Negotiations Break Down

The two ancient ancestors of the Demon Race, Shocking Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor, hovered in the starry sky, watching the humans arriving through the void.

“Luo Feng!” Shocking Demon Ancestor’s voice rumbled.

Dream Demon Ancestor stared intently at Luo Feng, as if his gaze alone could kill him. They both knew very well that Luo Feng possessed peak Tier 6 combat power and could instantly escape into the Tomb Mausoleum. Even if ten more Cosmic Overlords joined them, they wouldn’t be able to kill Luo Feng. Their original plan was to capture a group of human Universe Masters to pressure the human faction!

“Speak, what are your conditions!” Shocking Demon Ancestor demanded in a low tone.

Luo Feng chuckled softly: “The conditions are simple: the Demon Race must not participate in this war! I can even set a time limit… for one epoch, your Demon Race’s Universe Masters and Cosmic Overlords are forbidden from appearing in human territory. After one epoch, you are free to do as you please.”

This war would be swift.

Just like the initial clash with the Demon Race, which, though described at length, had actually concluded in mere moments. Luo Feng estimated that this ‘war’ would be fortunate to last a century, so setting a ‘one epoch’ limit was sufficient.

“If we agree, will your human race release our five Universe Masters?” Shocking Demon Ancestor asked.

“Of course,” Luo Feng nodded.

Shocking Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor exchanged glances, communicating secretly.

“However, they will be returned to you after one epoch,” Luo Feng added with a smile.

“After one epoch?” Shocking Demon Ancestor’s voice deepened. “Your human race shows no sincerity in negotiating!”

“A mere promise is useless,” Luo Feng scoffed, shaking his head. “This matter involves significant interests, and before desire, all promises are false. Therefore… it must be after one epoch. As long as you don’t interfere within this epoch, your five Demon Race Universe Masters can return safely, and we won’t demand any of their supreme treasures.”

Shocking Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor continued their secret communication.

“What should we do?” Dream Demon Ancestor asked.

“Their deaths are worth it,” Shocking Demon Ancestor replied.

“Abandon them?” Dream Demon Ancestor understood.

“Our race has over 20 Universe Masters! Even if we lose six… and the promising Cosmic Overlords ‘Mie Jin’ and ‘Xue Zan’ are still alive. If that’s the case, then let the six be lost!” Shocking Demon Ancestor transmitted, his voice incredibly cruel. “The opportunity to transcend reincarnation is incredibly important to our race. In terms of strength, even if our Universe Masters don’t intervene, just the two of us combined are among the top in the entire Primal Universe. How can we give up this opportunity?”

“Alright,” Dream Demon Ancestor made his decision.

Let those five Universe Masters die if they must!

They were abandoned!

…

Luo Feng stood in the void, looking at the two Demon Race ancestors: “Have you thought it through? If we truly fight, the consequences might be more severe than you anticipate.”

“Their deaths are a contribution to our entire Demon Race,” Shocking Demon Ancestor said, casting a cold glance at Luo Feng. “Luo Feng, I’d like to see how far you can go. Hmph… Original Ancestor is suppressed, Giant Axe has fallen. Your human race is destined, even if you work tirelessly and eventually become a Cosmic Overlord… you likely won’t have a good end.”

“Before I meet a bad end, I’ll make sure you two do,” Luo Feng chuckled softly.

“Go!” Shocking Demon Ancestor roared.

“Our Demon Race will avenge this grudge!” Dream Demon Ancestor hissed.

Boom! Boom!

The two figures instantly accelerated, reaching light speed and vanishing into the starry sky.

Luo Feng shook his head: “Truly, those two old fellows are ruthless. Five Universe Masters… abandoned just like that.”

“However…” A hint of solemnity flashed in Luo Feng’s eyes. Judging from this negotiation with the Demon Race, their resolve was immense, their desire incredibly strong! This implied that the Insectoid Race, Machine Race, Prison Race, Crystal Race, Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance, Ancestral God Sect, and even the lone Cosmic Overlords, likely all harbored an equally strong desire.

Who wouldn’t desire the opportunity to transcend reincarnation?

If Luo Feng claimed he didn’t, the major powers probably wouldn’t believe him! At this point, explanations were useless.

“The Ancestral God Sect and Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance, my relationship with them is good,” Luo Feng mused. “But when it comes to the opportunity to transcend reincarnation… even a little past friendship probably means nothing.”

Personal friendships.

Before the fate of a race, they amounted to nothing.

“Teacher Zuoshankeh has shown me immense kindness,” Luo Feng thought. “And Teacher Zuoshankeh’s own strength is unfathomable… if he needs it, I can share some information with him, and he could also become a helper for my race.”

The Duan Dong River legacy was obtained by him.

The right to decide its fate naturally rested with him.

However…

From Immortal — Venerable — Universe Master — Cosmic Overlord, this systematic ancient inheritance, Luo Feng would naturally only give to his own race! This set of systematic guidance could greatly increase the probability of his human race producing powerful experts. As for what he would give to Teacher Zuoshankeh, it would be various experiences and lessons at the Cosmic Overlord level.

After all, firstly, Teacher Zuoshankeh had helped him immensely to reach where he was today. Secondly, the entire Earthling lineage was essentially created by Zuoshankeh.

“I’ll return for now,” Luo Feng thought, his mind stirring.

Whoosh!

The Tomb Mausoleum Boat first performed several instantaneous shifts, then a God Kingdom teleportation, quickly returning to the Primal Secret Region.

…

In the Demon Race territory, the Demon Ancestor Secret Region.

“Demon Ancestor, save us.”

“Demon Ancestor!”

“Find a way to rescue us.” Sirius Master and the other five Demon Race Universe Masters, their divine power avatars prostrated, howling, wailing, and whimpering, begging the avatars of Dream Demon Ancestor and Shocking Demon Ancestor for help. They truly didn’t want to die like this.

This was still the Primal Universe era; they could at least live for two more reincarnation eras! If they died in a direct battle, so be it, but to be sealed and then annihilated felt too humiliating.

“Fallen into the hands of the human race, neither Dream Demon Ancestor nor I can do anything,” Shocking Demon Ancestor’s avatar said in a low voice. “They will surely take you to the Initial Universe, and within the Initial Universe, with the power of its origin, they can easily destroy you. It’s not that Dream Demon Ancestor and I don’t want to save you, it’s that we can’t.”

“Demon Ancestor.”

“No.”

Sirius Master and the others were in extreme agony.

They weren’t worried about soul control, because the divine power and souls of Universe Masters were extremely powerful. Although there had been cases of soul control… they were always ‘Cosmic Overlords soul controlling Universe Masters,’ never ‘Universe Masters soul controlling Universe Masters.’ And with the human race’s Original Ancestor suppressed and Giant Axe fallen…

There was simply no Cosmic Overlord who would act against them. Even with the power of the Initial Universe’s origin, at most they could be annihilated. If soul control was attempted? They could completely control themselves to self-destruct!

…

In the Initial Universe, within Chaos City.

“The Demon Race is truly greedy, not even caring about five Universe Masters!” Chaos City Lord angrily ordered directly. “Immediately spread the news of this battle! The news of Giant Axe’s fall… has only just begun to spread in the Machine Race, Demon Race, and Insectoid Race territories. Many other major powers are still unaware. Spread the news of this battle along with it! Let them weigh the consequences of opposing our human race.”

“Good.”

“Spread it, spread it far and wide.”

Every member of the human race was enraged by the Demon Race’s greedy refusal of negotiation terms!

“Spreading the news through the Virtual Universe’s vast intelligence network, which is dispersed throughout the entire Primal Universe, can be done quickly. Let’s first deal with these five Demon Race Universe Masters!” Chaos City Lord looked around at the Universe Masters present. “I will use the Initial Universe’s origin to suppress them. Everyone can try to see if they can soul control them.”

“Good.”

“Good.”

“Darkness, you are skilled in this, you try first.”

The human race’s powerhouses were filled with aggression. The Demon Race’s greedy refusal made them realize that this war would be unprecedentedly brutal; the previous battle was merely an appetizer. This invisible pressure naturally filled the human powerhouses with aggression.

Soul control Demon Race Universe Masters? Annihilate Demon Race Universe Masters? The human Universe Masters were naturally all willing to act.

…

As the human race deliberately spread the news, the Insectoid Race, Demon Race, and Machine Race met again.

In the silent starry sky.

Three powerful wills gathered directly, forming three blurry figures: an oval black sphere, a silver serpent, and a graceful figure.

“Dream Demon Ancestor, what happened?”

“Dream Demon Ancestor, what occurred?” The oval black sphere and the graceful figure asked consecutively.

The silver serpent said hoarsely: “Even if I don’t say it, the human race will quickly spread this news. Just now, when all three of our races mobilized… our Demon Race team encountered a team formed by the human race’s Universe Masters as soon as they set out.”

“Encountered humans?”

“What’s the situation?” Machine Race Father God and Insectoid Empress pressed for answers.

Because they hadn’t truly torn off all pretenses with the human race for this ultimate war, they had always been unsure of humanity’s hidden cards. After all, the human race had once produced the invincible ‘Original Ancestor’ who swept through the Universe Ocean, and also Luo Feng, who obtained the Duan Dong River legacy. So none of them dared to underestimate humanity, fearing they had some trump card.

“Our race lost six Universe Masters,” the silver serpent said hoarsely.

“What?!”

“Lost six?!” Machine Race Father God and Insectoid Empress were shocked, unable to believe it.

“Are humans that strong?” Machine Race Father God pressed.

The silver serpent said: “Yes, the human race is very strong. Any one of our three races, if we faced them alone, would likely suffer a loss.”

“How could they be so strong?” Machine Race Father God and Insectoid Empress both wanted to know what formidable tactics humanity possessed.

“It’s probably all because of that Luo Feng,” the silver serpent said. “Luo Feng himself possesses peak Tier 6 strength! Our race lost six Universe Masters; five were suppressed and sealed, and one was directly killed by Luo Feng on the spot… his blade techniques are terrifying. Furthermore, the human race has two ultimate supreme treasures! They were likely also brought by Luo Feng.”

Dream Demon Ancestor said so much, but deliberately omitted the mental attack. Because Luo Feng’s strength and the two ultimate supreme treasures… would be easily discovered once the Machine Race and Insectoid Race engaged them. There was no point in concealing them. However, the treasure with the terrifying mental attack was the source of their Demon Race’s heavy losses, and having suffered so much, they naturally hoped the Machine Race and Insectoid Race would also suffer a loss!