Generally speaking, the first instructor a student goes to listen to is the one they intend to take as their master.
This is considered an unspoken rule.
Luo Feng had taken True Yan King as his master after attending his very first lecture.
Hong had also attended lectures, but he never took a master.
This was unusual.
Most geniuses at least attempted to become someone's disciple.
As he spoke, King Tongnan suddenly recalled something, and his expression became strange again.
"And there is also that little fellow, Yu Kong."
"He also passed the third level of the Nine Universes Sky-Piercing Bridge, yet he never took a master."
"Quite a few people wanted to take him as their disciple."
"Even True Yan had considered it."
"But all of them were rejected."
True Yan King's expression also became a little odd.
After all, he was one of the grandmasters of the Nine Universes lineage.
He knew many people had sent emails to Yu Kong, hinting at accepting him as a disciple.
But Yu Kong behaved as if he never saw them.
Furthermore, he did not attend any lectures.
He barely interacted with the other geniuses of his batch.
He was one of the most withdrawn individuals among them.
And there were indeed many withdrawn people in this generation.
What they did not know was that all these people, including Yu Kong, were incarnations of Luo Fan.
How could Luo Fan use incarnations to become someone's disciple?
As for attending lectures, there was no need.
If he wished, King Xiren could tutor him one-on-one at any time.
King Tongnan continued speaking.
"Among the other geniuses, thirteen broke through the second level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge, and the rest only passed the first level."
"These thirteen are Lei Shen, Guslo, Long Yun, Galeixi, Tao, Qianshui, Uka…"
King Longyu's expression grew strange as well.
"This Lei Shen… I don't think he's from the Primordial Secret Realm, is he?"
"I recall he's from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm."
"And those six after Uka seem to all be from the Apocalyptic Secret Realm as well?"
True Yan King and King Tongnan exchanged looks, their expressions equally odd.
This round of the genius battle was far too abnormal.
As for Luo Fan, he was a special case and did not count.
Bolan and Luo Feng were the same.
Such peerless geniuses behaving unusually was normal.
If anything, it even seemed reasonable that they passed more levels of the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
The strange ones were the ones after them.
Hong and Lei Shen were at least from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
Perhaps before the Universe Genius Battle, they had less time to train and fewer resources, so their progress was slower.
After arriving in Chaos City, their progress skyrocketed, producing such results.
That was still acceptable.
But those from the Apocalyptic Secret Realm were far more abnormal.
One Yu Kong could still be called a coincidence.
But behind Yu Kong were Fack, You, and six others who also passed the second level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
That was very strange.
King Longyu murmured.
"This makes me wonder if perhaps the rules of the Universe Genius Battle should be changed."
True Yan King and King Tongnan exchanged a glance, said nothing, and quietly drank their wine.
At that moment, King Longyu suddenly said,
"Why hasn't Luo Fan continued challenging the Sky-Piercing Bridge? With his talent, he could probably attempt the seventh level by now."
King Tongnan and the others were curious as well, but they didn't know the reason.
After chatting a little longer, they changed the topic.
…
In truth, because of Luo Fan's ten incarnations, several Venerables responsible for the genius battle within the Virtual Universe Company had started considering whether they should revise the rules.
However, after investigating the backgrounds of Yu Kong and the others, Luo Fan's incarnations, they decided not to change anything.
These individuals seemed to have appeared out of thin air, clearly backed by someone.
But they were all within the rules.
And they did not appear to be spies; otherwise, the moment they entered the City Lord's Mansion, they would have died.
Thus, the Venerables responsible for the genius battle left the rules unchanged.
Yu Kong and the others simply were not normal.
As for who was behind them, there was no need to investigate.
If someone could fool the lower authorities successfully, that was their ability.
This was also the attitude of the human upper echelons toward geniuses.
Just like Luo Feng's Golden-Horned Beast body reaching the Universe Level during the genius battle.
Later, it even reached the Domain Lord Level.
And no one intervened.
As long as it was not discovered, it was considered your own ability.
…
Soon, thirty years passed just like that.
There was only one month left before they would leave Chaos City.
During these thirty years, Luo Fan grew tremendously.
His comprehension of laws progressed like a rocket.
His Space Wyrm clone also broke through to the Domain Lord Level during these years.
The task reward for the breakthrough granted Luo Fan two million points of comprehension.
At the same time, his basic Spatial Talent evolved into Intermediate Spatial Talent.
This caused his comprehension speed for the Space Origin Law to more than double.
And the Space Wyrm clone had consumed many Ice Crystal Spirit Fruits.
That also provided a significant boost.
Over these thirty years, Luo Fan mastered sixty-seven essences of the Space Origin Law.
As for the Water Origin Law, he had long mastered all of its essences.
Currently, Luo Fan's comprehension of the Space Origin Law had reached 18.62%, and his comprehension of the Water Origin Law had reached 86.33%.
He could feel that he was very close to being acknowledged by the Water Origin Law.
He planned to find a suitable place to obtain that acknowledgment later when he took on Universe-Level missions.
During this time, his incarnations manufactured one hundred thousand F9-grade robots for him.
Additionally, there were many E9-grade Mechanical Tribe starships, ready to be exchanged for wealth at any time.
Several incarnations also secretly went to other races' territories to begin smuggling operations.
During the process, they could also check whether there were resources Luo Fan needed.
After all, he was only sending incarnations.
…
Only ten days remained before the geniuses would leave Chaos City.
A giant "fish" was flying through the unstable chaos of the Initial Universe.
Inside the "fish."
"Longyu, how are the geniuses of this batch?" Nine-Sword Venerable asked as he sat upon his throne.
"Honored Venerable, out of the one thousand geniuses, eight hundred and eight are still alive," King Longyu replied respectfully, dressed in her jade-green armor.
Because of Luo Fan and his ten incarnations, this generation of geniuses desperately wanted to hunt Chaos Beasts and obtain Chaos True Spirits to transform their souls.
As a result, the death count increased by a considerable amount.
"Aside from Luo Fan, the best among them are Bolan and Luo Feng. Both Bolan and Luo Feng have passed the seventh level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge."
"Next is Hong. He has passed the fifth level of the Illusion Universe Sky-Piercing Bridge."
When Hong was mentioned, King Longyu paused briefly.
Then he continued.
"As for those who passed the third level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge, there are sixteen in total."
"Among them, aside from Rong Jun, Uka, Qianshui, Long Yun, Galeixi, and Lei Shen, everyone else is from the Apocalyptic Secret Realm."
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