Chapter 372: Space-Time Network |
At this moment, the seventy-one Primordial Ancestors of the Innate Primordial Lifeform Faction and the seven Primordial Lords of the Cultivator Faction were engaged in a terrifying war within the Boxun World Cluster!
Yet at this moment, among the seven Primordial Lords, the main combat clone of ‘Starlight Primordial Lord’ had quietly reduced to seventy percent energy reserves.
Because each Primordial Lord followed a different ‘Path’, the amount of energy reserves they could control had an upper limit. If one clone occupied more, the others would have very little. In life-and-death battles, the main combat clone could occupy up to ninety-nine percent of the energy, while all other clones combined would only have close to one percent.
At this moment, Starlight Primordial Lord’s main combat clone only occupied seventy percent, so his strength naturally declined. However, with his mastery over space-time… with the cooperation of his companions, even if he did not seek to kill enemies and only aimed to delay, it was still achievable.
“Hahaha, the Source World Origin of this Source World belongs to me.”
A massive World-level Primordial Lifeform arrived beside a Source World, its power silently permeating into the Source World.
A masterless Source World operated entirely according to rules. Even a Divine King infiltrating it could not be stopped, let alone the permeation of World-level Primordial Power.
“What is this?”
“No—”
Dark clouds descended, and destruction arrived.
Boom—
In an instant, all lifeforms, all lands and mountains, and all space-time were completely annihilated.
A total great destruction!
This terrifying power continued to seep into the Source World Origin, beginning to absorb it.
“The Source World Origin is too vast.” This World-level Primordial Lifeform felt that the origin was as heavy as an ocean. Though it was like a giant fish, draining an entire ocean would still take an extremely long time.
“To absorb all of this Source World Origin, it should take about one hundred and twenty Epochs.” Based on its absorption speed and the experience of other World-level Primordial Lifeforms in its faction, it made a rough judgment.
Destroying all life in a Source World required only a single thought.
But completely absorbing the ‘Origin’ required one hundred and twenty Epochs!
Even for it—let alone a Primordial Ancestor personally devouring a Source World—it would still take considerable time.
Buzz.
A phantom descended, rapidly condensing into a black-robed youth—it was one of Starlight Primordial Lord’s clones.
“Not good!” The World-level Primordial Lifeform absorbing the Source World Origin was instantly stunned upon seeing the black-robed youth!
Fear!
Despair!
This black-robed youth was the Primordial Lord most feared by the Innate Primordial Lifeform Faction—‘Starlight’. He came without a trace and left without a trace. Once targeted by him, there was absolutely no chance of survival.
He was the most feared Primordial Lord among them!
The black-robed youth took one glance and knew that all life within the Source World had already been extinguished. Without wasting words, with a single thought, space-time shattered like a mirror. The World-level Primordial Lifeform’s body shattered along with space-time, its Life Core cracking as well—it died instantly.
With a wave of his hand, he stored away the corpse.
……
At this moment, Starlight Primordial Lord projected thousands of thoughts across distant regions of space-time. Each strand of thought could rapidly absorb power from multiple layers of space-time, forming a fairly powerful clone and swiftly annihilating one World-level Primordial Lifeform after another.
Rage filled his chest. He did not even bother capturing them—he simply killed, killed, killed at the fastest speed!
A Primordial Lord could project a strand of thought across infinite distances. However, a mere thought was extremely weak. Even after absorbing a small amount of Primordial Power, it could only massacre High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms.
To easily kill a ‘World-level Primordial Lifeform at the Complete Stage’, a Primordial Lord’s clone needed approximately one ten-thousandth of its energy reserves.
Projecting a thought from afar and absorbing Primordial Power to reach that level—even for Primordial Lords like Lord Jin and Naigu—would take about one day in Earth time!
Too slow!
Starlight Primordial Lord was an exception! He had once established a Space-Time Network across the 3,600 World Clusters of the Cultivator Territory. With this network, cultivators could easily teleport to various locations.
Starlight Primordial Lord could also use the ‘Space-Time Network’ to rapidly absorb energy from surrounding space-time.
Although the Boxun World Cluster was under attack and the Space-Time Network had been destroyed at the very beginning, Starlight Primordial Lord did not rely solely on present space-time—he could also draw energy from multiple layers of past space-time.
In many past timelines, the Space-Time Network still completely covered all 3,600 World Clusters.
By absorbing power from multiple layers of space-time, energy from nearby regions could be absorbed instantly, allowing his clones to rapidly exceed one ten-thousandth of energy reserves. Of course, to continue increasing further, he would need to draw from more ‘distant’ regions, making absorption significantly more difficult.
With the Space-Time Network and by absorbing nearby power from multiple layers of space-time, he could instantly exceed one ten-thousandth of energy reserves. This elevated Starlight Primordial Lord’s ability to defend the territory to the highest among the seven Primordial Lords.
Although this defensive capability was limited to the 3,600 World Clusters—and only effective below the Primordial Ancestor level—even Yuan believed… Starlight’s contributions were the greatest among the Primordial Lords.
Before Starlight Primordial Lord was born, there had only been five Primordial Lords! The Cultivator Territory had merely over 800 World Clusters, yet even then, those 800 World Clusters were often engulfed in war.
Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.
Across the Boxun World Cluster, black-robed youths descended in region after region.
When encountering High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, he casually waved his hand and captured them all. For a clone with one ten-thousandth energy reserves, killing and capturing took the same amount of time.
When encountering World-level Primordial Lifeforms—killing was prioritized! Capturing them would take more time.
……
At this moment, the seventy-one Primordial Ancestors had also received the news and were naturally enraged.
“What audacity—to divert power to deal with the weaklings while fighting us!”
“Starlight Primordial Lord has split his power. His strength will clearly decline. Everyone—go all out and crush them!”
They were extremely cautious against the seven Primordial Lords, fearing being counter-killed. After all, even with their combined forces, they had already lost three Primordial Ancestors.
Now that Starlight Primordial Lord dared to divide his strength, dropping from the most threatening Primordial Lord to an ordinary level, they naturally felt much more at ease and gained confidence to launch full-force attacks.
“Kill.”
“Completely destroy them.”
The attacks of the seventy-one Primordial Ancestors grew even more terrifying.
Meanwhile, the seven Primordial Lords of the cultivators focused entirely on defense! The vast formation arranged by Yuan perfectly coordinated their力量, allowing the seven of them to withstand the siege.
“In just a short time, I’ve already killed over 3,500 World-level Primordial Lifeforms. High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms are too many to count,” Starlight Primordial Lord informed his companions. “The mid- and lower ranks of the Innate Primordial Lifeform Faction have already begun to panic, and their attack speed is slowing down.”
Faced with such slaughter by Starlight Primordial Lord—who wouldn’t panic?
Fear, retreat, sending only weaker clones…
Originally, it would take one to two thousand Epochs to completely conquer a World Cluster. Under Starlight Primordial Lord’s threat, the time required might increase by over a hundred times!
“The key is that we must hold on here!”
With Yuan’s formation coordinating them, the seven Primordial Lords were still under immense pressure.
After all, in terms of individual strength, Starlight Primordial Lord was the strongest. His decline in power had a significant impact on their combined strength.
“What we need to do is stall.”
At this moment, Lord Wulan’s body was incomparably विशाल, nearly as large as a Source World, shielding the other Primordial Lords. As one who controlled the Primordial Matter Path, his defensive ability was the strongest among the seven.
More than half of the pressure from the seventy-one Primordial Ancestors was borne by Lord Wulan!
Of course, each Primordial Lord had their own specialties, and only by working together could they pose such a great threat to the Primordial Ancestors.
……
The change in war strategy slowed the offensive of the mid- and lower ranks of the Innate Primordial Lifeform Faction, but the Primordial Ancestors’ attacks became even more ferocious.
Origin Land.
While cultivating, Luo Feng suddenly sensed that the Cave Dwelling Formation Array had been triggered—someone had forcibly intruded into his Cave Dwelling.
“Without my permission, who could barge into my Cave Dwelling?” Luo Feng immediately sent out a clone from the Quiet Chamber and saw a middle-aged man in the distance. He appeared ordinary, but there was a mark on his forehead.
“I am Starlight,” the middle-aged man said with a smile.
“Luo Feng greets Starlight Primordial Lord.” Luo Feng was quite surprised and immediately saluted.
Starlight Primordial Lord stood there without any aura. If not for the Cave Dwelling Formation’s alert, Luo Feng would not have sensed him at all. He seemed to transcend all space-time.
“To comprehend over a thousand World-level Primordial Bloodlines is indeed rare,” Starlight Primordial Lord said with a slight smile. “With such comprehension, you are probably preparing to attempt Breaking All Techniques with Strength.”
“Yes, this junior intends to follow Breaking All Techniques with Strength,” Luo Feng admitted. “Senior Starlight, since you also walk this path, could you give me some guidance?”
Starlight Primordial Lord looked at Luo Feng and smiled. “Breaking All Techniques with Strength cannot be taught. One can only say that walking this path requires sufficient patience.”
He himself had endured for an extremely long time.
Luo Feng nodded.
“If you take this path, it will likely take a very long time,” Starlight Primordial Lord said. “I will give you some assistance—your Cave Dwelling Quiet Chamber’s time flow will be greatly accelerated.”
“Thank you, Senior Starlight.” Luo Feng was overjoyed.
Starlight Primordial Lord nodded. The space-time of the entire Cave Dwelling began to distort. The space-time rules in that region were modified and connected to the energy of the Origin Land, maintaining this state continuously.
In just a moment, the rule modification was completed, ensuring long-term stability.
“The time flow in your Cave Dwelling Quiet Chamber has been adjusted to one hundred million times,” Starlight Primordial Lord said. “It cannot be increased or decreased. It is a fixed state.”
Adjustable time flow was more troublesome.
From one times to one million times was manageable.
But one hundred million times?
A fixed state was more stable.
“This junior understands.” Luo Feng was deeply grateful.
What he feared most was that during the war, the Source World of the Origin Continent would be breached.
Now, with the time flow increased to one hundred million times, he had much more time.
“Work hard,” Starlight Primordial Lord said with a smile before departing.
……
Inside the Cave Dwelling Quiet Chamber, Luo Feng sensed the difference in time flow and could not help but smile.
A long period inside equated to just a single breath outside.
“Continue comprehending World-level Primordial Bloodlines.”
Luo Feng ignored the turmoil outside. He knew he could not help for now, so he followed his original cultivation plan, carefully studying each material.
First study materials, then comprehend bloodlines, cross-referencing both.
One after another.
Unknowingly, he had researched all World-level Primordial Bloodlines.
“Out of the 2,729 compatible World-level Primordial Bloodlines, I still haven’t fully comprehended them—only 2,010,” Luo Feng thought.
These 2,729 belonged to three categories: life-type, destruction-type, and life-and-death combined.
Among them, he had comprehended about 83% of the life-type.
For life-and-death combined, about 91%.
For destruction-type, only slightly over half.
“My Path of Life and Death is centered on life. My accumulation in this direction is deeper. My accumulation in destruction is somewhat weaker,” Luo Feng thought.
Of course, only somewhat weaker.
Out of 995 destruction-type bloodlines, Luo Feng had comprehended 503 World-level Primordial Bloodlines. Before escaping the Cage of the World, those who could comprehend over a hundred such bloodlines were only Luo Feng, Starlight, and Naigu.
This showed that Luo Feng’s foundation in destruction was also extremely deep.
After all, throughout his cultivation, he had studied all three types of bloodlines equally.
……
No matter how much Luo Feng studied World-level Primordial Bloodlines or Primordial Ancestor-level materials, his gains became negligible. He gradually realized that it would be difficult to achieve further breakthroughs from these.
“It’s time for the next step.”
“Attempt to create the Primordial Life-and-Death Path.”
Flames burned in Luo Feng’s eyes.
He had accumulated for endless years—this was the moment he had been waiting for.