Luo Feng sat in the garden, holding a crystal sphere in his hand, its surface a riot of color. The hues spiraled outward from the center, eventually converging at a single point—at a glance, it looked precisely like an eyeball. This bizarre sphere was the ultimate treasure left behind by Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest when he last visited.

"Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest truly didn't wish to get involved. He gave me this ultimate treasure and then immediately left," Luo Feng shook his head helplessly. Sitting Mountain Guest had only spoken a few words upon arrival, tossed the crystal sphere to Luo Feng, and curtly stated: "Imprint your life essence on it, and you can claim ownership! Don't speak, and don't even think about trying to pull me into your human faction... Remember, if you want me to refine an ultimate treasure for you, follow the prior agreement: kill one Universe Master, and I will refine one ultimate treasure for you. Of course, that's merely a promise at the Universe Venerable level. Once you become a Universe Master, the requirements will increase."

With just those words, he blinked out of existence instantly, completely ignoring Luo Feng.

Luo Feng sighed.

"This crystal sphere..." Luo Feng gazed at the treasure in his hand and immediately touched it with a thread of divine power. His life essence was imprinted effortlessly, and he easily claimed ownership.

"As expected of something crafted by the Teacher; there's absolutely no accompanying information." Luo Feng smiled. Some ultimate treasures born on the Primal Chaos Planet usually provided detailed messages upon claiming ownership, but treasures refined by his Teacher were inconsistent—it purely depended on Sitting Mountain Guest's mood. If he was in a good mood, or felt it necessary, he might leave detailed information inside.

Otherwise, there would be nothing at all.

"Still, it's quite straightforward." After a brief familiarization with the sphere, Luo Feng understood how to use it.

The sphere possessed only a single layer of secret patterns to control it. With a slight manipulation, the "Divine Blood Will" could be shot directly from the sphere's pupil-like center. Stopping the control instantly deactivated it. In terms of difficulty... even a Universe Venerable could likely handle it well.

"A very simple ultimate treasure," Luo Feng murmured. "If not for the drop of divine blood at its core, the artifact itself would definitely be the lowest-grade ordinary ultimate treasure. But with a drop of divine blood as the core, it becomes entirely different."

"Since it resembles an eyeball, and its core is the blood of a supreme being from an ancient civilization... I shall name it the Ancient God Eye," Luo Feng decided upon the name.

The ultimate treasure—the Ancient God Eye!

A weapon whose grade was hard to define, whose threat to the Universe Masters was almost negligible, yet almost utterly devastating to Universe Masters. During a faction war... its importance might even surpass that of a Supremacy Supreme Treasure.

...

Swish!

Having obtained the Ancient God Eye, Luo Feng immediately left Earth and returned to the Primal Secret Zone.

"Lord."

"Lord."

Luo Feng walked through the sprawling palace complexes. As he passed, Universe Venerables, Immortals, and Sector Lords all bowed respectfully.

"War." Luo Feng swept his gaze around. Though he couldn't see the other Universe Masters with his eyes, he could sense powerful auras. Currently, at the location of Chaos City Master's palace within the Primal Secret Zone, a large contingent of Universe Masters had gathered, all preparing and building momentum for the impending war.

"Luo Feng." From a main hall in the distance, a figure emerged—it was the main battle body of Chaos City Master, clad in golden robes.

"Teacher," Luo Feng approached and offered a slight bow.

"You've come to see me?" Chaos City Master looked at Luo Feng. It wasn't surprising that Chaos City Master had come out personally. Given the unprecedented crisis facing the human race, his main hall was the core command center, managing the overall situation—receiving newly defected powers, making arrangements, etc. Few people would dare interrupt Chaos City Master unless it was important.

"Yes," Luo Feng nodded. "Teacher, the divine blood infused with will impact has been successfully transformed into an ultimate treasure."

"That drop of divine blood? Transformed into an ultimate treasure?" Chaos City Master was momentarily stunned, then erupted in immense joy. The matter of the divine blood was known to Luo Feng, Dark, Peng Gong, and Chaos early on—perhaps Chaos had also informed Primal Ancestor... but the other Universe Masters of the human race were only vaguely aware after the war.

"Did you hire the God-Crafting Master? Or Sitting Mountain Guest?" Chaos City Master couldn't help but ask.

"Sitting Mountain Guest," Luo Feng made no attempt to hide it.

Some secrets must remain hidden when one's strength is low, but now, with different strength came a different status! In the past, hiding it was out of fear of being ambushed and robbed; but now, what did Luo Feng have to fear?

"Your homeworld, Earth, was created by this great expert. I always suspected you had some connection with Sitting Mountain Guest," Chaos City Master remarked. "When you asked him to refine the ultimate treasure, did you perhaps ask him to aid our human race?"

"I did, but it was no use," Luo Feng shook his head.

"That’s understandable," Chaos City Master sighed. "Currently, our human faction has zero peak-level experts! We are at an absolute disadvantage... Given Sitting Mountain Guest's nature—one who hates losing and loves gaining advantages—why would he join us." After mentioning it briefly, Chaos City Master dropped the subject.

"Right, how powerful is that ultimate treasure?" Chaos City Master pressed.

Luo Feng grinned: "Below the level of Universe Masters, all wills are completely unable to resist it." Previously, the single drop of divine blood spreading outwards could only be resisted by the peak will of a Universe Master. Now, it was elevated by another tier; only the will at the Universe Master level could resist it.

"Good, good, good!!!" Chaos City Master revealed an expression of excited elation. "This is excellent! With this ultimate treasure, it means at least ninety percent of the enemy Universe Masters will be rendered ineffective. Perhaps we can even take the opportunity to capture some enemy Universe Masters. This single ultimate treasure is even more valuable than a Supremacy Supreme Treasure."

"Indeed," Luo Feng agreed. "This treasure possesses the capability to alter the tide of this war, which is why I came to inform you, Teacher."

"I will deliberate carefully on how to respond to the war that is about to commence," Chaos City Master nodded. "Alright, hurry back and cultivate. Once you become a Universe Master, the pressure on our human side will greatly diminish."

"Understood." Luo Feng immediately withdrew.

...

In truth, Luo Feng’s divine power avatar had been residing in the cultivation space of the 'Inheritance Zone,' constantly cultivating and comprehending within an environment where time flowed ten thousand times faster. His 'Gold-Space Laws' had long reached the ultimate bottleneck... needing only a final sliver of inspiration, or some profound realization, to ascend to the Universe Master level.

Once he reached the Universe Master level, his Demon God Avatar and Blood Sea Avatar... would also possess peak sixth-tier combat power!

At that point, Luo Feng's four avatars would equate to four peak sixth-tier forces, whereas the Universe Masters—who only had their main bodies and no avatars—only possessed one peak sixth-tier force each! This, therefore, was precisely why Chaos City Master eagerly awaited Luo Feng's breakthrough to Universe Master.

"In the cultivation space within the Inheritance Zone, one day outside equals thirty years inside."

"This current bottleneck might take dozens of epochs at longest, or perhaps only decades, or even break through instantly. Luo Feng was anxious, but breaking through a bottleneck isn't achieved through sheer haste; one needs to find that singular moment of inspiration, of feeling."

The periphery of the Demon Race territory, a barren stretch of starlight.

Darkness. Silence.

"Rumble~~~" Amidst boundless golden light, the colossal purple sphere representing a God-Country teleportation arrived.

Then, a patch of emerald green light ignited elsewhere, and a massive ship slowly materialized.

In the far distance... amidst white light, a black, elliptical sphere also appeared.

"Dream Tea, Shock Horn!"

"Empress!"

"Machine!"

Four streams of consciousness exchanged words.

Immediately afterward, streams of figures radiating immense power began flying out simultaneously from the gigantic purple sphere, the ancient ship, and the black elliptical sphere. Soon, these powerful figures dispersed throughout the entire star field.

"Whoosh~~"

The largest figures were the four ultimate experts.

The coiling silver giant serpent, and the enormous saw-shelled alien beast beside it; in another location, the beautiful Insect Race Empress, suspended in mid-air, her 'wings' as thin as cicada wings, surrounded by numerous alluring Insect Race Matriarchs, and many vassal Universe Masters; and further away, nine eyes emerged from the colossal black elliptical sphere—he was the Mechanical Race Father God! Surrounding him, numerous Mechanical Race Universe Masters and vassal race Universe Masters were also spread out.

"According to the plan of our three races," the voice of Shock Demon Ancestor transmitted, "among the three of us, Empress, you possess the Palace of Supremacy. Of the total 112 Universe Masters brought by our three races this time, 80 are within your Supremacy Supreme Treasure. Their joint attack will generate the strongest might. Our Demon Race and the Mechanical Race will each guard sixteen Universe Masters!"

"Agreed."

"Let's allocate now."

Since the three races had reached a prior understanding, the distribution was swift.

This war was, arguably, the largest scale conflict in the history of the original universe, involving the most factions. When some powers defected to the human race, far more factions, believing 'humanity would lose,' dared not charge in alone, naturally aligning themselves with the Insect, Demon, and Mechanical Races!

Factions like the Prison Race, Crystal Race, Star Beast Alliance, Ancestral God Cult, and North Frontier Alliance... since they remained silent, they naturally did not align with anyone.

Thus—

The Demon, Insect, and Mechanical Races already had vassal races, meaning they initially possessed over 80 Universe Masters. Those who defected to the three races this time added nearly 80 more. They strategically kept some essential Universe Masters from their main races, along with some selected from the defecting powers—acting almost like 'hostages'—inside their respective small universes.

Consequently, for this expedition:

The three races mustered four ultimate experts and 112 Universe Masters.

"This time, our three-race alliance acts in unison," the voice from the black elliptical sphere boomed into the ears and minds of every Universe Master. "Furthermore, numerous other races have joined us... As for the human faction, they only possess three beings at peak combat strength: Dark Lord, Galaxy Lord, and Peng Gong Lord. I, Machine, alone can engage both Dark Lord and Peng Gong Lord simultaneously. As for Luo Feng, despite his might... having the Empress deal with him personally will be more than enough!"

The Insect Race Empress in the distance nodded slightly.

"The rest, Shock Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor will lead the 112 Universe Masters to sweep through the human faction! Our side holds the absolute advantage. This war against the human faction must achieve total victory in one decisive battle!" stated the Mechanical Race Father God.

"Kill!" The core powerhouses of the Mechanical, Insect, and Demon Races roared instantly.

"Kill!" The vassal races followed with their own roars.

"Kill!" The entire star field—be it flesh-and-blood lifeforms, rock lifeforms, metal lifeforms, or intelligent lifeforms—erupted in a unified cry.

This was a war for the fate of their races!

"Advance, towards Human territory!" the Mechanical Race Father God roared.