Ancestral Star, Cyber Heavenly Court

Unknown Star Domain, Heavenly Court Calendar year 96.

After nearly a century of conquest, Su Mu, Lord of the Cyber Heavenly Court, finally subjugated the entire star domain and designated it as his own territory.

It was also in this year that the entire star domain was officially renamed the Heavenly Court Starfield!

Under the rule of the Heavenly Court, the Ancestral Star.

The Cosmic Star Gate, South Heaven Gate.

Today was the day for the selection of Heavenly Soldiers across the entire Ancestral Star.

Countless young people who had distinguished themselves on the Ancestral Star, led by the personal guard Yang Jian, crossed the star gate one after another to board transport ships, heading toward the Heavenly Court they had long yearned for.

After an unknown amount of time, the transport ships began to slow down, and the young people sitting inside finally caught a glimpse of the Heavenly Court's true appearance.

Through the windows of the transport ship, they first saw specks of red light forming several red "patterns," silently suspended in the vacuum of space.

As the transport ship drew closer to these red "patterns," they finally saw clearly what those specks of red light actually were.

These specks of red light were silver warships, each activating its red energy shield!

"I—I know what these are!"

"These must be the Vermilion Bird Fleet, part of the Twenty-Eight Mansions Battleship Fleet under the command of Heavenly Venerate Su Mu!"

"I once saw in the archives that only the Vermilion Bird Fleet uses red energy shields!"

Watching the spectacular scene outside, a scholarly-looking young man in the crowd spoke up in realization.

Following his words, the young people throughout the transport fleet began to discuss it excitedly.

"Really? Is this the Vermilion Bird Fleet? I heard the Vermilion Bird Fleet is a legendary fleet that occupied an entire hostile galaxy in just half a day!"

"That's right! And I heard that the tens of thousands of soldiers on the Vermilion Bird Fleet are all Third-generation Super Soldiers! Even the seven commanders have reached the level of a Level 1 Divine Body!"

"No way! Is that for real? If that's true, it would be a huge honor if I could serve in the Vermilion Bird Fleet!"

"Don't say that! One should have higher ambitions. Although the Twenty-Eight Mansions Battleship Fleet is strong, in the hands of Heavenly Venerate Su Mu, it is still considered a lower-tier fleet! I personally think I can serve on even more advanced warships!"

While the group of young people chatted, the transport ship slowly sailed into the "Hangar Barracks" at the rear of the Vermilion Bird Fleet.

Once the transport ship came to a complete stop, a series of electronically synthesized voices rang out inside.

"Optimizing hangar environment, please do not leave!"

"Optimizing hangar environment, please do not leave!"

"Optimizing hangar environment, please do not leave!"

Because these young people had not yet passed the Heavenly Soldier selection, they were unable to adapt to the complex environment of space, so the hangar needed to help create a safe environment for them.

Barring any accidents, they would have to stay in this "Hangar Barracks" until they had fully completed their training.

"Hangar environment optimization complete! You may now disembark!"

The hangar acted quickly, and within a few seconds, it had optimized the entire environment to be suitable for human survival.

As the prompt sounded, Yang Jian opened the transport ship's hatch and leaped to the other end of the hangar.

Just as Yang Jian landed, a bewitching woman, accompanied by a squad of soldiers, came to greet him from the gate at the other end of the hangar.

"Guardian Yang Jian." Liu Qing bowed slightly, offering a salute.

Although Liu Qing was one of the commanders within the Vermilion Bird Fleet, her status was still quite low compared to Yang Jian.

Looking at Liu Qing, who was saluting him, Yang Jian said indifferently, "This batch consists of the seeds selected from the Ancestral Star to participate in the selection."

"Oh? Is this all of them? They don't look like many!" Liu Qing looked at the young people behind Yang Jian with alluring eyes.

"The Heavenly Venerate has decreed that this year's selection is to be used to expand the new fleet, so these people are almost one in ten thousand. Having this many is already sufficient." Yang Jian looked at Liu Qing and spoke slowly.

"That's enough, I'll leave this batch to you. I still need to hurry and report back to the Heavenly Venerate."

Liu Qing gave a soft "Mm." "Guardian Yang Jian, please go ahead."

However, just as Yang Jian entered the Small South Heaven Gate and traveled through a wormhole to the Lingxiao Warship to see Su Mu, a massive blue screen slowly unfolded across the sky of the entire Heavenly Court.

It was not just the Heavenly Court; every civilization in the entire Super God Universe saw a blue screen hanging in the sky above their own world.

Cyber Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Warship.

Lingxiao Palace.

As the palace where the Lord of the Heavenly Court resided, the entire Lingxiao Palace was designed to be incredibly vast, nearly the size of a city.

The high-tech gates were inlaid with rare treasures offered from various galaxies!

Each one of these items, if placed outside, would be enough to trigger a galactic war!

But here in Lingxiao Palace, they were merely used as decorations to adorn the gates!

Crossing the gates, one would find the steel corridors built from various technologies!

Within the corridors stood several Small South Heaven Gates in silence; behind these gates were connections to the major fleets, facilitating their travel to Lingxiao Palace for meetings.

Beyond the corridors lay the location of the Heavenly Venerate's throne.

Compared to the serious, rugged technological feel of the exterior, the furnishings around the Heavenly Venerate's throne were quite simple. Aside from the magnificent throne and necessary facilities, there was nothing else in the entire hall.

Yet it was precisely because of such simple furnishings that the solemnity and gravity of this council chamber were highlighted!

Sitting upon the throne, Su Mu narrowed his eyes as he gazed at the blue screen that had suddenly appeared in the sky, and spoke to Nezha, the royal guard standing below: "Nezha, go and see what this blue screen appearing in the sky is."

"If circumstances permit, bring that blue screen back to me."

"Yes!"

Upon receiving Su Mu's command, Nezha first bowed respectfully before turning to leave the Lingxiao Palace.

Just as Nezha departed, the screen suspended in space began to ripple.

Once the ripples dissipated, characters slowly emerged upon the screen.

[Cosmic Civilization Power Ranking!]

"Hmm?" Su Mu let out a soft hum as he watched the text displayed on the screen.

Su Mu had not expected that the very same ranking list he had read about in novels during his past life would actually appear here.

After a moment of contemplation, Su Mu calmed his mind and asked the system in his head: "System, do you know what this ranking list is about?"

[Detecting the cause of the ranking list's appearance.]

[Please wait, Host!]

[Detection successful!]

[Based on the data and analysis, the ranking list was born naturally from this universe.]

[The Host may also understand it as the ranking list being the embodiment of this universe's will.]

"The embodiment of the universe's will, is it?"

Hearing the system's explanation, Su Mu murmured to himself, his gaze turning back to the blue screen with a profound look.