On an island at the heart of a lake in the ‘Infinite Space’ treasure trove.
Luo Feng sat cross-legged on the grass, pondering: “The path of life has reached the ultimate, yet the path of destruction is still lacking.”
With the help of materials from Primordial Life at the Ultimate Realm, his strength could be substantially enhanced, thus naturally most of his focus was on the path of life. Moreover, with the assistance of those life materials, understanding the path of life became smoother.
“The path of destruction, on the other hand, might be worth looking into this Perfection Level Inheritance.” Luo Feng checked the inheritances in the Infinite Space Treasure Vault, “Perfection Level Inheritance should be helpful for cultivation.”
“Nine Realms of Extinction”, the Perfection Level Inheritance of the Great Dao of Destruction.
The First Realm only requires 100 Reward Points to exchange.
The Second and Third Realms, 10,000 Reward Points each.
Just to begin, a Spiritual Will Beyond God King Level is needed to attempt cultivation.
“It’s just a hundred Reward Points, let’s exchange for the First Realm and give it a try.” Luo Feng was full of curiosity about the Perfection Level Inheritance, wondering just how powerful an inheritance had to be to dare claim ‘perfection’?
With just a thought from Luo Feng, the exchange was made, and the Reward Points decreased slightly, to 64093.03.
Buzz——
A flood of information poured into Luo Feng’s mind.
“Nine Realms of Extinction First Realm: Peeping Realm. In this realm, one can peek into destruction memories branded on the Great Dao of Destruction of the Origin World. Once all destruction memories are peered into, while still maintaining sanity, the First Realm is then considered mastered.”
“Reminder, only attempt if possessing a Will Beyond God King Level. Otherwise, you will be assimilated by the Great Dao of Destruction Origin.”
“Reminder, even with a strong will, one might still fall into insanity during the peek into the branded destruction memories, becoming utterly mad. Cultivators need to control the pace of peeping, and not be overly hasty.”
What followed was detailed cultivation methods.
Luo Feng was somewhat stunned.
“What is this? The entire inheritance, without any detailed guidance on any branch of the Great Dao of Destruction? Just having me peek into the memories branded on the Dao of Destruction?” Luo Feng was somewhat baffled.
He himself didn’t even know that destruction memories were branded on the Great Dao of Destruction.
Luo Feng carefully studied the detailed cultivation content of this First Realm. This realm was merely about peeking! It was more for ‘Heart Honing’. Because even a Will Beyond God King Level could go insane, one needed to control the pace.
“Heart Honing? Even if it’s just a method for Heart Honing, it’s worth the 100 Reward Points,” Luo Feng thought.
“Luo Feng from the Land of Origin?” Suddenly, a voice rang out.
Luo Feng jerked, turning to look.
Stood about ten-odd paces away was an elder, watching Luo Feng with a smiling gaze.
“How could this be? With my Spiritual Will, how could a cultivator get close to me without my noticing? Even now, I sense nothing but void with my Spiritual Will.” Luo Feng couldn’t believe it.
His eyes clearly saw, but other senses detected nothing.
“My name is Yuan,” the elder said with a smile, “I created this space.”
“Senior Yuan,” Luo Feng immediately realized who the visitor was, and bowed respectfully, “Luo Feng pays his respects to Senior Yuan.”
In the Origin Continent Origin World, anyone who achieved the Ultimate Realm had received benefits from Senior Yuan. Various treasure locations, remnants of special life forms, Secret Techniques, and more, were all left behind by Yuan.
“You indeed have the courage to exchange for this ‘Nine Realms of Extinction,'” the elder laughed, “This inheritance is only opened for exchange up to the ‘first five realms’ for those at the Divine King Stage. Even then, despite many talented cultivators attempting it over countless years, none have succeeded in mastering it.”
“The most successful one only managed to cultivate up to the Fourth Realm. There were quite a few who went mad or became demons.”
The elder shook his head, “My friend who created it was insane; he created all nine realms with the belief that once mastered, one would at least escape the Braided Cage and become a ‘World Level Primordial Life’. But his inheritance isn’t suitable for cultivation.”
“I am here to see you because I meet every Ultimate Realm being,” Yuan looked at Luo Feng, “To become an ‘Ultimate Realm’ being in the Origin World, each and every one is a promising seed. Only upon meeting you did I discover that the nine-layered little tower had actually ended up in your hands.”
“The nine-layered little tower, the Star Tower?” Luo Feng guessed.
“You call it the Star Tower? Yes, I forged it.”
Yuan nodded, “In the past, we joined forces to kill a Primordial Ancestor, and that Primordial Ancestor’s body had three Blood-colored Scales. I threw one inside the little tower and simply forged it, making the little tower a vessel for the Blood-colored Scale.”
“In fact, that Blood-colored Scale remains intact, hidden deep within the tower. Even with my strength, I cannot wear it down, only barely use it.” Yuan sighed with a smile, “We generally leave materials from Primordial Ancestor bodies to the most dazzling and talented group of cultivators. But among them, the ones who could escape the Braided Cage… are still too few.”
“So, I thought of nurturing some youngsters among the weakest cultivators. That’s why there’s the little tower, which went to that Primordial Cosmos, searching among countless creatures for its owner.”
“To become its owner even during your weakest, you’ve already proven to be exceptional.” Rarely did Yuan speak so much.
After all, this Ultimate Realm being was somewhat more outstanding than usual. And had even received an artifact much earlier on.
“Thank you, Senior Yuan,” Luo Feng now fully understood that strictly speaking, the Star Tower was actually forged by Senior Yuan.
“Is there anything you wish to ask?” said Yuan, “Whatever I can advise you on, I will try my best to guide.”
Luo Feng was well aware of how rare this opportunity was.
Even with exceptional talent, this might be the only chance to meet Yuan!
“Senior Yuan,” Luo Feng said respectfully, “I wish to break out of the Braided Cage. How should I pursue my cultivation in the future? Please advise me.”
“This is what many cultivators want to know.” Yuan nodded, “My Infinite Space treasure trove holds all the Perfection Level Inheritances… all created by beings of the same level as me! All the Special Grade Inheritances are created by World level Primordial Life.”
“So the exchange of these two kinds of inheritance is limited only to Godly King Level.”
Yuan looked at Luo Feng, “Do you know why you can’t exchange for the subsequent ones?”
Luo Feng listened.
“We used to release some subsequent inheritances, but the subsequent inheritances had too great of an influence on cultivators, even affecting their own exploration of the path,” Yuan said. “The path of the Great Dao is such; those who learn from me live, and those who imitate me perish!”
“Everyone who breaks out of the Braided Cage is unique. To blindly imitate is to walk the path to death,” Yuan said. “After realizing this, we restricted the exchange of subsequent inheritances. It is limited only to Divine King Stage.”
Luo Feng understood.
Senior Yuan and those World Level Primordial Life beings are of too high a realm.
The inheritances they created were too perfect; successors following these inheritances would naturally be influenced by them.
“There are some inheritances in the Infinite Space Treasure Vault that can directly lead to the Half Primordial level,” Yuan said. “The creators of those inheritances themselves did not succeed, the inheritance is still rough, yet the intention is extremely lofty! If subsequent cultivators can perfect this intention on their own, they have hopes of breaking out of the Braided Cage.”
Luo Feng realized that the “Eight Tribulations Life Form” was recorded in the treasure trove.
“However, this is still slightly influenced by the pioneers,” Yuan said. “The best method is to completely grope in the dark by oneself.”
“In the dark, one could lose their direction, right?” Luo Feng asked.
This was also the biggest obstacle after surpassing the Godly King Level.
“That’s why you all can obtain Special Life Remnants,” Yuan said. “Special Life Remnants are ‘World Level Primordial Life Remnants,’ the mysteries contained are at the World Level Primordial tier.”
“These remnants are like a lamp in the far reaches of the dark.”
“Move towards that lamp!”
“Even if the light is dim, and you may wander in the dark, the ultimate destination is that lamp,” Yuan looked at Luo Feng. “Your chance is even better; your nine-layered tower contains a piece of Blood Scale from a ‘Primordial Ancestor.’ You may hope to go even further in the dark.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
“The remnants of World Level Primordial Life can be obtained by killing just one, and can be split into billions,” Yuan said. “We can make it so that any cultivator at the Ultimate Realm in the Source World can get at least one.”
“But Primordial Ancestor-level remnants are much rarer. So it’s much harder to obtain them,” Yuan said. “Once you go beyond the Source World, you will understand! So, value that Star Tower.”
Luo Feng nodded.
A single Special Life Remnant could fetch an extremely high price in the outside world.
What would be the price of Primordial Ancestor-level remnants? How intense would the competition be?
“This Perfection Level ‘Nine Realms of Extinction’ inheritance, you may exchange up to the first three realms only. Any more would not be meaningful,” Yuan said. “It’s unnecessary to exchange for other inheritances; you should explore and create your own inheritance to go further.”
“Accumulate Reward Points, the more points you have, the more precious treasures you can exchange,” Yuan smiled. “I’ve said all that needs to be said, from here on, it’s up to you to walk your path.”
After saying this, Yuan disappeared into thin air.
Luo Feng immediately bowed, “Thank you, Senior Yuan.”
Yuan’s visit this time was purely casting a wide net, treating every Ultimate Realm being in the Source World the same.
At least for now, Yuan did not see Luo Feng as particularly outstanding!
Among the many Source Worlds, among billions of worlds, and throughout the long river of endless years, Yuan has seen many who were more dazzling than Luo Feng at this moment. But how many of them can break out of the Braided Cage?
“Let’s follow what Senior Yuan said and exchange for the first three realms of ‘Nine Realms of Extinction,'” Luo Feng decided after the exchange and did not use any more Reward Points, choosing to save them for now.
This encounter with Yuan confirmed to Luo Feng that the other inheritances in the Infinite Space Treasure Vault were of little significance.
The biggest gain was knowing the origin of the Star Tower.
…
Within Huyang City.
Luo Feng looked at the Star Tower in his hand: “This Blood-colored Scale is perfectly intact, hidden deep within the Star Tower. Even Senior Yuan and the others can’t erase it?”
He had previously thought that the blood-colored scale with twelve-colored edges was the manifestation of the convergence of rule mysteries. It turns out that it was so powerful that even Yuan and the others could not erase it.
“According to Senior Yuan, the mystery of the Star Tower Blood-colored Scale is even more profound. In the dark, I should focus on it for my cultivation,” Luo Feng realized, the other Special Life Remnants were secondary.
“I also don’t know if I can break out of the Braided Cage,” Luo Feng thought.