Glory

In one spot on the mountainside of Thunder Island, a waterfall, like a rushing river, hung down, crashing into the vast lake below. Within the lake was a small island, several kilometers in diameter, where eight figures were conversing. “Chaos City Lord is the pillar of our human race, having made immeasurable contributions to our kind! But we are talking about Daohe King Luo Feng. What does Chaos City Lord’s great contribution have to do with Luo Feng? Hmph, Chaos City Lord’s status relies on his strength, on countless battles, and on the immense contributions he has made to our human race… As for this Daohe King Luo Feng, he’s just a cultivated genius who has always been using the race’s resources. I haven’t seen him make any contributions! What contribution has he made to receive a supreme treasure for free? What contribution has he made to receive a Beast God inheritance token for free?” “Geniuses only consume resources; they are actually indebted to the race!” “While we, on the other hand, earn resources for the race!” “With no contributions and strength inferior to ours, what right does he have to be ranked alongside us?” A figure over eight meters tall, clad in black armor, with extremely thick arms, and a massive warhammer placed beside his seat, let out a deep roar. “Venerable Thunder speaks sense!” “Hmm, that’s right.” Several other Universe Venerables nodded. “Let’s speak less, after all, this is Chaos City Lord’s arrangement,” said a handsome man with six pairs of wings, who was drinking alone. “Even if Chaos City Lord made this arrangement, Luo Feng should know he isn’t qualified to occupy such a position,” Venerable Thunder’s voice was also like thunder, he said in a low tone, “Yet, he shamelessly built a palace on the mountainside. Building a palace doesn’t mean he’s qualified to be ranked alongside us.” “Look, Zhenyan is here.” “It’s Zhenyan.” “Don’t say too much, Zhenyan and Daohe King Luo Feng have an unusual relationship.” The eight Universe Venerables looked up and saw the ape-man Venerable Zhenyan flying over as a streak of light. Thunder Island is a gathering place for powerful beings. Friendships here are also based on status. Universe Venerables generally befriend each other. Venerable Zhenyan, who naturally enjoys making friends, has also befriended many Universe Venerables. “Zhenyan, come, sit.” “Zhenyan, sit.” These Universe Venerables were all quite enthusiastic. Although they were displeased with Luo Feng, this didn’t mean they would take it out on Venerable Zhenyan. After all, over the years, Zhenyan’s genuine nature had indeed earned him many close Universe Venerable friends. “Hahaha, Blacksmith, you seem to be full of anger. What’s the matter, tell your brother.” Venerable Zhenyan walked directly opposite the handsome man with six pairs of wings and said, “Venerable Bloodwing, you don’t mind if I drink some of your wine, do you?” The winged man smiled slightly and immediately poured wine. Among these eight Universe Venerables, Venerable Bloodwing and Venerable Thunder were the strongest. “I am indeed full of anger. Do you know about your disciple Luo Feng?” Venerable Thunder’s voice was powerful. As soon as he spoke, the other seven Universe Venerables all looked over, seemingly blaming him, but Venerable Thunder glared back, “If I don’t say it, Zhenyan will still find out later!” “Know what?” Venerable Zhenyan was startled. “You mean Luo Feng, are you talking about him breaking through to Immortality…?” “What does his breakthrough to Immortality have to do with me?” Venerable Thunder said, “Do you know that Chaos City Lord actually arranged for him to build a palace directly on the mountainside, just like us many Universe Venerables?” Zhenyan was stunned. Venerable Thunder quickly added, “He is only an Immortal, how can an Immortal build a palace on the mountainside?” “This, this…” Venerable Zhenyan was also somewhat taken aback. “Perhaps Chaos City Lord has some special ideas.” “No matter what, it shouldn’t be like this. How can this convince us Universe Venerables? Could it be that Luo Feng also possesses strength comparable to ours… Haha, do you believe that?” Venerable Thunder said. Venerable Zhenyan hesitated. Universe Venerables and Immortals are completely different tiers. In terms of divine power alone, there is usually a difference of hundreds of times! Plus the huge gap in law comprehension! Plus the difference in the profundity of the secret techniques created… The strength difference is at least several thousand times, or even more. So even Howling Mirror King and Bug Chasing King rely on their heaven-defying innate secret techniques to defeat some ordinary Universe Venerables. Without innate secret techniques… even if their divine body has a slight advantage, the huge gap in law comprehension would lead to their utter defeat. “It’s not that we are jealous, but the race has its rules!” Venerable Thunder shook his head and said, “Everything must be done according to the rules, otherwise, how can the many powerful beings be convinced? Anyway, this matter has already caused dissatisfaction among many powerful beings. It’s just that no one dares to challenge Chaos City Lord’s authority. So everyone is just communicating in secret, waiting to see your disciple become a laughingstock. I’m not saying… if you want what’s best for your disciple, you should quickly make him move out of the mountainside, otherwise, he’ll bring humiliation upon himself. And he’ll inexplicably make many Universe Venerables dislike him, won’t that be a huge loss?” “Thunder is straightforward, but what he says makes sense,” Venerable Bloodwing chuckled softly. “Zhenyan, you have to consider your disciple.” Venerable Zhenyan’s expression also turned grim. … In the Glory World of the Ancestral God Sect, at the open-air plaza. Luo Feng was conversing with Thousand Rain King. “Luo Feng.” Suddenly a figure appeared beside him. Luo Feng looked up, surprised, and said, “Teacher, why are you here? I sent you an email earlier; if you want to find me, just call me in the Virtual Universe, and I’ll be right there.” “Thousand Rain King, I have something to discuss with Luo Feng,” Venerable Zhenyan said. Thousand Rain King immediately left obediently. As soon as Venerable Zhenyan sat down, he immediately set up a sound barrier around them, then stared at Luo Feng: “I just received your email, but on Thunder Island, I was cornered by many of my friends.” “Cornered by friends?” Luo Feng blinked. “It’s all because of you,” Venerable Zhenyan shook his head. “Your settling on the mountainside of Thunder Island has clearly caused dissatisfaction among many Universe Venerables.” “Do they really need to be so petty?” Luo Feng shook his head. “You are wrong,” Venerable Zhenyan frowned and said, “They possess eternal life, and their loved ones have long since grown old and passed away one by one. In their lives… they are merely pursuing the path of the strong, cultivating diligently through long ages to achieve their current status! Therefore, they actually attach great importance to status… these seemingly worthless honors.” Luo Feng was startled. “Status, glory!” Venerable Zhenyan said softly. “Like me, trapped at the peak of Sector Lord for endless ages, I could only hide in Chaos City. Only by breaking through to the rank of Universe Venerable… can one once again become a prominent figure, and gain extremely high status and glory!” “This status and glory are earned through strength and contributions to the race,” Venerable Zhenyan sighed. “If they don’t even care about status and glory, then what else can Universe Venerables pursue?” Luo Feng completely understood. He had wandered the universe for fifty thousand years, observing mostly the weak. How many Universe Venerables had he observed? So he hadn’t realized… that Universe Venerables are, in fact, merely a type of life, just incredibly powerful and great beings, and they too have things they are attached to. With family ties gone… then the race and one’s own status and glory will be what many powerful beings pursue. For the race, they can die! For glory, they can also die! “I understand now,” Luo Feng sighed. “No wonder this matter has caused so much dissatisfaction among so many powerful beings. Indeed… it’s not surprising they’re dissatisfied! If I were a Universe Venerable, and suddenly an Immortal genius gained the same glory as me, I would also feel very displeased.” “You are still young, and have always been the most dazzling, so it’s normal that you didn’t realize this before,” Venerable Zhenyan said. Luo Feng nodded. Yes. On the path of the strong, status and glory are indeed very important. If one were to become an unknown, marginalized figure, silently becoming an Immortal, silently becoming a Universe Venerable, silently perishing… then such a path of the strong would be truly dull. What truly makes one’s blood boil… are the battles on this journey! It’s life-and-death struggles! It’s glory! “I understand,” Luo Feng grinned. “I will prove it with facts, I will make those Universe Venerables understand my strength, Luo Feng. Isn’t it just defeating a Universe Venerable?” “Defeat a Universe Venerable?” Venerable Zhenyan was surprised. He hadn’t witnessed Luo Feng’s breakthrough to Immortality, so even though he trusted Luo Feng, he couldn’t imagine… a human Immortal being able to defeat a Universe Venerable. After all, even Howling Mirror King could only bully the most ordinary Universe Venerables, and almost lost his life when encountering Venerable Zhenyan. One must know that Howling Mirror King was a heaven-defying special lifeform with a 2000-fold life gene level. From this, it is clear… the gap between Immortals and Universe Venerables is indeed enormous. “Teacher, you don’t believe me?” Luo Feng chuckled. “Just watch.” … Meanwhile, at another spot in the open-air plaza. “Howling Mirror King, look, Daohe King is right there.” Howling Mirror King was also seated among the many alien powerful beings of the Northern Territory Alliance, gazing from afar at Luo Feng and Venerable Zhenyan. Venerable Zhenyan and Luo Feng… were the two he hated most on Purple Thorn Island. “Indeed, his aura is stronger,” Howling Mirror King sneered. “It seems this Daohe King has truly broken through to Immortality. It’s been over eighty thousand years. His law comprehension was already very high back then. I didn’t expect him to endure for over eighty thousand years before breaking through to Immortality and reappearing. He truly has patience.” “I’ve waited eighty thousand years,” Howling Mirror King gritted his teeth. He had no confidence in dealing with Venerable Zhenyan. But… to deal with the renowned Daohe King first, he had a hundred percent confidence. “You are an Immortal, and I am an Immortal. My personally dealing with you… wouldn’t count as bullying you. After all, you are a peerless genius renowned throughout the universe.” Howling Mirror King grinned, revealing his fangs. Just then, Luo Feng and Venerable Zhenyan, who were in the distance, saw Venerable Zhenyan stand up and then vanish into thin air. Seeing this, Howling Mirror King’s heart suddenly stirred. He then stood up and walked directly towards the Hong Alliance inheritors. “Howling Mirror King is here.” “Howling Mirror King is coming over.” The thousands of Hong Alliance inheritors all turned to look, and even Luo Feng looked over with a slight疑问.