Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent-Chapter 187: Destruction Heart Refining, Watch the Wind Rise and Clouds Surge

Chapter 187: Destruction Heart Refining, Watch the Wind Rise and Clouds Surge

Luo Feng looked at the figure of ‘Zuo Shan Ke’ before him. His build was far more robust than the image of his teacher he remembered. After all, when in the Primal Universe region, Zuo Shan Ke was merely a True God, only breaking through to Void True God near the time of venturing into the Reincarnation Passage. Now, however, he was a Chaos Realm Transcendent cultivating the Primordial Bloodline.

“You clashed with the Ruler of Shiguo far earlier than I expected,” Zuo Shan Ke smiled as he looked at his disciple.

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng had no more doubts. “Teacher!”

One could not confirm identity through life aura or causality alone.

But someone who knew he was Luo Feng—there were only a handful on the Origin Continent. Yuan, Morosa, Di Chu—these were ones he trusted deeply. For someone to call him by name, that was already enough for Luo Feng to place considerable trust.

The grudge between Zuo Shan Ke and the Ruler of Shiguo was something his teacher had only told him when Luo Feng was venturing into Reincarnation. Only the two of them knew—no third person!

“I placed my hope for revenge on you, and that’s unfair to you,” Zuo Shan Ke said with emotion as he looked at Luo Feng. “Because to completely kill a Second Stage Divine King… that’s something even Emperors and Monarchs may not be able to do.”

“But I see no other possibility. Only in you do I see that chance,” Zuo Shan Ke continued. “And I know—this bit of pressure doesn’t bother you in the slightest.”

Luo Feng smiled.

This pressure truly meant little. His teacher wasn’t forcing him to his death either—only asking him to act when confident.

“You’ve been on the Origin Continent for less than two hundred eras… and you’ve already reached such a realm, far surpassing me,” Zuo Shan Ke said with a complicated expression. Back then, he had transformed Earth, cultivating a powerful race.

He had watched Luo Feng rise from weakness, step by step.

As a Divine King, he had always remained aloof, protecting and guiding his weak disciple’s growth.

Now in the blink of an eye, that disciple had utterly surpassed him!

“To kill the three Rulers of Shiguo, my strength is still far from enough,” Luo Feng said. “This time was only to form a cause-and-effect link with the Heavenly Kun Ruler—it’s just a beginning.”

“No rush,” Zuo Shan Ke said. “Even if you grow stronger and destroy the true body of the Heavenly Kun Ruler, he can still cultivate back! He may even become more wary. If you scare him into reincarnation, then it’s all over.”

“I have a plan for how to completely eliminate the three Rulers of Shiguo,” Luo Feng said.

“Oh?” Zuo Shan Ke’s eyes lit up. “Are you confident in your plan?”

“Yes.” Luo Feng nodded. “There are several ways, but they all require sufficient time to cultivate.”

Several ways?

From Zuo Shan Ke’s perspective, to truly kill the three Rulers of Shiguo—especially the ‘Heavenly Kun Ruler’—was exceedingly difficult! Yet his disciple claimed to have multiple methods.

Zuo Shan Ke was filled with excitement and emotion. “Even your insight now far surpasses mine.”

“But remember, your own safety comes first,” Zuo Shan Ke said, looking at Luo Feng. “I was merely a First Stage Divine King, unable to intervene in the highest-level conflicts of the Origin Continent. But I’ve seen plenty! I know how brutal and insane the battles at the top can be.”

“The most powerful beings on the Origin Continent—the independent Divine Kings and the two Ancient Kingdoms—have clashed fiercely! There have even been many confrontations on the Emperor level,” Zuo Shan Ke said. “Among the independents, there are more in number and more with great talent. But the two Ancient Kingdoms—Ancient Thunder Kingdom and Ancient Flame Kingdom—have terrifying Emperor and Monarch-level beings… all kinds of slaughter and conflict. Some independents even reincarnate to hide their identity, then strike again.”

Zuo Shan Ke looked at Luo Feng. “As a First Stage Divine King, I was an observer, which allowed me to see clearly. All conflict ultimately stems from resources.”

“If you’re not desperately lacking resources, then don’t get involved,” Zuo Shan Ke warned. “Cultivate well and become strong. Once you’re powerful, even the two Ancient Kingdoms will respect you.”

“The waters of the Origin Continent run deep. I can’t see through them, but I know that the Emperors and Monarchs have struck many times, shattering the heavens and earth! Your clash with the Heavenly Kun Ruler, compared to that level… it’s a fundamental gap,” Zuo Shan Ke said.

Luo Feng understood well.

Second Stage Divine Kings and Ultimate Divine Kings—there was a fundamental metamorphosis between them.

Like his teacher Di Chu, who could annihilate his body with a single move. Luo Feng only relied on his vitality to restore himself, requiring his teacher to spend another one or two moves. As for the Heavenly Kun Ruler, whose vitality was weaker than his own, even though his explosive might was more terrifying… Di Chu could likely end him with one strike.

From this, it was clear how vast the gap between a normal Second Stage Divine King and an Ultimate Divine King truly was!

“Don’t worry, Teacher. I’ve just become a Divine King. I won’t rush to participate in conflicts,” Luo Feng said.

Zuo Shan Ke smiled. “Alright, I should go. If anything happens, you can contact me anytime.” ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Now that they had met and confirmed each other’s identity, they could henceforth transmit messages through causality.

“Alright.” Luo Feng nodded. With his understanding of all Chaos Realm Transcendents on the Origin Continent, he naturally knew his teacher’s reincarnated identity—Zuo Shan Jin of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom.

Whoosh.

Zuo Shan Ke took one step and vanished silently.

…

In the night sky.

Zuo Shan Ke looked back toward the direction of Xiangjie City.

“Everyone dearest to me in this world is gone.”

Although Zuo Shan Ke had returned to the familiar Origin Continent, he found himself with no kin in sight. His dearest were gone, and his sect had vanished! He had always felt an overwhelming loneliness.

It was as if he were a wandering soul, a ghost, living in the Ancient Thunder Kingdom, with vengeance as his only reason to live.

But tonight, he felt a measure of comfort. For once, he did not feel alone.

“I still have a disciple on this Origin Continent,” Zuo Shan Ke murmured to himself. He had watched his disciple grow from weak to strong step by step. Now that the disciple had arrived on the Origin Continent, he was still striving to exact vengeance on Zuo Shan Ke’s behalf.

In the bustling Huyang City, a figure silently entered the City Lord’s Residence—a child. The child beamed cheerfully as he observed Luo Feng.

“Hm?”

Seated within a pavilion, Luo Feng looked at the newcomer in surprise. Back then, when his teacher Zuo Shan Ke went to Xiangjie City, it was due to a Causal Transmission that he encountered no resistance. But this child had ignored all formations, ignored every barrier Luo Feng had, and appeared silently right before him.

In terms of realm, this child was clearly far above Luo Feng.

“Luo He,” the child said with a smile, “I am the Ark Master of the Time-Space Ark.”

Luo Feng looked at him.

There were three great powers operating covertly on the Origin Continent: the Two Realms Pavilion, the Ten Thousand Laws Tower, and the Time-Space Ark. All three had been established by Foreign Race powerhouses. Since these foreign beings had crossed vast distances to reach the Origin Continent, their power was suppressed to the Chaos Realm level. Even with their sophisticated techniques, they could only exhibit First Stage Divine King level combat power.

But the true powerhouses of these three forces were actually some extremely ancient and strong natives of the Origin Continent.

The most renowned among the Time-Space Ark was the Ark Master.

The Ark Master had cultivated the Origin Path of Time to an inconceivable level, being regarded as the most profound practitioner of the Origin Path of Time on the Origin Continent.

His identity in the real world had already been exposed. After all, it wasn’t hard to guess with such achievements in the path of time. He was none other than Divine King Xinlin, who had once apprenticed under the Ruler of the Myriad Realms in his previous life. They had later fallen out, and he went into reincarnation, concealing his identity. Now, even the Ruler of the Myriad Realms could do nothing to him.

“Ark Master,” Luo Feng greeted with a smile.

“I consider myself to be exceptionally talented, but compared to you, Brother Luo He, I am still far inferior,” the child said with a grin. “I’ve come to invite you to join the Time-Space Ark. I can offer you resources worth One Hundred Million Merits, which you may freely choose from.”

“Resources worth one hundred million merits? Thank you, but I have no plans to join another force,” Luo Feng replied.

“Even if you join one force, it doesn’t mean you can’t be part of another.” The child chuckled.

Luo Feng lightly shook his head.

“Is it because the Time-Space Ark was founded by foreign races?” The child looked at Luo Feng. “Foreign races can only unleash limited power here on the Origin Continent; they pose no real threat! And their true bodies… are all existences beyond the Ultimate Divine King. Why can’t we cooperate with them?”

“Even the two great ancient kingdom ancestors don’t usually stay on the Origin Continent. Don’t they also cooperate with one foreign powerhouse after another in the outside world?” the child added. “As long as you have enough strength, cooperating with foreign races still allows you to maintain the upper hand. Take me, for example. When they invited me to join the Time-Space Ark, my condition was… I become its master, and they only assist me.”

The child looked intently at Luo Feng. “You are incredibly talented, but you still need time and resources! You must become an Ultimate Divine King-level lifeform before the great destruction of the Source World, or you’ll be annihilated along with it… Time is precious. The Time-Space Ark is prepared to give you far more than the two ancient kingdoms ever could.”

“No rush,” Luo Feng shook his head.

“No rush?” The child fixed his gaze on Luo Feng. “Then let me tell you a secret: this Source World has already lasted a very long time. What’s left of it may only be several billion eras.”

“Thank you for the information, Ark Master,” Luo Feng said.

Several billion eras?

That long?

He had only been on the Origin Continent for a bit over a hundred eras!

One cycle of the Primal Universe varied in length but roughly equated to ten thousand eras on the Origin Continent.

Several billion eras… that was an incredibly long time for Luo Feng! More than enough time to cultivate.

“Reaching the Ultimate Divine King from the Second Stage Divine King is incredibly difficult. Time is still tight,” the child said, then, seeing the look in Luo Feng’s eyes, he no longer tried to persuade him further. “Our invitation remains open.”

“Thank you for the invitation, Ark Master,” Luo Feng responded.

“We’ll be seeing each other often.” The child gave a faint smile and vanished into thin air.

Luo Feng was startled. “He disappeared while walking along a different timeline?”

Practitioners of the Origin Path of Time were truly terrifying.

Compared to him, Luo Feng was still far too inexperienced.

“This Ark Master is quite well-informed. The remaining time of this Source World is just several billion eras? And I must become an Ultimate Divine King before that?” Luo Feng now understood.

……

Back when Luo Feng was still at the Chaos Realm, only a few major forces had invited him to join. After all, even if he became a Divine King, they figured he’d only reach invincibility at First Stage Divine King, merely touching the threshold of a hegemon.

At the time, only the Two Realms Pavilion and the Wheel Reincarnation Pavilion had extended invitations, and Luo Feng naturally chose the latter.

But his battle with the Heavenly Kun Ruler had not only proved his terrifying strength, but also his boundless potential! At First Stage Divine King, Luo Feng’s strength had surpassed all recorded history on the Origin Continent! This level of talent amazed every faction.

Some even speculated—could this Luo He eventually battle emperors and monarchs above his current realm?

So, many factions came to invite him. Luo Feng expanded his horizons, gaining insight into the various hidden forces and a broad array of intelligence on the Origin Continent.

“For now, I’ll refuse them all.”

In a quiet room within the City Lord’s Residence of Huyang City, inside the Star Tower—

Luo Feng knew that the Origin Continent was full of upheaval, with various powers struggling overtly and covertly for control over every Treasure Land. But for now, he had no intention of getting involved. He only wished to consolidate his own strength. He understood clearly that he still had much room to grow in the First Stage Divine King realm.

“Buzz.”

Luo Feng sat cross-legged inside the Star Tower, cultivating.

His unprecedentedly powerful soul foundation allowed his thoughts to move far faster—more than ten times quicker than during his time in the Chaos Realm.

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