When the Pinnacle Genius Battle finals and the Trial Space preliminaries ended.
Virtual Universe, mysterious plane.
Before a huge circular table surrounded by Chaotic airflow, five slightly smaller thrones were placed.
Venerable Bei Ming and Venerable Bloodwing arrived first, both sitting in their respective positions.
Venerable Bloodwing turned his head and asked, "Bei Ming, what is the purpose of this meeting?"
"It's about the Pinnacle Genius Battle," Venerable Bei Ming replied.
"This Pinnacle Genius Battle is presided over by Venerable Ye Ling, so let him handle it. Is there any need for a meeting?"
Venerable Bloodwing looked surprised, not expecting Venerable Bei Ming to call a meeting just for such a minor matter.
"The standard of this Pinnacle Genius Battle is very high, rarely seen in the history of our human race."
Venerable Bei Ming smiled, "You'll know why I called this meeting in a moment."
Upon hearing this, Venerable Bloodwing could only nod slightly, waiting for the other members of the company's decision-making layer.
Not long after.
Two figures emerged from the Chaotic airflow. One was the Master of refining treasures, Venerable Myriad Treasure, who was extremely famous throughout the Original Universe.
The other, clad in a black hooded robe, with even his face shrouded in the shadow of the hood, but with dark red scales visible on his exposed hand, was Phantom Blood Master's third Disciple—Venerable Duyan!
This High-level Venerables originally belonged to Virtual Universe Company. After the last opening of Original Star, he transferred to Universe Artifact & Potion Refining Company, representing his teacher, Phantom Blood Master, in the decision-making layer.
"Myriad Treasure, Du Yan."
Venerable Bloodwing greeted them with a raised hand as the two arrived.
"Venerable Bei Ming, Venerable Bloodwing."
Venerable Myriad Treasure smiled and nodded to the two, then sat down with Venerable Duyan.
Not much later.
Nineteen, with black hair and black vertical pupils, clad in silver armor, emerged from the Chaotic airflow.
"Radiance."
"Venerable Radiance."
Venerable Bei Ming and Venerable Bloodwing spoke one after another.
"Junior Uncle."
Venerable Myriad Treasure and Venerable Duyan bowed slightly.
"Mmm."
Nineteen nodded in response, sitting on the last throne.
"Everyone is here, let the meeting begin."
Seeing the Venerables seated, Venerable Bei Ming said, "The purpose of this meeting is concerning this Pinnacle Genius Battle."
"Pinnacle Genius Battle?"
Nineteen looked slightly puzzled upon hearing this.
"This Pinnacle Genius Battle is presided over by Yeling. Did he cause some trouble again?" Venerable Myriad Treasure asked with a frown.
As Venerable Ye Ling's teacher, he understood his Disciple's temperament very well; it was indeed possible for him to cause a stir at the Pinnacle Genius Battle.
"It has nothing to do with Venerable Ye Ling."
Venerable Bei Ming explained, "The main reason for gathering everyone here is that this Genius Battle is quite special. The number of outstanding Geniuses is extremely rare in the history of our human race."
"Because of Hui and Bolan?"
Venerable Duyan spoke slowly, "These two little fellows indeed have good talent. They are at the level of Geniuses that appear only once every ten thousand epochs, and it's worth adding an extra Creation Secret Realm slot for them."
When they heard "Hui," Venerable Bei Ming, Venerable Bloodwing, and Nineteen's eyes showed slight changes.
The former two, as relatively ancient Universe Venerables, had personally witnessed how the founder of Universe Artifact & Potion Refining Company, Void River Master, rose step by step.
This naturally allowed them to see that the little fellow 'Hui,' who also had the Royce Family bloodline, bore some resemblance to Void River Master when he was weak.
Nineteen's thoughts, however, differed from the others. He did not believe that the little fellow named Hui could be compared to his most revered Eleventh Brother.
Because Eleventh Brother was unique, the first Universe Master among humans to Breakthrough using the Beast God Path, and a great existence second only to Huge Axe Creator. He was certainly not someone a Stellar Rank little fellow could try to imitate.
"There's no need to open a second Creation Secret Realm slot for Hui and Bolan."
Nineteen said indifferently, "If they truly have talent, even without entering the Creation Secret Realm, they can still enter through the Secret Realm competition later.
"Competition will give them the motivation to become stronger, instead of being like that little fellow named Bolan, who thinks of using the Wind Law as a stepping stone to comprehend the Time Law."
Upon hearing this, the Universe Venerables couldn't help but look at Nineteen.
Venerable Bei Ming, Venerable Bloodwing, and Venerable Myriad Treasure's expressions were quite subtle.
Hui's talent was very good, and he was expected to become the second Universe Venerable of the Royce Family, so he should be a key training target.
But what Venerable Radiance said now was to treat him as an ordinary Genius, not even giving him the treatment of a Genius who appears once every ten thousand epochs.
Aside from the large-scale purge order issued in Ganwu Universe Country last time, it seemed this was the first time Venerable Radiance had targeted a junior from the Royce Family.
"What? Is there a problem with what I said?"
Nineteen frowned slightly when the Venerables didn't respond.
"No problem."
"The normal process is like this."
The Venerables then chimed in, expressing their agreement with what Nineteen had just said.
"If it were just Hui and Bolan, I wouldn't have called a meeting."
Venerable Bei Ming summoned a light screen, then gently waved his hand outwards, "Everyone, take a look at the information on this."
Swish!
Immediately, the light screen split into four, standing before the four Universe Venerables who exuded powerful pressure.
"This is the contestant's information... Eh?"
Venerable Myriad Treasure flipped through the light screen, and just as he was about to say something, a hint of surprise appeared on his face.
"Interesting, the quality of this Genius Battle is unexpectedly high."
Venerable Bloodwing smiled, "Aichen, Moyu, Wuka... These Geniuses, in previous sessions, would have been qualified to contend for first place."
"This little fellow named Rong Jun..." Venerable Duyan raised his head slightly in surprise, his blood-red eyes looking at Venerable Bei Ming.
"I've carefully watched the battle footage, there's no mistake," Venerable Bei Ming affirmed with a nod.
"If that's truly the case, this little fellow's future achievements will likely surpass Bolan's," Venerable Myriad Treasure said with a hint of emotion.
He looked at Rong Jun's information and thought to himself, "A Genius very suitable for comprehending the Huge Axe Primal Chaos Tablet. I wonder if Yeling has any intention of taking him as a Disciple."
"This Luo Feng, in just a few years, has raised his Space Law comprehension to the level of third place in the Trial Space points?"
Venerable Bloodwing looked at Luo Feng's information at the end, his face showing a hint of astonishment.
The previous Genius who had an extremely rapid increase in Space Law comprehension in a short period was Void River Master, second only to Huge Axe Creator!
"Having passed the 63rd floor of the trial tower, Luo Feng's Space Law comprehension level should have reached the first level of the Tongtian Bridge."
Venerable Bloodwing said softly, "To reach the first level of the Tongtian Bridge in just a few years, his Space Law talent is no worse than Bolan's."
Nineteen and the others, looking at the information, also acknowledged that Luo Feng's talent was good, at the level of a Genius who appears once every ten thousand epochs.
"This Genius Battle has produced three Geniuses who are at least at the level of once every ten thousand epochs, as well as those like Rong Jun, Wuka, etc., who could have contended for first place in previous sessions."
Venerable Bei Ming suggested, "My idea is to open three Creation Secret Realm slots for this Pinnacle Genius Battle."
"Agreed."
"Seconded."
Nineteen and the others had no objections. The quality of the Geniuses participating in this Pinnacle Genius Battle indeed warranted opening three Creation Secret Realm slots.
The resources required for the two additional Creation Secret Realm slots were merely a drop in the ocean for Universe Artifact & Potion Refining Company, which controlled ninety percent of the pharmaceutical, weapon, and armor businesses of humanity and even the Hong Alliance.
...
On the other side.
Venerable Ye Ling had just finished drinking with Marquis Lion Bell.
"Ah... open three Creation Secret Realm slots?"
After receiving the email from the company's decision-making layer, his face showed surprise, "This is setting a company precedent..."