Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent-Chapter 266 : Five Hundred Eras of Time

Chapter 266: Five Hundred Eras of Time

Huyang City, atop the tall building of the City Lord’s Mansion.

Luo Feng drank alone.

“Jiugang Holy Realm?” Luo Feng murmured softly.

This time, during the gathering with the Flame Wind Ancestor and Emperor Qing, Luo Feng had learned many pieces of information.

Once one reached the level of an Ultimate Realm Lifeform, it became possible to leave the Origin Continent through one of the transmission passages within it, usually transporting them randomly to some destination—unless precise coordinates were set before transmission.

The world where Emperor Qing resided was called the Jiugang Holy Realm, a realm gathering countless powerful beings from the Source Worlds and billions of other worlds.

“Emperor Qing is in the Jiugang Holy Realm. The weakest who can arrive there are at least Ultimate Realm Lifeforms! The strongest can reach the Half-Primordial level!”

“The Flame Wind Ancestor is in the Dark Holy Realm, whose entry threshold is much higher! Both the Flame Wind Ancestor and the Thunder Ancestor are only slightly stronger than that threshold. In the Dark Holy Realm… the available resources far surpass those of the Jiugang Holy Realm.”

Luo Feng was still far from the so-called “Dark World Threshold.” Normally, only those who had reached the Late-Stage God Emperor realm among the Path Comprehenders could hope to enter.

“Whether it’s the Jiugang Holy Realm, the Dark Holy Realm… or other places, they are all training grounds established by Senior Yuan and the others for us, the weak ones.” Luo Feng understood this point well.

“Without the Star Tower and the Eye of Life and Death, my strength is still too lacking.”

The “Eye of Life and Death” opened between Luo Feng’s brows, gazing distantly in the direction of the Dream Domain.

Except for the Infinite Space, which lay outside the Origin Continent, Luo Feng could peer into nearly all other treasure lands.

“Buzz—”

Under the Eye of Life and Death’s observation, his sight swiftly pierced through layer after layer of spatial barriers and reached the core—the Dark Region.

Originally, only mental consciousness could glimpse the Dark Region. Yet the Eye of Life and Death could see it as clearly as daylight.

“The Dark Region contains only a single space.”

Luo Feng observed quietly.

The entire Dream Domain resembled an enormous sphere filled with countless bubbles, each bubble being an independent space.

The outermost layer contained the most Dream Domain spaces, while the middle layer had fewer, the deep layer fewer still, and at the very core—the Dark Region—there existed only one space.

That single space was incomparably stable.

Its ground was forged of black metal, etched with secret patterns.

Its trees grew from intertwining metallic vines.

Even the rivers shimmered with streams of flowing light.

The creatures here—the weakest among them—were of the Emperor or Monarch level.

The stronger ones reached the very limit of the Origin Continent’s power. The tremors from their mere clashes made even Luo Feng’s expression change.

“Even I cannot carry the Eye of Life and Death or the Star Tower inside.” Luo Feng knew this well. “Though the strongest Dream Domain creatures in the Dark Region only reach the power limit, their numbers in some areas are overwhelming.”

Through the Eye of Life and Death, he saw an area where hundreds of serpentine creatures gathered, frolicking with such force that they shook the very threshold of the Origin Continent’s power.

“Hundreds of such serpents attacking would be like hundreds of Emperor Qings attacking at once.” Luo Feng thought to himself. “Even if I hid inside the Star Tower, I would be completely trapped, never to escape.”

Even the Star Tower’s power would be suppressed.

One versus hundreds?

How could that be fought?

Even if the Flame Wind Ancestor or the Thunder Ancestor came, it would be useless.

“However, there are quite a lot of Special Life Remnants.” Luo Feng observed carefully through the Eye of Life and Death, spotting countless scattered remains.

Some lay deep within rivers—tens of thousands of fragments: bones, scales, tendons…

Others were hidden deep within mountains.

Yet they all shared one common feature—they were located far within the Dark Region.

“My Eye of Life and Death can only see their appearance, not their inner essence.” Luo Feng frowned. “I can’t determine their exact value.”

Even with his Eye of Life and Death, capable of observing on par with a normal High-Rank Primordial Lifeform, it was still impossible to see through the inner nature of these Special Life Remnants.

“I can only take one. Once I obtain a piece, I’ll be expelled and never able to enter again.” Luo Feng contemplated.

He continued observing carefully through the Eye of Life and Death.

Rivers, mountains, underground caverns, jungles—

He compared every corpse material one by one.

“This one looks unusual.”

Luo Feng finally fixed his gaze on a particular material.

It was a dark-golden horn.

This dark-golden horn lay deep within an underground labyrinth, surrounded by hundreds of centipede-like creatures. These creatures coiled reverently around the horn, as if worshiping it.

“Throughout the entire Dark Region of the Dream Domain, this is the only horn-type material. The guardians around it are also extremely strong.” Luo Feng decided, “This will be the one!”

A terrifying being that had possessed a single horn—such a horn must have immense significance.

“Let’s check the Heavenly Pillar Realm.”

Turning his gaze, Luo Feng used the Eye of Life and Death to examine the entire Heavenly Pillar Realm.

At its deepest point, the most prominent feature was a meandering Filthy Blood River! Any Second Stage Divine King who touched it would instantly die, even their external clones would have their souls polluted to death.

There were also massive mountains of bone, full of cracks forming maze-like tunnels.

Lush plants grew by the Filthy Blood River and within the bone mountains, their roots stretching deep underground.

“I can see the Dream Domain clearly,” he mused.

“But the Heavenly Pillar Realm… around twenty percent of it is obscured. I can’t see inside the Filthy Blood River, nor the depths of the bone mountains or the ground beneath them.” Luo Feng shook his head lightly.

“That Filthy Blood River must’ve formed from the polluted blood of a World-level Primordial Lifeform.”

Luo Feng was almost certain. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Even his Eye of Life and Death could not penetrate the filthy blood—this was no blood from any life within the Caged World.

“It’s said that within the Filthy Blood River, the bone mountains, and underground depths, Innate Treasures are often born.” Luo Feng smiled faintly. Oddly enough, whether in the Dream Domain or the Heavenly Pillar Realm, he hadn’t seen a single Innate Treasure.

They seemed to be hidden extremely well.

“As for the Special Life Remnants…”

Luo Feng’s gaze swept over the Heavenly Pillar Realm. “It’s full of them—the entire Filthy Blood River is made of remains, and every single bone mountain is a pile of remains.”

He realized this, though he couldn’t retrieve any; even at a glance, he could tell how impossibly heavy and awe-inspiring they were.

“This one, then.”

Luo Feng carefully examined the countless remains deep within the Heavenly Pillar Realm and finally chose one location.

According to his Eye of Life and Death, there were two hundred and eighty-nine bone mountains in total.

At the very center of them lay a long black bone, divided into nine segments.

“These nine black bones… I should be able to take one.” Luo Feng thought.

……

Although the Heavenly Pillar Realm was guarded by two royal clans, they didn’t dare hinder the Galaxy Ruler.

Luo Feng sent a powerful clone—its physical strength alone at the God Emperor level—to walk straight into the depths of the bone mountain range. The pressure grew stronger and stronger, yet it still remained within the “Origin Continent’s upper limit.”

Luo Feng reached the core, standing before the towering nine-segmented black bone.

The aura it released was terrifying.

As soon as Luo Feng touched it, formless information poured into his mind—it told him he could only take one segment, and once taken, he could never again retrieve any other Special Life Remnants.

“Buzz—”

When Luo Feng moved it, he felt an unimaginable heaviness before finally storing it into his God Emperor-level treasure, the Waterdrop Flying Boat.

……

Obtaining the Special Life Remnant in the Heavenly Pillar Realm was relatively easy for Luo Feng.

But that dark-golden horn in the Dream Domain was incredibly difficult—Luo Feng tried hundreds of times and failed each one.

Fortunately, his clones’ vitality was strong enough that the energy loss wasn’t too severe after repeated attempts.

“Even with the Eye of Life and Death assisting from afar, I still failed.” Luo Feng had to temporarily set it aside.

Two hundred eras later—

By combining three “Nine-Branch Fusion Secret Techniques” of the Life-and-Death Path, and with multiple clones coordinating alongside the Eye of Life and Death for remote observation, Luo Feng finally succeeded—after using diversion tactics and risking everything—to acquire that dark-golden horn.

Thus, the two greatest treasures attainable by God Emperors within the Origin Continent—the two Special Life Remnants—were finally in his possession.

“These two treasures truly are extraordinary.” Luo Feng observed them with the Eye of Life and Death.

The horn and the black bone segment both contained endless mysteries. Though slightly inferior to the Eye of Life and Death, they were of the same tier—pure and profound.

“The horn actually contains the mystery of mental will.” Luo Feng marveled—the secret patterns within it were primarily of mental will origin.

“This black bone segment holds the essence of indestructibility.” Luo Feng examined its composition in awe. “For life to grow to such an unbreakable state…”

Luo Feng immersed himself in cultivation, while the Origin Continent returned to peace.

Under the combined decree of the Galaxy Ruler, Flame Wind Ancestor, and Thunder Ancestor, there was no longer any place for “great sinners” to survive across the continent.

Even the lucky few who secretly devoured minor tribes to aid their cultivation did so trembling in fear—because patrols led by Morosa could appear at any time.

Unknowingly, nearly five hundred eras had passed since Luo Feng’s wager battle with the Thunder Ancestor.

In the Ancient Flame Kingdom, within a vast space—

Eleven strands of will gathered, manifesting as eleven figures of Emperors.

“That Luo He guest elder has served as Guardian of the Heavenly Pillar Realm for a thousand eras,” Emperor Yan said. “It’s time for him to step down. No guest elder may continuously take the Guardian assignment.”

The Heavenly Pillar Realm Guardian post was one every guest elder dreamed of attaining.

Emperor Yan and the others usually used it as a reward for obedient guest elders. Having Luo He occupy it for over a thousand eras naturally stirred their dissatisfaction.

“A guest elder who doesn’t understand hierarchy—letting him stay as Guardian for a thousand eras?” Emperor Wu’s expression was cold. She had once personally threatened Luo He, trying to force him into another mission, but Emperor Chu had protected his disciple.

Since she and Emperor Chu shared a blood-deep enmity, her hostility toward Luo He was inevitable.

“Since his term is up, a replacement is natural.” Emperor Chu glanced at Emperor Wu, completely indifferent.