"Many thanks for the guidance, Lord of Hunyuan."
Celestial Eclipse Palace Master bowed deeply, his attitude solemn and sincere.
As his words fell, the faint decline in his divine body aura—caused by fully activating his ultimate secret technique—recovered almost instantly, returning to its absolute peak as if it had never wavered.
Bai Yue's gaze flickered.
He immediately understood.
Celestial Eclipse Palace Master also possessed the talent of avatars. The consumption from this battle avatar had clearly been replenished by another clone hidden within a world ring or treasure space.
Thinking about it carefully, this was only natural.
Among the Human Race, anyone capable of becoming a top-tier Universe Overlord with a flesh-and-blood lifeform body had inevitably experienced heaven-defying opportunities. Possessing avatars was practically a prerequisite.
Yet even so—
Over endless ages, Celestial Eclipse Palace Master had crossed blades with Universe Lords more than once. But never—not even once—had he felt such utter helplessness as in this battle.
A top-tier Universe Overlord was an existence capable of matching a newly ascended Universe Lord head-on, and even surviving exchanges with a second-tier Universe Lord.
But before the newly promoted Lord of Hunyuan, he had been suppressed completely.
Not even a hint of resistance.
The opponent had not gone all out, had not even revealed the full depth of his methods—yet every one of Celestial Eclipse Palace Master's strongest techniques had been dismantled with effortless precision.
This was not the strength of someone who had just broken through.
Judging by this alone, as long as Bai Yue's treasures were not lacking, his combat power already stood firmly at the peak level among Universe Lords.
"I saw your potential," Bai Yue said calmly. "You managed to touch upon the fusion of Time and Space merely through the inheritance guidance. That's why I gave you a push."
His tone was even, unhurried.
"You gained quite a bit. Are you confident now?"
Celestial Eclipse Palace Master straightened, his eyes bright.
"Yes. Not only confident—I believe I can use this opportunity to advance my law comprehension even further."
"Good," Bai Yue nodded. "Then go. Break through as soon as possible. Become a Universe Lord and add another pillar to the Human Race."
Celestial Eclipse Palace Master did not linger. After one final salute, he vanished into the void, heading straight for seclusion.
Bai Yue, meanwhile, formally began his tenure overseeing Blood Luo World.
Guarding Blood Luo World
In truth, very little required his personal attention.
The Virtual Universe Corporation had guarded Blood Luo World for countless years and already possessed an extremely mature operating system. Surveillance, suppression, and emergency response mechanisms were all perfectly established.
The presence of a Universe Lord—whether it was Celestial Eclipse Palace Master before, or Bai Yue now—served mainly as deterrence.
Not against the native beings of Blood Luo World.
But against external infiltrators.
In the distant past, when the Golden Horned Beast God still lived, Blood Luo World had once forced the Human Race to pay an enormous price. But those days were long gone.
Over endless ages, any native lifeform that showed signs of breaking free from control was swiftly erased. Compared to internal threats, greedy alien races coveting Blood Luo Crystals posed the real danger.
Virtual Universe — Reunion
Virtual Universe.
Black Dragon Mountain Island.
Nine Star Bay.
Within a quiet courtyard, four figures gathered.
Bai Yue.
Luo Feng.
Hong.
And Thunder God, bald and dressed in white.
After attending Primordial Chaos City Lord's promotion banquet, Bai Yue had recreated an Earthling avatar to continue comprehending fusion laws on Zijing Island, while another avatar went to oversee Blood Luo World.
Since drawing his remaining clones back into his Original Universe to assume the roles of the Eight Great Beast Gods—seeking to comprehend the Beast God Heart—only two avatars remained active in the Primordial Universe:
His Earthling avatar.
And the Endless Youhai avatar guarding his God Kingdom.
The Endless Youhai could split further clones, but there was no urgency. Bai Yue's avatar technique imposed no strict numerical limit.
"It's been over three thousand years," Bai Yue said with a faint smile. "Everyone's grown quite a bit."
"Oh? Isn't this His Highness Luo Feng?" Bai Yue added lazily. "Passed the thirteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, accepted as Teacher Chaos's personal disciple, World Lord of the Primitive Mystical Region. Truly impressive."
Luo Feng's face darkened. "As if you aren't also Teacher Chaos's disciple, Battle King."
"Then call me Senior Brother," Bai Yue raised an eyebrow.
"Enough," Hong interrupted, amused despite himself. "You didn't call us here just to bicker."
Bai Yue's expression turned serious.
"I'll keep it simple. You no longer need to deliberately conceal Earth's special nature."
He paused.
"I've broken through. I'm now a Universe Lord."
Silence.
Then—
"What?" Hong's voice trembled despite his composure.
"Universe… Lord?" Thunder God stared blankly. "You've already reached that level?"
Luo Feng felt his mind go empty.
He had thought he was finally seeing Bai Yue's back.
But in the blink of an eye—
That back had disappeared into the heavens.
"A Universe Lord," Bai Yue continued calmly, "is not just one realm higher than Gan Wu Country Lord. It's a fundamental leap."
"They are the true pillars of the Human Race. They possess authority over Time and Space granted by the Primordial Universe."
"And they can resurrect Universe Exalts and below who have fallen."
The three listened intently.
"From now on," Bai Yue said seriously, "if you encounter an enemy you cannot resist—self-detonation is preferable to enslavement."
They nodded solemnly.
At that moment, Babata's excited voice rang out in Luo Feng's mind.
Ask him! Ask him if he can resurrect Master!
Luo Feng hesitated briefly, then spoke.
"Can you… resurrect Teacher Hu Yanbo?"
"Of course," Bai Yue replied smoothly. "Babata told you to ask, didn't he? Let him come out."
Babata appeared, unusually restrained.
"I respectfully request Lord of Hunyuan to resurrect my Master, Hu Yanbo!"
Bai Yue laughed.
"I inherited Yun Mo Planet's legacy back on Earth. I owe him that much."
"First, I'll give each of you a soul-defense treasure. Then we'll go to Yun Mo Planet."
With a thought, an Earthling avatar over ninety thousand kilometers tall condensed within his God Kingdom and vanished instantly.
Primordial Chaos City
Ice Peak Master now guarded the Initial Universe.
Primordial Chaos City Lord, having broken through to Strongest One, retained only a single divine body and no longer oversaw this place.
When Bai Yue appeared, Ice Peak Master immediately sensed him.
"Bai Yue," Ice Peak Master said, "now that you're a Universe Lord, leave behind your own Chaos Tablet in Primordial Chaos City."
A massive block of Chaos Stone appeared before Bai Yue.
"Extremely rare," Ice Peak Master added. "Only the Initial Universe can still produce them."
Bai Yue accepted it with a nod.
Setting Out
Moments later, Bai Yue appeared above Luo Feng's residence.
He handed Luo Feng a purple spherical soul-defense treasure.
"You'll face life-and-death trials after becoming a World Lord. This gives you time to self-detonate if necessary."
"I won't waste it," Luo Feng said solemnly.
Soon after, Bai Yue brought Luo Feng and Hong together, passing through the Lan Cang Secret Realm and onward toward their destination.
Lan Cang Lord watched them leave, his eyes filled with disbelief.
A single planet.
So many monsters.