High Martial Arts: Liver Becomes the Master of the Universe

Chapter 285 Two Hundred Thousand Blood Jade Crystals! Black-Gold Spiritual Power! Qin Feng, Number One in the Blood God Tower! Shocking Billions of Living Beings

Blood God Tower, first floor.

[Challenger: Qin Feng]

[Timer has started]

[Start the challenge?]

Qin Feng's gaze swept over the illusory figures that were exactly like himself, his eyes remaining calm and still.

His senses clearly detected that although these phantoms were identical to him in appearance, the spiritual energy fluctuations they contained were strictly limited to a certain baseline, not a fraction more or less.

This is the rule of the Blood God Tower: it will accurately replicate an opponent of the same level based on the strength of the intruder.

This is an absolutely fair trial, testing the challengers' combat skills, willpower, and ability to utilize their own power within the same realm.

Rankings, glory, inheritance... these may be the ultimate pursuits of figures like the Stone Buddha, the Lion God Statue, and Ye Luo.

They longed to leave their mark on this secondary monument, which is engraved with countless legendary names, and to prove their talent and potential to the entire universe.

But for Qin Feng, these were not the core objectives of his trip.

His gaze had already pierced through the surface of this trial, landing on the more essential and even more heaven-defying rule of the Blood God Tower—time freeze.

The outside world is in turmoil, the king's corpse roars in fury, and powerful enemies surround them.

Inside this tower, however, the river of time seems to have solidified into a piece of amber. Whether one spends a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years here, it is but a fleeting moment to the outside world.

This is a perfect place for seclusion, a supreme treasure trove where he can safely transform the terrifying resources in his hands, enough to ignite a war, into his own inner strength.

Two hundred thousand blood jade crystals.

If this number were to spread, it would be enough to drive even Marquis-level experts crazy, and even King-level beings would cast covetous glances at it.

Each Blood Jade Crystal represents a leap in the origin of life, a precious opportunity to advance to a higher level of life.

Now, he has two hundred thousand such opportunities.

As for the ranking of the Blood God Tower?
A slight smile appeared on Qin Feng's lips.

Once he has fully digested these 200,000 Blood Jade Crystals, the so-called ranking will be a piece of cake.

What he truly cared about was completing the "death mission" issued by the will of the universe, surviving in this brutal battlefield of all races, and ultimately standing at the pinnacle.

The Blood God Tower was the most crucial and solid cornerstone on his path to this goal.

"Not urgent."

Qin Feng muttered to himself, then ignored the cold challenge prompt and sat down cross-legged.

A crimson mist flowed slowly around him, and the standing, illusory opponents, before he chose to begin his challenge, remained motionless, like lifeless sculptures.

With a thought, a blood-red jade crystal, seemingly containing the life force and resentment of a world, appeared in his palm.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Feng closed his eyes slightly, immersed his divine sense into it, and began his first cultivation within the Blood God Tower.

boom!
The boundless, pure, and extremely potent life-source energy, like a bursting dam of starlight, instantly surged into his limbs and bones.

At this moment, Qin Feng's [Eternal Singularity] Dao Foundation emitted a greedy buzzing sound, frantically devouring this foreign power.

Every cell and every inch of his body rejoiced under the nourishment of this spiritual energy, undergoing visible strengthening and transformation.

However, along with this pure psychic energy came a chilling, evil whisper filled with endless allure.

The voice seemed to come from the deepest part of his soul, carrying an indescribable magic, constantly whispering in his ear. It promised greater power, eternal life, and freedom from all constraints.

It tempted Qin Feng to give up resistance, to succumb to it, and to embrace that chaotic and insane ultimate truth.

This is the most terrifying side effect of Blood Jade Crystal, originating from the Blood God.

Any being with a slightly weak will would quickly lose itself and have its Dao heart collapse under such bewitching influence.

At best, they become madmen who only know how to kill; at worst, they are completely twisted into slaves of chaos, never to be reincarnated.

But Qin Feng showed no sign of panic.

"Om-"

Deep within his soul, three dazzling imperial golden nails suddenly burst forth with boundless golden light.

The light was sacred, majestic, and radiant like the sun, filled with the supreme will to dispel all falsehoods and suppress all evil.

Under the golden light, the seductive whispers that had been growing wildly just moments before melted and were purified at a visible speed, just like snow in the dark night meeting the rising sun.

This is a long and arduous process.

Although the power of the Emperor's Golden Nail is domineering, its bewitching power is like a stubborn, intractable disease.

Qin Feng must rely on his unwavering will to mobilize the power of the Emperor's Golden Nails and painstakingly "scrape the bone to remove the poison," thoroughly eliminating the pollution that has seeped into his soul.

This will take a lot of time.

If it were any other living being, even with a similar protective treasure, it would be unable to withstand such a prolonged tug-of-war of souls.

Because willpower has its limits, prolonged periods of intense tension are enough to break even the most outstanding individual.

But Qin Feng is different.

His will had been tempered to a level far exceeding that of ordinary people through countless life-and-death battles and thousands of years of solitary cultivation.

More importantly, he has almost unlimited time.

Within this Blood God Tower, time is his cheapest and most abundant asset.

The bewitching power of the first Blood Jade Crystal has been completely eliminated.

Qin Feng's mind remained clear and unharmed; on the contrary, it became even more refined and resilient during this confrontation.

Without stopping, he immediately took out the second one, the third one...

Inside the Blood God Tower, there is no alternation of day and night, only an eternal crimson hue.

Qin Feng's figure was like an unchanging statue, sitting quietly in that blood mist, endlessly repeating the process of absorbing, refining, and clearing.

One year, ten years, one hundred years...

In the past century, he has successfully refined ten Blood Jade Crystals.

His life essence has become so powerful that it is beyond comprehension.

The purple-gold ocean of spiritual energy, through this continuous tempering and confrontation, became increasingly profound and vast, its quality subtly touching upon an even higher barrier.

But he still didn't stop.

For him, this was just the beginning.

Thirty, fifty, one hundred!

When Qin Feng successfully refined the hundredth Blood Jade Crystal, the bewitching power he was subjected to was no longer a simple whisper, but rather coalesced into a blurry, malevolent phantom of an evil god, roaring madly in his mental world, attempting to tear his will apart.

The light of the Emperor's Golden Nail clashed violently with the black aura of the evil god's phantom. Each clash caused Qin Feng's soul to experience excruciating pain.

But he endured it silently, his will as firm as an ancient mountain, unmoved.

Three hundred years, five hundred years, a thousand years have passed...

Three hundred!
Five hundred!
One thousand!

……

Three thousand!
Five thousand!
Ten thousand!

……

Thirty thousand!
Fifty thousand!
One hundred thousand!
When Qin Feng refined the 100,000th Blood Jade Crystal, he had already spent a full million years inside the Blood God Tower.

A million years of sitting in meditation, a million years of soul-wrenching battles.

His will had long been tempered to the point of being stronger than steel, reaching a state of near indifference.

The phantom of the evil god, formed from the power of bewitching, had transformed in his mental world from its initial frenzied roar into a powerless howl.

Qin Feng's purple-gold spiritual power, after a million years of tempering, has finally completed its final and most crucial transformation.

"Click——"

A crisp cracking sound, seemingly emanating from the dimension of the soul, rang out.

His vast, eternal singularity, surrounded by a burning purple-gold accretion disk of spiritual energy, began to violently collapse and condense at this moment.

All the light and all the psychic energy converged madly toward that one central point.

Finally, when everything calmed down, the purple-gold spiritual energy had disappeared.

Instead, there was a deep, dark, black-gold color that seemed to devour all light and perception!

That black-gold color was even more profound than the deepest void of the universe, yet at its core, it exuded an indescribable nobility and immortality.

Black and gold spiritual power!

This is an unprecedented quality, a miracle that has never appeared in the history of human empires!

Even those ancient beings hailed as myths and legends, their highest spiritual quality only reaches the purple-gold level.

Black and gold have surpassed all ancient texts and the comprehension of all powerful individuals.

The moment the black-gold spiritual energy took shape, Qin Feng felt a tremendous change in his perception.

He could even "see" the ubiquitous rule runes within the Blood God Tower and "hear" the whispers of every wisp of spiritual energy within the blood mist.

The whole world became clearer and more transparent to him than ever before.

This is an improvement of more than a hundredfold!

It's a qualitative leap from "seeing" to "controlling"!

At the same time, his physical attributes also underwent a terrifying leap of hundreds of times under the transformation of these 100,000 blood jade crystals.

His foundation of the Eternal Singularity is so solid and powerful that it far exceeds the scope of a black hole.

But he still didn't stop.

Qin Feng still has a full 100,000 Blood Jade Crystals in his hand.

What he needs to do is push this unprecedented foundation to its limit.

The subsequent training became even more tedious and terrifying.

Another million years have passed.

……

Two million years!

Three million years!

……

Ten million years!
……

Ultimately, within the Blood God Tower, time froze at the terrifying number of twenty million years.

After sitting cross-legged in meditation for twenty million years, Qin Feng finally slowly and completely integrated the power of the twenty-hundred-thousandth Blood Jade Crystal into his body and soul.

hum!
An indescribable aura of terror flashed from his body.

The aura was so powerful that it even caused the entire space on the first floor of the Blood God Tower to tremble slightly.

Those standing, illusory opponents, under this aura, seemed like fragile glass, with fine cracks appearing on their surface.

Qin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

What kind of eyes are those?
Profound and weathered, it seems to contain the sedimentation of twenty million years of time, and also seems to reflect the endless scroll of the birth and death of the universe and the cycle of stars.

A single glance is enough to shatter the mind and break the will of any black hole-level powerhouse.

The power within him had reached an unbelievable peak.

The black-gold spiritual energy, like a silent universe, flowed quietly in his sea of ​​consciousness, containing a power powerful enough to overturn rivers and seas and reverse the universe.

Every particle of his body shimmered with immortal brilliance; with his physical strength alone, he was capable of tearing apart stars and clashing with divine weapons.

Now, even without using any killing techniques or activating any Dao Foundation Divine Power, he has already firmly stepped into the realm that countless geniuses dream of—the Divine Forbidden Realm—with just this physical body and this black-gold spiritual power!
Moreover, they are not just newcomers to the Divine Forbidden Realm, but are already considered terrifying beings within it.

"Twenty million years... in the blink of an eye."

Qin Feng murmured to himself, his voice carrying a hint of remoteness and emotion that even he himself was unaware of.

He stood up. Twenty million years of sitting still made his movements seem somewhat sluggish, but in the next instant, this sluggishness vanished without a trace, replaced by a harmony and naturalness that perfectly matched the entire space.

He clenched his fist gently, feeling the seemingly endless power within his body, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"This Blood God Tower truly lives up to its reputation as the supreme divine object of the Blood God; it is indeed miraculous."

He looked up at the cracked phantom opponents and made a thought.

"Start the challenge."

That cold, unyielding will resounded once more.

[The challenge begins!]

Instantly, the illusory figure closest to Qin Feng moved.

With a flick of its wrist, the spear shot towards Qin Feng's brow in an incredibly mysterious trajectory.

This shot perfectly replicated Qin Feng's level in terms of speed, power, and technique.

However, in Qin Feng's eyes now, this shot was as slow as a child's play.

He didn't even use "Star Devourer," he simply pointed forward casually with his fingers like a sword.

Fingertips and gun tip lightly touch in mid-air.

There was no earth-shattering roar, no dazzling light from a psionic explosion.

"Click..."

With a soft sound, the phantom, along with the spear in its hand, seemed to be instantly disintegrated from within by an irresistible force, turning into countless specks of light that dissipated into the blood mist.

One hit, instant kill.

Qin Feng continued forward without stopping.

With one step forward, the second layer of phantoms simultaneously erupted, launching a thunderous combined attack from all directions.

Qin Feng didn't even look at him. Instead, an invisible force field, purely composed of physical blood and spiritual energy, suddenly spread out from him.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of muffled explosions rang out, and the layers of phantoms, upon entering his surroundings, were instantly obliterated as if they had crashed into an invisible dimensional wall.

Destroy everything!

This is no longer a battle, but a one-sided crushing defeat.

Qin Feng's progress in clearing levels began to soar at an unprecedented and astonishing speed.

One floor, two floors, ten floors, one hundred floors...

……

Outside the Blood God Tower.

Above the pure land shrouded in light, the atmosphere had long since lost its initial tension and bloodshed.

The more than a thousand survivors, after undergoing a long period of cultivation within the Blood God Tower, all possessed a deeper and more powerful aura.

They sat in small groups or alone, maintaining a delicate balance among themselves.

That year-long bloody crackdown felt like a distant nightmare.

At this moment, everyone who came out of the tower had a much calmer mind, and no one was willing to easily start a fight.

They were all waiting, waiting for the last three creatures who had not yet left the tower.

Qin Feng, along with Shi Fo and San Ruo.

Everyone's gaze kept drifting toward the ancient stone tablet not far away—the secondary tablet of the Blood God Tower.

Above, each shining name represents a supreme genius who has left behind a glorious legend in this blood-red forbidden land throughout the ages.

"Look! The name of the stone Buddha... has appeared on the secondary stele!"

Suddenly, a shocked exclamation shattered the tranquility of the scene.

In an instant, the gazes of all living beings converged on the secondary monument.

In the lower middle section of the secondary stele, a name composed of blood-red divine script—"Stone Buddha"—slowly emerged, emitting a faint light.

The moment the name appeared, it began to rise steadily and rapidly without any pause!
It quickly surpassed one ancient and powerful name after another, and eventually, its brilliance even overshadowed the legendary genius of the 1300th star sector—"Thunder Emperor"!
Furthermore, its upward trend has not stopped!

"Hiss... As expected of a supreme genius who has already stepped into the 'forbidden realm'!"

A powerful demon with two horns on his head gasped, his voice filled with awe.

"yes,"

A crystal-race being beside him chimed in, "To leave one's name on this monument is an incredibly difficult task. Not only does it require passing through extremely high levels, but it also demands an abnormally fast pace. Ordinary divine beings who are not fast enough or take too long simply do not qualify for the list."

"The Stone Buddha's strength is unfathomable. He has probably gained unimaginable improvement within the tower."

Discussions arose one after another.

Those who survived the final clearing were all individuals with exceptional vision.

They knew that being able to surpass the Thunder Emperor on the secondary monument meant that the Stone Buddha's current combat power was definitely among the best in the Divine Forbidden Domain.

The Stone Emperor's son, Ye Luo, sat cross-legged, surrounded by a thick and sharp aura, clearly having reached the level of a half-step divine barrier.

He gazed at the ever-rising names, his eyes filled with complex emotions, and said in a deep voice, "This time, I entered the tower, and it took me ten thousand years to refine sixty-three Blood Jade Crystals. This is already my limit. The evil god's seduction still whispers in my ear. It is truly terrifying."

Upon hearing this, many creatures around revealed expressions of envy and jealousy.

Although Blood Jade Crystal is an unparalleled treasure, there is a clear upper limit to the amount that each living being can withstand.

This upper limit is determined by a combination of factors, including talent, willpower, foundation, cognition, and opportunity.

For most of the geniuses present, their upper limit is generally around forty.

Reaching this number would be enough to give them a huge leap in strength.

Top geniuses like Ye Luo, Hei Yu of the Crystal Clan, and the Golden Armored Beast Tak, who were already among the top on the Hidden Dragon List, have an even higher ceiling, generally reaching around sixty.

It is precisely because of this that they were able to seize this opportunity and touch the threshold of the half-step divine forbidden realm that they had always dreamed of.

But divine restrictions are another insurmountable barrier.

That is a true boundary that separates the mundane from the extraordinary.

Even with the help of the Blood Jade Crystal, among the thousands of geniuses present, apart from the Stone Buddha and the mysterious Three Weaklings, no one was able to overcome it.

At this moment, upon hearing that Ye Luo, the son of the Stone Emperor, had only refined sixty-three crystals before reaching his limit, everyone gained a deeper understanding of the terrifying side effects of the Blood Jade Crystal.

"I refined seventy-one of them."

The golden-armored behemoth, Tucker, spoke in a deep, resonant voice, his tone like the scraping of metal, full of power.

"Seventy-three pieces."

Crystal Clan Black Jade's voice was cold and clear, and his body, composed of countless black crystals, radiated a dangerous luster.

Including the two of them, there are only five people in total who have refined more than seventy pieces.

These individuals, without exception, all exuded a terrifying aura of being at the half-step Divine Forbidden Realm, making them among the most elite beings present, aside from those at the Divine Forbidden Realm.

Just as everyone was discussing, another exclamation rang out.

"Look, Sanruo! Sanruo left his name too!"

When everyone looked up again, sure enough, not far below the name of the stone Buddha, the name "Sanruo" also shone brightly.

Moreover, it also climbed rapidly upwards with an unstoppable momentum, and soon surpassed the name of the Thunder Emperor!
Two powerful figures from the Divine Forbidden Realm engaged in a silent competition atop the secondary monument!
Ye Luo watched this scene and silently calculated in his mind.

"To meet the standard for leaving one's name on the secondary monument, one's strength must be at the Divine Forbidden level. And to step into the Divine Forbidden level at the Black Hole level... even with the help of Blood Jade Crystals, I'm afraid... one would need to refine at least one hundred Blood Jade Crystals?"

This number startled even Ye Luo himself. He had personally experienced the process of refining Blood Jade Crystals and knew that the bewitching power would increase exponentially with the number of crystals refined.

Refining sixty-three of them had taken him ten thousand years, leaving him exhausted, and the demonic sounds still lingered in his ears.

One hundred?

What a terrifying counterattack that would be! He couldn't even bear to think about it.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to sense from outside the Blood God Tower how many Blood Jade Crystals the beings inside have refined; otherwise, there would be no need to speculate here.

……

Outside the Blood God Tower, a thin veil of light separated the two worlds.

Beyond the light screen lies the "King Corpse," disturbed after countless years of slumber. Its roar is like apocalyptic thunder from the depths of the universe, and each impact causes violent ripples in the light screen, reminding the survivors inside that although this place is a refuge, it is also an isolated island, and the escape route has long been cut off.

The creatures sat cross-legged, in small groups, maintaining a safe distance with clear distinctions, silently licking their wounds and counting their spoils.

No one dared to make a move again, because everyone understood that none of those who had survived to this day were easy to deal with.

More importantly, their ultimate goal for this trip—the trial of the Blood God Tower—has only just ended, and the real gains have not yet been fully digested.

In the midst of this oppressive silence, a slightly hoarse voice suddenly rang out, breaking the somber atmosphere.

"Gentlemen, what earth-shattering rewards did you all obtain inside the Blood God Tower?"

The speaker was a powerful insectoid being who resembled a mantis. His compound eyes gleamed with a greedy and cunning light, clearly indicating that he wanted to probe the other party's background.

This question was like throwing a pebble into a deep pool, but it failed to create even the slightest ripple.

The surroundings instantly fell into an even deeper, deathly silence.

The powerful figures who were asked merely glanced at him coldly before withdrawing their gaze, closing their eyes to rest, as if they hadn't heard a word he said.

The Zerg powerhouse, having made a fool of himself, awkwardly shut his mouth.

Everyone present was shrewd; who would reveal their hand at this moment?

The rewards for the Blood God Tower are inevitably closely related to the number of floors cleared and the final evaluation.

This reward is the biggest secret for everyone during this forbidden journey; it is a treasure that could bring about their death.

Revealing a single word before it is completely safe would be foolish.

Seeing that no one answered, everyone's thoughts shifted from their own gains to the top beings still inside the tower.

"Speaking of which, most people have already come out. The only ones who haven't come out yet are probably just a few..."

"It was a cyclops," a gruff voice said.

"Hmm, the three weak masters of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, the Stone Buddha of the Stone Clan... and that fierce god Qin Feng, the first two have made some moves, the last one has not."

Another prodigy from the Feather Clan chimed in, his voice trembling slightly as he mentioned the name "Qin Feng," and his eyes revealing an undisguised fear.

This name has become the deepest nightmare in the hearts of all survivors during the past year of clearing out the site.

“Master Sanruo and Stone Buddha are supreme beings who have stepped into the ‘forbidden realm’. It is reasonable that they spend more time in the tower and reach higher levels.”

Black Jade of the Crystal Clan spoke slowly, his voice clear and cold like the friction of crystal, "But what exactly is Qin Feng? When the outside world was being cleared, the number of Blood Jade Crystals he plundered far exceeded ours, and now the time he has spent inside the tower is in no way inferior to that of a true God-Forbidden expert."

These words made the atmosphere even more somber.

Ye Luo, the proud son of the Stone Emperor, remained silent, staring intently at the towering tower that seemed to disappear into the blood mist.

"I wonder what kind of extraordinary rewards the Three Weak Masters and the Stone Buddha will receive in the tower."

"As for Qin Feng... why hasn't he come out yet?"

"Look! The secondary stele! There's movement on the secondary stele; the name of the three weak ones has stopped!"

A gasp broke the silence of the crowd.

All eyes immediately focused on the smaller stone tablet next to the Blood God Tower.

The secondary stele was dark red all over, and it was engraved with dense ancient divine script. Each name represented a cosmic-level genius who had left a glorious record in the Blood God Tower.

For countless years, only the most brilliant and talented have been qualified to leave their names here.

At this moment, at the very end of the secondary monument, a brand new name is radiating a faint light and slowly emerging.

[Rank 54,000: Weakest, Floor 85]

A single line of simple text seemed to possess boundless magic, instantly captivating everyone's attention.

"..."

"Eighty-five floors! My God, the trials of the Blood God Tower are incredibly difficult. It's said that after the fiftieth floor, the difficulty of each subsequent floor increases exponentially. The Three Weak Masters actually managed to reach the eighty-fifth floor!"

"Ranked 54,000th... This is an extremely terrifying achievement! You must know that this secondary monument records the total ranking of all challengers throughout the endless river of time since the existence of the Blood God Tower!"

A violent commotion erupted from the crowd, with gasps of amazement rising and falling.

"As expected of the Three Weak Masters, as expected of the successor of the Heavenly Mystery Sect!"

A seasoned, knowledgeable Black Hole-level powerhouse exclaimed, "The Heavenly Mystery Sect is a top-tier force from the Endless Sea. Its foundation is unfathomable. Its members travel throughout the universe, observing celestial secrets and calculating fates. Each one is mysterious and powerful. Master Sanruo's achievements are truly well-deserved!"

"Yeah yeah."

Someone nearby immediately chimed in, "Who would have thought that the chubby kid who always smiles and seems harmless would actually be so incredibly strong?"

Looking back now, I'm so glad I never spoke rudely to him; otherwise, I probably wouldn't even know how I died.

As the crowd discussed the inscription "Three Weaknesses" on the monument, their eyes were filled with awe.

They had personally ventured into the Blood God Tower and knew best what terror it held.

Each level's opponent is a perfect replica of your own combat system, or even stronger. There is no possibility of taking shortcuts; you can only rely on your hard power to fight your way up level by level.

Being able to leave one's name in it is the highest recognition of one's strength and talent.

Moreover, this ranking is not low.

Just as they were marveling at Master Sanruo's strength, a stream of light shot out from the Blood God Tower's gate without warning. When the light faded, it revealed Sanruo's round figure.

He still had that same smiling face, as if he had just gone out for a stroll rather than gone through a long and brutal trial.

However, all the prodigies present, including Ye Luo, the son of the Stone Emperor, made the same move the moment he appeared—activating their spiritual perception and cautiously probing the body of the three weaklings.

They wanted to know just how many Blood Jade Crystals this powerful Tianji Sect member had refined!

Blood Jade Crystal is the core resource of this forbidden area trip and the most direct standard for measuring everyone's gains.

The amount refined directly affects the improvement of one's foundation.

When those strands of spiritual energy touched the life essence of the three weaklings and fed back a clear number, the entire space seemed to be drained of air.

"hiss--"

The gasps of astonishment rose and fell, blending together beneath the light screen to form a symphony entitled "Shocking."

"A full...three hundred!"

Three hundred Blood Jade Crystals! My God!

"The forbidden genius is truly terrifying!"

"This...how is this possible?! I refined sixty of them, and I felt my will was about to be completely torn apart by that bewitching power. He actually refined three hundred?!"

Every single living being present was awestruck by this number.

The shock was particularly intense for top geniuses like Ye Luo, Hei Yu, and Tucker, who had already stepped into the realm of half-step divine prohibition.

Because they knew better than anyone how dangerous the process of refining the Blood Jade Crystal was.

It was not just about absorbing energy, but a direct confrontation with the will of an evil god.

With each additional item refined, the allure and corruption originating from the Blood God and the depths of chaos multiplies, like a maggot clinging to the bone, constantly eroding the soul of the challenger.

Ye Luo prided himself on his unwavering will. As the son of the Stone Emperor, his temperament had been tempered to the point of being as solid as a rock. Even so, after refining sixty-three Blood Jade Crystals, he reached his limit. One more crystal would have caused his Dao heart to collapse, putting him in danger of going completely insane.

Three hundred... how terrifying willpower would that require? How horrific a mental backlash would one have to endure?

This number has exceeded their wildest imagination.

The look in their eyes when they looked at Sanruo was no longer friendly; it was now filled with deep fear and awe.

……

However, before everyone could fully recover from the enormous shock brought by the three hundred blood jade crystals, an even louder exclamation erupted, like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

"Look at the secondary stele! It's the Stone Buddha! It's the Stone Buddha's name; it's getting upgraded like crazy again!"

Everyone's gaze abruptly shifted from Sanruo and fixed once more intently on the dark red stone tablet.

On the upper middle section of the secondary monument, another name is steadily and firmly climbing upwards with an unstoppable momentum.

Stone Buddha

This name seems to inherently carry a profound and weighty aura that suppresses all ages.

Its ranking easily surpassed the three weakest teams that had just ignited the entire audience, and then continued to rise without stopping.

Forty thousand... thirty thousand... ten thousand!

When the words "Stone Buddha" broke through the 10,000 mark and officially entered the front row of the secondary monument, the entire audience fell silent.

Everyone held their breath, their hearts pounding with each beat of that name.

But this is not the end.

Nine thousand... five thousand...

Finally, under the gaze of countless stunned eyes, the name of the stone Buddha forcefully squeezed into the top area of ​​the secondary stele, fixing itself in a position that took everyone's breath away.

[Rank 870: Stone Buddha]

One thousand people in front of the monument!

Although he failed to ascend the main stele like those legendary prodigies, he was able to break into the top 1,000 among countless tower climbers throughout history on the secondary stele, which is beyond description as "extraordinary talent".

This is proof that you truly stand at the very top of the pyramid of the younger generation in the universe!
Whether placed in the Holy Academy Sea, which has nurtured countless powerful individuals, or in the mysterious and unpredictable Endless Sea, such achievements are enough to drive any top-tier power crazy and make them a pillar of the future!

"Whoosh-"

A beam of light, as solid as a mountain, emerged from the tower gate, revealing the figure of the stone Buddha before everyone.

He remained as calm and composed as ever, as if nothing in the world could stir the slightest ripple in his heart.

But this time, no one dared to treat him as just an ordinary "second-ranked candidate on the Hidden Dragon List".

Almost instinctively, everyone's mental senses reached out again, even more urgently and nervously than when they were probing the three weak points.

They wanted to know just how many Blood Jade Crystals the Stone Buddha, which had achieved such a glorious feat, had refined!

The next second, a huge uproar erupted, so loud that it almost overturned the light screen above.

"More than a thousand!"

"More than a thousand blood jade crystals! This is insane! This is absolutely insane!"

"A monster! He's a complete monster!"

If the three hundred blood jade crystals brought them shock, then the number of over a thousand brought them nothing but pure fear and despair.

They couldn't even comprehend how a being could withstand thousands of impacts from the will of an evil god without collapsing.

This completely contradicts their understanding of will.

"No wonder...no wonder he was able to break into the top 1,000 of the secondary monument."

Ye Luo murmured to himself, his voice filled with bitterness.

He originally thought that by refining sixty-three blood jade crystals and stepping into the half-step divine forbidden realm, he had greatly shortened the gap between himself and the stone Buddha.

But now it seems that the gap has not narrowed, but has instead widened to a hopeless state.

The way everyone looked at the stone Buddha was no longer out of fear, but rather with awe, almost as if they were looking up to a deity.

They began to make involuntary associations.

The once-renowned Thunder Emperor was only ranked over 90,000th on the secondary monument, yet he eventually attained the Dao and became an emperor, a cosmic overlord.

So, what kind of magnificent and brilliant future awaits the three weaklings who ranked over 40,000th and the stone Buddha who broke into the top 1,000?

Just as everyone's attention was completely occupied by the terrifying achievement of the Stone Buddha with more than a thousand blood jade crystals, and they thought that the shock of the day had reached its peak, a faint exclamation, filled with extreme uncertainty, quietly rang out from a corner of the crowd.

"You...look...the secondary monument...at the very bottom..."

The voice was very soft, almost drowned out by the clamor of conversation, but it was still picked up by some sharp-eared individuals.

"Huh? What else?"

Countless gazes, tinged with doubt, once again turned to the secondary monument that seemed to have been settled.

As they moved their gaze down from the name of the stone Buddha at the top to the very end of the stele, everyone's pupils simultaneously contracted to the size of pinpoints.

Right at the very bottom of the list, a name they both knew and feared shone with unprecedented brilliance, like a newly born star.

Qin Feng

"It's Qin Feng! His name has appeared!"

At that moment, it was as if an invisible hand had instantly gripped everyone's throat.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on those two words, like iron filings drawn to a magnet.

Then, they witnessed a scene they would never forget.

The name "Qin Feng" appeared and, without the slightest pause, began its astonishing astoundingly fast, at a speed that was far more ferocious and swift than the Three Weaknesses and the Stone Buddha!
100,000... 90,000... 80,000...

The rankings on the secondary monument seemed like a thin sheet of paper in front of it, which was mercilessly pierced one after another!

What everyone saw was no longer a name rising, but a golden lightning bolt that was destroying everything, launching an unstoppable, heaven-defying charge along the stone tablet from bottom to top!

"Wow, that speed...it's much faster than the Stone Buddha!"

"He has surpassed the Three Weak Masters! He's ranked 50,000th!"

"It's still rising! My God! Its momentum shows no signs of slowing down!"

The deathly silence in the crowd was broken, replaced by bursts of suppressed, trembling gasps.

Forty thousand!
Thirty thousand!
Ten thousand!

When Qin Feng's name, like a comet striking the earth, suddenly broke through the 10,000 mark and stood shoulder to shoulder with the name of Stone Buddha, everyone felt their minds go blank.

"They've...tied up? No! They're still rising!"

In their stunned gazes, Qin Feng's name passed without pause, easily surpassing the stone Buddha who had just made them feel awe, and then plunged headlong into the domain of the legendary top geniuses—the top 1,000!

Nine hundred!
Five hundred!
Top 100!

When Qin Feng's name entered the top 100, the whole world seemed to fall silent.

Even the roars of the royal corpse outside the light curtain seemed distant and unreal.

All the surviving prodigies, including the three weaklings and the Stone Buddha himself, could only watch in awe as that light continued to create incredible legends.

Top fifty!

Top ten!
Third place!
Second place!
Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone whose souls trembled, Qin Feng's name ascended to that supreme pinnacle, pushing down the ancient name "Dao Yi" that had originally hung in first place, and then slowly settled.

[First Place: Qin Feng, 94th Floor]

Second place: Dao Yi, 91st floor

Dead silence.

It was as still as a vacuum in the universe.

"Nine...ninety-fourth floor..."

For the first time, Master Sanruo's signature smile completely disappeared from his face, replaced by an extreme, almost ghost-like horror.

His mouth was wide open, big enough to fit a fist.

"First place...he actually got first place?!"

As a member of the Tianji Sect, the intelligence he possessed far surpassed that of others.

He knew very well that beyond the ninetieth floor of the Blood God Tower lay a completely new world.

The difficulty there is completely different from the previous ninety floors.

The strength and potential required to break through each level increase exponentially.

Throughout history, countless geniuses and extraordinary talents have met their end on the ninety-first floor. The being known as "Dao Yi" conquered the ninety-first floor in the fastest time, dominating the second-tier monument for countless years and being hailed as an insurmountable monument.

Although he eventually perished, he still stirred up an extremely terrifying storm among the various powers.

Today, Qin Feng not only surpassed this monument, but also opened up a gap of three floors with a score of ninety-four!

These three levels are not just ordinary differences; they are an insurmountable chasm that would drive even the most brilliant geniuses of the Divine Forbidden Realm to despair!
"Monster...freak..."

Sanruo muttered to himself, realizing that all the words he used to describe geniuses seemed so pale and powerless in the face of Qin Feng's heaven-defying achievements. "In the Divine Forbidden Domain, he is definitely at the top level!"

As for the other living beings, their brains have completely stopped functioning.

They just stared blankly at the name shining with endless divine light at the very top of the secondary monument, feeling that all the common sense they knew had been completely overturned and crushed into dust at this moment.

Just then, a streak of light flew out of the tower gate at a leisurely pace.

Qin Feng's figure appeared in everyone's sight.

His aura didn't seem much stronger than before he went in; it was still a black hole-level fluctuation.

But his eyes became incredibly deep, as if they contained an ancient starry sky that had experienced billions of years of birth and death, causing any living being that looked into his eyes to feel a sudden tremor in their heart.

Almost out of habit, the spiritual senses of all living beings subconsciously reached out to this newly promoted, unparalleled prodigy ranked first in the Blood God Tower.

They wanted to know just how many Blood Jade Crystals Qin Feng, who had created such a legend, had refined.

One thousand? Two thousand? Or three thousand?

When the results of the investigation flooded back into everyone's minds, time seemed to freeze completely at that moment.

Everyone's expression froze on their faces.

For the first time, violent cracks appeared on the stone Buddha's eternally unchanging, icy face, and its eyes revealed undisguised horror.

The three weak masters' round, plump faces drained of color, their eyes wide with astonishment, and their bodies even began to tremble slightly uncontrollably.

The other living beings, one by one, were all petrified on the spot, as if they had been frozen in place, their eyes filled with pure, boundless shock and blankness.

Full...

Two hundred thousand!

This number, like a supernova, exploded deep within their souls, shattering all their reason, all their understanding, and all their pride into nothingness, leaving not a trace.

"This……"

"Two hundred thousand Blood Jade Crystals?! The most others only have a thousand!"

"And I only have sixty-odd!"

"Is such an existence... truly something I can contend with?!"

Ye Luo, the son of the Stone Emperor, muttered to himself in a daze.

At that moment, the hatred he felt as a sworn enemy and the resentment he felt as a competitor melted away as quickly as ice and snow under the scorching sun.

Instead, there was a sense of powerlessness emanating from the depths of one's soul, and an irrepressible... mutual respect and admiration for the strong.

He began to reflect and ask himself questions.

If it were him, being targeted by the top powers of the universe and hunted down by the geniuses of all races, even with the full protection of his race, could he have reached this point as Qin Feng has?

Is it possible to create such a miracle, capable of overturning history, time and time again, in dire circumstances?

Deep within Ye Luo's heart, a voice told him with unparalleled clarity—he couldn't do it, he couldn't, but Qin Feng had already carved out a bloody path, stepped into the Divine Forbidden Zone, and become the number one in the Blood God Tower. Next... would be Qin Feng's era!

(End of this chapter)