Chapter 400: Retreat

"Our Demon Race is also willing to cede the territories of 630 star sectors to the Human Race," Dream Demon Ancestor said.

This time their Demon Race is really bleeding heavily; they themselves must cede 400 star sectors, and cede another 230 star sectors from their subordinate peoples.

"Fine, that settles it early! I'll give you three months; after three months my Human Race's strong ones will come to receive the territories, and then all Alien Tribes will be eradicated," Xiao Yu low‑shouted.

The Mechanical Race Father God recalled all Mechanical Puppets and prepared to depart. The Lords of the Universe from the Demon Race Alliance each emerged from the palace's Ultimate Treasures, then entered the massive warship.

The allied forces of the three races were preparing to withdraw.

Xiao Yu thought of something and said, "The Outer Realm Battlefield matter should stay halted, continue as is. It remains established on the border lands."

Dream Demon Ancestor, Thunder Demon Ancestor, Mechanical Race Father God, and Insect Tribe Queen all wore bitter expressions; with their three races' territories shrinking, the number and quality of geniuses within their peoples would inevitably drop, making it hard to compare with humans on the battlefield.

But they dared not disagree.

"Fine."

Dream Demon Ancestor, Thunder Demon Ancestor, Mechanical Race Father God, and Insect Tribe Queen each glanced at the Human Camp, then departed the dark universe.

"We won!"

"Finally we won!"

One after another, Lords of the Universe stood in the void, gazing afar; they saw the queen's palace swiftly recede, soon sensing spatial ripples that clearly indicated its departure. This caused the Human Camp side to cheer and celebrate.

While the Human Camp cheered, Xiao Yu, like a diligent bee, gathered all the Ultimate Treasures from the void into the World Ring; they were all his spoils and would later be stored in the Human Race's treasury.

"The total value equals that of 120 Peak Treasures, and among them are 36 Peak Treasures," Xiao Yu's divine power seeped into the World Ring as he calculated, secretly pleased.

"Let's go, first to the Primordial Secret Realm for a celebration," Giant Axe Founder shouted.

Immediately, a massive group of Lords of the Universe all proceeded to the palace complex at the core of the Primordial Secret Realm; the attendants were also Divine Kingdom‑teleported back, and an extraordinarily lavish victory feast began.

The Human Race's own Lord of the Universe was the most excited; this time they had gained twice the amount of territory.

The Alien Tribe Lords of the Universe were also immensely pleased, for humans' prosperous future meant better days for the groups that depended on them.

…

Virtual World, in front of the Giant Axe Temple.

At the long table throne sat only Xiao Yu, the Giant Axe Founder, and the Chaos City Lord.

"This time our race achieved a great victory!" the Chaos City Lord said, his eyes faintly glistening with tears, his voice booming, "It also foretells that our foundations in the Primordial Universe are now immensely deep; the Demon Race, Mechanical Race, and Insect Race will never again be able to shake us. The strength and prosperity of our Human Race is already within sight."

"The Original Ancestor once led our race, rising from humble beginnings until our clan reached the peak, but the Original Ancestor was later permanently suppressed by the Primordial Universe, forcing our Human Race to shrink its territories; those many years have truly been hard," the Giant Axe Founder said, his eyes also welling with tears.

"Although the crisis of the Divine Eye Clan still looms, I believe we can still get through safely," the Chaos City Lord declared loudly.

"Teacher, Giant Axe, rest assured, the Divine Eye Clan matter is on me," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Ha ha!" the Chaos City Lord and the Giant Axe Founder burst into laughter, laughing loudly; after this battle they truly realized Xiao Yu's greatness.

"This time our Human Race obtained 1,666 star sectors, an unprecedented harvest," the Chaos City Lord sighed.

"Hmm, our Human Race eats meat, but we can't let those subordinate races drink the broth alone," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

The Giant Axe Founder gave Xiao Yu a glance and smiled, "Xiao Yu, what do you plan to do?"

"These 25 Alien Tribe Lords of the Universe who fought alongside us are constantly at risk of falling," Xiao Yu said calmly, "There's a saying that greater risk yields greater reward. This time I feel we should give them some Ultimate Treasures and also reward them with some territories."

"Sure, the territories the three races ceded to us couldn't all be from their own peoples; some are relatively remote," the Giant Axe Founder smiled at Xiao Yu, feeling that Xiao Yu was becoming ever more fit to be a clan leader.

He possesses great strength, deft maneuvering, gentle inwardly yet utterly rigid outwardly.

"We'll go with your plan," the Chaos City Lord said; though he devoted himself wholly to the Human Race, he wouldn't fixate on remote territories.

What the three Human leaders present cared about were only the core territories of the three races; the remaining several hundred star sectors were essentially ignored by them.

…

After the feast.

"Here, I have some good news to announce," Xiao Yu shouted loudly.

The noisy banquet fell silent at once; not only the Alien Tribe Lords of the Universe, but also the Lord of Desolate Inspection, the Lord of Ice Peak, and other Human Race's own Lords of the Universe all turned eagerly toward Xiao Yu.

"First, every Lord of the Universe who participated in the battle will receive an Ultimate Treasure worth a Peak Treasure," Xiao Yu announced softly, "Second, for the next one million eras, any Lord of the Universe who uses the Divine Power Base to restore divine power will do so completely free of charge."

"Finally, every group that fought alongside our Human Race this time will receive at least ten large star sectors of territory, all of which are territories of the three races' subordinate species," Xiao Yu said loudly.

"Humanity invincible!"

"Humanity invincible!"

"Humanity invincible!"

"Creator Lord invincible!"

"Creator Lord invincible!"

"Creator Lord invincible!",

One by one, the Lords of the Universe shouted excitedly; for these Alien Tribe Lords of the Universe, gaining extra territory was indeed a rare blessing.

The Human Race is truly generous.

Following such a great leader, even at the cost of life, is absolutely worthwhile.

…

Unlike the Human Race's jubilant cheers, the Insect Race's territory fell into dead silence within the massive temple.

Only a little over twenty Lords of the Universe remained, scattered and standing aside.

"This time we failed utterly; not only did we lose many strong ones, we must also cede 524 large star sectors of territory," the Insect Tribe Queen said in a low voice.

The Lords of the Universe on either side all wore faces as still as water.

"Of these 524 large star sectors, the Insect Race needs to cede 320, and the remaining will be filled in by you," the Insect Tribe Queen continued.

"Your Majesty!" a Lord of the Jialong Si Ke Tribe began, but was cut off by the Insect Tribe Queen, "Silence."

"These 204 large star sectors can be filled by taking 150 star sectors from the fallen Lords of the Universe; as for the strong ones within their tribes, I will not shortchange them, all will be incorporated into our Insect Race's territory," the Insect Tribe Queen said coldly, "You fill in the remaining sectors!"

"Understood," the Lords of the Universe replied trembling.

"Your Majesty, the Human Alliance still faces the extinction crisis of the Divine Eye Clan. The Divine Eye Clan is stronger than our three races combined," a Lord of the Universe with a human body and a worm‑like head said.

"Hmm, I know, that Creator Lord also knows, otherwise why would he leave a three-month deadline!" said the Insect Tribe Queen.

"Within three months, he will let us see that the Divine Eye Clan's crisis has already been resolved." (End of chapter)