Enslaving the Mother Queen, Talent Revealed

Luo Feng stood outside the light screen, not in a rush to enter. He released his origin energy to permeate deep into the broodmother's nest, cautiously probing the state of the broodmother.

The broodmother was in hibernation.

Although her soul was powerful, because she lacked a master, her consciousness remained in a state of chaos, which greatly lowered the difficulty for him to plant the enslavement.

"Begin."

Luo Feng sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

Invisible spiritual force surged from between his brows like silk threads, piercing through the energy cage and the shell of the broodmother's nest to infiltrate the deepest core of the sleeping broodmother's soul.

The incantations of the Ten Thousand Heart Soul Control Secret Technique operated within his consciousness, and his spiritual force rapidly decomposed and reorganized, transforming into a multitude of blood-colored soul threads that seeped into the broodmother's consciousness.

At first, the broodmother's sleeping soul showed no reaction. But with every layer he penetrated deeper, Luo Feng felt the resistance increase.

When he touched the very core of the broodmother's soul, the sleeping soul shuddered violently, like a beast disturbed from its slumber.

"The reaction is a bit faster than I expected." Luo Feng did not panic but instead smiled, instantly increasing the pressure of his soul power.

With Luo Feng unleashing his full spiritual force amplitude, supplemented by the Golden Horned Beast's 'strengthening' talent, the blood-colored soul web forcefully suppressed the Insect Race broodmother even as she woke up at the last moment to resist, successfully enslaving her.

"Master." The broodmother slowly opened her eyes, emitting a low and submissive mental fluctuation.

Luo Feng nodded, then suddenly thought of something: "Right, what is your name?"

"Master, my name is Irina."

In the days that followed, Luo Feng was in no hurry to leave Earth.

Instead, he began to cultivate while planning his future path of cultivation.

He now had many excellent resources for auxiliary cultivation on hand, and his Golden Horned Beast clone had already broken through to the World Lord level.

His current cultivation speed far exceeded that of a Domain Lord.

His comprehension and willpower were also undergoing a simultaneous transformation.

Now, Luo Feng had truly begun to display his innate potential.

"It seems that a vast amount of resources is required to cultivate enough Insect Race warriors."

After listening to Irina's description, Luo Feng fell into deep thought.

However, a moment later, he recalled that there were massive quantities of Insect Race corpses in the Trash Book Star Sector, which could be purchased in sufficient numbers for a very low price.

Thus, Luo Feng hurriedly contacted his teacher, Zhen Yan King.

Through a series of operations.

Luo Feng actually managed to secure favorable terms.

He then set off with his guard, Dylan, to the Wulong Star Sector, one of the nine major trash star sectors.

There, Luo Feng first successfully purchased the predetermined quantity of Insect Race corpses, but unexpectedly discovered the Soldier Armor Bead.

While searching for Soldier Armor Bead fragments under the guise of treasure hunting, Luo Feng encountered an assassination attempt.

After using all his means to kill the Immortal-level assassin, Luo Feng took advantage of the chaos to collect Insect Race corpses worth several million Hunyuan units.

Shortly after, he was harassed by Yan Zhu King from the Giant Axe Martial Arts Arena.

However, by this time, Luo Feng was already a member of the Primal Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company.

Coupled with the fact that the human upper echelons had greatly increased their efforts in cultivating geniuses, such harassment was nothing more than a joke.

After collecting two sets of Soldier Armor Beads, Luo Feng left the Trash Book Star Sector, concluding this treasure-hunting trip.

Luo Feng had gained a massive harvest from this journey.

Upon returning.

Luo Feng once again began to cultivate with single-minded devotion.

At the same time, he carried out various missions issued by the Virtual Universe Company.

Because of the appearance of the Sky Screen.

The human race had increased the importance placed on cultivating geniuses by countless times.

So much so that Luo Feng now received a challenging cultivation mission almost every hundred years.

Furthermore, it was suggested that every Domain Lord-level Primal Secret Realm member must spend at least ten thousand years at the Domain Lord level before being permitted to break through to the World Lord level!

Regarding this.

Luo Feng did not mind.

After all, his Golden Horned Beast clone had already broken through to the World Lord level.

Whether his human original body broke through or not was not a major issue.

And so.

Luo Feng began his rapid progress under the cultivation plan specifically tailored for him by the Virtual Universe Company.

Yang Yu, located in the nameless star region, withdrew his gaze. "As expected, the appearance of the Sky Screen has indeed affected the original plot."

According to the original development of the story:

Not long after returning from the garbage mountain, Luo Feng would have executed his highest-point mission and then headed to Chaos City for secluded cultivation. Following that, his talent in the Way of the Beast God would have been revealed, leading the City Lord of Chaos to accept him as a named disciple.

From that point on, he would have begun his ascent.

But now.

The Sky Screen has altered this sequence.

The only thing that remains unchanged is that Luo Feng's talent is rapidly manifesting.

Over the next few thousand years.

Luo Feng began executing various missions while simultaneously having his Insect Race Empress gestate a massive number of Insect Race warriors.

As if destined by fate, Luo Feng still discovered the secret of 'Panxi' during his missions and obtained a vast amount of Locke Divine Water.

Finally.

After completing his full term at the Domain Lord level.

Luo Feng prepared to head to Chaos City for cultivation, intending to have his human original body break through to the World Lord level there to welcome even greater challenges!

Chaos City.

Gray, chaotic air currents shrouded the sky above this ancient city year-round. Cracks in the origin laws opened and closed in the sky, laying the most profound mysteries of the universe bare above the heads of every cultivator.

Luo Feng sat cross-legged on the cultivation platform in Area 3, not far from the stone platform used exclusively by Venerable Gui Yi for his lectures.

This was his second time coming to Chaos City for secluded cultivation.

Zhen Yan King had taken out 8 billion points to exchange for over 100 secret manuals for Luo Feng.

Among them, the Seven Changes of Yan God was the most profound and mysterious.

Luo Feng had just opened the first page when he was stunned:

"The Primal Universe evolves, giving birth to billions of races and numerous magical lifeforms. Among these many magical lifeforms, there exists a powerful Beast God. This powerful Beast God is a natural super-existence born from the evolution of the universe. Its body is the embodiment of the fusion of the 'Space Laws and Gold Laws.' Its casual claw strikes, tail whips, and charges all contain the ultimate truths of the universe. I, Shi Luoduo, have created the ultimate technique Seven Kills of the Beast God, also known as the Seven Changes of Yan God, based on my enlightenment of the Beast God."

Mastering the first three levels makes one invincible below the 'Universe Venerable' level.

Mastering the first six levels makes one invincible below the 'Universe Master' level.

Mastering the seventh level allows one to transform into a true Beast God, as if the Beast God were alive once more, comparable to a true Universe Master, standing at the pinnacle of the universe.

"I, who created the Seven Kills of the Beast God (Seven Changes of Yan God), have only mastered the first six levels. The seventh level is merely my imagination and has not been truly perfected. To transform into a true Beast God... to be as invincible as the Beast God in the flesh. Difficult, difficult, difficult! I hope that my successors in the Golden Horned Race can perfect the seventh level and master it."

After reading this, and connecting it to the Golden Beast God Statue he had obtained after fusing with the Xueluo Crystal in the Xueluo World.

Luo Feng finally discovered the path most suitable for him.

That is—the Way of the Beast God!

Following this.

Luo Feng began to cultivate the Seven Kills of the Beast God according to the guidance of the secret manual.

In the first hundred years of secluded cultivation in Chaos City, Luo Feng's three bodies operated simultaneously. The Golden Horned Beast clone focused on the Gold Origin Laws, utilizing the advantage of its vast internal world and the ten-fold amplification of the Xueluo Power to push the texture of the Gold Laws to the extreme.

The Mosha Race clone, with its natural affinity as a darling of the Space Laws, dove headfirst into the deep deductions of the Rainstorm Diagram of the Nine Universes Chaos Tablet.

The Earthling original body attempted to blend the sensations of both, groping for the fusion intent of the Way of the Beast God.

But this path was far more difficult than imagined. The Gold Laws were fierce and sharp, while the Space Laws were ethereal and void; the two were like the hardest metal and the most scattered wind. The result of forcing them to fuse was either the metal shattering or the wind spiraling out of control like a storm.

Luo Feng tried over ten thousand times and failed over ten thousand times. In his most miserable attempt, while trying to embed a space fragment into a gold-attribute blade aura, his origin energy circuit snapped. The space fragment, losing its restraint, pierced through his right shoulder in reverse. If not for the Mosha Race armor stripping away the injury in time, his entire right arm would have been severed.

"Space and Gold... how on earth can they be fused together?"

Luo Feng sat on the cultivation platform, his brows tightly furrowed.

He stared at the Beast God statue he had obtained from the Xueluo World, silently copying and contemplating it.

Suddenly.

A bolt of lightning flashed through Luo Feng's mind.

He no longer sat cross-legged in meditation; instead, he stood up and began to use his body to imitate the posture of the Beast God statue.

His limbs mimicked the arc of the Beast God stepping through the void, his spine mimicked the curve of the Beast God twisting its body, and his fingers mimicked the trajectory of the Beast God's hooves tearing through space.

At first, it was only a physical imitation, but after he channeled his origin energy to permeate his entire body, the cosmic loop formed by the 72,000 threads of the Nine Tribulations Manual within his body began to operate spontaneously, reflecting the trajectory of the external laws like a mirror.

When the Golden Horned Beast clone simultaneously began to directly manifest the Beast God posture with its World Lord-level physique, Luo Feng's perception suddenly cleared—he slashed out a claw on the spot. This claw was not any known secret technique; it was purely an instinctive reaction of his body under the synchronized catalysis of external force and consciousness.

The power of the Space Laws and the Gold Laws fused into one within this single claw.

Above the cultivation platform, a space crack the size of a fingernail, yet so profound it made one's heart tremble, suddenly bloomed, then closed silently.

Luo Feng was stunned.

The fusion of the Laws of Space and the Laws of Gold had finally begun, and the first kill of the Seven Kills of the Beast God had finally been mastered!

Three days later, Luo Feng received a summons from the City Lord's Mansion.

"Luo Feng, member of the Primal Secret Realm, please proceed to the inner hall of the City Lord's Mansion within the day."

Luo Feng's heart skipped a beat.

The inner hall of the City Lord's Mansion was where the City Lord of Chaos summoned his core disciples. Not daring to delay, he immediately ended his meditation and flew toward the mansion.

The inner hall was far more austere than he had imagined.

There were no golden or magnificent decorations, only a massive stone wall engraved with dense rows of names—the names of the Universe Masters and Universe Venerables of the human race who had fallen over countless epochs.

Before the stone wall, a tall figure clad in golden robes stood with his back to him, hands clasped behind his back.

It was the City Lord of Chaos.

Luo Feng bowed in salute: "Greetings, City Lord."

The City Lord of Chaos turned around. His features were resolute and steady, his eyes as calm as the endless starry sky, and his brow carried an air of authority that commanded respect despite his lack of anger. He skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point: "How long have you been contemplating the Beast God Statue?"

Luo Feng calculated briefly: "Over ten thousand years."

The City Lord of Chaos fell silent for a moment. In the inner hall, only the names on the stone wall flickered in silence.

"Over ten thousand years." The City Lord of Chaos repeated the number slowly, his tone carrying an emotion too complex to discern. "Your aptitude is quite good."

Luo Feng opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

The City Lord of Chaos did not give him a chance to speak, shifting the topic: "However, entry is merely the starting point. The Way of the Beast God becomes increasingly difficult the further one progresses, yet you are highly suited for this path. Are you willing to take me as your master?"

Luo Feng knelt on one knee.

"This disciple is naturally willing. Master, please accept this disciple's kowtow."

The City Lord of Chaos nodded and gestured for him to rise: "From this day forth, you are my named disciple. Once you have comprehended the first layer of the Seven Changes of Yan God through the Way of the Beast God, you shall officially enter my lineage. Do you have any objections?"

"This disciple has no objections."

With a wave of his hand, the City Lord of Chaos produced a jade slip from his sleeve, which landed in Luo Feng's palm: "This is the complete text of the Seven Changes of Yan God. You must comprehend the first layer, the Scale Armor Chapter, within three thousand years. This is my assessment for you; only after passing will you become my direct disciple."

Luo Feng gripped the jade slip, his palm feeling slightly warm.

"Go."

"Yes."

When Luo Feng exited the inner hall, his feet still felt as if they were floating.

The City Lord of Chaos taking on a disciple, whether named or direct, was news significant enough to hit the headlines of intelligence reports for every major power in the entire Primal Universe.

And now, the City Lord of Chaos had personally told him that he could become a direct disciple if he comprehended the first layer within three thousand years.

He took a deep breath, clutched the jade slip, and headed toward the cultivation platform.

The news of Luo Feng being accepted as a named disciple by the City Lord of Chaos quickly spread among the upper echelons of the human Hong Alliance.

It also reached Yang Yu, who had been keeping a close eye on Luo Feng.

Seeing this news, Yang Yu felt the wonder of fate and the causality surrounding a Lord.

More accurately, it was the powerful convergence of the Hunyuan Lord's own timeline and fate line.

Even with the appearance of something as miraculous as the Sky Screen, it could at most influence Luo Feng's growth trajectory in minor matters.

In terms of the fundamental direction, it remained impossible to alter.

Knowing this, Yang Yu felt a sense of relief.

Yet, he placed even greater importance on his own cultivation. Having obtained the Hunyuan Void Fire Spirit Fruit, Yang Yu felt his talent had been greatly enhanced; he might well be able to reach a higher realm through his own efforts!

The news of the City Lord of Chaos taking a disciple also reached the other races.

Everyone reacted differently to this.

The Genius Ranking of the Sky Screen, set for one million years later, was an inventory of all beings below the level of Undying.

So, everyone was very busy now!

In the past, they might have focused on identifying such geniuses to assassinate them by any means necessary.

While they would still seize suitable opportunities to assassinate such geniuses, the focus had shifted toward cultivating their own.

After all, geniuses could never be fully eradicated.

Only by cultivating more, more stunning geniuses, was there any hope of making the list in a million years.

The City Lord of Chaos had not taken many named disciples; throughout history, there were only thirty-some in total. Most had eventually become Universe Venerables, but none had yet become a Universe Master.

To be accepted as a named disciple while at the Domain Lord level was something that could be counted on one hand in the entire history of the human race.

The spies planted by major powers within the human Hong Alliance transmitted the intelligence back to their respective races almost simultaneously.

At the same time, the Virtual Universe Company continued to increase its investment in the cultivation of the new generation of geniuses.

The announcement that the Sky Screen would reopen in a million years to select the "Top Ten Geniuses Below Undying" acted like an invisible whip lashing the back of every race.

The human race, in this regard, was the most methodical.

With the City Lord of Chaos personally overseeing the guidance, Universe Masters like the Dragon Walk Master, the Peng Gong Lord, and the Void Gold Master took turns lecturing in the various core secret realms, and all members of secret realms above the Universe level received notifications that their resources had been doubled.