As Luo Fan slowly grew stronger, the number of people around him would only continue to decrease.
This was something every powerhouse would eventually have to face.
Whether it was his wife, parents, children, even his teachers, or the powerful members of his race.
Luo Fan believed that in the future, they would certainly be unable to keep up with his pace.
Not even mentioning the existence of the system.
Just the fact that he possessed the Original Universe avatar already meant Luo Fan was practically guaranteed to become a God King.
Fang Xueyi and the others, those closest to Luo Fan, had already been left far behind by him.
Even among the people who came from Earth together, only Luo Feng could barely remain behind Luo Fan.
As for Hong and Thunder God, the two of them had long been left far behind by the Luo Fan brothers.
His former teachers Tideblade King and Grandor had already been surpassed by Luo Fan long ago.
Now even the Ice Peak Master was no longer stronger than Luo Fan.
As Luo Fan continued to grow, even Great Axe and the others would find it difficult to keep up with him.
The only person who could always stand beside him was Luo Feng.
The path of climbing to the summit was always lonely.
The higher Luo Fan stood, the fewer people would remain beside him.
In fact, for most ultimate powerhouses, by the end of their journey there would not be a single person left beside them.
But Luo Fan was fortunate.
He had arrived in the world of Swallowed Star.
Not only that, he also had a system.
He did not need to worry whether anyone would still be beside him on the road to the peak.
Because Luo Feng would eventually reach the very top of this world.
All Luo Fan needed to do was grow with all his strength.
Although Luo Feng was currently a little behind him,
Luo Fan knew that his younger brother would always chase after him.
There was even a possibility that he might surpass him one day.
Unlike other ultimate powerhouses,
Luo Fan would not feel lonely on the road to becoming stronger.
Because beside him there was always a brother who had accompanied him from weakness to the present.
This was also the reason he had always been helping Luo Feng.
He did not want to reach the end and find himself completely alone.
Looking at the bitter smile on Luo Feng's face, Luo Fan smiled slightly.
"I will head to the Ice Prison Star Belt now."
"Because of an agreement with the Demon Race,"
"I cannot take the initiative to make a move."
"When the time comes, I will hide nearby."
Hearing this, Luo Feng immediately relaxed.
He had great confidence in his elder brother.
As long as Luo Fan came, obtaining that Beast God Inheritance Token would not be a problem.
Otherwise, if it were only the third part of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, then after reading its contents Luo Feng could simply disperse the avatar he had sent to the Ice Prison Star Belt.
After all, when he first came here knowing how dangerous the place was, he had not brought many treasures.
But now that he had obtained a Beast God Inheritance Token, he obviously could not leave just like that.
…
After agreeing to Luo Feng's request, Luo Fan immediately connected through his Original Universe avatar to the spatial passage leading to the Milky Way, returning to the Original Universe.
Afterward, he traveled through several wormholes within the dark universe and arrived at the Wuhua Secret Realm.
The Wuhua Secret Realm had a maximum diameter of 160,000 light-years, which could only be considered small among cosmic secret realms.
The overall danger level of this secret realm was moderate. Even Immortal Gods could enter and explore it.
Aside from six extremely dangerous regions, the other areas of the Wuhua Secret Realm were relatively safe, posing threats only to ordinary Immortal Gods.
However, the six extremely dangerous regions were so perilous that even Universe Masters could fall there.
The destination of Luo Fan this time was Ice Prison Star.
And the location of Ice Prison Star was within one of those six dangerous zones, the Ice Prison Star Belt.
This was precisely where Luo Feng was currently located.
However, for ordinary powerhouses this place might be extremely dangerous.
But for Luo Fan, being here felt like going on a leisurely tour.
He even occasionally admired the surrounding scenery.
The entire Ice Prison Star Belt was only 2.1 light-years across.
If he was not careful, Luo Fan could cross the entire star belt with a single teleportation.
Even before arriving at the Ice Prison Star Belt, he could already see through its interior with a single glance.
Within the Ice Prison Star Belt lived a special lifeform that had been nurtured since the birth of the universe.
This lifeform had been named Doukou by the various alien races of the universe.
Doukou were lifeforms condensed from extremely frigid energy.
Their appearance was strangely beautiful and pure. Though they appeared innocent, they were extremely bloodthirsty.
For them, slaughter was simply a game, and they felt no sense of guilt whatsoever.
Although this lifeform could not reproduce, their innate talent was extraordinarily high.
The entire Ice Prison Star Belt housed several thousand Doukou, making it their main nest.
According to the information from the Virtual Universe Company, among these thousands of Doukou, several hundred had become Immortal Gods, and two had even become Universe Masters.
This alone showed how terrifying their natural talent was.
Furthermore, due to their naturally powerful genetic level,
once they became Immortal Gods, they immediately possessed King-level Immortal strength.
As long as their comprehension of the laws was not too poor, they could easily reach Invincible King-level power.
As for the two existence at the Universe Master level, they even possessed the strength of Universe Overlords.
These several hundred Immortal Doukou had each constructed their own Ice Prison Stars.
And the Ice Prison Luo Feng was currently trapped within was actually a supreme treasure owned by one of the Universe Master-level Doukou.
Luo Fan was somewhat curious about this special lifeform.
Or rather, he was curious about all special lifeforms within the Original Universe.
Because he wanted to study them and see if it was possible to create similar lifeforms inside his Original Universe avatar.
The contents within the Creation Template rewarded by the system were relatively basic.
Many powerful special lifeforms were not recorded within it.
This included the Doukou.
Luo Fan's gaze crossed several light-years and landed on a few Doukou who were currently playing.
There were two colors of Doukou.
The purple Doukou in his sight was about 3.1 meters tall.
Its figure was slender, its entire body purple.
Hundreds of purple braids hung down from its head, and its body was covered in a crystal-like purple armor that was delicate and translucent.
Through the semi-transparent armor, one could clearly see the Doukou's true body, which resembled a human female.
After observing it for a few moments, Luo Fan shifted his gaze to another green Doukou, which stood about 3.6 meters tall, equally beautiful.
This green Doukou also had hundreds of green braids hanging from its head.
Its entire body was covered in green armor, resembling a human male.
As special lifeforms, Doukou actually had no distinction between male and female.
After all, they could not reproduce, so gender held no meaning for them.
The difference in color simply represented slight differences in talent.
Purple Doukou were fewer in number, while green Doukou were slightly more numerous.
Different colored Doukou possessed different talents and areas of expertise.
The purple Doukou's cold energy was better at directly freezing the soul.
The green Doukou's cold energy was better at freezing the physical body.
After observing them for a moment, Luo Fan's mind moved.
The next instant, he appeared directly beside the few Doukou who were playing.
Strangely, these Doukou seemed completely unaware of Luo Fan's presence.
Even though he was standing quietly right beside them.
With another movement of Luo Fan's will, the playing Doukou instantly froze.
At that moment, both time and space in the surrounding area were completely frozen.
Luo Fan stepped forward and took a small amount of biological material from each of the Doukou.
Then he waved his hand.
The missing biological material on their bodies instantly regenerated.
Meanwhile, Luo Fan disappeared without a trace.
Once he vanished, the Doukou resumed their play.
They did not notice anything unusual about the previous distortion of time and space.
They did not even notice that a small portion of their bodies had once been removed.
…
After storing the biological samples, Luo Fan concealed himself within the void.
He felt it was about time he began collecting biological materials throughout the universe.
Although he possessed the Creation Template and a Gene Atlas,
the Gene Atlas did not contain the later sections. Luo Fan still needed to start from the most basic materials and gradually learn how to analyze genes.
Only then could he continue improving after reaching the limits of the Gene Atlas.
After all, not only in the Original Universe and the Universe Ocean, even on the Origin Continent there was no such thing as a 100,000-fold genetic level Gene Atlas.
To break through beyond that point, one would have to personally analyze the genes of World Beasts.
With a movement of Luo Fan's will, several departments within the Virtual Universe Company received a new mission.
Their task was to collect various materials and biological samples throughout the Original Universe.
Some of Luo Fan's avatars hidden within other races also began taking action.
After finishing these arrangements, he quietly waited in the void for the arrival of the Heavenly Wolf Master.
…
Inside the Ice Prison, within the palace of Si Buwa.
Si Buwa looked at his servant with anticipation. The servant had connected to the Virtual Universe to perform a verification.
Although Luo Feng had already opened access permissions, Si Buwa still chose to let his servant log in.
Otherwise, if the account were suddenly banned, things would become troublesome.
"I've been trapped here for endless eras. Whether I can leave depends on this moment!"
"Please connect successfully. Please!"
Time passed second by second.
Although not much time had actually passed, to Si Buwa it felt as though every second lasted an eternity.
Soon, the servant opened her eyes.
"Is it done?"
Si Buwa asked anxiously.
"Master, a response has been received."
The servant said respectfully.
"A response?"
Si Buwa's enormous divine body trembled slightly.
His blood instantly began to boil. Across countless ages, he had never felt such excitement.
"Hahaha!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
Si Buwa threw his head back and laughed wildly.
After being trapped here for countless eras, he finally had a chance to escape.
This Ice Prison was a supreme treasure owned by a Universe Master-level Doukou.
With only his King-level Immortal strength, it was impossible for him to escape.
But now, an opportunity had finally appeared.
As long as he could send a distress signal to his teacher, Si Buwa was confident he would be able to leave.
After all, two Universe Overlords would not casually offend the Demon Race.
Even if they were members of the Ancestral God Religion.
…
Far away in Demon Race territory, on a prosperous planet where countless young Demon Race members lived,
there secretly resided a powerful Universe Master from the Demon Race royal clan, the Heavenly Wolf Clan.
"Si Buwa is actually still alive!"
The Universe Master exclaimed in surprise.
Because the Demon Race's own virtual network was very poor, they had secretly established intelligence networks inside the Human Virtual Universe.
However, since alien races could not log into the Virtual Universe themselves, establishing such networks was extremely difficult.
Not only that, there was always the risk that the Virtual Universe would detect clues and eliminate the entire network.
But risk also meant opportunity.
The Virtual Universe truly was the greatest invention of the human race.
With it, urgent information could be transmitted instantly.
Sometimes a single piece of information could bring enormous benefits.
The Heavenly Wolf Clan Universe Master looked at the message appearing on the Demon Race intelligence network.
It had been sent by a disciple he had not heard from for a very long time.
According to the message, Si Buwa had actually reached King-level Immortal strength within the Ice Prison.
He immediately decided to rescue his disciple.
However, the Heavenly Wolf Clan's top Universe Overlord, Tianhua Venerable, was currently absent.
With his own strength alone, he could not suppress the two Doukou Universe Masters.
Therefore, he decided to seek help from the clan leader of the Heavenly Wolf Clan, the Heavenly Wolf Master.
…
Deep within Demon Race territory, in the endless starry sky, a massive palace floated in space.
Flames surrounded the palace.
Black, purple, white, green, red, blue… flames of countless colors circled the palace.
Each flame was as large as a star.
Yet despite the enormous palace and the surrounding flames, if one observed from a distance, none of it could be seen.
Clearly, the surrounding space-time had been distorted.
The entire palace existed as a self-contained dimension.
The palace itself resembled solidified flames.
It stood silent and deathly still.
On the massive plaza before the palace, a hazy light appeared and condensed into a ten-kilometer-long green Heavenly Wolf.
"Leader."
The green Heavenly Wolf respectfully prostrated itself.
This Heavenly Wolf was the very Universe Master who had received Si Buwa's message.
"Speak."
A deep voice came from within the palace.
"Leader, the situation is like this…"
The green Heavenly Wolf quickly explained the matter.
After hearing it, the Heavenly Wolf Master recalled the information about Si Buwa.
Long ago, Si Buwa had been placed on the Demon Race resurrection list.
Because he was a rare genius of the Heavenly Wolf Clan, the list had even been personally reviewed by the Heavenly Wolf Master.
Unfortunately, several resurrection attempts had failed.
The Heavenly Wolf Clan had originally assumed he had been enslaved by another race.
Now it turned out he was still alive.
No wonder resurrection had failed.
Moreover, he had even achieved a breakthrough within the harsh environment of the Ice Prison, reaching King-level Immortal strength.
After thinking for a moment, the Heavenly Wolf Master decided to personally carry out the rescue.
After all, he was a genius of his own clan.
Although the Green Doukou and Purple Doukou were powerful,
in front of the Heavenly Wolf Master, they could only obediently release Si Buwa.
After making the decision and giving several orders, the Heavenly Wolf Master departed with the palace.
…
Wuhua Secret Realm, Ice Prison Star Belt.
A towering palace faintly shrouded in flames suddenly appeared.
The moment the palace appeared, it seemed to become the core of the entire Ice Prison Star Belt.
A powerful and domineering pressure spread across the entire region.
The Doukou playing on the Ice Prison Stars and within the star belt rivers trembled in fear.
Luo Fan, who had been sitting cross-legged in the void, suddenly opened his eyes.
His aura was completely blended with the surroundings.
The body he was currently using was the Space Worm avatar.
Unless someone used a domain-type supreme treasure to probe the area, they would not detect him.
Feeling the overwhelming pressure in the distance, Luo Fan immediately understood.
The Heavenly Wolf Master had arrived.
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