He had no choice. Although reaching the third stage of the Divine Power Path, attaining 90,000 times the life level, was the best-case scenario, if the catastrophe came and time was insufficient, he would have no alternative. Relatively speaking, achieving True God status through the second stage of the Divine Power Path was already far superior to those who became True Gods through the Laws Path.
“Father…”
A voice from beside interrupted Luo Feng’s thoughts.
Luo Feng turned his head and looked at his two sons standing beside him. From the eyes of the brothers Luo Ping and Luo Hai, Luo Feng sensed their anxiety and unease.
“Don’t worry,” Luo Feng stood up and patted both of their shoulders. “Your father has confidence!”
Despite their father’s words, the brothers still felt uneasy. They were well aware of the news about the Beast catastrophe and understood that this time, no other clans could withstand it. The only hope in the entire universe was their father! What immense pressure and burden!
“Of course,” Luo Feng placed both hands on their shoulders, “if I fail, our whole family—father, sons, and your mother—will perish together. At least we’ll have each other on the journey to the Yellow Spring.”
Luo Ping and Luo Hai smiled.
“Right,” they both nodded heavily.
“Go,” Luo Feng said.
The two brothers vanished together.
A faint smile appeared in Luo Feng’s eyes. His two sons, having endured trillions of eons of trials, could naturally face death calmly.
“If I fail, everything will be destroyed,” Luo Feng’s mind flashed through scenes—his teacher Zhenyan, Chaos, his good friend Ronjun, his parents, wife, son, younger brother… and the descendants of Earthlings saved by the heroic sacrifices in the battle against the Devouring Beasts long ago…
Everything, all of it, would turn to nothingness if he failed.
Just like those eras from three cycles ago, like Jie Fansi and others, all turned to nothingness. Perhaps only some inscriptions left in the three greatest forbidden lands could prove they ever existed.
…
In the distant Jinzhi World.
Luo Feng’s Earthman Origin Body was within the Eastern Army camp. However, at this moment, his divine body began to dissolve and disintegrate directly.
“The Realm Beast has escaped and will undoubtedly seek revenge.”
“This is just the calm before the storm…”
“Whether I breakthrough to 90,000 times or not, once the final catastrophe arrives, I must immediately become a True God. And once I ascend to True Godhood… all my avatars will merge back into my Origin Body, naturally requiring this Earthman Origin Body to return.” Standing inside the stone house, Luo Feng’s divine power was silently dissipating.
Constantly dispersing, returning to the entire Jinzhi World.
Shortly.
Luo Feng’s Earthman Origin Body had already departed, leaving only a divine power avatar behind.
“Now I’m just a divine avatar remaining in the Jinzhi World,” the avatar Luo Feng stood inside the stone house, shaking his head inwardly. “For now, I must decline all visitors and see no one.”
…
In the Realm of Tilted Peaks, one of the three greatest forbidden lands in the Cosmic Sea, within the dark heart of the Realm of Tilted Peaks.
“Tear!”
Black flesh tore apart, blood splattered, and a hideous head bit and devoured hungrily.
“Hahaha… hahaha…” The ferocious beast Marosha burst into wild laughter. “I, Marosha, actually have a day to rise again! I actually succeeded!” His body was covered in wounds, and his other head was torn, leaving only half—clear evidence of the ferocity of the previous battle.
The battle between the Realm Beasts and the fight between the Realm Beasts and the True Gods were entirely different.
When Realm Beasts battled True Gods, they could utilize their opposing forces to wear each other down or effortlessly split their bodies to escape.
But when the World Beasts fought each other, it was different.
Their powers were the same.
And they counteracted each other; if you could split into ninety-nine avatars, I could too! Leaving you nowhere to run!
“Marosha… after devouring me, you too will be consumed by other World Beasts,” roared the World Beast being eaten by Marosha, its chest torn open with a massive hole and only a single head remaining, its voice filled with unwillingness. “Even in my severely wounded state, you barely managed to triumph. You won’t survive this.”
“Fool,” Marosha devoured wildly while cursing. “Although you are injured, you should still be slightly stronger than me. But in terms of combat experience and skills… you’re far behind me.”
Marosha had once stood at the pinnacle of the Beast Nest, second only to Beidi!
Amidst the slaughter of billions of Jie beasts, to have risen to such a position—how vast must Marosha’s combat experience be? Even if his foundation was slightly lacking… he could still compensate with technique and experience. Moreover, his opponent was initially caught off guard, still believing Marosha to be the same as before. All these factors culminated in Marosha’s ultimate victory!
(Note: “界兽” is transliterated as “Jie Beast” since it appears to be a proper noun in the original context. If it refers to a specific fictional creature, the capitalization is retained. If it’s a general term, it could be rendered as “realm beasts” or similar based on further context.)
“After devouring you, I will advance to the second stage. With my combat experience, even when battling other second-stage World Beasts, I still have a high chance of victory. In the future, I will undoubtedly return to the third stage,” Marosha roared.
“Third stage? One step behind, always behind. You’re destined never to become the final ruler,” the Realm Beast being devoured had no strength to resist, because its most crucial ‘realm’ inside had already been consumed. Without the realm, it was like water without its source, completely losing all combat capability.
“And while I was losing, I had already spread the news throughout the lair,” the dying Beast roared fiercely. “I announced that you, Marosha, returned from the outside but regressed to the first stage. Even after devouring me, you’ve only just entered the second stage. You’re still extremely weak among all the Beasts in the lair. Those terrifying beings who have advanced to the third stage and hold grudges against you will surely come one by one to kill you.”
“Did you spread it?” Marosha was slightly stunned.
He wasn’t surprised.
He already knew…
The Monstrous Beasts were born to destroy, supreme beings. If he had never acted, perhaps all other Monstrous Beasts wouldn’t know he had regressed to the first stage. But once he acted… against a certain Monstrous Beast, that Monstrous Beast would immediately know. If the Monstrous Beast won, it might not publicize it, but if it lost, it would definitely spread the news in revenge.
Once the news spread…
In the Realm Beast Nest, even the weakest Realm Beast would dare to attack him, Marosha! This was also why he had gone mad after Luo Feng forced him to regress to the first stage. He understood that climbing back from the first stage was harder than ascending to the heavens.
“Scared?” the dying Beast mocked.
“Scared?” Marosha bit and devoured fiercely. “There can only be one final ruler. This regression to first stage has already doomed me to lose the chance to compete for the final ruler. In the future, I will still die. Even if I die earlier, what does it matter?”
Infinite fury burned inside Marosha.
Even if he died!
Before dying… he must take revenge on Luo Feng, the human who destroyed all his hopes!
“Luofeng…” Marosha murmured silently.
“You ventured into the outside world, likely unaware of a piece of news,” the dying World Beast seized every opportunity to strike at Marosha.
“What news?” Marosha looked coldly at the dying beast and took another bite.
“Beidi…” The dying beast grinned sinisterly. “He has already ascended to the fourth stage. This is the message Bulur sent before his death, and many beasts already know it.”
“Bulur’s death?” Marosha was stunned. “No wonder he didn’t tell me!”
Among the countless newly born Realm Beasts, through relentless battles, some of the most powerful naturally rose to the top. Marosha was one of them, and Bulur was another. There existed a deep-seated enmity between Marosha and Bulur!
Bulur died, killed and devoured by Beidi.
And this battle also allowed Bulur to discover that ‘Beidi’ was actually a fourth-stage being, so of course, he would spread the news before his death, though he didn’t share it with some of his enemies.
“Fourth stage!” Marosha’s heart turned icy.
One step behind, always behind.
To become the final ruler, one must absolutely not leave the first group. He had once been a member of the first group… only to decide to go out in search of opportunities to quickly reach the peak of third stage and fight Beidi due to Beidi’s relentless pursuit. He never expected Beidi had already crossed into fourth stage.
“The final ruler!”
“No hope anymore.”
“I… am destined to die.”
“But before I die, I must make that accursed human who destroyed my hopes pay dearly!” Marosha’s other injured head fully recovered, both heads drooping low, biting and devouring hungrily.
“I spread the news to Beidi. You’ve been locked in an endless feud with Beidi… Now that he knows you’re weakened, he will undoubtedly come for you. You’re at the second stage, while Beidi has reached the fourth. His speed far exceeds yours—there’s no escape for you,” the dying Jie Beast bellowed. With a sickening crunch, one of Marosha’s heads severed the last remaining head of the dying Jie Beast.
Tearing! Chii! Chii!
Biting and devouring hungrily.
The single eyes on both heads of the Marosha, the Beast of the Realm, gleamed with a cold light: “I, Marosha, will make Luo Feng pay a price even in death!” Simultaneously, he carefully sensed the positions of each Beast of the Realm, remaining particularly vigilant against powerful ones like Beidi. If beings like Beidi approached, he, Marosha, would undoubtedly flee far away.
…
Deep within the lair of the Realm Beast.
On a floating desert rock, a huge black figure was lying. Suddenly, it sat up and gazed into the distance.
Its two ugly heads both looked in the same direction, the single eyes on the heads faintly swirling with colorful light, coldly staring into the distance.
“Marosha…”
It rasped softly, “You… regressed to the first stage? Since birth, you’ve fought and battled with me. Last time you were severely defeated and left the nest injured, and now you return having regressed to the first stage.”
Reaching the first-stage peak and slaying a wounded second-stage World Beast.
It seemed difficult.
But Beidi wasn’t surprised, because… this was his old rival Marosha! An opponent who had once posed a significant threat to him. Yet now, his adversary could barely reach the second stage, while he had already ascended to the fourth stage… the sole known fourth-stage entity in the entire Nest of the Realm Beasts.
The gap between each stage became more exaggerated as they advanced.
“Can life in the Cosmic Sea become this powerful?” Beidi muttered in a deep, hoarse voice. “Who made Marosha like this? Could it be that… the Galaxy Lord, the strongest being in the Cosmic Sea, whom Qiu Yan, Zhen Jia, and others spoke of?”
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