Chapter of Memory

A certain layer of space within the Star Tower.

“Its value rivals a treasure surpassing Divine King-level?” Luo Feng stared at the smooth, warm scale resting in his palm. In the Infinite Space treasure vault, treasures beyond Divine King-level started at 12,500 points—almost identical in value to the Scale of Destruction.

“This scale...”

Luo Feng was very patient and didn’t use it immediately. Instead, he observed it carefully.

This scale was predominantly black. Its edges gradually became transparent and shimmered with a cyan hue. If magnified billions of times, one could spot mysterious secret patterns inscribed on the scale. Countless such engravings completely sealed its aura.

When Luo Feng’s consciousness touched it, he felt an incredibly terrifying will of slaughter.

“Kill, kill, kill!” This horrific will crashed into Luo Feng’s mind. Only with a willpower at the Ultimate Divine King level could he stay conscious under such an assault.

“Just one scale—and even a refined one at that—still retains such a dreadful slaughter will?” Luo Feng was secretly shocked. “Then how terrifying must the origin lifeform of this scale be?”

“To be able to refine a scale that allows a weak Divine King to acquire the Destruction Demon Body... The refiner’s strength must also be unimaginable,” Luo Feng thought.

The more he understood, the more insignificant he realized himself to be.

Whether it was the fragmented information revealed in the Top-Tier Inheritance, or objects like the Scale of Destruction, they gave Luo Feng mere glimpses into a much higher-level world.

“Yuan was able to leave behind so many Treasure Lands, and such resource-filled treasure vaults. Clearly, his status outside the Source World must be extremely high—far above the ancestors of the Two Ancient Kingdoms,” Luo Feng pondered.

He carefully observed the Scale of Destruction for three full days, recording every bit of its decipherable secret patterns, before finally starting to integrate it into his body.

Using the Perfect Divine Body, he split off a clone containing 99% of his divine power reserves! The remaining small portion of the Perfect Divine Body resumed absorbing energy from a Small Universe, slowly beginning recovery.

“I’ll transform this massive clone.” Luo Feng pressed the black scale against his own chest. The Scale of Destruction instantly merged into his skin. When redeeming the Scale, Luo Feng had already obtained detailed instructions for its use.

“Kill!”

“Destroy!”

A terrifying slaughter will surged through his mind, but Luo Feng’s expression remained unchanged as he calmly observed the transformation of his body.

Once the Scale of Destruction merged into his skin, its hidden power exploded, beginning to corrode his entire body—skin, flesh, and bones all began transforming naturally. The speed of the transformation was astonishing. Even though this clone’s energy reserves far exceeded those of a World Life Form, the body was fully modified in just over ten breaths’ time.

At the very moment transformation completed, the Scale of Destruction naturally disintegrated. The original slaughter will vanished completely, leaving no lingering influence.

“Even the finest components of my body have changed!”

Luo Feng carefully observed this new Destruction Demon Body Clone.

This massive body was fully covered in scales similar to the Scale of Destruction, including his face. These scales were a pale cyan and emitted a much weaker aura than the original scale.

His eyes gleamed golden. A tail had grown out naturally, and even six curved horns had sprouted from his head—these six horns bore resemblance to one of the manifestations of the Origin Path of Destruction.

“This Destruction Demon Body Clone is average in terms of strength. Even with a massive divine body used for its construction, it only barely reaches the threshold of the Second Stage Divine King. It’s far inferior to the World Life Form Clone,” Luo Feng gently shook his head.

“But it truly is a favored child of the Origin Path of Destruction.”

Luo Feng extended his right claw and gently waved it.

Whoosh!

The profound mysteries of the Origin Path of Destruction responded effortlessly. Luo Feng felt as though his very body was part of that Origin Path, capable of sensing and understanding it through his own flesh.

Of course, this body’s sensitivity to other Origin Paths was quite faint.

“I once consumed the Five-Colored Elixir, which allowed both body and soul to attune to the Origin Path of Destruction, lasting about three Cycles of Reincarnation.”

“But the Scale of Destruction only modifies the body—it doesn’t affect the soul.”

“Still, the body’s compatibility is far stronger than that from the elixir…”

“In terms of overall effect, the Scale of Destruction achieves about 70–80% of the Five-Colored Elixir,” Luo Feng thought. “The most important thing is, this state is permanent.”

Luo Feng was quite satisfied with this condition.

A single Five-Colored Elixir was worth ten million merits!

The Destruction Demon Body, being able to permanently maintain around 70–80% of the elixir’s effect, was undoubtedly of immense value.

“My cultivation in the Origin Path of Destruction will completely surpass that of the Origin Path of Life,” Luo Feng realized. Ever since Morosa had demonstrated the complete path of destruction, the pace of both paths had been nearly equal.

But now, progress in the Origin Path of Destruction had clearly accelerated.

In the Infinite Space treasure vault, there was also the Lotus Heart Seed, a favored item of the Origin Path of Life, but it was simply too expensive.

Eras passed.

Even as a favored child of the Origin Path of Destruction, Luo Feng still needed time to accumulate power. Compared to the many ancient beings on the Origin Continent, Luo Feng was still very young.

A certain space in the Deep Region of the Dream Domain.

Here, shadows reigned. Countless cavernous passages formed a labyrinthine world. In one of the caves, Luo Feng had transformed into a large rock, engaging in the cultivation of the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique.

The will inheritance Lieu Yuan Technique left behind by Yuan included the will-tempering Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, and as Luo Feng progressed in the Origin Path of Destruction, its effects became increasingly evident.

“Rumble~~~” In the center of an endless mixed cave, Luo Feng’s mind had already manifested as a blurry humanoid shadow vaguely resembling himself.

This mind-shadow sat cross-legged, fending off both the constant infiltration and erosion of the Deep Dream Domain and the grinding effects of the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique.

“I’ve been in the Dream Domain for over 150 Cycles of Reincarnation. I can feel my mind continuously evolving, yet its strength still cannot break through the Ultimate Divine King bottleneck,” Luo Feng felt how difficult this path truly was.

Training in the Dream Domain was extremely taxing. Every time, Luo Feng pushed himself to the brink, cultivating until he succumbed and fell into the domain’s dream state.

Naturally, the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique would cease the moment he entered a dream, and he would awaken soon after.

In these 150 Cycles, Luo Feng had already succumbed dozens of times.

Breakthroughs in Origin Paths and the development of New Origin Paths deepened Luo Feng’s understanding of the Dao, and his mental will improved naturally.

Repeated tempering within Infinite Space also aided his will.

The Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, which he never ceased practicing, showed even better results after he gained the Destruction Demon Body Clone.

“I can feel myself evolving, yet still no breakthrough.”

“No wonder that on the Origin Continent, except for Emperor Ming, everyone else only surpassed Divine King-level in their mental will after fully comprehending an Origin Path,” Luo Feng deeply admired Emperor Ming at this moment.

Emperor Ming, in terms of soul foundation, was certainly inferior to his own Perfect Divine Body. Yet, he had comprehended a complete Origin Path beforehand… his mental will had surpassed the Divine King-level!

Of course, as a Divine King of the Ancient Flame Kingdom’s Royal Clan, Emperor Ming had risen too dazzlingly and undoubtedly received far more resources than himself! As a leisure Divine King, what he had received might have been just a tiny fraction of what the two royal cores possessed.

Enduring the dual tempering of the Deep Region of the Dream Domain’s invasion and the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, Luo Feng could still spare some attention for other matters, though he couldn’t focus deeply on cultivation in such a state.

As time went on, Luo Feng grew increasingly exhausted—eventually even losing the ability to divert his focus. All his external incarnations entered closed-door meditation temporarily.

“Buzz.”

Luo Feng did not stop. He continued to persevere—persisting until the very limit, until he... fell into a dream.

…

During the past one hundred and fifty eras, Luo Feng had fallen into dreams dozens of times. Each time he awoke, he would reflect on them.

He forgot most of the dreams, retaining only a small portion!

What he did remember was chaotic—some even contradictory! Yet there were also scenes that Luo Feng felt had far surpassed the scope of the Source World.

“…The Ancestor has summoned you…”

A voice rang out.

Luo Feng forgot who he was. At this moment, his body was immense, seemingly containing unfathomable power.

Yet he stood there with the utmost reverence, waiting patiently.

“I rendered great merit this time and even received a summon from the Ancestor. I wonder what reward the Ancestor will bestow upon me.” A joyful emotion welled up inside.

“When will the Ancestor summon me again? I’ve waited so long…” A feeling of weariness surfaced.

“How will the Ancestor punish me?” A fearful emotion took root.

The dream was extremely chaotic. It seemed there were countless scenes of visiting the Ancestor—as if he had always been awaiting the Ancestor’s summons.

Finally—

A massive eye appeared!

Luo Feng gazed at the massive eye and bowed deeply. “Ancestor!”

This so-called ‘Ancestor’ was shrouded by endless Origin Paths, its true form obscured. In the dream, Luo Feng could only see that immense eye. The eye seemed engraved into his very soul, instilling such terror that no thought of resistance remained.

“Buzz, buzz, buzz~~~” The entire dreamscape trembled. Having ceased the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, Luo Feng’s mental will had already begun to break free from the dream.

The instant he saw the massive eye, Luo Feng’s mental will instinctively resisted fiercely. The entire dream began to shatter apart.

Crash!

It completely shattered. Everything vanished.

Luo Feng regained consciousness.

“This…” Luo Feng revealed his true form, eyes filled with terror. “Why is the memory so vivid this time?”

In the past, most memories from the dream would be forgotten. The few remembered held no impact.

But this time!

That eye! Luo Feng still remembered it even after waking! Although it had blurred slightly, that eye still filled Luo Feng’s heart with endless terror. Even his mental will could not suppress the fear.

Terrified—trembling in fear.

Beyond control!

Only thoughts of fear and submission remained.

“How could this be?” Luo Feng instantly dispersed this incarnation, self-annihilating it.

…

In Huyang City, inside the Star Tower—

Luo Feng’s Perfect Divine Body, Destruction Demon Body Clone, and World Life Form clone all showed expressions of fear and anger.

“Impossible to forget. Impossible to erase.”

Luo Feng tried to wipe away that memory but failed! That memory had already seeped into and fused with his entire soul. Even if he destroyed all memories and left his mind a blank slate, that memory would still resurface.

“Erase it!”

Luo Feng activated the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, which burned away mental impurities—obliterating those thoughts of fear.

“Much better.”

By continuously maintaining the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, any arising thoughts of fear or submission would be obliterated. Luo Feng also felt his mind become more clear and tranquil.

“It’s still rooted in the soul.” Luo Feng realized the problem. The Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique could only clear away impurities, allowing the mind to be serene.

But it couldn’t destroy the root cause.

“I’ve heard that cultivating the Primordial Bloodline, the residual will within it can contaminate the mind… Even when someone like Di Fu undergoes reincarnation, after reincarnation the will contamination disappears, but the ‘memory contamination’ remains. That memory contamination can only be controlled—it’s extremely difficult to remove.”

Memory contamination is lighter than will contamination—

But it is still contamination!

Di Fu had carried it for ages. And now, Luo Feng bore it too—memory contamination!