Because they lost the Rules Battle, the Daric Pirates had no choice but to fulfill their promise.

While the rescue team rushed to retrieve Shaluode, the Daric Captain of the Seventh Squad silently watched Shi Yu, the Shattered Divine Bull, and the Wind Qilin. Although he didn't know their identities or origins, he was now certain that they were a terrifying pirate group. Luckily, things hadn't escalated earlier, or their Seventh Squad would have been doomed.

They had kicked a steel plate this time.

However, the fortunate part of this misfortune was that the stake was just a piece of ordinary information.

"We concede," said Captain Daric. "As per the agreement, we will tell you the location of the Ziji Special Operations Team."

"That star path is not easy to navigate. The agreement was in our favor from the start. Next, we will lead the way and escort you there." "Alright," said Shi Yu. "Then we'll have to trouble you. But we're in a hurry, so it's best to go as fast as possible."

"About a month's voyage," said Captain Daric.

"No problem." Since the Short-legged Cat didn't sense any malice from them, Shi Yu chose to believe them.

Next, both sides returned to their respective battleships.

Examiner Jiemeng followed behind Shi Yu. After witnessing the Wind Qilin enter the warship and slowly merge into it, he was once again dumbfounded.

"Moo~~" It stomped its feet on the ground, its bull hair bristling, and said, "Why are you so strong now?"

Even with Mechanical upgrades, which are theoretically simpler, it shouldn't be this fast.

Mechanical upgrades are very fast as long as you have access to more advanced Mechanical systems and are taught by powerful Mechanical Grandmasters. If you don't have such avenues and have to research on your own, it's the slowest.

The Shattered Divine Bull felt that with Shi Yu's status as a God Conferring King and a Disaster Studies Doctor, it wouldn't be difficult for him to come into contact with more advanced Mechanical systems. But even so, wasn't this upgrade speed a little too fast?

To go from a Quasi-God to the top of a Perfect God in just over two years was too much, even for a descendant of a Transcendent God family like itself, let alone a child of a Transcendent God.

"It's simple, just use more resources," Shi Yu said with a smile.

"Resources..." Jiemeng's mouth twitched as he saw how lightly Shi Yu brushed it off.

"They are not second-generation elites, but first-generation Transcendent Gods destined to leave a strong mark on the universe and become the most dazzling suns!" Although Examiner Jiemeng was unlearned, he had been locked up in the Realm King Star Prison for 100 years and had seen all kinds of geniuses. He had also dealt with prodigies like Mingu and Kahn for so long, so he was good at judging people.

Shi Yu's growth trajectory was different from that of some genius second-generation elites. It could only remind him of those capable lieutenants under the seats of the various Cosmic Kings, those who had reached the peak of Transcendent Gods.

"Shi Yu, is the Ziji Special Operations Team you're looking for the one that specializes in archaeology?"

"That's right, you know about them too," Shi Yu said. "So who are you looking for? I can ask Captain Ziji for you later."

"Ah..." Examiner Jiemeng said, "This, that, actually..."

"I want to find..."

"Cosmic Overlord!"

Shi Yu: ???

"Aren't you daydreaming?" Shi Yu couldn't help but say.

Although one of his purposes for this trip was to see if he could meet the Cosmic Overlord, even a fool would know that the Cosmic Overlord wasn't so easy to meet. Even a Realm King could only be seen by Transcendent Gods at their peak, and they were constantly in slumber.

The Cosmic Overlord, who was even more powerful than the Realm King, would probably be even harder to meet. Not to mention Jiemeng, even his Transcendent God-level grandfather would probably have a hard time meeting the Cosmic Overlord.

"This isn't urgent..." Jiemeng said, "We'll think of a way slowly."

"Actually, I've heard of a way to meet the Cosmic Overlord by chance, but I'm not sure yet. I need to verify it. I'll definitely find out once I chat with Captain Ziji!"

"Alright," Shi Yu nodded. This bull seemed to know a lot about the Cosmic Overlord's army.

"Next, let's just follow them for now," Shi Yu looked ahead.

Nearly a month later.

Twilight Starfield, Heavenly Silk Star.

"Not long ago, a relic of an era appeared in the Twilight Starfield, suspected to be a relic secret realm from the 'Era Before Last'. Headquarters has summoned many archaeological teams back, and the Ziji Special Operations Team was one of those temporarily summoned to explore the relic."

On the screen of the Star Battleship Rin, a message appeared from the Daric Pirates leading the way.

"Their current location should be right here, the Twilight Starfield, Heavenly Silk Star."

"This planet is the current temporary base of the Ziji Special Operations Team."

"Who is it!!"

As the Daric Pirates approached Heavenly Silk Star, two powerful auras emerged from within the star, each reaching the peak God level, not inferior to Captain Daric.

With two beams of light, two aliens with red tentacles flew into the starry sky, looked at the Daric Pirates' insignia, and looked puzzled.

"Greetings, fellow clansmen, don't be nervous, we have no ill intentions."

Captain Daric appeared and said politely.

"What business do you have?" The two Daric Stars in the Ziji Special Operations Team were not nervous at all. Now, cracking the relic of the era was a major project of the Cosmic Overlord's army. Although they were of the same race and in the same camp, if the Daric Pirates dared to cause trouble, not to mention a squad, even the entire pirate group would probably be liquidated.

"We are just leading the way, helping a guest to find Captain Ziji," Captain Daric said.

At this time, the gate of the Era Pirate Group ship behind the Daric Pirates was also opened, and Shi Yu and the Shattered Divine Bull breathed a sigh of relief.

They had finally reached their destination.

Shi Yu flew over and smiled when he saw Captain Ziji's two guards.

"Hello, two guard brothers, long time no see, how is Captain Ziji doing?"

The two top God-level Daric Stars were instantly shocked when they saw that the guest Captain Daric was talking about was Shi Yu.

"Realm Lord Shi Yu?!" They said in disbelief.

Unlike Captain Daric, they had just returned from the Cosmic Sea. By the time they returned, the Blue Planet faction behind Shi Yu had already completed the Star Cluster Assassination.

Therefore, the two Daric Stars knew the horror of the forces behind Shi Yu.

--Eleven Transcendent Gods from one star!

Of course, Shi Yu was not simple either. He had obtained the title of God Conferring King at a young age, and he was one of the strongest God Conferring Kings. It could be said that he had extraordinary potential.

Shi Yu had actually come to the Overlord's territory...

"Captain Ziji is here, we will inform Captain Ziji, welcome Realm Lord Shi Yu."..."Since the guest is here, why don't you all take a rest on Heavenly Silk Star?" Then, they looked at Captain Daric again. Captain Daric nodded. Their pirate group did need to replenish supplies.

At the same time, he also wanted to know what the origin of this Era Pirate Group was. Was Shi Yu the Realm Lord of Realm King Star? But why would he carry the pirate flag and come all the way to visit the Ziji Special Operations Team?

"Shi Yu?!" Ziji was very surprised when she heard that Shi Yu had come.

Heavenly Silk Star Palace.

Shi Yu, Examiner Jiemeng, and Rin were outside. The rest of the pets were in Shi Yu's Beast Taming Space. The Jewel Cat and the Owl were still sleeping soundly in Rin's body.

Shi Yu was too lazy to wake them up until something important happened. It was better for them to sleep more and improve their strength.

"Shi Yu, why are you here? Oh, and this is... I remember now, isn't this the examiner from the God Conferring Battle?" Captain Ziji came to greet Shi Yu and the others.

"Moo." Jiemeng felt embarrassed by Captain Ziji's familiarity. He didn't expect to meet someone who had seen that battle in the Overlord's territory.

"I accidentally ran into Examiner Jiemeng on the road, so we traveled together," Shi Yu said with a smile. "I came to the Overlord's territory to take care of some things, and I just happened to think of Captain Ziji, so I came to visit."

"It shouldn't be just a visit, you must have something to ask for." Captain Ziji chuckled.

"But it's just right. I just wanted to buy a batch of cultivation fruits from you. You should have brought some goods with you, right? As for this place, you can have as many Transcendent God Stones as you want."

"That's easy to say," Shi Yu said. "There are indeed some things I want to ask for." "Let's go inside and talk," Captain Ziji said.

Inside the palace, Captain Ziji led Shi Yu and the others, saying, "This is the palace of the Heavenly Silk Star royal family. They moved out after we came. The environment is a bit simple, please forgive us."

"Cool~~" Examiner Jiemeng said. The Cosmic Overlord's army was like a group of robbers.

He liked it.

"I don't know what you need help with. If I can help, I will definitely help. However, if it's something that even your Blue Planet can't solve, I don't think I can help much." Captain Ziji said.

The group sat facing each other, and Examiner Jiemeng also transformed into a suit-wearing black bull and sat on the sofa.

"I don't know if Captain Ziji has heard of the Prayer Star Race?" Shi Yu said.

"Prayer Star Race??" Captain Ziji said in surprise, "Are you talking about the race on Realm King Star that is good at using the power of the stars to make wishes? Weren't they exterminated?" "Indeed," Examiner Jiemeng said.

"Indeed, but when the Prayer Star Race was destroyed, they used the power of the entire race to make a wish and transformed the race's inheritance into seven Wishing Stars and transmitted them to the entire universe. Captain Ziji, I don't know if you've heard of this legend."

"Hmm." Captain Ziji was stunned and nodded, saying, "I've heard of it."

"So the purpose of your trip is..."

"I want to inquire about who in the Overlord's territory holds the inheritance of the Wishing Star, or has fused with the inheritance of the Wishing Star," Shi Yu said.

Strangely enough, the Owl had foreseen the location of five Wishing Star inheritances. One of them was in the Land of Pollution, and the other four were in the Overlord's territory.

The Owl had foreseen the exact location of the one in the Land of Pollution, even pinpointing it to the "Starfield". Although this was also a vast area, it wasn't impossible to find. In fact, that's exactly what happened. Shi Yu and the others were very lucky to obtain it in a flash. However, the four pieces in the Overlord's territory were different. The locations were very vague, and the Owl couldn't pinpoint them either. The foreseen range was much wider than the Starfield in the Land of Pollution, making it very troublesome to search for.

Shi Yu guessed that the reason for this was that these four Wishing Stars were in the hands of experts.

Moreover, they were very likely Transcendent God-level experts.

In this case, it was understandable that it would be more difficult for the Owl to foresee. The one on God-level Beast Tamer Le Ling was easy to foresee because the holder was relatively weak. It was impossible for it to be so easy to foresee on an expert.

Therefore, he would first ask the local experts for some information, and then re-screen and filter the information to narrow down the scope and save a lot of time.

"I haven't heard of this before, but give me some time. It shouldn't take too long, I should be able to investigate it for you through the Overlord's network."

"Thank you, Captain Ziji," Shi Yu said.

"I'll ask my assistant to investigate now." Ziji took out a special device, hung it on her ear, and put it on the side of her face. It seemed to be connected to some special network. She said, "Xiao Bei, help me investigate the Prayer Star Race and the Wishing Star inheritance."

After saying that, she looked at Shi Yu and the others again and said, "Is that all?"

Shi Yu looked at Jiemeng, and Jiemeng also looked at Captain Ziji and asked, "Captain Ziji, I once heard that there is a challenge called the 'Glory Challenge' in the Overlord's territory. Is it true?"

"Glory Challenge??"

"Do you want to meet the Cosmic Overlord?" She asked.

"The Glory Challenge is indeed related to the Cosmic Overlord!" The Shattered Divine Bull was extremely excited.

Ziji said, "This does exist."

She looked at Shi Yu, Jiemeng, and Rin and said, "The Glory Challenge is also the Battle of Glory. Only members of the Cosmic Overlord's army can participate."

"Success or failure, in essence, does not have any rewards. However, the successful challenger can meet the Cosmic Overlord, which is a great honor for any challenger. It can also be seen as a reward. This is also the origin of the name Glory Challenge."

"Generally speaking, even for me, even for a Transcendent God expert, it is very difficult to meet the Cosmic Overlord. The Glory Challenge may be the only opportunity for those who have not reached the standard to meet the Cosmic Overlord."

"I don't know what the detailed details of this Glory Challenge are," Shi Yu asked.

"Yes, yes," The Shattered Divine Bull agreed.

Captain Ziji smiled slightly and said, "This is actually very difficult. You don't have to think about it."

"The Cosmic Overlord once left a wisp of mental deterrence in a certain place in the starry sky. The Glory Challenge is to challenge this deterrence."

"Only by defeating the Cosmic Overlord's deterrence can you pass. I forgot to tell you that the Cosmic Overlord once killed a rebellious Transcendent God at the peak with just a wisp of deterrence countless years ago."

"What!!!" The Shattered Divine Bull said in shock, "Then wouldn't it be impossible to pass this Glory Challenge?"

"It's not that absolute. I'm just using this example to show the Cosmic Overlord's power. Depending on the strength of the challenger, this wisp of mental strength will automatically adjust its strength."..."In other words, the weaker the challenger, the weaker the mental strength. The stronger the challenger, the stronger the mental strength. It's like what we often say, 'leveling down to fight'. It's like the Cosmic Overlord suppressing the mental deterrence to the same level as the challenger."

"But even so, the chances of passing are very slim. There was once a guy who had just become a Transcendent God who wanted to meet the Cosmic Overlord, so he took on the Glory Challenge. As a result, he was suppressed by the deterrence in just a few seconds and gave up."

"There was also a super genius who once defeated a Transcendent God in a God-level battle. He also wanted to meet the Cosmic Overlord, but he was still suppressed by a wisp of mental deterrence and gave up."

"Well, someone once assessed that the difficulty of the Glory Challenge is dozens of times higher than the difficulty of becoming a God Conferring King on Realm King Star."

"Even a true Transcendent God-level genius with Transcendent God-level combat power would find it extremely difficult to pass."

Jiemeng: "..." Shi Yu was lost in thought.

The Shattered Divine Bull felt that it had no hope of seeing the Cosmic Overlord in this lifetime. It didn't think it could defeat the Cosmic Overlord's mental deterrence.

"Of course, there's one more thing. Not everyone can take on the Glory Challenge. First of all, as I said just now, you must be a member of the Cosmic Overlord's army to participate. Secondly, ordinary members are not allowed. Only members with a purple badge or higher can participate."

"Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple. The purple badge is the highest badge level that ordinary members who are not cadres can obtain."

"And to obtain a purple badge, either your strength must reach the Transcendent God level, or you must make a great contribution to the Cosmic Overlord's army in a certain field. For example, I obtained the purple badge through achievements in the field of archaeology. My status is basically equivalent to a Transcendent God level. However, even for me, it took more than a hundred years to obtain this purple badge. I helped the Cosmic Overlord's army find a source of transcendence and handed it over before I obtained the purple badge. The difficulty is basically equivalent to cultivating a Transcendent God level. It's not easier than becoming a Transcendent God level yourself..."

"Ahhhhhh." Examiner Jiemeng's bull head exploded, and his bull lungs exploded. He felt that it was too difficult to see the Cosmic Overlord. It was even harder than him fulfilling his grandfather's wish and becoming a Transcendent God level.

"Of course, there are other ways. If you don't have a purple badge yourself, but you obtain a recommendation from someone with a purple badge, you can also take on the Glory Challenge. However, the recommendation quota of someone with a purple badge can only be used once in their lifetime. The person being recommended can only be recommended once in their lifetime."

"Examiner Jiemeng, if you're interested, I can sell my recommendation quota to you. No cheating the old or the young. I'm selling it at a loss. As long as you give me 10 Transcendent God Stones. I remember you wanted to join the Cosmic Overlord's army, right?"

Jiemeng's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"Talk, talk," Captain Ziji said, "I've found it."

At this moment, Captain Ziji said, "Shi Yu, I have news about the Wishing Star you're looking for."

Her expression was strange, very strange, giving Shi Yu on the opposite side a bad feeling.

"What's wrong, Captain Ziji?"

"If you want to collect Wishing Stars, you may not have a chance."..."What do you mean?" Shi Yu asked nervously. Even if the inheritance of the Wishing Star was in the hands of a Transcendent God-level expert, he would still go to collect it.

Collecting half of them would drive him crazy.

"There are indeed inheritances of the Wishing Star in the Overlord's territory, and there are four of them!" Captain Ziji said.

Shi Yu nodded. That's right, there were four of them!!

Captain Ziji said, "These four inheritances of the Wishing Star were initially scattered in the Overlord's territory, the Behemoth Empire, and the Insectoid Nest."

"They were all seized by the Cosmic Overlord's army in the war."

"After several transfers, no one successfully fused with them. In the end, they all ended up in the hands of the 'Collector'."

"The Collector is a Transcendent God-level expert in the Cosmic Overlord's army, known for his love of collecting rare treasures."

Shi Yu said, "The four inheritances are all in the hands of this Collector???"

"You can tell from the name that this guy must be very stingy!"

The Shattered Divine Bull thought, it wouldn't be easy to obtain them.

"No, if that's all, then you still have hope of obtaining them. As long as you bring out more rare treasures and trade with him, he might not exchange them." Captain Ziji said, "But the problem is, the Collector gave the four Wishing Stars to the Cosmic Overlord as gifts during the 'Overlord's Day'."

"Overlord's Day is a festival in the Overlord's territory to celebrate the day the Cosmic Overlord became the strongest in the universe. On this day, many experts will give gifts to congratulate the Cosmic Overlord."

"Of course, the Cosmic Overlord doesn't care about these gifts at all. He may not even know the information about these gifts. Basically, these gifts will be transported by the Cosmic Overlord's army to the Overlord's treasure vault for safekeeping."

"It's impossible to take things out of the Overlord's treasure vault," Captain Ziji said. "No one dares to touch the Cosmic Overlord's things, not even the peak of the Transcendent God level, even if the Cosmic Overlord doesn't care about those things."

"Ah, this." Shi Yu sighed. All four Wishing Stars were together. When he heard this information, Shi Yu was originally surprised. He felt that it could save a lot of collection time. However, now that he heard Captain Ziji say this, it seemed that it was a bit tortuous to obtain them.

"So, if you want to obtain them, you can only have the Cosmic Overlord give them to you personally," Shi Yu asked.

Captain Ziji laughed. What kind of daydream are you having? The Shattered Divine Bull also looked at Shi Yu like he was an idiot.

It's hard enough to see the Cosmic Overlord, and you want the Cosmic Overlord to give you gifts? And specify the items? And want four of them? Dream on!!! "Moo!!! (That's just like you.)" The Shattered Divine Bull said.

"Captain Ziji, let's talk about something. Give me your recommendation quota for the Glory Challenge for which you got your purple badge. I want to take on the Glory Challenge. I want to meet the Cosmic Overlord."

Captain Ziji, Shattered Divine Bull:?

"What, you want to take on the Glory Challenge too?" Captain Ziji said in shock, "Didn't I tell you the prerequisites? You must be a member of the Cosmic Overlord's army to be recommended to take on the challenge."

"Then I'll join the Cosmic Overlord's army," Shi Yu said. If it was before, he might have hesitated. After all, Realm King Star was the best thigh for Blue Planet.

However, after learning that Mother God's strength was at the peak of the Transcendent God level and that she had once managed the Cosmic Overlord's army on behalf of the Cosmic Overlord, Shi Yu understood that the relationship between Wa God and the Cosmic Overlord was extraordinary. Otherwise, Mother God wouldn't have told him that he could ask the Cosmic Overlord for help if he had any problems.

The Cosmic Overlord's army was the thickest thigh!! He would just join. Realm King Star didn't stipulate that he couldn't join the Cosmic Overlord's army. If he didn't join the Overlord's army and directly asked the Cosmic Overlord for the Wishing Star because of his relationship with Wa God, he would be too embarrassed.

"Moo!!!" The Bull was also shocked to look at Shi Yu. Wait a minute, why do you want to join the Cosmic Overlord's army too? Aren't you the supernova of Realm King Star, the God Conferring King??

"Are you sure???" Captain Ziji was confused. She could tell that Shi Yu really wanted the Wishing Star. She said, "Even if you join, even if I recommend you, the Glory Challenge is really difficult. If you're still a Quasi-God level, you might have a chance. After all, you can be called the strongest Quasi-God."

"But you've only just broken through to the God level..."

Shi Yu said, "I've made up my mind. I still want to challenge the Cosmic Overlord's deterrence."