Swallowed Star: Wish Fulfillment System

The temple master nodded.

"All members of the Ancestral Cult, whether core or peripheral, are immortal," the illusory battlefield declared.

"So, does that mean I can also become an immortal and indestructible eternal ancestral god?" The Lord of Basha Temple was overjoyed.

Although he has mastered the five highest-level powers, his life core has not completed its evolution, and he is not confident in refining the ten billion Great Mirror Realms.

"The so-called immortality, whether it's merging with the Dao, merging with the highest level of power, evolving the life core, or fusing with mysterious places, is just like the world masters of the cultivation camp. It's just that ordinary methods can't completely kill them." The illusory battlefield said disdainfully, "There are at least eight hundred or a thousand similar methods in the Ancestral Sect."

"By merging one's own existence with the Dao, with power, with a mysterious place, with a powerful treasure, etc., one can still have a chance to revive when encountering a powerful enemy and being unable to defeat them, as long as the Dao, power, mysterious place, treasure, etc., which provide a glimmer of hope, are not destroyed."

"The essence of these achievements being immortal is actually the same."

"However, because the methods are different, their potential achievements also vary. Among these methods, the best is to unite the body, mind, soul, and Dao, followed by uniting with the highest level of power. The latter two methods are almost identical," the illusory warship said slowly.

The descriptions from the illusory warship broadened the horizons of the temple master, as most of the content was something he had never encountered before.

"Among the progenitor-level beings of the Hengyuan Heavenly Realm, those who are immortal mostly evolved through their life cores. Only a very few can refine mysterious lands, such as the Infinite Serpent Ancestor. He refined infinite worlds to become an immortal being, yet he is clearly stronger than many other immortal beings." The Palace Master of Basha asked, "Since the potential achievement of uniting with the highest level of power is superior to uniting with a mysterious land, why is that?"

"It takes a long time for potential to be transformed into strength. But by refining a mysterious place, one can draw upon its primal power and achieve a significant improvement, which can be obtained in a short period of time." The illusory warship paused slightly, somewhat regretting its previous decision.

As a treasure of the Ancestral Cult, the Phantom Warship has the authority to choose to absorb peripheral members.

While the spirits of ordinary illusory warships possess great intelligence, they rarely use this authority. Even when they do, they usually recruit talented and promising members from the branches of the ancestral sect.

Such cases as the illusory warship Hengyuan Tianjie are rare.

"It's all that old fellow 'Source''s' fault. He hid away and went into seclusion, rarely managing the affairs of the sect for so many years. I, the spirit of this precious treasure, have to worry about everything." The illusory warship thought with some annoyance.

It has always acted in accordance with the teachings of its ancestors.

He has been silently dedicating himself to the annihilation and reincarnation of the Hengyuan Heavenly Realm, and has been secretly promoting this matter.

"The Ancestral Sect truly lives up to its reputation as a powerful force spanning the entire river of time; its foundation is simply incomparable to those forces in the Hengyuan Heavenly Realm," the Palace Master of Basha muttered to himself, proud of his decision.

"What are you muttering about?" The illusory warship could hear the thoughts of all living beings inside, and naturally it also heard what the temple master of the Basha Temple was thinking. "Little guy, I said before that all members of my ancestral sect are immortal. Now that you have officially joined and accepted the inheritance, you will naturally also have the authority of immortality."

"How can one become immortal?" the temple master couldn't help but ask, his eyes flashing with endless hope.

"When members of the Ancestral Cult become peripheral members, they leave behind a wisp of their true spirit and store it within the core origin space of the illusory warship. Even if they die in battle outside, they will still be resurrected," the illusory warship said.

"Isn't this similar to the resurrection methods of many god-kings?" The temple master of Basha was slightly taken aback.

"The forms are similar, but the actual effects are quite different." The illusory warship said, "The illusory warship was personally built by the greatest leader of the Ancestral Sect. Its power is terrifying. Even a powerhouse at the level of a Seven-Step Eternal Ancestral God cannot harm it in the slightest."

"It's incredibly powerful!" exclaimed the temple master.

A flicker of greed even rose in his heart, but he quickly suppressed it.

"Even within the great ancestral sect, there are only a dozen or so individuals whose strength has reached the level of an eighth-step Eternal Ancestral God. To such beings, even those at the seventh-step Eternal Ancestral God level are mere ants." A sense of anticipation rose within the illusory warship.

It is a warship with wisdom, and it hopes to be able to cultivate as a secret treasure like that predecessor, achieve the level of the Eighth Step Eternal Ancestral God, and become one of the nine elders of the Ancestral Sect.

It hoped that it could cultivate to the level of an Eighth-Step Eternal Ancestral God, just like that predecessor, and also become an elder of the Ancestral Sect.

"An Eight-Step Eternal Ancestral God, what kind of power is that? There are actually more than ten of them in the Ancestral Sect." The Palace Master of Basha felt that he had a powerful backer he had never had before, and he was once again proud of his correct decision.

After thinking it over, the temple master no longer hesitated and said, "Alright, I will store a wisp of my true spirit inside the illusory warship."

After all, this concerns the true spirit, so the temple master cannot afford to be careless.

But since the Ancestral Sect possesses such a powerful existence, even if he could refine a billion Great Mirror Realms, he would probably be as insignificant as an ant before the Ancestral Sect.

The idea of ​​immortality is relative.

That's why the temple master no longer hesitated.

"A wise decision," the illusory warship said calmly.

“What should I do?” asked the temple master.

"You only need to extract a wisp of true spirit; I will handle the rest," the illusory warship said.

“Okay.” The temple master nodded.

He painfully severed a sliver of his true spirit, the most core part of his soul, and its separation was naturally extremely painful.

"call!"

The temple master took a deep breath, and a point of golden light appeared in the void in front of him.

"Alright, wait a moment, and you too will be immortal," the illusory warship said. In the next instant, the Lord of the Basha Temple felt his true spirit enveloped by an invisible force.

An invisible force, enveloped in golden light, traversed through worlds within the illusory warship, finally entering a mysterious and unpredictable realm.

Through this wisp of true spirit, the temple master could sense that this world contained a vast origin, and that countless points of light existed within it.

Each point of light exuded a terrifying aura, yet this aura was surprisingly gentle.

The temple master felt incredibly safe.

The temple master could sense that each of these points of light was a primordial world, containing a vast primordial source that was even more vast than the ten billion Great Mirror Worlds.

"Truly worthy of being called the ancestral religion!" The temple master exclaimed sincerely, looking at the countless points of light around him.

"Alright. You can leave the illusory warship now," the illusory warship's voice sounded. "One more piece of advice: complete the core member promotion mission as soon as possible."

“Okay, I’ll go prepare right away.” The temple master nodded.

He already knew how to become a core member and understood how generous the benefits were, so he naturally worked hard to achieve it.

“There’s some danger outside, so I’ll teleport you directly to the origin of the Ten Billion Mirror Realm,” the illusory warship said.

Before the sound ended, the temple master disappeared into the distorted spacetime and was teleported away.

Outside the illusory warship.

The edge of the world.

"The cause and effect have changed?" Xiao Yu exclaimed softly. He sensed the change in cause and effect and knew that the Lord of Basha Palace had left the strange warship.

"I have to go searching again." Xiao Yu sighed slightly. Now that the Temple Master of Basha had left, he naturally needed to set off again to search.

"I'll leave this clone here. I have a feeling that since this strange warship is so amazing, the Lord of the Basha Temple will naturally come back again," Xiao Yu thought to himself. "I'll leave this clone here to wait for the opportune moment."

A moment later, Xiao Yu, who was in the misty world, left the misty world following the causal lines.

……

The World of Ten Billion Mirrors is a most mysterious space.

"call!"

Time and space are distorted.

The Lord of the Basha Temple suddenly appeared in this familiar world, surrounded by energy like an ocean. This is the origin of the Ten Billion Great Mirror Realm.

"Ancestral Cult, Source God Ancestral Cult, Illusory Warship, Inheritance... My experiences are truly legendary!" The Temple Master of Basha couldn't help but feel proud.

I was quite moved.

In the last century, what he has seen and gained has far exceeded his expectations.

"In just a hundred epochs, I have mastered five of the highest-level powers, making me stronger than most lords." Lord Basha was secretly pleased with himself. "Moreover, I am now immortal and no longer need to worry about being killed by the Eternal Land."

Since the illusory warship could withstand the power of a being at the level of a seventh-step Eternal Ancestral God, he naturally no longer needed to worry.

"Next is the promotion mission. Once I complete the mission, I will become a core member of the Ancestral Sect." The Temple Master looked down, and instantly the space-time below became transparent, reflecting a world below.

Within the vast origin, there exists a black beast with a bizarre physique. Its head occupies two-thirds of its body, and black runes flow across its face.

Beneath the single eye is a mouth that takes up half of the head.

The gaping maw burst open, becoming like an abyss, and a massive amount of primordial energy was frantically sucked into the black beast's body.

As it devoured the source, the black beast's size grew rapidly.

"The Devouring Beast." The Temple Master of Basha Temple naturally recognized the black beast, which was related to his advancement mission. The message transmitted to him by the Ancestral Sect contained information about this beast.

In their juvenile stage, the Devouring Beast feeds on the world, whether it is an ordinary world or a source world. Any world containing primordial energy is on its list of prey.

“Only when a celestial realm reaches its end will the Devouring Beast be conceived. It seems that the Eternal Origin Celestial Realm has also reached its end.” The Lord of the Basha Palace thought to himself, as the Devouring Beast was also related to his mission.

He needs to make this Devouring Beast grow rapidly, and within a million epochs, he needs to get it into adulthood.

"It is said that the hatching of the Devouring Beasts varies in timing, but once an adult Devouring Beast appears among countless Devouring Beasts, the others will hatch and enter adulthood rapidly. Within a billion epochs, all Devouring Beasts will reach adulthood, at which time an entire celestial realm will fall into annihilation."

"And my task is to form a contract with this Devouring Beast and help it quickly enter adulthood." The Lord of Basha thought about his task, and with a flick of his hand, a crystal that emitted a dazzling light appeared in his hand.

This crystal is only a few meters in diameter, yet it emits thirteen colors of light.

The light radiated, exuding immense power.

“For a normal Devouring Beast to grow to adulthood, even without any unforeseen events, it would take trillions of eons,” the Lord of the Basha Palace thought. “But the Eternal Land has already set its sights on me. Without that much time, Xiao Yu wouldn’t give me that much time either.”

"Judging from the strength Xiao Yu displayed when quelling the war, his power level has probably already surpassed the level of a three-step Eternal Ancestral God." The Palace Master of Basha, having received the inheritance of the Ancestral Sect, was able to discern Xiao Yu's power level based on his performance.

"Moreover, Xiao Yu's mental will is terrifying, and he is also skilled in soul techniques." The Palace Master of Basha still remembered the purple-gold flame within the Thirteen Rings.

The aura of that purple-gold flame was so terrifying that even now, the temple master still feels a chill when he thinks about it.

"To get this Devouring Beast to reach adulthood quickly, it needs to swallow this Source Crystal." The Lord of Basha Temple held the Source Crystal with great reluctance.

Source Crystals contain vast amounts of energy and are rare treasures. When cultivators swallow a Source Crystal, their inner source becomes vast and inexhaustible. For Source Devouring Beasts, swallowing a Source Crystal increases their growth rate by billions of times. What would normally take trillions of eons to reach the adult stage can be reduced to ten thousand eons after swallowing a Source Crystal.

This Source Crystal is a quest item, and even if the Temple Master of Basha is reluctant to part with it, he would not dare to embezzle it.

The temple master beckoned.

Within the world below.

The Devouring Beast, which was excitedly devouring the source, suddenly sensed a shift in space and time, and instantly appeared at the feet of a vast being.

The Devouring Beast trembled as it looked up at the sky, where a terrifying and majestic being was watching it.

Its soul was trembling.

Yet, its innate pride strengthens its submissive spirit.

"This little guy is quite stubborn!" The temple master teased the small black beast in front of him with great curiosity. The beast was already thousands of kilometers tall.

Yet, they still seemed as insignificant as dust in his presence.

After a short while, the temple master's playful mood dissipated, and he began to contract the small black beast.

The ancestral sect entrusted him with a mission, and naturally also passed on to him a special contract technique.

The Devouring Beast is peculiar; ordinary contract techniques won't work. It requires a special technique to form a contract, and even then, it can only be an equal contract.

This equal contract was something that the ancestral teachings only came to understand after a long period of time and thousands of cycles of death and reincarnation.

"Eat, eat, eat..."

After the contract was formed, the temple master felt a strange connection between himself and the small black beast in front of him, as if he could understand what the small black beast was saying.

The little black beast seemed very hungry, constantly thinking about devouring the source.

"Here you go. As long as you swallow this crystal, you'll be full very soon," said the Temple Master of Basha. With a wave of his hand, the thirteen-colored source crystal flew towards the black beast.

He knew that the Devouring Beasts would feel immense hunger from birth, and this hunger would drive them to continuously devour the world's origins around them.

Hunger does not disappear until adulthood.

The little black beast looked at the thirteen-colored source crystal with a heartfelt longing.

It wanted to eat it, it was obsessed with it.

Before the thirteen-colored source crystal even landed, the small black beast flew over and, before even getting close, opened its enormous maw, eager to devour the peculiar crystal. (End of Chapter)