Ancient Flame Kingdom, Chu Capital.
Under the night sky, Luo Feng, dressed in black, leisurely flew above the city.
"The Path of Destruction—after reaching the Second Stage Divine King—I’ve already been able to glimpse the complete Origin Path of Destruction. The usefulness of Morosa has greatly diminished." Luo Feng smiled faintly.
By mastering a branch of the Origin Path, one could catch a glimpse of part of the Origin Path.
By reaching the Second Stage Divine King, one could glimpse the complete Origin Path and, to a certain extent, mobilize the power of the Origin Path.
If one reached the Ultimate Divine King level, they would completely master the entire Origin Path.
"Once my Path of Life also reaches the Second Stage Divine King, I can also ignore the help from the Primal Universe."
Many precious opportunities from the past had gradually lost their significance!
For example, the Wings of Execution Wu, once an Eternal True God-level mechanical-type secret treasure, had been helpful to Luo Feng when he first arrived on the Origin Continent. But as his strength increased, it became a memento rather than a practical treasure.
"‘Lieu Yuan Technique’ is still the most brilliant mental secret technique I’ve ever seen—it’s still very useful. As for the Star Tower… the further I go, the more important it becomes!" Luo Feng found it quite intriguing.
When he was weak in his hometown Primal Universe, he had thought the Tomb Boat, Wings of Execution Wu, and the Bloodshadow Blade were all more valuable than the Star Tower.
This showed that when one’s strength was low, even if treasures were right in front of them, they couldn’t recognize their true worth.
Even Master Zuo Shan Ke… who had personally forged the Star Tower, merely considered it a Divine King-level secret treasure! He hadn’t seen through the true nature of the Star Tower either.
As Luo Feng pondered, he continued flying leisurely and soon arrived at the Emperor Chu Palace.
He came to the Emperor Chu Palace to receive the follow-up inheritance of ‘Eight Tribulations Life Form’ and ‘Seventy-Two Slash Annihilation’. He only needed to demonstrate the profound mysteries of the Second Stage Divine King level in the Path of Destruction to prove that he had reached the appropriate realm.
Luo Feng had obtained the full inheritance for the entire Divine King stages of ‘Eight Tribulations Life Form’ and ‘Seventy-Two Slash Annihilation’.
Of course, he was currently only using them as references.
"Compared to Top-Tier Inheritance, these are indeed much simpler, and the secret techniques are relatively ordinary," Luo Feng thought.
Top-Tier Inheritance provided the theoretically strongest moves at the same stage, but the difficulty was unimaginably high.
For example, with the Twenty-Four Phases Form Life Form, understanding the essence of the Twenty-Four Phases Form and studying materials suitable for the form—Luo Feng had only managed to comprehend one of the two, and he still hadn’t fully grasped it.
Or the Return to One Secret Technique of ‘Beast Body of the Mixed Cave’—that technique was designed for use with the Beast Body of the Mixed Cave! Luo Feng had only understood the battle techniques and used them with the even stronger World Life Form rather than with the Beast Body of the Mixed Cave.
Therefore, for those two Top-Tier Inheritances, Luo Feng had only managed to comprehend a portion of the theoretically strongest techniques.
After finishing the inheritances, Luo Feng naturally went to pay respects to his master. These two inheritances had saved him around two hundred million guest merit points, so of course, he had to thank his master.
"Luo Feng." Emperor Chu smiled the moment he saw Luo Feng.
He was extremely pleased with this disciple.
He had only been a Divine King for a little over two eras and was already at the Second Stage Divine King. Even Emperor Chu was amazed by such talent.
"Master, this disciple has already received the follow-up content of the two inheritances," Luo Feng said.
Emperor Chu nodded in satisfaction. “When you had just become a Divine King, you were already invincible at the First Stage Divine King level. I knew your talent was terrifying enough, but to reach the Second Stage Divine King in such a short time… few in the history of the Origin Continent have done it faster than you.” ȑΑƝổ₿Ës
Luo Feng knew that there were indeed some who had reached the Second Stage Divine King even faster than he did.
This was partly due to his training method of using low realm comprehension to study high-level secret techniques, tempering his perception.
“Your cultivation path has been smooth,” Emperor Chu said. “Some highly talented individuals shine early on, only to get stuck at a bottleneck and become mediocre. But you’ve smoothly broken through to the Second Stage Divine King.”
“For you, the next goal is the Ultimate Divine King level!” Emperor Chu said with anticipation. “The Ultimate Divine King level is many times harder than the Second Stage Divine King, and you must remain diligent without the slightest carelessness.”
“This disciple understands,” Luo Feng replied, fully aware.
“As your strength grows…” Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng. “Some of the conflicts and rivalries I’m involved in may start to involve you.”
“Involve me?” Luo Feng was startled.
“You are my disciple,” Emperor Chu said. “When your strength was low, the most powerful beings on the Origin Continent didn’t care about you. But now that you’re a Second Stage Divine King, you’ve entered their line of sight.”
“Who are ‘they’?” Luo Feng asked.
Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng. “Who do you think my enemies on the Origin Continent might be?”
After Luo Feng’s mental will had evolved, he completely restrained his presence and hid himself, yet his perception was still sharp! His master sat there, and the invisible pressure was terrifying. It far surpassed Emperor Guixu, even more so than the Master of the Mother River!
Luo Feng had seen the Master of the Mother River and the Queen Fengdu with his own eyes. Those two could fight at the Emperor level thanks to their realm and secret treasures, but in terms of life form might, they were far inferior to the true Emperors.
“With your strength, Master, your opponents on the Origin Continent would mainly be other Emperors and Monarchs. Very few solitary cultivators could qualify as your rivals,” Luo Feng said.
“My greatest enemies are the other Emperors of the Ancient Flame Kingdom!” Emperor Chu’s expression grew cold.
Luo Feng was stunned.
“The Ancient Flame Kingdom and the Ancient Thunder Kingdom are natural enemies! When facing external threats, the thirteen Emperors of the Ancient Flame Kingdom naturally unite. As natural enemies, things are very clearly drawn,” Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng. “But internally within the Ancient Flame Kingdom, it’s different.”
“Whether it’s exploring countless treasure lands, seizing opportunities, or resource distribution, there are countless conflicts.”
“In the depths of treasure lands, to seize treasures, they would strike to kill even their fellow Emperors…”
“They would ruthlessly slaughter the disciples of other Emperors and wipe out their entire families to seize their treasures.”
Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng. “On the surface, it’s the thirteen Emperors of the Ancient Flame Kingdom, but the grudges among them are deeper than those with the outside solitary cultivators.”
Luo Feng was secretly shocked.
There had long been rumors in the outside world that the Emperors had terrible relationships. It seemed they weren’t baseless at all.
“In the future, you must clearly distinguish friend from foe,” Emperor Chu said, looking at Luo Feng. “Among the thirteen Emperors of the Ancient Flame Kingdom, Emperor Qing is the most aloof and the one with the strongest influence.”
“Next would be Emperor Yan. He is someone you must be extremely cautious of,” Emperor Chu said, looking at Luo Feng. “Emperor Yan was the first Emperor of the Ancient Flame Kingdom. He once led the entire kingdom and held power over massive resource allocations… At that time, he was the only Emperor in the kingdom. He was also very friendly with the Royal Clan and helped many juniors. So even now, he holds enormous power.”
“He and Emperor Wu are like siblings, sharing life-and-death bonds.”
“He and Emperor Xi became husband and wife.”
“He, Emperor Xi, and Emperor Wu have always advanced and retreated together. Being ancient and ruthless enough, the three of them have amassed the most treasures,” Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng. “Each of them possesses a complete set of Beyond Divine King-level secret treasures. When the three of them join forces, they are terrifying beyond compare.”
“Among the thirteen Emperors of the Ancient Flame Kingdom, Emperor Qing ranks first. The combined force of Emperor Yan, Emperor Xi, and Emperor Wu ranks second.”
“Emperor Ming—his mental will surpasses the Divine King level! This allows his Primordial Bloodline Body to unleash terrifying power, and his mental will secret techniques are also very frightening… He should be considered the third strongest faction among the thirteen Emperors of the Ancient Flame Kingdom.”
“All the other Emperors, including Emperor Fu, have their own interests. There are no eternal alliances,” Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng.
“Those on the Bloodline cultivation path, aside from Emperor Ming, are generally more violent and reckless.”
“Those on the Primordial Body path are relatively more rational, but once they scheme, they are even harder to deal with.”
Luo Feng now understood clearly.
Everyone said Emperor Fu had outstanding talent and might become the next Emperor Qing. But in terms of strength, aside from Emperor Qing, Emperor Ming was the strongest among the remaining twelve Emperors.
“My greatest enemy is Emperor Wu—our grudge is one of life and death,” Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng. “Which is why Emperor Yan and Emperor Xi are also targeting me.”
“This disciple understands,” Luo Feng nodded.
“I was ambushed by her and fell into the deepest part of the Origin Continent’s top treasure land, the ‘Heavenly Pillar Realm’, into the Filthy Blood River. Normally, if a Second Stage Divine King came into contact with the river’s filthy blood, their entire body would be corrupted and die instantly. Even their clones would be affected and perish completely,” Emperor Chu looked at Luo Feng. “I sank to the riverbed of the Filthy Blood River, and even my Ultimate Divine King-level life form was over ninety percent eroded. I was about to die but luckily obtained a secret treasure from the riverbed and barely escaped with my life.”
“If I get the chance, I will definitely kill her,” Emperor Chu said calmly.
“She deserves death,” Luo Feng nodded.
“Are there any Emperors who are on good terms with Master?” Luo Feng asked.
Emperor Chu paused slightly before replying, “None.”
“Although I wouldn’t call them friends, the other Emperors and I at least don’t have mortal enmities,” Emperor Chu continued. “As for the grudges among the other Emperors… I’ll send you detailed intelligence.”
Luo Feng read through the information.
After studying it, he found that Emperor Chu wasn’t bad compared to the rest.
Like Emperor Kong! He had bad relations with every other Emperor.
Emperor Ming! He had acted against every other Emperor except Emperor Qing, suppressing them and seizing treasures by force! Because he was strong enough, no other Emperor dared to form a mortal feud with him. But by the same token… Emperor Ming also had no real friends.
“My Master Emperor Chu is one of the better ones among the thirteen Emperors,” Luo Feng thought. “I didn’t expect someone like Emperor Ming, who was so friendly to me, to actually have such an overbearing and domineering nature.”
“If anything involves other Emperors, tell me immediately,” Emperor Chu said. “Do not make any rash decisions. It’s easy to get trapped if you’re not careful.”
“Don’t worry, Master,” Luo Feng responded.
Just as Emperor Chu had predicted, only half an era later, Luo Feng’s guest token received a mission.
In Huyang City, Luo Feng stared in surprise at the mission. Over the long years, he had received many missions, but this one was special.
“In the Royal Clan’s forbidden land, there are one hundred and ninety-two worlds, each nurturing a Primordial Bloodline Beast Egg. This requires the strength of a Second Stage Divine King and the assignment of one hundred and ninety-two clones to carefully care for the eggs. The task only requires careful tending for three thousand eras. Very few guests are capable of completing this mission. After deliberation by multiple Emperors, Guest Luo He is designated to accept this mission.”
Luo Feng was quite shocked.
Unless it was a punishment like guarding Xiangjie City, regular guest missions were normally taken voluntarily. Guests had the right to refuse.