Chapter 1049: Departure

Nine-Xiao River, a common supreme treasure of the domain type, is of the Metal Attribute and requires 16 treasure points to exchange.

What attracted Luo Feng was the phrase “Metal Attribute.” He immediately asked, “Details of the Nine-Xiao River.”

Whoosh!

The screen in midair instantly displayed an image. In the vast starry sky, golden water currents suddenly spread in all directions, forming an endless wide golden river. Within this golden river, there were nine strange beasts, each covered in scales, with tiger heads and the bodies and tails of dragon-like creatures.

These nine strange beasts—vaguely outlined—swam and played about within the endless golden river.

“The Nine-Xiao River is a purely domain-type supreme treasure with formidable suppression and binding abilities. If an enemy’s strength is insufficient, the Nine-Xiao River can even annihilate them outright,” a gentle voice explained. “As a Metal-Attribute domain-type supreme treasure, it can be wielded by powerful beings who have attained immortality through the Metal Law. The domain of the Metal Law can merge with the treasure’s domain, amplifying its power. If one ascends to Cosmic Sovereign status through the Spatial Law… given that the Spatial Law is a higher law compared to Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, its domain can also integrate with the treasure’s domain, further enhancing its potency.”

“However, other cultivators, such as Time Sovereigns, are not suited to use the Nine-Xiao River,” the gentle voice concluded and fell silent.

Luo Feng nodded in satisfaction as he watched this scene.

He was already quite satisfied with the Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror. On the Origin Star, it could heavily restrict the movements of high-level Cosmic Sovereigns and slightly restrict Cosmic Monarchs, allowing Luo Feng to easily escape pursuits from the likes of Sovereign Qi Xue and Venerable Bi Feng.

Still, its effectiveness wasn’t enough to satisfy Luo Feng.

The restriction power wasn’t strong enough!

For instance, against someone skilled in escape techniques, such as Sovereign Tian Yang, the domain obstruction of the Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror alone would allow Sovereign Tian Yang to flee using his treasure wings.

“If I possessed a stronger domain-type supreme treasure,” Luo Feng mused, “even if Sovereign Tian Yang’s comprehension of the Laws was higher than mine and he had treasure wings, he probably wouldn’t escape.”

“And if I encountered dangerous situations, with a domain-type supreme treasure, I could completely escape pursuit.”

“Nine-Xiao River!”

Luo Feng’s gaze settled on the Nine-Xiao River.

Unfortunately, it required 16 treasure points to exchange.

“I can’t worry about that anymore,” Luo Feng gritted his teeth. “Treasures are valued for their quality, not quantity!”

With a wave of his hand, Luo Feng produced a magic cube and placed it on the stone disk.

Numerous green threads rose from the countless patterns on the stone disk, enveloping the magic cube. Moments later, the gentle voice sounded again: “A heavy treasure of the sealing type, offered to the race, can earn 22 treasure points. Luo Feng, are you willing to offer this treasure to the race?”

“Only 22 treasure points?” Luo Feng shook his head inwardly.

“No.”

Luo Feng replied.

An invisible force then took control, and the magic cube flew back to Luo Feng. With a gesture, it landed in his palm.

“I’ll try something else,” Luo Feng muttered.

One by one, Luo Feng tested various heavy treasures to see how many contribution points they could fetch.

The Purple Bell was unexpectedly valued at 89 treasure points, and a sealed star was worth 30 treasure points… The green axe given to Luo Feng by ‘Silver Eye’ in the Ice Prison was worth only 3 treasure points… Sealing-type treasures were generally more valuable, with the Purple Bell being a pleasant surprise.

“This top-tier set treasure, the Devouring Heaven and Earth Claw, is valued at 1200 treasure points?” Luo Feng shook his head inwardly. “Unfortunately, it’s still far from enough.”

“I’ll focus on these two.”

With a wave of his hand, Luo Feng revealed a date-pit-sized ancient ship in his left hand—the Galaxy Ancient Ship. In his right palm was a mirror—the Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror.

“The Master of Wine left this Galaxy Ancient Ship in the treasure trove, and it eventually came into my possession. I had originally intended to spread the ship’s fame, but it seems… I don’t have that fortune,” Luo Feng murmured. “For now, I’ll offer the Galaxy Ancient Ship to the race. If no powerful being exchanges for it in the future… I can reclaim it. If I can’t reclaim it, then it was never meant to be mine.”

Luo Feng truly loved the Galaxy Ancient Ship; otherwise, he wouldn’t have named it ‘Galaxy.’

However, on the path of becoming a true powerhouse, Luo Feng could not afford to cling to a trivial preference at the cost of losing a supreme treasure of immense importance.

“As for the Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror, if I have the Nine-Xiao River, it naturally becomes obsolete.” Luo Feng immediately extended his hand and placed the Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror directly on the stone disk.

The Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror, a top-tier domain-type heavy treasure, was valued at 2.3 treasure points.

The Galaxy Ancient Ship, a top-tier flying palace-type heavy treasure and an item of the Master of Wine, was valued at 3.6 treasure points.

“The Galaxy Ancient Ship is actually slightly more valuable than the Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror,” Luo Feng chuckled softly. “Could it be that a treasure once used by a supreme powerhouse gains value simply from its reputation?”

Undoubtedly, although Luo Feng possessed several heavy treasures, even a set treasure, their value was clearly low. It would likely take hundreds or even thousands of heavy treasures to exchange for a single ordinary supreme treasure.

“A top-tier flying palace-type heavy treasure, offered to the race, can earn 3.6 treasure points. Luo Feng, are you willing to offer this treasure to the race?” the gentle voice asked.

“Yes.”

Luo Feng nodded.

“A top-tier domain-type heavy treasure, offered to the race, can earn 2.3 treasure points. Luo Feng, are you willing to offer this treasure to the race?”

“Yes.”

“The Nine-Xiao River requires 16 treasure points to exchange. Luo Feng, do you wish to exchange for it?”

“Exchange!”

Luo Feng didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

Boom~~~ The stone disk slowly cracked open, the process very gradual, until it revealed a passage leading into an endless abyss. Then, a treasure slowly floated upward—a fist-sized golden carving of a strange beast with a tiger’s head, a dragon-like body, and a tail.

The carving flew directly toward Luo Feng, who reached out and grasped it in his palm.

“Nine-Xiao River… acquired.” Luo Feng channeled a bit of divine power into it, imprinting his life mark. The carving quickly merged into his palm, leaving a carved pattern on the center of his right hand.

“Galaxy Ancient Ship!”

Luo Feng looked up at the screen in midair and quickly flipped to the ‘flying palace-type’ top-tier treasure section… Sure enough, among the many treasures, a new item named ‘Silver Serpent Phantom Ship’ had appeared, valued at 4 treasure points. It was clearly slightly more valuable than the treasure points Luo Feng had contributed.

Luo Feng understood immediately—

This was the meaning of ‘contributing.’

Powerful cultivators supplied treasures to their clan at slightly discounted prices, while the clan resold them to other strong individuals at standard rates. This continuous cycle naturally enabled the clan to amass a considerable number of treasures effortlessly. These resources were then utilized to nurture the younger generation, fostering geniuses and immortal beings.

This time, Luo Feng contributed the Galaxy Ancient Ship, the Golden-Line Extreme Light Mirror, and parts of the Sword River Luo to the race, earning 17.9 treasure points. After exchanging for the Nine-Xiao River, which cost 16 treasure points, he had 1.9 treasure points remaining. Luo Feng did not continue to exchange for other treasures, as they held little significance for him.

For the strong, the value of treasures lies not in quantity, but in quality!

A single ‘Star Tower’ surpasses ten thousand treasures.

After leaving Chaos City, Luo Feng entered his divine nation.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~~ Above the endless abyss of the sea, the Golden-Horned Colossal Beast hovered midair with its wings outstretched.

“Roar~~~”

The Gold-Horned Giant Beast let out a thunderous roar toward the sky, instantly igniting its divine power and activating the golden beast pattern on its chest. Boom~~~ Centered on the Gold-Horned Giant Beast, a golden current surged within a radius of 30 million kilometers, forming an endless golden river rushing forth.

At the same time, nine strange beasts faintly appeared, competing as they swam through the golden river…

The Gold-Horned Giant Beast stood at the center of this endless river.

“Law Domain.”

“Nine-Xiao River Domain.”

“Merge!”

Boom~~~~ The power surged even more, with the vast golden river raging in midair, immensely powerful.

“Such a strong domain, far more powerful than the Golden-Line Extreme Light Domain,” Luo Feng, standing beside the Gold-Horned Giant Beast, nodded inwardly. “Previously, when I burned my divine power to activate the Golden-Line Extreme Light Domain, it would take some time to gather enough domain force to annihilate an ordinary Cosmic Sovereign. But with the supreme treasure Nine-Xiao River… its power is much greater. I estimate that with some time, it could annihilate a mid-level Cosmic Sovereign.”

“Concentrate the power!”

The golden river’s energy rapidly converged into the nine strange beasts, and the beasts became even more powerful.

“It can seriously wound a mid-level Cosmic Sovereign, and multiple strikes could completely annihilate one,” Luo Feng sensed the power and nodded in satisfaction. “Even a high-level Cosmic Sovereign would be like sinking into a swamp. As for a Cosmic Monarch… their speed would also slow significantly.”

This pleased Luo Feng greatly.

“If I encounter Sovereign Tian Yang again, within my Nine-Xiao River Domain, his flying speed will drastically decrease. I’ll easily catch up to him,” Luo Feng nodded inwardly.

Luo Feng retracted the Nine-Xiao River Domain, withdrew the Gold-Horned Giant Beast avatar into his world ring, and stood silently above the endless dark sea.

This journey to the Origin Star was brief, yet it broadened Luo Feng’s horizons… He now realized that among the myriad races in the universe, the strong converge, and even Cosmic Sovereigns are abundant!

“My strength is still insufficient.”

“Treasure Wings!”

The image of Sovereign Tian Yang’s black wings surfaced in Luo Feng’s mind. As for the Sword River Luo components, Luo Feng didn’t care at all because he knew that obtaining the Sword River Luo on his own was like a dream—his chances were probably less than one in a million. What Luo Feng truly wanted was Sovereign Tian Yang’s wings.

“The Murder Wu Wings and those black wings attract each other. Once combined, their power will surely surge.”

“I believe Sovereign Tian Yang is also trying to seize my wings.”

“Right.”

“It’s time to go to the ‘Yin Fa Secret Realm’,” Luo Feng murmured. “It’s time to obtain the fourth black metal plate.”

Years ago, his teacher, Master Sitting Mountain, had given him three trials.

A Domain Lord could go to obtain the third black metal plate, an Immortal could go to obtain the fourth, and a Sovereign could go to obtain the final one.

After his journey to the Ice Prison, he had ultimately been trapped there for over two thousand years.

“The fourth black metal plate is in the legendary Yin Fa Secret Realm, known for its danger,” Luo Feng murmured. “This trip will probably also take a long time. I wonder what kind of situation my teacher has set for me. But I must try… Although it will take a long time, once I obtain the fourth black metal plate, my strength will greatly increase! Perhaps my Gold-Horned Giant Beast avatar will reach the Perfect Genetic Level—”

Last time, when the Abyssal Sea avatar achieved the Perfect Genetic Level, its consciousness acquired the innate secret technique ‘I Am the Universe,’ and its divine body surpassed 90,000 kilometers in size.

However, Luo Feng chose to transform his divine body into the Endless Dark Sea, so despite possessing the innate secret technique ‘I Am the Universe,’ he had been unable to utilize it.

“Regardless, there’s a certain possibility that obtaining the fourth black metal plate will allow my Gold-Horned Giant Beast avatar to reach the Perfect Genetic Level,” Luo Feng thought. “This is an opportunity for a significant boost in my strength.”

“Once I succeed.”

“It will be time to deal with Sovereign Tian Yang.” Luo Feng murmured silently.

After returning to the Origin Secret Realm once, Luo Feng quietly left human territory and headed toward the legendary and extremely dangerous Yin Fa Secret Realm!