When that majestic figure emerged from the spiraling passage, Mie Jin Master, through his control over space and time, instantly recognized his identity.
"Liu Lan Star Master?"
Mie Jin Master was somewhat surprised after recognizing the newcomer's identity. "Why did he also come to this Original Star...?"
Liu Lan Star Master is the ruler of the Thorn Ring Alliance, a Fifth-rank Pinnacle powerhouse like the Human Primal Chaos City Lord and the Demon Clan's Chang Jiu Master!
Even the Star River Master, ruler of the Northern Territory Alliance, though also a Fifth-rank Universe Master, was still somewhat weaker in strength compared to powerhouses like Liu Lan Star Master.
Similarly, Mie Jin Master was also inferior in strength to this ruler of the Thorn Ring Alliance.
That majestic figure, dark as night, with eyes as brilliant as stars, looked towards the golden palace beneath Mie Jin Master's feet.
"May I ask why Liu Lan Star Master has come here?" Mie Jin Master transmitted his question.
"Mie Jin Master."
Liu Lan Star Master's voice was grand, "You came here for the Human Void River Master, didn't you?"
"Of course." Mie Jin Master admitted directly.
The three races targeting human Geniuses and powerhouses was not a one or two time occurrence; it was easy to guess.
"My purpose for coming here is similar to yours."
Liu Lan Star Master flew rapidly towards the golden palace. "But my target is Flame Emperor!"
Mie Jin Master's eyes showed a thoughtful expression. " Flame Emperor, Flame Emperor of the Nine Territories Alliance..."
According to news from the Demon Clan Alliance, inside the golden palace, besides the Human Hong Alliance Void River Master, Northern Territory Alliance Overflowing Devil Master, Yuan Chen Alliance Yu Chi Master, and Thorn Ring Alliance Mi Yu Master,
there was also an unknown Universe Master, who, riding an unseen flying palace Arcana Treasure, entered just at the last moment before the palace closed.
Now it seemed that the Universe Master with the hidden identity was Flame Emperor.
So, the question was...
How did Flame Emperor provoke Liu Lan Star Master, causing him to descend upon this Original Star?
Liu Lan Star Master had a Clone that had long roamed the Universe Ocean, while his true body guarded the Thorn Ring Alliance, only showing himself for major events.
Now that Liu Lan Star Master had descended upon the Original Star, something major had clearly happened!
And the only thing on this Original Star that could concern Liu Lan Star Master was the Thorn Ring Alliance's Mi Yu Master.
"Could it be that Mi Yu Master..."
Mie Jin Master asked softly, "has fallen?"
Liu Lan Star Master did not answer, continuing to rush towards the golden palace, his eyes, brilliant as stars, calm and unperturbed.
"It really is..."
Seeing this, Mie Jin Master silently thought, "This also perfectly matches Flame Emperor's style of action: arrogant, greedy, and unbridled!"
"He was once a member of humanity, with humanity and Huge Axe Creator as his backing; at that time, such a personality was understandable."
"Now he has left humanity, without strong backing, yet his temperament has not restrained in the slightest."
Thinking of this, Mie Jin Master couldn't help but feel regret. "If only Flame Emperor were still with humanity..."
If Flame Emperor were still with humanity, with his terrible personality, he would inevitably cause a lot of trouble for humanity.
And humanity couldn't possibly ignore him, because Flame Emperor had the strength of a Third-rank Pinnacle, and if he created the Strongest Secret Technique, he would be a Fourth-rank Universe Master capable of traversing the Universe!
Not long after.
Liu Lan Star Master arrived near the golden palace, his body seemingly even more majestic than the golden palace!
Seeing the great existence, dark as night, illuminated by endless stars, and with eyes as brilliant as stars, descend,
the many Universe Venerables watching from afar felt quite shocked.
"Another Universe Master has descended."
"This is Liu Lan Star Master!"
"What? Liu Lan Star Master of the Thorn Ring Alliance has descended!"
"What happened inside the palace that could make this great existence descend?"
The many Universe Venerables transmitted their discussions, guessing that something major must have happened inside the palace, otherwise, Liu Lan Star Master wouldn't have descended.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Thorn Ring Alliance Universe Venerables quickly gathered, flying behind Liu Lan Star Master.
"Greetings, Liu Lan Star Master!"
The many Universe Venerables bowed with utmost respect.
That majestic figure, tens of thousands of kilometers tall, was both the spiritual leader and ruler of the Thorn Ring Alliance, and the protector of the weak and ordinary races within the Alliance.
"A great battle is about to happen on this Original Star; you should leave as soon as possible to avoid being affected."
Liu Lan Star Master spoke softly, his voice grand and calm.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing this, the many Universe Venerables bowed respectfully and then flew towards the nearest spiraling passage.
"Let's go, let's leave this Original Star."
"This place will become a battlefield for Universe Masters; we must leave as soon as possible."
"Liu Lan Star Master said a great battle is about to happen here; it's better to quickly go to other Original Stars..."
Upon hearing this, Universe Venerables from other forces transmitted their messages and rushed towards the nearest spiraling passage.
They simultaneously reported Liu Lan Star Master's arrival to their respective Alliance forces through their Immortal Energy Avatars.
...
Virtual Universe, Hong Alliance Hall.
Ender was currently conversing with several Third-rank alien Palace Masters of the Hong Alliance.
He was destined to go to the Universe Ocean in the future, so he exchanged information about the Universe Ocean with these alien Palace Masters who had been there.
Suddenly, all the Palace Masters present received a message.
"Liu Lan Star Master has descended upon 1411th Original Star..."
"Could it be that a treasure equivalent to a Pinnacle Arcana Treasure has appeared on 1411th Original Star?"
"Void River is inside the palace on 1411th Original Star; just ask him what's going on."
Upon hearing this, the Palace Masters turned their gaze to Ender.
"Void River, you're inside the palace on 1411th Original Star. Do you know what happened to make Liu Lan Star Master descend?"
Flint Master, who had a stubborn and somewhat blunt personality, was the first to ask.
Ender replied, " Flame Emperor eliminated Mi Yu Master inside the palace."
" Flame Emperor? So that hidden Universe Master was him."
"He eliminated the Thorn Ring Alliance's Mi Yu Master?"
"So that's it. No wonder Liu Lan Star Master descended upon 1411th Original Star."
Upon hearing this, the Palace Masters' faces showed understanding, and at the same time, a hint of schadenfreude.
They had no good impression of Flame Emperor. When he was still in the Hong Alliance, he greatly looked down on these alien Palace Masters and even had conflicts with many of them.
Even Swallow Eagle Master, the only Fourth-rank Universe Master, was forced to seek out Primal Chaos City Lord due to conflicts actively provoked by Flame Emperor, hoping humanity could restrain Flame Emperor.
This showed how good Flame Emperor was at offending people and how unpopular he was in the Hong Alliance.
"Haha, Liu Lan Star Master has descended upon 1411th Original Star."
Flint Master immediately burst into laughter upon hearing this. " Flame Emperor is in for it now!"
When Flame Emperor first became a Universe Master, due to his personality and stubbornness, he had a conflict with Flint Master, who was also blunt in his speech.
If not for the mediation of the Hong Alliance's powerhouses, the two would have certainly fought.
However, with Flame Emperor's strength at the time, if a real fight had occurred, even with three top-tier Pinnacle supreme treasures protecting him, he would still have been ravaged by Flint Master.
The latter was an experienced Third-rank Universe Master, with a decent set of treasures and an Immortal Energy body tens of thousands of kilometers tall.
"Void River, can you record the scene of Flame Emperor being ravaged by Liu Lan Star Master?" Flint Master clearly enjoyed watching the chaos. "Transmit it to me via the Virtual Universe for my enjoyment."
"Send me a copy too."
"I want a copy as well."
Upon hearing this, the other alien Palace Masters spoke up one after another.
"No problem."
Ender replied with a smile, sighing inwardly, " Flame Emperor actually offended so many alien Hong Alliance Palace Masters."
In response, he could only lament that Flame Emperor was truly good at offending people.
...
1411th Original Star, Golden Palace.
Inside a side hall, Flame Emperor, hidden within his dark tower-shaped flying palace Arcana Treasure, received the latest news from the Nine Territories Alliance through his Immortal Energy Avatar.
"Liu Lan Star Master really descended."
Flame Emperor sat on the throne inside the flying palace Arcana Treasure, his expression cold, his eyes filled with a violent intent.
He had no fear whatsoever of this ruler of the Thorn Ring Alliance, one of the few Fifth-tier Universe Masters in the Universe.
Because Wuju Master, the ruler of the Nine Territories Alliance, was equally matched in strength with Liu Lan Star Master, only lacking the ability of a Clone.
Since Wuju Master had promised to block Liu Lan Star Master for him, he had no concern for his life and naturally no need to worry.
...
Golden Palace, outside a certain unopened side hall.
Due to the limited height of the passage, Overflowing Devil Master shrunk his Immortal Energy body and stood suspended before the side hall's entrance.
"The fall of Mi Yu Master has greatly angered Liu Lan Star Master, the ruler of the Thorn Ring Alliance, otherwise he wouldn't have descended so quickly."
Overflowing Devil Master silently thought, "The Twelve top-tier forces have a tacit understanding; they rarely kill each other's Universe Overlords, Top-tier Universe Overlords, or Universe Masters."
The tacit understanding among the Twelve top-tier forces was mainly to deal with the powerful Nine Super Forces.
They had no True God guarding them; every time a Universe Overlord or Top-tier Universe Overlord fell, their strength would weaken by a fraction.
Therefore, they had a tacit understanding to minimize the loss of Universe Overlords and Top-tier Universe Overlords when competing for treasures.
However, when facing the Nine Super Forces, the Twelve top-tier forces had to be much more cautious when competing for treasures, and when they could kill, they would do so as much as possible.
But when facing the Nine Super Forces, the Twelve top-tier forces had to bow their heads when necessary.
The Nine Super Forces were terrifying. Apart from the transcendent Ancestral God Sect, the other eight forces were all formidable.
For example, humanity, by mobilizing only part of its forces and allies, destroyed the Muqi Alliance, which was a powerful force among the Twelve top-tier forces.
Although the Twelve top-tier forces each had a Fifth-rank Universe Master guarding them and their strength was not much worse than Pinnacle races,
they were still somewhat insufficient when facing a Super Force with a True God and at least one Fifth-rank Universe Master.
" Flame Emperor is different. Even when he was with humanity, he dared to offend many allies. Now that he's in the Nine Territories Alliance, how could his temperament be restrained?"
Overflowing Devil Master' lips curved upwards. " Flame Emperor has few rivals among Third-rank Universe Masters, and Wuju Master certainly won't give up on Flame Emperor."
"This is getting interesting. How will this situation end?"
Will Liu Lan Star Master of the Thorn Ring Alliance forcefully eliminate Flame Emperor?
Or will he make a big show of it but then let it go lightly?
Overflowing Devil Master was very interested in the coming developments.
...
Five years later.
When the last side hall door of the golden palace opened, the entire palace roared, and the surrounding Universe space trembled.
Rumble...
The roaring continued for a minute. The four tightly closed grand doors of the golden palace emitted brilliant golden light, and with a "hiss," slowly opened.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...
As the four grand palace doors opened, streams of light flew out from them, and two figures could be seen hovering in the sky.
One resembled a winged tiger, with dual triangular pupils, revealing a body only a dozen kilometers long, with gray-white fur all over.
The other figure, however, was immensely vast, with a body dark as night.
Its entire body was illuminated by endless starlight, tens of thousands of kilometers tall, and its eyes were as brilliant as stars.
"Greetings, Liu Lan Star Master, Mie Jin Master."
The Universe Overlords and Top-tier Universe Overlords who emerged from the palace, regardless of their faction, showed great respect when facing these two powerhouses who shook the Original Universe.
Top-tier Universe Overlords, though they had the strength to fight ordinary Universe Masters, could not harbor any disrespect when facing these two powerhouses who shook the Original Universe.
"Go, go to other Original Stars."
Liu Lan Star Master spoke, "This is not a place where you can stay for now."
"Yes."
The many Universe Venerables bowed, then transformed into streams of light and fled, rushing to the nearest spiraling passage to go to other Original Stars to seek treasures.
They knew that if great existences like Liu Lan Star Master and Mie Jin Master fought on the Original Star, no matter who their opponents were, they could not participate.
The aftermath of a Fifth-rank Universe Master's battle was enough to annihilate the Immortal Energy bodies of Universe Overlords and Top-tier Universe Overlords!
"The palace has opened, but humanity's powerhouses still haven't descended?"
Mie Jin Master felt a little strange. According to his guess, humanity's powerhouses should have descended long ago, but they hadn't arrived even when the palace opened.
Boom!
Just then.
A figure emerged from the spiraling passage closest to the golden palace. A terrifying pressure seemed to make space and time submit, instantly disrupting Liu Lan Star Master's control over space and time.
That powerhouse was tens of thousands of kilometers tall, with silvery-white skin all over, thousands of tentacles on his head, and a pair of eyes like large lakes, carrying a sense of serenity.
He walked barefoot on waves, holding a mottled, scarred stone staff, and wore a seemingly ordinary robe.
On that robe, thousands of artifacts emitted sounds that pierced the soul, and every thread of the robe was like a surging river.
"Primal Chaos City Lord."
Although his control over space and time was disrupted, Liu Lan Star Master still sensed the newcomer's identity.
"Finally, he's here."
Mie Jin Master remained calm. Primal Chaos City Lord's arrival was within his expectations; his not coming would have surprised him instead.
The Human Void River Master was a member of the Virtual Universe Company, and Primal Chaos City Lord was the ruler of the Virtual Universe, so he naturally had to descend to rescue him.
"Liu Lan Star Master, I didn't expect you to be here too."
Primal Chaos City Lord smiled, his lake-like eyes then turning to Mie Jin Master, and he said, "Mie Jin Master, aren't you leaving yet?"
"Leaving? Why should I leave?"
Mie Jin Master snorted lightly, "If you want to take Void River Master away, please do so."
"Heh..."
Primal Chaos City Lord smiled slightly upon hearing this. "Liu Lan Star Master, do you mind if I continue to stay here?"
"I don't mind. After all, Flame Emperor was once a member of your humanity."
Liu Lan Star Master looked down at the golden palace and said faintly, "Without your humanity's protection, I'd like to see what confidence he has."
Mie Jin Master laughed from the side, "Haha, I'd like to know too."
Thus, the three Fifth-rank Universe Masters who traversed the Original Universe watched the golden palace with its open doors.