Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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Lu Yunhe looked at the scroll in his hand thoughtfully. In the original story, many of Luo Feng's key treasures were given to him by the Mountain Guest, such as the Calamity Armor, the Star Tower, and the Wu Qi God...

Unfortunately, Lu Yunhe wasn't so lucky back then, and had to buy many treasures from the system. He just didn't expect that now that he's become a God King, he can still benefit from this old man who gives away bags.

"It's related to Yuan!"

Lu Yunhe examined the scroll in his hand. It looked like an ordinary treasure, but it still contained a power that even a god-king could not see through.

"The power of the Hunyuan level."

That doesn't mean the treasure reached the Hunyuan level; it just means it used a higher level of technology. If the level of understanding is one level lower, it's completely incomprehensible.

"never mind!"

Completely incomprehensible, it was a completely different system. After studying it for a while, Lu Yunhe gave up and decided to focus on comprehending the original Dao first.

However, Lu Yunhe gradually encountered a bottleneck in his comprehension of the Origin Dao.

Although they had experience with the laws of fusion, they still found it difficult to grasp the basics of merging the two lineages of the original Dao.

After all, fully comprehending one lineage of the Origin Dao is enough to break through to the God King level, and to reach the second level of the God King level, one needs to completely merge the two lineages, which is very difficult.

There are many God-Kings in the Origin Continent, but the vast majority are at the first level of God-King, and very few have reached the second level.

"Perhaps we can wait for the World Beast Zetton or Greiza's clone."

Lu Yunhe pondered, "The Beast Zetton didn't encounter any bottlenecks in reaching the second level of God King, so it might provide some experience for the fusion of other Origin Daos."

Many newly promoted God-Kings have a common problem: they want to go even further after just breaking through to God-King status.

Although the God-Kings are divided into three levels, they appear to be within the same major realm.

However, a comparison with the laws of nature makes it clear: an immortal god who has fully comprehended one law, a cosmic lord who has fused two laws, and a chaotic ruler who has fully fused all ten laws.

The difference between these three realms is almost comparable to the three levels of a God-King.

However, the power gap between the three levels of God King is not that large, but the difficulty of cultivation is no less.

As for the Beast Realm, it's practically a carbon copy of the Innate Beast God, extremely similar in every aspect—blood and genes, laws and primordial Dao…

Lu Yunhe, who had not traveled far on the Origin Path, also focused his attention on the "Fusion Technique".

……

The pantheons!

"Eternal God-King, you have finally emerged from seclusion." The Purple Wood God-King's expression was solemn, but his tone revealed a hint of friendly smile.

"The Purple Wood God King".

Lu Yunhe cupped his hands in greeting and said with a smile, "I just broke through and a lot of inspiration came to my mind. I seized the opportunity and devoted myself to cultivation."

"And then you probably felt the bottleneck in your cultivation!" the Purple Wood God King said with some emotion.

He was just an ordinary god-king at first. He was reincarnated in the cosmic sea and enslaved the world beasts before he reached his current realm.

"Yes!"

With a helpless tone, Lu Yunhe explained that after hitting a bottleneck in his cultivation, he also needed a "Daoist partner" to communicate with.

This exchange is not limited to the original Tao, but also includes the exchange of resources and hidden information.

Previously, those who became god-kings usually had three or five close friends who would discuss the Dao with each other.

Among them, there was a god-king who tried to unite everyone, but he lacked a certain opportunity.

Clearly, the emergence of the Destruction Dimension became the catalyst for this event, and the Pantheon gathered more than 90% of the God-Kings from the Origin Continent.

As for the rest, they were all god-kings who were almost dead, and evil god-kings who were completely insane.

The former are mainly loners, completely immersed in their own cultivation, ignoring all changes in the outside world.

As for the latter, since everyone was originally a god-king, it was difficult to define evil, and they could only manage their own affairs.

Now, given the prevailing trend, the many god-kings of the Origin Continent have united to resist the Beasts of the Realm and destruction. Their actions, whether in terms of power, morality, or even justice, are worthy of being called righteous.

Then, the opposite of it is naturally evil.

Faced with the emergence of the Destruction Dimension, not all God-Kings wanted to destroy it. Some God-Kings wanted to plunge the entire Origin Continent into chaos so they could profit from it and even comprehend the Origin Dao.

As for Lu Yunhe, he is neither, so it is only natural for him to join the Pantheon.

As the largest group of god-kings, this place is the most suitable for them to exchange and trade.

"Eternal God-King, are you willing to join the Pantheon?" the Purple Wood God-King asked solemnly.

"Once you join, you will need to assume the corresponding responsibilities."

The so-called responsibility is naturally to resist the destruction of the void dimension, after all, this is a common crisis for the entire Origin Continent.

The only pity is that, although the Pantheon appears to be an organization, it is actually more like a communication platform.

As an organization established by the God-King, it naturally cannot restrain the God-King himself, so it can only rely on everyone's self-discipline, which is why many God-Kings are willing to join.

I've already reached the pinnacle of cultivation in the Origin Continent, and now I have to accept constraints I don't want? Wouldn't that mean all my cultivation has been for nothing?

Unless the seed is planted when the person is weak, most restrictive contracts will have no effect on the God-King, so it's better not to sign them at all.

"I agree!"

Lu Yunhe nodded, after all, it was just a communication platform with little binding force.

Chapter 534 The Temples

"Eternal God-King, welcome to the Pantheon!"

The Purple Wood God King smiled broadly, clearly pleased with the addition of the new God King.

The addition of the Eternal God-King, the first God-King born after the establishment of the Pantheon, is of great commemorative and symbolic significance.

"You're laughing so happily. If you knew that I was the one behind the escape of the Beast from its enslavement, I wonder if you would still be laughing then."

Looking at the happy Purple Wood God King, Lu Yunhe thought to himself, of course, he felt no guilt about this matter.

Regardless of what Zimu God-King's true thoughts were, or whether he would use this as a springboard again in the future, at least under the circumstances at that time, Zimu God-King's bias was indeed very serious.

In this way, Lu Yunhe would naturally feel no burden in dealing with him behind his back.

However, the Purple Wood God King was not capable of seeing through the God King's heart, so he naturally did not know Lu Yunhe's thoughts.

Completely unaware that the person in front of him was the mastermind he had been searching for, he cheerfully began to introduce the Pantheon to him.

"Having responsibilities naturally brings benefits!"

The Purple Wood God-King didn't mention power, because the God-King himself is the pinnacle of power. Most importantly, if he couldn't exercise power over other God-Kings, then the power attached to the Pantheon would be useless.

As for the benefits, they are naturally the primordial crystals extracted from the destroyed void dimension.

The Void Fortress draws upon the Void Essence from the Destruction Dimension, a portion of which is naturally distributed to the Chaos Overlords within, while the remainder is divided among the God-Kings.

The God-Kings stationed in the Destruction Dimension will receive a larger share, and each time many God-Kings join forces to resist the World Beasts, the God-Kings who participate will also receive a larger share.

Although the quantity is not large, the advantage lies in its continuous supply, and most importantly, it finally establishes a connection of interests among the many god-kings.

This line of interest connected many god-kings. People are bound by what they receive, and thus the basis for their alliance was established.

After losing the power to enslave the Beasts of the Realm, the Purple Wood God King also valued the current Pantheon and wanted to transform this practical communication platform into a real organization.

Unify all the god-kings, occupy the entire chaotic void, and combine the power of everyone to break the cycle of reincarnation.

At that time, the Purple Wood God King will be the true King of Kings, the Lord of the World, and may even be able to glimpse a realm beyond that of a God King.

There was no opportunity before, but now that the opportunity is in front of him, the Purple Wood God King also wants to give it a try.

Therefore, the Purple Wood God King also paid close attention to the newly joined God King and wanted to take this opportunity to bring the two closer together.

In addition to the benefits of the Origin Crystal, as the largest organization on the Origin Continent, the God-King of the Pantheon can also issue corresponding tasks to the entire Origin Continent and mobilize forces other than the God-King.

Similarly, the Pantheon also served as a platform for communication and trade between the god-kings.

When the Purple Wood God King said this, Lu Yunhe's expression suddenly fluctuated, which was instantly noticed by the former.

"Is it because you lacked the necessary resources when cultivating the secret technique? Or because you lacked certain materials when refining the supreme treasure?" the Purple Wood God King laughed.

Once the original path reaches a bottleneck, there are only a few directions left if one wants to continue to enhance its strength.

It's not just the Eternal God-King; many God-Kings encounter this problem during their cultivation. Cultivating alone and gathering the resources for secret techniques or supreme treasures is indeed very difficult, which is why some God-Kings establish their own factions.

However, some treasures or resources may only be available to beings who are also god-kings, which makes things even more complicated.

"Both!"

Over the years, Lu Yunhe's cultivation of the "Body Fusion Technique" has almost depleted the resources he had previously plundered from the Cosmic Sea.

The rest are non-consumable resources, such as primitive embryos.

"I see!"

Purple Wood God King nodded. In the Origin Continent, most God Kings were very poor.

This poverty refers to the inability to produce complete god-king level resources and treasures.

Like Lu Yunhe, he has some resources for cultivating the God-King level "Body Fusion Technique," but he can't produce the complete cultivation resources from beginning to end.

As for the solution, it is to take time and work it out slowly. Whether it is the cultivation of secret techniques or the forging of supreme treasures, with the power of a god-king, it can be resolved gradually.

However, given the current situation, Lu Yunhe also wants to improve his strength as soon as possible.

“Eternity, you can hang what you need in the Pantheon. Other god-kings will see it and, if they are interested, will trade with you.”

The Purple Wood God King said, "However, we should also be prepared to work for nothing."

Transactions between god-kings generally fall into two categories: one is when they themselves have a need for transactions, so they will actively facilitate transactions between each other.

After all, only when everyone is willing to trade their unused resources can those in need get what they want.

Another reason is that, in order to befriend the God-King, or because of a good personality, they might voluntarily offer resources they don't need for trade.

Many god-kings who are stuck in a bottleneck period don't actually need to trade. Cultivating too many secret techniques is useless, and having a few suitable treasures is enough. Therefore, even if they exchange resources, it won't be of much use.

"understand!"

Lu Yunhe was naturally prepared for long-term cultivation. Since resources were scarce on the Origin Continent, there really wasn't much else to do.

"What resources are you lacking? Let me see if I have anything you need."