Chapter 85: Teacher, Save Me—The Human Race

At the same time Lu Qingshan was speaking with Zifeng Zunzhe, the Chaos City Lord and Xu Jinzhu were also appearing in the Yan Mystery Realm.

Only after witnessing Yan Di being tormented by the Ice Peak Lord for some time did they finally appear to offer soothing words.

Unexpectedly, Yan Di grew even more resentful from being tormented by the Ice Peak Lord; despite the Chaos City Lord’s earnest pleas, he still insisted on leading the Yan Shen Clan out of the Human Race and vowed to give the Ice Peak Lord a harsh lesson in the future.

“Xu Jin!”

Yan Di turned to Xu Jinzhu and coldly said: “You traitor, are you really siding with the Virtual Universe Corporation faction against me?”

“Yan Di, this is the order of the Giant Axe Founder!”

Seeing Yan Di still obstinate, Xu Jinzhu could only frown and say: “Since you insist on leading the Yan Shen Clan out of our Human Race, we have no choice but to subdue you!”

“Just the three of you?”

Yan Di looked at the three of them and said arrogantly: “I admit I’m not yet a match for you three old bastards, but you think you can subdue me? That’s pure fantasy!”

“Just wait—I’ll cultivate a bit longer, and I’ll make you old bastards pay!”

Hearing this, Xu Jinzhu’s face darkened with anger, and he turned to the Chaos City Lord: “Chaos, act now!”

“Brother, strike now!”

The Ice Peak Lord also transmitted a message: “Let Yan Di see how we deal with powerful Universe Lords!”

After hearing the Ice Peak Lord’s message, Xu Jinzhu felt deep regret.

Yan Di now wields three Supreme Treasures—he truly has the power to roam the universe, but that doesn’t mean he’s invulnerable in the Original Universe.

Even the Eight Primordial Beast Gods, who were stronger than Yan Di and backed by the Original Universe’s greatest power—the Ancestral God Sect—weren’t they ultimately slain by countless rivals?

Yan Di could act so recklessly on the Original Star because: first, his power was immense; second, he had the Human Race, the peak faction, behind him; third, he hadn’t touched the core interests of other factions.

“Sigh,” sighed the Chaos City Lord.

Then, with a thought, his Thousand Treasures River domain instantly spread across dozens of light-years around him.

The Thousand Treasures River was a top-tier domain treasure the Chaos City Lord obtained during the last opening of the Original Star—he had spent tremendous effort gathering all thousand components within it.

Once fully assembled, its power did not disappoint—it was truly among the finest of top-tier domain treasures.

“Chaos City Lord!”

Yan Di roared in fury: “You really think I’m afraid of you? Even if I stand still and let you hit me, what can you do?”

The Chaos City Lord was indeed one of the most terrifying Universe Lords in the vast cosmos, but Yan Di’s life gene level had reached nearly ten thousand times, his divine body stretched over ten thousand kilometers, and he wore Jiejia, the pinnacle of pinnacle armors—so he had no reason to fear the Chaos City Lord.

“Yan Di!”

The Ice Peak Lord slashed again: “See how long you can keep boasting!”

“Sigh!”

Xu Jinzhu sighed and then also struck!

“One-on-one, I fear none of you!”

Yan Di roared: “But since you’ve teamed up, don’t blame me for fleeing—though from now on, your Human Race’s Universe Lords will suffer!”

Yan Di wasn’t a fool—he could withstand the three of them with his treasures, but even the Ice Peak Lord alone could suppress him; with the Chaos City Lord and Xu Jinzhu joining, he’d only be tormented further.

He wasn’t a masochist—he naturally chose to flee.

In Yan Di’s view, if he escaped successfully, his strength would let him easily join hostile factions like the Demon Race, Insect Race, or Machine Race—and then he’d have all the time and energy to fight the Human Race endlessly.

Thinking this, Yan Di swung his halberd, shattering the space hundreds of thousands of kilometers around him into fundamental particle streams, then swiftly plunged into the spatial rifts.

The spatial rifts were filled with endless fragments—escape would be easy for him.

But unfortunately, the Thousand Treasures River’s domain also surged into the spatial rifts!

“Xu Jin, follow him!”

The Ice Peak Lord and Xu Jinzhu transformed into silver-white swordlight and golden knife-light respectively, slicing through space and diving into the rifts!

……

In the spatial rifts, the deeper one went, the more terrifying the spatial currents became—even Universe Lords could perish in some regions.

Yet neither Yan Di fleeing nor the three pursuing Chaos City Lords were even remotely comparable to Universe Lords—they had no fear of these spatial current flows.

Countless spatial fragments shattered under their collisions, occasionally swallowing the divine realms of a few unlucky Immortals.

Bound by the Thousand Treasures River domain, Yan Di moved slower than the three, and soon they caught up.

“You really think I’m afraid of you?”

Yan Di spun around and swung his halberd, roaring wildly: “Come on—I want to see what you can actually do to me!”

“Poor fool!”

Xu Jinzhu silently shook his head: “Yan Di still doesn’t realize what’s coming.”

The most effective way to deal with a powerful Universe Lord like Yan Di was to overwhelm him with combined attacks, then use sealing treasures to crush him utterly.

That way, even if Yan Di had clone abilities, he’d be forced to abandon these precious treasures.

Without his three Supreme Treasures, Yan Di would be no different from an ordinary Universe Lord—utterly harmless.

Yan Di had never been subdued by other alien Universe Lords simply because he had the powerful Human Race behind him.

Subduing a powerful Universe Lord isn’t something done in moments—if Yan Di faced such danger, other Human Race elites could rush to his aid.

“Ice Mountain!”

As Xu Jinzhu’s thoughts raced, the Ice Peak Lord nearby shouted coldly and hurled a crystal-clear palace.

The moment it appeared, it rapidly expanded to over a hundred million kilometers, its surface carved with impossibly complex runes, radiating an ancient, icy aura.

This was one of the Ice Peak Lord’s most precious treasures—the pinnacle sealing treasure, Ice Mountain Palace.

“Open!” the Ice Peak Lord roared again.

Whoosh!

The palace gates slammed open, revealing utter darkness within, then an immense suction force instantly gripped Yan Di.

Normally, Yan Di’s strength could easily resist Ice Mountain Palace’s suction—but now, surrounded and overwhelmed by the three, he was already on the defensive; resisting the suction became extremely difficult.

“Worse—they’re trying to seal and imprison me!”

Yan Di strained to resist, then summoned the Golden Feather Silver Wings he had taken from Zifeng Zunzhe—now appearing behind his back.

After leaving the Original Star, he had been studying the three forms of the Golden Feather Silver Wings and had already mastered two of them.

When the Ice Peak Lord arrived, he was still studying them, so he hadn’t used them immediately.

Now, to break free from the three’s suppression, he had no choice but to rely on this newly acquired auxiliary flight treasure.

Hum!

The Golden Feather Silver Wings vibrated furiously behind Yan Di, while his domain-level ordinary treasure was pushed to its limit—combined, they barely broke free from the Thousand Treasures River’s restraint.

Seeing this, Yan Di was overjoyed.

He had feared the Thousand Treasures River most during his battle with the three—now that he’d broken free, escaping would be far easier!

“Ha ha ha! This is fate!” Yan Di laughed loudly.

Using a treasure stolen from a Human Race Universe Lord to fight against the Human Race’s own Universe Lords—how glorious!

Thinking this, Yan Di surged forward, piercing through endless spatial currents toward deeper regions—his speed now vastly increased.

And just then…

In a remote corner of the Yan Mystery Realm, a fragment of meteor floating in space suddenly glowed faintly.

A stout, bearded bald man suddenly appeared—he instantly sensed the four chasing each other through the endless spatial currents.

This man was Peng Princess, the fifth-rank Universe Lord and ruler of the Cosmic River Bank of the Human Race.

“Chaos!”

Peng Princess instantly shattered layers of space to join the Chaos City Lord: “I didn’t arrive too late, did I?”

“Peng Gong, you’re just in time!”

The Chaos City Lord transmitted: “Yan Di’s treasure taken from Zifeng has immense power—Thousand Treasures River can barely restrain him anymore. Act quickly!”

“Understood!”

Peng Princess nodded and immediately activated his top-tier domain treasure.

Hum!

As space rippled, a radius of eighty light-years centered on Peng Princess was engulfed by thick, earth-yellow energy currents.

Even the Thousand Treasures River’s domain began to be pushed back.

Of course, the Thousand Treasures River retreated partly because its power was slightly weaker, and partly because the Chaos City Lord deliberately withdrew.

Meanwhile, Yan Di, fleeing into this earth-yellow energy domain, instantly slowed down drastically!

After all, breaking free from the top-tier domain treasure Thousand Treasures River had been hard enough—breaking free from Peng Princess’s pinnacle domain treasure was now impossible.

Seeing this, Yan Di’s face turned grim.

“Yan Di, you can’t escape!” The Ice Peak Lord slashed again.

Boom!

Endless swordlight erupted around Yan Di, while the earth-yellow energy currents offered no resistance.

“Want to kill me? You, Ice Peak, think you can kill me?”

Yan Di’s voice was frenzied as he swung his halberd again.

Even one-on-one, he had been fully suppressed by the Ice Peak Lord—now with Peng Princess’s pinnacle domain treasure aiding him, resistance was hopeless.

“Yan Di, give up!”

Peng Princess stepped forward and swung his black mysterious iron rod with full force.

With Peng Princess’s fifth-rank Universe Lord power, Yan Di could no longer resist—he could only rely on his immense divine body and Jiejia armor to endure.

Above Yan Di, the pinnacle sealing treasure Ice Mountain Palace continued its relentless suction.

In an instant, Yan Di was trapped once more in his former peril—this time, even the Golden Feather Silver Wings could not save him.

"Damn it!"

Flames burned furiously across Yan Di’s body as he desperately pondered an escape: “The Ice Peak’s Ice Mountain Palace is a peak-level sealing treasure— even if I retreat into the Northern Prison, I doubt I can resist its suction!”

Yes!

After breaking through to the Cosmic Master realm, Yan Di had long inherited from his master, Zuo Shanke, the identity of the Lord of the Northern Prison, an immensely evil entity within the universe.

And the Lord of the Northern Prison held in his grasp a top-tier sealing treasure: the Northern Prison itself!

Yet even if Yan Di defied Zuo Shanke’s orders and summoned the Northern Prison, he still could not escape this predicament.

"Hmph! Damned human race, attacking with numbers!"

Feeling his resistance weakening against the pull emanating from the Ice Mountain Palace, Yan Di swiftly pulled out a green stone token.

The green stone token appeared ordinary, but it was in fact a treasure used to transmit messages.

“Master, save me!”

While continuously burning divine power to resist the siege by the Lord of Chaos City and others, as well as the suction of the Ice Mountain Palace, Yan Di soon split off a sliver of his consciousness into the green stone token and sent out an urgent plea for help.

…

In a void region of the vast universe.

There stood a towering black peak, and beside a pool within its interior, an old man radiating black light, with crystalline horns on his forehead, was carving a statue.

This old man was one of the most mysterious, most elusive, and oldest lone Cosmic Masters in the vast universe: Zuo Shanke!

Suddenly, Zuo Shanke’s mind stirred—a voice entered his mind: it was Yan Di’s emergency plea from within the human domain.

Seeing Yan Di’s plea, Zuo Shanke felt deep disappointment.

But after a moment…

Zuo Shanke sighed, then focused his will, using the power of a Cosmic Master to condense a manifestation far away in the human domain.

…

In the spatial rift of the Yan Mystery Realm.

The Lord of Chaos City and others continued their assault on Yan Di, seeking to seal him.

At that moment, a phantom figure silently appeared in the void nearby—it was Zuo Shanke’s manifestation.

“Zuo Shanke?”

The first to notice Zuo Shanke was Peng Gong’s Lord, who had activated his domain treasure.

“Lord of Chaos City, Peng Gong’s Lord!”

Zuo Shanke gazed at Peng Gong’s Lord and the others surrounding Yan Di, then said calmly: “Could you, for my sake, spare Yan Di this time?”

The Lord of Chaos City and others paused, then suddenly understood.

No wonder Yan Di, having just broken through to the Cosmic Master realm, already held three peak-level treasures—his backer was none other than the mysterious lone Cosmic Master, Zuo Shanke.

Soon, the Great Axe Founder also condensed his own manifestation here and began speaking with Zuo Shanke.

…

Moments later, in the Virtual Universe.

Many human Cosmic Masters gathered again, except for Yan Di, who intended to lead the Yan God Clan out of the human race.

“Everyone now understands the situation!”

The Great Axe Founder looked at those seated on either side of the stone table and said directly: “Speak your minds—how should we handle this?”

“Great Axe!”

Huang Jian’s Lord of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance asked in confusion: “What is the relationship between Zuo Shanke and Yan Di? Why would he intervene for him?”

“I just learned this myself!”

The Great Axe Master said: “According to Zuo Shanke, Yan Di’s Yan God Clan lineage was guided and nurtured by him.”

“What?”

“That’s unbelievable!”

“Indeed! To guide and nurture an entire lineage like the Yan God Clan—Zuo Shanke is truly astonishing!”

Upon hearing this, the surrounding Cosmic Masters were all astonished.

The Yan God Clan held an exceptionally unique status within the human race.

Among all human races, except the Yan God Clan, even the Man Ka Star People, who reached Domain Lord peak upon adulthood, possessed life gene levels identical to ordinary cosmic life.

Only the Yan God Clan, from birth, possessed life gene levels twice that of ordinary cosmic life, and these levels continued to rise with their strength.

When Yan God Clan members reached Domain Lord level, their life gene levels transformed into four times that of ordinary cosmic life; upon entering the World Lord level, they reached eight times!

Eight times the life gene level even surpassed the royal bloodlines of the demon races, only slightly inferior to the twelve peak bloodlines of the Cosmic Beasts!

Moreover, the Yan God Clan’s supreme geniuses could, at World Lord level, without any external aid, elevate their life gene levels to sixteen or even thirty-two times that of ordinary cosmic life!

But what truly made the Yan God Clan’s name echo across countless cosmic races was that two trillion years ago, Yan Di, while a Cosmic Sovereign, defied the cosmic laws and raised his life gene levels to nearly ten thousand times!

Since then, countless alien races had risked everything to infiltrate the human domain and hunt Yan God Clan members, seeking to uncover the secret behind their ever-growing gene levels.

Now, Zuo Shanke claimed the Yan God Clan was his creation—naturally, this stunned the human race’s elite.

“I’ve long heard from my master that Zuo Shanke is the one among all Cosmic Masters he finds most inscrutable!”

Dark Lord, seated beside the Lord of Chaos City, sighed: “I never imagined he could guide and nurture such a miraculous and powerful race as the Yan God Clan!”

“Enough—save this for later!”

The Great Axe Master spoke again: “Let’s discuss how to handle Yan Di.”

“Can this truly not be reversed?”

A gentle voice spoke: “If we could dissuade Yan Di from leaving the human race, wouldn’t that be better? And it might even strengthen our ties with Zuo Shanke!”

“No!”

“This is unacceptable!”

Two Cosmic Masters spoke at once; they exchanged glances, then Huang Jian’s Lord spoke first: “Chaos and Xu Jin must have already pleaded with Yan Di in good faith—he not only refused, but insisted on leading the Yan God Clan out of our race! If we compromise now, won’t we only embolden him further?”

“Exactly! Yan Di is inherently cold-hearted and selfish. Even if we Mianqiang keep him now, he’ll bring more trouble later!”

“What about Zuo Shanke?” asked a Cosmic Master.

“Since Zuo Shanke has intervened, we can no longer suppress Yan Di—it’s neither proper nor possible.”

Xu Jin’s Lord paused, then said: “I suggest we expel Yan Di from the human race outright.”

“What about the rest of the Yan God Clan?” another Cosmic Master asked. “The Yan God Clan was nurtured by Zuo Shanke, and Yan Di is now their leader—they won’t allow the Yan God Clan to remain within our race.”

“Then expel the Yan God Clan along with Yan Di!”

Huang Jian’s Lord said immediately: “Though the Yan God Clan has exceptional life gene potential, their cultivation aptitude is no better than other races. Even if we expel them all, it won’t greatly harm our race.”

“Besides, I suspect Yan Di doesn’t want any supreme geniuses to emerge in the Yan God Clan—otherwise he wouldn’t have taken them to the Cosmic Mystery Realm to breed and multiply!”

“Let Yan Di take the Yan God Clan out of our race?”

Qing Dong’s Lord of the Cosmic Bank couldn’t help saying: “That’s too lenient! If this gets out, countless alien races will mock us!”

“Then what else can we do?”

Huang Jian’s Lord said: “Can we afford to offend Zuo Shanke? If we do, the demon race, insect race, and machine race will all strike while the iron is hot!”

“True.”

Qing Dong’s Lord nodded: “But even if we allow Yan Di to lead the Yan God Clan out, we must set strict terms.”

“Correct! We must never let Yan Di leak information about Dark Lord and Wang Chuan!”

Hearing this, the surrounding Cosmic Masters all nodded.

Aside from Yan Di and the Virtual Universe’s AI core, the human race had sixteen Cosmic Masters—but beyond the human race’s own Cosmic Masters, all other powerful figures—including the human race’s top Cosmic Lords and those from the Hong Alliance—knew of only fourteen.

Dark Lord and Wang Chuan’s breakthroughs had been concealed, kept secret as hidden cards.

If Yan Di leaked this after leaving, the human race’s secret would be exposed.

“The treasure Yan Di stole from Zi Feng must be returned in full!”

Ice Peak’s Lord’s cold voice rang out: “And all resources the race granted him upon his breakthrough to Cosmic Master must also be returned!”

Hearing this, the human race’s Cosmic Masters nodded again.

After a human race member broke through to Cosmic Master, the race granted them resources worth one top-tier treasure weapon to rapidly boost their strength.

Since Yan Di was now leaving the race, he must return all such gifts.

“I suggest we demand Zuo Shanke compensate us with a peak-level treasure.”

Huang Jian’s Lord of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance thought for a moment: “Zuo Shanke excels at forging treasures—many Cosmic Masters in the Cosmic Sea have commissioned him. He must have many treasures. And since we’re letting Yan Di leave under his influence, our reputation will suffer—demanding one peak-level treasure as compensation is entirely reasonable.”

“That’s true.”

Qing Dong’s Lord nodded: “Zuo Shanke rarely fights directly—he always uses clever tricks. I suspect he’ll hand over a peak-level treasure to settle this.”

“Then it’s settled.”

The Great Axe Founder on the main seat declared: “Any further suggestions?”

“None!”

“None!”

Hearing this, the Great Axe Founder said: “I will negotiate with Zuo Shanke based on these terms—see if he accepts. But prepare for other contingencies.”

“We understand,” the Cosmic Masters all nodded.

(End of Chapter)