“What has Master understood?” Morosa, who was serving nearby, heard his Master’s soft murmur. Feeling somewhat perplexed, Morosa could also tell that his Master was immersed in a state of enlightenment. He dared not disturb him and carefully stood guard, strictly prohibiting any other creatures from approaching, to avoid affecting his Master.

At this moment, Luo Feng’s bionic Eye of Annihilation on his forehead was observing the origin of the source world. The secret pattern diagrams of the 31 ancestor corpse materials appeared in his mind for comparison. No wonder a source world controlled by a World-level Chaotic Origin Lifeform, relying on its own strength, could face four Chaotic Origin Ancestors without fear. This was because the source world and Chaotic Origin Ancestors were fundamentally existences of the same level. Luo Feng understood.

An ordinary source world was like a massive body without a soul. With a master, it gained a soul. Even a single Chaotic Origin Ancestor could not overcome it in a one-on-one fight.

“I finally understand why all naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms possess a ‘Life Core,’ even those at the Ancestor level!” Luo Feng thought. For naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms, everything else could be discarded; only the Life Core was paramount. Once the Life Core shattered, it meant complete annihilation.

“Before, I thought the Life Core was a huge weakness for naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms, an imperfection from their natural gestation!” Luo Feng had believed this for a long time. Cultivators, through their own enlightenment, did not have Life Cores, thus lacking this significant vulnerability. However, the Life Core was indeed a critical weakness for naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms, and some Ancestors had fallen precisely because of this vulnerability.

“The Life Core is actually the reason for their endless potential!” Luo Feng now understood. A Life Core was also another form of origin. Every naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeform possessed an origin from birth. Luo Feng also understood why cultivators on the bloodline path required certain special resources.

Cultivators needed to refine higher-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines to become advanced Chaotic Origin Lifeforms, and to become World-level Chaotic Origin Lifeforms, they needed to refine World-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines. But what about naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms? It was incredibly difficult for them to obtain a higher-level bloodline; even receiving a drop of blood from a higher-level being was rare. Yet, even without higher-level blood, simply through consumption, naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms could spontaneously evolve, some even becoming Ancestors by consuming the very origin of a Chaotic Origin World! Cultivators on the bloodline path valued Chaotic Origin bloodlines most and had developed many methods to extract them, though they could not extract a complete Ancestor-level bloodline.

“However, for naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms, their core is not bloodline, but the Life Core! The growth of the Life Core drives the growth of life itself, and each step of the Life Core’s development triggers the evolution of their bloodline!” “That’s why the strength of a God-Emperor in their early stage differs from their mid-stage, and their Chaotic Origin bloodline manifestation also changes!” Luo Feng fully understood. The Life Core was the fundamental essence; the bloodline was merely an external manifestation of the life level. Cultivators could not truly utilize the Life Core; they could only extract and use the manifested Chaotic Origin bloodline.

Luo Feng felt a touch of awe. Naturally born Chaotic Origin Lifeforms were truly the darlings of the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space. Born with a ‘Life Core,’ this core would continuously grow through various opportunities, eventually reaching a level comparable to the origin of a source world. Reaching this stage meant becoming an Ancestor-level existence!

“This is the secret of the highest-level life!” Ancestor-level lifeforms and source worlds all possessed origins. Lords should also have origins! For the former two, their origins manifested materially. For Lords, their origin was the Dao at the Chaotic Origin level. As long as the Dao remained, they would remain, making any Lord-level lifeform immortal! Luo Feng understood the difference between them. The Ancestors’ origin was their Life Core, which presented a clear, painful weakness. The Lords’ origin was the Dao, which was invisible, intangible, and truly immortal.

Lords also had weaknesses. Luo Feng had gathered some information and knew the difference between Chaotic Origin Ancestors and cultivator Lords. Chaotic Origin Ancestors generally had much larger physical forms, while Lords were typically smaller, though this was an average observation. Ancestor-level bodies were generally significantly larger than Lord-level bodies. The Life Core was a material existence that could continuously accumulate power and maintain a sufficiently massive physical body. Lords, lacking a material origin, had limited accumulated power and were generally smaller in stature. If given the choice, Luo Feng believed those Ancestors would rather be smaller and without the vulnerable Life Core, thus achieving true immortality. “My Dao of Life and Annihilation focuses on life with destruction as secondary. I have now peered into the highest-level mysteries of life. If I fully comprehend its essence, even the other seven Lords would find it difficult to discern how dozens of different Dao mysteries combine to form an origin!”

Specialization was key. The current seven Lords specialized in paths like destruction, lightning, or vibration, but none of them excelled in life. And origin was the highest mystery of life. Without sufficient accumulation in this area and terrifying comprehension, it was simply impossible to perceive this path. Luo Feng’s half-Chaotic Origin Dao of Life and Annihilation, built upon its foundation, had further comprehended over fifty million low-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines, over thirty million high-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines, and he had also studied over two thousand World-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines, as well as the materials from thirty-one Ancestor corpses. With such deep accumulation and his extraordinary comprehension, he had finally glimpsed this path. Luo Feng thus possessed the potential to become a Lord.

No wonder any Ancestor possessed at least ten profound mysteries of life within their bodies, because the mysteries formed by their Life Cores were primarily centered around life! Luo Feng also felt fortunate in this regard. Only by focusing on the path of life could he hope to uncover the mysteries of origin. If his primary focus had been destruction, the difficulty of ‘breaking through with force’ would likely have increased significantly, and even that path required luck. Luo Feng mused. For him, comprehending the half-Chaotic Origin Dao of Life and Annihilation, despite encountering some bottlenecks, didn’t feel like a major challenge; it took less than ten thousand eras to succeed. However, merely glimpsing the path of ‘breaking through with force’ already made Luo Feng feel that luck would be necessary.

“In the future, I can completely construct billions of origin lifeforms within my body. The Ancestors’ Life Cores are natural, but if Luo Feng comprehends their underlying principles, he can understand that the origin can be created artificially. It’s like opening countless ‘cave-heaven’ spaces within the body, and similarly, one can create billions of origins!” “On one hand, I need to remove the critical weaknesses of the origin; even losing thousands of origins would have a relatively low impact on me!” “On the other hand, I want to leverage the advantages of the origin. Billions of origins can accumulate incredibly vast energy, granting me an immensely powerful physical body!” “To achieve this, one must not only comprehend the Dao but also deeply understand the essence of life!” If a Lord could comprehend the Chaotic Origin Life Dao, their body would become the most massive, vibrant, and difficult-to-destroy existence in the entire Infinite Chaotic Origin Space. Luo Feng’s Chaotic Origin Dao of Life and Annihilation, being primarily focused on life, manifested more characteristics of the life aspect, with the destruction aspect being comparatively weaker. This was happening within the quiet chamber of the cave dwelling atop the high mountain on Chaotic Origin Island, the Land of Origin.

The infinitely vast secret pattern diagrams of the 31 Ancestor-level materials floated before Luo Feng’s Eye of Annihilation, which was open and carefully observing. “I see the path, but I must walk it myself. Only by reaching its end can I truly grasp its Dao!” Luo Feng clearly understood how difficult it would be to both eliminate the critical weaknesses of the origin and leverage its advantage of accumulating endless energy. Yet, this was truly the direction he sought.

The seemingly scattered secret patterns actually cohered into the Chaotic Origin Dao of Life and Annihilation. Besides the original systems of mind and consciousness, life, destruction, Chaotic Origin power, and physical body, there was now a sixth system: the Origin System! The Origin System was even more central. Luo Feng diligently studied the secret patterns of these 31 Ancestor corpse materials, researching how their origins combined and formed. After all, his future self would combine the two profound mysteries of life and destruction. However, these Ancestors combined numerous profound mysteries of various Daos, which he could not simply imitate; he had to comprehend their fundamental essence.

Observing the same thing from different angles yielded different insights! Luo Feng now observed the secret patterns of these 31 Ancestor-level materials from the perspective of the Origin System, gaining a fresh understanding! His Origin System also seemed like a seed, beginning to robustly grow by absorbing nutrients from these 31 Ancestors.

This time, Luo Feng spent even more detailed time, comprehending it repeatedly. He meticulously pondered the different materials from the 31 Ancestors. He lost track of time, only feeling his accumulation in various aspects improving, and his Origin System gradually taking shape.

It was almost complete! Suddenly, one day, Luo Feng stopped. He had largely researched the various materials of these 31 Ancestors and was extremely familiar with them.

“The accumulation across the six major systems of my Chaotic Origin Dao of Life and Annihilation is very deep!” Although Luo Feng hadn’t yet begun to create the Chaotic Origin Dao of Life and Annihilation, the six major systems were naturally integrating within his mind. He even had a vague concept of the complete Dao. “I have already comprehended all these low-level and high-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines!” “However, out of 2,729 World-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines, I have only comprehended 43. I have studied Ancestor-level materials for over a billion eras. Now, let’s see how many of the remaining 2,299 World-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines I can comprehend!” Luo Feng brought up an uncomprehended World-level Chaotic Origin bloodline and its auxiliary materials. He examined it for less than a day! “Interesting!”

With his current perspective, Luo Feng looked at the World-level Chaotic Origin bloodlines again and discovered a profound mystery, a smile appearing on his face! It turned out that even at the World-level Chaotic Origin stage, the secret patterns within their bodies had already begun to form an origin! However, the origins formed by these secret patterns were incomplete, whereas the origins constituted by Ancestor-level secret patterns were complete, rivaling the origin of a source world. World-level secret patterns were indeed forming origins, but these incomplete origins were very difficult to detect! Luo Feng only noticed this after his accumulation in the Origin System became sufficiently deep!