Legacy of Life and Death

Inside the grand hall, Puti looked down at Luo Feng. “Child, you are the most outstanding individual of the Earth lineage. You have already passed all the hidden trials. Now, only the final path of life and death remains. If you succeed, you will become the true leader of the Earth lineage! You will have the opportunity to become a true overlord in the vast universe, and it’s even possible to reach the level of my teacher.”

“Reach the level of your teacher?” Luo Feng was secretly astonished. That alien supreme being was one of the strongest in the vast universe; among the Hong Alliance, only the Axe Progenitor could compare to him.

“My teacher said so himself,” Puti stated solemnly. “Of course, it’s only a possibility… all cultivation of laws, creation of secret techniques, everything depends on you. Just like my second junior brother, the leader of the Yan God Clan, who has cultivated for billions of years, he is still slightly inferior to my teacher.”

Luo Feng nodded gently. In truth, the Yan God Clan leader, being able to become a cosmic feudal lord and making the human race unwilling to provoke him, was already incredibly powerful.

“What is this final path of life and death?” Luo Feng pressed.

“The Star Tower!” Puti said softly. “The final path of life and death is… the Star Tower’s recognition of its master!”

“The Star Tower’s recognition of its master?” Luo Feng’s body trembled. For a supreme treasure to recognize its master, and it be a path of life and death?

“My teacher’s skill in crafting powerful treasures is unparalleled in the universe. While universe supreme beings each have their strongest methods, and perhaps in other aspects, my teacher is not as strong as the Axe Progenitor in the Hong Alliance, when it comes to crafting treasures, he is absolutely the strongest,” Puti sighed. “However, in the boundless universe and endless worlds, there are many hidden secrets and peculiarities. Even the universe supreme beings dare not claim to know everything. This Star Tower… was ultimately created by my teacher by chance in a special, dangerous place. When its creation was nearing completion, it unexpectedly integrated a golden ray of light from the universe… and thus, the current Star Tower came into being, making it different from my teacher’s original conception.”

“My teacher has his own supreme treasure; he doesn’t need the Star Tower.”

“It’s just that my teacher discovered… finding another master for the Star Tower, making the Star Tower recognize its master, is too difficult,” Puti said. “The Star Tower… is already considered one of the strongest supreme treasures in the universe, almost on par with my teacher’s own supreme treasure, and its master recognition process is even more demanding.”

“Demanding?” Luo Feng frowned slightly.

Puti looked down at Luo Feng. “Yes! The stronger the candidate’s soul, the more terrifying the recognition process will be. A long time ago, my teacher searched the universe for tens of thousands of strong individuals, ranging from sector lords, undyings, to universe knights, to test… all these tens of thousands of selected individuals perished.”

‘This alien supreme being is ruthless,’ Luo Feng thought to himself, ‘casually grabbing a group of strong individuals for experiments, even universe knights became guinea pigs in the eyes of that alien supreme being.’

“After the tests, my teacher concluded…”

“Sector lords and undyings still have a chance at recognition. Universe knights don’t have even a sliver of a chance.”

“The recognition process primarily tests the mental state and will!”

“That’s why my teacher guided the development of the Earth lineage, a lineage that makes the most rapid progress in mental state,” Puti said. “You are currently a sector lord, so you still have hope of success. Historically, the previous two candidates of your Earth lineage, one a sector lord and one an undying, both had extremely high mental states, but they both failed and perished.”

“I’m a sector lord?” Luo Feng looked at Puti. Puti’s insight was too sharp.

“I can see through your soul with a single glance.”

“You use a supreme treasure to conceal your life aura, which can deceive universe knights, but it cannot deceive a universe master,” Puti smiled faintly. Luo Feng suddenly understood. Chaos City Lord had also easily seen through his origins and knew he possessed clones, and while Puti might be slightly less powerful than Chaos City Lord, he was still a great existence on the level of a universe master.

“I know you have clones.”

“But once the recognition process begins, you will have no retreat. Even if your other teacher, Chaos City Lord, were to come, he couldn’t save you,” Puti said solemnly. “Although Chaos City Lord is formidable, especially in the Primal Universe where he is practically invincible, if he came to the original universe, to the Star Tower, he would also be helpless.”

“Once the Star Tower’s recognition process begins, no one can stop it.”

“If you fail.”

“Your will would completely collapse, and your soul would completely disintegrate; you would surely die,” Puti stated gravely. “Although your teacher, Chaos City Lord, could reverse time and space to revive you, he would not be able to revive the memories related to the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual. You, who possess the inheritance of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, cannot be revived with that inheritance, as the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual is not allowed to exist in the universe.”

“If you die.”

“Even if you are revived in the future, the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual would disappear, and the genetic transformation your body received from it would also vanish. Even if you were to obtain the General Armor and King Armor again, you wouldn’t be able to use them. In short, you would lose the qualification of ‘Earth lineage leader’ and all the abilities that an Earth lineage leader should possess.”

Luo Feng took a deep breath. If he lost all that, his strength would drastically decline.

…

“Boom, rumble~~~” The grand hall, surrounded by countless sealed stars, suddenly trembled.

“It’s starting.”

Puti turned to look at the center of the hall. “The recognition process is about to begin.”

“The Star Tower is the treasure that the Earth lineage leader should possess.”

Whoosh!

Rays of light shot out from various parts of the hall, then converged in mid-air at the center of the hall. The countless rays of light subtly condensed into a transparent crystal bead, a transparent bead faintly threaded with golden lines.

“Luo Feng,” Puti turned to him. “The first candidate persisted for 2600 years before perishing. The second candidate persisted for 3300 years during the recognition process before perishing. I hope you can survive.”

“Mm.” Luo Feng turned to look at the crystal bead. A turning point of destiny! This recognition process would be a turning point in his fate.

If he failed, even if his teacher, Chaos City Lord, revived him, he would lose everything related to the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual. At that point, he would only be considered a genius, and without such an opportunity, his future performance would undoubtedly be much weaker. Chaos City Lord’s regard for him would also diminish. He would be lucky to become a universe knight, and a universe knight… in the eyes of an alien supreme being, was merely an ant.

But if he succeeded… becoming the leader of the Earth lineage, he would have the opportunity to become an overlord in the vast universe, and even potentially a universe supreme being comparable to the alien supreme being!

“Succeed!”

“I must succeed,” Luo Feng roared in his heart.

“Master, Master.” Heavy Arrow King’s consciousness suddenly contacted Luo Feng. “I have just escaped that void. Although I sent a warning to Driving Martial King, telling him that Sky Array King was problematic, Driving Martial King still perished under the siege of the demon race forces! Master, where are you? I can sense your location, but I can’t reach you.”

“Driving Martial King, perished?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but feel a surge of killing intent. “Sky Array King! I will definitely kill you!”

“Heavy Arrow, you leave the Star Tower first, even leave the outer battlefield. Just wait quietly, and I will contact you through the virtual universe later,” Luo Feng ordered. He had already given Heavy Arrow King some anonymous virtual universe network consciousness sensors earlier.

“Yes, Master.”

…

“Luo Feng, you must persevere. The recognition process is extremely painful, with each day feeling like a year. At least the previous two candidates proved one thing… persisting for 3300 years was not enough,” Puti looked at Luo Feng.

“Mm.” Luo Feng nodded solemnly. Kill Sky Array King? He had to first overcome this current tribulation. If he failed and perished this time, his subordinates would also perish. Even if he were revived… without the General Armor and King Armor, he wouldn’t have the strength to deal with Sky Array King.

“I must get through this tribulation,” Luo Feng murmured.

“Then, let’s begin!”

Puti, with utmost solemnity, gently pointed at Luo Feng. Instantly, that seemingly ordinary crystal bead, suspended in mid-air, without any pressure or special aura, flew towards Luo Feng. The moment it touched Luo Feng, he didn’t even feel the contact; the crystal bead had already entered his mind.

“Puff!”

The instant the crystal bead touched a core original nucleus within Luo Feng’s body, the true core ‘original nucleus’ hidden in Luo Feng’s world ring trembled violently. Even the Demon Killer clone and Golden Horned Beast clone felt a tremor in their souls… just as if one were to control Luo Feng’s Earthling clone’s soul, it would completely control his other clones; it was the same principle!

His soul was split into three, with the original nucleus as the core, and consciousness could easily transfer between the souls of the three clones.

If it were merely shattered and destroyed, it would be fine, but if one was soul-controlled and became a slave, all others would be affected.

This crystal bead fusion also simultaneously affected the original nucleus. If it failed, even the original nucleus would disintegrate.

“No feeling?”

“Didn’t they say it would be very painful, with each day feeling like a year?” Luo Feng sat cross-legged, a slight doubt in his heart.

“Boom!”

That unbelievably terrifying pain instantly erupted from the depths of his three clones and original nucleus, as if some monster was trying to bore its way out of his soul.

…

Puti sat in the grand hall, his purple beard hanging down, watching Luo Feng, who was trembling in pain, sitting cross-legged. He silently sighed, “Being the leader of the Earth lineage is not so easy. I hope you, the third candidate, can succeed.”

…

Luo Feng had experienced one nirvana in his life, the time he burned his soul to perish with the Golden Horned Beast, and Luo Feng survived by taking over its body. From then on, his destiny changed!

And now, it was his second life nirvana, and it remained to be seen if Luo Feng could survive this process of nirvana…

…

In the depths of endless airflow.

An old man, approximately 90,000 kilometers tall, faintly glowing black all over, with crystalline horns on his forehead, sat cross-legged on a floating mountain. He spoke with a resounding voice, “Lord Monto, I have no intention of interfering in your conflict with humanity. However… I will take those 91 small grains!”

“Old man, my clan finally managed to suppress that human, and you want to take away one of these three treasures with just a few light words?” A thunderous voice, causing the endless airflow to tremble, directly boomed beside the old man, who was over 90,000 kilometers tall.

“If you don’t hand them over, I will help humanity,” the majestic old man said, completely unperturbed.

Suddenly, the majestic old man’s expression changed slightly. He turned his head to look into the infinite void, seemingly seeing into the Star Tower in the seventh battlefield of the outer battlefield, through an immeasurable distance.

“The third candidate has begun?” A hint of anticipation flickered in the majestic old man’s eyes. “I hope that little fellow can succeed.”

“Old man, you’re ruthless! Don’t let me find an opportunity!”

The great existence in the distance roared angrily, causing lightning to spontaneously generate in the endless airflow. Immediately, 91 brilliant lights streaked through the endless airflow, flying towards the old man.

“Lord Monto, Chaos City Lord, I won’t bother you any further!” The majestic old man laughed heartily, and sitting on the floating mountain, he instantly transformed into a streak of light, disappearing with the mountain into the depths of the endless airflow.