Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent

Chapter 363 : Seven Lords

At the Origin Land, atop the high mountain of Primordial Island.“You are currently most troubled by how to escape the Prison Cage, aren’t you?” Yuan sat down. With a wave of his hand, fine wine appeared on the table—one jug before him, and one before Luo Feng.

Glug glug glug~~~

Yuan drank casually for a while, then glanced at Luo Feng. “Drink with me. We’ll talk while drinking.”

“Yes.” Only then did Luo Feng pick up the wine jug. After taking a sip, he said, “Senior Yuan, please guide me. How should I escape the Prison Cage?”

“You are a Fusion Path cultivator with extraordinary talent. For you, a compatible High-Rank Primordial Lifeform Bloodline can be comprehended to over seventy percent with ease,” Yuan said.

Luo Feng nodded.

“The path ahead of you splits into two.”

“First, become a World-level Primordial Lifeform, and then cultivate further to become a Lord.”

“Second, directly comprehend a Primordial-level Path—break all techniques with power, and directly become a Lord.” As the very first Lord of the cultivator faction, Yuan had long been exploring cultivation paths and was naturally deeply familiar with them.

Luo Feng listened carefully. This concerned his future.

“To become a World-level Primordial Lifeform, there are two methods. The first is to rely on a World-level Primordial Bloodline. After breaking through, your thinking speed will be billions upon billions of times faster than it is now, and your comprehension will undergo a transformation. With such comprehension and thinking speed, you would then have a sliver of hope to comprehend a ‘Primordial-level Path.’”

Yuan gently shook his head. “The only flaw is that the Primordial Bloodline will introduce a ‘bloodline will’ into your body, and your understanding of the bloodline will also contaminate your memories.”

“Will contamination and bloodline contamination are the defects of this path.”

“Among the current seven Lords, only one—Lord ‘Naigu’—walked this path,” Yuan said as he looked at Luo Feng. “What he comprehended is the ‘Primordial Bloodline Path.’ He completely mastered the essence of the bloodline path, even integrating multiple Primordial Ancestor bloodlines into himself.”

Luo Feng was inwardly shocked.

Integrating multiple Primordial Ancestor bloodlines into oneself? Mastering the essence of the bloodline path? How powerful must such a being be?

No wonder it was said that every Lord wielded the highest level of power within the Infinite Primordial Space!

Just seven Lords had been able to contend with the entire camp of Innate Primordial Lifeforms to this very day!

“The second method to become a World-level Primordial Lifeform is to first refine your home Source World and become its master. This path has no will contamination and no memory contamination. It can be considered the most straightforward path. Among the seven Lords, five followed this path. I myself also walked this path.”

Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.

Five out of seven Lords?

“How does one refine their home Source World?” Luo Feng asked.

“The method has long spread across various world clusters,” Yuan replied. “First, you must master more than half of the Origin Paths of the Source World—at minimum reaching the Second Stage Divine King. Second, you must spread faith and completely influence all living beings through it. The path of faith… is extraordinarily difficult.”

Yuan looked at Luo Feng. “Your talent and potential in illusions are quite average. You are not suited for the path of faith.”

“You are proficient in too few Paths. The route of refining your home Source World does not suit you.”

Yuan spoke with certainty.

Luo Feng nodded in acknowledgment.

To comprehend at least five Paths aligned with the Source World’s origin? Luo Feng saw no hope.

Illusions? In the Dark Sacred Realm, he probably wouldn’t even rank in the top thousand—how could he qualify to explore the path of faith?

“Lastly, there is breaking all techniques with power!” Yuan looked at Luo Feng. “As a Half-Primordial Lifeform, directly comprehend a Primordial-level Path! Grasp the highest level of power in the entire Infinite Primordial Space and become a Lord.”

“Before Lord ‘Xingmang,’ none of us believed that a Half-Primordial Lifeform could comprehend a Primordial-level Path.”

“But Lord Xingmang accomplished it.”

Yuan looked at Luo Feng. “Xingmang comprehended the ‘Primordial Space-Time Path’! As a Half-Primordial, he broke through with power to become a Lord. After becoming a Lord, his thinking speed and comprehension became even higher, further increasing his strength.”

“In terms of strength and threat to the Innate Primordial Lifeform camp, Xingmang ranks first among the seven Lords,” Yuan said. “His contribution to the cultivator faction—I believe it already surpasses mine.”

Luo Feng had heard of this before.

Yuan, as the first Lord, had shown kindness to countless cultivators. His contribution to the entire cultivator faction should have been the greatest.

Yet Yuan now claimed Xingmang’s contribution was greater.

Luo Feng felt… this was probably Yuan being modest! But it also proved Xingmang’s strength.

“You’ll understand in the future,” Yuan said, not elaborating further.

“Refining the Source World does not suit you,” Yuan looked at Luo Feng. “So before you, there are only two paths. One is to rely on a World-level Primordial Bloodline. The other is to break all techniques with power. The latter… is extremely difficult!”

“You must know that even among Source World Masters, those who can comprehend a Primordial-level Path are exceedingly rare,” Yuan said while looking at Luo Feng. “Most remain trapped at the level of Source World Master.”

Luo Feng nodded.

He understood.

Most Source World Masters could not achieve it.

For a Half-Primordial Lifeform to comprehend a Primordial-level Path? That was truly inconceivable!

“If you choose to rely on a World-level Primordial Bloodline, I advise you to first study it carefully and comprehend over seventy percent before refining it,” Yuan said. “That way, your control over the bloodline will be greater, and both will contamination and memory contamination will be reduced.”

Luo Feng nodded. “I understand.”

“I’ve said what needed to be said. Which path you take is up to you.” Yuan pointed toward a small building in the distance. “I’ve also prepared a gift for you. Study it well.”

“Yes,” Luo Feng responded.

Yuan nodded and vanished into thin air.

He was indeed very busy!

If it were an ordinary invincible-level cultivator, Yuan wouldn’t have said this much.

“A gift?”

Luo Feng immediately walked toward the small building in the distance. Inside, there was only a single silver bracelet.

Upon touching it, Luo Feng refined it in a single thought.

“Buzz.”

After refining the silver bracelet, Luo Feng immediately sensed its functions.

The bracelet contained a storage space with various resources.

At the same time, it also recorded his “Reward Points.”

“Ordinary resources in the Origin Land are free. Precious resources require Reward Points for exchange.” Luo Feng sensed it briefly and was somewhat surprised. “Even Reward Points from the Infinite Space can be used here?”

The Origin Land possessed nearly all treasures of the cultivator faction! Its treasury was vastly greater than the Infinite Space Treasury by countless times.

Even High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms and World-level Primordial Lifeforms exchanged items here.

“My Reward Points are just over 10.21 million?” Luo Feng checked.

200,000 Reward Points came from the reward for his mental will escaping the Prison Cage.

A little over 10,000 were leftover from the Infinite Space.

10 million Reward Points were granted to him as a Half-Primordial Fusion Path cultivator. The cultivator faction regarded this level as one capable of reaching ‘World-level Primordial,’ so the reward was naturally high.

“This bracelet also functions as a communication device!”

“87,342,513 High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, 237 World-level Primordial Lifeforms, and 7 Lords—all have contact information?”

Only after familiarizing himself with the communication functions did Luo Feng understand.

The Infinite Primordial Space was incomparably vast. Traveling from one place to another—even for a Lord—could take an extremely long time. Communication across such vast distances was very difficult.

This bracelet allowed communication because all cultivators who had escaped the Prison Cage had avatars stationed in the Origin Land, making contact easy.

“Seven Lords.”

From the contact list, Luo Feng finally learned the names of the seven Lords.

Of course, without special reason, cultivators in the Origin Land would not dare to contact the seven Lords directly! The seven Lords were currently engaged in a war that would determine the fate of the cultivator faction—no one would dare disturb them lightly.

“This cave dwelling of mine actually has so many functions.” After refining the bracelet, Luo Feng quickly learned the functions of his cave dwelling.

This cave dwelling was specially prepared for successive generations of Half-Primordial Fusion Path cultivators.

“For a Half-Primordial Lifeform, thinking speed is too slow. Even to comprehend a ‘World-level Primordial Bloodline,’ it usually takes an extremely long time. So the cultivation chamber can accelerate time?” Luo Feng sensed it briefly.

Long-term time acceleration for a Half-Primordial Lifeform had a relatively low cost. The time-acceleration formation in this cultivation chamber was personally set up by Lord Xingmang and could maintain up to a millionfold acceleration.

While one era passed outside, a million eras could pass inside!

“The entire cave dwelling has an infinite energy supply and constantly nourishes the body and soul. My current thinking speed is about a thousand times what it was in the Dark Sacred Realm, and my soul feels no discomfort at all.” Luo Feng sensed the benefits here.

“My cave dwelling has the authority to observe the complete structure of any Primordial Bloodline possessed by the cultivator faction? It can also observe any material?”

“This is even more powerful than the Eye of Life and Death and the Book of Wisdom combined.”

Luo Feng immediately understood why some exchange users would return the Book of Wisdom—they could reclaim Reward Points by doing so! Moreover, the Origin Land’s ability to observe all things far surpassed both the Eye of Life and Death and the Book of Wisdom.

“This cave dwelling is invaluable.” Luo Feng felt excited.

Cultivation assistance, time acceleration, observation of all things, life-and-death tempering… these were all just the free benefits.

As for precious resources, Luo Feng could exchange them with Reward Points.

The cultivator faction provided immense resources to every Half-Primordial Fusion Path cultivator. After all, even the minimum outcome of this path—World-level Primordial—had once produced a Lord.

“Among the seven Lords, one followed the bloodline path, one broke through with power, and five became Source World Masters before becoming Lords.”

“Before me, there are only the first two paths.”

“Lord Naigu succeeded because he walked the ‘Primordial Bloodline Path.’ Bloodline itself was the foundation of his cultivation. Among others who walked the bloodline path, none became Lords.”

Luo Feng pondered. He faintly felt that the bloodline path had major issues. After all, historically, nearly all Fusion Path cultivators had taken this route—yet only Naigu succeeded.

“No matter what…”

“I’ll first attempt to break all techniques with power!”

There was longing in Luo Feng’s eyes. Anyone confident in themselves would first attempt to comprehend a ‘Primordial-level Path.’ Only after complete despair would they choose the bloodline path.

(End of Volume Seven)

Tomorrow there will be a break for preparation. The day after tomorrow, updates will begin for Volume Eight: “Breaking All Techniques with Power.”

To keep everyone from running out of reading material, two recently recommended books: “Sword Rises from the Great Tang” and “Duke Supervisor.”