Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent: Volume 9: Chapter 2 (340): [Immense Wealth]

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Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent
Volume 9: [Advancing Through the Darkness]
Chapter (340): [Immense Wealth]
(2nd of Volume 9)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"My Dao of Life and Death is completely stuck! Could the path I've explored myself be a dead end?" Luo Feng couldn't help but question himself.

When he was a God King, he had a complete Dao to refer to! Therefore, there were no dead ends- only insights that couldn't be grasped due to lacking comprehension or power.

But the God Emperor Realm is like groping in the dark- it is very easy to go the wrong way and become completely stuck, never progressing again.

Why is the fusion path so difficult?

Because its complexity far surpasses a single pure path! It's easy to get stuck and unable to proceed.

Even someone as gifted as the Master of the Guifang only reached the early stage of the God Emperor Realm with the fusion path.

"I have the Eye of Life and Death and have observed countless Hunyuan bloodlines. My path shouldn't be wrong!"

"If the path is correct, then how do I break through the bottleneck?" Luo Feng murmured.

"The fusion of life and death- in the direction of life, I pursue the ultimate physical body! The bigger, the better! Bigger means stronger energy and endless vitality."

But... when the body becomes large enough, how do you control it?

"According to my estimation, the semi-Hunyuan-level Dao of Life and Death should theoretically achieve 1.2 billion times the energy reserve of a perfect divine body."

After the Yulan City battle, Luo Feng secluded himself and improved in all aspects.

He is not far from the semi-Hunyuan-level Dao of Life and Death, and could vaguely gauge the power such a path should possess.

Among the three invincible paths, this is the hardest. But once it succeeds- it becomes absolutely invincible.

"At the mid-God Emperor Realm, Dao of Life and Death- my Undying Blood Sea Body at that time, had 5,000 times the energy reserves of a perfect divine body. That was peak combat power. Even at the limit, I could control over 10,000 times, but that didn't increase my actual strength."

"But now, my Undying Blood Sea Body has a peak combat power of 30,000 times the energy reserves of a perfect divine body, and I can control up to 100,000 times the energy reserves at the limit. Beyond that, the body becomes too large to control, and power starts to decline."

"But the semi-Hunyuan-level Life and Death Dao should theoretically hold a 1.2 billion times energy reserve. How can I perfectly control it?"

"With such a massive body, even walking would be difficult."

"This means that I have a huge flaw in the aspect of 'body control'."

Luo Feng encountered this bottleneck.

His Dao of Life and Death has nearly been perfected in many aspects: immense body size, undying vitality, and explosive power. All aspects have reached the predetermined goals. Only one issue remained: control.

When his body's total energy reserve does not exceed 5,000 times the perfect divine body, it is easy to control. But the theoretical 1.2 billion times is a whole different level.

Giving up size meant the path is incomplete and couldn't be called a 'Perfection God Emperor' Realm Dao of Life and Death.

"Based on experience from many Hunyuan bloodlines, to control such a massive body, I probably need to meet twelve conditions. My body control needs an essential transformation. My spiritual will also need to break free from the cage. All twelve conditions must be met to perfectly control such a large body."

While chatting with the practitioner team and the Yuanxiang Palace Master, Luo Feng learnt that once the spiritual will breaks free from the cage, its power increases tenfold.

Historically, the most common among the three invincible paths is 'spiritual will breaking free from the cage'. They have personally seen several practitioners achieve it with their own eyes.

When the spiritual will reaches invincible realm, then one thought can completely supress palace master Yuanxiang and others. But that's just suppression- not annihilation.

"Even with a tenfold stronger spiritual will, it only helps a bit with body control. But it is far from reaching the level of 'perfect control'." Luo Feng understood this clearly.

With such a huge body, even moving would be hard. Even if spiritual will power increased a hundredfold, it might allow some flying or basic moves. But high-level techniques? Using multiple techniques at the same time? Would be Impossible.

True mastery means using massive bodies to set formations, using close-combat secret techniques, observing with the Bionic Eye of Destruction, and unleashing secret treasures- all at once.

The tenfold spiritual will power boost is still nowhere near enough.

"If my spiritual will breaking free from the cage is still far from enough, maybe my path is wrong."

"Maybe I shouldn't pursue the limit of the massive physical body for the Dao of Life and Death." Luo Feng began reflecting.

Groping in darkness meant continuous reflection and correction.

"I'll try exploring body control methods first." Luo Feng was not one to give up easily.

This path was his original direction- changing it meant overturning the entire Dao of Life and Death and starting again from Ultimate God King Realm.

Even if he started over, the influence of the old path would linger, making the new path hard to walk.

That's cultivation: one wrong step, and every step thereafter is wrong.

"If I can make it through, then the path is right!"

"How long have I even been cultivating? The ancestors of two nations have lived through several cycles of the Origin Continent. This bottleneck is nothing." Luo Feng closed his eyes and began to reflect deeply.

He searched for inspiration from the many Hunyuan bloodlines, from the Immortal Heart, from the Palm Realm, the Star Tower, and the Eye of Life and Death.

"Even with the Star Tower, life and destruction are only joined, not truly fused."

"There's no reference for the fusion path. For normal paths one can draw from the mysteries of Hunyuan corpses and materials. But for fusion path? There is no reference!"

It was manageable at first- but got harder the farther he progressed.

From late-stage God Emperor to Perfection-stage God Emperor, that's where Luo Feng hit the real bottleneck.

This wasn't even the hardest part.

But going from a Perfection-stage God Emperor Dao to a 'Semi-Hunyuan-level Dao'- is the true abyss. It is countless times more difficult than the bottleneck that Luo Feng is facing at this moment!

Many geniuses with extraordinary talents eventually switched to bloodline cultivation to break free from the cage in spiritual will.

Because the Dao path only gets harder, to the point of despair.

"Control the body. How do I control such a massive body?" Luo Feng pondered.

As he studied the Hunyuan bloodlines, sparks of inspiration collided- "No, that method's not enough."

One method after another for controlling the body took shape in his mind. As soon as they formed, Luo Feng dismissed them.

He walked across the Dark Holy Realm's lands, but his thoughts stayed on cultivation.

Occasionally, he would stop and meditate. If he encountered low-level Hunyuan lifeforms, he would casually kill them. Sometimes killing weak ones also attracted stronger foes- or even terrifying hunting teams.

Whenever Luo Feng's Bionic Eye of Destruction detected them from afar, he would immediately flee through gaps in space.

"Hmm? Chengfeng City, I've arrived?" As he walked and contemplated, half a epoch had passed before Luo Feng finally reached Chengfeng City!

Luo Feng completely concealed his aura. With one step, he crossed space and instantly appeared within the city, then proceeded to walk through Chengfeng City.

Most practitioners within the city couldn't even sense his presence.

The Dark Holy Realm gathers the strongest beings from countless surrounding Origin Worlds and billions of universes.

The minimum requirement for practitioners to enter is to be a Late-stage Enlightened God Emperor Realm.

For example, Many who cultivated the Bloodline Path- so-called "Semi-Hunyuan bloodline practitioners"- are considered the weakest here.

"The three of them- BaiYin God Emperor and the others- are in Chengfeng City," Luo Feng sensed his three friends in the cultivation squad through the cause and effect.

However, instead of visiting them immediately, he flew toward the Hunyuan Hall within the city.

Among the five cities of the Dark Holy Realm, only the central Hunyuan City possessed a large-scale Hunyuan Hall. Luo Feng knew this well.

When the Dark Holy Realm was first established, it only had one city- Hunyuan City- built by the predecessors like senior Yuan and others.

Over the long years, practitioners used their military merits to construct four more cities!

These additional cities made it easier for Practitioners to hunt low-level Hunyuan lifeforms nearby.

The cities here were far more expensive to build than those in the Nine Rivers Holy Realm.

"Whew~"

Luo Feng flew directly to the second floor of the Hunyuan Hall.

There, two towering figures stood motionless. As Luo Feng arrived, both simultaneously opened their eyes. An invisible aura engulfed the entire second floor.

"Speak, practitioner Luo Feng. Do you wish to confirm military merits or exchange for treasures?" one of the towering figures asked.

Both were puppet beings left behind by the senior Yuan and others- absolutely impartial.

"Confirm military merits," Luo Feng nodded.

"These are the corpses of low-level Hunyuan lifeforms I've hunted. I'll trouble you two."

With that, Luo Feng took out a storage bracelet and released its seal.

"Buzz~" The two puppet beings simultaneously began inspecting the bracelet.

Despite the terrifying quantity of low-level Hunyuan lifeform corpses inside, the puppets remained completely composed.

"Among the corpses: 9 Ultra-limit-level, 2,902 Perfection-stage God Emperor Realm, 3,952 Late-stage God Emperor Realm, 689,900 Mid-stage God Emperor Realm, 835,640 Early-stage God Emperor Realm."

"Practitioner Luo Feng, your current total military merits are: 7,717,660," one of the puppets reported the final military merits.

Luo Feng was startled by the number. Over 7 million military merits?

Although peak-tier existences in the Dark Holy Realm were slightly weaker than Luo Feng in raw strength, they had lived for countless years.

Over those long lifespans, they'd accumulated wealth and would even use Hunyuan Crystals to buy military merits.

After all, military merits had far greater uses than Hunyuan Crystals. So, having millions of military merits was relatively common among top-tier figures.

One military merits could even be bought for about 100,000 Hunyuan Crystals each.

Spending tens of trillions of Hunyuan Crystals could purchase millions of military merits.

Many cities- including Yulan City- regularly bought military merits.

Though Luo Feng only had around seven million military merits, he was incredibly wealthy- because every single military merit was earned through his own hunts!

The corpses of those Hunyuan lifeforms were worth tens of trillions of Hunyuan Crystals.

"Over seven million military merits... that should be more than enough," Luo Feng thought, turning to head down to the first floor of the Hunyuan Hall.

He intended to sell off all the corpses!

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