Chapter 1 A Vast Snowy Plain

On the boundless snow-covered plains, all was white. Only Xu Jingming walked slowly.

In the setting, this snow plain was limitless. At least, within the range that Xu Jingming's mind could clearly perceive, it was all frigid, accumulated snow.

"Chi chi chi."

Red patterns appeared on Xu Jingming's chest. He was using the environment to comprehend the flames of the creator of the affiliated universe.

Suddenly, a figure walked out of the void. It was none other than Secretary-General Heitian in his black robe.

"Secretary-General Heitian." Xu Jingming stopped his cultivation.

"You applied to go to the Void God Clan battlefield?" Heitian looked at Xu Jingming.

"Yes." Xu Jingming nodded. "My mind power has broken through to Level 11."

Heitian understood.

"You've always wanted to go to the Void God Clan battlefield, and I've always been holding you back." Heitian looked at Xu Jingming. "I said I was worried you'd lose your Numbered Yuan-初 Armor and Yuan Fire Pearl! But the fundamental reason is that I was worried about ruining you."

Xu Jingming was taken aback.

"The danger of the Prison race battlefield is controllable," Secretary-General Heitian said. "The Prison race is very poor, and their evolutionary methods are very barbaric. Their methods are limited! Even if a cosmic legend kills you, the Dean and the others can easily revive you without affecting your foundation."

"But the Void God Clan can completely destroy you when you're weak." Secretary-General Heitian looked at Xu Jingming.

"Destroy me?" Xu Jingming asked, "How?"

"You think you'll be fine just because you can be resurrected?" Secretary-General Heitian said, "Like Jian, because he saw the abyss shadow in Monarch Moyou's eyes, even after being resurrected, he's still affected by the abyss and started cultivating the *Darkness Chapter*."

"And the Void God Clan has many dangerous methods that are even more terrifying than the abyss shadow. That's why I have to be cautious."

Heitian looked at Xu Jingming and nodded. "Now that you've improved in all aspects and your mind power has reached Level 11, you can 'return' even if you encounter a terrifying danger before you die in battle."

Xu Jingming nodded. "If I encounter an irresistible danger, I will return immediately."

"The Number Nine Yuan-初 Armor's 'return' can return to the Yuan-初 Research Institute headquarters from anywhere. If you encounter terrible danger, escape immediately—don't hesitate!" Heitian said.

Xu Jingming listened.

Although his high-dimensional travel was impressive now, he could only cross thousands of light-years in one step! It was far from comparable to 'return'!

"I believe you also know something about the Void God Clan battlefield," Secretary-General Heitian said as he looked up ahead. A huge cosmic territory map suddenly appeared in the sky above the snow plain.

Secretary-General Heitian pointed to one place. "The five cosmic domains adjacent to the Void God Clan are the battlefield!"

"Within the five cosmic domains, we've built 'battle stars' as battlegrounds for both sides," Secretary-General Heitian said. "Battle stars are divided into tenth-order battle stars and ninth-order battle stars. Tenth-order battle stars are guarded by tenth-order lifeforms! Ninth-order battle stars are guarded by ninth-order lifeforms. The Void God Clan will also send lifeforms to attack the battle stars. However, they will send far fewer lifeforms than us."

"We send 30 tenth-order lifeforms to guard them, and they generally send several tenth-order lifeforms to attack," Secretary-General Heitian said.

"We set up the battlefield, and we have more numbers, but they are the attacking side." Secretary-General Heitian sighed. "When they win a small victory, they will destroy a human life planet to celebrate. If they win a major victory, they will destroy ten life planets. If they win a great victory and human lifeforms are afraid of death and run away, they will destroy a hundred life planets as punishment."

Xu Jingming listened and asked, "They can slaughter planets to celebrate when they win? What about when we win? Can't we destroy their Void God Clan planets?"

"No."

Secretary-General Heitian shook his head. "If a high-dimensional lifeform doesn't take action, anyone who dares to enter the Void God Clan's territory to slaughter planets will definitely die."

"They mobilize their forces through high-dimensional descent." Secretary-General Heitian said, "If the Void God Clan is willing, their forces can instantly spread throughout our 34 cosmic domains."

"But if they do that, the Dean and the others will take action and kill all the enemies!" Secretary-General Heitian looked at Xu Jingming. "So, as long as the Dean and the other two are around, even if the Void God Clan has the advantage, they won't dare to start a war of extermination."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"For them, war with us is a form of training!" Secretary-General Heitian said, "Fighting more with less, barging into the enemy's battle stars to fight! Sharpening themselves! Constant training and fighting against the enemy's lifeforms."

"The Void God Clan does this to all the surrounding races, not just us," Secretary-General Heitian said. "The very weak races will be completely destroyed and occupied by the Void God Clan, which is why they have 92 cosmic domains! The 'races' that can still exist around them are all extremely strong races, but even so, they are still being bullied!"

"Although Gu Mo doesn't take action, the various high-dimensional treasures he left to the Void God Clan are unmatched by the surrounding races," Secretary-General Heitian said. "The advantage of the treasures makes it so that the races can only be bullied."

"With your strength, I will transfer you to the 11th tenth-order battle star in the Cangyan Cosmic Domain," Secretary-General Heitian said. "Your task is to kill all Void God Clan members who invade."

"If you can't resist, then escape! Your treasures are many times more valuable than 90 life planets." Secretary-General Heitian looked at Xu Jingming.

If the Void God Clan won a great victory, they would destroy ten life planets to celebrate. If the human race ran away, they would destroy 100 life planets.

Arrogant human lifeforms would rather die in battle than run away.

"Slaughter our planets to celebrate? But we can't slaughter their planets." Xu Jingming felt the frustration of being weak and bullied.

But he also understood that this was the law of the universe! The weak are beaten, even destroyed! The human race had been beaten to the point of historical fracture several times; those several "dark ages" were far more terrifying than simply slaughtering some life planets.

"I know what to do," Xu Jingming said.

"Mm." Secretary-General Heitian nodded.

The human race's proudest and most powerful experts would all go to the Void God Clan battlefield to experience this frustration and bullying. This was a period that every human expert would experience.

Cangyan Cosmic Domain, 11th tenth-order battle star.

Hu, Xu Jingming walked out of the starry sky, looking at the yellow planet ahead.

The 11th tenth-order battle star! Originally, this planet was just an uninhabited wasteland. Later, it was selected and built into a tenth-order battle star! The entire planet was refined to be indestructible; even a black hole couldn't tear it apart.

It contained the technological crystallization of the human race and even contained various high-dimensional powers.

In the command hall on the battle star, a full 27 figures gathered, each a tenth-order lifeform!

"I heard that Wu Ming from the Yuan-初 Research Institute is coming."

"He's the number one genius of this era."

These tenth-order lifeforms were all proud, after all, those who could cultivate to the tenth order were rare in each era of a star alliance. But when they mentioned Xu Jingming, they were all filled with admiration!

After all, the difference was too great; becoming a tenth-order lifeform at the age of 251 was terrifying.

"According to the orders from above, Senior Brother Wu Ming will take the position of captain when he arrives," a burly man said. His figure was perfectly sculpted, and he radiated endless heat. He was Ninuo from the Yuan-初 Research Institute and also grasped high-dimensional power. He was the captain before Xu Jingming arrived.

"To be able to serve as captain, it's clear that the research institute believes that Wu Ming's strength ranks first in the team."

"Senior Brother Ninuo can rank in the top twenty in the research institute. Senior Brother Wu Ming is even stronger? He's only 381 years old, how did he cultivate?"

"What a monster."

"381 years old, and he's reached this point."

These tenth-order lifeforms also guessed that Xu Jingming's treasures were probably no less than those of Deputy Director Chimon and Senior Sister Yuanyi back then! But having treasures also required the ability to use them.

Suddenly—

A figure descended from the air and appeared in the command hall. He was wearing a Yuan-初 battle armor, his eyes were calm and restrained, and he looked at the surrounding tenth-order lifeforms with a smile. "Hello everyone, I am Wu Ming!"

"Wu Ming."

"Senior Brother Wu Ming."

"Captain Wu Ming."

For a moment, there were all kinds of greetings. These tenth-order lifeforms looked at Xu Jingming with somewhat fervent eyes.

"As expected of the captain, the battle star is heavily guarded, but the captain appeared directly in the internal command hall without triggering any alarms." Ninuo smiled and said, "According to the orders from above, we will listen to your arrangements from now on."

Xu Jingming said, "I have no experience fighting the Void God Clan, so please give me suggestions on how to deal with them."

The 27 team members present looked at each other!