Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

After shifting his gaze from these god-emperors, Luo Shen continued to look at other places.

The workings of the Origin Continent!

The operation of the cosmic sea!

The primordial universe has three thousand dimensions, each with its own unique mysteries. The Eye of Life and Death allows Luo Shen to observe each primordial universe up close, which greatly helps him in comprehending the Great Dao of the Origin of Life.

Then, Luo Shen turned his gaze to the very core of the Origin Continent.

The supreme rules formed by the nine fundamental paths!

On the Origin Continent, the supreme rules allow the God-Kings to spy on the nine primordial paths they possess, and even any being from the Origin World can easily spy on them without any defenses.

Therefore, with the blessing of the Eye of Life and Death, Luo Shen even saw the complete Supreme Rules!

To comprehend the supreme rules, one must first comprehend the nine fundamental principles, and then understand how the nine fundamental principles work together perfectly to ultimately form the supreme rules.

of course.

Once one comprehends the supreme rules, one's own realm will naturally have long since reached the point of transcending the shackles.

Just like Yuan.

Even creating a source world wouldn't be difficult.

However, although he can see the supreme rules, he cannot create them. Just like the sun high above us, although we can see it by looking up, creating a sun is trillions of times more difficult than spying on it.

Of course, observation is also the most important step in taking a long journey.

"So, this is the most important function of the Eye of Life and Death."

Luo Shen said softly.

Cultivators across the myriad realms grope in the dark, gaining some understanding of the realms beyond the cage only through methods such as studying the corpses of advanced Chaos Origin beings. However, the existence of the Eye of Life and Death allows Luo Shen to explore beyond the cage through another path.

Peeking into the higher secrets beyond the confines of the cage may not directly improve one's strength, but exploring the great path in the darkness, with the guidance of a high-level perspective, makes it less likely to go astray.

On the path of spiritual practice, one should not fear slow progress or difficult journeys.

The worst thing is to find that the path ahead is blocked when things are going smoothly; that is when one's true resolve is shattered.

However, such opportunities as the Eye of Life and Death were reserved by these senior figures like Yuan only for the most brilliant geniuses in countless worlds, hoping that they could break free from their constraints.

For example, the top twelve exchangers of the Eye of Life and Death were all unparalleled geniuses!

A reward of over 100,000 points is not something an ordinary person can obtain.

of course.

Even with the blessing of the Eye of Life and Death, only one of the twelve peerless geniuses was able to break free from the cage, and even the one who had reached the level of a high-level Chaos Origin Life Exchanger died in battle.

This also served as a wake-up call for Luo Shen.

On the continent of origin, protected by supreme rules, the danger is not great; at least for Luo Shen now, there is almost no danger.

However, outside the Origin Continent, in that place where countless geniuses from all the heavens and myriad realms gather, there is no protection from the supreme rules, and even unimaginably powerful beings appear.

One wrong move and it's really gone.

After all, in the infinite space, there are dozens of treasures that are ranked higher than birth and death, and he can see them all. As for treasures that require more reward points, he is not qualified to see them now. There must have been many people who exchanged those treasures in the endless past.

Those who possess so many reward points are all exceptionally talented individuals.

But how many can actually break free from this cage?

A myriad of thoughts raced through his mind, but this did not stop the Eye of Life and Death from moving forward. In the blink of an eye, it broke through the membrane of the Origin World and saw the vast and endless primordial energy flow outside the Origin Continent.

"To be able to see the entire Origin Continent at a glance, and even beyond the Origin World—is this the ability of a high-level Chaos Origin life form?"

Luo Shen was filled with emotion.

of course.

Luo Shen also has a clear understanding of himself.

Although the Eye of Life and Death was crafted from the corpse of a complete world-class Chaos Origin life form, it was ultimately used by a third-level God King. With his abilities, he could only display a very small portion of the Eye of Life and Death's power.

According to the information in the Infinite Space Treasury, the strength gap between the Primordial Ancestor, World-class Primordial Lifeform, Higher Primordial Lifeform, Lower Primordial Lifeform, and Half-Step Primordial Lifeform decreases progressively.

Normally, the observational abilities of a world-class Chaos Origin life form would be beyond the capabilities of the ancestors of both countries and the Eastern Wilderness.

But the truth is, Luo Shen couldn't see through them at all; it was like looking at flowers through a fog, all hazy and indistinct.

"However, the Eye of Life and Death is priceless to me, as it allows a being confined to its cage to possess the observational abilities of a higher-level primordial being who can transcend that cage."

Luo Shen withdrew his gaze.

Immediately afterwards, he looked into the deep secrets hidden in the enormous hand that blotted out the sky in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The things that can be observed differ depending on whether one observes with the naked eye, with the mind and will, or with the eye of birth and death.

Just like Luo Shen at this moment, under the observation of the Eye of Life and Death, the originally seemingly materialized sky-covering hand suddenly disappeared into nothingness, replaced by a sky-covering handprint that existed simultaneously in multiple time and space levels and was formed by countless fine threads interwoven together.

At the location where this colossal handprint hovers, time stands still.

It's as if we're forever stuck at a fixed point in time!

Forever and ever!

It's just a simple text, but even with Luo Shen's strength, he couldn't make an item remain unchanged for eternity. You have to know that the power he unleashed was extremely strong even among the early God Emperors!

Let alone him, even a Hunyuan who has escaped the cage of life probably couldn't do it.

But this colossal hand that blots out the sky is different.

It is truly in an unchanging state since time immemorial. No matter how many years have passed, the imprint formed by countless fine threads remains as it was at the beginning.

Those countless dense threads, when observed closely through the Eye of Life and Death, can be clearly seen to be countless threads woven from tiny secret patterns.

"This is terrifying! What kind of being could leave such a mark!?"

Luo Shen sighed inwardly.

He hadn't forgotten that initially, this colossal hand that blotted out the sky was just a phantom, a phantom that had inadvertently left its mark while dreaming in a dark area, which gradually solidified until it existed in this form now.

Luo Shen continued to observe.

Its entire body was jet black, with eerie, hazy white light emanating from its edges. With the slightest movement of its sharp claws, it seemed as if it could tear apart the entire world's membrane. In reality, however, time and space had already collapsed into a fixed anchor point within it.

Starting from the giant, all-encompassing hand, the space gradually began to flatten and take shape, and the stagnant time began to flow again. Countless secret patterns operated simultaneously within the countless flowing timelines.

To be able to see through different times and spaces at a glance requires an extremely high level of understanding of space and time.

But with the help of the Eye of Life and Death, Luo Shen accomplished this with ease.

Even some very secret information cannot escape the gaze of the Eye of Life and Death!

"Before, I thought I had mastered ten nine-branch fusion techniques, which was quite remarkable. But now it seems that my vision was too shallow. The techniques may seem to have unlimited power, but they also have many weaknesses."

This conclusion was reached by Luo Shen after carefully observing the operation of the Heaven-Covering Palm and the Supreme Rules, and after re-analyzing his research on the Dao of Life and Death and the ten nine-branch techniques he had previously created.

This is why it's easy to go astray when groping in the dark.

It's because there's no guidance.

Unlike comprehending the Great Dao under the guidance of supreme rules, there is already a standard template for fully comprehending the Great Dao. No matter how many mistakes are made, they will not deviate from this standard template.

Naturally, the deviation won't be too large.

Cultivating the Great Dao of Life and Death is like groping in the dark, because no one has ever walked this path, and the supreme rules cannot provide any reference. Everything can only be understood and explored by oneself.

One wrong step and you might go down the wrong path, and all the effort you've put in before will be wasted.

"Fortunately, I obtained the Eye of Life and Death."

Luo Shen was glad that he had made the decisive choice to exchange for the Eye of Life and Death, and that he had also obtained a set of secret techniques as a result. Although he had not yet started cultivating them, he was certain that anything produced by the Infinite Space would be of high quality.

"However, after this exploration by the Eye of Life and Death, my knowledge system of the three paths of life, destruction, and birth and death, which I have accumulated over the long years, has been greatly impacted and needs to be reorganized."

Before leaving the Origin Continent, Luo Shen had two things to learn from.

First, one must quickly comprehend the fusion of the six phases, or even the fusion of the twelve phases, to make one's body stronger and directly possess combat power comparable to that of a god-king.

Secondly, we need to re-examine the past paths and knowledge systems, and on this basis, create stronger nine-branch fusion techniques, or even ten-branch fusion techniques!

With a flick of his hand.

In an instant, a Hunyuan Crystal fell into his hand, and like a child eating candy, he stuffed it directly into his mouth to digest it.

The Eye of Life and Death is merely an auxiliary tool.

Although it allows Luo Shen to see some information that higher-level Hunyuan beings could easily see, the processing and analysis of this information, how to thoroughly study it, and how to integrate it into his own path and make it a part of his own Great Dao are all important questions.

These require insight as a foundation!

This is the reason why predecessors like Yuan selected the most outstanding geniuses from among the many source worlds.

Without sufficient talent and comprehension, even if a massive amount of resources are given to one, it will only be a waste of treasures. Just like the emperors and monarchs of the two ancient kingdoms of the Origin Continent, even with the same amount of resources, only Di Qing has reached the level of a God-King.

Even the previous twelve exchangers of the Eye of Life and Death.

Their talent is quite good; at least they have the ability to obtain enough reward points to exchange for the Eye of Life and Death in many source worlds, but their achievements are still mediocre.

There is only one advanced primordial life form.

For seniors like Yuan, and for the entire cultivation community.

Providing abundant cultivation resources to nurture only a high-level Chaos Origin life form is insignificant. Only when a Chaos Origin life form becomes a world-class Chaos Origin life form, or even a stronger Chaos Origin Ancestor-level Chaos Origin life form, is that something truly worth celebrating.

……

On Thunder Mountain, in a secluded space.

The two monarchs, who had met once before after the Thunder Ancestor awakened, are now appearing again in this independent space.

"White Demon, you've crossed the line!"

The man, covered in blue and white scales and sporting a three-scaled tail, coldly glanced at the golden-robed elder beside him and said, "I only agreed to secretly capture creatures, not that you were allowed to capture tribal creatures in the wilderness areas within our Thunder Ancient Kingdom!"

"Hehe, Lord Lando, it has to be you!"

The White Demon Lord, whose face was exposed by the Blue Monarch on the spot, showed no change in expression, as if it was only right for him to do so. He smiled and said, "The subordinates I sent were very careful and were scattered throughout the various Chaos Provinces of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom. Their movements were very small and inconspicuous, but you still managed to find out."

"How about it, interested in coming along?"

If Luo Shen hadn't stopped the Black Vulture Ancestor from capturing living beings, or even if the Black Vulture Ancestor hadn't dodged quickly, he would have perished long ago, which also resulted in the White Demon Lord losing a lot of resources.

Relying solely on waiting passively in numerous treasure troves for a harvest is nowhere near as reliable as capturing living creatures.

Upon hearing the White Demon Lord's words, the Blue Demon Lord frowned and said, "It's one thing for you to take action against some peripheral countries, and no one will notice, but why are you attacking our ancient kingdom from within?"

"Lando, don't be silly!"

The White Demon Lord looked at the Blue Demon Lord and said, "In the future, the entire Origin Continent will be destroyed. All beings who have not reached the peak of the God-King level will die. Among these beings, how many will survive?"

"Besides, those tribes in the wilderness can't really be considered part of our Thunder Ancient Kingdom. What's wrong with me capturing a few? They're honored to have them as resources for my growth!"

Lord Lan Duo remained silent.

The White Demon Lord continued, "Lando, aren't you tempted? That vast territory that used to be part of the buffer zone is now entirely occupied by the Huaxia Empire. The territory suitable for our plundering is dwindling. What difference does it make whether we plunder from the border countries or settle things within our ancient kingdom?"

Seeing that Lan Duo still didn't speak, the White Demon Lord coaxed her, "You can also take action. As long as you don't cause a big commotion, who will care about the lives of these ordinary creatures!"

Lord Lan Duo was eventually moved.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to come here to meet the White Demon Lord alone; he could have just pointed it out to the Ancestor.

"We need to keep things quiet."

Monarch Lan Duo said, "We cannot attack any major cities. As for the wilderness area, we will each take half, and the number of creatures we plunder cannot exceed one-tenth of the wilderness area. I'm afraid of attracting the attention of the Chinese emperor."

The White Demon Lord laughed loudly, "Lando, you're ruthless! The number of creatures I've plundered is still far from one-tenth!"

The various territories within the Origin Continent were already embroiled in conflict and war, and the Thunder Ancient Kingdom was also constantly embroiled in internal strife.

Furthermore, although the two monarchs of the Thunder Kingdom sent their subordinates to plunder, they acted very cautiously, and in a short period of time, even those within the Thunder Kingdom did not notice anything different.

But as time slowly passed.

The raids on tribes in the various chaotic states of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom eventually triggered a chain reaction.

After all, although those wilderness tribes were completely plundered, some of their descendants still lived elsewhere, or some branches settled in other large cities. When tribes were completely plundered, it would inevitably attract the attention of the survivors.

As the investigation grew larger and larger, even the royal god-kings began to be drawn in.

This naturally attracted the attention of other forces on the Origin Continent. (End of Chapter)