Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

Mo Yan's avatar was not surprised but delighted by Bai Yu's resolute attitude!

"Hahaha, I didn't expect him to be such a fool! Does he really think he's the chosen one, capable of withstanding the essence of the remains of a high-level Chaos Origin life form?!" He sneered inwardly, but on the surface, he deliberately weakened the gray torrent and pretended to be entangled by Xuanji Shangren's chains. In reality, he secretly guided the resonance fluctuations of the demonic energy originating from the white jade heart to further stimulate the dark gold heart fragment.

"Swallow it! Swallow it! Let me see how you get burst open and turn into the purest 'residue'!" Mo Yan's eyes flashed with malice and anticipation.

In Mo Yan's view, Bai Yu, the native demon wolf nourished by high-level Chaos Origin Demon Qi, has a physical body that can be described as a perfect "filter".

While fragments of advanced primordial life are valuable, the violent laws they contain, the chaotic will of remaining life forms, and the energy essence far exceeding the limits of this world's tolerance are deadly poisons.

Let alone a mere Great Celestial God, even his true form, a late-stage God Emperor, wouldn't dare to directly incorporate it into his body for refinement. He could only rely on secret treasures and the analysis of the Great Dao to slowly wear it down, guide it, and comprehend it.

However, if it is first "filtered" by the white jade, which is a "container of the same origin", the result will be different.

Bai Yu's physical body shares the same origin as the fragment, allowing him to absorb the relatively "mild" parts of the fragment to the maximum extent, while temporarily enveloping and neutralizing its most violent and dangerous aspects. When Bai Yu can no longer withstand the pressure and "explodes," although some of the remaining energy essence within the fragment will be lost, its danger will be greatly reduced. At that point, when he takes action to collect and refine it, it will be a hundred times easier!
“Friend! Don’t be reckless!” Master Xuanji was genuinely shocked. Although he did not know the specifics of Mo Yan’s plan, with his mastery of formations and keen perception of the nature of energy, he could clearly sense that Mo Yan was deliberately holding back.

"The level of origin contained in that fragment is too high, and its energy is inherently violent. Forcibly devouring it will inevitably result in a backlash!"

However, it was all too late.

Bai Yu seemed to be completely overwhelmed by the allure of the heart fragment and the surge of demonic energy within him. He roared wildly, and the enormous maw of the Chaos Demon Wolf opened to an unbelievable degree. Countless wildly spinning vortexes of devouring energy converged in the mouth to form an ultimate black hole that seemed capable of swallowing the entire starry sky.

"Swallow—the—sky—!!!"

He ignored Master Xuanji's warning, ignored Mo Yan's seemingly hesitant yet actually coldly expectant gaze, and ignored his own collapsing body and soul. Carrying an unyielding, mad will—to either devour everything or be devoured by everything—he headed towards the suspended fragment of the dark gold heart.

Take a bite!
Boom-! ! ! !

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

There was only an absolute darkness that devoured everything, and from the center of that darkness, an ancient, savage, chaotic pulse that seemed to emanate from the very beginning of creation, beyond description.

The white jade maw accurately swallowed the fist-sized fragment of the dark gold heart!

The next moment——

puff!

puff!

Poof! ! !

Bai Yu's million-foot-tall chaotic demonic body was like a ball that was instantly inflated to its limit and then pierced by countless sharp needles at the same time!

Countless dark golden rays of light shot out wildly from every pore, every acupoint, and even every devouring vortex of his body.

That light was pure to the extreme, a stream of light containing supreme laws and violent energy.

"Uhhhhhh-!!!"

Bai Yu let out a non-human roar, a mixture of extreme pain, violence, and a hint of... indescribable, strange pleasure.

His demonic body began to expand and twist uncontrollably.

His skin cracked inch by inch, revealing the dark golden blood and energy flowing like magma beneath, while his bones groaned and cracked under the strain.

The once stable vortex of devouring energy began to become disordered and collapse, turning into uncontrollable energy storms.

Even more terrifying was that a terrifying will, seemingly from endless ages ago, filled with chaos, slaughter, devouring, and the most primal desires of life, was frantically surging in, impacting, and trying to assimilate his soul, following the connection between the heart fragment and the demonic energy within Bai Yu's body.

The residual will of a higher primordial life form!
Even a tiny bit is enough to shatter the soul of a great god!

"Now!" Mo Yan's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He suppressed his excitement and flipped through the gray book in his hand. More hidden and tiny gray runes, like parasites, rapidly penetrated into Bai Yu's collapsing body, which was gushing out dark golden light.

He wanted to take advantage of the chaotic moment when Bai Yu's body was "filtering" and his will was being impacted to implant the seeds of control and analysis, so that when Bai Yu completely exploded and the fragments were "forged," he could accurately control and seize the essence at the first moment.

Master Xuanji's expression changed drastically. He saw the danger in Bai Yu's eyes and also sensed Mo Yan's sinister actions.

"Myriad Transformations Lock the Source - Trapped!"

He forcibly reversed the power of the grand formation, transforming it into countless chains of light, attempting to envelop and stabilize the collapsing white jade while simultaneously blocking Mo Yan's gray runes.

Seeing Bai Yu's miserable state, the Blood-Burning Yin God was horrified, but he knew he had to help. The sea of ​​blood transformed into layers of crimson barriers, attempting to stop the dark golden light from further damaging the abyss space.

However, neither Xuanji Shangren's formation nor the sea of ​​blood that burned blood could withstand the surging dark golden light. They were quickly eroded and disintegrated, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun.

The energy level contained in that stream of light exceeded the scope of their Great Dao.

Bai Yu's body was collapsing at a visible speed, and it was about to explode into a sky full of blood mist and energy fragments.

Mo Yan's smile was almost overflowing, as if he could already see the perfect ending of the fragments being "purified" and him successfully collecting them.

however……

Just as Bai Yu's body swelled to its limit and was about to explode completely, Mo Yan's gray runes burrowed into his skin—

hum! ! !
A completely different, strange fluctuation, seemingly transcending all laws and emotions, suddenly emanated from the depths of Bai Yu's body, which was on the verge of collapse.

No one knew, only Bai Yu himself could deeply understand.

On the Golden Finger panel, the originally blue interface suddenly lit up with some golden-red data streams and geometric runes that Bai Yu had never seen before.

[High-level energy source (damaged) intrusion detected...] [High-level life imprint (residual) impact detected...]

【Analyzing……】

[Fragments of the heart of the world-class primordial life form 'Primordial Magnetic Titan - Elemental Fusion'...]

Bai Yu was utterly astonished at this moment!
A world-class primordial life form?
This is an important level in the Hunyuan life system, between advanced Hunyuan life and lord-level Hunyuan life, marking the most essential leap from 'source world life' to 'Hunyuan life'.

Their size far exceeds that of advanced Chaos Origin life forms, reaching approximately 1% of the size of an ordinary Origin World, capable of devouring an entire Origin World. Simultaneously, their physical body realm and system have reached perfection, representing the pinnacle of physical development among Chaos Origin life forms!
They can also control the Origin World, possessing power approaching that of an Ancestor, capable of contending with ordinary cultivator lords. Furthermore, by devouring vast amounts of Origin World essence, they have the opportunity to break through and become an Ancestor!
However, they feed primarily on the origin of the source world, making them one of the main threats to the source world in the infinite chaotic space.

"A world-class Chaos Origin life form... Even someone like Yuan wouldn't just throw away the corpse of such a powerful being after killing it. He would definitely refine it into a secret treasure to cultivate future generations." Bai Yu thought to himself. Yuan was already the most powerful cultivator in the Chaos Origin Space. Even he valued something so much, which shows how terrifying a world-class Chaos Origin life form is.

"The main body is comparable to 1% of the size of the source world. This small, fist-sized fragment is not even a speck of dust to it."

However, small does not mean bad. The gap between life in the cage and world-class primordial life is greater than the gap between ordinary beasts and the primordial universe!

If it weren't for the system's assistance, let alone this world-class fragment, even a fragment of a high-level primordial life form would have caused the white jade to explode.

【Magnetic Titan: A giant form evolved from the fusion of various basic elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, and darkness) of the Chaos Origin Space. Its height is exactly 1% of the diameter of the Origin World. Its body is covered with colorful scales composed of different elements, each scale corresponding to one element. The core is the "Magnetic Core" on its chest—which controls the fusion and transformation of all elements. Its physical body is a "perfect fusion of multiple elements and the power of Chaos Origin." The core of its evolutionary path is "the expansion of elemental types and the enhancement of fusion degree".

Unique Ability —

Elemental Tide Devouring: This ability can trigger an elemental tide covering the entire source world, forcibly stripping away all elemental essences within the source world and absorbing them into the body, where they are fused through the Elemental Magnetic Core and transformed into "Elemental Magnetic Power." Different source worlds have different elemental attributes, and after devouring, the number of elemental types mastered can be continuously expanded.

Multi-element Annihilation: This technique fuses two or more opposing elements (such as light and darkness, water and fire) outside the body, triggering an elemental annihilation explosion. The explosive power can directly tear apart the source world barrier, and it has extremely strong destructive power on physical bodies. It is a top-level area attack in the same category.

Elemental Magnetic Domain Control: Releases elemental magnetic power to form a domain. All elements within the domain are under its control. Elemental attributes and forms can be changed at will. Even elemental power controlled by cultivators will be forcibly distorted into elemental magnetic power and absorbed and utilized.

Upon seeing these descriptions, Bai Yu was both shocked and overjoyed.

He was horrified by the terrifying nature of this "Magnetic Titan" in its lifetime, but overjoyed because... the panel analyzed it so thoroughly. This meant that he could not only absorb its energy, but also have the opportunity to glimpse its abilities!

But after the euphoria comes sobriety.

The prompt that followed on the panel was like a bucket of cold water being poured over it:
[Warning: The host's current life level (Great Celestial/Early Entering the Ultimate Realm) is too far removed from the essence of the energy source. Direct and complete absorption will result in a 100% probability of irreversible collapse (annihilation of both physical body and true spirit).]

Before Bai Yu could finish being frightened, there was a buzzing sound.

On the lower half of the panel, the phantom of an ancient and mysterious golden-red "jar" appears.

As soon as the can was opened, an invisible yet irresistible suction force was generated.

In an instant, the vast majority of the energy torrent that had been raging wildly within Bai Yu's body, threatening to burst him, along with the chaotic and terrifying residual will, was forcibly stripped away, guided, and compressed by this suction force, like rivers flowing into the sea, transforming into a golden-red pillar of light that was injected into the illusory "jar".

[Energy storage progress: 1%...5%...10%!]

Storage complete. Current maximum stored energy: ???

The markings on the jar's phantom image stopped at 10%.

Besides the ancient, golden-red "jar" phantom from before, there is another completely black "pool" phantom next to it, with pale white runes flowing across its surface—the [Negative Energy Pool]!
This appeared when he refined the World-Devouring Thunder Dragon. Inside was a cursed bomb belonging to "Greed"—unfortunately, he never had the chance to use it. Now that his strength has increased dramatically, his trump card for survival has become useless.

However, now with the injection of new energy—the chaotic will remaining after the fall of a world-class chaotic being—it has found an outlet. The panel precisely peels off and guides it, transforming it into a dark torrent that is injected into the [Negative Energy Pool].

The surface of the pool water rippled, and a scale indicator lit up next to it: [Negative Energy Reserve: 32%].

Bai Yu was overjoyed.

What's stored in this [Negative Energy Pool] is far more dangerous and more fundamental than the drop of "Origin of the Rule Curse" refined from the previous "Gluttony" curse. This is the essence of the "resentment" and "chaos" of a world-class Chaos Origin life form after its fall, full of meaningless madness... cold and heavy, like a miniature heart of Chaos Origin Calamity.

This thing is both poison and a weapon.

Once used, even Bai Yu couldn't imagine how powerful it would be! If used properly, it might become a terrifying trump card that would make even God Emperors tremble.

One 'jar', one 'pool'.

Bai Yu could sense that the 'jar' seemed to exist in a dimension he couldn't comprehend, bound to his true spirit, storing a terrifying energy powerful enough to destroy countless versions of himself.

Although he couldn't use it for the time being, just knowing that it existed made him feel much more at ease.

And the energy in the 'pool' is something he can use at any time!
"This trip was truly a huge success!" Bai Yu thought to himself, filled with satisfaction.

However, that's not all!
The panel did not completely drain the fragment's energy, but left a very small portion—about one ten-millionth of the fragment's total energy—and after tempering and adapting it, it was evenly sprinkled onto Bai Yu's collapsing body like sweet rain.

Even this tiny fraction, one in ten million, is an overwhelming torrent of creation for Bai Yu at this moment.

"what--!"

Bai Yu couldn't help but let out another long howl, but this time, it was no longer a painful roar, but a joyful roar filled with comfort, a surge of power, and a leap in life level.

Click! Click! Click! Click...

The terrifying cracks on his body surface healed and closed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The new skin was no longer the previous gray-black color, but had a faint golden-red hue that seemed to contain countless tiny elemental light points, and its toughness increased by more than a billion times!
The blood that was originally flowing like magma in his body has now become as viscous as mercury and as heavy as a mountain. With each flow, it seems as if wind, thunder, water and fire are surging within it, containing terrifying vitality and power!
The bones regenerated from the shattering, becoming like the purest elemental crystals, crystal clear yet indestructible, with faint nine-colored radiance flowing within them!

The most significant change was in his heart.

Although the energy of the golden-red fragment he swallowed was completely drained, its form did not completely disappear. Instead, it melted and recombined, combining with his original heart to form a new, slow-moving but powerfully pulsating magnetic core prototype.

While it falls far short of even a fraction of the power of a true "Magnetic Titan" core, it already possesses the basic characteristics for the initial transformation, fusion, and storage of multi-elemental energy! (End of Chapter)