The Star Tower Disappears

City Lord's Mansion, Chaos Ruins.

After Luo Feng left Zhenyan King's residence, he came to see Chaos City Lord. He was somewhat dissatisfied that his proposal to exchange the Qijing Stone for half ownership of Earth was not accepted. However, he also understood... Chaos City Lord was merely one of the dozen or so Universe Masters in the human race. Although powerful, he hadn't reached the level of the Giant Axe Creator, where no one dared to defy him. Moreover, throughout these long years, Chaos City Lord had meticulously taught and guided him... making Luo Feng increasingly admire his teacher's magnanimity and character.

His two teachers, Zhenyan King and Chaos City Lord, had completely different personalities.

Zhenyan King was straightforward, with a hint of ferocity in his nature. If he treated someone well, he would go to any lengths for them. When he learned Luo Feng was being hunted by Howling Mirror King, even without absolute certainty, he still went to battle in a fit of rage.

Chaos City Lord, on the other hand, oversaw the entire human race! Most matters concerning the human race were decided by him, from their rise to prosperity... he meticulously handled every decision. He always paid close attention to fairness, treating his disciples with the guiding principle of 'considering the race's interests.' At the very least, this earned Chaos City Lord Luo Feng's deep respect.

...

“Teacher,” Luo Feng greeted respectfully.

An ancient and intricate dark red Combat Armor, with a scaled tail extending from its battle skirt, and a fierce face covered in secret patterns beneath a pair of fiery red horns—this was another avatar of Chaos City Lord. Only his eyes, as vast as the infinite starry sky, drew people in without the slightest fear.

“What brings you to see me?” Chaos City Lord asked.

“This disciple will temporarily leave human territory. Before I depart, I wished to inform Teacher,” Luo Feng replied.

“Oh, it seems your visit to Zhenyan was also for this matter.” Chaos City Lord nodded slightly. The Primal Universe was under his command, so anything that happened within it could be easily known if he wished. However, Chaos City Lord wouldn't stoop to eavesdropping on Luo Feng and Zhenyan King's conversation, so he naturally didn't know the details.

“Are you aware of the dangers outside?” Chaos City Lord inquired.

“I am,” Luo Feng nodded gravely. “The Insectoid race, the Monster race, the Machine race... all wish to eradicate me by any means necessary.”

“And you still wish to go?” Chaos City Lord continued.

Luo Feng nodded.

“Then go,” Chaos City Lord nodded. “You are no longer weak; you should make your own decisions. Just remember, you don't only represent yourself, but also your family and your Earthling lineage. Remembering this is enough.”

“Yes, Teacher,” Luo Feng bowed. “This disciple takes his leave.”

“Go.”

Chaos City Lord added, “If you encounter danger you cannot withstand, crush the token I gave you.”

Luo Feng nodded slightly, and with a ripple in space, he vanished from the Chaos Ruins.

In this expanse of Chaos Ruins... only Chaos City Lord remained.

“This disciple of mine lay low for nearly twenty thousand years, and as soon as he appeared, his strength was already this formidable,” Chaos City Lord murmured. “Now he's leaving human territory again. He must have had some extraordinary encounter, and that encounter must have taken place somewhere in the cosmos.”

Chaos City Lord had long suspected this, but he wouldn't interfere with Luo Feng.

In his view...

Luo Feng possessed the 'Jiuyou avatar.' Even if he suffered a great loss or stumbled outside human territory, he could easily reform and revive, at most losing some supreme treasures. Since that was the case, Luo Feng's path should naturally be walked by himself!

“Insectoid race, Monster race, Machine race?”

“If you knew Luo Feng had the 'Jiuyou avatar,' you would probably despair. You could spend any price to kill Luo Feng's avatar and obtain some supreme treasures at most, but to truly kill him?” Chaos City Lord was very confident. Although he excelled in close combat, he was also an absolute master of soul techniques. Coupled with the Primal Universe being under his control, he could vaguely discern within the Primal Universe—Luo Feng's will and consciousness were already on par with a Universe Master!

Divine power determines consciousness!

Consciousness also subtly influences will. Cultivating for 180 million years... coupled with this breakthrough to Universe Venerable, Luo Feng's consciousness and will had indeed reached the level of a Universe Master.

However, Chaos City Lord was mistaken on one point... if the foreign races truly killed Luo Feng's avatar, the supreme treasures they would obtain would be heaven-defying items like 'Jie Jia,' 'Shi Wu Wings,' and 'Beast God Armor.' Even obtaining one would be a huge gain for the foreign races.

...

Leaving Chaos City, he first returned to his God Kingdom, then used its teleportation to directly travel to the Star Tower in the Outer Territory Battlefield!

Inside the Star Tower, which had stood majestically in the void for countless ages, within its core hall.

A hazy gray light illuminated.

Luo Feng emerged from it.

“Star Tower.” Luo Feng surveyed the desolate hall. It was here, years ago, that he had received the life-and-death inheritance.

“With my current divine power, I should be able to activate the Star Tower.”

Boom!

Luo Feng's divine power instantly ignited, spreading rapidly across the hall's floor like an electric current, layer by layer, into the Star Tower's inner core. It flowed into the colossal Sky-Reaching Pillars, the countless Sealing Stars, and more. The burning divine power moved like river water through channels, coursing over the myriad secret patterns of the Sky-Reaching Pillars and Sealing Stars. The patterns were so intricate that Luo Feng understood almost nothing, only vaguely grasping the easiest and most superficial parts. Moments later, the burning divine power integrated into every part of the Star Tower.

“Rise!” Luo Feng roared softly!

“Buzz~~” The entire Star Tower subtly rose 20 centimeters, then slowly descended 20 centimeters. Given its immense, light-year-sized volume, no one could detect such a minute fluctuation.

Luo Feng withdrew his divine power. Simultaneously, his Golden Horned Beast avatar in his spatial ring transmitted streams of divine power, rapidly replenishing his consumption.

“My Earthling true body is also a Universe Venerable with a 9800-fold life gene level. I feel capable of activating the Star Tower, but the divine power consumption is simply too much. Without the Golden Horned Beast to replenish it, that single full activation just now consumed nearly 30% of my divine body.” Luo Feng was astonished.

“It seems I understand too little about the Star Tower's secret patterns.”

While powerful divine power could forcibly activate it, the consumption would be exorbitant.

If he could comprehend a large number of the Star Tower's activation mysteries, it would be much easier.

...

Luo Feng left the core hall and began to wander within the Star Tower, using its internal teleportation to travel to various locations.

The Sky-Reaching Pillars... stretched endlessly out of sight.

Luo Feng caressed the colossal secret pattern carvings on the Sky-Reaching Pillars, sighing inwardly, “Truly incredible. Even the most superficial secret patterns... feel so perfect. And the countless secret patterns of the entire Star Tower are even more complex and complete than the 'Miniature Universe Secret Pattern Map.' It's... truly worthy of being a supreme treasure.”

He walked through various places.

He observed each Sky-Reaching Pillar, the countless Sealing Stars, and even the various 'spaces' within the Star Tower, where numerous foreign races were adventuring and battling. Yet, Luo Feng could perceive the incredibly complex mysteries behind the formation of each space.

...

He observed everywhere, carefully experiencing it all.

After observing for a full 32 days, Luo Feng returned to the core hall, closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged. His consciousness fully merged with the entire Star Tower, and all its secret pattern carvings appeared in his mind... Luo Feng began his dedicated research. As the saying goes, 'sharpening the axe won't delay the chopping of wood.' The more thoroughly he researched the Star Tower's secret patterns... the greater power he could naturally unleash!

Profound!

Complex!

Time, space, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light... it seemed all kinds of law threads were intertwined within, perfectly combined, making it tens of thousands of times more complex than the Miniature Universe Secret Pattern Map. After all, the Miniature Universe Secret Pattern Map was only tens of billions of kilometers in diameter, while this Star Tower was nine light-years tall!

If the 'Miniature Universe Map' was a small room, then the Star Tower was a skyscraper formed by the perfect combination of countless small rooms.

“Fortunately, I belong to the Secret Pattern Stream.”

“Otherwise, merely understanding the laws of space and metal, who knows how long it would take to comprehend its mysteries.” Luo Feng, who had been sitting cross-legged for nearly three years, finally opened his eyes. “I've finally comprehended one layer of its mystery.”

Without understanding, one would only feel the Star Tower was completely incomprehensible.

But after truly comprehending one layer, he realized the Star Tower was as vast as the ocean, and felt its power even more profoundly.

“With my current ability, I've only comprehended one layer,” Luo Feng looked up at the core hall. “It's almost enough. Activating it should be much easier now.”

“Boom!”

Luo Feng's eyes lit up, and his entire body instantly ignited with divine power. Endless divine power rapidly transmitted and infused, instantly filling the nine-light-year-tall Star Tower. The outermost, simplest first layer of the secret pattern carvings could now be fully activated, making Luo Feng feel hundreds, even thousands of times more at ease than before.

“Before I take it away, I must expel all the warriors from various races who are adventuring within the Star Tower in the Outer Territory Battlefield,” Luo Feng mused.

...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

From the numerous passages on the lowest level of the Star Tower, figures from various cosmic races were blasted out one by one. In an instant, millions of foreign races appeared outside the Star Tower, completely stunned.

“What's happening?”

“I was just adventuring inside, then I was directly teleported to a passage and blasted out.”

“I was blasted out too.”

“Why would the Star Tower blast us out?”

Each passage ejected a large number of foreign races. These warriors from different races and factions were not fighting at all; every single one was utterly astonished. In the countless ages since the Star Tower appeared in the Outer Territory Battlefield, such a scene had never occurred.

To actually expel the cultivators within? It was too strange!

“Look, the Nine-Swirl Nebula has vanished!”

“The Nine-Swirl Nebula is gone!” Millions of immortal foreign warriors were utterly stunned in the void, witnessing the endlessly powerful Nine-Swirl Nebula directly dissipate.

“Look, the Star Tower is shrinking!”

“It's shrinking!”

The majestic Star Tower, nine light-years tall, seemingly covering half the cosmos, rapidly shrank with astonishing speed. In just a blink, it transformed from nine light-years tall to merely one kilometer. The one-kilometer-tall Star Tower... then vanished into thin air, completely disappearing.

“The Star Tower is gone!”

“How is that possible?!”

A wave of terror spread.

Immediately, this news spread back to all races with incredible frenzy. Although no one deliberately fanned the flames this time, the news of 'the Star Tower disappearing' spread even faster than the news of Luo Feng killing a Universe Overlord back then! This was because the shock value of this news was thousands, even tens of thousands of times greater! A supreme treasure that billions of cosmic races had coveted for ages had actually vanished?