Devouring the Starry Sky: Giants of Light at the beginning

Chapter 922 The Beginning

"Yuan, you take him. I need to maintain the spacetime network, so I won't be with you two," Xingmang said seriously.

This time, his main combat clones all came together to save Lu Yunhe. Relying solely on the remaining clones to maintain the spacetime network may lead to some oversights.

Normally it wouldn't be a problem, but currently the cultivator camp and the innate chaotic life camp are at war, so even the starlight has to go all out.

After saying that, the starlight disappeared into the void…

"The Star Lord is the one with the highest mastery of spacetime in the endless primordial space. It is because of him that the cultivator camp has been able to maintain such a large territory."

Yuan looked in the direction where Xingmang had left and sighed, "Among all the lords, Xingmang is the one who has made the greatest contribution to the cultivation of cultivators."

Yuan had seen through the actions of his former junior, the Star Lord, and had done his utmost for the sake of the entire cultivator camp.

“Senior Yuan, in my opinion, all lords are of vital importance to cultivators, and none can be missing,” Lu Yunhe said hurriedly.

At least for now, the cultivator faction is not supported by a single lord.

Even if Xingmang's strength surpasses that of other lords, he cannot single-handedly contend against the entire naturally complementary life force.

"Haha, I don't need your comfort, you junior. I'm just pleased with your growth." Yuan smiled kindly, then became a bit like a playful old man.

As the first cultivator lord, all subsequent lords can be considered his juniors. Many of them became lords because they were directly or indirectly helped and influenced by him.

Yuan, the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the start of the first Yuan, its former name has probably been forgotten, and the current "Yuan" also serves as a symbol of the beginning of a new era for the cultivator camp.

"Let's go, let's go to the place where we first started!"

Yuan led Lu Yunhe to fly towards a mysterious place once again. Along the way, space and time were rapidly distorted, and they crossed a vast number of source worlds once more.

Although Lu Yunhe has now recovered to the level of a world-class Chaos Origin, he is still too weak in the hands of a lord.

"It's just ahead!" Yuan led the way while also sending Lu Yunhe a map of the cultivators' territory.

Creating maps in the endless primordial space is also a very troublesome task.

Without the perspective of the Hunyuan level, one cannot even understand the map.

This map is not just a set of coordinates; it also adds a lot of location information and captures the atmosphere of a mysterious place.

Having only a map is meaningless in endless space, since there's no distinction between up, down, left, and right.

Even with world-class thinking, it took Lu Yunhe quite some time to memorize it.

"The First Land is a mysterious place where the infinite primordial space was born. After being refined and reinforced many times by us lords, its strength is astonishing."

Yuan introduced that when talking about this original place, a rare look of pride appeared on his face.

"Later, when Xingmang became the Lord of Time and Space, he moved the original place to a hidden location, which even the naturally formed Chaotic Origin Life Force could not find no matter how hard they tried."

For the human race, the primordial land is equivalent to the infinite world for the infinite serpent race—it is the beginning, but also the final place, somewhat like the true god's microcosm in the primordial universe.

Although the endless source world is the true foundation for cultivators, it does not prevent lords from building an even more secure base.

In truth, the lords didn't care; they were all immortal beings.

This original land was basically prepared for cultivators below the lord level.

Even if the war is lost, at most it will only result in the loss of a large area of ​​territory.

Lu Yunhe sensed the chaotic spacetime around him; without coordinates, he would be completely unable to locate himself.

In the chaotic spacetime, Yuan, carrying Lu Yunhe, skillfully navigated through layers of obstacles and finally arrived at a stable space.

"Ok!"

Lu Yunhe squinted, instantly taking in the world in front of him.

A vast and peaceful land, where energy is more concentrated than ever before, with much of it even condensed into a solid state at extremely high density.
It can transform into soil, rocks, flowers and grass, or even into liquid water.

The abundance of primordial energy even surpasses that of the origin of the source world.

If his source world could enter here, it probably wouldn't be long before things returned to normal.

“Here, you don’t need to worry about energy consumption at all. The Primordial Land is even enough to supply us with energy,” Yuan said.

If even lords can be supported, then cultivators below the lord level are even more so.

Even considering the sheer number of Hunyuan experts among cultivators, their combined capacity for energy absorption and release is probably less than that of a single Hunyuan Lord.

Standing in the sky, Lu Yunhe also sensed a series of powerful auras, including over a hundred individuals at his level.

"In the Primordial Land, besides those who haven't yet escaped their confinement, there are over 8000 million high-level Chaos Origin Lifeforms and 237 world-class Chaos Origin Lifeforms—no, it should be 238," Yuan said, smiling at Lu Yunhe.

"As for the lords, there are seven in total."

“All cultivators who have broken free from the shackles, as long as they are alive, leave an avatar here, because this is the safest place in the Hunyuan Space for them.”

“Yuan, when you go on adventures in the future, you can leave a clone here for easy communication and as a form of insurance,” Yuan said.

In this almost endless primordial space, communication has become a huge problem.

The Hunyuan Space is too large, and its rules are too chaotic and tightly packed. Even starlight cannot connect the entire Hunyuan Space, so this old method is the only way.

By connecting with one's own life form, one can transcend almost all time and space. Innate, primordial life forms can connect through bloodlines, and cultivators can also connect through their avatars.

"These are the total number of all the Hunyuan experts in the cultivator camp!" Yuan sighed.

Seven lords, 238 world-class Hunyuan, and more than 80 million advanced Hunyuan.

As for lower-level Chaos Origin life forms, due to the acquired attributes of cultivators, they inherently do not possess this realm. As long as they transcend the confines of the mortal realm, they are at least at the higher-level Chaos Origin realm.

The reason Yuan sighed was naturally because the number was far too small, completely disproportionate to the number of cultivators and the vast territory.

It should be noted that at the peak of a cultivator's life, there were as many as three to six hundred Chaotic Origin World Clusters, not to mention the number of Origin Worlds.

Not only that, Lord Hunyuan even personally spent time and energy cultivating him, and sometimes even personally arranged for his clones to guide and assist him.

This is simply unbelievable to beings born from the primordial chaos.

Even so, the number of cultivators at the Hunyuan level still couldn't be increased.

A vast and boundless territory, the personal training of the Lord of Hunyuan, a suitable environment, and the generous provision of various resources... coupled with endless time, yet only this much has been achieved.

If it weren't for the subsequent appearance of lords, Yuan would have questioned his existence. Although the number of Hunyuan experts was lacking, the Hunyuan lords were incredibly powerful.

It was less a war between the cultivator camp and the naturally formed chaotic life camp, and more a war between the seven lords and the naturally formed chaotic life.

Those below the lord level have no chance to participate; they can only cultivate silently or do some auxiliary management work.

If any cultivator below the level of the Hunyuan Lord dares to appear, the Hunyuan Ancestor doesn't even need to take action himself; those born with Hunyuan life can tear them apart.

“There are also a large number of naturally occurring chaotic life forms living in our territory now, all of whom were captured in previous wars,” Yuan said, then revealed a smile.

"Guess how many naturally occurring, primordial beings were captured?"

“A lot, I suppose.” Lu Yunhe nodded, and smiled as well. “But it should be less than the number of life forms in a single Origin World.”

Upon hearing Lu Yunhe's answer, Yuan was slightly taken aback, instantly sensing a certain decisiveness in it.

“That’s right, compared to other things, it’s not much,” Yuan agreed.

"Those naturally born chaotic beings who refused to submit have all become our cultivation resources. As for those who submitted, there are over 500 billion high-level chaotic beings and 137 world-class chaotic beings."

Upon hearing this number, Lu Yunhe couldn't help but narrow his eyes. The total number of Hunyuan experts in the entire cultivator camp was less than 100 million.

“No wonder the Primordial Ancestor of Hunyuan would send his men to their deaths; it turns out he didn’t care,” Lu Yunhe said.

Every time the Primordial Ancestor of Chaos launches a major invasion, a massive number of naturally born Chaos beings will follow suit. However, these Chaos beings often even face the Chaos Lord directly.

To capture a world-class Hunyuan alive, the Lord of Hunyuan himself would have to take action.

The cultivator lords are not going to be polite. As long as the Primordial Ancestor of Chaos doesn't stop them in time, they can capture a bunch of naturally born Chaos beings with a flick of their fingers.

However, the cultivators had no intention of sending their subordinates to their deaths; they simply stayed obediently in the original place.

That is, it is world-class, backed by the source world, and can send out its main battle clone to take a stroll at any time.

The lords also protected their Hunyuan experts very well.

Of course, this did not come without a price: the world clusters were lost. Under the constraints of the Primordial Ancestor, the lords had no choice but to abandon the source worlds within them.

"It's definitely suicide, especially after Starburst became a lord."

Yuan nodded: "However, naturally born Chaotic Origin beings are still the largest group in the Chaotic Origin Space, and the number of strong individuals at each level is also terrifying."

The entire endless primordial space mainly consists of three major groups, or more accurately, two.

The first category is innate chaotic life forms, who are born as powerful chaotic beings who transcend the limitations of the mortal realm; they are considered innate life forms.

It is usually born from the endless primordial space, or some mysterious place.

The second category is acquired life nurtured in the source world, also known as cultivators; all life within the cage is included.

As for the third category, it is also due to the emergence of the innate chaotic life camp. By definition, it is a category, but they themselves do not consider themselves to be innate.

Just like life within the primordial universe, although all were conceived in the primordial universe and originated from three thousand dimensions.

But Lu Yunhe is of human origin, and some people group him with the machine race or even the insect race. Do you think he would agree with that? They would all end up fighting each other.

Of course, at least within this realm of cultivators, those at the Hunyuan level also acknowledge this broad concept and their own affiliation.

As for cultivators outside the borders, that's hard to say.

The emergence of the naturally formed Chaotic Origin Life Group has ironically led some naturally formed Chaotic Origin Life Groups to disagree with the group's ideology, which is quite surprising.

"These enslaved, naturally formed beings have also had their life cores refined, and they can be killed in the blink of an eye."

“If you want some servants born from the Chaos Origin, you can buy them with reward points,” Yuan said.

He showed no mercy to these "foreigners," treating them entirely as servants.

Given Lu Yunhe's words and his previous experience of being besieged by the Primordial Ancestor of Hunyuan, Yuan felt that he didn't need to remind him further about the attitude towards alien races.

However, there had indeed been an accident before, and some cultivators had taken pity on the naturally born chaotic beings and even took the initiative to pass on messages. Therefore, Yuan gave special instructions when he brought people to the place of origin.

After all, which cultivator who has reached this level hasn't fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood? The number of lives they've directly or indirectly killed could probably fill many universes. Who would pity their enemies?

However, the number of cultivators is still too large, so some unexpected things will always happen.

“Yuan, Xingmang and I also have high expectations for you. The future will probably depend on you.” Yuan said solemnly.

"Has the war really come to this?" Lu Yunhe's expression also turned serious.

When the nest is overturned, how can any egg remain intact?
If the naturally formed primordial beings were to breach the cultivators' ranks, the source worlds of these world lords would be the first to suffer.

That's all fine. It's just a mere source world, and Lu Yunhe can possess it at any time.

But the Origin Continent is different. There, he not only has his relatives and companions, but also, well, he can bring them to the starting land. The problem of people is not a big one.

Crucially, Ultraman's clones have also integrated into the world, becoming the most important core element in his exploration of the source world.

In any case, Lu Yunhe could not bear to see the Origin Continent destroyed.

That wasn't as simple as destroying a world; it was practically cutting off his path forward, something he simply couldn't accept.

It can be said that the Origin Continent is already his foundation.

“That’s right. The naturally formed chaotic life forms can no longer tolerate the rise of the cultivator faction, and this war is completely unavoidable.” Yuan nodded.

"If we are defeated, a large amount of territory will be taken away, and in the worst case, we may lose all of our territory."

However, the latter is still a bit difficult. The lord's immortality is there, so he can at least stabilize a territory.

“Yuan, although you have become a world-class expert, you still cannot influence the situation. I imagine you have witnessed the power of the Primordial Ancestor of Chaos, so I don’t need to say more.”

"Only by becoming a lord can we have a chance to completely change the current situation," Yuan said expectantly.

Although he doesn't want to put too much pressure on people, sometimes pressure can also be a driving force.

Even on the brink of a cliff, miracles may happen.

"I understand!" Lu Yunhe's expression was resolute. Even for his own sake, he was not afraid of causing the cultivators' camp to be defeated.

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(End of this chapter)