I Am Super Rich
-Book IX-

Chapter 401

The young man in the VIP room was named Harlan Busch. He was a direct descendant of one of the major families in the Royal Region. Even though the Busch family was far from the eight prominent families, they were still pretty powerful in the Royal Region.  

Harlan was not very talented, so he would use twice the effort to only get half the results during his cultivation. Moreover, he was very lazy, and he loved women. He could not go a day without sleeping with a woman. Because of this, he threw the handle after the blade and began to make a fortune in the family‘s sphere of influence by relying on the family‘s reputation.  

Despite this, Harlan was very discerning, which was how he got to where he was right now. He would never risk offending someone he did not know the background of. After all, there were too many people in the Royal Region, the center of the entire galaxy, that he could not afford to offend. If he was slightly careless, his entire family might be wiped out.

When Harlan heard the young man that he was from one of the eight prominent families, the Tuffin family, he  burst into laughter.  He said sarcastically, “Are you really from the Tuffin family? Are you kidding me? The Dallarosa family has wiped out the Tuffin family, and they have already replaced the Tuffin family as one of the eight prominent families.”  

“It is because the Dallarosa family wiped out the Tuffin family that I showed up here incognito. Furthermore, the information I want to share with you is one of the absolute secrets of my family,” Floyd said.  

“Oh? Let‘s hear it.”

Harlan was interested.  

“I can tell you, but you must settle all my debts and give me a large sum of money after that. Besides, are you sure you want all of them to know it as well?” Harlan stared at Floyd.

After making sure he was not joking, Harlan said, “You should leave now.”  

“Yes, Boss!”  

The two middle–aged men and two gorgeous women said at the same time.  

Soon after, they left the room respectfully.  

At this moment, only the young man and Floyd were left in the VIP Room.  

“Can you tell me now? As long as you can bring me benefits, I‘ll agree with everything you ask for.”  

Floyd took a deep breath before saying, “Pavan, the eldest son of the Tuffin family, has been exploring outside all these years. Recently, he sent a message back saying he found an indigenous living planet on the brink of the Milky Way. However, there was a peak Planet Ranker on the planet, and the aborigines had very high talent. It would be unimaginably valuable if he could plant his slave mark on this planet. Thus, he asked the family to subdue them.”

“After the family got news about this, they immediately realized this would be the hope for the family to rise. Hence, they recalled all the heirs to elect a new head for the younger generation. Then, they asked Lord Adan to bring the head of the younger generation over. However, Lord Adan was met with an attack from the Dallarosa family while on the way. In the end, he died, and you know the rest. The Dallarosa family destroyed my family, but they had no idea about this. If I had another choice, I wouldn‘t have told you about this.”  

Floyd told Harlan this because he had no choice.  

Even though he was a direct descendant, he was the most inconspicuous one. His family died while going on a mission for the family. By right, this top secret would have been taken to the grave. Floyd only knew this because he stole this information from the top secret vault of the family after the family was wiped out. He wanted to go himself, but he did not have the power to do so.  

Therefore, he hid this in his heart. He had no other choice today and would die if he did not say it. He might even live a life worse than death.  

Hence, he could only use this information in exchange for his life.  

As Harlan heard what Floyd said, his breathing started to get faster.  

Clearly, he was very shocked after hearing this news.  

Since Floyd dared to tell him about this, it would mean Floyd was confident about this news. He knew the consequences if he dared to lie.  

How talented would an indigenous living planet with a peak Planet Ranker be?  

If Harlan planted his slave mark on the planet and forced the people to drink genetic drugs to stimulate their potential before feeding it to the master, he would turn from a good–for–nothing to a genius. How did he run into such an alarming yet fortuitous meeting?

It seemed that Harlan was about to prosper.  

Even though Harlan was not very talented and had given up on cultivating, this did not mean he did not hope of becoming stronger and getting his family to value him.  

He could not work hard to make up for his talent. He only gave up because he did not have a choice.  

Now that he had such an excellent opportunity to increase his talent and trample on the first and second heirs of the family, how would he give up on it?  

Coincidentally, the Tuffin family got such a good chance but was wiped out by the Dallarosa family during that  critical moment. Due to this, he was the only one to receive this news.  

‘Could it be that I‘m the true chosen one?‘

At this moment, Harlan‘s distinguished ambition was suddenly reignited again. His face turned red from excitement. If he brought his people to plant his slave mark in secret, who would dare to look down on him in the future?  

Now, Harlan‘s sight was not just limited to his family. He might even become a super genius who was on the same level as Gunnar, a genius in the Royal Region. By then, he would be the one everyone looked up to and simultaneously gain the admiration of countless women.  

When he thought about this, Harlan felt his blood burning. However, he had to plan this properly.  

Firstly, he could not leak this.  

Secondly, he could not let his family know about this.  

If not, he would not get a share of this. Therefore, he could only do this in secret. He needed to be careful on a planet with a peak Planet Ranker. He was not that person‘s opponent at all.  

“Are you telling the truth?” Harlan asked after he calmed down.  

“Of course! How would I dare to lie to you about something like this unless I don‘t want to live anymore,” Floyd answered calmly.  

“It‘s good that you know. Where is this planet? What‘s the location?”  

“You will let me go as per your promise after I tell you and give me a large sum of money, right?”  

“Not now. How will I know if you‘re making this up to fool me?”  

“You…” Floyd was furious.  

Then, he asked quickly, “When will you fulfill your promise?”  

At this moment, Harlan laughed and said, “Floyd, my brother, we can do this slowly. As long as you‘re telling the truth, I promise you will have unlimited riches for the rest of your life.”

“I already had unlimited riches. Right now, I want to leave with the money and find somewhere to live incognito. I never want to come out again.”  

“Alright, if that‘s the case, you should come with us. As soon as we get there and plant my slave mark successfully, I can give you everything you want. Even if you return to me in the future when you are at the end of your rope, I will still do everything in my power to help you. What do you think?”  

“Alright, it‘s a deal.” Floyd agreed after he thought about it.

He knew he could not leave now. If he were in Harlan‘s shoes, he would not let the other party leave either.  

“Haha! How straightforward! Floyd, my brother, I need some time to prepare, so you might have to suffer for a bit. Aside from not being able to leave, you can ask for anything. I will give you all the money and women you want,” Harlan laughed.  

“I want the two women just now,” Floyd said.  

“Haha! Alright, it‘s just a small matter.”  

After Harlan said that, he got up and walked to Floyd. Then, he left after patting Floyd‘s shoulder.  

The moment he opened the door to leave, the two women came in and closed the door behind them.

—

David and the others continued to head to their destination. He still did not know Earth‘s location had been exposed by the only surviving member of the Tuffin family.  

He thought that as long as he killed all of the Tuffin family‘s core, no one would know where Earth was. However, he had missed the others.  

At the same time, David also made a mistake hiding the Earth‘s location using the system.  

After hiding it, they could not find Earth on the galaxy map.  

That way, no one would know that Earth was already a high–class citizen planet of the Milky Way Empire.  

This made Harlan even more sure that Earth was an indigenous living planet.  

At this moment, he was coming up with various ways to buy Cursed Blood Beads secretly. At the same time, he was recruiting dependable masters.  

His family had Stellar Rankers and even masters at Universe Realm.  

However, Harlan could not tell his family about this.  

If not, his family would take away what was rightfully his.  

Even if they gave Harlan some compensation after the deed was done, it was nothing compared to an indigenous living planet.  

It was also an indigenous living planet with a peak Planet Ranker, so it would be hard to determine the value of.  

Currently, Harlan‘s ambition, which had been long diminished, was once again starting to rise. He was not satisfied with just spending his time idly and waiting for his death. He wanted to be stronger. He wanted to step on the other heirs of the family. He wanted to be the most dazzling person in the Royal Region.

However, Harlan planned to head to Earth with his most low–level vessel so he would not attract so much attention.

Even if this would be more time–consuming, he could arrive on Earth silently and not attract any attention.  

Half a month later, Harlan had made all the preparations. He secretly brought Floyd and the others away from the Royal Region and headed to Earth.  

However, judging from the speed of their lowest–level vessel, they would only arrive in three or four months.

At this moment, David and the others reached their first destination in their Galaxy Warship.  

As they looked at the small living planet within, David scanned it with his mind power. He could immediately understand everything on the planet.  

After scanning it, David let out a sigh of relief.  

‘Phew! This planet has not been discovered, and it‘s not been planted with a slave mark.‘  

Right now, it was still self–sufficient.  

The technological advancement also seemed to be slightly higher than Earth. However, it was not by much.  

It seemed only to be a level 0.8 or 0.9 civilization.  

David asked the Galaxy Warship to descend on the planet slowly.  

He did not bring his people down when he landed on a huge grassland. Instead, they waited inside the Galaxy Warship for the people of the planet to approach them.  

He believed they must have discovered his slow arrival. Even the Earth‘s technology would have noticed them.  

Moreover, this planet was a little bit more advanced than the earth.  

Boom!  

Sure enough, not long after, the violent sound of thunder was heard in the distance.

Soon, countless fighter jets approached from far and  near like bees, densely covering the sky above the Galaxy Warship.  

The shapes of these fighter jets were slightly different from those on Earth, but their structure was similar.  

They were all designed to reduce air friction.  

Unlike fighter jets on Earth, these fighter jets could hover in the air and not fall.  

This would be impossible on Earth.  

They had to keep flying, or else they would fall from the sky.  

Although Earth‘s level of civilization was only 0.1 or 0.2 grades worse than this planet, there was still a certain technological gap.

Chapter 402

After the fighter jets stopped in the air, they aimed their countless guided missiles at the Galaxy Warship.  

However, the people of this planet had no idea what a Galaxy Warship was. Shooting these guided missiles at the ship was like mosquitoes trying to penetrate an iron plate.  

It would not do anything to the Galaxy Warship.  

In reality, the fighter jet pilots were shocked when they saw the Galaxy Warship.  

‘What is this huge thing?  

‘It‘s huge!  

‘How grand!  

‘How imposing!  

‘It doesn‘t look like something our planet can make.‘  

Right now, they were very nervous. This thing should belong to aliens.  

However, they had no idea if the ship was a friend or foe.  

At the same time, they sent the scene back to the control center so that the big shots of this planet could see it.  

As David looked at the fighter jets in the sky, he knew it was time to get out.  

The Galaxy Warship‘s hatch opened, shocking the fighter jet pilots.  

They gripped their missile launcher tightly in their hands.  

They could shoot the guided missiles the moment they noticed something was wrong.

David brought Mia to the top of the Galaxy Warship. Meanwhile, Balu stayed in the control room to learn how to steer the ship.  

From now on, David would hand the control room over to Balu. That way, he would feel more at ease.  

The heads of this planet were all staring at the Galaxy Warship. When they saw two humans disembark and not some peculiar–looking creatures, they all sighed a sigh of relief.

When David got to the top of the ship, he smiled and said to the fighter jets in the sky, “Don‘t be scared. I come in peace.”  

“Who are you? Why did you come here?” One of the fighter jet pilots asked.

“I‘m from a level 3 civilization, and I am here to invite you to join the Milky Way Empire,” David answered.  

This was what he planned to say. No one would believe him if he said he was here to save them. Hence, he said he was from the Milky Way empire.  

If he could help them upgrade this planet to a high–class citizen planet of the Milky Way Empire, no one would dare to break the empire‘s rule and plant their slave mark on it even if they discovered it in the future.

Normally, no one would come if David labeled this planet on the empire‘s galaxy map because they would only come in vain if they did.  

People would only go to unlabeled places on the galaxy map when exploring. When the people heard David come from a level 3 civilization, they were stunned.  

They knew they were not even at a level 1 civilization.  

Now that they were meeting someone from a level 3 civilization, they knew they would not have the power to resist. No wonder the other party could make such a huge, domineering, and formidable spacecraft. It seemed that they were from a higher civilization.  

“Why are you inviting us to join the empire? What do you want? If you don‘t explain yourself properly, we won‘t believe you. We believe there is no free lunch in this world.”  

These people were more alert than earthlings. The earthlings were not so vigilant when Pavan landed on Earth back then.  

David smiled bitterly in his heart.  

‘How should I f*cking explain to them?

‘Should I tell them outsiders will invade you soon and plant a bloodline curse on you, and I was entrusted by someone to help you?’

‘I don‘t think anyone will believe me.’

“Who‘s the person in charge of this planet? Tell him to talk to me. You won‘t understand even if I explain to you. You can‘t make these decisions anyway,” David asked.  

“I‘m sorry. If you don‘t explain to us, there won‘t be anyone coming to talk to you because we can‘t be sure if you‘re friend or foe.”

David was in a dilemma now.  He shook his head helplessly and said, “I genuinely come in peace. Why won‘t you believe me?”  

“You have to show proof that you don‘t mean any harm. Not a single person would believe a stranger completely if they were in this situation, right? Please understand!”  

Perhaps the Galaxy Warship looked too domineering and formidable, and David was from a level 3 civilization, which led to the person speaking very courteously.  

David figured that this person was being fair, but how would he prove himself?  

After thinking about it, David looked around and spotted a huge mountain peak hundreds of kilometers away on his right. It was very eye–catching on this flat plain.  

He suddenly had an idea. Since the other party did not believe him, he should be straightforward. He would show some of his strength to show these people that if he wanted to harm them, they would not have any way to resist. That way, he could indirectly show that his purpose was genuine.  

‘Alright, I‘ll do that!‘  

“If that‘s the case, I‘ll prove it to you.”  

After David said that, he pointed at the huge mountain peak hundreds of kilometers away and continued, “See that mountain?”  

“Of course! That‘s Snow Peak. It is the tallest and biggest mountain on the grassland and the tallest and biggest peak on Planet Cloud.”  

“Look closely then! My explanation is on that mountain,” David said.  

The fighter jet pilot did not understand what David was saying, but he asked the other fighter jets equipped with high–definition cameras to adjust their cameras so they would capture footage of Snow Peak. While the cameras were pointed at it, the leaders in the control room could also see it.  

Meanwhile, the other fighter jets aimed their guided missiles at David and the Galaxy Warship.  

Not only the fighter jets, but the countless powerful large –scale, long–distance cannons were also targeting him. If they detected any hostility from David, they would fire without hesitation and raze this place to the ground. As everyone stared at Snow Peak, David said one word.  

“Up!”  

After he said that…  

Boom!  

A loud voice could be heard from a distance. Then, the ground shook.  

Snow Peak was lifted off the ground and rose in the air while countless people on Planet Cloud watched.  

“This…  

“This…  

“This is impossible!”  

Everyone was shocked to see this scene, and they were all mumbling, “Impossible!Impossible!”  

The scene was too shocking.  

‘What magnificent technique is this?  

‘How can he lift Snow Peak?  

‘That‘s Snow Peak, the tallest and biggest mountain on Planet Cloud!  

‘It was so easily lifted by such a mysterious power. How shocking!  

‘An ordinary person could not do this.‘

After Snow Peak rose to the air, it stopped there quietly.

At this moment, Snow Peak was hovering in the air like it was magic.  

Mia was already used to this.  

Ever since she watched David killing all of the Grim family‘s core, she would not be surprised at anything David did.  

With his strength, he could destroy this planet with a stomp of his feet if he wanted.  

The room was quiet when the leaders in Planet Cloud saw Snow Peak being lifted easily inside the control room. Everyone‘s eyes were wide, and their jaws dropped. Only heavy breathing could be heard.  

They could not believe what they were seeing.  

“S–Sir! What should we do?” Someone asked.  

From his voice, one could tell that he was in extreme panic.

The strength that David exhibited was too great.  

They had never seen this before, and never expected someone to lift a mountain and make it hover in the air.  

How much strength would be required? Not only him, the other people in the control room also  had looks of horror on their faces.  

They turned to look at an old man at the same time.  

That old man was the most authoritative decision maker on Planet Cloud.  

“Send two people to tell the fighter jets to come back. Also, tell all the weapons to cease fire. We can‘t predict these aliens‘ strength. The rest of you, come with me to meet those level 3 civilization aliens. Let‘s see what they want,” the old man said.  

He understood the other party was trying to intimidate them.  

If not, the entire Planet Cloud would not have been able to resist him.  

The techniques from a high–level civilization were so scary.  

Snow Peak was so huge, and it casually lifted until it hovered in the air.  

This was unfathomable!  

When would Planet Cloud develop to become a level 3 civilization?  

On the grassland in Planet Cloud.

After David shocked everyone with one move, he spread his hands and said slowly, “See? I really don‘t mean you any harm. If I did, your planet wouldn‘t even have the power to fight back. I genuinely come here in peace.”  

The pilots of the fighter jets got the order from the control room. The control room was asking them to retreat. At the same time, they had to calm these powerful yet strange aliens.  

“Sir, our commander will be here to talk to you soon. Please wait patiently for a while.”  

“That‘s right. This wouldn‘t have happened if you did this earlier. You just had to make me show my strength,” David smiled and said.  

“Please calm down, Sir. You are Planet Cloud‘s first visitor from outer space. I had to treat you with care for the sake of the tens of billions of people on this planet. I hope you understand.”  

“It‘s fine! It‘s fine! I understand. It‘ll be fine as long as your commander gets here. Don‘t worry. If I were hostile, I would have suppressed your planet by force.”  

“Thank you, Sir!”  

After the fighter jets got the order, they left the grassland slowly.  

David was not bothered and just let them leave.  

At the same time, he placed Snow Peak down to its original position. It did not look any different from before.  

Soon, the Galaxy Warship, David, and Mia were the only ones left on the grassland.  

Meanwhile, the highest commander of Planet Cloud was heading over here.

—

After a day, David‘s Galaxy Warship left Planet Cloud to head to another destination.  

They had settled their first target.  

After his careful explanation, Planet Cloud agreed to join the Milky Way Empire.  

To avoid problems, David contacted Princess Astrid directly.  

With her help, Planet Cloud and Planet Buck successfully joined the Milky Way Empire. They were registered as high–class citizen planets of the empire.  

At the same time, they were also successfully registered on the empire‘s galaxy map.  

None of the forces would dare to covet them anymore.  

The deterrent effect of the Milky Way Empire was unquestionable.

Chapter 403

David headed to his next destination.

There were two more months until the state banquet.

Hence, he needed to go and confirm the status of the two planets.

The old man in another timeline gave David hundreds of planet locations.

They were all planted with slave marks.

However, he did not tell David the timeline, so David needed to find out each of the planets’ statuses individually.

He would tell the empire about the ones that had not been discovered.

After that, he would spend money to turn them into high-class citizen planets so that they would not be planted with slave marks.

Even if those planets were discovered by other forces and were planted with slave marks, David would kill the one who planted the marks and give the planet back its freedom. Just like Planet Buck.

He would get rid of the slave marks when he was strong enough to find a way to get rid of them.

Those hundreds of planets were in all corners of the Milky Way.

It would take a lot of time for him to go to all of them.

However, David had made a promise.

So, he would do it no matter how long it would take.

Furthermore, he would not get the system without those people’s sacrifice and hard work.

Earth’s fate would also develop in the direction of the Earth in that timeline.

Pavan would plant his slave mark on Earth, and then he would rise to the top of the Milky Way.

Meanwhile, David would continue to look for a way to get rid of the slave mark. He even ended up failing.

One had to be grateful, and David was someone who could distinguish gratitude and grievances. He could only stand on the top of the Milky Way after those people sacrificed themselves.

No matter how high the price was, he had to help the planets those people were from.

With David’s current strength, it would only take a bit of time.

Also, he would get benefits from helping those planets.

After turning every planet into high-class citizen planets of the empire, David would get hundreds of lavish points.

If he went to all of the hundreds of them, he would get many lavish points.

A month later, David finally went to two more planets.

Those two planets were like Planet Cloud in that other forces had not yet discovered them. It seemed they would only be discovered in the future.

After David showed his strength, he would directly intimidate the people on the planet. Then, he would turn the planet into a high- class citizen planet of the empire.

Afterward, he would leave while those people could not voice their objections.

David felt that even if those people on the planets could not understand now, they would be grateful to him in the future.

Since the next destination was a little far, it would take him nearly a month to arrive.

The state banquet was more than a month away, so if he headed to the next destination, he would not make it in time.

Hence, David decided to go back to the Royal Region first. He would return to Earth after the state banquet and continue his journey.

After David’s command, the Galaxy Warship started to head to the center of the Milky Way and the Royal Region.

—

At this moment, a tiny flying vessel was speeding through the void in the Zone of Nothingness between the Milky Way and Beast Galaxy. It was moving at lightning speed.

Suddenly, a black crack appeared before it and swallowed the flying vessel.

Soon, on the other infinite side, another small crack appeared.

Three battered and exhausted snake-like creatures with nine heads escaped from the crack.

After they escaped, they immediately returned to their human forms.

"I told you not to take shortcuts. You were just supposed to obediently go on the original route, but you didn’t listen to me. Great, our flying vessel has been swallowed by the crack in the Zone of Nothingness."

"It'd be too slow to use the original route.nWe are finally leaving Beast Galaxy to have fun in the Milky Way. Don’t you want to reach earlier so you can enjoy the yummy taste of humans sooner?"

"Of course! However, won't it be dangerous to take shortcuts? Luckily, the crack this time is not that powerful. We'd all die here if we ran into a more powerful one!"

"It’s not that easy to kill all of us. Plus, it’s not that easy to run into the most powerful crack. We’re just unlucky to have run into one today."

"You said you wanted to take the shortcut. So what should we do now? Where are we? How far is this place from the Milky Way? Where should we go?"

"How the hell would I know?"

"You..."

"Alright, stop arguing! Let me check with the secret technique," another person said.

Then, the two stopped talking.

The three beasts that changed into human form were the people the Nine- Headed Serpent Clan sent to assist Sangruil.

Since they were scared that they would attract attention, so they only sent three people over. However, this was enough.

These three were all at partial Eternal Realm.

In addition to Moe and Severus, who were already in the Milky Way, there would be five of them who were at partial Eternal Realm.

Even if there were two people at partial Eternal Realm, Nimbus and Wilfred, in the Milky Way Galaxy, they would not be the five’s opponents.

They would suffer a crushing defeat during a five versus two battle.

The Milky Way Empire would not win unless Nimbus or Wilfred broke through to Eternal Realm.

However, this was not realistic.

If someone in the Milky Way reached Eternal Realm, the Nine- Headed Serpent Clan would not dare to be so arrogant.

Even though there was only a half-level difference between partial Eternal Realm and Eternal Realm, it was miles apart.

As the saying went, ‘a miss is as good as a mile’

It would be a whole new world if one could get through this half- level difference.

They could only be stuck here forever until they die if they could not.

Eternal Realm was called Eternal Realm because it had an eternal life span.

As long as there were no accidents, one could age to be as old as heaven and earth and shine as bright as the sun and moon.

One could imagine how big the difference was.

There were a lot of people at partial Eternal Realm in Beast Galaxy.

However, there were not a lot of them at Eternal Realm.

Most of the powerhouses were stuck at this stage and could not break through.

In the end, they exhausted their life span and died with regrets.

The Nine-Headed Serpent Clan sent these three people to help out in the Milky Way.

In order to reach faster and eat humans, they did not follow their original route.

Instead, they took a shortcut.

Naturally, there would be dangers in taking shortcuts.

In the end, their flying vessel was swallowed by a crack in the Void of Nothingness.

They could only escape from the crack they made after changing back to their original forms.

Even though they were all at partial Eternal Realm, they could not stop too long in the Zone of Nothingness.

If not, their bodies would not be able to take it.

Only after they reached Eternal Realm could they travel, walk, and hurry on freely in the space cracks.

This was also one of the signs of reaching Eternal Realm.

Distance would be nothing to them once they reached Eternal Realm.

They could tear a crack in space and walk in it.

They could also get across different galaxies quickly, let alone within the same galaxy.

Their speed would be beyond the restriction of space.

After putting the secret technique to use, the three noticed they had reached the edge of the Milky Way.

They were thrilled.

"Haha! It was so effortless. I thought we’d only reach after some time. I didn’t expect us to arrive so soon. This is great! We can eat delicious humans soon! I can’t wait!"

"Using the space crack is indeed the fastest to travel. No wonder the people at Eternal Realm can ignore the distance and reach their destination after tearing the space. It’s a pity we can’t stay in there too long and can’t determine the direction. Once we go in, we can only feel around blindly."

"It's nothing! Once we reach Eternal Realm, we can also tear space and walk around freely."

"Eternal Realm?! It’s not that easy! We might never get there in this lifetime."

"Alright, stop sighing. Let’s go! I can’t wait anymore, and I can already smell the humans. Humans are born to be our food. After we help that punk Moe overthrow the Milky Way Galaxy, all of us can have unlimited yummy humans."

"You're right. It’s not the time to sigh about that. Food is more important. Let’s go!"

The three sped forward, following the direction provided by the secret technique.

The full speed of someone at partial Eternal Realm was faster than any typical flying vessel.

They were like three flashes of light traveling in the void.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared.

Soon, the three entered the vicinity of the Milky Way.

While they were here, there were no space cracks that were normally prevalent in the Zone of Nothingness.

There were also no terrifying and strong Void Wings. The trio continued to head to Light Star.

At the highest level of the tower, Severus got the news that the people sent by the clan were arriving soon.

Hence, he summoned Moe over.

"Severus, I wonder why you summoned me. Did you get any news from your clan?" Moe asked.

"That’s right, Moe. The help from my clan is arriving soon. This time, in order to make sure the plan goes smoothly, the clan sent us three people at partial Eternal Realm. In addition to us, there will be five people at partial Eternal Realm. No matter what the Milky Way Empire does, they will surely lose," Severus replied with a grin.

"Really?"

Moe got up and asked excitedly.

"Of course! I just got the news. They will be at Light Star soon."

"That’s amazing! That’s so amazing! Haha! Nimbus, just you wait! I will turn your state banquet this time into a state funeral!"

Moe cackled loudly.

At this moment, Severus interrupted Moe and said seriously, "However, we have to try our best to keep this event small scale, as you said. Even if the chance of us alerting the Universe Enforcer is very low, we can’t afford to gamble on it. If we alert those guys, we're all doomed. Even the Nine- Headed Serpent Clan will be affected."

"Don't worry, Severus! I will have all our Sangruilians infiltrate other forces at no price in about a month.When that happens, we can forcefully suppress the entire Barlowe family, not giving them a chance. I promise they won't be able to do anything grand."

"Alright, I hope we have a pleasant cooperation."

After that, Severus reached out his right hand.

Moe reached out his hand as well to shake the other’s hand.

He said, "I hope we have a pleasant cooperation!"

In the next few days, the Sangruil Sinners started to move around the Royal Region like crazy after getting Moe’s orders.

They frequently appeared, so they could not avoid colliding with the Milky Way Empire’s military and the four great halls of the empire.

However, the Milky Way had developed for many years while Sangruil was struggling at death's door.

Once they collided, aside from the first time the empire’s military suffered a defeat because they did not understand the Sangruil Sinner’s attack, the empire’s military slowly gained the absolute upper hand in the following conflicts and continuously suppressed the Sangruil Sinners.

However, this was just a smoke bomb the Sangruil Sinners put out to attract the empire's attention.

Their mighty people were secretly contacting various forces in the Royal Region to try to infiltrate them.

The three from the Nine- Headed Serpent Clan at partial Eternal Realm arrived at Light Star a few days later.

Moe's overweening attitude increased once the five at partial Eternal Realm met.

Since things had escalated to this stage, Moe felt that Sangruil was definitely going to win.

It would just depend on how easily they would win and how big of a price they would need to pay.

—

Planet Royal in the Royal Region.

An inconspicuous spaceship quickly left a planet that was controlled by a medium force.

As it just arrived outside the planet.

Zap!

A cold light appeared and sliced the ship in half in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 404

Boom!

There was a loud explosion soon.

After the dust and ashes settled, a few black-robed men stood where the spaceship had exploded.

"Sangruil Sinners, you are colluding with foreign races to create chaos in the empire, so you must die!"

Atlas from the White Tiger Hall roared and rushed forward with his sword.

The black-robed man would not show weakness either.

They turned into beasts to increase their strength before fighting their opponents.

However, Atlas was a peak Celestial Ranker, so those Sangruil Sinners could not resist him.

Even if they turned back into beasts, they could not defeat Atlas.

Soon, Atlas killed all of them and brought their corpses back to Planet Royal for research.

This happened on Planet Royal daily.

The Sangruil Sinner corpses were piled as high as a mountain in the four great halls and military bases.

However, these were all ordinary Sangruil Sinners.

They had a low fusion success rate with the Nine- Headed Serpent genes, so they were not worth researching.

Only the Sangruil Sinner higher-ups at Celestial Rank were worth researching.

Despite this, it was hard to come across higher-ups like these.

Even if they did, the Sangruil Sinners would escape easily if they did not have the power to subdue them.

At this point, the Sangruil Sinners would not go head-on with the empire.

Their reason was simple.

If they could contact the forces in the Royal Region more frequently, they could mess up the order of the Royal Region.

Regardless of if they succeeded, they would confuse the empire just by contacting the forces.

The empire would then suspect those forces.

However, the empire would not destroy those forces immediately.

Instead, they would split up their power to keep an eye on them.

Even if those forces were being complained about this, the Sangruil Sinners would not kill them to shut them up.

Instead, they would change their target at once.

Time passed slowly.

As the Sangruil Sinners messed up the order unconditionally, the Royal Region became more and more chaotic.

Almost every force felt as if they were in danger.

They were terrified that the Sangruil Sinners would go to them.

Even if they did not turn against the empire when that happened, it would still be hard for them to explain themselves.

Because of this, after Sangruil contacted the forces, the empire would continuously monitor those forces.

That way, it would indirectly help Sangruil to achieve its goal.

Not only would the empire’s power get split up, but they could also only make the Royal Region more chaotic.

Of course, Sangruil paid a massive price for this.

A lot of the higher-ups were killed, while countless ordinary Sangruil Sinners died and got severely injured.

The empire even encircled and annihilated a few of the Infinity Ranked cores.

The Sangruil Sinners suffered heavy losses, but Moe did not care.

Sangruil could afford to bear this loss to achieve the final victory.

—

Inside the secret room in the Royal Palace in Planet Royal of the Royal Region, Wilfred had just treated Nimbus’ wounds for him.

Nimbus sighed and asked, "Uncle Wildred, I am almost healed. I should be able to fully recover after a few times, right?"

"You still need at least a month if you want to heal fully without further complications. Also, you still can’t fight during this period. If not, the time might be longer," Wilfred said.

"I can’t stop fighting! I’ve been holding back for so long, and I can’t hold on any longer. The Sangruil Sinners are getting more and more arrogant lately. They seem to be suppressed by the empire, but the dead ones are all bandits. In reality, their masters secretly plan to overthrow the Royal Region and other forces. If I didn’t give them a painful lesson, they would think the empire is weak," Nimbus said with a frown.

"Nimbus! The Sangruil Sinners are so unrestrained because they want to get you to do something about it so that you’ll never recover! You can’t fall for it. You need to recuperate. If not, the empire will be in huge trouble," Wilfred urged patiently.

"But, Uncle Wilfred..."

Nimbus still wanted to say something, but Wilfred interrupted him, "No buts. Let them do whatever they want. If they don’t hurt the empire’s foundation, just leave them. We will fight back when you recover, and we’ll destroy them so that they will never make a comeback. It’s been so many years since I fought. I didn’t think my old bones could still throw some punches."

Even though Nimbus wanted to beat those Sangruil Sinner punks badly, he figured Wilfred was right after he thought about it.

No matter what they did now, they could not hurt the empire’s foundation.

However, if Nimbus never recovered or his condition worsened, the empire would be in danger.

"Alright, Uncle Wilfred, I'll listen to you. I'll only destroy the Sangruil Sinners after I recover," Nimbus agreed.

"Attaboy. As the emperor of the Milky Way Empire, you should focus on the bigger picture. A temporary gain or loss doesn’t mean anything; only the final victory is important. We'll let those Sangruil Sinners run amok for the time being. The empire will fight back after the state banquet. This time, we must destroy all chances of them making a comeback." Wilfred frowned.

A cold glint appeared in his eyes, lowering the temperature of the secret room. He was a monster who used to travel freely across the Milky Way. He was not much inferior to Nimbus’ father, who was also the previous emperor.

However, this was not what Wilfred wanted. He did not want to be restricted by his identity, so he voluntarily gave up on the chance to compete for the emperor’s position.

If not, the previous fight for the emperor's position would have been a fierce battle between giants.

It would be unknown who would win!

"Uncle Wilfred, I am so useless.I still need you to take action even in your old age," Nimbus said apologetically.

Wilfred slapped Nimbus on the head and scolded with a grin, "You punk, are you saying I'm useless just because I’m old? Should I just sit around and enjoy my final years?"

If the others from the Milky Way saw that, their jaws would drop to the floor.

Someone dared to slap the Nimbus, the number one in the Milky Way, on the head? Were they asking to die?

However, Nimbus was not mad.

Instead, he laughed and said, "Uncle Wilfred, can you stop slapping me on the head? You keep doing this ever since I was a kid. I wonder if the reason why I can never break through to Eternal Realm is because you always slap my head."

"You punk, do you know how long I’ve been stuck at partial Eternal Realm? How long have you been stuck? I never found an excuse, and now you’re blaming me?"

After Wilfred said that, he slapped Nimbus again.

"Uncle Wilfred! I’m sorry! I was wrong. I am not blaming you. You’re hale and hearty despite the years, and you’re in your prime!" Nimbus begged for mercy.

"Alright, get lost now. I’ll research and allocate some special medicine to you to see if it’ll heal you faster."

Wilfred asked Nimbus to leave.

"Well, Uncle Wildred, I’ll get going now. Coincidentally, I need to handle some things."

After Nimbus said that, he got up to leave.

The uncle and nephew duo were used to joking around.

Nimbus’ father was the previous emperor.

Since he was always managing the empire’s affairs, he was very busy, thus he had no time to educate Nimbus.

Meanwhile, Nimbus was extraordinarily talented.

Ultimately, Wilfred took over the job of educating Nimbus.

Therefore, Nimbus had been cultivating Wilfred ever since he was small. He had gained over half of his ability from Wilfred.

The two were uncle and nephew, but at the same time, they were also master and student.

Hence, they were very close.

It would be no exaggeration to say that Nimbus was closer to Wilfred than his own father.

After Nimbus left the secret room and reached his study, he heard someone knocking on the door.

Knock knock knock!

"Who's there?" Nimbus asked.

"Father, it’s me,"the eldest prince, Wagner, replied.

"Come in."

The study’s door opened.

A young man walked in, and it was none other than Prince Wagner.

"What is it?"

Nimbus asked without raising his head.

"Father, the Sangruil Sinners have been running rampant lately. They’re causing so much chaos in the Royal Region. Even if they’re being subdued on the surface, their masters are plotting with other forces in the dark. It’ll be harmful to the empire if this continues. What should we do?" Wagner asked.

"It’s good that you can see this. However, this is not something you should worry about. You only need to do what you should do and not think about this," Nimbus said as he looked at the materials in his head with his head lowered.

"But, Father..."  

Wagner still wanted to continue.

However, Nimbus lifted his head to look at him, stopping what he was trying to say.

"I got it, Father. I’ll leave now."

Nimbus did not say anything. Then, he lowered his head and waved his hand.

Wagner left the room respectfully.

After he got out, he took a deep breath before exhaling.

The pressure of facing his father was too heavy. He was indeed the number one person at partial Eternal Realm of the Milky Way.

He was so powerful.

Nimbus’ gaze made Wagner feel like it was hard to breathe.

Wagner wondered when he could reach this stage.

He sighed.

He thought he could get some brownie points from his father after finding out the Sangruil Sinner’s true motive..

However, it turned out his father had known long before.

‘It makes sense if you think about it.

‘Is there anything I can hide from someone like Father?

‘He controls the Milky Way and has many masters around him.

‘Everyone would be terror-stricken at the sound of the palace guards.

‘Furthermore, there are also the four great halls that are hiding in the dark.

‘Those people are so terrifying.

‘If I have the chance to become the next emperor, all of this will be mine"

Chapter 405

Aside from the people who were grandmasters in the Milky Way, most people did not know that Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Red Finch, and Black Tortoise Hall were separated into the internal hall and the external hall.

The external halls were the four halls everyone saw on the surface; on the other hand, the internal halls would be hiding in the dark.

The external and internal halls had a massive difference in strength.

The heads of the external halls were only peak Celestial Rankers.

Meanwhile, the heads of the internal halls were four compelling peak Infinity Rankers.

The two sides had a clear difference in realms. It was evident from this how much different the internal and external halls were.

The power of the four halls was much greater than that of the palace guards.

Even if there were not many people in the internal hall, they had a terrifyingly high threshold.

Countless people would flinch at the thought of them.

They had to go through multiple levels of selection to join the internal hall.

Moreover, they also needed to be at least at Celestial Rank.

The four great halls were Emperor Nimbus’ true left and right hands.

They were also his super weapon to control the entire Milky Way.

However, the four great halls were different from the palace guards.

Emperor Nimbus trained the palace guards to be his death warriors, and they would only listen to his orders.

It would be the sare even if Nimbus were not the emperor.

On the contrary, this was not the case with the four great halls.

They were established when the Milky Way Empire was founded.

They would only listen to the emperor of the empire.

Anyone who was the emperor could control them.

In other words, if Emperor Nimbus gave his position to any of the eighteen princes, the four great halls, including the internal and external halls, would listen to the new emperor.

They would not listen to Nimbus anymore.

This was the tradition of the Milky Way Empire.

This was the rule the previous grandmasters of the Barlowe family set to guarantee the emperor's authority.

No one was allowed to break it.

The Milky Way Empire had controlled the Milky Way for so many years.

If they ever showed all their hidden power in one go, they would surely shock everyone.

After Prince Wagner left, Nimbus stopped reading his materials and lifted his head.

Even if he could not take action due to his injury, he could not let the Sangruil Sinners continue wreaking havoc.

He had to teach them a painful lesson.

Once there were a lot of rebel forces in the Royal Region, the empire would be in trouble.

The more the empire stayed silent, the more the forces would be tempted.

"Convey my order for me. Order the internal halls of Azure Dragon and White Tiger to dampen the Sangruil Sinners’ spirits and restore the empire’s glory," Nimbus said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" A voice resonated in the study.

However, one could only hear the voice but not see the person.

After Nimbus said that, he continued to lower his head to look through his materials.

Not long after he gave out the edict, Azure Dragon and White Tiger, the two internal halls hiding in the dark, were quickly dispatched.

They started to restrict the Sangruil Sinner masters in the Royal Region.

—

In the void of the Royal Region, two Infinity Ranked Sangruil Sinner higher-ups just finished contacting a force.

Even though they failed, the other party stated they would decide depending on the circumstances.

They had completed their king’s orders and were about to head to their next target when a cold light appeared out of the blue.

The two were shocked.

Then, they felt their scalps tingling, so they quickly dodged it.

Woosh!

A cold light zoomed past them.

If they did not react quickly enough, they would have been severely injured.

"Who's there?" One of the Sangruil Sinners yelled.

"Azure Dragon Internal Hall!" A voice said in the distance.

‘Azure Dragon Internal Hall?’

The two looked at each other and saw fear in each other’s eyes.

‘Run!’

They did not hesitate before splitting up to flee in opposite directions.

After that, they turned into colorful lights and fled frantically.

As the Milky Way Empire’s opponents for thousands of years, Sangruil knew about the existence of the four internal halls.

They were the most potent weapon of the Milky Way Empire.

Both sides had fought for so many years, and Sangruil had suffered so much defeat by the hands of the four internal halls.

When the two Sangruil Sinners heard the other party was from Azure Dragon Internal Hall, they fled at once, even though they were Sangruil higher-ups at Infinity Rank.

Nothing was more important than their lives.

They finally endured the pain of fusing with the Nine- Headed Serpent’s genes to reach Infinity Rank.

Moreover, Sangruil was about to overthrow the Milky Way Empire to take over the Milky Way.

When the time came, the Sangruil higher-ups would sit at the top and enjoy admiration from countless people.

They did not want to die now.

It would be such a pity to die like this.

"Hmph. You want to escape? Can you really do so? How dare you rebels and traitors bring chaos to the empire. You should die!"

The voice said again from a distance.

"Ah! No…Aah!”

Soon, two pained wails could be heard. The two Sangruil Sinners were killed quickly.

After that, their corpses were also taken away. The bodies of a Celestial Ranker were worth researching.

Azure Dragon Internal Hall and White Tiger Internal Hall were taking action.

They showed their strength and got a great result immediately.

Now, the Sangruilian higher-ups at Infinity Rank did not dare to show themselves.

Many did not even dare to stay in the Royal Region.

The four internal halls were too intimidating, and they were terrified.

Moe also found out at once that Nimbus had dispatched Azure Dragon and White Tiger Internal Halls.

He was not worried about the people who were Celestial Rank and below. He could sacrifice them.

However, he could not sacrifice the Infinity Rankers.

There were not a lot of Infinity Rankers in Sangruil.

If the four internal halls of the empire killed some more, it would not be easy to control the countless forces without the Milky Way since Moe would not have so many powerhouses to act as deterrence.

As the king of Sangruil, he could not keep worrying about this trivial matter.

Thus, Moe decided to ask the Infinity Rankers of Sangruil to hide for the time being.

They should not go head-on with Azure Dragon and White Tiger Internal Hall.

They should only continue once the hype died down.

Moe wanted to take action himself and eliminate those two forces in the Milky Way Empire with Severus. However, he gave up that thought in the end.

Although they would make the empire suffer a huge loss and hurt their foundation if they did this, their gains would not make up for their losses if they inadvertently alerted their enemy.

The destruction of the Milky Way Empire was unchangeable.

Right now, Moe was most scared of Nimbus knowing Sangruil’s true power and escaping without care.

That way, it would be troublesome.

If one of the people at partial Eternal Realm in the Milky Way Empire escaped, it would be a huge hidden danger to Sangruil.

If Nimbus got to Eternal Realm by chance, Sangruil’s difficult victory that they gained after sacrificing so much would be gone like a puff of smoke.

Thus, Moe had to catch the Barlowe family off guard and end them in one fell swoop.

He could let the others go, but he could not let Nimbus and Wilfred go.

These two had to die, and they did not have another choice.

A month later, the Milky Way Empire would hold its state banquet on Planet Royal. That day, they would pay their respects to the Barlowe family’s ancestors, so Nimbus and Wilfred would surely be there.

Sangruil would take action on that day.

Five people at partial Eternal Realm versus two people at partial Eternal Realm. Nimbus and Wilfred would not be able to escape.

Over the next period, the empire and Sangruil seemed to find a balance.

The Royal Region was peaceful again for some time.

The Sangruil Sinners went into hiding and did not continue to chaos havoc in the Royal Region.

The Milky Way Empire did not spend so much energy and time looking for them anymore.

However, the tense situation was still lingering in the air.

Everyone knew the Sangruil Sinners did not come in peace and would surely fight the empire.

However, they did not know why the Sangruil Sinner dared to think they could fight the empire after disappearing for hundreds of years.

—

Time passed slowly, and it was soon twenty days later.

A Galaxy Warship arrived at the edge of the Royal Region and drove in.

David, Mia, and the others were inside.

They had been on the road for a month and finally returned to the Royal Region.

There was about half a month until the state banquet.

They still had time, so David wanted to stop by Mia’s planet before heading to the Royal Region.

After all, the Concord family was managing David's East League Chamber of Commerce, so they were now considered David's subordinates.

Even if David was not doing anything, he should take some time to look at how things were progressing.

David's Galaxy Warship had just entered the Royal Region when it attracted the attention of the Sangruil higher-ups hiding in the dark.

These people did not dare to get close to the heart of the Royal Region.

They worried they would run into Azure Dragon and White Tiger Internal Halls.

Thus, they only dared to hide at the edge and wait for King Moe’s orders.

Suddenly, they spotted a Galaxy Warship driving into the Royal Region.

Hence, they had to stop and question it.

The people who could travel in a Galaxy Warship would be from a major force.

If they could rope the people in the ship into Sangruil, they would be able to pull off something big.

During the tedious commute, David would chat with Celia, Pearl, and the others, ask about the situation on Earth, or watch Mia dance.

His life was pretty carefree.

Right now, he was chatting with Celia in the room.

✉✉✉

Celia: [David, when r u coming back? Everyone misses you.]

David: [Everyone misses me? Do you miss me? ]

Celia: [I don’t! ]

David: [Why?]

Celia: [Cos you’re a meanie.]

David: [How am I a meanie?]

Celia: [You are a meanie! You've been out there for so long and you didn't even come back to see us.]

David: [If I come back right now, will I turn from a meanie to a good guy?]

Celia: [Really? ]

David: [No! ]

Celia [Hmph! David! I won’t talk to you ever again.]

David: [Okay, I was wrong. If nothing else happens, I will see you in a month and a half.]

Celia: [Really? You aren’t lying to me this time, right?]

David: [It’s true this time, I swear! I’m not lying to you.]

Celia: [Will you leave again after coming back?]

David: [Yes!]

Celia: [Hmph! ]

David: [However, if you’re willing, I can bring all of you with me to show you an even bigger world out there.]

Celia: [Are you sure?]

David: [Yes!]

Celia stopped replying all of a sudden.

She should be telling everyone this news so they could celebrate.

At this moment, David felt the Galaxy Warship shaking.

Then, he got a message from Balu saying some masters were blocking them ahead.

A huge force stopped the Galaxy Warship.

Chapter 406

‘Someone’s blocking the way?’

David quickly used his mind power to inspect the situation.

Immediately, he noticed five black-robed men surrounding the Galaxy Warship.

There were two in front, one at each side, and one at the back.

The two in front were Infinity Rankers; the rest were peak Celestial Rankers.

Judging from their outfits, David knew these people should be the Sangruil Sinners.

‘When did Infinity Rankers become so rampant?

‘Did something happen when I left the Royal Region?

‘Why didn’t anyone tell me?

‘How dare the Sangruil Sinners get in my way in the Royal Region. Is the empire not doing anything about this?’

Countless questions appeared in David's heart.

However, he still needed to see what these guys wanted.

David went to the Galaxy Warship's control room quickly.

Soon after he arrived, Mia arrived as well.

As David looked at the two black-robed men in front of the ship, he asked, "Who are you?"

"Are you the owner of this Galaxy Warship?"

One of the black- robed men asked.

"Yes. Who are you, and why are you blocking me?" David pretended to ask curiously.

"Which force in the Royal Region did you come from?"

The other party did not answer David.

Instead, he asked back.

"You didn’t tell me who you are and why you are here, so why should I answer you?"

At this moment, another black-robed man said, "Kid, judging from your voice, you should be very young. I should advise you to answer us obediently. If not, you won’t be able to handle the consequences."

"You should answer me before I answer you. If not, I won't say anything," David rejected immediately.

"It seems like you still don’t know what’s going on. Since you’re in a Galaxy Warship, you should be a direct descendant of one of the major forces, right? Tell us who is behind you, and then bring us to see your grandmaster. If not, don’t blame us for being merciless. This Galaxy Warship can’t protect you."

Those two people annoyed David, and he figured he might not get anything useful from them. He did not want to waste his time here, so he decided to ask someone once he returned to the Royal Region.

Hence, David said, "Even though I don’t know why you Sangruil Sinners dare to appear in the Royal Region so brazenly, I’m sorry you ran into me today. I won’t spare half human, half monsters like you."

The five Sangruil Sinners were taken aback.

When they were about to do something, they realized they could not move.

‘W-What's going on?

‘Why does it feel like my body’s being restrained by an invincible force?

‘This force is so strong, and I can’t break out of it even though I’m an Infinity Ranker!’

Before they could wrap their heads around this, the five turned back into beasts.

Scales started growing back on their bodies, and their power increased rapidly.

The characteristics of a Nine-Headed Serpent appeared over their bodies.

However, before they could complete the process, David’s strong materialized mind power crushed their bodies into minced meat.

David’s mind power was at infinity level 10, so how could Celestial Rankers and Infinity Rankers like them resist him?

Everyone in the Galaxy Warship’s control room widened their eyes when they saw the two masters turning into a pile of blood and flesh floating in the void.

They all felt extremely shocked.

Even Mia was no exception.

She knew David's power, but this strange and invisible killing method was alarming.

Most importantly, he did not kill an ordinary person.

Judging from how they could stop a Galaxy Warship, the two just now must be very powerful.

Even so, David killed them so easily.

"Continue moving."

David ordered before turning around to leave the control room.

Mia quickly followed behind him.

After taking care of these troublemaking Sangruil Sinners, the Galaxy Warship continued heading into the Royal Region.  

Its next destination would be Blue Star, where the Concord family resided.  

With David’s initial deterrence, almost all of Blue Star’s forces looked up to the Concord family.  

Even though the Concord family had the absolute right of speech on Blue Star, they did not have enough history, so they did not have the power to control the entire planet.  

A family’s prestige would need to be built up over a long period.  

With the Concord family’s current strength, if they developed normally, they would need at least decades or centuries of development to reach that  stage.  

They still had a long time to go.  

However, with the support of David, someone at partial Eternal Realm, the Concord family did not need to take that long.  

Moreover, as David slowly displayed his true strength, the Concord family would rise according to the situation.  

The Concord family’s position would skyrocket when David’s strength was finally exposed in front of everyone.  

No one in the Milky Way would dare to provoke them, even if they did not have much history.

—  

Light Star.  

As the king of Sangruil, Moe naturally had a unique way of finding out about the lives and deaths of his higher–ups.  

Moe flew into a rage after finding out two Infinity Rankers and three peak Celestial Rankers were dead.  

They were the backbones of Sangruil.  

They were important figures for when Sangruil finally controlled the Milky  

Way.  

Now, a third of them had died.  

If this continued, Sangruil would have a shortage of manpower after they wiped out the Barlowe family and seized control of the Milky Way Empire.  

Moe was seething.  

The Milky Way was vast, with many forces, big and small.  

Someone at partial Eternal Realm like him could only suppress them for a short while, but not forever.  

Even if these forces seemed to obey Sangruil on the surface, Moe would not know if they decided to work together in the dark.  

He could not visit the forces one by one to verify their relationship.  

What Sangruil lacked the most right now was a powerful weapon like the empire’s four internal halls.  

Unfortunately, their foundation had been exhausted after struggling for thousands of years.  

Right now, he could not let anyone who was Infinity Rankers and above die in battle.  

“B*stards! Didn’t I tell them to hide and not do anything for the time being? Why did two more Infinity Rankers and three more peak Celestial Rankers die? Are they not listening to me? We have lost so many Infinity Rankers these past few days. If this continues, how will we take over the Milky Way? How are we going to return Sangruil’s glory?”  Moe cursed and vented the anger in his heart.  

“Please calm down, Your Majesty. Azure Dragon and White Tiger Internal Halls are too powerful. No one can escape from them if they are discovered. It’s likely they didn’t retreat in time, and that’s why there’s such a huge loss,” an old man said.  

“Powerful? So what? Do you think those four internal halls can save the Milky Way Empire? Nimbus and Wilfred can’t even do that, let alone the others. I’ll let them have fun for a few more days. Spread the word. No one is allowed to appear, and they should all stay put and wait for the state banquet. After that, they should wait for my order to head to Planet Royal  

together to conquer it. We’ll start with the Barlowe family.”  

“Yes, Your Majesty!” The old man replied respectfully.  

Soon, all of the Sangruil Sinners got the order.  

No one was allowed to take action without explicit approval.  

If not, they would be punished severely even if they succeeded.  

The only thing they needed to do was wait until the state banquet.  

When the time came, King Moe would lead everyone to attack Planet Royal and take back everything that used to belong to Sangruil.  

Who would dare to show up when Azure Dragon and White Tiger Internal Halls patrolled?  

The Sangruil Sinners were not fools unless they had a death wish.  

Meanwhile, the people David killed were just deemed an unfortunate accident.

—

Blue Star.

David and Mia arrived at the planet in the Galaxy Warship.

The moment they arrived, they alerted all of the forces in Blue Star.

They all came forward to curry favors with David to get a close relationship with him.

How could an ordinary person visit them in a Galaxy Warship? David surely had an astronomically powerful force supporting him, and that was why he could travel in a Galaxy Warship.

One must know that even Gunnar, the head of the Drake family, the first family amongst the eight prominent families, would only travel using a Milky Way Battleship.

Due to this, the force behind David was a little terrifying.

Only a few families in the Royal Region were more powerful than the Drake family.

One could count all of them on two hands.

Hence, they needed to rely on David to seize the only chance to get out of Blue Star.

David also met Blue Star’s forces courteously.

At the same time, he announced that the Concord family would be his spokesperson.

Blue Star would also be East League Chamber of Commerce’s base in the future, and he hoped everyone would support him.

This was also to help with the Concord family’s reputation.

Of course, the forces on Blue Star would not say no to David’s statement.

They were dying to curry favors with David, so they all proclaimed they would fully support East League Chamber of Commerce’s development.

At the same time, they hoped they could join the chamber of commerce.

This was exactly what David was looking for.

It would be better for East League Chamber of Commerce to develop faster.

A chamber of commerce would need a lot of money at the starting stage.

David was desperate for more people to spend money for him.

Right now, he still needed more than nine thousand lavish points to get to a hundred thousand.

Once he got ten thousand lavish points, David could break through his current realm to get to Eternal Realm.

This was a realm that even the number one of the Milky Way, Emperor Nimbus, could not reach.

Right now, David was not scared of Nimbus.

As for who was stronger, he had no idea as they had never had a duel.

However, David could crush Nimbus once he broke through to Eternal Realm.

These were two completely different levels.

Despite this, David was not in a hurry to upgrade his combat power.

Back then, he was in a hurry because he had to get rid of the Tuffin family, a hidden danger to Earth.

Hence, he had to upgrade his combat power as soon as possible to get rid of it.

Now, the Tuffin family had been wiped out, and Earth’s crisis was completely dealt with.

Furthermore, he was standing at the peak of the Milky Way and on the same level as Emperor Nimbus.

No one in the Milky Way could threaten him again.

Hence, David did not feel the urgency anymore.

Most importantly, he did not have any ambitions or desires. He did not want to take over or rule the Milky Way, let alone be the Ruler of the Universe. He was not interested in any of that.

David planned to go back to Earth after the state banquet to get Celia and the others.

Then, he would fulfill his promise to the old man in another timeline.

At the same time, he would show Celia and the others a whole new world.

David would go to all the planets in his head.

He would protect those who needed protection and save those who needed saving.

After he was done, David planned to bring Celia and the others back to Earth to live in seclusion. He wanted to live with the people he loved in a familiar place.

After that, he would have a few children, and no one could disturb him anymore.

David figured this would be the perfect life. He could continue developing the chamber of commerce and not bother about the lavish points.

Anyway, there was not much difference in Eternal Realm or any other higher realms in the Milky Way.

As for the power struggle or ambitions to take over the universe, David had no interest in any of that.

Chapter 407

When David arrived on Blue Star, the new head of the Callisto family, Fergus, was reading about his family‘s top secrets in his study on Planet Callisto.

Back then, he did not have the authority to read these things.

However, right now, he could look at it whenever he wanted since he was the head.

For him, his family no longer had any secrets.

Knock knock knock!

Someone knocked on the door.

“Come in,” Fergus said.

Creak!

A core senior of the Callisto family walked in after pushing the door open. “Lord Fergus,” the man said.

“What is it?” Fergus asked without lifting his head.

“Lord Fergus, we just got the news from Blue Star. Mia returned to her family, and a young man named David returned with her.”

“Oh? Is this true?”

Fergus put down what was in his hands and lifted his head to look at the man. His tone made him sound delighted.

“Yes.”

“Good! Haha. I have long waited for this moment. I knew Mia would go back to her family. David, I want to see where you‘ll run to this time. Get a Galaxy Warship and a few people to go to Blue Star with me.”

Fergus laughed.

“Yes, my Lord.” The man left the study respectfully.

Fergus stood up excitedly. David and Mia finally showed up. He did not give up searching for David this entire time. At the same time, he deployed a lot of spies.

Naturally, he deployed the most spies to Blue Star, where Mia‘s family was. Mia disappeared with David, and since Blue Star was her home, she would surely return some day.

After fusing with the genes from the Nine–Headed Serpents, having his strength increased, and becoming the head of the family, Fergus was high–spirited.

His popularity suppressed all of the younger generations in the Royal Region, and he became the most dazzling star in the region, making countless young people admire him.

These were the changes brought on by strength and identity. While Fergus was enjoying this, he still had a sore spot in his heart: David.

Fergus still remembered vividly how David crippled him with just one move. Sometimes, he would jolt awake from his nightmares.

He worried everything he had right now was fake, and his real fate was spending the rest of his life in bed, struggling at death‘s door.

Hence, Fergus had to seek revenge. He also wanted David to suffer the pain he suffered back then so that he could soothe the sore spot in his heart.

At this moment, David appeared on Blue Star out of the blue, so Fergus would not let this chance go.

Right now, he was confident he could cripple David easily and make him wish he was dead.

Just like David had done to him.

‘How dare that b*tch Mia reject me and choose to leave with a man she barely knows. She has to pay for what she did.

‘Not only her, but her family will also disappear from this world after I kill David.

‘I wonder if Mia will regret her decisions when she watches her family getting killed because of her wrong decision.‘

As Fergus thought about this, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

Soon, a Galaxy Warship left Planet Callisto and headed to Blue Star.

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Blue Star.

After David subdued the forces on Blue Star, he planned to stay for a few days so Mia could reunite with her family.

He still had time before the state banquet.

If David had gone too early, he would not know how to face Princess Astrid. Thus, he would arrive just in time and avoid spending too much time with her.

David worried Astrid would be unable to control herself if he spent more time with her.

He did not know why he was so confident, but after he gained the system, he always had women around him. He was like this on Earth, and he was also like this when he was exploring the Milky Way.

These past few days, Astrid started asking where he was. David would only tell her he would be there before the state banquet.

Two days later, a Galaxy Warship arrived outside Blue Star.

Then, it started descending right outside the Concord family home.

Rumble!

As the Galaxy Warship descended, it caused a loud noise for all the Concord family members to hear.

Mia, Truman, and Truman‘s brothers went into the air above the house and looked at the Galaxy Warship above.

“Why is another Galaxy Warship here? Mia, is that David‘s friend?” Truman asked.

Mia shook her head and answered, “I don‘t know. He didn‘t say any of his friends was coming.”

“Who is that? I don‘t think it‘s someone ordinary since they‘re using a Galaxy Warship,” Mia‘s Uncle Bastian asked.

“We‘ll know soon. I‘m sure they landed here with a purpose. Father, Uncles, you don‘t have to worry. Everything will be fine with David here,” Mia comforted.

She had been with David for so long and was confident with him.

“Alright, I understand,” Truman said.

Even though the other party came in a Galaxy Warship, David was also traveling in a Galaxy Warship. Hence, they would be on the same level. However, it was unknown if the person coming was a friend or a foe. The Galaxy Warship descended slowly in front of Mia and the others. Finally, it stopped not far away from Mia.

Mia looked at the Galaxy Warship not far away and thought, ‘They did come for us.‘

Hence, she asked, “May I know who you are and why are you here?”

“Mia, long time no see! I wonder if you still remember me. You are now inseparable from David and living such a carefree life. I think you must have already forgotten about me,” a sinister and cold voice sounded from inside the Galaxy Warship.

The Concord family‘s heart turned cold.

‘Nothing good will come from such a tone.’

Of course, Mia knew who it was when she heard that voice.

‘Fergus!’

She knew that voice too well. After all, she used to be close to Fergus. Fergus was also one of the big shots that Mia figured she could spend the rest of her life with.

However, after she met David, she did not hesitate to choose David and revealed Fergus‘ true self.

At this moment, Mia was curious.

‘Didn‘t David cripple Fergus?

‘Why is he here in a Galaxy Warship?

‘Could an ordinary person use this?

‘Fergus could not use the Galaxy Warship even before he was crippled.’

When Fergus became the new head, Mia and David were heading to Planet Buck. Thus, even if a lot of people were talking about this, Mia had no idea since she was not connected to the Internet.

Furthermore, David would ignore trivial matters like this. To him, Fergus was just a small potato. So what if he recovered and became the head of the family? Could Fergus block his sword? Aside from Emperor Nimbus, Wilfred, who was hiding in the dark, King Moe of Sangruil, and the four Nine–Headed Serpents at partial Eternal Realm, who would dare to say they could block David‘s sword?

After that, the news of Fergus becoming the head was overshadowed by the Sangruil Sinners causing trouble in the Royal Region.

Mia did not pay attention to this after she got back.

Hence, Mia had no idea Fergus had recovered and had become the head of the family until now.

Even though she had confirmed the other party’s identity through his voice, Mia still asked in astonishment, “A-Are you Fergus?”

‘Fergus?’

Truman and his brothers were horrified.

Not long ago, everyone in the Royal Region said Fergus suppressed all younger generations in the Royal Region and surpassed everyone to become the head of the Callisto family.

‘Is he the one?

‘The head of the second family among the eight prominent families is here, and he’s speaking to Mia in this tone... This doesn’t feel right.’

“Haha! Mia, I didn’t think you'd still remember me. I didn’t treat you well in vain. What do you think? Are you in shock? In your head, I should be living the rest of my life in bed while struggling on death’s door, right?” Fergus laughed maniacally.

He had been waiting so long for this day. He did not mind going against King Moe of Sangruil’s order not to show himself.

Of course, Fergus felt he could easily kill David and his people with his current strength without being detected. This was why he dared to do this. Blue Star was just a tiny and inconspicuous planet. He just needed to be more careful.

Where would he find David and Mia if they disappeared again after the end of the state banquet?

Fergus did not want to let David escape again.

He figured David and Mia should have no idea he had recovered and become the head of the family.

If not, he would not have showed up.

If he had to wait even longer, Mia and David would find out and leave after discovering what happened.

Hence, Fergus immediately came over once he got the news.

“Fergus, you know why you were good to me back then. I was lucky to meet David. If it were not for him, I would never have had the chance to expose you. Since you've already recovered, you should be grateful, and we should just go our separate ways. If not, David will cripple you again. If he can do it once, he can do it twice,” Mia said coldly.

After David instilled his ideology in Mia and she saw what David was capable of, she was no longer humble when she met big shots whom she used to look up to, like Fergus.

Just like what David said.

Since she decided to be with him, she should not embarrass him.

“Hahaha! If he can cripple me once, he can cripple me again? Mia, you're something else. You’re so confident now that you have support. I'd like to see if David will cripple me or if I will cripple him.”

Even though Fergus was laughing, his voice was icy and sounded like it came from hell.

The Concord family members felt a chill down their spines and shuddered.

“Fergus, I should advise you to leave now. If not, you won't be able to once David returns,” Mia urged.

‘The less trouble, the better.’

She did not want to cause trouble for David, especially when she was the reason Fergus hated him.

Also, since Fergus came with a Galaxy Warship this time, so he must have support behind him.

“Mia, stop spewing nonsense! I want to give you a taste of your own medicine. I will cripple David in front of you, and it won’t just

David, I will also wipe out your entire family because of your initial decision. I wonder if you'll regret your decision when you watch your family getting destroyed.”

“Fergus, stop dreaming! I will never regret the decision I made. Also, you can’t wipe out my family with David here.”

“Oh yeah? Mia, you overestimate David so much. Do you think he’s omnipotent? Also, you don’t know who I am right now, right? Hehe. Ask your elders if I can wipe out your family.” Fergus chuckled coldly.

Mia was about to say she did not care who Fergus was. In her opinion, David was the sky. Aside from Emperor Nimbus, she did not think David was scared of anyone.

Chapter 408

Mia had no idea that David was not scared of Emperor Nimbus. They would have to duel to know who would win.

Unexpectedly, Truman grabbed Mia.

Mia turned her head and looked at her father, Truman, suspiciously.

“Mia, Fergus is the head of the Callisto family,” Truman whispered.

As the head of the Concord family, Truman was also abnormally nervous right now.

The head of the Callisto family came to them and was being very unfriendly. He kept saying he wanted to wipe out the Concord family.

If they were not careful, the entire family might die today. Now, Truman wished David could stop Fergus. After all, David also came back in a Galaxy Warship, so he should not be inferior to Fergus.

“What?” Mia was a little confused.

“Fergus is the head of the Callisto family,” Truman repeated.

‘The head of the Callisto family?‘

Mia was shocked.

How old is Fergus?

‘How can he become the head of the Callisto family?

‘Even if he‘s the first heir of the family, he should be the head of the younger generation.

‘How did he skip the observation period from being the head of the younger generation to becoming the head of the family?

‘T–This is not right.

‘It‘s impossible for him to be the head of a huge family without significant strength.

‘Perhaps David crippling Fergus was a blessing in disguise. Now, not only has he recovered, but his strength has also greatly improved.

‘What the hell happened here?‘

“Father, are you sure?” Mia asked.

“Yes! Almost the entire Royal Region knew about Fergus becoming the head of the family. However, you weren‘t around, so you didn‘t know,” Truman answered affirmatively.

“Haha! Mia, what do you think? Are you shocked? Are you astonished? I am the head of the Callisto family, the second–ranked family among the eight prominent families. I only need to say a word to destroy your tiny family. You won‘t even be able to fight back. Did you think this would happen when you rejected me and chose David?” Fergus laughed maniacally.

He had not done anything so Mia would feel regretful and hopeless. It would be too kind to kill them directly.

He wanted to slowly crush their lines of defense, then let them die in despair. That way, Fergus‘ hatred would be finally alleviated.

After Mia heard what Fergus said, she calmed herself down.

Even though she did not know what Fergus went through to get to this step, none of this was important right now.

‘So what if he‘s the head of the family?

‘David could easily destroy the Grim family.

‘Even if the Grim family‘s rank is slightly lower than the Callisto family, their strength is almost the same.