Swallowing the Stars: Primordial Heavenly Dragon

"Something terrible has happened!"

A shout came from outside the palace of Emperor Yan.

Just when the Lord of Dragon Flame and the others were helpless and could only watch, the Universe Venerable who had left earlier teleported back.

"The treasure vault is empty." The cosmic venerable said with great anxiety and heartache.

"What?" Venerable Longyan exclaimed in disbelief.

Although the Yan God Clan is not wealthy, their treasury contains many treasures.

Most of the treasures were contributed by Emperor Yan.

However, as the overlords of the universe, including the fallen Flame God Venerable, they also contributed some treasures that they themselves could not use.

Not to mention the precious treasures contributed by other cosmic venerables.

"Emperor Yan, what's going on?" Lord of Dragon Flame questioned.

Only Emperor Yan has the authority to open the treasure vault; other powerful figures only have the authority to view and exchange treasures.

Exchanging treasures will not empty the treasure vault; it will only enrich it. After all, exchanging treasures involves a discount, which is a universal rule.

There is only one possibility: that the treasure trove's controller, Emperor Yan, took the treasure away.

They could take away the treasures that Emperor Yan himself had contributed, and they couldn't say anything about it. But what about the treasures contributed by other powerful figures?

"Hahaha~" Emperor Yan laughed and pointed to his stomach, "Of course it's in my stomach, I replaced it with spirit wine and drank it down."

The Lord of Dragon Flame fell silent.

He was completely speechless.

"Let's go!" Lord Dragon Flame called to the other cosmic venerables and left the Flame Emperor's palace, having completely given up on persuading the Flame Emperor.

In other words, from this moment on, they will no longer recognize Emperor Yan as the leader of the Yan God Clan.

The other cosmic venerables merely glanced deeply at Emperor Yan before following Lord Dragon Flame away from the palace.

"Teacher, since Emperor Yan is unwilling to lead my Yan God Clan to rise, and you have already become the Lord of the Universe, why don't you become the leader of my Yan God Clan?" suggested Venerable Ice Tritium, a disciple of the Lord of Dragon Flame.

"That's all we can do." Lord of Dragon Flame nodded. This was the only option. Now was not the time to refuse. The first priority was to lead the Flame God Clan out of the Flame Emperor's control.

Otherwise, who knows what the completely insane Yan Emperor might do.

He dared to empty the clan's treasury today, exchanging those treasures for spirit wine. He didn't even dare to think about what might happen in the future.

"We are willing to obey the orders of the Lord of Dragon Flame." The other Universe Venerables also said one after another. Everyone could see that the Flame Emperor was no longer reliable. They had to choose a new leader, and the Lord of Dragon Flame, as the only Universe Lord of the Flame God Clan in the future, was the most suitable candidate.

Not only in terms of strength, the Lord of Dragon Flame is also the oldest and most senior powerhouse of the Flame God Clan.

Previously, he was also Yan Di's senior uncle. In terms of identity, strength, and status, he was the only candidate for the new leader, so they were naturally convinced.

"Go and gather your people together so we can set off at any time. We are leaving this mysterious realm of flames," Lord Dragon Flame instructed.

"We all know that the potential of the strong born in this secret realm is far lower than that of the outside world, so the most urgent thing is to move out. With my current strength, plus the powerful combat strength of the Yan God Clan, we can definitely seize a territory."

"As long as we gain territory, our Flame God Clan will be able to give birth to new geniuses and become stronger and stronger. Perhaps we will even have the chance to produce the strongest being in the universe, allowing our Flame God Clan to continue," the Lord of Dragon Flame concluded.

As for returning to the human race, he never considered it. The conflict between the Yan God Clan and humans could not be resolved simply by him admitting his mistake.

Even if they are willing to return to the human race, they need to be accepted by the humans first.

Humanity, as the pinnacle of the universe and currently the strongest force in the cosmic ocean, is not someone you can come and go as you please.

"Rest assured, we will persuade those immortals," said Venerable Ice Tritium.

"Don't make things difficult for those who absolutely refuse to leave. After staying under Emperor Yan for a while, they will realize Emperor Yan's true colors on their own," Lord Dragon Flame reminded him.

"Yes," the group of Flame God Clan Universe Venerables replied respectfully.

"You all go and investigate first, see which territories are suitable for my Yan God Clan to temporarily reside in. I'll go find the strongest person in the Lone Universe, especially the leader of the Northern Frontier Alliance, to see if I can persuade him to resurrect and investigate the truth behind the fall of the Yan God Venerable. I have a feeling that this matter is not so simple."

After giving the order, the Lord of Dragon Flame split his forces into three groups and set off.

In the first part, the Cosmic Venerable summoned his immortals to discuss breaking free from the control of the Flame Emperor together with the Lord of Dragon Flame.

In the second part, the Cosmic Venerable traveled throughout the universe, searching for territories suitable for the survival of the Flame God Clan.

The third part concerns the Lord of Dragon Flame himself, who will contact the Northern Frontier Alliance as the newly appointed Universe Lord and new leader of the Flame God Clan.

If we can join the Northern Frontier Alliance, we might be able to persuade the Alliance Leader, the strongest being in the universe, to resurrect the Flame God Venerable.

The Venerable Flame God is the oldest member of the Flame God clan and has been their leader and guide for a long time.

The Flame God Venerable is the most prestigious and highest-ranking member of the Flame God Clan, regardless of strength.

If the Flame God Venerable could be resurrected to lead the Flame God Clan again, it would undoubtedly make the Flame God Clan more cohesive. With his guidance, the Flame God Clan would surely shine brightly once more.

……

On the other side, Yan Yong convened the Heavenly Dragon Conference once again, which was also open to all powerful beings at the level of Universe Venerable.

Due to the explosive emergence of powerful individuals from Earth, the number of human beings who are cosmic venerables has increased by ten percent.

The frequent emergence of cosmic venerables and super geniuses on Earth naturally aroused the curiosity of other super-strong individuals among humanity.

While there is a legacy of ancient civilizations, this number is excessively exaggerated.

After all, Earth is just a planet, and when Luo Feng and others officially came into contact with the universe, they were merely of the ninth rank.

There must be other secrets behind Earth's ability to produce geniuses and strong individuals so efficiently.

Most importantly, it is easy to detect that most of the powerful members of the Earth lineage return to Earth when they are conceiving the next generation.

This forced them to notice the special nature of Earth as a planet.

However, no one ever brought it up.

Earth has become a sacred place for the Earthlings, and even most Earthlings cannot easily return to Earth, let alone other humans.

The Earth lineage, comprised of several hundred cosmic venerables, has become a significant and influential race within the human population.

They wield immense power and influence.

Not to mention, the Supreme Elder of the Earth lineage, the Lord of the Heavenly Dragon, is now the highest authority of mankind, so naturally no foolish powerhouse would dare to provoke him.

Anyone who knows Yan Yong's story knows that he was not someone to be trifled with; if you fell into his hands, you'd be lucky to die.

Due to the rise of the Earth lineage, the number of people attending the Supreme Conference has increased significantly compared to before.

With the addition of the ancient civilization inheritance provided by Yan Yong, the number of universe masters has also increased significantly.

Powerful figures such as the Ancestral Tree Venerable, the Star Prison Demon Lord, and the Unity Venerable have all broken through to become masters of the universe.

The number of human universe masters has also exploded.

The number of Universe Lords has now doubled, reaching more than 40.

In other words, Peng Gongzhi and others were all preparing to take the path of divine power and wanted to see how the Duan Donghe inheritance was selected, so they did not choose the fastest path of laws to break through.

Otherwise, the number of the strongest humans in the universe will also increase significantly.

Therefore, at every Heavenly Dragon Conference, all the human powerhouses would smile and chat, discussing their experiences in cultivation and adventure, as well as the matters that would be discussed at the conference.

In these hopeful days, every Tianlong meeting brings good news.

Once everyone had arrived, Yan Yong gestured for the Cosmic Venerables below to quiet down from their enthusiastic discussion.

"This meeting will mainly cover a few things..." Yan Yong explained the Duan Donghe inheritance, the World Beast crisis, the Wei Kingdom inheritance, and other matters, and then began to arrange for other powerful individuals to start comprehending the basic inheritance in the Xuan Kong Palace.

All the powerful figures present were extremely excited and couldn't wait to begin their comprehension immediately.

"In addition, I plan to bring the Yan God Clan back," Yan Yong continued.

The other universe lords fell silent upon hearing this. The matter of the Yan God Clan was no small matter. Over the years, the conflict between the Yan God Clan and humans was second only to the other three top races.

If the Yan God Clan weren't so small in number and their territory weren't so far from human territory, then the Yan God Clan would be humanity's greatest enemy.

It's indeed a bit difficult to get them to accept the Yan God Clan all at once.

The existence of the Flame Emperor, in particular, made the powerful humans feel uneasy.

"The Yan God Clan is ultimately a branch of humanity. The conflict between humanity and the Yan God Clan was caused by the Yan Emperor."

"Although the Yan God Clan later aided and abetted the evildoers and became enemies of humanity at every turn, those Yan God Clan members were mainly new generation powerhouses. They did not know that they were once human and were bewitched by the Yan Emperor to become enemies of humanity."

"The older generation of Yan Shen clan venerables did not have any direct conflict with us humans."

Yan Yong observed the expressions of the other powerful figures present as he spoke.

Everyone present was a powerful figure at the level of a Universe Venerable.

Although the young cosmic venerables may have suffered at the hands of the Flame God Clan in extraterrestrial battlefields or other secret realms.

But those are all in the past. The future lies in breaking through the cycle of reincarnation under the leadership of the Heavenly Dragon Lord.

We humans should focus on the present and look to the future; how can we keep clinging to the past?

Therefore, Yan Yong glanced around and did not find anyone who looked dissatisfied or wanted to object.

"The Flame God Clan was originally a branch of humanity. Now that humanity is powerful and dominates the universe, there is no reason to let such a branch of humanity continue to wander outside."

"Moreover, the Yan Emperor has now been abandoned by all his people. Under the leadership of the newly appointed Lord of the Universe, the Yan God Clan has broken away from the Yan Emperor's control and become independent. This is a great opportunity for us humans to reunite with the Yan God Clan."

Yan Yong waved his hand, and a huge mechanical figure appeared below his throne.

"Mechanical engineer, please describe the current progress of the Spark Program."

"As you command, great master." The mechanical father god bowed slightly and began to explain the entire plan.

The plan is simple: to "cultivate" a new Lord of the Flame God Clan to challenge the Flame Emperor's position.

Now, Emperor Yan's Dao heart has been shattered by Yan Yong's bullying, and he has completely let himself go.

According to the upgraded virtual universe's surveillance, Emperor Yan has been hiding in his palace, indulging in a life of pleasure and oblivion for tens of thousands of years.

The cosmic venerables of the Yan God Clan, who were dissatisfied with the Yan Emperor, had reached their limit of patience with his actions.

If Emperor Yan weren't the sole ruler of the universe for the Yan God Clan, someone would have rebelled long ago.

In addition, Emperor Yan placed the Yan God Clan in a secret realm to reproduce.

Those newly promoted Universe Venerables who originally supported Emperor Yan and followed his lead all began to change their attitudes after learning the truth about the secret realm, and became extremely dissatisfied with Emperor Yan.

What kind of trashy place is the Secret Realm?

Even if the Yan God Clan separated from humanity, they would still be a powerful race, and the Yan Emperor was an extremely powerful cosmic ruler in the primordial universe.

Why should the Yan God Clan choose to live in this godforsaken secret realm instead of having their own territory and multiplying like a truly powerful clan?

Moreover, this Yan Shen Clan secret realm has nothing special about it; in fact, it can be described as barren.

The more a cosmic venerable being was born in the secret realm, the more disgusted they became with Yan Di's actions after learning the truth about the secret realm.

By placing the Yan God Clan in the secret realm, Emperor Yan effectively cut off their potential from the very foundation.

This makes it difficult for them to become the rulers of the universe.

To paraphrase a saying from the cultivation world, cutting off someone's path to enlightenment is tantamount to killing their parents.

They had long been extremely dissatisfied with Emperor Yan, but dared not show it due to their limited strength.

Now that Emperor Yan has severed ties with the Yan God Clan, it is the perfect opportunity for him to seize power.

By supporting a powerful and influential ruler of the Flame God Clan, the internal conflicts within the clan can be directly exposed, and the Flame Emperor can be completely isolated.

This is the first step of the plan.

The second step was to guide the powerful members of the Yan God Clan to discover the secret of the Yan God Venerable's demise "on their own."

After the Flame God Clan rebelled against humanity, they were under close scrutiny by humans for a period of time.

According to records from the virtual universe, the fall of the Flame God Venerable is very likely related to the Flame Emperor.

Upon receiving this clue, the Machine Race Father God immediately mobilized the Machine Race Alliance to launch an investigation.

The mechanical race is exceptionally skilled in deduction and investigation, and they quickly located the place where the Flame God Venerable fell.

The mechanical race's father god personally reversed time and space to see the scene of the Flame God Venerable's fall.

It was discovered that the reason why Venerable Yan Shen suddenly and silently perished was because of a sneak attack by Yan Di, his "personal disciple".

A cosmic ruler launches a sneak attack on an unsuspecting cosmic overlord.

This cosmic overlord was naturally unable to sense it and therefore could not transmit the information.

As for why Emperor Yan attacked his teacher, it was because the teacher strongly opposed his decision to lead the Yan God Clan to break away from the human race and become independent.

Moreover, this teacher holds an extraordinary position within the Yan God Clan.

He was not only the original patriarch of the Yan Shen Clan, but also the teacher and senior brother of most of the Yan Shen Clan's powerful members.

He can be said to be the oldest, most senior, most closely connected, most influential, and most powerful member of the Yan God Clan.

If such a powerful figure leads the opposition against the Yan Emperor's self-determination, then the Yan Emperor may very well be unable to lead the Yan God Clan to break away.

Not to mention settling the Yan God Clan within the secret realm to reproduce. (End of Chapter)