The Sky Universe Star Region was huge, even bigger than the Chaotic Sky Star Region. It was not as chaotic as the Chaotic Sky Star Region. The power structure here had been fixed for hundreds of thousands of years. In the past ten thousand years, there was not much change.
Nineteen factions, nineteen rulers!
Most of the Sky Universe Star Region's territory was divided by these nineteen factions. The rest of the factions could only become their vassals. Otherwise, they would be ruthlessly suppressed.
Of course, vassals did not mean they could not rise. In the past ten thousand years, there had been three big changes. Three factions were destroyed and new rulers took over.
Of these three great forces, two were destroyed by their own vassal forces, while the other was destroyed by a vassal force of another great clan.
Big clans would fall, and big clans would decline.
It did not mean that just because you had a huge territory and a lot of resources, your faction would be forever strong.
A very simple example: three thousand years ago, there was a super clan's new leader who was very cruel. Not only to outsiders, but also to his own clan.
However, this clan leader's battle power was unparalleled. The entire clan could only tremble under his tyranny, not to mention the vassal forces.
During this clan leader's reign, half of the clan's experts died. The remaining half … were all killed by this clan leader.
Countless experts of the vassal forces were killed. This clan leader even started a war with a neighboring faction. Eventually, he lost, causing the clan's strength to be greatly reduced.
After the Clan King's lifespan was exhausted, all the vassal clans united and destroyed the clan. Then, several vassal clans united to form a new force, replacing the Clan King as the new overlord.
Water is impermanent, and people are impermanent!
Any great clan could fall into a trough. It was just that some great powers managed to pull through, and some did not.
The other two factions that were destroyed in the past ten thousand years were destroyed because of internal strife.
The world's power would be united after a long period of separation. These factions were the same.
As a ruling class for a long time, it was easy to become corrupt. It was easy to take without giving. Too long of a comfortable life could easily wear away the fighting spirit. Slowly, they would decline.
The Rhinoceros Ape Race was one of the 19 Overlords. At its peak, the Rhinoceros Ape Race was one of the top three powers in the Sky Universe Starfield. However, in the recent thousands of years, it had gradually declined.
The main reason was that the Rhinoceros Ape Tribe had never produced a new Great Perfection Class. The Rhinoceros Ape Tribe King was already very old and had not shown his face for thousands of years. Naturally, the prestige of the Rhinoceros Ape Tribe had begun to decline.
There were even rumors in recent years that the king of the Rhino Ape Clan had died long ago.
It was just that the Rhinoceros Ape Race kept it a secret. Otherwise, why would the Rhinoceros Ape Race swallow their anger and not dare to start a war when the other two large races provoked them?
One had to know that the Rhinoceros Ape Race was known throughout the entire Tianyu Star Field for being all brawn and no brains.
A few years ago, a young master from the Rhino Ape race was killed by a young master from the nearby Meng race. At that time, a young master from the Glass race was present as well.
The Rhinoceros Ape Tribe was furious and sent out an envoy to demand an explanation from the Meng Tribe. The Meng Tribe only said that it was a fair competition between the younger generation and that it was normal. Why would the Rhinoceros Ape Tribe make such a big fuss?
If they really wanted to fight, the Meng Race could only accompany them.
In addition, the Glass race had also expressed their stance and stood on the side of the Meng Race. Ultimately, the Rhinoceros Ape Race could only swallow their anger and let the matter rest.
This matter was a huge blow to the reputation of the Rhinoceros Ape Race. It also caused many martial artists to guess if the king of the Rhinoceros Ape Race had already passed away.
Fourth Eldress and the others spent a few months to return. However, after they returned, there was no more news.
It seemed like the Rhinoceros Ape Race was prepared to swallow this grievance and not bother about the Endless Divine Ruins anymore.
The Rhinoceros Ape Race also sealed this matter and forbade the news from spreading.
However …
After more than two months, there were rumors that dozens of elders of the Rhinoceros Ape Race had gone on an expedition to a small domain and were almost completely annihilated. The Rhinoceros Ape Race was actually defeated by a native of a small domain?
This news was spread very well. It even talked about the situation of the Endless Divine Ruins and the situation of the three races.
It was also said that the Endless Divine Ruins had produced two Great Perfection Class experts and had easily annihilated dozens of elders of the Rhinoceros Ape Race and the experts of the three races. The Endless Divine Ruins was going to counterattack the Rhinoceros Ape Race.
This kind of news spread very fast. The Rhinoceros Ape Race couldn't stop it even if they wanted to. Very quickly, the news spread all over the Sky Universe Star Region.
After all, they were one of the 19 chiefs. All the martial artists in the Sky Universe Star Region paid attention to their matters.
After the news spread for half a month, the Rhinoceros Ape Race sent out a notice saying that this was purely a rumor and that everyone shouldn't believe it easily.
Furthermore, was it possible for a small domain to produce two Great Perfection Class experts?
Did the martial artist who spread the rumor have any brains?
Many martial artists in the Sky Universe Star Region were skeptical about this matter. After all, how could a Great Perfection Class expert be born so easily?
The birth of any Great Perfection Class expert would cause a commotion in the surrounding area. Moreover, a small domain producing two Great Perfection Class experts was simply too ridiculous.
The second wave of rumor came out very quickly. It was a name list. It was a name list of the elders of the Rhinoceros Ape Race that had died in battle. There were a total of 14 elders' names.
These elders were the upper echelons of the Rhinoceros Ape Race and were considered famous in the Sky Universe Star Region. When this name list came out, the surrounding area was in an uproar.
This was a solid piece of evidence!
If there wasn't such a matter, the Rhinoceros Ape Race would have just casually sent out one of the elders from this name list. Then, the rumor would naturally be destroyed.
However, the Rhinoceros Ape Race went silent again. According to some rumors from the vassal races of the Rhinoceros Ape Race, they hadn't seen any of these 14 elders during this period of time.
If it was just one missing elder, it was still understandable. However, for 14 elders to vanish at once, it was inevitable for people to have suspicions.
After another half a month, the Rhinoceros Ape Race gave another reply. Otherwise, the rumor would spread even more. By then, the Rhinoceros Ape Race would become the joke of the Sky Universe Star Region.
The Rhinoceros Ape Race sent out another notice saying that these 14 elders had indeed died in battle, but it was because of an accident.
If there were people who used this news to intentionally spread rumors, they would be punished. The Rhinoceros Ape Race wouldn't let off the person who started the rumor, and the Rhinoceros Ape Race wouldn't let off the person who spread the rumor, either.
The Rhinoceros Ape Race made a harsh statement. The nearby minor races kept quiet out of fear. After all, the Rhinoceros Ape Race was an overlord. Their prestige was still there. Nobody dared to spread rumors.
After half a month of silence, a piece of shocking news came out. Tens of thousands of Memory Crystals were spread out. There was a picture in the Memory Crystals — Patriarch Four of the Rhinoceros Ape Race was on his knees, kowtowing and apologizing. He gave a lot of guarantees. He didn't look like a patriarch of a super race with real power. He looked more like a maggot …
This was a solid piece of evidence. Patriarch Four of the Rhinoceros Ape Race was famous. Many major races of the Sky Universe Star Region knew him.
This time, the Rhinoceros Ape Race could not argue back. The news was spread out quickly. Those Memory Crystals were bought back by many major races at a high price. This was a piece of entertainment.
"Lu Li, fu * k you …"
In a castle at the Rhinoceros Ape City, the main city of the Rhinoceros Ape Race, Patriarch Four shouted hysterically. He finally knew why Lu Li let him go and who started the rumor.
Lu Li was here. He had come to the Sky Universe Star Region. Clearly, he was here for the Rhinoceros Ape Race.
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