Chapter 658: 999th Floor

The female Gold-Horned clanswoman, Sis, spoke with barely concealed envy in her voice.

“Then let’s go to the 999th floor,” Luo Feng smiled.

“Yes,” Sis thought to herself, as expected.

…

Luo Feng, accompanied by the female Gold-Horned clanswoman Sis, continued to walk up the staircase. As they ascended higher, the number of Gold-Horned clansmen visible on each floor decreased. By the time they reached above the 800th floor, it was common to find entire floors with only a single receptionist and no one else coming to choose secret scrolls.

The elder sister swiftly added, “Our Golden Horn Clan maintains rigorous discipline. Access to each level of the Secret Scroll Tower demands strict contribution point thresholds. Without adequate contribution points, one cannot qualify to ascend to higher floors. For instance, to reach the 999th floor, one must possess contribution points equivalent to the cost of the least expensive secret scroll on that level—approximately 98 million. Only His Highness is granted the privilege to freely select any scroll without the need for contribution points.”

Luo Feng smiled.

Contribution points? He didn’t have a single one.

“How does your Gold-Horned Clan calculate contribution points internally?” Luo Feng asked while walking up the stairs.

“There are many sources of contribution points. For instance, giving birth to a child for the clan grants contribution points. Advancing in strength, reaching Domain Lord, World God levels, or breaking through to Immortal status also earns contribution points. Additionally, joining the military and earning battle merits by participating in wars for humanity can be exchanged into contribution points. In short, any contribution to our Gold-Horned Clan earns contribution points,” explained the female Gold-Horned clanswoman Sis. “Contribution points are extremely useful. They can be used to purchase secret scrolls, weapons, treasures, and even large numbers of guards. Many things that cannot be bought with regular currency can be purchased with contribution points.”

Luo Feng was secretly astonished.

The vassal clans like the Gold-Horned Clan faced intense survival pressure, elevating the importance of contribution points to a terrifying level—even childbirth earned points. Such measures fostered incredible unity within the race, unleashing terrifying potential. This was evident from the many Gold-Horned youths who fervently challenged him earlier.

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Unknowingly, they had already reached the 999th floor.

At the entrance of the 999th floor stood an elderly receptionist responsible for supervising those selecting secret scrolls—ensuring they had sufficient contribution points and preventing any clan members from damaging the trial scrolls.

“Prince Luo Feng of Humanity,” the elder at the entrance slightly bowed.

Luo Feng smiled and nodded.

This elder was already an Immortal God, the highest-ranked among the receptionists and caretakers of the entire Secret Scroll Tower.

“Prince Luo Feng of Humanity,” the elder gestured toward the surrounding bookshelves, “The 999th floor is the pinnacle of the entire Secret Scroll Tower, housing the most treasured trial scrolls. A total of 128,120 trial scrolls are gathered here. Your Highness may freely peruse and select any of them.”

“Hmm.”

Walking past the towering bookshelves, the female Gold-Horned clanswoman Sis said, “Prince Luo Feng, the arrangement of the secret scrolls spirals inward from the stairway entrance. The deeper inside, the higher the contribution points required to exchange for the scrolls. The scroll placed at the topmost corner is the most expensive one on the entire 999th floor.” She pointed to the distant top right.

“Oh?” Luo Feng smiled and immediately floated into the air, flying toward it.

The bookshelves varied in height from 60 to 90 meters. The trial scrolls were spaced out more loosely compared to the second and third floors Luo Feng had seen, as this floor only held nearly 130,000 scrolls.

…

Luo Feng weaved through the bookshelves and finally flew to the topmost shelf at the far left corner.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng looked at it.

The secret scrolls on this shelf were clearly much more expensive. This 80-meter-high shelf only held three scrolls, making it the least number of scrolls on any shelf. The price tags beside these trial scrolls were: the topmost one was priced at ‘1,680,000,000,’ the next ‘1,620,000,000,’ and the lowest ‘1,600,000,000.’

All of them exceeded 1.6 billion!

“Tsk tsk,” Luo Feng hovered at the top of the shelf and directly picked up the most expensive trial scroll. The scroll felt as if it were forged from a strange metal.

“Forged from F-grade metal? That’s extravagant,” Luo Feng was surprised, then shook his head and chuckled, “But it makes sense. The Secret Scroll Tower is a crucial place that needs to be passed down through generations of the Gold-Horned Clan. These trial scrolls must last for eons. Ordinary materials would decay over time, so using F-grade metal isn’t strange. After all, a single ship like the Yimo Star’s Chi Hun Tong Mu could forge countless trial scrolls. For the Gold-Horned Clan, this isn’t a big deal.”

He picked up this metal book weighing about two tons.

The book bore the name—《Golden Soul》

“What kind of thing is this? Usually, the most supreme secret scrolls describe space or time, etc. A scroll solely about the ‘Metal Law’ shouldn’t be that impressive,” Luo Feng muttered to himself. After all, comprehending the Metal Law only makes one an ordinary Immortal God, while comprehending the fundamental laws of space or time directly makes one a mighty Cosmic Venerable.

Just like—

The Jiuyu Heaven Bridge requires passing the 21st level to represent comprehension of the spatial law.

Whereas if one doesn’t cultivate spatial or temporal laws, but focuses solely on Metal Law, Wood Law, etc., even if they comprehend it and become an Immortal God, they’d only have the strength of the 10th level of the Heaven Bridge. Of course, initially, comprehending Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, and Light is quite easy.

However, the final step is extremely difficult, which is why so many World Lords cannot become Immortal Gods. This was also why the Time World Lord Luo, with a lifespan of over 20,000 years, had no confidence at all in taking that final step to become an Immortal God.

The final step is extremely difficult.

But merely gaining recognition from the ‘Metal Law’ fundamental law is much easier.

Conversely, since one must pass the 21st level of the Jiuyu Heaven Bridge to be recognized as having comprehended the spatial law, gaining recognition from the spatial law is thousands or even tens of thousands of times harder than comprehending the Metal Law. To gain recognition from the fundamental law, one must completely master one aspect of that law to the extreme.

For example…

Can teleport?

In short, gaining recognition from the spatial law is an incredibly difficult task.

“《Golden Soul》?” Luo Feng opened the metal book and began reading.

《Golden Soul》 was created by a great elder in the history of the Gold-Horned Clan, Karofun. It primarily delves into the fundamental laws of space starting from the Metal Law, combining the two to create 《Golden Soul》, a set of purely combat-oriented secret techniques.

It is like the “Black Hole Transformation” in the human treasure trove, also a combat-oriented secret technique.

Combat-oriented secret techniques purely explain how to fight more powerfully.

The “Time and Space Notes” Luo Feng exchanged for belongs to the category that helps people better comprehend the laws, aiding in the understanding of the “Jiuyu Chaos Tablets.” These are two different styles. One belongs to the “research type,” and the other to the “combat type.”

Which is better?

It’s a matter of personal perspective! Combat-oriented secret techniques can enhance combat effectiveness, while research-oriented ones allow cultivators to improve their comprehension of the laws more quickly, as the comprehension of laws is fundamental.

The combat techniques of 《Golden Soul》 are divided into 72 types from low to high.

The first combat technique—the 35th combat technique—can be used by those below the Immortal God level.

The 36th—the 70th techniques—are for those who have become Immortal Gods but are below the Cosmic Venerable level.

The 71st and 72nd techniques can only be used by Cosmic Venerables.

“If I can master the 35th combat technique at the World God peak, I could completely defeat ordinary Immortal Gods? Comparable to a Marquis-level immortal?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but gasp as he read the scroll’s description. The power was indeed terrifying. The ninth level of the Divine Soul Weapon, when mastered to the extreme, was only comparable to an ordinary Immortal God.

Moreover, this was a complete set of combat techniques.

It could be used all the way up to the Cosmic Venerable level!

“I currently have the Beast God Statue and the ‘Time and Space Notes,’ which are both research-oriented to help me comprehend the laws. I really don’t have any true combat techniques,” Luo Feng mused to himself. “And as I’m reaching the peak of the World God level, I should create techniques suitable for myself. Of course, I will need to create combat techniques as well. However, before creating them, learning a top-tier combat technique would also help broaden my horizons.”

“Alright, it’s one of the candidates.”

Luo Feng casually took this metal book in his hand and continued to look at the other books.

…

Luo Feng wasn’t in a hurry to decide which one to choose. Instead, he quickly read through one after another to determine which suited him best, ultimately selecting the best among them.

…

Luo Feng stood before a towering array of bookshelves, his unseen psychic energy rippling outward like an ethereal tide. In perfect synchronization, thousands of arcane tomes bound in shimmering metal flipped open of their own accord, their ancient knowledge pouring into his consciousness in a single, overwhelming torrent of wisdom.

Swipe.

Thousands of scrolls finished.

Luo Feng’s mental force controlled all the metal books to close, then he continued to flip through the next few thousand secret scrolls.

The female Gold-Horned clanswoman Sis couldn’t help but bare her teeth in amazement, “This human prince Luo Feng is… is…”

Too ruthless.

Is there anyone who chooses secret scrolls like this, flipping through thousands of scrolls at once? This posture was too arrogant.

…

Not long after.

Luo Feng was sitting at the edge of the entire 999th floor where there were chairs, holding three metal-bound books, and placing them there.

“Prince Luo Feng,” the female Gold-Horned clanswoman Sis approached with a smile, “Have you made your choice?” Her eyes swept over and immediately noticed the first book was “Golden Soul,” causing her to clench her teeth again.

He chooses the most expensive one. This human prince is really…

“More or less decided, I’ll choose from these three.”

Luo Feng smiled and looked at the three trial secret scrolls.

The three metal-bound books each bore a name: “Golden Soul,” “Thirty-Six Divine Transformations,” and “Sayings of Hiero.”

Their prices were 1.68 billion contribution points, 910 million contribution points, and 100 million contribution points respectively.

“Each has its own advantages. Which one should I choose? If I could choose all three, that would be perfect.” Luo Feng briefly thought, then shook his head with a wry smile. He was being too greedy.