Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 109, Fifth Level: Spatial Shattering
However, logically speaking, An Mo is about to be buried and has not yet been able to break through to immortality, which shows that his talent is relatively limited and he should not be able to have such a high level of understanding of superior laws.

After all, many immortal gods have not been able to comprehend the higher laws to the point of being close to being acknowledged by the original laws.

But if Anmo is a 'greedy realm lord', then it makes sense.

What is a greedy realm lord?
This refers to someone with decent talent, but not exceptionally strong. They believe they are only one step away from fully mastering the lower-level laws, so they turn to studying the corresponding higher-level laws, hoping that their strength will far surpass that of ordinary immortal realm lords after they enter immortality in the future.

This idea is wonderful, but reality is often cruel.

Thinking you've grasped 99% of the lower-level rules, only missing the final push, you might actually be far from it.

Moreover, the laws become increasingly difficult to comprehend as you progress. If you realize them too late, or if you are delayed by unforeseen circumstances, they may become an insurmountable barrier for life.

An Mo before us is like this, as is Luo, one of the three founders of the Three Axe Mountain Organization of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire in the original work.

Later, upon learning that An Mo had over 40,000 years of life left, Lu Jin arranged for An Mo to cultivate in the Great Luo Heaven.

Furthermore, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st of each month (Earth time), one must travel to the Xuanhuang Heaven to serve as a part-time instructor.

Not only An Mo made such arrangements, but the eleven elderly realm lords he had taken in during this period also had similar arrangements.

Moreover, there are more than just these dozen or so aging world lords currently serving as mentors to Earthlings.

Zi Ni Chang also recruited many cosmic-level martial artists and mentalists in the Guanghan Star Region. After confiscating their auxiliary intelligent brains and other equipment, she uniformly arranged them to serve as instructors in Xuanhuang Heaven.

Of course, this does not mean that there are no communication network devices in the Xuanhuang Heaven.

Local virtual worlds that can be built by setting up their own servers still exist; it's just that they ensure no one can log into the virtual universe.

After instructing her servants to make arrangements for An Mo, Zi Ni Chang said, "Lu Jin, the Xuanhuang Heaven lacks training grounds. Do you think we should capture some wild beasts to use as training targets?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin pondered for a moment and said, "Find a few realm lords and transform their inner worlds into training grounds. If you lack wild beasts, you can send people to purchase them, or directly send people to capture them."

"Alright."

Zi Ni Chang nodded, then remembered the report from her subordinates and said, "My subordinates in Xuanhuang Heaven reported that someone wants to make contact with the universe. How do you plan to handle this?"

"Making trouble? A lot of it?"

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and asked.

"It's only a very small number, some of whom originally belonged to the HR Alliance, and others were originally from the Extreme Martial Arts School and the Thunder Martial Arts School."

"Zi Ni Chang said."

The reason it's called "former" is because "illegal" forces like the HR Alliance, Extreme Martial Arts School, and Thunder Martial Arts School have all become relics of the past.

Lu Jin didn't concern himself with the situation on Earth; for the time being, things would remain as they were.

It's no exaggeration to say that the Earth in the future will be a giant maternity sanatorium.

Before the population explodes to a certain extent, the management of Xuanhuang Heaven will arrange for all pregnant immigrant women in the Heavenly Realm to travel to Earth with their husbands to give birth.

However, within the celestial realm, only the Heavenly Court is a legitimate organization; all other organizations are illegitimate.

"Ignore it. Before I become a Venerable One, the secrets of Earth and the Heavenly Realm must not be exposed."

If anyone jumps around too enthusiastically, then they're making things difficult for me. As for those who are making things difficult for me, you can deal with them as you see fit.

I value people on Earth, but that doesn't mean every person on Earth deserves my attention.

Lu Jin waved his hand dismissively and said.

Luo Feng, a Venerable-level being, can defeat a Universe Lord. If he's using cheat codes, it shouldn't be a problem for him, right?
As for the master who makes things difficult for the soul servant, what will the soul servant do?
Of course, it should be served cold!

After things cool down, they'll hold a big celebration, at least a dozen tables.

Five months later.

Earth time, November 12, 2061.

Inside a grand hall outside the Higashitenmon Gate in the expanded Kyoto base city.

A figure with a red rhombus-shaped crystal between its brows, giving the impression of being the embodiment of lightning, was sitting cross-legged in the hall, meditating with its eyes closed.

Suddenly, a mechanical voice broke the silence in the hall: "Warning! Warning! An unfamiliar Class C spaceship has entered the boundary of the solar system and is heading towards Earth."

Suddenly, the figure, seemingly an incarnation of lightning, changed its expression and opened its captivating eyes.

"Approximately when will it arrive on Earth?"

While asking questions to the auxiliary AI, Zi Chengze, who had been sent to Earth to oversee things, also notified Lu Jin through soul-level communication.

He hadn't forgotten that the Lord had instructed that any life form or spaceship entering or leaving the solar system boundary, which is about one light-year from Earth, must report to the Lord.

The AI ​​assistant reported, "Master, the spaceship is traveling at a speed extremely close to the speed of light. If it does not change its flight direction, it will arrive at Earth in about a year."

Soon, Zi Chengze received Lu Jin's reply and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The hall fell silent once again.

Meanwhile, in the void outside the solar system, a silver-gray saucer-shaped spaceship is flying towards Earth at near the speed of light.

In a luxurious lounge on the spaceship, a handsome middle-aged man, about 1.9 meters tall, wearing a silver-gray combat suit, with slightly pointed ears and a hint of red in his eyes, was lying on the sofa, using his consciousness to log into the virtual universe to pass the time during the boring voyage.

‘Shua——’

Suddenly, a water unicorn clone in human form appeared in the spaceship's lounge.

'Om—'

A buzzing sound seemed to ring out, the illusory bell within the sea of ​​consciousness vibrated, and an invisible soul force spread out, enveloping the entire spaceship.

In an instant, including the middle-aged man in front of them, all three stellar-level and six planetary-level adventurers on the spaceship were trapped in the illusion released by Lu Jin.

"Beep-beep-beep-"

Upon sensing the arrival of uninvited guests, a piercing alarm sounded inside the spaceship.

Lu Jin ignored the alarm and, with a thought, realized that apart from the middle-aged man with pointed ears in front of him, the souls of the other eight people had all vanished silently.

Immediately, Lu Jin activated his exorcism technique.

As streams of light converged and the power of the soul was consumed, a divine exorcism talisman, radiating light and exuding a mysterious aura, emerged from the fingertip.

With a flick of his finger, the exorcising talisman disappeared into the brow of the middle-aged man with pointed ears.

In the blink of an eye, the middle-aged man with pointed ears became Lu Jin's soul slave.

With the Water Kirin clone possessing 120 times the strength of a peak ninth-order cosmic being, enslaving an ordinary sixth-order stellar life form would be far too easy.

Having completed the enslavement, Lu Jin broke free of the illusion, and the middle-aged man with pointed ears immediately knelt down respectfully and said, "Bro Norlan Mountain greets his master."

Lu Jin tossed Bro a world ring and said, "Here you go. It contains resources that will allow you to quickly become a world lord, as well as a large amount of cosmic crystals."

After becoming the Realm Lord, find a way to eliminate those who know about this void region, then buy the Blue Silver Empire, and make sure our relationship is not exposed.

Lu Jin didn't give the lower-level Law Godhead not because he didn't have the money, but because the Immortal God was a bit too high-profile, and the strength of a World Lord was more than enough.

"Yes, Bro will remember it. Thank you for your reward, Master!"

Bro said excitedly.

At this moment, Bro was extremely excited, but also filled with regret.

He regretted not coming here sooner. If he had been enslaved by his master earlier, his strength would be far more than just a mere sixth-level stellar.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin communicated with the Kunlun Mirror through his thoughts, his figure disappeared, and he returned to the Great Luo Heaven.

To be honest, back when the immigration plan was first launched, Lu Jin still remembered how Bro Nolan's spaceship accidentally entered a natural wormhole, strayed into the vicinity of the solar system, and then discovered Earth.

However, he was busy with cultivation, and since there was no day and night cycle in the Great Luo Heaven, and the day and night cycle time of the Chaoguang Star was different from that of Earth, Lu Jin forgot about it.

It wasn't until Zi Chengze, who was stationed on Earth with a probe, reported to him that a spaceship was approaching Earth that he remembered this matter.

However, this did not affect Lu Jin's plan. After all, he originally intended to enslave Bro Nolanshan, provide him with resources to enhance his strength, let him integrate the Nolanshan family, and let those who obey him prosper and those who oppose him perish, and then buy the entire Silver Blue Empire.

Although the area near Earth was once occupied by Huyanbo, legally speaking, Earth is still the territory of the Silver Blue Empire.

By letting Bro Noranshan buy the Silver Blue Empire, it's essentially the same as buying the Earth.

In the future, once Earth is integrated with the universe, and Bro Noranshan hands over ownership of the Milky Way to him, even if the human elites learn of Earth's special characteristics and are envious, they will not be able to gain any legal advantage.

If the human race's higher-ups want their descendants to come to Earth to have offspring, and if the relationship is still good at that time, Lu Jin wouldn't mind selling some slots as long as the other party is willing to pay the price.

As for why Bro Nolan Mountain can't buy the Earth?

Lu Jin had already given him a large number of cosmic crystals, plus enough to build a lower-level law bead and various levels of life source crystals to become a world lord.

A powerful realm lord has come to your door to buy your territory at a fair price. The strongest among them is only a domain lord. The Silver Blue Royal Family dares not be ungrateful.

Five years later.

Virtual universe, killing floor.

In the starry battlefield, two figures are engaged in a fierce battle.

"Heavenly Frost Style, Condense!"

As the water domain around him blossomed, Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, causing the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back to shoot out a string of blue light, which converged into nine foot-long, crystal-clear ice cones.

Threads of blue silk burst forth and intertwined, with sharp snowflakes erupting from the center of nine crystalline icicles.

In an instant, the 'Frost Domain' took shape, with sharp, extremely cold snowflakes flying everywhere.

Centered on Lu Jin himself, a spherical area within a radius of several hundred meters seemed to transform into an icy world, enveloping the blue-clad man who also carried the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon.

"Kill!" The man in blue coldly uttered the word "kill," blue light surged, and a chill permeated the air as he unleashed the "Heavenly Frost Style."

"呲呲呲——"

As the aura of the laws reverberated, the two 'Heavenly Frost Domains' overlapped, and countless sharp, extremely cold snowflakes flew and intersected, producing a dense sound of cutting and colliding.

For a time, neither side could do anything to the other.

Because of this battle, Lu Jin had Fatty set up an opponent who, apart from combat skills and experience, had all the factors that constituted combat power, including the strength of consciousness, the amplitude of psychic power, and the understanding of laws, exactly the same as him.

The only restriction on the man in blue is that if he doesn't use a certain secret technique, the man in blue will also not use that secret technique.

However, the moment he uses a certain secret technique, the man in blue will immediately remove the restriction on using that technique, making him a typical sparring partner.

"The ice and snow are falling!"

Knowing that he couldn't gain the upper hand with the 'Heavenly Frost Style', Lu Jin's mind raced, and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back once again emitted a long burst of blue light.

Nearly nine hundred tiny blue cones were incorporated into nine foot-long ice cones that burst forth with countless sharp, extremely cold snowflakes.

"Whoohoo-"

A brilliant blue light burst forth, the 'Frost Realm' instantly contracted, and amidst the pervasive chill, a snowball of ice crystals ten feet in diameter materialized.

There are 1600 tiny blue cones gathered together, with some gaps between them. Countless intricate blue threads are connected, forming a very complex pattern on the surface of the entire ice crystal snowball, like a icy treasure covered with patterns of laws.

Immediately afterwards, the ice crystal snowball spun rapidly, and around the ice crystal snowball, an ice and snow storm that could wither everything and seemed to tear space apart took shape.

The next moment, the ice crystal snowball shot out, carrying an almost overwhelming ice and snow storm that swept towards the man in blue.

Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, Fourth Level – Falling Snow and Ice!
"kill!"

As the blizzard swept in, the blue-clad man, who was not good with words and only uttered the word "kill," also unleashed a burst of blue light from the Frost God Weapon on his back, and also used the "Frostfall" technique.

Faced with a wide-ranging, all-encompassing saturation attack like 'Falling Snow and Ice,' once swept up by the snow storm, dodging with movement techniques is useless.

Because at the same time, the entire surrounding area is a potential attack point.

Moreover, the ice crystal snowballs formed by 'Falling Snow' can also exert a certain pressure on the surrounding space, affecting the opponent's ability to use all movement techniques, including spatial illusions.

Unless you can teleport to create distance, you can only choose between exchanging fire and taking a direct hit.

"boom--"

The two icy storms collided, unleashing a violent roar that caused the surrounding starry sky to tremble and reveal numerous tiny spatial cracks.

As the ice crystal snowballs collided, Lu Jin felt as if a dull thud had struck him on the head. He dared not slacken his efforts and did his best to maintain the stability of 'Falling Ice and Snow'.

It's important to know that 'Falling Snow' is composed of 1600 tiny ice cones, and the reason it stays together is entirely due to the user's own efforts to maintain it.

Under intense bombardment, even the slightest relaxation will cause the ice crystal snowball to disintegrate.

After a brief stalemate, Lu Jin realized that the ice crystal snowball was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain, with many of the connected blue threads breaking and showing signs of collapse. His face turned slightly pale, and he knew something was wrong.

"Space shattered!"

Immediately, the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on Lu Jin's back once again emitted a long burst of blue light.

At the same time, Lu Jin withdrew the psychic power he had injected into the ice crystal snowball and instead injected it into the numerous tiny, pointed cones that had just emerged.

In an instant, the ice crystal snowball collapsed.

But in front of Lu Jin, a brilliant blue light bloomed, and 2916 tiny blue cones burst forth with fine blue threads, connecting with each other.

The 2916 tiny cones first solidified into 324 three-inch ice cones, then coalesced into 36 foot-long ice cones, and finally transformed into a single, solid, blue-gold, crystalline ice cone that was six feet long.

The fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon—Space Shattering!
However, just as Lu Jin stumbled through his 'Space Shatter' technique and before he could unleash it, a blue-gold streak of light rapidly magnified in his vision and landed directly on his chest.

"boom--"

A violent roar erupted, and the space where Lu Jin was located shattered, instantly tearing him into dust.

When Lu Jin's vision returned, he saw that the killing space had returned to its initial state.

The blue-clad man who had arrived later and instantly killed him with the fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Space Shattering,' had already disappeared.

'Truly my greatest rival!'

Recalling the scene of being instantly defeated, Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh and lament to himself.

Undoubtedly, the blue-clad figure that emerged from the virtual universe's killing space was the most powerful enemy he encountered on his early path of growth.

Although he suffered another crushing defeat at the hands of the man in blue, Lu Jin was not angry, because he had already anticipated the outcome of this battle and knew that he was destined to suffer a crushing defeat.

The reason why geniuses can challenge those of higher levels is not because of their high combat skills or rich experience, but because of their deep understanding of the laws and the power of their secret techniques.

If we were to bring factors such as comprehension of laws, intensity of consciousness, level of secret techniques, amplitude of mental power, or physical exertion to the same level, the so-called genius would be nothing more than an average level among those of the same rank, or even worse.

After all, in the universe, only cultivators whose understanding of the laws has reached a bottleneck will devote most of their energy to studying combat experience and techniques.

Even if a genius in a phase of rapid growth in strength has honed their combat experience and skills to their current peak, they can no longer be considered at their current peak if their understanding of laws improves slightly or their level of secret techniques makes a new breakthrough.

Especially when you make a new breakthrough but haven't fully mastered it, and you encounter an opponent with similar fundamentals but whose ceiling is at the 'peak', you'll naturally slide to your knees.

For example, Lu Jin, who has just mastered the fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Space Shattering', is about to challenge the blue-clad man in the Killing Space. This man has the same basic skills as Lu Jin but can perfectly unleash his full potential. He is destined to lose.

Of course, this masochistic behavior will only happen once before he makes a new breakthrough.

Having personally experienced the power of the fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Space Shattering,' Lu Jin would not seek out another blue-clad man of this strength to fight until he was certain he wouldn't be instantly killed.

Having exited the virtual universe, Lu Jin, who was in the Purple Rainbow Divine Kingdom, entered the Great Luo Heaven.

During this period, I have been busy practicing the "Falling Snow Secret Manual" at breakneck speed.

After five years, he progressed from mastering the third of the 108 sword techniques to mastering the ninth. After thoroughly understanding nine of the 108 fundamental laws of water, he turned to continue cultivating the "Heavenly Frost Secret Manual".

With a thorough understanding of the laws, he mastered the fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon in just a few days, stepping into a new stage.

It's time to take a few days off and do some exercise that's good for your physical and mental health.

After all, a balance between work and rest is the right thing to do.

Well, the concept of balancing work and rest doesn't apply to the Water Kirin clone.

Although both bodies are from the same consciousness, and the Water Kirin clone can also transform into the original form.

However, in Lu Jin's view, the Water Kirin clone, who has a stronger talent for cultivation, needs to abstain from lust and must devote all its energy to cultivation.

Such things that are beneficial to physical and mental health can be left to the main body, whose cultivation talent is relatively weak.

It's a pity that not only he is busy, but Zi Ni Chang is also busy.

He was diligently cultivating to improve his strength, while Zi Ni Chang was busy learning the treasure-refining secrets within the Crystal Inheritance Tower. At this moment, she was in the weapon-refining hall next to the Lingxiao Palace of the Great Luo Heaven.

The Refining Hall.

The Qiankun Cauldron, with its four legs, two handles, and eight sides, stood in the center of the hall. At this moment, the mouth of the cauldron shone with a brilliant white light, and the laws of light rippled and spread.

Zi Nishang stood to one side, holding a memory jade slip in her hand, her consciousness seeping in to examine it quietly.

Noticing Lu Jin's arrival, Zi Nishang turned to look at him.

Pointing to the Qiankun Cauldron, whose mouth was radiating fluctuations of light and law, Lu Jin asked, "Ni Chang, is this time it automatically refining treasures?"

The Qiankun Cauldron has two modes for refining treasures: manual and automatic.

In manual treasure refining mode, the Qiankun Cauldron is similar to an ordinary treasure refining furnace, except that it is of a much higher level.

But the automatic treasure refining mode is different.

The spirit of the Qiankun Cauldron can replicate the treasure-refining process of a treasure refiner. As long as the materials needed to refine the treasure are put in, and the cosmic crystal or immortal crystal is supplied as energy, the Qiankun Cauldron can automatically refine the materials into the corresponding treasure.

Moreover, the Qiankun Cauldron has a huge storage space inside, so the refiner does not need to put in materials and energy at a fixed time and can prepare them in advance.

As long as there are still materials and energy in the storage space, and the type of treasure to be refined is set in advance, the Qiankun Cauldron will continue to refine until the materials or energy are exhausted, unless the refiner interrupts it. It can be called an automatic treasure refining factory.

It's a pity that this automatic treasure-refining mode also has some shortcomings.

That is, if the craftsman's skill level is not high enough, the crafted treasure will have flaws.

Even if the Qiankun Cauldron automatically refines treasures that perfectly replicate the treasure-refining process, the treasures it produces will still have the exact same flaws, and it will not make any changes or corrections.

Of course, if the refiner's skills are strong enough to produce flawless treasures, then the treasures produced by the Qiankun Cauldron in its automatic refinement mode will also be flawless.

Zi Ni Chang nodded: "Yes, just a few days ago, the crafting technique for the fifth-order Radiant Sword reached perfection."

The Radiant Sword is a type of light-attribute sword-type Force weapon recorded in the Crystal Heritage Tower, available in tiers 1 through 5.

Moreover, it wasn't just the Radiant Sword; Zi Ni Chang, who had mastered all eight lower-level laws, also possessed a method for forging a fifth-tier primal force weapon for each of the lower-level laws.

At most, it's a fifth-tier Force weapon from one of the other seven elements; its crafting techniques are currently inferior to the Radiant Sword of the Light element.

Of course, none of the eight fifth-order primal force weapons that Zi Nishang possessed involved higher-level laws.

She is currently reviewing the crafting methods for fifth-tier elemental weapons of other attributes, in order to reach the pinnacle of her crafting skills.

Thinking that he didn't need the Qiankun Cauldron for the time being, and that he happened to have a lot of materials to refine the fifth-order Radiant Sword, he activated the automatic treasure refining mode of the Qiankun Cauldron.

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