Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 236 A Glimpse of Beauty, Planting Ice Lotus in the Void, The Hunt
Then, Lu Jin looked at the many heavenly generals and alien servants in the Lingxiao Palace and said, "There are still ten thousand years before the Heavenly Court is officially born."

In these final ten thousand years, you should strive to improve your own strength as quickly as possible.

Once the Heavenly Court is officially established, the thousand-fold time acceleration, the enlightenment enhancement from the Bodhi Tree, and the unrestricted access to inheritance within the Inheritance Tower—all of these will require contribution points to exchange for.

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. Lu Jin has made everything in the Heavenly Court freely available to the many heavenly generals and alien servants.

Even for each alien servant who has stepped into the realm of a Cosmic Venerable, Lu Jin would arrange for a hundred times the extreme amplitude, as well as a complete set of top-tier treasures.

However, after the Heavenly Court was established and its internal contribution system was formally established, such good fortune ceased to exist.

Otherwise, as the Heavenly Court grows stronger, there will eventually be a time when the thousand-fold time acceleration cannot cover everything, and sooner or later there will be so many powerful beings around the Bodhi Tree that there will be no room for them all.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

Many heavenly generals and foreign servants bowed and said.

At this moment, the more than 8,000 alien servants in the Lingxiao Palace who had not yet become Universe Venerables felt a strong sense of urgency.

Despite the Bodhi Tree greatly enhancing their enlightenment, they still failed to become cosmic masters after fifty thousand years.

Without the enlightenment bestowed by the Bodhi Tree, he would probably never have the chance to become a cosmic sage in this lifetime.

As for the cultivation opportunity under the Bodhi Tree, how much contribution is needed to exchange for it?
Although it is not clear at the moment, it is certain that this kind of training opportunity is extremely precious.

Similarly, the few celestial generals in the Lingxiao Palace who failed to create the ultimate secret technique of the universe overlord also felt a sense of urgency.

The Heavenly General, who had already created the ultimate secret technique of the universe overlord, was even more eager to create the ultimate secret technique of the universe master.

His Majesty the Great Heavenly Emperor has long stated that when a Law Godhood of the Universe Lord level is created in the future, it will be given priority to the Heavenly General who creates the ultimate secret technique of the Universe Lord.

It was originally almost impossible for the cosmic overlord to create the ultimate secret technique of the cosmic master.

However, with the Bodhi Tree, which can greatly enhance one's understanding, this almost impossible thing becomes somewhat possible.

Of course, they also knew that in these last ten thousand years, it was impossible to create the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe.

If you take the first step, and keep taking the first step, always going one step ahead of others, and accumulate this experience countless times, won't you eventually be able to surpass them completely?
Moreover, if we were to say which of the heavenly generals felt the strongest sense of urgency, it would undoubtedly be Zi Zhenfeng.

You should know that he used to be the head of the security department of Yanhuang Company, and now he is also the head of many Heavenly Generals.

If my subordinates surpass me in the future, where will I put my face?

It's no exaggeration to say that a trend called "involution" has begun to spread within the Lingxiao Palace, and it is destined to spread to the entire Heavenly Court in the future.

Six thousand years later, inside the Lingxiao Palace.

The main body and the water qilin avatar are currently studying the eight mysterious patterns of water beasts.

Ten thousand Blood God Child incarnations are using the ultimate template of the Great Secret Pattern of the strongest talent technique 'Chaotic Tide' to continuously arrange and combine the mysterious patterns of the eight water beasts in various ways, experimenting with different secret techniques.

Some secret methods consist of only eight small secret patterns, but the order in which these eight patterns are arranged is different.

Some secret techniques involve a combination of nine secret patterns. Although only one of the eight secret patterns is repeated, the types of repetitions are different, and the order of the eight secret patterns is also different.

Some have ten or more secret patterns, and not only are the types of repeated secret patterns different, but the number of repetitions also varies.

It can be said that the combination of secret techniques based on the eight mysterious patterns of water beasts has almost infinite possibilities.

Different combinations and arrangements of secret runes result in different secret techniques, naturally leading to vastly different levels of power.

Furthermore, as the comprehension of the eight mysterious patterns of the water beasts deepens, the overall level of the secret techniques created by the ten thousand Blood God Child incarnations through the arrangement and combination of the patterns is also steadily improving.

If one's luck is exceptionally strong, there is a possibility that by sheer chance, one might create the ultimate secret technique of the universe using the eight mystical patterns of water beasts.

But theory is just theory, and it is not the same as practice.

This is similar to the idea that any human being theoretically capable of becoming the master of the universe.

But can just anyone become the master of the universe?

Creating secret techniques using secret patterns also requires a foundation.

The more powerful the secret technique, the more perfect the combination of runes.

The higher the foundation and the more solid the base, the more likely it is to eliminate a large portion of the "imperfect" secret pattern combinations during the "random creation" process.

By eliminating some imperfect combinations, the probability of achieving 'perfection' naturally increases.

Even if you don't win the grand prize, you can still win a second or third prize, combine them to create a near-perfect secret pattern, and create a high-grade secret technique.

For example, when he first embarked on the path of the Secret Pattern School, most of the secret techniques he created were ordinary secret techniques, and only occasionally could he create top-level secret techniques.

But more than 50,000 years of dedicated study, coupled with the great blessing of the Bodhi tree to enhance his understanding.

At present, he can easily create the peak secret technique of the universe overlord, and occasionally even the ultimate secret technique of the universe overlord.

To date, he has mastered more than a hundred ultimate secret techniques of the cosmic overlord level, with different combinations of secret patterns.

Perhaps one day, when luck is on our side, we will be able to create the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe.

Tens of thousands of Blood God Children transformed into divine power, constantly forming complex secret patterns, and secret techniques were continuously performed within the Lingxiao Palace.

However, all the secret techniques were suppressed by Lu Jin using the authority of the Lord of Heaven the moment their power was displayed.

To avoid affecting the cultivation of other Blood God Child incarnations within the hall, as well as the cultivation of numerous Heavenly Generals and alien servants within the hall.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

Countless blue threads emerged from in front of a Blood God Child's avatar, and twelve minor secret patterns of eight water beast gods, four of which were repeated, quickly combined together.

"call out!"

Suddenly, a dazzling blue-gold light appeared inside the Lingxiao Palace and shot straight towards the majestic palace wall.

At this moment, gazing at the profound and mysterious patterns that appeared before him, the Blood God's avatar was involuntarily immersed in them.

The true self, the clones, and all the incarnations are connected in consciousness. This Blood God Child incarnation in the creation of the Dharma saw it, and all of Lu Jin's bodies also saw it and were immersed in this mysterious Great Secret Pattern composed of twelve small secret pattern diagrams.

"boom--"

A violent roar resounded, and the brilliant blue-gold light, which had not been suppressed by Lu Jin's use of his authority, carved a spatial chasm in the air inside the hall, directly shattering the walls of the Lingxiao Hall, and then disappeared into the boundless Great Luo Heaven.

The violent roar startled all the cultivators in the Lingxiao Palace.

Zi Ni Chang and Hong Er, along with the seven others, numerous heavenly generals, and foreign servants, all turned to look at Lu Jin.

"It's alright, you can continue."

Lu Jin, who was involuntarily immersed in the combination of secret patterns, was also awakened. After waving his hand, he had a thought and the damaged walls of Lingxiao Palace were restored to their original state.

Lu Jin looked at Zi Ni Chang and said, "Ni Chang, you should refine some more top-grade palace treasures with the ability to transform, to replace all the important buildings in the Heavenly Court."

The existing buildings in the Heavenly Court, apart from a few provided by external aids, were all created by Lu Jin through the authority of the Lord of the Heavenly Realm, much like a Realm Lord using the power of the world to create all things. Naturally, the strength of these buildings is not high.

Let alone a cosmic sage, it could shatter even an immortal being.

Lu Jin hadn't noticed this before, but now that he has, it's natural that he needs to upgrade and replace it.

This is a supreme treasure of the highest level palace, so tough that even a fifth-order universe lord cannot break it, which is enough to demonstrate the majesty of the Heavenly Court.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor."

Zi Nishang responded.

Subsequently, Lu Jin's true form teleported out of Lingxiao Palace and arrived above the endless golden sea of ​​clouds hundreds of light-years away.

"Shh!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and waved it. As his divine power surged, countless threads of law were strung together and outlined, forming a secret pattern that exuded infinite pressure and was composed of twelve mysterious patterns of water beasts.

Immediately afterwards, another secret pattern appeared.

This rune diagram is composed of eight smaller rune diagrams and is the rune diagram of a supreme secret technique for cosmic overlords that he created a few years ago.

In comparison, the pressure emanating from the new large secret pattern composed of twelve minor secret patterns of the Water Beast God is a level higher than that emanating from the secret pattern of the ultimate secret technique of the cosmic overlord.

Determining the grade of a secret technique is simple: take the secret technique rune diagram of an unknown grade and compare it with the secret technique rune diagram of a known grade.

Without deliberate suppression, the rune patterns will all emit a powerful aura. The stronger the aura of a rune pattern, the higher the grade and power of the mystical technique it represents.

If it's a level above the ultimate secret technique of the universe overlord, then it's naturally the ultimate secret technique of the universe master.

Immediately, Lu Jin's thoughts stirred, and the supreme treasure, the World-Destroying Divine Armor, manifested in ice-blue, while the top-grade supreme treasure weapon, the World-Destroying Divine Sword, also appeared in his hand.

As the icy blue divine sword was unleashed, the laws of water and space fusion were activated, and profound and mysterious patterns condensed, radiating boundless pressure. A dazzling icy blue sword rainbow was unleashed.

"puff!"

A dazzling icy blue light flashed, and as the fleeting blue-gold sword rainbow disappeared, a spatial chasm stretching for hundreds of millions of kilometers appeared in the Great Luo Heaven, as if the entire sky had been cleaved in two by this sword.

The next second, the ice-blue divine sword in Lu Jin's hand transformed into a claw that enveloped his entire palm, with five ice-blue claw blades at the front.

"puff!"

A dazzling ice-blue light reappeared, and a blue-gold claw-like beam shot out. Below the billions of kilometers of spatial chasm that were automatically repairing in the sky above the Great Luo Heaven, another equally enormous spatial chasm appeared.

These are all martial arts-type close combat techniques, transforming swordsmanship into claw techniques—that shouldn't be too easy.

"Not bad!"

Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction after retrieving the World-Destroying Divine Armor and its derived supreme treasure, the Claw.

Compared to the strongest innate secret technique 'Chaotic Tide', this ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe has much less power, but its divine power consumption is also greatly reduced.

After unleashing the Chaos Tide, the divine power of the main body, spanning over 90,000 kilometers, will be completely exhausted in 90 seconds.

If one can unleash this ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, the consumption of divine power is just a drop in the ocean for one's massive divine body, which spans over 90,000 kilometers.

"Let's call it 'Jinghong' (惊鸿)."

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin gave the newly created ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe a name.

Time flies, and another three thousand years have passed within the Lingxiao Palace. In the Great Luo Heaven, above the endless golden sea of ​​clouds, Lu Jin stands suspended in the air.

"Wow—"

With a thought, Lu Jin unleashed boundless icy blue light, instantly filling an area of ​​several light-years with countless icy blue flames.

Amidst the surging divine power, within the boundless domain of icy blue flames, a large number of enormous icy blue lotus plants, each with twelve petals and radiating a chilling aura, condensed.

'burst!'

With a low shout from Lu Jin, all the large number of ice-blue lotus plants that had condensed within the domain exploded after emitting a dazzling ice-blue light.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

At this moment, countless terrifying ice explosions suddenly appeared within the ice and flame domain that spanned several light-years.

Within a million kilometers of each Ice Blue Lotus plant, space instantly shattered and turned into nothingness.

While a large number of Ice Blue Lotus plants exploded and shattered the space, a large number of Ice Blue Lotus plants instantly condensed from within the Ice Flame Domain.

The Ice Blue Lotus plant kept bursting apart and then instantly reappearing, repeating endlessly.

A moment later, Lu Jin stopped activating the secret technique and withdrew the ice flame domain formed by the Karmic Fire Lotus.

'We also have a secret technique for large-scale control using conventional methods.'

After testing the newly created ultimate secret technique of the universe master, 'Void Ice Lotus', which is of the controller type, Lu Jin thought to himself.

Although his strength has not yet reached the upper limit of the current stage, such as the supernatural power 'three heads and six arms', he has not had time to cultivate it because he was busy comprehending the law of water and space fusion and creating the law.

However, with only one year left in the original universe before the Heavenly Court is scheduled to be born, it is time to launch a hunting operation to take the life of at least one demon race universe lord and establish the prestige of the Heavenly Court.

In the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom, in the Vast Cold Star Region, within the spatial interlayer.

"Shh!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and summoned Yaochi Heaven, which had originally vanished into the origin of the universe, back into a colorful glass sphere.

The small glass ball shimmered with light, transforming into a dazzling stream of light that disappeared into the enormous divine realm of Zi Nishang not far ahead.

Suddenly, a shimmering, iridescent light emanated from the enormous divine kingdom in front of them, and then spread outwards at a speed exceeding the speed of light.

After a long while, once the radiant light enveloped the entire divine kingdom, Lu Jin had a thought, and Zi Ni Chang's divine kingdom disappeared in the spatial interlayer and was taken into the Yaochi Heaven.

At the same time, the fixed divine realm channel connecting the divine realm to Guanghan Star was also automatically disconnected.

However, since Lu Jin had already issued a notice, it did not cause any panic.

After the Heavenly Court was established, its initial territory consisted only of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, which had been negotiated with the Lord of Chaos City.

As for the Guanghan Star Region, we can communicate through the virtual universe for now, since the chief governor of the star region is also an immortal god under the Heavenly Court.

Subsequently, the consciousness of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone in the Netherworld Heaven communicated with the Kunlun Mirror and teleported the main body, which was in the spatial interlayer, back to the Netherworld Heaven.

"Shh!"

In the Netherworld, on the throne of the Divine Kingdom Temple, Lu Jin's figure appeared.

"Are you ready?"

Lu Jin spoke to Zi Nishang and the other seven people, including Hong'er, inside the temple.

"Ready!"

The eight people responded in unison.

At this moment, Hong'er said, "The target of this hunt is the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf."

The Lord of Sirius possesses a supreme-grade palace treasure; physical attacks of no more than the fifth rank are basically ineffective against him.

If he also possesses a top-grade high-level soul treasure, after being weakened by both the palace treasure and the soul treasure, even a soul attack of no more than the fifth rank would be no match for the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf.

"Your Majesty, you won't let Cheng'er and me make the first move. At that point, the other universe lords of the demon race, and even the two demon ancestors, will surely arrive quickly. What do you plan to do?"

Lu Jin said, "According to the intelligence department of Virtual Universe Company, the number of universe masters of the demon race is no less than 21, and there should be a few more hidden in secret."

This hunt involves the Sirius Lord, who must die.

All the demon race universe lords who are present at that time, regardless of whether they are clones or not, will be targeted for elimination if they do not possess supreme palace treasures.

The hunt ends once all targets on the battlefield have perished or have taken refuge in the supreme treasures of other demon race universe lords' palaces.

It must be admitted that palace treasures are very powerful, especially the top-tier palace treasures within the primordial universe.

The palace's treasures are almost immune to material attacks and greatly weaken soul attacks.

Such a supreme palace treasure, if only a cosmic overlord were to use it, a fifth-order cosmic lord would definitely be able to take it down.

However, if it were a universe master, unless it were a weakling who had just stepped from universe overlord to universe master and hadn't even had time to improve the size of their divine body, or encountering a top-tier sealing treasure, it would be impossible.

Otherwise, even fifth-tier universe lords like the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Chaos City wouldn't be able to defeat him.

Even the strongest being in the universe couldn't handle a cosmic ruler who possessed a top-tier palace treasure without a supreme sealing treasure.

Therefore, in this hunt, Lu Jin only targeted the demon race universe lords who did not possess top-tier palace treasures.

After all, the Demon Clan Universe Lord possesses a top-tier palace treasure. If the opponent hides inside the palace treasure, there is basically no hope of capturing him within the Primal Universe.

After a pause, Lu Jin continued, "Not counting affiliated clans, but only our own clan members, all demons are flesh-and-blood beings with souls. Hong'er, you should prioritize controlling the ghost warriors to perform secret combined attacks."

This battle is not only a test of the Heavenly Court's authority, but also a battle to enhance its foundation.

What is its underlying foundation?

It is naturally derived from the spacetime law divine spark of the corpse of the Lord of the Universe, or a fused law divine spark.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hong'er and the other six responded in unison.

"Get ready for action."

Lu Jin waved his hand, and then his Netherworld Blood Sea clone communicated with the Kunlun Mirror, locating the Kunlun Mirror which had been placed in advance in the 'Sirius Star Region' of the demon race's territory. The detection perspective then continued to extend towards the location of the Lord of Sirius.

In Lu Jin's eyes, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, whose strength was only at the third level and who could only rely on the supreme treasure of the Heavenly Wolf Palace to show off his power, was undoubtedly a soft target, and his location was easy to find.

This guy is the strongest member of the Sirius Clan, one of the eighteen royal clans of the demon race. To make it easier for the Universe Venerables of the Sirius Clan to find him, he stays in a fixed location unless he has to go out.

Even the intelligence department of the Virtual Universe Company can determine accurate cosmic coordinates.

This is similar to the Chaos City Lord's main body and two clones. Except for the main body, whose location is unknown, the locations of the Thousand Treasures River clone and the Main Slaughter clone are known to all the major forces in the primordial universe.

It's hard to say what will happen if he goes outside, but if he stays in his own territory, as a cosmic lord from a top-tier race, why would he be afraid of enemies coming to his door?
"Shh!"

The next moment, a magnificent crystal palace, 100,000 kilometers high, covered with countless mysterious patterns, surrounded by water vapor, and with a pale blue color, appeared inside the temple.

It was Lan'er's supreme palace treasure, the 'Azure Wave Palace'.

After the Azure Wave Palace materialized, Hong'er and her six companions flew into the palace's treasures, then released the Mother Nest from the World Ring, and their Legion of Ultimate Universe Lord-level Warriors began to form ranks.

"Swish!" "Swish!"

Immediately afterwards, the two figures teleported into the temple.

It was the Water Kirin clone and the strongest Blood God's incarnation.

Subsequently, the illusionary divine power was activated, and the strongest Blood God Child transformed into the appearance of the original body, which was then stored in Lu Jin's specially made high-grade treasure-level world ring.

This battle will require the use of Lan'er's 'Azure Wave Palace'. The Ancestral God Sect will definitely know that the Water Qilin clone is related to the Heavenly Court, so it's fine to put the Water Qilin clone in the open.

However, the strongest Blood God Child avatar, who was not carrying any supreme treasures at the time, participated in the hunting operation, but was not used as combat power, but as a 'second health bar'.

The divine power of the main body is shared with all its clones and incarnations. By consuming the divine power of the clones or incarnations, the divine power consumed by the main body can be instantly replenished.

In this way, by having the strongest Blood God Child avatar inside the World Ring, the main body essentially gains a second health bar.

Moreover, it can prioritize consuming the divine power of the strongest Blood God Child incarnation, ensuring that the main body's strength remains at its peak.

If a Kunlun Token is placed inside the World Ring, and the Netherworld Blood Sea Avatar wielding the Kunlun Mirror uses the Kunlun Mirror's spatial teleportation ability to continuously send the strongest Blood God Child avatar that it condenses there, then he is essentially carrying the Netherworld Blood Sea Avatar with him at all times.

It can be said that unless he encounters an irresistible soul technique, or his opponent's attack is powerful enough to kill him in one move.

Otherwise, to kill him, we would have to exhaust the entire Netherworld Blood Sea first.

As for the Time Dragon's clone, it will remain hidden for now.

I need to hide at least one pseudonym, otherwise it will be inconvenient to cause trouble when I go to the Cosmic Sea in the future.

Before long, within the God's-eye view, which has a diameter of one hundred billion kilometers, a magnificent palace appeared.

The majestic palace was surrounded by flames, clusters of black, white, purple, and red flames, resembling stars of various colors.

This magnificent fiery palace is none other than the Heavenly Wolf Palace, a supreme treasure and top-grade palace belonging to the Heavenly Wolf Lord of the Demon Clan.

"Fatty, send a message to the Lord of Chaos City, telling him that the Heavenly Court has begun its operation."

After locking onto the target, Lu Jin gave an instruction to Fatty.

"Yes, Master."

Fatty responded.

Subsequently, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone in the center of the Divine Kingdom moved its mind and teleported the main body, the Water Qilin clone, and Zi Ni Chang to the starry sky not far from the Heavenly Wolf Palace.

As for the seven people, including Hong'er, who entered the Azure Wave Misty Palace, they were to be used as a backup plan, and would only join the other universe lords of the demon race after they arrived at the battlefield.

To avoid their own forces being too strong, causing the weaker universe lords of the demon race to be afraid to support the Lord of Sirius.

(End of this chapter)