The Hundred Thousand Tribes

Luo Feng fell silent. Looking out at the infinitely vast world in the void beyond the Yunmo Star, a profound shock welled up within him! He imagined the Universe Venerable Elders of the Golden Horn Clan destroying all obstacles in the void, forcefully carving out this immense spatial region. Countless Immortals then constructed landmasses within their respective God Kingdoms, and an even greater number of Sector Lords each created land worlds. Together, they united their efforts to form this expansive continent. What an astonishing feat of will! "Elder Sifanqi, how large is Lasiao World?" Luo Feng asked. "It's three hundred billion kilometers thick, and the land world has a diameter of 2.1 light-years," Elder Sifanqi replied with considerable pride. "This world won't just fall apart?" Luo Feng murmured, concerned. It wasn't as simple as just gathering enough land to form a massive continent. Just as incredibly massive planets can collapse, even forming black holes, even though the cosmic rules in the cosmic secret region weren't as restrictive, it didn't mean one could build whatever they wanted. "Lasiao World is also a weapon," Elder Sifanqi chuckled. "In fact, in normal cosmic starfields, you've probably seen some massive continents. For example, the headquarters of your Virtual Universe Company." Luo Feng nodded. "These super-continents, especially the super-vast ones in normal cosmic starfields, are all manufactured. They aren't products of normal cosmic evolution," Elder Sifanqi explained. "As for cosmic secret regions... cosmic secret regions are full of wonders, and occasionally, some very large landmasses appear naturally. But if you want to construct a massive continent... it's still very troublesome." "Therefore!" "In the universe, a very popular and common method is to construct continents using the same techniques as manufacturing weapons. This ensures the continental structure is incredibly balanced and stable, allowing it to exist permanently," Elder Sifanqi said with a smile. "Logically, the countless Sector Lords of the Hundred Thousand Tribes back then could have created a very large landmass. So why did the Immortals of the Hundred Thousand Tribes also have to act? It was precisely because of the 'weapon' requirement." Luo Feng was dumbfounded. A weapon manufacturing method to make the continental structure balanced and stable? ... The Yunmo Star continued to approach Lasiao World. "Beep." "Permission confirmed." A signal was directly transmitted into the Yunmo Star. Luo Feng looked at the signal content displayed on the control panel, then turned to Elder Sifanqi, who smiled and said, "It's fine, I'll handle it." Swish! Elder Sifanqi vanished from the Yunmo Star, appearing in the void outside. He directly released his immortal power into the Lasiao World continent. "Teleportation is truly amazing, it ignores the ship's barriers," Luo Feng marveled. "Even with the strongest defensive ship, it's useless against teleportation." "Unless the ship can block spatial fluctuations," Dylan said softly. Swish! Elder Sifanqi reappeared in the control room. "Now we can enter Lasiao World without being attacked," Elder Sifanqi chuckled. "If we were using our previous ship, it's registered in the alert system, so it wouldn't be so troublesome. However, that ship's flight speed is far inferior to His Highness's. When the mission was assigned, we flew in the Dark Universe for nearly a year." Luo Feng also smiled. Even Huyan Bo's Yunmo Star from back then wasn't this fast. His own Yunmo Star only became this fast after being modified by the Virtual Universe Company. This technology was restricted even within humanity, let alone to these vassal races. ... The Yunmo Star entered Lasiao World and continued flying. Looking down from the ship, one could see vast expanses of grasslands, forests, mountains, rivers, and oceans, but even more so, a world of ice and snow! The temperature in most areas was very low, and even the land was covered in thick snow. "Because our Golden Horn Clan prefers temperatures much lower than what normal humans are accustomed to, this was taken into account when the world was built," Elder Sifanqi stood in the control room, pointing directly below. Through the external view, it was as if he was standing in the void, looking down. "That's the Hydroxide Smoke Tribe, a Medium-tier Tribe, with dozens of Immortals," Elder Sifanqi said, pointing to the fortress-like clusters of residential buildings below. "Medium-tier Tribe?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled. "What about the Tawen Department?" "A High-tier Tribe!" Kashina, standing behind Luo Feng, said proudly. "Your Highness, our Tawen Department is a powerful High-tier Tribe. Much stronger than this Hydroxide Smoke Tribe. Our tribe even has two King-level Immortals, while the Hydroxide Smoke Tribe probably doesn't have a single King-level Immortal." Luo Feng gasped. He had heard there were a hundred thousand tribes. A single tribe was this strong? How strong must a hundred thousand tribes be? "How many tribes are there in total, and how are they divided?" Luo Feng asked. "When we migrated here billions of years ago, there were a hundred thousand tribes," Elder Sifanqi chuckled. "As for now, it's truly unclear. Some tribes have declined and dispersed, others have risen, and Lasiao World is so vast that it's hard to keep track. As for the hierarchy... tribes are divided into Low-tier Tribes, Medium-tier Tribes, High-tier Tribes, and the highest, 'Elder Tribes'." "Elder Tribes?" Luo Feng's eyes lit up. "Tribes with Elders?" "Not exactly." Elder Sifanqi explained, "They are the top ten tribes, honored with the glorious title of Elder Tribe. Because only the top ten qualify, the number of Elder Tribes has remained fixed at ten for billions of years. And each of the ten Elder Tribes... will have an Elder from the Elder Council stationed there. This is also a privilege of the Elder Tribes." Luo Feng was secretly astonished, and Dylan was also surprised. By this calculation... there were at least ten Elders! "I didn't expect the strongest force within the Ganwu Universe Nation's territory wouldn't be the Ganwu Nation Lord, but rather an alien race hidden within the territory," Luo Feng thought, secretly shocked. "Haha, surprised?" Elder Sifanqi shook his head. "There's nothing to be surprised about. The true strength of your human race lies in the five giants: Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Martial Arena, Universe First Bank, Cosmic River Bank, and Cosmic Mercenary Alliance. As for the 1008 Universe Nations... they are merely tools for managing and ruling ordinary humans. Humanity... is a peak race precisely because it possesses incredibly powerful military might." Luo Feng nodded. He had no doubt about this; how could a race that could occupy an initial universe be a joke? With so many vassal races, it naturally had the power to deter them. ... The Yunmo Star continued flying at high altitude, passing over mountains and icy seas. After more than ten days of flight, it finally descended. Tawen Department, they had arrived! ... That evening, the Tawen Department held a welcome banquet for Luo Feng, specially preparing food that humans enjoyed. "Your Highness Luo Feng of humanity, I toast you." "Thank you." Luo Feng raised his cup, drinking with the large group of Immortals around him, secretly astonished by the sheer number of people present. Through conversation, he learned that the Tawen Department had a total of two King-level Immortals (the Chief and Sifanqi), twelve Marquis-level Immortals, hundreds of Immortals, tens of thousands of Sector Lords, millions of Domain Lords, and over ten million Universe-level beings... yet the total population of the Tawen Department was only about one billion. This was less than the population of the Huaxia Nation. One tribe, with a population of one billion, yet it had over ten million Universe-level beings. "The difference between alien races and humans is truly vast," Luo Feng thought, secretly amazed. "Are you surprised by the proportion of powerful individuals here?" Elder Sifanqi, sitting opposite Luo Feng, smiled and said, "Most human friends who come here are amazed by this. But you should consider... how astonishing humanity's population size and reproductive capacity are. And how small our race's numbers are." A High-tier Tribe only had a population of one billion. How many people could a hundred thousand tribes add up to? A single star system of humanity might have a population far exceeding that. A single Universe Nation alone had over a hundred million star systems. "The universe is always fair," Elder Sifanqi stated. "Races with extremely large populations have a low proportion of experts, while those with very small populations have a high proportion. For example, those High-tier Starry Sky Behemoths, every single one is a Sector Lord upon reaching adulthood, and they all possess some heaven-defying innate secret techniques! Or Zerg Queens, which are incredibly rare but each is powerful. And your human race occupies a vast territory, so the number of geniuses and experts born is far greater than in our race." "Territory?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled. "Luo Feng." A loud, powerful voice rang out, and a man with a robust, steel-like physique, glowing with a faint blue hue, approached. "Chief," Luo Feng quickly stood up. "I have already written a personal letter. Elder Sifanqi will take it with him and accompany you to the Holy City," the Chief said, his eyes like electricity, his voice strong and resonant. "With our tribe's application and Elder Sifanqi personally going, the Elder stationed in the Holy City should give you face. This will grant you the opportunity to comprehend the Holy Stele." "That's truly too kind," Luo Feng said with a smile. "Haha... you are a friend of our Tawen Department, no need for thanks," the Chief laughed heartily. Luo Feng also smiled and raised his cup. ... The entire Tawen Department was incredibly warm and respectful towards the human who had come to their tribe! This was because ordinary humans were not qualified to come here; those invited were either peerless geniuses, individuals with powerful backgrounds, or truly high-ranking figures. Luo Feng stayed in the Tawen Department for two days. Afterward, Luo Feng, Dylan, five Sector Lords, Elder Sifanqi, and Kashina, the Chief's son who was accompanying them, departed together in the Yunmo Star for the Holy City. "The Holy City is the core and sacred land of our Golden Horn Clan," Elder Sifanqi explained. "It gathers the most outstanding geniuses of the entire Golden Horn Clan, where those geniuses and powerful individuals compete and battle... It also gathers many powerful individuals, who establish sects and take disciples there." "And the Holy Stele is located at the very heart of the Holy City," Elder Sifanqi continued. "All the sects in the Holy City belong to the lineage of the great Xiluoduo." Swish! The Yunmo Star flashed across the sky, swiftly flying towards the Golden Horn Clan's core, the 'Holy City'.