Volume 4: Super-Tier Awakening & The Ancient Capital Calamity
Chapter 306
Simultaneous Breakthrough of Space and Chaos Elements
The elemental vortex within the Sacred Pool seemed to have just endured a cataclysmic tempest, yet the eerie stillness left in its wake carried a pressure countless times more terrifying. At the center of the circular stone platform where Lin Feng sat cross-legged, the space surrounding his body could no longer maintain its natural stability. Tiny, spiderweb-thin cracks flickered in and out of existence in mid-air, emitting cracking sounds like brittle glass shattering under immense pressure.
The twin Fire and Lightning palaces that had just been firmly consolidated within his Spiritual Sea radiated the brilliant and majestic light of magic emperors. Yet, the shock did not stop there. Lin Feng’s soul foundation, already tempered through countless life-or-death battles, began to tremor violently once more. This was no physical shockwave, but a heaven-shaking, earth-splintering metamorphosis.
Deep within the boundless expanse of his Spiritual Sea, where the crimson glow of fire and the deep purple crackle of lightning had yet to fade, two entirely new streams of energy surged ferociously. One bore a chilling, crystalline silver hue, transparent yet carrying the lethal intent to tear everything asunder—the Space Element. The other carried a hazy, chaotic ash-gray color, boundless and devoid of direction, as if swallowing the entire order of the universe. This was the Chaos Element.
Space and Chaos had always been regarded as two of the highest-tier magical elements, notoriously difficult to control and demanding human mental energy to reach absolute limits. The slightest misstep during the breakthrough could rip the Spiritual Sea apart, turning the cultivator into a vegetative shell, or obliterating them into nothingness under the backlash of spacetime.
Yet, Lin Feng remained utterly unshaken. His consciousness at that moment was as still as a thousand-year-old mountain lake, regardless of how wildly the storm raged outside.
“Rumble...”
His Spiritual Sea was torn into two distinct halves by an invisible hand of the cosmos. The left half transformed into a boundless, blindingly silvery void. Within it, basic physical laws like gravity, distance, and direction were completely warped. The right half transformed into a gray, chaotic vortex where all things reverted to their primal state—lacking up or down, left or right, leaving only dead silence and the power to devour all order.
The eruption began from the most fundamental units of magic.
Sparkling silver Star Dust, resembling distant stars in a galaxy, began to move in mystical orbits. They did not swirl chaotically, but shot forward at speeds surpassing the limit of light. The three hundred and forty-three Space Star Dust surged, colliding without a sound, yet sending out shockwaves that directly impacted physical reality outside.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Seven blinding streams of light converged, condensing into seven colossal Star Palaces possessing ancient geometric architecture. These seven Star Palaces did not remain stationary; they rotated ceaselessly around an invisible axis, clicking into place with absolute millimeter-perfection. A muffled, resonant sound echoed from the depths of his soul. As the final piece locked into place, a magnificent, chilling “Void Star Palace” was officially born!
The Void Star Palace stood towering in the western half of the Spiritual Sea, radiating an oppressive weight that forced the surrounding space to yield and bow.
Simultaneously, in the eastern half, the three hundred and forty-three Star Dust of the Chaos Element refused to be outdone. They carried the characteristic ash-gray color of primordial times, resembling the ash left after a world collapses while harboring the infinite vitality of rebirth. The Star Dust intertwined, twisting into invisible strands of energy before weaving into magnificent architectural arrays.
Seven Chaos Star Palaces rose like colossal stalagmites from the unknown, slowly interlocking into a gloomy, ancient, and deeply mysterious “Chaos Star Palace.”
When the Void Star Palace and Chaos Star Palace were completed in unison, an unprecedented phenomenon in human magic history occurred. These two star palaces, representing the highest-tier energy schools, did not conflict or repel each other as conventional wisdom dictated. Instead, they acted like two perfect Yin-Yang puzzle pieces, automatically drawing each other in and fusing as one, propelled by Lin Feng’s iron will and overwhelming mental strength.
“Boom!”
A muffled explosion echoed inside Lin Feng’s brain. The scenery before his eyes abruptly expanded into an entirely different spatial dimension.
He snapped his eyes open. Within his irises, one side swirled with the sharp geometric orbits of space, while the other flowed with the ruleless, gray currents of chaos.
Within a radius of ten thousand meters around the stone platform where he sat, the world suddenly became extraordinarily vivid yet bizarre to the extreme. Lin Feng was not merely “seeing” with his naked eyes; he was palpably sensing every single fold of time and space. He saw dust motes suspended in the air stretching into delicate threads; he saw passing gales bent into perfect arcs before they could even brush against the hem of his robe.
This was the power of the Space Element at the Super Tier—commanding the cosmos, repelling the unseen!
Yet, the terror of this dual breakthrough did not end there. As the magic energy from the Void Star Palace and Chaos Star Palace began to intermingle, an invisible Sovereign Domain began to ripple outward, enveloping the entire Sacred Pool area.
Within this domain, all conventional laws were upended. Any magical attack entering this zone would be twisted by space to the point of deformation, or worse, disintegrated by the chaotic currents into pure elements before vanishing into nothingness. This was not merely a defensive layer, but an absolute forbidden zone where Lin Feng reigned as the supreme deity holding the power of life and death over order and chaos.
Outside the Sacred Pool, the disciples and elders standing guard from afar clearly sensed this sudden shift. The air around the stone platform instantly shattered into tens of thousands of transparent spatial glass fragments, reflecting shimmering light before automatically healing in rhythm with Lin Feng’s breathing. Every time space shattered and mended, a breath-stealing pressure swept outward, turning the complexions of high-level cultivators standing miles away pale, forcing them to retreat several steps to steady their minds.
“In-incomparably terrifying! He isn’t breaking through one element, nor two... Look at those heavenly phenomena! This is the pressure of Space and Chaos stepping into the Super Tier simultaneously!” An elder standing atop a high cliff, his sleeves fluttering in the energy tempest, spoke with unmasked, extreme horror.
“Since ancient times, those who could awaken twin high-tier elements were already as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Yet he dared to break both of them into the Super Tier at the very same time, right on the heels of stabilizing his Fire and Lightning Palaces... What on earth are this brat’s mind and spiritual force made of?” Another elder swallowed hard, staring at the youth sitting in the eye of the storm with the reverence usually reserved for a living deity.
Little did they know, to Lin Feng, this was merely an inevitable step on the path to the peak that he had charted long ago.
Lin Feng lowered his gaze to his open palms. On his right palm, a small, deep-red flame still danced; on his left palm, a majestic purple lightning bolt flickered; meanwhile, surrounding his body, silvery ripples and gray mist intertwined to form a flawless energy armor.
Four Super Tier elements!
Fire, Lightning, Space, and Chaos!
His current strength far surpassed the definition of an ordinary early-stage Super Tier mage. Even if he faced a peak three-element Super Tier powerhouse right now, Lin Feng was confident that relying solely on the combination of warped space and disintegrated chaos, he could completely suppress the opponent without expending excessive effort.
A fleeting sense of satisfaction washed over him. The months of grueling cultivation, the brushes with the brink of death, the pressures from external hostile factions—all of it was now repaid handsomely with a breathtaking transformation.
Yet, before the joy of victory could fully ripple through his mind, a bizarre and chilling anomaly suddenly erupted from the deepest, darkest corner of his Spiritual Sea.
Lin Feng, eyes closed in meditation, slightly frowned. The smile lingering at the corners of his mouth instantly stiffened.
He sensed an instability. An energy that belonged neither to the light of Fire and Lightning, nor the chill of the Void, nor the haze of Chaos was beginning to stir.
It was the Shadow Element.
In the deepest, most secluded corner of his Spiritual Sea—a place perpetually shrouded in eternal darkness—a thick, inky black mist suddenly billowed like smoke from a battlefield. The Shadow Element, representing stealth, assassination, and absolute darkness, was far from tranquil. Chains of darkness began to vibrate violently, emitting harsh, grating screeches.
And it wasn’t just the Shadow Element!
Right beside it, the long-sealed gates of the Summoning Element spontaneously cracked open by a breath-thin margin. From beyond that crack, a wild, brutal, and ancient aura saturated with bloodlust surged backward into Lin Feng’s Spiritual Sea.
“Roar... Grr...”
A muffled wolf howl, echoing from a boundless, distant extradimensional space, pierced through the veil of his consciousness and directly pounded against Lin Feng’s eardrums. That howl carried the primal pressure of a beast atop the food chain—cold, vicious, and reeking of provocation.
The Shadow Element and the Summoning Element... were also beginning to roar and howl, preparing to sweep into this relentless tidal wave of breakthroughs with no signs of stopping!
Lin Feng’s eyes widened, a genuine storm of shock rising in his heart. Breaking through four elements was already a heaven-shaking miracle, but given the current situation, his body and Spiritual Sea still refused to halt. Two more elements were attempting to borrow the momentum of this tempest to shatter their shackles, plunging him into an even madder and more terrifying realm!