Chapter 256: Preparations Before War

At this moment, it was less than a few months until Luo Feng, bearing the Duan Dong River inheritance, returned to the Original Universe.

The Virtual Universe, the plane where the Giant Axe Temple resides.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Zhou Yang and the other Human Race Universe Lords' figures flashed onto this plane; in an instant, all twenty Human Race Universe Lords were present! Huh! With hair in disarray, the Giant Axe Founder, looking like a rugged strongman, instantly appeared on the throne.

"Everyone's here?"

The Giant Axe Founder scanned the area, saw that all Universe Lords had arrived, then nodded at the approaching Chaos City Lord, "Chaos, you speak."

"Very well."

The Chaos City Lord nodded, looked at those present, his tone heavy, "Everyone, war should be arriving soon!"

"Hmm?"

"Finally it's time to fight?"

"Chaos, is it those few races that can't hold back?"

The Dark Lord, Penggong Lord and the other Universe Lords all asked.

"Yes."

The Chaos City Lord nodded: "Just now Yuanzu warned. His Virtual Universe has already detected movement from the Demon Race, Mechanical Race, and Insect Race; it is estimated that a team of super‑strong beings will soon come to kill. We must prepare immediately."

"Yuanzu?"

Luo Feng, the Dark Lord, and Penggong Lord all showed a hint of surprise.

"I've never told you."

The Chaos City Lord solemnly said, "Yuanzu's Virtual Universe covers the entire Original Universe! Unless a Universe Strongest uses Words Become Law to forcibly alter a region, to force the Virtual Universe open. So except for a few rare regions, including the Primordial Star and other scarce areas, any area covered by the Virtual Universe appears as if Yuanzu himself is watching!"

"If the Universe Strongest acts, even forcing the Virtual Universe open," the Chaos City Lord said, "Yuanzu can determine… which region forced the Virtual Universe open, and thus infer the approximate location of the Universe Strongest."

"Ah." Luo Feng, the Dark Lord, and Penggong Lord instantly showed delight.

Yuanzu's capability, they were pleased.

Even more pleasing… this move equals constant monitoring of the entire battlefield, and Yuanzu's monitoring range is so vast it almost covers the whole Original Universe.

Even though Zhou Yang has long known the greatness of Yuanzu and the Virtual Universe, hearing the Chaos City Lord speak now still makes him sigh.

How vast the Original Universe is!

Yet the Yuanzu who wielded a defying Secret Technique, its range nearly covers the entire Original Universe!

This is such an incredible thing!

"Back then Yuanzu was at the top tier of the tenth level, and his Soul Attack reached the tenth‑level pinnacle, thus he could achieve this. If I want to reach this, I must at least cultivate Wan Chu Zhen Jie to the Second stage, and also master the second strike of Heaven Soul Nine Strikes."

Zhou Yang gathered his thoughts and continued listening to the Chaos City Lord's exposition.

"Our Human Race obtained that Duan Dong River inheritance, naturally drawing envy and jealousy from countless forces in the Universe Sea and the Original Universe. The Universe Sea side can be set aside for now; the focus is the interior of the Original Universe, especially the three races—Demon Race, Insect Race, Mechanical Race—that have been constantly clashing with us."

The Chaos City Lord said, "These three races and we both have domain disputes. They also understand that if we continue to develop using the Remote Civilization inheritance, our Human Race's strength could skyrocket within a few hundred epochs, and once our Human Race grows strong, the first step will naturally be to cut down those few races."

"Therefore, whether for the inheritance or for the future of our peoples, they must wage war against us, and it will be an all‑out clan‑wide war!"

The Chaos City Lord looked at the crowd, his face full of solemnity.

"Clan‑wide war."

The assembled everyone fell silent.

A battle called a clan‑wide war, under frantic slaughter, the number of fallen Human Race strongmen will be unknown.

Even the Universe Lords present here cannot guarantee they will never fall.

And for these Universe Lords, those with Doppelgangers are somewhat better off; those with only one Doppelganger, once they fall they die completely, unable even to reverse time for resurrection! After all, reversing a Universe Lord's death incurs a backlash too great; even the Universe Strongest would directly fall under such terrifying backlash!

Hmph, if we fight we fight! Since those major races won't let us be, then kill! Kill until they are terrified!

At this moment, the Huangjian Lord, his body covered in intricate scales like a humanoid beast, gave a snarling smile, "For ten thousand epochs I've been contemplating that Remote Civilization inheritance within the Giant Axe's Small Universe, and now I have …"

"Hahaha, Huangjian said it well!"

Hearing him, the gathered Universe Lords shook off the previous gloom and began to respond enthusiastically.

"For those forces that don't want our Human Race to thrive, we will strike them hard; our Human Race can become a peak clan, and this is not achieved by bragging!"

"Right, kill them; I've recently made some breakthroughs, so I'll use those three‑race scum to practice!"

Since Zhou Yang received the Silver Token Space inheritance, twenty‑seven thousand years have passed; during those twenty‑seven thousand years, the Human Race's many Universe Lords, whether sending Doppelgangers, divine‑power avatars, or their true selves, have entered the Giant Axe Founder's Small Universe, using Time Acceleration to contemplate the Remote Civilization inheritances Zhou Yang provided.

Even the Giant Axe Founder himself, after viewing that massive inheritance, gained insight, returned directly to the Small Universe to begin a secluded cultivation, thereby avoiding the fate of falling into a dark realm.

In the outside world of twenty‑seven thousand years, the Giant Axe Founder and those Universe Lords have been cultivating for over 270 million years within a space where Time Acceleration is ten thousand times.

These peak Human Race strongmen, able to cultivate to Universe Lord without guidance, are undoubtedly the most exceptionally gifted people in the Human Race over countless epochs.

Now, with Zhou Yang's Remote Civilization inheritance guidance, their cultivation progresses extremely quickly; basically each Universe Lord's strength has advanced considerably! For example, the Huangjian Lord, previously only at fourth‑level, after contemplating that inheritance easily advanced his Secret Technique further.

Now, the Huangjian Lord is truly a Fifth‑Order Universe Lord, his strength rivaling that of the Dark Lord and Penggong Lord before they cultivated the Remote Civilization inheritance! With this surge, the Human Race's strongmen are naturally overconfident, eager for a great battle! "Originally our Human Race wasn't afraid of those three races, but now with the Remote Civilization inheritance guiding us, we won't just avoid trouble; they still dare"

This is the genuine thought of every Human Race strongman. "Hahaha, our Human Race will no longer fear them, but we must also be prepared."

The Chaos City Lord smiled at the crowd; as one of the Human Race's helmsmen, he sees the situation more comprehensively.

"War is not terrifying; the key is to seize as many advantageous aspects for us during the war."

The Chaos City Lord said, "According to Yuanzu's analysis, this battle should mainly have two stages."

"The first stage is a top‑tier strongman battle involving Universe Lords and the Universe Strongest, a decisive fight!"

"This stage will proceed quickly; the Human Race camp and the three‑race camps, along with other forces' peak strongmen, will clash in a grand showdown. When the great battle erupts, both sides will spare no effort to kill or suppress and capture the opponent's Universe Lords. This is the most perilous stage; if we cannot hold, we will have to contract our domains, perhaps even retreat to the Initial Universe."

"If we survive the first stage, we may face a domain war lasting billions of epochs. Even though our Human Race has the Remote Civilization inheritance, cultivating each strongman requires resources, and resources need vast domains to obtain."

"Each peak clan will certainly not sit idly as our Human Race grows safely; they will launch continuous clan wars to press our domains as much as possible, curbing our development, and that will involve Universe Venerable, Immortal, and even Realm Lord and Domain Lord legions in large‑scale operations!"

"Of course, we must also consider other forces or lone Universe Strongest who might seize the chance to strike us down."

The Chaos City Lord looked at the crowd, his gaze firm, and said, "Therefore, Yuanzu's suggestion is to ignore the later stages for now; in the first‑stage peak‑strongman war, strike hard, hit the three great races hard, preferably capture or kill a batch of their Universe Lords, to intimidate the onlookers who covet our Human Race."

"Hahaha, Yuanzu is right! Kill, kill until they fear!"

The gathered Universe Lords all smiled in agreement.

Since it's all about arranging the ancient civilization inheritance, we not long ago sent the overwhelming majority of our Human Race Territory's Universe Venerables, Immortal Gods and some core talents into the Initial Universe, leaving us with little rear‑ward concern, so let's have a proper battle!

Ha ha, Chaos, allocate the missions; how to arrange, you take command!

All the peak existences of the Human Race looked toward the Chaos City Lord.

Even the founder of the Great Axe spoke up: "Chaos, you mobilize everyone; we will follow your command."

"Alright, then I'll arrange it."

The Chaos City Lord nodded, "Although our Human Race, thanks to Zhou Yang and Luo Feng's efforts, has consecutively obtained two powerful ancient civilization inheritances, the time is still short and the advantages have not fully manifested. If the three races unite, in terms of the number of Universe Masters and Universe Strongests, our Human Race cannot hold an advantage."

"Therefore, following Yuanzu's intention, we must strike proactively, catching them off guard before they are ready!"

The Chaos City Lord declared gravely, "This time Yuanzu's suggested target is the Demon Race. Yuanzu has now pinpointed the location of the Demon allied forces via the Virtual Universe. Immediately, the Great Axe will lead you all, together with several Hong Alliance Universe Masters, to launch a direct raid on the Demon camp!"

"In this battle, the Great Axe will suppress the Demon Race's Universe Strongest; the other Universe Masters, led by Dark Lord, Penggong, Zhou Yang, Luo Feng and Huangjian Lord, will have you five's mission to fully kill or capture the enemy forces' Universe Masters!"

"Furthermore, any Supreme Treasures or resources within the clan that you urgently need can be applied for in advance!"

"Oh?"

All the Universe Masters' eyes lit up, yet they only felt a slight surprise and considered it natural.

The clan's great war is about to begin, so naturally we must arm all our side's strong ones as fully as possible.

"I'm actually lacking a Peak Domain‑Type Supreme Treasure," Luo Feng said, "but I have a Peak Palace Supreme Treasure and others to trade for it."

"I also need that Illusion Supreme Treasure for assistance," Dark Lord nodded slightly.

"My several major doppelgangers are missing a few treasures; I wonder if the treasury can supply them," Huangjian Lord hesitated slightly.

"Teacher, everyone."

Zhou Yang also spoke at this moment.

He raised his hand and brushed; a massive Light Curtain list materialized before everyone, densely listing detailed information of each powerful Supreme Treasure.

"Everyone, I also have a batch of Peak Supreme Treasures here; if you need them, you may take them from me first."

He had previously harvested many Peak Supreme Treasures in the Ten Thousand Cavern Gorge Abyss space; later, as his treasure‑refining skill advanced to the level of forging Peak Supreme Treasures, he also perfected several blank 'Artifact Prototypes.'

Moreover, during the long years of cultivation before, he also personally forged many.

Therefore, in terms of the number of Peak Supreme Treasures, his personal stock even far exceeds the entire Human Race's accumulation over the long ages!

Even after equipping his numerous doppelgangers, the remaining Peak Supreme Treasures in his hands still number well over a hundred!

Now that the clan war is about to start, he can no longer hoard them; bringing them out to arm the Human Race's Universe Masters is appropriate.

After all, even a fourth‑tier top powerhouse like Bingfeng Lord is not so extravagant as to have his entire body covered with Peak Supreme Treasures.

This batch of Supreme Treasures, once revealed, will certainly allow most Human Race Universe Masters to undergo a major re‑equipment, boosting their strength to a far higher tier, making them somewhat safer in the upcoming war.

"Or if you have special requirements, within the Peak Supreme Treasures, as long as the materials are sufficient, you can have me custom‑make them!"

Zhou Yang smiled and looked at everyone.

However, at this moment everyone's thoughts were no longer on him.

Including the Great Axe founder, the Chaos City Lord, and each other, they all looked up at the Light Curtain, inevitably falling into a daze.

"Hundreds of them are all Peak Supreme Treasures? The Peak Palace Type at this level alone amounts to over thirty pieces!"

"Heaven, this exceeds the total quantity in my entire Human Race treasury!"

"Sss, Zhou Yang… you, you didn't rob the Two Great Holy Lands, did you?"

(End of chapter)