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

Chapter 202, The Structure of the Will of the Ruler and His Subjects

Jiang Ming's will is like an invisible tentacle, constantly extending outwards from himself.

After his will structure was optimized once again, his perceptual acuity and analytical ability were now incomparable to what they used to be.

The pervasive sense of desolation is no longer merely a vague pressure, but has transformed into countless subtle, interwoven streams of will, like an eternal, sorrowful melody echoing in a specific dimension.

Jiang Ming's mind raced.

"It's a dimension! The core of this source's will doesn't exist in a form that's entirely fixed in the conventional universe we inhabit!"

He recalled the high-dimensional perspective granted by the 'Origin of Chaos' talent, and also the complex structure of the 'Star Array' that transcended ordinary concepts of space and time.

Although this 'Will of the Withered Bones' is far less perfect than the 'Star Array', its ability to maintain such a massive scale must have touched upon certain spatial and even deeper mysteries.

"Its core is probably hidden in some kind of secret spatial interlayer, or in a special dimension constructed by spiritual will."

Jiang Ming immediately made a judgment.

"It is eroded into the primordial universe from some imperceptible dimensional space in a way similar to projection or radiation. That is why perception is so elusive, seemingly omnipresent yet nowhere to be found."

He didn't get impatient; instead, he calmed down.

Tens of thousands of will crystal cores slowly rotated according to a completely new and complex structure, no longer merely probing outwards, but also vibrating slightly at a peculiar frequency, attempting to create a faint resonance with the grand and tragic 'melody' of this starry sky.

During this process, the aura of will emanating from Jiang Ming was altered, gradually harmonizing with the 'bone realm' permeating the Bone Star River.

The 'Bone Realm' that permeated the 2.1 light-year range of the Bone Galaxy seemed to sense the call of a king at this moment.

They kept converging towards the center, towards where Jiang Ming was.

As the 'withered bones' aura continued to gather around Jiang Ming, the sense of desolation emanating from it grew increasingly intense.

Immersed in the 'withered bones realm', Jiang Ming seemed to hear the endless mournful cries and angry roars of countless living beings constantly in his ears.

Gradually, amidst the endless mournful sobs, he detected a discordant 'noise'.

"found it!"

Jiang Ming suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning, piercing into a seemingly empty void in front of him.

There, several enormous, pale stars floated in the Milky Way, indistinguishable from the other stars.

But at this moment, from Jiang Ming's mental perspective, he saw a tiny, almost nonexistent, distorted black dot in the crater of one of the stars.

"As expected, the hidden location of the Bone Galaxy is not so easy to find."

Jiang Ming stared at the 'distorted black dot', which existed only within Jiang Ming's mental perspective.

In reality, it is not visible at all. If Jiang Ming's will structure had not undergone a transformation and his will had not been subtly elevated, he probably would not have been able to detect its existence even if he walked to the location of that distorted black spot.

"The source of these distorted black dots is a peculiar illusory realm constructed by spiritual will."

Jiang Ming followed the black dot inwards and discovered its source.

The illusory realm exists as a vast, almost boundless landmass, and at its center stands a colossal palace constructed from pale bones and black resentment.

Inside the main hall are enormous skeletons that support the space. These skeletons are of various shapes, some resembling giant beasts from the stars, and others resembling some unknown and strange life form.
But on each bone, countless complex laws and secret patterns, now faded, are engraved, faintly revealing its former glory.

In the center of the hall, a dark red orb of will, immeasurable in size, its surface crisscrossed with cracks, pulsated slowly and heavily like a shattered heart. Each pulsation caused the will of the entire withered galaxy outside to tremble, spewing forth a black wind of resentment.

"Is that the true source?"

Jiang Ming's gaze pierced through layers of space and landed on the illusory spiritual realm.

Through that dark red ball of willpower, Jiang Ming had a new idea about the construction of willpower structures.

At the same time, he also saw a faint but undying light flickering at the core of this extremely damaged structure.

That glimmer of light was extremely dim, yet it was precisely this faint glimmer that became the absolute core of the dark red orb of will.

This dark red ball of will light is a collection of the lingering resentments of countless living beings and powerful figures.

But no matter how many regrets there are, if the quality doesn't keep up, it will never withstand the erosion of time.

But after that faint glimmer of light appeared, the countless faint remnants of the spirit seemed to have found the subjects of the monarch, surrounding and entangled within it, gradually integrating into the dark red ball of will that Jiang Ming now saw.

"That faint glimmer of light should be the imprint of the will of the Lord of the Nightmare Clan."

A sudden realization dawned on Jiang Ming.

"This method of uniting all remnants through the rule of a monarch over his subjects has inspired me!"

After realizing that the structure of the 'Star Array' could be of great use to him, Jiang Ming never stopped exploring the Star Array.

However, that incredibly complex 'Star Array' requires hundreds of billions of stars as nodes for its combination.

However, Jiang Ming himself only had tens of thousands of will crystal cores, and he used these tens of thousands of crystal cores to deduce a massive structure composed of hundreds of billions of stars.

This is undoubtedly an extremely time-consuming project. Even with Jiang Ming's current deductive abilities, the timescale would probably be in the hundreds of millions of years.

Therefore, from the time Jiang Ming broke through to the realm master level until now, there has been no progress whatsoever in the structure of his will.

It wasn't until I looked at the 'imagery of withered bones' and drew inferences from it that I had a sudden realization.

"'The Will of the Bone' centers on a single, extremely essential point, governing and integrating countless lower-level thoughts."

Jiang Ming's will crystal core started operating at high speed again, drawing on the scene before him and comparing it with the structure of his own imitation of the 'Star Array'.

A whole new spark of inspiration!
The 'Star Array' is perfect and complex, and Jiang Ming can't even understand it. Everything he does is a clumsy imitation of the 'Star Array' based on his own understanding.

The structure of 'The Art of Dry Bones' is relatively rough. It uses force to dominate, suppresses and integrates lower-level characters with higher-level characters, and focuses more on the strength and dominance of the 'core'.

"There is actually a structure of 'withered bones' or 'the will of the monarch and his subjects' within the Star Array."

By studying the structure of the 'Withered Bones Realm', Jiang Ming saw a corner of the 'Star Array' related to 'the relationship between ruler and minister'.

"Previously, I couldn't understand the structure and arrangement of the 'Star Array' at all, but now I can understand some of it."

The structure of the 'Star Array' is not composed of all identical individuals; some are stronger than others.

The strong become rulers, the weak become subjects.

(End of this chapter)