Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin

Huyang City, inside the city owner's mansion.

Luo Feng sat alone on the pavilion drinking wine, his brows furrowed, clearly troubled by something.

"Moyu Qingyan, that foolish lad, has finally comprehended another Primal Chaos Realm secret technique. His accumulation has thickened somewhat." Morosa walked within the mansion in good spirits, regardless of the distance Moyu Qingyan was from the Primal Chaos Realm, he was getting closer.

Although the second disciple of Blade River Sect, 'Xin Yu,' was far more talented, no other disciple surpassed his own.

Upon looking up, Morosa saw Luo Feng in the distance on the pavilion.

"Strange." Morosa felt puzzled. "There's something off about the master..."

Swoosh.

Morosa quickly made his way up to the pavilion, cautiously addressing him in the corridor below the stairs, "Master."

Luo Feng glanced at Morosa, "What is it?"

"Does master have troubles?" Morosa observed and inquired, "I wonder if there's any way I can help?"

Morosa believed himself to have reached the Second Realm of Godly King, utterly surpassing the master in every aspect! Perhaps, he could resolve the master's trouble.

"You cannot help," Luo Feng shook his head.

"Master, perhaps you could tell me?" Morosa asked.

Luo Feng chuckled, "I have encountered a great terror, fear uncontrollably springs forth in my heart! This greatly affects my cultivation... Do you have a method to prevent me from feeling fear?"

In full force, the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique indeed had the power to crush all stray thoughts, making one's spirit sufficiently pure and ethereal.

But this also diffused much of his Heart Force, slowing down Luo Feng's thoughts considerably, and greatly reducing the efficiency of his contemplation and cultivation. It was less than half as effective as in his prime state.

How could Luo Feng be in good spirits bearing such a negative impact for the long term?

He was pondering, how to solve this trouble!

"Encountered a great terror? Fears cropping up?" Morosa was puzzled. "What in the Land of Origin could possibly invoke fear in the master?"

Luo Feng just smiled.

"Would it cause the master to die completely? Even affect our kin?" Morosa inquired, suspecting that the master had encountered a terrifying foe.

"There is no danger of death," Luo Feng said. "It's just affecting my cultivation."

"If it's not lethal, what's there to be afraid of?" Morosa asked.

Luo Feng shook his head, "One cannot control the heart by nature, and fear arises naturally."

"Control the heart, isn't that enough?" Morosa looked at Luo Feng, puzzled.

"Control the heart?"

Luo Feng was slightly taken aback.

As a Godly King, with the will of the Ultimate Realm of God King, even he felt an intrinsic terror when faced with the memory of that huge eye!

"Yes, it's merely memory contamination. A threat even less than that of will contamination. What's there to fear?"

"Intrinsic fear of life? Then I'll control the intrinsic."

"All fear comes from within."

"Control the heart, and you can control the intrinsic."

Luo Feng vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving Morosa on the pavilion with a trace of confusion.

"What terrifying thing has the master encountered?" Morosa wondered, bemused.

...

Inside a space within Star Tower.

Luo Feng sat cross-legged, ceasing the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique.

The memory of that huge eye, as if gazing through eternity, looking down on him.

Fear surfaced once more in his heart!

His spirit trembled!

Fear, subjugation, dread!

"Steady! It's merely a segment of memory within a dream, it can't threaten me, why should I fear it? Don't fear, face it! Face it!" Luo Feng kept convincing himself.

But knowing that is one thing! Life's intrinsic is another!

Fear continually bloomed, spreading ever wider, the horror brought by that huge eye dug deeper into Luo Feng's heart.

"Face it!"

"It's only memory!"

Luo Feng forced himself to confront it, as time passed by, the fear penetrated deeply, becoming more influential, until Luo Feng could only utilize the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, erasing all stray thoughts, to restore the clarity and ethereal nature of his spirit.

After erasing the thoughts, Luo Feng again stopped performing the Heart Refining Method, and continued to face it.

"Control your own heart, your own intrinsic." Luo Feng kept confronting it willingly.

From initially having to perform the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique every few days to erase all stray thoughts, gradually, tens of days, thousands of days... the longer he observed, the more familiar he became with the horror brought by the huge eye, the stronger his control over his spirit.

After half an age.

"The fear of facing it is now quite weak." Even without the assistance of the Great Destruction Heart Refining Technique, Luo Feng could withstand facing the huge eye for an extended period.

Those Godly Kings who cultivated the Primordial Bloodline did the same, repeatedly challenging and suppressing the will of their bloodline! This, too, was a kind of tempering, and like the Cloud Sky God King, reached the "God King Ultimate Realm Will" through such tempering.

Luo Feng's spirit had also undergone transformation during this period.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Is this giant eye real, belonging to some terrifying being, or is it merely an illusion within the dream realm?" Luo Feng was quite curious.

"It is the most terrifying existence I have ever witnessed, even though it was only seen in the dream realm."

"We could try to create an extremely terrifying Secret Technique."

Luo Feng was inspired to create a Secret Technique.

In previous years, he had comprehended all "nine branches" of the Dao of Life and Death.

"With the nine branches of the Dao of Life and Death, I can try to create this technique," Luo Feng faced the giant eye, ignoring the slight fear it inspired, as he attempted to create the Secret Technique.

The nine branches of the Dao of Life and Death were as follows: the initial six branches that he had understood—Blood Dripping, Red Sun, Annihilation, Eternal, Black Smoke, and Walker lineages, and the later three that he continued to comprehend—the Sky Light, Nihility, and Reincarnation lineages.

The nine branches encompassed the core essence of the Dao of Life and Death. Each branch extracted some mysteries from both the six life branches and six destruction branches, each extremely formidable.

"That giant eye should focus on the Eternal Branch, Blood Dripping Branch, and Reincarnation Branch," Luo Feng had faced it for so long that he now had a direction for the Secret Technique.

"And then supplemented by the Red Sun Branch, Black Smoke Branch, and Nihility Branch."

"The integration of six branches! A technique that perfectly integrates them should capture some essence of that eye."

Luo Feng began to ponder.

The conception was so lofty that creating it proved more difficult than Luo Feng had anticipated.

Whenever he encountered confusion, Luo Feng would directly face the giant eye, watch it closely, study why it caused such great horror, while searching for inspiration to refine the technique.

Fully focused on creating the Secret Technique, Luo Feng had no interest in other matters.

Even when the Reincarnation Tower invited him to join an expedition, Luo Feng temporarily declined, saying he was in closed-door cultivation and had no interest in exploring treasures.

...

"I no longer feel fear when facing this giant eye." After more than a decade of studying the giant eye and trying to create the Secret Technique, no matter how he faced it, he no longer felt any fear.

Once fear vanished, the great eye's help in cultivation also lessened.

"The Seven Emotions of Heart Refining Technique increases my perception."

Luo Feng began to cycle the Seven Emotions of Heart Refining Technique. In this state, emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, thought, grief, fear, and shock were much more intense, and even slight emotions could raise huge waves in his spirit.

"Boom—"

Once he activated the Seven Emotions of Heart Refining Technique, the giant eye once again provoked a strong sense of fear in Luo Feng, as if he were facing it for the first time, his spirit trembling with fear.

"Good, good, this is the feeling I want," Luo Feng was overjoyed and again went to perfect the Secret Technique.

The Secret Technique was gradually perfected.

Decades passed! Finally, after thirty-four decades of Luo Feng facing the giant eye,

"I've done it!"

Inside the Star Tower, Luo Feng was incredibly excited.

The long years of research had finally led to the success of creating the Secret Technique, a sense of accomplishment that left Luo Feng very satisfied.

"I have finally created this Secret Technique! It wasn't easy! It was much harder than the Chaotic Hole Undying Light." Luo Feng was incredibly thrilled, "This memory from the dream realm wasn't a disaster, but a blessing!"

Now, even while maintaining the Seven Emotions of Heart Refining Technique, that giant eye could no longer inspire fear in Luo Feng.

Because Luo Feng had researched it too deeply.

Understanding too much, the mystery was lost, and naturally, the sense of horror disappeared.

After all, it was just an image from a dream realm memory.

"The dream realm memory I studied is just an image. If it truly exists, I wonder how terrifying it would be," Luo Feng thought.

"In essence, the Secret Technique I've created this time is strictly the Life and Destruction Dao Second Realm Secret Method!" Luo Feng smiled brightly, his emotions under the Heart Refining Technique even more intense.

Last time, the perfected "Chaotic Hole Undying Light" actually merged two life branches with three destruction branches, a total of five branches.

This time, it was the full integration of 'six branches' from the nine branches of the Great Dao of Life and Death, a true Life and Destruction Dao Second Realm Secret Method. Although he hadn't tested it yet, Luo Feng could tell that the power of this new Secret Technique was far beyond that of the Chaotic Hole Undying Light.

"Having been a God King for over two centuries, it is only now, with the help of a dream realm memory, that I have finally created this move."

Luo Feng knew that without such accumulation, it would have been difficult to create such a technique in a short period. This time was entirely influenced by the memory of the dream realm, which provided a clear direction and took over three decades to create such a technique.

"This Secret Technique, with each branch being extremely powerful, and the integration of six branches, could its power match an Ultimate Realm Secret Technique?" Luo Feng was somewhat curious.

Emperor Gui Xu, Wuxin God King, they all had Ultimate Realm Secret Techniques.

While each of his branches was strong, it was Emperor Gui Xu and Wuxin God King who unified all branches into a perfect entity, creating a qualitative change that truly made their techniques Ultimate Realm Secret Techniques.

"Let's see."

The Secret Technique could be executed with the body or different weapons, with a blade it would be a terrifying Blade Technique, with an axe, an Axe Technique, and with a hammer, a Destruction Hammer Technique.

Luo Feng stretched out his hand.

His right hand darkened instantly as if becoming the core of the entire world! If the world were to end, his hand would remain unharmed! Carrying an endless terror, Luo Feng's palm struck out with five fingers.

"BOOM—" In a flash, his five fingers shone dazzlingly bright, forcefully destroying everything; the invisible membrane of the Source World was shattered, tearing open to reveal a trench several zhang long.

Outside the membrane of the Source World, rolling black currents surged through the trench.

"This move shall be called the Great Extinction Style!" Luo Feng, seeing this scene, was quite satisfied.