I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

Luo Yuan was initially very low-key, but after he started challenging other demonic beasts, the previously calm royal family members began to feel uneasy. After all, the demonic beast prince that Luo Yuan played was someone with average talent who didn't like cultivation and only liked to enjoy life.

The sudden change, coupled with their impressive combat capabilities, has disrupted the balance among the royal family members. While this balance may appear superficial, it is indeed the case, leading to a tense situation among the powerful demon beasts who have chosen to side with different royal family members.

Those powerful demon beasts all know that although their king appears to be very imposing and capable of fighting, he is actually weak inside and no one knows how long he can maintain his power. Therefore, they now have to choose sides, that is, to pledge allegiance to a member of the royal family. Whoever succeeds will rise to prominence.

As for the powerful demon beasts who originally supported Luo Yuan, they were basically gone. If it weren't for the demon beast kings realizing that the prince Luo Yuan had replaced possessed extraordinary talents and abilities, no one would have paid any attention to Luo Yuan's existence. Now that Luo Yuan has demonstrated sufficient strength, more and more powerful demon beasts are choosing to pledge allegiance to him.

This actually troubled Luo Yuan somewhat, since he had never chosen to stay in this monster forest. If it weren't for the cultivation resources here, he would have run away long ago. However, he did not refuse the offer of these monster experts, since he did need subordinates to do things for him.

Everything Luo Yuan experienced in this monster forest gave him a strange feeling, because the intelligence of the monsters here was comparable to that of humans, and some of the powerful monsters were even smarter than human experts. Therefore, their various schemes were quite ingenious, and even other members of the royal family came to test Luo Yuan's thoughts.

However, before the demon beasts could even begin to fight for the throne, the powerful humans on the periphery invaded, causing the demon beasts to temporarily focus their attention on the external enemy. They would only return to the internal battle after the external enemy was dealt with.

Moreover, as members of the demon beast royal family, they have a responsibility to fight when faced with external enemies. So, while other royal family members sent their subordinates to fight against human powerhouses, Luo Yuan did not do so at all. He led the demon beasts who obeyed him to take the opportunity to plunder the treasures of those royal family members.

Although the demon beasts who chose to side with Luo Yuan did not understand his thoughts, they did not refuse his orders. After all, in their view, dealing with external enemies was not a difficult thing, because it had happened many times before. It was just that Luo Yuan's behavior of running to plunder the treasures of his own kind during the battle was somewhat embarrassing.

However, with Luo Yuan protecting them, the subordinates had nothing to worry about. After all, although Luo Yuan obtained most of the treasures during the plunder, they also gained a lot of benefits.

However, when Luo Yuan was plundering the treasure vault's resources, his actions were quickly reprimanded by the demon beast king. After all, his behavior was extremely immoral among the demon beasts. Everyone was fighting against external enemies, but Luo Yuan and his companions were taking advantage of the chaos to make direct profits, but Luo Yuan ignored them.

Because Luo Yuan had already learned through various investigations that the demon king was not to be feared. Even if he still had combat power, it was impossible for him to use it against him. Unless Luo Yuan revealed his true identity, he would not be in any danger. As for the other royal family members, they were no match for Luo Yuan at all.

Although the royal members in this monster forest all possess planetary-level combat power, Luo Yuan has now mastered various powerful innate abilities in this forest and has also raised his realm to the peak of the planetary level. If he were to truly unleash his strength, he would be far more powerful than the current monster king at his peak.

Moreover, those demonic beasts haven't even reached the true planetary level yet. Besides, those demonic beasts are currently fighting against human powerhouses, so they have no time to spare. Even if they manage to drive back the human powerhouses, Luo Yuan will have already left with the cultivation resources he seized by then. Therefore, Luo Yuan has nothing to fear.

Luo Yuan felt that what he was doing was the smartest thing to do, as it consumed very little energy and yielded the greatest reward. However, what he did not expect was that during his plunder of the treasure vault, a member of the royal family returned from the front lines of battle, intending to deal with him, and even disobeyed the king's orders.

In fact, Luo Yuan thought it was quite normal. After all, his royal family members were fighting against human powerhouses outside, and Luo Yuan not only didn't contribute, but also came to fight them and rob their treasure trove. This kind of behavior would cause Luo Yuan to lose the opportunity to become a king, because then all the demon beasts would not obey his orders, let alone make him a king.

Unless Luo Yuan possesses combat power comparable to that of a demon beast king, it's possible that he's no longer considered one of their own in the eyes of the other royal family members. Their sudden return is likely to represent the other members in punishing Luo Yuan, given that the strength of this royal family member who appeared is very powerful in the entire demon beast forest.

This time, however, Luo Yuan did not hold back. He defeated the royal family member after only a few rounds of fighting. The combat power he displayed this time exceeded the imagination of all the demon beasts. The demon beasts were very pragmatic. Although they had human intelligence, they believed in the supremacy of the strong.

Therefore, the powerful demonic beasts that originally intended to deal with Luo Yuan instead pledged their loyalty to him, which greatly accelerated Luo Yuan's progress in seizing the treasure vault. When Luo Yuan eliminated the powerful demonic beasts sent to punish him, the other members of the royal family were shocked. They now understood that Luo Yuan's strength was greater than they had imagined.

As for the attacks by those human powerhouses, they were just normal attacks. After all, when the source fruits in the monster forest ripen, human powerhouses would come to snatch them, but they wouldn't stay here for long because this was a place where monsters gathered, their territory. So they would just come to snatch the treasures and then leave.

Just after Luo Yuan demonstrated sufficient strength, the demon beast king actually announced that he would pass the throne to the demon beast that Luo Yuan was disguised as. Moreover, he used some kind of supernatural means to transmit this to the minds of all the demon beasts. This change caught Luo Yuan off guard. After all, he only wanted to leave after seizing the treasure. He never really wanted to become the king of these demon beasts.

However, after some thought, Luo Yuan did not refuse outright. After all, if he could become the King of Demon Beasts so easily, he could rightfully take all the Source Fruits from this forest. Moreover, once he had the treasures, Luo Yuan could also support an agent here.

After all, this Demon Beast Forest is a place specifically for planting and cultivating Source Fruits. If Luo Yuan can control this place, then he will essentially have a plantation in the future, and he won't need to manage it personally. He only needs to come and collect the fruits regularly. Moreover, once he becomes stronger, he can lead the demon beasts here to the core area to seize territory, making it even easier for him to obtain treasures.

And so Luo Yuan became the new king of the Monster Forest. This process was done without the consent of the other royal family members. After all, the former Monster King had the right to directly announce the next king. Moreover, Luo Yuan also proved his strength during this period, and many powerful monsters were defeated by him.

Even if the other royal family members fighting against human powerhouses on the front lines were dissatisfied and unwilling, there was nothing they could do, because Luo Yuan's strength was indeed greater than theirs. Since that wasn't the case, they had no reason to refuse to let Luo Yuan become the new king. Moreover, Luo Yuan had already gained the unanimous approval of the kings and elders.

At least, the royal family members could only acquiesce to Luo Yuan's act of plundering their treasure while they were out fighting, even though they were very dissatisfied. This was because the powerful figures he sent to guard the treasure were all strong men from the forest and their capable subordinates, yet none of them could withstand Luo Yuan's attack. It could only be said that they were not strong enough.

If powerful humans could break in from the outside, then how much they could plunder when they attacked the treasure vault would be up to their skill. Now that it has been robbed by the demon beasts, it can only mean that Luo Yuan's subordinates are stronger than their own. What can they say? If all else fails, they can only wait until the battle is over before challenging Luo Yuan again.

So for a while afterward, Luo Yuan lived a very good life. After all, he had become the king of this monster forest, so wherever he went, he would be respected by other monsters. Moreover, he could use whatever cultivation resources he wanted at will, although the resources here could not allow him to break through to the star level immediately.

However, Luo Yuan has also devoured a lot of high-quality source fruits during this period, and the source power he has accumulated is much more than before. Of course, he is still far from communicating with the will of the universe's origin, or even competing with the will of the origin for control of the universe's origin. But these things cannot be rushed and can only be accomplished through continuous accumulation. Luo Yuan still has enough time and patience.

Now that Luo Yuan has discovered the truth of this universe, he needs to plan ahead. In fact, with his strength and the cultivation resources he has obtained on this planet, he could have already broken through to the star level and completed the novice village mission. He believes that he can get almost the highest evaluation in the assessment from the very beginning.

But Luo Yuan didn't do that, because he had more in mind. These local powerhouses and demon beasts used the resources containing primal power as an important resource to improve their strength and realm. They didn't know the most important function of these primal powers, nor did they know the reason why treasures containing primal power appeared.

But Luo Yuan did not do that, because he had accumulated all the primal power he had absorbed so far, and he believed that as long as he devoured enough, it would cause a qualitative change. Therefore, he needed to obtain more primal power, and the will of the universe would never have imagined that someone would want to directly replace its existence.

Even if the original will's purpose in radiating the primal power of the universe is still for its own benefit, it overlooks the fact that the powerful beings born in the universe are not beings that can be easily controlled by it. They also have their own thoughts and want to become even more powerful beings. Therefore, there is a contradictory relationship between the two in any case.

Luo Yuan was also pondering how the Origin Will could distribute such an important power as the Origin Power of the Universe free of charge, allowing the powerful beings in the universe to obtain it. On the surface, it seemed that he wanted to cultivate powerful beings to change the fate of the universe's decline, thereby reviving the Origin Will and thus taking control of the universe.

However, the existence of the universe does not conflict with the original will, because as long as the original will exists, even if the universe is destroyed by external forces, it can be re-formed. For the original will, it is just a new cycle, but its will will not change, and the new universe may be more powerful than the previous one.

Therefore, the primordial will only truly cares about itself; everything else in this universe is merely fleeting. This is simply extracting the last of the universe's energy to allow a few powerful individuals to grow and thus change the fate of the universe. However, whether this will succeed is still hard to say.

After all, the origin of the universe has been damaged, so the universe rules that it can control are very limited. Only by casting a wide net can it ensure that those local strongmen, once they meet the requirements of the origin's will during their growth, will be given special attention and may even be nurtured. After all, it will bestow more cultivation resources and inheritances to help them grow up as quickly as possible.

Therefore, the Origin Fruits that both the demonic beasts and human powerhouses are fighting over are actually things that the real powerhouses don't possess. However, they are priceless treasures for cultivators at the bottom level. They all hope to break through their realms by obtaining enough Origin Fruits, and Luo Yuan is currently at the same level as them.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, Luo Yuan had chosen this kind of assessment environment, so he had to grow up in such a difficult environment. However, as a creator god-level powerhouse, the biggest advantage of inheritors like Luo Yuan was their cultivation experience and unique secret techniques, so their growth rate would be much faster than that of the local powerhouses.

In fact, Luo Yuan had been wondering what those super strong people who were manipulating everything behind the scenes were planning. After all, although the standards for the assessment they were currently conducting were not clearly displayed, he had lived in this universe for so long that he could always guess some things. But the more he guessed, the more incredible it seemed.

Logically speaking, this universe is a broken universe with a missing origin, about to disappear. If no miracle occurs, this universe will perish sooner or later. Even if the original will of this universe is trying its best to save itself, it is still very difficult. Otherwise, why has it been like this all this time, without any signs of revival?

What exactly are those powerful beings in the independent universe that controlled this universe and turned it into a base for cultivating talent planning? After all, if it's just to cultivate a new ruler, there's no need for such a complicated scheme. Luo Yuan noticed that when this resource universe was cultivating powerful beings, it placed more emphasis on their will and reaction ability than their realm and strength, which was strange.

Luo Yuan guessed that it might be related to a higher-dimensional universe. After all, even Luo Yuan could discover that this universe was once a higher-dimensional universe, but for some unknown reason, the dimensions were reduced. So, it was impossible for those super-strong beings who controlled this universe not to know about it. Luo Yuan did not think that their inheritance would be less than what he knew.

If those people truly knew all this, and yet they still adopted this selection method instead of devoting all their time and resources to creating dominant powerhouses, it means they had a more important purpose, such as directly creating high-dimensional dominant powerhouses. Only in this way could they still have a chance to completely turn the tide; otherwise, their current behavior is hard to explain.

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Chapter 865. Stars

Luo Yuan has now truly become the king of this demon beast forest, but he feels it's a bit absurd because he originally came here only to obtain the cultivation resources and then leave. Even if he had the idea of ​​controlling this place, it was just a thought. He didn't expect things to develop in such a bizarre way than he anticipated.

In order to improve his strength and better control over the primordial power of this world, Luo Yuan chose to fight against different demonic beasts to understand the formation principles of their innate supernatural abilities. He then used his unique learning method to master them, but in the process, he also made other demonic beasts aware of his power.

Perhaps Luo Yuan's combat ability wasn't very strong at first, but as he continued to demonstrate his strength, he won the respect of these demon beasts, and they truly respected him from the bottom of their hearts. In addition, the demon beast king knew that his strength couldn't be maintained for long, so he simply passed the throne to Luo Yuan.

However, after Luo Yuan succeeded to the throne, he did not immediately order these demonic beasts to stop fighting with human powerhouses, because in Luo Yuan's mind, this entire forest had now become his territory, so all the treasures here naturally belonged to Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan was originally in a competitive relationship with other human powerhouses, and now that he has taken over this place, it is necessary to drive out all those who want to seize the treasures from him.

However, in order to better possess these treasures, Luo Yuan simply required all members of his territory to give him most of the treasures they acquired, because only in this way could these treasures truly become his own.

Although Luo Yuan had previously led his subordinates to acquire a considerable amount of resources, these resources were still not as much as the total number of treasures possessed by all the powerful figures in the entire territory. At least, the information Luo Yuan had gathered did not reveal the exact locations where all the powerful figures had buried their resources.

After all, not all demon beasts will tell other demon beasts about the treasures they possess. Luo Yuan has already demonstrated his strength and made others acknowledge his status, so now he has every right to ask these people to take out the resources they possess as a gift for their new king's ascension to the throne.

This is a common occurrence among the demon beasts, because when each new king ascends the throne, the demon beasts in that demon beast territory bring out corresponding treasures. Luo Yuan, having come here, naturally couldn't miss such a good opportunity, so he made his own request.

Even though the monsters were very dissatisfied and unhappy, there was nothing they could do. After all, Luo Yuan's identity had changed drastically from theirs, and if they did not obey Luo Yuan's orders, it would be equivalent to violating the rules of the entire monster forest.

Time passed quickly, and as Luo Yuan commanded these demonic beasts to fight, they soon drove away all the human powerhouses who came to attack. In fact, the overall combat power of these demonic beasts far exceeded that of the human powerhouses who wanted to seize the treasures outside.

However, because they were in different camps before, they were wary of each other and could not unite and cooperate. After all, their old king was now old, and whether the monsters could obtain the throne did not depend on the old kings' suggestions or the direct designation of the next new king.

Instead, the ranking is determined by the strength and future potential demonstrated in the battles between these monsters. Therefore, the status of the monster king is not fixed. If anyone's strength does not meet the standard, they will lose their corresponding status.

Luo Yuan proved his strength, which is why he was qualified to become the new king. Once a king who can control the entire forest appears, all the monsters must obey the new king's orders, because a monster that does not obey orders is tantamount to being an enemy of all the monsters.

If a powerful being were to refuse Luo Yuan's orders, all the disobedient demon beasts would be severely punished. Moreover, only after becoming the new king would they become true royalty. As for the previous demon beasts, they would lose their status unless they received a gift from the new king.

If they do not obey the new king's orders, they will lose all their rights, and Luo Yuan cannot give any benefits to the previous royal family members. After all, he knows very well that if there are too many royal family members, it will only divide his power.

After all, members of the royal family have the right to challenge his position, and Luo Yuan would not leave such a hidden danger for himself. So after Luo Yuan made the corresponding request, all the demon beasts cooperated together, and their combined combat power directly surpassed that of all the human powerhouses. Therefore, it was not surprising that they won the final victory.

Those powerful humans were not from the same faction to begin with, so there was competition among them, making it even more impossible for them to unite and cooperate. They only came to seize those resources because they discovered the infighting among the demon beasts. Now they have lost that opportunity.

Then they had no choice but to leave. Battles between humans and demons were common occurrences, so whether they could seize the other's treasures depended on whether the other's strength surpassed their own. However, in this industry, demons were generally stronger than humans.

Unless there are special circumstances, such as problems arising among these monsters, or the fact that humans were previously far stronger than these monsters, they would not be able to exert a one-sided suppressive effect. Now it seems that the problems in the monster forest have been resolved.

Therefore, they naturally wouldn't let these people benefit. However, what they didn't expect was that the person who caused this series of changes was someone just like them. It was Luo Yuan, a powerful human, who controlled the entire Demon Beast Forest, and Luo Yuan had already decided to make this place his long-term source of profit.

Unless his cultivation level has completely surpassed that of the lord of this planet, then he will no longer need to rely on the resources of this planet for cultivation. Of course, this is a necessary process for Luo Yuan, but he will need the resources here to help him quickly improve his strength.

At the same time, it was also to better improve his control over this universe, because Luo Yuan knew very well what secrets existed in this universe, and if possible, Luo Yuan hoped to completely control this planet within a certain period of time.

Only in this way could he improve his strength in the shortest amount of time. Moreover, Luo Yuan knew that the Monster Forest was just the outermost part of the middle zone and would not be of much use to him. It was just a good temporary transition.

However, what Luo Yuan values ​​most is that the Monster Forest is very vast, and it is of great value to plant some Origin Fruits containing Origin Power. The Origin Power of this universe is constantly being transmitted to the entire universe, but the Origin Power obtained from the Origin Land of the universe is definitely the greatest.

Therefore, if Luo Yuan wants to obtain a large amount of primordial power and thus have the opportunity to control the entire universe, then he must go to the center of this universe. Luo Yuan believes that the most powerful people and the most powerful forces in this universe must be gathered there.

Similarly, the geniuses who came with him to participate in the assessment will also continue to move closer to the place of origin, because their final ranking will be determined there. Although a higher score in survival can have some influence on their final ranking, it is by no means the deciding factor.

Therefore, it would be of no benefit for Luo Yuan to stay here for too long. In that case, what Luo Yuan needs to do now is to improve his strength as soon as possible, because he believes that as long as he becomes stronger, he will soon be able to get rid of the influence of this planet.

Moreover, he needed to achieve this goal before the planetary lord returned. Although Luo Yuan didn't think the lord could discover his true identity, especially since he was from the outer universe, Luo Yuan needed to be prepared. After all, becoming a planetary lord would grant him many incredible abilities.

In particular, he is able to control the fate of everyone on the planet and know their relevant information. Luo Yuan's strength so far has far exceeded the identity he originally replaced. Luo Yuan cannot guarantee that the lord will not discover his existence when he is probing the changes on the planet.

Furthermore, if an extremely powerful human emerges that threatens the position of the planet's lord, Luo Yuan has no idea what countermeasures that lord will take, as he knows very little about the planet's lord.

If the other party is someone who values ​​the strength shown by a promising junior, they might provide some resources for training, but they would never allow the junior to pose a threat. Instead, they might take control measures to bring the junior under their control or eliminate them outright.

Luo Yuan was unwilling to put his life in such a dangerous situation. He needed to become stronger quickly. If he could surpass that lord, he wouldn't have to worry about any problems. Instead, he could control that lord and obtain detailed information about the planet beyond.

Luo Yuan and the other geniuses who participated in the assessment had sealed all their abilities, so naturally they could not contact the outside world, reach the outside world, or understand what kind of world existed outside the novice village they had chosen.

Therefore, it is necessary to understand in advance. After all, it is very dangerous to explore without understanding the external environment. In Luo Yuan's memory, there were many powerful people who came out of their original planets, but they originally thought they could go to a wider world to explore.

However, there are countless examples of people who, upon leaving their home planet, are immediately taken over by powerful beings traveling in the universe and even lose their freedom. Luo Yuan was unwilling to take such risks, because he was afraid of being targeted by those so-called space pirates.

Even if he reaches the stellar level, he will still be controlled by them, because the strongest adventurers who have just ventured into the universe are at least at the stellar level. It can be said that the stellar level is the level of strength that all universe adventurers must reach.

Although this universe has lost its super-powerful beings, its overall strength is still quite impressive. In particular, the competition between different groups is extremely fierce, especially the struggles between different races, which occur constantly.

Luo Yuan knew exactly what he needed to do next, so he didn't hesitate. He collected all the resources in the Monster Forest that contained the power of origin, and after absorbing them, he found that his realm had changed again.

Originally, Luo Yuan's cultivation speed on the planet was extremely fast, as it only took him less than a year to go from an ordinary person to the peak of the planetary realm. Moreover, Luo Yuan had been very well hidden, and so far no force had truly discovered Luo Yuan's specific situation.

They also failed to notice that his cultivation speed had completely exceeded the limits that these local experts could reach. This was not only because Luo Yuan himself had very rich cultivation experience, but also because he was very careful and cautious in his dealings with others.

He had a deep understanding of human thought, so he knew that if he performed too well, it would attract attention and have a negative impact on him. Now, he discovered that his realm had truly reached the stellar level, which surprised even himself.

According to his original plan, he should have digested all the resources containing primordial power in the entire central zone before he could reach the star level. However, he reached this level very easily, which can only mean that his original level was already very high, and he reached it much faster than other strong people.

After all, he was only able to participate in this genius assessment because his strength was sealed. However, as his cultivation level increases, his sealed power will gradually recover. Therefore, Luo Yuan's cultivation level naturally increases very quickly, which is not surprising.

If a local powerhouse wanted to reach the star level, it would require a significant amount of time, certainly several hundred years. According to Luo Yuan's understanding, the lord on that planet was an exceptionally outstanding individual, but it still took him nearly a hundred years to reach the star level.

If these local powerhouses knew that Luo Yuan had achieved a level they would take hundreds of years to reach in less than a year, Luo Yuan believed that many powerful figures and forces would choose to attack him.

Therefore, it is safest for Luo Yuan to remain cautious until he has fully reached the level of the most powerful being on this planet. Luo Yuan is currently very satisfied with the efficiency of his strength improvement, as it is exactly as he originally expected.

Furthermore, there are actually more efficient ways for him to quickly improve his realm, but he is very clear that what he really needs to master now is the primal power of this universe. This is the most important thing. If he only tries to show off his outstanding talent and thus misses out on these primal powers.

So even if he gets a high ranking in the end, it won't mean much, because the reason he wants to get a high ranking in the final ranking competition is just to control the original power of that universe. Then he can use his inherited methods to transfer the original power of that universe directly to this destroyed universe.

Then he could complete his core plan, at least making Luo Yuan a ruler of a higher dimension. He believed he could become the strongest as he had anticipated. It could be said that Luo Yuan had obtained all the important resources in the monster forest, and he had also completed the advancement of his realm.

Therefore, his wisest course of action would be to continue towards the most important core area, rather than lingering here, since the most important place in this wilderness area certainly contains more treasures.

Luo Yuan believed that there must be resources there that were of a higher grade than the Source Fruit, and that the source power contained there must be greater. Therefore, Luo Yuan decided that it would be better to explore it properly. However, he could not simply give up the territory that he had worked so hard to acquire.

So he simply controlled a fairly capable subordinate here, making him his agent. During his absence, the subordinate would help him manage the entire Monster Forest, and all he needed to do was provide him with Source Fruits regularly.