Chapter 1 Lu Naxing

In the dim hall, Lu Naxing sat alone.

"Wu Ming has become a cosmic legend." Lu Naxing looked at the wine glass in front of him, picked it up, and took a small sip.

"Actually, from the day Wu Ming became a Source Life, I have always wanted to befriend him and become friends with him." Lu Naxing's gaze penetrated the roof, seeing the infinite starry sky outside the planet. "I knew that he was incredibly talented and dazzling. Even though I was the heir to the throne at the time, I never dared to underestimate him."

"Later, after I became emperor, I still never targeted him in the slightest."

"But who would have thought that he would be corrupted? He went mad. He contacted me directly, and while contacting me, he publicly executed my younger brother." Lu Naxing poured himself another glass of wine. "What could I do? An emperor! Being contacted by a message, and my brother was executed just like that. He even publicly threatened me, saying that he would publicly execute me in the future… Could I turn a blind eye to that?"

"If I turned a blind eye, I would be laughed at by the entire universe! Where would the dignity of the emperor be?" Lu Naxing was very bitter.

He had always been unwilling to feud with Xu Jingming, trying to resolve the grievances.

But Xu Jingming killed his younger brother in person and threatened him publicly! As an emperor, he had to fight back. For the dignity of the royal family of a high-level civilization, he had to fight back.

"The three major royal families are all behind me." Lu Naxing said, "In the end, the Supreme Court only gave Wu Ming a slight punishment!"

"After that, I still avoided him, never wanting to target him. But all the forces in the human race of the entire universe believed that Wu Ming and I were already enemies." Lu Naxing mocked himself, "Everyone thinks you are enemies, so you are naturally enemies." Lu Naxing murmured, "From beginning to end, I have been avoiding becoming enemies with him."

"But fate pushes forward step by step. I don't believe in fate, but now… I have to believe it." Lu Naxing shook his head.

He was considered exceptionally talented among the royal children, becoming a tenth-order Source Life in three thousand years, and he was also very cautious in his actions.

As for his younger brother? In fact, in the three major royal families, and in many large families, there were many similar playboy types.

"There are many, many parasites in the many large families of the universe. Can Wu Ming manage them all? It just so happened that my younger brother bumped into Wu Ming."

"If Wu Ming hadn't been corrupted, he wouldn't have been so crazy. Who would have thought that I would become a victim of his high-dimensional corruption." Lu Naxing poured himself another glass of wine.

Suddenly, a figure condensed out of nothing. It was the previous emperor, Ma Xun.

"So, it's Senior Ma Xun here to see me." Lu Naxing looked up at him and smiled, "The Council of Elders is really giving me face."

"The Royal Council of Elders has already determined the new emperor." Ma Xun said, "Lu Naxing, you should know what to do."

"I understand. I will take the initiative to abdicate in the name of focusing on the path of evolution." Lu Naxing smiled, "Does the Council of Elders have a deadline for my abdication?"

"Within a year." Ma Xun said.

Lu Naxing nodded slightly, "Understood."

"The Council of Elders has to do this. You should understand." Ma Xun said.

"The strongest cosmic legend of this era, a being who will most likely be on par with the three Supreme Realms in the future." Lu Naxing nodded, "The Council of Elders' decision is not wrong."

Lu Naxing looked at Ma Xun, "Senior Ma Xun, for so many years, I have never wanted to be Wu Ming's enemy, never wanted to have a feud with him. But I unknowingly reached this point. Tell me, why is that?"

Ma Xun was stunned, "If I had to say, it's because you weren't strict enough in your discipline."

"Discipline?" Lu Naxing chuckled, "My younger brother's feud with Wu Ming was before Wu Ming became a Source Life. Who could have predicted it? As for the methods of recruiting talent being a little harsh, is that even a big deal in the universe?"

"My younger brother was greedy, but how many greedy members are there in the large families? If I had to manage every greedy person in the entire royal family, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold this position." Lu Naxing shook his head.

Ma Xun was silent. "Yes, Lu Naxing being emperor, the Yuanxing Civilization is still very stable internally, because Lu Naxing hasn't caused any trouble. I have been very careful step by step, but I have fallen to this end." Lu Naxing stood up, "The only explanation is that this is fate."

Ma Xun looked at Lu Naxing's departing back and slowly said, "In the river of fate, countless people seem like fish that have to go with the flow. But Wu Ming is a giant on the shore who can cut off the river of fate and even change it."

"Change fate?" Lu Naxing stopped and chuckled, "Legend has it that the third-realm high-dimensional life forms control time and space, control the past, the future, and the present, and control cause and effect and fate. Can Wu Ming master fate? Is he worthy?"

"As far as we are concerned, he can already control our fate." Ma Xun said.

Lu Naxing was stunned, "That's right, he can already decide our fate." Lu Naxing went out and disappeared into the hall.

Blue Star, in the old house's courtyard.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming looked at the latest news on the screen, "Lu Naxing wants to focus on the path of evolution and chooses to abdicate?"

"He abdicated?" Li Miaomiao, who was peeling an orange beside him, was surprised, "The position of emperor of a high-level civilization has a vast amount of resources, both directly and indirectly. Usually, people stay in the position for tens of thousands of years. How long has he been emperor?" Xu Jingming smiled.

"Is it because of you, Jingming?" Li Miaomiao guessed.

"Actually, I didn't even pay attention to Lu Naxing." Xu Jingming said.

"But the outside world thinks… you care!" Li Miaomiao said.

Xu Jingming smiled at his wife, "Miaomiao, you can really see through things now."

Li Miaomiao smiled, "I can feel your influence. After your breakthrough, all the forces in the human race of the entire universe care about your attitude! Among the top forces, many top forces have changed their recruitment rules. Many large families are trying to repair their relationship with our Xu family. As for those with great feuds… we don't even need to do anything. They are all actively dying one by one."

"The stronger the individual, the stronger the radiation influence on the outside world." Xu Jingming said, "Just like the three Supreme Realms completely determine the rules and order of the entire human race. Just like that existence of the Void God Clan, he invisibly influences all races in the universe! Compared with them, I am still far behind." Xu Jingming said.

"Is your current goal already them?" Li Miaomiao smiled.

Xu Jingming was stunned, smiled, and then looked remotely in one direction, the location of the auxiliary universe he had discovered.

In that starry sky, an invisible force condensed into a figure, which was Xu Jingming in black robes.

After mastering the power of the Heart Realm, Xu Jingming could easily form clones. Each clone was condensed from the power of the Heart Realm. Like this clone condensed at this moment, it consumed most of the Heart Realm power of the whole body.

"Now that I've become a cosmic legend, I can explore the auxiliary universe." Xu Jingming quickly passed through the high-dimensional gate and arrived at the dark, empty channel of the auxiliary universe. Flying along the channel, he saw the familiar fiery red world.

Rumble~~~

In the fiery red world, countless volcanoes erupted with lava, but the cosmic fruit trees no longer had any fruit.

"Huff." Xu Jingming took a step and passed through the fiery red world, heading to the location of the totemic stone pillars.

The totemic stone pillars were 1.6 light-years high. Such a length could easily penetrate the entire solar system. Xu Jingming observed the totemic stone pillars as he approached, peering into their more real side.

A height of 1.6 light-years was its appearance in the low-dimensional universe. The real totemic stone pillars, which Xu Jingming could now peer into, were composed of something that was many times more complex and vast than the scales of the Heavenly Serpent. He could indirectly judge that the monster was many times stronger than the nascent-realm high-dimensional life form, the Heavenly Serpent.

"High-dimensional objects are complex and profound." Xu Jingming walked to a broken totemic stone pillar. The broken totemic stone pillar was infinitely vast. Xu Jingming reached out and touched its surface.

Buzz~~

The moment he touched it, a large amount of high-dimensional information impacted Xu Jingming's mind and consciousness.

However, having reached the realm of the Lotus of the Heart and mastering the power of the Heart Realm, Xu Jingming could directly face the real image of the Void Abyss Master, let alone this high-dimensional information.

"I see it." Xu Jingming's Heart Realm power quickly saw the real image of the behemoth.

It was a huge, upright monster. Countless black flames spread across its body, turning the entire monster black.

"How big is its body?" Although Xu Jingming saw it with his Heart Realm power, he had no reference object and could not determine its exact size. He just vaguely felt that its body was very large!

Xu Jingming took another step and went to other totemic stone pillars. The intact totemic stone pillars had terrifying repulsive force. But Xu Jingming was like an illusion. The repulsive force could not act on him at all. He easily walked to an intact totemic stone pillar.

"The monster is already dead. The power of this auxiliary universe fragment has naturally declined. These totemic stone pillars have become water without a source and have become very weak."

Xu Jingming reached out and touched the intact totemic stone pillar.

Buzz!

At this moment, the scene Xu Jingming saw was different. He saw that the huge monster opened its mouth. Its mouth was like an endless abyss, and a huge celestial body a hundred times larger than the monster was flying towards the monster's mouth.

"Transforming into an abyss and devouring high-dimensional celestial bodies?" Xu Jingming felt for a moment and then walked to the next totemic stone pillar to touch it.

The collapsed totemic stone pillar only had remnants of the monster's image.

The intact totemic stone pillars allowed Xu Jingming to see different scenes of the monster—

Sometimes it devoured high-dimensional celestial bodies, sometimes it tore apart enemies in high-dimensional space, sometimes it burst out with flames that swept everything, sometimes it released an abyss-like domain, sometimes it sat quietly, surrounded by 3,000 small light shadows…

Xu Jingming touched them one by one, and became more and more familiar with the monster. Yet, he was also becoming more and more shocked.

In the center of the palace, surrounded by 36 totemic stone pillars, a pair of eyes opened. The eyes silently observed Xu Jingming's every move.

"That little fellow is here again."

"Master, he is sensing your aura, tracing the traces you left in spacetime…" The eyes just watched, without stopping Xu Jingming.