Emerging from the cabin, Ender floated in the air, looking down at the ground.
There stood a majestic ancient city in the endless wilderness, with a diameter of about hundreds of thousands of kilometers, and the most striking feature was a pure gold statue towering over ten thousand kilometers high.
"Your Highness," Elder Rient flew to Ender's side, gazing at the golden statue and saying, "That is the statue of our Gold Horn Race's greatest Elder, Xi Luo Duo!"
Ender looked at Xi Luo Duo's statue and sighed inwardly, "Xi Luo Duo, the greatest Elder of the Gold Horn Race, a Top-tier Universe Overlord, was very close to becoming a true Beast God on the Beast God Path, yet even such a powerful being still perished."
One can only say that the Universe is vast and dangerous; even a powerful being like Xi Luo Duo ultimately perished.
Elder Rient said, "Your Highness, let us enter the city."
"Mm." Ender nodded slightly, and the group of seven flew towards the majestic ancient city below.
Upon entering the Sacred City, Elder Rient introduced, "The Sacred City holds a special status and is a gathering place for countless Geniuses of our Gold Horn Race, so all fighting is prohibited here. If you wish to fight, you must go to the arena outside the city."
"Additionally, Your Highness's arrival will certainly cause a stir." Elder Rient smiled, "Besides the stir, many Geniuses will challenge Your Highness, but Your Highness does not need to bother with them."
"Understood." Ender nodded slightly; he indeed had no need to bother with those Geniuses of the Gold Horn Race.
It should be noted that even among the Virtual Universe Company, one of the five major Human Race forces, no Domain Master member apart from Ender had passed the Twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge.
Since even the Virtual Universe Company was like this, the Geniuses cultivated by the resource-scarce Gold Horn Race were naturally inferior. It's estimated that very few Domain Master Geniuses throughout history have reached the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge in Law comprehension.
Elder Rient knew that Ender was very interested in Doyen Xi Luo Duo, so he first brought him to the Sacred Tablet plaza to view the true appearance of the Sacred Tablet.
"This entire Sacred Tablet is 12,319 kilometers tall, with its two large feet alone measuring 1,622 kilometers." Elder Rient introduced, "Every moment, countless powerful beings from the Ten Thousand Tribes of Laos World travel from all over to make a pilgrimage."
In the Sacred Tablet plaza, where countless Gold Horn Race members knelt in worship, Ender stood, looking up at the towering pure gold Sacred Tablet.
It had a pair of eyes that seemed to contain the infinite Universe, devoid of any sharpness or ferocity, only a calm and indifferent tranquility. No matter how restless one's mood, simply looking at the Sacred Tablet would make all worries and troubled emotions disappear.
"Impressive, just a statue can bring peace to one's heart," Ender secretly marveled.
The arrival of Ender and his group caused confusion and surprise among many Gold Horn Race members in the Sacred Tablet plaza, while others were excited and thrilled.
"Humans! It's Humans!"
"Two Humans, besides the one with Immortal's pressure, the other Human should be a Genius among Humans."
"I sense the aura of flesh and blood; he must be a Domain Master or World Master Level Human Genius!"
The commotion grew larger and larger, and more and more Gold Horn Race members discovered Ender and his group, with Ender, who had no Immortal's pressure, being the most eye-catching.
Humans were extremely rare in this Laos World. Only occasionally in the "Sacred City" could one see some invited Humans, but those Humans who could come to Laos World were all extraordinary individuals.
"Hm?" As the commotion grew, Ender, who was observing the Xi Luo Duo statue, also noticed more and more Gold Horn Race members.
Seeing Ender stop observing the statue, Elder Rient asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, shall we go to the Doyen Shrine now?"
"Let's go." Ender nodded slightly, preparing to turn and leave.
Suddenly!
"Human! Since you can come to our Gold Horn Race's Sacred City, you must be a Genius among Humans! I—Aomileile, challenge you!"
A young man with dark golden long staff on his back, grey-blue skin like cast metal, pointed at Ender in the center of the Immortals and roared, "If you are Domain Master, accept my challenge!"
Ender looked at the Domain Master Ninth-level youth blocking his way. The dark golden long staff on his back should be the 'Yan Shen Armament,' which many Spiritual Masters of the Gold Horn Race use, that is, the 'Divine Weapon' among the Controller's Nine Great Divine Weapons.
"I—Anuo Nuke, World Master Level Ninth-level! Human, do you dare to accept my challenge?" Another Gold Horn Race member walked out from the crowd and challenged Ender.
"Because indeed many Humans have visited the Sacred City, and among them were some peerless Geniuses who also had contests with our Gold Horn Race Geniuses, some of which even became legendary tales, it has caused many young juniors to challenge Human Geniuses as soon as they see them."
Elder Rient explained, "Your Highness need not pay attention to them; they dare not pester you."
With that, an invisible Law fluctuation emanated from him, and an invisible Divine Power pressure pressed down on the surroundings.
With both methods, the surrounding Gold Horn Race members retreated one after another, not daring to block their departure any longer.
Seeing the Gold Horn Race members blocking the way retreat, Elder Rient smiled, "Let's go, Your Highness, we're going to the Doyen Shrine."
"Mm." Ender softly responded, following Elder Rient's lead towards the Doyen Shrine.
After Ender and his group left, the Gold Horn Race members became agitated again; they had also heard Elder Rient's address.
"Human."
"A Human has arrived in the Sacred City, and the one leading them is addressed as Your Highness."
"This must be a Human Genius."
"A peerless Human Genius has arrived in the Sacred City."
The news spread like a whirlwind throughout the Sacred City. The Sacred City gathered countless Geniuses from all Ten Thousand Tribes of the Gold Horn Race. These Geniuses left their tribes from Universe Level to begin their training, each possessing a belief in fighting.
When they learned that a peerless Human Genius had actually arrived in the Sacred City, a sense of racial honor made these countless Geniuses extremely excited, and one by one, they wanted to challenge the Human Genius.
As the news spread throughout the Sacred City, Ender and his group had already arrived at the Doyen Shrine.
In the distance, a majestic shrine was built on a continuous mountain range. The shrine was entirely dark gold, about a thousand kilometers high, and covered an area of nearly ten thousand kilometers.
The Doyen Shrine was divided into a front hall and a back hall. The front hall had a small area, mainly used to receive distinguished guests and handle important matters, while the back hall had many sub-halls, and each Elder of the Gold Horn Race had their own palace.
Upon arriving at the Doyen Shrine, Elder Rient's expression changed slightly, and he whispered to Ender, "Your Highness, the Doyen wishes to receive you personally."
"Hm? Your Doyen is personally receiving me?" Ender felt a little surprised.
This time, when he came to Laos World, the Gold Horn Race had given him quite a lot of Face. There were four King Level Immortal just to welcome him, and now even an Elder of Universe Venerable Rank was personally receiving him. This treatment was truly beyond his expectations.
Even with Ender's current status, he could only be treated as an equal by Pinnacle stage King-Level limit powerhouses in the Human Race, while Universe Venerables had always been high above.
"Yes." Elder Rient nodded solemnly.
"So now, what should I do?" Ender asked.
Elder Rient said, "Your Highness only needs to wait for a moment." Ender nodded upon hearing this and waited quietly for a moment.
Tap, tap, tap...
A series of neat footsteps approached. In the distance, on the wide passage of the majestic dark gold shrine, two teams composed of World Master Level shrine guards stepped out from the wide corridors on both sides of the palace.
Soon, the two shrine guard teams arrived on the wide steps of the shrine, standing a hundred meters apart on both sides of the tens of kilometers long steps.
Whoosh—!
A long, desolate horn sounded, like a call from ancient times, instilling a sense of solemnity and reverence in one's heart.
"Is this a welcoming ceremony?" Ender felt puzzled.
"Your Highness, it's your turn to go up," Elder Rient reminded him.
"Okay." Upon hearing this, Ender walked forward along the steps, heading towards the dark gold shrine under the gaze of numerous shrine guards.
As Elder Rient and the other five followed far behind Ender, Mullie sighed inwardly, "Your Highness truly has great Face! To be able to have an Doyen of Universe Venerable Rank from a race receive him with such a solemn ceremony."
Ender walked up the steps and had just arrived at the main entrance of the shrine's palace when he heard several Gold Horn Race members loudly chanting, "Welcome Human Supervisor Envoy, Your Highness Ender, to Laos World."
The two Immortals standing on either side of the palace's main entrance bowed slightly and simultaneously said, "Your Highness, please enter."
Ender entered the palace and saw at the far end of the palace, on a high throne, a Gold Horn Race member with a terrifying aura, blue skin, and a vertical golden mark on his forehead, smiling at him.
"Human Supervisor Envoy Ender, welcome to Laos World."
The Gold Horn Race member sitting on the throne introduced himself, "I am Simba, you can call me Venerable Louli."
Ender bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, Venerable Louli."
"Since you are invited to Laos World, our Gold Horn Race should naturally show you sufficient respect." Venerable Louli smiled, "I was fortunate enough to watch your Tongtian Bridge challenge video."
"Watched my Tongtian Bridge challenge video?"
Ender felt surprised. Although Venerable Louli was a Universe Venerable, how could he, an alien, see his Tongtian Bridge challenge video?
Venerable Louli smiled and explained, "Don't be surprised. Although I am not a Human Universe Venerable, I am an important member of the Hong Alliance, and I also have Human Race Universe Venerable friends, so it's natural for me to see some of your Tongtian Bridge challenge videos."
"So that's how it is."
Hearing this explanation, Ender suddenly understood.
As an important member of the Hong Alliance, and having Human Universe Venerable friends, it was indeed not difficult to obtain his previous Tongtian Bridge challenge videos, since any King Level Immortal could access and watch Tongtian Bridge challenge videos.
"Cultivating for less than a thousand years, your Law comprehension reached the Twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge at Universe Level, and you also have good talent in the Beast God Path. You are indeed a peerless Genius that appears once every tens of millions of eras in the Human Race."
Venerable Louli praised, with unconcealed envy in his eyes, envious of the Human Race's ability to produce such a Genius!
"Hmm..." Venerable Louli pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you know about the Beast God Path?"
"I know a little," Ender replied.
"The Beast God Path, this is also a grand Dao that can lead to becoming a Universe Overlord Rank existence." Venerable Louli smiled, "Our Gold Horn Race happens to be quite proficient in the Beast God Path, and we are willing to help you, Ender, advance further on the Beast God Path."
"You can independently comprehend our Gold Horn Race's Sacred Tablet for one year, and the beast god statue for a hundred years. After comprehending the Sacred Tablet, you can enter the Secret Technique Pagoda to choose one Secret Technique."
"Our Gold Horn Race's Sacred Tablet is similar to your Human Race's Primal Chaos Tablet, both are incredibly precious treasures." Venerable Louli introduced, "And the beast god statue is also incredibly mysterious. Our Gold Horn Race's greatest Doyen Xi Luo Duo was able to become a Universe Overlord Rank existence precisely because he comprehended that beast god statue."
"As for the Secret Technique Pagoda, it is where Secret Techniques are stored in the Sacred City. It contains systematic Secret Techniques left by some great powerhouses of our Gold Horn Race throughout history, but they are all 'space and metal combined Secret Techniques.'"
Finally, Venerable Louli said, "According to our race's regulations, you can only choose one Secret Technique from this Secret Technique Pagoda."
"Thank you, Venerable." Ender smiled and thanked him.
The Gold Horn Race's Sacred Tablet, that was an existence similar to the Primal Chaos Tablet, also left by Xi Luo Duo, a Top-tier Universe Overlord.
The Divine Tree Primal Chaos Tablet, even for him, who had passed the Twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge, he could only comprehend it for at most two months.
At the God Tree in Taas World, he had 103 opportunities to comprehend in this era, each time only for seven days, which translates to just over two years.
But now, he could independently comprehend the Gold Horn Race's Sacred Tablet for one year, which was absolutely a great Opportunity!
The only pity was that his comprehension was not of the Law of Metal Origin.
"If you wish to comprehend the Sacred Tablet now, then go." Venerable Louli said, "I have already arranged it. Rient will take you."
"Thank you, Venerable." Ender nodded slightly in thanks, "I will go comprehend the Sacred Tablet now."
Venerable Louli nodded, "Mm, go."
Ender thanked him again, then exited the palace. As he was about to leave, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Because outside the shrine, hundreds of thousands of Gold Horn Race members of various skin colors were currently gathered there, and it was quite chaotic. If not for the shrine guards blocking them, it seemed they would all rush into the Doyen Shrine.
"This is...?"
As Ender felt confused, he saw an sharp-eyed Gold Horn Race member discover him and immediately shouted, making the scene outside the shrine even more chaotic.
"Human! It's that Human!"
"I saw him!"
"He's in front of the shrine palace."
"I want to challenge him! I want to challenge that Human!"
Gold Horn Race members shouted one by one, looking at Ender in front of the shrine palace, as if they saw the glory that had been praised by their race for countless ages, the glory they had fought for their race!
The Gold Horn Race being Human Race's vassals was a choice their race had to make for survival, and many Gold Horn Race members understood that.
However, being Human Race's vassals for over a hundred million eras made many ancient Gold Horn Race members yearn for the past, for the time when the great Doyen Xi Luo Duo was still alive, and this also made them miss the glory they once possessed.
Now, they had fallen into vassalage, which was an unchangeable fact, so striving for glory could only be accomplished by the youngsters, and this was also tacitly allowed by many high-ranking Gold Horn Race members.
"What a mess, what kind of decorum is this!"
Elder Rient flew above the young Gold Horn Race members and shouted, "You want to challenge the Human Your Highness who just arrived in the Sacred City, but do you know the strength of that Highness?"