Chapter 268 : The Five Great Clones

Chapter 268: The Five Great Clones

Luo Feng looked at the three Chaos Realm beings before him. While he had comprehended the Origin Path of Life, he had simultaneously enlightened them in a collective manner. The fact that these three could bear the Chaos Realm body meant they were rather extraordinary.

Of course, relying on external power for enlightenment meant that it would be difficult for them to progress any further in their lifetime.

“You three can be considered to share a bond with me.” Luo Feng nodded. “You may choose to venture across this world on your own, or you may choose to follow me to the Blade River Sect.”

“I am willing to follow my master to the Blade River Sect,” the woman who had been transformed from a plant and the young man transformed from a flying beast both answered without hesitation. Both had possessed awareness for some time and clearly understood how difficult it was for alien lifeforms to survive on the Origin Continent—clinging to a strong backer was of utmost importance.

The old man transformed from a giant tree, however, hesitated. “Master, may I wander the world for a while before going to the Blade River Sect to follow you?”

Luo Feng understood. This old tree had only just birthed consciousness during the enlightenment process—though it took the form of an old man, in truth its mind was the youngest and most immature.

“You may.” Luo Feng nodded.

Then, Luo Feng vanished into thin air with the woman and the young man, leaving only the old tree behind.

The old tree man felt a faint sense of loss.

Had he made the right choice?

“This world…” The old tree man was filled with curiosity. Before being enlightened, he had only possessed vague instincts. He remembered sensing tribes of living beings passing nearby, hunting alien beasts around the area.

With curiosity in his heart, the old man began his journey.

……

At the headquarters of the Blade River Sect.

Morosa stared at Luo Feng, who had appeared suddenly with a woman and a young man.

“Morosa, these two are Chaos Realm beings I have enlightened,” Luo Feng instructed. “From now on, they will be members of the Blade River Sect. You will be responsible for teaching them.”

“Enlightened lifeforms?” Morosa nodded. With his master’s Divine King Second Stage Peak comprehension of the Origin Path of Life, it was indeed possible to enlighten beings at the Chaos Realm level.

Suddenly, Morosa’s eyes widened in astonishment.

“Master, you…?” Morosa was stunned. When Luo Feng was outside, he would usually conceal his strength with Formless and Phaseless, but before Morosa, he hid nothing. Morosa could clearly sense—it was the aura of a perfected Origin Path!

“I’ve finally made a breakthrough.” Luo Feng smiled and nodded.

“Congratulations, Master!” Morosa said joyfully.

His master’s talent was exceptional. Even before reaching the Ultimate Realm, the Ultimate Realm Secret Technique of the Path of Life and Death created by his master had already far surpassed Morosa’s own comprehension. With the aid of supreme treasures, his strength even matched that of the Ancestors of the Two Kingdoms.

Now he had finally taken that next step forward!

“It’s only a small step.” Luo Feng was in a good mood, yet he knew well it was still far from enough.

“To reach the Ultimate Realm after only one thousand and three hundred eras on the Origin Continent…” Morosa was shocked by his master’s terrifying speed of growth. In terms of secret techniques, mental will, and comprehension—his master had completely surpassed him.

Morosa himself had already reached his limit, unable to advance any further.

“Among Master’s subordinates, I am the strongest. I can manage the Blade River Sect and the Milky Way Divine Kingdom for Master,” Morosa thought confidently. With his countless clones and formless nature, he was perfectly suited for such duties.

“From today onward, you may begin nurturing the Destruction Legion,” Luo Feng ordered. At his current realm, there was no need to conceal it any longer.

“Yes, Master,” Morosa immediately replied.

The woman and young man beside them appeared bewildered.

Destruction Legion?

Though they had long gained awareness, one had once been a plant rooted deep underground, and the other a Void True God-level beast. Neither of them had any idea what the Destruction Legion truly meant.

“You two, come with me,” Morosa said, leading them away.

……

Luo Feng walked through Huyang City.

“Three Chaos Realm beings enlightened—two chose to join the Blade River Sect, and one chose to roam the world… This is the spirituality of life.” Luo Feng sighed softly. “Only with powerful spirituality can life hold endless possibilities. It might even transcend the protection of the Supreme Laws themselves.”

What was called a cage was, in truth, also a form of protection.

Luo Feng gazed at the countless cultivators bustling through prosperous Huyang City. Each had their own pursuits and their own mental will.

“Life.”

At that moment, Luo Feng could become vast or minute, concealing himself within any living being—whether a cultivator, a mindless creature, a blade of grass, or even a single pebble—he could merge into it.

Within the entire Source World, every “memory” of Luo Feng was a life imprint through which he could rapidly regenerate his body.

“Within the bounds of the Origin Continent, I am the concept of life itself. As long as there exists an environment that can nurture life—one wisp of energy, one grain of soil—I cannot die.” Luo Feng understood.

He could slay Di Yuan, he could slay the White Demon!

But to kill a true Ultimate Realm being—the difficulty would rise drastically.

And those who had reached the Ultimate Realm on the Path of Life were truly undying within the Origin Continent.

“Of course, that only holds true within this world.” Luo Feng realized. “My understanding of life is limited to the normal lifeforms within the Origin Continent. As for those at the God Emperor level or possessing the Primordial Bloodline… those remain beyond my comprehension.”

“So-called ‘Perfection of the Path,’ leaving no trace and severing causality—still has its limits.”

Everyone bore their own cause and effect.

After reaching the Ultimate Realm, one’s perfected Path could obscure and blur causality, making it nearly impossible for enemies to trace them.

Even the marks they left in time and space would be indistinct.

“Methods within the cage cannot perceive them.”

“But those beyond the cage—at higher levels—see everything clearly.”

The Eye of Life and Death at Luo Feng’s brow slowly opened.

Through its gaze—

Not only could he perceive Ultimate Realm beings, even the Ancestors of the Two Kingdoms—he could discern traces of their causality and existence.

“Hu.”

Luo Feng ascended to the highest pavilion within the City Lord’s Mansion and sat there alone.

“The Paths I have mastered are the ‘Paths’ within the Source World.”

“What I must now do is grope through the darkness, to fuse the Paths of the Source World with higher mysteries—to evolve them into the ‘Paths at the Primordial Level’.” Luo Feng understood clearly.

Every seeker groping through the darkness longed for that very thing—

To comprehend one’s own Path at the Primordial Level!

“These materials of the Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline creatures…” Luo Feng flipped his hand, revealing before him a fragment of a broken scale. “I can comprehend the nine phases contained within its basic life structure.”

“But the substances forming those nine phases—I cannot comprehend.”

“Because those substances originate from its Primordial Bloodline, already surpassing the bounds of the Path of Life within the cage.”

“If the Path of Life at the Primordial Level truly existed, it should encompass complete mastery of the scales and fur of Primordial Lifeforms,” Luo Feng thought.

At the Ultimate Realm of Divine King—

One needed to separately comprehend the nine phases, and then use the Path of Matter to study the material essence. Combined, they would form the final lifeform.

Yet in truth, all life’s substance could ultimately be attributed to the Path of Life at the Primordial Level.

“The higher one goes, the broader the inclusion.”

“The Path at the Primordial Level is vast and boundless.”

Luo Feng had studied the Star Tower, the Eye of Life and Death, the two sets of Special Life Remnants, and the Innate Treasure – Palm World. All of these made him realize how immeasurably profound the Path at the Primordial Level truly was.

“At the very least, I’ve already seen its outline.” Luo Feng murmured softly.

……

Even while within Huyang City, Luo Feng could observe all the Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline Lifeforms across the Origin Continent—nine in total, possessing twenty-seven distinct phases.

Previously, Luo Feng had comprehended fifteen phases before naturally breaking through to master the complete Path of Life.

After mastering the Path, understanding the remaining phases became much easier.

Over the next hundred or so eras, he completely grasped all twenty-seven phases of the nine lifeforms.

“The nine Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline Lifeforms of the Origin Continent each have their talents. Four of them are relatively weak and can be ignored—the other five each have their uses.” Luo Feng willed it so.

A clone stepped out beside him, its body covered in silvery-gray scales yet bearing Luo Feng’s own appearance.

The silvery-gray scaled body flickered—

If one could observe across timelines, they would see that in the past, present, and future alike, there existed a silvery-gray scaled Luo Feng clone simultaneously.

“This clone shall be called the ‘Time Clone’. It is innately capable of existing within the past, present, and future at the same time.”

“Though I can perform it, I still do not yet understand its true mystery.”

Among the five selected Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline creatures, whenever Luo Feng transformed, relying on his mental will and realm of control, each could be considered an early-stage God Emperor-level lifeform.

“From here on, if I wish for a stronger body, I must comprehend it myself. Formless and Phaseless can no longer aid me.” Luo Feng understood this.

“The Heaven and Earth Clone—one of the Five Great Clones!”

At his thought, another clone manifested.

This one appeared in plain garments, looking utterly ordinary—but in an instant, it dispersed like mist and spread across billions of kilometers, far beyond Huyang City’s reach.

The Heaven and Earth Clone possessed the innate ability to “fuse with heaven and earth,” capable of merging into the very laws of heaven and earth’s operation, even leveraging them—using one unit of force to stir hundreds or thousands.

“Innate Treasure, Palm World, arise!”

At that moment, Luo Feng fully activated the innate treasure.

Rumble~~~~

To the astonishment of countless citizens within Huyang City, the entire city began to rise from the ground, slowly floating upward as the entire structure quaked.

“What’s happening?”

“What’s going on?”

Many cultivators flew high into the air, gazing toward the distance outside the city. They saw that the surrounding mountain ranges were glowing brightly—once ordinary winding ridges now transforming into gigantic, fur-covered claws.

The five mountain ranges were merely the sharp tips of those massive claws. The rest of the enormous form emerged from beneath the ground.

At the center of the enormous claw’s palm—it was supporting the entire Huyang City, lifting it higher.

“Master!” Moyu Qingyan and Xinyu were both stunned.

“Luo Feng.” Even Yuan sensed the disturbance—it was too great. The aura of that massive claw surpassed even that of Thunder Mountain.

“This claw is a treasure I am controlling.” Luo Feng transmitted his voice. The higher-ups of the Blade River Sect calmed down but were nonetheless shaken by the terrifying power of the Divine King Luo He.

The gigantic furred claw stretched across billions of kilometers. Two-thirds of its body surfaced above the ground, while part remained buried below.

Its thick palm supported Huyang City.

At this moment, Huyang City hovered roughly eight trillion kilometers above the surface, suspended upon the enormous palm.

“The Palm World is indeed profound.” Luo Feng, for the first time, unleashed its full might without concealment, sensing its mysterious nature—truly a complete world, completely isolated from the outside.

Even causality itself was severed! It was more terrifying than Thunder Mountain.

“The Heaven and Earth Clone, fuse with the Palm World.” Luo Feng commanded inwardly.

The Heaven and Earth Clone began to merge into the Palm World. Since Luo Feng controlled the innate treasure, it offered no resistance.

When the fusion was complete—

Luo Feng’s Heaven and Earth Clone and the Palm World became fully one, allowing him to sense the world’s internal operation from an entirely new perspective.

“So it was you, Galaxy—it turns out you are Luo He! Hahaha…” Emperor Qing’s laughter echoed from afar. “Brother Galaxy, you’ve hidden yourself well indeed.”

Such a great commotion had long since alarmed the entire Origin Continent, drawing the attention of countless powerful existences.