A man in green robes, sitting cross-legged on the grass, suddenly opened his eyes. He saw a man in black robes descending from a distance.
“Luo He?” The man in green robes recognized the other at a glance.
Luo Feng also looked over, smiled, and nodded, “Divine King Tian Mu.”
This man in green robes was none other than the Divine King Tian Mu from the thirteenth lineage of the imperial family of the Ancient Flame Kingdom, the ‘Di Jiu Feng Lineage.’
“Unexpectedly, I get to see the Great Sage Luo He here.” The Divine King Tian Mu took a step and walked close to Luo Feng, greeting him warmly.
As a Divine King of the imperial family of the Ancient Flame Kingdom, he naturally had a certain level of pride! But in front of this Great Sage Luo He, Divine King Tian Mu remained humble and friendly. Everyone knew that in the near future, this Great Sage Luo He was likely to become a dominant figure on the Origin Continent.
He, Divine King Tian Mu, was ultimately only at the first stage of the Divine King realm, and in terms of strength, he was merely on par with Luo He at this moment.
It should be noted that Luo He had already transcended into the Chaos Realm! How could Divine King Tian Mu maintain his pride?
“The Emperor was merciful, allowing me to hunt here,” Luo Feng said.
Though Divine King Tian Mu spoke casually, he was actually quite shocked.
Everyone knew that Emperor Ming and Emperor Chu did not have a good relationship. Yet Emperor Ming was willing to help Luo He, which was truly rare.
“By the way,” Divine King Tian Mu asked curiously, “Great Sage Luo He, how did you gain the opportunity to enter here? Even for transcendent members of the imperial family in the Chaos Realm, they only have one chance to enter the treasure land. To get more opportunities, one must exchange merits.”
“You can exchange merits for more opportunities?” Luo Feng asked, “How many merits are required?”
“Within the imperial family, the exchange rate is one-tenth of what it is for guest ministers,” Divine King Tian Mu didn’t hide anything, as this had long ceased to be a secret, “For guest minister Divine Kings, the entry quota for Infinite Space costs fifty million merits. For the imperial family, it’s five million merits per entry. Even so, for those of us at the first stage of the Divine King realm, accumulating five million merits isn’t easy.”
For Divine Kings outside of the two great imperial families, the threshold was much higher. Accumulating fifty million merits or snatching resources from the two ancient kingdoms by force required extraordinary strength.
“My opportunity to enter came from the Ancient Thunder Kingdom,” Luo Feng didn’t hide this either.
“Oh?” Divine King Tian Mu was surprised.
“It took quite a bit of effort,” Luo Feng said, not elaborating further.
Divine King Tian Mu looked at Luo Feng and, with a smile, exclaimed, “A transcendent of the Chaos Realm who is not part of the two great imperial families entering the treasure land left behind by Yuan! In the entire history of the Origin Continent, this is incredibly rare. I can guess that Great Sage Luo He earned this opportunity through sheer strength.”
“In comparison, we, who rely on the resources of our families, seem rather ordinary,” Divine King Tian Mu said, shaking his head.
“Who would dare say that a Divine King is ordinary? I’m still stuck at a bottleneck,” Luo Feng said.
“Haha, for you, it’s not much of a bottleneck. It won’t be long before you become a Divine King,” Divine King Tian Mu replied. In their casual conversation, they treated each other as equals, without the typical condescending attitude a Divine King might have toward a transcendent in the Chaos Realm.
After chatting for a while, they parted ways.
Luo Feng was filled with emotion. Within the imperial family, it cost five million merits for each entry opportunity, and with effort, Divine Kings could accumulate that amount. But for guest minister Divine Kings, accumulating fifty million merits was much more challenging.
Especially for some ancient beings, with sufficient strength, they naturally formed alliances and began to compete and fight for resources through their power.
The two exalted Ancestors had never intervened in these disputes. Perhaps it was because they disdained to, or maybe because the resources had been left behind by Yuan.
“Emperor Ming gave me a hunting ground, and there are three native creatures in total,” Luo Feng flew toward the nearest native creature based on the intelligence he had received.
After flying for more than ten breaths of time, Luo Feng saw the creature.
Luo Feng observed the native creature.
This native creature existed between reality and illusion, with eight enormous tentacles that penetrated into the void. In the center of its massive body was a large head, and a blood-red single eye on the head was observing Luo Feng.
Just from this observation, an invisible mental force began to permeate and influence.
Luo Feng’s own mental will was at the second stage of the Divine King realm, and with the Lieu Yuan Technique guarding him, he naturally treated it like a gentle breeze.
“According to the intelligence, every native creature in Infinite Space is a mental-type creature. The mind is their core, while the body is secondary,” Luo Feng thought, “Their range of activity is quite small.”
This enormous tentacle creature was also observing Luo Feng, thinking to itself, “My will has descended upon this mysterious place. This alien powerhouse will be my ninth tribulation! I must survive a thousand tribulations to transform.”
“Without success in the thousand tribulations, there is only death.” This tentacle creature was just as patient.
Luo Feng moved. Infinite Space had sealed off nineteen Origin Paths, but the most fundamental Chaos Laws could still be used.
The tentacle creature also swung its massive tentacles, its power terrifying, equal in strength to a Divine King and not inferior to Luo Feng’s body in the slightest.
However, in terms of technique, the tentacle creature was far inferior to even the Chaos Laws, appearing extremely clumsy.
“Bang.” Luo Feng, like a shadow, dodged the tentacle strikes in a flash and kicked the creature’s massive head like a blade, instantly creating a bloody hole in its head.
“Ugh—” A low growl echoed, and a surge of chaotic mental energy erupted, attacking Luo Feng’s mental will.
“This alien powerhouse, his will is terrifying. I can’t infiltrate him at all.” The tentacle creature was a bit shocked. It had previously encountered other Divine Kings in Infinite Space, and the strongest among them had only a second-stage Divine King’s mental will, but without the Lieu Yuan Technique. It had been able to corrupt and infiltrate their minds to some extent.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The tentacle creature’s body exploded again and again. It was far too inferior to Luo Feng in close combat.
As the injuries worsened,
“Rip.” Luo Feng tore apart a massive tentacle that had long been injured.
Luo Feng’s overwhelming advantage in close combat allowed him to take about the time of one cup of tea to completely tear this tentacle creature apart, destroying and annihilating it piece by piece. However, the creature’s massive mental consciousness still lingered there.
Suddenly, with the manipulation of its mental consciousness, an invisible force gathered. In just a few breaths of time, the tentacle creature reformed from the gathered force.
“It’s back again.” Luo Feng looked at this scene, not surprised at all.
“According to the intelligence, native creatures in Infinite Space cannot be completely killed through normal physical combat.” Luo Feng thought, “Even if you destroy their bodies hundreds or even thousands of times, they will only disappear for a long while before eventually returning.”
“Only by forcing it to disappear can you earn one reward point.”
Since they couldn’t be killed, Emperor Ming had only assigned Luo Feng a territory with three native creatures.
These three native creatures were enough for Luo Feng to kill repeatedly.
“The only way to completely kill it is to destroy its will. Then it will be dead for good, never to recover.” Luo Feng thought, “According to the intelligence, even the weakest native creatures require a Divine King’s ultimate will to completely eradicate their consciousness.”
“My will is only at the second stage of the Divine King realm. Even with the Lieu Yuan Technique, I’m not sure if I can destroy it.”
Luo Feng looked at the tentacle creature in front of him.
The tentacle creature also observed Luo Feng.
“This is my tribulation, the ninth one…” The tentacle creature, with its long life, naturally had great patience.
Suddenly, everything before the tentacle creature disappeared.
It saw nothing else but a towering, rotating star. This enormous star rolled toward it, directly crushing its chaotic and crazed mental energy.
The tentacle creature’s chaotic and crazed mental energy was instantly crushed by seventy to eighty percent.
“Not good.” The tentacle creature, now clear of its surroundings, showed anger and fear in its massive blood-red eye. In an instant, its body voluntarily disintegrated, and its mental consciousness completely withdrew.
In this world, countless nations vied for power. Countless creatures struggled for survival, and there were also cultivators. However, the true rulers of this world were terrifying beings known as demons.
Demons, undying and indestructible, fed on the seven emotions and six desires of living creatures.
“Ugh—” In the depths of the ocean in this world, there was an unimaginably massive tentacle creature. This tentacle creature’s body occupied about one-third of the entire ocean, and this area was the forbidden sea of the world.
This tentacle creature was also the source of the demons in this world! The most terrifying and fearsome being, it was also the world’s very heavens!
Countless cultivators in this world had derived their cultivation paths from it.
“My ninth tribulation is truly terrifying! He managed to destroy seventy to eighty percent of my mental energy in just one blow?” The tentacle creature’s single eye showed a trace of fear.
The source of the demons in this world, a being akin to the heavens, could actually feel fear? If the cultivators of this world knew, they would not dare to believe it.
“However, he only destroyed my most chaotic and scattered thoughts.” The tentacle creature also realized this, “What remains is more pure and refined.”
“I feed on the seven emotions and six desires of countless living creatures, but I’ve become increasingly chaotic because of it.”
“A thousand tribulations are both a trial and a form of tempering.”
“If I survive them, I will undergo complete transformation.”
The tentacle creature also realized the benefit of having taken this blow, but it needed time to rest and recuperate, “Once the time comes, I must descend again. This tribulation is much more terrifying than the previous ones.”
The process of enduring a thousand tribulations allowed for temporary rest but not retreat. Every tribulation had to be passed.
After the tentacle creature voluntarily disappeared, it did not reappear.
Normally, it would take hundreds or even thousands of physical battles to force a creature to disappear. But after being struck by the Lieu Yuan Technique just once, the tentacle creature fled.
“Too bad, I couldn’t kill it completely.” Luo Feng shook his head slightly, “My mental will still isn’t strong enough.”
Even the will of a Divine King at the ultimate stage, using some powerful will-based secret techniques, would only have a chance of completely annihilating such creatures. If Luo Feng’s mental will were a few notches stronger, he might have been able to kill it in one blow.
“These chaotic thoughts.”
Luo Feng frowned slightly. When he destroyed seventy to eighty percent of the creature’s mental energy, a large number of chaotic thoughts had also attached themselves to his mental will, with the emotions and desires of countless creatures affecting him. This was the lingering effect of using mental will against such native creatures.
An invisible rule descended, enveloping Luo Feng.
“Trial participant: Luo Feng of the Origin Continent.”
“You have repelled a mind-based creature, reward point: 1 point (all resources in the treasure vault can be exchanged for reward points).”
“For battling with basic Chaos Laws, your evaluation of new paths is: Low. Reward points: 0 points. You have not opened any new paths yet, so you need to work harder.”
“As a being in the Chaos Realm, with the will of a second-stage Divine King, your mental will is evaluated as: Medium. Reward points: 100 points. Your mental will is barely adequate, and needs improvement.”
“Total reward points: 101 points.”