On the Pinnacle of the Central Mountain Range on Thunder Island, within the Main Hall of the majestic palace complex.
"Seventh Senior Brother, please sit."
Ender gestured, and a tall throne appeared behind Venerable Ling Tu.
"Junior Brother, I apologize for the disturbance," Venerable Ling Tu said with a smile as he sat down.
Ender softly asked, "Senior Brother, you've come to find me, is it about the opening of the Original Star?"
"It is precisely about the Original Star."
Venerable Ling Tu nodded and replied, "Junior Brother, you also know that my strength is very close to a Universe Overlord. To advance further, I need to engage in battles and ventures."
Upon hearing this, Ender nodded slightly.
By his estimation, his Seventh Senior Brother, aside from his life gene level, should have an amplification close to 100 times, and his secret techniques are said to have reached the ultimate profound art of a Universe Venerable. His strength is indeed very close to a Universe Overlord.
As long as he has a sufficiently good Heavy Treasure, or elevates his life gene to the Universe Venerable's hundredfold limit, he would possess strength comparable to Venerable Fu Xie back then.
"The opening of the Original Star is an opportunity. Whether I obtain treasures within the Original Star or manage to create a more profound secret technique, either would allow me to become a Universe Overlord."
Venerable Ling Tu paused, then continued, "I came to find you this time, Junior Brother, because I want to borrow some contribution..."
At this point, though he had always thought of borrowing a treasure from Ender, when he actually spoke the words, he still felt a bit awkward.
"Borrow contribution? How much?" Ender asked softly.
Due to having exchanged many treasures before, his account currently only had 3 Heavy Treasure Points. If his Seventh Senior Brother needed a lot of contribution, he would be powerless.
"Just 1 Arcana Treasure Point will suffice."
Upon hearing this, Venerable Ling Tu quickly said, "I exchanged the treasures I didn't need for contribution and acquired an Arcana Treasure armor. Now I'm just missing a top-tier Soul-type Arcana Treasure for protection."
"Transferred it to you."
With a thought, Ender transferred the remaining 3 Arcana Treasure Points in his account to Venerable Ling Tu.
"This..."
Venerable Ling Tu received the Virtual Universe email notification and was momentarily stunned.
Because the email showed that 3 Arcana Treasure Points had been transferred to his account, not 1 Arcana Treasure Point!
For him, 3 Arcana Treasure Points was too much!
He came to borrow contribution Arcana Treasure Points, not to borrow an Arcana Treasure.
That was because he knew the treasures on his Junior Brother were too valuable, at least 10 Arcana Treasure Points as a starting price!
However, Heavy Treasure Points were different; their value was fixed and not excessive, and he could afford to repay them even if he fell.
If he was unlucky and truly fell on the Original Star, even if all his treasures were lost, owing 1 Arcana Treasure Point would not cause him too much pressure.
Secondly, his strength was close to a Universe Overlord, so earning 1 Arcana Treasure Point after resurrection would not be particularly difficult; at worst, he would be financially tight for a period.
But now it was 3 Arcana Treasure Points, and that concept was different!
The entire fortune of some Universe Overlords was only around 3 Arcana Treasure Points!
"Junior Brother, 3 Arcana Treasure Points are not needed."
Venerable Ling Tu reacted and quickly said, "Only 1 Arcana Treasure Point is enough."
"Senior Brother, keep it."
Ender smiled and said, "You've exchanged for a common Arcana Treasure armor, and you're preparing to get a top-tier Soul-type Heavy Treasure. Your weapon should also be upgraded to a common Arcana Treasure."
Upon hearing this, Venerable Ling Tu opened his mouth but did not tell Ender to take back the extra 2 Heavy Treasure Points.
"Junior Brother, aren't you afraid that if I fall, I won't be able to repay these 3 Arcana Treasure Points for a long time?"
Soon, Venerable Ling Tu said with a wry smile, "3 Arcana Treasure Points are equivalent to the fortune of a slightly poorer Universe Overlord."
"It's just 3 Arcana Treasure Points."
Ender shook his head slightly, "With your strength, Senior Brother, this is only a matter of time."
"Thank you for your trust, Junior Brother."
Venerable Ling Tu stood up upon hearing this, his words filled with emotion.
"Oh, right, Junior Brother."
Recalling the questions other Venerables had before the highest meeting, he curiously asked, "Will you go treasure hunting during this opening of the Original Star?"
"Yes, of course, I'll go to the Original Star to venture."
Ender affirmed, "The Original Star opens once every 10,081 epochs, and each opening lasts for 1,000 epochs. If I miss this one, I'll have to wait another 10,081 epochs."
"I have only Cultivated for about 1,000 epochs so far; 10,081 epochs is too long for me."
At this point, he smiled and said, "Besides, the entire Original Universe only has so many treasures on the Original Star. If I miss it, it won't be easy to obtain treasures again."
"With your strength, Junior Brother, you are more than capable of dominating a region on the Original Star."
Venerable Ling Tu then worriedly added, "But if you appear on the Original Star, what about the Demon race, Zerg, and Mechanical Race...?"
"You don't need to worry about that."
Ender confidently said, "If I dare to go to the Original Star, I naturally fear no threats from the three races."
"Fear no threats..."
Venerable Ling Tu pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up, "Junior Brother, you... you truly had a Breakthrough!"
"That's right."
Ender nodded and laughed, "That's why I'm not worried about you not being able to repay my 3 Arcana Treasure Points, Senior Brother. At worst, I'll reverse time and space to resurrect you, making you work for me to pay off the debt."
"Universe Master, reversing time and space..."
Venerable Ling Tu was deeply shocked. "My Junior Brother, whom I once guided, has become a Universe Master so quickly?"
Looking at Ender smiling on the throne, he had an unreal feeling. His Junior Brother's growth speed was too fast!
Becoming a Top-tier Universe Overlord in a few hundred thousand years, and then breaking through to become a Universe Master in less than ten million years.
And he was the first Universe Master in human history to achieve a Breakthrough through the Beast God Path!
"The 'Void-Rending Primal Chaos Tablet' newly created by the Human Alliance, was it established by you, Junior Brother?"
After the shock, Venerable Ling Tu cautiously asked, "Should I call you Void River Master from now on, or...?"
"Senior Brother, there's no need to be formal. You can still call me Junior Brother."
Ender smiled and said, "As for that 'Void-Rending Primal Chaos Tablet', yes, I created it."
Upon hearing this, Venerable Ling Tu's reserved expression relaxed a bit, but facing Ender, who had already become a Universe Master, he still felt immense pressure.
He had once thought of becoming a Universe Overlord, like his Junior Brother whom he had guided, becoming a Seven Star Overlord.
But plans couldn't keep up with changes; their statuses were not equal, but instead, the gap grew wider and wider...
One was a six-star member of the Hong Alliance, and the other was a Hong Alliance Palace Master; the difference in their statuses was vast!
"Senior Brother, aren't you going to Primal Chaos City to exchange for treasures yet?"
Noticing his Seventh Senior Brother's uneasy state of mind, Ender spoke, "Now, many powerful individuals of the Human Alliance are preparing for the opening of the Original Star. If you go too late, the treasures you desire might be taken by others."
"Hmm... you're right."
Venerable Ling Tu nodded and quickly said, "Junior Brother, I apologize, I must go exchange for treasures first."
"Yes, go ahead."
Ender nodded slightly, watching Venerable Ling Tu turn into a white light and disappear, leaving behind the empty throne.
For a long time.
Ender gently brushed his hand on the armrest of the throne, moving the empty throne opposite him, and softly murmured, "A Universe Master..."
Before he became a Universe Master, even as a Heaven-Defying Top-tier Universe Overlord, with strength comparable to a common Universe Master,
his Seventh Senior Brother, Venerable Ling Tu, still conversed with him with an equal mindset, and with an unyielding spirit.
Ender could also see that his Seventh Senior Brother truly wanted to create more profound secret techniques or obtain treasures that could qualitatively transform his strength to become a Universe Overlord, thereby reaching the same status as him.
But now...
Among his Senior Brothers, his Seventh Senior Brother, who had the best relationship with him, also became reserved because he had become a Universe Master.
"Becoming a Universe Master, I stand at the pinnacle of the pyramid in the entire Original Universe. Those whose strength can surpass mine are few and far between."
Ender silently said, "But correspondingly, I must also bear the loneliness of standing at such a height..."
Universe Masters control time and space and possess the ability to reverse time and space granted by the Original Universe, allowing them to resurrect others.
And in this vast and boundless Original Universe, there are only about a thousand Universe Masters, each one a great existence that shakes the Universe!
The Original Star opens once every 10,081 epochs, and each time, it gathers the most Top-tier powerhouses in the Universe, naturally including the thousand Universe Masters who shake the Universe.
...
Ten years later.
In the endless starry Universe, at Original Star Channel No. 88.
Normally, the channel was always closed, and the cosmic starry sky here, though empty, was very peaceful.
But now, as the Original Star was about to open, one Human Alliance powerhouse after another had already gathered in this starry sky, waiting.
Rumble...
Suddenly, an electromagnetic storm emerged in the originally calm cosmic starry sky, and endless terrifying power gathered at the center of the storm.
A vortex slowly formed at the center of that storm, emitting an infinitely dazzling, brilliant colorful light, causing the surrounding space to become distorted.
In an instant, an incomparably terrifying power condensed within the vortex, a power so formidable it surpassed that of a Universe Master!
"The channel has opened."
"Although it's not the first time I've witnessed it, it still feels magnificent."
"The channel is open, but don't rush in yet. Let those Universe Overlords go first."
The Human Alliance powerhouses had long since made all sorts of preparations. Many of them formed teams, or moved in groups of two or three, and some even intended to act alone.
Not long after.
The vortex at the center of the electromagnetic storm had expanded to a diameter of ten billion kilometers, emitting an infinitely dazzling, brilliant colorful light, and its terrifying power completely distorted the surrounding space.
The pressure generated by that vortex channel alone was so immense that even an ordinary Immortal approaching it would be crushed into nothingness!
"The Original Star Channel has opened."
Ender, hidden within the high-grade flying palace Heavy Treasure, Sun Fortress, observed the vortex channel through his ability to control time and space.
When the channel opened, he controlled Sun Fortress and flew into it.
Entering the brilliant channel, as he flew deeper into it, the oppressive force grew stronger and stronger.
Boom...
The pressure caused space to tremble, emitting distorted rumbling sounds, and Sun Fortress directly disappeared into the depths of that channel.
The 10,081 path of the Original Star were distributed across various parts of the Universe.
As the channels opened, powerhouses from various major forces composed of billions of races in the Universe, one Universe Venerable, Universe Overlord, and even Universe Master after another, entered the channels.
10,081 Original Stars...
The bloody slaughter began!
...
From the dazzling vortex, figures or rays of light flew out one after another.
Simultaneously emitting a faint glow, like an orange-yellow star, they appeared from the vortex in mid-air and flew towards the distance.
After flying for a distance, the orange-yellow star stopped.
A figure clad in dark golden armor emerged from the orange-yellow star.
"This is the Original Star..."
Ender stood in mid-air, surveying his surroundings.
The endless pressure on the Original Star acted upon him, a pressure so terrifying it could crush an ordinary Immortal.
But for him, the pressure seemed non-existent; it was merely a different sensation from the outside world when he first arrived.
There were a total of 10,081 Original Stars, each of the same size, with a diameter of approximately 100 billion kilometers!
The spatial fluctuations across the entire Original Star were completely halted, and the extremely powerful pressure... was enough to directly turn an ordinary Immortal into nothingness. This strong pressure caused space to tremble, making Divine Kingdom teleportation utterly impossible.
No instant movement!
No Divine Kingdom teleportation!
A diameter of merely 100 billion kilometers might seem not too large for a Universe Venerable...
But it must be known that under such terrifying pressure, although a Universe Venerable could accelerate to near light speed, acceleration would take a longer time.
Sudden turns, changes in speed, and transformations would all be significantly slower than in the outside world...
This kind of super pressure...
It was like the Domain released by a massive Domain-type Arcana Treasure.
...
Ender overlooked the land below, which consisted of mountain ranges and dense forests, with verdant, tall trees, seemingly no different from the outside world.
"Let's go down and take a look."
He plummeted downwards, quickly landing on a large boulder.
"According to the data, the flowers, plants, trees, rocks, and flowing water here are all one with the Original Star."
Ender stood on the giant boulder, surveying his surroundings. The flowers, plants, and trees around him seemed ordinary, but they were not easy to destroy.
Even if they were damaged, they would re-condense and grow back to their original state, and even if a portion of the soil was taken, it would quickly disappear and return to its original state.
Therefore, on the Original Star, any item that felt "connected" to the Original Star, such as soil, flowers, plants, or trees, could be temporarily taken by force, but they would quickly return to their original location on the Original Star.
Only items not "connected" to the Original Star, such as some treasures that emerged, could be taken away.
"Treasures born on the Original Star will not revert to their original state like flowers, plants, and trees."
Ender pondered, "If I attack the surroundings with immense power, extensively damaging the environment of the Original Star, I might be able to blast out hidden Heavy Treasures..."
"But it's not worth it!"
He carefully sensed the energy auras around him, "Although I carry an Avatar, I cannot waste precious Immortal Energy on mere Heavy Treasures."
According to the data, sensing energy auras on the Original Star was a common method chosen by most powerhouses to find treasures.
Especially when powerhouses contended for treasures, the energy fluctuations from battles could transmit over long distances, detectable even from far away.
Besides sensing energy fluctuations, one could also determine the level of a treasure by the commotion it caused upon emergence.
Generally speaking, the emergence of an Arcana Treasure caused little commotion, some top-tier set Heavy Treasures might cause minor commotions, but the emergence of a Treasure would definitely cause a commotion!
The greater the commotion, the higher the Treasure's tier!
Some even saw entire palaces emerge from the ground, with Treasures hidden within them, and so on...
In summary.
The greater the commotion, the higher the tier of the treasure.
...
"There are 10,081 Original Stars, and each Original Star has 10,081 randomly distributed vortex channels in mid-air. The channel I entered is also the one to exit."
Ender stood silently on the giant boulder, "To search for treasures on the Original Star, one either wanders aimlessly relying on luck, or waits quietly in one place, sensing auras and the commotion of treasures emerging."
"Compared to wandering aimlessly, waiting quietly in one place is more suitable. At the same time, I can also connect to the Virtual Universe through my Immortal Energy Avatar to inquire about information known by my allies."
The Original Star is very special; it cannot connect to the Virtual Universe, so one can only connect through the Immortal Energy Avatar left in the Original Universe.
"Hmm?"
Ender suddenly turned his head, looking in the direction from which he sensed a commotion being transmitted.