When Luo Feng went searching for the cultivation residence where Lian Luo had lived countless years ago, in the Virtual Universe, within the Absolute Beginning Region of Rain Phase Mountain, inside the cultivation grounds of Rong Jun’s estate.
“Teacher.”
The wild man youth Rong Jun respectfully bowed. Standing before him was a majestic man dressed in simple training clothes. Looking at this man was like looking at a black hole in the starry sky, naturally inspiring a sense of awe. Even his gaze seemed capable of piercing through the fabric of the universe.
He was the Lord of the Yuan Chen Universe Country, an ancient eternal existence who had existed for an unknown number of years, whose lifespan was thousands or tens of thousands of times longer than that of many planets and stars.
“Mm.” Lord Yuan Chen nodded. “I will now demonstrate the first axe of the Great Axe Chaos Stele!”
Rong Jun’s eyes lit up.
Lord Yuan Chen stretched out his hand, and a giant axe automatically appeared in his grasp. At the same time, the space within the cultivation grounds transformed, becoming a scene of the vast starry universe.
“Watch carefully.”
Lord Yuan Chen’s eyes were deep and unfathomable, as though they contained an entire universe. He raised the giant axe in his hand. In an instant, his entire body seemed to transform into a towering giant axe. The sheer power of his majestic will condensed into the axe caused the entire space to tremble, as though it were about to split apart.
Whoosh!
He swung the axe!
Lord Yuan Chen coldly swung the giant axe in his hand. In an instant, the starry sky seemed to freeze like a sheet of paper, before directly splitting apart. Even the star ahead was completely cleaved in two. The entire cultivation space trembled, and then the starry sky disappeared, returning to its normal surroundings.
“Hmm?”
Rong Jun’s eyes widened as his mind repeatedly replayed what he had just seen.
Raise the axe, condensing the power of will to its absolute limit!
Swing the axe, causing space to freeze before splitting apart like paper!
“The Great Axe Chaos Stele is the most profound of the 52 Chaos Steles.” Lord Yuan Chen said coldly. “Once you completely comprehend this first axe and pass the fourth level of the Heavenly Bridge, I will return and demonstrate the second axe for you.”
“Yes, Teacher.” Rong Jun respectfully replied.
“Mm.”
Lord Yuan Chen nodded slightly, the corners of his mouth lifting faintly as if he were smiling. He then disappeared directly.
“So that’s how it is. So that’s how it is.”
After his teacher left, the wild man Rong Jun’s eyes shone with excitement.
“So this is how the first axe is performed.”
When Lord Yuan Chen had demonstrated it, he had deliberately slowed down his movements and used his will to guide Rong Jun’s perception, allowing him to initially comprehend this technique to the greatest extent possible.
“Adoptive Father!”
“Just watch. Watch me, Tuman, reach the peak.”
The wild man Rong Jun muttered softly, then began studying the first axe continuously. As the first axe of the Great Axe Chaos Stele, it was indeed profound and unfathomable. If he completely comprehended this first axe, he would be able to defeat the peerless genius Bolan with ease. After all, Bolan had previously only passed the second level.
Outside Chaos City.
“So this is the third treasure of Chaos City.”
The white robed youth Bolan, carrying a blood sword, stood at the entrance of Chaos City. He looked at the enormous stone tablet standing there and read the description of the so called third treasure. A sharp glint flashed through his cold eyes.
“Teacher, you told me to look for you after becoming Immortal. I will become Immortal as quickly as possible. I definitely will!”
Bolan.
Throughout the Genius Battles held over countless millions of years, he had always been capable of ranking first. Although he had heard that a certain Universe Country Lord had accepted Rong Jun as his disciple, in his heart, he had never regarded anyone else as his opponent.
With an invincible heart, one could naturally become invincible wherever one went.
His opponent was himself.
“Faster, faster, faster! Become Immortal as quickly as possible, become a super expert among the Immortals, become a Marquis! Become a King!”
Bolan silently muttered.
Precisely because he possessed such lofty conviction, after making enormous progress in the Space Origin Law, his comprehension of space had become extremely profound. Naturally, his comprehension of the various types of energy contained within space had also become extremely powerful.
In fact, he could have chosen to study any one of metal, wood, water, fire, or earth. These five Laws were highly compatible with space.
Yet he had chosen wind!
Because wind, thunder and lightning, and light were highly compatible with the Origin Law of Time. His ambition was even more terrifying than that of Time World Lord Luo. In terms of talent, however, he was also far, far stronger than Time World Lord Luo. He had the capital to be ambitious!
…
Rong Jun had the Lord of the Yuan Chen Universe Country as his teacher, while his own combat talent was also extremely powerful.
Bolan had never taken anyone else seriously. His opponent was himself.
As for the many other geniuses, such as Illusory Demon Galesi, Wuka, Ai Chen, Jiang Mo, Long Yun and others, each had their own opportunities. None of them had reached this point by chance, and none of them would easily admit defeat. They were all thinking about breaking into the Absolute Beginning Region and even the Primal Region.
As for Long Yun, he was already a genius of the Primal Region, yet Rong Jun had now surpassed him. How could he possibly be willing to accept that?
…
Chaotic currents drifted through the air.
Luo Feng walked along the streets, looking at a cultivation residence ahead. There was a line of writing on its wall, “Nine Universe Lineage”.
Whenever various lineage inscriptions appeared on the walls, it meant that the cultivation residence belonged to a particular lineage and was a public cultivation residence, so private occupation was forbidden.
After all, apart from the 52 Chaos Steles, there were also many excellent rooftop carvings throughout Chaos City. Therefore, these residences had become “public cultivation residences”, and anyone could come and observe them.
Of the 112 locations Luo Feng had previously selected, 103 were “public cultivation residences”.
“So the creator of Floating Blood, Lian Luo, lived here back then. This place wasn’t among the 112 I previously selected.”
Luo Feng sighed inwardly.
There was nothing he could do. Chaos City was simply too vast, and there were far too many cultivation residences. During his eight days of exhaustive searching, he was destined to be unable to immerse himself in studying every rooftop carving. He could only make a judgement based on a brief observation.
He entered the residence.
Soon, he followed the stairs up to the rooftop. The rooftop was 100 metres long and 100 metres wide, with various messy, casual carvings on it. There were also several lines of extremely peculiar writing.
“This was the cultivation residence of the genius Lian Luo?” Luo Feng frowned in confusion. “Did True Yan King mean this place?”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng jumped down from the rooftop and landed at the entrance. He looked at the number on the doorframe. It was indeed 0290028981.
“The number is correct. This is the place.”
Luo Feng leapt back onto the rooftop.
“These rooftop carvings…”
Luo Feng carefully observed them.
Almost all the buildings in Chaos City were made from the same type of ore. This ore, which had appeared in the Original Universe, would not decay even after billions of years and was extremely miraculous. The carvings on it had endured billions of years, yet they remained remarkably clear.
“Sword intent?”
Luo Feng looked at some of the random carvings scattered across the rooftop. He crouched down and carefully examined and experienced them. Many of these seemingly random carvings indeed shared similarities with the Nine Universe Chaos Stele.
“There is a feeling of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele, but it is fragmented and lacks a system. What’s the use of that?”
“But True Yan King told me to come here.”
Luo Feng swept his gaze across the rooftop and suddenly noticed several lines of peculiar writing along its edge.
“Babata, translate it for me. What does it mean?” Luo Feng said inwardly.
“No problem!”
Babata quickly translated it.
A translated passage appeared on the screen of Luo Feng’s arm guard.
“I, Lian Luo, comprehended the Nine Universe Chaos Stele. After 3,000 years of comprehension, I finally created the Floating Blood Secret Manual. Haha, once Floating Blood was completed, the first three diagrams contained no more mysteries for me. Everything became incomparably clear. These three diagrams are the foundation for comprehending the Nine Universe Chaos Stele. How many people can compare with the solidity of my foundation? Even if others comprehend the fourth diagram, their comprehension of space may not necessarily surpass mine. As for how to cultivate the fourth, fifth and sixth diagrams, I already have complete confidence. In the future, I will definitely become Immortal, and I will definitely become a King!”
There were only 108 characters in those few lines.
The number of characters was slightly different after being translated into Chinese.
“So confident?”
Luo Feng was startled.
The intense excitement and confidence contained in this passage were so strong that even though billions of years had passed, Luo Feng seemed to be able to see the distant ancient era, when a peerless genius had created Floating Blood and, filled with confidence in the future, left behind these words.
“Indeed, his rate of progress was astonishing. After breaking through to become Immortal, he was directly granted the title of Marquis. When he eventually fell, he had lived for less than 100,000 years. If he had lived longer, perhaps becoming a King really would not have been a problem.”
Luo Feng nodded inwardly.
With his rate of progress, he was in no way inferior to Bolan.
…
Standing on the rooftop, Luo Feng remained silent for a long time.
“Luo Feng.” Babata called out. “What Lian Luo said should be correct. The first three diagrams are the foundation of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele. Floating Blood was praised by True Yan King as one of the best basic secret techniques. For him to have created this secret technique, his comprehension of the first three diagrams must have reached an absolutely top tier level.”
“The stronger the foundation, the greater the potential for future progress. It’s like when you challenged the first level of the Heavenly Bridge. Your opponent only used three golden swords, yet he was able to unleash greater power than you could with nine golden swords using the Heavenly Sword Form.”
Luo Feng had understood the importance of a foundation long ago. To build a skyscraper, one first needed a solid foundation. The stronger the foundation, the more astonishing the eventual achievement.
Lian Luo’s foundation had clearly reached an extremely peak level.
Luo Feng silently stared at those lines of writing.
Silently watching…
“What are you looking at? Are you listening to me?” Babata shouted unhappily.
“Don’t disturb me.”
Luo Feng’s expression became solemn. His eyes shone brightly as he stared at the 108 strange characters he could not understand at all.
“True Yan King told me to come here. He must have wanted me to look at these 108 characters.”
“What?” Babata was shocked.
“I didn’t notice it before, but after looking at them for a while, I sensed it.”
Luo Feng stared intently at them.
“Each of these 108 characters has a slightly different artistic conception, but when all 108 characters are combined, they form an incomparably perfect whole. If you don’t carefully experience them, you won’t realise that the artistic conception of every single one of these 108 characters is actually different.”
The third diagram of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele flashed through Luo Feng’s mind.
That third diagram was the “Heavy Rain Diagram”, which contained a total of 108 raindrops.
“Terrifying.”
“Far too terrifying.”
The shock in Luo Feng’s eyes was impossible to conceal.
“He actually expressed all the artistic conceptions of the Heavy Rain Diagram through these 108 characters.”
Although he still could not fully see through them, after carefully experiencing them and comparing them, he could discover the connection.
Compared with the overly abstract raindrops, these characters, whose strokes were complex and resembled sword techniques, were much more vivid.
“The information I searched earlier said that Floating Blood is a sword based secret technique. That’s right. Every character is a sword technique. 108 sets of sword techniques completely interpret the foundation of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele.”
Luo Feng finally realised how terrifying the genius called Lian Luo had been.
He had no time to marvel.
Luo Feng had already become completely immersed in these 108 characters. Comparing them with the insights he had previously gained from observing the Nine Universe Chaos Stele, he desperately tried to trace the marks of the 108 sets of sword techniques within them.