Swallowed Star: Wish Fulfillment System

"Furthermore, we have reached three major agreements with the Natural Primordial Chaos faction, marking a new era," Yuan continued. "We also need to determine how the cultivation faction should nurture the next generation in this new era."

The strategy for training naturally needs to be determined by the nine lords.

"First, we need to reclaim a large amount of resources from all the world clusters," Lord Moman said. "Previously, we offered massive amounts of resources for exchange, but the results were not good."

“Although Xiao Yu and Luo Feng both became lords during this period, they didn’t consume that many resources themselves. On the contrary, those younger generations who consumed a lot of resources have all hit a bottleneck in their growth rate.” Lord Naigu also said, “We were able to exchange resources freely because of the previous wars, but although our cultivation camp has vast resources, we can’t afford to waste them.”

“We do need to consider the long term. Reclaiming a large amount of resources is not conducive to cultivation,” Minghuang said. “We only need to reclaim some important resources. Many less rare resources, which can be repeatedly generated, can also be supplied in fixed quantities.”

Inside the council hall, the lords debated how to train the next generation of cultivators.

The lords all agreed to tighten the restrictions. The exchange rights for some important resources that had been relaxed due to the all-out war could still be exchanged, but most of them were taken back, and the exchange conditions for the remaining few were increased by dozens of times. For some extremely important resources, the increase was even hundreds of times.

The resources that the lords consider important are at least at the world-class level, while the resources that are extremely important are those at the lord level.

“The resources available to those cultivators trapped in the cage will also be reduced accordingly,” Jin said.

He had his reasons for saying that.

Jin was originally a life form from the Origin World, similar to a World Beast, that lived by destruction, so naturally he hoped to have more of his kind.

With more resources available to cultivators, they naturally grow stronger faster. This is detrimental to the growth of these destructive life forms.

“We have already taken back many important resources and raised the exchange threshold,” Lord Wulan couldn’t help but say. “Jin, you still want to reduce resources. In this way, the higher-level resources that cultivators can obtain are far too few.”

“Where is it missing?” Jin casually sat on the Dark Realm Crystal chair and shook his head. “When Yuan was weak, there was no lord. There were no good resources back then. Yuan could only rely on himself, and he still became a lord.”

"When I was weak, there were only two lords in the cultivation camp, Yuan and Minghuang, and resources were very scarce. I still made it through."

"And then there are Xiao Yu and Luo Feng. They rose from humble beginnings as ordinary beings at the very bottom of their home world, the Origin World, receiving negligible resources, yet they still gradually became lords, didn't they?" Jin said. "What does that prove?"

"This shows that fewer resources can actually extract greater potential," Jin said. "When resources are given too much, people don't appreciate them."

“I agree with what Brother Jin said,” Xiao Yu said. “If they can still reach the ultimate God King realm with limited resources, then they are worth nurturing. If they can still reach the semi-primordial state with scarce resources, then they are worth focusing on nurturing. If they come into contact with top-tier resources, their potential will explode in a short period of time, and they will have a greater chance of transcending their limitations.”

“After Luo Feng entered the God Emperor stage, he explored entirely on his own, without drawing on any inherited knowledge,” Yuan said.

“The legacy we left behind has actually turned out to be harmful,” Wu Lan agreed.

"Actually, these inheritances do have some use." Although Xiao Yu wanted to agree, the inheritances had been of great help to him in his journey to becoming a lord.

In particular, the two major pathways within his body guided him like beacons.

“The reason why the previous inheritances are harmful is because they contain too much of your aura,” Xiao Yu said with a smile. “These inheritances are the paths you have walked, so they naturally carry your aura. If they refer to these inheritances, they will also be affected and find it difficult to walk their own path.”

“But once they can forge their own path, they will inevitably be geniuses among geniuses. They can remain unaffected by your powerful influence and stick to their own beliefs. Perhaps they can also, like me, create a first-level Chaos Origin Dao, and then quickly create a second or third Chaos Origin Dao,” Xiao Yu said.

Everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

Just as the most exquisite immortal artifacts are those born in the demon realm.

Those who grow up under such severe disadvantages are all the more worthy of cultivation.

Xiao Yu is a case in point.

During his time as a God-King and God-Emperor, he relied on these powerful inheritances and was also influenced by them. However, Xiao Yu was able to discard these influences and become a lord all the way.

Even now, he has created eight different versions of the Hunyuan Dao.

“Only cultivators with a transcendent mind can possibly forge their own path from the inheritances of all of you,” Xiao Yu continued.

Whether one can break free from the influence of tradition depends on one's mental and spiritual will as a key threshold.

“I agree with what Xiao Yu said,” Yuan said. “For inheritances that exceed the cage, the exchange authority will be subject to the requirement of mental will, and the threshold will be raised again.”

"Agree."

"Agree."

The lords all nodded in agreement.

There is a different training strategy for each period.

During this period, they followed Xiao Yu's experience. Although Luo Feng became a lord later, Xiao Yu was much stronger and had become the number one lord.

"Brother Xiao Yu and Brother Luo Feng both rose from the Origin World," Moman said with emotion. "To date, all nine lords have come from the Origin World, which shows that although the billions of worlds we have created have a greater number of living beings, their talents and aptitudes are flawed."

“The world we create is fundamentally different from the original world born of nature,” Yuan said.

Even the Primordial Chaos World created by Xiao Yu is fundamentally different from the Origin World.

This is not something Xiao Yu can change, because fundamentally, the key lies in the Infinite Chaos Space. Just as within the Origin World, some beings are naturally favored by the rules of operation.

“Future resources should be allocated more towards the Origin World,” Wu Lan said. “After all, only in the Origin World can new lords be born.”

“I believe that the existence of catastrophic cultivators should be eliminated within the territory of the cultivation camp,” Luo Feng said. “A cultivator who uses all the living beings in the entire world as resources may achieve something, but he also cuts off the hope of other living beings in the world.”

Luo Feng could understand the law of the jungle.

However, cultivators of the Cataclysmic type often slaughter the living beings of an entire realm, and even through one cycle of reincarnation after another, they continuously reap the rewards of the world's living beings.

Luo Feng disliked such cultivators.

Xiao Yu was displeased, but he wouldn't interfere in the affairs of other lords' territories, as long as there were no catastrophic cultivators in his own territory.

After all, each lord can independently formulate the rules within their own territory.

“Brother Luo Feng, I am a cultivator of the Cataclysmic Realm.” Jin looked at Luo Feng.

“I count too.” Lord Naigu also looked at Luo Feng.

Jin looked at Luo Feng and said, "I was born to be a demon of destruction. Under the influence of the rules of the Origin World, my destiny is to destroy all living beings. This is not something I can decide. Moreover, only by sinking into destruction can one ultimately transcend and control destruction, and ultimately become a lord."

“Every path has its purpose.” Naigu looked at Luo Feng.

"A path that commits heinous crimes and destroys countless lives should not exist," Minghuang said coldly.

“What is sin?” Jin looked at Minghuang. “In this infinite primordial space, there is only strength and weakness. Sin is just your inner prejudice, Minghuang, you are too narrow-minded.”

Yuan looked at it and immediately felt a headache coming on.

Over the long years, the lords have had conflicts over this. King and Naigu are more extreme, while Lord Moman prefers a survival-of-the-fittest approach to education.

Minghuang is the most kind-hearted, and Wulan is also very kind, so they are considered to be of the same faction.

In fact, Yuan was also very kind, but as the nominal leader of the faction, he had to be tolerant of everything, otherwise the faction would fall apart.

Starlight generally does not participate in battles.

In truth, Xiao Yu also admired the survival-of-the-fittest approach to training, but this only applied to cultivators who needed training. He also felt pity for ordinary living beings.

“Alright, stop arguing. Let’s stick to the old rules.” Yuan spoke up to stop the lords’ quarrel. “If you lords have any ideas, you can implement them within your own absolute territories. In other areas of the cultivator’s domain, we will still follow the free-range strategy.”

“Or, we can rely on strength. Whoever can defeat the other lords who join forces, we can do as he says,” Yuan continued.

"I don't care about other territories, but within my territory, there can be a law of the jungle, but there will be no catastrophic cultivators." Xiao Yu didn't want to change the other lords, but the existence of catastrophic cultivators was strictly prohibited within his territory.

He also had the power to subdue the other lords, but he was unwilling to force them. After all, Lords Jin and Naigu also had their own desires.

“Okay.” Yuan nodded in agreement. “The only exception is Xiao Yu’s territory, because he has the strength. Jin, Naigu, if you disagree, you can have a spar.”

Although Xiao Yu only used his soul techniques in the previous battle, Yuan had already made an estimate of Xiao Yu's strength.

"I wouldn't dare," Jin shook his head.

He dared not spar with Xiao Yu; to call it a spar would really mean he was just passively taking a beating.

With 90% of my strength suppressed, how can I possibly fight?

There is absolutely no chance of winning.

“I have no objection either,” Nagu and Lord Moman agreed.

"Sigh." Luo Feng looked at Xiao Yu and sighed inwardly.

He cared for all living beings and wanted to bring about change, but he couldn't persuade the other lords, nor did he have the power to subdue them. His third brother, on the other hand, had the power, but was unwilling to act.

“Next matter.” Yuan began the next matter, “The birth of a new lord requires a grand celebration according to the rules.”

"Let's hold the event after we've conquered and taken over the new territories," Luo Feng said.

“Okay.” Yuan nodded. “Next, the most crucial thing is to formulate a plan for recovering the lost territories and a strategy for taking over the new territories.”

The nine lords began to discuss the matter, and outwardly, they appeared to be united.

Soon, a complete plan was successfully formulated, and each of the nine lords had a task.

The Lords' Meeting has ended.

Xiao Yu's main battle clone did not return to his cave, but instead came to a chaotic world and used the formations within the chaotic world to unleash the River of Destiny.

Suddenly, the vast river of destiny once again enveloped the entire cultivation realm.

With the help of the River of Destiny, Xiao Yu quickly absorbed energy to restore his original state. In the blink of an eye, he returned to his peak condition.

Its internal energy reserves have reached a billion times that of a lord.

This is the limit of the Primordial Body.

However, this is not the limit of the three-step eternal ancestral god.

According to Xiao Yu's estimation, a billion times the energy reserve is merely the threshold for entering the third step of the Eternal Ancestral God realm. Only when his future destiny is perfectly integrated into the Primordial Dao will he truly become a third-step Eternal Ancestral God, at which point his physical energy reserve will reach a terrifying ten trillion times.

Moreover, the energy is more refined.

The Eternal Ancestral God has nine steps in total. These nine steps are not only about mastering more of the Dao, but also about the evolution of the energy within the body.

Simultaneously.

The original place, inside Xiao Yu's cave.

Xiao Yu's clone is also accepting new subordinates. In fact, most of the subordinates have not changed much, but there are still slight increases and decreases.

"Greetings, Lord." The thirty-four world-class Chaos Origin beings and more than twenty million advanced Chaos Origin beings all bowed respectfully.

“This time, a new lord has been born in our cultivation camp, and new territories have been incorporated into our cultivation camp. Naturally, the territories assigned to me have also changed.” Xiao Yu looked at his subordinates below and said, “According to the current situation of the territories, I have five commanders, twenty garrison generals, and twenty-seven inspectors under my command.”

The original territories of the cultivation camps were relatively close to each other, with one inspector assigned to every hundred world groups.

The newly acquired territories are far apart between world groups, so one patrol is assigned to every fifty world groups.

The positions of commander, garrison general, and inspector seem to require fifty-two people.

In fact, the garrison general can also serve as a patrol officer. After all, a weak clone can patrol a region simply by using the lord's formation.

Xiao Yu arranged all of these things one by one.

"I still have 18 world clusters under my command that were once occupied by Omino." Xiao Yu looked at his subordinates and instructed, "Chen Feng, go to Omino and make them pay compensation as soon as possible. If they refuse, just return."

"Yes," Chen Feng replied.

The nine lords had already discussed and determined a strategy for how to reclaim the lost territories.

However, less than half a day after the war ended, most of the forces that had invaded the cultivation faction's world group quietly left.

The battle between the cultivation factions was being watched closely by many beings in the Infinite Chaos Space, especially the forces that had taken the opportunity to invade the World Cluster, who were all paying close attention.

They naturally also saw Xiao Yu, whose terrifying strength allowed him to crush more than 120 ancestors.

They were confident that they didn't have the strength to withstand Xiao Yu's attack intact.

Those with weaker forces quietly left after the war ended, while those with stronger forces hesitated for only a few moments before departing as well.

Only the Ice Peak faction, which had originally occupied seventy-two world clusters, has quietly withdrawn from forty-three of them.

Twenty-nine world clusters remain, still under occupation.

However, this concerns the Ice Peak faction, and these twenty-nine world clusters require the lords to work together to resolve.

Although all territories within Xiao Yu's domain have been recovered, he will not let them go. Those forces that previously seized territory will naturally have to pay the price for their aggression. (End of Chapter)