[{"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-324":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},2332952,4561,"Chapter 324: Chapter Eight: The City Founder","devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-chapter-324",324,"\u003Cp>“My current strength is roughly equal to that of Wei Yang’s Hall Master and Gai Tao’s Hall Master,” Luo Feng replied; at this moment, nearly all his focus was on comprehending the Dao of Birth and Death. At his level, he could split his awareness into billions of thoughts—especially after consuming the “Hundred Trials Heart Core,” his insight had surged dramatically, and his mental processing speed had increased three thousandfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation with Yuan Xiang Hall Master, as well as his earlier strike that annihilated a elite stealth unit, had affected his energy by less than one-thousandth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Equal to Wei Yang’s Hall Master and Gai Tao’s Hall Master?” Yuan Xiang Hall Master rejoiced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such strength is insufficient to change the situation,” Luo Feng said, showing no excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo Feng!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Xiang Hall Master urgently transmitted, “I’ve already requested aid from the Dark Sacred Realm. A team of cultivators from there has already set out and will arrive in just over a day. We only need to hold out until they arrive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Rivers Sacred Realm lacked the capacity to reinforce its own territories under siege by the inferior life legions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though two beings within the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm had reached the Half-Hunyuan Dao level, they could only send forth avatars to hold their posts; their most vital treasures remained in the Dark Sacred Realm, and they lacked the power to break in from outside and reach Lancheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo Feng, I hope you accept the ‘City Founder’s Authority,’” Yuan Xiang Hall Master transmitted. “Since establishing Lancheng, I have never claimed myself as its lord. I know my own body is heavily corrupted—I’ve been waiting for a suitable successor. You are that successor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Founder’s Authority—transferred to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My strength has not yet fully surpassed Wei Yang’s Hall Master and the others,” Luo Feng transmitted. “After this war ends, Wei Yang’s avatar should return to Lancheng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t concern yourself with him. Right now, Lancheng’s most urgent need is to hold its ground!” Yuan Xiang Hall Master transmitted. “As for you—you arrived in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm only two thousand five hundred cycles ago, yet you’ve already reached the Half-Hunyuan Dao level. Your talent far exceeds mine. For Lancheng, your leadership is a blessing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo Feng, the situation is dire—there’s no time for hesitation!” Yuan Xiang Hall Master urgently transmitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I’ll accept the City Founder’s Authority,” Luo Feng said without further hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, he had confidence in himself—he would swiftly surpass Wei Yang’s Hall Master and the others, and crush all opposition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, this was truly a critical moment, determining the lives of hundreds of millions of cultivators in Lancheng. By accepting the City Founder’s Authority, he would gain certain advantages from the city and could unleash even greater strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Xiang Hall Master transmitted, “Immediately dispatch an avatar to the Outer District. I’ll send you the exact coordinates. Come there—I’ll transfer the City Founder’s Seal to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after receiving the precise coordinates did Luo Feng realize: Yuan Xiang Hall Master was hiding here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must keep your takeover of Lancheng secret. No one else, besides me, must know,” Yuan Xiang Hall Master warned. “If this leaks, the inferior Hunyuan life infiltrators will spare no cost to hunt you down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand,” Luo Feng realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, facing the relentless assassinations by the Kings and their true bodies, he had no guarantee he could withstand them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest avatar, who had been guarding the meditation chamber, waved his hand and retrieved the Tai Xu Ming Tong vessel within. The avatar, having consumed the “Hundred Trials Heart Core,” had already entered the vessel to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even during the siege by the inferior Hunyuan life legions, I cannot fully focus on cultivation,” Luo Feng had no choice—he had to split his awareness to handle countless tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must now actively participate in the city’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t, Lancheng would fall faster—and his time for breakthrough in the Dao of Birth and Death would shrink further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while occupied with external affairs, under the effect of the “Hundred Trials Heart Core,” his comprehension efficiency remained extremely high, continuously refining the Dao of Birth and Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest avatar slipped away silently, leaving behind only an ordinary avatar with a hundredfold perfect divine body’s energy reserve, still stationed here via the alchemy hall’s array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Luo Feng’s current realm, even an ordinary avatar was far stronger than the Master of Guifang and others; combined with the alchemy hall’s array, his power was more than sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“King, we pursued the Evergreen Lord of the Alchemy Hall—but we encountered a terrifying Blood Sea Array within the hall, and our elite stealth unit was completely annihilated,” a true body leader immediately transmitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That elite unit contained eight leader-level avatars; once their avatars were destroyed, their true bodies naturally knew everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blood Sea Array? Alchemy Hall? It’s the cultivator Luo Feng!” the King immediately confirmed; before launching the war, they had already acquired detailed intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we target Luo Feng and hunt him down?” a leader asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King’s gaze turned icy. “At this critical moment, every ounce of our infiltrator force matters! The cultivator Luo Feng is no less formidable than the Hive Lord or the Master of Ten Thousand Shadows. Cultivators of this level have countless avatars—killing them is extremely difficult. With the Alchemy Hall’s array aiding him, his strength likely rivals the Three Hall Masters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“During the siege, our primary goal is to kill the weaker Elders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weaker Elders are easier to kill. Each death weakens Lancheng’s defense slightly,” the King ordered. “Luo Feng is not an Elder—don’t waste effort on him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood,” the leader replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to known intelligence, killing Luo Feng was likely harder than killing twenty ordinary Elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the three hundred Elders, Lancheng had roughly four hundred cultivators with Elder-level strength who had not assumed the title. The infiltrators had no interest in diverting attention to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! No wonder he’s called Emperor Luo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Incredible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He annihilated an elite infiltrator unit in an instant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elders who managed Lancheng’s defense system all sensed the entire city’s events and had noticed the clash at the Alchemy Hall—where an elite infiltrator unit had been instantly wiped out. They were thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was impossible to kill these infiltrators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were mental-type inferior Hunyuan lifeforms, incredibly swift—they could easily hunt down Elders, yet the Elders struggled to kill them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he can wipe out an elite infiltrator unit in one move, Emperor Luo’s strength must rival Wei Yang’s Hall Master and Gai Tao’s Hall Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Emperor Luo has such strength, he should immediately become the new Hall Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes—if his strength is sufficient, he should become a new Hall Master. Another Hall Master would ease our defense significantly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His strength is probably still insufficient. He set up a vast, complex array in the Alchemy Hall—he only destroyed that unit thanks to the array’s advantage. Outside the Alchemy Hall, he wouldn’t have such power,” countered one Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gentlemen, no need to argue,” Yuan Xiang Hall Master transmitted. “I’m currently being hunted by infiltrator units and must remain hidden—I cannot reach the Elder Hall to activate it and conduct the Elder or Hall Master trials.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elders understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the most terrifying infiltrator unit, led by the Ultra-Class Delusion Worm, had reached Yuan Xiang Hall Master’s cave—and he had hidden himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the City Founder’s Authority, no one could activate the Elder Hall to initiate the Elder Trial or Hall Master Trial. Only by passing these trials could one become an Elder or Hall Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hall Master, please be careful—don’t let the infiltrators find you. If they do, Lancheng’s defense will weaken further, and we’ll surely fall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the Three Hall Masters, only Yuan Xiang Hall Master remained. Without him, Lancheng’s defense would collapse further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within Lancheng at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elders, while using Lancheng’s defense system to resist the external assault, also sought ways to ambush infiltrator units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infiltrator units, in turn, devised every means to assassinate individual Elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides fought to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Surround them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elders dispatched avatars in teams; even those cultivators with Elder-level strength but without the title joined in. They hadn’t become Elders because most lacked avatars—they were true bodies within the city, and could not afford to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each Elder-level team, through Lancheng’s defense system, could track infiltrator movements and intercept or encircle them in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the infiltrator units were astonishingly swift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides held advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re too slippery!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elder-level teams repeatedly surrounded them, but the infiltrators’ speed was far greater—they easily slipped away. Only the attacks raining down from Lancheng’s aerial arrays could not be evaded; the infiltrators could only block and endure them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A elite infiltrator unit was flying when suddenly all surrounding trees and plants began to tremble—terrible poison mist spread everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under this poison, nearly half the unit died instantly; the survivors were all poisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such terrifying poison.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Elder Xingyi!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infiltrator unit immediately guessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive tree rose to its feet, its trunk bearing a face; countless surrounding trees and plants furiously attacked the infiltrator unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You infiltrators all deserve to die,” the tree-being’s face snarled with murderous intent. This tree-being was one of Elder Xingyi’s puppets, devoid of any life aura—so the infiltrators had sensed nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful puppet, combined with a pre-set array, lay in wait at a core node within the city—finally catching a passing infiltrator unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the combined assault of the trees, plants, and poison, the infiltrator unit was annihilated in just over a dozen breaths—none escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well done, Elder Xingyi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another elite infiltrator unit wiped out,” the other Elders were greatly encouraged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, only Luo Feng and Elder Xingyi had completely destroyed an entire elite infiltrator unit. These infiltrators were too cunning—they avoided the strongest Elders and specifically targeted the weaker ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King, too, was in a cave—another Elder had just died, and all his avatars in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm perished with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Xingyi? The strongest Elders are troublesome,” the King, of course, could target them directly—but that would be inefficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King was also hunting weaker Elders—he killed them before they could self-annihilate their avatars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng’s strongest avatar swiftly traveled along the coordinates given by Yuan Xiang Hall Master, using his simulated Dao of Birth and Death eyes to observe from afar, avoiding infiltrator units along the way without incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh.” Luo Feng flew into a seemingly ordinary cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuan Xiang Hall Master, I’ve arrived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Feng carefully observed the ordinary cave—but found no life, no special features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, beside Luo Feng, Yuan Xiang Hall Master’s figure materialized from thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo Feng,” Yuan Xiang Hall Master smiled faintly and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1816,"2026-06-20T20:45:00.697Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2b5551b604edda5daff305fba4463ef58ba5caf8abc961df57ac9310671ea3e9","devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-chapter-325","devouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-chapter-323",340,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdevouring-the-starry-sky-2-the-origin-continent-cover.jpg"]