Science Fiction

Luo Feng felt joy in his heart. Among the 73 world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines that resonated well with him, only 15 had been comprehended by more than 70%. However, he had also understood at least 40-50% of the remaining ones. Luo Feng gained a lot from the process of comprehending, completing secret patterns, and comparing bloodlines for each world-level Chaos Origin bloodline. The feeling of continuous, albeit slow, progress naturally filled Luo Feng with joy! As long as he kept moving forward, he would eventually go further and further.

“I understand why world-level Chaos Origin beings can possess such immense physical bodies,” Luo Feng whispered. The physical bodies of world-level Chaos Origin beings far surpassed those of high-level Chaos Origin beings, reaching about one percent the size of a normal Origin World. It’s worth noting that the average physical size of a Chaos Origin Ancestor was only about one-tenth that of a normal Origin World. The difference between them was more about the level of power they wielded; the physical gap had already become very small.

“At the world-level Chaos Origin stage, the physical body system is already very complete.” In Luo Feng’s mind, a physical body system was gradually taking shape, drawing upon the life and destruction profoundness from numerous world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines. Luo Feng’s original accumulated resources primarily consisted of four parts: the spiritual consciousness system, the life system, the destruction system, and the Chaos Origin power system. These four parts were the cornerstone for building the complete ‘Chaos Origin Cycle Dao’ in the future. Now, Luo Feng was also gradually exploring the ‘physical body system,’ making it the fifth part.

“The ‘Chaos Origin Cycle Dao’ I pursue aims for an ultimately vast life form. Therefore, the physical body system is extremely important to me.” Luo Feng began to sort through the remaining two thousand-plus world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines. He comprehended them one by one, moving from easier to more difficult. With the previous accumulation from the 73 world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines, Luo Feng found the comprehension process somewhat easier.

Luo Feng patiently comprehended all 22,729 world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines. After going through them once, he then went through them a second and third time. Again and again. Each time, Luo Feng gained new insights. As his accumulation deepened, he always managed to comprehend something new. He lost track of how much time had passed.

“That’s enough.”

“No matter how much more I comprehend the world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines, the gains are already negligible.” Luo Feng finally stopped after comprehending them over thirty times. He greatly cherished these ‘world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines’ and corpse materials. Since Lord Starfall had gathered them, he had the opportunity to comprehend them to his heart’s content, which is why he patiently studied them repeatedly.

“Of these three categories—life, destruction, and intertwined life-destruction—I have fully comprehended all low-level and high-level Chaos Origin bloodlines.”

“As for world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines, I have comprehended 43 types! The others have also been studied multiple times, and it’s now difficult to gain any more significant insights.” Luo Feng’s eyes burned with eagerness.

“Now, it’s time to comprehend the ancestor-level corpse materials!”

Luo Feng was guided to the Primal Land, where he didn’t attempt to create the ‘Chaos Origin Cycle Dao’ but focused on accumulation instead. In Luo Feng’s view, if he couldn’t even understand ‘Chaos Origin Ancestor-level materials,’ how could he possibly construct the Chaos Origin Cycle Dao? To comprehend Chaos Origin Ancestor-level materials, he had to thoroughly understand the three levels of Chaos Origin bloodlines: low-level, high-level, and world-level.

“I have been in seclusion in the Primal Land for a full 350 million eras, and I’m finally beginning to comprehend the ‘ancestor-level materials’.”

Inside the quiet room, Luo Feng took a sip of fruit wine, which he had exchanged with reward points. 100,000 reward points yielded one unit, enough for Luo Feng’s cultivation for at least a billion eras, and its effects were quite good.

“Primal Land, I need to view the ancestor-level materials,” Luo Feng stated.

“To date, the cultivator faction has slain a total of 17 Chaos Origin Ancestors! Including ancestor-level corpse materials purchased by the cultivator faction and other powerful beings, there are a total of 31 ancestor-level corpse materials.” Luo Feng was astonished to hear this. Their own Lords were indeed formidable, having killed 17 Chaos Origin Ancestors in total. It also showed that Chaos Origin Ancestors had other causes of death. In the vast Chaos Origin Space, there were indeed many dangers.

“Are there any with life secret patterns or destruction secret patterns exceeding 70%?” Luo Feng asked.

“No,” the Primal Land responded.

Luo Feng was stunned. The two thousand-plus world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines he had chosen earlier all had life and destruction patterns combined exceeding 70%! Yet, among the ancestor-level corpse materials, not a single one met that criterion.

“What about those with a combined total exceeding 60%?”

“None either!” the Primal Land replied again.

Luo Feng frowned, sensing a subtle unease. “Send me all information I’m authorized to know regarding the 31 ancestor materials,” Luo Feng said.

“Yes.”

Soon, detailed information about the 31 deceased ancestors, including numerous material specifications, was transmitted to Luo Feng. Upon reading, Luo Feng discovered that among these deceased Chaos Origin Ancestors, the highest proportion of life-related secret patterns was only about 39%! The corpse material of Ancestor Myriad Stars, with approximately 34% life-related secret patterns, was already qualified to rank second.

“Their life-related secret patterns were generally not high.”

“Perhaps this was one of their causes of death.” Luo Feng’s Cycle Dao, after all, was primarily based on ‘life.’ He understood that if life-related secret patterns were sufficiently high, they would confer extremely strong life-saving abilities. “Let’s begin comprehension. I’ll start with Ancestor Myriad Stars’ corpse material.” Ancestor Myriad Stars, whose life-related secret patterns ranked second among the 31 ancestors, was ultimately the source of the Star Tower’s blood scales. Luo Feng’s path of cultivation had been guided by it! It was by far the most compatible, so he naturally chose it first.

In the Primal Land.

“Those Chaos Origin Ancestors have made their move,” Lord Starfall’s voice echoed in the ears of the other six Lords.

“They’ve only rested for five hundred eras, and they’re going to attack again?”

“Some of them probably haven’t fully recovered yet.”

On one side were over seventy Chaos Origin Ancestors, and on the other, merely seven Lords. However, the Lords had comprehended Dao at the Chaos Origin level, grasping the essence of the highest-tier power. Some of their moves were simply irresistible; when launched, they were bound to hit! Even after multiple layers of weakening, their power still permeated the Ancestors’ bodies. Completely expelling the penetration of a Lord’s power was incredibly difficult; even after five hundred eras, several Ancestors had still not fully recovered.

“These Chaos Origin Ancestors are truly desperate.”

“They were originally the largest faction in the entire boundless Chaos Origin Space, but after several clashes where we killed over a dozen of their Ancestors, they became desperate, wanting to completely destroy the foundation of our cultivator faction.” The Lords understood this point. Vast territories and countless Origin Worlds could continuously produce talented cultivators! Currently, there were seven Lords, but in the future, there might be eight or even nine! If all territories were conquered and all Origin Worlds became their food, they could even periodically exterminate the beings within the Origin Worlds! Without subsequent strong individuals!

A mere seven Lords were only a relatively strong force in the boundless Chaos Origin Space! They couldn’t shake the status of the innate Chaos Origin life-form faction! The countless numbers of innate Chaos Origin life-forms would also continuously give birth to Ancestors.

“Let’s go.”

“Depart.” Although they had only rested for five hundred eras and were still slightly fatigued, the seven Lords nonetheless set off together. Under Lord Starfall’s leadership, they swiftly traversed vast spatiotemporal distances to intercept the group of moving Ancestors.

“Unfortunately, the younger generation of cultivators are too weak; we don’t see any hope of a single one becoming a Lord.” Yuan, as the first Ancestor of the cultivator faction, had poured immeasurable effort into the cultivator territories. The fall of each world cluster felt like a piece of his own flesh being torn. He yearned, he yearned for a turning point! He hoped for the emergence of new Lords! In recent eras, they had invested massive resources, allowing even some half-Chaos Origin cultivators who wielded two Daos to receive abundant resources. Yet, the outcome was that there was still no hope of a new Lord appearing.

“This Luo Feng, his actual seclusion time has exceeded 500 million eras. To comprehend 43 types of world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines is indeed excellent. But to become a Lord, it’s still far from enough,” Yuan sighed inwardly. In the history of cultivators who practiced fusion Daos, five individuals had managed to comprehend 43 types of world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines. It should be noted that before the birth of Lord Starfall, the world-level Chaos Origin bloodlines in the Primal Land were only a small fraction of what they were now. Luo Feng’s performance indeed showed no hope of ‘becoming a Lord.’

Time flowed silently like a river.

“Another 300 million eras spent; I’ve examined all 31 ancestor corpse materials completely.” Luo Feng looked at the vast void within his quiet room, where 31 immense virtual secret pattern images appeared. These patterns seemed quite chaotic. After all, there were no complete bloodlines or life cores, so these secret pattern forms were already integrated with the help of the Primal Land. Three hundred million eras. Luo Feng could feel that his accumulation in the five major systems—spiritual consciousness, physical body, etc.—was indeed deeper, but there had been no qualitative change.

“These deceased Ancestors, the profoundness of the secret patterns within their bodies lacked a particularly clear core; they were all too scattered,” Luo Feng gently shook his head. If life-related secret patterns could account for 50% and destruction-related ones for 30%, these two would naturally form the absolute core, with other secret pattern profoundness merely serving as support. The entire secret pattern diagram would then be very aesthetically pleasing. However, the secret patterns of these 31 Ancestors before him were generally disorganized.

Among them, the one considered strongest, ‘Ancestor Crimson Flame Serpent,’ had fire-related secret patterns accounting for about 31%, life-related for 19%, space-related for 12%, time-related for 11%, and material-related for 9%… From its internal secret patterns, it was evident that the proportion of each type of secret pattern was not high. For the 31 deceased Ancestors, this dispersed proportion of secret patterns was the norm!

“Based on my experience studying low-level, high-level, and world-level Chaos Origin beings, the higher the proportion of a single type of secret pattern, the stronger the entity is within that same level,” Luo Feng had discovered this long ago. This was true for high-level Chaos Origin beings like ‘Skyfire Shadow,’ ‘Abyssal Prison Calamity Beast,’ and ‘Nine-Headed Chaos Beast,’ as well as world-level Chaos Origin beings like ‘Star Sea Devil Master’ and ‘Cycle-Eyed Beast.’

“The Lords are the same.” For example, Lord Starfall comprehended the ‘Chaos Origin Spacetime Dao.’ Lord Jin comprehended the ‘Chaos Origin Destruction Dao.’ Even fusion Daos were, in essence, “a single Dao.” Luo Feng understood this point. For him, the Cycle Dao was a single Dao. All Lords had comprehended a single Chaos Origin-level Dao.

“The Lords are all very focused.”

“However, these Ancestors, by tapping into their bloodline potential little by little, ended up with sparse achievements in everything. They possessed dozens, even scores, of secret pattern profoundnesses within them, which combined just right to finally grasp the highest-tier power.” Luo Feng looked at these secret patterns.

“It’s quite a coincidence.” Luo Feng looked at these 31 secret patterns, which had been integrated by the Primal Land. Although there might be some differences from the true appearance of the 31 Ancestors’ Chaos Origin bloodlines, he estimated there was a 70-80% similarity. “Although very scattered, they combine perfectly, like a unified whole,” Luo Feng observed. From this perspective, the threshold to becoming an Ancestor was extremely high.

…Origin Continent.

Luo Feng sat alone on a tall building, gazing at the vast expanse of the world.

“Master, you rarely emerge from seclusion,” Muluo Sa said, attending to his master. Currently, he held a position of great power and influence on the Origin Continent, with both great ancient kingdoms needing to curry favor with him. Muluo Sa was truly the uncrowned king of the Origin Continent. However, Muluo Sa’s greatest joy was serving his master! But his master appeared so rarely.

“Muluo Sa,” Luo Feng looked at him, “You manage the Origin Continent very well.”

“It is my honor to serve my Master,” Muluo Sa replied with excitement and pride.

Luo Feng nodded, gazing at the endless world. However, the crisis came from outside! Once the innate Chaos Origin life-form faction invaded the core territories and the Dark World Cluster fell, the beings within the Origin Continent would be powerless to resist.

“This world.” Luo Feng’s Eye of Simulated Cycle opened in his brow. The Eye of Simulated Cycle was now far more profound than before. Coupled with Luo Feng’s incredibly powerful spiritual will, it could also see through the entire Origin World at a glance, and even beyond it.

“My home Origin World.” Under Luo Feng’s Eye of Simulated Cycle and the observation of his spiritual will, he could clearly see the traces of rules. Nine Great Daos perfectly combined with each other, operating in orderly perfection, forming the governing rules of the entire Origin World.

“The Origin World’s core.” This was the source of the Nine Great Daos, the core of the Origin World’s rule operation, and the source of its power. If the core remained intact, even if the Origin World was destroyed, it could be reborn. Once the core was gone, the Origin World would be completely lost! What most attracted innate Chaos Origin life-forms was the Origin World’s core. It possessed endless marvels; even world-level Chaos Origin beings had a slim hope of breaking through to the Ancestor level by consuming it.

“The core…” Luo Feng frowned slightly. Nine Great Daos perfectly combined to form the core. Luo Feng had studied the 31 ancestor materials for hundreds of millions of eras, delving deep into their essence. Now, the secret pattern diagrams of these 31 ancestor materials surfaced in his mind. The seemingly scattered secret patterns of various Daos combined to form a whole. Just like the nine Daos before him combined to form the core.

*Boom!*

Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. He saw it. He saw the true reason why the Origin World was so powerful! And he saw why individual Ancestors were able to become Ancestors!

“I understand,” Luo Feng whispered. He finally saw it! Through layers of mist, he finally saw it! He saw the path of using power to break through all rules!

The path was already beneath his feet!