By the lakeside, Luo Feng sat cross-legged, and draped across his shoulder was a Golden Horned Beast, nearly a meter in length.
“Perfect Limit. My Youhai Clone once reached this stage, but after transforming into the Endless Youhai… the newly condensed Youhai Clone was only at the thousand-fold life gene level. Finally, finally, the Golden Horned Beast Clone has also reached this point.” Luo Feng smiled, while quietly awaiting the drastic change to occur.
According to the normal procedure.
Once the life gene reaches the perfect stage, a drastic change will occur. The last time, the Origin Laws of the Original Universe descended, directly pulling Luo Feng’s consciousness into a mysterious space and causing the Youhai Clone to rapidly grow to over ninety thousand kilometers tall.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng, seated there, frowned slightly.
One second, two seconds…
One minute, two minutes… Five minutes!
“No change?”
“Why isn’t there any reaction at all?” Luo Feng showed a look of bewilderment. After cultivating for so many Q years using the Nine Tribulations Secret Tome to reach the perfect gene level, there was absolutely no reaction this time. His divine body did not undergo a drastic change, nor was Luo Feng’s consciousness drawn back into the mysterious place.
Luo Feng suddenly stood up!
“Could it be, could it be…” Luo Feng’s eyes widened, filled with unwillingness. He thought carefully and immediately understood why the drastic change hadn't occurred.
Because… this was another universe! Not the Original Universe!
Although Luo Feng had long known he was in a different universe, logically speaking, even though the universes were different, the laws of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light Rays, Lightning, Time, Space… and even the myriad fused laws, everything was the same as in the Original Universe.
Comprehending laws, secret techniques, and so on were no different from the Original Universe.
It was just like in the Initial Universe; advancing to the Universe level, Domain Lord level, Sector Lord level… all were identical to being in the Original Universe.
The “Original Universe” was the most vast and largest universe, home to billions of races and countless living beings.
The Initial Universe and the Star Beast Alliance Universe were much smaller.
One large, two small.
Yet, laws, cultivation for the strong, and so on… were all uniform. Different universes only held slight distinctions in factors like “time flow rate” and “environment.” The major aspects remained the same.
Therefore, Luo Feng had assumed that once his Golden Horned Beast Clone reached the perfect life gene level, it would undergo further evolution! His consciousness might even be drawn again into this universe’s mysterious space.
He was wrong.
“It seems there really are differences between the universes.” This Star Beast Alliance universe… “had absolutely no reaction to my life gene level reaching perfection. Not even the divine body evolved.” Luo Feng shook his head secretly. “What do I do now? What should I do?”
Luo Feng was vexed.
Although the Golden Horned Beast Clone’s life gene level had reached perfection, meaning it reached the minimum requirement for unleashing I Am the Universe in terms of quality, it was severely lacking in quantity. One must know that a divine body over ninety thousand kilometers tall could only unleash the technique 10 times! The Golden Horned Beast was only a thousand kilometers tall… it was only one-three-hundred-thousandth of a divine body nine hundred kilometers high!
If he were to unleash I Am the Universe, the secret technique might not even fully form before the Golden Horned Beast’s divine body was completely depleted!
“Relying on the innate secret technique, I Am the Universe, to defeat the Ancestor Clone is not feasible,” Luo Feng frowned deeply. “Then what should I do?”
For a time, Luo Feng felt utterly helpless.
The clone’s divine body was too small; the innate secret technique still couldn’t be used. Should he create one himself? With only his current level of law comprehension and the Beast God Intentions… trying to create the ultimate technique of a Universe Master was simply the greatest joke under the heavens.
“What should I do?” Luo Feng pondered endlessly, but found no path that offered hope.
He wasn't even a Universe Venerable, yet he was supposed to challenge the ultimate technique of a Universe Master?
Or become the strongest being in the universe?
Absurd!
The Beast God Realm, vast and boundless.
Within a sprawling mountain range area, atop one of the peaks, an old man in a white robe sat to one side. Opposite him sat an old man in a green robe, with brilliant, crystal-like horns growing from his head. The two elders faced each other.
“Sitting Mountain Guest, it seems… your disciple has fallen into a predicament,” the Ancestor said with a slight smile.
“Don’t rush,” Sitting Mountain Guest also glanced into the distance.
Both the Ancestor and Sitting Mountain Guest were present via clones! After all, this was the universe controlled by the Ancestor… just as the Initial Universe was controlled by the City Master of Chaos, this universe was controlled by the Ancestor!
In the Initial Universe, the City Master of Chaos was invincible!
In this universe, although the Ancestor only had a clone, once he borrowed the power of the entire universe’s origin, he remained an invincible existence. Thus, Sitting Mountain Guest, being of the same level as the strongest beings in the universe, was naturally not in danger; he could casually condense just one clone. At the level of the strongest in the universe, “…
One could condense a clone at will!
“You are truly formidable. You managed to push your second disciple’s life gene level to nearly ten thousand times back then. And now, cultivating your third disciple… is even more extraordinary,” he is already at the perfect gene level now,” the Ancestor sighed in admiration. “In terms of cultivating disciples, especially in raising life gene levels, I am far inferior to you.”
Sitting Mountain Guest shook his head and smiled: “This goes against the rules of universal operation; a sufficient price must be paid… I have only cultivated these two disciples. If there were more, I couldn't afford it either.”
The Ancestor nodded.
Having reached their level, they stood at the absolute peak. Techniques like amplification secret arts, life gene levels, and everything else… were meaningless to them; they had long reached the utmost perfection. Otherwise, how could they be called the strongest beings in the universe?
“Anyone who reaches the perfect gene level is bestowed a gift from the Original Universe Origin! Their divine bodies can evolve to perfection! Their consciousness also receives the strongest innate secret technique!” the Ancestor lamented. “What a pity!”
“This is my universe…” the Ancestor looked at Sitting Mountain Guest. “My universe is nowhere near as potent as the Original Universe. I cannot bestow him an innate secret technique, nor can I allow his divine body to evolve.” The Ancestor picked up a drop of wine condensed from myriad dewdrops before him and took a slow sip. “If his divine body hasn't evolved, even if he were given the strongest innate secret technique, he wouldn’t be able to use it… let alone the fact that he hasn't received the strongest innate secret technique at all.”
“If this were in the Original Universe, I fear this wager would have been lost.”
“What a pity… this is my universe.” The Ancestor looked at Sitting Mountain Guest. “I can control all the accidental factors. Your disciple can only rely on the Beast God Realm!”
“Confident, are you?” Sitting Mountain Guest also held the wine dew and took a sip. “The wine is good; send me some later.”
“This wine of mine was specifically created by setting up numerous special environments within this universe I control for cultivation. It cost me considerable effort and price to create,” the Ancestor looked at Sitting Mountain Guest, then smiled. “However, you are about to lose your peak ultimate treasure to me, so what is a little bit of wine?”
“Old Beast God… remember, 10 Epochs!” Sitting Mountain Guest shook his head. “How long has it been? Don't be too confident.”
“Oh? You are very sure?”
The Ancestor stated, “Do you think your disciple can become the strongest being in the universe within 100,000 Epochs, or that he can create the ultimate technique of a Universe Master while still an Undying being, or perhaps create the ultimate technique of the strongest beings in the universe while still a Venerable?”
According to the wager…
Once Luo Feng reaches the Universe Venerable level, the Ancestor Clone can then use the ultimate technique of the Universe Master level! The ultimate technique used by the Ancestor Clone would undoubtedly be the pinnacle among all techniques a Universe Master could unleash. To defeat such an Ancestor Clone, one would only have a chance by creating the ultimate technique of the strongest beings in the universe.
“I can only tell you this,” Sitting Mountain Guest looked at the Ancestor. “My disciple has a chance to succeed. Of course… if he cannot grasp it, the failure will only be due to his own inadequacy.”
“A chance? What a joke,” the Ancestor still didn't believe it.
“10 Epochs… that’s only 100,000 years in the Original Universe. We’ll see,” Sitting Mountain Guest said. “During these 100,000 years, don't let any other experts into the Beast God Realm, don’t affect him.”
“Rest assured, I will absolutely not deliberately sabotage or disturb,” the Ancestor agreed.
“The wine?” Sitting Mountain Guest asked.
The Ancestor waved his hand, and immediately, numerous exquisite wine bottles appeared next to him, suspended in mid-air.
“This is half of what I’ve accumulated,” the Ancestor said.
“I’m leaving.”
Sitting Mountain Guest took the wine with a wave of his hand, turned, and looked down from afar… Luo Feng, sitting in meditation far away. Then Sitting Mountain Guest turned and took a step, disappearing out of thin air.
“A chance?” The Ancestor looked down. “That old fellow Sitting Mountain Guest actually said his disciple has a chance to succeed. Becoming the strongest being in the universe is definitely a joke! That means he believes his disciple can create the ultimate technique of a Universe Master while still an Undying being?”
“Hmph hmph.”
“If this Luo Feng can succeed, it will at least broaden my horizons. If he fails, then the peak ultimate treasure is mine,” the Ancestor smiled faintly, then also vanished into thin air.
Luo Feng sat in meditation by the lake for nine full days. He even devoted time to studying the psychology of his teacher, Sitting Mountain Guest, and the Star Beast Ancestor, but ultimately, he still couldn't find a solution.
“The Ancestor and Sitting Mountain Guest are both the strongest beings in the universe; their vision, knowledge, and capabilities are at the absolute top tier of the universe.”
“The Ancestor doesn't believe I can do it.”
“Since Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest made the wager, he must believe I have a possibility of success, at least within the vast span of 1 billion years,” Luo Feng mused. “He sent me to the Beast God Realm, so to meet this requirement, I must first search within the Beast God Realm.”
Luo Feng understood.
The first step to achieving the goal was the Beast God Realm.
“There must have been many people throughout history in the Beast God Realm, after all, those numerous secret techniques were clearly left behind by many Universe Masters and Universe Venerables of the Star Beast Alliance. But these powerful beings couldn't have created the ultimate technique of a Universe Master while still Undying. If anyone could have done it, the Ancestor wouldn't have made the wager,” Luo Feng nodded inwardly.
By deduction, relying solely on the Beast God Realm would definitely not be enough!
“One, rely on the Beast God Realm.”
“Two, rely on some of my own secrets.”
“Three, it will require a long stretch of time; otherwise, Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest wouldn't have set the wager for 100,000 Epochs!” Luo Feng thought secretly. 100,000 Epochs… was almost equivalent to 1 billion years! It was truly an extremely long and distant amount of time.