151: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it, and Lao Liu is even further behind.

With only ten minutes left until the complete condensation of the Level Origin, all parties began to mobilize.

Dozens of Upper Gods from Sky Domain had gathered in Sky Region First Level a day prior, and had set up a large formation around the Level Origin.

This grand formation had only one purpose: to stabilize the space of Sky Region First Level and prohibit the condensation of space power.

The formation had an effect, but it was not significant.

In Haiyu Nine Layers, eighteen Upper God Masters, accompanied by dozens of Middle Gods, stepped onto the Space Teleportation Array.

As the Space Teleportation Array activated, the gods entered the teleportation passage.

The teleportation passage could not reach the interior of the Sky Region First Level world, but it connected to the external barrier of the Sky Region First Level world.

An Upper God Master shattered the barrier with a casual strike, and then the gods belonging to the Three Domain Realm faction directly entered Sky Region First Level through the broken barrier.

Although this was more troublesome, the arrangements made by Sky Domain had lost their greatest effect.

Even if Sky Region First Level prohibited flight, it was of little use to the eighteen Upper God Masters; they ignored the influence of the grand formation and forcefully descended to the place where the Level Origin was condensing.

At this moment, there were still nine minutes until the Level Origin finished condensing.

"Yunsheng, your resistance is futile. With this ambition, you might as well develop Sky Region Second Level properly. Being the master of Sky Region Second Level is quite good; you cannot hold onto the master position of the First Level."

Hai Chao Zun Writer, an Upper God Master from Haiyu Nine Layers, immediately mocked Yunsheng, the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor.

The dozens of Cloud Clan gods, seeing the eighteen Upper God Masters and dozens of Middle Gods who had descended, knew that the general trend was gone. All their previous preparations seemed very powerless in the face of absolute strength.

Cloud Clan Old Ancestor Yunsheng also looked disheartened; he had underestimated the might of the Upper God Masters.

His rise was originally allowed by those Upper God Masters, after all, at least half of the Upper God Masters in Sky Domain had to be gods originating from Sky Domain itself.

Otherwise, Sky Domain would be unable to develop independently and would be assimilated by other domain realms, which would defeat the original intention of dividing the Five Regions.

Six Upper God Masters from each of the three sides—Land Domain, Haiyu, and Sky Domain—each with more than ten Middle Gods suitable for merging with the Level Origin to become Upper God Masters, now occupied three sides, all staring at the condensing Level Origin.

They completely ignored the Cloud Clan gods surrounding the Level Origin; since they had arrived, the Cloud Clan had already lost the initiative, and it was even more impossible for them to snatch food from the tiger's mouth.

Their opponents were only each other.

The strongest individuals from the three domain realms had not come, but they were all paying attention to this place; should any unexpected event occur, they would certainly descend on the spot.

As for the outsider incident reported by the master stationed in Sky Domain Nine Layers, it was temporarily put on hold by many masters. The most important thing now was the Level Origin.

Once the ownership of the Level Origin was determined, no matter how well the outsider could hide, it would be impossible for him to conceal himself after twenty-seven Upper God Masters mobilized the power of the world.

Lin Chen, at this moment, was very calm, ready to activate the replacement array at any time to take away the Level Origin.

Time passed by minute by minute.

All parties, harboring ulterior motives, raised their vigilance, wary of everyone except their own people.

There was only one Level Origin, and everyone wanted it.

Time passed by minute by minute.

As the last trace of the gap was filled, the Level Origin completely manifested.

After manifesting, the Level Origin paused for a moment, then instantly rushed into the body of the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor, rapidly merging with him.

The Upper God Masters of the Three Domain faction were accustomed to this.

The Level Origin had no intelligence but had an instinct; it would choose the most compatible being in its birthplace to merge with, and the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor was clearly the most compatible target.

The Cloud Clan Old Ancestor had long anticipated this.

The moment he touched the Level Origin, his own divine artifact also activated at the same time, attempting to teleport it to the cloud-filled void between Sky Region First Level and Sky Region Second Level.

This was the escape route he had left for himself.

Unfortunately, the teleportation was interrupted, and the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor remained in place, with only his divine artifact protecting him.

But a Middle God artifact was no match for eighteen Upper God Masters acting simultaneously.

The divine artifact instantly shattered and dropped in rank, and the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor, protected within it, also suffered severe injuries, with the Level Origin inside his body being stripped away.

The eighteen Upper God Masters acted with a sense of proportion, merely teaching the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor a lesson, not aiming to kill him. In the future, the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor would also be one of them, so things should not be pushed to the extreme.

Generally speaking, the gods of the Five Regions Great World were united; unless there was truly deep hatred, they would not fight to the death, and with masters overseeing them, everyone was relatively harmonious.

The eighteen Upper God Masters each used their own methods to contend for the Level Origin, with no one yielding to anyone else.

The competition within the same faction was not intense; everyone was currently united against outsiders. Once the Level Origin reached within the same faction, the competition within the faction would begin.

Every Upper God Master had many Middle Gods under his command, and good things were naturally prioritized for those close to him; this was an eternal truth.

"Something's wrong, this is a fake Level Origin!"

"The Level Origin has been stolen!"

As soon as the struggle for the Level Origin began, the eighteen Upper God Masters all struck fiercely, but they dared not use too much force, fearing they would tear apart the fragile Level Origin.

At this moment, the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor, having caught his breath, spat out a mouthful of blood and roared.

As the first person to touch the Level Origin, he immediately discovered that something was wrong with it; there was no sense of intimacy within it.

Not only that, if the true Level Origin had integrated even a tiny bit into his body, he would not have suffered such severe injuries, but there was truly no power of the Level Origin remaining in his body.

Upon hearing this, the eighteen Upper God Masters did not stop their actions, but they all diverted their attention to observe the Level Origin constantly shifting in the center.

After an investigation, their faces turned dark.

This Level Origin was indeed fake, just an empty shell. As for where the true Level Origin went, they looked at each other, all staring at the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor.

In this place, only the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor had the greatest suspicion. After all, he was the first person to come into contact with the Level Origin. It was not impossible for him to have swapped the true Level Origin midway and now be putting on a show of suffering.

"Please, adults, don't look at me like that. I really didn't get the Level Origin. The Level Origin was swapped at the very beginning. If you recall, when the Level Origin manifested, didn't it pause for a moment?"

At the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor's words, the eighteen masters immediately recalled, replaying their memories frame by frame, and found that the Level Origin indeed paused for a moment, just as the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor had said.

Normally, a momentary pause might not be an issue, but a Level Origin that paused for a moment was clearly swapped during that very instant.

The masters' suspicions of the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor had not been eliminated, but they all simultaneously thought of the outsider, among whom was a Middle Time God.

A single moment could be an eternity for a Time God, so the possibility of the outsider swapping the Level Origin could not be ruled out; in fact, this possibility was very high.

They did not believe that the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor could do something under their noses that could deceive even them, so the Cloud Clan Old Ancestor's suspicion grew weaker and weaker, while the outsider's suspicion grew stronger and stronger.

At the same time, Lin Chen had already sealed the turbulent Level Origin and transmitted it to his main body.

At this moment, the Level Origin had already left the Five Regions Great World and was traveling through a cross-world teleportation passage spanning countless distances. Even Wing Emperor, who was most proficient in the Way of Space, could not catch up.

The moment the Level Origin finished condensing, Lin Chen simultaneously activated the replacement array, successfully completing the exchange of the true and false Level Origins.

Now he had destroyed the replacement array and entered the cross-world passage to Dark Region Second Level, completely unaffected by any of the Sky Domain Cloud Clan's formations.

Upon reaching Dark Region Second Level, he sent out an energy avatar to head towards Dark Region Nine Layers, while he himself continued into the cross-world passage, with his destination being Sky Region Nine Layers.

Upon arriving at Sky Region Nine Layers, Lin Chen immediately severed his own karma, activated Spiritual Stealth to its maximum extent, extremely converged all his information, and transformed into a cloud attached to Sky Region Nine Layers.

After doing all this, he only needed to wait for Jiuyue to return and awaken him, or be discovered by the Five Regions Upper God Masters, still having to wait for Jiuyue to rescue him.

The outcome was not important; he only needed to wait for Jiuyue's return.