Chapter 344: Lifting That Veil

On the third day after Luo Feng arrived at Chengfeng City, inside God Emperor Boxiu’s Cave Dwelling—

“‘They’ve arrived.’”

Boxiu, Bai Yin, Chi Zheng, and Luo Feng stood together, welcoming City Lord Feng Qiao and the group of peak-level existences.

“‘City Lord,’” God Emperor Boxiu said with a smile.

“‘This is God Emperor Luo Feng?’”

City Lord Feng Qiao, who resembled a rocky giant, observed Luo Feng and said with a smile, “‘To gather the resources needed for this transaction, we’ve hardly rested these past two or three days.’”

This transaction, with a total value of 7.3 trillion Primordial Crystals, along with a large number of bloodlines and War Merits—even for City Lord Feng Qiao’s faction—required two to three days of preparation.

“‘You’ve worked hard, City Lord,’” Luo Feng replied with a slight smile.

City Lord Feng Qiao carefully observed the black-robed, black-haired man. On the surface, he did not appear to be someone deeply scheming. However, he knew better than to judge a cultivator by appearances.

“‘We’ve just learned some information about God Emperor Luo Feng. In just over two thousand eras, you rose from an ordinary God Emperor to a peak-level existence in Rainlan City of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. Truly remarkable,’” City Lord Feng Qiao praised.

“‘Such a growth rate is extremely rare even in the Dark Sacred Realm,’” the other peak-level existences also praised, all the while carefully observing Luo Feng’s reactions.

They were curious—had Luo Feng truly risen in just over two thousand eras, or was it all a deliberate disguise?

“‘Shall we handle the main matter first?’” Boxiu suggested.

“‘Agreed, let’s proceed with the transaction,’” City Lord Feng Qiao nodded.

Luo Feng also nodded. With a flip of his hand, he took out a Spatial Bracelet, removed its seal, and allowed the guests present to inspect it.

City Lord Feng Qiao and the others each extended their will into it, probing the interior. Seeing the densely packed, countless corpses of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, they could not help but feel astonished. Witnessing it firsthand was indeed stimulating.

“‘Harvesting hundreds of thousands of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform corpses in one go—impressive, truly impressive,’” City Lord Feng Qiao exclaimed. “‘On our side, we will first provide Brother Luo Feng with 10 million War Merits, along with the auxiliary Heavenly Treasures you purchased and the various Primordial Bloodline materials. In addition, we will pay 5.312 trillion Primordial Crystals. As for the remaining 20 million War Merits you reserved, we estimate we can gather them all within one thousand eras. We will complete the delivery then.’”

Luo Feng nodded.

Each 10 million War Merits required 1.3 trillion Primordial Crystals. At that time, he would need to prepare another 2.6 trillion Primordial Crystals for the exchange—but that was a matter for the future.

“‘The Primordial Bloodlines and auxiliary cultivation treasures I require need to be delivered to the Teleportation Sacred Mountain,’” Luo Feng said. His clone had long been waiting there.

“‘We’ll deliver them immediately,’” City Lord Feng Qiao smiled slightly.

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Teleportation Sacred Mountain

One of Luo Feng’s clones sat cross-legged beside a dim lake, patiently waiting.

When City Lord Feng Qiao said “deliver immediately” on the Chengfeng City side, Luo Feng saw from afar a vessel flying toward him. Within just a few breaths, it landed beside the mountaintop lake.

“‘God Emperor Luo Feng.’”

Three peak-level existences stepped out from the vessel. As a small team, they were specifically responsible for escorting the goods. Having just exchanged for High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines and corresponding materials from the large-scale Primordial Hall, the three of them working together were sufficient to handle most dangers within the Dark Sacred Realm.

After all, this was cargo worth over 600 billion Primordial Crystals—there was no room for carelessness.

“‘Many thanks to the three of you,’” Luo Feng rose to greet them.

The Chengfeng City side confirmed the transaction.

The Teleportation Sacred Mountain side completed the handover.

After receiving everything, Luo Feng briefly checked it with his will and confirmed there were no issues.

“Whoosh.”

Luo Feng leaped directly into the nearby teleportation lake, locking onto the spatial coordinates of the Source World—Origin Continent—and immediately returned.

Origin Continent — Huyang City, inside the City Lord’s Mansion, within a Star Tower in a quiet chamber

“‘All Low-Rank Primordial Bloodlines related to life and destruction across the entire world cluster centered around the Dark Sacred Realm have been gathered. As for High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines of ‘Life-and-Death combination,’ I’ve collected a total of seventy-three types.’”

Within this layer of the Star Tower, each Primordial Bloodline was neatly arranged, and every single one was accompanied by twelve corresponding materials.

Early-Stage God Emperor, Mid-Stage God Emperor, Late-Stage God Emperor, God Emperor Perfection, and Transcendent Limit Existence—Low-Rank Primordial Bloodlines were indeed classified in great detail.

High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines, however, were categorized more roughly.

“‘All life-and-death-type bloodlines only reach the level of combination. There has never been a ‘fusion of life and death,’’” Luo Feng shook his head lightly.

Innately born Primordial Lifeforms contained the mysteries of various Paths within them—time, space, life, darkness, destruction… these were the most fundamental “Paths.”

They were all pure Paths—never had a naturally fused Path appeared.

This was precisely why the Fusion Path was extraordinarily difficult.

“‘Hopefully, I can find a way to break through the bottleneck from these Primordial Bloodlines.’”

Luo Feng opened the Eye of Life and Death on his forehead and began carefully observing the Primordial Bloodlines.

Learning from the corpses of innate Primordial Lifeforms—this was the path of cultivators.

“Crack.”

With a flip of his hand, Luo Feng took out a red fruit and quickly devoured it. An invisible energy nourished his soul consciousness, increasing his thinking speed by a hundredfold while bringing a sense of clarity and comfort.

With his current wealth, such ordinary auxiliary Heavenly Treasures could already be consumed regularly.

“‘No breakthrough method found.’”

“‘Still nothing.’”

At Luo Feng’s current realm, combined with the secret treasure—the Eye of Life and Death—even Transcendent Limit Primordial Bloodlines could be fully seen through.

Even without detailed study, a cursory glance told him that none of these bloodlines contained a method for “controlling a massive physical body.”

“‘None of the Low-Rank Primordial Bloodlines contain a way to control a massive physical body.’”

Luo Feng felt somewhat disappointed. The physical body of the “Half-Primordial Life-and-Death Path” he envisioned was far larger than any Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform.

Failing to find answers among them seemed only natural.

“‘Now it depends on the High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines.’”

Luo Feng looked toward the largest one among the seventy-three High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines.

This particular bloodline was carefully preserved. The crystalline crimson liquid faintly displayed strange illusions—on its surface, a fiery red great bird seemed ready to spread its wings and take flight.

“‘This is my first time observing a High-Rank Primordial Bloodline.’”

The leap from Low-Rank to High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms was a qualitative transformation beyond precedent. Even tens or hundreds of billions of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms would be nothing more than fodder before a High-Rank one.

In the face of such a vast gap, numbers lost all meaning.

“Buzz.”

The Eye of Life and Death in Luo Feng’s forehead observed the High-Rank Primordial Bloodline.

This bloodline possessed extremely abundant vitality. The mysteries of the Path of Life accounted for about fifty percent, the Path of Destruction for about thirty percent, and the remaining portion consisted of various mysteries such as matter and infinity.

“‘The difficulty of observation is far higher.’” Luo Feng frowned slightly. “‘Even with the Eye of Life and Death, there are still regions I cannot see clearly.’”

With the aid of the Eye of Life and Death, Luo Feng’s observational ability was roughly comparable to that of an ordinary High-Rank Primordial Lifeform.

Even High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms could not fully comprehend all the mysteries of another High-Rank Primordial Bloodline. Being able to see the shallow and mid-level mysteries was already impressive—the deepest layers were obscured by an invisible veil.

“‘High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines are more suitable for my comprehension.’”

The blood-red scale within the Star Tower was of too high a level—only its most superficial layer could be observed. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Even the Eye of Life and Death itself, being of World-Level Primordial Lifeform origin, was still somewhat too high in level.

High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms… at Luo Feng’s current realm, he could finally begin to comprehend them without feeling it was insurmountable.

“‘Historically, cultivators have comprehended High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines, achieved ultimate bloodline awakening, and escaped the Prison Cage.’” Luo Feng thought. “‘If they could reach ultimate awakening, then it’s only natural that I should be able to comprehend part of a bloodline.’”

Luo Feng patiently studied, as days passed one by one.

Suddenly, at a certain moment—

“‘This—’”

Luo Feng froze.

Through the Eye of Life and Death, while observing a portion of the mysteries, he discovered what he had long sought—the system of “mental consciousness controlling a massive physical body.”

“‘Found it. I finally found it.’”

Luo Feng was overwhelmed with excitement.

Clearly, within High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms lay the direction he had been searching for.

“‘This High-Rank Primordial Bloodline is called ‘Heavenly Fire Shadow.’ Its body is extremely massive.’”

Luo Feng’s thoughts stirred. High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms generally had enormous bodies—but even among them, sizes still varied.

Luo Feng quickly examined the other High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines.

After spending over a hundred days skimming through them, searching for similar mysteries of “mental consciousness controlling the physical body”—

“‘Among these seventy-three High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines, only three contain such mysteries—and all of them belong to extremely massive High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms.’”

A smile appeared on Luo Feng’s face.

With these three bloodlines as references and guidance, breaking through his bottleneck was now within reach.

Fortunately, among the High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines he purchased, three contained this crucial mystery. Otherwise, he might have had to grope in darkness for an unknown length of time.

Such was cultivation—when innate Primordial Lifeforms lifted the veil and revealed the path ahead, it became much easier to walk.

But not every bottleneck could be resolved by finding such a “path” within them.

“‘These three High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms are called ‘Heavenly Fire Shadow,’ ‘Nether Prison Calamity Beast,’ and ‘Nine-Headed Chaos Beast.’ Among their level, they are all extraordinarily massive.’”

“‘I’ll study them one by one.’”

Luo Feng continued studying the High-Rank Primordial Bloodline of Heavenly Fire Shadow.

Heavenly Fire Shadow was a flying creature. Because it was too massive, facing it felt like confronting endless heavenly fire—its full form was impossible to perceive. Once it spread its wings, its shadow enveloped everything, bringing boundless calamity.

“‘Mental consciousness controlling a massive physical body…’”

With the Eye of Life and Death, Luo Feng began detailed observation.

However, during his research, he encountered obstacles.

The mysteries within Primordial Bloodlines did not exist independently—they were intricately intertwined. To comprehend the aspect of “mental consciousness controlling a massive physical body,” Luo Feng had to disentangle these mysteries.

Fortunately, the bloodlines he purchased were primarily based on the combination of life and destruction, allowing him to sort through most of them.

As time passed, the mysteries of mental consciousness controlling a massive physical body gradually unfolded before him.

“‘So this is how Heavenly Fire Shadow controls such a massive body.’”

Although Luo Feng had only grasped a portion, he already understood the most fundamental principle.