Long, long ago, Venerable Sword Saint had attacked Shi Tian, Little Devourer's mother. Although he hadn't killed her outright, he had seized a considerable amount of the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan's Origin Bloodline Power. Using a strange secret art, he had completely refined that power. Then, after countless years of insight, he had comprehended the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan's innate Talent Devouring Secret Art. When he combined this secret art with the "Sword World," its effects were even more pronounced: he could devour all the energy in a space in a relatively short time. It was precisely because he had obtained the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan's Origin Bloodline Power that Venerable Sword Saint's Bloodline Power was far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators, allowing him to live through endless ages. After all, the stronger a cultivator's bloodline, the more abundant the life force within his body, and the longer he could live.
Of course, the secret art that allowed him to devour the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan's Origin Bloodline Power was itself an extraordinarily powerful secret art. This, too, had been one of Venerable Sword Saint's fortuitous encounters. The Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan's Origin Bloodline Power was immensely powerful. Forget using it for themselves—cultivators who tried to devour it could well be consumed by its backlash. Only a cultivator like Venerable Sword Saint, who had encountered the extraordinary fortune of obtaining a strange secret art, could refine it.
Setting that aside, let's return to the situation Ling Tian now faced.
If all the energy in this space were devoured, then even if Ling Tian used Intent Power to influence and control the space, it would be useless, because there would be no energy left for him to manipulate. With no energy, even recovering would be a serious problem. In that state, lasting a year would