Luo Feng felt the flux of time passing unevenly, as if traversing a cosmic passage toward the Origin Universe.

"Whoosh!"

Everything instantly became sharp and clear.

"Where is this?" Luo Feng gazed out; the trees and flora here were colossal and imposing, with ancient trees towering over a hundred kilometers high.

Swish!

Luo Feng shot upward, breaking through the void, soaring above this forest to survey his surroundings from the high air.

At a glance, beyond this vast forest lay a plain. Even with Luo Feng's vision, he could only make out these two major regions: the forest and the plain. [Devour Bar, Divinity First Release] Within both the forest and the plain stood enormous statues, towering effigies, which were precisely the legendary statues of the Eight Primal Beast Gods. Furthermore, there were numerous statues of each Primal Beast God—some were sleeping, some were rearing their heads to roar in defiance, some were playfully frolicking...

Statues of the Primal Beast Gods in every conceivable style, each emanating an oppressive aura, as if the true Beast Gods had reappeared.

"Where is this place?"

"The Ancestor of the Star Beast Alliance, saying they would open the sacred grounds of the Star Beast Alliance to me?" Luo Feng looked around. "Is this their main stronghold?"

"No!"

"The flow of time!" A look of shock spread across Luo Feng’s face.

The moment his consciousness linked with his Earthling original body, he immediately perceived the immense disparity in the 'flow of time' between the two spaces where their consciousness resided.

The difference was so vast it shook Luo Feng to his core.

One second in the original universe translated to a staggering 10,081 seconds in the world where Luo Feng now stood! This meant the time flow ratio reached an exaggerated 1:10,081.

"How is this possible? Such an exaggerated time flow ratio?" Luo Feng found it unbelievable. "This means spending ten thousand years here is equivalent to just one year passing in the original universe! Even the 'Time Halls' that our human race can acquire usually only accelerate the time flow several times, perhaps a few dozen times at most."

Treasures like the Time Hall could generally only be forged by 'Universe Masters' who had completely comprehended the Laws of Space-Time.

The Time Hall created was essentially just a training ground, albeit one where time moved faster. Training there for ten years might only equate to a month outside. Yet, as far as Luo Feng knew... Time Halls were astronomically expensive; accelerating time by ten or a hundred times was considered normal, while accelerating it a thousand times was already a king's ransom.

Ten thousand times acceleration... the human race possessed no such Time Hall.

"Luo Feng!" A hoary voice resonated through the heavens and earth.

Luo Feng spun around sharply.

A mass of dark clouds flew over from the distance, radiating a pressure that seemed to suppress the entire world. As the black cloud approached, it morphed directly into a Golden Horned Beast, [Devour Bar, Divinity First Release] and then instantly transformed again, taking the shape of a human—an elderly man in white robes with nine sharp horns growing from his head.

"Ancestor?" Luo Feng hesitated slightly.

"This is one of my clones," the elderly Ancestor stepped through the void. "The place you are currently in belongs to a universe solely owned by my Star Beast Alliance!"

"Another universe?" Luo Feng was startled.

From his earlier conversation with that 'Zhen,' he already knew the Star Beast Alliance possessed a universe! Luo Feng could, to some extent, accept this; after all, the Star Beast Alliance was comparable in strength to the Hong Alliance. If the human race possessed an Origin Universe, it was not surprising that the Star Beast Alliance also possessed a universe.

"And this place," the Ancestor looked at Luo Feng, "is the Beast God Realm within that universe. It is a place specifically designed for cultivating powerhouses of the Beast God lineage."

"The Beast God Realm?"

Luo Feng gazed at this boundless, endless world. The oppressive aura emanating from the myriad statues of various Beast Gods was incomparably stronger than the aura left behind by the statue of Xiloduo in the past.

"This is the true sacred ground of my Star Beast Alliance. Even geniuses within our alliance rarely get a chance to enter. Your teacher, Zuoshan Guest, is quite generous to personally invite me to assist you," the Ancestor observed Luo Feng. "However, I believe you will not succeed within 100,000 epochs."

"One hundred thousand epochs within the Beast God Realm equates to only one hundred thousand years in the original universe," the Ancestor smiled. "One epoch per year... you probably haven't experienced anything like that, have you?"

"Indeed." Luo Feng truly admired such mastery.

"May I ask what exact requirement Teacher Zuoshan Guest left?" Luo Feng pressed on. "What do I need to achieve before I can leave?"

"The requirement is simple."

The Ancestor looked at Luo Feng. "Defeat me, and you may leave!"

"De... De-feat... you..." Luo Feng's eyes widened into perfect circles.

Defeat the Ancestor of the Star Beast Alliance?

Defeat a Universe Master?

What a joke!

"I will maintain the same divine body strength as you," the Ancestor smiled at Luo Feng. "Your divine body will be equal to mine. As long as you defeat me with the same physical form... you can leave."

"How is that possible?"

Luo Feng shook his head repeatedly. "You are a Universe Master. Your secret techniques and methods are unfathomable... Even a Universe True God would likely be unable to accomplish this. Let alone a Universe True God, perhaps even a Universe Master cannot guarantee success."

"Correct, a Universe True God cannot," the Ancestor smiled. "But a Universe Master can, because this is merely one of my clones... At most, it can suppress the level of a Universe True God. It is not enough to contend with a Universe Master."

"Does this mean I must become a Universe Master to leave?"

Luo Feng shook his head. "Impossible, this is too ridiculous!"

No matter how confident Luo Feng was, he dared not claim he could become a Universe Master within one hundred thousand epochs! He believed Teacher Zuoshan Guest would not be that foolish. Moreover, even if this sacred ground of the Star Beast Alliance were the best cultivation spot, it could not elevate Luo Feng to the level of a Universe Master, let alone—

Universe Masters cannot be cultivated!

The Path of the Beast God, the Dao of Space-Time, and others could only be cultivated up to the Universe True God level! That was the known limit. There was absolutely no established method to become a Universe Master! To ascend to that rank, one had to rely entirely on oneself. This was what Zuoshan Guest had told Luo Feng long ago.

"Rest assured."

"Your teacher has given you a sliver of hope," the Ancestor smiled reassuringly.

Luo Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, the requirement couldn't be truly so absurd.

"When you were an Undying level, I could only employ peak secret arts at the 'Universe True God level,'" the Ancestor smiled at Luo Feng. [Devour Bar, Divinity First Release] "When you reach the Universe Venerable level, I can employ the ultimate secret arts of the Universe True God level. And when you become a Universe True God, I can use my strongest ultimate arts."

"Regardless of whether you are Undying, Universe Venerable, or Universe True God, this clone of mine will always maintain a divine body equivalent to yours," the Ancestor smiled. "However, as your comprehension of the Laws improves, I will be able to utilize more advanced secret arts."

Luo Feng was stunned into silence.

Peak secret arts at the Universe True God level?

"Of course, for peak secret arts..." the Ancestor smiled, "the ones I use will certainly be pinnacle arts that are exceptionally close to 'Ultimate.'"

Luo Feng felt a wave of despair.

Absurd!

Utterly absurd!

He was merely an Undying, expected to battle the Ancestor of the Star Beast Alliance? Although the Ancestor was limited to using secret arts at the Universe True God level—infinitely close to Ultimate—that could still practically be considered an Ultimate secret art.

"Defeat me? Are you asking me, an Undying, to create the Ultimate secret art of a Universe True God?" Luo Feng shook his head. "What kind of joke is this!"

An Undying creating the Ultimate secret art of a Universe True God?

He had never even heard of such a thing!

Absolutely impossible!

"If I were to break through and become a Universe Venerable, the Ancestor would then use the strongest Ultimate secret arts of the Universe True God level. Given the Ancestor's methods... perhaps his strongest Ultimate secret art for a Universe True God might even surpass Chaos City Lord's." Luo Feng felt hopeless. "And when I become a Universe True God, the Ancestor can go all out."

No hope.

Relatively speaking... the chance was greater when he was at the Undying level.

Merely an Undying, expected to create the Ultimate secret art of a Universe True God? This was pure fantasy.

"Yes, I believe you won't achieve it in billions of years," the Ancestor smiled, looking at Luo Feng. "That is why I confidently made a bet of 100,000 epochs with your Teacher Zuoshan Guest. I am naturally full of confidence.

"Hahahaha... To meet this requirement, you actually only have two paths."

"One: Create the Ultimate secret art of a Universe True God while still at the Undying level."

"Two: Become a Universe Master within this Beast God Realm of mine."

"Only these two paths work. Forget about becoming a Universe Venerable or Universe True God, because the moment you divert your focus to improving your comprehension of the Laws, the time consumed will continuously accumulate! From Undying level to the peak of Universe Venerable, merely comprehending the Laws requires an immense stretch of time... so success within 100,000 epochs is even more impossible."

"You only have these two paths with a slight possibility."

"One is becoming a Universe Master. That holds a tiny sliver of possibility."

"The other is creating the Ultimate secret art of a Universe True God while at the Undying level, which also carries a slim chance," the Ancestor smiled. "Of course, it's only a slim chance. I suspect you might never reach it, and will be eternally trapped in the Beast God Realm."

Luo Feng felt utterly powerless.

No wonder this 'Ancestor,' standing at the apex of the universe, dared to make such a wager; no wonder he was so confident.

A sliver of possibility?

This was purely a theoretical sliver, but the actual probability was likely billions to one against him.

"This Beast God Realm is opened to cultivate you," the Ancestor gestured afar. Immediately, numerous statues in the distance erupted in brilliant light. [Devour Bar, Divinity First Release] Even parts of the ground in the distant plain began to glow, and in regions further away, light shot into the sky. "The statues, the ground, the rock faces of the mountains in the distance—some contain inscribed Law secret patterns, others contain secret ultimate arts. Various divine body amplification secret arts, soul amplification secret arts, combat secret arts, close-combat secret arts, soul attack secret arts, psychic weapon secret arts... they are all here, with varying strengths. There are even dozens of sets of Universe True God level Ultimate secret arts."

"You may learn any of them."

"This Beast God Realm is open to you everywhere," the Ancestor smiled. "You can thoroughly research all these ultimate arts and bring your talent to bear to create a miracle. Haha, if you wish to challenge me, you may do so anytime. Of course, if you become a Universe Master, you succeed automatically without needing a challenge."

"Roam freely."

"Study to your heart's content. I await your challenge... Hahaha... 100,000 epochs, haha, interesting, very..." The Ancestor laughed, and then vanished into thin air.