[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac":3,"chapter-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-54":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Universal Lord: The Zero-Troop Building Maniac",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1942036,2690,"Chapter 54","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>[Wind Spirit’s Blessing]: Reduces arrow damage by 40% for 1 hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them were arrow-specific defensive items,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>allowing him to survive beneath the arrow defense tower,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was due to the shadow cast at the territory’s founding,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which he had accumulated over two months in the [Trading Hut].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only wanted peace of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng stared blankly at that arrow defense tower,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>utterly dazed, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His newly recruited hero and his griffin had both fallen in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer knew what a lord was supposed to do to stay alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light exclamation—then a black-haired man in resplendent white robes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>appeared in Xu Meng’s field of vision, carrying a black-and-blue bow on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord Terminal kept flashing notifications of kills by the arrow defense tower,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but Su Yu hadn’t paid attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because every day, countless monsters emerged from the War Fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, however, the notifications flooded the screen nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, he glanced at the terminal alert,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and could only laugh bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arrow defense towers could not attack anything inside the War Fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the location where the target had stood earlier had already been explored by Iloti; the path of light she’d left behind provided line of sight—no fog remained there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the arrow defense tower launched its attack *through* the War Fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many troop types…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are rushing here just to die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A griffin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a familiar troop type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu had deliberately come to take a look,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>first, to see who was so reckless,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sacrificing so much just to assault a single arrow defense tower of his?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, because he hated wasting those griffin feathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this multiversal battlefield where flying units were scarce,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>feathers were a rare commodity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he arrived,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he spotted a gaunt young man sitting numbly on the ground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tears welling up like a wronged little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the arrow defense tower’s attack had actually been blocked by the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many items had been spent on that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng had originally believed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stockpiling these items was merely to buy peace of mind—to sleep soundly at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never wanted to use them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not until those merciless arrows appeared again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not until all his troops and heroes fell in battle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>did he have no choice but to use them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never wanted to be killed by arrows again…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head up to look at Su Yu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>watching as the arrow defense tower’s attacks ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, he understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bitter, salty taste seeped into his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That territory, facing imminent disaster—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had it truly resisted the calamity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was such a thing even possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the entire Multiverse, among all races—was there truly anyone capable of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng was lost,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and he prostrated himself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior expert, please spare me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he surrendered his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every lord’s soul was stored within their Lord Crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Offering one's soul meant surrendering everything in one's territory to the other party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng's move caught Su Yu off guard for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Offering his soul the moment they met — what was going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have no interest in your territory,\" Su Yu said truthfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could a newly ascended lord's territory possibly have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu did not think it would be of any help to his own territory's development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng, prostrate on the ground, felt as if a bone were stuck in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This brutal lord had no interest in his territory...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his fate could only be death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spare me... I am willing to form a soul contract with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng's voice carried a hint of trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Su Yu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he did not even dare to commit suicide to flee back to his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he thought that this man might be the fearsome existence who had resolved the calamity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not a single thought of escape arose in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only beg for the other's mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single Arrow Defense Tower had such range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could that black-and-blue bow on his back shoot an arrow that would blast apart his Lord Crystal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Form a soul contract?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just like signing away one's freedom, and a contract with the binding force of law at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Xu Meng harbored a thought harmful to Su Yu, his soul would instantly collapse and scatter into oblivion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It signified absolute submission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu nodded. He vaguely guessed that Xu Meng might have become aware of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, aside from Bai Bai Xiaowei, Xu Meng was the only one who had come close to his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing this Arrow Defense Tower, he would naturally make the connection to his territory,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and to that time when the calamity — the Void Beast — had descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All the lords for countless li in every direction witnessed the descent of the Void 107 Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet none of them thought any territory could withstand the calamity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so they never took it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng was different. He had seen Su Yu's territory with his own eyes and knew its location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew exactly who was facing that calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, for ten thousand li around, not a single other territory could claim to possess an arrow defense tower like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord Terminal is soul-bound by a covenant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng dropped to his knees, signaling his submission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow that death had cast slowly lifted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>replaced instead by a surge of barely containable excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mere thought that the lord before him very possibly had withstood the calamity\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>made his heart pound erratically with sheer nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only three newly inducted lords have ever passed a Cataclysm-tier monster wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third-place finisher is an angel from the Radiant Divine Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second-place finisher comes from the Crimson Demon Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First place… unknown. Name of the territory: \"Never Fall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man before him now\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>is unmistakably human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A human… took first in the monster wave ranking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He… alone… overpowered all the myriad races of ten thousand realms?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Su Yu's stature in Xu Meng's heart soared without limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Xu Meng's eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this man could only be a peerless figure secretly groomed by the main human universe — the Taiqing Universe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entirety of humanity's hopes for an ascent, vested in one man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Xu Meng himself was ineligible to enter the Pan-Human Civilization Lord Trials,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Ten-Thousand Realms Ranking battles had already exploded across every forum for newly inducted human lords, so it was hardly a secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of all this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Meng was overcome with a sense of unbelievable fortune; he suddenly felt like the luckiest man alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed his forehead fully to the ground and reverently intoned, \"I pay my respects to the Holy Son!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy Son — a title normally reserved for a monumental figure destined to lead an entire race's future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the Radiant Divine Kingdom's Holy Son of Light, Louis Louis Muse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xu Meng's form of address, Su Yu felt acutely embarrassed. He was no human Holy Son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never even set foot off the blue planet his whole life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human Holy Son must be some figure within the Taiqing Universe, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that he had entered the Ten-Thousand Realms Battlefield, he supposed he was no less than whatever a Holy Son might be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(\"Dear readers, the author is working hard to write more. Five more chapters will be up tonight. Thank you all for your support.\" Yiluodi bows deeply.)\u003C\u002Fp>",1259,"2026-06-15T03:53:46.766Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","546f070a1f785ee972c3fb041de759770209199cb5abb5e776523574125e4424","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-55","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-53",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]