Chapter 161: The Strongest Genius

Outside the gate of the Chaos City Lord's Mansion.

Zhou Yang had just arrived here when a gentle voice sounded in his mind.

"First go pay respects to the City Lord, then seeing me will not be late."

"Yes, teacher."

Zhou Yang bowed slightly toward the corridor on one side of the City Lord's Mansion, then strode briskly toward the inner hall of the mansion.

He had caused such a stir on the Extraterritorial Battlefield, so the Chaos City Lord naturally questioned him.

Upon learning he would soon return to Chaos City, the lord summoned him here directly.

"Your Highness has arrived."

"Lord Zhou Yang."

Along the way, the Immortal Divine Spirit Guards on duty in the mansion politely greeted Zhou Yang.

Their information was naturally more reliable than that of ordinary Immortals, and they had long heard many rumors about this Lord Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang continued forward and soon arrived at the tranquil garden gate engraved with the characters "Chaos Ruins"; he stepped in with long strides.

"Bzz~"

The surrounding space twisted, and the next moment he found himself in a desolate world scattered with countless massive corpses.

Zhou Yang walked across the endless wasteland of ruins, and after a moment he stopped, bowed respectfully and said, "Teacher!"

A towering figure clad in dark‑red battle armor, with two flaming horns on its forehead and a scaled tail, slowly emerged from the depths of this world.

Around that figure, endless cosmic laws seemed to constantly entwine and evolve.

Even a single glance made one want to lose oneself within it.

Yet now Zhou Yang's soul strength had become incomprehensibly great, allowing him to recover from such stupefaction in an instant.

"I pay my respects, teacher."

Zhou Yang again performed a respectful bow.

"You have returned."

The Chaos City Lord's gaze was like an endless starry sky.

He looked at Zhou Yang, then fell into a brief silence.

After a moment, a faint, slightly wistful smile appeared on his face.

"Your soul's will has always been strong, and now it has reached this astonishing level."

The Chaos City Lord exclaimed, "Moreover, you must have already received recognition of all Ten Fundamental Laws, with the power of ten fundamental laws bestowed upon you, enough to grant you the might to look down upon all Seal King Immortals."

While speaking, he couldn't help but exclaim again:

"Only one strike that annihilated nearly 8,000 powerful Seal King Immortals, including many Seal King Limits and two Invincible Kings. Even I hadn't imagined that—that must be your latest single Secret Technique?"

"Exactly as you say, teacher."

Zhou Yang nodded in agreement.

The Chaos City Lord looked at Zhou Yang's calm demeanor and couldn't help but smile:

"You remain so unruffled; after learning of this record, I too was genuinely shocked."

In the years when Zhou Yang first comprehended the 'Law Decomposition' secret pattern and refined the Qiankun World, he often consulted the Chaos City Lord.

Though the Chaos City Lord had not mastered the Law Fusion Path, his insight into time and space laws had already reached the pinnacle.

From his lofty perch, he easily nudged Zhou Yang at several crucial points.

Moreover, just as in the original work he treated Luo Feng, he created a dedicated space for Zhou Yang within the Virtual Universe, arranging opponents one by one.

Each time Zhou Yang defeated an opponent, the Chaos City Lord would, based on his battle performance and revealed weaknesses, deliberately assign the next adversary.

It could be said that for a considerable period, he still had some control over Zhou Yang's growth speed.

However, this control abruptly ended about a thousand years ago.

At that time, this disciple claimed to have attained insight and devoted himself to secluding and perfecting a single secret technique.

He never imagined that, more than a millennium later, the first manifestation of that technique would yield such astonishing results! "One strike that exterminated eight thousand Seal King Immortals already approaches the level of some mid‑tier Universe Venerables; this god‑defying achievement and its rapid progress far surpass the greatest geniuses in human history."

The Chaos City Lord looked at Zhou Yang, and though his gaze had been calm, now a slight ripple appeared, "I can now tell you without hesitation that you are, up to now, the strongest genius ever to appear in the endless ages of the Human Race!"

"Strongest genius!"

Hearing the Chaos City Lord's praise, Zhou Yang felt a slight stir in his heart.

The Human Race has existed for endless ages, and countless peerless geniuses have arisen.

Among the top tier were geniuses like Ke Di and Shi Huo, who became benchmarks and towering mountains that countless younger Human geniuses looked up to, still spoken of after billions of epochs.

And now, according to the Chaos City Lord, he had unknowingly trampled those mountains beneath his feet, standing atop the ultimate summit!

This sense of achievement truly stirred his heart.

Yet that excitement lasted only a moment before Zhou Yang completely suppressed it.

He possessed a vision and ambition far beyond this world, and naturally would not be satisfied with this modest achievement.

He steadied his mind and bowed to the Chaos City Lord.

"Your praise is misplaced, teacher, merely a hollow title."

The Chaos City Lord looked at him with some surprise and gave a slight nod.

"Having such clear awareness is quite commendable."

The Chaos City Lord smiled, "Then, what are your plans? Are you preparing to break through Immortality?"

"Your guess is correct, teacher; the disciple is indeed preparing to breakthrough."

Zhou Yang respectfully said, "However, it may need to be delayed by a few hundred years; I have a slight opportunity, and the inner world is still expanding. I intend to wait until it reaches its limit before breaking through."

"Oh?"

The Chaos City Lord's gaze fell on Zhou Yang, showing a hint of surprise.

It seems my disciple's opportunity is considerable; after all, he is my disciple, a member of my Human Race, and the stronger his opportunity, the more it defies Heaven, the more it benefits my Human Race.

He suppresses the shock in his heart, yet nods approvingly and says:

"Your idea is good; the larger the inner world, the stronger the foundation of the Divine Kingdom after breaking Immortal will be."

"You already have a plan for this, so I will not make further arrangements; you only need to return to the Primordial Secret Realm when you break through, where my doppelganger will guard and prevent any accidents."

The Chaos City Lord's tone shifts, becoming slightly solemn, "There is another matter: your Reincarnation King status is an extremely troublesome problem."

"Teacher."

However, Zhou Yang unexpectedly spoke up, interrupting the Chaos City Lord.

"Teacher, there is no need to conceal the disciple's identity."

He looks at the Chaos City Lord, his gaze unusually revealing a hint of madness.

"Since you, Teacher, call me the strongest genius of the Human Race since the Endless Eras, this genius is no longer fit to remain obscure; you may let everyone spread the news that I am the Reincarnation King, and I will later demonstrate my strength by breaking through the Heavenly Bridge."

"Consider carefully the consequences of doing so."

The Chaos City Lord's expression grows grave.

"I have thought of it; it's just the assassinations by those peak tribes!"

"However, there is an old saying on Earth: 'There are a thousand days of being a thief, but never a thousand days of guarding against thieves.' Rather than constantly hiding, it's better to beat them thoroughly until they feel pain!"

Zhou Yang laughs brightly,

"Eight thousand Seal King Immortals are not enough; I will slay another eight thousand Universe Venerables. I want to see whether they will still dare to act without hesitation against my Human Race genius!"

Now Zhou Yang's Life Gene has reached the Perfect Level. When he breaks Immortal and burns his Immortal Divine Power to unleash 'Chaos Hole Annihilation', its might will already rival Luo Feng's 'I Am the Universe'! Moreover, with the Universe Core Will granting him the Strongest Talent Secret Art 'Light of Annihilation', an extreme twisted soul, and hundreds of doppelgangers whose Life Gene Level is a thousand times stronger, all this gives him the courage to boast! At this moment he has only one thought—

"Let each Venerable come after me; my hundreds of Venerable doppelgangers are just lacking treasures to equip themselves."

The Chaos City Lord watches the disciple, who in an instant becomes sharp and fierce, and his gaze cannot help but shift.

After a moment, he seems to have made up his mind.

"Then, go ahead and do it."

(End of chapter)