Chapter 966: The World Tree

The Divine Ancestor Realm, vast and boundless.

Within one of its voids, a beautiful fountain floated in midair, its water spraying ceaselessly in an endless cycle. A figure emerged from the spring—it was Luo Feng’s Mosha Clan clone.

The Mosha Clan clone scanned the surroundings. Apart from the floating fountain suspended in midair, there were no guards whatsoever. He muttered under his breath, “The Ancestral God Church is truly confident. They simply leave the teleportation channel here without any concern that someone might attempt to destroy it. Then again, the Ancestral God Realm is their domain after all.”

“Change.” In an instant, his form switched. The Earthling Original stepped out while the Mosha Clan clone entered the world ring. After all, in terms of strength, the Earthling Original was far superior. Especially after recently mastering the third chapter of his training, he could now use the second form of the Murder Wolf Wings, giving him an even greater ability to protect himself.

“Scanners.” Luo Feng activated both his miniature and large scanners.

The scanners had originally been designed primarily for exploring cosmic secret realms, not for use in extraterrestrial battlefields.

The large scanner was used for rapid travel through cosmic secret realms. By detecting distant celestial bodies in advance, one could avoid them early on. Regardless of whether there was danger or not, the safest approach was to travel only through empty space. The miniature scanner, on the other hand, was used when cautiously exploring dangerous areas.

Swoosh!

Luo Feng transformed into a streak of light and flew forward. Occasionally, when he found the path ahead to be safe, he would use teleportation to accelerate his progress.

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Navigating carefully to avoid one peril after another, the natural formations within the Ancestral God Realm were bizarre and diverse. Some massive celestial bodies appeared extraordinarily peculiar. In the typical cosmic expanse, celestial bodies were predominantly spherical—whether planets, stars, white dwarfs, neutron stars, or even black holes, all assumed a spherical form.

Yet within the Divine Ancestor Realm, irregular celestial phenomena could emerge—vast continents adrift in the void, or colossal lakes suspended in space. These lakes might even bear floating islands upon their surfaces, or witness entire mountain ranges wandering through the emptiness, their peaks crowned with cascading waterfalls.

Though seemingly beautiful and wondrous, these sights were actually riddled with hidden dangers.

For instance, Luo Feng once encountered a waterfall whose waters could instantly freeze even a Cosmic Sovereign solid upon contact, causing their life imprint to collapse completely and resulting in immediate death. This water was an exceptionally rare and precious substance known as “Nine-Colored Whale Cold Water.” If one could gather some of it using a treasure like the “Purple Bell” or a container crafted from high-grade metal, it would be an immense fortune. The Nine-Colored Whale Cold Water could be ingeniously utilized in battles between supreme beings, unleashing limitless power.

Unfortunately—

The waterfall of Nine-Colored Whale Cold Water poured down into a massive icy lake below, which was home to a terrifying lifeform known as the “Nine-Colored Whale.” The water appeared in different colors depending on the viewing angle, hence its name. Long ago, shortly after the birth of the universe, a powerful cultivator had once discovered this water and, fascinated by its beauty, had tried to collect some. However, before even touching the water, he was attacked by the terrifying presence within the lake—the Nine-Colored Whale—and was killed instantly.

According to the information Luo Feng had gathered, the only known entity capable of matching the Nine-Colored Whale was a Cosmic Sovereign.

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The successors were instantly transported to the most secure and innermost regions of the Ancestral God Realm, carefully selected by the Ancestral God Church for their training and trials. Naturally, wherever cosmic treasures existed, perils were seldom absent.

On the ninth day of his journey.

In the vast void beyond a colossal mountain range spanning thousands of light-years within the Ancestral God Realm, a streak of light abruptly came to a halt.

“Nine days without rest—time to take a break.” Luo Feng stood in the void, scanning his surroundings, his gaze lingering on the vast mountain range behind him. “The celestial bodies in the Ancestral God Realm are truly peculiar. This mountain range alone stretches over 6,000 light-years. It harbors countless extremely hazardous zones. According to my records, there are already 201 documented perilous locations within it.”

This mountain range had been explored by many inheritors throughout history, but due to its extreme danger, only a small portion of it had been recorded.

“At my current speed, using both flight and teleportation, I estimate it will take another 32 days to reach my destination—the World Tree.” A glimmer of anticipation flickered in Luo Feng’s eyes.

The World Tree!

His planned third clone!

Luo Feng held an extremely high rank within the human race and had collected extensive information on special lifeforms. He had also thoroughly investigated the many unique lifeforms within the Ancestral God Realm. He had to admit—the Ancestral God Realm was the most wondrous place in the universe, teeming with the greatest number of special lifeforms.

Numerous formidable and enigmatic special lifeforms dwelled within the Ancestral God Realm.

Such as the Nine-Colored Whale, Tuoshan Zhen, the World Tree…

Each of these was a special lifeform capable of matching a Cosmic Sovereign. After extensive research and selection, Luo Feng had finally decided on the World Tree as his third clone. Although there were other lifeforms potentially more beneficial to him, they required being at least a Monarch-level special lifeform.

Limited to the Monarch level, Luo Feng had settled on the World Tree.

There were a total of nine World Trees in the entire universe.

One of them was at the Cosmic Sovereign level—the strongest World Tree. Its trunk alone was 12 million kilometers thick and reached a height of 590 million kilometers. Its canopy was even more massive, with a diameter exceeding one billion kilometers. This was an incredibly enormous tree—the largest tree-like special lifeform in the universe in terms of volume.

Three other World Trees were at the Immortal level, slightly smaller than the Sovereign-level one, with a height of 120 million kilometers.

The final five World Trees were at the Monarch level, slightly smaller than the Immortal-level ones, with a height of 60 million kilometers.

Why had he chosen the World Tree as his third clone?

Firstly, for its innate ability.

The World Tree’s innate ability was “Mastery of Space-Time.” Within a certain range around it, time and space were completely controlled. Although it was nowhere near the complete mastery of a region’s space-time possessed by a Cosmic Sovereign, as the World Tree grew stronger, its control over space-time also increased.

Legend had it that the strongest Sovereign-level World Tree had a mastery of space-time that was no less than that of a Cosmic Sovereign.

As for the Immortal and Monarch-level World Trees, they were naturally much weaker.

But when fighting opponents of the same level, they would be utterly dominant.

After all, just in terms of genetic potential alone, the World Tree was thousands of times stronger than a human. And their massive size meant their divine bodies were incredibly powerful and robust, capable of storing an astonishing amount of divine energy. Even if they had to burn their divine bodies in a battle of attrition, how many beings could possibly match the World Tree’s endurance?

“Mastery of Space-Time” and “Gigantic Size”—these were the first two advantages.

And there was a third advantage!

The World Tree possessed the capability to fortify and stabilize one’s divine kingdom. Although Luo Feng’s records made no mention of anyone possessing a World Tree clone, they did note that the Ancestral God Church’s “Divine General Mantuo” once acquired a branch from the mightiest World Tree. Mantuo planted this branch within his divine kingdom, where it flourished into a colossal divine tree known as the “Tree of Life.”

The Tree of Life stabilized the divine kingdom.

The more stable the divine kingdom, the stronger the pressure and binding effects on intruders. Mantuo Divine General had used this technique to lure enemies into his divine kingdom and eliminate them, a feat that had become widely known.

In theory, a divine being within their own divine kingdom could use the kingdom’s pressure and binding effects to gain an advantage, typically increasing their power by a few times.

But with the Tree of Life planted within the divine kingdom, the support for the divine being and the pressure on the enemy combined to create a power boost that could be hundreds of times greater.

“The Tree of Life is that powerful.”

“The World Tree must be even more extraordinary, making the divine kingdom even more powerful and stable.” Luo Feng mused.

The World Tree.

Mastery of Space-Time, gigantic size filled with immense divine energy, and stabilization of the divine kingdom.

How could Luo Feng not be envious?

“Moreover, the World Tree has great advantages in both time and space. Although I walk the path of the Beast God, when I reach the peak of the Beast God path and become a true Beast God, I might still need to make a breakthrough in space-time. Besides—whether I can fully succeed in the Beast God path is uncertain. Having the World Tree will give me the opportunity to pursue the path of ‘Time and Space’ in the future.”

Walking the path of time and space and becoming a Cosmic Sovereign was the mainstream approach.

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In the void at the edge of the vast mountain range, Luo Feng stood silently, lost in thought.

Though his sights were set on the World Tree, Luo Feng still harbored reservations. Based on all the intelligence he had collected, there was no record of anyone ever possessing a World Tree clone. Of course, it was also possible that certain powerful individuals with World Tree clones had kept this ability concealed.

“Master Huncheng once said that my inner world has its limits. Some unique and powerful lifeforms in the universe may be impossible for my inner world to cultivate.” Luo Feng thought to himself. “The World Tree I’m choosing—the Monarch-level World Tree—is the weakest among them.”

For a species, if its genetic potential doesn’t break through, its size will reach its maximum at the Monarch peak.

For example, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast was thousands of kilometers long, and even after advancing to Immortal, Cosmic Sovereign, or Cosmic Sovereign levels, it remained the same size.

Only if its genetic level improved could it possibly undergo mutations—and even that was just a possibility. Like Luo Feng, who had been cultivating the Nine Calamities Secret Manual without any change in body size. His Earthling Original was still less than two meters tall, without any sudden growth to hundreds of meters, kilometers, or even tens of kilometers.

Yet among the nine World Trees, their heights and volumes clearly varied.

The strongest World Tree was obviously the one with the highest lifeform level. It was said to have a genetic level thousands of times that of humans, placing it among the top-tier special lifeforms in the universe.

The three Immortal-level World Trees were slightly inferior.

The five Monarch-level World Trees were even less impressive.

“Still, no matter how inferior they are, they must be better than a branch of the strongest World Tree. After all, a branch only becomes a Tree of Life, not a World Tree anymore.” Luo Feng muttered to himself. “I wonder if my inner world can cultivate a Monarch-level World Tree.”

“Well, I should be able to do it.”

Though anxious, Luo Feng was also filled with intense longing.

This was the third clone he had most desired after reviewing countless records.

The innate ability to control time and space.

A massive tree trunk body stretching 60 million kilometers high—what an immense amount of divine energy it would possess.

The divine kingdom was the foundation of a divine being’s power.

With these three major advantages, how could Luo Feng not be envious?