Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 237 The Demon Lord Who Delivered the Demon's Head
The initial universe's Chaos City, within the Chaos Ruins.

'The operation has begun?'

Upon receiving Lu Jin's letter, the Lord of Chaos City raised an eyebrow.

Immediately, the Lord of Chaos City separated a wisp of his consciousness, logged into the virtual universe, and summoned all the universe lords of the human race to gather at the 'Giant Axe Temple'.

There are two types of high-level meetings of the human race.

One type is a large-scale conference, which can be attended by the Universal Venerables. The conference venue is located in the Temple of the Gods on the Virtual Universe Mountain of Gods.

Another type is a small-scale meeting called the Giant Axe Meeting, which can only be attended by the Lord of the Universe and above, and the meeting place is located in front of the Giant Axe Temple.

If the Heavenly Court intends to take action against a certain cosmic being of the demon race, it is naturally very necessary for the highest levels of the human race to pay close attention.

If the Heavenly Court is not strong enough, the operation fails, or even if it cannot escape unscathed, the other universe lords of the human race certainly cannot stand by and watch them perish.

After all, even the most useless ruler of the universe possesses the ability to reverse time and resurrect life, which is of great strategic significance to the human race.

If the Heavenly Court is truly powerful and manages to eliminate the Demon Race's Universe Lord, then the Human Race must prepare for the Demon Race's subsequent retaliation.

Similarly, how will the Heavenly Court exert its influence among the human race in the future?

Whether it is comparable to the Giant Axe Arena and the Virtual Universe Company, or on par with the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, the First Cosmic Bank, and the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, or even becomes the weakest of the six major powers, depends on the specific strength of the Heavenly Court.

Those with greater strength have greater influence and power.

Weakness means less say.

This is an eternal and unchanging principle in the universe.

Somewhere in the Sirius region of the Demon Clan's territory.

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

Three figures suddenly appeared in the void.

Glancing at the majestic Sirius Palace suspended in the void hundreds of billions of kilometers away, Lu Jin instructed Fatty, "Fatty, activate the virtual universe network for synchronous transmission."

Fatty replied, "Yes, Master, virtual universe network synchronization transmission has been activated."

At the same time, Lu Jin's ice-blue World-Destroying Divine Armor, along with its derived World-Destroying Divine Sword and World-Destroying Divine Wings, materialized.

The world-destroying divine armor manifested by the water unicorn clone beside him was blue and gold, and the melee weapon derived from it was not a divine sword, but four blue and gold hooves.

The world-destroying divine armor and wings manifested by Zi Ni Chang are five colors: gold, green, blue, red, and yellow, resembling glass armor and glass wings.

"Sirius, come out here!"

Lu Jin activated his divine power, and a booming sound resounded for trillions of kilometers around.

Inside the Sirius Palace, a gigantic Sirius, its body as black as ink and its fur wreathed in flames, suddenly opened its enormous, fiery eyes, its gaze piercing the starry sky and landing on the two people and the beast in the far distance.

Suddenly, the Sirius Lord's enormous pupils contracted sharply.

Three cosmic lords?

The person is not good!
As for the specific species, the Lord of Sirius couldn't tell.

After all, there are many secret techniques for divine transformation in the universe, and given the unfamiliar aura, it is impossible to make a judgment.

Immediately, the divine power avatar left by the Lord of Sirius in the Zhenzu Secret Realm 'Demon God Palace' notified the other divine power avatars left by the other universe lords of the demon race.

Two fists can't fight four hands, and given his own limited strength, the Lord of Sirius, who still had a sense of self-awareness, dared not delay.

"Who are you all?"

Inside the Sirius Palace, the Lord of Sirius spoke in a deep voice.

With the opponent's strength unknown, the Lord of Sirius dared not leave the Sirius Palace, lest the opponent, lacking martial ethics, join forces with his men to severely injure him.

"Human race, Heavenly Court, Lord of Lingxiao."

"The Heavenly Court, the Lord of Taiyin."

"The Heavenly Court, the Lord of Yaochi."

Lu Jin himself, the Water Qilin clone, and Zi Nishang spoke.

Then, Lu Jin pointed his icy blue divine sword directly at the Heavenly Wolf Palace: "Heavenly Wolf, I can give you half a minute to give your last words."

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Sirius was furious.

Since he is the ruler of the human universe, he must be newly promoted.

After all, among all the information the demon race had collected about the lords of the universe, whether it was the primordial universe or the cosmic sea, there was absolutely nothing about the Lord of Lingxiao. This was the first time he had ever heard of the title 'Lord of Lingxiao'.

As for the Lingxiao King, who became famous on the battlefields beyond the realm?

How can mere immortality compare to the Lord of the Universe?

The Lord of Sirius didn't even connect the two together.

How dare a newly promoted Lord of the Universe provoke the great Lord of Sirius?
And they even came to provoke us from within their own demon clan's territory?

They're practically asking for trouble!
Suddenly, the Lord of Sirius narrowed his eyes.

No, no, how shrewd is the Chaos City Lord of the human race?

How could we possibly allow the newly crowned ruler of the universe to come to our own demon race's territory and deliver his head to the ground?
Either one of these two humans and one beast is a fifth-order universe master, or there is a human universe master lying in ambush.

Just then, two dazzling beams of divine kingdom teleportation light, one gold and one black, simultaneously lit up among the meteorite clusters floating in the starry sky not far from the Sirius Palace.

When the light of the divine kingdom's teleportation dissipated, a magnificent golden palace hundreds of thousands of kilometers high and a demon race universe lord, thousands of kilometers long, shaped like a crocodile, with four hooves, countless black spikes on its back, and covered in jet-black scales, descended.

This time, the Lord of Sirius's plea for help resulted in the arrival of two demon race universe lords.

'Lord of Behemoths, Lord of the Dark Templars.'

Lu Jin immediately recognized their identities.

The Lord of Behemoths is a member of the Golden Behemoth Clan, one of the eighteen royal clans of the demon race. He possesses the top-tier palace treasure, the 'Golden Palace,' and has the strength of a fourth-order universe lord.

The Lord of the Netherworld is a member of the Nethercrocodile clan, a royal family of the demon race, and possesses the strength of a third-tier universe lord.

Although, according to the intelligence gathered by the human race, this Lord of the Netherworld does not possess any high-grade palace treasures, nor does he have the ability to create clones.

However, it is rumored that he once obtained a special opportunity, and his life-saving methods are not much worse than those of Sirius, who is also a third-order universe master.

'Ni Chang, you'll be in charge of keeping the Behemoth Lord in check from now on.'

Lu Jin transmitted his voice to Zi Nishang.

'Um. ’

Zi Ni Chang nodded slightly.

"Hmm? Are you the Netherworld Sect of the Ancestral God?"

Arriving via teleportation from the divine realm, the Lord of the Netherworld was immediately surprised to see a Water Kirin clone among the three hostile universe lords.

The special life form 'Netherworld' is a genius highly valued by the Ancestral God Cult.

Although the King of the Underworld is merely immortal, the one before them is the ruler of the universe.

However, its unique appearance, which bears many similarities to the naturally born water beast god, made it immediately recognized by the Lord of the Netherworld, who controlled the intelligence system of the demon race.

Those born into elite clans, the stronger they are, the less they want to antagonize the Ancestral God Cult.

The Ancestral God Cult is the number one power in the primordial universe, and there is no conflict of interest between the Ancestral God Cult and the demon race.

In the eyes of the Lord of the Netherworld, minor conflicts and contradictions are fine, but if the Netherworld is really wiped out, the Ancestral God Sect will definitely hate the demon race, which is completely unnecessary and will not benefit the demon race.

Raising its head, the water unicorn clone said, "Insect, I am the Lord of Taiyin in the Heavenly Court. Don't call me by the wrong title."

Of course, I am also a member of an outer organization of the Ancestral God Cult.

"Taiyin, I advise you not to get involved in the feud between the human race and my demon race."

"The Lord of the Dark Demons said in a deep voice."

At this moment, seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, now emboldened, stepped out of the Heavenly Wolf Palace and said, "Youmo, why waste words with him? Since he dares to be an enemy of my demon race, he is destined to die!"

"My Heavenly Court wanted to take Tianlang's life, and the demon race only sent you two rotten eggs and tomatoes?"

After glancing at the Lord of Sirius, Lu Jin addressed the Lord of Behemoth and the Lord of the Netherworld.

"You arrogant brat, die!"

Enraged by being called a rotten egg or a rotten tomato, the Lord of Behemoth immediately appeared before the gates of the Golden Palace and unleashed a claw strike, burning his divine power.

"boom--"

In an instant, the starry sky trembled and shattered, a dazzling golden light flashed, and a giant golden claw that blotted out the sky slammed down directly towards Lu Jin and his companion.

"Hmph! Five-Colored Divine Light!"

Zi Ni Chang snorted coldly, her divine power burning and surging, and endless glazed brilliance bloomed, filling the starry sky within a radius of ten light-years with five-colored flames.

Immediately afterwards, the five-colored flames converged, and a dazzling beam of light, interwoven with gold, green, blue, red, and yellow, shot out instantly, meeting the giant golden claw that the Lord of Behemoth had brought down.

"boom--"

A deafening roar erupted, and a dazzling beam of light, interwoven with five colors, instantly obliterated the colossal golden claw that blotted out the sky. It then struck the majestic golden palace, causing it to tremble.

Five-Colored Divine Light, the ultimate secret technique created by Zi Ni Chang for a ruler of the universe.

In terms of attributes, it is not a fusion of the five lower laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, but rather a secret method that combines the higher spatial laws with the five lower laws.

Integration is integration, and combination is combination; they are not the same thing.

The Perfect Gene Universe Lord, the Ultimate Secret Technique of the Universe Lord, the Karmic Fire Lotus that can be used as the most powerful and precious psychic weapon, and Zi Ni Chang's attack is comparable to that of an ordinary fifth-order Universe Lord.

If we include the World-Destroying Armor, which is immune to attacks from materials below the fifth rank after activating the third layer of secret runes, and the Purifying Lotus, which can unleash a fifth-rank soul attack after activating the third layer of secret runes, then Zi Ni Chang is more than capable of ignoring the siege of a large number of fourth-rank universe lords.

"not good!"

The moment the five-colored interwoven flames appeared, a terrifying binding force descended, causing the Lord of Sirius, the Lord of the Netherworld, and the Lord of Behemoth within the Golden Palace to drastically change their expressions.

The power of this domain treasure that forms the five-colored flames is so strong that it must be at least a top-grade treasure. Furthermore, judging from the power of this human woman's secret technique, it's probably at the fifth rank. She'll likely be severely injured, if not killed, today.

Without hesitation, the Lord of Sirius, who was standing before the Sirius Palace, burned his divine power and retreated back into the Sirius Palace.

Although the binding power of the supreme domain treasure was strong, it was activated by Zi Ni Chang, and its power was not enough to make a third-order universe lord completely unable to move.

If the distance is too far, the Lord of Sirius might not be able to do it.

However, their previous caution meant that the Lord of Sirius was right at the entrance of the Sirius Palace, so the distance was not a problem.

If the Lord of Sirius is like this, then the even more powerful Lord of Behemoth is even more so.

However, the Lord of Behemoth has the top-tier palace treasure 'Golden Palace' for protection, and the Lord of Sirius also has the supreme-grade palace treasure 'Sirius Palace' for protection, but the Lord of the Netherworld is not so lucky.

Thanks to the special talent and secret technique he obtained by chance, his ability to protect himself is first-class, and he really doesn't have any high-grade palace treasures.

After all, he was only a third-order universe lord with limited financial resources, and high-grade palace treasures were not only extremely valuable but also extremely rare, meaning that even with money, one might not be able to buy them.

Since the items he could afford and obtain were of little use to him, he naturally didn't waste his money.

Of course, although the Lord of the Netherworld does not possess palace treasures, he does possess top-grade treasure weapons and armor, as well as top-grade domain treasures and top-grade high-level soul treasures.

Unfortunately.
‘Damn it! ’

Burning his divine power, thinking of activating a top-tier domain treasure to counter the Demon Lord of the opposing domain, he cursed inwardly.

The Lord of the Netherworld was shocked to discover that, under the suppression of this five-colored interwoven domain of light and flame, he was unable to even condense his own domain, and was completely unable to weaken the binding force descending upon him.

The Supreme Treasure of the Supreme Realm and the Top Realm are two levels apart.

Not to mention that the Karmic Fire Lotus is a top-grade, supreme domain treasure, while the Lord of the Underworld's top-tier domain treasure is just an ordinary item of the same level. The difference is more than two levels.

With such a vast difference in quality, if the Lord of the Netherworld could still condense a domain, then the Karmic Fire Lotus would be unworthy of its status as a supreme and powerful domain treasure.

Knowing that he was facing a deadly crisis, the Lord of the Netherworld did not hesitate for a moment and hurriedly activated the innate secret technique that he had obtained by chance in the past.

Instantly, a dense black aura emanated from the Lord of the Netherworld, making him appear at first glance like a giant crocodile-like demon.

"puff!"

The Water Kirin clone flapped its wings and transformed into a blue-gold streak of light, rushing forward at high speed. As it prepared to engage in close combat, it slashed out with its claw, unleashing a terrifying blue-gold claw light that shot towards the Lord of the Netherworld.

"Wow—"

With a thought, Lu Jin's true form unleashed endless icy blue radiance. Within a radius of several light-years, the icy blue flame domain instantly condensed and overlapped with Zi Ni Chang's five-colored flame domain.

'Planting ice lotuses in the void!'

The divine power of the Lord of the Universe, disguised as a avatar, burned. As the secret technique was activated, a large number of ice-blue lotus plants instantly appeared in all directions around the Lord of the Netherworld, who was restricted in the starry sky by the power of the domain.

Immediately afterwards, these ice-blue lotus plants emitted a dazzling light one after another, before shattering into terrifying ice explosions.

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

A series of terrifying ice explosions suddenly appeared, and the Demon Lord's body, which was over a thousand kilometers long, was directly submerged in the impact of the icy blue energy.

In addition, while using the Five-Colored Flame Domain to restrict the Golden Palace and the Sirius Palace from escaping the battlefield, Zi Ni Chang manipulated the 'Five-Colored Flame' formed by the Treasure Domain and used the secret technique 'Five-Colored Divine Light' to shoot towards the Lord of the Netherworld.

The Golden Palace is a supreme treasure among palaces. Within the primordial universe, even a true god could not directly kill the Lord of Behemoth hiding within this supreme treasure.

The Sirius Palace is a supreme treasure of the highest-grade palaces, almost immune to fifth-order material attacks and greatly weakening fifth-order soul attacks.

Those with strength below the sixth rank are basically unable to defeat the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf Palace; they will need Hong'er and the others to kill him later.

Picking on the weak is the only option. Without the protection of a palace treasure, the Lord of the Netherworld is practically offering himself up as a demon's head, and Lu Jin will not be polite.

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

Blue-gold claw-like rays rained down relentlessly, while icy blue lotus plants instantly formed and exploded around them, creating a continuous barrage of dazzling light pillars interwoven with five colors.

With his movements severely restricted and reduced to a mere punching bag, the Lord of the Netherworld felt utterly hopeless.

His top-grade, supreme-treasure armor can reduce the amount of physical attacks he receives to one ten-thousandth.

On top of that, the defensive talent technique 'Demonic Aura' that he obtained by chance can further reduce the physical attacks he receives, which are no more than level five, to one percent.

In other words, when fighting against the vast majority of the universe's rulers, he can reduce material attacks to one millionth of their original value.

Such a high amount of material attack weakens it, and with the life gene reaching more than six thousand times, the divine body is also over a thousand kilometers long.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be a problem to withstand the attacks of three unknown cosmic masters.

But to the Lord of the Underworld's horror, the power of his opponent's secret techniques far exceeded his expectations.

The blue-gold claws of the Lord of Taiyin were not a problem, as they were weakened by the high amount of material attack, so the damage to the divine body was not significant.

The Lord of Lingxiao is alright, but the power of the Ice Blue Lotus Plant is no stronger than the Blue Gold Claw of the Lord of Taiyin.

At most, it's just that his divine body is quite large, allowing him to withstand more ice explosions at the same time, while the opponent's attack frequency is much faster than that of the Lord of Taiyin.

But the Lord of Yaochi is different. His fifth-tier level secret technique has already exceeded the limit of the top-grade treasure armor.

The original top-grade treasure armor, which could reduce the effectiveness of receiving material attacks to one ten-thousandth, has been reduced to one thousandth.

The power of the Jade Pool Lord's secret technique was already much stronger than that of the Taiyin Lord and the Lingxiao Lord. In addition, the damage reduction effect was weakened by ten times. Faced with such an attack, it would be an exaggeration to say that his divine body was damaged very quickly.

In just a few seconds, his divine body had lost more than 2% of its strength. At this rate, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

At this moment, facing the threat of death, the Lord of the Dark Demons was extremely anxious, secretly praying that reinforcements from his tribe would arrive as soon as possible.

Similarly, the Lord of Behemoth in the Golden Palace and the Lord of Sirius in the Sirius Palace were constantly urging the other universe lords of the demon race to come and provide support as soon as possible.

While the palace's treasures are undeniably powerful in defense, they are not invincible.

The opponent possesses a supreme treasure of at least the highest level, demonstrating their extraordinary financial resources.

If a top-tier sealing treasure were to appear, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf would have to suppress the Heavenly Wolf Palace along with it.

If there were a supreme treasure that could suppress even the most powerful beings, even the Lord of Behemoth, who was hiding in the Golden Palace to survive, would not be able to stop it.

On the other side, the virtual universe.

In the endless darkness, faint starlight shone, and a simple temple floated in mid-air.

In front of the simple temple, there is a long stone table.

On either side of the stone table were rows of stone chairs, where eighteen figures, including the Lord of Chaos City, sat.

At the head of the long stone table, there was a stone chair where a giant man with disheveled hair, looking like a savage, sat deep in thought.

At this moment, the nineteen highest-ranking members of the human race all turned their gazes to the battle scene projected in the distance at the end of the long stone table.

The projected battle scene is a major war taking place within the demon race's territory.

After enabling synchronized transmission across the virtual universe network, the Chaos City Lord, who controls the virtual universe, can conduct live projection broadcasts from anywhere within the virtual universe.

Setting up a battle projection in front of the Giant Axe Temple is no easy feat.

"Bingfeng, it looks like it won't be long before Lingxiao surpasses you."

On the stone chair, a figure as burly as a mountain with a dragon tail behind him spoke with a mixture of envy and slight mockery to a silver-haired man beside him who carried a sword, wore ancient armor, and had graying temples.

"What? Are you envious?"

The tone should have been one of pride, but when the words came from the Ice Peak Lord's mouth, they were completely devoid of emotion.

"I'm envious, but it's a pity~"

Nodding, the Lord of Dragons shook his head with a sigh.

Such a prodigy, well, he should be called a strongman. He naturally envied Ice Peak for having such a powerful grand-disciple, just as he envied Darkness.

It's a pity that Lu Jin withdrew from the Virtual Universe Company and chose to build his own power.

Otherwise, the virtual universe company will inevitably have a greater say within the community in the future.

Moreover, Lu Jin was not alone. He not only had an avatar, but also a universe master with considerable strength who could refine top-grade ordinary treasures.

This level of treasure-refining skill is only slightly inferior to his, a high-level treasure-refining master, and is enough to rank him second among the many treasure-refining masters of the human race.

What the highest levels of the human race were unaware of was that Zi Ni Chang's skill in refining magical artifacts had already made another breakthrough.

Top-tier ordinary treasures are ancient history.

"Giant Axe, can you tell what level the Lord of Yaochi's domain treasure is?"

With a ferocious appearance, complex scales covering his body, and three sharp horns on his head, the Lord of the Wilderness, who at first glance resembled a humanoid beast, asked the Giant Axe Founder who was deep in thought above him.

Upon hearing the sound, all the human universe lords turned to look at the giant axe at the head of the table.

After a moment of contemplation, Giant Axe said, "I haven't experienced it myself, so I dare not say anything too absolute. There is no less than an 80% chance that it is a supreme domain treasure, or at the very least, a top-grade peak domain treasure."

"real or fake?"

Lord of the Wilderness couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Not only the Lord of the Desolate Mirror, but also the other human universe lords present were startled.

There was at least an 80% chance, which was almost certain, though Giant Axe found it hard to believe.

Since the original ancestor was suppressed, the human race, as one of the six peak races in the primordial universe, has not even possessed a single supreme treasure, let alone a supreme domain treasure that is even more valuable than weapons and armor.

The giant axe said in a deep voice, "I'm sure you can all see that the level of the Jade Pool Lord's secret technique is not high. Using a domain treasure as a mental weapon, it can have such power, so its grade must be extremely high."

Lord of the Desolate Mirror said, "Chaos, Lingxiao was once a member of your Virtual Universe Company."

If that treasure of the realm is truly the most powerful treasure, why don't you go and ask him to temporarily borrow the giant axe?

"With the Giant Axe's strength, if he possessed a supreme domain treasure, it wouldn't be impossible for him to seize one in the cosmic sea."

In the eyes of the Lord of the Wilderness, borrowing a supreme treasure is nothing.

With the power of the giant axe, there is no need to worry about losing the supreme treasure.

Find your target in the vast ocean of space, seize a supreme treasure, and the chances of success are not small.

(End of this chapter)