They had waited too long. Ever since His Majesty the God-King left behind the Tower of Wuqi, the true mission of the four Commanders had been to find that peerless individual—a pursuit more vital than their own lives.
“It’s gone!”
“The Title Quest has vanished!”
“The Title Quest for the Lord of Laws is gone. It’s done. That soldier, Yinhe, must have reached the summit of the Tower of Wuqi.”
The four Commanders in the grand hall had been monitoring everything constantly; missions concerning the Four Great Legions, God-King Valley, and others were visible to them simultaneously. Once Luo Feng entered the eighth level of the Tower of Wuqi, the four of them lost sight of what was happening inside. But since such an immense span of time had passed without him emerging, it naturally filled the four Commanders with boundless expectation. Each of them stared fixedly at the mission list. They shouted almost simultaneously.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Four figures vanished from the hall at the same instant, reappearing outside the majestic Tower of Wuqi.
“Commanders!”
“It’s the Commanders! All four of them are here.”
This sight startled the True God guards stationed not far from the tower. It was extremely rare for all four Commanders to emerge at once.
All four Commanders stared at the main entrance of the Tower of Wuqi.
“Why hasn’t he come out yet?”
“He should be coming out soon.”
The four Commanders communicated with each other via silent telepathic transmission, waiting with intense anticipation. They were unaware that the moment Luo Feng passed the eighth level, the quest had been automatically withdrawn. In reality, Luo Feng was currently conversing with ‘His Majesty the God-King’ on the ninth level.
A long while passed—
“Rumble!”
The massive main door burst open with a thunderous sound, and the silhouette of a soldier emerged.
“He walked out?”
“In the endless eons since the Tower of Wuqi was established, every living soldier has been directly teleported out; no one has ever walked out the main door. Besides, all the other soldiers left long ago. This soldier has stayed this long—could he have actually reached the summit?”
“Don’t you see the four Commanders waiting here to greet him? He must have succeeded.”
Those True God guards, having witnessed countless batches of soldiers enter, knew some of the secrets, and their shock was immense.
...
As Luo Feng stepped out, he was surprised to see the four figures that had materialized before him. A mass of indistinct black mist, a burly male expert, a silver-armored female expert, and an alien beast expert—the four stood in a line outside the Tower of Wuqi, unable to hide their excitement as they looked at him.
“Uh…” Luo Feng looked at the four, unsure how to begin.
He didn't recognize a single one of them.
“We are the four Commanders of God-King Valley. By the decree of His Majesty the God-King, we have guarded this valley,” said the burly Commander in blood-red armor, his voice resonant. “Simultaneously, we have always awaited the existence of the peerless figure capable of conquering the Tower of Wuqi. Yinhe*, you succeeded; the four of us are truly overjoyed.”
“Yinhe*, please come inside to talk,” added the silver-armored woman beside him.
Luo Feng nodded immediately and followed the four Commanders toward the nearby silvery-gray palace. While they had been speaking, the surrounding True God guards had not overheard a single word.
The burly Commander swept his gaze over the surrounding guards: “What happened today is not to be spread.”
“Yes, Commander.”
The dozen or so guards scattered in the distance responded respectfully in unison.
...
The first floor of the silvery-gray palace.
“They are incredibly excited,” Luo Feng conversed with the four Commanders, secretly marveling that their enthusiasm far exceeded his expectations.
“Conquering the Tower of Wuqi—this is something we have longed for someone to achieve. We have hoped for this through endless eons, like a burden constantly pressing on our hearts. Every time we recall it, we feel we have failed His Majesty the God-King,” said the figure in black mist, which had now coalesced into a vague human shape sitting there. “Now that you, Yinhe, have succeeded, we are finally relieved.”
The silver-armored female Commander sat down, tears faintly glimmering in her eyes. “It has been too long.”
“Yinhe, wait here for a moment. We have already transmitted the news of your summiting the Tower of Wuqi to the Four Generals. With their strength, they will surely arrive here in a very short time,” explained the burly Commander. “Like us, the Four Generals have spent vast epochs trying to cultivate and select the peerless genius who could reach the top of the Tower of Wuqi. Knowing you succeeded, they will be just as thrilled and happy. They will certainly want to meet you.”
Luo Feng smiled and nodded. “I have long heard of the Four Generals’ formidable reputation and have longed to meet them, but I never had the chance before.”
As a Titled expert who earned his title by conquering the Tower of Wuqi, his status was equivalent to that of a General. This was only on the surface... in terms of actual standing, the Four Generals and Four Commanders were slightly below.
Luo Feng chatted with the four Commanders, and not long after,
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four figures entered the hall consecutively and then materialized one by one.
Luo Feng took a look.
The four figures that arrived were two Tribal powerhouses and two Alien Beast powerhouses... each had suppressed their immense pressure, yet even with their aura restrained, the invisible presence caused Luo Feng to marvel inwardly.
“Yinhe, this is General Xue Yong of the Eastern Army!” introduced the burly Commander.
Xue Yong seemed the kindest of the four Generals. He had fair skin, green tribal markings near his ears, exuding an air of noble refinement, and wore silver-white armor. A vertical pupil rested on the center of his brow, and he looked at Luo Feng with palpable excitement, his three eyes shining. “We... we have waited too long. Only today can we truly say we have done no disservice to His Majesty the God-King.”
“Introduce me quickly!” roared a tall alien beast with six heads beside him, immediately flashing a smile at Luo Feng, all six ugly and ferocious heads grinning simultaneously. “I am the North—”
“Don’t rush.”
“One at a time.”
...
Luo Feng finally witnessed the enthusiasm of the Four Generals. For endless, long ages, the goal for the four Generals and four Commanders had been a single one: to cultivate and find the peerless genius capable of conquering the Tower of Wuqi for His Majesty the God-King. This surpassed their own cultivation and their very lives. When Luo Feng appeared, their excitement was overwhelming.
“Yinhe, it’s fine for you to seek tempering through adventure, but the Jin World is vast, and your current strength is still... there might be danger. I will arrange several Void True God guards for you to protect you secretly.”
“Yinhe...”
The Four Generals spoke on all sides.
They treated Luo Feng almost like a rare treasure, terrified that even a slight oversight might occur.
Half a day later.
Luo Feng finally departed God-King Valley.
“Those four Commanders and four Generals, they are simply too much...” Luo Feng sighed, letting out a breath. “They even escorted me all the way back to the Eastern Army. It’s just like parents with a child, and they are almost completely subservient to my wishes.”
From their conversation, Luo Feng could sense that the Four Generals and Commanders treated him as the ‘Successor of the God-King.’
“Return to the Eastern Army camp.”
Luo Feng immediately piloted his silver small boat, tearing through the void to depart.
...
The moment the Lieyuan Art's Nayin Secret Technique was mastered, the will projections from his Endless Nether Sea and Demon Slaughter avatars ceased their outward spread, and they all recovered their clarity. Consequently, many individuals, including City Lord of Chaos and Venerable Zhenyan, contacted Luo Feng. Luo Feng patiently explained everything until he had satisfied everyone and allowed all parties to understand the situation.
“Teacher Zhenyan, guided by the inheritance of the Ancient Civilization, has already reached the limit of a Venerable. Just one step separates him from becoming a Universe Master,” Luo Feng mused internally. “Once Teacher becomes a Universe Master, I must prepare a grand gift.”
Under the more systematic cultivation guidance of the Ancient Civilization, and because Venerable Zhenyan was Luo Feng's teacher, he naturally received an abundance of resources, which is why his progress was so rapid.
Among his three teachers—Zhenyan, Chaos, and Mountain-Sitting Guest—Luo Feng was closest to Zhenyan. Next was Chaos, and then Mountain-Sitting Guest.
Venerable Zhenyan was the most selfless, treating his disciple like family purely out of affection. Chaos valued Luo Feng’s potential for the future of humanity, while Mountain-Sitting Guest had his own plans and objectives.
Of course, Luo Feng was grateful to all three teachers and sought to repay them whenever possible. However, Mountain-Sitting Guest had never asked for anything.
“Zhenyan and Elder Brother Hong are both Venerables. Second Brother Thunder God is still an Immortal,” Luo Feng calculated. “These years, the human race has constantly fought against hostile factions; everything I do is primarily for the race. However, I must also give some thought to my Earth human lineage and my own family.”
...
Leaving God-King Valley, he headed directly for the Eastern Army camp. The journey was long, and Luo Feng occupied himself by studying the Wuqi God armor.
The Wuqi God armor had three tiers. Even the first tier surpassed the Golden Claw God and Ke’niao. The third tier... was stronger than many mechanical-flow treasures used by Void True Gods. Only then could it be called the king among True God-level machines.
“Using ten thousand times time acceleration, it still took me more than half a day to grasp the first-tier usage method of the Wuqi God,” Luo Feng muttered while wearing the armor. Although he said ‘half a day,’ under the ten-thousand-fold acceleration, it actually amounted to nearly ten years.
Wearing the Wuqi God, Luo Feng’s body resembled an ape encased in armor. His face remained Luo Feng’s own, but his skin had turned black, and a flexible tail wrapped around him playfully.
“Burn!”
“Burn!”
Luo Feng instantly ignited his god body and simultaneously executed the second volume of Annihilation. His energy instantly exploded to its absolute highest level, rapidly extending throughout the entire Wuqi God armor. He swiftly converted energy within sixteen central nodes simultaneously. Four central nodes formed one secret pattern diagram, and these diagrams intersected to form a virtual central hub within the core of the Tower of Wuqi.
“Boom!”
The dazzling golden light resulting from the conversion instantly flooded the entirety of the Wuqi God armor.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Luo Feng, who had left millions of afterimages in the hall of the Tomb Ship, soon stopped.
“Truly powerful,” Luo Feng himself was astounded.
“With this single item, the Golden Claw God, Ke’niao, and others can all be discarded... With this, even the Universe Masters who roam the Sea of Universe, even if they luckily obtained mechanical-flow treasures, they would not be my match,” Luo Feng felt absolutely confident. He couldn't help but murmur, “It’s just that the power consumption of the Wuqi God is truly rapid.”
Since he was already maintaining the high-speed burn of the second volume of Annihilation while driving the Wuqi God, his boundless burning divine power was consumed frantically, like being swallowed by a whale. If his god body had only been a hundred thousand kilometers long before, it likely would have vanished in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, his god body was now vast, but he dared not fight wantonly like this for too long.
“No wonder His Majesty the God-King knew my god body was large and still said the consumption was excessive,” Luo Feng reflected. There is always a trade-off.
Finally, after more than three months of leisurely flight, Luo Feng arrived at the Eastern Army camp.
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