Chapter 1437: Enlightenment

Bei Di, currently the most powerful Beast within the Beast Nest, naturally kept a close watch on the Cosmic Sea. Through Zhenjia King and Qiuyan Ancestor, he had gathered some information about the Cosmic Sea. He knew that the strongest being there at present was Luo Feng, the “Lord of the Cosmos.”

“It’s a pity that Zhenjia and Qiuyan are excluded by various races in the Cosmic Sea; we don’t even know whether the Lord of the Milky Way has broken through to become a true god… I wonder if this Lord of the Milky Way defeated Moloza and forced him back to the first stage in the form of ‘Lord of the Cosmos,’ or if he became a true god first and then defeated Moloza back to the first stage.”

Bei Di pondered.

The difference between these two possibilities was enormous.

If Luo Feng had become a true god and achieved this, then it was acceptable, as the threat wouldn’t be too great.

But if Luo Feng, merely as the Lord of the Cosmos, had forced Moloza back to the first stage, then once Luo Feng became a true god, what would happen?

“Looks like my strength is still insufficient.”

“I must improve faster and become stronger,” Bei Di murmured to himself. “Previously, I focused more on dealing with other third-stage Realm Beasts. Now, I must also consume second-stage Realm Beasts… consuming many second-stage Realm Beasts can still match a third-stage Realm Beast.”

Bei Di’s past strategy was simple.

He would consume one by one those who posed a threat to him; even if he couldn’t consume them, he would wound them severely.

In this way, Bei Di always stood at the peak!

This approach was stable; he could effortlessly monitor the top hundred Realm Beasts that posed the greatest threats… but it was also slow! If he started devouring and attacking large numbers of second-stage Realm Beasts, his progress would accelerate, but it would likely mean losing perfect control over the movements of those high-threat Realm Beasts. It was a trade-off between pros and cons.

In the battle between the Beast King Moloza and Luo Feng, Moloza was defeated and forced to retreat.

This was considered the first contact between the Realm Beasts and life in the Cosmic Sea.

It caused panic among the various races in the Cosmic Sea, as all understood… once the first contact occurred, the second contact wouldn’t be far behind.

Similarly, when the news that Moloza was forced back to the first stage and retreated to the Realm Beast Nest reached the other numerous Realm Beasts in the lair, it shocked them. They came to realize that the races of the Cosmic Sea, which they had previously underestimated, were actually so formidable. This caused the Realm Beasts, who had previously evolved in an orderly and gradual manner, to gradually descend into frenzy!

“Although the first Realm Beast was defeated and fled by the Lord of the Milky Way… according to the messages transmitted to us by the Will of the Origin, the countless Realm Beasts within the Realm Beast Nest will surely be affected and will accelerate their evolution. The final decisive battle between the Realm Beasts and us is likely to come earlier.” The ancient Ancestor God stood at the edge of the plaza in front of the Ancestor God Palace, gazing at the many Divine Beast Palaces floating in the distant void.

“Indeed,” the young ancestor deity spoke with a solemn and anxious expression. “The only hope for all races within our Cosmic Sea lies with the Lord of the Milky Way! Should the Lord of the Milky Way ascend to true divinity, we may yet retain hope… But if he fails to achieve this breakthrough, once the vast army of the Realm Beasts descends upon us, or if an overwhelmingly powerful Realm Beast attacks, we shall stand utterly defenseless, facing complete annihilation! What is happening with the Lord of the Milky Way? Though merely a Cosmic Lord, his secret techniques are extraordinarily profound, his strength reaching such unparalleled heights. He possesses the legacy of the Qian Donghe lineage and has acquired ancient inheritances within the Golden World. Why then has he not yet managed to ascend to true godhood? For other mighty beings, attaining true divinity might prove an insurmountable challenge. But for him, this ascension should have been accomplished long ago.”

“Sigh…” the two-faced ancestor god also shook his head in lament.

Indeed.

Why had the Lord of the Milky Way not yet broken through to become a true god? This wasn’t just a source of anxiety for the three ancestor gods; the entire Cosmic Sea races were anxious too!

Before the ancient inheritances were revealed, becoming a true god was extremely difficult. But with the inheritance of the ancient civilization allowing all races to understand it… the difficulty of becoming a true god became equivalent to the past difficulty of becoming a “Lord of the Cosmos.”

“Luo Feng!”

In the Milky Way Sanctuary, Zhenyan, the Master of the Origin, stood atop his palace, leaning against the railing as he gazed at the boundless abyss in the distance, his eyes filled with worry. “I can only imagine the immense pressure you’re under now, with all the races of the Cosmic Sea placing their hopes upon you. At this moment, you must endure—there is no other choice.”

Zhenyan felt heartbroken.

As for Luo Feng, to Zhenyan, he was his greatest pride.

Back then, not long after Luo Feng entered Chaos City due to the Genius War, Zhenyan had taken him as his disciple. Zhenyan had watched his disciple grow step by step! Zhenyan also learned about everything Luo Feng had experienced back on Earth… he had walked through hardships without ever bowing down, never giving up even when choosing to perish together with the Devouring Beast. Knowing his past and watching Luo Feng grow step by step… Zhenyan indeed regarded Luo Feng as his disciple and family.

Zhenyan’s family had long since passed away due to the passage of time.

His disciples were like his family.

To him, Luo Feng was like a son. Perhaps Luo Feng himself hadn’t realized it… but that was exactly how Zhenyan viewed Luo Feng. As Luo Feng became stronger, Zhenyan naturally felt proud.

At this moment, Zhenyan felt heartbroken, but he could do nothing.

“You have no choice but to hold on, to face the catastrophe and fight.” Zhenyan silently hoped, “Hurry up, hurry up and improve to become a true god. Only then will you have hope of survival.”

Zhenyan wished he could go himself.

But he knew clearly that he would only be a snack for the Realm Beast, completely ineffective.

“Luo Feng, you must die—but only after you’ve exterminated all the Realm Beasts!” The Purple Moon Ancestor roared in his heart.

“Become a true god,” the Eastern Emperor Ancestor stood on the Ancestor Tree, gazing into the distance, his vision piercing through the universe toward the direction of the Primordial Universe. “Even if you follow the divine power path, with your talent, you should succeed.”

“Become a true god!” The Divine Eye Master yearned, “I truly don’t wish to have to ally with the Realm Beasts!”

“Become a true god!”

“Become a true god!”

At this moment, all races in the Cosmic Sea, including the insect race, the beast race, and others, shared the same expectation, hoping that Luo Feng would become a true god.

In the “Cosmic Ark,” one of the three most remote and perilous locations, lies the space within the Black Veined Stone Pillar.

“How high it is,” Luo Feng stood in the hall of a silver spaceship, gazing through the cabin wall at the towering Black Pattern Stone Pillar that stretched into the clouds. “Finally, I’m here again!”

The Black Veined Stone Pillar was one of the peculiar artifacts within the Cosmic Ark, emanating formidable willpower impacts. The nearer one approached it, the more terrifying the willpower impact became. Simultaneously, proximity to the Black Veined Stone Pillar accelerated the flow of time! For instance, an ordinary Lord of the Cosmos could only approach close enough to experience a time flow rate of several thousandfold. In the past, Star Lord Beichi came the closest, reaching a time flow rate exceeding 130,000 times!

“I want to see just how high the time acceleration of the Black Pattern Stone Pillar can reach.” Luo Feng immediately boarded the Tomb Boat and swiftly approached.

“10,000 times, 30,000 times…” the Mausoleum Boat flew closer and closer, Luo Feng’s expression calm, his willpower having already reached the level of an Eternal True God, much stronger than Star Lord Beichi.

“100,000 times, 120,000 times, 150,000 times…”

The space slightly twisted.

The passage of time had accelerated to an extreme, with overwhelming waves of willpower surging forth, striving to annihilate all in their path. Yet Luo Feng felt as though he were bathed in a gentle spring breeze, utterly untouched by the turmoil.

220,000 times, 260,000 times, 290,000 times… 510,000 times, 550,000 times…

“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s expression turned serious.

“Getting closer.” The Mausoleum Boat had flown extremely close to the Black Stone Pillar, but the powerful impact of willpower made Luo Feng furrow his brows. Gradually, the Mausoleum Boat began to slow down until it came to a complete stop.

This place was already Luo Feng’s limit.

The bow of the Mausoleum Boat was nearly grazing the Black Veined Stone Pillar.

“I estimate that to touch the Black Veined Stone Pillar, my willpower must reach the limit of an Eternal True God,” Luo Feng murmured softly. “I’m still a bit short.”

His willpower, although at the level of an Eternal True God, had not yet reached its limit.

“The time acceleration here is about 600,000 times,” Luo Feng nodded to himself.

This time, taking the Spirit Boat to the space of the Black Veined Stone Pillar was to utilize the unique “time acceleration” environment around the Black Veined Stone Pillar for cultivation!

The threat of the World Beasts placed immense pressure on Luo Feng, forcing him to seize every moment. That’s why he came up with this idea!

“I will enter the training space again.”

Luo Feng pondered.

The training space itself could accelerate time by ten thousand times. If the outside maintained six hundred thousand times, then in theory, the superposition would be sixty billion times… Of course, this was impossible. Luo Feng, who was very familiar with the ancient civilization, understood that under six hundred thousand times time acceleration, further time acceleration would become extremely difficult.

“The willpower here is too strong; it’s already affecting my training.”

“Move back a bit.” Luo Feng maneuvered the Mausoleum Boat backward, returning to the area where time acceleration was five hundred thousand times.

Then, the Earthling main body entered the training space.

The training space could accelerate time up to ten thousand times at maximum…

“Accelerate by 1000 times.” Luo Feng tried time acceleration, and the time flow within the training space immediately surged, maintaining a 1000 times acceleration.

“Boom~~~” Luo Feng looked around in astonishment as the sky trembled, the entire inheritance space was shaking, and energy was being consumed rapidly.

“Not good.” Luo Feng’s face changed slightly, “Slow down to a hundred times!”

Whoosh!

The time flow immediately slowed to a hundred times.

The surrounding sky stabilized a bit, but the entire inheritance space’s stored energy continued to deplete rapidly.

“It’s still too fast. Slow down to ten times.” Luo Feng was forced to slow down to ten times, and instantly, the entire inheritance space became peaceful. “The training space accelerating only ten times consumes much more energy than accelerating ten thousand times in a normal time area.”

“With the reserves of the inheritance space, it can easily be maintained.”

After a series of adjustments, Luo Feng finally decided to keep the training space at a 20 times time acceleration. Combined with the outside 500,000 times, that would be a ten million times time acceleration. Although this consumed a lot… the inheritance space had accumulated over countless eons, so it could support it for a long time.

“Cherish every moment. I hope to make a breakthrough before the calamity of the Realm Beasts!”

Luo Feng left a divine power clone in the Mausoleum Boat, while the Earthling main body directly departed.

Time passed.

Year after year.

The divine clone beneath the Black Veined Stone Pillar was cultivating frenziedly within the environment of “ten million-fold time acceleration”…

Luo Feng’s main body traveled to various places, seeking inspiration.

First, he traversed the Realm of Tilted Peaks, venturing into its core region. From a distance, he even gazed upon the Land of Gloom before journeying to other places. Along the way, he discovered some legacies left behind by True Gods who had long since entered the cycle of reincarnation…

He also visited the Cosmic Ark, carefully walking through it, even uncovering traces left behind by ancient powerhouses who had once controlled the Cosmic Ark…

He also traveled to Liuzhong Mountain, where he uncovered traces of an ancient civilization left behind by powerful beings who had once dwelled there…

Finally, Luo Feng returned to the Primordial Universe, visiting some edge areas, even going to the territories of races like the insect race, beast race, and mechanical race, as well as to weaker race areas… watching the birth and demise of life, watching those lives kill each other and perish, watching the destruction of a planet…

Regardless of good or evil, Luo Feng did not interfere with the affairs of the countless races in the universe; he was merely an observer, watching everything unfold.

Observing small lives.

Observing the birth of a new planet.

Observing the destruction of a planet, and even the destruction of a galaxy under a super black hole.

Luo Feng firmly believed that the Primordial Universe, which nurtured countless lives, contained the supreme Dao of ‘life nurturing.’ From all things in the universe, he should be able to find the key to open the ‘Third Layer of Divine Power.’

The simple growth and aging of an infant seemed simple to others, but under ten million times time acceleration, Luo Feng carefully contemplated and searched for traces.

The seemingly simple movement of celestial bodies was also explored by Luo Feng.

Silently, Luo Feng’s will was gradually transforming.

“Earth.”

Luo Feng stood in outer space, gazing at the blue planet in the distance.

In Luo Feng’s gaze, time was flowing backward; Earth rapidly revolved around the sun in reverse circles, and everything on Earth was constantly changing…

“This is the past.”

“What about the future?”

Under Luo Feng’s gaze, the entire solar system began to change, scene after scene continuously transforming.

If the time reversal presented a very clear scene, then when Luo Feng watched the future, the scenes kept changing… the past had already happened, everything irreversible. But the future was unknown, filled with many possibilities.

“Roar~~”

Scene after scene almost tended toward one result.

In thirty thousand years, the solar system was destroyed, everything annihilated, representing the Beast World annihilating all existence.

In sixty thousand years, the solar system was destroyed, everything annihilated.

In one hundred and ten thousand years, the solar system was destroyed, everything annihilated.

Destruction!

Destruction!

Still destruction!

But one outcome was truly magnificent—Earth grew increasingly advanced, with countless spaceships coming and going. Even after innumerable eons, after hundreds of millions of eons, Earth still endured… This outcome signified Luo Feng’s slaying of the Beast of the Realm.

Watching all possible futures, Luo Feng merely observed calmly.

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, Luo Feng’s expression changed.

“The Sun!”

Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. Under his gaze, from the endless ancient past to the future, Earth revolved around the sun in circles. Even in the various possible futures, Earth still revolved around the sun, endlessly… seemingly repetitive and tedious, yet following an unstoppable law.

“Earth!” Luo Feng shifted his gaze, focusing on Earth.

From the endless past to the future.

As a planet of life, Earth constantly attracted extremely broad areas of strange life forces, nurturing life. This life force was invisible, but after traveling through the Primordial Universe and observing the past and future, Luo Feng could faintly discover traces from clues, sensing that the entire Earth was the core of life nurturing in the surrounding vast area.

“Earth revolves around the Sun; the Sun is the core…”

“But in the life nurturing system, Earth is the core in the vast area…”

“Celestial system.”

“Life system.”

“Different systems, yet perfectly combined…” Scenes flashed before Luo Feng’s eyes—countless planetary orbits, and at the same time, other scenes emerged—complex diagrams of his own life structure and the life structure of the World Beast.

“Different… yet connected…”

Transcending space, transcending time.

Originating from the supreme operating laws, everything leads to the ultimate destination.

Lord of the Cosmos, True God, Void True God…

Beast of the Boundary…

Opposite lives, yet both born from the Cosmic Sea, leading to the same end.