Swallowing the Starry Sky for Billions of Years

Chapter 770 Aftermath
In the Chaos Ruins, Gu En had been meeting alone with the Lord of Chaos City for quite some time.

“Even I have never achieved such an exaggerated record.” The Chaos City Lord naturally took over the twenty-three Universe Venerables and suppressed them in another, truly high-grade sealing treasure. “You have become famous. Now they all call you ‘Palace Master Gu Hui’. Except for the human Gu En, the illusion of the dark universe will be remembered by them forever.”

"Palace Master Gu Hui?" Gu En pondered. It wasn't bad, better than the previous Blood Suppressor Venerable and Silver Sea Venerable. However, this battle record was too shocking. The title of Palace Master Gu Hui would definitely spread. Even if Gu En insisted on denying it, this title would be more representative than the human Gu En.

"It seems the Eight Palaces are still fresh in their minds," Gunn said jokingly.

"What's next? Those members of the Thorn Ring Alliance, the Northern Frontier Alliance, the Demon Clan, and even the Ancestral God Cult of Venerable Fan Hui's faction who suffered losses will probably all target you on the Primordial Star to retaliate. Those alien Venerables won't let it go easily either," the Chaos City Lord asked curiously.

"To truly make a name for myself, I should continue to clash head-on with them until they can no longer target me. With the Eight Universes Palace, I am quite safe." Gu En did not seem smug. "But being suppressed by Venerable Yu Yu made me realize my shortcomings. My Rust Star move is definitely an ultimate technique at the level of a cosmic overlord, but it has very little effect on Venerable Yu Yu and Lord Li Xiu. If I continue to fight, I will only be exchanging blows with some ordinary people. I plan to rest for a while and see if I can further improve my willpower before entering the Primal Star."

"It's good that you know what you're doing. The Illusionary Sea isn't working well for you, so you should try other methods." The Chaos City Lord was very satisfied with Gu En's choice. Why did the ultimate technique of the Overlord level have little effect on the two Overlords? It could make dozens of Venerables fall into it, but many Venerables still regained their senses on their own. The reason was that Gu En's willpower was only slightly above average among high-level Venerables, and even that "slightly above average" was a bit of a stretch.

Willpower isn't only effective when resisting soul attacks. As the saying goes, willpower is the general and consciousness is the soldier. This ultimate technique only shows its invincible charm when the general isn't strong enough. However, this should be a secret technique that puts a lot of pressure on even overlord-level beings, but it is dragged down by the strength of willpower.

It's somewhat laughable that this happened to a being skilled in soul magic, but considering he's only been cultivating for about 300,000 years, if his willpower grows rapidly, it will be incredible. However, at this point, the other three races in the core area will definitely be very wary of Gu En. At this time, it would be very dangerous for him to be active on the Primordial Star.

Gunn was right to decisively evacuate from the original planet.

A life form that can approach the level of a cosmic overlord in 300,000 years is worthy of our utmost attention.

"What do you plan to do with these Venerable Ones?" the Chaos City Lord asked. "These are all Venerable Ones of the Universe who were captured alive; they are of great value."

“Venerable Gaolong, I plan to transfer it to Venerable Xuanyi. Venerable Xueqi has reserved the Star Lord of Fanwa, but he doesn’t intend to enslave him. Instead, he plans to exchange it for treasure points. I’ll keep five for myself.” Gu En and the other two had already discussed it. “Venerable Jiao E is inside. I’ll take a look first to see if he intends to negotiate.”

“You’ve been quite kind to them.” The Chaos City Lord nodded. “I’ll grant you access to the Golden Origin Realm. Let me know when you’ve handled things.”

These are all high-level Venerables, and Gu En has already looted all their treasures. But the very status of a high-level Venerable determines their basic value. After all, Venerable Xuan Yi and Venerable Xue Qi were among the few Venerables who took the initiative to help him under those circumstances, so it is only right that he be given something.

He only reserved five slots for himself because he was merely a cosmic venerable. Enslaving one would bring pressure to his soul and negatively impact his strength. It wasn't about unlimited enslavement, and enslaving so many would be pointless. Most of them had grown over long periods and their potential was essentially exhausted. Only those who were strong enough and young enough could be gathered into five; there was no need for the others.

These five are capable of holding their own against the other eighteen Venerables; that's a fact.

The Lord of Chaos City opened a golden door, and Gu En jumped straight in. It was a space-time filled with brilliant golden light. As long as there was life, it would naturally be stained with a special metal. This metal would slowly become thicker and thicker, strengthening the seal. If it was suppressed in the Golden Origin Realm for a long enough time, the Golden Origin Realm would only need to expend extremely little energy to maintain the suppression, thus indirectly releasing the power of the seal.

'This is a supreme treasure.'

Gu En was very envious. He released Jie Hai Lou and, together with the Chaos City Lord, transferred all life to the Golden Origin Realm.

He needs to try enslaving that alien Axe Guardian Venerable who has clones first; the others can wait.

……

The territory of the demon clan.

"The human Gunn has actually grown to this level. It seems that he may have the potential to become a cosmic ruler."

"If a new cosmic ruler were to emerge at this point in time, it would affect the balance of power among the four races, and this must not be allowed."

In a supreme temple of the demon race, two cosmic lords of the demon race looked at the intelligence in their hands and couldn't help but become serious. The Lord of Annihilation and the Lord of the Netherworld Demons handled most of the major affairs of the demon race in place of the Dream Demon Ancestor. However, usually, the two cosmic lords would only meet once every few eras to resolve some unresolved matters in one go.

"Should we kill him? If he's willing to appear on the Primordial Star, it's not impossible to kill him. But we'd need to get a Universe Lord who's skilled in soul attacks. He's very adept at soul techniques, and in this battle, his techniques will definitely be the ultimate techniques of a hegemon, along with soul treasures. It'll be very difficult for the hegemons to kill him."

"There are only two possibilities for him to appear on the original planet: one, he has an avatar and humans have given him a soul treasure to prevent him from being enslaved or having his soul destroyed; two, humans are using him as a trap."

The Lord of the Dark Demons shook his head directly: "No one wants to start a battle between the Lords of the Universe at this time. We don't want to, and neither do humans."

Then the Lord of the Netherworld sighed, "This guy is really troublesome at this time. What I fear most is that he stays in the human territory. Even if he shows himself, with his flying palace, it will be difficult to do anything to him."

The flying palace is what gives the two cosmic rulers a headache. It determines that Gunn is not so easy to control. He can't beat him, he can't run away, but he can hold out.

“I do have an idea,” the Lord of Annihilation said slowly. “In the Wind-Riding Universe Kingdom, which is the home of human Gunn, there is a lot of information indicating that he is very interested in how to guide the genetic changes of his race. Moreover, he often checks the progress, and he is quite interested in the changes in the strength of his genes.”

"You even managed to spy on this?" The Lord of the Netherworld was taken aback. With this intelligence capability, why not explore the defensive arrangements of the Primal Secret Realm as well?

"It's different. He currently controls more than ten universe nations awaiting development, with only Venerable Bloodsteed overseeing the work. There are many flaws in all aspects, making it relatively easy to infiltrate a lot of intelligence. But things will be different later. He will capture so many Venerables alive, and he will definitely enslave some of them. At that time, he will only need three Venerables to oversee affairs, and these spies will be easily exposed. The credibility of this intelligence is still very high right now," the Lord of Annihilation explained.

The Lord of the Netherworld nodded. With the abilities of a Universe Venerable, if a spy were to inquire about every little detail, it would be difficult to keep it from a Universe Venerable unless the spy did nothing at all. After all, among different races, Venerable-level spies are as rare as stars in the sky. Even a normal Venerable, or even a Demon Race Venerable, would not be so concerned about the territory of the Demon Race.

But soul slaves are different; they have no "private affairs." Right now, the Blood Steed Venerable is in charge of the affairs of more than ten universe kingdoms. No matter how carefully he looks at the information, it can overwhelm him. But if two Venerables are added, they will immediately notice something is wrong.

"You've seen my grandson, Jiao E. He's fallen into his hands. My idea is to negotiate with him and, incidentally, test his interest in gene multiplication. If he does, we'll give him our research results. It's a dead end, do you really think he can succeed? These kinds of geniuses are often overconfident. If we give them the results, they might become obsessed, wasting precious cultivation time," the Lord of Annihilation said seriously.

The Lord of the Dark Demons thought about it and agreed.

Secret Pattern Flow, Mind Flow, Gene Multiplication Flow...

These are all paths that many geniuses and powerful individuals have tried, aside from the fundamental laws. The Secret Pattern Flow has achieved some results, and the Mind Flow is said to have been attempted by the Silver Crown Dragon Clan, but they have only managed to cultivate one immortal-level life form. Genetic multiplication is even more difficult. The achievements of the powerful individuals of various races have only guided some races to undergo some changes in characteristics. This is a route that has not yet yielded any formal results. Is it possible that a human being will be surpassed by all these previous life forms?

"Hopefully we can delay it. Please make arrangements as soon as possible. The more authentic the results, the better. Make a few minor modifications. As long as he studies them, it will take him a long time." The Lord of the Netherworld agreed. "But in this way, will no one be able to substantially hinder his growth?"

"If I inform the Machine Race and the Zerg, aren't they worried? They can join forces on the Primal Star, find Gunn, and suppress him." The Lord of Annihilation had thought things through very thoroughly.

……

The territory of the mechanical race.

Information about Gunn was passed up, and the Mechanical Race Universe Lord in charge took it very seriously: "Maintain a tacit understanding with other races on the Primordial Star to suppress him and prevent him from seizing the treasure. As for killing him, do you think the Demon Race and the Insect Race can just sit idly by?"

……

Zerg territory.

Information about Gunn was sent to the temple, and soon after, the Zerg Queen Deerheart, who was skilled in soul annihilation, left the temple.