Chapter 258: Chapter Six: Luo Feng and Lei Shashen

In the meditation chamber of the Hu Yang City governor’s mansion, within the space of the Star Tower.

Since obtaining the Eye of Creation and Destruction, Luo Feng saw the world differently; he systematically organized his knowledge, refining every secret technique.

“Master, Master.” Mo Luo Sa sent a mental message.

“Hmm?”

Luo Feng slowly opened his eyes, pausing his cultivation. “Mo Luo Sa, what is it?”

Mo Luo Sa would not dare disturb him unless it was something significant.

“Master, the White Demon Lord and Lan Duo Lord of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom have secretly dispatched their subordinates to plunder approximately seventy cycles across border nations and within the Thunder Ancient Kingdom itself.” Mo Luo Sa sent a mental message. “Seventy cycles of plundering have accumulated a truly enormous number of slain lives.”

Luo Feng frowned slightly.

Last time, I killed primarily the top ten sinners of the Origin Continent—those like the two ancient kingdoms’ royal divine kings, emperors, and lords, who hid in their capital strongholds or within Thunder Mountain. Back then, I had no way to reach them, so I chose to lure out Di Yuan.

Killing Di Yuan alone was meant to intimidate the Origin Continent!

“Since the founding of the Galactic Kingdom three hundred seventy cycles ago, I have not lifted a finger again,” Luo Feng murmured. “As long as they commit no great sins, I have let past offenses go unaddressed. Yet I see now—I was too lenient.”

Letting past offenses go unaddressed had been an unspoken understanding between the Galactic Kingdom and the two ancient kingdoms.

After all, Luo Feng could do nothing against Yan Feng Shizu or Lei Shashen; he had to yield on many matters.

“Your temper is too soft,” Mo Luo Sa said. “I say you should patrol the Origin Continent regularly and kill any major sinner you find!”

“Kill one major sinner each time you find one. Kill often. Make these sinners tremble with fear,” Mo Luo Sa said. “Then those emperors and lords won’t dare harbor Jiaoxing .”

“You have a point,” Luo Feng said. “By the way, how did you discover this?”

“It was reported by Gui Xu Di Jun. I’m sending you the full intelligence.” Mo Luo Sa immediately transmitted the complete report.

Luo Feng reviewed it.

Such detailed intelligence? This wasn’t Gui Xu Di Jun’s usual style.

“Hum!”

Luo Feng’s Eye of Creation and Destruction opened at his brow, gazing across the Galactic Kingdom’s capital. He instantly saw Gui Xu Di Jun—and also Wu Xin Shenwang inside Gui Xu Di Jun’s cave dwelling.

“Is this connected to Wu Xin Shenwang?” Luo Feng mused. Wu Xin Shenwang was cautious and excelled in concealment—he was capable of uncovering such detailed intelligence.

Still, Luo Feng would not fully trust this report.

To believe every accuser outright would make him a tool in others’ hands.

“The report lists the names of key subordinates under the White Demon Lord and Lan Duo Lord,” Luo Feng noted. Upon seeing these names, he triggered karmic links and, with the Eye of Creation and Destruction, instantly locked onto each target.

Luo Feng’s Eye of Creation and Destruction locked onto targets with far greater clarity than even the ultimate-level divine kings.

“Jiu Chen Shenwang.” Luo Feng locked onto a Level One Divine King—Jiu Chen Shenwang was Lan Duo Lord’s most core operative in charge of plundering.

……

“I knew I shouldn’t have plundered within the Thunder Ancient Kingdom,” Jiu Chen Shenwang muttered anxiously in his cave. “But the Lord forced me to act. We’ve plundered for seventy full cycles—too many lives taken, too much impact. Several royal divine kings have already traced this back…”

The fact that the White Demon Lord and Lan Duo Lord dispatched subordinates to plunder—even openly within the Thunder Ancient Kingdom—was no longer a secret among the royal family.

But the matter was a colossal scandal, temporarily suppressed.

“The royal family can’t touch those two lords, but I’m in trouble,” Jiu Chen Shenwang fretted.

Suddenly—

A terrifying mental force descended, instantly engulfing Jiu Chen Shenwang.

Jiu Chen Shenwang felt dazed, his consciousness foggy, utterly incapable of resistance.

Wherever Luo Feng’s Eye of Creation and Destruction observed, his mental will could descend! As Luo Feng deepened his understanding of the Dao, his mental will slowly strengthened; when it surpassed the Divine Emperor threshold by fifty percent, it reached the Origin Continent’s upper limit.

Though his mental will could still slowly grow, on the Origin Continent, it could no longer manifest greater power.

The Lie Yuan Technique, besides killing enemies, contained secret methods to suppress and confuse them—but Luo Feng had always used only lethal strikes, aiming to annihilate foes. Now, under the Longzhao of his mental will, Jiu Chen Shenwang was left dazed and helpless.

“With his consciousness foggy and resistance gone, I can examine his memories,” Luo Feng thought.

In a Qingxing state,

even Luo Feng’s Eye of Creation and Destruction could only glimpse a few clear thoughts of Jiu Chen Shenwang—he could not access his memories.

But now, with his consciousness clouded and resistance gone, Luo Feng easily “observed” his memories—that was the observational power of a high-level Hunyuan life.

“He was indeed dispatched by Lan Duo Lord,” Luo Feng saw, and his killing intent surged. “He is Lan Duo Lord’s most loyal hound, fully in charge of plundering. Plundering in border nations was relatively minor, given their smaller territories. But in the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s wildlands, Lan Duo and the White Demon Lord split the region! Over seventy cycles, they’ve plundered roughly one-twentieth of the wildlands’ total population.”

“One-twentieth?”

Luo Feng was stunned.

The Thunder Ancient Kingdom, in area, might rival several top-tier nations. But as the most central and prosperous region of the Origin Continent, its population far exceeded that of border nations.

“Over ninety percent of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s population lives in the wildlands. Only a few enter the cities.”

“And these two lords have plundered roughly one-twentieth of the wildlands’ population? How vast a number is that?”

The wildlands were vast, with tribes scattered everywhere; counting the total population was nearly impossible. But Jiu Chen Shenwang, as Lan Duo Lord’s sole overseer of this operation, could estimate the proportion based on overall data. His memories even contained exact plundered numbers.

“This…” In Jiu Chen Shenwang’s memories, Luo Feng saw repeated instances of delivering plundered lives to Lan Duo Lord.

Each delivery numbered in the hundreds of billions of lives—and this continued for seventy cycles. The total made Luo Feng’s heart tremble.

Compared to Lan Duo Lord, the Skywhale King was insignificant.

“When a lord of an ancient kingdom goes mad, he is truly terrifying,” Luo Feng murmured.

Originally, the Origin Continent’s greatest sinner, Tie Xiao Mo Jun, was backed by Di Yuan. Di Yuan likely plundered the most lives on the Origin Continent. Even when his master Di Chu and others came to save him, Luo Feng had not hesitated—he killed Di Yuan.

Originally, the second-greatest sinner, Hei Jiu Laozu, was backed by several lords of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom—Lan Duo Lord may have been one of them.

“Dogs can’t change their nature. The Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s lords who devour lives, now that Hei Jiu Laozu is gone, have turned their hunger inward.” Luo Feng’s Eye of Creation and Destruction gazed toward Thunder Mountain.

Boom—boom—boom—

Majestic! Vast! Unshakable!

As the Origin Continent’s foremost sacred site, even Lei Shashen had a body dwelling here. Lords like Lan Duo Lord and the White Demon Lord also resided here.

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“What a magnificent Thunder Mountain.”

Observing with his Eye of Creation and Destruction, Luo Feng saw more secrets of Thunder Mountain, discerning its strengths and weaknesses.

“Thunder Mountain is formidable, but with my current strength, combined with the Star Tower and the Eye of Creation and Destruction, I can break through it,” Luo Feng gazed afar, watching the terrifying figure within a hidden space atop Thunder Mountain. “But Thunder Mountain’s true terror lies in the ‘Lei Shashen’ who dwells within.”

Luo Feng’s Eye of Creation and Destruction pierced through Thunder Mountain’s barriers, spatial obstructions, and array defenses, revealing Lei Shashen’s true form.

“What a terrifying body—his flesh is far stronger than Yan Feng Shizu’s.” Luo Feng could “observe” certain details of him.

A body of unimaginable might.

If outside the Origin Continent, without its restraining power, Lei Shashen could likely crush Di Yuan’s few secret treasures with a single gesture.

“I can see his weaknesses, but Lei Shashen simply sits there, letting me attack. Under the Origin Continent’s restraining power, I cannot harm him at all. If he chooses to protect Thunder Mountain… I cannot break through either.” Luo Feng understood this.

If the lords commanded Thunder Mountain, I could break it.

But if Lei Shashen himself intervenes? No hope.

By the same logic, if I protected Hu Yang City or the Galactic Capital, neither kingdom’s Shizu could break through.

On the Origin Continent… Luo Feng, Dongji Yu Shizu, Di Qing, and the two kingdoms’ Shizu were all equally unable to harm one another—even if one held the upper hand.

All were equally powerless against each other—mutual compromise was necessary.

After I killed Di Yuan, Yan Feng Shizu never came to see me—he acted as if nothing had happened, swallowing his anger.

The royal divine kings had committed many sins in the past—I also let them go.

Both sides had an unspoken understanding.

But that understanding… has been shattered by Lan Duo Lord and the White Demon Lord!

“They must die,” Luo Feng thought, his killing intent rising as he viewed the endless streams of plundered lives in Jiu Chen Shenwang’s memories.

Such filth cannot live!

On Thunder Mountain, in a hidden space—

Lei Shashen was still studying a golden finger bone, deeply analyzing it, when suddenly—

“Lei Shashen.”

A voice echoed beside Lei Shashen’s ear.

Lei Shashen shuddered, his face turning pale.

“Impossible!” Lei Shashen could not believe it. “This is Thunder Mountain—my own divine emperor-grade cave treasure, with hidden spaces I personally carved and arrays I personally set. Even Yan Feng… communicates with me via transmission artifacts.”

“Lei Shashen, I am the Galactic.” Luo Feng’s voice rang out.

Lightning flickered faintly in Lei Shashen’s eyes. Previously, he had paid little heed to the Galactic Lord, thinking him merely a young upstart who had just entered the Divine Emperor early stage. But now, he dared not underestimate him.

To bypass the cave treasure, spatial barriers, and array defenses and whisper directly into his ear—this ability was terrifying.

“I underestimated the Galactic Lord,” Lei Shashen spoke.

“Lei Shashen, do you know that the White Demon Lord and Lan Duo Lord have plundered the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s population for seventy full cycles, with a total exceeding one hundred billion lives?” Luo Feng said.

Lei Shashen was startled.

One hundred billion?

Even for the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, that number was enormous.

“After I killed Di Yuan, I did not lift my hand again. As long as cultivators on the Origin Continent commit no great sins, I will not pursue past offenses. But these two—White Demon and Lan Duo—have completely ignored me,” Luo Feng’s voice echoed in Lei Shashen’s ear.

“Of course, they are your Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s lords. How to deal with them is naturally your decision,” Luo Feng transmitted.

“I will investigate this matter and confirm it,” Lei Shashen replied, then smiled. “Galactic Lord, your power is unfathomable. Once this is resolved, let you, Yan Feng, and I meet.”

“Agreed,” Luo Feng responded, then ceased transmission and closed his Eye of Creation and Destruction, no longer peering into Thunder Mountain.

(End of Chapter)