Universe Ocean.
While the various races were still marveling at the appearance of the Fourth Holy Land Universe in the Universe Ocean, Mountain Guest had already entered the Reincarnation Passage.
The Milky Way Holy Land Universe, Nine Realms Mountain.
"My teacher has gone to brave reincarnation. I have nothing left to fear." Luo Feng's gaze pierced the endless void and settled beyond the universe.
Luo Feng had still harbored reservations about seizing the Primal Universe while Mountain Guest remained in the Universe Ocean. His true body could not be suppressed on the Origin Continent, but if the Origin Will overstepped the Supreme Rule and struck at Mountain Guest, the cost would be far too high.
Even if the odds were slim, Luo Feng refused to gamble. Mountain Guest was his teacher. Without him, Luo Feng would not be where he was today, nor would the countless beings of the Universe Ocean.
Of his four teachers, Luo Feng felt closest to Zhen Yan. Primal Chaos and Mountain Guest were equal in his heart, while Hu Yan Bo came fourth.
But in terms of what his teachers had done for him, Mountain Guest ranked first, Primal Chaos second, Zhen Yan third, and Hu Yan Bo last.
The Primal Universe Origin Will was also an immense opportunity—one Mountain Guest had, in a sense, given him.
In the Universe Ocean, near the Primal Universe, its Origin Will was almost everywhere. Only at the opposite end, close to the Origin Continent, would the Primal Universe Origin Will temporarily withdraw.
The Origin Will could not actively attack beings of the Universe Ocean. It could only defend itself. To accomplish its aims, it had to work through beings within the Primal Universe. That was why every Primal Universe had an Ancestral God School: it was an outward manifestation of the Origin Will.
When Lord Heng Ao brought the Strange Object into the Primal Universe, the Origin Will could only use the Ancestral God School to erase it. When Origin Ancestor tried to seize it, it could only defend itself and suppress him, not kill him outright.
Of course, if Luo Feng had not resolved the Beast Calamity and freed Origin Ancestor, Origin Ancestor would have remained permanently suppressed by the Origin until the universe's Great Annihilation returned him to it.
The Origin Will could not attack on its own, yet it could manipulate everything in the Universe Ocean to achieve its goals.
That was the Primal Universe Origin Will.
Whoosh!
Luo Feng's Divine Power Avatar teleported beyond the universe's membrane.
"Primal Universe Origin Will." Luo Feng looked up into the endless void. There, he seemed to see a boundless phantom. Before it, his figure was like a sesame seed facing an endless ocean.
As for how to seize it, Luo Feng had already asked Mountain Guest's illusory consciousness.
Kill it, then take its place.
The Primal Universe Origin Will had only instinct. Its intelligence was limited, and its will was not especially strong.
Back when Origin Ancestor was still a True God, his will had been only around the Void True God Level. Yet with a single move of his Virtual Universe technique, he had connected with the Primal Universe Origin and nearly seized it. Had the Origin Will not been able to command the Primal Universe's boundless Origin Power, it might not even have suppressed him.
According to Mountain Guest, Luo Feng's current Saint Realm Top-Tier will gave him a high chance of success.
What reached its peak would decline. The Primal Universe had nurtured life to its utmost in the previous Reincarnation Era, consuming too much of its Origin. The current Primal Universe had only just emerged from the Great Annihilation. It was at its most vulnerable.
"Luo Feng... provocation... death..."
The Primal Universe Origin Will seemed to sense something unusual about Luo Feng. Fragments of its will entered his ears.
"Are you afraid?" Luo Feng murmured. He looked at the endless phantom above, his eyes utterly devoid of emotion.
"Luo Feng... provocation... death..."
The endless phantom conjured by the Primal Universe Origin Will shifted rapidly, trying to swallow Luo Feng below.
But the Supreme Rule restrained it. It could do nothing. It did not dare strike first; if it did, the Supreme Rule could erase it outright.
"You are afraid." Luo Feng grinned.
The Primal Universe Origin Will had no emotions, only instinct. Yet it feared death.
"Provocateur... must die..."
The Primal Universe Origin Will's message entered Luo Feng's ears as its endless phantom churned violently.
Even the turbulence of the Universe Ocean's Origin Power was easy to sense now. Threads of pressure from the Origin rolled in through its endless void.
"Hm? What's going on?"
"What happened?"
"What in the world is happening?"
"..."
The Universe Strongest—True Gods—and Universe Masters roaming the Universe Ocean could all vaguely sense the fluctuations of the Primal Universe Origin Will. The True Gods felt them most keenly. They were already subject to some suppression from the Origin Will, and now they could sense its turmoil above the boundless Universe Ocean with even greater clarity.
"Could another great calamity be coming?"
Many True Gods felt a flicker of dread. The fluctuations of the Primal Universe Origin Will were unmistakable.
"What has happened to the Primal Universe Origin Will?" The Two-Faced Ancestral God, one of the leaders of the Ancestral God School in the Second Reincarnation Era—the former Original Universe Era—looked grave. As a representative of the Origin in the previous Original Universe Era, he understood the Primal Universe Origin Will better than anyone.
Whoosh!
The Primal Chaos City Leader, who had been cultivating in seclusion within the Chaos Universe, teleported beyond his Miniature Universe. He looked up into the endless void filled with Primal Chaos Currents, his expression grave.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
True God Illusory Heart, True God Huang Jian, True God Peng Gong, Fire Vault True God, Ximo True God...
One by one, Humanity's True Gods appeared outside their Miniature Universes.
Humanity's Miniature Universes were mostly clustered in the same region of the Universe Ocean, not too far apart. And the source of the Primal Universe Origin Will's fluctuations lay above the Milky Way Holy Land Universe. Even from inside their Miniature Universes, they had felt its violent disturbance.
"Come to me at once," the Primal Chaos City Leader messaged Humanity's True Gods.
As one of Humanity's former leaders, the Primal Chaos City Leader remained a pillar of the race alongside the Progenitors of the Two Holy Land Universes.
"Primal Chaos, what happened?"
"Primal Chaos."
"Grandmaster, what happened?"
Figures appeared one after another beside the Primal Chaos City Leader.
His face was grim. "I don't know if you sensed it, but the source of the Primal Universe Origin Will's fluctuations seems to be near the Milky Way Holy Land. I just sent Luo Feng a message, but he hasn't replied. We need to head to the Milky Way Holy Land Universe together in case something goes wrong."
"All right."
The others nodded.
Then, one by one, they teleported away.
Within the Milky Way Holy Land Universe, True God Juehe, Blood Orchid, the Rampaging Devil God, and the other True Gods who had entrusted themselves to it—even the Universe Masters—felt the powerful fluctuations of the Primal Universe Origin Will. They immediately teleported out of the Sacred Land Universe.
The pressure of the boundless Origin Will above left them utterly horrified.
"What...?"
"Galaxy and the Primal Universe Origin Will?"
"It's the Galaxy Ancestor!"
"The Galaxy Ancestor is facing the Primal Universe Origin Will!"
They stared at the distant figure in shock. He seemed no larger than a sesame seed before an endless ocean. Compared to the boundless Primal Universe Origin Will, Luo Feng's body was infinitesimal. Yet to them, he seemed towering enough to shake the heavens.
They would likely carry this sight in their souls forever.
One man stood against the inexhaustible Primal Universe Origin Will. What he was doing surpassed even Origin Ancestor's feat all those years ago.
And the man doing it was the Progenitor of their Milky Way Holy Land!
Above the Milky Way Holy Land Universe, the Primal Universe's Origin Power grew ever more violent. The phantom churned like an endless bank of storm clouds.
Luo Feng searched for the Origin's location, only to find it everywhere. Every part of the boundless Universe Ocean was connected to the Primal Universe's Origin Space.
Kill the Primal Universe Origin Will, then merge my own will with the Origin and take its place. The Origin of Luo Feng's Miniature Universe represented his will. The Primal Universe was no different. Once he erased its Origin Will and merged his own will into it, he could seize it.
"Die!"
Luo Feng's eyes suddenly transformed into an enormous celestial body. It spun at tremendous speed, radiating vast power. Then a will of unparalleled sharpness shot from it and became an insubstantial, razor-edged greatsword. Moving at billions of times the speed of light, the sword stabbed straight at the endless phantom above.
At that moment—
The Primal Universe Origin Will flew into a rage!
The boundless Origin Power under its control erupted, sending fluctuations through the entire Universe Ocean. Though the Primal Universe Origin Will possessed little intelligence, it clearly held nothing back against Luo Feng as it had against Origin Ancestor.
The raging Origin Power twisted into a Giant Dragon and bore down on the insubstantial greatsword.
But the greatsword was formed of will, Formless and Faceless. Origin Power could not stop it.
The sword pierced straight through the Giant Dragon of Origin Power and drove into the endless phantom.
"Luo Feng... I... want you... dead..."
The Primal Universe Origin Will struggled desperately, its furious roar carrying a shrill force of will. An instant later, its fluctuations ceased altogether. As the Giant Dragon of Origin Power passed through the insubstantial greatsword and approached Luo Feng, it broke apart with a thunderous crash.
When the True Gods and Universe Masters outside the Milky Way Holy Land Universe saw the Giant Dragon of Origin Power, despair overwhelmed them. But then it suddenly vanished. All that remained was the raging Origin Power, no longer guided by a will, and the distant Galaxy Ancestor.
They stood stunned, unable to believe what they had seen.
The Primal Chaos City Leader and the others arrived by teleportation just in time to witness that final moment. They, too, were shaken to the core.