Its body, as vast as a boundless world, was entirely crimson, with flames rising from it. It possessed eight pairs of colossal wings and four immense hoof-claws that seemed to support the entire world. Its single, enormous eye gazed coldly in Luo Feng’s direction.

With every movement, it struggled, a rumbling sound accompanying its efforts. This was because it was bound by chains that emerged from the void, penetrating every part of its body and soul, making resistance almost impossible.

It stared towards Luo Feng, its single eye filled with terrifying killing intent.

Luo Feng even perceived “traces of past time” on its body, witnessing its growth from a weak, insignificant Calamity Beast step by step, precisely the process depicted in the “Three Thousand Void Calamity Beast Diagrams.”

However, the past traces he saw at this moment were far more detailed, terrifying, and oppressive than those in the “Three Thousand Void Calamity Beast Diagrams.”

“This is an image of a powerful being observing the Calamity Beast,” Luo Feng realized. “That powerful being was able to see the Calamity Beast’s ‘past temporal traces,’ and he recorded this observation, preserving it.”

If a weaker individual were to see the Calamity Beast, their spirit would likely be instantly annihilated, leading to death.

The ability to perceive the Calamity Beast’s past temporal traces with a single glance was already beyond Luo Feng’s imagination.

Even the Emperors of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom merely observed the Calamity Beast’s shadow to create their Calamity Beast diagrams.

The Calamity Beast diagrams were only a partial representation of the true Calamity Beast.

“The Calamity Beast… it’s actually bound?” Luo Feng was somewhat shaken. The chains extending from the void clearly made it impossible for the beast to escape.

“With my Mind Will at the God King’s Second Stage, I can only observe the Calamity Beast’s shadow. The Calamity Beast’s power must be beyond the Ultimate God King realm. Yet, such an existence is still bound and trapped.”

As Luo Feng felt this shock, he immediately deduced that…

…the even more powerful being who bound the Calamity Beast must belong to the cultivator side. After all, the Calamity Beast’s image was disseminated within the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom.

“Considering the Calamity Beast’s growth trajectory, it likely isn’t aligned with the cultivators,” Luo Feng mused. “It must be a terrifying life form from outside the cage.”

Luo Feng had to admit.

Simply observing the Calamity Beast’s growth trajectory filled Luo Feng with admiration. Yet, there was still an even more powerful entity capable of binding it.

“I must maintain a sense of awe,” Luo Feng silently cautioned himself. “Even a terrifying existence like the Calamity Beast, which is beyond the Ultimate God King realm, is still bound. And I… I am merely at the Chaos Realm right now.”

Luo Feng carefully memorized this vision.

After all, viewing it cost 100,000 merit points, and the Legacy Hall provided ample time.

The “Three Thousand Void Calamity Beast Diagrams” were mere paintings, whereas this was a temporal image, far more real and detailed. Luo Feng immersed himself, meticulously observing and experiencing it.

“Only with an immortal heart can one overcome endless calamities.” Through careful observation, Luo Feng gained a deeper understanding of the Calamity Beast’s immortal heart.

“It could abandon everything, even its own life, only by being so utterly ruthless… could it undergo repeated rebirths and transformations to reach this stage,” Luo Feng shook his head slightly. “But precisely because of this, it also abandoned its former friends.”

“It even devoured friends with whom it had shared hardships on multiple occasions.”

Luo Feng witnessed growth traces far more detailed than those in the Calamity Beast Diagrams.

In its later stages, the Calamity Beast had become incredibly powerful, with a few friends who followed it. Yet, solely for the sake of becoming stronger, the Calamity Beast still picked them off one by one, attacking and devouring its friends.

It grew even more powerful.

On its path to growth, it had no need for companions; it only needed itself to be stronger.

Then, one day, it was captured! It didn’t even see who made the move; with a mere shift in space-time, it was seized and dragged into a prison world, its body enveloped by void chains from which it could never again break free.

“This, then, is the Calamity Beast’s ultimate fate?” Luo Feng watched, a sense of melancholy washing over him. “It was captured by a mere shift in space-time? It couldn’t even discern who its opponent was?”

“Its Mind Will is formidable, but ultimately, it’s about power.”

“Without sufficient power, it became a prisoner.”

This served as a potent warning to Luo Feng.

It was too difficult to defeat enemies relying solely on Mind Will; one needed a significant advantage in Mind Will itself, and an advantage in Mind Will secret arts. The advantage of “Array Element Art” would diminish as his strength increased.

He could completely annihilate some Chaos Realm cultivators partly because their Mind Will was much weaker than his, and partly due to the great advantage of “Array Element Art.”

However, for some ancient existences on Origin Continent, the gap between their Mind Will secret arts and “Array Element Art” would be much smaller.

“Even the Emperors of Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom or the Monarchs of Thunder Ancient Kingdom haven’t been known to kill God Kings purely with Mind Will,” Luo Feng understood. “Mind Will is ultimately just one factor in cultivation. Comprehending the Great Dao… that is the fundamental aspect of cultivation.”

Observing the Calamity Beast’s shadow, on one hand, strengthened Luo Feng’s resolve to pursue the Dao and made him realize that there were no shortcuts in Dao cultivation! The assistance “Array Element Art” provided would eventually become weaker. On the other hand, it also showed Luo Feng that there were always greater powers beyond, prompting him to maintain a constant sense of awe.

As time passed, Luo Feng became even more focused on comprehending the Great Dao.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Feng had been in Chu Capital for twenty-seven epochs.

In the hidden space within the Origin of the Original Universe.

Luo Feng’s divine power avatar directly faced the complete Great Dao of Life Origin, discerning its six major branches at a glance.

“I’ve already cultivated the Life Body branch to the peak of the Chaos Realm,” Luo Feng murmured, looking at the Great Dao of Life Origin before him. “I’ve also collected seven sets of perfect Chaos Layer biological materials, yet I still haven’t managed to comprehend the ‘Trinity Form.'”

The first tribulation of the “Eight Tribulations Life Form” recorded three major branches: Life Spirituality, Life Body, and Life Origin. Of these, Life Spirituality and Life Body had now both been advanced to the peak of the Chaos Realm.

Further advancement was impossible before becoming a God King.

“I’ve been trying to comprehend it for so long, but I can’t break through. Do I truly need to become a God King to understand the Trinity Form?” Luo Feng wondered. “Perhaps I could try consuming a Primal Crystal Spirit Fruit.”

Originally, Luo Feng had planned to bring all five of his primarily comprehended branches to their peak before consuming the Primal Crystal Spirit Fruits, using the remaining four fruits to break through to the God King level.

Now, only two branches had reached the peak of the Chaos Realm.

“According to my master, five fruits are consumed at the Chaos Realm, and five at the God King’s First Stage,” Luo Feng pondered. “To advance my Transformation technique to a higher level, consuming one is worthwhile.”

Perfecting the Transformation technique would also deepen his understanding of the two branches.

“Luo He, come to my Imperial Chu Palace.”

Suddenly—

Luo Feng’s mind received a telepathic message from his master, Emperor Chu.

“Master is actively summoning me for the first time in over twenty epochs?” Luo Feng was slightly surprised. His true body naturally hastened towards the Imperial Chu Palace immediately.

Inside the Imperial Chu Palace.

Emperor Chu sat cross-legged on the ground, his colossal form slightly frowning.

“The Progenitor sent back a batch of resources, all intended for our clan,” Emperor Chu mused. Not long ago, all thirteen Emperors of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom had been summoned by the Yanfeng Progenitor and granted a large quantity of resources.

This batch of resources was divided into thirteen portions, one for each of the thirteen royal lineages.

As per the Progenitor’s instructions, these resources were naturally for cultivating the clan members.

This was the Yanfeng Progenitor’s temperament: he naturally nurtured his own clan members in various ways, while outsiders were generally recruited as guest elders. Guest elders had to work hard to earn merit points in exchange for benefits.

As for nurturing disciples? Whoever cultivated a disciple provided the resources.

“This time, even the royal elites will receive a batch of resources,” Emperor Chu thought. “Among my three disciples, the other two often come to me for guidance. But my third disciple, Luo Feng… he hasn’t come once in these twenty-odd epochs.”

Compared to the royal elites, Emperor Chu was equally close to his three direct disciples.

Since the royal elites were receiving resources, Emperor Chu felt he should also provide some for his direct disciples.

“Master.”

Luo Feng entered from outside the hall at that moment and respectfully bowed.

“Since becoming my disciple, in over twenty epochs, you haven’t come to seek my guidance even once,” Emperor Chu said, looking at Luo Feng. “Do you have no confusion regarding your cultivation?”

Luo Feng respectfully replied, “Master, I do have some confusion regarding the Great Dao of Life Origin.”

Emperor Chu’s eyelids twitched slightly.

The Great Dao of Life Origin?

He didn’t understand that!

“What about the Great Dao of Destruction Origin? Are you comprehending that smoothly?” Emperor Chu asked, as this was his area of expertise.

“It’s going quite smoothly for now,” Luo Feng replied.

Although the Heaven-Splitting and Dark Heaven lineages described in “Seventy-Two Slaughtering Blades” were only at the peak Chaos Realm level, the main reason was the inability to directly face a complete Great Dao of Origin. Morosa was, after all, only at the Chaos Realm. Hence, his progress was slightly slower than with the Great Dao of Life Origin.

Emperor Chu nodded, and could only ask, “What confusion do you have regarding the Great Dao of Life Origin?”

Luo Feng waved his hand, and a gray particle appeared before him. The gray particle split open directly, revealing two internal particles fused in a yin-yang state.

“This is the most basic particle form of perfect Chaos Layer creatures—the Trinity Form,” Luo Feng explained. “I’ve studied it extensively, but I still haven’t fully comprehended it.”

Emperor Chu looked at it and felt a headache coming on.

His entire focus was on cultivating the ‘Great Dao of Destruction Origin.’ While he had some dabbling in the Great Dao of Material Origin, the Great Dao of Karma Origin, and the Great Dao of Space Origin, his understanding was only equivalent to that of an ordinary God King.

As for the Great Dao of Life Origin? He truly didn’t understand it.

“Your disciple is very perplexed,” Luo Feng said, explaining that most of his energy over the past twenty-odd epochs had been dedicated to this. “I humbly ask for Master’s guidance.”

“Trinity Form? That’s a relatively superficial body structure,” Emperor Chu said, while rapidly thinking. As an Emperor, his thought process was incredibly fast.

Emperor Chu suddenly waved his hand, and the corpse of a golden-scaled beetle appeared within the hall. “This is the corpse of a Chaos Realm creature. Its body structure is the more advanced ‘Ten Directions World Form,’ which is superior to the ‘Trinity Form.’ Relying on its physical body, it could fight against God Kings, transcending its realm. You should thoroughly study this more sophisticated ‘Ten Directions World Form’; perhaps then, when you return to the simpler ‘Trinity Form,’ you will finally comprehend it.”

Luo Feng stared blankly at the golden-scaled beetle’s corpse before him.

The corpse exuded a powerful aura.

“This corpse?” Luo Feng asked, puzzled. He had never even heard of such a creature.

“The Thunder Progenitor dedicates himself to researching various Primal Bloodlines; this is one of the special creatures he cultivated,” Emperor Chu explained. “Go back and study it. Once you’ve gained a deeper accumulation of knowledge from studying it, then consume a Primal Crystal Spirit Fruit, and perhaps you’ll be able to comprehend the Trinity Form in one go.”

“Your disciple understands,” Luo Feng acknowledged, immediately putting away the corpse.

“Go on now,” Emperor Chu waved his hand.

Luo Feng immediately bowed respectfully and departed.

“I had originally intended to give him some resources, and this golden-scaled beetle corpse, worth a million merit points, can certainly count as his resources,” Emperor Chu thought with satisfaction. Having taken a disciple, he was unwilling to treat them shabbily.