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"Beep beep! Destination location confirmed: Rongbing Star Region, Imperial Capital Star, Qianwu Universe Kingdom;"

"The optimal flight path has been confirmed, and arrival at the destination is expected in 122 standard days and nights."

"Spaceship is ready for jump, expected to enter dark space in 3 seconds, 3, 2, 1..."

More than two months later, Li Che finally completed his communication with the Lord of Shenliu Army, returned to his spaceship, and embarked on the journey back to his own Rongbing Divine Kingdom.

In Li Che's eyes, his conversation with the Lord of Shenliu Army was quite pleasant. Although he did not confirm joining the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, he learned a lot from the other party.

To show his goodwill, Li Che also accepted the invitation to attend several private parties hosted by this immortal god, got to know the god lord of the Ice Sea Divine Kingdom in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region, and even spent a few days guiding the disciple of the Sunken Flow Army Lord—a little guy who had comprehended the microscopic spatial origin law at the ninth level of the domain lord.

"122 standard days and nights...that seems like plenty of time."

Inside the spaceship's lounge, Li Che lay back in the continuously boiling, thick spring water, letting out a contented sigh.

Before him, the intelligent assistant Bai Yue projected five illusory pages onto his face, each containing an email from one of the five great immortal gods.

The Virtual Universe Company's Commander Manlin, the Giant Axe Arena's Commander Yanpo, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance's Commander Flor, the Cosmic First Bank's...

They were all Immortal-level leaders of the five major powers in Rongbing Star Region, Li Che's hometown. Each of them spoke with great enthusiasm and sincerity, inviting Li Che to join their respective major powers.

The reason for this is that the images of Li Che's battle with that virtual immortal in the virtual universe killing field some time ago were noticed by the leaders of the five major forces.

After all, in a small place like Rongbing Starfield, it's extremely rare for the killing arena to simulate opponents at the Marquis level, especially since the challenger was simulating a standard Ninth-Order World Lord level opponent. This quickly caused quite a stir among the high-level circles of Rongbing Starfield.

No one expected that the first prince, who was nurtured by the Divine Lord Rongbing, would become a Marquis-level combatant capable of directly suppressing a Marquis-level immortal god in just five eras.

It should be noted that the scenarios simulated in the Virtual Universe Company's Killing Field are absolutely standard. Li Che accomplished the feat of a World Lord level fighting against a Marquis Immortal without using any particularly special treasures.

Li Che was somewhat taken aback by the enthusiastic invitations from the five major powers. Each of the immortal gods promised to help him apply for the highest possible genius contracts.

Even Li Che himself was unsure which side to join at the moment.

Through his interactions with the immortal gods, Li Che gained a deeper understanding of his current situation.

As a military commander-level, no, a marquis-level realm lord, he found that he had considerable initiative when joining the five major forces.

From the perspective of human territory, Li Che can no longer be simply defined as a "genius". He is a person who has truly cultivated step by step to the level of a world lord and is a "strong person" with rich survival experience in the vast universe.

Such a master-level expert has already proven his talent through his actions, passed through his weakest period, and no longer needs to be carefully protected by the five major powers.

If those star-level and cosmic-level little guys who have only shown their talents as strong individuals are the ones being chosen by the five major powers, then someone like Li Che already has the qualifications to be chosen by the five major powers to a certain extent.

After all, Li Che was young enough and had already proven his strength. Every one of the immortals from the Rongbing branch of the five major powers believed that Li Che could easily become a king immortal after achieving immortality.

If such a powerful individual is recruited into one's own faction, the representative of that faction in the Rongbing Star Region will receive extremely generous internal rewards, enough to make even ordinary Marquis-level Immortal Gods envious.

Thus, a competitive relationship naturally arose among these immortals. They all hoped that Li Che's qualifications would be noticed by higher-level figures, who would then offer him more favorable treatment in order to attract Li Che to join them.

Li Che certainly understood this.

In the email, the military leaders of the five major forces all indicated that they had reported Li Che's combat footage to higher authorities, hoping that a great being would take notice of Li Che, and that it was not impossible for him to become a disciple of a great being.

Therefore, Li Che remained very calm and had no intention of joining either side for the time being.

He has already decided on his future plan: to return to his homeland and stay in the Rongbing Empire for a period of time. On the one hand, it is to help his own god lord win the legacy of the immortal god who is granted the title of Marquis, and on the other hand, it is to wait.

If any cosmic venerable or even cosmic lord were willing to give Li Che a chance to become their disciple, Li Che would be happy to join the faction to which that being belonged.

If no one at that level shows any willingness to take on a disciple, Li Che will choose to join one of the following companies: Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Arena, or Cosmic Galaxy Bank, and then continue to demonstrate his strength on the Sky Bridge.

Compared to when he defeated that immortal image in the killing field, Li Che is now continuously growing stronger while inheriting the legacy of Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm. No matter which family he joins, he will rise to prominence in a very short time.

After inheriting the legacy of Li Che from the Mountain and Sea Realm, Li Che gained a systematic understanding of the assessment of geniuses among human races.

For example, Li Che from the Mountain and Sea Realm, before his death, was at the level of the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge in terms of his understanding of laws and development of secret techniques, which is equivalent to a king-level existence.

This was already considered above average among the original secret realm masters of that time.

Like that genius Coty, who was once highly regarded by the Lord of Chaos City and passed through the 20th level of the Bridge to Heaven during his peak as a Realm Lord, he was a top genius that one would not encounter even once in a long era.

It is worth mentioning that Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm is no less powerful than Coty in the real universe. After all, Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm has cultivated the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual and possesses the product of the Supreme Treasure Original Soul - the Soul Pearl, which enhances his soul power to the level of a Realm Lord by ten thousand times. He can directly kill immortal gods at the peak of the Marquis level with his soul.

Before inheriting the legacy of Li Che from the Mountain and Sea Realm, Li Che's application of the fundamental laws was very unique, but it was estimated to be only around the 16th or 17th level of the Bridge to Heaven, which was still quite far behind the top geniuses in human history.

But what's valuable is that, despite never having received systematic training from those top-tier forces, Li Che was able to reach the 16th level of the Heavenly Bridge through a near-closed-door approach to understanding the laws, which is enough to demonstrate Li Che's potential.

With such outstanding potential, Li Che's greatest expectation for the five major forces is to find a sufficiently powerful teacher.

Li Che didn't really have high hopes of becoming a disciple of the only strongest being in the universe among the human race, the founder of the Giant Axe.

But when it comes to becoming a disciple of the Lord of the Universe, Li Che feels he still has a good chance.

Only a sufficiently powerful teacher can provide sufficient guidance and treasures. Treasures, in particular, are especially important in today's chaotic world, where many powerful clans are sparing no effort to kill the geniuses of rival clans.

After all, once he rises to prominence as the world lord of the human race's top genius, he will inevitably attract the attention of the demon race, the insect race, the mechanical race, and even other top races and super alliances.

Throughout history, many human geniuses have been killed at the level of World Lords.