Chapter 262: Ultimate Realm Lifeform

In that vast and secret world of Thunder Mountain, upon an endless plain, the Thunder Ancestor sat cross-legged on the ground, leisurely observing that segment of golden finger bone.

“Hmm?”

The Thunder Ancestor sensed the Monarchs arriving to pay their respects.

“What is this about?” As soon as the Thunder Ancestor had the thought, he immediately followed the traces of causality and space-time, tracing them back. Very soon, he understood the entire conflict that had taken place within the Heavenly Pillar Realm.

“What an audacious Milky Way!” the Thunder Ancestor roared in fury. “I already gave him face by punishing Monarch White Demon and Monarch Lando, yet he still wasn’t satisfied—he even personally took action! He clearly doesn’t take me seriously!”

The Thunder Ancestor was seething with rage.

Beyond the Source World, dangers lurked everywhere and countless powerhouses existed. The Thunder Ancestor had to tread carefully, ever cautious, lest he provoked some great catastrophe.

But within the Origin Continent, the Thunder Ancestor was relaxed. Here, no matter who it was, no one could so much as harm a single hair on his head!

“Outside the Source World, I must endure and endure and endure.”

“But within the Origin Continent—there is no one I need to endure!” The Thunder Ancestor was utterly enraged at that moment.

The path he cultivated was, at its core, violent and arrogant! The more he was forced to suppress himself beyond the Source World, the less tolerance he had for defiance within the Origin Continent. Should his Monarchs dare to contradict him—they would be reduced to ashes on the spot!

Luo Feng had sent word, asking him to handle the matter himself. Even though the Thunder Ancestor knew that the Lord of the Milky Way possessed unfathomable and mysterious methods, he was unwilling to completely yield to that man’s will.

When he acted upon the Origin Continent, he sought satisfaction for himself! Perhaps only the Flame Wind Ancestor could somewhat restrain his temper.

“A mere junior who has never even ventured beyond the Source World dares to be so presumptuous before me? I want to see where he gets his confidence from.” The Thunder Ancestor instantly burst out from that hidden space.

Boom.

Almost in an instant—

Boundless, raging thunder power descended upon the capital of the Milky Way Divine Kingdom.

“Rumble~~~” Countless lightning serpents slithered across the heavens, spreading in all directions, and their might enveloped everything around the capital.

“Milky Way, come out and face me!” The furious shout echoed through the nine heavens, sending terror and trembling through all living beings in the capital and its surrounding wilderness.

“The Ancestor has made a move!”

“It’s the Ancestor!”

The Monarchs of Thunder Mountain, who had planned to report to the Ancestor, no longer needed to—such an enormous disturbance from the Milky Way Divine Kingdom’s capital could be sensed by every Divine King across the entire Origin Continent.

“The Ancestor finally acts.” Monarch Lando watched in anticipation. “He must suppress that arrogant Lord of the Milky Way!”

The Lord of the Milky Way was far too domineering.

He consumed some lifeforms—yet none of them were from his own Divine Kingdom! Most of those eaten were even beings of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom. What business did the Lord of the Milky Way have interfering so broadly?

……

In a remote region of the Origin Continent, within the territory known as the East Extremity Region—

“The Thunder Ancestor has such a bad temper?” A towering woman in a green robe stood there. Her figure seemed as vast and immovable as a world itself. She was the Ancestor of the East Extremity Region, who had achieved the Ultimate Realm through the Origin Path of Life, and later stepped into the God Emperor Realm.

Separated by countless eras and sharing no bloodline ties, the Ancestor of the East Extremity merely offered faint protection to the native lifeforms of the Origin Continent.

“Flame Wind is cautious in conduct, while Thunder is violent and cunning.” She looked distantly across space. “The Lord of the Milky Way killed Emperor Yuan, and the Flame Wind Ancestor endured it. But now that he has killed Monarch White Demon… the Thunder Ancestor will not endure.”

“This conflict will be difficult to resolve.” The Ancestor of the East Extremity continued watching from afar.

……

Emperor Qing was also observing the scene.

“My brother Milky Way is so intolerant of evil that he even gives no face to the Thunder Ancestor?” Emperor Qing shook his head slightly. “The Thunder Ancestor is violent by nature. A clash between the two may not be a bad thing.”

“If he suffers a bit within the Origin Continent, he might be more cautious once he reaches beyond the Source World,” Emperor Qing thought.

He felt that his brother Milky Way acted far too domineeringly. If he remained that way outside the Source World, he would suffer tremendous losses.

Better to suffer a small setback here within the Origin Continent than a great one later.

Conflicts here wouldn’t bring major disasters.

“The Thunder Ancestor has already reached Complete God Emperor Realm, having excavated his Primordial Bloodline to a terrifying degree. His realm is far beyond that of my brother Milky Way,” Emperor Qing thought. “Even if my brother has exchanged for an extremely powerful secret treasure, he still won’t be the Thunder Ancestor’s match.”

He recalled their previous duel—by realm alone, the Lord of the Milky Way was slightly inferior to Emperor Qing, and had only triumphed because of that nine-tiered tower treasure.

At this moment, throughout the Origin Continent, whether it was the Ancestor of the East Extremity Region, Emperor Qing, Flame Wind Ancestor, or other ordinary Divine Kings—all were paying attention to this clash between the continent’s top beings.

“That’s the Thunder Ancestor,” said Yuanzu, gazing anxiously in the direction of the Milky Way Divine Kingdom from Huyang City. “Luo Feng is fighting him now?”

“Luo Feng!” Master Zuo Shan Ke, using a treasure mirror, also watched worriedly. “One of the two Ancestors of the Two Kingdoms—Thunder Ancestor—is truly an invincible existence.”

Even those closest to Luo Feng had little confidence in him.

……

In the palace within the capital of the Milky Way Divine Kingdom—

After killing Monarch White Demon, Luo Feng had anticipated that the Thunder Ancestor might act, so he had been calmly waiting in the capital.

“As expected of one who cultivates the thunder lineage of the Primordial Bloodline—the Thunder Ancestor truly has a fiery temper,” Luo Feng said as he looked up at the endless, terrifying thunder above the capital. Each bolt of lightning in that sky possessed the power to suppress an Emperor.

“Milky Way! Come out!”

Thunder roared, and the voice carried boundless anger.

“Thunder Ancestor, your kin devoured billions of lifeforms, yet you still have the face to come for me?” a cold voice echoed back.

A colossal, illusory head appeared—a beast’s head, opening its enormous blood-red maw. It completely enveloped the boundless thunder and swallowed it all in a single gulp.

“Hmm?”

“This—”

The Ancestor of the East Extremity Region, Emperor Qing, and Flame Wind Ancestor all gasped at the sight.

The boundless thunder field was a natural domain carried by the Thunder Ancestor himself! Its might had already risen to the upper limit of the Origin Continent’s power, and yet, such an immense thunder field was completely swallowed up?

Whoosh.

At this moment, Luo Feng floated high above the capital. Clad in silver scales and wearing a golden mask, he simply stood there—yet an endless, terrifying aura spread forth from him. The aura filled the vast expanse, faintly revealing a colossal, shadowy creature hidden within.

“What a powerful lifeform,” the Flame Wind Ancestor observed with a slight nod. “Just the release of his aura has already reached the Origin Continent’s limit of power. Leaving aside comprehension and realm, his body alone… is at least of the Early-Stage God Emperor.”

The threshold of the Origin Continent’s might was the threshold of the God Emperor Realm.

For mere aura to reach that level—the strength of his body was beyond imagination.

“My brother Milky Way never went beyond the Source World, yet he has cultivated his physical body to such a level?” Emperor Qing was deeply surprised.

To possess the power of an Early-Stage God Emperor meant one’s strength was balanced across all aspects.

Some cultivators might display terrifying bursts of might, yet their bodies remained at the Ultimate Divine King level. That was quite normal.

“For Milky Way to dare fight the Thunder Ancestor, he must have some reliance,” the Ancestor of the East Extremity thought as she watched from afar.

……

The Thunder Ancestor now frowned slightly. The devouring of his thunder field did not bother him—but the method by which the Lord of the Milky Way had done so did.

“A junior, with a body at least Early-Stage God Emperor?” the Thunder Ancestor mused.

Cultivation at the God Emperor level was like groping in the dark, riddled with flaws.

To temper the physical body was difficult beyond measure.

But once the body became powerful enough, one’s survivability would soar to a whole new tier.

“In the environment of the Origin Continent, a lifeform at Early-Stage God Emperor… cannot be harmed at all.” The Thunder Ancestor understood this clearly. Beyond the Continent, he could have crushed such a body with a flick of the wrist—but here, he couldn’t threaten it.

“This junior’s talent is truly astonishing. Without ever venturing beyond the Source World, he has cultivated his body to the level of a God Emperor’s early stage.” The Thunder Ancestor’s attitude began to shift.

That the Lord of the Milky Way could observe Thunder Mountain’s hidden realm had only proven he owned a powerful treasure. But treasures alone did not make one supreme; even beyond the Source World, many lucky ones had obtained great treasures yet failed to use them, often trading them away instead.

However, to achieve such a physical form through cultivation within the Origin Continent—

The Thunder Ancestor, Emperor Qing, Flame Wind Ancestor, and the Ancestor of the East Extremity all knew what that meant.

“Once he steps beyond the Source World and gains access to infinite knowledge, he’ll likely soar to unimaginable heights,” thought the Thunder Ancestor. Having lived long used to restraining himself beyond the Source World, a sense of “endurance” welled within his heart again. “If I can endure Flame Wind, I can endure Milky Way as well.”

On the Origin Continent, the only one who had once compelled the Thunder Ancestor to restrain himself was the Flame Wind Ancestor—but now, there was another.

The Thunder Ancestor had not reached his current level by being a fool; once his mindset changed, so too did his approach.

“Milky Way,”

The Thunder Ancestor still maintained an angry façade. “White Demon and Lando devoured a few lifeforms, and it was you who informed me of it. I gave you face by punishing them and sending them to the Heavenly Pillar Realm to atone. Yet this time, you acted directly without telling me first… isn’t that rather disrespectful?”

Luo Feng was momentarily stunned.

The once-violent Thunder Ancestor was now reasoning with him—Luo Feng couldn’t help but be surprised.

“I merely revealed a bit of my body’s strength, and he’s already this polite? By comparison, my body is far inferior to his.” Luo Feng was well aware of their disparity thanks to his Eye of Life and Death.

In terms of pure physical might, the Thunder Ancestor was indeed the most terrifying being on the Origin Continent.

As for himself—

Before obtaining the Eye of Life and Death, he had already comprehended four Ultimate Realm Lifeform Phases along the Path of Life.

After obtaining it, his insights became even deeper, and he realized three more Ultimate Realm Lifeform Phases.

He had once acquired the corpse materials of three Primordial Bloodline Beasts of the Ultimate Realm, whose structures respectively possessed six, seven, and ten phases. The seven phases he realized happened to include the six of the multi-clawed beast upon which he had spent the most effort.

Thus, his World Lifeform evolved from the Twenty-Four Phases Form into the true form of an Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline Beast—the multi-clawed creature.

The multi-clawed creature simultaneously contained the Twenty-Four Phases, the All-Things Phase, the Origin Phase, the Great Power Phase, the Four-Directions Phase, and the Hundred-Spirits Phase—a total of six phases. By combining these with the material essence of the corpse, Luo Feng’s fundamental life unit transformed into that of the multi-clawed creature.

Of course—

In mental will, Luo Feng far surpassed that bloodline beast, and his body was correspondingly much larger.

In terms of realm, Luo Feng was also far superior to that creature, whose intelligence had been far inferior; he could thus perfectly coordinate and unify the power within himself.

At this moment, Luo Feng’s lifeform was indeed an Ultimate Realm Lifeform—one that far exceeded most others, even surpassing the physical bodies of Ultimate Realm Primordial Bloodline Beasts.

“Thunder Ancestor,” countless thoughts flowed through Luo Feng’s mind, yet he still said aloud, “My attitude toward great sinners has always been the same! All of the Origin Continent knows this! White Demon and Lando knew my temper well and still plundered as they pleased—they had no regard for me. They deserved death!”

“Haha! Both of you, calm yourselves!”

A hearty laugh sounded, and a burly man tore through the skies. “We are all cultivators of the Origin Continent, and in the future, we’ll need to support one another and advance side by side. Why get angry over such trivial matters?”