Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin: Volume 12: [Lord Luo Feng]: Chapter 23 (448): [The Flowing Years]

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Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin
Volume 12: [Lord Luo Feng]
Chapter (448): [The Flowing Years]
(23rd of Volume 12)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Luo Feng traversed vast stretches of time and space and arrived at a desolate void.

"According to the space-time position determined by Xingmang's calculations, this location requires a Time-Space Anchor Point," Luo Feng said, standing in the void.

With a thought, he began to create a Holy Realm using the "Hunyuan Life and Death Dao" as its foundation.

Creating a Holy Realm was similar to forging a Lord's physical body, but with less difficulty.

Because while creating Holy Realms there is need to consider mobility, combat capabilities, or other such factors; the focus is solely on maximizing the efficiency of absorbing Hunyuan Power and maintaining the realm's stability.

As a result, every Holy Realm can achieve energy absorption efficiency comparable to the average standards of the Hunyuan Ancestors' and Lords' True Bodies.

"I excel in the Hunyuan Life and Death Dao and the Hunyuan Blade Dao, but when it comes to creating Holy Realms... the Life Dao proves far more effective," Luo Feng thought.

His recent experience in constructing multiple Holy Realms has honed his skills through practice.

A Holy Realm based on the Hunyuan Blade Dao was smaller in scale, less efficient in energy absorption, and offered a harsher environment for life.

In contrast, a Holy Realm founded on the Hunyuan Life and Death Dao, which Luo Feng called a "Life Holy Realm," was far grander in scale. Its energy absorption efficiency was approximately three hundred times greater, and its environment was more hospitable, especially to weaker lifeforms.

Considering the numerous Holy Realms he was constructing, which would eventually host vast populations of practitioners to flourish and multiply, Luo Feng naturally focused on creating "Life Holy Realms."

"Boom..."

After twelve days of effort, a fully functional "Life Holy Realm" materialized.

"Hmm," Luo Feng thought, surveying the realm with satisfaction, "Creating an Origin World within the Infinite Hunyuan Space is no easy feat. Yet Lords like myself can effortlessly create these inferior Holy Realms."

Over ninety-nine percent of God Emperors hail from countless Origin Worlds.

The ease of creating Holy Realms meant that, given enough time, the number of realms Luo Feng could create would far surpass the number of Origin Worlds under his command.

"The lifeforms born within these Holy Realms can only cultivate to the World-Level Hunyuan level. Not a single Lord has ever emerged from them." Luo Feng looked forward to the day when a Lord might arise from the ranks of the countless Origin World practitioners, "Let's move on to the next."

Suddenly-

"Luo Feng, hurry to the Council Hall!" Lord Xingmang's voice echoed through the transmission.

"Okay."

While his Main Combat Clone continued creating Life Holy Realms to serve as Time-Space Anchor Points, another clone materialized in the Origin Land's Council Hall.

Origin Land, Council Hall.

The eight Lord clones gathered.

"Why the sudden summons?" Lord Naigu asked. He had been in secluded cultivation.

"Our original plan was to discuss the distribution of war spoils after the new territories were fully developed and we all had some leisure time," Lord Xingmang said, seated in the hall, "But while I was exchanging Faction Resources to build the Time-Space Network, I discovered that Brother Yuan had secretly misappropriated a significant amount of resources."

"Secretly misappropriated resources?" Luo Feng and the others were all surprised.

The eight Lords had always been meticulous about following rules.

The war spoils were divided into ten parts, with each Lord receiving one part, and the remaining part held as communal Faction Resources. Any Lord who needed to use these communal resources had to exchange for them.

"I was preparing to attempt the creation of an Origin World," Yuan said with a smile, "Creating an Origin World is fraught with difficulties and requires resources from Hunyuan Ancestor Corpses. Therefore, I secretly appropriated two Hunyuan Ancestor Corpses and some minor resources."

"Two Hunyuan Ancestor Corpses?" Lord Minghuang frowned.

"Brother Yuan, in our recent war, we obtained a total of eight Hunyuan Ancestor Corpses, though some are incomplete," Lord Jin said, looking at Yuan.

The Dark Peng Hunyuan Ancestor and the Wind Devouring (Feng Shi) Hunyuan Ancestor, for example, were reduced to mere fragments.

"I took the corpses of Nightmare and Thousand Eyed," Yuan said, "Their bodies are the most intact, making them most suitable for creating the Origin World. Even these two might not be enough; I may still need more Hunyuan Ancestor Corpses."

The seven Lords were somewhat speechless.

"My contributions should cover it. Just deduct them directly," Yuan said.

"Brother Yuan, your contributions are indeed immeasurable," Lord Xingmang said, "Throughout the Endless Years, you've privately provided countless resources for the clan. Even taking all the Hunyuan Ancestor Corpses would be a trivial matter."

Luo Feng and the others acknowledged Yuan's contributions.

For example, during the recent war and negotiations with the Ice Peak Faction, Yuan had personally invested vast resources and used his personal connections to win over figures like Xiu Sawei.

In terms of sacrifice, Yuan had already given far more than the value of these few Hunyuan Ancestor Corpses.

"Brother Yuan, when we distribute the spoils of war, you can request the corpses," Lord Xingmang said, "We'll yield them to you. But to take them before the distribution has even begun... I think you're no longer fit to manage the spoils. The entire Practitioner Faction's resources are no longer suitable to be stored in the Origin Land."

The Origin Land was a mysterious realm controlled by Yuan.

In the past, everyone had trusted Yuan completely.

Yuan had overseen the distribution of spoils, and before that, he had been responsible for managing them.

For countless years, there had never been any problems.

"Brother Yuan, this misuse of resources isn't a big deal this time," Lord Minghuang added, "But from now on, you're no longer fit to manage the Faction's resources."

Managing Faction resources required strict adherence to rules.

"I know, I know," Yuan sighed helplessly, "Xingmang is right. From now on, I won't manage Faction resources or spoils. I can't control myself when they're in my possession."

Luo Feng, Lord Xingmang, Lord Wu Lan, Lord Minghuang, and the others exchanged uneasy glances.

A Lord unable to control himself?

"Yuan, are you alright?" Lord Wu Lan asked worriedly.

Everyone stared at Yuan, who was dressed in vibrant, colorful attire.

"I think it looks fine," Yuan said, glancing at his companions.

Luo Feng felt a headache coming on.

The situation was not good.

"Luo Feng, should we store the Faction Resources with you, or on my Time Star?" Lord Xingmang asked, looking at Luo Feng.

Apart from Yuan, only the two of them possessed a Mysterious Land.

"Let's keep it on your Time Star. It'll be more convenient for everyone to access," Luo Feng replied.

"Agreed," the other Lords concurred.

Lord Xingmang's long history of reliable actions had earned them all great trust.

"Brother Yuan, could you save some flesh and blood from those two corpses you took?" Lord Naigu interjected, "Regardless of whether I can refine it, I want to gather as much Hunyuan Ancestor Corpse flesh and blood as possible - just enough to refine my Bloodline."

"No problem," Yuan replied decisively, "I'll also take some miscellaneous materials from these two corpses and leave them in the Faction Resources for everyone to exchange."

Seizing the opportunity, the group also distributed the loot.

However, apart from Yuan, the seven Lords were all in low spirits.

"There is something wrong with Brother Yuan!" they were all worried about Yuan.

After dedicating countless ages to this endeavor, with their grand achievement finally within reach - the complete mastery of all Origin Worlds - had something gone wrong with Brother Yuan?

..........

Time flowed like a mighty river, and the seven Lords gradually gained a deeper understanding of Yuan's situation.

Yuan, at least, remained clear-headed, fully devoted to the Practitioner Faction.

As for his other aspects? They were somewhat "uninhibited" and "unconventional."

This relieved the seven Lords, as it was far better than they had anticipated.

In the blink of an eye, over thirty million epochs had passed since the great war.

Throughout this vast expanse of time, although a few World-Level Hunyuan Lifeforms dared to recklessly attempt to devour the Origin Cores of Origin World, they all met the Eight Lords' thunderous retribution!

Anyone who dared to devour an Origin World would be exterminated, no matter where they hid!

As for the Hunyuan Ancestors?

They were remarkably patient.

For them, tens of millions of epochs were but a fleeting moment.

None of the "Non-Immortal" Hunyuan Ancestors dared to devour an Origin World.

Instead, it was the Three Sovereigns of the Wind-Thunder and Sea who repeatedly provoked the Eight Lords by devouring some Origin Worlds.

However, they were severely punished, with half their territories destroyed, and nearly half their descendants enslaved.

Though enraged, they refrained from further provocations, content to maintain control over the remaining majority of their descendants.

"The Practitioner Faction's rule over all Origin Worlds has, for the most part, stabilized."

Luo Feng sat alone in his Mysterious Land, the Galaxy Territory, his gaze sweeping across the boundless expanse of time and space, across countless Origin Worlds.

After epochs of development, the over three billion Origin Worlds within his Territory had settled into their natural environment.

In accordance with the Lords' agreement, they annihilated the residual power of the Innate Hunyuan Lifeforms, preserved some foundational legacies, and then let the life within these Origin Worlds evolve naturally, without interference.

"Thirty million epochs have passed since my Third Dao, the Dao of Matter, reached the Ultimate God King Realm," Luo Feng said with a self-deprecating smile.

He hadn't even begun cultivating the God Emperor stage, let alone the "Semi-Hunyuan to Hunyuan" stage, which was billions of times more difficult.

"At this rate, I might be stuck at the Semi-Hunyuan stage of the Dao of Matter forever," Luo Feng had a vague inference.

"Better to focus on refining my Blade Techniques."

Because progress on the Dao of Matter was excruciatingly slow, Luo Feng gradually shifted most of his focus to honing his Blade Techniques.

At least on this Dao, he could still see his strength improving, albeit (although) at a glacial (extremely slow) pace.

Over these thirty million epochs, aside from refining his existing battle techniques, Luo Feng primarily focused on creating two new Blade Techniques.

"These are my two most powerful Blade Techniques."

"The first blade technique, inspired by the power of the Abyss of Destruction, is the "Abyssal Blade Technique (Ruyuan Blade Technique)"."

With a thought, Luo Feng summoned the portion of the Abyss of Destruction's power he could control, manifesting it before him.

This fragment of the Abyss of Destruction's power stemmed from Luo Feng's mastery of the Hunyuan Blade Dao, which allowed him to grasp some of its profound mysteries.

The more Luo Feng studied, the more he marveled at what he discovered!

This was a power that harmonized 34 distinct destructive forces into a perfect unity.

Within this power, Luo Feng uncovered various methods of combining different forces.

He experimented with integrating the Hunyuan Blade Dao, the Hunyuan Life and Death Dao, and three forces borrowed from the Mysterious Land: the Immortal Power, the Shadow Power, and the power of the Abyss of Destruction.

These five powers formed the foundation of his new technique.

Thus, the "Abyssal Blade Technique (Ruyuan Blade Technique)" was born!

As Luo Feng delved deeper into his research, the refinement of these five powers grew increasingly intricate, causing the power of this blade technique to steadily increase.

"The second blade technique, the "Blood Shadow Blade Technique", leverages the Blood Shadow Blade's unique ability to slay all forms of matter and energy, creating a perfectly compatible technique."

Luo Feng continued to meditate, focusing his mind.

Compared to the Dao of Matter, he preferred to invest his energy in these two blade techniques.

"Luo Feng," a voice called out.

Luo Feng turned to see Lord Xingmang materialize across time and space.

"All the foundational infrastructure for the time-space teleportation channels is complete," Lord Xingmang said with a smile, "I'm going to take a break and rest for a while. Do you remember when I asked for your help before, to accompany me to a mysterious place?"

"Do you have time now?"

Lord Xingmang had mentioned this long ago.

"I'm quite free," Luo Feng replied with a laugh. His blade technique cultivation required long-term accumulation, not immediate results.

"Let's go," Lord Xingmang nodded, leading Luo Feng away.

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