Swallowed Star: Wish Fulfillment System

"If he can become a fourth-step Eternal Ancestral God within a billion epochs, we recommend that he enter the Eternal Academy ahead of time, and he will be able to obtain more Creation Points," said the Star Palace Master.

Creation Points are a reward from the Eternal Academy for those who have made contributions to the Academy. They are similar to merits and contributions, but with greater utility. Holders can exchange them for various precious resources from the Eternal Academy or use them directly.

These Seven-Step Eternal Ancestral Gods, who guard their respective regions, have very few opportunities to obtain Creation Points.

“Not bad.” The Lord of Time and Space smiled. “As long as he can complete the three tests, we will recommend him. Of course, it would be best if Xiao Yu could really become a fourth-step Eternal Ancestral God within a billion epochs.”

Creation Points have many uses, and no one would complain about having too many.

"The second test has met all the prerequisites and will soon be issued to the Eternal Ancestral Gods of the Eternal Land in the form of a mission," said the Lord of Time and Space. "As for the third test, the Eternal Divine Tree has already decided that it is to completely refine the Abyss of Destruction."

"What?" A towering figure, radiating boundless vitality, exclaimed in surprise. This boundless vitality caused life to naturally emerge in the layers of space and time surrounding him.

All around him, endless life was multiplying and evolving, constantly giving birth to all kinds of life, all kinds of strange substances, spacetime, and even all kinds of forces, all evolving into life forms in the vast realm of life.

"call!"

With each breath of his towering figure, suddenly, all life was absorbed by him, and all life withered instantly.

This imposing figure is none other than the Lord of Tianyuan Palace.

He himself is at the level of a sixth-step eternal ancestral god, and is comprehending a great wonder in the river of time, the 'Abyss of Life'. The Abyss of Life is an abyss formed from endless life, an abyss for all sentient beings.

With the strength of the Heavenly Abyss Palace Master, he naturally could not enter the River of Time, but the Eternal Academy contained a great deal of information about all the wonders within the River of Time.

The Lord of Tianyuan Palace exchanged Creation Points for a copy of "The Abyss of Life".

"Refine the Abyss of Destruction?" said the Lord of the Heavenly Abyss Palace. "It is very difficult to break through to the sixth step of the Eternal Ancestral God, but by thoroughly refining a top-level mysterious place, it is possible to become a seventh-step Eternal Ancestral God. If one refines an ordinary top-level mysterious place, even if one can become a seventh-step Eternal Ancestral God, future achievements will be very limited, and it will be almost impossible to make any further progress."

Refining the highest level of mysterious lands is a shortcut for a sixth-step Eternal Ancestral God to become a seventh-step Eternal Ancestral God. Any ambitious being would choose this path.

After all, for a Six-Step Eternal Ancestral God, life is as long as the Chaos Origin Space, and Six-Step Eternal Ancestral Gods of powerful forces like them have transcended the Chaos Origin Space and have eternal lifespans.

Over a long period of time, even on the most difficult paths to comprehend, one can still achieve something.

"The Abyss of Destruction is special. Its existence holds a special place in the Chaotic Origin Space. It is like a cleaner of the Chaotic Origin Space, which can actively clean up the great destruction within the Chaotic Origin Space and postpone the arrival of the Great Annihilation." The Lord of the Time and Space Palace shook his head and said, "Moreover, every Chaotic Origin Space has an Abyss of Destruction, or something similar. According to the Dean, these mysterious places are all reflections of the greatest 'Corridor of Destruction' in the River of Time."

The Corridor of Destruction is the most mysterious and greatest artifact in the river of time, and a sacred place for countless ancient beings who have walked the path of destruction.

"The Eternal Tree's decision to have him refine the Abyss of Destruction doesn't necessarily mean it's forcing him onto the path of destruction. The path of cultivation depends on his own preferences," the Lord of Time and Space said with a smile.

"Only a path you truly love can lead you to the end."

"The path of cultivation is also a path of self-discovery."

"Indeed, within the Hunyuan Space, many progenitors are born incredibly powerful, but their understanding of themselves is quite rudimentary. This is one of the reasons why most of them are confined to the level of Hunyuan progenitors for their entire lives."

The temple masters discussed amongst themselves, sharing their own experiences and their own principles of spiritual cultivation.

Cultivation is not easy. If one cannot recognize oneself, one can only say that one is busy in vain and wasting time.

This applies to weak cultivators, and even more so to cultivators at higher levels.

"In that case, the second trial will begin after one hundred centuries," the Lord of the Time and Space Palace ordered.

"agree."

"agree."

The eight palace masters, including the Star Palace Master and the Heavenly Abyss Palace Master, all agreed.

……

The vast, boundless void.

The horrific war has ended. The nine lords of the cultivation camp and more than two hundred ancestors stand facing each other, gazing at each other from afar.

"Nine lords of cultivators," the Heavenly Fire Ancestor's voice boomed, "Speak! What exactly do you want? To seize eighteen territories and continue to expand?"

“Even if we occupy eighteen territories, we only control a little over one-tenth, less than two-tenths,” Yuan said. “But the two of you, combined, still control nearly eighty percent of the territory, which is more than five times ours!”

The Ice Peak Faction and the Natural Chaos Faction occupy nearly 80% of the territory. This is calculated based on the world cluster. If some barren areas are included, the territory they occupy will be even greater.

“We and the naturally formed Chaotic Origin faction still have more than three hundred progenitors, and countless world-class and high-level Chaotic Origin life forms. You cultivators only have nine lords, and world-class and high-level Chaotic Origin life forms are very rare. You don’t need so many Chaotic Origin resources at all,” said the Ice Peak Progenitor. “Why do you have to compete with us?”

The Ice Peak Ancestor was originally an ally of the cultivation camp, but for the sake of the vast territory, he also had to stand up.

"I can decide to cede the Leilong territory, along with the six surrounding territories, to your cultivation camp," said the Ice Peak Ancestor, looking at Xiao Yu. "But you must promise that you will not expand further from now on."

“We can also give up ten territories, including the Southern Phoenix Territory and the Fire God Territory, but you must promise us that you will not expand again,” said the Heavenly Fire Ancestor.

Guangzu Shen, Wu, Shazhou Shizu and others all remained silent, clearly indicating that this was also part of their plan.

When they cannot win a fight, they will cede these eighteen territories.

"A promise?" Xiao Yu shook his head, then burst into laughter, "Hahaha, how ridiculous."

Xiao Yu, Luo Feng, Xing Mang, and Yuan exchanged a glance.

"In the endless years to come, our cultivation camp will produce a tenth lord, an eleventh lord, a twelfth lord, and even more," Xiao Yu said. "You expect us to promise never to expand our territory for just over ten percent? Now that the Phoenix Departure Territory, the Fire God Territory, and eighteen other territories are already ours, do you expect me to make a promise for the territories we already possess?"

"What do you want?" the Heavenly Fire Ancestor asked in a low voice. He could tell that the cultivation camp was willing to talk, but they wanted more.

“We don’t really need that many resources. With these eighteen territories, over the long years, it’s enough to meet the needs of our entire cultivation camp,” Xiao Yu said. “But all beings in the source world are our people, and we only have one requirement.”

“From this day forward, all the source worlds within your respective territories will forever belong to our cultivation camp,” Xiao Yu continued. “As long as you agree, we can promise never to encroach on the other territories of your Natural Chaotic Origin Camp and Ice Peak Camp.”

The eight lords, namely Yuan, Xingmang, Luofeng, Wulan, Jin, Moman, Minghuang, and Naigu, all nodded slightly.

This was a decision they made unanimously.

"All the source worlds?" Tianhuo and the other progenitors were all shocked.

Previously, Xiao Yu had only warned them not to devour the Origin World, but the ownership of the Origin World still belonged to them. If any living being transcended the Origin World, it would still become their cultivation material.

"All the source worlds within our territory? Your cultivation camp is simply delusional!" The Heavenly Fire Ancestor's voice was icy. As an eternal ancestral god of the naturally formed Chaotic Origin camp, he naturally had to consider the Infinite Serpent Ancestor's concerns.

"All beings in the Origin World are our descendants. If you disagree, then let's continue fighting until all your ancestors perish and until you eternal ancestral gods are annihilated," Xiao Yu said coldly. "At that time, all your territories will be ours." "Then let's continue fighting. Who's afraid?" Wu laughed.

Those who attain immortality and eternal ancestral godhood do not care at all.

Even if it falls into a state of annihilation, it will eventually recover.

Those progenitors who were very close to immortality, such as the Ghost Progenitor, also longed to take their own path to immortality.

As for the fate of those at the bottom?

They don't care. What they care about is the continuation of their ethnic group, and they don't care how many ethnic groups are eliminated in the process.

But while they were not afraid, the ordinary progenitors within the camp were already terrified and had long harbored thoughts of retreat.

"Is all you want just the Origin World?" Ice Peak Ancestor suddenly spoke up, and Wu, Tai, and the others beside him looked at him angrily.

"Correct."

Xiao Yu nodded, "As you should know, the resources needed for the evolution of the progenitors are not important to the lords of our cultivation camp. We care more about the Origin World. And a vast territory contains countless resources in addition to the Origin World, which still belong to you."

"Of course, in this mysterious land, the competition remains fair, and there is no issue of ownership. Whoever obtains the opportunity keeps it," Xiao Yu continued.

The mysterious land has always been a place where everyone relies on their own abilities, and even if you want to seal it off, it's very difficult to do so.

"You promise that for countless years to come, you will never again invade the territory of our Ice Peak faction?" said the Ice Peak Ancestor.

“If both of you agree, we nine lords will promise all the ancestors that we will never expand,” Xiao Yu said.

The originator of ice peaks is clear.

He looked at his companions and said, "What we in the Ice Peak camp need are the resources of the Chaos Origin Space, and we don't pay much attention to the Origin World. Now, the nine lords have collectively promised that they will not expand any further, and we only need to hand over all the Origin Worlds to them."

“I agree,” said the God of Light.

“We don’t need the Source World,” said the Purple Glaze Ancestor.

"agree."

"agree."

The twelve Eternal Ancestral Gods of the Ice Peak Faction all agreed; they didn't care about the Origin World. As for the opinions of the ordinary Primordial Ancestors, none of them cared.

"We agree to your cultivation camp's request and will hand over all the source worlds within our territory to you." The Ice Peak Ancestor looked at Xiao Yu.

"Alright." Xiao Yu then looked at the Heavenly Fire Ancestor and the others, "What is your opinion on the Natural Chaos Origin Faction? Do you agree?"

"We don't have a problem either."

Seeing that the Ice Peak camp had agreed, the Heavenly Fire Ancestor realized that their own Chaotic Origin camp only had four Eternal Ancestral Gods with combat power. Without the alliance of the Ice Peak camp, they would be even less able to deal with Xiao Yu's slaughter.

The four Eternal Ancestral Gods of the Primordial Chaos faction exchanged opinions and quickly decided to abandon the Origin World within their territory.

After all, within the naturally formed Hunyuan faction, only the Infinite Serpent Ancestor truly cared about the Origin World. As for the growth of the other Eternal Ancestral Gods and their descendants, the Origin World had many alternatives and was not essential.

The Infinite Orochi clan, however, is different.

Even the Infinite Serpent Ancestor has perished. The other four Eternal Ancestral Gods of the Natural Chaos Faction, while caring about the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, are even more concerned about the survival of the entire Natural Chaos Faction.

Judging from Lord Xiao Yu's stance, if he doesn't agree, then the fight will continue.

If the fighting continues, the naturally formed Hunyuan faction may be destroyed. Even if it is not destroyed, it will exist in name only, losing most of its ordinary Hunyuan ancestors, and eventually being driven to the outskirts of the territory to eke out a living.

"Okay." Xiao Yu nodded.

The responses from the Natural Chaos faction and the Ice Peak faction were not beyond his expectations.

In this Hengyuan Heavenly Realm, the rule still applies to the various forces: the law of the jungle prevails and the strong are respected.

"Walk."

Led by the God of Light and the God of Heavenly Fire, the ancestors stepped into the space-time passages and went their separate ways.

In the void.

The nine lords, Xiao Yu, Yuan, Xingmang, Luo Feng, Moman, Minghuang, Naigu, Jin, and Wulan, exchanged smiles.

“We have achieved our goal in this confrontation. We have not only occupied a vast territory, but also gained ownership of all the source worlds within 90% of the territory of the Eternal Land,” Yuan said. “We can now take this opportunity to negotiate with all the forces.”

They have already defeated the alliance of the Natural Chaos Faction and the Ice Peak Faction through war, leaving only some weak forces within the Eternal Land.

The remaining forces can be dealt with through negotiation.

“Leave the negotiations to Xingmang,” Yuan said.

“No problem,” Starlight said. “I’m afraid I’ll be busy for the next few hundred million epochs.”

With a single thought, Xingmang can conjure a weak clone within the territory of the target force and send it directly to meet the ancestor of that weak force.

They had all witnessed this terrifying battle from afar and understood the terrifying strength of the cultivation factions. They naturally understood that even the two giants, the Natural Chaos Origin Faction and the Ice Peak Faction, had bowed their heads, so they naturally dared not resist.

Among these weak forces, some were under the command of the Eternal Ancestral God, but seeing that even the Infinite Serpent Ancestor had been killed and annihilated, they all agreed.

However, there is still one unstable factor, namely Mogus.

Mogus, the immortal and eternal ancestral god, prefers to be alone and enjoys devouring the souls of countless living beings. He has no territory under his command.

Or rather, the vast primordial space encompassing the entire Eternal Land is his pasture.

The original land.

The nine avatars of the cultivators all sat down at the dark crystal table.

"All the weaker factions have reached an agreement," Starlight chuckled. "I merely expressed my intentions upon arrival, and they all agreed." (End of Chapter)