The Primordial Summit, who is the real protagonist?

Chen Ran's command, transmitted through the Human Race's intelligence network, quickly spread throughout the Primordial Era.

"Primordial Era Safety and Development Conference?"

"The Human Race is organizing it?"

"Inviting all powerful beings at the Quasi-Saint level and above? What a grand gesture!"

One stone stirred a thousand ripples.

The entire circle of powerful beings in the Primordial Era was thrown into an uproar by this sudden invitation.

In the impression of most beings in the Primordial Era, the Human Race, despite being the new protagonists of heaven and earth, had shallow foundations. Apart from the unfathomable Human Mother Saint, Empress Nuwa, they seemed to have no high-end combat power to speak of.

Yet now, they dared to take the lead in convening a summit that involved the top powers of the entire Primordial Era?

On what grounds?

Moreover, the theme of the conference was even more baffling.

"The threat of extraterrestrial civilizations?"

"What do you mean by extraterrestrial civilizations? Have the Chaos Demon Gods returned?"

"Are there other worlds beyond the Primordial Era?"

Confusion, incomprehension, curiosity, and a hint of disdain constituted the initial reactions of most powerful beings upon receiving the invitation.

Some veteran Quasi-Saints who had lived since ancient times, such as Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe, adopted a wait-and-see attitude. They were proud of their status and unwilling to easily support a nascent race.

However, when they learned that this conference had been personally approved by the Human Mother Saint, Empress Nuwa, their attitudes immediately changed.

That was a Saint!

Among the current Six Saints, she was widely recognized as the strongest and most unfathomable!

If even she believed that so-called "extraterrestrial civilizations" posed a great threat, then this matter was definitely not groundless.

One could not afford to disregard a Saint's face.

Thus, after a brief hesitation, almost all the named Quasi-Saint powerhouses decided to head to the Human Race's ancestral land to investigate.

They all wanted to know what had caused that terrifying fluctuation of energy that had shaken the entire Primordial Era not long ago.

They also wanted to see for themselves what gave the new protagonists of heaven and earth the confidence to host such a grand conference.

The three-month deadline arrived in the blink of an eye.

The Human Race's ancestral land was no longer the simple valley it once was.

Under Chen Ran's planning and the dedication of countless members of the Human Race, it had been transformed into a magnificent and majestic giant city, a fusion of sci-fi and fantasy styles.

The city was named "Origin."

Its walls were cast from a special alloy mixed with star essence gold, inscribed with energy runes that flickered with a faint blue glow, making them indestructible.

Within the city, towering buildings stood in rows, their designs exuding a sleek, technological feel. In the sky, rune-powered vehicles shuttled back and forth along designated flight paths.

On the ground, people came and went, their faces filled with confidence and pride.

When veteran Quasi-Saints like Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe stepped into this "City of Origin," their expressions were priceless.

They had imagined what the Human Race's ancestral land might look like – perhaps a vast tribe, or a blessed immortal land.

But they never expected it to be such a city of steel and runes... a city they couldn't describe in words.

Everything here was novel, vibrant, and filled with... power.

A kind of power of civilization, completely different from the Immortal Way cultivation system they were familiar with.

"This... this is the Human Race?"

Ancestor Minghe's eyes twitched as he watched a patrol of Human Race soldiers, clad in silver-white mecha and wielding energy spears, march past him.

He could sense that the individual cultivation of those soldiers was at most that of a Heavenly Immortal.

But the "iron shells" they wore and the "strange weapons" in their hands made him, a Quasi-Saint, feel a sense of threat.

If thousands of such soldiers formed a battle formation...

Ancestor Minghe dared not think further.

For the first time, he felt a sliver of doubt about his own Blood Sea Great Array, composed of forty-eight million Blood God Sons.

The meeting venue was set in the center of the City of Origin, within a building called the "Hall of Civilization."

After all the invited powerful beings were seated.

The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti, five Saints, arrived together.

The arrival of Saints brought auspicious signs from heaven and lotuses blooming from the earth.

The entire City of Origin was enveloped in supreme Saintly might.

All the powerful beings rose to pay their respects.

However, the five Saints merely nodded slightly at the crowd; their gazes were drawn to this peculiar city and the futuristic "Hall of Civilization."

Even they were seeing such a sight for the first time.

"Junior Sister Nuwa, what a grand gesture," Primordial Heavenly Venerate's tone carried a hint of complexity.

Just then.

Nuwa's figure appeared in the main seat of the great hall.

Beside her stood a young man in white, with a handsome face.

It was Chen Ran.

Using the power of Human Race civilization, he had condensed into a physical form, standing on the central stage of the Primordial Era world for the first time, officially.

All eyes converged on him.

Who was this youth?

By what right could he stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Saint Nuwa?

Chen Ran ignored the gazes of the crowd, calmly walking to the very front of the great hall.

Behind him, a massive screen lit up.

On the screen appeared that diamond-shaped, black warship, filled with an aura of coldness and death.

And the image of its world-destroying main cannon firing.

"Everyone."

Chen Ran spoke, his voice transmitted clearly to everyone's ears through the amplification array.

"Before the meeting begins, I'd like to show you all a real image from the 'Outer Domain'."

"The protagonist of this image is the core issue we will be discussing in this meeting."

"An extraterrestrial mechanical civilization named 'Gestalt'."

As his words fell.

The thrilling combat footage recorded by the 'Civilization' began to play.

The entire Hall of Civilization instantly fell into dead silence.