Urgency

Luo Feng frowned: "But, Ancestral Gods can speak things into existence! They can wield peak supreme treasures and unleash peak Sixth-tier combat power!"

"Haha..." Chaos City Lord chuckled. "What is speaking things into existence? It's a 'privilege' granted by the original universe will. The original universe grants this privilege to its strongest beings, but once they engage in battle with a Lord of the Universe, the original universe will strip them of this privilege. If the original universe will deliberately favored them... it could completely bestow the Ancestral Gods with the privilege of 'speaking things into existence.'"

Luo Feng blinked.

"The privilege of speaking things into existence is a deliberate, biased bestowal!"

"As for wielding peak supreme treasure sets and unleashing peak Sixth-tier combat power, that's merely understanding a 'Cosmic Overlord-tier' secret technique," Chaos City Lord explained. "Like you, you rely on your own comprehension. Like Peng Gong, he relies on the secret patterns on ultimate supreme treasures! And the three Ancestral Gods... they received secret techniques directly bestowed by the original universe will. Similar to innate secret techniques."

"Innate secret techniques?" Luo Feng understood.

Like his own 'I Am the Universe.'

It was just that the three great Ancestral Gods received an even higher-tier bestowal: direct Cosmic Overlord-tier secret techniques.

"Do you understand now?" Chaos City Lord sighed. "The Ancestral God Sect was created by the original universe will, and it even selected three powerful individuals early on to be its spokesmen! It granted them privileges, bestowed them with innate secret techniques... but these three Ancestral Gods also bear many responsibilities and have many restrictions."

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

Indeed.

If they were truly Cosmic Overlords, why wouldn't they resolve the troubles in the Universe Ocean themselves? If they were truly Cosmic Overlords, why would the 'Illusory True Demon God' have been so confident in saying that Ancestral Gods were no match for him in the Universe Ocean? Because Ancestral Gods are merely 'pseudo-Cosmic Overlords.'

"Their freedom is somewhat restricted. Only when this reincarnation era ends can they regain their freedom," Chaos City Lord said with a smile. "So, for them, the most important thing is actually how to break through and become Cosmic Overlords. However, Starry Sky Ancestor also has a point; greed knows no bounds. The three Ancestral Gods, the Eight Great Beast Gods, the many Guardian Beast Gods, Jiuyou Master, and the numerous Guardian God Lords of the 'Ancestral God Sect' faction—these Lords of the Universe both yearn to become Cosmic Overlords and to transcend reincarnation."

"However—"

"There are no eternal alliances in this world! The Ancestral God Sect and the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance cannot truly advance and retreat together," Chaos City Lord stated. "I will contact the Ancestral God Sect and personally persuade them. The highest price we will pay is cultivation guidance on how to break through to become a Cosmic Overlord."

Luo Feng nodded: "What about the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance? What about the lone Cosmic Overlords?"

"Wait!"

Chaos City Lord said solemnly, "Currently, a large number of scattered factions and small powers are still hesitating. We will do our best to win over more Lords of the Universe. 100 Lords of the Universe are worth more than 10 lone Cosmic Overlords... Given this, our focus remains on the various scattered factions. If we can win over a certain number, we naturally won't need to care about those lone Cosmic Overlords, after all... for a powerful force, both the number of pillar combat powers and peak combat power are important."

From Immortals to Cosmic Overlords, this ancient civilization's systematic cultivation method represents the nurturing of 'pillar combat power,' such as many Lords of the Universe and even Cosmic Overlords.

And peak combat power refers to 'Original Ancestor-tier' combat power.

"Currently, the entire Universe Ocean has not yet produced a second Original Ancestor-tier powerhouse," Chaos City Lord said gravely. "If our human race gives birth to one or two in the future, coupled with a sufficient number of pillar combat powers... then our human race will truly be invincible."

"Mm." Luo Feng nodded.

Desire.

Everyone desires their race to be strong! No one wants to reveal the hope of their race's 'peak combat power' to other forces. If those forces become strong, for example, if a lone Cosmic Overlord reaches the Original Ancestor tier, they will naturally be supremely confident, traversing the Universe Ocean without attachments. Why would they care about humanity?

In the future, conflicts with humanity are entirely possible. Once a struggle begins, even if humanity is strong overall, if the opponent has no attachments and is at the Original Ancestor tier, it would be like shooting ourselves in the foot.

"Wait!"

"Wait until the situation becomes a little clearer." Chaos City Lord's voice held a hint of anticipation.

...

Three days later.

Luo Feng retrieved another supreme treasure, the 'Ancient God Eye,' from Sitting Mountain Guest and immediately returned to human territory. Even after returning to human territory... Luo Feng personally acted as an envoy, going out to persuade some smaller factions.

"As you can see, not a single Lord of the Universe who has joined our human faction has perished so far!"

"Perhaps our race's chances of victory aren't very high. I won't boast like the allied forces; their chances of victory aren't as high as they claim... but I can guarantee, especially since our side has the 'Tomb Mausoleum Boat,' the 'Black Prison Tower,' and the 'Star Tower,' all of which are absolutely safe. Fighting alongside our human faction guarantees absolute safety!"

"As for your concern about being attacked after the war?"

"No need to worry!"

"Our human faction has so many Lords of the Universe joining us; we are naturally united. If any race dares to retaliate after the war? Then, our human faction's allied army will directly board the Star Tower, board the Tomb Mausoleum Boat, and go directly to annihilate their race! With this threat... I don't believe anyone would dare to act recklessly!"

Luo Feng spoke with full confidence, persuading a giant rock head that emerged from the endless earth before him.

...

"Join our allied forces, and victory is assured!"

"As you can see, our allied forces initially comprised six major powers! With our Demon Race, Machine Race, Insectoid Race, Prison Race, Crystal Race, and Northern Territory Alliance... as the core, the alliance is extremely solid. And these six major powers alone... plus some affiliated ones, already have around 300 Lords of the Universe! And there are still scattered forces joining... the number of Lords of the Universe in our allied forces will continue to surge, and our Cosmic Overlords and ultimate supreme treasures hold a significant advantage."

"What?"

"Will-impact treasures?"

"Haha, that's a joke! I admit that will-impact treasure is formidable, but don't you see how many Lords of the Universe are in our allied forces! Not to mention the scattered forces that have joined, just the six major powers combined already number around 300. These 300... every 50 Lords of the Universe form a team, making six teams! No matter how powerful that will-impact treasure is, it can at most attack one team! After all, will-impact treasures have extremely high 'distance' requirements; the further the distance, the weaker the will impact. You all know this from the Black-Patterned Stone Pillar and the common characteristics of many will treasures."

"So, as long as the various teams of Lords of the Universe maintain a slight distance, say, tens of millions of kilometers, they can only attack one team of Lords of the Universe at most."

"Thus, will-impact treasures have little impact on the strength of either side. Moreover, if the Lords of the Universe teams are further dispersed, for example, 30 Lords of the Universe forming a small team, the impact will be even smaller!"

"In short—"

"Our side already holds an absolute advantage!"

"And it's destined that the struggle with the human faction will not be short-term, but long-term. If they don't hand over the inheritance, we will suppress humanity for a long time! Suppress the human faction! Prevent humanity from developing, make those who joined the human faction regret it immensely, and even cause them to leave the human faction."

...

Both sides were desperately recruiting.

Humanity itself was at a disadvantage, while the six major powers' allied forces were stronger (after all, the Northern Territory Alliance alone had about 100 Lords of the Universe).

...

Days passed.

All factions in the original universe were observing the changes, and even the major powers in the Universe Ocean were paying attention.

"Hate!"

"We hate that we can only be in the Universe Ocean. If only we could also enter the original universe. Then we could also pressure humanity, and also have a chance to transcend reincarnation."

"We just hate that we can't participate at all."

The major powers of the Universe Ocean were anxious and helpless.

Which of the first and second reincarnation eras didn't far surpass the original universe era? They could casually bring out a few peak races and sweep through the various powers of the original universe. Unfortunately, they had the strength but simply couldn't enter the original universe.

...

Luo Feng stood by the railing, holding a communication token.

"Galaxy Lord!"

"The memory stone you gave me last time was indeed useless to me! If you give me another one... if this memory stone proves useful, then I will give you another eight ultimate supreme treasures in exchange for a third memory stone. How about it? If you are confident, if you are not deceiving me, you should be willing to give me the second memory stone."

"East Emperor Ancestor? If you want a second memory stone, come with four ultimate supreme treasures in exchange."

This was the conversation that had just taken place.

Luo Feng remained firm!

Clearly, East Emperor Holy Land also knew what was happening in the original universe. After the previous transaction of supreme treasures and memory stones, they had suffered a loss, but 'East Emperor Ancestor' thought Luo Feng was unintentional because Luo Feng couldn't see the deeper information. So he still wanted a second one, but East Emperor Ancestor was stubbornly unwilling to give more ultimate supreme treasures.

He knew that the human faction was in a predicament, so he wasn't in a hurry to negotiate before, but now he was talking to Luo Feng!

"My condition remains the same. East Emperor Ancestor, if you're unwilling to part with them, then I apologize." Luo Feng was very direct.

It wasn't that he was unwilling!

It was that he himself knew that of the three memory stones he had prepared, the first one he gave was already the best. Although he couldn't see it, he was clear about the preciousness, classification, and so on of the various memory stones. If the best one was useless, the other two would naturally be worse.

So Luo Feng could only hold firm, not giving in. Perhaps, after much deliberation, East Emperor Ancestor might actually make the trade.

Because...

Luo Feng was the only seller! Whether you buy or not, no matter how high East Emperor Ancestor's wisdom, there was no room for it to be exercised.

...

Time advanced day by day, and the impending terrifying war drew closer. The entire original universe was plunged into the dreadful pressure preceding a super war. Even the major powers in the Universe Ocean were watching, yearning to participate... but unfortunately, they simply couldn't join.

"Luo Feng, Luo Feng, come quickly." Chaos City Lord's urgent and anxious voice suddenly echoed in Luo Feng's ears.

"Hm?" Luo Feng felt a sense of foreboding.

Whoosh!

He immediately teleported, directly arriving in the main hall where Chaos City Lord was. In the main hall, Dark Lord, Luo Feng, Peng Gong Master, Long Xing Master, Ice Peak Master, Desolate Mirror Master, Qing Dong Master... appeared one after another through successive teleports.