Chapter 378: The Path of the Seven Lords | Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent [Trans]
Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent [Trans] - Updated on June 29, 2025
This stream of information contained a wealth of common knowledge that the Lords ought to know.
“A Lord-level dwelling has been prepared for me!” Luo Feng learned from the information stream about the structure of the Primeval Land, its hidden areas, the composition of its defensive formations, entry and exit routes, and more. Each Lord occupied a vast dwelling, presiding over a specific location. Luo Feng’s dwelling was situated on one of the formation nodes, and his arrival would further stabilize the formations of the Primeval Land.
Luo Feng’s thoughts swept across the entire Primeval Land, sensing the other seven Lords, over 200 World-level Primal beings, more than 80 million High-level Primal beings, and various cultivators within the Cage. Only the seven Lords could detect Luo Feng’s thoughts.
“Luo Feng, congratulations on becoming the eighth Lord of our Cultivator faction!” Yuan was overjoyed. “This war will turn because of you; the fate of the entire Cultivator Domain will change with your arrival!” He urged, “Quickly absorb all the information and devise your combat style. Then, we can strategize how to cooperate. We’ve been suppressed for too long! Now, we just await Luo Feng’s participation to launch our counterattack!”
“Brother Luo Feng, your life energy is far greater than mine!” Wu Lan was also greatly relieved. In group engagements, he used to bear the brunt alone. The Ancestors wielded the highest-level powers, and their methods were unpredictable. Even with Yuan’s formation assistance, Wu Lan could only barely withstand most of their attacks. Now, with Luo Feng, it would be much easier; they could coordinate their efforts.
“Brother Luo Feng, congratulations! With you and Wu Lan, our Cultivator faction will have a much easier time clashing with the Innate Primal Life faction. The two of you are enough to stabilize the situation!” Lord Naigu was in excellent spirits. He had been very pessimistic before but was now optimistic. With the incredibly strong defensive Lord Wu Lan combined with Lord Luo Feng, whose energy reserves were more than three times Wu Lan’s, the other physically weaker Lords would find group engagements much less strenuous. For instance, last time, when only Lord Wu Lan was tied down, Jin, Ming Huang, and Moman’s three main combat avatars were nearly obliterated under the Ancestors’ frenzied assault. Such perilous situations occurred frequently. Lord Naigu had had enough of this constant danger and longed for greater security.
“I’ve long awaited your appearance!” Lord Haiman said with delight.
They all knew that Luo Feng was a Lord who broke through techniques with sheer power, primarily focused on life. Everyone understood the significance of life, and all hoped for a companion skilled in the path of life.
“Everyone, I will first study the combat techniques!” Luo Feng replied to his seven companions. He knew that in the years to come, these seven Lords would be his most trusted allies in the Infinite Primal Space, representing the strongest force protecting the entire Cultivator faction.
Luo Feng instantly arrived at a vast dwelling. This dwelling occupied a massive landmass within an ocean of the Primeval Land, making up about one percent of the Primeval Land’s total area. Based on the Primeval Land’s foundation, this dwelling also contained layers of interwoven space-time, which, when combined, were larger than an entire Source World.
Luo Feng now sat cross-legged in the center of the vast space-time, first familiarizing himself with the diverse combat abilities of the seven Lords.
Luo Feng had no prior experience with confrontations at the Lord and Ancestor level, so he naturally needed to understand them in detail. His current thought processing speed was immeasurably faster than before. With just a single scan, he fully comprehended the combat techniques developed by the seven Lords and their cultivation experiences.
“Jin pioneered the Primal Destruction Path. According to his own description, his Primal Destruction Path is nine parts destruction and one part life. Pure destruction makes it very difficult to construct life forms, so a hint of life’s mysteries must be incorporated. The Void-Splitting Blade I acquired also appears to be roughly nine parts destruction and one part life.”
Luo Feng flipped his hand, producing the Void-Splitting Blade. Now, this blade exerted no pressure on him whatsoever.
“Jin’s path and the Void-Splitting Blade’s path are very similar. I wonder if there’s a connection,” Luo Feng mused. Holding the Void-Splitting Blade, he could vaguely sense a place filled with endless destruction, a place so vast and unfathomable that even with his current strength, he found it immensely deep. It also nurtured thousands upon thousands of weapons, each indestructible and capable of serving as a Lord-level artifact. The Void-Splitting Blade contained the highest-level destruction mysteries, making it suitable as a Lord’s weapon. Luo Feng had only just confirmed this, and he could sense thousands, even tens of thousands, of such weapons being forged in that mysterious place. “That place must hold many secrets!”
“I’ll investigate it thoroughly after the war!” Luo Feng was very interested in this place. He believed the other Lords must have information about this vast mysterious area, but for now, the war was the most pressing concern. Luo Feng primarily focused on understanding information about the Lords and Ancestors, as well as general knowledge. The more extensive information would have to wait until he had free time to study it slowly.
Becoming a Lord allowed him to perceive many unknowns within the Infinite Primal Space. Luo Feng could sense terrifying and mysterious locations scattered throughout the Infinite Primal Space. These places were completely exposed, and some posed a significant threat even to him. Before becoming a Lord, Luo Feng already knew about the Infinite World, born from the Infinite Great Serpent race. Through this Infinite World, one could instantly appear anywhere within the Infinite Primal Space. There was also the Primeval Land, occupied by the Cultivator faction. And there were many other mysterious places similar to the one connected to the Void-Splitting Blade. He would explore them gradually in the future.
Wu Lan cultivated the Primal Material Path, but in reality, it was a combination of nine parts material and one part boundless. Pure material defense wasn’t the strongest; it required the integration of boundless mysteries, enabling the conversion of material and energy. According to Wu Lan’s judgment, if he could integrate more boundless mysteries, his techniques would become much more versatile and less clunky.
Among the information Luo Feng received was a complete record and detailed description of Wu Lan’s path and its inheritance. Such paths could not be simply learned; each Lord’s path contained their unique spiritual will, which could only be referenced and assimilated at best.
Ming Huang’s path was the Primal Thunder Path, eight parts thunder and two parts water.
Only Lord Moman was of the purest, most extreme level; his path was the pure Primal Fluctuation Path! Luo Feng was astonished upon learning this. Among the eight Lords, including himself, only Lord Moman was truly pure. His very essence was a “fluctuation,” and he was also the smallest in body size among the seven Lords, with the lowest energy reserves.
“Is he that extreme?” After learning about Lord Moman, Luo Feng realized that Lord Moman was the first to become a Source World Master through the path of faith. His voice could make countless beings submit. Furthermore, he pioneered the pure Primal Fluctuation Path. This path was highly lethal to Ancestors, imperceptibly infiltrating deep within their bodies. The longer they fought him, the more their injuries would accumulate.
Luo Feng noticed that Lord Naigu’s path was somewhat similar to Yuan’s. “Lord Naigu’s path is the Primal Bloodline Path, requiring him to absorb Ancestor-level bloodlines. Each Ancestor-level bloodline is very special, and fully mastering it is extremely difficult. Theoretically, Lord Naigu’s strength increases with each Ancestor-level bloodline he masters, allowing him to grow indefinitely.”
Senior Yuan… his path is the Primal Rule Operation Path. Yuan is the one who comprehended the most paths within the Cultivator faction. He understood various paths, and when he mastered the perfect operation of nine of them, he comprehended a system of rule operation, thus becoming a Lord. While other Lords specialized, Senior Yuan was capable of cultivating numerous paths. Each path was merely a complete Grand Dao at the peak God King stage, yet Senior Yuan had cumulatively comprehended 25 Grand Daos! The perfect operation of nine Grand Daos formed the Primal Rules, and this “Operation Path” made him a Lord. As he comprehended more Grand Daos, the integrated Primal Rule Operation system also expanded, and his strength continued to rise. Not considering Lord Xingmang, Yuan’s current strength was clearly superior to the other Lords.
Naigu and Yuan’s paths were quite unique, allowing for continuous accumulation and improvement. Naigu, Wu Lan, Jin, Ming Huang, and Moman were still at the same level, while Yuan was already half a step stronger than them.
Lord Xingmang, on the other hand, was stronger than Naigu and the others. Before Luo Feng, Lord Xingmang was the only one who had broken through techniques with sheer power.
“Lord Xingmang is a big step ahead of the other Lords,” Luo Feng understood after carefully examining the inherited information. What was meant by “taking another step” was comprehending a second Primal-level path, which represented a supreme form of power. As long as one’s ability was sufficient, there was a hope of comprehending a second Primal-level path, and then one’s strength would naturally far surpass that of the other Lords. Every Lord walked the path that was most desired from their heart; only then could they become a Lord. To switch to another path would no longer be their deepest desire.
Even though Lords possessed immense observational abilities, thought processing speed, and comprehension, the hope of comprehending a second Primal-level path was almost zero. This was the common understanding among the other Lords. Before breaking free from the Cage, Lord Xingmang, as a Primal Life, had forcefully comprehended the Primal Space-Time Path. At that time, his life level was much lower, and his understanding of the void and time within Primal Space was considerably weaker.
Thus, the Primal Space-Time Path that Lord Xingmang comprehended by breaking through techniques with sheer power was space-dominant, with space accounting for ninety percent and time for ten percent. His direct combat strength was already formidable. Later, after becoming a Lord, he, as a Lord-level life form, comprehended another Primal Space-Time Path, this one time-dominant, with time accounting for seventy percent and space for thirty percent.
With these two paths complementing each other, he became the most terrifying existence in terms of space-time within the entire Infinite Primal Space. His direct combat ability was significantly higher than that of the other Lords. He possessed the ability to be omnipresent, omnitemporal, and unkillable. Although the other Lords were powerful, their main combat avatars could be destroyed. Lord Wu Lan’s body could also be restrained and trapped, but Lord Xingmang could not be killed. No matter how terrifying the assault, his body could manifest from the past or future at any moment, making him impossible to kill. He would appear anywhere in the vicinity.
His presence was what truly stabilized the Cultivator Domain. The Innate Primal Life faction attacked relentlessly, sparing no cost, yet they had only broken through just over six hundred world clusters to date. Why was it so difficult? Why had so many World-level Primal beings and High-level Primal beings suffered casualties? It was all because of the omnipresent Lord Xingmang!
No wonder Senior Yuan believed Xingmang had made the greatest contribution. However, Senior Yuan was being modest; he had contributed to the growth of every subsequent Lord.
Luo Feng pondered. It was precisely because of the first Lord’s emergence and the cultivation resources provided that subsequent Lords appeared. Without Senior Yuan, how could Lord Xingmang have acquired a World-level Primal servant before breaking free from the Cage? Without Senior Yuan, Luo Feng would not have had the Star Tower or countless Primal bloodlines to comprehend. Becoming a Lord would have been immeasurably more difficult. “Lord Xingmang’s path aligns perfectly with my own thoughts!” Luo Feng had a similar idea. Even before breaking free from the Cage, he had realized that his Life-Death Path, under the guidance of the Star Tower’s blood scales, had deviated, becoming seven parts life and three parts destruction. At the time, he had no other choice but to continue down that path, though it was, of course, a path he enjoyed.
As a life form, one naturally prioritized life. But to exterminate enemies, destruction must naturally be paramount!
“I can try to create a new Primal Life-Death Path, one that is destruction-dominant!” Luo Feng had long entertained this idea, but his life level had been too low at the time to even contemplate attempting a second path.
Now, having become a Lord, he could attempt it.
“In the future, the path I create can have a different name!” Luo Feng gazed at the Void-Splitting Blade in his hand. Names were just empty reputation!
He didn’t know how long it would take to create a new path; he would ponder it slowly after the war ended. Luo Feng also understood the difficulty of pioneering a second Primal path. All other Lords had failed, and it had taken Lord Xingmang a long time to develop his second path.
These Ancestors also possessed immense power. Luo Feng carefully studied these upcoming adversaries. Although they had reached their current level by growing through their life cores, it didn’t mean they were weak. There were strong and weak among them, and some powerful ones were even stronger than the Lords in certain aspects. Even Lord Xingmang, before comprehending his second Space-Time Path, had several beings in the Infinite Primal Space whose mastery of space-time surpassed his; he had only recently risen to the top.
The destructive power unleashed by a dozen or so Ancestors working together was terrifying. Luo Feng was somewhat surprised, wondering if he could withstand it.
Having understood his allies and the methods of his adversaries, Luo Feng began to try and create a systematic combat technique based on his own path.