In the Core Land of the Machine Race's territory, countless crystalline beams of light connected every corner.
A mighty being stood there, his towering body seemingly cast entirely from metal. He had eight arms, two legs, and whip-like tendrils extending from his head.
"Let's begin!"
The mighty being closed his eyes slightly. Suddenly, an incomparably powerful force erupted, throwing the surrounding spacetime into chaos. Space warped, and time fell into disorder.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The region trembled. With the mighty being at its center, time rapidly flowed backward, and countless scenes from the past reappeared one after another.
"Freeze!" As though adjusting a virtual timeline, he fixed it at a particular moment.
Within the river of time, Venerable Hanjing's figure reappeared, his Divine Body a kilometer tall and his skin like crystal.
"Come!"
With a sweep of his great hand, he brought a figure back into reality.
The tremendous rumbling ceased, and the distortions in space vanished.
"Venerable Hanjing..." Even someone as mighty as the Mechanical Race Father God felt some strain from resurrecting a Universe Overlord.
"Thank you, Father God!" After Venerable Hanjing was resurrected and pulled into the present timeline, his memories flooded back. At the sight of the majestic being before him, he hurriedly bowed.
"Mm... Go." The Mechanical Race Father God watched Venerable Hanjing.
There was no alternative. Only he could personally resurrect Universe Overlords; Universe Masters lacked the strength to do so.
Once Venerable Hanjing had left, the Mechanical Race Father God continued unleashing his power, resurrecting the Machine Race Alliance's recently fallen Universe Overlords one by one.
Fortunately, he was inside his own miniature universe. Resurrecting several Universe Overlords in succession cost him a substantial portion of his Divine Body, but at least his safety was assured.
The Primal Star will close soon, and battles between Universe Overlords will become less frequent. Once my Divine Body recovers, I can explore the Universe Ocean without worry. The Mechanical Race Father God could not help sighing inwardly.
As the strongest being in the entire alliance, he might appear glorious on the surface, but he also bore considerable pressure.
If only another Universe Strongest would emerge in my Machine Race! He thought of the damned Demon Race, which actually had two Universe Strongest beings.
"Damn it. Being resurrected by the Mechanical Race Father God has left me owing the alliance a huge number of contribution points!" Venerable Hanjing frowned slightly.
Resurrection naturally came at a price. That was especially true for a Universe Overlord, who could only be resurrected by a Universe Strongest. Having such a mighty being act even once was no small expense.
"It's roughly equivalent to three or four Supreme Treasures..." Venerable Hanjing shook his head.
Fortunately, he had made some gains over the years and had three or four Supreme Treasures in reserve. However, he no longer had a high-grade offensive Supreme Treasure.
After paying off the contribution points he owed the alliance, he had only an ordinary offensive Supreme Treasure and an ordinary defensive Supreme Treasure left.
"Wait... That damned Qian Wu has plenty of Supreme Treasures. I need to think of something."
Only a hundred epochs had passed between Venerable Hanjing's death and the point in the timeline at which he was resurrected. Yet in those hundred epochs, the video of him begging for mercy had already spread throughout the universe.
I've been utterly humiliated! That damned Qian Wu is vicious. Didn't I just kill him three times in a row back then? Did he really have to humiliate me like this?
For powerful beings, falling in battle was perfectly normal. Being humiliated before the entire universe, however, was exceedingly rare.
"Why are fewer and fewer treasures appearing on the Primal Star?" Yang Hao frowned slightly. In a hundred epochs, he had obtained only a few Ordinary Supreme Treasures.
He did not know whether it was because the Primal Star had been open for over nine hundred epochs and most of the Supreme Treasures accumulated over countless years had already emerged, or whether he was simply unlucky.
The Virtual Universe.
"Venerable Hanjing has been resurrected and appeared on the Primal Star. Qian Wu Country Lord, would you..." The experts of the Silk Entwining Palace were well-informed and wanted to make another deal.
"Oh? If he dares to appear on the Primal Star, he must have something up his sleeve. If I go straight after him, wouldn't I be walking into a trap?" Yang Hao pondered.
"Has he spread any information?" Yang Hao asked the person in charge at the Silk Entwining Palace.
"No, but we've only seen him with two Supreme Treasures. We suspect he wants to find some more before the Primal Star closes," the person in charge of Silk Entwining Palace replied.
"Also, he's formed a team with several High Universe Venerables from the Machine Race Alliance."
"Venerable Hanjing..." Yang Hao stroked his chin in thought. Something felt off.
Having lost his High-tier Attack Supreme Treasure, Venerable Hanjing now barely qualified as a Universe Overlord. Teaming up with several High Universe Venerables from the Machine Race Alliance to explore the Primal Star together seemed reasonable enough.
Isn't he afraid I'll kill him again? Venerable Hanjing had once killed Qian Wu three times in succession. After being killed by Yang Hao, he still dared to show himself openly. Did he have no fear of death?
After thinking for a while without reaching any conclusions, Yang Hao said, "Keep an eye on him for me for now. If an opportunity comes up, I'll act. We can negotiate the price."
"No problem, Qian Wu Country Lord." The person in charge at the Silk Entwining Palace wasted no words. The deal had not even been confirmed yet, so there was no point discussing the price.
On the Primal Star, Yang Hao wandered around at leisure. With treasures appearing less and less often, he spent most of his time cultivating.
Hmm? A Universe Venerable from the Machine Race Alliance is passing by? He sensed a Machine Race Venerable flying overhead.
However, the Venerable was far above the ground, so there was no need to pursue him.
At first, Yang Hao paid it no mind. After all, there were many powerful beings on the Primal Star, and it was perfectly normal for Venerables of other races to fly around.
Another Machine Race Venerable passing by? A coincidence? Another Venerable from the Machine Race Alliance flew across the sky.
In just a few days, four or five teams of Venerables from the Machine Race Alliance passed by.
And as time went on, these "chance encounters" became increasingly frequent.
Looks like they've found me. Who would make a move against me? Yang Hao pondered. Ordinary Universe Overlords were no match for him.
Only Top Universe Overlords or even Universe Masters could contend with Yang Hao.
Venerable Hanjing was humiliated before the entire universe after his resurrection. Could he have found someone powerful to kill me? Yang Hao wondered.
But why would such a powerful being help him? Ordinary Universe Overlords were no match for Yang Hao, and how could Venerable Hanjing possibly enlist a Top Universe Overlord or even a Universe Master?
It's the High-tier Domain-type Supreme Treasure! Yang Hao finally understood. With enough profit at stake, why couldn't a powerful being be persuaded to act?
The treasure that could tempt such beings was the Ten Thousand Skies Sea.
"I was wondering why Venerable Hanjing hadn't spread the news that I have a High-tier Domain-type Supreme Treasure. Looks like he wants to kill me and take it!"
Only three people knew Yang Hao had a High-tier Domain-type Supreme Treasure. One was the Chaos City Lord, who would never leak the information. Another was Venerable Hua Qing, whom Yang Hao had asked not to tell anyone and who had not leaked anything so far. The last was Venerable Hanjing, whose silence had been the condition for sparing his life back then.
Once Yang Hao understood what was happening, everything became clear.
In the Virtual Universe, Yang Hao immediately sent the Chaos City Lord a call request and explained the situation. The Chaos City Lord fell into thought.
"Your plan is sound..." The Chaos City Lord frowned slightly. "But it's far too risky!"
"Although I don't know what opportunity you encountered that allowed your life gene level to reach 1,200 times while still a Universe Venerable, if you fall, you might not retain such a life gene multiplier after being resurrected."
"Chaos City Lord, there's nothing wrong with taking some risks on the path of the strong. If this plan succeeds, our human race will reap tremendous rewards!" Yang Hao naturally knew it was risky, but he was not someone who shrank from danger.
High risk, high reward. If this plan succeeded, it would surely bring a huge windfall to both his race and himself!
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