Chapter 296: Intercepting and Absorbing the Origin

In the starry sky full of stellar fragments, figures wrapped in rosy light appeared one after another.

"Is this the Heavenly Dao Battlefield?"

Lu Xun's gaze swept over the surroundings.

The environment of this Heavenly Dao Battlefield is rather harsh; at its location lies a planet shattered into countless fragments.

After breaking apart, this planet turned into hundreds of millions of fragments that permeated the starry sky.

The Heavenly Dao Battlefield is located in this region.

In the distance, a star can still be seen.

"There's air, but it's very thin, with hardly any oxygen... The temperature is low, no exotic matter or Dark Energy... Huh? Is the Heavenly Dao Eye restricted?"

After observing the surroundings, Lu Xun found that his Heavenly Dao Eye could still be used here, but it was greatly restricted.

The area observable when using it is not as large as in the various Spirit Realms.

That's also normal.

This battlefield is jointly constructed by the Heavenly Daos of various Spirit Stars, and the Heavenly Daos of other Spirit Stars will not acknowledge Lu Xun.

Unless Lu Xun possesses the corresponding power.

For example, when on the Yao Star, Lu Xun covered his body with demonic power, making himself appear as a Great Demon King, thereby using the Heavenly Dao Eye on the Yao Star without much restriction.

As Lu Xun surveyed the battlefield, figures appeared one after another.

These were the other participating cultivators from Lan Xing.

There were Easterners, Westerners, and many people from other countries.

In terms of strength, they were all at the Five Realms.

Obviously, upon entering the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, those at the Five Realms are together, while those at the Six and Seven Realms are elsewhere.

"God bless us, victory will surely be ours."

"Yoish, it's time for the Yamato warriors to show their might~"

"This battlefield's MVP will surely belong to our Great Goryeo!"

"......"

The surroundings thereby became noisy.

Although the air here is thin, there is still some air, and sound can propagate freely.

However, the oxygen content here is extremely low, and the air contains some toxic gases.

Not to mention ordinary people, even cultivators with somewhat weaker strength cannot survive here.

For Five Realm cultivators, however, it's no problem.

"Stellar fragments... this Heavenly Dao Battlefield appears spherical; everyone should stay in the central region and avoid the outskirts."

Wu An's voice sounded.

Upon discovering Wu An, many Eastern cultivators gathered around him.

"This star has long been shattered, losing its rotational ability; let's first determine our orientation."

"Facing the star, using the calculation of north up, south down, west left, east right, any objections?"

Wu An's experience is indeed rich.

The first step is to determine orientation.

In the starry sky, this is actually very important.

Each star's situation differs; many physical and geographical facts from Lan Xing do not apply here at all.

Other cultivators naturally had no objections.

Many people also faced the star and began measuring their own orientation.

"The main base is to the west; alright, now take the main base as the center and re‑check your orientation."

Wu An added.

Many cultivators did so.

Doing this may seem meaningless, but it actually speeds up exploration.

Once orientation is set, we can divide into different areas to facilitate each team's exploration.

When the cultivators return to the main base, they also avoid the slow process of searching.

In the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, communication is impossible.

"These Eastern people always make things so complicated."

"That's fine; with them guarding the main base, we can go all‑out to seize the Origin Sphere!"

Some Western mages, seeing the Easterners' actions, felt contempt.

They directly left the main base and headed to the Heavenly Dao Battlefield to explore.

"Alright, I'll take charge of the main base; everyone, freely choose a direction and go search for the Origin Sphere."

Wu An didn't waste much talk.

"Good."

Many cultivators set into motion.

About five hundred Eastern cultivators had already been divided into teams.

Teams of over ten people each went to different areas to search for and contend over the Origin Sphere.

Wu An, meanwhile, led thirty cultivators to guard the main base.

"Junior brother, let's go."

Yuan Zhen's team also set into motion.

This team, in fact, is led by Lan Weiwei, consisting of six women and five men; together with Lu Xun, that makes eleven people.

Besides Yuan Zhen, her friend, and Lu Xun, everyone else came from the Moon Palace.

Yuan Zhen joined this team because she had a decent relationship with Lan Weiwei, who invited her to join.

On the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, flying vessels cannot be used; everyone can only rely on their own flight.

The area where Five Realms cultivators operate is the core region of the Shattered Planet, and its area is not too large.

The Six Realms lie farther out.

The outermost region is where the Seven Realms operate.

The farther out one goes, the larger the area becomes, and the origin spheres there also grow larger.

Such an arrangement is actually reasonable; the speed of Five Realms cultivators is limited, and if they were in the outer regions, merely traveling would waste a great deal of time.

"There's an origin sphere!"

Not long after leaving the main camp, everyone discovered the first origin sphere.

It appeared to be a glowing ball of light.

"Quick, there are Fusang people."

However, it wasn't just them who found the origin sphere; there was also a group of Fusang people.

"Hahaha, Eastern people, it's ours now!"

That group of Fusang people was closer, feeling confident they would surely get it.

Just as they were about to obtain it, a shadow flashed—a figure suddenly appeared beside the origin sphere and snatched it into his Heavenly Dao Card.

"Damn!"

The Fusang people were dumbfounded.

"Awesome, junior!"

Yuan Zhen gave a thumbs-up.

The one who seized the origin sphere was none other than Lu Xun.

"Damn it! The origin sphere was clearly ours to see first!"

The Fusang people refused to accept it.

"So what?"

"Just because you saw it first doesn't make it yours; why don't you tell that to the foreign-race people?"

"Not convinced? Come on, hit me."

"You're still the ones I saw first; if it weren't for the battlefield's rules restricting us, I'd have no problem taking you on to boost my record."

The Eastern people in the team weren't having it; they let loose a barrage, leaving the Fusang people fuming.

On the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, Lan Xing's people, regardless of ethnicity or nation, are forbidden from killing each other.

The Fusang people couldn't outshout or outfight them, so they slunk away in defeat.

The team continued its operation.

Origin spheres are not scarce on the Heavenly Dao Battlefield; one can find one from time to time.

These origin spheres are no bigger than a soccer ball, each filled with rich cosmic origin.

Cosmic origin is exceedingly precious, but ordinary cultivators cannot come into contact with it.

Even if cosmic origin were placed right before them, cultivators lacking sufficient strength cannot touch it.

They can't even see it.

If an origin sphere is shattered, the cosmic origin will escape; ordinary cultivators cannot retain it at all.

Only the Heavenly Dao Card can be used to collect them.

"Nice, my chaos cell can even absorb origin?"

Lu Xun, however, had made a new discovery.

When he came into contact with an origin sphere, the chaos cells inside his body suddenly emitted waves of hunger, then frantically began absorbing the cosmic origin within the sphere.

Had Lu Xun not feared being discovered and promptly stored the origin sphere in his Heavenly Dao Card, the origin within that sphere truly would not have withstood his absorption.

"No wonder the Heavenly Dao Battlefield doesn't allow cultivators above the Eight Realms to enter."

Lu Xun felt he had uncovered the truth.

Below the Eight Realms, one cannot even see the origin, let alone touch it; all one can do is obediently store the origin spheres in their Heavenly Dao Cards.

If one is at the Eight Realms or above, there might be a way to collect this origin.

In Lu Xun's earlier observations, cosmic origin comes in many types; what Lan Xing needs for its ascension may not be the same as what cultivators need.

Yet the Heavenly Dao of each spirit star certainly would not allow powerful cultivators to seize the origin at will.

Everything must have a set procedure.

Such top-tier resources surely have a reasonable allocation plan.

As for how exactly to distribute them, the Heavenly Dao Council should have some decision-making authority.

It is likely precisely for this reason that the Heavenly Dao Battlefield restricts entry to cultivators above the Eight Realms.

"I'll just secretly absorb a bit from each origin sphere; it shouldn't be a problem."

Lu Xun decided to skim some off the top.

Regardless of what use the chaos cells have after absorbing the origin.

This origin itself is an extremely precious thing.

Given the chance to obtain it, Lu Xun naturally wouldn't let it slip.

To Lan Xing, the amount he manages to obtain is merely a drop in the bucket and will not affect its development.

But he cannot skim too much, lest he be discovered.

With many people on the team, Lu Xun's actions are not so convenient.

Fortunately, the team's eleven members were not completely gathered together.

Everyone spread out, after cleaning one area, they moved on to search another.

This method guarantees efficiency, and allows timely support when encountering enemies.

「Damn Easterners, you're utterly unreasonable. 」

A group of magicians left, swearing.

Just now, both sides fought over a primal sphere, but Lu Xun got there first again.

Lu Xun seized the chance to steal the primal source.

These primal sources differ from Dark Energy; they cannot be regarded as energy.

Lu Xun has no other way to obtain them besides absorbing them with Chaos Cells.

His strength is too weak; he isn't even qualified to touch the primal source.

Thanks to Lu Xun's miraculous Chaos Eye and the effective Aperture Divine Ability, he can still see it.

Absorption can only be left to the Chaos Cells.

As for what changes will occur after the Chaos Cells absorb it, we still don't know.

Let's absorb first and talk later.