Rongjun

Though Luo Feng had only gained a primary understanding of this legendary figure today, it didn't diminish his admiration. In Luo Feng's eyes, being a Universe Master's servant, establishing the Virtual Universe, standing at the absolute peak, waging war against the Cosmic Origin... and ultimately being permanently suppressed—each of these deeds filled him with profound respect. If such a leader of the human race could reappear in the cosmos, it would be an unparalleled blessing for humanity.

“Is there a way?” Luo Feng looked at the Universe Masters.

Darkness Master remained silent.

Chaos City Lord sighed, “No.”

“Giant Axe Creator also considered it, but there was no method,” Dragon Walk Master said with a deep voice. “The Original Ancestor's servant, the Virtual Universe's intelligent core, also told us that the Original Ancestor himself found no solution.”

Luo Feng sighed inwardly and nodded.

After all, he was permanently suppressed by the Cosmic Origin! Who could save him?

...

Just moments after Luo Feng and the other five returned to Thunder Island, they each received an email from Giant Axe Creator, summoning them to attend the highest-level meeting of the human race.

“There are two types of highest-level meetings for the human race,” Chaos City Lord explained with a smile. “One is a large-scale supreme meeting, attended by all Universe Venerables, all Universe Masters, and Universe Supreme Beings. These large-scale meetings usually concern major events or those that significantly impact the interests of Universe Venerables. Other important matters concerning the race are typically discussed internally by the highest echelons. This highest-level meeting... is attended by Universe Masters and Universe Supreme Beings. Since it's convened by Giant Axe Creator, it's also known as the 'Giant Axe Meeting.'”

“Giant Axe Meeting?” Luo Feng nodded silently.

In fact, during the last supreme meeting, even with numerous Universe Venerables attending, they merely listened to the information disseminated by the Universe Masters.

The true decision-makers were still the Universe Masters and Universe Supreme Beings.

Therefore, this 'Giant Axe Meeting' was the true core, determining various matters within the race.

“With your elevated authority, you can also directly teleport to the Giant Axe Divine Hall,” Chaos City Lord said. “The Giant Axe Meeting is held in front of the Giant Axe Divine Hall.”

“Oh.” Luo Feng checked and immediately noticed that more teleportation locations had become available.

“Let's go,” Chaos City Lord said.

Immediately, the six Universe Masters of the Virtual Universe Faction vanished from Thunder Island. Within their faction, Chaos City Lord was clearly the one giving orders.

...

Infinite darkness, with faint specks of starlight shimmering in the distance.

A simple divine hall floated in mid-air.

In front of the hall, on a not-too-large open space, stood a long stone table. At the head of the table was a single stone chair, while rows of stone chairs lined both sides. Currently, these chairs were occupied by towering figures.

“Haha, Desolate Mirror Master, last time you all were unwilling to return Earth's ownership to Luo Feng! In the end, Giant Axe Creator said... that the day Luo Feng sat among us would be the day to return Earth's ownership to him. How long has it been? Luo Feng is already qualified to sit with us.”

“Weren't you against it back then?”

“I have no family, no attachments, so I naturally neither supported nor opposed it. In hindsight, it would have been better if you had agreed to Luo Feng's request back then. Exchanging Qijing Stone for half of Earth's ownership! And now? Now Luo Feng is our equal, and according to what Giant Axe Creator said, Earth's ownership must be returned directly to Luo Feng, without even getting the Qijing Stone.”

“Hmph.”

The Universe Masters conversed among themselves.

They were divided into several factions, so lighthearted teasing was natural.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Six figures appeared almost simultaneously, it was the six powerhouses of the Virtual Universe Faction, led by Chaos City Lord.

“Chaos City Lord.”

“Chaos City Lord, you've arrived.”

“Chaos City Lord.”

The already-present Universe Masters almost all greeted Chaos City Lord first. After all, within the human race, in terms of highest status, it was undoubtedly Giant Axe Creator and the Original Ancestor, who was permanently suppressed by the Cosmic Origin! Besides these two, Chaos City Lord, who permanently guarded the Primal Universe, was next in line and naturally commanded respect.

“Darkness Master, you're here too? It's rare to see you in person.”

“I didn't expect Darkness Master to come; he hasn't appeared at many meetings.”

The Universe Masters chatted amongst themselves.

At the same time, Chaos City Lord and his five companions took their seats. The six Universe Masters of the Virtual Universe Faction sat in a line, with Chaos City Lord closest to the main seat, followed by Dragon Walk Master, Darkness Master, Ice Peak Master, Ghost Marquis Master, and Galaxy Overlord.

...

As soon as Luo Feng sat down, he observed the other Universe Masters, while humbly saying, “Luck!” “I just happened to achieve this after cultivating for a long time in places like the Time Chamber.” “It was also an accidental opportunity that I created that move, haha, those Three Great Alliances wanted to kill me, so of course I wouldn't hold back.”

While speaking, Luo Feng observed carefully. After all, these were the highest echelons of the human race, whom he had only seen in data before, never in person.

“The Giant Axe Martial Arena Faction, led by Giant Axe Creator, is usually presided over by Void Gold Master. He was the temporary teacher of my elder brother 'Hong' and also created the Heavenly Ruins Chaos Stele.” Luo Feng glanced over. Void Gold Master was a towering figure with dazzling golden hair, a smiling face, and long eyebrows that reached his chest. In terms of demeanor, he was very similar to Chaos City Lord.

“The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is led by Desolate Mirror Master.” Luo Feng looked closely.

Desolate Mirror Master had a very ferocious appearance, with complex scales covering his entire body and three sharp horns on his head, looking like a humanoid beast at first glance. His aura was equally domineering. Desolate Mirror Master repeatedly scrutinized Luo Feng, ranking among the top three Universe Masters who looked at Luo Feng the most.

“The Universe First Bank is led by Qingdong Master.”

Qingdong Master wore a cyan combat armor with a cyan cape. The intricate secret patterns on the cape formed a beautiful exotic beast pattern, though it didn't belong to any of the Eight Great Beast Gods.

“The Cosmic River Bank is led by Penggong Master.”

Luo Feng glanced at Penggong Master.

Penggong Master was the Universe Master who looked at Luo Feng the most. He was quite corpulent, bald, with a large beard hanging down. In terms of aura, he was probably the weakest among the present Universe Masters. Moreover, his 'Cosmic River Bank' faction only had two Universe Masters, the fewest of all. However, according to the information Luo Feng had investigated, Penggong Master's strength was among the top in the human race, perhaps even surpassing Void Gold Master and comparable to Chaos City Lord.

“The human race is truly powerful,” Luo Feng mused inwardly. “There are many Universe Masters at the peak level, and several at the top-tier. In terms of quality, it's extremely high in the vast cosmos.”

Based on Luo Feng's current understanding, the strength of a Universe Master could be divided into 'Beginner Tier,' 'Normal Tier,' 'Peak Tier,' and 'Top Tier.'

Beginner Tier referred to those who had just stepped into the Universe Master realm, with a life gene level of 100 times, and hadn't yet created an ultimate secret technique for Universe Masters. Generally, such Universe Masters rarely appeared, preferring to seclude themselves to improve.

Normal Tier referred to those who had spent some resources to reach a life gene level that was temporarily difficult to improve further, such as 1000 times, had created an ultimate secret technique for Universe Masters, and possessed decent supreme treasures.

Peak Tier meant either possessing a heaven-defying supreme treasure, creating a most powerful secret technique, or having a life gene level of around ten thousand times! Fulfilling one of these, with the other two aspects also close, would generally qualify one as Peak Tier.

Top Tier, like Galaxy Overlord, Chaos City Lord, and Darkness Master, required extreme strength in life level, supreme treasures, and secret techniques to be considered Top Tier!

“The human race is divided into five factions.”

“From what I see now, the Virtual Universe Faction is the strongest. Especially the three disciples taught by the Original Ancestor—my teacher, Darkness Master, and Ice Peak Master—each can be considered Top Tier.” Luo Feng sighed inwardly, the Original Ancestor was indeed skilled at teaching disciples. The overall quality of the other four factions was slightly inferior.

In fact, strictly speaking, even Giant Axe Creator was guided and led by the Original Ancestor.

...

As Luo Feng sat there, calculating the combat power of the human race's highest echelons and feeling like he was at the very bottom, 'Giant Axe Creator' finally appeared last.

“Whoosh!”

A wild man with disheveled hair appeared in the main seat.

The Universe Masters immediately fell silent, their expressions filled with respect. Only Luo Feng, though instantly showing respect, couldn't hide a trace of surprise. The wild man nodded slightly at Luo Feng: “Luo Feng! This is our first meeting.”

“Giant Axe Creator,” Luo Feng responded respectfully, while also looking at Giant Axe Creator. The more he looked at this wild man, the more he felt he resembled his old friend 'Rongjun.' Although Rongjun's demeanor was far inferior to Giant Axe Creator's, there was still a subtle hint of that same style.

The same uninhibited spirit, even the appearance and temperament...

Just as there are overall differences in temperament between Huaxia people and Europeans/Americans, Giant Axe Creator and the wild man Rongjun clearly shared a similar type of temperament, and their looks and features were alike. Luo Feng's first impression was that they seemed to be of the same race!

“Back then, when Rongjun appeared in Chaos City, his performance wasn't particularly outstanding. At that time, we were just a group of youngsters who had just emerged from the genius battle... many Universe Venerables probably didn't even pay attention. Just like me now, I don't have time to pay attention to youngsters of that level. Even Bolan wasn't taken as a disciple by a Universe Venerable back then, but Rongjun was the first to be taken as a disciple by a Cosmic Nation Lord,” Luo Feng thought to himself.

Rongjun being taken as a disciple by a Cosmic Nation Lord had caused jealousy and resentment among their batch of genius battle participants. Luo Feng had also gritted his teeth, determined to surpass Rongjun even with a Cosmic Nation Lord's guidance.

Even...

Later, when he performed exceptionally well, some beings like Sky Eclipse Palace Master would bet, saying that Luo Feng might still not be as good as Rongjun.

“Why were they so optimistic about Rongjun? It seems very likely that he belongs to Giant Axe Creator's faction,” Luo Feng muttered inwardly. “Who are the powerhouses in Giant Axe Creator's faction?” Luo Feng quickly recalled a large amount of information about Universe Venerables, but Universe Venerables all wore armor and combat boots, unlike Rongjun's wild appearance back then...

“It seems there are four or five with that kind of temperament.” Luo Feng carefully recalled and distinguished, vaguely confirming some of them.

After all, he had been a powerhouse for a short time, only befriending a few like Universe Venerable Niuzhou, while other Universe Venerables were merely nodding acquaintances.