Swallowed Star: Wish Fulfillment System

Chapter 977 Conspiracy
"Only then can one forge an eternal path of immortality and indestructibility." King Tianhuo laughed, picked up the wine cup on the stone table beside him and drank it all in one gulp. Instantly, the source within his body surged, and then he let out a comfortable sigh.

Instantly, the surrounding world seemed to be experiencing the birth and destruction of a new world, with dazzling colorful light illuminating the entire hall.

“Indeed, within my naturally formed Hunyuan camp, the strength of Guizu, Binghai, Huanglang, and Wujin is also quite remarkable. Their strength is no weaker than that of ordinary lords, but without immortality, they cannot be called eternal.” Wuwang nodded and said, his voice seemingly faint, ethereal and eerie, as if containing endless power.

Just hearing one sound is enough to make all the vitality in one's body vanish into nothingness.

However, the four people present were all Eternal Ancestral Gods at the same level as him, and each of them had a normal expression and their smiles remained unchanged.

The four Eternal Ancestral Gods of the Natural Chaos faction enjoyed delicious food and fine wine while waiting for the arrival of the last member.

"call!"

A towering figure descended outside the Heavenly Fire Realm, and then transformed into a beam of red light, flying into the Heavenly Fire Realm.

This towering figure, resembling a giant serpent, easily traversed the area shrouded in endless flames. The flames, capable of burning time and space, failed to incinerate even a speck of dust from the towering figure.

"King Tianhuo, the aura of your dojo is truly annoying." The Infinite Serpent landed in the main hall of the stone palace and looked at the four figures, Tianhuo, Wu, Tai, and Ni, who were already sitting to the side.

He was skilled in the Void Realm and was the most adept at traversing, yet he was the last to arrive.

"Infinite, you've finally arrived." King Skyfire sneered.

"Heavenly Fire, now that we've reached the limit, let's get down to business. I need to go into seclusion to cultivate afterward," said Anni. He was like a cultivator from the Enlightenment lineage, his once towering body shrinking as he sat cross-legged on a stone chair, radiating boundless majesty.

"Infinite, throughout the long past, the wars against the cultivators have always been led by you. Although we have always had the upper hand in each war, the losses have been considerable. Not a single lord in the cultivator camp has been lost; in fact, their numbers have increased. This time, King Tianhuo led us to kill a lord in one fell swoop. I suggest that King Tianhuo lead this war," said King Wu.

“Alright,” said Tai, his voice booming and shaking the heavens and earth.

“I have no objection to who leads,” Anni said. He has very few subordinates and generally does not participate in external battles, nor is he keen on fighting. The reason he has not left the Tian Sheng Hun Yuan camp is because the Tian Sheng Hun Yuan camp is still the number one force among the many ancestors.

Hiding in there would reduce his worries, and he could also occasionally obtain some resources and enjoy more convenience.

"Alright," Infinite Serpent nodded. Among the five progenitors, Infinite Serpent was the most familiar with the cultivation factions. However, his battle record was another story.

Seeing that even the Infinite Serpent nodded in agreement, King Tianhuo said with satisfaction, "It is a joyous occasion to annihilate Xiao Yu in one fell swoop, and it is also a rare opportunity. We must go all out to drive out the cultivator camp."

"The cultivator faction occupies a total of 3600 world clusters, and it's the most densely populated area," Wu Wang said angrily.

The boundless primordial space is vast and boundless, but the distribution of world groups is like that of planets in the mortal starry sky, with varying degrees of density and sparseness.

The cultivation camp occupies the most densely populated area.

Initially, the Lord Yuan occupied a territory and protected a world group. However, as powerful lords emerged one after another, they occupied more territory and even went to war with forces such as the Natural Chaos Origin Faction.

After a long period of struggle, the 3,600 world clusters now occupied by the cultivation factions have come to be. Originally, these areas all had owners, some belonging to the naturally formed Hunyuan faction, and others to other forces.

Once the cultivation faction occupied a region, it wouldn't allow the ancestors of other forces to arbitrarily deprive the source world of its origin, which displeased many ancestors.

Moreover, the cultivator faction with seven lords already occupies 3,600 world clusters. If the cultivator faction gains more lords, it will inevitably expand outwards again.

This is something the naturally formed Hunyuan faction cannot tolerate.

Some smaller forces are powerless against the cultivation faction and dare not rashly initiate a war, but the naturally formed Hunyuan faction is different.

This time, the Natural Chaos faction is determined to go all out to drive out the cultivation faction.

"Everyone, our Primordial Chaos Faction has a total of 236 progenitors, and our main enemies in the Infinite Primordial Chaos Space are the Cultivation Faction and the Ice Peak Faction," said King Tianhuo. "While facing the Cultivation Faction, we also need to reserve our strength to deal with anything that may happen to the Ice Peak Faction."

"I propose that at least 180 Primordial Warriors be deployed to drive Yuan and the others out of the camp's territory in one go. No matter how strong those seven are, they are nothing but drifting duckweed," the Infinite Serpent said.

“One hundred and eighty ancestors is too many. Even without Xiao Yu, the seven of them combined, even with Yuan’s array assistance, would be equivalent to at most eighty ancestors working together. Moreover, not every ancestor in my Natural Chaos Origin camp is willing to fight, and some are exploring dangerous areas and it will be difficult for them to return in a short time,” said Tai.

He also didn't want to fight.

Isn't a peaceful and stable spiritual practice enjoyable?

"Our primary concern is the struggle against the Ice Peak faction. Once war breaks out, the Ice Peak faction might take advantage of the situation. Moreover, we all know that the Yuan faction of the cultivation faction and the Ice Peak and Sand Boat factions of the Ice Peak faction have a good relationship. Whether it's for public or private reasons, there's a good chance that the Ice Peak faction will take the opportunity to launch a war," Wu Wang nodded in agreement.

“Yuan’s relationship with Bingfeng and Shazhou is a personal one, involving factional interests, and everything is unknown. Originally, some of our ancestors in the Tian Sheng Hun Yuan faction also had a good relationship with Yuan, but when faced with factional interests and the survival of the race, all of this has to be compromised.” The Infinite Serpent said, “Moreover, I’m not saying that everyone should be mobilized. Aren’t there still fifty-six ancestors left behind? That should be enough to deal with the Bingfeng faction.”

……

For a time, arguments and discussions raged within the ancient hall. Infinite Serpent advocated going all out, while Wu and Tan were more conservative.

Neither of them proposed consulting with the Ice Peak faction during the war.

Because when faced with the interests of their respective factions, all agreements are as fragile as paper and can be torn up at will.

"Everyone, I have just contacted all the ancestors. Within the past three eras, there are a total of 129 people in my Heavenly Chaos Origin camp who are able to fight and willing to fight. In addition, Wu and Wuxian will attack together." King Tianhuo made the final decision. "Tai and Ni will stay behind to deal with any unforeseen circumstances."

"it is good."

"agree."

Infinite Serpent, Wu, Tai, and Ni all nodded in agreement.

And so, this momentous war, involving thousands of world groups and affecting countless powerful beings, was decided in this ancient and simple hall, through the words of five eternal ancestral gods.

Meanwhile, the starlight, far away in the origin, seemed to be present at the scene, permeating time and space to witness all of this.

The seven members of Yuanhe Xingmang are also preparing, doing everything possible to resist.

……

The spiritual world.

All forms of power cease to exist, only the power of the soul remains.

Xiao Yu was also using his soul power to comprehend the many mysteries manifested in the spiritual world, layer upon layer of mysteries, as numerous as endless particles.

Xiao Yu did not rush to merge with it, but instead devoted himself to comprehending all the mysteries of the soul.

As time passed, one era passed in the endless primordial space, while in this spiritual world, one hundred thousand eras had passed.

Ten thousand epochs is dozens of times longer than the time it took Xiao Yu to grow from birth to becoming a lord.

But these long years passed in the blink of an eye as Xiao Yu comprehended the mysteries of the soul.

"The mysteries of a billion soul Dao rules." Xiao Yu opened his eyes, a trace of weariness showing in them.

Without the nourishment of a physical body, his soul power recovered much more slowly. After ten thousand epochs of non-stop comprehension and research, which consumed a great deal of energy, he finally felt a bit tired.

Xiao Yu really wanted to sleep for a long time, but he couldn't.

Because he is now in a spirit form, he cannot fall asleep.

"I can vaguely sense that I have comprehended enough of the profound mysteries of the rules. Now, what I need to do is figure out how to perfectly integrate them into one," Xiao Yu thought to himself.

He was also secretly anxious.

Although he had already glimpsed the secrets of heaven and the future before entering this spiritual world, he also knew that fate was full of infinite possibilities.

If he makes a wrong move, everything he sees may change.

He was unable to perceive anything within this spiritual world, nor did he know how to integrate with it.

He needs to figure all of this out for himself.

Thinking of Yuan and Xingmang in the cultivation camp, his wife Cuiyu, his children, parents, and many clansmen, Xiao Yu's heart gradually calmed down.

Calm your mind and concentrate.

Xiao Yu continued his cultivation, beginning to comprehend the profound principles of the fusion of rules.

He began to try to integrate more rules and mysteries into the soul path at the semi-primordial level. First, he used soul power to simulate and deduce, eliminating unsuitable integration methods, and then tried various possible integration methods.

The first attempt to fuse the profound mysteries of the soul rules failed.
The second attempt also failed.

……

Xiao Yu tried again and again, failing each time, until finally succeeding once after nearly ten thousand years.

"Finally, it's a success." Xiao Yu was secretly delighted. Then, with a wave of his hand, an invisible force flew out of the seventeen-colored protective shield and flew towards the soul world that was attacking from afar.

The soul world was accumulating endless killing intent when suddenly an invisible force struck the towering world membrane of the soul world, but it failed to produce even a ripple.

"The fusion method has significant shortcomings, and the power it can unleash is minimal; this fusion is less than one in a billion," Xiao Yu sighed slightly.

His first successful fusion could actually be considered a failure.

"Continue." Xiao Yu was not disappointed.

If you succeed once, you'll succeed a second and a third time, and eventually you'll achieve a perfect fusion.

Next, Xiao Yu continued his deduction experiments.

After numerous attempts and failures, they finally succeeded in merging into one on their second attempt.

"boom!"

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yu unleashed an invisible force that attacked the seemingly ordinary soul world. This time, the world membrane of the soul world rippled, but it still failed to penetrate the membrane.

"You've reached the Lord level, not bad, keep going." Xiao Yu understood that they still hadn't perfectly merged into one and created a soul path at the Hunyuan level.

Xiao Yu continued to try.

……

Even after two hundred thousand years, they still could not perfectly merge into one.

“Three hundred thousand epochs have passed, which is equivalent to three epochs in the outside world. Hundreds of millions of attempts were made, and a total of thirty-six fusions were successfully completed. Among them, three fusion methods can unleash world-class power, twenty-six can unleash lord-level power, six can unleash first-step Eternal Ancestral God-level power, and one can unleash power comparable to second-step Eternal Ancestral God-level power,” Xiao Yu analyzed.

Even the most powerful fusion method is still not perfect.

"I've hit a bottleneck," Xiao Yu sighed.

Since the seventeenth successful experiment that yielded the most powerful fusion method, each subsequent attempt has been weaker than the last.

In the end, even the power of the Lord fell from the level of Lord to the level of World-class Chaos Origin.

Clearly, Xiao Yu has hit a bottleneck.

"Perhaps I should try more, and perhaps I can gain more insights from the battles," Xiao Yu thought.

suddenly--

A vibrant soul world swept in, and this seemingly ordinary soul world contained a killing intent and power that had reached the level of a second-step eternal ancestral god.

"Then I will fight using the strongest soul fusion method." Xiao Yu thought, and his body, constructed from soul power, had already quietly changed.

His soul body suddenly became incredibly dense, almost tangible, radiating a terrifying aura.

At this moment, his soul was enhanced billions of times, reaching the level of a second-step eternal ancestral god.

With a wave of his hand, an immense amount of soul power condensed, forming a vast and boundless soul hand. This soul hand, seemingly capable of blotting out the sky, suddenly stretched out and instantly crossed the seventeen-colored protective barrier.

He grasped the approaching soul world, his hand gradually tightening, and within his palm, endless soul power formed endless soul chains that entwined the soul world.

The soul chains kept contracting, as if they were trying to ensnare and strangle the soul world.

"Boom~"

The vast world of souls rotated and spun continuously, annihilating the power of the soul chains. One soul chain after another was broken, and then a new soul chain was born.

Moreover, the endless soul chains seemed to be aided by an array, unifying all their power and unleashing even greater might.

The Hand of Souls and the World of Souls collided and eroded each other, generating shockwaves that spread in all directions.

Shockwaves rippled through the seventeen-colored protective shield, yet not a single ripple was created.

"what!"

Suddenly, a shrill scream rang out, and the endless creatures in the soul world all let out endless cries, as if their souls were being subjected to endless torment.

Amidst these pitiful howls, a unique killing intent surged into the soul world. Suddenly, the power contained within this secret technique of the soul world increased to a new level.

The endless chains of souls were instantly broken and eroded away, and the Hand of Souls was also obliterated with overwhelming force.

As the soul's killing intent, which had already reached the level of a third-step Eternal Ancestral God, attacked, the seventeen-colored protective shield remained as stable as ever, without producing the slightest tremor.

"What was that just now?" Xiao Yu exclaimed in astonishment. "How could a soul's scream generate such power!"

(End of this chapter)