Chapter 214: The True Nature of the Star Tower

Luo Feng's mental will observed the blood-red scales with twelve-colored edges, which exuded an immensely terrifying pressure—even Luo Feng's mental will felt overwhelming strain.

"This blood-red scale is far more terrifying than the giant eye in my dream memories; if a Nascent Soul Ultimate-level will faced it directly, it might go mad instantly!" Luo Feng internally compared and made his judgment.

Previously, my inability to probe deeper into the Star Tower was, in fact, a form of protection.

Once my mental will became strong enough, I naturally gained access.

Of course, that giant eye was merely an image from dream memories—if it truly existed… which would be more terrifying, the real giant eye or this blood-red scale? It's hard to say.

"Is merely observing it the threshold for willpower beyond the God-King level?"

"I've never heard of any 'beyond God-King' treasure from the Origin Continent being this terrifying," Luo Feng thought; the emperors and sovereigns of the two ancient nations each possessed treasures beyond the God-King level.

With their Ultimate-level lifeforms and powerful treasures, they could rival the Sovereigns of the Ten Thousand Worlds and the World Beasts.

Legends say the founders of both nations could forge 'beyond God-King' treasures.

"Except for Di Qing and Di Ming, all those emperors and sovereigns possess only Nascent Soul Ultimate-level willpower! And many of them must divert attention to suppress chaotic bloodline wills. Their mental wills… how could they possibly unleash the full power of those treasures? How could those treasures compare to the Star Tower?"

Based on known intelligence and information gathered from the Infinite Space Vault, Luo Feng deduced—

The Star Tower far surpasses the common 'beyond God-King' treasures of the Origin Continent.

This made Luo Feng even more cautious.

"Let's see how powerful the Star Tower truly is." Luo Feng's divine power attempted to seep into the vast, mysterious runes deep within the Star Tower; even the shallowest layers of these runes, he understood only a fraction.

A little deeper, and he understood nothing at all.

Like a kindergarten child on Earth facing thick volumes of advanced mathematics, unable to even recognize the symbols.

"Study thoroughly what I can understand," Luo Feng felt energized instead; the more complex the runes, the higher the Star Tower's level.

"I can discern traces of the nine primordial Dao paths under the Supreme Rule: Life, Destruction, Cause and Effect, Time, Space, Matter, World, Innumerable, and Singularity."

Luo Feng had once fused with the Supreme Rule and observed the nine primordial Dao paths; though he didn't fully comprehend the others, he could still roughly categorize them.

"These runes must extend far beyond the nine Dao paths."

"The deeper they go, the more tightly they intertwine, until finally merging into that single blood-red scale."

"Judging from the shallow-layer runes, Life-type runes account for 34. %, Destruction-type for 9. %, and Matter-type roughly 7%." Luo Feng could judge Life-type and Destruction-type with relative precision; Matter-type was also roughly discernible, but the rest remained too vague…

"Life is the core."

"All others revolve around it."

After categorizing, Luo Feng felt much clearer, and his divine power began to seep in.

To activate the runes, one must first comprehend most of them—like facing a tangled knot, you must first understand how to unravel it, layer by layer, with no step wrong.

The runes deep within the Star Tower were like this, only infinitely more mysterious.

The sequence of activation, the order of combination, the method of coordination…

Luo Feng had accumulated deep insight into Life and Destruction, even how they combined; he continuously studied the shallow-layer runes related to them, activating more and more.

"Cultivators usually focus on a single Dao path. Mastering two or three is already rare."

"Yet this scale contains at least a dozen Dao paths, perfectly fused together," Luo Feng was deeply shaken.

Studying how to activate the Life and Destruction runes opened Luo Feng's eyes immensely!

"There are so many ways to combine Life and Destruction! My attempts at fusion, compared to this… are crude beyond measure." Luo Feng felt like a desert parched for water, frantically absorbing moisture.

The methods of combining Life and Destruction within the Star Tower's runes greatly expanded Luo Feng's horizons, giving him countless new directions.

"Boom!"

A profound Dao fusion insight arose in Luo Feng's mind.

It was the perfect fusion of the 'Sky-Splitting' and 'Dark Sky' branches of the Destruction Primordial Dao—this insight fully revealed every possible way these two branches could merge.

"God-King Second Layer?" Luo Feng understood.

When he first comprehended the deep runes of the Star Tower, the Destruction Primordial Dao naturally reached God-King Second Layer.

This was because his prior accumulation was already immense, and he had forged his Destruction Demon Clan avatar using the 'Destruction Scale'—his accumulation in Destruction Primordial Dao had long surpassed that of Life.

After these two branches fully merged, Luo Feng could, with ease, create countless techniques grounded in the fusion insight of 'Sky-Splitting' and 'Dark Sky'.

Yet such techniques offered him minimal combat advantage.

"I could create a secret escape technique," Luo Feng's mind flickered; a prototype of such a technique already took shape—he estimated a few hundred days of study would fully refine it.

But Luo Feng didn't divert his focus; he continued studying the deeper runes of the Star Tower.

This study lasted nearly half a century! Only then did he feel his progress stall.

"The runes I can now activate are already impressive—let's see how powerful they truly are." Luo Feng was curious. This time, he fully burned his 'World Power' to activate the deep runes of the Star Tower.

"Hummmmm~~~~"

The Star Tower rested in a quiet chamber within the Wei Yang City Lord's mansion; Luo Feng had released his World Domain to surround the area, blocking all external observation. Now, as the Star Tower trembled slightly, its power made Luo Feng's World Domain shudder.

Luo Feng felt as if he were controlling a colossal entity—this entity, if unleashed, would likely surpass even the 'Great Annihilation Form' in sheer might.

"Such terrifying power," Luo Feng felt it briefly, then dared not fully unleash it.

If he did, he had no confidence he could fully contain its power.

"This power is already terrifying."

Luo Feng was stunned.

The treasures available in the Infinite Space Vault, the legendary treasures of the Origin Continent—even with his God-King Second Layer realm—he doubted any could unleash such power.

"After my mental will's transformation, I can sweep aside most God-Kings on the Origin Continent. But those emperors and sovereigns… I have no guarantee."

Emperors and sovereigns all possessed Ultimate-level lifeforms.

Ultimate-level lifeforms are perfectly complete, inherently possessing partial resistance to mental will attacks.

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Moreover, the emperors and sovereigns of the two ancient nations each possessed treasures beyond the God-King level—these treasures also offered varying degrees of resistance to mental will.

With these two factors combined, Luo Feng estimated his mental will could only slightly hinder their power; outright killing them was unlikely.

"Beyond mental will, my direct combat strength still falls far short of an emperor's."

"If the Star Tower is exposed…"

"If Di Qing, the Founder of the Eastern Pole Region, or the founders of both nations move to seize it… can I survive?"

Before those figures, my mental will is useless—even their mental wills may surpass mine!

Physical body? Techniques?

The gap is even greater!

"It's not yet necessary to use the Star Tower," Luo Feng thought. "And in a little while, without external aids, my strength will reach a new level."

It won't take long before I comprehend the Twenty-Four Forms.

Then, with materials from the Hunsourced Bloodline creatures, I can forge a higher-tier World Lifeform.

"The Ten Worlds Form is merely the entry point to a World Lifeform."

"The Twenty-Four Forms truly unleash the might of a World Lifeform," Luo Feng eagerly anticipated. "Perhaps without the Star Tower, I could even match emperors and sovereigns."

Among God-King Second Layer Hunsourced Bloodline creatures, those possessing the Twenty-Four Forms are among the absolute peak. And since these creatures have low intelligence, under Luo Feng's control… the World Lifeform's might with the Twenty-Four Forms would be even greater!

Luo Feng's mental will could also make the World Lifeform even larger!

"The power of techniques on the Origin Continent has a ceiling—the Nascent Soul Ultimate limit. That's why Yan Feng's Founder couldn't kill the Master of the Mother River."

"The stronger I become, the greater the Star Tower's power."

"Oh, and there's this too."

Luo Feng gazed at the colorful lotus seed in his hand.

The lotus seed, rooted in his inner world, could grow into a Life Lotus! Besides enhancing his affinity with the Life Primordial Dao, it would stabilize his inner world and fill his body with endless vitality, greatly boosting his physical strength.

"Life Lotus."

After exchanging for it, Luo Feng received more detailed information.

The larger his inner world, the better the Life Lotus could grow! It could even be transplanted outside his body and used in combat, while still enhancing his physical body within.

"Plant it."

Luo Feng naturally planted this lotus seed within the inner world of his World Lifeform's true body—because his mental will had transformed, he could now command a larger World Lifeform.

Currently, Luo Feng's miniature universe continuously absorbed energy, transmitting perfect divine power nonstop to fuel the World Lifeform's growth.

"Shhh."

Within the World Lifeform's inner world.

As the seed sank into the earth, within moments, a tender green shoot pierced the ground and rapidly grew.

The Life Lotus grew at an astonishing rate, drawing nourishment from the entire inner world, rising higher and higher, its lotus leaves unfurling one by one—until, after one thousand and nine days, it reached the inner world's maximum capacity.

Its entire body glowed emerald green; each massive lotus leaf resembled a world unto itself.

Thirty-six emerald lotus leaves surrounded a central stamen that shimmered with color.

This colossal Life Lotus occupied one-tenth of the inner world with its thirty-six leaves, yet its roots permeated every inch of the inner world's earth, making it even more stable.

If Luo Feng released his World Domain now, its power would surge dramatically.

The Life Lotus was intrinsically linked to the Life Primordial Dao, radiating endless vitality!

(End of Chapter)