Chapter 112: The Qianwu Nation Lord

Three days later, Xiao Yu finally woke up, glanced at the Smart Light Brain, and realized he had missed his second brother Lei Shen's arena melee.

"Wu, open the video of second brother Lei Shen's arena battle, let me watch," Xiao Yu said as he rose from his seat.

"Alright. Lei Shen participated in the arena melee the day before yesterday, so the video should be relatively easy to find," Wu's familiar voice sounded.

Then, on the spaceship's large screen, the videos of two of Lei Shen's arena battles began to play.

After eight minutes, Xiao Yu finished the video and said with some regret, "Second brother, it's a pity; you ran into a hard nut who had already crossed the threshold of law insight. Otherwise you might still have gotten through the arena melee, and even if you couldn't secure a slot, the three‑year reincarnation‑war experience afterwards would only raise your potential!"

Then Xiao Yu's consciousness entered the Virtual Universe.

Heilongshan Island, Purple Tea Bay.

Xiao Yu's figure appeared before the castle; inside the castle was a bustling scene, a large one and a small one, two figures darting around the courtyard.

"Big brother, look how fast I run; even second brother can't catch me!" Xiao Ping ran ahead, panting heavily.

Xiao Yu patted Xiao Ping's head and smiled, "Where's your big sister?"

"Nation Lord," the man in black robes saluted respectfully.

The man in black robes waved his hand, and the two vanished from Heilongshan Island, appearing within a massive structure on a floating island hovering over the Qianwu Continent.

"Big brother will join you in playing as well," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Xiao Yu stood up, looked toward the man in black robes, and said, "Then I trouble you, sir."

"Oh?" Xiao Yu asked, puzzled.

"Lord Salamanda, greetings!" Xiao Yu saluted respectfully, "May I ask what brings you here?"

Beside the huge oval table sat a rugged‑faced middle‑aged man clad in black robes.

"Alright, let's go take a look," Xiao Yu stood up and left the tea room.

In the living room.

"The Nation Lord wishes to see you," the man in black robes said with a smile.

The man in black robes smiled at Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, right? I am Salamanda, commander of the 28th Group Army of the Qian Wu Universe Country."

Suddenly, the tea‑room door opened, and Xiao Ling, dressed in a red battle suit, entered, "Xiao Yu, the envoy of the Qian Wu Universe Country has arrived."

"Let's go, the person is already in the living room," Xiao Ling said.

Three hours later, the two youngsters were exhausted and, under the maid's care, returned to the bedroom to rest.

Xiao Yu sat in the tea room, quietly sipping tea while checking the pile of emails he had received earlier.

He also summoned a few Mengbei tribe maids to accompany the two youngsters in play, such as eagle catching chicks, playing in mud, and so on.

In the center stood a massive throne, upon which sat a giant whose face could not be discerned, and even the surrounding space seemed faintly warped.

"Big sister went to the arena to watch their duel; I felt a competition without big brother would be boring, so I invited second brother to play with me," Xiao Ping, the little lord, said.

"Both parents went to watch, leaving me to accompany my little brother!" Xiao Rong said plaintively.

"Nation Lord," Xiao Yu also saluted respectfully.

Although it was their first meeting, Xiao Yu could roughly guess who the other person was.

He was indeed the Nation Lord of the Qian Wu Universe Country, a Qianwu Venerable, a High‑level Honored One.

He surpasses the Immortal Divine Spirit, having fully comprehended the Space Origin Law and also grasped a hint of the Time Origin Law.

The giant Qianwu Nation Lord glanced at Xiao Yu, "Rise. Not bad, you're quite good, already at a stellar tier; not only have you deeply grasped the power of the Thunder Origin Law, but you have also apprehended some essence of the Space Origin Law!"

Xiao Yu stood up and said softly, "I have some talent in the Thunder Origin Law and the Space Origin Law."

"Ha ha," the giant Qianwu Nation Lord roared, his laughter shaking the surrounding space into a faint distortion, "Moreover, when you fought Rong Jun earlier, you displayed a trace of the Time Origin Law's power. Though that Time Law power is weak, it cannot escape my eyes."

"Nation Lord, since I performed so well, will you reward me?" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

The Qianwu Nation Lord stared at Xiao Yu for a few seconds, making Xiao Yu doubt himself, constantly worrying he might have said something wrong.

In front of such a powerhouse, even within the Virtual Universe one is not safe.

"Ha ha, you're quite impressive! Very to my liking," the Qianwu Nation Lord laughed, then looked at Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, I wish to take you as my disciple."

The Qianwu Nation Lord did not ask whether Xiao Yu agreed, deciding with a single word.

"Um, Nation Lord, I would like to consider the apprenticeship after I enter the primordial universe," Xiao Yu tried to stall; for him the best choice was still to find a Lord of the Universe as master, even if the eventual master were a Venerable, he would need a prosperous Venerable.

The Qianwu Venerable is too poor!

"You are very confident!" the Qianwu Nation Lord, with a wave of his hand, sent a light sphere into Xiao Yu's consciousness, entering his Sea of Knowledge, "This is a fragment of my insight into the Space‑Time Origin Law, I give it to you as a reward for your earlier performance."

What enters the Virtual Universe is the consciousness entity, i. e., the soul; even if not the whole soul, it can still receive Fundamental Law insights.

And it can be brought into reality.

Xiao Yu's consciousness probed the light sphere within his Sea of Knowledge; in an instant, he felt a law insight deeper than his previous comprehension of the Space‑Time Origin Law.

"The light sphere contains insights into the essence of eighteen Space Origin Laws and three Time Origin Laws," the Qianwu Nation Lord said with a smile.

"Thank you, Nation Lord!" Xiao Yu saluted respectfully once more.

"Meditate well; I hope you can claim first place in this Talent War," the Qianwu Nation Lord glanced at Xiao Yu, "Do not disappoint me."

Then Xiao Yu was teleported back to the sky above Heilongshan Island.

Xiao Yu's consciousness exited the Virtual Universe, and he boarded a spacecraft to the massive castle on Qiu Long Star.

During the three days aboard the spacecraft, Xiao Yu occasionally entered the Virtual Universe to watch Luo Feng's and Hong's arena battles.

The arena battles on the first and second days were watched as broadcasts.

On July 23, 2066, Luo Feng's first opponent was the prodigious master Sevarro from the Dragon Horn Star Region. Luo Feng had already grasped a bit of the Gold Origin Law's power, while Sevarro had not yet crossed the threshold of law insight; the gap in strength was enormous, and Luo Feng unquestionably won.

Hong's first opponent was the prodigious master Lou Yue from the Emerald Garden Star Region. Hong had entered the eightfold Light Line Domain, crossing the threshold of the Light Origin Law, whereas Lou Yue was only at the eightfold domain; Hong won easily.

In the next two battles, both Hong and Luo Feng faced opponents who had not yet grasped any laws, and they won easily.

At the fourth stage, under the deliberate arrangement of the Virtual Universe Company, over a hundred prodigies who had crossed the Primordial Law Threshold met.

Luo Feng encountered Rong Jun, as in the original work; one launched a fierce assault while the other bombarded from range. After a prolonged fight, Luo Feng wielded three golden phantom swords, forcing Rong Jun to draw the Earth‑splitting Blade and also unleash the power of the Earth and Space Origin Laws, spawning two phantom images of Rong Jun on the field.

Even with Luo Feng's full display of his slight Gold Origin Law insight, he could not secure victory, only managing to grievously wound Rong Jun.

The opponent in Hong's fourth battle was a hulking female warrior standing 2.6 meters tall, none other than the genius Mo Ya from the Iron Blood Star Domain whom he had previously met in the arena melee; in the past few days, both have each fought several battles, and their strength has risen slightly.

(End of chapter)