Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent

Chapter 366 : Breaking All Techniques with Strength – The Lords

“Being able to comprehend a High-Rank Primordial Bloodline and achieve a breakthrough—his talent was indeed quite high,” Luo Feng praised.“Perhaps precisely because his talent was high, he was somewhat arrogant,” the thin old man said with a smile.

A woman in golden robes beside them said, “That Heavenly Wolf Guest usually looked down on us and rarely interacted with us! It would’ve been fine if he only looked down on us, but this time, all of us High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms of the Dark World Cluster came together to pay respects to Brother Luo Feng, and he alone didn’t come! That was going too far!”

“We didn’t just send one message—we tried persuading him multiple times,” the other High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms also expressed their dissatisfaction.

“There’s no need to force it.”

Luo Feng glanced around and said with a smile, “Everyone, don’t just stand—please take your seats.”

Naturally, Luo Feng didn’t care about such a trivial matter regarding Heavenly Wolf Guest. To him, his own cultivation was what truly mattered. The attitude of a somewhat talented High-Rank Primordial Lifeform was merely a minor embellishment in his cultivation life.

However, Luo Feng could also see that Heavenly Wolf Guest had an arrogant temperament and poor relationships with the tens of thousands of High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms from the same homeland. At the very least, he was not suited to managing affairs of a region.

“Brother Luo Feng, please.”

Teng and several others gathered around him. Only after Luo Feng took his seat did the more than ten thousand High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms sit down one by one. Everyone gradually relaxed, drinking wine and chatting freely.

Those who truly accompanied Luo Feng in conversation were Teng and the few strongest among them.

“What do you High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms usually do?” Luo Feng asked.

“We do everything,” Teng explained with a smile. “All kinds of miscellaneous affairs of the cultivator faction within the Infinite Source Space ultimately require us High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms to handle.”

The golden-robed woman, who had three purple scales on her forehead, said with a smile, “Guarding various Sacred Realms, nurturing the lives of billions of worlds, patrol missions in the Infinite Source Space, long-term vigilance tasks, exploring for treasures, mining and excavation tasks… almost all tasks are handled by us High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms.”

“When we’re too busy, we dispatch avatars to supervise those submissive High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms to carry out the work,” the gray-robed man added.

Luo Feng understood.

In the cultivator faction, only over eighty million High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms had been cultivated. However, the number of submissive High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms exceeded fifty billion! Even though their Life Cores had been refined, they still needed ‘overseers’ to monitor them.

The High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms on the cultivator side were essentially supervisors one by one.

“The territory ruled by our cultivator faction is simply too vast,” Teng said. “Without relying on those naturally born Primordial Lifeforms, we wouldn’t be able to manage it.”

“It’s indeed not easy,” Luo Feng nodded.

The seven Lords stood high above—it was impossible for them to handle trivial affairs.

What the Lords were responsible for was the safety of the entire cultivator faction and resisting external invasions.

The 237 World-level Primordial Lifeforms could not personally handle everything either.

As for cultivators who had not escaped the Prison Cage, they could not even enter the Infinite Source Space. The ones who truly handled affairs were primarily the more than eighty million High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms and over fifty billion submissive ones.

“The group of High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms in our Dark World Cluster isn’t valued,” Teng said helplessly. “Among us, the most promising—Heavenly Wolf Guest—acts alone and ignores us. Our situation isn’t good either; we can only handle dirty and exhausting work.”

Luo Feng listened and nodded, then asked, “What is the overall strength of the High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms in our Dark World Cluster?”

“Excavating the potential of bloodlines is difficult, and progress is slow,” Teng said. “Most are at the early or mid stages of High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms. Very few reach the late stage.”

“As for reaching the ‘complete’ stage of High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, aside from Heavenly Wolf Guest, only the three of us have done so,” Teng said, looking at the two companions beside him.

“Fellow Daoist Teng is slightly stronger than us,” the golden-robed woman said. “Back then, he refined a World-level Primordial Bloodline. Now that he has reached the complete stage of High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, he has hope of impacting the World-level Primordial Lifeform realm. As for Wu Yan and me, we excavated our High-Rank Primordial Bloodlines to reach completion, then incorporated new World-level Primordial Bloodlines. With two bloodline wills within our bodies and Memory Contamination… it’s unlikely for us to reach the World-level Primordial Lifeform stage.”

“My chances are also very slim,” Teng shook his head. “Only Heavenly Wolf Guest stands a real chance! He comprehended his bloodline, so he reached the complete stage in a short time. Among those who comprehend bloodlines, roughly one out of several dozen can become a World-level Primordial Lifeform.”

Luo Feng nodded.

Among the 237 World-level Primordial Lifeforms, based on his understanding, nearly a hundred had cultivated their way up from High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms.

“By the way, how much do you know about the Lords?” Luo Feng asked.

Teng, the golden-robed woman, and the gray-robed man were slightly startled.

The Lords?

They didn’t dare speak too freely about such lofty existences.

“We all serve under Lord Yuan,” Teng said with a smile. “Lord Yuan is quite tolerant toward us. Lord Starlight and Lord Wulan are similarly tolerant toward their subordinates. As for the other Lords, each has their own requirements for those under them.”

Luo Feng understood.

Yuan, Starlight, and Wulan were relatively lenient in management.

The remaining four were likely much stricter.

“The other four Lords all have different temperaments as well. Among them, Lord Minghuang is the most benevolent,” the golden-robed woman added before saying no more.

After spending long periods in the Origin Land, High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms would exchange information and naturally come to understand the styles of the seven Lords. However, no one dared speak ill of them—after all, even a single word would create karma, and the Lords would know.

It was just that the Lords usually didn’t bother with such matters.

To these High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, the seven Lords were omniscient and possessed boundless power, protecting the entire cultivator faction.

Though the Lords had differing personalities and occasionally had conflicts among themselves, it was not for High-Rank or World-level Primordial Lifeforms to question them.

Luo Feng listened.

Yuan, Starlight, and Wulan were tolerant.

Lord Minghuang was benevolent.

What about the remaining three, including Lord Jin?

“Lord Starlight is the only one who achieved Breaking All Techniques with Strength,” Luo Feng asked. “Do you know how long it took him?”

“Before Lord Starlight escaped the Prison Cage, I was already a High-Rank Primordial Lifeform,” Teng said with a smile. “So I know the exact timeline. Back then, Lord Starlight was at the Invincible level and was also a Fusion Path cultivator. He was guided to Primordial Island and lived in the cave dwelling at the peak of that mountain.”

Luo Feng nodded.

“He stayed there for a very, very long time—twelve trillion epochs before he finally broke through. He should be the Fusion Path cultivator who resided the longest on Primordial Island in history,” Teng said.

“Twelve trillion epochs?” Luo Feng was astonished.

This was only the externally perceived time. If Lord Starlight had used time acceleration within the cave dwelling’s quiet chamber, the actual time spent would have been even longer.

The current cave dwellings could maintain a permanent millionfold time acceleration, arranged by Lord Starlight himself! Before escaping the Prison Cage, his time acceleration capabilities were likely far inferior to what they were now.

“Yes. During his stay, another Fusion Path cultivator also appeared. At that time, a second mountain rose on Primordial Island, and a second cave dwelling was constructed,” Teng said.

From the time spent, Luo Feng could clearly see how difficult it was to achieve Breaking All Techniques with Strength.

For a lifeform that had not yet escaped the Prison Cage, comprehending the Primordial Space-Time Path was extremely difficult and required immense time.

“What else do you know about Lord Starlight’s Breaking All Techniques with Strength?” Luo Feng asked. Having lived long in the Origin Land, they should know various rumors.

“I’ve heard that before escaping the Prison Cage, Lord Starlight already had a method to reincarnate into other Source Worlds,” the golden-robed woman said. “Although he appeared to reside in the cave dwelling on Primordial Island for twelve trillion epochs, most of that time was likely spent reincarnating across different Source Worlds.”

“I’ve also heard that Lord Starlight once applied for a World-level Primordial Lifeform servant—a submissive one,” the gray-robed man said. “The news only became known after his breakthrough. That servant—a naturally born World-level Primordial Lifeform that had submitted—is now heavily relied upon by Lord Starlight.”

“That servant is the World-level Primordial ‘Kaya Tu’,” Teng nodded. “I know of this as well—Kaya Tu is highly valued by Lord Starlight.”

“Why did Lord Starlight apply for a World-level Primordial Lifeform servant back then?” Luo Feng asked.

Such servants were all captured and then subdued. However, the cost of applying for one was still extremely high—requiring five million Reward Points.

Even Fusion Path cultivators would hesitate before making such an exchange.

“I’ve heard it was to venture into the Infinite Source Space.”

“Before escaping the Prison Cage, Lord Starlight was extremely curious about the Infinite Source Space. It’s said he explored many special and mysterious places. Weaker servants weren’t capable of going there, so he specifically chose a World-level Primordial Lifeform servant.”

“Kaya Tu is also proficient in space-time.”

Teng and the others spoke.

These matters had once been secrets. Only after Lord Starlight achieved Breaking All Techniques with Strength were they gradually revealed.

From these traces, Luo Feng could infer some of the methods Lord Starlight used.

“By himself, he could reincarnate multiple times into Source Worlds? And he sent avatars along with the World-level Primordial servant ‘Kaya Tu’ to explore and cultivate long-term in the Infinite Source Space?” Luo Feng thought.

“And in total, he spent about twelve trillion epochs before finally achieving Breaking All Techniques with Strength.”

Luo Feng reached a conclusion in his heart.

Some of this information wasn’t recorded in the official materials of the Origin Land. But these High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, having lived here long, had heard many such accounts.

……

After drinking and chatting with them for a long time, Luo Feng finally gained a true understanding of the cultivator faction.

He now had a clear grasp of how the entire faction operated, the conflicts between the cultivator faction and the naturally born Primordial Lifeform faction, past wars, and even a clearer understanding of the personalities of the seven Lords.

Luo Feng returned to his cave dwelling at the peak of Primordial Island.

“Even Lord Starlight spent twelve trillion epochs to achieve Breaking All Techniques with Strength. If I want to achieve it, I must first have enough patience—I cannot rush,” Luo Feng now had far more mental preparation.

He was ready for long-term cultivation.

“My foundation must be solid enough.”

Sitting cross-legged in the quiet chamber, Luo Feng thought, “Among more than 800 million types of Low-Rank Primordial Bloodlines—those of the life category, destruction category, and those combining both life and death—there are over 56.03 million types.”

“I’ll start from the beginning. For these 56.03 million Low-Rank Primordial Bloodlines and their corpse materials, I will carry out ‘secret pattern completion’ for each and thoroughly study them all.”

Luo Feng did not rush to create a Primordial-level Path of Life and Death. Instead, he began by studying the weakest Low-Rank Primordial Bloodlines.

Thus began his first closed-door cultivation in the Origin Land.