Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 235 The Arrival of the Progenitor of Flame Wind
The environment within the Heavenly Pillar Realm is complex, but for a long time now, no one from either of the two ancient kingdoms has come here, leaving the people of the Cangyuan Kingdom to roam freely inside.

A vast array vaguely connects 36 exits. Its enhancement to combat power is not actually that strong. For example, it can only enhance the power of an emperor or monarch to a degree of invincibility.

Of course, this is also related to their low level of cultivation, as they rely on a lot of external forces to achieve the ultimate level of enlightenment without physical strength.

This grand formation was personally crafted by the Flame Wind Ancestor. Its primary function is detection; assistance is secondary. Any living being that passes through the exit of the Heavenly Pillar Realm will be detected.

For example, if any secret treasures or remnants are obtained, the array spirit will record them in detail, and then notify the ruling emperor and the guarding emperor, who will then notify the ancestor.

If the remnants and treasures obtained are not what the two progenitors need, then the god-kings and emperors can keep them for themselves to study.

Conversely, it must be handed over to the ancestor immediately.

The ancestors of both countries raised their descendants to use them as tools for treasure hunting. People at the first level of the Divine King realm often come to explore this Heavenly Pillar Realm. Is it really to hone their skills?
The emperors and monarchs also have heavy responsibilities. They owe the royal family huge amounts of resources, and they must repay the debt by searching for treasures, which eventually leads to layers of oppression.

To put it bluntly, the entire Origin Continent is the backyard of the two ancient kingdoms. All the god-kings, because of their selfish desires, have to constantly search for treasures, rely on various external forces, and even allow the Hunyuan bloodline to run rampant!
In Zhou Lin's view, they were a cancer.

Whoosh!
The figure of the Earth God King appeared at the exit. He was the last person in the Heavenly Pillar Realm besides Zhou Lin. The Realm Beast A Yu and the Purple Wood God King had already left.

Although they obtained the remains, they couldn't even glimpse the slightest detail of the great array crafted by the Flame Wind Ancestor.

Because once a Beast King reaches the Ultimate Realm, its methods become extremely terrifying. It hides the World-Class Chaos Origin Remains, unless the Flame Wind Ancestor personally takes action.

Trying to peek through a single formation? That's still a bit weak.

If it were those pickpockets in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, they could set up a grand array to spy on the hidden places of the Extreme Realm, but unfortunately, Ancestor Yanfeng did not cultivate the art of theft.

"The Earth God King has emerged. I wonder if he obtained any remains." Di Xuan waited quietly, hoping the artifact spirit would remind him.

Only the spirit of the artifact can use the spying methods of the great formation to prevent the stationed emperors from hoarding good treasures. These emperors are greedy and probably not very loyal to the ancestor.

The two progenitors used them as tools, but they also wanted to change their own fate. Unfortunately, the remains in the Heavenly Pillar Realm could not be kept secret.

Whoosh!
The Earth God King flew out of the Heavenly Pillar Realm, but he vaguely sensed a scorching wave approaching, which contained no lethality, so he didn't think much of it.

In the eyes of the Earth God King, he had hidden the remains in an extremely secretive place, so that even an Ultimate Realm expert could not possibly peek at them.

But the Ancestor of Flame Wind was not at the Ultimate Realm.

A moment later, Di Xuan in the center of the formation received a reminder, and the artifact spirit said urgently, "Quickly notify the master, immediately notify the master, the remains he obtained are the remains my master needs."

At the same time, Difu also received a reminder, forcibly interrupting his seclusion.

"Emperor, quickly go and report to the Ancestor!"

Di Xuan was truly anxious. This had happened while he was stationed there, and he had to report to Ancestor Yanfeng immediately to make amends for his mistake.

"No need for you to urge me, I'll go right now." Although Difu had a good impression of Zhou Lin, he dared not delay in the slightest when it came to such a matter of principle.

Soon, Difu arrived at a hidden world. Standing before the cave, he respectfully said, "Ancestor, the Earth God King of Cangyuan Kingdom has obtained a special life remnant from the Heavenly Pillar Realm. The artifact spirit says it is something you urgently need..."

Upon receiving the news, the spirit of the cave dwelling directly disturbed the Yanfeng Ancestor, who was in seclusion.

A moment later, a burly figure emerged.

"A single silver-white tail contains so many flame runes?" The Flame Wind Ancestor's eyes burned with fervor; he felt that his breakthrough opportunity lay in this tail.

He is currently only at the late stage of the God Emperor realm, a cultivator who has attained enlightenment.

If one breaks through to the semi-primordial level, one's strength will experience a qualitative leap.

This was a crucial opportunity for the Ancestor of Flame Wind.

Not to mention his current level, even if he wants to break free from this cage in the future, this section of the silvery-white tail will allow him to comprehend it for a long time. It is a treasure no less than the golden finger bone of the Thunder Ancestor.

"Cangyuan Kingdom? A first-level God King possesses ultimate-level strength?"

Ancestor Yanfeng frowned deeply. If it were an ordinary Ultimate Realm expert, the Lord of Myriad Realms, or the Realm Beast Ayu, he would probably have attacked immediately.

Such a treasure would be of no consequence to the Yanfeng Ancestor Society.

If Zhou Lin is already this strong at the first level of the God King realm, what kind of strength will he have when he reaches the second level of the God King realm or even the ultimate realm?
He was torn between eliminating the threat completely and stifling the genius!

Ancestor Yanfeng had done this kind of thing many times before. Of the geniuses of the previous reincarnation era, only the Ancestor of the Eastern Extreme Domain is still alive.

“Thunder.” Ancestor Yanfeng stood there, a wisp of his consciousness contacting his sworn friend, Ancestor Thunder, through a communication artifact.

Aside from the artifact spirit, only he could forcibly interrupt the Thunder Ancestor's secluded cultivation. The Flame Wind Ancestor quickly asked, "Do you harbor murderous intent towards the Cangyuan Kingdom?"

The Thunder Ancestor slowly awoke, and the instant he awoke, he received a wealth of information, including the establishment of the Cangyuan Kingdom and the death of the Blue Flower Monarch.

"A single move can drive a monarch mad? Even annihilate his soul?"

The Thunder Ancestor frowned. He knew the weakness of his rulers: they relied too much on the Hunyuan bloodline, which made them vulnerable to being suppressed by experts like Emperor Ming.

Not to mention true masters of the soul path.

“I want to kill him.” Thunder Ancestor frowned. “Simultaneously cultivating five primordial great paths, such a prodigy would probably be invincible in the Dark Holy Realm. But we must plan carefully. Either don’t do it at all, or do it thoroughly.”

He made no attempt to conceal his murderous intent.

“Yes, the limit for ordinary strong individuals is to cultivate two or three paths simultaneously,” Ancestor Yanfeng said calmly. “But since it concerns our path of cultivation, we must fight for it.”

His tone was calm, yet incredibly firm.

If Zhou Lin possessed invincible strength now, the Flame Wind Ancestor would choose to negotiate with him instead of harboring murderous intent.

"Yan Feng, he has also cultivated the path of the soul, so he might have some entanglement with those alien races. I suggest you investigate him thoroughly before making a decision."

When the Thunder Ancestor mentioned the alien races, he had a look of disgust on his face.

He found the Time-Space Demon, the Master of Ten Thousand Laws, and others particularly annoying.

Because their own origin world was too barren, they tried every means to seize treasures from the origin continent, and even cultivated a bunch of forces to compete with them.

If it weren't for Yuan's warning, Lei Ting and Yan Feng would probably have already wiped out those forces.

The Lord of the Mother River could survive against the Ancestor of Flame and Wind, but if someone like the Earth God King, the Fire Ancestor, or the Empress of Wind City encountered him, they would certainly die.

“We need to investigate this thoroughly,” Ancestor Yanfeng replied. “He is still a cultivator of the Void Path, but at the first level of the God King realm, he shouldn’t be able to master the Great Realm-Breaking Teleportation Technique.”

The Great Boundary-Breaking Teleportation Technique requires the second level of the God-King realm to be used.

“He can’t use it, but the Time-Space Demons and the others can. As long as one of his clones is sent to another Origin World, he will never die.” Ancestor Yanfeng sighed, “I will try to investigate first. As long as we confirm that all his clones are on the Origin Continent, we can take action to completely annihilate this God King Meng Chuan.”

After saying this, the palm of the Flame Ancestor began to expand, reaching a vast expanse of hundreds of millions of miles, containing the sun, moon, and stars within its palm, forming an endless world of flames.

The world of flames burned wildly, terrifying Dif.

Each of these flames could annihilate an emperor, and then the firelight scattered, rushing along the veins of heaven and earth, spreading to an unknown distance.

boom!
The power of cause and effect shone brightly, and the flames seemed to break through endless spacetime barriers, instantly burning across the snow realm and then reversing the course of events.

But in the end, time and space could not be reversed, and it came to an abrupt end.

"So you couldn't find them all?" Ancestor Yanfeng wasn't surprised, after all, Zhou Lin was also a practitioner of the path of cause and effect, and had secret treasures and techniques to assist him.

There was no direct cause and effect between the two, and Zhou Lin's subordinates had never been tainted by the blood of the royal family of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom.

“No, Yan Feng.” Thunder Ancestor transmitted his voice again: “He should have no entanglement with alien forces. Think about it, the entire Tianzhu Realm is full of his own people from Cangyuan Kingdom.”

Logically speaking, if Zhou Lin was nurtured by the three major alien forces, how could they not be present for such an opportunity as entering the Heavenly Pillar Realm?

The three—the Time-Space Demon, the Palace Master of the Two Realms, and the Master of the Myriad Laws Pavilion—desired nothing more than the opportunities within the Heavenly Pillar Realm, so there was no reason for them not to go in.

"Well, that makes sense."

Ancestor Yanfeng was even more puzzled: "In our Origin Continent, almost all the God-Kings who cultivated the path of the soul in the past had connections with other races. So where did this God-King Meng Chuan obtain his inheritance?!"

"Could it be the Infinite Space?" After saying that, Thunder Ancestor also felt something was wrong. Zhou Lin first used the Eternal Night Realm to kill Lord Lan Duo, and then entered the Infinite Space.

The two of them had a million questions in their minds.

"Could it be that some powerful being from the Chaos Origin realm is nurturing him, allowing him to be reincarnated into our Origin Continent?"

"No, to receive a promise of reincarnation from a Hunyuan expert, one must at least be at the level of a dual-path Hunyuan expert."

If the rules of the cosmic god apply to all source worlds, and he is truly a half-reincarnation of the Chaos Origin, then he could probably recover his full strength in an instant.

Before the release of the Boundary Heart Decree, beings reincarnated into other source worlds either exchanged rewards in the Infinite Space, but these were usually at the God King Ultimate Realm or above.

If you haven't even reached the ultimate realm, what's the point of reincarnation?

Either they are invincible beings, and the lord promises to help them reincarnate.

The Flame Wind Ancestor and the Thunder Ancestor spent a long time guessing, but they still couldn't figure out Zhou Lin's true nature, and they were both extremely cautious by nature.

Don't take action unless you're absolutely certain.

"Where did this monster come from?" Ancestor Yanfeng pondered before saying, "I'll go to Cangyuan Kingdom and talk to him first to see what his attitude is. At least we need to establish a basic causal relationship so that I can easily detect whether all his clones are on the Origin Continent."

Whether there is cause and effect or not, the detection methods are two different things.

Swish!
The Ancestor Yanfeng arrived deep within the Cangyuan Kingdom's palace in an instant. He did not make a big fuss, but instead met with Zhou Lin in a low-key manner.

"King of Cangyuan Kingdom." Ancestor Yanfeng smiled as he looked at Zhou Lin: "Your palace is quite mysterious, with many causal arrays and world arrays."

……

Zhou Lin was truly stunned. His palace, especially the one where he was in seclusion, was covered with numerous formations, yet the other party was able to enter directly?!

how can that be!

"Your Earth God King has acquired a remnant that I desperately need," the Progenitor of Flame Wind said with a smile. "I would like to make a deal with him."

The remains of a world-class chaotic entity contain endless mysteries, encompassing not only fire but also earth, life, the world, and destruction.

No wonder the Earth God King was overjoyed when he received it.

"Let me ask the Earth God King," Zhou Lin said calmly, showing no signs of intimidation. "Ancestor Yanfeng, what are you willing to offer in exchange for him?"

"A set of God Emperor-level secret treasures." Ancestor Yanfeng laughed, "The Earth God King was already able to fight against Emperors, and adding a set would probably improve his abilities even further."

Zhou Lin's expression immediately changed.

A set of God Emperor-level secret treasures?

Isn't this just giving a beggar a free meal? Di Yuan is an ultimate life form, a second-level God King, and possesses a set of early-stage God Emperor treasures, yet he can only rival someone who comprehends the ultimate Dao with nothing to his name.

Fu Yi, also a second-level Cosmic God, possessed several top-tier secret treasures, granting him 30% invincibility and suppressing the ultimate unarmed opponent.

"Ancestor Yanfeng, is this your sincerity?" Zhou Lin asked with a half-smile, "A set of God Emperor-level secret treasures is very cheap for you."

For a late-stage God Emperor who has attained enlightenment, acquiring hundreds or even thousands of early-stage God Emperor treasures is a piece of cake.

“Even if I give him a better treasure, he still can’t use it.” Ancestor Yanfeng frowned slightly: “King Cangyuan, what do you think would be a suitable trade?”

He was somewhat displeased. The Ancestor Yanfeng had always been a high and mighty being on the Origin Continent. If Yuan hadn't reminded them, they could have put pressure on the cultivators of the Origin Continent.

But we must never stifle the path of all practitioners.

Otherwise, the forces of the Two Realms Palace and the Lonely Boat of Time and Space would have been easily wiped out by him.

The progenitor of Flamewind rarely proposed "fair trade" to anyone, but unexpectedly, he was rejected.

“Three complete low-level Chaos Origin corpses, which need to contain the mysteries of the Earth level.” Zhou Lin quoted the price without blinking.

The ancestor of the Flame Wind stared wide-eyed.

"Do you know how many Chaos Crystals a complete low-level Chaos Origin corpse, even if it's only at the early stage of God Emperor, is worth?!"

The low-level Hunyuan corpse of a God Emperor in the early stage is worth approximately hundreds of thousands to nearly a million Hunyuan Crystals, while a single Hunyuan Crystal is worth a million merits in the exchange vaults of the two ancient kingdoms.

……

"I know, but do you know how many Chaos Origin Crystals a world-class Chaos Origin life form's remains are worth?" Zhou Lin raised an eyebrow and said, "I only need three low-level Chaos Origin corpses from you, and you still think it's too expensive?"

Is it really that difficult for a late-stage God Emperor to kill a few ordinary low-level Chaos Origin beings?

They've really gotten used to lording it over everyone on the Origin Continent!

A late-stage God Emperor treasure is worth only 100,000 Chaos Origin Crystals. How could Ancestor Yanfeng want to exchange an early-stage God Emperor treasure for a world-class Chaos Origin Remains? What a ridiculous deal!

(End of this chapter)