, and the light only existed inside the ship. Otherwise, two phenomena stacked together would definitely extend beyond the ship.

However, despite the limited scope, the effects weren't suppressed. Their potency was approaching Lu Ze's breakthrough. Another few hours later, Lu Ze's body was flowing with dark light. The mysterious runes had almost materialized.

His darkness buff reached perfect mastery!

Lu Ze then started learning the golden needle divine art deeply.

Half a day later, one of the phenomena had disappeared.

This slowed down the learning process, but Lu Ze still raised the golden needle divine art to experienced mastery.

After another half-day, the remaining phenomenon disappeared. Lu Ze sat on his bed with golden light flashing around him.

Moments later, the golden needle runes were completely formed, and the light finally receded.

Lu Ze opened his eyes. His gaze seemed sharp like swords, piercing the air.

The golden needle rune reached perfect mastery!

Lu Ze was so excited. He didn't expect the combined effect on cultivation was this good. Currently, he had cultivated all the divine arts he got from the third map to perfection. He just needed to cultivate the god art orbs on the fourth map now.

Lu Ze stretched his back and walked out of his room. He went to Ying Ying's room and found everyone was there.

After celebrating for the two girls, everyone went back to cultivate.

The old man didn't come this time around.

In the next few days, everyone resumed their usual cultivation schedule.

The blood crystals once again raised Lu Ze's power and stamina.

As for Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing, both of them reached the level-4 planetary state.

Lin Ling reached level-2 planetary state while Lu Ze made substantial improvements in the level-3 planetary state.

Seven days later, when everyone was eating breakfast in Ying Ying's room, someone knocked on the doors.

Alice came over to open it and saw Zuoqiu Xunshuang outside.

Nangong Jing grinned. "Mom, why did you come? Do you want to have breakfast?"

After Alice reached the planetary state, her source flame improved, and the quality of her spirit food attained a superior level. Therefore, her dishes tasted better.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang: "..."

When she saw the table full of spirit force, her mouth twitched.

People who might not be aware might think they were merely traveling leisurely! Clearly, they were supposed to enter the secret realm, alright?!

She rolled her eyes. "We're about to reach our destination. The old man has something to say! Luo Bingqing and the others are all there already. Only you guys are left."

Everyone widened their eyes. "We're almost there?"

'Had it been two months already?!'

Under her death stare, everyone stopped eating and packed things up. Thereafter, they followed Zuoqiu Xunshuang to the meeting room.

Inside, old man Nangong and a few star states hadn't arrived yet. Only Luo Bingqing and the others were there.

Their faces were excited. Obviously, they had made substantial progress during this two-month period.

Lin Kuang looked at Lin Ling. "Lin Ling, congratulations on reaching the planetary

state."

On the side, Xuan Yuqi looked at Lu Li and Alice. "Li and Alice also reached the planetary state, right? Your cultivation level is almost catching up to ours."

Daphne said, "I really admire you guys for being able to create phenomena. Your cultivation speed is fast, and your combat power is strong." The mouth of the three girls curled up. They achieved all of those completely because of Lu Ze.

With those thoughts, they felt proud and a little touched.

Alice smiled. "Our phenomenon is a far cry from senior's."

Everyone rolled their eyes. After all, Lu Ze was a maniac. He had a level-7 planetary state combat power while only being a level-1 planetary state.

Derrick asked curiously, "With Ze's talent, his progress should be quite impressive after these three phenomena, right?"

Everyone looked over curiously.

They made substantial progress, so definitely, Lu Ze should have even greater improvements!

Perhaps he was a level-2 planetary state now?

They were prepared to be crushed this time.

Lu Ze could only scratch his head. "Yes, a little progress."

He didn't reveal his real progress. It might be too heavy for them to process...

At this moment, the old man and a few star states walked in. Zuoqiu Xunshuang was with them too.

The old man approached them and looked at Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice. "First, congratulations to Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice for reaching the planetary state and creating phenomena. This means your talents are extremely strong. However, being talented doesn't mean you can become powerful. Hard work and luck are also crucial. You must not be complacent, okay?"

The three girls nodded at the reminder.

The old man then looked at the others. He saw Luo Bingqing, as well their progress, and nodded with satisfaction.

When he turned to look at Lu Ze, he ended up dumbfounded. Then, his eyes widened.

'Oh, shit? This kid is a level-3 planetary state already?!'

He looked at Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. "These two girls are level-4 planetary states?!'

Following those discoveries, he found that even Lin Ling reached the level-2 planetary state.

His mouth twitched. He knew Lu Ze's orbs were very effective, but this was way beyond his expectations!

What if the ancestors from the other races saw their progress?

They might be allies, but they still couldn't reveal everything.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang and the others were confused as to why the old man seemed constipated.

When they looked towards Lu Ze and the group, they finally realized the reason.

The atmosphere was a bit silent. When Luo Bingqing and the rest noticed old man Nangong's gaze, they couldn't help but give Lu Ze a weird look.

'Sure enough, they shouldn't believe any word that comes from his mouth!'

Before, he said there was only a bit of improvement. What actually happened then?

From the way old man Nangong reacted, it shouldn't be a little progress! Most likely, Lu Ze had already reached the level-2 planetary state!

Realistically, it felt impossible, but this was Lu Ze after all...

At this moment, the old man faked a cough. "Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice, come out with me for a moment."

Lu Ze and the rest of the group were confused, but they still followed the old man outside.

Once away from the gazes of other people, the old man stared at the group.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Old man, why are you looking at us like this?"

Old Nangong rolled his eyes. "Your progress is a bit too fast. We are very happy, but if the other three old guys learn about this, it might not be good." Lu Ze and the team looked among each other and understood what elder Nangong meant.

Despite being allies, the fact that they weren't from the same race could not be erased. 'Who knew what they would think upon seeing how fast Lu Ze and the girls broke through?'

Although they had Ying Ying's support, it was still better if there were fewer troubles to deal with.

The old man said, "There are several reasons. I've lived for so long and have acquired many good treasures. I can say that I gave you precious resources, but unless you guys don't go out to explore the universe, then there will always be this sort of concern."

The old man wasn't too worried about this time. They were allies after all. As long as the interest involved wasn't too big, it should be fine.

Old man Nangong could only sigh. "To be honest, I hope you guys would stay inside the Federation forever and not go out."

"But once you reach the cosmic system state and want to improve, you need to battle. By then, you would've matured, and I can't stop you guys anymore. Even if you guys cause some trouble, I can't protect you either."

His tone was despondent, revealing the frailness of an old man. "The Human Race is too shallow of a pond for you guys."

Lu Ze and the girls felt complicated.

Nangong Jing's and Alice's eyes were even red.

The old man was the leader of the Human Race, and yet, even he would have such moments.

After a moment of silence, Lu Ze said, "Old man, with my current progress speed, I would soon reach the star state. By then, perhaps the energy would be useful to you. You can keep improving. Who says you can't protect us?"

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Old man, little brother Lu Ze is very amazing. You need to trust him."

Lu Li, Lin Ling, and Alice nodded in agreement too.

Nangong Jing reached out her hand to hold the old man's arm. "Yes, old man. By then, if we cause some trouble outside, you need to stand up for us."

Everyone else: "?"

The others looked at Nangong Jing strangely. It seemed that she really wanted to cause trouble!

The old man couldn't resist laughing. "You

guys."

He then sighed. "Still, we need to find a solution, or I won't agree to let you out!" The entire group smiled and nodded. Lu Ze knew that his chi stealth god art won't be enough for them. It was best if they had a god art or divine art that could avoid the detection of cosmic system states or even cosmic cloud states within the planetary state.

Lu Ze could only hope to find it in the Pocket Hunting Dimension. However, since he had chi stealth god art, it should be fine to find a stronger one.

There was still time left, so there was no rush.

Eventually, the old man decided to use the excuse of giving Lu Ze and the girls a mountain of resources to help them break through.

The group soon returned to the meeting room.

The old man relayed the crucial points about the secret realm and things to take note of to everybody

All of them remembered them clearly.

When the old man was finished, he waved his hand at everyone, indicating that they should wait at the foyer.

The ship left the warp dimension. Likewise, the other three ships had followed suit too. Soon, the fleet arrived before a huge white astral body. This astral body appeared as though it was made of cotton candy.

While Lu Ze and the others were looking outside the window, they vaguely heard the sound of gulping saliva and mumbling. "Such a big cotton candy! It must be very tasty!"

Lu Ze and the others: "?"

Without a doubt, it was Ying Ying! This huge cotton candy was the Round Race's cosmic fortress. If Ying Ying really ate it, they would go crazy. Lu Ze immediately warned, "That's not cotton candy, you can't eat it!"

Luo Bingqing and the rest: "?"

They gave Lu Ze a complicated look... Lu Ze: "?" 'What were these guys thinking?" His mouth twitched. "I didn't think this is edible."

Luo Bingqing awkwardly said, "... We can understand. Indeed, it looks similar to cotton candy."

Lin Kuang laughed. "It's not your fault." Lu Ze: "..."

Soon, the ship stopped before a white space station.

Elder Nangong and the rest walked over. "Let's

go."

Everyone left the ship and set foot on the astral body. When Lu Ze stepped down, he felt the ground was soft and bouncy. But as soon as he moved, the ground would recover its original state.

This white substance covered the entire cosmic fortress.

It was actually rather cute.

Elder Nangong led everyone to gather with the other three races. Qiu Lun, Man Dali, and Doris, as well as their respective star states, all stared at Lu Ze with a dazed expression. Lu Ze ranked first in the competition. Therefore, they instinctively checked his current cultivation level.

Upon discovering that he had reached level-3 planetary state, they felt dumbfounded. The prodigies of the other three races were also stunned when they realized the same thing. The old man and the others were expecting this reaction.

After some silence, Man Dali was the first to speak. "How is this possible? It's only been two months. How can Lu Ze reach level-3 planetary state?!"

"Level-3 planetary state?!"

Everyone stared at Lu Ze like he was a ghost.

Man Dali spent a huge amount of resources on Man Kun in preparation for the secret realm, and he only barely reached level-4 planetary state!

On the other hand, Lu Ze already reached level-3 planetary state?!

What monster was he?

Eddie had the same expression. Likewise, he had barely reached level-4 planetary state too.

Luo Bingqing and the other people were full of questions.

No wonder the old man's face was so strange earlier.

Old man Nangong looked at Man Kun, Eddie, and the rest before smiling. "The secret realm is a rare opportunity. You guys have also spent a lot of resources to help them improve too?"

The mouths of Man Dali and Doris twitched upon hearing the old man's words.

Of course, they did exactly that, but it didn't lead them in jumping to two levels within a state within two months!

After a moment of silence, Man Dali gasped. "No wonder he's a prodigy that can create a phenomenon. With enough resources, he probably would not encounter bottlenecks in the planetary state."

Doris looked at old man Nangong with admiration. 'Such a prodigy didn't exist in the Winged Race.'

Everyone else looked at Lu Ze with a complicated expression, especially Man Kun and Eddie. They did lose to him in the recent competition. But back then, they still retained some hope that they would be able to catch up. Now that Lu Ze's cultivation level was almost catching up with theirs, they felt powerless.

Lu Ze's combat power must be far superior to theirs...

At this moment, a group of soldiers from the Round Race flew over. The leader was a star state.

They saluted Qiu Lun and said, "Elder Qiu Lun, welcome back!"

Qiu Lun smiled and nodded, explaining to everyone, "This base is what we use to monitor the secret realm."

He then looked at one of the star states. "Qiu Li, have the beings from the Purple Scale Race arrived?"

Qiu Li nodded in affirmation. "They arrived yesterday." Qiu Lun nodded and then announced, "The day after tomorrow is the time we agreed on. It takes about two hours to go from the base to the secret realm. We'll rest for a day tomorrow and head off the day after."

The cosmic system states took note of the details.

"Okay."

Following that, Qiu Lun made some room arrangements for everyone. For Lu Ze and his team, their rooms were next to each other.

As for the Round Race's, the size of their rooms was quite wide, with an area of 100 square meters. The creatures from their race were small in terms of size, but their rooms were spacious.

In the center of the room, a white cotton-candy-like bed could be found. It was four meters long and wide. All of them would fit in that bed together.

Nangong Jing crashed onto the white bed, her body bouncing a bit at the same time. She then laughed, "I didn't expect their beds to be this bouncy. It's really comfortable."

Alice asked curiously, "Sister Jing, is it really that comfortable?"

She walked to the bed and pressed it with her hand. Thereafter, Alice's eyes lit up. "It's indeed very good."

During this time, Qiuyue Hesha giggled and pushed Alice onto the bed. "Hehe, Alice's body is very soft too."

"Sister Hesha, stop!" Alice blushed and tried to escape from Qiuyue Hesha's claws.

Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "I have a unique massage technique, do you want to try it?"

She looked at Alice's flat chest and grinned.

Alice stiffened, but she seemed a little interested. After all, she cared about that the most. However, when she felt everyone's gaze, she quickly shook her head. "No! Don't joke with me, sister Hesha!"

If they were alone, she could try it, but there were so many people here, especially senior.

But...

Alice took note of this. She was definitely going to experience it when only the two of them were present.

Lu Ze stood on the side and looked at the two in envy. 'He wanted to go on and play too!'

This bed was really massive though. They looked quite comfortable.

'Should they bring a few beds back?'

Of course, he definitely wasn't thinking of sleeping with them all.

Lu Li narrowed her eyes at Lu Ze. "Brother, are you thinking about something strange?"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Of course, I'm thinking about the secret realm!"

Lu Li sneered. "Are you thinking about this bed instead?"

Lu Ze: "..."

Sensing everyone else's gaze, he quickly said seriously, "The use of this bed? Isn't it comfortable? I'm thinking about getting a few from the Round Race before we leave."

Nangong Jing bounced on the bed. "This bed is indeed not bad. I want to take away a few too."

The others nodded in agreement.

Two days later, it was time to enter the secret realm.

This time, everyone gathered around.

The Barbarian and Winged Race only had planetary states prodigy proceed with the mission this time. Those below were too weak and remained in the base instead.

Qiu Lun smiled. "Let's head off."

The other cosmic system states nodded. Everyone boarded Qiu Lun's ship. Inside, the soldiers gave each prodigy a white bracelet. It had silver lines swirling around it and seemed very luxurious.

With a serious tone, Qiu Lun explained, "This is a space escape bracelet we've prepared. The location is set outside the secret realm."

"There are enemy races inside the secret realm. There will be danger involved. If you can't survive, then use this to come out."

No one wanted their prodigies to die for no reason.

The other three races had to give 20% of what they will get to the Round Race. After all, the Round Race found the secret realm and provided the space bracelet.

Everyone quickly wore it. Qiu Lun said, "This secret realm is a lost civilization ruin. It should be cosmic cloud states who have the power to create such a realm. Countless years have passed, but the contents inside should be abundant. Hope everyone gets something."

Lu Ze couldn't wait to enter, so were the other prodigies.

Soon, the ship arrived at a deadly region.

Lu Ze keenly felt that the space area here was peculiar. He looked into the distance and soon saw a spinning half-transparent vortex. Its diameter was tens of kilometers. It made the planets around it distort.

Right then, Lu Ze knew this was the entrance to the secret realm. He could even feel that the vortex was slowly recovering. It would eventually disappear, and the space inside would collapse.

Most likely, in the beginning, the entrance must have been wide, but right now, it was only tens of kilometers.

Qiu Lun exclaimed, "We're here!"

The cosmic system states looked over. Old man Nangong narrowed his eyes. "This secret realm has been around for a rather long time."

Man Dali and Doris nodded.

"The space inside can't handle powerful battles."

No wonder the two races would send prodigies to excavate it.

At this moment, a few purple beams dashed over from the other side.

The four cosmic system states reacted. "They're here!"

Qiu Lun said, "Let's go out. They have arrived

too."

The four cosmic system states got up, and then, the star states and prodigies followed suit towards the vortex.

In the next second, they were already approaching it.

Lu Ze saw another group of people on the other side of the vortex getting close. Their appearances were strange. They were covered with purple scales and had one horn on their heads.

At the same time, the Stone Race and the Kaka Race, along with a few more other races, were also present.

The leader of the other side, who was grinning with his sharp fangs, was a bulky man covered with purple scales.

"Qiu Lun, you came very early."

He glanced at Lu Ze and the rest. "So, are these the young prodigies of your four races? You're not scared that all of them will be left inside the secret realm?"

Qiu Lun responded coldly, "Amos, you're wasting time. Do you still want to go in or not? If not, then this secret realm will belong to the four races."

Amos' yellow eyes flashed with coldness. He sneered, "Since you're in such a rush for them to die, then how can I not satisfy your request? Let's begin, open the door of the secret realm!"

The four cosmic system states flew out. Likewise, the other three cosmic system states also followed and went before the vortex.

They used all their power, and immediately, an extremely terrifying power filled the deadly space.

The entire cosmic region was slightly trembling.

All the prodigies felt great pressure under such power. Lu Ze and the girls were fine, but the weaker prodigies were shivering.

Old man Nangong and the others stirred the space with their power and a mirror-like region appeared in the center of the vortex.

The mirror revealed scenes of forests, mountains, lakes, seas, and ruins. At this moment, Qiu Lun announced, "The prodigies can enter." Amos also exclaimed, "Little guys, kill all those beings from the four-race alliance once you're inside!"

Man Kun smiled and looked at Lu Ze. "Brother Lu Ze, once we're out, I'm going to challenge you again!"

He was confident he could acquire quite some fortune inside. Following his remark, he took the barbarian prodigies flying towards the mirror.

Eddie took a deep look at Lu Ze as well. "Lu Ze, I will surpass you!"

Lu Ze felt dazed, but he still nodded. "Go for

it!"

Eddie: "..."

His mouth twitched when he saw Lu Ze's cheering look. He didn't want to talk to him again. He then sneered and led the prodigies of the Winged Race.

As for the Round Race, the leader was no longer Qiu An. It was another level-4 planetary state prodigy from the Round Race.

According to Qiu An, this was the prodigy who didn't attend the gathering previously due to his solitary cultivation, Qiu Lin. Qiu Lin smiled and nodded at Lu Ze as he led the Round Race prodigies. Lu Ze smiled. "Let's go inside too."

Everyone flew towards the mirror and went inside.

Upon entering, Lu Ze, who had space god art, could clearly feel the space passage formed by the space lines.

The location of this space tunnel was changing all the time. It was completely random! Lu Ze raised a brow and seemed worried. 'So that's why Qiu Lun said they would appear in random locations inside the secret realm?'

Lu Ze smiled and used his space god art. Immediately, the space lines around the human prodigies were controlled to a certain range. That way, they wouldn't be separated by a great distance.

Pity his space god art was still not good enough. Otherwise, he would be able to take along the human prodigies wherever he pleased. 'They could go to the center and take all the treasure and run!'

A white light flashed and Lu Ze entered the secret realm.

When his feet touched the ground, he looked around the area. Currently, he was within a barren region that was filled with grass. Some stranger-looking trees were scattered around, and occasionally, there would be sounds of beast howls. In addition to those observations, the sun of the realm was also above his head.

Overall, this secret realm felt like another world.

It was artificial!

At this moment, three figures appeared not far from Lu Ze.

When Lu Ze went to look, he discovered three beings from the Purple Scale Race. All of them were level-3 planetary states.

He was confused. These three were this lucky?'

Those three beings looked around and soon showed an excited smile.

One prodigy exclaimed, "It worked! Working so hard to get the space lock scroll was worth it!"

The other prodigy grinned. "Hehe, the others are separated, but we're together. We have an advantage. We'll reap a huge harvest in this secret realm!"

Meanwhile, the last prodigy glanced at Lu Ze. "Hm? Human Race? He hid his cultivation level?"

With Lu Ze's current power and chi stealth god art, even those who just reached the star state might not be able to see through it.

That space lock scroll could probably lock the three of them together. It was better than his space god art. 'Did they have other treasures?'

The purple scale prodigies looked at Lu Ze with killing intent.

"Elder Amos said to kill all the prodigies from the alliance of four races. We can't let him get away."

"The humans are usually weak. His chi doesn't seem strong too. Let's kill him." The three clearly didn't take Lu Ze seriously.

As they spoke, their scales glowed with a purple color, and they charged at Lu Ze.

On the other hand, Lu Ze was speechless. He hadn't even said a word, and these guys already rushed towards him?!

'Didn't they want him to leave some last words at least?'

Moreover...

'Humans are usually weak?'

This was hurtful!

As they neared, Lu Ze's eyes flashed with coldness. Blood lightning and golden light burst.

His 'not-too-strong' chi drastically surged, becoming extremely shocking. As a result, the other three prodigies ended up dazed and terrified.

"How can he be this strong?!"

At this moment, Lu Ze already disappeared from the spot. He appeared before the fastest out of the three and swung his leg with golden runes. Rumble!

The prodigy instantly fell back while his body was turned to pulp and disappeared in the wind.

The atmosphere fell silent.

Lu Ze withdrew his foot and looked at the remaining two sweating prodigies. They couldn't move at all.

They felt they were dreaming. After all, all of them were level-3 planetary states. Most importantly, they were the cream of the crop in the Purple Scale Race.

... And yet, their pal disappeared with a single kick from this human.

Was this... someone from the Human Race?!

At this point, one of the prodigies screamed, "Run!"

Upon the roar of one of the prodigies from the Purple Scale Race, the remaining one also reacted.

A purple scale appeared in their hands. Complex runes spun around it simultaneously. Thereafter, they inserted their spirit force into the rune, and two purple barriers covered them.

Only then did their terror diminish a little.

The two looked at each other. "Let's go out!"

They saw Lu Ze's speed. Even with the energy barrier, they didn't believe they could get away. By the time the barrier was gone, they wouldn't be able to escape their deaths.

Therefore, they could only go out!

Accordingly, they took out another gray rock with silver runes. After activating it, a silver light slowly wrapped around the two.

Lu Ze looked at them and felt stunned. He could sense the ripples in the space.

He guessed that they probably used something similar to their escape bracelet. Most likely, each had one too.

Inside the purple barrier, the terror felt by the two prodigies from the Purple Scale Race gradually disappeared. In return, they glared at Lu Ze with intense hatred.

One of them roared, "Damned human! Don't feel good about yourself. We have a few extremely powerful prodigies among us. They're definitely not beings you can handle! The leader is a prodigy on the prodigy ranking!"

Likewise, the other one sneered, "You will die in the secret realm!"

They had just arrived inside the secret realm, but they were immediately forced out. Moreover, they even lost a space lock scroll and two life-saving cards. What a huge loss!

Lu Ze smiled. 'Did they really think they could get away using a space item?' Naive children!

Silver white light flowed in Lu Ze's eyes, which then altered the space lines.

During this moment, the silver light enveloped the other two, and they disappeared from the spot.

When they emerged once more, they were in the same area, though it was still a few hundred meters away from their original location.

Both the prodigies were dumbfounded.

Lu Ze grinned at their reaction. "What a coincidence! We meet again."

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Several expressions manifested on the faces of the two prodigies, from being dazed to shocked until finally, purely terrified.

"Impossible!"

"We activated the space stone. Why are we still inside?!"

One prodigy exclaimed, "You're not human! How did you do it?! Elder Amos gave us the space stone. There's no way it's faulty!" Prodigies were the future of every race. The elders of a race won't set up their own prodigy to fail.

This wasn't just one prodigy as well but a few hundred!

The sides of Lu Ze's mouth curled up. "I am a human. Don't think too much. I just manipulated the space location."

The two prodigies trembled. "Space god art?"

Space god art was extremely rare in the entire universe. 'Why were they so unlucky to encounter a being with that power here?'

Lu Ze kept his smiling expression and looked at their barrier. He wondered how strong it was.

One prodigy roared, "Split off and run!"

Of course, they wouldn't just wait here for their deaths. They wanted to struggle with all they got and live.

Thus, the other prodigy didn't hesitate to fly in one direction while the one who made the suggestion headed in the opposite direction.

Lu Ze flashed with blood lightning and appeared before one prodigy. Right away, he kicked the purple barrier.

Rumble!

The prodigy fell back and landed with a thud on the ground. Lu Ze then emerged once more before the other prodigy. He also kicked him.

Both the opponents from the Purple Scale Race were forced down the hole in the ground. In the following second, they flew out.

Although their barrier remained intact, their expressions became ugly.

Lu Ze was too fast. They had no chance to run!

'What would they do once their barrier disappeared?'

Meanwhile, Lu Ze frowned. This barrier was a bit tough.

One of the prodigies sneered, "This barrier can stop the ultimate attack of a planetary state. We got it from a rare opportunity. You're strong, but you can't break it!"

The other prodigy said, "Human, we, the Purple Scale Race, respect powerful beings. I believe you're here for the treasures, right? You can't break our defenses. To be honest, this barrier can last a month. Are you going to waste a month's time on us?"

"Of course, this barrier can't last a month, but the human knew nothing about their barrier.'

Lu Ze was shocked. 'The ultimate attack of a planetary state?' What a coincidence!

These two were actually free punching bags.

Now, he would be able to test the limits of his attack.

Lu Ze smiled. "Stay there and don't move. I'll just throw a few punches."

Fire buff!

Darkness buff!

Body god art!

Lu Ze's chi skyrocketed with these divine arts.

He then clenched his fist.

Golden Fist Art!

Lu Ze was extremely curious whether two buff divine arts at perfect mastery and Golden Fist Art, which had the same level of mastery, can break the shield.

Sensing Lu Ze's chi, the color from the faces of the two prodigies was drained. It even turned

gray!

"How is this possible?!"

"How can a level-3 planetary state be this strong?!"

Lu Ze's chi made them smell the scent of death. Even inside the barrier, they didn't feel safe at all.

As for Lu Ze, he didn't mind what they thought. He immediately flashed with blood lightning and instantly appeared before one of the prodigies, shattering the barrier with exceptional force.

Rumble!

A purple light flickered, and the layer of the barrier became extremely thin.

The two prodigies shivered even more.

"Just one punch and it almost broke the barrier?!'

Was this really a level-3 planetary state?

Before they could react, a black-and-white ball spun on Lu Ze's other hand and struck the extremely thin barrier.

Crack...

The barrier finally broke, revealing the defenseless two prodigies inside.

With a dry tone, one of the prodigies said, "The barrier... broke?"

He was full of disbelief.

Meanwhile, the other prodigy trembled in terror.

"Arghhh!" he screamed. Thereafter, he flew using his maximum speed.

He didn't want to die here!

Lu Ze gave this prodigy a kick, turning him into dust, and then, he chased after the other one.

In just a second, he appeared before the other prodigy, kicking his barrier as well.

"Get down!"

Rumble!

The prodigy was flung away.

Lu Ze panted a little.

The fire-buff-and-darkness-buff-empowered Golden Fist Art was stronger than even the Light and Darkness Beam. However, it was very taxing. He could only execute three punches, despite using a few blood crystals.

He would become very weak after those three punches.

Luckily, his recovery speed also improved. In just a few seconds, he recovered a lot of spirit force.

The prodigy flew out of the ditch and darted out.

One must admit this prodigy really wanted to live.

Lu Ze appeared before him again and struck the barrier.

Rumble!

The barrier almost shattered.

Another Light and Darkness Beam completely tore it apart, and then, Lu Ze kicked the prodigy. All his bones ended up fractured, but Lu Ze didn't strike with full power.

'Did he say there was a prodigy from the prodigy ranking?'

He wanted to ask this guy about it.

Lu Ze landed on the ground. He went to look at the helpless prodigy of the Purple Scale Race who can't even get up.

After being kicked by Lu Ze, his whole body sustained a lot of cracks, wherein blood continuously poured out. He seemed like he was going to die at any moment. Despite such a state, he still gave Lu Ze a death stare that was full of resentment.

Seeing the expression of the other party, Lu Ze scratched his head and squatted in front of him. With a smile, he began to ask, "Um, can you tell me about the prodigy in the prodigy ranking who you have mentioned earlier?"

The being from the Purple Scale Race sneered and kept looking coldly at Lu Ze. He didn't intend to speak at all.

Lu Ze frowned. He was worst at interrogating.

Too bad the fox demon wasn't here. Otherwise, things would be really simple.

Lu Ze attempted to persuade the latter. "If you tell me, I'll let you go. How about that?" The prodigy scoffed, "Damned human! Don't even bother. How can I betray my own kind?"

Lu Ze nodded upon hearing the response of the opponent. "Okay."

A Light and Darkness Beam gathered, and he threw it on the prodigy. As a result, the prodigy was completely devoured.

Based on the resoluteness of the prodigy's eyes, Lu Ze realized he wouldn't be able to pry any information from him. Even attempting an intense-type interrogation probably wouldn't work well for someone unprofessional like him.

Since this prodigy wouldn't betray his own kind even in death, Lu Ze still left him an ounce of dignity.

As for the intel, it would have to wait until he found the fox demon.

Lu Ze picked up the storage rings of the prodigies whom he encountered. When he checked their contents, he mostly discovered cultivation resources and some technological products, as well as a ship.

He didn't need these resources. As such, Lu Ze decided to give them to Alice and let her find some useful ingredients inside. If there was nothing, he had no other choice but to hand them to the other prodigies of the Human Race.

Likewise, the technological products were useless to him. In this case, he would just give them to the scientists of the Federation.

With respect to the ship, Lu Ze didn't find it useful either.

Too bad he couldn't find any more of those barriers...

As Lu Ze unleashed his power at full force, a blood-colored, short-haired man, from a hundred thousand kilometers away, looked in Lu Ze's direction with shock.

"Huh... this chi? Is it Ze?"

His mouth twitched at the realization. "The powerful chi is approaching the star state!"

Yes, he was well aware that Lu Ze had already reached level-3 planetary state, thereby boosting his combat power further. Nevertheless, he still couldn't cope with reality... He shook his head and looked at the empty space before him. There was a meter tall tree there and a blood fruit on it.

The blood chi swirled around the fruit.

Within a ten kilometer-radius, no plants could be found. At the very least, only dried bones were scattered all around.

Lin Kuang looked at the fruit with desire.

"Bloodthirsty spirit fruit, this is good... I'm so lucky! I must get it!"

His god art would progress again if he got this. In another place, Derrick picked up a spirit herb and laughed. "A spirit herb upon landing, I'm still this lucky!"

Then, when the distant chi burst out, Derrick's body stiffened. He gulped some saliva. "Oh my! Who is this monster? Ze? This chi...?"

"Did he encounter some powerful enemy?"

All the nearby prodigies from the four-race alliance looked in Lu Ze's direction with shock.

They didn't know Lu Ze was this powerful already!

In another region, Lu Li looked at a Stoneman that was five meters tall. It was a level-2 planetary state from the Kaka Race.

The other party roared, "Human! Die!"

The Kaka Race stomped on the ground, and the earth consequently broke apart around him. He then disappeared from his current spot.

During this moment, dark runes flowed around Lu Li as a black long sword appeared in her hands.

A black light flashed, and the opponent from the Kaka Race stopped mid-air. In the next second, his body split in half! Thereafter, Lu Li took out a white device. It allowed her to see the locations of nearby allies. She could also ask for help.

However, it still had limits. Its range could only cover one million kilometers. But this secret realm was too vast!

The white device projected a map with some dots. Some dots were light blue, some darker blue, and there were three dazzling blue dots.

At the same time, there were also white, yellow, and green dots.

The dots revealed the power of the prodigies The stronger the prodigy, the deeper their color.

As for the corresponding race, blue represented the Human Race, white represented the Round Race, yellow represented the Barbarian Race while green represented the Winged Race.

Lu Li focused her attention on the dazzling blue dots. "These three should be sisters Jing and Hesha, as well as Lu Ze, right? I wonder which one is Lu Ze?"

The locations of the three dots were separate!

Lu Ze should be alone right now. 'If she could find Lu Ze before the other girls, they would have some alone time.'

During this point, a terrifying chi soared.

Lu Li's eyes lit up. 'This chi was too familiar!'

Without hesitation, she flew towards the source.

Meanwhile, the rest of the human prodigies attempted to move towards the three dazzling dots while searching for resources.

Within a mountain range, Lin Ling and Alice encountered each other, so they paired up. They too were looking at the dots on the device.

Alice asked, "Which one is senior?"

Lin Ling teased, "Alice, you want to look for Lu Ze, that playboy? How about I let you have your way and avoid being the third wheel?" Alice blushed and grabbed Lin Ling's arm. "Do you really not want to see senior?" Lin Ling pouted her lips. "I don't want to see that guy!"

Alice giggled.

Lin Ling soon changed the topic. "Let's first go to the nearest dot. We can't tell anyway."

Alice nodded.

When they flew past a mountain, Alice suddenly paused. "Sister Ling, wait a moment." Lin Ling asked vigilantly, "What's wrong?"

She looked around with her spirit eye.

With a joyful tone, Alice relayed, "I found a very precious ingredient. Senior will really like it! This way, sister Ling."

Later on, the two found a massive tree glowing with a green light. The tree had a huge green crystal fruit.

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Alice said with excitement, 'This is the green jade fruit for sure!"

Lin Ling glanced at the huge beast sleeping next to the tree and frowned. "There's a beast. It's very strong. Its cultivation level is at the level-6 planetary state, and it has wind god art. Its combat power had reached the level-7 planetary state."

Alice frowned. "Sister Ling, can we beat it?"

Lin Ling answered, "I'll draw it away. You go and pick the fruit."

"Would you be alright?" Alice was worried. "If it'll put you in danger, we might as well remember the location first and wait for senior to collect it."

Lin Ling reassured Alice with a smile. "That bastard gave us so many resources. If we can't even face this beast, we'd be too useless. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Looking at Lin Ling's determined eyes, Alice nodded. "Okay, be careful, sister Ling." The corners of Lin Ling's mouth curled up and, she nodded. Following that, she disappeared from the spot and formed countless golden needles in the air. She shot these needles towards the beast's neck.

The beast sensed the danger and immediately got up. Wind surged around it.

Right then, the golden needles penetrated the wind and pierced its neck, leaving a deep wound.

Roar!

The beast was furious and charged at Lin Ling.

Lin Ling dodged the beast while attacking the beast's weakness. She could even suppress the

beast.

At these developments, Lin Ling was surprised. She didn't expect her combat power to reach this level after breaking through to the level-2 planetary state. Ordinary level-7 planetary states were no match for her anymore!

Meanwhile, Alice snuck up to the tree. This was her first time stealing fruit from a beast. It was quite exciting!

After she took the fruit, Alice ran behind Lin Ling and said, "Sister Ling, I got the fruit. Let's go."

Only then did the beast notice that the fruit was stolen away by another girl. It roared furiously and wanted to chase after the thieves.

Lin Ling's eyes went cold as more needles formed around her.

Sensing this lethal threat, the beast became hesitant.

Subsequently, Lin Ling retreated with Alice.

In some other region, Nangong Jing was flashing with golden light as she killed a slender gray alien with a single punch. She then took away the storage ring and looked inside, which caused her to grin. "Robbery brings in things fast!"

She put the storage ring away and took out the golden fruit wine. As soon as she poured it into her mouth, her pretty face frowned, and then, she took a small sip.

"Never mind, I'll drink when I get back. It's best not to get drunk here." She sighed and put the golden fruit wine back.

Following those actions, she opened the map and looked at the dots. She thought for a moment and then immediately moved towards the two other dazzling blue dots.

A few dots were moving towards her as well. She felt it was best that she searched around nearby and wait for the others. On the other hand, Qiuyue Hesha appeared in an empty barren land. There were no beasts here nor anyone else.

Similar to others, she also looked at the map and chose to wait for others to come over first.

During this time, Lu Ze also opened the map and then saw a rather dazzling blue dot moving towards him.

Given the color of the dot, it could either be Lu Li or Alice.

At the same time, Lu Ze noticed the presence of the two weakest dots. One halted its movements while the other flew over.

Lu Ze thought about it and decided to wait for them.

At this moment, he suddenly received a signal calling for help. It was activated nearby by a dim blue dot.

In terms of distance, it was approximately 100,000 kilometers away from his current location.

Lu Ze's face went cold.

'Who dares to touch my human pals!'

He flashed with silver light and disappeared from the spot.

Space transmission!

100,000 kilometers away, Derrick was scurrying frantically with a pale face. Three beings were chasing him relentlessly.

One of them was from the Purple Scale Race. Another one was from the Kaka Race while the remaining one was a horned-alien.

The one from the Kaka Race was a level-2 planetary state while the other two were level-1 planetary states.

"Damned human! Don't run!"

"Even if you run to the edge of the secret realm, we will kill you!" "No one can save you!"

Derrick's legs were longer. As he ran, they were exuding a dark luster.

In the succeeding moments, his speed became much faster than before.

He rejoiced that he had a speed-burst-type of god art. Otherwise, he would be dead now!

Despite escaping their besiegement, he still ended up lightly injured.

He could only ask for help. He hoped Ze would come over.

He didn't even know why Ze released such a powerful chi before.

'Was he in trouble too?'

Right now, his last resort was to leave the realm. However, how could he be willing to do so when he didn't gather enough resources?

Rumble!

Suddenly, Derrick heard three distinct sounds behind him. Following the strange noise, he could no longer feel the chis pursuing him.

Due to confusion, he decided to turn his head and look behind. However, he couldn't see anyone anymore. His skin crawled immediately. "?"

'Where did they go?'

He didn't even know who the culprit was...

Only three storage rings remained.

Derrick looked around speechlessly. "Was it Ze? Where is he?"

Meanwhile, Lu Ze was already back at where he was originally.

With his current space transmission, he only needed to teleport once to cross 100,000 kilometers.

Earlier, he went over and threw three Light and Darkness Beams, turning the three beings into dust.

Thereafter, he used space transmission to return to his previous position.

He couldn't bring Derrick back right now since he didn't know whether it was Li or Alice who was coming over.

He didn't want a third wheel to interrupt him!

Right then, a dark light flashed over, and a figure landed before Lu Ze. It was Lu Li!

Lu Ze smiled. As he was just about to speak, Lu Li rushed forward, wrapping her arms around his neck. Her fragrant scent filled his senses.

"Mwah!"

Seeing how Lu Li decided to take the initiative, Lu Ze couldn't stop himself anymore. Immediately, he grabbed her waist, changing his passiveness to activeness instantly.

The two fondled each other for half a minute. When they sensed Derrick's chi approaching from a distance, the two separated.

Lu Li acted as though nothing happened between them.

Lu Ze's mouth could not help but twitch. She was just so enthusiastic awhile ago!

However, he really couldn't mention this to her face...

'Who knew whether he could still stay alive from the beating afterwards?'

Lu Li, on the other hand, was bursting with happiness.

'Hah, those four other women were not here now!'

'Lu Ze was hers alone!'

This time around, she didn't need to restrain herself.

As of now, she was the only girl who had managed to kiss Lu Ze the most, right?

Deep inside, Lu Li despised those four people... 'How would those shrews compare to her now?'

Ha! Ha!

At this juncture, Derrick finally reached the location of the other two. While he was in front of Lu Ze and Lu Li, his face was still pale. His chi hadn't recovered either.

Upon realizing it was just Lu Ze and Lu Li, his mouth could not help but twitch. He looked at the two of them weirdly.

Now, he became more certain why Lu Ze didn't show himself earlier...

Derrick felt hurt by the huge blow.

Not only was he a 'single dog' who had been chased around and hovered at the border between life and death, but he was also forced to eat dog food...

If he were immature, he would have cried on the spot!

Derrick was bitter.

Noticing the hint of resentment from Derrick, Lu Ze coughed drily and said, "Teacher Derrick, I'll heal you first."

A green light flowed from his hand into Derrick.

Instantly, the color that was drained from Derrick returned, making his face a bit rosy. Simultaneously, his wounds healed as well.

Derrick grinned. "Thank you, Ze. Otherwise, I would have to leave early, or worse, die here."

Lu Ze shook his head. "If you were stronger than I was, you would do the same."

Derrick smiled. "Where's the other one? There should be one more."

He knew there was a dot nearby.

Lu Ze opened the map and saw that the dot didn't move at all. He then said, "That dot is staying in that region. The person probably found something. Let's go over."

Lu Ze held Lu Li's hand and placed the other hand on Derrick's shoulder.

Soon, they reached the place where the dot was.

They saw an eerie empty ground. At the center, there was a short tree that bore a blood-colored fruit.

This blood fruit was releasing a blood mist that spread across the surrounding ten kilometers.

Lu Ze and his companions frowned.

That signature blood short hair was definitely Lin Kuang, but his body seemed drained.

Blood was seeping out from his body and into the mist.

Despite so, Lin Kuang's eyes were firmly set on the blood fruit. His steps were slow but steady.

Lu Ze smiled. "This is brother Lin Kuang's fortune. Let's wait for him here."

Derrick agreed with a nod. He only got ordinary spirit herbs and fruits.

Ten minutes later, Lin Kuang was only tens of meters from the fruit.

The closer he got, the harder it was to keep moving forward. His body seemed to only have bones left.

Just standing there made him shaky. Despite all the trouble, he kept moving firmly towards the fruit.

Lu Ze didn't intend to help him take it. This was Lin Kuang's chance.

At this moment, two blood lights landed a few hundred meters away from Lu Ze and the group.

The two lights gradually grew a figure, instantly turning into aliens with bloody eyes and long horns.

Derrick's expression changed. "Blood Battle Race? Their chi is so strong!"

Those two alone, even though they were merely standing, made him feel closer to the death's door.

Lu Li nodded. "One level-4 planetary state and one level-3 planetary state. Quite strong."

Lu Ze didn't expect to encounter a level-4 planetary state prodigy here. The strongest prodigies in the four-race alliance were only level-4 planetary states.

The two beings from the Blood Battle Race didn't expect humans to be there either.

The level-4 planetary state prodigy looked at Lu Ze. He couldn't sense Lu Ze's cultivation level at all, but he felt some kind of danger from this human.

He didn't believe weak humans could put his life at risk, but he still trusted his senses.

The level-3 prodigy from the Blood Battle Race saw the drained figure near the fruit and exclaimed, "Brother Wuqing! Someone is getting close to the bloodthirsty fruit. He's about to get it!" The level-4 prodigy looked at Lin Kuang, and his face went cold. This fruit was very useful to him.

'How could someone from the weak Human Race take it?!

"Human, you're asking to die!"

A blood-colored long sword appeared on his hand as he swung it to release a ray. That explosive blood sword ray was a few hundred meters long. It headed towards Lin Kuang.

Derrick's expression changed. He decided to help out.

During this point, Lu Ze moved.

Blood lightning flowed around him as he appeared before the sword ray and grabbed it.

He gripped it with his bare hands.

Crack!

The blood sword ray instantly shattered.

Lu Ze looked at the two prodigies and asked indifferently, "Who allowed you to attack?"

Outside the bloody mist, the scene was quite silent.

That level-4 planetary state prodigy from the Blood Battle Race looked at Lu Ze with uncertainty.

He didn't use all his power for that strike, but ordinary people shouldn't be able to stop that either.

This guy's cultivation level was only level-3 planetary state, but he could so easily crush his sword ray?!

Even he, couldn't do it himself that smoothly.

Was this human stronger than he was?

'How was that possible?'

Not only him, but the level-3 planetary state prodigy also looked at Lu Ze with pure shock. 'Was he even a human?'

He knew how strong brother Wuqing was!

He was a level-3 planetary state too, but if he tried to block that sword ray, he would be heavily injured if not dead.

'How could the usually weak humans be this strong?'

Lu Ze didn't fight them right away. Lin Kuang was in the process of taking the fruit. If the battle caused too much commotion, it might affect him. As such, Lu Ze felt it was best to wait until Lin Kuang was done.

Now, the two prodigies from the Blood Battle Race didn't dare to move.

The level-4 prodigy's eyes flashed with ferocity and cautiousness.

'Should he attack?'

'Can he attack?'

'How should he attack?'

At this moment, the level-3 planetary state prodigy suddenly had a bold guess.

He glanced at Lu Ze and spoke telepathically to the level 4 prodigy. "Brother Wuqing, we might've been tricked!"

Wuqing replied, "How so?"

"Think about it. If that human prodigy can so easily block your attack, he should be very strong, right? If that's true, then how is his power compared to you?" Wuqing frowned for a while and answered, "If he used his own power to do that... then he's slightly stronger than me."

The level-4 prodigy didn't want to admit this since Lu Ze was a human after all. More importantly, he was just a level-3 planetary state!

The level-3 prodigy grinned. "So that's why I'm saying we might've been tricked! Think about it. We all know about the Human Race. They've only got 2000 years of history. We all know how strong the prodigies of these weak races are. Their top prodigies are definitely not as strong as our race."

Wuqing nodded in agreement.

The top prodigies of the Blood Battle Race were usually stronger than the top prodigies of the Human Race.

"That's it. This human is just a level-3 planetary state. How can he be stronger than a level-4 planetary state top prodigy of the Blood Battle Race like you?" Wuqing's eyes flashed. "What are you saying?" "He's boasting!" Xiao Qi analyzed it. "It must be because you're too strong, and they have a friend who is currently attempting to take the spirit fruit. They didn't want to abandon this friend, so he must've used some trump card to forcefully increase his power level. He's just trying to scare us away!" Wuqing's eyes flashed once more. He had the same thoughts too.

He was very confident in his power. 'How could he believe a level-3 planetary state prodigy from a weak race would be stronger than he was?'

Wuqing looked at how calmly Lu Ze looked at him. He still couldn't figure him out.

This human's eyes were brimming with confidence.

Xiao Qi noticed the reluctance, so he said, "Brother Wuqing is worried that this man's power is really strong?"

Wuqing didn't answer. It was obvious. Otherwise, he would've attacked already.

Xiao Qi continued, "I have another piece of evidence. If he's really that strong, why is he only looking at us and not attacking? The longer we stay here, the more trouble can happen, but he doesn't even intend to send us off. Isn't that strange?"

"And, this bloodthirsty fruit is very important to you. Even if this human is really strong, we need to fight over it. No matter how strong he is, can he stop us from getting away? We can always retreat if we're no match." This time, Xue Wuqing's eyes flashed with excitement. This fruit was the key for him to enter the prodigy ranking. There might not be such an opportunity in the future!

Xue Wuqing said, "Xiao Qi, you're indeed a prodigy of the Blood Battle Race. You're very smart. With you around, the future of our race is set!"

Xiao Qi replied, "Thank you, brother Wuqing. You're the future of our race. If you devour the fruit, your future is definitely on par with the one in the alliance!"

Prodigy ranking!

That was Xue Wuqing's pursuit.

'Whoever dared to stop him shall die!'

He swung his sword, and his battle will shot into the sky.

Even though he was only 90% confident that the human was bluffing, he still decided to test the waters.

Wuqing exclaimed, "Human! Piss off! The fruit is mine! If you leave now, I will let you go."

Lu Ze: [?_?]

Lu Li: [?_?]

Derrick: 2(°Ã°;) )

Lu Ze felt stunned by the reaction of the opponent. He didn't expect this Xue Wuqing to really dare to fight him.

Lu Ze became vigilant. 'Did this guy have some trump card?'

Thinking about this, Lu Ze was ready to fight all out.

Derrick was nervous because he felt this prodigy had some trump card. Otherwise, he wouldn't be like this.

On the other hand, Lu Li was still very confident in Lu Ze's power.

When Lu Ze's face tensed up, Xue Wuqing sneered.

This guy was bluffing indeed!

Seeing that Lin Kuang was only a few steps from the fruit, he was furious. If it weren't for Xiao Qi, he would've almost been tricked.

"Human, you're asking to die!"

Blood spirit force shot into the air.

He was going to use all his power just to kill this human with one strike.

Lu Ze felt dumbfounded. "That's it?'

Nevertheless, Lu Ze still intended to attack at full power.

He instantly appeared before Xue Wuqing.

Blood lightning, fire buff, darkness buff, and golden runes appeared on his legs.

Lu Ze didn't believe this guy was star state. Right now, his own combat power had reached the peak of the level-9 planetary state.

Xue Wuqing's eyes widened. "Impossible!"

Even though he was just a level-4 planetary state, his combat power was approaching the level-8 planetary state. 'How is this human this strong?!'

Xue Wuqing didn't have time to think further. He could only attack Lu Ze's leg to block the incoming kick.

If he blocked it, he can use his trump card and flee.

"Battle blood slice the heavens!"

The blood sword ray attempted to wound Lu Ze's leg.

Crack!

The blood sword ray was destroyed upon contact, and Lu Ze's leg ended up striking Xue Wuqing's chest heavily.

Xue Wuqing felt like he was rammed by a neutron star.

'Xiao Qi, you set me up!'

Xue Wuqing flew out and exploded in mid-air.

Lu Ze: "?"

"Did he just die with only those attacks? He can't even handle a beating at all."

'This guy had no powerful trump card, so why was he courting death then?'

Lu Ze couldn't understand.

Xiao Qi: "?"

Xiao Qi was trembling in disbelief. His mind went blank.

At this juncture, Lu Ze looked at Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi wanted to retreat, but his legs couldn't move at all.

Lu Ze looked at the shivering level-3 planetary state prodigy from the Blood Battle Race. He then flashed before him. Thereafter, he landed a heavy punch on the prodigy's stomach.

Xiao Qi couldn't react at all. All that he could remember was feeling an astronomical power piercing his body, mercilessly making his consciousness fade.

Xiao Qi's body gave out, and he fell while in a kneeling position on the ground.

Lu Ze reached out his hand and pressed it on Xiao Qi's back.

Blood lightning surged into Xiao Qi's body, which wrecked him even more. He was shivering with pain and howling pitifully. Then, he finally collapsed on the ground.

Lu Ze sealed all of his power and got up. He planned to let this guy live until the fox demon arrived, so she could be the one asking about the situation.

At this moment, the blood mist moved and slowly gathered towards the center.

Sensing this, Lu Ze raised a brow and looked at the bloodthirsty spirit fruit.

Inside the blood mist, Lin Kuang was eating the spirit fruit, and the dense blood mist was surging inside the fruit.

Lu Ze smiled. It seems Lin Kuang got the fruit successfully.

He was Lin Ling's brother after all. If something happened to him, Lin Ling would be sad.

Soon, the spirit fruit devoured all the mist, and Lin Kuang fell back.

Derrick appeared behind him and caught Lin Kuang while laughing. "How is it, old Lin? Are you still alive?"

Lin Kuang rolled his eyes and said hoarsely, "Don't worry, I can't die yet. I got the bloodthirsty spirit fruit!"

As long as he digested this fruit, his power would greatly progress. He looked at Lu Ze and Lu Li. "Thanks a lot this time, Ze."

He was in the mist, but he could still sense what was happening outside. If Lu Ze didn't come, he wouldn't even be alive, much less be able to obtain the spirit fruit.

Lu Ze grinned. "You're too polite, brother Lin Kuang. You know my relationship with Lin Ling after all."

Lin Kuang: "..."

His heart ached. Lu Li rolled her eyes and pinched Lu Ze's waist. 'This playboy!'

How dare he say this without shame?!

She wanted to bite him.

As for Derrick, he only smiled and stayed out of it by saying nothing. He liked Qiuyue Hesha before, but he was well aware that he stood no chance, so he already gave up. As of this moment, he just hadn't found a suitable one yet. Lu Ze laughed drily. "Brother Lin Kuang, your injuries are a bit serious. Let me treat you

first."

He dodged Lu Li's little hand and moved closer to Lin Kuang.

Almost all of Lin Kuang's blood was sucked out. Luckily, his bloodthirsty god art specialized in this aspect and he was already a planetary state. Those were the primary reasons he could survive the ordeal.

Lu Ze pressed his hand on Lin Kuang's back. A green light surged, and life energy flowed into his body. His cells digested this energy and rapidly began to produce blood.

Ten seconds later, Lin Kuang's face showed some signs of improvement. It was only a little pale right now.

He was hurt quite badly this time. It reached his foundations.

Lu Ze withdrew his hand. "You need to deal with the rest of it yourself, brother Lin Kuang."

Lin Kuang nodded and looked gratefully at Lu Ze. "I know."

He got out of Derrick's arms and moved about.

Derrick looked at Xiao Qi and asked, "Ze, aren't you going to kill him?"

Lu Ze looked at Xiao Qi and smiled. "I'm interested in the powerful prodigy from their alliance. Apparently, one prodigy here had already entered the prodigy ranking."

Derrick and Lin Kuang were stunned by the information.

Lin Kuang exclaimed with shock, "Prodigy ranking? A prodigy from the cosmic realm prodigy ranking?"

Such a prodigy was no ordinary person. No wonder Lu Ze cared about this matter!

Lu Li frowned. "I wonder how strong such a prodigy would be..."

Lu Ze shook his head. "Not sure, I'll ask."

Lu Li nodded. "Is sister Hesha coming over?" On the map, the dots representing the Human Race had formed into three teams. Lu Ze was one of them, the other two were clearly Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing.

They were still a bit far away, but they were moving closer.

With that speed, they would be here in a few minutes.

Lu Ze smiled. "We'll just wait here."

Lu Li nodded.

Following that exchange, Lu Ze picked up Xue Wuqing's storage ring and his broken weapon, including the armor. He looked at the armor and weapon, handing them to Lin Kuang afterwards.

"Brother Lin Kuang, I broke these already, but the materials should be suitable for your bloodthirsty god art. Take it."

Xue Wuqing's god art was similar to the bloodthirsty god art.

Lin Kuang touched the items lovingly. "This is made from Blood Spirit Metal. It's good stuff."

As for the contents of the storage ring, Lu Ze saw some spirit herbs, as well as a spaceship and technological products.

There were a few one-time use products as well. Lu Ze planned to check them out later. A few minutes later, two squads flew over from the distance. It was Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha!

As soon as they landed, they saw Xiao Qi who was writhing on the ground.

To prevent this guy from recovering, Lu Ze gave him electric shock therapy every half a minute.

Nangong Jing asked, "Ze, who is this guy?"

Lu Ze explained what happened before. Everyone was shocked that there was a prodigy from the prodigy ranking present in the realm.

Xiao Qi screamed, "Damned humans! What are you going to do to me? Don't think about getting intel from me! Kill me! Even if I die, I won't say anything!"

He regretted coming here.

Qiuyue Hesha frowned and said lazily, "Prodigy from the prodigy ranking?" Pink light flashed in her eyes, and Xiao Qi stopped cursing. He looked at Qiuyue Hesha like she was a goddess.

Qiuyue Hesha asked once more, "Who is the strongest prodigy who came inside the realm this time?"

Xiao Qi answered without hesitation, "It's Master Chi Yushang from the Purple Scale Race. According to my friends from the Purple Scale Race, his combat power is enough to secure a place in the prodigy ranking." Lin Ling frowned. "How strong is he?"

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Xiao Qi responded bitterly, "He's a prodigy hidden by the Purple Scale Race. He should've been hidden until the Cosmic Realm Prodigy Battle, but now, he revealed himself for this secret realm. I only know his cultivation level is level-4 planetary state. As for his combat power, not even ordinary prodigies from the Purple Scale Race would know."

Everyone exchanged glances with each other. Nangong Jing raised a brow. "A level-4 planetary state... I want to see how strong he is."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Me too."

They were level-4 planetary states. They won't accept that they would be weaker than anyone! Lin Ling bit her lips. "Too bad my cultivation level is too low. Otherwise, I would test it too."

Lu Li and Alice had the same sentiments.

Lu Ze smiled. "So he's a level-4 planetary state. I want to know how strong he is." He wondered if that prodigy's combat power reached the star state already.

Lin Ling then asked, "Where do we go next?"

Lu Ze replied, "Let's go to the ruins. I believe everyone is heading there too."

The treasures would mostly be located at the ruins of the civilization.

That's where the battles would be most intense!

Nangong Jing nodded. "Okay, let's go."

Three days later, Lu Ze was flying in the air as he searched for treasures.

The secret realm was vast. According to the observations of the Round Race, it was a few hundred billion kilometers in terms of diameter... about one-twentieth of the solar system's width.

There was a great distance between Lu Ze's position and the location of the ruins. Despite being a planetary state already, the journey to reach his destination would require at least tens of days.

As they set off, Lu Ze and the others discussed moving towards the ruins while looking for resources.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha split off from Lu Ze with a proximity that was sufficient to still help each other out in case an emergency arose.

One had to admit the resources in the ruins were rather abundant. During these three days, everyone acquired planetary state spirit fruits and materials. There were even more mortal evolution state spirit fruits.

Naturally, everyone was delighted and satisfied. They could use the planetary state spirit fruits themselves and give the mortal evolution state spirit fruits to the younger prodigies of the Federation while exchanging for points.

Lu Ze acquired more than the others. This was only given since he was stronger than the rest and generally had better senses.

Likewise, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice were able to gather more resources than the rest of the prodigies as well.

Nevertheless, they had no need for the spirit fruits. When it came to cultivation, they were far less effective than the red orbs. It would be a waste of time to use them.

Lu Ze then made up his mind to hand out everything to the old man when they finished the mission.

At this moment, a rescue signal was activated. Lu Ze looked at the device to confirm the details. Rather than a human, it was actually a different being asking for help.

Upon looking at the direction of the signal, Lu Ze saw four yellow dots, which seemed to be light bronze in terms of intensity.

Lu Ze raised a brow. "Barbarian Race?"

Without hesitation, he used space transmission. He couldn't let an ally die!

Ten kilometers away, in a huge valley, the surroundings that were previously adorned with flowers were completely destroyed. They were replaced by a deep crater instead.

At the end of the valley, there was a ten-meter-tall tree. Eight crystal-like fruits were growing on the tree. With every sway of the branches, a fragrant aroma would drift by.

There was a huge bronze barrier not far from the tree. Within its confines, four barbarians were inside. Three of them had damaged armors and pale faces as their blood kept pouring out. Most alarmingly, one barbarian had received a severe large wound on the chest, rendering him unconscious. He was one breath away from death.

Few more prodigies from the Barbarian Race were lying on the ground. However, they had already lost their life.

The three barbarians were panting and looked at the bodies on the ground with grief.

Thereafter, they stared outside the barrier furiously.

The barrier was surrounded by more than ten beings from the Kaka Race. Their lava-like eyes were trained at the four barbarians scornfully.

The leading level-3 planetary state of the Kaka Race mocked, "Man Feng, is it comfortable staying in your turtle shell? When did you become a turtle?"

He glanced at the barbarian body next to him and kicked it away. The body immediately collided with the barrier.

Rumble!

Upon contact, the remains exploded, painting the barrier red before slowly dispersing.

Man Feng and the rest were furious.

One level-1 planetary state bald barbarian bled from biting his teeth too hard. He growled, "Brother Man Feng, let's go and kill them!"

Man Feng fell silent for a moment before roaring, "Don't be impulsive! The barrier can't last long! Prepare to leave!"

The other level-2 planetary state prodigy exclaimed, "Brother Man Feng, are we going to let Wei and the others die in vain?"

The individuals from the Kaka Race were relentlessly attacking the barrier as they sneered. These infuriating expressions struck deep in Man Feng's heart.

The leading level-3 planetary state of the Kaka Race punched the barrier heavily, and the barrier flickered.

He opened his lava-filled mouth and laughed. "Man Feng, since when did the Barbarian Race become cowards?"

Following the question, he hit the barrier again.

Man Feng wanted to go fight with his life, but they were outnumbered. In addition, all of them were heavily injured. He could only hope someone received their distress signal. Otherwise, he could only let the other three go out. Even though that would set his death in stone, he would still take down a few bastards with him!

At this moment, a surprised voice could be heard. "Man Feng? I didn't expect it would be

you."

Man Feng and his companions were too familiar with this voice. This voice was their nightmare during the competition.

They lifted their heads and looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

"Lu Ze?" Man Feng's voice rejoiced. "It's really you!"

Lu Ze frowned upon seeing the bodies and blood on the ground

He had seen these dead prodigies at the social gathering. Some of them even greeted him.

Lu Ze felt bad.

He glanced coldly at the beings from the Kaka Race and said, "I saw your distress signal, so I came. I didn't expect your losses to be this big."

Man Feng provided, "These bastards ambushed us here. It was my fault for not being alert and lured by the crystal fruit."

The other barbarian prodigy attempted to comfort him. "Brother Man Feng, it's not your fault. We were all the same. These bastards had found us already and used this fruit to set up a trap."

By then, Lu Ze understood the situation. He looked at the spirit fruit on the tree, which was the crystal fruit.

The leading planetary state of the Kaka Race was annoyed. There were so many of them there, but Lu Ze just ignored their presence. As such, he asked, "Human, who do you think you are?"

Lu Ze glanced around. Blood lightning covered his body, and he instantly disappeared from the spot.

In that instant, Lu Ze appeared before the level-3 planetary state of the Kaka Race and punched.

This particular opponent from the Kaka Race didn't expect Lu Ze to fight without saying anything

"Roar!"

Black-red spirit force surged as he crossed his arms, forming a shield.

Rumble!

Crack!

The shield shattered in an instant, and Lu Ze's power rammed into his arms. As a result, they were immediately broken, turning into pieces of rocks that flew away.

Thereafter, Lu Ze's golden fists landed on his body, breaking it at the same time. Lava spilled out from the cracks.

His body fell back from such massive force, slamming helplessly against a nearby cliff. In return, the surface of the cliff sunk, forming a crater that was a few hundred meters wide. The chi of the prodigy from the Kaka Race became extremely weak.

Everyone: "?"

Man Feng and his group felt bewildered.

'Lu Ze had reached this level after staying cooped up for two months in the ship?'

This time, Man Feng and the others began to doubt themselves.

He barely reached the level-3 planetary state due to Man Dali's resources.

On the other hand, the beings from the Kaka Race were even more stunned. They were about to kill their lifelong enemies, but suddenly a level-3 planetary state from the Human Race appeared and killed their strongest member with a single punch.

The entire group of Kaka Race stared at Lu Ze in terror, wanting to run.

Lu Ze said, "Man Feng, I'll leave that guy to you."

Following that, he disappeared again. A series of rumbles sounded, and all the beings from the Kaka Race exploded into dust.

Lu Ze returned to the barrier and looked at the unconscious prodigy. He lightly tapped the barrier and said, "Put this away, I'll treat this guy."

Man Feng quickly put the barrier away, and the three of them looked at Lu Ze with hope.

Man Feng sobbed. "Brother Lu Ze, can you heal him?"

He really didn't want to see any more deaths.

Lu Ze nodded, and a beam of green light entered the body of the unconscious barbarian. Immediately, all of the wounds began healing.

The barbarian was only a level-2 planetary state. It was too easy for Lu Ze to heal him.

In less than a minute, Lu Ze restored his vitality.

Right then, the three prodigies from the Barbarian Race were very touched.

Man Feng knelt down on one knee and pounded his chest. "Brother Lu Ze, the Barbarian Race is very grateful! You saved us and my brothers. If there's anything you need in the future, we'll do everything we can!"

"Likewise!"

"Likewise!"

Lu Ze smiled. "In that case, if something really comes up, I won't hesitate."

Lu Ze felt it was unlikely that he would need their help though...

Meanwhile, the three breathed easy. They were scared Lu Ze would reject their offer.

During this time, Man Feng's eyes lit up. "By the way brother Lu Ze, take the crystal fruit. It's a very precious treasure!"

Lu Ze asked, "What does it do?"

Man Feng smiled. "It can greatly improve mental force. If you have mental force god art, there's a chance for the god art to become stronger. However, only the first one is the most effective. If you eat more than that, the effectivity will diminish."

Lu Ze immediately thought of the fox demon. Thus, he smiled. "Okay, I'll take it."

Sure enough, good people got good karma!

There were eight in total.

When Lu Ze finished gathering the crystal fruits, he turned his head and glanced at the beings from the Barbarian Race, who were currently guarding their unconscious comrade.

He then asked, "Do you plan to leave or stay in the secret realm?"

To this question, Man Feng answered, "We plan to stay in the secret realm. But first, we will collect the corpses of our brothers before we continue searching for resources."

Lu Ze nodded when he got the response. "Then, I'll treat your wounds too."

As soon as he said the words, three green lights flowed out from his right hand and moved towards the body of the other three. At a rapid rate, Man Feng and his companions recovered.

After the green light disappeared, Man Feng's group looked gratefully at Lu Ze. Man Feng said, "Thank you, brother Lu Ze."

Lu Ze acknowledged it with a nod of his head. "Be careful, I'm heading off first."

Along with a flash of silver light, Lu Ze disappeared from the spot. Man Feng and the rest could only exchange glances and sigh. "Brother Lu Ze is so much stronger than before..." The other prodigy nodded in agreement. "Yes, he probably didn't go all out when he fought brother Man Kun. He didn't use space god art and wood god art before."

"Perhaps, brother Lu Ze can enter the prodigy ranking."

"Yes."

They turned around and looked at the weakened prodigy from the Kaka Race on the mountainside.

Man Feng sneered, "We need to thank brother Lu Ze for keeping him alive."

Twenty-five days later, in some gray stone forest, tens of figures were looking at the sky with their chi concealed.

These figures consisted of Purple Scale Race, Blood Battle Race, Kaka Race, and White Ghost Race.

Everyone seemed to have merged with the rocks, making them difficult to notice.

At this moment, one prodigy from the White Ghost Race looked at the leading level-4 planetary state prodigy of the Kaka Race and asked, "Hans, are we really gonna wait for people to arrive?"

The Kaka prodigy smirked. "Don't worry, this is very close to the ruin. There will definitely be people coming. Don't be anxious."

A prodigy from the Purple Scale Race frowned. "I didn't expect to see the star state guardian beasts outside. Maybe, even Lord Hao Yushang won't be able to enter. What a pity! Now, we only need to kill the strongest prodigies of the Round Race and their allies. This will surely be a huge gain!"

The Kaka prodigy smiled. "Those idiots from the four-race alliance would never expect that the treasures they have troubled themselves for would only belong to us in the end."

A prodigy from the Blood Battle Race chimed in, "We should wait for Lord Hao Yushang's arrival. By then, we can probably keep all of them here."

"That's right! If all of them dies, the old things of those four races would go crazy."

"Hehe, we would be rewarded then too."

Suddenly, the prodigy from the Kaka Race became alert. "Someone's coming. Stop talking!"

Everyone went silent immediately and stared at the sky instead. Right at that point, they saw ten figures approaching rapidly. The Kaka prodigy snarled. "It's humans! Get ready to attack! Get all of them!"

Outside the stone forest, Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and the other young dukes gathered.

Lu Ze remarked, "We're arriving soon probably"

Nangong Jing tucked her hair behind her ears, making her beautiful face appear gentle. However, her wide grin ruined the image...

"We've been encountering a great number of beings from the hostile races. These past few days, they increased even more. We should be pretty close."

On the side, the corners of Lin Kuang's mouth became raised. "Hehe, the harvest during this time is so bountiful. I really want to stay in here forever."

Daphne rolled her eyes. "It's especially because we have Ze here. Otherwise, you would've died many times already."

Lin Kuang's smile stiffened upon hearing the words. "What's my relationship with Ze? It's normal for him to save me, right?"

When his words reached Lin Ling, she ended up blushing. But then, she glared at Lin Kuang. At the same time, seeing how happily Lu Ze smiled in response, Lin Ling was rather annoyed.

As for Lu Ze, he felt great! Every time he saved this guy, he never neglected to mention his relationship with Lin Ling. It seemed quite effective.

He didn't care even if he found himself at the receiving end of Lin Ling's death stare.

On the contrary, Lin Kuang was stunned after making the remark.

"Oh shit!'

'What did I just say?!'

It was all Lu Ze's fault.

He just instinctively said those words.

At this moment, Luo Bingqing interrupted. "It's all thanks to Ze indeed. Otherwise, we would probably have to exit the realm early or worse, die here."

Everyone nodded without objection.

All of their powers had only reached the level-1 planetary state. Among all the prodigies who participated in the mission, this was only considered below average.

Mo Xie smiled. "After we leave, let's just keep what we need for cultivation and give the rest to Ze."

Chi Xiaomo found the suggestion agreeable. "I'm fine with it."

Jack smiled as well. "That's just how it should be."

Lu Ze was stunned by their responses. He said, "Just keep it yourselves. Even if you don't need it, you can still exchange it for points. We have enough cultivation resources already. Think about it, we're so talented. The old man would definitely make cultivation convenient for us. Don't worry." Nangong Jing laughed. "Yes, if the old man dares not to give us any, I won't let him drink!"

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Luo Bingqing and the rest of the prodigies felt hurt. Obviously, they were well aware of this fact, but Nangong Jing didn't have to say it out loud...

After a moment of silence, Daphne said, "Alright, in that case, we'll keep it. We already owe you so much. Just tell us what you need in the future."

Xuan Yuji smiled. "Anyway, what we've gathered can't compare with what Ze and the girls got."

A smile blossomed on Lu Ze's face.

Indeed, Lu Ze and the girls did collect a number of spirit fruits, but then, only two of those were actually useful to them.

One was the crystal fruit that Man Feng gave them while the other was called dragon blood vine. This vine had quite some effects on strengthening the body. It even amplified the alcoholic's golden battle blood.

Lu Ze planned to share this with his group when they left the secret realm. After all, they didn't have much opportunity to cultivate

here.

Suddenly, Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha frowned as they looked at the forest ahead.

A ten-meter wide dark energy ball was launched towards them, which was then followed by more terrifying attacks.

Lu Ze proceeded towards the front. He formed an extensive Earth Shield to protect everyone.

Rumble!

The dark energy ball struck the Earth Shield and left tiny cracks on the surface. Thereafter, the other attacks followed too.

Even though the cracks deepened, the barrier remained sturdy.

Nangong Jing grinned. "There's more!"

They had encountered many alien prodigies. Luo Bingqing and the others were almost killed quite a few times. Luckily, Lu Ze had space god art and could help them in time.

Due to this, they didn't split up to find treasure and just headed towards the ruin together instead.

Within the stone forest, the prodigies from the hostile races ended up dumbfounded when they witnessed how the Earth Shield repelled all the powerful attacks easily.

In a brief instant, Hans' face flashed with terror. He quickly roared, "Retreat!"

They attacked with full power in order to ensure all the humans would die. However, the Earth Shield alone could block all of their offensive means. Definitely, this wasn't an enemy they could handle!

Hearing his words, everyone attempted to flee.

A prodigy from the Purple Scale Race screamed in terror, "Damn it! Since when did the Human Race have a prodigy like him?"

During this time, green vines suddenly appeared in the air, completely restricting their surroundings.

The level-2 planetary state Kaka prodigy didn't slow down at all when he saw the vines. He planned to run through it.

When he went near one of the vines, the vine suddenly whipped him.

Rumble!

The prodigy from the Kaka Race was cut into half with that single move. Rocks and lava were flung in the air.

Witnessing this gruesome scene, the other prodigies quickly halted their movements.

The Kaka Race had stronger defenses than the other races. Thus, they would suffer the same fate, if not worse, by trying to run away. Hans yelled, "Move aside! I'll open a path!"

His body flashed, and he planned to attack.

At this moment, a golden fist force struck over from afar.

Hans quickly turned around and swung his fist to meet the golden fist force.

Rumble!

A black and golden beam clashed, creating a huge explosion.

In a brief instant, the black fist force was broken while the remaining one kept attacking Hans.

Hans' expression changed. He crossed his arms and blocked in front of him. In a rushed manner, a black shield materialized.

The golden fist force clashed with the shield, creating another rumbling sound.

A shockwave spread across all directions and the prodigies near Hans were sent flying back.

The level-3 planetary state prodigies felt pressure on their chests while the level-2 ones suffered injuries. As for the level-1 planetary state prodigies, they simply died on the spot...

When it came to the rest, all of them were heavily injured.

Hans fell back too. His barrier was shattered, and his body was covered in cracks.

Nangong Jing withdrew her fist and mumbled, "He didn't die. I should've used more force."

She was a level-4 planetary state now and had a perfect mastery of Golden Fist Art. At full power, her combat power could approach level-9 planetary state. She thought using 80% force would kill this guy.

Hans spat some hot lava, and a black rock appeared on his hand. Just when he planned to insert spirit force into it, he suddenly stopped.

Another level-3 planetary state from the Kaka Race said desperately, "What's wrong, brother Hans? Use the black shield quickly!"

Unexpectedly, Hans turned around and punched that particular Kaka heavily.

Rumble!

The prodigy wasn't on alert at all. His eyes were full of disbelief. When he tried to speak, his body was already shattered.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

'Why would he kill someone from his own race?'

They didn't have time to think about it. They were going to take out their trump cards right now so as to defend themselves for a brief moment and then use the space rock to leave.

During this time, everyone suddenly stopped moving

Qiuyue Hesha glanced at Nangong Jing with a triumphant grin. "They almost got away." On the side, Nangong Jing almost punched the fox demon. "I just made a mistake. Even if they run, they won't get away!" Qiuyue Hesha grin widened. "Yes, they can't. We have little brother Lu Ze after all. But... that doesn't change the fact that you almost let them get away." "Fox demon, do you want to fight?!" Nangong Jing was furious by her taunts.

Lu Ze and the group got a headache from watching the two quarrel. Luo Bingqing and the rest could only watch expressionlessly. They didn't dare to say anything nor ask.

Lu Ze attempted to placate them with his smile. "Teacher Qiuyue, let's deal with them first. They're waiting for people here, so this means we're near the ruins."

Qiuyue Hesha showed a victorious smile and nodded. She commanded, "Place all your treasures on the ground and end yourselves."

Accordingly, Hans and his cohorts placed all their storage devices on the ground and wiped out their own life force.

With a wave of Lu Ze's hands, all the equipment flew into his hands.

Lu Ze sported a beaming smile on his face. "Time to split the profits, everyone has a share!"

He gave Luo Bingqing and his group tw storage rings each. They looked inside and took out the tasty ingredients, giving them to Lu Ze.

This transfer was done very smoothly. Clearly, this wasn't the first time.

Thereafter, the group set off again. Along the way, they didn't encounter other hostile prodigies anymore.

Ten hours later, the outset of a city appeared in the distance.

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. "That seems to be it."

Nangong Jing agreed with a nod. "Let's speed up."

Outside the city, there were two groups standing off against each other. Both sides had more than a hundred people. They were just staring at each other.

One of the factions had the Barbarian Race, Winged Race, and Round Race. Man Kun, Man Xiu, Eddie, Brenda, Qiu Lin, and Qiu An were all here.

There were much fewer beings here than the original number who came in.

This was the same case for the other faction...

Qiu Lun looked at the leading prodigy from the Purple Scale Race. "Yu Changsheng, the ruin is here. Aren't you guys going to enter?"

Yu Changsheng sneered, "I'll let you guys in first. How about it?"

'Who dares to go in with such a terrifying monster there?' Yu Changsheng sneered on the inside. 'When brother Yushang arrives, you would all die!'

He wondered where Yushang went when he came in. It had been so long since he last saw him.

Qiu Lin asked Man Kun and Eddie, "Why hasn't a single human arrived? Is that Lu Ze really strong?"

He was immersed in solitary cultivation during the social gathering. But almost everyone said Lu Ze was "extremely" strong, including Man Kun and Eddie. This made him very curious.

Man Kun replied telepathically, "Won't be long now. Most likely, the humans got teleported farther away."

Through a voice transmission, Eddie added, "Even if Lu Ze comes, there's nothing we can do about the guardian beast, but with him around, here we can kill more of those bastards." Qiu Lin exclaimed, "That would be enough! They probably collected quite a lot of things inside."

During this time, the prodigies on both sides rejoiced.

Maintaining the mental communication, Man Kun and Eddie remarked, "It's Lu Ze's chi and the other humans. They're here!"

Qiu Lin sneered, "Get ready to attack. That monster won't come out if we don't go inside the ruins!"

Yu Changsheng also communicated with a level-4 planetary state prodigy from the White Ghost Race. "Benny, brother Yushang is here! Prepare to attack! By the way, where are Hans and Xue Wuqing?"

Benny shook his head. "Don't know, maybe they ended up in a far place during teleportation."

Yu Changsheng said, "Then, we won't give them a share of the loot."

Benny grinned. "Of course, they're at fault for being late." At this moment, both sides had lights flying. The left side only had one but the right side had more than ten.

Despite that, the left one was faster.

Lu Ze raised a brow. "The one who just arrived is probably the prodigy who entered the prodigy ranking. It should be the one that they were talking about. His chi is pretty strong."

Lu Ze looked at the purple light that was approaching from a distance through the air. His cultivation level had reached level-4 planetary state, but the chi he emitted was exceptionally powerful.

There was a deep mark left on the ground where he flew past.

Realizing the speed of the purple beam surpassed theirs, Lu Ze said, "I'll go over first. You guys, come over slowly."

Nangong Jing was unhappy with his decision. "I'm going with you! I want to fight too."

Lu Ze shook his head without hesitation. "No! I haven't fought properly for a long time. This time I need to experience a good fight!"

During the Four-Race Social Gathering, even Man Kun couldn't force him to go all out.

He couldn't wait to fight that prodigy who managed to enter the prodigy ranking.

Nangong Jing glared at Lu Ze with reluctance and unhappiness.

Seeing her expression, Lu Ze flicked her forehead and smirked. "If you don't agree, I'm not going to be nice."

Upon hearing his words, Nangong Jing raised her hands to her face for protection. "Why are you like this?! So violent!"

Even Qiuyue Hesha didn't dare to interrupt anymore. There were so many people here. They didn't want to be embarrassed in front of everyone...

Lu Ze remained smiling.

On the other hand, Lin Kuang and the rest witnessed the entire scene, and their mouths twitched.

They knew how proud Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were. This was their first time seeing them so scared.

Outside the ruins, Man Kun, Eddie, and Qiu Lin could also feel the extremely powerful chi approaching. Their expressions changed drastically.

This chi belonged to someone outside their alliance!

Man Kun looked at the purple beam. "Who is that? Since when did the Purple Scale Race produce a powerful being like that?"

Qiu Lin shook his head. "His cultivation level is clearly at level four of the planetary state, not that much stronger than ours. But how can his chi be exceedingly strong?"

Eddie's face tensed up. "His combat power is probably at level nine of the planetary state."

Likewise, the rest of the members of the alliance felt the increasing pressure brought about by Hao Yushang's chi as well.

Man Kun frowned. "Is brother Lu Ze a match for him?"

In response, Eddie could only shake his head. "I don't know. Lu Ze could be considered extremely powerful when he was just a level-1 planetary state. Now that he had reached level three of the planetary state, then perhaps his combat power leaped up to level-9 planetary state as well."

"We can only wait and see if brother Lu Ze can stop him. Damn it!"

Everyone felt anxious.

'This prodigy alone was enough to annihilate everybody!'

During this time, the purple beam stopped mid-air between the two factions. His purple golden eyes glanced across Man Kun and the rest, making them tense up.

They didn't even dare to move much. Even though they could use the space bracelet, a brief moment was still needed before its activation. In that particular instance, they were at the mercy of the enemy who had the liberty to do anything he desired.

Man Kun could not help but grind his teeth. "Is brother Lu Ze still not here?"

On the other side, Yu Changsheng grinned. 'He was going to kill them all!'

Suddenly, there were some ripples in the space. Accordingly, Lu Ze appeared a few hundred meters in front of Hao Yushang.

A grin was pasted on his face. "I heard you're quite strong. I came to see how strong you are."

After being caught off-guard by Lu Ze's appearance, Man Kun and the others rejoiced.

"Brother Lu Ze, you finally made it!" "Luckily, he made it in time. Otherwise, we'd be over."

"Brother Lu Ze, this person is very strong. Be careful!"

Watching their reactions, Yu Changsheng and his cohorts were dazed. They looked strangely at Lu Ze.

'Was this guy very strong?' 'Why did they view him as their savior?'

Hao Yushang looked at Lu Ze with a trace of surprise. "Space god art, not bad."

However, when he sensed Lu Ze's cultivation level, he sneered, "Just a level-3 planetary state? Do you want to see how strong I am? Has no one told you that cocky people usually had a shorter lifespan?"

Yu Changsheng and his companions laughed at him mockingly too.

"A human and a level-3 planetary state! Can he even compare with brother Yushang?"

"Yes, brother Yushang is on the prodigy ranking! He's invincible among the cosmic system state civilization."

"Just how cocky is this human?"

"Did he live too long?"

When those words reached the other side, Man Kun and the rest stopped smiling.

'Prodigy ranking?'

Now, they became very worried

They could only pray that Lu Ze could stop him at least. By then, they would still have a chance of escaping if he really was capable. Lu Ze mulled over the words and nodded seriously. "You're right." Thereafter, a black light flashed around him, turning into armor in the next second.

It was the God Martial Set!

Lu Ze barely used this set of armor. Right now, he finally had the chance to wear it.

In a few more months, he would soon reach the star state. It would be too much of a waste!

When the armor settled on his body, Lu Ze felt that his spirit force became more active and controlled.

Simultaneously, a pair of black gloves appeared on his hand. This was the item he bought with the alcoholic. Likewise, it was his first time using it.

Lu Ze looked seriously at Hao Yushang and grinned. "Your power doesn't fall below mine. I'll go all out then."

Originally, Hao Yushang's curiosity got piqued when Lu Ze donned his armor. However, after hearing the latter's cocky words, his eyes turned cold. "Not under you? Haha... it seems you don't even know yourself... allow me to help you understand reality." He glowed with spirit force as purple golden runes emerged. His powerful chi soared once again, only stopping when it reached the peak of the planetary state. A long spear appeared on his hand. "I am reality!"

The prodigies, who remained on the ground, could barely breathe under his display of strength.

Man Kun and the rest of the faction never expected Hao Yushang to be this strong.

At the same time, Lu Ze was a bit surprised too.

Actually, this guy could be considered relatively stronger than Lu Ze was when he used the Golden Fist Art with two buffs before.

Sure enough, you shouldn't underestimate the others.

However...

This guy really knew how to act cool. 'Did he just say he was "reality"?!

Cough...

In truth, this was actually the 29th sentence among the list of words that Lu Ze wanted to try in his second chance at life.

Being robbed of his chance to say the line, he was a bit annoyed.

Right then, numerous runes appeared on Lu Ze. The red and black runes flowed inside his body as the golden runes entwined with his right hand.

His chi soared up once again and instantly subjugated Hao Yushang's chi. Even the ground was trembling with the overwhelming force he exuded.

Lu Ze looked at his fist in disbelief.

'I'm actually this strong?' Honestly, he didn't expect his combat power would reach this level after wearing the God Martial Set.

Perhaps, he could even test his current strength against a star state,

Sensing the drastic improvement in Lu Ze's chi, Hao Yushang's eyes widened in disbelief. "No way!" Not just him, all the prodigies of the Purple Scale Alliance were dumbfounded.

This human was only a level-3 planetary state... 'How could he be this strong?!

Even brother Yushang's chi submitted to his!

Man Kun and his cohorts were even more shocked.

They wondered whether Lu Ze could stand against a star state as well.

Hao Yushang forced himself not to shiver as he roared to boost his own morale. "Purple Emperor Spear!"

His spear shot towards Lu Ze with spear rays.

The attack distorted every inch of space it passed.

Lu Ze grinned and stepped forward, releasing his golden fist force in return.

Rumble!

The golden fist force almost instantly tore apart the spear ray and proceeded to attack Hao Yushang.

Hao Yushang could sense the lethality of the incoming attack.

Thereafter, a purple scale appeared in his hand. Spirit force surged in, and a barrier appeared.

At the same time, the golden fist force hit the barrier.

Rumble!

Hao Yushang and the barrier were both crushed. Much worse, Hao Yushang was thrown towards the direction of the ruin as though he was a ball that was tossed away.

As his body helplessly flew, the shield began to show signs of cracking.

Lu Ze smiled. "Hello, reality! Goodbye, reality!" Hao Yushang's face turned pale.

This shield could block a star-state attack!

Yet... it was almost shattered with one punch!

No!

He had to get out!

Otherwise, he would die here!

At this moment, a violent beast roar could be heard.

A massive black leopard charged at him and swiped at his barrier.

Finally, the shield gave out, and the claw came into contact with his body. Before he could even react, he was flung away, and the entire barrier was broken on the spot.

Lu Ze: "..."

What was this?!

It was a good thing he didn't enter right away. Otherwise, he would be in danger if this sudden ambush occurred.

The prodigies of the two factions were swept by the ramifications of the intense confrontation. Only level-4 planetary states, including a few stronger level-3 planetary states, could hold their ground.

Upon hearing the striking roar, everyone present couldn't help but tense up.

They couldn't be more familiar with the sound.

When they first arrived, they encountered this terrifying beast as soon as they entered the city. A devastating number of people died on the spot as a result. They would have left the secret realm already if they thought they had no chance of sneaking past this beast. Naturally, they couldn't also let go of the possibility of chancing upon something good inside the ruin.

It didn't dawn upon them that both Lu Ze and Hao Yushang were unaware of the beast's presence until now.

Immediately, all the beings looked up the sky above the ruins, only to witness the scene of Hao Yushang being swiped at by the claw of the massive leopard. His body was torn apart.

The atmosphere became dead silent.

Yu Changsheng and the entirety of the hostile races were stunned upon seeing the blood mist in the air.

Hao Yushang, the strongest prodigy of their generation who was even regarded as the hope of the race, died just like that?!

Did he really die from being slapped to death by a fierce beast?!

No way!

They didn't even dare to believe it.

Man Kun and his allies couldn't process what they were watching. Shocked expressions suddenly emerged from their faces.

Hao Yushang was dead...

'But, he was a prodigy who was able to enter the prodigy ranking! This...

Given the turn of events, Lu Ze was stronger than Hao Yushang, but his cultivation level was lower. Clearly, his potential was infinitely greater.

Then, shouldn't Lu Ze place much higher in the prodigy ranking than Hao Yushang?

Man Kun and the others looked at Lu Ze, who stood tall in the air, with complicated emotions.

He was overwhelmingly strong!

But soon, they became elated. Hao Yushang's death was a huge loss for the Purple Scale Race.

Most significantly, they could also survive inside the realm now. They even looked at the allies of the Purple Scale Race.

This time, a bold idea popped up in their minds.

'Kill them all!'

Man Kun, Eddie, and Qiu Lin looked at each other. They all harbored the same thoughts.

It was definitely beneficial to kill the prodigies of the enemy races.

Man Kun immediately spoke telepathically to Lu Ze. "Brother Lu Ze! That beast is the guardian beast of the ruins. It won't leave the ruins. Let's deal with these prodigies first, shall we?"

Lu Ze looked at the black leopard with vigilance. It was too strong!

At this moment, Man Kun's words reached him.

'No wonder the black leopard didn't come after him upon killing Hao Yushang. It wouldn't come out on its own.'

Lu Ze looked at the prodigies from the Purple Scale Alliance. Of course, they all had to be dealt with.

The number of resources they acquired inside the secret realm should be significant!

Unexpectedly, however, the leopard that was supposed to remain inside its nest roared and proceeded to charge at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze: "?"

'This guy wasn't supposed to leave the ruin,

right?'

He didn't dare to be careless at all. Blood lightning enveloped him as he dodged the deathly slap.

Once more, Man Kun and the rest were shocked too when the leopard took the initiative to come out.

Originally, their idea was to subjugate all the hostile prodigies. However, they were the ones in danger right now.

That was a star state beast!

Yu Changsheng and his cohorts regained their composure.

Yu Changsheng glared at Lu Ze with hatred before saying to the others, "Good opportunity, let's escape!"

Everyone couldn't wait to take out their space stones.

They were terrified.

If they didn't leave now, they wouldn't get the chance to anymore.

Man Kun's expression changed, "Not good, they're going to flee!"

During this point, as the opponent races were about to succeed with their attempt, two golden fist forces were blasted from the distance, making them feel dazed for a brief moment.

Yu Changsheng and Hans only recovered when the fist force was nearing them.

They didn't even have time to react before they were struck. The fist force instantly penetrated their bodies and wiped their life forces away.

Almost at the same time, the other two hundred prodigies just ended their own lives. Everyone: "?"

This happened so suddenly that everyone was confused.

Right then, a few more beams flew over. It was the other prodigies of the Human Race.

The prodigies of the other three races just now recalled that those were the moves of Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. 'Were they extremely strong too?' Suddenly, there was a domineering roar which made everyone blank out. They looked nervously in the air.

Lu Ze dodged an attack and felt relieved. It was a good thing the fox demon and alcoholic came. He didn't have the ability to stop the enemy prodigies from using their space stones at his current plight.

Without that concern, Lu Ze looked at the leopard with an ardent battle will.

He was in a full-powered state right now.

As for the black leopard, it had only reached the star state recently.

Lu Ze could now test how strong his combat power improved. "Huh..."

As the black leopard charged at him, Lu Ze glowed.

Darkness buff!

Fire buff!

Body god art!

Lightning Travel divine art!

He used all sorts of divine arts, and his chi soared perpetually. The formidable power shook the entire world.

Everyone could only gawk.

They never expected Lu Ze's power to reach this level.

Nangong Jing warned, "Everyone, stay away!"

This level of intensity was too dangerous. It wouldn't have mattered if it was just them, but there were also level-1 planetary state prodigies who would be at risk.

Man Kun and the rest of the leading prodigies told their respective members to back off.

Meanwhile, Nangong Jing went to pick up the storage rings left behind by the enemies.

Once again, the black leopard roared and spat out a dark energy ball.

Every place it passed, the space ended up distorted.

The terrifying power made the entire secret realm tremble!

Lu Ze instantly disappeared from the spot, and the dark energy ball missed.

Upon emerging once again, Lu Ze was already on the leopard's back.

His fist gathered golden runes as he directed his punch at the leopard's back.

Right at this juncture, the leopard surged with black mist and sped up.

Lu Ze's fist ended up hitting the ground in the end.

Rumble!

The eruption of the golden ray was as dazzling as the sun. The land with an area of 100,000 kilometers was completely wrecked.

Mountains and grounds shifted.

Rivers dried up.

Forests turned to ashes.

All that remained was a thousand-kilometer wide crater.

With just that single blow, an eighth of Lu Ze's power was consumed.

In addition, this result was supplemented by the use of the God Martial Set. Otherwise, more power would have been depleted.

Lu Ze used red orbs without hesitation, making his recovery speed up even more.

He was ready for a long-lasting battle. Currently, the leopard appeared behind Lu Ze. Its claws glowed with a dark light as it swiped its claws towards Lu Ze.

Lu Ze then dodged the strike. The spirit force from the claw was unstoppable, hacking off everything in its path.

Simultaneously, Lu Ze appeared next to the leopard's stomach and punched with Golden Fist Art.

In response, the black leopard disappeared. Lu Ze glanced around and formed a human head-sized black-and-white energy beam, shooting towards the black figure that appeared on his left.

The black leopard moved its claws to swat the beam.

Rumble!

The leopard roared as it was sent flying. Its right claw was even bleeding.

Right at this juncture, Lu Ze pursued the leopard. When he planned to launch another attack, a black shadow flashed.

Lu Ze quickly formed an Earth Shield before him.

Rumble!

The leopard's thick tail slammed against the Earth Shield. As a result, the Earth Shield instantly shattered, but Lu Ze still dodged through that.

The tail struck ended up hitting his left hand, fracturing it a bit. At the same time, Lu Ze was flung away.

He gritted his teeth and stopped the momentum of his body.

This bastard was very evil!

Unfortunately, the Earth Shield couldn't buff his defenses...

He used his god arts and divine arts to heal his arm.

Meanwhile, the leopard also treated itself at a rapid rate.

Man Kun and the rest of the audience stared at the shattered world in disbelief.

"Oh shit! Brother Lu Ze is this strong?!"

That was a star state beast!

Yet, they were evenly-matched!

The others nodded.

At this moment, Lin Ling looked at the spacial fissures and frowned.

"The space fissures didn't recover?"

Everyone was shocked by the discovery.

Qiu Lin said, "The elders said the secret realm is already very fragile. It can't handle strong battles..."

The atmosphere fell silent.

Eddie widened his eyes. "Lu Ze isn't going to break this secret realm, is he?"

With a wide distance between them in the air, Lu Ze was facing off the black leopard.

A few seconds later, the two charged at each other at the same time.

The leopard's huge claws flashed with black lights at it swiped at Lu Ze.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze returned the attack with his golden fist.

'Rumble!'

Black and golden spirit force spread out over an area of 100,000 kilometers.

Several fractures emerged on the ground while the sky became filled with space fissures.

'Crack...'

Lu Ze felt a severe painful sensation coming from his right hand.

He frowned and used super regeneration, wood god art, and light god art to alleviate it.

Simultaneously, he emerged next to the black leopard.

A Light and Darkness Beam appeared on his recovered hand, and he directed it towards the leopard.

In the following moment, the leopard shifted a few meters away and then swung its massive tail at Lu Ze for another time.

Lu Ze reached out his hands and grabbed that tail.

'Bang!'

Lu Ze could feel another painful sensation spreading from his hands. By exerting more force, he easily dragged the leopard's body again. Then, he hurled it towards the ground.

Suddenly, the black leopard, which was about to hit the ground, transformed into a black beam.

'Rumble! The earth ruptured even more, and along with the landing of its body, a deep crater appeared.

Black and white runes flashed in Lu Ze's eyes. Two human-head-sized black-and-white energy orbs were formed on his hand and thrown into the hole.

'Rumble!'

As the beam exploded in the hole, two shocking explosions occurred, and the ground was torn apart mercilessly. The deep crack expanded further to the edge of the horizon. Subsequently, a black-and-white spirit force shot out from the cracks.

At this moment, a furious roar came from underground, and a black figure charged out of the black-and-white spirit light.

It had sustained some injuries, but they weren't even deep, and the blood had stopped pouring out.

Nevertheless, the wounds made the leopard furious.

It charged at Lu Ze again.

Lu Ze charged back without hesitation.

'Rumble!'

Lu Ze and the leopard kept flashing around in the sky. Sometimes it was Lu Ze getting beaten up, sometimes it was the leopard...

It was an intense battle.

Nangong Jing and the rest couldn't handle the shockwaves anymore and had retreated further away.

Half an hour later, Lu Ze was covered in sweat.

His face was extremely pale, and there were visible cracks on the Martial God Set. A fountain of blood flowed out of his wounds.

Currently, he didn't have much power left. Every nook and cranny of his body was aching.

Naturally, no matter how capable his recovery power was, there was a limit to it. Most significantly, he consumed a large number of red orbs.

His body couldn't handle the constant flush of energy.

Even though the leopard seemed weaker, it was still stronger than Lu Ze.

Nangong Jing and the girls were worried.

Without hesitation, Nangong Jing donned her Martial God Set. "I'm going to help!"

Qiuyue Hesha followed suit. "Me too!"

Likewise, the rest of the girls wore the respective Martial God Sets. "We're going too."

Nangong Jing objected, "No! You guys are too weak. Just stay here. If we can't win, then we'll just leave the secret realm."

Right after expressing her dissent, a terrifying explosion occurred.

Lu Ze's Light and Darkness Beam clashed with the leopard's mouth cannon. Following the collision, both the two were blown away by the resulting blast.

Lu Ze remained in the air as he panted.

Unfortunately, the beast that was just flung away recovered immediately and went after Lu Ze once more.

This time, Lu Ze's expression changed.

'Sure enough, this was a star state boss!'

It lasted much longer than any other opponent he encountered.

Under its pressure, Lu Ze didn't even have a chance to dodge. He could only use his remaining power to form an Earth Shield.

'Rumble!

The Earth Shield instantly broke, and the claw kept reaching for Lu Ze.

Lu Ze gritted his teeth and crossed his arms in front of him. He went to touch the green energy at his heart.

That was the green crystal he got on the third map. It can rapidly repair his injuries and recover his power.

'Rumble!'

'Crack...'

Lu Ze was flung away. He spat a mouthful of blood as his body had burrowed further into the ground. Thereafter, the leopard roared dominantly in the air.

During this juncture, the girls had sensed Lu Ze's extremely feeble chi. Their eyes immediately reddened. They charged towards the battlefield without any qualms.

Luo Bingqing exclaimed, "We have to save

Ze!"

Lin Kuang shared the same sentiment. "We can die, but he can't!"

Mo Xie added, "We'll fight with our lives and draw that animal away, so Nangong Jing and the others could save him."

The group nodded with a firm resolve.

Lu Ze was too important to the human race.

At this time, Man Kun said, "I'll go. You guys are too weak. Perhaps I can help."

Eddie nodded. "I'll go too. I'll say it now though. If I can't save him, I will run."

They had seen Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's power. Combining everyone's efforts and now that the leopard wasn't at its prime condition, they all felt they would be able to help this time.

On the other hand, Qiu Lin was a little hesitant. He hadn't been to the social gathering and didn't know Lu Ze well. He was reluctant to do something this dangerous.

Qiu An looked at Qiu Lin. "Should I go?"

As though life was drained out of him, Qiu Lin's face shook as he said, "You madmen! I'll go. I'm stronger than you, and I can protect myself better."

At this moment, that extremely weak chi rapidly grew strong without a warning. The light was flickering in that hole.

The intensity of the power made the ground tremble.

The leopard growled.

'Why wasn't Lu Ze dead?!'

Lu Ze flew out from the hole as blood lightning enveloped him. All his wounds had disappeared, and his chi recovered back to its peak.

He grinned. "Come, let's start the second match."

Nangong Jing and the girls ended up dumbfounded.

"That bastard is fine?"

Now, Lin Ling felt relieved.

Alice remarked, "I remember! Senior gave us that green crystal. It can restore power and heal your injuries. Senior really scared me like that!"

Meanwhile, everyone else was dazed. This guy was hacking, right?' Earlier ago, he was barely alive. Suddenly, he regained his peak state now?!

Man Kun's mouth twitched. "Brother Lu Ze doesn't seem to need help."

Eddie added, "If that leopard has no other trump cards, it's probably no match for Lu Ze."

Qiu Lin said, "He really can kill a star state beast... such power..."

Everyone fell silent.

'What level of prodigy was Lu Ze if he could really kill star state beast?'

Man Xiu laughed." The prodigy battle will be held soon. I really want to see his performance at that time."

Now that Lu Ze was already fine, Nangong Jing and the others didn't proceed with their attempt to help.

Anyway, they wouldn't be much help given their current power. The opponent was a star state after all.

Lu Ze immediately felt he was invincible after recovering.

Power surged around him.

The leopard then let out warning growls.

At this juncture, Light and Darkness Beam appeared on Lu Ze's hands again. With a wave of his hand, the beam headed straight to the leopard. The leopard tensed up and dodged the two beams.

In the next moment, Lu Ze appeared on its right and punched heavily. A black mist formed and the leopard squirmed while swiping its claws toward Lu Ze.

'Rumble!'

Once again, the fist and the claws crossed paths. The leopard released a growl filled with pain after a thunderous sound. Consequently, his massive body was flung away with blood gushing out of its claws.

Lu Ze had the upper hand in that clash. He relentlessly chased after the leopard and appeared on its back.

Golden runes began to form on his feet as he stomped down. The leopard sped up and disappeared from the spot again.

As a result, Lu Ze missed. The golden beam struck the ground, making the earth tremble once again.

Lu Ze looked at the leopard. He originally planned to charge up, but he paused when he suddenly sensed an extreme danger.

He looked at the leopard with vigilance.

The black mist around the leopard kept surging until a black light flashed. There seemed to be a blood-colored light flowing in there too.

'Crack!

The sky appeared as though it was about to shatter. The crack left on it had spread across at a rapid rate.

Lu Ze's skin crawled watching this scene.

'Did this leopard have an ultimate move?!'

Witnessing it firsthand, its power could only be described as exceptionally powerful. Even the space ended up crumbling under its control.

Nangong Jing and the rest of the alliance felt their skin crawl as well.

The leopard's chi was too terrifying!

As of now, all the girls wore exactly the same expressions, their pale faces looking worriedly at Lu Ze.

"Roar!"

Following a violent roar, the leopard's eyes turned completely blood-red. The previous black mist now contained some red matter.

As the beast disappeared from the spot, Lu Ze instantly felt an extremely dangerous chi behind him.

He used that one-time divine art rune without hesitation. It was the one-time divine art rune with perfect mastery from the fourth map.

It was much stronger than the divine arts that Lu Ze had now.

Upon activation, his body went bright golden.

Almost at the same time, Lu Ze felt an immense power looming from his back. His body ached as he flew away and hit the ground with a thud.

That strike was too powerful!

Lu Ze even felt his consciousness fade a bit. He quickly used another green crystal. Only then did the pain disappear gradually. Thereafter, he took off and looked at the leopard.

Despite the strength exhibited by the leopard a while ago, its chi was now rapidly dropping. Its entire body sported some tear marks.

That strike was probably its final move.

Luckily, Lu Ze acquired the one-time divine art rune, and it was a defense divine art. His survival right now could only be attributed to

that.

Nevertheless, he almost died!

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He thought he was invincible just then, but he was proven wrong...

After thinking, Lu Ze exhaled and looked at the leopard. He went above its head and executed another punch.

The leopard roared like crazy as it tried to gather the last of its powers to defend itself.

Once again, the huge claw confronted Lu Ze's fist.

'Rumble!'

However, this time, Lu Ze's fist overpowered and turned the claw into a pulp. He continued to pummel the huge head of the leopard.

Thud!

'Crack!

Accompanied by the sound of bones breaking, Lu Ze's fist force pierced the leopard's head and wiped away its life force.

Looking at the huge carcass falling to the ground, Lu Ze finally felt relieved.

On the side, the prodigies from the four-race alliance were silent.

The remnants of the shockwave made the air rumble.

Everyone felt as though their hearts stopped beating upon seeing the terrifying attack land on Lu Ze.

They didn't dare to imagine what they would do if something happened to him.

Fortunately, Lu Ze was perfectly intact. They didn't participate in the fight at all, but they felt powerless.

With a frown, Man Kun and the rest gawked in disbelief.

They really thought Lu Ze was going to die from that attack just then!

Yet, he actually had another trump card.

They were well aware of how petrifying that final attack was. Even so, not only did Lu Ze manage to come out alive, but he was also in perfect condition.

Man Kun exclaimed, "Brother Lu Ze is really mysterious."

Eddie's eyes flashed, but he said nothing in the end. Even though he was extremely prideful, he didn't think he could compare with Lu Ze now.

He remembered his little target, which was to catch up to Lu Ze. 'Could he cancel it now?'

Qiu Lin's body was shivering from shock. "Your previous assessment of him isn't accurate at all!"

Those guys misled him. They said Lu Ze was quite strong and that he might potentially have a level-9 planetary state combat power.

Honestly, they didn't know Lu Ze would reach this level either.

Meanwhile, all the girls smiled with pride upon seeing how astonished the others were.

'Of course, Lu Ze was the strongest!'

Lu Li then said, "Let's go over."

She was the first one to fly. Nangong Jing and the other girls followed too. Thereafter, even the rest of the prodigies went over as well.

Right now, Lu Ze's head was still in the clouds for killing a star state boss. However, upon sensing the arrival of others, he quickly regained his senses, pretending to be calm as he directed his gaze at them. Soon, Nangong Jing and the girls reached him.

Lu Ze was waiting for their compliment.

Rather than that, however, he found himself on the receiving end of their glares.

Lu Ze: "?"

He just killed a star state boss!

'Even if they didn't become his fangirls, they didn't need to be angry, right?'

Lu Ze felt as though his life was over.

As for the girls, they knew Lu Ze like the back of their hands. Hence, they could tell he was merely acting calm. He definitely felt too great about himself deep inside.

They would teach him a very good lesson upon returning!

He made them worry so much. Suddenly, Lin Ling looked up at the sky and pointed out something. "Look there!"

Everyone present directed their eyes in that direction.

The previous fracture in the sky had expanded. Upon seeing the damage, Lu Ze frowned. "That final strike was too powerful. The secret realm is starting to collapse!"

Lu Ze was more sensitive to changes in space than others since he had space god art.

Nangong Jing furrowed her brows. "Then, let's hurry up and search the ruin and immediately leave."

Lu Ze nodded.

Following that, everyone flew towards the ruin.

The battle a while ago was extremely intense. Most of the land had crumbled but the ruined city was still perfectly intact.

Everyone flew to the ruins and split off.

Lu Ze took the girls with him and flew to a huge structure in the center.

The black leopard emerged from there before. Clearly, that place was rather important.

The prodigies of the other three races didn't follow suit. Although they expected the things there would be more precious, Lu Ze killed the guardian beast with his own efforts. Hence, it was only natural to leave the resources inside to him.

There were a few palaces in the center, the main palace and two side palaces.

The main palace was quite vast. Although the property only had one level, it was still over a hundred meters tall. Even the doors were tens of meters high.

At this moment, the doors were ajar.

Lu Ze looked in and said, "I'll go over first. You guys wait here for a moment."

He didn't know whether there was still danger inside, but the effects of his one-time-use divine art hadn't worn off yet.

Out of all of them, he had the highest chances of surviving if they somehow stumble upon a hidden enemy. As such, he decided to take the responsibility to scout the area first.

All the girls nodded in agreement.

Qiuyue Hesha reminded, "Little brother Lu Ze, be careful."

Lu Ze smiled and nodded as he flew to the main door of the palace.

He scanned the entire area with his eyes first. It was a vast empty hall. There was a layer of black dust covering the floor.

In the air, there was a flashing black spot.

Lu Ze raised a brow. The light was similar to the one the black leopard used.

When Lu Ze directed his focus on it, he could sense the darkness god art within.

As for the rest of the entire palace, there was nothing else.

In the next moment, Lu Ze carefully reached out his hand to the door.

There was no apparent danger.

With cautiousness, he entered the palace. Immediately, the intense power of darkness overwhelmed his senses.

He looked at the black dot in surprise. 'Is this thing actually good?' Since Lu Ze didn't encounter any hazards while entering, he beckoned the rest of the girls to come over. "Come in."

The group followed him. Right away, their bodies stiffened, especially Lu Li. She was truly shocked. "The power of darkness here is so intense!"

She was the one who inherently awoke darkness god art. Naturally, she would also be the one who would be most familiar with the situation inside. As for the rest, they only received a bit of darkness god art.

Lu Li trained her eyes at the black spot. "What is that?"

She felt as though the black spot was calling to her. It was irresistible.

Lu Ze shook his head. "I don't know, but it should be good I guess."

Lu Ze went closer to it.

During this time, he seemed to have stepped on something hard.

Lu Ze took a step back, and the wind blew, sweeping the dust away into one corner.

Soon, Lu Ze found six storage rings on the ground.

Everyone was stunned upon seeing them.

Nangong Jing asked, "Why would there be a storage ring here?".

Lu Ze couldn't answer her either.

He used wind god art to pick the storage rings up.

When he scanned it with his mental force, he furrowed his brows.

Qiuyue Hesha asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Lu Ze responded, "Perhaps, it's been too long. The space inside had crumbled already." Lin Ling asked, "All the six rings are like this?"

Then, she checked the storage rings with her mental force too. As Lu Ze said, the space inside had indeed crumbled.

Alice spoke with disappointment, "What a shame..." The rest of them shared the same sentiments. Being the main palace in the center of this ruin, the storage rings inside must have contained something incredible.

Following such, everyone turned their heads to look at the black dot.

This was probably the most precious thing here.

Right then, the black dot suddenly emitted an intense black smoke, which then turned into a beam of light and shot towards Lu Li's body.

Everyone looked at Lu Li.

The power of darkness was slowly seeping out of her body. It then turned into black smoke that made her seem like a demonic girl.

A complex dark mark was left on her forehead.

Lu Ze looked nervously at her. "Li, are you okay?"

He went to Lu Li and grabbed her shoulder. His spirit force poured inside her body.

Lu Li blushed after seeing how worried Lu Ze was and reassured, "I'm fine. I feel great! This seems to be very helpful for my darkness god art. I can sense many secrets about the darkness god art now. It's similar to the god art orbs you give us." After saying those words, Lu Ze and the other girls breathed easy.

Following a moment of silence, Lu Ze said, "Let's get Ying Ying to have a look after we get out."

Lu Li agreed

Although there was no danger in having the black spot in her body now, she was still worried.

Subsequently, all of them proceeded to the left portion of the palace.

This palace had an area of one square kilometer. There were tens of devices with advanced technology placed there, as well as five heritage crystals on the table in the middle.

All of the things had a dim black barrier shrouding them.

Lu Ze and the girls frowned. Lu Li remarked, "It seems we need to break the barrier to get the things."

Alice spoke worriedly, "I wonder how strong the defense barrier is? If it's too strong, we can't get what's inside."

Lu Ze assured, "After all this time, the defensive power should be weakened. I'll try it then."

He moved next to a barrier and reached towards the inside. After touching it, a power nearing the star state repelled him. However, he still had the one-time divine art on him, so this power was insignificant to him.

Lu Ze slowly extended his hand inside, and the barrier shattered thereafter. In consequence, he only felt a negligible painful sensation.

He grabbed what was inside. "It's fine. The power is only at the beginning stage of the star state. It's not a threat to me."

All the girls rolled their eyes.

A star state power was enough to cripple the secret realm. Only Lu Ze could open it...

Lu Ze put all the devices into one storage ring and went to the table in the center.

There were a few signs on the crystals, but they weren't written in universal common language.

Nangong Jing complained, "What ghost rune is this? I can't understand a thing!"

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "It's probably the technological heritage of this civilization. Let's take them away first and give them to the old man when we return."

Qiuyue Hesha rejoiced. "This is a huge loot. This civilization is much more advanced than ours."

Thereafter, the group moved to the palace on the right.

Instantly, they sensed an intense spirit chi.

Just by standing there, the group felt the spirit force enter their body. Right then and there, their cultivation level grew.

Everyone was shocked. The spirit force was so concentrated in this area that it was turning into a mist.

Lu Ze exclaimed, "Let's see what is here!"

Everyone smiled and nodded.

This place was also one square kilometer in terms of size. There were rows of shelves containing spirit fruits, herbs, and heritage crystals, as well as rare ores and scrolls.

At the same time, defense barriers were also present.

Lu Ze broke them easily like before and took everything out.

However, most of the things had decayed already.

Nangong Jing's face had a frown. She was distressed for missing out on something useful. "No wonder the spirit force here is so dense. All these things had turned into spirit mist."

Qiuyue Hesha also provided, "Not only that, who knows how much spirit force has disappeared in these few hundred years?"

Lu Ze comforted himself and the group, "Well, at the very least, there are still heritage crystals. These are the most important. In addition, there are ores too."

The group could only nod their heads.

Lu Ze said, "Okay, let's go out and check out some other places."

When they left the palace, they realized that the other prodigies had finished combing through the area they picked.

Man Kun said, "We've searched the other places. Brother Lu Ze, the secret realm is about to collapse. Do we leave now?"

Lu Ze looked around and nodded. "Let's go out!"

If the space storms turned worse, they might not be able to get out, even with space bracelets.

Everyone nodded and activated their space bracelets.

A white light proceeded to cover their entire body. Accordingly, their figures disappeared from the ruins.

Outside the secret realm, the cosmic system states and star states of both sides were waiting opposite of the space door.

From time to time, the vortex would release out figures who were either heavily injured or pale-faced. Sometimes, only carcasses came out. Clearly, they were killed as they were in the midst of teleporting.

They took the injured prodigies back for treatment. As for the bodies, they retrieved them for a proper burial.

When it came to the Human Race, their side appeared relatively calm.

Of course, this was due to knowing Lu Ze's capability.

Since his cultivation level had reached the level-3 planetary state, who knew what level his combat power now?

In the entire secret realm, they felt Lu Ze could do whatever he pleased.

The rest of the girls would be safe too since they had Lu Ze to take care of them.

Twenty or so days later, fewer and fewer beings came out of the vortex. Most probably, the participants inside decided to team up together.

The victory would be decided as of now.

During this time, the elder of the Purple Scale Race, Amos, glanced at the four-race alliance and sneered. He really wanted to know how these old people would look upon realizing only a few of their prodigies escaped.

It should be quite interesting!

Thinking about this, he felt giddy inside.

This time, Yushang would be able to earn quite a lot. Perhaps he could get the treasure from the secret realm. By then, the race would use all their power to support him due to his contribution. When it was time for the prodigy battle, he would be able to spread the name of the Purple Scale Race in the entire cosmic realm!

Meanwhile, the Blood Battle Race, Kaka Race, White Ghost Race knew why Amos was grinning so much.

Although they were envious, they chose to throw their scornful glances at the other four

races.

How pitiful! Later, it would be revealed that most of their prodigies were dead.

On the side, old man Nangong and the rest sensed their peculiar stares. They became confused.

'Why did they look at them pitifully?'

At this moment, the space vortex manifested some movements from within and rapidly contracted.

Seeing this, the powerful beings on both sides couldn't quite grasp what was happening.

Man Dali exclaimed, "Impossible! The secret realm is collapsing?!"

Amos frowned. "The prodigies we sent in couldn't have made the secret realm collapse. It should be due to a natural cause then?"

After all, the power of their strongest prodigy only had reached the peak of the planetary state.

Old man Nangong and the others from the four-race alliance frowned too. They didn't believe any one of the prodigies from the four-race alliance could throw the secret realm in chaos.

Doris sighed. "What a pity... We won't be able to take away a lot of resources inside if the secret realm disintegrates."

Right after the words fell, the space distorted at the side of the Purple Scale Alliance. Two prodigies from the Blood Battle Race emerged. Their faces were drained of color. Although there weren't visible injuries on their bodies, their faces sported an extremely terrified expression.

The cosmic system state from the Blood Battle Race frowned. His face showed some anger as he reproached, "You two are scared! Our will to fight soars into the sky. We have no fear of death. Why do we have two useless idiots like you?!"

These two prodigies were level-3 planetary states! They were supposed to be good seeds representing the future of the Blood Battle Race. Yet... they were trembling with too much fear right now.

'If they were easily scared, what future would they have?'

This made Xue Yi furious.

As the bodies of the two prodigies shivered, they recovered gradually from their fright. All they could feel was guilt. They didn't even dare to look at their elders anymore.

Right then, they recalled the doomsday-like battle. They couldn't help but tremble once more.

'Just what kind of monster was that?!'

The powerful beings of the Blood Battle Race were extremely disappointed to witness the behaviors of the two prodigies.

'These two were idiots!'

It was just the natural collapse of the secret realm!

Moreover, they were already back-safe and sound-so why were they so frightened?

Feeling the glances of their allies, they felt embarrassed.

At this moment, another distortion on the space occurred, and prodigies from the Kaka Race and White Ghost Race appeared in the air.

Similar to the prodigies earlier, all of them exhibited the same terrified expressions.

The higher-ups of the Purple Scale Race furrowed their brows. Surely, something was amiss. Things didn't seem so simple. Amos decided to inquire, "What happened to

you?"

The prodigies exchanged glances with each other until finally, the prodigy from the Blood Battle Race responded, "We witnessed a battle above the ruins."

"Battle?"

The high-levels frowned even more.

'It was just a battle, so what was there to be scared about?'

The prodigy proceeded with the narration, "I-it's... a star state battle. The secret realm collapsed due to that."

"?"

Elder Nangong and the rest who were eavesdropping: "?"

Everyone was stunned to discover the truth. 'Didn't the secret realm collapse naturally?'

Xue Yi exclaimed, "Impossible! There are no star states who went inside!"

They made sure to check the prodigies who entered. The strongest was only a level-4 planetary state. Even Hao Yushang only had combat power reaching the peak of the planetary state. If he were to face a star state, his only choice would be to run.

'How could he fight it?'

Elder Nangong and Zuoqiu Xunshuang had a bold guess... However, it was so presumptuous that they didn't even dare to believe it crossed their minds.

'Did Lu Ze's combat power reach the star state?'

No way, right?!

The prodigy from the Kaka Race affirmed what happened. "I felt it too. It was indeed a battle between star states!"

Likewise, the prodigy from the White Ghost Race also nodded.

Currently, Amos somehow felt nervous although he couldn't pinpoint the reason why. "Who was fighting? Where are the others? Why did only you guys come out?"

After glancing at each other, they responded with uncertainty, "I was too far from it to make out the figures. I could only sense that the prodigy fighting the beast came from the Four-Race Alliance. I think it was a human... As for the others... didn't they come out already? I didn't sense their chi inside the secret realm earlier."

The prodigy from the Kaka Race added, "I was even farther away back then, but I witnessed the fractures on the space where I passed. I was almost sucked in. Hence, I used the space stone to escape. But as they said, I also sensed the star state battle from an extremely far distance."

As for the prodigy of the White Ghost Race, he said, "I was almost sucked in by the space fissure too."

Upon hearing the recounts, the high-levels of the Purple Scale Alliance were even more unnerved.

Amos' chi became unstable. "That... star state combat power came from the Four-Race Alliance?"

Even though the prodigy from the Blood Battle Race trembled, he still nodded. "Yes."

Xue Yi also sighed in exasperation. "You really didn't sense the chi of the other beings from our alliance?"

The prodigy nodded again without stumbling.

Confirming the answer once more, the high-levels glanced amongst each other.

Something big definitely happened.

Amos was quite worried now at this point. Hao Yushang was a one-of-a-kind prodigy who only appeared once in a thousand years. It would be a huge loss for the race if he died in there.

Meanwhile, Elder Nangong and the rest looked at each other too, but as opposed to the other faction, their eyes were filled with

joy.

Something great must have happened!

Upon hearing that the prodigy might be someone from the Human Race, Elder Nangong became stunned and elated at the same time.

Their guess wasn't wrong!

Lu Ze was definitely the strongest among the Four-Race Alliance. Of course, it could only be him!

Man Dali, Qiu Lun, and Doris were shocked by the possibility.

When they realized Lu Ze had quickly reached level-3 planetary state, they couldn't quite accept the reality easily back then. Once again, Lu Ze changed their view of the world.

He could already hold himself against a star state?!

What about a few years later?

They didn't dare to keep thinking about it. Elder Nangong said, "Old Man, Qiu, and Doris, you've all seen Lu Ze's talent. The Human Race needs your help this time." Upon hearing their names, their eyes flashed.

They knew what Elder Nangong meant.

If several beings really died and Lu Ze's power had reached the star state, then the scene would be chaotic the moment he comes out.

Lu Ze's talent was too important for the Human Race.

Man Dali grinned. "Sure!"

Qiu Lun smiled. "I'll try my best!"

Doris also nodded. "Me too."

They didn't bring up any conditions at all.

If they didn't help, the alliance would be over.

If they did help, Lu Ze would become an extremely powerful force in the future. With their thousand-year alliance, they would be able to earn huge benefits when the Human Race advanced.

They were betting on Lu Ze's future now

now.

If they won, it would be a major victory. And even if they lost, the risk would still be manageable. As the space vortex contracted, the atmosphere tensed up. The killing intent rose up drastically

The space kept distorting between the star states and the cosmic system states.

Space storms were raging.

Everyone was waiting for the final outcome.

As time went on, the space vortex was only a few kilometers wide now.

Finally, the space on the side of the four-race alliance distorted!

A large wave of beings appeared thereafter.

The elders of the Four-Race Alliance scanned all the prodigies who appeared. Everyone was back here!

Right then, they showed elated smiles.

Meanwhile, on the side of the Purple Scale Alliance, there weren't any signs of their prodigies at all.

'Did all their prodigies really die inside the secret realm?'

They didn't dare to believe this.

As for Lu Ze and the girls, they came out with smiles on their faces. All of them were able to take away some treasures from the ruined city

During this time, they felt the violent chi surging in space. Their smiles stiffened in return.

'Huh, why did the atmosphere seem wrong?'

All the powerful beings from both sides were looking at them, forcing intense pressure upon them.

This was especially the case for Lu Ze. The Purple Scale Alliance didn't know he was the one with a star state combat power. However, Elder Nangong and the rest knew. Hence, they stared at him without blinking.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to speak, a furious voice echoed in the entire place. "Why do only prodigies from the Four-Race Alliance come out? Where are the prodigies from our alliance?!"

The powerful beings of the Purple Scale Alliance increased the pressure on Lu Ze and the others.

The face of the elders from the Four-Race Alliance hardened, and they went to block that pressure.

Man Dali questioned, "Amos, what are you doing? It's just petty fights between the younger generation. You're going to involve yourself?"

Elder Nangong attempted an amicable smile. "Let the younger generation deal with things themselves. Are you thinking of interfering? How are you so shameless?"

Amos and the higher-ups from the other side didn't look so good.

'Petty fight?'

'Shameless?'

Their entire younger generation only had a few who survived!

'If this occurred to them instead, would they be able to smile as well?'

Earlier, they were just expecting how the Four-Alliance would feel upon discovering they only had a few surviving prodigies... But now, the tables had completely turned! 'How could they bear this then?'

Meanwhile, the elders of the Four-Race Alliance felt great upon seeing the distorted faces of their opponents.

After all, the relationship between them wasn't that good anyway.

At this moment, the prodigy of the Blood Battle Race pointed at Lu Ze and insisted, "It's him! It's him! He's the one who fought the star state beast!"

He would never forget that chi in his life. Although the human's chi was much weaker now, he was certain it was this human!

Lu Ze was dumbfounded when the prodigy pointed at him.

'His fight against that black leopard boss was witnessed by them?'

No wonder the atmosphere was so strange!

Still, Lu Ze felt there were no issues with them knowing.

He had backup anyways. The elders were there.

The high-levels of the Purple Scale Alliance looked at Lu Ze. They were stunned to discover it was him.

Amos was in disbelief. "It's really a human?!"

The Human Race had the weakest foundation out of all the four races.

'How could they have a prodigy like him?'

Xue Yi frowned. "A level-3 planetary state?"

He then looked at the other prodigies who escaped and confirmed, "Is it really this human?"

'A level-3 planetary state with a star state combat power?!' 'Most importantly, he was just a human?'

He truly didn't want to accept it!

The truth dawned on the rest of the elders from the other side. 'It was Lu Ze indeed!'

They finally confirmed their suspicions now.

Similarly, both the prodigies from the Kaka Race and the White Ghost Race nodded. "It's him!"

They clearly sensed the specifics of the battle between the star states earlier. After all, they were prodigies too, so they wouldn't commit any mistake in confirming the chi. It was Lu Ze for sure!

Immediately, the high-levels of the Purple Scale Alliance were too shocked to absorb the truth.

'How could the Human Race have a prodigy like him?!'

Nevertheless, this fact wasn't that important anymore.

Amos's eyes turned red, and he glared at Lu Ze. "Did you kill a prodigy from our alliance, Hao Shangyu?"

With Hao Shangyu's power, no one could fight him other than this human.

Lu Ze ended up dazed.

'Hao Shangyu?'

'Wasn't he the prodigy who got killed by the black leopard?'

Technically, he didn't kill that guy at all.

Lu Ze felt wronged and spoke out, "You got it wrong. I didn't kill Hao Shangyu."

Amos couldn't accept his response. "Impossible! Other than you, who else can kill him?!"

Lu Ze was about to explain it, but he suddenly recalled Hao Shangyu's generous contribution. Therefore, when he answered, he made sure to emphasize the latter's good deeds. "Brother Hao Shangyu was a good person! He was killed by the star state beast inside. But it was due to his generous contribution that I was able to discover that beast." Lu Ze grinned genuinely. "Don't worry! I used up all my cards. I almost died back there too, but I finally killed that beast in the end. I got revenge for brother Hao Shangyu now. If he knew this in the underworld, I believe he would be touched."

The high-levels of the Purple Scale Alliance: "?"

They felt that their brain capacity wasn't enough...

'Hao Shangyu wasn't killed by this human. It was that beast instead?'

'This human even got revenge for Hao Shangyu?'

'Did they collaborate inside the secret realm?'

Contemplating the possibility of Lu Ze's statement, Amos looked at the prodigy from the Blood Battle Race. "Is what he said true?!"

In response, the prodigy shook his head. "I don't know. I was only able to sense that it was this human who fought the star state beast..."

'So this human really fought that star state beast to get revenge for Hao Shangyu?!'

All the girls looked at Lu Ze's genuine expression. They couldn't entirely digest Lu Ze's boldness right now.

'How could he be like this?'

Although everything he said was another way of putting what happened, it still sounded weird upon piecing everything together...

'Wasn't he the one who punched Hao Shangyu towards the ruins?'

'Why did it seem like the two fought together like brothers now?'

If they didn't witness everything themselves, they would be deceived by this guy...

Even the elders from the Four-Race Alliance were close to believing him.

Elder Nangong couldn't resist asking Nangong Jing. "Jing Jing, did Ze really fight that star state beast with that Hao Shangyu?"

Nangong Jing: "..."

She was trying desperately to hold off her laugh. Thereafter, she explained the circumstances to the old man.

Elder Nangong was shocked to know what actually happened. He looked at Lu Ze's touched expression, and his face could not help but tremble.

He had decided to give this kid a golden figure when they return.

Lu Ze could see that the beings from the Purple Scale Alliance were still uncertain whether to believe him or not. Hence, he waved his hand casually. "Don't be too touched. It's what I should do. I have some responsibility for brother Hao Shangyu's death."

Before continuing his words, he sighed. "I didn't notice that there would be a star state beast lurking..."

Amos and the higher-ups from the other side almost believed it too.

Sometimes, prodigies strangely appreciated each other's talents.

'Although the two were from opposing races, it didn't affect their personal relationship at all?"

Xue Yi then asked, "Then what about the other prodigies of our race?"

Upon bringing up the matter, it was only this time that the others remembered this issue too.

Once again, they scrutinized Lu Ze.

Amos asked, "Were they caught in the fight between you, Yushang, and the star state beast?"

Everyone else had considered this possibility.

Lu Ze seemed too genuine...

But!

Their prodigies wouldn't be that dumb.

'How come the prodigies from the Four Race Alliance were safe?'

Given the circumstances, there should be no reason for their prodigies to not have survived!

Lu Ze scratched his head. "Um, other than that Hao Yushang, I killed all the prodigies."

When Lu Ze's words fell, the entire atmosphere turned dead silent once more.

The members of the Purple Scale Alliance gawked at his embarrassed expression. They didn't know how to react properly at this point.

'What did this person say?!'

Truly, they accepted what he had said earlier as the truth, seeing that he spoke with genuineness as he described how he fought valiantly beside Hao Yushang!

'But... now... did he just say he was the one who killed the rest of their prodigies?'

Return the trust they accorded to him before!

This time, Amos didn't restrain himself as his chi burst out once again.

With a heavy tone, he exclaimed, "Well... Very well! Human kid! You're great!"

Lu Ze casually waved his hand and responded humbly, "No, no, no, everyone is really good. Uncle, your condition doesn't seem well."

Amos: "..."

Upon witnessing Lu Ze's pretentious act, Amos' mouth could not help but twitch. When he tried to speak, no words came out.

Nevertheless, his killing intent intensified. The same goes for the high-levels of the other races from their alliance.

The moment it occurred, all the elders from the other faction sneered and blocked the pressure accordingly.

Man Dali grinned. "Your Hao Yushang had a power reaching the peak of the planetary state? Aha! Weren't you just planning to wipe our very own prodigies instead?"

Just then, Man Kun had relayed the unfortunate incident inside the secret realm. It gave him the shock of his life. Certainly, without Lu Ze, they would lose a lot of their comrades.

Doris and Qiu Lun were quite terrified as well.

Qiu Lun sneered, "What? Amos, you're not going to play by the rules now?"

No matter what, they had already decided to protect Lu Ze from this point. During this event, it was he who aided them in avoiding a major loss. Hence, there was no other reason for them to be reluctant.

On the opposite side, Amos and his cohorts observed the other side. Uncertainty filled their eyes.

The atmosphere turned extremely tense on both sides.

Despite the increasing animosity, Lu Ze remained calm as he looked at Amos and the rest of the higher-ups. It was his desire to have them attack. After all, both the faction's combat powers were on par with each other. If the hostile race took the initiative to wage war, Lu Ze believed he was highly-capable of sending the rest of their prodigies to hell!

With Ying Ying around, he didn't even have to worry about the consequences of provoking the higher-ups of the other party. She could take care of them for him and render them miserable with serious injuries.

Lu Ze intended to obliterate every single being from the other side. Although he recognized that it would be a significant loss to kill their young, there were no rules holding him back.

However, if they really killed the other faction's four cosmic system states and a wave of star states, a full-blown war couldn't be avoided by then.

At this juncture, Lu Ze realized his power might not be sufficient to face those ramifications. Similarly, the Human Race won't be able to handle it. Pursuing a war this early wasn't a good option overall.

Everyone remained tense until finally, Amos took a deep look at Lu Ze before snarling, "Human kid, I will remember you."

Following those words, the chi of all the beings condensed.

On the other hand, Lu Ze wasn't fazed, and he just kept his grin. 'Well, he is just another addition to the long list of beings who remembered him.'

At the same time, he felt a bit disappointed. It would have been great if a fight broke out...

His mind couldn't let go of the thought of sending more surviving prodigies to the underworld.

In the following moment, Amos yielded, "This time, we'll admit defeat. There'll be plenty of opportunities to play in the future."

The Four-Race Alliance had been fighting with them for nearly a thousand years. Both sides had their wins and losses. Still, the significant loss they suffered today was out of the ordinary.

The members of the Purple Scale Alliance returned and boarded their ships to leave the place.

The elders watched them and didn't choose to pursue them anymore.

Man Dali cackled. "Hahaha! This feels great! After a thousand years, it's hard to see those old people suffer a loss like this! This feels too good!" Doris glanced at Lu Ze and smiled. "Thanks to Lu Ze this time. Otherwise, that Hao Yushang would have turned the tables instead."

Qiu Lun and Man Dali agreed.

Qiu Lun added, "Otherwise, it would be us saying those fierce words back." Thereafter, the three elders looked at Elder Nangong with envy.

Why didn't a talented younger generation appear in their own race instead?

Elder Nangong tried to be polite. "This kid is far from good. Don't compliment him too much. It will make him cocky."

Lu Ze: "?"

'Was he the type to get cocky?'

The old man must have misunderstood him!

Meanwhile, the rest of the prodigies could finally relax now, especially with the departure of the enemies.

Man Kun smiled at Lu Ze. "All thanks to you this time, brother Lu Ze."

Without Lu Ze, he was confident he could still escape from the situation back then. However, it would force him to leave and sacrifice his fellow beings.

Eddie glanced at Lu Ze reluctantly, but he quickly looked away before saying, "Thanks this time." After a pause, he added, "But, I will still try to surpass you!"

Lu Ze didn't mind him and smiled instead. "Good luck!"

Eddie: "..."

'This bastard! You're just toying with me.' Another person smiled at Lu Ze again. Now, it was Qiu Lin. "Brother Lu Ze is really strong. I admire your strength. Thank you for this time."

Although Lu Ze didn't know Qiu Lin well, he felt the other being was quite easy-going. He replied, "It's nothing. It's my responsibility after all." The rest did the same. When everyone was finished with showing their smiles and expressing their gratitude, Elder Nangong and the others flew over.

Qiu Lun said, "Let's leave here first."

Everyone nodded and rode their ships. They headed towards the base of the Round Race, and soon, they reached their destination. Upon landing, the elders left ahead to conduct a meeting

The prodigies took this time to relax a little. Even the beings from the Round Race took the time to tour the other prodigies around the base.

Qiu An and Qiu Lin took Lu Ze, the girls, Man Kun, Man Xiu, Eddie, Brenda, and his friends from the Round Race around in the Military Leisure District.

Luo Bingqing and his group did the same thing with some group of friends they became close to from the Round Race.

At a restaurant, Qiu An, Qiu Lin, and Lu Ze's group reserved a private room. There were all sorts of spirit fruit on the table, as well as soft, white cotton-like food.

Lu Ze tried to taste one. The soft texture had overtaken his senses, and the sweet and sour juice poured out. 'It was rather delicious!'

Unexpectedly, the food of the Round Race suited his appetite quite well. While savoring everything, he seemed to have heard someone gulping a mouthful of saliva.

An evil smirk crossed his face.

Now, Ying Ying could only watch him eat without being able to do anything. 'How fantastic was this moment!'

Right then, Qiu An and Qiu Lin unconsciously shivered without knowing the reason why, so they tried to look around with some cautiousness. Qiu An felt perplexed. That feeling happened again! Why do I seem to hear someone gulping as well?!' This occurred twice back on Earth.

'How come it followed him to his own territory?'

'Was there really some invisible terrifying being that was targeting them?'

Qiu An couldn't help but keep shivering in terror.

'Would he get eaten?'

He wasn't tasty at all!

As they were visibly nervous, some of their companions felt uncomfortable beside them, especially Lu Ze and the girls.

It was at this time that Qiuyue Hesha covertly picked a white cotton ball and placed it in a corner where the other three races can't see it. Right away, the food disappeared from her hand.

When the rest of the girls saw this, they imitated Qiuyue Hesha, just so they could feed Ying Ying.

After those turns of events, Qiu An and Qiu Lin could no longer feel the extremely odd sensation that seemed to have stalked them. After taking a scan of the surroundings, everything appeared to be normal again.

However, the rest of the beings were looking weirdly at the two. Qiu Lun was embarrassed by the stares, so he attempted to change the topic. "By the way, Ze, Kun, Eddie, it's not often you come to the territory of the Round Race. Is there anything you want to bring back? I can prepare them for you."

Without shame, Lu Ze's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly said, "I really do. Just prepare a few big beds for me."

Lu Li and the others: "?"

Lu Li and the girls looked at Lu Ze, who sported a grin right now, and their cheeks became flushed.

"This bastard! What was he trying to say in front of several onlookers?'

Man Kun, Man Xiu, Eddie, and Brenda were all dumbfounded from hearing his words. Thereafter, they threw weird glances at Lu Ze and the girls. What they were thinking deep inside remained a mystery though... Likewise, Qiu An and Qiu Lin couldn't digest what they heard. Hence, Qiu An could only scratch his head and vent out, "I really don't understand your races who deepen relationships by rubbing your bellies together."

When his words fell, the atmosphere became even more still. This time, Lu Ze construed his words as something perverted.

As for Man Kun and Man Xiu, they felt a bit awkward because they were lovers.

On the side, Eddie blushed. He wasn't well versed with stuff like this.

The rest of the girls were too embarrassed to object. This was only natural, given their gender.

After a moment of silence, Qiu Lin faked a cough and quickly closed the topic for discussion. "That's fine, I'll prepare it for you in a moment."

Then, he quickly turned to look at Man Kun and Eddie. "What about you guys?" The uncomfortable atmosphere greatly needed a new subject.

However, Man Kun and Man Xiu grinned and responded, "We'll have a few beds too."

Qiu Lin: "?"

'Couldn't they tell he was desperately trying to change the direction of the conversation?'

'Why were they all not sensible?!'

His mouth twitched as he forced out a smile. "Okay, that's alright."

Luckily, the siblings, Eddie and Brenda, asked for some special products of the Round Race instead.

After finishing the food, they proceeded to tour the entire area. The base wasn't an ordinary city at all.

There weren't many places to visit. Even half a day later, they pretty much stopped by at all the places they could. Hence, they just returned to their own rooms.

Back inside the suite, Lu Ze's head was still in the clouds after receiving the storage ring prepared by Qiu Lin. He was grinning from ear to ear.

"Qiu Lin is quite nice. He prepared an entire storage ring of beds for us."

'With these numbers of beds, they had a lot of spares that would last a long time!'

Suddenly, a chilling sensation interrupted Lu Ze's thoughts. He felt several death stares directed at his body.

Upon looking up, his eyes crossed with fierce glares. All the faces of the girls were red with fury. But... Lu Ze couldn't understand their behavior at all, and before he could even ask properly, he was besieged by the group.

"You bastard! How dare you ask for beds?!"

"We're going to kill you! You! Shameless! Bastard!"

"You scared us during the battle against the black leopard!"

Speaking of the matter regarding the intense fight inside the realm, their eyes couldn't resist welling up with tears.

Faced with such expressions, Lu Ze's heart was struck, and he felt guilty. Most probably, they were terrified for his safety back then.

When a brief silence had passed, Lu Ze grabbed Lin Ling with his arms and reassured, "You guys know how strong I am. How can something bad happen to me?"

Having Lu Ze's arms around her, Lin Ling's body stiffened, and she snuggled into his embrace while she responded with a soft tone, "We do know, but we would still worry."

Lu Ze patted Lin Ling's head gently. Following this tender moment between them, another menacing chi flared up even worse. Hence, he lifted his head, only to discover Lin Ling smiling eerily at him. Her eyes no longer contained their usual luster.

On the other hand, Nangong Jing gritted her teeth as she clenched her fist.

Qiuyue Hesha also wore a smile, but she narrowed her eyes, which seemed to be ablaze right now.

Even the cute little angel Alice pouted her lips and looked at Lu Ze as though she was unhappy.

Lu Ze's sweat turned cold from the iciness around him. Upon fully realizing how freezing their chis were, he felt as though they would end his life at any moment?!

But suddenly, something dawned upon Lu Ze. Yet another bold idea crossed his thoughts, which he immediately executed.

With a charming smile, he opened his other arm. "How about coming over here instead?"

After recognizing the worry and jealousy they endured, Lu Ze thought they would be eager to feel his arms around them even if they were shy.

'This should be right?'

Lu Ze was truly hopeful.

However, contrary to his expectation, Lu Li's smile stiffened. Upon seeing Lu Ze's expectant look, the darkness in her eyes became an all-devouring black hole.

Nangong Jing kept clenching her fist, and her smile became much brighter.

On the side, a purple light seemed to be flowing in the eyes of Qiuyue Hesha. Piecing everyone's reactions, Lu Ze had a feeling he was in a very bad situation right now.

Even Lin Ling's body stiffened as she turned to scowl at Lu Ze.

In contrast, Alice was more undecided on what to do. She keenly wanted to run to his arms, but the sisters seemed to be steaming with anger.

If she chose to betray them, then they might beat her up instead...

Eventually, she chose the safe path and pretended to be upset by puffing up her cheeks. She stood next to her sisters.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. This script didn't go according to plan?!'

When he was about to divert their attention, the girls rushed forward.

"Arghhh!"

A headache started to set. Everything was chaotic—some of them were even biting him!

'These girls were far more savage than before!

Immediately, Lu Ze howled in pain.

It was at this time that Ying Ying appeared on the couch without any warning. Her hands were holding soft cotton balls. She then watched Lu Ze getting beaten up expressionlessly while eating.

Eventually, the girls released Lu Ze and sat next to Ying Ying as well. All the girls wore a satisfied expression while Lu Ze could only rub his head speechlessly.

'This script must be wrong!'

He should be enjoying all their company...

Nevertheless, Lu Ze knew he would make a comeback!

Qiuyue Hesha was sitting next to Ying Ying. She placed Ying Ying into her arms and rubbed against her little face. Suddenly, she asked, "By the way, Li, did that black spot from the secret realm enter your body? How does it feel now? Should we let Ying Ying look at it?"

Lu Ze approved of the suggestion and said, "Allow Ying Ying to look at it."

Lu Li nodded. Following this, Qiuyue Hesha ordered, "Ying Ying, check if sister Li has anything dangerous in her body."

Accordingly, Ying Ying opened her curious eyes and looked at Lu Li. Her blue eyes flashed. "Sister Li has a dark origin flame in her body. That's something good."

The rest of the people were dazed upon hearing the results.

Naturally, Lu Li asked, "What is that?" Ying Ying answered, "It's the condensation of the power of darkness origin in the universe. It's very helpful for learning the darkness god art and quite suitable for sister Li."

Qiuyue Hesha inquired, "There's no danger in using it, right?"

Ying Ying shook her head. "No. With Lu Ze's purple orbs, sister Li's darkness god art would progress faster than before."

With her assurance, everyone could finally feel relieved now.

Right then, Lu Ze just recalled Li's observation regarding the similarity of the spot to his god art orbs.

'Does that mean his god art orbs were the condensed version of origin power?'

Such a possibility made Lu Ze excited.

'If that was the case, wouldn't he become omnipotent in the end?'

Now, he became more and more curious about the true nature of the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

Within the deep space, purple crystals formed a space fortress. Inside one room, Amos and the high-levels of the alliance were sitting together.

Amos recounted, "This time we suffered substantial losses. Are you really planning to let this go? We've pretty much lost all the younger generation of prodigies. At least, in the coming fifty years, there'll be a missing link in our new generation." Xue Yi glanced at Amos. "What are you planning to do? Start a war now?"

Amos responded, "We can't start a war, of course... But this time, the Human Race has a prodigy like him. If we let him return alive, then perhaps, in a few thousand years, he would reach the cosmic system state or even the cosmic cloud state. That wouldn't be good news for us."

One voice asked, "You're saying?"

Amos answered, "We're already spying on the Human Race. If there's an opportunity, we can stop them on their way back."

Xue Yi nodded. "I agree."

Likewise, Ya Ge and Albin also nodded without objections.

If they could really intercept the human ship, then Elder Nangong alone wouldn't be able to stop the four of them.

By then, they could torture that human kid and kill him!

Inside a room, at the base of the Round Race, the elders of the Four-Race Alliance sat at the top. All of them were talking.

In a resolute manner, Man Dali turned to look at Elder Nangong and pointed out, "This time, the Purple Scale Race might not let go of the matter easily the moment we return."

Doris nodded as well. "The Winged Race and the Barbarian Race will take the same path back home. If danger comes, we could easily help each other out, but that isn't the case for the Human Race. It is highly likely that you will encounter trouble." Qiu Lun agreed with the points and added, "Moreover, if they had really planned something, then the target would surely be Lu Ze."

Elder Nangong outwardly showed a frowning expression. Nevertheless, he was actually unbothered deep inside. In fact, he wanted to smile.

With Ying Ying at their beck and call, he eagerly wished the other party would seek trouble.

Thinking about it, Elder Nangong could now fully appreciate the efforts of Ze, Jing Jing, Hesha, and Lin Ling. They accomplished something major by getting hold of Ying Ying, which was crucial for the Human Race.

Now, they didn't need to be mindful and terrified of a lot of things and could even dare to act boldly. If not for her, things might really be troublesome this time.

Elder Nangong then said, "It's fine, we'll just be more covert when we return. It won't be easy for them to stop us in the warp dimension."

The others nodded. Matters regarding the space were too complex. Once in the warp dimension, it would be extremely difficult to immobilize a ship.

Qiu Lun smiled. "Then, I'll send you guys off into warp dimension first."

Elder Nangong returned the smile and didn't object. When this subject was done, they moved on to discuss the East Realm Gathering. Only six months were left until the event.

Everyone planned to return first and assimilate what they had earned from the secret realm. Following that, they would head off to the location of the East Realm Gathering

It would be hosted by beings who had powers reaching the cosmic cloud state in the eastern region. The area was situated in the central solar system of that region. Upon returning, they might not even stay for a while in their territory before heading off again.

Doris smiled. "The rendezvous point is the same as usual, at the border of the Winged Race."

Since the territory of the Winged Race was nearest to the location of the East Realm Gathering, everyone usually convened there first.

All the elders nodded. When there were no other matters to resolve anymore, they finally split off and got ready to leave.

Elder Nangong and Zuoqiu Xunshuang proceeded to Lu Ze's quarters.

Inside a room, Lu Ze and the girls were still resting. They had encountered numerous enemies back in the secret realm, depriving them of the time to either rest or cultivate.

With the severity of their mental exhaustion, they didn't rush in to start cultivating again.

Nangong Jing was currently holding Ying Ying. The two were watching an action-filled anime. Obviously, it was Nangong Jing who recommended it since she loved such a genre. Ying Ying had never seen this kind of anime before. Her eyes could not help but light up after witnessing the hot-blooded scenes.

Alice carefully inspected the spirit herbs they had gathered from the realm and sorted out those ones that could be used as ingredients for cooking.

Lu Li and Lin Ling helped out Alice as they chatted.

As for Lu Ze, he was dragged by Qiuyue Hesha to watch videos with her.

'Mhm... it was videos of her dancing and singing.'

Her fragrant aroma wafted to his nose persistently. Coupled with her seductive smile and constant flirting, Lu Ze got a headache.

'If there weren't murderous glances thrown at him from time to time, he would've shown it to the fox demon already.'

During this time, there was a knock on the door. Lu Ze quickly stood up and said, "I'll go and open the door."

Thereafter, he found Elder Nangong and Zuoqiu Xunshuang outside. Hence, he quickly moved aside. "Old man, aunty Xunshuang, why did you guys come over?"

Elder Nangong entered with a smile and sniffed around. "You're handling spirit materials?"

Everyone else greeted the two.

To answer the question, Alice replied, "Yes, we're keeping the ones we can cook."

Elder Nangong nodded. "Good, if you don't have enough, you can find more in the Treasure Depot back in our territory."

He was extremely satisfied with their performance. He couldn't be more elated right now. Before the other three races, the Human Race stole the limelight, which made him feel honored.

Even his old face was glowing from the happiness within.

Since it was merely a few spirit materials, as long as they could prove to be useful, he won't be reluctant to give everything the Human Race can provide.

Lin Ling smiled. "We already have enough. We can't eat that much."

They collected all the storage rings of the Purple Scale Alliance's prodigies. Coupled with those they took away, they themselves gathered a lot of resources in the realm.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang patted Lu Ze's shoulder. "Ze, do you really have a star state combat power? You're almost catching up to me."

Lu Ze smiled. "It's mainly because I wore the armor. My actual own power is still a bit weaker. I would need some time."

"Not bad, kid! You're progressing so fast. The Human Race would be relying on you guys in the future."

Lu Ze accepted the responsibility.

When he reached the star state, he would have more orbs. He would be able to supply more to aunty Xunshuang and uncle Merlin. By then, the era of the explosive growth of the Human Race would commence.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded. This kid was indeed quite good, whether it was talent or character.

Meanwhile, Elder Nangong frowned. "Ze, you and the girls are getting stronger and stronger. It will become harder and harder to have kids later on. Hurry and propagate the human bloodline."

He wouldn't need to worry about the next generation if this group produced some offsprings already!

Everyone: "..."

Lu Ze was very touched upon hearing this.

'Great, the old man assisted him upon his arrival!

He felt triumphant and blinked towards the rest of the girls who were uncomfortable and embarrassed.

When a moment of silence passed, Zuoqiu Xunshuang patted Lu Ze's shoulder again and changed the subject. "You guys did very well this time. You saved all the prodigies of the other three races. This is very helpful for our alliance. Even the 10% we were supposed to give to the Round Race was waived by them. This is no small amount."

Lu Ze's shoulder felt sore. His mouth twitched.

'Did aunty dislike him? Why would she use a lot of force then?'

Reluctantly, he was compelled to show a smile.

Elder Nangong said, "You can switch the things you don't need for reward points back at home... Of course, even if you have no reward points, you can file an application to use most of the resources."

They were pretty much the hope of the Human Race now.

All of them nodded. They didn't really need any resources since they mainly used orbs to cultivate after all.

At this moment, Lu Ze suddenly remembered that they found a lot of high-tech devices, metals, and heritage crystals at the ruins.

He hadn't even looked at them yet.

Upon pondering, he decided not to take them out during this time. After all, they were still under the care of the Round Race. He would just bring them out on the way back.

Right at this juncture, he asked, "Why did you come over?"

Elder Nangong looked at Ying Ying and smiled. "We're going to leave tomorrow."

He had to confirm whether Ying Ying was asleep. If she was, then their plans had to change accordingly.

The next morning, everyone gathered at the space station.

The Winged and Barbarian Race were also departing today.

After bidding their farewells to the prodigies of the Round Race, Lu Ze and the rest boarded the ship

Soon, the ship took off, leaving the border of the Round Race which was under their fleet's protection. The human ship followed suit and entered the warp tunnel.

In a meeting room, inside the ship, Elder Nangong and his fellow heads, along with all the young dukes, were all present

Elder Nangong ordered, "Alright, hand over what you don't need from the resources you got in the secret realm. Shi En will exchange it for merit points."

Shi En was a black-haired youth sitting next to the old man. He seemed very young but was actually a star state. He was at least a few hundred years old.

In the Federation, he was the one responsible for resource management. He came over this time, partly to protect the prodigies, but also to trade with the Round Race.

Luo Bingqing and his group were quite excited. Apart from the share they received from the prodigies whom Lu Ze killed, they also managed to acquire plenty of materials from the secret realm. With these resources, they would be able to raise their cultivation several levels above, without needing to venture out.

Luo Bingqing took out a few storage rings, handing them out to Shi En, and said, "I don't need these things."

Shi En nodded and scanned them accordingly. He was a little surprised by the results. Hence, he stared intently at Luo Bingqing. "Luo, kid, not bad. There are a few hundred planetary state spirit herbs, as well as some nice ores and equipment. There's even a spaceship."

The other star states also looked at Luo Bingqing in shock. Even Elder Nangong and Zuoqiu Xunshuang were surprised too. "A few hundred spirit herbs?" Luo Bingqing was merely a level-1 planetary state. 'How could he get these much?'

Considering he was discarding these resources, he probably managed to keep even more.

Luo Bingqing explained, "Ze helped me. Most of them were given by him."

Now, Shi En and the rest understood the situation.

Obviously, with Lu Ze's power, he was practically invincible in the entire secret realm. Thus, he probably ended up gathering a mountain of resources. Only a handful of enemy prodigies escaped from his clutches as well.

Still, they didn't expect Lu Ze to give Luo Bingqing this number of resources.

One could tell Lu Ze really took good care of his fellow humans. They couldn't help but look at him with even softer eyes.

Being socially responsible and promoting unity were a must for the quick advancement of human civilization.

Given their rich experience and the explosive battles that the states encountered, they knew this point even better than the rest. Hence, they were quite touched by Lu Ze's actions.

Shi En smiled. "Okay, you need to thank Lu Ze well. The resources here are equivalent to 10,000 merit points. You can go and exchange it for the resources you need at Shenwu City."

Luo Bingqing's eyes became dazed. The other young dukes experienced some shortness of breath for a moment.

'10,000 merit points?!' They only recently arrived at the void border, so they were well aware of how difficult it was to accumulate merit points.

At one time, they even fought with their lives on the line, only to earn a mere total of 1000.

But look at the situation now, they only spent an entire month with Lu Ze in the secret realm and immediately amassed 10,000!

Right then, Luo Bingqing was overwhelmed with gratitude towards Lu Ze.

Similarly, Lin Kuang and the rest also traded the resources they didn't need. They also gathered a sum of 10,000 merit points accordingly.

Everyone was excited. Of course, they were also very grateful to Lu Ze too, especially Xuan Yuji and Daphne. The way they looked at him was different. Unfortunately, Nangong Jing and the whole squad were on the side, so they were forced to back down.

As for Lu Ze, he didn't care much about their merit points.

'By the time I become stronger, the Human Race will be able to protect itself properly. I should hand out a few more orbs then.'

With that, the prodigies of the Human Race would shake the entire cosmic realm.

'One day in the future, the name of the human prodigies could perhaps shock the entire universe, right?!' Shi En inquired, "Lu, kid, what do you need to exchange?"

Elder Nangong became curious about what Lu Ze got, and so were the star states.

Lu Ze released his hand, and a stockpile of storage rings appeared. There were a few hundred of them. Shi En: "?"

Shi En went to clarify, "Do they all have things inside?"

Lu Ze nodded. "Yes, it's the resources we want to trade."

Shi En's mouth twitched. "Okay."

He beckoned the rings to him and scanned each one.

Due to the enormous number of items, Shi En took a while to finish his calculations. The more he counted, the more he furrowed his brows.

A few minutes later, Shi En panted and took all the storage rings. His face appeared very strange.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang asked, "What's wrong? How many merit points will they get?"

Shi En's mouth could not help but twitch. He responded in disbelief, "1.46 million..."

With this, the star states were dumbfounded as well.

Even the old man was dazed.

Now, Zuoqiu Xunshuang's mouth twitched. She couldn't absorb the truth properly.

"That is a million merit points! This makes them wealthier than most star states!'

Shi En had lost touch with reality. Lu Ze almost had more merit points than he did.

Even the star states gawked at Lu Ze, doubting their lives at this point. 'He was only a level-3 planetary state, but he was richer than them. Who could handle this?'

Lu Ze scratched his head. Actually, he felt this wasn't much at all since he got a few hundred thousand merit points at the void border.

Moreover, there were still some resources from the ruins he didn't take out.

He wondered whether he should wait until the old man was the only person left.

However, he needed the expertise of Shi En to gauge the merit points.

In the end, he decided it would be better to exchange them now, so he smiled. "I also acquired some resources from the ruined

city."

Lu Ze took out a few heritage crystals. He pointed at the five on the left. "I got these from where the technological devices were."

Following those, he pointed at the seven crystals on the right. "These ones were placed at the area where the cultivation spirit items were."

"Have a look, old man."

Elder Nangong took one of the technological crystals and threw it to a gray-haired old man. "Yu Han, have a look at what this is."

Yu Han was also a star state. He was well-versed in the field of science. Hence, he became responsible for the maintenance of the ship, which had a power nearing the cosmic system state.

He was one of the most excellent scientists in the Federation.

Yu Han raised his mental force and looked into the crystal. Moments later, his eyes widened as he spoke while trembling, "Old man, this is a super-migration technology! It's very good!"

Thereafter, he quickly picked up another crystal.

Another moment later, his body was shaking with excitement. "Multiple-level space folding technology!" "Fusion spirit force shield!"

Yu Han checked all five high-tech devices.

His face was bursting red after finishing those.

He looked at Lu Ze.

"Lu Ze did a great service! If we can fully comprehend the technology here, the technology of the Federation would experience a huge leap forward! We can at least reach the peak of the cosmic system state technological civilization. We can even create cosmic system state ships and weapons!"

The room fell silent.

Even the old man took deep breaths.

This surprise was too great for them to handle.

Elder Nangong took a deep breath and spoke with a heavy tone, "No one shall speak of the heritage crystals!"

He looked at Yu Han. "Once we reach home, organize research teams to study it. Try your best to turn the knowledge into our foundation."

Yu Han nodded seriously. "Yes!"

He knew this wasn't easy.

"The knowledge inside these crystals is rather complete. The theory is very far ahead and not completely compatible with the technology system of our civilization. However, we should be able to acquire some results within a hundred years."

After all, the Human Race could at most produce planetary state ships now. Such a level was vastly different from the cosmic system state technology.

Lu Ze said, "By the way, we found a few machines at the location of these crystals. It might be the finished product of these technologies. Do you need them, uncle Yu Han?"

Yu Han was already filled with hope. When he heard him, he became dazed and stared intently at Lu Ze thereafter.

He rushed forward and grabbed Lu Ze's hand. "Yes! I want them! Give them to me!"

Lu Ze felt scared.

'Were all scientists like this?'

Yu Han's mouth twitched as Lu Ze wrenched his hand away from his grasp. "Um, don't get overly excited, uncle Yu Han." Then, he took out the machines.

Yu Han immediately seemed to have seen the most beautiful thing in the world and quickly took them as though fearing someone would steal them away.

Everyone felt like sweating after witnessing Yu Han's behavior.

After Yu Han returned to his seat, everyone looked at Lu Ze.

Elder Nangong was grinning from ear to ear. His face was akin to a sunflower. The more he looked at him, the more he liked this kid even more.

'He deserved Jing Jing indeed!'

Although the star states were excited, they still harbored some complicated emotions.

They were elated that the human civilization would burst with power soon. However, they felt complicated about how substantial Lu Ze's contribution was.

'Just how many merit points would that be?'

His contribution wasn't capable of estimation at this point. There weren't enough merit points to repay him.

A few star states looked at Lu Ze and the girls from his squad.

'Do we have good-looking descendants to introduce to him?'

Right then, Elder Nangong said, "Kid, these crystals are rather valuable. What reward do you want?"

Lu Ze pondered about it and responded, "Old man, since this technology can be used to build spaceships, then just upgrade my New Dawn."

Elder Nangong replied, "Even if you didn't mention it, I will tell Yu Han."

It was already decided since Lu Ze would be leaving the Milky Way galaxy soon. By then, the power of his ship would become crucial.

"As long as we produce results, your ship will be the first to use the technology," Yu Han assured. "I'll study it on the way back and then test it for a while. I should be able to upgrade your ship to the star-state level first. As for future enhancements, it would take more time."

Elder Nangong asked, "What else do you want?"

The reward he asked wasn't equivalent to his contribution at all.

Lu Ze thought about it for a long while, but he couldn't come up with anything.

'Well, he didn't really lack anything.' Hence, he shook his head. "I don't really need anything else."

Elder Nangong's mouth twitched.

He felt he wasn't a decent cosmic system state right now. He couldn't properly award the younger generation at all! As a result, he said helplessly, "In that case, just tell me if you need anything in the future."

Lu Ze nodded. Then, he pointed at the seven cultivation crystals. "There's some more here."

Everyone: "..."

After a moment of silence, Elder Nangong checked out the crystals. He didn't know much about technology, but he was exceptionally experienced in cultivation.

Moments later, he exhaled and looked at Lu Ze. "Kid, you guys didn't look at these before?"

Lu Ze shook his head.

"I couldn't take them out in the territory of the Round Race."

He knew these crystals weren't probably ordinary.

Elder Nangong nodded. "This contains the production method for heritage crystals." When his words fell, everyone was shocked.

Moments later, Zuoqiu Xunshuang exclaimed, "The method to produce heritage crystals?!"

Elder Nangong nodded in confirmation, and then, he put the thing into his storage ring.

This was too important and was on par with the technological crystals.

'If they could create heritage crystals, the human prodigies would learn divine arts much more efficiently!'

This crystal would only be secure under his care.

Lu Ze and his group were excited too. This was a rather good find.

With it, Lu Ze could even put the low-level divine arts he didn't need into the heritage crystals. It might be considered low-level to him, but it wouldn't be for human prodigies, who'll probably treat them as something precious.

Then, Elder Nangong took the other crystals. He handed one of them to Alice. "It contains some spirit cooking recipes. You can have a look."

Alice happily took the crystal while Lu Ze's eyes lit up.

Elder Nangong looked at the remaining crystals. They had something to do with spirit-herb making, equipment forging, rune cultivation, and cultivation technique. However, they weren't meant for the Human Race.

There were even a few divine arts, including a high-level darkness divine art called "Eternal Dark Mist," which was a cosmic cloud state divine art.

No one here could cultivate it yet.

Eventually, Elder Nangong decided to leave it to Lu Ze. It would only be logical since his team had darkness god art.

Lu Li looked at it with fervent eyes. Naturally, she wanted to try it.

Lu Ze had planned just that since he had a lot of blue crystals right now.

As for the metal blocks, he gave them to Elder Nangong too. He didn't plan to forge anything after all.

If he needed anything, he would just ask Elder Nangong instead.

After Lu Ze gave away everything he didn't need, the atmosphere turned eerily silent.

The star states realized that their contribution to the Human Race, even considering their entire life, might not be as great as Lu Ze's...

...

Meanwhile, in distant warp space, a massive purple crystal ship was cruising around.

There were a few hundred small ships emitting invisible space runes.

Amos remarked, "The humans took off. We've mobilized scouting ships in different warp dimensions. There's quite a decent chance we can encounter them"

Kaka Race's Ya Ge asked, "What if we don't?"

This guy was truly and literally made of rocks...

Ya Ge felt the strange glances directed at him and laughed it off. "I'm just saying."

Amos said, "We can only hope. This way, we would get a chance for retribution."

The group nodded.

At this time, an alarm blared.

A star state from the Purple Scale Race appeared. He called out with excitement, "Elder Amos, we found the human ship!"

Everyone got up immediately.

Amos smirked. "Kick them out of warp dimension!"

In the warp dimension, the Purple Scale Alliance's ship rapidly inched closer to the human ship.

Amos, Xue Yi, Ya Ge, and Albin all went to the control room.

They looked at the distant dot.

Amos was very thrilled. "We really found them! We must kill all these humans!"

Xue Yi's eyes flashed with bloodthirst. "One cosmic system state, a bunch of star states, and this new prodigy. If we kill them all, it would be a major loss for the Human Race."

Albin's pale face blossomed with a smile. "It's worth it to sacrifice that much to stop them in the warp dimension."

Ya Ge urged the others to move with haste. "Hurry up and go! Don't let them get away!"

The purple ship kept changing frequencies and locations as it chased after the human ship.

At this moment, a distortion in the warp dimension formed. Then, an extremely enormous space storm appeared.

Instantly, the ship flashed with red light.

The clamor of the sirens struck a chord in their hearts.

"Warning! We have encountered a space storm!" "?"

The four cosmic system state's faces froze.

They could only watch the rattling and disintegrating ship, making them feel dumbfounded.

Amos' eyes reddened as he lashed out, "How is this possible?! Isn't this region of warp dimension very calm before? How does a space storm appear so sudden?!"

Xue Yi and their cohorts were also stunned by the development of the events.

The star states behind them looked even more horrified. Given their power, it would only be a dream to survive a space storm in the warp dimension.

During this time, the sound of a sizeable material ripping reverberated. The purple crystal ship couldn't handle the space tear and was accordingly pulled apart.

During this time, four figures struggled out of the catastrophe. It was Amos and the higher-ups.

Star states could already use their power to manipulate the space and form simple wormholes. Naturally, cosmic system states could infinitely do better than that.

The magnitude of their power was unimaginable. Even within the warp dimension, they would be able to survive.

Nevertheless, they looked miserable as their bodies were filled with injuries and their chis turned much weaker.

Despite their formidable strength, it would still be extremely difficult to escape the severe space storm they just experienced.

Back then, they exhausted all of their powers.

They panted as they looked at the space storm.

'Why did things ended up like this?'

They finally found the human ship and had hopes of executing their revenge. 'Why did a space storm suddenly appear?!' Right now, they even had the desire to die.

The purple crystal ship was gone...

This was one of the strongest ships of the Purple Scale Race.

The star states were gone too...

They were the foundational pillars for a cosmic system state civilization.

Now, each race lost four to five star states.

The heartbreak they felt was gut-wrenching.

Amos' eyes were bloodshot. "We've lost so much already. We can't give up now. The four cosmic system states are still alive. We must proceed with killing all the humans!"

Xue Yi agreed with his remark. "It's all these bastard humans' fault! If it weren't for them, we wouldn't come here. We must kill them all!"

Ya Ge roared out, "I'm going to blow them to pieces!"

Albin echoed the same sentiments, "Let's head off. I can't wait to kill them!"

"Ahwu-"

A light voice interrupted them.

Amos and the remaining cosmic system states were perplexed.

'Whose voice was that?'

They looked around nervously, in a bid to identify the culprit.

Amos raised his voice coldly, "Who is it?!"

They scanned the surroundings and still found nothing. The group lowered their apprehension a bit.

Xue Yi laughed with self-mockery. "It seems we're too paranoid."

Suddenly, the three of them noticed something was wrong.

They exchanged glances with each other.

With a terrified tone, Ya Ge asked, "... W-where is Albin?"

Amos' and Xue Yi's hearts went cold.

Yes...

'Albin was just talking earlier, so where was he?!'

The three stood back-to-back together as they looked around at the distorted space in terror.

They knew there must be something petrifying out there. Otherwise, Albin wouldn't suddenly disappear without them noticing anything.

Amos said shakily, "M-m-master, sorry for disturbing you. If there's anything we can do, please let us repent for our sins!"

There was no reply...

Amos gritted his teeth and said, "Xue Yi, Ya Ge, let's charge out of the warp dimension!"

They didn't want to come after the human ship anymore.

Xue Yi exclaimed, "Okay!"

"Ahwuu~"

Amos: "?"

Xue Yi: "?"

Their bodies stiffened.

Once they turned around, they discovered that only the two of them remained.

As for the Stoneman Ya Ge, he seemed to have evaporated...

Amos and Xue Yi were dumbfounded. They were shivering in terror.

Just when Amos was about to say something, he saw Xue Yi vanished into thin air before his eyes.

Amos: "?"

'How did someone just disappear in front of him like that?'

'How?!'

After a moment, he yelled out in a frenzied state.

He attempted depleting all the remaining power he had left to tear the space barrier and flee.

Back on the human ship, Lu Ze and the girls were sitting on Ying Ying's bed.

Currently, Qiuyue Hesha was holding Ying Ying, whose eyes were glowing, in her arms.

Ying Ying turned her head to Lu Ze and inquired, "Lu Ze, why not let me eat the last one too?"

Lu Ze pinched her little face. "Don't eat the last one."

Lu Li was confused. "Why not eliminate everyone?"

Lu Ze grinned. "The cosmic system states of the four races came together, and yet, only the higher-up of the Purple Scale Race returned. The rest of the cosmic system states, including the star states, are all dead. Would the other three races feel good then? Perhaps they might even assume that the higher-up of the Purple Scale plotted it." Even if this didn't cause conflict between them, the Human Race should grow steadily.

It was immaterial whether that higher-up died or not.

Lin Ling asked, "What if the higher-up blames us for ambushing them and murdering everyone?"

Lu Ze smiled.

"We only have one cosmic system state, so how can we be the guilty party? If they really insist that, then we'll just say that Amos was on our side and helped us ambush the other three. Even if the Purple Scale Race denies it, what would the other three races think?"

Nangong Jing could only blink her eyes at his audacity. She had no words to say.

"Those who play tactics have dirty hearts!"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched.

'I am clearly very smart and handsome!'

He then flicked Nangong Jing's forehead before she could react.

In turn, she glared at Lu Ze. "You're bullying me again!"

Qiuyue Hesha interrupted, "Yes, little brother Lu Ze, don't flick her forehead again."

Nangong Jing looked at Qiuyue Hesha in shock.

'Why would she even help her?'

Right at this time, Qiuyue Hesha continued speaking, "She already has no brain. If you flick her some more, she would only grow dumber."

Nangong Jing: "?"

Now, she glared at Qiuyue Hesha as well. "What did you say, fox demon?!"

She charged at Qiuyue Hesha.

Qiuyue Hesha smirked and dodged her.

Thereafter, she went behind Lu Ze and grinned.

"I said you're dumb. I'm not wrong." "Fox demon! I'm going to crush your chest!"

Ying Ying rubbed her eyes and extricated herself from the situation. "I'm tired..."

Thereafter, she quickly dropped to the couch as starlight surged around her.

Seeing this, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha stopped bickering. Nangong Jing carried Ying Ying to the bed and covered her with a blanket. Then, she smiled.

"This little guy ate three cosmic system states and had been constantly consuming Ze's orbs. Now, she's beginning to accept her heritage."

Lin Ling nodded. "Mhm, let her rest for a while."

In the following two months, they would still be stuck on the ship.

When Ying Ying was settled down, Lu Li looked at Lu Ze and grabbed his arm.

"Brother~ I want to cultivate that darkness divine art."

Lu Ze smiled.

'Is she acting cute now?' 'Great!'

His smile gradually harbored some evil intentions.

Right then and there, he pointed at his cheek and said, "Mhm, you know it already."

Lu Li's smile stiffened. "Are you certain?"

Lu Ze was just about to say yes, but he sensed four chilling stares fixated at him.

He immediately laughed it off. "Just kidding."

This time, it was his mistake.

He should have known better than that though...

It was best to do these things when they were alone!

By then, he would have the liberty to play as much as he wanted to his heart's desire.

He regretted being careless...

Upon pondering, Lu Ze decided to say, "By the way, I got some other good stuff during this time."

He took out the blue crystals accordingly. Nangong Jing looked at them curiously and asked, "What are they?".

Lu Ze grinned. "It has the same effect as the purple orbs. It can enhance divine art and god art learning. It can be used in conjunction with purple orbs."

Everyone rejoiced.

This meant that their divine art cultivation speed would increase once again.

Lu Li smiled and took the blue crystal. "Let me try it."

Lu Li was different from them. She got the darkness origin crystal.

'Even Ying Ying said it was something good!'

Maybe... she really had hopes of learning the cosmic cloud state divine art.

If she could, her combat power would probably greatly improve. Lu Ze gave a gentle smile.

"Don't force it if you can't. With your progress speed right now, you would be able to learn it soon."

The corners of Lu Li's mouth lifted, and she nodded.

Lu Ze took out the essence crystal fruit and dragon blood vine, distributing it among the people. Following that exchange, they returned to their own rooms to rest.

Alice began to study the spirit chef heritage crystal.

...

Back in his room, Lu Ze sat on the bed as he began cultivating.

He didn't have time to properly cultivate in the secret realm, but he had already covered one-third of the level-3 planetary state.

If he had time, Lu Ze would enter the Pocket Hunting Dimension to hunt.

During this period, he managed to acquire several level -7 planetary state orbs, as well as level-8 planetary state ones, including some blue and blood crystals too. However, there were far fewer blood crystals compared to blue crystals. He didn't even have enough for himself now, so he didn't distribute them to the girls. Lu Ze didn't encounter those super-beasts again. He hoped he did though because that would mean he would get more precious resources.

Most significantly, he would be able to snatch one of those one-time-use runes!

It saved his life before.

Lu Ze used the essence crystal fruit and dragon blood vine first.

His mental force, mental force god art, body, and body god art all made quite some progress.

He then used a level-8 planetary state red orb to cultivate.

Five hours later, the energy was completely digested.

Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes and gauged his progress.

He became elated.

In about twenty days, he would reach the level-4 planetary state.

He set a smaller target to reach the level-5 planetary state in these two months.

In that case, even if he didn't don his combat armor and reveal all his trump cards, his combat power would still reach the star state.

Lu Ze was very thrilled to think about this possibility.

In the following days, he cultivated during the day and learned the god arts at night.

When it came to their resting period, they would spend it together at Ying Ying's room as they fed her. Six days later, everyone was sitting at the table in Ying Ying's room.

There were all sorts of scrumptious spirit foods.

Ying Ying even drooled because of the intense aroma.

'She must be really tempted to eat!' Alice picked a piece of spirit food and placed it before Lu Ze's mouth. "Senior, try this. This is a dish I learned from that heritage crystal. See if it suits your tastes." Lu Ze smiled. "I will."

Accordingly, he ate the red spirit food.

A gentle and warm red energy flowed into his body afterward.

His entire body felt completely relaxed and extremely comfortable. Lu Ze savored the food.

'It was very crisp and tasty!'

He could even feel the drastic changes in the spirit force within him. It became more active, even growing a little bit stronger than before.

He was quite surprised.

The quality of his spirit force was approaching the star state already. Nevertheless, the spirit food before him still managed to provide an even better clarifying sensation.

Alice looked at him expectantly. "How is it?"

Lu Ze smiled at her. "It's very delicious and quite useful for spirit force strengthening. This should be very beneficial for you and Li."

Hearing those words, Alice smiled like an angel. "This is a near-star-state spirit food. It's one higher level than Zhishuo Shooting Star. However, it can't increase one's god art learning."

Alice continued, "I'm going to try if I can cook spirit food that helps with learning god arts."

Lu Ze rubbed her head. "You can definitely do it."

Alice beamed with happiness.

On the side, Nangong Jing complained, "Alice is only nice to Lu Ze now. You're not nice to me anymore."

She was very close to Alice from a young age. But currently, Alice only fed Lu Ze but not her...

Alice blushed and quickly picked up a golden piece of meat and placed it in Nangong Jing's mouth as well. "No way, try this, sister Jing."

Nangong Jing grinned. "Alice is the best."

After dinner, Lu Ze looked at the tired Lu Li and asked, "Li, if you can't cultivate that divine art, just leave it there for now. Try again after your cultivation level is higher."

Lu Li adamantly shook her head and said firmly, "I can cultivate it! It's just a bit tiring."

Upon hearing her response, he didn't say anything anymore.

Once more, everyone returned to their rooms to cultivate.

Lu Ze sat on his bed and entered the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

Right away, he concealed his chi and went off in a random direction to hunt.

He could fight ordinary level – 8 planetary state beasts. However, he couldn't beat those stronger ones.

Six hours later, Lu Ze found a valley covered with gray rocks. Most of the chis within were above level-5 planetary state.

Lu Ze halted his movements.

He knew what was inside.

It was those beasts that could control rocks!

Such an ability was a branch of earth god art.

Lu Ze strode in.

The valley was over ten thousand kilometers wide. There were tall mountains that stretched into the clouds on the side.

He soon found a beast resting on a pile of looked like a wolf, but rather than being covered with fur, it was made of stone instead.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed as he disappeared from the spot. 'Screech!'

A dark beam penetrated the beast's head before it could react.

Lu Ze smiled.

The hunt begins.

'Rumble!'

'Rumble!

A series of explosions echoed throughout the valley.

Lu Ze was covered with blood lightning as he ran like a madman.

There were dozens of rock beasts pursuing him from behind. Their heavy stomps made the valley tremble.

Lu Ze was having a good time hunting as he went deeper into the valley.

From level-5 to level-7 planetary states, he could kill such beasts with a single strike.

The harvesting period brought him enjoyment.

He even got six blue crystals and two blood crystals.

Eventually, he encountered a level-8 planetary state rock beast.

Just after fighting a few rounds, he saw a large wave of rock beasts coming from the depths of the valley. Most of them were level-7 and level-8 planetary states.

Hence, he had no other better option than to start running.

As he fled, he would fluidly dodge the rocks hurled at him from time to time.

Soon, the number of the rock beasts following his trail increased substantially.

He was bombarded with rocks as though they were shooting stars landing at him.

Moments later, Lu Ze finally managed to leave the premises of the valley and sought the comfort of the forest.

Before he could breathe out, he discovered a chi approaching him from behind,

'Did they really need to pursue him like that?'

"Couldn't they just stay at home?' 'Rumble!'

The trees rattled and leaves kept falling.

Lu Ze could only keep running in the meantime.

'Roar!

At this moment, Lu Ze felt his body sink.

An immense pressure came out of nowhere. His body fell helplessly to the ground as his bones cracked due to the pressure.

Those beasts behind him lost their voice as well.

The forest became very still.

Putting up all the effort he could muster, Lu Ze tried to get up. During this time, heavy footsteps could be heard.

Thud!'

Thud!'

Thud!'

With every step, the ground would shake.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched.

Not good!

'It seems to be a boss.'

He turned his head to look in the direction of the sound. Accordingly, he saw a huge figure slowly appear within the depths of the forest.

It was a bear covered in brown fur, which was a hundred meters tall. There were complex black runes on its fur.

Lu Ze felt dizzy just looking at those runes.

As the bear got closer, Lu Ze could feel his body getting heavier. His bones ached as his flesh started to fall apart.

Even the ground was beginning to sink.

'The gravity was extremely terrifying!' Seeing this, Lu Ze was confused. 'How stable was the ground on the fourth map?'

Unexpectedly, once the bear went past, the ground ended up sinking.

'It was this terrifying!'

Soon, it went before Lu Ze and looked down.

Eyes that were the size of a human person, like Lu Ze, leaned in to inspect him curiously.

Lu Ze locked gazes with those deep yellow eyes.

His mouth couldn't help but twitch.

'What should he do?'

The bear reached out its claws and flipped Lu Ze around a few times as though studying what breed Lu Ze was.

Lu Ze: "..."

'Just kill him already!'

Anyways, he would just come back alive again twenty-four hours later.

As expected, the claws of the bear swiped across, reaching and injuring Lu Ze's body. His consciousness faded away. When he woke up once more, he was back in the confines of his room.

That bear was definitely a star state boss.

'What an extremely terrifying power!'

He couldn't even resist at all.

'Was that gravity?'

Now, Lu was curious whether it was a god art or a divine art.

Regardless, upon annihilating that bear, that thing would be his in the end!

Soon, half an hour later, Lu Ze began cultivating again.

...

Two months later.

A black ship was traveling in the warp dimension, rapidly closing in on the Milky Way galaxy.

Inside Lu Ze's room, he gathered his chi and measured his progress.

Half a month ago, Lu Ze finally reached level-5 planetary state. He also digested all the god art orbs he acquired during this time.

Overall, his wind, wood, earth, and all sorts of god arts had experienced major improvements.

Lu Ze clenched his fist and an airwave spread across all directions.

He had been devouring blood crystals too.

In truth, Lu Ze couldn't fully gauge how strong his power now. Nevertheless, he won't be in any danger if he fought an ordinary star state.

Lu Ze smiled and got off the bed.

He went to Ying Ying's room and discovered Lin Ling sitting there, feeding some orbs to Ying Ying. Everyone else was still cultivating.

A smile appeared on Lu Ze's face, and he went near Lin Ling to hold her in his arms.

Lin Ling leaned her head back and giggled. "Did you finish cultivation?"

Lu Ze rubbed his chin against Lin Ling's head in an intimate manner and nodded.

Following their sweet moment, he looked at Ying Ying. "I wonder when this little guy is going to wake up..."

Lin Ling asked, "Aren't you scared that she will hog your food when she wakes up?"

Lu Ze's body stiffened. "What a joke! Am I that sort of person? I'm an adult. I was just letting her have it easy."

Lin Ling's eyes flashed, and she said with a tone of admiration, "Wow, Lu Ze is so amazing! How about not letting her have it easy when she wakes up?"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched.

Seemingly sad, he sulked. "Lin Ling, you've changed! You don't love me anymore!"

Lin Ling knocked her head against Lu Ze's chest in protest.

Lu Ze chuckled at her actions. He then lowered his head and kissed her lips.

It was so thrilling to be intimate without the interference of the other girls.

Moments later, the two separated, and Lin Ling rolled her eyes.

"Why are you so experienced? Be honest, how many times have you tried it with them?"

Lu Ze was ecstatic to see Lin Ling act jealous.

He opened his hand in amusement. "Let me count... Once, twice..."

Before Lu Ze could finish counting, Lin Ling's cheeks puffed up in anger.

Lu Ze grinned. Once again, he lowered his head and savored her mouth.

As her lips were locked with Lu Ze's, Lin Ling slowly closed her eyes.

During this time, however, the door opened again.

Initially, Nangong Jing and Alice entered with smiles on their faces. When they caught Lu Ze canoodling with Lin Ling, their jolly expressions fell.

In an instant, the atmosphere turned extremely awkward.

Lin Ling quickly pushed Lu Ze away. After a moment of silence, Qiuyue Hesha and Lu Li joined the scene. Lu Li inquired, "Sister Jing? Alice? Why are you standing at the door..."

Before she could even finish, she saw Lu Ze and Lin Ling inside the room.

Qiuyue Hesha narrowed her eyes. "Little brother Lu Ze is very skilled with his business."

Lu Ze didn't refute it either. He smiled with pride. "I would be embarrassed if you keep complimenting me like that, teacher Qiuyue."

Lu Li and the others: "..."

Lin Ling: "..."

After feeding Ying Ying, everyone began to eat.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha started their usual quarrels over something as simple as a piece of tofu.

Lin Ling hadn't managed to recover yet from being caught red-handed a while ago.

Alice, on the other hand, just smiled as she picked food for Lu Ze.

When they were finished eating, the group, feeling satisfied, sat on the couch.

Lu Ze looked at Lu Li, who was all smiles, curiously. "Li, you seem very happy?"

Lu Li grinned broadly. "I reached beginner mastery while learning the Eternal Darkness Mist."

Nangong Jing almost coughed out her wine. She looked at Lu Li in disbelief. "Beginner mastery?!"

All the other people were also astounded

That was a cosmic cloud state divine art!

Lu Li nodded in confirmation. "That darkness origin crystal is very compatible with my body. It's very useful for learning divine art. Moreover, brother gave me blue crystals and purple orbs. It took me more than two months to barely reach the beginner mastery."

Lu Ze smiled. "That's still astounding. That's a cosmic cloud state divine art!"

Lu Li beamed with happiness from being complimented.

Lin Ling asked, "How is that Eternal Darkness Mist?"

Lu Li responded, "It's very good. I'll show you guys when we return."

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It would be improper to do it now since there was no virtual reality pod here. The rest of the group nodded.

At this moment, Nangong Jing said, "By the way Ze, how about we spar once we get back?"

Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing in confusion. She was getting cocky! Lu Ze probed, "How would we spar?"

Nangong Jing exclaimed, "Of course, it's us five against you!"

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "Do you gain so much pride from teaming up against one person?"

Nangong Jing glared at Lu Ze. "So what? Do you want to?"

Lu Ze was overwhelmingly powerful.

'If I fought him by myself, I will only get bullied to death!'

In order to exact revenge, the five of them had to collaborate together against Lu Ze.

Lu Li enthusiastically chimed in, "I agree with it, sister Jing!"

After learning the Eternal Darkness Mist, she became much more confident.

Qiuyue Hesha wrapped her hair around her finger. "I want to try too." Lin Ling dared, "Me too. Are you scared now?"

Alice looked at the girls and then at Lu Ze before shrugging in the end. "I agree too."

Lu Ze raised a brow. "Scared? Am I the type of person who easily gets scared?"

He pointed back at the five young girls and asked, "What if you lose then?"

The girls' smiles stiffened.

Alice mumbled, "So what if we lose? What do you want to do?"

Although they decided to gang up on him, they were still not fully confident.

Lu Ze grinned and said, "It's already a five-against-one battle. You still think you will lose?"

Nangong Jing stared daggers at Lu Ze and haughtily remarked, "Then, say it. What's your condition?" The others also looked at Lu Ze with surging battle intent.

They were prodigies far superior to Luo Bingqing and the rest.

They were prideful.

In addition, if the five of them worked together well, they might not even lose.

Their progress was very significant during this time too.

Lu Ze's smirked with evil intentions.

This was the first time the five of them challenged him together. 'How could he waste such opportunity?'

Lu Ze provided, "We'll decide the punishment for losing later on."

The five seemed to have thought of something and blushed in embarrassment.

Lu Li indignantly said, "Brother, y-you... can't do something too over the top!"

Lu Ze tried to assure her with his smile. "Don't worry, of course, I won't."

'As long as it wasn't 'too' over the top, it should be fine, right?'

Lu Ze was anticipating this already.

He himself wanted to test the boundaries of his power now, after these past few days.

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As they were chatting, a robotic voice interrupted, "The ship is about to leave the warp dimension. Everyone, please get ready." Nangong Jing smiled. "We're finally home." It was quite boring to cultivate in the ship during these two months.

There was a flash of white light, and the distorted space turned into the cosmos.

Vibrant stars shone everywhere.

Despite having seen it so many times before, the universe was still mesmerizing. During this time, there was someone knocking on the door.

Lu Li went to open it.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was outside. She smiled. "I knew you guys were here."

Then, she came in and looked at Ying Ying. "The little guy is still not awake?"

Nangong Jing nodded. "Don't know how long she is going to sleep for."

Lu Ze added, "She should be waking up

soon."

Usually, she would fall asleep for a few months. Hence, it shouldn't be long now.

Most importantly, they had been feeding her orbs every day, so chances were awake soon.

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Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded and glanced cheekily at the group. "The old man was going to come, but I persuaded him not to."

The girls' smiles stiffened.

They knew what the old man wanted to do here. It was definitely to encourage them to produce kids.

Thinking about this, they sent death stares at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze: "?"

'I am very innocent. Isn't it the old man's fault? Why glare at him?!' With an unhappy expression, Nangong Jing looked at Zuoqiu Xunshuang. "Mom, why are you saying this?"

Her face was blushing red as she asked the question.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang felt great teasing these little girls.

She looked at Lin Ling and said, "We're about to enter the border of the Federation. Marshal Lin of the Federal Defense Force will be protecting us on the way. Lin Ling, are you going to have a look later?"

Lin Ling's body stiffened. She looked down and didn't respond.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang didn't force her either. She knew about Lin Ling and what she must be feeling right now.

Lu Ze was dazed.

'Marshal Lin?'

Lin Ling told him before that her father was a high-level officer of the defense force, right?

'So was it him?'

He recalled how Lin Ling was crying on his shoulder before. He patted her head and said gently, "Go, have a nice chat with him."

Lu Ze couldn't really comment on what her father did, but this had happened so many years ago.

Perhaps it was better for them to talk it out.

Lin Ling looked up at Lu Ze and bit her lips. "Mhm."

Although she didn't agree with what her father did, she wasn't much repulsed by it now.

She took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang's eyes softened. Then, she grinned. "In that case, let's go to the foyer. They're about to arrive."

At the foyer, Elder Nangong, some star states, as well as Lin Kuang and his group, were all present.

Lu Ze looked at Lin Kuang.

Soon, Lin Kuang should be seeing his dad too. He seemed a little nervous now. His face was stiff, and he appeared like a shivering bird.

Elder Nangong greeted Lu Ze and the girls, and so did the star states.

Right at this place, Lu Ze's contribution to the Human Race was the second-biggest, only a level below Elder Nangong's.

Although he might be younger than they were and had a lower cultivation level, they still respected Lu Ze.

Moments later, dozens of large ships came into people's sight.

Elder Nangong smiled. "The people who will pick us up arrived. Let's head over."

With this, an entrance, in the vast space fortress in front, opened.

The large star state ship flew inside. There was a space station that was more than ten kilometers squared there. The shuttle unlocked, and Elder Nangong said, "Let's go down."

He alighted first.

There were rows of soldiers waiting there.

The leader was a star state being. Those behind him were planetary states.

The star state bowed to Elder Nangong. "Lord Nangong, welcome back!" Elder Nangong rolled his eyes. "Little Yan, you're still this serious."

Lin Yan's face was expressionless. "This is the rule."

Feeling curious, Lu Ze studied Lin Yan. He looked rather handsome and cold, bearing a bit of similarity to Lin Kuang.

'Is this person Lin Ling's father?'

Lu Ze felt worried.

'This uncle didn't seem easygoing...'

'Would he get beaten up to death for stealing his daughter?'

Lu Ze glanced at Lin Ling and saw her looking down.

Right then, he knew she wasn't comfortable at all. Hence, he took the initiative to hold her hand and squeeze it.

This was a matter between father and daughter. All he could do now was encourage her.

On the side, Lin Kuang who usually had a cocky demeanor appeared tense right now. The striking contrast almost made Lu Ze laugh.

At this time, Lin Yan, who had finished greeting Elder Nangong, swept his gaze past Lin Kuang. In return, Lin Kuang instinctively stood straight and saluted, "Greetings, Marshal!"

There was not a single ripple in Lin Yan's emotion, but he nodded his head slightly. "You did well at the Four-Race Gathering."

Upon hearing these words, Lin Kuang raised the corners of his mouth a bit, and his body relaxed as well.

Afterward, Lin Yan shifted his gaze to Lin Ling, who had her head lowered.

Given that she didn't look at him, he looked down, only to discover that Lin Ling's hand was intertwined with Lu Ze's. Although there was a glint in his eyes, he didn't say anything

Following that, he looked away and chose to focus his attention on Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched.

'Was this a glance from a father-in-law?

'Terrifying!

Just as Lu Ze's skin was crawling, Lin Yan suddenly pulled a sliver of a smile. His voice was less harsh this time.

"You're very good."

Lu Ze: "?"

He was taken aback. This change in attitude was so great that Lu Ze didn't know how to react.

Those planetary states behind Lin Yan ended up dumbfounded, as though they had just seen a ghost.

'Oh shit?' 'What did they see?'

Lin Yan, who was secretly called 'cold-faced Hades' behind his back, actually smiled!

'This must be a dream, right?'

At this moment, several planetary states looked at Lu Ze admiringly.

Sure enough, he was the super-prodigy who placed first in the Four-Race Gathering through his overwhelming power.

Even cold-faced Hades paid recognition to him.

Elder Nangong felt dazed for a moment too.

Zuoqiu Xunshuang was surprised.

Ever since 'that' happened, Lin Yan had never smiled again.

Lu Ze quickly returned the smile. "Greetings, uncle Lin!"

He breathed easy.

As it turned out, this uncle wasn't that hard to deal with.

Once more, Lin Yan looked at Lin Ling who still had her head lowered. She seemed apprehensive.

"In that case, I'll call you Ze."

Lu Ze smiled and nodded. "Sure, uncle Lin."

At this time, Elder Nangong said, "Alright, you know each other. Arrange the rooms."

The father and daughter needed some private time.

Lin Yan recovered his cold expression. He then nodded.

"Lord Nangong, please come with me, I've arranged it already."

Lin Yan took everyone to their rooms.

Both Lu Ze and the girls would stay in a single room.

Ying Ying's room was prepared too. Accordingly, Lu Ze carried Ying Ying over. She was sleeping leisurely while drooling.

Everyone proceeded to their rooms.

Lin Yan would have a good talk with Lin Ling.

Right now, it wasn't suitable to go out.

Lu Ze lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling. He was worried about Lin Ling. 'Would she make up with her dad?'

Soon, Lu Ze decided not to think too much.

He would just ask her at a later time.

He sat on his bed and used a red orb to cultivate.

Lu Ze opened his eyes and looked at the door.

He opened the door and saw no one in the corridor.

He walked out of the room and went in a random direction.

After taking a few turns, he ended up in a relatively remote corridor. In there, there was one window where the vibrant stars could be observed.

One figure was standing there with his hands beneath his back, gazing at the cosmos without speaking, as he remained dignified and stern.

Seeing this, Lu Ze walked over. "Uncle Lin, what did you need me for?"

Lu Ze didn't expect Lin Yan to find him through a voice transmission.

Lin Yan didn't turn around even after hearing Lu Ze. He just remained looking outside.

After a moment of silence, he sighed. "Ze, do you think the universe is big?'

Lu Ze didn't expect this question. He smiled and answered, "Yes, there are countless races. The range is in units of billions of light-years." The universe was boundless.

"Yes, the universe is infinite. There are countless powerful civilizations. Our Human Race can be annihilated with just a single mistake..."

Lin Yan's eyes had a bit of complexity within them. He was talking as if he was reminding both himself and Lu Ze. His voice seemed distant than before.

Lu Ze silently listened without interrupting.

In truth, he didn't know what to say either.

After a while, Lin Yan glanced at Lu Ze.

"I know the things between you and Lin Ling."

Lu Ze: "?"

'What should he do?'

Just as Lu Ze was starting to panic, Lin Yan's chilling voice sounded.

"When will you have children."

Lu Ze: "...?"

This turn of events was too fast!

Lu Ze looked around and wondered if he heard it incorrectly.

Lin Yan continued speaking. "Both of you are very talented. If you have children, they would be very talented too. Since you both love each other, it's about time."

Lu Ze's mouth twitched upon seeing how Lin Yan spoke without any change in his expression at all.

Earlier, he thought Lin Yan might actually beat him up because he was together with Lin Ling. Apart from that, he also considered another scenario where Lin Yan would approve of their relationship and ask him to take good care of Lin Ling.

'Why did this guy say the same thing as the old man?'

Lin Yan frowned after noticing Lu Ze was unresponsive. "What's wrong?" Lu Ze laughed it off. "Okay, uncle Lin, I'll try my best."

Honestly, that was what he wanted as well, but it would take more time to convince the girls.

With a stern tone, Lin Yan reminded, "The higher your cultivation level, the harder it will be to have children. If you guys are nervous, I can just tie Lin Ling up."

Lu Ze: "?"

When Lu Ze heard the words, his skin ended up crawling.

Uncle Lin was too enthusiastic!

Tying Lin Ling up?! This guy was much more direct than the old man.

If Lin Ling heard this, she would probably explode.

His mouth twitched.

He didn't know how their conversation progressed to this.

In a situation like this, he didn't dare to ask about it anymore.

He faked a cough. "No need, I'll try my best! Don't worry, uncle Lin!"

Lin Yan kept looking outside. This time, his tone became soft. "That girl didn't have a mother at a young age. Take care of her."

Finally, the conversation had returned to something normal, unlike the previous one. Lu Ze nodded seriously. "Don't worry, uncle Lin. I will take good care of her and make her happy all the time."

Lin Yan acknowledged his words and waved his hand. "I said what I needed to say. Go back, and don't tell Lin Ling what we talked about today."

Lu Ze: "..."

'Oh! You actually knew this wasn't a matter that Lin Ling should hear?'

Anyway, even if he asked Lu Ze to relay it to Lin Ling, Lu Ze wouldn't do so.

What a joke!

If he really did, Lin Ling would blow up.

Regardless, he could tell Lin Yan cared about Lin Ling a lot.

Lu Ze smiled. "I'll go back then, uncle Lin."

...

A moment later, Lin Yan raised his hand. A picture appeared thereafter.

In the photograph, Lin Yan was wearing casuals as he stood with a beautiful lady with long black hair. Her smile was vibrant. Between them was a young kid with blood-red hair. Then, a little cute girl was in Lin Yan's arms.

Lin Yao touched the picture longingly. His cold eyes gradually had some warmth in them.

There were deep confusion and pain in his eyes.

"Yaoyao... Since you left, I can finally talk to our daughter again... She has grown up. She looks very similar to you and even has someone she likes. That boy is very excellent. Perhaps the Human Race can rise under his leadership. I'm very confident..."

Moments later, a drop of tear fell on the surface of the picture, right on the woman's bright face.

His voice trembled. "I miss you so much."

...

Lu Ze went back to the residential area and contemplated.

He then decided to visit Ying Ying's room. No one should be there except Ying Ying.

He rubbed his forehead lightly.

Lin Ling was still probably in her room. He thought about it some more and settled on visiting her instead.

"Lin Ling, are you there?"

Moments later, the door opened and Lin Ling's little head popped out. She welcomed him with a cheeky smile. "Ze, how dare you knock on my door? If Li knows, you'd be over."

With her reminder, a touch of coldness went past Lu Ze's neck upon imagining Lu Li's merciless black eyes.

His mouth twitched."Hurry up and let me in!"

Lin Ling responded, "Oh~" When he succeeded in entering the room, he realized Lin Ling's eyes were a little red. He knew that she definitely cried a while ago.

His eyes became gentle as he hugged her from behind.

Lin Ling's body stiffened. But she soon returned the hug, cocooning herself into Lu Ze's embrace. She tightly grabbed Lu Ze's clothes and cried her heart out.

Lu Ze caressed her long hair and didn't say anything.

Gradually, the crying grew louder.

Lu Ze could tell Lin Ling was deeply hurt.

He hugged her tighter.

When Lin Ling's whimpering calmed down, Lu Ze spoke firmly and softly to her ear, "I will always be with you."

Lin Ling stop breathing after hearing his words. She looked up. Her teary eyes stared into Lu Ze's. "Really?" Lu Ze nodded. "Yes!"

For a while, the two looked into each other's eyes until Lin Ling put her head on Lu Ze's chest.

"Bastard! You're bullying me!"

Lu Ze said, "Then, I want to do it for my entire life!"

Lin Ling: "..."

Lin Ling's ears turned red.

Just as the two of them were about to do something, a calm voice interrupted the moment.

"Sister Ling, Lu Ze, what are you guys doing?" Lu Ze: E(3°N°;) Lin Ling:!£(?A?)))

When they turned around, they met Ying Ying's big innocent blue eyes staring back at them

The atmosphere became awkward.

Lu Ze's skin crawled.

'When did she come?!'

'But I just checked her room, and she didn't even wake up back then!'

'Why did she wake up at this time?'

Lin Ling blushed as Ying Ying's pure eyes stayed trained at them.

Lin Ling struggled out of Lu Ze's arms and laughed it off.

"Ying Ying, why did you come here?"

Ying Ying explained, "I was sleeping, but then, I heard you crying, so I came over to look."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling looked at each other helplessly. Perhaps they would've been able to do something more... But this little guy ruined everything!

Lu Ze looked at Ying Ying with vigilance.

'She was his lifetime enemy!'

He was going to remember this!

'When he reaches the cosmic realm state, he is going to spank her!'

Ying Ying inquired, "What happened to you guys? Sister Ling, did Lu Ze bully you?" Lin Ling shook her head to deny the accusation. "No, don't think like that, Ying Ying."

Ying Ying nodded and then looked pitifully at Lin Ling. "Sister Ling, I'm hungry." Lin Ling carried Ying Ying over gently. "I'll go cook for you." Lu Ze followed suit helplessly.

At least Lin Ling felt better now. Seeing Lin Ling smile was more important to him.

Back in Ying Ying's room, Lin Ling went to cook while Lu Ze watched cartoons with Ying Ying.

During this time, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, Lu Li, and Alice all came over.

They were stunned to see Ying Ying on the couch. Nangong Jing charged up and rubbed her face against Ying Ying. "I haven't had the chance to rub against Ying Ying for so long." Lu Li went next to Lu Ze and asked, "Where is sister Ling?" Lu Ze pointed out the kitchen. "Cooking."

The girls looked at Lu Ze.

Nangong Jing probed, "Is she okay?"

Lu Ze smiled. "She's fine now."

"If you're so worried about her, go inside and see."

Alice ran to the kitchen. "I'll go and help."

Lu Li flipped her hair. "Me too."

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha looked at each other and decided to join too.

As such, Lin Ling was surprised. "Why did you all come?"

"Hehe, nothing, I want to learn how to cook too."

"Why don't sister Jing and Hesha leave? The kitchen is small." "Get out, fox demon!" "You take up the space too!" Lu Ze and Ying Ying exchanged glances with each other.

They didn't feel too good.

'Would they be able to eat at all today?'

Two hours later, the group carried the food out.

Nangong Jing exclaimed, "I won't be nice to anyone who tells me to enter the kitchen anymore!"

In the next few days, Lu Ze and the girls went back to their usual cultivation schedule.

Lin Yan didn't come for Lin Ling during this period, but they could tell Lin Ling's attitude had changed a little. In addition, her mood improved a lot.

Probably, it won't be too long before the father and daughter will reconcile.

Outside the Dawn System, dozens of ships left the warp dimension and stopped just outside.

Lin Yan saluted Elder Nangong. "Lord Nangong, we'll stop at here."

Elder Nangong nodded. "Thank you."

Lin Yan shook his head. "It's our job."

Thereafter, he looked at Lin Ling.

Lin Ling didn't look down anymore. Her eyes just drifted around.

Lin Yan didn't mind it. He looked at Lu Ze afterward.

Lu Ze smiled at Lin Yan. He already knew what Lin Yan wanted to convey. Definitely, he would take care of Lin Ling.

Elder Nangong said, "Let's go back."

Everyone went back to the ship and left the space fortress as they flew towards Dawn System.

Soon, the ship arrived at planet Jinyao and stopped before the old man's shack.

Following such, Zuoqiu Xunshuang and the star states left in a bid to return to Shenwu City. They were powerful members of the military. Hence, they needed to go back and check the situation.

As for Yu Han, he rushed back to establish a research team to conduct testings on the knowledge acquired from the crystals.

Lu Ze handed out the New Dawn to his care for the promised upgrades.

Soon, there was only Lu Ze and the girls, as well as the young dukes, at the shack. Elder Nangong relayed, "Two months later, we will be heading off to the East Realm Gathering. During this time, you can cultivate and digest what you've earned from the secret realm. You can also use the facilities in Jinyao City as you wish." Hearing this, Lu Ze and the girls remained calm.

Meanwhile, Luo Bingqing and his group appeared excited. All of them smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Elder."

Lu Ze and his team had permanent access to the dao enlightenment room, so they could use it whenever they wanted.

But that wasn't the case for them.

Elder Nangong waved his hand. "Alright, it has not been easy during this period. Go back and cultivate."

After reminding them, the old man returned inside his shack.

Outside, Lin Kuang said, "Let's rest today. I'm going to the dao enlightenment room to cultivate tomorrow."

He still hadn't used the blood-thirsty spirit fruit yet.

It was best to use it while inside the dao enlightenment room since it would be most effective. Still, he needed to get himself in the right state first.

Luo Bingqing nodded. "I'm planning to rest for a day first before entering the dao enlightenment room too."

Daphne and her group also nodded.

Space travel made their minds tense up a lot of times.

Jack said, "In that case, let's go back to planet Venus. I'll treat everyone to a meal."

He looked at Lu Ze and his squad. "Don't reject the offer, Ze."

Lu Ze nodded. "We're going, of course."

Thereafter, Jack took out his private ship and signaled for everyone to get on.

His ship was rather decorated simplistically.

Lu Ze and the girls sat on the couch as the ship took off.

Lin Kuang asked, "Ze, did my dad had a conversation with you about Lin Ling?"

Pretty much all the people in the Federation knew about the relationship between Lu Ze and Lin Ling.

They were too famous in the Federation.

Lin Kuang wondered what his dad thought of it.

The other young dukes looked over curiously as well.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. 'What could he say?'

He couldn't tell them that uncle Lin was even prepared to tie up Lin Ling, so he could give her to him, right?

Lu Ze faked a cough. "Uncle Lin approves of our relationship. I promised him that I will take care of Lin Ling."

Nangong Jing and the other girls looked at Lin Ling and then at Lu Ze.

Lin Kuang felt dazed.

Before, he already had a feeling that his dad's attitude towards Lu Ze was a bit strange. He didn't expect that guy to know about Lu Ze and even approve of it.

Lu Ze had many girls following him.

Lin Kuang looked at Lu Ze speechlessly.

"I wonder if you're his actual child. His attitude towards you is much better than he treats me. He approved of your relationship with Lin Ling so easily?!"

Derrick chimed in, "If you had Ze's talent and power, Marshal Lin would be very nice to you too. Lu Ze placed first in behalf of our race at the Four-Race Tournament. Moreover, you already know about his contribution during the mission in the secret realm."

Mo Xie and the others nodded in agreement.

Lin Kuang: "..."

Lu Ze smiled. There was nothing he could do.

Well... he was just too strong.

Soon, they were back at planet Venus.

The ship docked at the space station and the group got off.

When the people there saw Lu Ze, a commotion occurred.

"Oh shit! Monarch of the New Dawn! It's the Monarch of the New Dawn!"

"I actually lived enough to see the Monarch of the New Dawn!"

"It's young duke Bingqing! He's so handsome! No wonder he's the most handsome young duke of the Federation!"

"The other young dukes are there too, young duke Nangong and Qiuyue. Where did they come back from?".

"Quick! Take videos!"

"Shocking news! Five months after the Four-Race Tournament, Monarch of the New Dawn and the young dukes have appeared. What's the secret behind this?"

Lu Ze and the girls quickly looked at each other and left without a pause.

On the way, the group looked sourly at Lu Ze and Luo Bingqing.

Both of their names were shouted out by the crowd the most.

They admitted that Lu Ze deserved it, but Luo Bingqing was so popular purely because he was handsome.

'Were they not handsome too?'

Clearly, they were handsome as well!

Lu Ze felt pretty bad too. To him, his appearance could be considered on par with Luo Bingqing's.

'Shouldn't he be the most handsome young duke instead?'

Lu Ze didn't understand their aesthetic perception.

Meanwhile, Luo Bingqing's face remained calm. He had heard this countless times, so he became used to it.

There were also residential districts on planet Venus other than the schools.

The group went to a residential district and proceeded to a private room, away from the rowdy crowd. The group had a good meal together before heading off.

Lu Ze and the girls chose to go to Nangong Jing's home. Upon reaching their destination, they dropped down on the couch. The people were too energetic along the way. It made them very tired.

Nangong Jing looked at Lu Ze speechlessly.

"Why are the girls outside so crazy? If Ze was alone outside, they would probably charge up." Lu Ze felt great about it. "It's probably because I'm too handsome."

Lu Li narrowed her eyes. "What did you say, brother? I didn't hear it clearly, can you say it again?"

The others also threw out sharp glances.

Lu Ze quickly replied, "I'm saying, you're all so pretty. I can never get enough of looking at you girls. How can I look at others?".

After resting for a moment, they each took a shower and returned to their rooms.

Lu Ze had his own room in Nangong Jing's home. He looked at the familiar layout. Although he hadn't stayed in it for five months, it was still very clean due to the robots cleaning it.

He went to the bed and lay down, closing his eyes.

It was already night now. The night breeze felt cool.

Even distant animal howls could be heard right now.

Her home was situated in the forest. There were several beasts around, but none of them dared to come here.

Lu Ze was completely relaxed while listening to the tune of nature.

After a while, he sat up and closed his eyes.

There were two months left before they leave again. It would take about another two months to reach their destination as well. In total, that was four months.

Lu Ze was a level-5 planetary state now. He wanted to reach the peak of the planetary state during the East Realm Gathering.

They provided before that prodigies who can enter the prodigy ranking will attend. By then, he would be able to test the powers of those bosses, right?

Lu Ze went into the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

In a brief instant, Lu Ze opened his eyes. His body writhed in pain. Even though he was a level-5 planetary state, he felt he was still too weak inside.

There were too many star state bosses. He encountered one too easily.

Luckily, he could fight ordinary level-9 planetary state beasts, so he still earned several loots.

At the very least, it would be enough to satisfy his daily cultivation needs. However, he didn't have many high-level orbs.

When the pain faded away, Lu Ze used a god art orb that was black in color.

This god art orb was dropped by the black metal insects. It was a powerful god art orb.

As the god art knowledge went into Lu Ze's brain, he used a blue crystal and purple orb to speed up the learning process. As he learned the god art, the golden light around Lu Ze dimmed and turned to dark gold.

The origin of all body god arts was the same. They just had different areas of expertise.

Some were focused on defense and some on power. Some were focused on speed and some on recovery. Lu Ze's strength god art fused with his body god art as he learned it further.

His body was being perfected in every aspect as he learned more body god arts.

In the future, Lu Ze might even be able to fuse regeneration god art into it as well. If he really did that, then his recovery would become very formidable just by using body god art.

This would have to wait until he got stronger regeneration god art orbs.

Outside, the sun gradually rose up. The sunlight shone on Lu Ze's handsome face.

Lu Ze opened his eyes. He stretched out and got off the bed.

He couldn't resist smiling after breathing the fresh air. Although planetary states no longer needed to breathe, it still felt good to inhale fresh air as a human.

Lu Ze went downstairs. Ying Ying was watching cartoons on the couch while making some kicking actions. The sound of cooking could be heard in the kitchen. Alice was probably already there. He walked next to Ying Ying and put her in his arms.

Ying Ying turned around and looked at Lu Ze. Thereafter, Lu Ze rubbed her head. "Let's watch together." "Oh."

Moments later, there was a sound coming from upstairs. Lu Ze saw Nangong Jing wearing a loose nightgown. She held a bottle full of golden fruit wine. She wobbled on her way down the stairs. Her face was flushed. Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "Can you drink less? It's morning."

Nangong Jing moved to where Lu Ze was and giggled. "What's wrong? It's very beneficial to my body anyways. My golden battle blood is benefitting a lot from this. It's not like I'm drinking because I like drinking.

That intense fruit wine aroma mixed with Nangong Jing's scent wafted into Lu Ze's nose. There was a somewhat soft sensation against his arm. Lu Ze glanced below Nangong Jing's neck, and his mouth twitched.

'Did she dress this casually at home?' 'Who could handle this?'

He put Ying Ying on the side.

He couldn't let Ying Ying discover his reaction.

Ying Ying glanced at Lu Ze and then went back to watching cartoons.

Nangong Jing held Lu Ze's shoulder and put the wine bottle next to his mouth. "Let's drink together."

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "No, why are we drinking in the morning?" After using blood crystals, the golden fruit wine was becoming less and less effective for him.

Those crystals were only dropped by beasts above level-5 planetary state. As Lu Ze's cultivation level rose, he would be able to acquire more.

When the golden fruit wine was no longer effective for the girls, he would give them the blood crystals too.

Nangong Jing pouted.

One had to admit she was much cuter when tipsy than her usual fiery temper.

In the following moment, she thought of something and came up to Lu Ze. "Then, do you want me to feed you with my mouth?"

Lu Ze: "?"

He glanced at Nangong Jing's damp red lips and got quite excited.

Just when he was about to agree, some footsteps upstairs interrupted the moment. Lu Li and Lin Ling came down.

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When they saw Nangong Jing acting seductively, with Lu Ze on the couch, they were dumbfounded. Both of them ran down, sitting opposite the two.

Lin Ling exclaimed, "Sister Jing, you're drunk again!"

Lu Ze: "..."

Nangong Jing argued back, "I can still drink, I'm not drunk."

At this moment, the kitchen door opened. Alice carried out spirit dishes.

Lu Li and Lin Ling got up. "We'll help you."

Seeing the three enter the kitchen, Nangong Jing had a sneaky expression.

She snuck up to Lu Ze. "Ze, let's do it secretly?"

Lu Ze: "?"

'Was she not scared of death?'

If they caught her, she would be punished too.

Of course, his punishment would be much worse than hers.

Still, Lu Ze felt it was quite thrilling. Once more, as Lu Ze was about to agree, another set of footsteps followed. Qiuyue Hesha went down.

She was immediately vigilant upon seeing Lu Ze and Nangong Jing being so close to each other. "T-Rex, what are you doing?"

Nangong Jing gasped and sat back down in annoyance.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled and sat on Lu Ze's other side while holding Ying Ying.

Ying Ying suddenly said, "Sister Jing was planning to feed Lu Ze wine with her mouth." Then, she asked in confusion, "Why doesn't Lu Ze drink it himself? Would feeding him be tastier?"

Lu Ze and Nangong Jing: "?"

The atmosphere became silent.

Nangong Jing woke up from her drunken stupor immediately. She wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

During this time, Alice and the other girls came out of the kitchen. "Let's have breakfast."

Ying Ying gave up on thinking about her question and stood up. Nangong Jing felt relieved. Luckily, Qiuyue Hesha said nothing. Otherwise, she would feel more awkward.

As for Lu Ze, he didn't care at all.

After breakfast, Lu Li flipped her hair. "Brother, didn't you promise that you would spar with us?"

The girls looked at him with battle intent.

Lu Ze smiled. "Okay, let's spar then."

He wanted to test how strong his combat power now.

In the virtual reality, Lu Ze and the girls were standing on a stage made up of gray stone.

Lu Ze saw that their faces were quite serious. He smiled. "Let's begin."

Nangong Jing couldn't handle it, seeing how calm Lu Ze was.

She sneered and a powerful chi surged from her body. Her eyes and hair turned golden as a damaging shockwave spread across all directions.

She stomped on the ground, and the stage began to crack. Nangong Jing disappeared from the spot and appeared on Lu Ze's left. Her long legs struck out like a whip towards his waist.

'Whirl!

Lu Ze's hair danced along with the wind. He raised a brow while he used red and black runes. Blood lightning surrounded his body as he retreated a few meters back.

The leg swung past Lu Ze. The resulting force released a wind on Lu Ze's face, making him feel a little hurt.

But Lu Ze still smiled. Her power wasn't bad.

Lu Ze reached out his hand and grabbed Nangong Jing's ankle.

"Thud!"

Lu Ze was about to throw Nangong Jing out, but suddenly, his mental force trembled. All sorts of erotic thoughts invaded his mind. Nangong Jing struggled out of his grip.

He looked over. Qiuyue Hesha was glowing with pink light. Her every expression emitted endless seduction. Even his chi wavered, and he was no longer at his peak condition.

At this moment, Lu Ze sensed a dangerous chi from behind. He quickly moved aside.

'Screech!'

The air was torn apart as sharp golden needles cut past where Lu Ze was.

On the other side, Lin Ling had golden needles appear around her. During this time, Nangong Jing charged up towards Lu Ze again.

She clenched her fist and directed her punch to his waist.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. 'Why was she so interested in his waist?'

If something really happened, she would be the one suffering.

Lu Ze greeted her fist with his palm!

'Rumble!

Nangong Jing fell back. Her hand was shaking

Even though Lu Ze wasn't in his prime state, she was still no match for him.

Just when Lu Ze planned to follow suit, three scorching chi shot at him from a distance. Three figures, bearing Alice's face, flared up with blue flames.

This was the fire clone divine art of Alice.

Blue runes formed around her body, and her chi suddenly rose. 'Fire buff?'

Lu Ze was surprised. 'Since when did fire clones use fire buff?'

'Was this something unique to the source flame?'

Despite so, this wasn't enough to beat him.

He raised his hand, and a black-and-white energy ball appeared. In the next instant, the energy ball pierced the chest of Alice's fire clones.

The three fire clones turned back into blue flames and exploded.

'Rumble!

The scorching blue flames swept the stage and enveloped Lu Ze.

Alice smiled brightly. "Hehe, we succeeded!"

Right then, a wave of chi manifested itself. The violent blue flames vanished like bubbles. In the center, Lu Ze's figure emerged.

There was a thick layer of Earth Shield around him. There were tiny cracks on the shield.

Lu Ze smiled. "What succeeded?"

Alice's smile froze. She poked out her tongue in embarrassment.

Lu Ze glanced across everyone and clenched his fists.

His smile turned evil. "Since all of you attacked already, it's my turn now."

Lu Li refuted, "There's still me. Let me show you guys my newly learned divine art."

Everyone looked curiously at Lu Li.

They knew that Lu Li learned the cosmic cloud state divine art.

The black mist appeared around Lu Li, which instantly permeated in the air, covering everyone.

Lu Ze raised a brow. He could only physically see with clarity within a few hundred meters while his mental force could only sense the surrounding hundred meters.

He had darkness god art and night vision.

Those without darkness god art could probably only see dozens of meters.

The other girls had shorter vision ranges than Lu Ze.

Their mouth twitched. 'Everyone was practically blind now. How were they going to play?"

At this point, Lu Li formed four black marks which shot towards the other girls' bodies.

Immediately, their vision and mental force weren't affected by the black mist anymore.

As all the girls remained dazed, Lu Li spoke desperately, "Hurry up and attack, I can only hold this for ten seconds."

Lu Li's beautiful face was pale. She was panting too.

Whether they would win or not depended on this round of attack. If they lost, they would be punished. 'Who knew what punishment this bastard would give them?!'

They were worried. Nangong Jing burst out and charged at Lu Ze.

Qiuyue Hesha used seduction god art at full power, supporting Nangong Jing. Lin Ling's eyes glowed as countless golden needles formed. They split into three waves, shooting Lu Ze from different directions.

Alice gritted her teeth as she formed ten fire clones. Her face became extremely pale.

Within the mist, Lu Ze looked around with vigilance.

During this juncture, a golden arc flashed in the corner of Lu Ze's eyes. He grinned.

They were here!'

He used fire buff and darkness buff, pushing his power to the limit. Lu Ze glowed with a dark golden light as blood lightning covered him.

At this point, his chi halted due to the influence of the seduction god art.

Lu Ze didn't mind it and grinned. He dodged Nangong Jing's punch. As he was about to counter-attack, sharp sounds came from behind him.

He quickly formed an Earth Shield.

'Screech!'

The Earth Shield received some damage. It seemed as though it was about to break at any time. However, it still blocked the attacks.

Nangong Jing missed, but she followed up with a kick.

Lu Ze blocked it with a palm.

'Rumble!

Immediately, Lu Ze sensed danger from above his head.

Accordingly, he disappeared from the spot as countless golden lights rained down. Thereafter, a blue light glowed in the black mist as blue fire clones charged at him.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. 'Was Alice this fierce?'

'Was she still his little angel?'

Lightning roared through the mist as the blue flames completely enveloped Lu Ze.

Nangong Jing retreated in the meantime.

The flames soon disappeared, revealing Lu Ze. There were numerous Earth Shields all around him.

At this moment, the last batch of golden needles shot out of the black mist. Nangong Jing charged out again while Qiuyue Hesha continued to use seduction god art at full power.

Before Lu Ze could even breathe, he was weakened.

Nangong Jing appeared behind Lu Ze.

She punched with her golden fists again.

More golden needles were launched at Lu Ze within the mist.

Lu Ze used all his power. He greeted Nangong Jing's fist with a punch while shooting Light-and-Darkness Beam towards the needles.

'Rumble!'

The blast spread over a few thousand kilometers.

Lu Ze and Nangong Jing were both flung away.

Right then, Lu Li's face became pale and the mist disappeared.

Nangong Jing stopped. She glanced at Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice. All their faces were drained of color.

Only she and the fox demon could keep fighting 'But how could they beat this guy?'

Nangong Jing was beginning to feel anxious.

In the following moment, she saw him grin from ear to ear. Her mouth twitched, and she attempted to make herself look pitiful. "Ze, what are you doing?"

Lu Ze went before Nangong Jing and flicked her forehead. "Now, it's my turn."

Nangong Jing covered her forehead. "Bastard! You flicked it again!"

Lu Ze then looked at the other girls who tried to sneak away.

A few seconds later, all the girls held their foreheads and looked at Lu Ze as if he was their public enemy.

Lu Ze ignored their death stares. 'He was merciless!

"I remember someone agreeing to accept punishment if they lost?"

The girls shivered.

Half an hour later in the living room, Lu Ze was leaning in Lin Ling's arms. Her face was red while maintaining a stiff smile. At the moment, she was massaging Lu Ze's neck.

Lu Li was sitting on the side, peeling varieties of fruits and feeding them to Lu Ze. She gritted her teeth as she said, "Master... Lu... Ze! Open wide."

Lu Ze happily ate the fruit Lu Li gave him. "Mhm, that's really tasty."

He then looked at Nangong Jing. "Teacher Nangong, you're pressing too hard." Nangong Jing glared at Lu Ze and used less force. Her trembling voice inquired, "Is this force good enough? Master Lu Ze?!" Lu Ze closed his eyes in enjoyment. "Mhm, that's good. You learn pretty fast. You deserve to be rewarded."

On the other side of the living room, Alice was sitting before a piano as her white long fingers danced on the keys. Beautiful melodies were born out of the piano.

Meanwhile, Qiuyue Hesha was humming along with the musical instrument.

The punishment imposed on the defeated parties was to recognize Lu Ze as their Master within a time period of one hour. Simultaneously, the girls had to be his five little maids who were bound to serve him.

"Truly worth it!'

Lu Ze felt he had reached the pinnacle of life.

'I must have more of this!'

This is really a fascinating experience.

"Li, I want to eat Heaven Luo fruit."

"... Okay!"

"Teacher Nangong, don't just focus on massaging one area. Switch to some places."

"... Yes!"

"Lin Ling, you're pressing too hard, be gentler."

"... Oh."

"Alice, I want to hear little stars."

"... Mhm."

"Teacher Qiuyue, I want to see you dance."

"... Okay, little brother Lu Ze!" "Hmm? What should you be calling me?" "... Okay, Master Lu Ze!"

Ying Ying's mouth was wide open as she looked at Lu Ze with admiration.

She felt Lu Ze was so amazing for being able to force the big sisters to behave obediently!

She raised her hand and exclaimed, "Being a master is so amazing! I want to be a master too!"

Lu Ze smiled pridefully. "Ying Ying can't be a master! Ying Ying is still a little kid."

Ying Ying pouted her lips in a pitiful manner. "Is that so?"

Lu Ze nodded heavily. "That's it!"

He beat Ying Ying again.

"This was great!'

He felt he couldn't be happier. He was enjoying the gentle service of the five girls while bullying Ying Ying.

An hour later, Nangong Jing who was gently massaging Lu Ze's legs suddenly stopped. Lu Li took back the fruit she was feeding Lu Ze and ate it herself.

Alice stopped playing the piano and Qiuyue Hesha stopped dancing.

Lu Ze became immediately unhappy. "What? Why did you all stop?"

Nangong Jing clenched her fists and answered, "Because... it's been one hour! Master Lu Ze!"

Lu Ze was stunned. It escaped his mind that he only had an hour to immerse himself in the pleasure of having five gentle maids.

He felt quite disappointed. Happy times passed quickly... At this moment, his heart suddenly turned cold. He sensed a few chilling glances.

He looked at the girls who were closing in on him while smiling. His mouth twitched. "What are you guys doing?" "Pfft." x 5

The girls charged forward.

Lu Ze's pitiful howl echoed throughout the living room.

"Wait! That was punishment. You guys even agreed to it! The time for punishment has already passed!"

"How dare you become our master?! How dare you make us your personal maids?! How dare you bully Ying Ying?!"

"Beat him up!"

Moments later, Lu Ze curled up in one corner of the couch and rubbed his forehead.

Finally, they were satisfied and were comforting Ying Ying instead. He was going to remember this. 'If I had the chance, I would become Master Lu Ze again!'

Soon, it was lunchtime. In order to comfort Ying Ying, Alice, Lu Li, and Lin Ling cooked a table of delicious food.

Since Lu Ze bullied her, Ying Ying took even larger amounts of food from Lu Ze, making Lu Ze feel lifeless.

Then, Lu Ze went to wash the dishes as everyone sat on the couch.

The group said nothing and just looked at the bushes outside. It was very beautiful.

Qiuyue Hesha leaned on Lu Ze's shoulder and said, "Time passes really quickly. The last time we were at T-Rex's house was nearly half a year ago."

Everyone nodded. Lu Li added, "It took four months just to make a roundtrip to the base of the Round Race."

The universe was too vast after all.

Nangong Jing chimed in, "We did get better technology though. By the time we can utilize them, traveling would be shorter."

Lu Ze was hopeful. "The New Dawn is being upgraded. We would be able to use it soon."

Alice asked, "It's almost time for New Year again. Should we return home?"

Last time, during the holidays, they encountered that eerie evolved insectoid. The memory seemed very distant now.

Lu Ze smiled. "Let's go back."

The red orbs he left his parents should almost be used up.

Nangong Jing insisted, "Then, I'll go back with you."

Qiuyue Hesha flipped her pink hair. "Me too, last time, aunty Shuya asked me to visit again."

Lu Ze grinned. "Then, we'll all go back together." "Mhm."

At the same time, in the vast space, at the Elf Cosmic Realm's border, black balls emitting blue flames suddenly appeared. The flames were extinguished. In the cave, where the largest black ball was, an insectoid wearing black armor, with six sharp ligaments, opened its bloody eyes. It looked up at the vibrant Elf Cosmic Realm. Moments later, it made its order telepathically. "According to the order of the emperor, destroy this region of the cosmos!" All the insectoids in the black ball opened their eyes and wailed. They charged out of the ball as they flew towards the Elf Cosmic Realm.

...

Dawn System, Planet Venus.

Lu Ze, Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice left Nangong Jing's home and flew back to the elite class dorms. They were going to visit Ye Mu and the others. It was hard for them to return after all.

Although Lu Ze was a second year now, he had only stayed at school during the first semester.

The second-year dorm wasn't the same one as before, but their previous residing place was still kept for them. Naturally, they hadn't moved yet.

There were people flying in the air from time to time. It was almost the end of the semester examinations. Everyone was busy.

When people saw Lu Ze and the girls fly back, they felt shocked. "Oh shit, is that Monarch of the New Dawn?"

"It really is Lu Ze? And there's Lin Ling too." "My idol! Lu Ze is too strong! I'm so nervous."

"What are they doing here?" More and more people gathered to watch them.

Some people were surprised. Some were curious while some were just staring at them in admiration.

The door opened before Lu Ze could knock on Ye Mu's door.

He walked out excitedly and smiled." I heard you guys were here, so I planned to go out and have a look. Didn't expect you to come directly here."

Lu Ze smiled. "It's hard for us to return. We came to visit you. Long time no see..."

An excited voice could be heard from his back. "Ye Mu, is Lin Ling here?"

Lu Ze: "?" Lin Ling: "?"

They looked behind Ye Mu.

Ye Mu showed an evil expression. "Qianhua, they're here."

Then, he let the group in.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling looked strangely at Tianyuan Qianhua and then at Ye Mu. Ye Mu laughed it off. "Um, I'll go notify the others." Thereafter, he fleed from the room.

'What was going on? Something didn't seem to be too right.'

Tianyuan Qianhua came up and hugged Lin Ling. "Lin Ling, I haven't seen you for nearly a year. I miss you so much."

Lin Ling smiled. "Mhm, I've been quite busy during this time."

Tianyuan Qianhua nodded. "I know, you guys are really amazing now. We were watching the Four-Race Tournament. I didn't expect you all to be planetary states."

"Comparatively, Yuqi, Jessica, and I are far worse."

They had about the same level of power when they entered the first year. Yet, in one short year, the difference between them was this huge. Lin Ling grinned and looked at Lu Ze with pride. 'If it wasn't for this guy, she wouldn't be that much stronger than the three girls.'

Tianyuan Qianhua looked at Lu Ze. "But Ze is still the strongest, much stronger than Ye Mu. You guys don't know how crazy the dorms became when Lu Ze placed first."

Lu Ze laughed. "It's nothing."

Receiving compliments from friends, rather than strangers, felt different. Lu Ze felt quite happy about it. Lin Ling asked, "Qianhua, you and Ye Mu?" Tianyuan Qianhua blushed and confirmed it. "Yes, we're together now."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling looked at each other in disbelief. These two always argued when they were first-year students.

Right then, Tianyuan Qianhua showed a complicated expression. "A lot has happened. I'll tell you guys slowly later." Lin Ling nodded.

At this moment, Ye Mu had brought Xuan Yuji, Jessica, Ian, and Xavier over.

The group smiled upon seeing Lu Ze and the girls.

Xuan Yuji remarked, "Lu Ze, Lin Ling, long time no see. My sister was telling me about you guys yesterday."

Lin Ling ended up dazed. "Sister Yuqi was here yesterday?"

Xuan Yuji nodded. "Yes, she slept over at my place yesterday. Thereafter, she went to planet Jinyao to cultivate in the morning."

She thought back to when her sister spoke of Lu Ze. Her eyes were burning up. Xuan Yuji felt quite awkward.

But of course, she wasn't going to reveal this here.

Ian looked at Lu Ze with admiration. "Ze, you came back to visit us. We all saw your fights at the Four-Race Tournament. You're so amazing!"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched upon looking at Ian's exquisite face. 'Why does he still look like a girl?

He patted Ian's shoulder. "Ian, remember, you're a guy!"

Ian nodded. "Oh."

Xavier still had his signature innocent smile. "Ze, long time no see. You did amazing at the Four-Race Tournament."

Lu Ze smiled. "Of course."

Jessica was still shy as usual. She just greeted everyone and listened to them chat.

The group sat down on the couch to carry on the conversation. Ye Mu talked about the missions they finished and the things they encountered.

They just did missions inside the Federation but there were still dangers.

On the other hand, Lu Ze told them about the void border. This inspired Ye Mu and the rest.

Even for Federal University graduates, only a rare few could go to the void border. There were even fewer who could go directly after graduating.

Even the top prodigies, such as Margaret, Eldon, and Li Qingyun, chose to stay at the Dawn System and do missions locally after graduating Senior Margaret just broke through to the mortal evolution state not long ago and was appointed young duke. She still needed to wait before she could go to the void border to do missions.

Lu Ze thought that if he were to give red orbs in the future, she would be a good choice.

Despite the difference in power, they still had a great conversation.

Alice even cooked a table of spirit food.

When the sun began to set, the group finally split off.

Before leaving, Lu Ze gave them some cultivation resources that he didn't need at all.

In the night sky, Lu Ze and the girls slowly flew towards Nangong Jing's house. Lu Ze sighed. "I didn't expect Ye Mu to be with Tianyuan Qianhua." Lin Ling smiled. "I didn't expect it either. He became more mature."

Lu Li smiled. "They went through several experiences after all."

There were dangers in missions. The two helped each other. Naturally, they got together in the end.

Soon, they were back at Nangong Jing's home.

Upon coming in, they saw two big and one small person lying on the couch.

Nangong Jing looked up with teary eyes. "You're finally back. We're starving to death!"

After comforting the three, everyone returned to their rooms to cultivate.

Lu Ze went into the Pocket Hunting Dimension.

It was the familiar forest again.

There was a howl as soon as Lu Ze appeared.

"Roar!"

Lu Ze disappeared from the spot.

'Screech!

A wind blade sliced past where he was and struck the tree.

Lu Ze looked around. It was a green fox-type animal.

'Level-8 planetary state!'

Lu Ze had encountered it before. It had wind god art. It wasn't weak, but of course, it was no match for Lu Ze at all.

Lu Ze appeared before the fox and attempted to punch its head.

'Rumble!'

His fist connected, and the head cracked. It died on the spot.

The body turned to dust, and Lu Ze picked up orbs and a blue crystal.

Lu Ze proceeded with his journey of hunting.

His cultivation level was level-5 planetary state now. Meanwhile, his combat power barely reached the star state. He could at least fight level-9 planetary state beasts now.

He just had to be careful, and he could survive until the night.

Of course, Lu Ze never lived to see the sun the next day.

The star state bosses were more active at night.

Ten hours later, the sky was getting dark. He felt quite great because he earned a lot of loot. He killed a level-9 planetary state and more than ten level-8 planetary states. Naturally, he massacred even more lower-level ones.

He earned dozens of blue crystals. This was enough for everyone to use within several days. There were even nine blood crystals.

At this time, Lu Ze went to the border of the forest.

Outside there was a crevice that was a few kilometers wide.

It was pitch black inside.

Lu Ze had an idea.

'Perhaps this was the entrance to the underground?'

Without hesitation, Lu Ze rushed forward.

From the cracks, Lu Ze kept flying down.

Violent winds blew past, but he still couldn't see the bottom of the crevice.

Later on, he could subtly see the outline of the bottom part.

Lu Ze sped up.

When he landed, he looked around and realized that it was indeed as he thought.

'I finally found that underground world.'

But it was different from when he ended up directly here. He could sense quite some powerful chi from the crevice. There was even a chi originating from a few star states.

The beast roars echoed non-stop as well. Lu Ze proceeded in a random direction.

A few hours later, a thud reverberated in the underground world.

Lu Ze killed a level-9 planetary state demonic dog with a single punch.

He breathed out and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Thereafter, he used wood god art, super regeneration, and light god art. His injuries recovered quite a bit. Then, he picked up the orbs on the ground.

There was a blue crystal and a red crystal.

This was indeed the underground world!

The loot was great.

In a few hours, Lu Ze killed three level-9 planetary state beasts.

The beasts in this region wandered alone. The battles caused a huge commotion, but no bosses came to watch the show.

Even if Lu Ze couldn't beat a level-9 planetary state beast, he could simply run away.

In a single day, Lu Ze managed to annihilate four level-9 planetary states.

Every point of distance in the underground world, there would be a huge stone pillar.

Lu Ze could scan around and gauge the present chis below the pillar.

After all, he encountered that demonic wolf under one last time. The location of the one-time-use divine art rune was there.

A few hours later, Lu Ze paused. He turned to look at a distant pillar.

It was that familiar chi!

He rushed towards that place without any qualms.

There was a huge cave below the pillar.

He couldn't sense it too clearly, but he could feel the powerful chi coming from the cave.

It must be that super beast without a doubt.

As Lu Ze inched closer, a low growl followed and a dark light charged out.

It was a gorilla with a horn. It seemed these horned gorillas also had super beasts.

Without hesitation, Lu Ze released his full power.

He used both buff divine arts and blood lightning Lu Ze instantly disappeared from the spot. "Roar!"

The gorilla roared in rage while it charged at Lu Ze.

The two figures clashed.

A huge sharp claw clashed with a tiny fist. The resulting shockwave spread across all directions. The ground was shattering and rubbles were flying everywhere. The gorilla roared in pain and was thrown away.

A sliver of light flew in Lu Ze's eyes as he chased after it with the intention of punching its head.

At this moment, black complex runes appeared on the ape's body, and it disappeared from the spot as well.

Lu Ze's fist hit an afterimage.

Dark golden fist force surged and penetrated the ground.

Simultaneously, the gorilla appeared behind Lu Ze. There was a black light on its claw as it swiped at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze felt the lethal threat behind him. Yellow runes flashed in his eyes as an Earth Shield materialized behind him. 'Rumble!

The Earth Shield cracked, but Lu Ze shifted his position in that instant and punched the claw.

'Rumble!

There was another clash, and both of them fell back.

Lu Ze ended up in a faraway area. Blood runes flashed in his eyes as he used Lightning Travel divine art at full power and charged towards the gorilla again.

The gorilla moved its claw away due to pain and charged back in fury.

Explosions occurred throughout the place.

The two figures flickered in the air non-stop.

In a short instant, they clashed over a hundred times.

The shockwaves ravaged the ground. However, with every clash, the gorilla would howl in pain.

Gradually, the howls became wails. Its claw was broken as it bled profusely.

Lu Ze charged up again and shot out a Light-and-Darkness Beam.

The gorilla was forced to dodge.

Subsequently, Lu Ze went for its head again using his fist.

The gorilla only had a bare amount of time to raise its right hand.

'Crack...'

The sound of bones breaking could be discerned.

Lu Ze's punch landed heavily on its head. Thud!'

The gorilla was buried deeper into the ground, creating a hole. It lay there bloodied.

Before it could even react, Lu Ze landed on it and continued to throw down punches.

Blood splashed on Lu Ze's white face.

Lu Ze soon stopped after realizing the other party was dead. He wiped out the blood from his face and watched the body slowly turn to dust.

Like the super metal insect, there were super red and purple orbs, god art orbs, divine art runes, two blue crystals, and two red crystals.

Lu Ze grinned. "These super beasts gave out superb drops.' He picked them up and happily flew off towards the cave.

The black rune was floating in the air with demonic chi.

Lu Ze touched the rune and received information from it.

'This was a one-time divine art rune!'

In the same vein, it could allow a being to have explosive speed in an instant. It also lasted for half an hour without Lu Ze needing to consume energy.

Lu Ze resumed hunting.

Ten hours later, Lu Ze stood amidst a crater.

A demonic wolf slowly disappeared as Lu Ze panted. This was the third super beast Lu Ze conquered.

Lu Ze picked the drops up.

Like the super metal insect divine art rune shard before, he just needed to find four pieces to get a complete divine art.

He already got three pieces now. He just needed to find one more.

Lu Ze was hopeful.

As his cultivation level grew higher, Lightning Travel divine art could no longer satisfy him.

'I want to be faster and stronger!'

Lu Ze picked the things up and went to the cave. It also contained a one-time divine art rune.

Lu Ze took off again.

Three hours later, he found another cave.

'There was powerful chi inside!'

Lu Ze charged in without pausing.

At this juncture, the chi exploded, and a black light dashed out in front of Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was stunned and stayed where he was.

He looked at this demonic wolf and sweated cold.

'Was it a planetary state wolf that reached the peak state?'

He had to run!

The wolf roared and disappeared from the spot.

Before Lu Ze could react, his body went cold.

Once again, Lu Ze woke up back in his room.

His mouth twitched.

He might not even be able to beat ordinary planetary states at peak stage, let alone a super beast... Nevertheless, Lu Ze soon became excited.

The rewards this time were first-rate!

There were three divine art rune shards, three one-time divine art runes, six super blood crystals, six super blue crystals, as well as all sorts of orbs.

Lu Ze grinned.

He would use the super blue crystals upon completing the divine art. The super blood crystals could improve his body by a huge margin.

There were super red crystals that could speed up his cultivation too.

It was such a fantastic loot!

When the painful sensation vanished, Lu Ze began to cultivate.