Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 205 The Guardian of the Faith, the Thunder Beast God Descends
The Insect King was of good character. After learning that he was also a special life form and showing goodwill, Lu Jin did not refuse.

Over the course of those months, the two did drink together a few times.

"Youming, how does it feel to have fought 130,000 battles?"

"The Insect King said with a smile."

"Tsk~, not many can fight them."

Clicking his tongue, Lu Jin said nonchalantly.

If he were to fight all 130,000 battles again with his current strength, he was confident that he could reduce the number of defeats to single digits.

It's not that he could rank in the top ten among the more than 90 million third-level inheritors.

However, only a few of his successors sent him challenges.

There are very few inheritors whose current understanding of the laws of fusion and their secret techniques are stronger than his, and whose strength improvement brought about by these two factors surpasses the gap between them and him in the amplitude secret techniques.

King Zhuchong choked for a moment and said, "You still talk so infuriatingly."

Lu Jin curled his lip: "A bunch of jealous people, all trying to steal my Glory Points. It's only because I look honest and kind-hearted that I'm not already dead."

King of Insects: "."

Does he have an honest and kind appearance?
Are you sure you're talking about yourself?
Besides, big brother, don't talk about second brother. It's true that those 130,000 alien inheritors are jealous of you and want to steal your Glory Points.

But you, Netherworld, are also thinking of taking their Glory Points, right?

King Zhuchong strongly suspects that Lu Jin is deliberately being so arrogant in order to swindle more Glory Points from the inheritors.

After all, during their previous encounters, Zhuchong Wang discovered that Lu Jin's personality wasn't as 'bad' as it seemed.

"Youming, many of the high-ranking members of my Ancestral God Sect are special beings. What are your plans?"

The Insect King asked Lu Jin.

The Netherworld King is a special life form without a race, and given his exceptional talent, if possible, the Insect King plans to bring Lu Jin into the Ancestral God Cult.

Lu Jin nodded and said, "I accepted the Bloodfire God General's invitation a long time ago, but I've been busy with battles lately, so I haven't officially joined yet."

"Haha~, Youming, from now on, you are my brother in the insect-chasing guild!"

Upon hearing this, the Insect King's face lit up with joy, and he patted the scales on Lu Jin's right forelimb with a smile.

"Brother Zhuchong!"

Lu Jin was almost moved to tears when he saw his fellow townsman.

The smile on the Insect King's face froze instantly.

No, Brother Zhuchong?

King of Insects complained, "As expected, what you say is really infuriating."

"We are special life forms, not human beings."

Lu Jin said.

Want to be my older brother?
Even Luo Lao Er, who has the potential to be the lord of Hunyuan, is no match for him!
King of Insects: "."

Just then, Lu Jin noticed that the black book was trembling slightly.

Upon opening it, I found a newly received letter.

—【King of the Underworld, the Thunder Beast God, one of the Eight Beast Gods of my Ancestral God Sect, will soon appear in person on Purple Thorn Island to bestow treasures upon you.】

Before the Beast God bestows the treasure, I will formally invite you to join the peripheral organization of my Ancestral God Cult and become a protector of the cult.

As for which lineage's patron saint you will become, that is entirely up to you to choose later. (Note: Detailed information for each lineage is attached.)

Signed: Bloodfire God General

Needless to say, the generous benefactor who will deliver the treasure will be arriving soon. Hopefully, the Thunder Beast God, or rather, the Ancestral God, will be generous enough.

As for which faction to join, the Ancestral God Cult is divided into formal members and peripheral members.

The outer members are further divided into the protectors of the faith, the venerable protectors of the faith, the lords of the faith, and the divine protectors of the faith.

For example, the King of Insects was one of the protectors of the Ancestral God Cult's peripheral organizations.

The so-called joining a particular lineage means joining the ranks of a particular patron deity.

'Could the Nine Nether Seas, at the Realm Lord level, be obtained by personally entering the game?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

After leaving the world of Glory, Lu Jin went to the Land of Inheritance.

One hundred Glory Points can be exchanged for one Inheritance opportunity. With 132436 Glory Points in hand, it is enough to exchange for 1324 Inheritances. He is somewhat impatient to upgrade the Water-Void Fusion Law to the third level of perfection.

The space shifts, the sense of oppression returns, and after half a year, Lu Jin revisits the place of inheritance.

"what?"

Upon seeing that the visitor was Lu Jin, Venerable Jiufeng, who was sitting cross-legged on the meteorite in the void, couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Venerable Jiufeng".

Lu Jin bowed.

"King of the Underworld, the inheritance is good, but you are trying to comprehend it again after such a short interval, so the effect will definitely be very poor."

Venerable Jiufeng reminded him.

"Thank you for the reminder, Venerable One. I have many opportunities to receive the inheritance."

Lu Jin said.

Venerable Jiufeng is right. It has only been half a year, and the successor is indeed not suitable to come and receive the inheritance again.

After all, without sufficient relevant accumulation, the effect of inheritance will be extremely poor.

But Lu Jin is different; he has spent hundreds of years comprehending the secrets of the Time Palace, and he has a large number of Blood God Child incarnations.

In the short six months he spent in the outside world, the insights he gained far exceeded those accumulated by ordinary inheritors over dozens, or even hundreds or thousands of epochs.

"Yeah, you're rich and can do whatever you want now, go ahead."

Venerable Jiufeng nodded.

Recently, apart from a few who have secluded themselves and do not communicate with the outside world, the name of the Underworld King is known to everyone in the circle of inheritors of the Ancestral God Sect.

On the third leaderboard of the Glory World, the name of the Underworld King is ranked first, clearly marked with 130,000 victories, while his losses are less than 100.

With 130,000 wins, which is equivalent to more than 1,300 inheritances, there's no reason not to squander them.

After bowing his paws towards Venerable Jiufeng, Lu Jin flew into the black mist of the surrounding void.

The Ancestral God Cult's control system automatically deducted 100 Glory Points from Lu Jin.

Soon, a mysterious power descended, and the uncontrollable scene reappeared. A mighty voice resounded in his mind, and all the mysteries of the third level of the Water-Air Fusion Law were revealed to him in the illusion.

As the main body, two avatars, and tens of thousands of Blood God Child incarnations within the Time Palace of the Purple Rainbow Divine Kingdom devoted themselves to comprehending the laws, the many mysteries of the third level of the Water-Void Fusion Law, which he had not yet grasped, began to gradually unveil their veils and were then swiftly mastered by him.

Before long, the water unicorn clone that was receiving the inheritance in the black mist opened its eyes and automatically withdrew from that wondrous illusion.

'The third level, perfection!'

Lu Jin thought to himself. The next moment, that mighty voice rang out again: "The fourth level!"

As the resounding voice echoed in his mind, Lu Jin once again fell into a wondrous illusion.

However, this time, the profound mysteries of the water-air fusion law revealed in the illusion are no longer the third level, but the fourth level.

In the Land of Inheritance, any inheritor who has reached the third level of perfection can receive a fourth level of inheritance for free.

Those like Lu Jin, who acquire the third level of inheritance at their own expense but reach the perfection of the third level halfway through, will automatically be granted the fourth level of inheritance by the inheritance site.

Furthermore, this fourth inheritance, not counting the free inheritance opportunity, is still considered part of the opportunity to obtain the third inheritance at one's own expense.

In other words, Lu Jin spent 100 Glory Points to obtain two inheritance opportunities: one third inheritance and one fourth inheritance, successfully getting one for free.

After a long while, the mysterious power receded, and the surrounding black mist formed an irresistible repulsive force, pushing Lu Jin away.

What am I looking at?

Steadying himself in mid-air, Lu Jin felt his mind was in a daze.

He couldn't understand the fourth level of the fusion law inheritance corresponding to the Universe Venerable, and as soon as he exited that wondrous illusion, he completely forgot the contents of the fourth level of inheritance.

I tried to get something for free once, but it seems I didn't succeed?

After leaving the place of inheritance, Lu Jin returned to his mansion on Zijing Island, but he did not continue to devote himself to comprehending the law of water and space fusion.

The principle of water-space fusion is derived from the fusion of the principles of water and space, and requires a certain level of mastery of both principles.

To enter the fourth level of the Water-Air Fusion Law, one needs the complete support of the Space Law.

Of course, it is also possible for a cultivator of the Beast God Path to advance to the level of a Universe Venerable by only comprehending the Fusion Law. Improving one's understanding of the Fusion Law will also lead to an improvement in one's understanding of a single superior law.

However, anyone who has entered the fourth level of the Fusion Law must have already mastered the complete Space Law or Time Law.

It can be said that, without becoming a Universe Venerable, the third level of perfection represents the upper limit of all Beast God Path cultivators' comprehension of the laws of fusion.

Therefore, Lu Jin began to adjust the goals of his comprehension for each body.

From this moment forward, my comprehension of the law of water and air fusion will temporarily come to an end.

A thousand Blood God's offspring have returned to the battlefield, heading to various locations outside the realm to continue causing trouble, with their main targets being the demon race.

The Water Kirin clone, the main body, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, and the remaining nine thousand-plus Blood God Child avatars all comprehended the laws of space, until they also grasped the two great mysteries of spatial sealing and spatial strangulation.

After comprehending the three great mysteries of space, one can then turn to comprehend the higher-level laws of time, as well as the six lower-level laws of metal, wood, fire, earth, wind, and lightning, which have not yet been explored.

Meanwhile, the Time Dragon clone continued to comprehend the laws of time. After Zi Ni Chang used the Earth Void Beast God Inheritance Token to exchange for the Light Time Beast God Inheritance Token, he would come to the Ancestral God Sect to steal a bunch of treasures for free.

After comprehending the eight lower-level laws and understanding the three profound mysteries of the two higher-level laws, he turned his attention to creating secret techniques.

When the ultimate secret technique is revealed, enough to break through the shackles of the original core, that will be the time for him to achieve immortality.

A week later.

Inside the mansion and palace on Bauhinia Island, Lu Jin was comprehending the laws of space.

Suddenly, a powerful aura emanated from outside the hall, approaching from afar.

'coming! ’

Lu Jin thought to himself, stopped comprehending the laws, and flew out of the palace.

As soon as Lu Jin arrived outside the palace, he saw a figure wearing blood-red armor flying in from the distant sky.

Landing not far in front of Lu Jin, the Bloodfire General gazed at Lu Jin with a hint of goodwill in his eyes and said, "My name is Bloodfire."

To be fair, in the eyes of the Bloodfire God General, Lu Jin's disguise was quite clever, whether due to a special secret technique or a supreme treasure.

If he hadn't known beforehand, even as the overlord of the universe, he wouldn't have been able to tell that the Netherworld King before him was a realm lord, not an immortal.

"Youming has met the Bloodfire God General."

Lu Jin bowed and said.

"Your Majesty, would you be willing to join my Ancestral God Cult and become a protector of our peripheral organization?"

Bloodfire God asked in a deep voice.

Lu Jin said, "I'm willing to join."

Bloodfire God General smiled and said, "Youming, the Protector of the Faith, welcome to the Ancestral God Cult!"

Then, the Bloodfire God took out a black token and handed it to Lu Jin, saying, "This is the Ancestral God Token. Infuse it with your life imprint, and only you can use the Ancestral God Token."

"From anywhere in the universe, one can contact the sect through the Ancestral God's Decree, and some tasks issued by the sect are also issued through the Ancestral God's Decree."

Lu Jin raised his paw to take it, and saw two words on the Ancestral God's Decree.

The characters were composed of countless secret patterns, and were not any kind of writing he recognized, but he could tell at a glance that they represented the two characters 'Ancestral God'.

Just then, a powerful pressure descended from above Zijing Island, causing all the inheritors to tremble.

This domineering aura was even more overwhelming than that of the dragon-headed guardian beast god who served as the lord of Zijing Island.

Immediately, the inheritors on Purple Thorn Island flew out of their palaces, stood in mid-air, and looked up in the direction from which the oppressive aura came, wanting to find out what had happened.

"Rumble--"

Soon, thunder roared, and endless lightning spread, obscuring the entire Bauhinia Island.

Deep within the endless lightning, a colossal figure loomed, emanating an overwhelming and domineering aura.

"Humph!"

A cold snort rang out, and the lightning that filled the sky suddenly surged, spreading an even more terrifying pressure. Instantly, countless inheritors standing in mid-air were forced to fall to the ground like a torrential downpour, even those at the level of Universe Venerables were no exception.

Gradually, the enormous figure in the endless lightning slowly descended, revealing its true form.

This strange creature was covered in blue fur, had three hooves on its belly, slightly spread wings, and was surrounded by endless lightning.

Especially its tall head, which has a pair of extremely dazzling huge eyes, like a vast ocean composed of endless thunder.

Wherever the gaze of the strange life form, the Thunder Beast God, falls, none dare to meet its eyes.

"I am the Thunder God of the Eight Directions Beast Gods."

The thunderous voice of the Beast God resounded throughout the entire Purple Thorn Island.

After announcing its arrival, the Thunder Beast God looked at Lu Jin with eyes that resembled thunderbolts and said, "Guardian of the Faith, Netherworld King."

As the sound rang out, an invisible force enveloped Lu Jin, carrying him slowly upwards into the sky.

At this moment, the hundreds of millions of inheritors from various races across the universe on Purple Thorn Island immediately understood that the Thunder Beast God's descent today was for the recently risen special life form, the Netherworld King.

Furthermore, the title "Guardian of the Faith" indicates that the Underworld King has joined the Ancestral God Cult and become a member of the outer organization of this most powerful force in the primordial universe.

Before long, the immense power of spacetime that had lifted him up and carried him into the air vanished into thin air, and Lu Jin stood in mid-air with his four hooves touching the ground.

At this moment, the voice of the Thunder Beast God rang out again: "Netherworld."

"Beast God!"

Lu Jin bowed respectfully.

The Thunder Beast God looked down, but its eyes seemed to be fixed only on Lu Jin: "Guardian Envoy Youming, your talent, your strength, and your progress have all greatly satisfied me. Therefore, I have three treasures to give you."

(End of this chapter)