Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin

"Don’t let Qingyan and the others come out for now," Luo Feng instructed, "I will get you to Huyang City as soon as possible."

Huyang City had his own powerful avatar, sufficient to handle many dangers.

This weaker avatar had, somewhat luckily, killed that gray mist entity. On one hand, it was because he possessed the Lie Yuan Technique, but on the other, it was because the gray mist’s spiritual will was too weak.

Even among those at the First Realm of Godly King, such weak spiritual will was rare. Even those at the Pinnacle of the Primal Chaos Realm who reached the level of a Godly King had quite a few.

"It’s rare to see such weak spiritual will in the realm of the First Realm of Godly King," Luo Feng thought to himself.

"Master, this assassination was targeted at me and Qingyan," Morosa voiced his doubt, "Logically, Qingyan and I shouldn’t attract such a powerful enemy."

"It was my fault."

Luo Feng said, "Not long ago, I destroyed a great opportunity belonging to the ’Godly King of Wuxiang’ from the Shi Kingdom."

Being able to summon members from the Shadow Sky Realm to assassinate! Luo Feng quickly deduced the instigator. Stay connected via empire

Having been so low-profile since arriving in the Land of Origin, he had few enemies already; only someone who could afford to employ the Shadow Sky Realm just to kill a servant and a disciple... The Godly King of Wuxiang was the most likely possibility.

"Destroyed his great opportunity? How significant was this opportunity?" Morosa inquired.

"Probably all the resources he had accumulated over his entire cultivation journey," Luo Feng guessed.

A Guest Elder Godly King needed fifty million merit points to exchange for a position. Although the Godly King of Wuxiang was at the limit of the First Realm of Godly King, acquiring this opportunity was indeed not easy.

Indeed, the Godly King of Wuxiang had secured this opportunity at the cost of his brotherly relationship with the Emperor of Tian Kun and had essentially sold himself to the Two Realms Palace.

"All the resources accumulated since beginning his cultivation? This Godly King of Wuxiang must be furious," Morosa said, "Master, you’ve indeed made a mortal enemy."

Luo Feng just smiled and said no more.

The Flying Boat, under Luo Feng’s control, traversed the Void with incredible speed.

Luo Feng also examined the corpse of the Godly King he had just stored away.

"This Godly King’s treasures..." Luo Feng discovered some storage treasures within the corpse and also found a concealed Godly King weapon, which the opponent evidently had had no time to use.

"Some ordinary treasures and a golden cone from the First Realm of Godly King," Luo Feng examined the golden cone and thought, "Adding up all the treasures, they are barely worth a hundred billion Cosmic Sand."

"This Godly King, so poor?" Luo Feng wondered.

The Desert Wind City Lord, who had cultivated the Primordial Bloodline and invested so much in his own body, could still produce eighty billion Cosmic Sand.

This clearly deeply accumulated Godly King only carried so few treasures?

Too poor!

"Most transcendents of the Primal Chaos Realm are wealthier than him," Luo Feng began to study the corpse further.

"This corpse..."

Upon examination, Luo Feng noticed the extraordinariness of the corpse.

The gray mist had coalesced into a liquid state, slowly flowing while spreading more gray fog on its surface.

It appeared as mist, yet it was immensely tough.

"Hiss, hiss." Luo Feng tried to damage it, but as the gray mist was destroyed, it naturally regenerated.

"Even in death, this corpse remains so extraordinary," Luo Feng thought back to when he had used the Blade Formation to subdue it, finding the opponent’s mist body hard to handle. The Blade Formation was completely exhausted, yet the mist body’s damage was negligible.

"He must have invested all his treasures in his body," Luo Feng guessed.

"This turns out to be a bargain for Morosa," Luo Feng chuckled inwardly. The more extraordinary the corpse, the greater the benefits Morosa would naturally gain after absorbing it.

Moments later.

The Flying Boat had arrived above Huyang City.

"Master, that corpse..." Morosa looked at Luo Feng.

"Wait till we get back to Xiangjie City, then go to the Star Tower to collect it," Luo Feng glanced at him. Even if he absorbed it, it had to be done inside the Star Tower. Having said that, Luo Feng had already disappeared.

Morosa felt somewhat eager, thinking about returning quickly, but there was no way around it; he had to accompany his good disciple, Qingyan.

Whoosh.

Morosa waved his hand, and the couples Moyu Qingyan along with a group of followers were released back into the Flying Boat.

"We are fine?"

All of Moyu Qingyan’s couples were very surprised. When they had been taken in, Great Saint Luo He’s Blade Formation had already been defeated! That enormous gray mist entity was about to kill them. Now, however, they had already arrived over a city?

"Huyang City has arrived," Morosa said, "Qingyan, hurry down and see your father. Finish up the affairs quickly and head back to Xiangjie City."

"Yes, Second Master," Moyu Qingyan couldn’t help but ask, "Second Master, how did we manage to survive here?"

"Don’t ask so much," Morosa glanced at him and had already taken the lead to fly out of the Flying Boat towards the city owner’s mansion below.

Moyu Qingyan and Zhang Yunge exchanged puzzled glances, taking their group of servants to fly down together.

...

A vast and hidden world, also known as the ’Shadow Sky Realm.’

"Completely dead? All avatars wiped out?" A figure of thunder was informed and, shocked, immediately flew out of an ancient hall!

Whoosh!

He transformed into a thunderbolt, instantly crossing a great distance, arriving directly in front of a quiet pavilion within the Shadow Sky Realm.

"Master," the figure of Thunder, terrifying in presence, stood outside the pavilion yet remained extremely respectful, "the Envoy has completely perished, and all his avatars have been annihilated."

"How did he die?" a figure within the pavilion sat there.

This figure sitting there naturally influenced the entire Shadow Sky Realm, and even his influence permeated beyond the Shadow Sky Realm, affecting many areas of the Land of Origin.

"We received a mission from the Wuxiang Godly King of Shi Kingdom, to kill Great Saint Luo He’s servant Luo Sa and the disciple Moyu Qingyan," said the Thunder figure respectfully. "This mission was assigned to the Envoy. The Envoy sent avatars to assassinate...After the failure of the avatars, the Envoy’s true body descended himself!

But after descending, he never returned, and all his avatars disappeared, as did all their causality."

"He is utterly and thoroughly dead," that figure inside the pavilion stated.

"Master, although the Envoy’s strength was only at the First Realm of Godly King with extreme standards, he had a strong self-preservation capability. How could he suddenly die?" the Thunder figure inquired.

"He had avatars in the Shadow Sky Realm," the figure inside the pavilion stated, "and there was no causality attack that reached the Shadow Sky Realm… so it must have been some type of soul attack, possibly an assault of spiritual will, perhaps the extermination of the soul, or possibly control through an illusion technique; all are possible."

The Thunder figure stated, "The Envoy’s spiritual will, although weak, had also reached the threshold of the First Realm of Godly King! To kill him merely with spiritual will, it would have to be a will beyond the Ultimate Realm of God King...Across the entire Land of Origin, not many can achieve such a step. As for the Soul Path, maneuvers at the Godly King level are also very rare."

"Two possibilities; either he encountered a terrifying entity with an extremely strong spiritual will who instantly exterminated him," the figure inside the pavilion said with a smile, "or he encountered a practitioner with achievements on the Soul Path. It’s a minor matter; you need not worry too much about it."

"Yes," said the Thunder figure respectfully.

Being one of the core members of the Shadow Sky Realm, he also understood that many of the envoys were just ordinary members of the Shadow Sky Realm.

"Although I have bestowed you with power, you must also temper your own will; without sufficient spiritual will, you cannot perfectly master this power," the figure inside the pavilion stated.

"Yes, Master," the Thunder figure bowed respectfully and then left.

The sitting figure in the pavilion watched this unfold.

"Cultivating powerhouses through external forces fundamentally has great flaws," the figure inside the pavilion pondered, "No matter how many I nurture, confronted with truly powerful entities, they are wiped out under the sweep of a will."

"Yet, the Sector Beast from Tianmu Kingdom nurtures life within its inner world quite perfectly. The individual from the East Extreme Domain, who enlightens life with the Great Dao of Life Origin...their nurtured life forms are more perfect than mine."

"That individual from the East Extreme Domain has ultimately survived the great destruction of the Source World; he truly is different," reflected the figure inside the pavilion.

"There still are some key aspects that I haven’t comprehended," pondered the figure inside the pavilion. "I can select someone from among the Divine Sons to try to cultivate a new Envoy."

To the master of the Shadow Sky Realm, cultivating an envoy was merely a test subject in his cultivation of Secret Techniques. Moreover, these test subjects were absolutely loyal and tirelessly earned resources for him.

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Shi Kingdom, Wuxiang City.

Wuxiang Ancestor had been waiting for a response from the Shadow Sky Realm.

"Wuxiang Godly King, the mission has failed," Shadow Sky Realm finally responded.

"Failed?" the Wuxiang Ancestor could hardly believe it, "Just an ordinary Primal Chaos Realm and an eternal true god, and the Shadow Sky Realm can fail?"

"Luo He’s avatar was protecting them," the Shadow Sky Realm replied, "If another assassination is needed, it will cost 500 billion Cosmic Sand, and we can strike again with a stronger member."

"No need."

Wuxiang Ancestor immediately cut off the communication.

Five hundred billion Cosmic Sand? Just to kill a servant and a disciple? Even if they succeeded, it would feel like a loss!

"With such a reputation as that of the Shadow Sky Realm, so useless," Wuxiang Ancestor was both angry and furious, having already lost a major opportunity once. Now, having spent six hundred billion Cosmic Sand to engage the Shadow Sky Realm and still failing, his anger was naturally even greater.

Buzz—

Wuxiang Ancestor could hardly tolerate this frustration, but also understood that it would be foolish to take action himself. He could only contact his elder brother.

"Wuxiang, what’s the matter?" the Emperor of Tian Kun responded.

"Big brother," Wuxiang Ancestor did not hide anything in front of his elder brother, immediately telling him about the events in Infinite Space and asking the Shadow Sky Realm to take action.

"The opportunity I obtained at a great cost has gone just like that; I really can’t tolerate it!" said Wuxiang Ancestor.

"You’ll have to tolerate it even if you can’t," the voice of the Emperor of Tian Kun came through, cold and distant.

Wuxiang Ancestor was taken aback.

"The Shadow Sky Realm’s actions have an extremely low chance of failure, which is why they are considered the top assassination force in the Land of Origin," the voice of the Emperor of Tian Kun sounded, "When they take action, they consider many factors. They surely accounted for the protection by Luo He’s avatars. Yet they still failed…clearly there were unexpected circumstances."

"Unexpected circumstances?" Wuxiang Ancestor wondered.

"I am very clear about the operations of the Shadow Sky Realm; this unexpected situation is highly valued; they would be willing to disclose it to you only for a substantial price," said the Emperor of Tian Kun.

Wuxiang Ancestor knew well that his elder brother was a Second Realm Godly King and an official member of the Two Realms Palace, really mingling among the high tiers of conflicts in the Land of Origin, his understanding of various forces indeed much deeper than his own.

"This assassination, precisely what unexpected factors there are, is worth investigating," continued the Emperor of Tian Kun. "On the other hand, contending against Luo He brings no good outcomes. He is the direct disciple of Emperor Chu; if the contest continues… not only will you fail to kill him, but it will also ruin my relations with the Flame Wind Ancient Country."

"I have very good relations with several emperors of the Flame Wind Ancient Country which cannot afford your disruption," stated the Emperor of Tian Kun.

"Understood," responded Wuxiang Ancestor.

One of the reasons his elder brother moved freely in the Land of Origin was his excellent relations with several emperors of the Flame Wind Ancient Country; of course, his elder brother’s culinary skills reaching the Godly King level was another reason that made those emperors admire him.

"Flame Wind Ancient Country and Thunder Ancient Country are the two core forces of the Land of Origin, as long as we maintain good relations with Flame Wind Ancient Country, others will think twice before dealing with us. So your matter with Luo He ends here!" The Emperor of Tian Kun stated.

"Yes, I understand," Wuxiang Ancestor could only obediently comply.

Once the communication was severed, Wuxiang Ancestor was quite dissatisfied: "My brother, disregarding his identity as a Second Realm Godly King to please the Flame Wind Ancient Country! Now he even refuses to offend a disciple of Emperor Chu."

Although discontented in his heart, Wuxiang Ancestor could only comply obediently.

Because to seek great opportunities and major benefits, he ultimately had to rely on his elder brother!