Swallowed Star: The Original Secret Realm

Chapter 251 Territorial Expansion, Target: Demon Race

In a virtual universe, within a magnificent palace, the Lord of Chaos recounts events that have occurred over millions of years.

The human race itself now has 52 Universe Lords, and the number of Universe Lords in the human camp is as high as 400. This is something that the Lord of Chaos City never dared to dream of before, but now it has been achieved in just a million years.

The biggest reason for all of this is the person in front of me.

“Haha, teacher is right to do so. Those who are not of our kind will surely have different intentions. I came back this time to expand our territory,” Zhang Yi said.

Regarding the Chaos City Lord and Giant Axe's refusal to allow powerful clans that had previously been close to the Six Great Alliances to join, he had already informed them by email during his seclusion, and Giant Axe had replied to the email, expressing his full support.

Because he knew that, given the current rate of development of the human race, the existing territory was already sufficient to support the race's growth. The most important thing to do if he wanted to continue to expand the race's strength was to occupy more territory.

"Expanding territory?"

The Lord of Chaos was taken aback. This matter had long been a subject of debate within the human race.

They are roughly divided into two factions.

The pro-war faction, led by Giant Axe, includes staunch supporters such as the Dark God and the Lord of the Wilderness. They believe that given the strength of the human camp, they advocate for outward expansion, first nibbling away at the territories of those powerful races, and then attacking the territories of the Machine Race, the Demon Race, and the Insect Race, which are adjacent to the human territory.

Given the relatively small number of universe masters in their own faction, the biggest source of the pro-war faction's confidence is that the human race currently possesses three treasures of will. The first is the 'Fiery Red Stone,' a token of the Void Abyss owned by Zhang Yi, and the other two are the two 'Ancient God Eyes' provided by Luo Feng.

It can be said that with these three treasures of will, no matter how many universe lords the six major alliances have, they are useless.

The conservative faction, led by the Lord of Chaos City, argued that even with the three great treasures of will, most of the universe lords of the six major alliances could not gather to pose a threat, but the other side possessed a large number of true gods.

Because of the nature of inheritance, the human race naturally could not provide experience in cultivating to the limit of true godhood. Naturally, those solitary true gods in the original universe, except for the progenitor of demon beasts, all chose to join one of the six major alliances. This resulted in the six major alliances having a terrifying number of nearly 20 true gods.

Although these solitary true gods are more interested in using the six alliances to oppress humanity and obtain inheritance, they will not go all out.

However, once the human faction breaks the balance between the two factions, these true gods will not stand idly by.

Nearly twenty true gods, even if they could only unleash the top-tier strength of the sixth rank in the primordial universe, were still extremely terrifying.

On the human side, including Zhang Yi and Luo Feng's clones, there are more than a dozen people with top-tier sixth-order combat power. However, if these top-tier combat power on both sides were to engage in a major battle, it would be absolutely devastating for ordinary living beings.

This is also why the Lord of Chaos City and others are unwilling to expand their territory.

According to the Chaos City Lord's idea, the human race only needs to digest the inheritance of ancient civilization over a long period of time, and the strength of the human race will gradually become extremely powerful. This is also the safest path.

The war faction, including Giant Axe, naturally disagreed, believing that the Chaos City Lord was too conservative and too benevolent. They argued that sacrificing some of the weaker members of the clan was worthwhile as the clan expanded and grew stronger.

These two factions have been arguing within the human race for a long time.

This time, upon hearing Zhang Yi mention 'expanding territory,' the Chaos City Lord assumed he supported the war faction.

He said with a frown on his face:
"Are you going to support the war faction led by Giant Axe?"

Zhang Yi smiled slightly: "Yes and no."

The Lord of Chaos City was surprised. What did this mean?
"You'll find out soon enough, teacher," Zhang Yi said mysteriously.

"Let's go to the plane of the true gods and attend the highest-level meeting of our race."

The Lord of Chaos City shook his head: "You're still keeping it a secret from your teacher. Let's go."

The virtual universe, the plane of true gods, this plane was specially created as a venue for holding the highest-level meetings of the human race.

In the dark, lightless void, a huge round table floated, surrounded by enormous thrones, totaling 55 at a glance.

Of the 51 thrones, all are dark gold in color, with the two thrones in the middle being slightly larger.

At this moment, all 51 thrones were filled with people, and on the two relatively larger thrones sat Luo Feng and the Lord of Darkness.

The other universe lords had no objections to this. Although these two were also universe lords, they were both capable of unleashing top-tier sixth-order strength. In particular, Luo Feng possessed three clones, making him extremely intimidating.

The remaining four thrones are not only very large, but also entirely black.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Four figures appeared simultaneously.

It was Zhang Yi, Giant Axe, Chaos City Lord, and True God Peng Gong.

After the four arrived, the previously noisy crowd immediately quieted down.

Giant Axe, Chaos City Lord, and True God Peng Gong are the three great True God-level powerhouses of the human race. As for Zhang Yi, he is even more terrifying than an ordinary True God.

Luo Feng sat on the throne, looking at Zhang Yi, and thought to himself.

"I heard that the teacher was able to suppress the seventh true master of the Divine Eye Clan a million years ago. I really don't know how terrifying his strength is now."

After obtaining the inheritance of Duan Donghe millions of years ago, he broke through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, and his strength naturally increased by leaps and bounds. Now, even without relying on the Snow Shadow Blade, he can unleash top-tier sixth-order combat power. Once he burns his divine power, he becomes even more terrifying.

But he had a vague feeling that even though he and his teacher Zhang Yi were both only Lords of the Universe, the gap between them was still very large.

Just as Luo Feng was deep in thought, the voice of the Chaos City Lord rang out.

"There are two main purposes for this meeting of the highest level of our race: first, to congratulate Peng Gong on his breakthrough to Godhood; and second, to discuss whether our human race should expand its territory."

As soon as he finished speaking, the many universe lords around the round table congratulated Peng Gong on his breakthrough, especially the several universe lords from the cosmic galaxy who were extremely excited.

Their Cosmic Galaxy Bank was not ranked high among the five major forces within humanity, but now that their leader, Peng Gong, has broken through to the True God realm, their Cosmic Galaxy Bank has become the third largest force within humanity.

Peng Gongzhi responded with a smile, while also giving Zhang Yi beside him a deep look, his eyes filled with gratitude.

His breakthrough this time was not only due to his profound accumulation over countless years, but also thanks to Zhang Yi for granting him a legacy, which is the reason why he was able to break through so quickly.

After a brief exchange of congratulations and celebrations, the second item on the meeting agenda began.

This matter has been discussed many times in recent high-level meetings, but the differences between the pro-war and conservative factions are not significant, and no conclusion has been reached.

If Zhang Yi hadn't participated this time, the outcome would likely have been the same as before, ending without any progress.

But this time is different!
After a debate among the group of cosmic lords present, as in the previous instances, neither side could convince the other.

At this moment, all the super beings of the human race looked at Zhang Yi, and this time only Zhang Yi did not express his opinion.

If Zhang Yi supports that side, that side will likely gain the upper hand.

Because Zhang Yi now holds an extremely high position among the human race, even higher than the Giant Axe and the Chaos City Lord, and only the Primordial Ancestor can compare to him.

The reason for this situation is that Zhang Yi's contributions to the tribe are too great.

It can be said that the human race's strength has increased so dramatically in just a million years entirely because of the ancient civilization inherited by Zhang Yi. Moreover, all 54 super beings present have received some form of assistance from Zhang Yi.

Under the watchful eyes of all the super beings, Zhang Yi slowly spoke.

"I support territorial expansion."

A soft voice rang out, and upon hearing it, the pro-war faction couldn't help but show joy on their faces.

The Chaos City Lord, who had known this all along, wore a bitter expression.

"Gentlemen, I know many people are worried that this might lead to a lose-lose situation for one of the six major alliances," Zhang Yi continued.

“But I can assure you all that with me here, they will not have this opportunity.”

After saying that, he fell silent.

The cosmic lords present all showed surprise in their eyes. They all knew Zhang Yi's personality, and since he dared to say such a thing, he must have been absolutely certain of his abilities.

Perhaps their ideas are too conservative.

"Alright, now that everyone has expressed their opinions, let's begin the vote on this issue," said the Chaos City Lord.

Soon, the results came out.

With 50 votes in favor and 4 abstentions, the resolution was passed.

The reason for this situation is that even the conservative Chaos City Lord voted in favor.

At this moment, the Lord of Chaos City once again believed in his disciple who had repeatedly created miracles.

Looking at this result.

The Chaos City Lord on the black throne nodded slightly: "Now that the resolution has been passed, the clan will soon come up with a specific action plan, and you should also prepare in advance."

"Meeting dismissed."

The many cosmic lords around the round table departed one after another, leaving only Zhang Yi, Giant Axe, Chaos City Lord, True God Peng Gong, Luo Feng, and the Lord of Darkness.

These six are core members of the highest echelons of the human race.

Each of them could unleash top-tier sixth-order combat power in the primordial universe.

With a beaming smile, True God Peng couldn't help but ask, "Zhang Yi, do you have any ideas on how to deal with those dozen or so True Gods from the Six Alliances?"

The others, including Giant Axe, also looked at him curiously.

This is the biggest challenge for human groups expanding their territory.

Zhang Yi said calmly, "Leave it all to me."

In the primordial universe, others might be helpless against these true gods, but for him who had mastered the secret art of willpower, it was nothing. What could any number of true gods do?
Of the true gods of this primordial universe, as far as he knew, the one with the strongest will was only at the limit of true gods, and none of them could break through to the void level.

Upon hearing Zhang Yi's words, everyone present was somewhat stunned.

Can Zhang Yi alone hold off more than a dozen True Gods?
Only Luo Feng's eyes flashed with a glint of light. He had inherited the lineage of Duan Donghe, so his knowledge was naturally extraordinary.

The only reason Teacher Zhang Yi could say such a thing with such confidence is that he has mastered a powerful secret technique of willpower, which would make it possible for him to sweep away the other true gods.

After all, even though Teacher Zhang Yi could unleash top-tier tenth-order combat power in the Cosmic Sea, everyone in the Primal Universe was suppressed to top-tier sixth-order, and neither of them could do anything to the other.

The only thing that is most ethereal and elusive is the secret art of will, which even the primordial universe could not restrict, since it is only a secret art and not a burst of combat power.

After receiving Zhang Yi's affirmative answer, the group did not hesitate any longer and finalized their action plan.

For this territorial expansion, humanity mobilized 32 Universe Lords. One team was led by True God Peng Gong and the Lord of Darkness, while Luo Feng, with his multiple clones, led a separate team.

Each team has 16 Universe Masters from the human race, and another 200 Universe Masters from the Hong Alliance are mobilized, so each team has 116 Universe Masters.

Each team is also equipped with an Ancient God's Eye. It can be said that the strength of a single team is enough to make them fearless against any powerful opponent or team in the primordial universe.

As for the Giant Axe and the Chaos City Lord, they lead the remaining Universe Lords to guard the core of humanity, while also serving as a mobile force to provide support at any time.

Unfortunately, although the six major alliances were no match for the large group of universe lords in battle due to the existence of the Will Treasures, the true gods could move freely and attack the core territories of the human camp, which was the most troublesome thing.

Human groups are highly efficient in their execution; they began to act shortly after the action plan was finalized.

Adhering to the principle that the first stop should be to intimidate the six major alliances.

The first target was the demon race, which bordered the territory of the human race.

After all, among the three top races—the demon race, the mechanical race, and the insect race—the demon race's powerful members are relatively easier to deal with.

Deep within the demon realm, in the endless starry sky, a palace surrounded by flames floats suspended. This is the residence of the ancestor of the Sirius clan, one of the eighteen great royal clans—the Lord of Sirius.

Not far from this palace, there are also many prosperous planets inhabited by a large number of demons, most of whom are of the Sirius race.

Suddenly, billions of light-years away from the palace shrouded in endless flames, a black figure appeared.

The moment the black figure appeared, it immediately used its 'Domain' talent and flew rapidly towards the palace.

A moment later, Luo Feng, dressed in black armor, arrived outside the palace where the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf resided.

Inside the palace surrounded by flames, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf looked around at Luo Feng with vigilance. Luo Feng's sudden appearance outside his palace was probably for some ulterior motive.

The moment Luo Feng appeared, he had already sent the message to Dream Demon Ancestor and Zhen Demon Ancestor.

"Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, do you dare to come out and fight?" Luo Feng stood in the void and said with a smile. His voice echoed hundreds of millions of light-years away from the palace, greatly shocking the demon races on countless planets.

Who dares to address the ancestor of the Sirius clan so directly?

"Luo Feng, why aren't you staying with the human race? What are you doing in the core territory of my demon race? You'd better leave quickly, two of my demon race members are about to arrive." The Lord of the Heavenly Wolf also responded defiantly.

However, he unconsciously found himself at a disadvantage in terms of tone.

After all, Luo Feng had already unleashed top-tier sixth-order strength during his million years of wandering in the cosmic sea, far beyond what a third-order universe master like him could contend with.

He felt somewhat at ease in the high-class palace treasures, and he hoped that the Dream Demon Ancestor and the Earthquake Demon Ancestor would arrive soon.

(End of this chapter)