Li Pin glanced into the distance and said, "The Astral Gate has opened. I shall head over now." Bai Chao nodded. "Go on." Watching Li Pin's departing figure, he felt a slight sense of regret for the young prodigy. Just a little bit more, and he might have become the personal disciple of a Highlord! Becoming a personal disciple of the Highlord... What an unparalleled honor! It would have been a true leap to the heavens. Alas, becoming the personal disciple of a Highlord was no easy feat. After all, Highlords naturally had exceptionally high standards. Li Pin had already performed exceptionally well by cultivating a Supreme Technique to nearly the fourth level in merely ten stellar years. While he had taken advantage of the unique environment of the Golden Land and the massive amount of Creation Gold Coins and Fortune, ten stellar years were still nothing compared to the thousands of years others required. However, to a Highlord, any Prodigy was merely another name. They only cared about other Highlords, existences on their own level. Moreover, Li Pin was walking the Supreme path rather than the Highlord path... In the end, he still lacked a tiny bit of fate. Almost as soon as Li Pin stepped toward the Astral Gate, two figures hurriedly projected their avatars. They were none other than Yun Tu and Ran Shenji. These two vice hall masters were running slightly late. "Where is Li Pin?" Yun Tu immediately asked. He then continued, "The Hall Master wishes to see him." "The Hall Master?" Bai Chao repeated, feeling slightly startled. He quickly looked toward the Astral Gate. However, the Astral Gate had already been fully activated, and Li Pin was nowhere to be seen. "Shall I send a message to Li Pin and ask him to return?" Bai Chao immediately asked. "No need. I was already here when you arrived." At this moment, a powerful divine sense swept across. Then, it transformed into a phantom projection before the Astral Gate. It was none other than the Void Divine Treasury Hall's Hall Master, Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai—also known as the Twilight Radiance. Unlike Yun Tu and Ran Shenji, Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai had only projected a divine sense. Aside from the three Vice Hall Masters, no one around could perceive his presence. Yun Tu, Bai Chao, and Ran Shenji greeted Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai simultaneously, "Hall Master." "Let him handle his matters first," Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai said. The three Vice Hall Masters thought of the soon-to-be-resolved situation in the Yin Luo Galaxy and nodded. After a moment, Bai Chao hesitated before saying, "Li Pin's talent is undeniable. In ten stellar years, he has cultivated the Primordial Supreme Technique to nearly the fourth level. Calling him a Supreme Prodigy is not an exaggeration. With such talent... shouldn't it be easy for him to become Supreme Genesis' disciple?" Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai glanced at him and immediately understood his intention. He was lending Li Pin a helping hand by asking that question. However, Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai shook his head. "It will be very difficult." Bai Chao, Yun Tu, and Ran Shenji were all taken aback. Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai explained, "First of all, it doesn't matter if it is the Supreme or the Highlord. At their level, they exist on a completely different plane from other beings. The gap between them and those below is no less than the difference between Cosmic Radiance and Solar Flare—maybe even greater. "To them, accepting disciples is never about talent. It depends on their mood. If they are not in the mood, they won't care even if you are a supreme prodigy of an era." Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai continued, "Li Pin's performance in the Heavenly Prison World indeed makes him worthy of the 'prodigy' title. However, the Heavenly Prison World was special after all. With countless fortunes gathered at one spot, any miracle could be possible." Bai Chao remarked, "That may be true, but why was Li Pin the only one who nearly mastered the fourth layer of the Supreme Technique? Others... even the most outstanding ones, were stuck at the third layer, unable to advance further. Li Pin accomplished that feat in just ten years! From this, we can see the gap between him and the others." "That's why I say he is worthy of being called a prodigy," said Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai, sighing. "Li Pin seized the opportunity in the Heavenly Prison World, but he missed the chance to become a Supreme's personal disciple. This shows that although he possessed great fortune, it was not strong enough to defy fate and change his destiny." "He missed the opportunity to become a Supreme's personal disciple?" Yun Tu seemed to recall something. "The one responsible for encircling that great Highlord in the Supreme Council this time seemed to be the Supreme Genesis..." "That's right." Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai nodded. "If it were in the past, in the Humanity Sanctum... If Li Pin cultivated the Primordial Supreme Technique to such a level within just ten stellar years and then applied to become the disciple of the great Supreme Genesis... he would likely be taken in as Supreme Genesis' personal disciple. But this time..." Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai sighed. "Supreme Genesis encircled that great Highlord. Afterward, that Highlord specifically requested to keep Li Pin, intending to take him as a disciple. However, shortly after, Li Pin missed his opportunity again and failed to stay by the Highlord's side. In such a situation, what would it mean if Supreme Genesis were to take in Li Pin now?" Although Bai Chao had vaguely thought of a similar idea, hearing Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai personally voice this speculation still made his heart sink. What did that mean? It meant that Supreme Genesis would be picking up the Black Abyss Highlord's discarded trash and treating it as a precious disciple! "Of course, Supreme Genesis is not such a shallow person. Even if this happened, he wouldn't take it too seriously, and it wouldn't affect Li Pin's future growth. But as I said earlier, for those Supreme beings standing at the pinnacle of the universe, when it comes to accepting disciples, what they care about most is not the disciple's aptitude but whether they are in the mood to take one..." Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai said, "The occurrence of this incident would undoubtedly lower Li Pin's impression in the eyes of the Supremes, causing them to instinctively lose interest in him..." "Aptitude... Mood..." Hearing his hall master's explanation, Yun Tu, somewhat understood the mindset of the Supremes. For such great figures standing at the peak of the universe, how precious was their time and energy? Even the thought of accepting a disciple rarely crossed their minds. Moreover, once they decided to take in a disciple, countless people would be willing to recommend themselves. Even among the peak nobility of the mundane world, personal affinity was often more important than ability when it came to hiring a secretary. That was because anyone who could enter their secretary shortlist was already one of the top talents in that field, having reached the pinnacle of ability. If mundane aristocrats were , how much more so for the Supremes of the universe? Thinking of this, Yun Tu sighed. "Li Pin... truly had some bad luck." "Bad luck? We have no right to judge Li Pin this way. Li Pin clearly possessed great fortune. Otherwise, how could he have stood out in the Heavenly Prison World and gained the recognition of a Supreme when he was merely a Divine Being?" Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai shook his head. "It could only be said that Heaven is balanced. The opportunities of the world will not be monopolized by a single person." Yun Tu, Bai Chao, and Ran Shenji nodded regretfully. Cosmic Radiance Mu Hai continued, "That's enough. No matter what, with Li Pin's talent, he only needs to enter the Astral World. At most, within a thousand years, he would achieve the status of Eternal Solar Flare. Once he became Eternal Solar Flare and successfully passed the True Spirit Condensation stage, he would inevitably become a Cosmic Tyrant. By then, all of us would have to respectfully address him as Your Excellency upon meeting him. "To think that I can get to witness the rise of such a supreme prodigy during my tenure as the Void Divine Treasury Hall's Hall Master... How interesting, truly interesting! Hahaha." Amid his laughter, his divine consciousness fluctuations quickly dissipated. Seeing that, Yun Tu, Bai Chao, and Ran Shenji recalled Li Pin's potential and quickly put away their feelings of regret. It was true that as long as he endured the True Spirit Condensation stage, he would one day reach the realm of the Cosmic Tyrant. What about them? Forget becoming Cosmic Tyrants, they didn't even have a hope of condensing a True Spirit and achieving Cosmic Radiance. What right did they have to pity a genius who was bound to surpass them in the future? Yun Tu glanced at Ran Shenji and advised, "Hall Master Ran, when Pioneer Li first arrived at the Void Divine Treasury Hall, your attitude toward him was not particularly friendly. "To avoid any future misunderstandings that may become irreparable... it would be best to find an opportunity to apologize to Pioneer Li. Otherwise, once he condenses his True Spirit and becomes a Cosmic Tyrant, it might be too late." Ran Shenji furrowed his brows but said nothing. Yun Tu continued, "Perhaps Pioneer Li, out of respect for his origins in the Void Divine Treasury Hall, would not hold a grudge against you. But if he were to become a Cosmic Tyrant... in the future, many people would seek to curry favor with him, to please him. Some might seize upon this incident to act against you. Even if Pioneer Li had no intention of targeting you, you would still have suffered by then." Ran Shenji's eyes narrowed. Other people.... He knew that Yun Tu was not exaggerating. They all had similar experiences before. Thinking of this, Ran Shenji took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I understand.... Enmity should be resolved rather than deepened." The Astral Gate near the Homo Sapien Alliance's outpost in the Yin Luo Galaxy. Yan Qing, born of a distinguished lineage and having received information through the Divine Treasury Hall's channels, waited directly in front of this Astral Gate. Waiting at the Astral Gate alongside him were Xia Yan from the Divine Treasury Hall and the three overlords of the Yin Luo Galaxy from the Lin Clan, Ying Clan, and Shuo Clan. However, compared to the high-spirited Lin Yu, the head of the Lin Clan, the leaders of the other two clans were directly bound, their powers completely sealed. Even the Astral Gods backing these two clans had descended avatars, waiting anxiously by the side, prepared to face their impending judgment. As the Astral Gate shimmered with flowing radiance, a figure stepped forward from the rippling spatial waves. The moment Li Pin appeared, the dozen people waiting outside the Astral Gate simultaneously bowed respectfully and greeted him, "Welcome back, Prodigy Li."