Chapter 1408: Billions of Eons (Part 1)

Six children circled around Xu Xin, joyfully calling out to her, while Xu Xin playfully interacted with them.

Luo Feng smiled watching this scene. Long ago, with his help, his wife had already broken free from the Eternal Body and taken over another form. Over the long passage of time, Xu Xin had become an immortal deity, though after reaching immortality, she no longer had the motivation to cultivate further.

In fact, with the treasures Luo Feng provided, if she had put in just a little effort, Xu Xin could have easily become a Cosmic Sovereign. However, she simply wasn’t diligent enough in her cultivation.

“I knew you’d come to this star region. I just needed to check your coordinates, and sure enough, you’re here,” Xu Xin said, sending the six children to play aside before walking toward Luo Feng. Knowing their father and mother needed to talk, the six children did not interrupt.

Luo Feng nodded. “They were created by me, and are like my children. I came to see them.”

“You have so many children,” Xu Xin teased. “Besides flesh-and-blood beings, you’ve created energy-based and plant-based lifeforms as well.”

“It’s just a pity,” Luo Feng sighed softly.

“They cannot reproduce.”

“You create life so effortlessly, and they immediately become Cosmic-level beings,” Xu Xin couldn’t help but say. “If you were to deliberately create them, they could easily become Domain Lords. And if they could reproduce… there would be no room left in the universe for other races to survive—they’d all be replaced by your creations.”

Luo Feng nodded in agreement.

He understood that when one could easily create powerful lifeforms, those lifeforms would lack the ability to reproduce.

“Hmm?” A sudden thought flashed through Luo Feng’s mind.

Seeing Luo Feng’s expression, Xu Xin immediately knew he had thought of something.

Moments later, Luo Feng’s face lit up with delight.

“What is it?” Xu Xin quickly asked.

“I’ve figured it out, I’ve figured it out!” Luo Feng was extremely excited and hopeful.

“What happened?” Xu Xin couldn’t help but ask.

Luo Feng’s eyes gleamed as he spoke, “Both the Sovereign of Nine幽 and I possess the gift of creation—we can bring life into being. Yet, while the beings we create are formidable, they lack the ability to reproduce independently. For crafting life capable of reproduction is vastly more intricate and challenging. In recent years, my cultivation of the divine body has hit a standstill. Progress has become exceedingly difficult, and I’m at a loss as to how to advance further!”

“But now I’ve thought of something.”

“Life. Reproduction!”

Luo Feng said excitedly, “I want to create life that can reproduce. This is very difficult—it requires a much deeper understanding of the composition of life… I believe that once I research this more thoroughly, it will definitely help me improve my divine body.”

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Even among the ancient civilizations, those whose divine body’s genetic level reached ninety thousand times that of a true god were extremely rare. Although the Dandonghe lineage recorded some methods of the Divine Power Path, Luo Feng had already reached a genetic level of sixty thousand times. Going beyond that… most of those methods were no longer effective. Some might still work, but the conditions required were simply unattainable.

In fact, Luo Feng had recently been stuck at a bottleneck, and could only immerse himself in studying the life structure diagrams of true gods. Now, however, he had found another path.

By simultaneously researching life structure diagrams and creating life capable of reproduction, these two methods could complement each other, greatly accelerating his chances of success.

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Reaching ninety thousand times genetic strength through the Divine Power Path was far more difficult than becoming a Void True God, and would require an incredibly long time—hundreds of millions of eons were but an instant.

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In the Third Era after the appearance of the Jin World, the allied forces and the Purple Moon Sanctuary were severely weakened after their powerful experts were wiped out, shocking all factions in the Cosmic Sea. The allied forces automatically disbanded and retreated, while the Purple Moon Sanctuary also went into hiding, no longer provoking humanity. Humans rapidly expanded, occupying nearly half of the Original Universe and entering a golden age of development.

In the Sixth Era, the First Sovereign of the Divine Eye Race obtained a mechanoid treasure. The news spread, causing all factions in the Cosmic Sea to covet it. They all intensified their efforts in the Cosmic Sea, striving to obtain mechanoid treasures. However, the first requirement for obtaining a mechanoid treasure was being part of a Special Legion, a condition that blocked many factions. Otherwise, those factions that could exchange treasures for military merits would have already obtained mechanoid treasures long ago.

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In the Seventh Era, Luo Feng encountered the First Sovereign of the Divine Eye Race in the Cosmic Sea. The First Sovereign, having learned from the Three Ancestor Gods that the Will of the Original Universe had recognized Luo Feng as its strongest being, challenged Luo Feng directly. The First Sovereign, however, did not believe this.

This battle had no spectators.

It was a direct confrontation between Luo Feng and the First Sovereign. It was known that before Luo Feng’s rise, the First Sovereign had already been the strongest in the Cosmic Sea (excluding the imprisoned Original Ancestor). Now, having obtained the secret art of burning divine power and a mechanoid treasure, his combat strength was immense.

No one outside knew the outcome of this battle, only that it had taken place.

After the battle, the Divine Eye Race immediately became friendly toward humanity, and the First Sovereign became a rare good friend of Luo Feng.

Although the outside world didn’t know, Luo Feng himself was clear: the battle should be considered a draw! In terms of direct offensive power, the Divine Eye Race’s First Sovereign, “the Divine Eye Sovereign,” had the advantage. However, Luo Feng’s divine body had the upper hand, especially in close combat and evasive capabilities, giving him a greater advantage. The two were evenly matched.

Of course, if the battle had continued for a long time, with Luo Feng willing to expend his divine body, he would have eventually won. However, the Divine Eye Sovereign could simply leave aboard his top-tier treasure palace.

Therefore, the two were indeed evenly matched.

Additionally, with the threat of the Boundary Beasts looming over all powerful beings, Luo Feng and the First Sovereign had only engaged in a sparring match. Both understood that in facing the Boundary Beasts, they both played crucial roles.

“I can easily kill true gods, but against someone like the First Sovereign, who has the secret art of burning divine power and a mechanoid treasure… I might not be able to handle it. Even using ‘One Thought of Void,’ I’m afraid I cannot defeat him, only suppress him,” Luo Feng thought to himself. That battle had not involved the Murderous Wu Wings.

Because the Murderous Wu Wings’ “One Thought of Void” could only bind enemies, and the Divine Eye Sovereign’s direct offensive power was already strong. Even bound, he might still be slightly stronger than Luo Feng. The Divine Eye Sovereign didn’t even try to dodge—if bound again, he still wouldn’t evade.

So using “One Thought of Void” would only make the First Sovereign appear more battered.

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In the Twelfth Era, Star Lord Beiche also obtained a mechanoid treasure.

In the following eras, numerous true gods in the Cosmic Sea worked hard to obtain mechanoid treasures. Some perished, while others gradually succeeded. After undergoing training and forging in their “armies,” the experts of the Cosmic Sea began to shine brightly. The potential, comprehension ability, and other aspects of the Cosmic Sea’s experts were clearly far superior.

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In the Ninety-First Era, a joyful event brought Luo Feng immense happiness—his teacher, Sovereign Zhenyan, finally broke through and became a new Cosmic Sovereign. This marked the third new Cosmic Sovereign born to humanity since Luo Feng inherited the Dandonghe lineage.

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In the One Thousand and Third Era, though humanity occasionally gave rise to a Cosmic Sovereign, no new supreme powerhouse had emerged. Yet, in this very era, the second supreme powerhouse of the universe was born—the True God Penggong!

The Sovereign Penggong’s breakthrough into a true god indeed surprised outsiders and astonished the human race’s experts.

Under the deliberate influence of the Original Universe’s Will, the Three Ancestor Gods were not tight-lipped about the information that “Luo Feng was the strongest being in the Cosmic Sea,” allowing this information to gradually spread. Especially after the First Sovereign of the Divine Eye Race fought Luo Feng, with no one knowing the outcome. The First Sovereign of the Divine Eye Race did not deny Luo Feng’s status as the strongest, further solidifying this belief.

All races believed…

Luo Feng should be the second true god to emerge from humanity. If not Luo Feng, then it should be Chaos’s junior apprentice, the “Dark Sovereign.”

No one expected it to be neither Luo Feng nor Dark Sovereign, but rather the always low-key Sovereign Penggong.

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In the Three Thousand Four Hundred and Second Era, after continuously studying the life structure diagrams and striving to create life capable of reproduction, Luo Feng finally succeeded in creating the first lifeform capable of reproduction. Naturally, its appearance resembled a human. This newly created lifeform was very weak—even when fully grown, it was weaker than the Earthlings of Luo Feng’s time. But at least, it could reproduce!

This was Luo Feng’s first breakthrough. Just three eras later, his divine body achieved a breakthrough, first advancing from sixty thousand times to sixty-nine thousand times, then continuing to break through until reaching a new bottleneck at seventy-two thousand times.

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In the Thirteen Thousandth Era, a new Cosmic Sovereign emerged from the Earthling lineage—the mighty Hong!

Hong, a quiet and brilliant genius of the Earthling lineage overshadowed by Luo Feng’s brilliance, under the guidance of ancient civilization inheritances, became a Cosmic Sovereign after only spending over ten thousand eras. Without Luo Feng, he would undoubtedly be considered one of humanity’s top geniuses. At this time, the number of Cosmic Sovereigns in the human race had reached thirty-two.

From the Earthling lineage, there were now two Cosmic Sovereigns—Luo Feng and Hong—while the number of Cosmic Elders had already reached nine, including Thunderclap God King.

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In the Thirty-Nine Thousandth Era, Huyan Bo, after being absorbed into the core of the Virtual Universe Company and receiving guidance from ancient civilization inheritances, finally ascended to the rank of Cosmic Elder.

Actually, in the past, without ancient civilizations, those who became King or Duke-level immortals were all extremely talented. Especially someone like Huyan Bo, a lone wanderer who had no mentors and even created some secret techniques by himself—his innate talent was already high. Now, with guidance from experts and assistance from ancient civilizations, his breakthrough was natural.

After all, the human race now had an extremely high probability of producing Cosmic Elders.

For example, many past experts who had been stuck at the King-level peak for a long time, with the help of ancient civilization inheritances, had been breaking through one after another over these tens of thousands of eras, causing the number of human Cosmic Elders to surpass fifty thousand!

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In the Thirty-Nine Thousand and Eight Hundredth Era.

Luo Feng received shocking news from Babata—that the traces of the Demon Hand King Solap had been discovered. This stunned Luo Feng… the Demon Hand King had once caused Huyan Bo’s death. After Luo Feng grew stronger, he had personally killed the Demon Hand King. He never expected that the Demon Hand King was still alive.

However,

Huyan Bo had long since resurrected and had already become a Cosmic Elder. He personally went to hunt down Solap. Actually, the reason the Demon Hand King was exposed… was because the human race had grown too powerful. The area occupied by the human race alone accounted for nearly half of the Original Universe’s core territory. Additionally, the human race’s vassals—other races within the Hong Alliance—occupied most of the remaining territory of the Original Universe!

In short, the invisible influence of the human race almost covered the entire Original Universe.

Although Solap had hidden far away, many experts had once known him. Eventually, a human expert who was adventuring and exploring in the outer regions discovered him and quickly confirmed his identity as Solap. The Demon Hand King was supposed to be dead—that was public knowledge. How could he be alive again? When this news returned, it naturally caught Luo Feng’s attention.

However, this time it was Huyan Bo who went to hunt down Solap. It was said that there were many twists and turns in the process. It took Huyan Bo more than three eras before he finally managed to kill Solap.