Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin

Chapter 418: Episode 11: Primordial Blade Path Chapter 2: Divergence

In the council hall, there was a heated debate among the lords on how to train the successors of cultivators.

“We have already reclaimed many important resources and raised the exchange threshold,” Lord Wulan couldn’t help but say, “Jin, do you think we need to continue cutting resources? This way, the resources are too scarce!”

“Where is it scarce?”

Jin sat there, shaking his head, “When Yuan was weak, the entire cultivator camp didn’t have a single lord. Back then, there were no good resources! Yuan could only comprehend the rule operation of the Source World Origin, and didn’t he become a lord? When I was weak, the cultivator camp had only Elder Yuan as a lord, and the resources were very scarce, yet didn’t I also make my way through?”

“Look at Luo Feng!” Jin said, “Luo Feng rose from the very bottom of a weak ’Primordial Cosmos’ in his homeland Source World! The resources can be ignored. Later, he went through hardships to reach the core area of the Source World, the ’Land of Origin,’ and was still very poor! At that time, the Land of Origin was dominated by two Ancient Countries, and resources were nearly monopolized by them!”

“When Luo Feng left the Source World and reached the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, he was still poor and couldn’t afford Primordial Bloodlines, only able to buy fragmentary materials of low-level Primordial Life,” Jin said, “What does this illustrate?”

“It illustrates that fewer resources can squeeze out stronger potential,” Jin said, “If given too much, these successors wouldn’t cherish it.”

Luo Feng nodded with a smile: “Brother Jin knows quite a lot about me, and I agree with what Brother Jin said! The successors of cultivators must adapt to the ’poverty-style cultivation method,’ with resources sufficiently scarce, yet still able to reach the Ultimate Realm of Godly King, it means they are worth training.”

“With scarce conditions, achieving the Ultimate Realm of Godly King, becoming Half Primordial, is far more challenging than now. Those who are screened under such conditions, when exposed to top resources, might jump out of the Braided Cage,” Luo Feng said.

He himself tried to extract the potential of every resource.

“Luo Feng’s cultivation path also proves another point,” Yuan said, “When he stepped into the Divine Emperor Stage, he was completely exploring the path in the dark, without any inheritance to refer to.”

“The inheritance we left before proved to be harmful!” Wulan also agreed.

The more powerful the existence, the greater the impact of their inheritance! It makes it difficult for successors to walk their own path.

“Any inheritance that leaps out of the Braided Cage, I think should not be spread,” Yuan said, “Let the successors explore for themselves.”

“Agree.”

“Agree.”

One lord after another nodded.

They had walked many erroneous paths, and all previous experiences proved one point: becoming a lord requires personal exploration!

“Regarding resources? In this era, according to Luo Feng’s experience,” Yuan smiled, “Let the successors grow under scarce resources! Once they are excellent enough, then provide the resources accordingly.”

“Agree.”

“Agree.”

One after another voted, and according to historical rules, the cultivation experience of the new era will mostly refer to the breakthrough experience of the new lord.

“Brother Luo Feng also rose from the Source World,” Mo Man marveled, “To date, eight lords have emerged from the Source World. It shows that although we have created billions of worlds with more creatures, the innate talents and qualifications have flaws.”

“The worlds we create are fundamentally different from the Source World,” Yuan said.

As the existence mastering the Primordial Rules of operation, he has always pursued creating a Source World but never succeeded.

“Future resources should be more inclined towards the Source World,” Wulan said, “After all, only the Source World can possibly give birth to new lords.”

“I think the entire Cultivator Territory should prohibit the existence of ’calamity-type cultivators’,” Luo Feng said, “A cultivator who takes all creatures of the Source World as resources may achieve something but cuts off the hope for all other creatures in the Source World.”

Resentments, weak prey on the strong, Luo Feng can understand.

But such calamity types that slaughter a realm’s creatures, even spanning multiple Reincarnation Eras and continuously harvesting the creatures of the Source World should not exist.

“Brother Luo Feng, I am a calamity-type cultivator!” Jin looked at Luo Feng.

“So am I,” Nai Gu looked at Luo Feng.

Jin looked at Luo Feng, “I was born into the Destruction Demon Clan, under the influence of the Source World, it’s my fate to destroy all life! I descended into destruction, mastered destruction, and thus finally became a lord.”

“For my cultivation path, all life should serve as my resources,” Nai Gu said indifferently, “Even in the future, I need the corpses of one ancestor after another as my resources.”

“Every path has its own meaning!” Jin looked at Luo Feng, “Calamity-type cultivators have their meaning of existence.”

“Pure destruction cannot birth life!” Luo Feng said, “Even you have comprehended part of the mystery of life.”

The Primordial Destruction Path Jin mastered actually contains a portion of life; otherwise, it couldn’t form a life form.

“I first descended into destruction to ultimately transcend and master destruction,” Jin said, “Every cultivator has a different path! No path’s growth should be restricted; any path could give birth to a lord.”

Ming Huang said coldly, “The path of overwhelming sins, destroying countless lives, should not exist!”

“What is sin?” Nai Gu looked at Ming Huang, “In this infinite Primordial Space, only strength and weakness exist. Sin is just what your heart believes; Ming Huang, you are too narrow-minded!”

“We are all life,” Luo Feng said, “Hence we should have compassion for the weak. We were all born from weakness.”

“The weak prey on the powerful, dying because of weakness, that is destiny,” Nai Gu calmly said.

Yuan felt a headache witnessing this scene.

In the previous long years, lords also had conflicts.

Jin, Nai Gu, and Mo Man are considered one faction. Of course, Lord Mo Man is not as extreme as ’Jin and Nai Gu’; he quite appreciates the cultivation method of ’the weak prey on the strong.’

Ming Huang’s heart is benevolent, and Wulan admires Ming Huang quite a bit; they are considered one faction.

Yuan is inclusive of everything, and Starlight is more of an observer, not participating in the struggle.

“It seems that Ming Huang and Luo Feng’s attitudes are close, and the fight will be fiercer in the future,” Yuan felt quite helpless.

Previously, the strongest opposition ’Ming Huang’ was somewhat isolated, but the addition of ’Luo Feng,’ who breaks laws with force, gradually balances the strength of the two major factions.

“Compassion for the weak? The Innate Primordial Life Camp will not pity the weak,” Jin retorted, “Luo Feng, you are also cultivating the Primordial Life and Death Dao, don’t you understand that the weak will ultimately be destroyed.”

“Jin! Destruction is to protect life!” Luo Feng looked at him.

Both sides have profound research on life and destruction, but their directions are evidently different.

“A harsh environment can help them grow better,” Mo Man said, “Brother Luo Feng, when you were growing, you also faced catastrophic existences! In your weakness, you faced the Golden Horned Giant Beast. Later, you faced the Sector Beast! Such catastrophic cultivators can provide enough powerful motivation for other cultivators.”

“The catastrophic cultivators we need to target can destroy all creatures in the Source World,” Luo Feng said, “Faced with such an existence, weak cultivators don’t even have a chance to resist!”

“Alright.”

Yuan finally spoke, “Stop arguing, let’s stick to the old rules!”

“First, if you lords have ideas, you can implement them within your own ’Absolute Territory’. In other vast areas of the Cultivator Territory, we’ll continue following the free-range strategy.”

“Second, if persuasion doesn’t work, rely on strength. If anyone can defeat the combined efforts of other lords! Then, we’ll follow their decision. If you lack strength, endure it.”

Upon Yuan’s words, the lords fell silent.

Defeating other lords all by oneself? In the entire Infinite Primordial Space, no one can do that.

“There’s no way.” Luo Feng secretly sighed.

The lords disagreed with each other’s ideas and had to seek common ground while reserving differences.

Once, in his weaker days, Luo Feng thought that becoming a lord would allow him to completely create rules based on his own ideas. Yet, now as a lord, he realized… his capacity to enact change was still limited.

Not to mention the enemy camp, even their own camp required decision-making alongside the other eight lords.

“Next matter,” Yuan immediately started on the next agenda, “A grand celebration must be held for the birth of a new lord as per tradition.”

The birth of a lord is quite special.

For the Innate Primordial Life Camp, even the birth of several ancestors won’t lead to any celebration. Only the birth of an ’Undying and Undying’ existence, capable of having a seat in the Land of Eternity, warrants a grand celebration.

Every lord receives attention from the entire Infinite Primordial Space and naturally has a seat in the Land of Eternity, hence the celebration.

“Let’s reclaim the territory first,” Luo Feng said, “Our Cultivator Territory’s 3,600 world groups, many are yet to be reclaimed. Once the territory is reclaimed, we’ll hold the celebration.”

“Very well, as per your idea,” Yuan nodded, “Our main priority next is how to reclaim the territory.”

The eight lords began to discuss.

Internally, they had differences.

Externally, they still stood together. Even personalities like Jin and Nai Gu understood how much aid the Cultivator Camp had provided them.

Quickly, a complete reclamation plan was formulated, with tasks assigned to each of the eight lords.

…

Land of Origin, Sky Moon Sea Cave Mansion.

At this moment, a bustling crowd of high-level primordial beings gathered outside the cave mansion.

They were extremely excited, discussing amongst themselves, and waiting for an audience with Lord ’Luo Feng’.

“The last time I saw the lord, he was merely a half primordial being. In less than two thousand epochs, the lord has already reached the pinnacle, even concluding the war.” The small old man ’Cheng’ was quite excited, surrounded by a large group of companions; they belonged to the group of high-level primordial beings from the Dark World Group.

In the past, the Dark World Group was quite inconspicuous.

Now, the Dark World Group is the homeland of Lord Luo Feng! It is Lord Luo Feng’s ’Absolute Territory’!

“Our Dark World Group has become the lord’s Absolute Territory. It will flourish tenfold, a hundredfold in the future.”

“We, his fellow countrymen, will also be heavily utilized.”

Outside the Absolute Territory, the free-range strategy is implemented! With the birth of a new lord, territories are also redrawn. Therefore, only the ’Absolute Territory’ receives the full focus of the lord, naturally leading to immense prosperity.

Besides over ten million high-level primordial beings, there were also 23 world-level primordial beings waiting outside the cave mansion.

Tian Lang Ke was among these 23 world-level primordial beings.

“Brother Tian Lang, you are a fellow countryman of the lord! As the only world-level primordial existence born in the Dark World Group, you will surely be heavily utilized by the lord.” A companion beside him said with a delighted smile, “I believe among the three main inspector positions, you’ll secure one.”

Other world-level primordial beings mostly looked at Tian Lang Ke with envy.

After all, being a fellow countryman with the lord means being heavily utilized, which is perfectly ordinary.

“The lord’s first visit to the Land of Origin, over ten thousand high-level primordial beings from the same world group went to pay respects, yet this Tian Lang Ke didn’t go!” The world-level primordial ’Zhu Huo’ observed from the side.

Suddenly——

An invisible wave descended!

All 23 world-level primordial beings, over ten million high-level primordial beings fell silent, sensing their own insignificance under the terrifying aura.

A man in black attire and black hair descended from the void.

Tian Lang Ke looked at this presence, seeing his lord ’Luo Feng’ for the first time! As a world-level primordial born in the Absolute Territory, he would forever be under Lord Luo Feng’s command in the endless years to come.

“Greetings, Lord!”

All 23 world-level primordial beings respectfully saluted.

“Greetings, Lord.”

Over ten million high-level primordial beings, each exceedingly respectful.

Only when one faces the true body of the lord can they comprehend the immense gap, akin to a chasm between themselves and the lord!