“Why has the Inner Domain become stricter recently? They’ve actually started restricting entry. I wonder if the next assessment will be even harder. I was already so close to the standard, and now they’ve raised it again.”
“What can be done about it? There are more and more people in the Star Palace area now. Many geniuses from various forces are being sent directly to the Star Palace, so the competitive pressure naturally increases. And I heard that the Monster Race, Insect Race, and Automaton Race are starting to cause trouble, so every genius is desperately cultivating.”
“What have the three races done again? Are they planting spies within our Human Race again?”
“More than that. It’s said that on the Outside Territory Battlefield, the three races have started applying pressure, sending more powerhouses into the battlefield, specifically targeting our Human Race.”
“Hasn’t it always been like this? However, we now have Military Formations, and our self-preservation ability has greatly strengthened. Our Human Race’s powerhouses are also increasing, so the Monster Race, Insect Race, and Automaton Race can’t cause much trouble.”
“Then you underestimate these three races. There are many powerhouses among them. A large number of King-Level powerhouses are pouring into the Outside Territory Battlefield. I heard that our Human Race has already started to contract, and powerhouses below Champion cannot act alone; they must have a Champion leading them.”
“Has it reached this point? No wonder even the Star Palace’s assessment has become so much stricter. It seems that rising geniuses are all being sent for Focus on training . We also need to seize the time and work hard!”
“Enough talk, let’s go cultivate quickly. The resources inside the Star Palace are much better than outside. It’s said that you can even go to the Human Race’s new secret realm, and every genius who enters it can rapidly improve their cultivation.”
Inside the Star Palace, the entire cultivation atmosphere was becoming more intense. More and more geniuses gathered in the outer regions, and the competition among them grew fiercer. The internal assessments of the Star Palace also became increasingly strict, as even the Star Palace had a very limited capacity for cultivators.
Jin Dehu looked at the cultivators who had just walked past him, his expression also very gloomy. He had been accelerating the cultivation of some talented geniuses, but he hadn’t expected them all to fail this assessment.
He knew this was his mission, which had taken hundreds of years and a large investment of resources, only to end in failure. If he were to participate in the assessment again a hundred years later, both the time and resources expended would be unbearable for him.
Although he was from Earth and had reached the Territory Lord Rank, he had limited resources. Not to mention cultivating geniuses, sometimes even his own cultivation was a struggle. It was only with a portion of the resources given by his Monster Race superior last time that he gained some confidence.
Now, his heart was filled with dread, and he felt an innate fear of his unknown future.
“I must complete the master’s mission. No matter what happens, I must complete the master’s mission.” Jin Dehu quickly calculated in his mind. As a servant, the master’s interests were everything, and the master’s commands were everything.
Even with their memories, their hearts would prioritize their master. This was the sorrow of soul servants; the moment they were enslaved, they lost their autonomy, and everything was controlled and dominated by their enslaver.
“Boom!” As Jin Dehu was thinking, there was a tremor all around him. The entire area covered by the Star Palace seemed to be shaking. Jin Dehu quickly looked around; all the stars were shaking, the buildings began to sway, and some even shattered under the tremors.
The buildings within the Star Palace were specially constructed, not like the primitive buildings on Earth tens of thousands of years ago. Even an Astral Rank cultivator would not find it easy to destroy them.
But now, they had just shattered like that. And this entire area was under the Star Palace’s control; such a thing had never happened before.
“Has a major change occurred in the Star Palace?” Jin Dehu thought, and without hesitation, a spaceship appeared before him. He quickly entered the spaceship and rapidly flew towards the location of the Star Palace’s Inner Domain.
Although he couldn’t enter the Inner Domain, such a large disturbance meant that the Outer Domain would surely observe some of the situation, allowing him to obtain certain information.
The spaceship quickly reached light speed and entered the Dark Universe. After several tens of minutes, the spaceship emerged from the Dark Universe. Before Jin Dehu could react, the surrounding space-time began to tremble rapidly, and waves of fluctuations swept through everything around him.
Even a Territory Lord felt extremely panicked amidst these fluctuations, feeling like a small boat in the ocean, liable to capsize at any moment. These fluctuations originated from the universe itself, space-time itself, and the universe’s energy itself. He could even feel the surrounding space-time seeming to twist.
However, despite this, Jin Dehu continued to pilot the spaceship, while also looking towards the Inner Domain of the Star Palace.
Originally, the Star Palace’s Inner Domain and Outer Domain were clearly separated by a purple barrier dividing the two spaces. However, under these fluctuations, this barrier shattered, revealing the situation within the Inner Domain.
A massive figure entered his vision: a hunchbacked old man roaring wildly, each movement stirring the surrounding space-time. He even saw the stars within the Star Palace showing signs of cracking under the old man’s actions.
“Who exactly is this old man, and how strong is he? Is he a Universe Lord? How dare he act within the Star Palace?” Jin Dehu was full of questions, but regardless of the old man’s status and strength, he had finally obtained some intelligence, and his mission was within reach.
“Xu Zhen, if you stop now, I can still forgive you, otherwise, an even more humiliating end awaits you.” At this moment, another figure appeared, standing before the hunchbacked old man, his tone filled with coldness, as if he would eliminate the old man in the next instant.
In one glance, no errors!
“Star Lord?” Jin Dehu looked at the appearing figure and instantly recognized Qin Hao’s identity. As a legend of Earth, a top powerhouse of the Human Race, and the master of the Star Palace, Jin Dehu naturally knew Qin Hao.
It was precisely because he knew Qin Hao that he understood even more clearly that everything he was witnessing was absolutely crucial intelligence. Although he didn’t know who the person Qin Hao referred to as “Xu Zhen” was, as long as he reported it, he would surely receive a reward from his master.
Thinking this, Jin Dehu dared not show any negligence or delay. He piloted his spaceship into the Dark Universe and quickly departed.
