Chapter 238: Breakthrough
In the blink of an eye, Morosa’s seclusion had already lasted for half an era.
“Morosa’s current transformation has consumed quite a long time.” Luo Feng sat atop the pavilion of the City Lord’s Mansion. With a single thought, he sensed Morosa’s state inside the Star Tower. Of the corpse materials he had given, Morosa had devoured roughly two-thirds, leaving the rest untouched.
At this moment, Morosa was in deep slumber, his aura undergoing a slow transformation.
“His aura is already stronger than that of Emperor Guixu and Divine King Wuxin, and it is still transforming…” Luo Feng revealed a smile. “I believe once the transformation is complete, he will reach the Ultimate Realm.”
The Ultimate Realm!
In this era, only Emperor Qing and the Ruler of the Myriad Realms had comprehended a complete Origin Path by themselves.
Emperors and Monarchs relied on multiple powerful secret treasures to unleash power comparable to the Ultimate Realm. Yet in terms of methods, in terms of the subtlety of techniques, they were naturally inferior to those who truly reached the Ultimate Realm.
Although the Realm Beasts merely ate and drank to reach the Ultimate Realm, they were indeed real Ultimate Realm beings, and their techniques were naturally exquisite.
“Once Morosa breaks through and becomes an Ultimate Realm being, many things I wish to do will be possible.” Luo Feng held his wine cup, gazing at the drifting snowflakes in Huyang City.
At present, he still acted with restraint, precisely because his every move could not be completely concealed! The probing methods of the two Ancient Kingdoms—whether through time and space or through causality—were enough to trace countless signs.“Once Morosa comprehends a complete Origin Path, he will no longer be tainted by causality. A perfected Origin Path leaves behind no traces.”
Luo Feng understood this clearly.
A complete Origin Path possessed countless strengths.
When perfected, its circulation could weaken all attacks… even Luo Feng’s mental will attacks would be diminished.
As one’s realm rose higher, the once-mysterious ‘mental will attack’ became less mysterious. With a complete Origin Path, one could partially resist and weaken it! For beings Beyond Divine King-level, the means of resistance were even greater. The ‘weapons Beyond Divine King-level’ they refined all had the effect of weakening willpower-based attacks.
After all, willpower attacks were merely a single branch of the Soul Path.
If it were a complete soul technique, the attack would infiltrate from many aspects, naturally far more terrifying.
Pure willpower attacks held great advantage on the Origin Continent! After all, those who mastered a complete Origin Path here were extremely rare.
But in the future, if he left the Origin Continent and encountered opponents such as the Three Major Foreign Races, or the Ancestors of the Two Kingdoms, his mental willpower would become far less effective, and perhaps even weaker than theirs.
“My cultivation time is still too short. I am merely at the Second Stage Divine King. Slowly, no rush.” Luo Feng had a clear plan for his path of cultivation. During his time on the Origin Continent, he had only two objectives.
First, to reach the Ultimate Realm. Second, to have enough patience to use a lower realm to comprehend higher-level secret techniques—willing even to cultivate more slowly, if only to temper his comprehension.
“Master.”
A figure emerged from the swirling snow, arriving beneath the pavilion and bowing respectfully. It was Luo Feng’s second disciple, Xinyu.
“Come up.” Luo Feng put down his wine cup, smiling at his disciple.
Among the disciples of the Blade River Sect, the most gifted was Xinyu, who had advanced with great speed. Now he had already reached the peak of the Chaos Realm. He paid no attention to managing sect affairs, focusing entirely on cultivation.
Clad in a green robe, Xinyu bowed respectfully. “Master, I have cultivated the Sky-Cleaving Branch and the Mixed Sky Branch to their bottlenecks, yet I cannot step past the final threshold to truly master an Origin Path branch.”
“Xinyu, since you reached the Chaos Realm, it has only been a little over two hundred eras. To reach the peak of the Chaos Realm already is quite impressive.” Luo Feng looked at his disciple. “But you should know that the first-class marquises of the Ancient Kingdom Royal Clans, given enough resources, can even reach the Chaos Realm peak in just a hundred eras.”
“Disciple knows his talent is not considered much across the Origin Continent.” Xinyu looked at Luo Feng, his gaze fervent. “Master reached the Chaos Realm only a few eras ago, and is already a Chaos Realm Transcendent.”
“Haha…” Luo Feng laughed.
Indeed, he had reached the Chaos Realm only a few eras prior, yet with his Perfect Divine Body and the Formless and Phaseless Transformation, he already possessed the strength of a Chaos Realm Transcendent. At the time, outsiders had suspected Luo Feng was a reincarnation of some Divine King.
“What I want you to understand is this: even if the Ancient Kingdom Royal Clan marquises reach the Chaos Realm peak early, many of them remain stuck at that bottleneck their entire lives, unable to become Divine Kings.” Luo Feng gazed at his disciple.
“Stuck at the bottleneck for life?” Xinyu’s heart tightened.
“Cultivating at the Chaos Realm is only about comprehending Origin Path branches and slowly accumulating. But to truly grasp a branch of the Origin Path requires sudden enlightenment.” Luo Feng explained.
“Sudden enlightenment?” Xinyu was puzzled.
“Sudden enlightenment cannot be forced.” Luo Feng said. “The key lies in ‘long accumulation and sudden release.’ What you need now is not to pursue an Origin Path branch. You should instead focus on comprehending Divine King-level secret techniques. Once you comprehend one, you can already be considered a Chaos Realm Transcendent. Comprehend two, three… the more you comprehend, the closer you draw to the Origin Path.”
“One day, naturally, you will comprehend an Origin Path branch.” Luo Feng said.
“To comprehend Divine King-level secret techniques, the more I grasp, the closer I will be to the Origin Path?” Xinyu asked. “Master, generally speaking, how many secret techniques must one comprehend to become a Divine King?”
“Wrong.”
Luo Feng shook his head. “The more you crave the Origin Path, the further you are from it! Do not chase after an Origin Path branch. Devote yourself wholeheartedly to secret techniques. Accumulate slowly. At the right time, the breakthrough will come naturally.”
“Only with a firm foundation at every stage can you tread farther on the path of the Divine King.” Luo Feng looked deeply at his disciple.
“To focus wholeheartedly on secret techniques, not to pursue Origin Path branches? Disciple understands.” Xinyu bowed respectfully. “Disciple takes his leave.”
Luo Feng nodded.
He was very clear. Devoting oneself entirely to Divine King-level secret techniques, without seeking the Origin Path branches—this path had an extremely high threshold. With ordinary comprehension, one would be lucky to grasp a single Divine King-level secret technique in an entire lifetime.
“But as my disciple, your goals must be greater. Otherwise, what meaning is there in spending a life as just an ordinary Divine King?” Naturally, Luo Feng had expectations for his second disciple, Xinyu.
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On the Origin Continent, in a hidden world carved open—Mother River World.
Here lay the core of the resistance force against the Ancient Flame Kingdom.
“This Black-Robed, Golden-Masked Powerhouse is terrifyingly strong! His physical body is no weaker than an Ultimate Realm lifeform, and his mental willpower surpasses even Divine King-level.” Divine King Zongfu shook his head lightly. “Both his body and soul are so strong that even that Purple-Robed Woman was defeated by him… such terrifying strength, and yet he lives in seclusion?”
Beside him, the towering Divine King Yufu said, “The pinnacle beings of the Origin Continent—including the Realm Beast of Tianmu Nation, and the Ruler of the Myriad Realms—all secretly vie for resources! And this Black Robe, does he not care for resources?”
“Among the peak existences of the Origin Continent, the only ones who do not vie are the Queen of Fengdu and the Fire Ancestor!” Divine King Zongfu said. “The Queen of Fengdu is backed by the East Extremity Region Ancestor, so naturally she need not struggle. As for the Fire Ancestor… it is said he met Yuan and received Yuan’s guidance, and so he needs no longer contend, focusing only on cultivation.”
“Then why does this Black Robe not contend?”
Divine King Zongfu was puzzled. “He only made a move once in the Dream Domain, but in all other Treasure Lands, no trace of his hand has ever been seen. So many resources, and he simply ignores them? With his strength, he could seize plenty!”
“After being suppressed by the two Ancient Kingdoms for endless years, once one reaches Emperor or Monarch-level strength, most cannot resist joining the struggle.” Divine King Yufu sighed.
“This Source World of the Origin Continent is gradually entering its late stage. Any with even a little ambition will fight. I thought we had gained another ally… working together, we could seize more from the two Ancient Kingdoms.” Divine King Zongfu shook his head. “But after that meeting in the Dream Domain, he disappeared entirely.”
As leader of the Mother River resistance, Divine King Zongfu naturally partook in many Treasure Land struggles.
He longed to acquire more precious resources, to assemble a complete Primordial Bloodline!
The Black-Robed Powerhouse seemed like a free cultivator, someone Zongfu welcomed.
But clearly, he was far too low-key, indifferent to the resources of the Treasure Lands.
What Divine King Zongfu and Divine King Yufu did not know was that Luo Feng had only been a Divine King for just over three hundred eras. The so-called “late stage of the Origin Continent” still spanned tens of billions of eras—Luo Feng felt no sense of urgency at all.
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In Huyang City, in a Quiet Chamber of the City Lord’s Mansion, inside the Star Tower.
Luo Feng was constantly researching the corpse materials of the newly obtained Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline Creatures. These materials allowed him to glimpse fifteen forms of Ultimate Realm life. Among them was the so-called Twenty-Four Phases Form.
All three Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline Creatures had multiple forms at their very core.
To possess six forms together meant six lifeforms combined as one! Such was their wonder.
The inherited physical substances of their bloodlines were equally mysterious, but Luo Feng had little accumulation in the Origin Path of Matter—he did not understand them.
“By personally observing these materials, my understanding of lifeforms has increased greatly.”
Luo Feng’s mental consciousness extended into the Star Tower, observing its vast and endless secret patterns.
The secret patterns of the Star Tower.
They encompassed many categories, with life-related secret patterns being the most abundant—roughly one-third, and unquestionably the core.
“These life secret patterns, many can combine into one form.” Luo Feng discovered that the shallow-layer life secret patterns of the Star Tower resembled some of the fifteen lifeforms, allowing him to classify them quickly.
As his research deepened, the source of the countless secret patterns—the Twelve-Colored Blood-Red Scale—grew increasingly terrifying.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng suddenly froze.
That Blood-Red Scale emitted a dreadful crimson radiance, evil and overwhelming, as if endless blood light engulfed him, about to drown his very mind. Even with Luo Feng’s mental will, he trembled uncontrollably and immediately ceased observing.
“What is this?” Luo Feng sat cross-legged inside the Star Tower.
“As my research deepens, this Blood-Red Scale grows even more frightening?” Luo Feng calmed his state of mind, then revealed an excited smile. “Then I shall face it directly!”
Face it directly, study it.
Incorporate every source of terror into the creation of secret techniques.
This was the very strategy Luo Feng had used the first time he encountered the Enormous Eye in the Dream.
Once again, Luo Feng immersed himself in cultivation. He continually attempted to use the nine branches of Life-and-Death to interpret the Blood-Red Scale. This time, he felt his comprehension deepen—perhaps there would be progress in creating a new secret technique.
On the Origin Continent, all powers awaited the next move of the Black-Robed, Golden-Masked Powerhouse, who had once acted in the Dream Domain…
But Luo Feng focused solely on cultivation, while awaiting Morosa’s transformation.
Unknowingly, another half an era passed.
“Hmm?”
“Still no success.” Inside the Star Tower, Luo Feng shook his head gently. “My comprehension of the Star Tower is still not deep enough. I cannot create a fusion technique of all nine Life-and-Death branches.”
“I have only barely comprehended an Eight-Branch Fusion Technique.”