Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 153 Saipan Star Region
After the banquet ended and the meeting place was arranged, Lu Jin logged out of the virtual universe.

In the Wuchen Space-Time, within his territory, Lu Jin waved his hand and took out the Shenzhou spaceship stored in his World Ring. A majestic silver dragon, thousands of feet long, manifested in mid-air.

"Mr. Chenyuan, please add the ten guard captains to the World Ring as well."

Looking at the ten Realm Lord-level guard captains following behind him, Lu Jin spoke to Chen Yuan, the commander of the guard force.

When someone is appointed as a high-ranking official in a remote region, his guards will naturally follow.

But Lu Jin knew that his talent alone was enough to get him on the alien race's assassination list (below Immortal), and he was very likely to be ranked number one.

It's no exaggeration to say that it's almost inevitable that a foreigner will be granted a title and unleash a powerful attack right in front of him.

With numerous trump cards at his disposal, Lu Jin was not afraid of assassination attempts by alien immortals.

The commander of the guard, Chen Yuan, was a low-level immortal with the title of Marquis. He possessed an immortal body, and it was impossible for an ordinary alien immortal to completely destroy him in one blow.

At least the assassins who appeared in the first wave shouldn't have been that strong.

But these ten world lord-level guard captains are different. Although they have all been recognized by the lower-level primordial laws, they still cannot withstand a single move in front of a true immortal.

If they were to stay outside and follow along, they would have virtually no chance of survival should they encounter a sudden attack from an immortal alien race.

"Alright."

Chen Yuan nodded and put the ten World Lord-level Guard Captains into his World Ring, settling them together with the other Guard members.

To be honest, as Lu Jin's talent became apparent, Chen Yuan, as the commander of the guard, felt immense pressure.

Even before this, he had specifically consulted the King of Tianshuang, fearing that he was not strong enough to protect such a genius.

Fortunately, the king said that other arrangements had been made, so he no longer needed to worry too much.

Flying into the control room, Shenzhou set sail. After leaving the Wuchen space-time, it activated its dark universe shuttle and headed towards the previously agreed location.

Several hours later, the Shenzhou spacecraft returned to the original universe and appeared in an endless starry sky outside the original secret realm.

Then, the hatch in the belly of the Shenzhou spacecraft opened, and Lu Jin tossed an immortal crystal belonging to one of his immortal servants toward a desolate planet in the distance, to facilitate the next round trip.

At the same time, a humanoid alien immortal with a sign hanging on his chest, a burly figure, and covered in black scales flew in.

"Greetings, Your Highness Lu Jin, and the esteemed Immortal Marquis."

The Blackscale alien immortal bowed and said.

"Mr. Brovy."

Lu Jin nodded in greeting.

This immortal being from the Black Scale alien race was the soul servant sent by King Oruk of the Purple Lightning to fetch him.

Lu Jin wasn't worried that Zi Lei Wang might have been secretly harmed by alien races, reduced to a servant, and was preparing to stab him in the back.

He was wearing battle armor made from the strongest ten-times gene-enhancing cloud vine, and the golden pattern on his wrist was also made from the strongest ten-times gene-enhancing star-eating grass.

With the life force of these two immortal plants protecting him, and the Eight Directions Primordial Mirror safeguarding his soul, ordinary king-level experts are helpless against him.

If you really want to lure him into the divine kingdom, unless you become an invincible king, you'll destroy the divine kingdom.

Not to mention, it can also bypass space blockades and travel through space by using the Kunlun Mirror.

"Your Highness Lu Jin, shall we begin the divine kingdom teleportation now?"

"The Black Scale Alien Immortal, Brovi, asked."

"Well, let's get started."

Lu Jin nodded.

Immediately, a strong aura of law emanated from the Black Scale Alien Immortal, and dazzling light burst forth, instantly spreading out and covering the entire universe within a radius of several kilometers, enveloping the entire Shenzhou spaceship.

'Whoosh—'

The next moment, along the beam of light that formed the spatial channel, the Shenzhou spacecraft was drawn into the divine realm.

Golden Scale Venerable: "."

Light-years away, the Golden Scale Venerable, who was secretly protecting Lu Jin on the orders of his master, the King of Tianshuang Kingdom, was speechless.

Teleportation to the Divine Kingdom? How do I do that?
Even if he knew the spatial location of this divine kingdom, he still didn't know where Lu Jin would be teleported to!

"Shh!"

In the desolate starry sky, on a huge meteorite, accompanied by a sudden burst of brilliant light, a thousand-foot-long silver dragon appeared abruptly.

“Your Highness Lu Jin, this place is located in a desolate area outside the Saipan star system, less than 10,000 light-years away from the star system administration office.”

Inside the spaceship's control room, the Black Scale Alien Immortal, Brovi, spoke to Lu Jin.

After throwing an immortal crystal at the giant meteorite for positioning, Lu Jin instructed, "Fatty, head to the Saipan Star Region Management Office."

Even before he arrived, King Oruk of the Purple Lightning had sent him a star map of the Saipan star system.

A distance of 10,000 light-years, if traversing the dark universe, could be reached very quickly with the speed of the Shenzhou spacecraft.

Less than ten minutes after entering the dark universe, the Shenzhou spacecraft returned to the original universe.

In the outdoor simulation, a palace complex spanning tens of thousands of kilometers in length and width is seen floating in the distant starry sky.

This palace complex is the Saipan Starfield Administration Office, one of the nine garbage starfields.

"Master, at the current speed of the Shenzhou spacecraft, which is 0.9 times the speed of light, we can reach the Saipan Star Region Management Office in half an hour."

Fatty said to Lu Jin.

Half an hour later, the Shenzhou spacecraft arrived at the distant palace complex.

The palace complex of the Saipan Starfield Administration appears to be square and rectangular, with an estimated length and width of 150,000 kilometers. It is surrounded by thick palace walls, and inside the walls are dozens of palaces of varying heights and specifications.

On the outer palace walls, there were also many patrolling guards in black armor.

The entire palace complex was shrouded in a faint energy shield, preventing any possibility of infiltrating by outside life forms.

After stowing away the Shenzhou spaceship, Lu Jin, along with Chen Yuan and Bu Luowei, flew towards the main gate of the palace complex ahead.

"Rumble--"

The main gate of the palace complex opened, and King Oruk of the Purple Lightning, surrounded by a group of black-armored guards, came forward to greet them.

"Haha~, Your Highness Lu Jin, welcome, welcome."

"King Oruk of the Purple Lightning said with a smile."

"You're too kind, King Zi Lei."

Lu Jin cupped his hands in greeting.

"Come, follow me into the palace."

Led by King Zi Lei, Oruk, Lu Jin and Chen Yuan entered the palace complex and arrived at a side hall of the most magnificent palace in the center.

Inside the side hall, after inviting Lu Jin and his companion to sit down, Oruk said, "Your Highness Lu Jin, your request is quite large, far exceeding my personal approval authority."

However, those four guys were quite accommodating, and the approval has already been granted.

"As long as Your Highness pays 10 billion Chaos Units, you can receive 10 units of the corpse of a peak Realm Lord insectoid."

As he spoke, Oruk waved his hand, and 100,000 metal plates engraved with complex numbers appeared in the air inside the hall.

These 100,000 insect corpses were specially selected by Oruk, and their quality was above average, with many being high-quality insect corpses.

The representatives from the other four factions readily approved the proposal.

After all, one should give face to the Buddha even if one doesn't respect the monk. Even if one doesn't give face to Lu Jin, a genius, one should still give face to the King of Tianshuang.

Anyway, it's not against the rules, and it doesn't affect their personal interests.

After a pause, Oruk took out a thousand silver-white world rings and continued, "Your Highness, these are medium-sized world rings, each with an internal space of 100,000 kilometers in length, width, and height."

In my Garbage Starfield, every purchase of goods worth one million Chaos Units grants the opportunity to hunt for treasures in the 'Garbage Mountain' until the world ring of that model is filled.

"Your Highness, by purchasing 10 billion Chaos Units worth of Zerg corpses, you can take away an item filled with one thousand medium-sized world rings from the garbage dump."

"King Purple Thunder, let's forget about the treasure hunt at the Garbage Mountain. If these World Rings can be transferred, just give them to your subordinates."

Lu Jin was well aware of the so-called "garbage mountain" on Taobao.

All the items in the Garbage Mountain came from the outer battlefield. Although most of the items were not very valuable, there were some that were quite valuable, such as fragments of immortal divine weapons.

Just like Luo Feng in the original novel, he found a lot of fragments of soldiers' armor and general's armor in the 'garbage mountain' of the Wulong Starfield, and then fused them into armor beads, which turned into soldiers' armor and general's armor.

However, Lu Jin wasn't envious, because the series of armors derived from the supreme treasure armor, such as the soldier armor and general armor, could only be used by the Yan God Clan and cultivators of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual; he couldn't use them at all.

And isn't 'finding treasure in a garbage dump' a waste of time?

Any items that appear in the garbage mountain have been detected by the virtual universe system; it's impossible for them to actually contain valuable treasures.

If he really wanted to find treasure, he might as well explore the secret realms of the universe.

After reaching the level of Realm Lord, if the Blood God Child at the peak of the ninth level of Realm Lord is used to activate it, the range of the Kunlun Mirror's remote detection has reached a diameter of ten million kilometers.

A single glance is enough to spot treasures within the exploration area that haven't completely concealed their presence. Even though the cosmic secret realm is vast, the actual efficiency of treasure hunting is quite high.

Especially the cosmic secret realms that severely suppress the perception abilities of the strong and the detection capabilities of probes.

"Not going to Taobao?"

Orus was taken aback.

"not going."

Lu Jin shook his head.

If he's short of money, he'll most likely go.

In the original story, Luo Feng went to the garbage dump of the Wulong Star Region to search for treasures, but was assassinated by an immortal-level spy planted by the alien race. It is likely that the Saipan Star Region, which is also one of the nine garbage star regions, was also planted with spies by the alien race.

On their way to the garbage dump to hunt for treasures, they were assassinated. With Teacher Tian Shuang as their backer, they were determined to extort a sum of money from the Saipan star system's management.

After all, the assassin was an insider in your Saipan star system, so you can't escape responsibility.

If you don't offer some compensation for emotional distress, aren't you just treating my backing like it's nothing?

But he's not short of money these days, and he doesn't care about the meager finds in the garbage dump, so he'd better save his time from Taobao.

"King Purple Thunder, where do I pay? As for these insect corpses, please send someone to fetch them."

Lu Jin said to the Purple Thunder King.

"Okay, I'll send you the finance department's bank account number right now."

Seeing that Lu Jin wasn't interested in Taobao for the garbage mountain, Oruk didn't say anything more and had Smart send Lu Jin the remittance account information.

It makes sense, considering this is the only direct disciple of the Heavenly Frost Kingdom's ruler, and he can afford 10 billion Chaos Units worth of insect corpses. It's clear he's someone who doesn't lack money, so it's normal that he wouldn't be interested in the treasures that might exist in the Garbage Mountain.

Soon, the chubby figure appeared on Lu Jin's shoulder, reminding him, "Master, the remittance has been received."

“Transfer 10 billion mixed units over.”

"Yes, Master! The 10 billion Chaos Units have been transferred."

Shortly after, Oruk received a letter from the finance department informing him that 10 billion mixed units had been received.

Immediately, Oruk summoned his subordinate, handed him the 100,000 metal nameplates, and ordered him to retrieve the insect corpses. Meanwhile, on the other side, the Saipan star system's finance department received a transfer of 1 billion Chaos Units.

In just a moment, a piece of intelligence, after hundreds of code changes, was transmitted in the virtual universe network as ordinary email to a hidden organization's receiving point.

—In the revenue details of the Saipan star system, one of the nine garbage star systems in the human territory, the name of Lu Jin, number 1, appeared.

Lu Jin, number one, just spent 1 billion Chaos Units to gain the opportunity to enter the Saipan Starfield and purchase 100,000 units of corpses belonging to peak-level Realm Lord Zerg. It's speculated that he will remain in the Saipan Starfield for the next few months.

Inside a mezzanine level, in a magnificent divine temple.

A figure dressed in a black robe and hood, with a faint gray mist emanating from his body, sat cross-legged inside the hall.

"Owner!"

A charming woman in a long dress with long, red, wavy hair entered the hall, quickly walked to the man in black robes, and knelt down directly on the ground.

"What's the matter?"

The man in black robes opened his scarlet eyes and asked calmly.

"Master, according to intelligence, the Saipan star system has appeared as number one in the revenue details among the nine garbage star systems of humanity."

The red-haired, alluring woman spoke with utmost respect.

Upon hearing this, the man in black robes perked up and raised his voice: "No. 1 Lu Jin?"

"Yes, Master. According to the account details, No.1 just spent 1 billion Chaos Units to purchase 100,000 units of peak Realm Lord insect corpses."

According to estimates, No.1 will likely enter the Saipan star system to select those peak-level world lord insect corpses.

Most importantly, immortal gods are forbidden from entering the area within the Saipan star system where endless corpses are stored.

In other words, No.1 cannot bring Chen Yuan, who is at the Marquis level, into the room; he can only go in with the guide.

"Master, this is our perfect opportunity!"

The red-haired, alluring woman's eyes shone brightly, as if she could see the scene of completely eliminating Lu Jin.

"That's a good opportunity."

The figure in black robes had a crimson glint in his eyes as he whispered something.

As members of a powerful demon race infiltrating human territory, their most important duty is to eliminate human geniuses who pose a significant potential threat.

The organization compiled an assassination ranking of all geniuses below the Immortal level from the five major human factions, based on their potential threat level.

However, the one at the top of the assassination list is not one of those genius realm lords, but Lu Jin, who has just stepped into the domain lord level.

Although Virtual Universe Company kept Lu Jin's information very well hidden, the fact that Lu Jin was able to pass the seventh trial tower in the Genius Battle and pass at least six levels of the Sky Bridge when he first entered Chaos City was enough to place him at the top of the list.

Throughout the vast history of humanity, those who have achieved such a feat and have not perished along the way have all become at least supreme beings in the universe.

As for Lu Jin's current strength, they were also unsure.

But they knew that such a genius would never stand still.

Furthermore, the fact that Virtual Universe Company concealed Lu Jin's achievements indirectly demonstrates Lu Jin's extraordinary nature; otherwise, there would be no need for such concealment.

After a moment's thought, the man in black robes gave the order: "Pass down the order to Number 3, who is lurking in the Saipan star system, to find an opportunity to kill Number 1 who has entered the Saipan star system!"

First try soul enslavement; if that fails, get close and self-destruct, making sure not to give it a chance to react.

"Master, why not let number 12 try first?"
Number 12 also possesses the strength of a high-level immortal military lord, enough to instantly kill number 1, while number 3 is a marquis-level immortal, making it extremely difficult for the organization to infiltrate him.”

The alluring red-haired woman hesitated.

The figure in black robes glanced at her indifferently and said, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"Boom bang bang-"

The alluring woman trembled and kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "Master, please calm your anger!"

"Hmph~!"

With a cold snort, the figure in black robes waved his hand: "Go and relay the order."

It is indeed very difficult for the organization to plant spies in the Saipan star system, especially for those whose strength has reached the level of a marquis, the difficulty is even higher.

But in the eyes of the man in black robes, even if he failed to enslave Lu Jin and only killed him, it would still be worth sacrificing a marquis-level spy for it.

After all, reversing time and resurrecting is not a panacea; some opportunities will be lost once one has died.

"Yes, Master!"

The alluring woman bowed and took her leave.

three days later.

"Your Highness Lu Jin, the 100,000 units of peak Realm Lord insect corpses you purchased have arrived."

Inside a side hall, Oruk handed a world ring to Lu Jin.

"Thank you for your trouble, King Zi Lei."

After bowing and expressing his gratitude, Lu Jin accepted the World Ring and used his mental power to explore it deeply.

Inside the vast world ring, there were 100,000 corpses of peak-level world lord insects piled up like a mountain.

Although most of these World Lord insect corpses were broken and incomplete, their quality was not bad. They were mostly high-end items from the Flame Tank Insect Clan, Tiger Beetle Insect Clan, and Sharp Shadow Insect Clan, rather than the most common Green Mantis Insect Clan.

After checking and confirming that everything was correct, Lu Jin nodded and said, "King Purple Thunder, thank you for your help these past few days. I have obtained the insect corpse, so I will take my leave now. If I need anything in the future, I will contact you again, and please do not refuse then."

"Haha~, Your Highness is too kind."

"To be honest, Your Highness, I also get a commission when you come to me to buy insect corpses."

Oruk said with a smile.

Although his original intention was simply to befriend the promising Lu Jin, Oruk did receive a substantial bonus due to the size of Lu Jin's order.

It might not seem like much to him, but it's actually quite a lot.

As for giving Lu Jin high-quality insect corpses?

It doesn't matter who you give it to.
Giving this to Lu Jin, who has a promising future, is far more meaningful than giving it to some ordinary genius or immortal.

After bidding farewell to Oruk, Lu Jin took Chen Yuan and left the Saipan star system aboard the Shenzhou spaceship.

Golden Scale Venerable: "."

No, I just arrived here, and you've already left?
Meanwhile, at an observation point in the Saipan region.

'I wonder when No. 1 will arrive.'

"Immortal Golden Scales, with its dark golden horn on its head, thought to itself as it received a mission from within the organization."

Jin Lin Bu Xiu didn't expect that Lu Jin, who wasn't short of money for the time being, had no desire to 'find treasures in the garbage dump' at all.

If there's no desire to search on Taobao, then the matter of retrieving the insect corpses can be handled by the administrators of the Saipan star system, since King Zi Lei has already made all the arrangements in advance.

Moreover, Lu Jin had already left the Saipan star system by this time.

After traveling through the dark universe for more than half an hour, Shenzhou spacecraft left the dark universe and returned to the original universe.

Immediately afterwards, in the spaceship's control room, a strong aura of law emanated from Chen Yuan, and dazzling light burst forth, enveloping the entire Shenzhou spaceship.

The next moment, the Divine Kingdom teleportation was activated, and the Shenzhou spaceship entered Chen Yuan's Divine Kingdom. Then, through the Divine Kingdom teleportation again, it appeared in a desolate star field within the territory of the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom.

As a member of the main clan of the Heavenly Frost Kingdom, Chen Yuan was originally from the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom.

Within the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom, he scattered countless Immortal Crystals in various desolate areas as teleportation coordinates.

“Your Highness, this place is not far from the Heavenly Frost Temple of the King, only tens of thousands of light-years away.”

Chen Yuan said to Lu Jin.

"Yes, let's go to the Frost Temple of our teacher first."

Lu Jin nodded.

About half an hour later, in the spaceship's exterior simulation mode, a palace complex stretching for tens of millions of kilometers, standing tall in the starry sky, came into view.

After retracting the Shenzhou spaceship, Lu Jin and Chen Yuan flew towards the palace complex ahead.

Before long, the two landed in front of the majestic Heavenly Frost Temple.

'It seems that the teacher's Heavenly Frost Temple is just an ordinary palace treasure?'

After observing the Heavenly Frost Temple for a moment, sensing its aura, which was no less than that of the Blood Lake Domain Treasure within the Dead Silence Demon Abyss, Lu Jin thought to himself.

Similar to domain-type treasures, palace-type treasures are at least one level higher in value than ordinary treasures of the same level.

Even the most exquisite palace treasures are more valuable than ordinary high-grade treasures, weapons, and armor.

Although no one had mentioned it to him, Lu Jin felt that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, his teacher was a cosmic overlord stuck at the final step of the Water Beast God Path.

"Your Highness, I will not go into the palace to see the King. Just let me know when you leave."

At this moment, Chen Yuan said to Lu Jin.

"Alright."

Nodding, Lu Jin bowed and announced loudly into the hall, "Disciple Lu Jin requests an audience with Master."

"Enter!"

Soon, a calm voice came from inside the hall.

Passing through the hall's gate, which was shrouded in a hazy, icy blue light, Lu Jin stepped into the hall in a spatial shift.

As they had met before, the King of Tianshuang was still wearing a suit of frost armor, his silver hair flowing over his shoulders, and he sat on his throne in the palace.

"You're back so soon, kid?"

The King of Tianshuang asked.

"I have not seen my teacher in real life for a long time, so I have come to pay my respects."

Lu Jin said with a smile.

"You sneaky fellow! I forgot to ask before, where did those two spatial beads come from? Did you offend the Space Venerable?"

The King of Tianshuang asked with a serious expression.

"It was obtained from a dangerous place within the Abyss of Purgatory."

"The Silent Abyss? You brat, you didn't steal some treasure from my junior brother, did you?"

Considering the characteristics of the Dead Silence Abyss and the effects of those two 'space beads', the Heavenly Frost King speculated.

"Teacher, is Venerable Evil Flame your junior brother?"

"He is my senior master's disciple, so he can also be considered my junior brother."

"Well, teacher, I've already dealt with those two space beads. That Uncle-Master Evil Flame doesn't know it was me, so it won't affect your relationship with him."

The Frost King: "."

To be able to snatch the treasure that the Universe Venerable had reserved at such a young age, truly worthy of being my disciple, Tian Shuang!

(End of this chapter)