While Luo Feng held a fundamental understanding of this legendary genius, it did not hinder his admiration. In Luo Feng's view, having a servant who was a Universe Master, building the Virtual Universe, standing at the highest pinnacle, and waging war against the very origin of the universe until finally being permanently suppressed—each feat filled him with profound respect. A leader of the Human Race like this, if he could reappear in the universe... would be a grand occasion for the entire race.

"Is there any way?" Luo Feng looked towards the several Universe Masters.

Lord of Darkness remained silent.

Lord of Chaos sighed, "There is none."

"Founder of Giant Axe also considered it, but not a single solution was found," Lord Long Xing stated resonantly. "The Original Ancestor's subordinate, which is the intelligent core of the Virtual Universe, also informed us that the Original Ancestor found no solution either."

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

After all, he was permanently suppressed by the origin of the universe! Who could save him?

Luo Feng and the other five had just returned to Thunder Island when, moments later, they all received an email—an email from Founder of Giant Axe, summoning them to attend the highest council meeting of the Human Race.

"There are two types of the Human Race Supreme Council," Lord of Chaos explained with a smile. "One is the large-scale Supreme Council—attended by all Universe Masters, all Universe Sovereigns, and the strongest beings in the universe. This large-scale meeting is generally convened for major events, or those that significantly impact the interests of the Universe Sovereigns. The other type addresses important matters concerning the race that can be deliberated internally by the highest echelons of the race. This highest-level council... is attended by Universe Masters and the strongest beings. Since it is convened by Founder of Giant Axe, it is also called the 'Giant Axe Council.'"

"The Giant Axe Council?" Luo Feng murmured, nodding.

In reality, during the last Supreme Council, which involved numerous Universe Sovereigns, they were merely there to receive information broadcast by the Universe Masters.

The true decision-makers were the Universe Masters and the strongest beings.

Therefore, this 'Supreme Council' was the soul, deciding all sorts of internal matters for the race.

"With your increased clearance, you can also teleport directly to the Giant Axe Temple," Lord of Chaos informed him.

"The Giant Axe Council is held right in front of the Giant Axe Temple."

"Oh." Luo Feng checked and indeed found that several new teleportation points had appeared.

"Let's go," Lord of Chaos commanded.

Immediately, the six Universe Masters belonging to the Virtual Universe lineage vanished from Thunder Island. In this faction, Lord of Chaos clearly held the authority to issue commands.

Endless darkness enveloped them, with faint starlight glimmering in the distance.

A simple, unadorned temple hovered in mid-air.

In the space not overly large before the temple stood a long stone table. The main seat at the head of this long table held only a single stone chair, while two rows of stone chairs lined either side. By now, majestic figures occupied these seats.

"Hahaha, Lord Huang Jian, last time you all were reluctant to return full ownership of Earth to Luo Feng! Founder of Giant Axe even said that the day Luo Feng could sit with us would be the day Earth's ownership would be returned to him. How long has it been? Luo Feng already has the qualification to sit with us," a voice boomed.

"You weren't against it back then either?" another countered.

"I have no family ties or attachments, naturally I neither supported nor opposed. Looking back now, you should have agreed to Luo Feng's demand then. Trading half of Earth's ownership for the Qijing Stone! And now? Now that Luo Feng sits as our equal, according to what Founder of Giant Axe said... we should just return Earth's ownership to Luo Feng outright, without even getting the Qijing Stone in return."

"Hmph."

The Universe Masters exchanged words.

They were divided into factions, and mutual jesting was natural.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Six figures appeared almost simultaneously—the six powerful experts of the Virtual Universe lineage, led by Lord of Chaos.

"Chaos."

"Chaos, you've arrived."

"Chaos."

The Universe Masters who had arrived earlier almost universally called out to Lord of Chaos first. After all, within the Human Race, in terms of status, only Founder of Giant Axe and Original Ancestor, who was permanently suppressed by the origin of the universe, ranked higher. Besides these two, Lord of Chaos, who permanently guarded the Origin Universe, was considered immediately next in line, naturally receiving immense respect.

"Darkness, you came too? It's rare to see you show yourself."

"I didn't expect Darkness to come. It's been many meetings where Darkness was absent."

The Universe Masters conversed amongst themselves.

Simultaneously, the six members of Lord of Chaos's group took their seats. The six Universe Masters of the Virtual Universe lineage sat in sequence, with Lord of Chaos positioned closest to the main seat, followed by Lord Long Xing, Lord of Darkness, Lord Bing Feng, Lord You Hou, and finally, Lord of Galaxy.

As Luo Feng sat down, he observed the other Universe Masters while humbly muttering aloud, "Luck! I spent a long age cultivating in places like the Time Chamber to achieve this breakthrough by chance." "It was also through a chance encounter that I created that move, haha—since those three alliances tried to kill me, of course, I wouldn't hold back."

As he spoke, Luo Feng observed carefully. After all, those present were the highest echelon of the Human Race. He had only seen records of them before, never their actual forms.

"The Giant Axe Battle Arena lineage is headed by Founder of Giant Axe, usually presided over by Lord Xu Jin. He was my 'Brother Mu' Hong's temporary teacher back then—and the creator of the Tianxu Chaos Tablet." Luo Feng immediately spotted Lord Xu Jin: a towering figure with dazzling golden hair flowing down to his chest, wearing a gentle smile. His bearing was quite similar to Lord of Chaos.

"The Universe Mercenary Alliance is headed by Lord Huang Jian." Luo Feng scrutinized him closely.

Lord Huang Jian possessed a ferocious appearance, covered in complex scales, with three horns atop his head. At first glance, he resembled a humanoid beast, and his aura was equally dominant. This Lord Huang Jian sat there, scrutinizing Luo Feng several times, ranking in the top three among the Universe Masters present for the frequency of their gaze towards Luo Feng.

"The Universe First Bank is headed by Lord Qing Dong." Lord Qing Dong wore azure battle armor and an azure cloak. The complex secret patterns on the cloak formed the image of a beautiful alien beast—yet this beast pattern did not belong to any of the Eight Beast Gods.

"The Universe Star River Bank is headed by Lord Peng Gong." Luo Feng glanced at Lord Peng Gong.

Lord Peng Gong was the one who had looked at Luo Feng the most among all the Universe Masters present. He was quite stout, bald, and sported a long, hanging beard. In terms of aura, he seemed to be the weakest among all the Universe Masters present.

Moreover, the faction he led, the Universe Star River Bank, only had two Universe Masters in total, making it the smallest faction.

However, according to the data Luo Feng had investigated, Lord Peng Gong's actual strength was among the top tier within the Human Race—perhaps even slightly inferior to Lord Xu Jin, but fully comparable to Lord of Chaos.

"The Human Race is truly powerful," Luo Feng sighed inwardly. "They have many at the peak tier among their Universe Masters, and several at the absolute top tier. In terms of quality, they rank extremely high across the vast universe."

Based on Luo Feng's current understanding, the strength levels of Universe Masters could be categorized as: Initial Entry, Ordinary, Peak, and Top Tier.

'Initial Entry' referred to those who had just crossed over to become Universe Masters, whose life gene level was 100x, and who hadn't yet managed to create a Universe Master Ultimate Secret Method. Generally, these types of Universe Masters rarely appeared, preferring to go into seclusion to focus on self-improvement.

'Ordinary' meant they had expended some resources to bring their life gene level to a point where further advancement was temporarily difficult—perhaps 1000x life gene level—and they had also created a Universe Master Ultimate Secret Method and acquired decent supreme treasures.

'Peak'—they either possessed a heaven-defying supreme treasure, or they had created a top-tier secret method, or their life gene level had reached around 10,000x. Satisfying one of these conditions, while keeping the other two levels close, would categorize them as Peak.

'Top Tier' was reserved for beings like Lord of Star River, Lord of Chaos, and Lord of Darkness—those who had reached supreme levels in life essence, supreme treasures, and secret methods.

"The Human Race is divided into five lineages."

"From my current perspective, the Virtual Universe lineage seems the strongest. Especially the three disciples taught by Original Ancestor—Teacher, Lord of Darkness, and Lord Bing Feng—all of whom can roughly be considered Top Tier."

Luo Feng mused inwardly that Original Ancestor's disciples were indeed formidable. The overall quality of the other four lineages was slightly weaker.

In fact, if counted accurately, even Founder of Giant Axe himself had been guided and mentored by Original Ancestor.

While Luo Feng sat there, contemplating the martial power of the Human Race's high command and lamenting that he was near the bottom rung, Founder of Giant Axe finally appeared last.

"Moo!"

A wild giant with unbound hair appeared in the main seat.

Instantly, the Universe Masters quieted down, their expressions filled with reverence. Only Luo Feng, while immediately showing respect, could not conceal a hint of shock. The wild giant nodded slightly towards Luo Feng: "Luo Feng! This is the first time we formally meet."

"Founder of Giant Axe," Luo Feng replied respectfully, at the same time scrutinizing the figure.

The more Luo Feng looked at this wild giant, the more he was reminded of his old friend, Rong Jun. Although Rong Jun’s bearing fell far short of this Founder of Giant Axe, there was still a subtle hint of that same demeanor.

The same rugged heroism, and even in appearance and temperament... much like the overall difference in temperament between a Han Chinese person and a Westerner, Founder of Giant Axe and the wild Rong Jun clearly shared the same type of temperament. In terms of looks and features, Luo Feng's first impression was that they looked like they belonged to the very same race!

"Back when Rong Jun first appeared in Chaos City, his performance wasn't particularly outstanding. At that time, we were just a group of younglings just starting to make a name in the Genius Battle; many Universe Sovereigns probably didn't even pay attention, just like me—I certainly don't have time to pay attention to youngsters at that level now. Back then, even Bolan hadn't been taken as a disciple by a Universe Master, yet Rong Jun was the first among us to be taken by a Universe Country Master," Luo Feng thought to himself.

Rong Jun being accepted as a disciple by a Universe Country Master back then had sparked jealousy and resentment among the other members of that Genius Battle cohort. Luo Feng had gritted his teeth then too, determined that even under a Universe Country Master's instruction, he would surpass Rong Jun.

Even later, when Luo Feng exhibited extremely outstanding performance, some figures like Lord Tian Shi had even made bets that Luo Feng might still not surpass Rong Jun.

"Why did they think so highly of Rong Jun? It seems highly likely that he belongs to Founder of Giant Axe's lineage," Luo Feng mused internally. "Who are the experts in Founder of Giant Axe's lineage?" Luo Feng rapidly recalled information about numerous Universe Sovereigns in his mind. However, the Universe Sovereigns were all clad in armor and battle boots, unlike Rong Jun's wild appearance back then...

"There seem to be four or five who possess that kind of temperament." Luo Feng carefully reviewed and vaguely reached some certainty.

After all, he had not become a powerhouse for long. He was only close friends with a few, like Lord Niu Zhou among the Universe Sovereigns; other Universe Sovereigns were merely acquaintances with whom he only exchanged nods.