Although he had rarely left the Purple Moon Holy Land Universe, he had access to most of its records.
Therefore, he knew quite a lot about the Ancient Civilization.
After all, Purple Moon had recorded into the Holy Land's database certain things from the Origin Continent that could be disclosed within the Universe Sea.
The Purple Moon Holy Land possessed a complete inheritance all the way up to the level of Universe Master.
That was precisely why there were so many powerful experts within the Purple Moon Holy Land.
Dark Star Demon Master also knew that those who carried the titles "King" and "Saint" were among the top existences in the Ancient Civilization.
Since Qing Qiong had "Saint" in his name, he was definitely not simple.
Not to mention the so-called inheritance of his "King."
Even within the Ancient Civilization, that would be considered a top-tier inheritance.
In the Universe Sea, there was no way to repair a small universe.
However, Dark Star Demon God speculated that the Ancient Civilization likely had methods to repair small universes.
It was just that such methods were extremely rare and required a tremendous cost.
But if he could obtain that so-called King's inheritance, he might gain access to treasures capable of repairing a small universe.
At that time, he might even have a chance to transcend reincarnation.
Although his life imprint had already been entrusted to Purple Moon's small universe, if there was truly an opportunity, how could he possibly not seize it?
If it were not for survival, who would willingly live under another's control?
Back then, he had been a lone Universe Master, one of the freest beings in the Universe Sea.
A ninth-tier lone Universe Master, and also a soul master capable of unleashing ninth-tier soul attacks, was someone almost no one in the Universe Sea would dare to offend.
Dark Star Demon God had long cultivated within the Black Pattern Stone Pillar Space, and his will had already surpassed the level of a Void True God.
In fact, the Purple Moon Ancestor had always kept a close watch on him.
Even though he had not left the Purple Moon Holy Land Universe for countless reincarnation eras.
This was because Dark Star Demon God possessed the strongest will in the entire Holy Land, second only to Purple Moon.
Purple Moon kept monitoring him to prevent his will from growing too strong.
Although in the Universe Sea it was almost impossible to come into contact with information about seizing the Original Universe…
What if it happened?
Just like the Original Ancestor, who had managed to come into contact with it.
However, the information the Original Ancestor obtained was incomplete.
That led him to believe that transcending reincarnation was a conspiracy, and that seizing the Original Universe was the correct path.
Because of the incomplete inheritance, he had the courage to attempt it.
Purple Moon also kept watching Dark Star Demon God, fearing that he might develop similar intentions.
If not for Dark Star Demon God's exceptional talent and strength, Purple Moon would never have allowed him to enter his small universe.
At a time like this, Dark Star Demon Master could be of use.
Those Universe Masters would almost certainly be unable to kill all of Luo Fan's clones and incarnations.
But Dark Star Demon Master, a ninth-tier soul master whose will had reached the Void True God level, might be able to accomplish it.
Keeping him was also a way to protect his own race.
After all, the other party's life imprint resided within his small universe.
Purple Moon could decide his life or death with a single thought.
It was not only Dark Star Demon God; several other lone Universe Masters from the same era as Purple Moon were also within his small universe.
...
Dark Star Demon Master looked at the Inkling Peak Realm before him and entered without hesitation.
He intended to quickly locate Luo Fan's incarnation and annihilate its soul.
Although he knew Luo Fan possessed extraordinary talent and his will had reached the level of a Universe Master, in his view, as long as he personally took action with overwhelming force, it would be enough.
The moment he found Luo Fan's incarnation, he would unleash his strongest soul secret technique.
At that point, even Luo Fan would be unable to resist.
Moreover, since Luo Fan's incarnation only possessed second-tier strength, it might not even have time to react before being destroyed at the soul level.
Even though it was only a Venerable and might be revived later, neither Purple Moon nor Dark Star Demon Master cared.
In their view, Luo Fan had obtained an opportunity that violated the rules of the Original Universe.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to possess such absurd innate secret techniques.
His incarnations and wormhole technique were things even Purple Moon had never heard of.
Thus, they believed that once Luo Fan died, those opportunities would disappear.
Even if he were revived, at most he would only have the strength of a top-tier Universe Overlord.
It was even very likely that he could not be revived at all.
Many geniuses who obtained special opportunities became extremely difficult to revive after death.
Even a Universe Master might not be able to bear the cost.
For example, the so-called strongest Venerable in the Original Universe, the World Tree.
If it were to die, even a Universe Master would find it extremely difficult to revive it.
Because reviving a treasure required a cost more than ten times its value.
Reviving a powerful being followed a similar principle.
At minimum, one had to bear a cost ten times the target's divine power.
Therefore, many special lifeforms with enormous divine bodies could not be revived after death.
No one could afford such a price.
Moreover, the stronger the being and the greater the opportunity they possessed, the higher the cost required.
Thus, the Purple Moon Ancestor believed that as long as Luo Fan's soul was destroyed, he would no longer pose any threat.
In fact, he would most likely never be revived.
The Giant Axe was merely an ordinary human, with a divine body just over ninety thousand kilometers.
Even with his small universe continuously supplying divine power, it would likely be insufficient to support the cost of reviving Luo Fan.
If he forced it, the result would be both of them perishing together.
...
After entering the Inkling Peak Realm, Dark Star Demon Master had no intention of going deep inside.
He knew that even in the outer regions, there were many of Luo Fan's incarnations.
He only needed to search there.
Due to his special nature, he could ignore most dangers within the perilous regions of the Universe Sea.
That was also why he had been able to obtain two supreme treasures.
He headed directly toward areas frequently visited by human experts.
At present, most human experts' true bodies were inside the Giant Axe's small universe undergoing time acceleration.
Thus, there were almost no human Universe Lords in the Inkling Peak Realm.
The Universe Sea could be explored at any time, but inheritance opportunities were rare.
Without Luo Fan's absurd talent, they naturally devoted themselves fully to studying the Rhinoceros Emperor Game.
As a result, only a few human Universe Masters' incarnations remained exploring the Inkling Peak Realm.
As for the territories originally occupied by humans, what about them?
Dark Star Demon Master speculated that some of Luo Fan's incarnations were likely stationed there.
Without hesitation, he headed to a dangerous region in the outer domain called the Sharp Qi Cavern.
That was a place frequently occupied by the Void Gold Master.
Inside were numerous sharp metallic sword energies.
Several sword-type supreme treasures had once appeared there.
In addition, there were many metallic supreme treasure materials.
The Sharp Qi Cavern was essentially at the boundary between the inner and outer regions of the Inkling Peak Realm.
There were still quite a few treasures there.
However, the Void Gold Master had already left for the Giant Axe's small universe to undergo time acceleration.
Thus, Dark Star Demon Master decided to try his luck here first.
...
Just as he had expected, many of the territories that once belonged to humanity in the Inkling Peak Realm were now occupied by Luo Fan's incarnations.
They not only guarded these areas but also collected materials.
The place originally occupied by the Void Gold Master, the Sharp Qi Cavern, was of great interest to Luo Fan.
Although the sword energies there could instantly kill some Venerables, they posed no threat to Luo Fan, who possessed the defensive innate secret technique.
Many materials suitable for forging blade- and sword-type supreme treasures frequently appeared there.
Thus, Luo Fan had specifically stationed several incarnations there to gather materials.
To improve efficiency, these incarnations used domain-type treasures.
These were obtained after Luo Fan crafted domain-type heavy treasures and enhanced them through system rewards.
Each of these domain-type treasures was at least a high-level supreme treasure.
After all, they were used for searching materials.
Relying on divine power detection and eyesight alone would take far too long.
A domain-type treasure could directly cover a region spanning hundreds of billions of kilometers, making the search far more efficient.
Luo Fan did not disdain any materials.
Even heavy treasure materials could be put to good use in his hands.
As for supreme treasure materials, there was no need to mention their value.
While the incarnations expanded their domains and searched the entire Sharp Qi Cavern bit by bit, Luo Fan suddenly sensed a massive fluctuation of laws and energy outside his domain.
At first, he thought it was the birth of a supreme treasure.
However, he quickly rejected that idea.
Because a domain-type treasure had collided directly with his domain.
In just an instant, his domain was completely suppressed.
A True God-level domain treasure.
Luo Fan immediately judged the level of the opponent's domain.
This was an extremely rare True God-level domain treasure in the Universe Sea.
The opponent's treasure manifested as a black mist filled with dense killing intent.
Merely coming into contact with that aura nearly caused Luo Fan to fall into an illusion.
He felt no fear, only curiosity.
He was curious about who owned such a treasure.
There was no record of it in the human race's database.
Moreover, he was currently in the Inkling Peak Realm.
The human race's records of Universe Sea experts were most complete for those active here.
Yet he found no match in his memory.
Either the opponent had recently obtained this treasure, or they were an expert from elsewhere.
For example, someone exploring the depths of the Universe Boat.
He ruled out Flowing Heavy Mountain because he possessed its complete map.
His incarnations had established wormholes throughout most of it, and he had records of nearly all experts there.
The place he had explored the least was the core region of the Universe Boat.
Thus, he suspected the opponent came from there.
Still, he found it strange.
Why would such an expert come here?
Logically, most experts in the Universe Sea should now be at the Eternal Ancient City.
Especially those already exploring the Universe Boat, who would not be able to resist such an inheritance.
Unless the opponent had come here to target the Void Gold Master.
He did not yet consider that the opponent was targeting him.
After all, this was only one of his incarnations.
Killing it would yield no benefit.
If the opponent truly came from the Universe Boat, they could have targeted his incarnations there instead.
There was no need to come to the Inkling Peak Realm.
Thus, the most likely explanation was that the opponent came for the Void Gold Master.
Or they were not from the Universe Boat at all.
While Luo Fan was thinking, his domain had already been compressed to a very small range.
It could now barely cover a radius of a few million kilometers.
He stopped resisting and directly stored everything on this incarnation, including the domain treasure, into his system space.
The next moment, the terrifying black mist engulfed him.
He immediately felt waves of mental impact.
If his will had not already reached the level of a Universe Master, the mental pressure from the domain alone would have trapped him in an illusion.
"Who are you? I don't recall hearing about you."
Although surrounded by a True God-level domain treasure, he showed no fear and calmly asked.
At that moment, a mass of black mist similar to the domain appeared before him.
At its core was a somewhat illusory black crystal.
He could sense life within the mist.
Luo Fan was not particularly surprised.
With the "Creation Template," he had already encountered all kinds of strange lifeforms.
"I have not appeared for countless reincarnation eras. The Universe Sea no longer remembers me."
A peculiar soul fluctuation transmitted its meaning directly to Luo Fan.
The moment Luo Fan sensed it, he immediately took out a top-tier soul treasure from his system space.
But at that very instant, a terrifying soul attack pierced through his body and struck his soul.
He had no time to react.
The attack instantly destroyed the top-tier soul treasure he had just taken out.
Immediately after, the soul imprint of the Space Worm clone vanished.
...
In the Origin Land of the Original Universe clone, within the Time God Palace, the Space Worm clone that had been studying the Rhinoceros Emperor Game instantly lost consciousness and turned into a corpse.
Its divine body remained, but it was now nothing more than an empty shell without any life aura.
...
In the Eternal Ancient City, within the General's Residence, Luo Fan's incarnation, which had been solving the puzzle, suddenly collapsed and lost all signs of life.
Title: The Death of Luo Fan?
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