Chapter 268: Five Great Avatars

Luo Feng observed the three Chaos Realm beings before him. While comprehending the Great Dao of Life, he had performed a mass enlightenment, and only these three were capable of bearing a Chaos Realm body. This was quite remarkable.

Naturally, relying on external enlightenment meant they would likely find it difficult to advance further in their lives.

‘You are somewhat destined to be with me,’ Luo Feng nodded. ‘You may choose to explore this world, or you can come with me to the Dao River Sect.’

‘I wish to follow Master to the Dao River Sect,’ said the woman, who was transformed from a plant, and the youth, who was transformed from a bird, both without hesitation.

Both of them had been conscious for a long time and clearly understood the difficulties variant life forms faced in the Origin Continent, as well as the importance of securing a powerful patron.

However, the old man transformed from a large tree hesitated, saying, ‘Master, may I explore the world for a while before joining you at the Dao River Sect?’

Luo Feng knew that this large tree was a newly awakened consciousness born during the enlightenment process; despite its elderly appearance, it was, in fact, the most naive.

‘You may!’ Luo Feng nodded.

Immediately afterward, Luo Feng vanished into thin air with the woman and the youth, having already departed.

The old tree felt a touch of wistfulness.

Had he made the right choice?

‘This world?’ The old tree was filled with curiosity.

Before his enlightenment, he had only possessed vague instincts, sensing tribal beings passing through the area and hunting strange beasts nearby.

The old man, brimming with curiosity, immediately embarked on his journey.

At the Dao River Sect headquarters.

Molosa watched as Luo Feng, accompanied by the woman and the youth, suddenly materialized before him.

‘Molosa, these two are Chaos Realm beings I enlightened,’ Luo Feng instructed. ‘From now on, they are members of the Dao River Sect, and you will be responsible for teaching them.’

‘Enlightened life forms?’ Molosa nodded. With his Master’s Great Dao of Life at the ‘peak of the God King’s Second Stage,’ there was indeed hope of enlightening beings to the Chaos Realm level.

Molosa suddenly stared at his Master in astonishment.

‘Master, you?’ Molosa was somewhat surprised. While Luo Feng would typically use his formless and invisible abilities to conceal his strength externally, he made no such effort before Molosa.

Molosa could clearly sense that his Master had also achieved Great Dao perfection.

‘I’ve finally made a breakthrough,’ Luo Feng said, smiling and nodding.

‘Congratulations, Master, my heartfelt congratulations!’ Molosa was overjoyed.

His Master’s exceptional talent meant that even before reaching the Ultimate Realm, the ‘Life-Death Great Dao Ultimate Realm Secret Art’ he created already far surpassed Molosa’s. With the aid of immensely powerful secret treasures, his Master was even at the level of two nations' ancestors. Now, he had finally taken that crucial step.

‘It’s just a small step,’ Luo Feng said, though in good spirits, he also knew this was merely a beginning.

‘He’s only been in the Origin Continent for a little over thirteen hundred epochs and has already reached the Ultimate Realm,’ Molosa marveled at his Master’s astonishing growth rate. In terms of secret arts and spiritual will, his Master now comprehensively surpassed him.

Molosa, however, had reached the limit of his own growth and could not advance further.

‘I am the strongest among Master’s subordinates; I can manage the Dao River Sect and the Galaxy God Kingdom effectively for him,’ Molosa said confidently. With his numerous avatars, formless and invisible, he was naturally well-suited for such tasks.

‘From today onwards, you may begin to cultivate the Destruction Legion,’ Luo Feng instructed. Now that he had reached this realm, it was time to make it public.

‘Yes, Master,’ Molosa immediately replied.

The woman and youth standing nearby looked somewhat bewildered. The Destruction Legion?

Though both had possessed consciousness for a long time, in their previous forms—one a plant rooted deep underground, the other a Void True God-level exotic beast—they had no understanding of what the Destruction Legion signified.

‘You two, follow me,’ Molosa said, leading them away.

Luo Feng walked through Huyang City.

‘Of the three Chaos Realm beings I enlightened, two chose to join the Dao River Sect, while one chose to explore the world... this is the very essence of life’s spirit,’ Luo Feng mused.

Luo Feng sighed with emotion, ‘With strong spiritual essence, life is filled with infinite possibilities, even the potential to completely transcend the protection of the supreme rules.’

What is often perceived as a cage is, in fact, a form of protection.

Luo Feng observed the countless cultivators in the bustling Huyang City, each pursuing their own goals, possessing their unique minds, wills, and lives.

At this moment, Luo Feng could expand or shrink at will, even concealing himself within any living being in the world.

Whether it was a cultivator, a non-sentient creature, or even a blade of grass or a pebble, Luo Feng could merge into it.

Furthermore, any ‘memory’ of Luo Feng existing within the entire Source World served as a life imprint, allowing him to rapidly reconstitute his body through it.

‘Within the Origin Continent, I embody the very concept of life. As long as the world possesses an environment capable of nurturing life—be it a wisp of energy or a speck of soil—I am immortal,’ Luo Feng realized.

He could kill Di Yuan and White Demon, but eliminating a true Ultimate Realm being would be exponentially more difficult.

Furthermore, an Ultimate Realm being on the path of life was essentially immortal within the Origin Continent.

‘Of course, this is limited to the environment of the Origin Continent,’ Luo Feng realized. ‘My understanding of life is confined to the normal life forms within the Origin Continent. As for the level of gods? As for the Chaos Primordial bloodline? These are beyond my current comprehension.’

The so-called Great Dao perfection—leaving no trace and isolating karma—also had its limitations. Everyone had karma. Upon reaching the Ultimate Realm, a perfected Great Dao could obscure and blur karmic links, making it difficult for enemies to discern them, and even blurring traces left in spacetime.

Methods within the ‘cage’ were indeed beyond perception, but higher-level methods that transcended this ‘cage’ were perfectly clear. Luo Feng’s Life-Death Eye on his forehead opened. Under its gaze, not only Ultimate Realm beings, but even the ancestors of two nations—their karmic links and traces—were laid bare.

He exhaled softly.

Luo Feng walked to the highest point of a pavilion within the City Lord’s Mansion and sat down alone.

‘The Great Dao I have mastered is the ‘Great Dao’ within this Source World,’ Luo Feng understood. ‘My next task is to grope in the darkness, allowing this ‘Great Dao’ to integrate with higher-level mysteries, evolving into a Chaos Primordial level Dao.’

Every enlightened being groping in the darkness yearned for this very goal: to comprehend their own Chaos Primordial level Dao!

‘These Ultimate Realm Chaos Primordial bloodline biological materials…’ Luo Feng turned his hand, gazing at a fragmented scale before him. ‘I can comprehend the “nine aspects” inherent in its basic life structure.’

‘However, I cannot fathom the substance that constitutes these nine aspects. This is because the substance originates from its Chaos Primordial bloodline, transcending the scope of the ‘Great Dao of Life’ within the cage.’

‘If one truly comprehends the ‘Great Dao of Life’ at the Chaos Primordial level, one should possess a sufficiently deep understanding of Chaos Primordial life forms’ scales and fur,’ Luo Feng pondered.

At the God King Ultimate Realm, one needed to individually comprehend the ‘nine aspects’ and then use the Great Dao of Matter to comprehend ‘matter.’ Only by combining these two could the final life form be created.

Yet, in actuality, the very substance of all life could also be attributed to the ‘Great Dao of Life’ at the Chaos Primordial level.

‘The higher one ascends, the broader the encompassing knowledge. The ‘Dao’ at the Chaos Primordial level is vast and boundless.’

Luo Feng had observed the Star Tower, the Life-Death Eye, two sets of special life remains, and the innate secret treasure, the ‘Palm World.’ All these experiences made him realize the immense vastness of the Dao at the Chaos Primordial level.

‘At the very least, I have glimpsed them,’ Luo Feng murmured softly.

Even while within Huyang City, Luo Feng could still observe all Ultimate Realm Chaos Primordial bloodline creatures across the Origin Continent. These nine types of creatures collectively possessed twenty-seven distinct aspects.

Luo Feng had previously achieved his breakthrough and mastered the complete Great Dao of Life only after naturally comprehending fifteen of these aspects.

After mastering the Great Dao, comprehending these remaining aspects became significantly easier.

Another hundred or so epochs passed, and he had fully comprehended all twenty-seven aspects of the nine creatures.

‘The nine types of Ultimate Realm Chaos Primordial bloodline creatures in the Origin Continent each possess unique talents. Four of them are relatively weaker and can be disregarded, while the other five have distinct applications,’ Luo Feng observed.

With a thought, an avatar stepped out beside Luo Feng.

This avatar, clad in shimmering silver-grey scales, still bore Luo Feng’s likeness. It was as if an observer could perceive these scales simultaneously appearing across past, present, and future timelines.

This particular avatar of Luo Feng could be called a ‘Time Avatar,’ inherently capable of existing simultaneously in the past, present, and future.

‘Though I can manifest it, I don’t yet fully grasp its profound mysteries,’ Luo Feng mused.

The five Ultimate Realm Chaos Primordial bloodline creatures Luo Feng had selected, once he transformed into them, would, with his mental fortitude and mastery of his realm, all be considered life forms at the early God-Emperor level.

‘From this point forward, if I desire a more powerful body, I must achieve it through my own comprehension. Formlessness and invisibility can no longer assist me,’ Luo Feng realized.

‘The Heaven-Earth Avatar, one of the Five Great Avatars!’

With a thought, another avatar materialized.

This avatar was plainly dressed and appeared ordinary, yet in an instant, it dispersed like mist, spreading for billions of kilometers, its reach extending far beyond the confines of Huyang City.

The Heaven-Earth Avatar possessed the innate talent to embody and merge with heaven and earth, allowing it to integrate into the laws governing their operation. It could even leverage these laws, using one unit of its own strength to leverage hundreds or thousands of times that power.

‘Innate Secret Treasure: Palm World, rise!’

At that moment, Luo Feng fully activated this innate secret treasure.

A mighty rumbling echoed.

To the shock of countless citizens in Huyang City, the entire city began to slowly rise from the ground, lifting off, as it continuously vibrated.

‘What’s going on?’

‘What’s happening?’

Many cultivators ascended to higher altitudes, gazing towards the distant areas outside Huyang City. They could see enormous mountain ranges glowing in every direction beyond the city walls.

The formerly ordinary, winding mountain ranges were transforming into colossal, furry claws. The five mountain ranges were merely the sharp tips of these immense talons, while far larger portions were emerging from beneath the earth. The very palm of this gigantic claw was cradling Huyang City as it ascended.

‘Master!’ Mo Yuqingyan, Xinyu, and the others were all utterly astonished.

Luo Feng also perceived the immense scale of the commotion; the aura emanating from that gigantic claw was even more terrifying than that of Thunder Mountain.

‘This claw is a secret treasure that I am controlling,’ Luo Feng transmitted, calming the Dao River Sect’s high-ranking members.

Simultaneously, they were all awestruck by the terrifying power displayed by God King Luo River.

This colossal, furry claw spanned billions of kilometers, with two-thirds of its immense form revealed above ground, while a portion remained submerged. Its thick palm continued to cradle Huyang City.

Huyang City now hovered approximately eight trillion kilometers above the ground, suspended just above the colossal palm.

The ‘Palm World’ was indeed profoundly mysterious.

This was Luo Feng’s first time unleashing its full power without concealment, and he could truly feel the wondrous nature of the Palm World. It was a self-contained world, completely isolated from the outside, even severing karmic ties—a capability far more terrifying than that of Thunder Mountain.

‘Heaven-Earth Avatar, merge with the Palm World,’ Luo Feng thought.

The Heaven-Earth Avatar began to merge into the Palm World. As Luo Feng also controlled this innate secret treasure, it offered no resistance to the integration, allowing for a complete fusion.

At this moment, one of Luo Feng’s ‘Heaven-Earth Avatars’ was completely integrated with the Palm World. Experiencing the world’s operations from within the Palm World provided Luo Feng with an entirely new perspective for comprehension.

‘So, Galaxy is actually Luo River…’ Emperor Qing’s laughter echoed from afar. ‘Brother Galaxy, you certainly know how to keep a secret.’