Chapter 626: Break the Barrier-Sky Era

Creating a new system and Dao is not merely theoretically feasible—it cannot be achieved by blindly charging forward and expecting success.

Leaving aside other factors, even the slightest difference between theory and reality can lead to catastrophic consequences.

This is a matter of life and death, and admits not the slightest carelessness.

Do not assume that cultivation is purely idealism; quite the opposite, its demands for data and other metrics are often far stricter than those of technology.

Technology looks outward, studying the universe’s inherent laws and then exploiting them; cultivation is different—it must not only account for the universe’s laws but also precisely align oneself with the operation of cosmic principles, thereby mastering and even creating laws.

To some extent, their difficulties are equally matched; how far technology and cultivation can advance depends entirely on one’s talent and luck.

Yes.

Whether in scientific research or in technique cultivation, talent is often merely one necessary condition for continuous progress.

A flash of inspiration is extremely important in both technology and cultivation.

The saying “hard work never betrays the diligent” only applies after one acknowledges a lack of talent; even with talent, flashes of inspiration can trap countless prodigies—here, technology and cultivation are nearly indistinguishable.

Perhaps the effect is less obvious in cultivation, but in technology, many inventions arise purely by chance; from this alone, one can sense how astonishingly unpredictable luck is in technology.

The many abilities Luo Fu shared, though dominant in their respective worlds—like the Perfect Method in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands era, or “Body as Seed” in the Barrier-Sky era—became mainstream.

Yet Luo Fu, having shared these abilities, cannot perfectly apply them within his own universe.

Theoretically, the moment Luo Fu completed the sharing, he should have gained the full power of that shared ability.

But in reality, every Luo Fu across every world requires an undefined period of transition to fully manifest the shared power.

This transition process is, in some sense, the localization of these shared abilities; “localization” is not quite precise—it is more accurately a fine-tuning of innate talent, physical constitution, bloodline, and even comprehension to align with his own universe and his current self.

This process varies across every Luo Fu in every universe.

In some worlds, the shared power can be wielded immediately after sharing; in others, it takes a very long time to complete this process.

Every Luo Fu across the myriad universes, nearly all who have passed through, have forged their own path.

For example, the Luo Fu of the Anomaly World pioneered the path of spiritual cultivation; the Demon Luo Fu created Bloodline Primordial Energy; the Radiation of Qing Yu’s Year…

At first glance, these abilities seem like Luo Fu, using the power of the myriad universes, created entirely new paths out of nothing.

But upon closer study, it is not hard to see that these paths are mostly high-level syntheses.

They are the result of Luo Fu, after his life’s essence was comprehensively elevated through sharing, viewing from a higher vantage point—just as the Void Emperor stripped away the final two critical layers of “Body as Seed”—“Above the Head, Three Feet, There Are Gods” and the fusion of divine and flesh—gradually evolving into the flourishing Barrier-Sky Method system.

Now, the Luo Fu of the Barrier-Sky era faces a dilemma never before encountered by any shared Luo Fu.

After all, from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to the current Barrier-Sky era, and onward to the future Holy Ruins era, the upper limit of power is the highest tier within the current shared space.

Perhaps only the Marvel Multiverse could rival the Barrier-Sky Universe to some degree.

But unfortunately, the Luo Fu of the Marvel Multiverse himself has not reached the highest realm—he is merely on the same tier as the Five Creation Gods.

This means the fundamental power Luo Fu gained through sharing is sufficient to support him in breaking the Barrier-Sky era’s upper limit and becoming an Immortal among mortals.

But since the sharing process has not yet reached that stage, Luo Fu cannot stand at a higher vantage point to perfect his Luo Tian Method.

The current realm, comparable to the Immortal Platform, is Luo Fu’s present limit.

Once the Luo Tian Method is fully stabilized at this level,

the strange phenomena on Luo Fu’s body finally began to slowly recede.

When the unsettling aura emanating from Luo Fu vanished,

Ye Hei, Pang Bo, Black Emperor, and others rushed to Luo Fu’s side.

“Old Luo, Itachi… are Itachi alright? Did Itachi suffer qi deviation?” Pang Bo asked, trembling.

Ye Hei glanced at Pang Bo, his mouth twitching slightly, then said: “Old Luo, I believe Itachi’ll one day forge your own path—but right now, I think it’s wiser to proceed steadily.”

No wonder Ye Hei and Pang Bo spoke with so little confidence in Luo Fu.

The previous phenomena had genuinely made them suspect Luo Fu had encountered trouble in his cultivation.

After all, in the Barrier-Sky Method, even when cultivating in the vacuum of space, due to cosmic principles, lightning often appears—and even forms Young Emperor figures; each such lightning-formed Young Emperor is nearly as powerful as the original Young Emperor of that era.

These Young Emperors are the result of the cultivator’s own Dao, upon tribulation, imprinting itself onto the cosmic Dao like etching or carving, leaving behind their own cosmic principles within the universe.

To someone unfamiliar with the Barrier-Sky Method, seeing someone constantly struck by lightning during cultivation—even when such lightning defies the universe’s physical laws—would naturally suspect something was wrong with the cultivation system.

This is perfectly logical.

After all, from the perspective of the Perfect Method, the Barrier-Sky Method too has flaws.

Of course, from a truly high-level perspective, one can understand that this difference is merely a different path, with the same ultimate goal.

But clearly, Ye Hei and Pang Bo lack such insight.

Not just Ye Hei and Pang Bo—even Black Emperor, who once followed the Beginning Emperor and was even his pet, now looked at Luo Fu with suspicion.

After all, Luo Fu’s Luo Tian Method has always been an entirely new system, utterly unrelated to the Barrier-Sky Method.

Luo Fu glanced at Ye Hei and Pang Bo.

Though Luo Fu had not yet completed the localization of all shared powers after this sharing, and his Luo Tian Method remained confined to the level comparable to the Barrier-Sky Immortal Platform,

yet deep within, Luo Fu felt certain: his Luo Tian Method was undoubtedly the correct path.

This was not strange to Luo Fu.

Even if, harshly speaking, there were errors in the Luo Tian Method, Luo Fu could use his shared power to correct its early-stage flaws—just as one standing at a higher vantage point would.

Because of the shared space, Luo Fu had both the confidence and the right to do so.

But if he now taught his Luo Tian Method to others, he would be leading them astray.

After all, no one else has Luo Fu’s conditions.

At this moment, Luo Fu even felt a faint regret—he should not have so casually taught Ye Hei, Pang Bo, and others the abilities from the myriad universes.

Fortunately, Ye Hei and Pang Bo did not treat these abilities as their foundational methods, but rather as techniques akin to the Nine Secrets.

The difference between a Method and a Technique is immense.

Of course, this fleeting regret arose only because Luo Fu regarded Ye Hei and Pang Bo as friends; had it been Hua Yunfei, Luo Fu would never have felt such emotion—not even for an instant.

After all, in Luo Fu’s heart, Ye Hei and Pang Bo were defined as friends—not because Ye Hei would one day become an Emperor, but purely because of the friendship he shared with them in this life.

But Hua Yunfei? In Luo Fu’s eyes, he was merely an experimental subject.

Seeing his question cause Luo Fu to fall silent,

Ye Hei and Pang Bo grew even more uncertain.

“Old Luo… Itachi really didn’t suffer qi deviation, did Itachi?”

Compared to Ye Hei and Pang Bo’s anxiety,

Black Emperor seemed to sense something.

“Woof… Itachi’re going to leave us, aren’t Itachi? Like the Emperor did?” Black Emperor asked, though his tone was certain.

Black Emperor’s voice immediately drew Ye Hei and Pang Bo’s attention.

Looking at them, Black Emperor’s eyes softened with nostalgia: “Your expression just now… it’s identical to the day the Emperor prepared to seal me away.”

“Itachi…” Pang Bo’s eyes widened in shock as he stared at Luo Fu: “Old Luo… are Itachi about to attain Dao?”

“No,” Ye Hei shook his head, his expression complex. He looked at Luo Fu: “Old Luo has found his own Dao—and it is no longer the same as ours.”

Luo Fu had not said a word.

Yet Ye Hei, Pang Bo, and the others now firmly believed Luo Fu would part from them.

Though Luo Fu had not originally intended this,

the moment Ye Hei and Pang Bo mentioned it, Luo Fu instantly understood—he truly must part from them.

From the moment he conceived the idea of forging his own Luo Tian Method, staying with Ye Hei and the others, clinging together for warmth, had lost all meaning for him.

The Dao is as vast as the blue sky; each person must walk their own path.

The moment Luo Fu forged the prototype of his Luo Tian Method, his path and Ye Hei’s had already diverged.

Perhaps, in the future, Luo Fu will be like Duan De.

In Ye Hei’s life, his first incarnation befriended Duan De, but ultimately, Duan De’s Tribulation Heaven Technique destined him to be merely one of the Nine Incarnations of Tribulation Heaven Sovereign Cao Yusheng.

During Ye Hei’s journey to becoming a Mortal Immortal, Duan De’s fifth incarnation was Ye Hei’s friend; his sixth incarnation merely exchanged a single word with Ye Hei’s fourth incarnation; his seventh incarnation only discussed Immortal Herbs with Ye Hei.

Duan De’s eighth incarnation met Ye Hei’s eighth incarnation.

Except for Duan De’s fifth incarnation—the Tribulation Heaven Sovereign Cao Yusheng’s fifth reincarnation—where the two became friends, their other incarnations barely interacted, often meeting only briefly.

In the future, when Luo Fu creates the prototype of his Luo Tian Method, he and Ye Hei will likewise gradually diverge.

Or rather, Luo Fu, cultivating the Luo Tian Method, and Ye Hei, cultivating the Barrier-Sky Method, will walk different paths.

Even if they remain friends in the future, it will be no more than the relationship Duan De had with Ye Hei.

Ye Hei has his Dao; Luo Fu has his too.

Especially since Luo Fu walks a path never before trodden—entirely his own.

This ensures that the companions from the Burial Emperor Star, who once huddled together for warmth on Beidou, will from this moment on gradually walk their own futures.

Amid the varied gazes of Ye Hei and the others, Luo Fu slowly nodded and said: “Yes, I must walk my own path.”

The sudden parting left Ye Hei and Pang Bo filled with melancholy.

Yet since arriving on Beidou and embarking on this path toward the Dao, they had long anticipated this day would come—only they never expected it so soon.

Pang Bo’s eyes held reluctance as he said: “Old Luo, Itachi’re far stronger than me. I hope Itachi’ll succeed in attaining Dao—no, attaining Immortality. When Itachi do, I’ll look to Itachi and Old Ye as my pillars.”

“Woof, even if Itachi’re leaving, Itachi don’t have to rush so much?” Black Emperor asked, confused.

“No,” Ye Hei shook his head. “Old Luo is no longer like us. Haven’t Itachi felt it? If we get too close to him, it will affect both him and us.”

Black Emperor paused, then quickly sensed the unsettling, radiation-like waves of power—or rather, Dao—emanating from Luo Fu.

The Luo Tian Method is an entirely new system, unprecedented and unique to Luo Fu.

This difference in Dao is greater than the distinction between species.

It even surpasses the difference between carbon-based and silicon-based life.

In the Super God Universe, though the Super Soldiers of the Brave Squad live on Earth and often fight alongside ordinary human soldiers, in truth, this is due to the Super Soldiers’ conscious restraint.

Never forget one crucial point: the super soldiers of the Hypergod Universe inherently emit radiation.

This radiation is nearly lethal to ordinary life forms.

In the Hypergod Universe, beings like Holy Kesa, He Xi, and Pan Zhen who call themselves gods are not exaggerating at all.

After all, even in Earth’s biblical myths, gods are unseen and unapproachable.

This radiation, in a sense, represents a strange convergence between myth and reality.

(End of Chapter)