Chapter 1130: Origin

Being observed by Heiwu, it felt as if a sinister melody endlessly echoed in one’s mind, involuntarily affecting the person. If the “Illusionary Flow” subtly infiltrated and lured others into illusions without notice, Heiwu exerted his influence without any concealment. Everyone knew about this invisible influence, yet breaking free from it was extremely difficult.

“Luofeng, pay respects to your senior uncle,” said the Chaos City Lord. As his voice rang out, the surrounding atmosphere immediately turned gentle, dispelling the previous eerie and sinister aura.

“Greetings, senior uncle,” Luofeng said.

“I heard you’ve trained for just over 100,000 years,” Heiwu scrutinized Luofeng. “To reach your current level in such a short time, you truly are the most outstanding disciple my senior brother has had over countless eons.”

Luofeng replied, “Actually, my training time is far more than just over 100,000 years. I trained for a long time in a place where time flows extremely fast.”

Everyone present, including the Chaos City Lord, nodded slightly.

They now understood. However, maintaining time chambers or similar devices required an enormous amount of energy. The greater the time dilation ratio, the more costly and difficult it was to sustain. Given that the universe’s natural age was already immensely long, and combat was the best form of cultivation, few factions arranged for their geniuses to train intensively in isolation.

“Good.”

The Chaos City Lord swept his gaze around. “Now, our Virtual Universe lineage has gathered six Cosmic Sovereigns.”

Instantly, Longxing, Bingfeng, Heiwu, Youhou, and Luofeng turned their attention, listening to the Chaos City Lord speak. In terms of power and status, the Chaos City Lord was naturally the leader of the Virtual Universe lineage.

“The birth of another Cosmic Sovereign is a blessing for our Virtual Universe lineage and for humanity,” the Chaos City Lord smiled. “Moreover, my disciple’s survival capability likely ranks among the top within our six.”

“Oh?” Heiwu looked over.

Bingfeng also turned silently toward Luofeng.

“Really?” Youhou and Longxing both spoke up.

“Luofeng has two main advantages. First, he has the talent to create clones. Second, one of his clones possesses a life form similar to Jiuyou’s,” the Chaos City Lord directly stated.

“Jiuyou?”

Heiwu, Longxing, Bingfeng, and Youhou all looked at Luofeng in astonishment. Luofeng said, “It was just luck!” He felt no dissatisfaction at his master revealing this directly, as he clearly understood that status was earned through strength. At the moment, the Virtual Universe lineage was extremely powerful.

His surface strength should be at the lower end, comparable to Youhou. If he slightly revealed some of his techniques, his status would naturally change! Moreover, whether or not to expose the Infinite Sea clone made little difference, just like how Jiuyou publicly revealed his existence, yet no one could do anything about it.

“Luofeng, how vast is your divine body ocean?” Heiwu asked curiously, and the other Cosmic Sovereigns were equally curious.

After all, Jiuyou’s “Oceanic Divine Body” rivaled supreme treasures, and countless cultivators secretly envied it without hope of attaining it.

“My training time is still short; my divine body ocean is still in its early expansion phase,” Luofeng replied. “It’s only a few hundred billion kilometers in diameter.”

“A few hundred… billion??” Youhou took a deep breath.

Heiwu, Longxing, Bingfeng, and others were all shaken.

Heavens.

Even volcanic mountains like Lishan or the World Tree were already considered gigantic divine bodies, only reaching hundreds of millions of kilometers. It was well known that such divine bodies were already enough to make cultivators despair. As for a divine body ocean spanning billions of kilometers, it could only leave them stunned. The speed at which cultivators attacked and depleted the ocean would likely be far slower than the ocean’s natural recovery rate.

“Incredible!”

“Admirable!”

“What a massive divine body!” Heiwu, Bingfeng, and others praised, their perception of Luofeng changing. Previously, they had only considered him another Cosmic Sovereign added to the human race. However, his combat strength was still much lower than theirs. But with the addition of the Infinite Sea clone, they immediately elevated Luofeng’s status.

After all, why was Jiuyou so terrifying?

Because Jiuyou dared to use his strongest innate secret techniques to fight desperately. Even if Jiuyou self-destructed, another Jiuyou would instantly emerge. However, opponents, even if they had clone abilities, would suffer great losses from losing a powerful divine body, making Jiuyou an extremely formidable presence in the universe.

“Luofeng,” Heiwu’s face showed a rare smile. “Use your Infinite Sea clone to employ the strongest secret technique of a Cosmic Sovereign, then self-destruct. This move alone will allow you to dominate the universe.”

Luofeng nodded with a smile.

Indeed.

Using “I Am the Universe” required a massive amount of divine energy. At the immortal stage, only perfect gene lifeforms could use it. After advancing to the Cosmic Sovereign level, the Infinite Sea clone’s divine energy was ten times the minimum required for “I Am the Universe”! Its volume was also over 9,000 kilometers tall, more than sufficient to use “I Am the Universe”!

This directly initiated the ultimate attack of “Microcosmic Universe Destruction.” The reason the Earth human main body and the Golden Horned Beast clone hesitated to use “Microcosmic Universe Destruction” was because the explosion’s power affected both enemies and allies, potentially annihilating themselves.

However, the Infinite Sea clone had no such concerns.

In Luofeng’s view, he was currently only a Cosmic Sovereign, and the Infinite Sea clone’s power of cosmic destruction was not yet strong enough. Once he advanced to a Cosmic Sovereign, this move would truly make other cultivators fear him.

The “Infinite Sea clone” as a hidden trump card alone was enough for Luofeng to gain a special status.

The Chaos City Lord smiled and said, “Soon, we will attend the highest-level meeting of the human race. Before that, Luofeng, do you have any plans for your Cosmic Sovereign title?”

“A Cosmic Sovereign title?” Luofeng pondered slightly.

“You used the identity ‘Daohe Wang’ in the past as a disguise, and now various races refer to you as ‘Daohe Sovereign.’ You can continue using ‘Daohe Sovereign’ or choose a new title,” the Chaos City Lord explained. “After becoming a Cosmic Sovereign, cultivators often change their titles to reflect new aspirations. For example, I was entrusted by my master to guard Chaos City. To remind myself constantly of my master’s instructions, I changed my title to ‘Chaos City Lord.'”

Luofeng nodded.

He understood.

Some Cosmic Sovereigns, when their strength was still weak, dared not choose overly powerful titles, as this could provoke disdain from others. Moreover, as their strength, ambitions, and goals changed, changing their Cosmic titles was common.

“A title?” Luofeng murmured.

Some cultivators chose titles based on their preferred weapons.

Some were in honor of their homeland or some personal obsession.

Some were purely based on ambition.

“Milky Way Lord,” Luofeng smiled. “I’ll call myself the Milky Way Lord.” He remembered gazing up at the endless stars of the Milky Way back on Earth. The Milky Way was his homeland, and he had come this far to protect his loved ones and his home. “Lord” also signified it was his territory, which he would defend fiercely.

“Milky Way Lord.”

The five Cosmic Sovereigns present considered it briefly, then nodded in agreement.

A title was merely a name; cultivators chose their own titles without interference from others. Unless the title was particularly offensive or taboo, such as “Destroyer of Humanity,” which would provoke discontent among other human cultivators, any title was acceptable as long as it did not violate taboos, no matter how strange it might seem.

“Good, then the sixth Cosmic Sovereign of our Virtual Universe lineage shall be the Milky Way Lord.” The Chaos City Lord suddenly stood up. “Let’s go, we are to meet the founder of our Virtual Universe lineage.”

“The founder of the Virtual Universe lineage?” Luofeng was shocked in his heart.

The Axe Founder was the founder of the Axe Combat Arena.

Who was the founder of the Virtual Universe? Luofeng had previously tried to find out but had never succeeded due to insufficient authority.

“Let’s go, to meet the teacher,” Heiwu also stood up.

“Let’s go meet the teacher,” Bingfeng also stood.

Instantly, the six Cosmic Sovereigns flew directly toward the endless chaotic currents high above.

“Luofeng,” the Chaos City Lord said while flying. “I, Heiwu, and Bingfeng are all the teacher’s disciples. The teacher has made great contributions to our human race. Without the teacher, the human race would not have easily become a top-tier race. Even the Axe Founder received the teacher’s guidance and favors.”

“He is the first Cosmic Supreme of our human race!”

“Because of him, I, Heiwu, and Bingfeng have achieved what we are today.”

As the Chaos City Lord spoke, Longxing also added, “I also received the teacher’s guidance and kindness.”

Luofeng held his breath.

He knew… he was touching the most secret information of the human race. Over the years, he had only known about the Axe Founder of the human race. Even from Zuoshan Ke, he only knew about the Axe Founder! He only knew that the strongest human was the Axe Founder, with no mention of another.

“The teacher’s name is ‘Yuan’,” the Chaos City Lord said. “Back then, our human race was only a strong race. Under the teacher’s leadership, we continuously grew stronger. The teacher roamed the universe, ventured into the cosmic sea, slaughtered countless enemies, and gained infinite fame, allowing our human race to grow stronger.”

“In our Primordial Universe, there are several Cosmic Supremes, but the teacher was unmatched. Other Cosmic Supremes encountering the teacher could only flee far away.”

“Even when roaming the cosmic sea… the teacher was the most famous.”

“Invincible!”

“No one could rival the teacher,” the Chaos City Lord’s eyes showed a trace of admiration, as if recalling scenes from those days. Even Heiwu, Bingfeng, and Longxing fell silent, each immersed in memories of the past.

At that time, the human race was the most powerful force in the universe. Even the Ancestral God Sect, protected by the cosmic origin, dared not provoke our human race.

“Those were the most powerful days of our human race!”

The six cultivators flew through the void, the surrounding chaotic currents continuously parting. In the silence, only the Chaos City Lord’s voice remained. Luofeng was completely immersed in imagining such an extraordinary existence, invincible in both the Primordial Universe and the cosmic sea, with other Cosmic Supremes fleeing far from him.

“We’re here!” the Chaos City Lord said.

The endless currents around had already thinned out. In the distant void, there stood a towering statue of immeasurable height.

Luofeng looked up. Surrounded by swirling currents, the immeasurably tall and majestic statue radiated endless law fluctuations—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, space, time, metal void, wood void, water void… numerous laws and their fluctuations surged from the endless statue.

For a moment, Luofeng felt as if this towering statue was similar to the ‘cosmic source.’