Chapter 1401: Theory of the Supreme Body in Legend

Chu Feng did not stop. His movements were like a whirlwind, stirring up sand and stones, and carrying runic fluctuations. He ferociously pounced again, determined to kill them instantly.

Boom!

That Great God King, with half his body shattered and blood mist rising from him, roared and continuously retreated. However, he was not faster than Chu Feng and was quickly caught.

“Save me!”

He cried for help to the other two, his eyes filled with the light of desperate longing and a strong will to survive. He truly did not want to die; having received generous blessings from the Heavens, his future was incredibly bright, and his path ahead promised immense prosperity. Whether he remained in the Yang Realm to assert his dominance or entered the Heavens, he would have a promising future. But now, someone was about to end his glorious lifetime, and he would never again be able to command the wind and rain. One must remember, he was a Great God King who had reached this point through immense difficulty.

Boom!

Heaven and Earth trembled!

Chu Feng closed in, incredibly fast, like a golden lightning bolt tearing through the void, his entire body radiating the unique golden blood energy of a Human King.

“A Human King!”

The Great God King shrieked in surprise, glaring with anger as he struggled to resist. However, none of this changed anything. Part of his armor had been stripped away, and half his body was already battered. Chu Feng’s fist, as vast as the sky and as dazzling as a bursting star, struck directly at him with full force.

The main body of the stone jar and its lid separated, appearing on Chu Feng’s fists, aiding his assault!

That Great God King’s wondrous techniques, his arm’s blocking power, and his protective energy shield were all torn apart. It was like sweeping away withered leaves; he was overwhelmed by Chu Feng’s golden blood energy and pierced by his fist.

“Aargh!”

The Great God King from the Yang Realm screamed. Through the gaps in his arm armor, Buddhist light splattered and Heavenly Immortal blood steamed. He protected himself with all his might, but ultimately, it changed nothing; the stone jar suppressed his armor. Furthermore, the other half of his body was shattered, and the stripped-away part of his armor was exposed and empty. Chu Feng’s energy fully invaded through this opening, crushing his physical body. As could be seen with the naked eye, his body was exploding; that was the blood of a Great God King, and his bones were breaking, leaving ghastly white fragments.

This was an absolute massacre!

The other two attacked, but they failed to inflict fatal damage on Chu Feng. Firstly, they couldn’t match his speed, and secondly, Chu Feng’s Vajra Ring spun behind him, its power surging much stronger than before, transforming into a black hole that blocked their attacks.

A blood flower bloomed on that person’s glabella, his frontal bone shattered into pieces, and his soul light was forced out. Chu Feng’s palm swept across, crushing and directly killing him!

Directly killing a Great God King with bare hands?!

The two remaining people watched, their eyes wide with terror, while their hearts filled with dread. Their companion had just been killed like that, utterly defenseless! This was utterly absurd. They were all Great God Kings, dominating the realm of kings; theoretically, no one should be able to stand against them. Just one of them should be able to slaughter a King! But here today, they were like mere chickens and dogs, being utterly annihilated and blasted apart. This was utterly humiliating. Especially now, that human youth, after being further transformed by the burning of the stone furnace, was striking them as easily as tearing apart straw dummies. It was utterly terrifying.

Not far away, the armor of the Great God King killed by Chu Feng completely fell off, retaining its humanoid shape as it crashed to the ground with a deafening clang and scattering sparks.

Chu Feng panted heavily. While achieving all this seemed easy, blasting a Great God King in just a few moves, in reality, he had exhausted his abilities and used his strongest energy. He did not want to prolong the battle; if he was to kill, it had to be a decisive moment of life and death. Precious time had to be reserved for his evolution. Only by quickly dealing with these three could he peacefully undergo Nirvana and avoid being disturbed at a critical moment.

“Kill!”

A silver-haired female Great God King cried out softly, her eyes wide, her beautiful face filled with grim determination. Since there was no escape, she could only fight to the death, and she fought with all her might. Even though she was a woman, she wielded a heavy, thick, black celestial halberd. Its blade gleamed white, emitting a chilling aura that was incredibly intimidating.

Chu Feng shifted his body sideways, his back to her, leaving an afterimage in his original spot. The void there was crushed and torn apart by the heavy celestial halberd. Then, he directly faced the remaining two Great God Kings, holding the Vajra Ring. He resisted them head-on with unwavering resolve. What was there to care about? He had already killed three Great God Kings; the remaining two were naturally no match.

“Kill!”

Another Great God King also roared, unleashing astonishing wondrous techniques. His body became covered in dragon patterns, and he unleashed Kun Peng feather light beams, soaring into the sky and pouncing towards Chu Feng to kill him.

“It’s all in vain!”

Chu Feng murmured softly, his face cold and ruthless, ready to fight them to the death.

Inside the stone furnace, flames danced and smoke surged as energy violently churned. The three of them were like three burning stars that then fiercely collided, triggering a massive explosion. The void twisted, then collapsed. The sound of the Great Dao was deafening, Buddhist blood flew across the sky, and a vast Buddhist steel manifested, suppressing everything. The sight was terrifying. Furthermore, Heavenly Immortals chanted as if they had arrived in a celestial kingdom, and groups of immortal figures seemed to attack, forming seals together to suppress Chu Feng.

“I refuse to believe this won’t kill you!”

The silver-haired woman shrieked, her smooth long hair flicking like a streak of flowing light. Her delicate and beautiful face was filled with despair as she prepared to perish together, unleashing the forbidden power of her armor. She was willing to sacrifice herself alive, detonating her armor to revive ancient Buddhist blood and bring back remnants of Heavenly Immortal souls, all to use them to kill this enemy.

Chu Feng activated the stone jar, using it to rampage and constantly smash into her armor. As a result, one ancient Great Buddha after another became fearful and retreated. That group of immortal figures trembled, and their forms became blurred.

“What kind of artifact is this? How can it be like this?!” the silver-haired woman shrieked, utterly desperate and losing all hope. Even her last resort, a mutually assured destruction where she desperately tried to take her opponent with her, wouldn’t work. Was she going to fail just the same?

She was pierced by Chu Feng’s punch, and then struck on the temple. Her entire body crashed down, finally disintegrating as blood flowed profusely, dying an unnatural death.

The other person roared, soaring through the sky and frantically activating wondrous techniques, but all of them were blocked by Chu Feng’s Seven Treasures Wondrous Technique, and he was also blasted down. The Vajra Ring struck fiercely, smashing onto his body. Armor fragments flew off, accompanied by gushing blood.

Chu Feng delivered the killing blow with all his might. It didn’t take long before this person also died, slain by him on the ground, his blood spreading far. In this area, abundant life essence surged and Dao patterns condensed. Just as Chu Feng had said earlier, “the meat rots in the pot”; the true blood prepared by the three, and their own selves, were all treated as sacrifices.

The Eight Trigrams diagram rotated. Chu Feng, carrying the massive sacrifice of blood essence and the three sets of armor, returned to the Eight Trigrams diagram and sat down again, beginning his seclusion. Fierce flames leaped, and divine fire surged, with all sorts of Dao symbols densely packed and pulsating throughout the entire stone furnace. They rushed towards the Eight Trigrams diagram, engulfing Chu Feng. He was transforming, undergoing Nirvana. His energy was compressed, various runes flowed within his flesh and blood, and unfathomable mysterious symbols condensed on his bones.

This was the stone furnace, where eight kinds of fiery lights burned the sky, forging creatures within its depths. It was meant to temper them a thousand times, refine them a hundred times, and reshape their very being. This was an opportunity, but also a form of torture and ruthless slaughter! Because ninety-nine percent of those who entered would die. How many have managed to leave alive since ancient times? Even the Fire Spirit clan residing in the Pure Grand Forbidden Land dared not come here to refine their bodies, which shows how demonic this place was.

Chu Feng’s body shrank significantly, suppressed; not only did his flesh and blood crack, but even his bones were burned through. This was the most terrifying and painful torture. He watched with his own eyes as his body became riddled with holes from the burning, his heart developed large holes from the heat, and blood flowed profusely. Even his soul light was burned out of his body, covered in cracks. This was a desperate situation of death! Enduring it, breaking through it, and succeeding was Chu Feng’s conviction. Having come this far, he did not want to die halfway in the stone furnace; to fail at the last hurdle would be too regrettable, leaving him with lifelong regrets.

The stone furnace roared, emitting a dazzling light accompanied by chaotic thunder and destructive energy. Chu Feng’s body and soul were almost completely dispersed, utterly shattered!

However, at the last moment, the stone furnace once again gushed forth brilliant light, and endless vital energy filled it, replacing the violent energies and auras.

“Hmm?!”

Chu Feng was startled, as he immediately revived; both his physical body and soul light were rapidly recovering.

“This is normal,” Chu Feng murmured. “This is the true Supreme Eight Trigrams Furnace, with life and death, refinement and nourishment. Mountains and rivers nourish my body, true fire refines my soul!” Chu Feng muttered to himself, feeling that this was the right path. There was destruction and creation. Only with such repeated tempering could one forge an unbeatable body, offering a sliver of hope to reshape an indestructible body even in a near-death experience.

Chu Feng was now above the God realm. After being tempered and compressed, he had undergone one Nirvana, reaching a state beyond the God position. Of course, to be precise, he was at the God General level, between the God and God King tiers. If further subdivided, there was a God General attainment, which he instantly recognized.

Not far away, the Vajra Ring floated, seemingly also undergoing Nirvana and evolving. It absorbed the essence of the mother gold from the three armors and the spirituality of Buddhist essence and Heavenly Immortal blood, becoming increasingly ancient and simple, possessing a feeling of contained Dao rhythm, as if naturally formed. Chu Feng felt that if he were to directly throw the Vajra Ring, it could pierce through the firmament and kill various quasi-Heavenly Venerates. This secret treasure was becoming increasingly powerful and unfathomable.

“It’s still not enough!”

He wanted to continue, absorbing the creation of this place to undergo Nirvana.

After more than half a day, changes occurred again in the stone furnace. Chu Feng was almost burned to ashes, and then his body was half-disintegrated. Finally, the stone furnace once again sprayed brilliant light, and vitality permeated the air. This time, Chu Feng underwent Nirvana, reaching the God level. His apparent realm decreased, but his actual strength did not diminish, and his Dao Fruit further condensed. In a sense, his potential increased. If he were to recover to the God King realm, how much stronger would he be?

“There are quite a few sacrifices here,” he mused. “The true blood prepared by the five people is too special. After undergoing Nirvana here, I can still return to the God King level. At that time, will I still be considered a Great God King?”

Chu Feng had doubts. Great God King was the ultimate point of the God King level. After this Nirvana, which involved compressing his own potential and condensing his Dao Fruit before returning, what would he be called once he broke through that ceiling?

After one night, Chu Feng’s whole body glowed with golden light, then disintegrated with a crash. His head separated, bones scattered, flesh and blood peeled off and fell to the ground, and his soul light shattered into pieces; he had practically stepped into death. However, he finally endured it. At that final moment, brilliant colorful light reappeared, vitality nourished him, and the time for mountains and rivers to nourish his body had arrived once more. He was undergoing Nirvana; his Dao Fruit was compressed to the Reflection Realm! His physical body recovered, and after his soul light transformed, his entire body was intact and full of essence, qi, and spirit. The moment he opened his eyes, golden light shot out in all directions, and his fiery eyes emitted continuous streams of runes, an astonishingly terrifying sight.

Was this considered perfection?!

Chu Feng successfully tempered himself down from the Great God King realm, his Dao Fruit condensing to the Reflection level. His entire body’s blood energy was like a rainbow, condensed to the extreme. His golden blood was about to transform, ready to achieve the third transformation of the Human King. In the first transformation of the Human King, he had blue blood. In the second, he had golden blood. What would happen in the third transformation?! Both his physical body and soul light were strong to the extreme; to evolve further, they needed to become even stronger!

At the same time, his eyes were terrifyingly boundless; as they opened and closed, Dao patterns flashed and golden symbols densely covered them, so powerful that his gaze alone could kill enemies!

Meanwhile, the Vajra Ring floated, having completely absorbed the essence of several armors.

Chu Feng stood up and walked around in the stone furnace. At this point, he could no longer compress his Dao Fruit; he had reached the absolute limit.

“The Vajra Ring is even stronger,” he thought. “Can it injure a Heavenly Venerate?!” He was very surprised; this secret treasure had grown with him, and for the weapon to be this strong, he himself should also possess such power.

Chu Feng searched the area, observing carefully. After all, too many powerful individuals had come here since ancient times, all disbelieving in evil and seeking Nirvana. Perhaps they had left some traces. Indeed, he saw individual stone carvings. Those who could leave messages here were absolutely figures who shone in ancient history; only such individuals could leave indestructible engravings. Some people expressed regret, others sorrow, because they had all failed. There were also curses from madmen and various deductions from fanatics, who believed this place to be inauspicious and utterly unsuitable for Nirvana.

At the same time, Chu Feng saw a special record: “I wish to become an Eternal King!”

Looking closely, Chu Feng realized something: in theoretical deductions, perhaps an Eternal King existed beyond the Great God King realm! But whether one could truly reach that step, there were no known instances; no one knew if it existed, and many people believed it was unattainable. Some speculated that perhaps individual mutations occurred, and one or two beings had succeeded in the ancient river of time, but they had hidden the truth without revealing themselves.

“I wish to become an Eternal King!” Chu Feng whispered, his eyes sparkling and his expression growing increasingly firm. An Eternal King, perhaps able to kill a Heavenly Venerate! This was his conjecture; otherwise, why would it be like this, why would it be so special?!

Chu Feng attempted to recover to the God King attainment here, to see if he could then achieve the Eternal King realm!

A strange sound came. At the bottom of the stone furnace, a faint fire light flickered, but Chu Feng felt his hair stand on end, a shiver running through him.

“Legend says, the Supreme Eight Trigrams Furnace nurtures the supreme fire from beyond the thirty-three heavens. Is it true? Is it about to come out?!”

Chu Feng was surprised and prepared himself for battle. Furthermore, he immediately brought out the Vajra Ring. If this fire truly existed, he would naturally temper his weapon with it. At the same time, he took out a purple-gold furnace he had previously stored, preparing to use it as nourishment for the Vajra Ring. This was a replica of the Human King Furnace from the Yuan Clan; to be precise, it was refined from scraps of the genuine Human King Furnace, but it was genuine Purple Mansion Mother Gold!

A rustling sound came as a dim fire light flickered, about to burst out completely!

At this moment, the stone jar actually moved, emitting a crystalline luster. This greatly astonished Chu Feng. What exactly was it, what kind of fire, that was about to emerge?