In the discussion hall, a debate arose among the Lords concerning the cultivation of future generations of cultivators.

“We’ve already recalled many important resources, raised the exchange threshold, and even…” A Lord couldn’t help but interject, “Jin, do you think we still need to cut resources further? Won’t that make them too scarce?”

“Scarce? What’s scarce?” Jin shook his head from where he sat. “When Yuan was weak, there wasn’t a single Lord in the entire cultivator camp. There were no good resources at all back then, yet Yuan still became a Lord by comprehending the fundamental rules of the Origin World. When I was weak, there was only Elder Brother Yuan as a Lord in the cultivator camp, and resources were very scarce. Didn’t I also make it through?”

“Luo Feng rose from the very bottom of a weak ‘primitive universe’ in his home Origin World, with negligible resources. Later, after enduring hardships to reach the core region of the Origin World, the ‘Origin Continent,’ he remained very poor. At that time, the wealthiest entities on the Origin Continent were two ancient empires, which monopolized almost all resources.”

“After Luo Feng left the Origin World for the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, he was still so poor he couldn’t even afford Primal Chaos bloodlines, only fragmented materials from low-level Primal Chaos lifeforms!” Jin stated. “What does that prove?”

“It proves that scarce resources can actually squeeze out greater potential!” Jin continued. “If given too many resources, these younger generations won’t cherish them.”

Luo Feng nodded with a smile: “Brother Jin knows me quite well. I also agree with what Brother Jin said. We should let future cultivators get used to the ‘poverty-style cultivation method.’ If resources are sufficiently scarce and they can still reach the extreme realm of God-King, then they are truly worth cultivating!”

“With scarce resources, the probability of reaching the ultimate God-King realm is extremely low, and the difficulty far exceeds the current situation. However, the cultivators screened out through such a process, once exposed to top-tier resources, might then be able to break free from their confines!” Luo Feng said.

He himself always maximized the potential of every single resource. Luo Feng’s cultivation path also proved another point, as Yuan mentioned: after entering the God-Emperor stage, he completely groped his way in the dark, without relying on any inheritances!

“The inheritances we left behind previously proved to be harmful,” Wu Lan agreed. “The more powerful a being is, the greater the influence of their inheritance, making it difficult for younger generations to forge their own paths.” “I believe no inheritances that enable one to ‘jump out of the cage’ should be disseminated,” Yuan stated. “Let the younger generations explore on their own!”

One by one, the Lords nodded. They had all taken detours, and all their past experiences proved one thing: to become a Lord, one must explore and find their own way.

“As for resources, for this era, we will follow Luo Feng’s experience,” Yuan said with a smile. “Let the younger generations grow with scarce resources, and once they prove themselves excellent enough, then provide them with the appropriate resources!”

Each vote followed the established rules of previous generations, where the cultivation experience of a new era would largely reference the breakthrough experience of the newest Lord.

“Brother Luo Feng also rose from the Origin World,” Moman remarked with emotion. “Currently, all eight Lords originated from the Origin World! This indicates that while the myriad worlds we created have more sentient beings, their inherent talent and aptitude are flawed!”

“There is a fundamental difference between the worlds we created and the Origin World!” Yuan stated. “As beings who have mastered the path of Primal Chaos rule operation, we have always strived to create an Origin World, but we have never succeeded!” “Future resources must be more heavily skewed towards the Origin World!”

Wu Lan said: “After all, only the Origin World can give birth to new Lords!”

“I believe that within the entire cultivator domain, ‘catastrophe-type cultivators’ should be prohibited!” Luo Feng declared. “A cultivator who treats all living beings in an Origin World as resources might achieve something, but they extinguish the hope of all other living beings in that entire Origin World!”

Luo Feng could understand the law of the jungle, but those who *are* the catastrophe themselves, slaughtering an entire world of beings, and even continuously harvesting the beings of an entire Origin World through countless reincarnation cycles – these types of cultivators should not exist!

“Brother Luo Feng, I am a catastrophe-type cultivator,” Jin said, looking at Luo Feng.

“I am too,” Naigu said, looking at Luo Feng.

Jin looked at Luo Feng: “I was born a Destruction Demon. Under the influence of the Origin World, destroying all beings was my destiny. Only by immersing myself in destruction and mastering it did I ultimately become a Lord.”

“For my cultivation path, all beings naturally serve as my resources!” Naigu said indifferently. “Even in the future, I will still need the corpses of Ancestors as my resources!”

“Every path has a purpose,” Jin said, looking at Luo Feng. “Catastrophe-type cultivators have their reason for existence!”

“Pure destruction cannot give rise to life,” Luo Feng said. “Even you have comprehended some mysteries of life.” Jin’s mastery of the Primal Chaos Destruction Dao actually contained ten percent life; otherwise, he couldn’t have formed a lifeform!

“Only by immersing myself in destruction could I ultimately transcend and control destruction,” Jin said. “Every cultivator has a different path; the growth of any path should not be restricted, as any one of them could give birth to a Lord!”

“Paths that entail monstrous sins and the destruction of countless beings should not exist.”

“What do you mean by sin?” Naigu looked at Minghuang. “In this boundless Primal Chaos space, there is only strength and weakness! Sin is merely a judgment in your own heart! Minghuang, you are too narrow-minded.”

“We are all life!” Luo Feng said. “We should naturally pity the weak; we all originated from weakness ourselves!”

“The strong prey on the weak; to die because of weakness is simply fate,” Naigu calmly stated.

Upon witnessing this scene, Yuan immediately got a headache!

For a long time, the Lords had always had disagreements! Jin, Naigu, and Moman were considered one faction. Of course, Lord Moman wasn’t as extreme as Jin and Naigu; he simply admired the ‘survival of the fittest’ way of life more.

Minghuang was benevolent at heart, and Wu Lan also admired Minghuang, forming another faction!

Yuan was all-encompassing, while Xingmang acted as an observer, not participating in conflicts. It seemed Minghuang and Luo Feng shared similar attitudes, implying more intense clashes in the future! Yuan felt quite helpless!

Previously, Minghuang, the most stubborn opposition, was somewhat outnumbered, but with the addition of Luo Feng, who broke through by sheer force, the two major factions’ strengths gradually balanced out!

“Pity the weak? The native Primal Chaos lifeform faction certainly doesn’t pity the weak!” Jin countered. “Luo Feng, you also cultivate Primal Chaos lifeforms; don’t you understand that the weak will ultimately be destroyed?”

“Destruction is for the protection of life,” Luo Feng said, looking at him. “Both sides have profound research into life and destruction, but their directions are clearly different.”

“Harsh environments can make them grow even more,” Moman said. “Brother Luo Feng, when you were growing, you also faced catastrophe-like beings. When you were weak, you faced the Golden-Horned Beast; later, you faced the Boundary Beast. These catastrophe-type cultivators can provide other cultivators with sufficiently powerful motivation!”

“The catastrophe-type cultivators we need to target are those who destroy all living beings in an entire Origin World,” Luo Feng said. “Facing such beings, weak cultivators don’t even have a chance to resist.”

“Alright,” Yuan finally spoke. “Stop arguing. Let’s stick to the old rules.”

“If you Lords have ideas, you can implement them within your own ‘Absolute Territories.’ For the vast regions elsewhere in the cultivator domain, we will continue with the ‘free-range strategy.’”

“If you can’t convince others, rely on strength! If anyone can defeat the combined forces of the other Lords, then we will follow what they say. If your strength isn’t enough, you’ll just have to tolerate it!”

As soon as Yuan spoke, the Lords fell silent. “No one in the entire boundless Primal Chaos space can defeat the combined forces of the other Lords alone.” There was nothing to be done, Luo Feng sighed inwardly. While he didn’t agree with some of their ideas, he could only seek common ground while preserving differences.

When he was weak, Luo Feng once believed that becoming a Lord would allow him to set rules entirely according to his own ideas. But now that he was a Lord, he realized that what he could change was still limited.

Not to mention the opposing factions, even within their own faction, decisions were made by all eight Lords collectively.

“Next agenda item!” Yuan immediately moved on to the next matter. “With the birth of a new Lord, a grand celebration must be held according to tradition!”

The birth of a Lord is quite special. For instance, new Ancestors born into the native Primal Chaos lifeform faction wouldn’t have any celebrations. Only the birth of an “undying and immortal” being, who earns a seat in the Eternal Land, is widely celebrated.

Every Lord is significant enough to draw the attention of the entire boundless Primal Chaos space and naturally holds a seat in the Eternal Land. Therefore, a celebration would certainly be held.

“Let’s reclaim our territory first!” Luo Feng said. “Our cultivator domain has three thousand six hundred world clusters, and many of them have not yet been reclaimed. We can hold the celebration after the territory is fully recovered!”

“Alright, we’ll go with your idea,” Yuan nodded. “Our most crucial task now is how to reclaim the territory!”

The eight Lords began to deliberate. Internally, they had disagreements, but externally, they stood united! Even with Jin and Naigu’s temperaments, they understood how much the cultivator camp had helped them.

Soon, a complete plan for reclaiming the territory was successfully formulated. Each of the eight Lords had their own assigned tasks!

The Initial Land, Heavenly Moon Sea Abode!

At this moment, bustling high-level Primal Chaos lifeforms gathered outside the abode!

They were incredibly excited, discussing amongst themselves, and waiting for an audience with Lord Luo Feng!

“The last time I met the Lord, he was just a Half-Primal Chaos lifeform. In less than two thousand epochs, the Lord has already reached the pinnacle, even ending the war!” The scrawny old man, Teng, was quite emotional. A large group of companions gathered around him; they were a group of high-level Primal Chaos lifeforms from the Dark World Cluster! In the past, the Dark World Cluster was very inconspicuous! Now, however, the Dark World Cluster was Lord Luo Feng’s homeland and his “Absolute Territory.”

“Our Dark World Cluster has become the Lord’s Absolute Territory! In the future, it will be ten or even a hundred times more prosperous!”

“We, his compatriots, will also be given important positions!”

Outside the Absolute Territories, a free-range strategy was adopted, and with the birth of a new Lord, territories would be re-divided. Therefore, only an “Absolute Territory” would receive the Lord’s full development efforts, naturally becoming extremely prosperous.

In addition to tens of millions of high-level Primal Chaos lifeforms, there were also 23 World-level Primal Chaos lifeforms waiting outside the abode!

Tianlang Ke was among these 23 World-level Primal Chaos lifeforms! “Brother Tianlang, you are a compatriot of the Lord, and as the only World-level Primal Chaos being born in the Dark World Cluster, you will certainly be highly regarded by the Lord!”

A companion beside him said with a smile: “I believe you’ll secure one of those inspection positions!”

Most of the other World-level Primal Chaos lifeforms looked at Tianlang Ke with envy. After all, it was normal for a compatriot of the Lord to be given important assignments!

When the Lord first arrived at the Initial Land, tens of thousands of high-level Primal Chaos lifeforms from the same world cluster all went to pay respects, except for Tianlang Ke. World-level Primal Chaos being “Torchfire” watched from the side.

Suddenly—

An invisible fluctuation descended, and all 23 World-level Primal Chaos lifeforms and over ten million high-level Primal Chaos lifeforms fell silent. They all felt their own insignificance under such terrifying aura!

A black-clad, black-haired man descended from the void!

Tianlang Ke saw this being. It was only at this moment that he met his Lord, Luo Feng, for the very first time.

As a World-level Primal Chaos being born within the Absolute Territory, he would serve under Lord Luo Feng for all eternity.

“Greetings, Lord!”

All twenty-three World-level Primal Chaos lifeforms bowed respectfully.

“Greetings, Lord!”

Over ten million high-level Primal Chaos lifeforms were all extremely respectful!

Only by truly facing a Lord’s true form once could one understand the chasm-like difference between themselves and a Lord.