"Great Lotus Lord, congratulations on successfully recognizing Lotus Ancient City as your master!"
The voice echoed through Han Jue's consciousness as an earth-shaking roar erupted around him. The entire ancient city trembled, and for a terrifying moment, it felt as though the massive structure might collapse entirely.
Within the city at that moment, only invincible Kings and a handful of peak Kings remained. Most peak Kings had already departed after reaching the final three levels, recognizing that the treasures appearing there were far beyond their means to claim. The invincible Kings who stayed hoped to witness new treasure trials appearing at the end of this era, while the remaining peak Kings sought to challenge the treasure trials scattered throughout the middle six levels.
But with Han Jue's successful recognition of Lotus Ancient City as his master, every King still present within its walls was forcibly teleported to the outside world in an instant.
"What the hell just happened?"
"We were expelled from Lotus City?"
"That's impossible! Lotus City has existed on this continent since before the formation of this sixth battlefield, how can it be acting so strangely now?"
"My treasure was right there! I was so close..."
"Damn it all!"
Outside the ancient city's walls, countless Kings erupted in confusion and anger. Among them stood King Blackwater, King Guuxin, and King Power, all acquaintances of Han Jue who'd crossed paths with him before.
They had all been expelled without warning. From this day forward, Lotus Ancient City belonged to Han Jue alone, his private domain. Every treasure within its walls, every Arcana in its vaults, every inheritance hidden in its halls, all of it now belonged solely to him.
Only those with invincible King-level combat power were even qualified to attempt the recognition trial for Lotus City. Failure meant certain death. Throughout countless eons, many had chosen to accept the test, but without exception, every single one had failed. Even the strongest beings in the universe could not forcibly claim Lotus City!
Various races of the universe regarded this place as special, similar to the legendary Star Tower, an ancient treasure beyond the reach of force alone.
Now, with such a tremendous upheaval occurring here, the expelled Kings immediately contacted the powerful figures within their respective clans to investigate this unprecedented event.
"Master."
A small figure materialized before Han Jue. She appeared as a petite loli with an elf-like appearance, transparent wings on her back, a pink lotus flower adorning her head, fair skin, and delicate hands and feet. She looked both cute and obedient.
"Who are you?" Han Jue asked, though he recognized her as the owner of the voice from before.
"I am a sentient being born from this Lotus Ancient City itself," the little loli explained. "You could also consider me an intelligent life form. My name is Lian. Since you are now the master of Lotus Ancient City, that makes you my master as well."
Han Jue nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
"Lotus Ancient City has eighteen levels," Lian continued. "The first nine levels correspond to the Immortal stage. Levels ten through twelve correspond to Universe Venerables. Levels thirteen through fifteen correspond to Universe Masters. Levels sixteen through eighteen correspond to the strongest beings in the universe. The eighteenth level is your personal residence, Master."
"Now, let me show you the treasure vault of Lotus Ancient City."
As Lian finished speaking, both she and Han Jue were instantly teleported to a completely new space.
"This is the sixteenth floor of Lotus Ancient City," Lian introduced. "The Lotus Clan's treasure vault was originally located here. The treasures and inheritances that appeared in the first nine floors were all selected from this vault and placed there for trial purposes."
Lian led Han Jue deeper into the vault, which was divided into two main sections. She first guided him to the area where Arcana were stored.
This section was itself divided into five tiers, corresponding to Common Arcana, High Arcana, Top Arcana, Pinnacle Arcana, and Xeon Arcana.
"When the Lotus Clan faced the crisis of extinction, the Pinnacle and Top-tier Arcana were taken by the Universe Masters within the clan for the final battle," Lian explained. "Of course, the Lotus Clan was still wiped out in the end, and those Arcana were lost to the outside world. Only some Common and High-tier Arcana remain here now."
Han Jue nodded slightly, understanding the situation.
Even though most of the high-tier Arcana were lost, dozens of Arcana still lay before him. Of course, all of these combined might not be comparable to a single Top-tier Arcana, but they were still invaluable treasures.
Six High-tier Arcana remained in the vault.
Han Jue's attention immediately locked onto one of them, a massive greatsword.
"That's the Five Evolutions Wild Sword, a High-tier melee-type Arcana," Lian introduced, following Han Jue's gaze.
Han Jue stepped forward and grasped the broad blade. The sword immediately shrank according to his will, adjusting to fit his body perfectly.
Having comprehended the five lower-level laws of space, Han Jue was ideally suited to wield the Five Evolutions Wild Sword. Almost instantly upon receiving it, he successfully bound it to himself without any resistance. He could use this treasure in battle immediately, and it would boost his combat power by dozens of times!
Han Jue decided to give this sword to his true self. Combined with his explosive physical power, it might even allow him to kill a Universe Venerable.
"Congratulations, Master!" Lian congratulated him expressionlessly from the side.
Han Jue's lips twitched slightly at her flat tone, but he ignored it and instead examined the remaining High-tier Arcana.
Of these six High-tier Arcana, five were the relatively less valuable melee-type weapons. Besides the Five Evolutions Wild Sword he'd just claimed, the remaining four weapons were an axe, a spear, a scimitar, and a short sword.
Han Jue accepted them all. Even if he didn't use them himself, he could exchange them with his clan for other treasures or give them as gifts to allies.
"Venerable Lan Song uses an axe, doesn't he?" Han Jue mused aloud.
Shaking his head to dismiss the thought, he turned his attention to the final High-tier Arcana.
It was a High-tier domain-type Arcana called the Ten Directions Lotus Sea.
"This domain-type treasure was used by the Lotus God when she was still at the Universe Master level," Lian explained. "Because it has significant commemorative value, it was preserved here rather than being taken into the final battle by the other Universe Masters."
The Ten Directions Lotus Sea, as a High-tier domain-type Arcana, was probably worth no less than several Top-tier melee Arcana combined. This level of treasure was enough to spark battles between Universe Masters!
With this treasure, Han Jue could bind Universe Overlords within its domain. Even some weaker Universe Masters would be affected and constrained by the Ten Directions Lotus Sea's power. The domain itself possessed enough offensive capability to kill an invincible King outright, and some weaker Universe Venerables would flee at the mere sight of it being deployed.
This also signified that Han Jue's clone had officially achieved combat power equivalent to a Universe Venerable!
The Ten Directions Lotus Sea was a perfect match for his Star Stream Sea clone, both were ocean-based entities, creating natural synergy.
Once he handed the Five Evolutions Wild Sword to his main body, Han Jue would possess the combat power of two Universe Venerables. Neither would be at the weakest end of that tier either, both would be stronger than someone who had just broken through to the Universe Venerable realm.
And he was still just a World Master!
There was still enormous room for improvement in his strength. His law comprehension, his secret techniques, Han Jue hadn't even reached the pinnacle of these aspects at the World Master level yet. The future stretched before him, filled with limitless potential for growth.
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