True Yan King, Tong Nan King, and Longyu King could not help but smile when they saw the group of young people arrive on the island. They immediately left the Virtual Universe and disappeared.
“Mr Bafen,” Wuka hurriedly called out. “Did Luo Feng pass the third level?”
A group of young people from the various human races looked at Supervisor Bafen.
“Mm.” Supervisor Bafen smiled. “Yes, just now.”
“What about the fourth level?” Wild Man Rong Jun asked. The other young people around him immediately held their breath. Luo Feng passing the third level had already left them looking up to him. If Luo Feng managed to pass the fourth level, this group of people would probably collapse.
No matter how large the gap was, it should not be this ridiculous, right?
“He failed,” Supervisor Bafen said.
“Thank goodness.”
The group breathed a sigh of relief. At least this meant they still had the courage to catch up. But immediately afterwards, many of them felt helpless. Every one of them was a super genius in the universe, yet they were now being forced into a situation where they felt they could not catch up.
“Before coming to Chaos City, the gap between him and me was not that large. Now I have not even passed the second level, while he has passed the third.” Jiang Mo clenched his fists.
Within Chaos City, the ancient city that had existed for countless billions of years and was shrouded in streams of chaos.
“I really am not used to long hair.” Luo Feng waved his hand. A sharp aura burst from his palm, rapidly trimming his hair into short hair. He then leapt directly from the rooftop and landed in an alley.
“Luo Feng, you consecutively passed the second and third levels. You have now obtained 6,000 points and two more opportunities to comprehend the Chaos Stele. How are you planning to distribute them?” Babata’s voice sounded in his mind.
“I passed the third level, so I now have the qualifications to attend lessons under the various experts in Chaos City.” Luo Feng smiled. “As for these 6,000 points, I cannot use them recklessly. I only received ten times the reward because I am a newcomer. Once I leave Chaos City, I am afraid it will be very difficult to obtain points in the future.”
“Points can only be obtained through certain methods stipulated by Virtual Universe Company, so I must save them.”
“As for the two opportunities to comprehend the stele…”
“I have not comprehended the ‘Nine Universe Chaos Stele’ for almost ten years, and I have many doubts in my heart. Today, I will use one of the opportunities.” Luo Feng walked through the alley and soon arrived on the main street. “As for the second opportunity, there is no hurry. I will decide later.”
His figure was as fast as lightning.
He soon arrived outside the City Lord’s Mansion. The City Lord’s Mansion occupied an enormous area, and Luo Feng quickly made his way to the familiar, tall and spacious corridor leading to the secret chambers. Along the corridor, there were huge bronze looking doors on both sides. Soon, he arrived before the bronze door bearing the word ‘Nine Universe’.
“Lord Kandry.” Luo Feng respectfully saluted the three eyed elder guarding the door.
“Mm.” Kandry smiled and nodded. He then slowly closed his eyes. After a moment, he opened them again. “Not bad. You have made considerable progress. You now have two opportunities to comprehend the stele.”
“I plan to use one.” Luo Feng said solemnly.
“You are very lucky. There is no one inside the secret chamber right now.” Kandry smiled and pointed towards the enormous bronze door behind him. With a rumbling sound, the bronze door slowly opened. Dense streams of chaos swirled inside, making everything within appear hazy. Luo Feng’s face lit up with joy. “Thank you, Lord.”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng immediately rushed into the cultivation chamber.
…
Inside the cultivation chamber, streams of chaos surrounded an enormous Chaos Stele.
“Every opportunity to comprehend the stele is extremely precious. Although there are many people in Chaos City and sometimes one has to queue before entering, sometimes I am the only person here.” Luo Feng rushed directly before the Nine Universe Chaos Stele, his gaze immediately falling upon the first picture on the stele, the ‘Rain Drop Picture’.
The nine raindrops in the Rain Drop Picture contained incredible magic, directly drawing Luo Feng’s spiritual consciousness completely into them.
At this moment!
All three of Luo Feng’s consciousnesses became immersed in the Rain Drop Picture. Each raindrop began to evolve numerous artistic conceptions in his mind. Only the first raindrop no longer held any mysteries for Luo Feng. He had completely seen through its essence and glimpsed its true nature.
The Rain Drop Picture contained nine artistic conceptions.
For ordinary cultivators comprehending the Rain Drop Picture, once they understood the artistic conception and could display it themselves, it represented a passing grade. But what Luo Feng needed to do was different. He needed to truly see through its essence!
It was like an examination paper containing ordinary questions and bonus questions.
Getting all the ordinary questions correct would give 100 marks.
Getting both the ordinary questions and bonus questions correct would give 150 marks!
Ordinary cultivators’ understanding of the nine raindrops in the Rain Drop Picture would reach a level equivalent to 100 marks.
Right now, Luo Feng’s understanding of the other eight raindrops was roughly at the 90 mark level. Only the first raindrop had reached the 150 mark level!
If one’s comprehension of all nine raindrops in the Rain Drop Picture reached a passing level, one could generally pass the first three levels of the Heavenly Bridge.
As for Luo Feng, eight raindrops were close to passing, while one raindrop could be considered perfect!
“Right now, what I need to do is not rush off to study the ‘Fine Rain Picture’. Instead, I need to bring all nine raindrops in the Rain Drop Picture to perfection.” Luo Feng clearly knew what he needed to do.
…
Under the guidance of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele, Luo Feng’s spiritual consciousness continued to have countless insights into the Rain Drop Picture emerge in his mind. Whenever he grasped something profound, he could not help but smile.
“Come out!” A voice entered his mind.
“Come out!” “Come out!” “Come out!” “Come out!”…
The voice was initially not loud, but it continuously echoed and overlapped in his mind, becoming louder and louder. It stimulated Luo Feng and directly awakened him from that profound state. He could only grit his teeth in regret and fly outwards. “What a pity, time is up again.”
Outside the cultivation chamber, three people were already waiting.
“What a pity.”
“It would have been wonderful if I could stay longer.” Luo Feng walked along the street outside the City Lord’s Mansion, still feeling somewhat unwilling to leave. The feeling of comprehending the Nine Universe Chaos Stele was simply too wonderful. Unlike ordinary comprehension, where one would sometimes awaken because of mental fatigue, there was not the slightest trace of fatigue before the Nine Universe Chaos Stele.
He did not even need to actively comprehend it. As long as he was guided into it by the Nine Universe Chaos Stele, he could gain countless insights.
“I should have now reached a passing level in the other eight artistic conceptions of the Rain Drop Picture.” Luo Feng thought to himself. “Previously, they were around the 90 mark level. Now all eight artistic conceptions can be considered 100 marks.”
“But…”
“My goal is for all nine artistic conceptions to reach 150 marks.” Luo Feng smiled.
The higher one went, the more difficult it became.
The bonus questions on an examination paper were much harder than the ordinary questions. It was the same principle. Seeing through the essence and merely knowing how to use something differed enormously in difficulty.
“Whoosh… inhale…” Luo Feng raised his head and looked at the sky. It had been a long time since he had felt this relaxed.
Looking at the distant sky, the many spatial cracks and those crystalline threads, the countless complicated secret patterns intertwining and circulating, the enormous entity that was the universe had its operating laws displayed before Luo Feng and countless others. Yet even when they were displayed, it would still take an extremely long time to comprehend them completely.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.
“Finally, finally, is it about to break through?”
Luo Feng immediately transformed into a blur and rushed back into the resting room of his own cultivation residence, which was not far from the City Lord’s Mansion.
…
Inside Luo Feng’s internal world.
On the vast metal continent, the Golden Horned Beast, which resembled a black mountain range, and the black robed Luo Feng, the Mosha Clan clone beside it, both looked excitedly towards the sky.
“Finally, it is about to break through!”
“Finally, I am about to break through to the Domain Lord level!”
Normally, advancing from the ninth level of the Universe Grade to the Domain Lord level would take around 500 years. Sometimes it would take an additional 100 years, and sometimes 100 years less. It was not an absolute figure.
But Luo Feng relied on the optimal metal combination to expand his internal world at the highest possible efficiency, increasing his efficiency by 56 times!
Logically speaking, Luo Feng should have broken through seven or eight years after entering Chaos City.
But now he was a full three years late!
First, the evolution itself had indeed taken somewhat longer. Second, Luo Feng himself was to blame!
Because during these ten years of comprehending laws and bitter cultivation, Luo Feng’s three consciousnesses would often enter a state of comprehension once, and only awaken again after one or two months, or even three or four months.
The internal world needed to devour metal just like a person needed to eat! It needed to eat regularly! For example, if an ordinary person went hungry for three days, they could not eat three days’ worth of food in one go after those three days.
The same principle applied here.
Normally, after the internal world devoured metal to its maximum extent once, it could sustain its consumption for around one or two months.
But if Luo Feng spent three or four months comprehending the laws in a single session, then after he awakened and had the internal world devour metal again, it could only devour enough to sustain one or two months of consumption at most! This caused his rate of evolution to slow down.
…
Luo Feng’s comprehension of the laws was extremely important, and Babata did not dare disturb him casually at critical moments, naturally resulting in this situation!
Moreover, whether it was Luo Feng or Babata, both understood very clearly that these 30 years in Chaos City were extremely important. They had to give it everything they had. As for the Golden Horned Beast delaying its evolution by two or three years, that was a minor matter!
Comprehending the laws was the major matter!
…
“Rumble~~~”
Countless streams of golden mist merged into the continent. The metal continent continued expanding, with large amounts of land being formed. After a long time, the entire continental plate was finally completely formed.
Everything became still.
The evolution of the internal world had succeeded.
From its previous length and width of 9,000 kilometres, it directly leapt to a length and width of 100,000 kilometres!
…
Within Luo Feng’s original nucleus.
Inside the original nucleus, the spiral galaxy was beautiful and brilliant, while at the centre of the spiral galaxy was the enormous black hole. There were also eight small black holes on the eight spiral arms.
After the transformation of the internal world succeeded, the spiral galaxy immediately began an astonishing change.
“Rumble~~~”
The devouring power of the central black hole and the eight black holes on the spiral arms suddenly soared. The surrounding stars were frantically devoured. In particular, the central black hole continuously grew larger, becoming bigger and bigger. Gradually, even the eight small black holes beside it were affected by its gravitational pull and began moving closer.
Devour!
The central black hole devoured everything it could, becoming larger and larger. Gradually, all eight small black holes were successively devoured into it.
A moment later.
The entire spiral galaxy disappeared, leaving behind only a single supermassive black hole.
“Boom, boom, boom~~~”
The supermassive black hole suddenly collapsed inwards. The entire black region rapidly shrank at a visible speed inside the original nucleus. This black hole collapse was simply heart trembling. In the blink of an eye, the entire black hole collapsed and disappeared. At the centre of the original black hole, a grey sphere appeared.
Puff!
The grey sphere seemed like a snake shedding its skin. A layer of grey outer shell directly peeled away. This spherical grey shell continuously expanded, expanded, expanded…
Larger and larger!
The grey spherical shell continued growing until it became as large as the entire original nucleus. Then, without making the slightest sound, this grey spherical shell completely merged with the original nucleus, causing Luo Feng’s core, the original nucleus, to undergo some special changes.
…
As the core underwent changes, the two major clones within the internal world, the Golden Horned Beast and the Mosha Clan clone, also began evolving at the same time.