Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin - Chapter 397 - 7 Both are needed!
“What has the master understood?” Morosa, who was attending nearby, couldn’t help but feel confused upon hearing the master’s soft murmur.
Morosa could also see that the master was immersed in a state of enlightenment, so he dared not disturb him. He carefully guarded the area, strictly prohibiting any other creatures from approaching, in order to prevent affecting the master’s current state.
Luo Feng’s Biomimetic Destruction Eye at the center of his brow observed the Source World Origin. In his mind, the Secret Pattern Map of the 31 ancestral corpses’ materials emerged for comparison.
“No wonder once a World Level Primordial Life controls the ‘Source World’, they, relying on the Source World, aren’t least bit afraid of a Primordial Ancestor in a one-on-one situation.”
“Because the Source World and the Primordial Ancestor are fundamentally entities of the same level.”
Luo Feng understood.
The usual Source World is like a massive physical body without a ‘soul’!
Once it has a master, it gains a soul. In a one-on-one, even a Primordial Ancestor can’t handle it.
“I finally understand why all Innate Primordial Lives possess a Life Core. Even those at the Ancestor Level also have a Life Core,” Luo Feng thought.
For Innate Primordial Lives, everything else can be discarded, but the ‘Life Core’ is most crucial! Once the Life Core shatters, it signifies complete annihilation.
“I previously believed the Life Core to be a huge weakness of Innate Primordial Life, an imperfection in their natural creation.” Luo Feng had thought this for a long time.
Cultivators, they seek enlightenment on their own! No Life Core, no such huge weakness.
Innate Primordial Life, its Life Core is its weak point!
Some ancestors have fallen, all due to the vulnerability of the Life Core.
“The Life Core is the reason for their limitless potential!” Luo Feng realized at this moment.
“The Life Core is also another form of Origin!”
“These Innate Primordial Lives are born possessing the Origin.”
Luo Feng also understood why bloodline path cultivators need certain special resources.
Cultivators need to refine High Level Primordial Bloodline to become ‘High Level Primordial Life’! To become ‘World Level Primordial Life’, they need to refine World Level Primordial Bloodline.
But as for those Innate Primordial Lives?
It is hard for them to acquire higher-level bloodlines! It is quite an achievement to be granted a drop of blood by a higher existence.
Even if they don’t acquire high-end bloodline, just by eating and living, some Innate Primordial Lives grow naturally! Some even grow into ancestors just by consuming Source World Origin.
“Cultivators on the bloodline path value the Primordial Bloodline the most and have researched many methods to extract the Primordial Bloodline. However, they cannot extract a complete bloodline at the Ancestor Level.”
“But for Innate Primordial Life, their core isn’t their bloodline, it’s their Life Core.”
“The growth of the Life Core leads to the growth of life.”
“Every step in the growth of the Life Core triggers the evolution of the bloodline. So, the strength of Early Stage Divine Emperor, Middle Stage Divine Emperor… the manifestation of the Primordial Bloodline differs accordingly.”
Luo Feng fully understood.
“The Life Core is fundamental! The bloodline is merely the external manifestation of the life level.”
“Cultivators cannot truly utilize the Life Core. They can only extract and utilize the externally manifested ‘Primordial Bloodline’.
Luo Feng sighed slightly.
Innate Primordial Lives are truly the darlings of infinite Primordial Space! Born with a ‘Life Core’, and under various opportunities, the Life Core grows continuously. It can grow to a level comparable to the Source World Origin. Reaching this level means achieving Ancestor Level existence.
“This is the mystery of the highest level of life.”
“Ancestor Level life forms and the Source World both have an Origin, and a Lord should have an Origin too.”
“For the first two, their Origin is materialized. As for the Lords, their Origin is the ‘Primordial Level Dao’. If the Dao does not perish, they do not perish, so every Lord is immortal.”
Luo Feng understood the difference between the two.
The Ancestors’ Origin is the Life Core, which has clear weaknesses.
The Lords’ Origin is the Dao! Invisible, untouchable, undying, and immortal.
“Lords also have weaknesses!”
Luo Feng had learned some information, understanding the difference between Primordial Ancestors and Cultivator Lords, “Primordial Ancestors generally have large physiques! While the Lords, their physiques are generally smaller.”
Of course, this is an average standard.
Ancestor Level physical bodies are generally much larger than Lord-level physical bodies.
“The Life Core is a material existence. It can endlessly accumulate power, supporting a sufficiently massive physical body.”
“Lords, without a materialized Origin, have limited power storage within themselves, and generally have smaller physiques.”
If given a choice, Luo Feng believes those Ancestors would prefer smaller sizes, without the vulnerability of the Life Core, truly becoming undying and immortal.
“My Life and Death Dao primarily focuses on Life, with Destruction as a supplement. Now, I have glimpsed the mystery of the highest level of life. If I fully comprehend its essence, I can completely construct billions of Origins within me!”
For those Ancestors, their Life Cores are innate.
If Luo Feng comprehends the ‘Dao’ within, understands the essence! He can create Origins postnatally.
Just like opening countless heavenly spaces within his body, the same principle can be used to open billions of Origins.
“On one hand, I need to eliminate the vulnerability of ‘Origin’. Even if I lose thousands of Origins, the impact on me remains low.”
“On the other hand, I need to leverage the advantages of ‘Origin’, for billions of Origins can accumulate incomparably vast energy, enabling me to have an immensely powerful physical body.”
Both want, both demand!
Only the Dao that understands the essence of life can achieve this step.
If there is a lord who can realize the ‘Primordial Life Dao’, his body will also be the most immense, most vital, and hardest to destroy existence in the entire Infinite Primordial Space.
Luo Feng’s ‘Primordial Life and Death Dao’, after all, focuses on life, and his path more reflects the characteristics of the life direction, with the destruction direction being relatively weaker.
…
Land of Origin, atop the mountains of Primordial Island, inside the Quiet Room of the cave mansion.
An endless gigantic secret pattern map of 31 Ancestor-level materials floated in suspension, Luo Feng’s Eye of Life and Death opened on his forehead, observing carefully.
“I see the path.”
“But the path requires me to walk it myself.”
“Only by walking to the end can I grasp the Dao within.”
Luo Feng is well aware of how difficult it is to ‘remove the critical weak points of the Origin while taking advantage of the endless energy storage of the Origin’, but this direction is what he has always pursued.
“What seems like scattered secret patterns is actually unified.”
Even if the other seven lords were to look, it would be difficult to see how dozens of different Daos’ mysteries form the Origin.
Specialize in one’s field!
The current seven lords, whether it’s the Destruction Path, the Thunder Path, or the Fluctuation Path… none are proficient in life, and ‘Origin’ is the highest level of life’s mystery.
Without sufficient accumulation in this aspect, without terrifying comprehension in this area, it’s fundamentally impossible to see this path.
Luo Feng realized the foundation of the ‘Half Primordial Life and Death Dao’, also comprehending over 50 million low-level primordial bloodlines, more than 320,000 high-level primordial bloodlines, and researched over 2,000 world-level primordial bloodlines along with materials from 31 Ancestor corpses, accumulating deep enough. Relying on his strong comprehension, he finally glimpsed this path.
Discovering this path, Luo Feng then had the possibility of becoming a Lord!
“No wonder any Ancestor, the mystique of life within them is at least 10%, because the mystery formed by the life core mainly relies on life’s mystery,” Luo Feng also rejoiced.
With life path as the main direction, there’s hope to explore the mystery of the ‘Origin.’
If destruction were the main focus, the difficulty of breaking laws with force might significantly increase!
“Breaking laws with force also requires luck.” Luo Feng thought.
For him, realizing ‘Half Primordial Life and Death Dao’ didn’t feel too difficult! Though he encountered some bottlenecks, he only took less than ten thousand eras to succeed.
However, to break laws with force, merely glimpsing the ‘path’, Luo Feng felt a sense of needing luck.
“My future ‘Primordial Life and Death Dao’, besides the existing Mind Consciousness System, Life System, Destruction System, Primordial Force System, and Physical Body System, has a sixth system — the Origin System!”
“The Origin System is even more central.”
Luo Feng devotedly comprehended the secret patterns of materials from these 31 Ancestor corpses, researching how the Origin integrates and forms.
After all, his future self will combine the wonders of life and destruction.
And these Ancestors combined numerous mysteries of the Dao. He cannot imitate but must understand its essence.
…
The same thing, observed from different angles, yields different insights.
Luo Feng now, observing from the perspective of the Origin System, gained new understanding of the secret patterns of these 31 Ancestor-level materials. His ‘Origin System’ seems like a seed, drawing nutrients from these 31 Ancestors, starting to grow robustly.
This time Luo Feng spent even longer.
Meticulous comprehension!
Again and again!
Luo Feng carefully considered materials from different Ancestors, pondering deeply. He forgot time, only feeling his accumulations in all aspects rising, and the Origin System gradually taking shape.
“Almost there.”
Suddenly, one day, Luo Feng stopped.
He had studied the various materials from these 31 Ancestors so many times and was too familiar already.
“My six systems of Primordial Life and Death Dao have deep accumulations.” Although Luo Feng had not yet created the Primordial Life and Death Dao, these six systems naturally integrated in his mind.
He even had a vague outline of the ‘Primordial Life and Death Dao’ in his heart.
“These primordial bloodlines, I have comprehended low-level and high-level primordial bloodlines. However, among the 2,729 world-level primordial bloodlines, I’ve only comprehended 43 types.”
“I’ve studied Ancestor-level materials for over ten billion eras, now let’s see how much I can comprehend from the 2,729 world-level primordial bloodlines.”
Luo Feng retrieved one of the uncomprehended world-level primordial bloodlines and auxiliary materials.
After less than a day of viewing.
“Interesting.”
With Luo Feng’s current insight, upon examining world-level primordial bloodlines, he discovered a secret, and a smile appeared on his face. “It turns out, at the world-level primordial stage, the secret pattern mystique within them has already begun forming the Origin.”
“However, the Origin formed by their internal secret patterns is incomplete.”
For the Ancestor-level, the Origin constituted by secret patterns is complete, comparable to the Source World Origin.
The world-level secret patterns are actually forming the Origin, but the incomplete Origin is hard to detect. Only after Luo Feng accumulated sufficiently in the Origin System could he discern this point.
