Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 193 Time Law Divine Spark
"Shopkeeper Yu Mo, is Venerable Guanghan now capable of crafting top-tier treasures?"

A human cosmic venerable named 'Illusion' asked, a man with a lean build, purple markings on his face, wearing a dark gold robe, and a vertical eye between his brows.

Although the shopkeeper in front of him was just an immortal god, the attitude of the Illusionary Annihilation Venerable was extremely good.

There's no way around it; a master craftsman at the top level of treasure-making is someone that even ordinary universe venerables would fawn over.

His good attitude wasn't because he was being overly polite, nor was it out of respect for the Immortal, but rather out of respect for the Grandmaster Guanghan, the master of treasure refining.

"Reporting to Venerable Illusion, the Lord is indeed capable of crafting top-tier treasures."

Zi Yumo bowed slightly and said with a smile.

She was a soul servant that Lu Jin had taken in before, and was also known as Zi Nishang as her master.

"Is the Heavenly Craft Pavilion really buying up the corpses of any level of Cosmic Venerable at a price of 10 Treasure Points, without any limit, for an extended period?"

The Venerable of Illusion asked in disbelief.

Zi Yumo nodded and said, "This is the master's order."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Venerable Illusion's eyes.

With his strength as a mid-level universe venerable illusionist, it's not like he couldn't handle a low-level universe venerable without any background.
Generally speaking, the vast majority of novice cosmic beings cannot afford to use soul-related treasures.

Moreover, he is an illusionist, and it is not difficult for him to kill his opponents with soul techniques and leave behind his divine body.

A weakling's corpse is worth 10 treasure points. With some effort and hard work, it's not impossible to get a full set of top-tier treasures.
After all, there are billions of races in the primordial universe, and there are far too many weaklings without any background.

Not to mention that once you have the first corpse, you can get 10 Treasure Points, buy treasures, or exchange these Treasure Points for resources to increase your Soul Amplification Multiplier, all of which can improve your strength.

"Shopkeeper Yu Mo, the Heavenly Craft Pavilion has put up one hundred precious treasures. May we have the opportunity to see them?"

At this moment, a King-level Immortal spoke up inside the shop.

"Of course!"

Zi Yumo smiled and nodded, waving her delicate hand.

The next moment, a hundred projections of various treasures appeared on the display windows inside the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, along with basic information and prices.

【Thousand-Pound Mirror, Description: Top-tier, top-level domain treasure, Price: 9965 Treasure Points】

[Qian Yuan Palace, Description: Top-grade palace treasure, Price: 11928 Treasure Points]

【Five-Colored Lotus, Description: Top-grade Soul Treasure, Price: 12743 Treasure Points】

"Sigh~"

Looking at the three most expensive treasures among the hundred treasures displayed in the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, whose value was comparable to several ordinary treasures, Venerable Illusion couldn't help but gasp, and a burning light flashed in his three eyes.

Ugh~, I want it so badly!
In the vast starry sky of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, a cluster of palaces stretching for tens of millions of kilometers floats.

"Ah~"

Inside a majestic temple, a giant dressed in purple robes, whose face was obscured by the faintly distorted space around him, sat on a divine throne, shaking his head and sighing deeply.

Thinking about the huge debts he owed to his tribe and several friends, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom felt a terrible headache.

Although Rong Jun, a talented individual, emerged from within our own universe during the last Genius Battle, he also received a reward from the Virtual Universe Company.

But that small reward was just a drop in the ocean compared to the enormous debt he owed.

Suddenly, the voice of an intelligent life form rang in the mind of the Qianwu Kingdom Lord: "Master, your friend Venerable Meizhen has sent an email."

Upon hearing this, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom's expression immediately changed.

Just what I feared has come true—a letter arrived from the creditor!
Venerable Meizhen, a cosmic venerable from another race within the Hongmeng, is both his friend and one of his creditors.

After a moment of silence, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom steeled himself and said to the intelligent life form that had accompanied him for countless years, "Little Wuyun, tell Meizhen that I have gone into seclusion to cultivate."

Without any valuable treasures in his pocket, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom truly lacked the confidence to face Venerable Meizhen.

Otherwise, if Venerable Meijin demands repayment of his debts, what will he offer? He can't very well sell his remaining top-tier treasure weapons and armor to pay off his debts, can he?

The intelligent life form 'Wu Yun' looked speechless and said, "Master, Venerable Mei Jin's letter is not about urging you to pay a debt. I think you should take a look at it."

As he spoke, a projection screen appeared in front of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler.

The screen displayed the corpse collection service offered by the Tiangong Pavilion within Hongmeng City.

"Hmm? Unlimited collection of corpses of Universe Venerables? And the purchase price is always 10 Treasure Points?"

Looking at the content displayed on the screen, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom's eyes lit up, and he quickly began to calculate in his mind.

I owe six friends approximately 1.6 Arcana Points and my clan 2.2 Arcana Points, for a total debt of 3.8 Arcana Points.

The Heavenly Craft Pavilion's treasure points allow you to purchase or customize top-tier treasures in the Soul, Domain, and Palace categories.

These three top-tier treasures, when sold to the clan, can be valued entirely in terms of treasure points.

The 3.8 Treasure Points he owes are equivalent to 11400 to 15200 Heavy Treasure Points if calculated in Heavy Treasure Points.

One alien universe venerable corpse is worth 10 treasure points. With more than a thousand alien venerable corpses, he can pay off the huge debt that has almost made him go bald over the past 100 million years!

"Hahaha"

With a glimmer of hope for resolving the enormous debt, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom couldn't help but burst into laughter, which echoed throughout the entire temple.

'There are billions of weak races in the universe, and my relationship with Brother Shadow is pretty good. Getting over a thousand corpses of low-level Venerables shouldn't be too difficult, right?'

After laughing, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.

The 'Shadow Brother' that the Qianwu Kingdom Lord was thinking about referred to the Shadow Monarch, one of the human race's universe overlords, and the head of the Virtual Universe Company and the Hongmeng Intelligence Department.

With accurate intelligence support, coupled with his strength as a high-level cosmic venerable, he only needs to pick on the weak, so why should he have to worry about not being able to pay off his huge debts?

It's true that he, the sorcerer, is heavily in debt, but he still possesses top-tier armor and weapons.

Moreover, as a high-level cosmic venerable, he had indeed practiced soul attack techniques.

When the opponent is merely a novice cosmic venerable without the protection of a soul treasure, the chances of leaving behind a corpse after killing them are not low.

As for the fact that there are too many corpses of alien venerables, the Heavenly Craft Pavilion cannot afford to provide treasures.

nonexistent!

Since that Venerable Guanghan can refine a top-tier treasure-level 'high-grade three-piece set', he must be very wealthy.

Lacking less than 4 treasure points, he felt his life was bleak.

But for a master craftsman capable of forging top-tier soul treasures, less than four treasure points are enough to forge just one top-grade palace treasure.

Inside the Hall of Time.

The chubby girl's voice rang in Zi Nishang's mind: "Master, the domain treasure, the Thunder Mirror, has been included in the purchase contract."

"Lightning Mirror? Who is the buyer, and how did they pay?"

Zi Nishang was stunned for a moment, then asked the fat girl.

The Lightning Mirror is a heavy treasure of the lightning attribute, classified as a common heavy treasure. It is also a practice item for the early stages of the game, priced at only 116 heavy treasure points. However, it is not a cheap item; even a common beginner universe venerable would not be able to afford it even if they went bankrupt.

Since the expansion of new businesses, there are three payment methods available for purchasing valuable items within the Tiangong Pavilion.

First, pay 15 times the material cost.

The second is a mixed unit that pays 50 times the material cost.

Thirdly, the valuable points obtained after selling the corpse of the alien universe venerable.

You can choose one of three payment methods, or you can choose to combine multiple payment methods.

The chubby girl said, "The buyer is a six-star member of the Hongmeng Alliance, the Human Race Thunder Punishment Venerable."

Of the 116 Treasure Points required to order the Thunder Mirror, 46 Treasure Points will be paid for with 15 times the amount of refining materials, 40 Treasure Points will be paid for with 50 times the amount of materials in Mixed Yuan Units, and the remaining 30 Treasure Points will be paid for with the corpses of three alien Venerables. Currently, Venerable Thunder Punishment has already drafted a purchase contract with the Heavenly Craft Pavilion.

"I see."

Zi Ni Chang nodded, then turned to Lu Jin, who was cultivating the third volume of "Seven Transformations of Water and Space," and said, "Three corpses of alien venerables will be arriving soon."

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow: "The alien Venerable's corpse, which was obtained so quickly, must be a collection that the Thunder Punishment Venerable has acquired over countless years. It is possible that it has been resurrected by reversing time and space."

In the vastness of the Swallowed Star, the strongest who live the longest often love to show off.

The corpse of a formidable opponent is undoubtedly a great tool for showing off.

For example, the Chaos Ruins of the Chaos City Lord contain a large number of corpses of alien powerhouses he killed.

If the large number of corpses in the Chaos Ruins could be exchanged for top-tier treasures, the Chaos City Lord would definitely do so without hesitation, even for the most supreme treasures.

After all, those corpses were of no practical use to him, only good for showing off, but the supreme treasures and top-tier treasures could enhance his own strength and that of the human race's powerful warriors.

The current situation of the Thunder Punishment Venerable is basically like this.

Trade enemy corpses, which are only good for showing off, for treasures that you can actually use – a win-win situation!
As for why Tiangongge is acquiring the corpses of alien universe venerables, they're just bored and have nothing better to do. Why meddle in other people's business?
As long as they don't take their own corpses and can exchange the corpses of alien venerables for valuable treasures, nothing else matters.

After a pause, Lu Jin said, "Let's establish another rule: the Heavenly Craft Pavilion will refuse to accept the corpses of Cosmic Venerables that it has already acquired. We will tell the outside world that we are studying the life gene structure of the strong, and duplicate corpses are useless."

The cost of resurrecting a Cosmic Venerable is far higher than 10 Treasure Points, but there are Cosmic Venerables who possess the secret technique of creating clones.

For example, if a Venerable-level Golden Horned Beast possesses the secret technique of creating clones, and one of its clones is relatively small, the amount of divine power required to revive that clone will be far less than 10 Treasure Points.

He sold the corpses of his clones to the Heavenly Craft Pavilion time and time again, but he could never get any good products from them. Wasn't he being fleeced?
Lu Jin definitely needs to prohibit this kind of "wool-pulling" behavior, otherwise he will likely be fleeced.

"Ah."

Zi Ni Chang nodded, then left the Time Palace and handed the domain treasure, the Thunder Mirror, to Zi Yu Mo, the shopkeeper of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, asking her to contact the staff of the Hongmeng Logistics Department to ship the goods.

The next day, less than 24 hours after the purchase contract was signed, staff from Hongmeng Logistics delivered the numerous precious materials obtained from the sale of the domain treasure, the Thunder Mirror, as well as the corpses of three alien universe venerables.

As for mixed units, they can be transferred directly through a bank.

Transactions conducted in Hongmeng City, if witnessed by the virtual universe Hongmeng City subsystem and involving physical goods, can be handled through Hongmeng's logistics department, with both the buyer's payment and the seller's delivery processed through the logistics department under Hongmeng.

Although this requires a small fee, the logistics department can protect the interests of both buyers and sellers.

As long as the goods are handed over to the logistics staff and inspected without error, the logistics department will provide full compensation even if an accident occurs during delivery. Inside the Time Palace, Lu Jin looked expectantly at the three corpses in front of him, each of different sizes but exuding a powerful aura.

It has a body diameter of over 100 meters, resembles a spider, and is translucent with an earthy yellow color. It has eight sharp spider legs covered with barbs, and its back is covered with dense compound eyes, numbering over a thousand. It looks very ferocious and evil.

It is over ten kilometers long, covered in green scales, with six legs on its belly and three pairs of scaled wings on its back. At first glance, it looks like the Western green dragon in many previous Earth movies and TV shows, except that it has more wings and dragon legs.

The main body is about a kilometer in diameter, with gray skin and black patterns all over its body. It has thousands of tentacles covered with suckers, making it look somewhat like an octopus.

'Is the divine spark of law extracted from the corpse of the Lord of the Universe a single divine spark with dual attributes of spacetime and time, or two higher-level divine sparks with different attributes?'

Looking at the alien venerable's corpse, which resembled an octopus and emitted fluctuations of the laws of time, Lu Jin thought to himself.

If it is the former, it means that the combination of the spatial law godhead and the time law godhead is not enough to become the master of the universe. One must have a dual-attribute spacetime law godhead or a fused law godhead.

However, if it is the latter, then after dissecting the corpse of this Time Venerable and obtaining the Time Law Godhead, Zi Ni Chang can become the Perfect Gene Universe Master.

Then, Lu Jin waved his hand and put the three alien universe venerable corpses into the Demon Refining Pot.

As his consciousness sank into the Demon Refining Pot, Lu Jin saw that within the infinitely large, hazy space, the corpses of three alien Venerables were emitting a layer of hazy light and were visibly shrinking rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the three alien venerable corpses disappeared, replaced by a wealth of resources.

The largest quantity consisted of over one trillion Venerable-level Life Source Crystals, each the size of a marble and dark gold in color.

The reason there are so many is mainly because the alien cosmic venerable whose divine body is over ten kilometers long and somewhat resembles a green dragon did not suffer any damage when it fell to the soul attack.

The divine body is large, and its life genes are not ordinary, probably reaching ten times the normal size. Furthermore, the divine body is intact, so the number of life source crystals that can be decomposed is naturally very large.

Secondly, there are two lower-level law godheads, several law beads of varying progress, and a bloodline source crystal at a level ten times that of life genes.

The Law Godhead and those Law Beads were dropped by the spider-shaped and octopus-shaped alien venerables, and the spider-shaped alien venerable also dropped a Bloodline Source Crystal with ten times the gene level.

Undoubtedly, the green dragon-shaped alien venerable has been resurrected by reversing time and space, and only a large number of venerable-level life source crystals were produced, with no other resources.

As for that octopus-shaped alien venerable, his life genes were ordinary. It was unclear whether he was too poor or hadn't had time to buy treasures to enhance his life genes.

Finally, and most importantly, the two eggs, different in size and attribute, each possessed a rhomboid superior law deity with 10081 facets.

One of them was silver in color and emitted fluctuations of the fundamental laws of space.

The other one is transparent and emits fluctuations of the fundamental laws of time.

Looking at the two superior law godheads, especially the time law godhead that might hold even greater surprises, Lu Jin was overjoyed.

Two out of three items were obtained, and the one that wasn't obtained also received a large number of Venerable-level Life Source Crystals. Spending those 30 Treasure Points was definitely worthwhile, and even a huge profit.

Even disregarding the labor costs of Zi Ni Chang, the master craftsman, these 30 treasure points are actually just the material cost worth 2 treasure points.

'Shuh! '

Lu Jin's mind raced, and he took out the Time Law Divine Spark.

"Come on, try it."

Lu Jin handed the Time Law Divine Spark in his hand to Zi Nishang.

"Ok!"

Suppressing her excitement, Zi Ni Chang nodded, accepted the Time Law Divine Spark, and began refining it.

Soon, a hint of disappointment flashed in Zi Ni Chang's eyes. She shook her head and said, "No, the spatial laws I have already mastered are repelling this time law divine spark, so I cannot refine it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin frowned.

Sure enough, there's no such thing as a free lunch.

While both involve comprehending the higher-level laws of time, the difficulty for the Space Venerable to comprehend the laws of time is far greater than that for the immortals of the wind, thunder, and light elements.

This can be seen from the fact that the number of universe lords in the original universe was far less than the number of space lords.

When a Space Master comprehends the laws of time, he will be influenced by the spatial laws he has already mastered.

As a Space Venerable, Zi Nishang was naturally affected by the Space Laws she had already mastered when refining the Time Law Godhead.

"Try this."

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin took out a high-level Time Law Bead of the Great Completion Grade from his external storage space.

This high-level Time Law Bead, of the Great Perfection grade, came from a high-ranking King of the Thunder Attribute Demon Clan. His comprehension of the Time Law was nearing the point of understanding the first profound mystery of time.

Zi Nishang took the superior time law bead and refined it.

This time, she successfully refined it, which raised Zi Ni Chang's mastery of the Time Law to the point where she was close to comprehending the first advanced profound mystery.

'The Time Law Bead is acceptable, but the Time Law Divine Spark is not. Is it because both belong to complete higher-level laws?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself.

"It seems that the Lord of the Universe can only wait until later."

Lu Jin said with some regret.

Compared to the Cosmic Venerable who might be in an 'empty package' situation, as long as the Cosmic Lord leaves behind a corpse, and it is not an avatar, then after the corpse is stuffed into the Demon Refining Pot, it will definitely produce a Law Godhead at the level of the Cosmic Lord.

"It's already very good. Everything I have now is something I never dared to dream of before."

Shaking her head, Zi Nishang rested her head on Lu Jin's shoulder.

The two spent some time being affectionate, and then had a fierce battle.

Afterwards, Zi Ni Chang continued to refine the top-grade treasure level 'Advanced Three-Piece Set', and also studied the secret techniques of treasure refining, striving to become a master treasure refiner of the supreme treasure level as soon as possible.

As for Lu Jin, he was currently looking at the two high-level law godheads in his hands, pondering who to assign them to.

'Hong'er and the others?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

There is a significant difference between reality and expectations.

Even though Hong'er and the other seven had all achieved perfect genes, their speed of comprehending the laws was still far inferior to his.

For no other reason than that Hong'er and the others only have their original forms.

He not only has three avatars, all with perfect genes, but also 10081 Blood God Child incarnations.

In this case, under the same external conditions, how could the speed at which Hong'er and the other seven people improve their strength be comparable to his?

If nothing unexpected happens, the future strength of Hong'er and the other six will most likely not be able to keep up with his pace.

Since we can't keep up with the pace, let's use the divine power of laws to cheat.

"Not yet. The Nine Nether Sea clones must be nurtured; otherwise, where will they get so many resources to train ghostly insectoid warriors of the same level in the future?"

Lu Jin shook his head inwardly.

Cultivating Zerg warriors requires a large amount of resources, which can be cosmic crystals, metals of the same level, or the bodies of life forms of the same level.

However, the higher the level, the more difficult it becomes to find resources to train a large number of Zerg warriors.

Therefore, for Hong'er and the other six, having a clone in the Nine Nether Sea is essential.

Otherwise, they would be like those Zerg queens who are cosmic overlords, with their Zerg legions only at the cosmic overlord level, rather than the cosmic overlord level.

It's not that those queens at the level of cosmic rulers don't want to build an equally powerful Zerg army, but rather that they lack the resources to do so.

But having a clone from the Nine Nether Sea makes all the difference.

The Nine Nether Sea clones, expanded to their limit, are the best resource for cultivating Zerg warriors of the same level, and they are inexhaustible.

The ginseng fruit's ability to create clones is only effective on beings whose level does not exceed that of a World Lord.

Therefore, before obtaining the Nine Nether Sea clone, Hong'er and the other six absolutely cannot become Universe Venerables with the Upper Law Godhood.

Otherwise, the seven of them will either not follow the legion strategy in the future, or they will use the blood of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone to cultivate the Zerg legion.

The former would be a waste of talent, and Lu Jin was unwilling to do the latter—using his own blood to raise insects was simply inappropriate.

After pondering for a moment and having made up his mind, Lu Jin left the Time Palace.

In the Great Luo Heaven, inside the Lingxiao Palace, Lu Jin himself sat on the nine-colored throne.

Two figures, a man and a woman, stood inside the hall.

One of them was Zi Zhenfeng, and the other was Zi Yumo, the shopkeeper of Tiangong Pavilion in Hongmeng City.

"Owner!"

Zi Zhenfeng and Zi Yumo bowed and greeted him.

"You two will have your affairs taken over by your deputy. From now on, before the Heavenly Court is officially established, neither of you may leave the Heavenly Realm without my permission, nor may you log into the virtual universe."

Lu Jin said to the two of them.

It wouldn't be good if he appeared in the outside world and people recognized him as a cosmic being.

Logging into the virtual universe directly exposes one's life level.

An ordinary immortal deity suddenly becomes a cosmic lord. One Zi Ni Chang is enough; there can't be a second, a third, or even hundreds or thousands more.

"Yes, Master."

Although they didn't know the specific reason, the two still bowed in response.

Then, Lu Jin waved his hand, and the power of the world surged forth, forming three metal monuments.

Immediately afterwards, two ten-fold gene-level bloodline source crystals, 180 mid-grade peaches, fourteen lower-level law godheads of various elements, and two higher-level law godheads materialized and landed in front of the two.

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