Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 216 The Purple Moon Ancestor is somewhat numb, and the Lord of Yuan'ao is suffering in his heart.

As Hunzhen reunited with old acquaintances, offering guidance, rescuing them from danger, gifting them treasures, or traveling together and sharing drinks, time quietly slipped by.

During this period, the demon race inevitably pursued Hunzhen and attempted revenge.

It wasn't just the demon race that wanted to deal with Hunzhen; after Hunzhen made that harsh statement, he naturally couldn't remain inactive.

If so many races and forces united that day and all of them were targeted, the primordial universe could very well have used this as a trigger to break out into a great war, a situation that Hunzhen did not want to see for the time being.

Therefore, he chose to target only the demon race, the initiators of the plan, thus both retaliating and indirectly conveying the decision that "only the ringleaders will be investigated this time" while warning other forces.

If a lone, powerful individual seeks revenge against a faction, there's little need to worry about him seizing territory and resources; other factions would actually welcome such an action.

While he doesn't intend to shoulder all of humanity's enemies, he also doesn't resist helping humanity weaken their enemies.

Making an example of the demon race is a win-win-win situation for Hunzhen.

One of its benefits is that it greatly weakens the strength of one of humanity's greatest enemies.

The second reason is to increase other forces' fear and respect for them.

Weakening the demon race and causing them to follow in the footsteps of the mechanical race attracted other forces, who, like piranhas smelling blood, flocked to carve up its territory.

Finally, it's about giving him another source of entertainment.

It has three advantages, but also two disadvantages.

He had discussed with his teacher, the Lord of Chaos City, that the demon race might have some suspicions about his background.

Faced with his relentless targeting and even extermination, the demon race is very likely to resort to desperate measures, attempting to use public opinion to link his identity with that of humans.

However, as his influence continued to grow, the remaining leader of the demon race, the Dream Demon Ancestor, must have known that this approach was likely a double-edged sword.

Unless absolutely necessary, the Dream Demon Ancestor would most likely not resort to this tactic.

Even if Hunzhen were to slaughter the entire demon race, it wouldn't be considered a dead end for the demon race.

The Lord of the Universe is the foundation of a power, but the countless immortals, venerables, and numerous weaklings are the true basis of a race.

As time goes by, new rising stars and universe masters will always emerge.

The Lord of Chaos City was well aware of the Dream Demon Ancestor's intention to act as the last protector of the demon race.

Unless Hunzhen recklessly slaughters countless demons regardless of their life level, causing a significant reduction in their population, the Dream Demon Ancestor will only continue to endure.

"You, the God of Time and Space, only kill Universe Lords to maintain appearances and avoid targeting the juniors, right? Then I'll just make sure they all stay at the Universe Venerable level and don't break through!"

This might be the idea of ​​the Dream Demon Ancestor under such circumstances.

After all, if Hunzhen is angered and no one can stop him, the extermination of the demon race is a foregone conclusion.

Another drawback is that killing too many universe masters and the strongest beings in the universe might not only make other forces wary, but also cause them to unite again to try to attack him, just like not long ago.

However, this situation is not difficult for Hunzhen to deal with.

If he is let go the first time, but then surrounded and killed again, and then retaliates, other forces will only think that these forces brought this upon themselves.

As long as he kills all the invaders, the remaining people will naturally become less and less willing to take action.

Therefore, Hunzhen sent his incarnation to the Cosmic Sea to exterminate the cosmic lords who were causing trouble in the Cosmic Sea.

More than half of the demon race's universe lords in the primordial universe were also slaughtered.

The remaining three demon race universe lords cowered in the demon race's stronghold, hiding in the small universe of the Dream Demon Ancestor, and dared not make any further moves.

"That God of Time and Space is someone you should never provoke, even in the primordial universe."

Many powerful beings from the primordial universe who witnessed this event were wary of Hunzhen and made this judgment.

The demon race's cosmic ruler suffered too many losses and lacked sufficient strength. Not only was he unworthy of occupying such a vast territory, but he also lacked the manpower to guard it.

With great courage and decisiveness, the Dream Demon Ancestor ordered the demon race members to retreat into the interior of the territory, resulting in the demon race's territory being reduced by more than half.

The demon race still has the strongest beings in the universe to deter them, but the number of universe masters is far less than that of the mechanical race. The remaining three universe masters dare not step out of the small universe of the Dream Demon Ancestor, so they are basically non-existent.

The situation is slightly better than that of the Mech race, but in reality, it's not much better.

Many forces in the primordial universe have concluded that although the demon race still has the Dream Demon Ancestor, it is suppressed by the God of Time and Space, and its current strength can only be considered as top-tier.

As for the Machine Race, having lost the protection of the strongest, the hatred from past wars has erupted, and the top powers that oppose them are naturally going all out to devour them. Although they are still considered top powers now, if they continue to fight like this, they are very likely to fall out of the ranks of top powers.

In the eyes of all forces, the primordial universe has now emerged with a new pattern, no longer consisting of nine top powers, but rather seven.

Among them, the Prison Clan, the Insect Clan, and the Human Clan, the three top forces adjacent to the territory of the Machine Clan and the Demon Clan, are considered to be the most likely to surpass the Ancestral God Cult and become the dominant race like the Divine Eye Clan in the first era of reincarnation.

For no other reason than that territory has always been of paramount importance.

The Starry Sky Beast Alliance has no worries about territory, but it is also difficult for it to become the dominant force.

The Ancestral God Cult is inherently powerful, but it is also constrained by its own characteristics, making it unable to conquer and dominate, and thus unable to claim supremacy.

The Crystal Clan is extremely united and has long been one of the few factions with which it has had fewer conflicts with other forces, which has enabled it to develop into one of the top powers.

However, due to less external and internal competition, it is also the weakest of the seven top forces in terms of combat strength. No matter how united they are, without the sparks generated by clashes, it's pretty useless.

The Northern Frontier Alliance is composed of a diverse group of people, and its internal competition is second only to that of the Prison Clan. However, the number of small interest groups within the alliance is too large and complex, making the group bloated and unwieldy.

Although they still covet a piece of the pie from the conflict between the three races, there are no particularly effective actions to be seen yet.

Thus, the primordial universe entered a new era, and for the next few million years, it is foreseeable that it will be the main stage for the humans, the infernals, and the insectoids.

Most forces in the cosmic sea only pay slight attention to the overall structure of the primordial universe, focusing instead on adventuring and exploring the three forbidden zones.

However, there is one force that is slightly different.

Inside the Purple Moon Holy Land.

"Damn it!"

"The cosmic rulers and true gods of this primordial universe are a bunch of useless trash!"

"With so many people gathered together, even the Lord of Time and Space couldn't take them down by himself?"

"Especially those demons!"

"One of their leaders was killed, and they're just going to cower and admit defeat like this?"

The Purple Moon Ancestor was somewhat annoyed, and the surrounding space and time seemed to distort and boil like liquid.

Although the Purple Moon Ancestor's small universe was smaller than that of the Eastern Emperor Ancestor and his strength was far weaker, he never took the Eastern Emperor Ancestor seriously.

He believed that the Eastern Emperor had simply lived a little longer than him. Given the same amount of time, he felt confident that he could break through to the level of Eternal True God, but that good-for-nothing Eastern Emperor hadn't even reached the limit of Void True God yet, so he probably had little hope of breaking through to the level of Eternal True God!

The Purple Moon Ancestor disliked Hunzhen and had the same idea of ​​suppressing Hunzhen as when he targeted Luo Feng in the original work.

Life forms that have traversed the cycle of reincarnation from the three thousand-dimensional universe to reach the Origin Continent have a significant advantage over the native life forms of the Origin Continent. They can more easily seize control of the primordial universe, thereby gaining insight into its mysteries, easily becoming saints, and even having a sliver of hope of becoming god-kings.

If one only needs to reach the level of an eternal true god, sanctify one's will, and master the corresponding secret techniques for seizing another's body, then there is hope of success.

Even if one possesses inferior secret techniques and has a shallow foundation, as long as one's will reaches the level of a God-King, success is still assured.

The Purple Moon Ancestor regarded those so-called strongest beings in the universe as worthless.

But he was wary of geniuses, wary of true geniuses.

The previous ancestor was like that. The ancestor believed that entering the cycle of reincarnation was a conspiracy and was suppressed by the will of the primordial universe. It is possible that he secretly plotted and interfered.

Because the primordial ancestor's talent surpasses his, there is a chance that he will meet the requirements for seizing the original universe before him.

As for Hunzhen, such talent was enough to frighten him.

However, Hunzhen's strength has already exceeded the current standard of the cosmic sea, belonging to the "exceeded version", and is like a game GM.

In the vast ocean of space, there is almost no possibility of killing or suppressing him.

Fortunately, Hunzhen was not content to stay still.

They actually chose to return to the original universe.

The Purple Moon Ancestor naturally did not let such an opportunity pass by. He secretly instigated some forces in the primordial universe, offering them benefits so that they would seize the opportunity to target Hunzhen.

Therefore, when Zhen Yaozu proposed the plan to surround and kill Hunzhen, there were more people who responded than he expected, allowing the plan to be implemented immediately.

And its outcome is obvious.

Not only did he die suddenly, but he also caused the demon race to be targeted by Hunzhen, causing them to fall from the pinnacle of power in the primordial universe.

This is a prime example of misjudging the risks and causing one person to bring ruin to the entire clan.

This tragic ending not only saddened the demon race, but also filled the Purple Moon Ancestor with resentment.

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"This defeat will surely shock those guys in the primordial universe. I'm afraid even if I offered them ten times the benefits, they still wouldn't be tempted."

"After all, in their eyes, going against the Lord of Time and Space is tantamount to courting death."

The Purple Moon Ancestor was so angry that he ground his teeth.

Others referred to Hunzhen as the God of Time and Space, but the Purple Moon Ancestor naturally did not show any reverence for Hunzhen and still regarded him as the Lord of the Universe.

"Given the cultivation speed of the Lord of Time and Space, there is absolutely no way I could meet the conditions for possession before her."

"We cannot expect her to not obtain the secrets and information about possessing the Origin Continent after she arrives there. In fact, there may be such records in the Broken East River Inheritance. Once she enters the Reincarnation Channel and the memory shield is removed, she may begin to plan the possession of the Primordial Universe."

"A handshake and reconciliation are simply impossible. With your current power, you already dominate the primordial universe and the cosmic sea. Once you pass through reincarnation, there will definitely be people who have benefited from me who will betray my information and come to join you. Our enmity is almost inevitable!"

"So, how should we deal with her?"

Thinking of this, the Purple Moon Ancestor's brain began to freeze.

How do you deal with a solitary, unattached, and strongest being in the universe?

It's a little numb.

To be honest, the Purple Moon Ancestor really couldn't think of a solution.

That's completely different from the way it was directed at Luo Feng in the original work.

With their own clans to rely on, the Purple Moon Holy Land naturally knew how to make things difficult for Luo Feng.

The most direct approach is to strengthen the forces hostile to humanity.

Therefore, in the original work, he unconditionally and without any regard for anything in return gave the Zerg, Machine Race and other forces a complete and systematic knowledge inheritance after humanity defeated the multi-race alliance.

But these only cultivate more cosmic masters and more true gods.

Even in the primordial universe, Hunzhen could ignore the encirclement and attack of hundreds of universe lords.

Twenty thousand years ago, Hunzhen was able to kill the combined forces of the seven True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan.

Let alone their current strength.

Once those forces hatch new true gods, just how strong will this guy become?

Strengthening the forces hostile to humanity could cause trouble for Luo Feng, but it obviously wouldn't cause any trouble for Hunzhen.

And there's one more thing.

Unlike the original story, that great war of all races was initiated by the primordial universe forces to sever the inheritance of the Eastern River.

Now that the inheritance is in Hunzhen's hands, no one would be so foolish as to threaten Hunzhen to demand the inheritance back.

This trigger naturally dissipated.

If humanity continues to develop as it is now, even without Luo Feng's annihilation of numerous hostile universe masters in the Jin world, it would still become an undisputed dominant force by the end of this cycle of reincarnation.

Even without the Donghe inheritance, Luo Feng's talent still shone through, attracting the attention of many cosmic sea forces. However, with Hunzhen Zhuyu ahead of him, far surpassing Luo Feng, the Purple Moon Ancestor had no time to target Luo Feng and affect the human race.

These circumstances are also why Hunzhen believes he doesn't need to intervene in humanity's struggle for supremacy in the primordial universe.

The details are too complex to explain to outsiders.

Only when Hunzhen himself looks back will he secretly sigh, "I've contributed so much to the human race!", "I didn't take action, it's definitely not because I'm lazy!", "So I'm the kind of unsung hero who secretly saves the race?" and other self-praising remarks.

While the Purple Moon Ancestor was furious and Hunzhen was marveling at his contributions, there was another person in an extremely difficult situation.

As a puppet, Lord Yuanao was secretly troubled as he looked at the orders sent by his master, Lord Haolei Star.

The master's commands are absolute.

but……

"How could a lowly person like me possibly plot against the God of Time and Space?"

Lord Kagaku was suffering, but he had no one to confide in.

Fortunately, Lord Hao Lei also knew that Lord Yuan Ao would most likely be unable to complete this task.

As it turns out, even in the primordial universe where power was limited to the sixth rank limit, the Time God was still invincible.

"Yuan Ao-zai, I know you can't do it. Not to mention you, even I don't have the ability, you know that! If it weren't for Lord World Beast's order to try to target that Time God as much as possible, I wouldn't have told you this!" Of course, he couldn't say this out loud.

Therefore, Lord Hao Lei Star only used the "impossible house demolition task" to increase Lord Yuan Ao's enthusiasm for the "window opening task".

Originally, Lord Haolei Star only asked Lord Yuan'ao to give the incomplete map of the Qingfeng Realm to a certain force.

But now, the conditions are completely different.

"If the God of Time and Space were interested in the incomplete map, it would almost certainly fall into his hands. In that case, the mission would naturally be considered a failure."

The reason is simple.

Mohe, the master of Haolei Star Lord, is not only powerful, but also considered exceptionally intelligent among world beasts.

Mohe was well aware that with the strength Hunzhen had just displayed, he himself might not be a match for his opponent.

It is not the right time to confront Hunzhen head-on before he has matured.

In Mohe's view, given the characteristics of the Beast Realm, the entire Beast Realm group would naturally be overwhelming to Hunzhen.

If the only concern is Hunzhen's talent and strength, then luring Hunzhen and having many world beasts kill him first would naturally be the best option.

However, Mohe did not believe that his strength was improving at a slower pace than that of a lower-level life form.

On the contrary, this move may expose the World Beast to the eyes of the life forms in the Cosmic Sea earlier.

Many unexpected events occurred in my life.

"A quick start leads to constant progress. With my current lead, I have the best chance of becoming the ultimate champion without any unexpected changes!"

Mohe's idea was also conveyed to Lord Haolei.

Hao Lei Xingzhu was naturally aiming to become the king of Mohe, and was naturally happy to share his master's burdens.

Therefore, the previous arrangements cannot be wasted and must be changed.

(End of this chapter)