Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent-Chapter 309 : Master of the Insect Nest

Chapter 309: Master of the Insect Nest

Luo Feng’s Eye of Life and Death on his forehead opened. The complete bloodline burning with black flames appeared multilayered under his observation. Countless secret patterns in each layer intertwined, and in the end the many layers perfectly merged into a whole, forming this bloodline that was born having already escaped the Prison Cage.

“So by combining them like this, one can escape the Prison Cage?” Luo Feng felt dazzled.

Just a single Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform bloodline at the Early-Stage God Emperor level had already revealed the secret of escaping the Prison Cage before his eyes.

“Some of the completion schemes I previously conceived in my mind had far too many flaws.”

“Back on Earth, my homeland once said to take heaven, earth, and nature as one’s teacher! Now I am comprehending a ‘Primordial Lifeform bloodline’ nurtured by nature itself. This is another way of taking heaven and earth as one’s teacher.” Luo Feng felt reverent in his heart.

“Leaving aside the complete fusion of life and death, just the ‘methods of combination’ alone have so many variations.”

“I need to refine them one by one.”

Luo Feng immersed himself within it.

The first method of combination…

The second method of combination…

Every method was extremely difficult to fully refine. One had to comprehend the essence behind how the countless secret patterns combined before ultimately extracting a universal combination method.

During the process of comprehension, Luo Feng also consumed some auxiliary cultivation treasures, greatly enhancing the speed of his thinking. After all, the thinking speed of the God Emperor level was still far too slow when trying to comprehend the profound mysteries required to escape the Prison Cage.

Even so, it still took more than one Era before Luo Feng completely comprehended the Early-Stage God Emperor “Nirvana Fire Tribulation Serpent bloodline.”

“Although I have extracted many methods of combining life and death, I still lack the most fundamental ‘perfect unity.’” Luo Feng thought. Only when countless combination methods perfectly merged into one could one escape the Prison Cage.

“This is already the weakest lifeform capable of escaping the Prison Cage.” Luo Feng sighed inwardly. “Yet I still cannot perceive its true essence.”

Among naturally born Primordial Lifeforms, those with strength at the Early-Stage God Emperor level were indeed the weakest.

“But this single Primordial Bloodline has already given me many gains.”

Luo Feng was very satisfied.

From just this weakest bloodline, he had already extracted nineteen different methods of combining life and death.

If these methods were applied to his own Path of Life and Death, his strength would naturally advance greatly.

“No need to incorporate them into the Path of Life and Death yet. First accumulate more.”

“The second bloodline—the Early-Stage God Emperor ‘Nether Stalker bloodline’—I previously tried to complete it mentally based on twelve fragments of its materials. But that completion scheme was clearly incorrect.” Luo Feng pondered.

Using the nineteen newly comprehended life-and-death combination methods, he began reconstructing it.

It took a full million days before the completion reached a level Luo Feng found satisfactory.

Only then did he begin using the Eye of Life and Death to observe the Early-Stage God Emperor “Nether Stalker bloodline.”

“Hm?”

“It’s sixty to seventy percent similar.” Luo Feng revealed a smile.

If the completion of the first bloodline had been crude and full of defects…

Then the completion of the second bloodline already possessed the embryonic form of the “perfect answer.”

“The direction is correct.” Luo Feng grew increasingly excited as he carefully observed the Nether Stalker bloodline.

Now that he possessed abundant cultivation resources, Luo Feng felt himself constantly improving. At this moment, there was only one factor limiting his cultivation speed—his own comprehension speed. The thinking speed of the God Emperor level was still too slow.

If it were a High-Rank Primordial Lifeform, its comprehension speed would probably be more than ten thousand times faster than his.

“Take it slowly.”

“If the speed is slow, then simply spend more time.”

At this moment, Luo Feng felt even more grateful to Hall Master Yuan Xiang. The 5 billion Primordial Crystals given by Hall Master Yuan Xiang had helped him immensely. Perhaps Hall Master Yuan Xiang had carefully considered giving that amount. Such a large sum of wealth, as long as it was not spent extravagantly, was enough for a God Emperor to cultivate comfortably.

Luo Feng glanced at the bloodlines arranged around him.

Early-Stage God Emperor bloodlines: 323 types.

Mid-Stage God Emperor bloodlines: 257 types.

Late-Stage God Emperor bloodlines: 152 types.

These three categories might seem numerous, but with Luo Feng’s wealth, the burden was light. In total they cost 830 million Primordial Crystals.

He had purchased 36 Complete God Emperor bloodlines, costing 1.92 billion Primordial Crystals. These were what Luo Feng valued the most, because they represented Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms that had pushed their bloodlines to the absolute limit. The mysteries within the bloodline were also richly manifested.

However, Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms containing life and death aspects at the Complete God Emperor level were extremely difficult to find in the Jiugang Holy Realm, so such bloodlines were very rare. Elder Xingyi had specially purchased a batch from the Dark Holy Realm and delivered them.

Each bloodline had more than ten corresponding material samples.

Luo Feng also purchased some missing materials this time, spending quite a lot. Including the bloodlines, the total expenditure reached 2.83 billion Primordial Crystals. This was already the result of Elder Xingyi reducing the prices as much as possible.

“Fortunately, the corpse of a Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform can yield many portions of bloodline, so the price remains within what I can bear,” Luo Feng thought.

On the Origin Continent, the Primordial Bloodline creatures cultivated by the Ancestors of the Two Kingdoms were not beings that had escaped the Prison Cage. In terms of vitality and other aspects, they were far inferior. Their bloodline extraction techniques were also crude—one creature could only yield a few bloodline samples.

But in the Jiugang Holy Realm, the corpse of a Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform was utilized to its absolute limit. Any waste meant a loss of Primordial Crystals.

Just extracting the blood alone could yield ten complete bloodlines or even more.

Important large bones and claws could be used for weapon refining, pill refining, or even puppet crafting.

“Whether in the Jiugang Holy Realm or the Dark Holy Realm, there are simply too many powerful beings. Competition in trade is extremely fierce, and every technique has been refined close to its limit. For most treasures sold, the greatest cost lies in the materials.” Luo Feng thought.

A Complete God Emperor weapon, if it were just an ordinary one using fewer materials, might only cost about one million Primordial Crystals.

A more complex Complete God Emperor warship might cost two to three million Primordial Crystals.

Only massive formations—especially movable formations—generally exceeded five million Primordial Crystals.

“In the Dark Holy Realm, there are too many Half-Primordial Level Seekers. These weapon treasures simply cannot command high prices,” Luo Feng thought.

The truly rare items—

For example, certain secret treasures exchanged from the Infinite Space Treasury, such as the Heart of Immortality, were extremely precious.

Materials from World-level Primordial Lifeforms could not be hunted, and every piece was extraordinarily expensive.

As for treasures in the Infinite Space Treasury worth over one hundred thousand Reward Points, they all aided in escaping the Prison Cage—such as the Eye of Life and Death. Items like this were produced only in limited quantities by Senior Yuan and the others. Each was a priceless treasure, even forbidden from being taken outside the Source World.

When cultivators died, such treasures would be reclaimed by the Infinite Space Treasury. The Eye of Life and Death itself had already had many previous users.

…

Jiugang Holy Realm, Rainlan City.

Inside a massive Cave Dwelling lay an enormous spherical lifeform.

On the surface of the sphere, faces occasionally bulged outward—resentful, manic, sleeping, laughing, cold… countless different expressions radiated influence throughout the surrounding region.

Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms often infiltrated cities, yet no infiltrator had ever approached this enormous nest.

This was the Insect Nest.

A rather strange lifeform. With this single lifeform alone, its strength nearly rivaled the Three Hall Masters.

The surface of the Insect Nest was filled with countless holes, through which cultivators frequently flew in and out.

Inside the core region of the Insect Nest—

“Master, in the past Era, our pill sales have dropped by nearly half,” an old man respectfully reported.

“How could it drop so much?”

A beautiful woman sat there, somewhat surprised.

Through endless years of cultivation, her resources came from multiple sources—for example, the operation of the entire Insect Nest faction, theft, raiding, and so on. Naturally, all revenue included a portion for the Master of the Insect Nest.

Pill sales alone—especially within just one Era—were insignificant to her.

But if it continued like this, she would feel some pain.

“The Yun Dan Tower has greatly increased its supply in the past Era. Their pills of the same tier are somewhat cheaper than ours. Some factions within the city have directly purchased large quantities from the Yun Dan Tower, so naturally our sales declined,” the old man reported. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

“Yun Dan Tower Master Changqing dares to act so boldly?” The woman was surprised. “Who gave him the courage?”

“During Master’s seclusion, a newly advanced Elder-level powerhouse appeared in Rainlan City, named Luo Feng. He has already joined the Yun Dan Tower,” the old man reported.

The woman nodded slightly and began reviewing the latest intelligence of Rainlan City.

After finishing, she understood the situation.

“A newly advanced powerhouse capable of overpowering Heavenly Crane Elder?” The woman’s gaze turned cold. “Knowing the conflict between the Yun Dan Tower and me, yet still daring to interfere?”

“You only need to continue normal sales. Do not concern yourself with the rest,” the woman instructed. “You may leave.”

“Yes.” The old man obediently departed.

The woman sat there, looking toward the direction of the Yun Dan Tower.

“It’s not suitable to act openly inside the city. I’ll send my ‘mental clone’ to meet this God Emperor Luo Feng.”

She remained seated, unmoving. Yet from the massive Insect Nest, an invisible mental force flew out.

After that mental force departed, the Insect Nest surface returned to calm, no longer displaying those protruding faces.

“Whoosh.”

The mental power transformed into the form of the woman, walking through the sky above Rainlan City.

Ordinary methods could not perceive her.

“Hm?”

Among the many colorful defensive systems of Rainlan City, three of them swept across the woman’s figure.

“Is that the Master of the Insect Nest?”

“Why did she dispatch a mental clone?”

Three Elders responsible for defensive systems discovered the mental clone of the Master of the Insect Nest, but none interfered. After all, she was an Elder of Rainlan City—her clone moving within the city was perfectly lawful.

“Arrived.”

In only a short moment, the mental clone of the Master of the Insect Nest arrived before the Yun Dan Tower. She looked up at the vast complex of buildings before her.

…

Within the Yun Dan Tower complex, two Elder-level existences resided permanently—one was Yun Dan Tower Master Changqing, and the other was naturally Luo Feng.

At this moment, Luo Feng was sensing the formations he had arranged within the Yun Dan Tower.

“These thirty-six layers of life-and-death formations were all created by different predecessors. Each of them had their own attainments in combining life and death.”

Luo Feng observed them.

“Previously there were parts I didn’t understand.”

“But after comprehending Primordial Bloodlines, I can now understand much more about these formations.” Luo Feng thought. “Even some life-and-death combinations within them are somewhat overly complicated and crude.”

Those predecessors had various other opportunities, but none possessed the Eye of Life and Death. Even if they purchased Primordial Bloodlines, they could not observe the full picture of a bloodline. They could only observe fragments, then infer and comprehend based on those fragments.

“Hm?”

Luo Feng suddenly sensed a strange and chilling fluctuation. The fluctuation was extremely faint, yet upon the slightest contact, Luo Feng felt a terrifying sense of dread.

His Lieu Yuan Technique had been operating continuously, naturally resisting that cold invasion.

“Who?”

With a single thought from Luo Feng, the power of the thirty-six layers of formations instantly rose. At the same time, through his Simulated Eye of Life and Death, he saw a woman formed of mental power standing at the main entrance of the Main Tower of the Yun Dan Tower.