Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 603 Starlight: Chen Yuan is Destined to Become a Lord

Meanwhile, deep within the endless primordial space.

Inside a quiet cave dwelling in the core area of ​​the original land.

A towering figure, like a pillar of heaven, sat cross-legged. The power of the Great Dao seemed to emanate from him, and the energy he exhaled with each breath could easily extinguish billions of universes.

"Yuan!"

An urgent voice suddenly came from outside the cave. The towering figure opened his eyes, his gaze seemingly reflecting the rise and fall of time and space.

He slowly spoke, "Starlight, what is it? Come in and tell me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared in the quiet room. This person looked like a black-clad youth, but seemed to be the embodiment of time and space. Just by standing there, the surrounding time and space involuntarily converged towards him.

This young man in black was none other than the Lord of Hunyuan, known as "Starlight".

"Yuan, what's the story behind the Origin Continent?"

Without any pleasantries, Xingmang cut straight to the point, his tone even carrying a hint of accusation: "That's your territory. Don't tell me you don't know what happened there."

The Origin World, where the Origin Continent is located, belongs to the Dark World Group, and this world group is now within the territory of the Origin.

Hearing his friend's question, Yuan remained calm and smiled, saying, "I didn't expect that a small source world could attract your attention."

"Starlight, did you see something?"

Xingmang is the lord who controls the Chaotic Origin Spacetime Dao. He has countless avatars existing in the past and future spacetime, thus he can observe all kinds of changes in the endless Chaotic Origin Space in the future.

"Just now, my clone passed by the Dark World Cluster and suddenly sensed the collapse of the future timeline, starting from the Dark World Cluster and quickly spreading to the entire Chaos Origin Space."

"After careful investigation, I discovered that the cause of the timeline collapse was a cultivator, and this person came from the Origin World, which is called the Origin Continent."

As he spoke, Xingmang gave Yuan a deep look: "You should know what I'm talking about."

Yuan nodded; he certainly understood the significance behind it.

In the eyes of the Lord of Hunyuan, the future timeline is dynamic and uncertain.

Because the Endless Chaotic Space is so vast, with countless lives existing within it, even the slightest influence can trigger large-scale changes in the timeline. Even Starlight, as a lord, cannot guide the entire world toward a certain ending.

There is only one situation that can cause the timeline to collapse—that is the birth of a new lord!

"When I noticed this life named Chen Yuan, his future had already come to a close. In all timelines, no external influence could prevent him from ascending to the realm of the Lord of Hunyuan."

Xingmang took a deep breath: "In other words, he—is destined to become the Lord of Hunyuan."

"Yuan, I don't believe you wouldn't know about something this big happening in our territory."

Although the Origin Continent is just an insignificant source world within the Dark World Cluster, no movement within it can escape Yuan's notice.

It should be noted that even if only one ultimate-level God-King was born on the Origin Continent, Yuan would send an avatar to meet with him, let alone someone who might become a lord.

Such talent, even if the opponent is still very weak, is like a beacon in the darkness in the eyes of the lord, and cannot be ignored.

Sure enough, Yuan nodded: "You're right, I have indeed been keeping an eye on Chen Yuan."

Xingmang frowned: "So you're just going to watch and do nothing?"

Even if there's only a one in a hundred million chance of someone becoming a Hunyuan Lord, they will protect them, let alone someone who is 100% guaranteed to become a lord.

Such a talent would cause any lord to immediately move the person to a safe place once they sensed even the slightest sign of it.

Otherwise, staying in a small source world, one day you might be carelessly overrun by naturally born chaotic life forms.

Therefore, Xingmang was very puzzled. Since Yuan had noticed it, why didn't he take any action? He didn't even notify them, the lords.

If he hadn't suddenly noticed the timeline shift today, he wouldn't even have known that such a thing existed in an ordinary source world.

"I've been keeping an eye on him," Yuan said, shaking her head slightly. "That's enough."

With him watching over things, no naturally born chaotic life form can get close to the Origin Continent, not even the Origin Ancestor.

As for the disputes within the Origin World, Yuan considered them to be nothing more than minor squabbles, and those little disturbances could not possibly affect Chen Yuan's safety.

Therefore, he has never interfered with Chen Yuan in any way, nor has he even shown up to meet him.

Xingmang frowned slightly. He knew very well that since Yuan was keeping a close eye on things, the other party's safety was basically guaranteed, but—

"Shouldn't we take him to the primordial place?" Starlight asked. "What resources can he gain by staying in the source world? Aren't you just slowing him down?"

"And why didn't you inform the other lords of his existence?"

"Don't you know how dire the situation is between us and the naturally formed Chaotic Life Force? The Beigu World Cluster will soon fall! And the news of a new lord's impending birth is enough to invigorate the other lords."

"I don't understand why there's any need to hide this news."

In the future that Xingmang saw, Chen Yuan would definitely break through to the Hunyuan Lord realm by the latest ten thousand epochs, which was already a very short time for them.

It should be understood that each of the seven lords today has cultivated for at least tens of trillions of epochs, or even hundreds of trillions of epochs, before successfully breaking through.

Even the "Begu World Cluster" that Xingmang said was about to fall, could actually still hold out for tens of thousands of epochs. This is the Hunyuan Lord's concept of time.

Therefore, he did not understand why Yuan wanted to conceal this news, especially at this crucial moment when such good news was needed to boost morale.

At least when other lords find out, they will be more motivated to resist, which will benefit the entire front.

Faced with Xingmang's questioning, Yuan remained silent for a moment before speaking, "I have my reasons."

"What reason? Even I can't know?"

"."

After another moment of silence, Yuan sighed softly, "I can tell you, but don't tell anyone else yet."

"That depends on whether your reasons can convince me," Starlight shook his head. "Otherwise, I can't guarantee it."

Yuan's expression froze for a moment, then he said helplessly, "Alright, then you can decide for yourself."

After a pause, he finally revealed the truth: "Actually, Chen Yuan—comes from a world outside the Endless Chaotic Origin Space."

"The world beyond Hunyuan? What world is this—wait."

Xingmang was taken aback, his eyes widening abruptly: "Beyond the Endless Chaos?!"

Yuan nodded, his expression grave.

"Hiss—" Xingmang gasped, "This is impossible. The Hunyuan Space is boundless, and even lords cannot explore it. How did he get here?"

"Therefore, I suspect he might be a being from a higher-dimensional world."

Yuan Qing exhaled: "I saw it with my own eyes. A white light suddenly appeared in the endless primordial space, fell into the Origin Continent, and was reborn as a life form on an ordinary planet in the primordial universe."

"Then, this life named Chen Yuan grew step by step, reaching this point in just over two hundred days."

Xingmang, standing to the side, fell silent, clearly shocked by the news.

After a long while, he finally came to his senses, looking at Yuan with a complicated expression: "So, all these days you've been so quiet, barely handling any affairs within your territory, just observing him?"

"Compared to the naturally formed chaotic life force, I think he deserves more attention."

Yuan nodded. "A higher-dimensional being—no one can say for sure what kind of impact he will have on us. So I need to observe his behavior as much as possible and judge whether this person can become our companion in the future."

"Until then, it's best if we don't interfere with him."

"I see—" Xingmang nodded slightly. "So, after observing for so many days, what results have you obtained?"

"There are two achievements."

Yuan smiled faintly: "First, Chen Yuan has a friendly personality and values ​​relationships highly; he always repays kindness."

"Although it's been a short time, I can't judge this person's true character, but I'm unlikely to be wrong."

"That's good." Xingmang smiled. "In that case, it should be easier to win him over once he's grown up."

If we disregard his other identities, Chen Yuan is actually a natural member of the cultivator camp and doesn't need to be won over.

However, this person's identity was unusual, and neither he nor Yuan could determine whether the other party would feel a sense of belonging to the cultivator camp; they could only guess based on his temperament.

This is also why Yuan did not interfere with Chen Yuan's behavior; he needed the other party to establish a close connection with the world in order to generate a sense of belonging.

If you simply take someone away and give them special training, it may seem like you're giving them everything they want, but it might not necessarily make them feel a sense of belonging.

Xingmang had clearly considered this as well, so he didn't bring up the topic of taking Chen Yuan away again, but instead asked, "So what is your second achievement?"

"The second result is even simpler."

Yuan glanced at Xingmang: "From this person, we can at least draw one conclusion."

At this point, his expression turned slightly serious: "That is—since there are higher-dimensional worlds existing outside the endless primordial space."

"Does this mean that there is an even higher realm above the Lord of Chaos?"

Starlight's pupils contracted.

Chen Yuan was naturally unaware of the conversation that took place between the two Hunyuan lords.

At this moment, he was eagerly anticipating the end of the optimization task.

As a mission that integrates six perfect inheritances and eleven Great Daos, the Manifestation of Sainthood mission level has clearly surpassed the God-King level, consuming a full 130 Chaos Origin Units.

Chen Yuan's own reserves were certainly insufficient, so he had to borrow some from the Primordial World to make up the shortfall.

-

Unfortunately, although he thought he should avoid using the world's reserves if possible, reality often doesn't go as planned.

The time required for the God Emperor-level optimization mission had already reached one million years, but under the state of ten thousand times acceleration, only a hundred years had passed, and the Manifestation Method he had been looking forward to was finally freshly made.

The moment the mission was completed, Chen Yuan immediately opened the introduction to the secret technique.

[Mind Cultivation Method - Manifestation: Rated at Level 15, a mind cultivation secret method that transcends the limitations of the physical body, allowing the mind to bear all paths and integrate the power of different Great Daos]

The specific effects are as follows:

First, this secret technique has the potential for growth; the more Great Dao it incorporates, the stronger it becomes, and the level of the secret technique will automatically increase.

Second, by using the sacred spiritual body as a vessel for the power of different Great Daos, and fully integrating it with the physical body, one can master the characteristics of different Great Daos and bring them to their full potential.

Third, enhance the sensitivity of branches of the Path of the Mind. After sensing other branches, if the requirements are met, the complete branch can be condensed (excluding branch fusion), without the need for re-comprehension.

After reading the introduction to the secret technique, Chen Yuan's eyes lit up with joy: "So this is the system's solution—using the Sacred Body of the Mind to bear different Great Daos?"

"I never expected that this optimization would lead me to accidentally discover the cultivation method after the manifestation of divinity."

Since he ascended to the Manifestation Realm and optimized the related cultivation method, his spiritual cultivation seems to have reached its limit.

Chen Yuan was unable to find a suitable method to advance his spiritual realm, and his spiritual path was stuck at the first level because he could not find a way to condense the second branch.

Now, both of these problems have been solved by this new cultivation method.

"So my next goal is very clear: to gather more information about the Great Dao and to find clues about other branches of the mind."

Chen Yuan blinked, feeling rather pleased.

Previously, he had been cultivating blindly, not knowing what his true path was, and just practicing whatever came his way.

But now it's different. Now he only needs to continue cultivating according to the path of the Manifestation Method, because all the original Dao and even the Fusion Dao have been merged into the Dao of the Mind!

This is somewhat similar to Yuan's cultivation method. Yuan uses the principles of rules to regulate the various Great Daos he controls, while he himself uses his mind as the core.

In terms of strength, Chen Yuan's method is clearly stronger, because he can even control the fusion of different methods!

"The perfect fusion of multiple methods not only enriches my means of dealing with enemies, but also does not affect my strongest strength."

Chen Yuan happily extracted the contents of the Manifestation Method and digested it with extremely fast thinking speed.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, his expression slightly strange: "This cultivation method really does correspond to the later realms of the Star River Emperor."

Previously, he felt that the two worlds were different, which caused his later spiritual realm to be unable to resonate with this world. This was because the differences between the two worlds became greater as the spiritual system progressed.

The realms of Manifestation and Divinity are relatively easy to understand, but further on, realms like Coexistence with Heaven and Earth, Reincarnation, and Imprisonment become increasingly abstract and clearly cannot be correlated with the Hunyuan system.

"But putting aside the later realms, my current cultivation method is remarkably similar to the condensation of divine sparks in the Star River Emperor."

This is also what Chen Yuan felt was a coincidence.

In the Star River Emperor, the realm after manifesting sainthood is based on runes, which are then compressed and condensed into laws, and many laws are combined to form the Great Dao.

Further on, a sage who possesses three Great Daos can condense a virtual godhood. The more Great Daos a sage has, the stronger his godhood becomes. For example, a sage with five hundred Great Daos becomes a true god, and a sage with three thousand Great Daos becomes an ancestral god, and so on.

"However, the Great Dao of the Hunyuan system and the Great Dao of the Mind system obviously cannot be directly correlated."

Chen Yuan secretly shook his head. The Dao of the Mind System is simple and crude, it is about condensing and condensing again. The basic structure is actually runes.

However, the Hunyuan system is completely different. The Great Dao here is an important pillar that constitutes the world. To comprehend the Great Dao is to comprehend the universe, draw inspiration from the world, and then master similar powers.

Therefore, the two should not be simply matched based on their similar names.

"If we follow the Star River Emperor's calculations, I have at most condensed eleven Great Daos, and at most I am only at the Void God Realm."

A full-force attack from a psychic deity can affect a range of several light-years, while Chen Yuan can now influence trillions of light-years with a mere flick of his finger—there's simply no comparison.

Chen Yuan shook his head. If compared in this way, if he were placed in the Star River Emperor world, he would at least be equivalent to a powerful being who lives as long as heaven and earth.

As for the later realms—they were too abstract for him to grasp.

"Anyway, I'm not in that world, so why should I care so much?"

With his thoughts returning to normal, Chen Yuan's mind stirred slightly, and his Sacred Spirit Body instantly appeared, splitting into six bodies.

"Now, we can finally study those perfect-level inheritances."