Cancel the Slave Trade: Second Round Mission (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

Whether to abolish the slave trade—this question was not a difficult choice for Zhang Dong.

[I choose to completely abolish the slave trade.]

From the depths of his heart, Zhang Dong believed this practice should be eliminated. If two planets went to war and the losing side was captured as slaves, that could be considered normal. But most of it was strong individuals personally plundering, treating it entirely as an industrial chain. On a native planet, the strongest might only be at the Planetary or Star level—how could they possibly resist slave traders? After the ban, the slave trade could still target alien races, and if bodyguards were needed, one could hire them from the Universe Mercenary Alliance for a fee.

Not long after he sent the email, he received a reply: [Zhang Dong, you possess great benevolence. Task completion rate is one hundred percent. Congratulations on earning five hundred thousand points.]

"...?" Zhang Dong thought to himself, why not just give it to him directly instead of making such a troublesome task? No matter which choice he made, there would probably be some justification to award the five hundred thousand points anyway.

The Cosmic Venerables who had known he challenged the Heavenly Bridge were also aware that he had been taken as a disciple by the Dark Marquis Lord, and rumors even spread that Zhang Dong had the potential to become a Universe Master. So the higher-ups who designed the task considered many factors. Training Zhang Dong meant nurturing him as a high-level human, even a future super existence, so the task's intent had to be elevated. Those geniuses of the tens-of-thousands-of-epochs level, like Bolan or early-stage Luo Feng, were only cultivated as subordinates to handle affairs. Giving Zhang Dong tasks like judging slave traders or hunting spies was completely unnecessary. If he judged slave traders, no matter how he ruled, would the Cosmic Venerable in charge of scoring dare to give him low marks? As for hunting spies, what if he encountered an immortal mother queen of the Zerg like Luo Feng did? Too dangerous—absolutely no risk could be taken. Just saying a few words would count as completion.

[Next is the second ring task. Within a cosmic secret realm in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom lives an affiliated race that has joined the Hong Alliance, called the Feather Slaughter Clan. This race has built a prison holding alien war prisoners and spies. You are to go to the Feather Slaughter Clan and, within the allotted time, kill ten Realm Lord opponents in the prison.] [Killing eight counts as passing.]

"Why is it this simple again?" Zhang Dong clicked open the list of ten Realm Lords and examined it carefully. He suddenly realized that this task was actually not simple. The ten Realm Lords were all meticulously selected, with their strength gradually increasing. The strongest one, a normal Domain Lord Ninth Stage, could only be killed with an insight level of the fifteenth floor of the Heavenly Bridge. The fifteenth floor of the Heavenly Bridge was precisely the threshold of a Marquis-level Immortal—reaching this step definitely counted as a super prodigy. One step further, and he could even pass the Domain Lord-level Primordial Heaven-Reaching Mountain.

But Zhang Dong still had some doubts in his heart. Was it really that hard for the Virtual Universe Company to pick ten suitable alien Realm Lord opponents? Why go to an affiliated race? Curious, he began to look up information on the Feather Slaughter Clan. With his current authority, he easily found most of the detailed records in the database.

[Feather Slaughter Clan: An affiliated race that has joined humanity. Their appearance is similar to humans, but the wings on their backs are formed from extremely hard metallic feathers. This race has an enormous population, and their elders are all at the Cosmic Venerable level...] [In the forbidden grounds of the Feather Slaughter Clan, there is a treasure. Meditating on it greatly benefits the cultivation of time laws, even rivaling the Chaos Stele.]

Zhang Dong quickly browsed through all the information, guessing in his heart that the intent was probably to let him take a look at that treasure of the Feather Slaughter Clan. Otherwise, there was no need to go so far. What he didn't know was that the Cosmic Venerable who designed this task was on good terms with an elder from the high ranks of the Feather Slaughter Clan. That elder, though unaware of the specifics, had heard plenty of the rumors floating around and wanted to invite Zhang Dong to the clan as a guest to build a connection, so he arranged it through this method.

"Fine. Ten Realm Lords—I want to see if I can raise my law insights to the sixteenth floor of the Heavenly Bridge within the allotted time." Zhang Dong could kill ten Realm Lords with ease right now. Not to mention these spy Realm Lords, even Realm Lord Ke Di couldn't beat him. The Realm God-level secret technique was no joke, but he only intended to use the laws of the Primordial Universe system, which would provide real tempering. Otherwise, with one palm strike, even a true Marquis-level Immortal would die.

After deciding to go to the Feather Slaughter Clan, Zhang Dong waited patiently. The email stated that they would send a King-level Immortal to pick him up. A King-level Immortal—unless the Ganwu Kingdom Master personally acted, they were absolutely invincible within the Ganwu Universe Kingdom.

"Get ready. We're going to the Feather Slaughter Clan." Zhang Dong called Gao Li over. "My highest-point task requires me to go there to complete it."

"Yes, Your Highness." Gao Li replied respectfully.

Zhang Dong also planned to go over and do some killing first, gather enough energy to return to the Boundary Heart Continent and share memories. He wondered if his clone had comprehended a first-grade Divine Heart. After Gao Li organized the guard team, he sent an email to the Thirteenth Divine General to inform him and ask if he wanted to follow. But the Thirteenth Divine General didn't reply in time, apparently in cultivation.

Half a day later.

"Hello, I'm here to pick up His Highness Zhang Dong. Please inform him." A middle-aged man over four meters tall arrived at the manor gate. Behind him were a pair of enormous wings, each feather a blazing red, extremely dazzling under the light of the imperial capital star. This middle-aged man did not enter the manor directly but politely addressed the Realm Lord at the gate.

"No need to inform me, haha." Zhang Dong emerged from the mansion and, with a single step, appeared at the manor gate. "You must be King Huo Yi."

After cultivating the Primordial Body, his perception became razor-sharp.

Within a thousand kilometers, no fluctuation could escape Zhang Dong's notice.

King Huo Yi had first used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to arrive near the imperial capital star, then blinked several times in succession, landing directly at the manor gate.

Gao Li stood silently by Zhang Dong's side, not uttering a word.

"I am here on Elder Xu Jin's orders to escort you, Your Highness." King Huo Yi first produced several documents, then verified his identity within the Virtual Universe.

Zhang Dong's status was too exalted, naturally making things far more troublesome.

"Let's set out." Zhang Dong found it all rather excessive—his own standing within the human race, after causing such a stir, was even higher than Luo Feng's after becoming Chaos City Lord's personal disciple.

"Very well, Your Highness." Before arriving, Elder Xu Jin had repeatedly reminded King Huo Yi to maintain utmost respect toward Zhang Dong.

Such an opportunity to build a connection was a once-in-a-lifetime stroke of luck.

If not for Void Ember Venerable having ties to the high-ranking official who assigned the task, and the clan possessing some passable enlightenment treasures, where would they find such a favorable arrangement?

Once Zhang Dong's identity and potential were fully disclosed, it wouldn't just be subsidiary clans like the Feather Slaughter Clan, which lacked a Universe Overlord.

Even those subsidiary clans with Universe Masters would likely vie to forge a bond with Zhang Dong, inviting him to visit their territories.