Chapter 404 : The Road Ahead
Chapter 404: The Road Ahead
In the Eternal Land, twenty-nine existences had rarely gathered together.
“Luo Feng, when will your celebration for becoming a Lord be held?” Kafuxiu asked with a smile. “It’s been a long time since I visited your Cultivator Territory. I can take this chance to have a good look around.”
The other Undying and Indestructible existences also looked toward Luo Feng.
For Luo Feng’s celebration, almost all of them would send clones to attend.
“The Mysterious Land I control, ‘Blood Crane Territory,’ is currently on its way back to the Cultivator Territory,” Luo Feng said with a smile. “When the Blood Crane Territory reaches my homeland, that will be the time to hold the celebration.”
Those existences who relied on controlling a Mysterious Land to achieve Undying and Indestructible status usually held their celebrations within such lands, so no one found Luo Feng’s decision strange.
“Sister Shazhou, do you have time to explore the Land of Tonggu together?” the strange cube ‘Demon Ruins’ asked.
“Alright.” The gray-robed woman Shazhou nodded. “I’m available anytime.”
“After this gathering, we’ll set off,” Demon Ruins said, glancing around. “Anyone who wants to come can join us.”
“Together.” Infinite Serpent Ancestor also spoke.
In total, six Undying and Indestructible existences were willing to head to the Land of Tonggu together.
Luo Feng listened from the side. From the Initial Land’s information database, he had also learned much about various Mysterious Lands.
The Land of Tonggu was a mysterious valley nurtured by the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space. Within the valley, terrifying attacks descended irregularly. To this day, only a handful of beings had managed to traverse the entire Land of Tonggu.
Its greatest benefit was that one could experience ‘attacks’ that surpassed all lifeforms! This provided certain inspiration for exploring one’s own path forward.
Shazhou had visited the Land of Tonggu the most times. Some of her killing moves had been developed based on the ‘attacks’ there.
“The twenty-nine existences of the Eternal Land… four major factions.” Luo Feng observed their conversation and noticed something interesting.
The Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction, the Cultivator Faction, the Ice Peak Faction, and the lone-wanderer faction. The first three factions barely interacted with each other.
Instead, proposals from the lone-wanderer faction were more easily accepted by all sides.
“The eight Lords of our Cultivator Faction are indeed different.” Luo Feng listened. “These Ancestors arrange adventures together and explore treasures together. But the Cultivator Lords rarely participate.”
Cultivator Lords mainly relied on comprehending the Dao! Occasionally, they would explore Mysterious Lands suited to themselves. As for other resources? Protecting the resources of the ‘Three Thousand Six Hundred World Clusters’ was enough. They had no ambition for resources beyond their vast territories.
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After a full ten eras of travel, the Mysterious Land ‘Blood Crane Territory’ finally arrived at the Dark World Cluster.
Now, the Dark World Cluster had been renamed the ‘Milky Way World Cluster,’ and the Dark Sacred Realm had been renamed the ‘Milky Way Sacred Realm’! This was something every Lord would do—renaming their absolute territory to something they preferred.
The Blood Crane Territory was vast and boundless, home to over 7.5 billion High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms known as the ‘Blood Crane Territory Clan.’ Only a small portion of this clan remained under Luo Feng’s direct command, while the rest had been dispatched to other Lords’ territories to work.
The eight Lords of the Cultivator Faction all acted similarly. Even the ‘High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms’ and ‘World-Level Primordial Lifeforms’ they personally enslaved were shared across the entire faction.
“The celebration is finally over.” Luo Feng saw off the many guests.
At this grand event, even the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction had six Emperors—including Infinite Serpent Ancestor—send clones, along with thirty-one ordinary Ancestors’ clones! The Ice Peak Faction also sent twenty-one clones, and many smaller forces sent Ancestor clones as well.
In total, more than a hundred Ancestor clones had come to observe the ceremony.
The number of Ancestor clones attending reflected the host’s influence within the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space. Compared to someone like the Three Emperors of Wind and Thunder Sea, Luo Feng’s celebration attracted far more attendees.
“We’re leaving.”
“Brother Luo Feng, no need to see us off.”
After the other guests departed, the remaining seven Cultivator Lords left one by one. The last to remain was Lord Moman.
“Luo Feng.” Moman walked up to him. “You promised earlier to help me.”
“Now?” Luo Feng asked. “I can set off anytime.”
Moman smiled, clearly pleased by Luo Feng’s readiness. “Not yet. There’s a very special Mysterious Land—a ‘Land of Fluctuations.’ I can only detect its fluctuations once every hundred thousand eras. The next appearance is in about five thousand eras. Once it appears, we must depart immediately.”
“Alright, no problem,” Luo Feng replied.
“Thanks!” With a step, Moman’s figure transformed into a fluctuation and vanished.
Luo Feng stood within the Endless Blood Sea of the Blood Crane Territory, his blood-colored robe fluttering.
“I’ve finally become completely free. It’s time to go into seclusion and properly comprehend the Primordial Blade Dao,” Luo Feng thought.
He gazed into the distance. Not far away in space-time lay the Source World of the Origin Continent.
The Blood Crane Territory was very close to the Origin Continent’s Source World.
If an unforeseeable crisis ever arose, Luo Feng could relocate the Blood Crane Territory again. In just a few breaths, it could reach near the Origin Continent. The Endless Blood Sea could fully protect the Source World.
Based on known circumstances, nothing should threaten his homeland Source World under his personal protection.
But the homeland Source World was tied to the lives of his family and friends. As long as the Source World existed, he could easily resurrect lifeforms. If it were destroyed, resurrection would be impossible!
Luo Feng had to ensure that his homeland Source World remained absolutely safe.
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Within the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space, conflict never ceased!
The Ice Peak Faction, which had recently suffered setbacks against the Cultivator Faction, began bullying nearby weaker forces to seize more resources. These weaker forces, unwilling to join major factions, had their own confidence—and fought fiercely in return.
Meanwhile, the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction and the Cultivator Faction were relatively quiet. After a brutal conflict—where one side lost eleven Ancestors and the other suffered vast territorial losses and the destruction of many Source Worlds—both sides were now recuperating.
“This war was truly worth it!”
A massive sphere of light, containing endless radiance—this was the true body of the Endless Ancestor.
As one of the top three existences in the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction, the Endless Ancestor had yet to reach the Undying and Indestructible level. Thus, it had always been a firm advocate of war, seeking sufficient tempering and resources to advance further.
“After endless years and countless obstacles, I’ve finally glimpsed the hope of becoming Undying and Indestructible. I can now truly see the road ahead.” The Endless Ancestor was delighted.
“I must thank this war—and thank Lord Luo Feng.”
It was precisely because of Luo Feng’s ‘Origin Great Destruction Explosion.’ That terrifying power swept across a vast region. While trying to save its companions, the Endless Ancestor’s ‘endless light’ endured the impact of that attack.
That terrifying energy storm! That incomparably dazzling light! It swept across dozens of Ancestors, severely injuring twenty-six of them!
“That… is the true endless light!”
“Endless light should possess boundless might!”
The Endless Ancestor understood—that was its path forward.
With just one more step, it could transform into that incomparably dazzling light.
“To achieve boundless might, I must become even purer! Even my Life Core must completely merge into the light! At that point, the Life Core will exist everywhere, manifesting in any ray of light within the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space. Only then will I be truly Undying and Indestructible!”
Having glimpsed its path, the Endless Ancestor began consuming the resources it had accumulated over endless years.
With sufficient resources, and by actively guiding the growth of its Life Core, the Life Core began to slowly transform.
This process was filled with hardship. The clearer one’s understanding of the path ahead, the smoother the Life Core’s transformation would be.
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“Where… is my path?”
The Annihilation Ancestor, one of the Nine Emperors of the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction and also among the top three in strength, faced the same dilemma.
It had long sought the path to Undying and Indestructible, yet could not find hope.
“I have explored all possibilities. Only one path holds even a sliver of hope—if I wish to become Undying and Indestructible, I must first return to annihilation, and from annihilation seek indestructibility.”
“But the chance of complete death on this path… is likely over ninety-nine percent.”
The Annihilation Ancestor sighed.
It was unwilling to take this path. The success rate was simply too low.
In terms of strength, it already rivaled the Cultivator Lords. Even if they joined forces, they could not kill it. It only existed in a theoretical state of ‘possible death.’ Why would such a being gamble on a path with over a ninety-nine percent chance of death?
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“Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!!”
In the Cultivator Faction, at the Initial Land, Yuan was currently reading the inheritance written by Luo Feng.
“Brother Luo Feng’s research into ‘Origin’ is unparalleled across the entire Infinite Chaotic Origin Space.” Yuan was overjoyed. The eight Lords all walked the path of Dao comprehension, and their depth of research generally far surpassed that of the Ancestors.
Luo Feng’s Primordial Life-and-Death Path was centered on life, with the Origin system as its core.
“My path requires exactly this Origin system!” Yuan carefully studied the inheritance, absorbing the parts beneficial to himself.
He cultivated the ‘Path of Primordial Rule Operation.’ As the number of ‘Ultimate Divine King Origin Paths’ he comprehended increased, the power of his path also grew. Yet when Yuan attempted to create a Source World, he failed.
The reason was…
A Source World required not only rule operation, but also the integration of multiple Paths into an ‘Origin.’
“Luo Feng’s is a Life-and-Death Origin.”
“Mine, however, requires combining multiple Origin Paths into an Origin. A single Source World needs at least nine Origin Paths combined. That’s far more complex than Luo Feng’s Life-and-Death Origin.” Yuan felt troubled.
The Primordial Life-and-Death Path was already a fused Path. Due to the characteristics of the Life Direction, it could easily transform into an Origin. Constructing ‘1.8 Billion Origins’ was also relatively easy.
“At least nine Origin Paths must be combined into one Origin.”
“If I pursue even more Paths, the Origin integration system becomes even more complex.”
Although Yuan felt the difficulty of his path, he was still delighted! Because Luo Feng’s detailed ‘Origin system’ had shown him the road ahead.
Once successful—
The Path of Primordial Rule Operation, combined with an Origin system, would undergo a true qualitative transformation.
Internal: Origin. External: rule operation.
Only when the two became one could a Source World be created.
“At least I can see the path ahead now.” Yuan continued his secluded cultivation.
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Each of the eight Lords of the Cultivator Faction had their own pursuits.
Star Light Lord diligently repaired sections of the Space-Time Network. Wu Lan once again ventured alone into the ‘Abyss of Destruction.’ Moman continued roaming the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space as fluctuations. Wu Lan leisurely nurtured his bloodline descendants. Luo Feng remained within the Blood Crane Territory, comprehending the Primordial Blade Dao…
Before anyone realized it, three thousand eras had passed.