Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 216 So poor they had to sell peaches
Time flies, and more than five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the vast expanse of the Great Luo Heaven, stars are scattered.

These stars belong to the divine kingdoms of the cosmic lords under the Heavenly Court.

Within one of the divine kingdoms, which appeared exceptionally large compared to the vast majority, lay a colossal ocean at its center.

Divine energy fluctuations continuously spread across the ocean, and a figure in a long dress, nearly ten thousand kilometers high, would appear every two or three minutes. Then, its enormous body would transform into towering seawater, merging into the ocean below.

Whenever a figure in a long dress transforms into a towering sea and merges in, the vast ocean below expands imperceptibly by a tiny bit.

In the sky above the center of the divine kingdom, a magnificent temple, seemingly carved from red crystal, floats.

In front of the temple was a huge square.

On the wide plaza, nearly two hundred thousand Zerg warriors, exuding a terrifying aura, were arrayed in two formations.

On the left side, in neat and orderly array, stood 100,000 top-tier overlord ghost warriors, each with a divine body reaching a thousand meters in height.

On the right side of the array are 99999 divine bodies, each a thousand meters tall. Their bodies are like countless pieces of black armor, with ferocious spikes covering every joint. They have six compound eyes on their heads and three pairs of black, semi-transparent wings on their backs, presenting themselves as humanoid, top-tier overlord Titan warriors.

If the Zerg's cosmic overlord were to see so many top-tier overlord warriors, he would be filled with envy.

Moreover, this isn't just one scenario, but seven.

On the throne inside the magnificent temple sat a stunningly beautiful figure dressed in a red off-the-shoulder dress.

'Shuh! '

Suddenly, on the divine throne, the divine power avatar that Hong'er had left in the divine kingdom opened its beautiful eyes.

"The two top-tier hegemonic legions are finally complete!"

A hint of joy flashed in her beautiful eyes. Hong'er's divine power avatar disappeared within the temple and appeared above Youhai's clone in the center of the divine kingdom.

After collecting a large amount of water from the Nether Sea using the World Ring, the divine power manifested in the divine kingdom and flew straight towards the South Heavenly Gate in front of the Lingxiao Palace.

The Purple Rainbow Kingdom, inside the Palace of Time.

"Master, our Titan warrior legion is now complete."

Hong'er and the other six spoke to Lu Jin himself.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin withdrew from his comprehension of the laws and nodded in satisfaction.

Titan Warriors, like Ghost Warriors, were also created by Lu Jin using the supernatural power "Merge of Creation". They have balanced attributes in all aspects and are suitable for being cultivated into warriors with any law attribute.

While more than five years have passed outside, more than five thousand years have passed inside the Time Palace, where time is accelerated a thousand times.

Over five thousand years, following the 100,000 top-tier overlord ghost warriors of the soul attack type, Hong'er and her seven companions also cultivated 100,000 top-tier overlord titan warriors of the material attack type.

Moreover, the top-tier overlord legion under the command of the seven individuals, totaling 1.4 million, has undergone genetic enhancement by 10,000 times. The soul amplitude of the Ghost Warriors and the divine body amplitude of the Titan Warriors have also reached the limit of 100 times.

Aside from lacking any treasures or secret techniques, and having a comprehension of the laws at the level of a newly entered cosmic venerable, it wouldn't be wrong to call them one of the 1.4 million top cosmic overlords.

Originally, Lu Jin thought that with the Youhai clones of Hong'er and the other seven, their divine power was almost limitless, and they could be arranged to be top-tier overlord warriors with perfect genes.

After all, with a divine body spanning over 90,000 kilometers of perfect genes, it would be quite resilient even without the Supreme Armor.

Unexpectedly, the genetic enhancement of Venerable-level Zerg warriors can only be increased by a maximum of ten thousand times, just like life forms below the level of the Universe Lord have a genetic limit of one hundred times.

Just then, the divine avatars of Hong'er and her six companions entered the Time Palace, bringing over the Nether Sea water needed to cultivate warriors, and also taking away the 100,000th top-tier overlord Titan warrior who had already cultivated a hundredfold amplitude and undergone ten thousandfold genetic enhancement.

The Venerable-level Mother Nest is not a living entity, and its placement within the Time Palace does not affect the energy consumption required for the Time Palace's operation.

Moreover, under a thousand-fold time acceleration, as long as resources are sufficient, the efficiency of the Mother Nest in cultivating warriors can be indirectly increased by a thousand times.

However, top-tier overlord warriors who have already been cultivated must not remain in the Time Palace.

After all, each additional life form within the Time Palace requires more energy to maintain its operation.

Not to mention that the Divine Source Liquid production of the Immortal Transformation Pool is simply not enough to support 1.4 million top overlords to accelerate time a thousand times. Even if it were possible, Lu Jin would not waste it so meaninglessly.

"Hong'er, you continue to train Venerable Warriors. Just use the most ordinary cannon fodder. After killing their souls, hand over their corpses to me."

Furthermore, familiarize yourself with the Legion Combo attack as soon as possible; there will be major developments soon.

Lu Jin gave instructions to the seven people.

"Yes, Master."

Hong'er and the other seven responded, then left behind their divine power avatars to control the mother nest and continue cultivating the Venerable Warriors, before their main bodies left the Time Palace and returned to the Divine Kingdom, where they skillfully executed a combined legion attack.

"Ni Chang, has the success rate of refining ordinary treasures stabilized yet?"

Then, Lu Jin turned to look at Zi Nishang.

More than seven hundred years ago, within the Palace of Time, Zi Ni Chang finally broke through her bottleneck and successfully forged her first ordinary supreme treasure weapon.

"It's unlikely to fail again."

"I am refining a treasure with the Qiankun Cauldron," Zi Nishang replied, sending out a wisp of her consciousness.

At first, her success rate in refining was very low, but as time went by, her treasure-refining skills became more and more exquisite, and now she rarely fails in refining ordinary treasure armor and weapons.

When she is able to forge top-grade ordinary treasure armor and weapons, that will be the time for her to begin forging ordinary treasures of the domain, soul, and palace types.

"If we sell all the treasures we don't need, besides the ones we use ourselves, how many Treasure Points can we get?"

Lu Jin asked.

After a quick calculation, Zi Nishang said, "It should be around 230 Treasure Points."

'230 Treasure Points? That's about halfway to reaching the Higher Realms and Higher Palaces level.'

Lu Jin frowned, lost in thought.

Because Zi Nishang had been trying to refine supreme treasures before, and had not specifically refined top-grade heavy treasures of the domain, soul, and palace categories with a value of generally two or three supreme treasure points, the wealth she had accumulated was not too much.

Hong'er and her seven companions have formed a top-tier overlord warrior legion. Even if they can only perform the most basic legion attacks, they are definitely at the level of a universe master, and not just a first-tier universe master.

With such a powerful trump card in hand, one can hunt down the Lord of the Universe and then obtain the divine status of the laws of spacetime.

However, hunting universe masters is quite risky, so it is very necessary to pick on the weak and target those universe masters who are the foundation of a powerful race.

Such a cosmic ruler is not only weak, but also certainly does not possess high-grade soul treasures. Even if a top-tier overlord ghost warrior legion were to kill him with a combined attack, his corpse would still remain.

In addition, to reduce risk, it is also necessary to acquire high-level treasures in the realm and palace categories.

High-level treasures can restrict the actions of ordinary universe lords, while high-level palace treasures can make one invincible.

Unless you encounter a high-grade sealed treasure, or a fifth-order universe lord or true god who possesses an extremely powerful treasure, a high-grade palace treasure is essentially an invincible defense.

However, high-level treasures and high-level palace treasures are very expensive. Even those of lower quality cost around 200 treasure points.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin said, "Ni Chang, communicate with the Hongmeng City branch system in the virtual universe and tell them that you are selling 100 treasures with the maximum effect of perfect genes, each of which can double the life gene."

He was short of money, and the treasure was very valuable; he was so poor that he had to sell peaches.

"Selling top-grade peaches? How many Treasure Points are you planning to sell each one for?"

Zi Nishang asked.

Lu Jin said, "The package price is 1000 Treasure Points."

1000 Treasure Points, with a value approaching that of a typical peak treasure, can only enhance life genes by 100 times.

This is far too expensive for a cosmic sovereign, or a cosmic lord whose life gene deficiency has not been addressed; the cost-effectiveness is outrageously low.

However, for fourth- and fifth-order universe masters, the allure is immense.

Generally speaking, the upper limit of a universe master is about ten thousand times the life gene, even for a fifth-order universe master.

After all, treasures that enhance life genes have a maximum limit to their effectiveness.

Within the primordial universe, the highest-grade gene treasures have an efficacy limit of ten thousand times, and the outside world has never heard of any with an efficacy limit that reaches the level of perfect genes.

Judging solely from the power that can be unleashed, the 10,000-fold gene is not much different from the perfect gene.

However, the perfect genetic divine body is at least 90,000 kilometers long, and the increase in resilience brought by the enormous divine body is quite significant.

Take the Chaos City Lord as an example. As a veteran fifth-order universe lord, the life genes of the Chaos City Lord himself and his two clones should be ten thousand times greater.

Its avatar in the Thousand Treasures River, which resides in the original secret realm, has a divine body that is about 10,000 kilometers tall. Compared to the divine body of the perfect gene, which is more than 90,000 kilometers tall, the height difference is nearly ten times, and the divine power storage is nearly a thousand times less.

If spending 1000 Treasure Points could increase the Qianbaohe clone's resistance to physical attacks by nearly a thousand times, the Chaos City Lord would definitely be more than willing.

Moreover, the Chaos City Lord's Thousand Treasures River clone is one of those with a relatively large divine body.

Universe masters like the Lord of Ice Peak, who have no clones and have never possessed other lives, directly control space and time with their human bodies, would still not be very optimistic about the size of their divine bodies, even if they could use various precious resources to increase their body size.

Assuming their divine bodies are thousands of kilometers long, once they achieve a perfect genetic divine body that is over 90,000 kilometers high, their ability to withstand physical attacks will increase by nearly a million times.

Zi Nishang asked, "Are you sure you want to sell? If so, I'll contact the intelligent system in Hongmeng City right away."

Lu Jin nodded.

After receiving confirmation, Zi Nishang separated a wisp of her consciousness, logged into the virtual universe Hongmeng City, and contacted the Hongmeng City subsystem to discuss the transaction.

The initial universe's Chaos City, Chaos Ruins.

"Hmm? A gene treasure whose efficacy reaches the limit of perfect genes?"

Surrounded by chaotic energy, the Chaos City Lord, who had been sitting quietly on the ground, opened his eyes in surprise.

"I agree to Venerable Guanghan's request, but I need to verify the goods first. If the treasure's effects are genuine, 1000 Treasure Points will be credited to my account immediately."

Without hesitation, the Chaos City Lord gave instructions to the virtual universe intelligent system.

The Chaos City Lord was aware of the size of the divine body possessing perfect genes.

Even if it was originally just a short mule, after achieving perfect genes, as long as it replenishes its divine power, its divine body can be increased to more than 90,000 kilometers.

Of his main body and two avatars, only the avatar of Qianbao River, which is located in the Primordial Secret Realm, is relatively large, reaching tens of thousands of kilometers.

Like the original body that roams the cosmic sea, and the main killing clone that sits in the Chaos City of the Initial Universe, which only reveals a height of three meters, the true divine body, although not too small, is only a few thousand kilometers long.

It is true that the Lord of the Universe can increase the size of his divine body through resources, but such resources are extremely valuable.

Even as a fifth-order universe master, after his main body and his killing avatar's divine bodies reached thousands of kilometers, he no longer had enough resources to continue improving them.

Furthermore, and more importantly, after countless years, the life genes of his main body and his two avatars have all increased ten thousand times, only 81 times away from perfect genes. If the effects of this treasure are true, it means that the divine power reserves of his main body or his main killing avatar could increase by nearly a million times!
Moreover, with his enormous divine body spanning over 90,000 kilometers, coupled with the primordial treasure, his divine power recovery efficiency skyrockets, and his Chaos will definitely become even more ferocious than before.

For example, if he encounters an opponent in the cosmic sea who is weaker than him but whom he is not confident he can kill, he will choose to let them go to avoid a situation where both sides are injured and someone else gets the benefit.

However, once his divine power reserves increase by nearly a million times, he can kill opponents of this level with minimal cost and then obtain their treasures.

These upgrades are far more valuable than 1000 Treasure Points.

The deal was quickly finalized.

The Lord of Chaos's gaze transcended time and space, landing on a bald man in a fiery red battle robe.

Then, a voice rang in the mind of the man in the fiery red battle robe: "Guiyi, go to the Guanghan Star Region of the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom and bring back the items that Venerable Guanghan entrusted to you."

"is teacher."

Upon hearing the voice, Venerable Guiyi, who was cultivating in his mansion, immediately perked up, quickly responded with a bow, and then left the Initial Universe.

Inside the Hall of Time.

"The intelligent system agreed. The buyer is the Lord of Chaos City, but he needs to inspect the goods first. He said that Venerable Guiyi will come to pick up the goods later."

After receiving a reply from the virtual universe Hongmeng City branch system, Zi Nishang said to Lu Jin.

“The Lord of Chaos City is not short of 1000 Treasure Points. It is fine to pay after delivery. You can just send out a divine power avatar.”

As he spoke, Lu Jin waved his hand and took 100 top-grade peaches from his external storage space and gave them to Zi Ni Chang.

The buyer was the Lord of Chaos City, and the courier was Venerable Guiyi; Lu Jin didn't find it strange.

After the Primordial Ancestor was suppressed, the Chaos City Lord, as the Primordial Ancestor's eldest disciple, took control of the first authority in the virtual universe. Zi Ni Chang would definitely inform the Chaos City Lord of the deal proposed by the Hongmeng City branch system of the virtual universe as soon as possible.

Guiyi Venerable was a disciple of the Lord of Chaos City, and he happened to be in Chaos City during this period in the original story.

Given the high value of the treasure, the Lord of Chaos City would naturally send Venerable Guiyi, the overlord of the universe, to collect the goods, to avoid any mishaps along the way.

An hour later, in the void outside the Moon Star, a bald man in a fiery red battle robe teleported in.

"Speaking of this Venerable Guanghan, he's quite low-key. Despite being a master craftsman capable of forging top-tier palace treasures, he stays in this small Guanghan Star Region."

Gazing at the Moon Star ahead, Venerable Guiyi thought to himself.

Venerable Guiyi knew that Venerable Guanghan was no ordinary top-tier treasure refiner.

Because top-tier treasures in the realm, soul, and palace categories are even more valuable than ordinary treasures.

A craftsman who can refine these three top-tier treasures is of a status no less than an ordinary treasure-level craftsman with average skills.

In terms of importance to the race alone, this Guanghan Venerable is more important than the ten cosmic overlords, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is one of the treasures of the entire race.

"Shh!"

After spreading his divine senses to perceive the surroundings, Venerable Guiyi teleported to the spacious plaza in front of the Lord's Palace above Guanghan Star.

"I have met Venerable Guiyi. My master instructed me to wait here."

At this moment, a maid of the Immortal Army Lord rank came forward to greet them.

"Where is the Venerable Guanghan?"

The Venerable Guiyi asked.

“I will guide the Venerable One.”

After bowing again, the maid led Venerable Guiyi to the main hall of the lord's mansion.

Before long, the two arrived at the main hall.

The maidservant leading the way said, "Your Excellency, His Majesty is already waiting in the palace."

"Ah."

With a slight nod, Venerable Guiyi stepped into the hall.

Upon entering the hall, Venerable Guiyi saw Zi Nishang sitting at the head of the table.

But... an incarnation of divine power? No wonder I didn't sense the aura of a cosmic sage in the hall before.

"Guanghan".

Venerable Guiyi nodded in greeting.

The opponent's strength might only be that of a weakling Venerable, but his achievements in the art of treasure refining alone were enough to earn his respect.

Moreover, there's no guarantee that the other party won't become a top-tier treasure refiner someday.

"The main things of Chaos City are in this world ring. I am still refining a supreme treasure, so I won't entertain you any longer. Please forgive me."

As Zi Nishang spoke, a world ring appeared out of thin air and landed in front of Venerable Guiyi.

The Venerable Guiyi, who was receiving the World Ring, was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Guanghan, you have broken through?"

"It is a breakthrough."

Zi Ni Chang nodded slightly.

Upon hearing this, Venerable Guiyi couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

Wow, that's incredible!

At first it was an ordinary treasure, then a top-tier treasure, and now it's an ultimate treasure. It hasn't even been a hundred years since we first learned that this Venerable Guanghan was a treasure refiner, has it?
Venerable Guiyi asked with a hint of urgency, "I wonder if it is possible to refine a soul treasure?"

As a cosmic overlord and a disciple of the Chaos City Lord, Venerable Guiyi has no shortage of ordinary treasures; in fact, his weapons and armor are all high-grade treasures.

But as for the Soul Treasure, he really didn't have one; he had only collected some materials for refining the Soul Treasure.

Zi Ni Chang countered, "Venerable Guiyi, after you stepped into the Universe Venerable realm, you directly became the Overlord of the Universe?"

Are you kidding me? I just broke through to the next level, and you're already asking me to customize a soul treasure?
I'd like to, but I don't have the ability!
"Haha~, just giving you a heads-up, please forgive me."

Realizing he had made a foolish mistake, Venerable Guiyi said sheepishly.

"Once I'm skilled in refining them, I'll take on orders for refining treasures within the clan."

After a pause, Zi Ni Chang pointed to the world ring in the hand of Venerable Guiyi and said, "Venerable Guiyi, this matter is rather urgent."

"I almost forgot about the important matter. I'll take my leave now."

Recalling the purpose of his visit, Venerable Guiyi cupped his hands in greeting and then departed from Guanghan Star.

Things assigned by one's own teacher cannot be delayed.

Through the teleportation of the divine kingdom, Venerable Guiyi returned even faster than he had gone.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the 100 top-grade peaches were delivered to the Chaos Ruins.

"peach?"

The Lord of Chaos City was stunned as he stared at the 100 large peaches that appeared in front of him.

Since it's a peach, it must grow on a peach tree.

In other words, is this a renewable resource?

Shaking his head, the Chaos City Lord stopped thinking about it and started eating one.

Qianbaohe's avatar has a divine body spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. The main body, which roams the cosmic sea, and the main killing avatar, which is stationed in the initial universe, both have divine bodies spanning thousands of kilometers. From a cost-effectiveness perspective, it is naturally the main killing avatar, which is stationed in the initial universe, that should consume it.

If it really works, then from now on, the original body will be stationed in the initial universe, while the main killing avatar of the perfect genetic divine body will venture into the cosmic sea.

Soon, a top-quality peach was eaten.

At this moment, the Lord of Chaos City realized that his life genes, which had already increased ten thousand times, had increased by another tenfold.

"Hahaha~"

Within the Chaos Ruins, the Chaos City Lord's loud laughter echoed.

Before long, another 80 top-grade peaches were consumed, and a natural sense of perfection emanated from the Chaos City Lord's main killing avatar.

"Perfect genes. Great peaches!"

Feeling the 'hunger' emanating from every cell in the divine body, the Chaos City Lord couldn't help but praise.

Once the gap in divine power in his divine body is filled, this clone of his divine body will be able to increase its range from over a thousand kilometers to over ninety thousand kilometers!
Overjoyed, the Chaos City Lord instructed the virtual universe AI: "Transfer 1000 Treasure Points from my account to Venerable Guanghan, and also send him all the information on the high-level treasures, high-level palace treasures, and top-level treasure armor from the clan's treasury."

Treasure Points are the highest-level currency circulating among the human race's powerful members; they cannot be increased at will.

The clan's treasury must receive treasures in order to issue a corresponding number of Treasure Points; otherwise, the Treasure Points exchange system will collapse.

He ate the peaches himself, so naturally he should pay for the 1000 treasure points himself, instead of using the clan's public account.

Afterwards, the Lord of Chaos put away the remaining 19 peaches, retrieved the Primal Treasure, connected his consciousness with the Origin of the Universe, and began to absorb divine power to fill the void in his divine body.

Inside the Hall of Time.

"Master, we have received a transfer of 1000 Treasure Points, along with brief information on many other Treasures."

The chubby girl's voice echoed in Zi Nishang's mind.

Zi Nishang said, "Project and display the information of the treasure."

"Shh!"

The next moment, a virtual screen appeared in front of Zi Nishang.

Which treasures should we choose?

After quickly glancing through it, Zi Nishang turned to Lu Jin and asked.

The high-level Arcana stockpile within the Clan Treasury is priced between 175 and 590 Arcana Points.

The highest-level palace treasures are priced between 210 and 620 treasure points, while the top-level treasure armor is priced between 110 and 480 treasure points.

Lu Jin waved his hand dismissively and said, "Just choose the high-level treasures and palace treasures that are suitable for Hong'er. They'll be used temporarily for now. You can choose the top-level treasure armor yourself. It doesn't matter if you use up all 1000 treasure points."

After a moment's thought, Zi Nishang selected her target and then purchased three supreme treasures from the clan's treasury through the virtual universe.

(End of this chapter)