The Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace in the Swallowed Starry Sky

Chapter 9 The 17th Human Universe Master

At the gateway to the primordial universe, a vast continent, ten light-years in circumference, floats. Above this continent, the entrance to the primordial universe silently hovers, exuding an aura of chaos.

On the mainland, countless cities can be seen densely packed together, with all sorts of creatures moving about in them.

Above the continent, countless spaceships crisscross the area, and powerful beings occasionally appear in their true forms as they travel through space. Technology and cultivation are perfectly integrated.

With a whoosh, Li Yang's purple cocoon clone appeared here in an instant.

Suddenly, a colossal humanoid cosmic beast, towering 1000 million kilometers in height, appeared in the starry sky. It possessed a single, menacing curved horn on its head, its entire body covered in gray scales, and a terrifying, massive tail resembling a scorpion's tail. It exuded an astonishing aura of power!

His arrival was as if the entire universe revolved around him, with endless rays of light surrounding him. Without a doubt, this was Li Yang's Purple Cocoon Beast clone!

"Look, that's the Purple Cocoon Avatar of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master! Such powerful aura! It seems the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master has broken through to the realm of the Universe Lord!"

On the continent at the exit of the initial universe, many spies from other races were also lurking: "Quickly, quickly send the news back to the clan that the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master has broken through to the level of Universe Lord! This is a great achievement!"

The virtual universe's Hong Alliance was also in an uproar! "The Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master has broken through to the Universe Lord level! That's too fast! Last time I saw him in the Peak Genius Battle, he was just a Universe Overlord. I didn't expect him to break through so quickly!"

Li Yang actually showed up here on purpose because he needed to spread the news of his breakthrough to the level of the Lord of the Universe as soon as possible so that he could better recruit the subordinates of the Universe Venerable!

Soon, Li Yang's purple cocoon beast clone arrived at the Chaos City Lord's residence in the initial universe with ease.

"Lord, Tian Shi requests an audience!"

"Come in!"

Upon entering, the Lord of Chaos City noticed that Tian Shi's divine aura was abnormal, having been significantly enhanced compared to before.

The Lord of Chaos City exclaimed in surprise, "Eclipse! You've broken through to the Universe Lord realm?!"

Li Yang humbly replied, "Yes, City Lord, I've managed to break through by sheer luck!"

The Lord of Chaos City was overjoyed! "Excellent, Heavenly Eclipse! After all this time, you've finally broken through to the realm of the Universe Lord! Besides me, have you told anyone else this news?"

"When I came here, I showed my face at the Initial Universe Passage. I guess everyone could feel my presence. Now, I guess those alien races and the Hong Alliance should know about it."

The Lord of Chaos pondered for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, there's no need to hide your newly appointed Universe Lord status anymore. Come with me to the Virtual Universe; I've already granted you the Universe Lord privileges!"

In the virtual universe, on Thunder Island, numerous palaces stand. Li Yang and the Lord of Chaos City went directly to the highest point of Thunder Island.

There stood an ancient, massive, bluish-gray round table, surrounded by endless currents of energy. Beside the table were five enormous stone chairs, each with a backrest a thousand meters high. The backs of each chair were adorned with intricate carvings, and even the bluish-gray stone table itself was covered in carvings depicting scenes of battle between humans and alien races.

"Lord, what is this?"

The Lord of Chaos City sat down directly in a gray-black chair: "You sit there—" the Lord of Chaos City said, pointing to one of the snow-white chairs.

"Yes." Li Yang obediently sat down in the chair. He knew that the other three chairs must belong to the other three universe masters of the Virtual Universe Company. Even so, he was still full of curiosity. After all, it was his first time climbing to the top of Thunder Island, and he had never known that the view from the top would be like this.

Moreover, looking down, they saw that the Chaos City Lord's palace was right below them, and the place they were sitting was directly above the Chaos City Lord's palace.

Li Yang began to carefully examine the carvings on the remaining three chairs and the stone table. The scenes carved on them were incredibly lifelike. It was clear that the main characters were all powerful figures in human form, while the images of the alien races depicted them as people respectfully worshipping. Overall, these statues were rather abstract, and could only be understood intuitively.

Li Yang sensed the image on the chair beneath him. It primarily depicted the silhouette of the Snow Moon Tree, and below the tree lay countless alien races. It seemed to be a record of his battles from years ago!

"Eclipse, congratulations! You have now entered the highest echelon of our human race! By the highest decision of the human race, you are now the 17th Universe Lord of our human race!"

Although he had sensed this moment when he broke through to become the Lord of the Universe, Li Yang still couldn't help but feel happy upon hearing the announcement from the Lord of Chaos City.

He immediately understood: "I am the 17th Universe Lord, which means that in the remaining trillion epochs, humanity will produce two more Universe Lords! But I could only find information about 13 Universe Lords on the virtual network before, so it seems that humanity already has three Universe Lords lurking in the shadows, unknown to outsiders!"

Although he already knew the truth, Li Yang still feigned surprise: "I found out that there are 13 universe masters among us humans. Shouldn't I be the 14th universe master? How come...?"

The Lord of Chaos laughed, because his junior brother, the Lord of Darkness, had the same expression when he first became the Lord of the Universe and discovered that humanity had hidden two Lords of the Universe.

"No matter which faction it is, they all have some secrets. Like the Lord of the Universe, my human race also has a Lord of the Universe who has never made his name known. If you are not included, my human race has 16 Lords of the Universe. Now, with you included, my Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Arena each have 5, the Universe Mercenary Alliance has 3, the Universe First Bank has 3, and the Universe Galaxy Bank is a force that Lord Peng Gong just founded, so he only has one Lord of the Universe now."

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Although Li Yang already knew some general information, he listened very attentively to the explanation given by the Lord of Chaos City, as these were absolute secrets of the human race.

The Lord of Chaos City continued, "Your talent back then was evident to everyone. I originally intended to take you as my disciple, but unfortunately, you grew too quickly. In the short time I was in seclusion, you had already reached the level of a Universe Venerable. So I let you grow on your own. Otherwise, I might already have a disciple who is a Universe Lord! My junior brothers would probably be extremely envious!"

"Although you, City Lord, did not accept me as your disciple, I owe my current success entirely to your patronage!" Li Yang stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "May I ask who these junior brothers you speak of are, City Lord?"

"Let me first introduce you to the Universe Lords of our Virtual Universe Company lineage." The Chaos City Lord waved for Li Yang to sit down quickly; "The first one is Lord Longxing. Longxing is one of the earliest elders of our Virtual Universe Company lineage, and he entered the Universe Lord realm very early on. I believe you are quite familiar with him."

The Chaos City Lord continued, "The second one is my junior brother, the Lord of Ice Peak. He has a rather cold and aloof personality, and is not easy to approach, but he has done an excellent job in many important matters concerning the clan."

Li Yang recalled his memories. This Ice Peak Lord was an extremely powerful being in close combat, possessing immense fighting strength. He was likely a fourth-tier or even peak fourth-tier universe lord. In the current era, when the primordial universe had not been around for long, he would absolutely be a figure who suppressed billions of races throughout the universe.

"The third one is also my junior brother, the Lord of Darkness. He rarely interferes in the affairs of humanity, and not many people within humanity know of his existence. Back then, he was also a very low-key and secretive figure in our sect. He also became a Universe Lord not long before you!" The Chaos City Lord described with a smile.

Li Yang thought to himself, "This hidden Lord of the Universe really is the Lord of Darkness. A trillion epochs later, his strength has reached the 5th rank. I wonder what rank he is now? Who is stronger between me and him?"

"None of the major powers in the universe know about my junior brother. I originally thought that after you broke through to the Universe Lord level, you should keep quiet and hide like him. But now that you have already revealed your presence in the universe, there is no need to hide any longer!"

(End of this chapter)