Chapter 436 : Volume Twelve: Over Two Hundred Thousand Eras
Chapter 436: Volume Twelve: Over Two Hundred Thousand Eras
Previously, while exploring the Land of Fluctuations with Lord Moman, Luo Feng had once perceived the Endless Primordial Space from the perspective of fluctuations. At this moment, from the perspective of the Abyss of Destruction, his perception of the Endless Primordial Space changed once again.
The Abyss of Destruction, the Eternal Land, and the Wall of the Fire Prison were the three great pillars of the Endless Primordial Space! Not a single one could be missing.
“The Abyss of Destruction and the Wall of the Fire Prison aren’t opposed in any way, but instead cooperate perfectly?”
Luo Feng could sense it.
The Wall of the Fire Prison could be described as radiating an inexhaustible amount of energy throughout the Endless Primordial Space, allowing countless living beings to grow and all kinds of resources to be nurtured and born.
The Eternal Land was like an anchor that stabilized the entire Endless Primordial Space.
The Abyss of Destruction devoured everything harmful to the Endless Primordial Space. It was as though it were ‘clearing away garbage’.
All three existed so that the Endless Primordial Space could continue to exist eternally.
“I can sense that, aside from devouring the most intense Negative Mental Power, the Abyss of Destruction’s most crucial responsibility is…… destruction!” Luo Feng could vaguely sense that the entire Abyss of Destruction had constantly been accumulating power, “When the burden caused by the number of living beings affects the stability of the Endless Primordial Space! The Abyss of Destruction may erupt with the might it has accumulated over endless years, creating a great calamity that will sweep across the entire Endless Primordial Space.”
“When that happens, probably ninety-nine percent of the Innate Primordial Lifeforms will die. Among the Ancestors, more than half of those who haven’t reached the ‘undying and indestructible’ level will probably die as well.”
“Even if the Source Worlds are sufficiently resilient, more than half will probably still be destroyed.”
Luo Feng could vaguely perceive it.
That was a form of self-cleansing by the Endless Primordial Space!
Of course, it would only do this when the burden became extremely great! Since the birth of the Endless Primordial Space, there had never been a single massive eruption of destruction.
“Once an ‘Controller of the Abyss of Destruction’ appears, the Endless Primordial Space can be cleansed with precision.” Luo Feng understood this point.
If the power accumulated by the Abyss of Destruction erupted all at once, it would be far too terrifying, indiscriminately destroying friend and foe alike.
Once it had a master, as the controller, that master could only borrow a portion of its power while far away from the Abyss of Destruction, so the destructive power would be much weaker. As long as the controller did not wish to see ‘indiscriminate mass destruction’, the controller would naturally cleanse the Endless Primordial Space periodically.
“Releasing all the power accumulated by the Abyss of Destruction in a single eruption would also severely damage the Abyss of Destruction itself.”
“So having a controller actively carry out the cleansing would greatly benefit both the Abyss of Destruction and the Endless Primordial Space.”
“Because ‘controlling the Abyss of Destruction’ is too difficult, there are multiple candidates, and I’m one of them.” Luo Feng realized this. The Abyss of Destruction’s power was divided into Seven Portions of Power, meaning there could be at most seven candidates.
The candidates could also ‘periodically cleanse’ the Endless Primordial Space.
As for those even weaker?
The Abyss of Destruction would not even consider them. With that level of strength, they were not qualified to ‘periodically cleanse’ the Endless Primordial Space.
“As candidates, we all face challenges as well.”
He had taken control of the thirty-fourth layer of the World of Destruction, but the other Ancestors and Lords could fight their way down layer by layer as long as they were strong enough! If they defeated him and the World Envoy working together on the thirty-fourth layer, they could similarly seize control of the thirty-fourth layer and obtain the right to ‘control the World of Destruction’.
“The one who occupies it first has an advantage. Defeat me and the World Envoy working together?” Luo Feng smiled.
Only after obtaining the weapon had Luo Feng been able to break free of the World Envoy’s obstruction.
Only after controlling the World of Destruction could Luo Feng be considered completely superior to the World Envoy.
Those who came later……
Would have to face the World Envoy and Luo Feng, the controller of the World of Destruction, working together. The difficulty was far greater.
“Unfortunately, I can’t expel some hostile Ancestors from the World of Destruction.” Luo Feng thought. Although he controlled the World of Destruction, in reality, he had merely left his imprint upon the ‘Shadow of the Origin’ of the thirty-fourth layer of the World of Destruction. And the Shadow of the Origin…… was merely a sliver of power separated from the core origin of the Abyss of Destruction.
His authority had been granted by the Abyss of Destruction.
Only on the day he refined the core of the ‘Abyss of Destruction’ could he truly be considered the master of the Abyss of Destruction.
“After me, those closest to me in strength are only on the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh layers of the Abyss of Destruction. The gap between us is very large.” Luo Feng did not feel much pressure.
Of course, after learning the secrets of the Abyss of Destruction, Luo Feng also decided that even if he obtained another Fruit of Destruction in the future, he could not possibly give it to Shazhou.
Shazhou had obtained two Fruits of Destruction and evolved to her current level of strength. What if he gave her another one and caused the evolution of her Life Core to undergo a qualitative transformation? He could not deliberately cultivate an opponent for himself.
Moreover, was Shazhou’s promise necessarily trustworthy? If she broke her promise, what could he do?
It was hardly uncommon for Ancestors to break their promises and turn against one another.
Yuan had once been so close with Shazhou and Icepeak Ancestor, yet later, hadn’t Icepeak’s faction taken advantage of the ‘war between the Innate Primordial Lifeform faction and the Cultivator faction’ to occupy more than a hundred World Clusters belonging to the Cultivator faction? When Wugu Ancestor and the Three Emperors of Wind-Thunder Sea plundered and slaughtered, hadn’t Icepeak Ancestor and the others tacitly permitted it? Even recovering their territory had required the eight Lords to threaten war before Icepeak Ancestor and the others finally returned it.
All promises and friendships could become jokes in the face of time and factional interests.
“When a mountain is relied upon, it may collapse; when a person is relied upon, they may leave. The most trustworthy thing is still one’s own strength!” Luo Feng said silently.
At the very bottom of the Abyss of Destruction.
On this land condensed from endless resentment and hatred, a Cave Dwelling appeared. Inside the Cave Dwelling, one of Luo Feng’s clones lived here permanently, continuously perceiving the fluctuations of power within the Abyss of Destruction.
……
The future contained countless possibilities, giving rise to countless timelines.
Some of these timelines would collapse, while others would continue onward.
Lord Starlight had numerous clones walking through many timelines, observing the various possibilities of the future. Whenever the world of a certain ‘future timeline’ suddenly collapsed, it meant that possibility had completely vanished.
“What’s going on?”
“This……”
While Lord Starlight’s numerous clones were observing the future, they suddenly discovered something astonishing.
“Why can’t I see Luo Feng in any of the future timelines?” Lord Starlight suddenly realized this. In every future timeline, Lord Luo Feng exerted an enormous influence, so he should have been appearing frequently.
“Before this, the only one I had difficulty observing was the Hermit. Now there’s also Luo Feng.” Lord Starlight had a conjecture, “There should be some special power concealing his traces.”
The Hermit’s true body was completely concealed.
Luo Feng was concealed as well.
“Luo Feng has recently been staying at the very bottom of the Abyss of Destruction. Could he have grasped some kind of power belonging to the Abyss of Destruction?” Lord Starlight speculated.
As a Mysterious Place of the highest level, even slight interference from the Abyss of Destruction’s power was enough to prevent Lord Starlight from observing him.
“Whatever the reason, he should have become stronger.” Lord Starlight smiled.
……
Not long afterward, Luo Feng left a piece of intelligence in the Land of Beginnings.
It contained more detailed information regarding the ‘Abyss of Destruction’.
Yuan, Jin, Wulan, Minghuang, Naigu, Starlight, and Moman all saw this intelligence.
“To control the Abyss of Destruction, one must pass seven trials. The difficulty is extraordinarily high.”
“The Abyss of Destruction’s power is also divided into Seven Portions of Power.”
“The surface Real World——the World of Destruction, contains one portion of power, which is currently under my control.”
“The inner Mental World——the Sea of Destruction, contains two portions of power.”
“The core ‘Mountain of Destruction’ contains three portions of power.”
“Upon passing the sixth trial, one can also obtain one portion of power. The remaining six portions of power currently have no masters, and their thresholds are unknown.”
Luo Feng shared the information he had discovered with the other Lords. If there were to be another candidate, Luo Feng hoped it would be one of the other Lords!
This intelligence also left the seven Lords rather shocked.
The eight Lords therefore gathered in the Land of Beginnings.
“Controlling the surface World of Destruction is relatively the easiest, yet even that requires fighting through all thirty-four layers of the World of Destruction.” Jin gently shook his head, “I’ve only occupied the thirteenth layer so far. Clearly, merely relying on a single Primordial-level Path isn’t enough for the Abyss of Destruction to even consider you.”
“Although I’ve mastered both the Primordial-level Paths of Life and Destruction, I’m still unimaginably far from ‘controlling the Abyss of Destruction’.” Luo Feng smiled, “Being able to control even one portion of the Abyss of Destruction’s power was already extremely fortunate.”
He still possessed the advantage of being the first to occupy it.
Those who came later, even if their strength were equal to his! It would still be extremely difficult for them to control even one portion of power.
“After all, it’s a Mysterious Place of the highest level.” Starlight said.
“After Luo Feng took control of the World of Destruction, his strength increased tremendously. I think our previous plan for expanding our territory was still too conservative.” Naigu said with a smile.
“Let’s wait for Yuan to break through first.” Minghuang said, “Then we can discuss it again.”
Luo Feng also nodded.
Yuan’s influence on the overall strength of the entire Cultivator faction was extremely significant. If Yuan’s ‘Path of Primordial Law Operation’ underwent another qualitative transformation, he could coordinate the strength of the eight Lords even more perfectly.
Their overall combat power would rise by another enormous margin.
At that time, his own plan could also proceed much more smoothly.
“We’ll wait for Brother Yuan to break through, then.” Luo Feng smiled.
“Soon, soon.” Yuan chuckled.
……
In the blink of an eye, over two hundred thousand eras had passed, and Yuan was still cultivating in seclusion.
For Yuan, over two hundred thousand eras was an extremely short cultivation period. For Luo Feng, the time he had spent cultivating from an Eternal True God to the ‘number one powerhouse of the Endless Primordial Space’ had not even amounted to twenty thousand eras.
Luo Feng’s home Source World.
The Origin Continent was now incomparably vast, containing a total of three hundred and sixty thousand Chaos States of varying sizes!
A True God’s lifespan was only thirty thousand eras. Over two hundred thousand eras…… was enough time for countless living beings to multiply throughout the Origin Continent, while many places that had once been desolate and remote now had numerous newly established cities.
In Zhenkan Chaos State, one of the three hundred and sixty thousand Chaos States, inside a restaurant in the main city.
The master of this Chaos State, ‘Marquis Zhenkan’, was enjoying fine food while everyone throughout the restaurant served him attentively.
“I really never imagined that I was merely following the rules of the Undying River of the Broken Eastern River lineage and leaving behind the inheritance as usual. Who would have thought…… the fate of all 192 generations of the Undying River of the Broken Eastern River lineage would change because of it.”
Even now, Marquis Zhenkan felt that he had truly encountered astonishing good fortune.
Including himself, all 192 generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River and the close loved ones they cared about had been resurrected! The Undying River of the Broken Eastern River lineage had always passed down through a single successor. Who could have imagined that all generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River would now live in the same era at the same time?
“Who could have imagined that the 193rd Undying River of the Broken Eastern River would be the great Lord Luo Feng? And I was even the one who left the inheritance for him.” Zhenkan could only feel that his luck was extraordinary.
Among the resurrected generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River, only the Third Ancestor and the 192nd ‘Undying River of the Broken Eastern River*Zhenkan’ received special treatment from Luo Feng! Strictly speaking, the inheritance left by the Third Ancestor had greatly helped Luo Feng, while the 192nd Undying River of the Broken Eastern River had bestowed upon him the grace of transmitting the Path.
The other generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River merely received some cultivation resources and would have to walk their own paths from then on.
Of course, even these ‘few resources’ had already left the successive generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River extremely excited.
The 192nd Undying River of the Broken Eastern River had been granted an entire Chaos State as his fief! On the present-day Origin Continent, even Divine Kings had to undergo multiple rounds of review before they might obtain a fief. With the aid of numerous resources, he had even stepped into the Chaos Realm.
The Third Ancestor, ‘Divine King Jueyi’, had not only received a fief but had also been granted a Cave Dwelling in the ‘Milky Way Capital’, as well as numerous precious resources.
“The Undying River of the Broken Eastern River lineage ends with Lord Luo Feng. So there will only ever be 193 generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River, never another.” Zhenkan thought.
He was the 192nd generation, Luo Feng was the 193rd, and there would be no successor afterward.
Although the other generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River were scattered throughout the Origin Continent, they ultimately belonged to the same lineage of inheritance. They would communicate with one another through messages and occasionally gather together, consciously maintaining this group. Over the course of more than two hundred thousand eras, five Divine Kings had emerged among the 192 generations of Undying River of the Broken Eastern River, and the Undying River of the Broken Eastern River lineage had also become a considerable force on the Origin Continent.