Dominantly Descending

He still did not know the current point in the timeline. Based on what he knew, there were still more than five thousand years until the next Genius War.

And the Fire Phoenix Organization was still alive and well, which meant this was definitely before the original timeline.

After all, if it were after the original timeline, more than four thousand years would have passed since the previous Genius War. The Fire Phoenix Organization could not possibly still exist.

He wondered whether Pan Xi had obtained that batch of Locke Divine Water yet.

He probably had already gotten it...

Forget it. Whether Pan Xi had the Locke Divine Water or not, Qian Yu would make a move against him. He could not simply wait around for Pan Xi for several thousand years.

Without hesitation, Qian Yu took out his spaceship. The black-and-silver B9-class Spaceship slowly rose into the air, accelerating faster and faster before piercing through the atmosphere in the blink of an eye and vanishing into the vast sea of stars.

Inside the Lord's Mansion, Luo Kan stood by the window in a daze.

A streak of light shot into the sky. That was... that senior's spaceship?!

"He left?"

Luo Kan stared blankly as the silver light vanished beyond the edge of his vision, unable to speak for a long while.

He had originally planned to visit again tomorrow and see whether he could ask that senior for some guidance.

Even a few casual pointers would have been an enormous opportunity for him.

But now, the senior had left without even saying goodbye.

"I suppose..."

Luo Kan shook his head with a bitter smile and murmured to himself.

"What am I, anyway? Just a minor Stellar Level lord. In his eyes, I'm probably no different from an ant. His willingness to stay here for ten years was already an immense blessing. How could I ask for anything more?"

He gazed at the now-empty night sky and let out a soft sigh after a long while.

"Forget it... this is not someone I can hope to reach."

Some people and some things were already a matter of fate if you could only glimpse them from afar.

They could not be forced.

In the starry sky.

Qian Yu's spaceship had already entered a Dark Universe route. Beyond the porthole lay a dim, chaotic expanse.

He sat in the cockpit, his fingers gliding lightly across the star map until he quickly locked onto a point of light.

Cui Lang Starfield, Seventh Kachi Galaxy.

There was an industrial planet there, designated KX-7. On the surface, it was an ore-smelting base, but in truth, it was an important Fire Phoenix Organization stronghold. More precisely, it was a transfer station for detaining and conditioning slaves.

Qian Yu remembered that place vividly.

Several hundred years ago, after he had been captured by the Fire Phoenix Organization, the first place he had been sent was KX-7.

There were no cities and no residents on that planet. There were only mines stretching across the landscape and concentration camps used to imprison slaves.

Every day, countless lifeforms of various races that had been captured were sent there, implanted with Slave Chips, and then distributed like merchandise to mining planets, gladiator arenas, and markets.

He had stayed there for three months.

"KX-7... Dark Universe travel, estimated time: twenty-three days."

Qian Yu glanced at the route map, then closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat.

Twenty-three days.

Twenty-three days later, he would make every Fire Phoenix Organization member on that planet taste what it felt like to be hunted.

Twenty-three days passed in the Dark Universe in the blink of an eye.

When the spaceship disengaged from the Dark Universe and reappeared in the Original Universe, a gray, dusty planet appeared beyond the porthole.

KX-7.

It was exactly the same as in his memories: a grayish-brown atmosphere, mine pits everywhere, and densely packed concentration camp buildings resembling ant nests.

Qian Yu stood before the porthole and quietly watched the planet draw nearer and nearer.

More than three hundred years had passed. He had finally returned.

"Scan the planet's defense systems."

The spaceship's intelligence immediately responded, "Scanning... Scan complete. This planet is equipped with a B-grade defense system, including twelve orbital cannon platforms, three energy shield generators, and twenty-four anti-air surveillance radars. Estimated defensive strength: capable of resisting attacks below the Cosmic Level."

The corners of Qian Yu's lips lifted slightly. It could only withstand attacks below the Cosmic Level. Far too weak.

Boom!!!

The spaceship became a black bolt of lightning and plunged straight into KX-7's orbit.

At the same instant, the surveillance radars in orbit began to shriek.

"Alert! Alert! Unidentified flying object has entered the airspace! Extremely high speed!!"

The orbital cannon platforms spun urgently, twelve massive barrels aiming at the black shadow rapidly descending below.

"Fire!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Twelve beams of energy shot out at once, weaving into a net of death intended to tear the audacious intruding spaceship to pieces.

Then!

"Freeze."

Centered on the spaceship, the space within a radius of more than a hundred kilometers instantly solidified.

The twelve energy beams froze in midair, utterly motionless.

The front ends of the energy beams still burned with dazzling light, while their rear ends had already lost their supply. They hung perfectly still against the backdrop of space, like a bizarre painting.

The next second.

Qian Yu appeared outside the spaceship.

He raised his right hand and lightly clenched his five fingers.

Boom!!!

The frozen space instantly collapsed, and all twelve orbital cannon platforms exploded at once, turning into countless fragments that scattered in every direction.

Then, he looked toward the three energy shield generators on the planet's surface.

With a thought, his body vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already standing above the first energy shield generator.

It was a gigantic hundred-meter-tall structure forged entirely from alloy, its surface covered by a layer of energy shielding.

Hundreds of guards were running around in panic outside the building, trying to activate the defense systems.

Qian Yu did not look at them. He merely raised his foot and stomped down fiercely!

Boom!!!

The entire structure instantly collapsed. Alloy fragments flew in every direction, and the energy shield flickered twice before going completely dark.

Qian Yu flashed away once more.

The second. The third.

In no more than a few seconds, KX-7's defense systems had been completely paralyzed.

Only then did the fragments from the twelve orbital cannon platforms begin raining into the atmosphere, drawing dozens of long fiery trails across the sky.

Across the planet, countless people raised their heads and watched the meteor shower filling the heavens.

Inside the concentration camps, the slaves wearing energy shackles looked up in confusion, unable to understand what had happened.

But the Fire Phoenix Organization members all turned deathly pale.

"The defense systems... have all been paralyzed?!"

"Enemy attack! A powerful enemy!"

"Quick! Notify headquarters!"

Amid the chaos, an immense pressure descended from the heavens.

It was so powerful, so heavy, so irresistible that it instantly enveloped the entire planet.

Boom!!

It was as if the sky had fallen.

Countless people's legs gave out, and they collapsed directly onto the ground, unable even to move a finger.

The first- and second-order Stellar Level guards desperately tried to stand upright, but the pressure made their bones creak until they finally crashed face-first onto the ground.

Only the planet's sole Cosmic Level being could barely remain standing, though his legs trembled and cold sweat poured down his face.

They laboriously raised their heads and looked toward the sky.

A figure slowly descended from above.

Black hair, black clothes, and a flame mark burning quietly between his brows.

The figure was not tall. He could even be described as somewhat slender.

Yet beneath that vast pressure, beneath the gaze of those eyes so calm they were almost indifferent, he seemed like a god descending upon the world.

"C-Cosmic Level?!"

"N-No... this pressure... this presence... this is absolutely not an ordinary Cosmic Level!!"

He had seen Cosmic Level Ninth Order experts and felt their pressure before, but compared to the person before him, that pressure was nothing more than a candle flame before the blazing sun!

"Could he be... a Domain Lord?!"