Chapter 251: Chapter Six: The Star Tower, Unleashed!

Emperor Qing stood there, naturally drawing countless sword lights to his body, as if he himself were a sword, utterly untouched by the surging blood river.

"Three Thousand Killing Array—Heaven Pillar Realm!" With a single thought, Emperor Qing's array transformed; in the boundless blood river, pillars of sword light rose one by one, each towering impossibly high, naturally propping up a vast world.

"Thirty-six Heaven Pillars?" Luo Feng stared in astonishment at the scene before him.

This vast world, held aloft by thirty-six Heaven Pillars, completely trapped the heavy, boundless blood river.

"Brother Yinhe, these thirty-six Heaven Pillars are my crude insights drawn from the original Heaven Pillar Realm, woven into the array," Emperor Qing smiled. "What do you think of its power?"

"Using thirty-six Heaven Pillars as a foundation to hold up a world—this sword array is indeed extraordinary," Luo Feng felt the endless killing intent within the thirty-six sword-light pillars and laughed. "But my blood river isn't so simple!"

"Rise!"

Luo Feng's immense spiritual will merged completely with the boundless blood river.

In that moment, the entire blood river became a colossal serpent, which suddenly whipped its tail! The whole blood river roared as it struck one of the sword-light Heaven Pillars.

"Boom~~~" That single Heaven Pillar trembled violently, cracking across its surface.

"This blood river hides such profound subtleties?" Emperor Qing was secretly startled. The seemingly simple tail-swing carried unending, continuous force—origin continent's maximum power limit wasn't a single explosion!

It was a sustained explosion—sharp strangulation, subtle infiltration, or even the shattering of its most fundamental units—sustained maximum power, combining multiple nuances. A single tail swing had already shattered the Heaven Pillar.

"Boom boom boom." The vast blood river, like a giant serpent, rolled and lashed wildly; the sword-light Heaven Pillars began collapsing, unable to hold firm.

…

"This power?"

"Is this the true strength of Emperor Qing and the Yinhe Lord?"

Other Divine Kings across the Origin Continent watched from afar—including the Emperors of Yanfeng Ancient Nation and the Monarchs of Thunder Ancient Nation—all felt suffocated. Those impossibly tall sword-light Heaven Pillars, that boundless, unrestrained blood river—powers they could never resist.

"This is power beyond the Divine King!"

"Emperor Qing and the Yinhe Lord are terrifying!"

These Divine Kings trembled inwardly.

The World Beast of Tianmu Nation also watched from afar: "No matter how hard I cultivate, I can't break through my bottleneck. I reached Ultimate Realm just by eating and drinking, yet I'm forever trapped there. Compared to these two, I'm far behind!"

Since he never cultivated through his own insight to begin with, suddenly being forced to ascend from Ultimate to beyond Divine King—his chances were naturally minuscule.

"Beyond Divine King?" The Lord of Myriad Realms also watched from afar. "On the foundation of a complete Dao, absorb other mysteries and integrate them into one's own Dao, pushing the Dao further—but this step is too hard."

A complete Dao is already perfect.

Adding other mysteries often merely overcomplicates it—power decreases instead of increasing.

The Lord of Myriad Realms could integrate a few mysteries into his Dao, slightly boosting power, but it was clearly not a qualitative leap.

"Perhaps I should leave the Origin Continent and visit other worlds," the Lord of Myriad Realms thought.

Previously, only Emperor Qing surpassed him in this age; now, the Yinhe Lord had joined him.

The Lord of Myriad Realms stirred with a desire to wander.

…

Emperor Qing watched the boundless blood river, roaring wildly, sweeping across all directions, his thirty-six sword-light Heaven Pillars falling one after another, unable to resist this terrifying power—he smiled. "Brother Yinhe, your blood river's might is truly extraordinary. I'll now unleash the strongest form of this Three Thousand Killing Array—Three Thousand Worlds!"

No sooner had he spoken.

Countless sword lights appeared, naturally forming a grand array imbued with infinite subtleties.

"Hmm?" Luo Feng's expression changed slightly.

Around them, a vast realm of birdsong and fragrant flowers emerged—endless land, sky, undulating mountains, even ordinary creatures beginning to be born.

"Living beings are being born?" Luo Feng was astonished.

"The Three Thousand Worlds can evolve all things within a world. Though far from the operation of Supreme Rules, I've grasped a sliver of its essence," Emperor Qing appeared within this world, smiling at Luo Feng.

The boundless blood river, stretching across half the world, was suppressed by invisible rules—every force within the world pressed down on the river, making its surging motion laborious.

The entire world's power was suppressing this single blood river.

Hssssss~~~

Within the blood river, sword lights flashed, annihilating strands of its power—but the blood river teemed with endless vitality; as one strand was destroyed, another naturally regenerated.

"My boundless blood river moves with great difficulty, completely suppressed," Luo Feng was stunned. This was the boundless blood river powered by the Star Tower's secret patterns—and it was still being suppressed.

"Brother Yinhe, your blood river is already profoundly subtle, its realm equivalent to Divine Emperor early stage," Emperor Qing said. "Under the Origin Continent's power limit, I may hold a slight advantage, but I cannot harm you in the slightest."

The blood river, stretching across half the world, pulsed with terrifying vitality.

"I never expected to be suppressed within the Origin Continent," Luo Feng laughed. "Emperor Qing, I'm going all out now! Bring out your own treasure!"

"All out?" Emperor Qing blinked.

"Release!"

Luo Feng stood within the boundless blood river and shouted.

Instantly, from within the blood river, a dark, profound nine-story tower began to rise.

"Boom boom boom~~~~" The moment the nine-story tower appeared, the surrounding Three Thousand Worlds trembled, cracking across their entire expanse—earth, mountains, sky—all shattered. Previously, Luo Feng had only used the Star Tower's secret patterns to control his body and transform it into blood river.

Now, he was truly wielding the Star Tower itself against his foe!

"This power?" Emperor Qing's face changed. He saw that the moment the nine-story tower appeared, it naturally eroded the Three Thousand Worlds, causing them to collapse.

"This isn't an ordinary treasure," Emperor Qing sensed the terrifying nature of this artifact.

The Star Tower, once revealed, grew larger and larger!

Vast! Majestic!

As it emerged, it kept growing, naturally crushing the Three Thousand Worlds—and still expanding, overwhelming all directions. Emperor Qing's Three Thousand Killing Array could no longer be maintained.

"This…"

Emperor Qing looked up at the nine-story tower, his heart trembling. "This treasure must have been forged by a Hunyuan Life. Within the Origin Continent's infinite space, such treasures are easiest to obtain."

Though all were "beyond Divine King" treasures, the ones forged by these Divine Emperors differed greatly from those casually crafted by Yuan and his kind.

Yuan and his kind had long escaped the cage; even their casual creations achieved rule-like effects—for example, all attacks below Hunyuan Life, including soul attacks, are weakened by ninety percent.

Such "rule-like" effects are impossible for Divine Emperors to forge.

At this moment, Emperor Qing felt on the Star Tower a sense of supreme, transcendent rule—far beyond any treasure crafted by ordinary Divine Emperors.

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At this moment—

All factions across the Origin Continent watched from afar.

The nine-story tower appeared! Its might had already reached the Origin Continent's maximum limit, and it carried terrifying rule-like penetration and erosion—just seeing it filled observers with dread and despair.

"Such a treasure!" The Three Alien Races all stared, greedy and covetous. "It might be forged by Yuan."

"Too bad it's inside the Origin Continent."

"Inside the Origin Continent, no one can seize it."

The Three Alien Races realized this.

Other powerful beings of the Origin Continent were utterly stunned.

"Can the Yinhe Lord truly overpower Emperor Qing?"

"How could this nine-story tower be so terrifying?" The Emperors and Monarchs trembled. "So he didn't even use his full strength when he killed Emperor Yuan! With this tower, his power is terrifyingly greater!"

…

"Brother Yinhe, quickly retract your treasure," Emperor Qing had already retreated far away and called out.

Instantly, the Star Tower merged back into the boundless blood river and vanished.

The boundless blood river coalesced into Luo Feng's form.

After sparring with Emperor Qing, Luo Feng confirmed… even Emperor Qing could not harm his blood river even slightly—only then did he reveal the Star Tower!

Across the entire Origin Continent, there were too few opponents worthy of his Star Tower's full power—and Luo Feng was itching to fight!

Emperor Qing stepped closer to Luo Feng, smiling. "Brother Yinhe, with such talent, receiving a powerful treasure left behind by Elder Yuan is only natural. I too once received a treasure left by Elder Yuan—but I took it outside long ago."

"When you eventually take this nine-story tower outside, be careful," Emperor Qing warned. "It will attract the attention of powerful alien races."

"Emperor Qing, aren't you afraid of being robbed?" Luo Feng asked.

"Hah! Just be cautious."

Emperor Qing said, "Elder Yuan casually forged many such treasures. For example, you can exchange for them in Infinite Space! Some sacred places like the Heaven Pillar Realm occasionally yield treasures as well."

Luo Feng understood.

Emperor Qing… had mistaken his Star Tower for those treasures exchangeable in Infinite Space.

"Treasures exchanged in Infinite Space are all forged by Hunyuan Lives—possibly even crafted by Elder Yuan himself," Emperor Qing said. "Of course, their value varies; the highest exceed one hundred thousand reward points, while ordinary ones are still worth twenty or thirty thousand."

"Each treasure worth over one hundred thousand reward points drives Divine Emperors mad," Emperor Qing sighed. "Those worth twenty or thirty thousand are far more common."

Luo Feng nodded.

The few treasures worth one hundred thousand reward points in Infinite Space all aid in "escaping the cage."

He had never exchanged any treasure himself and didn't know how the Star Tower differed from those in Infinite Space.

"For me, the Star Tower's greatest value isn't combat—it's aiding my cultivation," Luo Feng understood. Studying its secret patterns greatly aided his cultivation of the Path of Birth and Death.

So even if he ventured beyond the Source World, he had no intention of taking the Star Tower with him!

As long as the Star Tower remained in the Origin Continent, no one could steal it!

"Emperor Qing, has any cultivator ever exchanged a treasure worth over one hundred thousand reward points?" Luo Feng asked.

"None in our Origin Continent—but other Source Worlds have!" Emperor Qing smiled. "Elder Yuan left Infinite Spaces in many Source Worlds. The outside world agrees: one hundred thousand reward points is the threshold. Treasures reaching this level are incredibly precious, even aiding escape from the cage. But reaching one hundred thousand is extremely difficult."

Luo Feng agreed wholeheartedly.

It truly was difficult.

His spiritual will breakthrough had earned him one hundred thousand reward points—but he couldn't possibly spend all his points on just one treasure. The exceptional and perfect-level transmissions in Infinite Space's vault were also immensely attractive! The scarcity of a treasure worth at least one hundred thousand reward points was obvious.

(End of Chapter)