Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 317 Provoking Luo Feng
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In Jiang Ye's mansion in Chaos City, Jiang Ye, who had been sitting quietly on a futon with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.

"The guardian of the twenty-first floor truly lives up to its name. A single 'seal' technique is unimaginably powerful." Jiang Ye shook his head slightly, pondering to himself. If his willpower and consciousness hadn't been nurtured by the Xuanhuang Tower Beads, making him comparable to a Universe Venerable, and if he hadn't possessed a 50x amplification, he wouldn't have been able to break that attack. Clearly, the difficulty of the twenty-first floor is a hundred or even a thousand times greater than that of the twenty-first floor!
"If a King-level Immortal were to use spatial sealing, it could at most only prevent teleportation. But a sealing under the complete laws of space can suppress all my movements as if time has stopped!" Jiang Ye couldn't help but exclaim.

The complete laws of space can be roughly divided into three categories: "teleportation," "strangulation," and "blockade." The reason for this division is that the overall difficulty of cultivating the laws of space is extremely high; no one can comprehend them directly in one go. Therefore, one can only take a step back and study them gradually by category.

However, these three are actually different aspects of the complete spatial law. Only by combining them can the true complete spatial law be revealed, at which point its power will undergo a tremendous qualitative change.

To unleash the "seal" technique using the complete laws of space—that is a true lockdown! It can seal not only space, but also consciousness and the body.

The difference between a Cosmic Venerable and an Immortal Powerhouse may seem to be only a step, but the gap between them is like an insurmountable chasm.

With his complete understanding of spatial laws, the Universe Venerable could easily deal with those immortal gods with just the word "seal." This suppressive power was hundreds of times more exaggerated than an immortal powerhouse suppressing a World Lord's world projection with his immortal domain.

In short, understanding only one category is no less than a hundred or a thousand times less effective than mastering the complete laws of space.

Of course, the reason why the difference between the Cosmic Venerable and the Immortal is the most significant between the two realms is not only because of this.

In terms of their understanding of the laws, the two are vastly different, and the difference in their divine bodies is equally astonishing.

Humans who achieve immortality and attain kingship can condense a stable and powerful divine body, roughly equivalent to 10 times the power of a realm lord, based on their own understanding of the laws.

However, once one advances to become a Universe Venerable, with the help of the complete laws of space, the divine body that can be condensed... far surpasses the divine body condensed by the Immortal.

The difference in divine physique alone is like heaven and earth, not to mention the vast difference in comprehension of laws, soul amplitude, advancement in genetic life level, divine physique amplitude, precious treasures, secret techniques, and many other aspects. These factors, combined, naturally create a gap between cosmic venerables and immortals that resembles an insurmountable chasm.

Of course, there are always exceptions. In this vast universe, there is never a shortage of exceptionally talented geniuses.

Special figures like the Seven Sword Kings and the True Evolution King, with their powerful treasures, might surpass ordinary Universe Venerables. They also created even more exquisite and powerful secret techniques, coupled with various special encounters... thus qualifying them to join the ranks of invincible kings, even managing to escape from Universe Venerables by sheer luck. But they can only barely survive.

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"Yes, Ninth Senior Brother."

"clear."

"Oh."

"Ah."

In the primitive region of Rain Mountain in the virtual universe, within Luo Feng's manor training grounds, Venerable Golden Axe was meticulously instructing Luo Feng. Luo Feng, who had been holding back for ten years, now eagerly bombarded Luo Feng with questions.

Golden Axe Venerable, as a disciple of the Chaos City Lord, has accumulated strength over countless years and received personal instruction from the Chaos City Lord. His strength is in no way inferior to that of Fire Erosion Venerable, and may even surpass it.

His guidance to Luo Feng was, of course, insightful and easy to understand, making Luo Feng see the light and sometimes so excited that he beamed with joy.

The lecture lasted for three whole days, and it was only after three days that Venerable Golden Axe departed gracefully.

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Luo Feng sat cross-legged in meditation, his aura gradually receding. Before long, numerous phantom images of scales began to appear on his body. In a trance, a faint phantom image of a one-horned lizard enveloped his body like a thin veil—this was the mysterious phantom image of the Beast God.

"boom"

Luo Feng suddenly opened his eyes, and two beams of divine light, as solid as tangible objects, shot out, faintly revealing a domineering intent that chilled people to the bone.

"The Seven Transformations of the Divine Derivation," also known as "The Seven Kills of the Beast God," is a mysterious manual that pursues cultivation to the point of being able to transform into a beast god. Legend has it that when one cultivates to the seventh level, one can directly transform into a majestic beast god.

However, this seventh layer currently exists only in imagination and speculation, and no one has yet successfully created it.

At this moment, Luo Feng already possessed a faint aura of the Beast God, which was fully revealed...

overbearing!

Fierce!

Unbeknownst to many, 188 years (in the initial universe) have passed since the Lord of Chaos City accepted Luo Feng as a disciple.

Although Jiang Ye had spent a thousand years in the extraterrestrial battlefield, less than three hundred years had passed here due to the flow rate of the initial universe.

In the 90th year since arriving in Chaos City, Luo Feng, with his talent and hard work, passed the 13th level of the Bridge to Heaven. He achieved such a feat in just a few hundred years, which is enough to make him a genius who appears once every ten million epochs. This also made him a disciple of the Lord of Chaos City.

However, to become a direct disciple, one must complete the test set by the Lord of Chaos City, which is to master the first level of the "Seven Transformations of Divine Evolution" within three thousand years.

"We've finally made some progress on the first layer of the scale armor chapter." Luo Feng slowly opened his eyes and looked down at his side.

Over the course of more than a hundred years, whenever he had doubts, he would casually draw some scale patterns around him, so the area around where he sat cross-legged was filled with messy and irregular scale patterns.

"The Lord of Chaos City has given me 3000 years to master this skill, which is quite a lot of time." Luo Feng couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

"Thanks to the 'Beast God's Intent' and the 'Beast God Statue'," Luo Feng thought to himself with relief.

During his cultivation, he deeply realized that the trace of the Beast God's intent he had grasped through countless imitations was of immense help to him.

The purpose of cultivating the Seven Transformations of Divine Evolution was to be able to use it. Now that Luo Feng can use it, cultivating the first chapter, "Scale Armor Chapter," is much easier. Moreover, he can witness the Beast God statue every day, as if the living Beast God is standing right in front of him. This undoubtedly gives wings to his cultivation progress.

Ever since he tasted the sweetness of the "Beast God Intent," Luo Feng has been obsessed with frantically imitating the "Sleeping Beast God Statue." He knows that the more he comprehends the laws of fusion and the more thoroughly he understands the internal theories, the easier it will be to master the Beast God Intent.

It's like someone who knows nothing about the laws of nature. Suppose they need to copy it a hundred million times to grasp even a little bit of the essence of the Beast God. However, once they understand some of the laws of fusion, they might be able to achieve the same effect by copying it ten million times.

The "Beast God's Spirit" and the "Law of Fusion" reinforce and complement each other. The more one understands the Law of Fusion, the more efficient one will be in mastering the Beast God's Spirit through imitation.

Luo Feng always maintained a state where the "Beast God Intent" was slightly higher than the "Fusion Law," so that the two could promote each other and achieve the best progress.

"Luo Feng, Luo Feng, something terrible has happened!" Just then, Babata's anxious voice suddenly rang in Luo Feng's mind.

"What's wrong, Babata!" Luo Feng frowned slightly, quickly regaining his alertness after being immersed in the joy of his cultivation breakthrough.

He had already decided that during his seclusion, Babata would not come to disturb him unless it was something extremely important, such as his family or his teacher, the True King.

Moreover, Babata's flustered tone made Luo Feng, who was already thinking that something had happened to his family, feel a chill.

He quickly clicked on his email, and in an instant, countless messages flooded in like a tidal wave. The red alert at the top prominently displayed Jiang Ye's name—"Passed the 20th floor of the Tongtian Bridge!"

Luo Feng's heart skipped a beat when he saw the conspicuous red warning in his email.

Jiang Ye had crossed the twenty-story Heavenly Bridge, and he knew all too well what that meant. That was a height just one step away from becoming a Universe Venerable, and Jiang Ye had reached it so quickly.

"This... Jiang Ye's rate of progress is truly terrifying." Luo Feng muttered to himself, a hint of amazement and resentment flashing in his eyes. He was amazed by Jiang Ye's rocket-like improvement, and resentful that the gap between him and Jiang Ye seemed to have widened considerably again.

Babata anxiously said in Luo Feng's mind, "Luo Feng, that Jiang Ye is a monster. The twentieth level of the Bridge to Heaven is the level where your master, True King Yan, and other powerful figures reside. Moreover, judging from his current momentum, becoming a Universe Venerable may only be a matter of time."

Luo Feng took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and said, "I understand, Jiang Ye has always been outstanding. But this also motivates me to cultivate even harder."

Despite his firm words, Luo Feng knew in his heart that Jiang Ye was like an invisible mountain weighing on his heart.

He recalled his past experiences with Jiang Ye, Rong Jun, Bo Lan, and other geniuses of the same year in the Genius Battle. Although the gap between them was large at that time, Luo Feng believed that he would catch up with them one by one and surpass them. In fact, Luo Feng did it. Bo Lan and Rong Jun were left far behind him. But when facing Jiang Ye... Luo Feng's unwavering heart wavered for the first time.

However, Luo Feng is Luo Feng after all. This disappointment did not keep him down for long, and he quickly adjusted his mindset.

"Babata, I must speed up my cultivation progress." Luo Feng's eyes gleamed with determination. "Although I have made some progress in the Seven Transformations of Divine Evolution, it is still far from enough. I must master it within the time limit set by the Chaos City Lord, or even earlier."

"Luo Feng, I believe in you. You've always worked so hard. As long as you keep this up, you'll surpass everyone ahead of you sooner or later," Babata encouraged.

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In the virtual universe of Yuxiang Mountain, at Jiang Ye's manor.

"This trip to the extraterritorial battlefield has been quite fruitful." Jiang Ye silently tallied his gains, a satisfied smile appearing on his lips.

"The hunt at the Star Tower lasted for several months, and the process was thrilling and exciting. The final few revenge battles were even more exhilarating. In the end, we obtained various treasures worth 188600 trillion Chaos Units. Not only that, we also gained a hundred king-level servants, as well as several important treasures. This trip was definitely worthwhile."

Although there are many of these treasures that have been conferred the title of king and made immortal, the most valuable ones are the most precious.

Take the Black Shaving weapon, a treasure extorted from the Black Shaving King, for example. Its value far exceeds 188600 trillion Chaos Units, making it the most important item in this acquisition.

For those who have achieved the title of King Immortal, money is very important, since even a peak-level King plant life form can significantly enhance the strength of a King Immortal.

Those treasures that can be bought with money are of little use to them. What they need are rare treasures that are hard to find in the universe. These treasures either contain special energy and laws that can greatly enhance their strength, or they are a great treasure or a supreme treasure.

“Treasured items cannot be sold easily. After all, selling them is simple, but buying them back is much more difficult. They are truly priceless. However, some treasures are not suitable for me and can only be used by some servants. But how to allocate these treasures reasonably seems to require careful study to ensure that they can play their greatest role.”

"As for the treasure worth 18.86 trillion Hunyuan units, the more than 3 trillion points exchanged for military merits, and the 100 billion points earned from this expedition to the Primal Tongtian Mountain."

"How should I use it?"

Jiang Ye pondered.

Undoubtedly, the first priority is to strengthen one's own power; only by becoming strong can one gain a foothold in this perilous universe. The second priority is to enhance one's own team of strong individuals.

He had a full hundred powerful warriors under his command! They were either at the limit of the King level or at the peak of the King level, all of them with great potential for improvement and many aspects that needed to be enhanced.

For example, equipping everyone with peak-level King-rank plant life forms? With Jiang Ye's current wealth, he could definitely afford it. Eighteen trillion Chaos Units, while not enough to buy truly top-tier treasures, would be enough to cultivate hundreds of peak-level King-rank plant life forms!
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Just as Jiang Ye was pondering, Little Pi on his shoulder suddenly called out, "Master, there's email!"

"Oh, Master Chaos City Lord?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Ye immediately pointed to the void, and a screen instantly appeared, clearly displaying the email title.

Jiang Ye tapped again and quickly opened the email.

The email was quite lengthy, but its main point was that Jiang Ye's identities as the King of Jin and the Hongmeng had been properly settled, while emphasizing the importance of keeping his identity secret.

"Now that my identity as the King of Gold has been confirmed, I need to go to Hongmeng City first to settle the matter of buying and selling treasures." Jiang Ye thought to himself.

He had previously traded some things under the identity of Honghuang, but Honghuang was only a one-star identity, which was too low, and the related procedures were too cumbersome and troublesome.

The current King of Gold Slayer is completely different. His strength is unanimously recognized by all the alien races. He is truly invincible as a king, which makes his actions much easier.

(End of this chapter)