Chapter 1177: Another Passage

“This is the strongest impact of the blood marks on the wings,” Luo Feng communicated with his back, the Slaughter Wings. “Shiwu, can my current willpower claim ownership of that white wing now?”

Asking Shiwu was the most appropriate since it was part of the treasure itself.

“You’re still far from it!”

“Master, your willpower has improved greatly over the past 1200 years and is now among the best of the Cosmic Sovereigns. However, the transition from a Cosmic Sovereign to the strongest in the cosmos is a fundamental leap. Willpower itself will also undergo a qualitative leap. Master, you’re still far from reaching that threshold,” Shiwu replied bluntly.

Luo Feng remained calm, as his gains this time had already been substantial.

Back then, in the Divine Beast Realm, he hadn’t improved his willpower as much over millions of years as he had in the past thousand years. One must admit that intense pressure is indeed a way to temper one’s willpower. However, if one is under extreme pressure for a prolonged period, it can lead to a breakdown, which would actually damage one’s willpower. It’s a double-edged sword.

Willpower is not the same as the comprehension of laws.

The comprehension of laws progresses step by step, while willpower tests the strength of one’s heart and mind!

“I’ve been here for over a thousand years now. It’s time to leave,” Luo Feng cast one last look at the white wing before the Star Tower began to fly off. He still needed to continue tempering his willpower. There were many dangerous places in the Cosmic Sea. Just among the three great perilous regions, there were all sorts of harsh environments—illusions, willpower assaults, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light, and various other natural powers. There were all kinds of dangers.

Each of the three great perilous regions had many places suitable for tempering one’s willpower.

It all came down to whether one dared to go or not!

“Human!”

“I will make you regret it, and make your four-winged spirit regret it too,” a wave of energy transmitted.

“When I come back next time, it will be the moment I claim you,” Luo Feng directly sent a mental wave in reply.

“Impossible! Impossible! You’re just daydreaming!”

Hua~~~

The Star Tower had already flown away, and Luo Feng no longer paid attention to the white wing. Just like countless powerful beings in the original universe who had been unable to control the Star Tower, Luo Feng also couldn’t control the white wing now. Even if other strongest beings in the cosmos came, they would likely have to give up helplessly too.

“Next time,” Luo Feng murmured silently.

“The Shiwu Wings have undergone tremendous changes. I wonder how powerful they have become,” Luo Feng thought to himself. Previously, when the Shiwu Wings expanded to their maximum and released their aura, they were absolutely top-tier among supreme treasures. They might even be comparable to the Divine Wooden Wonders. This was Luo Feng’s impression.

“Let’s try it out!”

“The Golden Kingdom!” Luo Feng instantly ignited his divine power to activate it.

Silently~~~

A hazy, thin golden light instantly emerged, covering the entire mysterious space and even penetrating into the rock walls at the edge of the space. The Golden Kingdom could expand to a radius of 80 light-years, far exceeding the size of the wing space, so naturally, it could fully envelop the area.

However, the endless storm of blades still raged, shattering space-time into chaos. Even the Golden Kingdom couldn’t control the space-time here.

Only the stable space around the white wing and some spaces within the edge rocks were fully under control.

“T-too powerful…”

Luo Feng was stunned.

In an instant, he felt that the ‘Golden Kingdom’ unleashed by the Shiwu Wings, already at their peak perfect state, was comparable to the combined power of the ‘Golden Kingdom,’ ‘Flame Ocean,’ and ‘Miniature Universe’ he had used before arriving here.

“This is really…” Luo Feng was extremely delighted.

It should be known that his divine power was still inferior to that of many other Cosmic Sovereigns. For the ‘Golden Kingdom’ to be this powerful, it was likely that the Shiwu Wings had truly become a supreme treasure comparable to the Divine Wooden Wonders.

“Hmm? What is that——”

Luo Feng was startled.

He stopped marveling and became rather surprised because the Golden Kingdom had covered the entire mysterious space and even penetrated into the surrounding rocks. He was shocked to discover that—apart from the tunnel through which Luo Feng had previously entered, there was another tunnel in a different direction.

“Another tunnel? Where does it lead? Oh right, this white wing couldn’t have appeared out of nowhere. It must have drifted here from somewhere,” Luo Feng thought rapidly.

“Let’s go check it out.”

Luo Feng immediately made the decision.

Partly out of concern that the tunnel might lead other powerful beings to discover this place, and partly out of curiosity, Luo Feng rode the Star Tower and sped toward the tunnel. It took more than a month before the Star Tower finally reached the tunnel.

“There’s also a barrier.”

It was a dark red tunnel, and the Star Tower directly pierced through the barrier, entering a dark passage tinged with faint red.

The Star Tower continued flying forward.

Passing through nine layers of barriers in succession… after that, there were no more barriers, and the Star Tower proceeded cautiously.

“A dark red passage.”

Inside the Star Tower, Luo Feng guided it through this dark red tunnel, which was hundreds of thousands of kilometers high and infinitely deep. He himself dared not venture outside, so he sent out his Mosha Clone to test the way.

Swoosh!

The Mosha Clone exited the Star Tower and flew ahead of it.

The Mosha Clone and the Star Tower flew one after the other through the dark red tunnel, and Luo Feng also activated the ‘Golden Kingdom,’ keeping it within a range of ten billion kilometers to remain vigilant against any danger.

“It’s so hot.”

Flying inside the tunnel, the Mosha Clone felt the surrounding air temperature rising to an unbearable level of heat.

“The walls are dark red.”

The Mosha Clone darted to the side of the tunnel wall and reached out to touch the dark red rock.

“Chi~~~” A strange heat energy rapidly spread along the Mosha Clone’s palm. In an instant, his arm melted like a candle and began to drip away. The heat was spreading rapidly into his body. Startled, the Mosha Clone forcefully shook his body, tearing half of it off and flinging it away.

Then, the life crystal core emitted energy and reformed his divine body.

“I may only be a Cosmic Monarch, but my body is still a divine body,” the Mosha Clone looked at the wall in shock. “Can the strange heat energy in the rock wall really burn me to death?”

“Move forward.”

Luo Feng became even more curious.

The Mosha Clone and the Star Tower flew one after the other at high speed, occasionally teleporting short distances of ten billion kilometers.

“It’s really far. I’ve already flown several light-years along this tunnel,” Luo Feng marveled. The tunnel occasionally had branches, and Luo Feng naturally chose the largest branch to proceed while memorizing the map. After all, the processing speed of a superpowerful being’s mind was extremely fast, making it easy to memorize maps.

Continuing forward.

“The wing space should be at the edge of the main peak of the Tilted Peak Realm. Now I’ve flown several light-years in this direction… so I must have entered the mountain’s interior,” Luo Feng thought to himself.

The main peak of the Tilted Peak Realm was majestic and mysterious, with numerous tunnels leading to the outside world.

Precious treasures often drifted through these tunnels into the waters… usually, many powerful beings dared not go against the tunnels into the mountain’s interior because it was too dangerous. Luo Feng only dared to venture in because he had the Star Tower, a supreme treasure in the form of a palace capable of sealing and suppressing, and because he was curious about the origin of the white wing.

For a long time…

At each branching path, Luo Feng always chose the largest one to proceed. As he advanced, the temperature increased. Eventually, even the Mosha Clone had to be recalled because the external temperature had become hot enough to instantly reduce the clone to ashes in the air.

“It is said that the inner realm of the Falling Peak Domain is fraught with perils. Even a Chaos Lord could perish here. In the core regions, even the mightiest beings in the universe might meet their end,” Luo Feng thought with trepidation. “Here, even the ambient heat is enough to reduce a Cosmic Monarch to ashes. The interior of this mountain is truly terrifying!”

The Star Tower could resist physical attacks and protect the soul.

With dual protection for both physical form and soul,

Luo Feng dared to take the risk.

“What lies at the end of this tunnel?” Luo Feng wondered.

After flying a full thirty light-years, he finally caught sight of the distant endpoint. By now, the Star Tower had entered an enormous cavern resembling a fiery lava cave.

**Boom—Rumble—**

Torrents of white-hot magma churned and surged violently. Hundreds of these blazing rivers crisscrossed the colossal cavern, stretching toward unknown destinations.

Each stream was surrounded by halos of red, green, and gray light.

In addition, endless flames filled the surrounding space.

Yet, strangely, the surrounding space was extremely condensed, not shattered at all, and there was no spatial fluctuation. In this place… instantaneous teleportation was impossible.

“Chi~~~” Luo Feng attempted to extend a bit of divine power out of the Star Tower, but before even touching the flames, it was instantly burned away in the surrounding space.

“If a Cosmic Sovereign had no armor protection, they would be annihilated in the surrounding air,” Luo Feng murmured to himself. “I came in reverse through the tunnel from the mysterious space to this place. I wonder if this is part of the inner domain of the Mountain-River Realm or its core area.”

With a thought,

The Star Tower slowly flew forward and touched a wisp of flame floating nearby.

“Chi~~~” The flame burned the Star Tower.

Inside the Star Tower, the temperature didn’t change at all.

“A supreme treasure is indeed a supreme treasure,” Luo Feng praised. This was as expected. After all, by common knowledge, supreme treasures wouldn’t be damaged even in the three great perilous regions! Although he had seen the damaged white wing before… that was also due to a legendary battle.

“What a huge cave.”

Luo Feng dared not recklessly follow the streams of flame, as going further into the unknown might make it impossible to return. Riding the Star Tower, he flew cautiously within the flame-filled cavern. The Star Tower didn’t enter the streams of magma. Occasionally, splashes from the surging magma streams touched the Star Tower, but it was unharmed.

“A cave pillar that remains undamaged under such flames and magma streams is quite peculiar,” Luo Feng observed carefully.

He noticed that the pillars looked ordinary at first glance but, upon closer inspection, each grain of sand on them seemed to refract light, as if containing many spaces within.

Swish~~~

Suddenly, the Star Tower disappeared in front of a stone pillar and instantly reappeared outside.

“Space?”

“Does each grain of sand contain a space?” Luo Feng had been startled just now. Previously, the Star Tower had merely touched the sand and was instantly pulled into a space—a desolate void. Since Luo Feng had comprehended the Space Law, the Star Tower quickly returned.

“Each pillar is likely composed of countless grains of sand, and each grain contains a space? What kind of pillar is this? Why have I never come across any records about it? Could it be that this place is located in an extremely perilous region of the Cosmic Sea’s Realm of Tumbling Peaks, and no human powerhouses have ever set foot here?” Luo Feng pondered silently, as there were no mentions of such pillars within the human race’s archives.

“Hmm?”

Soon, Luo Feng was drawn to another stone pillar not far away. “That’s…”