The spirit of the Wu Yu Yi (Wing of the God-Slaying) had only just been born, and its means of expression were not yet clear. Naturally, Luo Feng possessed boundless patience, spending nearly half a day before he began to gain some understanding.

Though the spirit was newly formed, it carried fragmented memories. It didn't recall combat scenes, but it did remember the appearance of its former master when he possessed them... The former master, according to the Wu Yu Yi spirit, was a giant with a towering divine body and a pair of horns, possessing six pairs of wings upon his back.

And the Wu Yu Yi itself constituted two of those six pairs.

Furthermore... The spirit of the Wu Yu Yi was absolutely certain that there was no hierarchy among the six pairs of wings; every pair was crucial. Within the artifact's entire structure, each pair served a distinct, specialized function, and missing even one pair would prevent the ultimate perfection of the treasure.

"Then how is it so incredibly powerful?" Luo Feng pressed for an answer.

The Wu Yu Yi spirit replied that the reason was the Source!

The Source was the core of all six pairs of wings. Based on Luo Feng's communication and understanding with the Wu Yu Yi, the Source was analogous to a car engine! Furthermore, it possessed energy storage capabilities. The former master's power was heaven-shattering; a multitude of divine powers were converted and stored through the Source. It was precisely because of the Source's existence... that those two wings possessed such impossibly mightly power.

"I need to seize it. How do I take it?" Luo Feng inquired further.

"Pledge allegiance," the Wu Yu Yi stated.

"How do I pledge allegiance?" Luo Feng continued to press.

"The master imprints divine power onto those wings, branding them with a life imprint, and allegiance will be pledged," the Wu Yu Yi urged. "However, Master, I am a newly born spirit, and those wings also have a spirit. Once the final fusion occurs, the two spirits will inevitably clash and fight; one will devour the other, and ultimately, only one spirit can remain. Master, if allegiance is to be pledged, you must help me. As long as you help me... I can consume it."

Luo Feng sighed inwardly. After only half a day of communication, the Wu Yu Yi spirit’s ability to convey information had grown significantly the more they talked.

"Good, I will definitely help you," Luo Feng nodded.

The Wu Yu Yi had been with him since its nascent state. The spirit of the white wing, however... harbored ill intentions. If a choice had to be made, the selection would naturally fall upon the Wu Yu Yi.

"Wu Yu Yi, but my divine power cannot even approach that white wing. What should I do?" Luo Feng asked.

"Pledging allegiance is extremely difficult," the Wu Yu Yi, as the spirit of an ultimate treasure, inherently understood the conditions for such a bond. "Because that pair of wings contains the Source, which is the core, the being born within that white wing... is actually a spirit generated with the Source as its primary entity. The rest of us wings can easily be pledged to a master, but the white wing cannot... Its difficulty in accepting allegiance is equivalent to that of a complete wing-type ultimate treasure."

"What are the requirements?" Luo Feng asked.

"The requirements for the will are extremely high."

"For a Sector Lord, one must possess the will of a Universe Venerable."

"For an Immortal, one must possess the will of a Universe Master."

"For a Universe Venerable, one must possess the will of the Strongest in the Universe."

"For a Universe Master, one must possess a will that surpasses even the Strongest in the Universe," the Wu Yu Yi stated.

Luo Feng gasped in surprise and immediately questioned: "A will surpassing the Strongest in the Universe? Does such a thing truly exist?"

"Yes. My fragmented memories vaguely recall existences far more powerful than the Strongest in the Universe known to the Master," the Wu Yu Yi confessed. "My former master was one such being!"

Luo Feng drew a sharp breath of air.

It was real!

Indeed, it was true!

In fact, countless powerful figures throughout the sea of the universe had speculated on this, especially the Universe Masters from the two great Holy Lands. Those Universe Masters were exceptionally proud, claiming their 'Cosmic Progenitors' far surpassed numerous Strongest in the Universe, asserting they were even stronger than the previously deemed invincible Primal Chaos Master!

They boasted loudly, claiming their Cosmic Progenitors were unparalleled! Proclaiming the immense power of their Cosmic Progenitors! Yet, none of them had ever actually seen the two figures.

However, whether it was the Primal Chaos Master, other Strongest in the Universe, or the vast number of broken miniature universes, they were all relatively small in scale. Only the 'two universes' of the two great Holy Lands were truly vast, and since those two Holy Lands had existed for countless cycles of reincarnation, this made the nearly one hundred other factions deeply wary of the legendary Cosmic Progenitors of the two great Holy Lands... In their hearts, they tacitly acknowledged that those two Cosmic Progenitors might indeed be terrifying.

But, no one had ever seen them.

Through endless epochs...

They had never appeared, so they might as well not exist.

"The former master of the Wu Yu Yi was actually a being more powerful than the Strongest in the Universe," Luo Feng marveled. "It’s true! There really are beings stronger than the Strongest in the Universe... It seems the Cosmic Progenitors of those two great Holy Lands have likely surpassed that tier. Could it be... that for a miniature universe to exist eternally, one must surpass the Strongest in the Universe?"

Luo Feng drew this conclusion.

It seemed so, but it was agonizingly difficult.

Countless miniature universes had perished... only the two Holy Land universes survived, which demonstrated the immense difficulty.

"It seems this involves some of the secrets of the sea of the universe," Luo Feng mused to himself.

Luo Feng quietly filed this knowledge away. After all, in the boundless sea of the universe, powerful beings reigned supreme, and his current strength was far from sufficient to unravel such profound secrets.

"Wu Yu Yi, you mentioned pledging allegiance?" Luo Feng couldn't help but ask, "Such high requirements?"

"Master is a Universe Venerable; the requirement must be the will of a Strongest in the Universe," the Wu Yu Yi replied. "I don't know about other extremely powerful ultimate treasures, but I only know that it is this way for the white wing." Since they were born from the same Source, it naturally understood the situation best.

"What if the will does not reach that level?" Luo Feng questioned.

"Pledging allegiance will fail, but at most, it will fail; there is no danger to life," the Wu Yu Yi stated plainly.

"Pledging allegiance has no connection to the life gene level?"

"None at all," the Wu Yu Yi confirmed assuredly.

Luo Feng’s pupils contracted. He had long suspected something was amiss with the white wing. Now, with the birth of the Wu Yu Yi, and based on the information transmitted by it, the fact that allegiance had no relation to the life gene level was evident. In fact, when he had first pledged allegiance to the Star Tower, it had also not involved his life gene status.

Furthermore, the spirit of the white wing had tried to deceive him... tricking him into believing a Universe Venerable needed the will of a Universe Master.

But the reality was that a Universe Venerable required the will of a Strongest in the Universe!

"Wu Yu Yi," Luo Feng said, "Previously, I communicated with that white wing..." Luo Feng recounted their entire exchange to the Wu Yu Yi.

"It is lying to you, Master. It is deceiving you. Your current will is absolutely insufficient," the Wu Yu Yi warned. "It is very dangerous. I suspect its invitation for you to pledge allegiance is false; it might actually intend to kill you. A single ray from that wing could annihilate you."

"I understand now. Wu Yu Yi, tell me, how can I obtain it?" Luo Feng asked.

"When your will reaches the required level, there are two methods," the Wu Yu Yi explained. "One is for your divine power to be imprinted onto the wing; the imprint will naturally spread throughout every part of the wing. The second method is for the white wing to surrender its most crucial component, the Source. The Source flies before you, Master, you imprint your divine power onto it, and allegiance is pledged. It must be the Source; any other individual part is useless."

Luo Feng nodded, understanding.

It was similar to pledging allegiance to the Star Tower: the Tower Bead must merge with the soul. Pledging allegiance to a sealed star within the Star Tower, for instance, would be useless to the Star Tower itself.

"Master, just wait patiently. If the white wing grows impatient, there might be an opportunity. As long as it flies out the 'Source,' I can clearly determine if it is the true Source. At that time, Master can trap the Source within this Star Tower," the Wu Yu Yi advised. "The Star Tower's power is immense; if the Source is trapped in one of its spaces, it cannot escape."

"Master can wait calmly and slowly temper his will until it meets the threshold, then pledge allegiance to the Source," the Wu Yu Yi added.

Luo Feng nodded.

"Good, I will wait!"

Time passed, and the Wu Yu Yi spirit grew rapidly, visibly increasing its wisdom. While its innate level of intelligence wasn't high, its processing speed was incredibly fast, leading to clearer and more lucid communication. The Wu Yu Yi began organizing its fragmented memories and making extensive deductions based on the current data available in the sea of the universe.

Another three years elapsed.

A ripple of energy was transmitted from the white wing toward Luo Feng.

"Human." The spirit of the white wing finally contacted Luo Feng.

Luo Feng smiled inwardly; it had indeed sought him out.

"Are you deliberately trying to wear me down?" the spirit of the white wing questioned. "You know how much I desire to restore myself, and your lifespan is immensely long. Moreover, this location is a rare paradise for tempering one's will. Therefore, you are in no hurry, correct?"

"Correct," Luo Feng replied directly.

"You are straightforward, but you are unwilling to even offer one Peak Ultimate Treasure. This truly disappoints me," the spirit of the white wing remarked.

"I am unwilling to gamble. If I fail, won't I lose a Peak Ultimate Treasure?" Luo Feng countered. "A Peak Ultimate Treasure is still very important to me."

"I am far superior to a Peak Ultimate Treasure," the spirit of the white wing insisted.

"But you haven't pledged allegiance yet," Luo Feng pointed out. "Why insist that I must give you a Peak Ultimate Treasure first? As soon as you are truly pledged, I, possessing such a powerful ultimate treasure, will naturally find ways to make you even stronger. A supreme powerhouse only requires a few suitable ultimate treasures. No powerhouse possessing a treasure like you would neglect improving your might."

Silence followed.

Then, the spirit of the white wing retreated.

Luo Feng closed his eyes, continuing to temper his will, showing no urgency whatsoever.

Another three years flashed by.

That wave of energy was transmitted once more.

"Fine, I concede," the spirit of the white wing finally yielded. "I submit."

"Hahaha, rest assured. Once allegiance is pledged, I will certainly find a way to repair you and greatly enhance your power. You are my trump card," Luo Feng assured it repeatedly. "Wing, to pledge allegiance, don't you need your core component?"

"Yes. I will now detach a core component. Grasp it, imprint your divine power into it, and allegiance will be pledged," the white wing instructed.

Whoosh~

A speck of light suddenly flew out from the edge of the white wing. It was immediately struck by the dense blades and violently repelled, instantly thrown hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. It was periodically struck by a blade's light, tossed randomly within the distant, endless storm of blades, this speck of light constantly flying about wildly.

"Wu Yu Yi, is that the Source?" Luo Feng inquired.

"No, Master. The Source is the wellspring of all those lights. If it flew out, those countless blade lights would fly along with it; it is the core of the endless radiance," the Wu Yu Yi explained. "That is a fake. I am certain. It hides a beam of light within it. Once the Master pledges allegiance, the blades will strike instantly... the Master will surely die."