The Strongest Descends

On a life planet within the human territories, a hunchbacked, green-skinned elder with tentacles stood in an alleyway of a bustling city, facing a decadent human youth. “Child, you are so young, so full of vitality, with boundless prospects ahead. Why are you so despondent, completely lacking fighting spirit?” the raspy-voiced, green-skinned elder asked. The decadent youth sat on the ground, leaning against a wall, his eyes filled with sorrow. He shook his head, “There’s no hope, it’s already hopeless. I’ve tried my best, but they are too powerful. In this city, while they may not be the strongest, they are beyond what a commoner like me can resist. They constantly toy with me, mock me. The only reason they don’t kill me is because they see me as a plaything!” “Life is full of miracles,” the hunchbacked, green-skinned elder rasped. “Nothing remains unchanged forever, and the cosmos is even more mysterious and unpredictable. Anything can happen.” “Is that so?” The decadent youth glanced at the green-skinned elder, then lowered his head and drank from his bottle. “Yes, anything can happen.” The green-skinned elder smiled and nodded. The decadent youth paused slightly, sitting there blankly, holding the wine bottle. The smile on the hunchbacked elder’s face grew wider. Just five seconds later, the decadent youth suddenly snapped awake. The decadent youth’s eyes were sharp, his aura completely transformed. He cautiously scanned his surroundings, but when he saw the ordinary alleyway and the hunchbacked elder before him, he froze, a look of disbelief on his face: “I, I, I… This, how did I return to a hundred thousand years ago? I’m already a Realm Lord, how could I… This is an illusion, it can’t be such a realistic illusion, but…” “Child,” the hunchbacked elder spoke. “You, you are…” The decadent youth stared at the hunchbacked elder. “You’re the elder who guided me back then?” “‘Back then’ was just a moment ago, wasn’t it?” The hunchbacked elder chuckled, then vanished into thin air. The decadent youth remained stunned for a long time. “Domain!” The decadent youth looked around, his mind stirring. Although his psionic energy was extremely weak, guided by a will comparable to a Realm Lord, it instantly formed a faint flame domain. “It’s real, everything is real. Everything I experienced was real, my journey to become a Realm Lord was real? But how did I return to my most painful time? Traveling through time back to the past? No—” The decadent youth was already different from before; he now possessed the heart of a powerful being. “Even if time flowed backward, it couldn’t travel to the past. That means I experienced an illusion. But what kind of illusion could allow me to live in it for a hundred thousand years? And become a Realm Lord? And comprehend a portion of the laws?” The decadent youth’s eyes widened in horror. He looked around frantically, shouting, “Senior, Senior, Senior…” However, there was no one there. The decadent youth shook his head. “What a pity, I missed a great opportunity! If I could have followed that senior, becoming an Immortal would have been effortless. It’s truly incredible… Still, the benefits I gained are not small. Hmph… those bastards, I killed you in the illusion, this time I’ll make you despair again!” With that, the decadent youth left the alleyway. “Heh heh…” The hunchbacked, tentacled elder still stood in place, watching the decadent youth leave, and chuckled. From beginning to end, the hunchbacked elder hadn’t moved. He simply allowed the decadent youth to see him when he wished, and to be unseen when he didn’t. “Om~~~” A powerful will traversed endless space-time, suddenly descending upon this planet, into this alleyway. The surrounding space subtly warped. An oval black sphere appeared in the alleyway, its voice resonating: “Stone, you are known as a Demon God! Even Universe Masters fear you, yet you have the leisure to help that little fellow.” “If I want to kill, I kill. If I want to save, I save. If I want to occasionally bestow grace, I bestow grace! If that little fellow had knelt in the alleyway just now, begging to see me… I would have killed him directly.” The hunchbacked elder turned to face the black sphere. “Mechanical, this is human territory. Did your will descend here to find me for something?” “Yes,” the oval black sphere floated in mid-air, its surroundings flickering with instability. “I ask you to kill a young fellow.” “Very strong?” the hunchbacked elder asked. “Luo Feng of the human race!” the oval black sphere replied. “Luo Feng?” The hunchbacked elder nodded. “I know that young fellow. Since his return from the Cosmic Ocean, news about him has spread like wildfire. No wonder you’re here. Your Mechanical Race, along with the Insectoid Race and Monster Race, probably all want to kill him. Tell me, where is he now?” “Ancestral God Sect, Purple Thorn Island!” the oval black sphere stated. “Ancestral God Sect!!!” The hunchbacked elder lost his previous calm and natural demeanor. His eyes widened, black light faintly flickering. “Mechanical, I don’t care about Giant Axe. I can help you kill that young fellow. But he’s in the core of the Ancestral God Sect… You want me to break into the Ancestral God Sect’s core and kill their inheritor. It’s said the Ancestral God Sect even bestowed treasures upon him, clearly valuing this Luo Feng greatly.” “I helped you once before. This time, consider it repaid,” the black sphere’s voice echoed from afar. “I owe you one,” the hunchbacked elder rasped. “Alright, I agree. Tell me his detailed information.” “He possesses top-tier Universe Overlord strength, and his divine body is estimated to be comparable to a rare special lifeform. Furthermore, he has the innate clone ability, so simply annihilating one of his divine bodies is useless. We must infiltrate his soul… to ensure all his divine bodies perish. Or, soul control! However, soul control is clearly more difficult,” the black sphere explained. “Stone, you became a Universe Supreme Being through the path of illusion! If you can’t succeed… then no other powerful being in the entire Primal Universe can.” “Good, I’ll set off immediately. I know you’ve been waiting impatiently,” the hunchbacked elder said. “Then I await your good news,” the oval black sphere replied. Whoosh! The two vanished one after another, and the surrounding space-time subtly vibrated before returning completely to normal. The ordinary humans in the city, however, remained completely unaware of any of this. … Ancestral God Secret Realm, the void outside the Aurora Lake. A completely black alien lifeform stood in the void, surrounded by swirling black currents. These black currents enveloped its body, allowing only a pair of dark, eerie eyes to be vaguely seen. “Luo Feng of the human race?” “To have one Universe Supreme Being ask another Universe Supreme Being to kill you, you should be proud.” … Purple Thorn Island. Luo Feng’s mansion was in the style of a Jiangnan garden, with small bridges over flowing water, pavilions, and towers. Luo Feng sat at a table in a pavilion, drinking fine wine and contemplating the ‘Path of the Beast God’. He greatly enjoyed this peaceful life of focused cultivation, but Luo Feng also knew… that while he seemed very safe in the Ancestral God Sect, the longer time dragged on, the more anxious the Insectoid, Monster, and Mechanical Races would become! After all, how could these three peak races tolerate watching him continuously grow stronger? They would certainly find a way to act. And with his innate clone ability, if they merely used material attacks to annihilate one of his clones, they wouldn’t achieve their desired outcome. So, if they were to act… they would definitely target his soul, either through soul infiltration to cause his complete demise, much like the death of the Yunmo Star Master, or through soul control. With his Earthling body openly present here, Luo Feng naturally dared not be careless. He always carried the soul treasure ‘Pagoda Pearl’ and wore the pinnacle treasure ‘Calamity Armor’, which also had the power to weaken soul attacks. Most importantly, while ordinary fragile soul treasures might directly collapse under some soul attacks, the ‘Pagoda Pearl’ was a control core of the Star Tower, a token of ownership. Even an ultimate treasure attack wouldn’t shatter it. Although its defensive power was only at the ‘ordinary treasure’ level, it was absolutely trustworthy. “Pagoda Pearl, Calamity Armor, plus my own Universe Master-level will and consciousness,” Luo Feng murmured. His powerful divine body and endless divine power granted him a formidable consciousness! (Universe Master-level) Repeated tempering, the transformation from life-and-death inheritances, and a hundred and eighty million years of secluded cultivation had also elevated his will to Universe Master-level! With such reliance! Luo Feng naturally felt even more confident! “Hmm?” Luo Feng, who was sitting there, holding his wine cup and contemplating the Path of the Beast God, suddenly looked up at the sky. He vaguely sensed something was amiss. He looked up! Below the Aurora Lake, which enveloped the high altitude, a figure shrouded in endless black currents had just appeared. Enveloped by the currents, it was impossible to see clearly, only a pair of eyes were vaguely visible. What kind of eyes were those! Just seeing them sent a shiver down Luo Feng’s spine. This was bad! That shiver, originating from his soul… made Luo Feng instantly realize that such a feeling of powerlessness only occurred when encountering the Starry Sky Ancestor or Zuo Shan Ke. “It’s a Universe Supreme Being!” Luo Feng immediately understood. Whoosh! An invisible attack descended! Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!! A hundred meters above Luo Feng, a massive rift suddenly appeared out of thin air! No, not a rift. It was a collision of two spatial dimensions! The space around where the black-current-shrouded figure stood was completely controlled; the cosmic laws of operation in that space had retreated, everything was entirely under the control of that black-current-shrouded figure. And the space below was also controlled. One above, one below, these two spatial dimensions actually collided a hundred meters above Luo Feng. More terrifying than colliding planets! The two invisible spaces crashed into each other, two powerful wills controlling their respective spaces… Under the spatial collision, rifts appeared intermittently. “What!” Luo Feng was stunned. After all, his strength far surpassed a top-tier Universe Overlord and could contend with Universe Masters, and his will and consciousness were also extremely strong. So, he instantly determined that there was another Universe Supreme Being present in the space below! “Two Universe Supreme Beings?” “Fighting each other?” Luo Feng was bewildered. Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~~ The Aurora Lake at the very top of the sky truly raged. This was the first time Luo Feng had seen the Aurora Lake so violent. The boundless Aurora Lake, like a lake in the heavens, instantly collapsed with a thunderous roar~~~~ endless aurora directly rushed downwards, surging towards the black-shrouded figure below. The black-shrouded figure, however, remained completely still, instead letting out an angry roar: “Ancestral God, are you trying to obstruct me?” “Xuzhen Demon God, this is the territory of my Ancestral God Sect!” a powerful voice resounded.`,