Chapter 221: Peak Mastery

Among human geniuses at the Realm Lord stage who possess Seal King combat power, there are indeed dozens! Like those top talents who have cultivated for hundreds of thousands to millions of years during the Realm Lord period, a tiny fraction have reached the 18th level of law comprehension, and by combining various trump‑card methods, they can also manifest Seal King combat power.

However, killing an Immortal Lord Marquis Initial is already difficult for them, let alone instantly slaying an Immortal Lord Marquis Peak.

"I didn't expect that Three-Eyed Realm Lord to have such power! Could he be the 'Xiao Yu' of the Virtual Universe Company?" a man with a black humanoid body and ninety‑nine small heads said in a low voice. "Wasn't it rumored that Xiao Yu had broken through the 19th level of the Sky Bridge before? That would mean he may have comprehended some spatial mystery."

"For a Realm Lord to instantly slay an Immortal Lord Marquis Peak, he would have to have mastered spatial strangulation; otherwise it's hard to achieve. But whether or not he's Xiao Yu, such a peerless genius makes a Realm Lord that strong—once he becomes an Immortal Divine Spirit, he'll certainly be an Immortal Seal King, and with an immortal body, killing him could cost millions of times more." The black‑bodied lion‑headed man said, "His current combat power is not low, but he lacks an immortal body; killing him is still easy. This threat should be eliminated as soon as possible."

"I will immediately report to the clan and have them issue an order," the black‑bodied man with ninety‑nine small heads nodded.

Since the black‑bodied man with ninety‑nine small heads reported the Three-Eyed Realm Lord matter to the Demon Race, the Demon Race promptly issued a mission.

Slaying the 'Three-Eyed Realm Lord' can earn one quadrillion military merit.

"Killing a Realm Lord carries a reward equivalent to killing a Seal King Peak!"

This news instantly sparked excitement among the Demon Race's many Seal Kings on Yan Ji Da Lu, especially the Seal King High and Seal King Peak ranks, who promptly took the mission.

Such a mission is not exclusive; whoever completes it claims it.

Even a Seal King Peak strongman can at most kill one Immortal Lord Marquis Peak. As for Seal King Initial, on this Yan Ji Da Lu, no Immortal Seal King dares claim they can achieve it.

Purple Sky King is a powerful Seal King with Instant Teleport ability; teleporting one or two light‑years is easy for him. One could say the entire Yan Ji Da Lu lies within Purple Sky King's teleport range.

For a full three years, not a single piece of information was obtained.

Deep within this palace.

Even an invincible Seal King cannot guarantee it can be done.

…

On the fringe of the main continent of Yan Ji Da Lu, deep within endless icebergs, lies an ancient palace, now the territory of the Demon Race's Purple Sky King.

On Yan Ji Da Lu, the Demon Race alliance has as many as 329 Seal Kings.

Purple Sky Squad's leader, Purple Sky King, as a Seal King who has mastered Instant Teleport, naturally also took this mission.

What a pity!

A supremely beautiful human‑bodied silver‑fox‑headed woman, draped in a splendid black robe, was furious at this moment, "Damn, it's been three whole years and we still haven't found any trace of that Human Realm Lord!"

The difficulty of killing a Seal King Initial is absurdly high.

Let alone a Seal King Peak.

Killing a Human Realm Lord grants military merit equivalent to "slaying an Immortal Seal King Peak," which is naturally a lucrative assignment, a tempting lucrative assignment.

Similarly, other Seal King squads have taken the mission, such as 'Storm King', 'Flying Fox King', and so on.

Generally, Immortal Lord Marquises already possess an undying body; Seal Kings are even stronger, so even if they can't win, losing some Divine Body and retreating is still possible!

What a simple task this is!

As long as she obtains the precise coordinates of that Human Realm Lord, she can Instant Teleport there, kill the Human Realm Lord, and earn massive military merit.

It can't be said that no information was obtained; at least from the occasional surviving members of the recently vanished Immortal Lord Marquis squads, some Realm Lord members have uncovered traces. Yet when she Instant Teleports there, she finds the person already gone.

The blame lies with the monsters; those Immortal squads were weak, eliminated instantly, unable even to generate coordinates.

"The intel system is terrible! Three whole years without a single accurate report," Purple Sky King fumed, watching a piece of fat fly to his mouth, yet he couldn't eat it.

"Human Realm Lord!"

"I refuse to believe your luck has always been this good! Always such clean and swift battle resolutions?" Purple Sky King gritted his teeth.

…

At this moment, Xiao Yu had no idea that his San Yan Shikong Realm Lord identity had already become a prime target of the Demon Race, and some even doubted his true identity.

"Die!"

A dim Blade Light Long River sliced across the sky over the ocean; space itself split open a massive chasm, and a short Alien Tribe Immortal Lord Marquis Peak was instantly erased, turning into the purest energy in heaven and earth.

"Instant Teleport combined with Time Pause is really handy!" Xiao Yu sighed, then quickly packed up the loot.

In the past three years, he has been hunting Immortal Alien Tribes nonstop; as long as a Seal King isn't involved, he charges straight in and deals with them directly.

In three years, over five hundred Immortal Lord Marquises died beneath the Chaos Blade, more than a thousand Immortal Military Lords, and countless Realm Lords.

That number was unimaginable back on the island.

As a result, his military merit has accumulated to 1.586 quadrillion, and the third layer of Primordial Soul has risen to 8,200 layers, only 1,800 layers short of perfection.

During this period of hunting, Xiao Yu has been using his self‑created sword technique 'Open Heaven'.

He continuously refines this sword method in actual combat; in the Virtual Universe, Xiao Yu has already defeated 890 opponents, and 'Open Heaven' now belongs to the top‑tier secret arts, approaching peak secret arts.

More than two hundred years after leaving the primordial universe, Xiao Yu's speed of comprehending the Space-Time Origin Law has not slowed; on the contrary, because the World Tree can enter the Universe Origin realm and the fusion of divine crystals has boosted his comprehension speed fiftyfold, he is now almost on the brink of grasping a second kind of spatial mystery.

He has already mastered several branches of the dozens of spatial‑strangulation subsystems, and time acceleration now allows him to slightly speed up his own time.

This differs from the acceleration in the artifacts he previously created; one is self‑controlled, the other is a skill possessed by an item, and they are incomparable in mastery.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye Xiao Yu has been on the main continent of Yan Ji Da Lu for nearly a hundred years.

During these hundred years, Xiao Yu has lived a very fulfilling life, constantly engaged in battles and cultivation, with his strength continuously improving.

In a hundred years, Xiao Yu no longer remembers how many Immortal Alien Tribes he has hunted, but at least the life‑and‑death forging task set by his Virtual Universe Company is completed, reaching 27.658 quadrillion military merit.

The third layer of Primordial Soul has also cultivated to 9,700 layers, with only the final three hundred layers remaining.

In the Virtual Universe.

The 1,300th opponent—the unique lifeform 'World Tree' in the universe—after blocking Xiao Yu for a full 36 years, was finally dealt with.

World Tree possesses control over space‑time; even as a mere Realm Lord Level, it still wields terrifying power. Previously, Xiao Yu was always on the defensive in battles, constantly losing, even when fully employing the Wings of Space-Time ability.

Only recently, as Xiao Yu's comprehension of the Space-Time Law deepened further and was integrated into 'Open Heaven', did he finally win this battle.

Although he has not yet achieved his ultimate goal, he has already surpassed the target set for him by the Chaos City Lord.

"Time to see the teacher!" Xiao Yu thought to himself.

In a flash, Xiao Yu vanished.

(End of chapter)