Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 155 Acknowledgment of the Fundamental Law of Water
Xuanhuang Heaven.

At the Li Family Manor, Lu Jin was having dinner with his maternal grandfather, Li Dawei, and his family.

Of course, not all members of the Li family participated; only the maternal grandfather Li Dawei, the uncle Li Yunqian, the aunt Lin Xiyue, the cousin Li Hongpeng, and Li Hongpeng's wife were present.

More than 120 years have passed. Although Li Yunqian and his wife did not have any more children, his cousin had already started a family early on, and now the fifth generation of his descendants has been born.

If we were to invite them all over, there simply wouldn't be enough room for everyone.

After dinner, the family chatted idly.

"Grandpa, what are your plans for the future regarding your strength?"

Lu Jin asked Li Dawei and the others.

It must be admitted that apart from himself who had a cheat code, Luo Feng who took the protagonist template, and Hong and Thor who showed extraordinary talent in the original work, the other Earthlings were actually just so-so.

Aside from having higher potential in terms of the soul, the cultivation talent of most Earthlings is not necessarily much stronger than that of ordinary humans in the universe.

To date, apart from Hong and Thor, there isn't a single Earthling in the Xuanhuang Heaven who has been able to cross the threshold of the lower-level primordial laws at the stellar level, not even qualifying as a star sector-level genius.

This is normal, though. For example, in the Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom's Genius Battle, trillions of stars registered, but less than a thousand people were able to cross the threshold of the lower-level primordial laws.

Moreover, Earthlings don't cultivate for very long. Most of those who have reached the star level or above haven't even lived to be 100 years old yet, and their cultivation time is far shorter than that of the star-level geniuses who participate in the Genius Battle.

"Xiao Jin, what are your plans? We'll do whatever you say."

Li Dawei said without hesitation.

Lu Jin made a gesture and said, "Two arrangements: I have treasures that can enhance talent, and treasures that can directly make you a strong person."

"Brother, doesn't the former have a brighter future than the latter?"

The phrase 'down-to-earth' came to mind as Li Hongpeng asked.

Well, what young people don't know is that in Swallowing the Stars, if you only know how to be down-to-earth, you will either die of old age or become cannon fodder.

Lu Jin shook his head: "That's not it. If nothing unexpected happens, even if you choose the former, you will eventually end up on the latter path."

If they choose the former, Lu Jin will use the peaches of immortality and the Beast God Crystal to help Li Dawei and others achieve perfect genes, gain super physical cultivation talent, and transform into super geniuses in one fell swoop.

The latter approach involves directly arranging lower-level law deities, and then later arranging higher-level law deities, or even law deities capable of becoming true gods.

The reason he said that Li Dawei and others would eventually follow the latter path was mainly because they had limited talent in terms of comprehension.

It is not true that having perfect genes guarantees becoming a true god; there is no absolute necessary relationship between the two.

Just like the eight innate beast gods, each of them had perfect genes, but when the innate beast gods perished, they were still only the masters of the universe.

On the other hand, those who follow the path of refining the divine spark of the laws will find that when the world of advancement appears in the future, there will be far too many true god-level beings within it.

If he has the strength, he can easily kill a few people, decompose them into the gradually merging elemental godheads of all laws, and Li Dawei and the others can become true gods without lifting a finger.

The choice of Li Dawei and his four companions was not unexpected by Lu Jin.

Knowing that their talents weren't particularly strong, they all chose the latter, even after Lu Jin told them about the flaws of the Law Godhead.

Geniuses would certainly not choose the Godhood of Laws.

Because as long as a genius lives, their future achievements will not stop at becoming an immortal military leader.

But for those who aren't geniuses, is it really possible to become immortal just by lying down?

After handing over the five lower-level Law Godheads to his maternal grandfather's family, Lu Jin didn't linger. He then approached his old subordinates, including Jia Yi and Zhu Xi, and bestowed upon them all Law Godheads.

Those who follow him and are relatively familiar with him, needless to say, are almost certainly immortal gods.

Since the Celestial Realm is isolated from the outside world, and given that his own strength has already reached the peak of the Realm Lord level, merely a blank Immortal, Lu Jin no longer needs to use the God-Expelling Talisman as a guarantee.

Of course, there is a difference between those who are considered soul servants and those who are not.

Apart from Li Dawei's family, people like Jia Yi, unless they can make outstanding contributions in the future, such as creating some great secret techniques, are unlikely to succeed.

Otherwise, Lu Jin will no longer use special resources such as high-level law beads to enhance their strength.

And those Earthlings who voluntarily became his soul servants, the natives of the Qiankun Realm, and those elderly realm lords he recruited in the universe.

When he has enough money in the future, Lu Jin will use high-level law beads, or even high-level law godheads, to continue to nurture them.

As for the soul slaves forcibly taken in the Blood Luo World?

These are just tools; they receive no special treatment.

However, Lu Jin did not mistreat them. These servants of the World Lord that he had taken in the Blood Luo World have now taken up the positions of martial arts instructors for Earthlings.

Working six days a week and resting one day a week, consistently clocking in and nurturing talents will earn you contribution points within the Heavenly Court.

As long as you have enough contribution points, you can exchange them for special resources such as Law Godhood in the future.

Furthermore, the weekly rest day can be accumulated, and during the holiday period, one can also go to the Great Luo Heaven where the threads of the primordial laws manifest in the sky to comprehend the laws.

After greeting his maternal grandfather's family and many old acquaintances, Lu Jin returned to the Lingxiao Palace of the Great Luo Heaven to devote himself to cultivation and await his formal appointment by the Virtual Universe Company.

On the other side, above the Pacific Ocean on Earth, floats a floating city hundreds of kilometers long and wide.

Inside the floating city, there are seven Zerg mother hives, each over 800 meters in diameter and shrouded in poisonous mist.

"Hiss-"

A series of insect roars rang out, and soon, more than twenty ferocious-looking insect warriors sprang out of the mother nest, flying and landing in front of Lu Jin's Blood God Child avatar and the seven Mother Queens, including Hong'er.

These insectoid warriors were all at the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord, but they all had different appearances.

There are various types of Zerg warriors, including the Flame Tank Zerg, Tiger Beetle Zerg, Sharp Shadow Zerg, Thorn Bone Zerg, Thunder Scorpion Zerg, Dark Nether Zerg, Ice Hunter Zerg, Blood Blade Zerg, and Light Wing Zerg. These are all the types of Zerg warriors that Hong'er and her seven companions can cultivate.

"How is it? Has the soul potential of the Zerg warriors increased?"

Lu Jin asked Hong'er and the other six.

After carefully sensing it, Hong'er said, "Master, the Zerg warriors bred on Earth have indeed, as you said, made a significant improvement in their souls."

However, the Flame Tank Insects, Tiger Beetles, Thorn Insects, and Bloodblade Insects that I created were not strong in terms of their souls to begin with, and even if they were to improve, their potential would be far less than that of physical attacks.

"Little Orange Sister, what about you?"

Finally, Hong'er asked Cheng'er and the other six.

"We're pretty much the same. After all, Zerg warriors aren't good at soul techniques. Even if their souls are enhanced, they're still not as good as ordinary life forms of the same level."

The six people exchanged glances, and Cheng'er spoke to Lu Jin.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin pondered for a moment and said, "For each type of peak-level Insectoid warrior, first cultivate 100 of them. I'll conduct an experiment."

Continue cultivating the three secret techniques: "Innate Dao Body," "Thousand Transformations," and "Ten Thousand Hearts Controlling the Soul." Master these techniques as quickly as possible.

Unlike the exorcism technique, which requires the consumption of soul power, the creation technique does not require soul power, but only energy.

The cultivation talent of a single Blood God Child avatar is far inferior to that of the original body with perfect genes and the Water Kirin clone. Naturally, the Blood God Child avatar is responsible for creating soul-type insect warriors using the power of creation.

Hong'er said, "Master, using the mother hive to raise Zerg warriors does not affect the cultivation of us seven sisters."

However, the current rate at which the Mother Nest can cultivate peak-level World Lord warriors is limited, only about 10 per day. If 100 of each type were to be cultivated, it would take more than a month to complete the cultivation.

"Well, go get busy."

Nodding, Lu Jin waved his hand.

Meanwhile, within Zi Ni Chang's divine palace, the Water Qilin avatar temporarily ceased its cultivation.

"Fatty, connect to the Virtual Universe Company's treasure vault and place an order for a live insectoid creature with a soul no weaker than the same level. If there are no live creatures, a corpse will also do."

Lu Jin gave the instructions to Fatty.

Life forms in the universe are diverse, and insect life forms with considerable potential for spiritual growth are naturally not few in number.

Lu Jin planned to study the genes of these insectoid life forms with strong souls, learn from the strengths of various insectoid warriors, and try to create a soul-attack type insectoid warrior that suited his needs through divine intervention.

As for whether it will work?

That wouldn't be good. Anyway, there are tens of thousands of Blood God Child incarnations. Taking out one incarnation to do this wouldn't have much impact on his strength improvement.

"Master, does that include insect-like special life forms?"

"I asked the fat man."

Lu Jin shook his head: "Special life forms are not needed."

What he wants is an army of Zerg, not individual Zerg fighters; researching special life forms of Zerg is useless right now.

Moreover, the genes of special life forms are complex, and research efficiency is inevitably low due to limitations in our own capabilities.

Suddenly remembering something, Lu Jin instructed, "Check the treasure vault again to see if there are any Starry Sky Beast eggs with the twelve peak bloodlines. If so, buy one."

In the Beast God Realm of the Starry Sky Giant Beast Ancestor, the statues of the eight Beast Gods are complete, making it a treasure land most suitable for cultivating the Path of the Beast Gods in the universe.

Having followed the path of the Beast God, he will definitely use the Kunlun Mirror to remotely obtain rare items later on.

But Lu Jin had no idea exactly where the Beast God Realm was located in the cosmic sea.

Moreover, even if he knew the location, without placing a Kunlun Token into the Beast God Realm for location tracking, he would not be able to conduct remote exploration within the Primordial Universe using the Kunlun Mirror.

However, there is a way to bring the Kunlun Token into the Beast God Realm. He himself could not enter, but an Immortal-level Starry Sky Beast genius could.

The power to exorcise spirits is not an ordinary method of enslaving souls; the two are not on the same level.

Even if one enters the true god's miniature universe, the true god may not necessarily see through it.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if the progenitor of the starry sky behemoths sees through it.

It's just a waste of a Starry Sky Beast egg and the resources needed to raise an Immortal-level Starry Sky Beast. It's no big deal; he can afford to waste it.

"Master, should the delivery address be Guanghan Star?"

"I asked the fat man."

Lu Jin shook his head: "No, just fill in Wu Chen Space-Time Territory, I'll make the trip myself." If the delivery address is Guanghan Star, which is such a long distance away, who knows when the logistics department of the Virtual Universe Company will be able to deliver the goods?
On the contrary, by filling the Wuchen space-time and traveling back and forth through the divine kingdom, he could obtain the items within a day.

Before long, Fatty said, "Master, there are 679 kinds of insect life forms in the treasure vault that are good at souls. Among them, 658 are ordinary life forms, and 21 have genes that surpass those of ordinary life forms, but none of them are more than ten times the gene range."

Ordinary genetically modified insect life forms are all alive. Of the non-ordinary genetically modified insect life forms, 16 have living bodies, while the remaining 5 only have corpses. Their prices vary.

Buying all of them would require 253684 points.

Of the twelve peak bloodlines of the Starry Sky Beasts, the treasure vault contains only nine types of Starry Sky Beast eggs and living beings below the Immortal level; the remaining three types are merely corpses.

"Are there any Golden Horned Beast eggs?"

"No, the Golden Horned Beast is just a corpse."

Lu Jin then asked, "How much does the Iceberg Giant Beast egg cost?"

Lu Jin didn't plan to keep the live specimen. Starry Sky Beasts can be said to have grown wildly, and many of them ended up deformed. It would be better to buy an egg and raise it again.

Fatty said, "The price of the peak bloodline starry sky behemoth eggs is very uniform. Except for the Golden Horned Behemoth egg, which is 10 points, the others are all 10000 points."

Ten thousand points are not cheap; for the strong, points are more valuable than mixed units.

Many immortal beings are worth only ten thousand Hunyuan units.

The Golden Horned Beast possesses a secret technique for creating clones, giving it a strong ability to survive. It is arguably the most suitable star beast for possession, and its price is ten times that of other star beasts with peak bloodlines. Lu Jin could understand this.

Of course, even if you have points, you still have to check if there are any items in the treasure vault.

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin said, "Buy an iceberg behemoth egg, plus those insect lives."

Soon, Fatty reported, "Master, the order was successfully placed! The total cost was 264684 points. The Iceberg Beast Egg and many insect creatures will be delivered to Wuchen Time-Space Territory within one day."

Subsequently, the original body, who was in the Lingxiao Palace, stopped comprehending the laws, took Zi Zhenfeng out of the Great Luo Heaven, and returned to the Wuchen Space-Time through the Divine Kingdom teleportation to retrieve the goods.

The immortal crystals that Lu Jin lost outside the Primal Secret Realm and outside the Saipan Star Region were condensed by Zi Zhenfeng.

In just over half a day, the Blood God's incarnation on Earth received 679 living or dead insect-like life forms whose souls were no weaker than ordinary life forms of the same level, and began the experiment of creating soul-type insect warriors.

If the experiment succeeds, the nest of Hong'er and her seven companions will be able to analyze the genetic template of this Zerg warrior and then use a massive number of peak Realm Lord Zerg corpses to cultivate a legion of Zerg warriors capable of soul attacks.

Lu Jin also hatched the giant iceberg egg using a planetary-level life source crystal, then implanted a spirit-driving talisman into its soul, making it a soul servant.

Two months later, in the Great Luo Heaven.

On the vast, blood-red ocean, amidst surging energy, a blood-haired figure, ninety thousand kilometers tall, materialized, then transformed into towering blood water, merging into the vast blood sea below, causing the Netherworld Blood Sea to expand slightly once more.

'boom--'

Suddenly, an unsettling, invisible wave appeared.

In an instant, the fundamental law of water in the universe descended, and the incomparably powerful aura of the fundamental law permeated the air.

"Rumble--"

The surrounding space trembled slightly, and a drop of azure water appeared out of thin air above the Netherworld Blood Sea, before falling directly down.

After falling into the sea of ​​blood, this azure droplet was not assimilated by the crimson water.

Instead, it landed at great speed on the seemingly inconspicuous primordial core located deep within the sea of ​​blood, and then seeped into the primordial core, landing on the primordial pearl inside.

Like a dry sponge, the Origin Pearl instantly absorbed all the azure water droplets, giving it a touch of blue luster.

At the same time, a six-pointed snowflake mark, faintly radiating a chilling law fluctuation, appeared between the eyebrows of Lu Jin's main body, the Water Qilin clone, and many Blood God Child incarnations.

Undoubtedly, this hexagonal snowflake mark is a sign that it has been officially recognized by the fundamental laws of water in the universe.

"Finally, we have gained the recognition of the fundamental law of water!"

The Netherworld Blood Sea clone, now transformed into a sea of ​​blood, felt a surge of joy. If it weren't for the fact that it had already transformed into a sea of ​​blood and had no mouth, it would have definitely turned up at the corners of its mouth.

The next moment, the power of the world resonated, and a part of Lu Jin's consciousness entered the origin of the universe.

Upon reaching the level of Realm Lord, due to the power of the world, the Realm Lord's consciousness can merge into the endless 'Origin Earth of the Universe'.

Having gained the recognition of the fundamental law, Lu Jin felt that his soul consciousness had undergone another transformation.

As soon as this part of his consciousness entered the origin of the universe, Lu Jin sensed a call from the soul, like a kind mother calling for her children who had been late in returning.

'Whoosh! '

Lu Jin's consciousness did not resist, following the call, and appeared in a boundless blue ocean.

This is the origin of the Water Law in the entire primordial universe, where endless aura of the law permeates every corner of the ocean of the Water Law.

"Rumble--"

As the waves surged, Lu Jin's consciousness drifted with the current, merging into a drop of water in the endless ocean of laws, and began to continuously explore and comprehend the fundamental laws of water.

On the other side, after gaining the recognition of the Water Origin Law, Lu Jin put away the Water Beast God statue, left the Great Luo Heaven, and logged into the virtual universe.

Virtual Universe, Yuxiang Mountain Primitive Area, Manor No. 114 Training Ground.

In the spacious training ground, Lu Jin, carrying the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back, stood in mid-air, riding the Water Cloud Shuttle.

"Congeal!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed ahead, and thousands of blue lights burst forth behind him.

In an instant, blue light surged, and every 81 rays of blue light converged into a foot-long ice cone, with 8748 rays of blue light transforming into 108 foot-long ice cones.

Immediately afterwards, the blue threads strung together, and amidst the dazzling blue light, all the foot-long ice cones converged and solidified into a five-foot-long blue-gold ice cone, its tip emitting wisps of chilling light.

The eighth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon - Frost Breaks Through the Void!

"Not bad!"

Looking at the blue-gold ice cones that had materialized in mid-air in front of him, Lu Jin nodded to himself.

Without using a hundred times the soul amplitude, he was able to easily unleash the eighth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Frost Breaks the Void,' something he never dared to dream of before.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he hasn't used the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon for a long time.

The next moment, Lu Jin unleashed his full power, amplifying his soul amplitude a hundredfold. The Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, which now only had 1333 tiny spikes remaining behind him, shot out and merged into the five-foot-long blue-gold ice spike in front of him.

Instantly, countless blue-gold law-inspired threads burst forth and connected.

As the fluctuations of the fundamental laws of water and space arose, a dazzling blue-gold light shone forth. A total of 10081 tiny blue cones combined and converged into a seven-foot-long blue-gold divine cone that exuded endless chilling aura.

The ninth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon—Even the Immortal can be defeated! Also known as the 'Heavenly Frost Divine Cone'.

"call out!"

With a thought, Lu Jin's seven-foot-long blue-gold divine cone vanished instantly, reappearing a thousand meters ahead, and then continued to disappear and reappear.

Through a series of rapid 'flashes', the Heavenly Frost Divine Cone instantly struck the metal target located more than ten kilometers away.

"boom--"

A violent roar resounded, and the metal target, crafted from E9 grade red copper, was blasted into countless icy metal fragments.

"Teleporting inanimate objects is indeed easy."

Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh.

The flight trajectory of the Heavenly Frost Divine Cone that kept disappearing and reappearing was the teleportation of inanimate objects.

Aside from innate secret techniques, the difficulty for a living being to teleport is beyond the imagination of most immortal gods.

In contrast, techniques like the Heavenly Frost Divine Cone, which involve 'inanimate object teleportation,' only require the equivalent of the 13th level of the Heavenly Bridge's Law Comprehension.

It is precisely because the ninth level of the nine divine weapons of mental power is all about the unpredictable 'inanimate object teleportation' or 'inanimate object acceleration', which is extremely fast and impossible to defend against.

In addition, its attack power is not to be underestimated, which is why it is called "Even the Immortal can be defeated".

As long as the controller reaches the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord and can unleash the ninth level of the psychic divine weapon 'Even the Immortal Can Be Matched', even if it is only the first level of the third level of the ninth level, in terms of strength, it can be considered as having crossed the threshold of the Immortal God.

It's a pity that, currently, the first level of the ninth layer of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon is also the limit for Lu Jin himself.

However, based on his current level of understanding of the laws, the original body of a ninth-level Domain Lord at the peak can be considered to have crossed the threshold of immortal combat power.

With perfect genes superimposed with a hundredfold increase in soul amplitude, in terms of basic strength alone, this body is far inferior to a primary immortal military lord, only dozens of times stronger than a peak ninth-level world lord.

However, the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon of the first level of the ninth layer definitely surpasses the level of ordinary novice immortal army lords in terms of secret techniques.

With its superior secret techniques, it can make up for or even surpass the gap in basic skills.

Of course, having comparable strength is one thing, but being able to kill is another.

In battles between immortal gods, without an overwhelming difference in combat power, it is difficult to completely kill the opponent.

Just then, Fatty's voice rang out: "Master, Virtual Universe Company has officially issued your appointment notice."

Raising an eyebrow, Lu Jin said, "Show it on the virtual screen so I can see it."

The next moment, a virtual screen appeared in front of Lu Jin.

On the screen was the official appointment notification email from Virtual Universe Company.

The email contained little information, only appointing him as a special envoy for the Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom branch.

His status was equivalent to that of the heads of the military, commerce, and armed forces departments of the branch, making him the fourth largest figure in the branch and granting him the privilege of overseeing all personnel in the branch, including the three heads.

Serving as a branch inspector until automatically resigning upon reaching the realm master level will earn you 10 points.

Furthermore, during his time outside the company, the Virtual Universe Company will also issue some tasks for him to perform, and he can earn corresponding points rewards for completing the tasks.

'Neither fish nor fodder!'

Lu Jin shook his head inwardly.

His previous trip to the Abyss of Purgatory had made him incredibly wealthy. With trillions of points already in his possession, he couldn't even be bothered with the mere mission points rewards.

(End of this chapter)