Chapter 285 - 1036-1047

Chapter 1036: The Great Palm of an Immortal

'We made it?'

This was the first question that came into their minds.

Then, the powerful blast repelled everyone away by a few ten thousand meters. Even Blooming Lord and Zhao Ge could not close in on it.

Power ripple began to form around the monster. At the center of the force field, a giant starglobe could be vaguely seen.

It was the ability core consumed by the broodmother.

The realm core was a translucent sphere. It was larger and purer than the realm Shao Dongfeng had introduced to the contestants of the Peace Contest.

This was an immeasurable wealth.

Not only that but another spatial rift had occurred promptly at the center. Then, a giant crystal core measuring at more than ninety meters in diameter occurred. It was clearly the ability core of the Armored Star Broodmother.

The flesh of the broodmother floated around the space like satellites. They were rapidly transforming, being exposed to space radiation.

If left untouched, the remains of the broodmother would certainly turn into a new continent after a year.

Zhao Ge and Blooming Lord would not let that happen. These carcasses from the monster were all valuable resources. The exposure of a realm core was also a one in a million.

However, due to the repelling force, they only got a glimpse of it and were immediately thrown away. Because of the rapid mass conversion, their consciousness was unable to probe the crystal core at the center region. Their vision was also hindered by the hovering fleshes, shells, and lands.

Within the thick fragments, Zhao Ge and Blooming Lord did not realize that there was a human figure.

Without a question, Qin Feng had survived.

The moment the heart ruptured, Qin Feng yielded all his internal power starglobes. He surrounded himself with the ten internal ability cores and barely withstood the devastating energy. All the starglobes were damaged by the explosion and halved in size. Qin Feng had sustained a huge loss.

But after the explosion, the bloating energy that almost crushed him earlier was no longer present.

That turbulence was caused by the broodmother trying to assimilate the giant ability core. After it was dead, Qin Feng could finally dismiss his Absorption Ability. The blood boiling in his body had cooled down substantially.

Then, a gentler force started to accumulate in Qin Feng's body.

The flesh of the broodmother's heart degraded into energy and fused into Qin Feng's body innately.

It was non-repulsive, which helped to heal and restore Qin Feng's body damaged by the wilder force earlier.

Boom!

Qin Feng's body evolved once again.

S8-tier!

The Armored Star Broodmother was on the verge of turning into an Immortal. Its vitality was comparable to that of a planet. Such energy was now flowing freely in space waiting to be harvested by Qin Feng alone.

"Absorption Ability!"

He assimilated the energy around him gluttonously.

Boom!

His body made another leap. S9-tier physique!

Qin Feng was insatiable. His body consumed everything within a few hundred meters around him.

Click!

Something seemed to have been unlocked inside Qin Feng's mind. At that moment, Qin Feng could feel that his physique had ascended into a new stage. The feeling was impeccable.

Finally, Qin Feng had reached the level he set out to achieve. Today marked a new milestone, as well as the beginning of another journey in his life.

SS-tier perfect physique.

Qin Feng had achieved perhaps the hardest upgrade of all his attributes.

Unfortunately, the blast earlier had pushed most of the broodmother's flesh more than ten thousand kilometers away. He would not go that far.

That was because Zhao Ge and Blooming Lord were there.

The territory key in Qin Feng's hand suddenly clanged. It glowed in silver light and opened up a spatial door.

From the other side of the door, a gorgeous lady came right through the portal.

Bai Li's face came into sight.

Judging by her aura, she had reached SSS-tier.

"Eh? Where is this place? What have you done this time?" Bai Li looked around curiously. The flesh fragments floating around carried a pungent odor unique to the Insectoids. Bai Li could not help but wrinkle up her little nose.

But when she saw the two giant ability cores, Bai Li exclaimed admiringly.

The spherical ability core harvested from a crumbled realm could be easily stuffed into her spatial room. The eight-meter core belonging to the half-evolved broodmother was also considered half a realm core. The only thing was that it did not reach the standard of an Immortal's core. Still, its power was unbelievably huge.

"Long story. Take the two cores with you. We should leave quickly," Qin Feng said.

"Okay!"

Bai Li did as told and kept the two cores in her spatial dimension. She then took a scan around them. Qin Feng's Absorption Ability had wiped out most of the nearest gems. Nonetheless, a lot of valuable resources were still dangling at further sites.

After all, these were the remnants left behind by a soon-to-be Immortal.

Suddenly, Bai Li's head turned toward a specific direction. She had clearly sensed something.

"A powerful human is approaching. He is ripping directly through space!"

Qin Feng was stunned.

This entire area was exposed to the rampant galactic force. Unless someone filtered out the force, it would be otherwise impossible to activate spatial runes in this place.

More so, ripping apart space should be something only a spatial beast was capable of!

How strong could this human be, if Bai Li, an SSS-tier beast deity, had said so?

"Immortal!" Qin Feng grasped it quickly.

"Erase our spatial trace. Don't let him follow us."

He had guessed who the powerful user was. He must be the elect behind Shao Dongfeng—Ahn Ping Prime.

"Leave it to me. I am a professional," Bai Li said. They then quickly moved into the alternate dimension.

As soon as they disappeared, a giant palm appeared in the space afar.

The palm blocked the lights from the stars. The handprint could be clearly seen even from Qin Feng's position.

It then gripped and grabbed away a quarter of the cluttered fragments. The large hand also ripped off the energy vortex created by the explosion.

Qin Feng, inside the alternate dimension, was stunned by what he was witnessing. He could not imagine how a human could become this dominant.

The palm was not a materialization of energy. Rather, it seemed to be a form of life.

Z's spirit gave him a similar feeling, though he was not sure whether they were the same thing.

Qin Feng did not have much time to ponder as Bai Li dragged him past the spatial tunnel.

In the next moment, the palm gripped again and snatched another portion of the broodmother's carcasses.

Chapter 1037: The Missing Realm Core

Besides the Armored Star Broodmother, a giant human of ten-thousand-meter height had shown himself. The palm had grown beyond measure.

Only two humans remained close to his feet. They were Blooming Lord and Zhao Ge.

As for other users, they were forced to leave through the spatial tunnel after Ahn Ping Prime arrived.

After four swoops, only a small portion of fragments was left at the scene. The giant body began to shrink.

He did not reduce to the size of a normal human but maintained his height at about twenty meters. The Prime glanced at Zhao Ge and Blooming Lord, frowning.

The expression was especially intimidating due to his enlarged face.

"Have either of you taken the ability core and the realm core?"

Blooming Lord and Zhao Ge immediately tensed up.

"Prime, we have only swept the perimeter and didn't go back in yet."

Blooming Lord was slightly more relaxed in comparison. Her father was one of the eight primes known by the name Forestral Prime. Ahn Ping Prime would not pick on her too much.

"The cores are gone? We still had a short glimpse of it before we were repelled. Perhaps they had disappeared through the rift in the central zone?"

They had been pushed quite far following the explosion. With their vision blocked by the cloud of fragments and carcasses, they could not track the cores with either their eyes or consciousness.

"Alright, then." Ahn Ping Prime did not say anything else after that.

There was indeed a narrowing rift at the central zone. The cores had probably slipped into it just as Blooming Lord suggested.

To Ahn Ping Prime, a realm core was not really that important. After all, an Immortal was near invincible.

He would live forever and ever. The loss of a realm core did not bother him that much.

Ahn Ping Prime ripped open a hundred-meter-long rift. He entered the spatial tunnel and disappeared from their sights.

Phew!

Blooming Lord and Zhao Ge were finally relieved.

'Oh yeah, we forgot to report about Qin Feng.' Zhao Ge thought about it. But all that was left were the scattered fragments. If Qin Feng was really inside the broodmother during the explosion, he must have disintegrated by now.

A lot had died in this battle without leaving behind their corpses.

Zhao Ge did not really care. Even users from the Human Alliance had grown a little heartless, especially those at Zhao Ge's rank. They had experienced way too many warzones in their lifetime. This time was no different from the past, and the next one would be the same.

"Blooming Lord, let's split the rest of the materials?"

"Of course!"

They shared the remaining loot at a fifty-fifty split. Though Blooming Lord regretted not informing his father, it would be a loss to the Human Alliance if there were any conflict between the two Primes.

The leftovers may be rubbish unwanted by the Immortal, but the remaining broodmother's fragments were treasures to the two SSS-tier users.

***

Two figures appeared inside Qin Feng's villa at Fengli City.

Qin Feng felt secure after finally returning to a familiar place.

"You are definitely in something dangerous again. Even the Immortal came this time!" Bai Li stared at Qin Feng. If Qin Feng had not returned safely along with the lucrative rewards, she would have given him a good lecture.

"I never expected this to happen as well. I accepted a specific mission recently…" Qin Feng told Bai Li everything he encountered.

Bai Li did not need any evidence and concluded, "This must be Shao Dongfeng's doing. Ahn Ping Prime did this on purpose. Zhao Ge was probably just a pawn. They probably lied to him too to lure you into the trap."

"Guess so. I doubt Zhao Ge would have gone with me if he knew that the SSS-tier broodmother was about to evolve into an Immortal. Maybe even Ahn Ping Prime didn't foresee it."

"Who cares. We have hoarded all the good stuff. If he finds out, the Prime would not let us off easily. I think you should not visit the Human Alliance anymore." Bai Li stared at Qin Feng with her beautiful eyes. She did not like Qin Feng visiting the Human Alliance headquarter because she could not go there.

There seemed to be a lot of unspoken rules that suggested that she and Qin Feng could not and should not be together. They were not of the same species and Qin Feng's world rejected her.

Bai Li had never discussed this with Qin Feng, and the latter was not attentive enough to realize Bai Li's awkward situation. However, Qin Feng was very disappointed with the Human Alliance after this incident as well and decided not to return there.

"Just let them assume that I have died in the explosion." Qin Feng nodded in compliance.

However, he still had the obligation to inform those in Huaxia. The S-tiers would know what to tell the Human Alliance if they did not want any trouble.

Qin Feng knew exactly who he could rely on for this.

"Marshal Qin, leave this to me. I will inform the rest of them. We are not so active in the headquarters now, so don't worry." Long Ting ensured Qin Feng.

"You have my thanks."

Qin Feng's influence had grown considerably after his meteoric rise in rank. Before, it was Long Ting who would delegate work to Qin Feng. Now, their roles have been reversed.

After the matter was settled, another problem troubled Qin Feng's mind.

"What exactly is an Immortal…" He murmured.

Qin Feng left the villa and went to Chu Fan's lab. Z's lab was right next to it.

Qin Feng had now become more powerful than Z. Besides, Z's lab was entirely funded by the Fengli Organization. All of Z's staff knew Qin Feng by now. They stopped their work and greeted Qin Feng as he stepped into the laboratory.

"President Qin!"

"Good day, President. Are you here to look for Doctor Z?"

The researchers had no idea that Z was an S-tier ability user. They just viewed him as a mad, but at the same time, visionary scientist.

"Pretend I'm not here. I will look for him myself. Continue with your work."

Qin Feng's perception had already sensed Z's position. Z did not seal off the experimental ground. In fact, he was currently being surrounded by most of the lab members. Qin Feng could see that he was inside a large transparent vessel. Numerous tubes connected to the vessel were delivering unknown liquid into it.

Z was experimenting on himself.

One of the liquids was gold in color. Qin Feng bet that it must be the latest version of the awakening potion. The other fluids were probably liquefied energy.

Z noticed Qin Feng and raised his eyebrows. He curiously delivered a telepathic message to Qin Feng.

"What a rare guest. Why are you here today?"

"What are you doing this time?" Qin Feng did not answer him and asked another question instead.

"Are you beginning to have interest in my experiment? Great! You don't need to do what I am doing. Judging by the energy level in your body, you would only need to take a dose of the awakening potion to be perfected," Z answered enthusiastically.

"I am not interested. But keep talking," Qin Feng replied.

Chapter 1038: The Eternal Presence of an Immortal

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Z continued to talk since he had nothing else to say, "Hehe. Let me be honest with you, you should have realized after so long that I could no longer train to upgrade by myself."

Z knew Qin Feng had eyes on him. He did not really care. The moment he accepted Qin Feng's proposal, he knew that Qin Feng would eventually find out.

He continued with a grin, "However, you wouldn't be able to kill me. I have the same biological structure as that of an Immortal. I won't grow old, I can't be exterminated, and I will exist forever."

Z raised his hand as he spoke. The skin around his wrist suddenly turned black. It twisted into a form of energy, which separated the palm from the forearm. The two parts remained connected by thin threads between them.

"You are saying that this is the body of an Immortal?" A storm rumbled in Qin Feng's mind.

"Yes. You thought that I am inventing a potion that would only awaken the full potential of a human body? That's not enough! I am trying to create an Immortal! Unfortunately, I am just a half-product!"

Z revealed his weakness without any concern. He was a proud scientist, not a man chasing the peak of martial arts or ability. Thus, he spoke without constraint.

"You have not seen an Immortal, so I understand your confusion. Me and my mentor were lucky to witness the power of an Immortal in the past. They are different beings from us. It is possibly the greatest evolution a human could ever achieve. They are beyond death and their invincible body could be deformed and reformed at will." Z said excitedly.

"Using this as our starting point, my mentor and I have done a lot of research. Sadly, my biological structure could be turned into an Immortal, but my power wouldn't evolve after a certain level. I am still looking for the reason behind it. You are different. Your absorption is otherworldly, so your spirit would definitely be outstanding. I believe you are going to become an Immortal one day!"

Qin Feng rejected him, "I don't need the potion to become an Immortal."

"No, you don't understand. It requires a thorough, irreversible transformation of your life form. I heard that periodically, the old Immortals would bring the SSS9-tier users to a sacred land to undergo the transformation ritual. Without the ritual, no one can evolve by themselves. Not you, not another human, not even other creatures! It's impossible without external stimulation!"

Z said that confidently. Qin Feng suddenly remembered the Armored Star Broodmother that had exploded. Even something as powerful as it had died easily in the end. If the disintegration of cells was the so-called transformation ritual, then the broodmother had clearly failed the test.

What type of place then, could ensure the success of such a high-risk ritual?

This location must be under tight surveillance by the Eight Primes. There was no way he could outlive the Immortals, or discover the location without them knowing.

Qin Feng's biggest hurdle in becoming Immortal thus laid in Ahn Ping Prime.

"That's why I am going to create an immortal by myself. I am halfway there now, and you will be my other half."

Qin Feng sneered, "You loathe me, and my other half is Bai Li."

Z was choked by Qin Feng's response. "I am talking about the experiment!"

"Don't put your hope in me. I see that your experiment is advancing well. Perhaps you will master absorption one day. With your Immortal's body, I believe the time will come soon."

Qin Feng knocked on the vessel a few times. He already had the answer. Though the path in front of him had become clearer now, he also understood the immense challenge he needed to face.

But that would not stop his determination. Qin Feng would rid anything or anyone trying to block his path.

Z stared at Qin Feng's back and felt helpless. Qin Feng had become even stronger than the last time they met. His life force was immeasurable now. Perhaps Qin Feng could indeed break through the barrier and reach Immortal rank by himself.

That would not help his experiment at all. Z was on his own after Qin Feng rejected him yet again. Unfortunately, the physique of an Immortal was a blessing and a curse at the same time. The near-perfect form meant that it was extremely difficult to be altered or strengthened through external stimuli.

"That's a shame," Z lamented.

***

After Qin Feng met Z, his troubled mind had been calmed considerably. He had no fear despite learning that Ahn Ping Prime was the biggest hindrance he would need to overcome.

Qin Feng trained intensively in the following days.

Fighting the Armored Star Broodmother had caused Qin Feng a huge loss. But it was nothing compared to his gain from the crusade.

Little by little, the eighty-meter Broodmother's core and the three-hundred-meter Immortal's starglobe were absorbed by him.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Only one-third of pure power was retained from the two cores. It was distributed evenly to the nine frozen stars, boosting the power of the stars into one-hundred-meter diameters.

'If I didn't get a glimpse of Ahn Ping's powers and hear the story from Z, I would have thought that I am close to an Immortal now.'

Qin Feng had gone to both inferior and superior realms. The former was normally a small planet with about a ten-meter radius, while the latter was like Bahamut and the Aether Realm.

The power he obtained was the latter group.

When an Immortal ceased to exist (God knows why), the internal world would expand into a realm. The core planet at the center of this realm was the so-called realm core. Humans generally regarded a one-hundred-meter radius as the separation between mortal and Immortal.

At the very least, all the SSS9-tier ability users' cores were at most ninety meters. That was the widely known bottleneck.

However, Qin Feng came through and surpassed the boundary.

'Biological structure… Indeed, no matter how powerful my physique is, this flesh is still too fragile.'

Qin Feng suppressed the swelling joy of achieving a great feat. He knew this was far from enough.

Though one of his nine frozen stars was already more powerful than most SSS9-tier ability users, his dark ability had weakened considerably.

'I can defeat an SSS-tier easily now. Why don't I revisit the Bahamut realm again?' Qin Feng was moved by this thought.

Though the Human Alliance had forbidden its members from going, the Dark Coalition was not constrained by the restriction order.

But before Qin Feng had made a decision, a message came through his communicator.

It was coming from the strongest elect from the Long family—Long Kong.

"Marshal Qin, I bet it's easy for you to take care of a few SS-tiers now?" Long Kong asked rhetorically.

Qin Feng was surprised. 'Does he need my help?'

"What's the matter?" Qin Feng did not answer, implying that Long Kong was not wrong to suggest so.

Chapter 1039: Pinnacle Meeting of the Blue Star

"Some people are having wild ambitions and trying to create havoc!" Long Kong grinned coldly, then he explained, "You have come back for two months now. Afraid of being revenged by the SSS-tiers, our ability users have restrained themselves from going to the headquarter recently. Some still had their concerns and went to get intel from different sources. They found out that Shao Dongfeng had a lot of his resources reclaimed by Ahn Ping Prime, so they deduced that the former must have something to do with your disappearance."

"No wall is impermeable. You were the champion of the Peace Contest. Some began to link your disappearance to Shao Dongfeng due to the feud between you two being exposed during the contest. They believe that Shao Dongfeng must have requested that Ahn Ping Prime exterminate you, and now the Prime is setting himself apart from Shao."

"We are the only ones who know that you have survived the crusade. Some of the Dark Coalition members know as well. They are envious that you have hoarded all the loot and want a piece of it. They threatened to break the news to Ahn Ping Prime if you refuse."

It was out of Qin Feng's expectation that things would become this complicated.

Men's greed knew no bounds!

These Dark Coalition members were courting death!

"I understand now. If they have a death wish, I will fulfill them!" Qin Feng said coldly. His urge to kill was boiling over.

Long Kong was stunned. He sympathized with those who had provoked Qin Feng. Dark Coalition members were not the only ones meddling in this chaos.

"As for now, they proposed to have a pinnacle meeting. Since you are from Huaxia, they agreed to have this meeting at Dragon Capital. All SS-tiers from the Blue Star Realm have been invited. So far, 15 of them have agreed to attend."

"15?" Qin Feng frowned. The situation was worse than he had imagined.

The entire Human Alliance had a total of nineteen SS-tiers.

When the Runic Galaxy Rune was opened up, Qin Feng had killed one. The vacancy was quickly replaced by a new SS-tier.

This equaled twelve SS-tiers from the Human Alliance, and seven from the Dark Coalition.

Even if all members from the Dark Coalition would attend, who were those extra eight? So, the Human Alliance members were also going to back the Dark Coalition's unreasonable demand now? If they were on Qin Feng's side, Long Kong would not have needed to ask for his attendance.

Qin Feng finally understood the meaning of "wild ambition".

These Human Alliance members might not have the intention to betray him, but they, too, wanted a piece of the cake. They resented the fact that Qin Feng had created a mess and gained all the benefits, while they had to bear the consequences with no compensation. This opportunity should not only fall to the Dark Coalition's hands.

"Alright. Inform everyone. I will be there in three days."

This might not be the first time Qin Feng was disappointed with his so-called "allies", but this was definitely the most exasperating one.

***

Three days later in Dragon Capital.

The importance of Dragon Capital went without saying. Being the center of the Huaxia Alliance, this place was always the most developed city in the region. They had the best armories and defense, as well as the highest number of high-tier aptitude users.

But the residents in Huaxia had no idea what kind of existence they were having in town today.

The time was very close to twelve noon. At the ninth level of Dragon Capital, all the SS-tiers had gathered inside a spacious meeting room. None wanted to miss this opportunity, especially when their competitors had all agreed to attend.

As a result, all nineteen SS-tiers from the Blue Star Realm were here today.

Creak!

The heavy door was pushed open. A man strolled proudly into the room.

The others sat up straight when they saw him.

"Sorry for the wait," Qin Feng addressed the users from the Huaxia Alliance. Long Ting guided him to the main seat. There was a subsidiary seat beside it reserved for Bai Li.

The rest of the aptitude users did not sit side by side. The left row was the Human Alliance, while the right was the Dark Coalition. So there were more people on the left than on the right. The members of the Dark Coalition were seemingly restless.

Singhnar was especially nervous. He knew how difficult an opponent Qin Feng was after dealing with him in the Runic Galaxy Realm.

Besides, Qin Feng would only be more powerful now. He had gone through the Peace Contest and was given ample resources after emerging victoriously.

Actually, Singhnar was the only one who voted against this operation. He did not even want to attend the meeting but yielded after being pressured by the other members.

"We can start now!" Qin Feng said.

One of the Dark Coalition members furrowed his brows. The Human Alliance's side had fourteen members including Bai Li and Qin Feng. They were heavily outnumbered by two to one. Though he knew the members of the Human Alliance were not all on the same page, he still did not have enough confidence to challenge them.

"Wait, we still have one member left."

"We have waited long enough. Don't waste our time anymore," Long Kong sneered.

"There's still some time before 12!" The user rebutted.

Qin Feng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who are you waiting for? I thought everyone is here?"

Long Kong explained, "I believe he means Endo. Perhaps you have never met him."

Qin Feng laughed it off. "Endo? Then we can start right away. He won't be here."

The others threw him a peculiar look. They did not understand the certainty in his tone.

Qin Feng looked around and announced, "I killed him!"

"What!"

"How's that possible?!"

"Qin Feng, do you really want us to leak the news out?"

The Dark Coalition members were petrified and started panicking. Some SS-tiers among the Human Alliances were also gutted. They never expect Qin Feng to be this cold-blooded.

They could not believe he went to kill Endo even before the meeting ensued.

Only Singhnar held a different opinion. He recalled the lightning rune left at the entrance of the Runic Galaxy Realm. A frightening realization came to his mind.

"When did you kill him?"

Qin Feng looked at the familiar face of Singhnar. He considered him as an acquaintance.

He no longer needed to hide it. Qin Feng answered him honestly, "Right at the rift when the Runic Galaxy Realm opened up."

The provoked members were stunned by his answer. Pin-drop silence befell the meeting room. Palpable breaths were the only sound that existed amid the restless atmosphere.

If Qin Feng was honest, then the murder happened last October. It was more than half a year ago. Everyone knew what Qin Feng had undergone after that.

The scariest part was that Qin Feng could kill an SS-tier then without leaving any trace behind.

In other words, nobody could leave today if Qin Feng wanted them to stay.

They immediately regretted their action.

"It seems that none of you have any questions left. You may speak freely now that I am here. I heard that someone has threatened to report me to Ahn Ping Prime." He smirked and looked to his right. "Are you the one?"

Chapter 1040: The Dragon-Borne Return

The Dark Coalition member stared at Qin Feng, his entire being felt as if he was struck by lightning.

When he looked into Qin Feng's eyes, it was as if he could see a cycle of starglobes, and the largest among them all was a dark starglobe.

"It's not me, it's not me!" The Dark Coalition member quickly answered, his back was drenched in cold sweat and he only felt relieved after he blurted out 'It's not me'.

"Then, is it you? Or you, maybe it was you?"

Qin Feng's gaze fell on them one by one. Those people of the Dark Coalition were previously, oh so arrogant, now they had become a fearful bunch.

Finally, his gaze fell on Singhnar. Singhnar had long known how powerful Qin Feng was, and at this moment, he silently felt even more discomfort.

After going to the rune fields in the Runic Galaxy Realm, Qin Feng's ability cores had already become five meters in diameter, and that was terrifying.

Little did he know that Qin Feng's dark starglobe had actually shrunk a little.

Just when Singhnar was about to open his mouth to speak, all of a sudden Qin Feng and Bai Li both sensed something and raised their heads.

Bang!

In an instant, the spatial stabilization device exploded and then the members of the Human Alliance that were present began to hear an alarm being blared from their communicators.

[Attention. There has been a violent tremor through space. A rift has been discovered in a vertical location 300 kilometers away!]

Riip!

Everyone could hear it. It was as if something had been torn apart.

Qin Feng was the first to sprint to the side and look up into the sky.

There seemed to be some kind of invisible energy blowing away the clouds in the sky. In the originally clear sky, he could see a massive rift tearing across it.

It was three hundred kilometers away but it was clearly visible. One could only imagine just how vast it was.

The entire Dragon Capital was in a panic.

Those who were present at the meeting all had their hearts skip a beat.

"Could it be, could it be that Ahn Ping Prime heard the news so he came charging over…"

"Yes, it has to be. Great job Qin Feng, now we don't need to say anything. You can wait for your end!"

"Qin Feng, you asked for this!"

The Dark Coalition members were obviously very relieved.

However, the members of the Human Alliance had fear and panic on their faces, and they finally vented this feeling onto Qin Feng.

"Qin Feng, you're harming our realm!"

"If the Immortal wants to kill us, all they'd need is just a snap of their fingers!"

"I knew I shouldn't have helped you hide this!"

Those who did not lash out verbally also felt despair at this point in time. After all, the Immortal was too strong, they could not run now.

The Immortals were people that could obliterate the entire realm with one blow.

It was at this moment a loud dragon roar was heard from the rift above their heads.

From the rift, a dragon's head was seen.

The people present had seen such a thing before. This was a transformation technique of the Dragon-borne, which allowed them to turn into large dragons.

It was not Ahn Ping Prime.

It was a Dragon-borne.

However, this Dragon-borne carried with it a powerful aura. Even when it was tens of thousands of meters away in the sky, the people below found it hard to breathe. This was an SSS-tier being.

The people present did not have anything to say, but those in the top of Dragon Capital burst out into a panic.

"Dragon-borne! They're back!!!"

"Just how strong is this guy, why can't I move? I don't even have the strength to resist this!"

"No, is Dragon Capital going to fall?"

These people cried out in despair.

"Quick, activate the energy shield. Full defense mode. Do not let them in!" Long Ting called out, then Dragon Capital's defensive shield was activated once again.

However, in the eyes of this SSS-tier aptitude user, this was nothing more than a joke.

"Hmph!"

With a disregarding snort, the huge ultra beast breathed out a gust of wind.

The gust of wind turned into a massive dragon before it crashed into the defensive shield.

It was like popping a bubble, and the extremely powerful shield around Dragon Capital collapsed instantly.

The diffusing energy swept across the buildings, sending tremors all over as the ground shook. The building that Qin Feng and the others were in was one of the first to experience this, and the glass windows instantly shattered.

Whoosh!

The energy blew over, making people unable to open their eyes. The SS-tiers were able to resist the blast of air, but they could not stop themselves from getting blown back.

The only one remaining in their position was Qin Feing, who was propped up by his internal force. Among this internal force was also Long Kong, Li Yuan and Long Ting.

"What is this?"

"Dragon-borne, how could they come to this realm?"

"Did you not hear what those humans were yelling about? The Dragon-borne has come here before!"

Those who were not used to the Huaxia Alliance were also dumbfounded by it all. All they knew was that this was not Ahn Ping Prime, instead it was an SSS-tier alien force that had come to attack them.

The Dragon-borne disaster of one and a half years ago had finally come.

"What a weak realm star, but this must be it!"

The Dragon-borne's aura enveloped the entire Blue Star. Many people did not see the Dragon-borne but they could hear the noise he was unleashing.

"It seems that the elites of my tribe had all been slain by you! You will all pay the price. Starting today, this realm is under the dominion of the Dragon-borne, and you, all of you have become our slaves! If you resist, you will die!"

A sound that rumbled like thunder blasted all over the world. Even those on the other side of the Blue Star, where it was night time, could hear this noise. People were awoken from their slumber, and following that was utter panic.

A slave to the Dragon-borne, everyone knew just how terrible that would be.

After all, the Dragon-borne originated from the copulation of evil beasts and humans.*

Considered as blasphemous by humanity, this kind of behavior had extended down the line. Dragon-borne attractions, even Dragon-borne females, were strongly attached to humans. It was pretty much instinctual.

Now, there was a powerful Dragon-borne wanting to invade the realm, how could humans not fall into despair?

Those who had never seen a Dragon-borne were people who were far too weak. They could only pray that the strong ones would rise up to kill this evil Dragon.

However, the people in Dragon Capital felt crippling hopelessness.

They could clearly feel that this was an SSS-tier Dragon-borne and most importantly, their realm did not have anyone that was an SSS-tier aptitude user.

This was an existence that they could not possibly contend with.

Why would God be so unfair, letting their realm fall into chaos again after experiencing the Great Rift Age and making things worse than before?

Why could they not live in a peaceful place?

Why were they not defended by an Immortal?

The people of Dragon Capital had no clue on how to fight back, and could only bear unwilling helplessness.

"The defensive shield, activate it again!"

The spread of energy had caused too much damage to Dragon Capital. Long Ting roared out, carrying with her the presence of a generation of female generals.

If everyone was despairing at this time, Long Ting could not despair.

The signal interference to their communicators was too severe, Long Ting had to announce that using her consciousness to rouse the people in charge of the shields.

However, her action obviously drew the attention of the strong Dragon-borne toward her.

"Huh, an ant, but they don't look half bad. I'll take that and have her bear my heirs!"

The Dragon-borne reached out a hand.

A terrifying hand made out of energy reached down from the sky.

At this moment, the humans felt like they were like an ant at the edge of a cup and that Dragon-borne was like a giant who was going to crush them without regard.

"Look out!"

"Get away!"

"Defend the chief!"

Everyone started to call out.

Long Ting was their conviction, their leader. Nothing must happen to her.

*Translator's Thoughts: Oh dear, oh no, oh goodness…I'm just happy our reality isn't like that.

Chapter 1041: The Superior Realm of the Dragon-borne

However, Long Ting's subordinates, even those who were S-tier, might as well be trying to stop a runaway car with an arm.

SS-tiers were even more aware of the difference in power between them and did not dare make any moves.

Long Kong wanted to intercept but it was too late.

At this moment, a ray of silver light suddenly appeared over Long Ting's head.

This silver light was so fast that it was impossible to keep up with using their line of sight. The light instantly repelled the giant energy hand and rushed straight into the sky.

People could see that the silver light kept going and flew into the edge of that spatial rift.

At the same time, the powerful Dragon-borne realized that something was amiss and abruptly retracted his arm, but it was already too late.

The silver light passed through the fleeting shadow of the Dragon-borne's arm and sliced something off.

Whoosh!

A huge meteor-like object fell down and crashed onto the top of a building.

Boom!

The meteorite stopped and it was at this moment people saw that it was actually a beastial claw that had been magnified countless times.

The people of Dragon Capital widened their eyes.

Who?

Who actually had the strength to cause effects on an SSS-tier aptitude user.

The SS-tiers present all suddenly turned their heads and had their eyes locked onto a figure.

It was a devastatingly beautiful woman, but previously these people had not seen her until now. When they thought about it, cold sweat dripped down their backs.

This was the woman that was always by his side. According to the tales, she was the spatial beast that Qin Feng made a contract with, Bai Li.

Her strength was always a subject of debate.

From what could be seen now, her true power was something that they could not imagine.

"SSS-tier!" Singhnar hissed out through gritted teeth.

That idea also floated into the minds of the others.

"This realm is under my protection. If you dare show your claws again I will slice off your hand!" Bai Li's consciousness rose into the air as her aura skyrocketed. She had reached SSS-tier.

"Damn it!"

The powerful Dragon-borne was extremely angry.

He got careless, he did not anticipate Bai Li's attack and that ended up with him getting a broken nail.

Just now he had been flaunting his power and had spouted plenty of arrogant things, but he ended up getting the equivalent of a punch in the face. How could he not be angry?

"You will die!"

The Dragon-borne roared, then he leaned his body out as his neck stretched out to be ten thousand meters long.

This meant that this being's body was at least fifty to sixty thousand meters long. What a terrifying size.

Then, the Dragon-borne opened his mouth and unleashed a Dragon Breath.

Moreover, he was aiming directly at Dragon Capital.

If this move was allowed to land, then the entire Dragon Capital would be brought to ruins.

In response, Bai Li suddenly transformed her body.

Ever since she mastered Shapeshifting, she rarely transformed into her original form for battle. Though now, if she wanted to face off against the Dragon-borne, she naturally needed this body.

A beautiful snow-white giant fox appeared in the sky above Dragon Capital, swelling rapidly.

Compared to the Dragon-borne, Bai Li's body was much smaller, only about ten thousand meters in length. Her ten tails looked soft and fluffy, there were silver spheres attached to the end of each tail.

"Seal!" Her consciousness spread out.

The ten tails moved simultaneously and a silver light enveloped the entire Dragon Capital.

Under this light, the people in Dragon Capital found that the sky above them had turned greyish white.

Those who were SS-tier aptitude users immediately realized what was about to happen.

"Dimension space!"

What they did not expect was for Bai Li to be so powerful that she could drag the whole of the Dragon Capital into her dimension space.

They had mixed feelings about all this. They knew that Bai Li was stepping up to protect their realm but on the other hand this meant that the Blue Star realm had to rely on an ultra beast for defense.

How tragic was that?

However, Bai Li did not continue to move, as if sealing away Dragon Capital was enough.

"No, we can't let that energy come down, the other colonies…" Long Ting cried out, but in the next moment, she went slack jawed like a child seeing the city for the first time as she noticed a figure in the sky.

At this moment, the world she now existed in was the dimension space, and it was devoid of color. Even then, she could still see that a human was flying out of Dragon Capital wreathed in a huge quantity of internal force.

That person was Qin Feng.

Bai Li would protect Dragon Capital, but had Qin Feng come out to defend against the attacks from that powerful Dragon-borne.

"Let's see how far my internal force has gotten!"

The internal force surrounding him suddenly changed and became like a reflective surface.

Qin Feng was also a gunslinger, but with how gunslingers currently were there was not a single one that could step foot into S-tier. Despite this, their techniques could be used at any time.

"Deflect!"

The internal force's smooth mirror-like surface was hit by the Dragon-borne's Dragon Breath, and then was sent bouncing back.

Whoom!

The powerful energy reflected back, reversing its trajectory.

"What?!" The Dragon-borne could only blast out another Dragon Breath again to clash with the incoming energy, and as they collided they exploded within the void.

The massive wave of energy tore through space, the blue sky that originally had a massive crack torn through it suffered even greater tragedy as it became riddled with holes.

Qin Feng's face turned pale. He knew that no matter how powerful he was, as long as his opponent fought here, the Blue Star Realm would inevitably collapse. That was how fragile it was.

There was only one way, and that was to charge forward.

He pulled out the Verdant Emperor Saber.

His internal frozen stars began to melt and infuse the Verdant Emperor Saber with internal force. As its essence increased, reaching the S-tier, so did the power of its energy attacks.

One cleave!

That would part the heavens!

"Thousand Spirit Chain Rend!"

Energy burst into the sky.

With this burst of energy, even the powerful SSS-tier Dragon-borne had terror fill his eyes. In his point of view this attack was the equivalent of an SSS9-tier aptitude user attacking with all their might. Even he could not resist it.

He wanted to retreat, but the specters had already rushed forward, gone through his chest and blasted at the rift.

In an instant, that rift expanded again, but this time as it expanded it seemed to have opened a passage, completely connecting the two worlds.

From the point of view of the others, they saw the Dragon-borne get flung out and that rift was no longer pitch-black. Instead, it had changed colors to resemble a nebula that had a star in it.

This seemed to be a very nearby star. When the Dragon-borne opened the rift, it opened into outer space so that their planet would be below it. Now, it was completely clear for humans to see.

It was just that seeing this planet brought with it a massive shock.

What they saw were planets about a hundred times the size of their moon, and that there were five of them in total, all connected together.

Although the humans could not see clearly what it was like within that realm, the energy that was being transmitted through the rift let them know that that realm was akin to paradise.

A superior realm.

The Dragon-borne realm.

Chapter 1042: The End of the Great Rift Age

Qin Feng's stare was full of murderous intent.

Since his own realm had suffered a blow in this battle, why not have a stroll around someone else's turf?

An SSS-tier aptitude user could not stop Qin Feng's movements.

Meanwhile, on the continent where the Dragon-borne resided, they looked up into space as a bright blue planet came into view.

The planet was so beautiful that they could not help but gasp at the sight.

There were only a few Dragon-borne S-tiers but they realized that something was wrong, so they flew off their landmass and stepped off into space.

At this time, Qin Feng had already stepped into their realm.

The huge SSS-tier Dragon-borne had been seriously injured as the hole in its chest was bleeding profusely. Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber was infused with blood before he slashed forward.

Pfft!

The head of the SSS-tier Dragon-borne was sent floating off into the cosmos.

Within Dragon Capital, everyone who had been watching was staring with widened eyes.

The lower-tier aptitude users roared with excitement. They were not aware that there was such a strong individual that had appeared in their realm.

And those who were SS-tier aptitude users felt a chill go down their spines as panic filled their hearts.

Especially the aptitude users of the Dark Coalition. They were frightened. Previously, when Qin Feng threatened them, they still had the idea to spread the news about him after leaving.

Such an idea had disappeared completely at that point. They did not dare expose their intentions toward him as they wiped away any plot and deception they had been brewing up.

His strength made them scared beyond scared!

It was at this time when Bai Li's ten tails moved again. The effect of the dimension space disappeared and Dragon Capital returned to the Blue Star.

Then she gracefully lept up and flew toward the void. With a gente sway of her tail, the giant rift in the sky began to mend.

The cracks that appeared in the sky began to disappear. The last thing people saw of Qin Feng was him in the Dragon-borne's realm over their continent, just as giant draconic figures began to fly out.

Some people could not help but worry about him being in danger, but they quickly realized that their realm was also in danger.

The two Dragon Breaths that the SSS-tier Dragon-borne blasted out had caused detrimental damage to their realm. Now, it was riddled with holes. Bai Li only sealed up the big one and did not bother with the rest.

Then, she transformed into her human shape before she descended toward Dragon Capital.

"Lady Bai Li!" Long Ting called out to her from a low-rise building and bowed to Bai Li while she was still in the void.

"Thank you!"

Long Ting said with sincere respect.

If it were not for Bai Li, if it were not for Qin Feng, the disaster they faced today would have probably been the Blue Star Realm's final hour.

"Thank you, Lady Bai Li!"

"Thank you, thank you for saving us!"

"Lady Bai Li, my life is indebted to you. I wish to be of service!"

A bunch of aptitude users called out, caught up in the moment's excitement.

After surviving what would have been their end, they would naturally be excited.

Even those S-tiers and SS-tiers were being respectful to her.

She was stunned for a moment, but she was a fox who had seen the world. Quickly composing herself and nodding lightly, she announced via her consciousness.

"As I said, this is my realm. It is under my protection. Nothing more, nothing less."

This kind of cool attitude made Bai Li satisfied with herself.

However, she also had her own business to deal with and could not stay in the air forever. In a flash, she reappeared in front of Long Ting.

"This attack by the Dragon-borne had a great impact on us. In the beginning, the spatial beacon was leaked but I managed to seal it, but the seal was not absolute and it was broken."

Long Ting thought of the previous battle followed by the rifts being wiped out. Dragon Capital was indeed safe for one and a half years and it was only when the SSS-tier Dragon-borne made a move that the seals were destroyed.

She quickly became alarmed. "Then, could you seal it again? Just look at the state of the Dragon-borne's realm, I'm afraid that it is a superior realm and might contain an Immortal. Then our realm would really just be a clod of dirt that they can easily step on!"

Bai Li confidently raised her small chin. "That's what I'm talking about. I can close off the rifts in this entire realm, except for the spatial passages that humanity has already established, but after that… After that, unless I unseal everything, the spatial beacons used to go to other realms or to return from them can't be used. What are your thoughts?"

How important were spatial beacons? The easiest example would be the Dragon Gate Tower. If Bai Li started sealing, the Dragon Gate Tower would no longer open.

There were many other things as well that would be similar to this.

However, all the rifts also meant the rifts that existed on the frontlines. If there were no ultra beasts, then the entire human race would finally get some breathing room and maybe after a hundred years, humanity would finally regain its supremacy.

This news thrilled people.

"About this…" Long Ting was really surprised but she knew that this was not something she could make a decision on.

However, it just so happened today that all the SS-tiers of the Blue Star realm were present and they had a right to decide on this matter.

"Everyone, what do you think of Lady Bai Li's suggestion? Is anyone against it?" Long Ting transmitted this through her consciousness and those surrounding SS-tiers quickly started thinking about all the resources they had.

"Seal off all the rifts? You know that our realm is an inferior realm, the spatial rifts are a hazard but they are also a resource!" An SS-tier quickly retorted. There were indeed a few spatial rifts under his command that had special qualities that he could enjoy on his own. Not establishing a spatial passage also meant that he did not have to share these resources. He then carefully explained himself, fearing that Bai Li would be unhappy, but after he finished explaining he felt a twinge of regret.

"I agree with the sealing. For the Blue Star Realm, this is a good thing. Then, perhaps the true disaster would pass." Another said with a smile, looking a little too supportive and perhaps even sycophantic. In reality, for these SS-tiers who had countless realms and countless resources, so what if the Blue Star Realm was destroyed?

That usual saying "Fend off ultra beasts", was only something said to children.

"But there are some realms that would only open at special times. Must we give up on these? We hold few of them and the lower-tier humans need those to get stronger." Another person warned.

"Then, we can mimic what the Human Alliance does and establish realm gates. If there are enough realm gates then what would be our limits?"

"Then suggest…"

The Human Alliance began to debate amongst themselves and some were even talking about where the realm gates could be built. Obviously this was for the importance of resources in the future and these gates would require Bai Li to open them. These people just did not have that kind of power.

However, with the entire realm currently being torn apart by rifts and these people continuing to discuss, it only proved that they were too blinded by profit.

Chapter 1043: Break The Stars

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"You still want to make proposals now? We only need to pass one, which is to seal the rifts. Are there any disagreements?" Long Ting said.

Several other people immediately became nervous and observed Bai Li's face very carefully. As for the people of the Dark Coalition, they had no right to speak at all. The matter that offended Qin Feng earlier had not been resolved yet.

"I agree!"

"Agree!"

"Agree!"

The SS-tier aptitude users finally made up their minds.

Within half an hour, the entire realm was ravaged with hundreds of holes and many rifts opened up with ultra beasts pouring in. With natural disasters happening all over, it seemed as if the realm had entered the beginning of another Great Rift Age.

However, this day would in fact be the end of the Great Rift Age.

Later generations would also mark this day as the beginning of the Realm Age.

Soon, Bai Li once again released a silver light, and this light formed a large net that wrapped around the entire realm. The rifts that had broken out in countless places quickly shrank and faded away.

Even the many cracks in the frontlines had begun to close.

What Bai Li did not tell everyone was that, at this moment, she was the master of the realm. Even if spatial beasts wanted to enter, unless they could kill Bai Li outside of the realm, they could not come in.

And she had grasped onto every point of the entire realm, nobody could shake her position. This realm belonged to her.

Even then who would want to oppose her? With her strength, she could already do whatever she wanted.

***

Meanwhile, in the void, Qin Feng slayed the powerful SSS-tier Dragon-borne with a single blow.

Not only that, Qin Feng's Absorption Ability burst out and the body of the SSS-tier Dragon-borne began to rapidly age, and under the influence of the violent energy of the cosmos, its ashes drifted away before disappearing.

The energy contained within the enemy and the energy core were also absorbed by Qin Feng and incorporated into his dantian, replenishing what he had lost.

At this moment, a group of aptitude users flew toward him, all of them were S-tiers or SS-tiers.

When they saw the rift being closed up, and Qin Feng had killed one of their own, their blood boiled.

"Human, how dare you kill a Dragon-borne!"

"Kill him."

"I will make him feel a thousand cuts."

These Dragon-borne rushed in all at once.

They did not see who that Dragon-borne was and only knew that one of their own had been killed. If they knew that it was an SSS-tier, they would definitely not try to clash with Qin Feng.

However, the ignorant had no fear and these Dragon-borne regarded humans as slaves. Qin Feng's killing was the equivalent of challenging their status.

This was something that could not be tolerated.

Qin Feng also could not tolerate the Dragon-borne coming down to the Blue Star Realm again and again.

The Verdant Emperor Saber had been unsheathed and this weapon, which was now an SS-tier god weapon, was about to begin a new massacre.

Slash!

His internal force fueled the weapon, causing an energy blade to violently burst out into space. The S-tier Dragon-borne attacking him, the closest one facing him, was immediately killed before it could resist.

These people, in his eyes, were no more than shapes without souls.

Pfft pfft pfft pfft!

The corpse of the S-tier aptitude user floated into the cosmos, its blood did not even scatter. The SS-tier Dragon-borne in the back widened its eyes and transformed into its form of a large Dragon.

However, this blade would not stop and continued to cut without hesitation.

Rip!

It was like the sound of a piece of paper getting torn, a very soft noise, and in the next moment the already dead Dragon-borne's body was split in two.

The other Dragon-borne behind it was originally going to attack, but they began to panic when they saw this happen.

"What is this? SSS-tier aptitude user? An SSS-tier human has come."

"Run, turn back, get reinforcements!"

"Scatter!"

The Dragon-borne fled like bereaved dogs.

Qin Feng watched these originally arrogant Dragon-borne break composure, but his mind was not at peace.

He remembered the Dragon-borne prodigy's unyielding behavior back in the Perished Lands.

How, when the Dragon-borne invaded and just a few of their S-tiers made humans tremble in fear.

This time, an SSS-tier Dragon-borne arrived at the Blue Star Realm, and the entire human race thought that it was the end of the world.

Even though every time they defeated the invading enemy at the end, that was only because humanity had to react.

Now, Qin Feng was the one taking the initiative, and as his strength increased, the others would also be afraid of him.

"That's why the strong are respected. As long as you can become strong, you can make the enemy tremble with fear instead of idly letting yourself get beaten!"

The weak would be beaten. The strong would beat the others.

Qin Feng would rather be an executioner than a lamb for the slaughter.

"Charge!"

He didn not show any mercy. The Dragon-borne would be slain. Even if he did not overturn this realm, he would kill the Dragon-borne of this realm and force them to bow before him so that they would never dare to come back.

He would let them know that this wall was one that they could not topple.

Qin Feng chased after them.

The S-tier and SS-tier Dragon-borne were naturally absolutely terrified, and it was obvious what their objective was. They were rushing toward the central planet.

This planet was especially large, it was full of energy and most importantly, it had more than one SSS-tier aptitude user!

This was the central star of their realm.

Whoosh!

Qin Feng pierced through the realm's protective layer and as the cosmic energy around him weakened, he was able to amplify his perception without limits.

As the nine frozen stars turned, it let his perception spread throughout the realm.

He discovered that the technology on this planet was quite advanced. There were many ultra beasts as well, but most of them had been domesticated or were to be slaughtered. Dragon-borne were spread all over the planet, and there were a small handful of other races. Most of them were humans.

These humans were not particularly weak, perhaps they had lived here since they were young or perhaps they had been brought here by those stronger than them.

They had rather blank expressions and their lives were miserable. They were used as reproduction tools and as entertainment for the Dragon-borne.

This was the sorrow of the human race.

Qin Feng's grip tightened on the Verdant Emperor Saber and his heart was filled with murderous intent.

"Today, I will do something that someone from the Dark Coalition would do!"

As he said that, the internal force frozen stars appeared under his feet.

One, two, three…nine!

Then the frozen stars began to transmit internal force and merge into the Verdant Emperor Saber.

On the blade, a terrifying behemoth spirit began to manifest.

There were no other phantoms, only one, and Qin Feng had never activated it until now.

SSS-tier beast deity level, spirit of the Armored Star Broodmother.

It was like that of a planetary satellite, but as internal force from the frozen stars was flowing into it, it began to expand again and again.

Like a massive celestial body, imbued with pure energy, it suddenly burst out.

"Spirit Chain Rend!"

Boom!

The energy-infused spirit roared out and blasted toward the central planet of the Dragon-borne!

Looking into the cosmos, it was like a bright blade.

Then…

The star shattered!

Chapter 1044: Humans Fight Back

The large superior star of the Dragon-borne's landmass was attacked by internal force comparable to the energy of an SSS9-tier beast deity. This attack was made from an energy that was flawlessly pure, and it resulted in a huge rift opening.

That was not just some powerful earth-shattering move.

The star broke and the stabilized space was broken, forming into a spatial rift.

Some pieces of the ground started breaking off to fly off toward the rift in space.

It was the end of the world.

The Dragon-borne did not dare to imagine that such a thing would be happening to their world.

However, at the same time, there was hope in the eyes of the races that were attached to or taken by the strong members of the Dragon-borne.

In an open-pit mine meant to mine minerals, there was a group of humans. The strengths of these humans were not low, they were all A-tier aptitude users.

However, they were overseen by an S-tier aptitude user. They knew that compared to an S-tier Dragon-borne they might as well be ants.

Their overseer had just disappeared. He seemed very angry as he rushed into the sky. These humans had been with the Dragon-borne for so long that they had mastered their language. They had already heard the news without needing to hear it via consciousness.

A human had invaded the realm.

"Is it true? Humans have really arrived? Could it be to save us? The Dragon-borne are so strong though, he might also become a slave."

This kind of thinking made those who had hope suddenly lose it again.

They did not dare have excessive expectations.

Not long after, the entire world started to shake violently.

The humans immediately climbed above ground, feeling the earth beneath them shift and shudder as if a mountain was being flipped on its side.

For many humans, spatial rifts represented the unknown, danger and death.

At this point, the dull eyes of these humans suddenly regained their original spark.

"That damn wyrm isn't back yet and those spatial rifts are gonna reach this place. If we get there, we'll be able to escape!"

"Move! What are you waiting for, figure it out while we run!"

"Is it because of that human? It's gotta be, gotta be! Make a break for it, we're free!"

The humans who had been trapped here for years started to frantically run and scatter into some spatial rifts. Some rifts were still small and naturally they were sealed up after they entered, so the Dragon-borne could not follow them.

It was not just humans that were running, even the low intelligence Trolls and other barbaric species that were enslaved began to run away.

At this time, within a lavish palace of the Dragon-borne, a few human women survived the massive shockwave. They looked to the sky and began to cackle.

"Hahahaha, it's dead! That demon is dead!"

One of these women was an SS-tier aptitude user. She was one of that SSS-tier Dragon-borne's concubines. She was forced to sign a slave contract with him, unable to make significant choices for herself no matter how strong she was.

Now, she felt those shackles on her body disappear, so that could only mean one thing—that Immortal was dead.

It was not just her, but the other two hundred human women who were forced into a soul contract felt it too.

That Dragon-borne was finally dead!

"Free, I'm free, I never thought that this day would come!"

"Die you Dragon-born bastards, I'll kill you all!"

These women went berserk and did not care if their surroundings were getting consumed by rifts or if it was the end of the world. For them, this was a day for revenge and they wanted to slay any enemy that was in their way.*

Throughout the continent, the humans started to fight back, and the Dragon-borne was in a panic.

The planet was falling apart, violent energy was pouring in from the rifts and more importantly, their homes were getting destroyed.

Everything was too sudden, too unbelievable.

And those SSS-tier Dragon-borne did not expect that the massive attack that was sent out was something that they could not resist. Fortunately, the place that Qin Feng attacked was the weakest unmanned part of the planet. Otherwise, these SSS-tiers would have been pulverized to dust.

These people were all terrified, and in the next moment, their eyes widened in surprise.

The next star shattering strike was different from that Armored Star Broodmother explosion. It was smaller in force but the attack had left the core of their realm completely exposed.

The landmass had broken apart to a point where it was irreversible, but the core of the realm was something the SSS-tiers, even the Immortal, considered as an invaluable treasure.

The remaining five SSS-tiers saw the realm's core and greed overwhelmed their fear before they seethed with rage.

"Do not let that creature touch our realm's core!"

"Stop him. He must not have much power left after unleashing such a devastating move!"

"That realm core is mine, don't any of you dare touch it or else I'll report you to the Supreme Dragon Lord!"

They roared madly before bursting through the already unstable liquid energy to approach the core.

However, there was one person that was much faster than they were.

That person was Qin Feng.

The first thing he did after his assault was speed toward the core.

This was indeed the core of a superior realm. It was about two meters wide and was in the prime of its life. Now that the realm was getting destroyed, the star's fate was without a question.

"Asteroid Assimilation!"

Qin Feng's nine frozen stars began to rotate, and they unleashed a terrifying absorbing force.

The nine stars quickly began to regain their powers.

It was not just replenishment as they quickly returned to their original size at an extremely quick pace.

The core in front of him began to shrink rapidly.

The Dragon-borne that were closing in saw this and their hopes were shattered, then they started wildly attacking Qin Feng.

The thing was, how could these Dragon-borne even be Qin Feng's match?

Now that he had all nine frozen stars, nothing below an Immortal could take him.

"Die!"

After killing one, he did not mind killing five more!

"Asteroid Assimilation, Attract!"

The frozen stars blasted out internal force, and one of the Dragon-borne was unable to control their bodies as they were pulled in and were defenseless.

In the battle between two SSS-tiers, one mistake would determine the outcome. Not to mention, the gap between him and them was massive.

Pfft!

The heart of a Dragon-borne was pierced, blood spurting all over.

The other SSS-tiers were so shocked that they were too afraid to step forward.

They could only watch as Qin Feng madly consumed the core.

With the Absorption Ability removing impurities, the energy of this realm would suffice to replenish him with the energy he spent on calling forth that single world-breaking strike.

This meant that he did not actually gain anything at all.

That did not matter to him. All he wanted was to destroy these arrogant Dragon-borne.

*Translator's Thoughts: Humans are space orcs. We'll rip you in half given the chance.

Chapter 1045: Destroy the Dragon-borne

"Charge!"

Qin Feng's cry pierced through the air.

This enraged scream was heard by the SSS-tier Dragon-borne present, they saw their comrades die and their hearts were gripped with terror.

"How could that be a human? He has to be a demon!"

No other human would be able to do this, this human in front of them was obviously just SS-tier in terms of strength. At most he would be a beast deity of that caliber, but he could kill an SSS-tier Dragon-borne despite that.

The Dragon-borne are not like humans, from the moment they hatched they were the equivalent of beast generals and had the potential to reach S-tier. Each of them could develop their bodies into the king level, otherwise how else would they be able to transform into huge dragons?

However, right now they were being slaughtered in seconds. This threw their original line of thinking completely out the window.

"Don't you dare approach, we won't count your crime of destroying our continent if you leave immediately. Or else our Immortal will chase you till the end of the universe!"

Qin Feng let out a sneer, saying, "From the looks of it, your Immortal isn't in this realm then. That's very good."

It was not that he was afraid of the Immortal, he knew that the Immortal would not take action on a whim. After all, the Immortal had many realms under their control and could not just defend one place. Since they were not here right now, Qin Feng would keep killing until their rivers run blood red.

"Die!"

His Verdant Emperor Saber tore through the cosmos. He no longer activated his Spirit Chain Rend, that would have been needless overkill!

No more than a sliver of time flickered past, and all the SSS-tier Dragon-borne died violent bloody deaths under Qin Feng's hand.

If it were two SSS-tier aptitude users of similar strength, there was a chance that neither of them would be able to kill each other after three whole days of battle. A fight to the death between two beings of that power would have taken at least ten days to half a month.

Right now, Qin Feng's overwhelming internal force was just too strong, being just under the Immortal, and killing these SSS-tiers was like butchering hounds.

At this moment, a figure dressed in white appeared in the cosmos.

After having dealt with the situation on the Blue Star Realm, Bai Li entered this realm.

When he saw her appear, Qin Feng seemed to look like he was thinking of something before he made up his mind.

"Bai Li, use space runes and bring all the S-tier Dragon-borne from those four continents over here!"

"Okay!"

She could sense his emotions, but in the end she still supported his decision.

Not because she was a beast deep down, with no regards for right or wrong.

It was simply because this whole thing was Qin Feng's choice.

In a flash, Bai Li's silver light spread out to an immeasurable distance. In fact, she was enveloping the continents with it.

Afterward, all the S-tier Dragon-borne with surprised expressions on their faces appeared in the void of space.

There were at least thousands upon thousands of them.

Qin Feng did not hesitate.

"Thousand Spirit Chain Rend!"

A hundred thousand phantoms flew out shrieking, even though the Armored Star Broodmother was not unleashed, this was enough.

The thousand upon thousands S-tier Dragon-borne were crushed into a slurry.

Their physical energy, as well as the energy contained within their bodies that was starting to scatter all around, was then absorbed by Asteroid Assimilation.

The base energy was not much, especially after removing the impurities. Qin Feng could only use it to replenish the amount of internal force he had used.

However, their physical energy was very abundant.

Boom!

His physical form broke through again and reached the SS1 tier.

"Take away their realm's core by any means necessary. Since we've already offended them, we might as well destroy it all!"

"Alright, I'll go ahead on my own. You stay here and wait for me!"

Bai Li was not a compassionate, gentle soul. She, too, demanded a great amount of resources.

Bai Li was a spatial beast capable of destroying any superior realm. As the cores of these realms were all taken away by her, the four continents began their countdown to destruction.

Qin Feng remained in the cosmos, waiting for her. At this moment, he could see a large number of humans flying out from the four continents.

Among these humans, there were S-tiers who were leading them, following behind were a large number of A-tiers and B-tiers. There were some C-tiers but not many.

Humans that were too weak were not suitable for reproductive purposes, as such the Dragon-borne sold them off like livestock.

"Sir, thank you for the rescue! I am Concubine Xia*…No, my name is Xia Mingxiao. How should I address you, Sir?"

The one leading them all was an SS-tier human woman, she had an attractive appearance and was comparable to Blooming Lord's beauty.

Her gown was not tattered, it looked rather luxurious and was studded with jewels. Qin Feng deduced the identity of this woman in an instant.

She was probably that powerful SSS-tier Dragon-borne's favorite concubine.

This kind of thing was common among Dragon-borne but as a human being, how could being controlled by anyone be a good thing?

The contracts these people signed were definitely not benevolent contracts, they were slave contracts.

"Qin Feng!" He responded by transmitting his consciousness and saw that there were even more humans flying away from the collapsing continents.

Xia Mingxiao was the strongest among them and was also the favored concubine of the powerful Dragon-borne that invaded the Blue Star Realm. After the Dragon-borne died, she could feel her contract disappear, and she started her massacre. During then, Dragon-borne suddenly disappeared after getting shrouded in a silver light.

Fortunately, with her strength, she was able to notice Qin Feng slaughtering the Dragon-borne in the realm.

So, she decided to head over to thank him, but she also had other purposes.

Although there were spatial rifts everywhere, who knew what dangers lay behind them? It would be like leaping into a tiger's den.

With that in mind, she gathered the people to bring them here and pay their respects to Qin Feng.

"Lord Qin Feng, some of us here have nowhere to go. You saved us but we have nothing to repay you with. We are willing to be your humble servants."

Qin Feng did not think that these people would do such a thing, he could not help but feel moved. Even though his strength had reached SS-tier, there were few people he could truly rely on. Where would he look for them? In the Blue Star Realm?

The Blue Star Realm had been stabilized and Qin Feng did not intend to continue his path of destruction. This was an opportunity.

However, he did not plan on accepting everyone. He did not run a recycling center.

"I don't want to get bothered by these things. The captives who know their own realm can head back by themselves, as for the rest, I can let you live in one of the realms under my domain, but I will say in advance that I have very strict conditions. You choose!"

The people did not know what to do and the chatter via consciousness began to become like white noise.

But soon, this chatter was suppressed and Xia Mingxiao said with a chilling tone, "Even if you want to leave, there is nowhere to go. Nobody has the time to wait for you. Lord Qin Feng has even less time for that. Let's go to his realm first and we will discuss this later!"

Everyone went quiet, after all, Xia Mingxiao was the strongest human among them and she held a high status before. Back in the day, she used to plan covert operations with the Human Alliance to try and get the Dragon-borne to turn on each other.

With that, the humans all settled down, and at this time, Bai Li also returned.

*Translator's Note: The original word was '夏姬' (Xia Ji), the Chinese character '姬' is used to refer to concubines like a title.

Chapter 1046: The Uncrowned King

Bai Li had a smile on her face. It was obvious that she had gained quite a lot.

Soon after, the others also saw Bai Li, and their gazes became infatuated.

Bai Li's appearance was so beautiful that it could topple countries and cities, and it made people gasp in admiration.

However, on the continent of the Dragon-borne, this appearance was equivalent to the beginning of sorrow.

However, they quickly reacted.

Now, they were about to leave this place, and the Dragon-borne continent was about to be destroyed.

However, just as they were thinking about this, rumbling sounds came from all four continents. Then, the earth started crumbling, the energy was moving in reverse, and the realm started collapsing.

The four continents started to collapse one after another, turning into ruins. The humans who came out first had their mouths wide opened. They did not expect such a thing to happen.

"It's been settled. What's going on with these people?" Bai Li asked.

This was a voice that came from her consciousness. The others had also heard it.

This time, it caused great waves of shock to rise in the hearts of these people.

Did this woman mean that she was the one who caused the collapse of these realms?

"The humans who have escaped want to find a stable realm to stay in for a while. Later on, open a passage to the Aether Realm!" he conveyed this via his consciousness, yet a thought appeared in his heart and it was transmitted to Bai Li, "Open it further away from where people are gathered. It would be best if it's on the other side of the continent!"

There was another benefit of the Aether continent. The wind and snow could isolate consciousness. Although there were SS-tiers among these people, isolation still existed. Unless the icebergs happened to move and fuse the two continents together, otherwise, it would be impossible for them to meet.

"Alright, got it!"

Bai Li nodded and activated a huge spatial door which was at least thirty meters wide. It was very easy for these people to enter.

"Space runes!" Xia Mingxiao was immediately shocked when she saw the ability Bai Li released.

Only spatial beasts could master space runes. Such ultra beasts were extremely rare in the universe. It was impossible for humans to have such an ability.

Therefore, Xia Mingxiao was also certain that Bai Li was the human form of the spatial beast.

Because of this, Xia Mingxiao felt that Qin Feng was even more unfathomable.

Qin Feng was no longer using his ability. With the dark aura surrounding his body, Xia Mingxiao naturally did not know that Qin Feng's strength was only at SS1-tier. She did not even dare to imagine that Qin Feng had such strength.

"All of you go in. What are you waiting for?" Bai Li said via her consciousness.

"Yes, My Lady!" Xia Mingxiao hurriedly responded. As for Bai Li's identity and the collapse of the four realm planets, even if she was a human-shaped ultra beast contracted by Qin Feng, Xia Mingxiao had lived on the Dragon-borne continent long enough to clearly know who she should and should not offend.

Under Xia Mingxiao's instructions, the other humans also entered the Aether Realm.

In the end, only Xia Mingxiao was left. She wanted to say something, but she hesitated. Clearly, she wanted to say something.

After all, Qin Feng had not agreed to what she had in mind.

Qin Feng glanced at Xia Mingxiao and calmly said, "Although the resources in this realm aren't bad, the living condition isn't too good. Once you are there, you will have to take care of everything on your own. With your capabilities, I'm sure you can take them along with you if you want to leave."

Xia Mingxiao's eyes were filled with disappointment. It was clear that Qin Feng refused to accept these people as his subordinates.

Xia Mingxiao mocked herself deep down. With her identity and strength, it was true that such an existence like him would not take a fancy to her. After mocking herself, she finally stepped into the spatial passage.

Bai Li then sealed the spatial passage and erased all its traces. She also erased the spatial aura that was torn apart by her when she came.

Moreover, all the Dragon-borne above S-tier had died. Perhaps some of the Dragon-borne prodigies knew the spatial waymark of the Blue Star Realm, but there was no way they would be able to break through Bai Li's spatial seal, nor would they be able to transmit the spatial waymark to their Immortal.

Everything had already been destroyed in this shattered realm.

***

In Dragon Capital, countless ability users were busy. Due to the previous attack of the SSS-tier Dragon-borne, the rift had collapsed, and countless powerful ultra beasts had entered their realm. Not only that, when Bai Li sealed the rift, countless battlefields had come into contact with danger instead.

Thus, the higher management of the various Human Alliances was gathering information to fill in the gaps.

Only the SS-tier ability users were still in Dragon Capital, including the six members of the Dark Coalition. No one dared to leave.

These people's expressions did not look too good. Although Qin Feng had saved the entire realm, in their hearts, they hoped that Qin Feng would die outside.

"He's back. There's a spatial passage, Lord Qin Feng should be on his way back now!"

"That's great, Marshal Qin has returned safely."

"It's good that he's alive, it's good. He was too impulsive before!"

Even though Qin Feng's strength was terrifying now, Qin Feng, who had been a prodigy for the past few years, was clearly known by the older generation S-tiers. They felt that Qin Feng was still young, and that he could not do things properly.

Moreover, the S-tiers of Dragon Capital were all people from the Huaxia Alliance. On the surface, they were complaining about Qin Feng's recklessness, but in reality, their sense of pride had soared tremendously. If they really were in front of Qin Feng, these people would not dare say anything.

After returning to Dragon Capital, they finally stopped using their consciousness to communicate. Bai Li looked at Qin Feng curiously.

"The Fengli Organization is also lacking people now. That SS-tier is also quite strong. Why did you send her away?" Bai Li also felt that these people were very suitable for the Fengli Organization, but Qin Feng did not say anything about it so she did not know what he was up to.

"These people are just strangers. Although I saved them, favors are for people with a conscience. Everyone is different. Perhaps some of them will be grateful, and some of them might even hate me. After some time, if these people still want to follow me, we can talk about it then!"

There were definitely many people who were grateful to Qin Feng. However, was there really no one amongst them who did not want to change their life as a slave, and even felt proud about being a Dragon-borne underling?

There would definitely be such people. That was the reason why Qin Feng did what he did to filter out such people.

"Although these people are quite strong, they have always been in places like the Dragon-borne continent, I'm afraid that their worldview and mindset are limited. These people can't be placed in important positions!"

The biggest reason why Qin Feng was short of manpower was that he could not go to the Human Alliance headquarters. Moreover, he had just obtained the spatial rune equipment of the Dragon-borne elites.

Even if these treasures were exchanged for seven or eight high-tier realms, it would probably be enough.

However, Qin Feng could not manage all that. It would also be a waste of time.

"It seems that I can only ask Xue Xingfu if he is willing to go!"

Just as Qin Feng was thinking about this, people started surrounding him. Naturally, it was Long Kong and the other SS-tier ability users.

Now, all the elects in the entire realm were following Qin Feng's lead. They did not know what great things Qin Feng had done, but they saw Qin Feng beheading the SSS-tier Dragon-borne.

Now, the other party had returned safely and had become the uncrowned king of the Blue Star Realm.

Chapter 1047: Best Subordinate

"Marshal Qin, welcome back!" Long Kong hurriedly greeted him.

The others also expressed their concerns as Qin Feng became the center of attention.

"I've heard about the changes Bai Li made. Maybe this is for the best. The Great Rift Era has been going on for two hundred years, and humans haven't been able to live in peace and prosper. We can see this as having a safe environment."

Long Kong quickly nodded. "Some of the seniors of the Huaxia Alliance who came from the Great Rift Era do not have your contact information, but they would like to convey their thanks. You've made a great contribution to the entire Blue Star Realm. You're a great hero!"

Qin Feng shook his head. He did not dare to call himself a great hero.

"I just did what I was supposed to do."

"Great heroes are acknowledged by those around them, and it is not something they would address themselves as. If you don't think you are one, it's fine as long as others do." Li Yuan said from the side, and even his gaze was complicated.

Back then, did their Li family not also have a great hero? It was just that after he disappeared, they did not enjoy the top-tier prosperity and honor, and instead they quickly restrained themselves. Fortunately, the humans at that time were very weak. Otherwise, the Li family would have been buried long ago.

Outside the group of people, there were some S-tier ability users. When they heard these words, they nodded in agreement. In their opinion, even if Qin Feng was not a great hero, he was still a legend that was worthy of being remembered by everyone.

Amongst them, the Li family's prince, Li Xiao, was also looking at Qin Feng. From the previous peace contest to the current Dragon-borne slaying incident, Li Xiao had already been completely convinced. He no longer had the thought of competing against Qing Feng. Of course, this kind of thought had now become a joke.

"Everyone, the overall situation has just been decided. There are still many things that need to be done. I also plan to return to the Fengli colony."

When the others heard that Qin Feng was leaving, although they still wanted to chat a little more, there was indeed something going on in their own territories. In the end, they could only leave regretfully.

However, before these people left, they looked at the few people from the Dark Coalition. Those few people now looked as if they were waiting to be judged.

They did not dare to leave, afraid that Qin Feng would kill them with a raise of his hand.

"You guys should leave too. Our paths are different, and let's not conspire against each other. I only hope that you restrain your subordinates. Whatever you do, be it kill each other or plunder each other, don't let me find out that you are bringing problems to any of the colonies."

Qin Feng's words were equivalent to an imperial edict.

These people hurriedly nodded and did not dare to go against it. From then on, the Dark Coalition and the Human Alliance on the Blue Star Realm had even more distinct identities. The people of the Dark Coalition did not dare to cross the line.

***

Qin Feng returned to Fengli City and immediately found Xue Xingfu.

Xue Xingfu did not know why Qin Feng was looking for him. However, the incident in Dragon Capital had blown up so much. Even on the other side of the Blue Star Realm, the rift opened by the Dragon-borne powerhouse could be seen, so Xue Xingfu naturally knew everything that had happened.

The stronger Qin Feng was, the higher the status of the Fengli Organization.

Now, Xue Xingfu was considering who to poach to make the Fengli Organization stronger.

However, since those powerhouses had come, how would they obediently follow their management? When it came to earning money, Xue Xingfu felt that no one could beat him. However, with the arrival of the powerhouses, it would surely be easy for them to give instructions as they please on how to run the organization.

"Brother Xue, why are your capabilities still the same?" Qin Feng looked at Xue Xingfu and felt a little helpless.

Xue Xingfu was still around level C5-tier at the moment. Those who had followed Qin Feng from the very beginning had already reached B-tier after five years. In a few years' time, these people might even be able to reach S-tier.

"Hehe, I've been busy with the company's matters recently." Xue Xingfu's face turned red. He really could not bear the hardships of cultivation.

Qin Feng felt helpless. "You like doing business. Yet, what's the point of earning so much money if you don't buy resources and cultivate?"

Luxurious clothes and fine food? That was the life civilians wanted to live, not ability users. As long as one became an ability user, the strong ones could have a place in Dragon Capital, live in the highest-floor manors, and eat the fiercest ultra beasts.

"I don't have time, do I?" Xue Xingfu's face was a little bitter. "I want to improve my capabilities too, but there's no other way. When I'm busy here, there's endless work. After a project, there's a new project. How can I have so much time to cultivate?"

Qin Feng shook his head. "It's because you are just following me. If you're following someone else, even if you don't have the time, you have to squeeze out time to cultivate!"

Before Qin Feng's rebirth, Xue Xingfu was still an A-tier ability user! Regardless of how strong he was, at the very least, his rank was there. Many people did not dare to be arrogant. He only had an A-tier ability user behind him, so if he did not have his own status, it was very easy for others to take full advantage of him.

However, after Qin Feng changed Xue Xingfu's fate, Qin Feng's strength continued to grow. He revealed his powers and was undefeatable. This caused everyone to know Xue Xingfu. After this incident, even an S-tier and SS-tier would have to treat Xue Xingfu with respect.

At this moment, Qin Feng did not know whether to laugh or cry. Xue Xingfu was probably the only person who had a decline in strength among all of Qin Feng's subordinates!

However, Xue Xingfu obviously did not care about Qin Feng's words as he said, "Everyone has different aspirations. Strength is strength. A person can't be judged by strength alone. I can also earn money. This is also my strength. Every time I participate in a project, I want to surpass my current self. Isn't this also working hard to improve?"

Xue Xingfu was afraid that Qin Feng would think that he was lazy. It was not that he did not like cultivating, but he was pursuing another direction.

"What you said actually makes a lot of sense!" Although Qin Feng said so, he was cursing in his heart. However, something clicked in his mind, and he smiled slightly as he said, "However, the Blue Star Realm is still a small commotion that has happened. I'll give you an opportunity to go to the Human Alliance's headquarters to take a look."

"What headquarters?"

Although Xue Xingfu was a top-tier merchant, his strength was still too low. He had no access to the information at the highest level.

Qin Feng had only heard about the Human Alliance's headquarters when he was still an A-tier ability user.

Qin Feng then told Xue Xingfu about the Human Alliance's headquarters, and then told him his objective.

"But the Human Alliance's headquarters can only be accessed by S-tier ability users."

"President, you might as well not have said anything about it."

"No, I have a way to raise you to S-tier in a short amount of time. Do you want to give it a try?" Then, Qin Feng told Xue Xingfu about the dimension where time flowed quickly. One year inside was equivalent to one day outside. This meant that even if Xue Xingfu were to use ten years to advance to S-tier, it would only be ten days by the time he came out.

However, this was equivalent to wasting many years of his life. At the same time, there were endless boring days of cultivation.

However, when Xue Xingfu heard this, his eyes instantly lit up.

"President, you have something amazing like that? You should have revealed it earlier! Isn't it just ten years? If I reach S-tier in this life, let alone ten more years, I want to live another hundred years."