Chapter 123: *Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation*

Luo Feng had completely slain Beiyu the Great Sage using the Lieu Yuan Technique. The Dark Hall of the Yan Feng Pavilion immediately confirmed that Beiyu the Great Sage’s causality had entirely vanished, and they promptly informed several important guests of his death.

“Beiyu the Great Sage, completely killed?”

“A top-tier Chaos Realm expert who cultivated the Origin Path of Life. Although his combat ability was weaker, his survival ability was extremely strong.”

“Who could have completely killed him?”

“Was it one of the top figures among the ancient Divine Kings on the Origin Continent? Those beings are of extremely high status and generally don’t bully the weak. Beiyu the Great Sage was always cautious and never dared to provoke them. What exactly happened?”

The death of Beiyu the Great Sage drew the attention of many powerful beings on the Origin Continent, and some were deeply alarmed.

They feared that this terrifying figure might come after them next. After all, most Chaos Realm beings couldn’t match Beiyu the Great Sage in terms of survival ability.

“Beiyu the Great Sage might have encountered a formidable enemy and immediately chose to reincarnate.” Some speculated that he might still be alive, having simply reincarnated. This was common—when facing an unbeatable foe, the natural choice was a swift and decisive reincarnation.

…

Luo Feng’s Divine Power Incarnation in the Chu Capital also received this important intelligence from the Dark Hall of the Yan Feng Pavilion. Given his current status, he had long subscribed to vital intelligence on the Origin Continent.

“The report only records Beiyu the Great Sage’s death, but why he died and who killed him are unknown!” Luo Feng found this amusing as he traversed the void on his return journey.

When he struck, the only witnesses were the cultivators of that ordinary city. Given Luo Feng’s level, when he stood before them, those ordinary cultivators couldn’t even see him.

Thus, the only one who knew Luo Feng had acted was Beiyu the Great Sage himself! Luo Feng had merely looked at Beiyu, and under the Lieu Yuan Technique, Beiyu was instantly killed. He didn’t even have the chance to use his reincarnation technique, let alone pass on any message.

Whoosh!

Using his escape and transformation technique, Luo Feng’s void traversal was extremely fast, but it still took him about six hours to return to the Chu Capital of the Ancient Flame Kingdom from the Extremely Cold Ice Field.

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Marquis Chu Yu’s Residence.

“I handed a bunch of troublesome tasks to Brother Luo He. Brother Luo He chose the mission to kill Beiyu the Great Sage, and not long after accepting it, Beiyu the Great Sage died?” Marquis Chu Yu was a bit surprised. “Based on the battle at Qianxing Tower, Brother Luo He’s physical body is incredibly strong, easily sweeping through peak Chaos Realm beings. But no matter how powerful the body is, it can’t completely kill a Chaos Realm being.”

Beiyu the Great Sage had numerous life-saving secret techniques.

“It seems Brother Luo He’s formidable physique is just a surface-level technique. He must have a hidden killing move, one strong enough to completely kill a top-tier Chaos Realm being.” Marquis Chu Yu speculated, and his eyes brightened. “What is Brother Luo He’s true background? Could he really be the reincarnation of a Divine King?”

If he were a reincarnated Divine King, it would be normal for him to have some hidden methods.

Suddenly, Marquis Chu Yu saw a figure appear above the residence.

“Brother Luo He.” Marquis Chu Yu immediately stepped forward to greet him, and Luo Feng descended.

“Mission accomplished,” Luo Feng said with a slight smile.

Marquis Chu Yu sighed in admiration, “I didn’t expect Brother Luo He to have a method to completely kill a top-tier Chaos Realm being. During the previous battle, when you fought against five enemies, it seems you were holding back.”

Luo Feng smiled.

On one hand, the five were all peak Chaos Realm beings, and he wasn’t entirely sure if the Lieu Yuan Technique could kill them. Moreover, two of them were First-Class Marquises… Killing a royal Eternal True God would result in a bounty on your head, let alone killing a royal First-Class Marquis. If he acted recklessly, he might not survive the retaliation.

On the other hand, he had to remain low-key while in the Chu Capital.

“Now that the mission is complete, do I need to provide any proof?” Luo Feng asked.

“This mission hasn’t been taken in a long time. The fact that Beiyu the Great Sage died shortly after you accepted it is already partial proof. If you have his body or weapon, show them to me, and I’ll record it,” Marquis Chu Yu said. “If you have neither, you can record the scene of the kill and give it to me.”

Luo Feng flipped his hand and produced a well-known double-bladed axe belonging to Beiyu the Great Sage.

Marquis Chu Yu glanced at it and nodded, “Alright, the mission has been submitted. Your merit points should be awarded soon.”

Luo Feng nodded, “Please keep the details of my completed mission confidential.”

Marquis Chu Yu understood and nodded, “Rest assured! Your mission is under my direct supervision, and I will submit it… The task will be handled by the artifact spirit of the Emperor Chu Palace. Aside from the Emperor Lord Ancestor, no one else will know.”

Luo Feng nodded. There was no need to publicize his ability to completely kill a top-tier Chaos Realm being; it was best to keep this killing move hidden.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s guest elder token received a message—he had already been awarded the hundred thousand merit points.

“I have enough merit points now to exchange for the first volume of the Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation from the Origin Path of Destruction,” Luo Feng thought excitedly. He had his eye on two inheritances, and last time, he had only exchanged for one.

Luo Feng immediately bid farewell to Marquis Chu Yu and headed to the Emperor Chu Palace to exchange for the long-desired inheritance.

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Emperor Chu Palace, Inheritance Hall.

“Guest Elder Luo He, are you certain you want to exchange for the first volume of the Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation?” The artifact spirit elder of the Emperor Chu Palace looked at Luo Feng.

“I’m certain,” Luo Feng nodded.

The artifact spirit elder nodded slightly and then vanished. The Inheritance Hall became shrouded in chaos, with only a faint light enveloping Luo Feng as a vast amount of inheritance information flowed into his mind.

Luo Feng’s consciousness rapidly absorbed the vast information, gradually understanding the true nature of this inheritance.

“This…” Luo Feng was somewhat shocked. Previously, he had only understood the basic information about the inheritance, but now that he had accessed the true inheritance, he was still deeply shaken.

The first tribulation of the Eight Tribulations Life Form involved the three branches of the Origin Path of Life—Life Spirit, Life Body, and Life Source. Only when all three branches were fully mastered could one proceed with the first tribulation.

In contrast, the first volume of the Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation contained only two branches of the Origin Path of Destruction: the Sky-Cleaving Lineage and the Dark Sky Lineage. Despite containing only two branches, this first volume required ninety thousand merit points, just slightly less than the first tribulation of the Eight Tribulations Life Form, which cost a hundred thousand merit points.

Moreover, the Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation offered almost no survival ability, so why was it so expensive?

“It’s too powerful.”

Luo Feng finally understood how terrifying the path focused on slaughter and destruction could be.

On this path, there was no need for survival skills—if you could kill your enemy, they couldn’t threaten you.

The blade techniques he had previously comprehended were like a child playing with a stick compared to the first volume of the Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation.

“The three techniques of the Sky-Cleaving Blade…” Among the inheritance information Luo Feng received, he saw the three blades. Each blade had an introverted glow, and they didn’t seem particularly powerful. However, this seemingly ordinary blade could easily sever all things, even the operation of the laws themselves.

Whoosh!

A seemingly ordinary blade sliced through everything, even splitting open the thick, mysterious membrane of the world.

“The explosion of my transformation technique’s power, with its billions of units, is incalculable in its might, yet it cannot shake the world membrane in the slightest. As far as I know, even some ancient Divine Kings cannot break through this barrier membrane,” Luo Feng reflected as he examined the information on this ordinary blade.

This blade might not seem to have overwhelming power, but it could cut through anything!

It was as if everything had to be cleaved open!

Even the world membrane could be split apart!

“In the face of such a blade, where the world membrane is severed, how many divine bodies could withstand it?” Luo Feng thought, realizing that this was only the Sky-Cleaving Blade Technique.

Boom!

Luo Feng also saw the blade light of the Dark Sky Lineage within the inheritance information. This blade light was even more restrained than the Sky-Cleaving Blade Technique, yet its restraint caused Luo Feng to feel a sense of awe.

“The Dark Sky Blade Technique is the extreme condensation of power, condensed to ten thousand times, even a million times, beyond normal Chaos Realm

levels.”

The Dark Sky Lineage was all about the concentration and refinement of power.

The same amount of power, if condensed ten thousand or a million times…

Whoosh.

An ordinary blade light, when swung, could also destroy all things. In its presence, the barrier membrane trembled as if it might shatter at any moment.

“The Dark Sky Blade Technique doesn’t have much power, but simply because it’s condensed to the extreme… its destructive power far surpasses mine.” Luo Feng wasn’t surprised, as only when one mastered the Dark Sky Lineage completely could they fully grasp the three techniques of the Dark Sky Blade.

Complete mastery of the Dark Sky Lineage meant reaching the level of a Divine King.

A Divine King’s destructive blade technique was naturally far more powerful than his own.

“The fusion of the three techniques of the Sky-Cleaving Blade and the three techniques of the Dark Sky Blade…” Luo Feng saw the most critical part of this inheritance.

It combined the condensation of the Dark Sky Blade Technique with the universal severance of the Sky-Cleaving Blade Technique into one.

A blade light condensed to the extreme could easily carve a massive gap in the world membrane, possessing earth-shattering destructive power. Luo Feng had the feeling that even his own strong body would be annihilated by such a blade light.

“And this is just the first volume, the first three blades of the Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation,” Luo Feng thought to himself.

As the first volume, the creator of the blade technique also explained the essence of the technique.

The blade technique seeks to transcend the barrier, to achieve the ultimate destruction, severing everything, even the rules of operation themselves.

“What a terrifying obsession.” Just by touching the inheritance, Luo Feng could feel the creator’s obsession infused within it.

Slash!

Slash through everything!

Even beyond the barrier, slash through it all!

The Seventy-Two Blades of Annihilation was only the strongest blade technique the creator left behind in the inheritance. He was still pursuing an even more powerful blade technique to slash through even stronger targets.

…

In the Emperor Chu Palace, the Emperor Lord was observing Luo Feng.

“He was able to completely kill a top-tier Chaos Realm being. Could he be a reincarnated Divine King?” the Emperor Lord wondered. “No matter his origin, all life nurtured by this Source World… can be cultivated.”

The two ancient kingdoms had the magnanimity to encompass the entire Source World. Even a peak Boundary Beast could be tolerated by them, though they could not tolerate the uncontrolled destruction of such a beast.

“In terms of strength, I cannot compare to Emperor Qing! Besides the two Ancestors, Emperor Qing is the strongest on the entire Origin Continent. I cannot match him.”

“But when it comes to cultivating disciples, I may not be inferior to him.”

The Emperor Lord was still somewhat defiant.

Among the thirteen lineages of the royal family, Emperor Qing had fifteen direct disciples: six Divine Kings, eight Chaos Realm Transcendents, and one peak Chaos Realm being. Additionally, the six Divine Kings under Emperor Qing had many disciples, two of whom had become Divine Kings themselves.

This showed the great strength of Emperor Qing’s lineage.

“I currently have two disciples, one Chaos Realm Transcendent and one peak Chaos Realm being,” the Emperor Lord thought.

He wasn’t as strong as Emperor Qing, nor were his disciples.

“This Luo He might be a reincarnated Divine King. If I take him as a direct disciple, I’ll have a Divine King disciple in the future,” the Emperor Lord thought as he watched Luo Feng receiving the inheritance. “Among the two inheritances he chose after becoming a guest elder, I don’t know much about the Origin Path of Life, but as for the Origin Path of Destruction? I cultivate the Origin Path of Destruction myself!”

The Emperor Lord was quite satisfied. “It seems he is destined to be my disciple.”

“But the two inheritances he chose aren’t based on the Primordial Objects or Primordial Bloodlines but rather on the path of enlightenment. Enlightenment-based inheritances rely on nothing external, seeking to carve out one’s own path. This road is strong but extremely difficult.” The Emperor Lord pondered, “I must consider what to prepare for this third disciple of mine.”

The Emperor Lord began to contemplate.

Among the thirteen lineages of the royal family, it was customary for the Emperor Lords to bestow weapons, resources, and other items upon their disciples. This had become a tradition.