Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin

"God King Bai Feng, let's proceed with the handover," Luo Feng looked towards God King Bai Feng by his side.

God King Bai Feng nodded slightly, and his body transformed, splitting into thirty-six avatars, "Let's go, I'll lead the way." Luo Feng also divided himself into thirty-six avatars and went to different entrances of the Heavenly Pillar Realm to carry out the handover.

Clone techniques of the Time Primordial Dao, Origin Dao of Space, Great Dao of Life Origin, and Origin Dao of the Infinite all exist, but each has its differences.

The clone technique of the time lineage, including the original self, can only create three avatars, representing past, present, and future! Yet each avatar has a complete physical body and soul, with peak strength as if three complete selves were confronting the enemy. Moreover, these three selves could exist on different timelines.

The path of space is similar, with a limited number of powerful avatars that can be cultivated, each maintaining a complete physical body and soul.

The paths of life and infinity are different.

For the path of life, the number of avatars is unlimited, but they are all split from oneself. For instance, Luo Feng has only one powerful soul, and as he divides part of it, the divided soul is considerably weaker.

He can only control a finite number of world life forms! The more he splits, the weaker he becomes.

The path of infinity is the same; while it claims infinity, it is still unique.

This has already made other paths envious.

Destruction, Extreme Point, Causality, Matter, World—typically can't cultivate clone techniques.

Like Yuan's illusionary avatar, it is actually a technique from the Void Realm Dao, a Great Dao not present in the Land of Origin. The path Yuan is now on, the 'Unity of Illusion and Reality,' is also a fusion path that aims to unite the 'Void Realm Dao and World Dao.' However, this path is even more difficult than Luo Feng's. Continue your saga on empire

The bases of life and destruction that Luo Feng regards as fundamental are based on complete Great Daos.

Yuan's illusory path has nothing to reference. To seek unity? Naturally, it is even more elusive and beyond reach!

"Brother Luo He, I entrust you with the garrison duty from now on," God King Bai Feng said with a smile after completing the handover with Luo Feng, "Being a garrison commander here might put you in some tough spots. You'll have to bear with it."

"I understand," Luo Feng nodded with a smile.

The Heavenly Pillar Realm, viewed as the First Treasure Land, allows at most a Guest Elder to be a Garrison Commander, while the true exploration deep into the Heavenly Pillar Realm is done by the high-ranking members of the two great Imperial Clans! Numerous members of the two Imperial Clans practice the Primordial Bloodline, and many have bad tempers.

God King Bai Feng nodded and then flew away.

Luo Feng watched him leave.

"God King Bai Feng and Emperor Xuan are close friends in life and death, and he has completely joined the Flame Wind Ancient Country. But it seems he has also endured quite a bit of mistreatment," Luo Feng thought to himself.

The Guest Elder Godly Kings in the Flame Wind Ancient Country Royal Family who are made use of—all extraordinary! After all, the Flame Wind Ancient Country Royal Family doesn't care for the weak.

In terms of strength, God King Bai Feng is comparable to King Tian Du and Emperor Gui Xu, his reputation grand and far-reaching.

Of course, from an outsider's perspective...

Luo Feng, at the First Realm of Godly King, was already able to match the Master of the Shi Kingdom. Now at the Second Realm of Godly King and with the number of avatars he has, he shouldn't be far behind God King Bai Feng and Emperor Gui Xu. Most importantly, Luo Feng's rise has been rapid with immense potential! Emperors and Monarchs must pay him attention.

Emperor Yan, Di Xi, and Di Wu targeted Luo Feng not only because of his feud with Emperor Chu but also because they felt the threat Luo Feng represented.

Thus, they wanted to strip him of his Guest Elder status, preventing Luo Feng from obtaining certain opportunities.

However...

Di Fu appointed Luo Feng to garrison the Heavenly Pillar Realm.

The ruling Emperor holds the greatest power. His bias in favor of Luo Feng meant that Emperor Yan and others were helpless.

"Hum."

Luo Feng maneuvered the Array Plate he received from the handover, with the terrifying might of the formation enveloping the surroundings.

"The thirty-six auxiliary formations are integrated with the central core formation, which is primarily controlled by Emperor Xuan," Luo Feng felt, "I can only guide and manipulate the might of the formation."

"With the power of the formation, I can suppress the likes of Emperor Gui Xu and Wuxin God King," Luo Feng confirmed this.

The formation of the Flame Wind Ancient Country in the First Treasure Land is also the most powerful. Only if the team from the Reincarnation Tower proceeds with leaders like the Wind City Empress or the Earth God King can they withstand the formation and move forward.

But by doing so, the Garrison Commanders and Monarchs of the two ancient countries will also join the battle immediately. The combined might of the two, along with the formation, can only be imagined.

"Although I am a Garrison Commander, I dare not let cultivators enter on my own. Since Emperor Xuan, as the controller of the formation, can sense everything happening here," the use of Luo Feng was only to make it exponentially harder for outsiders to break the formation.

Without a Garrison Commander, a fixed formation plate would be much easier to crack.

With a Garrison Commander carrying it, one must first kill the Garrison Commander! Protected by the formidable formation, killing Luo Feng's avatar, who has reached the Second Realm of Godly King, would be notably difficult.

"According to the information from my master, the greatest opportunity on the outskirts of the Heavenly Pillar Realm are those thirty-six pillars," With a thought, Luo Feng divided out an avatar and flew towards a towering Heavenly Pillar in the distance.

The pillar extended high, with no end in sight.

Luo Feng landed in front of this pillar and immediately noticed a figure in purple armor not far away.

"Yano Demon King." Luo Feng recognized the figure at a glance.

Yano Demon King, also a top three powerhouse among the Guest Elder Godly Kings of the Thunder Ancient Country, follows the Path of Destruction and cultivates the Primordial Bloodline; his strength is extremely formidable, and he is highly valued by the Thunder Ancient Country.

Yano God King looked up at Luo Feng.

"Luo He God King," Yano God King said with a faint smile. Despite his pride, he dared not underestimate this Luo He God King. The momentum of Luo He God King was indeed terrifying, and many of the ancient and powerful beings in the Land of Origin believed... that Luo He God King was likely to reach the level comparable to Emperors.

"Yano Demon King," Luo Feng nodded in return, then carefully examined the towering Heavenly Pillar.

Countless secret patterns spread over this Heavenly Pillar.

Luo Feng watched intently.

"Boom!"

As Luo Feng observed, the spreading secret patterns transformed into a giant axe that seemed boundless and endless! The axe was so vast that Luo Feng could only see a part of it, yet he felt as though it could split all rules and cleave through everything…

Luo Feng was utterly astounded.

He watched spellbound for several days before finally stopping.

"This axe's vision indeed far surpasses that of a complete Origin Great Dao," Luo Feng thought. "It has a hint of the flavor of the Star Tower's blood-colored scales. However, the patterns on the Star Tower's scales are more vast and detailed, requiring the will beyond the Godly King level just to observe them. As for this Heavenly Pillar... it feels like the will at the Ultimate Realm of the God King is sufficient to observe it, and the patterns seem more rudimentary and casual."

Luo Feng could tell at a glance that about three thousand six hundred intertwining secret patterns had led him to the vision of the Giant Axe Diagram.

The patterns were far simpler than those of the blood-colored scales of the Star Tower.

But the vision was extremely profound, and the pressure to observe was relatively small. A normal cultivator of the Second Realm of Godly King level from the Land of Origin could see this hidden scene of the Heavenly Pillar.

"This axe, it feels like the Path of Destruction. Only much more profound."

"In the future, I can contemplate it further."

Luo Feng wasn't in a hurry to immerse himself.

His main focus now was on the "Twenty-Four Forms," and the most urgent matter was to achieve a breakthrough for the World Life Form as quickly as possible.

Such a scene, far surpassing a complete Origin Great Dao and with such simple patterns, would undoubtedly be much harder to comprehend than to understand a complete Origin Great Dao! This was also the reason why the two Imperial Clans were willing to let Guest Elders observe it.

It was tough to make significant discoveries; to gain even a sliver of understanding and to create a formidable Secret Technique would already be quite an achievement.

...

Luo Feng successively watched thirty-six Heavenly Pillars, each wrapped in secret patterns, and his spiritual will was clear enough to discern the final vision that the secret patterns transformed into.

Sometimes it was a giant axe that split everything...

Sometimes it was an endless raging river...

Sometimes it was a strange cube...

Sometimes it was a flaming lotus…

Every scene, the vision was beyond the Great Dao.

"I heard that once one comprehends a complete Origin Great Dao, there are no clear guidelines anymore; one must grope in the dark," Luo Feng thought. "These thirty-six Heavenly Pillars are probably like a lamp in the darkness, guiding the way."

These thirty-six Heavenly Pillars were primarily related to the nine Origin Great Daos of the Land of Origin, such as the Dao of Life and the Path of Destruction, with four pillars each.

"Senior Yuan truly put in great effort," Luo Feng could feel the goodwill this predecessor had towards later generation cultivators.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

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After briefly exploring the outer regions of the Heavenly Pillar Realm, Luo Feng settled down to garrison the area and focused on his cultivation.

Eons passed by.

"Hu hu."

Two figures flew into the formation, their Command Tokens resonating with the formation, encountering no resistance.

Luo Feng, responsible for the garrison, looked up.

"So it's Luo He God King on duty," one of the figures said with a smile.

Luo Feng smiled as well, "Tian Mu God King, long time no see."

When he first went to the treasure land "Infinite Space," he met Tian Mu God King. As a member of the Flame Wind Ancient Country Royal Family, Tian Mu God King was very friendly towards him, which was quite rare so Luo Feng remembered it vividly.

"We are fated to meet. When Luo He God King ventured to the Infinite Space, he was at the Primal Chaos Realm. At that time, I was just at the First Realm of Godly King," Tian Mu God King said with a smile. "Now Luo He God King has reached the Second Realm of Godly King, while I am still at the First Realm."

Tian Mu God King felt somewhat wistful; he had access to far better resources than Luo Feng, able to enter many treasure lands and obtain many precious resources.

He didn't want to use his Primordial Bloodline at the First Realm of Godly King.

He desired to reach the Second Realm of Godly King first and resort to using the Primordial Bloodline only if he hit an absolute bottleneck.

"Tian Mu, let's go," another emperor-level existence of the Royal Family God King in the Second Realm frowned and snapped. He couldn't be bothered to exchange a word with Luo Feng.

"Goodbye," Tian Mu God King bid farewell to Luo Feng and left with his companion.

Luo Feng watched them leave.

...

In the blink of an eye, Luo Feng had garrisoned the Heavenly Pillar Realm for twenty-seven eons. During this time, two Royal Family God Kings from the Flame Wind Ancient Country entered, and three Royal Family God Kings from the Thunder Ancient Country also entered. The Royal Family God Kings from the Thunder Ancient Country barely glanced at Luo Feng and disdainfully entered the depths of the Heavenly Pillar Realm without a word.

"I always heard that the Royal Family God Kings of the Thunder Ancient Country generally cultivated the Primordial Bloodline and some royals treated all non-royals like servants," Luo Feng mused privately. "Compared to them, the Flame Wind Ancient Country seems slightly better."

In these tranquil years, he gradually comprehended each of the Twenty-four Forms. As his understanding deepened, the later stages became quicker, until he finally comprehended them all.

"It is done."

In this moment, all avatars of Luo Feng scattered across Infinite Space, Dream Domain, Heavenly Pillar Realm, the Primordial Cosmos Region, and Huyang City smiled simultaneously.