“To think I’d run into that lunatic, God Emperor Jike!”

When God Emperor Chanfu faced Luo Feng, feeling quite stifled, Luo Feng declared that transactions were free. As the saying goes, “no risk, no reward.” Since he couldn’t get a karmic connection for free, he decided to sell it at a high price. Unfortunately, he lost his gamble, and then on top of that, he ran into the erratic God Emperor Jike!

God Emperor Jike was a lunatic who acted without restraint.

Aside from acts like “mass slaughter” that provoked widespread anger, he did whatever he pleased. God Emperor Chanfu clearly understood that if he resisted even slightly, God Emperor Jike could crush him.

While there was a rule against killing within the city, it wasn’t set by seniors like Yuan. Instead, it was an autonomous rule established by the cultivators themselves. Whether it was the 3,005 cities in the Nine Rivers Holy Realm or the five cities in the Dark Holy Realm, how cultivators were governed was entirely up to the cultivators.

Therefore, when those at the pinnacle occasionally broke the rules, no one dared to speak up.

With just one sentence, Luo Feng had scared God Emperor Mixu and fifteen others into obediently paying 750 billion Origin Crystals.

When God Emperor Jike made his move, God Emperor Chanfu didn’t even dare to contemplate resistance.

“This God Emperor Chanfu is simply a joke! He failed to sell it at a high price; instead, God Emperor Jike snatched it away, haha…”

“It serves him right for being so greedy.”

The surrounding cultivators chattered noisily, all treating God Emperor Chanfu as a laughingstock.

God Emperor Chanfu stood there expressionless. Although he felt disgraced, he absolutely did not want to miss this rare opportunity for Luo Feng’s public discourse on the Dao.

He, too, was an enlightener who had reached the Half-Origin level! “This public lecture is a rare grand opportunity. Perhaps I can use this chance to escape this cage!” God Emperor Chanfu ignored the mockery of those around him and waited patiently.

Every being who reached the Half-Origin level longed to escape the cage.

“Greetings, God Emperor Luo Feng,” Dao Lord Longjiu and God Emperor Jike stepped forward and bowed in greeting.

At this moment, God Emperor Jike no longer had his wild, disheveled appearance. His hair and robes were clean and neat, and even his aura had become calm and restrained.

While refining the “World-level Origin Bloodline,” he actually maintained his lucidity. It was simply that he usually acted more unrestrainedly, actively venting his chaotic inner emotions, even seeking out large groups of low-level Origin beings to slaughter wantonly.

After all, it’s better to guide than to block. A little venting helped him maintain stable self-control.

“Please, have a seat, both of you!” Luo Feng said politely.

These two were much more formidable than other peak existences, each possessing unique strengths.

“God Emperor Luo Feng, this is an Eon-Slaying Secret Treasure I obtained by chance, a small token for our first meeting!” God Emperor Jike said, flipping his hand as the golden bone staff flew straight out of it.

Luo Feng recognized it immediately as the very same secret treasure from before.

“Please don’t mind, God Emperor Luo Feng. Cultivators in this Dark God Realm naturally contend and plunder,” God Emperor Jike said with a smile, showing no unusual aura on his face. “I seized this from God Emperor Chanfu; it’s the karma between us. Given my status, taking only one treasure from him is his good fortune!”

Luo Feng took the golden bone staff and chuckled, “God Emperor Jike certainly acts directly!”

“Those innate Origin beings act even more wildly and recklessly,” God Emperor Jike sighed. “Since I chose to refine the bloodline, my temperament must align with it!” “The path of the bloodline is not easy,” Dao Lord Longjiu added from the side.

Having chosen this path, he naturally had no regrets. God Emperor Jike looked at Luo Feng.

“God Emperor Luo Feng, could we perhaps spar for a bit? I’d like to see just how strong the ‘Invincible’ level truly is. Perhaps I can even uncover more of my Origin bloodline’s potential through it!”

“Combat can indeed unlock the potential of an Origin bloodline,” Luo Feng understood his meaning and smiled. “Very well, I’ll spar with you!”

Dao Lord Longjiu, Boshou, Baiyin, and Chizheng, who were standing by, watched with great interest.

The two about to engage were both quite unique.

One cultivated an Origin bloodline, specifically a “World-level Origin Bloodline”!

The other was already an “Invincible” existence!

Nearby!

Luo Feng and God Emperor Jike stood facing each other.

“Brother Luo Feng, please control your power; don’t destroy my dwelling!” Boshou said with a laugh.

This was the dwelling where the three of them often stayed, and it couldn’t withstand Luo Feng’s casual use of powerful techniques.

“Don’t worry!” Luo Feng smiled slightly. In an instant, an endless sea appeared out of thin air around them, immediately covering more than half of the garden and enveloping God Emperor Jike within.

The surging seawater, like layers wrapped around an egg, tightly enveloped God Emperor Jike, with not a trace of power leaking out.

“Huh?” Dao Lord Longli, who was watching, was startled.

“Luo Feng is terrifying.”

Dao Lord Longjiu had initially felt a certain pride.

Firstly, his spiritual will had long ago escaped the cage, making him an invincible existence. Secondly, he was also the master of a primeval world, so he felt somewhat superior when interacting with Luo Feng and God Emperor Jike.

“The power of this scarlet sea appears restrained, but I can feel that its might is at least a hundred times greater than mine.” Dao Lord Longjiu was shocked.

“Even if I used mental suppression on Luo Feng, he would only be able to display two or three tenths of his strength, yet he could still easily destroy me!”

“How can he be so strong?”

“How can he be this powerful while still confined within the cage?” Dao Lord Longjiu struggled to believe it as he watched.

“God Emperor Luo Feng is indeed formidable, hahaha, please take this move!” God Emperor Jike truly felt the terrifying power of the endless sea. This immense power even made him feel a sense of despair; there was simply no way he could win!

The gap between them was too vast, but the greater the disparity, the stronger the madness in God Emperor Jike’s heart became. He no longer suppressed his bloodline will; instead, he merged with it, unleashing his power without reservation!

God Emperor Jike, though bare-handed, caused the endless sea to constantly explode.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

During the fight, God Emperor Jike swung his right arm, and it transformed into a colorful, massive serpent. The great serpent coiled and churned the surging seawater with a might capable of destroying heaven and earth!

He stomped a foot, and it became a colossal pillar reaching to the sky, suppressing the four directions. Every one of his moves possessed astonishing power!

“God Emperor Jike is only exhibiting a fraction of the ‘World-level Origin Bloodline’s’ power, just showing a few of its characteristics!” Luo Feng knew that God Emperor Jike’s excavation of his bloodline potential was far from sufficient.

If he were to delve deep enough into the “World-level Origin Bloodline,” even if he only unleashed a small portion of its potential, God Emperor Jike could still escape the cage and become a High-level Origin Lifeform…

“Too weak, too weak!”

“Or rather, I am too strong!” Luo Feng mused inwardly.

His massive body, possessing a twelve-billion-fold energy reserve, even though he could currently only perfectly control 1.2 billion times that energy, his strength had still improved by another level compared to when he fought God Emperor Mixu and the others.

Controlling this body with its twelve-billion-fold energy reserve didn’t affect the burst of his power. When he fought God Emperor Mixu, he was already a major level higher than the peak. Now, he felt like he was one or two more major levels higher! Yet, he was still trapped within the cage!” Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

No matter how numerous the lives within the cage, they were merely ants before a High-level Origin Lifeform! “Boom! Boom! Boom!” Luo Feng suppressed God Emperor Jike with ease while pondering many thoughts.

God Emperor Jike erupted furiously, but no matter how he struggled, he couldn’t shake the endless sea of blood. The disparity between them was simply too immense. Eventually, God Emperor Jike’s entire body returned to its normal form, and his aura completely receded.

“That was truly exhilarating!” God Emperor Jike said with a smile, his aura subdued. “However, the gap between me and God Emperor Luo Feng is too vast. I am far from his match!”

With a thought, Luo Feng withdrew the endless sea of blood. Not a single plant or blade of grass in the garden had been damaged.

“Unfathomable! This is the Invincible level!” Dao Lord Longjiu exclaimed with emotion.

At this moment, he also understood that there were three levels of “Invincible”: first, when the spiritual will leaped out of the cage; second, when the World-level Origin Bloodline was excavated to a certain extent; and third, the complete integration of the Half-Origin Dao. Simply having one’s spiritual will escape the cage was indeed the most common and weakest of the three “Invincible” levels.

“Luo Feng doesn’t cultivate bloodlines; he cultivates the Dao of Integration,” Dao Lord Longjiu speculated. “But why hasn’t he been summoned yet?”

Luo Feng, Dao Lord Longjiu, God Emperor Jike, Boshou, Baiyin, and Chizheng, the six of them, took their seats.

“God Emperor Luo Feng, you can see it too!” God Emperor Jike directly asked, “Although I’ve refined the World-level Origin Bloodline into my body, I can only tap into a very small portion of its potential. There’s no way for me to escape the cage! I wonder if God Emperor Luo Feng has any methods or insights?”

“Must one first refine this Origin bloodline into the body before excavating its potential?” Luo Feng countered. “Can’t one first meticulously study the Origin bloodline, explore its profound mysteries, understand its essence, and then proceed with refining it?”

Boshou and the others listened intently. It was incredibly difficult for them to escape the cage, so if the bloodline path could help them achieve this goal, they were naturally willing to try.

God Emperor Jike nodded and said, “The bloodline path can generally be divided into two major categories.

The first category is refining the bloodline and integrating it into the body, then excavating its potential! This is also how innate Origin lifeforms do it. The second category is what God Emperor Luo Feng mentioned: first comprehending the mysteries contained within the Origin bloodline and studying its essence before refining it. This approach naturally allows one to unleash the bloodline’s mighty power!” God Emperor Jike continued, “However, the difficulty of this second category is extremely high. Even when studying a ‘High-level Origin Bloodline,’ although one can use treasures exchanged from a large Origin Hall to see all the mysteries of a High-level Origin Bloodline clearly, thoroughly understanding it is incredibly difficult!”

“It is indeed very difficult!” Dao Lord Longjiu also said. “A single High-level Origin Bloodline might contain the profound mysteries of over a dozen ‘Daos’! But how many of them do we understand, and how much can we comprehend?”

Luo Feng nodded in understanding.

That’s right, innate Origin lifeforms are naturally conceived from the infinite Origin space. So their bloodlines contain multiple “Daos.” Like the blood-red scale from the Star Tower, Luo Feng had already observed a portion of the life-type secret patterns. Life-type secret patterns accounted for 43%, destruction-type for 9.2%, and there were many more types remaining.

Therefore, even with Luo Feng’s deep accumulation in life and destruction aspects, he primarily focused on only about 43% of the Star Tower’s blood-red scale. There were many other areas where Luo Feng was not proficient.

“I specialize in the Daos of ‘Boundless’ and ‘Life,’ and have only reached the Half-Origin level!” God Emperor Jike shook his head. “I found that the most suitable High-level Origin Bloodline for us has 50% life-type and 30% boundless-type characteristics. However, many of these mysteries can only be understood after breaking free from the cage. I can only grasp a portion!”

He knew that 70% of an Origin bloodline’s mysteries had to be comprehended for it to be thoroughly refined! God Emperor Jike looked at Luo Feng.

“How easy is it to comprehend 70%? I can’t even comprehend 70% of a High-level Origin Bloodline!”

“The path of comprehending a bloodline is too profound; my comprehension is far from enough! That’s why the path of ‘excavating bloodline potential’ is more suitable for me!” God Emperor Jike stated.

Dao Lord Longjiu, from the side, said, “To my knowledge, almost all who break free from the cage using bloodlines do so by excavating bloodline potential! As for comprehending the essence of a bloodline, such cases are one in ten thousand!”

Luo Feng hummed in acknowledgment. He could fully comprehend the mysteries of low-level Origin bloodlines, especially those related to creation and destruction.

However, comprehending High-level Origin bloodlines was much more difficult for him.

Nevertheless, he had already comprehended over 70% of three different High-level Origin bloodlines.

These were “Shadow of Heavenly Flame,” “Nether Prison Disaster Beast,” and “Calamity Beast.” The “Shadow of Heavenly Flame” bloodline was approximately 50% life-type and 30% destruction-type. In fact, any innate Origin lifeform’s bloodline mysteries would contain life-type secret patterns, just in different proportions.

Because Luo Feng had nearly fully comprehended both the life and destruction aspects of the “Shadow of Heavenly Flame” bloodline, his overall comprehension of this bloodline had already exceeded 70%. He was confident that he could directly become a High-level Origin Lifeform based on this.

The “Nether Prison Disaster Beast” bloodline was 40% life-type and 40% destruction-type! This was also a key focus of Luo Feng’s comprehension, and his overall comprehension of this bloodline also exceeded 70%.

The “Calamity Beast” was the shadow of the Calamity Beast Luo Feng had once seen on the Origin Continent. Calamity Beasts were primarily oriented towards creation and destruction! Over 50% was destruction-type, and approximately 30% was life-type. Luo Feng’s comprehension of this Origin bloodline was relatively smooth, and his overall comprehension of it also exceeded 70%.

“If I wanted to, I could become a High-level Origin Lifeform at any time! I could even choose to integrate all three bloodlines into my body and fully excavate their potential!”

Luo Feng even had a feeling that these three High-level Origin bloodlines were very powerful within their respective tiers. If he could integrate them and fully unleash their potential, he might directly reach the peak of High-level Origin Lifeforms! Perhaps there might even be a chance to break through that limit and ascend to the World-level Origin Lifeform tier!

“I’ve heard that the bloodline path has many hidden dangers!” Luo Feng didn’t know much about it, but it was a commonly acknowledged fact in the cultivation world.

Although the bloodline path had a high upper limit, its hidden dangers were endless. The enlightener’s path was the best choice.