Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

Within the Eternal Garden, the flow of time seems to carry the fragrance of the divine spring.

Xu Yang's divine power avatar still held Meng Cha's slightly cool, soft hand, feeling the longing and yearning hidden deep in her heart.

"Yu Ji is impulsive but pure of heart. With Cangya looking after her and the life-saving item I gave her, her safety is assured. Cangya is a bit heavy-hearted, but he is very respectful to all of us..."

"It's a good thing that the three of you are going through reincarnation together. My main body over there can pick up all three of you at once," Xu Yang said with a smile. Cangya has the Star Tower, and with Mengcha and her mother going through reincarnation with him, at least there's no need to worry about anything happening before he uses the Karma Talisman to find them.

……

Fifty years later, at the core of the Chaos Temple, the Altar of Reincarnation.

This is a massive platform suspended at the edge of the primordial sea of ​​the universe, entirely forged from chaotic crystals, and inscribed with countless complex and profound divine runes of laws.

At this moment, many true gods and powerful beings from Xu Yang's universe stood solemnly in the void surrounding the altar.

The Devouring God, Zhenjiao, Ezhou, the Old Beast God, the Zerg Queen, the Giant Axe Founder, the Chaos God, and many newly promoted Primal Gods all wore solemn expressions.

This marks the first time since the establishment of Xu Yang Universe that a core member has officially "ventured into reincarnation," making it exceptionally significant.

In the center of the altar, three figures stood out.

Yu Ji had transformed into human form, clad in the shimmering "Firefly" armor, her long, dark green hair tied up, exuding a heroic and spirited air. Her exquisitely beautiful face was filled with the fearlessness and excitement of a newborn calf, while her eyes held a deep longing for her father and the excitement of their impending reunion.

Cangya remained a wolf-headed human, dressed in a simple black robe with hidden star patterns, his aura as deep and imposing as a mountain. In his hands he held up the ancient and desolate Star Tower, now shrunk to about a foot tall. The starlight on the tower was restrained, yet it exuded a heavy aura that suppressed everything.

His gaze was deeper than Yu Ji's, filled with caution about the road ahead, and even more so with a resolute determination to reach the summit.

Meng Cha, with a human body and a snake tail, stands gracefully and proudly.

At this moment, the aura emanating from the three of them had already reached the level of Void True God!
Xu Yang's divine avatar swept his gaze over Yu Ji, Cangya, and Meng Cha, his voice like the primordial sound of the universe, resounding throughout the altar and echoing in the hearts of all the true gods present:

"Yu Ji, Cang Ya, Meng Cha".

"You were born and raised in this sea, and today you have achieved perfect cultivation, reaching the pinnacle of this realm. The path ahead lies beyond reincarnation, vast and boundless, teeming with powerful beings, where opportunities and dangers coexist, and where your true path of cultivation truly unfolds!"

"Yu Ji, your foundation is complete, and your infinite divine body has boundless potential. However, you must remember that the Great Dao is as deep as the abyss. Avoid arrogance and impetuosity, think things through carefully, and consult with your senior brother. The road ahead is not this world. Even with the foundation laid by your father, it is not an easy path."

"Cangya, you have a strong will, the Star Tower by your side, and a profound foundation. There may be constraints on the road ahead, but constraints are also whetstones. After reincarnation, there will be an opportunity to ascend to heaven, but everything depends on yourself. Protect your junior sister, and also protect your own Dao heart."

“My wife, you are meticulous and your understanding of the laws has reached perfection. In this journey to reincarnation, with you protecting Yuji, I feel most at ease. However, within the passage, the chaotic will washes over you, and the fragments of the laws are like knives. You must use yourself as a boat and your will as a sail. Do not worry or fear, and guard your true self.”

Meng Cha's emerald green eyes met Xu Yang's gaze. Beneath her elegant and noble demeanor, a deep-seated concern and excitement for her upcoming journey intertwined. She nodded slightly, her red lips parted, and her voice, carrying the unique coolness of the snake race and the firmness of the moment, said: "Husband, rest assured, I will definitely protect Yu Ji and Cang Ya. Following your guidance, we will arrive safely."

She looked at her spirited daughter and her steady, mountain-like senior disciple beside her, and the turmoil in her heart caused by their separation was slowly soothed by her powerful maternal instincts and Daoist resolve.

After reincarnation, there lies her husband whom she followed throughout her life, and a wider world. This is not only the path for her children, but also the necessary path for her to seek a higher breakthrough.

"Yes! Father (Master)! Master's wife, rest assured!" Yu Ji and Cang Ya's voices rang out at the same time, strong and clear, filled with fearlessness about the road ahead and absolute trust in their master (father).

"Go!" Xu Yang's divine avatar said no more, his eyes filled with expectation.

He raised his hand, and three beams of chaotic divine light, far more refined and containing clearer coordinates and a protective will than when he bestowed them upon Yu Ji and Cang Ya, instantly entered the three people's brows!

hum!
The Star Tower itself trembled slightly, and a layer of warm yet incredibly tough starlight shield suddenly shone from the tower's foot-high body, like a miniature cosmic barrier, instantly enveloping Yu Ji, Meng Cha, and Cang Ya!
This light shield is filled with the protective power of the Star Tower's origin. Even with Cangya's strength as a newly entered Void True God, it is enough to withstand the full-force attack of an ordinary peak Void True God!

If it were based on the Star Tower's own material, let alone a Void True God, even Xu Yang himself wouldn't be able to crack it in the slightest...

The three of them made no further hesitation.

boom--! ! !
hum!hum!hum!
The entire Reincarnation Altar erupted with unprecedented brilliance, and the entire Three Thousand Star Domains seemed to resonate with it. The Origin Sea of ​​the Universe surged with towering waves, and endless primordial power, as if drawn by a black hole, poured into the center of the altar.

In the perceptions of Yu Ji, Cang Ya, and Meng Cha, their will, supported by the Star Tower's protective light shield and their own divine power, was instantly elevated to an indescribable dimension—

Deep within the Peak Realm, the colossal vortex passage—swirling with hazy, chaotic energy, filled with countless shattered blades of law, roaring turbulent energy currents, and the soul-chilling pressure of chaotic will—was clearly and incredibly awe-inspiringly presented before their "eyes"!
The cycle of reincarnation.

An opportunity to transcend the cosmic ocean!

"go!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the three used the Star Tower's protective shield as a vessel and their own vast divine power as oars to forcefully propel this "divine vessel" carrying their hopes and future away from Xu Yang's small universe and head towards the Peak Realm!
Rumble——! ! !
The altar erupted with a chaotic pillar of light that pierced through the cosmic sky, completely engulfing the three figures. Ignoring the cosmic barrier, the pillar of light vanished instantly into the endless void.

"They're gone..." The murmurs of the onlookers, the true gods, still echoed in the garden the moment the pillar of light disappeared.

Xu Yang's divine avatar stood quietly at the edge of the altar, his gaze piercing through the void, following the vanishing pillar of light, and casting it toward the unknown, magnificent continent of origin.

"Okay, off you go. Good luck, that's where your world is." Xu Yang encouraged loudly, with expectation, "And I... will be at the end, guiding you back home."

……

Just as Yu Ji, Cang Ya, and Meng Cha, carrying the protective light shield of the Star Tower, recklessly crashed into the vortex of the reincarnation passage deep within the Inclined Peak Realm, where chaotic currents surged—in the distant Origin Continent, in the Green Wave Divine Kingdom, in the City of Xuan Hu.

Today, the walls of Xuanhu City still stand majestically like mountains, with a warm, chaotic divine light flowing across them. These are guardian runes that the city lord has imbued with the will of the Chaos Sovereign, exuding a reassuring aura of weight and stability.

Inside the city, wide avenues crisscross, bustling with traffic and crowds.

The buildings stand side by side, and shops line the streets. A dazzling array of rare and exotic goods from all over the Green Wave Kingdom and even other divine kingdoms are on display, creating a bustling and vibrant atmosphere.

The air was filled with a vibrant atmosphere, a blend of rich divine energy and the bustling life of the city.

Outside the city, the vast plains and forests offer a rare tranquility and peace.

All these changes originated from one person—the city lord!
But the real root of the problem lies with Guji, a Chaos Beast under Xu Yang's command!
Back when Xu Yang first took control of Xuanhu City, Guji, seeking a breakthrough opportunity, secretly issued a beast-slaying order with Xu Yang's tacit approval. It offered bounties regardless of cost, and frantically hunted down all the eternal true god-level beasts around Xuanhu City and even in the wider wilderness area.

It was a bloody feast, and also an ecological cleansing.

The powerful eternal beasts were slaughtered by the Xuanhu City experts who sought the bounty. Those who managed to escape fled far away and dared not approach Xuanhu City again within a trillion miles.

What remains are only some low-level beasts that pose no threat.

Without the threat of apex predators, the wilderness outside Xuanhu City became a relatively safe hunting ground and resource gathering area.

Safety is the cornerstone of prosperity.

The countless tribes, villages, and small towns under the rule of Xuanhu City were no longer in danger of being destroyed, and their people were able to recuperate, multiply, and prosper.

In just a few decades, the population of Xuanhu City and its surrounding territories has increased by more than 30% compared to the past. The large increase in population has brought abundant labor, strong consumer demand, and a steady stream of tax revenue.

With the city lord's treasury overflowing, Xu Yang ordered the expansion of the city, the strengthening of defenses, the repair of roads, the construction of public training grounds, and the reduction of some tax rates... Under this virtuous cycle, Xuanhu City, this pearl, became increasingly dazzling, and its prosperity ranked among the top in the entire Green Wave Kingdom!
In the western district of Xuanhu City, in a quiet area paved with bluestone, stands a mansion that, while not the largest in scale, is ancient and dignified in style, exuding an aura of perseverance.

Above the gate of the mansion, there is a black wooden plaque with two large, elegant characters that read "Ku Mansion".

This is the place where the descendants of the Kuyanju tribe were specially rescued by Xu Yang and given a place to settle down!
After years of recuperation, the Kuyan tribe, under the leadership of its current chieftain, a calm and resolute eternal true god, has achieved a unique status, even though its overall strength and wealth are not yet among the top families in Xuanhu City.

They were a family personally rescued and settled by City Lord Xu Yang. The City Lord's Mansion took good care of them, and the City Guard paid special attention to their territory.

This relationship meant that even the most established and powerful families and merchant guilds in Xuanhu City dared not easily provoke the Ku Clan.

"Not to be trifled with" has become one of the most distinctive labels of the Kuyan tribe in Xuanhu City.

At this moment, deep within the city lord's mansion, in a quiet room entirely constructed of chaotic crystals, isolated from all detection.

The light was dim, and the air was filled with the heavy, ancient atmosphere characteristic of chaotic air currents.

Within the spatial treasures.

The enormous yet pure white and sacred Beast Guji was currently coiled up inside. Compared to changing its appearance, it preferred to manifest its true form. However, Xu Yang usually did not allow it to reveal its Beast identity, so if it wanted to manifest its true form, it could only hide in a spatial treasure.

His six eyes were half-open and half-closed, and floating in front of him was a strange talisman the size of a palm, made of neither gold nor jade, with countless mysterious causal threads flowing on its surface—it was the causal positioning talisman bestowed by Xu Yang!
The talisman emitted a faint yet incredibly resilient causal fluctuation, like an invisible thread that pierced through the meditation room, the city lord's mansion, the guardian runes of Xuanhu City, and even the territorial barriers of the Green Wave Divine Kingdom, stretching far into the unfathomable distance, connecting with the three familiar auras that were struggling through the cycle of reincarnation.

Outside the Guji Quiet Room, eight figures stood solemnly.

They were clad in uniform black armor befitting the Xuanhu City Guard, their auras deep and restrained, like lurking ferocious beasts. Each one exuded the powerful pressure of a peak Eternal True God! They were one of Xuanhu City's visible strengths, Xu Yang's most elite "Xuanjia Guards"!
With just a single command, they would follow Guji to provide support.

……

Deep within the Peak Realm, inside the Cycle of Reincarnation.

There is no direction, no concept of time, only eternal chaos and disorder.

The raging energy turbulence was like billions of invisible blades, frantically cutting through the protective light shield erected by the Star Tower.

Each impact unleashed dazzling sparks of energy, causing violent ripples to spread across the surface of the light shield and emitting a teeth-grinding hum. If not for the Star Tower's extraordinary material, the sheer force of this omnipresent energy turbulence alone would have been enough to utterly tear apart an ordinary True God-level treasure!
The shattered fragments of laws, like sharp remnants left by the creation and destruction of the universe, are mixed in with the turbulent currents. They contain incomplete and even conflicting mysteries of the laws, like the most bizarre toxins, constantly trying to erode, assimilate, and distort the protective shield and will surrounding the three.

The most terrifying thing is the omnipresent, heavy, and suffocating chaotic pressure!
It seemed to be the manifestation of the rules of the entire source world, carrying an immense power that disregarded and crushed everything, constantly washing over the souls of the three. Under this pressure, even thinking became incredibly difficult, as if they would be swept away into blankness by this merciless torrent of chaos at any moment, completely losing themselves.

Inside the light shield of the Star Tower, there is a relatively stable miniature space.

Yu Ji sat cross-legged, her "Firefly" armor shimmering with light as she desperately resisted the shocks from the external erosion. Her pretty face was slightly pale, and she bit her lower lip tightly, clearly enduring immense pressure.

Cangya was at the very front, his wolf-headed face as cold and stern as iron.

He pressed his hands together, and boundless divine power, like an inexhaustible spring, continuously flowed into the Star Tower in his hands. The Star Tower's light became stable, and the ancient runes on its body lit up one by one, radiating a great power to suppress all evil and stabilize the void, forcefully carving out this pure land in the raging chaotic passage.

His will was as firm as a rock, far more resolute than Yu Ji's, having reached the level of an eternal true god! (End of Chapter)