Chapter 1409: Billions of Eons (Part 2)

In the 53,000th Epoch, Luo Feng’s son, Luo Hai, finally became a Cosmic Sovereign, making him the third Cosmic Sovereign of the Luo family.

Although Luo Feng had two sons, Luo Ping was not diligent in his cultivation and only managed to become an Immortal by relying on treasures and similar advantages. As for Luo Hai, despite his passion and dedication, he faced very few hardships. After all, the invisible support from his father, Luo Feng, granted him too many advantages. Even if Luo Feng did not intentionally intervene, many powerful figures would still try to curry favor with him or show him respect out of deference.

This lack of hardship, combined with talent that, while impressive, was far from as dazzling as that of Luo Feng or Hong, meant that his achievements were limited.

“Even with so much assistance, reaching the level of a Cosmic Sovereign is likely his limit,” Luo Feng commented. “Unless a miracle occurs, becoming a Cosmic Monarch is unlikely.”

A peerless genius is not easily born.

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Over an immense stretch of time, the Luo family’s population had grown to an astonishing size, naturally producing many geniuses. Before Luo Hai, there were already two others who had become Cosmic Sovereigns.

However, none of these so-called geniuses caught Luo Feng’s attention. In his view, even with such favorable conditions, reaching the level of a Cosmic Sovereign was likely their peak. Without these conditions and without ancient inheritances, even the first three—including his own son Luo Hai—might have only become Immortals.

Finally…

In the 91,000th Epoch, the Luo family finally gave birth to a peerless genius named Luo Zhenni—a truly remarkable talent. Originally, he held a very low status within the Luo family, living on a remote “Banishment Star.” However, he rose rapidly and ultimately drew Luo Feng’s attention.

After a brief test, Luo Feng was greatly pleased.

Considering the vast territory controlled by the Luo family and some remote regions of the cosmos, it was comparable to the Qiawu Cosmic Empire. At last, a genius worthy of his attention had emerged. Luo Feng directly accepted this “Luo Zhenni” as his disciple, marking the first time Luo Feng had officially taken a student.

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As the strongest being in the Cosmic Ocean, other Cosmic Monarchs among the human race’s upper echelons, including the Chaos City Lord, had previously advised Luo Feng to take disciples. Many factions within the human race longed to send their own geniuses to become his disciples, but Luo Feng was never in a hurry, knowing that the birth of a peerless genius was extremely rare, so he had delayed.

Now, Luo Feng had officially begun taking disciples.

However, the requirements for becoming Luo Feng’s disciple were so strict that they likely rivaled even those of the Chaos City Lord.

Even his own son, Luo Hai, had not been accepted as a disciple, showing just how stringent Luo Feng’s standards were.

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In the 91,200th Epoch, Luo Zhenni became a Cosmic Sovereign. This was only after Luo Feng imposed extremely strict foundational requirements; otherwise, he would have broken through much earlier.

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In the 330,000th Epoch, a peerless human genius named “Huo Qiong” emerged within the territory previously occupied by the Yuzhi race. Rising from the wilds, his brilliance was dazzling, drawing the attention and competition of many human Cosmic Monarchs who wished to take him as a disciple. In the end, Luo Feng himself appeared and accepted this extraordinary genius as his second disciple.

Once Luo Feng stepped forward, the other Cosmic Monarchs naturally ceased their competition, and Huo Qiong himself was thrilled to become his disciple.

In truth, for Luo Feng, the Chaos City Lord, and Peng Gong, who stood at the peak, there was no need to take disciples to strengthen their influence. The reason Luo Feng accepted Huo Qiong was because he saw great potential in him, believing that Huo Qiong was a rare and worthy successor to the legacy of the esteemed Senior Jie Fanzi.

Huo Qiong was also highly skilled in the Laws of Water and Fire.

The supreme techniques created by Jie Fanzi were, in Luo Feng’s eyes, of the highest caliber. With Luo Feng himself personally teaching them to Huo Qiong, whose talents aligned perfectly, Huo Qiong was destined for great achievements.

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In the 1,910,000th Epoch, the human race produced its third True God—Darkness True God!

The Darkness Monarch had finally broken through to become a True God.

This had long been anticipated by the human race’s experts and by the various factions across the Cosmic Ocean. However, they were puzzled—why had Luo Feng not yet broken through?

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In the 9,200,000th Epoch, Luo Feng created another race capable of reproduction. This race could also be considered part of humanity (Luo Feng deliberately created blood-based life forms resembling humans, as he himself was human and naturally studied this type). Members of this race could become Star-Level beings upon reaching adulthood, making them quite impressive.

This breakthrough in creating life allowed Luo Feng to make rapid progress in mapping life structures. He successively broke through, advancing his life gene level from 72,000 times to 79,000 times, then to 83,000 times, finally stalling at the bottleneck of 85,000 times.

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Time passed.

With the help of ancient civilization inheritances, the large number of Immortals accumulated over the previous eons became Cosmic Sovereigns in great numbers. Furthermore, many of these Sovereigns broke through to become Cosmic Monarchs. As a result, the number of human Cosmic Monarchs continued to rise, although the number of True Gods increased very slowly.

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In the 100,000,000th Epoch, humanity produced its fourth True God—the Desolate Mirror True God.

In the 700,000,000th Epoch, humanity produced its fifth True God—the Qingdong True God. Within a million epochs after Qingdong Monarch broke through to become a True God, Luo Feng’s second disciple, Huo Qiong, also broke through and became the sixth True God of the human era!

A miracle!

Huo Qiong had become Luo Feng’s disciple later than the senior disciple Luo Zhenni.

Luo Zhenni became a Cosmic Monarch first, followed closely by Huo Qiong. No one expected that after nearly seven hundred million epochs as a Cosmic Monarch, Huo Qiong would ascend to become a True God!

This caused widespread discussion across the Cosmic Ocean, as even the disciple had become a True God, while the master, Luo Feng, still had not.

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In the 12th Billion Epoch, humanity produced its seventh True God—the Icepeak True God.

The Icepeak Monarch had finally become a True God.

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In the 19th Billion Epoch, humanity produced its eighth True God—the Dragonwalk True God.

The Dragonwalk Monarch, an ancient Cosmic Monarch who had originally followed the Progenitor, had finally broken through. Actually, this generation of old Cosmic Monarchs had become Cosmic Monarchs without the aid of ancient civilization inheritances. Now, with much assistance, it was actually quite likely for them to become True Gods.

In contrast, the younger generation, who had only become Cosmic Monarchs with guidance from ancient civilizations, had less potential.

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The first one hundred billion epochs marked a period of explosive growth for humanity. Accumulated over countless eons, this hundred-epoch span saw an unprecedented surge.

The number of human Cosmic Monarchs skyrocketed to 239, while the number of the strongest beings in the cosmos surged to 21.

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This explosive growth over one hundred billion epochs was only possible due to the immense accumulation beforehand, allowing such a rapid surge in power.

Likewise,

not only humans entered a period of explosive growth. Other major factions within the Original Universe, as well as forces within the Cosmic Ocean, also experienced a surge. After all, the help provided by ancient civilization inheritances was indeed significant. However, the inheritances they received were neither as numerous nor as detailed as those of the humans, and they also possessed fewer treasures. After all, Luo Feng’s status in the Jin World was second only to the God-King, and many treasures had been sent back to the human race.

Even so,

The Yao Race had increased their number of Cosmic Monarchs to 51 and their True Gods to 4 (originally 2).

The Insect Race had increased their Cosmic Monarchs to 32 and their True Gods to 2.

The Mechanical Race had increased their Cosmic Monarchs to 39 and their True Gods to 3.

The Yuzhi Race had increased their number of Cosmic Monarchs to 78 and their True Gods to 4.

The Crystal Race had increased their Cosmic Monarchs to 49 and their True Gods to 5.

As for the Hong Alliance, the races originally subordinate to humans experienced another major expansion. Although humans deliberately suppressed and slowed the development of their vassal races, the number of Cosmic Monarchs among these vassal races had already reached hundreds before this period. Now, the number of Cosmic Monarchs among the vassal races had surged to 1,220, with seven True Gods.

In fact, the Hong Alliance’s alien races having only 1,220 Cosmic Monarchs was already due to human suppression and the screening process of the Jin World.

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Across the entire Cosmic Ocean, due to the influence of ancient civilizations, there was a massive surge in power over the first one hundred billion epochs.

In the First Cycle Era and Second Cycle Era, although no more True Gods could be born, a large number of Cosmic Monarchs emerged. These newly risen Cosmic Monarchs naturally rushed forward one after another to attack the Jin World.

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Because Luo Feng held supreme authority in the Jin World, although several races had previously challenged human authority due to territorial disputes, Luo Feng swiftly punished them severely within the Jin World.

From then on, no one dared to challenge human authority again.

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In the following eras, the development of all factions in the Cosmic Ocean clearly slowed, as the accumulation over countless previous epochs had already fully erupted during the one hundred billion epochs.

For humans, they now completely relied on newly emerging geniuses to produce new powerhouses.

Fortunately, the human territory was vast enough.

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If the previous one hundred billion epochs marked a period of explosive growth, then the following trillion epochs saw less growth than that single hundred-billion-epoch span.

In the 16,000,000,000,000th Epoch,

humanity produced its 23rd True God—Hong.

A peerless figure from Earth’s lineage, second only to Luo Feng, Hong finally joined the ranks of the True Gods. This event drew immense attention from all major factions across the Cosmic Ocean… they were all wondering about Hong’s brother, Luo Feng—the most influential figure in the entire human race and the strongest being in the Cosmic Ocean—who was still only a Cosmic Monarch?

“The race I created can become Star-Level beings upon reaching adulthood. My life gene level has already reached 89,999 times! Just a little more… this is the final threshold!” Luo Feng understood how difficult this final step was.

Although the difference between 89,999 times and 90,000 times might seem negligible,

in terms of power, it appeared almost the same.

Yet it represented a fundamental leap in life’s essence. Luo Feng had been stuck at this threshold for nearly a billion epochs without breakthrough. During those billion epochs, his three recorded battles proved his terrifying might, unmatched across the Cosmic Ocean.

This caused every faction to tremble…

A Cosmic Monarch already dominates the Cosmic Ocean!

What would happen if he became a True God?

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In the 16,300,000,000,000th Epoch, finally, two True Gods from the Cosmic Ocean joined forces and set forth for the first time toward the Beast Realm Nest, the “Dim Region”!