Swallowing the Stars: Level 1, One Talent, Invincible Chaos Origin

Chapter 148, The End of the Nuolanshan Family

"You don't need to call me master anymore, just call me Jiang Ming."

When Jiang Ming saw Li Yue, he gave her a gentle smile and said...

When Jiang Ming was taken away from Canglan Star by Marquis Yanyuan to Yanyuan Star, he naturally couldn't have brought his servants with him.

Therefore, Li Yue followed Luo Feng and the others back to Earth.

During the time that Jiang Ming himself was away from Earth, Li Yue was responsible for managing his businesses and properties on Earth.

Even some decisions within the Tianshen Group are handled by Li Yue herself.

"The kindness that Master has shown to Li Yue is something that Li Yue can never repay, even if she gives her all for countless lifetimes. As long as Master does not despise her, Li Yue is willing to serve him for eternity."

Li Yue knelt on the ground, her voice filled with determination.

“You deserve all of this; it’s the reward for your hard work over the years. You don’t need to thank me.”

Jiang Ming reached out and helped Li Yue up from the ground, his voice gentle and smiling.

"Let's not talk about that. Tell me about your trip. How are your people?"

After returning to Earth, Jiang Ming removed the slave chip from Li Yue's head, freeing her from her slave status.

The reason Jiang Ming needed to buy slaves was simply to increase Earth's protective power, so that Earth's strength wouldn't seem too weak while he was cultivating in seclusion.

More than a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Yue has been dutiful and responsible throughout these years.

Jiang Ming naturally received a reward as well. After inquiring, Li Yue expressed her hope that her people could be rescued and freed from their status as slaves on the planet.

"Yes, with the master's guards there, all the people have been rescued."

As she said this, Li Yue smiled brightly and handed Jiang Ming a world ring.

"Master, the entire Nolan Mountain family is here."

"Ah."

Jiang Ming took the world ring, glanced at it, and nodded in satisfaction.

Back then, the exploration team of the Nuolanshan family explored Earth. Although Jiang Ming had opened his Heavenly Eye and was able to intercept them in advance, he instantly wiped out the exploration team.

May the Earth survive that catastrophe unscathed.

But Jiang Ming himself has never forgotten this matter.

If Jiang Ming wanted to deal with the Nuolanshan family at that time, he would have to put in a lot of effort and might even expose the existence of the Fire God's clone.

Therefore, Jiang Ming put the matter aside for the time being.

Now that he holds great power, it is time for reckoning.

After letting Li Yue go down to rest, Jiang Ming stood alone on the castle terrace, gazing at the starry sky.

The tranquility of the Earth and the rebirth of the Li Yue people were like a glimmer of light, illuminating his somewhat dormant heart, which had been constantly weaving an abyss that devoured countless thoughts.

That joy and hope rooted in the most primal aspects of life is completely different from the way he draws strength from endless negative emotions, yet it is equally real and powerful.

"The deepest darkness breeds the yearning for light, and the abyss of despair highlights the preciousness of hope."

Jiang Ming seemed to be deep in thought.

"'The Abyss of Calamity' devours thoughts and weaves despair, but that may not be all there is to it."

The two extremes of emotion, light and darkness, hope and despair, may simply be two sides of the same coin, together forming the complete spectrum of life.

With that thought in mind, Jiang Ming's gaze fell on the world ring in his hand.

"Perfect, I'll use you guys as a test subject."

With a thought, Jiang Ming simultaneously pulled the consciousness of 79 billion people within the World Ring into a virtual spiritual world.

The Norlan Mountain family is only a very small family in the universe, and is one of the three major families of the 'Kalo Empire', which is one of the more than 500 vassal states under the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

The first clan leader, Nolanshan, established the clan a little over 80,000 years ago. Yet, in those 80,000 years, the descendants of the Nolanshan clan have spread throughout the entire 'Kalo Empire'. If Jiang Ming wanted to eliminate the entire Nolanshan clan, he would have to wipe out almost the entire 'Kalo Empire'.

This seemed a bit too much, so Jiang Ming's order was only for Li Yue to arrest members of her direct family.

Even so, the number of members in the Nolan Mountain family is still enormous.

Jiang Ming's consciousness hovered above the illusion, observing calmly.

In the illusory spiritual world, the consciousness of all the Nuolanshan people was incorporated into it. They retained their original identities, memories, and abilities, as if nothing had ever happened.

The illusionary time began to accelerate.

At first, everything was normal.

Despite internal strife within the family, the family as a whole continues to grow.

However, gradually, subtle changes began to appear.

The resource planet is inexplicably depleting at a rate several times faster.
The frequency and intensity of friction with hostile forces have increased dramatically.
Some previously suppressed conflicts within the family were amplified to an extreme degree.

Even the personalities of some key figures began to subtly shift towards paranoia, greed, and suspicion...

Disasters are like a meticulously crafted script, unfolding one after another.

A relentless attack by space pirates, a sudden betrayal by allies, the rampant spread of an unknown cosmic virus, and the unexpected deaths of the family's top experts during their space adventures...

Hope is ignited time and time again, only to be crushed by ever heavier despair.

In the illusion, hundreds of years have passed.

The Nolan Mountain family went from its peak to decline, from decline to struggle, and from struggle to utter despair.

Resources were exhausted, territory was lost, and the strong were almost wiped out.

The survivors huddled in their last refuge, facing menacing enemies and the harshness of space.

Internally, for the last bit of survival supplies, the once noble family bloodline began the ugliest infighting, trust completely collapsed, and morality was utterly lost.

Wailing filled the fields, despair was as dark as ink.

Parents are willing to become food to protect their children, brothers turn against each other for half a bottle of nutrient solution, and lovers scheme against each other for survival...

The darkest and most unbearable aspects of human nature are laid bare and magnified under the pressure of survival.

Countless prayers, curses, resentment, bitterness, madness...

Extreme emotions surged like a boiling ocean within the illusion.

These dense, overwhelming negative mental energies, like rivers flowing into the sea, were precisely extracted and guided by Jiang Ming, flowing into the "Abyss of Calamity" in his spiritual world.

Their addition made the overall structure of the "Abyss of Calamity" more complex and its foundation more profound, and the calamity power it exuded that made people sink into it became more refined and terrifying.

In the illusion, the last refuge of the Noranshan family was also breached.

The last survivor let out a heart-wrenching curse, a curse imbued with all resentment and bitterness, before his consciousness sank completely into darkness.

Destruction is not the end, but the beginning of a new cycle.

The members of the Noranshan family are repeatedly sinking into a dreamlike world woven from despair and hope.

……

Outside, on the castle terrace.

Jiang Ming slowly opened his eyes.

"The results were even better than expected."

Jiang Ming murmured to himself, sensing the growing power of the "Abyss of Calamity".

(End of this chapter)