Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

Zerg territory.

The mental network vibrated in the void, with the thoughts of the Heart-Eating Mother Queen and the Dream-Weaving Mother Queen colliding fiercely within it.

"The Soul-Stealing One has fallen!" the Dream Weaver Queen roared in disbelief. "How could a Soul Master at the level of a Universe Venerable be directly killed by a King-level Immortal?!"

The Heart-Eating Queen remained relatively calm, but her eyes concealed her anger: "I asked Lord of the Nether Lotus to see the battle through time reversal. Chaos King Lin Yuan's spiritual will has indeed broken through to the level of a Universe Venerable, and his soul amplitude has increased by at least ninety times."

"Ninety times the soul amplitude? A spiritual will at the level of a Cosmic Venerable?" The Dream Weaver Queen was horrified. "How long has he been cultivating? And didn't Soul Stealing involve any attacks? Surely the opponent can't withstand even the Nine Soul Shattering Blows?"

"You're right, Lin Yuan can indeed withstand it." A hint of helplessness flashed in the eyes of the Heart-Eating Queen. "He's wearing the royal armor of the Yan God Clan, so the Soul-Stealing attack can't break through his defenses at all."

The demon race has learned its lesson this time. After suffering a crushing defeat, they've passed the intelligence to us and the machine race, letting us face this tough challenge.

Upon hearing this, the Dream Weaver Queen's eyes suddenly sharpened as she looked at the Heart-Eating Queen: "You mean, we've been used as pawns by the demon race?"

"Yes and no," the Heart-Eating Queen analyzed. "Targeting the Chaos King is a common goal of the three major races, so sharing intelligence is perfectly reasonable."

However, the demon race deliberately concealed key details, such as why the three Venerables, even working together, failed to completely kill Lin Yuan, and the fact that he possessed armor with defenses approaching the level of a supreme treasure.

After a brief silence.

"So...we've become pebbles on the path?" The Dream Weaver Queen's anger intensified.

"That's one way to understand it," the Heart-Eating Queen frankly admitted. "But things have come to this point, and anger is useless. What we need to consider is what to do next."

She paused, then continued, "According to the unspoken rules of the primordial universe, assassinations of those who have reached the level of a Universe Venerable are forbidden. If we continue our actions, not only will the success rate be extremely low, but we may also give the human race an excuse to provoke a full-scale retaliation."

"Are we just going to let it go like this?" The Dream Weaver Queen was unwilling to give up.

"Of course not." A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Heart-Eating Queen. "If assassination doesn't work, then try another method."

"The Chaos King is not far from breaking through to the Universe Venerable level. Once he successfully breaks through, he will inevitably go to the Primordial Star to seek opportunities. That is the best place to deal with him."

"As for now..."

She ultimately decided: "The threat level of the Chaos King will be downgraded. The intelligence department will continue to monitor his movements, but no proactive actions will be arranged for the time being. Everything will wait until he sets foot on the Primal Star."

After a long silence, the Dream Weaver Queen finally replied, "As you command."

……

The territory of the Machine Race.

Within the cold, metallic hall, an endless torrent of information surges forth.

Twilight Venerable and Heart Mirror Venerable stood facing each other, surrounded by dozens of analysis windows, each analyzing data collected from the battlefield.

"Combat duration: 4.73 seconds."

The Twilight Venerable's voice remained unwavering: "According to the energy fluctuations, there were a total of seven soul attacks at the level of a Cosmic Venerable. Among them, Soul Stealing and Spirit Absorption were launched three times, and the remaining four were all launched by Chaos King Lin Yuan."

"His actual combat strength assessment has been updated." Venerable Xinjian said in a low voice, "Lin Yuan has at least one top-tier treasure armor protecting him, with extremely strong defensive capabilities, and the power of his soul attacks can reach the level of a mid-universe Venerable. His overall threat level is SS."

"The assassination can no longer proceed." Venerable Twilight nodded. "Then we won't send any more Venerables to their deaths."

"Indeed," Venerable Xinjian added. "I suggest adding the target to the race's high-level kill list and activating the 'Cleansing Protocol' only after he breaks through to the Cosmic Venerable level and enters the Primordial Star."

"agree."

After filing the agreement, Venerable Twilight looked at Xin Jian and said, "Send another letter to the demon race, demanding that they compensate us for concealing information. Otherwise, our race will intensify its assassination efforts against demon geniuses."

Although the assassination efforts have never diminished, the other side is unaware of this. What if they can trick them out of some benefits?

……

The three major clans adjusted their attitudes toward Lin Yuan because of the outcome of this battle, while in another corner of the universe, a long-hidden force stirred up even greater waves because of this incident.

Far from the territories of the four dominant races, in a distant star field, lies the headquarters of the Star Alliance, the Land of Starfall.

At this moment, inside the central Hall of Myriad Stars, several imposing figures sat around a huge round table displaying star charts.

The leader, surrounded by constantly appearing and disappearing illusory stars, was none other than the Star Lord, the leader of the Star Alliance.

Her voice carried a unique rhythm: "The news has been confirmed. Human Chaos King Lin Yuan has killed the Zerg Soul-Stealing Venerable and the Mechanical Race Spirit-Capturing Venerable on the border of the Mengyan Clan's territory."

On the left side of the round table, the Skeleton Lord, covered in black bone armor, let out a low, cold laugh: "The human race's fortunes are getting stronger and stronger. Even that old fellow Yan Cang's grand-disciple has such abilities. Won't another top overlord emerge in a few hundred thousand epochs?"

"Skeleton, watch your words." The Lord of Stars glanced at him indifferently. "We are discussing the impact of this matter on the Alliance, not venting our emotions."

The Lord of Bones snorted coldly, but said nothing more.

On the right side of the round table, the Lord of Silver Stream slowly spoke, calmly analyzing: "On the surface, this battle shows that the human race has gained another genius, but in reality, it reflects a deeper problem—the growth rate of the new generation of powerhouses in the four peak races has exceeded our expectations."

"Yinliu is right." Lord Xinglan nodded. "Yan Cang and Zushu, these two top human overlords, have made our alliance struggle to meet its needs in terms of high-level combat power."

Now, with the emergence of a prodigy like the Chaos King, if allowed to grow unchecked, humanity could very well gain another cosmic ruler billions of years from now, increasing the pressure on the Alliance.

She paused, then turned her gaze to the Rock Lord at the end of the round table: "The Rock Mountain Clan's territory is quite close to that of the Human Clan, so you should feel this most deeply."

The Lord of the Giant Rock nodded slowly: "In the past million years, the number of human exploration fleets on our borders has increased by nearly 40%, and the frequency of conflicts has also increased significantly."

Although we have not yet engaged in a large-scale war because of the buffer zones of several weak ethnic groups, the sense of oppression from the other side is increasing day by day.

If this continues, our tribe's living space will inevitably be further compressed.

At this moment, the Lord of Illusionary Light, with transparent butterfly wings on his back, sighed softly: "The four top-tier races are getting stronger and stronger, and our living space will naturally become smaller and smaller. The alliance was originally formed to survive in the cracks, but now..."

The Lord of Stars was silent for a moment, then his gaze suddenly turned to the other corner of the round table—where sat a figure nearly ten thousand meters tall, clad in dark red armor.

"Emperor Yan," the Lord of Stars spoke, his voice now tinged with solemnity, "Has Lord Zuoshan Ke still not given his word?"

Instantly, all eyes in the hall focused on Emperor Yan.

Yan Di was originally the leader of the Yan God Clan of the human race. He later betrayed the human race for some reason and led the entire Yan God Clan to join the Star Alliance.

Because he is a third-order universe master and his teacher is the strongest being in the universe, Zuo Shan Ke, his status in the alliance is extraordinary, and he can even be on par with the Star Lord.

At this moment, facing the question from the Lord of Stars, the expression beneath the mask of the Flame Emperor was ashen.

The guest sitting on the mountain loosened his mouth?

How is that possible!

Ever since he attacked and was suppressed by the human race on the original star, the mountain dweller has been utterly disappointed in him.

Over the years, he tried to contact his teacher several times, but all he received were a few words relayed by his senior brother Puti, which were nothing more than "take care of yourself."

Although, through his tireless efforts, the old man promised not to expel him from the sect, five hundred thousand years ago, Puti still issued a public statement on his behalf to the entire primordial universe.

The statement declared that "the lineage of the Mountain Dweller will now go into seclusion and will not participate in any cosmic conflicts," which is almost tantamount to publicly stating that they will not support him.

He is still nominally a disciple of the Mountain Hermit, but in reality, he has long since lost his greatest support.

But he must never let the league know about these things.

The reason why the Star Alliance was willing to accept him and even give him a high position was not only because of his own strength, but more importantly because of the deterrent power of the strongest being in the universe behind him.

If Lord Xinglan and others were to find out that Zuoshanke no longer cared about him, his status in the alliance would plummet, and he might even be marginalized.

It should be noted that although the Star Alliance does not have a fifth-order universe master, it has quite a few third-order and fourth-order universe masters.

In a flash, Yan Di suppressed his turbulent emotions and said with a helpless tone, "My teacher is devoted to studying the art of weapon crafting and has never been interested in the conflicts in the universe. I have pleaded with him many times, but he has always politely declined."

He looked at the Lord of Stars and continued, "My teacher once said that the existence of the strongest being in the universe is part of the balance. If he openly joins a certain force, it will break the existing pattern of the original universe and even attract the intervention of the strongest beings in other universes."

Therefore, unless the alliance faces a life-or-death crisis, the teacher will not easily express his opinion.

This statement, half true and half false, explained why the Mountain Man did not join the alliance, while subtly preserving the hope that he might intervene in a crisis, making it a watertight piece of information.

Lord of Stars gave Emperor Yan a deep look. The star-like phantoms around him paused slightly before returning to normal.

She didn't completely believe Yan Di's words, but she needed to maintain the stability of the alliance at the moment.

"Since Lord Zuoshanke's attitude is like this..." Lord Xinglan sighed softly, "then we can only try to find another way."

She looked around at everyone and said slowly, "The four top races all have the strongest beings in the universe in charge, which is the source of their confidence to continue to expand."

While our Star Alliance is composed of forty-seven races and boasts over forty cosmic rulers, it lacks the strongest being in the universe, thus forever remaining inferior.

The skeleton master's bone armor trembled: "Xinglan, you mean...?"

The Lord of Stars surveyed the five Universe Lords in the hall and said solemnly, "As for the True God of the Northern Frontier... I have personally visited him twice before. His attitude is very clear: unless we can provide an extremely powerful treasure, he will never consider joining the alliance."

"The most powerful and precious treasure?"

The Lord of Bones abruptly stood up: "Has he not given up on this unrealistic demand? Even the human race doesn't have a single supreme treasure, so where are we supposed to find one for him?"

The Lord of the Giant Rock's deep voice rang out again: "We can still manage to gather a few peak treasures by joining forces, but the most powerful treasures... even if we exhausted the resources of all the races in the alliance, we still couldn't obtain just one."

Yan Di sat to the side, his eyes gleaming beneath his mask.

Without the strongest being in the universe to oversee things, the future of the Star Alliance is indeed worrying. Should he lead his race to rebel again? He thinks that the demon race with two demon ancestors is pretty good.

The Lord of Stars sighed softly: "How could I not know how rare and precious the supreme treasures are? But the True God of the Northern Frontier is used to being alone. Ordinary resources and territories are not enough to move him. Only the supreme treasures can touch his heart."

She looked at everyone and said in a resolute tone, "Gentlemen, we must face reality."

Each of the four supreme races has the strongest being in the universe, a gap we have never been able to cross.

The outcome of Chaos King Lin Yuan's battle also foreshadows the fact that the rise of the new generation of the peak races is far faster than ours.

If no change is sought, billions of years from now, the Alliance's living space will be squeezed to its limit.

The True God of the Northern Frontier is currently the only strongest being in the universe that we have a chance to win over.

A long silence fell over the hall.

The words of the Lord of Stars struck a nerve with every powerful figure present. The Star Alliance unites dozens of races, and the number of Universe Lords even exceeds that of any single peak race. However, in the true battle between the top powers, the lack of top-tier combat power remains a persistent weakness.

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