As time passed, the Human race experts discovered that the various races across the universe on the Primal Stars basically no longer dared to target Human experts.
If a treasure appeared, at most they would compete for it as usual.
If a Human expert successfully bound the treasure, the others would not continue pursuing them.
It was almost the same as the last time the Primal Stars opened.
However, many people clearly understood that a large part of the reason was the Human race's Hunyuan Master.
Each Primal Star had ten avatars at the Universe Master level present. Who would dare casually kill Human experts on the Primal Stars under those circumstances?
Not only that, there were now only a few Primal Stars where alien Universe Masters still existed.
Moreover, they were basically not Universe Masters from peak forces of the universe.
They were mostly Universe Masters from smaller forces such as the Thorn Ring Alliance.
The strength of those forces was relatively weak. Some of them did not even possess many Universe Masters.
For forces that the Human race could wipe out at any time, Luo Fan currently had no interest at all.
Aside from those groups, only some Universe Masters from the Hong Alliance, the Ancestral God Religion, and the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance were still active on the Primal Stars.
At this moment, Luo Fan even suspected that the other peak forces of the Primal Universe might have discovered their intentions.
Because of that, they simply no longer dared to go to the Primal Stars.
The Ancestral God Religion and the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance did not have major competition with the Human race.
After all, they did not require territory.
Therefore, Luo Fan had no reason to attack them.
Although he could not kill alien Universe Masters, the avatars still gained quite a lot on the Primal Stars.
Treasures frequently appeared near Luo Fan's avatars.
Through system missions, he obtained many top-tier treasures.
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Meanwhile, within Flowing Heavy Mountain in the Universe Sea.
Luo Fan's avatars had been active there for many years.
Now, several avatars had finally entered the inner region of Flowing Heavy Mountain.
Because they were unfamiliar with the terrain, exploration progressed slowly even though the avatars possessed a wormhole secret technique.
After all, the avatars were still somewhat weak.
At the moment, Luo Fan was mainly exploring around a dangerous place in the inner region called the Land of Illusory Light.
The Land of Illusory Light was one of the perilous areas in the inner region that was relatively close to the outer region of Flowing Heavy Mountain.
Luo Fan had only managed to reach this place with great difficulty.
Inside the Land of Illusory Light were countless multicolored beams of light.
The place resembled a dreamlike landscape and looked extremely beautiful.
However, within those differently colored lights lurked countless killing intents.
Some of those lights could cause people to fall into illusions.
Certain illusions might even leave a True God momentarily dazed if they entered.
For some Universe Masters with weaker willpower and without soul treasures, entering this place could cause them to fall into eternal slumber if they were not careful.
Several of Luo Fan's avatars had already been affected.
Even though his will had been tempered in the Black Pattern Stone Pillar Space and had greatly improved, approaching the limit of a Universe Master, he could still be caught in certain illusions.
Fortunately, there were almost no people here, so he had enough time to break free.
While the avatars were constructing wormholes and attempting to explore outward with the Land of Illusory Light as the center, the surrounding illusory lights suddenly began to twist.
Those lights started entangling with each other.
Several avatars standing at the center of the lights accidentally fell into illusions.
Luo Fan did not care too much when he saw this. He assumed those avatars would break free after some time, just like before.
At this moment, he was more curious about what had happened in the Land of Illusory Light and why the lights had suddenly become restless.
The Human race had very few records about this place, so he did not know whether such a situation had occurred before.
The illusory lights twisted together, creating a scene that looked dreamlike and surreal.
On the surface, it still appeared very beautiful.
But at that moment, the illusory lights that previously could only cause illusions suddenly annihilated part of the divine body of the avatars trapped within them.
Luo Fan was immediately shocked.
Weren't these lights only supposed to cause illusions?
However, this was not the time to think about it.
He quickly recalled the avatars that were still trapped in illusions.
The remaining avatars watched the surroundings cautiously.
Luo Fan had no intention of leaving.
Those avatars could be nurtured again with a small amount of divine power.
He planned to stay and see what had caused the changes in the Land of Illusory Light.
In the Universe Sea, when dangerous regions underwent such changes, it might be extremely dangerous.
But danger often came with opportunity.
This might mean the emergence of a supreme treasure or an inheritance.
The surrounding illusory lights began twisting violently.
Luo Fan's many avatars carefully dodged among them.
Some lights would directly cause him to fall into illusions.
Others could annihilate large portions of his divine body.
The strongest beam he encountered could directly annihilate thirty percent of an avatar's divine body.
At that moment, the avatars were constantly using the talent secret techniques Enhancement and Guard.
Enhancement could increase the avatar's strength by one hundred times.
Guard could reduce incoming attacks to one ten-thousandth of their original power.
Even so, a single beam of light could still annihilate thirty percent of an avatar's divine power.
That level of attack was terrifying.
If it were other third-tier or even fourth-tier Universe Masters, a single beam might directly annihilate them.
After all, Luo Fan's Space Worm avatar, although not as massive as his Space Worm clone's divine body, was still one hundred million kilometers long.
Many Universe Masters did not even possess divine bodies that large.
Looking at the illusory lights around him, Luo Fan felt no fear.
Instead, his eyes were filled with curiosity.
If these lights could be captured, perhaps they could be used to refine a powerful supreme treasure.
He immediately ordered the avatars to try capturing them.
However, every attempt failed.
The illusory lights simply could not be captured.
Moreover, several avatars fell into slumber or lost large amounts of divine power while trying.
Seeing the decreasing number of avatars, Luo Fan began summoning avatars from other dangerous regions of Flowing Heavy Mountain.
Soon, large numbers of avatars arrived through wormholes.
Whenever an avatar explored a new area, they would construct numerous wormholes in safe locations along the way.
Therefore, within the deadly regions of the Universe Sea, Luo Fan could quickly reach almost any place his avatars had visited.
With the help of wormholes, he could arrive extremely quickly.
Thus, massive numbers of avatars poured into the Land of Illusory Light.
They began searching everywhere for the reason behind the rampage of the illusory lights.
The Land of Illusory Light was enormous, spanning hundreds of thousands of light-years.
Like many deadly regions in the Universe Sea, teleportation was impossible here.
Although Luo Fan's avatars could cross the area by building two wormholes, exploring it completely and discovering the cause of the disturbance required flying and investigating inch by inch.
Since he already planned to use the Land of Illusory Light as the center to explore deeper into the inner region of Flowing Heavy Mountain, Luo Fan immediately mobilized tens of thousands of avatars.
They began conducting a carpet-style search.
To prevent all avatars from falling into illusions, Luo Fan also brought large numbers of soul treasures from his system space.
With those treasures, the avatars would not fall into illusions.
Soon, time passed.
After exploring for a year, Luo Fan finally discovered something.
There were actually other people in the Land of Illusory Light.
At that moment, several avatars surrounded a divine body.
It was the divine body of a Universe Master.
Luo Fan did not know the other party's identity.
However, he could at least confirm that the person belonged either to the Two Holy Lands or to one of the Three Reincarnation Eras.
Otherwise, they would have already perished along with the small universe they relied on.
Although the Human race possessed records of many powerful experts in the Universe Sea, the records were far from complete.
Some information had been gathered little by little.
Some had been purchased from others.
Certain Universe Masters rarely explored the Universe Sea, or they might have encountered almost no one during exploration.
In such cases, the Human race would have no record of them.
This was especially true for the experts of Flowing Heavy Mountain.
The Human race had rarely come here.
Even maps of Flowing Heavy Mountain were extremely scarce.
Naturally, records of the experts here were even rarer.
Therefore, Luo Fan did not know the identity of this Universe Master.
However, judging by the situation, the person had clearly fallen into an illusion.
Moreover, their aura did not appear to be at full strength.
Luo Fan guessed it might have been caused by the recent rampage of the illusory lights, which had thrown the area into chaos.
As time passed, the power of the illusory lights continued to increase.
If this continued, the person would almost certainly die.
Luo Fan decided to store the person inside a palace-type supreme treasure first.
He was not trying to save them.
All experts in the Universe Sea could be considered hidden enemies of the Human race.
Those who were not of the same race could not share the same heart.
Luo Fan mainly wanted to take the person back and experiment, to see whether they could be enslaved.
After all, this was Universe Master-level combat power.
A Universe Master trapped in an illusion like this was quite rare.
With Luo Fan's current willpower, if he brought the person into his Primal Universe clone, there was a high chance he could enslave them.
The will-enslavement secret technique he possessed could enslave Universe Masters at its limit.
He had originally planned to wait until his will broke through to the True God level before attempting to enslave the Lord of Nianjiao, who was currently suppressed inside Giant Axe's small universe.
The Lord of Nianjiao possessed relatively strong willpower.
If the person was conscious, direct enslavement would be almost impossible.
They would most likely self-destruct.
However, enslaving a Universe Master who had fallen into an illusion would be much easier.
Unless the opponent possessed True God-level willpower, failure was almost impossible.
But if they truly had True God-level willpower, they would never have fallen into illusions here even without a soul treasure.
Soon, Luo Fan ordered several avatars to take the unconscious Universe Master through wormholes and head toward the location of his Primal Universe clone.
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With numerous wormholes available, the avatars quickly brought the unconscious Universe Master into the Primal Universe clone's internal world.
During the journey, Luo Fan also informed the other Human experts about the person.
However, no one recognized this Universe Master.
As for Luo Fan's plan to attempt enslavement, every Human expert supported it.
After all, inside Luo Fan's Primal Universe clone, even if the enslavement failed, it would not matter.
At worst, the Universe Master would simply self-destruct.
If the enslavement succeeded, the Human race would gain another Universe Master, or even multiple ones.
After all, Luo Fan could grant them the avatar secret technique.
Since the person had fallen into an illusion like this, it likely meant they did not possess clones.
Therefore, the chances of successful enslavement were not small.
Even if it failed, they could still obtain the treasures on the person.
As soon as they entered the Primal Universe clone, Luo Fan's avatars and the unconscious Universe Master were directly transferred to the origin land of the Primal Universe clone.
However, before that, there was something he needed to do.
He needed to establish a mission.
[Mission: Kill or enslave the Master of Ice Extreme. Reward: Ice Extreme Reincarnation]
Seeing the mission list, Luo Fan's eyes immediately lit up.
Judging from the name, Ice Extreme Reincarnation should be very suitable for both himself and the Master of Ice Peak to cultivate.
At the same time, Luo Fan also learned the name of this Universe Master.
From the mission list, the person was called the Master of Ice Extreme.
However, even knowing the name did not mean Luo Fan knew any information about them.
After establishing the mission, he did not hesitate and immediately began using the will-enslavement secret technique Slave Mark.
This was a will-enslavement secret technique Luo Fan had previously obtained through a system mission.
Although Slave Mark could only enslave beings up to the Universe Master level, that was sufficient.
After so many years, Luo Fan had already cultivated Slave Mark to Perfection.
Under Luo Fan's control, the will of the Primal Universe clone began invading the body of the Master of Ice Extreme.
As time passed, Luo Fan's will filled every portion of divine power within the opponent's body.
In the next moment, with a single thought from Luo Fan, a special mark began forming directly within the soul of the Master of Ice Extreme.
Even though the Master of Ice Extreme remained trapped in an illusion, they instinctively began struggling.
The divine power within their body started burning unconsciously.
They launched indiscriminate attacks in all directions.
However, they were still deeply trapped in the illusion and could not even use secret techniques.
These unconscious divine-power attacks could at most cause minor harm to some Venerables.
Inside the origin land of the Primal Universe clone, they posed no threat at all.
As Luo Fan's will continued carving the mark within the opponent's soul, the Master of Ice Extreme struggled more and more violently.
Because the illusory lights were absent here, the person even showed faint signs of breaking free from the illusion.
However, Luo Fan had long prepared for this.
A waiting avatar immediately used another will-type secret technique Luo Fan had obtained: Reincarnation.
With Luo Fan's current willpower, which was close to the limit of a Universe Master, anyone whose will had not reached the True God realm would be controlled for a moment.
In an instant, the Master of Ice Extreme stopped struggling.
Luo Fan finally completed the Slave Mark.
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