Chapter 1012: Glory

At one of the mid-level locations of Thunder Island, a waterfall surged like a mighty river cascading downward, crashing into a vast lake below.

In the lake stood a small island, approximately several kilometers in diameter, where eight figures were engaged in conversation.

“Chaos City Lord is a pillar of our human race, making countless contributions to our people! Yet we are now discussing Daohe King Luo Feng. Can anyone say that Chaos City Lord’s great achievements have anything to do with Luo Feng? Hmph! Chaos City Lord’s status is earned through strength, through countless battles, and through the massive contributions made to our human race… As for this Daohe King Luo Feng, he’s merely a nurtured prodigy who has always consumed clan resources. I haven’t seen him make any significant contributions! What achievements has he made to deserve receiving treasures without cost? What contributions has he made to receive the Beast God Inheritance Order freely?”

“Geniuses merely consume resources. In fact, they owe the clan!”

“And we, however, are the ones generating resources for the clan!”

“Without contributions and lacking strength equal to ours, how can he dare to stand alongside us?” A figure over eight meters tall, clad entirely in black armor with extremely thick arms, sat beside a massive iron hammer, emitting a deep, furious roar.

“Leimeng Venerable speaks wisely!”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Several other Cosmic Sovereigns nodded in agreement.

“Let’s not say too much; after all, this is Chaos City Lord’s arrangement,” remarked a handsome man with six pairs of wings, who was drinking alone.

“Even if Chaos City Lord made this arrangement, Luo Feng should know he doesn’t deserve such a position,” Leimeng Venerable’s voice rumbled like thunder, “Yet he dares to build a palace on the mountainside. Building a palace doesn’t mean he’s qualified to stand alongside us.”

“Look, Zhenyan is coming.”

“It’s Zhenyan.”

“Quiet now, Zhenyan has a special relationship with Daohe King Luo Feng.” The eight Cosmic Sovereigns lifted their heads and saw Zhenyan Venerable, the ape-like figure, flying toward them as a streak of light.

Thunder Island was a gathering place for the strong.

Friendships were formed according to hierarchy. Cosmic Sovereigns generally associated among themselves. Zhenyan Venerable, naturally fond of making friends, had managed to befriend several Cosmic Sovereigns.

“Zhenyan, come, sit.”

“Zhenyan, take a seat.”

The Cosmic Sovereigns were quite warm in their reception. Although they resented Luo Feng, it didn’t mean they would take it out on Zhenyan Venerable. After all, over the years, Zhenyan’s genuine nature had indeed earned him many good Cosmic Sovereign friends.

“Hahaha, Blacksmith, you seem to have a belly full of anger. Tell your brothers what’s bothering you,” Zhenyan Venerable directly approached the handsome man with six pairs of wings sitting opposite him and said, “Xueyi Venerable, don’t mind if I have a drink with you.”

The winged man smiled slightly and poured him some wine.

Among the eight Cosmic Sovereigns, the strongest were Xueyi Venerable and Leimeng Venerable.

“I indeed have a belly full of anger. Do you know what your disciple Luo Feng has done?” Leimeng Venerable’s voice was deep and powerful. As soon as he spoke, the other seven Cosmic Sovereigns looked over, seemingly blaming Leimeng for his bluntness. However, Leimeng glared at them and said, “If I don’t say it, sooner or later Zhenyan will find out anyway!”

“Know what?” Zhenyan Venerable was startled, “Are you talking about Luo Feng? Could it be about his becoming immortal…”

“What has his becoming immortal got to do with me?” Leimeng Venerable replied, “Do you know that Chaos City Lord has actually arranged for him to build a palace on the mountainside, just like us many Cosmic Sovereigns?”

Zhenyan was stunned.

Leimeng continued, “He is merely an immortal. How can an immortal build a palace on the mountainside?”

“This, this…” Zhenyan Venerable was also somewhat taken aback, “Perhaps Chaos City Lord has some special ideas.”

“No matter how special, this is unacceptable. How can we Cosmic Sovereigns feel convinced? Could it be that Luo Feng possesses strength comparable to ours… Haha, do you believe that?” Leimeng Venerable said.

Zhenyan Venerable hesitated slightly.

Cosmic Sovereigns and immortals were entirely different levels.

In terms of divine power alone, they generally differed by hundreds of times! Combined with the enormous gap in law comprehension, and the differences in the profundity of secret techniques created… the power difference was at least thousands of times or more. Therefore, even a king like Heiwu or Bolan could defeat some ordinary Cosmic Sovereigns only because of their innate, extraordinary secret techniques.

Without such innate secret techniques… even with a slightly superior divine body, the enormous gap in law comprehension would lead to a crushing defeat.

“It’s not that we are jealous, but there must be clan rules! Everything must be done according to the rules, otherwise how can we convince many strong beings?” Leimeng Venerable shook his head, “In fact, this matter has already caused dissatisfaction among many strong beings. They just dare not challenge Chaos City Lord’s authority, so they only exchange opinions secretly, waiting for your disciple to make a fool of himself. I’m not saying… if you really care about your disciple, you should make him move out of the mountainside as soon as possible, otherwise it will be self-inflicted humiliation. Moreover, he will inexplicably earn the dislike of many Cosmic Sovereigns, which is a huge disadvantage.”

“Leimeng may be straightforward, but what he says makes sense,” Xueyi Venerable softly smiled, “Zhenyan, you need to think about your apprentice.”

Zhenyan Venerable’s expression also turned grim.

…

In the Open Square of the Glory World of the Ancestral God Sect.

Luo Feng was conversing with Qianyu King.

“Luofeng,” suddenly a figure appeared beside him.

Luo Feng looked up in surprise, “Teacher, why did you come? I sent you an email earlier. If you need to find me, just call me through the virtual universe, and I would have come immediately.”

“Qianyu King, I have something to discuss with Luo Feng,” Zhenyan Venerable said.

Qianyu King immediately obediently left. As soon as Zhenyan Venerable sat down, he activated a soundproof barrier around them and stared at Luo Feng, “I just received your email, but on Thunder Island, I was caught by many of my good friends.”

“Caught by your good friends?” Luo Feng blinked.

“It’s all because of your matter,” Zhenyan Venerable shook his head, “Your residing on the mid-level of Thunder Island has clearly caused dissatisfaction among many Cosmic Sovereigns.”

“Do they really need to be so petty?” Luo Feng shook his head.

“You’re wrong,” Zhenyan Venerable frowned, “They have eternal lives, and their loved ones have long since passed away one by one. In their lives… they are only pursuing the path of strength, enduring endless cultivation over long ages, to attain their current status! Therefore, they actually place great importance on status… these seemingly worthless honors.”

Luo Feng was stunned.

“Status, glory!” Zhenyan Venerable murmured softly, “Like me, trapped at the invincible King-level for an eternity, I could only hide in Chaos City. Only after breaking through to the Cosmic Sovereign realm… could I rise again as a prominent figure, attaining high status and glory!”

“These status and glory are earned through strength and contributions to the clan,” Zhenyan Venerable sighed, “If they don’t care about status and glory, then what else can Cosmic Sovereigns pursue?”

Luo Feng fully understood.

During his 50,000 years of wandering in the universe, he generally observed the weak; how many Cosmic Sovereigns had he observed? Thus, he had never realized… Cosmic Sovereigns were merely a form of life, albeit great beings with immense strength, yet they also had things they were deeply attached to.

Without familial affection… then clan and personal status and glory would become the pursuits of many strong beings.

For the clan, they could die!

For glory, they could also die!

“I think I understand now,” Luo Feng sighed, “No wonder this matter has caused so much dissatisfaction among so many strong beings. Indeed… it’s not unreasonable for them to be dissatisfied! If I were a Cosmic Sovereign, suddenly a young immortal genius gaining the same glory as me, I would also feel quite resentful.”

“You’re still young, and you’ve always been the most dazzling, so it’s normal that you didn’t realize this earlier,” Zhenyan Venerable said.

Luo Feng nodded.

Yes.

On the path of strength, status and glory were indeed very important.

If he had become an obscure immortal, an obscure Cosmic Sovereign, and eventually faded away in obscurity… such a path of strength would be too dull.

What truly made one’s blood boil… was the battle on this journey! The life-and-death struggles! The glory!

“I understand,” Luo Feng grinned, “I will prove it with facts, letting those Cosmic Sovereigns realize my strength, Luo Feng’s strength. After all, defeating a Cosmic Sovereign isn’t that big of a deal.”

“Defeating a Cosmic Sovereign?” Zhenyan Venerable was astonished. Since he hadn’t witnessed Luo Feng’s breakthrough to immortality, even though he trusted Luo Feng, he couldn’t imagine… a human immortal could defeat a Cosmic Sovereign. After all, even Heiwu King could only bully the weakest Cosmic Sovereigns, nearly losing his life when facing Zhenyan Venerable.

It should be noted that Heiwu King was an extraordinary lifeform with a 2000-fold life gene level.

This shows… the gap between immortals and Cosmic Sovereigns was indeed enormous.

“Teacher doesn’t believe in me?” Luo Feng smiled, “Just watch and see.”

…

At this moment, in another part of the open square.

“Heiwu King, look, there’s Daohe King.”

The Black Fog King was also seated among the many powerful alien beings of the Northern Border Alliance, watching Luo Feng and the True Yan Venerable from a distance. The True Yan Venerable and Luo Feng were the two he despised the most on Purple Thorn Island.

“Indeed, his pressure feels stronger,” Heiwu King sneered, “It seems this Daohe King has truly become immortal. It’s been over 80,000 years. Back then, his law comprehension was already very high. I didn’t expect he would take over 80,000 years to break through to immortality and reappear. He really knows how to endure.”

“I’ve been waiting for 80,000 years,” Heiwu King gritted his teeth.

He didn’t have confidence to confront Zhenyan Venerable.

But…

Dealing with the famous Daohe King first, he was full of confidence.

“You are an immortal, and so am I. I will personally deal with you… which is not bullying you. After all, you are a legendary genius known throughout the universe,” Heiwu King grinned, revealing his fangs. At that moment, far away, Luo Feng and Zhenyan Venerable stood up, and Zhenyan Venerable vanished into thin air.

Seeing this, Heiwu King suddenly had an idea and immediately stood up, directly walking toward the inheritors of the Hong Alliance.

“Heiwu King is coming.”

“Heiwu King is approaching.”

Over a thousand inheritors of the Hong Alliance turned their heads to look, and Luo Feng also looked over with slight confusion.