Chapter 200: Consuming the Treasure Elixir

Luo Feng nodded. “Master, how much would it cost to acquire some materials of the ‘Twenty-Four Phases Form’ lifeform?”

“Lifeforms with such a form, those of the Primordial Bloodline, are of immense value. A single refined, complete bloodline… would cost one billion merits to exchange as a guest Divine King of the Ancient Flame Kingdom,” said Di Chu Yu. “As for small quantities of material? They’re generally not sold in parts. Even the Ancient Thunder Kingdom doesn’t sell them in fragments.”

“I don’t need a refined, complete bloodline. What I need is to comprehend the lifeform itself! A portion of a corpse will do—would that be acceptable?” Luo Feng asked.

“A complete corpse can be refined into three to five full bloodline samples, depending on the refining skill,” Di Chu Yu said. “If you don’t need to refine it, selling a third of the corpse directly is possible—it even saves the refining cost.”

Luo Feng understood.

A being with a Twenty-Four Phases Form of the Primordial Bloodline—a third of its corpse would still cost one billion merits?

Even figures like the Heavenly Kun Ruler and the Ruler of Yuguo would find it difficult to accumulate treasures worth that much. Because every adventure is a gamble—at any moment, one might perish, losing everything.

“One billion merits is steep. That’s the highest-tier exchange level for guest Divine Kings,” Di Chu Yu said. “At the Ancient Thunder Kingdom, it’s only six hundred million merits—a much better deal.”

“I understand,” Luo Feng nodded and smiled. “Still out of reach for me right now, I can’t afford it yet.”

These materials were very important to Luo Feng.

Without them, he could only construct the Twenty-Four Phases Form using divine power, which would greatly reduce its power.

But if he could acquire the materials and study their essence, he could achieve transformation through formless and faceless change—thus attaining the physical body of a ‘Second Stage Divine King Primordial Bloodline Lifeform’! Those Primordial Bloodline beings never fully utilized their potential, but in Luo Feng’s hands, having grasped the essence of the lifeform, he could fully draw out its strength. Such a body, even if slightly inferior to an Ultimate Divine King lifeform, would not fall far behind.

“My current Twenty-Four Phases Form hasn’t even comprehended the first phase, so there’s no rush.” Luo Feng had patience.

One must understand the essence—only then could true formless and faceless transformation be achieved.

Moreover, this ‘formless and faceless’ ability had a limitation. When Luo Feng became a Divine King, he fused with the Supreme Laws… and thus realized: the formless and faceless transformation could only change into substances born within the Source World.

If it exceeded the range governed by the Supreme Laws, the transformation wouldn’t work.

And these Primordial Bloodline lifeforms were indeed natives of the Origin Continent—the Ancient Flame Kingdom and the Ancient Thunder Kingdom had used the bloodlines of true Primordial Beings to breed and propagate these creatures across generations on the continent.

“These are two portions of the Five-Colored Elixir—hurry and keep them safe.” Suddenly, Di Chu Yu reached out, and two black bottles appeared in his hand, with rippling liquid faintly visible inside.

“A treasure worth twenty million merits… I hadn’t prepared it yet,” Luo Feng was surprised by his master’s quick action.

“Give it to me when you’re ready,” Di Chu Yu replied indifferently.

Luo Feng immediately took them.

“You have many incarnations, so let me remind you—when consuming the Five-Colored Elixir… your true body must be the one to take it,” said Di Chu Yu. “If a weak incarnation takes it, then the elixir’s effect will only influence that incarnation.”

“I understand,” Luo Feng nodded.

“You’ve been a Divine King for quite some time now, yet you still haven’t claimed the Second Stage Divine King chapters of Seventy-Two Slash Annihilation and Eight Tribulations Life Form?” Di Chu Yu asked—those were the inheritances he had promised to gift Luo Feng.

Once Luo Feng claimed them, the corresponding merits would be automatically deducted from Di Chu Yu.

Naturally, Di Chu Yu knew that Luo Feng had yet to retrieve the inheritances.

“I know you went to Infinite Space. In the treasure trove there, you must’ve seen even better Top-Tier or even Perfect inheritances, so you’re in no rush for Seventy-Two Slash Annihilation and Eight Tribulations Life Form,” Di Chu Yu shook his head. “But inheritance isn’t necessarily better just because it’s higher-tier. The harder it is to cultivate, the more difficult your path becomes. And even more importantly… the higher the tier, the more expensive the reward points in the Infinite Space treasury.”

“You can exchange for the First Stage Divine King portion of a Top-Tier Inheritance, but the Second Stage Divine King portion already costs about 3,000 reward points. The Ultimate Divine King chapter? Around 60,000 reward points! Getting reward points in Infinite Space is extremely difficult—even if you open a new path or reach the First Stage Divine King in a new Origin Path, you only get 10,000 points!” Di Chu Yu sighed. “Sure, you can see the Ultimate Divine King chapters of Top-Tier Inheritances—but how many can actually afford them?”

Luo Feng instantly understood many things.

Opening a new path branch—10,000 reward points?

Back when his Chaos Realm body and Mental Will reached the Ultimate Divine King level, he had also received 10,000 reward points.

Yet a single Ultimate Divine King chapter of a Top-Tier Inheritance would cost about 60,000 reward points.

“High-Grade Inheritances are more accessible,” said Di Chu Yu. “At least they clearly guide you toward the Ultimate Divine King stage.”

“Understood, Master. I’ll go claim both inheritances right away,” Luo Feng responded.

……

That very day, Luo Feng first went to the Hall of Inheritances and retrieved the Second Stage Divine King chapters of Seventy-Two Slash Annihilation and Eight Tribulations Life Form. At the same time, he presented treasures worth twenty million merits to his master.

Di Chu Yu immediately recognized the items as originating from the Dream Domain. Smiling cheerfully, he didn’t comment further.

Huyang City, in the quiet chamber of the City Lord’s Residence.

Inside the Star Tower.

“Five-Colored Elixir.” Luo Feng’s Perfect Divine Body looked at the black bottle before him. His Perfect Divine Body had long since been restored to full capacity, and he was just about to use it to consume the elixir.

“Come on, let’s see just how powerful this elixir, refined from the heart of a ‘Realm Beast’ beyond Divine King level, really is.” Luo Feng uncorked the bottle and poured it directly into his mouth.

Whoosh!

The liquid rippling within the black bottle poured out, radiating a five-colored glow, and even faintly revealing the illusory shadow of a Realm Beast—its form bearing a seventy percent resemblance to Morosa’s true body. The entire elixir flowed down his throat.

“Hm?” The moment it passed his throat, Luo Feng’s expression changed.

Rumble~~~

It was as if a massive universe exploded within his body. A boundless and terrifying might swept through his entire being in an instant, even merging into his soul.

“This... this...” Luo Feng was utterly shocked. He had rarely relied on external objects in his cultivation, and had never used something of the level of a ‘Five-Colored Elixir’ before. At this moment, he understood.

This Five-Colored Elixir was worth every bit of its price!

“I chose right—this elixir was the right choice.”

“I’m not the same anymore.”

Luo Feng could clearly sense that mysterious veins had appeared within his Perfect Divine Body—this new network was like an entirely new framework, bringing about a metamorphosis in his body. In terms of power and speed, the improvement was only about fifty to sixty percent—not quite on par with the effects of becoming a World Life Form.

However, with this new network within his Perfect Divine Body, Luo Feng felt that he had already changed.

“Rumble~~~” Luo Feng gently waved his hand, and countless secret law patterns emerged. The mysteries of the Origin Path of Destruction naturally followed his will.

“This world is too filthy. The Source World is too exhausted. It needs a thorough cleansing.”

At that moment, Luo Feng even felt a primal urge—

To cleanse the Source World.

There were far too many weak lifeforms. Their excessive numbers hindered growth. By drastically reducing their numbers, the remaining weak lifeforms could receive more abundant resources and nurturing from heaven and earth, becoming stronger and more exceptional.

“Hm?”

“What am I thinking?” Luo Feng’s Mental Will was strong enough that he instantly sensed something was wrong.

“My soul has also been affected by the power of the Five-Colored Elixir.” Luo Feng realized that within his soul, a mysterious sigil structure had formed, sustained by the power of the Five-Colored Elixir.

It caused his soul to become perfectly attuned to the Origin Path of Destruction. Every movement naturally stirred its mysteries.

“From my flesh to my soul, everything has become incomparably in tune with the Origin Path of Destruction. It even made me feel a primal instinct to ‘cleanse the world.’ But as long as one’s will is strong enough, such instincts can still be suppressed,” Luo Feng thought.

In that moment, Luo Feng also understood why Realm Beasts would incite catastrophes and destroy all life.

Realm Beasts were born from the Origin Path of Destruction! Their attunement to it far surpassed his current state. For them, the instinct to ‘cleanse the world’ was already embedded deep within their souls.

Only through soul enslavement could the primal instincts of Realm Beasts be suppressed.

“Am I now in a weakened version of a Realm Beast’s state?” Luo Feng no longer dwelled on the thought and turned his focus back to cultivation.

Because he could feel that the mysterious network within his body and the sigil structure in his soul were both maintained by the power of the Five-Colored Elixir. Once it was exhausted, this state would end as well.

Luo Feng began studying the secret technique ‘Six Strikes of the Mixed Cave’ from the Top-Tier Inheritance Beast Body of the Mixed Cave. He had already comprehended three strikes.

The first strike had taken the most time, but it had also enabled Luo Feng to comprehend all six branches of the Origin Path of Destruction. With that foundation, the second and third strikes came much faster.

“Isn’t this quite easy?”

With the accumulation from the first three strikes, Luo Feng quickly grasped the fourth, fifth, and sixth strikes—without the slightest hindrance.

“In the past, my understanding of the Origin Path of Destruction was too clumsy.”

“Destruction is not merely destruction… it is also a cleansing, a kind of rebirth.” Luo Feng’s understanding of the Origin Path of Destruction shifted. With a change in perspective, the difficulty of comprehension drastically decreased.

To cleanse the world. To cleanse all things.

Just annihilate the filth!

“Then let me try to comprehend the most powerful secret technique theoretically possible for a First Stage Divine King recorded in the Top-Tier Inheritance Beast Body of the Mixed Cave—‘World Unification’!” Luo Feng made his decision at once.

For the Origin Path of Life, Luo Feng had been comprehending the Twenty-Four Phases Form.

For the Origin Path of Destruction, he decided to delve into World Unification.

“World Unification…”

Luo Feng immersed himself in deep research, and a flood of insights poured into his mind.

He soon encountered various obstacles, but in his current exceptional state, he continued to break through them.

“The secret technique World Unification requires establishing a ‘foundation’ first, then defining the ‘six paths,’ and finally achieving perfect coordination among them to bring everything into ‘unification.’” As Luo Feng studied the obscure secret technique, he gradually came to understand its core essence.

Once he grasped the essence, Luo Feng began solving the problems step by step, laying the foundation.

……

Time passed. Luo Feng cultivated in seclusion, keeping a low profile and avoiding the conflicts on the Origin Continent. He cherished every day sustained by the Five-Colored Elixir.

Before long, three eras went by.

“Buzz.”

Inside the Star Tower.

The power of the Five-Colored Elixir was finally exhausted. The network within Luo Feng’s Perfect Divine Body and the sigil structure in his soul instantly collapsed. In that moment, he felt that the Origin Path of Destruction had become much more unfamiliar—he could no longer sense it as part of himself.

“It’s gone?” Luo Feng felt somewhat lost.

After becoming used to the blessings of the origin path, returning to his previous state of perception felt jarring.

“These three eras… my understanding of the Origin Path of Destruction has truly been reborn!” As Luo Feng looked back at the gains from the past three eras, he also realized the tremendous progress he had made.