Chapter 337
Ye Xingkong's Plan, Luo Feng's Enlightenment Tree Avatar
"Babata".
Luo Feng gazed at the emerald-green leaves before him, and a bold idea suddenly popped into his head. He said, "What do you think about using these Enlightenment Leaves to nurture my second clone?"
"You really dare to dream!"
Babata was startled and then fell silent, seemingly considering the feasibility of the plan.
"Luo Feng, the Golden Horned Beast's clone technique is not omnipotent."
"Although it can nurture the vast majority of life in the universe, it may not be able to nurture certain extremely terrifying special life forms."
Babata said slowly.
The universe is vast, giving birth to countless living beings, whose numbers and species are almost impossible to count.
Perhaps at this very moment, somewhere in the universe, a race is facing extinction, or a new race is being born.
Among these are some special life forms, born with an extremely high level of life genes, beings that embody the creation of heaven and earth.
These special life forms are extremely rare, and some are even unique in the entire universe.
The Enlightenment Tree is clearly one of them.
There are many different theories about the origin of the Enlightenment Tree, which has always been a legend in the universe.
The only thing known to powerful figures outside the region is that the Enlightenment Tree was planted by the Lord of Hongmeng himself and grows at the headquarters of the Hongmeng Daoist Academy, possessing the ability to enhance comprehension.
As for the other abilities of the Enlightenment Tree, as well as its strength and personality... no one else has ever been known to know.
"Luo Feng, you'd better think this through."
"There is only one leaf of enlightenment. Once you use it to nurture an avatar, whether you succeed or not, this leaf will be of no use."
Babata reminded him in a serious tone.
Each leaf of the Enlightenment Tree is a naturally formed treasure; once damaged, it will immediately lose its effectiveness.
If Luo Feng wants to use this leaf to create a second clone, he will inevitably be unable to guarantee its integrity.
"Even if I use a leaf of enlightenment, it will only allow me to comprehend the twenty-first mystery of the laws of space more quickly."
"Given my efficiency in comprehending the laws, I can also understand the twenty-first mystery if I spend more time."
Luo Feng thought to himself.
To put it bluntly, a single Enlightenment Leaf is too few in number, and its effect on him is not as great as he imagined.
At most, a leaf of enlightenment can reduce Luo Feng's arduous cultivation by a few months.
But once he successfully creates an Enlightenment Tree clone, he will have an inexhaustible supply of Enlightenment Tree leaves!
"Whether it succeeds or not, we have to try!"
Luo Feng gritted his teeth, having already made up his mind.
The Enlightenment Tree is a plant life form that even the Primordial Dao Lord treasures. The more mysterious it is, the higher its value becomes.
"Give it a try, then give it a try."
After thinking about it, Babata agreed with Luo Feng's decision.
Looking across the universe, few forms of life can compare to the Tree of Enlightenment in terms of rarity.
The fact that this treasure was delivered to Luo Feng at this particular time means that it is destined to be with him.
If you don't take what Heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences!
"Babata, I need to go into seclusion for a while, about three months."
"No one, including Lord Huanjian Hou, is allowed to disturb you until three months have passed."
Luo Feng left a message and turned to walk towards the basement of the villa, where there was a secluded cultivation room that could isolate all external information.
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The Primordial Era, the Ancient Origin Star.
Beneath the ancient, gnarled pine tree, wisps of primordial purple energy descended, and a white figure stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the vast starry sky.
"The Enlightenment Tree..."
"Unbeknownst to us, a billion years have passed!"
Ye Xingkong lowered her eyelids, toying with a vibrant green emerald leaf in her hand.
The leaves of the Enlightenment Tree are revered as treasures by cosmic sages in the outside world, but to him they are no different from ordinary leaves.
Its effect on enhancing comprehension is actually quite limited, and it has no effect on the Lord of the Universe.
"Judging by the time, another HarmonyOS competition has begun."
"This year's...seems a bit more interesting than previous years."
Ye Xingkong's expression was somewhat lazy, and a smile appeared on his lips.
With his current strength, he is virtually unmatched in the vast universe, and even the original ancestor might not be his match.
The main reason why he has not yet broken through to the True God level is that he is trying to reach the level of life genes that are 100,000 times stronger.
"In the original work, it took Luo Feng more than 1.6 trillion epochs to break through to the third level of the divine body."
"Compared to Luo Feng, even if I can be a little faster, I won't be much faster."
Ye Xingkong couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
Even with the inheritances of the Heavenly Craftsman God King and the Blood Abyss God King as references, he has only barely reached 60,000 times the life gene, which is the second level of the divine body.
"The path to divine power is 90,000 times more difficult than becoming a Void God, and it takes an equally long time."
"Don't even mention a billion years, even a billion epochs is just a moment."
Ye Xingkong was very calm.
A billion years of vicissitudes...
The Hongmeng Daoist Temple he established has become the largest force among humankind.
Ye Xuan, Ye Chen, Ye Qing, and Ye Lan, her four children, have all become masters of the universe and are capable of standing on their own.
Under his leadership, the human race ushered in a period of rapid development, becoming arguably the strongest and most powerful race in the primitive universe.
It can be said that, apart from reaching a higher level of martial arts, Ye Xingkong no longer needs to pursue anything else.
"Ok?"
Ye Xingkong was suddenly taken aback and turned to look at the incredibly distant starry sky.
His gaze seemed to pierce through endless time and space, landing on a resolute young man with yellow skin and black hair.
"hehe."
"So, he still chose this path?"
A slight smile appeared on Ye Xingkong's lips.
Hundreds of millions of years ago, he had already laid out his plans around the Earth, and even made a special trip to meet the Mountain Hermit for this purpose.
Therefore, when Luo Feng first left the Milky Way, Ye Xingkong was already secretly watching him.
The golden-horned behemoth egg that landed on Earth was one of his creations.
Of course, whether the life that Luo Feng possessed can still be called the "Golden Horned Beast" is still debatable.
After all, apart from resembling the Golden Horned Beast in appearance, this behemoth is far superior to the Golden Horned Beast in terms of its life gene level, compatibility with laws, and innate secret techniques.
"If it were a normal Golden Horned Beast, it would be difficult to even nurture a World Tree clone, let alone a Dao Enlightenment Tree clone."
"However, if it were a special life form that I created myself, there might be a slight possibility."
Ye Xingkong couldn't help but chuckle.
In recent years, he has devoted himself to studying the path of divine power, creating many special beings through the "Primordial Body Refining Method," including some extremely extraordinary beings. For example, Venerable Thousand Tribulations and Venerable Ten Thousand Curses, who have made a great name for themselves in the universe in recent years, are among Ye Xingkong's most satisfying "works."
Luo Feng's golden-horned behemoth was also a unique life form created by Ye Xingkong himself.
"However, the Enlightenment Tree is a rare life form from the Origin Continent, so it's hard to say whether Luo Feng can successfully nurture it."
Ye Xingkong thought to himself.
The Enlightenment Tree, originally named the "Mugulak Tree," is considered an extremely precious treasure even in the Origin Continent.
The Enlightenment Tree can break through to the level of a universe master after growing for 100 million years, and thereafter it will bear white fruit once every 100 million years.
White fruits can increase the success rate of breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe by one-thousandth.
After growing for a billion years, the Enlightenment Tree broke through to the True God realm and began to bear purple fruit once every billion years.
Purple fruit can increase the success rate of breaking through to True God by one in a thousand.
The Enlightenment Tree grows for billions of years, breaks through to the Void True God, and bears golden fruit once every billions of years.
The golden fruit can increase the success rate of breaking through to the Void True God realm by one ten-thousandth.
The Enlightenment Tree grows for hundreds of billions of years, reaching the level of an eternal true god, and bears a purple-gold fruit once every hundreds of billions of years.
The Purple-Gold Fruit can increase the success rate of breaking through to the Eternal True God realm by one in ten thousand.
It can be said that...
For the forces and sects on the Origin Continent, an Enlightenment Tree is no less than a treasure to protect their sect, enough to ensure that their forces produce a stable supply of Void True Gods and Eternal True Gods generation after generation.
Even god-king level forces attach great importance to the Enlightenment Tree.
However, the universe is very fair.
The more extraordinary a life is, the greater the limitations it often faces.
Although the Enlightenment Tree is powerful, its strength lies only in its auxiliary abilities. It can grow all the way to the level of an eternal true god, but because it has no intelligence, it has no combat power.
As for nurturing the Enlightenment Tree into an avatar?
There seems to be no precedent for this on the entire Origin Continent, at least not among the forces of the Seven Towers Realm.
It's possible that no strong person has ever tried this before, or it's possible that someone has tried but no one has succeeded.
Regardless of the possibility, the likelihood of Luo Feng nurturing the Enlightenment Tree into a second clone is almost zero.
However...
Since Ye Xingkong used the Lord of Qianwu to deliver the Enlightenment Tree Leaf to Luo Feng, he must have already laid some groundwork beforehand.
This leaf of enlightenment is not actually a leaf of the enlightenment tree itself, but a leaf created by Ye Xingkong using the "Primordial Body Refining Method".
Compared to the other life forms created by Ye Xingkong, which were all enhanced on the original basis, this Enlightenment Leaf actually weakened it considerably.
After all, the Enlightenment Tree itself is at a very high level, capable of growing all the way to the level of an Eternal True God. Even a strengthened Golden Horned Beast might not be able to nurture it into an avatar.
However, if the damage is reduced, the success rate will be much higher.
"An avatar of the Enlightenment Tree... that's interesting."
Ye Xingkong smiled slightly. He still hoped that Luo Feng could succeed. It wasn't just that he wanted to strengthen Luo Feng, but also that he wanted to see if his "experiment" was feasible.
Yes.
For Ye Xingkong, this was an experiment, and Luo Feng was the "guinea pig" in the experiment.
Whether it's an enhanced version of the Golden Horned Beast or a weakened version of the Enlightenment Tree, how far it can grow in the future is actually unknown.
The impact on Luo Feng is even more unpredictable.
However, one thing is certain: Ye Xingkong's existence did indeed make up for some of the regrets in the fates of Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen.
This time, all three of them will embark on life paths that are completely different from those in the original story.
Whether these changes will allow the three to go further is anyone's guess.
This is the wonder of fate.
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The secret realm of dry witches.
A secluded chamber located tens of meters underground.
Luo Feng sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans slid down his forehead.
"persist in!"
"You must hold on!"
"We were so close to success... We absolutely cannot give up now!"
Luo Feng frowned deeply, as a crucial life evolution was taking place within his primordial core.
"The Enlightenment Tree truly lives up to its reputation as a treasure even the Lord of the Primordial Chaos cherishes; its cultivation is far more difficult than anything humans on Earth can imagine."
Luo Feng focused all his attention, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
Within his primordial core, a faint, light green phantom was struggling to coalesce.
Upon closer inspection, one can discover that this phantom is composed of countless naturally formed patterns, and as the second clone's development accelerates, these patterns gradually become more complete.
"Hmm~"
"These patterns... are too mysterious, I can't understand them at all."
Luo Feng carefully examined these patterns, finding them profoundly mysterious, but he couldn't discern anything about them at all.
"I have made rapid progress in comprehending the fundamental laws of the universe, even the most profound laws of space."
"For some reason, these patterns feel to me to be far more profound than the fundamental laws of the universe."
Luo Feng was deeply shocked.
The Ten Fundamental Laws of the Universe form the foundation of everything in the original universe.
Comprehending one lower-level law leads to immortality; comprehending one higher-level law leads to becoming a cosmic sage; comprehending two higher-level laws leads to becoming the master of the universe.
Logically speaking, the fundamental laws of the universe should be the most mysterious things.
In the vast universe, the martial arts pursued by countless beings are actually all about comprehending the laws of nature.
However, this was the first time Luo Feng had realized that there were things in this world that were even more mysterious and profound than the fundamental laws.
"This kind of pattern should represent something extremely profound, and may even involve a realm beyond the super strong beings of the universe."
"It's just that my level is too low. Even if these patterns are placed in front of me, I can't understand even the slightest bit of them."
Luo Feng secretly guessed, while also feeling a little regretful.
The treasure is right in front of me, but I can't get anything from it.
"Profound! Absolutely too profound!"
"These patterns are so profound that they cannot be memorized without understanding them."
Luo Feng couldn't help but sigh.
He also considered forcibly memorizing these patterns and then slowly comprehending them after his cultivation level improved.
But, where in the world is there such a good thing?
Some truly profound secret techniques and runes simply cannot be memorized by force.
"Forget it, I'm lucky to have it, and I'm destined to lose it. There's nothing I can do if I can't understand it."
"At least... based on the current situation, nurturing the Enlightenment Tree into a second avatar should not be a problem, it just will take a lot of time."
Luo Feng was overjoyed.
The Enlightenment Tree, a legendary existence in the universe, has now become one of his avatars. (End of Chapter)