Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 191 The Arrival of the Lord of Behemoth
The Great Luo Heaven, within the Lingxiao Palace, which has been recently expanded to a height of nearly one million kilometers.

Numerous immortal figures of beasts, each with a different form but exuding a powerful aura, stood silently.

On the nine-colored throne at the head of the hall, the Time Dragon's avatar was counting the spoils of war.

Thanks to the Kunlun Mirror's ability to locate and traverse space, coupled with the seven hundred million Ghost King Insects under Hong'er's command, the hunting operation came to a complete end in less than a day.

Of all the immortal beasts that fell into the pit of the Fourth Heaven Realm, except for a few who were enslaved by Lu Jin, all perished.

Of the 300,000 Immortal Army Lords, who make up over 90% of the peak Immortal Army Lords, more than 20,000 self-destructed their divine bodies, and approximately 280,000 intact Immortal Army Lord divine corpses were decomposed by the Demon Refining Pot.

They obtained 280,000 lower-level divine essences of various systems and entry-level upper-level divine essences, as well as a small amount of bloodline source crystals with three times the gene value.

More than 500,000 were granted the title of Marquis and became immortals, and more than 50,000 of them self-destructed, leaving a total of 470,000 intact Marquis-level immortal corpses to be stuffed into the Demon Refining Pot for decomposition.

They obtained 470,000 lower-level law divine sparks and minor-completion-level upper-level law beads from various systems, plus tens of thousands of life gene bloodline source crystals with three and six times the power, and thousands of gene bloodline source crystals with ten times the power.

The bloodline source crystals with three and six times the genetic value mainly come from members of the various royal families and imperial families of the demon race, as well as star beasts with non-peak bloodlines.

The bloodline source crystal with ten times the gene value is basically derived from star behemoths with peak bloodlines.

Of the approximately 200,000 Immortal Kings, less than 10,000 prematurely self-destructed their divine bodies, leaving nearly 190,000 intact Immortal King corpses that were decomposed.

Aside from a few individuals who possessed the secret technique of creating clones and were not completely dead, they obtained nearly 190,000 lower-level law godheads of various elements and high-level law beads of the Great Completion level, plus more than 20,000 bloodline source crystals with varying gene multipliers.

With the 94 lower-level law divine essences of various elements, 28 entry-level upper-level law beads, 47 minor-completion-level upper-level law beads and 19 major-completion-level upper-level law beads obtained this time.

In the future, Lu Jin will be able to cultivate 28 Immortal Army Lords, 47 Marquis Immortals, and 19 King Immortals.

Although the immortals cultivated with the divine spark of law and the law bead are initially in a blank state.

But so many immortals, especially those 19 who were crowned kings, are an absolute force that cannot be ignored.

In terms of sheer numbers, they outnumber the existing Kings and Immortals of the human race.

Of course, Lu Jin knew that if necessary, and if the human race's universe master's divine power was sufficient, it wouldn't be a problem for the human race to possess tens of millions of immortal kings.

After all, the human race has stood in the primitive universe for countless years, and the number of immortal kings born should be more than ten million.

But the title of King of Ten Million is of little significance; a single cosmic overlord can wipe them all out.

The reason why the human race currently only has 100,000 kings is simply because the vast majority of kings who are immortals are not qualified to be included in the race's resurrection list.

These kings have no hope of becoming cosmic sovereigns; resurrecting them would only be a waste of the divine power of the cosmic lord.

It is no exaggeration to say that, setting aside all external factors and focusing solely on humans, the foundation of the human race lies in the giant axe of the true god level and the eighteen cosmic lords.

As long as these nineteen people remain standing, even if all the human race's cosmic venerables and immortals are wiped out, after a period of recovery, the human race will still be one of the six peak races of the original universe.

Then, Lu Jin looked at the many powerful beast figures inside the hall.

There were more than 12,000 beast figures, with six standing at the very front.

King Tianyin, belonging to the Dream Scale Serpent royal family of the demon race; King Zhuanlun, belonging to the Reincarnation Congyan Serpent royal family; King Hanhai, belonging to the Ziqian Wanshe royal family; and King Liezhao, belonging to the Kongjinhou royal family.

Crimson Flame King, a giant beast from the Starry Sky Beast Alliance.

And a special life form called the Golden Cunning King, which is a thousand meters long, dog-like in shape, with two pairs of horns on its head, a mouth full of sharp fangs, a back covered with golden fur, and a body covered with golden scales.

These six beasts are all invincible kings, with the strongest being the Golden Cunning King, a special life form possessing a hundred times the genetic potential.

This kid was a bit unlucky; he didn't join the Ancestral God Cult and didn't possess any precious soul treasures, so he fell victim to the exorcising talisman.

Besides these six invincible kings, there are more than twenty others who are close to being invincible kings, thousands who are at the limit of being kings, and more than eleven thousand who are at the peak of being kings with varying degrees of understanding of the profound mysteries of higher laws.

Of course, in Lu Jin's opinion, apart from the six invincible kings led by King Jin Jiao, the rest were not much different.

Even if one only comprehends a high-level profound mystery at the peak of the King-Sealing Realm, if one has ten times the amplification of a divine body or soul, that can barely be considered the limit of the King-Sealing Realm.

If the gene multiplier were even higher, like a royal king of the demon race born with six times the life gene, possessing the power of a ninth-level world lord with six hundred thousand times the strength.

Add to that a divine body or soul amplification of at least ten times, along with precious armor and weapons, and as long as the secret techniques aren't too weak, then one can be considered close to being invincible and a king.

Lu Jin glanced around and pointed to the right side of the hall, saying, "Those who haven't fully comprehended the three great mysteries of the higher laws, stand over there."

Immediately, more than 3,000 of the 12,000 kings in the hall turned to the right.

The next moment, Lu Jin waved his hand, and nearly nine thousand ten times the genetic bloodline source crystals from the peak bloodline of the starry sky behemoth materialized and fell into the palace in front of the King who had not moved and whose life gene was less than ten times.

Apart from a few kings like King Jinjiao, all others were granted titles.

"Refining this item can create ten times the life genes."

As he spoke, Lu Jin turned to look at the more than three thousand kings who had walked to the right and said, "Having comprehended the three great mysteries, some of you have life genes that are not ten times stronger than others."

"Thank you, Master!"

The group of servants who had been granted the title of king immediately prostrated themselves with excited expressions.

This is ten times the life-giving gene!
Apart from the giant star beasts with peak bloodlines, only the life genes of the six invincible kings present were no less than ten times stronger.

"Ah."

Lu Jin nodded slightly, and a world ring flew out, landing in front of King Jin Jiao. He said, "King Jin Jiao, I appoint you as their leader."

The World Ring contains a secret technique for transforming one's divine body, a secret technique for amplifying one's divine body and soul by 30 times, and resources for cultivating the amplification technique. These resources are yours to distribute.

Every one of you can cultivate the 30x Divine Body Amplification Secret Technique. After you have mastered it, quickly perfect the Transformation Secret Technique and maintain your human form in the future.

If you comprehend all three mysteries and become an illusionist or master of them, I will grant you 30 times the soul amplitude.

Furthermore, for those who, having fully comprehended the Three Profound Mysteries, are able to create their own pinnacle secret techniques, I will bestow upon them a precious treasure.

Finally, if you can become a cosmic supreme being, I can grant you a hundred times the ultimate amplitude.

"Thank you, Master!"

The group of servants who had been granted the title of king bowed down once again.

First came ten times the life gene, then a 30-fold amplitude that surpassed the gap between the peak of the King-Sealing Realm and the limit of the King-Sealing Realm. It was a treasure given as a result of creating a peak secret technique, and a hundred-fold limit amplitude given as a result of entering the realm of the Universe Venerable.

This isn't the master of a soul servant, this is clearly a biological father!
How hateful! Why couldn't we have met a wise ruler sooner?
Otherwise, they would have long since become invincible, or even kings!
The four minimum requirements for becoming an invincible king are: a life gene of at least ten times the strength, a not too low amplitude secret technique, a self-created peak secret technique, and a suitable treasure.

Aside from the fact that you need to work hard to master the ultimate secret techniques, the master has all three other essential elements, and will grant them directly once you reach the required strength.

"This place is the Great Luo Heaven, where the fundamental laws are manifested in the sky, making it easier to comprehend the laws than in the outside world."

"Go and cultivate. You can obtain the secret techniques and resources from King Jin Jiao. If you lack resources, King Jin Jiao, come to me."

Lu Jin waved his hand and said.

"Yes, Master!"

The group of princely servants bowed and then left the Lingxiao Palace.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the demon realm.

In the boundless starry sky, there floats a magnificent palace hundreds of thousands of kilometers high, its walls covered with countless mysterious patterns, and its entire body seemingly cast in gold.

This magnificent golden palace seems so close at first glance, yet it also feels as if it is separated by endless time and space.

"Shh!"

A golden streak of light pierced through the air and landed on the extremely wide golden brick square in front of the majestic palace, revealing a golden Behemoth with a divine body that was nine kilometers tall.

Within the majestic golden palace, a towering figure who controlled a region of time and space opened his eyes, his gaze piercing through time and space as he looked out of the palace and said, "Jin Fa, what brings you here?"

"Great Leader, something has happened on the battlefield outside our territory."

The Golden Behemoth, Venerable Golden Wisdom, bowed and began to recount the events that had occurred on the Twilight Continent, the fifth outer battlefield.

Among the demon race, each of the eleven extraterrestrial battlefields is overseen by a Universe Venerable, whose strength is no less than that of a High-Level Universe Venerable.

However, these eleven Venerable Ones who were stationed here were not the highest-ranking officials of the demon race in the extraterritorial battlefield.

The highest authority of the demon race in the extraterritorial battlefield is always the cosmic lord among the demon race, and this position rotates every ten million epochs.

In this ten millionth era, the highest leader of the eleven extraterrestrial battlefields happened to be the greatest being of the Golden Behemoth clan, one of the eighteen royal families of the demon race—the Lord of Behemoth.

"Rumble--"

A deafening roar resounded as a divine body, hundreds of kilometers tall, clad in golden armor, with massive fangs protruding outwards, limbs as strong as mountains, and giant claws on its arms resembling the claws of a destructive god, emerged from the majestic golden palace, its entire body bathed in dark golden flames.

Both being members of the Golden Behemoth race, the Behemoth Lord's divine body is much larger than that of the Golden Venerable, whose divine body spans nine kilometers.

There's no other reason, though. Life forms below the level of the Lord of the Universe cannot increase their size through conventional means, but the Lord of the Universe can, as long as they are willing to spend resources.

"You should retreat to a distance."

"The Lord of Behemoths said in a deep voice."

"Yes, leader!"

Venerable Jinfa bowed in response, and then his body transformed into golden light and flew to the distant starry sky.

"rise!"

The Lord of Behemoth gave a low shout, and time before the majestic golden palace began to rapidly rewind, as if a movie were playing in reverse.

Although not every one of the nearly ten thousand demon race immortals at the peak of the King level or above who entered that 'treasure gate' had been to the square in front of the Golden Palace, quite a few of them had.

The Lord of Behemoths doesn't need to resurrect them all; he only needs to resurrect a few to verify the situation and confirm what exactly is going on.

"Sure!" "Sure!" "Sure!" "Sure!" "Sure!"

He pointed it out five times in a row, freezing five past time scenes.

These five past scenes depict the arrival of the five invincible demon kings—King Jinmeng, King Tianyin, King Zhuanlun, King Hanhai, and King Liezhao—at the Golden Palace Square.

Subsequently, the divine power within the Behemoth surged forth, transforming into five invisible forces that swiftly enveloped the five invincible kings in five different time layers.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, the Lord of Behemoth's expression changed slightly.

These five demon kings were invincible. Apart from his own Golden Behemoth Clan's Golden Behemoth King, the other four were merely phantoms and could not be pulled back to the present timeline by him.

Those who cannot be resurrected by reversing time either perished under special circumstances or are still alive at the moment.

If they are still alive, there are three possibilities.

One type is alive and well, the second type is seriously injured and falls into a deep sleep, and the last type has become a slave to the soul.

"Time and space reversed!"

Without much hesitation, the Lord of Behemoth roared and began to revive the already deceased King Jinmeng.

'boom--'

In an instant, the surrounding time and space that had been reversed to the past began to return rapidly.

A moment later, the surrounding spacetime returned to normal, and we returned to the current spacetime node.

King Jinmeng, who had perished in the Fourth Heaven due to the self-destruction of his divine body, also appeared in the square in front of the Golden Palace.

"I have met the great leader!"

Upon seeing the tall figure bathed in dark golden light ahead, King Jinmeng trembled and hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects.

The Lord of Behemoths roared, "Arise! Tell me how you fell."

Upon hearing this, King Jinmeng's eyes were filled with anger, and he said, "Great leader, all of this is the treacherous scheme of the mastermind behind the scenes!"

Upon entering that treasure gate, everything was fine at first, but later a dense fog began to permeate the area, severely restricting perception and exploration.

Not long after, the mastermind behind it all appeared.

First, they used a treasure of the light realm to form countless platinum rays of light, imprisoning our movements. Then, they used the secret techniques of soul enslavement and soul attack.

Fortunately, I had a treasured artifact to protect my soul, so the attack failed. After burning my divine power, I used the artifact's claws to break the domain's confinement.

However, when I traced the source of the attack to the other party, I discovered that all the attacks originated from a top-tier light-element palace treasure.

The opponent possessed top-tier palace treasures, which I was completely powerless against. Furthermore, fearing they might have a backup plan, I decisively self-destructed.

As he spoke, King Jinmeng's divine power surged, and he used his divine power to outline the image of a radiant paradise beside him.

"What about the other kings who accompanied you?"

"The Lord of Behemoth asked."

King Jinmeng said in a deep voice: "There are more than a thousand Kings who are with me in the camp, but apart from three peak Kings and two limit Kings, before I self-destructed, they either self-destructed their divine bodies and perished, or they perished from soul attacks."

The three surviving peak-level Kings and two near-peak-level Kings are most likely already enslaved.

Even he, who possessed a soul-type treasure, almost stumbled, let alone those at the peak or limit of the King-Sealing Realm.

After a moment's thought, the Lord of Behemoth said, "Tell me the title of the king that my demon race will bestow upon you."

"Yes, great leader! Among my tribe, those who accompanied me have either self-destructed their divine bodies or perished in soul attacks."

After bowing in response, King Jinmeng announced the title of the immortal demon king who had accompanied him earlier.

He might not remember the immortal titles of all the demons in his race, but he would remember the titles of kings.

After reporting the names of hundreds of kings, King Jinmeng retreated to the distant starry sky.

"rise!"

The Lord of Behemoth roared, once again reversing time and space, attempting to resurrect among the hundreds of demon kings who had once visited his golden palace.

Soon, the Lord of Behemoths's expression darkened.

Among these hundreds of demon kings, only a few who perished by self-destruction were able to be resurrected by reversing time and space.

The rest who perished in the soul attack could not be resurrected by reversing time and space, just like soul servants who had not yet fallen.

Could it be that these fallen immortal kings have been resurrected by some cosmic ruler and then enslaved by other life forms?
"Humph!"

The Lord of Behemoth snorted coldly, turned to look at Venerable Jinfa in the distant starry sky, and said, "Jinfa, report to me all the missing kings of my demon race this time."

"Chief, all the missing kingship documents have been prepared."

Venerable Jinfa took out a metal book from his world ring, which contained information on the 30,000 demons who had entered the Fourth Heaven Realm and been crowned kings.

"Shh!"

With a thought, the metal book flew into his hand, and the figure of the Lord of Behemoth disappeared before the majestic golden palace.

Before long, in a square within the core secret realm of the demon race—the Dream Realm Secret Realm—the figure of the Lord of Behemoth appeared out of thin air.

"rise!"

By comparing the information on the metal book, the Lord of Behemoth reversed time.

After some attempts, the ferocious beast face of the Behemoth Lord turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Of the 30,000 demons who were crowned kings, nearly 10,000 were at the peak of the kingship or above and were immortals. Yet, only less than 2,000 of them could be resurrected by reversing time and space.

However, the number of immortals at the peak of the King level and above who can be resurrected is less than one hundred.

The remaining 28,000-plus kings were all reduced to soul slaves.

A major upheaval, absolutely a major upheaval!

The 20,000-plus ordinary kings are one thing, but the vast majority of them have already reached their potential, so the loss is just that—a loss. The demon race doesn't care.

In any case, over countless years, there have been many immortal kings who, after falling from grace, did not revive as the rulers of their respective races and universes.

However, those nine thousand-plus immortals at the peak of the King level and above are very important to the demon race, because they all have a chance to become cosmic venerables.

Previously, the number of immortal beings at the peak of the demon race and above was only over 50,000.

Aside from the two Demon Ancestors, numerous Universe Lords, and thousands of Universe Venerables, these 50,000-plus Immortals at the peak of the King level and above can almost be considered the foundation accumulated by the entire Demon Race over countless years.

But in just these few days, one-sixth of the demon race's resources have been permanently lost.

If we disregard resource consumption and extend the timeline...

Among the nearly ten thousand Immortals at the peak of the King level and above lost by the demon race this time, there is a high possibility that hundreds of Universe Venerables and one Universe Lord will be born.

After all, with over 50,000 peak-level and above immortals, if we don't consider resource consumption, surely in the future, after countless years, we won't be unable to produce even 500 Venerables and 5 Universe Lords?
Not long after, in another core secret realm of the demon race, the Zhenyu Secret Realm, inside the Demon God Palace, the place where the highest-level meeting of the demon race was held.

All the avatars of the demon race's universe lords gathered for a supreme meeting.

After the meeting, in the starry sky of the Twilight Continent, the fifth extraterrestrial battlefield, a vast divine power permeated the air, and a magnificent golden palace appeared out of thin air.

Looking at the devastated Twilight Continent, now reduced to ruins, the Lord of Behemoth, still seething with rage, frowned slightly.

Fortunately, the Lord of Behemoth arrived relatively late, and the great battle on the Twilight Continent had already ended.

Otherwise, if he were to witness the immortals of the human, insect, and mechanical races ganging up on the immortals of the demon race, this cosmic lord, whose anger was burning fiercely, would probably turn all the immortals of the human, insect, and mechanical races present into ashes.

The Universe Venerables dare not violate the rules of the extraterritorial battlefield, but the Lord of the Universe has no such concern.

A cosmic lord who possesses a high-grade palace treasure is very difficult to kill by other cosmic lords.

Since you can't take me down, why should I follow the rules?
In any case, it's just killing, not enslaving; it hasn't reached the point where the Lord of the Universe has to decide life and death.

"Time, turn back!"

The Lord of Behemoth raised his hand and pointed, causing spacetime to tremble. In the area where the Western Heavenly Gate was originally located, time rapidly reversed, and past scenes reappeared.

Previously, there was the great battle where the three races ganged up on the demon race, the disappearance of the black treasure gate, the entry of a large number of beast immortals, and a mechanical immortal who appeared out of nowhere and released the black treasure gate.

'Mechanical race?'

Gazing at the images rewinding time, the Lord of Behemoth frowned deeply.

Could it be that the mastermind behind this is the Machine Race?

A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Lord of Behemoth as he glanced at the four Venerables from the four major races who were stationed in the Fifth Extraterrestrial Battlefield, who had sensed the immense divine power emanating from the distant starry sky.

The next moment, the starry sky trembled, and a dark golden giant claw exuding terrifying power emerged from the majestic golden palace, slamming down directly towards the mechanical race's venerable one.

"Bam—"

The Cosmic Venerable's divine body was as fragile as paper. A terrifying dark gold giant claw slammed down, its eyes filled with terror. The mechanical Cosmic Venerable, who was stationed in the Fifth Domain Outer Battlefield, was instantly reduced to ashes, and even the treasures he carried were smashed into pieces.

Regardless of whether the mastermind is a machine race or not, unless it is the Lord of the Universe, any machine race that dares to appear in my sight right now will die!

"Humph--"

With a single claw strike, the Lord of Behemoth annihilated the mechanical race's stronghold. He let out a cold snort, and then the majestic golden palace vanished into the starry sky.

'Good heavens! The Demon Clan's Behemoth Lord has arrived and even casually killed the Mechanical Clan's Chi Feng. It seems the Demon Clan has suffered considerable losses this time, and it's likely related to the Mechanical Clan. This must be reported!'

Witnessing this scene, the human Qinglan Venerable thought to himself and hurriedly reported it to his clan through the virtual universe.

Meanwhile, the Zerg leader 'Shadow Rift', who also witnessed this scene from afar, hurriedly instructed his servants to report the news to the Zerg.

Even if there is a million immortals fighting in the extraterrestrial battlefield and a large number of immortals in the demon race camp perish, it is not enough to attract the arrival of the demon race's universe lord.

Needless to say, the Lord of Behemoth's arrival this time is definitely for the many immortal demons who fell into that huge pit before.

Currently, they have all arrived together with the Venerable Ones, but only the Crimson Edge Venerable of the Mechanical Race was killed by the Lord of Behemoth. This shows that in the Lord of Behemoth's view, this matter is most likely related to the Mechanical Race.

Such important news must be known to the great beings within the tribe.

(End of this chapter)