Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 278 Turbulent Times, the Powerful Human Race

A great battle between the human race and the allied forces of the three races had a profound impact.

The outcome of this battle had both positive and negative effects on the human race.

The benefit, of course, is that it deterred some small and medium-sized forces that were "willing to do the deed but lack the courage," preventing them from getting involved in actions against the human race.

Some forces even took the initiative to join the human race after seeing its strength, which naturally greatly enhanced the strength of the human camp.

The downsides are also obvious. Other hostile forces will elevate the threat to humanity to a new level, and their actions against humans will become even more insane!

In the territory of the demon race, there is an ordinary life-bearing planet called 'Bloodfang Star'.

This place was once the exclusive territory of an immortal god of the demon race, but recently it has become a gathering place for powerful beings!
On the beautiful grassland.

Six powerful wills coalesced into avatars here: the 'Dream Demon Ancestor' and 'Shock Demon Ancestor' of the demon race, the queen of the insect race, the father god of the mechanical race, the demon ancestor of the prison race, and the holy lord of the crystal race.

These six strongest beings in the universe represent five of the nine super powers in the original universe!

Not long after these six thoughts descended, three figures also teleported to this location, accompanied by spatial fluctuations.

The 'Lord of the Star River' has a body as clear and crystalline as flowing water, the 'Lord of the Black Lotus' has a head that resembles the stamen of a plant flower, surrounded by rings of lotus leaves, and the 'Lord of the Cloudy Star' has hundreds of black horns on its head, as well as ferocious spikes on its back and joints.
These are three from the Northern Frontier Alliance. Although the Northern Frontier Alliance is one of the nine top powers in the original universe, and there are the strongest people in the universe in the alliance, the 'Northern Frontier Alliance Leader' was just invited to be a figurehead, and the two sides are just helping each other.

The three who truly control the various factions of the Northern Frontier Alliance are none other than the Lord of the Star River and the other two who have arrived this time!

"Lord of the Star River, Lord of the Black Lotus, Lord of the Cloudy Star."

The mechanical father god spoke, "This is the first time I've seen you all together."

“This matter involves a great deal of responsibility. Since everyone is here, how could the three of us not show up?” The Lord of the Star River, whose body was as clear as flowing water, stepped forward and spoke.

"Now that we're here, let's begin."

Zhen Yaozu roared in a low voice, "As you all know, in the previous battle, my demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race allied, but were defeated by the human race. In fact, in that battle, the humans did not even need the help of their allies in the Hong Alliance. They only had to send their own universe lords to directly suppress the allied forces of my three races!"

"The fact that the human race has made such a huge improvement in such a short time shows that they have gained tremendous benefits from the inheritance of the Duan Donghe lineage!"

"First, the human race's Chaos Lord broke through to become the strongest. In this battle, they also revealed more than ten supreme treasures. There's also the human's Master of the Wonderful Fate Pavilion, who, despite being a Universe Lord, possesses various methods that are in no way inferior to the strongest in the universe. Including Luo Feng and a large number of other human Universe Lords, they also possess extremely strong combat power."

Zhen Yaozu said solemnly, "Only ten thousand years have passed since the end of the Duan Donghe inheritance, and the human race has undergone such a tremendous transformation. If we let them continue to grow, what will become of them!"

Zhen Yaozu's words caused all the super powerhouses gathered here to look on with solemnity.

"Zhenjiao is right. It is a legacy of ancient civilization, and its most powerful effect is reflected in the guidance of cultivation experience."

The Mechanical God slowly said, "With cultivation guidance, I believe that the human race will produce more of the strongest beings in the universe in the future! The Divine Eye Clan once had seven, and with the inheritance of ancient civilization, humanity may have ten or even more of the strongest beings in the universe!"

"In the first era of reincarnation, the Divine Eye Clan was extremely arrogant in the primordial universe, occupying a large amount of territory."

"As the human race grows, it is destined to occupy more territory. With more territory, more life will be bred, more geniuses will be born, and more strong people will be born. With more strong people, the territory will be even larger, and so on. Human power will continue to expand."

The Mechanical God spoke solemnly, “How strong will humanity become in the future? Imagine three times the strength of the Divine Eye Clan back then!”

three times?
For a moment, all parties fell into silence.

The seven strongest members of the Divine Eye Clan once occupied a vast territory of the primordial universe during their era of reincarnation.

What if it's three times?
21 of the strongest beings in the universe? At least three times the size of their territory? That's incredibly outrageous!
"It's three times better than the situation of the Divine Eye Clan back then. Even if we gave all the territories of my five top clans to humans, it still wouldn't be enough."

The Demon Ancestor exuded an aura of evil madness, declaring, "This must absolutely not be allowed to happen!"

"The original universe had only so much territory and so many living beings! The expansion of mankind was naturally accompanied by the decline of other races."

The mechanical god continued, "I didn't think humans posed a great threat before, but they have only just received the inheritance and they have already defeated our three-race alliance. I am not exaggerating. If we give them more time, I'm afraid that all the other forces in the entire primordial universe combined will not be able to defeat humans! At that time, the primordial universe will probably be dominated by humans, and it will be too late for us to regret it."

"Yep."

"If they can defeat the three-race alliance now, how terrifying will they be in the future?"

Even the Lord of the Star Rivers said, "This must not be allowed to happen!"

With the Demon Ancestor and the Mechanical Race Father God speaking one after another, and the Prison Race, Crystal Race, and Northern Frontier Alliance already having a vague sense of the threat to the human race, the six forces quickly reached a consensus!

Territory is the foundation of their various ethnic groups. As humanity expands, their territory shrinks and declines. This is a natural phenomenon, but it is something they absolutely cannot accept!
Unite! We must unite to resist the development of humanity!
"It's quite easy for our six major forces to unite," the Zerg Queen said slowly in a gentle voice. "After all, we all occupy extremely important and vast territories in the primordial universe, but the other forces are different. Take the Ancestral God Cult, for example; it's purely a gathering of many special life forms, and its only territory is the Ancestral Mystic Realm, so there's no territorial conflict with humanity! The Starry Sky Beast Alliance is even more transcendent; those weaker starry sky beasts were born wandering and roaming in the universe, so they didn't need much territory at all. As for the strongest lone wolves, they need even less territory."

"Ah."

"Yes, the territorial disputes make it easier for us to unite, but the strongest lone wolves, the Starry Sky Beast Alliance, and the Ancestral God Cult don't care too much. They value the inheritance that transcends reincarnation more. If humans try to win them over, they might just defect. In that case, even if we six powers unite, it won't work!"

"That's right. Firstly, since the human race has inherited the legacy of that ancient civilization, they might have even more powerful trump cards that they haven't revealed yet. Secondly, we also need to prevent the human race from gaining a large number of allies, which would make it even harder for us to deal with them!"

"Therefore, we must unite all forces that can be united. We must try our best to win over all the strongest lone wolves, the Ancestral God Cult, and the Starry Sky Beast Alliance. Even if we cannot win them over, we must never let them stand on the side of humanity!"

"The goals don't have to be limited to these—"

"The greatest power in the entire primordial universe is not any of our nine major powers, nor the strongest lone wolves, but countless scattered groups of races across the various territories of the primordial universe! There are billions of those scattered groups, and among them, there may be only one or two powerful beings who are universe lords. But if you add them all together, there are probably several hundred universe lords. However, because they are so scattered, they have only united to form small forces. What we need to do is try our best to win them over."

The sheer number of powerful treasures displayed by the human race naturally poses a significant threat.

However, an ace can only be most effective when it is not exposed. Now that it has been exposed, there are naturally many ways to deal with it. For example, if they can win over a few more forces with supreme treasures and the strongest individuals in the universe, they can naturally offset the advantage of the human race's supreme treasures.

Moreover, when the number of their universe masters reaches a certain level, even if the human race creates a few top-tier sixth-order and top-tier fifth-order warriors with their supreme treasures, how much impact can that have on the overall battle?

“There are billions of races, each one weak and insignificant, with only one or two powerful beings who are universe lords. But if you add them all together, their territory is enormous. When humanity expands in the future, it will probably annihilate them and occupy their territory. Based on this alone, we can also win over many idle races.”

The entire primordial universe was rife with undercurrents.

A much larger alliance has been quietly established, primarily composed of six factions: the Zerg, the Demon Clan, the Machine Clan, the Prison Clan, the Crystal Clan, and the Northern Frontier Alliance!

Moreover, these six major forces are trying every means possible, whether it's to win them over or to coerce them, employing both overt and covert methods.

For example, they might bribe a cosmic ruler with numerous benefits to influence that power. In short, they would use every means at their disposal!

This is done to attract as many powerful forces and individuals as possible to join their side, thereby increasing their own power while indirectly weakening the opponent's power.

After all, if our side has ten more Universe Lords, the other side might have ten fewer. In a round trip, that's equivalent to the combat power of 20 Universe Lords.

However, how could the powerful figures of those countless idle clans not be cautious when faced with decisions that could affect the fate of their entire clan!
Faced with the allied forces' attempts to win them over, some factions, either out of fear of humanity or out of a desire for the ancient civilization inherited by humanity, chose to join.

Many more are in a wait-and-see mode, and a considerable number of them are even inclined to join the human race.

After all, even if they joined the coalition, these independent forces would have little say.

Even if the allied forces achieve final victory and acquire some of the ancient civilization's heritage from the human race, they may not necessarily gain much benefit.

But joining the human race is a different story.

This is a critical moment when humanity is facing a major crisis and challenge. If they offer timely assistance, the rewards they may receive will be even greater!

What is particularly different from the original story is that the human race is much stronger now!
Although the war broke out slightly earlier than in the original story, the demise of the Giant Axe Founder did not occur, and the Lord of Chaos City also broke through before the war. In addition, he displayed more than ten supreme treasures in the battle against the three-race alliance. All of this made many forces feel that joining the human side would lead to a very bright future!

However, what puzzled all the forces in the primordial universe was that while the allied forces were making a big show of rallying various forces to strengthen themselves, the human race, as the other protagonist at the center of this war storm, seemed to be acting rather 'passively'.
Not to mention actively trying to win them over, even those who came to join them on their own initiative were met with a rather aloof attitude from the human race.

Regardless of which faction inquired, the human race's response was always extremely firm—

If you want to gain benefits from the human race, you must first fully join the Hong Alliance and help the human race win this war!

Moreover, only those who truly contribute to the war have the opportunity to receive the information from the ancient civilization. Those who want to take advantage of the chaos can be easily identified by the human race, who have a virtual universe to monitor the entire battlefield!

It's like you have to do the work first, then you can "scratch the prize"!
Furthermore, the human race has not made any clear promises regarding the specific level of benefits that can be obtained, completely adopting a take-it-or-leave-it attitude!

Given the human race's behavior, some neutral forces that were observing the situation were naturally becoming increasingly confused.

Some believe that the human race must have a stronger trump card and is full of confidence in this battle, which is why they are so tough. Naturally, they are even more eager to join the human race's camp.

However, some people felt that the human race had no sincerity whatsoever and dared not make any clear promises. Even if they joined and helped the human race win the war, the human race might renege on their promises. Who would be foolish enough to help you?

As time marched on, the approach of a terrible war drew ever closer, plunging the entire primordial universe into a terrifying atmosphere of impending super-war.

Throughout the primordial universe, countless first-class, medium-sized, and idle forces have chosen to join the allied forces to seek wealth and power, or to intervene in the human side to provide timely assistance, while countless others remain neutral and observing.

However, with the successive emergence of two extremely unexpected pieces of news, those who were initially observing were forced to make a quick decision.
(End of this chapter)