The Guide

Tianzhen King, filled with shock, fury, regret, and unwillingness upon seeing Luo Feng produce the strongest Fire God Origin Crystal, suddenly noticed a spatial exit appear beneath Luo Feng. Luo Feng, carried by inertia, plunged directly into that spatial exit, thus leaving that stretch of void.

“A narrow escape!” Tianzhen King felt a wave of lingering fear.

“My luck is truly exceptional. Previously, I managed to control a peak King-level expert by teaming up with Chima King, which was already a stroke of luck. Now, this ‘Yang’, at the last moment, sobered up and produced the strongest Fire God Origin Crystal. I was on the verge of annihilation because of it, but then, one of those spatial exits, which appear and collapse intermittently, suddenly opened beneath him… allowing me to survive again!!”

“Luck.”

Tianzhen King secretly rejoiced, then mused, “Could it be that my fortunes are finally turning around?”

Although his attempt to ambush Luo Feng failed, revealing his true colors to Luo Feng, Tianzhen King felt neither worry nor regret. After all, compared to saving his life, what did one more enemy, Daohe King, matter?

“I have two peak King-level soul slaves, and Chima King, whose strength is close to mine. Moreover, in this chaotic void battle, I can seize even greater benefits with my current combat power… immense wealth that can make my strength surge again! With such power, why would I fear a mere Daohe King?”

“Hmm!”

“Since the ambush failed, the demon race faction still has three peak King-level experts remaining, and I still have Quwu King and Heavy Arrow King to deal with.” Tianzhen King immediately made a decision. “First, let the demon race faction unite to eliminate Quwu King and Heavy Arrow King. Then, I’ll make my move and deal with the other three peak King-level experts from the demon race who are not under my control.”

Wiping them all out was Tianzhen King’s ideal outcome, but even eliminating two or three more peak King-level experts would yield astonishing rewards.

If he could control one more soul, today would truly be a day of immense fortune for him.

“Master!” Heavy Arrow King swooped down.

Boom!

The spatial exit Luo Feng had escaped through collapsed.

“Master!” Heavy Arrow King was anxious, though not as frantically as before. At least his master, Luo Feng, was not in danger.

…

Luo Feng was enveloped by that vast and mighty mysterious power, entering the spatial exit without any resistance. The voice still echoed in his mind: “Child, come!”

Upon entering the exit, he didn’t arrive in another forbidden space, but instead flew into a colorful passage.

“Whoosh whoosh~~~”

The brilliant passage.

Luo Feng was carried along, flying continuously. The surrounding space was distorted, and he could vaguely see massive Sealing Stars outside the brilliant passage, along with sky-reaching pillars. Beyond the distorted space, many powerful treasures seemed to exist, but Luo Feng’s naked eye couldn’t discern them.

“Heavy Arrow, Heavy Arrow.” Luo Feng, still being carried, immediately contacted Heavy Arrow King through his consciousness.

A soul slave and master share a soul connection.

As long as the distance wasn’t too extreme, they could sense each other through their souls and communicate telepathically. And clearly, within the Star Tower, even at the furthest distances, Luo Feng and Heavy Arrow King’s soul strength allowed them to communicate.

“Master, are you alright?” Heavy Arrow King communicated telepathically.

“I’m fine. Remember, Tianzhen King harbors ill intentions. He ambushed me just now and almost took my life… and I suspect that Chima King from the demon race faction and Tianzhen King have already secretly colluded. In any case, tell Quwu King this as well. You two must escape quickly, regroup with other humans, and temporarily lie low. Leave that void and the Star Tower for now. Wait for my return.”

“Yes, Master.”

Luo Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn’t that Luo Feng didn’t want revenge. He had treated Tianzhen King with sincerity, going to save him, only to be exploited. Tianzhen King had seized the opportunity to ambush him, trying to take his life! Anyone would be filled with murderous intent, and Luo Feng naturally wanted to kill him swiftly. However, Tianzhen King was still a human.

Under the deterrence of the military detection system, Luo Feng dared not directly kill a fellow faction member!

Killing an ally or comrade from the same faction was a capital crime, leading to a joint pursuit by numerous races within the human faction. Even his master, Chaos City Lord, couldn’t save him. After all, these were ironclad rules established by the military system, jointly created by humanity and countless other races. How could they be easily violated?

“The military system cannot be defied.”

“However, it’s not without loopholes,” Luo Feng mused. “For example, the military system’s oversight relies on detecting and observing battles to make judgments. The so-called ‘detection’ relies on instruments, and these instruments naturally have limitations. For instance, when I went to hold off Tianzhen King, he secretly added an extra impact force to his attack… the instruments couldn’t accurately determine the precise impact force.”

“Even so, Tianzhen King…”

“I treated you like a brother, yet you ambushed me. If I don’t kill you, how can I find peace?” Luo Feng’s heart was filled with hidden murderous intent. “The so-called military system has authority over soldiers. I will simply choose to ‘retire’ then, no longer a soldier of the human faction. Although this would mean any soldier in the human faction could kill me without guilt, I would also be able to kill you…”

Tianzhen King had already been marked for death in Luo Feng’s mind.

…

Many thoughts flashed through Luo Feng’s mind as he was carried by the vast and mighty power, flying through the distorted passage.

“Boom!”

The mysterious power suddenly dissipated.

Luo Feng flew out of the passage, tumbling down. He immediately flipped over, landing as lightly as a feather on the ground.

“This is…” Luo Feng looked around.

It was a vast and mysterious grand hall. The hall had nine pillars, each tens of thousands of kilometers high, supporting the entire structure. Above the hall, at its ends in all directions, were countless Sealing Stars… like a sky full of stars, surrounding the entire hall.

This grand hall seemed to float in the center of countless Sealing Stars.

“What’s that?” Luo Feng’s gaze fell upon it.

In the distance within the grand hall, a figure sat cross-legged. It had a long, coiled serpentine body, but its upper half was human. A purple beard hung down, and its eyelids were slightly drooped, yet an endless pressure emanated from its body—a terrifying pressure that compelled involuntary submission.

The pressure was like the boundless heavens, not violent, yet it left one with no will to resist.

“Child.” An ancient voice emerged from its mouth, “Come.”

“It’s him. He was the one who carried me here,” Luo Feng thought. “And what terrifying pressure… far stronger than Shishuo Venerable and others I’ve met, even feeling similar to my master, Chaos City Lord. Could it be a great being at the Universe Master level?”

Luo Feng understood one thing at least.

In front of this great being, he was like an ant, utterly powerless to resist.

Since that was the case, it was best to comply.

…

In this majestic grand hall, surrounded by countless Sealing Stars, there were only two individuals: the great being with a serpentine body and human upper half, and Luo Feng.

Luo Feng walked towards the great being.

“This great being, by its appearance, should be human,” Luo Feng thought. “But haven’t the four peak races never controlled the Star Tower? How can this human being be in the Star Tower and bring me here?” The being before him, with a serpentine body and human upper half, was one of the many races among the ‘snake-men’ beastmen.

Like ape-men, wolf-men, snake-men, and so on, they were all broad categories, each divisible into many races, but all belonged to humanity.

“Senior,” Luo Feng respectfully saluted.

“Sit!”

The being, filled with a powerful, ancient aura, pointed to the ground beside him.

“Yes,” Luo Feng immediately sat cross-legged beside him.

“Are you filled with doubts?” The great ancient being looked down at Luo Feng, his purple beard hanging, smiling. “Doubts about why the Star Tower has an endless call for you, yet you cannot bind it. Doubts about why, as soon as you arrived, such powerful forbidden zone guards appeared, and why the Sealing Stars coincidentally emerged?”

Luo Feng was secretly astonished.

This great being even knew about the Star Tower’s endless call for him?

“Yes, I am full of doubts. Please enlighten me, Senior,” Luo Feng respectfully said.

“I have waited for you for far too long,” the great ancient being sighed. “Of course, I usually only leave a clone here; I only came personally when I knew you had arrived. Oh… I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is Puti. I am the caretaker of the Star Tower, and also your guide.”

Luo Feng was startled: “Senior, are you not the creator and owner of the Star Tower? I…”

“Are you wondering who left behind the secret manual you obtained? Are you wondering who the true creator and owner of the Star Tower is?” Puti looked down at Luo Feng, smiling. “Haha, I was originally the first servant taken in by the Star Tower’s creator back then. But countless ages have passed, allowing me to become a Universe Master… My master was gracious enough to make me his disciple.”

“I am the master’s eldest disciple.”

“The leader of the Yan God Clan is the master’s second disciple.”

“My master has many servants, but only two disciples. I was fortunate because I followed my master the longest, and combined with my strength, my master’s old affections allowed me to become the eldest disciple… However, the Yan God Clan lineage and the Earth lineage are the true core that my master painstakingly cultivated over countless efforts.” Puti looked at Luo Feng. “Your Earth lineage has had two candidates in history who both failed. You are the third candidate after 8.2 billion years. If you succeed, you will become the leader of the Earth lineage, just like the Yan God Clan leader, and become the master’s third disciple! If you fail, you will perish, just like the previous two candidates!”

Luo Feng was dumbfounded.

The Earth’s history had two candidates? He was the third candidate after 8.2 billion years?

The Yan God Clan leader? The Earth lineage leader?

“The Yan God Clan leader, and this ‘Puti’ before me… who exactly is their master?”

“The one who created the nameless secret manual, created the Star Tower, and specifically guided the nurturing of the Yan God Clan and Earth lineage? Is this what the Giant Axe Founder referred to as a ‘mighty alien being’?” Many thoughts surged through Luo Feng’s mind at once.