Chapter 337: Episode 8: Dark Sacred World

This ancient warship flew for another half a day before finally seeing Yulan City from afar.

"What a cultivator city." The old man looked at Yulan City. In his observation, the various colorful arrays of Yulan City were almost all seen through, except for the most inconspicuous Chaos-colored array, which made him feel a sense of pressure. "It's no wonder this Brother Luo Feng was able to turn the tide; just looking at this array, one can tell his extraordinariness."

The winged woman and the red-robed youth also noticed the Chaos-colored array and felt threatened.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look."

The old man said.

The three of them put away their warship and entered along the city gate. The city gate guards did not discover them at all, and even the Yulan City array did not detect them.

"Having just experienced a war, Yulan City has recovered to normal so quickly."

"This also shows that Yulan City's losses were not significant." The three of them flew through the city, observing with great interest.

Suddenly—

Two figures walked out from the blurred rifts of the world and appeared in front of them. One was Marquis Yuanxiang, and the other was naturally Luo Feng.

"Brother Boshu, you didn't even say a word when you arrived, so we could have welcomed you," Marquis Yuanxiang smiled.

"Yuanxiang."

The old man also had a brilliant smile, very happy to see an old friend. His gaze also fell on the black-clothed, black-haired man beside Marquis Yuanxiang. Now, Luo Feng's aura was even more profound and unfathomable, and every strand of his aura contained the artistic conception of the Life-Death Path.

Cultivation is just like this; the more profound one is, the more one's own being contains the charm of the path one cultivates.

Even an image of oneself contains the mysteries of the path.

"Brother Luo Feng," Marquis Yuanxiang smiled. "Let me introduce you. This is Old Brother Boshu, a cultivator of the True Witch lineage. In terms of strength, he is even better than I was at my peak, and he can be considered half a teacher to me."

"Yuanxiang, we learn from each other," the old man said with a smile. When they formed a team to train together, they naturally exchanged ideas to promote the perfection of their own cultivation systems.

"This is God Emperor Bai Yin," Marquis Yuanxiang introduced again.

The winged woman smiled and nodded at Luo Feng. If this scene were in the Dark Sacred World, it would be enough to shock many cultivators. God Emperor Bai Yin was famously cold and arrogant; the number of cultivators who could make her smile in the entire Dark Sacred World was not many.

Except for some close friends, she generally didn't pay much attention to other existences at the same level.

"This is God Emperor Chizhen," Marquis Yuanxiang smiled. "In terms of close-quarters combat, Chizhen can beat a Transcendent-level low-level Using Hunyuan lifeform to death with his bare hands."

The red-robed youth smiled: "I couldn't do it; defeating four Transcendent-levels with my own strength."

The three of them were quite respectful toward Luo Feng.

"Very happy to meet the three of you," Luo Feng was also quite polite. "Since the three of you have come from afar, shall we go to the Elder Hall first?"

"Please," the old man and the others were more than willing.

Soon, led by Luo Feng and Marquis Yuanxiang, these three cultivators arrived at the Elder Hall.

As the core of the entire Yulan City, welcoming guests here could be considered the greatest respect.

"I heard that Brother Luo Feng has already killed that Mind-Beguiling Worm?" The old man sat down and said, "After all, we accepted the mission, and we hope to confirm the corpse of that Mind-Beguiling Worm first."

Luo Feng nodded, and with a flip of his hand, the Mind-Beguiling Worm's corpse floated to the side.

The old man, the winged woman, and the red-robed youth observed carefully. They quickly saw through the inside and outside of the corpse and also saw the cracked life core, confirming that the mission was complete.

"Brother Luo Feng, put this corpse away," the old man smiled. "We got half of the battle merits very easily this time."

"With the cunning of the Mind-Beguiling Worm, by the time we arrived, its mother worm and sub-worms would have long since scattered to many dangerous places in the Jiuhe Sacred World. It wouldn't have been easy to hunt them down," the red-robed youth also said.

Luo Feng killed it quickly; it would have been troublesome if it had dragged on.

"Brother Luo Feng has harvested a large number of low-level Using Hunyuan lifeform corpses this time," the old man said. "In the Jiuhe Sacred World, no one can afford to buy so many low-level Using Hunyuan lifeform corpses."

"In Yulan City, forces that can afford to buy a Transcendent-level corpse are rare," Marquis Yuanxiang nodded in agreement.

A Transcendent-level corpse had too many uses, and even a little bit of flesh and blood was very expensive. The entire corpse was worth about 10 billion Using Hunyuan Crystals. Forces that could afford it were extremely rare.

"But in the Dark Sacred World, even if Brother Luo Feng's spoils were ten times greater, there would be too many forces that could afford to buy them," the red-robed youth smiled. "And only in the Dark Sacred World can you buy the resources most suitable for yourself."

Luo Feng acknowledged this.

His spoils this time were too massive, which could be considered a very large fortune. In the Jiuhe Sacred World, the resources he could buy were indeed already very few.

Like the precious secret treasures suitable for himself, so far, there were only the Heart of Immortality and the World in the Palm. He couldn't buy any others.

"I heard that there is a large Using Hunyuan Hall in the Dark Sacred World?" Luo Feng asked.

"Yes," the winged woman 'Bai Yin' also said. "That large Using Hunyuan Hall in the Dark Sacred World covers a larger area than Yulan City. Inside the hall, there is everything! The number of corpses of various high-level Using Hunyuan lifeforms is extremely large, and there are even seven complete World-level Using Hunyuan lifeform corpses. Many living high-level Using Hunyuan lifeforms are also imprisoned within the Using Hunyuan Hall."

"We can observe those imprisoned high-level Using Hunyuan lifeforms at close range."

"Even, if you have enough battle merits, you can exchange for a Using Hunyuan prisoner. That is, a high-level Using Hunyuan lifeform whose strength has been completely sealed," the winged woman said.

"They must have their strength completely sealed, otherwise it is very easy to kill cultivators," the old man said. "I have always wanted to exchange for a Using Hunyuan prisoner to study, but unfortunately, it is too expensive."

The winged woman said: "There are also countless complete bloodlines in the Using Hunyuan Hall, and Transcendent-level bloodlines are not worth mentioning in the Using Hunyuan Hall! Anyone with a bit of ambition generally exchanges for 'High-level Using Hunyuan Lifeform Bloodlines,' and there are even those who exchange for 'World-level Using Hunyuan Bloodlines.' In the Dark Sacred World, we know of two people who successfully exchanged for World-level Using Hunyuan bloodlines."

"Countless bloodlines, various secret treasures, various inheritances, various cultivation opportunities... everything can be exchanged."

"In the Using Hunyuan Hall, battle merits can exchange for everything! Using Hunyuan Crystals can only buy a small portion of items."

Luo Feng listened, his heart yearning.

His path of cultivation involved studying one bloodline after another.

Only in the Dark Sacred World could he collect enough Transcendent-level bloodlines, and he could even collect bloodlines of higher layers.

"Brother Luo Feng, with your strength, you can go to the Dark Sacred World," the old man said. "This Jiuhe Sacred World no longer has any threats to you. But in the Dark Sacred World, it is much more dangerous, and there are many more resources. To have such strength without going to the Dark Sacred World, once you go to the Dark Sacred World, you might be able to go a step further and reach the Invincible Layer."

"Invincible?" Luo Feng asked. "I heard that in the Dark Sacred World, the Invincible Layer is almost never seen?"

"They have been invited away."

The red-robed youth envied, "As long as one reaches the Invincible Layer, Senior Yuan and the others will appear and invite them to leave."

"Anyone who is invited away can mostly jump out of the cage," the winged woman also yearned.

"Jump out of the cage." Luo Feng held his breath as he listened.

He naturally yearned for it.

Without breaking through the shackles and jumping out of the cage, one can only live within various worlds such as the Origin World and the myriad worlds. Only by jumping out of the cage and transforming the essence of life can one truly roam in the more vast and infinite Using Hunyuan space.

"What exactly is the so-called Invincible layer?" Luo Feng asked.

The three of them, as well as Marquis Yuanxiang, hesitated after hearing this question.

"Mastering two Half-Using Hunyuan paths can be considered the peak layer of the Dark Sacred World," the old man said. "If one's strength is a major layer higher than the peak layer, one can be considered Invincible."

"Wanting to be Invincible is very difficult," the winged woman said. "Even if there are those with extremely high talent who master three Half-Using Hunyuan paths, their strength is difficult to undergo a qualitative change, so they cannot be counted as Invincible. There are also those who exchange for World-level Using Hunyuan bloodlines to dig deeper into bloodline power. But they also dare not say they can reach the Invincible Layer."

Marquis Yuanxiang on the side said: "Luo Feng, in the Dark Sacred World, of the two enlightened ones who exchanged for World-level Using Hunyuan bloodlines, one is 'God Emperor Jike,' whose strength is only slightly stronger than ours. There is another senior called 'Mo Jia,' who dug deeper into bloodline power and was invited away by Senior Yuan and the others; it is said that he has already jumped out of the cage."

"There are three recognized paths to reach the Invincible Layer."

The old man said, "The first path is for the soul and will to jump out of the cage! With just a terrifying will, one can be invincible. In front of him, we have no power to resist."

"The second path is to go a step further with the help of bloodline power."

"The third path is to fuse the two Half-Using Hunyuan paths we cultivate into one! This can also lead to a qualitative change."

"These three paths become more difficult as one goes further."

The red-robed youth on the side also said: "In the history of the Dark Sacred World, those who reached Invincible status generally had their soul and will jump out of the cage. Relying on bloodline power, we only know of one. As for the third path? We haven't heard of it in the Dark Sacred World."

"In other world groups, it should exist," the winged woman said. "This is a method clearly recorded in the Using Hunyuan Hall. For an enlightened one, the third path is the most difficult, but it is also the path with the highest upper limit."

The old man also nodded: "The deeper the foundation of the path, the higher the upper limit. This third path is the path of solid foundation."

"Thank you all for your guidance," Luo Feng learned a lot.

The four people in front of him were all peak-layer existences in the Dark Sacred World, with extremely broad knowledge, which also gave Luo Feng a deeper understanding of his subsequent path.

His Life-Death Path was already at the God Emperor Late-stage, and the strength he displayed was even more excellent than that of cultivators who "mastered two Half-Using Hunyuan paths." But overall, it was still in the same major layer.

If the Life-Death Path reached Half-Using Hunyuan? Then it should be considered a qualitative change, considered Invincible.

"Brother Luo Feng, our mission is complete, and we will return after staying in Yulan City for a few days," the old man asked. "Do you intend to return with us? We can also introduce you to some fellow travelers."

"No need."

Luo Feng shook his head, "I just broke through, and I still need to go into seclusion to cultivate for a period of time before I go to the Dark Sacred World."

He had only taken the Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow for one day; he would wait for the effect of the Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow to pass and his strength to be completely consolidated before exploring the Dark Sacred World.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 338 =====