Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin: Volume 10: Chapter 9 (371): [Space-time Web]

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Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin
Volume 10: [Breaking Through with Force]
Chapter (371): [Space-time Web]
(9th of Volume 10)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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At this moment, seventy-one Hunyuan Ancestors from the innate Hunyuan Lifeform faction and seven Lords from the practitioners' faction are engaged in a terrifying battle within the Po-Xun World Cluster!

Yet, at this very instant, the main combat clone of Lord Xingmang, one of the seven Lords, had quietly reduced its energy reserves to just seventy percent.

Every Lord has a limit to the energy reserves they could command, dictated by their respective paths!

If too much energy reserves is allocated to one clone, the remaining energy reserves for other clones would be minimal.

In life-or-death battles, a main combat clone typically commanded up to ninety percent of the energy reserves.

But now, Lord Xingmang's main combat clone only held seventy percent, naturally weakening his combat strength.

However, given his mastery over space-time, even if he could not kill them, he could still delay the enemy with the support of his allies.

"Hahaha! The origin source of this Origin world is mine!"

A massive World-level Hunyuan Lifeform arrived beside a origin world, its power silently penetrated into the origin world.

A origin world without an owner operated purely by its own laws- such origin worlds could not even stop a God Emperor sneaking in, let alone resist the infiltration of a World-level Hunyuan Lifeform's power!

"What is this?"

The inhabitants of this origin world couldn't see the colossal creature outside their world, but the invading World-level Hunyuan Lifeform's power loomed over them like dark clouds, instantly enveloping the entire origin world. Where the clouds spread, it brought destruction!

BOOM!!

In an instant- all life, all lands, rivers, mountains, and even space-time itself- was utterly annihilated.

The terrifying force further penetrated into the origin core of the Origin World, and began to absorb the origin source.

The origin source of a origin world was unimaginably vast!

To this World-level Hunyuan Lifeform, the origin source was like an ocean. Though it was a massive predator, draining an entire ocean would still take an excruciatingly long time!

"It will take me roughly 120 epochs to fully absorb this origin world's origin source."

Based on its absorption speed and the experiences of other World-level Hunyuan beings in its faction, it made a rough estimate.

It only takes a thought to Annihilate all lving beings.

But draining the origin source would take 120 epochs!

And this wasn't just for it- even a Hunyuan Ancestor would need considerable time to fully consume a origin world.

BUZZ!

A phantom descended, swiftly materializing into a black-robed youth- it was an clone of Lord Xingmang!

"No!!"

The World-level Hunyuan Lifeform, still absorbing the origin source of the Origin World, was instantly paralyzed with terror upon seeing the black-robed youth.

Despair and Fear.

This black-robed youth is seen as the most terrifying Lord within the entire innate Hunyuan Lifeform faction.

Lord Xingmang.

He comes without a trace and lefts without a shadow. Once he set his sights on you, survival is impossible!

Among all innate Hunyuan Lifeforms, he is the most feared.

The black-robed youth took a single glance and confirmed that all life in this origin world had been extinguished. Without wasting words, with a mere thought-

Space-time shattered like glass.

The World-level Hunyuan Lifeform's body fragmented along with space-time, its life core splitting apart, and it died on the spot.

With a wave of his hand, the black-robed youth collected the corpse.

At this moment, thousands of Lord Xingmang's thoughts descended across countless points in space-time!

Each wisp of thought rapidly absorbed energy from multiple layers of space-time, forming a powerful clone capable of swiftly annihilating one World-level Hunyuan Lifeform after another.

Rage burnt in his heart- he didn't even bother wasting time capturing them, and just killed as quickly as possible!

The Lords possessed the ability to project their thoughts across infinite distances, but these thoughts were inherently weak.

Even after absorbing a trace of Hunyuan energy, they could only overpower some High-level Hunyuan Lifeform.

But to easily slay a Perfection-stage World-level Hunyuan Lifeform, a clone needed roughly one ten-thousandth of a Lord's total energy reserves.

For a remotely projected thought to gather enough Hunyuan energy to reach that threshold, even Lords like Lord Jin or Lord Naigu would need roughly an Earth day- far too slow.

Lord Xingmang is an exception.

Long ago, he had laid a Space-time Web across the practitioners' territory- spanning 3,600 world clusters.

Through this web, practitioners could easily teleport to any location.

And Lord Xingmang could also use this web to rapidly absorb space-time energy.

Though the Po-Xun World Cluster was under attack and the Space-time Web there had been destroyed immediately-

Lord Xingmang didn't just draw energy from the present.

He could also absorb energy from multiple past space-time layers- where many intact timelines still had the complete Space-time Web spanning all 3,600 world clusters!

By absorbing power from these multiple space-time layers, he could instantly gather enough energy in nearby regions to elevate his clones beyond the one ten-thousandth threshold!

Of course, further increases required drawing from more distant layers, and the difficulty also rose sharply.

Thanks to the Space-time Web and his ability to absorb energy from multiple space-time layers, Lord Xingmang could instantly exceed the one ten-thousandth energy reserve, making him the most effective among the seven Lords in defending their territory!

Though his defensive capabilities were limited to the 3,600 world clusters and only applied to targets below the Hunyuan Ancestor level, and even Lord Yuan acknowledged that...

Lord Xingmang's contributions are the greatest among all Lords.

Before Lord Xingmang's rise, there had only been five Lords, and the practitioners' territory spanned a mere 800 world clusters.

Even then, those 800 clusters were often engulfed in flames of war.

BUZZ!

BUZZ!

Across the Po-Xun World Cluster, the black-robed youth appeared in region after region.

When encountering High-level Hunyuan Lifeform, he simply captured them all with a wave of his hand- since for a clone with one ten-thousandth energy reserves, killing and capturing took the same effort.

But for World-level Hunyuan Lifeform- killing them was the priority. After all, capturing them would take more time.

At this moment, the seventy-one Hunyuan Ancestors also received the news and were furious!

"How audacious! To divert power to attack our lesser kin while still fighting us!"

"Lord Xingmang has diverted part of his power- his combat strength will drop significantly. Everyone, give it your all and crush them!"

Facing the seven Lords of the practitioners, the seventy-one Hunyuan Ancestors remained highly vigilant... fearing that one or two of them might be counter-killed.

After all, even with their collective attack, they had already lost two Hunyuan Ancestors in this war.

Now, Lord Xingmang, the most threatening of the practitioners' Lords, had dared to split his power, reducing his threat level to that of an ordinary Lord.

Naturally, the Hunyuan Ancestors felt a weight lift off their shoulders- and now, they fought with even greater ferocity!

"Kill! Annihilate them completely!"

The seventy Hunyuan Ancestors intensified their attacks, but the seven Lords focused solely on defense.

Lord Yuan's vast formation perfectly coordinated their efforts, allowing them to hold their ground against the Hunyuan Ancestors' siege.

"In just a few moments, I've slain over 3,500 World-level Hunyuan Lifeform and countless High-level Hunyuan lifeforms." Lord Xingmang informed his companions.

The mid-to-lower ranked members of the innate Hunyuan Lifeform faction were already panicking, and the speed of the attacks had begun to slow down!

Who wouldn't be terrified of such slaughter?

Fear and hesitation took hold.

Many resorted to sending only weaker clones.

What should have taken a thousand epochs to conquer a single world cluster would now take a hundred times longer under Lord Xingmang's threat.

But the key was- they had to hold the line!

Even with Lord Yuan's formation aiding them, the seven Lords were under immense pressure.

After all, Lord Xingmang is the strongest in terms of individual strength.

His weakened state had indeed a significant impact on their combined strength.

"All we need to do is hold out!"

Among them, one Lord- whose colossal body was nearly the size of an origin world- shielded the others.

As a master of Hunyuan Material Dao, his defensive capabilities are unmatched among the seven lords.

Most of the pressure brought by the Hunyuan Ancestor's attacks was resisted by Lord Xingmang. Though each Lord had their own strengths. Their coordinated efforts had always posed a deadly threat to the Hunyuan Ancestors.

Now, with the innate faction's mid-to-lower ranks faltering, the Hunyuan Ancestors themselves lashed out even more violently!

The Origin Land...

In the midst of his cultivation, Luo Feng suddenly sensed the protective formation around his cave residence being disturbed- someone had trespassed without permission!

"Who could enter my cave residence uninvited?"

He immediately sent out a clone and spotted a middle-aged man standing in the distance.

The man appeared ordinary, but there was a single mark on his forehead.

"I am Xingmang," the middle-aged man said with a faint smile.

Luo Feng met Lord Xingmang and was quite surprised.

He quickly saluted with respect!

Lord Xingmang stood there, exuding no discernible aura. If not for the formation's warning, Luo Feng wouldn't have sensed his presence at all- as if he transcended entire space-time itself.

"To comprehend over a thousand World-level Hunyuan bloodlines is truly rare." Lord Xingmang nodded approvingly.

"You have such a keen understanding, I assume you're preparing to attempt the 'Break Through with Force' path?"

"Yes, Senior. That is my intention." Luo Feng admitted.

"Since you, Senior, also succeeded through this method, could you offer me some guidance?"

Lord Xingmang chuckled.

"The 'Break Through with Force' path cannot be taught. It requires... patience above everything else."

He himself had endured an excruciatingly long journey.

Luo Feng nodded solemnly.

"Breaking through with force will take an extremely long time." Lord Xingmang smiled.

"So, I'll lend you a hand- I'll greatly accelerate the time flow within your meditation chamber."

"Thank you, Senior!" Luo Feng was overjoyed.

Lord Xingmang nodded, and with a wave of his hand, Lord Xingmang twisted the surrounding space-time.

The very laws governing Luo Feng's cave residence were rewritten, linking it to the Land of Origins' energy to sustain the altered temporal state indefinitely.

It only takes a moment for the rules to change successfully, ensuring that they last long!

"Your meditation chamber now operates at a time acceleration of 100 million times." Lord Xingmang explained.

"It cannot be adjusted further- this is the most stable configuration."

"It is relatively more troublesome to adjust the speed of time autonomously! After all, it is relatively easy to adjust the speed of time autonomously from 1 to 1 million, but 100 million times, it ismore stable to maintain time and space constantly!"

"Junior, understands!" Luo Feng bowed gratefully.

His greatest worry had been the war- that his homeworld, Origin Continent, might fall before he could break through.

Now, with time accelerated to such an extreme degree, he had far more time.

"Cultivate well." With those final words, Lord Xingmang vanished.

Back in his chamber, Luo Feng immediately sensed the difference in time flow. A single breath outside would now equate to an eternity within.

"Continue comprehending the World-level Hunyuan bloodlines."

Luo Feng didn't care about the ups and downs in the outside world.

Right now, he couldn't contribute to the war- but he could stick to his original plan.

One by one, he studied the materials, cross-referencing them with the bloodlines.

Days turned to years, years to epochs.

Before he knew it, he had gone through and comprehended all of the World-level Hunyuan bloodlines.

"I still haven't fully comprehended them- only 2,010 out of 2,729."

These 2,729 world-level Hunyuan bloodlines fell into three categories: 

Life type, Destruction type, and Life-Death type.

'Among them, i have comprehended about 87% of the Life-type World-level Hunyuan bloodlines, about 95% of Life-Death type, and as for the Destruction type... I have only comprehended about half.

"My Life-Death Dao leans more toward Life, so my foundation there is deeper. My understanding of Destruction is slightly lacking." Luo Feng thought!

Of course, it is only slightly inferior!

Of the 995 Destruction-type bloodlines, Luo Feng had still comprehended 503- a feat only matched by Lord Xingmang and Lord Naigu before transcending the cage.

Yet, no matter how much more he studied, his gains from the World-level and even Ancestor-level materials had become negligible.

"It's time for the next step- creating my own Hunyuan Life and Death Dao!"

A blazing determination ignited in Luo Feng's eyes.

He had waited for this moment for so many years.

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END OF CHAPTER

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