He was completely petrified.
He was Luo Yanchang, the eighth-generation grandson of Luo Feng.
As a member of the Luo family… even within the Milky Way, and even in the Heishan Mountain Star Region, he was someone of high status and prestige. Yet, no matter how high his status, before the head of the Luo family, the legendary figure whose presence alone elevated the Earth’s standing—Luo Feng—he was merely a small fry.
Moreover! The Luo family had very strict family rules!
“He must have seen it! The Head must have seen it! He must have!” Luo Yanchang’s forehead was drenched in sweat as he stared at the man before him, slightly taller, seemingly ordinary, but whose sharp gaze made his heart tremble.
The person before him was none other than his greatest idol, the Head of the Luo family, the most legendary figure on Earth.
Luo Feng!
“Big bro?” the yellow-haired fat boy whispered in confusion.
“Yanchang,” the seductive girl also whispered.
Yet Luo Yanchang stood before Luo Feng, anxious and terrified, at a loss for words.
He was merely an eighth-generation grandson.
The Luo family had countless descendants, and Luo Feng often immersed himself in cultivation for many years at a time, occasionally returning once to the Jiuxing Bay of the Heishan Mountain Island in the virtual universe. As a result, these young ones, born only over a decade ago, had only seen Luo Feng two or three times at most—for example, Luo Yanchang had only seen Luo Feng three times since birth!
And Luo Feng had spoken to him only once!
In Luo Yanchang’s heart, Head Luo Feng was an exalted and transcendent existence.
…
Inside the restaurant, a profound silence reigned. Everyone sensed that something was off, especially some of the black-clad guards who looked in confusion at the black-haired man standing in the corner of the restaurant.
Could that really be Luo Feng?
“Return home immediately. Don’t mention me to anyone else. They will soon forget they ever saw me,” the black-haired man glanced at Luo Yanchang.
“Yes,” Luo Yanchang replied respectfully, holding his breath.
The others around them, witnessing how even the Luo family’s genius young master was so reverent, and hearing the man who looked like Luo Feng say, “They will soon forget they saw me,” couldn’t help but feel a trace of fear.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
The black-haired man and another tall, thin bald man vanished in a flash.
Inside the restaurant, only Luo Yanchang’s group, the waiters, and the owner remained. The previously shocked guards and waiters now wore normal expressions, as if those two had never appeared at all.
“The Head truly possesses inconceivable power,” Luo Yanchang thought, observing his subordinates’ expressions, holding his breath. “Just now, my secret conversation with Yanhuan must have been detected by the Head. What should I do? What should I do? I knew the Head would return within this year or next, but who could have guessed he wouldn’t go straight home but instead come to this small restaurant!”
Luo Yanchang’s heart was bitter.
“Big bro, let’s go eat,” the yellow-haired fat boy said.
“Yanchang,” the seductive girl called again.
“Shut up!” Luo Yanchang snapped angrily, startling the yellow-haired boy and the seductive girl.
“You’re useless! Always messing things up!” Luo Yanchang glared coldly at the yellow-haired boy, then shouted at the others around him, “Let’s go back. Nana, you go home by yourself. I have important matters to attend to.”
“Yes.”
Though puzzled as to why their young master had suddenly decided to leave instead of eating, the group of black-clad men obeyed and escorted Luo Yanchang aboard his private spaceship, which quickly ascended and departed.
…
Earth, the Luo family.
The Luo family held an incomparably exalted status. Although Earth was still officially governed by the Earth Federation, due to the entire Milky Way belonging to the Luo family, the family’s status had naturally become somewhat unique. The Earth Federation’s origins were mainly from the leadership of five major powers.
Yangzhou City, the Luo family’s ancestral mansion.
Outside the mansion, every day there were large groups of uniformed guards patrolling. These guards were all proud and honored, for becoming a guard of the Luo family was extremely difficult. Many of the family’s guards were directly purchased as cosmic slaves, including Star-level and Cosmic-level slaves.
Therefore, the standards for recruiting guards on Earth were naturally high. Even considering the kinship with Earthlings, the lowest threshold remained at the level of a War God martial artist!
However, once joining the Luo family, even if one was originally only a War God, one could quickly reach the Star-level!
At the Luo family, the Star-level was very common.
“Recently, many seniors have returned.”
“Yes, even Senior Puyang came all the way back from the Chenjing Star Region, which is very far from the Heishan Mountain Star Region. It is said he traveled through the dark universe for nearly half a year straight by spaceship.”
“I heard that Young Master Hai also abandoned his cosmic adventures and returned.”
Servants inside the ancestral mansion whispered among themselves. As a powerful family, many of the Luo family’s descendants usually lived on other planets, with only a few remaining on Earth. However, recently, one descendant after another had rushed back from all corners of the cosmos, and the servants had sensed something unusual.
…
At the heart of the Luo ancestral mansion, in a secluded courtyard, this place held a very special status within the Luo family because it was the residence of Luo Feng’s younger brother, Luo Hua.
Inside the courtyard.
“Brother!”
“Ah Hua!”
Luo Hua pushed open the door and stepped out, seeing Luo Feng and Dylan standing in the courtyard, and couldn’t help but exclaim in delight.
The two brothers immediately embraced.
“It’s been over two hundred years since we last met in person,” Luo Hua smiled.
“Yeah, it’s been a long time since I came back. Earth has changed a lot,” Luo Feng nodded, looking at his younger brother. After over two hundred years, his brother showed no sign of aging, though he now had a scholarly air.
“Where are Mom and Dad?” Luo Feng asked.
“Do I even need to answer? They’re definitely off waging war in the virtual games,” Luo Hua chuckled. “I don’t know what’s gotten into them, but they’ve become completely obsessed with virtual games. Fortunately, I had them enhanced to Cosmic-level strength, with powerful mental capacities, so they won’t confuse reality with the virtual world.”
Luo Feng shook his head and smiled.
The most addicted to virtual games in the entire Luo family were his father and mother.
According to his father, during the Great Nirvana era when they were on the run, they had whiled away the hours by reading some paper-based web novels, including a few about virtual reality games. Ever since then, his parents had developed an extraordinary obsession with such games. And because these virtual reality games offered 100% immersive simulations, excessive play could blur the line between reality and illusion for humans.
This was a kind of psychological illness common among the wealthy youth of the cosmos.
However—
Luo Feng had simply used every resource at his disposal to elevate his parents and younger brother to Cosmic-level strength! The sheer amount of resources required to create a Cosmic-level being was enough to purchase an entire legion of minor Cosmic-level slave warriors. Of course, for the Luo family, creating a few Cosmic-level beings was but a trivial matter.
“Brother, you wouldn’t believe it. Every time Mom and Dad see me, they get all excited and talk about the games, telling me how they’ve been dominating the game world and becoming top-tier powerhouses,” Luo Hua shook his head and laughed. “They even say their lives have been worth living, that each game feels like a lifetime. 100% simulation… it’s really amazing.”
Luo Feng smiled: “As long as Mom and Dad are happy.”
“Each virtual game, played for decades, feels like a lifetime,” Luo Hua laughed. “With just a little money, we can give Mom and Dad a thousand eons of life. They can play countless virtual games and experience countless stories.”
Luo Feng nodded.
Life is different.
When their parents were young, Earth was struck by disaster, and they fled everywhere, occasionally getting their hands on some paper novels to pass the time. After years of escape, they finally settled in a base city, living in low-rent housing… working hard to raise the two brothers. It wasn’t until their son Luo Feng rose to power in his forties or fifties that their parents could finally enjoy life, fulfilling their childhood dreams by adventuring in one virtual game after another, living it up to the fullest.
Of course.
To enjoy such games so freely, one needed both wealth and time.
“The stability of humanity in the cosmos, and the ability of ordinary folk to bask in such abundance, exists solely because countless mighty souls toil ceaselessly to preserve it,” murmured Dylan, his shadow stretching behind Luo Feng like a silent sentinel. “Across the celestial tapestry, innumerable races clash in eternal strife. The mighty ones wage wars of annihilation, while lesser breeds either kneel as vassals or huddle together in fragile alliances—forever struggling for mere survival! With every fleeting moment, human lives flicker out… Should the day come when those towering paragons fall like withered leaves and our civilization withers, the common folk shall never again know such golden comforts.”
Luo Feng and Luo Hua were momentarily stunned.
Then they both nodded.
“Your Highness, you have the potential to become a supreme existence,” Dylan looked at Luo Feng. “Even my master praised and believed in you. You will become one of the pillars supporting our human race.”
“Luofeng!”
“Luofeng!”
A figure rushed into the courtyard.
Luofeng turned his head and saw Xu Xin, her long hair loose and flowing.
“Wife,” Luofeng chuckled.
“You came back and the first thing you do is look for your brother,” Xu Xin huffed.
“It’s not like I didn’t look for you with my mental scanning when I got back,” Luofeng smiled as he walked over, quickly changing the subject. “By the way, when I came back… I saw that little guy named Luo Yanchang. He seems to have some… issues.”
“You mean Yanchang?”
Xu Xin’s eyebrows furrowed with a trace of anger. “Yes, he does have some problems. There’s an ongoing internal investigation gathering evidence against him, but thankfully… the boy hasn’t committed any truly heinous crimes. Since you brought him up, we should have him brought before the family court for judgment and punishment as soon as possible.”
Managing a family, especially one destined to last for thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years!
It absolutely could not rely on personal judgment to make arbitrary decisions. Moreover, Luo Feng didn’t have the energy to personally oversee all family rewards and punishments. Therefore… strict family laws and clan rules were necessary, hence the establishment of the ‘Family Court’!
“These years you’ve been ignoring everything,” Xu Xin stared at Luo Feng. “Speaking of the family court, let me report to you as well. Over the years, there have been three family members executed, and thirty-seven punished, with varying degrees of severity. That young man Yanchang has great talent, progresses quickly, and his offenses aren’t too serious. Considering his youth, the likely verdict will be a sentence of three to ten years on a mineral planet.”
Luo Feng nodded.
The Luo family’s family laws and clan rules were considered quite strict compared to those of other major families in the cosmos!
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