Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 456 Ransom

After celebrating with the many universe lords of the human race, Yang Wu then brought up the matter of the Lord of Sirius.

"There's one more thing!"

Yang Wu looked at everyone and calmly said, "I have already suppressed and sealed the Heavenly Wolf Lord of the demon race. I don't know what to do with him!"

"In my opinion, we could try enslaving the other person with their soul!"

The Lord of the Wasteland Mercenary Alliance solemnly stated, "Although the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf is not particularly strong, he holds an extremely high position among the demon race and even controls their intelligence agency."

"If we can enslave its soul, we will surely gain tremendous benefits!"

Upon hearing this, all the lords of the universe turned their gazes toward the strongest being with the giant axe.

The stronger a being is, the less likely they are to be enslaved. Especially for the Lord of the Universe, at this level, their divine power and soul have already become extremely powerful. Even in the entire primordial universe, it is rare for a Lord of the Universe to be enslaved by their soul.

If anyone among the human race were to successfully enslave the Lord of the Sky Wolf, they would undoubtedly be the strongest among the giant axe users!

The strongest among them, however, looked at the crowd and slowly shook his head, saying, "I am not skilled in soul manipulation, and besides, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf has lived for countless years and possesses an extraordinary will. Even with the assistance of a small universe, it would be very difficult for me to enslave him!"

Yang Wu nodded slightly.

If it were an immortal god, it would probably fall into a deep sleep once it had 10% of its divine power left; but if it were a cosmic venerable being, it could probably remain conscious even if it only had 1% of its divine body left!

Upon reaching the realm of the Lord of the Universe, the divine power and soul become so immense that even with only one ten-thousandth of the divine power remaining, the soul can still remain conscious.

Once attacked with a soul attack, the Lord of Sirius can completely control himself to self-destruct!

"In my opinion, it would be better to use the Lord of Sirius as a bargaining chip to demand some compensation from the demon race!"

Suddenly, the Chaos City Lord spoke up, "Yang Wu has only recently become the Lord of the Universe, so he probably doesn't possess many precious treasures. If we could use the life of the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf to obtain some valuable treasures from the demon race, it would certainly enhance Yang Wu's strength!"

"That's a good suggestion!"

"I agree!"

After hearing the words of the Chaos City Lord, many universe lords of the human race expressed their agreement.

In fact, among the many universe lords of the human race, Yang Wu is a very mysterious and powerful figure.

After all, to possess the strength of a fifth-order universe master, simply comprehending the strongest secret technique of universe master fusion is not enough; one also needs the cooperation of many top-tier treasures. At the very least, top-tier treasure weapons and top-tier treasure armor are indispensable!

While Dream Demon Ancestor and others might believe that the treasure was bestowed upon Yang Wu by the human race, Peng Gong and others knew very well that after Yang Wu became the Lord of the Universe, the human race had only given him resources comparable to a top-tier supreme weapon!

Where did Yang Wu get all those super treasures?

However, Peng Gongzhi and the others would not ask Yang Wu about these things. After all, which super being who can become the master of the universe would not have some special opportunities?

For everyone, it was enough to know that Yang Wu was loyal to the human race!

Since Yang Wu was the one who suppressed the Lord of Sirius, it was naturally up to Yang Wu to decide how to deal with him in the end.

"In my opinion, we should have the demon race provide a top-tier domain-level treasure!"

The Lord of Dragons glanced at Yang Wu and slowly said, "With the protection of a peak-level domain-type treasure, even if Yang Wu encounters the Zerg Queen who possesses a palace-type supreme treasure, he'd probably be able to save his life!"

Clearly, the Dragon Lord, who knew Yang Wu best, also discovered Yang Wu's biggest weakness: the power of the Netherworld Purple Flame Bottle, a domain-type treasure, was still too weak.

Of course, for an ordinary universe lord, the Netherworld Purple Flame Bottle is already considered an extremely rare treasure, but for Yang Wu, who already possesses fifth-tier combat power and has offended many powerful enemies, it is far from enough.

"good!"

"With the Time Lord's strength, possessing a top-tier domain-level treasure would naturally greatly enhance his ability to protect himself!"

"Yang Wu, what's your opinion?" The strongest of the giant axe-wielders asked Yang Wu.

"Of course I have no objection!" Yang Wu nodded and said, "However, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf isn't considered particularly strong among the demon race. Would the demon race go to such great lengths to save him?"

It was only when Yang Wu rented the Sky Palace from the human race's treasure trove last time that he realized how scarce resources were within the human race.

Now is not the time when the future Jin world arrives and precious treasures can be easily obtained. At this time, the primordial universe is also in the early stage of evolution. Although many forces in the primordial universe have accumulated some treasures, they are not too many.

In the human race's treasure trove, there are only about ten top-tier treasure weapons available for exchange; six top-tier treasure armors; two top-tier domain-type treasures; one top-tier palace-type treasure; and not a single top-tier soul-type treasure!

Even among the most precious and top-tier treasures in their respective fields, there aren't many!

This is actually quite normal. If the human race had a sufficient reserve of supreme treasures in its treasury, then the Chaos City Lord, as one of the top universe lords of the human race, would not be famous throughout the universe for the Thousand Treasures River, a top-tier domain-level supreme treasure.

Although the demon race has two of the strongest beings in the universe working together, they may be able to acquire treasures faster than the human race, but they probably won't have many treasures at the peak domain level!

If a supreme treasure of the highest level were to appear, it would be perfectly normal for several universe lords to perish for it. Why would the demon race pay such a high price for a Lord of the Heavenly Wolf who doesn't have much potential?

It would be more like those fifth-order universe lords among the demon race who have the potential to become the strongest beings in the universe!

"You wouldn't know that!" The strongest of the giant axe looked at Yang Wu with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Lord of Time, you're overthinking it!"

"Let Long Xing handle this matter!"

"That's right. Dragon Path has existed for such a long time; it must know a great deal about the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf!"

Many cosmic lords spoke up.

Yang Wu also turned his attention to his teacher, the Lord of Dragons.

"Yang Wu, you were indeed quite lucky to be able to suppress the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf this time!"

A smile appeared on the face of the Dragon Lord, and he slowly said, "The Lord of the Heavenly Wolf became the Lord of the Universe in the early days of the primordial universe, and has extremely deep seniority among the demon race!"

"Many of the most powerful beings in the demon race received assistance from the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf during their development!"

"The most famous among them is the Demon Ancestor Zhen! Even when the Demon Ancestor Zhen was merely a Universe Venerable, he had already displayed astonishing potential. Although he couldn't compare to you, he was truly astonishing in that era! Naturally, our human race, the machine race, and the insect race all tried to stop his assassination! But unexpectedly, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, with the dignity of a Universe Lord, actually stayed inside the World Ring carried by the Demon Ancestor Zhen when he was still just a Universe Venerable, secretly protecting him. This caused all three races' assassination attempts to fail, and later, the Demon Ancestor Zhen even became one of the two strongest beings in the universe among the demon race!"

"Not only that, the Lord of Changjiu, the Lord of Youmo, the Lord of Xuezhan... all of them have received favors from the Lord of Tianlang, so naturally they cannot stand by and watch the Lord of Tianlang perish at the hands of our human race!"

"Furthermore, the demon race has two of the strongest beings in the universe, the Dream Demon Ancestor and the Tremor Demon Ancestor, so their reserves of super treasures are more abundant than those of the other three races. Providing a top-tier domain-level treasure shouldn't be too much of a problem!"

"I see!"

After listening to the Dragon Lord's words, Yang Wu suddenly realized, "No wonder the Wolf Lord could roam freely across the three universes just by relying on the Wolf Palace! So that's the reason! However, to be able to make so many powerful figures of the demon race owe him favors, the Wolf Lord is quite capable!"

"No matter how capable you are, aren't you just doing all the work for the Lord of Time?"

"Hahaha, you're right. The Lord of Time is far more powerful than the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf!"

"Alright, since Yang Wu has no objections, then let's see what the demon race thinks!"

The strongest of the giant axe-wielders turned his gaze to the Lord of Chaos City and said, "Chaos, you are responsible for negotiating this matter with the demon race!"

"No problem!" The Chaos City Lord nodded and said.

Although the strongest among the human race is the one with the greatest axe, he rarely handles the daily affairs of the human race. Therefore, the Chaos City Lord usually takes care of dealing with other races.

……

Just as the human race was preparing to contact the demon race to discuss the redemption of the Lord of Sirius, the news that Yang Wu possessed the strength of a fifth-order universe lord began to spread widely throughout the vast universe, driven by the three parties of the demon race!

In an instant, the entire universe was thrown into a great tremor.

Within the core territory of the Prison Clan.

Towering figures stood in the vast hall; some were rock creatures engulfed in flames, while others were robust, hairy, fleshy beings…

These incredibly powerful beings, each with a different life form, all exude an endless aura of evil.

In front of the main hall, a sinister figure, its body a mixture of silver and black, sat high on the throne. This sinister figure was similar in build to a human, with a long, sharp tail like a scorpion's tail extending outwards, almost encircling half of the main hall.

This is the Demon Ancestor!

The Demon Ancestor of the Prison Clan!

Under the guidance of this evil Demon Ancestor, the fighting and strife within the entire territory of the Prison Clan were extremely brutal, and the hierarchical system was extremely strict. This also made every Prison Clan powerhouse who grew up incredibly ruthless, crazy, and cruel!

"Demon Ancestor!"

A powerful being with sinister black markings on his face and dozens of eyes gleaming with a faint silver light respectfully addressed the Demon Ancestor, who sat high on the throne: "News has spread among the demon race that the Time Lord among the human race, who has been a Universe Lord for less than ten thousand years, has actually already possessed the strength of a fifth-tier Universe Lord!"

"What did you say?"

The Demon Ancestor's voice was filled with deep surprise: "Thousand Eyes, is the news true?"

Although the Prison Clan rarely participates in the struggles between the four top races, they still pay close attention to Yang Wu, the newly crowned Universe Lord among the human race.

"The news has been confirmed!"

The Lord of a Thousand Eyes respectfully reported, "My intelligence indicates that the three factions of the demon race, led by the Dream Demon Ancestor, dispatched a total of nine Universe Lords to besiege the Lord of Time. However, the Lord of Time returned to the human race unharmed!"

As soon as he finished speaking...

"What?!"

"That's impossible!"

"The strongest being in the universe, and nine universe lords joining forces—even the Chaos City Lord among the human race wouldn't be able to escape unscathed. The Light Lord at that time had only just become a universe lord; how could he possess such formidable power?"

"Thousand Eyes, where did you get this information? This is simply impossible!"

The magnificent hall erupted in chaos. All the powerful beings were shocked, bewildered, and incredulous. Even the demons sitting high on their thrones showed a hint of doubt in their eyes.

Seeing the doubtful looks on everyone's faces, the Lord of a Thousand Eyes smiled bitterly to himself. If he hadn't already confirmed its authenticity, why would he have been willing to believe this unbelievable thing?

"This news initially came from the demon race!" the Lord of a Thousand Eyes said calmly. "However, I also inquired about it with my friend in the mechanical race, the Lord of Azure Sky. He personally followed the Lord of Thunder in the siege of the Lord of Time, so this news should be true!"

"My God, is the Lord of Time really that powerful?"

"How exactly did he do that?"

After the authenticity of the news was confirmed, a group of super beings began to discuss it.

As the masters of the universe, there are few things in the universe that can truly shock them, but this event has deeply shocked all of them.

Even the Demon Ancestor, seated high on his throne, couldn't help but murmur in amazement, "The Lord of Time? Yang Wu? To possess the strength of a fifth-tier Universe Lord in less than ten thousand years... Could it be that the human race is about to produce another 'Original'?"

"Demon Ancestor, what should we do?" an ancient cosmic lord asked in a low voice.

He had witnessed the scene of the Primordial Ancestor traversing the universe, so he was naturally deeply moved by what the Demon Ancestor said.

If possible, he would naturally not want such a heaven-defying figure to appear in the human race again.

"What should we do? What can we do?"

The Demon Ancestor sneered and said, "My Hell Clan's territory doesn't border the human territory. Even if the Time Lord truly possesses strength comparable to 'Original' in the future, it won't have much impact on my Hell Clan! What we should worry about are the Demon Clan, the Mechanical Clan, and the Insect Clan!"

"These people occupy the most core territories in the universe, especially the demon race. After gaining a second strongest being in the universe, they even seized three star sectors from my Hell Clan! If humanity really gains another strongest being in the universe this time, the demon race will definitely be the first to suffer!"

Just then—

An incredibly malevolent and powerful aura emanated from outside the hall, instantly silencing the entire hall. All the powerful figures, including the Demon Ancestor, turned to look outside.

boom!

A streak of light flew directly into the main hall, and then a huge, jet-black throne appeared before everyone. At the top of the throne's backrest were eighteen golden alien heads, making it look extremely evil.

After the black throne landed on the hall, it quickly transformed into a figure wearing simple armor.

His arms, legs, and feet were all bare, covered in black skin. He had a skull on his head, and his forehead protruded forward like a scimitar. Two black flames, exuding an evil aura, burned in his eyes.

The invisible aura of evil spread out, even more intense than that of the Demon Ancestor on the throne.

"Prison King!" One after another, the lords of the universe greeted him respectfully.

"Prison King," the Demon Ancestor on the throne greeted him.

"Demon Ancestor!" The Prison King bowed slightly in greeting.

The Prison King is the most ancient cosmic ruler among the Prison Clan, and even the Demon Ancestor is its descendant, so he has an extremely special status in the entire Prison Clan.

Its true form is a black throne, somewhat resembling a supreme treasure, yet it is a living entity. At the same time, its divine body also possesses a trace of the characteristics of a supreme treasure: indestructible, and capable of naturally forming illusions, supreme treasure domains, and so on.

"Prison King, you also know the news?" the Demon Ancestor asked, looking at the other party.

"Hmm!" The Prison King nodded and said, "To be able to remain unharmed by the Dream Demon Ancestor and the nine Universe Lords, the Light Lord's strength must have been no weaker than mine!"

The Prison King rarely leaves the Prison Clan's territory and seldom goes to the Cosmic Sea, so his reputation is not as great as that of powerful beings such as the Lord of the Star River, the Lord of Chaos City, and the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds.

However, in terms of combat power, it is also a top-tier fifth-order unit, and with its life characteristics, it poses no real threat in the primitive universe.

"Indeed," the Demon Ancestor murmured, "Since the birth of the universe, I have never seen a life form with such an terrifying cultivation speed!"

"No!" The Prison King shook his head and said, "There is another person whose cultivation speed is even more terrifying than that of the Lord of Time!"

"Who?" the Demon Ancestor asked in confusion.

"The Mountain-Sitting Guest!" the Prison King solemnly declared, "The first strongest being in the universe since its birth!"

"It's actually that old fellow, the Mountain Guest?" The Demon Ancestor was somewhat incredulous.

"Indeed!" the Prison King said slowly, "At the beginning of the universe, I saw that Mountain-Sitting Guest once. At that time, he was just a special life form at the level of a Universe Venerable! But I never expected that in less than 100,000 years, he would have become the strongest being in the universe!"

I originally planned to finish writing this now, but it rained and the power went out. Typing on my phone is too slow, so I'll have to finish it all tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)