Swallowed Star: Wish Fulfillment System

Chapter 994 Refining the Mysterious Land
"Brother Xiao Yu, you're really something! You actually killed all the Chaos Origin life forms on Wind and Thunder Island." Minghuang looked at Thunder Swamp Island in the distance.

The purple-gold soul domain dissipated, and swamps appeared around Wind and Thunder Island, along with a large number of thunder dragons.

"Haha." Xiao Yu nodded and laughed.

“Thunder Island contains seven of the highest-level powers, all of which are thunder and water. I might actually be able to refine them successfully.” Minghuang was very satisfied. “Perhaps I might even be able to advance further.”

Minghuang also hopes to create a new Dao at the level of Hunyuan, just like Xingmang. It can be called thunder, or it can be Hunyuan waterway.

"Then I wish you success in advance." Xiao Yu also hoped that Minghuang could go even further.

Xiao Yu was happier than anyone else that the lords of the cultivation camp had become stronger.

"Then I will go into seclusion on Thunder Swamp Island to cultivate. I hope you will take care of the affairs of the Ice Peak Faction," said Minghuang. Her main combat clone was in seclusion, and although the other clones could handle some affairs, they could not participate in the battle.

Important matters should naturally be shared by other lords.

"Hmm." Xiao Yu nodded, watching the Phoenix transform into lightning and fly into Thunder Swamp Island.

Then, with a single thought, he communicated with the primordial void and teleported away.

Minghuang then ventured deep into Thunder Swamp Island, finding its most mysterious source. Thunder Swamp Island contains seven highest-level powers, and to refine them, one must comprehend four or more of these highest-level powers.

Of these seven powers, four belong to the thunder lineage and three belong to the water lineage.

Of the four highest-level powers of the Thunder lineage, Minghuang has only mastered one of them, 'Purple Flame Thunder,' and still needs to comprehend the other three.

The Phoenix created the Chaotic Origin Level Thunder Dao, and these three types of thunder are the highest level of power. The Phoenix has mastered many of the rules and mysteries contained within them.

For Minghuang, comprehending these three highest-level powers only requires a little time.

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Infinite primordial space.

Numerous beings are watching the cultivation faction. They are either in mysterious places or hidden in special worlds, continuously observing the cultivation faction's every move.

There are also beings who have noticed everything that happened on Raize Island.

"A soul-searching move."

"Another killer move."

"They wiped out all life on Thunder Swamp Island with a single move. Those two ancient beings have been ancestors for a long time. Although they are not immortal, their strength is equivalent to that of an ordinary lord."

"Even so, these two perished instantly."

"Lord Xiao Yu's soul techniques are truly terrifying!"

One by one, the beings were awestruck; Xiao Yu's power terrified them. Within the Chaotic Origin Space, ancient beings made the same decision.

"Temporarily avoid Xiao Yu's brilliance!"

"Leize Island has been taken over by the cultivation faction. It will probably not be long before Lord Minghuang within that faction can completely refine this mysterious place."

The ancestors watched with envy.

The three most common ways for the progenitor to achieve immortality are: first, to evolve their life core and reach a certain level, thus achieving immortality.

Examples include Fangzheng, Ziliu Ancestor, and Shimo Ancestor; this is the most common.

The second method is to control a mysterious place, and merge one's life core with the origin of that mysterious place. If the mysterious place is indestructible, then the body is indestructible. This is how the Infinite Serpent Ancestor achieved this.

The third method is to merge with the highest level of power. As long as the highest level of power within the Hunyuan Space remains intact, the body will not perish. This applies to both Tianhuo and Wu.

The original land.

Haoyue Ridge.

Xiao Yu has returned and is sitting cross-legged in the hall, pondering how to forge weapons.

He had previously acquired many weapons, many of which were of high quality, such as the Heavenly Origin Sword, a treasure containing the five Dao powers of destruction, life, time, space, and causality.

Xiao Yu even used the Heavenly Origin Sword to refine the Heavenly Sword Islands, but this treasure was ultimately more inclined towards the direction of time and space.

"I need a weapon or secret treasure from the Primordial Chaos side, preferably a Primordial Chaos weapon with destruction as its core, so that it will be more powerful and can unleash the full power of the Dao I created." Xiao Yu thought, "However, I haven't completely integrated destruction into the Primordial Chaos Dao yet, so it will be difficult to refine one on my own."

Thinking it over, Xiao Yu temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​refining weapons and treasures, and decided to stick with the Heavenly Origin Sword for the time being.

"Luo Feng has gone to handle the compensation matter for the Blood Crane Territory's encroachment on the cultivation camp's resources." Xiao Yu's clone merged into the River of Destiny, peering into the secrets of fate. He witnessed the battle between Luo Feng and the three progenitors of the Blood Crane Territory, saw Luo Feng's overwhelming advantage, and even saw his attempt to refine the Blood Crane Territory.

Luo Feng really has a lot of good fortune.

"Xiao Yu!"

Xiao Yu sensed the telepathic message from Yuan and, with a thought, sent down an avatar into the council hall.

The meeting hall.

Beside the crystal round table of the Dark Realm, the nine lords—Yuan, Jin, Xiao Yu, Wu Lan, Ming Huang, Luo Feng, Nai Gu, Xing Mang, and Mo Man—seated.

"Everyone, the 1,800 world clusters that the Chaotic Origin Camp offered as compensation have been accepted, and the abandoned Chaotic Origin life forms have been enslaved," Yuan said. "This time, although we have 1,800 more world clusters, the Origin Worlds in these world clusters are scarce; ten of them are not as good as one of our world clusters."

The source worlds within the Natural Chaos faction are constantly having their origins harvested. Each source world is dilapidated, with scarce origins, and thus few living beings are born.

Let alone ten world clusters, even a hundred world clusters cannot compare to one in the cultivation camp.

"However, these world clusters will gradually recover after a long period of repair," Yuan said with a smile. "In short, the gains this time have been great. Also, have you encountered any trouble in demanding compensation for the reclaimed territories?"

"Everything went smoothly." Xiao Yu shook his head.

"No." Wu Lan nodded.

"Just by passing on a message, they offered triple compensation on their own initiative," Jin grinned.

“I’m hunting down Mogus,” Starlight said, frowning. “While we were fighting the Primordial Chaos faction, Mogus devoured the souls of over six million beings from the Origin Worlds. He begged me for mercy, but I ignored him and kept hunting him down. So far, I’ve destroyed 89% of his power.”

"Megus!" Yuan's eyes were filled with endless hatred.

"Magos deserves to die for devouring the souls of living beings!" Xiao Yu felt a surge of killing intent. The expressions of Luo Feng, Jin, and the other lords were all grim.

In the Infinite Chaos Space, the three major forces—the Undying Eternal Land, the Shadow of the Black King, and the Ancestral Sect of the Origin God—combined with those hidden in secret, number only a little over four hundred progenitors.

Mogus was among the most powerful beings in the group; he was skilled in soul power and was virtually immortal. In terms of sheer threat, he was more than thirty progenitors working together.

Even Yuan couldn't do anything to him; only after the birth of Xingmang could he be threatened. Before the birth of Xingmang, no one could do anything to Nagus, and he acted truly recklessly and without restraint.

Mogus did not participate in the fighting, nor did he establish his own faction or power. He did not need any other resources, only one kind of resource—the souls of living beings.

"Mogus is skilled in soul power and can lurk within the bodies of countless beings in the Infinite Chaos Space, making him impossible to kill or annihilate. As long as there are living beings in the Infinite Chaos Space, he is immortal," Xingmang said. "If the Innate Chaos Faction can't deal with Mogus, they should try to win him over. Mogus needs the souls of a massive number of beings, and the Innate Chaos Faction will proactively provide a certain amount of Innate Chaos life for him to devour."

Compared to the souls of naturally born, undifferentiated beings, Mogus preferred the soul power of creatures confined within cages.

The cultivators within the cage may be weak in strength, but they possess extraordinary wisdom, and the taste of their souls is exquisite, making it Mogus's favorite.

The cultivation camp forbids Mogus from setting foot there. Outside the cultivation camp's territory, countless source worlds have long been devoured by the progenitors, and are now in ruins, with very few living beings.

Every time the cultivation faction clashed with the innate chaotic origin faction, Mogus would seize the opportunity to infiltrate the cultivation faction's territory, penetrating each origin world and devouring the souls of living beings.

As soon as this war ended, Starburst began its relentless pursuit. The hunt was across all time and space; every possible hiding place was targeted.

"His power can merge into the souls of countless weak beings. Only starlight can observe the past and future, allowing him to find countless hidden traces and hunt them down," Yuan Wei sighed.

Although Xiao Yu is also skilled in destiny, the Dao of Destiny and the Dao of Time and Space are ultimately different.

While the Path of Destiny can also discern some traces in terms of time perception, it ultimately cannot achieve the same level of detail and comprehensiveness as the Path of Hunyuan Time and Space.

“This time, I will at least destroy 99% of his power, leaving him in a long recovery period,” Starlight said coldly.

Although Mogus is a formidable opponent, he recovers more slowly after being severely injured.

“Once we destroy 99% of Mogus’s power, we won’t have to worry about Mogus’s lurking attacks for at least hundreds of thousands of epochs,” Yuan said.

“Now our cultivation camp has nine lords, and because of Xiao Yu, our situation is much better.” Wu Lan sighed, “Before the lord of Starlight City, that was truly miserable.”

“Magos is immortal and indestructible, there’s no other way.” Yuan sighed slightly. “We can only hurt him so that he won’t dare to come to the cultivation territory again.”

"Has anyone else encountered trouble?" Yuan asked, looking at the group of lords.

“I don’t have it here,” Moman said. “The Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain, who should have been the biggest headache for me, left long before I even notified him. He probably saw the spectacle of Xiao Yu instantly killing dozens of ancestors and got scared.”

Of the original 3,600 world clusters in the cultivation camp, some were seized from the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain.

That part of the world cluster was originally called the Lotus Prison Cluster. The Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain completely ruled that world cluster, and he and his clansmen freely enjoyed the origin of each and every meta-world.

"He's smart to be sensible," Jin sneered.

Previously, the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain had repeatedly taken advantage of the war between the cultivation camp and the innate chaotic origin camp to reoccupy those world groups, trying to re-establish himself.

Although the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain has not yet achieved immortality, his strength is comparable to that of the Heavenly Fire Ancestor. The seven lords had tried to kill him before, but they failed.

The Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain can take root there, borrowing a great deal of power from the Hunyuan Space, and is not afraid of being besieged by ordinary lords. Only Yuan's formation can restrain him.

"Minghuang, are you on Thunder Swamp Island now?" Jin asked.

"Yes, thanks to Lord Xiao Yu for killing the ancestors of Jiu Hai and Ying Lan, I had the opportunity to try to refine the origin of Thunder Swamp Island." Minghuang laughed. "Thunder Swamp Island has been of great help to me and will be helpful for my cultivation. Once refined, my strength will be able to advance even further."

"Are you confident you can refine it?" Jin looked at Minghuang, unable to suppress his envy.

Of the nine lords in the cultivation camp, only three have refined a mysterious land: Xingmang, Yuan, and Xiao Yu have each refined a mysterious land, while Minghuang may become the fourth.

"I'm fairly confident," Minghuang nodded.

"Congratulations!" Yuan said happily.

"Even the Phoenix has found its path, but where is my path of cultivation?" Wu Lan looked on with envy.

Of the nine lords in the cultivation camp, Xiao Yu has clearly surpassed the first step of Eternal Ancestral God, Xing Mang has also become a first step of Eternal Ancestral God, and Yuan has long had a cultivation direction, taking half a step forward above the lord level.

Lord Naigu, though he hasn't taken a single step, has a clear direction in his cultivation: to absorb more ancestral bloodlines. Just recently, the cultivation camp acquired the corpses of as many as fifty-five ancestors, whose bloodlines have been of great help to Naigu.

"Haha, are you envious? Before long, after I've digested the gains from this war, I might be able to take that step even earlier than that old thief." Naigu laughed wildly.

There was a hint of smugness in his laughter, but not a trace of arrogance.

"Luo Feng, has your true form always been in Blood Crane Territory?" Wu Lan ignored the boastful Naigu and looked at Luo Feng. "Blood Crane Territory, this weak force, dares to challenge us?"

Although Blood Crane Territory has three progenitors, the combined strength of these three progenitors is still less than that of either of the two ancient beings, Omino.

“Don’t underestimate the three founders of Blood Crane Territory. The Blood Lord, Crane Lord, and Shadow Lord are all extremely capable of protecting themselves. The three of them working together are quite powerful,” Yuan said with a smile. “Moreover, if they encounter trouble, they will hide in Blood Crane Territory and take advantage of the terrain. Their difficulty in dealing with them is comparable to that of the Lotus Prison Mountain Lord.”

"I think this Blood Crane Territory is destined for Luo Feng," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Haha." Luo Feng also laughed and said, "This Blood Crane Territory is really destined for me. I am trying to refine it, and I am confident that I can refine this mysterious place."

Lords like Jin and Wulan couldn't help but feel envious.

The Infinite Chaos Space is vast, but finding a suitable mysterious place requires a stroke of luck.

"Luo Feng, you've only just become a lord, and you've already found a mysterious place that you can refine yourself?" Naigu exclaimed, at a loss for words.

"I never expected that Blood Crane Territory would suit me so well," Luo Feng said with a smile.

“When I first comprehended the second kind of spacetime Dao, I had the opportunity to find a mysterious place, Time Star, which is also the smallest known mysterious place. It’s even smaller than the council hall,” Starlight said with a smile.

“I’ve been there once, and Time Star is really too small,” Jin said. He was sitting there and occupied one-tenth of the size of Time Star.

“Although the Time Star I refined can travel through the past and future, it is far inferior to Lord Xiao Yu’s Heavenly Sword Islands. I have been cultivating in seclusion in the Heavenly Sword Islands recently,” Xingmang said. “However, the Time Star is indestructible, which has also increased my protective measures.”

“Mysterious places usually combine several top-level powers, and there are always some that we are not good at. Once refined, we can also borrow some of the power of the mysterious place, which will be helpful to ourselves,” Yuan said.

The original land is the mysterious place of Yuan Refining.

(End of this chapter)