Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 255 Star Lord
Ancestor Yanfeng's eyes were somewhat dazed. He was in a certain spacetime, but he couldn't say which timeline he was in—past? future? or present?
They weren't even sure if they still existed in reality. He felt that he could be lost in the past at any moment.

It may not even be the past.

Looking back, one can see countless timelines from the past, with Luo Feng rampaging across the land, and the distant future is still blurry. For the first time, the ancestors of the two countries felt a chill run down their spines.

Even when facing a high-level Chaos Prisoner, Ancestor Yanfeng did not feel such terror, as if he could die at any moment, or even more terrifying than death itself.

This one move alone is enough to toy with them to death, which has surpassed all previous understanding.

Even the invincible beings of the Dark Holy Realm cannot do that.

In the distance, a young man dressed in black robes slowly walked towards them. He seemed to exist in an infinite spacetime layer, with this black-robed youth in every layer.

The black-robed youth stood on the Sea of ​​Time, as if he had come from the past, from the earliest era of reincarnation on the Origin Continent. With one step out of the human world, the world had changed drastically. He had crossed the Great Cataclysm, crossed reincarnation, and crossed eternity!

Then, the black-robed youth arrived at the current time-space layer, and slowly walked towards the infinite future time-space, leaving his current form standing in front of the ancestors of the two countries.

All the other figures continued walking, heading towards an infinite future.

The ancestors of both countries were extremely shocked. The way the black-robed youth descended was far too terrifying. He was clearly a powerful expert of the Chaos Origin realm.

He should even be a Lord-level Chaos Origin.

"Yanfeng greets Senior."

"Shuma greets senior."

Starlight remained expressionless as he observed the countless timelines of the past, future, and present in the Chaos Origin Space, naturally allowing him to easily discern the various possibilities within the Origin World.

Although the Origin World is not as vast as the Chaos Origin Space, the possibilities it contains are equally complex, and sometimes even more troublesome.

Because within the possibilities of the Origin World, there is also the possibility of various powerful beings from the Chaos Origin realm intervening.

For example, the Origin Continent may give birth to a world-class Chaos Origin in the future, or it may give birth to a lord. And who can say for sure how the master of the Origin World will change the internal situation?

Or perhaps, the cultivators are defeated, and the Origin Continent is destroyed.

A world-class Chaos Origin being's attack on the source world is devastating; all living beings die, and even the very source is absorbed, leaving no future to speak of.

With infinite space and infinite dimensions, there are naturally infinite possibilities.

"Brother Yuan mentioned Zhou Lin once, but I didn't expect that Luo Feng, who is in the Chaos Realm, is also quite amazing. Both of them have infinite potential."

Looking at Luo Feng through the starlight, one can see his future as he merges with the half-primordial chaos. After all, a life form at the level of a lord involves too many directions to be able to see so far into the future.

If the stars were to look at the newborn Luo Feng, it would be quite an achievement to see him become the Lord of the Universe.

Moreover, a cultivator's talent is not static; it changes with their circumstances and growth experiences, and may even decrease.

Only when Luo Feng reaches the point of being invincible at the Half-Chaotic Origin level will Xingman be able to glimpse the various possibilities for him to become a lord.

And a 100% world-class primordial chaos source.

As for Zhou Lin, Xingmang has already seen the future probability of becoming a world-class Chaos Source. It is currently impossible for him to become a Lord, but it would definitely be a miracle.

No living being can foresee the future of a lord during the time of a God-King, including Snow Eagle.

Not to mention lords, among all the beings that Starlight has peered into so far, Zhou Lin is only at the first God-King stage, yet he already possesses the potential to become a world-class Chaos Origin being.

The Flame Ancestor, the Thunder Ancestor, and the Starburst also saw the possibility of them becoming high-level Chaos Sources, but they had absolutely no chance of becoming world-level Chaos Sources.

The chance of it becoming a high-level primordial entity on its own is only one in a trillion!

"I am Lord Starlight." Starlight stood with his hands behind his back, speaking with utter indifference, "This palace was bestowed by Yuan, simply to add some fun to your wars in the Origin World."

The Thunder Ancestor and the Flame Wind Ancestor looked at each other in bewilderment.

Just as they guessed!
"Senior Xingmang, should we still oppose Zhou Lin?" Ancestor Yanfeng was very uneasy, not understanding why Xingmang had come.

A lord could crush a caged creature with a single thought; the so-called protection of the source world is a joke.

“There are no absolutes on the path of cultivation. I believe that you two little guys are just stones for Zhou Lin to sharpen his knife. Once he grows up, you will surely die.”

Starlight said coldly, "And I believe that you should also have a glimmer of hope. Before the Great Cataclysm, if Zhou Lin has not yet reached the ultimate realm of God King, then I promise you that I will help you break free from this cage."

It's not that Starburst is particularly kind.

He had only seen countless possibilities for the future. The ancestors of both countries had already guessed the truth behind it and had both considered retreating, offering various apologies in an attempt to eliminate the cause and effect.

They dared not compete for resources, dared not destroy the world, and even handed over two ancient kingdoms to Zhou Lin in exchange for his forgiveness.

Zhou Lin naturally did not agree.

The two progenitors were ultimately forced to give up all their resources to exchange for treasures that would allow them to be reincarnated in other source worlds, temporarily eliminating the karmic entanglement.

To truly hone Zhou Lin's skills, even a whetstone must be rewarded, which is why Starlight made them this promise.

Of course, no matter how things develop, in the future he observes, the success rate of the two progenitors is only one in five hundred trillion, forcing Zhou Lin to leave the Source World before the Great Cataclysm.

"Is it really a matter of life and death now?" Ancestor Yanfeng's lips curled into a bitter smile. He was already filled with regret, regretting that he had offended Zhou Lin.

Or perhaps they regret not nipping it in the bud?

No one expected that Zhou Lin would be so difficult to kill, managing to unleash such combat power in his own lair and withstand the attacks of the two progenitors.

Starlight watched coldly, his eyes having seen all the aspects of human life and witnessed the ups and downs of cultivators' fates.

Before and after becoming a lord, Xingmang had seen far too many things. He himself had reincarnated in several source worlds and had dealt with all sorts of cultivators.

Some are bloodthirsty, some are cunning, and some are even pleasure-seeking, but these practitioners also have one thing in common.

That is, daring to fight and having an unwavering belief in the Dao.

Without this fearless spirit, how can one talk about breaking free from the cage? Even if it's evil, the demonic nature is unwavering, and there's no room for repentance!

Those who do good must shoulder the responsibility of protecting the lives of all living beings, and Minghuang, Xueying, and even the future Luo Feng are all like this.

The Flame Wind Ancestor and the Thunder Ancestor were already afraid of Zhou Lin. How could they be considered cultivators with firm Dao hearts? They were countless times inferior to the Northern River Emperor!
If your heart isn't firm enough, you won't be a complete devil.

"Sigh, once this war is over, I must give Elder Brother a good suggestion to revise all the cultivation systems in the source worlds and make them pay more attention to the mind and will!"

Xingmang was extremely disappointed in Yanfeng and his companion.

Most cultivation systems today don't require much mental fortitude. Enlightened ones might be stronger, but that's about it.

For example, immortals can live for hundreds of reincarnations without the risk of their minds collapsing, but even world gods in the Snow Eagle era had to die because of this.

Even though the World God was clearly stronger, and even Xueying's father-in-law had reached the first level of mental cultivation, he still couldn't withstand it and would eventually collapse.

Starlight realized this from the Flame Wind Ancestor.

Even without the two progenitors, he would have discovered this during his travels through the Chaotic Origin Space and eventually attempted to change the cultivation system. "Don't even think about reconciling with Zhou Lin," Starlight concluded. "Your only way out is to acquire resources through war and force him to leave the Origin World ahead of time. Only then will you have my help."

Without the help of a lord, the possibility of talents like the Thunder Ancestor and the Flame Wind Ancestor breaking free from their constraints can be ignored.

He remained a late-stage God Emperor who had attained enlightenment even after several reincarnations.

Needless to say, the Thunder Ancestor would not have chosen the bloodline path if his talent were comparable to Yan Feng's.

"Yes."

"We will do our best."

The figure of the starlight gradually began to dissipate, disappearing from the past, from the present, and from the future, while the two ancestors of Yanfeng finally returned to the correct time and space.

"An interesting future." The moment Xingmang left, he saw 1679563977 new possibilities.

After the two founding fathers went all out, their chances of winning increased to one in 5.7 trillion.

This is nothing.

The key point is that, under the pressure of life and death, the Thunder Ancestor actually unleashed his infinite potential and became a high-level Chaos Source after 10,080 epochs.

That's why Starlight finds the future interesting.

With a single sentence from the lord, countless possibilities were created for this source world.

"Ancestor, Ancestor." Di Xi saw that Ancestor Yan Feng's expression was somewhat abnormal, and he was even standing there in a daze, so she quickly called out a couple of times.

This is the progenitor! How could he have such an expression?

"It's nothing." Ancestor Yanfeng came back to his senses, still pondering what Lord Xingmang had just said.

If we can defeat Zhou Lin, a lord will help us escape our predicament.

Yanfeng Ancestor wondered if this "breaking free from the cage" referred to a world-class Chaos Origin. After all, he was an Enlightened One, not a Bloodline Stream.

In this era when the methods for breaking free from constraints were not yet publicly disclosed, the Yanfeng Ancestor was unaware of just how extraordinary a world-class Hunyuan was.

If the lord really wants to cultivate some high-level Chaos Origin cultivators, it couldn't be easier. Just give him some treasures to improve his comprehension and some good bloodlines.

However, world-class Chaos Origin cannot be mass-produced, and even refining a world-class Chaos Origin bloodline requires very high standards.

“Di Xi, Di Wu, Di Yan, Di Chu…” Ancestor Yan Feng looked at all the emperors under his command: “Your will is not strong enough. You will definitely not have a chance to follow the Hunyuan bloodline. I am going to replace some secret treasures for you.”

The best way to enhance the emperors' combat power right now is through secret treasures.

Previously, all they gave out were cheap, low-quality goods. Now, the Ancestor of Flame Wind has finally decided to bring out some good stuff and have it custom-made by a specialist in the Dark Holy Realm.

"Thank you, Ancestor!"

Di Yan, Di Chu, and Di Xi were all very excited, but Di Fu had no expression. In his previous life, he was of the Hunyuan bloodline and then resolutely reincarnated.

Difu harbored deep desires; he was unwilling to be controlled by his progenitor and wanted to carve out his own vast world. He was also constantly searching for suitable companions.

This is also why he invests in Luo Feng in the story.

The Thunder Ancestor also bestowed numerous secret treasures upon his subordinates. The secret treasures of the early God Emperor were too cheap for them; a low-level Chaos Origin corpse could be exchanged for countless treasures.

Lord Lei Xiao originally possessed five secret treasures.

Now they're armed to the teeth, with combat boots, armor, flying artifacts, attack artifacts, domain artifacts, defense artifacts, and all sorts of other things.

Not to mention Lord Lei Xiao, even the Lord of Tiankun Kingdom enjoyed the treatment of being fully equipped.

All those who reached the ultimate level of mental will were bestowed with the Primordial Bloodline by the Thunder Ancestor, as well as materials for refining ultimate-level life forms.

As for Zhou Lin's soul attack, it will only be effective if it is unleashed by his nine strongest clones, and the battlefield will be sufficiently dispersed at that time.

…………

Meanwhile, Zhou Lin was chatting with Luo Feng.

“You probably can’t get involved in this battle anymore,” Zhou Lin said, raising his glass. “Now that you’ve broken through to the God King realm, you should be comparable to a strong second-level God King, but it won’t make much difference.”

Currently, there are countless second-level God-Kings in the Origin Continent.

"Too much bloodline has been lost." Luo Feng sighed. "I discovered this when I was fighting that group of Chaos Realm experts. Where did all these powerful individuals come from? They all achieved rapid advancement through bloodline."

In the past, Luo Feng would probably have been able to break through to the God King level and then get involved in this great battle.

What is the Hunyuan Bloodline? The conventional cultivation method is to tap into potential, which only requires sufficient mental willpower to resist memory and soul pollution.

For nearly ten centuries prior, those god-kings had ample time to tap into the potential of their bloodlines and reach even greater levels!

For example, the Ancestor of the Blade Demon and the Ancestor of No Form, who became God Kings at the second level by borrowing the Hunyuan bloodline and were also given treasures by the Emperor, were no less than the former Tiankun.

The Lord of Tiankun Kingdom is now comparable to an Emperor.

Emperor Qing, the ruler of the myriad realms, clearly understood that this was merely a facade. In the end, how many would truly remain at the very end of the cycle of reincarnation?

Ultimately, one must venture out into the world.

With Di Fu and Di Yan's strength, they'd be reduced to waiters, and even that kind of job isn't guaranteed.

"I don't know how long it will last, so you should focus on your cultivation as soon as possible."

After finishing their drinks, Zhou Lin and Luo Feng parted ways. Zhou Lin himself was not entirely confident about the impending war.

Especially in the current situation.

A mysterious palace has been unearthed. What kind of battle will it turn into?

Zhou Lin sat by the lake, enjoying the gentle breeze. He loved feeling the fluctuations of the world, as it was beneficial for cultivating the Great Dao.

The next moment.

The wind stopped, and the ripples on the lake remained frozen in place.

The entire scene froze completely. Zhou Lin was no stranger to this kind of scene; it was the same when he used the "Beautiful as a Painting" technique.

A young man in black robes walks across the Sea of ​​Time.

With just one simple step, the young starlight had already arrived in front of Zhou Lin. The aura emanating from him was vast and boundless, and there was also a very peculiar feeling about him.

The truly powerful beings who transcend the highest rules.

"Who is this Hunyuan Lord..." Zhou Lin had seen world-class Hunyuan teachers before, but they were nothing compared to the starlight before him.

(End of this chapter)