Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 228 Bodhi Tree, Top-Tier Universe Overlord
When the nine-colored light faded, the Immortal-level treasure chest disappeared. Besides the Venerable-level nine-colored treasure chest, which could only be opened by those who had entered the Universe Venerable realm, there were three other items.

A small, nine-story white jade pagoda, no bigger than the palm of your hand, with the bottom five stories solid and the top four stories appearing somewhat illusory.

A scroll-shaped object, entirely purple, covered with gold patterns.

A small tree with branches that look like they were cast in bronze and leaves that look like glass.

A wisp of divine power seeped in to investigate, and Lu Jin quickly learned the basic information about the three items.

——The Heavenly Court Inheritance Tower (1/4): Contains many Heavenly Court inheritances, recorded in the form of memory jade slips.

Note: The tower has nine levels, but only five are currently in use. The memory jade slips of the first five levels correspond to the levels of Realm Lord and below, Immortal God, Cosmic Venerable, Cosmic Lord, and True God, respectively.

—The Supreme Image of the Miro: A life gene map with 100,000 times the original size, which can be divided into 100,000 images, including the Dao Body Image, the Divine Image, and the Supreme Image.

There are 10081 diagrams of the Dao, corresponding to 1 to 10081 times the life genes.

There are 89918 sacred images, corresponding to 10082 to 99999 times the life genes.

One Supreme Image corresponds to 1 times the life genes.

Note: The Supreme Miro Diagram cannot be expanded, but there is no limit to the number of lives that can be cultivated.

—Bodhi Tree: The sacred tree of enlightenment, which can greatly enhance one's mind and understanding.

The Bodhi tree can produce Bodhi seeds, and Bodhi seeds can exist independently of the Bodhi tree, but they can only bless a single life with mind and enlightenment, and their effect is only one-tenth that of the Bodhi tree.

Note: The number of Bodhi seeds is fixed at three thousand. When the Bodhi tree produces more Bodhi seeds after the three thousand are reached, one of the original three thousand Bodhi seeds will disappear.

"Shh!"

With a thought, Lu Jin conjured a three-inch-tall tree out of thin air, which then transformed into a divine tree of enlightenment within the Lingxiao Palace. The tree had a golden bronze trunk that stretched for over 100,000 kilometers and a glass canopy with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

In an instant, a mysterious wave emanated from the Bodhi tree, instantly enveloping the entire Lingxiao Palace.

At this moment, Lu Jin felt his mind was clearer than ever before, and subconsciously began to calmly comprehend the fundamental laws of the higher space.

With the blessing of the Bodhi tree, many profound mysteries about the fundamental laws of space emerged in Lu Jin's mind.

After a long while, a divine power shot out from Lu Jin's fingertips, outlining strands of laws in mid-air.

Numerous threads of law were strung together and combined to form three incomplete secret patterns.

Immediately afterwards, with the flow of divine power, the three incomplete secret rune diagrams merged into a perfect secret rune diagram.

'Teleportation, sealing, and strangulation of space—accomplished!'

As Lu Jin thought to himself, a smile appeared on his face as the spatial laws around him fluctuated.

"Rumble--"

At this moment, the three great mysteries of space were integrated, transforming into a complete higher-level spatial law, and the fundamental law of the universe once again reached the heavens.

However, this time, the descent of the fundamental laws of the universe did not occur in the Great Luo Heaven, but rather within the Star God Kingdom in the Netherworld Heaven.

When an immortal cultivator enters the realm of cosmic venerables, and the cultivator possesses an avatar, but the original body and the avatar are not in the same place, the origin of the universe will "selectively descend" and appear above the largest and most energetic divine body, making it easier for the cultivator to convert more divine power.

"Shh!"

Lu Jin's figure flashed, and he instantly teleported out of Lingxiao Palace.

The Netherworld is a divine realm high in the sky.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

A huge, multicolored vortex appeared in the sky above the Netherworld Blood Sea.

The five-colored vortex has a diameter of hundreds of billions of kilometers, and the five lower-level primordial laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are perfectly matched.

At the core of the vortex, however, lies a void, emanating the aura of the primordial laws of endless space.

Countless streams of spatial divine power and seawater surged down from the void at the core of the five-colored vortex, pouring into the Netherworld Blood Sea below and creating terrifying waves.

Lu Jin ignored the huge commotion that occurred when he stepped into the realm of the Universe Venerable, and was now fully absorbing the divine power descending from the origin of the universe.

Unlike the realm lord who enters immortality, when an immortal enters the realm of cosmic venerable, the divine power descended from the origin of the universe is not infinite. How much one can absorb depends entirely on one's own ability.

A moment later, the primordial laws of the universe that had descended receded, and the Netherworld Blood Sea returned to calm.

'11%?'

After carefully sensing it, Lu Jin thought to himself.

Due to time constraints and the immense size of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone's divine body, only 11% of the Venerable-level divine body transformation was completed.

However, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone only completed 11% of the divine body transformation, while the main body, the Water Qilin clone, and the Time Dragon clone easily and completely completed the transformation into Venerable-level divine bodies, and the strength of their divine bodies increased a hundredfold again.

It's not that the main body and the two clones were able to absorb enough divine power to complete the transformation in such a short time, but rather that the divine power of the main body and the clones was interchangeable.

With such a massive size, even a tiny gap between the fingers of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone could fill the divine power needed by the main body and the two clones.

'Aside from the factor of the supreme treasure, he could be considered to possess the strength of a universe master.'

After assessing his own strength, Lu Jin thought to himself.

With the blessing of enlightenment from the Bodhi tree, after integrating the three mysteries of space and transforming them into complete spatial laws, his mastery of the water-space fusion law also broke through and entered the fourth level.

But this was just his understanding of the laws of the Water, Sky, Beast, and God Path.

His understanding of the laws of spacetime is based on his mastery of the three mysteries of time. He is only one step away from mastering spacetime, which is the integration of the laws of time. He is a true cosmic overlord.

His understanding of the laws is one level below that of a Universe Lord; his strength as a top-tier overlord god with perfect genes is almost equal to that of a first-tier Universe Lord, but one level below that of a second-tier Universe Lord.

He was only two levels below, but he could make up for it with his strongest talent technique, 'Chaotic Tide,' and even surpass the second-tier universe master.

Unlike the strongest secret techniques of ordinary universe masters, the Chaos Tide consumes a great deal of divine power.

Energy is conserved. All other factors being equal, the greater the divine power consumed, the stronger the power that can be unleashed.

Both are massive divine bodies spanning over 90,000 kilometers. The strongest secret technique, which can be activated with only a tiny fraction of divine power, is far more powerful than the 'Chaotic Tide,' which requires at least 10% of divine power to unleash.
Of course, the Chaos Tide consumes a huge amount of resources and cannot be regarded as a regular method; it can only be used as a trump card at this stage.

Moreover, if you really encounter a powerful cosmic ruler, running away is the best option, rather than using Chaos Tide to fight them head-on, otherwise it's tantamount to suicide.

After examining the Kunlun Mirror and the Celestial Realm, as expected, their effects were enhanced once again.

The Kunlun Mirror's remote detection range has been expanded to a radius of hundreds of billions of kilometers.

While the various primordial law threads manifested in the Great Luo Heavenly Dome did not become clearer, the acceleration multiple of the designated time acceleration area increased to a thousand times.

And it's not just the Great Luo Heaven; the other thirty-five heavens also possess the ability to accelerate time in designated areas.

However, compared to the Great Luo Heaven, the other thirty-five heavens can only accelerate by a maximum of one hundred times in a given area.

Alright, the Thousand Times Time Palace can be phased out.

The Great Luo Heaven's thousand-fold time acceleration consumes energy paid for by the universe's origin, while the Thousand-fold Time Palace requires energy such as Divine Source Liquid.

Although both were obtained for free from the origin of the universe, the divine source liquid obtained for free could be used for other purposes, so Lu Jin naturally chose the former and eliminated the latter.

Afterwards, the main body returned to the Lingxiao Palace of the Great Luo Heaven, and Lu Jin's consciousness sank into the external space to open the Venerable-level Nine-Colored Treasure Chest.

It is also a Lord of the Universe level treasure chest, along with three items.

These three items are all lotus pedestals with twelve petals, but they are different colors: one is red, one is white, and one is black.

By infusing divine power and quickly recognizing the three lotus platforms as their master, Lu Jin soon learned about them.

—Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus: A special realm-class divine treasure. It can absorb sufficient energy and nurture 12 Karmic Fire Red Lotus Seeds every 10,000 epochs.

The Karmic Fire Red Lotus Seed can be transformed into the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Plant, which can continuously grow by absorbing energy, eventually reaching the level of a Chaos Sacred Artifact.

The Karmic Fire Red Lotus can transform into the Karmic Fire Treasure Lotus, a treasure of the domain. Once transformed, it can no longer absorb energy to grow.

Note: Due to the limitations of the original universe, the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Lotus is currently only a True God Treasure, and the Karmic Fire Lotus can only grow to a True God Treasure at most.

—Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus: A special soul-type divine treasure of the God-King. It can nurture 12 Pure White Lotus Seeds every 10,000 epochs by absorbing sufficient energy.

The Pure World White Lotus Seed can transform into the Pure World White Lotus Plant, which can continuously grow by absorbing energy, eventually reaching the level of a Chaos Sacred Artifact.

The Pure White Lotus can transform into the Pure Lotus, a soul-type treasure. Once transformed into the Pure Lotus, it can no longer absorb energy to grow.

Note: Due to the limitations of the original universe, the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus is currently only a True God Treasure, and the Pure White Lotus can grow to the level of a True God Treasure at its maximum.

—Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus: A special defensive divine king treasure that can nurture 12 world-destroying black lotus seeds every 10,000 epochs by absorbing sufficient energy.

The World-Destroying Black Lotus Seed can transform into the World-Destroying Black Lotus Plant, which can continuously grow by absorbing energy, eventually reaching the level of a Chaos Sacred Artifact.

The Black Lotus of Annihilation can be transformed into the defensive treasure, the God of Annihilation Armor. Once transformed into the God of Annihilation Armor, it can no longer absorb energy to grow.

Note: Due to the limitations of the original universe, the Twelfth Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus is currently only a True God Treasure, and the World-Destroying God Armor can grow to a True God Treasure at its highest level.

Why aren't you a palace-type treasure?

Blinking, Lu Jin gazed at the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus within the external storage space, and thought to himself.

With these three twelve-tiered lotus platforms, as long as sufficient energy is supplied, the Heavenly Court can acquire 36 supreme treasures every ten thousand epochs.

However, even among the most powerful and precious treasures, different types have different values.

How can the most powerful and precious armor compare to the most powerful and precious treasures of the domain and soul types?
However, with these three twelve-grade lotus platforms, the Heavenly Court will not lack high-grade domain-type, soul-type, and armor-type treasures in the future.

The true divine treasures are sufficient within the primordial universe and the cosmic sea map.

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin, using his authority as the Lord of Heaven, moved the nine-colored throne in the Lingxiao Palace slightly forward, then created a semi-circular giant pool surrounding the throne on its left, right, and rear sides.

The next moment, three twelve-petaled lotus platforms materialized and fell into the semi-circular giant pool, transforming into three enormous lotus plants.

The twelve-grade karmic fire red lotus is on the left, the twelve-grade purifying white lotus is on the right, and the twelve-grade world-destroying black lotus is behind.

Immediately afterwards, in the Immortal Transformation Hall next to the Lingxiao Palace, a column of water rose from the sea of ​​divine source liquid within the Immortal Transformation Pool, piercing through space like a celestial river pouring down into the enormous semi-circular lotus pond. 'Whoosh whoosh whoosh—'

A surge of immense energy erupted as the three enormous lotus plants within the semi-circular lotus pond began to greedily devour the divine source liquid.

Before long, twelve karmic fire red lotus seeds, twelve purifying white lotus seeds, and twelve world-destroying black lotus seeds emerged from the lotus pedestals of the three giant lotus plants, fell into the lotus pond, and then transformed into thirty-six lotus plants.

The divine essence liquid in the lotus pond was continuously absorbed and devoured, and the power emanating from the thirty-six lotus plants also began to gradually increase.

After shielding the fluctuations within the lotus pond, Lu Jin took out the 10081 Daoist diagrams from the "Miro Supreme Diagram" and hung them sequentially on the wall behind the nine-colored throne.
These 10081 Daoist diagrams all depict a majestic figure wearing a crown and imperial robes, composed of countless secret patterns and threads, appearing exceptionally complex and profound.

Since it is named 'Supreme Miro', the figures in imperial robes on these genetic maps are most likely related to the ruler of the Three Realms in mythology.

Subsequently, Lu Jin summoned all the Heavenly Court's members at the peak of the King level and above through a soul-level connection.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Soon, a large number of figures teleported to the front of the Lingxiao Palace.

Those who failed to master spatial teleportation also transformed into streaks of light and flew in at lightning speed.

Before long, more than 13,000 figures gathered inside the majestic Lingxiao Palace.

Led by eight universe lords, including Zi Ni Chang and Hong Er, followed by a thousand overlord-level heavenly generals, and then more than twelve thousand alien servants at the peak of the King level or above.

After Hong'er and her seven companions became Lords of the Universe, 140 years passed in the Primal Universe and 14 years passed in the Hall of a Thousand Times Time.

After the seven of them cultivated the first Ultimate Universe Lord-level legion with a full complement of 100,000 units, Lu Jin asked them to take some time to cultivate cannon fodder-level Venerable Warriors before starting to cultivate the second Ultimate Universe Lord-level legion.

These cannon fodder-level Venerable warriors, along with the Heavenly Generals already in place, brought Lu Jin together a thousand Overlord-level Heavenly Generals.

Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that more than thirty years ago, King Jin Jiao integrated the three mysteries of space, mastered the complete laws of space, and entered the ranks of cosmic venerables.

After Lu Jin gave him a Law Bead of the Three Profound Levels of Time and arranged for him to have a hundred times the extreme amplitude, making him comparable to a top-grade high-level treasure, Jin Jiao Wang became the first alien universe overlord under the Heavenly Court.

Of course, whether it's the Thousand Heavenly Generals or Venerable Jin Jiao, they currently only possess peak-level secret techniques. Compared to veteran cosmic overlords, they are still a level below in terms of secret techniques, and their overall strength can only be considered that of a relatively average cosmic overlord.

Mobilizing the authority of the Heavenly Realm and activating a thousandfold time acceleration covering the entire Lingxiao Palace, Lu Jin said in a deep voice: "The divine tree inside the palace is the Bodhi tree, which can greatly enhance one's mind and enlightenment."

The 10081 images on the palace walls correspond to the life gene maps of ordinary life and perfect gene life. By modifying oneself according to the gene map, one can improve one's life genes.

Sixty years after the beginning of the primordial universe, the Heavenly Court was officially born.

The Lingxiao Palace has a time acceleration of a thousand times, and there are still 60,000 years left.

"Those who are not skilled in crafting should first create the ultimate secret technique. Once the ultimate secret technique is created, they can then study the genetic blueprint to enhance their life's genes."

Lu Jin set the official birth of the Heavenly Court sixty years after the beginning of the primordial universe, and this was not without reason.

Sixty years in the outside world becomes sixty thousand years with a thousand-fold time acceleration. This is exactly the time it would take for Hong'er and her six companions to complete their second army of 100,000 Limit Universe Lords.

Furthermore, with the Bodhi tree's blessing of enlightenment, sixty thousand years should be enough for Hong'er and the others, along with most of the heavenly generals, to comprehend the ultimate secret techniques.

Moreover, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Zi Ni Chang's treasure-refining skills will also break through again, reaching the level of high-grade treasures.

If a high-level treasure set comparable to a top-tier treasure can be crafted at that time, it will also be of great significance to the Heavenly Court.

"By the order of the Heavenly Emperor!"

Zi Nishang and Hong'er, along with the other seven, were the first to bow and pay their respects.

"By the order of the Heavenly Emperor!"

The remaining powerful figures from the Heavenly Court followed closely behind.

The time for the Heavenly Court's emergence has been set, so the title 'Master' is no longer appropriate; it should be called 'Heavenly Emperor'.

Afterwards, the celestial generals and the foreign kings and servants retreated to various parts of the hall. Under the blessing of the Bodhi tree, they either created secret techniques, comprehended the way of refining treasures, or comprehended the laws of higher realms.

While training the warriors of the Ultimate Universe, Hong'er and her seven companions perfected their own secret techniques.

"Your Majesty, what about me?"

Zi Nishang asked.

Lu Jin said, "First, improve your treasure refining skills. Once you can refine high-level treasures of the domain, soul, and palace types, then you can start creating secret techniques. Also, give me any extra treasures you have."

The Qiankun Cauldron has an automatic treasure-refining mode that can replicate the entire treasure-refining process of a treasure refiner. When sufficient energy and materials are put in, it can automatically produce treasures.

If Zi Ni Chang doesn't pursue improving her treasure-refining skills, and instead creates secret techniques, it won't affect the wealth generated by the Qiankun Cauldron.

In this way, the priority is naturally to break through the treasure refining technique and create the ultimate secret method, so that the Qiankun Cauldron can produce more wealth in the same amount of time.

Nodding slightly, Zi Nishang handed Lu Jin a world ring: "It's all here."

"Approximately how many treasure points can I get?"

"Infuse divine power into the World Ring to establish it as yours and investigate," Lu Jin asked.

Zi Nishang said, "More than 1,400 treasures, worth about 30,000 treasure points."

The Qiankun Cauldron is of extremely high quality, which not only increases the success rate of treasure refining, but also greatly improves the efficiency of treasure refining.

In addition, with her unique treasure-refining method that differs from the mainstream of the universe, Zi Ni Chang's treasure-refining speed is far beyond that of other treasure refiners of the same level in the universe.

However, while the efficiency of refining treasures is high, the shortage is also considerable.

There are thousands of overlord-level celestial generals! We can't just leave them empty-handed, can we?
Top-tier common treasure armor sets, top-tier common treasure weapon sets, top-tier common treasure domains, top-tier common soul treasures, and top-tier common palace treasures—these are the standard equipment for overlord-level heavenly generals under the Heavenly Court.

Five thousand treasures of various kinds, each worth more than ordinary high-grade treasures, directly emptied most of Zi Ni Chang's treasure-refining inventory over the years.

Lu Jin nodded: "Thirty thousand Treasure Points should be enough if we have the goods."

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

Lu Jin raised his hand and summoned two beams of glazed light from the Bodhi tree in Lingxiao Palace. Two Bodhi seeds, shaped like peach pits, with a body as clear as glazed glass and covered with golden patterns, appeared and then shrank to a diameter of about an inch before falling in front of Lu Jin.

Lu Jin stored one of the Bodhi seeds in his external storage space, then waved his hand, sending the other Bodhi seed across space to land in a world ring within the Time Palace.

Inside the World Ring.

"???"

Looking at the Bodhi seed that appeared before him, the Golden Horned Beast Luo Feng's eyes were full of doubt.

"What I give you can enhance your mind and understanding."

Lu Jin's voice echoed in Luo Feng's mind.

There are three thousand Bodhi seeds, so giving Luo Feng one to play with is certainly no problem.

"Swish!" "Swish!"

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, the Water Qilin clone in human form and the Time Dragon clone teleported in.

The main body then left the Lingxiao Palace and, with the authority of the Heavenly Realm, opened up a region of 100 times time acceleration for the Netherworld Heaven and the Seven Clouds Heaven.

The eight time acceleration zones within the Eight Heavens directly covered the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, as well as the Netherworld Blood Sea clones of Hong'er and the other seven.

Accelerating time a hundredfold is equivalent to increasing the expansion speed of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone and its seven Netherworld Sea clones a hundredfold.

Outside Lingxiao Palace.

He glanced at the Lingxiao Palace, which spanned a million kilometers in the center, the Huaxian Palace and Tiangong Palace, which spanned a hundred thousand kilometers on either side, and the Crystal Inheritance Tower, which stood a hundred thousand kilometers high, behind the Lingxiao Palace, as well as the Peach Garden and Ginseng Fruit Garden, which were tens of thousands of kilometers high.

With a flick of his wrist, Lu Jin conjured a palm-sized, nine-story white jade pagoda, which then landed beside the Crystal Inheritance Tower and transformed into a colossal white jade pagoda, also 100,000 kilometers tall.

With a flash, Lu Jin stepped through the white jade pagoda gate, which was thousands of kilometers high, and entered the Heavenly Court Inheritance Pagoda.

As soon as he stepped into the Inheritance Tower, Lu Jin stretched out his hand into the vast starry sky, and countless stars came into view.

The countless stars scattered across the vast cosmos are each a jade slip of memory, containing different inheritances.

‘Wow! ’

At this moment, white jade light gathered in front of Lu Jin, and a three-inch-tall girl in a white dress appeared, stepping on a small auspicious cloud.

"I've seen my master every day."

The spirit of the inheritance tower, named 'Tiantian' when Lu Jin recognized it as his master, respectfully bowed to Lu Jin.

"Tian Tian, ​​show me the basics of the Inheritance Tower."

Lu Jin spoke to the artifact spirit, Tian Tian.

Tian Tian said, "Master, the Inheritance Tower contains countless memory jade slips, containing a wide variety of secret techniques, including melee combat, ranged attacks, soul techniques, and treasure refining. It is all-encompassing, and there are even some supernatural powers among them."

"Magic?"

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

Tian Tian nodded and said, "Yes, there are two supernatural powers, named 'Three Heads and Six Arms' and 'Law of Heaven and Earth'."

However, both of these supernatural abilities are incomplete, consisting only of the first three levels, and are divided into three parts, placed on the third, fourth, and fifth levels.

"Three Heads and Six Arms" is a secret technique of burning divine power. Based on the original burning of divine power, each level of cultivation can increase strength tenfold, and the third level can increase strength a thousandfold.

"The Law of Heaven and Earth" is a secret technique for expanding the divine body. Each level of cultivation can increase the height or length of the divine body tenfold and increase the divine power storage of the divine body a thousandfold.

Cultivating to the third level can increase the height or length of the divine body by a thousand times and increase the divine power reserves by a billion times.

However, the expansion of the divine body in "The Law of Heaven and Earth" cannot exceed the upper limit allowed by the rules.

Furthermore, although cultivating these two supernatural abilities does not require the consumption of resources, the difficulty of cultivation is extremely high.

The first level of the two supernatural abilities is placed on the third floor of the Inheritance Tower. This doesn't mean that even a Cosmic Venerable can enter it; it simply means that those below the Cosmic Venerable level cannot successfully cultivate it.

(End of this chapter)