Chapter 176: Becoming a God-King (Part 2)

In the home region, within Luo Feng's small universe.

Xu Xin, Luo Ping, Luo Hai, and others were teleported here, along with his father Luo Hongguo, his mother Gong Xinlan, his younger brother Luo Hua, and the child Luo Feng had raised himself—Ximo.

"Luo Feng, why summon everyone here?" Xu Xin asked, surprised—after all, everyone present was immortal, and it was rare for them all to gather at once.

"Dad must have something big planned," Luo Hai said, watching his father with great anticipation.

The silver-haired youth Ximo stepped aside—he was the only true god cultivated by Luo Feng from the Youhai lineage, filled with boundless reverence for his divine father.

"There is indeed something major," Luo Feng said, looking at his most cherished family. "I am about to break through—my small universe will expand once more on a massive scale. This will be the final expansion of my small universe… You may step outside the universe and observe the entire process."

According to Luo Feng's understanding, a god-king's small universe was already its final form.

In its weaker stages, each transformation required the small universe to evolve for the divine body to evolve; if the small universe were destroyed, his power could not advance.

Of course, upon reaching the Chaos Realm, if one's spiritual will was strong enough, one could use the "Reincarnation Secret Art" to begin anew.

But once one became a god-king, future growth would no longer be bound by the small universe—even if the small universe were destroyed, a god-king with sufficient realm depth could still reach "beyond the Ultimate God-King Realm."

Because the Ultimate God-King Realm already meant mastery of a complete primordial Dao. Beyond that, deeper levels of comprehension lay outside the Supreme Rules entirely, requiring one to grope blindly in darkness.

"Dad, your small universe is already ten trillion light-years in diameter. Still bigger?" Luo Ping was stunned.

"You'll see soon enough," Luo Feng smiled. "Alright, Ximo, escort everyone out."

"Yes, Divine Father," Ximo replied.

Soon, Ximo piloted a secret treasure spacecraft, carrying everyone far beyond the small universe.

"Last time, Luo Feng took five years for his small universe to grow from one hundred billion to ten trillion light-years in diameter," Luo Hongguo said, gazing through the spacecraft at the towering, immense small universe in the distance. "I wonder how large it will grow this time."

"Each time it doubles tenfold—could it reach one hundred trillion light-years this time?" Luo Hai couldn't help asking.

"The original universe is one hundred trillion light-years in diameter. Will Dad's small universe become the same size?" Luo Ping couldn't believe it.

In the minds of all beings in the surrounding regions, the original universe was unique.

It was vast, and the cradle of countless races.

All beings believed… a small universe was fundamentally inferior to the original universe.

"It's expanding!" Xu Xin said, watching outside the spacecraft.

The once-massive small universe suddenly blazed with light! Infinite energy, as if descending from nothingness, poured relentlessly into Luo Feng's small universe, causing it to grow rapidly.

Ten trillion light-years, fifteen trillion, twenty trillion… As its size surged, the rate of volume growth began to slow—but the influx of energy showed no sign of weakening; the later the expansion, the more energy was required.

The speed of the small universe's growth left Luo Feng's family inside the spacecraft speechless.

"Why is the growth so fast this time?"

"Much faster than last time."

Xu Xin, Luo Hai, and the others were deeply stunned.

Because the growth was so rapid, by the time Luo Feng's small universe reached thirty trillion light-years in diameter, other cultivators had only just arrived—human true gods, chaos dominators, and powerful beings from other races.

"This—"

Beings of all races stared in awe.

The original universe: one hundred trillion light-years in diameter.

Luo Feng's small universe was now thirty trillion light-years—and still growing… Visually, it was drawing ever closer to the original universe.

"How can Luo Feng's small universe be this large?" The Master of Chaos City was stunned—when ordinary true gods had small universes merely one hundred million light-years in diameter, Luo Feng's had already grown to an unimaginable scale.

The difference was incalculable.

Only three months!

Under the gaze of all powerful beings, three months of Earth time passed—and under the unimaginable influx of energy, Luo Feng's small universe reached its limit.

"This, this, this…"

Whether from other races or humanity, all found it impossible to believe what they saw.

Even though they had witnessed it unfold before their eyes, the impact was still overwhelming.

"One hundred trillion light-years in diameter—same size as the original universe."

"Can a cultivator's small universe reach this level?" All cultivators wondered.

Meanwhile, the Primordial Ancestor's divine power avatar watched alone.

"It truly can reach this level."

The Primordial Ancestor had reached the Chaos Realm on the Origin Continent and become a guest minister of the Yanfeng Ancient Nation—he had seen much, so he found this even more unbelievable.

"I always knew Luo Feng's small universe was absurdly large for his level, but I never imagined that at the god-king stage, it would reach a scale never before seen on the entire Origin Continent," the Primordial Ancestor observed.

Even as god-kings grew stronger and meticulously repaired their universe structures, the inherent flaws in their original foundations meant they could never reach this level.

Only a perfect lifeform's foundation could produce a perfect-level god-king small universe.

"Luo Feng's foundation is too profound," the Primordial Ancestor thought. "I believe Luo Feng will become a legendary figure on the Origin Continent, even shaping the fate of countless beings here."

The Primordial Ancestor had journeyed through reincarnation alongside Luo Feng—he could clearly sense Luo Feng's growth speed.

He had Luo Feng's help, inheritance, and resources.

Luo Feng had fought alone—and his growth rate far surpassed even the Primordial Ancestor's.

"At home, he swept away all obstacles and resolved the Jieshou catastrophe. On the Origin Continent, he became a god-king in a short time. I am witnessing the birth of a miracle," the Primordial Ancestor marveled.

…

This time, as the small universe broke through, boundless energy poured in from a mysterious place, accelerating its growth so rapidly.

"Boom." The energy descending from the mysterious place also connected Luo Feng's consciousness to it.

In that instant, Luo Feng understood much.

This infinite energy infusion was the first—and last! Luo Feng's small universe reaching the same scale as the original universe was the maximum level permitted by the entire Source World.

Moreover, after this, Luo Feng's small universe, like the original universe, had a fixed upper limit of contained energy! This was why most regions of the original universe were void and darkness—energy was finite, and as life multiplied and cultivators grew stronger, their energy demands would gradually exceed the limit, forcing the "dark void regions" of the original universe to expand until it eventually self-destroyed.

"I can now regulate the populations within my small universe, control their scale," Luo Feng thought.

This was the difference between a possessed and an unpossessed universe.

With an owner, it could be perfectly maintained—and even sustained eternally.

Without an owner? One could not restrain countless beings—only massive destruction and rebirth remained.

"The small universe is also a gift from the Supreme Rules to countless cultivators."

"It allows cultivators to better comprehend the rules of cosmic operation."

"It enables cultivators to absorb energy a thousandfold or ten-thousandfold faster, thus sustaining their massive divine bodies. The cultivators of the Origin Continent generally have larger divine bodies than those of other source worlds—precisely because of the small universe." Luo Feng perceived these truths.

The Supreme Rules loved all beings, nurtured them, and hoped they would grow into towering trees capable of eventually returning nourishment to the source world.

Each source world's rules differed.

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But all nurtured life.

"Our source world's divine bodies are generally much larger because of the small universe?" Luo Feng understood—indeed, if he absorbed cosmic energy directly, the speed would be incomparably slower than through his small universe.

If his divine body were destroyed, rebuilding it might take tens of thousands of eons.

But with his small universe, he could restore it within a single eon.

"The small universe is truly a gift."

Luo Feng's consciousness, connected to the mysterious place, learned more—and glimpsed the nature of this place.

Here, nine primordial daos flowed vast and boundless.

Time, Space, Life, Destruction, Innumerable, Matter, Apex, World, Cause and Effect.

Each primordial dao had countless manifestations—different methods of observation yielded different results.

"I've never seen the complete Destruction Primordial Dao before," Luo Feng observed—the Life and Destruction daos were clearest to him, as he was most familiar with them; his attention instantly fixed on the Destruction Primordial Dao.

The Destruction Primordial Dao, at first glance, resembled a terrifying crimson monster whose gaping maw seemed ready to swallow all.

Look again—it took the form of a Jieshou, pure and beautiful, devoid of any destructive aura.

In a flash, it appeared as a colossal black eye, causing Luo Feng's heart to tremble.

…

Because Luo Feng had deeply understood all six branches of the Destruction Primordial Dao and reached their bottlenecks, he could perceive many of its "manifestations," granting him far deeper insight.

Previously, he had only studied the Destruction Primordial Dao as manifested by Mo Luo Sa.

Now, for the first time, contemplating the complete Destruction Dao, Luo Feng gained immense insight.

"I feel that if I focus solely on the six branches of the Destruction Primordial Dao, I won't need long to fully comprehend them," Luo Feng suddenly had this intuition—his first such direct feeling toward the Destruction Primordial Dao.

"No rush," Luo Feng thought. "Following the elder's guidance, I should use my lower realm to contemplate higher-level secrets, primarily refining my insight, accumulating steadily until breakthrough comes naturally." He was already a god-king—he had no need to rush.

Each step must be more solid.

The more solid, the farther he would go.

"After all, the Supreme Rules have given me all they can," Luo Feng understood. This god-king breakthrough—the infinite energy infusion and the connection of his soul to the Supreme Rules—was their final gift.

From now on, Luo Feng must rely entirely on himself.

Luo Feng could also sense the Supreme Rules' instinctive hope—it longed for this outstanding "child" to grow so exceptional that one day, he might protect it in return.

"Does the Supreme Rules itself face danger in this world?" Luo Feng sensed something faintly.

Luo Feng felt the time he could merge with the Supreme Rules was running out. He ceased contemplating the complete Destruction Primordial Dao and turned his gaze elsewhere.

"Nine primordial daos…"

Luo Feng saw.

These nine primordial daos did not merge—they only influenced and interacted with one another, combining to form the complete "Supreme Rules," the entirety of the Origin Continent.

The birth, cultivation, time, space, and all other aspects of life were determined by the Supreme Rules.

"This—"

Luo Feng's consciousness attempted to observe a broader scope.

He saw.

He saw the entire Origin Continent! And beyond it, the cosmic seas surrounding the Origin Continent in all directions.

The cosmic seas spanned billions of times the size of the Origin Continent, yet their energy was far thinner, more void-like. At the deepest edges of the cosmic seas, thirty thousand primordial universes existed across different layers of spacetime.

Luo Feng also saw his home primordial universe; beside it floated another universe of comparable size—his own small universe.

"A broader scope," Luo Feng's consciousness continued striving to peer farther.

His perception fully and clearly sensed the entire Source World.

The vast Source World resembled a supermassive egg.

At the egg's core lay the Origin Continent, surrounded by endless cosmic seas—the thirty thousand primordial universes were but floating specks of light.

"Beyond the Source World?"

Beyond this supermassive egg lay only profound darkness—Luo Feng could no longer see.

"Huh."

Immediately afterward, Luo Feng's consciousness was utterly expelled from this mysterious place.

This chance to merge with the Supreme Rule—permitted by the Supreme Rule itself—was the only such opportunity in Luo Feng's lifetime.

(End of Chapter)