Insect Race Enters the Rankings

In terms of treasures, Zero, who ranked tenth, received the supreme offensive treasure Black Flame Blade, while Frost Parasite, who ranked ninth, received a supreme armor-type treasure.

Although both offensive and armor-type treasures fall under the category of supreme treasures, their utility belongs to entirely different leagues.

An offensive treasure is used to slaughter enemies, while an armor treasure is worn on the body to preserve one's life.

In this universe, preserving one's life is always more important than slaughtering enemies.

Especially at the level of the universe's strongest beings, a single supreme armor-type treasure is enough to reshuffle the rankings of combat power.

Back in the day, it was precisely because of his armor that Tremor Demon Ancestor was able to endure under the axe light of Giant Axe until now.

Now that the Demon Race has gained another one, coupled with the Divine Power Burning Technique, their days will clearly be much easier.

In the ancestral land of the Demon Race, Tremor Demon Ancestor stared at those four characters, remaining silent for a long time.

Dream Demon Ancestor was even more unusually silent.

She naturally remembered that the Dream Scale she lost back then was a supreme armor-type treasure.

Now, the Demon Race has finally obtained another supreme armor-type treasure.

"Mist Veil Armor..." Tremor Demon Ancestor slowly raised his head, his eyes beneath his serrated shell flickering with an unprecedented light. "A million years, my Demon Race finally has another true foundation-level treasure, and we also have the Divine Power Burning Technique."

Undoubtedly.

Frost Parasite is currently only a World Lord; whether it is the supreme armor-type treasure or the Divine Power Burning Technique, it cannot use them yet.

The best course of action is to hand them over to Tremor Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor to strengthen the overall power of the Demon Race.

Far away in Chaos City, Luo Feng merely glanced calmly at the phantom of the armor appearing on the Sky Screen, his gaze indifferent and his expression composed.

On an unnamed planet at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, Yang Yu set down his wine pot, his eyes devoid of ripples.

He looked down at the law ripples overflowing where the extreme cold domain merged with the Mist Veil Armor, as if he were looking at an old blueprint that had been long deliberated upon.

"The supreme armor-type treasure was given to the ninth place, and the Divine Power Burning Technique is also among the rewards; the Sky Screen is indeed much more generous this time."

He narrowed his eyes slightly. "It seems the rewards for the top eight will be even higher than I imagined."

Above the Sky Screen, the text silently condensed into shape once again.

[TOP 8: Zerg 'Miao Yi']

The moment this line of text appeared, inside the Zerg Queen's palace, the slender phantom reclining on the crystal throne slowly sat upright.

The Eternal Pearl in her palm emitted a hazy starlight, making her already beautiful face appear even more unreal.

The corners of her lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile that had been suppressed for a long time.

It was not ecstatic joy, but a sense of composure that "it should have been this way."

"Miao Yi. Eighth place."

The Queen's voice was melodious, like pearls falling onto a jade plate, but every Zerg Mother Queen in the palace could hear the pride contained in that tone. "Among the three seeds I personally selected, her talent is not the highest. But her comprehension and willpower are the highest."

Behind her, three peak World Lord-level Zerg warriors floated silently.

Shadow's eyes remained cold, silently watching the name on the Sky Screen.

Miao Yi is of the same race as him, but the Zerg never show favoritism.

Ranking is ranking, and strength is strength.

The fact that he was not selected for the top three meant that in the Queen's eyes, his potential was not yet as great as Miao Yi's.

He acknowledged this point. But acknowledging it did not mean he was convinced.

"Eighth place." Shadow repeated the name in a voice only he could hear, then closed his eyes.

At the same time, in the Demon Ancestor Secret Realm, the nerves of Tremor Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor, which had just relaxed slightly because of Frost Parasite's ranking, tightened once again.

The Mist Veil Armor that Frost Parasite received was still emitting an alluring glow when the Zerg's Miao Yi followed closely onto the list, pouring a bucket of cold water on the fire of hope they had just ignited.

It is certainly gratifying for the Demon Race to have someone on the list, but their competitors have not been idle, and the ranking is even one spot higher than the Demon Race.

"Miao Yi..." Tremor Demon Ancestor muttered the name in a low voice. "The Zerg Queen really hides her depth well.

I have an impression of this Mother Queen's information; she was not the most dazzling performer, yet she ranked eighth."

"She is eighth, and Frost Parasite is ninth." A hint of complexity flashed in Dream Demon Ancestor's snake-like pupils. "This shows that in the comprehensive evaluation of talent, comprehension, and willpower, Miao Yi is at least a notch higher than Frost Parasite. The Zerg..." A cold light flashed in her snake-like pupils, and she did not finish the second half of her sentence.

Meanwhile, at the Demon Beast Alliance Main Hall, the Beast Ancestor did not get angry this time.

He glanced at Lord Juefeng, his expression so calm it was almost cold. "It is no surprise that the Zerg took eighth place; the Queen's soul-screening method is indeed effective at digging up geniuses."

But the Beast Ancestor immediately changed the subject. "It is only eighth place. In the previous ranking of the strong, the Zerg Queen herself was only seventh; it would only count as real ability if the disciples she brought up could surpass the Queen's own past performance."

Blood Fang listened quietly from the side, but his heart was occupied by another matter: if even someone with Miao Yi's talent is ranked eighth, just how monstrous are the seven above her?

Above the Sky Screen, the combat projection of Miao Yi began to slowly unfold.

It was a strange and magnificent starry sky illusion.

In the background, countless starlight were twisted by some invisible force into colorful whirlpools, like countless translucent pupils slowly opening and closing in the void, and the law fluctuations of the entire battlefield presented a highly abnormal deviation.

A slender figure was floating in the very center of the battlefield, with four pairs of wings as thin as cicada wings on her back, and her body was covered with a layer of pale purple thin shell.

That was the unique physical form characteristic of a Zerg Queen.

Unlike the common perception that a Zerg should hide deep within a brood nest to command vast armies, Miao Yi did not have a single Zerg warrior behind her.

Faint soul fluctuations swirled around her as she faced the joint encirclement of three Immortals alone.

The moment the battle began, all three opponents moved in unison.

One swung a blade, the light of which slashed toward Miao Yi like a falling galaxy.

Another opened its mouth to spew dark purple flames, the tongues of fire weaving into a wall that sealed off all her retreat paths.

The third vanished into the void, waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

Yet, Miao Yi merely fluttered her wings ever so slightly.

In that instant, her figure split into six phantoms. All six phantoms spread their wings simultaneously, each radiating complete and overlapping soul fluctuations.

This was no ordinary cloning technique.

Every phantom served as a complete vessel for soul attacks; the blade light passed through two of the phantoms, the flames engulfed another three, and the final one dissipated into thin air.

By then, the real Miao Yi had already appeared silently behind the ambusher who had hidden in the void, her slender palm pressing gently against the back of his head.

An imperceptible soul shriek poured silently into the depths of the opponent's consciousness.

The ambusher did not even have time to scream; his eyes rolled back as he lost consciousness and plummeted from the void.

Not a single blade strike was needed; one enemy had already fallen.

The entire process was as fast as a meticulously choreographed script, and Miao Yi was simply the leading lady walking through the scene without haste.

Her mastery of illusions could no longer be described as merely "superb" among her peers.

It was an "art" that perfectly integrated her own soul fluctuations into the spatial laws of the battlefield.

She did not need to release large-scale soul shocks, nor did she need to manifest complex, multi-layered false worlds. Her illusions were extremely restrained: each targeted only one enemy at a time, and each phantom lasted less than a second, yet it was enough to be lethal.

She did not show off, nor did she waste a single shred of soul power on useless targets.

The projection continued.

In the subsequent battles, the combat style Miao Yi displayed was vastly different from that of Zero and Frost Parasite.

Zero was mechanical, extreme precision; Frost Parasite was icy, cold-blooded patience; while Miao Yi was silent, infiltrative soul control.

Her opponents often had their minds ensnared by her illusions before they could even truly touch her, followed by a soul attack condensed to the extreme to end the battle.

If the first soul-nail strike did not succeed, she would calmly follow up with a second and a third, never changing her rhythm, never panicking, like a hunter waiting quietly on a spiderweb for its prey to exhaust its strength.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the terror of this fighting style lay not in explosive power, but in fault tolerance and composure.

Every one of her illusions was deployed with precision, never affecting other targets.

The intensity of each soul attack fluctuated within an extremely limited range, demonstrating her incredibly precise control over soul power.

At a level where the vast majority of World Lords in the Primal Universe were still groping for the basic laws of soul attacks, Miao Yi had already pushed her soul control precision to the watershed of the Immortal level.

When the combat projection ended, the entire Primal Universe fell into a brief silence. Those alien scouts who had suffered greatly from this style of Miao Yi's all shared a single thought: the Zerg are indeed the Zerg; even when fighting solo, the instinct to toy with souls is ingrained in their very bones.

[Zerg 'Miao Yi'. World Lord, Ninth Rank.]
[Law Comprehension: Early-stage King.]
[Willpower: Early-stage Marquis.]
[Comprehensive Evaluation: Talent/Comprehension A+, Willpower A+, Temperament C+.]
[Her comprehension, willpower, and growth potential qualify her as the 8th among the top ten geniuses below the Immortal level in the Third Reincarnation Era of the Primal Universe.]
[Ranking concluded.]
[Reward: Divine Power Burning Secret Technique (First Layer).]
[Reward: Domain-type Supreme Treasure 'Tianlan Domain'.]

When the words "Domain-type Supreme Treasure" appeared on the Sky Screen, the entire Primal Universe shook once more.

A Domain-type Supreme Treasure!

Without a doubt, this was an existence even rarer than armor-type or attack-type treasures.

The Zerg Queen herself possessed a domain-type treasure, but when the Sky Screen ranked the top ten powerhouses, her reward had been the soul-type Supreme Treasure, Eternal Pearl.

And now, her descendant, Miao Yi, had actually obtained a domain-type Supreme Treasure—Tianlan Domain.

"Tianlan Domain..."

The Zerg Queen whispered these three words, an unprecedented light flickering in her beautiful eyes.

She naturally knew what a domain-type Supreme Treasure signified.

Under the condition of being suppressed to the peak of the sixth rank within the Primal Universe, the suppression power of a domain-type treasure was unparalleled.

The Beast Ancestor had relied on the Ice Wind Domain to nearly cripple the Demon Race a million years ago, and the level of Miao Yi's Tianlan Domain was not inferior to the Ice Wind Domain, perhaps even stronger.

This meant that from today on, the Zerg's advantage within the Primal Universe would be even greater!

Naturally, for the Demon Race, it was a completely different story.

Within the Demon Ancestor Secret Realm, a flash of resentment and jealousy flickered through the serpent eyes of the Dream Demon Ancestor.

She was certainly pleased that her ninth-ranked Frost Parasite had obtained the Mist Veil Armor.

However, the fact that the eighth-ranked Insect Race had secured the Tianlan Domain—a reward a full tier above the Mist Veil Armor—made it impossible for her to swallow her pride.

"On what grounds? We are both in the latter half of the top ten, so why is the reward for the Insect Race's eighth-place ranking a whole grade higher?"

The Tremor Demon Ancestor remained silent for a long time before saying in a low voice, "Domain-type treasures are rarer than armor-type ones. The reward distribution of the Sky Screen is not based solely on ranking, but on a comprehensive evaluation."

The Dream Demon Ancestor glanced at him.

The first half of his statement was the instinct of a Data Analysis Beast, while the latter half was the rationality of someone forcing himself to swallow his bitterness.

Their Demon Race had suffered enough over the past million years; they could not afford to let their morale collapse at such a critical juncture.

In the Demon Beast Alliance Main Hall, the frequency with which the Beast Ancestor tapped his armrest slowed down significantly.

He himself was the owner of a supreme domain-type treasure.

The power of the Ice Wind Domain had helped him expand his territory countless times over the last million years.

Now that a mere World Lord-level junior from the Insect Race had obtained a supreme domain-type treasure—even if it would undoubtedly be handed over to the Empress later—he felt a sense of complexity in his heart.

"From now on, whenever an Insect Race junior faces an opponent in the Primal Universe, the Tianlan Domain alone will be enough to cripple thirty percent of their enemy's combat power," Lord Juefeng said, his nine heads swaying in unison, his tone laced with unease.

"No matter." After a brief silence, the Beast Ancestor calmed down. "Let us see what the subsequent rewards are."

Blood Fang exhaled a long breath from behind him, his mood heavy yet filled with anticipation.

If eighth place was already a supreme domain treasure, then what about seventh and sixth?

In the Machine Race Divine Kingdom.

The Father God's calculation core was rapidly comparing combat models of past Insect Race Mother Emperors using domain-type treasures.

Zero had already gained the upper hand by obtaining the Black Flame Blade, but the appearance of the Insect Race's Miao Yi and her Tianlan Domain immediately introduced a variable into his pre-set close-quarters suppression strategy.

Under the suppression of a domain, the long-range precision strikes of the Machine Race would be interfered with; if they could not quickly break through the domain's suppression to land an effective assassination during close combat, their offensive would be dragged down and exhausted by endless illusions.

Consequently, the future war against the Insect Race Alliance would require careful reconsideration.

On a nameless planet at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, Yang Yu drained the last drop of fine wine from his flask, a playful smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

"To be willing to give a supreme domain-type treasure to eighth place—the Sky Screen's rewards are quite good this time." He set down the flask, his gaze piercing through layers of space-time to land deep within a certain blood-red ocean.

Waves surged as Luo Feng's Blood Sea Clone grew and expanded in silence.

"However, the fellows ranked above are monsters one and all. If they don't bring out rewards of sufficient weight, this Genius Ranking will end with a whimper."

He withdrew his divine sense from the Insect Race territory, no longer sparing it a glance.

The Empress had already adjusted the subsequent layout for the Insect Race geniuses the moment Miao Yi obtained the Tianlan Domain; those were not his primary concerns.

He only needed to ensure that Luo Feng laid a foundation deep enough during his World Lord stage so that he would not be temporarily surpassed by some peer on the ranking list relying on a Sky Screen reward.

Judging by Luo Feng's performance over these years.

Having spent nearly a million years longer in the World Lord stage, Luo Feng's foundation was already incredibly solid; there was no need to worry about his achievements falling short of the original timeline.