Chapter 1 The Most Reluctant

Tu Tiemu, clad in a purple robe, stood on the grass, silent for a moment.

"Vika, Venerable Envoy, is there really no way at all?" Tu Tiemu pressed.

"If there were a way, I wouldn't be notifying you," Venerable Envoy Vika responded.

Tu Tiemu sighed softly, "The human race is one of the top five races in the entire universe. I knew it would be troublesome to corrupt a genius of their race!"

Weaker races might only have one newly born high-dimensional lifeform.

They could be bullied at will. But the human race was far too troublesome. "In order to corrupt Wu Ming, I used the true image of the Lord of the Void Abyss, paying a huge price of 5 billion merits for it," Tu Tiemu said softly. "If I could clearly possess him and experience his growth process, the price would be worth it. But now he's imprisoned, and you, Venerable Envoy Vika, can't even observe him. That means I can't possess him and experience his imprisoned years. By the time he's released, he might have already mastered the power of the Heart Realm."

Tu Tiemu shook his head gently, "I can only possess and experience his mastery of the power of the Heart Realm."

"This result lacks his process of struggling and transformation," Venerable Envoy Vika's voice came. "Being able to experience the result in the future is also a kind of gain."

"The process is the most important!" Tu Tiemu was unwilling. "Losing the process is like losing seventy percent of the value. I can be considered talented enough, having mastered the power of the Heart Realm through the Void Abyss inheritance. I'm the only one of the Void God Clan in this era to have done so," Tu Tiemu said. "But if I want to become a high-dimensional lifeform through this, if the accumulation of the power of the Heart Realm is deeper, the hope of breaking through will be greater, and the human Wu Ming is my greatest help."

Tu Tiemu was very unwilling. His hope for becoming a high-dimensional lifeform was at stake. Even cosmic legends only had a lifespan of 100,000 years.

Only high-dimensional lifeforms were truly detached. "The human race imprisons Wu Ming in a special spacetime, probably to prevent my prying," Venerable Envoy Vika's voice rang out. "You're turning Wu Ming into your experimental subject. The human race certainly won't let you have your way."

"I know," Tu Tiemu pondered. "Thank you, Venerable Envoy Vika. I'll think of something."

Xu Jingming's imprisonment meant that, throughout the entire universe, Tu Tiemu of the Void God Clan was the most unwilling of all.

The three Supreme Realm experts weren't fools. Knowing that the Void God Clan was spying, they certainly wouldn't give them a chance. *Then I can only use a blatant scheme to force Wu Ming to show himself on the Void God Clan battlefield,* Tu Tiemu thought.

...

On one of the tenth-order war stars, a team of seven Void God Clan members descended.

*Rumble...* The terrifying fluctuations affected the surrounding area.

A team of 26 human tenth-order Source lifeforms was hidden inside the tenth-order war star, ready to attack at any moment.

"I heard that your human race's number one genius, Wu Ming, has gone mad and been imprisoned," a Void God Clan member sneered, looking around. "You ordinary tenth-order Source lifeforms are inferior to Wu Ming. Clearly not crazy, yet you only know how to hide and ambush."

"How would they dare to come out?" The Void God Clan members laughed easily and confidently.

The human tenth-order Source lifeform team was indeed in discussion. "Wu Ming *shixiong* has gone mad and been imprisoned? Really? I've never heard of it!"

"The game world created by Wu Ming *shixiong* has been taken over by the authorities. The official explanation is that Wu Ming *shixiong* needs to go into seclusion. Now it seems there's a possibility that he's been imprisoned!"

"How can the words of aliens be believed?"

"The Void God Clan dares to say it, there must be some reason."

The team members exchanged glances. Clearly, the news had somewhat stimulated them. After all, Wu Ming was an indisputable influential figure in the human race.

"He's gone mad and been imprisoned? That's definitely big news."

...

On one tenth-order war star after another, even on ninth-order war stars, the Void God Clan side revealed the news that Wu Ming had gone mad and been imprisoned. After the news was known to a large number of tenth-order and ninth-order Source lifeforms, it naturally couldn't be concealed any longer.

Soon, the vast majority of Source lifeforms learned of the news.

Gu Shan *shixiong*, Mo Yu *shijie*, Chi Tong, Monina, Cheng Yu, Kabuya, and Qing Lin gathered in the virtual world network. When Xu Jingming was recruited by the Aid Research Institute, they were eight peripheral members of the Primordial Star lineage at the time.

More than 700 years had passed. Only Qing Lin had not yet become a Source lifeform. The others had all broken through.

"The outside world is buzzing with rumors, saying that Wu Ming has gone mad and been imprisoned. Is it true or false?" Gu Shan asked.

"The news came from the Void God Clan," Chi Tong said, puzzled. "We haven't heard of it within the human race before. After all, Wu Ming was still having weapon battles with challengers in the Wu Ming world not long ago."

"The Wu Ming world has been taken over by the authorities," Monina said worriedly. "It's not quite right."

"I asked my sister. My sister also said she didn't know." Monina was a core member of the Cloud City Association and the younger sister of *shijie* Yuan Yi. Yuan Yi's family members were all extremely talented. For example, *shijie* Qiong Yu was a tenth-order Source lifeform and also Yuan Yi's younger sister.

Throughout the entire human race, it was very rare for most siblings to become tenth-order Source lifeforms. "Wu Ming being tainted by a high-dimensional existence, it's indeed possible that he went mad," Mo Yu said. "Moreover, the news is spreading like wildfire, yet the authorities haven't come forward!"

"Wu Ming himself hasn't come out to refute the rumors. Has he really gone mad?" Chi Tong worried. "I'll ask *shixiong* Fan Xi."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Deputy Island Lord Fan Xi managed the entire Isolated Island of Time and Space on behalf of the others. Without the three Supreme Realm experts appearing, Deputy Island Lord Fan Xi was one of the most powerful figures. If Wu Ming was imprisoned, he would definitely know.

Chi Tong sent a message to inquire.

*He has indeed been imprisoned. No need to ask more,* Deputy Island Lord Fan Xi replied.

Chi Tong looked at the content of the reply, his expression changing slightly. "What's wrong?" his companions asked, looking at Chi Tong.

"The situation may be a little complicated," Chi Tong said, looking at his companions. "But one thing is certain. Wu Ming has indeed been imprisoned."

"He's really been imprisoned!" Gu Shan and Mo Yu were worried, but there was nothing they could do.

"To imprison him under Wu Ming's identity, it must have been approved by the three Supreme Realm experts," Chi Tong said in a low voice. "Don't spread news about his imprisonment, everyone."

Everyone present had solemn expressions. To force the three Supreme Realm experts to agree to imprison Xu Jingming, it meant the situation was very serious.

The rumors were spreading like wildfire, but the authorities were deaf.

There was no response at all.

...

Lu Naxing held a crystal ball, watching the spacetime evolving within the crystal ball. "Wu Ming isn't showing himself either. Clearly, the Void God Clan was right. Wu Ming has gone mad and been imprisoned. Hahahaha!" Lu Naxing laughed happily. "After killing my younger brother all those years ago, and then publicly threatening to kill me... After killing so many people and offending so many families all these years, I guessed that the taint was having an increasing effect on him. Now he's completely mad! The cosmic human race won't tolerate a madman running around, so he's been imprisoned."

Lu Naxing smiled and looked at the weather outside the house. "The sunlight today is really good."

Back then, Xu Jingming had killed his younger brother and publicly threatened him! In the High Court of Justice, Xu Jingming still threatened him, stepping all over Lu Naxing's face. Lu Naxing, as the emperor of the Yuan Star civilization, lost all face, but he couldn't do anything about it.

He had finally waited until this day. *I hope you stay imprisoned like this until you die of old age.*

Lu Naxing sneered.

"Dad, Xu Jingming has really gone mad?" Di Yano looked at his father.

Chi Meng shook his head slightly. "He's not mad, but he has indeed been imprisoned."

Di Yano looked at his father in confusion. "He's not mad, yet he's been imprisoned?"

"The Void God Clan deliberately released the rumors. As long as Xu Jingming cares about his reputation, he'll have to come out and refute them," Chi Meng said. "They want Xu Jingming to have frequent contact with the outside world. The more contact he has, the more the Void God Clan's high-dimensional spying methods can use traces of spacetime and cause and effect to observe and decrypt."

Di Yano was thoughtful.

"The Void God Clan taints alien geniuses, turning them into experimental subjects, just to see the process of the experimental subjects changing. They can't just..." Before Di Yano could nod, "The more they want it, the less we'll satisfy them," Chi Meng said. "Even if we lose face, we won't satisfy them."

"The three Supreme Realm experts have long ordered Xu Jingming to be prohibited from entering the virtual world network!"

"The Supreme Realm experts have given the order!" Di Yano understood. "Is Xu Jingming's situation serious?"

Chi Meng looked at his son and nodded slightly. "Very serious. In fact, after being imprisoned, he has gradually started to go mad."