“Did you bring them here on purpose?” The Golden Dragon God’s tone was unpleasant. As another incarnation of the Creator God, his wisdom naturally surpassed the ordinary.
Yang Hao nodded in agreement. “I could have destroyed these dragons, but they were your creations after all. I suppose you wouldn’t want to see them controlled by someone else.”
“Dragons must never be controlled by humans!” The Golden Dragon God roared, his gaze turning into golden beams that shot far into the distance.
“You now understand the side effects of the Overlord’s ambition, effects beyond imagination. You might not care about humans or other divine races, but there must be something in this universe that you do care about.” Yang Hao asked, “Would you really be willing to watch them perish at the hands of the Overlord?”
The Dragon God sighed deeply. When he exhaled, power flowed like water, enveloping Yang Hao and instantly rejuvenating him from his long journey. Pointing at the thousand mighty dragons kneeling in reverence, the Dragon God said, “Do you know what they are begging for?”
“They want you to lift the divine tribulation and remove the seal on their divine powers.”
Yang Hao didn’t need to be told; he could guess.
The Dragon God nodded, then shook his head. “But I can’t do it. Although I am their god and their creator, the divine tribulation can only be lifted by the supreme god of this universe. I am merely a projection of power and cannot accomplish this.”
“You must be able to do something.” Yang Hao stood opposite the Golden Dragon. Even though the Dragon God had shrunk his form, he was still much larger than Yang Hao. Yet Yang Hao felt no pressure at all. He raised his head, locked eyes with the Golden Dragon’s profound gaze, and directly projected his consciousness toward him. “Even I can overthrow the Overlord’s Elder Council. Even the weakest life forms in this universe know how to resist. You are the most powerful god in this universe. Surely you can do something?”
The Golden Dragon communicated with Yang Hao in the form of a consciousness wave. “According to the laws between the Creator Gods, mutual power projections are meant only to maintain the stability of the cosmic laws after the Creator Gods’ demise, such as delivering divine tribulations. However, direct interference and violence would trigger a backlash from the entire Creator God laws, possibly plunging countless realms into chaos.”
Yang Hao turned his head and saw the thousands of dragons painfully kneeling there. For these proud dragons, being sealed in power was worse than death. Now, being controlled by the Overlord was like a living hell.
Yang Hao nodded and smiled. “I don’t know anything about the Creator God laws. Not long ago, I was just an ordinary student in this universe. But soon, I will fight against the Overlord, even though there is a huge gap between our powers. Although these laws may dictate that I cannot win, I will still go.”
“Why?” The Golden Dragon asked in confusion. “With your current strength, although you cannot defeat the Overlord, you can protect yourself. You could take your people and settle down somewhere peacefully. Even if you are a bit more stubborn, the Overlord might even give this realm to you. After all, there are countless realms in this world. He can absorb stellar energy in other realms until he truly becomes a Creator God, which might take countless years.”
“I could do that,” Yang Hao admitted. “Perhaps I would have done that before, but not now.”
“Why?”
“After becoming a god, I asked myself, who does this world truly belong to?”
Yang Hao spread his hands, and stellar energy quickly gathered in his palms, gradually forming a cluster of stardust. This stardust shimmered with silver light, like tens of thousands of silver specks, resembling a miniature Milky Way.
“The world naturally belongs to the Creator,” the Dragon God declared proudly. “The Creator Law states that the supreme god transformed his dying energy into this world, making it the world of the supreme god. The Creator is the master of everything.”
Yang Hao understood. The Dragon God’s answer was what he expected, for this Dragon God was also a projection of the Creator God from another world, standing from a completely different perspective.
Yang Hao sneered. “Should a world shaped by the Creator’s power belong to the Creator? Does everything we create have to obey us?”
“Of course, that is the Creator Law,” the Dragon God said solemnly.
“Then…” Yang Hao’s gaze was sharp, unflinching as he stared at the Dragon God. “Should the children we give birth to belong to us? Shouldn’t they have their own will, their own consciousness, and their own lives?”
The Dragon God was stunned.
But Yang Hao was not finished. He pointed at the thousands of dragons beneath the Dragon God and roared, “These are the lives you created. These dragons, should they all belong to you? Don’t they have their own lives, their own consciousness, their own ways of living? Shouldn’t they live freely in this world?”
The Dragon God quietly looked at his kneeling subjects. Once proud and mighty, the dragons were now kneeling in despair. Controlled and bound, they had been tormented to the point of wishing for death. The Dragon God suddenly understood what Yang Hao meant.
Just as he had once said, the dragons were proud and perfect, not meant to be controlled.
Other lives were also proud and perfect, and should not be controlled by anyone.
Although this world was shaped by the Creator’s power, and the Creator Law dictated its ownership, the living beings within this world were like the Creator’s children. They were born, gained their own wisdom and lives, and from that moment, they no longer belonged to the Creator.
They had their own lives to live and should be able to control their own destinies.
The Dragon God exhaled a stream of dragon breath, which melted hundreds of large meteorites nearby, but compared to the turmoil in his heart, it was mild.
“I understand,” the Dragon God looked at Yang Hao. “Young man, you are returning this universe to all its lives.”
“Yes, I will fight for them and win this universe.”
Yang Hao smiled. “It is my duty.”
“Then young man, perhaps I can help you a bit.” The Golden Dragon God suddenly spread his wings, keeping a certain distance from Yang Hao.
This time, it was Yang Hao’s turn to be surprised. “You said you couldn’t interfere directly?”
“I can’t fight directly, but that doesn’t mean I can’t give you some gifts.” The Golden Dragon God smiled cunningly, fully displaying his ancient wisdom. “You know what dragons like to collect the most?”
“Gifts?” Yang Hao started scratching his head. Of course, he knew that dragons were known as the most greedy divine race in history, loving to collect all kinds of treasures. That’s why hunters always tried to find dragon lairs, for just a single visit could yield enough treasures to last a lifetime.
But the key was, Yang Hao probably didn’t need money the most now. He controlled the entire universe’s power; he could have anything he wanted, so what would he need money for?
The Golden Dragon God shook his claws and smiled. “I’m different from ordinary dragons. They like to collect money. What I collect is power.”
“Power?” Yang Hao was astonished. He didn’t know how power could be collected.
The Golden Dragon God raised one of his claws and lightly drew a line in the air, instantly transporting Yang Hao and himself to another uninhabited realm, far away from his subjects. Then, with a gentle tap of his claw upon that strange golden-black hole, the sudden suction force vanished, and the golden light dissipated. From within the black hole, a powerful and awe-inspiring energy wave surged forth.
As the golden light gradually faded, Yang Hao was stunned to see that inside the black hole was an incredibly brilliant starlight, like millions of condensed Milky Ways, with countless silver specks continuously flickering.
Flying behind Yang Hao, the Golden Dragon God said, “You thought only the Overlord was absorbing stellar energy in this universe? With his crude method of complete consumption, he has only reached the Immortal Realm after so many years of absorption. Doesn’t that seem strange to you?”
Yang Hao was shocked. “So you are also doing that.”
“I am competing with him,” the Golden Dragon God smiled cunningly. “Although the Creator God’s laws forbid me from directly confronting the Overlord, no one said I couldn’t collect stellar energy. Whenever the Overlord clears a part of the universe and begins to absorb energy, I secretly take half of it and hide it away.”
Yang Hao understood. The Dragon God had long anticipated this day, so he had been stealing half of the stellar energy that the Overlord was absorbing. This not only slowed the Overlord’s progress toward godhood but also ensured that the hidden stellar energy would eventually be of some use.
Yang Hao suddenly felt a surge of emotion. He realized that this Dragon God, who seemed to rigidly follow the Creator God’s laws, actually cared about everything in the universe.
“The stellar energy here is almost as much as what the Overlord absorbed back then. This is my gift to you,” the Golden Dragon God laughed and lightly tapped, sending Yang Hao into the black hole.
Such a generous gift, Yang Hao naturally would not refuse. At a time like this, with a major battle imminent, the stronger he became, the better. As soon as he entered the black hole and floated above the vast stellar energy, he began using the secret technique of the Dan Ding Sect.
It was better not to use it, for once he did, Yang Hao was almost overwhelmed by the surging stellar energy.
Previously, using this secret technique involved absorbing energy from one planet at a time, much like a person facing a small stream, which could be drained without any side effects.
But what Yang Hao was facing now was a massive reservoir. As soon as the dam opened, the floodwaters would wreak havoc.
Yang Hao encountered exactly this problem. An overwhelming amount of energy rushed into his body uncontrollably, flooding through him without the need for him to absorb it.
The Dragon God watched from outside. He saw Yang Hao’s body surrounded by dazzling, colorful energy. He was unconsciously drifting in the energy waves, his entire body repeatedly pierced by the stellar energy. Even his divine body was shattered and reformed countless times.
The Dragon God smiled slightly. He could naturally see that Yang Hao was unconsciously undergoing the transformation of his body and power into the Immortal Realm. Such a massive amount of stellar energy, which took the Overlord hundreds of years to absorb painfully, was now being enjoyed by Yang Hao in an instant.
As the final glow surrounded Yang Hao’s body, he underwent a new transformation.
Previously, Yang Hao had fair skin and a well-proportioned body, but now his entire body was as smooth and warm as jade, radiating a peaceful glow.
Around Yang Hao’s physical form, there were nine translucent images, a unique feature of the Immortal Realm gods. Beams of light radiated from Yang Hao’s body, like milky white holy light, spreading to various realms of the universe, announcing the god’s ascension to the cosmos.
However, at the same time, the sky also showed a mixture of black and red hues. Several divine tribulations were heading toward the unconscious Yang Hao.
Because Yang Hao had rapidly increased his power in an extremely short time, this had seriously violated the Creator God’s laws, so the divine tribulations this time were particularly fierce, almost tearing Yang Hao apart completely.
But no matter how fierce the tribulations were, it depended on who was protecting him. The Golden Dragon God, as the highest executor of divine tribulations in this world, would not take these small tribulations seriously. When the tribulations fell, he merely waved his golden claws, dissipating them into nothingness.
Yang Hao finally ascended to the Immortal Realm safely. He and the Overlord were finally on equal footing.
The Golden Dragon God soared through space, observing the lapis lazuli-like illusions around Yang Hao gradually merging into his physical form. He finally nodded and cast a cold gaze toward a certain direction in the universe.
Was the ultimate divine battle really about to begin?
In just one month, the universe underwent earth-shattering changes.
After the Galactic Empire’s Emperor Mian You declared allegiance to Yang Hao, the once-mighty empire finally collapsed. The United Galactic Federation rapidly unified the entire universe at an extraordinary pace.
As the United Galactic Federation announced that the planet would become the new federation’s capital, He De led four hundred Saint-level experts to eradicate the remaining forces of the Elder Council across the universe. They eliminated nearly two hundred left-wing elders in the east and west, and except for a few who escaped, the entire Elder Council, including the nine executive elders, had become dust of history.
From this moment on, the Overlord and the Elder Council’s centuries-long rule over the universe finally came to an end.
However, without the Galactic Emperor’s suppression, some former imperial governors and military forces began to show tendencies toward independence. In a desperate situation, Long Yun led the United Federation’s army to wage war across the galaxy, spending nearly half a month to suppress the first wave of rebellion.
Of course, this was only temporary. Once the highly centralized monarchy and the authority of the Elder Council were gone, unless Yang Hao himself appeared, no one could restrain the upcoming wave of factional wars across the universe.
But regardless, at the end of the month, the United Galactic Federation’s grand assembly was officially convened on the planet. Almost all of Yang Hao’s top experts had already become high-ranking officials.
He De and Emperor Mian You would respectively serve as the first and second deputy prime ministers of the United Galactic Federation. Long Yun became the first fleet commander-in-chief of the United Galactic Federation, commanding the entire federal fleet.
Yang Hao originally did not want to make the three women work too hard, but they, because of their positions, had entered a competition for higher ranks and all wanted to become high-ranking officials. Helplessly, Yang Hao had to personally appoint them.
Shi Mingyuan, because she was previously the leader of the Eastern Republican Federation, became one of the deputy prime ministers this time. Ling Ziyun was personally appointed by Yang Hao to become the chief strategist of the Federal Military General Staff. And Kan Ling remained on the familiar planet, starting to use the former imperial guards’ model to establish a new planetary guard and the Snow Night Lion Corps.
Xie Fengting, a descendant of the Light Saber School, was abandoned since childhood and experienced multiple expulsions from the Light Saber School. Due to his continuous failures, he was absorbed by the Hidden Dragon Pavilion as a hidden dragon. Yang Hao personally designated him to succeed Situ Hai’s position, becoming the guardian of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion.
Zhuge Jian was ordered to re-establish the Merchant Association and became the first of the nine councilors of the new Merchant Association. In the days to come, he would write a new legend.
The biggest difference between the entire federation’s structure and the previous empire was the decline of the aristocratic forces. Yang Hao was very dissatisfied with the aristocratic class of the Galactic Empire, believing them to be a bunch of vampires, so this time, he did not distribute any benefits to them.
From then on, many aristocratic families declined, fleeing to various corners of the universe, becoming a group of people nostalgic for their past glory.
Of course, there were also some aristocratic families that had originally occupied the positions of star system governors. They were not only unaffected but also had the privilege of participating in this United Galactic Federation’s grand assembly, becoming members of the confederation.
This assembly ultimately elected Yang Hao as the highest executive, highest prime minister, and highest leader of the entire United Galactic Federation, abolishing all worship of the Overlord in the universe. Yang Hao officially became the new spiritual leader of this universe.
A new era had finally begun.
But just as the centuries-old monarchy crumbled into dust and the new federal system was born, Yang Hao himself did not attend that meeting. It seemed to him that becoming the highest power holder in the universe was not that important.
On that day, the Golden Dragon God gave all his collected stellar energy to Yang Hao, helped him block the Immortal Tribulation, and then gave Yang Hao a coordinate in the universe.
It was evident that this Golden Dragon God really liked giving coordinates to people.
After Yang Hao received this coordinate, he disappeared for a whole month. Even the three women closest to him didn’t know what he was doing. Occasionally, when they saw him, he looked tired and worn out, nothing like the image of a mighty Immortal God.
However, no one dared to disturb Yang Hao’s work, for everyone knew that Yang Hao was preparing for the final battle against the Overlord. This battle would ultimately decide the future fate of the universe.
Trillions upon trillions of people silently hoped and prayed.
A month passed quickly. Yang Hao received a message from the Overlord, transmitted from some corner of the universe. His expression involuntarily became serious. In just this month, the Overlord’s strength seemed to have improved again. It seemed he had absorbed a lot of stellar energy in other realms.
Yang Hao did not say goodbye to anyone, for this battle, he was fighting on behalf of the Dan Ding Sect and every being in the universe. No matter the outcome, he would have no regrets.
The place where the Overlord challenged him was in the northern outer region of the universe, which surprised Yang Hao. However, upon arriving in the north, he realized that the Overlord had indeed chosen this location wisely. The northern outer region was the earliest area where the Overlord had drained all the energy, so here, there were only dead stars. Countless star systems lay silently in the cold universe, with no attraction between them, hence no orbits or rotations. These icy cold stone stars were merely drifting corpses here.
Such a hellish place, naturally, no one would dare to enter casually.
More importantly, there was no longer any stellar energy here, so the two of them, the Overlord and Yang Hao, could only rely on their own strength and could not absorb energy from the universe at any time.
Judging solely from this setup, the Overlord had already sealed Yang Hao’s chance of victory.
However, courage has never been forged by the opportunity of victory.
Yang Hao wore a dark green robe, with the prestigious symbol of Dan Ding embroidered on his chest. This outfit was prepared for him by the ancestral masters of the Xian Yin Realm, such as Tian Xuan Zi. It was said to be the uniform worn by the successive leaders of the Dan Ding Sect upon their ascension.
In just a short time, Yang Hao’s demeanor and temperament had undergone a tremendous change. The youthful impetuousness and naivety had long faded away before he became a god. Now, like the Overlord, he possessed a serene face, with a holy glow surrounding him like a tangible presence.
Speaking of which, the Overlord seemed even more ethereal and refined, after all, white hair and a long beard were the standard attire for an immortal, but compared to the inner darkness, the outer brilliance seemed even more nauseating.
When Yang Hao arrived at the northern outskirts, he saw the Overlord barefoot, standing on a small dead satellite, meditating.
The Overlord’s body had been transformed into an infinitely vast form. This transformation technique, for the current Yang Hao, was just a piece of cake.
“You came?” The Overlord suddenly opened his eyes, and a beam of gaze shot onto Yang Hao, making his skin feel a burning pain.
“Fighting in a graveyard, do you feel something?” Yang Hao’s mouth had a mocking meaning.
“Graveyard?”
“Isn’t it?” Yang Hao said coldly. “You’ve turned this place into a graveyard of stars. Don’t you feel even a bit of shame?”
The Overlord stared at Yang Hao for a while, then suddenly showed a strange smile. “You’re quite good, even better than your master. He wandered for a thousand years, just becoming a lonely ghost. But you? In such a short time, you actually became a Celestial Immortal. If you’re willing, I can spare your life.”
“No matter whether you’re willing or not, I have to kill you.” Yang Hao shot back with one sentence.
The Overlord was not moved and continued, “In fact, I can even share the world with you. In this world of multiverses, you can choose half of them at will, and I promise not to invade your territory. In your domain, you will be the supreme god. No one can challenge your authority.”
The Overlord thought the conditions he offered were already very attractive.
After all, the entire empire was built by him. He painstakingly initiated divine tribulations, sealing all the divine races and immortals, giving him and Yang Hao the opportunity to rule the world as Celestial Immortals.
Now, he was willing to give half of his domain to Yang Hao, and even let Yang Hao choose first. This generosity would even move the Overlord himself when he thought about it.
Yang Hao’s face didn’t even show a hint of surprise. He just said indifferently:
“Why did you kill Wu Yi? He was your most loyal disciple.”
“That useless fellow, since he couldn’t help, why keep him?” The Overlord resumed his lofty posture. “As my believer, he should have that awareness. He should be ready to die for me at any time.”
“They nine indeed were willing to die for you,” Yang Hao sighed. “But they shouldn’t have died by your hand.”
“Is there a difference?” The Overlord said coldly.
Yang Hao nodded. “Yes, for you, there is no difference. Because to you, whether it’s Wu Yi, the executive elders, the Heroic Emperor, or every life in the universe, they are all insignificant beings that can be killed at any time.”
“We are gods. What are those lowly lives to a god?”
Yang Hao said calmly, “Do you remember why you unified the cultivation sects and sealed the divine races’ powers?”
The Overlord frowned, seemingly reluctant to recall that past time.
But Yang Hao was helping him remember. “You saw the bloodshed of the divine and demonic war. You hoped to seal the divine races to save the innocent lives in this universe.”
“Is that so?” The Overlord’s face was indifferent.
“Why have you forgotten your original intention and your ideals?” Yang Hao asked in confusion.
The Overlord sneered, clenched his fist, and a nearby satellite instantly exploded into powder. “Power, do you understand? Power. I have power, I have authority. In this world, no one can stop me from seeking greater power.”
“What do you want?” Yang Hao said. “You are already the most powerful person in this world. You were once the only god. Why aren’t you satisfied?”
“Satisfied?” The Overlord laughed loudly. “You’re too funny. What does being the only god matter? I have never been the strongest. And in this world, there is only one strongest, that is the Creator God, the Supreme God, the Creator. I will become his heir, that is my only goal.”
“At any cost?” Yang Hao asked.
“Yes, at any cost.”
“If this world is destroyed by you, even if you become the Supreme God, what good will it do?”
The Overlord smiled. “If this world is destroyed, I will create another. Since I can become the Creator, what can’t I create?”
As the Overlord spoke of his past, the northern outskirts remained immersed in silence as before. But Yang Hao and the Overlord were like two lighthouses in the night, completely lacking the tense atmosphere before a battle.
“Many, many years ago, I was a cultivator in another realm.
Unfortunately, our realm was the main battlefield of the divine and demonic war. I was drawn into the war. The huge gap in strength left me no chance of winning. My luck was still good; I didn’t turn to dust but was thrown out of that realm and entered this universe.” The Overlord spoke of his history as calmly as still water. “Heaven protected me. Just when I thought I had no hope left, I discovered that secret, the secret about the Creator God and his heir. I realized this was an opportunity, the biggest opportunity of my life.”
“You unified the orthodox cultivation sects just to prepare for this?”
The Overlord suddenly laughed loudly. “You’re wrong.”
“Wrong?” Yang Hao’s eyes were sharp as knives.
“I unified the orthodox cultivation sects and painstakingly collected divine treasures just to eliminate the Dan Ding Sect.”
“Why?” This was the first time Yang Hao had heard this. Usually, Hun Yuan Zi thought that the Overlord’s elimination of the Dan Ding Sect was just one battle in the process of unifying the orthodox cultivation sects.
“Because your master, Hun Yuan Zi, was the heir of the Creator God a thousand years ago.” The Overlord’s expression was somewhat gloomy. “I wanted to force him, to push him out of his comfortable environment. I wanted him to help me find the power of the Creator God.”
“You destroyed the thousand-year foundation of my Dan Ding Sect and killed my master’s wife just to force my master to help you find that power?” Yang Hao said fiercely.
“Pity Hun Yuan Zi was not up to the task. He wandered for a thousand years and couldn’t find even a single clue. What a waste.” The Overlord laughed again. “But he did do one good thing in the end, which was to choose you. It’s truly pitiful that both heirs of the Creator God are from the Dan Ding Sect, separated by a thousand years, yet you have become one person.”
“We are one person, and we also share the same hatred.” Yang Hao’s mood slowly calmed down, causing the planets that had been attracted by his anger to return to their original positions one by one.
“Now, let’s see where the power of the Creator God truly lies!” After the Overlord finished speaking, he attacked. He attacked with full force.
The sacred power that the Overlord had accumulated over a thousand years surged out without reservation from his palm, forming a vast, milky-white torrent of energy in the universe,疯狂ly pressing toward Yang Hao’s body.
Yang Hao did not resist at all, allowing the energy to engulf him completely.
The supreme power of light, a thick beam of radiant energy, completely pierced through Yang Hao.
Endless stellar energy condensed in the sky, transforming into a radiant force capable of purifying all darkness. This light force was even more powerful than the Great Radiance术 that Yang Hao had seen before.
Because this light originates from the power of the Creator God, it is the source of the world’s birth. The entire world began from this very first beam of light.
Yang Hao was pierced through by the beam of light, yet his face showed no expression of pain.
Quite the opposite, right on Yang Hao’s body, red light began to radiate from behind his back. This light even overpowered the milky-white holy glow. It meandered through the air, gradually converging bit by bit, and finally transformed into a strange, dazzling nebula-like flower.
The original source of light released by the至尊is the Third Light Baptism, and also the final condition for the blooming of the Nebula Flower.
The flower extended from behind Yang Hao all the way to many light-years away. This enormous floral shape was actually composed of countless galaxies. Together, these galaxies emitted a striking dark red glow, as if piercing through the entire universe.
Nowhere in this world could there be a more spectacular scene; the entire universe seems to fade into insignificance for the blooming of this single flower. The energy of more than half the stars in the vast universe has been devoted to the emergence of this flower’s breathtaking beauty.
The people of the United Federation of the Universe almost all witnessed this extraordinary cosmic spectacle. Although they did not understand its meaning at the time, long afterward it would still be widely spread and regarded as a divine miracle of the Supreme Deity’s manifestation.
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