Chapter 158: Traveling Alone

Xiangjie City was far more prosperous than a hundred cycles ago.

The news that the supreme transcendent of the Chaos Realm, Luo He Dasheng, had been punished and was required to guard Xiangjie City for ten thousand cycles had spread over time—even ordinary Eternal True God families had heard of it.

Smaller factions, branches of great clans, and Eternal True God families willing to settle in Xiangjie City were growing ever more numerous.

Much of the trade between the two ancient nations also took place here! First, it was a border city, occupying strategic advantage. Second, it was safe! The larger the trade, the more safety mattered! Killing and plundering were common on the Origin Continent.

But how many would dare cause trouble in a city guarded by Luo He Dasheng?

"General Mo Yu."

"General Mo Yu."

Mo Yu Qingyan arrived at the Garrison Mansion with several personal guards; the sentries at the gate bowed respectfully.

Today, Mo Yu Qingyan wielded immense power within Xiangjie City! More than a dozen cycles ago, after achieving Eternal True God through the bloodline cultivation system, Luo Feng and Yuan Zu both intended for him to manage certain affairs within the city.

Yuan Zu was the deputy garrison commander. By Luo Feng's orders, Yuan Zu represented Luo Feng within the city.

Mo Yu Qingyan held the position of Patrol General, overseeing countless minor matters within the city.

"General Mo Yu." The servants inside the Garrison Mansion also bowed respectfully upon seeing Mo Yu Qingyan.

Everyone knew he was the garrison commander's only disciple.

Mo Yu Qingyan moved without obstruction, soon spotting a figure lounging on a distant elevated pavilion—he hurried over.

"Master." Mo Yu Qingyan arrived beneath the pavilion and bowed respectfully.

"Come up." Luo Feng glanced at his disciple below and smiled.

He was satisfied with this disciple. Though Mo Yu Qingyan's talent was mediocre, under Mo Luo Sa's relentless teaching, he had barely achieved Void True God through the Law Line. Even Mo Luo Sa had decided to have him switch to the easier bloodline cultivation system; with resources poured into him, he had now become an Eternal True God.

Mediocre talent didn't matter—character mattered more.

As Luo Feng's only direct disciple on the Origin Continent, Mo Yu Qingyan had never abused his master's name to act recklessly—this was precisely why Yuan Zu continually entrusted him with more authority.

Mo Yu Qingyan quickly ascended the pavilion and saw his master.

His master sat there, seemingly ordinary. But Mo Yu Qingyan, through his Law Source's perception of the heavens and earth, sensed… the heavens and earth subtly revolving in synchronized patterns centered on his master.

"Qingyan, something the matter?" Luo Feng smiled at his disciple.

"I've spent considerable time with Zhang Yun Ge of the Zhang Clan, and we've decided to visit her parents. Afterward, we'll also travel together to Hu Yang City to visit my father," Mo Yu Qingyan said respectfully.

"Oh? You've chosen Zhang Yun Ge?" Luo Feng chuckled.

For cultivators, a Dao partner isn't mandatory. Many spend their entire lives cultivating alone.

A Dao partner is more a spiritual companion. Choosing one is an extremely serious matter.

"I've chosen her," Mo Yu Qingyan nodded.

"Hmm." Luo Feng nodded. "Though Zhang Yun Ge is of the Wang Clan, she's many generations removed from 'Feng Zhang Shenwang.' As my direct disciple, marrying her is more than sufficient."

Feng Zhang Shenwang was a Shenwang of the First Layer, a guest Shenwang of the Yan Feng Ancient Nation, with profound cultivation comparable to the Snow Realm's Primogenitor.

The Wang Clan's bloodline was countless in number. Though Zhang Yun Ge was an Eternal True God and from the main line of the Wang Clan, she was too distant from the Shenwang to hold high status.

"Mo Luo Sa." Luo Feng immediately summoned Mo Luo Sa.

Whoosh.

Mo Luo Sa appeared instantly within the pavilion, smiling politely: "Master called me?" He noticed Mo Yu Qingyan, who immediately bowed.

"This boy Qingyan has set his sights on a Zhang Clan girl named 'Zhang Yun Ge'—they're even planning to visit her parents," Luo Feng chuckled.

"I know," Mo Luo Sa knew far more than Luo Feng. "I warned him: cultivation demands focus! Romantic feelings only distract him. Yet this time, he's firmly decided on Zhang Yun Ge."

"Since you're formally visiting the Zhang Clan, represent me there." Luo Feng said. "After all, you're a Chaos Realm cultivator—your presence alone will grant the Zhang Clan sufficient face."

More than a dozen cycles ago, after Mo Yu Qingyan became an Eternal True God through the bloodline system, Mo Luo Sa, with Luo Feng's approval, had quickly "revealed" his power, declaring he had broken through to the Chaos Realm.

Luo Feng, as the supreme transcendent of the Chaos Realm, having a newly risen Chaos Realm cultivator by his side was ordinary, unremarkable.

After Mo Luo Sa "revealed" his Chaos Realm power, Luo Feng also had Mo Yu Qingyan formally take Mo Luo Sa as his master! Luo Feng clearly understood… the bond between Mo Luo Sa and Mo Yu Qingyan.

"Very well, I'll represent the Master," Mo Luo Sa immediately agreed.

"Thank you, Second Master," Mo Yu Qingyan also said.

"After all, you're my disciple too," Mo Luo Sa was quite pleased to do this.

Luo Feng suddenly reached out and lightly tapped— a droplet flew from his fingertip, landing in Mo Yu Qingyan's palm, forming a water-drop mark, which then vanished into concealment.

Mo Yu Qingyan looked puzzled.

Luo Feng said: "On your journey to the Zhang Clan, then to Hu Yang City, the road is long. If you encounter danger… focus your mind on this mark, and it will protect you fully."

Mo Luo Sa's displayed power was limited—Luo Feng still left his disciple a hidden safeguard.

"Thank you, Master," Mo Yu Qingyan said gratefully.

Mo Luo Sa, watching this, muttered inwardly: "My master is merely a Chaos Realm transcendent, yet I am a true Shenwang! Yet his methods… I'm beginning to find them incomprehensible."

"Go," Luo Feng nodded.

Mo Yu Qingyan immediately bowed and departed; Mo Luo Sa remained in the pavilion.

"Master, am I going alone?" Mo Luo Sa looked at his master.

"Remember, restrain your displayed power—no more than five or six tenths of Jiang Hou's strength," Luo Feng whispered.

"Understood," Mo Luo Sa nodded. "Then I'll go prepare with Qingyan."

Luo Feng nodded.

His disciple was marrying—Luo Feng had no wish to interfere too much.

Love was also the most splendid chapter in his disciple's life journey.

… The Sacred Ground: "Infinite Space."

The psychic entity dwelled there; Luo Feng remained at a distance.

Their psychic wills clashed, fought, and slaughtered! Luo Feng did not use Lie Yuan Shu, but instead employed techniques he had devised himself, allowing himself to be tainted by chaotic thoughts during the struggle.

"Enough." After a brief exchange, Luo Feng shifted his intent.

His psychic will condensed entirely into a rolling star that crushed the psychic entity's vast psychic power.

This crushing shattered over ninety percent instantly.

Only a small residue of the purest psychic energy reformed.

"The Ninth Trial has passed!" A voice echoed within the tentacle creature's consciousness, and invisible power descended, nourishing its remaining psychic energy, restoring it fully.

The tentacle creature was filled with overwhelming joy.

Finally, it had passed!

A thousand trials, each excruciating. The Ninth Trial… had been destroyed over a thousand times by Luo Feng, yet the Infinite Space had finally recognized its completion.

!.

"Hmm?" Luo Feng's expression changed slightly—how had it recovered so quickly?

"We've clashed over a thousand times, but we'll never meet again," the tentacle creature said to Luo Feng, then vanished into thin air.

Luo Feng pondered: "Never meet again? It seems it's about to disappear."

Some native creatures within the Infinite Space were psychic entities. Though fixed in place, they could be repeatedly slain—but each defeat yielded only minimal reward points.

The more times defeated, the more the reward points diminished; this latest defeat granted Luo Feng only 0. 01 reward points.

Generally, after a thousand defeats, a psychic entity might vanish entirely and never reappear.

"The area granted to me by Emperor Ming had three native psychic entities. Over a hundred cycles, two have already vanished. The remaining one yields reward points so low they're negligible," Luo Feng thought. "It's time to leave."

After all, this area generated almost no reward points, and its value for refining his psychic will had grown ever weaker.

"Over the past hundred cycles, I've refined myself through psychic contamination and the Lie Yuan Shu. My psychic will has improved somewhat, yet I still cannot destroy psychic entities using the Lie Yuan Shu alone."

These psychic entities possessed extraordinary vitality! Just now, though I seemed to annihilate their psychic power instantly, their residual wills quickly reformed.

No wonder it's said that even the pinnacle psychic will of a Shenwang, using top-tier psychic techniques, merely stands a chance of destroying them.

Huh!

Luo Feng took a step and was instantly far away—his flight speed was over a hundred times faster than when he first entered the Infinite Space. Within mere steps, he reached the edge of Emperor Ming's psychic domain.

"Emperor," Luo Feng bowed respectfully.

With Emperor Ming's protection, he had been able to cultivate peacefully during his first hundred cycles in the Infinite Space.

A hundred cycles of growth had given him the confidence to stand firm here.

"Oh, Luo He," Emperor Ming's will enveloped Luo Feng, surprised. "Your psychic will has grown significantly over the past hundred cycles—close to the pinnacle of Shenwang."

"Your mercy, Emperor, allowed me to cultivate safely in the Infinite Space and achieve such progress," Luo Feng said.

For ordinary cultivators, psychic will grows extremely slowly, often stagnates, or even regresses.

Even with the Lie Yuan Shu, Luo Feng spent most of his time refining his psychic will through the Great Destruction Heart Method. Normally, such growth would require ten thousand cycles.

In the Infinite Space, Luo Feng first encountered psychic contamination—endlessly tainted, endlessly purifying all impurities with the Lie Yuan Shu.

Constantly refined!

After a hundred cycles of such purification, Luo Feng had gained greatly. But the later it went, the less help it provided.

"The area you granted me originally held three native entities. Now two have vanished; the remaining one yields reward points so low they're negligible," Luo Feng said.

"Oh? You've defeated them many times," Emperor Ming said.

"All three have been defeated over a thousand times," Luo Feng said.

"Generally, after a thousand defeats, native entities may vanish entirely, relocated to some distant corner of the Infinite Space," Emperor Ming said.

Luo Feng understood.

Relocated elsewhere? Given the Infinite Space's vastness, the chance of encountering those two vanished entities again was extremely low.

"For imperial clan youths, I grant an area early on, but after that, they must earn their own," Emperor Ming said.

"I've come to take my leave," Luo Feng said. "I intend to carve out my own territory."

"If you can reach the pinnacle of Shenwang's psychic will while still in the Chaos Realm, you'll be extraordinary. The Infinite Space highly values this—and will reward it. In my spare time, I've painted several 'Jie Beast Scrolls'—I'll give you one."

As he spoke, a black-and-red scroll suddenly appeared in midair and flew toward Luo Feng.

Even before the scroll unfurled, Luo Feng sensed the powerful will contained within it.

"This is not like ordinary Jie Shou Tu," Luo Feng immediately realized. "The Jie Shou Tu sold outside might be early works painted by Di Ming."

Luo Feng respectfully accepted the scroll.

"You've seen the 'Shadows of the Jie Shou,' " Di Ming said. "But the Shadows of the Jie Shou… are different from paintings of the Jie Shou. A painting is the Jie Shou as the painter envisions it. Every painter's vision of the Jie Shou is unique."

"Thank you, Emperor Jun," Luo Feng said, deeply grateful.

After all, his master Di Chu had a poor relationship with Di Ming, yet Di Ming still showed him such care—Luo Feng naturally felt profound gratitude.

Immediately, Di Ming withdrew his consciousness.

Luo Feng bowed respectfully, then flew away, beginning to wander alone through the infinite space.

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