On the day Luo Feng received the Beast God Inheritance Order, he had just informed his teacher, Zhenyan King, when Zhenyan immediately departed from Chaos City and arrived at the Primordial Secret Region the same day.
The Primordial Secret Region was a central teleportation area.
Dressed in pitch-black battle armor and battle boots, Luo Feng walked side by side with Zhenyan King, who wore golden battle armor, stepping out from a spaceship high above and flying down directly onto the vast void land. This land was filled with numerous teleportation channels, and using divine country teleportation here wouldn’t risk exposing one’s divine country coordinates to other powerful beings.
“Master, we’re extremely far from the inheritance location,” Luo Feng asked. “Do you have any artifact coordinates closer to the inheritance site?”
“The closest artifact coordinates to the inheritance site are still ten billion light-years away,” Zhenyan replied.
“That far?” Luo Feng was surprised. Even the fastest spaceship would require over a year to travel that distance through dark space.
“I do have an artifact coordinate from one of my servants that’s much closer—only a half-year’s travel by spaceship,” Luo Feng said, then waved his hand. Instantly, a creature covered in scales with a purple film across its face appeared beside him, drawing the attention of several other human powerhouses on the void continent.
“That’s Zhenyan King.”
“Zhenyan King has actually left Chaos City? How is that possible?”
“He really has come out.”
“Who is the one beside Zhenyan King? That figure in black battle armor…”
“Could it be Daohe King? Rumor has it that Daohe King is Luo Feng, which seems very likely. Look how close that black-armored man seems to be with Zhenyan King—remember, Luo Feng is Zhenyan’s disciple. We’ve never seen this black-armored man before, yet his aura is so powerful. He might very well be Daohe King without his treasure wings displayed!”
Although the murmurs were soft, the human experts deliberately did not lower their voices, evidently trying to provoke a response from Luo Feng.
Luo Feng and Zhenyan exchanged a glance.
“They’re surprisingly accurate,” Zhenyan transmitted mentally, his eyes carrying a hint of amusement. “My disciple, your reputation is no small matter anymore.”
“It’s no surprise they figured it out. Many have speculated that the Daohe King is Luo Feng, and there are even rumors that my treasure is the silver wings,” Luo Feng transmitted helplessly. “Besides, there are only so many powerful humans, most of whom know each other. Suddenly, an unfamiliar figure appears who is close to you, and my physique resembles that of an Earthling. It’s hardly surprising they guessed correctly.”
“Haha, you’ve got quite the predicament,” Zhenyan teased.
“Let them think what they want. being famous isn’t necessarily a bad thing,” Luo Feng said, then turned to his servant and ordered, “Divine country teleportation.”
“At once.”
The alien servant immediately activated the divine country teleportation. A deep blue glow, like seawater, enveloped the area. Luo Feng and Zhenyan faintly saw the glow connecting to the other end of the channel—a vast world, the divine country of the alien servant.
Whoosh!
Luo Feng, Zhenyan, and the alien servant vanished simultaneously.
…
Using the divine country as a transit point, they soon arrived at a remote and secluded location far beyond the human territory—an ordinary star located in a distant corner of the universe.
“It’s interesting that your servant hides the artifact inside a star.”
“There are countless stars in the universe, each massive and filled with intense energy fluctuations. It’s indeed a good hiding place for an artifact.”
Master and disciple, one golden and one black, flew side by side through the star’s interior and emerged into space.
“Disciple, what’s the maximum speed of your spaceship?” Zhenyan asked.
“In dark space, the maximum speed is 72 times the speed of light,” Luo Feng replied helplessly. “I originally had a biological spaceship capable of 80 times light speed, but it was taken by that Cosmic Sovereign.”
“You’re something else, managing to anger Sovereign Qingtou Kou,” Zhenyan shook his head and smiled. Earlier, when they met in the Primordial Secret Region, they had spoken at length. Zhenyan had asked how Luo Feng obtained the Beast God Inheritance Order, and Luo Feng had roughly explained, omitting some key details, though he had directly mentioned Sovereign Qingtou Kou.
“My spaceship can reach nearly 90 times light speed,” Zhenyan smiled. “Haha, finally something I can be proud of.”
“Nearly 90 times light speed?” Luo Feng was astonished.
Zhenyan waved his hand.
In space, a streamlined, shuttle-shaped spaceship appeared, its entire body glowing with dazzling gold.
“Master,” the golden shuttle spoke. “You finally used me again. It’s been so long. I haven’t been able to fly freely in dark space for ages.”
“This is a metal lifeform,” Zhenyan explained with a smile. “Since I entered Chaos City, I haven’t brought him out for countless eons. Come, let’s go inside.”
The hatch opened.
Luo Feng and Zhenyan entered the shuttle, which transformed into a golden streak of light, rapidly accelerating until it reached light speed and entered dark space. Once inside dark space, it accelerated even more fiercely, its speed climbing rapidly…
“89 times, 90 times, 91 times… Oh, I can’t accelerate anymore! Hahaha, over 91 times light speed!” The metal lifeform’s joyful voice echoed inside the ship.
“Gagaga, Master is adventuring again! So boring, so boring!” A cute girl’s avatar appeared on the control panel, shouting.
“A girl?” Luo Feng, sitting on the sofa with a wine glass in hand, spat out his drink in surprise.
Zhenyan King shot the control panel a glare and shouted, “Wasn’t it an old man’s image before?”
“I’ve been suppressed for billions of years. Old becomes young, male becomes female. What’s wrong with that?” the AI lifeform protested.
“Hahaha…” Luo Feng burst into laughter. “Master, Master, you’ve kept this AI lifeform locked up for so long. Of course it would change a bit.”
Zhenyan shook his head, glaring in frustration.
…
Interstellar travel was dull. The scenery outside never changed. At first, Luo Feng chatted with Zhenyan, but after a big drinking session, they both returned to their cabins to meditate. Although the ship was fast, it would still take four months to reach the inheritance site.
Inside his cabin, Luo Feng’s Mosha Clone remained, while his Earthling body returned to his Inner World to cultivate the Nine Calamities Secret Manual.
In the Inner World.
On an endless grassland, a breeze blew, causing countless green blades of grass to bow. Luo Feng looked toward the distant, towering Golden-Horned Giant Beast in the distance.
“The third metal tablet of the Nine Calamities Secret Manual has brought me great gains,” Luo Feng thought joyfully.
Initially, obtaining the first two metal tablets had only granted him the secret techniques of the first, second, and fifth calamities, with the other six calamities missing.
However, after obtaining the third metal tablet and filling in the gaps, the third and fourth calamities were completed. Thus, Luo Feng could now cultivate three more calamities in succession.
“The first calamity triples one’s genetic potential. The second reaches six times, the third twelve times, the fourth twenty-four times, and the fifth forty-eight times,” Luo Feng gazed at the distant Golden-Horned Giant Beast. During the over two thousand years he was trapped in the Ice Prison, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast had already completed its cultivation.
However, as he continued cultivating, Luo Feng discovered a major issue!
The Golden-Horned Giant Beast already had a powerful genetic base, ten times that of a human.
Now, after cultivating the first five calamities of the Nine Calamities Secret Manual, this Golden-Horned Giant Beast had reached a genetic level 480 times that of a human! This was an incredibly high figure. Many special lifeforms didn’t reach such a level. Even beings like the Kou, with silver eyes, were only around a hundred times that of humans.
“480 times… truly incredible,” Luo Feng murmured. “This means that when I become an immortal, the standard human King-level divine body baseline limit is 100,000 times the combat power of a domain master, but the Golden-Horned Giant Beast can effortlessly reach 48 million times the power of a domain master.”
“Many special lifeforms aren’t this strong.”
Special lifeforms generally had genetic levels around a hundred times that of humans. The weakest special lifeforms were at least ten times stronger.
Very few lifeforms surpassed 500 times.
Extremely rare were those exceeding 1,000 times or even thousands of times.
The more powerful the genetic level, the rarer such lifeforms were. Weaker special lifeforms were more numerous. For example, the Kou were quite common, while beings like the “Beast God” or the divine body of Situ Ke were so powerful that they were unique in the universe.
“I had guessed that as one’s life genetic level increases, the effectiveness of Blood-Net Power would diminish,” Luo Feng mused. “Back then, Blood-Net Power could enhance my right hoof by a hundred times and overall strength by ten times.”
“But…”
“Blood-Net Power isn’t omnipotent.”
“It can enhance humans and the Golden-Horned Giant Beast. But can it enhance a lifeform at the Beast God level? Blood-Net Power is originally the essence energy contained in the Beast God’s blood,” Luo Feng thought. When his genetic level was low, Blood-Net Power was very effective.
However, for lifeforms at Situ Ke’s level or other uniquely powerful special lifeforms in the universe, Blood-Net Power might be completely ineffective.
The same principle applied.
After cultivating the unique Nine Calamities Secret Manual, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast had become comparable to special lifeforms, reaching 480 times genetic strength. When the Golden-Horned Giant Beast activated Blood-Net Power… it still had some effect, but it was significantly weaker.
“The Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s right hoof is still strong, but now it’s only twice the power of its entire body,” Luo Feng noted. Previously, it had been ten times the body’s total power, but now it was only twice. Moreover, since cultivating the third calamity successfully… Luo Feng had discovered that the right hoof’s power had reached its limit and could no longer be enhanced.
The fourth and fifth calamities also failed to increase the right hoof’s power. It had reached a limit.
“When Blood-Net Power is activated, adding twice the power, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast’s genetic base exceeds a thousand times,” Luo Feng thought. “That’s extremely rare even among special lifeforms. I should be satisfied. Keep cultivating. The Nine Calamities Secret Manual truly deserves its reputation as an extraordinary technique that requires the Heaven-Soul Crystal to endure, yet is still restricted by the cosmic laws, allowing only one cultivator in the universe.”
…
As his power grew through cultivation, the Nine Calamities Secret Manual’s might gradually revealed itself.
Four months later.
“Disciple, disciple, we’re about to arrive at the inheritance site. Hurry out,” Zhenyan’s voice came through.
They had arrived at the inheritance site!
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