In the Secret Realm Void, two towering figures stood facing each other.
One was completely black, like a shadow, similar in form to a serpent Demon Beast of the Demon race. This was the Snake Shadow Master, the power holder of the Snake Dance Alliance.
The other was a plant life form, with huge fiery red flowers growing on the stems of several leaves, and countless tiny rays of light dancing around its body. This was the Dance Dawn Master.
"Snake Shadow, what do you think about the Venerable Tiyan's demise?" Dance Dawn Master's giant flower swayed slightly.
"The one who acted was the Human Race's Venerable Bei Ming."
The Snake Shadow Master slowly said, "According to what a Universe Venerable who spoke with the Venerable Tiyan before his demise said, he left because he sensed that the Divine Power token given to the King-level Immortal of his race had shattered."
"So, the Venerable Tiyan should have perished in the Covering Prison Secret Realm."
The Dance Dawn Master mused, "The Covering Prison Secret Realm has average resources and is outside the Human Alliance Territory. Even Universe Venerables rarely go there to explore. Why would the Venerable Bei Ming go to the Covering Prison Secret Realm…?"
"No matter why the Venerable Bei Ming went to the Covering Prison Secret Realm, I plan to go and see."
The Snake Shadow Master said in a deep voice, "The Venerable Tiyan's demise has caused unease within the Alliance. We must investigate to get to the bottom of this."
"Don't harm the Venerable Bei Ming."
The Dance Dawn Master reminded him, "He is a member of the Human Universe Artifact & Potion Refining Company, and Void River Master is behind him."
"I know," the Snake Shadow Master replied.
The Void River Master, he really didn't want to provoke him. That was a powerful expert who could make Wuju Master bow his head and admit defeat with just a Clone.
Wuju Master was the power holder of the Nine Territories Alliance, a fifth-tier Top-tier Universe Master who shook the Universe and had never bowed even when facing the Primal Chaos City Lord.
This shows how terrifying Void River Master's Clone was!
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Covering Prison Secret Realm, Blazing Hoof Continent.
The Snake Shadow Master, black like a serpentine shadow, overlooked the continent below, which had a maximum diameter of over 3 light-years, his eyes deep.
Through his control over time and space, he sensed that there was no life left on the continent below, and the center of the continent was a mess, with many Immortal Spiritual Gods' bodies that had lost their Souls.
"The entire Tiyan Race has been exterminated."
The Snake Shadow Master silently thought, "How did the Tiyan Race offend the Venerable Bei Ming, making him disregard his status to exterminate and massacre their race…?"
"This should be the battlefield."
With a single teleportation, the Snake Shadow Master arrived at the center of the continent, overlooking the land that bore the aftershocks of Divine Power battles.
Buzz!
As the Snake Shadow Master's thought moved, the surrounding time began to flow backward rapidly, and scenes also reversed quickly.
In an instant, the scene of the Venerable Bei Ming and the Venerable Tiyan confronting each other appeared, and then the scene returned to normal.
"If the Snake Dance Alliance intends to interfere, it will be an enemy to our Human Race, Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race, the four Pinnacle races!"
The Venerable Bei Ming's words, though seemingly arrogant, were factual, causing the Snake Shadow Master to fall silent.
"The four Pinnacle races are opening an Extraterritorial Battlefield outside the Territory again…"
The Snake Shadow Master whispered softly, releasing his control over time, allowing time to snap back to normal like a spring.
The next moment, his vast, black, shadowy body vanished from this lifeless continent.
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Snake Dance Alliance Territory, core Secret Realm.
In the Void, the Snake Shadow Master's Divine Power Avatar and the Dance Dawn Master's Divine Power Avatar stood.
"Snake Shadow, are you saying that the Human Race exterminated the Tiyan Race to open an Extraterritorial Battlefield?" The Dance Dawn Master's voice was solemn.
"Exactly, I witnessed this firsthand through time reversal," the Snake Shadow Master replied.
"The four Pinnacle races opening an Extraterritorial Battlefield is not good news!"
The Dance Dawn Master said in a deep voice, "The Human Race just acquired 400 star sectors of Territory from the Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race, and now they're coming for our Snake Dance Alliance."
"It's hard to say for now," the Snake Shadow Master's voice was low, "However, with the four Pinnacle races opening an Extraterritorial Battlefield, according to custom, Territory expansion is only a matter of time."
"Especially the Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race. These three races each lost over a hundred star sectors of Territory, so they will likely seize Territory from other places to reduce their own losses."
"If the three races expand their Territory, how could the Human Race not expand theirs?"
The Dance Dawn Master said resentfully, "Back then, there were many race Territories acting as buffers between the Territories of the four Pinnacle races."
"But as the four Pinnacle races opened Extraterritorial Battlefields, all those buffer Territories fell into the hands of the four races. The races residing there either migrated early or were completely exterminated!"
The Snake Shadow Master fell silent upon hearing this.
The four Pinnacle races, despite fighting fiercely among themselves, had an astonishing tacit understanding in certain aspects.
When the strength of the four Pinnacle races was balanced, it was difficult for any one side to open up Territory, but as the balance of power was broken, opening up Territory became simple.
The most valuable Territory in the Original Universe was thus occupied by the four Pinnacle races; other races either migrated or were exterminated!
Now, the four Pinnacle races, in such a distant place from their own Territories, have opened new Extraterritorial Battlefields, perhaps in preparation for future Territory expansion.
"The Covering Prison Secret Realm is still some distance from our Snake Dance Alliance Territory."
After a moment of thought, the Snake Shadow Master slowly said, "According to the habits of the four Pinnacle races, they will not allow the Extraterritorial Battlefield to be within their own Territory, so our Snake Dance Alliance is still safe in the short term."
"It's just boiling a frog in warm water."
The Dance Dawn Master sighed softly, "The four Pinnacle races are too strong; none of them can be resisted by our Snake Dance Alliance."
"The Muqi Alliance's strength was not weak, but it was annihilated by the Human Alliance overnight, and its Territory was divided by the Human Race and its allies."
The Snake Shadow Master also sighed inwardly.
The Muqi Alliance was also a powerful Alliance, with over a dozen Universe Masters and Top-tier Universe Overlords.
But such a force was annihilated by the Human Alliance without causing any ripples!
"Let's take it one step at a time."
The Snake Shadow Master sighed softly, "If the Human Territory expands to the Covering Prison Secret Realm, we should consider our future then."
"Whether to migrate and contend for Territory, unite with other forces, or join the Hong Alliance."
Upon hearing this, the Dance Dawn Master also began to ponder his future.
If it really came to that, there were only these three paths to survival before him.
The Snake Shadow Master was a special life form, with no race to worry about, and could justifiably pledge allegiance to the Hong Alliance. The reason he formed the Snake Dance Alliance was simply to avoid being restrained and to be a power holder.
But the Dance Dawn Master was different; as a race leader, he had to consider his own race.
"If it really comes to that, perhaps joining the Hong Alliance is a good choice."
The Dance Dawn Master's inner balance gradually shifted, subtly leaning towards the idea of pledging allegiance to the Hong Alliance in the future.
The Human Race has the Huge Axe Creator, Void River Master, and the Ice Summit Master, all three of whom can exert sixth-tier combat power in the Original Universe.
In addition, the Human Race also has the Primal Chaos City Lord, the Peng Gong Master, the Qingdong Master, the Dragon Walk Master, and other Fifth-rank Universe Masters, whose strength is formidable.
However, among the Hong Alliance allies, only Swallow Eagle Master possesses Fourth-rank Universe Master combat power!
The Dance Dawn Master is also a fourth-tier Top-tier Universe Master, and his status after joining the Hong Alliance would be no less than that of Swallow Eagle Master.
"Wu Li."
Suddenly, the Snake Shadow Master spoke, "If you want to lead your race to join the Hong Alliance, let me know."
"Hmm?" The Dance Dawn Master was surprised, somewhat unclear why the Snake Shadow Master said this. "Then we'll join the Hong Alliance together."
The Snake Shadow Master laughed self-deprecatingly, "This way, our status in the Hong Alliance might even surpass Swallow Eagle Master's."
The Dance Dawn Master heard this, pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "If that day truly comes, I will inform you."
The Snake Dance Alliance, an existence like the leading sheep of powerful forces, except for not having a Fifth-rank Universe Master, its strength was not much worse than the bottom-tier powerful East Territory Alliance.
Yet, the power holders of such an Alliance force, even before directly facing the Human Race's military might, were already thinking about their future retreat paths.
This shows the power of the Human Race and the cruelty of the Universe!
As for the demise of the Venerable Tiyan, the Snake Dance Alliance did not need to make any statement; they only needed to wait for the news of the four Pinnacle races opening an Extraterritorial Battlefield to spread.
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A month later.
Covering Prison Secret Realm, in the dark Void.
The Venerable Bei Ming had essentially completed the Secret Realm sweep. After discussing with the Venerable Night Bright and the Venerable Aurora, he reported the news and waited for the Barracks Base to arrive.
Buzz!
Brilliant light shone, and three figures appeared with spatial fluctuations.
"Greetings, Venerable."
Upon appearing, these three figures respectfully saluted the Venerable Bei Ming.
"Begin," the Venerable Bei Ming nodded slightly.
"Yes."
These three figures were all Pinnacle stage King-level Immortal, responsible for escorting the AAA-level Spiritual God Base, which was the Barracks Base in the eyes of many Universe Venerables.
"According to the coordinates, this location is close to our Human Territory."
"Then let's start placing the Spiritual God Base here."
The three King-level Immortal communicated through telepathy, and then one of them took out a world ring.
Accompanied by spatial fluctuations, an AAA-level Spiritual God Base with a diameter of tens of millions of kilometers appeared out of thin air, standing in the Void.
A colorful energy shield, solidified Law runes, hundreds of kilometers in diameter Mechanical muzzles, and densely packed channel points, all spoke of the extraordinary nature of this AAA-level Spiritual God Base!
A Pinnacle stage King-level Immortal respectfully said, "The base still needs to set up a stable spatial channel. Please wait for some time, Venerable."
"Mm."
The Venerable Bei Ming looked at the massive Spiritual God Base, felt the spatial fluctuations within it, and nodded slightly.
The AAA-level Spiritual God Base was the Human Race's highest-spec base; ordinary Universe Venerables couldn't damage it, but in his opinion, it was just so-so.
The formidable strength of a Universe Overlord was simply incomparable to that of an ordinary Universe Venerable!
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Establishing a stable spatial channel requires an Immortal's Divine Kingdom as a relay, transforming the temporary spatial channel transmitted by the Divine Kingdom into a fixed spatial channel.
This means that the Immortal providing the Divine Kingdom as a relay must fix their Divine Kingdom in one place and also not perish, otherwise, it would affect the spatial channel.
Therefore, while the Immortal providing the Divine Kingdom is constrained, their safety is correspondingly guaranteed, with almost no risk of demise.
Over ten minutes later.
"Venerable, the spatial channel has been established."
The consciousness of a King-level Immortal, after receiving a message from a colleague in the Virtual Universe, respectfully saluted the Venerable Bei Ming.
Setting up a stable spatial channel doesn't take too much time, but the cost of establishing it is something even a Pinnacle stage King-level Immortal cannot bear.
Fortunately, the subsequent maintenance of the stable spatial channel consumes so little energy that it's almost negligible; it only consumes a large amount of energy each time it's used.
"You select the Barracks placement locations, and then I'll take you there."
Due to sweeping the Secret Realm, the Venerable Bei Ming's auxiliary Immortal plant life's Divine Power tokens were almost everywhere in the Covering Prison Secret Realm, allowing him to quickly reach any area within the Secret Realm.
"Thank you, Venerable."
Upon hearing this, the King-level Immortal respectfully saluted, then brought up a light screen, marking the placement points of dozens of Spiritual God Bases on it.
The Venerable Bei Ming glanced at the map, then had his auxiliary Immortal plant life take everyone's Divine Kingdoms and teleport away…
Not only the Venerable Bei Ming, but the Venerable Night Bright and the Venerable Aurora had also completed their Secret Realm sweeps and were coordinating the placement of the Barracks Base.
Several months later.
The three Extraterritorial Battlefields opened by the Human Race, accompanied by Divine Kingdom teleportation spatial fluctuations, saw the arrival of Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race powerhouses respectively.
Then, the three races, like the Human Race, placed dozens of Barracks Bases in each of the three battlefields.
In just a few days, the 12 newly opened Extraterritorial Battlefields of the four races, with the Barracks Bases in place, were ready to receive warriors coming to fight at any time.
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Virtual Universe, Hong Alliance City.
In an outdoor bar in the outer city, many King-level Immortal had gathered.
"The new Extraterritorial Battlefields are open! Finally, we don't have to fight to the death in the Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Battlefields anymore."
"With the closure of other battlefields, too many powerhouses poured into these four battlefields, raising the intensity of the battles by several levels."
"Indeed, in the Seventh Battlefield's Star Tower, just the news of a 'Sealed Stars' appearing caused hundreds of thousands of King-level Immortal from the four major factions to engage in chaotic battles, and who knows how many King-level Immortal perished."
"It's truly a pity that the First Battlefield is closed. Secret Realms like the Hongwu Secret Realm, which are rich in resources and haven't been explored by Universe Venerables, probably won't be encountered again in the future!"
"Human Race King-level Immortal still have it good. I heard they can exchange for tokens to enter the Hongwu Secret Realm at the six giant treasuries."
"Tokens? Can we, Hong Alliance King-level Immortal, exchange for them?"
"I don't know. Judging from the fact that they can only be exchanged at the six giant treasuries, probably not."
"Sigh, why isn't it open in the Hong Alliance…"
"If you can't enter the Hongwu Secret Realm, you can go to the newly opened battlefields and see if you can gain any benefits."
"We can only try the new battlefields then."
The King-level Immortal conversed, their topics mostly revolving around the newly opened Extraterritorial Battlefields.
And when they talked about the Hongwu Secret Realm, the alien King-level Immortal couldn't help but lament how well the Human Race King-level Immortal were treated.
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Time flowed, and in the blink of an eye, over a hundred million years had passed.
The 12 newly opened Extraterritorial Battlefields by the four Pinnacle races caused quite a stir around the four major races. Some races, seeing the unfavorable situation, were forced to migrate or actively joined the Alliance forces led by the four Pinnacle races.
This led to the Alliances led by the four races each gaining many new races, though most of these were weak races, with ordinary races making up a smaller proportion.
The joining of many races to the Alliances led by the four Pinnacle races, coupled with the gathering of Genius powerhouses from various forces in the Universe to hone themselves, made the intensity of the 12 newly opened battlefields quite high.
And at this time, the Universe Artifact & Potion Refining Company gave birth to a super Genius…