Devouring the Stars: The Master of Metaphysics

Lava Secret Realm.

When the geniuses cultivated by the Royce family and the Lava Empire all returned to their residences to connect to the virtual universe to participate in the World Preliminary Selection for the Genius Battle.

The third father, Ivanko Royce, stood tall in the sky, exuding the aura of the fifth level world lord.

The founder of the Royce family, Royce was also standing in the air, but his aura was only the second level of the world lord level.

After accumulating a large amount of resources and even going to Chaos City thousands of years ago, the two of them were able to break through and become Realm Lords. If there was no accident, there would be no hope of immortality in this life!

"Father."

Ivanko said softly: "The geniuses of this class have the hope of breaking into the top 1,000 in Ganwu Universe Kingdom, and even the top 1,000 in the universe."

"You mean..."

Royce instantly remembered a little guy, "The descendant of the Lanke family, Zhidun."

"That's the little guy."

Ivanko nodded slightly, "He has understood the law of thunder and lightning, and Master Mu Li believes that he has the hope of reaching the top 1,000 in the universe."

"As long as there is hope..."

Royce sighed lightly: "Since Eleven and the others passed the genius battle and entered the Giant Ax Arena and the core level of Virtual Universe Company, our Royce family has never been able to break into the top 7,000 in the universe without any genius."

"Father, counting from the time when I entered the Virtual Universe Company on Eleven, it is less than 100,000 years ago."

Ivanko said softly: "One hundred thousand years is not a long time for a powerful family."

"Yes, for those families with immortal gods, one hundred thousand years is very short..."

Royce looked up at the stars, "But for our Royce family, one hundred thousand years is too long!"

Ivanko said silently after hearing this. In fact, in his personal opinion, one hundred thousand years is a long time.

Because he is not yet ninety-one thousand years old, and one hundred thousand years is already beyond his age, which naturally counts as a long time.

"For us, one hundred thousand years is a long time, but we can only wait hundreds of thousands, millions of years, or even endless years in the future..."

Ivanko said in a deep voice: "These 100,000 years are nothing. As long as Shi Yi is still here, my Royce family will always be prosperous and powerful."

"Third brother, don't you understand yet?"

Royce sighed: "Eleven, Nineteen, and Little One, their feelings for the family will fade."

"Eleven is already a great being like the Lord of the Universe. What he sees is different from us and cannot be understood by us."

"As for Xiaoyi and Nineteen...you saw them when they came back."

Royce closed his eyes and said, "The blood is flowing like a river!"

"That's what families have to go through."

Ivanko said softly: "Father, if a family wants to be prosperous and powerful, in addition to having a strong person as its backbone, it must also have enough vitality."

"Just like what Eleven said back then, the family can raise some waste, but it cannot raise moths!"

"I plan to learn from Shiyi and the others and carry out cleaning activities on the family every once in a while..."

Speaking of this, Ivanko's eyes flashed fiercely, "Even if the blood flows like a river, we must keep the vitality of the family alive!"

"Third brother, you!" Royce looked shocked.

He looked at his son, he felt so strange!

"Father, as you said, Eleven, Xiaoyi, and Nineteen are or will be eternal existences, and their feelings for the family will eventually fade."

Ivanko looked down at the earth, "After tens of millions of years, or even endless years, even among their own descendants, the blood and family ties will become very weak."

"We have seen that for many immortal gods who have lived for countless years, the direct disciples who can inherit the secret method are far closer than the so-called descendants of the family."

"Similarly, we all know Eleven well, and he values ​​us family members very seriously."

Ivanko turned his head and looked at his father Royce, "But do you think he will care about those descendants who are separated by countless generations?"

"Not only Eleven, but also Xiaoyi, Nineteen and Thirteen. Will they care?"

"I think the answer is obvious. Not only Eleven doesn't care, Nineteen and the others don't care either!"

Ivanko looked up at the sky and said to himself, "The sixth brother and the seventh brother can see very clearly that one only manages the family wealth, and the other accompanies his wife to swim in the virtual universe."

When Royce heard this, he didn't speak for a long time.

"well……"

After a long time, Royce sighed: "Third brother, just do whatever you want..."

"Father, this is what the family must bear, and this will also become the family's inheritance..."

Ivanko watched his father leave and said silently in his heart: "Even if our lifespan runs out in the future, this is the foundation for the family to continue to produce talented and powerful people!"

Ivanko has no confidence at all whether he can become immortal in the future!

His talent was so poor that he practiced in Chaos City for more than ten years before he realized a trace of the law and became the Realm Master.

It is so difficult to just comprehend that little bit of law. No matter how high the affinity with the law is during the realm lord period, it is still out of reach for him to understand the complete lower laws and become immortal!

…

Virtual universe, Qianwu universe world pre-selection.

On a spaceship sailing in the alien sky of the pre-selected world, Li Qi sat with his parents.

"Eleven, why do you want to see us watch the pre-selection of the genius competition?" Mother Winnie asked curiously.

"I heard that there is a genius in the family who has the potential to become one of the top 1,000 people in the universe."

Li Qi smiled and said: "It just so happens that this genius competition is related to me, so I thought I would come and have a look."

"What's so exciting about a genius battle? We don't care about family affairs."

Winnie shook her head slightly, "If you have this time, you might as well play virtual games."

"Um."

Father Drikul nodded aside. He had already handed over the family's work to others, and now he is just an idler accompanying his wife to play in the virtual universe.

"That's it..."

Li Qi nodded thoughtfully. He knew a lot about his parents' recent affairs, but he just didn't quite understand their views on the family.

But from now on, it seems that my parents still have feelings for the family, but they have very little feelings for the younger generations of the family.

So, he used his mind to send an email to the virtual universe, and then chatted with his parents, occasionally paying attention to the world pre-selection situation.

…

Time passed, and the preliminaries for the Peak Genius Battle Universe Kingdom ended.

With the anticipation of citizens of all universe countries, the genius battle universe finals officially begins!

Genius battles space.

There are 1,008 buildings surrounding a huge and beautiful square, where many geniuses are already chatting.

From time to time, immortal gods bring 1,000 geniuses and teleport to this space.

When Marquis Rongqiu brought the geniuses from Qianwu Universe Kingdom to the sky above the beautiful square, he immediately attracted the attention of many geniuses present.

"They are the team of Ganwu Universe Kingdom."

"The Ganwu Universe Nation team is finally here, who is Chiton Royce?"

"The one with vertical pupils looks similar to Tik from Yuanchen Universe Kingdom."

"They do look very similar to Tik. It's really strange. One is from the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, and the other is from the Yuanchen Universe Kingdom. How can they be so similar in appearance?"

"Chiton Royce, is he the descendant of that super being?"

"Legend has it that that super being participated in the Genius War more than 90,000 years ago and has now become a great being that surpasses the Lord of the Universe."

Seeing the team of Qianwu Universe Kingdom, many geniuses started talking, and the main object of discussion was Zhidun who was walking in the team.

"Hey Chiton."

A genius sent a message: "Did you hear, a lot of people are talking about you." Zhiton is tall and slender, wearing a white shirt, handsome, and has the iconic vertical pupils of the Royce family.

"Not talking about me, but talking about the eleventh greatest ancestor of my family."

When he heard the message, he sighed: "I was just passing by."

"After all, you have the ability to hit the top 1,000 in the universe, so it shouldn't be just by chance." That day Tian Tian was puzzled by the sound transmission.

"Ha, you don't understand..."

Zhiton shook his head slightly and said silently in his mind: "As an outstanding descendant of the Royce family, you can never escape being talked about your family ancestors in front of your face."

The outstanding descendants of the Royce family will always live in the shadow of their ancestors!

Among them, the one who is talked about the most is undoubtedly the eleventh ancestor who has achieved the highest achievement and is now the eleventh ancestor who surpasses the Lord of the Universe.

Next is the Nineteenth Ancestor who performed well at the core level of the Giant Ax Arena.

"Being born into the Royce family is both lucky and unfortunate."

Zhidun thought to himself: "The training I received in my family is better than that of many immortal disciples. Similarly, I will also bear the opinions of others and continue to work hard in the shadow of my ancestors."

"But my ancestors have achieved too much. No matter how hard I try, I can still only see the tip of the iceberg."

"According to Teacher Mu Li, when I enter the core level of Virtual Universe Company, I will be qualified to look up at the back of the Nineteenth Ancestor!"

Zhidun sighed in his heart, "As for the eleventh ancestor, with my talent... I will never be able to see his back."

Under the leadership of Rong Xihou, the participating team from Ganwu Universe Kingdom quickly arrived at the building where he lived.

"This is your number plate. Check into the corresponding room according to your respective number plate..."

Marquis Rongqi handed out the number plate, and then gave a few instructions before leaving the building and heading towards the No. 1 restaurant, which is exclusive to the Immortal God.

Since it was his first time to participate in the Genius Battle before leading a team, he planned to make more friends with Immortal, the leader of other teams.

Immortals who can lead the genius team of the Universe Kingdom to participate in the competition are all close confidants of the Lords of the Universe Kingdom, and have extremely high friendship value.

…

Beautiful Plaza, Restaurant No. 1.

As an exclusive restaurant for immortal gods, it is filled with all kinds of immortal auras and pressures, like the heat of stars, the vastness of the starry sky, and the death of black holes...

If a star-level genius breaks into it, he will be killed by the complex and powerful aura of oppression.

When Marquis Rongfu entered Restaurant No. 1, he only heard the immortal gods in the restaurant talking about the specialness of this genius battle.

"It's strange to say that this year's talent pool is full of talent. I heard that two places in the original secret realm will be released before the competition even starts."

"Yeah, it's really strange. The quotas in the original secret realm are so precious. Each one requires a lot of resources to cultivate, but one extra one will be released."

"You don't know this. It is said that this genius battle is hosted by a powerful cosmic lord, which is why it is so special."

"Even if it is a powerful Universe Venerable, it shouldn't break the rules, right? The last time two places were opened was when the great being participated in the competition 90,000 years ago..."

As Marquis Rongqiu listened, he also felt that this genius battle was special.

Moreover, he also heard King Qiqi mention that the Master of the Universe who is in charge of this genius battle is very strong.

Marquis Rongfeng recalled the inexplicable expression he showed when he was talking to King Qiqi, which was a bit emotional, regretful or lonely, which made him confused.

"Who are you?" An immortal noticed Marquis Rongfu.

"I am the immortal leader of Ganwu Universe Kingdom."

Marquis Rongbi smiled and said, "You can just call me Rongbi."

"So it's Rong Tinghou from Qianwu Universe." Upon hearing that, the immortal immediately recalled the corresponding information.

"You're welcome."

Rong Tinghou smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you are Li Yihou from Jiuyan Universe."

"Haha, I didn't expect Rong Tinghou to know me."

Li Yihou smiled, "Come, I'll introduce you to other team-leading immortals."

"Thank you."

Rong Tinghou went over and sat down, and talked with other team-leading immortals under Li Yihou's introduction.

...

Time passed, and this special space for the genius battle was approaching dusk.

In Restaurant No. 1, the immortals felt a little strange.

"According to the time, it should be the Venerable who presided over the genius battle to summon all the geniuses, but there is no news now..."

"It's really a bit strange. That universe Venerable has not shown up yet."

"Wait a little longer, the geniuses should be summoned soon."

Just as the immortals were talking, they all received an email from the Virtual Universe Company.

"Hmm? This is..."

"Let us rest and start the competition tomorrow?!"

"And the rules of the competition have been issued in advance. This does not conform to the process of the previous Virtual Universe Company holding the Genius Competition."

"Weird, too weird!"

"Everyone, I have to go back to encourage the little guys participating in the competition. I won't accompany you."

"Let's go together. I have to go back and talk too."

Including Rong Xianhou, the immortals who led the team left Restaurant No. 1 and returned to the building where their respective universe teams were located.

When the immortals who led the team returned to the building, they summoned the geniuses for training and encouragement. Some buildings even heard passionate roars.

...

The next day, early in the morning.

Led by the immortals, a total of 1,008,000 geniuses from 1,008 universes gathered in the extremely wide central square.

Just as they were waiting for the arrival of the universe master who presided over the genius competition, they saw a werewolf immortal with a not-so-strong aura appear in front of the immortals.

The werewolf immortal was wearing a dark blue battle suit and had white mane around his neck. As soon as he descended, he said, "The trial tower assessment begins!"

Swish, swish, swish...

Millions of geniuses turned into white light and entered the trial space.

"Next, I will receive all the immortals."

The werewolf immortal smiled and said, "The Venerable will descend after the trial tower ends."

The leading immortals looked at each other and secretly discussed.

"What's going on?"

"It's okay that he didn't show up yesterday, but why did the trial tower open..."

"Who is that Venerable? It seems that he doesn't care about the process of the genius battle at all."

"If you don't follow the process, aren't you afraid of being blamed by the top management of the Virtual Universe Company?"

Although they were discussing secretly, they didn't dare to go too far. He was a universe Venerable anyway.

Seeing that the universe Venerable who hosted the genius battle did not show up, they could only go to the table and chair area in the corner of the square to watch the game, and silently wait for the Venerable to arrive.

...

Soon, after more than two years of trial space preliminaries, it was over.

The top 7,300 geniuses in the trial are officially selected, and a group of immortals also gather to wait for the arrival of the Venerable... (End of this chapter)