Chapter 219: Guarding the Years

"God-King Bai Feng, let's go handle the handover," Luo Feng said, looking at God-King Bai Feng beside him.

God-King Bai Feng nodded slightly. Immediately, he transformed, splitting into thirty-six avatars. "Let's go, I'll lead the way." Luo Feng also split into thirty-six avatars, heading to different entrances of the Pillar World to complete the handover.

The Grand Dao of Time, the Grand Dao of Space, the Grand Dao of Life, and the Grand Dao of Immeasurable all possess avatar techniques, but each differs. The avatar technique of the Time lineage, including the main body, produces only three avatars in total: Past, Present, and Future! Yet, each avatar possesses a complete physical body and soul, representing peak strength, as if three complete versions of oneself were fighting the enemy. Moreover, these three selves can exist on different timelines. The path of Space is similar; the number of avatars cultivated is limited, but the powerful avatars produced can maintain a complete physical body and soul.

The paths of Life and Immeasurable are different. For the path of Life, the number of avatars is infinite, but they are all extensions of the self. For example, Luo Feng only has one powerful soul; if he splits off a portion, the resulting avatar's soul will be much weaker. The total number of world lifeforms he can control is fixed! The more he splits off, the weaker he becomes.

The path of Immeasurable is similar; while described as boundless, it is fundamentally singular.

This already makes practitioners of other paths very envious.

Paths like Destruction, Extremity, Karma, Matter, and World generally cannot cultivate avatar techniques.

For instance, Yuan's illusory avatar is a technique exclusive to the "Illusory Realm Grand Dao," a Grand Dao that doesn't exist in the Origin Continent. The path Yuan is currently pursuing is the unification of the "illusory and real worlds." This is also a fusion path, aiming to merge the Illusory Realm Grand Dao and the World Grand Dao. However, this path is even more difficult than Luo Feng's.

The paths Luo Feng uses as his foundation, Life and Destruction, both have complete Grand Dao references.

Yuan's illusory path has no reference. And he wants to merge it? Naturally, it's even more elusive and unattainable!

"Brother Luo He, this guarding duty is now yours," God-King Bai Feng said with a smile as he completed the handover with Luo Feng. He added, "Serving as a guardian here, you might have to put up with some unpleasantness. You'll need to be quite tolerant."

"I understand," Luo Feng replied with a smiling nod.

As the foremost treasure land, the Pillar World primarily employs guest elders as guardians, while only high-ranking members of the two great imperial clans truly enter to explore its depths. Many members of these two imperial clans, who cultivate the Primal Chaos bloodline, have very bad tempers.

God-King Bai Feng nodded, then flew away.

Luo Feng watched him depart.

"God-King Bai Feng and Emperor Xuan are sworn brothers, and he has fully joined the Blazewind Ancient Kingdom. Yet, it seems he has also endured considerable unpleasantness," Luo Feng mused to himself.

Every second-tier God-King guest elder highly valued by the Blazewind Ancient Kingdom's imperial clan is extraordinary! After all, the imperial clan simply looks down on the weak.

In terms of strength, God-King Bai Feng is comparable to King Tiandu and Emperor Guixu; he is also widely renowned.

Of course, to outsiders, Luo Feng, even as a first-tier God-King, could contend with the Food Kingdom Lord. Now that he has reached the second-tier God-King stage, his number of avatars should put him not far behind God-King Bai Feng and Emperor Guixu.

Most importantly, Luo Feng's rise has been incredibly swift, and his potential is immense! Even emperors and monarchs must take him seriously.

The group comprising Emperor Yan, Emperor Xi, and Emperor Wu targeted Luo Feng not only because of their feud with Emperor Chu but also because they felt threatened by Luo Feng.

Therefore, they wished to strip him of his guest elder status, preventing Luo Feng from obtaining certain opportunities.

However... Emperor Fu assigned Luo Feng to guard the Pillar World.

The governing emperor holds the greatest power; if he favors Luo Feng, Emperor Yan and his faction are powerless.

"Buzz." Luo Feng controlled the formation disk he had received during the handover, and the terrifying power of the grand formation enveloped the surroundings.

"The thirty-six auxiliary formations are integrated with the central core formation, and the entire grand formation is primarily controlled by Emperor Xuan," Luo Feng sensed. "I can only guide and mobilize the formation's power."

"With the power of the formation, I can suppress Emperor Guixu, God-King Wuxin, and others," Luo Feng confirmed.

The formation deployed by the Blazewind Ancient Kingdom in the foremost treasure land is also the most terrifying in terms of power. The Reincarnation Tower team could only advance against the formation if led by "Empress Fengdu or God-King of the Earth."

But in that case, the emperors and monarchs guarding for the two great ancient kingdoms would also attack simultaneously. The combined power of those two individuals with the formation would be unimaginable.

"Although I am the guardian, I dare not privately allow cultivators to enter. Because Emperor Xuan, as the formation controller, can also sense all movements here." Luo Feng's role is merely to increase the difficulty for outsiders to break the formation by ten or even a hundredfold.

Without a guardian, a fixed formation disk would be much easier to decipher.

With a guardian carrying it, one would first have to kill the guardian! Under the protection of the formation's power, killing Luo Feng's avatar, who has reached the second-tier God-King stage? The difficulty is immense.

"According to the information my master provided, the greatest opportunity in the outer perimeter of the Pillar World lies in those thirty-six Heavenly Pillars." Luo Feng's thoughts stirred, and he immediately split off an avatar, which flew towards one of the distant, towering Heavenly Pillars.

As a guest elder, he could not enter the Pillar World's interior to access its opportunities; he could only explore the outer perimeter.

The Heavenly Pillar was so tall its end was out of sight.

Luo Feng landed before this Heavenly Pillar, and his gaze immediately fell upon a figure clad in purple armor not far away.

"Demon Lord Yanu," Luo Feng recognized him at a glance.

Demon Lord Yanu was among the top three strongest guest God-Kings in the Thunder Ancient Kingdom. He followed the path of Destruction and also cultivated the Primal Chaos bloodline, making him incredibly formidable and highly valued by the Thunder Ancient Kingdom.

God-King Yanu looked up at Luo Feng.

"God-King Luo He." God-King Yanu offered a slight smile. Although arrogant, he dared not underestimate God-King Luo He in the slightest. God-King Luo He's momentum was indeed somewhat terrifying; many ancient powerhouses in the Origin Continent believed God-King Luo He had the potential to rival emperors.

"Demon Lord Yanu," Luo Feng nodded, then proceeded to carefully observe the towering Heavenly Pillar.

This Heavenly Pillar was covered in countless intricate secret patterns.

Luo Feng observed.

"Boom!" As Luo Feng observed, the spreading secret patterns transformed into an endlessly vast, giant axe! This axe was so immense that Luo Feng could only see a portion of it, yet he felt as if it could cleave through all rules, splitting everything apart...

Luo Feng was utterly astonished.

Luo Feng watched in fascination for several days before finally stopping.

"The artistic conception of this axe indeed far surpasses a complete Grand Dao," Luo Feng thought. "It feels like it carries some of the essence of the Star Tower's crimson scales. However, the secret patterns on the Star Tower's crimson scales are far more vast and detailed, requiring a will beyond the God-King level just to observe. As for this Heavenly Pillar... I feel that a peak God-King's will is sufficient to observe it, and the secret patterns are relatively rough and unrefined."

Luo Feng could tell at a glance that roughly 3,600 swirling, intertwining secret patterns guided him to perceive the giant axe illustration.

The secret patterns were far simpler than those on the Star Tower's crimson scales.

Yet, the artistic conception was extremely profound, and the pressure from observing it was relatively low. A typical second-tier God-King in the Origin Continent could perceive this hidden scene within the Heavenly Pillar.

"This axe feels like it pertains to the path of Destruction. However, it is far more profound than the Grand Dao of Destruction."

"In the future, I can study it more deeply."

Luo Feng was not in a hurry to fully immerse himself.

His primary focus currently was on the "Twenty-Four Aspect Forms," as the most crucial matter was for his world lifeform to achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible.

A scene with an artistic conception so far surpassing a complete Grand Dao, yet with such simple secret patterns! Comprehending it would certainly be much more difficult than comprehending a complete Grand Dao! This is also why the two great imperial clans were willing to let their guest elders observe it.

It was difficult to gain significant insights; to comprehend even a fraction of it and create a powerful secret technique would be considered excellent.

Luo Feng successively observed all thirty-six Heavenly Pillars. Each pillar had swirling secret patterns, and with Luo Feng's spiritual will, he could clearly see the scene the patterns eventually formed.

Some were giant axes cleaving through everything.

Others were endless rushing rivers.

Or a strange cube...

Or a flaming lotus flower.

Each scene's artistic conception transcended the Grand Dao.

"I've heard that after comprehending a complete Grand Dao, there are no longer clear Grand Dao guidelines, and one must grope in the dark," Luo Feng thought. "These thirty-six Heavenly Pillars are probably a lamp in the darkness, capable of pointing the way."

These thirty-six Heavenly Pillars were primarily related to the nine fundamental Grand Daos of the Origin Continent. For example, there were four pillars each for the paths of Life and Destruction.

"Senior Yuan truly had good intentions," Luo Feng could feel Senior Yuan's benevolence towards younger cultivators.

After briefly exploring the outer regions of the Pillar World, Luo Feng settled into his guarding duties, focusing on his cultivation.

Eras passed, one after another.

"Whoosh, whoosh."

Two figures flew into the formation. The talismans they carried resonated with the formation, allowing them to pass without any hindrance.

Luo Feng, who was on guard duty, looked up.

"So, God-King Luo He is on guard duty," one of the figures said with a smile.

Luo Feng smiled back, "God-King Tianmu, long time no see."

Luo Feng vividly remembered meeting God-King Tianmu when he first went to the "Infinite Space" treasure land. As an imperial clan God-King of the Blazewind Ancient Kingdom, God-King Tianmu's friendliness towards him was very rare and left a deep impression.

"We are fated to meet; back when God-King Luo He visited Infinite Space, he was still in the Chaos realm. I was already a first-tier God-King then," God-King Tianmu said with a smile. "Now, God-King Luo He is a second-tier God-King, while I remain a first-tier God-King."

God-King Tianmu sighed with emotion; his resources were far superior to Luo Feng's, allowing him access to numerous treasure lands and valuable resources.

He disdained using the Primal Chaos bloodline during the first-tier God-King stage.

He aspired to first reach the second-tier God-King stage, and only if he encountered an insurmountable bottleneck would he then resort to using the Primal Chaos bloodline.

"Tianmu, hurry up and go," another second-tier God-King from the imperial clan snapped, frowning. He couldn't even be bothered to say a word to Luo Feng.

"Farewell," God-King Tianmu said to Luo Feng, then departed with his companion.

Luo Feng watched them leave.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Feng had been guarding the Pillar World for twenty-seven eras. During this time, two imperial clan God-Kings from the Blazewind Ancient Kingdom and three from the Thunder Ancient Kingdom entered. The imperial clan God-Kings from the Thunder Ancient Kingdom merely glanced at Luo Feng, not bothering to say a word, before proceeding deep into the Pillar World.

"I'd long heard that the imperial clan God-Kings of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom generally cultivate the Primal Chaos bloodline, and some treat all non-imperial clan members as mere servants," Luo Feng mused to himself. "Compared to them, the Blazewind Ancient Kingdom is somewhat better."

During these peaceful years, the Twenty-Four Aspect Forms were comprehended one by one. As his accumulation deepened, his progress accelerated, until he had fully grasped them.

"It's done." At this moment, all of Luo Feng's avatars, scattered across various locations such as Infinite Space, Dream Domain, Pillar World, his home Primitive Universe region, Huyang City, and others, all broke into smiles.