Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent-Chapter 159: The Chosen Path

The treasured land ‘Infinite Space,’ Luo Feng transformed into a streak of light, flying at a speed hundreds of times faster than when he first entered Infinite Space. And this was just his normal traveling speed.

“This treasure land, all the areas with a bit more native creatures have already been occupied. If I want to carve out my own territory, I will have to go to the most remote and desolate regions.” Luo Feng selected a direction and continued his journey.

In the areas with many native creatures, one region might have hundreds of native creatures, enough for multiple Divine Kings to join forces and occupy it.

But in the remote and desolate areas, a large region might only have one or two native creatures. Since there were so few, it was only suitable for solo occupation!

The greatest danger of occupying such a place alone was… encountering other powerful beings who might seize it!

Luo Feng, under the protection of Emperor Ming, had secluded himself for hundreds of epochs before venturing out on his own.

Whoosh!

“Luo He? This is the territory of the royal family of the Ancient Flame Kingdom. Please leave.”

“This is the land of the royal family of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom!”

“Hurry and leave.”

On his journey, Luo Feng tried to avoid places occupied by large forces. Whenever he encountered a vast consciousness, he would be warned and driven away! He never again encountered someone as kind as Emperor Ming, willing to offer him a piece of land.

After flying for a long time, he finally arrived at his destination.

“Hundred Mist Lake!”

Luo Feng looked ahead at the vast, endless lake, mist floating above it.

“Hundred Mist Lake is incredibly expansive. In its early days, there were hundreds of native creatures here. Later, the monarch of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom took it over, causing the native creatures to dwindle. Now, there are probably only a few left in the entire lake.”

This was a place that had been occupied by various forces before. Due to the scarcity of creatures and the vast area, the large forces no longer valued it. It was only people like Luo Feng, a solitary traveler, who found it appealing.

“Time to thoroughly explore Hundred Mist Lake!”

“Immortality! Split!”

With a single thought, Luo Feng split into nine clones, each flying in a different direction, carefully searching for native creatures amidst the mist.

In Infinite Space, the Nineteen Origin Paths were sealed! To unleash truly powerful moves, one had to pave a new road.

During his hundreds of epochs of seclusion, Luo Feng had also been attempting to develop the Path of Life and Death.

His progress in this path had been rapid! Much faster than his understanding of the Origin Paths of Life and Destruction.

There were multiple reasons for this.

First, Luo Feng had already reached the peak of Chaos in both the Paths of Life and Destruction. With a deep enough foundation, it was natural that fusing them into the ‘Path of Life and Death’ would go smoothly.

Second, deep in Luo Feng’s heart, he had always believed that ‘Life and Death are one.’ This was the path he had chosen.

When he became an Eternal True God, the source of Life and Death was what he had comprehended.

The first Chaos Realm technique Luo Feng had created was a combination of Life and Death—his blade technique ‘Heart Refining.’

However, because the supreme rules did not contain the ‘Origin Path of Life and Death,’ Luo Feng had temporarily set it aside, focusing instead on the other two paths. After all, the Origin Paths of Life and Destruction existed and could be studied and observed.

In Luo Feng’s heart, both of these Origin Paths were merely foundational resources! Ultimately, they were meant to help him forge his own ‘Path of Life and Death.’

“The Path of Life and Death is indeed much stronger.”

Since there was no clear Origin Path as a reference, Luo Feng followed his heart, merging insights from the Paths of Life and Destruction, and naturally developed many new techniques.

“I’ve been in the Origin Continent for about 160 epochs! The past 100 epochs have been my deepest period of accumulation.” Luo Feng was well aware of his progress.

The Path of Life and Death was an evolved and fused version of the Paths of Life and Destruction, containing many of the advantages of both.

However, its flaw was clear. Without a definite path, Luo Feng didn’t know what the branches of this path would be like. Although he had already developed multiple Divine King-level secret techniques along the ‘Path of Life and Death,’ his accumulation even surpassed that of the Paths of Life and Destruction! Yet, he still hadn’t grasped any complete branch of the ‘Path of Life and Death.’

The Path of Life had six branches, and so did the Path of Destruction. Luo Feng could clearly observe them and had a definite direction.

Luo Feng felt that if he deliberately tried, he could likely become a Divine King within an epoch.

But Luo Feng had great patience. He followed the guidance of the ‘World Life Form’ creator’s legacy! Focusing on cultivating his understanding and constantly accumulating until he naturally broke through.

He didn’t deliberately pursue a breakthrough.

“The opportunities in Infinite Space allowed me to comprehend the Path of Life and Death earlier.”

“Clearly, the Path of Life and Death… is indeed more suited to me than either Life or Destruction.”

Luo Feng had already guessed this in his heart, since he had always believed that ‘Life and Death are one.’ Without one, the other was incomplete.

These hundreds of epochs of cultivation proved that walking the Path of Life and Death, while starting later, had allowed him to surpass the other two paths!

Without clear secret techniques or paths to observe, his strength in the Path of Life and Death still surpassed that of the other two.

“This also proves one thing: the path most suited to oneself is the fastest.” Luo Feng thought to himself. Divine Kings generally focused on mastering a single Origin Path! Even those who cultivated two were rare.

That was because each cultivator had their own inner understanding.

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Some recognitions even caused them to reject or despise certain paths. Forcing themselves to comprehend such paths would naturally result in extremely low efficiency.

Take Master Zuo Shan Ke, for instance. He had his own path. When faced with the Origin Path of Life, even as the master of the Primal Universe, he had never been tempted and never attempted to understand it.

“Investigation complete.”

Through his clone technique, Luo Feng finally finished surveying Hundred Mist Lake. “There are two Divine Kings occupying separate parts of the lake. Outside their territories… there are three native creatures, all quite far from each other.”

“Of the three native creatures, two are fairly ordinary, similar to the ones I’ve fought before. But one is extremely powerful, capable of withstanding my Lieu Yuan Technique with only minor injuries.”

These three native creatures—one strong, two weak.

Luo Feng was quite satisfied! He hoped for stronger heart beings to temper himself.

“It will be these three.”

Although the three native creatures were far apart, Luo Feng decided to occupy all of them. “I will use my clone technique to separately occupy the territories of these three native creatures.”

Luo Feng’s true body and two clones split up, each occupying one native creature.

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The Ancient Flame Kingdom, in Fengzhang City, was the ancestral land of the royal ‘Zhang Clan.’ Generations of the clan had thrived here.

“Hahaha, Brother Luo Sa, please!”

“Yunge and Moyu Qingyan becoming Dao companions is also a bond between the Zhang Clan and Luo He the Great Sage.” Inside a grand hall of the Zhang Clan, the core members of the clan were hosting a lavish banquet for Morosa and Moyu Qingyan.

In the hall.

The two Chaos Overlords of the Zhang Clan appeared, sitting at the head of the table with Morosa. The three Chaos Realm beings laughed and chatted amicably.

“Young Qingyan is my master’s disciple and also my disciple.” Morosa laughed heartily. “Now that Yunge and Qingyan are becoming Dao companions, it’s as if she’s half my disciple as well.”

Moyu Qingyan and Zhang Yunge sat quietly below, both juniors listening respectfully.

“It seems the two sides are getting along well,” Moyu Qingyan thought, feeling relieved.

This was his first time visiting the Zhang Clan, and he had worried they wouldn’t approve.

But to his surprise, the Zhang Clan was very welcoming!

Although Zhang Yunge was from a main branch of the royal family, the royal family had countless descendants, and she was just one Eternal True God among thousands of others in the royal lineage.

“I’m not particularly valued within the family,” Zhang Yunge sent a voice transmission. “The appearance of our clan’s two Chaos Overlords is mostly because of your status.”

The presence of Chaos Realm figures was a significant matter.

As for the Zhang Clan’s highest-ranking ‘Fengzhang Divine King,’ he was still a Divine King. There was no need for him to get involved in the marriage of two Eternal True God-level juniors.

Even if Luo He the Great Sage became a Divine King and a ruler in his own right, there was no need for the Fengzhang Divine King to curry favor. His ability to remain rooted in the Ancient Flame Kingdom meant he had his own background.

“Qingyan, from now on, we are family. Come, have a drink.” Zhang Yunge’s father was also very enthusiastic. As an ordinary Eternal True God, his status in the family was far below that of the Eternal True Gods who had mastered the laws. But today, he was in the spotlight, even receiving friendly attention from the two Chaos Realm ancestors.

Moyu Qingyan remained humble.

He knew himself well.

His second master had exhausted all efforts to guide him to become a Void True God in the Path of Laws. Later

, with the help of his master and second master’s resources, he achieved the Eternal True God realm through the bloodline cultivation system.

In terms of cultivation, he had little potential. His current status was purely due to being the sole disciple of both his master and second master. There was nothing to be arrogant about.

Zhang Yunge, watching this scene, smiled.

She had chosen Moyu Qingyan as her Dao companion. When she had first met him in Xiangjie City, where she was handling royal business, Moyu Qingyan had been revered by everyone, holding a high status in the city.

After spending more time together, she found Moyu Qingyan to be simple and sincere, which made her fall for him.

She had cultivated to the Eternal True God realm without ever having a Dao companion, showing how discerning she was. If she didn’t find someone suitable, she would rather cultivate alone for eternity.

Moyu Qingyan was the same! Both of them had reached the Eternal True God level before finally choosing a Dao companion.

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In the treasured land ‘Infinite Space,’ Luo Feng, whose disciple was getting married, was entirely focused on cultivation. He sat cross-legged on an island in a lake, performing the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, erasing the pollution from his heart.

“The stronger the heart beings, the more powerful the pollution.”

Luo Feng could feel its effect on him. Even when he tried to comprehend the path, the heart pollution repeatedly interfered.

“Rumble~~~”

Suddenly, a consciousness touched the awareness Luo Feng had spread out.

“This is my territory. Leave immediately.” Luo Feng’s consciousness transmitted the message.

“Your territory? I’ve killed the ancestor of this native creature dozens of times! This has always been my territory.” The mind was as powerful as a second-level Divine King. A massive figure in a yellow robe stood in the sky at a distance, gazing at the island with a cold smile. “So, it’s Luo He the Great Sage! A Chaos Realm Transcendent, and you dare to fight me for territory? If you don’t want to die, get lost!”

Luo Feng looked at him, his eyes turning cold. “Then let me see what abilities you have as a first-level Divine King in this Infinite Space.”