Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 203 The Olive Branch of the Ancestral God Cult

The message was rather brief, but it also subtly hinted at a recruitment effort.

'An invitation from the two-faced ancestral god?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly.

Since the one who left the treasure called himself "two-faced," he must be the two-faced ancestral god among the three great ancestral gods.

"boom!"

The next moment, a roar was heard, and the thousand-meter-tall boulder that had been floating fell into the dark hole, restoring the mountaintop to its original state.

The tens of thousands of auroras that circled the entire mountain peak all shot into the sky and quickly flew back into the vast, colorful aurora lake.

After glancing around at the countless alien inheritors who were staring at him with burning eyes, Lu Jin curled his lip, teleported out of the third mountain peak, and left the treasure land.

With the opening of the treasure on the third peak of the treasure land, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the name of the Underworld King will soon spread throughout the entire Purple Thorn Island.

Once he logs into the world of Glory, he will inevitably face challenges from third-level inheritors who are so envious of Kun'er that they turn purple.

Even if we don't expect Luo Feng to have over 600,000 matches like in the original novel, we should at least achieve freedom of inheritance.

Although Lu Jin, who had obtained the treasure, had left, the countless inheritors who had come to watch the spectacle did not disperse.

"That was the third of the 108 treasures! And it was just picked up by the newcomer for nothing."

"That King of the Underworld deserves to die! With 108 treasures gone, there are fewer and fewer left. I wonder when a powerful figure from the Ancestral God Sect will put the treasures back in."

"What treasure do you think the King of the Underworld obtained?"

"Who could know? But since it's a treasure from the Third Peak, its value is definitely no less than that of a high-grade treasure."

Rumor has it that countless years ago, a powerful mechanical being who opened the Ninth Peak's treasure chest obtained a high-grade treasure armor.

"Damn it, it's at least a high-grade treasure! If I exchange it with my clan, I could definitely get a full set of treasures."

Without exception, the countless inheritors of the treasure land were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Soon, through the Glory World, the vast majority of the hundreds of millions of inheritors on Purple Thorn Island learned that the treasure of the third peak of the Treasure Land had been obtained by the Underworld King.

On the other side, in the core area of ​​the Ancestral God Cult, the Thunder Beast Temple is located within the Eight Directions Beast God Temple.

Similar to the Water Beast Temple, the Thunder Beast Temple also contains a separate space-time.

In this space and time, there are rivers, mountains, ice and snow, and deserts everywhere.

Deep within the endless, continuous mountain range.

"Roar~, whoosh~"

A strange, enormous being with three hooves on its belly, wings, and covered in blue fur was fast asleep.

Every breath was accompanied by terrifying phenomena, with lightning flashing everywhere, as if it were a world-ending divine punishment.

"Shh!"

Suddenly, the Thunder Beast God, who was fast asleep, opened his dazzling eyes, which resembled the eyes of thunder.

"Damn it, they interrupted my sleep."

With a string of curses, the Thunder Beast God, which had been lying cross-legged, stood up.

"The Ancestral God is really something, actually making me manage the sect's trivial affairs without even considering whether I'm cut out for it."

The Thunder Beast God complained.

After a long pause and finishing his rant, the Thunder Beast God said, "Come in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a space-time portal opened within the Thunder Beast Temple, and the divine general, who had been waiting outside the temple in blood-red armor, hurriedly entered.

"Whoosh!"

A streak of crimson light flashed across the sky and landed on a mountaintop, revealing a powerful figure clad in crimson armor. The figure bowed and said, "Bloodfire God General, pays respects to the Beast God."

"What major event has occurred? If nothing serious has happened, you should be aware of the consequences."

Glancing at the Bloodfire God General, the Thunder Beast God was quite displeased as countless black-purple lightning bolts radiating terrifying power suddenly appeared in the surrounding sky.

"Beast God, something truly serious has indeed happened."

Bloodfire God General hurriedly bowed and said.

Bloodfire God General was also quite helpless. He wondered if it was because he had been lying down for too long. His superior was so lazy that he didn't even bother to connect his consciousness to the Glory World. Since he wanted to report the news, he had no choice but to come to the Thunder Beast Temple to disturb him.

The Thunder Beast God uttered a single word: "Speak!"

Bloodfire God General said, "Beast God, today, the control system discovered a genius who is absolutely worthy of our Ancestral God Sect's great efforts to cultivate."

"Hmm? Judging from your tone, this genius is some kind of monster?"

The Thunder Beast God was taken aback; he sensed the certainty in the Bloodfire God General's words.

Bloodfire God General said, "The other party is a special life form at the Realm Lord level, named 'Netherworld,' and cultivates the Water Beast God Path."

According to the intelligence I've gathered, before coming to receive the inheritance, Youming, even as a World Lord, was able to kill a peak-level King, and at that time, Youming's comprehension of the laws of fusion was only at the initial third level.

"To kill a peak-level King upon just entering the third level? How many times stronger is the life gene?"

The Thunder Beast God's eyes lit up, and he became interested.

The Ancestral God Cult welcomes exceptional life geniuses.

Because the high-ranking members of the Ancestral God Cult are mostly of special life form origin, as special life forms, they naturally gravitate towards other special life forms, especially those with exceptionally high genetic diversity.

"The control system shows that the Underworld King possesses perfect genes, and the amplitude of his divine body and soul has reached a hundredfold."

To be honest, when the Bloodfire God General learned about the life gene multiplier of Lu Jinshui's Qilin clone, he couldn't believe it either.

However, trusting in the church's control system, the Bloodfire God chose to believe this seemingly absurd fact.

After all, even if he became brain-dead from the blood fire, the control system in the sect that is connected to the most powerful treasure, the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, could not possibly malfunction.

"What? A World Lord-level being possesses perfect genes?"

The Thunder Beast God's eyes widened.

He knew all too well the value of perfect genes.

Was there any mistake? !

Besides the three ancestral gods and the eight beast gods who inherited the position of beast god, there are actually perfect genetic life forms below the level of true god in the universe.
Moreover, it is an extremely absurd world lord-level perfect genetic life form?

Could it be the illegitimate child of the original will?
As for the hundredfold limit amplitude, the Thunder Beast God skipped it entirely; compared to perfect genes, the hundredfold limit amplitude was nothing at all.

"Pay attention to him, Bloodfire. From this moment on, you will secretly protect him. You must never let him be enslaved by his soul, understand?"

The Thunder Beast God spoke with an extremely serious expression.

"understand!"

After a pause, the Bloodfire God asked again, "Beast God, shall we invite Netherworld to join the sect?"

The Thunder Beast God glared angrily: "Is there any need to say that? Go and do it right away."

What a joke! A world lord-level special life form with perfect genes—if we don't invite such an unparalleled genius, are we going to invite those trash instead?
"Yes, Beast God!"

Bloodfire God responded and hurriedly left the Thunder Beast Temple.

"Little world lord with perfect genes, if you don't become the master of the universe, you'll be letting down the favor of the originating will!"

The Thunder Beast God whispered to himself, then left the Thunder Beast Temple and headed towards the Ancestral God Palace. With such a super genius arriving on Purple Thorn Island, it was certainly necessary to inform the Ancestral God.

Not long after, inside the Ancestral God Palace.

"Ancestral God."

The Thunder Beast God, having suppressed his divine body, entered the hall and called out to the humanoid figure seated at the head of the hall.

The humanoid figure had a very strange appearance. It was several tens of meters tall, had six arms, thick legs, and a face on each side of its head.

The front face is fair and appears very kind, with a smile on its face; the back face is pitch black and looks very ferocious, exuding a murderous aura.

This strange humanoid figure is none other than the Two-Faced Ancestral God, one of the three great ancestral gods of the Ancestral God Sect.

The two-faced ancestral god said, "Thunder Punishment, I already know why you came."

If the little fellow is unwilling to join the sect, you may choose one of these three treasures to bestow upon him later.

If one is willing to join the faith, two of these will be granted; if one performs excellently in the world of glory, both will be granted.

As he spoke, the Ancestral God with twin eyes waved one of his right arms, and a mirror, a pearl, and a palace—three treasures that all exuded the pressure of supreme treasures—appeared out of thin air and landed in front of the Thunder Beast God, 'Lord of Thunder Punishment'.

Out of consideration for Lu Jin's perfect genes and special life form, even though the water unicorn clone was unwilling to join the Ancestral God Cult, the two-faced Ancestral God was willing to bestow upon him a supreme treasure.

The specific rewards for joining the Ancestral God Cult and demonstrating extraordinary talents beyond physical gifts are naturally different.

"Yes, Ancestral God."

The Thunder Beast God responded and then put away the three ordinary supreme treasures of the domain, soul, and palace categories.

"Ren Bing, this little guy looks about 70% like you."

After the Thunder Beast God withdrew from the Ancestral God Palace, the dual-faced Ancestral God's gaze pierced through the void and looked at Lu Jin, who was in the form of an auspicious beast, inside his residence on Zijing Island. A look of nostalgia flashed in his eyes.

The Lord of Renbing, a naturally born water-based beast god, perished countless years ago and had a very good relationship with the two-faced ancestral god.

In the world of glory, at the edge of the open-air plaza, the figure of a mythical beast appeared out of thin air.

After returning to his residence, Lu Jin's consciousness logged into the Glory World through a sensor receiver.

'It doesn't even have any AI assistance~'

Looking at the black book that appeared beside him, Lu Jin couldn't help but mutter to himself.

With a thought, Lu Jin opened the black book.

The book was very simple; the first page only had the word 'name' displayed in common language, and the rest was blank.

At the same time, a voice rang in Lu Jin's mind: "Please fill in your name in the Glory World."

"Netherworld."

Lu Jin's consciousness answered directly, then turned to the second page.

The second page is a map of the Glory World. As Lu Jin opened it, the same voice rang out again: "The Glory World is divided into two spaces: the Glory Open-Air Plaza and the Battle World. As long as you are within the Ancestral Mystic Realm, you can connect to the Glory World."

'Tsk~, there's no comparison!'

Lu Jin shook his head slightly, thinking to himself.

The glorious world of the Ancestral God Cult is not even in the same league as the virtual universe of the human race.

To compare a thatched hut to a luxurious manor is to elevate the world of glory.

After reviewing the documents, Lu Jin roughly understood the situation of the Glory World.

What he pays the most attention to is the 'Glory World Ranking'.

The Honor World Ranking is divided into seven lists, corresponding to the 'First Tier Ranking', 'Second Tier Ranking', and 'Seventh Tier Ranking'.

Those who inherit the principles of fusion at different levels are naturally categorized into different rankings.

The specific rankings are based on the number of wins and losses. Currently, Lu Jin is a newcomer with a record of 0 wins and 0 losses, placing him at the bottom of the 'Triple Rankings'.

However, although it is at the end, it is not the last place.

Among the more than 90 million third-level inheritors, there are quite a few with even worse records than zero, such as 0 wins and 1 loss, 0 wins and 2 losses, etc.

After getting a general idea, Lu Jin looked towards the Glory Open-Air Plaza where he was located.

The square is incredibly spacious and also serves as an open-air bar, where all kinds of fine wines and delicacies are available for the inheritors to use free of charge.

On this square, chairs are densely packed in various places, and a large number of inheritors have gathered. It is roughly estimated that there are tens of millions of them.

These tens of millions of inheritors, ranging from hundreds to thousands, or even tens or hundreds of thousands, gather in one place to form distinct groups.

Indeed, it's perfectly normal for the inheritors of the Ancestral God Cult to come from all over the universe and be enemies with each other.

Just like the four races of humans, insects, demons, and machines, they all wish they could strangle the other three races, so naturally they wouldn't give them a friendly look.

That is to say, fighting is prohibited, otherwise they would have been beaten to a pulp long ago.

At this time, Lu Jin's arrival had already attracted the attention of a few inheritors.

And as the few inheritors talked, more and more inheritors from other races turned their attention to them.

Before long, Lu Jin became the focus of attention in the entire Glory Plaza.

The treasures on the third peak of the treasure land are extremely attractive to the inheritors of other races.

"Look, it's the King of the Underworld!"

"But was it the Netherworld King who obtained the treasure of the Third Peak in the treasure land?"

"it's him!"

"Damn it, I've heard that this Netherworld King is extremely arrogant. Could it be that he's come to the Glory World to show off the treasure he's acquired?"

"Damn it, his intentions are despicable!"

"Such demons shall be vanquished by the combined might of billions of races throughout the universe!"

"We can't let the Netherworld King get arrogant. A few years ago, his strength was only at the peak of the King-level. Why don't we use a gambling battle to deplete his Glory Points and let him taste the bitterness of 0 wins and 3 losses?"

"Yes, yes!"

“What you say makes sense. It is indeed necessary to curb the arrogance of the Underworld King.”

"Look, in the Black Book of the Glory World, there's a newcomer named 'Youming' who has been added as a third-level inheritor, and he's marked as a 'special life form'."

This Netherworld King, despite being a special life form, is only at the peak of the King-level, which shows that his level of understanding of the laws he has merged with is average.

The divine bodies within the Glory World are all of identical strength, their innate secret techniques are unusable, and their treasure factors are also the same—the bet is a sure thing!

"No questions asked, let's fight!"

"Haha~, I'll challenge you to a duel too! It'll be really fun to ravage those lucky ones who've had the best of luck!"

"Jiejiejie——"

As Lu Jin had predicted, a large number of inheritors who were extremely envious and jealous of Kun'er sent him challenge letters.

Just then, Lu Jin was contemplating whether he should launch a group mockery and say, "I'm not targeting anyone in particular, I'm just saying that everyone here is trash," when he suddenly felt the black book floating beside him tremble slightly.

Upon opening the black book, Lu Jin saw that the number '0' in the challenge letter section had changed to '8264', and this number was still rising at an extremely rapid pace.

(End of this chapter)