Chapter 40 The Ice Race

　　The Emperor sat high on his throne, his eyes like two vast celestial bodies, overlooking the five monarchs below. “How are the border wars?”

　　“Your Majesty,”

　　The Shiku Monarch reported, “Our war with the human race is proceeding as normal.”

　　After all, the battles hadn't escalated to the point of ‘Cosmic Legend’ level combat. The intensity of the battlefield was limited. Although Xu Jingming's interceptions were a deterrent, they also caused the Prison race to reduce their plundering frequency, which somewhat reduced their casualties. Of course, the plundering of the three cosmos domains had decreased even more.

　　“The other battlefields are not worth mentioning, but the war with the Ice race is a bit troublesome,” said the Shiku Monarch.

　　The main opponents of the Prison race were the human race and the Ice race, as for other alien races, they were not worth mentioning.

　　Both the human race and the Ice race were among the top five most powerful races in the entire universe.

　　“What trouble?” the Emperor asked, looking at him.

　　“Recently, traces of the Ice race have been found in the Bei Wu, Gu Chi, and Qian Ying cosmos domains. When we discovered them, they had already quietly slaughtered and occupied some planets, and some Ice clansmen were even living and multiplying on those planets,” said the Shiku Monarch. “The Ice race obviously wants to expand their invasion.”

　　“Invading three cosmos domains simultaneously?” the Emperor said. “Including the previous two cosmos domains, the Ice race is attacking five of our cosmos domains?”

　　“Yes.”

　　The Shiku Monarch nodded. “I dared not make a decision lightly, so I have been contacting Your Majesty.”

　　“This matter must be reported to the Ancestor,” the Emperor frowned.

　　“I also reported it, but the Ancestor did not respond,” Shiku said. “Your Majesty, humans are, after all, a race that grew up in this universe, and the three high-dimensional beings of humanity also care about the safety of the race. But the Ice race is different. The great existence of the Ice race is said to have come out of the Abyss. Even if the entire Ice race is consumed, he wouldn't care. So once a large-scale war breaks out, the war will be very tragic.”

　　The Prison race was very warlike.

　　The human race was unwilling to suffer mutually assured destruction, but the Ice race didn't care. The Ice race was much stronger than the Prison race.

　　The Emperor slowly said, “I will ask the Ancestor about this matter, and the Ancestor will decide how to deal with the Ice race!”

　　The five monarchs all nodded.

　　Once the Ancestor gave the order, all Prison clansmen would not hesitate.

　　“Give me the resurrection list,” the Emperor instructed.

　　“Your Majesty, this is the resurrection list.” Shiku respectfully presented a golden piece of paper. The paper flew into the air, and the Emperor glanced at it, memorizing it.

　　“Those with enough merit, resurrect! Those without enough merit, only monarchs and those with high talent can be resurrected.” The Emperor selected instantly, only choosing one-fifth of the list of those without enough merit.

　　For the Emperor, resurrection was still a huge burden. If it wasn't necessary, he was too lazy to resurrect.

　　“Rumble…”

　　Sounds rang around.

　　The five monarchs carefully observed as a vast, illusory river appeared, surging and mighty, making the five monarchs like Shiku tremble.

　　When the Prison race Ancestor made a move, the river of time was much calmer.

　　When the Emperor made a move, the river of time was turbulent and violent, much more terrifying.

　　The Emperor remained seated, reaching out his huge hands, scooping out amber-like figures from the illusory river.

　　The Emperor was very serious and cautious every time he scooped out a figure, and it lasted for more than five minutes before he finished scooping them all up.

　　These figures were scooped out from past timelines to the present, returning to reality, and they naturally awakened one by one.

　　“Your Majesty.” All the resurrected Prison race monarchs and lords respectfully saluted.

　　“Go.”

　　The Emperor's eyes were filled with fatigue, and he waved his hand.

　　The five great monarchs and many resurrected monarchs and lords were all moved out of this ancient wasteland.

　　The Emperor sat alone, pondering.

　　“The Ice race and the Void race have been at war, and yet they are still invading my Prison race on a large scale?” the Emperor thought. “What is that old guy from the Ice race thinking? A poor wretch who escaped from the Abyss, who knows when Gu Mo will crush him to death, and yet he's so crazy!”

　　“Ask the Ancestor if there are other reasons behind this,” the Emperor was very cautious.

　　Whoosh.

　　He instantly left this universe's spacetime. For high-dimensional beings, it was still somewhat suppressed in the real universe.

　　…

　　Outside the ancient wasteland, in a starry sky, the Prison race monarchs and lords were all filled with joy, after all, they had been resurrected.

　　Shiku's gaze, however, fell on the Mo You Monarch.

　　“Mo You, follow me,” Shiku instructed.

　　“Yes.” The newly resurrected Mo You Monarch respectfully replied.

　　The two of them quickly left.

　　“I heard Mo You lost those eyes.”

　　“Without those eyes, his strength is not worth mentioning. His territory will probably be divided up soon.”

　　The Prison race monarchs and lords discussed and soon left as well.

　　On a life planet.

　　Shiku took Mo You for a walk. The entire planet was Shiku's backyard.

　　“Your eyes went out of control and began to be assimilated. You could have returned to the Prison race territory and actively committed suicide to preserve those eyes,” Shiku said. “But you frantically plundered, forcing the human race to constantly increase their efforts to hunt you down. Were you seeking death?”

　　“Yes.”

　　Mo You said.

　　“What were you thinking?” Shiku looked at him.

　　“Either break through in madness, or die in madness,” Mo You respectfully said. “When I die, those eyes will also be taken away by the human race. That way, I will never be able to touch those eyes again.”

　　“I don't want to leave myself a way out. I want to completely cut off this path.” Mo You looked at Shiku. “Only by abandoning these eyes, without their influence, can I go for the Cosmic Legend realm with absolute clarity.”

　　Shiku nodded. “But in that case, your strength won't even be in the top five hundred in the Prison race.”

　　“I hope to exchange for that ‘Dream Demon Skin’ with merit,” Mo You said. “I didn't dare to touch it before, for fear that the Dream Demon Skin would affect the Dream Demon Eyes, but now I want to watch it carefully.”

　　“The Dream Demon Skin is just a piece of skin, and the Dream Demon power it contains is very weak, not even one-thousandth of the Dream Demon Eyes,” Shiku said.

　　“I don't need to fuse with it, I just want to watch it every day,” Mo You said.

　　Shiku looked at him and nodded. “Alright. The situation of the Prison race is deteriorating, and our Prison race also needs new Cosmic Legends to be born. I am very optimistic about you.” After all, there were very few Prison clansmen whose mental power had reached a high dimension.

　　Shiku valued every Prison clansman with high-dimensional mental power.

　　In the case where the Prison race Ancestor and the Emperor only occasionally descended, Shiku was the most powerful existence in the Prison race, and he was also the de facto administrator.

　　No longer fusing with high-dimensional objects, his strength couldn't even enter the top five hundred in the Prison race. The monarchs and lords who used to follow him had all left, following those more powerful Prison race monarchs.

　　Originally, the Mo You Monarch's territory was very large, but now it was also being rapidly taken away.

　　Mo You didn't care at all.

　　Take it, take it all you want.

　　“The taste of being looked down upon is really uncomfortable.” For a long time, the Mo You Monarch had been pursuing becoming stronger, and the dignity of the strong was something he cared about very much. But now that his strength had plummeted, his status had plummeted, and his dignity was being trampled on again and again.

　　Falling from the peak to the bottom, frustration, shame, and anger surged in his body.

　　The Mo You Monarch had foreseen this day when he made his decision.

　　He also guessed that this feeling would be very uncomfortable, forcing him to fuse with his eyes again. So he didn't leave himself a way out from the beginning.

　　“Without the influence of those eyes, I am also more clear-headed.” The Mo You Monarch sat on the throne, feeling that everything in the world was more real. He looked at the dark cyan Dream Demon Skin in his palm, observing it attentively.

　　Observing the power of the Dream Demon, understanding the power of the Dream Demon, from another perspective.

　　“I believe that before my death comes, I will definitely be able to truly master the Dream Demon.” The Mo You Monarch didn't care about territory, didn't care about dignity, and even relied on his past high merits to lie low wholeheartedly.

　　All for truly mastering the power of the Dream Demon.

　　Either die in obscurity, or truly rise before his time limit.

　　Tian Mang cosmos domain.

　　Xu Jingming sat in his study, looking at the figure of his wife displayed on the light screen.

　　“Miao Miao, I will go back in a few days,” Xu Jingming said with a smile.

　　“Jingming, are you finally coming back?” Li Miao Miao was pleasantly surprised. “I heard a long time ago that there is a vacation when you first break through to become a tenth-order.”

　　“It has little to do with the vacation,” Xu Jingming said. “The main reason is that in the three cosmos domains on the border, the Prison race's plundering has been greatly reduced, and they are mainly focused on ‘medium and large-scale plundering’. After the death of Mo You Monarch, small-scale plundering has completely stopped. It has been half a year since I encountered it. If it's just medium and large-scale plundering… I only have a mission once every year or two.”

　　“So after a mission is over, I can go back to rest for half a month,” Xu Jingming said. “After a medium and large-scale plundering operation is over, it is generally impossible to have a second large-scale operation within a month or two.”

　　In fact, even if plundering breaks out.

　　It wouldn't take too long for Xu Jingming to rush from the Hunter cosmos domain to the Tian Mang cosmos domain. Although he couldn't catch up with the first wave of interception, he could participate in the second and subsequent interceptions.

　　“In the future, every year or two, I will go back for half a month,” Xu Jingming said.

　　“Yeah.” Li Miao Miao was also looking forward to it. Although she could see him often in the virtual world, it was still different from being in contact in reality.

　　“Okay, I still have things to do,” Xu Jingming said.

　　“You're busy, tell me in advance before you come back,” Li Miao Miao said and turned off the communication.

　　Xu Jingming then got up.

　　“Is it my deterrence, or other reasons? The Prison race's small-scale plundering has completely stopped.” Xu Jingming looked in a direction. “I have stabilized my strength recently, and it is time to go to the subsidiary universe. Vice President Chi Meng needs those fruits very much.”

　　After all, he had promised Vice President Chi Meng long ago.

　　With one step, Xu Jingming teleported from the study, traversing spacetime, and arrived at the location of that subsidiary universe.

　　“Buzz.”

　　The seemingly ordinary universe starry sky concealed a ‘high-dimensional gate’ that was personally set up by Xu Jingming. Easily passing through the spacetime layer's obstruction, the high-dimensional gate actively opened, allowing Xu Jingming to enter the subsidiary universe.

　　Looking back at the high-dimensional gate behind him, which had a diameter of over 300,000 kilometers, Xu Jingming stepped into the dark void.

　　Flying in the dark void, it wasn't long before Xu Jingming saw the fiery red world ahead.

　　In the fiery red world, volcanoes erupted with lava, reflecting the entire sky. Those six giant trees grew black and red fruits.

　　“Pick the fruit first,” Xu Jingming thought, and with a single thought, he got rid of the shackles of the subsidiary universe's spacetime.

　　Whoosh!

　　Although the spacetime layer structure of the subsidiary universe was very restrictive, Xu Jingming was obviously much stronger than when he was a ninth-order source lifeform. Having broken free from the shackles, he came to the high-dimensional space.

　　Standing in the high-dimensional space, the fiery red world suddenly shrank a lot, like a model. He even saw other areas within the subsidiary universe.