Swallowing the Stars: Inheriting the Legacy of Myriad Worlds

Chapter 170 Current Status of Ethnic Groups

The meeting between Li Che, the founder of the Giant Axe, and the five Great Universe Judges did not last long. After all, Li Che's current strength was only that of a first-order Universe Judge, and he lacked common topics with these Universe Judges.

This is unavoidable. Among the five universe masters of the Giant Axe Arena, the youngest and weakest, Lord Lanzang, already possesses third-tier combat power. There are also two top-tier fourth-tier masters like Lord Xujin. Their average level is significantly higher than that of Lord Hongmeng Yushen.

After all, they are the direct descendants of the pinnacle race and the team that is relatively close to the founder of the giant axe. They have obtained far more high-level resources than ordinary universe lords.

"At this stage, your biggest task is to master the complete fusion law or the complete spacetime law. According to the 'Savage Amber Lord's Weapon Refining Inheritance' that you have contributed to the race, after you become the Lord of the Universe, the race will give you a supreme treasure weapon or armor."

After the divine avatar of the Giant Axe Founder and the projections of the other universe lords dissipated, the Lord of Lanzang also teleported away. The Lord of Void Gold teleported back to his temple with Li Che, and at the same time made a promise.

Generally speaking, the "start-up capital" that a human race gives to a newly ascended universe master is the value of a top-tier treasure, usually around a hundred treasure points.

Even a top-tier treasure weapon or armor of average quality costs over a thousand treasure points.

"I understand, teacher," Li Che nodded.

The Lord of False Gold seemed slightly embarrassed: "In the future, if you want to find the Mountain Guest to refine a supreme treasure, the clan will do its best to provide you with materials."

Clearly, the human race is well aware of the value of the "Master of Savage Amber's Refinement Inheritance," and its long-term impact on the race is even more profound than that of a cosmic lord.

The Mountain Guest gave Li Che two top-tier domain-level treasures. Even if they were just average-quality top-tier domain-level treasures, their value would still reach several thousand treasure points.

As a massive and powerful race, it's highly unlikely that humans would simply offer Li Che such a valuable treasure.

"You don't need to feel burdened," Li Che said, seemingly unconcerned.

Today, he had a rare moment of leisure and spent a long time in the palace of the Lord of Void Gold, listening to the Lord of Void Gold describe the basic situation of the many cosmic lords of the human race.

At present, including all those who are known to the public and those who are not, the human race has a total of eighteen cosmic lords. This number is quite large among the six top races, second only to the demon race in terms of quantity.

Although Li Che had never met the other giants' cosmic masters, just from interacting with a few in their Giant Axe Arena, he could sense a very obvious problem: "Teacher, the factionalism among the five major powers within our human race is quite serious!"

Upon hearing this, the Lord of False Gold was slightly taken aback before he had no choice but to nod.

In fact, the only human races that have truly abandoned the distinction between power in their thinking are the founder of the Giant Axe and the Lord of Chaos City. The other Lords of the Universe have more or less factional thinking.

Even though the Lord of False Gold is the number two figure in the Giant Axe Arena, he cannot escape his deeply ingrained factional ideology.

This division is largely a legacy of human history.

The Virtual Universe Company, a direct descendant of the original ancestor, and the Arena, under the command of the Giant Axe Founder, represent the direct lineages of the two strongest beings in the universe within the human race.

Admittedly, the founder of the Giant Axe deeply respected the Primal Ancestor, but he could not change the open and covert struggles between the two universe masters of the Giant Axe Arena and the Virtual Universe Company.

The two sides are barely maintaining a superficial harmony at this stage. Other entities such as the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, and the Cosmic First Bank do not belong to the direct lineage of any of the strongest individuals in the Cosmic Court. They each maintain a high degree of independence and are sparing no effort to gain benefits for their own forces.

In any case, the founder of the giant axe was not a strong ruler. Unless it involved major events affecting the entire race, he and the Lord of Chaos City usually played the role of peacemakers.

"If the founder of the giant axe had been a power seeker like the father god of the mechanical race who sought complete domination, perhaps many problems within the race could have been solved." Seeing that the Lord of Void Gold remained silent, Li Che continued his casual conversation.

"Giant Axe isn't that kind of person. Besides, the current situation of the human race is quite stable and united among the six major races..." The Lord of Void Gold looked at Li Che, who had a worried expression, but a smile appeared on his face.

Among the six dominant races, the human race is relatively united, second only to the Zerg and the Crystal race.

The machine race, which has fought against humans for countless ages, has a much more severe situation of oppressive rule within its ranks than humans. The most important factor in maintaining its current stability is the machine race's father god.

If the Machine Race's Father God dies, the Machine Race's deadly pressure tank will probably explode in a short time. At that time, it is estimated that several Machine Race Universe Lords will lead a group of their people to join other universe alliances.

The same applies to the demon race, which has the most complex composition and the most chaotic internal factions among the six top races.

The Lord of False Gold dares to say that if either the Dream Demon Ancestor or the Tremor Demon Ancestor of the Demon Race were to die at this stage, the Demon Beast Ancestor, who has long coveted the Demon Race, would probably jump out immediately and take away half of the Demon Race's territory. It wouldn't be surprising at all.

"Compared to those alien races, our human race seems to have clear factions, but if one day it really comes down to life and death, we will actually be very united," the Lord of Void Gold concluded with a resolute tone.

Li Che had to admit that his teacher had a keen eye for talent.

Having managed the Giant Axe Arena for countless years, the Lord of Void Gold has a profound understanding of many affairs concerning the human race.

After all, with the human race now stable, the efficient and convenient tool of the virtual universe is indispensable, the absolute strength of the Giant Axe Founder is also essential, and the functions of other forces such as the Cosmic Galaxy Bank and the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance are equally important.

In the original timeline, even after the death of the Giant Axe Founder, no cosmic ruler actively requested to leave the human race, which shows the level of self-acceptance within humanity.

"More importantly, you've now completely eliminated eight top-tier cosmic overlords, haven't you? Have the ninth and tenth candidates been decided yet?"

The Lord of False Gold looked at Li Che, who was very concerned about having the Mountain Guest refine a supreme treasure.

"The alien universe lords have become wary. I no longer have the means to continue killing top universe overlords. I'm afraid I'll have to ask the Ancestral God Cult to help me find the ninth and tenth ones." Li Che said helplessly.

The rewards for the requests made by the Mountain-Sitting Guest were too generous, so he naturally longed for a supreme treasure that he could refine while sitting still.

"Among the many races that have conflicts with us humans, there are some top cosmic overlords who have no support or background. Those guys are the strongest in their respective races. If you have a need, you can find a pretext to kill them. No one will stand up for them."

The Lord of Void Gold spoke casually, completely disregarding the lives of ordinary races, "The Primal Universe is a very cruel place."

P.S. This chapter contains many of my own thoughts because I saw someone in another book review section say that the human race is the least united of the six top races.

That's utter nonsense.

To be fair, the human race on the Swallowed Star side can be considered a racial alliance composed of various human branches and sub-humans in a sense. However, those who survived the baptism of the great event of the sudden suppression of the progenitor must have a considerable degree of recognition of the human race.

The internal strife between the Giant Axe Arena and the Virtual Universe Company, and the actions of the Lord of the Wasteland Mercenary Alliance in tripping up others, are all inevitable occurrences within a large group, and from my perspective, they are harmless.

At least the unity of the Lords of the Universe is not a problem.

After all, in the original story, after the giant axe died, everyone still gathered together to fight against the alien alliance.

When the protagonist of my book joined the Giant Axe Arena, some people did ask why I joined a villainous organization. I had no such concept at all. In my opinion, the so-called internal strife among humans is within the rules and is perfectly acceptable.

My idea is that it's unrealistic to say that the human race is the most united among the six top powers, since the unity of the Crystal Clan and the Zerg Queens is far beyond what humans can match.

But to say that the human race is the least united is definitely nonsense. After all, in my opinion, the Machine Race, the Demon Race, and the Prison Race are far worse than humans.

Human beings are masters of comparing how bad things are.