abnabooks Chapter 327 Is Chen Yuan the owner of the Star Tower?
Chapter 327 Is Chen Yuan the owner of the Star Tower?
Chapter 327 Is Chen Yuan the Master of the Star Tower? (4.2K)
"The hermit?"
The Demon Ancestor was unaware of this matter. "Is this Chen Yuan related to him?"
"The information I obtained from Emperor Yan last time I sought him out," the silver-white snake head said calmly. "The person behind Emperor Yan is the Mountain-Sitting Guest."
"I never expected that Chen Yuan could be connected with one of the strongest beings," Zhen Yaozu exclaimed.
"Are you afraid?" the black sphere retorted. "You are the progenitor of the demon race, would you be afraid of a lone traveler?"
"Of course I'm not afraid of him." Zhen Yaozu frowned and said, "It's just that we all have clans, while he has no ties. Once we offend Zuo Shan Ke, there's not much we can do if he retaliates."
"Don't worry, the Mountain Guest is tactful and rarely causes trouble."
The Zerg Queen said softly, "This time, our three races have joined forces. Given the nature of the Mountain Guest, he wouldn't dare to provoke all three of us for the sake of a mere disciple."
"Besides, you've all experienced Chen Yuan's threat firsthand. To eliminate him, we fear not even humans, so why should we fear a lone traveler?"
After a pause, the Empress added, "I'll give you another piece of news. You should all have noticed that Chen Yuan's contributions to the human race, besides researching the King Armor, include another item, the 'Primordial Secret Records'."
"As far as I know, because of this secret technique, the human race has produced hundreds of Universe Venerables, and one of them has even broken through to the level of Universe Lord."
"The Lord of the Universe?!" This news clearly shocked everyone else. "Who broke through?"
"I don't know, the information is being kept very tightly under wraps."
The Empress shook her head and said, "But I don't think this newly crowned Lord of the Universe is important. Chen Yuan, who created the 'Secret Record of the Primordial Beginning,' is the most important person."
"If we keep waiting like this, who among you can guarantee that the other side won't research even more things, significantly boosting the overall strength of the human race?"
"Don't you think the losses you suffered on foreign battlefields are enough?"
"......"
Upon hearing this, the other strongest individuals exchanged glances and nodded in unison: "This Chen Yuan must die, and it must be done before he breaks through to the Universe Master level."
If it's possible to kill a top-tier overlord, then once that overlord breaks through to the level of a universe master, it becomes extremely difficult to kill him within the scope of the original universe.
"Go find Emperor Yan," the Zerg Queen said. "As another disciple of the Mountain-Sitting Guest, Emperor Yan is the most likely person to know Chen Yuan's information."
Thus, the four strongest individuals quickly reached a consensus and decided to seek out the Flame Emperor to find out the truth.
In the territory of the Yan God Clan, the Yan Emperor, who was recuperating, opened his eyes and frowned slightly: "These people have come again, and there are four of them."
"What's going on this time?"
Irritability!
Last time, due to the pressure from the three strongest individuals, he chose to send the Flame God Clan warriors to the outer battlefield, resulting in a crushing defeat!
Even though Emperor Yan didn't care much about ordinary Yan Gods, the fact that almost all the warriors who went to war perished on the battlefields beyond the realms also caused the core strength of the Yan Gods to disappear by more than half, severely weakening the clan's power.
In order to preserve the strength of his clan, the Yan Emperor had no choice but to personally intervene, reversing time and space to resurrect some of the Yan God Clan's powerful members who had died in battle.
Yes, only a portion were resurrected because too many people died in battle. With Emperor Yan's strength, he could only resurrect a portion of the more important and powerful individuals.
If there were more people, the backlash from the resurrection alone would have severely injured Emperor Yan!
Even now, Emperor Yan suffered serious injuries as a result, which led to him lying dormant and recuperating for the past few hundred years.
The reason for all this is, of course, the coercion from the three races.
"If I had a powerful backer, how could these three major clans dare to treat me like this?"
Emperor Yan gritted his teeth inwardly, "It's a pity that although the Nine Domains Alliance is not weak, it does not have the strongest leader. My teacher is also unwilling to serve as the alliance leader. As a result, I always feel inferior when facing these top clans."
There was nothing he could do. Although Emperor Yan held a high position in the Nine Domains Alliance, in the eyes of the strongest, the alliance was nothing special.
While reviving his people despite his injuries, Emperor Yan even had a slight thought of returning to the human race.
After all, the human race also has the strongest being, Giant Axe. With his strength, if he hadn't left the human race back then, he would be living a very comfortable life now.
Of course, this idea was only a fleeting thought, and it was quickly extinguished by Emperor Yan. With his pride, no matter how bad things were outside, he would never go back and bow down to the human race!
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Emperor Yan arrived outside the territory and bowed slightly to the several divine incarnations: "Emperor Yan greets the ancestors."
"What brings our ancestors here?"
"Emperor Yan," the Mechanical Ancestor said calmly, "The human who invented the King Armor has appeared. His name is Chen Yuan."
"Based on what you said last time, this Chen Yuan might be a newly accepted disciple of the Mountain Hermit, that is, your junior brother?"
"Chen Yuan? The human race does have such a genius." Emperor Yan frowned slightly. "But I remember this person is only a Realm Lord, right? Even if he researched the King Armor, is it really worth the personal attention of four Ancestors?"
"If he were merely a realm lord, then of course he wouldn't warrant our attention."
The Demon Ancestor of the Demon Clan said, "But this person has risen from a Realm Lord to a top-tier Universe Overlord in just a few hundred years. He is also a rare research genius. He is too threatening and must be eliminated."
A top-tier cosmic overlord? That's impossible!" Emperor Yan was utterly shocked.
"Emperor Yan, it seems you don't know your junior brother very well?"
The Zerg Queen said softly, "Or are you just acting to cover up Chen Yuan's secret?"
No, I'm genuinely surprised.
Emperor Yan shook his head, a trace of disbelief still lingering in his eyes. "This shouldn't be the case. If Chen Yuan is truly my teacher's disciple, there's absolutely no way he could break through to immortality in just a few hundred years, let alone become a cosmic overlord."
"Oh?"
The Zerg Queen asked, "Is there some secret involved?"
"This—" Emperor Yan suddenly hesitated, his expression shifting between light and dark.
The Zerg Queen had hit the nail on the head. The reason he couldn't believe Chen Yuan had become a cosmic overlord in just a few hundred years was because he knew...
Master Zuoshanke's requirement for his third disciple is to inherit the Star Tower!
However, the conditions for recognizing a master in the Star Tower were too harsh. He was very interested in the Star Tower back then, but after learning about the conditions from his teacher, he immediately shut up and stopped mentioning it.
Even if Chen Yuan is an Earthling known for his talent in willpower, he would need to be a World Lord to have the Star Tower recognize him as its master, and the recognition ceremony alone would take at least several thousand years!
But now several of the strongest people are telling him that Chen Yuan has broken through from the Realm Lord to become a top overlord in just a few hundred years. How is that possible?
Not to mention that the Universe Venerable had no hope of being recognized by the Star Tower, even if the recognition ceremony was completed during the Realm Lord period, the timing would not match up at all.
After all, the Star Tower couldn't be moved into a small universe to complete the recognition ceremony by accelerating time.
"Could it be that the teacher accepted Chen Yuan not for the Star Tower? But he's clearly from Earth—"
Yan Di couldn't figure it out at all, since he hadn't seen his teacher for a long time.
Seeing the Yan Emperor's hesitation, the Dream Demon Ancestor shouted, "Yan Emperor, now that things have come to this, what are you still hiding?"
"Your Yan Shen clan has lost many warriors because of the humans, all because of Chen Yuan's research into the King Armor and King Soul technologies. Are you still going to protect your junior brother?"
"That's not the case. I've never met this junior brother, let alone protected him."
Emperor Yan shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and said, "However, this matter concerns a secret of my teacher, and I cannot reveal it."
"The secret of the Mountain-Sitting Guest?" the black sphere spoke. "Emperor Yan, you're afraid of the Mountain-Sitting Guest, but aren't you afraid of the four of us?"
"My ancestors," Emperor Yan said with a wry smile, "I sincerely advise you not to provoke the Mountain-Sitting Guest. I still haven't figured out how many tricks our teacher has been hiding."
Upon hearing this, the strongest beings in the universe exchanged glances, their expressions showing surprise.
"The Mountain-Sitting Guest? I only know that he exists in ancient times and has been the strongest since the early days of the universe's evolution, but he is not known for his strength."
Zhen Yaozu said calmly, "Emperor Yan, are you saying that the Mountain Guest is hiding his strength? But you don't know that once you reach the ranks of the strongest in the universe, your strength is basically set. Even if there are differences between you, they won't be that big."
"Otherwise, if the older something is, the more powerful it is, then Mengcha and I wouldn't have been able to separate from the 'Ancestor of Demon Beasts' and form the demon race we know today."
"Zhenjiao is right," Mengyaozu also said. "Back then, I thought the progenitor of demon beasts was incredibly powerful, but now it seems that his strength is just so-so, otherwise we wouldn't have broken away to become independent."
"Emperor Yan, you are afraid of the Mountain-Sitting Guest only because you haven't reached that level yet and don't understand the gap between the strongest beings in the universe."
"Indeed, the Mountain-Sitting Guest may have some hidden tricks, but at most he has the advantage in a one-on-one situation for us." The Zerg Queen said softly, "But at this moment we are a united front of three races, with four of our strongest beings present. Even the Mountain-Sitting Guest needs to retreat."
"Emperor Yan, reveal Chen Yuan's information. If the Mountain-Sitting Guest is enraged, you can simply shift the blame onto us."
Upon hearing these words, Emperor Yan hesitated. His teacher's authority was deeply ingrained in his mind, making him feel that his teacher was an omnipotent being, so he dared not disobey him at all.
Now, after hearing the explanations from the ancestors, he couldn't help but wonder, if that were truly the case, then his teacher didn't seem as terrifying as he had imagined? Was his perception of his teacher as unfathomable merely a matter of limited perspective?
However, no matter what, facing the pressure from the four strongest individuals, Emperor Yan was still somewhat flustered.
Remembering the Zerg Queen's promise, Emperor Yan finally gritted his teeth and chose to reveal his teacher's secret: "The Star Tower!"
"What?"
Upon hearing this, the ancestors were all taken aback. The Mechanical Ancestor asked, "You're saying the Star Tower is related to Chen Yuan?"
"The Star Tower is a treasure crafted by Master Zuoshanke," Emperor Yan revealed this secret. "And the disciple Master has been searching for..."
"It's all so that it can inherit the Star Tower."
This news was like a bombshell dropped into a lake for the strongest individuals, causing waves to splash everywhere.
"That's impossible!"
The myriad snake shadows churned, revealing the Dream Demon Ancestor's highly unstable state of mind. The silver-white snake head couldn't help but ask, "The Star Tower was actually crafted by the Mountain-Sitting Guest? How could he have forged such a powerful treasure!"
They couldn't help but be shocked. That was the Star Tower, a supreme treasure nine light-years high, an existence that no strongest person could shake. It was actually a treasure crafted by humans.
"I don't know how the teacher did it."
Emperor Yan shook his head. "I only heard my teacher say that the Star Tower was affected by the environment during its forging process. A golden light merged into the tower, which is how the Star Tower took shape."
"However, this also brings about extremely strict conditions for recognizing a master."
"That's why even the teacher couldn't control the Star Tower and could only place it on the battlefield outside the domain."
Upon hearing this secret, the strongest among them fell silent. After a moment, the Zerg Queen said, "It seems that the success of the Star Tower was just an accident and does not mean that the Mountain-Sitting Guest can consistently refine the most powerful treasures."
"Otherwise, throughout countless eons, we have never heard of any supreme treasure in the hands of the Mountain-Sitting Guest."
"The Empress is right. It's likely that the Mountain-Sitting Guest just happened to encounter a fortuitous opportunity, which is why he was able to forge the Star Tower," the Mechanical Ancestor chimed in. "But since even he couldn't control this treasure, it means that the formation of this treasure has little to do with the Mountain-Sitting Guest."
"Emperor Yan, you just said that the conditions for the Star Tower to recognize a master are very strict," Zhen Yaozu inquired. "Does this Chen Yuan meet the conditions?"
"I don't know." Emperor Yan shook his head honestly. "The Star Tower has extremely high requirements for willpower. A World Lord level requires the willpower of a Universe Venerable, and an Immortal level requires the willpower of a Universe Lord. The stronger the soul, the higher the requirements."
"If Chen Yuan is truly our master's newly accepted disciple, then he should have completed the Star Tower's recognition of him as master during his time as a Realm Lord," Emperor Yan said with a puzzled expression. "But he became a top overlord in just a few hundred years. Where did he find the time to complete the recognition?"
"You know, the teacher arranged for people to inherit the Star Tower before, but without exception, they all died during the recognition ceremony. The longest one persisted for more than three thousand years without success."
"Perhaps the Mountain-Sitting Guest has a way to shorten the time for recognizing a master," the Zerg Queen said calmly. "Moreover, this Chen Yuan may not really be a cosmic overlord; this could be false information spread by the humans."
"Fake news?" A thought struck the Mechanical Ancestor. "Empress, could it be...?" The Zerg Queen smiled slightly and said to the two Demon Ancestors, "Dreamtea, do you still remember what happened in the Star Tower a hundred years ago?"
"A hundred years ago, the Star Tower?" the Dream Demon Ancestor blurted out. "Someone broke through to immortality within the Star Tower!"
"Yes, immortality, and immortality based on the wind attribute law."
The Zerg Queen said softly, "What if Chen Yuan's information was deliberately concealed, and he wasn't the top overlord the humans claimed to be, but merely an immortal?"
"Doesn't all this information then connect?"
The ancestors exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.
If Chen Yuan, during his time as a Realm Lord, successfully recognized the Star Tower as his master and broke through to Immortality, then it does indeed match the intelligence they possess.
"If that's the case, the Mountain-Sitting Guest may have already succeeded," the Mechanical Ancestor said calmly. "Chen Yuan is most likely the master of the Star Tower!"
"Chen Yuan must die, and he must be killed as soon as possible!" The silver-white snake head said firmly, "Otherwise, once he gains control of the Star Tower, no one in the entire primordial universe will be able to kill him."