Upon entering the Nine Domains Alliance Territory, Qin Hao's pace couldn't help but slow down considerably; besides traveling, he spent more time exploring various life planets.
The 100,000 races of the Nine Domains Alliance were not a fictional number, and in fact, exceeded that figure. On various planets, Qin Hao witnessed different races, and it was even common to find numerous races cohabiting on many core planets.
It was normal to see a dozen or even hundreds of races on a single planet, and the main planet of each domain within the Nine Domains Alliance might even host tens of thousands of races. Witnessing such a multitude of different life forms, Qin Hao's desire to rush on his journey actually lessened considerably.
Before this, whether it was his clone or his own activities, his scope was relatively limited. He had seen many races, but never such a vast diversity. After all, whether it was the Human Race, Monster Race, Insect Race, or Automaton Race, the differences among the races within their respective groups or alliances were not that significant.
Although there were differences within the Human Race, fundamentally, they could all be categorized by human characteristics. A power like the Nine Domains Alliance, with its multitude of gathered races, should only be comparable to the Elder God Cult.
However, the Elder God Cult was more of a loose organization; most of its inheritors were members of other powers and races in the Universe.
While traveling among these life planets, Qin Hao not only witnessed numerous races but also came into contact with the customs of many of them. Furthermore, he conducted some simple research on these races.
Compared to enemies, whom he could directly enslave and analyze at a genetic level, Qin Hao would not do such things to the races of the Nine Domains Alliance without conflict.
Moreover, although the races in the Nine Domains Alliance were numerous, those that truly caught Qin Hao's attention and required detailed study were extremely rare. His research at the genetic level on the Human Race, Monster Race, and Insect Race had accumulated considerable experience for Qin Hao; in his eyes, ordinary races held few secrets, serving more to enrich his data.
Stopping and going, after several decades, Qin Hao gradually began to leave the Nine Domains Alliance Territory and head towards the Human Territory. Over these decades, the bounties from the Monster Race, Insect Race, and Automaton Race had gradually spread throughout the entire Universe.
However, Qin Hao's identity was very secretive, and few truly knew it. Even with the provided images, aside from a small number of people in the Human Race, others had no idea of Qin Hao's identity.
The various races across the Universe were mostly curious about this newly risen power and its strong individuals. After all, thousands of Champion strong individuals, and more than a dozen Venerable-Level strong individuals, directly launched suicidal attacks, along with numerous explosive crystals—this was something any race had to be wary of.
An unexpected strike, the demise of Champion and Venerable-Level individuals, was the most direct loss of power, but the destruction of large reserves of elites and facilities could cause even more severe damage. The key was that it presented an unsolvable situation, leaving no choice but to resurrect and rebuild.
Otherwise, there might be a period of stagnation. A generational gap within a race, for a certain period, poses a greater potential danger to the race than the resources expended.
"Boom!"
While Qin Hao was traveling in his spaceship, an energy blast erupted in the Dark Universe, striking his spaceship. Although the spaceship's defenses held, it quickly decelerated and exited the Dark Universe.
Feeling the tremors of the spaceship, Qin Hao was somewhat surprised. He hadn't even left the Nine Domains Alliance yet and was already under attack—this was unexpected for Qin Hao.
After all, within the territories of major powers, it was relatively safe. The internal stability and security of a major power were crucial metrics for its own overall power and for external observers.
Therefore, Qin Hao had not specifically activated his detectors in the Nine Domains Alliance, and he was relatively relaxed. He had not expected that this relaxation would lead to someone directly challenging him.
Qin Hao was more curious about this; his spaceship was, after all, the most advanced spaceship from the Virtual Universe Corporation. Given the identity displayed by the spaceship alone, ordinary individuals shouldn't dare to attack directly.
After exiting the Dark Universe, Qin Hao did not leave; he immediately had Gu stop the spaceship. Sitting in the spaceship, he waited with interest for the approaching individuals.
Soon, a spaceship rapidly flew towards Qin Hao's location. The spaceship was not small and quite luxurious, but compared to Qin Hao's spaceship, it still seemed a bit humble. Furthermore, while the Nine Domains Alliance's power was strong, its technology was still quite inferior to that of the Virtual Universe Corporation; the current spaceship was only barely equivalent to an F-class spaceship.
Upon arrival, the spaceship did not stop immediately but instead drove directly beside Qin Hao's spaceship. After the hatch opened, a team of eleven people emerged from the spaceship.
Each of the eleven individuals stood 10 meters tall, their skin covered in scales, and a curved horn on their forehead. Aside from that, they were overall very similar to Earth humans, only their hands and feet were much larger, and a tyrannical aura constantly emanated from their bodies.
"Yan God Clan!"
Seeing the approaching individuals, Qin Hao instantly understood their identity. They were indeed the Yan God Clan, a race created by Zuo Shanke. They focused on physical evolution but had flaws in their mental state.
Originally, they were a race belonging to the Human Race, but they eventually defected from the Human Race and now reside in the Yan God Mystic Realm. Their leader, Yan Emperor, also possesses the strength of a Universe Lord and is now a member of the Nine Domains Alliance.
Qin Hao was also somewhat curious about the Yan God Clan. The Yan God Clan was a race created by Zuo Shanke, and they were originally intended to be his helpers. Their physical talent was top-tier throughout the entire Universe. Yan Emperor's genetic level was close to the perfect genetic level, and the genetic levels of the entire Yan God Clan were not low, with many individuals having genetic levels over a thousand times.
The genetic levels of these eleven individuals before him had all reached a thousand times, which was very rare in the entire Primordial Universe. It should be known that throughout the Universe, individuals with genetic levels above a thousand times were basically extremely rare, and it was uncommon for entire races to achieve this.
The Yan God Clan clearly broke this situation; their patriarch was close to perfect genes, Undying individuals reached a thousand times the gene level, World Lord individuals reached a hundred times the gene level, and Universe Rank individuals basically had more than 10 times the gene level.
Zuo Shanke had high expectations for the Yan God Clan, cultivating and guiding them towards the third level of physical evolution. Even the Nine Calamities Secret Canon were prepared for this purpose.
However, despite their powerful genes, the Yan God Clan had flaws in their mental state, destined to not go far on the path of strength, and were eventually abandoned. Zuo Shanke also began guiding new races; Earth and the previous Origin Star were Zuo Shanke's new attempts.