, The Third God

"Respected Lord of the Guixu Realm, on behalf of the Rongbing Branch of the Virtual Universe Company, I welcome you back to your homeland. Lord Manlin has prepared some small gifts for you; we hope you will accept them!"

"Lord of Guixu Army, I am Tartan from the Rongbing Empire branch of the Giant Axe Arena. Lord Yanpo Army extends a warm welcome to you!"

"Respected Lord of the Ruins of Return..."

For the domain lords and realm lords of the Rongbing Empire who came to welcome Li Che, today is destined to be a day they will never forget.

On this day, for the first time, they saw the powerful realm masters of the five major branches lower their usually noble heads and respectfully bow to the first prince of their Rongbing Empire.

In their eyes, these realm lords, who were recognized by the fundamental laws, were the true high-ranking officials of the five giants in the Rongbing Empire. The resources and power they controlled were beyond imagination, and their eyes were filled with respect when they looked at Li Che.

Even the powerful Realm Lord from the Virtual Universe Company, who ranked first among the top ten Realm Lords of the Rongbing Empire, was as respectful as a greenhorn in front of Li Che.

Clearly, they regarded Li Che as an existence at the level of an immortal god!

Li Che, however, acted as if it were perfectly normal. He dealt with it casually, as if these powerful realm lords who wielded influence in the Rongbing Empire were really just insignificant little guys.

Indeed, this is the case. If these realm lords, who are recognized by the lower-level fundamental laws, were placed on the outer battlefield, the vast majority of them would only be evaluated as elite realm lord warriors. Li Che has killed countless such opponents on the outer battlefield.

Only after these powerful realm lords from the five giants had all departed did he turn around, nod slightly to the two immortal gods, Rong Bing and Qi Yao, and chuckle:

"Thank you for your trouble, Your Excellencies. I originally intended to keep a low profile, but I did not expect you to make such a big fuss."

Upon hearing this, the usually low-key and mysterious Lord Qiyao shook his head and said:

"In terms of combat strength, you are no different from the third god lord of my Rongbing Empire. Such an important matter naturally needs to be known by the empire's high-ranking officials."

Li Che couldn't refute it. His current identity was indeed no different from that of an immortal god, and the significance of immortality to a medium-sized civilization empire was self-evident.

Unlike the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, which is located on the outskirts of the Qianwu Star Sector, their region is situated in the heart of the entire star sector, where the density of intermediate-level civilizations is very high, and major wars sometimes break out between them.

After all, immortal gods also have their own interests to pursue. Not every immortal is willing to risk their lives on the battlefields beyond the realms. Some immortals focus on managing their own kingdoms, which inevitably leads to conflicts of interest.

As he pondered this, Li Che glanced down at the Domain Lord and World Lord level experts who were bowing deeply below, and felt a surge of emotion.

More than 50,000 years ago, when Li Che was just an unknown figure in the Rongbing royal family, the names of these domain lords and realm lords were very famous, as if they were invincible gods.

But looking back now, these were just ordinary realm lords who had struggled in a moderately civilized country.

Most of these Domain Lords and Realm Lords only managed to comprehend a single level of domain and break through to Domain Lord when they were at the Universe level. Then, while still at the Domain Lord level, they barely comprehended a trace of a lower-level primordial law before finally breaking through to the Realm Lord level.

This is not an isolated case, but rather the common occurrence among powerful beings in various cosmic nations and intermediate-level civilizations throughout the universe.

"It's been many years, Professor Goruć."

Suddenly, Li Che's gaze fell upon a familiar, aged figure. It was an elderly ape-man with a withered physique and grayish-white hair, with a dark brown mark of the primordial law between his brows, radiating a heavy and vast power of the law.

Goruchi, the Ape-Man Realm Lord, is a senior Realm Lord-level powerhouse recognized by the Earth Origin Law. He joined their Rongbing Empire hundreds of years ago. More than 50,000 years ago, when Li Che had just risen to power, this Realm Lord was Li Che's teacher in the direction of the Earth Origin Law.

"It has indeed been many years. I am very happy. I never expected that I had guided such a genius as His Highness the First Prince."

Upon hearing this, the old ape-man smiled. As Li Che's teacher during his planetary and celestial stages, he had provided Li Che with a great deal of help in his early cultivation.

After that, Li Che greeted several other powerful beings who belonged to the Rongbing Holy Land, including Realm Lords and Domain Lords, who had previously given him guidance and favors.

After all, he was once the first prince of the Rongbing Empire, and he spent most of the first hundred years of his life in the Holy Land of the Divine Kingdom, so he had a deep affection for this place.

It was quite some time later that Li Che finally finished exchanging pleasantries with these high-ranking officials of the empire. He then descended towards the Imperial Capital Star below, alongside the two God Lords, Rong Bing and Qi Yao.

"My Lord, how are my parents now?"

On the way, Li Che asked Rong Bing about the situation of his parents in this body. For the first ten years of his life, he had always lived with his parents, and it would be a lie to say that he had no feelings for them.

"Your mother has now become a universe-level eighth-tier powerhouse with the resources you provided, and is currently serving as a universe-level instructor at the Qianwu Dojo."

As for the parents of the genius Li Che, Lord Rong Bing naturally provided them with considerable care, upon hearing this...

"As for your father, he was a top expert who ranked among the top 200,000 in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom's peak power competition back then. Now he has become a domain lord and is training those planetary and celestial level little guys in the holy land."

Li Che nodded.

"Recently, you can go to the Holy Land to see your father. He's very busy right now, responsible for training the youngsters of the Holy Land before they participate in the Peak Genius Battle," said Lord Rongbing with a smile.

"A battle of top geniuses?" Li Che was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, the most recent Peak Genius Battle is being organized by the Giant Axe Arena, and it will begin in about fifty years." The God of Enlightenment smiled.

Li Che then instructed his computer assistant, Bai Yue, to check, and discovered that there was indeed news in the universe recently about a peak genius battle held by the Giant Axe Arena.

Since his birth, the once-in-five-thousand-years peak genius battle has been held ten times, and Li Che has subconsciously ignored such news after becoming a domain lord.

"In this year's Genius Battle, our Holy Land has produced a few promising talents. The most outstanding one has comprehended the seventh to eighth level of the realm at the Hengxing level. He is currently cultivating in Rong Bing's divine kingdom and still needs guidance from the Lord of Guixu Realm."

"The Lord of Enlightenment said with a smile."

For a mid-level civilization in the universe, it is completely unimaginable for a genius at the celestial level to comprehend even a trace of the fundamental laws; comprehending profound realms already makes one an exceptionally outstanding genius.

"I understand. I'll give that little genius some guidance when I have the chance," Li Che nodded.