Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

The oval-shaped black sphere of the Mechanical Father God suddenly froze.

Should we relinquish the evolutionary core cultivation technology?
This is tantamount to handing over the very lifeline of the Machine Race's "reproduction"! This is the core of the core, the cornerstone that distinguishes the Machine Race from other life forms and enables them to continuously give birth to new members!
In contrast, what was easier for him to accept was—

Hand over... the Lord of Ya Xing.

A cosmic ruler who has lost his potential and will not resist any of his decisions...

Although it was more insulting, the mechanical father god was still able to swallow his pride in the face of annihilation.

Trading a universe master for a lack of complete mechanical forging technology is an extremely worthwhile deal!

But the mechanical father god wasn't going to agree immediately; he'd have to put on an act first.

Immediately, a cold, violent rage, sharp as if metal were being torn apart, erupted uncontrollably from the mechanical father god like an out-of-control pulse storm!
Om-!
The entire space of the Strange Garden World groaned under the strain, and the once leisurely and graceful vines instantly curled up into a ball, trembling, and even the flow of energy they were breathing stopped.

The air around the pavilion seemed to have solidified into steel, so heavy it was suffocating.

Both the Lord of Chaos City and the Founder of the Giant Axe took two steps back, feeling the pure, cold rage, and their hearts trembled.

They had no doubt that if this place were not the territory of the Sirius Clan, and if the person standing in front of them was not the unfathomable Sirius True God, the Mechanical Father God would have instantly erupted!
Inside the pavilion, the Lord of Devouring Heaven's eyes narrowed slightly, his gray hair stood on end, and his divine power quietly circulated within him, making the palace's treasures seem ready to emerge.

At the same time, he could clearly sense that the auras of the four divine generals who had locked onto this place instantly became sharp as knives, ready to strike and suppress them at any moment!
Only Xu Yang remained calmly suspended in mid-air, his face even carrying a hint of scrutiny.

He made no defensive move, but his casual attitude, like the vast universe itself, firmly suppressed the rage erupting from the Mechanical Father God in the area below the pavilion, preventing it from truly spreading and causing a shock.

"Sirius!" the Mechanical Father God transmitted his voice, "The Heart of Evolution... concerns the very foundation of my race! Ya Xing... is the pillar of my race! You... have gone too far!"

Xu Yang calmly met the mechanical father god's violently flashing eyes, his voice tinged with a hint of mockery: "Mechanical, why bother putting on an act in front of me?"

"It's no secret what kind of person you are. Why would you care about some of your tribesmen who are 'enslaved' by you?"

"Moreover, my demand for the Heart of Evolution technology is not to cut off your race's path to reproduction. On the contrary, by mastering it, I can better understand your mechanical life forms, and in the future, within the territory allocated to you in the Primitive Universe, you can still cultivate new races. By handing over the technology, you will gain your right to survival and reproduction in the Primitive Universe in the future."

The Mechanical Father, having his thoughts exposed, showed no embarrassment and calmly continued, "We can offer the complete set of mechanical creation technology in exchange for not handing over the secret of the Heart of Evolution... How about it?"

"No, there's no room for further discussion," Xu Yang refused.

Just kidding. Even if we don't control the technology of mechanical creation, when the mechanical race comes to us in the future, can we really refuse to build things for us?

The Heart of Evolution is different; it contains the secrets of a race's potential. If it's not obtained now, it will be much harder to acquire it in the future.

Moreover, Xu Yang now plans to build the demon race's own 'virtual universe,' so in the future, a large number of intelligent life forms will surely be born among the demon race. Once they master the secret of the Heart of Evolution, they will be able to cultivate mechanical life forms on their own.

If things are beyond saving, the only option is to cut off the tail and try to survive.

a long time.

"Your conditions... I accept."

……

And so, amidst the sorrow and disbelief of the Lord of Yaxing, the Mechanical Father God, carrying Xu Yang's promise, left the Sirius Clan's territory and began preparations for the Mechanical Clan's relocation back.

Similarly, the same applies to humans.

"Don't worry, I won't erase your intelligence. You can still maintain a certain level of clarity." A vortex swirled in Xu Yang's eyes, drawing the will of the Lord of Ya Star involuntarily into it.

Now, there's no need to use the "Twelve Source Heavenly Demon Streams" at all. Having cultivated the "Hundred Tribulations of Demon Refining" to its current level, enslaving such a weak universe lord with one's will is a piece of cake.

Perhaps a long time has passed, or perhaps it's just a fleeting moment.

"Master." The Lord of Ya Xing immediately knelt down and respectfully bowed to Xu Yang.

Xu Yang nodded. "Get up. Be ready at any time. Once I have thoroughly understood the secret technique, it will be your time to shine."

"Yes Master."

Beside him, the Lord of Devouring Heaven asked Xu Yang curiously, "Is the human race's virtual universe network achieved through this secret technique and with a mechanical race universe lord as the main controller?"

Everyone who has used the virtual universe for humans says it's great!

In the primordial universe, every race envied the convenience and speed of humanity.

Even the lowest-ranking ants can achieve real-time communication across vast star sectors by paying a price that seems insignificant to these great beings... In other races of the primordial universe, even cosmic venerables could not do so at will.

Even the most technologically advanced Mech race can only create a virtual network covering an area the size of a single star sector. This is incomparable to the level of the Terran race.

“That’s right, the core of the virtual universe is these two.” Xu Yang nodded with a smile. “As long as you have these two, it’s not difficult to replicate.”

Watching the Lord of Devouring Heaven lead the Lord of Ya Xing, who still stood respectfully and whose eyes held only absolute obedience, away from the Strange Garden, Xu Yang's figure flickered, and he was back deep within the Heavenly Wolf Clan's territory, in his absolutely safe and most pure meditation chamber.

The heavy stone door closed silently, isolating it from all outside disturbances.

The quiet room was not pitch black, but was inlaid with countless tiny starlight points, as if a miniature galaxy had been brought into the room, radiating a gentle yet vast cosmic energy fluctuation.

Xu Yang lay prone in the void, with the star jade slip containing the secret techniques of the "Virtual Universe" floating in front of him.

He didn't rush to immerse himself in it immediately, but slowly closed his eyes and adjusted his state.

The three clones separated as before. One of them went to the area where Ku Yanju was located to retrieve the treasure that Ku Yanju had promised him, while the other took the world beast 'Guji' and went to the dark place to hunt down world beasts.

Currently, this one clone is the most idle, sitting in charge of the primordial universe.

Peace of mind.

The thirty-nine demonic runes engraved in the secret art of willpower, "Hundred Tribulations of Demon Refining," flowed through his heart, making his will as clear and resilient as the unchanging foundation of the universe. Hundreds of thousands of years of experience—hibernation, conquest, planning, breakthroughs… all the vast memories accumulated at this moment settled down, transforming into the best nourishment for comprehending this strange and secret art.

“The virtual universe… is not a pure soul technique, nor is it a simple energy simulation…” Xu Yang’s will slowly seeped into the jade slip.

Inside the jade slip was not simple text or images, but a vast and unimaginable "blueprint" composed of countless threads of laws, runes of will, and an incomparably profound spatial structure model.

It describes a method of infinitely amplifying and extending one's own will, and using the powerful computing power of the mechanical universe master as a carrier and hub, to link and project countless scattered consciousnesses through threads of law into a "virtual space" jointly constructed by will and energy.

This space exists between reality and illusion. Its foundation lies in the countless nodes of will transmitted through secret methods. These nodes are like bones, constructing the vast structure of the virtual universe. These bones automatically absorb cosmic energy to sustain the activities and consumption of a massive number of living beings within it.

This secret method has thoroughly grasped the energy node laws of the primordial universe itself. It is like an ingenious and independent "information cocoon" parasitizing the giant web of the primordial universe.

Two sides to the same coin!
Xu Yang's will wandered within this blueprint, as if he were disassembling a cosmic-level precision instrument.

He saw the brilliant idea of ​​the original ancestor: how to use willpower as the guide, laws as the bone, and computing power as the flesh and blood to construct a vast spiritual world that was almost a "second universe".

The core difficulty of this secret method lies in the breadth and depth of the arrangement of will nodes, the penetration and borrowing of the original cosmic law network, and the extreme exploitation and coordination of the computing power of the Machine Race's cosmic master as the core carrier.

I find it hard to imagine how this secret technique was created from scratch.
Did they really rely entirely on themselves?
Xu Yang expressed his doubts... Just imagine, the primordial universe is at the level of a god-king, and the beings existing within it are countless! At its peak, the 'virtual universe' created by the primordial universe, even if it did not support all beings accessing the network simultaneously, would have been terrifying if it could allow one-tenth or one-hundredth of all beings in the universe to use the network at the same time, and allow the network to provide real-time feedback on the activities of these countless beings!

This enormous amount of computation is something that a single cosmic master-level machine race could never achieve.

Even the mechanical father god won't do!
The difference in status between a God-King and a True God—

It felt like a primary school student winning the highest honor in mathematics, solving a complex conjecture that had puzzled people for thousands of years.

But no matter how much Xu Yang disbelieved it, the result was undeniable.

Time flows like water.

A few decades is but a fleeting moment in the long life of the strongest being in the universe.

Inside the quiet room, the starlight surrounding Xu Yang seemed to have stopped flowing, and time itself lost its meaning. Only the star jade slip before him flickered with light, reflecting the silent yet magnificent storm of thought raging within his mind.

Finally, at some point.

Xu Yang slowly opened his eyes.

In his deep eyes, countless laws and runes seemed to be born and die. A vast and intricate virtual world model flashed in the depths of his pupils before finally returning to a calm and profound state.

"Finally, I've figured it out..." he murmured to himself, a knowing smile playing on his lips. "Yuan, as expected of an existence that even the primordial will of the universe fears. This ingenuity truly rivals the creation of heaven and earth."

Enlightenment has been achieved!
After going to the Origin Continent, he became just another ordinary person... but considering the extent to which he created this secret technique, it shouldn't be like that.

It's all a matter of timing and fate; no one can really explain what happens by chance.

With a thought, Xu Yang silently opened the stone door to the secret chamber.

"Teacher." An invisible thought instantly traversed space and entered the mind of the Devouring Lord, who was currently handling clan affairs, "Where is Ya Xing?"

"I've been waiting all along." The Lord of Devouring Heaven's spirits lifted, and he immediately put down his work, his eyes filled with anticipation. He knew that with Xu Yang's seclusion over, the legendary "Demon Network" was finally about to begin construction!

Soon, inside the "Ten Thousand Stars Palace," the highest point in the Sirius Clan's territory and the place with the most violent energy.

This grand hall is surrounded by a miniature star field that has been forcibly confined and compressed here!

Countless burning stars, icy dead stars, and swirling nebulae surround the area, taming the raging power of the stars.

Xu Yang sat high in the center of the hall, on a throne carved from a blazing white neutron star.

Before Xu Yang, the Lord of Ya Xing floated silently.

She is fully prepared!
"Let's begin." Xu Yang's voice resounded throughout the entire Wanxing Palace.

Slowly raising its right claw, it pointed it at the Lord of the Star of Asia!
Om-!
In an instant, the raging stellar energy surrounding the entire Myriad Stars Palace seemed to find an outlet, transforming into billions of dazzling streams of light that surged wildly toward the Lord of the Stars!

The solid body of the cosmic lord began to dissolve in these ordinary cosmic energies... dissolved at a peculiar frequency.

"what--!"

Even though his will was completely enslaved, the instinct that originated from the core of his life and carried the computing power center still caused the Lord of the Star to let out a sharp, inhuman screech when faced with the energy surge that seemed to be killing him!

She trembled and deformed violently in the stream of light, beginning to transform into the form of the mechanical father god. Layers of secret runes were engraved on her body, and those runes seemed to come alive as they flashed and reassembled wildly!
But this is just the beginning.

Xu Yang's will, like a giant axe splitting the heavens and earth, crashed down upon her core!
He pushed the framework of the "Virtual Universe" secret technique to its limit.

Countless "Will Node Runes," formed from his will and more profound than ordinary laws, appeared out of thin air, directly imprinting and melting into the deepest part of her core, like branding!

With each rune of will falling, the shriek of the Star Lord of Ya weakened a little, but the light emanating from the runes on her body grew stronger, and her form became more rounded—her body was expanding, and countless fine, neural network-like energy conduits extended from her body, piercing into the surrounding torrent of stellar energy, greedily drawing power.

Her skin gradually became transparent, and inside it seemed that a nascent universe, composed of pure light and data streams, was being conceived and constantly expanding!

At the same time, Xu Yang's will, aided by a secret technique, spread, penetrated, and wove outwards like a spider web, following the omnipresent network of laws in the primordial universe!
His willpower far surpassed that of the original ancestor, making the process incredibly domineering and efficient.

soon.

With the Hall of Myriad Stars at its core, an invisible and vast field of will is rapidly expanding!
It penetrates spatial barriers and ignores the limit of the speed of light. Its coverage expands at an unbelievable speed—galaxies, star fields, star regions... rapidly surpassing the limits of sight and approaching the scale of the human race's virtual universe!

Throughout the entire primordial universe, only the human race was able to perceive this commotion.

Because the 'virtual' aspect of the entire primordial universe was occupied by them, Xu Yang now wants to build a virtual network belonging to the demon race, so he naturally needs to expel their network.

The feeling was as if a grand and brand-new "channel" had been suddenly added to the "background noise" of the universe!
A similar, yet more domineering, network of wills is forcefully embedding itself into another side of the primordial universe!
"So fast..." the Chaos City Lord murmured. (End of Chapter)