Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Chapter 252 Fate-Powered Medicine

Inside the Eastern Extremity Treasure Vault, Hu Yanbo's consciousness swept across the vast, star-like list of illusory objects on the right, quickly locking onto one of them—

"Yuanlibao Medicine".

Its name is ancient and its form is illusory. In the illusory image, it appears as a hazy halo that is constantly flowing and seems to have countless fine threads that are born and die within it.

According to the information in the treasure vault, this item was not born within the source world, but rather originated from a strange environment in the vast primordial space and was condensed through special rules.

Its greatest effect is to greatly enhance the user's ability to perceive, distinguish, and connect with "cause and effect," especially to help them overcome key bottlenecks in understanding the various branches of the Great Way of Cause and Effect.

Price: Ten million merit points.

"Exchange for two sets," Hu Yanbo said.

The token flashed, and the merit points were deducted instantly.

The 100 million credits the teacher had just bestowed upon him vanished by a fifth in the blink of an eye, leaving a balance of 80 million.

Two "Fate Power Medicine" entities, each no bigger than a fist and shimmering with a halo, materialized from nothingness and fell into his palm.

It feels warm and smooth to the touch, as if you are holding a living aggregate of cause and effect.

"On the path of cultivation, having a cheat code to pave the way is certainly smooth—" Hu Yanbo looked at the precious medicine in his palm, and then glanced at the remaining merit displayed on the token.

"But you also need to have enough resources."

Resources are always the hard currency of strength.

Even for him, this was no exception.

Huyanbo walked out of the treasury and had just returned to the vicinity of his palace when he saw a familiar figure flying from the direction of Fengdu. It was Mohe.

Hu Yanbo's mind stirred slightly, and before anyone could see him make any move, an invisible hand crossed space, gently grabbed Mohe who was flying halfway, and moved him directly in front of him.

"It's been so long, and you still haven't broken through?" Hu Yanbo looked at Mohe, whose aura remained at the peak of the Eternal True God realm, and asked directly.

Mohe was taken aback by the sudden teleportation, then scratched his head and gave a simple, honest smile: "The food given by Master's Senior Sister is of such high quality and so full of energy that I'm afraid of wasting its effects. I want to fully digest and absorb it before breaking through the bottleneck."

"After a few more days of seclusion back home, it should be done."

Hu Yanbo nodded and said without further ado, "As soon as possible. I have a mission for you once you break through to the Chaos Realm."

Mohe's eyes lit up. A task personally assigned by his master?

It immediately perked up and nodded vigorously: "Yes, Master! I'll go into seclusion right away, without delay!"

After saying that, it flashed and hurriedly returned to its palace to devote all its energy to breaking through to the Chaos Realm.

Looking in the direction where Mohe disappeared, Huyanbo already had a plan in mind.

"This is the 'help' that Luo Feng received."

Mohe, the Beast King of the Chaos Realm, can fully demonstrate the many evolutions of the Chaos Laws and directly present the core mysteries of the Great Dao of Destruction. For Luo Feng, who needs to solidify his foundation and broaden his horizons, it is an excellent reference.

Luo Feng's talent and comprehension are beyond doubt. Even without the enlightenment gained from the Great Destruction of the Primordial Universe and without the Beast of the Realm as an extreme contrast, it would not be difficult for him to become a God King with his temperament.

But Hu Yanbo considered things more deeply.

Without these key reference points, would Luo Feng's path of cultivation have gone astray?

Could it be that a lack of profound understanding of "destruction" prevents one from establishing the Great Dao of Birth and Death?

Hu Yanbo did not want to ruin Luo Feng's future as a lord because of his own potential.

Inside the quiet room of Huyanbo Palace.

"The Power of Fate Medicine." He looked at the strange fruit floating above his palm, which was woven from countless fine, translucent threads of cause and effect. As the light swirled, it seemed to reflect fragments of the fates of countless living beings.

After watching for a moment, Huyanbo swallowed the fruit directly into his mouth.

A more magnificent and profound roar resounded from the deepest part of the soul. It was as if a fruit had not been swallowed, but a rushing river of cause and effect had been drawn into the body.

The "vast and boundless power of destiny" instantly dissipated, causing a new, illusory, and complex network of veins to quietly emerge within the divine power structure of the perfect divine body.

This network is like a three-dimensional map outlined by countless tiny causal threads, perfectly integrated and superimposed on his original divine body structure.

In an instant, Hu Yanbo felt as if his divine body had been given a "cloak of cause and effect". With every move he made, the flow of power became smoother and more efficient, and the overall strength and speed were estimated to have increased by more than 50%!

More importantly, he became exceptionally perceptive and adept at sensing the omnipresent causal connection between himself and the outside world.

"My soul frequency has been altered, achieving a near-perfect temporary alignment with the origin of cause and effect. In this state, the power and efficiency of my use of causal methods will likely increase dramatically."

At this moment, Hu Yanbo did not need to deliberately activate it. The causal threads connected to the powerful figures around him were like threads shining in the darkness, appearing and disappearing in his eyes.

He could even vaguely perceive the possible short-term future pointed to by some of the thicker causal lines, and the depth of the karma entangled behind them.

It should be noted that those powerful figures were almost all at the level of Chaos Rulers, and now Hu Yanbo only needs to sit here and activate the karma entwined behind them to cause them to perish instantly.

"At this moment, I am a temporary darling of cause and effect," Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

"Both the physical body and the soul have been temporarily transformed into forms most suitable for comprehending and applying the Dao of Cause and Effect. However—"

He could clearly perceive that both the causal network within the divine body and the imprint of destiny in the soul were maintained by the power of the "Fate-Power Medicine".

This power is slowly and steadily being depleted.

Once the effects of the medicine wear off, this extraordinary state of harmony will also end.

"Time is limited and cannot be wasted." Hu Yanbo immediately suppressed all distracting thoughts and focused his consciousness on the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, to see if he could use this precious medicine to comprehend the possibility of the fusion of the six branches.

If possible, one could break through to the second level of the God King realm without needing to spend money in advance.

This could save a lot of resources.

"They're here."

Just as Hu Yanbo was engrossed in his study, he saw a causal thread that was deeply connected to him.

At the other end of the line, a familiar yet weak life force had already passed through the cycle of reincarnation and descended upon a certain place on the Origin Continent.

It's Luo Feng.

With Luo Feng's current level of understanding, he is completely exposed to Hu Yanbo's level of causal insight.

Almost the instant he arrived, his precise spacetime coordinates were locked by Huyanbo.

"Hmm?" Hu Yanbo followed the cause and effect line and looked through the endless void, instantly arriving at the desolate region where Luo Feng had descended.

By sensing the causal connections surrounding Luo Feng, he felt as if he were personally present, witnessing the scene unfolding in that area—

This is not an ordinary dangerous place or a place infested with ferocious beasts, but the aftermath of a massive national war!

At least several dozen Eternal Gods and tens of thousands of Void Gods are wielding a massive, mountain-like, complex and grotesque mechanical war artifact, sweeping across the heavens with overwhelming force.

Wherever they passed, the scattered wilderness tribes and their hundreds of millions of lives on the land below were wiped out by the destructive energy emanating from the treasure.

Luo Feng, who had just transcended reincarnation, happened to arrive at the edge of this path of destruction.

Although the core power of that war artifact was not directly aimed at him, its sweeping energy torrent and law disturbances were already engulfing his location like a world-ending tsunami.

With Luo Feng's strength as a newly ascended Void God, he was like a candle flame in a storm in the face of the aftershocks of a war at this level.

At the very moment Hu Yanbo witnessed this scene, he remained completely still in the quiet room of the Eastern Extreme Domain.

He merely saw—through the incredibly clear, now violently trembling thread of cause and effect between himself and Luo Feng—everything that Luo Feng was facing.

For beings who have grasped the profound meaning of cause and effect, seeing themselves establishes the most direct and deepest connection.

Seeing is the cause and effect.

There is no need to traverse endless void to transmit divine power, nor is there a need to unleash earth-shattering secret techniques.

Hu Yanbo's thoughts descended silently along this causal line that was instantly strengthened by watching.

"Certainly."

There was no sound, no light. Just the simplest thought, transmitted through the connection of cause and effect.

hum!

The eternal gods, who were driving the war treasures with overwhelming force, suddenly froze in their tracks.

It was not that their divine bodies were imprisoned, nor that their souls were impacted, but rather a more bizarre and fundamental change—the cause and effect between them and the consequences of their own actions were temporarily severed.

Their desire to activate the treasure, release energy, and annihilate what lies ahead still exists, but these causes can no longer produce corresponding effects.

Their divine power was still flowing, and the laws were still resonating, but at the very moment when all the power was about to be released and cause destruction, it seemed to have hit an invisible, absolutely insurmountable wall of cause and effect, and was forcibly blocked back, stagnating within their bodies.

The massive war artifact lost its power, and its light suddenly went out.

"Is it a teacher?" Luo Feng wondered, looking at the unbelievable scene before him.

This continent of origin is truly exciting; upon arrival, one immediately encounters a life-or-death crisis.

"Luo Feng, wait for me where you are." Hu Yanbo's voice rang directly in Luo Feng's mind.

A moment after the message was sent, a ripple appeared in the space-time around Luo Feng.

Hu Yanbo's figure materialized and appeared before him.

"Teacher!" Luo Feng suppressed his excitement and bowed respectfully.

"Let's go." Hu Yanbo smiled slightly, casually rolled up his sleeves, and a gentle yet irresistible force enveloped Luo Feng.

The two figures vanished from the spot in the next instant.

until a moment after they left—

Buzz—Boom!

The stagnant war machine suddenly shuddered and restarted.

Dozens of eternal gods seemed to awaken from a deep dream, suddenly regaining control of their bodies. They staggered unsteadily, their faces filled with bewilderment and lingering horror.

They looked at each other and saw deep fear in each other's eyes—the absolute powerlessness they felt, the inability to even launch an attack, was like a nightmare.

Just then, a crack suddenly appeared in the space in front of them, and a figure, exuding chaotic energy and possessing an aura far more powerful and vast than theirs, stepped out.

This was a Chaos Realm being who was stationed here. Just now, when he sensed that his Eternal True God had inexplicably stiffened, an indescribable terror instantly permeated his soul.

This caused him to suppress the urge to immediately reveal himself and investigate, hiding deep within the void, not even daring to easily extend his divine sense.

Only now, as the terrifying feeling that had made his soul tremble dissipated like the receding tide, did he dare to tear through space and descend in person.

Above Fengdu, Luo Feng's figure appeared out of thin air.

He stood in mid-air, his gaze falling upon a magnificent city of unimaginable vastness.

The city walls soar into the clouds, stretching to the horizon. The buildings within the city vary in style, yet all exude an ancient and powerful aura.

But that wasn't what shocked him the most—what truly shook him was the terrifying aura that permeated the entire city, appearing and disappearing, yet as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.

"So many powerful beings—" Luo Feng held his breath.

The owners of these auras are a thousand times more terrifying than all the Eternal Gods who had just encountered and who were piloting war artifacts!

The mere slight pressure emanating from him made him, who had just transcended reincarnation and stepped into a new world, feel his own insignificance.

"Luo Feng, welcome to the Origin Continent. You've finally arrived." A gentle voice sounded from the side.

Luo Feng turned his head and saw that the Primordial Ancestor had appeared beside him at some point, looking at him with a smile.

"Original Ancestor!" Luo Feng quickly bowed respectfully.

He was naturally overjoyed to see his elders from his hometown on the unfamiliar continent of origin.

"No need for such formalities," Yuanzu said with a smile, offering a slight gesture of support.

As they were speaking, a dark figure silently appeared beside the progenitor; it was Mohe.

It remained in its burly form and grinned at Luo Feng.

"Master told me to follow you." Mohe's voice rang out directly in Luo Feng's consciousness, "In this Origin Continent, I will be your bodyguard."

"Don't worry, I can handle most minor troubles."

Luo Feng felt a warmth in his heart; his teacher had even arranged for a protector for him.

Yuanzu continued, "Huyanbo said that since you are new here, there is no need to rush into things."

"He has prepared some resources for your spiritual practice, which are already stored in your residence."

"You can go into seclusion for a while to consolidate your realm and familiarize yourself with the laws and environment of the Origin Continent."

"If you wish to venture out and hone your skills, that's fine with me. The area around Fengdu is vast, with both perilous places and opportunities. With Mohe by your side, as long as you don't deliberately provoke those invincible beings, you'll be safe."

"Resources, guidance, protection—your teacher has prepared everything for you." Yuan Zu looked at Luo Feng with encouraging eyes.

"The path ahead depends more on how you navigate it. This Origin Continent is far more exciting, and also far more dangerous, than the Cosmic Sea."

Luo Feng nodded emphatically, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.

"The laws governing the universe are far too clear, many times clearer than those in my hometown."

"There are also many resources provided by the teachers."

"There's only one goal left: not to disappoint the teacher and to catch up with him!" Luo Feng thought to himself.