Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 212 My name is Guangyin (光阴), meaning "I will never change my name or surname."
Moreover, compared to cultivation, the efficiency of enhancing genes in Venerable-level warriors is very high.

It's similar to how ordinary life forms enhance their genes by consuming peaches of immortality; it's just a matter of minutes.

It takes ten days to cultivate a Venerable-level warrior and a legion of 100,000 to complete the task, which takes more than 2,700 years.

Inside the Time Palace, time is accelerated a thousand times. In less than three years outside, Lu Jin was able to gather seven top-tier overlord warrior legions, each with a strength of 100,000.

Inside the Time Palace, ten days had passed, in the Venerable-level Mother Nest within Hong'er's World Ring.

The first Venerable-level Ghost Warrior, modeled after the Ghost Zerg Warrior, has finally been born.

Judging from their appearance alone, the Venerable-level Ghost Insect Warriors, like the World Lord-level Ghost Insect Warriors, are both about eighteen meters tall.

During the cultivation process, Hong'er did not deliberately increase the size of the Ghost Warrior's divine body.

Because this Venerable-level ghost warrior was merely an experiment.

If it's a Ghost Warrior that's being upgraded to become a top-tier overlord, then its size certainly won't be this small.

In Lu Jin's plan, the size of each top-tier overlord warrior must not be less than one kilometer.

The primary purpose was not to prevent being killed by the stronger party.

Without the Supreme Armor significantly reducing physical attacks, there is no essential difference between an eighteen-meter body size and a thousand-meter body size.

If you encounter a sudden attack from a truly powerful opponent and fail to defend yourself, you will all be reduced to ashes.

The purpose of increasing physical size is to enable top-tier overlord warriors to possess more divine power, so that they won't be stingy when burning their divine power for a legion-wide combined attack.

The next moment, Hong'er changed her mind, and the newly born Venerable-level ghost warrior in the mother nest had its soul annihilated.

"Shh!"

Outside, Hong'er waved her jade hand, and the corpse of a Venerable-level ghost warrior materialized.

Subsequently, Lu Jin stuffed the corpse of this Venerable-level Ghost Warrior into the Demon Refining Pot.

Soon, the Demon Refining Pot contained a high-level spatial law divine core, a low-level fire law divine core, and numerous dark golden Venerable-level life source crystals.

The upper level is space, the lower level is fire. This does not mean that a Venerable-level Ghost Warrior necessarily masters the laws of fire and space.

Lu Jin possesses supernatural powers: he is a ghostly insectoid warrior created by the workings of creation, with well-balanced attributes across various laws.

The Queen, as the breeder, can bestow certain attributes upon the Ghost Zerg warriors based on the laws and attributes she possesses.

"It's done!"

Upon seeing the superior spatial law divine spark, Lu Jin was overjoyed.

The fact that a Venerable-level Zerg warrior can transform into a High-level Law Godhead means that he can achieve the freedom of a High-level Law Godhead.

Cultivating a Venerable-level warrior, without using the divine body of a Cosmic Venerable, would require resources calculated in units of Treasure Points.

But Hong'er and the others are different. With the Youhai clone, they have a lot of resources to cultivate Zerg warriors of the same level.

Although their current Nether Sea clones are only a hundred billion kilometers in diameter, far from the maximum size limit, they can still recover enough divine power to condense a small Nether Sea clone within a few minutes.

Don't be fooled by the word "small" in Xiaoyouhai's name; it's actually a behemoth.

That's a massive divine body with a thousand times the genetic potential and a height of nearly ten thousand kilometers!
It is no exaggeration to say that the cost of cultivating a top-tier overlord warrior that is a thousand meters tall every ten days is only a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of divine power restored by the ghost clone.

An endless number of Venerable-level warriors is equivalent to an endless number of High-level Law Gods, and also to an endless number of Blank Universe Venerables.

The combination of the Zerg Queen and her enormous Netherworld clone made the Demon Refining Pot even more powerful.

Seeing the joy on Lu Jin's face, Hong'er asked, "Should we first train a batch of Venerable Warrior cannon fodder, or should we first build a top-tier overlord legion?"

"First, form a legion."

Lu Jin said without hesitation.

The blank-slate Venerable is temporarily useless, but the top-tier overlord legion can form immediate combat power, so the top-tier overlord legion is naturally the priority.

In any case, according to the original plan, each of the seven members of Hong'er would have two top-tier hegemonic legions with a strength of 100,000, which would only take five or six years for the outside world to realize.

Three days later, good news followed one after another.

After waiting for half a year, someone finally took the Light Time Beast God Inheritance Token to the Heavenly Craft Pavilion in Hongmeng City to exchange it for the Earth Void Beast God Inheritance Token that the Water Qilin clone had 'accidentally' obtained.

The other party was from an ordinary race within the Hong Alliance. Perhaps out of respect for the Refining Master, they opted for an equal exchange without raising the price.

After receiving the order from the God of Light and Time, the Time Dragon's avatar set off for the Ancestral God Cult.

This time, Lu Jin did not send the token to Xing Suo Wang, a soul servant from the Destroyer Beast Clan, but instead sent it to another servant whose token was closer to the Ancestral Mystic Realm.

The location we arrived at wasn't too far from the Ancestral Mystic Realm, only about seven million light-years away.

The journey was uneventful.

Six days later, in the void beyond the Ancestral Mystery, a ripple appeared, and a white-gold spaceship shaped like a flying saucer and made entirely of F7-level Radiant Gold Mother metal returned to the Primordial Universe.

Inside the spaceship's main control room, a platinum-gold dragon, exuding the life aura of a world lord and over thirty meters long, was playing with the Light-Time Beast God Inheritance Token in its platinum dragon claws.

'I wonder what level of treasure a special life form at the World Lord level, with eight thousand times the life gene strength, can get for free?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Before long, the platinum-gold spaceship slowly came to a stop, the hatch opened, and Lu Jin flew out, storing the spaceship in his world ring.

Upon arriving at the coordinates given by the Beast God's Inheritance Token, what came into view was still countless black whirlwinds howling in the far distance.

Each Beast God Inheritance Token, regardless of its attribute, provides the same coordinates for the Inheritance Site.

That is why, when the Water Qilin clone came last time, it was extremely fortunate to encounter a demon immortal carrying the Beast God's Inheritance Token.

The person who received us was the same Venerable Fei Cang from last time—the same old handyman.

Pretending to be a newbie, and with the guidance and explanations of the Venerable of the Fei Cang Clan, Lu Jin once again arrived at the central courtyard of the Zijing Island Lord's Palace.

The dragon-headed guardian beast god who serves as the lord of Zijing Island is still absent, and the human venerable servant in the central courtyard remains aloof.

After waiting for more than a month, Lu Jin finally met the Dragon-Headed Guardian Beast God.

The dragon-headed guardian beast god began his formulaic explanation: "From this moment on, you are the inheritor of Purple Thorn Island. First, go and build your dwelling, and then proceed to the place of inheritance."

"Yes, Island Master."

Lu Jin bowed and said.

At this moment, the dragon beast guardian deity asked, "Little fellow, what is your name, and what kind of special life form are you?"

The Dragon-Headed Guardian Beast God could sense that the life force emanating from the Time Dragon's avatar was very strong, far exceeding that of an ordinary ninth-tier peak Realm Lord, making it undoubtedly a special life form.

“Island Lord, I am the Time Dragon, a special life form of the Light-Time Fusion Law, and I have named myself ‘Time’.”

Lu Jin didn't say "glory," but rather "time."

After all, when they set up a trap in the Fourth Heaven with many treasures, a golden Behemoth with invincible king-level strength saw what Radiant Paradise looked like, and its name was directly written on the lintel of Radiant Paradise.

If he were to publicly declare himself as 'Guangyao', and the demon race were to find out, he would likely be besieged at his door by powerful demons.

"Dragon of Time, Affinity with the Law of Light and Time Fusion?"

The dragon-headed guardian beast god raised an eyebrow, and couldn't help but think of the Netherworld King who was compatible with the laws of water and air fusion.

They are all special life forms that follow the Law of Affinity and Fusion, and they are all Realm Lords. Moreover, they arrived one after the other. Could they know each other?

Of course, the Dragon-Headed Beast God didn't ask, and didn't care whether the two had a relationship or not; it was none of his business.

However, since it is a special life form, according to the custom of the Ancestral God Sect, a greeting gift is indispensable.

Regardless of whether the other party will join the Ancestral God Cult in the future, this gift is a sign of the Ancestral God Cult's preferential treatment of special life forms in the primordial universe.

The next moment, a bead shimmering with a dazzling white light appeared out of thin air and landed in front of Lu Jin. The dragon-headed guardian beast god said, "Little fellow, this radiant bead is bestowed upon you. Go."

"Thank you, Island Lord, for bestowing this treasure."

Lu Jin thanked him respectfully and then left the temple.

'A common light-attribute soul treasure? Could it be that every special life form that arrives receives a common soul treasure?'

Flying in mid-air above Zijing Island, after recognizing the 'Flowing Light Pearl' as its master, Lu Jin thought to himself, recalling the ordinary soul treasure, the Five-Colored Pearl, that the Water Qilin clone had obtained.

Before long, they arrived at the location designated by the Venerable of the Fei Cang Clan for the construction of their residence, which was not far from the palace of the Water Qilin's clone.

"Congeal!"

Lu Jin raised his claw and pointed, and a surge of world power emerged, rapidly forming an extremely luxurious crystal palace.

Once inside the Crystal Palace and the doors closed, Lu Jin began to demonstrate the conditions for creating the Time Dragon's clone.

Well, there's not much to show off, only the ability to control the life genes at eight thousand times their normal size using the illusionary divine power, and the three great innate secret techniques of the Time Dragon.

Lu Jin didn't demonstrate the hundredfold amplitude, as he didn't want others to know the relationship between the Water Kirin clone and the Time Dragon clone if possible.

Two clones can make outsiders think they are friends, but they cannot be the same person.

As for the secret techniques, Lu Jin did not demonstrate them either.

Because the light and time attribute secret techniques he currently possesses are not high-level.

Aside from his innate secret technique 'Body of Time', he had never come into contact with the secret techniques of the Light-Time Fusion Law.

After the demonstration, the Time Dragon's clone went directly to the treasure land.

The main purpose of the Time Dragon's avatar coming to the Ancestral God Cult was to obtain the treasures of the Treasure Land for free; everything else was secondary.

With the eight thousand times the life gene revealed, Lu Jin was absolutely confident that he could obtain a treasure far more valuable than the Beast God Inheritance Token for free in the treasure land.

A space-time continuum within the Thunder Beast Temple.

"Roar~, whoosh~"

Without a doubt, the Thunder Beast God is fast asleep.

Suddenly, sensing the figure arriving outside the temple, the Thunder Beast God, who had been fast asleep, opened his bright eyes and said, "Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, a space-time portal opened in the Thunder Beast Temple, and the Bloodfire God General flew in.

"Greetings, Beast God."

Upon landing atop the mountain in front of the Thunder Beast God, the Bloodfire God General bowed respectfully.

"What's the matter?"

The Thunder Beast God said somewhat impatiently.

I was woken up after only a short while of sleep. It's so annoying.

The Crimson God General said, "Beast God, following the Netherworld King, our Ancestral God Sect has once again produced a super genius."

"What? Another World Lord-level special life form with perfect genes?"

The Thunder Beast God stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.

Bloodfire God General hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, it's not a special life form with perfect genes."

'That almost scared the hell out of me!' Thunder Beast God thought to himself, and said, 'Tell me the details.'

Bloodfire God said, "Beast God, the one who came this time is a special life form that integrates the laws of light and time. He is also a World Lord level being and possesses eight thousand times the life gene."

However, it must be a newly born special life form; our Ancestral God Cult's intelligence system cannot find any information about it.

"Eight thousand times? Not bad. Although it can't compare to the Netherworld King, it's still much higher than the Insect-Chasing King. Go and invite that little guy to join the sect."

The Thunder Beast God commented and gave instructions.

The Thunder Beast God did not doubt the relationship between the Water Kirin clone and the Time Dragon clone.

As is well known, the clone technique can create clones of special life forms, but special life forms with high gene ratios are very difficult to create clones, let alone special life forms with eight thousand times the life gene ratio.

"Yes, Beast God!"

Bloodfire God responded and then left the Thunder Beast Temple.

Similarly, after the Bloodfire God left, the Thunder Beast God went to the Ancestral God Palace again.

When the Thunder Beast God returned from the Ancestral God Palace, he already had two more treasures on him.

Because the Time Dragon clone only revealed eight thousand times the life genes, the "welcome gift" prepared by the Ancestral God Sect for joining the sect was not as generous as that for the Water Kirin clone.

Let alone just eight thousand times the life gene, even if it's ten thousand times the life gene, as long as it's not 10081 times the perfect gene, it's still far from the perfect gene.

Not to mention that perfect genetic life forms possess a divine body spanning over 90,000 kilometers, their strongest innate secret techniques are something that non-perfect genetic life forms can hardly match.

If we say that special life forms with a very high gene pool have the potential to become top-tier cosmic overlords...

Then a life form with perfect genes would be the master of the universe; the two are not even in the same league.

A place of treasure.

Space shifted, and the Time Dragon's clone appeared above a mountain peak.

"Huh? Another new person has arrived at Purple Thorn Island?"

"Another special life form?"

"Could he be the second King of the Underworld?"

"Are you stupid? Didn't you see the newcomer is just a realm lord?"

"Uh~, he really is a Realm Lord. That's rare. There are probably fewer Realm Lord-level inheritors on Purple Thorn Island than there are seventh-level Universe Overlords, right?"

After glancing at the various clan inheritors who were discussing amongst themselves, Lu Jinlong flicked his tail and flew towards the first of the 108 most majestic peaks in the distance.

In the Land of Treasures, each inheritor can only open the treasure once.

Different treasures may have the same type of opening conditions.

Therefore, one should naturally go to the first mountain with the highest value first, then the second, and so on until the treasure is unlocked, or visit all 108 mountains in order.

To avoid accidentally opening a lower-value treasure prematurely, thus missing out on a higher-value treasure that you also meet the opening requirements for.

The treasure trove of the Ancestral God Sect is quite large. Due to the inconvenience of using spatial teleportation, Lu Jin flew for half a day before finally arriving above the first peak of the 108 peaks.

"Snoring~, snoring~"

At this moment, atop the first peak, a massive demonic figure exuding a terrifying aura was fast asleep on a boulder.

This demon was covered in bluish-gray fur, had a lion-like body, four hooves on its belly, nine heads, and was permeated with fluctuations of the laws of time.

'A Nine-Headed Beast at the Venerable level?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

The Nine-Headed Beast is one of the eighteen royal families of the demon race. The "nine" in its race name comes from the nine heads of the Nine-Headed Beast.

'Shuh! '

Sensing the approach of life, the sleeping Nine-Headed Beast opened its eighteen eyes on its nine heads and stared at Lu Jin in mid-air.

"You ants, get out!"

Feeling offended and disturbed, Venerable Lan Cang rebuked him.

Born into the Nine Meng Beast Royal Clan, Venerable Lan Cang was used to living a life of high status. Now, his rest had been disturbed by a mere ant at the level of a World Lord, which made him very unhappy.

If it weren't for the fact that fighting was prohibited in the treasure trove, he wouldn't have just reprimanded him; he would have killed him on the spot.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin's eyes immediately darkened, and he said, "Demonstrate it for me."

Venerable Lan Cang was stunned, not expecting this ant to be so audacious. He immediately stood up, his eyes filled with coldness and ferocity: "Ant, you're courting death!"

"Shh!"

With a flick of his claw, Lu Jinlong revealed a black crystal with 10081 facets, time-law runes fixed upon it, and a purple halo surrounding its surface.

"If you have the guts, just try it."

Holding the purplish-black crystal in his dragon claw, Lu Jin spoke without fear.

Looking at the purple-tinged black crystals on the claws of the 'Platinum Serpent', Venerable Lan Cang paused, preparing to restrain his power and teach it a lesson.

He recognized this thing; it was the strongest Thunder God Source Crystal, equivalent to 10 times the power of a peak-level Thunder King's self-destruction.

As a cosmic sovereign, the strongest Thunder God Source Crystal naturally posed no threat to him.

But if the small lesson he gave causes the strongest Thunder God Source Crystal to explode, then this World Lord-level worm will surely be finished.

And when the opponent is finished, the colorful aurora lake covering the top of the treasure land will also finish him off.

Venerable Lan Cang stared intently at Lu Jin with his eighteen eyes and said in a deep voice, "Insect, do you really think the Five-Colored Aurora Lake can protect you for a lifetime?"

Whether the Five-Colored Aurora Lake can protect me for life is another matter, but as for you, hehe~

Lu Jin said dismissively.

With the supreme soul treasure 'Heart of Radiance' protecting his soul, even the most powerful cosmic overlords cannot enslave or destroy his soul. What does he have to fear?
Upon hearing this, silence fell over the first peak.

However, the surrounding area, not too far away, was filled with a large number of onlookers.

"Interesting. A World Lord level expert going head-to-head with a Universe Venerable? This is very interesting!"

"Is this newcomer asking for trouble?"

"Are you tired of living? Anyone who comes to Purple Thorn Island is a fool. I dare say this junior has the confidence to say that."

"That's right, that's right! Don't forget, this Realm Lord is a special life form! There might be some big shot standing behind him!"

"It is said that the demon race is also forgetful of their mistakes. They offended the Netherworld King before, and the deaths of two Universe Venerables were not enough."

Now another demon clan venerable is causing trouble for special life forms. Don't they know that the Ancestral God Sect is the stronghold of special life forms?

"I sincerely hope that Lan Cang will kick a big iron plate!"

"Lan Cang, how can you tolerate this? I remember you're not from the turtle clan of the demon race, are you?"

“Kill him, don’t let your reputation as Venerable Lan Cang be diminished.”

The melon-eating people were talking a lot.

"How brave!"

Venerable Lan Cang was furious, unleashing a terrifying aura of consciousness, wishing he could crush this ant at the level of a World Lord.

"All you do is talk nonsense. If you're so capable, then do it! If you're too scared to do it, then shut up."

Lu Jin brandished the strongest Thunder God Source Crystal on his claws and continued to mock.

"You ant, you'll stay under the protection of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake for the rest of your life!"

After staring coldly at Lu Jin for a moment, Venerable Lan Cang uttered a harsh remark before flying away.

This place is unbearable. To be mocked like this by a mere ant at the level of a realm lord, and to be unable to come up with an effective way to deal with it, has completely humiliated me.

"and many more!"

Lu Jin spoke up.

The original body inside the Time Palace glanced at it with the Kunlun Mirror and found that the genes of this Venerable-level Nine-Mongolian Beast were only about twenty times stronger.

It's certain that this is a target I can afford to offend.

Upon hearing this, Venerable Lan Cang, who was in mid-air, paused, turned around, and sneered, "Insect, are you regretting it now? Hmph~, a Venerable cannot be insulted, it's too late!"

"No, no, no, I mean, if you, this nine-headed monster, ever try to ambush me, remember to call in more powerful warriors."

If it's just you, that won't satisfy my appetite.

Of course, if you're scared, kneel down and kowtow three times to me now, and I might forgive your offense.

Lu Jin raised his dragon head and said arrogantly.

Within the Five-Colored Aurora Lake area, he is just that arrogant!

Possessing the secret technique of creating clones, aside from the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, which has now expanded to a diameter of 10 billion kilometers and is considered valuable, the lives of the original body and the two clones are worthless.

If we could trade one for one, and take down a Universe Venerable, that would be an absolute steal.

Moreover, since the master did not perish directly, the treasures dropped after the Time Dragon died still had owners.

Any other inheritor who harbored greed also met the same fate of being wiped out by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

Upon hearing this, Venerable Lan Cang's anger surged even higher, and he roared, "You lowly ant, you're really courting death!"

"Lan Cang".

Just then, a powerful voice rang out.

A burly man, about three meters tall and wearing ice armor, flew through the air and landed not far from Lu Jin.

Although he was immortal, his aura was no weaker than that of Venerable Lan Cang, who came from the royal family of the Nine Meng Demon Clan.

Well, here comes the nice guy.

"King of Insect Chasers".

Venerable Lan Cang's expression darkened, and a hint of apprehension flashed in his eyes.

"Young man, what's your name? And why have you gotten into trouble with him?"

Glancing at Venerable Lan Cang, King Zhuchong couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.

Lu Jin said, "I will never change my name or surname. My name is: Guangyin!"

As for why the conflict arose with this nine-headed turtle, there's not much to say. Animals are animals; they're used to being domineering and deserve to be taught a lesson.

King of Insects: "."

Looking at Lu Jin and then at Venerable Lan Cang who seemed about to explode, King Zhuchong couldn't help but wonder which one was the Realm Lord and which one was the Universe Venerable.
In addition, why does this tone of voice feel so familiar?
(End of this chapter)