Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

Time flies, and several months have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the flying boat was skimming over a desolate hilly area.

On the land ahead, a huge beast resembling an ancient mammoth, covered in dark blue rock scales, with a long nose like a mountain range and fangs flashing with lightning, was leisurely "gnawing" on a massive earthen hill.

The aura it emitted had reached the peak level of an Eternal True God!
"Azure Rock Thunder Elephant...you're next piece of meat." Xu Yang's lips curled slightly as he locked onto his target. He didn't even bother using weapons to deal with this thick-skinned, terrifyingly strong creature.

Generally, only those with agile movements will have some trouble.

The Azure Rock Thunder Elephant in the distance had obviously also seen Xu Yang's vehicle, but as a peak-level Eternal True God, it had long been invincible in the Great Wilderness... so it only glanced at it casually before continuing its mountain-climbing endeavor.

The next instant, the airship's cabin door slid open silently.

Xu Yang took a step forward.

The next moment, he appeared above the Azure Rock Thunder Elephant's head as if by teleportation. Only then did the Azure Rock Thunder Elephant become alert, swinging its trunk and letting out a deafening roar. Its long trunk, carrying the power of ten thousand thunderbolts, lashed out at Xu Yang. At the same time, the rock scales on its massive body lit up, forming a thick defensive light shield.

However, all of this is in vain in the face of absolute power.

Xu Yang simply threw a single punch.

The terrifying divine power, pure to the extreme and compressed into his fist, erupted with a thunderous roar!
Boom! ! !

Dark cracks appeared in the void around Xu Yang's fist.

"A technique from the Chaos Realm?!" The Azure Rock Thunder Elephant was utterly horrified, its eyes filled with fear.

The elephant's trunk, powerful enough to shatter mountains, crumbled like fragile porcelain the moment it touched the fist.

The fist continued its momentum like a meteor impact, slamming hard into Lei Xiang's forehead, which was covered by a thick defensive light shield.

Bang——! ! !
A dull, heart-stopping bang!
The massive, mountain-like body of the Thunder Elephant suddenly froze, and blinding lightning and blood mist instantly erupted from the cracks in the rock scales covering its entire body.

Its proud defensive light shield shattered like paper, and a bottomless fist mark was clearly visible between its eyebrows. The powerful impact passed through its body, and the terrifying force directly shattered the true god's heart inside its body into dust!
Its massive body swayed, the fierce and fearful light in its eyes quickly dimmed and dissipated, and finally it collapsed with a crash.

Instant kill!

The Azure Thunder Elephant, at the peak of the Eternal True God realm, was utterly powerless against Xu Yang's punch.

"Gurgle, dinner's ready!" Xu Yang's voice echoed in the void.

"Awoo—!" Guji, who could no longer contain itself, shot out of the airship's cabin like an arrow.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yang released his spatial treasure, allowing Guji to devour the Azure Rock Thunder Elephant inside.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the enormous, mountain-like Azure Rock Thunder Elephant was completely devoured.

"Burp—!" The black hole shape in its mouth dissipated, and Guji let out a satisfied burp, causing the space to tremble slightly. "Hmm? Finally, I'm about to break through!"

Feeling the tremors within his body, Guji's face lit up with joy. Along the way, he had devoured more than twenty Eternal True Gods, yet he had still failed to break through to become an Eternal True God himself. This was indeed a bit too exaggerated.

Fortunately, we are finally about to break through.

"Master! It's done! It's finally about to begin!" Guji's excited yet slightly nervous thoughts echoed in Xu Yang's mind.

Xu Yang's gaze was like lightning, and his powerful will instantly pierced through the spatial treasure, firmly locking onto its interior.

The black hole core that Guji had been so dark and devouring suddenly emitted a point of incredibly bright white light, as if it contained endless vitality and origin. This point of white light, like a cosmic singularity, was expanding at an unbelievable speed.

Boom! ! !

A terrifying energy tide, seemingly born from the universe, suddenly erupted from the core of that point of white light.

The special "boundary" space that originally belonged to Guji and existed between the real and the virtual is now undergoing a dramatic transformation.

The originally chaotic and indistinct boundaries of the inner world were forcibly opened by an overwhelming force, and the space expanded wildly, like an inflated balloon, instantly expanding from a volume that might have been only the size of a small universe to a scale comparable to the universe before Xu Yang's breakthrough.

Countless new spatial structures are born and stabilized in the energy of destruction.

As the space stabilized, the Great Dao of Destruction, contained deep within the Guji bloodline, automatically condensed into the Origin of Destruction, spreading out like a living thing, like the trunk of a tree, rapidly imprinting and intertwining within the newly formed world barriers and spatial structure.

The entire inner world began to possess its own nascent source of destruction.

Near the core of the realm, space violently distorted, forming a deep, dark, and enormous phantom nest exuding an aura of endless destruction and devouring.

This is the embryonic form of the mother hive that gave birth to the "Legion of Destruction"!

It greedily absorbs the destructive aura released from the core, transforming it into the power of the World Beast... As long as Guji has a thought and invests enough energy, it can nurture a powerful Destruction Warrior within it.

Judging from the aura it exudes, the upper limit this nest can nurture... can actually reach the level of an Eternal True God!
The Destruction Warriors that are born from this species possess a level of pure destructive power and combat instinct that may even surpass that of a Beast King of the same rank! However, their ability to survive is far inferior to that of a Beast King.

"Master, I can feel it! I can nurture powerful warriors! Eternal True God level!" Guji's excited voice rang in Xu Yang's mind, full of eagerness.

He could clearly sense the immense potential of that Nest of Destruction.

However, Xu Yang's voice rang out: "Don't rush, Guji! Don't rush to supply energy to the Nest of Destruction. Focus on guiding your primordial energy to nourish and strengthen your inner world core and world structure. Those Destruction Warriors... do not conceive for now."

"Huh? Why, Master?" Guji was a little puzzled. It felt that a fighter capable of nurturing an Eternal True God should be able to help its master.

"The reason is simple: you have just broken through to the Eternal True God level, and your foundation is fragile. The creation of any Eternal True God-level Destruction Warrior requires absorbing a large amount of primordial energy from your realm, which will greatly slow down your own growth rate."

"Moreover, a Destruction Warrior of the Eternal True God level is not of much significance to me at the moment."

“The resources spent cultivating them are far less worthwhile than using them to strengthen your own body.”

"When you ascend to the Chaos Ruler or even the God King in the future, the Destruction Warriors that are born then will truly become my powerful allies! Now, devote all your energy to nourishing yourself and focus on evolution."

Although Guji was a little disappointed that he couldn't "hatch the egg" immediately, he was absolutely obedient to Xu Yang's orders, and he also instinctively felt that his master's words made a lot of sense.

"I understand, Master!" Guji immediately calmed its mind, focused its will, and forcibly suppressed the instinctive restlessness of the Nest of Destruction that craved energy. The vast primal energy released from the core of the realm no longer flowed towards the Nest of Destruction in the slightest. Instead, it was all guided, like warm spring water, repeatedly washing and stabilizing the newly formed inner barrier of the realm, nourishing the nascent source of destruction.

The phantom of the Nest of Destruction flickered a few times unwillingly after losing its energy infusion, and finally slowly fell silent, like a lurking beast waiting for the day when its future master truly needed it to awaken.

Outside, the violent energy fluctuations within the spatial treasure gradually subsided, replaced by a vast, stable, and eternal aura brimming with boundless vitality.

Xu Yang nodded in satisfaction and withdrew his will.

"The Eternal True God...is complete!" A smile appeared on his lips.

Guji's ability to effortlessly reach the ultimate God King realm is an extraordinary stroke of luck even on the Origin Continent, considering that the ultimate God King realm is extremely rare on the entire Origin Continent.

……

Having dealt with the Azure Thunder Elephant and helped Guji break through to the Eternal True God realm and stabilize his cultivation, Xu Yang was in high spirits and continued his journey eastward in his flying boat.

This day.

As he traversed a vast swamp filled with a faint mist of energy and where the vegetation was strangely distorted, his senses suddenly detected a violent energy fluctuation and a rapidly approaching presence.

"Ok?"

Xu Yang raised an eyebrow, and the speed of the flying boat suddenly decreased.

At the edge of the horizon, a disheveled figure was tearing through the mist at a frenzied speed, almost as if burning its very essence!

It was a man who looked like a human. He was wearing a brocade robe that should have been exquisite but was now tattered and covered in mud. The robe still had some delicate pastry patterns and wine pot designs on it.

His face was as pale as paper, and bright red divine blood kept spilling from the corners of his mouth. His breathing was disordered, and his divine power fluctuated violently, clearly indicating that he was seriously injured. However, what caught Xu Yang's attention the most was a huge brewing barrel made of some kind of special crystal strapped to his back. The barrel seemed to contain half a barrel of liquid that shimmered with a faint starlight.

Each of his teleportations was exceptionally difficult, with spatial ripples twisting and breaking as if they were about to disintegrate at any moment.

Even though they were far apart, Xu Yang could feel the intense despair and... a kind of madness that was almost a kind of liberation emanating from him.

Pursuing him was a massive mechanical phoenix that blotted out the sky, its wings tearing through the swamp's mist to reveal its ferocious form—resembling the legendary divine bird, the Azure Phoenix, but covered entirely in cold metallic feathers that shimmered with icy runic light.

Above the mechanical phoenix's head, three powerful figures could be vaguely seen, all of whom were Eternal True Gods!

They wore standard armor adorned with sharp bird feather patterns, their eyes cold and fixed on the fleeing figures ahead.

The combined power of three Eternal True Gods and an unknown number of Void True Gods and True Gods made this mechanical phoenix far surpass the power of a typical peak Eternal True God!

"Traitor Jiu Wuye! You heartless bastard! Stop right there!"

The leading Eternal True God, a powerful figure with a resolute face, now twisted with rage, spoke in a voice like thunder, causing the swamp below to churn: "Our Black Feather Tribe has treated you well, bestowing upon you the supreme honors of Chief Brewer and Pastry Chef! We have given you resources! We have given you status! Our Chief even regarded you as a brother! You ungrateful beast, how dare you add that soul-destroying 'Soul-Devouring Poison' to the nectar of the 'Celebration of Ten Thousand Stars'! Causing our Chief to be utterly destroyed! You deserve to die a thousand deaths to atone for your sins!!"

His voice was filled with grief and boundless hatred, clearly showing his deep resentment towards Jiu Wuye, who was fleeing ahead.

"Hehehe... Hahahahahaha!!!"

Upon hearing the curse, Jiu Wuye, who was fleeing for his life, felt no fear. Instead, he let out a hoarse, shrill laugh filled with unbridled joy!
He whirled around, his pale face flushed with a morbid rage and madness, and red blood splattered from the corner of his mouth.

"They've treated me well?! They've treated me like a brother?! Bullshit!!"

His roar pierced through the air, filled with deep-seated resentment and a sense of liberation: "Black Feather Retsu! That beast in bird skin! He treated me like a brother?! A million epochs! A whole million epochs!!"

"Do you know that millions of epochs ago, the Zhe clan, the brewing tribe of 'Stardust Valley,' whom he personally slaughtered, crushing even infants into dust, was my kin!!" Jiu Wuye's voice was filled with blood, each word seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth: "My real name is Zhe Wuye, and I have come to seek revenge!!! Hahaha..."

"The secret recipe for your Black Feather Tribe's 'Firefly Intoxication' was stolen by him during the massacre of my entire family! My entire Zhe Clan... owes it all to his coming-of-age ceremony!!!"

"Heh heh, I only escaped this calamity because I went out to search for a rare Star Fruit for brewing wine back then!!"

"It's fate, it's all fate!!!"

"For a million years, I lived in anonymity, enduring humiliation and hardship, honing my skills in brewing and pastry making! All so that one day I could get close to this demon! I would brew the finest wine for him! I would make the most exquisite pastries! I would make him trust me, depend on me! I would watch him revel in the intoxication he felt each time he drank my carefully crafted, slowly accumulating soul poison that seeped into the very core of his being without his knowledge... Hahaha! How exhilarating! How exhilarating!!"

Jiu Wuye appeared to be insane; the tears that flowed from his eyes were no longer blood and tears, but golden flames formed from his burning essence.

"Finally! Finally, the day of celebration, when all the stars gather and his soul's essence is most active and relaxed, has arrived! I used all the 'Soul-Devouring Poison' I had accumulated over millions of epochs, mixing it into his favorite barrel of 'Starry Sky Jade Liquid'... watching him drink it... watching his painful contortions... watching the disbelief in his eyes... watching his soul dissipate... hahaha... it was worth it! Even death was worth it!!"

His words were like the most vicious curse, causing the three Eternal True Gods behind him to turn ashen-faced, their killing intent almost solidifying into a tangible form!
"Shut up! Traitor! Die!" The leader, the Eternal True God Black Feather, roared in fury and waved his hand violently.

Om-! ! !
The metal wings on both sides of the giant mechanical phoenix suddenly shone with a dazzling light, and tens of thousands of feathers shot out in an instant!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——!!!
The crimson feathers, like a destructive storm, instantly traversed space and arrived behind Jiu Wuye.

At the same time, the enormous beak began to condense a chilling dark purple energy, and space in front of it began to distort, with faint black spatial cracks visible.

This is an attack powerful enough to severely injure a peak-level Eternal True God.

Clearly, they no longer wanted to linger and were going to use the strongest means to completely eliminate this traitor.

Faced with this devastating attack, a hint of despair flashed in Jiu Wuye's eyes, but more so, a frenzied pleasure and liberation. He wrapped his arms around the huge brewing vat on his back, seemingly wanting to detonate it in a final struggle.

"The blood feud spanning millions of epochs has been avenged... Father, Mother, Little Sister... wait for me..."

At this critical moment——

Boom! ! !

A roar, far deeper and more terrifying than the mechanical phoenix's, seemingly emanating from the depths of chaos, exploded without warning deep within the swamp.

An indescribably enormous white jade hand, flowing with chaotic energy and dark golden runes, emerged suddenly from the swampy abyss in front of Jiu Wuye, as if from the ancient primordial era, carrying an absolute power capable of crushing stars and destroying all things.

The giant hand's target was none other than the enormous mechanical phoenix! (End of Chapter)