Chapter 11: First Closed Retreat

In one level of the Star Tower, the space was vast and boundless; Luo Feng, seated in meditation, began to grow larger.

“Big! Big! Big!”

From his original height of merely one ren tall, Luo Feng swelled in an instant—far exceeding the slender mountain range in his own cave mansion, which stood over one hundred thousand kilometers high; that mountain range could not match even one of his little toes.

“The spacetime of the Origin Continent is extremely stable, with overwhelming suppression. True Gods here are generally around one ren tall. Even now, fully manifesting my true form, I am only 120 million kilometers tall!” Luo Feng gazed down at his towering true body and sighed, “The suppression of the Origin Continent is indeed immense. If I were in the peripheral regions of the Prime Universe, my divine body would be many times larger.”

The two regions differed utterly in both time flow and spatial suppression.

In the Prime Universe region, True Gods were all immensely massive.

“I ascended from True God to Eternal True God in a short time. My perfect divine body has not yet reached its limit.” Luo Feng knew clearly that his miniature universe continuously absorbed chaotic energy, converting it into divine power to fuel his body’s growth.

Every moment, he was growing taller!

“Over the long ages of the Origin Continent, many have achieved infinite divine bodies.” Luo Feng possessed abundant intelligence on infinite divine bodies; two of the former Duan Dong He had been infinite divine bodies.

How tall could a perfect divine body grow at the Eternal True God stage? Luo Feng did not know, as there were no precedents.

But he understood the height of infinite divine bodies!

“At the Eternal True God level, an ‘infinite divine body’ in the Origin Continent’s environment can reach a maximum height of 3.6 billion kilometers.” Luo Feng thought, “I am a perfect divine body—my growth limit… should be even higher!”

“For now, let me grow slowly.”

Luo Feng sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began studying the “Chaos Greatness Diagram.”

Possessing a perfect divine body, Luo Feng naturally intended to maximize his advantage; from the vast transmissions he had acquired, he carefully selected the body-refining secret art: the “Chaos Greatness Diagram.”

“To cultivate the divine body into something like a secret treasure weapon—a weapon one hundred kilometers tall versus one hundreds of millions of kilometers tall—even if their forging principles are similar, their power is utterly different.” Luo Feng studied and comprehended this body-refining secret art in detail.

The “Chaos Greatness Diagram,” though seemingly an ordinary Chaos-level body-refining method, was exceptionally suited for those with massive divine bodies.

This method consisted of six layers.

The first three layers were for the Eternal level.

The last three layers were for the Chaos level.

“The first layer of the ‘Chaos Greatness Diagram’: ‘Establishing the Foundation.’” Luo Feng summoned a small amount of forging materials and activated the secret art to smelt them. With the strength of his perfect divine power, smelting the materials was effortless.

Yet even understanding the smelting techniques required repeated trials.

“Forging is not easy! Forging an Eternal True God-level weapon is even harder.” Luo Feng imitated the forging techniques recorded in the secret art, encountering numerous difficulties in the learning process.

Material properties, material combinations, array diagram engraving, how different array diagrams interacted…

He encountered problems repeatedly, then solved them.

“Fortunately, I became an Eternal True God through comprehending the laws—I fully understand their essence.” As he studied the forging secret art, Luo Feng marveled, “Those who reached Eternal True God through bloodline cultivation know how, but not why. Without understanding the essence of the laws, their difficulty in learning forging techniques would be far greater.”

In truth, any top-tier secret art was not easy!

Even if one obtained the secret art, one might not be able to master it.

The path of cultivation becomes harder the higher one ascends!

Only those who comprehended the essence of the laws and built each step solidly had any hope of reaching the God King level.

Time passed.

One day, two days, three days…

Each day on the Origin Continent equaled roughly one year in the Prime Universe. Considering the Prime Universe’s faster time flow, one second here equaled 10,081 seconds there.

Thus, one day on the Origin Continent meant 10,081 years had passed in the Prime Universe—entirely one eon!

Luo Feng’s miniature universe, one thousand billion light-years in diameter, frantically absorbed chaotic energy, condensing it into divine power, which flowed to his True God heart, fueling his divine body’s growth.

Within the Star Tower, Luo Feng’s 120-million-kilometer-tall body slowly grew taller.

Lost in his study of the “Chaos Greatness Diagram,” Luo Feng lost track of time.

“Hahahaha! Different trades are like mountains apart! Fortunately, I understand the laws more deeply, and fortunately, this is only the first layer—‘Establishing the Foundation’—of the ‘Chaos Greatness Diagram.’ I’ve finally fully grasped it!” Luo Feng laughed.

“Oh?” Luo Feng then noticed he had grown much taller, “Already 800 million kilometers?”

He paid little mind to this height. After all, according to intelligence, infinite divine bodies at the Eternal True God stage could reach 3.6 billion kilometers.

“My divine body is still growing. It’s best to begin refining it only after it fully stabilizes.” Luo Feng thought; otherwise, refining while growing would waste vast amounts of materials.

“Let me study other secret arts.” Luo Feng had become obsessed with cultivation.

Having just become an Eternal True God, studying various secret arts naturally enhanced him comprehensively.

The sensation of constant growth was deeply intoxicating.

“‘Breaking the Barrier Nine Cuts,’ ‘Lie Yuan Technique,’ ‘Duan Mie,’ ‘Dong Hua,’ ‘Nine Phantom Realm’…” In his closed retreat, Luo Feng was utterly immersed.

He could also sense the chaotic laws manifesting in the “Chaos Wastes” just next door; while observing the chaotic laws, he studied various secret arts, and insights flooded his mind. The collision of different secret arts, combined with Luo Feng’s extraordinary talent, made his rapid progress inevitable.

To have cultivated to Eternal True God in the Prime Universe region! To have forged a perfect divine body under such conditions! To have elevated his will to the peak of Chaos! Luo Feng’s talent was unquestionable.

…

Immersed in cultivation, time continued to flow.

When Luo Feng had made considerable progress in several secret arts, one day his increasingly majestic divine body suddenly stopped growing.

“Wum~~~”

His miniature universe in the Prime Universe region, which had been absorbing chaotic energy at maximum capacity, suddenly slowed its intake.

Luo Feng’s divine body trembled, and his cultivation halted.

“My divine body… won’t grow anymore?” Luo Feng sensed new divine power accumulating in his True God heart, but it could no longer fuel growth, “Finally reached the limit of the Eternal True God stage.”

“Unconsciously, I’ve been on the Origin Continent for 1.2 billion days—over one eon.” Luo Feng thought.

!.

One eon on the Origin Continent was one billion days!

Luo Feng had closed off for slightly more than one eon; in the Prime Universe region, 1.2 billion eons had passed. His miniature universe had absorbed energy continuously for this long to bring his divine body to its limit.

“My current divine body height…” With a slight sense, Luo Feng knew his exact height: “Grown to 18 billion kilometers! Five times the 3.6-billion-kilometer limit of an infinite divine body.”

His height was five times greater.

His divine power was over a hundred times more vast.

“Even under the Origin Continent’s spacetime conditions, my height has reached 18 billion kilometers! Higher than the walls of Hu Yang City—Hu Yang City’s walls are roughly at my knees.” Luo Feng thought, “With such a colossal body, even Chaos Dominators without ‘infinite divine bodies’ are probably not taller than me.”

According to his intelligence, even those Chaos Dominators who cultivated through bloodline, no matter how unique their lineage or powerful their secret arts, never exceeded a height of ten billion kilometers.

Of course, in divine power quality, understanding of chaotic laws, and weaponry or secret treasures, those Chaos Dominators far surpassed him.

Even in will-based techniques!

Will-based techniques were rare on the Origin Continent, yet for Chaos Dominators, acquiring several was easy—perhaps not as potent as the “Lie Yuan Technique,” but they possessed various application skills.

Those who reached the Chaos level had already honed their will to extreme strength; combined with will-based techniques, it was very difficult for Luo Feng to severely wound them through will alone.

“Compared to Chaos Dominators, I still lag significantly in every aspect.” Luo Feng felt the immense divine power contained within his 18-billion-kilometer body, “Since my divine body has reached its limit, I can now begin comprehensive refinement.”

With a thought, vast quantities of materials stored in the Star Tower flew out; Luo Feng, thoroughly familiar with the process, began smelting them, precisely controlling ratios, and gradually integrating them into every part of his body.

Every step of the first layer—‘Establishing the Foundation’—of the “Chaos Greatness Diagram” had already been studied and tested with small amounts of material; now, full-scale refinement proceeded smoothly.

Days passed.

Forging a secret treasure 18 billion kilometers tall—even with full understanding of every step—was an excruciatingly tedious task. Luo Feng’s powerful will ensured every array diagram was engraved with meticulous care, with no errors; finally, after over three hundred days, he completed the first layer of the “Chaos Greatness Diagram.”

“Finally mastered the first layer.” Luo Feng exhaled, “The forging materials I spent 100,000 cosmic sands on are nearly gone.”

Luo Feng felt a pang of regret.

“Just ‘Establishing the Foundation’ consumed so much material?” Luo Feng now realized the sole drawback of a massive divine body: the sheer terror of refinement costs, “I prepared 100,000 cosmic sands—I thought it was plenty—and yet it barely sufficed for the simplest first layer.”

“The second and third layers, far more complex and demanding, will require how many cosmic sands? One million? Two million?” Luo Feng felt the pressure.

Consider that Hei Duo Mo possessed only around ten thousand cosmic sands worth of treasures.

This time, luck favored him—he had used the immense wealth of the celestial wonder, the “Blue-Purple Blood Crystal Flower,” to barely complete the first layer’s foundation.

Luo Feng internally observed his divine body.

Within his 18-billion-kilometer-tall body, beyond its original complex structure, a new secret treasure structure had formed—dense, intricate patterns permeated every drop of blood, fused into the deepest layers of every bone.

“The cost was high, but the effect is excellent.” Luo Feng was satisfied, “It’s time to end my retreat.”

With a thought, he retracted the Star Tower and activated the underground palace’s sealing array.

Boom!

The underground palace passage opened; Luo Feng flew out and arrived at his cave mansion.

It was night; a cold wind howled, and the entire mansion lay silent—Mo Luo Sa was not inside.

“Closing off for slightly more than one eon is a relatively short retreat for an Eternal True God.” Luo Feng had entered retreat after his first battle on the Origin Continent, where he was utterly crushed in close combat; he decided to thoroughly address his many weaknesses.

After slightly more than one eon, every aspect of Luo Feng had improved.

“You returned quickly!” Luo Feng looked up; sensing Mo Luo Sa through soul enslavement, he knew his servant had immediately rushed back upon his emergence.

“Huh.”

A streak of black light flew into the mansion—Mo Luo Sa, one hand clutching a large wine jar, the other shouldering a massive roasted meat chunk, shouted excitedly from afar: “Master! Master! You’ve finally emerged! I’ve been waiting anxiously!”

(End of Chapter)