Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

Although the ideal was beautiful, the reality was still quite harsh, as cultivating the 【Universal Embodiment of Heaven’s All-Encompassing Law】 was far more difficult than ordinary Dao techniques.

”The key lies in the Qi gathering.”

”After all, only by mastering the cultivation method can one achieve the embodiment, and pushing the technique to perfection requires an unimaginable amount of Heaven’s Realm Qi.”

Generally speaking, the higher one’s cultivation, the harder it was to gather Qi.

Because the higher your cultivation, the greater the malice from the Heaven’s Realm towards you, and the more Qi you needed, making it easier to be targeted and killed by the Heaven’s Realm.

While Lü Yang was contemplating this, he suddenly seemed to sense something, raised his head, and looked into the distance, only to see a mortal-looking army approaching.

Over a dozen banners fluttered in the wind, and the surging blood and Qi of the soldiers condensed into red light that shot up into the sky.

In an instant, the sky brightened!

The vast blood and Qi stirred the celestial phenomena, and every person had a corresponding life star, which at this moment interconnected, forming a dazzling map of a myriad of stars!

”.Oh?”

Seeing this, Lü Yang immediately narrowed his eyes, because the moment the army formed their formation, he felt a powerful suppression.

‘This is... suppression of position!’

Originally, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, unless it was the Dao Court using formations to simulate Foundation Establishment, ordinary armies meant nothing to him.

However, things were different now.

After that army formed their formation, linking with the stars in the sky, the effect was not like the Dao Court’s position elevation but rather a suppression, forcibly lowering part of his position, even reducing his surrounding light by half.

‘What a formidable technique!’

Lü Yang was astonished, unaware that the opposing army’s general was even more shocked to see Lü Yang still displaying magical power while facing the ”Thousand Troops” head-on.

”How is this possible!”

The general’s name was Wu Changkong, the lord of the only city nearby—Kaihuang City—and the strongest life star holder in the surrounding hundreds of miles.

He held the 【Earth Subduing Star】.

It was said that there were a total of one hundred and eight Demonic Stars in the world, the pinnacle of life stars, and those blessed by a Demonic Star were destined to possess extraordinary abilities far beyond ordinary warriors.

Wu Changkong was such a person.

As the holder of the 【Earth Subduing Star】, he was born with golden eyes, a leopard-like head, and round eyes, naturally endowed with divine strength, advancing in martial arts at an incredible speed.

At this moment, his blood and Qi were the strongest in the army, and with the blessing of the life star, ordinary soldiers would be injured just by looking directly at him.

Yet now, he wore an expression of terror.

The reason he had hastily gathered his army was because he had discovered that the rift in the ”Heaven’s Revelation” appeared within his territory at Tianzhu Mountain.

If he could seize the lead and kill the target, he could advance even further!

Therefore, upon seeing Lü Yang, he had ordered the army to attack without hesitation, thinking it would be an easy victory, only to be shocked by Lü Yang’s strength.

But soon, he showed a puzzled look.

Wu Changkong stared fixedly at Lü Yang, originally thinking he was a heavenly demon recorded in ancient texts, but now he could sense a life star on Lü Yang.

Even more absurd was the level of that life star.

”【Villager】?”

For a moment, Wu Changkong felt it was utterly ridiculous.

The opponent clearly had the strength to ”sweep through thousands of troops,” just one step away from ”unstoppable by ten thousand men,” a true powerhouse even among Demonic Stars!

And yet, the life star was actually 【Villager】?

Despite that, Wu Changkong did not doubt Lü Yang’s identity, because in his understanding, anyone with a life star could not be an extraterrestrial demon.

With this in mind, Wu Changkong quickly stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, ”Esteemed Immortal, it was a misunderstanding earlier. We are here to hunt an extraterrestrial demon. Since you have arrived first, you must have seen it already? May I ask where it fled to, so we can pursue and eliminate it?”

Lü Yang blinked upon hearing this, then revealed a look of realization:

”I fought that extraterrestrial demon, and she fled in that direction.”

Lü Yang pointed without hesitation toward the direction where the True Person Miaoyin had fled.

”Thank you, Immortal!”

Wu Changkong cupped his hands again, then turned to issue orders.

The army, well-disciplined, swiftly pursued in the direction pointed by Lü Yang.

Meanwhile, Lü Yang watched their retreating figures.

”Interesting…”

He had started to understand the system of the 【Myriad Martial Realm】.

This Heaven’s Realm actually had no true cultivators; strictly speaking, they were all mortals.

The only difference was the life star.

”This life star is like another form of position, blessing mortals without extending their lifespan, and their external performance doesn’t even reach the Foundation Establishment level.”

However, it had a very nasty ability—suppression.

When enough life stars gathered and formed an array, the brilliant constellation could suppress the radiance of other life stars, its power so great that even lofty Foundation Establishment True Persons could fall to the mortal realm because of it!

”Higher life stars suppress lower ones.”

”However, when enough lower-ranked life stars gather, they can obscure the brilliance of higher-ranked life stars, creating a subtle balance.”

That said, there were exceptions.

”To form a suppression array, the minimum requirement is 【Warrior】. If it’s just 【Villager】, they can’t even form an array.”

In other words, 【Villager】 was mere grass and dust.

Their only value was farming daily to feed 【Warriors】 and those with higher life stars.

They were the lowest of the low, yet also the most numerous.

A truly harsh pyramid structure.

However, Lü Yang saw an exploitable loophole.

After all, this was a Heaven’s Realm with only one fruit position; its rules, though harsh, were not yet mature.

At least, from his perspective, there were still gaps to exploit.

”The biggest flaw is that the gap between life stars isn’t absolute. At least, the difference between 【Villager】 and 【Warrior】 isn’t as vast as heaven and earth.”

After a moment of thought, Lü Yang swept his divine sense and soon spotted a group of refugees in the distance.

He immediately cast a spell and flew toward them in a streak of light.

These refugees were none other than the villagers of Luo Family Village.

The long line of people moved silently; everyone was walking in silence.

When people are starving, they don’t speak.

Even the energy to complain was gone, or perhaps they had grown used to it.

Rather than complaining, they cared more about how to survive the next few days.

After all, once they left the village, they had no more fields to farm and couldn’t hunt in the mountains.

Even if they had a bit of leftover grain, they dared not eat it recklessly.

They could only endure, taking tiny bites every day or simply eating tree bark to fill their stomachs.

After all, that was a strange trait inherent to 【Villager】.

The burly man and the boy were naturally among them.

Because the man was a 【Warrior】, even though he was retired, he was still better off than ordinary 【Villager】 and could spare a few pieces of dried food for the boy.

The boy was sensible, though still hungry, and didn’t dare to eat it all at once.

”Gurururu...”

A muffled rumble came from the boy’s stomach, making him blush and cover his belly.

After all, he had just finished practicing martial arts and needed a lot of nourishment.

Unfortunately, the burly man had no more food left.

”Hang in there,” the man whispered.

”The situation at Tianzhu Mountain isn’t something we can meddle in. With the beast tide approaching, staying in the village would be certain death.”

”Once we reach the city, I’ll figure something out.”

”Master…”

At this moment, a fair hand suddenly reached out, holding two white candy beans, accompanied by a soft voice:

”Do you want to survive?”

The man and the boy were stunned and looked up, seeing a handsome young Daoist whose very appearance evoked a natural sense of goodwill.

However, the man quickly grew wary.

”Who are you?”

”You don’t need to know my name.”

Lü Yang shook his head, then smiled and said, ”Aren’t you all hungry? Use these to fill your stomachs. You won’t feel hungry after eating them.”

Only then did the man notice that the people around him had already received ”candy beans” from Lü Yang.

After all, not everyone had leftover food.

Since 【Villager】 could eat anything, as long as it filled their bellies, they didn’t care about taboos and eagerly grabbed the candy beans and gulped them down.

Then, something strange happened.

”I can eat dirt now?”

”Grass is edible too!”

”It smells so good!”

Anyone who ate the candy beans began to eat dirt, grass, or tree bark.

Yet none of them looked hungry anymore.

Originally, eating tree bark, grass, or dirt only provided the illusion of being full.

But now, the villagers looked vigorous, their bodies visibly growing stronger at a rate visible to the naked eye!

The man grew even more horrified.

”W-What kind of sorcery is this?”

”This isn’t sorcery.”

Lü Yang shook his head and revealed his life star.

The large 【Villager】 star immediately drew surprised gazes from everyone.

”We are all 【Villager】, no different from each other.”

With that, Lü Yang grinned widely.

”Come with me. I’ll take you to eat your fill and create a world where no one has to go hungry again.”

This time, he was really going to be a good person!