The Arrival

As Lu Yan'an had predicted, without resisting and suppressing the excruciating pain, Feng Yunruo's will and consciousness could not receive a positive feedback transformation, thus missing out on a significant leap forward. With no room for maneuver left, no matter how high her mental state, the real pain directly impacted Feng Yunruo's will and consciousness.

Finally, at the beginning of the 3300th year, after this domineering pain intensified to another level, Feng Yunruo finally exhibited abnormal symptoms.

Inside the grand hall, surrounded by countless Zhenfeng Star, the floor was covered in a layer of blood. Feng Yunruo sat there, her skin torn open in agony, blood gushing out. The regenerative abilities of World Lord Level body were incredibly strong; her Life Core provided a continuous flow of energy, allowing her to recover, but also causing her to bleed profusely...

The body is in a state of collapse; this is merely a reaction to the excruciating pain of the soul being torn apart. This shows just how intense the pain of the soul being torn apart must be.

His soul had begun to shatter, yet it was forcibly bound together by an invisible will... Shattering, binding... struggling, Feng Yunruo's only remaining obsession made its final struggle, calling out again and again in his heart to his beloved Yuan Planet and his cherished homeland. He felt guilty, he was reluctant, he couldn't bear to leave... But the Crystal Bead relentlessly continued to fuse, and the tearing of his soul intensified with each passing moment...

It's on the verge of collapse!

"He's still persevering, but the end of this path of life and death is still nowhere in sight." Pu Ti sighed, "Child, you're too tired. If you can't take it anymore, give up." With his incredible power as the Universe Master, he had long seen the state of Feng Yunruo's soul. He was already starting to feel sorry for the child for being able to persevere to this point.

"Even with the 3300 years of receiving the inheritance of life and death, I've only lived for less than ten thousand Years. I have some regrets. Perhaps bringing you here too early wasn't a good thing?"

"He's still just a child..." Pu Ti shook his head slightly. He was the first servant and eldest disciple of the Zuoshanke. In the most ancient times, during the initial stage of the evolution of this vast Primal Universe, he had followed the Zuoshanke. His lifespan was incredibly long; in his eyes, even the limit of World Lord's lifespan of "1000 epochs" was just a short period of time. Not to mention that Feng Yunruo had only lived for a mere epoch. He was still too young!

"Heh heh..." Upon hearing Pu Ti's words, Feng Yunruo's body trembled, and she unconsciously made sounds as blood continued to flow from her mouth.

Like a fish about to die on the shore, completely losing hope of ever returning to the water, Feng Yunruo's body stopped swaying. As if in a final burst of energy, she opened her eyes briefly, glancing around at the world with a hint of longing, before closing them again, her life gradually fading away.

The Human Emperor of Yuan Planet, Feng Yunruo, has fallen!

At the very moment Feng Yunruo perished, in an incredibly distant and dangerous place, deep within endless currents of air, a solitary palace, faintly emitting bursts of blue light, floated suspended in the air.

Inside the palace were servants, all of whom were at the Universe Venerable level.

"Hmm?" On the throne in one of the palace's main halls, a towering old man, over 90,000 kilometers tall, sat listening to his servants' respectful reports. Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and he turned to look in a certain direction, as if he could see the Star Tower through endless space and time.

"So it failed after all? Star Tower, oh Star Tower! How can you find the most suitable master for yourself?"

"After this young man from Yuan Planet, who knows how many Years will pass before another suitable candidate appears? Oh well, let's go take a look! And that little guy, he must be getting impatient by now, right?"

The imposing old man suddenly stood up.

With a "whoosh!", he vanished into thin air.

"Failed?" Pu Ti looked at Feng Yunruo lying there, now that the trembling had stopped, with rather complicated feelings. He could sense that Feng Yunruo's obsession was becoming increasingly unbearable, and it seemed that she was about to collapse. He estimated that she could only hold on for another year or two at most. You must know that Feng Yunruo had already held on for 3300 years.

In a process of integration that continues for millennia, what significance do one or two years hold?

So, almost as if possessed, it uttered a word of comfort. Little did it know, Feng Yunruo had already reached her breaking point. Pu Ti's words were the final straw that broke the camel's back. After hearing them, Feng Yunruo's body naturally dispelled all her obsessions. Without this last bit of motivation, all her previous efforts were in vain. After all, no matter how powerful the road roller is, once the fuel runs out, it can no longer move.

"It's over, he failed too..." A warm voice came from the distant void. Lu Yan'an was very familiar with this voice, after all, this was the way Zuoshanke spoke, even when he was assassinating him. Immediately, Lu Yan'an stood up and looked around, trying to find Zuoshanke's whereabouts.

The next moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Pu Ti.

Of the two figures, one was the familiar Universe Master, "Pu Ti," who was now discreetly seated to one side, having suppressed its aura. At the very front of the center of the hall stood a colossal figure over 900 meters tall, dressed in seemingly ordinary blue armor with transparent horns on its forehead, looking down at Lu Yan'an.

A gentle aura instantly enveloped the entire hall.

Enveloped by this aura, Lu Yan'an felt as comfortable as an ordinary human being under the sun, without any sense of oppression. Lu Yan'an instantly realized that this wasn't pressure, but rather the natural life force emanating from this extraordinary being. This aura alone... surpassed even Pu Ti and the City Lord of Chaos...

Under the influence of this life force, Lu Yan'an also felt his connection to the Universe Origin Law gradually weakening. No, it shouldn't be called weakening; rather, the Universe Origin Law were actively retreating!

The strong cultivate by sensing the Universe Origin Law; the clearer the sensing, the faster the cultivation. However, neither his main body nor his other Clone could sense the operation of the Universe Origin Law. At this moment, Lu Yan'an felt as if he had returned to his weak period, and a sense of insecurity filled his entire body.

"The Zuoshanke!" A hint of apprehension flashed in Lu Yan'an's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it and respectfully bowed to the Zuoshanke before him. "Greetings, Senior Zuoshanke!"

"Do you have any questions about why I sent you here?" The voice of the Zuoshanke boomed, penetrating deep into Lu Yan'an's heart.

On the other side, after hearing the question from the Zuoshanke, Lu Yan'an answered frankly, "I am indeed quite puzzled. Logically speaking, I should have no connection or grudge with you, Senior. Moreover, my Yuan Planet lineage was also nurtured under your guidance. Why would you risk breaking into the Ancestral God Religion? If you want to see me, there should be many ways, right?"

"The Earth Human Lineage and the Yan Shen Race Clan are both my children." The towering old man, as tall as a mountain, looked down at Lu Yan'an, his voice booming. "My original plan when I went to the Ancestral God Religion was to forcibly abduct you and make you a candidate for the Star Tower's inheritance. The intelligence the Machine Race gave me said that you had broken through to the Immortal realm and could break through to the Venerable at any time."

"Pu Ti should have told you that the greatest test of recognizing a master in this Star Tower is one's mind and will! World Lord and Immortals still have the possibility of recognizing a master, but Universe Venerable don't even have the slightest possibility! So the moment I saw you and discovered that you had already broken through to the level of Universe Venerable, I was extremely disappointed." There was a hint of annoyance in the voice of the Zuoshanke, and his gaze toward Lu Yan'an was also full of regret.

That regretful look almost made Lu Yan'an break out in a cold sweat. Good heavens! He had almost walked through the gates of hell. Others might not know, but he certainly did. To truly claim ownership of the Star Tower, one had to use the first level of mental cultivation to resist the pain and force one's will and consciousness to slowly evolve. The second and third levels of mental cultivation were completely misguided when it came to claiming ownership of the Star Tower.

Unless Lu Yan'an's willpower was strong enough to withstand the 6,000 years of the recognition process before he began to recognize a master, it would be a certain death! And even someone as strong as Lu Yan'an had no confidence that his willpower could be that strong!

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