Chapter 203: Fifth Part, First Phase

The Blackfire Demon Lord tucked away the jade vial and reiterated, "Luo He, you know as well as I do that extracting even a portion of this Hunsourced Bloodline creature's corpse violates protocol. This matter must be kept secret—never let these remains leave your hands!"

"Rest assured, I won't breathe a word," Luo Feng replied.

The Blackfire Demon Lord nodded and vanished.

Holding the cloth sack in his hand, Luo Feng understood without the Blackfire Demon Lord's reminder just how difficult it was to extract even one-tenth of the corpse. After all, over a hundred eons, he had exerted great effort in both the Flamewind Ancient Nation and the Thunder Ancient Nation to achieve this—and though he had failed, he knew well the countless obstacles involved.

Beings of this level of Hunsourced Bloodline are guarded by Emperor and Lord-level powers.

The highest-tier Hunsourced Bloodline creatures, it is said, are even guarded by avatars or incarnations of the Two Primordial Ancestors themselves—fearing that if these creatures escaped, they would trigger catastrophic disasters.

"Huh."

Luo Feng stepped forward, traversing the void, returning to his quiet chamber and entering the Star Tower.

In one of the Star Tower's inner spaces, Luo Feng released all the corpse material from the sack.

"Boom~~~" First came the massive half of a hoof—this portion alone accounted for nearly half the total remains. The hoof resembled a towering mountain, each sharp claw stretching over a hundred million kilometers long. There was also a colossal tail, tens of millions of kilometers in length. These two sections remained relatively intact; the rest consisted of countless scales, muscle, bone, and vast quantities of blood.

The overwhelming aura that surged toward him made Luo Feng hold his breath.

"Its physical form manifests the Twenty-Four Phases of Life. This Hunsourced Bloodline creature… though labeled as Second Realm Divine King strength, it must rank among the very top even within that tier." Luo Feng observed, "With low intellect and low realm, it still wields such power. Its body must be nearly akin to that of a Ultimate Realm lifeform."

"Roar~~~~"

From the corpse, a vast shadow faintly coalesced—an immense, upright figure staring at Luo Feng, letting out a furious roar.

"Bloodline will," Luo Feng understood.

This bloodline will was not the will of the deceased Hunsourced Bloodline creature, but the residual will of the source of the Hunsourced Bloodline itself—a true Hunsourced Life. Even after countless generations of dilution, the will still passed through bloodline, possessing immense corruptive power.

To walk the Hunsourced Bloodline path, one must first resist this corruption. Though fraught with flaws and calamities, those who overcome all defects and withstand all calamities may still achieve great heights—like the Thunder Primordial Ancestor.

The Thunder Primordial Ancestor and the Flamewind Primordial Ancestor had once captured true Hunsourced Lives and bred their bloodlines across the Origin Continent to dilute their power.

"Brilliant." Luo Feng ignored the illusory assault of the will, reaching out to touch the scales, studying the dark-yellow claws on the hoof, letting his consciousness seep in to probe the inner structure of these materials.

As he observed, the matter instantly magnified a hundred millionfold, revealing the finest structures.

Every ten particles fused together, inseparably, naturally forming one Phase.

Two hundred and forty particles divided into twenty-four groups; each group entwined and rotated, naturally forming twenty-four spaces! These twenty-four spaces resembled a formation, tightly interlocked, constantly spinning.

"Incredible!"

Luo Feng studied them closely.

Though both of the top-tier transmissions contained detailed explanations, they were merely like three-dimensional blueprints. Seeing the living, tangible "Twenty-Four Phases of Life" material before him brought far greater awe.

"Perfect—how perfect this lifeform is. Every fundamental structure of life contains twenty-four spaces, tightly fused together like a formation. To destroy such a life structure… would be extremely difficult." Luo Feng knew at a glance the terrifying nature of this lifeform.

The Ten Directions World Form is merely the entry level of a "World Lifeform."

The Twenty-Four Phases form truly reveals the terrifying potential of a "World Lifeform."

The path of the World Lifeform is terrifying, yet the "World Lifeform" transmission can be exchanged for only up to the Ultimate Realm section in the Infinite Space. Moreover, Luo Feng could only unleash its power through his "Formless and Form" ability—but that ability can only transform matter born on the Origin Continent, which cannot produce matter beyond the Ultimate Realm of Divine King.

If he reached the Ultimate Realm, he would eventually have to change his path.

But that was a matter for later! First, he must gain true, unshakable power on the Origin Continent.

"Each Phase of the Twenty-Four Phases, with its six branches fused, is too perfect." Luo Feng immersed himself, studying for over ten thousand days, when suddenly a flash of insight struck his mind—a complete "First Phase" form naturally emerged.

"Book learning is shallow! Watching real, living life material—I've finally broken through the final barrier and awakened the First Phase of the Twenty-Four Phases!" Luo Feng laughed heartily.

Awakening the First Phase of the Twenty-Four Phases was the hardest.

Since each Phase held equal difficulty, once the First Phase was awakened… the Second, Third, and beyond would grow progressively easier.

Awakening the First Phase meant he had already grasped half of this lifeform.

"I can feel it—if I dedicate even a little effort to contemplation, within ten eons I can cross into the Second Realm of Divine King through the Life Source Dao." Luo Feng sensed this intuitively.

The awakening of the First Phase had given Luo Feng immense accumulated experience in fusing the Six Branches.

"No wonder the transmission records state that the Twenty-Four Phases form is the highest lifeform theoretically attainable by a First Realm Divine King—but once one awakens three or four Phases, breakthrough becomes natural." Luo Feng felt elated.

Advancing from First Realm to Second Realm Divine King was still extremely difficult. Many Divine Kings remained stuck in the First Realm, ultimately choosing to cultivate Hunsourced Bloodline.

Even someone as proud as Jia Yin Divine King, who never cultivated Hunsourced Bloodline, became invincible in the First Realm—yet even she found breaking into the Second Realm through her own means unbearably arduous.

"I became a Divine King already possessing mastery over the Six Branches of Life, which is why my cultivation has flowed so smoothly."

"Continuously observing the complete Life Source Dao, guided by two top-tier transmissions, I've touched the threshold of Second Realm Divine King after over a hundred eons." Luo Feng was still satisfied, though he would not be shortsighted or rush to break through.

Every step in cultivation must be solid, constantly refining one's insight.

If one takes shortcuts early on, how will one ever comprehend the full Dao later? Without the Dao as a reference, how will one contemplate beyond Divine King? By then, regret will be too late.

"Compared to the Life Source Dao, my accumulation on the Destruction Source Dao has progressed far slower—I still have no sense of imminent breakthrough into Second Realm Divine King." Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

Though he had consumed the Five-Colored Treasure Herb twice, greatly advancing his Destruction path.

But the Life path benefits from continuous observation of the Dao, progressing steadily faster.

"Now that I have the Twenty-Four Phases life material as reference, my comprehension of the Twenty-Four Phases will only grow smoother. It seems the Life path will break through to Second Realm Divine King first." Luo Feng gazed at the massive corpse material, and with a thought, began collecting portions of it.

A few scales, muscle, bone, blood, the membrane from the tail, and the shortest claw.

The material Luo Feng collected amounted to less than one-thousandth of the total.

!.

"Huh."

Luo Feng set aside his collected fragments, then sent a mental message: "Mo Luo Sa, come to the Star Tower immediately."

…

Since his master had previously said, "There will be good news soon," Mo Luo Sa's heart had been restless, waiting eagerly for his master's summons.

"To the Star Tower?" Mo Luo Sa, upon hearing the mental message, could hardly contain his joy.

His master never summoned him to the Star Tower for ordinary meetings.

"Huh."

Mo Luo Sa, highly practiced, arrived at the Lord's residence quiet chamber, saw the Star Tower, and entered without obstruction.

"Master," Mo Luo Sa began, then saw the towering Hunsourced Bloodline corpse material beside him—especially the massive hoof—his eyes lit up.

"This… this is?" Mo Luo Sa's voice trembled with excitement.

Consume it! Consume it!

As a Jieshou, his instinct burned with an insatiable hunger to devour the colossal corpse before him.

"This is roughly one-tenth of a Hunsourced Bloodline creature's corpse," Luo Feng said. "In terms of physical strength, it far surpasses a normal Second Realm Divine King—even exhibiting traits of an Ultimate Realm lifeform."

"I can feel it…" Mo Luo Sa murmured as he stared, "If I devour this, I will break through! I will become vastly stronger!"

"I've spent nearly all the treasures I accumulated since arriving on the Origin Continent—and even incurred debts—to obtain this portion of the corpse," Luo Feng smiled at Mo Luo Sa. "Mo Luo Sa, I've sacrificed far too much for you."

Luo Feng was joking.

He had invested so heavily primarily for his own cultivation of the Twenty-Four Phases form. But in truth, of this one-tenth corpse… Luo Feng had taken only scraps; the bulk was meant for Mo Luo Sa.

"Yes yes, thank you, Master, you're so good to me," Mo Luo Sa's eyes burned with greed—he could barely wait.

Luo Feng asked, "Are you certain you'll break through to Second Realm Divine King this time?"

"Absolutely! I can feel it—this corpse material helps me more than ten Second Realm Divine King corpses combined." Mo Luo Sa was certain. "I'll accumulate deeply even within the Second Realm stage."

"Good. Once you break through, I'll see what kind of power a Second Realm Jieshou possesses." Luo Feng waved his hand. "Go to your own level and slowly absorb and digest it."

Whoosh!

The vast corpse material and Mo Luo Sa were teleported together into Mo Luo Sa's exclusive level.

…

"I'm getting closer to the Ultimate Realm," Mo Luo Sa stared at the massive corpse material, then opened his enormous maw. First, torrents of blood surged into his mouth.

Though the bloodline will roared, Mo Luo Sa paid it no mind—he did not fuse the bloodline, but devoured and fully digested it using his inner "Realm."

Merely by absorbing vast quantities of blood into his "Realm," Mo Luo Sa felt his "Realm" being greatly nourished, its growth accelerating rapidly.

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Thank you to the two new Alliance Masters: Qingmi Wangyuan and Fairy Fruit Stir-Fried Egg

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