Chapter 460: Ethnic Conflict, Willpower Breakthrough

Time continued to flow, never pausing for any mighty being.

In the blink of an eye, over two thousand years had passed since Lu Qingshan arrived in this black-stripe pillar space.

During these two thousand years, Lu Qingshan had remained in the region where time flowed three thousand times faster, honing his willpower while deeply contemplating the Beast God Dao and other unmastered paths.

Yet at his current realm, improving his strength could not be achieved in a mere moment.

Thus, even though Lu Qingshan had cultivated for over seven million years under time acceleration, his own power saw little increase.

“The years of cultivation are truly tedious!”

Sitting atop a massive rock circling the black-stripe pillar, Lu Qingshan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Yet he wasn’t overly troubled, for compared to other mighty beings, his fortune was already exceptional.

Other strong individuals, limited by their innate understanding, could rarely advance further once their cultivation reached its peak if they focused solely on cultivation.

Take Beichen Star Lord, who had long dwelled in this black-stripe pillar space for quiet cultivation.

Beichen Star Lord was a supreme being from the First Cycle Era; the time flow rate in his region reached a staggering one hundred thirty thousand times, and after such an immense span, his accumulated cultivation time had long surpassed countless Cycle Eras.

Yet despite his formidable power, he could not match even the First True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan, let alone break through the Cycle and establish a new Sacred Universe.

In the original story, the Ancestor began his cultivation with astonishing brilliance, achieving the rank of Universe’s Strongest shortly after entering the realm and gaining power sufficient to dominate the Universe Sea, even attempting to possess the Original Universe…

But as his realm advanced, the Ancestor’s cultivation speed slowed considerably; when he reached the Origin Continent, he was only at the Void True God level, and only with Luo Feng’s aid did he finally ascend to the God King realm!

Lu Qingshan, however, benefited from the Enlightenment Boost feature within the chat group, allowing him to continuously cultivate and grow stronger — a rare advantage indeed.

Yet even for Lu Qingshan himself, without the chat group’s Enlightenment Boost, his power struggled to achieve noticeable breakthroughs within such a short span.

Meanwhile, in a perilous region of Qingfeng Realm, three figures were locked in furious combat.

Two of them belonged to one side: one was a colossal silver-white serpent, surrounded by hundreds of millions of serpent shadows, warping the surrounding space into a vortex; the other was a bizarre, jagged-shelled giant beast, terrifying in appearance — these two were the two Supreme Beings of the Original Universe’s Beast Clan: Mengyao Ancestor and Zhenyao Ancestor.

The opposing side was a massive black elliptical sphere, from which countless hunched figures continuously erupted — over nine thousand of them.

Each hunched figure stood tens of thousands of kilometers tall, forged entirely of metal, with eight arms and braids hanging from its skull.

This black elliptical sphere was none other than the greatest being of the Original Universe’s Machine Clan: the Machine Clan Father God.

The hunched figures were the mechanical puppets controlled by the Machine Clan Father God, each possessing unimaginable power.

Roar! Roar! Roar…

The vast mechanical puppet army charged toward Mengyao Ancestor and Zhenyao Ancestor, each puppet driven by the Father God’s burned divine power, its power comparable to a sentient mental weapon.

As the sole being to evolve to the pinnacle of intelligent life and enter the Supreme Being realm, the Machine Clan Father God’s computational ability and multitasking capacity were unmatched in the Universe Sea.

Consider this: even a single Machine Clan lifeform at the Universe Lord level could serve as the intelligent core sustaining the Virtual Universe — how terrifying must the Father God’s computational power be?

These nine thousand puppets each seemed to possess true souls, surrounding and overwhelming Mengyao Ancestor and Zhenyao Ancestor.

“Boom!”

Over five thousand puppets simultaneously slammed a punch toward Zhenyao Ancestor’s position — each punch exquisitely precise, merging into one colossal, world-shattering blow.

The power of this punch alone could annihilate any Universe Lord lacking a supreme-grade peak treasure armor.

“Break!”

Zhenyao Ancestor immediately wielded his newly acquired supreme-grade treasure, the Shattered Realm Cone, piercing directly through the center of one black puppet.

Boom!

Zhenyao Ancestor was blasted back millions of kilometers, yet suffered no injury;

Instead, the puppet struck by the Shattered Realm Cone now bore visible damage.

“This… this is impossible!”

Upon sensing the puppet’s damage, the Machine Clan Father God was incredulous.

After all, the materials used to forge his puppets were extremely precious — nearly all were peak-grade treasure materials.

Though each puppet used only a small amount of material, none could be easily shattered by ordinary Supreme Beings.

“It’s that weapon!”

After a brief sensing, the Father God quickly realized Zhenyao Ancestor’s power had surged: “Is that a supreme-grade treasure?”

“Damn it! How did this beast clan get so lucky, acquiring a second supreme-grade treasure?”

Even as the Father God’s thoughts raced, Mengyao Ancestor and Zhenyao Ancestor launched their next assault.

Facing the greatly strengthened Mengyao Ancestor, the Machine Clan Father God dared not underestimate him, immediately releasing over a thousand more puppets.

Now the puppet count reached 10,081; under the Father God’s full control, they moved as one unified whole, unleashing power far beyond Mengyao and Zhenyao’s expectations.

“Damn it!”

After enduring a strike from over ten thousand puppets, Mengyao Ancestor transmitted to Zhenyao Ancestor: “Zhenjiao, how strong is this machine?”

“It’s his puppets!”

Zhenyao Ancestor was equally frustrated: “This machine has been hiding his strength — when these ten thousand puppets coordinate, their power rivals mine!”

“They say the Machine Clan has no supreme-grade treasures, yet their combined puppets’ power must rival one!”

While exchanging thoughts, both Zhenyao and Mengyao realized they had lost the chance to kill the Machine Clan Father God, and ceased combat.

On the other side, the Machine Clan Father God, seeing Mengyao and Zhenyao withdraw, swiftly recalled all his puppets: “Mengcha, Zhenjiao, I didn’t expect your beast clan to acquire a second supreme-grade treasure!”

“Machine, haven’t you been hiding your strength too?”

Zhenyao Ancestor coldly replied: “If not for this joint attack with Mengcha, no one in the Universe Sea would know how powerful you truly are.”

“Hahaha!”

The Machine Clan Father God laughed heartily: “If I hadn’t hidden my strength, wouldn’t I have been tricked by you two?”

“Wait and see — this isn’t over yet!”

With that, the Machine Clan Father God shot away as a streak of light.

At that moment, Zhenyao Ancestor turned toward another direction: “Jinhuang Demon God, you’ve watched long enough — show yourself!”

“Hahaha! I never expected two brats from this Cycle Era to obtain two supreme-grade treasures — truly enviable!”

Before his words ended, a childlike figure suddenly appeared in the distant void.

The child had thirteen pairs of arms — Jinhuang Demon God, Supreme Being of the Shidream Clan, one of the Seven Peak Clans of the Second Cycle Era.

Typically, factions that had endured a full Original Universe Cycle required two or more Supreme Beings to be called Peak Clans.

Yet the Shidream Clan, despite having only one Supreme Being, still earned the title of Peak Clan — the reason being Jinhuang Demon God’s terrifying power.

“Jinhuang Demon God!”

Mengyao Ancestor immediately spoke: “Please do not leak the news that our beast clan has acquired a second supreme-grade treasure.”

“Not leak?”

Jinhuang Demon God chuckled brightly: “Tsk tsk — your beast clan teamed up against the Machine Clan Father God, forcing him to reveal his strength. He won’t leak it himself. Now you plan to use this advantage to strike others, don’t you?”

“Let me guess — are you targeting the Human Clan’s Giant Axe, or the Insect Clan’s Empress? The Empress possesses a palace-type treasure — even with your new supreme-grade treasure, you can’t touch her. So you’re going after Giant Axe, aren’t you?”

“Fine! Whether you target whom you will, if you want me to keep quiet, bring me a peak-level domain treasure.”

Jinhuang Demon God smiled: “Give me one peak-level domain treasure, and I’ll keep your secret.”

“Jinhuang Demon God, you…”

Hearing this, Mengyao Ancestor glared furiously.

“What?”

Jinhuang Demon God coldly replied: “You refuse? Or do you want to fight me?”

Remember, Jinhuang Demon God not only possessed immense personal power but also wore a palace-type supreme-grade treasure as armor.

Even if Mengyao and Zhenyao teamed up, or even if more Supreme Beings joined the assault, he could still escape unscathed.

“Zhenjiao!”

Hearing Jinhuang Demon God’s words, Mengyao Ancestor transmitted to Zhenyao Ancestor beside him: “What do we do?”

“Ignore Jinhuang Demon God.”