“6.2 million Yuan-Ti units, and luck as well?” Luo Feng’s heart surged with colossal waves. 6.2 million Yuan-Ti units—what an unimaginably vast fortune! The entire Hei Long Shan star region was only valued between 300,000 to one million Yuan-Ti units.
“Back then, your master also had to stake everything he had to succeed! The Moyun Vine reaching ‘Immortal’ status is incredibly powerful, far surpassing ordinary human immortals. With it, your master became like a tiger with wings; even if others were stronger than your master, they would find it extremely difficult to kill him,” Babata explained.
Difficult to kill?
Yet in the end, he was still killed, Luo Feng thought silently.
“Points, points!” Luo Feng’s heart grew anxious.
Accumulating quantity was easy enough.
But breaking through the barriers was difficult. Cultivating a Moyun Vine to Sovereign level already cost Luo Feng dearly—about 120,000 points.
“Buying ‘Essays on Space-Time’ requires points, cultivating the Moyun Vine requires points, repairing the Yuen-Mo Star requires points, and all of them cost massive amounts,” Luo Feng muttered. “Thankfully, I’m not under much pressure right now.”
…
At present, Luo Feng barely had enough points, provided he didn’t cultivate the Moyun Vine or repair the Yuen-Mo Star.
“Master!”
Inside Hall No. 2, over a hundred members of the Tai Chu District respectfully saluted.
“Hmm.” A towering immortal resembling a demonic god, nearly thirty meters tall, with a metallic body and three horns on his head, entered Hall No. 2. His voice rumbled like thunder: “Metal—pure yang, pure strength, indestructible and unstoppable! Space—embracing all matter and energy, encompassing everything within the entire universe when time halts!”
Silence.
This great immortal absolutely forbade anyone from speaking while he lectured. At the beginning of every lecture, he would always deliver his signature phrase: “Metal—pure yang, pure strength… encompassing everything within the entire universe when time halts!” He was a being known for his temper, brutality, and ferocity, yet many core members loved attending his lectures.
As the immortal lectured, he waved his hands, and countless law inscriptions floated in midair.
“I see.”
“Oh.” Luo Feng listened carefully, occasionally nodding in understanding, sometimes frowning in confusion.
After a long while—
The lecture ended.
Luo Feng turned his head slightly, surprised to find that Yi Ke, who had been seated beside him, had vanished.
“Huh? Even if he usually leaves the virtual universe network, he should at least greet me,” Luo Feng thought, puzzled. “Could he have left midway?” Immediately, Luo Feng sent a call request to Yi Ke, but—
“Call blocked?”
Luo Feng smiled. “Looks like he’s dealing with something important.”
Blocking calls was quite common. Generally, when someone entered deep meditation, cultivation, or embarked on a dangerous mission—anything requiring intense focus—they would block all virtual universe communications. Of course, there was another possibility—death. Once someone perished, their auxiliary AI and neural interface would be cut off from the network, making it impossible to receive any calls.
…
After finishing the lecture, Luo Feng didn’t rush to choose combat techniques for his Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone. Instead, he decided to try his luck at the “Immortal Altar” and the “Hallucination Sea.”
“Points!”
“I need hundreds of thousands of points now, and even more in the future,” Luo Feng felt anxious. “How can I earn points? Just passing the Celestial Bridge isn’t nearly enough.” Based on what Yi Ke and Zha Ji Wu, two Domain-level core members had said, Luo Feng could tell that points would become increasingly valuable as time went on—immortals even used money to purchase points.
After all, the “Treasure Vault” of the Virtual Universe Company only allowed item exchanges via points.
“I’ll check out the Immortal Altar and the Hallucination Sea first.”
…
Core members could easily access the three major realms: the Celestial Bridge, the Immortal Altar, and the Hallucination Sea.
Immortal Altar Realm.
Endless black mountains stretched as far as the eye could see. On each mountain peak stood a golden altar. Countless golden altars dotted the landscape.
Flash!
At the base of one golden altar’s staircase, a young man with black hair appeared.
“Hmm?” As soon as Luo Feng arrived in the Immortal Altar Realm, he felt discomfort. “I can’t sense the fluctuations of the cosmic origin anymore, nor can I sense any external energy. My Yuan energy is gone, and my mental force is barely enough to sustain consciousness.”
Very strange, very uncomfortable!
He had lost his Yuan energy, mental force, and even the ability to sense law fluctuations—all his energy was gone.
The only thing he could use was—his physical strength!
“A place to test pure strength.”
“Immortal Altar!” Luo Feng looked up. The staircase had ninety-nine steps, with the top platform representing the hundredth level. “Only when one’s physical strength reaches one hundred units can one be said to have perfect control of their body.”
He stepped onto the staircase and quickly reached the altar.
On the altar stood a humanoid target. Beside it was a screen displaying words that translated to: “Within one second, strike the target with your fist, elbow, head, knee, and foot. Your score will be based on the lowest of the five strikes.”
“Five strikes?” Luo Feng was taken aback.
He had expected something like a single punch, as on Earth.
But here, not only was there a one-second time limit, but he also had to execute five strikes in that time using five different body parts: fist, elbow, head, knee, and foot.
“Let’s try.” Luo Feng stretched a bit.
Crack! The sound of bones snapping.
Boom! The sound of a leg slicing through the air.
“Hmm.” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. Instantly, he launched an attack at the humanoid target.
In an instant, Luo Feng’s body arched like a bow. His right fist shot forward like an arrow, striking the head of the target—first strike!
Then, he spun, channeling his body’s strength into a single force, delivering a brutal kick to the target’s chest, denting it slightly—second strike!
As he landed, he lunged forward, knees raised, channeling his full force into a sharp upward strike to the target’s abdomen—third strike!
Immediately after, he bent forward like a coiled spring, then snapped back, slamming his forehead into the target’s chest—fourth strike!
Then, he leapt into the air, bending his right elbow. His muscles tensed like engines, channeling explosive force into his arm, delivering a vicious elbow strike—fifth strike!
“Hmm?” Luo Feng looked at the screen beside him.
The screen displayed:
“31 units, 28 units, 36 units, 29 units, 35 units. Score: ’28 units’. Earned 0 points.”
“Only 28 times my base strength?” Luo Feng shook his head.
Back on Earth, the pinnacle of the Nine Thunder Blades could only amplify his base strength sevenfold. Yet now, Luo Feng’s cultivation had transcended to an entirely new realm. With effortless grace, he could conjure over a thousand techniques surpassing the Nine Thunder Blades—much like the creator of the Nine Heavens Chaos Stele, who casually inscribed profound arts such as the “Treatise on Space-Time.”
“Within one second, five strikes using different body parts, with the lowest strike determining the score.”
“Hmm, the requirements are indeed strict.”
After trying once, Luo Feng understood why. “Only when every part of the body can reach one hundred units of strength within a short time can one truly claim to have perfect control over their body.”
“Again!”
Five consecutive strikes, and again the results appeared: “35 units, 30 units, 36 units, 29 units, 35 units. Score: ’29 units’. Earned 0 points.”
“Again!”
Score: 28 units.
“Again.”
Score: 30 units.
…
Again and again, after hundreds of attempts, Luo Feng’s best score was only 32 units, and his worst was a mere 26 units. All of them resulted in zero points!
The Celestial Bridge, the Hallucination Sea, and the Immortal Altar all awarded points.
But each had different rules.
The Nine Heavens Celestial Bridge had 27 levels. Level 1 awarded 100 points, Level 2 awarded 200 points, Level 3 awarded 400 points… each level doubling the previous.
In the Hallucination Sea, there were islands. Starting from the outermost islands, one had to fly deeper into the sea, reaching one island after another. The deeper the island, the more terrifying the pressure of the hallucinatory will. The point system of the Hallucination Sea was somewhat similar to that of the Celestial Bridge.
In the Hallucination Sea, there were 21 islands from the outermost to the deepest.
The first island awarded 100 points, the second 200 points, the third 400 points… and so on, with the 21st island being the deepest and most dangerous.
…
Both the Hallucination Sea and the Celestial Bridge were challenges even immortals and venerables dared to attempt, hence their high point rewards.
But the Immortal Altar was different!
Perfect control of one’s physical strength was one of the prerequisites for becoming an immortal. Therefore, the Immortal Altar awarded the lowest points among the three.
50 units of strength earned 1,000 points.
60 units earned 2,000 points.
70 units earned 4,000 points.
80 units earned 8,000 points.
90 units earned 16,000 points.
100 units earned 50,000 points.
(Below 50 units, zero points.)
…
“My strength is this weak?” On one of the thousands of golden altars atop the endless black mountains, Luo Feng kept practicing, trying tens of thousands of times throughout the entire day, yet his best score was only 34 units.
It wasn’t his fault.
Firstly, Luo Feng was a mentalist. He had never seriously trained his physical strength.
His Mosha Clone, although a close-combat specialist, was an energy-based lifeform. It didn’t rely on muscles or bones for strength, so it didn’t truly “exert” physical force.
As for his Golden-Horned Giant Beast clone, it was a flesh-and-blood being that naturally excelled in physical force.
But over the years, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast had focused on “Absolute Space” and “Heaven and Earth of the Original Body,” while spending the rest of its time comprehending the essence of metal laws. It had never practiced any combat techniques. However, its natural physiology made it inherently strong, capable of reaching around 60–70 units of strength even without training.
In contrast, human physical strength was more difficult to develop.
Luo Feng’s 34 units were only possible thanks to his powerful consciousness and deep understanding of the laws.
“This is embarrassing. Zero points!” Luo Feng muttered to himself. “I should find a combat technique for the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, one that emphasizes physical strength. Strength is one of the key thresholds to becoming an immortal. I can’t afford to be careless.”
“Alright, even if I can’t earn many points at the Immortal Altar, I’ll try the Hallucination Sea.”
“My consciousness and willpower are my strongest points.”
“I need to go deeper into the Hallucination Sea to earn more points.” Luo Feng immediately prepared to head to the Hallucination Sea realm.
Suddenly—
“Hmm? A message?”
Luo Feng clicked his fingers in the air, and a screen appeared. There was a message. “From the Virtual Universe Company?”
Beep.
Luo Feng opened the message and began reading, but his face instantly turned pale.
“No, impossible. Impossible.” Luo Feng couldn’t help shaking his head repeatedly.
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