The supreme war that nearly engulfed the highest echelons of all powers across the entire original universe had passed. Meanwhile, countless ordinary lives remained utterly unaware that while minor regional conflicts might bring disaster to them, the battles at the highest level remained entirely unaffected. Of course, should either side truly face defeat, utter slaughter would likely sweep across domain after domain.
The allied forces did not win. The human faction did not lose. That was the conclusion! It was foreseeable that over the long years to come, the two factions would continue their struggle. But unless one side possessed absolute certainty, a war of the previous magnitude would not be waged again.
On Mo Mo Star, where Hu Yan Bo had once perished, Mo Mo Star itself was long since destroyed! However, ever since "Babatat entered the Immortal level, it was quickly rebuilt, and the sphere of influence Hu Yan Bo once commanded was re-established (with the exception of the area surrounding Earth in the Milky Way).
Clouds, dense and black as ink, parted to faintly reveal the purple hue of the distant star, casting its light wantonly over the land.
Upon this planet, a vast number of martial artists brought from various worlds underwent brutal training here, to be selected as the most loyal warriors of the great "Master of Mo Mo Star."
"You idiots from A Luo Star, come on, come on! Your uncle is waiting for you! If you have the guts, come out!" A giant, tall and broad, with a dark red single horn protruding from his forehead, stood outside the gate of one camp, roaring wantonly towards the opposing camp. A stir rippled through the opposite camp, as if someone was about to rush out but was dragged back.
"That's a madman. You’re asking to die if you go out."
"Ignore that lunatic." Faint voices drifted from the camp opposite.
"Hahahaha, wahahaha!" The Unicorn Giant was exceedingly arrogant. "You cowards from A Luo Star, you’ll be tucking your tails between your legs when you see me from now on!"
Just then, a figure appeared in the sky above.
He wore a casual silver-white outer robe, floating in mid-air as he glanced down, murmuring to himself, "Is this what Mo Mo Star looked like before it was destroyed? Babata went to such great lengths to rebuild Mo Mo Star; it seems Hu Yan Bo truly had a profound impact on him." With that, Luo Feng continued flying onward.
He traversed the space leisurely, yet not a single monitoring system on Mo Mo Star, nor any of the alert powerhouses, detected him. Not even when he flew directly past some of the warriors did anyone notice.
This was a mastery over time and space.
Holding the intention to observe Mo Mo Star, Luo Feng flew for quite some time before arriving above a black castle.
"Babata!" Luo Feng looked down from above and called out softly.
On a throne inside the castle lay a child clad in black robes. He had two antennae on his forehead and blood-red eyes. His face was chubby, appearing quite endearing. But the maids selected from various planets below knew perfectly well what a terrifying Demon King he was.
"Babata!" a voice echoed.
"Hmm?" The black-robed child snapped his head up sharply.
Swish!
Immediately following, he vanished with a teleportation.
Above the black castle.
The silver-robed man stood casually suspended in mid-air. Beside him, a black-robed child suddenly materialized.
"Master!" The black-robed child saw Luo Feng and exclaimed with surprise and joy.
"Your days seem rather comfortable," Luo Feng chuckled softly. "But it seems you haven't slackened your cultivation either; you can even teleport now."
"The resources you provided, the path of cultivation you laid out, Master, even an ordinary being could be forced to Immortal status. Not to mention that I, Babata, was already highly intelligent to begin with." Babata spoke rapidly. During the war, ordinary members of the hierarchy were unaware, but as an Immortal, he had been conscripted into the Original Universe.
When the war concluded, Immortals like them were gradually sent back. Furthermore, the discussions in Chaos City within the Original Universe had gone wild over that war. Though they didn't know the specifics, they had heard that "Luo Feng" was one of the most dazzling figures involved.
"Let's go. Out to the space beyond Mo Mo Star," Luo Feng instructed.
"Why go to outer space?" Babata asked, puzzled.
"To resurrect Hu Yan Bo." Luo Feng stated.
Babata trembled violently, his emotions momentarily uncontrollable.
Seeing this, Luo Feng sighed inwardly. Emotionally, his bond with Hu Yan Bo was still deeper in Babata's heart! There remained a subtle distance in his relationship with Luo Feng. For instance, in the beginning, he addressed Luo Feng by his original name. As Luo Feng's status grew higher, Babata began to address him as 'Master' with a hint of reverence.
How could he not be reverent?
Luo Feng was the pinnacle existence of the entire human race, arguably one of the most supreme entities in the entire Original Universe.
Conversely, Babata and Hu Yan Bo had genuinely experienced countless life-or-death battles together, and the years they spent adventuring side-by-side were incredibly long. The period during which Babata became an 'Intelligent Lifeform' was spent entirely with Hu Yan Bo... the depth of their bond was easy to imagine.
"Alright," Babata said excitedly. "Let's go to outer space."
Luo Feng nodded slightly and then vanished with Babata from mid-air.
Outer space beyond Mo Mo Star.
Luo Feng, clad in silver robes, stood outside the atmosphere. Beside him, the black-robed child Babata watched nervously.
"See it clearly," Luo Feng instructed.
"Rise!" Luo Feng gazed upon the vast expanse of void around them. With a mere thought, time within this region began to flow backward rapidly. Scene after scene quickly reversed; the reconstruction of Mo Mo Star reappeared... and then the scene of Mo Mo Star being attacked and destroyed surfaced. Luo Feng wantonly manipulated the acceleration of time in reverse.
"Hmm?" Luo Feng immediately stopped.
The blood-red triangular spaceship, the Yin Mo Star, came into view. Within that vessel, several figures faintly appeared.
"Babata, is this the one?"
Luo Feng asked, and with a single thought, the figures inside the blood-red triangular Yin Mo Star were brought forth. There was the handsome man in black robes standing at the very front of the Yin Mo Star's control room, behind him stood a line of figures, and even Babata was among them!
"Wu Ying, Big Fool Jiu Sha..." Babata, standing beside Luo Feng, involuntarily trembled, then shouted to Luo Feng, "Yes, yes, that’s them, it’s them."
Seeing this, Luo Feng sighed secretly.
The affection between Babata, Hu Yan Bo, and the retinue of followers under Hu Yan Bo was indeed profound. Since that was the case... he might as well resurrect Hu Yan Bo's soul slaves as well. It would serve as thanks for Babata's past assistance, and also as thanks to Hu Yan Bo. In retrospect, Hu Yan Bo’s residual aid seemed minor, but in truth, it had an enormous impact during his formative years.
"Fix!" Luo Feng willed it.
He instantly locked onto the Yin Mo Star spaceship, "Hu Yan Bo," and his nine soul slaves!
All locked.
"Time Reversal." Luo Feng then allowed time to automatically rewind.
It was like compressing a spring; it would automatically return! If Luo Feng hadn't saved anyone, there would be no burden on him. But if he intended to resurrect lives, bringing them from the past timeline back to the normal timeline of the present, he would have to bear the penalty.
In essence, the penalty was aimed at Hu Yan Bo and the nine slaves, but since Hu Yan Bo and the others could not endure it, Luo Feng had to take it upon himself.
For Luo Feng, resurrecting even Universe Masters was easy; resurrecting merely a few Immortals was nothing.
Moments later, a blood-red triangular spaceship, the Yin Mo Star, hovered in the starry sky. Luo Feng had clearly brought the Yin Mo Star spaceship from that past era back into this current time. If a life was still alive—for instance, if Babata were still alive—resurrection would naturally be impossible. For inanimate objects, even if a similar item already existed, such as a supreme treasure, reversing time would still bring back the supreme treasure from that original era.
However...
That penalty was terrifyingly severe. The price for reversing time to bring back one supreme treasure was higher than the cost for bringing back ten supreme treasures.
Of course, the penalty associated with bringing back the Yin Mo Star was nothing to the current Luo Feng, as the Yin Mo Star didn't even qualify as a heavy treasure.
"Whoosh!" The hatch of the Yin Mo Star opened. A handsome man in black robes stepped out, gently and excitedly touching the hatch, then took a step out into the void. Behind him, various Immortal powerhouses followed, each appearing agitated and apprehensive.
"Babata." The handsome man in black robes spotted the black-robed child in Luo Feng's direction and couldn't help but call out.
"Boss!" Babata could hold back no longer. With an instantaneous teleport, he flashed over to the handsome man in black robes and immediately embraced Hu Yan Bo, who was like a father and older brother to him.
"Boss, Boss, Boss..." Babata called out repeatedly while clutching Hu Yan Bo, releasing all the repressed longing he had held back.
Luo Feng watched from afar and mused to himself.
This Babata, he truly was closer to Hu Yan Bo.
Hu Yan Bo and his nine slaves were somewhat bewildered. They possessed memories of the past and clearly understood that they had all perished. But now they were resurrected? Time reversal to resurrect? A Universe Master? To have a Universe Master reverse time just to revive them—who could command such favor?
What confused them even more was that Babata, who was merely an intelligent lifeform in the past, had instantly teleported before them!
"Babata, you... you became an Immortal? You can teleport?" the Immortal lifeform behind Hu Yan Bo, who resembled a giant black ape, exclaimed in shock.
"Mm," Babata nodded. "With the help of my master, Luo Feng, the Lord of the Milky Way, I am indeed a Peak Foe-Emperor Immortal now, and I've mastered teleportation."
"Lord of the Milky Way?"
Hu Yan Bo and his nine soul slaves were all stunned. They certainly knew about the Milky Way! Hu Yan Bo even controlled a small territory within the Milky Way, but they had never heard of a "Lord of the Milky Way" before. They hadn't expected that upon resurrection, not only would a Lord of the Milky Way appear, but Babata, who was merely an intelligent lifeform, had become a Peak Foe-Emperor Immortal, stronger than any of them!
After all, Hu Yan Bo himself had only barely reached the level of Foe-Marquis.
"We... how long have we been dead? Ten million years? One hundred million years?" Hu Yan Bo couldn't help but ask. "And who is Lord Luo Feng, the Lord of the Milky Way?"
"The Lord of the Milky Way is one of the greatest existences of the entire human race, and one of the absolute top existences in the entire Original Universe," Babata explained. "Just now, Master Luo Feng reversed time and resurrected you all. Master Luo Feng is right over there..."
Saying this, he pointed toward Luo Feng, who stood in the distant starry sky.
Hu Yan Bo and his nine slaves turned to look. The silver-robed man standing in the distance—previously, their attention had been entirely fixed on Babata, and before Babata even pointed out Luo Feng’s location, though they had seen him, not a single one of them had registered Luo Feng's presence.
"Whoosh." The silver-robed man walked over, immediately causing Hu Yan Bo and his nine slaves to feel overwhelmed with dread and humility. Heavens, that was the entity who performed the time reversal! In front of such a being, they were merely like ants.
"Teacher Hu Yan Bo," the silver-robed man spoke.
The twenty-sixth chapter begins!