Indeed, neither the Netherworld Clan nor those gathered near the ten provinces of the Huaxia Empire could have imagined the terrifying combat abilities the Huaxia Empire would suddenly unleash.

This level of battle power was something they had never anticipated before.

Who could have foreseen that the indigenous creatures of the Chaos Universe would possess such formidable combat strength?

This was entirely different from the intelligence they had gathered.

However, the fact remains that the Huaxia Empire suddenly erupted with formidable power.

The bombardment of the Mixed Element Boundary Suppressing Cannon completely crushed their ambitions of invading this part of the Chaos Universe.

Of course, not everyone would perish under the bombardment of the Mixed Element Boundary Suppressing Cannon; some survivors did remain.

But these survivors were all unconscious, gravely injured, and could die at any moment.

Throughout the void, in the darkness, various pieces of void debris floated, drifting endlessly in the air.

Swift warships suddenly emerged from the territory of the Huaxia Empire, dashing toward the dark void.

The size of these warships was similar to reconnaissance-type warships, but their speed was incredibly fast, spreading across the entire battlefield in an instant.

In the void, these unconscious, severely injured survivors were captured with mechanical claws ejected from the swift warships and placed in prisons onboard the ships, returning to the Huaxia Empire's territory.

When the swift warships returned to the Huaxia Empire's territory, the captured prisoners were uniformly detained and placed in cells.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, Ba Yifei gradually regained consciousness, and as his vision recovered, he found himself in a strange place.

Climbing up from the bed, Ba Yifei rubbed his head, his expression somewhat bewildered, unsure of where he was.

As his vision slowly cleared, he realized he was in a strange room.

Three walls were made of an unknown metal, seemingly embedded with arrays that emitted energy fluctuations.

The fourth side faced a corridor, with peculiar metal bars confining him within.

"Where am I..." Ba Yifei rubbed his head, his long deep purple hair falling down, the blue stripes on his pale skin beginning to shimmer, attempting to absorb nature's spiritual energy to recover his soul energy.

But as his skin began to glow, he was suddenly surprised to find that his soul energy showed no signs of recovery.

Wait!

It was then that he realized there was no fluctuation of nature's spiritual energy in this prison, no spiritual energy at all.

Without spiritual energy, how could he possibly recover?

It was only then that Ba Yifei came to terms with the fact that he was indeed captured.

He belonged to the Blue Striped Tribe of the Netherworld Clan and was currently a general leading the northern attack on this part of the Chaos Universe.

As his mind cleared, he vaguely recalled seeing the opponent's massive offensive, accompanied by overwhelming explosions, before his unconsciousness.

Waking up now, he found himself in a place that was unmistakably a prison.

Ba Yifei took a deep breath, mustered his strength, and reached out to grasp the metal bars of the cage, attempting to unleash his physical power to pull them apart.

Yet, the cage's bars were made from some unknown material and remained unmoved, completely unscathed.

Next, Ba Yifei attacked the prison's walls with loud bangs, but it was futile; the walls showed not the slightest damage.

"Alright, stop wasting your energy, Netherworld Universe fellow. This place is impregnable, and without soul energy, we can't break out." Suddenly, a voice came from the opposite cell. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Ba Yifei looked over to the opposite cell and saw a familiar figure, suddenly letting out a cold laugh: "Yao Yan Universe person, seems quite unfamiliar."

"Whether I'm unfamiliar or not, it doesn't matter. After all, we're fellow prisoners now. Better think about how to survive." Wei Wulin snickered, still sitting on the bed, leaning against the wall.

At this point, Ba Yifei also approached the bars, observing the surroundings carefully, realizing this place was a large prison with many captives from his Chaos Universe's Netherworld Clan and those from the Yao Yan Universe's Yao Yan People.

After all, the initial contest victory only allowed eight cosmic forces to invade this new Chaos Universe.

The forces from eight universes would conduct a trial, and the victors would send their armies to guard the central territory of the universe.

If they were lucky, these armies stationed at the central territory could reap considerable gains.

But these gains were not so easily obtained.

They saw the barrier seal at the central territory was lifted, thinking they had secured great opportunities and could finally attack this side's territories.

But who would have imagined the harsh reality led to their complete defeat?

Tap, tap!

Suddenly, footsteps echoed down the corridor of the prison.

Shortly thereafter, down the corridor, he suddenly saw a young human man, one belonging to the races of this Chaos Universe.

He could only feel the immense pressure emanating from this young human man standing before him.

Though he too was at the Mixed Element Saint Realm, why did this man in front of him exert such overwhelming pressure?

As if he were the very master of their universe.

Wait, like the universe's master?

Could it be...

"Are you the controller of this Chaos Universe?" Suddenly, Ba Yifei reacted, exclaiming in surprise as he looked at Lin Qian.

Lin Qian gazed at Ba Yifei in front of him, noting he hadn't seen other Netherworld Clan members for some time besides the Four-Eyed Spirit Clan and the Eight-Eyed Divine Race.

More accurately, Netherworld people, akin to the Huaxia People of the Huaxia Empire.

Lin Qian stood before Ba Yifei, watching him with interest.

"Ah, the Blue Striped Tribe, one of the eight great aristocratic clans of the Netherworld Universe. From your position, I suppose I can extract quite a bit of information," Lin Qian's words made Ba Yifei take a cold breath.

What's going on? How does this universe's native know about the eight great aristocratic clans?

"Surprised?" Seeing the other's expression, Lin Qian chuckled lightly, "Let's just say I have a good teammate who has clued me into many things. Unfortunately, meeting them will take quite a while."

"This is impossible. How did you obtain this information?" Ba Yifei couldn't understand, as his tribe had only reached such status a mere ten thousand years ago.

How could the universe's natives, whose barrier was just broken, know this?

"During your Netherworld Universe's invasion of another Chaos Universe, my friend caused quite a disaster for you," Lin Qian remarked with emotion, "They seem to be an even more resourceful individual than I was."

"Their name is Fang Ru."

"What, how could you possibly connect with that terrifying person?" At the mention of that name, Ba Yifei cried out in fear.

Lin Qian shrugged with a smile, "Enough of that, let's talk about what you're going to do here in our Huaxia Universe."