"Master! We have urgent intelligence!"
On the highest level of the vast divine palace, a black-robed figure flashed inside in panic, shouting anxiously,
"Something huge has happened!"
Roar!
Over a thousand ordinary Undying-level insectoid warriors roared in unison.
Their diamond-shaped eyes glared furiously at the black-robed man, enraged that he had disturbed their Queen's rest.
"Yawn..."
A gentle yawn drifted down from the highest chamber of the palace.
Accompanied by that soft voice...
A breathtakingly beautiful woman, completely unlike the insectoid warriors, gracefully descended like an immortal fairy.
A flowing purple veil wrapped around her jade-like skin.
Her enchanting eyes, filled with irresistible charm, rested upon the black-robed human as she asked softly,
"What could possibly make you so flustered?"
The black-robed man gazed at the stunning woman almost obsessively.
Even as an Undying being, he seemed incapable of resisting her bewitching aura.
"We've just received news. Human Target No. 1005—Jiang Li, the Stellar-level genius capable of controlling a Fifth-Tier spirit weapon—has broken the record of the Human Universe Peak Genius Competition."
"He has reached the third floor of the seventh Trial Tower!"
"The third floor of the seventh Trial Tower?"
The beautiful woman's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Back then, wasn't the epoch-defining genius Kedi, whom our race subdued at the cost of two Universe Venerables, only able to reach the third floor as well?"
Once someone was enslaved through soul enslavement...
Even if a Universe Master reversed time and resurrected them, the enslavement would remain.
Life or death would still depend upon a single thought from the master.
"Yes."
The black-robed human answered respectfully.
To reverse the severed flow of time...
A Space Venerable and a Time Venerable had to act together.
The beautiful woman sighed softly before shaking her head.
"Our current strength is no longer sufficient to eliminate Jiang Li."
"List him as Target No. 1."
She knew perfectly well...
If Jiang Li truly possessed talent comparable to Kedi's...
Killing him would be meaningless.
For a genius of that caliber...
The great beings of humanity would willingly pay an enormous price to reverse time and resurrect him again and again.
The universe was unimaginably vast.
Although humanity was one of its dominant races...
It shared the cosmos with equally powerful races such as the Bug Race, the Machine Race, and countless others.
Besides them...
Many strange races had formed alliances to oppose humanity's enormous influence.
"Master!"
Inside another majestic divine hall...
Every kind of mechanical puppet radiated an eerie glow that chilled one's soul.
A shadow shrouded in black mist knelt before the countless puppets.
"Hm?"
A deep mechanical voice echoed.
Hundreds of mechanical puppets lit up simultaneously.
Their crimson eyes shone with terrifying light.
No one could tell where the voice had come from.
"We have just received intelligence."
"A peerless genius has appeared among the Hong Alliance humans."
"The Bug Race has already designated him as Target No. 1."
"They claim..."
"He is a once-in-ten-million-epochs genius."
The black-mist figure remained deeply respectful.
"A once-in-ten-million-epochs genius?"
All of the mechanical puppets spoke at once in astonishment.
"Humans..."
"What frightening reproductive ability."
"How long has it been since Kedi fell?"
"And already another monster like him has appeared?"
On the desolate frontier of the universe...
Within a dimensional gap filled with countless demonic beasts...
A terrifying serpent-like beast, over ninety million kilometers long, let out a thunderous roar.
Using the unique language of the Beast Race...
It transmitted news that shook the universe.
Nearby floated an enormous crystalline cube...
Like a gigantic Rubik's Cube forged entirely from dazzling crystals.
Within that colossal structure...
A magnificent Divine Kingdom was sealed.
Inside the Divine Kingdom...
Countless brilliantly colored butterflies fluttered through the air.
Had Jiang Li been present...
He would have immediately recognized them.
These butterflies shared the same origin as the illusion butterflies summoned by Duoyi.
However...
The aura of destruction contained within them was infinitely beyond anything Duoyi, even as an Undying, could compare to.
"Oh?"
A nearly perfect-looking man extended a finger that resembled flawless crystal.
A colorful butterfly landed upon it...
Passing Jiang Li's information into his mind.
"A once-in-ten-million-epochs genius has appeared among the distant Hong Alliance humans again?"
Although surprised...
A faint smile appeared on his face.
Given his own terrifying strength...
Even Jiang Li's astonishing talent, which had shaken half the universe, failed to truly shock him.
"It seems..."
"The Bug Race, Beast Race, and Machine Race will once again have headaches over how to kill this little fellow."
He chuckled softly.
His playful gaze swept across the entire Divine Kingdom.
"Interesting..."
"Very interesting."
The birth of a peerless human genius spread through the universe like a devastating cosmic hurricane.
Within moments...
Countless alien races had received the news.
Meanwhile...
Completely unaware of the storm raging outside...
Jiang Li slowly withdrew the Tower of Laws, his eyes still shimmering with the brilliance of the Laws.
As streams of light shifted around him...
He officially broke the historical record of the Human Universe Peak Genius Competition.
He stepped onto...
The fourth floor of the seventh Trial Tower.
The moment his figure in white landed inside the trial space...
To every peerless genius gathered in the plaza...
He looked almost like a god.
"Go, Jiang Li!"
"Come on!"
"Come on! Come on!"
"Keep going!"
The millions of geniuses gathered there...
Represented the absolute elite of humanity.
Every one of them possessed supreme confidence, pride, and unyielding spirit.
Very few would ever sincerely acknowledge another's superiority.
Yet...
Beginning with a single voice...
More and more geniuses found themselves unable to suppress their emotions.
One after another...
They began shouting encouragement.
They wanted Jiang Li to clear another floor.
To create yet another unprecedented record for humanity.
Fourth Floor of the Seventh Trial Tower
Jiang Li tightened his grip around the Wind Thunder Cloud Sword, his expression becoming solemn.
As the scenery shifted...
An endless grassland stretched before him.
Above it...
Winged, three-eyed demonic beasts known as Feihou materialized one after another.
Lightning instantly intertwined within their three eyes.
In a split second...
An enormous web of thunder covered the heavens.
The Law of Thunder had been cultivated almost to perfection.
Within half a breath...
The entire sky transformed into an endless storm of lightning.
Crack!
Before the Feihou even moved...
Terrifying bolts of lightning over ten meters thick descended.
The piercing screeches of electricity seemed capable of rupturing eardrums.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The lightning was endless.
Its speed rivaled beams of light.
Jiang Li couldn't even use the Wind Thunder Cloud Sword to block every strike.
He expanded both his domain and spiritual force simultaneously.
His body flickered repeatedly.
Illusory clones erupted into existence.
Countless afterimages weaved through the endless sea of thunder.
"Damn..."
"These things are complete monsters."
Even Jiang Li couldn't help cursing.
He swept his sword horizontally.
The sword light had barely formed...
Less than half a second later...
It was completely shattered by the endless lightning.
Residual thunder attached itself to the Wind Thunder Cloud Sword...
Flowing directly into Jiang Li's limbs and every part of his body.
Even his soul became numb for an instant.
Had his soul not been strengthened through twenty-five fusions...
Even that tiny amount of electrical transmission would have been enough to completely destroy the soul of an ordinary ninth-level Stellar warrior.
At that very moment...
The thousand Feihou finally spread their wings.
They darted freely through the endless thunderstorm.
Boom!
The leading Feihou still appeared to be an immense distance away.
Yet within less than 0.0001 seconds...
It slammed violently into Jiang Li.
Even though Jiang Li reacted at his absolute limit...
Golden light instantly covering his body...
He was still blasted away by an impact as powerful as a falling meteor.
Pfft!
While flying backward...
Jiang Li spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs.
"The Law of Time!"
In that instant...
Having comprehended the Law of Time himself...
Jiang Li immediately realized the truth.
These Feihou had not merely perfected the Law of Thunder.
They also possessed an extraordinarily profound mastery of the Law of Time.
"Hiss..."
Across the entire plaza...
The watching geniuses collectively inhaled sharply.
Seeing Jiang Li sent flying thousands of meters by a single collision...
Every one of them trembled in shock.
A thousand demonic beasts...
Each possessing near-perfect mastery over two Supreme Laws.
Even a ninth-level Universe-grade expert...
Or perhaps even a Domain Lord...
Would likely struggle to survive against such an opponent.