My Homeland, Earth

Renowned delicacies from various cosmic territories adorned the table, yet Luo Feng hadn't touched a single dish. Chaos City Lord gently poured wine, smiling at Luo Feng. "Top-tier cosmic overlord strength? I know your divine body rivals a Universe Venerable, and with the 'Jiuyou Clone' as your foundation, you have an almost endless supply of divine power. Your Golden Horn Behemoth clone also possesses a divine body thousands of kilometers long, coupled with high-grade supreme treasure armor... even top-tier cosmic overlords would find it hard to kill you. But this doesn't mean you possess that level of strength."

Luo Feng, however, looked at his teacher with unwavering resolve.

Chaos City Lord looked at Luo Feng.

Their eyes met.

"Is it true?" Chaos City Lord couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Luo Feng nodded.

"Then those legendary alien Venerables who fell because of you, were they killed by your own hand?" Chaos City Lord couldn't help but ask.

Luo Feng nodded.

Chaos City Lord observed Luo Feng closely. He had watched Luo Feng rise, and the speed of his ascent... far exceeded his imagination. Although what Luo Feng said was somewhat shocking, given their master-disciple relationship spanning nearly a hundred thousand years, Chaos City Lord felt it was very likely true.

"We'll discuss this later!" Chaos City Lord shook his head. "Luo Feng, I am your teacher; I would never harm you."

"Please speak, Teacher." Luo Feng listened.

"The Qijingshi is connected to the most important supreme treasure since the Original Star opened," Chaos City Lord said solemnly. "The news of you possessing the Qijingshi is already known to the Universe Masters of our human race, and even the Founder of Giant Axe! Although they won't force you to hand it over, if you truly refuse to, then... I fear it will cause those Universe Masters to become displeased with you."

"In the future, you are destined to be one of the highest-ranking members of our human race. Making them displeased now is not a good thing."

Luo Feng nodded slightly as he listened.

"Even if you possess top-tier cosmic overlord strength, what then? More than half of those entering the Qishen Temple will be Universe Masters. There might even be one or two Universe Supremes involved! The 36 passages of the Qishen Temple are more accommodating to the weaker, but strength is ultimately the foundation. The true contenders for the ultimate supreme treasure... will undoubtedly be Universe Masters or Universe Supremes! Even a top-tier cosmic overlord like you would have to stand aside."

Chaos City Lord looked at Luo Feng.

"If you insist on going... 1. You'll subtly displease the Universe Masters. 2. You won't be able to obtain the supreme treasure anyway. What's the point?"

Chaos City Lord, initially approaching from the perspective of the race, now shifted to the perspective of benefit, with only one goal: to make Luo Feng hand over the Qijingshi. It would be good for Luo Feng, and good for everyone.

"Moreover, the race will compensate you, as the Qijingshi is, after all, yours," Chaos City Lord said. "One Qijingshi is worth 20 supreme treasure points? 30 supreme treasure points? As long as you agree, I believe the race will give you ample compensation."

Luo Feng sighed inwardly. If a Universe Master had obtained the Qijingshi, the race wouldn't have these trivial matters. Now, because he possessed the potential to stand at the highest echelons of the race... they were speaking to him so politely. If he were merely an ordinary Universe Venerable, his treatment would likely be completely different.

However—

The Qijingshi was, after all, something he had obtained himself! It was his!

"Your teacher hopes you will hand it over." Chaos City Lord looked at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng looked at Chaos City Lord's expression. If it were any other Universe Master, he wouldn't bother to pay attention. But Chaos City Lord had shown him immense kindness, silently guiding and teaching him all this time.

"Teacher, you just said that if I offer it to the race, the race will compensate me," Luo Feng took a deep breath. "My request isn't high... I will use the Qijingshi to exchange for the other half ownership of Earth! In other words, I want to reclaim Earth. Return my homeland to me."

"That's my only request."

"If you agree... the Qijingshi goes to the race! No other compensation is needed, just the remaining half ownership of Earth."

"If you don't agree... I won't hand over the Qijingshi either," Luo Feng said.

Chaos City Lord was slightly startled. "Earth?"

"Yes, Earth." Luo Feng nodded.

Silence.

The two supreme beings of the cosmos, master and disciple, on either side of the dining table, fell silent for a moment.

"You want Earth?" Chaos City Lord said slowly after a long silence. "What do you plan to do with the alien immigrants?"

"Back then, it cost 50 billion mixed units for me to lose half ownership of Earth, allowing a large number of alien immigrants to reside in Earth's oceans, the Floating City above the oceans, and so on. They are, after all, alien immigrants, not Earthlings! That is the birthplace of us Earthlings, our homeland. I will make all those alien immigrants leave."

"The land, the oceans!"

"They all belong to Earthlings!" Luo Feng said solemnly.

Ever since he was forced to bow his head and surrender half ownership of Earth under the pressure of the race, with no other options! But from that moment, Luo Feng gritted his teeth... silently waiting, yearning for the day he could reclaim Earth! Over the years, on Earth, alien immigrants have always been arrogant. Luo Feng could only suppress those alien immigrants from causing trouble, but alien immigrants inherently looked down on Earth natives.

But that blue planet was, after all, the homeland of Earthlings!

"To drive them away?" Chaos City Lord pondered for a moment.

"Teacher, back then, it only cost 50 billion mixed units," Luo Feng chuckled. "50 billion mixed units is nothing; it's not even a fraction of a heavy treasure. Now, what I'm offering is the Qijingshi! If you calculate the profit, it has already multiplied tens of thousands, even millions of times."

"I understand your intentions now." Chaos City Lord nodded. "I cannot make this decision alone, but I will give you an answer soon."

"Understood." Luo Feng nodded.

Luo Feng wasn't a fool, not someone whose mind would be muddled by talk of racial righteousness... a fool who would selflessly contribute everything he had.

Contribute his own treasures just to make some other powerful individual stronger?

One must know...

From the moment he stepped out of Earth and into the cosmos, Luo Feng had always carried a responsibility on his shoulders—Earth! The rise of the Earthlings and their future destiny depended entirely on him. Therefore, Luo Feng would absolutely not easily give up an opportunity to become stronger. Moreover, the Qijingshi was something he had obtained himself!

The Qishen Temple... was the greatest treasure of this opening cycle of the Original Star! Luo Feng truly wanted to go.

But since his teacher had personally spoken, and with such sincerity, and deep within Luo Feng's heart... his more important dream was to reclaim Earth! Compared to reclaiming Earth, the importance of the Qijingshi significantly diminished.

"Reclaiming Earth, in my plans, was not an easy task. If I can seize this opportunity... and succeed in one fell swoop! Even losing the Qijingshi would be nothing," Luo Feng thought to himself.

The human race and Earth.

Although Luo Feng felt a sense of belonging to the human race, his sense of belonging to Earth was even stronger! He was the leader, the spiritual guide, of the Earthlings, bearing the destiny of Earth! Only then... was he a member of the human race. Moreover, the Qijingshi was merely a bonus for the human race, not something that involved the rise and fall of the human race... naturally, there was no need to care about 'racial righteousness'.

In the dark void, stars twinkled.

On either side of the long stone table, Universe Masters were once again seated.

"Chaos, do you have a result?"

"Gathering us here, is there something wrong? Luo Feng wouldn't refuse, would he? Impossible."

"Chaos, you, his teacher, personally went, and you still couldn't persuade Luo Feng?"

"How dare he refuse? And with his limited ability, wouldn't using the Qijingshi be a waste? Chaos, if you can't convince him, I'll go talk to this young fellow myself!"

From the main seat, the Founder of Giant Axe swept his gaze, and immediately all the Universe Masters fell completely silent.

"Chaos, tell them." The Founder of Giant Axe instructed.

"Luo Feng agreed," Chaos City Lord looked around at the other Universe Masters. "However, he proposed a condition."

"Haha, good."

"He really agreed."

"It's good that he agreed. As for the condition, just compensate him."

"What condition?"

Some Universe Masters immediately spoke up, while others watched silently, knowing that if the matter were truly simple, they wouldn't have been summoned a second time.

Chaos City Lord continued. "His condition is very simple... to return the other half ownership of Earth to him. Earth is his homeland! Back then, 50 billion mixed units were used to buy half ownership of Earth, allowing major powers to send large numbers of their descendants into Earth's oceans and the airspace above them. Now he wants to reclaim Earth."

"What about the descendants of the various races?" A cold voice rang out.

"Luo Feng wants to expel all alien descendants, leaving only Earthlings," Chaos City Lord said.

"No!"

"Absolutely not."

"This is impossible."

Universe Masters spoke one after another, their voices containing a hint of anger.

When Earth was discovered back then... it attracted attention. It was just that the Founder of Giant Axe had determined it was a special planet deliberately modified and refined by 'Zuoshanke'. At first, the Universe Masters were merely curious, believing that anything Zuoshanke touched must be extraordinary. But they didn't know how truly precious Earth was.

However... a hundred thousand years! Luo Feng's growth to his current state took a hundred thousand years, and the alien immigrants had also been on Earth for a hundred thousand years. During this period, generations of alien descendants were born on Earth. Any descendant born there... after some cultivation by their respective races, was found to have very high comprehension, easily tempered character, and an extremely high probability of becoming a powerful individual or genius!

Character might seem ordinary and unimportant at the beginning of cultivation, but the further one progresses—Universe Level, Domain Lord, Sector Lord... the more crucial it becomes!

This immediately astonished all the Universe Masters.

What an incredible Earth.

What an incredible Zuoshanke!

The souls of all these descendants born on Earth must have undergone some subtle changes, making them much more likely to succeed in tempering and cultivating their state of mind and character. In just a hundred thousand years, a group of geniuses and powerful individuals has emerged, with a multitude of Sector Lords. If time continues to pass...

Earth alone, this single planet, could completely forge one of the powerful branches of the human race. Completely on par with the Yan God Clan of old!

Compared to the Yan God Clan, the Earth lineage has even greater potential for future growth.

"No."

"That is a special planet refined by Zuoshanke, its value is immeasurable! No less than a peak domain-type supreme treasure! This is unacceptable."

"Make him change his condition."

The Universe Masters spoke.