Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Upon hearing this, Ye Ge chuckled and said, "That sounds rather funny now. The Light Alliance even took the initiative to invite the Dark Races to participate in the Summit of All Races."

"Yes, that's why I always felt something was off."

Long Ying said, "Fortunately, this summit of all races has your Sky Eye and Deep Blue System to conduct map positioning and control, otherwise it would be a real problem."

"Hmm." Ye Ge pondered for a moment and said, "However, I still have to remind you not to rely too much on Deep Blue and the Eye of the Sky."

"Although our human race's technology is quite advanced now that we have the Deep Blue System, we must not forget that there are races among the myriad races that possess more advanced technological civilizations than us, such as the demi-human race."

The Deep Blue system is ultimately a copy of the Heavenly Dao system; it is not actually invincible.

Even compared to the Heavenly Dao System, Deep Blue can only be described as an inferior product.

As a man-made technology, it must have vulnerabilities and bugs that can be exploited.

and......

Ye Ge has been thinking about this for the past few days.

Although the data collected so far shows that the Deep Blue system is very successful in the market of the myriad races and has been completely popularized among them.

but......

Did the myriad civilizations really fall into his control so easily?

"Yes, of course I know that," Long Ying said softly, nestled against Ye Ge's chest.

She looked so gentle and submissive, a far cry from the dignified and noble empress she usually was in court.

"By the way, the resource competition starts in three days. Have you finalized the roster for our human race?" Night Song asked.

"The lists for the lower and middle groups have been finalized. As for the upper group..." Long Ying sighed, "To be honest, I really can't think of any extraordinary powerhouse from our human race who could compete in the upper group right now."

The competition at the Myriad Races Summit is conducted in groups based on the level of transcendence, just like the combat competitions in my previous life were divided into weight classes.

The lower-level group is for extraordinary warriors at or below the Hundred Souls Realm.

The intermediate group is for warriors at the Thousand Soul Realm to Asura Realm.

The Advanced Group is for top-tier warriors from the Heavenly Revelation Realm to the Soul Emperor Realm. However, while there's no actual restriction against lower-level players, for mid- to low-level warriors to participate is tantamount to suicide.

The reason for grouping races by realm is that the Light Alliance aims to ensure that weaker races can also compete for resources.

Otherwise, the top 10 races among all races would have an even more severe monopoly on resources!

Long Ying looked worried and continued, "At the last All Races Summit, Father Emperor invited that old monster Lai Chu to participate, and they barely managed to win some rankings and acquire some resources, but this time..."

"Really? That old monster is so powerful, how could he get a ranking in a competition with so many super big shots from all races?" Ye Ge asked doubtfully, as he didn't think Lai Chu was that strong in the Saint Realm. "What place did he get?"

Long Ying: "369th."

Night Song: "..."

"...369 people can also get resources?"

“Of course, in the advanced group, all the contestants who survived to the end could share resources.” Long Ying said, “In that competition, the final event was a battle royale. Lai Chu locked himself in his ‘belly prison’ as soon as he entered, and then he stayed there until the very end before coming out.”

Night Song: "...6".

"Our human race doesn't even have a single Saint Realm expert right now," Long Ying sighed. "And those seniors with peak Heavenly Enlightenment Realm cultivation are considered invincible within our race, but if they were placed before the Saint Realm and Soul Emperor Realm experts of the myriad races..."

Clearly, it's not enough.

"Moreover, not all of those seniors at the Heavenly Revelation Realm are necessarily willing to fight," Long Ying said.

"Why is that?" Ye Ge asked, puzzled.

"Of course, it's because of the danger. The prizes for the advanced group competition are the most generous, but it's also the most dangerous. All the participants are the strongest from all races."

Long Ying said seriously, "Think about it, those human ancestors who reached the Heavenly Enlightenment Realm spent hundreds or even thousands of years and went through countless hardships to cultivate to this level. How could they possibly be willing to easily throw their lives away? Especially for a competition they had no chance of winning!"

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "Even if you issue an order in the name of the Empress, it's still not allowed?"

“Of course it’s possible.” Long Ying shook her head: “But they can just find any excuse to refuse, like they’re not feeling well, and I can’t do anything about it. If I forcefully order them to do so, it will definitely provoke dissatisfaction and protests from those top leaders… Creating disunity within the human race during the Ten Thousand Races Summit is a major taboo.”

Night songs are sung in silence.

Indeed, in a world with extraordinary powers, the influence of royal rulers on cultivators from various sects is ultimately limited.

When Long Hai was alive, he could rely on Lai Chu, a top human combatant, to back him up and intimidate many human sects.

But right now, the individual combat strength of the court experts around Long Ying is probably inferior to that of the elders and leaders of those top sects...

It could be said that sometimes, even the words of the imperial court are less effective than those of the Ye family...

Although the Ye family had a close relationship with the imperial court, Long Ying and Ye Ge's relationship was ultimately just a rumored ambiguous one, and they did not have a real marital relationship in the open.

Ye Ge stroked his chin.

"It's alright, we'll talk about the advanced group later. Don't we also have the basic and intermediate groups?"

"By the way, could you show me the rosters for the lower and intermediate groups?"

"Of course."

Long Ying brought over an electronic memorial and handed it to Ye Ge.

Ye Ge opened it and took a look.

[The lower-level group consists of 282 elite warriors rigorously selected from the War Academy, the Night Watch, the Witchers, and various universities, sects, and guilds. The list of participants is as follows: Jiang Xiaoming, xx, xxx...]

[The intermediate group consists of 165 elite warriors rigorously selected from the War Academy, the Night Watch, the Witchers, and various universities, sects, and guilds. The list of participants is as follows: Nangong Qiuyue, xxx, xxx...]

Night Song: "..."

Jiang Xiaoming?

Nangong Qiuyue?

Ye Ge silently closed the memorial, her expression calm.

Long Ying looked at him with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong with you?"

Ye Ge sighed softly and slowly uttered two words:

"pill."

“...Huh?” Long Ying looked bewildered.