Chapter 263: The Wager Battle

Luo Feng had long observed the entire Origin Continent through the Eye of Life and Death, and naturally recognized this burly man. If the Thunder Ancestor was the most terrifying existence in terms of physical power across the entire Origin Continent, then this burly man was the most mysterious one. Even Luo Feng could only vaguely perceive a few aspects of him.

“Flame Wind Ancestor.” Luo Feng spoke.

“Hahaha, another formidable cultivator has emerged in our Origin Continent.” The Flame Wind Ancestor laughed, then looked at the Thunder Ancestor beside him. “Thunder, it’s not worth fussing over such a trivial matter.”

“Compared to what happens beyond the Source World, this indeed is just a small matter.” The Thunder Ancestor turned toward Luo Feng. “White Demon’s death is of no consequence, but what I mind is… the Ruler of the Galaxy Nation has completely disregarded my presence!”

Although his tone softened, the Thunder Ancestor still had to preserve his dignity.

“If he truly disregarded you, he wouldn’t have sent you a message to handle the matter,” the Flame Wind Ancestor said with a booming laugh. “White Demon and Lando defied their superiors, enraging the Galaxy—serves them right to die.”

“Hmph.”

The Thunder Ancestor snorted angrily. “For your sake, Flame Wind, I can overlook this incident. But from this day forth… Ruler of the Galaxy Nation, you are forbidden from interfering in the affairs of my Ancient Thunder Kingdom.”

“The internal matters of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom, I can ignore,” Luo Feng replied calmly. “But if they cause harm in other nations, I will still intervene.”

“Even if the royal Divine Kings of my Ancient Thunder Kingdom commit mistakes, it should be I who punishes them,” the Thunder Ancestor said firmly.

He understood well—

the royal Divine Kings of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom would undoubtedly stir up trouble across many surrounding territories.

“Your punishment is too lenient.” Luo Feng shook his head.

“Galaxy, don’t forget you’re weaker than us,” the Thunder Ancestor frowned. “Even if you reach the pinnacle of the Divine Emperor level in the future, equal to us, we’d still have to compromise with each other. The rules of the Origin Continent are not yours alone to decide.”

The Flame Wind Ancestor interjected from the side, “All our strengths have surpassed the upper limits of the Origin Continent’s power; none of us can truly harm the others! Moreover, this is our homeland—it isn’t suited for large-scale combat. Following the old rule, we each take a step back and set down a rule for all to follow.”

“I have no desire to meddle in the affairs of other nations,” Luo Feng said. “I can even ignore countless personal vendettas. But there is one condition—the great sinners who have devoured billions of living beings, I will not tolerate their existence. If one appears, one must die. I hope the two Ancestors will agree to this rule.”

“The ones who devour billions of living beings?” The Flame Wind Ancestor didn’t seem to mind. He himself was a path-seeker, preferring to guide his juniors along the same road of enlightenment.

However, since cultivating the Primordial Bloodline was much easier, there were emperors within the royal clans who still practiced bloodline cultivation.

“Cultivators have always embraced diverse paths,” the Thunder Ancestor said disapprovingly. “The strong devour the weak—that is natural law. As for those who consume billions… even Senior Yuan never intervened in such matters, yet you insist on interfering.”

Luo Feng shook his head. “This Origin Continent, this Source World, is my homeland. As long as I am able, I will take responsibility for it.”

The Thunder Ancestor stared at Luo Feng.

At their level, each possessed their own understanding of truth.

The Thunder Ancestor had never thought that ‘devouring billions of lives’ was such a grave sin. Along his cultivation journey, he had witnessed far worse scenes countless times.

“I admit,” the Thunder Ancestor nodded slowly, “with your strength, you do have the right to set rules upon the Origin Continent! There are few who can survive your pursuit.”

“If the Thunder Ancestor wishes to shelter such great sinners, I cannot stop you either,” Luo Feng said.

Even without personally acting, the power of the Sacred Land of Thunder Mountain itself was enough to prevent Luo Feng from killing Monarch Lando.

Luo Feng knew well—

the ones who caused the greatest sins across the Origin Continent were precisely the emperors and monarchs of the two ancient royal clans!

If he wanted to establish new rules, the two Ancestors’ agreement was essential. Otherwise, with their protection, the royal clans would remain untouchable.

“Perhaps it’s time for the Origin Continent to change a bit.” The Flame Wind Ancestor chuckled.

“You and I will never convince each other,” the Thunder Ancestor said, staring at Luo Feng. “Then according to old custom, let’s settle this with a wager battle! If I win, you shall never again interfere in the Ancient Thunder Kingdom, including its royal clan. If I lose, I will agree to your rule—to annihilate all great sinners.”

If the three of them agreed together, their decision would become the heavenly law of the Origin Continent!

“A wager battle?” Luo Feng looked at the Thunder Ancestor.

“Thunder, think—how long have you cultivated compared to Galaxy?” the Flame Wind Ancestor asked from the side.

“I may have cultivated longer, but he possesses formidable secret treasures,” said the Thunder Ancestor. “Under the power limits of the Origin Continent, he still has a slight chance of victory.”

The Flame Wind Ancestor shook his head gently.

The Divine Emperor Perfection level—his realm was far beyond that of the Ruler of the Galaxy Nation.

“The old rule of the Origin Continent—when persuasion fails, resolve it with a wager battle,” the Flame Wind Ancestor said. “But the gap between you two is vast… even with secret treasures, his chance of victory is extremely slim.”

“If I can’t convince the Thunder Ancestor, then I’ll wager with him.” Luo Feng nodded.

Compared to the Thunder Ancestor, Emperor Qing was far more inexperienced.

In this battle, with power restrained by the upper limit, Luo Feng could observe his opponent’s techniques carefully and broaden his experience.

“Hahaha, regardless of the result, I must admit my admiration for you,” the Thunder Ancestor laughed heartily.

“Let’s go to the Universe Ocean for this battle,” the Flame Wind Ancestor said. “And such a fight between you two is not fit for others across the Origin Continent to witness.”

With their level of power,

if they wished, they could easily conceal everything—no Divine King could possibly perceive them.

“Let’s go.”

The Thunder Ancestor, Flame Wind Ancestor, and Luo Feng instantly departed from the skies above the Galaxy Divine Nation, appearing in the vast Universe Ocean beyond the edge of the Origin Continent.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two more figures arrived—one was a towering woman in green robes, and the other was Emperor Qing.

“Brother Galaxy, this is the Ancestor of the East Extremity Region, ‘Fengxi’,” Emperor Qing introduced.

“Galaxy.” The Ancestor of the East Extremity Region smiled warmly.

“Fengxi.” Luo Feng smiled and nodded. His Eye of Life and Death had already observed some of this Ancestor’s methods. In terms of life form alone, she was roughly fifty percent stronger than Luo Feng at the moment. Her physical body alone was at the early stage of Divine Emperor! And that was not even counting her other techniques.

“To think our Origin Continent finally has five Divine Emperor-level existences,” the Flame Wind Ancestor sighed. “It’s truly difficult for a Source World to give birth to even one Divine Emperor.”

At this moment, Luo Feng felt a sense of belonging.

No matter what, all five present were born from the same Source World!

Outside of it, the ones he could trust most—were them.

“The wager battle between Galaxy and the Thunder Ancestor is truly a rare sight.” The Ancestor of the East Extremity Region, Fengxi, smiled. Her realm, however, was far beneath that of the two royal Ancestors.

Now, the Flame Wind Ancestor, Emperor Qing, and Fengxi observed from afar.

Their invisible fields had long sealed off an immeasurable expanse. All beings within the Origin Continent, including the three great foreign clans, were unable to spy upon this battle.

Luo Feng and the Thunder Ancestor faced each other from a distance.

“Galaxy,” the Thunder Ancestor began, his voice calm and steady. “I have cultivated for many eras beyond the Source World, practicing multiple cultivation systems, obtaining countless opportunities. Through struggle in the darkness, I’ve forcibly advanced my Primordial Bloodline to the limit within the Caged World—the half-Primordial level. Even under the Origin Continent’s power restriction, my techniques are unhindered.”

“I have never been beyond the Source World,” Luo Feng said as he gazed at him. “Thunder Ancestor, please use your full strength—I’d like to broaden my horizons.”

“Very well.”

The Thunder Ancestor nodded serenely.

“I once devoured a low-level Primordial Lifeform, and through that, I comprehended and perfected its bloodline secret technique.” The Thunder Ancestor flicked his finger, and a droplet of blood shot forth—this was the essence of a Divine Emperor Perfection-level being.

That single droplet of blood instantly divided and split into numerous creatures, each one possessing power precisely at the upper limit of the Origin Continent.

Nine creatures in total—all glaring at Luo Feng.

“Hahaha…”

“All must die! All must die!”

The nine creatures cackled wildly.

The Eye of Life and Death opened at Luo Feng’s brow, and under its gaze, these nine creatures were of completely different compositions—some condensed from thunder, some from fire, some illusory, some mental in nature, and others from black wind…

The variety of forces made Luo Feng’s heart tremble slightly.

Thankfully, the Supreme Laws invisibly suppressed everything, restraining their full might.

“You cannot resist this,” sneered one creature whose body was formed of flame—it vanished instantly.

Flames erupted across Luo Feng’s body, burning every part of him down to the most basic unit of life.

Fortunately, Luo Feng had already cultivated into the Multi-Clawed Beast Form of the World Life Form. If he were still merely at the Twenty-Four Phases Form, his life form would have been damaged in an instant.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!” Terrifying thunderbolts struck Luo Feng, leaving faint marks on his body.

“Hahaha, die! Die!” a voice echoed in Luo Feng’s mind—it was a mental creature. But Luo Feng’s mental will had already touched the Origin Continent’s upper limit, and with the aid of the Lieu Yuan Technique, he completely resisted this attack.

“Whooo~~~” A gust of wind brushed across Luo Feng, seeping into every crevice of his body, into every unit of life.

“Sss sss sss.” Blood-colored flowers sprouted on Luo Feng’s skin, absorbing his bodily energy as they struggled to bloom even more blossoms.

…

Nine different forces descended simultaneously, leaving Luo Feng no room to dodge—he could only endure them head-on.

“With the Origin Continent’s power restriction, this secret technique can only unleash a fraction of its true power. The fact that you can endure it is already commendable,” the Thunder Ancestor said calmly. “But while resisting my technique, how much of your strength can you still display?”

Luo Feng nodded. In full resistance, he could only spare about twenty to thirty percent of his focus to counterattack.

“Impressive, truly impressive,” Luo Feng admitted—the gap in their realms was indeed enormous.

Hum!

A towering nine-story phantom tower appeared, enveloping Luo Feng in an instant.

It blocked all attacks targeting his body, soul, and mind.

Within the environment of the Origin Continent, no force could penetrate the Star Tower’s barrier to harm him in the slightest.