Chapter 157: A Hundred Eras of Time

At the border of the Ancient Flame Kingdom, Xiangjie City.

In a quiet chamber within the Guardian Mansion, Luo Feng sat cross-legged, holding a wine jug and taking a sip. The wine jug contained a special medicinal brew called “Shengbing Treasure Medicine,” which Luo Feng had purchased specifically to aid in cultivation. Made from the materials of a Divine King-level beast, after consumption, Luo Feng felt his soul clear and cool down significantly.

“No wonder it’s a top-tier inheritance.” Luo Feng had spent tens of thousands of days to barely study this special inheritance, “The World Life Form.”

“Just some guidance from the inheritance is worth the 30 reward points.”

This inheritance was created by a friend of Yuan!

The creator’s power was far beyond that of the creators of “Eight Tribulations Life Form” and “Seventy-Two Slash Annihilation.” Just a few words from the inheritance made Luo Feng realize some critical aspects of the cultivation path.

“Life within the Cage has the Origin Path to follow, making cultivation relatively easy.”

“But outside the Cage, cultivation is like groping in the dark, creating one’s own path. The difficulty increases by countless times.”

“Therefore, from the very beginning, one must enhance their comprehension.”

“Every aspect of a cultivator can be improved! Physical body, movement techniques, wisdom, comprehension, soul, will… Every aspect has a way of cultivation, but comprehension is the most elusive of them all.”

Luo Feng wholeheartedly agreed with this.

Comprehension was indeed vague and elusive. Among countless cultivators, one typically relied on consuming rare treasures like the Primordial Crystal Spirit Fruit, which nourished the soul and, to some extent, improved comprehension.

Or perhaps, by strengthening one’s mental willpower! After mental willpower was strengthened, comprehension indeed saw an improvement.

Alternatively, by specifically training the soul. The path of the soul was the most difficult, but improving the essence of the soul would indeed lead to an increase in comprehension.

Or, if the physical body became incomparably strong, it would nourish the soul, causing the mind to operate faster, which would also aid comprehension.

But all these methods were indirect!

“How far one can travel on the Path of the Great Dao, comprehension is fundamental.”

“How does one improve comprehension?”

“I have one method: using lower-level mysteries to create higher-level secret techniques.”

Luo Feng fully understood the creator’s line of thought.

For example, the Trinity Form—if one comprehended all six branches of the Origin Path of Life, creating the Trinity Form would be effortless with those complete branches. There would be no difficulty at all.

But if one only mastered the mysteries of the Chaos Realm, attempting to create the Trinity Secret Technique would become extraordinarily difficult. This process of trial and error would gradually enhance comprehension.

“According to the creator of this inheritance, in cultivation, one should not deliberately pursue breakthroughs.”

“One must use a lower-level realm to constantly create higher-level secret techniques. Create one, two, five, ten! When the accumulation reaches an immense depth, even without deliberately seeking a breakthrough, it will come naturally.”

“At the Divine King level of cultivation, with the clear guidance of the Origin Path, it is the best time to hone one’s comprehension.”

“Once you surpass the Divine King level, you’re forced to grope in the dark.”

“Many cultivators are accustomed to having the guidance of the Path. Suddenly groping in the dark, they find it difficult to advance. Let alone completely breaking free from the Cage.”

This inheritance, with its expansive insights, had broadened Luo Feng’s perspective.

Luo Feng’s mindset had shifted as well. Previously, he had relied on the Primordial Crystal Spirit Fruit, always eager to master a branch of the Great Dao, seeking a breakthrough in his realm.

Now, it seemed that honing the ability to grope in the dark and improving comprehension was the essence. Breakthroughs in the Dao realm would naturally follow.

“My cultivation progress is already fast enough, no need to rush.”

“I will try using the Chaos Realm-level Dao mysteries to create Divine King-level secret techniques.” Luo Feng thought. The kind of strong cultivator who achieved Chaos Realm Transcendence through self-created secret techniques belonged to this category.

Luo Feng’s Trinity Form was a Divine King-level secret technique, but he had only created one so far.

“I can also study the materials of the Primordial Bloodline creatures, researching their life forms.” Luo Feng immediately sent a clone through the entrance to the suppressed world, heading to that sealed world.

…

This sealed world was named Xiangjie! Many Chaos-level Primordial Bloodline creatures were reproducing here.

Chaos Realm strength meant the Primordial Bloodline had already become extremely thin! If they continued to degenerate, they would begin to lose the characteristics of the Primordial Bloodline.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~” A massive creature, resembling a sculpture carved from stone, lay there, its breathing causing storms. Its body was streamlined, with huge clawed paws resting on the ground, and its head leaning on those claws.

Suddenly, a man dressed in black appeared nearby.

The enormous creature abruptly opened its eyes, its yellow pupils staring at Luo Feng.

“A cultivator?” The enormous creature looked at Luo Feng, filled with both fear and hostility. “What are you doing in our world? Get out of here quickly!”

In its years of growth, it had frequently seen cultivators enter this world. Occasionally, some Primordial Bloodline creatures would be taken away, never to return.

“Boom!”

Luo Feng extended his hand, and ten billion black rivers surged forth, transforming into a massive hand that grabbed the huge creature by the neck.

He directly lifted the massive creature into the air.

“Let me go, let me go.” The enormous creature panicked, looking at Luo Feng. “Are you going to take me away? I know… Every time you cultivators come, you take a batch of Primordial Bloodline creatures away. Once taken, they never return, right?”

In truth, that was exactly the case.

The Primordial Bloodline creatures that were taken would have their bloodline repeatedly extracted until they died. They were bred and nurtured precisely for the purpose of extracting the “weakened version of the Primordial Bloodline.”

“I need to select a few Primordial Bloodline creatures to take away.” Luo Feng, with his massive black river hand gripping the creature’s neck, said leisurely, “However, if you give me some of your body materials, I can let you go.”

“Just give you some materials, and you’ll let me go?” The enormous creature, feeling the vast power disparity between them, knew it had no way to resist.

In Xiangjie, even the most perfect Chaos-level Primordial Bloodline creatures could only battle ordinary Divine Kings relying on their instincts. They still couldn’t compare to Luo Feng at this moment.

“Yes, just some materials. You have to ensure that you won’t destroy them on a whim. If you destroy them, I will have no choice but to take you away personally,” Luo Feng said.

The Ancient Flame Kingdom would send envoys to take creatures.

But these Primordial Bloodline creatures couldn’t distinguish whether someone was an envoy or not.

In their eyes… anyone from outside the world was a cultivator.

“Alright, I’ll give them to you.” Facing the overwhelming power difference, the massive creature obediently lowered its head.

“Very good.” Luo Feng nodded in satisfaction. “I’ll select some materials.”

According to Luo Feng’s requirements, the massive creature gave him a claw blade, a layer of membrane skin, a small piece of bone, and some blood… While the types were numerous, the total amount was very small.

In just a few breaths, the massive creature could completely recover.

“Just this little bit of material and you’re letting me go?” It secretly rejoiced.

Luo Feng often gathered small amounts of materials from the suppressed world. For the Ancient Flame Kingdom, as long as the Primordial Bloodline creatures weren’t killed, and the extraction of their bloodlines wasn’t delayed, no matter how harshly Luo Feng treated them, the Ancient Flame Kingdom wouldn’t care.

Luo Feng would either trick, beat, or directly imprison them in the Star Tower!

Capturing one into the Star Tower would also terrify the other Primordial Bloodline creatures in the world, making them more willing to hand over materials.

Of course, there were always some hard-headed ones that refused to yield, no matter how much Luo Feng tortured them, refusing to give even a drop of blood for Luo Feng’s research. In such cases, Luo Feng would have no choice but to imprison them indefinitely in the Star Tower. This also maintained his “infamous reputation” in the world, letting other Primordial Bloodline creatures know that if they didn’t obediently provide materials, they would be taken away.

Of course…

If one day the envoys from the Ancient Flame Kingdom came for an inspection, Luo Feng could simply release the imprisoned creatures back.

According to Luo Feng’s understanding, it would typically take thousands of eras or even longer before an envoy from the Ancient Flame Kingdom would come for an inspection.

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Time passed quickly for cultivators, immersed in their studies and cultivation, as eras upon eras flowed by.

The outside world had initially expected that after Luo He had created his own secret technique and became the number one Chaos Realm Transcendent, with his strength, he would likely stir up some waves and reap considerable benefits.

But to their surprise…

Luo He had become quite low-key.

He no longer took on any missions, nor did he get involved in any conflicts. Even in Huyang City, Xiangjie City, and the Chu Capital, few cultivators had the chance to visit or meet Luo He.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred eras had passed since Luo Feng became the guardian of Xiangjie City.

…

In the Ancient Thunder Kingdom

, Zuo Shan City was the city of the newly ascended Chaos Realm Transcendent, Zuo Shan Jin.

Zuo Shan Jin, having fully joined the Ancient Thunder Kingdom, had naturally been granted a city.

“Primordial Bloodline, indeed full of countless secrets.” Master Zuo Shan sat in a quiet chamber, looking as ordinary as ever, with his aura fully restrained. “The Primordial Bloodline is like the most perfect weapon or treasure, containing endless mysteries of the Dao.”

Master Zuo Shan was constantly studying the composition of the Primordial Bloodline and the Dao secrets within it.

As he delved into the potential of the bloodline, his mastery gradually increased, and naturally, he achieved Chaos Realm Transcendence.

For ordinary cultivators, once they started cultivating the Primordial Bloodline, their power would undergo significant transformation.

“I am dealing with the weakest of the Primordial Bloodlines, and even the remaining willpower is somewhat troublesome.” A faint red light flickered in Master Zuo Shan’s eyes before being suppressed. “This willpower can be suppressed, but it cannot be eradicated.”

The remaining willpower was of too high a rank.

“Hmm?”

Master Zuo Shan suddenly flipped his hand, producing a round token.

“This is the latest intelligence from the ruler of Shiguo.” A piece of intelligence suddenly came through.

Master Zuo Shan’s enemy, the three rulers of Shiguo, were led by the “Heavenly Kun Ruler,” who was also the true master of Shiguo.

In Master Zuo Shan’s eyes, his disciple Luo Feng was dazzlingly talented and terrifying, and the other two rulers were not much of a threat. Eliminating them in the future would not be difficult. But the leader, the “Heavenly Kun Ruler,” was somewhat troublesome.

The Heavenly Kun Ruler was a Divine King of the second level! Even an emperor-level figure would not dare claim they could completely kill him.

Master Zuo Shan’s hatred had long penetrated his soul. His people and his wife were too weak to use the reincarnation technique, meaning they were destined to be completely dead. Naturally, he longed to completely kill his enemy.

“The ruler of Shiguo has allied with several friends, setting up an ambush in the treasure land ‘Tianhe,’ surrounding the ruler of Yuguo. Forced by the situation, the ruler of Yuguo has retreated into the depths of Tianhe. The ruler of Yuguo faces the danger of losing his true body.”

This intelligence caused Master Zuo Shan’s expression to shift slightly.

The rulers of Shiguo and Yuguo had long been at odds! This time, the ruler of Yuguo had suffered a severe setback.

“The ruler of Yuguo has also switched to cultivating the Primordial Bloodline, with countless resources poured into his body. If he loses his true body… his strength will be greatly reduced in the short term,” Master Zuo Shan thought.

The ruler of Yuguo wouldn’t truly die, but without his true body, it would take time to recover by purchasing a new Primordial Bloodline and new resources to cultivate again.

“The situation between Shiguo and Yuguo could completely change.” Master Zuo Shan was somewhat concerned. “Judging from the repeated actions of the ruler of Shiguo, he has likely joined a powerful faction, allowing him to quietly gather several second-level Divine Kings each time.”

“Being powerful himself, yet also having comrades who can assist him swiftly.”

The more Master Zuo Shan gathered information, the more he realized how difficult his revenge would be.

“I wonder how my disciple is doing these days.” Master Zuo Shan understood that relying on himself was hopeless. Achieving invincibility at the first level of the Divine King stage using the Primordial Bloodline would already be remarkable.

But at that level, he was still weaker compared to the Heavenly Kun Ruler. Let alone completely destroying him.

His only hope lay in his disciple.

“My disciple, with his vast miniature universe and enormous divine body, has surpassed the history of the Origin Continent! He mastered the Lieu Yuan Technique when he was still weak. After spending only several dozen eras on the Origin Continent, he became the first Chaos Realm Transcendent.”

“Yet in these past hundred eras, there has been little news about him.” Master Zuo Shan wasn’t sure of Luo Feng’s current situation, and he had no plans to reunite with him.

In his plan, the time for reunion would only come when Luo Feng’s strength was no less than that of the Heavenly Kun Ruler.