Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin: Volume 10: Chapter 11 (373): [World-level Hunyuan Lifeform 'Tianlang Ke']

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Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin
Volume 10: [Breaking Through with Force]
Chapter (373): [World-level Hunyuan Lifeform 'Tianlang Ke']
(11th of Volume 10)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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By a dark lake in the Land of Origin, the seven Lords sat cross-legged on the ground, exchanging some information.

"Thirteen Hunyuan Ancestors, led by Hunyuan Ancestor Yanhuo, suddenly launched an attack, restraining Wu Lan and injuring Jin, Minghuang, and Mo Man!" Lord Naigu said.

"Fortunately, Yuan's formations stabilized the situation, or else the seven of us would have been forced to flee!"

"Without your threat, those Hunyuan Ancestors have grown even more unscrupulous!"

"That was indeed a dangerous situation!" Lord Wu Lan nodded.

Although his physical body was formidable, the Hunyuan Ancestors also wielded various supreme-level powers that were extremely troublesome to deal with.

Earlier, Hunyuan Ancestor Yanhuo exploded with Hunyuan energy. As one of the top-ranked Hunyuan Ancestors among the innate Hunyuan lifeform faction, his reputation was vast, and his strength was also overwhelming.

In the Eternal Land, he also held a seat- an undying, indestructible existence.

He is also an absolute hardliner in the innate Hunyuan life faction.

Just moments ago, he instantly devoured Lord Wu Lan's massive combat clone.

Though Lord Wu Lan tore free from Hunyuan Ancestor Yanhuo's body in just a breath's time, it has already created an opening in their formation!

Even when torn apart, Hunyuan Ancestor Yanhuo's endless flames gathered, and he recovered instantly!

At that moment, twelve other Hunyuan Ancestors also exploded with Hunyuan energy alongside dozens more, severely wounding Lord Jin, Lord Ming Huang, and Lord Mo Man in an instant.

If it were not for the aid of the other lords, their combat clones might have been already annihilated!

In one-on-one battles, none of the Lords feared any opponent.

But when besieged, even their combat clones could be shattered. And a delaying strategy required some sacrifices.

Lord Xing Mang said, "I must divert some of my strength to hunt down the armies of the innate Hunyuan lifeform faction, instilling fear in the world-level Hunyuan beings and drastically slowing their conquest of origin worlds. As for dealing with the Hunyuan Ancestor-level threats, based on my observations of the future, if we follow Yuan's lead, we can still hold on."

"We can hold on once, or twice... but can we do it ten or a hundred times?"

"I know the future is uncertain!" Lord Naigu shook his head lightly.

"We can't blindly trust foresight."

"You're right," Lord Xing Mang agreed.

"Naigu!" Lord Jin frowned and rebuked him.

"Your vitality surpasses even many Hunyuan Ancestors. If even none of us are afraid- so what are you afraid of?"

"It's not fear, but concern that our delaying strategy might fail. If the seven of us collapse, those Hunyuan Ancestors will freely ravage the Po-Xun World Cluster... and the Bozui World Cluster may fall even faster!" Lord Naigu argued.

"Xing Mang, allocate ninety percent of your combat clone's strength and use the remaining ten percent to hunt those world-level Hunyuan beings. They're already terrified of you- few should dare to attack origin worlds recklessly now. Ten percent should be enough to deter them."

"I agree with Naigu," Lord Mo Man nodded.

Lord Xing Mang smiled.

"My combat clone has already recovered to ninety percent."

Lord Naigu was startled.

Lord Jin, Minghuang, Mo Man, Yuan, and Wu Lan all looked surprised.

"You held back even in such a dangerous moment?" Lord Wu Lan asked.

"It only seemed dangerous," Lord Xing Mang replied with a faint smile.

"I was waiting for an opportunity- a chance to make them regret their actions."

"After all these schemes... let's not end up as the ones who fall," Lord Naigu muttered.

Under the combined attack of multiple Hunyuan Ancestors, the pressure on the Lords was immense.

"Believe in Xing Mang," Yuan said.

"Xing Mang, when you occasionally glimpse the future... how long is it estimated until Luo Feng's breaks free from the cage?" Lord Minghuang inquired.

The other five Lords also turned their gazes to Lord Xing Mang.

"Luo Feng has already touched upon the mysteries of supreme-level power through his study of the Hunyuan bloodlines," Lord Xing Mang said with a smile.

"He is now attempting to create a Dao at the Hunyuan level. In just a few dozen epochs, the second Dao he conceived has already reached the level of near-Dao stage."

"Level of near-Dao? So quickly?"

"When I became a Origin World Sovereign, it took me three trillion epochs to reach near-Dao stage," Lord Jin said.

"After sensing the allure of the supreme-level power of destruction, it still took me five thousand epochs to fully grasp the Hunyuan Destruction Dao."

"Once the near-Dao stage is achieved, enlightenment is all but certain. Luo Feng has only been cultivating for 1.5 billion epochs since he was brought here. To reach near-Dao stage so swiftly... even if it takes him tens of billions, or at most hundreds of billions, of epochs, he will undoubtedly attain the enlightenment in his Dao."

The Lords were filled with anticipation.

Based on the practitioner faction's experience, once one could sense the allure of supreme-level power, it meant they were very close. The rest was merely a matter of time- slow accumulation and gradual refinement would eventually lead to mastery.

Since it is already within reach, with their talent, spending some time will inevitably lead them to success.

"His current cave residence operates at a time acceleration of over a hundred million times. Thus, it's estimated that in just about a hundred epochs, a new Lord will be born!" Xing Mang smiled faintly.

"Once that happens, the situation will change!"

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

After all, with eight Lords working together, their collective strength would increase by at least twenty to thirty percent compared to seven lords!

"He is cultivating the Hunyuan Dao of Life and Death. This path will greatly benefit our entire practitioner faction!" Yuan said with a laugh.

The other six Lords also looked forward to it with anticipation.

In the Infinite Hunyuan Space, there were many who had mastered supreme-level powers.

Beyond the innate Hunyuan life faction and the practitioner faction, there were other factions as well.

The Lords had encountered beings skilled in the dao of life and had long yearned for such a companion.

Luo Feng was precisely that companion.

In a quiet chamber of an ordinary cave residence within the Land of Origin...

"I've finally succeeded!" Tianlang Ke had refined the world-level Hunyuan bloodline.

After having comprehended seventy percent of it and integrated it into his body, his entire life form underwent evolution in moments.

Countless white hairs sprouted across his body as he transformed into a colossal beast.

Tianlang Ke's cave residence was that of a high-level Hunyuan lifeform, and the chamber's spatial dimensions were relatively small. The massive beast instantly filled the entire space of the quiet room.

Slightly displeased, Tianlang Ke reverted to his human form.

"So what if he's a fusion-path practitioner? In the end, I've still become a world-level Hunyuan lifeform first!" Tianlang Ke grinned.

Luo Feng's emergence had placed considerable pressure on him.

After all, fusion-path practitioners advanced to world-level Hunyuan lifeform stage with relative ease. If Luo Feng became a world-level Hunyuan lifeform first, then the Dark World Cluster might have fall under his control.

The Dark World Cluster was, in a sense, their shared homeland. If a single world cluster produced two world-level Hunyuan beings, the one who broke through first would naturally take charge- this was an unspoken rule.

Tianlang Ke had always hoped to rule over his homeland.

Thus, when Luo Feng first arrived in the Land of Origin, Tianlang Ke had immediately exchanged for an auxiliary treasure and pushed forward relentlessly until today, when he finally succeeded.

"The Dark World Cluster will ultimately be under my rule!" Tianlang Ke was in excellent spirits.

If Luo Feng had been faster, Tianlang Ke- still stuck at the high-level Hunyuan lifeform stage- would have been relegated to Luo Feng's subordinate and forced to pay his respects.

Now, that was unnecessary.

"Becoming a world-level Hunyuan lifeform changes everything!" Tianlang Ke stepped out of his quiet chamber, awaiting the summons of the Lords.

Yet, after a long while...

"What's going on?" Tianlang Ke was puzzled.

"I've become a world-level Hunyuan lifeform- why haven't the Lords summoned me yet?"

According to the practitioner faction's customs, the birth of a world-level Hunyuan lifeform was a significant event.

The Lord overseeing their territory would personally summon them, assign them a position, and grant them authority over a world cluster.

But despite his breakthrough, Tianlang Ke received no summons.

"Right now, it's wartime. The Lords might be locked in life-and-death battles with the Hunyuan Ancestors and have no time to spare for me," Tianlang Ke speculated.

"I'll go visit the other world-level Hunyuan beings in the central Land first."

Now that he was a world-level Hunyuan lifeform, his peers were of the same level. He wasn't worried about lacking resources. As long as he had truly surpassed Luo Feng, the Dark World Cluster would undoubtedly be his to rule.

"That little fellow Tianlang Ke has also become a world-level Hunyuan lifeform?" Yuan, of course, was aware of this.

The practitioner faction's territory was divided into seven domains, with Yuan overseeing one of them. The Dark World Cluster fell within his jurisdiction, so Tianlang Ke's advancement should have been his responsibility.

"No need to rush," Yuan thought.

"Once Luo Feng becomes a Lord, his territory will be redivided, and the Dark World Cluster will become his absolute domain."

This was a rule established by the Lords.

A Lord's homeland world cluster was their absolute territory- no other Lord could interfere in its governance.

The remaining world clusters were managed according to the practitioner faction's regulations, which were collectively decided by the seven Lords.

With the birth of a new Lord, territories would be reassigned- only the homeland world cluster would remain unchanged.

In the eyes of the seven Lords, the Dark World Cluster had already been tacitly recognized as Luo Feng's absolute domain.

Atop the mountain peak of Hunyuan Island, within Luo Feng's quiet chamber...

"So far, I have attempted to create the Hunyuan-level Dao of Life and Death 38,291,022 times. Over 93% of these attempts have allowed me to sense the allure of supreme-level power- so close, yet just out of reach."

Over ten billion epochs had passed since Luo Feng first attempted to create this Dao.

This long stretch of time had been an agonizing ordeal, for each failure after coming so close was its own form of torment.

He had tried every conceivable approach- building upon the Semi-Hunyuan Dao of Life and Death, using it as a core to construct an origin system, even centering it around a spiritual will consciousness system... Every possible method had been tested across this vast span of time. Now, Luo Feng had no idea what else to try.

"I have exhausted every possibility," Luo Feng muttered, sitting motionless.

Behind him stood fifteen clones. Though each bore slight differences in appearance, their auras were equally terrifying- all of them had touched the threshold of world-level Hunyuan lifeforms.

These fifteen clones were the most perfect results of Luo Feng's over thirty million attempts. Luo Feng himself cannot find any flaws in these fifteen clones!

Yet, none had succeeded in grasping the Dao.

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