Luo Feng looked at the yellow feather inside the jade box. He could feel that its edge was incredibly sharp and imbued with void fluctuations.

Di Chuyu, standing beside him, smiled and said, “This is a Golden Feather Divine Bird under King Tiandu. It was naturally born in the chaos layer. When it first emerged, it was still very young, only possessing middle-tier Chaos Realm strength. Later, King Tiandu carefully nourished it with many rare treasures, allowing it to grow into its most perfect form, capable of matching peak Chaos Realm experts.”

Luo Feng was surprised. “Cultivated to its most perfect physical form?”

The Chaos Realm creatures he had captured, like the Silverlight creatures, were formed by the fusion of hundreds or thousands of silverlight droplets. These were actually very young. According to his transformation technique, 108 trillion droplets was the limit for the fusion of Silverlight creatures. Although the Golden Feather Divine Bird was born with Chaos Realm strength, it also had room for growth.

“I traded with Refined Jade City Lord, King Tiandu’s daughter, to obtain this Golden Feather Divine Bird’s feather,” Di Chuyu explained. “Since it was exchanged willingly, this feather will not spontaneously disintegrate.”

Luo Feng gratefully said, “Brother Chuyu, this helps me immensely. Thank you.”

Whether it’s cultivators, exotic beasts, or Chaos Realm creatures with full consciousness, studying their body materials typically requires one of two methods. First, one can destroy their consciousness, which then allows for the study of their corpse. Second, if the entity is alive, it must be completely willing. Otherwise, with a single thought, their blood or feathers would self-annihilate and dissipate. The more powerful the life form, the more unwilling they are to let other powerful beings study their physical materials.

“Haha, there’s no need for such formality between us,” Di Chuyu said with a smile. “My first thirty epochs in the Chaos Realm are a protection period, during which both of us can cultivate in peace. But once that period is over, I may need to trouble you.”

“If there’s anything you need help with, just say the word,” Luo Feng replied.

“During the protection period, there’s nothing I need your help with; just focus on your cultivation,” Di Chuyu chuckled. “I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving now.”

Luo Feng immediately escorted Di Chuyu to the entrance of his cave mansion.

After Di Chuyu departed, Luo Feng immediately resumed his secluded cultivation.

Luo Feng was indeed completely unaware of the conflict between Di Chuyu and the other two first-rank marquises. For one, Luo Feng had made few friends since arriving in Chudu. The political landscape of Chudu was too intricate; the seven first-rank marquises were already fierce rivals, and then there were the Emperor’s direct disciples, the God Kings’ disciples—the numerous factions were exceedingly complex. During this period of rapid strength improvement, Luo Feng preferred to focus on secluded cultivation. He clearly understood that once his strength became sufficient, the so-called complex situation would quickly become clear.

On the other hand, the core of the Di Chu lineage’s administration of various affairs rested with the seven first-rank marquises. The entire city of Chudu dared not discuss the conflicts among these seven! Even the guests who witnessed the conflict at the time dared not utter a single word about it. Offending a first-rank marquis could result not just in death, but also in repercussions for one’s family and affiliated forces. Furthermore, Di Chuyu himself intended to keep it a secret, unwilling for these matters to affect Luo Feng; he naturally hoped that Guest Elder Luo He would focus on his cultivation and become as powerful as possible.

“Marquis Chuji and Marquis Chuyuan are both at the peak of the Chaos Realm! Marquis Chuji has two guest elders, and Marquis Chuyuan has one. Their combined faction includes five individuals at the peak Chaos Realm level!” Di Chuyu was well aware of their formidable strength. “There are also other Chaos Realm experts who follow them.” Among the seven first-rank marquises, only these two were allied, making their side the most powerful.

“Although Brother Luo He is also at the peak of the Chaos Realm, he is ultimately alone against their five,” Di Chuyu thought. “Moreover, Marquis Chuyuan possesses the royal bloodlines of two ancient kingdoms and is a key protégé of the Old Ancestor. Among us seven first-rank marquises, he is the most promising to achieve transcendence beyond the Chaos Realm.” Di Chuyu had to admit this.

Among the seven first-rank marquises, Marquis Chuyuan was the most ferocious and unrestrained, yet also the most talented and strongest. At the peak Chaos Realm level, it was difficult to completely kill an opponent without a significant power gap. However, there were still distinctions in strength, just as Luo Feng could suppress Marquis Liuyin. Marquis Chuyuan had never encountered a worthy opponent at the peak Chaos Realm level! Even the Emperor Old Ancestor highly recognized his talent.

“My strength has now reached the pinnacle of the Chaos Realm,” Di Chuyu silently mused. “By the end of the protection period, my strength must advance further! Even if I don’t reach the peak Chaos Realm, I must ensure Marquis Chuyuan cannot threaten me.” Di Chuyu also harbored ambition.

As a youth, he had pursued the path of the Boundless Divine Body, naturally aspiring to reach the God King level.

“Forcing me to defer? To relinquish numerous resources? Without resources, how can I grow stronger?” Di Chuyu’s eyes turned sharp.

***

Inside Luo Feng’s cave mansion, within his secluded cultivation chamber, was a space on the first level of the Star Tower.

Luo Feng did not involve himself with the various factions in Chudu, nor did he make friends; he devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

“This feather?” Luo Feng examined the yellow feather before him, gently pinching and tugging at it. “It’s incredibly tough, and its edge is like a sharp blade.”

With a thought, the yellow feather flew out and hovered in mid-air.

Luo Feng extended his hand, the tip of his finger vaguely shimmering with sharpness.

“Whoosh.” With a gentle wave of his hand, he severed a tiny downy fiber from the feather’s edge! Luo Feng even felt a slight resistance.

“My close-combat ability is far superior to my long-range Galaxy Transformation Technique, yet severing this tiny fiber still met with some resistance,” Luo Feng mused to himself. He then grabbed the small fiber and applied force. A terrifying power, surpassing that of a peak Chaos Realm expert in the physical body lineage, erupted, completely pulverizing the tiny fiber into its most basic particles.

“What is this?”

The small fiber, after being pulverized, transformed into tens of thousands of particles. “These are also particles?” Luo Feng observed with slight confusion. The surface of the particles also bore some secret patterns of Chaos Laws. At first glance, they looked very similar to the particles from the Galaxy Transformation Technique, Abyssal Transformation Technique, and his other transformation techniques. “But I sense an extremely strong life essence! It’s thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger than the life essence in my five transformation techniques; it’s a qualitative change.”

“Why do these particles, despite being particles, possess such a strong life essence?”

“Whoosh.” Luo Feng gently waved his hand and split open one particle. As the particle split, Luo Feng immediately saw clearly.

This particle contained secret patterns of Chaos Laws, and astonishingly, it encapsulated two particles that were fused with each other.

“A larger particle encompassing two smaller ones? And the two smaller particles are partially fused?” Luo Feng observed, then proceeded to split the two smaller particles. Once split, these particles revealed numerous secret patterns of laws before completely dissipating.

“Yin-yang combination? Trinity?”

At that moment, Luo Feng understood the basic life structure of this most powerful Chaos Realm creature. He also understood why these particles could carry such a powerful life essence.

“The Yin-yang combined form contains endless profound mysteries, divided into pure Yin, pure Yang, and the fused Yin-yang portion.” “And the trinity form further increases the complexity.”

Luo Feng cut open another particle for a closer look.

Black and white can be considered Yin and Yang, as can life and death, or even matter and energy. Yin and Yang describe a state. Particles originating from the same source manifest in different states yet are perfectly fused.

“Regarding Yin-yang combination, it is recorded in the ‘Body of Life’ section of the first tribulation of the ‘Eight Tribulations Life Form’ cultivation manual,” Luo Feng understood, drawing upon his inheritance.

The Beginning of One, Yin-Yang Combination, Trinity, Ten Directions World… the ‘Eight Tribulations Life Form’ inheritance describes various forms of the ‘Body of Life.’

“The trinity form is too complex and demands a higher life essence and body of life. I should first try the simpler Yin-yang form.” After understanding this through his inheritance, Luo Feng began to try and refine his transformation technique.

His divine power transformed into two droplets combined together. However, this combination appeared crude, and the life essence it contained was merely ordinary.

“In the Yin-yang form, the two complement each other,” Luo Feng thought. He dispersed the form and tried again.

Time passed. He attempted repeatedly, learning from each failure, then studying the inheritance and cutting open the Golden Feather Divine Bird’s particles for close observation. The Golden Feather Divine Bird, under King Tiandu, could sense that its body material was being cut, but because it was part of a legitimate trade, it could only allow it to happen and dared not actively annihilate the feather.

“Whoosh.” After countless attempts, this time, with a wave of his hand, two silverlight droplets combined, exhibiting a beautiful life-like quality, and their life essence was ten times stronger than before.

“This is it!” Luo Feng exclaimed with delight, immediately repeating the transformation again and again. He transformed millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of droplets at once…

Luo Feng’s soul was now powerful, his spiritual will grew stronger, and he performed the transformation technique with increasing speed. Soon, 108 trillion silverlight droplets formed, with every two droplets combined.

“Om.” A restrained river of silverlight formed. It appeared ordinary, but Luo Feng could feel that his consciousness could merge with it much more powerfully, and its might had increased several-fold.

“After all this time in Chudu, my transformation technique has finally undergone a qualitative change,” Luo Feng said, delighted.

“My spiritual will has now also reached the threshold of the God King’s second realm, allowing me to wield more Galaxy Blade Lights. The total power of these Galaxy Blade Lights should be tenfold what it was in Huyang City,” Luo Feng remarked, quite pleased.

Just as ‘spiritual will’ at the Chaos Realm level gradually improves slowly, a qualitative change only occurs when breaking through from the Chaos Realm bottleneck to the God King level. The spiritual will of a God King also improves gradually; from the first realm to the third realm, it’s a slow accumulation. This kind of accumulation is extremely difficult, making it hard even for ancient God Kings to advance further over endless eons.

“The most crucial factor enabling my spiritual will to advance from the God King’s first realm to the threshold of the second realm is the transformation of my life level,” Luo Feng knew.

When he was an Eternal True God, he already possessed God King-level will. After becoming a Chaos Realm expert and his perfect divine body matured, his soul grew stronger, and his spiritual will naturally experienced a small period of improvement.

“Unless my life level advances further, reaching the God King level, it will aid my spiritual will. Otherwise… I’ll need to accumulate it slowly,” Luo Feng clearly understood that normal accumulation and improvement were very gradual. During his True God period, his will was already at the peak Chaos Realm. As an Eternal True God, he only broke through to God King-level will with the nourishment of his divine body and the aid of the Calamity Beast Diagram. In the Chaos Realm, he advanced a small step slowly, reaching the threshold of the God King’s second realm. Progress was becoming increasingly difficult.