Chapter 6609: The Sectmaster’s Decision

“Milord, my talent is limited. Won’t Chu Feng or Zi Ling benefit more from this fortuitous encounter?” the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect’s sectmaster asked.

“Zi Ling has her own fortuitous encounter. She’ll reach great heights in the future. As for Chu Feng, no one has had greater fortuitous encounters than that lad. However, he’s destined to walk a different path from the rest of you.

“He seeks to shatter past limits and surpass those who come before him. He has a chance to reach the top, where no one else has ever been. His path is destined to be tough, and he will suffer more than anyone else has. Normal people can’t hope to do it.

“I am well aware that Chu Feng will benefit more from the power in this coffin; he can even minimize or completely neutralize the side effects from taking in this power. However, resorting to such means to swiftly raise his strength will only cap his future. I’ll be harming him by giving it to him,” Long Xie replied.

“But...” the sectmaster argued.

“Lass, you don’t need to push it on to anyone else. I have already decided that I’ll bestow the power inside this coffin to you and no one else. Only someone of your character is worthy of inheriting this power. However, it will come at a price.

“First, this power will permanently reduce your lifespan. On top of that, you’ll have to take on greater responsibilities after inheriting this power,” Long Xie said.

“Milord, may I know what the responsibilities are?” the sectmaster asked.

“Wen Xue might have made the first move, but Chu Feng and Zi Ling will eventually have to enter the Ninth Galaxy as well. They have a lot of growing to do, and we won’t interfere in that. However, you can do so. You can be the one to give them a push on this arduous journey. That is the responsibility I am talking about.

“I’ll respect your decision. If you don’t want to shorten your lifespan or take on this responsibility, you are free to reject my offer. I will not make things difficult for you,” Long Xie said.

The sectmaster’s expression turned resolute, and she bowed deeply to Long Xie. “I am willing to take on this responsibility.”

Long Xie smiled as if he had expected as much. “Let’s begin your metamorphosis then.”

The coffin slowly opened. An immense flood of energy gushed out, and it would have destroyed the entire realm if not for Long Xie controlling it.

At the same time, Long Xie levitated the sectmaster into the air, toward the coffin.

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Meanwhile, Chu Feng was busy gathering the God’s Era’s power fragments scattered across the Seven Realms Galaxy, while making quick work of all the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s members whom he crossed paths with.

There was good news—Jie Baobao’s condition had finally stabilized. For the time being, he didn’t need to sacrifice more Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s members to treat her.

It wouldn’t be wise to do this beyond what was necessary since this was a taboo method; it involved sacrificing the lives of others, after all. Assimilating too many human lives would harm Jie Baobao.

But that didn’t mean that Chu Feng was about to start sparing the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s members. He continued to massacre them, claiming their lives, treasures, and origin energies.

Chu Feng did encounter enemies stronger than him along the way. In such cases, Little Fishy would make a move. If not for her protection, Chu Feng’s journey wouldn’t have been so smooth-sailing.

So, Chu Feng shared half of God’s Era’s power fragments and the collected origin energies with her.

“Big brother...”

Little Fishy was about to object when Chu Feng interjected, “Yu’er, I know that you don’t need their treasures, which is why I stowed all of them into my Cosmos Sack without asking you. I’m sharing the origin energies with you because I know you need them. You should accept them.”

“All right. I’ll listen to you, big brother,” Little Fishy replied.

Chu Feng divided the origin energies he had just collected from the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s members into two equal portions. He gave one half to Little Fishy and tossed the remaining into his World Spirit Space.

“Chu Feng, give these origin energies to the Asura World Spirit Army instead. I am at a critical phase of my cultivation of the Ancestral Martial Spiritist Sect’s secret skill, and taking in these origin energies right now will only impede me.

“Besides, didn’t you say that the formation gate that boosts the Asura World Spirit Army’s strength is at its limit and cannot raise their cultivation any further? You should feed them some origin energies, even if only out of consideration for Yaoyao. They aren’t able to cultivate on their own. No matter what, Asura King is Yaoyao’s father.”

Eggy made a reasonable point. Chu Feng felt so indebted to Eggy that he was inclined to give everything good he had to her, but that was unfair to the Asura World Spirit Army. Since Eggy had already said that she didn’t need those origin energies, he ought to give them to the Asura World Spirit Army instead.

“Eggy, do you really not need the origin energies?” Chu Feng asked.

“Why would I lie to you? Besides, you should know how much energy I need for my cultivation. Just this much origin energies won’t be enough for me to make a significant advancement. Give them to the Asura World Spirit Army instead,” Eggy said.

“Eggy, what’s the secret skill you’re practising?” Chu Feng asked once more.

He had known that Eggy had received a secret skill from the Ancestral Martial Spiritist Sect’s main city, but it surprised him to hear that she had to stop taking in origin energies to cultivate the secret skill. The strict requirements suggested that the secret skill must be truly formidable.

That made him even more curious to know what it was.

“It’s a secret,” Eggy replied with a sweet smile.

She went back into cultivation right after saying that. She had been cultivating harder than ever since she obtained this secret skill.

Chu Feng entered his World Spirit Space and looked at the diligently cultivating Eggy. He glanced at the scroll in front of her but was still unable to decipher its contents.

Next, he turned to the huge bundle of origin energies floating above, followed by the formation gate that isolated the Asura World Spirit Army.