Mo Yu

The intense emotions emanating from the unknown script on the stone wall plunged Luo Feng into a furious assault, vaguely hearing an ancient, powerful entity roar in his ear: "One by one, they die, one by one! No one can escape, no one! I refuse to accept this, I refuse to accept this!"

Luo Feng quickly regained his clarity.

"The emotions contained within the script were so potent, imbued with his very will," Luo Feng marveled. "For a terrifying entity that perished in an unknown cycle of eras to leave behind such powerful script, his strength must have been unimaginable. However, this script was identical to the one used when supreme treasures transmitted information."

"Supreme treasures, one after another, come into existence, yet no one knows who truly created them. The Original Universe? The Universe Ocean? Or something else entirely..."

"It now seems that many circulating supreme treasures are likely connected to this powerful, annihilated civilization," Luo Feng mused.

Luo Feng turned to look at his teacher beside him.

Zuoshan Ke, however, watched silently. With his strength, he wasn't affected by the script's intense emotions, but his gaze held a hint of sorrow. After a long moment, he slowly shook his head and looked at Luo Feng: "Luo Feng, this mysterious powerful being who left behind this script is stronger than me, stronger than any Universe Supreme Master. Even your human Original Ancestor likely wouldn't compare. Perhaps only the Ancestors of the two Holy Land Universes could rival him."

"So incredibly powerful, yet his end was so tragic..." Zuoshan Ke shook his head. "The three cycles of eras currently active in our Universe Ocean, and the two Holy Land Universes—who knows which individuals or races will survive after thousands, or even tens of thousands, of cycles of eras."

Luo Feng was startled.

Indeed.

It won't take long; after just three more cycles of eras, among the vast number of powerful beings active now, perhaps only the two Holy Land Universes will survive. To create another 'Holy Land Universe' is simply too difficult.

"Teacher," Luo Feng said softly but firmly, his eyes sharp as blades. "Hope might be slim, but the two Holy Lands exist. We all see that hope! No matter what, we must fight for it! I've only lived for a little over a hundred thousand years, which is incredibly brief compared to a cycle of eras. If I can reach this stage today, then in hundreds of millions, tens of billions of years... or even longer, I will surely ascend to greater heights! If there's no path, I'll carve one out myself, especially since powerful beings have succeeded before!"

Zuoshan Ke glanced at Luo Feng, then smiled and nodded: "Haha, I was indeed influenced by those words. Youngsters are different; full of vigor. That's the kind of spirit we need. Old fellows who've lived for endless ages, unable to break through for so long, have long had their drive worn away. Work hard, and perhaps in the future, your teacher will even need your help."

"'Need my help...'" Luo Feng's heart stirred.

"Come, let's see what else the powerful being who once lived here left behind," Zuoshan Ke said.

"Yes."

Luo Feng followed closely.

Both Luo Feng and Zuoshan Ke were extraordinary. As they explored, their figures moved like streaks of light, their gazes sweeping over everything and committing it to memory, naturally moving at extreme speeds.

"The entire island was incredibly serene, completely different from other parts of the abyss. Yet, there wasn't a single plant or treasure on the island, only endless palaces..." Luo Feng mused, when suddenly, Zuoshan Ke, who was ahead, took a step and instantly appeared inside the third palace in the distance.

"Luo Feng, come here," Zuoshan Ke's voice held a hint of excitement.

Luo Feng slightly increased his speed, instantly arriving inside the palace. Within the enormous courtyard of the massive palace, there were elegant decorative carvings, and a colossal ornamental stone wall stood in the courtyard. The wall was about a thousand meters high and two thousand meters long, and an incredibly potent aura emanated from its entire surface.

"This is—" Luo Feng saw at a glance that this stone wall was covered in countless secret pattern designs, microscopic to a 'nanometer level.' These countless secret patterns seemed embedded in the stone wall, as if the wall were their nest, ultimately converging into a colossal, three-dimensional, bizarre secret pattern.

Boom!

A surge of aura impacted Luo Feng's consciousness.

What was originally just a stone wall transformed completely. The wall seemed to contain a world, a world filled with countless beings—whether rock-type lifeforms, metal-type lifeforms, or flesh-and-blood lifeforms. Billions upon billions of them all knelt, bowing in one direction, worshipping, and uttering a unified sound: 'Mo Yu,' 'Mo Yu'...

Mo Yu!

The sound reverberated, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami roaring.

"Luo Feng, wake up!" A powerful surge of divine power jolted Luo Feng awake.

"Teacher—" Luo Feng turned to look at his teacher, his heart filled with shock. It was too terrifying. What kind of secret art was this? He had studied the secret pattern flow and meticulously researched 'micro-universe secret patterns.' But compared to the vast, mysterious secret patterns contained within this stone wall, a micro-universe secret pattern was like a single flame next to a star.

Moreover, Luo Feng was certain that the scene he had just witnessed was caused by the secret patterns on the stone wall... And the entity who created those secret patterns, if they were to truly unleash that secret art, could undoubtedly make billions of beings submit. At the very least, a Universe Master would be utterly unable to resist, instantly becoming their slave.

"You truly are bold, to immediately gaze directly at the entire secret pattern on that stone wall. This secret pattern was left behind by an ancient entity, profound and unfathomable. Even I can only comprehend a tiny fraction of it," Zuoshan Ke said, pointing to the side. "I wanted you to look over here first."

Luo Feng followed his teacher's gaze.

It was a courtyard wall, with some lingering script on it. One glance was enough to know it was left by the same powerful being who left the frantic script seen earlier.

"'I finally broke through, but death will still arrive swiftly.'"

"'I refuse to accept this.'"

"'I regret it.'"

"'But it's too late... everything is too late. One by one, they died. I reached a new realm, comprehended my strongest ultimate technique, but it was too late. The ultimate technique represented by this secret pattern is my absolute peak, my absolute peak...'" The brief text, written with less fury and more sorrow, seemed to convey a sense of profound regret.

Luo Feng read the message on the wall and instantly understood. So, the incredible secret pattern on the stone wall, seemingly embedded within it, represented the pinnacle of that powerful being's achievements.

"This isn't the first instance," Zuoshan Ke said. "In the three Absolute Lands, especially in their core regions, there are often ancient ruins. These are left behind by super-entities from unknown cycles of eras ago. Including this one, I've encountered nine such ruins. Some ruins are highly useful, while others serve no purpose."

Luo Feng nodded.

Even he himself had obtained the ruins of Jie Fan Zi and discovered this. It wasn't surprising that Universe Supreme Masters who could enter the 'core regions' of the three Absolute Lands would discover numerous ancient ruins.

"This entity merely wanted to prove himself," Zuoshan Ke shook his head. "He didn't genuinely intend to pass on a legacy. If he did, even without detailed guidance, he would have at least left dozens of secret patterns, from low to high, so that future generations could properly study and ponder them. Instead, he directly left this most heaven-defying set of secret patterns here! Even I can't cultivate it, so who can?"

"The God-Eye Clan once got lucky and discovered a complete legacy of ancient ruins left by an ancient entity," Zuoshan Ke sighed. "Why don't I have such good fortune?"

"Luo Feng, I told you not to look at the stone wall, yet you're looking again," Zuoshan Ke couldn't help but say.

At this moment, Luo Feng was indeed staring at the stone wall.

However, he was only observing one corner of the stone wall, not the entire secret pattern as before. That corner... was roughly one ten-thousandth of the entire secret pattern. Countless micro-secret patterns were constructed together, even penetrating the interior of the stone wall, creating a strange sensation, as if 'the universe is made of fundamental particles' and 'fundamental particles combine to form living beings.'

Each of those micro-secret patterns was exquisitely beautiful, and the construction of countless micro-secret patterns completely captivated Luo Feng.

"Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light? Space-time? Fusion laws?"

"Nonsense."

"None of them. This is a completely different, even more subtle and unfathomable..." Luo Feng was utterly shaken.

Suddenly—

"Luo Feng, wake up!" Zuoshan Ke called out.

Luo Feng turned to look at his teacher: "Teacher, I wasn't affected this time; I'm perfectly clear-headed."

"You've been looking for over three days now," Zuoshan Ke shook his head helplessly. "Am I supposed to stand here indefinitely? While this secret pattern is profound and unfathomable, it's not aligned with my path."

"Ah, three days?" Luo Feng was startled. Completely immersed, time had indeed flown by.

"Teacher, this secret pattern is incredibly profound; I might not fully comprehend it even in billions of years. However, by studying its most fundamental aspects... it has given me insights into the secret pattern flow. My mastery of the secret pattern flow has been stuck at the 'Universe Venerable limit' for a long time, and I feel this is a breakthrough opportunity for me."

Zuoshan Ke smiled: "Haha, you're right. It's useless to me, but you also follow the secret pattern flow. The secret pattern flow requires observing and studying more secret patterns to have a chance at breaking through. While you were here for three days, I also watched for three days and gained some insights. I comprehended five great secret patterns from it; take a look!"

Whoosh!

Zuoshan Ke pointed to the tall courtyard wall beside them. Instantly, countless tiny secret patterns appeared on the stone wall, forming five massive secret patterns, each far more profound than 'micro-universe secret patterns,' positioned at five different spots on the wall.

"These five great secret patterns are what I comprehended from it, each possessing one-thousandth of that ultimate technique's power."

"With these as a springboard, your comprehension will be much faster," Zuoshan Ke stated directly.

Luo Feng gazed at the five great secret patterns, filled with awe. As expected of an entity capable of creating supreme treasures, their power was truly terrifying.

"Stop looking, it's time to go," Zuoshan Ke said with a smile. "This island is very peaceful and poses no danger. You can just leave a divine power avatar here to slowly comprehend. Do you know... there's a big commotion happening outside right now? I've already sensed powerful fluctuations out there; I estimate Universe Supreme Masters are clashing."

"Universe Supreme Masters clashing?" Luo Feng was startled.

"Otherwise, why would I wake you?" Zuoshan Ke chuckled. "Leave a divine power avatar here. Although a divine power avatar is weak, as long as no one attacks it, it will be fine. You can completely meditate and comprehend here. Come, let's go see. If we're quick enough, we might even witness the battle. Tsk tsk... who knows, one of the combatants might even be your human Founder of Giant Axe."