Chapter 178: Mutual Schemes

"I have to complete it myself? Over ten thousand Supreme Treasure‑grade scales?"

Zhou Yang couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Putting aside the fact that he still hasn't begun learning the Treasure Refining Art, it's unclear when he'll be capable of forging Supreme Treasure‑grade artifacts.

Just the materials needed to forge over ten thousand Supreme Treasure scales would be enough to daunt him! Even the simplest set components are at the Supreme Treasure level. Take the Chaos City Lord's renowned Supreme Treasure, the "Thousand Treasure River"; its Supreme Treasure components number only around a thousand.

Over ten thousand Supreme Treasures. Just in terms of quantity, isn't that comparable to ten "Thousand Treasure River" sets? In what year and month could he possibly amass such a fortune? "Master, are you sure you're not joking with me?"

Zhou Yang silently turned his gaze toward the Mountain Recluse.

"Heh, anyway the Supreme Treasure is already in your hands, and I've told you how to upgrade it; how you proceed is your own business."

The Mountain Recluse smiled modestly, "Moreover, the current power of the Reincarnation Divine Armor already ranks among the upper tier of Peak Supreme Treasures, so for now it's sufficient for you to use."

Listening to the Mountain Recluse, Zhou Yang felt helpless inside.

If he hadn't known the way to enhance the Reincarnation Divine Armor, that would be fine; now that he knows, can he not be preoccupied?

Just think, two Peak Supreme Treasure gauntlets plus several Top‑tier Supreme Treasure components would already push this Reincarnation Divine Armor into the upper echelon of Peak Supreme Treasures.

If, on top of that, over ten thousand Ordinary Supreme Treasure scale components were added to form a complete Supreme Treasure set, its power would be unimaginable! "Alright, you may return now."

The Mountain Recluse didn't try to keep Zhou Yang, saying, "To let you study the forging of this armor, I, your master, have spent over a million years in a space where Time Acceleration is ten thousand‑fold; now I need a proper rest."

Since the Mountain Recluse said that, Zhou Yang naturally felt embarrassed to linger.

"Yes, I, the disciple, take my leave."

He immediately bowed and then quickly departed.

Watching Zhou Yang leave, the Mountain Recluse returned to his garden, sat down, and continued to gently rub that stone.

"How is it that after this kid's breakthrough, looking at him feels like facing a Universe Supreme, as if he doesn't belong to this universe at all."

"It seems the destiny he carries is far greater than I imagined; I hope he can become a support for me in the future."

An endless realm of dark void.

After leaving the Mountain Recluse's dwelling, Zhou Yang did not immediately return to the Human Race Territory.

"This Mountain Recluse master actually wants me to fill in over ten thousand Supreme Treasure scale components myself."

Thinking of this arduous task, Zhou Yang couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Just gathering the materials to forge these Supreme Treasure components would consume an unknown amount of his time.

"In the Original Universe, the only place where one can obtain a large number of Supreme Treasure‑grade items is the Primordial Star. Unfortunately, the opening of the Primordial Star is still tens of thousands of years away."

Zhou Yang's eyes flickered continuously, and a bold idea began to sprout in his mind.

"Shall we pull off another round?"

He recalled the 'fishing' incident on the Outer Domain Battlefield, where, lured by Supreme Treasures, he single‑handedly eliminated nearly eight thousand Immortals of King‑Sealing Level from the three major alien factions, a huge profit for him.

Now his strength has surged; ordinary Universe Venerables are no longer worthy of his attention.

If he could, like on the Outer Domain Battlefield, lure and annihilate a group of Universe Venerables in one go, that thought, once sparked, would not leave his mind.

Consider this: if he could, like Luo Feng in the original work, wipe out thousands of Universe Venerables at once, he might instantly gather all the materials needed to perfect the Reincarnation Divine Armor! Yet such a prospect remains mere fantasy; under normal circumstances, gathering that many Universe Venerables in a single sweep is virtually impossible.

In the original story, Luo Feng happened to coincide with the opening of the Primordial Star, which already gathered a massive number of Universe Venerables.

Moreover, several major alien alliances happened to target him, launching a proactive encirclement, which enabled his famed feat of annihilating over six thousand Universe Venerables in a single strike!

"However, it's not entirely impossible. Even if he can't trap a large number of Universe Venerables, luring a few powerful alien elites would still be profitable and would also serve to test the Reincarnation Divine Armor's power."

Zhou Yang, while teleporting across the endless void to make haste, silently weighed the options in his mind.

Now that he has the New Universe as a trump card, his confidence is abundant.

His New Universe differs from the Divine Kingdoms of Immortals or Venerables; it does not exist within the Original Universe and leaves no Divine Kingdom trace, so he worries not about being discovered.

If faced with an insurmountable danger, he can simply retreat into the New Universe! With that thought, he no longer hesitates and begins to plan swiftly.

Back on the Outer Domain Battlefield, he had secretly enslaved the souls of countless alien Immortals of King‑Sealing Level, which he could now employ. "In the past, human prodigies always concealed their whereabouts to avoid alien assassinations; those alien elites probably never imagined anyone would deliberately rush into their line of fire. Heh, I'm looking forward to it."

That day, a squad of Demon Race Immortals of King‑Sealing Level, while exploring a Universe Secret Realm, happened upon a Human Race strongman, and both sides instantly erupted into battle.

In the end, more than ten Demon Race Immortals, whose strength generally exceeded the higher tiers of King‑Sealing, were wiped out in a single strike by that Human strongman. Among those ten‑plus Immortals, one possessed the innate ability to create a doppelganger; the one exploring the secret realm was merely a doppelganger, while its main body was covertly cultivating within the Demon Race community.

At the moment the doppelganger fell, the main body was naturally awakened.

The Demon Race King‑Sealing being, bearing two majestic lion heads, sensed the mental ripple from the doppelganger's death, recalling the terrifying Chaos Hole that had shrouded Heaven and Earth before death, and a spark of brilliance flashed in its eyes.

It seemed to have uncovered a tremendous secret: "Master, I just was in the Xuan Guang Secret Realm…"

The Demon Race Immortal immediately reported the news to its master.

Soon after, the message passed through countless channels and swiftly reached the ears of a supreme great being of the Demon Race, amid the vast universe, within a stretch of Xingkong.

Three streams of thought pierced the endless void, descending upon this Xingkong, faintly revealing three towering figures.

One was resplendent, a faintly graceful silhouette surrounded by endless radiance; merely gazing at it could intoxicate a Universe Venerable.

A massive oval black sphere of illusion hovered elsewhere.

The final figure was encircled by faint millions of snake shadows, a gigantic silver‑white snake head gazing around, its surrounding Xingkong twisted into a vortex.

"Meng Cha, what summons us?" the massive black sphere voiced.

The graceful figure's gaze also fixed upon them.

The silver‑white snake head coiled upward, and a voice rang out directly.

"Machine, Empress, an Immortal in our clan appears to have discovered the whereabouts of the Human Reincarnation King."

The Silver White Great Snake's voice instantly echoed beside the other two parties, as if the Original Universe's rule that the ultimate speed is Light speed no longer applied to them.

"The Human Reincarnation King, the little fellow who single‑handedly exterminated nearly eight thousand King‑Sealing Immortals of our three races?"

Her remark caught the attention of the other two.

In recent centuries, this name has resonated throughout the countless peoples of the universe, truly bringing great prestige to their three great races.

The black sphere spoke, "Where is he? Is he within the Human Race Territory?"

Of course not, it is in a Secret Realm called the Xuan Guang Secret Realm near the border of the Human Race and my Demon Race.

Silver White Great Snake looked at the other two, voice indifferent: "You two, now this little fellow is not in the Human Race Territory, this opportunity is rare; the Human Race has produced this little fellow whose innate talent is truly monstrous; a World Master Level can directly slay thousands of crowned kings; if we let him continue like this, the Human Race will probably have another powerful existence."

Upon hearing her words, those two silhouettes also fell silent for a moment.

Just say the plan directly.

A sound first came from within the black sphere.

The Human Reincarnation King must be eliminated.

That slender silhouette also spoke up.

Silver White Great Snake nodded slightly, voice extremely cold: "My and Zhen Jiao's idea is to directly deploy the Universe Master!"

Universe Master.

The two silhouettes fell silent slightly.

Yes, it is the Universe Master!

Silver White Great Snake firmly said: "That Human Race youngster possesses an Innate Secret Technique similar to a Domain, capable of breaking through Space Seal to perform Teleportation; sending ordinary Universe Venerables may not guarantee absolute safety."

That Secret Realm is very close to the Human Race Territory; to avoid rescue by those Human Race Universe Masters, only deploying a Universe Master will do, at least a Doppelganger of the Universe Master, directly exercising control over time and space to quickly kill him is the safest.

What Meng Tu said makes sense.

After a moment, a sound came from the black sphere: "However, if we are to act, let us be more decisive; this way, each of the three races will dispatch one Universe Master, to prevent any nearby Human Race Universe Master from coming to rescue; we must ensure a one-hit kill."

Silver White Great Snake and that slender silhouette exchanged a glance, and also nodded.

Agreed.

Agreed.

(End of chapter)