Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

With Xingmang's introduction, Zhou Lin gained a basic understanding of all the forces in the Hunyuan Space. He would occasionally discuss with them the current cultivation methods.

And issues related to various spiritual cultivation systems.

The relationship between the two grew better and better, and Xingmang really liked Zhou Lin's heart that could embrace everything.

"Jin and Naigu have long had objections to the training methods." Xingmang said helplessly, "We've poured tons of resources into it, but we still can't produce many world-class Chaos Source cultivators."

Zhou Lin nodded in deep agreement: "There are too many resources. Look at that bunch of useless people in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, many of them can exchange for high-level Chaos Origin Bloodlines to cultivate."

The Lord of the Insect Nest exchanged for a high-grade Chaos Origin Bloodline, and even other God Emperors could exchange for a world-class Chaos Origin Bloodline, but they simply couldn't tap into much of its potential.

It can even cause severe pollution and discomfort.

"We're just giving them the exchange, hoping they can develop a stronger will through the corruption, but how many of them will succeed?" The Star Lord didn't think much of this approach.

As a primordial lord who breaks laws with force, Xingmang admires those who are purely enlightened, even if they switch to the bloodline path, they have a greater chance of breaking free from the shackles.

In the Star Lord's view, cultivating bloodlines is acceptable, but whatever bloodline you exchange for, you must at least have a matching mental will; otherwise, how can you tap into its potential?

“Perhaps there will be an opportunity to spread my cultivation system.” Zhou Lin smiled and said, “The most important aspects of the system of rules are realm and willpower.”

His perspective on systems has changed dramatically since then, because he has been to many worlds and can say that he has a thorough understanding of the mainstream systems currently practiced by cultivators.

Regardless of the system, everyone will eventually become a God-King; the only difference is the method of cultivation. In some source worlds, this is divided into Golden Core and Nascent Soul.

Or it could be a system of chief gods, supreme gods, etc.

Ultimately, everyone strives to break through to the God-King level.

The system of World Gods, Void Gods, and Cosmic Gods is superior to that of the Origin Continent and all the mainstream systems in the current Origin World.

But there is absolutely no huge difference. Those who are destined to be strong will be strong no matter what system they use, and Luo Feng is the best proof of that.

The true superiority of this system lies in the Daoist mindset and the realm of enlightenment.

The current system focuses on energy, while the system of rules and mysteries focuses on realms, such as the ability of a World God to control the divine mind of space and time.

The true gods even pioneered a path, using causal curses to kill low-level cultivators across vast distances. This was something unthinkable in the primordial universe; it was only the god-kings of the Origin Continent who started doing it.

Those cosmic gods on the Realm Heart Continent who broke their oath will be unable to progress.

Even the Enlightened Flowing God Emperor of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm can treat his own words as mere farts. The reason why Emperor Qing needs to find partners from the Origin World is because he needs to join forces with cultivators from billions of worlds and also be wary of being betrayed.

Even if they made a simple vow before taking a risk, they would dare to break it at will. This is the difference in their Dao heart. The greater the difference in their Dao heart, the greater the difference in their mental will.

Overall, the God Emperors of this era generally had weaker mental will and relied on various secret treasures for combat power, although their stats seemed higher than later ones.

However, their battle record against lower-level Hunyuan cultivators shows that their cultivation level is indeed inferior to that of the later era.

"The unity of mind and Dao is an extremely important thing for a lord. Chi Qiubai had already realized this during his extraordinary period." Zhou Lin was also increasingly understanding the importance of the Dao mind.

The Star Lord laughed and said, "When you break through in the future and the war ends, the mainstream cultivation system should indeed be established for the next era."

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As the two chatted, they drifted to various territories. The Hunyuan Space was truly vast and boundless, with endless timelines. Even after countless epochs, the areas that could be explored were still very few.

Since the Star Lord is not a main combat avatar, there are many areas he cannot access.

In the past, in the future, and in the present, Zhou Lin has set foot in many territories, as well as a few mysterious places, and has experienced the structure of the world.

"Can you glean anything from these mysterious places?" Starlight asked curiously.

He couldn't directly explain to Zhou Lin that cultivation is like walking; you have to experience the scenery along the way to understand why it's so beautiful.

Zhou Lin stood on the Time Star, surrounded by endless light, causing the dimensions of spacetime to change once again, and this planet was constantly drifting on different timelines.

He also took a look at some other low-level mysterious places, but since they weren't protected by his main battle avatar, he had to leave in a hurry.

"The structure of this world is very different from the world I know."

Zhou Lin honestly said, "I vaguely sense that they exist only because they are based on the origin, and not simply because of the operation of rules."

"Origin?" Xingmang seemed to understand but not quite; he was not as knowledgeable about the Great Dao of the Origin of the World as Zhou Lin. "I hope you can comprehend something useful."

When he broke the law with force, he also went to many source worlds and mysterious locations in the Hunyuan Space, but none of them were as good as Zhou Lin's current treatment.

In the reincarnation world, Zhou Lin's other avatars are also working on it; they must truly integrate into it to comprehend the vastness of the supreme rules.

Combined with his understanding of the structure of the Realm Heart Continent and the Chaotic Void, Zhou Lin's perception of the world also changed. He vaguely felt that something was missing in this era.

Xingmang was very patient. He took Zhou Lin on a journey, because as the saying goes, it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. The more places you go, the deeper your understanding of the world becomes.

Each of those source worlds, with its different supreme rules, gave Zhou Lin a great deal of insight. For example, the source world where Daoist Long Jiu resided was primarily based on matter.

Elemental matter is also matter; only life, destruction, and the infinite belong to the category of rules, including the material Dao itself, which is also a category of rules.

Lightning, water, and fire—these fundamental elements belong to the material realm.

Some source worlds are primarily governed by rules, while others are primarily governed by matter.

Different world structures can give rise to the same myriad things; this is the essence of the origin world. Zhou Lin is obsessed with it, and this is the most important thing on his path of cultivation.

Five hundred and eighty epochs have passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Lin has reincarnated through more than four hundred source worlds, and at this moment he is comprehending the supreme rules in the Boyang Source World.

For beings in the Origin World, directly comprehending the supreme rules is also a viable path. Before the Primordial Chaos Lord, this was generally how ancient cultivation was conducted.

Therefore, Yuan also comprehended the operating principle of the Hunyuan rule.

"The supreme rules of this Origin World do not bestow as many gifts upon living beings as those of the Origin Continent." Many Origin Worlds that Zhou Lin has visited bestowed exceptionally abundant gifts upon their native inhabitants.

For example, the mind merges with the highest rules, bestowing upon it a miniature universe, or granting practitioners various means to help them break free from their constraints.

Many of them will also naturally give rise to the Destruction Demon Clan and Realm Beasts to inspire cultivators to break through, otherwise they will be destroyed.

The Boyang Origin World was occupied by a Destruction Demon, who ruled for several reincarnations, annihilating any cultivators who dared to show their talents. Yet, he couldn't even detect Zhou Lin's presence.

“This is the twenty-sixth source world I’ve comprehended, one that is primarily governed by rules.” Zhou Lin categorized source worlds into three types: the Dragon Blood Source World, which is primarily governed by energy elements, and the Bo Yang Source World, which is primarily governed by the mysteries of rules.

The nine fundamental paths in the Boyang Origin World are quite similar to the nine first-grade divine hearts of the Tianyu Universe. They are all various rules of heaven and earth, which give rise to all sorts of other things.

In addition, there is the source world, which is a more comprehensive source world with more rules. Such source worlds contain more fundamental Dao principles, such as the chaotic void and the realm heart continent.

"The world's single path has also reached the pinnacle of its cultivation within the cage." Zhou Lin felt that if the world wanted to break through, it must comprehend the true structure of the source world.

The miniature source world is merely a physical entity without a spiritual essence.

He knew the way, but he was still far from breaking through.

According to Zhou Lin's plan, after breaking through the Chaos Origin World Dao, he should be able to directly create the Origin World. However, he heard from the Star Lord that the Yuan who has mastered the Chaos Origin Rules cannot create the Origin World.

In other words, the operation of rules alone is insufficient to create the Origin World, nor can it become the Chaotic Origin World Dao.

He was equally clueless about breaking through the causal barrier, as breaking through the law with force was incredibly difficult. However, over the long years, Zhou Lin's greatest progress had been in the path of the soul.

With one's mental and spiritual will reaching the pinnacle of the advanced Hunyuan realm, one's soul techniques also become increasingly refined.

If the soul breaks through, and then combines with the physical body, it becomes the Primordial Dao. Zhou Lin deliberately suppressed his progress in the Void Realm, as he wanted to use the Fusion Dao to combine it.

Instead of combining single channels.

Zhou Lin's fusion path has also been cultivated to the late stage of God Emperor, only one step away from the semi-primordial state, but this step has blocked countless cultivators.

There are quite a few God Emperors who have merged with the Dao in the later stages of their lives, even in the various Holy Realms.

However, there are less than a hundred people who have merged with the Chaos Origin.

The difficulty of achieving the Half-Chaotic Origin of the World was inconceivably high. He had been unable to grasp the reason for it for a long time, and he couldn't see the way forward at all. Zhou Lin had tried many methods, but he just couldn't achieve a perfect existence.

Like the Dao of the World, Zhou Lin must create a sufficiently perfect world for this path to truly advance. Therefore, he tried to operate using the mysteries of rules as the core, but ultimately failed.

Another attempt was made to use energy matter as the core, but that also failed.

It should be noted that Zhou Lin already had an avatar in the original place, and even with his thinking speed a thousand times or ten thousand times faster than usual, he still had no way of comprehending that Dao.

what to do? !

"Difficult, difficult, difficult." Zhou Lin had also tried examining the corpses, but so far no Primordial Ancestor possessed the highest level of World Power, as for the structures of World-level Primordial Ancestors?
For Zhou Lin, nothing beats directly observing the Lord's world origin.

The road ahead is completely uncertain.

In the future that the Star Lord glimpsed, Zhou Lin's cultivation speed was also infinitely extended, with most of the time requiring more than ten thousand years.

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Meanwhile, in the Dark Holy Realm, Daoist Long Jiu had been waiting for a long time. After a period of seclusion, he finally couldn't hold back any longer and came to the Nine Rivers Holy Realm to pay a visit to Zhou Lin.

The environment in Yulan City is very different from before. Robbery and theft still exist, but they are not as rampant as before. Luo Feng has already come to the Holy Realm to make his way.

"Please inform Daoist Zhou Lin that Long Jiu from the Dark Holy Realm has come to pay a visit."

Outside Yulan City, Daoist Long Jiu shouted loudly.

"Long Jiu?" The gatekeeper was taken aback. He had vaguely heard people mention this name before; it seemed to refer to a powerful god-emperor in the Dark Holy Realm.

Yulan City is now the number one city in the Nine Rivers, and many powerful people often come to visit. It's just a pity that it's too difficult to see Zhou Lin.

A powerful expert with half-Double Origin Realm cultivation offered a high-grade Origin Realm innate treasure, just to request an audience with Zhou Lin, but Zhou Lin simply ignored it and returned the gift.

Zhou Lin was very reasonable in Yulan City. He always paid full price for the low-level Hunyuan corpses he studied, never on credit, let alone taking things from others for free.

"Let me report this." The staff immediately notified Di Qing, who then contacted Zhou Lin, and received a reply in just a short while.

"Palace Master Zhou Lin has granted you permission to pay your respects." The staff were shocked when they received the reply, because Zhou Lin rarely met with anyone.

Zhou Lin did not take on the position of city lord at the time, but symbolically became a palace master, and did not care about the defense of Yulan City.

Of course, with him in existence, no low-level Hunyuan dared to attempt to massacre the city in Yulan City, so Zhou Lin issued new regulations before the 85th century.

All residents of the city must go out hunting regularly.

Now that Rain City is no longer under threat of invasion, something else must force them to hunt. Zhou Lin no longer considers himself an ordinary cultivator.

"I've heard that Daoist Zhou Lin is incredibly aloof and rarely sees outsiders. I didn't expect that I, Long Jiu, would still have some influence." Daoist Long Jiu smiled as he walked into Yulan City.

With his strength, he could enter any city at any time, but he didn't barge in directly out of respect for Zhou Lin.

But in reality, Zhou Lin didn't know who Long Jiu was before.

If Zhou Lin had only heard it from the people in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, he wouldn't have cared. Three and a half Chaotic Origin Paths were nothing special; he already had two Paths, plus a late-stage God Emperor Fusion Path.

Zhou Lin only became interested in meeting Long Jiu Daojun after hearing about him from the Star Lord.

A moment later, Daoist Long Jiu also arrived at the central mansion of Yulan City.

"What a magnificent residence." After seeing where Zhou Lin lived, Daoist Long Jiu put away his pride. Although it only stretched for tens of thousands of miles on the surface, it was not as impressive as the former cave dwelling of Palace Master Wei Yang.

But only true experts can see that every brick and tile used to build this mansion was formed from the real world, surpassing even the energy of billions of universes.

According to Long Jiu Daojun's estimation, if Zhou Lin were to use his advanced Hunyuan will to mobilize energy within this cave, he could probably drown instantly.

This is also the strength of cultivators in the world; they are very good at positional warfare, but it is almost impossible for them to carry such a huge amount of energy around.

“Daoist Long Jiu.” Zhou Lin stepped forward with a smile: “I heard from Lord Xingmang that you are a person whose will has broken free from its cage and has the potential to become a world-class Chaos Origin expert.”

Zhou Lin's kindness is partly due to the fact that Long Jiu's reincarnation's source world is in the Dark World Group.

If the other party breaks through to become a world-class Chaos Origin, they will most likely become his subordinate in the future.

Daoist Long Jiu was stunned. According to Zhou Lin, he had actually communicated with the Star Lord? (End of Chapter)