The original place, beside the dark lake.
Seven lords had gathered here, waiting patiently for the turning point in this war, waiting for the arrival of their future companions.
"Hmm?"
The seven lords composed of Yuan, Jin, Wulan, Minghuang, Naigu, Xingmang, and Moman.
All of them turned simultaneously to face the direction of Hunyuan Island.
"A breakthrough?" There was undisguised ecstasy in Yuan's eyes.
He had come all the way from the weakest days of the cultivator camp, when they had been nothing more than prey for the Tiansheng Hunyuan Life Camp. At that time, he could only defend a tiny region on his own. Step by step, he has made it to this day.
The birth of every new lord brought Yuan immense joy.
The emergence of Dongsheng Mo signaled the addition of yet another powerful being to the cultivator camp!
"Excellent!" Jin smiled. His silver-scaled face, usually cold and stoic, now lit up with a bright smile, "Since he was accepted, he's been in seclusion for just over 100 billion epochs yet he's already broken through! Xingmang, he is quite faster than you! As for the rest of us, he puts all of us to shame."
"Indeed!" Xingmang smiled as he nodded in praise. "Dongsheng Mo is still relatively immature as a new lord but as a lord of the Hunyuan Stellar Dao, his path naturally lends itself more to direct combat and confrontation than mine."
Indeed, Xingmang simultaneously exists across countless timelines whether it is the past, present, and future. He contributes greatly to the cultivator camp in terms of time and space. His attacks also remain a major thorn in the side of the Innate Hunyuan Life Camp.
Still direct combat demands a life form of great power and truly terrifying offensive might. Dongsheng Mo will be such lifeform, one that defy the law with brute force!
Wu Lan sighed. "Just like Xingmang, using force to break the law."
"Yes, breaking the law with force!!!" Minghuang, Naigu, and Moman were all visibly thrilled.
As lords, they understood what it meant to break the law through sheer strength.
Apart from the Star Lord, the other six had first become world-class Hunyuan life forms. At that level, they relied on their immensely enhanced thinking, observation capabilities, and comprehension to grasp the Hunyuan-level Dao.
But those who broke the law by force were weak life forms, trapped within their limitations, who had nonetheless forcibly comprehended the highest level of Hunyuan Dao.
What kind of insight was that? What kind of genius was it?
Once they became lords, the dramatic leap in their life form's level allowed their mental faculties to rise exponentially, making their strength likely to grow even further.
The lords had each grasped the essence of supreme power, but there were still gaps in strength, only those who had grasped twin hunyuan daos could be the most formidable. The Star Lord had already crossed that final threshold, and Yuan, who had cultivated the longest, had taken half a step towards it.
In their eyes, Dongsheng Mo, who had broken through by force, could one day take that final step too.
"The original place is special in itself. After being refined and arranged by the seven of us lords, it is concealed within this time and space so much so that everything here is completely hidden," said Lord Naigu. "But Dongsheng Mo's clone in his homeland, once it attempts a breakthrough, it will be detected by the outside world."
"Don't worry," said Xingmang. "I've locked the space-time of the secluded chamber where Dongsheng Mo is training. The moment he completes his breakthrough, I will alert him immediately." The other lords nodded in agreement.
"Dongsheng Mo's breakthrough must remain a secret," Yuan said. "Only then will our sneak attack succeed."
"We must teach these ancestors a harsh lesson, and make them pay a proper price!" There was a much intense murder in Jin's gaze compared to his normal.
"This war has brought us the greatest of losses. Many worlds have been destroyed, and countless lives wiped out!" Minghuang's eyes gleamed with a golden glow.
Moman frowned "These ancestors must pay dearly!"
The birth of a new lord must be kept hidden.
If Dongsheng Mo's existence were revealed, the group of ancestors might retreat. Even if they didn't, forewarned and ready, they could prepare a counteroffensive, and the impact of the sneak attack would be drastically reduced.
"Let us wait for Dongsheng Mo to complete his breakthrough first," said Yuan.
The seven lords now turned their focus to the quiet chamber atop the high mountain of Hunyuan Island, watching in silence.
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Dongsheng Mo was busy building the Hunyuan Star Dao which was made of 7 parts Material Dao and 3 part Dao of fire.
After countless eras of deep comprehension and construction, Dongsheng Mo finally breached the final bottleneck. The six foundation systems, crystallization of his understanding of the Matter and Fire fusion Dao at Half-Hunyuan stage, was now being used as six essential cornerstones of his eternal dao.
Each system had been crafted to perfection, consequently they were ready to fuse.
This was not merely about achieving the Tao. It was about establishing an eternal, undying and ultimate life form, becoming a law that would become part of existence itself throughout the Infinite Hunyuan Space.
The Eastern Fiend started with his Body / Physical System. The Infinite Hunyuan Space was breached, energies ransacked from it then transformed then integrated. From this simplest Chaotic Origin Energy was born the miraculous and unique Stellar Hunyuan Energy.
Dongsheng Mo's new perfected prototype of divine body had long become composed of 1.8 billion large particles, each shining like miniature stars. As the Body System neared completion, each particle started glowing with a deeper deep red hue.
Each one of these billions of large particles were composed of 9 extremely tightly bonded smaller particles, each small particle was of order of the smallest unit possible within the Infinite Hunyuan Space. The billions of infinitesimally small star particles began to hum in resonance.
"Each particle acts as a point of origin, as an ever-burning nucleus. Each large particles then becomes a surreal star so that this is no longer just a body, this is billions of star. My body has now become an eternal furnace, the furnace of the most perfected Cosmos."
A crimson mist of divine radiance flooded the secret pattern diagram. Inside this blood-colored light was recorded the structure of the Body System deep into the forming Tao.
Then came the time to integrate the complete Spiritual Consciousness System.
The soul power had already permeated into every strand of Stellar Hunyuan Energy. With this final refinement, spirituality permeated all of the divine body; Dongsheng Mo's will was present in every burning mote, every particle.
This was more than control, this was identity. Wherever Dongsheng Mo's Stellar Hunyuan Energy existed, so did Dongsheng Mo's will.
"Even if I burn away my main combat avatar to perform some forbidden moves, as long as even a few dregs of energy remain then the embers shall reform. I should be able to recoup a significant percentage of my energy reserve immediately after this."
A faint golden brilliance rose from the center of the newly forged secret pattern diagram, illuminating the world. The body and soul systems intertwined like molten metal and starlight.
The Dao glowed brighter.
"Onto the next step, the completion of the Hunyuan Power System" Dongsheng Mo Laughed.
Each of the 1.8 billion large particles began to oscillate pulsing waves of heat. Every large particle was made up of 9 of the smallest possible units, these tightly bonded units functioned both as power source and shield.
To destroy or even damage the body of Dongsheng Mo, one would have to destroy a large particle. This could only be done by overcoming the binding force within, but the trick lied there — the force binding each of the 9 small particles together was exponential in nature.
As this system was perfected, another desired strange phenomenon occurred: the glued small particles began to pull in Chaotic Origin Energy from the Infinite Hunyuan Space at terrifying speed.
"10% of total energy reserves can be restored well-nigh instantly. This will allow every of my moves to have at least 10% of my energy reserves imbued within, even my most stupid moves will be deadly to some weaker Primogenitor."
The entire secret pattern diagram now pulsed like a star's core heartbeat, vibrating in rhythm with the world.
Deep dark blue ripples began to appear. They flowed along the newest part of secret patterns like blood through capillaries as He integrated more and more secret patterns inside his Tao.
Dongsheng Mo continued, perfecting his craft again and again with the addition of the Energy–Matter System.
A surge erupted. The Stellar Hunyuan Energy began to shift phase, energy becoming bright matter. Only to immediately after have the radiant matter then converting back to stellar blaze.
As the secret pattern evolved, two forms clashed and fused with one dense and heavy whilst the other explosive and fluid.
Those two phases remained perpetually partially-fused and contained many unbelievable mysteries. The Matter-Fire Combination can be divided into pure matter, pure fire, as well as matter and fire fusion. This marvelous combination Form, those different states from the same origin are blended perfectly.
"When maintaining my full matter state, I am heavy and unshakable and unbreakable thus generating immense gravitational force; I can suppress space and time through sheer mass. When in my fire phase, I am unstoppable ever-burning blaze that can incinerate all things."
Within the Hunyuan Star Dao, new maroon colored secret patterns spiraled in an helix as if to represent these twin forms, energy and matter, became two states of one eternal truth.
"Now lets focus on the Force System" Dongsheng Mo happily thought.
The concept of mass, of inertia, of devastating gravity, these principles now align as axioms within the Hunyuan Dao.
His body's density and gravitational command became part of the secret pattern. The mass of the body determines the force of every movement.
"Mass is will. Motion is decree. Every one of my strikes carries endless force and combining it with gravitational pull means at close combat my strikes are unavoidable."
Vast bright yellow secret patterns wove through the others, embedding themselves in the physical structure. Wherever they crossed the red and gold fire lines, fiery force arrows burst forth.
At last, the ultimate transformation began with the integration of the 6th system, the light system.
Immensely dense matter transforms into excessive heat which in turn begins to emit infinite radiant light, piercing through the Infinite Hunyuan Space. This stellar light imbued with his soul power is conscious, as such allowing the Eastern Fiend's presence to be projected across vast regions and influence those weaker than him. It is different that being incarnation of the Tao, the range of his light is limited but he can bewitch others with it.
"Where light shines, I am. Not projection, but presence."
At this moment, the sixth system integration was complete.
A corona of seven-colored stellar light burst from the secret diagram as the Hunyuan Dao Materialised with all six systems, the physical, spiritual, energy, power, force, and light, began to resonate in unity.
The Eternal Dao was born.
As the six systems aligned and merged, deepest colored power emerged from the void. This was not divine power neither was it law power. This was the quintessence power of the Infinite Hunyuan Space itself, responding to the Dao Dongsheng Mo had constructed.
"Tao is power!"
Dongsheng Mo can sense this process!
The power of Hunyuan is the most basic power that exists in the infinite Hunyuan space! But this power was attracted by the Dao formed by Dongsheng Mo, and was naturally transformed by the Dao, turning into the highest level of power!
"Most of the Tao is already equal to the highest level of power!" Dongsheng Mo understood, he was on the right track.
He had completed the most core and important part!
Dongsheng Mo continued to perfect this Hunyuan Stellar Dao, integrating secret patterns into it! The huge secret pattern diagram has differently colored secret patterns! In the outer area of the secret pattern diagram, there are also red-brown and deep golden secret patterns interwoven!
But the deeper you go, the six-color secret patterns gradually merge, and finally become one, transforming into a deep Neon blue secret pattern to form the origin!
These Neon blue wisps danced along the secret pattern diagram. Wherever they passed, the red-brown, gold, maroon, crimson and two other lines began to shift color turning deep Neon blueish-black, shining with the luster of a star's heart.
The six-colored core of the diagram gradually merged into a singularity of pure Stellar Hunyuan Principle. The pattern twisted and refolded, until a dark Neon blue multidimensional glyph hovered in the void.
The Hunyuan Dao origin had taken physical form; it radiated heat, Gravity, Light and Will.
It was alive, It was Dongsheng Mo.
"Tao is no longer something I follow. It is something I am."
The Neon blue light of spirituality suffused the pattern.
A burst. Tao can be materialized or it can be invisible!
The secret pattern, ambassador of his Tao, vanished into Dongsheng Mo's seven feet tall body. He became impossibly heavy, if he absorbed enough energy then he would instantly become much heavier than a source world.
Eastern Fiend had succeeded, the Hunyuan Star Dao was born.
In the past, he needed to rely on his clones to survive!
And now, Tao is also a part of his life!
He can rely on the Tao to exist. Wherever Tao is, Dongsheng Mo is there! He can send down incarnations in an infinitely vast area. Although the incarnations are small, they can absorb energy and grow!
Finally, Dongsheng Mo was an overlord after an actual time of seclusion of about 110 billion epochs.
The time that has passed in the outside world is less than 100 thousand centuries!
"100,000 Epochs to reach the Half-Hunyuan Stage, another 100,000 Epochs to become an Overlord. A minute amount of time compared to the endless years since Senior Yuan emerged. How Wonderful!" Dongsheng Mo reflected before being interrupted.
"Congratulations on taking this step!" The voice of the Star Lord rang in Eastern Fiend's ears, "Now it is time to wage War!!!"
Let the world know that even the stoic Xingmang can feel hatred.