Chapter 1200: The Island

The giant secret pattern glowing on the endless icy layers suddenly surged into the sky.

Whoosh!

The deep cyan mountain vanished into thin air.

“This is a special method of teleportation,” Zuo Shanke, sitting inside the mountain, smiled. “It’s somewhat similar to your Star Tower. Your Star Tower contains massive space, and from one space to another, a teleportation channel can easily appear. This is also an approach, only turning the teleportation channel into nothingness condensed into a single point.”

Luo Feng listened, his eyes still filled with confusion. He understood the meaning, but not the subtlety.

“Haha, I told you, across three reincarnation eras and two sacred universes, there might be no more than three who can recognize it. And even their recognition speed wouldn’t match mine,” Zuo Shanke laughed. “Even the strongest beings in countless universes don’t understand it, so how could you? Just know that this is one of the abilities inherent to the Cosmic Vessel itself. Actually, in my opinion… the Cosmic Vessel is an incredibly miraculous ultimate treasure! It’s just far more wondrous than any ultimate treasure we know.”

“I think so too,” Luo Feng nodded.

“What do you mean by ‘I think so too’? The Cosmic Vessel, shaped like a ‘boat,’ with such obvious signs of forging, most super powerful beings suspect it’s an incredibly terrifying ultimate treasure. Well… the teleportation has ended,” Zuo Shanke said.

Outside, faint light shimmered.

Time and space flowed.

In a quiet space, Zuoshan Peak suddenly appeared.

“Look outside,” Zuo Shanke pointed to the outside, while the deep cyan mountain itself rapidly dissolved into nothingness, not hindering the view at all.

“It’s beautiful, a simple space,” Luo Feng observed. This space wasn’t large; in the center of a vast lake was an island. There were no plants on the island, only rows of exquisitely carved stone palaces, ancient palaces with undulating ridges.

“Master, I can sense the two scales are in the lake,” Luo Feng said.

“I already know how you got these two scales,” Zuo Shanke pointed downward. “This vast lake, its water… originates from the vast icy water domain about three days away. I estimate your two scales fell into the icy water domain, perhaps flowing here through some hidden channel.”

“Master, I’m going down first,” Luo Feng was anxious, unable to wait and chat leisurely with his master.

“Haha, go ahead, go ahead,” Zuo Shanke laughed and nodded.

Riding the crimson pyramid, he flew out of the mountain.

Rushing downward, he directly plunged into the icy waters.

Continuing to dive deeper…

In the previous icy water domain, Luo Feng had collected hundreds of thousands of scales, so he clearly knew these icy waters posed no threat. Accurately speaking, the entire abyss couldn’t threaten the ‘Star Tower’ at all. At most, it could trap him forever, preventing his escape.

“There it is!”

Luo Feng’s perception intensified.

Deep in the lake, the crimson pyramid continuously sank, then suddenly, hazy golden light rapidly condensed into a golden giant hand, which grabbed the two scales.

“Haha, got them.”

…

Returning to the core space inside the mountain.

Zuo Shanke smiled and stood beside him.

Luo Feng was extremely excited, then quickly took control of the two portions of scales in his hand. Instantly, even the half-finished Mie Jue Divine Armor instantly disintegrated, adding the large number of scales that had previously refused to integrate. In an instant, a total of 8,999,999 scales floated around Luo Feng. Most of the scales were black, with a few golden ones.

Hua!

They instantly combined, fitting together with incredible precision. This made Luo Feng sigh with admiration. First, the ability to create numerous secret techniques and form them into patterns was already remarkable. Furthermore, distributing the defensive, close combat, and long-range attack patterns across nearly nine million scales, combining them so intricately, the crafting of such an ultimate treasure was truly inconceivable.

“Not bad,” Zuo Shanke praised and nodded.

Luo Feng’s black scale armor transformed, revealing silver wings behind him. Suddenly, the armor color changed, turning into a silver suit. Even the golden right hand position became silver, with a slightly altered style.

“This way, even the Five Hun Lords won’t recognize you,” Zuo Shanke smiled and nodded.

“Yeah,” Luo Feng was also somewhat excited.

“But that Five Hun actually used this Mad God-Slaughtering Divine Armor like a palace treasure, causing some damage to the armor,” Zuo Shanke said. “It should have been injured in the magma sea.”

Luo Feng nodded, sensing the slight damage to the Mad God-Slaughtering Divine Armor.

“Give it to me, I’ll help you repair it,” Zuo Shanke offered.

“Yes,” Luo Feng didn’t hesitate, feeling increasingly grateful.

“The damage is actually very minor and doesn’t require much cost. However, such a treasure, second only to the ultimate treasures, there are very few in the universe capable of repairing it,” Zuo Shanke said confidently. “If there’s one person in the universe capable of repairing it, naturally it’s me.”

Luo Feng was speechless; his master was indeed very confident in crafting treasures.

But since he needed his master’s help, he should flatter him a bit.

…

He temporarily handed the Mad God-Slaughtering Divine Armor to his master, but his master didn’t rush to repair it, instead saying, “Come on, let’s go check out that small island. This mysterious space, independent of many other places, should be the living space of a powerful being from the Cosmic Vessel’s past.”

“Yeah,” Luo Feng nodded.

The Cosmic Vessel, a very long time ago…

To be precise, even before the two sacred universes were born, when the Cosmic Vessel wasn’t yet one of the three forbidden places, it should have had users. Because the black token, the green token, and the silver token each corresponded to independent secret chambers. Those were actually special spaces for rest and cultivation.

If Qingfeng Realm and Liuzhong Mountain were like naturally born.

Then the Cosmic Vessel was obviously man-made.

“Hua!” The mountain rapidly flew over, soon reaching the sky above the lake’s central island, then slowly descending, landing on the ground, with a cave appearing on the mountain.

“Go out and have a look,” Zuo Shanke led the way outside.

“Master, this outside…” Luo Feng couldn’t help but speak up; one must be careful in the abyss.

“There’s no danger inside the island,” Zuo Shanke had already walked outside.

“Yes,” Luo Feng could only follow, though his golden horned beast avatar was inside the crimson pyramid.

…

Walking out of the mountain one after another with his master, they landed on the island’s surface.

“This island is only about a million kilometers in diameter, not very big,” Luo Feng mused. For him, a single step could take him from one side of the island to the other.

Zuo Shanke, however, gazed at the rows of undulating palaces, silently watching, as if immersed in them.

Luo Feng also turned to look. Those palaces were instantly recognizable, all carved and hollowed out from the island’s own rocks and stones, forming rows of stone palaces. On the palace walls were ancient patterns: grand ships soaring through the sky, fierce battles among powerful beings, headless human-like figures floating in the air, with crowds kneeling below…

Many patterns, as if narrating some ancient history.

The overwhelming aura was that of another ancient civilization. And even in the strokes of the carvings, there was infinite longing. That intense longing even affected Luo Feng’s mood…

“A terrifying civilization.”

“A terrifying powerful being,” Luo Feng whispered.

Zuo Shanke looked at Luo Feng: “You noticed?”

“I didn’t notice anything else, just that the ship soaring through the sky… judging by its appearance, that ship must be the Cosmic Vessel. A civilization capable of creating such an inconceivable treasure, how could it not be terrifying?” Luo Feng sighed. “And the carver, his strength should be extremely terrifying.”

“Master,” Luo Feng turned to look at Zuo Shanke, “does it really mean there once existed an extremely powerful civilization?”

“Perhaps.”

Zuo Shanke sighed, “Even if there was, that was probably from an unknown reincarnation era. The two sacred universes have existed for a long time. When they came into being, the Cosmic Vessel was already broken, already one of the three forbidden places. We can only discover some traces from ancient ruins. My techniques for crafting treasures also come from some special experiences, combined with my own insights to reach this level. Like the Seven Sovereigns of the Divine Eye Clan, they also obtained some ancient ruins’ inheritances, carefully researched them, and even developed some combined attack techniques. As for the two sacred universes… their fighting styles and cultivation methods are very unique, partly taught by the ancestors of the sacred universes, and partly because they discovered many ancient ruins.”

“The sacred universes,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but say, “Master, no one has ever seen the ancestors of the two sacred universes.”

“This involves the secrets of the universe’s strongest beings,” Zuo Shanke looked at Luo Feng. “Don’t think too much about it. Focus on cultivation. When you become the strongest being in the universe, you’ll naturally know many mysteries. If you haven’t reached that level, knowing them will only bring you troubles.”

“Yeah,” Luo Feng nodded.

“Come on, let’s go inside and have a look,” Zuo Shanke walked straight in.

Walking side by side with Zuo Shanke, they entered through the palace gate.

Luo Feng and Zuo Shanke walked shoulder to shoulder, observing. The entire palace was filled with ancient carvings: countless scenes of lively life, fierce battles, and leaders roaring… countless patterns revealing that ancient civilization, a very magical and powerful civilization.

“Longing…” Luo Feng felt the longing contained in the carvings. He even suspected that these palaces were imitations of some famous buildings from the ancient civilization, because some of the buildings in the carvings were the same as parts of the entire stone palace complex.

After a long while—

After viewing numerous ancient palaces, Luo Feng and Zuo Shanke entered the innermost area.

“Master,” Luo Feng suddenly noticed Zuo Shanke had stopped.

Luo Feng followed Zuo Shanke’s gaze and looked. On the distant massive wall were complex characters, ancient and mysterious, the same script used in messages from numerous treasures. Though he couldn’t recognize them, he could clearly understand their meaning.

“Wrong!!!”

“This is just a mistake!!! Paying such a huge price only leads to death!!!”

“One death after another, one death after another, hahaha, I broke through, but what’s the use of breaking through if it still leads to death, death!!!”

…

The words left on the wall contained anger, sorrow, unwillingness, and regret… making Luo Feng and Zuo Shanke stand there in silence for a long time.