Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

"The Star Tower...is rioting?!"

"What happened? Is a powerful being trying to claim a master?"

"No! This power... someone... someone has activated the Star Tower!"

"Who?! Which guy succeeded?!"

The expelled kings were horrified. They had roamed the Star Tower for countless years and had never seen such a terrifying sight.

The power contained within that turbulent nebula vortex made even these kings feel a profound sense of insignificance and fear from the depths of their souls!

They stared intently at the tower, trying to find the "culprit" that had caused all this.

Inside the tower, at the core.

That pure-colored 'tower bead,' like the purest tear at the beginning of the universe, slowly dripped down, its target pointing directly at the brow of the figure sitting cross-legged in the golden ocean below, whose pained expression had faded and was replaced by a resilient, pale golden glow!

Outside the gate of light, the mountain dweller held his breath, his eyes fixed on the slowly falling pagoda bead.

Xu Yang's gaze was deep and unfathomable as he calmly observed.

His disciple was about to undergo the most crucial and glorious transformation of his life. The turbulent nebula vortex and the thousands of kings who were humiliated and rejected were nothing more than insignificant background to this grand ceremony in his eyes.

His attention was entirely focused on Cangya, and on the final fusion that Tazhu and Cangya were about to complete.

The true master of the Star Tower is about to be born!
If this disciple can successfully recognize the Hunyuan weapon as his master, his future achievements will surely be considerable.

Rumble, rumble—!
The starry sky seemed to be groaning!
The thousands of kings and immortals who were excluded felt a blur before their eyes, and the once towering, seemingly endless colossal tower began to shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Shrinked...shrinked?!"

"The Star Tower is recognizing a master! Someone has actually succeeded!"

"Oh my god! Who is it? The tower is shrinking!!!"

Exclamations and incredulous roars echoed through the void.

In their minds, the Star Tower is an immutable behemoth that has existed since time immemorial, and countless powerful individuals have tried to conquer it but have failed!

Otherwise, it would probably have been claimed and taken away by the strongest beings in the universe long ago. Moreover, if the Star Tower is taken away, where will they go to obtain the Star Tower to seal the stars in the future?

In just a few breaths, the colossal tower that once filled the field of vision and exuded an overwhelming sense of oppression has shrunk to only a few tens of kilometers high, and it continues to shrink!
Its entire body radiated a gentle, restrained pale white light, no longer displaying its previous ferocity and aloofness. Instead, it resembled a docile white fox that had finally found its master, sheathing its claws and becoming gentle and approachable.

When the majestic Star Tower finally transformed into a gentle stream of light and entered the brow of the figure who was suspended in the starry sky and whose aura still carried the afterglow of transformation, the entire battlefield void fell into an eerie silence.

Then came a deafening uproar!

"A Realm Lord?!"

"A realm lord?!"

"What kind of cosmic joke is this! The Star Tower was taken away by a World Lord?"

"No! Absolutely not!"

“The treasure belongs to the virtuous! What virtue or ability does a mere realm lord possess to wield such a supreme treasure!”

Doubt, jealousy, greed, anger... all sorts of negative emotions proliferated and spread like a plague among the surviving immortal kings.

The value of the Star Tower is enough to drive any powerful individual mad!
Normally, the kings would fight tooth and nail to seize a single star that could seal a place, creating a bloodbath.

Now, this legendary treasure of the entire Star Tower has actually been taken away by a mere World Lord? This is an absolute mockery and insult to the understanding of all the Kings present, and even the strongest beings in the entire Primordial Universe!
So-called "virtue" is nothing but a fig leaf in the face of absolute self-interest.

"Kill him! The treasure will naturally reappear!"

"That's right! He's just a realm lord. Even with the Star Tower protecting him, how much power can he unleash?"

"Everyone, attack together! Each person can claim the treasure based on their own abilities!"

It's unclear who first roared out, but it instantly ignited this ocean of greed!
The long-suppressed murderous intent and greed erupted like a flood bursting its banks!

Anyway, this is an extraterritorial battlefield. If I get killed, it's just because I'm not strong enough. I can't blame anyone else.

Leading the charge was none other than a member of the royal family—a high-ranking immortal of the Devouring Dragon Roc Clan. He transformed into a ferocious roc beast, his claws tearing through space, and with a stench, he charged straight at Cangya, who had just opened his eyes and was still adjusting to the earth-shattering changes within his body!
Immediately afterwards, several powerful auras erupted simultaneously, followed by the Kings from different races, each with their own agendas. Blade lights, sword shadows, beams of law, poisonous domains... all sorts of terrifying attacks capable of instantly annihilating ordinary Kings and immortals, like a torrential downpour, instantly engulfed Cangya, who had just obtained the supreme treasure and whose aura was not yet stable!

Cangya's pupils shrank sharply. The vast perception he had just gained from merging with the Tower Beads allowed him to clearly "see" this destructive storm that was enough to tear him apart a thousand times in an instant!
Before he could even mobilize the power of the Star Tower, the shadow of death loomed over him!

However, just as the destructive storm was about to touch Cangya's body—

hum! ! !
A pale white halo, seemingly as thin as a cicada's wing yet containing boundless power, instantly swept across the starry sky!
puff! puff! puff! puff!
Like a red-hot iron pressed onto the snow!

The first few attacks, whether claws, blades, or beams of law, melted and annihilated without even causing a ripple the moment they touched the pale white halo!
Including the demon king who charged at the forefront, his ferocious beast body, the moment it touched the halo, seemed to be crushed and decomposed by billions of stars at the same time. He didn't even have time to scream before he was completely transformed into the most primitive particle stream and dissipated into the starry sky!
The attacks from the following kings were a step slower, but they still collided with the edge of the spreading light.

"what!"

"No!"

"My divine body—!"

The piercing screams abruptly ceased! Their attacks were like mud oxen sinking into the sea, while their own divine bodies were as if thrown into the core of a black hole, instantly burned, melted, and decomposed!
In just a moment, the seven or eight high-level and peak-level immortals who were at the forefront, regardless of their race, were all reduced to nothingness!
quiet!
Deathly silence!

Those kings behind them, blinded by greed and about to pounce, were frozen as if by invisible ice, their momentum halted, their faces drained of color, and their eyes filled with boundless fear and disbelief!
Nearly ten kings were wiped out in an instant?!
who is it? !
The flames of greed were instantly extinguished by this cold and cruel reality, leaving only a bone-chilling cold and the trembling of surviving a catastrophe.

"Ah……"

A light, dismissive laugh broke the suffocating silence.

The laughter was not loud, but it clearly penetrated the souls of every surviving king present, carrying a kind of indifference as if looking down on ants.

The sound came from the seemingly empty starry sky not far from Cangya.

The space rippled like water, and two figures slowly emerged as if stepping out of a painting.

The man on the left, dressed in a blue robe, had a gentle face and eyes as deep as the starry sky. A faint smile played on his lips. This was the Mountain Hermit. He watched with great interest the princes who were terrified, as if he were watching a farce.

On the right, the tall and imposing figure exuded no earth-shattering aura. He simply stood there, his gaze calmly sweeping across the entire arena, yet all the kings felt as if their hearts were suddenly gripped by an invisible giant hand, their souls exposed to absolute zero, and even their thoughts were frozen!

"Heavens... Sirius True God!!!"

"Sirius Overlord!"

"It's the Overlord?!" "We're doomed..."

Just now, right under the noses of two of the universe's most powerful beings, they actually tried to ambush and kill the junior they were protecting, and seize the Star Tower?!

Immense fear and boundless regret instantly overwhelmed all the surviving kings.

They felt like ants rushing toward the gods, ignorant and ridiculous.

In the deathly silent starry sky, fear, like an icy tide, instantly engulfed all the surviving King-level powerhouses.

The moment they recognized Tianlang Xu Yang and Zuoshan Ke, their last shred of hope and greed shattered completely! The mysterious white light that instantly annihilated nearly ten Kings had an obvious origin—only these two beings standing at the pinnacle of the universe could possess such a seemingly effortless yet terrifyingly powerful method!

"My Lord, spare my life!"

"We were ignorant! We offended the Holy Sovereign! We deserve to die!"

"I beg Your Majesty for mercy!"

It's unclear who was the first to kneel, but it was like toppling the first domino. In an instant—

Wow! ! !
Countless immortal kings, regardless of whether they came from the demon race, the insect race, the human race, the mechanical race, or whether they were high-level kings or ultimate kings, all lost all their pride and composure at this moment!

They knelt down in the cold void, like wheat fields blown down by a gale!

The ferocity and greed they displayed when attempting to besiege Cangya had vanished without a trace, leaving only a deep-seated fear and a humble plea for survival. Before the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, these powerful kings who had once dominated their regions were no different from dust.

Xu Yang's gaze calmly swept over the kneeling "sea of ​​dust".

To him, these kings were essentially beings born from the primordial universe, his "subjects" under his protection.

The mountain dweller watched this spectacular scene with great interest, a hint of amusement in his smile. He glanced at Xu Yang but remained silent, clearly keeping himself out of the fray.

Xu Yang spoke slowly, his voice not loud, yet it resonated clearly in the ears of every King-level expert, like a divine decree:

"The Star Tower has recognized me as its master, and is now my disciple. It is not for you to covet."

"Considering the difficulty of your cultivation and that you are also citizens of the universe under my command, I will not pursue your ignorant offenses."

The magnanimity of the person in a superior position instantly drew overwhelming gratitude.

"Thank you, Master, for sparing my life!"

"Thank you for your magnanimity, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Master!"

The emperor, overwhelmed with gratitude, kowtowed and thanked the king, who had been granted a general amnesty.

This scene once again greatly shocked Cangya. Even though he had long understood that his master was the strongest in the universe and the master of the entire universe, he was still deeply shocked to see the King-level expert kneeling in a vast expanse of starry sky.

This is the power that comes with strength, this is the ultimate return of great power to oneself. The joy that Cangya had just experienced from subduing the Star Tower was somewhat diminished, and he began to dream that one day he could achieve the same level of success as his master.

Of course, Xu Yang was unaware of these things.

If they knew, they would laugh at the little guy for not knowing the value of things; these two are completely incomparable. Throughout history, many powerful figures have dominated the cosmic sea and commanded respect across the starry sky, but to obtain a Primordial Weapon in such a desolate place as the 'Primordial Universe' is absolutely unique!
His gaze lingered briefly on Cangya, and after confirming that the disciple was unharmed, he said calmly to the guest sitting on the mountain, "This is not a place for discussion. Follow me."

Before he finished speaking, an invisible force quietly enveloped him.

The space rippled like water, and they completely disappeared into the outer battlefield, in that starry sky filled with those who had been granted the title of King and immortality.

All that remained were the bewildered expressions of the surviving kings, and the immense sense of loss that came with the sudden emptiness and desolation of the core battlefield after the Star Tower was taken away.

The treasure land that once attracted countless strong people to climb and fight for has become history in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, far from the noisy core of the primordial universe, in a dark void so quiet it seemed to be at the very beginning of the universe's birth.

There are no stars, no nebulae, and even almost no free energy particles; there is only pure, profound, all-encompassing 'nothingness'.

A tiny glimmer of light suddenly appeared, like a drop of water thrown into an inkwell, spreading silently and forming a stable space—which Xu Yang had casually created.

Words become law; it's incredibly simple.

"Alright, it's quiet now." The Mountain Guest looked around the space, nodded in satisfaction, and looked at Xu Yang.

"Now, can you tell me the price of your so-called 'great opportunity' and 'half a master'?" Xu Yang's tone was calm, with a composed demeanor—show me the benefits, and then see if it's worth it for your disciple to get entangled with you.

The gentle smile on the mountain-sitting guest's face faded slightly, replaced by a solemn and profound expression.

He first glanced at Cangya, who was standing to the side, before slowly speaking, his voice exceptionally clear in the silent space:
"Cangya's successful recognition of the Star Tower as its master proves his unwavering will and boundless potential. The Star Tower I crafted itself is one of the greatest opportunities, possessing immense power that encompasses many great principles, including time and space, sealing, origin, and soul, enough for him to explore and comprehend over a long period of time."

Cangya was shocked. He never expected that the towering Star Tower was actually made by this man in green robes.

"But that's not all." The Mountain Guest paused, then lightly tapped the stone table with his fingertip.

hum!
A faint, hazy light, seemingly containing the very rules of the primordial universe, gathered at his fingertips.

"This item is called 'Heavenly Soul Crystal'."

It was a single piece of black crystal, clearly not the incomplete version that Luo Feng had to slowly collect himself. At this point, the Mountain-Sitting Guest had not yet disassembled and placed them. "It is not a combat treasure, but contains a... unique path of evolution."

"The path of evolution?" Xu Yang's eyes flickered slightly, signaling him to continue.

“Indeed,” the Mountain-Sitting Guest nodded. “It contains a cultivation method called the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual. This manual cannot be cultivated by comprehension or aptitude alone. Its most important requirement is that one must have the identity of a Stone Star that I have guided! Only by meeting this requirement can one be qualified to attempt to cultivate it.”

"The Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, as the name suggests, is divided into nine tribulations. Each time a tribulation is overcome, a fundamental leap in the level of one's life genes will occur! Its ultimate goal is to reach a theoretically perfect '10081 times' level of life genes!"

"What?!" Even with his resolute will, Cangya couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The genetic level of life!

This is the fundamental factor that determines life potential and basic combat strength!
For ordinary races, the genetic level is between 1 and 10 times higher.

Some special life forms can achieve tens or hundreds of times the speed, which is already rare. Only a handful of such special life forms in the entire universe can achieve thousands of times the speed!
And this "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" is actually an evolutionary path that leads directly to 10081 times!

It's an incredible feat of defying fate!

The mountain dweller looked at Cangya with a meaningful look in his eyes: "Boy, the bond between you and me is very deep, but your current master has also treated you well, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to help you find benefits here."

The Mountain-Sitting Guest had subtly implied that he was the one who crafted the Star Tower and guided the Stone Star; he had already made it quite obvious. Of course, he wouldn't be so foolish as to speak ill of Xu Yang in front of Cang Ya. (End of Chapter)