Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 104 Entering the Threshold of the Origin Law of Space
Lu Jin is not afraid that Earthlings will know about Earth's special characteristics.

Before he actively opened up the connection between Earth and the celestial realm and the outside world, Earthlings who learned of this news were unable to contact the cosmic civilization, and even if they wanted to leak the secret, they could not.

Moreover, he also arranged for an immortal soul servant carrying a large detector to be stationed outside the East Heavenly Gate.

In the future, the entire solar system will be under the monitoring of large probes, prohibiting all life from entering or leaving the solar system boundary.

Unless a life form leaves or enters the solar system and possesses the ultimate strength to become a king, it will only face certain death.

After all, the soul servant has a soul-level connection with him. Once the soul servant reports a message or is killed, he can bring two immortal-grade Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grasses with ten times the life gene and travel through the Kunlun Mirror space to get there.

Furthermore, those foreign immigrants have no idea that Earth is located within the universe.

Once they arrive in the Guanghan Starfield, even if they log into the virtual universe in the future and realize that they are in the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom, they will subconsciously assume that the Milky Way galaxy where Earth is located is also in the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom.

Because long before this, Lu Jin had Zi Ni Chang change the name of a certain star system in the Guanghan Star Region into the Milky Way.

As for whether someone will return to the 'Milky Way' to visit relatives in the future?
With so many life-bearing planets in a galaxy, it's perfectly normal not to find 'Earth'.

And what can you do even if you discover a problem?

They were unaware of Earth's unique characteristics, and even less familiar with the higher-ups of the human race.

After entrusting the matters of interstellar migration and celestial migration to his many soul servants, Lu Jin led Zi Ni Chang and Luo Feng into the Eastern Heavenly Gate and arrived at Xuanhuang Heaven.

Then, they entered the Great Luo Heaven through the Heavenly Passage located at the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dome, and then arrived at Zi Ni Chang's Divine Kingdom through the South Heavenly Gate within the Great Luo Heaven. Finally, they arrived at Guanghan Star through the fixed Divine Kingdom Passage.

"Brother Jin, where are we now?"

On the huge plaza in front of the Lord's Mansion of Guanghan Star, Luo Feng looked around at the scenery and asked Lu Jin a question.

Lu Jin said, "This is Guanghan Star, which is far from our home and is located within the territory of Tianshuang Universe Kingdom."

"You've memorized the routes back, right? From now on, if you want to go back, just go through the routes yourself; the guards at each passage will let you through."

Lu Jin didn't mention Earth, let alone the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, and also instructed Luo Feng not to mention any cosmic place names related to Earth's location.

Furthermore, to maintain secrecy, he assigned an immortal servant to oversee each entrance and exit point of the passageway to and from Earth.

Currently, apart from him, Zi Ni Chang, and the soul servant, only Luo Feng can use facial recognition (to detect mental power) to enter and exit.

"remember."

Luo Feng nodded with a serious expression.

Previously, Luo Feng was unaware of Earth's special characteristics and couldn't understand why Lu Jin kept Earth's location so secret and even instructed him not to log into the virtual universe from Earth in the future.

He even wanted Luo Feng to collect Hu Yanbo's inheritance on his behalf when he went to the Cosmic Galaxy Bank in the future, but now Luo Feng knew about it.

For reasons unknown, Earth is extremely special.

Life born on Earth possesses a stronger spiritual gift.

After careful comparison, Babata also acknowledged that Earthlings possess extraordinary qualities in terms of their character.

This allows Luo Feng to realize the importance of Earth even though he doesn't have much experience yet.

Once the unique characteristics of Earth are known to extraterrestrial civilizations, how will Earthlings fare?

It would be good if Earth were occupied by powerful beings from the universe; if they were ruthless, it wouldn't be impossible for them to wipe out all the people on Earth.

"That's good."

Nodding slightly, Lu Jin instructed Zi Nishang to arrange for someone to take Luo Feng to register for a cosmic citizenship, open a bank account, and purchase a virtual cosmic account.

Although the Guanghan Starfield is a private territory, one can still register a nationality in the universe, and it is even the nationality of the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom.

After all, the Guanghan Star Region was not established as a nation and was protected by the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom. The people within the star region naturally belonged to the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom.

Shortly after, Luo Feng called.

"Brother Jin, have Fatty write this down. This is my virtual universe account."

Luo Feng gave Lu Jinfa a virtual universe account for future contact.

Lu Jin asked, "Have you opened a bank account yet?"

"opened."

"Which bank is it? Send me the account number."

"Cosmic Galaxy Bank, hehe~, Brother Jin, are you going to sponsor me?"

Luo Feng asked, shamelessly.

He was short of money, while Lu Jin was not. It wasn't unreasonable for him to ask his boss for some start-up capital.

Lu Jin rolled his eyes: "It's not free, you have to pay back! But I don't want money, I like collecting corpses, so just give me more high-quality corpses in the future."

"Yes, absolutely! Thank you to my most beloved boss!"

After sending over the bank account details, Luo Feng immediately patted his chest and assured him.

"Luo Feng, think it over carefully. If you're willing to call me godfather, I can give you two extra zeros."

Without waiting for Luo Feng's reply, Lu Jin hung up the communication and had Fatty transfer 100 Mixed Yuan Units to Luo Feng's Cosmic Galaxy Bank account.

Children don't need too much money.

100 Mixed Yuan Units are enough for Luo Feng's initial expenses; there's no need to retrieve Hu Yanbo's inheritance.

The Silver Blue Empire knew that the area near Earth had once been Hu Yanbo's territory. If Luo Feng withdrew money through Hu Yanbo's account, there was a risk of exposing Earth's location to the eyes of the human race's higher-ups. Therefore, Lu Jin advised Luo Feng not to collect the inheritance.

Anyway, 100 billion Qianwu coins at the stellar level and 3 Hunyuan units at the cosmic level aren't much, so it doesn't matter if we don't make use of them.

As for the more than 300 million mixed units at the domain lord level?

That's quite a sum of money; we shouldn't waste it.

Fortunately, Lu Jin was not without a way to deal with it.

Simply retrieving the legacy left by Hu Yanbo at the Universe Galaxy Bank wouldn't actually have much of an impact.

The main issue is that the person going to collect the money cannot be Luo Feng, because Luo Feng will definitely come under the scrutiny of the human race's higher-ups in the future.

By maneuvering things around, the problem was solved by ensuring that the person withdrawing the money wasn't Luo Feng.

Perfectly, the ability to disguise oneself can not only change one's appearance, but also one's mental power. As long as Babata cooperates, he can disguise himself and go to collect money in place of Luo Feng.

However, this matter can only be discussed after Luo Feng reaches the Domain Lord level, since he has no idea what Luo Feng's mental power at the Domain Lord level is like.

"Luo Feng, Lu Jin has transferred 100 Hunyuan units to your Cosmic Galaxy Bank account. You are now a three-star customer of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank."

On Luo Feng's shoulder, the projected Babata spoke calmly.

"What? A mixed unit? And it's 100?"

Luo Feng's eyes widened.

He wasn't some clueless newbie; he knew that one Chaos Unit was equal to one trillion Cosmic Coins.

The price of a single galaxy is generally in the hundreds of billions of cosmic coins. 100 Chaos Units are enough to buy hundreds of scattered galaxies.

Wait a minute~, Lu Jin also seemed to say that if you call him godfather, you can add two zeros?

Luo Feng: Oh no, I'm starting to feel my heart flutter.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lu Jin's "grand gesture" directly stunned Luo Feng, who was experiencing the universe for the first time.

"Huh? Babata, why do you seem completely unsurprised?"

Suddenly, Luo Feng noticed something important and asked Babata with some surprise.

"Tata, I'm numb to it all!"

Babata said listlessly.

"Uh, numb?"

Luo Feng was stunned.

"Do you know the strength of the guards stationed at those entrances and exits when Lu Jin brought you here before?"

Babata glanced at Luo Feng and said with a resentful expression.

"He seems very powerful. Could he be a Domain Lord?"

Luo Feng asked, guessing.

Luo Feng had intended to say "Domain Lord," but upon thinking of Lu Jin's control over an entire star field, he changed his mind and said "Realm Lord."

With a lifespan of tens of millions of years and the power to easily destroy a life-bearing planet, Luo Feng believed that a Realm Lord was already very strong.

As for immortality?

Luo Feng didn't think he had ever seen a living immortal.

"Realm Lords? Ha~, Luo Feng, let me tell you, they are all immortal gods!"

Babata complained.

Compared to several immortal gods, what are a mere hundred Chaos Units?
"immortal?"

Luo Feng stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.

If he remembered correctly, Babata had told him that a true immortal god was capable of establishing a mid-level cosmic civilization.

But when he got to Lu Jin, he became a guard on duty?
"Luo Feng, I strongly suspect that Lu Jin is being kept by a rich woman."

Moreover, the wealthy woman who was supporting him was his girlfriend, Zi Ni Chang.

Judging from the fact that the guards and maids here all call her "Lord," she must be the immortal being from the Moon Palace.

"I knew it! How could Lu Jin, a young man who just left Earth, afford an entire star system? Turns out he's hooked up with an immortal rich woman."

Babata said with a confident expression.

Besides being kept by a rich woman, Babata really can't think of any other reason.

Thankfully, Babata is an intelligent life form, otherwise he would be green with envy for Kun'er.

"Hiss~, no wonder Jin-ge, who used to be uninterested in women, suddenly found a girlfriend. Turns out he hooked up with a rich woman!"

Luo Feng gasped, then his face lit up with sudden realization.

"Luo Feng, it's good that you know about this, but don't spread it around. We still need this good godfather who's a gold digger to make a living in the future!"

"Babata said in a low voice."

Luo Feng nodded: "Of course, I, Luo Feng, am the most discreet!"

My good buddy is clinging to a rich woman's leg, and I'm clinging to my good buddy's leg—perfect!
On the other side, after finishing his trivial matters and instructing Zi Nishang not to forget to recruit the 'elderly realm master', Lu Jin returned to the Great Luo Heaven and once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.

With several years still to go before the Genius Battle begins, Lu Jin is not in a hurry to unleash his full combat potential.

If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

Aside from factors such as life genes and life level, the degree of understanding of laws determines the upper limit of a cultivator's strength.

The higher one's understanding of the laws, the greater the upper limit of the power a cultivator can unleash.

Therefore, Lu Jin's human form focused most of its energy on analyzing the profound mysteries of the fundamental laws of water in the "Falling Snow Secret Manual," while the water unicorn clone concentrated on comprehending the laws of space.

As for the "Blood-Drifting Manual," which deciphers the profound mysteries of the fundamental laws of space, we'll discuss that after the Water Kirin clone crosses the threshold of understanding the fundamental laws of space. Otherwise, without even stepping into the realm of spatial laws, cultivating the "Blood-Drifting Manual" will be akin to reading a heavenly book.

However, given the Water Kirin clone's cultivation talent as a special life form that integrates water and space, coupled with the spatial law threads manifested in the Great Luo Heavenly Dome, it is believed that it will not be long before it crosses the threshold of the spatial origin law.

As for the accompanying operating manual for the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, "Heavenly Frost Secret Manual," and the Spiritual Master's Flight Secret Technique, "Myriad Threads Flow," it's not too late to cultivate them after you've made significant progress in the Laws of Water and Space.

After all, the stronger one's understanding of the laws of water and space, the lower the difficulty of cultivating these two secret techniques, and the higher the cultivation efficiency.

Half a month later, in the Great Luo Heaven.

On the nine-colored throne inside the Lingxiao Palace sat a figure in blue armor, who was none other than the Water Qilin clone in human form.

With his gaze piercing through the dome of the palace painted with the star map of the heavens, Lu Jin stared at the spatial laws that were constantly appearing and disappearing in the sky.

Suddenly, Lu Jin, who was sitting on the nine-colored throne, began to distort his figure. The surrounding space seemed to ripple like water, and a fluctuation of the fundamental laws of space spread out.

‘It’s done! ’

Lu Jin was secretly delighted.

At this moment, three months after the Water Kirin clone was born, it has now crossed the threshold of the fundamental law of water and the threshold of the fundamental law of space!

‘Shua——’

With a thought, and without any visible movement from the Water Kirin Lu Jin, the surrounding space distorted, and dozens of blue-armored figures appeared in the empty hall.

The next moment, the water unicorn clone flew out of the Lingxiao Palace.

Above the endless golden sea of ​​clouds, a figure in blue armor rode a water-cloud shuttle, his spatial illusion constantly manifesting, as he began practicing the spiritual master's flight secret technique, "Myriad Flows."

Three more days passed.

Killing Space, on a meteorite in the vast starry sky.

"Fatty, issue the application: 10 Stellar Ninth-Order Spiritual Masters who have mastered the first level of the Divine Weapon. The rest are the usual."

Lu Jin, now logged into the virtual universe, gave instructions to Fatty.

“Yes, Master!” Fatty replied.

‘Rumble—’

The killing space began to change; the surrounding magnificent starry sky disappeared and turned into a vast ocean.

Lu Jin, dressed in a deep blue second-tier Force battle suit, with the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back and the Water Cloud Shuttle under his feet, stood in mid-air above the vast ocean.

At the same time, ten golden-clad figures flew in from the distant horizon.

While both are second-tier Force battle suits, the difference lies in the fact that these ten golden figures are using divine weapons and Dark Cloud Shuttles with the attributes of 'Gold and Void'.

'kill! ’

Without any preamble, the ten golden-clad figures generated from the killing space immediately activated the first level of the Divine Weapon, the 'Illusionary Sword Style'.

'call out--'

'call out--'

'call out--'

A golden light flashed, and ten hazy golden phantom swords transformed into ten golden streaks of light that shot out.

With a quick thought, Lu Jin stepped onto the Water Cloud Shuttle and dodged at lightning speed.

As spatial fluctuations spread, the surrounding space distorted, and eight spatial illusions materialized, allowing Lu Jin to dodge the nine golden illusion swords that shot towards him.

Having crossed the threshold of the spatial laws, the Water Kirin's cultivation of the "Myriad Flows" technique yielded significant results in just three days, enabling it to instantly condense 99 spatial illusions.

However, the human body's talent in spatial laws is not as high as that of the water unicorn clone. With the same level of understanding of spatial laws and secret techniques, it can only condense eight spatial illusions.

According to the realm classification of the "Myriad Flows" secret technique, he is only at the peak of the "One Flow" realm.

The opponents were ten men in golden robes, and ten golden phantom swords attacked. They dodged nine, but there was still one left.

However, just as the golden phantom sword was only a few dozen meters away from Lu Jin, a streak of azure light suddenly appeared, and under Lu Jin's control, a three-inch ice cone with even greater power shot out.

"boom--"

A violent collision rang out. Both were the first moves of the Nine Divine Weapons, but Lu Jin's 'Ice Cone Style' crushed his opponent's 'Phantom Sword Style' with overwhelming force.

This is not because the Divine Weapon of Evolution is weaker than the Divine Weapon of Heavenly Frost. In terms of attack power alone, the Divine Weapon of Evolution is actually superior to the Divine Weapon of Heavenly Frost.

After all, the Divine Weapon of Evolution is a divine weapon that controls the attributes of metal and air, while the Divine Weapon of Heavenly Frost is a divine weapon that controls the attributes of water and air. Metal is inherently more offensive than water.

The reason for this is entirely because Lu Jin's mastery of the laws is superior to his opponent's, and his mental power amplitude is also much higher.

A hundredfold increase in psychic power amplitude is something even a highly talented stellar-level psychic cannot achieve.

After breaking the opponent's illusion sword style, the three-inch ice cone continued its momentum and struck the opponent's head directly.

"Bam—"

With a crisp sound, the head of a golden-clad man carrying a dark gold staff exploded like a watermelon that had been smashed to the ground, and his body then fell into the vast ocean below and disappeared.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—"

'Whoosh whoosh--'

Golden light danced in the air, and as Lu Jinteng turned around, his spatial illusions kept appearing.

Lu Jin dodged every incoming golden streak, but whenever a flash of azure light appeared, a golden-clad man carrying a dark gold staff would vanish.

In less than half a minute, the fighting in the killing space subsided.

At this moment, all ten golden-robed men at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm who had mastered the first level of the Divine Weapon, the 'Illusion Sword Style,' vanished. In contrast, Lu Jin was completely unharmed, not even a stain on his clothes.

"Fatty, let's find a peak ninth-tier Stellar Controller who uses the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon and whose understanding of the laws is at the same level as mine."

After easily winning, Lu Jin gave instructions to Fatty.

"Yes, Master!"

After Fatty responded, a figure in blue flew in from the distance.

'Ice cone style, freeze!'

With a thought, Lu Jin condensed a three-inch crystal ice cone, which then transformed into a stream of azure light and shot towards the man in blue.

The figure in blue remained unfazed, raised a hand and pointed, and a long burst of blue light flew out from the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back.

As the blue light shone, nine foot-long, crystalline ice cones materialized.

The next second, the blue threads on the nine foot-long ice cones burst and connected with each other, accompanied by a chilling aura. Countless sharp snowflakes instantly filled the area within hundreds of meters, directly enveloping Lu Jin's figure.

"呲呲呲——"

Sharp snowflakes cut into his body. Before Lu Jin could even feel the intense pain, his vision went black, and then the killing space refreshed. The blue-clad man and the icy world that filled hundreds of meters around him had disappeared.

Lu Jin: "."

He could clearly see that the blue-clad man's Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon technique had reached the third level—the Heavenly Frost Style.

The Heavenly Frost Style, also known as the 'Heavenly Frost Domain', simultaneously condenses nine ice cones, each of which is composed of 81 smaller ice cones, for a total of 729 smaller ice cones. Its difficulty is dozens or even hundreds of times higher than the second level, the 'Sky-Piercing Style'.

Centered on the user, the spherical space within a radius of several hundred meters is instantly transformed into a vast world of ice and snow, shooting out countless sharp snowflakes.

Bad news: I was instantly killed by my opponent.

Good news: Theoretically, I can do it too.

Both of them have crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws of water and space. Since the blue-clad man derived from the killing space can use the 'Heavenly Frost Style', then after diligently cultivating, he will naturally also be able to use the 'Heavenly Frost Style'.

“Fatty, you’re now a ninth-tier Stellar Spiritual Master who hasn’t even entered the fundamental laws of space and has only mastered the second level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, ‘Space-Breaking Style’.”

Lu Jin gave the order to Fatty again.

This time, the blue-clad figure that evolved was far less powerful than before.

Although the blue-clad man used the Frost God Weapon better than him and had much more combat experience.

However, relying on the fact that he had already cultivated the "Myriad Flows" secret technique to the "One Flow" level, he could condense eight spatial illusions, as well as a hundred times the amplitude of mental power and a consciousness that was actually at the peak of the ninth level of the universe, so Lu Jin could do things with ease.

The secret techniques were of a higher level than his, the skills were better, and the combat experience was richer, but he couldn't do anything to him, which made it convenient for him to 'steal' the master's skills.

Time flies, and a year has passed.

In the virtual universe, within the killing space, two figures carrying the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on their backs are engaged in a duel.

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh—'

'Clang clang clang—'

Two icy worlds overlapped, and countless sharp snowflakes carrying the aura of laws collided.

Gradually, the 'Heavenly Frost Domain' emanating from Lu Jin suppressed the blue-clad man's 'Heavenly Frost Domain'.

Instantly, the nine foot-long ice spikes controlled by the blue-clad man disintegrated, and the 'Frost Domain' that emanated from his body, resembling an icy world, vanished without a trace.

"呲呲呲——"

The next second, countless sharp snowflakes swept past, shredding the blue-clad man's body into a bloody, frozen mess.

"Ha~, my mastery of arcane arts is finally passable."

Having defeated the blue-clad man who had crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws of space for the first time, was capable of using the third level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, the 'Heavenly Frost Style,' and had extremely rich combat experience, Lu Jin felt a sense of satisfaction.

After a year of studying the "Falling Snow Secret Manual" to analyze the mysteries of the water law and prepare for future cultivation of the water-space fusion law, I spent an hour every day entering the killing space to fight against the ninth-level stellar mentalist who cultivated the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon. Today, I finally defeated the blue-clad man who could have instantly killed me back then.

Don't underestimate this man in blue just because he's a virtual opponent; he's quite powerful.

He has mastered the laws of water and space, and can perfectly unleash the third level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon. His mental power amplification is also 50 times. His overall strength is comparable to Luo Feng, who ranked among the top in the original novel's genius battle.

Having defeated the man in blue, Lu Jin admitted that he had used a trick.

After all, his psychic power amplitude reached 100 times, while the blue-clothed man's was only 50 times. Even his consciousness intensity was not at the peak of the ninth level of the stellar realm, but at the peak of the ninth level of the cosmic realm.

But this did not diminish Lu Jin's joy.

It is no exaggeration to say that, given the same level, the same level of understanding of the laws, the same amplitude of mental power, and the same intensity of consciousness, among the countless peak ninth-level mental masters of the entire human race, almost no one can defeat the man in blue.

Because the man in blue had already pushed his strength to the limit, reaching a peak in both skill and combat experience.

This is something that Lu Jin, who has not been cultivating for very long, cannot do yet.

Of course, he needs to use tricks in the virtual universe, but if it were a real-world duel, with the hundredfold strength boost brought by the hundredfold life gene, he would have no difficulty crushing an opponent of this level.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that since he crossed the threshold of the spatial origin law a year ago, his understanding of the superior law has reached the minimum cultivation requirement of the first level of the Soul-Suppressing Bell.

The secret technique of the Soul-Suppressing Bell is divided into four levels: Illusion Bell, Treasure Bell, Soul Bell, and Soul-Suppressing Bell.

The minimum cultivation requirements for the four secret realms are: crossing the threshold of the superior origin law, comprehending the superior law as comparable to the peak of the Immortal Army Lord, acknowledging the superior law, and comprehending the superior law as comparable to the peak of the Marquis.

Months ago, a phantom bell covered with mysterious silver patterns had already condensed in the sea of ​​consciousness of the human main body, the sea of ​​consciousness of the water unicorn clone, and the core of the soul within the original core.

Once the 'Illusion Bell' is formed, coupled with a hundredfold increase in mental power and the fact that the life gene multiplier of both bodies is no less than a hundredfold, even illusionists who are a whole major level higher than him are helpless against him.

(End of this chapter)