Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 221 The Plan's Finale, Finally Exposed
"Puff puff!"

Three sounds of flesh being pierced and bodies being torn apart rang out. Three long needles of psychic power directly shattered the source beads of the three leech brothers, and then shattered the corpses of these three world lords into a bloody mist.

Immediately afterwards, with a thought, Ma Huang Immortal entered all the demon race life on Bilan Star into his world ring, except for the world lord, the Bull Demon.

"Let's hurry to the next place."

He said something to the world lord, the bull demon, and the divine kingdom's teleportation light shone again; the immortal Mahuang had already departed.

It wasn't just Bilan Star in the Mahuang Star Region that encountered unexpected events.

Other inhabited planets within the Mahuang Starfield, other starfields within the Muye Star Region, and even more than 1,200 demon race starfields, all encountered accidents to varying degrees.

After all, the scope of the demon-hunting operation is too large, and with such a large number of participants, it is inevitable that unexpected situations will arise.

However, within each operational star domain, every realm lord who directly participates in the operation to collect 'demon cubs' carries either the immortal crystal of the star domain lord or an extremely small part of the divine body split off from the star domain lord.

In case of an accident, report it through the Star Domain Communication Network, and then the Star Domain Lord will teleport down from the Divine Kingdom to resolve the accident.

If a star lord whose strength is basically at the level of an immortal military lord cannot handle it, it's like being unlucky enough to be encountered by a demon race marquis immortal.

The Star Domain Lord would then use the communication network, which was now completely under his control, to relay the message to his superiors, or even to 'regional leaders' such as Tianyin King, and dispatch sufficient forces to suppress such incidents.

If the demon servants encountered during the demon-hunting operation are not world lord-level demon servants, but lower-level universe-level or domain lord-level demon servants, although the star domain lords cannot arrive to suppress them immediately because they do not carry divine kingdom teleportation tokens.

But the other side couldn't make any waves either.

If someone encounters a malevolent demon causing trouble, those who are not strong enough will be killed on the spot by the demon's servants.

If the person involved in the accident is strong enough to kill the demon servant, under normal circumstances, they would inform the Star Domain Management through the Star Domain Communication Network.

And then that was it. Once the Starfield Communication Network locked onto the other party's location, the Starfield Lord would either personally suppress them or send a reserve force to do so.

It can be said that the only thing to be wary of is encountering an immortal demon who is causing trouble and, instead of contacting the star field management, directly using the divine kingdom to teleport to the star field where the star field management is located to report it.

However, since the communication network has been taken over by the Demon-Slaying Task Force, and they are unaware of the specific situation, they treat it as an occasional isolated case. In this case, the Star Sector Management simply sends a notification to the Star Domain Management and lets them handle it themselves, rather than sending powerful individuals to investigate.

After all, there are countless inhabited planets in the star sector, and it's not unusual for greedy and unruly monsters to capture slaves.
How much are the demon race on an ordinary life-bearing planet worth?

It's not even as expensive as the energy consumed by an immortal powerhouse's divine kingdom teleportation!

Time passed, and the first day of the demon-hunting plan went very smoothly.

Although many unexpected events occurred, they were all suppressed in time, and the world rings filled with the lives of the demon race were continuously collected and handed over to the servants such as the Heavenly Silver King.

The second day went smoothly as well.

But by the third day, the massive demon-hunting plan could no longer be concealed.

However, it wasn't the demon race that noticed something was wrong, but rather the intelligence department of the Virtual Universe Company, whose intelligence capabilities were unparalleled in the original universe.

Due to their adjacent territories, the demon race, also a top-tier race, is one of the main rivals of the human race.

Although the human race's servants and spies among the demon race are mainly concentrated in the middle level of the immortal stage, and these servants and spies are mostly gathered in the star field where the star sector capital is located, as well as important areas such as the major royal families, royal families, and high-level secret realms.

However, this does not mean that there are no human spies planted in the ordinary areas of the demon race's territory.

A few years ago, when the demon-hunting team began to weave a large net of enslavement, because the soul slaves could not be enslaved a second time, a large number of ordinary spies planted by the Virtual Universe Company's intelligence department in the demon territory perished. The intelligence department's higher-ups thought that this was a large-scale purge by the demons.

But what happened next was beyond their expectations.

When the intelligence department prepared to replant spies, it discovered that many areas within the demon race's territory had lost spies, making the replanting of spies virtually impossible.

Anyone with a bit of power or status is a soul slave who can never be enslaved again.

Even if you manage to enslave someone, they will inexplicably perish afterward.

The demon-hunting team is weaving a vast net of enslavement. Demons who become part of this net are naturally not subject to enslavement by the intelligence department of the Virtual Universe Company.

The intelligence department planted spies, and the demon-hunting team naturally couldn't know who they were. They simply treated them as ordinary demons and enslaved them, so their demise was inevitable.

Faced with this strange phenomenon, the top intelligence officers of the Virtual Universe Company, realizing that something was wrong, naturally instructed the few surviving agents, such as the intelligence stations hidden in the divine kingdom, to pay extra attention to any activity in these areas and see what the mastermind behind it all was up to.

At first, since the demon-hunting operation was only in its initial stages, even if the spies discovered it, they would only assume that some unruly demons were capturing demon slaves.

However, as time went on, more and more similar situations were encountered, and after a large number of demons disappeared on many inhabited planets, Lu Jin's demon-hunting plan was exposed to the intelligence department of the Virtual Universe Company.

In the virtual universe, atop Thunder Island, within a temple surrounded by endless chaotic energy.

"You mean, there's an unknown force stirring up trouble within the demon realm?"

The Chaos City Lord, dressed in a golden robe, spoke with great interest to the Shadow Monarch who had come to report on the situation.

Regardless of the mastermind's origins, as long as it targets the demon race, then in this matter, the other party is a friend of the human race.

Seeing your opponent suffer is definitely one of the greatest joys in life.

The Shadow Monarch said, "City Lord, this operation is extremely large. According to the preliminary statistics of the intelligence department, this operation to abduct the demon race has covered most of the star fields in more than 1,200 star sectors of the demon race."

Furthermore, the fact that the demon race has not yet reacted shows that within the star field covered by the plundering operation, most of them, from immortals to domain lords and even universe-level beings, have become soul slaves to cooperate with this massive operation.

This is precisely why a large number of spies in the intelligence department have perished, including those who had been re-planted.

After a pause, the Shadow Monarch continued, "The exact extent of the demon race's losses depends on when the demon race's higher-ups can react."

If the reaction is slow, the vast majority of demonic lives in these 1,200 star sectors will likely fall into the hands of the Black Hand.

"Have you found out who the mastermind is?"

Chaos City Lord asked.

"In order to avoid disrupting the enemy's operations, the intelligence department did not take many actions."

However, through illusionary techniques, we discovered an important clue from a few of the Realm Lord and Domain Lord level demon servants who participated in the raid.

As he spoke, the Shadow Monarch, who appeared like a blurry phantom, revealed a strange expression on his face.

What clue is it?

"These Realm Lord and Domain Lord level demon servants have enslaved some lower-level demon servants, and the enslavement technique they use is the 'Ten Thousand Hearts Control Soul' technique."

"The one created by the avatar of the Lord of Ten Thousand Hearts and Souls: The Book of Soul Control?"

After a moment's thought, the Lord of Chaos City remembered.

The human race's cosmic overlord 'Tipu' and the relationship between the clone and the true self of Puti, the disciple of the Mountain Guest, are not well understood by the human race's higher-ups. However, since they prefer to keep it a secret, they have not exposed it.

"It is that book, and it is certain that this matter is related to the King of Tianshuang Kingdom."

The Shadow Lord said with an air of certainty.

"What? It's related to Tian Shuang?"

The Lord of Chaos asked in surprise.

The Shadow Monarch said, "City Lord, just imagine, how many worlds would it take to plunder the demon race on such a large scale?"
Of course, if that's all there is to it, I wouldn't be so sure.

However, when the intelligence department investigated the super powers in the universe that were hostile to the demon race based on this clue, they discovered that the King of Tianshuang Kingdom had ordered a massive number of world rings from the business departments of five major powers, including ours, a year ago.

The intelligence department has uncovered a procurement volume of at least 80 trillion.

Chaos City Lord: "."

No, my nephew isn't exactly an honest person, but he doesn't seem like one either. Uh... I get it.

His nephew doesn't look like a martial arts master, but his nephew's disciple is a ruthless person who has no sense of martial ethics.

Back in the Star Tower, Lu Jin, with a group of demon servants and the assistance of many kings from the human camp, slaughtered 90,000 kings from the three races in a single battle. He was well aware of that.

In addition, there is the Demon Slayer King, who is extremely bloodthirsty and unscrupulous on the battlefield outside the realm, and who madly provokes the demon race, causing them great headaches.

The Lord of Chaos City was certain that the momentous event that had occurred within the demon race's territory, enough to shock the entire universe, was orchestrated by Lu Jin.

Wait a minute~, since this kid is so good at causing trouble.

So, back then, on the Twilight Continent, the battlefield outside the Fifth Domain, the huge pit that trapped a million immortal beasts, could it also have been set up by this kid?
With his mind racing, the Chaos City Lord said, "The intelligence department should do its best to cover up the commotion and mislead the demon race into believing that the mastermind is the insectoid race or the mechanical race."

After this happens, the demon race will definitely go crazy.

It's like a powerful demon race member coming to one's own human territory and taking away most of the population of 1008 universe kingdoms. He won't let it go until he kills a few demon race universe lords.

Humans can watch the show from the sidelines, but they need to be wary of rabid dogs biting people.

Of course, if they could trick the demon race into believing that the mastermind was the insectoid race or the mechanical race, then the matter would be perfect.

"Yes, City Lord."

The Shadow Lord bowed in response and then withdrew from the temple.

Meanwhile, within the demon realm, the demon-hunting operation continues.

A large number of cosmic-level and domain-lord-level demon servants at the bottom of the servant network are heading to life-bearing planets, constantly using world rings to collect demon life.

Once a World Ring is collected, it will be handed over to a superior at a designated location, and eventually collected and handed over to King Tianyin and his servants.

Thanks to the demon communication network within the operation area, which has been taken over by the demon-capturing action team, and after the operation began, members who are not part of their own enslaved network are restricted from transmitting messages across star systems.

This means that even if an immortal demon race emerges that is not suppressed in time, it will be unable to spread the information it has learned in a timely manner.

The demon race's communication network is outdated, and they are destined to suffer a severe setback this time.

Time passed, and half a month later, just as the demon-hunting operation was about to come to an end.

In the Twilight Star Region, the Golden Wing Star Field, outside a habitable planet with a diameter of over 20,000 kilometers.

In the void, a ripple appeared, and an F-class spaceship, resembling a giant golden bird, traversed back to the original universe.

Inside the spaceship's control room, a metal puppet with a bird's head and a human body sat cross-legged.

Inside the metal golem's world ring, a world lord-level bird with a wingspan of a hundred meters, covered in golden feathers, and bearing a small golden mountain and silver patterns on its brow, stood atop the mountain.

"It has been over two thousand years since I left Golden Star. I wonder how my descendants are doing. But since the Golden-Winged Immortal knows I am the disciple of the Twilight Star Lord, I suppose he will take care of me?"

The golden-feathered bird standing atop the mountain sighed softly, its eyes revealing a look of longing.

Star Lord is an honorific title within the demon race for a star sector lord, equivalent to the human race's Cosmic King, and at least equivalent to a Cosmic Venerable.

The Golden Bird spaceship was very fast, and it didn't take long for it to approach Golden Star.

"Ok?"

Inside the spaceship's control room, the bird-headed puppet stared blankly at the screen, which showed the same beautiful scenery as before, but no longer had any golden-winged birds soaring in the sky.

Soon, the spaceship hatch opened, and the bird-headed puppet flew out. Then, the golden-feathered bird revealed its true form, and with a flap of its wings, it transformed into golden light and sped towards its own territory, Golden Star.

"No, that's impossible!"

They quickly circled the Golden Star, but still couldn't find any trace of the Golden-Winged Bird's offspring. Instead, the Golden-Feathered Bird, which had discovered many signs of battle, looked on in disbelief.

Immediately, the Golden Feathered Bird's consciousness entered the communicator, contacting the Star Domain Lord, Golden Wing Immortal, in the Golden Winged Star Domain.

Shortly after, the communication was established, and a deep voice came through the communicator: "Is this His Highness Jin Hongsi?"

"Golden-Winged Immortal, why haven't I seen my descendants on Golden Star? Where did they go? Is this how you took care of them when I asked you to look after them?"

"Golden Feather Flying Bird Jin Hongsi asked angrily."

"Your Highness, please calm down. I will arrive at Golden Star soon and then I will explain to you in detail."

"Hmph, hurry up!"

Jin Hongsi said coldly, suppressing his anger.

Half a day later, through the teleportation of the divine kingdom and the traversal of the dark universe by the divine body, the figure of an immortal golden-winged bird with a wingspan of 100 meters arrived at Golden Star.

"The Golden Wings are immortal, but where are my descendants?"

Upon seeing the Golden Winged Immortal, Jin Hongsi questioned him with an unfriendly expression.

Where are your descendants?

Naturally, it was put into the World Ring, and then taken away by the master's master.

"die!"

Without further ado, the Golden-Winged Immortal let out a fierce shout, his golden wings flapped, and as his immortal divine power surged, dense golden feathers condensed and shot out towards Jin Hongsi like a volley of arrows.

"How dare you! Have you betrayed my great demon race?"

Seeing that the other party intended to kill without saying a word, Jin Hongsi was furious.

Golden feather armor materialized around him, and as the power of the world surged, countless golden lights burst forth, forming a dark golden divine sword ten feet long before disappearing.

The Ninth Level of the Divine Weapon – Even Immortals Can Be Confronted!

"Shh!"

"puff--"

When the vanished Divine Sword reappeared, it was already not far behind the Golden-Winged Immortal. Then, a flash of golden sword light appeared, and the Divine Sword pierced through his divine body.

"Even the immortal can be defeated?!"

Upon seeing the ten-foot-long dark golden divine sword, the Golden-Winged Immortal, whose divine body had suffered damage, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

It was at this moment that Golden Wing Immortal discovered that, in addition to the mark recognized by the Law of the Origin of Gold, there was also a mark recognized by the Law of the Origin of Space on the center of Golden Rainbow's forehead.

Golden Wings Immortal never imagined that, after two thousand years, the former genius would have grown to such an extent.

Immediately, Golden Wings separated a wisp of its consciousness and sank it into the communicator, calling for its master's support.

"Puff puff!"

The Divine Sword of Evolution swept across the sky, constantly teleporting and traversing. Before long, under the onslaught of the genius Realm Master Jin Hongsi, the Golden-Winged Immortal lost 20% of its divine body.

Moreover, this was thanks to the fact that his divine body was not too small; otherwise, without achieving immortality, he would have already collapsed and perished.

However, at that moment, a world ring carried by the Golden-Winged Immortal exploded, revealing a powerful immortal figure who was a hundred meters tall, with gray-black skin and wearing black divine armor, resembling a towering giant.

It was one of the servants under the Heavenly Silver King who arrived via teleportation from the Divine Kingdom after the Golden-Winged Immortal relayed a request for help through the communication network.

"To be granted the title of Marquis and achieve immortality?!"

Sensing the immense pressure emanating from this immortal giant's consciousness, Jin Hongsi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"A genius realm lord of the demon race? Die!"

The giant, now a marquis, grinned menacingly, and a massive black hammer materialized in his hand as he charged toward Jin Hongsi.

‘Damn it! ’

Cursing under his breath, Jin Hongsi quickly flapped his wings and turned to run away.

Meanwhile, on the other side, somewhere in the Twilight Star Sector, within a Twilight Demon City that floats in the void and stretches for tens of millions of kilometers.

'Shuh! '

Inside a palace within the city, a giant golden-horned beast that had been lying down and comprehending the laws of nature opened its eyes.

"An alien race actually attempted to assassinate me and even kidnapped my descendants—humans, insectoids, or machines?"

The Golden Horned Beast Jin Hongsi was furious. He activated the secret technique "Original Body and Heaven" to shrink his massive body, which was over a thousand kilometers in size, to a hundred kilometers in size. He then hurriedly left the main hall to seek help from his teacher, the Twilight Star Lord.

His possession of the young Golden Horned Beast was the greatest opportunity on his path to growth.

Otherwise, given his Golden-Winged Bird bloodline, how could he have been qualified to be accepted as a disciple by the Night Star Lord? And how could he have become a genius who gained recognition from the laws of space at the World Lord level?
After possessing the Golden Horned Beast, the original core became his true essence, and the Golden-Winged Bird clone was not afraid of perishing.

But the younger generation who were kidnapped by the other party are people he cannot let go of.

He certainly couldn't get it back on his own, but with the help of his teacher, Lord Muye, there was a possibility of reclaiming the clan's younger generation.

Beyond the Golden Star, a battle between a genius Realm Lord and a Marquis-level Immortal is still unfolding.

"Oh!"

As the giant hammer of the Marquis was about to strike the hundred-meter-tall golden-feathered bird, a G-grade golden short spear-shaped psychic weapon shot past, unleashing a violent roar.

Once again, the genius realm master Jin Hongsi blocked the opponent's killing move.

'tumultuous--'

Seeing that he couldn't defeat his opponent in the short term, and knowing that time was of the essence, the Marquis Giant burned his divine power, and his aura instantly surged a thousandfold.

"Go to hell!"

With a furious roar, the Marquis-level giant raised his jet-black hammer high, ready to settle the score with a single blow.

"Shh!"

Just then, without warning, amidst a terrifying aura, the figure of a dark purple demonic fox, over three hundred meters long, with three purple demonic eyes on its head, six bushy tails behind it, and its body burning with black flames, appeared on the battlefield.

"seal up!"

A syllable escaped from the dark purple fox's mouth.

In an instant, the surrounding space froze completely, and the terrifying binding force directly imprisoned the Marquis Giant and the Golden-Winged Immortal who had not left not far away in the void.

"I met the teacher."

Upon seeing the teacher arrive, Jin Hongsi quickly bowed.

"Ah."

Nodding slightly, the Night Star Lord turned to look at the Marquis Giant and the Golden-Winged Immortal. A purple light emanated from the purple demonic eye between his brows and entered their bodies.

"Tell me, what happened to Jin Hongsi's descendants? They were kidnapped by you and taken to various places?"

"The Lord of Twilight Stars asked."

The Night Star Lord naturally assumed that the two were aliens sent to assassinate his disciple, and were most likely soul slaves. Therefore, he did not use the enslavement technique to avoid his death, but only used illusion.

Moreover, a mere title of nobility is hardly worthy of wasting his quota of enslaved servants.

"grown ups."

Soon, under the influence of the illusion, the Marquis Giant honestly confessed the whereabouts of a large number of Golden-Winged Bird clan members on Golden Star, as well as the demon-hunting operation plan he knew.

At this moment, Lu Jin's original plan to capture demons was finally exposed.

At first, the Lord of Twilight Star didn't react much, but when he heard the details of the demon-hunting plan, he was completely dumbfounded, followed by extreme anger.

A terrifying surge of divine power instantly obliterated the Marquis Giant and the Golden-Winged Immortal God.

Then, a divine power emanated from the Night Star Lord, enveloping his disciple Jin Hongsi beside him, and his figure teleported thousands of light-years ahead.

After spreading his divine sense to perceive the situation, the Night Star Lord's expression quickly turned serious upon receiving confirmation.

Within a ten-light-year radius, the life-bearing planets that were once inhabited by demon races have been completely devoid of demons.

After teleporting more than ten times in a row and discovering that this phenomenon was everywhere and not an isolated case, the Night Star Lord's expression became extremely ugly.

The divine kingdom teleportation light shone, and the Twilight Star Lord returned to the divine kingdom with Golden Rainbow.

After sending a divine avatar to notify the management of the Twilight Star Region to thoroughly investigate the disappearances of demons within its territory, the main body of the Twilight Star Lord once again used the divine kingdom's teleportation to rush to the 'Zhenzu Secret Realm,' named after Zhen Yaozu, one of the two strongest ancestors, to report to the Demon God Palace.

An unknown force is plundering the demon race on a large scale within the demon race's territory. Although this is unforgivable, it is not something that a mere high-level universe venerable like him can handle. He must inform the great beings of his race immediately.

In less than half an hour, more than 1,500 demon star sector lords, except for those who were in seclusion or venturing out to explore secret realms, all received orders from the 'Demon God Palace' to thoroughly investigate the disappearances of demons within their territories.

(End of this chapter)