abnabooks Chapter 455 Luo Feng's Shock
Chapter 455 Luo Feng's Shock
Chapter 455 Luo Feng's Shock
Chen Yuan's main goal now is to make a final push toward achieving 90,000 times the gene strength.
Following the optimized research methods, he will not be stuck at this bottleneck like Luo Feng in the original novel.
As long as you put in the effort, the bottleneck will be broken sooner or later; it's just a matter of time.
And indeed, this was the case. Not long after Chen Yuan officially began his research, he had already anticipated this outcome.
In a few hundred years or a thousand years, he will surely be able to break through this barrier and achieve an infinite divine body!
Yes, only a thousand years, such a short time even surprised him.
Compared to those cultivators who have been stuck for trillions of epochs without making any progress, a mere thousand years is hardly a hurdle; it's just a necessary part of the journey of cultivation.
For normal cultivators, it's common to stagnate in cultivation for tens of thousands of epochs. On the contrary, Chen Yuan's achievement in less than an epoch is truly extraordinary.
"This is all thanks to extradimensional life forms."
Chen Yuan couldn't help but sigh. If Ireil hadn't discovered the existence of the other-dimensional universe, he probably would have had to study for tens of thousands of epochs before he could hope to achieve an infinite divine body, just as described in the inheritance.
But now—with the help of numerous alien life forms, he has stood before the gates of the Infinite Divine Body in just over five thousand years.
Even from the time he began researching the path of divine power, only about an era had passed.
The idea of cultivating to 89999 times the genetic potential from scratch in just one era is unbelievable no matter where you look at it.
Even the geniuses of the Origin Continent could not accomplish this feat in such a short time.
Because one era in the cosmic sea is only equivalent to one day on the origin continent!
Of course, in terms of physical perception, one day on the Origin Continent is equivalent to one year in the Cosmic Sea. However, the time flow rates of these two dimensions are not the same, with time in the Cosmic Sea being 10081 times faster than that on the Origin Continent.
Even disregarding the influence of time flow, Chen Yuan's cultivation speed is already astonishingly fast.
After all, that is the infinite divine body that countless people pursue, and it can even maintain a certain advantage all the way up to the God King realm!
"If I stand before the gate of the Infinite Divine Body for an entire era, or even a thousand years, I will definitely be able to break through to the next realm. This speed is unmatched."
"This kind of efficiency would probably leave Mr. Zuoshanke speechless with astonishment."
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but smile.
Even someone as knowledgeable as him as he was about to be shocked by his own cultivation speed. Even if Master Zuoshanke was a reincarnation of a god-king, he probably had never encountered such a situation before.
"Go into seclusion!"
After regaining his composure and giving instructions to Irene, Chen Yuan immediately cut off all contact with the outside world, preparing to concentrate on his final sprint.
Just as Chen Yuan went into seclusion again, Luo Feng, far away in the Beast God Realm, was also at a critical moment in his cultivation.
Within the Beast God Realm.
"Unbeknownst to us, more than a hundred million years have passed."
Luo Feng, sitting cross-legged on the back of the Golden Beast God statue, looked at the scenery around him that he was all too familiar with and couldn't help but sigh.
This was the first time he had cultivated for such a long time.
Before entering the Beast God Realm, Luo Feng had only cultivated for less than four thousand years. Even with the accelerated time in the Nine Prisons Tower, it was only a few tens of thousands of years.
The reason he cultivated so quickly was mainly due to Chen Yuan's help.
Whether it was the time acceleration effect of the Nine Prisons Tower or the various aids from the cultivation space later on, Luo Feng's cultivation was accelerated time and time again.
As a result, when he entered the Beast God Realm, it was nearly 100,000 years earlier than in the original story, so Luo Feng's mind had not yet undergone the tempering of a long period of time.
Of course, in the hundred million years he spent in the Beast God Realm, he had experienced all kinds of trials and tribulations.
At this moment, Luo Feng is no less capable than he was in the original story during the Beast God Realm period, whether in terms of his understanding of laws, mastery of secret patterns, or mental will. In fact, he may even be slightly superior.
After all, in the original story, Luo Feng entered the Beast God Realm not long after breaking through to Immortality, and he didn't even have time to improve his laws.
However, Luo Feng, although he also entered the realm right after breaking through to immortality, had already cultivated the Law of Space to the twentieth level during his time as a Realm Lord, and was only one step away from becoming a Universe Venerable!
Compared to the original eighteen-layered rules, Luo Feng now has a better foundation, so he spends less time studying the secret runes than he did in the original work.
Of course, whether it's the eighteenth or twentieth layer of laws, facing the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, one's foundation is definitely insufficient. Luo Feng still needs to painstakingly study the secret pattern school.
Now, a hundred million years later, Luo Feng can now create ultimate secret techniques of the Universe Venerable with ease, and occasionally, when inspiration strikes, he can also create peak secret techniques of the Universe Lord.
Even when he was at his luckiest, the secret techniques he created were only average at the peak level, let alone at the ultimate level, where the gap was still huge.
"Teacher Zuoshanke really thinks highly of me, allowing me to create the ultimate secret method of the universe master with an immortal body. That's a goal that humans can achieve."
Luo Feng shook his head helplessly. Only those who have actually tried it can understand the difficulty involved.
"Also, I entered the Beast God Realm because Chen Yuan asked me to go to the Craftsman God Star, which shows that the Craftsman God actually knows Chen Yuan."
"Chen Yuan—it is said that during his time as a Realm Lord, he entered a mysterious region and cultivated for two million years. Could this mysterious region be the Beast God Realm?"
Over the past 100 million years, Luo Feng has pondered this question countless times.
After all, places with ten thousand times the time acceleration are too few, and small universes are the most likely. In addition, the matter of the God of Craftsman Star makes it hard for him not to suspect that the place where Chen Yuan went into seclusion back then was the Beast God Realm.
That's precisely why he found it even harder to believe this guess.
"If it was arranged by Master Zuoshanke, then Chen Yuan must have undergone some kind of assessment when he entered the Beast God Realm to cultivate. And it is highly likely that it was similar to mine, both of them using the secret method of creating the universe master."
"But I entered after achieving immortality, so my teacher required me to create the ultimate secret technique of the universe master. Chen Yuan entered during the realm master era, so perhaps the requirements are lower; he only needs to create a peak secret technique?"
"But for a World Lord to create a peak secret technique of the Universe Lord in just two million years is too exaggerated."
Luo Feng recalled the process of creating the secret technique. It had been 67 million years since he entered the Beast God Realm. Only then did he accidentally create the first secret technique at the level of a universe master.
"Lord of the Realm, two million years."
"Immortal, for 67 million years."
Luo Feng murmured to himself, "How can I believe such a huge gap?"
It should be noted that Chen Yuan's understanding of the laws during his time as a Realm Lord could not possibly be higher than his; at most, they were both at the twentieth level of the Bridge to Heaven.
In other words, Chen Yuan's talent for creating secret techniques is more than thirty times that of his own? This gap makes him feel suffocated just thinking about it, which is why he repeatedly rejects this conjecture.
Only by not thinking about these things can he concentrate on creating the secret techniques.
Even so, hundreds of millions of years of continuous research have left Luo Feng physically and mentally exhausted.
He has been studying secret runes for years and has hardly had any rest.
"This feels like it will never end—"
Luo Feng simply lay down on the back of the Golden Beast God statue. Years of research had made his attention too tense, and at this moment he just wanted to relax and soothe his mind.
Anyway, he sees no hope of completing the assessment in the short term. Perhaps a good night's sleep and relaxation will have a miraculous effect.
Otherwise, even if he were immortal, with hundreds of millions of years of focused cultivation, his body might be able to withstand it, but his mind might not be able to.
Adequate rest is actually a way to regulate the mind and helps with better practice later on.
And so, Luo Feng lay down on the statue and quickly fell asleep.
The first relaxation in a hundred million years brought him complete peace of mind, and he seemed to resonate with the statue beneath him.
Luo Feng felt like he was having a dream, in which he transformed into a giant golden beast, roaming, fighting, and slaughtering freely in the universe.
Beyond the Beast God Realm lies the Primordial Divine Mountain.
"Huh." The Star Ancestor, who was sitting atop the mountain drinking tea, suddenly paused, his eyes lighting up: "This kid—in just a hundred million years of cultivation, he actually stumbled upon the Heart of the Beast God."
"This talent, although far inferior to that little Yuan Chu Lord Chen Yuan, is a freak and can be completely disregarded."
"Besides, even looking at the history of the primordial universe, Luo Feng's talent is among the top tier."
"What, are you tempted?" the mountain dweller said with a chuckle.
"Of course." The Star Ancestor turned around. "Although Luo Feng is your disciple, one of his avatars is a Golden Horned Beast, which is naturally destined to be associated with my Star Beast Clan."
"Moreover, being able to comprehend the heart of the Beast God means that he is guaranteed to become the master of the universe in the future."
"Not to mention that Luo Feng is from the same hometown as the Primordial Lord—with that person's help, I wouldn't be surprised if Luo Feng could become a true god."
As he spoke, the Star Ancestor revealed an envious look in his eyes: "Mountain Guest, you old fellow are really lucky. You were able to choose a genius of this caliber, not to mention you also got the strongest person in the Universe Sea for free."
"Haha, it's all a coincidence." The Mountain Guest grinned, still feeling most fortunate about his decision to take Chen Yuan in as a disciple.
Especially after he learned about Chen Yuan's progress in researching the Infinite Divine Body, he felt even more hopeful that a genius who had cultivated the Infinite Divine Body would be at the top level even in the Origin Continent.
Not to mention that Chen Yuan has an advantage: after entering the cycle of reincarnation, he has the hope of possessing the original universe!
If this succeeds, it means that his disciple will at least become a God-King in the future. If he joins forces with him, perhaps tens of thousands of years later, he will really have a chance to take revenge and kill the three rulers of the Food Kingdom!
Just then, Zuoshanke suddenly received a message from Chen Yuan, which was a message that Chen Yuan sent to some important people after deciding to go into seclusion to make a final push.
After reading the information, he was immediately stunned: "Chen Yuan has already reached 89999 times his genetic potential? Is he preparing to go into seclusion to strive for 90,000 times?"
"What's going on? Didn't you say in the last contact that you had just broken through to the second level, and that the Infinite Divine Body requires tens of thousands of epochs of research?"
His eyes were filled with disbelief: "Let alone tens of thousands of epochs, only a few thousand years have passed!"
"How did he do that? That's an Infinite Divine Body!"
He had never even heard of such a speed, let alone seen it with his own eyes.
You should know that even if the Mountain Dweller chose to reincarnate back to the Origin Continent to start over and walk the path of the Infinite Divine Body again, he would not be confident that he could complete it in such a short time!
"This little guy has only been researching the path of divine power for a full era, which is only a day on the Origin Continent."
"Standing before the gate of the Infinite Divine Body in a single day? Forget about a reincarnated God-King, even a reincarnated God-King at the ultimate level might not be able to achieve that speed."
The mountain dweller swallowed hard. He had a premonition that his cheap apprentice's talent was even greater than he had imagined.
"Does this mean that Chen Yuan can kill the Heavenly Kun Kingdom Lord and the others on his own, without having to wait hundreds of millions of years?"
He had never imagined this result, because it was too outrageous.
The Mountain Guest's initial plan was to train his two disciples to become God Kings, and once they had accumulated enough strength, the three of them would take revenge on the Food Kingdom together.
In his mind, as long as one of his disciples could reach the second level of the God King realm, then they would still have a chance to kill the Heavenly Kun Kingdom Lord in a three-on-three battle.
But after witnessing Chen Yuan's cultivation speed, this idea was instantly shattered!
The Mountain-Sitting Guest dared not even imagine how many eras his disciple would need to cultivate to become a God-King—thousands? Hundreds? Or—dozens?
Shaking his head inwardly, the Mountain Dweller thought to himself that his guesses were becoming increasingly outrageous.
After all, becoming a god-king after several thousand epochs is understandable, and even several hundred epochs is not impossible, but he dares to think of something as unbelievable as several dozen epochs.
To put it another way, even a God-King at the ultimate realm wouldn't be guaranteed to return to the first level of the God-King realm within a few dozen epochs, let alone someone who starts cultivating from scratch.
"Forget it, I'll stop thinking about him for now. The more I think about him, the harder it is for me to calm down."
The Mountain Guest took a deep breath and decided to focus his energy on nurturing Luo Feng. With his abilities, it was difficult for him to continue interfering with Chen Yuan's cultivation. He could only let him grow freely and hope that the other party would bring him surprises.
"Old Zuo, what's wrong? You've been spacing out for so long?"
"The progenitor of the starry sky asked curiously."
"It's nothing, Chen Yuan just said he's going into seclusion." The Mountain-Sitting Guest shook his head slightly, then gave his old friend a strange look: "Also, what's this 'Old Sitting' thing? Don't you always call me by my name?"
"Hehe, you're now the teacher of the Primordial Lord, I was just trying to address you more affectionately." The Starry Sky Ancestor chuckled.
"————" Sitting Mountain Guest shook his head helplessly. He wondered if it was because of the Star Ancestor's accent, but he always felt that the other party addressed him as "Lao Zuo".
Where is he imprisoned?
The Mountain-Sitting Guest decided to put those thoughts aside and get back to the main topic: "Old Beast God, you just said that Luo Feng has already comprehended the Heart of the Beast God?"
"Indeed." The Starry Sky Ancestor nodded and sighed, "Being able to comprehend the Heart of the Beast God means that Luo Feng's understanding of the Path of the Beast God is already extremely profound."
"In my opinion, this kid is not far from creating the ultimate secret technique, at most two or three thousand years from now."
The two or three thousand years he mentioned naturally refers to the outside world, that is, the realm of beast gods, spanning twenty or thirty million years.
This world may seem extremely long, but for the ultimate secret method of the creator of the universe, it is terrifyingly short. Even the true creator of the universe might not be able to do it.
The Mountain Guest was well aware of this, but after receiving Chen Yuan's message, he suddenly had a new idea.
"Old Beast God, I'll trouble you to make another trip after Luo Feng wakes up."
"What is this?" The Star Ancestor took a scroll that the Mountain Guest threw to him. The contents of the scroll were not hidden, so he recognized it at a glance.
"This is—the secret technique created by the Primordial Lord, the Great Annihilation?"
After examining the runes on the scroll, the Star Ancestor raised his head: "You want Luo Feng to refer to these runes?"
"Yes." The Mountain Guest nodded and sighed, "Luo Feng probably doesn't know that Chen Yuan also came here back then, or rather, it hasn't been confirmed yet."
"Now that he has achieved the most crucial breakthrough, I hope that this apprentice can perform even better."
"So you're having him refer to Chen Yuan's strongest secret technique from back then?" The Starry Sky Ancestor's expression was strange. "You don't want him to create his own strongest secret technique, do you?"
"That's not the case," the Mountain Guest chuckled. "It's just that I feel that the Great Destruction created by Chen Yuan does indeed gather the essence of the secret patterns of the Beast God Realm, which may have a new impact on Luo Feng."
"Don't underestimate my little disciple. Although his talent is not as good as Chen Yuan's, he has never disappointed me. He is the type who gets stronger the more he fights."
"Moreover, Luo Feng has always taken Chen Yuan as his role model. I hope that after seeing this scroll, he can strengthen his resolve and strive to catch up."
He smiled slightly: "Perhaps it will bring us a surprise?"
"Alright, he's your disciple anyway." The Star Ancestor hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "I will do as you said and bring this scroll to him."
"Hopefully, Luo Feng can maintain his composure after learning the origin of this secret technique."
"I believe him." The mountain hermit said calmly, because compared to Chen Yuan, he had indeed had the most contact with Luo Feng and knew everything about this young disciple.
Thus, in the Beast God Realm, when Luo Feng awoke again, a thousand years had passed.
"Mmm—I slept so well."
Luo Feng opened his eyes, still savoring the feeling from just now: "Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly? Did I become the Golden Beast God in a dream?"
"Is it related to me sleeping while lying on the statue?" he wondered.
Just then, a dark cloud appeared on the horizon, causing Luo Feng's eyes to widen in surprise.
Because he had a very deep impression of that cloud; it was the incarnation of the primordial star!
"How could the Primordial Ancestor of the Stars have suddenly appeared?"
Luo Feng stared intently at the dark clouds, secretly wondering, "Could it be related to the dream I just had?"
"If I remember correctly, my state in the dream was probably due to my understanding of the 'Heart of the Beast God.'"
Could it be that because I comprehended the Heart of the Beast God, Master Zuoshanke decided to end my assessment early?
Thinking of this, Luo Feng couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.
There was no way around it. Although the Beast God Realm was nice, he would get tired of it after staying there for a hundred million years. Not to mention that he had already mastered most of the secret patterns here, and he could still comprehend the secret pattern diagrams even if he left the Beast God Realm.
As for the 10,000-fold time acceleration—actually, it's the same in the cultivation space of the virtual universe, there's no difference.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. When the dark clouds descended, the Star Ancestor brought him not the news that the assessment was over, but a scroll.
"Congratulations on comprehending the Heart of the Beast God." The Starry Sky Ancestor smiled. "This scroll is a gift from your teacher, who hoped you would study it carefully."
"Gift?"
Hearing that it wasn't news of leaving, Luo Feng was somewhat disappointed, but even more curious about what the gift was, so he immediately opened the scroll to take a look.
Secret Mark!
Looking around, the scroll is filled with dazzling secret patterns!
"This." Luo Feng blinked. The secret runes looked incredibly intricate at first glance, so much so that his mind went blank for a moment.
But when he came to his senses and studied them carefully, he found that these patterns revealed a strange feeling, yet were also somewhat familiar.
"Right, it's the innate secret technique, 'I Am the Universe'!"
Luo Feng suddenly widened his eyes: "The secret techniques recorded on this scroll are no less than my level of 'Universe'!"
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"This is no longer at the level of the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, but rather the strongest secret technique above it!"
What he couldn't understand was why his teacher would introduce a new secret scroll when he already had "I am the universe" as a reference.
As for this question, the Star Ancestor also answered: "It's actually very simple. The owner of this secret technique is your senior brother Chen Yuan. This is the culmination of his two million years of studying secret runes in the Beast God Realm."
"Your teacher asked me to bring this scroll to you, hoping that you can build upon it and forge your own path."
"What?!" Upon hearing this, Luo Feng's eyes widened immediately: "You're saying this secret technique was created by Chen Yuan during his time as a Realm Lord?"
The Primordial Ancestor of the Stars nodded.