God Lord

Two months later, deep in the dark universe, a dark black spaceship was traversing space at an extremely high speed. This was Li Che's usual vehicle, an E9-class alloy spaceship.

"Respected Lord Li Che, welcome back to the Qianwu Universe Kingdom after successfully completing your service in the extraterritorial battlefield. Thanks to your efforts, the human realm has remained peaceful for the past 52054 years. On behalf of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, we express our sincerest gratitude for your efforts..."

A clear and melodious female voice in Common Language echoed in the spacious rest hall. This was a consolation email sent by the official Qianwu Universe Kingdom to every warrior returning from the extraterrestrial battlefield. In addition to its sincere tone and gentle attitude, it also included links to many interstellar news events that had occurred in the last 50,000 years, which was very thoughtful.

"Respected one-star mercenary of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, welcome back to the Qianwu Cosmic Kingdom. Since you have reached the Realm Lord level, we sincerely invite you to participate in the assessment for a three-star Cosmic Mercenary at any branch of the Mercenary Alliance. Please remember that as long as you are willing, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance will always be your steadfast support..."

"Dear user of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, welcome back to the Qianwu Cosmic Kingdom. For all investment, deposit, consignment, gambling, and other services, please contact the nearest Cosmic Galaxy Bank branch. We will be happy to serve you..."

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Standing before the large floor-to-ceiling windows of the hall, Li Che stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the twinkling lights of the dark universe outside the spaceship. He listened to the trivial news from the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, the Virtual Universe Company, and the Giant Axe Arena, took a deep breath, and seemed to smell a hint of peace in the air. A smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

"Back in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom region. I really miss my homeland!"

Undoubtedly, the official government of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom attaches great importance to Li Che. They even received an email from the Qianwu Secret Realm, inviting Li Che, a powerful realm master at the military level, to establish his influence within the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

Listening to the messages in these emails, Li Che gently stroked a dark purple world ring in his hand, which was the small gift that the Nine Swords Venerable had given him before.

One of them, a shuttle-shaped spaceship over 800 meters long, was quietly hovering. It was an all-metal ship made entirely of F6-class Wind Annihilation Gold Marrow, engraved with a set of extremely intricate law runes, and equipped with many advanced technological achievements such as detectors, laser cannons, and energy interference devices.

Taking into account the Wind Annihilation Gold Marrow used to construct this spaceship, as well as the law-based runes engraved on its surface, the intelligent assistant, after comparison, believes that the spaceship is worth around 240 million Chaos Units.

Such a small gift really touched Li Che.

Nine Swords Venerable is, after all, a cosmic venerable figure. A million Chaos Units would be a huge sum for a military lord or even an ordinary Marquis Immortal, but for him, it was just a small investment.

Li Che accepted this kindness. He decisively stopped the E9-class alloy spaceship beneath his feet and switched to the spaceship from the Nine Swords Venerable, accelerating again and entering the dark universe.

"Sir, Lord Rongbing has sent you a communication request."

Just as Li Che was admiring the high-level spaceship, which was entirely made of pure metal, his AI assistant suddenly appeared and reminded him.

"Connected."

Upon hearing this, Li Che remained unmoved and simply replied casually.

"Beep!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a ray of light immediately shone from the crystal eyes of the computer assistant "Bai Yue". The light magnified and soon reflected the figure of a woman with a heroic posture and a height of more than nine meters.

Her skin was as white and translucent as jade, her long, smooth, and crystal-clear ice-blue hair was flawless, and her armor, which seemed to be forged from millions of years of ice, made this immortal female deity appear sacred and inviolable.

She cultivated the Ice Law, a variant of the Water Origin Law, and later constructed a divine body with the complete Water Law. Even though she was just a technological projection, she still managed to lower the temperature inside the cabin by more than ten degrees.

The Divine Lord of Rongbing is the undisputed ruler of Li Che's homeland, the Rongbing Empire. She is a relatively young, yet incredibly powerful, female immortal deity.

"Greetings, Divine Lord." Facing this beautiful and holy female immortal deity, Li Che did not show an overly respectful expression, but simply nodded slightly to her.

As a powerful realm lord recognized by the extraterrestrial battlefield military system as possessing the combat strength of an immortal military lord, Li Che naturally has the qualifications to stand on equal footing with other immortal military lords.

However, looking at this towering woman who was at least nine meters tall, Li Che would occasionally mutter a few complaints to himself.

The average height of the royal family of their Rongbing Empire is only about two meters, and very few are over three meters tall. They don't look like descendants of this immortal god at all.

Li Che had heard that this Rongbing God Lord actually had no partner and had not left any bloodline descendants. The ancestors of the current Rongbing royal family were all children of the tribe when the God Lord was weak.

In retrospect, this claim does not seem to be unfounded.

"Li Che,"

"I received a message from the Cosmic Kingdom saying that you have completed your retirement procedures on the Fourth Battlefield, and your virtual universe coordinates have also arrived within the territory of the Qianwu Cosmic Kingdom. Are you coming back?"

The Rongbing Goddess was clearly unaware of Li Che's inner thoughts. She gazed at this most outstanding genius in the history of the Rongbing Empire, a faint smile appearing on her lips, and whispered.

She didn't mind Li Che's casual attitude. In this universe, strength determines everything, and she naturally regarded Li Che as an existence on the same level.

"We've already returned to the territory of the Cosmic Kingdom, but it'll probably be a while before we can return to the Empire. I need to go to the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region."

Li Che had no intention of hiding anything from the deity who had provided him with the vast majority of protection and help in his early years, and spoke honestly.

"Black Dragon Mountain Star Region? I've never been there. I have met the Lord of the Ice Sea Holy Land within the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region a few times. Do you need any help?"

Upon hearing this, the Divine Lord Rongbing nodded. The star sector where the Qianwu Universe Kingdom was located was truly vast. Even though she was an immortal god, she had only visited a portion of the medium-sized kingdoms.

"No need," Li Che said casually. "I just received a favor from a deceased Black Dragon Mountain expert when I was on the battlefield outside the region. I was thinking of going to his homeland to see if I could help his people."

He had no intention of concealing his itinerary; this half-truth was meant for his own deity, and he wasn't afraid that someone might see it in the future when time travel occurred.

Lord Rongbing nodded slightly.

The fourth battlefield for the human race is one of the most terrifying meat grinders for lower life forms in the universe, where a large number of powerful beings die almost every minute and every second. It is not surprising that Li Che occasionally receives a favor from a deceased powerful being.

"My Lord, you've never contacted me first. Is something serious happening in our empire?"

Li Che focused most of his mind on thinking about and calculating the celestial coordinates of Earth, but he still spared a small portion of his mind to ask his own god.

Having been in this world for nearly 60,000 years, this female immortal deity has been incredibly devoted to nurturing him, and Li Che has indeed treated her as one of his own.

"I have had a conflict with an immortal nearby. Our empire and the intermediate civilization under that person's command may be about to break out into a large-scale war, probably within the next few decades. If you return, you will surely be of great help."

Rong Bing's voice was calm and devoid of any emotion, but Li Che could hear the fierce fighting spirit in her voice, indicating that she had no fear of war.

"What's the enemy's situation?" Li Che asked after a brief silence.

"Across from us is the Hufeng Empire, a mid-level civilization in the universe. Although their god-king is more ancient, their actual combat strength is not much different from mine."

"It is the voice of the Divine Lord Rongbing," he said softly.

"However, in order to defeat me in one fell swoop, that god-lord mobilized the god-lord of a neutral holy land near their empire—'Meteorite Star.' That Meteorite Star god-lord is a top-tier military commander-level soul master, and he is very difficult to deal with."

Upon hearing this, Li Che gave his master a strange look.

Meteorite?

He was all too familiar with that name.