Chapter 372: Space-Time Net | Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent [Trans]
Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent [Trans] - Updated on June 29, 2025
At this moment, seventy-one Ancestors from the Born Primal Chaos Being faction and seven Lords from the Practitioner side were engaged in a terrifying war within the Saha World Cluster.
However, the main combat avatar of Xingmang Lord, one of the seven Lords, had quietly reduced its energy reserve to seventy percent. Each Lord’s energy reserve capacity was limited by their unique path of cultivation. If one avatar occupied too much energy, other avatars would have very little left. In life-and-death combat, a main combat avatar could utilize up to ninety percent of the energy. With his main combat avatar currently only using seventy percent, Xingmang Lord’s strength naturally decreased. However, given his mastery of space-time, he could still manage to delay the enemy with his companions’ cooperation, even if not aiming to kill.
“Hahahaha, the origin of this Origin World is mine!”
A massive world-level Primal Chaos Being arrived beside an Origin World. Its power silently infiltrated the unoccupied Origin World. Everything operated according to the rules; if even a Divine King’s infiltration couldn’t be stopped, then naturally, the permeation of world-level Primal Chaos power couldn’t be prevented.
“What is this?”
Although the beings within this Origin World couldn’t see the colossal entity outside, the infiltrating world-level Primal Chaos power, like dark clouds, instantly enveloped the entire Origin World. As the dark clouds covered it, destruction descended!
Boom!!
Instantly, all living beings, all land and rivers, and all space-time were utterly destroyed. This complete annihilation, coupled with the terrifying power, further permeated the Origin World’s core, beginning to absorb its essence! The Origin World’s essence was incredibly dense!
The world-level Primal Chaos Being felt the essence was as vast as an ocean. Although it was a large fish, completely absorbing an entire ocean would still take an extremely long time!
“It will take an estimated one hundred and twenty eras for me to absorb the core of this Origin World!” It made a rough estimate based on its absorption speed and the experiences of other world-level Primal Chaos Beings in its entire faction. Annihilating all life took only a thought! Yet, absorbing the entire core would require one hundred and twenty eras. Not to mention it, even an Ancestor personally devouring an Origin World would need some time to completely absorb it!
At that moment, a shadowy figure descended and quickly coalesced into a black-robed youth, who was an avatar of Xingmang Lord!
“Oh no!”
The world-level Primal Chaos Being, which was absorbing the Origin World’s core, was instantly stunned upon seeing the black-robed youth! Fear and despair! This black-robed youth was the most terrifying Lord in the entire Born Primal Chaos Being faction. Xingmang was elusive, appearing and disappearing without a trace; if he targeted someone, there was no chance of survival! He was the Lord most feared by the Born Primal Chaos Beings.
The black-robed youth took one look and knew the Origin World’s life had been extinguished. Without wasting words, with a single thought, space-time shattered like a mirror. The world-level Primal Chaos Being’s body also disintegrated with space-time, its life-core cracked, and it instantly died. With a wave of his hand, he collected the corpse.
At this moment, thousands of Xingmang Lord’s thoughts remotely descended upon various points in space-time! Each thought could quickly absorb power from multiple timelines, forming a powerful avatar, swiftly annihilating world-level Primal Chaos Beings one after another. Rage filled his chest; he didn’t bother wasting time capturing them, instead killing them as quickly as possible!
A Lord could project a thought across infinite distances, but a mere thought was very weak. Even after absorbing a little Primal Chaos power, it could only slaughter some high-level Primal Chaos Beings. An avatar of a Lord capable of easily killing a peak world-level Primal Chaos Being would require roughly one ten-thousandth of its total energy reserve. A remotely projected thought, merely absorbing Primal Chaos power, would need about a day of Earth time to reach one ten-thousandth of its energy reserve, even for Lords like Jin Lord and Naigu Lord. That was too slow.
Xingmang Lord was an exception. He had previously set up a space-time network across the 3,600 world clusters in the Practitioner domain. This network allowed Practitioners to easily teleport to various locations. Xingmang Lord could also rapidly absorb space-time energy using this network. Although the Saha World Cluster was under attack and the space-time network there was destroyed instantly, Xingmang Lord could absorb energy not only from the current space-time but also from multiple past timelines. Many past timelines still had complete space-time networks spanning all 3,600 world clusters! By absorbing power from multiple timelines, avatars in closer regions could instantly gather sufficient power, allowing them to rapidly reach over one ten-thousandth of their energy reserve! Of course, to continue improving, absorbing energy from greater distances would be necessary, and the difficulty would increase rapidly! Relying on the space-time network and the ability to absorb power from multiple timelines to instantly exceed one ten-thousandth of his energy reserve, Xingmang Lord’s ability to defend the domain rose to the top among the seven Lords!
Although his domain defense was limited to the 3,600 world clusters and only effective against those below the Ancestor level, even Yu believed that Xingmang’s contribution was the highest among the Lords. Before Xingmang Lord emerged, there were only five Lords, and the Practitioner domain spanned just over eight hundred world clusters. Even then, these eight hundred world clusters were frequently ravaged by war.
In various areas of the Saha World Cluster, the black-robed youth descended. If he encountered high-level Primal Chaos Beings, he would directly capture them all with a wave of his hand. This was because, for an avatar with one ten-thousandth energy reserve, slaughtering and capturing took the same amount of time. However, when encountering world-level Primal Chaos Beings, killing them was prioritized as capturing them would take significantly more time!
The seventy-one Ancestors, who had received the news, were naturally furious! “How audacious! Fighting us while also diverting power to deal with the youngsters!” Xingmang Lord had diverted part of his power, meaning his effective strength would significantly decrease. “Everyone, give your all to crush them!” Facing the seven Practitioner Lords, they were extremely wary, fearing that one or two of them might be counter-killed. After all, even with their combined efforts in this war, two Ancestors had already been slain. Now, the Practitioner’s Xingmang Lord actually dared to divert power, dropping from the most threatening Lord to a normal Lord’s level! Naturally, they felt much more relaxed and had the confidence to launch a full-scale assault!
“Kill! Destroy them completely!” The seventy Ancestors’ offensive became even more terrifying. However, the seven Lords among the Practitioners focused solely on defense. The vast formation arranged by Yu perfectly coordinated the seven Lords, allowing their combined might to withstand the Ancestors’ siege!
“In just a moment, I’ve already killed over 3,500 world-level Primal Chaos Beings, and countless high-level ones,” Xingmang Lord told his companions. The middle and lower ranks of the Born Primal Chaos Being faction were beginning to panic, and their attack speed started to slow down! Who wouldn’t panic in the face of such a massacre by Xingmang Lord? Fearing and retreating, they now only dispatched weaker avatars. What would originally take a thousand eras to completely conquer a world cluster would now take perhaps a hundred times longer under Xingmang Lord’s threat. The crucial thing was for their side to hold out!
Despite the coordination provided by Yu’s formation, the seven Lords were still under immense pressure! After all, Xingmang Lord was the strongest among them in individual power! His decrease in strength indeed significantly impacted the combined power of the seven.
“All we need to do is hold them off!” At this moment, a Lord whose body was incredibly colossal, nearly the size of an Origin World, shielded the other Lords from harm. As a being who had mastered the path of Primal Chaos matter, his defensive capability was the strongest among the seven Lords! A large portion of the pressure from the seven Ancestors was being withstood by Xingmang. Of course, each Lord had their own specialties, and their combined efforts posed a significant threat to the Ancestors. The change in war strategy caused the middle and lower ranks of the Born Primal Chaos Being faction to slow their offensive, but the Ancestors’ attacks became even more ferocious!
In the Primordial Land!
Luo Feng, who was cultivating, suddenly sensed that his cave mansion’s formation had been triggered; a being had trespassed into his dwelling. “Who could trespass into my cave mansion without my permission?”
Luo Feng immediately sent out an avatar. At a glance, he saw a middle-aged man in the distance. The man appeared ordinary, but a distinct mark adorned his brow.
“I am Xingmang!” The middle-aged man smiled faintly.
Luo Feng had met Xingmang Lord before and was quite surprised. He immediately bowed. Xingmang Lord stood there, without any detectable aura. If it weren’t for the cave mansion’s formation alerting him to a Practitioner’s entry, Luo Feng would not have sensed him at all; he seemed to transcend all space-time!
“It is indeed rare to comprehend over a thousand types of world-level Primal Chaos bloodlines!” Xingmang Lord smiled faintly. “With such comprehension, you must be preparing to attempt ‘breaking the rules with force,’ right?”
“Yes, junior intends to ‘break the rules with force’,” Luo Feng admitted, nodding. “Senior Xingmang also ‘broke the rules with force’; could you offer some guidance?”
Xingmang Lord looked at Luo Feng and chuckled, “‘Breaking the rules with force’ cannot be taught! One can only say that treading this path requires immense patience!” He himself had endured a long period of torment.
Luo Feng nodded.
“‘Breaking the rules with force’ will likely take a very long time!” Xingmang Lord smiled slightly. “I shall help you by greatly increasing the time flow speed in your cave mansion’s quiet room!”
“Thank you, Senior Xingmang!” Luo Feng was overjoyed!
Xingmang Lord nodded. The space-time around the entire cave mansion began to warp. The space-time rules in the area of the cave mansion started to be modified, and they connected to the energy of the entire Primordial Land, using its energy to continuously maintain the space-time state here! In just a few moments, the rules were successfully altered, ensuring long-term maintenance!
“The time flow in your cave mansion’s secret chamber has been adjusted to one hundred million times!” Xingmang Lord stated. “Furthermore, it cannot be increased or decreased; it’s a fixed state! Self-regulating time flow is relatively more troublesome. After all, self-regulating time flow from one to one million times is still relatively easy, but at one hundred million times, maintaining a constant space-time state is more stable!”
“Junior understands!” Luo Feng was extremely grateful. His greatest concern was the Origin Continent’s Origin World being breached during the war. Now that the time flow had been accelerated to one hundred million times, he would have more time.
“Work hard!” Xingmang Lord smiled and then departed.
Inside the quiet room of his cave mansion, Luo Feng sensed the distinct change in time flow and couldn’t help but smile! A vast amount of time could pass within, while only a single breath passed in the outside world.
“Continue comprehending the world-level Primal Chaos bloodlines.” Luo Feng paid no heed to the turmoil outside. He knew he couldn’t help at the moment, so he continued with his original cultivation plan, carefully studying the materials before comprehending the bloodlines, cross-referencing them. He continued, one after another, and before he knew it, he had thoroughly researched all the world-level Primal Chaos bloodlines!
“I still haven’t fully comprehended them all, only 2,010 types!” Luo Feng thought. Of the 2,729 types, some were life-based, some destruction-based, and some combined both life and destruction. Among these, he had comprehended approximately 87% of the life-based types, about 95% of the life-and-destruction combined types, but only just over half of the destruction-based types!
“My Path of Life and Destruction is primarily focused on life, so my accumulation in that direction is deeper. My accumulation in destruction-based types is slightly inferior!” Luo Feng thought. Of course, only slightly inferior! Of the 995 destruction-based types, Luo Feng was still able to comprehend 503 world-level Primal Chaos bloodlines! It was worth noting that before “leaping out of the cage” (transcending limitations), only Luo Feng, Xingmang, and Naigu had been able to comprehend over a hundred world-level Primal Chaos bloodlines. This showed that Luo Feng’s accumulation in destruction-related aspects was also very profound! After all, he had cultivated all these bloodlines equally throughout his journey!
Luo Feng’s continued comprehension of world-level Primal Chaos bloodlines and Ancestor-level materials yielded diminishing returns. He vaguely understood that it would be difficult to gain significant new insights from these bloodlines and materials.
“It’s time for the next step: attempting to create the Primal Chaos Path of Life and Destruction!” Fire burned in Luo Feng’s eyes! He had accumulated strength for countless years, waiting for this very moment!