Chapter 266: Five Hundred Eras

On the high tower of the City Lord's Mansion in Huyang City, Luo Feng was drinking alone. "Nine Rivers Saint Realm?" Luo Feng murmured.

During their recent gathering, Ancestor Yanfeng, Di Qing, and Luo Feng shared a lot of information. Any ultimate life form could leave the Origin Continent through a specific teleportation channel, usually arriving at a random destination unless precise coordinates were set during the teleportation. Di Qing's world was called the "Nine Rivers Saint Realm," a place where countless powerful beings from various source worlds converged.

"Di Qing is in the Nine Rivers Saint Realm. The weakest beings qualified to enter there are ultimate life forms, while the strongest can reach the semi-Chaos level!" Ancestor Yanfeng was in the Dark Saint Realm, which had an extremely high entry threshold. Ancestor Yanfeng and Ancestor Leiting were only slightly stronger than this threshold. The Dark Saint Realm had far more resources than the Nine Rivers Saint Realm. Luo Feng was still far from the so-called 'Dark World threshold'; typically, only Sages at the late God-Emperor stage had a chance of entering.

"Whether it's the Nine Rivers Saint Realm, the Dark Saint Realm, or other places, they are all environments where Senior Yuan and others cultivate us weaker beings." Luo Feng understood this point.

"Without the Star Tower and the Eye of Creation and Destruction, my strength is still too weak." Luo Feng's Eye of Creation and Destruction opened from his brow, gazing distantly towards the Dream Domain. Apart from the infinite spaces not within the Origin Continent, Luo Feng could peer into other sacred grounds.

With a hum, the Eye of Creation and Destruction rapidly pierced through layers of spatial barriers, revealing the innermost 'Dark Zone'. The Dark Zone could originally only be perceived by mental consciousness, but the Eye of Creation and Destruction could see it clearly.

"The Dark Zone contains only a single space," Luo Feng observed. The entire Dream Domain was like a colossal sphere, with countless bubbles inside, each an independent space. The outermost layer of the Dream Domain had the most spaces, the middle layer had fewer, the deeper layers had even fewer, and the innermost 'Dark Zone' contained only one space.

This single space was incredibly stable. The ground was forged from black metal, engraved with secret patterns. Trees were formed from countless entangled metals. Rivers flowed as a convergence of shimmering light. The weakest beings here were at the Emperor-Lord or Lord level. The more powerful ones approached the upper limit of the Origin Continent's power, and their conflicts caused Luo Feng's expression to change slightly.

"Even I cannot enter with the Eye of Creation and Destruction or the Star Tower," Luo Feng realized. "Although the strongest Dream Domain creatures in the Dark Zone are at the power limit, in some areas, their numbers are simply too vast." Through the Eye of Creation and Destruction, he could see one area where hundreds of snake-like creatures gathered. As they playfully interacted, their movements reached the Origin Continent's power limit. "Hundreds of these snake-like creatures attacking would be like hundreds of Di Qings attacking," Luo Feng thought to himself. "Even if I hide inside the Star Tower, I would be completely trapped and unable to escape." The Star Tower's power was also restricted. How could one fight hundreds? Even Ancestor Yanfeng and Ancestor Leiting would be useless.

"There are quite a lot of special lifeform remains," Luo Feng observed with his Eye of Creation and Destruction. He immediately saw countless fragments scattered everywhere. Tens of thousands of pieces—bones, scales, muscles—lay deep within rivers, while some were hidden deep within mountains. They all shared one characteristic: they required extensive exploration within the Dark Zone to find.

"My Eye of Creation and Destruction can only see the outward appearance of these special lifeform remains; I cannot peer into their essence," Luo Feng frowned. "It's difficult for me to determine their exact value." While his Eye of Creation and Destruction might offer observational capabilities comparable to an ordinary high-level Chaos life form, seeing through the intrinsic nature of 'special lifeform remains' was simply impossible.

"I can only take one piece. Once I acquire one, I will be expelled and can never enter again," Luo Feng mused. His Eye of Creation and Destruction carefully observed, comparing various corpse materials found in rivers, mountains, underground, and forests.

"This one looks extraordinary," Luo Feng finally focused on a particular material. It was a dark golden horn, located deep within an underground labyrinth. A hundred centipede-like creatures dwelled there, surrounding the golden horn as if in worship.

"My Eye of Creation and Destruction has scanned the entire Dark Zone of the Dream Domain, and this is the only horn-like material. Moreover, the creatures guarding it are quite powerful," Luo Feng thought. "This is the one!" If a terrifying life form had a horn, especially a single one, it must be of great significance.

"Next, I'll examine the Sky Pillar Realm." Luo Feng turned his head, his Eye of Creation and Destruction meticulously observing the entire Sky Pillar Realm. Deep within the Sky Pillar Realm, the most striking feature was a winding river of corrupted blood. If a God-King at the second tier touched this corrupted blood, they would instantly die, and even their external avatars would perish from soul contamination. Additionally, there were colossal bone mountains, riddled with countless maze-like crevices. Abundant, lush plants grew by the corrupted blood river and within the bone mountains, their roots reaching deep underground.

"I can clearly see the Dream Domain," Luo Feng said, shaking his head slightly. "However, about ten to twenty percent of the Sky Pillar Realm is unclear to me. I can't see into the corrupted blood river, only the surface of the bone mountains, not their deepest parts, and not deep underground either." Luo Feng was somewhat certain: "The corrupted blood river must be formed from the contaminated blood of a World-level Chaos life form." Corrupted blood that even his Eye of Creation and Destruction couldn't penetrate certainly wasn't the blood of a life form within the cage.

"I've heard that innate secret treasures are easily born within the corrupted blood river, the bone mountains, and deep underground," Luo Feng said with a smile. It was strange that he hadn't seen any innate secret treasures in either the Dream Domain or the Sky Pillar Realm. Innate secret treasures seemed to be very well hidden. "As for special lifeform remains," Luo Feng looked at the Sky Pillar Realm, "they are everywhere. The entire corrupted blood river is full of remains, and every single bone mountain is a mountain of remains."

Luo Feng realized this, but he also knew he couldn't retrieve them. With just a glance, he understood how incredibly heavy and terrifyingly powerful they were. "This is it," Luo Feng decided after carefully examining the vast remains deep within the Sky Pillar Realm, finally selecting one location. According to his Eye of Creation and Destruction, there were three hundred eighty-nine bone mountains. In the very center of one of them was a long black bone, divided into nine segments.

"I should be able to take one segment of these nine black bones," Luo Feng thought. Although the Sky Pillar Realm was guarded by two royal families, they dared not obstruct the Galactic Sovereign in the slightest. Luo Feng dispatched a powerful avatar whose physical body alone possessed God-Emperor level strength. It pushed deeper into the bone mountain range. Although the pressure intensified, it remained within the Origin Continent's upper limit. Luo Feng reached the core, stepping into the depths of that bone mountain, gazing at the majestic nine-segment black bone.

The nine segments of black bone exuded a terrifying aura. The moment Luo Feng touched them, an invisible message was conveyed: he could only take one segment, and once taken, he would never be able to claim any other special lifeform remains. With a hum, Luo Feng felt immense weight as he moved it, then stored it inside his personal God-Emperor level secret treasure, the 'Water Flying Boat'.

While acquiring the special lifeform remains from the Sky Pillar Realm was relatively easy for Luo Feng, obtaining the 'dark golden horn' from the Dream Domain proved exceptionally difficult. Luo Feng attempted it hundreds of times, failing each time. Fortunately, his avatar's vitality was strong enough that hundreds of attempts didn't result in significant energy loss. "Even with the Eye of Creation and Destruction assisting remotely, I failed," Luo Feng thought, deciding to postpone it for over two hundred eras. Eventually, Luo Feng, utilizing the three 'Nine-Branch Fusion Secret Arts' of the Dao of Creation and Destruction, sent multiple avatars simultaneously. With the Eye of Creation and Destruction providing remote observation and assistance, and by employing diversionary tactics and desperate restraints, he finally managed to acquire the dark golden horn. Thus, Luo Feng obtained both of the most important treasures that God-Emperors on the Origin Continent could typically acquire: two pieces of special lifeform remains.

"These two treasures are indeed extraordinary," Luo Feng observed with his Eye of Creation and Destruction. The horn and the black bone segment each contained endless mysteries. While slightly inferior to the Eye of Creation and Destruction, they were on the same level, though simpler and purer. "The horn actually contains the profound mysteries of mental will," Luo Feng marveled; the secret patterns within the horn were predominantly related to mental will. "This black bone segment embodies the mystery of 'indestructibility'," Luo Feng noted as he peered into its composition. How could the growth of a life form achieve such an incredible level of indestructibility?

Luo Feng immersed himself in cultivation, and the Origin Continent returned to peace. Under the combined command of the Galactic Sovereign, Ancestor Yanfeng, and Ancestor Leiting, 'Great Sinners' throughout the Origin Continent lost their haven. Even those who managed to escape were constantly on edge, secretly devouring tribes to aid their cultivation, because the patrol group led by Molosa could uncover them at any moment. Unbeknownst to them, approximately five hundred eras had passed since Luo Feng's wagered battle with Ancestor Leiting.

Within a vast space in the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom, eleven thoughts converged, forming the figures of eleven Emperor-Lords. "Guest Elder Luo He has served as the Sky Pillar Realm's guardian for a thousand eras," Emperor Yan stated. "It's time for him to leave! The Sky Pillar Realm guardianship mission cannot be continuously undertaken by any single guest elder." The Sky Pillar Realm guardianship was a desirable mission that all guest elders longed for. Emperor Yan and others typically used it to reward obedient guest elders. Luo He occupying it for over a thousand eras naturally displeased them.

"A guest elder who doesn't understand propriety was allowed to be a guardian for a thousand eras," Emperor Wu said, her face cold. She had personally threatened Luo He, forcing him to take another mission, but Emperor Chu ultimately protected his disciple. Luo He and Emperor Wu had a deep-seated feud, so she naturally harbored hostility towards him. "Since the term is up, a replacement is naturally due," Emperor Chu said, glancing at Emperor Wu with complete indifference.