Transformation of the Soul (Part Two)

"Impressive, impressive. As expected of the strongest God King First Realm in the history of the Origin Continent. You reached the God King Second Realm after becoming a God King for barely over two hundred epochs!" Yu Country Ruler exclaimed in admiration.

"On the Origin Continent, there are many stronger than me." Luo Feng smiled, tacitly acknowledging that he was a God King Second Realm.

The Primal Chaos Undying Light and Great Extinction Style he had comprehended, as well as the God King Second Realm secret methods he would comprehend in the future! With such powerful secret methods under his command, who would believe him if he still claimed to be a God King First Realm?

Moreover, Luo Feng had deliberately used a lower realm to create higher-realm secret methods in order to temper his own comprehension. In truth, in terms of accumulation along the paths of Life and Destruction, as long as he deliberately pursued it, he could reach the God King Second Realm in a short time.

By tacitly admitting that he was a God King Second Realm, his strength appeared much more reasonable.

"With your talent, Luo He, you have every hope of challenging the Ultimate Realm," Yu Country Ruler said.

"The Ultimate Realm is far harder than the God King Second Realm," Luo Feng said. There were quite a few on the Origin Continent who had comprehended Ultimate Realm Secret Methods. Emperor Lords and monarchs could all achieve it, and those at the level of Gui Xu Emperor Lord could as well. Yet in this era... only WanJie Kingdom Master and Emperor Qing had reached the Ultimate Realm.

"Yes, it is far too difficult." Yu Country Ruler sighed. He had not even comprehended a single Ultimate Realm Secret Method!

News of Luo Feng defeating that God King Second Realm with a single Primal Chaos Undying Light quickly spread, complete with detailed footage of the battle!

"This Luo He did not even reveal his physical-body strength. He merely casually released a blade light and defeated an ordinary God King Second Realm?" Heaven Kun Country Lord of Food Country paid close attention to this intelligence, carefully watching the battle footage. "This blade light was not a Weapon Secret Treasure, but condensed might! Yet it possessed such terrifying power. It had many dreadful qualities, such as Nothing Is Uncuttable, Impossible to Evade, Eternal Energy..."

Heaven Kun Country Lord's realm was quite high, and he could discern many terrifying aspects of that blade light.

"This blade light is of an extremely high realm."

"Even I cannot execute such an exquisite move." Heaven Kun Country Lord felt conflicted as he watched. "Even if I went all out with my Primal Chaos Bloodline, I estimate I would only be about equal to this one blade light of his."

"Is this what peerless talent means?"

Heaven Kun Country Lord was also an overlord reigning over one region, yet before Luo He, he felt a sense of helplessness.

Last time, Luo Feng's moves had still been clumsy. He had merely relied on having many avatars and a body capable of taking hits to entangle his enemies. In barely over two hundred epochs, even his former greatest shortcoming—his realm—had already surpassed Heaven Kun Country Lord's.

I should avoid provoking him even more in the future, Heaven Kun Country Lord thought.

Of course, he was not panicking either.

Even if Luo Feng's realm was high enough, even if he grasped Ultimate Realm Secret Methods and could rival Gui Xu Emperor Lord or Wu Xin God King, so what?

Even those at the Emperor Lord level would not dare claim they could annihilate Heaven Kun Country Lord in one move, leaving him no time to reincarnate. Heaven Kun Country Lord's Primal Chaos Bloodline likewise granted him extraordinarily tenacious vitality.

A figure beneath endless flames was Emperor Yan, the first Emperor Lord of Yan Feng Ancient Nation.

"Luo He has reached the God King Second Realm?" Emperor Yan nodded slightly. "His realm has risen greatly, and he is also skilled in avatars! He will be of great use to Yan Feng Ancient Nation. Many arduous and tiresome tasks can be handed to him."

Among the guest God Kings, Luo Feng was considered powerful, and he had numerous avatars! One of him could be used in place of a whole group of Imperial Clan God Kings.

"The only obstacle is his master, Emperor Chu." Emperor Yan frowned.

He believed that, on one hand, the Emperor Lords' strength could intimidate Luo Feng, while on the other, merit and resources could be offered. Luo Feng would obediently bow his head and work tirelessly. But with Emperor Chu around, Emperor Chu would certainly protect his disciple's interests.

Having revealed some of his strength this time and stirred up a minor commotion, Luo Feng nonetheless continued strolling about at leisure.

"Although Food Country's large cities are prosperous, the wilderness beyond them... is far more savage and cruel." Luo Feng frowned slightly as he watched a warship descend upon a tribe in the distance.

That tribe had only several thousand living beings.

A force of elites stood aboard the warship, consisting of ten Void True Gods and a hundred True Gods. At that moment, the leading Void True God activated a secret treasure, and an enormous sack appeared, intending to swallow the entire tribe whole.

"This is bad."

"Run!"

Panic erupted within the tribe.

Yet the force aboard the warship was entirely casual. They had long grown accustomed to such missions. At regular intervals, they had to capture enough living beings to offer up! If they failed to meet the quota, they themselves would have to fill it with their lives.

"Get lost!" With a sharp shout, the warship was instantly teleported billions of kilometers away, while the tribe narrowly survived.

The several thousand living beings in the tribe stared blankly at the scene. The enormous sack in the sky and the warship had both vanished.

"Go quickly."

"We've already been discovered. We must hide deeper in the mountains."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Move at once."

The tribe quickly sprang into action. After simply gathering their important belongings, the entire tribe boarded a flying vessel and quietly migrated toward an even more remote place.

From afar, Luo Feng watched the tribe's entire migration from beginning to end.

"This is Food Country. It excels at fine cuisine, yet it also devours countless living beings." Luo Feng gently shook his head. When he had annexed Food Country's ten Chaos Continents, he had discovered that the wilderness tribes in those ten Chaos Continents all lived in exceedingly remote places.

"That Heaven Kun Country Lord... needs to devour countless living beings over the long term."

This was also why Food Country invaded its neighbors with such brutal methods.

In truth, with Food Country's strength... when annexing some third-rate nations, it could generally force them into submission through sheer power. Third-rate nations usually did not dare resist. Through ordinary negotiations and threats, annexation could be easily achieved.

This was also how many second-rate nations expanded their territories.

Yet Food Country favored bloody slaughter. Whenever it annexed a nation, that nation's Royal Capital would generally be devoured clean, not even a single ordinary citizen left behind. As for wilderness tribes, they were captured and devoured on a massive scale.

"Heaven Kun Country Lord protects the prosperity of the large cities and maintains the sustainability of wilderness tribes, only capturing a portion of them periodically. Only when annexing other nations... does he feast on a grand banquet."

"On the Origin Continent, this does not even count as anything."

Luo Feng sighed.

There were many on the Origin Continent more vicious than Heaven Kun Country Lord, their sins towering to the heavens.

They occupied vast territories and freely devoured the countless living beings throughout them, leaving all those beings with no hope of ever rising up!

Compared to them, the mysterious faction that had previously enslaved and controlled Xue Feng Yu had merely enslaved an extremely small number of geniuses! On the Origin Continent, its sins did not even rank among the worst.

Luo Feng traveled from place to place.

He visited one second-rate nation after another, numerous third-rate nations, and even Tianmu Kingdom and WanJie Kingdom. He passed through many surrounding small nations, detoured past Thunder Ancient Nation, and finally stepped onto the Skypeak Ice Field from Thunder Ancient Nation's border...

Apart from the most remote Eastern Domain, Luo Feng had traveled across the entire Origin Continent.

Throughout this journey, Luo Feng also took in several Registered Disciples.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~"

Wind and snow howled.

The deeper one went into the Skypeak Ice Field, the colder it became. In most wilderness areas, ordinary tribes simply could not survive. Thus, countless living beings had built city after city.

Luo Feng walked alone through the snow.

"Hmm?" Luo Feng's ears twitched.

He heard the sound of a melodious tune.

"What a wonderful piece."

Luo Feng's eyes brightened. Having traveled through most of the Origin Continent, he had heard far too many pieces of music. Fewer and fewer could move his heart.

With a single glance, Luo Feng saw a lonely city blanketed in ice in the distance. Upon its walls stood a figure holding a leaf, playing it alone. The sound of the melody spread outward, filling the entire city.

Though the tune was lonely, it warmed the heart.

Luo Feng saw the days he had spent at school with his wife, Xu Xin, and scenes of playing with his sons Luo Ping and Luo Hai... Naturally, Luo Feng sank into one beautiful memory after another.

"An Fengya, are you done playing? If you are, then I'll Make a Move." An elite army stood not far from the city wall. Only after the melody ceased did the leading general speak.

The white-robed young man atop the wall smiled. "General Xie Yun, could you let me finish playing this newly composed piece?"

"An Fengya, duty compels me. Don't blame me." General Xie Yun said, "Will you surrender without resistance, or do you want me to Make a Move?"

"Please."

The white-robed young man smiled.

That elite army instantly transformed into a black alien beast. The enormous black alien beast charged at the white-robed young man! With a flip of his hand, the young man produced an oval musical instrument and began to play. This time, the music transformed into numerous illusions, drawing in the black alien beast.

But the black alien beast had united its spiritual power and was completely unafraid.

"In the end, my strength is insufficient." The white-robed young man sighed as the enormous claw of the black alien beast descended over him.

"Little fellow, that was a fine piece." A voice rang out.

The white-robed young man looked over in astonishment.

A black-robed man sat atop the city wall, holding a wine jug. He drank as he smiled at the white-robed young man. The surrounding world had fallen silent, and the enormous black alien beast hung frozen in midair, utterly motionless.

"An Fengya pays respects to Venerable One." The white-robed young man immediately bowed.

"An Fengya?"

Luo Feng nodded slightly. With a thought, he contacted Yan Feng Pavilion and obtained all of An Fengya's detailed intelligence.

"An Fengya, you enjoy music and have wandered through many cities." Luo Feng looked at him. "Because you witnessed hundreds of millions of living beings in a Small City about to be devoured, you intervened and injured the son of Jiu Ye God King, saving the city's citizens. Is the army pursuing you before us an elite force under Jiu Ye God King?"

"Yes." An Fengya answered respectfully. This Venerable One clearly knew everything.

"You clearly knew he was Jiu Ye God King's son. Why did you still intervene?" Luo Feng asked.

"One life of mine in exchange for hundreds of millions of lives is naturally worth it." An Fengya smiled. "After I intervened, those hundreds of millions of lives immediately scattered and fled. I believe that the vast majority survived."

"You were willing to trade your own life for the lives of hundreds of millions of strangers?" Luo Feng was astonished.

Luo Feng believed that he himself could not do that.

He was willing to sacrifice himself for his homeland and his people, but he could not sacrifice himself for unfamiliar living beings.

"They are all essences gathered between heaven and earth, all the most radiant forms of life." An Fengya smiled, and his smile possessed an extraordinarily infectious quality.

Luo Feng could sense that everything An Fengya said came from the depths of his heart.

Perhaps it was precisely because he possessed a heart that loved all things, a heart that devoutly loved every life, that he could create such music.

"I currently have nineteen Registered Disciples. Are you willing to become the twentieth?" Luo Feng looked at him. Because of his love for music and fine cuisine, most of the Registered Disciples Luo Feng had accepted while traveling the Origin Continent were skilled in music, while two were skilled in fine cuisine.

An Fengya was stunned and could not help saying, "Venerable One, I offended the son of Jiu Ye God King."

"From today onward, there will be no Jiu Ye God King on the Origin Continent." Luo Feng smiled at him.

An ordinary God King First Realm had brought calamity upon all directions.

Since he bore a grudge against Luo Feng's disciple, he had formed karmic ties with Luo Feng!

He might as well resolve it with a casual motion!

An Fengya froze for a moment, then immediately knelt. "This disciple, An Fengya, pays respects to Master!"

"Hahaha..." Luo Feng laughed, deeply satisfied.

At that same moment, one of Luo Feng's avatars had already crossed the void and found Jiu Ye God King.