Luo Fan couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.
In Luo Feng's original story, ranking in the top fifty of the First World Zone could already earn one a galaxy.
Yet now, he was ranked first, and directly obtained a Primary Empire.
One could only say that the Black Dragon Mountain Emperor, one of the renowned investors in this Swallowed Star universe, truly had vision and boldness.
After acquiring the Silver Blue Empire, he handed it over to Jia Yi and the others for management.
The Silver Blue Empire consisted of eight star systems.
He instructed one of his avatars to construct wormholes between them to link the systems together.
As for administration, leaving it to Jia Yi and the others was more suitable.
Luo Fan really wasn't good at such matters, nor did he have the time for them.
After arranging everything related to the Silver Blue Empire, Luo Fan resumed his seclusion.
His true body and two clones continued to absorb the special energies from Water Source Crystals and Space Source Crystals, comprehending the origin laws of water and space.
As for the Bloodline Potion, Luo Fan hadn't continued his research on it for now.
He directly entrusted the potion's production to technological systems crafted by his Mechanical Race clone.
He hadn't even allocated a shred of computing power to it anymore.
He knew that, right now, the most important thing was understanding the laws.
Once he reached the World Master or Domain Lord level, he would have plenty of time to refine potions slowly.
Very soon, three years passed just like that.
During these three years, Luo Fan and his three companions remained within the Law Source Secret Realm.
Only one of his avatars took the form of his true body to stay beside his family.
Over those three years, Luo Fan had only comprehended two more essences of the Water Origin Law.
That meant he now grasped fourteen essences of the Water Origin Law in total.
As for the Space Origin Law, his comprehension speed had slowed as well.
In three years, he only mastered one additional essence of the Space Origin Law.
It should be noted that three years ago, he had already cultivated more than half of the sixth essence.
Even so, such progress left the Tideblade King and Wood Spirit King deeply astonished.
At this point, Luo Fan could barely wield the fourth form of the Tide God Blade.
As for the Cosmic Genius Battle, he had only one goal.
Champion!
Luo Feng and the other two also had their own improvements.
During this time, the three of them had been relentlessly hunting Source Beasts within the Law Source Secret Realm.
After all, once they left, they could no longer enter again.
However, breaking through to the Universe level inside was fine.
For instance, Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast true body had achieved its Universe-level breakthrough right within the Secret Realm.
Later, Luo Feng tried placing a Space Worm clone outside the Secret Realm.
That clone, however, could no longer enter the Secret Realm.
Still, he could destroy the clone outside and then let the Space Worm clone inside the Secret Realm cultivate a new body.
That much was entirely possible.
In the same way, as long as his original nucleus remained within the Secret Realm, he could always regenerate new clones and a true body.
However, this time they were heading to Chaos City, and Luo Feng didn't know how long he would be away from Earth.
Nor did he know what opportunities awaited him there.
Thus, he planned to take his original nucleus along when he left.
As for Hong and Thunder God, both finally managed to step into the threshold of the Time Origin Law during this period.
After all, both possessed considerable talent, geniuses who could already comprehend domains at the Star level.
Moreover, both held the potential to break through to True God.
To reach that realm required more than resources and inheritance, it demanded innate talent.
The high-level cosmic nation they were in had also granted them suitable secret techniques of the Time Origin Law.
Additionally, they received personal guidance from an undying teacher.
This was what allowed them to step into the threshold of the Time Origin Law.
At the same time, their understanding of the Lightning and Light Origin Laws had deepened further.
With their current strength, entering the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was no problem.
They even held a small chance of qualifying for the Primordial Secret Realm.
That day, as usual, the four of them gathered in Luo Fan's cultivation chamber on Earth.
Although there was still over a year left before they had to head to the Virtual Universe Company, they wanted to be prepared early.
After all, the first phase of the finals, the Trial Tower challenge, would take a long time.
Still, all four came together.
After all, Hong and Thunder God wouldn't be able to hunt Source Beasts while climbing the Trial Tower.
Their consciousness realms were still too low; once they entered the Virtual Universe, their true bodies could hardly move.
As for Luo Feng, he left his Golden Horned Beast and Space Worm clones there.
The four of them exchanged glances, each seeing the same encouragement and determination in the others' eyes.
Without saying another word, they all entered the Virtual Universe.
...
Across the various continents and islands within the Virtual Universe, millions of peerless geniuses from the 1,008 cosmic nations were teleporting to their respective gathering grounds.
Above the Qianwu Continent floated a suspended island.
Whoosh!
"Sir, please follow me."
A Universe-level warrior in uniform standing by the teleportation point guided Luo Fan along a small path.
After walking for a while, they saw a plaza surrounded by beautiful flowers and plants not far ahead, filled with a large crowd.
At a glance, there were hundreds of people, men and women of all appearances.
"That's the Blade Emperor!"
"I heard he's stepped into the threshold of the Space Origin Law, is that true?"
"It's absolutely true! I know the Blade Emperor, who ranked first in the First World Zone during the preliminaries."
"They say the Blade Emperor's space movement technique, 'Ten Thousand Threads Flow' has already reached the level where he can create thousands of afterimages!"
"He's just too strong! Rumor has it he's one of the top contenders for this Cosmic Genius Battle's championship!"
As soon as Luo Fan appeared, he became the focus of everyone's discussion in the plaza.
After all, his displayed power was simply too formidable.
Groups of people chatted in small clusters across the plaza.
Luo Fan quietly walked over and stood in a corner, closing his eyes.
After all, there weren't any acquaintances of his here.
Just when he thought so, a voice sounded beside him.
"Lord Blade Emperor, do you still remember me?"
Luo Fan opened his eyes to see a familiar Six-Eared youth standing before him.
It was the same one who had guided him earlier.
"Oh, it's you."
"Didn't expect you to make it into Qianwu Cosmic Nation's top thousand as well," Luo Fan said indifferently.
Seeing that Luo Fan actually remembered him, the Six-Eared youth became visibly excited.
"I was just lucky, Lord Blade Emperor, you're far stronger."
Since Luo Fan had nothing else to do, he began chatting with him casually.
Just then, a burly man with messy hair and bare feet walked toward Luo Fan.
Luo Fan turned and met his fiery gaze.
A blazing battle intent burned around him, surging straight into the sky.
"Blade Emperor, I hope we can meet on the arena."
"I want to see just how strong you truly are!"
The newcomer was none other than "Savage" Rong Jun!
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