Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 163 Final Disposal

Virtual universe, atop Thunder Island.

In front of the temple.

The Lord of Chaos City gazed into the distance, as if containing boundless meaning: "As you probably know, our human race is now one of the six most powerful races in the primordial universe, and we occupy a very wealthy territory within it. Geniuses emerge one after another within our race, creating a thriving scene."

"I suppose you feel the same way?"

"Alas, the situation of our race is not as good as you think." The Chaos City Lord shook his head and said, "The Demon Race, the Insect Race, and the Mechanical Race are adjacent to our territory. They often wage war against each other for every inch of land. The emergence of the extraterritorial battlefield has actually greatly alleviated the direct conflict between our four races."

"After all, besides our four top races, there are also the Crystal Race and the Prison Race, two other top races, eyeing us covetously."

"Other powerful races and various alliances are constantly waiting for us to make a mistake. If we show the slightest sign of weakness, those jackals will swarm us and devour us whole!"

Luo Shen remained silent.

In fact, judging from the original work, the situation of the human race is indeed not good.

If it weren't for Luo Feng's sudden rise, which disrupted the plans of the major peak clans, who knows who would have benefited the most after this era ended? Would it have been the Primordial Island Lord who had been planning for many years, or the demon race that now has two of the strongest beings in the universe?

It's all possible.

Moreover, because of the actions of the original ancestor, the primordial universe has targeted the human race in many ways. For so many years, the human race has not had a supreme treasure to suppress it. Even though the Giant Axe Founder has a record of slaying dragons, he can only continue to hide silently and dare not show his strength.

Otherwise, why do the demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race all possess supreme treasures, while the human race, the first major power in the original universe, doesn't even have a single supreme treasure?

"Actually, if I could, I would also like to express my emotions freely and without restraint."

The Lord of Chaos sighed and said, "Unfortunately, I am the Lord of Chaos. As long as I sit in this position, I cannot act entirely according to my own will. Whether it is me or the Giant Axe, we must think about the future and stability of the human race."

"Otherwise, when your senior brother Koti got into trouble back then, would I have swallowed my anger?"

Even now, when talking about Kodi, the Lord of Chaos City still cannot hide the surging anger in his heart.

Even though separated by a virtual universe network, and even though Luo Shen's will had reached the limit of becoming a king, he still felt like a lone boat on a vast ocean, in danger of capsizing at any moment, when faced with the fluctuations in the Chaos City Lord's aura as his emotions ebbed and flowed.

Seemingly realizing that something was amiss with Luo Shen's situation, the Lord of Chaos City quickly composed himself and regained his composure.

Luo Shen let out a long sigh.

Came alive.

To be honest, the moment the Chaos City Lord erupted in anger, he felt as if he were being stared at by some kind of venomous snake. His whole body stiffened, and he didn't dare to breathe, as if he would be strangled the moment he took a breath.

"Although I am your teacher, I am also the person in charge of the Virtual Universe Company."

The Lord of Chaos City earnestly explained to Luo Shen that Luo Shen was indeed the most talented genius he had ever seen in all these years, even surpassing Kodi in many ways. Therefore, he did not want such a promising talent to be forced to betray the human race by other trivial matters in the end.

Emperor Yan, once gone, is gone.

However, Luo Shen is completely different from Yan Di. If properly nurtured, Luo Shen will definitely become another pillar of the human race in the future!

"Although I am in charge of Virtual Universe Company, the entire Virtual Universe Company is not my sole authority. The Universe Masters of my Virtual Universe Company are all of equal status to me."

"They have become an indispensable part of the human race, each with their own families and forces. Even if they themselves don't care about Earth, their disciples and subordinates all have families to support. Their desire for Earth, when combined, becomes an incredibly terrifying force."

"Even I have to consider this."

In the original story, if Luo Feng hadn't performed so well, and if the secrets of Earth hadn't been discovered first by the Giant Axe Martial Arts Arena, it's hard to say whether half of Earth would have belonged to Earthlings, in order to avoid any unforeseen complications.

In this life, Luo Shen became the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord, and his performance was particularly outstanding. Many high-ranking humans recognized that Luo Shen had great potential to become the next universe master of the human race. That's why the Chaos City Lord was so patient in explaining things at this moment.

Otherwise, given the status and position of the Chaos City Lord, what difficulty would it be for him to forcibly demand a life-bearing planet from his own disciple?

"But Master, all my motivation in cultivating until now has been to protect the Earth, to protect our home planet!" To safeguard the Earth and our home, Luo Shen had no choice but to argue logically: "Even though the Earth has its own value, in my view, its greatest value is that it is the home planet of all humanity!"

"Teacher, didn't our ancestors also strive to reach where we are today for the sake of our humankind's roots?"

Luo Shen's voice wasn't loud, but it was deafening to the Lord of Chaos City.

That's right!

The human race was first born because the ancestors wanted to find a place for their fellow peoples to settle down. They fought off countless invasions from other races in order to protect their roots.

Is it possible that humankind has developed to this point where it must sacrifice its homeland in exchange for superficial peace?

How are their actions any different from those of other races?

A moment of silence.

The Lord of Chaos City looked at Luo Shen and opened his mouth to speak, but before he could open his mouth, a figure appeared with a "whoosh," immediately attracting the attention of the two of them.

"teacher!"

The visitor said respectfully.

Upon closer inspection, the newcomer turned out to be the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace!

"Why are you here?" The Lord of Chaos City was taken aback, then his gaze fell on Luo Shen. The news that Luo Shen had gone to the Heavenly Eclipse Palace could not be kept from him, but he had not expected that Luo Shen could persuade his eldest disciple to come forward.

"My junior brother offered me a bargaining chip that I couldn't refuse, so as his senior brother, I naturally have to stand up for him."

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace winked at Luo Shen.

Upon seeing this, Luo Shen immediately understood that the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace had taken the final step, and it was likely that before long, the human race would have another super being at the level of a universe master!

In fact, after all these years, the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace is only one crucial step away from becoming the Lord of the Universe.

What Luo Shen gave him was exactly what he needed most. Once this crucial element was filled, all that remained was to follow the natural course, integrate the two fundamental laws of time and space, communicate with the origin of the universe, break free from constraints, and become the master of the universe!

This timeframe could be ten days to half a month, or it could be three to five years.

If it weren't for the fact that matters on Earth were too important to Luo Shen and time was too tight, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace would probably have already begun preparing for the final breakthrough.

The Lord of Chaos City frowned.

Although he had been persuaded by Luo Shen, the sudden appearance of the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, and judging from the Palace Master's tone, he was there to support Luo Shen and Earth, which made him somewhat undecided.

"Does your junior brother really have the ability to persuade you?"

The Lord of Chaos City might not know about other things, but he knew his eldest disciple's temperament very well.

Since choosing to guard the Blood Luo Continent, the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace has been in a state of being a "super old otaku". Under normal circumstances, you can't expect to see him leave the Heavenly Eclipse Palace. If it weren't for the clan assigning him a mission, he could stay in the Heavenly Eclipse Palace forever.

Luo Shen, a mere fellow who has only cultivated for a few hundred years, has the ability to persuade him?

The Lord of Chaos City is still somewhat strange.

"Junior brother is quite talented, especially in stirring emotions. He is one of the best at it. Otherwise, the teacher wouldn't have been persuaded by his few words," said the Palace Master of Heavenly Eclipse with a smile.

In fact, as soon as he arrived, he noticed that the Lord of Chaos City had changed his mind.

Although he didn't know how Luo Shen had done it, based on his experience of following the Lord of Chaos City for so many years, he judged that the Lord of Chaos City must have already decided to make a decision on the ownership of Earth.

"Teacher, I think that since Earth is my junior brother's home, we shouldn't interfere."

Since they were already there, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace naturally had to make her stance clear.

You can't just take the money and not do the service, can you?

The Lord of Chaos City looked at the Lord of Heavenly Eclipse Palace with interest and said, "Alright, if you can give me a perfectly legitimate reason, then I will grant this order, and from now on no one on Earth will bother us again."

He wanted to see why the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace had chosen to step in and help Luo Shen.

Luo Shen also looked at the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace. In fact, he also wanted to know what the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace would say. Would he also engage in empty talk like him?

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace glanced at the Lord of Chaos City with surprise.

Such a decision doesn't sound like it came from the mouth of the Chaos City Lord. Over the years, the Chaos City Lord has always been fair and just, striving to do everything perfectly and treating everyone fairly and justly.

But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, he had already prepared his plan before coming, and now it just came in handy.

"After observing the Earth, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration. I will soon break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe. Naturally, I do not want the Earth, which helped me break through, to become the object of contention among the company's higher-ups."

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace asked earnestly, "I wonder if this reason satisfies you, Teacher?"

"What? You're about to break through?"

The Chaos City Lord's voice rose several octaves, and he strode up to the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Lord, scrutinizing him from head to toe, seemingly trying to find evidence that the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Lord was joking or teasing him.

But the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace doesn't play games at all.

He simply reached out his hand.

Two streams of energy swirled in his hands, instantly constructing a world-like structure in his palm. It already bore some resemblance to the strongest secret technique of the universe master, "Starfall," which Luo Shen had obtained, but it was more like the prototype of a miniature universe!

"The strongest secret technique of the Lord of the Universe?"

Even the Lord of Chaos City initially mistook this for the strongest secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, but he quickly realized something was wrong: "No, it's not yet, it doesn't reach the level of the strongest secret technique, but in terms of power alone, it is already comparable to the power of the secret technique created by your Uncle Ice Peak."

The Lord of Ice Peak belongs to the lineage of the Virtual Universe Company of the Human Race. He is a fourth-order Universe Lord and, like the Lord of Chaos City, is a direct disciple of the Primordial Ancestor.

"He's still far inferior to Uncle-Master Bingfeng."

The Palace Master of the Celestial Eclipse Palace said modestly.

"Haha, it seems that it won't be long before you really take this final step." The Chaos City Lord was overjoyed and for a moment forgot what he had said earlier. He was completely absorbed in the joy that the human race was about to have a new universe lord.

But the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace will not forget.

After all, that was the agreement he made with Luo Shen, and his main purpose for this trip was to resolve the issues on Earth.

"Teacher, I wonder if my reason is valid?"

The Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master laughed and said, "Although I have been stationed in the Blood Luo World for billions of epochs, I still have some understanding of the internal affairs of the company. In the end, only a few universe rulers have taken action against Earth. The disciples and subordinates under the other universe rulers are still only in the planning stage and have not actually taken action."

"Instead of waiting for them to make a move and cause irreversible damage to the Earth, it's better to resolve the issue now."

As she spoke, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace looked at Luo Shen and said, "After all, Junior Brother Luo Shen is a rare genius in our lineage. He even helped me break through the bottleneck that had been stuck for so long. Isn't it a sure thing that he will become the second Universe Master under our master's tutelage in the future?"

These words were clearly meant to enlighten the Lord of Chaos City.

I, your disciple, only broke through thanks to Junior Brother Luo Shen. So, both morally and logically, I should stand on his side.

Moreover, if this matter is not handled properly, in the future you will neither gain any benefit nor lose a good disciple. You will be pleasing neither side and will not be in line with what Junior Brother Luo Shen wants.

The Lord of Chaos City glanced at the Lord of Heavenly Eclipse Palace, then at Luo Shen, whose eyes were full of anticipation.

He naturally understood the subtext of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master.

He pondered this inwardly, but ultimately agreed with the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master's words and chose to issue the order.

When the Lord of Chaos City issued this instruction in his capacity as the head of the Virtual Universe Company, the entire upper management of the Virtual Universe Company was in an uproar, and the Lion-Headed King, who had been stubborn before, was now ashen-faced.

To this day, he still can't believe that the fair and just Lord of Chaos City actually issued an order.

Meanwhile, the rulers of the virtual universe company rushed to the temple of the Chaos City Lord at the first opportunity, all wanting to confirm whether the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Lord was really about to take the final step.

You must know that the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace is a top-tier cosmic overlord!

In terms of sheer strength, he is already comparable to some newly advanced Universe Lords. Even a second-tier Universe Lord like the Lord of Sirius would find it difficult to kill the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace directly through combat.

Once the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace breaks through, he will slightly improve his divine body and then acquire a better supreme weapon.

They're comparable to a third-order universe master!

Most importantly, the Virtual Universe Company has finally produced another Universe Master, making it the power with the most Universe Masters among the five major forces. This is something to be quite proud of.

As for Earth, they might have had some ideas before.

But since the Lord of Chaos City had already spoken, and with the Lord of Heavenly Eclipse Palace about to break through, the combined influence of these two was considerable, so they naturally gave up on that idea.

The danger to Earth has been averted.

(End of this chapter)