One Ship Sweeps a Thousand Ships

In some unknown cosmic space.

A mysterious piece of hyperspace encrypted information was traversing the structural barriers of the universe, propagating in an extremely covert manner—

"United Star, United Star, calling United Star!"

"This is the capital of the Human Federation's 3498th border star domain, the 'New Jade Gate Pass' fortress star!"

"No response, still no response at all... Have we truly been abandoned?"

"'Navigator' error... 'Record' error—"

"It is now the 5569th year since we lost contact with United Star."

"5569 solar years ago, due to some unknown cosmic spatiotemporal effect, we, along with the 5468 star systems under the Human Federation's 3498th star domain, experienced a kind of 'transmigration' and arrived in another unknown universe."

"In this universe, we encountered unimaginable enemies and suffered devastating losses..."

"To preserve the spark of our civilization, and even more so to protect our vast human compatriots, we made a difficult decision..."

"5460 years ago, under the overwhelming outcry of the vast majority of our people, we were forced to establish a new military federal government on 'New Jade Gate Pass Star,' centered around the original star domain capital, to command the overall situation."

"We are the 'Human Second Federation Government'! The original 3498th star domain governor, Grand Marshal An Si, has been promoted to Grand Marshal of the Second Federation."

"We yearn every moment to return to the embrace of the Federation. When that moment arrives, we will immediately hand back the leadership of the Second Government to the Federation..."

"Humanity above all. We will fight to the death against the alien scum of this universe."

"If United Star or any other Federation star domain can receive our message, please contact us as soon as possible..."

—Former Human Federation 3498th star domain capital, 'New Jade Gate Pass Star,' 'Navigator' ***491.

Hou Shen Galaxy.

In the vast starry sky.

A square-shaped giant ship was traveling through the resplendent stars at conventional faster-than-light speed.

The Return to Void Class Sky Burning Divine Weapon 'Gonggong,' its hull was even more colossal than an average planetary body.

When such a behemoth arrived in the Shen Galaxy, the entire Lieyang Civilization was thrown into an uproar.

Pan Zhen urgently mobilized the Lieyang Civilization's fleet, dispatching a vanguard fleet in a desperate attempt to repel the invader's advance, but it was to no avail.

The 'Gonggong' unleashed terrifying attacks like an enraged ancient deity, its massive array of ship-borne cannons roaring in unison.

In the very instant of engagement, the 'Gonggong' effortlessly annihilated the advance fleet that the Lieyang Civilization had sent to intercept.

One ship defeating a thousand—its battle record was terrifying to such a degree!

The news was relayed back to Lieyang Planet.

Aboard the Lieyang Civilization's celestial warship, 'Cloud Heaven Court.'

Seated on the warship's main throne, Pan Zhen's tone was horrified, his expression flustered as he said:

"What?!"

"Just one ship, and in a single clash, it wiped out my Lieyang's vanguard fleet of thirteen hundred ships?!"

"Yes, General..." The Lieyang Civilization's Crimson Phoenix Sky Protector, Wu Zhao, her pretty face pale, spoke with a bitter tone:

"Our Lieyang fleet couldn't even get within the ship's combat range before being completely annihilated!"

"On the vanguard fleet, the four guardians—Yuan Li, Xuan Kun, Lei Yan, and Yu Xu—all perished!"

"That ship gave us no room for negotiation. We tried to send a communication request, but the other side simply ignored it... It is currently heading straight for the Heavenly Dao Galaxy!"

Pan Zhen clenched his fists, his body trembling uncontrollably, his entire being frozen to the extreme. Even the blazing stellar energy within his body could not stop this chill from seeping through him.

No communication meant their civilization wouldn't even have a chance to surrender.

Unable to surrender, they could only pour all their strength into desperate resistance.

But what could they use to resist?

Ever since the Main God Lena was lost on Planet Earth, and that fool Xuan Tianji went to Earth to provoke the Human Federation, Pan Zhen knew that a war between them and this Human Federation was inevitable.

Thus, in recent times, Pan Zhen had been pushing the Lieyang Civilization to prepare for war with all their might.

But while preparing for war, Pan Zhen still harbored some faint hope.

The Milky Way Galaxy had already been tacitly acknowledged by Pan Zhen as the territory of that 'Human Federation.'

A galaxy as large as the Milky Way should be enough to satisfy that civilization's ambitions.

After all, in their understanding, no civilization had the capability or appetite to monopolize the resources of an entire galactic system and still have the mind to reach out to other star systems.

According to the definition of divine authority to explain the ruling philosophy of god-making civilizations, in this current main biological world dominated by God River Body lifeforms—

As long as a civilization possesses the ability to complete a god-making project and successfully create a god, Then that civilization is qualified to be elevated to a 'God-level Civilization.' Within the star system where that God-level Civilization resides, if there is no other civilization to rival it, Then in the eyes of other God-level Civilizations, that civilization will automatically gain dominion over all territories within that star system.

Of course, there was no specific scope of definition for this so-called recognized sovereignty, let alone any written regulation.

For these God-level Civilizations, ruling a galaxy merely meant that the galaxy could be counted as the civilization's sphere of influence and general territory.

It was like a beast on Earth marking the edge of its territory with urine—other beasts would then know that this land was claimed.

They could freely take resources from the territory, but in truth, they were utterly incapable of effectively governing such a vast domain.

The moment the Human Federation appeared in the Milky Way Galaxy, fully occupied Earth, and eradicated Earth's Super Seminary—

The Angel and Lieyang civilizations had already acknowledged that the opposing civilization held sovereignty over the entire Milky Way Galaxy.

They had no choice but to acknowledge it.

As for whether the Federation accepted this recognition, that was another matter entirely.

At the very least, the officials of the Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs couldn't be bothered to listen to even one more word from these God-level Civilizations, which they already regarded as imbeciles.

To put it in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' official phrasing—

"We are the kings of the stars. You pitiful vermin have no right to bestow honors upon us!"

Toward these "imbecilic" civilizations, the current attitude of the Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials was one of extreme contempt, even outright disregard.

In Pan Zhen's view, the Human Federation was a primordial beast that had suddenly appeared within the Milky Way Galaxy, while the galaxy itself was the morsel that the various God-level Civilizations had ceded to the other party.

Before the opposing civilization had fully devoured the Milky Way, it most likely would not come knocking on their door.

But the Human Federation had shattered this fragile shred of wishful thinking in Pan Zhen.

Contempt was contempt, but the formalities of "ritual propriety" still had to be observed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs directly declared war on the Lieyang Civilization on behalf of the Federation and dispatched a single warship to launch an attack.

When Pan Zhen saw that the Human Federation had sent only one warship to the Hou Shen Galaxy, he initially breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought, This Human Federation really looks down on the Lieyang Civilization—sending just one ship to invade them?

Though the appearance of this colossal vessel was terrifying, Pan Zhen believed that Lieyang might not be unable to match it.

So he gathered his confidence and dispatched a vanguard fleet of over thirteen hundred warships to intercept the giant ship.

While waiting for the battle report to come back, Pan Zhen even considered whether they could capture the giant ship as intact as possible.

That way, they could dismantle and study it, seeking to uncover some of the opposing civilization's technology.

After all, their current understanding of this Human Federation was pitifully scant.

But now, only deep despair filled Pan Zhen's eyes.

If they couldn't even defeat a single warship from the opposing civilization, how could the Lieyang Civilization continue to stand against them?