Chapter 452: Approaching the Black Patterned Stone Pillar

Immediately, Xiao Yu directly moved Hong to a mist‑shrouded valley in the middle of the Divine Kingdom.

The entire valley spanned a million kilometers.

Endless plants towering several thousand kilometers grew within the valley.

"Big brother, you cultivate here, and once you're done, just call my name and it'll work," Xiao Yu said.

"Fine," Hong nodded slightly, then began cultivating his self‑created secret technique in the valley.

Xiao Yu's Divine Avatar immediately appeared outside the valley; with a wave of his hand, a spacetime barrier materialized, within which time flowed ten thousand times faster than in the Primordial Universe.

Soon, Lei Shen also entered the Divine Kingdom via a Fixed Transmission Channel built on Earth.

"So many humans," Lei Shen said, looking at the silhouettes of people sitting cross‑legged around the Law Stele.

Each silhouette was surrounded by an Illusory Shadow, separating it from the others; the Illusory Shadow was composed of countless Secret Patterns.

"Here are Xiao Yu's father, Xiao Dingguo, and Xiao Yu's mother as well. Also some of my youngsters. How embarrassing!" Lei Shen suddenly felt an urge to cover his face and flee.

Silently, without a sound.

Xiao Yu materialized out of thin air, causing not a single spatial ripple.

"Second brother, that spot is a secret chamber prepared especially for you; rest assured, once you enter, no one except me will notice you," Xiao Yu pointed at an empty patch amid the crowd.

"Third elder, you're still so meticulous," Lei Shen exclaimed joyfully.

He then instantly teleported into that empty area.

Endless Secret Patterns enveloped the area, shifting; it seemed to become a void, and everyone subconsciously ignored that spot.

Xiao Yu looked at his proud creation, smiled, and left.

……

Cosmic Vessel, Black Patterned Pillar Space No. 9.

The Blood Orchid Ancestor gazed at the towering ice mountain in the distance and muttered, "How did the Creator Lord become so powerful?"

Countless vines hundreds of kilometers long swayed intermittently.

"Huh? Six thousand years have passed, and it finally moved," the Blood Orchid Ancestor said.

In the distance, the towering ice mountain, which had remained for 1.5 billion years according to the Black Patterned Stone Pillar's time‑flow rate, suddenly detached from the massive rock.

It then flew toward the depths of the Black Patterned Stone Pillar.

At this moment, Xiao Yu, seated inside Cold Cliff Fortress, thought to himself: "This piece of Law Insight—if I keep going, I fear I won't be able to suppress it. To surpass the True God, I'll have to wait until my Divine Power Life Gene evolves a hundred thousand‑fold."

"Now, the main task is to hone my will and obtain the treasure inside the Black Patterned Stone Pillar," Xiao Yu resolved.

Cold Cliff Fortress kept approaching the Black Patterned Stone Pillar and soon entered a region where time flowed three hundred thousand times faster.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"

Endless Will Impacts assaulted, yet Xiao Yu could still face them calmly.

Cold Cliff Fortress continued flying forward.

The time‑flow rate kept rising rapidly: 350,000×… 370,000×… 390,000×…

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"

Endless terrifying Will Impacts brought pain to Xiao Yu.

"It's at the limit," Xiao Yu thought, having sensed his soul's limit; the Will Impacts here already exceeded what the Void True God could endure.

"But I can still hold on and press forward!" Xiao Yu gritted his teeth, steering Cold Cliff Fortress to fly forward for a while.

"450,000×."

Xiao Yu sighed; he felt his soul bearing impacts beyond its limit, his soul power being severely damaged, and endless soul power dissipating amid the Will Impacts.

"Recover!" Xiao Yu's thought moved, and endless soul power rushed from the soul gem, replenishing his consumption.

Xiao Yu's soul power, being simultaneously drained by Will Impacts and replenished, reached a balance.

Nevertheless, he continued to endure extreme pain.

Amid this endless torment, Xiao Yu felt his will slowly strengthening.

And his soul power, undergoing endless Will Impacts, gradually became harder.

Xiao Yu remained in this endless pain for 90 million years here—equivalent to 200 years outside—and felt he had adapted to this level of Will Impact.

At this intensity, the Will Impacts could no longer harm Xiao Yu.

Immediately, Xiao Yu rode Cold Cliff Fortress toward the Black Patterned Stone Pillar again, this time reaching the 500,000× time‑flow region.

He paused again to adapt.

Thus, each time Xiao Yu's will improved, he pressed on until surpassing the limit, then lingered for hundreds of millions of years to adapt.

In this way, Xiao Yu's Cold Cliff Fortress kept drawing nearer: 520,000×… 530,000×… 540,000×…

When Xiao Yu had been in Black Patterned Pillar Space No. 9 for 8,000 years, the time‑flow rate he experienced had reached 630,000×.

At that moment, Xiao Yu stopped piloting Cold Cliff Fortress, merged it into his body, maintained a one‑meter‑tall form, floated in the void, and honed his will.

Xiao Yu felt that if he reached out, he might touch the Black Patterned Stone Pillar.

Yet over the roughly three‑meter gap, the time‑flow discrepancy was a staggering 70,000×.

He then shrank his body to particle size and continued forward.

When the time‑flow rate hit 650,000×, Xiao Yu again reached his limit.

"It is said that to truly touch the Black Patterned Stone Pillar, one's soul‑will must reach the Eternal True God limit," Xiao Yu still recalled fragments about the pillar.

……

In the Primordial Universe, amid the boundless starry sky, two figures materialized out of nowhere.

One of them was Luo Feng, and the other was Zuoshan Ke.

"Later, your Golden Horn Beast's Divine Body will surge from a thousand kilometers to over ninety thousand kilometers, which requires a lot of energy. You can prepare it yourself, or ask your third brother. Your Human Race has a Divine Power Base that can quickly fill your Divine Body," Zuoshan Ke said.

Luo Feng nodded; as a high‑ranking human, he naturally knew of the Divine Power Base's existence.

This time Luo Feng's Golden Horn Beast clone also became a perfect genetic life, its size would still swell dramatically, although the Primordial Universe will not again grant the strongest secret technique.

But for Luo Feng it is still a good thing.

"Go then," the mountain hermit said.

"Yes." Luo Feng could still sense his Divine Kingdom location, and the Earth native himself immediately dispatched a servant of the Divine Kingdom to teleport over.

Amid the emerald Divine Kingdom teleportation light, Luo Feng swiftly departed.

In an instant, Luo Feng was already back within the Primordial Secret Realm, then directly used Divine Kingdom teleportation to return to his own Divine Kingdom.

Just having returned to the Divine Kingdom.

"Rumble—"

The Original Will descended, the Golden Horn Beast raised its head and roared, its tendons, horns, muscles, and the like all began to swell dramatically, while endless divine power streamed from the surging Sea of Shadows clone.

It quickly filled the entire body of the Golden Horn Beast.

Luo Feng, who possessed a massive Sea of Shadows clone, still stored an immense amount of divine power within himself.

"All preparations are ready; we must go find the Heavenly Sun Venerable," Luo Feng said with a smile. Although the Mechanical Race had now ceded many domains, those wings he must obtain. (Chapter End)