Chapter 1157: Cosmic Sea

In the virtual universe, at the peak of Thunder Island.

Luo Feng and the Icepeak Master were walking side by side along the corridor, feeling quite delighted.

Although his achievements at the Origin Star had brought him fame and even placed him among the ranks of the Cosmic Sovereigns, Luo Feng was well aware in his heart that he was still among the weakest of the Cosmic Sovereigns. The fundamental reason for his outburst at the Origin Star was to reclaim Earth’s ownership as soon as possible, so Earthlings could truly have their own homeland.

Earth had returned.

Earthlings had already become a distinct branch in the universe, just like the “Barkanians” among the human race, and “Earthlings” had likewise become a highly noble race.

His goal had been achieved, yet Luo Feng understood his own weakness.

Even with the “Calamity Armor” and the even more extraordinary “Star Tower,” he still remained at a disadvantage against the Starriver Sovereign. Without the Star Tower, he would indeed be among the weakest. Fortunately…

“Fortunately, this trip to the Origin Secret Region revealed another path to me.”

“The Shiwu Wings are very special, capable of controlling space and time!”

“I was also fortunate enough to obtain the top-tier domain-type treasure, the Flame Sand Cup.”

“With the microcosmic universe, the Shiwu Wings, and the Flame Sand Cup working together, I can suppress peak domain-type treasures! It rivals the finest among peak domain treasures… only the supreme treasures could overpower this. Opponents will definitely have their strength suppressed by one or even two levels,” Luo Feng mused inwardly.

“Normally, just using the Golden Kingdom and Flame Domain together can barely rival peak domain treasures.”

“In critical moments, I can also use the microcosmic universe. The only drawback is that the microcosmic universe consumes 10% of my divine body,” Luo Feng sighed. Actually, the minimum scale of using the “I Am the Universe” technique had only required 10% of his divine body when he was an immortal. Now, Luo Feng could actually consume as little as 1% or even 0.1% of his divine body each time, but the power would also be significantly weaker.

“It’s just a pity that I only possess one ultimate secret art, and it’s an auxiliary one like the microcosmic universe,” Luo Feng thought. “If only I had an offensive ultimate secret art.”

Many existences like the Starriver Sovereign and the Icepeak Master generally had offensive ultimate secret arts.

“Before, I was at the bottom, relying only on my Calamity Armor to protect myself well.”

“Now, at least I can suppress the Wolfstar Sovereign.”

Luo Feng saw the figure sitting in the distance and immediately pushed his thoughts aside, walking over. “Master.”

“Senior Brother,” the Icepeak Master also greeted.

“Sit down,” the Chaos Citylord personally poured fruit wine for Luo Feng and the Icepeak Master.

Luo Feng and the Icepeak Master sat down respectively.

“From your expressions, I can tell the outcome was good,” the Chaos Citylord smiled. “This time, you two worked hard. Luo Feng, you should explain everything from beginning to end.”

“Okay,” Luo Feng nodded.

The Icepeak Master was naturally somewhat aloof, but after obtaining many fragments of the Qiansi Diagram during the Yuan’ao Secret Region battle and having been continuously helped by Luo Feng, he made an exception for Luo Feng.

“I was ordered by the Dual-Faced Ancestor God of the Ancestral God Sect…” Luo Feng began to explain in detail. As the one who knew the entire story best—since other powerhouses only joined later—Luo Feng provided a thorough account. The Icepeak Master also listened attentively.

Soon, he finished speaking.

“Two fragments of the Qiansi Diagram, five fragments…” the Chaos Citylord looked toward the Icepeak Master.

“Luofeng is being modest,” the Icepeak Master said directly. “Without his ‘Golden Kingdom’ assisting me in battling with other factions’ Cosmic Sovereigns, I wouldn’t have been able to obtain so many fragments. The Golden Kingdom has extremely powerful abilities and can control space-time, far surpassing a Cosmic Sovereign’s control over a region of space-time… when combined with my Cold Mist Realm, it can rival a peak domain-type treasure.”

“The Golden Kingdom?” the Chaos Citylord was surprised. “What Golden Kingdom? Luo Feng, when did you obtain a treasure that can control space-time?”

“Hahaha… Senior Brother, you, the teacher, don’t even know?” the Icepeak Master laughed; he rarely saw his senior brother so surprised.

“I really don’t know,” the Chaos Citylord looked at Luo Feng.

“It’s the Shiwu Wings,” Luo Feng said.

“The Shiwu Wings?” the Chaos Citylord was astonished.

Luo Feng nodded. “Yes, Master, you granted me the Shiwu Wings back then. Later, by chance, I obtained another pair of treasure wings at the Origin Star. To my surprise, those treasure wings merged with the Shiwu Wings, forming the four-winged wings I now possess.”

“Merge? A defective treasure!” the Chaos Citylord was shocked.

“A defective treasure!” the Icepeak Master was also startled.

“No wonder. Back then, when I obtained the Shiwu Wings in the Cosmic Sea, I noticed their material was special. But from the surface, there was no sign of incompleteness, so I assumed they were just a pair of treasure wings made from some special materials,” the Chaos Citylord said in amazement. “It turns out they were a defective component. Usually, the power of a defective component is greatly affected… but the Shiwu Wings seemed perfect. It turns out they were just components; this treasure must be extraordinary.”

Luo Feng nodded.

“What’s its power like?” the Chaos Citylord asked eagerly.

“The maximum power of the Shiwu Wings now is the ability to control a region of space-time,” Luo Feng said. “It’s a bit stronger than a Cosmic Sovereign’s control over space-time, although weaker than a Cosmic Overlord’s. Judging by the pressure it exerts… it should be considered a top-tier treasure.”

“A top-tier treasure!”

The Chaos City Lord sighed in admiration, “The ability to uniquely manipulate space-time makes it an exceptionally rare treasure. It should be a supreme-grade item among top-tier treasures, even more valuable than ordinary top-tier domain-type treasures. By the way, is the four-winged treasure in its complete form?”

“I feel… it’s not!” Luo Feng replied directly. Now that his status was different, even possessing peak domain-type treasures didn’t require him to hide anything. Moreover, the Shiwu Wings had originally been gifted by his master. If he ever obtained a third component in the future, the Chaos Citylord would still find out, so it was better not to conceal anything.

“Not in its complete state?” the Chaos Citylord was surprised.

“Not complete?” the Icepeak Master was also astonished.

“Haha…” the Chaos Citylord chuckled. “It must be a supreme treasure among peak artifacts, and most likely an exceptionally unique one at that.”

Luo Feng couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t it possible that it’s a component of a supreme treasure?”

“Haha, a component?” the Chaos Citylord couldn’t help but laugh. “Luo Feng, every supreme treasure is perfect and indestructible. Even in the three most dangerous places in the Cosmic Sea, they remain intact and indestructible. So, throughout endless eons, whenever a supreme treasure appears, it does so in its complete form. Unless its owner deliberately disassembles it, and even then, only parts that are easy to remove can be taken, otherwise how could a component of a supreme treasure ever separate? As for destruction? No one can do it.”

Luo Feng nodded inwardly.

Supreme treasures, like the Star Tower, could only have parts like the tower bead and Zhenfeng Star that were easy to remove temporarily disassembled, but destruction was impossible.

“Senior Brother,” the Icepeak Master interjected, “your disciple not only made great contributions with the Qiansi Diagram fragments, but he also single-handedly suppressed the Wolfstar Sovereign, who possesses the Mengzu Domain, and seized the Flame Sand Cup.”

“The Flame Sand Cup?” the Chaos Citylord’s eyes lit up.

“Luck,” Luo Feng said modestly.

But the Chaos Citylord looked at Luo Feng carefully, making Luo Feng himself somewhat puzzled.

“It’s not luck,” the Chaos Citylord stared at Luo Feng and shook his head gently. “Luo Feng, your master knows you haven’t truly entered the Cosmic Sovereign level yet. Your divine power is slightly inferior to other Cosmic Sovereigns, and even more so compared to Starriver Sovereign and me. Yet you managed to suppress the Wolfstar Sovereign, who possesses the Mengzu Domain, and seized the Flame Sand Cup…”

“Originally, to protect you, I wanted you to enter the Cosmic Sovereign level before entering the Cosmic Sea.”

“But now, it seems you can enter the Cosmic Sea,” the Chaos Citylord said.

Luo Feng was taken aback.

The Cosmic Sea?

Entering the Cosmic Sea?

“Senior Brother?” the Icepeak Master frowned.

The Chaos Citylord shook his head at the Icepeak Master, then looked at Luo Feng and sighed, “The Cosmic Sea is extremely dangerous. However, even some top cosmic overlords occasionally venture in. In theory, your strength is sufficient to enter. However, once you reach the Cosmic Sovereign level, you will become another pillar of our human race. To protect you, I originally wanted you to wait until you reached the Cosmic Sovereign level before entering. But after this incident, it’s clear that your strength has increased significantly… you are fully capable of entering the Cosmic Sea.”

“Compared to that, the Original Universe is just a cradle, a nurturing cradle that is very comfortable and poses little danger.”

“The Cosmic Sea… is the true battlefield.”

“Before the Great Destruction, numerous super beings, even Cosmic Overlords, were in that Cosmic Sea,” the Chaos Citylord looked at Luo Feng. “It is far more dangerous, especially in the deepest parts of the three most dangerous places, where even Cosmic Overlords can perish.”

Luo Feng held his breath.

“This is truly the gathering place of true powerhouses, and countless treasures and rare artifacts are born in the Cosmic Sea,” sighed the Chaos Citylord. “The Origin Star opens only once in endless ages, and each time the most precious item is merely a peak domain-type treasure. Yet, in the deepest reaches of the three most perilous places… it is said that supreme treasures and innumerable peak treasures lie hidden there…”

“Of course, not to mention the deepest parts, even some inner regions are absolutely off-limits to you,” the Chaos Citylord said. “For now, you can only occasionally venture into the outer regions.”

“There, you will receive true trials.”

“All the powerhouses from before the era of the Great Destruction are more ancient than those in our Original Universe! The powerhouses in our Original Universe were all born after the Great Cosmic Destruction… These ancient powerhouses possess formidable strength, and battling them will spark numerous insights and accelerate your growth in power,” praised the Chaos Citylord.

Luo Feng nodded quickly.

The Great Destruction?

The Original Universe’s birth, evolution, operation, decline, and destruction… this is a cycle. A great destruction means the annihilation of everything within the Original Universe! When the Original Universe gives birth to a new race again… it will be a new cycle. Some existences before the Great Destruction naturally managed to survive it.

“You go back and prepare first,” the Chaos Citylord said. “And send me the contents of the Qiansi Diagram fragments. I will forward them to the Ax Creator, who, together with the Virtual Universe System, will authenticate them and then inform you… how much contribution value you two will receive.”

Luo Feng nodded.

This time, his contribution was significant, but obviously, the Chaos Citylord didn’t have the authority to directly authenticate it.

“Senior Brother, this time Luo Feng contributed the most. If it weren’t for him informing us in advance, we wouldn’t even know about the Yuan’ao Secret Region,” the Icepeak Master quickly said. “Even obtaining five Qiansi Diagram fragments was thanks to Luo Feng’s help.”

“Even with Luo Feng’s help, it wouldn’t have been possible without Master Uncle’s own strength,” Luo Feng quickly replied.

“Don’t worry.”

“The race will not treat any major contributor unfairly,” the Chaos Citylord smiled. “Luo Feng, you go back and prepare. The Cosmic Sea… is not like the cradle of the Original Universe.”

“Yes,” Luo Feng replied.

“The Cosmic Sea!” Luo Feng murmured to himself, his eyes growing sharper with increasing anticipation.

The vast Cosmic Sea stretched boundlessly, with no Cosmic Overlord having ever discovered its edge. The Cosmic Sea was filled with endless chaotic currents, and within these infinite chaotic currents, the Original Universe was the largest known celestial body! The Original Universe was already unimaginably vast.

Besides the Original Universe, there were other small universes.

Other small universes were not even a fraction of the Original Universe’s volume, not even one ten-billionth!

It was like comparing an endless ocean to a single drop of water!

At a distance of hundreds of millions of light-years from the Original Universe, within the endless chaotic currents, there was a small universe.

Within this small universe.

“Hahaha… the trap has been set! Those naive beings from the Original Universe don’t suspect a thing and are fighting fiercely over treasures. This time, I sacrificed the soul servant of Yuan’ao Sovereign, something I originally didn’t want to do, but unfortunately, he couldn’t escape. Haolei also threw in a strange item, the Divine Tree, and though we’ve paid a lot, it’s worth it,” said a towering figure, seemingly forged from steel, with eyes like two burning fireballs—these fireballs were even more terrifying than billions of stars.

The endless power caused the surrounding earth to tremble.

“Don’t be too happy too soon,” a reptilian creature, covered in brown rock-like scales and resembling a towering mountain, rumbled in a deep voice. “The trap has just been laid; the real harvest will take some time.”

“Indeed.”

In the air above, there was a colossal lightning giant’s shadow, and within the chest of this lightning giant was a lightning sphere, like a star, radiating endless lightning. The lightning giant thundered, “This cosmic era is our last chance. If we fail to seize this final opportunity, the three of us… will surely perish! Without us, our race will be doomed to eternal extinction.”

Silence.

The three great beings remained silent for a long time.

“This trap has been laid, and we have prepared thoroughly, sacrificing much. We must succeed in one fell swoop. For eternity, for our race, we must succeed,” the lightning giant said slowly.

“For eternity, for our race,” the brown rock-covered reptilian mountain echoed slowly.

“For eternity, for our race,” the steel-clad being also said slowly.

Their voices carried an unshakable conviction.