Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 103 The Nine Heavens Secret Realm
(Note: Chapter 102 is at the end)

"Fatty, compile a report on the Nine Heavens Secret Realm for me."

Lu Jin gave the instructions to Fatty.

In the short term, his mastery of the laws of water and space is unlikely to improve significantly, and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon is still far from being able to unleash its fourth level.

There happens to be a secret cosmic realm in the Guanghan Star Region, which is worth checking out.

Moreover, within the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, there are numerous wild beasts of varying levels, making it suitable for practical combat training.

The opponents generated in the virtual universe killing field are ultimately fake and cannot truly replace real combat.

With his clone protecting him and the immortal plant life as a safety net, Lu Jin wasn't worried about actually perishing in the secret realm.

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty responded.

Cosmic secret realms are unique regions that naturally formed during the evolution of the vast universe.

They usually contain incredibly rich primordial energy of the universe, with varying degrees of danger and different levels of treasures they nurture.

Generally speaking, even for relatively low-danger cosmic secret realms, one needs a cultivation level of World Lord to venture into them.

The same applies to the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, located on the edge of the Guanghan Star Region.

The Nine Heavens Secret Realm is a small secret realm, with a diameter of about 100,000 light-years.

The cosmic storms that frequently and irregularly appear in the starry sky within the secret realm are difficult for those below the realm lord level to withstand.

In addition, the unique environment of the secret realm severely weakens the detection effect of the detectors and the perception of the strong.

This led the realm lords who came to explore the secret realm to firmly believe that the Nine Heavens Secret Realm had not been thoroughly plundered and that there was a possibility of powerful treasures inside.

After all, it's just a small secret realm, and the level of danger isn't high. It usually can't nurture treasures of high value, and true powerhouses wouldn't even look at such a small amount.

However, not all areas within the Nine Heavens Secret Realm are dangerous.

Within this secret realm, there are also nine large life-bearing planets, ranging in diameter from billions to tens of billions of kilometers, inhabited by a large number of wild beasts.

It can be said that the Nine Heavens Secret Realm is not only a place for treasure hunting, but also a good place for training.

In the dark universe, a silver dragon over three thousand meters long is flying at a speed exceeding sixty times the speed of light.

However, if a powerful individual were to witness this scene, they would discover that it was not a real dragon, but a G-class biological spaceship that resembled a silver dragon.

Inside the spaceship's control room stood a figure with blood-red armor and hair, a scarlet vertical eye on his forehead, and an aura of intense killing intent emanating from him.

The figure with blood-red armor and hair was none other than Lu Jin himself, disguised using supernatural powers: Disguise.

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

This journey to the Nine Heavens Secret Realm for training may lead to encounters with grudges from others.

With a vest that can not only change his appearance, but also alter his Force and telekinesis, he will no longer need to worry.

If you can handle someone, just go all out and do it to the death. You don't need to give face even to a venerable person's own son.

The G-class Silver Dragon bio-spaceship that Lu Jin was riding on was not purchased with a huge amount of mixed units, but rather an immortal-class Silver Dragon metal life form integrated into the spaceship.

After nurturing the Silverwo Clan's metallic life form to the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord using the Life Source Crystal, Lu Jin fed it a Bloodline Source Crystal with ten times the level of life genes (produced from the corpse of a peak bloodline starry sky behemoth), and then integrated it into an E9-class spaceship.

He was not disappointed. The Silver Wolf Clan metal life form, with ten times the life gene level, directly reached the initial level of the King after entering the Immortal realm.

With the Silver Woo Clan's metal life form reaching the initial level of King, their spaceship, originally only at the E9 level, was naturally carried away.

It directly transformed and evolved into a vehicle that only powerful beings who have reached the King level could possess—a G-class spaceship.

"Fatty, when will we arrive at the Nine Heavens Secret Realm?"

Lu Jin asked the fat man.

Fatty replied, "Master, we are currently about 98 light-years away from the Nine Heavens Secret Realm. At the current speed of the Shenzhou spacecraft, which is 63 times the speed of light in the dark universe, it will take about 13 hours to arrive."

The Guanghan Star Region is a small star region; the entire star region is not very large, with a diameter of only about 1.8 million light-years.

At the speed of the Shenzhou spacecraft, it would take about a day to traverse the entire Guanghan Star Region.

It was precisely because traveling honestly wouldn't take too much time that Lu Jin didn't teleport directly using the Kunlun Mirror.

"Remind me when we arrive."

Lu Jin nodded slightly, gave Pang Da an instruction, and then continued to cultivate the "Falling Snow Secret Manual".

Half a day later.

Inside the Shenzhou spacecraft control room.

"Master, we are about to embark on a space traverse and arrive inside the Nine Heavens Secret Realm."

Fatty said to Lu Jin.

At the same time, a countdown timer echoed in the control room.

Ten seconds later, the Shenzhou spacecraft began to vibrate slightly.

When everything returned to calm, the Shenzhou spacecraft had already appeared in the starry sky of the Nine Heavens Mystery Realm.

"Start the exterior scene simulation."

Lu Jin gave the instructions.

The next second, the indoor scenery changed, revealing the void outside.

This is a vast starry sky, filled with a thin mist and floating dust fragments that shimmer with various colors under the starlight.

In the far distance, a massive, life-bearing planet shrouded in clouds floats in the starry sky.

Before long, the Shenzhou spacecraft flew to the outer edge of this giant life-bearing planet.

Fatty introduced, "Master, this life-bearing planet is called Huangguang Star. It is the largest of the nine life-bearing planets in the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, with a diameter of over 60 billion kilometers."

One day on this planet is equivalent to three days on Earth, and the gravity is dozens of times that of Earth, making objects on the entire planet much more solid.

The same attack would produce far less destructive power on the planet Guiguang than on Earth.

Compared to the star Gwang, which has a diameter of over 60 billion kilometers, let alone Earth, even the Sun is tiny.

However, the universe is vast and full of wonders.

While life-bearing planets in the outer space are rarely enormous, there are plenty of enormous life-bearing planets or continents in the energy-rich cosmic realms, some even measuring light-years in size.

A planet of this size naturally has great gravity inside.

It must be because the environment of the secret realm is special; otherwise, the gravity on the planet Gaoguang would certainly be more than dozens of times that of Earth.

Lu Jin asked, "What's the specific situation regarding the wild beasts on the planet Gaoguang?"

"The unique environment within the Jiuhong Secret Realm severely limited the detection capabilities of the Shenzhou spacecraft's probes, and the detection data may not be accurate."

No immortal-level wild beasts have been detected so far, but there are over a thousand world lord-level wild beasts and over a million domain lord-level wild beasts.

"What about the humans who came to explore?"

Fatty truthfully stated, "279 human realm lords have been detected."

Lu Jin nodded slightly, flew out of the spaceship, and stored the Shenzhou spaceship, which resembled a silver dragon, into his world ring. Then, he stepped onto the Water Cloud Shuttle and transformed into a streak of blood light, flying rapidly towards the planet Chaoguang. As a G-class biological spaceship, the Shenzhou was very powerful, equipped with six main cannons and thirty-six secondary cannons in addition to its defensive system.

The six main cannons have a 30-second cooldown time for charging, and their power is comparable to a full-force attack from a peak-level King without burning divine power.

The thirty-six secondary cannons have a 3-second cooldown time for charging, and their power is comparable to a full-force strike from a peak Marquis without burning divine power.

Moreover, Shenzhou is different from ordinary G-class spaceships. It is a spaceship-type early-stage King-level powerhouse, so it will not run out of energy reserves after firing its main cannon a few times.

The highest level of life detected on the planet Chaoguang is only the Realm Lord. Even if we only use secondary cannons to attack it, it's like using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito; there's no need for that at all.

He carried three immortal-level plant life forms, and the Moyun Vine even transformed into a blood-red battle armor that he wore, enough to serve as a trump card for survival. Even if an immortal suddenly appeared, he wouldn't be afraid.

Within the mountain ranges and forests stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles, ancient trees reach for the sky, the roars of beasts and the cries of birds rise and fall, and bloody battles are frequently staged, creating an atmosphere of savagery everywhere.

It was noon, somewhere in the desolate mountains.

On the branches of a towering tree, a leopard-like beast, over ten meters long and covered in black and purple stripes, was taking a nap.

Suddenly, the leopard-like beast that was resting on a branch abruptly opened its sharp eyes and looked up at the sky above.

"Whoosh-"

The whistling sound kept reaching his ears as Lu Jin, riding the Water Cloud Shuttle, plummeted into the ancient forest below like a shooting star.

Just as he was about to make solid contact with the forest below, Lu Jin unleashed his mental power, sending out a surge of energy that significantly reduced his descent, bringing him to a steady stop above the forest.

"boom--"

Startled awake by the sudden commotion during his nap, the black-purple leopard-like beast was very displeased. A fierce glint flashed in its eyes, and lightning crackled around its body. A bolt of purple lightning suddenly appeared and blasted towards Lu Jin, who was hundreds of meters away in mid-air.

"Humph--"

Lu Jin snorted coldly, his mental energy surging and transforming into an invisible, intangible sharp spittle that shot out.

"boom--"

In an instant, the head of the black and purple leopard-like beast exploded, blood, flesh, and bone fragments flew everywhere, and then the corpse fell from the tree, crashing heavily onto the ground below covered with decaying leaves.

The small, sixth-tier wild beast couldn't even last a single round against Lu Jin's telekinetic attack.

'Mo Yun, locate the positions of nearby ninth-tier primordial beasts.'

Lu Jin communicated with Mo Yun Teng through his thoughts.

Without needing a large-scale detector, or for his Water Kirin clone, currently in the Great Luo Heaven, to take out the Kunlun Mirror to investigate, he could find the location of nearby wild beasts suitable as sparring partners simply by using the Moyun Vine that had transformed into blood-red armor on his body.

With the strength of the strongest Moyun Vine, which has ten times the life gene, even if the environment within the Nine Heavens Secret Realm is special and will severely weaken the range of perception, it is still enough to serve as his satellite radar.

"Master, more than seven thousand miles to the northeast, there is a wild beast that has just entered the ninth level of the universe."

Mo Yun Teng's voice echoed in Lu Jin's mind.

'Whoosh—'

The next moment, a trail of afterimages remained in mid-air as Lu Jin's figure disappeared into the northeastern horizon.

'call--'

With a whooshing sound, a blood-red figure streaked across the sky above the wild forest.

Soon, Lu Jin spotted the beast that Mo Yun Teng had pointed out earlier, a beast that had just entered the ninth level of the universe.

Dozens of miles ahead, a tiger-like beast over three hundred meters long could be seen.

This wild beast was covered in gold and brown stripes, with a relatively short tail and particularly thick forelimbs. In particular, the giant serrated canines growing from its upper jaw were more than twenty meters long, making it look extremely ferocious.

At first glance, it looks like an enlarged version of a saber-toothed tiger, exuding a ferocious aura.

Sensing the arrival of an uninvited guest in mid-air, the beast, which resembled a saber-toothed tiger, turned to look at Lu Jin and opened its blood-red maw filled with sharp teeth.

Although the visitor was small in stature, his aura was not too bad, making him a delicious dessert after the meal.

The next second, the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon appeared behind Lu Jin.

"Ice Cone Style, Freeze!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, his mental power surging out. A string of blue light surged, and as the secret patterns connected, nine tiny sharp cones converged into a three-inch ice cone.

"call out--"

With a whooshing sound, the three-inch ice cone, radiating the fluctuations of laws and a chilling aura, transformed into a streak of azure light and shot out.

Seeing that this "dessert" had launched an attack without saying a word, the saber-toothed tiger beast, which was used to dominating the surrounding area, was immediately enraged.

Just because a tiger isn't showing its power doesn't mean it's a sick cat.

"Roar--"

The saber-toothed tiger beast crouched slightly, its four limbs slamming into the ground, golden primal force surging around it, and it transformed into golden light, rushing towards Lu Jin at lightning speed.

"clang--"

The azure light collided with the golden light, as if a metallic clang was heard, and the ice cone formation formed by the convergence of nine tiny sharp cones was knocked away by the huge claw on the right forelimb of the saber-toothed tiger beast.

However, forces are reciprocal. Impacted by the ice spike, the massive saber-toothed tiger beast was forced to retreat dozens of meters in mid-air.

In addition, affected by the biting cold air carried by the ice cone, the saber-toothed tiger beast felt a chilling cold air invade its right forelimb, which also reduced its agility.

The difference between the peak of the ninth level of the stellar realm and the initial ninth level of the cosmic realm is enormous; in terms of energy alone, there is a difference of about 500 times.

If it were the peak of the ninth level of the universe, the difference in energy would be about a thousand times.

Furthermore, level advancement is a leap in life level, and the further one progresses, the more exaggerated the increase in strength brought about by this leap in life level becomes.

For example, a first-tier planetary being is four times stronger than a ninth-tier apprentice, while a first-tier stellar being at least ten times stronger than a ninth-tier planetary being.

At the cosmic level, the power gap between the two becomes even greater.

The energy difference is about 500 times, and the actual combat power difference is at least 3,000 times.

But combat strength is not solely determined by rank.

With a hundred times the life gene, far superior understanding of the laws and secret techniques, as well as superior weapons, equipment, and psychic power amplitude, Lu Jin was fully capable of bridging or even surpassing this gap.

"Sky-Piercing Style, Condense!"

Eight more three-inch ice cones converged, and together with the ice cones that flew back, amidst the dazzling azure light, the nine three-inch ice cones condensed into a foot-long ice cone in front of Lu Jin.

"call out--"

A chilling aura surged, and a foot-long icicle swiftly sliced ​​through the sky.

Compared to the 'ice cone style', the 'sky-piercing style' is not only more powerful, but its speed has also increased by a whole level.

"Dangdang——"

"boom--"

A violent roar erupted, and icy fragments of flesh and bone flew everywhere.

Bonus chapter for May (1)

Oops, it was supposed to be released in advance on a set schedule, but chapter 102 was scheduled and chapter 103 was released directly instead. There's no way to change it now.
Chapter 102 is coming up later, please forgive me, everyone.
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