Chapter 252 : “Star Tower, Come Forth!”
Chapter 252: “Star Tower, Come Forth!”
Emperor Qing stood there, as boundless sword light naturally gathered upon his body. He himself seemed like a sword—vast and impervious, even the mighty Blood River could not corrode him in the slightest.
“Three Thousand Killing Formation—Heavenly Pillar Realm!” As Emperor Qing willed it, the sword formation changed instantly. Within the endless Blood River, pillars formed of sword light rose like heavenly columns. Each was incomparably towering, each infinitely tall, propping up an entire vast world.
“Thirty-six heavenly pillars?” Luo Feng watched the scene before him with astonishment.
This vast world was upheld by thirty-six heavenly pillars, completely entrapping the weighty and overwhelming Blood River.
“Brother Milky Way, these are the thirty-six heavenly pillars I comprehended from the Heavenly Pillar Realm. I grasped only a mere fraction, but I fused it into the formation,” Emperor Qing said with a smile. “What do you think of its might?”
“With thirty-six heavenly pillars as the foundation supporting a world, this sword formation is indeed extraordinary.” Luo Feng could sense the endless killing intent contained in those pillars of sword light and laughed. “But this Blood River of mine… isn’t that simple!”
“Rise!”
Luo Feng’s vast mental will merged with the entire Blood River.
In that moment, the entire Blood River became like a colossal python. With a violent flick of its tail, the Blood River lashed out at one of the sword light pillars.
“Boom~~~” That sword light pillar immediately trembled, riddled with cracks.
“This Blood River hides such profundity?” Emperor Qing was secretly startled. The Blood River’s tail flick seemed simple, yet the endless might flowed in an unceasing assault. The upper limit of Origin Continent’s power wasn’t a single explosive strike—
Rather, it was a continuous eruption: slicing sharply, permeating subtly, or pulverizing fundamentally… a sustained and fused display of various intricacies. Just one lash of the tail, and a heavenly pillar had already cracked.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The vast Blood River roared like a giant serpent, rolling and whipping wantonly. The sword light pillars began to collapse one after another, unable to hold firm.
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“This might?”
“Is this the power of Emperor Qing and the Lord of the Milky Way?”
The other Divine Kings of Origin Continent looked on from afar. Even the Emperors of the Ancient Flame Kingdom and the Monarchs of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom felt suffocated! Those infinitely tall sword light pillars, that surging and unrestrained Blood River—it was all power they could not resist.
“This is the power beyond the Divine Kings!”
“Emperor Qing and the Lord of the Milky Way… they’re terrifying!”
These Divine Kings trembled in their hearts.
Even the Realm Beast of Tianmu Nation observed from afar: “No matter how hard I train, I can’t break through my bottleneck. I ate and drank my way to the Ultimate Realm, but since then, I’ve remained forever stuck. Compared to those two, I’m worlds apart!”
From the beginning, it hadn’t relied on its own comprehension. Now to expect itself to cross from the Ultimate Realm to beyond Divine King? Naturally, the chances were slim.
“Beyond Divine King?” The Ruler of the Myriad Realms Nation also observed from afar. “On the foundation of a complete Origin Path, drawing upon other mysteries and fusing them into one’s own path—to push it even further! But that step… is far too difficult.”
A complete Origin Path was already near perfection.
Fusing other mysteries often did more harm than good—diminishing rather than enhancing.
The Ruler of the Myriad Realms Nation could blend in some mysteries to slightly strengthen his path, but it was clearly not a qualitative leap.
“Perhaps I should leave the Origin Continent… and see the other worlds.” That thought arose within him.
Previously, in this era, only Emperor Qing was stronger than him. Now, there was another—the Lord of the Milky Way.
The Ruler of the Myriad Realms Nation felt a rising desire to venture out.
…
Emperor Qing looked at the vast, billowing Blood River as it raged, sweeping in all directions. Even his thirty-six sword light pillars were collapsing one by one, unable to resist the terrifying might. He couldn’t help but smile.
“Brother Milky Way, this Blood River of yours is indeed formidable. Then allow me to unleash the strongest form of this Three Thousand Killing Formation—Three Thousand Worlds!”
As his words fell—
Countless sword lights emerged, carrying endless profundity, naturally forming a grand array.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s expression shifted.
Within the vast surroundings, a beautiful world manifested—filled with birdsong and blooming flowers, with endless land, sky, and undulating mountains. Even ordinary living creatures began to emerge.
“Living beings are forming?” Luo Feng was startled.
“The Three Thousand Worlds can evolve all things. Though far inferior to the operation of the Supreme Laws, it’s a glimpse nonetheless,” Emperor Qing stood within this world, smiling as he looked at Luo Feng.
The endless Blood River flowed through half of this world, yet it was being suppressed by formless rules. The power of the world itself was pressing down on the Blood River, making even its rolling movement sluggish.
The full power of the world… was suppressing the Blood River.
Shhh shhh shhh~
Within the Blood River, sword lights flickered, erasing strands of its power. Yet the Blood River brimmed with endless vitality—each obliterated strand regenerated instantly.
“My endless Blood River… every movement is sluggish, completely suppressed.” Luo Feng was shocked. This was the Blood River driven by the secret patterns of the Star Tower, yet it was being suppressed?
“Brother Milky Way, this Blood River is already deeply profound. In terms of realm, you could be considered early-stage God Emperor,” said Emperor Qing. “Given the power limit within Origin Continent, though I may hold a slight advantage, I still cannot harm you in the slightest.”
The Blood River that spanned half a world pulsed with terrifying vitality.
“Didn’t expect to be suppressed within Origin Continent,” Luo Feng laughed. “Brother Qing, I’m going all out! You bring out your secret treasure as well!”
“All out?” Emperor Qing was slightly taken aback.
“Come forth!”
Luo Feng stood within the endless Blood River and shouted.
Suddenly, within the Blood River, a deep, shadowy nine-story tower began to emerge.
“Rumble~~~”
As the nine-story tower appeared, the Three Thousand Worlds began to tremble, cracks appearing everywhere—the ground, the mountains, the skies… all began to shatter.
Previously, when Luo Feng fought, he only used the secret patterns of the Star Tower to drive his Physical Body into the Blood River form.
Now, he was truly wielding the Star Tower itself!
“This power?” Emperor Qing’s expression changed. The moment the nine-story tower emerged, it naturally corroded the Three Thousand Worlds, causing it to collapse.
“This isn’t an ordinary secret treasure,” Emperor Qing sensed its terrifying nature.
As the Star Tower appeared, it grew larger and larger!
Vast! Towering!
Its mere presence caused the Three Thousand Worlds to collapse—and it kept expanding, crushing everything. Emperor Qing’s Three Thousand Killing Formation could no longer be maintained.
“This…”
Emperor Qing looked up at the nine-story tower in awe. Even he felt dread. “This secret treasure… must have been crafted by a Primordial Lifeform. Within Origin Continent, the Infinite Space is the most likely place to obtain such a treasure.”
Even among ‘Beyond Divine King-level’ treasures, those forged by God Emperors differed greatly from those casually made by Yuan and others like him.
Yuan and his kind had long surpassed confinement. Even the treasures they forged casually had rule effects—for instance, suppressing all attacks from beneath Primordial Lifeform level by 90%, including soul attacks.
Such rule-based effects could not be replicated by God Emperors.
At this moment, Emperor Qing also sensed a lofty rule-like aura from the Star Tower—clearly not crafted by an ordinary God Emperor.
At that moment—
All the forces across Origin Continent saw the scene from afar.
The nine-story tower appeared! Its might had already reached the power limit of Origin Continent, with terrifying rule-like permeation and corrosion. Just by seeing it, they felt fear and despair.
“What a treasure.” The Three Major Foreign Races all stared in awe, their hearts filled with greed. “Could it be a treasure forged by Yuan?”
“Too bad it’s within Origin Continent.”
“Here, no one can snatch it.”
They all realized this.
The other experts across Origin Continent were utterly shaken.
“The Lord of the Milky Way’s power… actually suppresses Emperor Qing?”
“This nine-story tower… how can it be this terrifying?” The Emperors and Monarchs trembled. “So when he killed Emperor Yuan, he wasn’t even going all out! Now that he’s brought out this tower, his strength is overwhelmingly greater!”
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“Brother Milky Way, quickly put away your treasure,” Emperor Qing had already retreated far away and immediately spoke.
The Star Tower vanished into the endless Blood River, disappearing without a trace.
The Blood River then condensed into Luo Feng’s figure once more.
Through this sparring with Emperor Qing, Luo Feng confirmed… that even he couldn’t damage the Blood River at all. Only then did he dare to publicly unveil the Star Tower.
Across all of Origin Continent, the number of opponents worthy of seeing his Star Tower was exceedingly few! Luo Feng’s hands had itched!
Emperor Qing stepped closer, smiling at Luo Feng. “With such talent, Brother Milky Way, it’s only right that you obtained a powerful secret treasure left behind by Elder Yuan. I once acquired one as well, but I took it outside long ago.”
“In the future, when you bring that nine-story tower outside, be cautious,” Emperor Qing reminded, “as it’ll easily attract the attention of powerful foreign race experts.”
“You’re not afraid of being robbed?” Luo Feng asked.
“Haha, just be careful.”
Emperor Qing said, “The secret treasures casually crafted by Elder Yuan… there are quite a few. For instance, you can even redeem them within Infinite Space! At places like the Heavenly Pillar Realm and other Treasure Lands, secret treasures occasionally appear too.”
Luo Feng understood.
To Emperor Qing… he thought the Star Tower was just one of those treasures exchangeable in Infinite Space.
“Treasures from Infinite Space were all crafted by Primordial Lifeforms—some possibly even by Elder Yuan himself,” said Emperor Qing. “Of course, their values vary. The top ones exceed one hundred thousand reward points, while ordinary ones cost twenty or thirty thousand.”
“A secret treasure worth over a hundred thousand reward points would drive God Emperors mad,” Emperor Qing said with emotion. “The ones worth twenty or thirty thousand are more common.”
Luo Feng nodded.
Those few treasures worth a hundred thousand in Infinite Space were all helpful in ‘breaking out of the cage.’
He himself had never exchanged even one treasure, so he didn’t know the exact difference between Infinite Space treasures and the Star Tower.
“To me, the Star Tower’s greatest use isn’t battle—it’s cultivation support,” Luo Feng understood this. Comprehending the Star Tower’s secret patterns greatly aided his cultivation on the Life-and-Death Path.
So even if he ventured outside the Source World, Luo Feng never planned to bring the Star Tower with him!
As long as the Star Tower remained within Origin Continent, no one would be able to steal it!
“Brother Qing, has anyone ever exchanged for a treasure worth over one hundred thousand reward points?” Luo Feng asked.
“No one in Origin Continent,” Emperor Qing replied with a smile. “But in other Source Worlds, yes! Elder Yuan established Infinite Spaces in many Source Worlds. It’s widely acknowledged in the outside world: treasures worth one hundred thousand reward points in Infinite Space mark a boundary. Each one is incredibly rare, even capable of helping one break out of confinement. Unfortunately, reaching that point is too difficult.”
Luo Feng agreed wholeheartedly.
Indeed—it was difficult.
Even when his mental will broke through, he only received one hundred thousand reward points. But he couldn’t just spend all of them on a single treasure. The Perfect-Level Inheritances and Top-Tier Inheritances in Infinite Space were incredibly tempting too!
A treasure worth over one hundred thousand reward points—its rarity was self-evident.