Saint Level

"Let's take a look at the spoils." After putting away the Domain Lord Token, Luo Feng began taking stock of the rest of the loot.

Luo Feng had high expectations for Evil Eye's estate. Just the scepter and the golden-blood armor Evil Eye had worn looked far from ordinary treasures. They were very likely Saint-level treasures.

Luo Feng's divine power easily erased Evil Eye's imprints, allowing him to claim several treasures without difficulty.

The scepter was called Xiaotao. It was indeed a Saint-level treasure, one more suited to the Wood Origin Profundity. Those who comprehended the Wood Origin Profundity could unleash its power to the fullest. Evil Eye's use of it had been fairly ordinary, clearly because he had not comprehended the Wood Origin Profundity at the time.

The golden-blood armor was the Blood God Armor, also an ordinary Saint-level treasure. It specialized in defense, while its amplification was not particularly strong. It could reduce attacks below the Saint Realm to one ten-thousandth of their original power, and even Saint Realm attacks to one percent. As for amplification, it only increased power by ten percent.

The two Saint-level treasures were both quite valuable. Together, they were estimated to be worth sixty thousand Qiankun Units.

"Not bad. Sixty thousand Qiankun Units. An ordinary Saint Realm expert probably only has this much wealth. Evil Eye was truly rich." Luo Feng sighed. These two Saint-level treasures were only part of the haul.

Of course, they were already the bulk of it. After taking stock of everything else, Luo Feng estimated the remainder to be worth around forty thousand Qiankun Units.

With a fortune exceeding one hundred thousand Qiankun Units, one would definitely be considered exceptionally wealthy among Eternal True Gods, enough to rival some Saint Realm experts.

"One hundred thousand Qiankun Units is only barely enough for Morosa to break through to the Saint level. It is still far from enough to nurture Saint-level warriors." Although Morosa was currently Luo Feng's greatest trump card, Luo Feng felt that the growing Morosa was a bottomless money pit. No matter how much he poured in, it never seemed enough.

Especially when it came to nurturing warriors. The World Beast's method of nurturing was similar to the insect race's, yet different.

As long as the insect race had sufficient resources, it could quickly nurture countless Insect Race Warriors. World Beasts, however, not only had to consume immense resources to nurture warriors, but also had to consume their own origin. The expended origin needed replenishing, which also required resources. Before and after, it took a massive pile of resources.

Of course, World Beasts had one advantage when nurturing warriors: they could produce warriors stronger than those nurtured by the insect race, even warriors stronger than the World Beast itself. That was something the insect race could not achieve.

Take Morosa now. Although he was only at the peak Eternal level, as long as he had enough resources to support him, he could still nurture Saint-level Warriors comparable to Saint Realm experts.

It was just that the cost of nurturing Saint-level Warriors was extremely high.

According to Morosa, if he were Saint-level, around one hundred thousand Qiankun Units would be enough to nurture a relatively weak Saint-level Warrior.

But at his current stage, nurturing a Saint-level Warrior required devouring the divine power of five Saint Realm experts before he could roughly produce a Saint-level Warrior of the same tier. If he consumed other resources instead, he would need around one hundred and fifty thousand Qiankun Units, equivalent to the wealth of a weaker Saint Realm expert.

Therefore, the best way to nurture Saint-level Warriors was to first let Morosa break through to the Saint level, then nurture them afterward, either through hunting Saint Realm experts or piling up resources.

Of course, within the You Mountain Empire, even if Morosa broke through to the Saint Realm, Luo Feng would not dare hunt Saint Realm experts. He could only nurture warriors using existing resources.

The Saint Realm experts within the empire were all its top combat forces. If many of them fell within imperial territory, it would definitely cause a huge uproar. If God King-level existences stepped in to investigate thoroughly, that would be the real trouble.

Luo Feng planned to first let Morosa break through to the Saint level, then hunt Saint Realm experts during the assessment mission.

Very soon, the inauguration ceremony for Galaxy, the Domain Lord, arrived.

Because Luo Feng's strength had been plain for all to see—he had defeated Evil Eye with absolute crushing force—all parties in the Azure Domain gave him ample face. Nearly everyone who had been invited and could attend came, each bearing generous gifts. Luo Feng, in turn, received a substantial wave of presents.

Naturally, the two stewards handled all of this, so Luo Feng did not need to do much. He merely exchanged a few words with some well-known Eternal True Gods of the Azure Domain, making acquaintances and offering greetings.

After the banquet, Luo Feng returned to his residence.

The two stewards, Ma Fu and Shi Fang, had already handed over all the gifts they had received. When Luo Feng extended his divine consciousness into the world ring, he could not help being startled.

"These two stewards have done well." Luo Feng was quite satisfied. They had received many of the items on the list, clearly showing that the various parties had spared no expense to curry favor with him.

The total value of the gifts actually came close to one hundred thousand Qiankun Units.

The reason they had received so much was mainly because the two stewards had invited nearly every Eternal True God in the region whom they could invite. Aside from those too far away to arrive in time, there were several hundred nearby who could reach the place within a little over a year. With all their gifts combined, reaching one hundred thousand Qiankun Units was not too exaggerated.

Most importantly, every faction wanted to befriend Galaxy, the Domain Lord. Otherwise, they would not have been so generous.

"Morosa." With a thought, Luo Feng entered the Star Tower.

"Master." Upon seeing Luo Feng, Morosa respectfully greeted him.

"This should be enough for you to break through to the Saint level." With a wave of Luo Feng's hand, a vast space before them filled with treasures of all kinds—metals, lifeform corpses, and various treasures—piled high into mountains.

"Enough, enough." Morosa's eyes lit up as he looked at the mountain-like heap before him. In truth, he could naturally break through to the Saint level even without devouring anything, but that would take much longer. Devouring resources would save most of that time.

"Come in!" Morosa opened his mouth wide. An overwhelming suction force immediately swept out, swallowing all the mountain-like supplies before him.

Whoosh!

Countless precious materials were drawn into Morosa's mouth and devoured completely in an instant.

"Master, I need about a year to digest this. In about a year, I can break through to the Saint level." Morosa's eyes gleamed as he spoke with confidence.

"Good." Luo Feng was delighted.

If Morosa could reach the Saint level, then the threat from "Teacher Evil Eye" would lessen somewhat. Of course, within the empire, even without Morosa, Luo Feng had the confidence to deal with some Saint Realm experts. He simply did not want to expose too many trump cards, especially the Star Tower. Unless absolutely necessary, he would not reveal it.

In the Universe Ocean, he was the strongest. Even if others knew the Star Tower was a God King-level weapon, they would have no ability to seize it. But the Origin Continent was different. There were countless beings stronger than him. If anyone recognized it as a God King-level treasure, any one of them might be tempted, even driven mad.

A year was extremely brief to Luo Feng.

"Hm?" Luo Feng, who had been sitting cross-legged for nearly a year, suddenly opened his eyes and immediately saw Morosa not far away.

"He's about to break through."

Luo Feng understood that Morosa was attempting his breakthrough. At that moment, Morosa's aura began changing—calm one moment, violent the next. The incomparably dense aura of destruction shifted constantly, leaving even Luo Feng astonished.

A World Beast King's breakthrough was, in truth, a breakthrough of the "world" within his body. Once that world broke through, it could contain more origin, and his strength would naturally increase.

Suddenly, Morosa's aura began growing continuously more violent. An immensely suppressed aura of destruction spread from him. Luo Feng felt that if not for the Star Tower's suppressive force, he might have needed to retreat for the moment.

"What a powerful aura." Luo Feng could see mysterious secret patterns and symbols of white light beginning to emerge across Morosa's body. The world within him seemed to have absorbed sufficient energy and broken through some sort of boundary. It was now undergoing a frenzied transformation, which was the source of Morosa's changing aura.

After this transformation continued for a while—

"Roar!" Morosa let out an excited roar.

The violent aura of destruction erupted completely. Within the entire Star Tower space, a massive vortex eye formed around Morosa, madly devouring the surrounding power of heaven and earth.

"Does a World Beast's breakthrough make such a huge commotion too?" Luo Feng was startled, though fortunately, he had prepared for it.

With a wave of his hand, a large quantity of Source Crystals appeared within the vortex and were immediately devoured one after another.

After an entire day, the vortex finally came to a stop. However, it was not because Morosa's divine power had reached saturation, but because Morosa had stopped it himself.

To reach saturation in divine power, even by devouring like this, would probably take more than a century.

"You broke through?" Luo Feng sensed the distinctly different aura around Morosa. It had surpassed his former aura by far, far too much.

"Master, I have broken through to the Saint level. Thank you for your gift." Morosa spoke excitedly, then added shyly, "However, I feel very hungry right now. It would be best if there were something to eat."

"Eat? I have nothing left." Luo Feng smiled and shook his head.

After reaching the Universe Master realm, subsequent breakthroughs would no longer receive the gift of "divine power conversion" from the universe origin. World Beasts were different, but the principle was the same. They did not receive any gift of origin divine power conversion. With each breakthrough to a new level, they had to slowly convert the divine power of heaven and earth themselves. It was normal for it to take endless years before reaching saturation.

World Beasts mainly relied on devouring to convert divine power. Morosa had just advanced, so naturally he felt hungry.

Of course, a World Beast's appetite was enormous. If he relied on feeding Morosa, Luo Feng would be eaten poor no matter how wealthy he was. Besides, in order to support Morosa's breakthrough, he had practically spent all the wealth gained from Evil Eye. If Morosa ate more, there truly would be nothing left.

"If you're hungry, there are quite a few Eternal True Gods entrenched outside the city. Go eat a few. The higher-ups probably won't hold me accountable for it." Luo Feng looked at Morosa and smiled. "However, don't make too much of a commotion. It would not look good if I, the city lord, appeared incapable of maintaining order."

Morosa immediately understood Luo Feng's meaning and could not help becoming excited. Although they were only Eternal True Gods, they were still delicious food to a World Beast.

Having received Luo Feng's permission, Morosa quietly left Azure City before long and began hunting.

"Once Morosa's realm stabilizes, I'll head to the Imperial Capital," Luo Feng silently said.

Saint Realm experts possessed enough spatial power within their bodies to offset the suppression of the great world, allowing them to teleport with ease. After Morosa broke through to the Saint Realm, he too could travel through rapid teleportation, making the journey much faster.