Chapter 139: Primordial Easy Water (Part Two)

Luo Feng's expression immediately lit up with joy, and he resolutely stepped forward to bow, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The so-called modesty and courtesy were only meant for unnecessary occasions.

Whoever practiced modesty and courtesy regarding their own path and future was a fool. In case one missed a stroke of good fortune, who could they even reason with?

Securing the Heavenly Building Wood first was the fundamental truth.

Emperor Ziwei raised a single hand, and a nine-inch fragment of the Heavenly Building Wood emerged within the void.

Although it had already withered and been severed, it still emitted ripples of primordial creation aura, improving the surrounding environment and forming a self-sustaining cycle.

Luo Feng's body trembled instinctively. With a single breath of ambient spiritual energy, his physical body advanced a notch once again.

"Truly a divine wood!"

Luo Feng could not help but exclaim with emotion.

The Building Wood was the most advanced divine wood spiritual material he had ever witnessed, without exception.

Luo Feng suspected that if this fragment of the Building Wood were thrown into a random realm, it wouldn't even require immortal soil or spiritual water to grow on its own.

It would continuously perfect itself, transform the surrounding environment, and eventually reform the entire realm—turning a low-magic world into a high-magic one, a spiritless world into a spiritual one, and allowing the Age of Dharma Decline to return to mythology.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Luo Feng bowed once more, then happily tucked the Building Wood into his bosom.

The moment he touched the Building Wood, a wisp of primordial genesis breath stirred to life.

This wisp of primordial genesis breath was the foundation of all things, an eternal trace of the original aura.

Instantly, a flash of enlightenment arose in Luo Feng's heart: a complete Building Wood was likely of the Da Luo realm.

Only a Da Luo being could achieve the feat of eternal existence for a single breath, dividing it into billions of manifestations.

A Golden Immortal was merely a beginner, and it was already the limit for them to engrave the original aura into the void to forge an immortal body.

Meanwhile, Da Luo beings had already mastered the original aura to its absolute peak, playing with it in endless variations.

Yet, thinking about it further, even the physical body of such a mighty figure as the Building Wood could be severed—the waters of the Primordial World ran truly deep.

Cut off the connection between heaven and earth—just listen to that phrase; both earth and heaven were involved in it, making one shudder.

Emperor Ziwei nodded, then raised a hand and said, "You wish to attain the Dao of Da Luo. Do you know of the tribulations of Da Luo?"

Luo Feng stepped back and performed a deep, scholarly bow. "Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

The secret to attaining the Da Luo realm was held exclusively in the hands of Da Luo beings.

For a rogue immortal wishing to learn of it, it was harder than ascending to the Purple Heaven Palace.

Emperor Ziwei held up three fingers and said, "Since the opening of the Primordial World, three kalpas have passed. One kalpa consists of one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred epochs, and one epoch consists of one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years."

"A single kalpa is roughly 16.7 billion years. In such a long span of time, the number of Da Luo beings born has not been many, but neither has it been few."

"Over the years, our predecessors have summarized the Three Tribulations of Da Luo."

Luo Feng cupped his hands and asked respectfully, "Dare I ask, what are the Three Tribulations?"

"The first tribulation lies without, named the External Tribulation. When one ascends to Da Luo and seizes creation, one attracts heavenly jealousy, and layer upon layer of tribulations accumulate."

"This tribulation is known as: When I ascend to the supreme peak, all saints block the Dao."

Emperor Ziwei raised a single finger and spoke slowly.

Luo Feng's brows furrowed tightly. All saints blocking the Dao—was this a path-attainment tribulation? It was practically sending oneself to death.

"Dare I ask, Your Majesty, is there a way to resolve this tribulation?"

Luo Feng pressed on. Throughout the long history of the Primordial World, many heroes had attained the Dao of Da Luo, and their paths had never been singular.

Emperor Ziwei smiled mysteriously and said, "There is only one method: cultivate extensive good karma."

In an instant, Luo Feng understood completely.

What "when I ascend to the supreme peak, all saints block the Dao"—that was utter nonsense. It was clearly just existing Da Luo beings...

Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, better not speak of it, better not speak of it.

The thought flashed through Luo Feng's mind and vanished.

Immediately afterward, Luo Feng asked for guidance: "I understand the first tribulation. May I ask what the second tribulation is, Your Majesty?"

This time, Emperor Ziwei did not keep him in suspense and stated bluntly, "Naturally, it is your own Dao. If you don't even have your own Dao, yet want to transcend the path-attainment tribulation, you are simply courting death."

Luo Feng nodded. He was currently in the midst of pursuing the Dao of the Innate Five Elements.

"As for the third tribulation?" Emperor Ziwei paused and asked with a smile, "Do you know why the Immortal Dao has two distinct realms: Earth Immortal and Heaven Immortal?"

Luo Feng was stunned for a moment. After pondering for a while, a flash of realization appeared in his eyes: "Could it be that attaining the Dao of Da Luo is related to time and space?"

Emperor Ziwei clapped his hands and smiled. "Correct, correct. Attaining the Dao of Da Luo is to become an immortal who transcends all time and space, achieving eternal freedom and ease."

"If you wish to transcend time and space, you must first understand and comprehend time and space."

"As the saying goes, a true transmission is but a sentence, while a false transmission takes ten thousand volumes of books. Since ancient times, many Golden Immortals have perished in the Tribulation of Time and Space."

Luo Feng thought for a moment, and a doubt arose in his mind.

"Since there are the two realms of Heaven Immortal and Earth Immortal, could it be that those Golden Immortals who died in the Tribulation of Time and Space failed to notice this?"

Those who could cultivate to the Golden Immortal realm were bound to be clever people and geniuses. The profundity behind the realms of Heaven Immortal and Earth Immortal—how could they fail to understand such an obvious principle?

Even if they didn't understand it beforehand, once they attained the Golden Immortal realm, they should have figured it out. Golden Immortals were undying and had a vast amount of time to make up for their shortcomings; why rush blindly to attain Da Luo?

Emperor Ziwei sighed and countered with a question, "Is time and space unique, or is it infinite?"

Another instance of: a true transmission is a sentence, a false transmission takes ten thousand books.

To the native beings of the Primordial World, time and space were naturally unique. Even if the Myriad Realms existed, they still resided within the time and space of the Primordial World.

But to Luo Feng, the Primordial World was vast and expansive, yet it was also just a single multi-layered infinite universe.

The outside world was dazzling.

"Unique? Or infinite?!"

Luo Feng muttered to himself. Was time and space ultimately unique, or was it infinite?

This question could not be understood without becoming Da Luo, but failing to understand it meant one was destined never to become Da Luo.

Yet another dead loop.

Emperor Ziwei watched calmly and spoke no further.

Luo Feng felt extremely distressed, plunging into deep thought, yet he could find no answer.

"I keep thinking about these things... wait, light?!"

Luo Feng's eyes suddenly lit up. Light could propagate forward like waves while sometimes exhibiting particle characteristics—this was wave-particle duality.

So why couldn't time and space be both unique and infinite at the same time?

This made no logical sense, but when had the realm of Da Luo ever followed logic?

Da Luo was transcendence made manifest, and transcendence meant turning all impossibilities into possibilities.

This was true transcendence, rather than merely learning a couple of spells and calling oneself extraordinary.

"Therefore, time and space are both unique and infinite?!"

Luo Feng stated with absolute certainty.

"Splendid! Star Lord possesses the potential of Da Luo!" Emperor Ziwei praised.

Luo Feng's expression changed. *Your Majesty, please don't jinx me!*

He hastily said with humility, "This humble deity is insignificant; how dare I peer into Da Luo? My Golden Immortal realm is not yet complete, and I am merely an ant."

Emperor Ziwei chuckled. Not even Da Luo beings believed such words.

The Water Qi of Grand Simplicity was already complete and perfected, coupled with the Fire of Grand Initial belonging to the Suiren Clan, and his own Wood of Grand Beginning.

In the same realm, if a Da Luo being were to face this subordinate of his, they would have to cheat several times over just to stand a chance.

Otherwise, losing the fight would be quite embarrassing.

"Withdraw. Mother is still waiting for you, Junior Brother," Emperor Ziwei slowly uttered.

Luo Feng suddenly remembered that he still had an old teacher—a massive, golden thigh to lean on.

The first tribulation of Da Luo—cultivating extensive good karma—this was where it applied!

"Senior Brother Ziwei, this junior brother takes his leave."