With the final confirmation entered, the four of them pressed the registration button.
A brief pause followed.
"Beep."
"Scan complete. Astral Rank Level 9 Mental Master. Registration approved."
The confirmation prompt faded. The registration for the Universe Human Race – Peak Genius Battle was officially complete.
There was still roughly one month before the registration window closed entirely. During this period, Bai Yue, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God did not relax in the slightest. Each of them seized every fragment of time to strengthen themselves, fully aware of one brutal truth—
anyone careless enough would be eliminated the moment the battle began.
Pride was not lacking among the four.
Luo Feng had walked through countless life-and-death trials.
Hong possessed an unshakable will refined over decades.
Thunder God carried a violent, indomitable fighting spirit.
And Bai Yue… had no intention of allowing anyone to surpass him.
After transforming into a Mo Sha Clan lifeform, Bai Yue's cultivation experience changed fundamentally.
He could now sense space itself.
Not through vision or touch, but through an instinctive perception woven directly into his existence. Subtle spatial fluctuations—imperceptible to ordinary lifeforms—now appeared to him like faint ripples on still water.
When he activated Absolute Space, the difference was immediate.
Previously, twisting space to form illusory bodies demanded focused control and considerable energy. Now, using barely one percent of his former effort, space obediently folded and separated, forming multiple illusionary projections with ease.
"So this is the Mo Sha Clan…" Bai Yue murmured inwardly.
"They really are the darlings of space."
His already terrifying speed of Space Law comprehension surged again. What once required intense analysis now unfolded naturally, as though space itself were guiding him.
Originally, Bai Yue estimated that fully dissecting the 108 Essences of Space Law would take close to a century—even with the advantage of Primordial Chaos City.
Now?
Thirty years.
And that was a conservative estimate.
But the Peak Genius Battle was never his ultimate goal. It was merely a step—a stage to accelerate his rise.
Even now, his Golden-Horned Beast clone had only reached Domain Lord Level 9. Against true apex figures of the Universe, this level was still dangerously insufficient.
Hu Yanbo's fate remained a sharp warning.
A Lord-level Undying… erased as though he were nothing.
In the vast Universe, strength alone determined survival.
Time flowed quietly.
Under the gaze of countless civilizations across innumerable star systems, the registration period for the Peak Genius Battle finally came to an end.
By Earth's calendar—
April 16, 2066.
"Master, you have mail."
Long Kui's gentle voice sounded, pulling Bai Yue out of deep contemplation. He immediately logged into the Virtual Universe Network.
Almost simultaneously, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God—still on Earth—received identical notifications and entered the Virtual Universe through their consciousness.
Virtual Universe — Black Dragon Mountain Island, Nine Star Bay.
Four figures appeared one after another at the entrances of their respective villas.
They exchanged glances, each seeing anticipation and tension reflected in the others' eyes.
Bai Yue raised his hand. A light screen unfolded in the air, displaying the contents of the newly received email.
"Welcome to the Universe Human Race – Peak Genius Battle Selection Phase."
"Within Ganwu Universe Country, the total number of registered Astral Rank participants exceeds 822.5 billion…"
The message continued—long, dense, and mercilessly precise.
In summary:
The first phase within Ganwu Universe Country would select 100,100 participants.
The process was divided into two stages:
Preliminary Elimination
Ring Battle Decisive Phase
The Preliminary Elimination alone would cull over 822.5 billion participants down to just 100,100 survivors.
The reason was simple.
There were too many people.
The Virtual Universe would be divided into 100 independent worlds.
Each world would host over 8.2 billion participants.
Inside these worlds—
Kill to gain pointsOne life onlyDeath equals elimination
When the time limit expired, rankings would be determined purely by accumulated points.
The top 1001 from each world would advance.
One hundred worlds.
One hundred thousand one hundred survivors.
At the same time—
The first-place finisher in each world would skip the Ring Battle entirely, securing one of the top 1000 seats directly.
The remaining 900 positions would be contested among the other 100,000 survivors through the Ring Battle.
Bai Yue's expression remained calm.
He had already made his decision.
First place.
He had no intention of wasting time in extended elimination matches.
"Eight billion people thrown into one world to slaughter each other for points…" Bai Yue thought coldly.
"Efficient. And merciless."
But there was no other way. Any gentler method would take centuries to complete.
Once registration closed, the Virtual Universe Corporation began preparations.
The scale was vast, but the efficiency was terrifying.
Exactly one month later, the day of assembly for Ganwu Universe Country's Preliminary Elimination arrived.
On this day, not only registered participants paid attention.
Major families, Undying lineages, Universe Country powers, and countless organizations focused their gaze here.
For the Virtual Universe Corporation, only the top one thousand truly mattered.
But for everyone else—
Even those eliminated could still be priceless assets.
A failed genius might still become a Domain Lord.
A slightly better one—a World Lord.
Recruitment targets were everywhere.
In the depths of cosmic space.
A vast starry region trembled.
A giant figure stood in the void, his face impossible to discern. The space around him warped subtly, unable to withstand his presence.
Before him, hundreds of millions of Astral Rank youths knelt in the void, dense beyond counting.
Beside the giant stood thousands of Undying existences, each radiating terrifying divine might, all respectfully silent.
"You are the future elites of Ganwu Universe Country."
The voice echoed like thunder, shaking space itself.
"Among the 100,100 survivors… I expect you to claim at least half."
Every soul present trembled.
"Go."
Space folded.
In an instant, hundreds of millions of Astral Rank geniuses vanished, scattered across the countless battle worlds.
Even the surrounding Undying felt a chill at the casual display of authority.
As the waiting ended, the Peak Genius Battle officially began.
Among more than 800 billion participants, every single one believed—
I am not inferior.
And only the battlefield would decide who was right.
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