Episode 12: Occupying the Southern River Domain
Infinite World.
"Hmm?" A giant serpent materialized between the clouds; it was none other than the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, which remotely sensed the Cultivator Domain.
"Eight lords acting together?"
The Infinite Serpent Ancestor sensed something was wrong.
Among the eight lords, Yuan, Xingmang, Moman, and Luo Feng are able to suppress all fluctuations of life energy, but Wulan, Jin, Minghuang, and Naigu are not.
In the Infinite Primal Chaos Space, more than 90% of the progenitors are unable to conceal all their auras. Once they engage in collective action, it will arouse the vigilance of other powerful beings.
In order to intimidate the entire Infinite Primal Chaos Space, Luo Feng and Yuan did not conceal their life force this time.
"Eight lords acting together?"
What are they going to do?
At this moment, all parties are on high alert.
The weakest of the eight lords is among the top twenty in combat power, and the strongest is in a league of their own. The eight of them combined are enough to overwhelm the Ice Peak Faction's 'twelve immortal beings and 26 progenitors working together'!
The eight lords made no attempt to conceal their presence, allowing themselves to be observed by all sides, and marched in a grand procession straight toward their target territory.
Guided by the Xingmang, we flew for about a day.
"Arrive."
Luo Feng and his group arrived at the border of this territory.
"We Cultivator Faction want the 1600 world clusters of the Southern River Domain." Yuan directly transmitted his voice to all the ancestors within the 1600 world clusters, "You must migrate away immediately! If you do not leave, we will have no choice but to take action."
The Infinite Primal Chaos Space is mostly barren. Even if there are some resources, they are so scarce that it is not worth the effort to mine them while traveling.
The Southern River Domain is shaped like a heart, and contains approximately 1,600 world clusters! In terms of the density of world clusters, it is second only to the Xing Zhe' original territory.
Beyond the Southern River Domain lies an incredibly vast wasteland.
In the prosperous Southern River Domain, a total of 29 progenitors led countless Innate Primal Chaos Faction to live and thrive. They have long fed on the resources of this territory. The vast Source World of the 1600 world cluster were originally their food as well, but the recent interception by Lord Luo Feng has made them temporarily afraid to devour them.
"What?"
"They want the entire Southern River Domain, the Cultivator Faction?"
"Should we move here immediately?"
The ancestors scattered throughout this territory were all astonished. These ancestors, whether in their true form or in their clones, were all somewhat flustered at this moment.
"If they haven't migrated within a day, kill them all without mercy! If they remain within the Southern River Domain within twenty days, kill them all without mercy!" Yuan Lengmo's voice resounded in the ears of the 29 ancestors, and also in the ears of more than 230,000 World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform.
The threat of the eight lords terrified the ancestors of the Southern River Domain and the World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform. How could they possibly afford to offend the eight lords?
The ancestors of this territory reported to the Nine Sovereigns while also preparing for their migration! As required by the eight lords, the migration had to begin within a day.
They've been rooted here for too long, and relocating them in a short time won't be easy. Many long-established mines will have to be abandoned! The ethnic groups scattered in various places can only be brought together as much as possible.
Some ethnic groups in remote areas, if they are World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform, can travel on their own and reunite with their tribes. As for High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform? They travel too slowly and simply don't have time to reunite with their tribes.
Eight lords stood in the void, their power spreading in all directions.
Suddenly, one after another, avatars descended, none other than the Nine Sovereigns emperors of the Innate Primal Chaos Faction! The Nine Sovereigns' avatars gathered together.
"Yuan, what are you Cultivator Faction trying to do?" the Infinite Serpent Ancestor roared. "The Southern River Domain is part of our Innate Primal Chaos Domain. You think you can just occupy it like that?"
"Haha..." Yuan laughed, "Your Innate Primal Chaos Faction invaded my Cultivator Domain, wantonly slaughtering and devouring the Source World. Can't we occupy your territory?"
"Yuan, you've gone too far!" the Giant God Emperor roared angrily. "The Southern River Domain encompasses a full 1600 world clusters, and you just forcibly occupy it like this?"
"We have over a hundred progenitors, while you only have eight lords. Your need for resources is not great. The 3600 World Cluster should be enough," said the Endless Ancestor.
"Who said our lord doesn't need resources?" Wulan scoffed.
"According to your logic, you occupy 50% of the territory, while we Cultivator Faction only occupy 10%?" Naigu sneered.
"It seems we'll have to fight?" the Nirvana Ancestor said coldly.
Luo Feng said coldly, "This Southern River Domain is just the beginning! In the Infinite Primal Chaos Space, even 20% of the territory is still too small for our Cultivator Faction's strength and potential."
"Just the beginning?"
"You want to occupy even more?"
The Nine Sovereigns were shocked and enraged.
"A bunch of avatars, stop wasting your breath." With a wave of his hand, the Starlight Lord annihilated the Nine Sovereigns avatars. The Nine Sovereigns avatars couldn't believe their eyes when they were destroyed; these Xing Zhe lords were far too arrogant.
"We'll have to fight eventually," Yuan said softly.
According to the original plan, we will absolutely control 20% of the territory and rule over all the Source World in the remaining territory! To achieve this goal, talking about it is useless.
We have to fight!
Because the Cultivator Faction is negotiating with not only the Innate Primal Chaos Faction, but also the Ice Peak Faction and numerous weaker forces! They want all the 'Source World' within their sphere of influence.
"We must demonstrate sufficient strength! Only then can we facilitate the progress of the next plan," Xingmang said. Getting all the forces to agree is no easy task.
"Haha, let's have a good fight!" Wulan's eyes burned with fervor.
"They've bullied us for too long!" Jin said.
His Primal Chaos Destruction Path and Luo Feng's Primal Chaos Blade Path are very different.
Luo Feng's Primal Chaos Blade Path is 87% destruction and 13% life. The mysteries of life include aspects such as 'life energy', 'Severing Life', and 'Life Entanglement'. The mysteries of destruction are centered on the pursuit of power.
Jin's Primal Chaos Destruction Path, whether in terms of destruction or life, is very different from Luo Feng's, and the resulting Dao is naturally different.
Even if they pursue similar 'paths', different lords will ultimately master different paths.
"The Innate Primal Chaos Faction has also sensed our threat, so their battle formation will prioritize survival over killing enemies, making them even more difficult to deal with," Xingmang said, having already foreseen part of the future.
Luo Feng and the others also knew this.
Among the progenitors, there are also those who excel in powers such as 'life', 'defense', 'domain', 'immortality', and 'world'. Once a defensive system is constructed with these progenitors as the core, the progenitors' ability to survive in battle will be greatly enhanced.
"In the past, when facing us, they relied on their overwhelming numerical superiority and didn't bother with defensive formations, launching all-out attacks," Moman laughed. "This forced us to be extremely cautious and defend with all our might. Even so, we were defeated time and time again, and the world fell time and time again."
Fortunately, the lords are immortal and indestructible. Even if a world cluster falls, they can quickly recover and regroup to fight again.
"In the past, even if they disdained defensive battle formations, it wasn't easy for us to kill a single progenitor," Jin remarked.
"Things are different now," Yuan said.
The lords present all looked at Luo Feng.
"Luo Feng, we'll be counting on you then," Minghuang said with a smile.
During their sparring matches, they all witnessed the terrifying power of that sword.
Nothing Is Uncuttable, nothing can be destroyed!
"Luo Feng's power is beyond their limits; they can't foresee Luo Feng future. This time, Luo Feng will give them some surprises," Xingmang said. What he didn't say was that even he couldn't foresee Luo Feng's future. He could only indirectly deduce some information from Luo Feng's influence on countless future timelines.
"This time, we must not only intimidate the Innate Primal Chaos Faction, but also other forces." Luo Feng understood this as well. In this battle, he would go all out in coordination with the battle formation and unleash his strongest power.
Within the territory of the Southern River Domain.
During its flight, a World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform collected a large number of High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform. Its body surface naturally generated worlds, allowing those High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform to temporarily reside within them.
"I've only gathered 70% of my superior Hunyuan descendants, it's too late." This World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform couldn't care less. "We must reunite with the ancestor. If we're too slow and don't leave within the stipulated time, we might be killed by Lord Luo Feng from a distance with a single slash."
This World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform immediately tore open a spacetime tunnel to travel.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"We must rendezvous there; we must leave the Southern River Domain within twenty days."
Some of the naturally formed Hunyuan tribes on the border of the Southern River Domain had more time, but the tribes in the core area of Southern River Domain panicked because they were under immense time pressure! They had to ensure they could travel as far as possible and then use the remaining time to take away as many resources as possible and gather more tribes.
"Ancestor, are we powerless to resist the Cultivator Faction?"
"We just ran away like that?"
Many World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform were very unwilling to accept this.
They're the largest faction! They were just scared away like that? Even the progenitors didn't resist?
"Rest assured, the Nine Sovereigns will lead many ancestors to fight together. We will retreat for now. We will return once we are victorious," the ancestors replied.
The Innate Primal Chaos Faction is indeed gathering, with all Nine Sovereigns participating in the battle! Numerous primordial true forms are also joining the fight.
"There are a total of 89 ancestors."
"It is the most perfect battle formation combination after previous tests."
It took more than ten days for these ancestors to gather their true forms. They were of various shapes and sizes, some resembling beasts, others like stars, clouds, or other celestial bodies, some like flowing water or mountains, and still others like humans...
"This Cultivator Faction is far too arrogant, actually daring to invade our territory!" The Infinite Serpent Ancestor roared in fury.
In the past, it was always the Innate Primal Chaos Faction that bullied the Cultivator Faction.
This time, however, the situation reversed, with eight lords taking over the territory, even attempting to occupy one-tenth of the Infinite Primal Chaos Space in one go.
It's important to understand that although the 'Southern River Domain' is only a 1600-world cluster, in the eyes of the Innate Primal Chaos Faction, its value is not much different from that of Xing Zhe's original territory. After all, it is still rich in other resources.
Such a vast territory? Directly occupied?
Even the anti-war faction cannot tolerate this!
"Those eight lords even said that occupying the Southern River Domain was just the beginning. They still think it's not enough," the Giant God Emperor roared.
"This battle must make them understand that we are the strongest." The Yanhuo Progenitor was also furious.
This battle is also a battle for the Innate Primal Chaos Faction to establish its prestige! They must prove to all forces that... in the Infinite Primal Chaos Space, their Innate Primal Chaos Faction is still the most powerful!
"Set off!"
The nine ancestors —Infinite Serpent Ancestor, Endless Ancestor Nirvana Ancestor Yanhuo Progenitor, Flame Primordial Ancestor, Initial, Mother of Space-Time and Space, Giant God Emperor, Ancestor of Black Tide, and Primal Chaos Beast Ancestor —led eighty selected ancestors to form a massive battle formation.
Boom!
Led by the Mother of Space-Time, they set off in a grand procession straight towards the eight lords.
At this moment, all the other forces in the Infinite Primal Chaos Space were watching from afar.
"They're coming!"
The eight lords were also waiting; they too had been anticipating this moment.
This battle was also a battle to establish the authority of the eight lords!
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