Luo Feng knew the Star Beast Alliance's Primal Ancestor intended to recruit him, but he hadn't expected the opening offer to be so severe.

"No," Luo Feng replied directly.

What a joke.

The Human Race had treated him well, and after a hundred thousand years of development, Earth's humans were spread throughout the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, long integrated into the greater family. Furthermore, the Luo Family's roots now extended into various regions... could he just say he was leaving the Human Race? What about his parents and wife?

"Oh, I forgot your cultivation years are still short," the Ancestor paused, nodding. "Your relatives and friends are still there."

"Mm," Luo Feng affirmed.

"How about this," the Ancestor proposed. "Your Golden Horned Beast avatar joins my Star Beast Alliance, existing under the title 'Jin Feng Venerable' that you mentioned earlier. This won't affect anything you have in the Human Race... like when you are on the Primitive Star, you can seek aid from the Human Race as a human, and also seek aid from my Alliance as a Star Beast. From now on, you have two major powers as your backing!"

"But equally," Luo Feng countered, "there are two sets of responsibilities."

Joining a faction brings benefits. But it also brings obligations!

Luo Feng understood perfectly why this Ancestor wanted him to join! Once he broke through to the Universe Venerate level, coupled with his life gene level being over ten thousand times higher... his divine body would approach that of some Universe Masters. Combined with the 'Universe Master Ultimate Secret Art' and top-tier supreme treasure sets, pinnacle supreme treasures, and so on, his combat strength would be immense.

Upon reaching the Universe Master level, he would be comparable to Chaos City Master and other top-tier Universe Masters. Moreover, Luo Feng had 'Sitting Mountain Guest' backing him! With such potential strength, how could they not try to win him over?

"Correct, the Alliance forces will provide you assistance, and naturally, you must bear corresponding responsibility," the Ancestor looked at Luo Feng. "The stronger the strength, the greater the responsibility. What do you think?"

"No problem."

"I can handle the responsibility," Luo Feng smiled and nodded.

"Good." The Ancestor nodded with satisfaction.

On the path of the strong, having an extra fallback route was always a good thing. If he were ever in extreme peril and the Hong Alliance couldn't help, there was still the Star Beast Alliance. Moreover, Luo Feng had visited Star Beast Mountain once; compared to the strict hierarchy within the Human Race, this Star Beast Alliance felt much more like a brotherhood.

Just as the Ancestor and Luo Feng were reaching an agreement, Sitting Mountain Guest approached from a distance.

"I didn't hear what you two were discussing, judging by your expressions... Primal Ancestor of the Star Beasts, it seems you succeeded in recruiting him." Sitting Mountain Guest quickly arrived.

"Teacher." Luo Feng saluted.

"Luo Feng, did this old fellow give you any benefits?" Sitting Mountain Guest asked directly.

Crude, straightforward! Luo Feng, being clever, chimed in, "Not yet."

Sitting Mountain Guest immediately turned and glared: "A promising Universe Venerate emerges within your clan, surely your Star Beast Alliance must bestow a Universe Supreme Treasure, right? How is it... that my disciple joins your Star Beast Alliance—which is an honor for you Star Beasts! It adds a formidable fighter to your ranks. And there isn't even a single supreme treasure?"

"Before..." the Ancestor was somewhat taken aback.

"Don't mention the Beast God Armor; that was a loss you incurred," Sitting Mountain Guest cut in directly. "That wasn't given to Luo Feng by your Star Beast Alliance."

The Ancestor was truly helpless. The Alliance's rule for bestowing supreme treasures was generally for a promising Universe Venerate who lacked supreme treasures for protection. If they already possessed them, the Star Beast Alliance usually wouldn't waste any more treasures. Treasures were generally exchanged based on contributions to the clan.

And since Luo Feng possessed a top-tier set of supreme treasures, he clearly wasn't lacking in that regard.

"Haha, that does make sense. Luo Feng is now among the top tiers of Universe Overlords, and his joining the Star Beast Alliance is certainly worth celebrating," the Ancestor looked toward Luo Feng. "Luo Feng, you know that any faction exchanges contributions for treasures, and even when treasures are bestowed upon the promising, they generally won't be overly valuable."

Luo Feng nodded. For instance, King Fei Jing only received an ordinary supreme treasure armor as a free bestowal, which was usually not very costly.

"Your Golden Horned Beast avatar already has supreme treasures. And your human true body is currently better suited for close combat. I heard you've always relied on psychic weapons... so I will bestow upon you a High-Grade supreme treasure melee weapon." the Ancestor announced.

"Thank you, Ancestor." Luo Feng immediately accepted. Getting something for free, why refuse? A High-Grade supreme treasure melee weapon was quite good.

"So stingy," Sitting Mountain Guest grumbled from the side.

"Sitting Mountain Guest, I have countless strong members in the Star Beast Alliance who need looking after, unlike you, who is a lone wanderer with no burdens," the Ancestor said helplessly. "If you feel what I gave isn't good enough, then you, as the teacher, should provide something better."

"Don't worry, what I give will definitely be better than yours."

Sitting Mountain Guest deliberately watched the Ancestor struggle, leaving the Ancestor feeling utterly resigned...

"What kind of melee weapon do you require?" the Ancestor looked at Luo Feng.

"A blade," Luo Feng said. "Preferably this style." He pointed his hand into the empty air, divine power swirling to condense into the shape of a Blood Shadow Battle Blade.

"There won't be one exactly identical, but... how about this one?" The Ancestor flipped his right hand and directly teleported a supreme treasure hidden in another part of the universe over. The hilt was completely dark purple, adorned with complex engraved patterns, and the blade was slightly curved.

Comparing the blade to the hilt ratio, if the Blood Shadow Battle Blade was a one-handed saber, this battle blade resembled a two-handed weapon more, perhaps similar to the Zhanmadao style from Chinese history.

"The blade section is very close to the battle blade style you need, only the hilt is a bit longer," the Ancestor explained.

"Not bad." Luo Feng's eyes lit up. This battle blade looked even fiercer than the Blood Shadow Battle Blade!

"Take it."

The Ancestor smiled, and the ancient blade flew directly to Luo Feng. Luo Feng reached out and received it, divine power immediately permeating it, while a piece of information was transmitted into his consciousness. This blade was named 'Zhan Ming'.

'Zhan Ming...' Luo Feng grasped the Zhan Ming Blade and casually slashed through space, tearing minuscule rips in the void. This made Luo Feng even more satisfied, reminiscent of the feeling when he first used the Blood Shadow Battle Blade during his Earth era—it was genuinely exciting.

"These are some credentials for my Star Beast Alliance," the Ancestor tossed over a golden book. "Besides the headquarters, Star Beast Mountain, my Star Beast Alliance has several gathering points. Each gathering point has a teleportation channel leading to Star Beast Mountain! You can leave a token at some of these points and teleport there anytime to reach Star Beast Mountain."

"Also, you should return to Star Beast Mountain when you have time. At the very least, you must obtain a token from your Golden Horn lineage's leader, the Golden Horn Master, 'Lord of Whirlwind Annihilation.' If you are in danger, you can ask the two of them for help; by the rules, you belong to the Golden Horned Beast lineage." the Ancestor instructed.

"Understood." Luo Feng nodded. The Star Beast Alliance was divided into many lineages, and his lineage leaders were the Golden Horn Master and Lord of Whirlwind Annihilation.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take Luo Feng and leave?" Sitting Mountain Guest asked.

"Nothing else," the Ancestor smiled and nodded. "I'll send you both back; it will be faster."

Rumble!

Space instantly twisted... Two figures abruptly appeared in the vast starry expanse: Luo Feng and Sitting Mountain Guest.

"We are back in the Original Universe. I have temporarily isolated the rules of the universe's operation," Sitting Mountain Guest looked at Luo Feng. "In a moment... the rules of the universe's operation will sense the change in your life gene level, causing your Golden Horned Beast to undergo metamorphosis! Your divine body will rapidly grow, reaching the perfect divine body state in a short time."

"It's similar to last time, just without the gift of a talent secret method this time."

"No talent secret method bestowed?" Luo Feng was momentarily surprised, slightly disappointed.

"Correct."

Sitting Mountain Guest nodded. "The greatest talent secret method bestowal is a once-in-a-lifetime encounter for every powerhouse who reaches the perfect life gene level. Their consciousness is drawn to the core of the universe's origin to receive the inheritance. This is a consciousness inheritance... your consciousness has already received one such inheritance; you cannot receive a second. Every living being only gets one chance."

Luo Feng understood instantly.

"Actually, it's meaningless to you," Sitting Mountain Guest shook his head. "Having one ultimate talent secret method is more than enough, especially since you have already comprehended the Universe Master Ultimate Secret Art! If you need more secret methods in the future, you can create them yourself."

Luo Feng nodded.

"Once you can control the Star Tower! The might of the Star Tower is immense; what need have you for a greatest talent secret method?" Sitting Mountain Guest smiled. "The more complex secret methods contained within the Star Tower you can activate, the stronger its might will be. That is superior to any talent secret method."

Luo Feng nodded. Even though his mastery of secret arts was profound, the intricate carvings on the Star Tower... from Luo Feng's current perspective, they were unfathomably deep! A supreme treasure... truly extraordinary! In the future, if he could use the Star Tower, as Sitting Mountain Guest said, all he needed to do was diligently strive to activate the secret methods inscribed on it, maximizing the Star Tower's potential might.

"Here is a token," Sitting Mountain Guest tossed a stone tablet, seemingly carved from bluestone, to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng took it.

"This token has been specially refined by me and can be considered an ordinary supreme treasure. If you need to contact me, enter your consciousness into it to transmit a message. I will receive it immediately," Sitting Mountain Guest explained.

"Yes," Luo Feng responded.

"Good. Return to your God Kingdom. You will need a lot of energy as your divine body swells from one thousand kilometers to over ninety thousand kilometers. You need to prepare that energy yourself," Sitting Mountain Guest instructed.

Luo Feng nodded. He had prior experience: the universe's operational rules only facilitated the evolution of the divine body... the energy required for that evolution truly had to come from himself. Last time, his Gloomy Sea avatar absorbed world energy for its evolution.

"Go," Sitting Mountain Guest commanded.

"Yes."

Luo Feng could now clearly sense his God Kingdom and also perceive the location of his Earthling true body. Instantly, the Earthling true body dispatched an Immortal servant to initiate the God Kingdom teleportation to rush over.

"Buzz..." Amidst the emerald green teleportation light of the God Kingdom, Luo Feng swiftly departed...

Luo Feng executed three rapid blinks through the spatial turbulence, swiftly returning to his God Kingdom. He could already sense the oppressive weight of the universe's operational rules.

"Boom!"

"Roar!"

The Golden Horned Beast, clad in the Beast God Armor, stood above the endless Gloomy Sea, tilting its head back to unleash a roar. Crackling sounds erupted as its tendons, bones, horns, and muscles all began to violently expand. Simultaneously, it ferociously absorbed massive amounts of divine power from the endless Gloomy Sea, causing the Golden Horned Beast's length to continuously increase...