Chapter 497: Arrival at the Peak of Ten Thousand Demons

Ye Feng and his group stayed at the supply point for nearly two months before setting off, as only there were houses to provide shelter. After setting up a defensive barrier spell, Ye Feng no longer had to worry about the secrets of the Liuluan Hall inside his body being exposed.

Two months in the Divine Realm equaled 685 years on Earth. Even Ye Feng’s true self was hiding in the Liuluan Hall, practicing there. Although his mastery of the laws was still at the minor completion stage, he could sense that he was growing stronger. His Lightning Movement Technique and Hundred-forged Vajra Body had both reached the fifth level’s peak, ready to break through to the sixth at any moment. The most difficult techniques, Ice Heart Secret and Sky-splitting Finger, had also reached the fifth level.

Ye Feng’s true self focused on cultivating the secret laws inscriptions, making significant progress during this time. He had now understood 999 of these inscriptions but was stuck at that level, unable to advance further. It felt as though a transparent barrier blocked his path forward—he knew he had hit a bottleneck.

To enter the Tower of Ten Thousand Beasts, he finally decided to break through to the level of an Ancestral God. After breaking through in the Liuluan Hall, he did not receive any blessings from the Divine Realm’s essence. Shaking his head in resignation, he immediately understood why—within the Liuluan Hall, the Divine Realm’s essence could not sense him at all, let alone bestow blessings.

However, he could clearly feel the difference between the Ancestral God level and the Emperor God level. His speed in mastering the laws was at least ten times faster than that of an Emperor God. Ye Feng didn’t mind this, knowing that even with ten times the speed, breaking through the minor completion bottleneck would not be easy. The barrier between the 999th and 1000th layers of the secret laws inscriptions remained unshaken. Thus, he chose to use his divine essence and divine crystals to rapidly elevate his cultivation to the peak of Ancestral God.

Jin truly lived up to being a powerhouse from his past life. In just over 600 years, he had risen from the level of a Heavenly God to that of an Ancestral God. His mastery of the laws had also reached the third layer, on the verge of breaking through to the fourth. Though it was unknown how many pills he had used, such a speed of cultivation was truly astonishing.

Shi Tou’s talent was equally remarkable. Although Ye Feng did not cultivate the law of earth elements, his own mastery of the secret laws inscriptions was profound. He could easily answer the questions Shi Tou posed, leading to a sudden breakthrough for Shi Tou, whose mastery of the laws finally reached the late sixth level.

The moment Ye Feng stepped out of the Liuluan Hall, the sky above the supply point instantly changed color, with three-colored clouds suddenly appearing in the sky—red, purple, and blue. Almost simultaneously, four beams of light shot toward Ye Feng, two of them coming from the purple clouds.

Ye Feng was slightly stunned but immediately realized this was a reward from the divine realm’s essence. He had thought that since he hadn’t noticed anything in the Liuluan Hall, his reward would be lost, but it seemed fate could not be avoided. Under the illumination of the four beams of light, Ye Feng faintly sensed that the four laws he had been cultivating were advancing at an astonishing speed. Although he was still at the stage of minor perfection, he could clearly feel that his mastery of these laws had increased by more than one level in just a few breaths, and this momentum showed no signs of slowing down. Even the obstacles blocking him from reaching the thousandth layer of the law patterns were severely impacted.

A sense of excitement arose in Ye Feng’s heart. He immediately summoned stones to protect himself, then sat down in seiza position, rapidly analyzing the law patterns in an attempt to make a breakthrough through this opportunity.

After most of the day passed, the intense light gradually weakened, and the vibrations from the obstacles at the thousandth layer also diminished. Yet Ye Feng refused to give up easily and persisted in his efforts.

A day passed in the blink of an eye, and the beams of light finally dissipated. Ye Feng stood up with a bitter smile—the obstacles of the law patterns still hadn’t been overcome. Although his mastery of the laws was still at the stage of minor perfection, he could feel that it had grown nearly three times stronger. He couldn’t understand what was going on at all.

The many powerful beings watching also slowly dispersed, their gazes toward Ye Feng filled with even greater wariness.

Those who dared to linger here were all at the level of ancestral gods, and even at the level of imperial gods, they were formidable figures. A few had even grasped the laws at that level. Naturally, they knew that Ye Feng had received a reward from the divine realm’s essence. As for the rest, even if they hadn’t received such a reward themselves, they had either seen or heard of it, so they understood what Ye Feng had encountered.

However, according to tradition, a reward from the divine realm’s essence only involved one cloud emitting one beam of light, and it was said to last no more than an hour. They had never heard of anything like what Ye Feng had experienced. Still, many powerful beings guessed that Ye Feng had grasped four laws, two of which shared the same attribute. As for how strong his mastery of these laws was, that was completely beyond estimation.

After causing such a stir, Ye Feng wasn’t planning to stay any longer and set off for Wanmo Peak. Along the way, with stones present, he didn’t encounter any reckless folks. However, Ye Feng also noticed that many strong warriors were heading in that direction as well. Apparently, the news of the Wanshou Tower’s rebellion had spread throughout the entire Divine Realm, drawing more and more powerful individuals.

Ye Feng and his companions finally arrived two days before the rebellion at Wanshou Tower.

Wanshou Tower was located in a depression in the outer area of Wanmo Peak, right between two mountains.

By the time Ye Feng and his group arrived, quite a few people were already gathered in that depression.

The appearance of Ye Feng and his two companions raised suspicions among many. Those with only third or fourth level Law cultivation glanced warily at the stones beside Ye Feng, while those at fifth or sixth level looked at him with intense caution.

Ye Feng already had a handsome face, but after seeing those battle crystals, even if his face were ordinary, they would remember it vividly, knowing full well that he was a formidable enemy to provoke.

In fact, although Shi Tuo’s Law cultivation had reached the sixth level, his influence here wasn’t significant. Most people had come in groups, with the lowest-level Law cultivators still at the third level. Jin was at the bottom again, but he wore an unprecedentedly confident smile.

There were quite a number of those with fourth or fifth level Law cultivation, each leading their own group. Even those at the sixth level numbered nearly twenty, so Shi Tuo’s influence diminished considerably in such a place.

Ye Feng even noticed three people whose Law cultivation had reached the seventh level—these were the strongest individuals he had seen since ascending to the Divine Realm.

Those three powerhouses whose mastery of the laws had reached the seventh level were almost all the strongest members of major forces, and they had also watched Ye Feng’s battle crystal recordings. After watching them, they hadn’t paid too much attention, thinking that they could achieve the same level as shown in the crystal recordings. However, they were quite interested in Ye Feng’s ability to use three different laws simultaneously. But now, after seeing Ye Feng in person, they were completely shocked. They couldn’t sense the strength of Ye Feng’s mastery of the laws at all. Normally, even if someone had reached the eighth level of law mastery and concealed it deliberately, those at the seventh level should still be able to sense that they were stronger. But since they felt nothing, there were only three possibilities: first, Ye Feng’s mastery of the laws had reached the ninth level or higher; second, he hadn’t mastered any laws at all; third, he had practiced some special cultivation techniques that allowed him to completely conceal his mastery of the laws. If they hadn’t seen Ye Feng’s battle crystal recordings, they might have been more inclined to believe the second possibility. But now, with Ye Feng’s appearance, they felt that the first possibility was the most likely, although it seemed that no one in the entire divine realm had heard of a powerhouse with mastery of the laws at the ninth level in hundreds of millions of years.