“Rest assured, Lord Luo Feng,” said a Monarch of the Cosmos with a yellow upper body resembling a human and lower limbs like the tentacles of an octopus, his voice deep and resonant. “After this defeat in battle, many independent races who originally sided with the Insect Race, the Demon Race, and the Mechanical Race will certainly reconsider their stance. This alliance of three races was never solid to begin with. Following a defeat, it’s only natural for some factions to withdraw. The three races naturally won’t dare to force them to remain—doing so would provoke backlash from numerous races. Once our race breaks away, we will join the Hong Alliance.”
“Good!” Luo Feng smiled and nodded. “Join the Hong Alliance. Whether we win or lose in the final war, humans will guide you with some experiences from the ancient civilization that cultivates to the strongest beings in the cosmos.”
“But for now, I can’t release you yet. Wait until your race’s Dark Master Qiu surrenders, and I will release you,” Luo Feng promised.
“I understand,” the alien with an octopus-like lower body quickly replied.
Come on, being imprisoned inside the Star Tower, his life was under the control of Lord Luo Feng. How could he dare to show any dissatisfaction?
…
Leaning on the railing, Luo Feng gazed into the endless darkness, watching the undulating Thousand-Treasure River, his expression extremely solemn.
Although he had gained some results from his private conversation with twelve alien Monarchs of the Cosmos, Luo Feng knew clearly that his efforts to induce some independent races to rebel and defect were only minutely effective in the grand scheme. However, even a mosquito’s meat is still meat. The human camp, now in dire straits, must grasp every scrap of meat and swallow it fiercely!
“The attack by the allied forces of the three races was merely a rehearsal.”
“The real war has yet to begin.” Luo Feng felt infinite pressure as he looked into the distant endless void.
The storm is coming.
This is a terrifying storm that will sweep across the entire primordial universe!
…
The defeat of the allied forces of the three races had far-reaching consequences.
For the human race, there were both pros and cons. The downside was that other hostile forces would elevate the threat of humans to a new level, likely pushing them even harder! However, relatively speaking, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks, as those who would definitely strike against the human race would do so ruthlessly! And there were many benefits… the most important being the attraction of ‘neutral forces’ to defect!
…
In the territory of the demon race, on an ordinary habitable planet named ‘Blood Fang Star’—once the exclusive domain of an immortal deity of the demon race—a gathering place for the upper echelons of six major factions had now been established.
On the beautiful grasslands.
Six mighty wills converged here in the form of avatars, representing the Yaozu’s “Dream Demon Ancestor” and “Zhen Demon Ancestor,” the Insect Race’s Queen, the Mechanical Race’s Father God, the Yomi Race’s Demon Sovereign, and the Crystal Race’s Holy Lord. These six supreme cosmic beings stood as representatives of five of the nine primordial superpowers in the universe.
“Why hasn’t the Northern Border Alliance arrived yet?” The Demon Sovereign’s giant tail coiled around him, his scarlet eyes scanning the area.
“We naturally arrive quickly since our wills are projected. The Northern Border Alliance needs to use their divine kingdoms for teleportation, so they will be a bit late,” Zhen Demon Ancestor replied in a low tone.
“After all, the one making the actual decisions for the Northern Border Alliance isn’t the alliance leader himself, but the Monarchs of the Cosmos,” the Holy Lord of the crystal race said slowly, then turned his gaze to the distance, “They’re here.”
They all sensed the ripple of teleportation; obviously, some powerful beings had arrived on the planet.
“Buzz~~” “Buzz~~” “Buzz~~”
Three figures flew in from the distance.
They instantly landed.
“Have all five races arrived? Our Northern Border Alliance is slightly late,” said one of the three figures—the leader, whose entire body appeared to be composed of flowing crystal. This was indeed the Star River Monarch. As the most formidable figure in the Northern Border Alliance, the Star River Monarch typically manifested as a ‘Dark Void’ entity. However, this time, since he was meeting the six most powerful beings, he naturally revealed his true form.
“Star River Monarch, Black Lotus Monarch, Liu Lan Star Monarch,” the mechanical race’s father god spoke, “This is the first time I’ve seen you three appear together.”
“This matter is of great importance; how could we three not appear?” said the Black Lotus Monarch, whose entire body was surrounded by layers of lotus leaves and whose head resembled plant stamens.
These three were no ordinary beings.
The Northern Border Alliance was a super alliance that gathered many scattered races, with the number of Monarchs of the Cosmos reaching about a hundred! Considering that an elite alliance like the Hong Alliance had about forty Monarchs of the Cosmos, the number in the loosely knit super alliance like the Northern Border could be imagined. Internally, it was divided into many factions.
As for the leader of the Northern Border Alliance?
He was merely a figurehead, with mutual assistance between him and the others.
In fact, the true influence lay with the Star River Monarch, the Black Lotus Monarch, and Liu Lan Star Monarch. All three of them possessed ‘top-tier fifth-stage’ combat power!
The Black Lotus Monarch represented six plant life races within the Northern Border Alliance, forming a super faction of his own. Liu Lan Star Monarch was the spiritual leader of the largest race in the Northern Border Alliance—the Liu Lan race. As for the Star River Monarch, although he was a special life form, he was famous for his ability to reverse time and resurrect, having saved countless cosmic lords of various races, widely bestowing kindness. He was somewhat like the status of Chaos City Lord in the human race, handling many matters with great fairness and receiving support from many smaller races, representing a coalition of ‘special life form warriors’ and ‘small race warriors’.
These three were the three major factions within the entire Northern Border Alliance. Their agreement represented the agreement of 95% of the races in the alliance.
This was the nature of such loose alliances—their cohesion was evidently inferior to that of humanity, the Yaozu, the Yomi race, and other factions.
…
“Now that everyone is here, let’s begin,” rumbled Zhen Demon Ancestor in a low voice. “You all know that in the previous battle, our demon race, allied with the insect race and the mechanical race, was defeated by the human alliance. The gains Luo Feng obtained from severing the Donghe bloodline’s inheritance have already shown significant impact on the human race. The will-impact treasures and the Black Prison Tower, among other treasures, were completely absent from the human race before this.”
“That’s right. Before this, who had ever possessed a will-impact treasure? We had never even heard of such a thing. Even the Black Striped Stone Pillars were immovable oddities.”
“The human race has indeed grown significantly stronger.”
“So how much benefit did the human race gain from the inheritance of the Donghe bloodline?”
Just as the others were conversing,
“These are secondary issues!” The mechanical race’s father god suddenly spoke, drawing the attention of the other five supreme beings and three cosmic monarchs.
“The inheritance is primarily about guiding cultivation experiences!” The mechanical race’s father god said slowly. “With cultivation guidance, it’s believed that the human race will give rise to more supreme beings of the cosmos in the future! The Divine Eye race once had seven; with the inheritance of the ancient civilization, the human race could possibly have ten or even more supreme beings of the cosmos!”
“Back in the first cycle era, the Divine Eye race was rampant in the primordial universe, occupying vast territories.”
“As the human race grows stronger, they are destined to occupy more territories. More territories mean more life forms, more geniuses, and thus more powerful beings. With more powerful beings, they will control even more territories… This cycle will cause the human race’s power to continuously expand,” the mechanical race’s father god said solemnly. “How strong will the humans become in the future? Imagine the situation the Divine Eye race had back then, but tripled!”
Tripled?
For a moment, everyone was silent.
The Divine Eye race had seven supreme beings and occupied an incredibly vast expanse of the universe. If tripled?
21 supreme beings of the cosmos? Triple the territory?
“That wouldn’t even be enough if we gave all our territories of the five peak races to the humans,” the demon monarch exuded an aura of evil and madness. “This absolutely cannot be allowed to happen.”
“The primordial universe has only so much territory, and it can only sustain so many living beings! The expansion of the human race naturally means the decline of other races,” continued the mechanical race’s father god. “Before, I didn’t think the threat of the human race was that significant, but now, having just obtained the inheritance, the humans have already defeated the alliance of the three races. If we give them a bit more time… perhaps all the other forces in the primordial universe combined won’t be able to stand against the humans! By then, the primordial universe will be dominated solely by humans. We’ll regret it, but it will be too late.”
“Yes, yes.”
“If they can defeat the alliance of the three races now, how terrifying will they be in the future?”
Even the Star River Monarch said, “This absolutely cannot be allowed to happen.”
As the father god of the mechanical race spoke, the six factions quickly reached a consensus. Territory was the foundation of each race; if humans expanded, their own territories would shrink, leading to decline. This was a natural consequence.
“Our six factions…” the gentle voice of the Insect Queen spoke slowly, “can easily unite because we all occupy extremely important and vast territories in the primordial universe. However, other factions are different. Take the Ancestral God Sect, for example; it is purely a gathering of various special life forms, with their only territory being the Ancestral God Secret Realm, which does not conflict with the humans over territory! The Starbeast Alliance is even more detached; those young Starbeasts are born wandering in space… they don’t need much territory. As for the independent supreme beings, they need even less territory.”
“Yes.”
“Exactly. The fight for territory makes it easy for us to unite, but independent supreme beings, the Starbeast Alliance, and the Ancestral God Sect won’t care too much. What they truly value is the legacy of transcending reincarnation! If the humans attempt to win them over, they might side with humanity! In that scenario, even our united six factions wouldn’t stand a chance.”
“Therefore, we must unite all forces that can be united—all independent supreme beings, the Ancestral God Sect, and the Starbeast Alliance—and strive to win them over. I don’t believe the humans would reveal the secrets of transcending samsara to them; even if they did, it might not be the truth.”
“Moreover—”
“The biggest force in the entire primordial universe isn’t any of our nine factions or the independent supreme beings. It is the countless scattered races spread across every territory of the primordial universe. There are billions of these races; although each may only have one or two cosmic monarchs, if all are added together, there might be hundreds of cosmic monarchs. However, because they are too scattered, they only form small factions united together. What we need to do is try our best to win them over.”
The threat of the Ancient God’s Eye, though formidable.
A trump card only exerts its greatest impact when kept hidden. Now that it has been revealed, there are naturally numerous ways to counter it, reducing the threat of the Ancient God’s Eye to the minimum.
“Billions of races, each seemingly insignificant, with the strong ones having only one or two cosmic monarchs. But when all are added together, their territory becomes vast. When humans expand in the future, they will likely destroy them and occupy their territory. Based on this alone, many scattered races can be won over.”
The six factions discussed and exchanged views with each other.
They tried every means possible to strengthen their own forces and weaken the enemy’s forces.
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