Chapter 229: Time and Space Old Demon

What the two ancient nations can provide, the three alien races can also provide.

"However, the three alien races need to transport these items from other source worlds, which incurs significant transportation costs!" Blackfire Demon Lord transmitted, "Therefore, the treasures they bring are exceedingly rare and precious. For example, small amounts of remains from chaos life forms, secret treasures beyond the God-King level, legacies surpassing the Ultimate Realm, corpses of chaos-blooded creatures with Ultimate Realm strength, or even refined 'Ultimate Realm' chaos bloodlines!"

"Conversely, items that are too weak, like the corpses of God-King Second Realm chaos-blooded creatures, or other lower-value items, will not be brought over," Blackfire Demon Lord communicated.

Luo Feng understood. High transportation costs naturally meant bringing only items of extreme value.

"The three alien races possess many treasures, but the prerequisite is an equivalent exchange," Blackfire Demon Lord said. "They have very high standards; treasures that attract them typically originate from the treasure lands left behind by Yuan."

"Since your avatar could match the Dark Heavenly Venerate of the Destruction Legion this time, I believe those three alien races will notice you. They should contact you one by one in the near future."

"Their power is completely suppressed on the Origin Continent. So, they ultimately need our help; they need us to search for treasures," Blackfire Demon Lord looked at Luo Feng. "With your great strength and numerous avatars, you are perfectly suited for treasure hunting. They will certainly contact you."

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

"When that time comes, bargain as much as you can. Shop around and see who offers the best deal," Blackfire Demon Lord chuckled. "There's no need to save face when dealing with alien races; just see who gives the most benefits!"

This gathering at the Reincarnation Pagoda truly broadened Luo Feng's horizons. Although he was powerful, his knowledge and experience were still somewhat lacking. Blackfire Demon Lord, commanding the Thunder Ancient Nation's largest resistance force and established for endless ages, indeed possessed far more intelligence and information.

In Huyang City, a casually dressed middle-aged man stepped into the City Lord's Mansion. The mansion's formations and Luo Feng's encompassing world power seemed like a joke, failing to obstruct him in the slightest.

"Hmm?" On a pavilion within the City Lord's Mansion, Luo Feng appeared out of thin air and looked at the middle-aged man.

"I can clearly see him, yet the formations and world power cannot stop him." Luo Feng perceived a massive gap in their realms.

The middle-aged man smiled and looked over, taking a single step that brought him onto the pavilion.

"Time-Space Devil." Luo Feng recognized the visitor.

The Time-Space Devil had established the Time-Space Solitary Boat! He could take on multiple forms: a child, a middle-aged man, or an elder. In contrast, the Two Realms Palace Master and the Myriad Law Tower Master maintained fixed forms. The Time-Space Devil acted unscrupulously, making him the most wary figure for both ancient nations. Among the three alien races, Luo Feng preferred to deal with the Myriad Law Tower Master, as the other two had considerably worse reputations.

"You native cultivators of the Origin Continent, I've told you many times, just call me 'Time-Space Emperor.' You insist on calling me Time-Space Devil," the middle-aged man said with a smile. "Of course, I won't hold it against you."

"Time-Space Devil, what brings you to me?" Luo Feng looked at him.

"Good news, great news!" The middle-aged man casually sat down, producing a wine pot and cups from his hand, and proactively poured wine. "Come, come, have a drink. I brought this fine wine from outside the Origin Continent."

Luo Feng also sat down but did not drink.

"Such good wine, yet you don't dare to drink it." The middle-aged man said after taking a sip. "I know, you are a disciple of the Yanfeng Ancient Nation's Emperor, so you must be very wary of us alien races."

"Actually, there's no need! We three alien races are direct competitors with the two founding ancestors, which is why they target us," Time-Space Devil said, looking at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng remained silent, just listening.

"I came to you not because I need you to join the Time-Space Solitary Boat," Time-Space Devil smiled. "I merely need to conduct a fair trade with you."

"Oh?" Luo Feng looked at him. "What kind of trade?"

"There are four types of treasures on the Origin Continent that catch my eye," Time-Space Devil stated. "These are also the four types of treasures that other alien races and the two founding ancestors care about."

Luo Feng listened.

"The first type: secret arts and techniques left by Yuan." Time-Space Devil looked at Luo Feng.

"Only secret arts and techniques?" Luo Feng asked in surprise.

"Legacies of the Great Dao are naturally more valuable. However, perfect-level legacies and special-grade legacies only go up to the God-King Ultimate Realm at most. Higher ones are simply unobtainable," Time-Space Devil explained. "Nevertheless, some application techniques and powerful secret arts and techniques are still circulated."

"Of course, they must be secret arts left by Yuan himself, surpassing the God-King level." Luo Feng understood. The Liyuan Art fell into this category, offering only application techniques, not a legacy of the Great Dao.

"Secret arts and techniques are often obtainable in the treasure lands left by Yuan, but they generally cannot be passed on externally," Time-Space Devil said, looking at Luo Feng. "I need ones that can be transmitted to me."

"One set of secret arts and techniques can be exchanged for at least a complete set of 'beyond God-King level' secret treasures. The detailed value will be determined by the specific secret art or technique," Time-Space Devil stated.

"A complete set?" Luo Feng asked.

"I can provide anything you can imagine!" Time-Space Devil replied.

"The second type: remains of special life forms," Time-Space Devil continued. "Across the entire Origin Continent, only the Dark Zone of the Dream Realm and the deepest part of the Pillar World have the possibility of yielding remains of special life forms."

"For these remains, one portion of remains is also worth at least a complete set of secret treasures beyond the God-King level!"

"Of course, one set of secret arts or one portion of special life form remains can also be exchanged for other things you desire," Time-Space Devil smiled. "I can even trade with you using parts of the corpses of low-grade chaos life forms who have transcended the cage!"

"Low-grade chaos life forms?" Luo Feng asked, confused.

"Chaos life forms who have transcended the cage also have different levels. Low-grade chaos life forms refer to those with lower intelligence, equivalent to True Gods on the Origin Continent. Their intelligence is too low to fully tap into their bloodline potential. Although born outside the cage, their unleashed power is still inferior to mine," Time-Space Devil explained.

"The third type: innate secret treasures."

"I don't value ordinary secret treasures; I can easily refine secret treasures beyond the God-King level," Time-Space Devil told Luo Feng. "What I seek are secret treasures naturally conceived in the depths of the Dream Realm. Because they are naturally formed, they are quite profound. The depths of the Pillar World also contain naturally conceived secret treasures."

"Each innate secret treasure varies in value, with lower ones equivalent to beyond God-King level secret treasures. Higher ones are comparable in value to a portion of special life form remains."

"The fourth type: exotic treasures!"

"Many treasure lands on your Origin Continent produce some exotic treasures, with values typically exceeding ten billion merit points. I also need these exotic treasures that are worth more than ten billion merit points," Time-Space Devil stated. "It's all equivalent exchange."

Luo Feng was startled. The Heavenly River, Dream Realm, Pillar World, and other treasure lands all produced exotic treasures. But an exotic treasure valued over ten billion merit points! Those were legendary exotic treasures, ones Luo Feng had never even seen. Any faction would spare no expense to obtain such treasures.

"If you acquire any of these four types of treasures, you can exchange them with me. The items you can exchange for are negotiable," Time-Space Devil smiled. "You can also compare my offers with those of the Myriad Law Tower Master and the Two Realms Palace Master, to see who gives you better terms."

"I never force trades, haha. My techniques' power cannot break through the Chaos Realm limit, so I'm not qualified to force you," Time-Space Devil said. "On the contrary, the two founding ancestors! If you obtain overly precious treasures, it's possible they might personally act and directly seize them."

Luo Feng nodded.

"Don't let the two ancient nations influence you into having too much animosity towards us," Time-Space Devil advised. "We are also cultivators, just from other source worlds."

"Speaking of which, I'm somewhat envious of you," Time-Space Devil said, looking at Luo Feng. "Your source world is overseen by Yuan, and Yuan even left a teleportation channel for you. As long as you reach the 'Ultimate Realm life form' stage, you can withstand the pressure of the teleportation channel and venture into the outside world for exploration and experience."

A teleportation channel? Only Ultimate Realm life forms can pass through?

"My home is different."

"My home source world has no teleportation channel," Time-Space Devil sighed with emotion. "I experienced three Samsara Eras of my source world before I figured out a method for cross-world teleportation on my own. Only then could my avatars travel to other source worlds. By utilizing the teleportation channels of other source worlds, I could then venture into the wider universe."

"I have also met the two founding ancestors of your Origin Continent. They are lifelong friends who ventured and gained experience together, and I even had conflicts with them, haha..."

"We all grope in the dark, constantly facing terrifying crises," Time-Space Devil looked at Luo Feng. "Who knows, one day we might perish completely."

Time-Space Devil looked at Luo Feng. "My coming to the Origin Continent is merely to seek more opportunities and gain more strength, so I can survive in the face of crises. Perhaps in the future, if you leave the Origin Continent, we will meet again. So there's truly no need for any distinction between native and alien."

"I understand." Luo Feng nodded.

"I have high hopes for you," Time-Space Devil said. "With your potential, you will definitely leave the Origin Continent! That is a much wider universe."

"If you want to find me, you can simply use karmic voice transmission," Time-Space Devil instructed. "Just give a shout, and I will come immediately."

Luo Feng nodded. He did perceive a vague karmic link, connecting him to the Time-Space Devil. However, this karmic link was too indistinct; while he could use it for voice transmission, he didn't know where it led.

The Time-Space Devil took a single step and was already at the horizon, then completely disappeared.

"Outside the source world?" Luo Feng murmured to himself. The Time-Space Devil's home source world surprisingly didn't even have a teleportation channel. Different source worlds indeed had vast differences.

***

Dream Realm.

Luo Feng had always maintained an avatar in the Dream Realm. Since his mind-will breakthrough, this avatar had begun absorbing energy at full capacity! The Dream Realm had a unique environment with enormous energy, making absorption relatively easy, though still not as fast as a small universe supplying energy. Currently, his avatar in the Dream Realm had energy reserves equivalent to about five percent of his 'World Lifeform True Body.'

"According to what the Time-Space Devil said, the Dream Realm and the Pillar World are the most special."

"Remains of special life forms and innate secret treasures are only found in these two treasure lands."

Luo Feng realized the unique nature of these two places. "Remains of special life forms are only found in the Dark Zone of the Dream Realm! One can barely enter the Dark Zone only if their mind-will surpasses the God-King level... The difficulty of exploration far exceeds that of the Pillar World."

The Dream Realm's environment was much harsher. Not to mention the Dark Zone, even the deep layer was avoided by many Emperors and Monarchs! Because once they entered, they risked losing control. In contrast, the Pillar World's environment was much safer, allowing Emperors and Monarchs to operate more effectively. Therefore, they had completely sealed off the Pillar World.

"I haven't entered the Dark Zone of the Dream Realm yet."

With a thought, Luo Feng immediately dispatched a weaker avatar to head towards the 'Dark Zone' of the Dream Realm. The Dream Realm was divided into outer, middle, deep, and dark zones. Strong cultivators on the Origin Continent primarily focused their treasure hunting efforts on the middle zone. Sightings in the deep layer were extremely rare. As for the Dark Zone? It was even rarer for anyone to enter!