Volume Six: Purple Wood God King and Di Fu

The handsome youth looked at the Secret Pattern Book.

Behind him, a massive dark-red creature condensed into being. Its gaping maw seemed capable of devouring everything.

"I've already worked very hard. In terms of the physical body, I cultivated a full seven Great Way of Destruction Bodies."

"In terms of secret methods, I comprehended a full one hundred and twenty-nine Ultimate Realm Secret Methods! And when those secret methods are combined, their might can grow even stronger."

"In terms of Mind Will, I collected many Mind Will secret methods and cultivated them bitterly for a long time."

The handsome youth's face twisted savagely, his eyes wild.

"But! No matter how I cultivate, I'm forever at the Ultimate Realm."

"My physical body, secret methods, and Mind Will are all at the Ultimate Realm level. Not a single one can break through the boundary!"

"I'm not cultivating anymore. I'm not!"

Furiously, the handsome youth casually flung the Secret Pattern Book in his hand away. It smashed into a corner of the great hall. This was an inheritance Yuan had left behind. Over Tianmu Kingdom's endless years, it had obtained only two inheritances from Yuan. One of them had long been studied by the World Beast.

Whoosh.

The handsome youth vanished from the hall in an instant.

Atop a towering mountain, the handsome youth sat alone, gulping down wine and tearing into meat. These were delicacies and Fine Wine he had gathered from the Origin Continent. Time stood still within his storage treasures, so the food's flavor could be perfectly preserved.

"A Yu." A middle-aged man appeared at his side.

"Big Brother is here." The handsome youth spoke, then continued drinking. "My clone was in the Dream Domain, but it failed to seize the Thousand Dream Fruit."

"A Yu, over endless years, you've gathered resources for me and even exchanged for a portion of Ultimate Realm Primal Chaos Bloodline. I don't lack resources at all now," the middle-aged man said. "You need to think more for yourself."

The handsome youth shook his head. "I don't want to think for myself!"

"This Source World, the Origin Continent, is gradually entering its final phase. In perhaps only several billion epochs, it will face its great destruction." Purple Wood God King looked at the handsome youth. "As a World Beast, you were born from Destruction Origin. You too will return to annihilation along with the great destruction of the entire Source World... this is the fate of World Beasts! Only by breaking through the boundary and becoming an existence beyond the God King level can you cast off Destruction Origin's restraints."

Under the operation of the Supreme Rules, the Destruction Origin Great Path gave birth to World Beasts. So long as they matured normally, World Beasts could reach the Ultimate Realm, possessing many abilities such as Perfect Lifeforms, Clone Technique, breeding legions, and more.

Yet World Beasts also had many restraints.

Their minds were born shackled, making them crave World Destruction from birth. Only after Soul Enslavement could they suppress their minds' instinctive desires.

Their lives were shackled as well! No World Beast could survive the great destruction and live into the next era of the Source World.

They were born from the Great Way of Destruction, and in the end, they would return to annihilation.

"You helped me obtain Ultimate Realm Primal Chaos Bloodline, and I cultivated an Ultimate Realm Lifeform as well." Purple Wood God King looked at the handsome youth. "A Yu, you've helped me greatly. In the future, I can use the transmission passageway Yuan left behind to leave the Origin Continent."

"But what about you?"

"When the Origin Continent is destroyed, do you intend to welcome death and leave me to cultivate outside alone?" Purple Wood God King looked at the handsome youth. "You know it. You're my only family left."

The handsome youth looked at Purple Wood God King. When he had been born, the first figure he saw upon opening his eyes was Purple Wood God King.

Purple Wood God King had always helped him, taught him, and guided him as he grew.

They called each other brothers! Yet in truth, he was more like a father.

"I... I really feel terrible." The handsome youth raised his head, his face contorted. "Big Brother, I really feel terrible! I'm used to all sorts of mysteries naturally appearing in my mind, naturally becoming Ultimate Realm! When I cultivate by myself, it truly is painful and unbearable."

"You've already created some new secret methods. As long as you continue improving and accumulating, you'll eventually break through," Purple Wood God King said.

"No, those are only some application techniques of the Great Way of Destruction." The handsome youth looked at Purple Wood God King helplessly. "I simply have no way to absorb new knowledge and integrate it into the Destruction Origin Great Path."

"The Destruction Origin Great Path is too perfect in my heart. I can't alter even the slightest bit of it." The handsome youth said, "I can't break through the boundary. I can't. Big Brother, stop forcing me. Days like this are too unbearable. I would rather live joyfully for several billion epochs than cultivate through such torment."

Purple Wood God King was stunned, then sighed softly.

"So be it. Let us drink today." Purple Wood God King sat down.

"That's right, let's drink." The handsome youth said.

"How about this for the days ahead: cultivate for one epoch, enjoy yourself for one epoch?" Purple Wood God King said. "Devote half your time to cultivation?"

The handsome youth looked somewhat pained. Seeing the expectant look in Purple Wood God King's eyes, he nodded. "Mm, all right. I'll listen to Big Brother."

Purple Wood God King smiled faintly.

"Drink, drink! For the next epoch, we'll enjoy ourselves to the fullest!" The handsome youth laughed joyfully and drank with Purple Wood God King.

"Haha, drink." Purple Wood God King also drank heartily, smiling at the handsome youth. "A Yu, don't blame me for pushing you too hard."

"I know Big Brother is doing this for my sake, so I can escape the shackles of a World Beast's fate," the handsome youth said.

"If you truly can't escape them, then I'll accompany you until the last day of my life." Purple Wood God King smiled toward the distance. "You and I will face the end of the Source World together. That would be a fitting end as well."

The handsome youth was startled and looked at Purple Wood God King. "No, Big Brother, you must leave the Origin Continent before the Source World reaches its end. If you delay until the end, you'll die!"

"You're my only family left. If even you are gone, why should I continue cultivating and struggling?" Purple Wood God King looked at the handsome youth. "Cultivating alone would no longer have any meaning."

"No, no—" The handsome youth shook his head.

"Let's not speak of that. Drink heartily," Purple Wood God King said.

Yet the wine no longer had any flavor for the handsome youth.

Yes.

Over the long years he had spent with Big Brother, Big Brother had indeed treasured family beyond measure. After taking revenge, his attachment to the entire world had faded greatly. He had not even taken a single step out of Tianmu Kingdom again!

Many matters in Tianmu Kingdom were handled by the World Beast's clone, transformed into Purple Wood God King's appearance.

"Big Brother has little attachment to the entire Origin Continent. I'm his only family left. If I die, Big Brother probably truly will..." At this moment, his urgency toward cultivation grew even stronger.

Not just for himself, but for Purple Wood God King as well.

Purple Wood God King silently watched this scene.

He admitted that after spending such long years together, they truly had deep feelings for one another. Yet deep in his heart, the ones he treasured most... were still the family and children he had possessed when he was weak.

"A Yu, don't blame me for trying every possible means to lead you toward cultivation! First, it is for your own good, so you can escape the shackles of fate. Second, it is also for myself! The stronger you become, the more hope there will be for my path of cultivation."

Purple Wood God King had once encountered Yuan by chance.

The first question he asked was whether there was any way to revive his family.

Yuan's answer was: break out of the Cage and become the master of the Source World, the Origin Continent! Then one could rescue any deceased lifeform from the river of time and space.

From that moment on, Purple Wood God King had been filled with boundless desire for cultivation.

He cultivated diligently himself! He also guided his World Beast, his "protector of the path," to cultivate diligently.

The World Beast was of immense help to him. The World Beast's gathering of all sorts of rare treasures was also under his guidance. He could not possibly watch helplessly as the World Beast lay flat and indulged in pleasure until this Source World came to its end.

Yan Feng Ancient Nation, within a vast, secret space.

The thoughts of Di Fu, Emperor Lord Jiu Feng, and Emperor Lord Wu gathered here.

"The three independent cultivators were Zong Fu God King, the Purple-Robed Woman, and the Black-Robed Golden-Masked Expert." Emperor Lord Jiu Feng said, "I guarded the array at the Dream Domain entrance for some time. On the day I failed, Zong Fu God King used the Karma Escape Technique to pass through the array and depart. The Purple-Robed Woman's escape was even more profound; my spatial domain could barely sense her. As for the Black-Robed Golden-Masked Expert, he only broke out of the Two Great Ancient Nations' array just now. He should have obtained the Thousand Dream Fruit. His escape technique was too swift to intercept!"

After Emperor Lord Jiu Feng failed, he had remained secretly watching at the entrance array. With his attainments in the spatial domain, he sensed everyone who passed by.

Not a thread of karma or a trace of aura could escape his notice.

"Di Fu." Emperor Lord Wu asked in confusion, "We gave you all the scenes of their battles. Can you determine their identities?"

Emperor Lord Jiu Feng also looked at Di Fu.

Di Fu's ability to deduce the secrets of heaven was terrifying, and he possessed array treasures bestowed by the Progenitor. There were very few on the Origin Continent who could conceal themselves from him.

"I cannot determine them." Di Fu frowned and shook his head.

"Neither the Purple-Robed Woman nor the Black-Robed Golden-Masked Expert can be identified?" Emperor Lord Wu and Emperor Lord Jiu Feng were both puzzled.

"The Purple-Robed Woman has several possibilities." Di Fu said, "She may be the Wind Capital Empress! The Wind Capital Empress has been nurtured by the Eastern Domain Progenitor. Her resources are no less than those of us Imperial Clan God Kings. She appears low-key, but her depths are unfathomable. The Purple-Robed Woman may also be WanJie Kingdom Master or a World Beast's clone."

"The Wind Capital Empress, WanJie Kingdom Master, a World Beast..." Emperor Lord Wu and Emperor Lord Jiu Feng both pondered.

"What about the Black-Robed Golden-Masked Expert?" Emperor Lord Jiu Feng asked. "My Extinguishing Wind of Annihilation could not shake his physical body in the slightest. His physical body is absolutely no weaker than an Ultimate Realm Lifeform. As for his soul techniques or Mind Will techniques, they could instantly kill Heaven Kun Country Lord."

"Both his physical body and soul and mind are so terrifying. There are only a handful on the Origin Continent capable of such a thing! Yet the few I know of... are all unlikely to be the Black-Robed Golden-Masked Expert," Emperor Lord Jiu Feng said.

"I can't make sense of it either." Emperor Lord Wu was perplexed.

"The people I suspect don't fit either." Di Fu shook his head. "My guess... is that he may be a newly risen expert. The Origin Continent is a place where hidden dragons crouch and tigers lie. Among the many God King Second Realm cultivators, perhaps one quietly became an Ultimate Realm existence! Once one reaches the Ultimate Realm, a powerful physical body naturally follows, and it is entirely normal for Mind Will to surpass the God King level."

WanJie Kingdom Master and Emperor Qing, those two who had comprehended complete Great Paths, both possessed Mind Will beyond the God King level.

"A newly risen expert? Perhaps a newly advanced Ultimate Realm?" Emperor Lord Jiu Feng and Emperor Lord Wu were shocked.

"His physical body and soul and mind are all so powerful. Even if he is not at the Ultimate Realm, he should be treated as one." Di Fu said no more.

Emperor Lord Jiu Feng and Emperor Lord Wu nodded and could only depart in the end.

Di Fu remained alone within this vast space.

"His physical body is that strong?"

"Then nine times out of ten, it's Luo He."

Di Fu smiled, quite satisfied. "Five experts fought for the Thousand Dream Fruit. The Purple-Robed Woman was suspected to be WanJie Kingdom Master or a World Beast's clone, yet you still won in the end! You are far stronger than I expected."

"Emperor Qing looks down on me. He already had a clone leave the Origin Continent to roam and venture forth."

"WanJie Kingdom Master has a deceitful and unfathomable mind. I do not like him."

"Emperor Lord Ming... Emperor Lord Ming is not suitable as a companion. Perhaps one day I would die at his hands."

"Luo He has shown deep loyalty and righteousness throughout his rise. He is perfectly suited to be a companion, to live and die together."

Di Fu frowned slightly. "He is growing too quickly. I should arrange for a clone to guard the transmission passageway! When he leaves, I will immediately depart with him! That way, we can travel to the same place."

Because he was sufficiently powerful, Di Fu had long been preparing to leave the Origin Continent. Luo He was the best companion he had chosen.

To leave the Origin Continent and risk one's life, finding a trustworthy companion to share life and death with was difficult. Before Luo Feng rose to prominence, Di Fu had even prepared to venture alone. Without a suitable companion, he would rather act alone.

Huyang City.

"I should still trade this Thousand Dream Fruit with the Two Great Ancient Nations in exchange for portions of Ultimate Realm Primal Chaos Bloodline Creature corpses." Luo Feng pondered the matter of the trade within the City Lord's Mansion.

The Three Great Alien Races might also be able to provide portions of Ultimate Realm Primal Chaos Bloodline Creature corpses, but what they produced would most likely be creatures bred in other Source Worlds! Then he would be unable to transform using Formless and Faceless in the future.

Luo Feng's World Lifeform was now in the Twenty-Four Aspects Form!

Luo Feng also had to make preparations for the Ultimate Realm! Naturally, he wanted corpse materials from Ultimate Realm Primal Chaos Bloodline Creatures bred locally.

"Most of these corpse materials will be given to Moluo Sa to consume. A very small portion will be kept... for my own cultivation." Luo Feng made his decision.