Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 101 Guanghan Star Region
If other geniuses comprehend the laws, it's considered a difficult process.

With his special life-cultivation talent, which is no less than a hundred times that of the Water Law, coupled with the "Falling Snow Secret Manual" which analyzes the mysteries of the Water Law, and the threads of the Water Origin Law from the perspective of the Water Qilin clone in the Great Luo Heaven, comprehending the Water Law is a simple matter for him.

Moreover, the process of cultivating the "Falling Snow Secret Manual" can also enhance one's understanding of the laws of water.

It's just that compared to directly comprehending the Law of Water, it's not as efficient because it requires a thorough understanding of the essence of the law.

Soon, a chilling blue sword light flashed within the world ring, and Lu Jin, wielding the Ice Soul Sword, began practicing the sword techniques recorded in the "Falling Snow Secret Manual".

As a secret manual that can unravel the mysteries of the fundamental laws of water, the "Falling Snow Secret Manual" consists of 110 volumes.

Volume 1 is the general outline, while Volumes 2 through 109 are the profound analysis, research, and cultivation methods of 108 kinds of fundamental laws of water.

Volume 110 contains 108 sword techniques, each of which interprets the profound mystery of the fundamental law of water.

However, these 108 sword techniques are not as easy to learn as the original "Overturning the Sea Sword Manual," and the two are even on completely different levels in terms of difficulty.

He was able to quickly master the "Overturning Sea Sword Manual" because of his supernatural ability: the ability to control his own power through the illusion.

However, the most important factor in mastering these 108 sword techniques is not control, but comprehension. It is no longer possible to quickly complete the training through supernatural means such as using illusions to cheat.

Six days later, the Tianhe Star Region changed hands.

Zi Nishang replaced the Tianhe family, which had ruled the Tianhe Star Region for billions of years, and officially became the lord of the Tianhe Star Region.

The Tianhe family, the only immortal member of the clan to have perished, completely withdrew from the Tianhe Starfield after the formal handover and moved to a star system that the Tianhe family had previously purchased in another starfield.

At the same time, Zi Nishang used the one-time renaming right she had purchased to rename the Tianhe Star Region to the Guanghan Star Region, the capital Tianhe Star to the Guanghan Star, and the star system where the capital was located to the Guanghan Star System.

Another week passed, and Zi Ni Chang, who had already established her divine kingdom, was busy sorting out the management system of the Guanghan Star Region.

Inside the World Ring, Lu Jin, who had retrieved the items he purchased at the Heavenly Frost Auction at the Virtual Universe Company's branch, temporarily stopped cultivating.

As expected, after the corpse of the ninth-level peak Realm Lord Destroyer Beast was put into the Demon Refining Pot for decomposition...

In addition to numerous World Lord-level Life Source Crystals, a Lesser Completion-level Lightning Law Bead (recognized by the Lightning Law), an Entry-level Time Law Bead (crossing the threshold of the Time Origin Law), there is also a Bloodline Source Crystal with ten times the level of life genes.

It's a pity that this entry-level Time Law Bead isn't very high-grade; it's only just entered the threshold of the Time Origin Law, and its level of law comprehension is only comparable to that of a high-level Immortal Military Lord.

However, compared to the Immortal Azure Mantis corpse, which cost 1000 Chaos Units each, he made a much better profit from the Destroyer Beast corpse, which cost 1800 Chaos Units.

In Lu Jin's view, the value of this entry-level Time Law Bead is even higher than that of a lower-level Law Godhead.

After all, a lower-level divine spark can only create a primary immortal military lord with a divine body strength a hundred times that of a peak ninth-level world lord.

However, if this entry-level Time Law Bead is added, the resulting being would be a high-level Immortal Military Lord with a divine body strength 300 times that of a peak ninth-level World Lord.

Moreover, although the difference in their divine bodies is only three times, once their other shortcomings are addressed, the difference in their upper limits of strength will definitely be more than three times.

Not to mention that the corpse of this devastating behemoth also yielded a bloodline source crystal with ten times the life gene.

Without hesitation, Lu Jin tossed the Bloodline Origin Crystal to his Immortal-grade 360 ​​Vine Cloud Vine.

There are quite a few corpses of giant star beasts with peak bloodlines in the universe. In Lu Jin's opinion, bloodline source crystals with ten times the level of life genes are no longer considered too rare treasures.

By placing orders with two major banks, we can achieve a tenfold increase in the freedom to obtain Bloodline Source Crystals.

Then, Lu Jin looked at the two Silver Clan metallic beings.

These are two silver metal spheres, each one meter in diameter and spherical in shape.

Using his telekinetic powers to probe deep inside the metal sphere, he saw a silver core, two inches in diameter and covered with mysterious patterns, in the center of the silver metal sphere.

This silver core is the life core of the Silverwo clan's metallic life form.

As for the silver metal outside the life core, it is a derivative body of the Silverwo clan's metal life form, and the derivative body is reversible after being damaged.

The Silver Clan's metallic life forms can be integrated into spaceships, giving them the ability to self-repair and self-upgrade.

While this statement is correct, it is not entirely accurate.

To be precise, it is the Silverwo race's metallic life forms that can integrate into metallic creations, giving those creations the ability to self-recover and self-upgrade.

Therefore, the Silverwo race's metal lifeforms can not only integrate into spaceships, but also into weapons and armor made of metal.

However, at the same level, the price of weapons and armor is far lower than that of spaceships, which is why the use of the Silverwo race's metal life forms is to integrate them into spaceships.

Furthermore, although the Silverwo race's life forms can be integrated into metal creations, they are not without limitations.

When the level of a metal creation is far higher than that of the Silverwo clan's metal life form, the Silverwo clan's metal life form cannot integrate into that metal creation.

And once it is integrated into a certain metal object, it will truly become one with it and will never be able to separate from that metal object again.

Of course, if the Silver Witch Clan's metal life level reaches immortality, their metal body will transform into an energy body, allowing them to freely change their appearance.

It's like the Silver Witch's metallic life form merging into a flying saucer-shaped spaceship; the spaceship's shape cannot be changed until it reaches the Immortal level.

However, once the Silver Witch's metal life level reaches the Immortal realm, this saucer-shaped spaceship, upgraded to F-level, can freely change shape, becoming sword-shaped, triangular, spindle-shaped, or even biological-shaped.

Lu Jin unleashed his spiritual power, channeling it into the life core of one of the Silver Witch metal lifeforms, and quickly completed the recognition process.

As for the other Silver Serpent Clan life, it had already been recognized as a master by Zi Ni Chang.

Just like plant life forms such as the Moyun Vine, once a metallic life form of the Silverwo Clan recognizes a master, it will be forever loyal to that master.

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh—'

A large number of life source crystals of various levels below the Immortal level fell down, supplying the two Silver Witch metal life forms to devour.

Then, Lu Jin changed his mind and left the World Ring.

Within the divine realm, where the sky displays eight colors, a colossal mountain range stretching for 100,000 kilometers floats suspended in mid-air.

At the summit of the massive mountain range stands a magnificent eight-colored temple.

‘Shua——’

Lu Jin's figure suddenly appeared next to a world ring placed inside the Eight-Colored Temple.

After leaving the temple, Lu Jin walked towards a stone tablet about ten meters high that stood not far from the temple. As ripples appeared on the surface of the stone tablet, Lu Jin entered the stone tablet.

In a shift of perspective, Lu Jin's figure appeared on a plaza in a floating city.

The plaza, paved with white jade, was quite spacious, and surrounding it stretched a vast complex of palaces. This was the core of the Guanghan Starfield, the lord's residence of the newly appointed lord, 'Guanghan Immortal'.

Inside the central hall of the lord's mansion.

Sensing Lu Jin's arrival, Zi Nishang dismissed the Guanghan Star administrators who were reporting to her, and looked at Lu Jin, who had entered the main hall, with a hint of resentment in her beautiful eyes.

Since she came alone and lacked a trusted group, she, as the star lord, could not be a hands-off manager; otherwise, deception and cover-ups would become rampant.

Of course, even if you don't completely shirk your responsibilities, this kind of thing is still unavoidable.

After all, the Guanghan Star Region has 823 star systems and more than 1.5 million inhabited planets, so there are bound to be many unruly administrators.

Even if only a small number of people break the rules, that would still amount to hundreds of millions.

"What's wrong? Is our lord troubled?"

Seeing the resentment in Zi Nishang's eyes, Lu Jin smiled and said.

"How about we find one of the two major banks to manage it for us?"

Zi Nishang thought of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank and the First Bank of the Universe.

Where there is demand, there is a market. The universe is so vast, and there are many powerful individuals with abundant wealth who are poor at self-management.

Both banks offer 'territory management' services. For a fee, both banks will send top-tier management teams to manage your inhabited planets according to your requirements.

"Need not."

Shaking his head, Lu Jin said, "Actually, this is very simple. To put it bluntly, it's just that you lack loyal and capable trusted subordinates."

Loyal?
Soul servants are absolutely loyal.

Strong management skills?
The universe is so vast, there are countless people with outstanding management skills.

A talisman to exorcise spirits, a lower-level divine essence, and a skilled manager are all it takes to solve the problems Zi Ni Chang is currently facing.

The exorcising talisman ensures absolute loyalty, refines lower-level laws to reach immortality, and can even transform this talented manager into a top-tier manager.

After all, the brains of immortal gods operate at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary AI, and they would not die even if they worked tirelessly for ten thousand years without sleep.

Zi Nishang asked, "So you mean to enslave all those temporary governors in the Guanghan Star Region?"

"Let's use our own people. Let's assign a World Lord to each star system, and then have an Immortal oversee the whole situation."

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin rejected Zi Nishang's suggestion.

As long as they were not originally enemies, Lu Jin would treat his absolutely loyal soul servants well, and given that he was not lacking in lower-level divine rank, he would at least cultivate them into immortals in the future.

In this way, it's better to benefit our own people than to benefit outsiders.

After all, neither he nor Zi Nishang were without subordinates on Earth or in the Qiankun Realm.

Of course, given that a uniform group of immortal gods would be too high-profile, it would be impossible to assign an immortal soul servant to every one of the more than 800 star systems in the Guanghan Star Region.

Otherwise, if this matter were to become known to the outside world, it would inevitably attract the attention of the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom.

Without considering future prospects, cultivating a realm master is simple: just give them a lower-level law bead of any level and then use life source crystals to increase its level.

At this moment, Lu Jin said again, "Ni Chang, you should send people to collect information on the world lords in the nearby star fields. Try to recruit as many world lords as possible who are nearing the end of their lifespan, preferably those without any background, or those who have a background themselves."

Originally a low-level martial artist or mentalist, he later ascended to immortality in one step from a lower-level law godhood.

There is a significant difference between the two: the one who was originally a realm lord and later became an immortal by piling up lower-level law godhood.

Even if the former achieves immortality, because they know nothing, they would definitely be the worst immortals in the universe.

However, the latter is different. The lifespan of a Realm Lord can reach tens of millions of years. A Realm Lord who has lived for millions of years, apart from his understanding of higher-level laws and the secret techniques he already possesses, can achieve this.

They were thoroughly familiar with the key points of cultivation for each realm below Immortality and possessed rich experience in cultivating secret techniques.

Letting them fight against immortals of the same level might result in more defeats than victories, but letting them guide lower-level martial artists or mental cultivators in their cultivation would definitely make them excellent teachers.

For realm lords whose lifespans are nearing their limit, if they had the opportunity to achieve immortality, they would probably not mind becoming soul servants.
With the Water Kirin clone possessing a soul power 120 times that of a peak ninth-order cosmic realm, Lu Jin indeed could not forcibly enslave the realm lord.

However, if the realm lord opens his mind and does not put up any resistance, the soul-exorcising technique can still complete the soul enslavement.

With excellent teachers and the Thirty-Six Heavens, a talent cultivation base isolated from the outside world, the plan to cultivate the future generation can begin.

"I'll give the order right away."

Zi Ni Chang nodded.

Recalling the reports from the previous managers, Zi Nishang's eyes flashed with intense interest, and she said, "Lu Jin, there is a cosmic secret realm in our Guanghan Star Region. I've heard that treasures are usually nurtured in cosmic secret realms. Why don't I go and explore it?"

Lu Jin rolled her eyes: "Go after you've mastered the secret technique."

Lu Jin had already learned about the secret realm when he decided to purchase the Star Domain.

At the edge of the Guanghan Starfield, there is a cosmic secret realm called 'Jiuhui', with a diameter of about 100,000 light-years, suitable for powerful individuals who have reached the level of World Lord to train.

As Zi Nishang said, treasures are indeed often found in secret realms of the universe.

But the priority now is to address our shortcomings, not to explore the mysteries of the universe.

Besides, what kind of treasures could an ordinary cosmic secret realm possibly produce?

Of course, if there is time later, we can use the Kunlun Mirror to investigate further.

It is also worth mentioning that the Water Kirin clone has entered the cosmic level, and the detection range when using the Kunlun Mirror to explore space has increased from a diameter of 10,000 kilometers at the stellar level to a diameter of 100,000 kilometers at the cosmic level.

“Ni Chang, go to the Cosmic Galaxy Bank again and sell this Star-Eating Grass seedling.”

Lu Jin took out a peak ninth-tier planetary star-eating grass from his world ring and handed it to Zi Nishang.

With limited funds in his bank account and the need to order the corpses of star beasts with peak bloodlines, Lu Jin, facing a shortage of money, cultivated another top-grade Star-Eating Grass sapling.

Bonus chapter for April (7/8)

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