One hundred thousand years later.
In the Primal Secret Realm of the Human Territory, within the Thousand Treasure River Territory, stood several magnificent palace complexes.
Inside the Main Hall of one such complex, Ender sat on his throne, his consciousness immersed in the Virtual Universe, creating a secret technique.
Ever since acquiring the Top-tier Arcana treasure armor and returning to the Human Territory with Primal Chaos City Lord, he had been continuously refining his Strongest Secret Technique.
However, creating the Strongest Secret Technique was not easy; even with the advantage of his Secret Pattern Flow, he had only partially refined it over these hundred thousand years, still a distance away from truly creating the Strongest Secret Technique.
Nevertheless, his speed in creating the Strongest Secret Technique far surpassed that of most Fourth-rank Universe Masters.
One could only say that the Strongest Secret Technique was indeed extraordinary; even though Ender had not fully refined it, its power already exceeded that of his ultimate secret technique, 'Eight Desolations Unite'.
Among all his secret techniques, it was second only to his strongest innate secret technique, 'Space-Time Annihilation'!
Ender opened his eyes, a contemplative expression on his face.
"It's still not enough. At the current pace, creating the Strongest Secret Technique will take at least a million years, possibly even hundreds of millions of years…"
He murmured, "Each opening of the Original Star only lasts for a thousand epochs, and ten epochs have already passed."
"To refine the secret technique, when a Pinnacle Arcana treasure appeared on Original Star No. 7939, I didn't go to contend for it…"
"The Original Star only opens once in a long while. I still need to acquire treasures to exchange for a Pinnacle Arcana treasure armor. I can't waste precious time on creating secret techniques anymore."
"Currently, if I use the third form of the Dragon Awakening Spear and unleash the unrefined Strongest Secret Technique, I estimate it can unleash Fifth-tier or near Fifth-tier attack power."
He mused, "This level of power is just right, significantly reducing the likelihood of other Universe Masters suspecting I possess an Arcana treasure."
"At most, they'll guess that the Human Race has equipped me with a top-grade Pinnacle Arcana treasure spear."
Many Arcana treasures could slightly change their appearance and color, but their type remained unalterable.
Ender had used the Dragon Awakening Spear since his weak period.
This led many Hong Alliance Palace Masters to believe that he was very fond of the Dragon Awakening Spear's appearance, so much so that even after changing weapons several times, he continued to use its previous form.
"I have placed an Immortal Energy token of my Soul servant outside the vortex channel leading to Original Star No. 88."
Ender thought to himself, "Once the Hong Alliance or the Race receives news of a valuable treasure appearing on an Original Star, I can immediately rush over. As long as the appearance isn't too fast, I'll make it in time."
Experts like Universe Masters generally do not stay on the Original Star for long periods.
Only the appearance of valuable treasures could attract Universe Masters to descend and seize them.
And the more valuable the treasure, the more Universe Masters it would attract.
For example, the two palace appearances on the Original Star this time: one was the opening of a palace with a diameter of ten thousand kilometers, attracting five Universe Masters, including Ender, to descend.
The second was the appearance of the Pinnacle Arcana treasure Spirit Weapon 'Zhu Yan', with a palace diameter of one hundred thousand kilometers, attracting numerous Universe Masters to descend.
Among them was the Yu Ling Master, the ruler of the Flying Spirit Alliance, one of the Twelve Top-tier powers!
It was precisely because of the Yu Ling Master, a Fifth-tier Universe Master, that the Flying Spirit Alliance acquired the Pinnacle Arcana treasure 'Zhu Yan'.
However, the 'Zhu Yan' acquired by the Flying Spirit Alliance was incomplete, lacking several key components that increased its power.
Those key components had appeared successively on multiple Original Stars over tens of thousands of years, leading to fierce battles between the Flying Spirit Alliance and experts from various other powers.
"Continue creating the secret technique, and wait for news…"
Ender closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the Virtual Universe to continue refining the Strongest Secret Technique.
…
Several years later.
On Original Star No. 10000, within a mountain forest.
After Venerable Bei Ming borrowed a top-grade High-level Soul Heavy Treasure from his friend Lord of Ganwu to guard his Soul, he was almost immune to Soul illusion attacks from experts of other factions.
A top-grade High-level Soul Heavy Treasure was quite valuable, worth at least 1100 Heavy Treasure Points.
Especially during the Original Star's opening period, Soul-guarding treasures were exceptionally precious. No one wanted to be disturbed by Soul illusion attacks while contending for treasures.
The team Venerable Bei Ming was in consisted of two humans and four alien Advanced Venerables, each with impressive strength.
They could barely hold their own against a lone, ordinary Universe Overlord.
As these six Advanced Venerables rested and chatted via telepathy, they suddenly felt a strong, special aura.
"This aura…"
"It's a treasure."
"Let's go, to the treasure's appearance location!"
The six Universe Venerables, including Venerable Bei Ming, simultaneously flew towards the source of the strong special aura, their faces unable to hide their excitement.
Of course, they also understood that such a grand appearance of a treasure would inevitably attract other Venerable teams, and even Universe Overlords and Top-tier Universe Overlords.
Yet, even so, they still wanted to go to the treasure's appearance location to see.
What if the treasure appeared quickly, and they happened to arrive first? Wouldn't that mean they could acquire an Arcana treasure!
As long as they obtained an Arcana treasure, even the cheapest one, each of them could get at least 500 Heavy Treasure Points, naturally making them want to try their luck at the treasure's appearance location.
…
"A treasure has appeared."
"It's a treasure!"
"Such a strong fluctuation, it must be an Arcana treasure!"
"In that direction!"
Not just Venerable Bei Ming's team, but numerous Venerable teams on this Original Star, upon sensing the continuously spreading strong special aura, all rushed towards its source.
Such a strong special aura was most likely from an ordinary Arcana treasure-level item, immediately causing the Universe Overlord-level experts among them to become excited!
The possibility of these experts acquiring treasures was far greater than that of Advanced Venerable teams.
For the appearance of treasures of this level, only Universe Overlords were their true competitors.
…
In the sky of the Original Star, there were vortex channels, each with a diameter exceeding 300,000 kilometers.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Streaks of light streaked through, heading in the same direction.
That was the source of the special aura, the place where the treasure appeared!
Venerable Bei Ming's team was not far from the treasure's appearance location. After flying at sub-light speed for dozens of seconds, they arrived at the treasure emitting the aura.
In the desolate sandy area, there was a quicksand region about a hundred meters in diameter, with countless grains of sand churning.
A silvery, blade-like object, as if repelled by the Original Star, was slowly rising from the center of the quicksand region.
"This is it."
"It looks like a blade tip, could it be an Arcana treasure weapon?"
"This treasure is appearing too slowly. It seems we are out of luck with this one."
Seeing that the silvery object was not appearing quickly, Venerable Bei Ming and the others estimated it would take another minute to fully emerge.
One minute, seemingly not long.
But the treasure continuously emitted a strong special aura, and a minute was enough to attract numerous experts.
Moments after Venerable Bei Ming and his group arrived, three more Advanced Venerable teams appeared, and now a lone Universe Overlord had also arrived.
Because they suspected it was an Arcana treasure-level item, multiple Advanced Venerable teams, including Venerable Bei Ming's, dared not get too close to the treasure, fearing they would become targets.
As the Universe Venerables waited for the treasure to appear, streaks of light were attracted by the strong special aura.
"This treasure, could it be…"
Venerable Bei Ming looked at the treasure, which had mostly emerged, with its widest part several tens of meters across, resembling a silver crescent moon, and various conjectures filled his mind.
"It's very likely. Should I report it to the Race, or…"
As he pondered, his eyes suddenly lit up, "I remember that the Void River Master hasn't announced recruiting direct Venerables yet. What if I report this entire news to the Void River Master!"
Venerable Bei Ming had once drunk with Ender and knew that Ender's character was excellent, unlike some Universe Masters who were moody.
Moreover, the Void River Master's name had spread throughout the entire Original Universe during the first ten thousand years of the Original Star's opening.
Everyone knew that a Void River Master had emerged from humanity, possessing extremely high talent and Comprehension Ability!
From a weakling, he became a Universe Master in just ten million years, and moreover, a strong one among Universe Masters.
Many experts in the Universe believed that the Void River Master was very likely to become a super expert like the Chang Jiu Master of the Demon race!
The Chang Jiu Master of the Demon race rose before the last opening of the Original Star, and now her status in the Demon race is second only to the two Demon Ancestors.
If he became a direct Venerable of the Void River Master, he, Bei Ming, would also be an elder, and perhaps even be bestowed an Arcana treasure for protection.
Even if he were to fall in the future, he would be revived by the Void River Master, and would not owe the Race contribution points for the revival.
Thinking of this, Venerable Bei Ming was quite moved. He connected to the Virtual Universe with his Immortal Energy Avatar and contacted the Void River Master, Ender.
…
Virtual Universe, Thunder Island Central Mountains.
The most magnificent palace complexes on the mountaintop were the residences of Universe Masters.
Inside the Main Hall of the Void River Master's palace complex.
"You mean…"
Ender sat on his throne, looking down at Venerable Bei Ming who stood below, "You suspect you found a component of the Pinnacle Arcana treasure 'Zhu Yan' on Original Star No. 10000?"
"This is the footage of the treasure's appearance."
Venerable Bei Ming bowed respectfully, simultaneously simulating a video with his Immortal Energy.
"It really is!"
Ender's eyes lit up. The image showed precisely the crescent blade component of the Pinnacle Arcana treasure 'Zhu Yan'.
As a Hong Alliance Palace Master, he had extremely high authority within the Hong Alliance and had seen the appearance process of one of the 'Zhu Yan' crescent blade components.
It was identical to the image simulated by Venerable Bei Ming!
"Very good, this news is very useful."
Ender nodded slightly, "Bei Ming, keep your Immortal Energy Avatar consciousness here. Inform me immediately if there's news of the crescent blade component. I will rush to Original Star No. 10000."
"Yes."
Venerable Bei Ming nodded respectfully.
…
Primal Secret Realm, Thousand Treasure River Territory.
"This is truly unexpected. I didn't think there would still be components of 'Zhu Yan' appearing now."
Ender used his Soul servant's Divine Kingdom teleportation to arrive near the vortex channel of Original Star No. 88.
To be honest, even he didn't expect that after twenty thousand years, there would still be components of 'Zhu Yan' appearing.
To avoid being threatened, the Flying Spirit Alliance had dispatched numerous experts to contend with various major forces over a dozen times, yet they hadn't allowed a single component to fall into the hands of other forces.
But who could have imagined that after twenty thousand years, components of 'Zhu Yan' would still appear.
Ender instantly teleported to the vortex channel and quickly flew into it.
The Human Void River Master once again descended upon the Original Star!
…
On Original Star No. 10000, at the location where the Zhu Yan component appeared.
As the treasure was about to appear, and the special aura became exceptionally strong, seven Universe Overlords could no longer hold back.
Among these seven Universe Overlords, three belonged to the Northern Territory Alliance.
Thus, the three Universe Overlords from the Northern Territory Alliance joined forces and flew towards the silver crescent blade that was about to emerge.
The other four Universe Overlords, seeing this, simultaneously launched their attacks.
Boom boom boom…
Streaks of attacks, imbued with powerful might, struck the three Universe Overlords of the Northern Territory Alliance, preventing them from approaching the emerging silver crescent blade.
"Peifeng, you go seize the treasure!"
Venerable Fanguang was ten meters tall, with purple crystal skin, two heads, and six arms.
Each of his six arms held a large hammer wreathed in lightning, which was a set of ordinary Arcana treasures with power comparable to High-level Arcana treasure weapons.
With weapons comparable to High-level Arcana treasures, Venerable Fanguang's strength was quite formidable, completely suppressing a Universe Overlord belonging to the Gu Yan Alliance.
"Leave it to me!"
Venerable Peifeng, with six eyes and over three hundred meters tall, flew directly towards the silver crescent blade.
"Don't even think about it!"
Two Universe Overlords joined forces to step forward, intending to stop Venerable Peifeng from seizing the treasure.
"Don't even think of getting past!"
Another Universe Overlord from the Northern Territory Alliance stepped forward, directly blocking the two Universe Overlords with his colossal Divine Body, over ten kilometers in size, single-handedly holding back three Universe Overlords.
"Venerable Jinglian, get out of my way!"
Seeing the opponent blocking the path with a colossal Divine Body, a Universe Overlord burned his Immortal Energy and fiercely attacked Venerable Jinglian's colossal Divine Body, but the actual effect was very minimal!
Even if a Universe Overlord burned Immortal Energy, their attack power could not exceed the upper limit of an ordinary Arcana treasure armor's endurance.
Furthermore, Venerable Jinglian's Divine Body was enormous, so even without parrying with a weapon, the loss of Immortal Energy was within an acceptable range.
Boom boom boom…
The Northern Territory Alliance was incredibly aggressive in contending for the treasure, and Venerable Jinglian, blocking three Universe Overlords with his colossal Divine Body, simply didn't care about their attacks on him.
In his view, as long as Venerable Peifeng could seize the treasure, even losing 20% of his Divine Body was acceptable.
Just then, the silver crescent blade had fully emerged, its curved, sharp tip floating out of the quicksand region.
Immediately following, the silver crescent blade hovered directly in the air, and its aura completely receded, making it appear like an ordinary treasure.
"The aura of this treasure was quite strong when it appeared; it might be a top-grade ordinary or High-level Arcana treasure weapon."
Seeing this, Venerable Peifeng quickly injected a trace of Immortal Energy into the silver crescent blade, imprinted his life mark upon it, and successfully recognized it as his own.
"It's mine!"
Venerable Peifeng transmitted his joy, yet also felt a bit puzzled.
Many Heavy Treasures and Arcana treasures usually transmit information into one's consciousness upon recognition.
This information typically includes detailed descriptions of the weapon, or even a set of secret techniques for operating the treasure, and so on.
And the Arcana treasures and Heavy Treasures appearing on the Original Star, being treasures born from the Universe, naturally possess such information.
But the problem was, he hadn't received any information.
"Peifeng, take the treasure and leave first."
Venerable Jinglian heard this and quickly transmitted, "Fanguang, you assist Peifeng. I'll hold them back."
"Okay."
Venerable Peifeng heard this and flew directly towards a distant vortex channel, with Venerable Fanguang guarding him from behind.
Seeing Venerable Peifeng seize the treasure, the surrounding Advanced Venerable teams stirred.
But considering that the other side had two Universe Overlords, they couldn't muster the thought of taking action.
Suddenly!
A powerful aura appeared from a distant vortex channel, and over ten experts appeared simultaneously, including two Universe Overlord-level experts.
Venerable Chì Xīn, whose body was entirely red, resembling an insect with a metallic luster, and stood hundreds of meters tall, looked down at Venerable Peifeng and Venerable Fanguang who were rushing over.
"The Void River Master has a command!"
Venerable Chì Xīn's voice was deep, "Venerable Peifeng of the Northern Territory Alliance, hand over the treasure!"