After receiving the email, Wu Yun immediately set off for Chenyan Star.
Before leaving, he also activated a formation, shrouding nearly a million kilometers of surrounding space in an illusion. Ordinary realm lords would not be able to see through its true nature.
From a distance, that stretch of space looked completely dark.
A normal immortal-level formation could not cover such a vast range, but this kind of illusion-only concealment was relatively simple. It had no offensive power at all.
"This time, my opponent is a Domain Lord at the fourth level?"
Wu Yun glanced at the email casually. He had not spent much time on comprehension lately, focusing mainly on absorbing energy.
However, in his simulation, he had already come very close to being acknowledged by the Origin Laws. Even relying purely on his swallowing cultivation realm, he could already match ordinary high-level domain lords.
Not to mention his Heavenly Immortal foundation backing him up.
It did not take long before Wu Yun returned to the Giant Axe Dojo. His spacecraft could reach ten times the speed of light, which was fairly fast for dark space travel.
The Giant Axe Dojo's main hall connected to the beast fighting arena, while the participants of life-and-death battles waited in side halls. Some were sent to distant corners of the universe, while others were directly taken to central arenas to fight.
But as a realm lord, Wu Yun received much better treatment. He leisurely sat in the lounge area drinking wine while waiting for the transport ship.
"You're lucky. A newcomer like you found an opponent so quickly."
Ka Wei also walked into the lounge area.
"The battlefield is a remote region in the Mo Yan Star Domain, under supervision of an Immortal."
Realm Lord battles were extremely destructive. One strike could cause planetary extinction.
Even a brief exchange of blows could shatter a planet.
That was why such battles could only take place in space or on special planets capable of withstanding realm lord combat.
"Are you confident?" Ka Wei asked somewhat nervously.
Wu Yun nodded.
He had instructed his Blood Luo clone to temporarily slow its cultivation progress, deliberately avoiding gaining acknowledgment from the Origin Laws.
Since both clones existed within the same world, their memories were linked.
With shared memories, their realms were synchronized. However, the Blood Luo clone did not possess a third-grade golden core, so its actual combat power was slightly weaker than his main body.
If the Blood Luo clone also gained Origin Law acknowledgment, then his main body would automatically reflect that state as well, making future opponents even harder to match.
A few hours later, an E-class spacecraft departed Chenyan Star, heading toward a remote corner of the star domain.
Ka Wei remained anxious. Realm lords who intended to fight continuously were rare. If Wu Yun died in his first battle, all future performance records would be wasted.
A contract for a thousand battles required him to stay alive to complete it.
Meanwhile, in the virtual universe, the viewing platform was already packed with spectators. Countless floating islands held at least hundreds of trillions of viewers, all watching the realm lord life-and-death battle.
At the top-tier VIP box of the dojo, several peak realm lords lounged on sofas. Each of them bore faint law marks on their foreheads, proof of Origin Law acknowledgment.
"A Level 1 realm lord named Wu Yun versus a Level 4 realm lord, Bai Yu," one man in a bathrobe asked.
"Gai Qisi, what level is this Wu Yun really at?"
Gai Qisi shook his head.
"Not sure. Manager Ka Wei said he has never revealed his strength in the virtual universe. Very mysterious."
"Wu Yun's odds are 1 to 1.97. Bai Yu's are 1 to 1.65. They're fairly close, but Bai Yu is slightly favored."
Even though Wu Yun's background was unclear, the fact that he had not received Origin Law acknowledgment already suggested he was not too strong.
Among humans, life gene structure was the same. What mattered was level, comprehension of laws, and cultivation stage.
Bai Yu was three levels higher. His energy output alone was four times greater than Wu Yun's, not to mention his law comprehension was also strong.
"I'll bet on Wu Yun. Ten mixed yuan," the man in the bathrobe said after thinking.
"You're bold," Gai Qisi laughed. "But the odds are nearly double. There should be plenty betting on him."
"I'll go with Bai Yu. Three mixed yuan for fun."
Realm lords who had gained Origin Law acknowledgment were already quite wealthy. However, only a few were willing to wager heavily.
Even so, total bets for this match still reached several hundred mixed yuan.
…
When Wu Yun arrived at the edge of the star domain, he immediately sensed how thin the cosmic energy had become. The stars appeared dim, and ordinary people would never be able to cultivate in such a place.
In the next moment, within a radius of several hundred thousand kilometers, light suddenly flared.
At the center stood a divine figure, the Immortal supervising this battle.
"A Light Law Immortal?" Wu Yun glanced at his opponent, Bai Yu.
The distance between them had already narrowed.
Bai Yu wore purple-gold armor and carried a long saber on his back. His gaze was sharp and filled with killing intent.
"Begin."
The supervising Immortal spoke coldly.
The moment the words fell, Bai Yu drew his saber.
In an instant, he tore through thousands of kilometers of space, bringing down a devastating strike toward Wu Yun. For a realm lord, that distance was nothing more than a blink.
Attack and arrival happened simultaneously. Bai Yu aimed to end the fight as quickly as possible.
But in Wu Yun's eyes, the attack was full of flaws. Too slow. Too obvious in its wind-up.
He tilted slightly and avoided it with ease.
Screech.
Bai Yu followed with another slash. Endless blade light shredded everything in its path.
"I need to hold back a little. If I end this with one finger, future opponents might become difficult to arrange."
If Wu Yun went all out, he could even match an Immortal temporarily.
His third-grade golden core alone was not enough for that, but combined with realm lord energy and his various profound techniques, he could fight Immortals head-on for a short time.
The weakness was sustained combat.
So he restrained his power.
With his superior technique, he deliberately made it look like an evenly matched fight.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
"You're not even using a weapon?" Bai Yu said in shock.
His saber struck Wu Yun's finger, sounding like it hit E-grade metal, sparks flying everywhere.
Wu Yun's finger was not actually that strong. His physical body was only at realm lord level, reinforced by Heavenly Immortal energy.
That was enough to match a fifth-tier origin weapon head-on.
"I am improving," Wu Yun thought during the fight.
This battle was not meaningless. Through exchanging blows with Bai Yu, he was actually refining his combat techniques.
"Combining qi refinement techniques with martial combat does increase strength. It's a different kind of dual cultivation."
"If I restore my divine and demon body refinement as well, just how terrifying would my close combat become?"