Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 127 Freebie, Nine Universe Chaos Stele
While Lu Jin was viewing the paintings corresponding to the 52 Chaos Steles.

On the other side, on an endless expanse of land, corpses were scattered everywhere.

Some of these corpses were as large as planets, while others were smaller than humans.

But each corpse exuded a terrifying aura that chilled the heart, making this land look like the ruins after a terrible battle.

If Lu Jin were here, he would surely be itching to collect all the corpses in the Demon Refining Pot.

On the throne in the center of these ruins sat a burly man about three meters tall, with two fiery red horns on his forehead and strange, mysterious patterns on his face, looking quite fierce.

The burly man was dressed in dark red, ancient battle armor, with a scaled tail extending from the skirt of his armor. He was surrounded by the majestic laws of the universe and constantly exuded a killing aura.

Suddenly, the burly man sitting on the throne opened his eyes.

In an instant, spacetime trembled, and the burly man's gaze pierced through spacetime, landing on the thousand geniuses who had just entered the initial universe.

"A golden-horned behemoth? The little guy certainly has a knack for this."

Soon, upon seeing a golden-horned behemoth and a member of the Demon Slayer Clan within Luo Feng's primordial core inner world, the Chaos City Lord smiled and commented.

With his keen eyesight, he could naturally see the relationship between Luo Feng, the Golden Horned Beast, and the members of the Demon Killer Clan.

It's just that the little guy was lucky enough to possess the Golden Horned Beast, and then gave birth to a human clone and a demon-slaying clone.

Moreover, the Golden Horned Beast only has three slots for spawning clones, each of which is extremely precious.

However, Luo Feng used one of his clone slots to nurture an ordinary human body, which shows that this little guy not only has a human soul, but also a human heart.

This scoundrel city lord, however, greatly admired such talented juniors who were wholeheartedly devoted to others.

"what?"

When the Lord of Chaos City turned his gaze to Lu Jin, his expression faltered slightly.

This little guy seems to have even better luck than Luo Feng before him!
It also possesses a primordial core and has also spawned clones.

Although Lu Jin only had one clone, its quality was much higher than Luo Feng's.

The Chaos City Lord could see that the clone in Lu Jin's original core inner world, which looked somewhat similar to the Innate Water Beast God, was a special life form with more than a hundred times the life genes.

Moreover, not only is the genetic level of this special life form high, but even Lu Jin's own human body has a life gene level a hundred times higher than the conventional limit below the Lord of the Universe.

Furthermore, this little guy's good fortune doesn't end there.

The clothes he was wearing were actually formed from the strongest Moyun Vine, which had ten times the life genes.

Furthermore, there is a G-class biological spaceship within the World Ring.

Although these two things are nothing to him, they are definitely a major opportunity for a guy whose level is only at the cosmic level, uh, the domain lord level.

"Little disciple of Tian Shuang, I hope you can bring me a surprise."

After checking Lu Jin and the others and finding no one who had been possessed or enslaved, the Chaos City Lord closed his eyes, and the Chaos Ruins, which resembled a ruined battlefield, fell silent once again.

Chaos City, in a dreamlike corridor.

After reviewing all the illustrations corresponding to the 52 Chaos Steles, Lu Jin found his answer.

'As expected, it has to be Jiuyu!'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Among these 52 paintings, three paintings corresponding to the Chaos Stele particularly resonated with Lu Jin.

These are the Ice Peak Chaos Stele, the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, and the Cosmic Chaos Stele.

The former is because the underlying fundamental law it comprehended is water, which is more suitable for the Ice Peak Chaos Stele, which also started with the fundamental law of water.

The Nine Universe Chaos Stele is suitable for him because it starts with the fundamental laws of space, and the raindrop paintings on it contain the mysteries of the fundamental laws of space.

As for the final Cosmic Chaos Stele, to be precise, the Netherworld Blood Sea Avatar was deeply moved.

The Netherworld Blood Sea clone is compatible with both the laws of space and time. Whether it is space as the primary focus and time as the secondary focus, or time as the primary focus and space as the secondary focus, or even directly cultivating both space and time, it is quite suitable.

However, Lu Jin did not hesitate and directly ruled out the Ice Peak Chaos Stele and the Cosmic Chaos Stele.

The former does not take the approach of analyzing the mysteries of space, so it is excluded.

The latter approach involves time and space, which is very difficult, so it is also ruled out.

The laws of time must be comprehended, and even the 108 mysteries of the fundamental laws of time must be mastered.

But right now, he doesn't have the energy to comprehend the laws of time.

Once you reach the level of a Realm Lord and your consciousness connects to the origin of the universe, your efficiency in comprehending the laws will skyrocket. That will be the best time to comprehend the Law of Time, and even the other seven lower-level laws.

Soon, the half-hour selection period was over, and the black-robed envoy shouted, "Half an hour is up. Tell me which Chaos Stele you choose, and I will record it."

"I choose the 'Tianxu Chaos Stele'."

"I choose "The Great Ax Chaos Monument"."

"I choose 'The Chaos Monument of Wind and Shadow'."

The black-robed messenger walked from the outermost edge of the corridor inwards, asking each genius about their choices.

Before long, the black-robed messenger walked to Lu Jin's side and asked, "Which one do you choose?"

"I choose "Nine Yus Chaos Monument"."

Lu Jin said.

The black-robed envoy nodded, and the screen on his arm instantly recorded the information. He then moved on to the next genius.
Rong Jun: "I choose the 'Giant Axe Chaos Stele'."

Luo Feng: "I choose the Nine Universes Chaos Stele."

Uka: "I choose the Great Axe Chaos Monument."

Bolan: "I choose the 'Nine Universes Chaos Stele'."

Lu Jin: "???"

Lu Jin was somewhat surprised to hear that Bolan had chosen the 'Nine Universes Chaos Stele'.

In the original work, wasn't this guy planning to use the Law of Wind as a springboard to cultivate both time and space?

The most suitable medium for cultivating both time and space is undoubtedly the Cosmic Chaos Stele.

'Could it be that I put pressure on Berlan?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Lu Jin guessed correctly; the reason why Bolan made a different choice from the original story was because he felt immense pressure.

Without Lu Jin in the original work, Bo Lan's strength was far ahead of other geniuses, which inevitably made him a little arrogant, believing that he was capable of managing both time and space.

But now that Lu Jin, this formidable opponent, is looming over him, Bolan's mindset is no longer so arrogant.

Even Lu Jin, whose strength far surpasses his own, only cultivates space. If he were to choose to cultivate both space and time, wouldn't he be even less of a match for Lu Jin?

Given his unclear talent for cultivating the laws of time, but considerable talent for cultivating the laws of space, Bolan chose the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, which begins with the fundamental laws of space.

You know what, Berlan's choice to specialize in space cultivation was definitely a big step forward.

Don't be fooled by the fact that in the original story, Berlan initially considered both time and space, but ultimately chose space as the primary focus and time as a secondary consideration, and assume that he only wasted a small part of his life.

In reality, this is not the case; there is a chain reaction involved.

In the eyes of those cosmic venerables, Berlan's talent was certainly good, but the possibility of him becoming a venerable was only a sliver.

By choosing to consider both time and space, Bolan, in the eyes of the Venerables, effectively extinguished the slightest possibility of achieving Venerable status.

Without the possibility of becoming a Venerable One, and given Bolan's stubborn and somewhat self-righteous personality, the Venerable Ones naturally wouldn't accept him as a disciple.

But things are different now. No longer stubborn or self-righteous, Bolan is undoubtedly seen as a promising talent by those venerable ones, making him a very likely candidate to be taken on as a disciple.

With the guidance and training of a Venerable-level teacher, and with the Chaos City period no longer delayed, Bolan's future life will undoubtedly undergo significant changes compared to the original story.

Not long after, the black-robed envoy finished recording and said to the crowd, "I have sent out your choices. Follow me."

Lu Jin and the others followed the black-robed messenger out of the dreamlike corridor and continued deeper into the passage.

A moment later, the group arrived at a vast training ground within the city lord's mansion, which stretched for tens of kilometers in length and width.

The black-robed envoy glanced around at Lu Jin and the others gathered in front of him and said, "There are currently 52 Chaos Stele meditation chambers. 16 of them are occupied, while the other 36 are empty."

Now, I will announce the names of these 36 Chaos Steles without any inhabitants: the Heart Trace Chaos Stele and the Wind Shadow Chaos Stele.
Those who chose these 36 Chaos Steles, now proceed to the leftmost entrance ahead. You will be led into each of the secret chambers.

As he spoke, the black-robed envoy pointed to the distance, to the left at the end of the training ground, where there was an entrance nearly thirty meters high.

Instantly, more than 700 of the 1,000 geniuses vanished in a flash of light, leaving less than 300 people on the training ground.

"You 286 people, please wait a moment. The Chaos Stele you chose is currently being studied by someone. Go to the city lord's mansion tower first and cultivate there. I will notify you as soon as it is your turn."

The black-robed envoy pointed to the city lord's mansion tower in the distance.

On the spacious, ancient city tower, nearly three hundred geniuses looked up at the threads of primordial laws manifesting at the edges of spatial rifts in the sky, trying to comprehend the laws.

The unique cultivation environment of the initial universe captivated everyone, except for Lu Jin.

At this moment, Lu Jin's eyes were fixed on the primordial laws manifesting in the sky, as if he were trying to comprehend them.

But in reality, he wasn't thinking about comprehending the laws; instead, he was testing a previous guess.

On the white jade plaza outside the Lingxiao Palace in the Great Luo Heaven, 381 blood-haired figures clad in crimson battle armor and with some crimson demonic patterns on their faces were practicing profound sword techniques, wielding battle swords.

These blood-haired figures are none other than the Netherworld Blood Sea clones in human form, and the 380 Blood God Child incarnations.

After raising his level to the peak of the ninth rank of Domain Lord and transforming into the Netherworld Blood Sea to condense 380 ordinary Blood God Child avatars, Lu Jin did not continue to keep the Netherworld Blood Sea avatars in the form of a blood sea, but instead transformed them back into human form.

There's no need to rush to increase the size of the Blood Sea; just maximize it before reaching the Immortal level.

For the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, the most important thing right now is to rely on its excellent spatial affinity to cultivate the "Blood Flowing Secret Manual" and, together with the Blood God Child avatar, which can be called a cultivation accelerator, to comprehend the 108 spatial mysteries as soon as possible.

The main body and the clone share the same consciousness. The Netherworld Blood Sea clone immediately suspended its sword practice, communicated with the Kunlun Mirror, and located a Kunlun Token in the World Ring carried by the main body.

In an instant, the scene within a million-kilometer radius centered on the Kunlun Token appeared in the God's-eye view of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone.

Immediately afterward, the observation view extended outward, and the vast Chaos City came into view. Upon seeing the Chaos City, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, now in human form, nodded in satisfaction.

The Kunlun Mirror can detect the chaotic city within the primordial universe, which means that the 52 Chaos Steles of the human race have been fully opened to it.

He can watch it as many times as he wants, whenever he wants.

Subsequently, Lu Jin, who was in Chaos City, had a thought and put the Kunlun Token from the World Ring into his external storage space.

The next moment, the God's-eye view disappeared, and Lu Jin automatically exited the Kunlun Mirror's remote detection mode.

Is it because the initial universe was located within the cosmic sea, not within the primordial universe, and thus there was a cosmic barrier?

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Logically speaking, since the Kunlun Token appeared in the primordial universe, it should have been able to perceive the exact location of the primordial universe through the Kunlun Mirror.

Just like the Kunlun Tokens that he randomly sent to the primordial universe in the past, Lu Jin didn't know the exact names of the locations of these Kunlun Tokens, but he could sense the spatial location of the Kunlun Tokens through the Kunlun Mirror.

But in the initial universe, he truly couldn't perceive the specific location.

It can only be sensed through the Kunlun Mirror that a coordinate has appeared in an unknown location, and it can only be detected remotely, not through spatial travel.

Once the Kunlun Token was stored in the external space by the main body, the coordinates disappeared, and he could no longer perceive the existence of this unknown place.

Lu Jin communicated with Kunlun Mirror's spirit, Kunkun, and asked, "Kunkun, what level do I need to reach for Kunlun Mirror to be able to ignore cosmic barriers when exploring and traversing space?"

Soon, a feedback message appeared in Lu Jin's mind.

'immortal?'

Lu Jin secretly raised his eyebrows.

Once you reach the Immortal level, the Kunlun Mirror's spatial exploration and traversal will be able to ignore the barriers of the universe.

After a moment of thought, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone stirred its mind and injected a stream of mental energy into the Kunlun Mirror.

In the blink of an eye, a new Kunlun Token materialized.

Immediately afterwards, the main body located in Chaos City released the Kunlun Token from the external space, allowing the Netherworld Blood Sea clone in the Great Luo Heaven to relocate.

After reactivating the remote detection mode, Lu Jin controlled the Kunlun Mirror to continuously extend its detection field of view beyond Chaos City.

Soon, millions of kilometers away from Chaos City, Lu Jin discovered a large lake shrouded in chaotic energy.

The next moment, with a thought from the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, a Kunlun Token appeared in the silt at the bottom of the lake, tens of thousands of miles deep.

With this Kunlun Token, even if his true form leaves the initial universe, he can still obtain the Chaos Stele for free.

Moreover, the Kunlun Token is a derivative of the Kunlun Mirror, a special divine treasure of the God-King.

After completely concealing its aura, it can only be seen with the naked eye. It cannot be detected by mental power or ethereal divine power scanning, so there is no need to worry about being discovered.

The initial universe was so vast that even if the Lord of Chaos City wasn't the Primordial Ancestor himself, or even if the Primordial Ancestor were personally overseeing things, he wouldn't be able to detect anyone making trouble.

After taking care of everything, Lu Jin, who was ready to be a freeloader, didn't immediately go to see the Chaos Stele, thinking a little while wouldn't make a difference.

We'll deal with the matter of secretly taking advantage of others later, once we've settled down in Chaos City.

However, it seems that this kind of freebie can be applied to other places as well?
Just like in the small universe of the progenitor of the star behemoth, there are many statues of the eight great beast gods. The role of these statues is no less than that of the Chaos Stele of the human race.

For example, the Ancestral God Sect has a Water Beast God at the level of a Universe Lord. Staring at the Water Beast God, although somewhat impolite, is definitely more effective than a Water Beast God statue.

It's a pity that Lu Jin doesn't know where either the small universe of the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor or the Water Beast God of the Ancestral God Sect is.

after one day.

"Lu Jin, Luo Feng, Bo Lan, and Wei Te, the 14 of you, come with me to the cultivation chamber of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele."

The black-robed messenger arrived at the city wall and announced the names of 14 people.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin and the others withdrew from their cultivation and followed the black-robed envoy to the secret cultivation chamber.

The city lord's mansion covers an area of ​​over a thousand square miles, with numerous buildings within it.

Before long, the black-robed envoy led Lu Jin and the others into a corridor.

The corridor is very large, measuring 60 meters wide and 120 meters high.

On both sides of the corridor, there are also giant bronze gates, each 120 meters high and 160 meters long. On these bronze gates, there are ancient inscriptions written in a universal language: Mother Ancestor, Giant Axe, Dragon Walk, Heart Mark.
What's even more bizarre is that in front of each of the giant bronze doors stands an old man who looks exactly the same, with a single vertical eye on his forehead and a kind face.

Arriving at a massive bronze gate inscribed with the words "Nine Universes," the black-robed envoy addressed Lu Jin and the others, saying, "There are 52 gates here, each leading to one of the 52 secret chambers of the Chaos Stele. This gate is the entrance to the cultivation chamber of the 'Nine Universes Chaos Stele.'"

Then, the black-robed envoy bowed to the three-eyed old man and said, "Lord Kandri."

"Hmm, the new batch of youngsters from Virtual Universe Company?"

Smiling, the three-eyed old man looked at Lu Jin and the others and asked.

"Yes."

The black-robed envoy was extremely respectful. He then turned to look at Lu Jin and the others and said, "This is Lord Kandri, the guardian of the Chaos Stele Cultivation Chamber. The 52 statues in front of the Chaos Stele Cultivation Chamber are all avatars of Lord Kandri."

Lord Kandri has guarded the 52 cultivation chambers for over a million epochs; he is a respected powerhouse in our Chaos City.

"Lord Candry."

Lu Jin and the other 14 people bowed respectfully.

"Hehe~, you're really young. Please wait a moment, a group of people who have been studying inside will come out soon."

Candri smiled and nodded.

A few minutes later.

"Rumble--"

With a low rumble, the bronze gate slowly opened, revealing a cultivation chamber filled with chaotic energy that obscured the view inside.

The next moment, Kandri cast his 'Sound Spell' and shouted in a deep voice, "Come out, all of you!"

The 'demonic sound' entered the cultivation chamber and echoed continuously.

Soon, figures, driven mad by the deafening demonic sounds, flew out of the chaotic air currents and left the cultivation chamber.

Kandri turned to look at Lu Jin and the others in front of him: "You 14 people go in now. Seven days later, when the gate opens, you come out immediately, understand?"

"clear."

Everyone nodded.

"Well, let's go in."

Kander nodded.

Afterwards, everyone flew into the cultivation chamber.

The cultivation chamber was filled with chaotic energy, and looking around, one could vaguely see a huge stone tablet extending out from the chamber.

As he got closer, Lu Jin was able to see the Nine Universes Chaos Stele clearly.

The Nine Universes Chaos Stele is 100 meters high and nearly 100 meters wide, and has nine pictures on it.

At the edge of the Chaos Monument, there are two universal scripts—'Nine Universes'.

The first picture shows nine scattered raindrops.

The second picture is of a light drizzle, with a total of 36 raindrops.

The third picture is a picture of heavy rain, with a large number of raindrops densely packed together, as many as 108 raindrops.

Fourth picture, fifth picture, sixth picture, seventh picture, eighth picture, ninth picture
After a quick glance, Lu Jin's gaze lingered on the last eight pictures before settling on the first one, the 'Raindrop Picture'.

Soon, his entire mind was immersed in it, and the nine raindrops transformed into infinite artistic conceptions in Lu Jin's consciousness.

The main body and the clones share the same soul consciousness. What the main body sees is equivalent to what the Water Qilin clone, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, and the 380 Blood God Child incarnations also see.

In Lu Jin's eyes, the nine raindrops seemed to transform into nine ice spikes, constantly combining and launching wave after wave of attacks.

However, in the eyes of the water unicorn clone, these nine raindrops looked like sharp blue-gold hooves, or tails covered with blue-gold scales, and then turned into blue-gold horns.

In the eyes of the Netherworld Blood Sea and the many incarnations of the Blood God, these nine raindrops seemed like an endless blood-red ocean, surging and raging throughout the world.

Depending on their respective strengths, the original body and the two clones see different things.

But all paths lead to the same goal: to master the fundamental laws of space.

Inside the cultivation chamber of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele, Lu Jin and the other 14 people were completely immersed in it, unaware of the passage of time.

"Rumble--"

A deafening roar followed as the massive bronze gate swung open, but the 14 people remained engrossed in their study of the Chaos Stele and did not awaken.

Kandri had anticipated this, and the 'Sound Spell' reappeared.

"Come out, everyone!" "Come out, everyone!" "Come out, everyone!"

The sound kept echoing in my mind, and it kept getting louder and louder.

Upon hearing this 'demonic sound,' Lu Jin immediately snapped out of his daze. Without any hesitation, he endured the discomfort and flew swiftly towards the outside of the secret chamber.

"You 14 people, wait a moment."

The guardian, Kandri, kept Lu Jin and the others at bay.

Everyone looked at Kandri.

Kandri said, “This is your first time entering the cultivation chamber. I remind you that you should first find a place to stay for the next 30 years of cultivation, and then log in to the virtual universe and apply to enter the ‘Bridge to Heaven’.”

As for what the Heavenly Bridge is, you'll understand once you go inside.

With that, Kandri waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave.

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