Initiation

Earth, Asia, Hongning Base City.

“Third Brother, what brings you here?” Hong was still dressed in black.

“Didn’t you ask me to buy Life Fruits last time, Big Brother?” Luo Feng sat opposite Hong, picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a sip. His eyes lit up. “Mmm, good tea.”

“Life Fruits?” Hong’s eyes showed anticipation.

He had seen Luo Feng’s Moyun Vine grow tremendously in strength after consuming Life Fruits.

“I couldn’t get Life Fruits, but I bought 100 ‘Lanke Fruits’,” Luo Feng quickly explained. “These Lanke Fruits have a milder medicinal effect, and your Moyun Vine will definitely be able to absorb them. If you take one Lanke Fruit every ten days, consuming all 100 over three years, I guarantee your Moyun Vine will reach Cosmic Level 3 or 4.”

“Oh?” Hong was pleasantly surprised.

His Moyun Vine was inherently inferior to Luo Feng’s.

Even Luo Feng’s Moyun Vine only reached Cosmic Level 2 after devouring a Life Fruit.

“Big Brother, the main reason is that I spent too much money on psychic weapons at the auction, so I couldn’t afford Life Fruits,” Luo Feng said apologetically. “Of course, in terms of cultivating plant life, these 100 Lanke Fruits combined are no worse than a single Life Fruit.”

“Haha… alright, I understand,” Hong laughed. “Let’s not talk so much between brothers.”

Luo Feng also smiled.

Then, with a flip of his hand, he produced a box and placed it directly on the table in front of them. *Snap*, the box opened, revealing 100 Lanke Fruits inside.

“They look extraordinary, truly exotic fruits from the cosmos,” Hong’s eyes gleamed.

“Of course. The selling price of these 100 Lanke Fruits is comparable to that of a galaxy,” Luo Feng frowned, puzzled. “By the way, why haven’t I seen Second Brother recently?”

“Lei Shen? He inherited the legacy of Kabu Realm Lord and has been training with ‘Lord Wu’ for the past two years,” Hong’s face showed a hint of a smile. “His strength has improved quite rapidly. Fortunately, I have the secret art for warrior cultivation from the Yunmo Star lineage that you gave me, and I’ve also made some breakthroughs in the past two years. Otherwise, I might have been surpassed by Second Brother.”

Luo Feng suddenly understood.

The Yunmo Star lineage’s warrior cultivation secret art was not inferior. One must know that the Yunmo Star Master had nine Immortals under his command! Most of them were warriors! How could the secret art legacy of an Immortal expert be weak?

The only difference was that Lei Shen had the guidance of the intelligent lifeform ‘Lord Wu’, and perhaps some treasures to assist him!

As for Hong, he could only comprehend it alone.

However, Hong’s comprehension had always been very high. When Mingyu evaluated them, he said that Luo Feng and Lei Shen were both Third-tier elite geniuses, while Hong was a First-tier elite genius. Of course, more than two years had passed since then, and especially after the Golden Horned Beast reached Cosmic Level, Luo Feng had made great progress in comprehending the Origin of Gold.

“By the way, Third Brother. Recently, there have been more experts in the Slaughter Arena Battle Space. I don’t know why,” Hong frowned.

“More?” Luo Feng was startled.

He had been attending auctions recently and was truly unaware of the situation in the ‘Slaughter Arena Battle Space’.

“Yes, in the past, I could easily defeat many people, but now, a large group of genius experts has suddenly appeared. And these people rarely showed up in the ‘Slaughter Arena Battle Space’ before,” Hong said. “It would be one thing if one or two geniuses suddenly appeared, but with so many emerging at once, I feel like something is happening.”

“Oh?” Luo Feng was puzzled but didn’t know the reason.

…

Luo Feng didn’t have the leisure to investigate the Battle Space and immediately began the process of nurturing his second clone.

…

On a vast metal continent, a golden misty atmosphere hung high above, and dense golden mist also surrounded the continent.

The metal continent, measuring six thousand kilometers in length and width, had a section of strange black skin appearing out of thin air in its central sky. This section of skin was actually just a small part cut from the Demon Killer Clan skin Luo Feng had purchased.

“Innate Ability – Clone, Nurture!”

With a thought, the entire world began to tremble. *Rumble rumble*… the continental plates vibrated.

*Hiss!*

The strange black skin instantly vaporized, leaving behind only a single drop of peculiar liquid. The ‘golden mist’ within the trembling metal continent world immediately began to gather frantically towards the center, almost instantly enveloping the drop of liquid condensed from the vaporized black skin. In a moment, it transformed into an oval golden egg.

“The nurturing has begun. I wonder how long it will take to succeed,” Luo Feng thought to himself.

The original owner of this black skin, as Luo Feng learned when inquiring with the auction house during payment, was a Cosmic Level 2 Demon Killer Clan member. It was precisely because of this that Luo Feng could now nurture it.

The innate secret art ‘Clone’ could only be used three times in the Golden Horned Beast’s lifetime.

This was the second time!

“Nurturing a Demon Killer Clan member is tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of times more difficult than nurturing an Earthling. And back then, my inner world was ‘Star Level 1’, but now it’s ‘Cosmic Level 6’. The inner world is also tens of thousands of times stronger,” Luo Feng calculated in his mind. “After one day of nurturing, I’ll be able to estimate the required time.”

Logically, the stronger the original owner and the nobler their bloodline, the more astonishing the time required for nurturing.

However…

“Strange, very strange.”

“I originally guessed that nurturing would take decades or even a century, but unexpectedly, it only needs three years and nine months.” After one day of nurturing, based on the profound information feedback from his inner world, Luo Feng completely understood the nurturing process for the Demon Killer Clan member.

The Demon Killer Clan members were not flesh-and-blood lifeforms!

The set of rules for nurturing flesh-and-blood lifeforms did not apply to them.

As energy lifeforms, as long as the inner world nurtured a ‘Life Core’, the Life Core could automatically release energy to form a human shape! Moreover, as a characteristic of energy lifeforms… it could not only transform into a human shape but also into other forms, with myriad changes being effortless.

“Just nurturing the Life Core is enough. This Demon Killer Clan member is quite unique,” Luo Feng mused.

…

Once the innate secret art ‘Clone’ began nurturing, Luo Feng no longer needed to expend effort; he just needed to wait patiently.

…

In the depths of winter, the Spring Festival soon arrived.

The entire Huaxia Nation was filled with joy. Even after the Great Nirvana Period and the attacks of Devouring Beasts, the people of Huaxia would never forget their most important festival – the Spring Festival. Luo Feng also rarely stopped cultivating, spending a few days during the New Year to properly accompany his family.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, early morning.

Outside Jiangnan Base City, in a dilapidated and desolate city in the Wilderness Area, as dawn broke, a figure suddenly appeared on the rooftop of a 28-story building in this city, which had been desolate for decades.

He wore deep red combat armor, combat boots, and carried a strange dark golden long staff on his back.

This dark golden long staff was over two meters long, and its width required both hands to barely grasp it, with a diameter of about 15 centimeters. The entire dark golden staff subtly exuded a heart-palpitating aura. The mere occasional release of its aura caused a large number of monsters in the surrounding steel and concrete desolate city to flee.

No monster dared to approach.

“Carrying this Yanshen Staff feels like carrying a mountain,” Luo Feng also felt the pressure this Yanshen Staff brought him.

Ordinary First-tier, Second-tier, and Third-tier psychic weapons could be used immediately!

But general high-grade weapons were different. For example, a ‘Fifth-tier weapon’ required thorough ‘spiritual nurturing’ to unleash its power, first by implanting one’s spiritual imprint into the Yanshen Staff.

“Nurture it well. Once it’s fully nurtured and truly considers you its master, then you can begin cultivating,” Babata said.

“Understood.”

Luo Feng was worried that nurturing it at home might accidentally affect his family, which was why he specifically came to the Wilderness Area.

“Yanshen Staff, Nine-Layered Heaven-Shaking Yanshen.” Luo Feng sat cross-legged, placing the dark golden long staff on his knees. “At my current level, I should be able to master the first layer.”

The Yanshen Staff had nine layers, each more powerful than the last. Known as both the strongest and weakest divine weapon, if one wasn’t a true genius, it was better to use ordinary psychic weapons.

The first layer was called ‘Illusory Sword Style’.

The second layer was called ‘Sky-Piercing Style’.

The third layer was called ‘Heavenly Sword Style’.

The fourth layer: called ‘Great Skill Concealed’.

The fifth layer: called ‘Spatial Severance’.

The sixth layer: called ‘Self-Contained World’.

The seventh layer: called ‘One Rod Blasts Heaven and Earth’.

The eighth layer: called ‘Golden Sword Slashes the Void’.

The ninth layer: called ‘Even Immortals Can Be Fought’.

When Luo Feng learned the names of these nine layers, especially seeing the ninth layer ‘Even Immortals Can Be Fought’, he was incredibly excited. Because whether it was the Golden Horned Beast’s inherited memories or Babata’s teachings of common knowledge, the leap from Realm Lord to Immortal was a very, very significant hurdle, a transformation of the soul! A truly massive leap!

An Immortal could easily sweep aside peak Realm Lord experts!

Even a peak Realm Lord ‘Golden Horned Beast’ would have to bow its head before an Immortal.

Yet, this ninth layer dared to claim ‘Even Immortals Can Be Fought’, which was simply defying the heavens.

“Unfortunately, reaching this ninth layer is extremely difficult. Among the entire human race, across numerous Cosmic Nations, very few have mastered the ninth layer. The difficulty of mastering the ninth layer is even greater than reaching ‘Immortal’,” Luo Feng lamented. Regardless, he had only grasped a superficial understanding of the Origin of Gold, and as for the Origin Law of Space, he hadn’t even entered its threshold. He still needed to work hard.

…

While Luo Feng was engrossed in the Yanshen Staff, on the Imperial Capital Star of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

In a floating palace on the Imperial Capital Star.

“Have you found any information on Luo Feng?” the Ninth Prince Buluolin, dressed in imperial robes, asked coldly from his throne.

“No, Luo Feng followed the Three Axe Mountain army when they left the Inner World. We only found that he entered the allied army under Mingyu of Three Axe Mountain; we couldn’t find anything else, nor do we know his whereabouts,” a respectful attendant reported from below.

“Get out.” The Ninth Prince Buluolin roared.

Recently, His Highness Buluolin had been in a very, very bad mood!

In the battle of the Inner World, his maternal grandfather Hagelaifu was the biggest loser! Not only did he fail to obtain the inheritance crystal ball, but he also nearly lost all his wealth. Furthermore, he offended many Realm Lords in the Holy Land Black Dragon Mountain!

One must know that Buluolin commanded over 220,000 troops in the Inner World. Where did these troops come from? They were mainly from a group of Realm Lords in the Holy Land Black Dragon Mountain who supported Hagelaifu, thus entrusting their forces to Buluolin’s command! Those Realm Lords didn’t support Hagelaifu unconditionally!

There had been some promises made. Although the Ninth Prince gave some other treasures, such as ‘D6-class Railguns’, to his grandfather to appease those Realm Lords.

However, there were over ten Realm Lords who supported Hagelaifu! The other treasures the Ninth Prince obtained were too few to distribute adequately! And Hagelaifu himself was almost bankrupt, already in a bad mood, and when these Realm Lords came to demand the promised benefits, he became enraged, leading to a very unpleasant falling out.

Naturally, Hagelaifu lost influence in the Holy Land.

Hagelaifu himself didn’t care about power; for a Realm Lord, personal strength was paramount. However…

Hagelaifu’s loss of influence in the Holy Land ‘Black Dragon Mountain’ affected the Ninth Prince’s standing.

“Hmph.” Buluolin gritted his teeth. “My First Brother and Third Brother also want to contend with me?” Recalling his recent experiences, Buluolin’s anger flared even more!