Extra - Do You Still Have a Stance!

"Supreme beings are not so easy to control; the Sith Clan must have some agreement with them," the Supreme of Mogu transmitted his voice.

"These Supreme beings are all overlords in the Endless Space outside the Chaos Universe," Supreme Bolin transmitted. "They are weak in terms of 'Dao,' but extremely powerful in themselves, and very difficult to deal with. It will be very difficult to kill the three of them, and we also need to guard against other ambushes by the Sith Clan."

"Indeed." Zhou Hao nodded.

They had only just entered the nest celestial body and had not yet approached the core energy source when they encountered three Supreme- level Strange Lifeform. It was hard to guarantee that the Sith Clan might have other hidden ambushes.

After all, the Sith Clan held an absolute advantage in this massive war machine, and they had to be on guard.

"These three Strange Lifeform don't seem intelligent. I'll talk to them and see if there's any way to avoid a fight." Zhou Hao knew the purpose of his trip and didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, these Strange Lifeform in the Endless Space, although physically extremely powerful, have mostly been killing and fighting since birth, acting entirely on instinct.

In terms of intelligence, these Strange Lifeform, even if they are slightly stronger than the child-like Chaos Source Beast, are only slightly stronger.

They're relatively easy to fool, or rather, relatively easy to negotiate with.

If the negotiations go well, they might even be able to turn against the Sith Clan and help their side fight against them.

"The three of you, this war is a war between us cultivators and the Sith Clan. Why must you fight us cultivators to the death?" Zhou Hao said with a smile. "As long as you don't become our enemies, I can promise that I will not make things difficult for you, and I will send you away from this Chaos Universe and back to the Endless Space."

"If you're worried about being captured by the Sith Clan again, you can stay with us for now. We have all sorts of rare and exotic fruits and fine wines to offer, as long as you three like them."

"Rare and exotic fruits, exquisite wines?" The red-scaled monster from the High Mountain seemed somewhat tempted.

It had once killed Supreme from other Chaos Universe who ventured out to explore. Compared to the magical treasures that cultivators looked at, the food and drink that they carried with them to satisfy their appetites were more memorable to it.

Thinking of their current predicament, the red-scaled monster in the High Mountain became even more frenzied and enraged. "If we could leave, we wouldn't want to be enemies with you cultivators, but it's no use. Only by killing the three of you can we gain our freedom."

"You're not bound by any 'life oath,' so if you truly don't want to fight, what can the Sith Clan do?" Zhou Hao, somewhat puzzled.

These Strange Lifeform are different from cultivators; they follow the savage law of the jungle and believe in 'the strong live, the weak die,' having no concept of Dao heart whatsoever.

No matter how many vows are made, it will not cause a backlash that results in the soul being scattered.

Why must killing be the only way to achieve freedom?

"It's no use. Once you're inside this Nest of Destruction, you can forget about getting out! Unless the Sith Clan let you out willingly." The tall, thin One-Eye creature shook his head. "If you don't believe me, the three of you can try and see if you can leave."

"Unable to get out?" Zhou Hao was startled.

The three of them flew in through the abyss, and their journey was completely unimpeded.

"It's easy to get in, but hard to get out," said the tall, thin One-Eye creature. "The three of us have tried countless times, but we just can't get out!"

"That's simple. Just destroy the nest from the inside, and we can get out." Zhou Hao figured the other party wasn't lying, and there was no need for them to.

But that's just right.

With a shared goal of escaping from this lair, they had a reason to agree to join forces with these three Strange Lifeform.

"Destroy? With your strength?" The booming voice of the red-scaled monster from the High Mountain roared from the side.

"Why don't we give it a try first? The three of you can watch from the sidelines and see if we can destroy it," Zhou Hao said with a smile. "Actually, if we join forces, destroying this nest shouldn't be too difficult. If we really can't destroy it, then we can fight it out."

"Impossible."

Both Supreme- level beings immediately rejected Zhou Hao's proposal.

"Three leaders of the cultivators, let me tell you the truth. When we were captured, the Sith Clan made an agreement with us." The Dragon Turtle -like creature, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"As agreed, if we can each kill one of your cultivator leaders, and protect this nest from destruction for one Chaos Era after it begins to function... as long as we can accomplish both of these things simultaneously, the three of us will be free."

"We must protect this nest for a Chaos Era, so it's impossible for us to let you destroy it. If we allow you to destroy it, we will be breaking our agreement. The Sith Clan will never set us free," the tall, thin One-Eye creature added.

"Then there's nothing to discuss?" Zhou Hao looked at the three Strange Lifeform.

At the rate at which the nest-like celestial body is frantically devouring the primordial energy of the universe, it will probably weaken the entire Chaos Universe in less than a single chaotic era. The three of them cannot simply let this go unchecked.

"As you said, we now have two choices," the Dragon Turtle -like creature said coldly. "The first is to choose to stand with the Sith Clan. The second is to choose to stand with you. But if we stand with you, we will have no way out!"

"This lair was crafted by Iyer. We three know how terrifying he is. Even if he isn't the Universe Controller yet, he's still not someone you cultivator leaders can handle."

"To be honest, we have absolutely no confidence in you cultivators in this war, so we will not place our hopes for survival and freedom on you." The Dragon Turtle -like creature was clearly more intelligent, and its words were clear, logical, and well-founded.

But the other two Strange Lifeform were getting impatient.

"Why say so much? Let's join forces and kill the strongest one first!" The tall, thin One-Eye creature was the first to move.

call.

Its figure suddenly blurred, transforming into a strange fluctuation that instantly appeared before Zhou Hao.

Previously, because he needed to communicate with them, Zhou Hao was positioned relatively close to the front among the three.

A tall, thin One-Eye creature suddenly attacked from the front, and a fiery red scaled tail immediately flew out from the void beside Zhou Hao, lashing out horizontally.

The red-scaled creature from the High Mountain also joined the attack.

"These Strange Lifeform that have reached the Supreme level are all overlords who have risen from slaughter. Their intelligence is average, but their fighting skills are first-rate." Zhou Hao was secretly impressed to see that the two Strange Lifeform cooperated so well, not only blocking all the ways he could dodge, but also blocking Bolin and Ekong's rescue.

"Since you've chosen to side with the Sith Clan, don't blame me for not giving you a chance." The immortal power within Zhou Hao's chaotic space surged wildly, drawing upon the primordial energy of the universe...

Rumble~~~~

Time and space shift!

In an instant, an area with a diameter of a million miles centered on Zhou Hao turned into a blurry void.

It was as if this area had been completely cut off and isolated.

Except for the slow-moving, Dragon Turtle -like creatures that were far away and not enveloped, the tall, thin, One-Eye creatures and the red-scaled creatures from the High Mountain were instantly enveloped in this chaotic void.

"Whoosh~~~"

"Hiss~~~"

The sharp claws of a tall, thin, One-Eye creature and the tail of a red-scaled creature from the High Mountain swept past Zhou Hao one after the other.

However, the two Strange Lifeform were horrified to discover that although their attacks clearly struck the golden-robed cultivator leader, it was as if they had hit air, with no force whatsoever.

"Is it an illusion!?" The tall, thin creature narrowed its one One-Eye, trying to see through Zhou Hao's illusion.

But no matter how it looked at it or sensed it, the golden-clad figure before it was a real, tangible entity, not an illusion.

"It's a difference in spacetime dimensions!" High Mountain red-scaled creature suddenly roared. "His spacetime dimension is different from ours; ordinary attacks are useless. Let's all attack with all our might and shatter this void!"

Boom!

Suddenly, the flames burning on its body flared up dramatically, and the flames bursting from its body directly enveloped a radius of millions of miles.

The power of the flames was so great that even Zhou Hao's secret technique, ' Chaos Spacetime,' trembled slightly.

"In the end, the 'Ultimate Time Dao' has not yet achieved eternity. This secret technique, which imitates my Small Universe, is not perfect enough." Zhou Hao's body swayed, transforming his figure to be the same size as the two Strange Lifeform forms, and then he unleashed a ' Great Chaos Hole Palm ' that crushed them down.

This ' Great Chaos Hole Palm ' was created for him by his master, the Sanqing.

More than fifty chaotic eras have passed. With his current level of strength and power, if he were to use this great divine power again, its might would have reached an unbelievable level.

call.

Zhou Hao's palm rapidly grew larger, and what was born in his palm was no longer Chaos Great World, but more like a universe.

As the universe gradually came into being, chaos was broken, and Yin and Yang and the Five Elements differentiated.

As the entire universe rapidly collapsed, all energy coalesced and crumbled into a void...

"Bang!"

The enormous, monstrous hand slammed down on the red-scaled creature from the High Mountain, instantly crushing and extinguishing the flames burning on its body.

Immediately afterwards, an incredibly fierce and powerful force invaded its body. Even though the red scales of the High Mountain creature were three times stronger than the hardest cosmic treasures, they could not withstand the force that caused the collapse and destruction of a miniature universe.

"Pfft~~~"

The High Mountain creature's body collapsed and disintegrated, transforming into a fiery red rainbow in the air. It escaped the range of Zhou Hao's palm for hundreds of thousands of miles before reforming.

"Ah! My origin!" The High Mountain creature was filled with both fear and heartache.

With just one palm strike, it lost nearly 30% of its original energy. This cultivator leader is ridiculously strong!

It seems, it seems...

"It's Iyer! His strength is on the same level as the Sith Clan's ' Iyer '!" The High Mountain creature went mad. "Iyer, you're lying to us! There are Ultimate Supreme among cultivators!"

It sensed something was amiss when it first noticed Zhou Hao's manipulation of time and space.

However, the leaders of the cultivators were far too advanced in their understanding of the 'Tao,' and their techniques for manipulating space and time were beyond their comprehension, regardless of their level. They could only resort to foolish methods, relying on brute force to break the laws in order to cope.

But this real, actual confrontation is different.

Even after being weakened by its proud scales, it could still obliterate nearly 30% of its original energy with a single palm strike. If this wasn't Ultimate Supreme, how could a leader of ordinary Supreme- level cultivators be so powerful!

"Iyer? The Ultimate Supreme?" Zhou Hao's heart stirred.

The Sith Clan are the mastermind behind our invasion?

Yes.

The Dragon Turtle -like creature had previously said that this nest celestial body was crafted by ' Iyer ', so it seems that he is the second Sith Clan, besides the Universe Controller, to reach the ' Ultimate Supreme ' level.

In fact, the Supreme cultivators such as Hongran and Bolin had long suspected that there was an even stronger leader behind the invading Sith Clan Lord Master.

After all, for ordinary Sith Clan Lord Master at the Supreme level, even if they achieved final victory in invading the cultivators' Chaos Universe and weakened the universe's origin to its limit, they would still be unable to refine the universe's origin with their current level of cultivation.

Now that the existence of ' Iyer ' has been confirmed by these three Strange Lifeform, everything makes sense.

"So you're saying I'm on the same level as Iyer?" Zhou Hao thought for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"That's true."

"I have the amplification effect of the cosmic origin, while Iyer would be marginalized and oppressed in our universe. Between one positive and one negative, their actual combat strength should indeed be about the same."

"This Strange Lifeform from the High Mountain doesn't understand the realm of 'Dao' and only categorizes levels based on the combat power it displays. It's not surprising that it mistakenly believes I am the Ultimate Supreme."

"What to do? What to do!?" After discovering the 'secrets' of the golden-robed cultivator leader, the High Mountain scaled creatures dared not fight Zhou Hao any longer.

It now regrets not agreeing to side with the cultivators when it was time to choose sides.

"A conspiracy, it must be a conspiracy."

Driven by extreme fear, the High Mountain -scaled creature's mind sharpened for the first time in its life. It transmitted its voice to the tall, thin One-Eye creature, who, equally wary, dared not attack easily:

"Iyer said that his Ultimate Supreme realm allows him to refine the Origin of Chaos Universe. This leader of cultivators, who is clearly also Ultimate Supreme, doesn't refine the origin to become an invincible Universe Controller. There must be a conspiracy, a conspiracy against the Sith Clan, against Iyer."

"A conspiracy?" The tall, thin One-Eye creature pondered deeply. "Could it be that he's waiting for the Sith Clan army to enter this Chaos Universe before suddenly refining the universe's origin and annihilating Iyer and the others in one fell swoop?"

"This is too insidious, too treacherous!" the tall, thin One-Eye creature exclaimed in horror.

"Waaah, poor us, we've become cannon fodder first." In its grief and indignation, the already damaged core essence of the High Mountain scale creature trembled, and the fiery red scales on its body turned somewhat dull and white.

They fought the cultivator leaders for their lives and freedom, not to be killed!

"Whoosh."

Zhou Hao appeared before the two Strange Lifeform.

"Why did you stop fighting?" Zhou Hao asked disdainfully, scanning the room.

"Can we just admit defeat?"

"We want to rejoin your ranks and obey your orders from now on."

The two Supreme- level Strange Lifeform spoke in unison.

"Admit defeat? Obey our orders?" Zhou Hao laughed. "You can't even make a life-bound oath, relying only on verbal agreements. You might betray us at the crucial moment. I might as well kill you all and sacrifice your essence to the Chaos Universe. That way, the universe's essence will become stronger, making up for the losses from being devoured and destroyed by this nest."

"No, no!" the High Mountain- scaled creature cried out in alarm. "I'm willing to reveal my core essence and let you leave behind a restriction. As long as you don't kill me, I'm willing to acknowledge you as my master."

It hadn't said these words when it was captured by Iyer.

Even if these Strange Lifeform are to submit to the strong, they must submit to the strongest.

Although Iyer is strong, he still needs to win the war against the cultivators in order to have any hope of becoming an invincible Universe Controller.

But the current leader of the cultivators doesn't need to.

In its view, being able to submit to a true Universe Controller was far better than wandering aimlessly through Endless Space, risking all sorts of dangers.

Besides, there's plenty of good food and drink.

Wow.

The scales and flesh on the High Mountain creature's chest parted to the sides, revealing a red crystal.

A faint, ethereal figure could be seen within the red crystal; it was its very soul and spirit.

"It would have been better if you had done this sooner. You only became smart after getting a beating." Zhou Hao pointed a finger and left a soul restriction in the red crystal.

From now on, the life or death of the High Mountain scaly creatures will depend on his single decision.

"It chose the smartest path." Zhou Hao looked at the tall, thin One-Eye creature.

"And you?"

Outside the chaotic void.

The Supreme Beings of Supreme Bolin and Supreme Ekong are fighting fiercely against Dragon Turtle -like creature.

Sudden--

The chaotic void in the distance dissipated, revealing Zhou Hao and the figures of the two Strange Lifeform.

"One-Eye? High Mountain?" The Dragon Turtle -like creature seemed puzzled.

Why are those three standing together?

"You old thief!" The booming voice of the High Mountain scaled creature carried far and wide.

"One-Eye and I have already pledged allegiance to each other, you old thief, you'd better submit quickly too. Otherwise, no matter how strong your defenses are, the five of us working together will only wear you down."

"That's right, you old thief. High Mountain and I know your background very well." The tall, thin One-Eye creature also spoke up.

"You..." The Dragon Turtle -like creature was bombarded by the two Supreme cultivators for a long time without being injured.

But after hearing what its two companions said, it was so angry that it almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

You were the ones who couldn't wait to start fighting, and now you're the ones who betray us at the last minute.

And then they immediately turned around and wanted to help the cultivators deal with me?

What's wrong with this world?

Have they lost all sense of principle?!