High Martial Arts: Liver Becomes the Master of the Universe

Chapter 254 Refining the Bodhi Flower, Strength Soars! The Ancient Luo King's Ruins Open!
"Hahaha! A prodigy on the Hidden Dragon Ranking? Nothing special!"

"Tu's" maniacal laughter echoed across the mountaintop. Each of his attacks was powerful and heavy, causing Ye Luo to retreat step by step, his stone body constantly cracking and peeling off.

Qin Feng remained quietly waiting.

His intuition told him that things weren't that simple.

If a descendant of an emperor, who has fought on the battlefields of all races for many years, were to be so easily outmaneuvered by an opportunist's scheme, then the prestige of the title "Hidden Dragon List" would be far too low.

Ye Luo must still have a trump card up his sleeve.

The battle continues.

ka ka ka-

With a chilling cracking sound, Ye Luo's entire left arm was shattered by "Tu's" heavy punch, turning into countless fragments of rock.

"it's over!"

A cruel glint of pleasure flashed in "Tu's" eyes. He seized the opening, gathered all his strength, and rammed his head into Ye Luo's chest, clearly intending to kill him with one blow.

However, in that life-or-death moment, a resolute and cold glint suddenly flashed in the depths of Ye Luo's eyes, which were burning with purple flames, as he had been passively taking hits.

He let the attack come, but his only remaining right hand suddenly reached into his chest and pulled something out.

It was an irregular fragment, only the size of a palm, shimmering with brilliant golden light.

The moment this fragment appeared, an indescribable, ancient, and domineering power, seemingly originating from the very beginning of the universe, erupted forth!

This power even surpasses the galaxy level, carrying a hint of black hole-level aura!
Its essence is extremely similar to the life-saving jade talisman that Marquis Huolin gave to Qin Feng!
"not good!"

The "Tu" who was charging forward with all his might froze on his face with ecstasy, replaced by endless terror.

He sensed the aura of death that could annihilate him instantly, and tried to stop himself, but it was too late.

"In the name of the Emperor..."

Ye Luo's weak yet majestic voice rang out, "...I hereby grant you annihilation!"

In an instant, the golden fragment shone brightly, transforming into a thin golden ray that pierced the head of the Fire Pig Clan cultivator "Tu" with speed beyond comprehension.

No screaming, no struggle.

The massive body of "Tu" suddenly paused in mid-air, and then, like a sand sculpture weathered by the elements, it dissolved inch by inch from the inside out, turning into the most basic particles and completely dissipating into the world.

He perished on the spot, his body and soul utterly destroyed.

After doing all this, Ye Luo could no longer hold on and collapsed to one knee, panting heavily.

The golden fragment in his hand dimmed and turned into an ordinary object.

In order to activate this last trump card, he had exhausted his last bit of mental energy, and at this moment, he was extremely weak.

"It's now."

Qin Feng, who had been lying low, suddenly had a glint in his eyes.

This was the moment he had been waiting for!
Without any hesitation, Qin Feng's figure instantly shot up, transforming into a blue-gold streak of light. Wielding the Star-Devouring Spear, he charged straight at the kneeling Stone Emperor's son with overwhelming force.

In an instant, the level nine killing technique "Opening Heaven" was pushed to its limit!
The massive and viscous force field, like an invisible swamp, instantly enveloped an area of ​​tens of thousands of meters in radius.

The air seemed to have turned into mercury, and every movement was subject to tremendous resistance.

Although it has not yet formed a true domain, the suppressive force of this partially accomplished realm is already an inescapable trap for a target who is exhausted and on the verge of collapse!

"what?!"

Just as Ye Luo was about to struggle to get up, he felt the sudden, terrifying killing intent and force field suppression. The purple flames in his eyes flickered violently, and his face was filled with disbelief and horror.

He thought that he had cleared all obstacles and could finally obtain the supreme treasure, the Bodhi flower.

He never imagined that he would be the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind him!

There is actually a human prodigy hiding here!
Moreover, its strength and the refinement of its aura far surpass those of the previous small fry!

As a descendant of a king, he knew better than anyone just how troublesome and terrifying the top human prodigies of the same level could be!
"Damn it!"

Ye Luo let out an angry roar. He struggled desperately, and the remaining black light around him shone brightly as he tried to resist the omnipresent viscous force field.

However, his condition was extremely poor at the moment. Qin Feng's "Opening Heaven" move was filled with the intent to kill, and it was like Mount Tai pressing down on him, making all his struggles seem so futile.

"Dare to leave your name?!"

Under the threat of death, Ye Luo let out a furious roar of defiance.

"Your killer is Shi Dang!"

Qin Feng's icy voice, like a chilling wind from the depths of hell, reached Ye Luo's ears.

At the same time, the space behind him slightly distorted, and a towering golden phantom, tens of millions of light-years high, soared into the sky!

An indestructible projection!

Under the suppression of the undying projection, the already powerful "Opening Heaven" force field surged once more. The aura that suppressed everything made Ye Luo's stone body creak and groan, almost shattering on the spot.

"Shi Dang! Alright, I'll remember you!"

Ye Luo roared, a hint of madness and resentment flashing in his eyes.

He knew that he had reached the final moment of life and death.

Just as Qin Feng's powerful, soul-destroying spear was about to strike, Ye Luo suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a pair of folded, pure black wings.

The moment these wings appeared, a profound and powerful aura, far exceeding the level of a galaxy, burst forth.

Black hole-level treasure!
"Om-"

Its wings spread out instantly, with runes flowing on them. It ignored the viscous force field formed by Qin Feng's "Opening Heaven" killing technique and flapped them fiercely!
The force field was torn apart at that moment.

A powerful reaction force blasted Ye Luo's body away from the core area of ​​the force field, transforming him into a black streak of light that fled wildly towards the outside of the suspended mountain at an incredible speed.

"Ok?"

Qin Feng's pupils contracted slightly, and his spear thrust paused involuntarily.

He wanted to chase after him, but reason instantly prevailed over impulse.

He quickly weighed the pros and cons.

First and foremost, the most important goal of this trip is to see the Bodhi tree.

Such rare cosmic treasures that enhance the quality of spiritual power are extremely precious and cannot be sought after; they must not be lost in any way.

If the pursuit of Ye Luo leads to an accident involving the Possa Flower, then it would be a complete loss.

Secondly, the opponent possesses a black hole-level flying artifact, and with their sole focus on escaping, even if I activate my crimson-gold wings, I might not be able to catch up in a short time.

Finally, and most importantly.

This is the core area shrouded in poisonous fog, our home turf.

Once they escape the range of Suspended Mountain and the poisonous fog has worn off, and Ye Luo's mental strength has recovered slightly, with his background as a prodigy on the Hidden Dragon Ranking and his endless trump cards, it's hard to say who will be chasing whom.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng made the right decision.

He sheathed his spear, abandoned the pursuit, and turned his gaze to the graceful flower that floated quietly in mid-air, exuding endless charm.

He reached out, summoned a gentle spiritual force, and carefully held the stem of the Bodhi flower, picking it whole along with a small piece of soil from its roots. He then quickly stored it in his core subspace storage unit.

Even after obtaining the treasure, Qin Feng did not relax in the slightest.

We need to get out of here quickly!

"Although Ye Luo escaped with serious injuries, he will definitely not let this go. While he is still weak, I must go down the mountain immediately and get away from this place."

"Otherwise, once he recovers slightly from his injuries, he could use his resources to set up a mental barrier or some kind of tracking mark around the Suspended Mountain to wait for me to leave, and then I would be in a completely passive position."

Having figured out the key to the matter, Qin Feng didn't linger for a moment.

He took one last look at the devastated battlefield, intending to loot some spoils, but found the ground littered with corpses and not a single intact spatial ring.

In the previous energy clashes and chaotic battles, the spatial rings worn by these beings had already been completely shattered by the terrifying aftershocks of the battle, and the resources inside were naturally annihilated in the spatial turbulence.

"Pity."

"If I encounter an opponent that I can easily kill in the future, I should still set aside a sliver of my mental energy in advance to protect the opponent's spatial ring, so as to maximize the spoils of war."

Qin Feng silently reviewed the situation in his mind, noting down the lessons learned. Then, he flashed away and sped down the mountain.

Fortunately, all living beings here had been slaughtered. Apart from Ye Luo, the son of the Stone Emperor who escaped, no one else knew that the final fruit of victory—the Bodhi Flower—had fallen into his hands.

……

Halfway up the mountain, at the agreed meeting point.

When Qin Feng appeared, Niu Ben of the Fire Bull Clan, Yu Qi of the Feather Clan, and Hei Yun of the Shadow Clan had been waiting there for a long time.

If you calculate the time, there is only one month left until the agreed one-year period.

The four reunited, but the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

"Brother Qin, how was the harvest?"

Niu Ben, still with his honest and simple demeanor, was the first to speak and ask.

"It's okay."

Qin Feng replied succinctly, while his gaze swept over the group, a sense of vigilance already rising within him.

He immediately suggested, "The year is almost up, and we should not stay here any longer. Let's go down the mountain and leave Hanging Mountain right now."

However, to everyone's surprise, Niu Ben of the Fire Bull Clan shook his head, grinned, and rejected his suggestion: "No rush, no rush."

Black Cloud of the Shadow Clan, standing to the side, also let out a low, ambiguous laugh, indicating his rejection as well.

Qin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and instantly understood the key point.

At the same time, Yu Qi, the winged cultivator who had been silent all along, also quietly exuded a dangerous and wary aura.

Upon seeing this, Niu Ben's honest smile vanished completely, replaced by a ruthless greed and ferocity.

He swept his gaze over Qin Feng and Yu Qi with the look one would give a meal, and chuckled, "Back down the mountain, you dared to look at me like I was food. Now, you're going to die."

Everything you two gained from this trip to the Suspended Mountain is mine!

The figure of the Shadow Clan member, Black Cloud, swayed in the shadows and echoed, "Brother Niu is right. Hand over all the treasures, and perhaps we can give you a quick death."

As soon as he finished speaking, the protective light shield that had been enveloping Qin Feng and Yu Qi, provided by Niu Ben's secret treasure and capable of blocking the poisonous fog, disappeared without warning with a "snap".

In an instant, the thick gray poisonous fog, like sharks smelling blood, frantically attacked Qin Feng and Yu Qi.

Niu Ben and Hei Yun were very shrewd in their calculations.

They don't need to do it themselves at all.

As long as Qin Feng and Yu Qi are stopped here and prevented from escaping, the terrifying poisonous fog that is omnipresent in this suspended mountain will only take three or four months at most to completely erode and wear down the mental strength of these two companions, ultimately causing them to die in despair.

At that time, they will be able to receive all the gains the two have made in the year on the suspended mountain without shedding a drop of blood.

Faced with this deadly betrayal and trap, Yu Qi's expression became extremely solemn, while Qin Feng revealed a strange, cold smile.

"hehe--"

"Boring as hell."

These four words carry undisguised contempt and disdain.

If it were before, without the enormous external threats of the Bodhi Flower and the Stone Emperor's Son, he might have been interested in using his Imperial Chief Medal to wear down these two self-righteous fools and see who would have the last laugh.

But not now.

The Stone Emperor's son, Ye Luo, could recover at any time and launch a relentless pursuit against him.

Time is the most precious thing he has right now.

He doesn't have time to play these childish games with them.

With this in mind, Qin Feng no longer concealed anything.

"Buzz!"

A pair of magnificent crimson-gold wings, burning with blue-gold energy patterns, instantly unfolded from the "Ultimate" power armor on his back.

A terrifying field of spiritual energy erupted, whipping up a gust of wind that directly dispersed the oncoming poisonous fog.

The next second, Qin Feng's figure transformed into a dazzling stream of light, ignoring the astonished gazes of Niu Ben and Hei Yun, and soared into the sky at a speed far exceeding their reaction limits, instantly disappearing into the horizon.

As for Yu Qi, the Feather Clan cultivator who was also in dire straits, Qin Feng neither cared about his life nor his fate.

Even without family or kinship, on this battlefield of myriad races, being able to take care of oneself is already a great fortune.

However, just as Qin Feng was leaving, he seemed to catch a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that the Feather Clan cultivator, in his despair, also summoned a secret treasure that also exuded a black hole-level aura, which transformed into another stream of light and fled in the opposite direction.

Obviously, in this battlefield of myriad races where people's hearts are no longer pure and everyone has their own ulterior motives, who would dare to easily team up with strangers to explore the land without having one or two trump cards to protect their lives?

Niu Ben and Hei Yun's meticulously planned assassination scheme ultimately came to nothing.

……

The universe is vast, and stars are like dust.

Faced with absolute scale, even a galaxy-level powerhouse is as insignificant as a small boat adrift in a vast ocean.

After escaping from the suspended mountain, Qin Feng did not linger for a moment.

He activated his crimson-gold wings, transforming into a barely perceptible streak of light as he traversed the intricate asteroid belt and sparse interstellar dust.

He did not choose to enter the subspace, a dimension filled with the unknown and the bizarre, where opportunities and risks are never proportional for a solitary traveler.

Although navigating the real universe is time-consuming, it is the safest option.

Fifty years is but a blink of an eye in the grand scheme of interstellar travel.

During this time, Qin Feng remained on high alert, his mental energy acting like an invisible net, monitoring every possible direction of pursuit behind him.

He constantly changed course, sometimes using the gravitational pull of stars to accelerate, and sometimes diving into the thick atmosphere of gas giants to erase any possible traces.

Fifty years of continuous escape and concealment are enough to render any tracking method ineffective.

Even if Ye Luo, the son of the Stone Emperor, recovered from his injuries and possessed a powerful background and secret treasures, it would be impossible for him to accurately pinpoint a hidden expert of the same level in such a vast star field.

Finally, deep within a chaotic asteroid belt formed by the gravitational pull of several stars, Qin Feng stopped.

The spatial structure here is extremely unstable, with energy turbulence and gravitational vortexes everywhere, forming a natural shielding force field.

He chose an ocean planet completely covered by ice and liquid methane; it was small and inconspicuous in the planetary system.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Feng, like a meteor, silently plunged into the deep blue ocean.

Cold, dark, and deathly silent.

As the depth increased dramatically, the light from the outside world was completely swallowed up, leaving only endless darkness.

The terrifying pressure pressed in from all directions, enough to crush a starship into dust in an instant.

Beneath the seabed, chaotic water currents form countless massive ocean currents and whirlpools. Their roaring and tearing create a natural spiritual-psychic chaotic flow field.

Any attempt to probe with mental energy will be distorted and torn apart here, turning into meaningless, chaotic signals.

This is the perfect sanctuary that Qin Feng has been seeking.

He descended all the way down until he reached the 10,000-meter-deep trench at the boundary between the Earth's core and mantle.

Here, he created a temporary cave dwelling, and then slowly released his vast and boundless spiritual power.

This was not a simple reconnaissance, but a more ingenious arrangement.

His spiritual power spread silently like mercury, clinging to every slightly sized meteorite in the asteroid belt and connecting to every minute node of the gravitational field.

He did not construct any offensive formations, but merely set up a vast surveillance network covering the entire asteroid belt.

If any threatening life form enters this area, even the slightest energy fluctuation not belonging to the natural background will instantly trigger this vast net, giving it precious reaction time.

After doing all this, Qin Feng sat cross-legged, his consciousness sinking into his sea of ​​consciousness, and sighed softly. "Unfortunately... it's still only at the galaxy level."

His heart was filled with a yearning for a higher realm, which was not only a pursuit of power, but also a thirst for "knowledge".

"If one can advance to the black hole level, one will possess the ability to continuously digest knowledge, similar to a singularity."

Once those protective arrays, constructed from billions of spiritual energy field runes, are set up, one can rest easy and focus on cultivation without having to divert a portion of their attention to vigilance, as is the case now.

"At the black hole level, it can begin to truly explore the mysteries of 'space'."

Tearing through space for short-distance jumps, even performing uninterrupted directional spatial teleportation... that's the true form of a cosmic powerhouse.

"speed……"

Qin Feng's thoughts flowed through the endless darkness: "In this boundless cosmic battlefield, speed is the foundation of everything."

Countless years of adventure and countless brushes with death have given him a deeper understanding of the weight of these two words than anyone else.

The universe is too big.

Even the speed of light seems slow.

A typical spiral galaxy can easily be hundreds of thousands of light-years in diameter.

Even traveling at the speed of light, it would take a full 100,000 years to cross that distance.

For those weak civilizations struggling in their home star system and who have not even mastered subspace travel technology, they will never be able to reach another nearby star in their entire lifespan.

Even civilizations that have mastered subspace travel are not immune to the dangers.

The warp is filled with indescribable dangers. A moment of carelessness can lead to complete loss of one's way or interference with the will of the warp's evil gods, turning one into food for chaos.

Only those truly standing at the pinnacle of the universe can achieve stable and efficient faster-than-light movement through their understanding of space.

That's not just about getting on the road, but about having an absolute advantage in survival and hunting.

A race like the human race, which possesses a pristine subspace, simply doesn't exist; it's unique to the human race.

It was precisely because of the subspace sanctuary created by the Emperor that the human race could freely use subspace teleportation within their territory, allowing them to unite and unleash an extremely terrifying power.

It has to be said that Qin Feng is now starting to miss the warp teleportation within the human realm.

"Fortunately, the mission targets issued by the will of the universe, 'Ancient Luo King Ruins' and 'Thunder Sea' entrusted by Senior Sun Chantang, are both located on the edge of this star field and are not too far away."

Otherwise, just traveling would take tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years.

"Time waits for no one; we must break through to the black hole level as soon as possible!"

A sense of urgency lashed at him, urging him onward.

Qin Feng composed himself and began to take stock of what he had gained from the trip.

Within the subspace storage unit, crystal-clear fruits, exuding an ethereal aura, floated silently.

The Void Fruit.

During the two months he waited for the flowers to bloom atop the suspended mountain, he had already digested and absorbed more than ten of them.

At this moment, there were still more than ninety pills left in my hand.

These Void Profound Fruits alone were enough to steadily increase his progress in breaking through to the "Eternal Singularity" from two percent to about ten percent.

This is already an enormous fortune that would drive any galaxy-level powerhouse mad.

The true treasure is that one extraordinary flower lying quietly at the very center of all resources.

Its entire body shimmers with light, its petals layered upon each other, as if formed from the purest spiritual energy, each ray of light containing a Taoist charm that brings peace to the mind.

The swaying flower.

According to the information Qin Feng found in the Imperial Database, the value of this Bodhi Flower far surpasses that of all the Void Profound Fruits.

It not only provides abundant and pure spiritual energy, but even more miraculously, it can enhance the "quality" of spiritual power!
"If I can fully absorb this Bodhi flower, my progress might jump to about fifty percent!"

This number made Qin Feng's heart race.

This almost effortlessly saved him thousands, even tens of thousands, of years of arduous cultivation and resource gathering.

Of course, he also knew that the path of cultivation was not a simple linear accumulation.

The higher the density of mental energy, the more resources and effort are required to improve it even slightly.

It may seem like we've reached 50% progress, but the remaining 50% will be far more difficult and lengthy than what we've already covered.

"Even so, obtaining the Bodhi Flower during this trip to the Suspended Mountain can only be described as 'luck.' This luck is too great."

Without further hesitation, Qin Feng activated the "Ten Perfect Hands" deep within his sea of ​​consciousness.

As he circulated the cultivation method, his body seemed to transform into an invisible black hole.

A Void Profound Fruit appeared out of thin air. The moment it touched his palm, it transformed into a torrent of the purest energy, which he swallowed into his body. Then, through the profound techniques of the "Ten Perfect Hands," it was continuously transformed into golden spiritual power that increased the density of the "Undying Tower."

Time loses its meaning in the absolute stillness of the deep sea.

Inside the cave, only the flickering light emanating from Qin Feng's body and the ever-disappearing Void Profound Fruits remained.

……

Fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

When the energy of the last Void Profound Fruit was completely absorbed and refined, the solidification of the indestructible tower in Qin Feng's sea of ​​consciousness was now completely different from before.

The tower now appears thick and solid, with every inch of its walls radiating a rich golden light, making it even more solid and majestic.

The progress towards the "eternal singularity" has reached exactly ten percent.

Without pausing, he made a slight adjustment and then took out the much-anticipated Bodhi flower.

As the flower detached from its body, the entire dark trench was illuminated by its soft, precious light.

A refreshing and unique fragrance wafted through the air. Just a whiff of it made Qin Feng feel as if his spiritual world had been cleansed, becoming clearer and purer.

He held the Bodhi Flower and used the "Ten Perfect Hands" technique to refine it with all his might.

This training will be far longer and more dangerous than absorbing the Void Profound Fruit.

If the energy of the Void Profound Fruit is a stream, then the energy of the Bodhi Flower is the Milky Way cascading down from the heavens! The sheer power and purity of that energy far exceeded Qin Feng's imagination.

A vast torrent of energy washed over his sea of ​​consciousness, surging wildly into the Immortal Tower.

The golden tower grew increasingly breathtaking and dazzling at a visible speed, with the density of spiritual energy on its surface steadily increasing.

11%, 12%, ... 20%, ... 30%...

The progress was skyrocketing, but Qin Feng's face showed no joy whatsoever; instead, it was extremely solemn.

What he needs to do now is not just to absorb and transform.

More importantly, it is the immortal tower that "restrains" itself under the impact of this terrifying energy!
He must do everything in his power to maintain the tower's immense size, spanning millions of light-years, and ensure that its volume does not expand even slightly further.

What he wants to do is to infinitely increase its "density" and "mass" within a limited volume.

This is a struggle with one's own power.

If not handled carefully, the Immortal Tower will be shattered by this uncontrollable and enormous energy.

If that happens, although he can reassemble it more quickly with his experience, it will ultimately be a waste of all his previous efforts, squandering this heaven-sent opportunity and precious time.

One year, ten years, a hundred years...

Within the deep-sea cave, Qin Feng stood like an ancient, unchanging sculpture, while the storm within his consciousness intensified.

That golden, immortal tower was now dazzlingly brilliant.

Inside the tower, golden spiritual energy, so dense it was almost tangible, surged against the tower walls like volcanic lava about to erupt, causing the entire tower to tremble slightly, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Qin Feng devoted all his attention to stabilizing and compressing the tower.

This is an extremely meticulous and tedious process that requires absolute focus and unwavering willpower.

……

Four hundred and fifty years have passed quietly.

As the last ray of light from the Bodhi flower merged into Qin Feng's body, the raging waves in his sea of ​​consciousness finally subsided.

That immortal tower that stands at the center of the spiritual world has undergone earth-shattering changes.

It still maintains a height of tens of millions of light-years, but its essence has leaped to a completely new level.

The tower is no longer pure gold, but presents a unique color that is incomparably noble, with a reddish tinge.

It resembles an emperor's crown, or the rising sun, embodying ultimate majesty and vitality.

The golden-red color signifies a change in Qin Feng's spiritual qualities!
This is extremely rare!
This advantage will last! Even if you advance to the Black Hole level and are crowned a king, you will still have the advantage of high-quality mental energy!
On the tower walls, as the quality of spiritual power improved, countless profound and complex runes naturally formed. They flickered and flowed slowly, making the entire tower no longer look like an inanimate object, but a supreme artifact with its own breath and pulse.

The progress has steadily stopped at the 50% mark.

"call……"

Qin Feng slowly opened his eyes, and a long breath escaped from his mouth.

Under the terrifying water pressure at a depth of 10,000 meters, this breath of turbid air acted like a depth charge, instantly detonating the surrounding water.

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, suddenly spread out, creating a terrifying vortex tens of thousands of miles in diameter on the dark seabed, stirring up billions of tons of seawater that continued unabated.

He clenched his fist, feeling the surging, roaring power within him, an unprecedented sense of strength filling his heart.

"His strength... has increased by more than a thousandfold!"

Qin Feng's eyes gleamed.

Five hundred years ago, when faced with "Wild," the mechanical prodigy ranked 987th on the [Hidden Dragon List], he could only flee in disarray for a century.

Facing Ye Luo, the son of the Stone Emperor, he wouldn't even have had a chance to make a move if the opponent hadn't been greatly weakened by the poisonous fog.

But now, it's different.

"If I were to encounter 'Wild' again right now, or even Ye Luo at his peak..."

Qin Feng's lips curled into a confident smile. "Killing them might be difficult, but it's definitely not impossible to fight them! Perhaps... we can even turn the tables and hunt them down!"

This is the immense benefit brought about by the Bodhi flower; a single opportunity is worth more than a thousand years of arduous cultivation.

He stood up, and the psychic tide rose and fell, causing the seawater around him to recede automatically.

With a single step, his figure vanished into the seabed. In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng was already in the cold vacuum outside the ocean planet.

Having determined his direction, he did not hesitate and continued on his new journey toward the coordinates of "Ancient Luo King Ruins".

……

Time flies like an arrow, and time flies like an arrow.

The journey ahead will be a long and solitary pilgrimage.

Qin Feng's figure, like a tireless ghost, swept across one unfamiliar galaxy after another.

A montage-like scene flowed behind him.

He had seen the Crystal Clan civilization, which built magnificent crystal cities on barren satellites, but was eventually scorched into a molten lava by the starlight of its home planet under tidal locking.

Qin Feng retrieved a naturally formed "gravitational crystal core" containing the laws of space from the ashes of their civilization.

He also passed through a star system ruled by a subspecies of the Feathered Race, where the inhabitants worshipped the remains of an ancient cosmic behemoth.

Qin Feng took action and wiped out the parasitic insectoid nest that had been entrenched on the remains, feeding on the planet's life force. In return, he sat quietly within the remains of that giant beast for ten years, sensing the lingering, immense battle intent within, which greatly improved his killing technique.

He also descended upon a mechanical civilization engulfed in a full-scale nuclear war. Amidst the radioactive dust and mushroom clouds, he moved with impunity, taking away their central database located deep within the Earth's core. This database contained all the technological knowledge of this civilization accumulated over tens of thousands of years.

However, there was too much about artificial intelligence in all this scientific knowledge, so Qin Feng had to give up.

Along the way, he destroyed evil and also casually enlightened the kind.

The civilizations he encountered were diverse in form and race, but without exception, they were all foreign races.

Qin Feng didn't see a single spark of human civilization.

That makes sense.

In this cruel universe, any newly born human civilization will be detected and negotiated with by the great human empire immediately.

Subsequently, they will be teleported as a whole to various cosmic cities, becoming part of the empire's vast population base and receiving the empire's protection.

That's how the massive number of martial artists below the planetary level in the Cosmic City Metropolitan Area came about.

For nascent civilizations trapped on their home planet or confined to their star system, a galaxy-level warrior's casual arrival and every gesture are no different from those of a legendary god.

Slaughter, plunder, enlightenment, cultivation...

During this long and solitary journey spanning a thousand years, Qin Feng's temperament was tempered and became increasingly calm and serene.

……

In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed.

When Qin Feng awoke from a decades-long meditation, he was only one voyage away from the Ancient Luo King Ruins.

A thousand years of plundering and arduous cultivation have propelled his progress toward the "Eternal Singularity" from fifty percent to sixty percent.

The Star-Devouring Spear in his hand and the "Limit" Celestial Evolution Alloy Power Armor on his body, after devouring a massive amount of rare metals and natural treasures, have both reached the absolute peak of the galaxy-level secret treasures, and are only one step away from the threshold of the black hole level.

They seemed to have come to life, yearning for a final transformation.

Qin Feng knew that to upgrade them to black hole-level treasures, he needed a truly great opportunity, and he needed that kind of high-quality metal alloy.

Once it is upgraded to a black hole-level treasure, because it is a Heavenly Evolution Weapon connected to his mind and growing together with him, he does not need to spend a long time refining the many restrictions like other powerful people, and can use it directly.

At that time, his overall combat strength will experience another huge surge.

"Since the end of the Genius Battle and entering the Battle of Myriad Races, I have been training for nearly two thousand years."

"My actual age is almost three thousand years old..."

Standing in the cockpit of the "Extreme" power armor, Qin Feng gazed at the distant starry sky, and couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

For the strong, time is just a number, but two thousand years of trials and tribulations have ultimately left rings of marks on his rock-solid Dao heart.

"The Ruins of the Ancient Luo King... We're almost there."

His mental power had reached its limit; at the edge of perception, he "saw" something.

In the vast expanse of space, deep within a magnificent nebula, a palace of indescribable grandeur floats silently.

It exudes an ancient, desolate, and domineering aura, like a cosmic behemoth that has been sleeping for billions of years.

Accompanied by its faint "breathing," the nebulae within a range of several light-years around it rise and fall rhythmically like tides, creating an extremely spectacular sight.

However, when Qin Feng focused his mental energy further, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

Outside the massive palace gates of the Ancient Luo King Ruins, in the vast void, dozens of powerful and arrogant figures had already gathered.

They belonged to different races, each possessing an aura as deep as the sea, clearly renowned prodigies in the 1300th war zone.

These prodigies from all races were wary of each other, each occupying their own territory, and all were quietly waiting for the opening of the Ancient Luo King Ruins.

"Hmm? There are also powerful human experts!"

Qin Feng's spiritual power keenly detected a familiar and pure human aura.

The aura was so powerful that it far surpassed that of ordinary star systems, carrying with it a murderous aura of war and the majesty of a ruler.

A Marquis-level expert!
Qin Feng made a judgment immediately.

To his surprise, the powerful human who had been granted the title of Marquis simply sat cross-legged on a meteorite, closing his eyes to meditate, without making a move to drive away the myriad races of geniuses surrounding him, as if he were oblivious to their presence.

The prodigies of all races did not sense the presence of this powerful Marquis.

(End of this chapter)