The Void Gold Lineage

Once again, Li Che passed through the gate guarded by the terrifying behemoth of the Universe Venerable level and arrived in front of the palace belonging to the Lord of Void Gold. After calming down his excited mood from the battle, he stepped directly into the palace.

"boom!"

However, when Li Che stepped into the hall, he did not see the endless, winding golden river he had seen before. Instead, he saw two rows of thrones, more vast than planets, standing in the boundless void.

Each of those thrones was forged from a substance that Li Che had never seen before. Each substance was unique, and each exuded an unparalleled, surging power that made Li Che feel an almost suffocating sense of oppression.

At the far end of those two rows of thrones, there was a most magnificent throne, upon which sat a towering giant with golden hair and eyebrows, none other than Li Che's teacher, the Void Gold Master of the Giant Axe Arena.

"Greetings, teacher!"

Upon seeing the towering giant, Li Che bowed deeply without hesitation. That was a great being who controlled the fundamental laws of time and space, and was the true embodiment of the laws of time and space.

"Um!"

The towering giant, the Lord of Void Gold, sat regally on his throne, a faint light of law flowing across his chest-length golden eyebrows. His voice boomed.

"Gui Xu Li Che, from this day forward, you will be my 19th personal disciple."

"Disciple greets Master!" Li Che knelt and said loudly.

"very good!"

Upon hearing this, the Lord of False Gold's already calm and wise eyes immediately revealed a satisfied smile. With a flick of his finger, Li Che stood up.

This cosmic ruler, who rose to power in the early days of humanity, raised a large hand, gesturing for Richer to look at the many smaller thrones below him:

"Throughout my countless ages, I have had 19 direct disciples. Four of them perished in the past. Of the remaining 15, apart from you, they are all cosmic venerables."

Li Che looked at the thrones located below the Lord of False Gold.

There are currently eighteen thrones that are even larger than planets. Upon closer inspection, one can see that the aura of four of them is indeed very dim, while the rest are dazzling. Each throne is surrounded by the power of the fundamental laws of space or time.

What shocked Li Che even more was that on the fourteen thrones representing the living disciples, nine of them had figures sitting on them. Eight of these figures were illusory, but the figure on one throne was very real.

That was the Lord of Luhai who had been teaching him all these years.

Furthermore, behind the eighteenth throne at the very bottom, which belongs to the Fire-Eroding Venerable, a mysterious, dark substance is intertwining and constructing a brand new throne.

The Lord of False Gold continued speaking:

"Your fourteen senior brothers and sisters are Lord of Luhai, Lord of Tingcha Palace, Lord of Yuman Kingdom, and Venerable Shihuo. Their information access has been granted to you, so you can learn more about them."

"Greetings, fellow disciples!" Li Che bowed to the Venerable Ones of the Universe.

These high and mighty cosmic venerables were quite amiable at this moment, and each of the venerables who arrived expressed enough goodwill and expectations for Li Che, the youngest junior disciple.

Only after all this was done could the seemingly simple yet extremely high-level apprenticeship ceremony be considered complete.

From this point, Li Che seemed to be able to sense the difference between the Lord of Void Gold and Luo Feng's teacher—the Lord of Chaos City.

As the primary ruler of the contemporary virtual universe company and the head of resource allocation for the entire human race, the Lord of Chaos City clearly prioritizes the interests of his race.

Including taking on disciples, the Chaos City Lord's actions are mostly aimed at further expanding his clan, giving them a strong sense of official business.

As one of the top management members of the five giants, the Lord of False Gold has a completely different style from the Lord of Chaos City. He is not only the patriarch of the Giant Axe Arena, but also the patriarch of his disciples.

Although his requirements for accepting Li Che as a disciple were indeed very demanding, today's apprenticeship ceremony also demonstrated the great cosmic lord's friendly attitude towards his disciples.

No wonder, within humanity, the Void Gold lineage of the Giant Axe Arena is renowned, while the Chaos City Lord lineage of the Virtual Universe Company, though clearly more powerful, doesn't have much of a reputation...

Li Che sighed inwardly, having to admit the selflessness of the Chaos City Lord.

However, as a person with feelings, Li Che still preferred the atmosphere among the many disciples of the Xu Jin lineage.

The Lord of False Gold watched with a smile as Li Che interacted with his other disciples, only refocusing his gaze on Li Che after the virtual images of Venerable Fiery Erosion, King Yu Man, and others disappeared.

"I have witnessed all your progress over the years. Whether it is in your understanding of the laws or in creating your own secret techniques, you still have a great deal of room for improvement."

Upon hearing this, Li Che bowed slightly and said, "I must thank Senior Brother Lu Hai for his help."

"Lu Hai's help is only part of the story; you yourself are the biggest cornerstone."

"Now that you've passed the 18th level of the Bridge to Heaven, your permanent residency in Chaos City will be granted soon. You can stay in the Initial Universe permanently until you've reached the pinnacle of all secret techniques and understanding of laws before leaving."

"I have adjusted my strategy based on your situation among the many opponents who will create the secret technique. If you can defeat the 2000th opponent, you will be able to create the ultimate secret technique. My expectation for you is to create a peak secret technique during your time as a World Lord."

"Furthermore, Venerable Jiufeng of my human race recently sent you a divine general's inheritance token. Five hundred years after the beginning of the universe, you can go to the Death Star in the Glory Secret Realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance. That was countless epochs ago..."

"·····"

The Lord of Void Gold had considered all aspects of Li Che's youngest disciple very carefully. He seriously suggested that Li Che cultivate in the initial universe for a period of time.

At the same time, he also handed Li Che a crystal that shimmered with a jet-black light.

The divine general's inheritance token sent by Venerable Jiufeng?

That seemed to be a cosmic overlord of the human race. Could it be that I have some kind of connection with that Venerable Jiufeng?

With his thoughts racing, Li Che still managed to store the divine general's inheritance into his inner world.

The inheritance of a divine general is a valuable item. Obtaining an inheritance is equivalent to having the opportunity to learn an amplitude-based secret technique. It is extremely precious, and those who are not crowned kings or immortals are basically not qualified to come into contact with it.

"Master, I have one more request!"

After the Lord of Void Gold finished giving his instructions, Li Che suddenly stepped forward and shouted to the Lord of Void Gold.

"Speak," the Lord of False Gold said calmly.

"I had a fortuitous encounter back then, during which I not only improved my life genes but also obtained the innate secret technique, the clone. I humbly request that you, Master, offer me advice on creating a suitable clone!" Li Che said earnestly.

He knew very well that even as a core member of the Giant Axe Secret Realm, he had no right to access those top-tier clone materials.

"Oh? You actually possess a secret technique for creating clones? And you haven't even developed a clone yet?"

It was clear that the Lord of Void Gold's eyes lit up when he learned that Li Che possessed the secret technique of creating clones.