Ganwu Universe Country, Ganwu Secret Realm.
The Lord of Ganwu, who had just been revived for over ten thousand epochs, stood in the starry sky, with hundreds of millions of kneeling Stellar Rank youngsters below him, all of whom were Geniuses cultivated in the Ganwu Secret Realm to participate in the Pinnacle Genius Battle.
Currently, the Lord of Ganwu's situation was not good. All the Heavy Treasures he had accumulated and exchanged contributions for had been lost on the Original Star. Because this was his second time being revived after falling, he owed the Human Race a large sum of contributions.
To improve his situation, he did not hesitate to accept the Heavy Treasure offered by Marquis Rong Dian and made a promise to World Master Molten Rock, who had encountered a fortuitous opportunity: as long as he completed the assessment trial, he could be accepted as a registered or official Disciple.
"You are the future elites and pillars of my Ganwu Universe Country."
"In this Pinnacle Genius Battle, you must occupy at least half of the 1,001 spots allocated to the Ganwu Universe Country!" The Lord of Ganwu's deep voice, which made heaven and earth tremble, echoed throughout the Secret Realm's starry sky.
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Ganwu Universe Country, Ancient Thunder Empire.
"Today marks the beginning of the preliminary gathering."
"The Divine Lord has high expectations for everyone; do not disappoint the Divine Lord."
A group of World Masters spoke to the Stellar Rank Disciples, while the Emperor of the Ancient Thunder Empire sat high on the Divine Throne, looking down at the crowd below.
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Li Yu Universe Country, in front of the vast palace was a huge and boundless square.
On the square, hundreds of millions of Stellar Rank individuals knelt on one knee, heads bowed, their expressions respectful.
At the very front of the hundreds of millions of Stellar Rank individuals stood a blue-haired youth with his head slightly bowed, unperturbed amidst the boundless Divine Might, forming a stark contrast with the hundreds of millions of Stellar Rank individuals behind him!
And in front of the vast palace, a great existence stood in the Void, with thousands of powerful Immortals radiating immense pressure respectfully standing behind him.
"The previous Pinnacle Genius Battle was a great failure; my Li Yu Universe Country did not even have a Genius enter the top 1000."
That great existence's voice was extremely solemn. Although there was no anger in his words, it instilled fear in people's hearts.
That great existence looked at the dense, seemingly endless youngsters below and said, "In this Pinnacle Genius Battle, for the top 1000 of Li Yu Universe Country, you must occupy at least 300 spots!"
"Kedi!"
The blue-haired youth stepped forward and respectfully said, "Country Lord!"
"Your goal is to be the number one in the Universe in this Pinnacle Genius Battle!"
The blue-haired youth, Kedi, said, "Glory will surely belong to the Li Yu Universe Country!"
Kedi's voice was not loud, but it clearly spread throughout the entire square, even to the Immortals in front of the palace above.
Those Immortals' hearts burned with fervor. As high-ranking members of the Li Yu Universe Country, the glory earned by the Li Yu Universe Country would make them proud.
In this Pinnacle Genius Battle, let the people of other Universe Countries contend for second place. With Kedi, a Genius who appears once every million epochs, the first place is definitely taken by their Li Yu Universe Country!
The hundreds of millions of kneeling Stellar Rank individuals were incredibly fervent in their hearts: "Glory belongs to the Li Yu Universe Country!"
"Go! Bring back the glory!"
"Yes! Country Lord!"
The hundreds of millions of Stellar Rank individuals below were respectful and excited. They had not expected to see the Country Lord of the Li Yu Universe Country, the Country Lord who had established the Li Yu Universe Country and sat on the Divine Throne for countless years, a Country Lord even greater than an Immortal!
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Nine Flame Universe Country, in a Starfield Secret Realm.
A golden-haired Fox Clan female stood respectfully behind her teacher.
"Fei!" An Immortal radiating immense pressure turned around and looked at the Disciple who made her proud, saying, "In this Pinnacle Genius Battle, you will definitely be able to break into the top one thousand in the Universe, and there's a high probability of entering the top ten, but there's no hope for first place."
Fei, the Fox Clan female, felt a little unconvinced. Her teacher had previously said that she would have been the strongest Illusionist in previous editions, so why was there no hope for contending for first place now?
"I know you're definitely not convinced." That Immortal looked at her fellow clan junior with some regret, saying, "If only you had been born ten thousand years earlier, this Pinnacle Genius Battle has produced a monster, and no one can take first place from him."
This Immortal had an Immortal friend from the Li Yu Universe Country. She had received some information from her, knowing that the Li Yu Universe Country was determined to win first place in this Pinnacle Genius Battle.
"Just watch, teacher!" Fei set her goal in her heart, "No matter who that monster you mentioned is, I will use the Illusions you taught me to defeat him!"
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Ganwu Universe Country, Molten Rock Empire.
In the huge square, Ender and the Fourteen core members of the Molten Rock Secret Realm stood in front, followed by hundreds of official members, and then thousands of reserve members.
World Master Molten Rock, who usually resided in the Molten Rock Emperor Star Imperial Palace, was currently in the Molten Rock Secret Realm, addressing the Geniuses who were about to participate in the Pinnacle Genius Battle.
"No matter which intermediate universe country you were from before, your only identity now is a member of the Molten Rock Empire, representing my Molten Rock Empire in this Pinnacle Genius Battle!"
"If any of you can break into the top one thousand of the Ganwu Universe Country, you will receive a fifth-order weapon! If you break into the top one thousand in the Universe, you can receive ten Starfields as territory!"
Finally, World Master Molten Rock said, "Go, bring glory back to the Molten Rock Empire!"
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At the same time, various World Master Level forces in the Ganwu Universe Country were preparing to recruit Geniuses in this Pinnacle Genius Battle.
"Keep a close eye on the constantly changing points leaderboard. We can't recruit some super Geniuses, but slightly lesser ones are fine too."
"Our Ganwu Universe Country has a total of 100 preliminary zones. Anyone who can rank in the top 10,000 in each zone is considered very powerful. Always pay attention to changes in the rankings."
"This is the best opportunity to attract elites."
"Calculate every change in the rankings."
"Collect and store information on all elite Geniuses. In the future, a large number of World Masters and Starfield Lords in our Ganwu Universe Country will be among them."
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There were over 780 billion participants in this Pinnacle Genius Battle. The Ganwu Universe Country had hundreds of millions of Starfields, so on average, there were fewer than ten thousand participants per Starfield.
Normally, tens of thousands of Stellar Ninth Order individuals could be found in a single Starfield, and the number would be even larger when combining Stellar Rank First Order to Ninth Order.
This means that those who dared to sign up had confidence!
780 billion people...
Some had fortuitous encounters!
Some had extremely strong talent!
Some met good teachers!
Some were cultivated by powerful forces!
Some possessed the heart of a powerhouse!
In short...
There were all kinds of people, all believing themselves to be strong, wanting to use the stage of the Universe Genius Battle to further their path to becoming a powerhouse!
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"District 32 World." Ender looked at the information on the light screen and secretly thought, "I hope this number, which is the same as my life gene level, can bring me good luck."