The Lord of Yuanzhong who Devours the Starry Sky

“My disciple has taken the lead in opening up the semi-primordial fusion path, and I, as his teacher, cannot fall too far behind.”

Li Qi rose and transformed into a streak of light, leaving the cave dwelling of the large Hunyuan Palace.

After thousands of years of secluded cultivation, he had almost exhausted the cultivation resources he had accumulated. If he wanted to make further progress in opening up the semi-primordial infinite path, he could not afford to run out of cultivation resources.

Inside the large Hunyuan Hall.

“He has already emerged from seclusion,” said Yifeiya, the woman in the fiery red robes, softly. “And we have learned that Luo Feng has opened up the semi-primordial path of birth and death.”

"It seems he's planning to go hunting in the wilderness. I wonder how far he is from reaching the Half-Chaotic Origin Infinite Dao?" The silver-haired, silver-browed man, Qiu Ge, stared at him. "Hmm, I suggest we observe first and not rush to release that high-level Chaotic Origin life form."

“Yes, that’s fine.” Yifeiya nodded upon hearing this. “Perhaps he can break through after he returns from his hunting trip and exchanges for cultivation resources.”

“Opening up a semi-primordial fusion path is not that simple…” Qiu Ge shook his head. “When Luo Feng took the last step, it was only because we made that primordial prisoner release a trace of his original power that he was able to break through under strong pressure.”

“Let’s wait and see,” Yifeiya said. “If he can’t break through, then we can release the Prisoner of Chaos.”

After the two Hunyuan experts finished their conversation, they stopped talking and continued to watch Li Qi.

……

Queen of Ten Thousand Days.

After returning from his hunt, Li Qi exchanged the corpses of the low-level Chaos Origin beings he had hunted for Chaos Origin Crystals and battle merits, obtaining a total of approximately nine trillion Chaos Origin Crystals.

"This hunt took quite a long time. After Luo Feng and I took turns hunting, the number of low-level Chaos Origin life forms at the Limit Break level in the Dark Holy Realm has decreased significantly."

Li Qi thought to himself, "These nine trillion Chaos Origin Crystals should be enough for my cultivation. I hope this wealth will allow me to find a breakthrough opportunity."

He now considers his mental and will system to be perfect, but something is always missing, preventing him from breaking through.

However, he could sense that he was only one step away from breaking through and opening up the Infinite Great Dao to the semi-primordial level.

Of course, taking this final step is extremely difficult!

"The only large-scale Hunyuan Palace in the Dark Holy Realm contains many precious resources, some of which are even coveted by advanced Hunyuan life forms."

As Li Qi entered the large Hunyuan Hall, he thought to himself, "Previously, I used most of my Hunyuan Crystals and battle merits to purchase the corpses and bloodlines of high-level Hunyuan life forms, as well as rare and precious pills needed to aid my cultivation."

"At that time, I had just discovered the Mind Will system, so I needed a lot of time to perfect it, as did the cultivation resources I purchased."

"Now it's different. I'm only one step away from the Half-Primordial Infinite Great Dao. What I lack is inspiration, that spark of a breakthrough."

"The corpses or bloodlines of world-class Hunyuan beings, or even priceless and precious treasures, could all become opportunities for breakthroughs."

Li Qi thought to himself, "Unfortunately, some resources in the large Hunyuan Palace are limited in purchase, and my Hunyuan Crystals and battle merits cannot support the waste."

Nine trillion Hunyuan Crystals is indeed a lot, but if one were to engage in a large-scale shopping spree within a Hunyuan Palace, this amount of wealth would be far from sufficient.

The price of a single high-level Hunyuan life form corpse in a large Hunyuan Palace is one trillion Hunyuan crystals. He only has enough Hunyuan crystals to buy nine high-level Hunyuan life form corpses.

"Treasures that are not subject to purchase limits are generally those that can be mass-produced, such as the corpses of advanced Hunyuan life forms."

Li Qi thought to himself, "The treasures that are limited in quantity and subject to purchase restrictions are the truly precious ones, and those are what I need."

“I want to tour the entire collection at once,” Li Qi suddenly said.

"Cultivator Li Qi, to tour all the treasures once, it will cost 10 billion Chaos Origin Crystals. Are you sure?"

"Confirmed." Li Qi nodded.

next moment.

A female puppet came to Li Qi's side. She had short silver hair, golden eyes, and a slightly seductive smile.

“Cultivator Li Qi, I will show you all the treasures in the entire Great Hunyuan Palace,” the silver-haired woman said. “What would you like to see first?”

“Let’s start with the Hunyuan Secret Treasure,” Li Qi replied.

“Then I will take you to see the treasure vault,” the silver-haired woman said.

The silver-haired woman led the way, with Li Qi following behind. The two walked deep into the large Hunyuan Palace, where time and space seemed to shift wherever they went.

"What is that?" Li Qi looked into the distance and saw a black longsword placed on a weapon rack, with a dark light flashing on it, as if a shadow was writhing.

When he saw the black longsword, a series of weapons appeared in his eyes, each one separated by a great distance, and each containing various profound mysteries of the Great Dao.

The woman in silver explained, "The Hunyuan Secret Treasures contain profound mysteries of the Great Dao. Many of the Hunyuan Secret Treasures of our cultivator lineage are crafted by Hunyuan experts, and their main materials are mostly taken from the corpses of naturally born Hunyuan beings."

Li Qi nodded upon hearing this.

The Primordial Pearl, the World-Suppressing Seal, the Eye of Truth, and the others in his hands were all forged from the corpses of naturally born Primordial beings. The only difference was whether they were forged from the corpses of high-grade Primordial beings or world-class Primordial beings.

"Besides the Hunyuan treasures refined by Hunyuan experts, there are also natural treasures born from the infinite Hunyuan space. These Hunyuan treasures contain all sorts of profound mysteries of the Great Dao as soon as they are born. The profound mysteries of the Great Dao contained in a very small number of Hunyuan treasures are so profound that they can even be compared with the Hunyuan Ancestor."

The silver-haired woman smiled and said, "However, that level of treasure is very precious. You can see the information on the treasure exchange list, but you can't see the actual item in person."

"Because those high-level Chaos Origin Treasures are not stored in the large Chaos Origin Palace of the Dark Holy Realm; you will only see the actual item after you have exchanged it."

Li Qi nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

The cultivator lineage comprises numerous world clusters, each with a core holy realm, such as the Dark Holy Realm he is currently in, or the Primordial Holy Realm he once visited.

Even the core holy realm of the world group, though located in the heart of cultivators' territory, is still susceptible to being breached by naturally born chaotic beings, as was the case with the Yuanzhong Holy Realm back then.

Therefore, some particularly precious treasures and resources cannot be left in a certain holy realm by a powerful figure like Senior Yuan; they will only be transferred out after being purchased and exchanged.

He had experienced this firsthand; the infinite space in the Origin Continent was a perfect place to exchange for treasures.

Led by the silver-haired woman, Li Qi followed behind her, his gaze sweeping over one Hunyuan treasure after another.

When Li Qi sees a treasure that resonates with him, he slows down to examine it carefully in order to confirm whether it is the treasure he needs.

Whenever Li Qi slowed down, the silver-haired woman would also slow down, or even stop to wait for him, as if afraid that he hadn't observed her clearly.

“This item, that item, and that silver battle sword.”

After browsing through the treasure inventory, Li Qi selected three Hunyuan treasures, each of which was of a high level.

“I’ve noted it down. You can redeem it after you’ve viewed all the treasures.” The silver-haired woman smiled. “Where shall we go now?”

"Let's go see the Hunyuan prisoners." Li Qi was somewhat interested in living, higher-level Hunyuan life forms, since those he had seen before had become corpses, treasures, or bloodlines. "Please follow me." The silver-haired woman continued to lead the way.

As we journey onward, time and space shift and change.

Soon, Li Qi saw a cage in the distance, and a golden figure was lying in the cage. Soft light emanated from every hair on its body, and each breath carried a powerful and primordial energy.

When Li Qi arrived, the golden figure stood up, his eyes cold and filled with endless killing intent.

Just being stared at made Li Qi feel a strange chill.

"The sheer power it exhales is enough to erode and destroy me, and the light emanating from its body could melt me," Li Qi thought to himself. "This is the difference in the level of life..."

Judging from its size, the golden figure was smaller than his main battle clone. Perhaps their energy reserves were similar, but there was an enormous difference in quality.

Without breaking free from the confines of the cage, one can never truly compare to the higher, primordial beings!
"This is a high-level Chaos Origin life form," the silver-haired woman explained. "In the infinite Chaos Origin space, there are countless low-level Chaos Origin life forms, with weak strength, not even as good as the semi-Chaos Origin Enlightened Ones of my cultivator lineage."

"But higher-level Chaos Origin Lifeforms are different. They have an insurmountable gap with lower-level Chaos Origin Lifeforms and can also play a role in faction wars."

Li Qi nodded upon hearing this.

The lower-level Chaos Origin life forms are too weak. Even if they can survive in the infinite Chaos Origin space, their weak strength means they cannot play a role in faction wars.

“World-class Chaos Origin Lifeforms are already powerful beings who conquer all sides, and regular conflicts involve them,” the silver-haired woman said.

Li Qi knew about the division of life in Hunyuan.

The cultivator lineage is divided into three levels: advanced Hunyuan life form, world-class Hunyuan powerhouse, and Hunyuan lord. These are the three levels of cultivators, with huge differences between them.

"Once the lords join the war, it means the war has begun!"

The silver-haired woman's voice was icy: "And right now, we are in the midst of war."

"In faction wars, we will suffer heavy losses, and some large world clusters may even fall entirely, with many source worlds becoming food for naturally occurring chaotic life forms."

"However, the innate chaotic life force also suffered heavy losses. The number of the lowest-level 'higher chaotic life force' who participated in the war died in the hundreds of millions."

The silver-haired woman said indifferently, "We have also killed quite a few world-class Chaos Origin beings. The seven world-class Chaos Origin beings whose corpses are placed in the large Chaos Origin Palace in the Dark Holy Realm were just killed in a war tens of thousands of years ago."

Li Qi frowned upon hearing this, and from the silver-haired woman's words, he connected the dots and realized that the Yuanzhong Sacred Realm had been invaded.

In that battle, even the Primordial Ancestor, a being born with primordial nature, appeared, causing the sect leader's main battle avatar to perish.

"The war actually started on a small scale a long time ago," the silver-haired woman said. "The invasion of the Yuanzhong Saint Realm in the past was an infiltration of the territory of our cultivator camp by the innate Hunyuan life camp in order to weaken the potential of our cultivator camp!"

"Huh?" Li Qi was slightly taken aback. "So, I'm the target?"

"It was just a lucky accident."

The silver-haired woman said calmly, "Our cultivator faction has strict information protection measures, making it difficult for the naturally formed chaotic life form faction to obtain any information."

"Not only the Yuanzhong Sacred Realm, but many sacred realms in our cultivator camp have also been invaded. However, the price paid by the naturally formed Hunyuan life camp is also very high. Many world-level Hunyuan life forms have perished, and even one of the progenitors was killed."

"Perhaps because of the huge losses, the innate chaotic life camp now rarely infiltrates the territory of my cultivator camp, and the infiltration war has gradually turned into a direct war."

"Unlike in the past, this time the naturally formed Hunyuan life race does not care about casualties on the front line and attacks at all costs."

The silver-haired woman said coldly, "The only thing our cultivator camp can do is to accept the challenge!"

“The situation is dire,” Li Qi said softly.

“That’s right.” The silver-haired woman looked at Li Qi. “Cultivator Li Qi, you are a cultivator of the Fusion Path. You will learn more when you are guided.”

"Are you the guardian of the Dark Holy Realm?" Li Qi asked in realization.

“Yes,” the silver-haired woman replied. “Your disciple Luo Feng has comprehended half of the Chaotic Origin Path of Life and Death and has been guided away by the lord. I hope you can do the same.”

“I’m trying.” Li Qi nodded.

“You have great potential and will be an important force in my cultivator camp in the future,” the silver-haired woman said. “However, you are still too weak right now.”

Li Qi nodded noncommittally.

If you don't break free from your cage, you'll always be like an ant, no matter how much potential you have!
Keep moving forward.

Li Qi saw one cage after another, each containing a high-level Chaos Origin life form that could easily kill him.

"The prisoners of Hunyuan have finished reading. What are you going to read now?" the silver-haired woman asked.

“The corpse of Hunyuan Life,” Li Qi said.

Spatiotemporal changes.

After walking for only a short while, Li Qi saw one high-level Hunyuan life form after another appearing in front of him.

"During the war, there were too many corpses of high-level Chaos Origin beings, so cultivators were allowed to exchange them," the silver-haired woman said casually.

Too much.

The massive corpses, resembling endless mountain ranges, each emanated intense resentment, despair, and anger. The combined resentment of these numerous corpses made Li Qi feel oppressed and uncomfortable.

Li Qi watched quietly as each of the high-level Chaos Origin life forms here was incredibly terrifying when they were alive.

However, in the brutal faction wars, advanced innate chaotic life forms are still weak, and are killed or captured in large numbers every time, just like cannon fodder.

"Even if one is born free from the cage, being merely a high-level Chaos Origin life form is still too weak. Without protection in the cruel infinite Chaos Origin space, it is difficult to survive..."

Li Qi murmured, "Life may be so fragile. Even world-class innate Chaos Origin life forms are no exception when facing faction wars. Even the Chaos Origin Ancestor has perished."

Those born with undifferentiated origins are not as fortunate as cultivators who are born within a cage and possess the ability to create clones under the protection of the source world.

Especially for world-class Hunyuan powerhouses, once they become the masters of the Origin World, they might even be able to withstand some of the Hunyuan Ancestors.

Li Qi continued forward and soon saw seven enormous corpses, each larger than the Origin Continent.

Compared to them, those advanced primordial life forms are not worth mentioning!
Li Qi turned his gaze to the largest of the corpses, which was two percent the size of the Source World.

"Such a huge corpse..." Li Qi looked into the distance, a strange feeling creeping over him.

"Speaking of which, it resonates with you somewhat," the silver-haired woman's voice rang out. (End of Chapter)