## Chapter 210: Memory

A layer of space within the Star Tower.

“Its value rivals or even surpasses God-King-level treasures?” Luo Feng gazed at the warm, lustrous scale in his palm. In the Infinite Space treasure trove, the cheapest treasure exceeding God-King level cost 12,500 points, nearly identical to the Destruction Scale.

“This scale…”

Luo Feng was patient, refraining from immediate use, opting instead for meticulous observation.

The scale was predominantly black, its edges gradually becoming transparent and tinged with azure. Magnified billions of times, intricate, arcane runes could be discerned, countless inscribed patterns completely sealing the scale’s aura.

As Luo Feng tentatively reached out with his consciousness, touching the scale evoked an overwhelmingly terrifying will to slaughter.

“Kill, kill, kill!” The horrific will assaulted Luo Feng’s mind, only his God-King Ultimate Realm willpower allowing him to maintain clarity.

“Merely a scale, and a refined one at that, retains such a formidable will to kill?” Luo Feng thought, astonished. “How terrifying must the originating life form of this scale be?”

“To be able to refine scales, enabling weak God-Kings to obtain a Destruction Demon physique using this? The refiner’s strength is also unbelievable,” Luo Feng mused.

The more he understood, the more he grasped his own insignificance.

Whether it was the scant information revealed in the Special Inheritance or objects like the Destruction Scale, Luo Feng glimpsed but a fraction of a higher realm!

“If ‘Yuan’ could leave behind treasure troves and so many resources, his status beyond the Origin World must be exceedingly high, far surpassing the founding ancestors of the two ancient nations,” Luo Feng reasoned.

Luo Feng meticulously examined the Destruction Scale for a full three days, recording the discernible runes before finally initiating its integration into his body.

…

His perfect divine body separated a clone containing ninety-nine percent of his divine power reserve! The remaining sliver of his perfect divine body… commenced absorbing energy from the miniature universe, desperately recovering.

“I’ll transform this colossal clone,” Luo Feng declared, pressing the black scale directly against his chest. The Destruction Scale swiftly melded into his skin. Upon exchanging for it, Luo Feng had already received detailed instructions for its use.

“Kill!”

“Destruction!”

The terrifying killing intent engulfed his mind. Luo Feng’s expression remained unchanged, calmly observing the changes within his body.

Upon the Destruction Scale’s integration into his skin, its latent power erupted, starting to corrode Luo Feng’s entire being, transforming his skin, flesh, sinews, and bones! The rate of corrosion was rapid, even though Luo Feng’s clone possessed more energy reserves than a World Lifeform! Yet, in a mere ten breaths, his body was completely transformed.

The instant the transformation completed, the Destruction Scale naturally disintegrated, its killing intent vanishing, leaving no further trace.

“Even the most minute components of my body have changed!”

Luo Feng scrutinized this ‘Destruction Demon Clone’.

This massive body was covered in scales similar to the Destruction Scale, also concealing Luo Feng’s face, but these scales were pale azure, their aura significantly weaker.

His eyes gleamed gold, a tail naturally sprouted, and six curved horns emerged from his head! These six horns bore a slight resemblance to one aspect of the ‘Destruction Origin Great Dao’ manifestation.

“This Destruction Demon Clone, in terms of strength, is quite ordinary. Even with such a vast divine body, it barely meets the threshold of a second-tier God-King. It is far inferior to a World Lifeform clone,” Luo Feng said, shaking his head.

“However, it is indeed a darling of the Destruction Origin Great Dao.”

Luo Feng extended his right claw, lightly waving it.

*Whoosh!*

The mysteries of the Destruction Origin Great Dao were effortlessly manipulated! Luo Feng felt as though his body was a part of the Destruction Origin Great Dao, able to perceive and understand it through his physical being.

Of course, this body’s sensitivity to other Great Daos was very faint.

“I once consumed the Five-Colored Treasure Medicine, which aligns both body and soul with the Destruction Origin Great Dao, lasting roughly three epochs.”

“But the Destruction Scale merely transforms the body! It doesn’t affect the soul.”

“However, the degree of bodily alignment is even stronger than that of the Five-Colored Treasure Medicine…”

“In overall effect, the Destruction Scale can achieve roughly seventy to eighty percent of the Five-Colored Treasure Medicine,” Luo Feng thought. “Most importantly, this state is permanent.”

Luo Feng was pleased.

A single serving of the Five-Colored Treasure Medicine cost a million merit points!

A Destruction Demon physique that could permanently maintain seventy to eighty percent of the ‘Five-Colored Treasure Medicine’ state had incalculable value.

“My cultivation of the Destruction Origin Great Dao will completely surpass that of the Life Origin Great Dao,” Luo Feng realized. Since Moluo Sa could manifest the complete Destruction Dao, the cultivation speed of the two paths had been nearly identical.

But now, the Destruction Origin Great Dao’s progress had accelerated.

In the Infinite Space treasure trove, there were also ‘Lotus Seed Hearts’ to become a darling of the Life Origin Great Dao, but they were far too expensive.

…

Epoch after epoch flowed by.

Despite becoming a darling of the Destruction Origin Great Dao, he still needed time to accumulate. Compared to the ancient existences on the Origin Continent, Luo Feng was far too young.

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A space within the deeper layers of the Dream Realm.

Here, it was dark and unpredictable, countless subterranean passages forming a maze-like world. Inside one such cave, Luo Feng transformed into a large rock, undergoing the Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique.

The ‘Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique’, a method for cultivating willpower from the will inheritance ‘Lie Yuan Technique’ left by Yuan, became increasingly effective as Luo Feng’s Destruction Origin Great Dao advanced.

“Rumble~~~” At the center of an endless chaotic vortex, Luo Feng’s mind had transformed into a blurred silhouette, faintly resembling him.

The mental silhouette sat cross-legged, resisting the constant infiltration and erosion of the deeper layers of the Dream Realm, while simultaneously withstanding the annihilation of the Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique.

“Having been in the Dream Realm for over a hundred and fifty epochs, I feel my mind is continuously transforming, yet the strength of my willpower remains unable to break through the bottleneck of the God-King Ultimate Realm,” Luo Feng lamented, finding this path exceedingly difficult.

Dream Realm cultivation was torturous. Luo Feng always pushed himself to his limits, cultivating until he completely succumbed, falling into the Dream Realm’s illusions.

Of course, upon entering a dream, he would halt the Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique and quickly awaken.

Over one hundred and fifty epochs, Luo Feng had succumbed dozens of times.

The advancement of the Great Dao, the opening of new Great Daos… these enhanced Luo Feng’s understanding of the Dao, naturally boosting his willpower.

The repeated annihilation of mental beings in Infinite Space also aided his mind. The Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique was also continuously practiced, its effect amplified after obtaining the Destruction Demon Clone.

“I can feel myself transforming, yet I just can’t break through.”

“No wonder, aside from Di Ming, everyone else on the Origin Continent only surpassed the God-King level in willpower after comprehending a complete Origin Great Dao,” Luo Feng now greatly admired Di Ming.

Di Ming’s spiritual foundation was definitely inferior to his own, with his perfect divine body, yet he managed to surpass the God-King level in willpower *before* comprehending a complete Great Dao!

Of course, as a member of the Yan Feng Ancient Nation’s royal family, Di Ming’s rise was too dazzling, and the resources he obtained were definitely far greater than Luo Feng’s! The meager amount he received as a freelance God-King was perhaps only a fraction of the two royal families’ core holdings.

Enduring the dual torment of the Dream Realm’s invasion and the Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique, Luo Feng could still multitask, though he couldn’t focus intently on cultivation in this state.

As time wore on, Luo Feng grew increasingly weary, eventually unable to multitask. All his external clones temporarily entered secluded cultivation.

“Hum.”

Luo Feng did not stop, but continued to persevere, persisting until his ultimate limit, until… he succumbed to the dream.

…

!

In the preceding hundred and fifty epochs, Luo Feng had succumbed to the dream dozens of times, and he summarized his experiences each time he awoke.

He would forget most of the dream, only remembering a small portion!

The remembered portions were chaotic, even contradictory! Yet, some scenes, Luo Feng felt, had far exceeded the scope of the Origin World.

“…The Ancestor summons you…”

A voice echoed.

Luo Feng forgot who he was. At this moment, his form was colossal, as if possessing incredible power.

He stood there respectfully, patiently waiting.

“I performed a great service this time, and even received a summons from the Ancestor. I wonder how the Ancestor will reward me,” a joyful emotion welled up within him.

“When will the Ancestor summon me again? I’ve waited for so long…” A weary emotion surfaced.

“How will the Ancestor punish me?” A fearful emotion arose.

The dream was very chaotic, as if he had visited the Ancestor many times, constantly awaiting a summons.

Finally—

A gigantic eye appeared!

Luo Feng looked at this enormous eye, showing utmost respect, “Ancestor!”

This so-called ‘Ancestor’ was obscured by endless surrounding Great Daos. The Luo Feng in the dream could not see its true appearance, only glimpsing the gigantic eye, an eye seemingly imprinted on his soul, filling Luo Feng with terror, devoid of any rebellious thoughts.

“Hum hum hum~~~” The entire dream trembled. Having ceased the Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique, Luo Feng’s willpower was already struggling to break free of the dream.

The moment he saw the gigantic eye, Luo Feng’s willpower instinctively resisted violently, and the entire dream began to fragment.

*Hua!*

It completely shattered, everything disappearing.

Luo Feng regained consciousness.

“This…” Luo Feng revealed his true form, terror in his eyes. “How is this memory so clear?”

In the past, he would forget the vast majority of what he saw in the dream, and the few memories he retained would have no effect.

But this time!

That eye! Luo Feng remembered it even after waking up! Although slightly blurred, that eye still filled Luo Feng’s heart with boundless terror, which even his willpower could not suppress.

Terror, trembling in fear.

Beyond his control!

Only thoughts of fear and submission remained.

“How could this happen?” Luo Feng instantly dispersed this clone, self-destructing.

…

Hu Yang City, inside the Star Tower.

Luo Feng’s perfect divine body, Destruction Demon Clone, and World Lifeform Clone all revealed expressions of shock and anger.

“Unable to forget, unable to erase.”

Luo Feng attempted to erase that memory, but it was impossible! This memory had already permeated and integrated into his entire soul. Even if he destroyed all his memories, leaving his brain a blank slate, this memory would still resurface.

“Erase it!”

Luo Feng employed the Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique to obliterate his mind and destroy these thoughts of fear.

“Better now.”

Continuously maintaining the Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique, any thought of fear or submission was immediately erased, and Luo Feng felt his mind becoming cleaner and more ethereal.

“It’s still rooted within my soul,” Luo Feng realized. The Great Destruction Heart-Refining Technique could only erase stray thoughts, allowing his mind to become sufficiently ethereal, but it couldn’t destroy the root cause.

“I’ve heard that cultivating Chaotic Source bloodlines leads to the residual will of the Chaotic Source bloodline contaminating one’s mind… Even if someone like Emperor Fu undergoes reincarnation, with the absence of will pollution after reincarnation, there will still be this ‘memory pollution’, which is controllable but difficult to eradicate.”

Memory pollution was milder than will pollution, but it was still a form of contamination!

Emperor Fu had been burdened by it, and now, Luo Feng was burdened by memory pollution!