Covering the Sky: I, Wang Teng, truly lack the bearing of an emperor.

This battle was not kept secret, or rather, neither side involved intended to suppress it.

The entire BeiDou system quickly learned of this.

The stars shattered above their heads, black blood streaked across the sky, and the pervasive imperial might hung over them. At the height of the battle, they didn't even have the courage to look up.

With just a slight upward tilt of their heads, they could feel an almost world-ending aura hovering above them, as if it could fall at any moment and end the entire star system.

A great sage, wielding an ultimate imperial weapon, attempted to mediate the fight, but he was unable to get involved.

They were there to mediate, not to fight, so they couldn't intervene.

Only when the battle was over did the Great Sages see the two figures disappear into the distance.

One of the confirmed individuals came from the Forbidden Zone of Life. This person suddenly attacked the human race's peerless quasi-emperor, seemingly intending to harm the human race's top combat power, but fortunately, the attack failed.

The Ji family was affected by this battle.

Because in the previous battle, the ultimate imperial weapon used by the human race's peerless quasi-emperor was the Void Mirror from the Ji family.

An ancient clan expert went to the Ji family to demand an explanation, but was forcefully driven away by the Ji family.

"Want an explanation? Of course you can! Come to my Ji family as a guest and have a good talk with my Ji family's Great Sage Ancestor!" The Ji family's Holy Lord spoke, with unparalleled domineering arrogance.

Seeing the Ji family's firm stance, the ancient clan experts ultimately returned empty-handed.

If a great sage from an ancient family were to be awakened, the matter would become even more difficult to resolve.

Afterwards, a mysterious powerful figure, suspected to be the lord of the forbidden zone, went to the skies above the Wanlong Dynasty, seemingly trying to find a way to break the Wanlong Dynasty's seal, but of course, he ultimately failed.

Indeed, just as Gai Jiuyou said, to break the seal above the Myriad Dragons Dynasty, either multiple Forbidden Zone Lords would have to join forces, using multiple ancient imperial weapons and supreme imperial weapons to counter each other and break the seal, or a Forbidden Zone Lord would have to reach the pinnacle of sublimation and forcibly break the seal with an ancient imperial weapon.

Regardless of the method used, the cost is substantial.

Therefore, even the mysterious powerhouse who was suspected to be the master of the forbidden zone failed to break the seal above the Myriad Dragons.

After that great battle, some people thought that the human race's peerless quasi-emperor would remain silent for a while to avoid potential conflicts or to heal his hidden injuries. However, no one expected that the human race's peerless quasi-emperor would visit a certain forbidden zone of life again as soon as the great battle ended.

Moreover, he wasn't the only one who came to visit; there was also a heartless big black dog.

When the Great Sage, who had been revived in the forbidden zone of life, saw the peerless quasi-emperor of the human race arrive with that big black dog, his face turned green.

However, even a Great Sage from a forbidden zone of life would have to take a serious look at a peerless Quasi-Emperor and a big black dog that could awaken an ultimate imperial weapon.

He earnestly reported this matter to the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, and then even the Path of the Forbidden Zone was revived. He personally invited the peerless quasi-emperor of the human race and that big black dog to visit the Forbidden Zone of Life.

“Fellow Daoist, I truly do not know about this matter, nor do I know who that fellow is. The relationships between the various forbidden zones are not as close as outsiders imagine. The relationships between them are quite ordinary. Our forbidden zone has not even had any interaction with the beings of other forbidden zones for ten thousand years.”

The Lord of the Forbidden Zone personally greeted the peerless quasi-emperor of the human race and spoke.

"Based on your guess, who attacked me back then? And who went to the outside of Wanlong Dynasty?" Gai Jiuyou, the peerless quasi-emperor of the human race, asked.

Even when facing someone who was once an ancient emperor or a supreme being, he remained firm in his attitude and directly asked questions.

"I don't know either. The Imperial War broke out too suddenly. I hadn't fully recovered at the time," the Lord of the Forbidden Zone said.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't dare to speak up at this moment, because the consequences would be enormous if he did.

Black Emperor, standing to the side, looked eager to try his luck. He was always one to enjoy a good show, and even facing the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, he was itching to test his skills, even hoping the Lord would make the first move. That way, he could directly summon the little bell and ask it to intervene.

When that little Zhong makes his move, even the master of the restricted area will suffer a silent loss.

However, seemingly sensing the restless and eager look in the big black dog's eyes, the Lord of the Forbidden Zone remained very amiable when facing the human race's peerless quasi-emperor and the big black dog. In particular, he always answered the questions posed by the human race's peerless quasi-emperor.

“Alright, since that’s the case, I won’t bother you any longer. But if you have any clues, please let us know. After all, all races live together on this star, and it’s best to avoid conflict if possible,” said Gai Jiuyou, the peerless quasi-emperor of the human race.

Before leaving, he turned his head slightly to look at the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, "After all, I am old and may not live much longer. If I can exchange my death for peace for all races, then I would be willing to contribute my last bit of energy."

After saying this, the peerless quasi-emperor of the human race, Gai Jiuyou, left without looking back with the Black Emperor, heading to the next forbidden zone of life to have a good talk with the beings there.

Upon hearing the threatening words of the peerless quasi-emperor of the human race, even the Lord of the Forbidden Zone couldn't help but gasp.

"An aging quasi-emperor, wielding an ultimate imperial weapon, and still possessing the courage to fight to the death..."

The Lord of the Forbidden Zone sighed. If all these things were combined on the same Holy Spirit, the threat would be enormous. Even the Lord of the Forbidden Zone had to sit down and have a good talk with such a being and try to soothe its emotions.

Just as the peerless quasi-emperor was once again leading the Black Emperor on a tour of various forbidden zones, a new round of debate erupted in the Yaochi Holy Land over the same matter.

"Indeed, your human race has gone too far in this matter. You only wanted to invite a fellow Daoist to preside over the Yaochi Conference, but he killed two ancient saints of the Wanlong Dynasty and even sealed the entire Wanlong Nest. This is far too ruthless."

The speaker was a sage from an ancient clan. When he spoke of this matter, he couldn't help but sigh, as if lamenting the fate of the Myriad Dragon Nest.

"Heh, ruthless? How about we invite that Great Sage Hun Tuo to your tribe for a while? Then we can move the meeting to your tribe?"

Yu Sheng looked at the ancient saint who had spoken and said.

Upon hearing Yu Sheng's words, the ancient saint who had spoken changed his expression slightly and quickly shook his head in refusal.

"Don't think that we humans don't know what kind of person Great Sage Hun Tuo is. Let me say it again: if you want to have a proper talk, we can sit down and talk at any time. Just like we've been discussing this for so long here in the Yaochi Holy Land, and we've had some big and small arguments, but even when the Holy War broke out in the outer realms, our human race's peerless quasi-emperors didn't get involved. This is our negotiation. We humans come with sincerity, and we hope that your ancient races won't play any tricks behind our backs. Just put whatever you want to talk about out in the open!"

The white-robed god-king spoke.

During this time, he also devoted himself to the Yaochi Holy Land, arguing with the ancient races about their revival. Some of the ancient races were making outrageous demands, not only wanting territory but also wanting the humans and other races on that land to be their slaves. The humans could never agree to this.

They've been arguing about this one thing for two or three months, and they've had some big and small conflicts, but they still haven't reached an agreement.

“If all else fails, let the two sides fight it out. Each realm can select a few people to fight. The one with the most victories will have the right to set more rules. What do you think?” said a Great Sage from an ancient clan in the forbidden zone of life.

There was no way around it; they had been arguing about this topic for far too long.

Since neither side wanted to engage in a full-scale war, nor was either willing to concede, the matter was truly difficult to resolve. They racked their brains but could not satisfy both sides completely, so they simply came up with this idea.

However, to his surprise, the idea was approved by both parties as soon as it was proposed.

"Then let's decide it this way. Since we can't reach a consensus on some things, let's resolve it in this way: in each realm, both sides will send some strong individuals to participate in the battle. The one with more victories will have the right to set more rules." The Great Sage Crane nodded.

With Wang Teng on the human side, they are certain they will not lose in the Sendai Secret Realm, no matter what.

As for the rest, it depends on each company's strength.

The crane nodded to those people, and the ancient clan experts also nodded in agreement, and the matter was settled.

"But your human race only has so few sages. Can you really muster enough people for a battle at the sage level?"

An ancient sage sneered, questioning the strength of the human race.

"Whether we can gather enough people or not, you'll find out when the time comes," Yu Sheng chuckled.

However, the ancient clan's Great Sage looked at Yu Sheng with an unfriendly expression, "I remember you should be a powerful figure from the Supreme Hall, right? Doesn't your Supreme Hall claim to be neutral? Why are you speaking up for the human race now?"

"To be honest, just two days ago, I was expelled from the Supreme Hall by the successor of our Supreme Hall." Yu Sheng chuckled, showing no dissatisfaction when mentioning this matter.

The ancient sage sneered upon hearing this, but although he was dissatisfied, he said nothing.

And so the matter was settled.

The human race and the ancient race will determine which side has more say through battle, and the battle will also have upper and lower limits.

Regarding the requirements for combat, the strongest are not allowed to surpass the Great Sage realm, in order to prevent the fate of the human race's peerless quasi-emperors.

The weakest among them must be at least at the Fourth Extreme Realm, simply because if they were any weaker, the ancient clans wouldn't be able to muster enough people.

After all, the ancient clans that can be sealed are either powerful or have a great background, but very few ancient clans are sealed when they are very young, so it is quite difficult to find ancient clans below the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

Once these rules were finalized, they were quickly spread, and others were filled with surprise when they learned of the upcoming sparring match between the ancient race and the human race.

However, some people had already foreseen everything.

"As expected, the power to speak will still be decided in this way." Wang Teng said calmly.

He had long anticipated this moment, because that's how it was resolved in the original story.

Humanity's current strength is what it is. Although they are not very strong, they have a peerless quasi-emperor roaming outside, putting a lot of pressure on even the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. That's why the ancient race resorted to this "last resort".

Even so, the situation is still tilting in favor of the ancient tribes.

Because those ancient clans that were sealed were among the strongest or most outstanding individuals in the entire ancient era, and the fact that they were sealed in this life already means that they have passed the test of the ancient clans themselves.

However, Wang Teng was not intimidated.

It's not like the human race lacks strong individuals.

However, he still needs to make some preparations before that.

Although the rules had been set, the battle did not begin so quickly.

Both the ancient race and the human race need some preparation time, especially the ancient race, as many of their powerful members have not yet been revived. If the battle starts too quickly, it will be the ancient race that is unprepared.

During this preparation period, Wang Teng took Yan Ruyu and left Qishi Mansion.

He led Yan Ruyu deep into the Qinling Mountains, finally stopping at the place where the great formation had once been set up.

Here, together they briefly broke the seal and led Yan Ruyu deep into that cave.

"The aura of dragon marrow?" Yan Ruyu frowned slightly, sensing the aura ahead.

"Yes." Wang Teng nodded.

Upon reaching the deepest part of the cave, Yan Ruyu finally saw what was there: a pool of dragon marrow, the quality of which even surpassed the legendary top-grade dragon marrow.

This pool of dragon marrow is as viscous as gelatin, and has even given birth to the legendary dragon patterns. If it goes further, perhaps even more mysterious changes will occur.

“This is the dragon marrow I found in Zhongzhou. I couldn’t use it all by myself, so I sealed it away thinking of bringing you here later,” Wang Teng said.

If this pool of dragon marrow were released, it would be priceless. Even powerful dynasties like the Great Xia Dynasty and the Nine Li Dynasty would be willing to pay any price to acquire ownership of it.

But for Wang Teng, this pool of dragon marrow was reserved for Yan Ruyu.

“This is too precious,” Yan Ruyu said.

"Why should we bother with such things?" Wang Teng chuckled, reaching out his hand and running his fingertips through Yan Ruyu's hair.

“You will be cultivating here during this time, and I will protect you,” Wang Teng said.

When he last secluded himself here, he left behind many of his insights. Now, after so much time has passed, he has undergone some transformation. It can be said that seclusion here not only allows him to enjoy the benefits of the top-grade dragon marrow, but also the influence of the insights left behind by Wang Teng.

After Yan Ruyu secluded herself here for a period of time, with her comprehension and talent, the winning rate of the human race, or rather, the myriad races, will increase significantly!

While Wang Teng was in seclusion with Yan Ruyu, the human and ancient races were also busily preparing the list of participants for the upcoming competition. (End of Chapter)