[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent":3,"chapter-devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-chapter-291":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Devouring the Starry Sky 2: The Origin Continent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2332919,4561,"Chapter 291: Book Seven: Early Imperial Realm, Path of Life and Destruction","devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-chapter-291",291,"\u003Cp>In the night rain of Lancheng, the city remained bustling; Luo Feng gazed from afar as the golden-armored figure flew off, sensing the unmasked malice within. To that golden-armored figure, Qiu Yike, Luo Feng’s future would be miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They ambush me outside the city, fail to kill me, and now demand compensation from me, the victim? The Weirdbazaar is not just ruthless—it’s tyrannical.” Luo Feng shook his head lightly. “As for Elder Crane? Let’s see what he can do to me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng smiled faintly and continued to visit the next merchant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, inside Di Qing’s dwelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng’s avatar here had immediately gathered his companions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?” Di Ming had been in seclusion, losing interest in hunting. Yet he never blocked messages from Luo Feng or Di Qing, even during cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Luo Feng, what happened?” Di Fu was currently working at the Nine-Ring World Tower in the city; naturally, as he cultivated the Path of Spatial Passage, he also maintained an avatar within his dwelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Qing sat nearby, already guessing: “The Weirdbazaar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng looked at his three companions and nodded. “Just now, the Weirdbazaar’s deputy director, Elder Crane, sent a subordinate to demand I pay fifty million Hunyuan Crystals, and they’d drop the matter of the ambush and counter-killing. I refused outright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ambush and counter-killing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You were ambushed outside?” Di Ming and Di Fu now realized the two giants they relied upon had stirred up massive trouble beyond the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Qing explained beside him: “On our way back from hunting, we were ambushed by a Weirdbazaar team—five mid-Imperial Dao-seekers. Five strong ones surrounded us… Brother Luo Feng killed one named Ku Mo; the other four, terrified of him, fled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two against five, and you killed one? A mid-Imperial Dao-seeker?” Di Ming and Di Fu were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Fu was still struggling hard to reach the Ultimate Imperial Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Ming had barely reached the early Imperial Realm on the Hunyuan Bloodline Path! He knew well: mid-Imperial Dao-seeker level corresponded to late-Imperial Bloodline cultivators. Such bloodline cultivators stood just a step away from Semi-Hunyuan level—yet they had been outmatched and one killed by Luo Feng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Weirdbazaar is threatening me,” Luo Feng said, turning to Di Ming and Di Fu. “I’m not afraid of them—but you two must be careful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Qing nodded beside him: “The Weirdbazaar’s retaliation will come soon. Within the city, regulations restrict them—they dare not act openly, and they can’t touch me or Brother Luo Feng. But you two are too weak. Even covert methods could easily eliminate you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I haven’t left recently,” Di Ming said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have many avatars,” Di Fu chuckled. “The ones who go out? All poor ones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng and Di Qing nodded in approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lancheng’s laws are strict. Though some Elders act ruthlessly behind the scenes, the entire city is shrouded in layered arrays—they dare not openly violate the rules.” Di Qing looked at Luo Feng. “Even if they strike, it’ll be hidden methods. Hidden methods won’t work on you or me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his Blood Sea Imperishable Body, even if Elder Crane openly attacked, he’d need to deploy several techniques just to destroy one of Luo Feng’s Blood Sea Imperishable Bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the city, one was still safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Worm Nest, Ten Thousand Shadow Pavilion, and the Weirdbazaar all act brutally. Their retaliation always happens outside the city,” Di Qing said. “Without absolute certainty, let’s avoid hunting for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Agreed,” Luo Feng said. “Let’s rest for a while.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Qing had just reached mid-Imperial Realm and could expect no breakthrough for a very long time. He needed prolonged accumulation—and now that he’d angered the Weirdbazaar, he had no desire to risk himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng had just gained a large haul of spoils and equally wished to thoroughly absorb these treasures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Weirdbazaar’s retaliation came swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two days later, Di Fu lost his job at the Nine-Ring World Tower—and vanished without a trace on his way back home. No one could determine how he’d been killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Weirdbazaar really has no limits—going after you?” Luo Feng and Di Qing had anticipated this, yet when it happened, they were furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Weirdbazaar had no shame whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just had a menial job—not worth mentioning,” Di Fu smiled. “I suspect the Weirdbazaar merely told some mid-level official at the Nine-Ring World Tower a single sentence, and my job was gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Di Fu’s status was far too low—he was at the very bottom of the Nine-Ring World Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The ambush against you involved causal techniques,” Di Qing said beside him. “Fortunately, the entire Jiuhe Sacred Realm heavily suppresses causality, and my dwelling’s array also blocks it. So your avatar inside was unharmed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If my avatar inside the dwelling had died, I’d have to travel all the way from the Origin Continent again,” Di Fu chuckled. “Never thought I, a lowly citizen of Lancheng, would be targeted by the Weirdbazaar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You were dragged into this because of me,” Luo Feng said. “Di Fu, you lost your job because of me. I owe you. I’ll repay you with a better position soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! Then I’ve struck it rich,” Di Fu laughed. “Lately, I can finally close myself off to cultivate and thoroughly study what I gained at the Nine-Ring World Tower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng understood clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Fu pretended not to care, but in truth, he treasured that job immensely—he’d struggled hard to get it, and all four of them had celebrated. Now that he’d lost it, how could he not feel pain and disappointment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weirdbazaar. Elder Crane!” Luo Feng’s gaze grew colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>… An official airship passed over Lancheng. Luo Feng used his Formless Transformation to alter his appearance and aura, boarding the vessel with utmost discretion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the lake beneath Shengshan, he used Infinite Hunyuan Space teleportation to return to the Origin Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Origin Continent, Huyang City, Governor’s Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the high tower of the Governor’s Mansion, Luo Feng gazed at the enormous, furry hand that lifted the entire Huyang City—this colossal hand was his innate treasure, the Palm Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Palm Realm’s value is close to that of the Imperishable Heart,” Luo Feng thought. “But to truly unleash its power, it’s far harder than the Imperishable Heart.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperishable Heart was the treasure Luo Feng specifically selected from the Infinite Space Vault, perfectly suited to him. Centered on the Paths of Life and Destruction, it was naturally easiest to wield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innate treasure, the Palm Realm, according to Yan Feng, the Primogenitor’s judgment, was originally the claw of a High Hunyuan Lifeform, nurtured over eons within the mind of a World-Level Hunyuan Entity in the Dream Domain, forming this innate treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It possesses clear life characteristics, like the crimson scale of the Star Tower—rooted in Life, yet containing countless other paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innate treasure, the Palm Realm, is the same: Life is its core, yet it also contains the mysteries of World, Destruction, Space, Matter, and Innumerable Paths. Thus, Luo Feng’s difficulty in unleashing its power naturally increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng stepped forward and immediately returned to the Star Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one of the Star Tower’s cultivation chambers, vast quantities of Low Hunyuan Life materials were stored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng waved his hand, and a series of materials with stronger auras descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Materials from late-Imperial Low Hunyuan Lives: 800 pieces, average price 38,000 Hunyuan Crystals each. In the Jiuhe Sacred Realm, I’ve collected roughly seventy percent of the Low Hunyuan Lives suitable for me at this level.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Materials from full-Imperial Low Hunyuan Lives: 80 pieces, average price 390,000 Hunyuan Crystals each.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I also purchased three pieces of ‘Transcendent’ Low Hunyuan Life materials, totaling 10.2 million Hunyuan Crystals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng had invested nearly all his wealth into materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low Hunyuan Lives are divided into distinct races. Within the same race, the weak might be early-Imperial, while the strong could be full-Imperial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as among cultivators, some possess strength far exceeding their peers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among full-Imperial Low Hunyuan Lives, a tiny few are exceptionally brilliant—their power dwarfs their contemporaries. In the Jiuhe Sacred Realm, they’re called ‘Transcendent.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Three Grand Masters of Lancheng generally couldn’t defeat them in one-on-one combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses of Transcendent Low Hunyuan Lives are usually transported from the Dark Sacred Realm, where combat is far fiercer and such corpses are more readily obtained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even scraps from Transcendent corpses are worth at least several million Hunyuan Crystals each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Each of these Low Hunyuan Life materials contains the mysteries of Life and Destruction,” Luo Feng was delighted. “This haul far surpasses my previous gains. I’ve also purchased many auxiliary cultivation treasures.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time, the Path of Life and Destruction will break through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng opened his Eye of Life and Destruction at his third eye, began meticulously studying these newly acquired materials, and commenced cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation at the Imperial Realm often involves seclusion lasting hundreds or even thousands of eons. Di Qing had decided on long-term seclusion; Luo Feng prepared himself for the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this time, Luo Feng had purchased far too many Low Hunyuan Life materials—and many were systematically arranged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, within a single race, he had acquired materials from early, mid, late, and full-Imperial specimens. Comparing them for study, his gains were naturally greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng studied each material, yet hadn’t even finished the first round! After studying roughly seventy percent, he’d spent nearly two hundred eons—yet the Path of Life and Destruction, accumulating slowly, naturally completed itself, undergoing a qualitative transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seated cross-legged within the Star Tower, Luo Feng habitually contemplated, studied, analyzed, and integrated—yet unconsciously, he had fully synthesized the complete “Early Imperial Path of Life and Destruction” in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng froze in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, overwhelming joy filled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joy of Dao comprehension was what cultivators cherished most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Imperial Realm cultivators had already been invincible in their original homeworlds, enjoying every luxury—but still, one by one, they risked death to journey to the Jiuhe Sacred Realm, striving, exploring, seeking higher Dao, craving to see more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nine hundred eons since arriving in Lancheng! The Path of Life and Destruction has finally ascended from Ultimate Imperial Realm to Early Imperial Realm.” Luo Feng whispered with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1708,"2026-06-20T20:45:00.697Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4a30c4c13f791391f0f43d0ff36f102a24c277071d086c401395db3b4d54a4a5","devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-chapter-292","devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-chapter-290",340,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdevouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-cover.jpg"]