Chapter 185: Universe Venerable

A new Universe Master emerged within the clan; to uplift the clan and inspire the younger geniuses, the Human Race's higher-ups naturally launched massive publicity celebrations! Soon, the news that Zhou Yang had become a Universe Master spread across the entire human population like a whirlwind!

"Zhou Yang became a Universe Master?"

"Heavens, no kidding, how long has he been cultivating!"

"Really! The news spread early!"

"Zhou Yang—no, he should now be called the Lord of Reincarnation; the Lord of Reincarnation directly killed a Demon Race Universe Master, and his true combat power is even stronger than that of ordinary Universe Masters!"

"Killed a Universe Master! Damn, I'm going crazy, that's just perverse!"

"Hmph, what do you know? I once saw with my own eyes the phenomenon when the Lord of Reincarnation broke through Immortal; you can't imagine how terrifying that scene was, as if the entire sea of laws were about to collapse, a shock a thousand times greater than when my teacher broke through the Venerable realm! At that time I was convinced the Lord of Reincarnation would become a pillar strongman of my Human Race. Haha, thinking back now, I even admire my own insight!"

"Go on bragging, I'm not blind; you were busy trembling at the time!"

"But the Lord of Reincarnation is truly formidable; this must be the youngest Universe Master in Human Race history. By the way, being so young, the Lord of Reincarnation surely hasn't had time to take disciples; I wonder if I have a chance."

The explosive news instantly spread throughout the Human Race, and soon swept across billions of groups in the Universe, driving countless strongmen mad!

It's practically a legend; Zhou Yang rose at an incomprehensible speed, reaching a level where countless Universe Venerables look up to him, standing at the highest pinnacle, shoulder to shoulder with other Universe Masters! Especially the Genius Battle members of his cohort, who felt as if they had fallen into a strongman's mental Illusion Realm, everything seeming so dreamy!

"Heavens, each of us is still crawling at the Domain Lord Level, racking our brains to complete the highest Mission Points task, and then you, brother, directly advance to the pinnacle competition and start targeting the Universe Master? Have you considered our feelings? It makes us look a bit useless. Yet regardless of how these people react—whether resentful or depressed—when Zhou Yang is mentioned again, everyone unanimously starts calling him the 'Lord of Reincarnation'. Amid this clamor, Zhou Yang once again becomes low‑key."

After visiting the legendary Patriarch 'Yuan' together with the Chaos City Lord and others in the Virtual Universe, he immediately returned to Earth.

In a stretch of Xingkong about 800 light‑years from Earth, there stands a towering, magnificent palace complex, with palaces rising and falling in succession, faintly revealing some powerful guards—Realm Lord‑level guards and even Immortal guards—marching along winding corridors spanning millions of kilometers, exuding great solemnity.

Here lies Zhou Yang's Temple residence!

Zhou Yang has already informed the Chaos City Lord that he intends to permanently station himself on Earth.

As a Universe Master, his garrison palace naturally cannot be lacking.

Thus, at the Chaos City Lord's command, the Virtual Universe Company immediately mobilized massive manpower and resources to meticulously construct this Temple for him.

In addition, a large number of personnel are undertaking extensive modifications of the entire Milky Way, greatly enhancing its defensive rating.

Within the most towering Main Hall of the palace complex, flames blaze beside each of the twelve massive pillars, and atop the throne a colossal figure abruptly appears—Zhou Yang, ten‑thousand kilometers tall—overlooking the two figures below the Temple.

"Greetings, Lord of Reincarnation."

The two figures bowed simultaneously.

"Qianwu, Beiming."

Zhou Yang looked down, smiled, and said, "These days have been hard on you both."

After this Temple is completed, Zhou Yang naturally also needs personnel to manage it.

However, the current strength of the Earth Lineage is still too weak, lacking any capable strongmen, and Zhou Yang has few disciples.

The Chaos City Lord did want Zhou Yang to take a few disciples, but Zhou Yang first needs to thoroughly contemplate cultivation, and secondly his Law Perception hasn't reached the Universe Master level, so he didn't take disciples; in the end he only selected two Universe Venerables to handle affairs for him.

Such Universe Venerables directly under a Universe Master are like having a massive backing, naturally a coveted good job.

However, among the Human Race's Universe Venerables, Zhou Yang knows only a few, and the only one with some rapport is the Qianwu Nation Lord.

When Zhou Yang first joined the Genius Battle, he was only a Stellar Level; the Qianwu Nation Lord then gave him a huge Mission Points reward and promised that if no suitable teacher was found, he would personally take him as a disciple, forging a considerable good bond.

So Zhou Yang, to repay this favor, directly chose that old friend, the one everyone in his past life called 'Qianwu Nation Lord' while reading novels, and later the Qianwu Nation Lord recommended a friend 'Beiming Venerable' to him; these two became Universe Venerables directly under Zhou Yang, giving him a solid backing. Zhou Yang also took two of the Ordinary Supreme Treasures he had obtained from the previous defeat of the Rotating Annihilation Lord and bestowed them upon the two, making other Universe Venerables not under a Universe Master enviously green‑eyed.

"Report to the Lord of Reincarnation: all alien immigrants on Earth have been fully relocated, and the ongoing modifications to Earth are still in progress, expected to be completed within three months."

The Qianwu Nation Lord respectfully reported to Zhou Yang.

At this point, he had truly turned his fortunes around; serving under Zhou Yang, he not only directly received Supreme Treasures, but also earned many more contribution points each era, finally giving hope to settle some old debts! "I never expected that modest investment back then would yield such a huge return, truly, truly lucky!"

The Qianwu Nation Lord couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Oh, the relocation is complete?"

Zhou Yang nodded, "These past weeks have been hard on you all."

"Serving the Lord of Reincarnation is our honor."

Both the Qianwu Nation Lord and the Beiming Venerable respectfully replied.

Zhou Yang smiled and nodded: "From now on, you two will oversee everything here; if anything arises, you can contact me directly through the Virtual Universe, and if there's an emergency, you may crush the token I gave you."

"Understood."

The two Universe Venerables bowed.

Zhou Yang nodded, "Go."

The Qianwu Nation Lord and the Beiming Venerable gave a slight bow and then left the Main Hall.

Zhou Yang, ten‑thousand kilometers tall, placed his hands on the throne's armrests, looked up at the towering Temple; the Temple rose ten million kilometers, and even with a single glance, Zhou Yang felt the Main Hall resembled an endless Xingkong.

"Hmm, now Earth affairs are settled, and there are no missions currently passed down in the clan, so I'll use this time to solidify my cultivation."

Zhou Yang mused, "First I'll break through to the Venerable realm, raise my Life Gene Level, then begin studying the Treasure Refining Art passed down by Master Zuoshanke, using Treasure Refining to aid my comprehension of the Fusion Secret Method."

With a flicker, his figure vanished instantly within the palace.

******In the days that followed, Zhou Yang spent his time on Earth accompanying his parents while concentrating his efforts on deeply perceiving the Spatial Law.

Compared to the Time Law, his perception of the Spatial Law is far higher, and full comprehension is not far off.

With the Chaos secret pattern as reference, and now possessing Soul Power comparable to a Top‑tier Universe Lord, his speed of perceiving the Spatial Law is astonishingly fast.

Just three hundred years later, the vast ocean of laws descended!

Above the towering Temple in the Solar System, the boundless Divine Power sea, like a celestial river flowing backward, raged down wildly.

Within the Temple, Zhou Yang had transformed into a colossal giant over ninety thousand kilometers tall, swallowing the raging Divine Power sea like a whale devouring the ocean.

As the massive Divine Power sea poured in, his Life Gene began to metamorphose from Immortal to the Venerable realm, and the purity of his Divine Power surged rapidly. After a long while, the endless law ocean that had shrouded the entire Xingkong gradually receded, and Zhou Yang had successfully advanced to Spatial Venerable.

At the moment he emerged from the realm, the overwhelming Divine Might swept all directions, causing the entire Xingkong to tremble continuously, and the Immortal‑level and Realm Lord‑level guards in the Temple felt a suffocating pressure! "After breaking through to the Venerable realm, the Life Gene skyrockets a hundredfold, narrowing the gap with most Universe Masters to a negligible level; if we were to face that Rotating Annihilation Lord now, a single shot of the strongest Light of Annihilation would be enough to slay him."

A glimmer of light flickered in Zhou Yang's eyes.

If previously he could only rely on the Strongest Talent Secret Art 'Light of Annihilation' and the infinite Divine Power supply of the New Universe—a near shortcut—to spar with a Universe Master, now he truly possesses the strength to confront a Universe Master head‑on!

"But to break through the Universe Master level again will take longer; from now on I'll focus on studying the Treasure Refining Art and the Fusion Secret Method."

(End of Chapter)