Chapter 136: Two Worlds Palace

Chu Capital, shrouded in a hazy night.

Within an ordinary courtyard, Chu Chang Hou drank alone when suddenly, an invisible ripple enveloped him.

“Hmm?” Chu Chang Hou felt the world transform, finding himself in an illusory realm.

“Chu Chang Hou,” a figure materialized from the mist, smiling as it regarded him.

“I’ve been waiting for you a long time, alone in my courtyard,” Chu Chang Hou said, glancing around. “Never imagined you’d drag me into a幻境 (illusion). The renowned Two Worlds Palace, famous throughout the Origin Continent, only dares meet me in an illusion?”

The mist figure replied, “This is Chu Capital, personally refined by Ancestor Yan Feng! The Two Worlds Palace must act with caution. Please forgive us, Chu Chang Hou.”

Chu Chang Hou stared at the figure.

The Two Worlds Palace was a massive power hidden in the shadows of the Origin Continent. The identities of its members were a mystery. Rumor had it that the weakest member was a Second Level God King, and some even claimed there were disciples of Yuan within its ranks.

Compared to Ancestor Yan Feng and Ancestor Thunder, Yuan was more revered in the Origin Continent.

Yuan was too transcendent, merely leaving behind powerful legacies and precious resources. He was too lazy to take disciples. However, some ancient beings who had obtained his legacy and received his guidance styled themselves as ‘Yuan’s disciples.’

“I am merely an ordinary member of the Two Worlds Palace,” the mist figure said with a smile, looking at Chu Chang Hou. “However, helping you achieve a top ranking in this Heavenly Grade mission is an easy feat.”

“You want to help me?” Chu Chang Hou asked, studying the figure.

Any official member, this mist figure must at least be a Second Level God King! Someone who could crush him with a flick of a finger.

However, as a first-rank marquis of the royal family, Chu Chang Hou possessed his own pride.

“Chu Chang Hou,” the mist figure said, “You must understand that among the seven first-rank marquises of the Emperor Chu bloodline… in terms of comprehension and potential, Chu Ying Hou is ranked first. Chu Feng Hou and Chu Ji Hou are likely above you as well.”

Chu Chang Hou listened.

After countless years of competition, apart from the newly promoted Chu Yu Hou, the other six first-rank marquises knew each other well.

“Without a sufficiently powerful force assisting you, you won’t make the top three this time,” the mist figure stated.

“I can help you reach the top three, but I require half of the resources you obtain,” the mist figure said, watching Chu Chang Hou.

Chu Chang Hou stared back, sneering, “Half? These are the resources of my Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom’s royal family. The Two Worlds Palace is certainly audacious.”

“It is entirely voluntary; I will not force you,” the mist figure said. “If you refuse, I can leave immediately and no longer disturb you, Chu Chang Hou.”

Chu Chang Hou considered the figure.

Among the seven first-rank marquises of the Emperor Chu bloodline, he was the least outstanding! Even the newly promoted Chu Yu Hou had the support of the Chaos Realm Transcendent, ‘Great Sage Luohe.’

“If you help me achieve first place this time, I will give you half!” Chu Chang Hou declared. “If I get second place, you will only receive twenty percent. If I get third place, you will only receive ten percent. If I don’t make the top three, it means you are too useless and have no right to a share of the resources.”

The mist figure shook its head, “Helping you to the best of my ability requires considerable effort on my part.”

“If you obtain first place this time, I want half.”

“If you obtain second place, I want thirty percent.”

“If you obtain third place, I want twenty percent. Any lower? I can forego it,” the mist figure said, gazing at Chu Chang Hou. “These are my final terms. You may choose to reject them.”

Chu Chang Hou looked at the figure, then suddenly laughed, “Very well, it’s settled then.”

The mist figure nodded, “Since it is settled, a cause and effect has been established! Chu Chang Hou, do not even think about reneging… the price of karmic backlash is one you cannot bear.” With that, the mist figure vanished without a trace.

Chu Chang Hou felt the illusory realm dissipate, and he was still sitting at the table in his courtyard.

“The price of karmic backlash?” Chu Chang Hou frowned slightly. He was, after all, merely a Chaos Realm peak existence and had never considered cheating a member of the Two Worlds Palace.

“If I obtain the most resources in this Heavenly Grade mission, I might have a chance at transformation,” Chu Chang Hou thought, harboring ambitions of his own.

He was merely slightly inferior in talent among the seven first-rank marquises. To have cultivated to the peak of the Chaos Realm, he naturally possessed a certain degree of potential. As long as he had enough resources, he had a chance of breaking through to the God King level.

The treatment of a royal first-rank marquis was vastly different from that of a royal God King.

……

Among the seven first-rank marquises of the Emperor Chu bloodline, Chu Ying Hou was the most renowned.

Chu Ying Hou gazed at the night sky outside his window.

“Buzz.” He held a communication token, contacting a friend powerful enough to help him.

“Junior Brother Chu Ying,” a cold voice sounded.

“Senior Sister Bi Yun,” Chu Ying Hou said with considerable humility.

Great Sage Bi Yun was Emperor Qing’s personal disciple!

Emperor Qing was the strongest of the thirteen emperors of the Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom, and he was also skilled at teaching disciples. This Great Sage Bi Yun was considered a leader among Chaos Realm Transcendents, possessing profound and matchless abilities, and was further enhanced by treasures bestowed by Emperor Qing, making her exceedingly powerful.

“The seven first-rank marquises of my Emperor Chu bloodline must compete this time,” Chu Ying Hou explained. “The task of collecting Bloodspirit Gold Pearls also requires your assistance, Senior Sister.”

“When many royal elites visited Master in the past, Master said… among the Emperor Chu bloodline, you, Junior Brother Chu Ying, possess the highest talent and are destined to become a God King,” the cold voice said. “The Emperor Chu bloodline should use the best resources on you.”

Chu Ying Hou was grateful to Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing’s words had greatly increased Chu Ying Hou’s standing, and he had also received preferential resource allocation.

“The competition among the royal first-rank marquises is a rule established by the Ancestor. We must still compete,” Chu Ying Hou said. “Do you have time for this task of collecting Bloodspirit Gold Pearls, Senior Sister?”

“Leave it to me,” Senior Sister Bi Yun replied. “I dare not claim first place in the Bloodspirit Gold Pearl collection task, but I will certainly not hold you back.”

“Thank you, Senior Sister.”

Chu Ying Hou breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor Qing’s words caused some God Kings and Chaos Realm Transcendents to be willing to befriend Chu Ying Hou.

However, the Bloodspirit Gold Pearls were produced on the border of the two great ancient kingdoms, and border disputes between the two nations were normally restricted to the ‘Chaos Realm level.’ If God King-level beings intervened, the border conflict between the two nations would escalate on a large scale. Would anyone trigger a large-scale two-nation war for a subtask of a Heavenly Grade mission? No one could bear the consequences.

Restricted to the Chaos Realm level, Chu Ying Hou pondered and concluded that Great Sage Bi Yun was the most suitable helper.

In the entire Origin Continent, the two great ancient kingdoms and some hidden and overt forces had a total of only seventy-one Chaos Realm Transcendents. Naturally, there were differences in strength among these seventy-one.

“Among the Chaos Realm Transcendents, Senior Sister Bi Yun ranks near the top,” Chu Ying Hou thought to himself.

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On the day the Heavenly Grade mission was released, the seven first-rank marquises of the Emperor Chu bloodline were all searching for ways to get ahead.

Luo Feng was originally strolling in his cave residence.

Suddenly—

An invisible ripple enveloped Luo Feng, attempting to pull Luo Feng’s consciousness into an illusory world. “Buzz.” Luo Feng’s soul, on one hand, possessed the *Lie Yuan Art*, making his mind and will extremely stable, and on the other hand, it was shielded by the Star Tower.

This invisible ripple was unable to move Luo Feng’s consciousness at all.

“Hmm? He can resist the Two Worlds Palace’s reception?” A hidden presence was somewhat surprised.

“Who is it?” Luo Feng naturally felt the powerful dragging force, but with the *Lie Yuan Art* and the Star Tower guarding simultaneously, he was naturally fearless.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~

The wind rose, and the wind naturally condensed into a blurry figure, appearing before Luo Feng, with invisible ripples spreading around to isolate any prying eyes.

“Great Sage Luohe, have you heard of the Two Worlds Palace?” The figure of wind smiled as it looked at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng was secretly startled.

Whether it was his teacher, Mountain Guest’s lineage, Duan Dong River’s lineage, or his current increased status, Luo Feng had some understanding of the massive forces in the Origin Continent.

The many forces in the Origin Continent were divided into overt and covert types. The overt major forces all had territories, with the two great ancient kingdoms taking the lead! The Heavenly Wood Kingdom, the Myriad Realms Kingdom, and the Eastern Extremity Domain were overt first-class forces. The Yu Kingdom, the Food Kingdom, and many other kingdoms were second-class nations, and there were many third-class nations as well.

Covert forces appeared mysterious.

Who were the members of a covert force? Just how strong were they? Many things were a mystery.

It was possible that even God Kings of the two great ancient kingdoms were involved, and it was even possible that alien races from outside the cage participated.

The Two Worlds Palace was one of the top covert forces.

“The Two Worlds Palace, is there something you need from me?” Luo Feng asked, looking at the figure.

“Luohe, you are merely a Chaos Realm Transcendent now, you have not realized the difficulty of the cultivation path,” the figure of wind said. “Once you become a God King, you will discover that every step upward is like a chasm.”

Luo Feng listened.

Of course, he understood. The gap between a First Level God King and an Ultimate existence was like the gap between mastering one of the ten fundamental laws and mastering the law of chaos. The difficulty was indeed many times higher, so naturally, the higher one went, the harder it became.

“In terms of resources, the two great ancient kingdoms only cultivate the royal family,” the figure of wind said. “Even if you are Emperor Chu’s personal disciple, Emperor Chu will need to take a portion of his own resources to give to you.”

“While you are weak now, he is willing to give you some resources that he cannot use.”

“But when you become a God King in the future, and become stronger, needing more precious resources that are also important to him, will he still give them to you?” the figure of wind said.

“In terms of cultivation guidance… you should cultivate in the three origin laws of life, destruction, and matter simultaneously,” the figure of wind said. “Emperor Chu can only teach you the law of destruction. What will you do about the other two origin laws?”

Luo Feng listened.

Cultivating in three laws simultaneously? When did I cultivate in the origin law of matter?

“The two great ancient kingdoms are unwilling to take out their most precious resources, so they must be seized by strength,” the figure of wind said, looking at Luo Feng. “As for guidance? The internal members of my Two Worlds Palace can guide you in the origin laws of life and matter. They will certainly teach you better than Emperor Chu.”

Luo Feng looked at the figure. “What do you mean by all this?”

“I can let you become an external member of the Two Worlds Palace first,” the figure of wind said. “The guidance you receive in the Two Worlds Palace will certainly be stronger than Emperor Chu’s. He simply does not know how to teach disciples.”

Luo Feng looked at the figure. “What exactly did you come to me for?”

“Join us.”

The figure of wind looked at Luo Feng. “I admire you very much.”

Originally, it was just for a transaction, but when it discovered that it could not drag Luo Feng’s consciousness into the illusory world, it changed its mind.

Resisting the Two Worlds Palace’s reception? This was very rare.

“This Heavenly Grade mission can be considered a small test,” the figure of wind said. “Continue to help Emperor Chu Yu compete for the ‘Bloodspirit Gold Pearls,’ and give him one or two pearls when the time comes. Give all the other Bloodspirit Gold Pearls to me!”

“A small test to see if you are willing to join the Two Worlds Palace,” the figure of wind said. “I believe you also know that the identities of the members of the Two Worlds Palace are kept secret. Joining it will only bring you benefits and no harm.”

Luo Feng looked at the figure, scoffing and saying, “Chu Yu Hou is my close friend. You want me to betray a friend?”

Boom!

Luo Feng waved his hand, and a wave of energy directly swept over the figure of wind.

The figure of wind collapsed in astonishment.

“You actually dare…” The figure of wind condensed again, somewhat angered.

He actually disrespected him so much?

“This is Chu Capital! My teacher’s Chu Capital! The Two Worlds Palace dares to act here?” Luo Feng looked at the figure. “If you have the courage to act, I would truly admire the Two Worlds Palace.”

The figure of wind was both angry and anxious.

Emperor Chu was, after all, one of the peak existences in the Origin Continent. He was not invincible outside, but within Chu Capital, with Ancestor Yan Feng and Ancestor Thunder not acting, Emperor Chu was invincible in the Origin Continent.

“You are not leaving yet?” Luo Feng was clearly too lazy to waste words with the figure.

“You simply do not know what the Two Worlds Palace means!” the figure of wind said coldly. “You also do not understand what you rejected today! You will regret this day when you become a God King.”

The figure of wind finished speaking and disappeared without a trace.

Luo Feng looked at this scene, coldly smiling.

A group of conceited fellows!

Even if his own World Beast Morosa grew to its peak. Who in the Two Worlds Palace could provoke a peak World Beast? A group of fellows who only dared to hide in the shadows!

“Morosa,” Luo Feng transmitted mentally.

“Master,” Morosa immediately rushed over.

One of the levels within the Star Tower.

“What is this?” Morosa looked at the massive corpse of the golden scaled insect before him, the worlds within him issuing a strong desire, a strong call. “Master, is this for me? I feel that its help to me will far surpass the previous Chaos Realm corpses.”

Luo Feng looked at him smiling. “This is material that I use for cultivation.”

“Is it for Master’s cultivation?” Morosa was somewhat disappointed, as he could not snatch anything from his master no matter how much he coveted it.

“From the corpse of this golden scaled insect, I have already taken one percent of the material from every aspect, which is enough for my cultivation,” Luo Feng said. “This corpse will belong to you.”

Morosa was excitedly surprised.

“This is no ordinary corpse, I fear it is even stronger than ordinary God King corpses, do not disappoint me,” Luo Feng looked at him.

This golden scaled insect could contend against God Kings by relying on its physical body, so its body was clearly special.

“Thank you, Master,” Morosa said, extremely excited. He could feel that the corpse of this golden scaled insect would likely bring him a complete transformation.