Chapter 466: Changes in the Realm

Three days passed quickly. Since Long Tian and Ye Feng both achieved a hundred consecutive victories on the same day, it made sense to hold the celebration on that day as well. Moreover, neither Ye Feng nor Long Tian had any objections.
Those three days were also enough for Ye Feng to understand the changes in the realm within his body. Although his strength wasn’t sufficient to activate the damaged realm inside him, he was its owner and could enter and exit it at will.
After bringing the lightning attribute shockwave into the realm, Ye Feng noticed changes within it. As soon as Long Tian’s match ended, he appeared in the realm immediately.
In the sky of the realm, a flickering lightning ball shone brightly, illuminating the entire realm. All the creatures there instinctively looked up, even those with extinguished souls and only remnants of fighting will turned their gaze in that direction.
“What’s going on?” Long Tian found the skeleton he had met when he first entered the realm. Its appearance startled the skeleton.
“You… how are you still alive?” The skeleton thought Ye Feng had already been killed by the Lord of Darkness.
“I’ve been alive all along. Why are these guys staring at that lightning ball?” Ye Feng didn’t want to continue discussing the skeleton’s question.
“That’s the rule of the lightning attribute…” Hearing Ye Feng mention the lightning ball in the sky, the skeleton excitedly looked up. Fanatic red light flickered in its dark eye sockets.
“I know. So what?” Ye Feng pressed further.
“You should know this place is torn apart, right?” the skeleton retorted. “Not only that, but most of the rules here have also been shattered. You must have seen those spatial fragments—those are remnants of the torn space rules. Here, only the time rule remains intact; all other rules exist only in fragmented form, incomplete. The emergence of this new light ball containing the lightning attribute rule means everything has changed. It will automatically absorb the lightning attribute fragments here to improve itself. Until one day its rules become complete, this world will regain vitality and stop being a dead land…”
“That sounds too mystical,” Ye Feng said, unconvinced. “What’s the proof?”

“Actually, I can’t explain it clearly either, but I know that when the laws reach perfection, they naturally generate life force. That’s why the Dark Monarchs can transcend life and death—their practiced laws have reached a state of perfection, granting them life force and the chance to resurrect themselves once.” The skeleton’s words finally convinced Ye Feng to some extent.

“How exactly does transcending life and death work? It turns out to be resurrecting oneself once. Can’t the life force be used a second time?” Ye Feng pressed further.

“The life force can be depleted… One state of perfect mastery only provides one chance for resurrection.” A voice that sounded somewhat familiar came from behind Ye Feng.

Two men and a woman appeared silently not far behind Ye Feng. The one who spoke was none other than the Dark Monarch Mo Xing, whom Ye Feng had met years ago in that realm.

The skeleton beside Ye Feng trembled in fear.

“Mo Xing, we meet again.” Ye Feng wasn’t nervous at all.

“Yes, our dear Realm Lord.” Mo Xing’s expression was blank, showing no emotions, but it seemed he had no intention of attacking Ye Feng.

“Do you have something to ask of me?” Ye Feng glanced at the man and woman beside Mo Xing. He remembered they were also Dark Monarchs—those whom Wu Kuang had led him to attack back then.

“Did you create this thunder ball?” The tall man beside Mo Xing clearly felt wary of Ye Feng. He still had lingering fears from being subdued by Wu Kuang in an instant back then.

“That’s right. I accidentally created it in the outside world. I was afraid it might cause damage, so I transferred it here.” Ye Feng nodded.

“How did you obtain the power of the laws? With your current level, you shouldn’t be able to activate such power, right?” The woman finally spoke, her expression equally blank.

“I can use other methods to activate the power of the laws.” Ye Feng was annoyed by those who doubted his strength.

“If you truly can activate the power of the laws, we hope to get your help.” Mo Xing’s expression suddenly became serious.

“Go ahead and explain.” Ye Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. Even powerful Dark Monarchs needed help—Ye Feng wanted to know what it was.

“You must understand that creating a realm isn’t something simple. You also want this realm to be one where life can be nurtured and evolve, right?” Mo Xing seemed unhurried. “Although resurrecting a realm is extremely difficult, compared to slowly nurturing life, such a realm has more powerful warriors. To produce warriors as strong as us, a new realm would need at least trillions of years to evolve…”

“Just say what you want to say directly. Stop beating around the bush.” Ye Feng had a vague idea of what Mo Xing wanted.
“We hope you can help us revive this realm and rebuild its laws,” Mo Xing took a deep breath before stating his purpose.
“In fact, once this realm is revived, you will reap endless benefits,” the woman beside Mo Xing spoke up again. “After the realm is revived, our souls and bodies will undergo transformation. Those who originally had no souls will be given new ones—pure as infants—but the power within their bodies will not vanish. If you need it, we can help you train these people into your personal guard.”
“You should know that after billions of years of devouring, our strength is hundreds, even thousands of times greater than it was back in those battlefields. Once the new rules here are established, our souls and bodies will be in perfect harmony, allowing us to unleash our full power. Since the new rules originate from you, we will also become your subjects,” the tall dark monarch offered even more tempting conditions.
“If I let you go then, it would be easy for you to turn against me…” Ye Feng was skeptical.
“It seems you still don’t understand,” Mo Xing sighed reluctantly and shook his head. “After the laws are rebuilt, we will be like the original inhabitants of this realm, with all our strength coming from it. And as the ruler of this realm, we have no way of betraying you. Unless our cultivation surpasses the laws themselves. This constraint has nothing to do with the size or level of the realm—it only relates to the laws. Moreover, this constraint is far stronger than the contracts between humans and their pets.”
“But in my opinion, given your nature, it’s impossible for you to be willing to be bound by me, right?” Ye Feng remained doubtful.
“We have no choice. We’re almost driven mad in this realm. Only when you can control it can we go outside the world with your permission. Due to the mismatch between our bodies and souls, the more powerful the realm, the more severe the rejection. Under the current circumstances, we can stay outside for at most three minutes before having to return, or else we’ll be destroyed forever. The only way to solve this is to give this realm a new life. Only then can we gain more freedom instead of being trapped here forever,” Mo Xing continued to explain.

“Even if nothing changes in this realm, you are still its master, and our lives are in your hands. With the power of this realm, you could easily destroy us with just one finger. Even if we leave with your permission, it’s still under the restraint of this realm’s power; no matter where we flee, you can pull us back with a mere thought. This is even less free than becoming your subjects.”

“It will also help our cultivation in the future. Only after our bodies and souls are fully in harmony can we enter other realms to train. There are already few souls here, and our progress is slowing down. We need a more open environment for cultivation. All of this can only be achieved with your help.”

“The main reason we decided to submit is that man you call your second brother. His strength exceeds anything we could imagine. Before he appeared, we never thought a person could be that powerful. It’s not that we fear him, but rather that we hope to reach his level while still alive.”

“I promise you—this is my realm after all. I will do my best to improve it. As for what will happen in the future, we’ll discuss that later.” Ye Feng finally nodded in agreement. “What do you need me to do?”

“You must know the laws of the lightning element, right? Try to infuse its power with those laws, even if it’s just a little bit every day. We’ve waited long enough; we have plenty of patience.” Mo Xing finally smiled.

“Just the laws of the lightning element? What about the other elements?” Ye Feng still couldn’t figure out how it worked.

“You know the second element law too?” The three asked in unison, filled with surprise.

“I’ve learned a bit about the basic element laws—light, darkness, water, fire, wind, lightning, earth…” Ye Feng scratched his nose awkwardly.

“How is that possible…” The three could hardly believe it.

Ye Feng shook his head, conjuring a small fireball in his hand. Then he infused all 99 fire element secrets he knew into it. Once the secrets were embedded, the fireball slowly rose into the sky, higher than the lightning ball, emitting an even brighter light, like a sun hanging in the sky. The three Dark Monarchs, who could clearly sense the laws of fire, were filled with shock.

Ye Feng then created a water ball using the same method. The water ball appeared beside the fire ball, complementing each other beautifully.

Then, Ye Feng input all the remaining Thunder Element secret patterns into the previous thunder ball, which emitted even more energy and rose to the level where the fire ball and water ball were. The three balls of light with completely different colors continuously sent out strange ripples in the sky.
As the realm master, Ye Feng could clearly sense that they were attracting more and more rule fragments of the same attribute.
“Let’s start with these three for now. Although I understand the other element laws, I don’t have the corresponding elemental energy in my body, so I can’t create something similar to these three balls of light,” Ye Feng said, somewhat disappointed.
“It’s okay. Three are enough. We can take our time later. I can feel that your understanding of the element laws is already extremely close to perfection. Once one element law reaches perfection, this realm will begin to repair itself automatically. Of course, the more perfect element laws there are, the faster the repair will go. These three balls of light will improve on their own; I believe they’ll reach perfection soon,” Mo Xing reassured him.
“Perfection? There’s still a long way to go. For these basic element secret patterns, I’ve only understood ninety-nine of them and am stuck at number one hundred. I haven’t made any progress for a long time… Could the so-called perfection mean understanding all hundred secret patterns?” Ye Feng had doubts, but he didn’t ask. The fewer people who knew about the secret patterns, the better.
“Since this realm is about to be reborn, you shouldn’t devour the remaining souls here anymore. Their help in improving your cultivation is already very limited.”
“Alright. We’ll find some other fun things to do during this time. Don’t worry. If there are really troublemakers, we’ll hypnotize them and put them to sleep,” Mo Xing nodded in agreement.
“I’m leaving for now. I’ll come back to check in when I have time.” Suddenly, Ye Feng frowned as he sensed someone touching the restrictions in his room.