Original Star No. 233.
Within a dense forest, a silver palace seemed to be repelled by the Original Star, slowly rising.
As it rose, the silver palace vibrated, emitting rumbling sounds and a strong, unique aura, attracting Strongest from the entire Original Star.
Above the dense forest, Strongest from various forces stood in array.
They overlooked the land, gazing at the silver palace, which had not yet fully emerged but already exceeded ten thousand kilometers in diameter, and communicated through telepathy.
"With only the top emerging, it's already this diameter. This palace's diameter is estimated to be one hundred thousand kilometers."
"For a palace of this diameter, the treasures inside, even if not Pinnacle Supreme Treasures, are at least comparable to Pinnacle Supreme Treasures."
"The Pinnacle Arcana Treasure that emerged a million years ago was in a palace with a diameter of one hundred thousand kilometers."
"A palace with a diameter of one hundred thousand kilometers means the treasures inside are too precious, and the competition too fierce, not something we can participate in."
"If it's a complete treasure, that's fine, but if it's an incomplete treasure, the scene…"
A group of Advanced Venerables communicated through telepathy, with few planning to enter and search for treasures after the palace emerged.
For a palace with a diameter reaching one hundred thousand kilometers, the treasures inside must be Pinnacle Supreme Treasures, or top-tier Supreme Treasures or top-tier Arcana Treasure sets comparable to Pinnacle Supreme Treasures.
Generally speaking, for complete Pinnacle Supreme Treasures, the competition within the Main Hall is the most intense.
But if it's an incomplete Arcana Treasure, the competition will expand to the side halls!
And the Strongest competing for such treasures are at least Heaven-Defying Top-tier Universe Overlords, completely beyond the involvement of Advanced Venerables and Universe Overlords.
If a Universe Overlord doesn't have a High-level Arcana Treasure armor for protection, they will likely be annihilated by a Top-tier Universe Overlord in one or two moves.
This is still the strength of a Top-tier Universe Overlord.
If it's a Heaven-Defying Top-tier Universe Overlord, or a Universe Master with even greater strength, just the aftermath of their battle would be enough to annihilate a Universe Overlord protected by a High-level Arcana Treasure armor!
"If an incomplete treasure emerges, then the side halls will certainly have components of that Arcana Treasure, and at that time, there will be no shortage of Strongest competing for them."
"Yes, the last time the Pinnacle Arcana Treasure emerged, it caused two Top-tier Universe Overlords and multiple Universe Overlords to fall."
"If a palace with a diameter of ten thousand kilometers emerges, we can still go in and try our luck, but a palace with a diameter of one hundred thousand kilometers is out of the question."
"If it really is an incomplete Arcana Treasure emerging, then the Original Star will once again see mixed battles among various forces."
"Who's to say it won't…"
All Universe Venerables knew that the emergence of components of such incomplete treasures would inevitably lead to competition among various forces.
Ultimately, no one wanted a certain force to gather a treasure with power exceeding that of an ordinary Pinnacle Arcana Treasure without any cost.
Like the Pinnacle Arcana Treasure, every time a component emerged, it caused competition among various forces.
Even if the Flying Spirit Alliance recovered it at all costs, some components still fell into the hands of the Human Alliance.
"Let's wait. Once the Universe Masters descend, we can leave and search for treasures on other Original Stars."
"The one hundred thousand kilometer palace is slow to emerge, so many Universe Master will definitely descend this time."
"Many Universe Master will descend, but it's unknown if any Universe Master will fall after entering."
"Hard to say, but I think there's a high possibility of Universe Master falling…"
As the Universe Venerables communicated through telepathy, suddenly…
Boom!
All areas of the entire Original Star, whether wilderness, forest, or desert, were all subjected to an irresistible restraint!
"It's Space-Time Control."
"A Universe Master has descended."
"I wonder which Universe Master has descended."
Feeling this powerful restraint, the Universe Venerables on Original Star No. 233 immediately understood that a Universe Master had descended.
Not long after, a Universe Master, entirely snow-white like a unicorn but with two heads and eight legs, flew above the silver palace.
"It's the Annihilation Snow Master of the Northern Territory Alliance."
"Another Universe Master from the Northern Territory Alliance has descended first."
"No choice, the Northern Territory Alliance has many Strongest."
As the Universe Venerables communicated through telepathy, they suddenly felt the restraint on them vanish, making them feel incredibly light.
"Space-Time Control has been interfered with, it seems another Universe Master has descended."
"This is just the beginning; at least ten Universe Master will descend before this palace fully emerges."
"More than that, there are only about a dozen palaces that emerge each time the Original Star opens, and among them, those exceeding one hundred thousand kilometers in diameter usually don't exceed four. I guess more than twenty Universe Master will descend this time!"
Although the Original Star is a treasure land, the number of precious treasures that emerge each time it opens is limited.
Aside from a Pinnacle Arcana Treasure that is guaranteed to emerge each time, the number of treasures in other emerging palaces is uncertain.
Therefore, whenever a palace emerges, it inevitably attracts many Universe Master to descend and compete.
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"What a strong, unique aura."
After Ender descended to Original Star No. 233, he knew the location of the emerging palace without needing the Hong Alliance's coordinate guidance.
After all, according to the Original Star's treasure emergence pattern, the more precious the treasure, the greater the commotion during its emergence, and the slower its emergence speed would be accordingly.
That extremely strong, unique aura was the best guide to the palace's emergence location.
Whoosh!
Ender transformed into a stream of light and flew towards the source of the unique aura.
Half a minute later.
Rumble rumble…
Before he even saw the emerging palace, Ender heard rumbling sounds.
He looked towards the source of the extremely strong unique aura and saw some Universe Venerables standing in the air, clearly not far from the emerging palace.
"According to the Hong Alliance Venerables' report, the palace emerging this time has a diameter of one hundred thousand kilometers, and the treasures inside are at least comparable to Pinnacle Arcana Treasures."
Ender thought to himself, "This time entering the palace, there will inevitably be a fierce struggle and competition. I definitely need to show more of my strength."
As of now, various forces believe he has Pinnacle Third-rank strength.
To become a Fourth-rank Universe Master, he still lacks Pinnacle Arcana Treasure weapons and armor, and reaching the ten thousand times life gene level.
But in fact, Ender can unleash the attack power of a top-tier Fifth-rank Universe Master, he just lacks Pinnacle Arcana Treasure armor for protection.
And his incomplete Strongest Secret Technique, driving the third form of the Dragon Awakening Spear, unleashes attack power that approaches or even reaches Fifth-rank.
Just by showing attack power approaching or reaching Fifth-rank, he is fully qualified to compete for a Pinnacle Arcana Treasure…
Of course, the premise is that no Fifth-rank Universe Master from other forces descend during this palace's emergence!
...
Not long after.
Ender flew above the silver palace and saw that about one-third of the palace had emerged, with a long time remaining until its complete emergence.
"Annihilation Snow Master, Eternal Sleep Master, Mo Li Master of the Northern Territory Alliance…"
He scanned the thirteen Universe Master and silently thought, "The Northern Territory Alliance truly lives up to its name of having many people and great power; five Universe Master arrived before me."
Among the five Universe Master from the Northern Territory Alliance, besides the Annihilation Snow Master being top-tier Third-rank and Eternal Sleep Master being ordinary Third-rank, the other three were all Second-rank in strength.
Although there were many Universe Master, none could truly threaten Ender, who had Pinnacle Third-rank strength on the surface alone.
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"It's the Human Void River Master, he's here too."
"It was him who seized the 'Zhu Yan' component a million years ago."
"The Void River Master has Pinnacle Third-rank strength; he's a formidable enemy for us in treasure competition."
"The Human Alliance is one of the nine Super Forces, and only the Void River Master has arrived so far, which is somewhat illogical."
"No hurry, the treasure hasn't fully emerged yet, and other Universe Master haven't arrived."
When the Universe Master saw Ender arrive, they couldn't help but communicate secretly within their respective forces.
Among the Fourteen Universe Master present, Ender was the strongest, naturally causing other Universe Master to be wary.
Whoosh!
Not long after, a golden stream of light flew over, stopping not far away and revealing its form, a divine body about a hundred kilometers long.
It resembled both a crocodile and a lizard, covered in golden scales, with four eyes like dark golden gems.
"That is… the Xi Yun Master!"
"The Xi Yun Master of the Flying Spirit Alliance, that's a Fourth-rank Universe Master!"
"This is trouble. Unless our Alliance has a Fourth-rank Universe Master descend, it will be difficult to seize the treasure from the Xi Yun Master."
The arrival of the Xi Yun Master caused great trouble for the other Universe Master.
Fourth-rank Universe Master possess formidable strength, truly being Top-tier Strongest who can roam the Universe freely, holding extremely high positions in various Alliances.
Even the Northern Territory Alliance, with over a hundred Universe Master, only has seven or eight Fourth-rank Universe Master.
"Human Void River Master."
The Xi Yun Master's four gem-like eyes simultaneously looked at Ender, and a sound like metal impression together rang out, "Is my Flying Spirit Alliance's 'Zhu Yan' component well-preserved?"
"Of course."
Hearing this, Ender smiled and said, "the Hong Alliance is waiting for your Flying Spirit Alliance to come knocking."
"Heh, that 'Zhu Yan' component, however…"
The Xi Yun Master slightly turned his head and looked at the five Universe Master from the Northern Territory Alliance, "Your Hong Alliance snatched it from the Northern Territory Alliance."
Ender said nothing, looking towards the five Universe Master of the Northern Territory Alliance.
"Treasure competition inherently relies on the methods of each force."
The strongest, the Annihilation Snow Master, spoke, "If the Hong Alliance can seize treasures from my Northern Territory Alliance, then naturally their methods are powerful."
"The competition for that 'Zhu Yan' component ended a million years ago; discussing it now is meaningless."
"To be honest, this is a matter between your Flying Spirit Alliance and the Hong Alliance."
Annihilation Snow Master said indifferently, "That Pinnacle Arcana Treasure is in your Flying Spirit Alliance's hands, while the component is in the Hong Alliance's hands."
"Exactly, this is a matter between your Flying Spirit Alliance and the Hong Alliance, don't drag my Northern Territory Alliance into it."
"That's right."
The other Universe Master of the Northern Territory Alliance agreed.
They all saw through the Xi Yun Master's intention: he wanted to incite conflict between the Northern Territory Alliance and the Hong Alliance.
"You're right."
The Xi Yun Master nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing with the Annihilation Snow Master's words, as if his previous provocation hadn't existed.
"Heh, this Xi Yun Master sees me as young, becoming a Universe Master in just over ten million years, so he wants to provoke me?"
Ender also understood the Xi Yun Master's intention, "Is this… looking down on me?"
Competition for treasures among various forces in the Universe is very common; unless there are irreconcilable conflicts, they usually get along peacefully after the treasure competition.
Especially in treasure lands like the Original Star, every day Universe Venerables belonging to various forces compete for treasures on countless Original Stars.
If they had to hold grudges and fight to the death after every treasure competition, would there still be any treasure hunting?
With so many treasures in the Original Star, it's impossible to fight to the death over the gain or loss of a single treasure.
Especially between Super Forces, they are often more restrained, even tacitly targeting the Twelve Top-tier Forces.
Even between Humanity, Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race, these four Pinnacle Race Alliances, and between the Prison Race and Crystal Race Alliances, though they are hostile to each other and have fought countless years in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, when they arrive on the Original Star, they only compete fiercely, far from reaching a life-or-death situation.
Everyone takes what they can, and gives up when they must.
Even the Strongest of the Northern Territory Alliance, known for their insane treasure grabbing, wouldn't be so reckless as to challenge Strongest they can't match to a deathmatch.
"This Void River Master hasn't Cultivated for long, but his temperament is quite steady."
The Xi Yun Master thought to himself, "If it were Flame Emperor from a few million epochs ago, just a slight provocation… hehe."
From his title, one could tell Flame Emperor's arrogance, looking down on this and that.
But it must be said, his talent and strength were indeed good.
Although far inferior to the Void River Master before him, he quickly became a top-tier Second-rank right after his Breakthrough, and later rapidly became a Third-rank Universe Master.
Flame Emperor had the potential to become a Fourth-rank Universe Master. Fortunately, he left Humanity to establish himself and joined the Nine Territories Alliance.
And the Void River Master who emerged later was even more Heaven-Defying; as long as he doesn't fall, becoming a Fourth-rank is only a matter of time, and he has great hope of becoming a Fifth-rank Universe Master.
"The Original Universe truly favors Humanity. Not to mention distant times, in just this one hundred million epochs, three Universe Master have been born."
The Xi Yun Master envied, "While the Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race, who also occupy the most prime territories of the Universe, are not as good as Humanity in terms of birthing Strongest, they are still far superior to our Top-tier Alliance forces."
The Original Universe territory is the cradle for birthing Strongest; the essence and size of the territory are important factors in birthing Strongest.
The four Pinnacle Race Alliances not only occupy the most prime territories of the Universe, but each race also occupies at least eight or nine hundred Universe Country territories.
Among the nine Super Forces of the Universe, except for the Space Beast Alliance and the Ancestral God Sect which do not require territory, the other seven Super Forces all have considerable territories.
Even the Northern Territory Alliance, located in a remote territory of the Universe, expanded frantically after a True God Alliance Leader took charge, and now occupies the largest territorial area!
It's a case of quantity over quality.
Relying on its vast territory, the Northern Territory Alliance has given birth to numerous Strongest, making this Alliance increasingly powerful.
The Twelve Top-tier Forces are much worse; although they have Fifth-rank Universe Master in charge, the overall strength of each force is not inferior to the Pinnacle Race Alliances.
However, the territories occupied by each Top-tier Force, at most, are only a little over a hundred Universe Countries, and their territorial locations are not considered good.
This is the gap in birthing Genius Strongest between Super Forces and Top-tier Forces!
"This palace's emergence will be a good opportunity."
The Xi Yun Master thought to himself, "If Humanity still has Strongest arriving, perhaps I can bring the 'Zhu Yan' component back…"
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Time flowed by.
As the silver palace drew closer to its complete emergence, Humanity finally had another Strongest arrive.