Origin Continent

Origin Continent was a vast landmass stretching endlessly in every direction. Exactly how large it was had never been clearly recorded throughout the history of Origin Continent.

Even True Gods as powerful as God Kings had never managed to measure the precise size of Origin Continent. Those who had wanted to attempt such a crazy undertaking had never succeeded either. They had either given up or encountered some unknown danger and perished halfway through.

As the starting point of the Three Thousand Dimension Worlds, Origin Continent was unimaginably mysterious.

In the extremely distant depths of space, the two supergiant stars, the Sun and Taiyin, attracted and revolved around each other, providing Origin Continent with the radiance of day and night.

The Sun and Taiyin were legends of Origin Continent. Even God Kings could not know their exact sizes or how far they were from Origin Continent.

Even those in the God King Realm could not reach the stars of the Sun and Taiyin.

Across Origin Continent, towering mountains stood everywhere. Their heights were measured in thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even tens of thousands of light-years. Most resembled ordinary mountains, except that they were far larger. Some, however, looked like towering super stone pillars. Huge celestial bodies revolved around these pillar peaks, each one tens of thousands of times the size of an ordinary star. They were extraordinarily strange.

You Mountain was one such towering mountain shaped like a stone pillar.

Ten enormous celestial bodies revolved around You Mountain. Each was more than one hundred thousand times the size of the Sun.

This was the core of the famous and powerful empire on Origin Continent—the You Mountain Empire. The region within a radius of more than one hundred billion light-years around You Mountain belonged to the You Mountain Empire.

Three hundred billion light-years from You Mountain lay a great wasteland.

This place belonged to the You Mountain Empire's Azure Domain.

The wasteland was a massive mining site in the Azure Domain. At that moment, mountains of mining residue were piled everywhere. Countless busy figures moved in orderly fashion both inside and outside the mining area, including mechanical robots and alien miners whose forms resembled those of humans.

Numerous monitoring devices resembling wireless "cameras" had been installed throughout the mine, watching every movement in the entire mining area.

Two humanoid alien figures, each more than twenty meters tall, hovered in midair above the mine, looking down. One was more burly, while the other was somewhat thin. Their forms were similar to those of humans, with one head and two arms. Red scales overlapped across their heads, and they had dark-blue, sinister eyes and ears, but no noses. Most conspicuously, their arms were enormous, resembling the long arms of an orangutan on Earth.

The two figures wore dark-red armor and stood in the air, invisible auras spreading from them.

"An Sai, after ten Eras, the Blue Molybdenum Crystal in this area has almost been completely mined. I'm afraid I'll be transferred away before long. When that happens, the two of us brothers may never see each other again." The burly alien spoke in a deep, gruff voice as he glanced at the thin figure beside him.

"Brother, you're my brother, so I'll tell you the truth. The family is somewhat displeased. You've been a mine inspector for too long. You should put more effort into cultivation and break through to the True God Realm as soon as possible. Once you become a True God, you'll regain your freedom. Then we can enlist together and win glory for our Meng'an Tribe. Our An family is one of the most illustrious families in the Meng'an Tribe!" The thin alien, An Sai, pondered for a moment before speaking.

"The True God Realm?" The burly An Ruiqi revealed a trace of longing. "I want to break through too..."

However, he had already remained at the Lord of Laws level for more than twenty trillion Era Cycles. Could he still break through? The hope was probably extremely slim.

"Brother, believe..."

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, An Sai and An Ruiqi sensed an intense spatial fluctuation less than one hundred kilometers directly ahead of them. Both their expressions changed.

They looked toward the source of the spatial fluctuation.

In an instant, the space there seemed to twist, forming a spatial vortex roughly two hundred meters in diameter. A fist-sized nine-story tower flew out of the vortex. The spatial vortex vanished right after, and the small tower disappeared as well. Two figures, one white and one black, each about two meters tall, hovered at the location where the vortex had been.

"So this is Origin Continent? Origin Ancestor?"

He had sensed a powerful summons from the Reincarnation Passage just moments earlier. Then, in an instant, Luo Feng had found himself in an entirely new spatial world. He immediately sensed everything around him, and only after confirming that there was no danger did he emerge from Star Tower.

But just as Mountain Guest had said, he and Origin Ancestor had been separated.

After one passed through reincarnation, the landing point was random. One could appear anywhere on Origin Continent.

Luo Feng's gaze fell on An Sai and An Ruiqi, one hundred kilometers away. He secretly nodded. The two strongest beings are a Lord of Laws and a True God.

This place was temporarily safe. While inside Star Tower, Luo Feng had already sensed everything around him. The strongest lifeforms were merely a True God and a Lord of Laws before him.

"Such powerful gravity and suppression." Luo Feng felt it carefully.

It truly was the origin land of the Three Thousand Dimension Worlds. The strength of the suppression here shocked even Luo Feng.

In the Primal Universe and even the Universe Ocean, sensing everything across hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of light-years was easy. Here, however, his maximum sensing range was only about one million kilometers.

Of course, this was merely his natural perception, not an active probing of his domain.

Even so, it was less than one ten-thousandth of the Universe Ocean's range. One could imagine how astonishingly powerful the suppression of perception was here.

Even more exaggerated was the gravity here. Under such powerful gravity, those below the level of a Universe Master probably could not fly at all, much less maintain flight.

The stability of space here was actually the same as in the Universe Ocean. The difference was that there were no streams of Primal Chaos here. Without the pressure of Primal Chaos, space possessed an even stronger binding force. Flight speed here would probably be drastically reduced, perhaps not even one-tenth of that in the Universe Ocean.

"As expected of the origin land of the Three Thousand Dimension Worlds." Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

Upon arriving on Origin Continent, he felt the same way he had when he first entered the Universe Ocean from the Primal Universe. The only difference was that the spatial suppression here was extremely powerful. Whether perception or divine body strength, he could probably only display a fraction of what he could in the Universe Ocean.

However, this suppression did not target him alone. It affected everyone on Origin Continent.

Luo Feng could infer this from the two alien figures flying toward him in the distance.

Normally, with a distance of one hundred kilometers, a Lord of Laws and a True God could arrive before him with a single teleportation. Yet these two aliens seemed unable to teleport and could only fly over.

Luo Feng also felt that he probably could not teleport directly either. Unless he used Thoughtless Void or Thoughtless Universe, he should only be able to teleport within his own void or Thoughtless Universe domain.

The two aliens soon arrived.

"May I ask who the two seniors are?"

An Sai and An Ruiqi sensed the vast yet extremely restrained auras emanating from the two figures. They guessed that both were probably Void True Gods, so they did not dare maintain their ordinary bodies. Instead, they transformed themselves into forms roughly two meters tall, similar to Luo Feng's, to show their respect.

Only after arriving before Luo Feng and Morosa did they respectfully ask their question.

Luo Feng could not find this language recorded among the Duan Dong River lineage.

However, he understood the meaning they conveyed.

"We're adventurers. We accidentally entered a dangerous place and were unexpectedly transported here. May I ask where this is?" Luo Feng spoke as well, using a language recorded in the Duan Dong River inheritance. Although the languages were incompatible, the meaning could be understood through the fluctuations of thought.

"Adventurers?" An Sai and An Ruiqi exchanged a glance. Both seemed to believe this answer somewhat. Then, when they looked at Luo Feng and the others again, their eyes held traces of reverence.

They naturally never imagined that Luo Feng and the others had passed through the Reincarnation Passage from the three thousand Universe Oceans. They knew little about the Universe Ocean—one could even say they knew nothing at all. Their knowledge and experience had never encountered such a situation.

However, when they heard Luo Feng call himself an adventurer, admiration filled their hearts.

Adventuring was not something ordinary people dared to attempt.

Adventurers had once visited their Meng'an Tribe long ago, when the two brothers were still young. Just hearing others recount those stories had filled them with yearning, and they had even vowed to become adventurers when they grew up. Now, one of them was a Lord of Laws and the other had reached the God King Realm, yet the tribe still refused to let them venture out.

This world was far more dangerous than they had imagined.

The thin An Sai secretly glanced into Luo Feng's eyes.

Boom!

Suddenly, he felt dazed and disoriented, losing himself in an instant. When he came to, he discovered Luo Feng smiling at him. A storm of fear surged through his heart.

"What terrifying eyes." An Sai felt a lingering fear. Fortunately, Luo Feng had not possessed any killing intent. Otherwise, a single glance would probably have been enough to kill him.

An Ruiqi beside him was equally astonished and hurriedly withdrew his gaze.

"Senior, this place belongs to the Azure Domain of the You Mountain Empire. We're from the Meng'an Tribe of the Azure Domain. My name is An Sai, and this is my brother, An Ruiqi." The thin An Sai became even more respectful.

"The You Mountain Empire? The Azure Domain? The Meng'an Tribe?" Luo Feng nodded thoughtfully.

The records of the Duan Dong River lineage flashed rapidly through his mind. There were records of the You Mountain Empire, but very few.

The You Mountain Empire was an ancient nation in the history of Origin Continent. When Wu Kingdom was founded, the You Mountain Empire had already existed for a long time. However, because the distance was too great, Wu Kingdom knew almost nothing about it. It had only learned through hearsay that the founding ruler of the You Mountain Empire, the God King You Mountain, was an extremely ancient and mighty existence with a resounding reputation.

Thinking of this, Luo Feng realized that his luck was probably not very good. His landing point on Origin Continent was likely incredibly far from Wu Kingdom.

However, the Duan Dong River lineage also recorded that every God King nation would establish a super-large spatial teleportation array. One could travel directly between nations through these teleportation arrays, though the price was relatively exorbitant. Even Saint Realm beings, also known as Saints, might not be willing to pay it.

As for traveling to Wu Kingdom, Luo Feng did not dare consider it for now.

"Two seniors, if you don't mind, I'd like to invite you to visit my Meng'an Tribe. Our tribe will certainly treat you with the utmost hospitality." The thin An Sai took the initiative to invite them.

"That works. We were accidentally transported here and aren't familiar with the place. Learning about the customs and traditions of different regions is something we adventurers enjoy doing." Luo Feng nodded.

Having just arrived on Origin Continent, Luo Feng had found that the records of the Duan Dong River lineage barely mentioned the You Mountain Empire. Perhaps he could learn more about it in the Meng'an Tribe.

Of course, the main reason was that through secretly searching the souls of An Sai and An Ruiqi, Luo Feng knew that the Meng'an Tribe had only two Void True Gods at most. They posed no threat to Luo Feng and the others in their current state. However, the information known by Void True Gods was probably far greater than what these two brothers knew.

I've read Swallowed Star no fewer than five times, and I really love this story. Although the book has ended, in my heart, the story is not over yet.

Why did I suddenly want to write a sequel? Simply because I wanted to give the story the ending I envisioned in my heart.

Why write this sequel now, when the story has long since lost its popularity? Because after reading it several more times, I couldn't get the Origin Continent arc out of my mind.

There's already a sequel, so why write another one? Because that is the sequel in someone else's heart, not the one in mine. And so I began writing.

The outline has already been completed. I want to give the story a more distant ending. That's all. If you don't like it, please don't attack me.