Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 240 Spoils of War, the Highest Level of the Human Race
Virtual universe, in front of the Great Ax Temple.

At this moment, the synchronized battlefield projection had disappeared, and Lu Jin instructed Pang Dun to interrupt the virtual universe network synchronous transmission.

Although the projection disappeared, the nineteen highest-ranking members of the human race, including the giant axe, were still deeply troubled.

In this battle, both the results achieved by the Heavenly Court and the strength of the Heavenly Court itself shocked the highest levels of the human race.

He suppressed the fourth-tier Nine-Headed Lord of the Demon Clan, killed the fourth-tier Behemoth Lord, the third-tier Heavenly Wolf Lord, the third-tier Nether Demon Lord, and the fourth-tier Catfish Lord's clone.

In a single battle, he annihilated three demon race universe lords.

The Heavenly Court itself is also extremely powerful.

Lu Jin, whose life level is still at the level of a Universe Venerable, possesses a perfect genetic divine body spanning over 90,000 kilometers. Both his main body and his clones can be considered fourth-order Universe Lords.

The Lord of Yaochi, with those wondrous peaches, must also possess a perfect genetic divine body, coupled with a supreme domain treasure and fifth-tier combat power.

The fact that the Five-Colored Flame Domain is a supreme treasure of a powerful domain has been confirmed.

The Dream Ancestor's domain treasure, the Dream Ancestor Domain, is ranked among the top-grade domain treasures.

The Lord of Yaochi activated his domain treasure and was not suppressed in the domain battle, so this five-colored flame domain treasure must be the most powerful treasure.

Furthermore, everyone present was at least a Universe Lord, so their judgment was quite sharp.

It is obvious that the combined attack of the legions that blocked the Dream Demon Ancestor and annihilated Behemoth and other cosmic lords came from seven powerful individuals.

This can be seen from the fact that all seven of Hong'er's characters controlled Titan Warriors to unleash arcane combos, since the energy beams formed by arcane combos have different colors and attributes.

However, quantity is not the key; quality is. The combined power of the secret techniques of these seven unseen powerhouses has reached the upper limit of the primordial universe—the top of the sixth rank.

The Heavenly Court has at least nine Universe Lords, seven of whom are top-tier sixth-order beings, one fifth-order being, and one fourth-order being.

Originally, the five leaders of the five major forces—Giant Axe, Lord of Chaos City, Lord of Desolate Mirror, Lord of Penggong, and Lord of Qingdong—simply believed that the human race had produced a sixth major force.

Unexpectedly, the number of major human powers increased to six, but the newly added Heavenly Court was no ordinary force.

It's hard to say in the Cosmic Sea, but in the Primordial Universe, in terms of strength, the Heavenly Court is probably even stronger than the Giant Axe Arena and the Virtual Universe Company.

'Well, still at the bottom.'

The head of the Universe's Number One Bank, dressed in cyan battle armor and with a cyan cloak draped behind him, thought to himself.

Despite the fact that the Universe First Bank has one more Universe Lord than the Universe Galaxy Bank, the leader of the Universe Galaxy Bank is Lord Peng Gong, whose strength reaches the fifth rank.

Even if the three cosmic masters of the First Bank of the Universe were united, they would still be no match for Master Peng alone.

The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is similar; its leader, Lord Huangjian, has three clones, all of whom are at the fourth rank. Lord Huangjian alone can easily overpower the number one bank in the universe.

Therefore, the world's number one bank ranks last among the five major powers.

"Knock Knock-"

At this moment, Peng Gongzhi, the helmsman of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, a portly man with a bald head and a large beard, tapped on the stone table in front of him.

Upon hearing this, everyone present turned their gaze to Peng Gongzhi.

Master Peng said with a smile, "Gentlemen, I think the subsequent groups can be a little more aggressive."

The news of Lu Jin establishing the Heavenly Court had already been learned by everyone present from the Lord of Chaos City.

Everyone present already knew about Lu Jin's path to success.

Throughout his entire growth process, this Lord of Lingxiao was either causing trouble or on his way to causing trouble.

He carried a sharp blade, and his murderous intent was palpable.

Why the Heavenly Court has so many powerful figures is a matter we will leave aside for now.

With so many powerful figures, how could this Lord of the Heavens possibly refrain from causing trouble in the future?

Moreover, the interests within the human race have already been divided up by the five major powers. As a latecomer, the Heavenly Court, even with its strength, cannot seize much of the benefits.

When the interests one gains are not commensurate with one's own strength, territorial expansion becomes inevitable.

Lord Peng can say with certainty that the Heavenly Court will not be able to hold back for long.

The Lord of Chaos City said, "I agree, and according to the information gathered by the intelligence department, the demon race has already been preparing for war."

Regardless of whether we were originally the target of the demon race, after this loss, our human race will inevitably become their target.

"I agree. One should only eat what one is capable of."

Originally, the five major powers could defend 1008 cosmic kingdoms, but now that the Heavenly Court has been added, they can naturally defend even more territory.

The demon race has vast territories, and this adds another major grudge; targeting the demon race is definitely the right move.

Lord of the Wilderness echoed this sentiment.

The giant axe did not directly express its opinion, but turned to look at the Lord of Qingdong: "Qingdong, what do you think?"

Although the Universe First Bank is the weakest in overall strength, the Lord of Qingdong is, after all, the leader of one of the five major forces, so his opinion will definitely be sought.

Otherwise, if he, representing the Giant Axe Arena, made the decision, regardless of whether the Lord of Qingdong agreed, the matter would be settled directly.

Such incidents may not matter once or twice, but if they occur frequently, some people will inevitably feel dissatisfied, which will affect the unity of the entire human race and hinder the development of the race.

The Lord of Qingdong said in a deep voice, "I agree, but we must be prepared to be besieged."

Putting ourselves in their shoes, if the demon race gained seven more top-tier sixth-tier universe lords, wouldn't our human race immediately unite with the insectoid and mechanical races to restrain the demon race's rapidly increasing strength?

"Yes, what Qingdong said is exactly what I was going to say."

In the universe, you can never be too careful when considering survival strategies; we must be prepared to be jointly controlled by the three races.

Giant Axe nodded and said, then looked at the Lord of Chaos City: "Chaos, contact the Heavenly Court. Let's have a gathering of the highest levels of our human race."

In addition, you should mention the peaches to Ling Xiao and let him name the price.

If all of you here achieve perfect genes and possess a divine body spanning over 90,000 kilometers, your overall strength will increase dramatically.

With the Heavenly Court further strengthening our human race, what if the three races join forces to contain us? Our human race will still carve out a bloody path!

"Ah."

The Lord of Chaos City nodded.

On the other side, inside the temple of the Netherworld God Kingdom.

After letting Zi Ni Chang and Hong Er continue their studies in refining treasures or creating techniques, Lu Jin had a thought, and a celestial passage with the words 'Cage' on its gate materialized, and then stepped into it.

With a diameter of only one light-year, and darkness everywhere, a celestial passage tens of thousands of kilometers high was opened within the 'Cage Heaven,' a short-term plan to combine with the Gate of Heaven to serve as a sealing treasure. Lu Jin's figure walked out of the gate.

"Whoosh!"

A majestic blue palace flew swiftly from the darkness and stopped in the distance of the celestial passage.

"Lord of Lingxiao, what do you intend to do?"

The voice of the nine-headed demon lord echoed from within the majestic blue palace.

Lu Jin said, "Nine Heads, you should just stay here quietly."

I told Mengcha before that a supreme palace treasure could redeem you.

If your demon race is unwilling, then you can self-destruct.

If your demon race is willing, when my Heavenly Court is reborn, your demon race will bring your supreme treasures to my door, and I will let you leave.

Of course, all the treasures you possess must remain in Heaven; they are Heaven's spoils of war.

Having said that, without paying any attention to the other party's reaction, Lu Jin's figure disappeared into the Heavenly Realm Passage. Then the Heavenly Realm Passage vanished, and once again only darkness and the majestic blue palace remained in the Cage Heaven.

'Damn it, I shouldn't have gone to save Tianlang and the others.'

Inside the Palace of Supreme Treasures, the Nine-Headed Lord on the throne secretly regretted his actions.

Leaving aside the question of whether he will need to repay the supreme treasure of the palace that the clan used to redeem themselves.

Just considering the many treasures he possessed, he was destined to lose out.

Top-tier palace treasures, top-tier domain treasures, pinnacle treasure armor and weapons, plus supreme-grade high-level soul treasures—this was his accumulated wealth over countless years. It was like going back to square one!

And this is the best-case scenario.

If the clan is unwilling to part with the supreme treasure of the peak palace, he will not only suffer a huge loss, but he will also lose his life.

After leaving the cage, Lu Jin began to sort through the spoils of this battle.

First, there were the corpses of the Lord of Behemoth, the Lord of the Dark Demons, and the Lord of Sirius.

After being stuffed into the Demon Refining Pot for decomposition, in addition to a massive amount of Universe Lord-level Life Source Crystals, what Lu Jin should pay attention to were three Universe Lord-level Law Godheads and three Bloodline Source Crystals.

Two spacetime law divine cores, and one light-time fusion law divine core.

One 10,000-fold gene bloodline source crystal, one 9,000-fold gene bloodline source crystal, and one 6,000-fold gene bloodline source crystal.

'Sirius, that weakling, actually has over nine thousand times the genetic potential?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

Next, let's talk about the treasures.

The Lord of Behemoth dropped the top-tier palace treasure 'Golden Palace', the pinnacle treasure armor, the pinnacle treasure twin claws, the top-tier domain treasure, the supreme high-grade soul treasure, plus several ordinary treasures of high grade and below.

The Lord of Sirius dropped the top-grade high-level palace treasure 'Sirius Palace', the top-level treasure Four Claws, the top-level treasure Armor, high-level realm treasures, and high-level soul treasures, but he didn't have a single other treasure. He was practically penniless.

The Lord of the Netherworld was even poorer. Although his configuration of various treasures was the same as that of the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, he was one step behind the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf in having a top-grade palace treasure.

Even though only his clones were destroyed, the Catfish Lord's treasure configuration wasn't too bad.

Although there is no palace treasure, there is a top-tier soul treasure, a top-tier domain treasure, a peak treasure armor, plus a black, long, shuttle-shaped peak treasure telekinetic weapon.

In addition, the treasures on the Nine-Headed Lord can also be counted as spoils of war.

As a fourth-order universe master, in addition to top-tier palace treasures, the Nine-Headed Lord must also possess peak-level treasure weapons and armor, and has previously revealed top-tier domain treasures.

As for the grade of the Soul Treasure, Lu Jin was unsure, but it would at least not be lower than that of a top-grade high-level treasure.

If the demon race is willing to redeem the Nine-Headed Lord, then he can gain another supreme palace treasure among his spoils.

'Sure enough, without cheating, robbery is the fastest way.'

After taking stock of the spoils, Lu Jin thought to himself.

Suddenly, Fatty's voice rang out: "Master, the Lord of Chaos City has sent a letter, saying that he is inviting all the lords of the universe from the Heavenly Court to attend the highest-level meeting."

Furthermore, the Lord of Chaos City stated that the clan's higher-ups wished to purchase peaches from the Heavenly Court, and the price was negotiable.

"I see."

Lu Jin nodded.

virtual universe.

In the endless darkness, faint starlight can be seen in the distance.

A simple temple floated silently in mid-air. In the not-too-large open space in front of the temple, there was a long stone table around which nineteen figures sat.

"Swish!" "Swish!"

Not far from the stone table, Lu Jin and Zi Nishang's figures teleported over.

"Lingxiao, Yaochi, welcome."

"welcome."

As soon as the two figures appeared, many high-ranking human leaders sitting on the stone chairs stepped forward to welcome them.

Although the five major human powers will become six in the future, the original five powers will inevitably have to share some of their own interests with the Heavenly Court.

But this is only temporary.

With the addition of the Heavenly Court, the strength of the human race will be greatly enhanced.

A small cake divided into five parts is not as much as a large cake divided into six parts, even if it is not divided equally.

The addition of the Heavenly Court is definitely more beneficial than harmful to the original five major powers.

"Lingxiao, Yaochi, let me introduce you. This is the founder of the Giant Axe, the founder of the Giant Axe Arena, and also the second strongest human in the universe."

The Lord of Chaos City introduced the high-ranking members of the human race to Lu Jin and Zi Nishang.

After getting acquainted, the giant axe had a thought, and two new stone chairs appeared on the eighteen stone chairs on either side of the stone table.

The stone chairs around the long stone table have been expanded to twenty-one.

"Lingxiao, Yaochi, please sit here."

The giant axe pointed to the stone chairs on the right side, the first and second.

There are certain rules regarding seating arrangements at top-level meetings.

The human race originally had three fifth-order universe lords: the Lord of Chaos City, the Lord of Darkness, and the Lord of Peng Gong.

The Lord of Chaos City sat first on the left, the Lord of Darkness second on the left, and the third to fifth were the remaining Lords of the Virtual Universe Company: Lord of Ice Peak, Lord of Dragon Journey, and Lord of Netherworld.

The sixth to tenth seats belong to the five universe lords, including the Lord of Void Gold, who are the masters of the Giant Axe Arena.

The first one on the right was originally the master of Peng Gong, and then another master of the universe in the cosmic galaxy.

The third to fifth seats belong to the three members of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, led by the Lord of Desolation.

The sixth to eighth seats are occupied by the three cosmic lords of the First Bank of the Cosmic Galaxy, led by the Lord of Qingdong.

Simply put, it's based on strength, with members of the same faction grouped together.

The Heavenly Court is powerful, so it naturally ranks at the top.

Moreover, if you sit in the second seat on the right, there will be ten people on each side of the stone table.

In other words, it's not yet confirmed whether these seven top-tier sixth-order universe lords are true gods, and they weren't present today either; otherwise, there would have been seven more seats beside the giant axe.

Lu Jin nodded and took the first seat on the right. Zi Nishang took the second seat on the right, ahead of Peng Gongzhi.

"Ling Xiao, what about the other seven Universe Lords of your Heavenly Court?"

After taking his seat, Giant Axe asked Lu Jin.

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "They are not of human origin and will not participate in the highest tribal council in the future."

If Hong'er and the other six were to attend the highest tribal meeting as well...

With seven top-tier sixth-order and eighth-order cosmic sea level queens sitting together, is this supreme meeting of the race a human race or an insect race?

However, although Hong'er and the others will not attend the highest-level meeting, this does not mean that there will be fewer powerful individuals in the Heavenly Court who will be able to attend the highest-level meeting in the future.

He currently possesses three Law Godheads at the level of Universe Lords, and the Heavenly Court will be able to add three more Universe Lords in the future.

"Not human?"

The giant axe was stunned, somewhat dumbfounded.

The Chaos City Lord, sitting directly opposite Lu Jin, seemed to be deep in thought.

Among the nine cosmic lords of the Heavenly Court, Lu Jin is a true genius.

Although this genius's growth rate is like a high jump, it is still traceable. It can only be said that a prodigy does not follow the usual path.

But he really couldn't understand what the Lord of Yaochi was saying.

He hasn't been seen undergoing any training or fighting. First he became an Immortal, then a Venerable, and now he has become the Lord of the Universe. His growth rate is even faster than that of the monstrous Lu Jin.

The other seven disappeared without a trace, as if they had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

If nothing unexpected happens, Lu Jin should possess a method that allows life forms to quickly become masters of the universe.

These seven top-tier sixth-order Chaos City Lords couldn't help but think of the seven World Lord-level Zerg Queens that Lu Jin had bought in the company's treasury.

When it comes to using combined arms attacks, looking across the entire primordial universe, only the machine race, which originated from intelligent life, and the Zerg Queen are truly adept at it.

The combined attacks of the legions that appeared in the previous great battle were exactly the same as the combined attacks of the Zerg legions, except that the Zerg did not have a combined attack of the soul attack type.

If Lu Jin truly has a way to quickly enable life to achieve cosmic autonomy, then it is most likely those seven Mother Queens.

Of course, the Chaos City Lord couldn't figure out how exactly it was done, or why it possessed such extraordinary sixth-tier combat power, nor did he intend to ask.

Asking about such secrets would undoubtedly damage the relationship, and you wouldn't even get an answer.

At this moment, Peng Gong asked, "Lingxiao, when was your Heavenly Court officially established?"

"In the near future."

"Okay, let me know in advance and I'll definitely be there."

"Also, notify the world's number one bank."

"Also notify"

Lu Jin smiled and nodded: "Definitely, definitely."

After chatting for a while, Giant Axe said in a deep voice, "Lingxiao, the demon race suffered a great loss this time, and the Heavenly Court has shown excessive strength."

It is highly likely that the demon race will join forces with the insect race and the machine race to restrain our human race.

After our previous discussions, we decided to initiate clan-wide preparations for war, increasing the training of our clan's geniuses and strong individuals to prepare for a joint attack from the three clans. The Heavenly Court must be ready.

"Well, I see."

Lu Jin nodded.

Initiating full-scale preparations for war is the right thing to do. Not to mention the potential for a joint effort from the three races to contain them, the mere fact that the Primal Star has been opened necessitates preparation.

According to the original story, the Primordial Star will be activated in about ten more eras, at which time another great event will take place.

Even if the four major races hadn't fought each other before, they would still have engaged in a large-scale battle once the Primal Star opened.

Of course, if possible, Lu Jin plans to wait until the Primal Star is activated before starting his work there.

Because the environmental pressure on the original planet is extremely high, teleportation and divine kingdom teleportation are not possible, making it very inconvenient to call for reinforcements. By the time reinforcements arrive, it may be too late.

However, with the Kunlun Mirror in hand, and each of the 10081 original stars equipped with a Kunlun Token, the opponent can be defeated one by one by using superior forces through space travel.

After a pause, Lu Jin glanced at everyone present and said, "Chaos mentioned peaches to me before."

As soon as he finished speaking, apart from the five Chaos City Lords from the Virtual Universe Company, all the Universe Lords present were invigorated and looked at Lu Jin with burning eyes.

For the human race's universe master, the strength is not the increase in power brought about by the 10081 times genetic enhancement.

As a cosmic master born from a top-tier race, which life form doesn't have thousands of times more genes?
The difference in power between thousands of times more life genes and 10081 genes is less than two or three times.

With 10081 times the genetic strength, its immense size is at least 90,000 kilometers.

Human universe masters who haven't possessed other beings or created special life forms don't have very large divine bodies; at most, they're only a few thousand kilometers in size.

The divine bodies of the cosmic lords who have possessed or given birth to special life forms are all far from 90,000 kilometers away, and naturally they are extremely eager for a divine body that is 90,000 kilometers away.

While it may not significantly increase strength, it will undoubtedly boost survival ability by a tremendous margin.

Lu Jin said, "After the Heavenly Court is born, a Heavenly Treasury will be established, which will contain some of the Heavenly Court's precious resources."

Non-Celestial Court members can purchase items using the common treasure points or supreme treasure points.

The peaches in question are called flat peaches, and I will include them in the mixture.

Regarding price, it costs 20 Treasure Points, but it's not recommended to purchase or use Life Genes when the multiplier is below 10,000.

"I wonder if there are enough peaches?"

"The giant axe asked."

The price of 20 Treasure Points is not expensive. Although there are few Gene Treasures with a value of 10,000 times or less, it is not impossible for humans to collect them.

But that final 81-fold gene, apart from the peaches of immortality, I've never really heard of it.

Spending 1620 Treasure Points to complete the final 81x Life Gene and achieve a perfect genetic divine body is absolutely a super cost-effective option.

After all, these treasure points are only equivalent to a top-tier treasure armor.

“If each divine body only needs 81 peaches, that’s enough.”

Lu Jin nodded.

The yield of top-grade peaches is not low either. With 1200 top-grade peach trees, and a growth cycle of nine thousand epochs, the yield of one cycle is as high as 118800 peaches.

Even if you were to stack up a hundred times the number of genes to create a perfect gene, you could still get 11, or nearly 12, perfect genes.

Not to mention simply piling up 10,000 times the genes to create 10081 times the perfect genes.

"That's good."

A smile crept onto the face of the giant axe-wielder.

Although he himself doesn't need it, many universe lords of his race do.

Compared to other top races and most powerful races in the universe, the human race's physical talents are not strong, and can even be said to be at a disadvantage.

However, the human race's overall higher level of comprehension compared to other races effectively compensates for their disadvantage in physical talent.

His remarkable comprehension, coupled with the convenience of the virtual universe.

It is no exaggeration to say that any human being who has become a universe master, unless they are newly promoted, can create the strongest secret technique for a universe master after a long period of time.

With the allure of perfect genes, major powers would go to great lengths to provide their universe masters with ten thousand times the life genes, and then use the peaches of immortality to achieve perfect genetic divine bodies.

With a perfect genetic divine body and the strongest secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, if the treasures are also of some value, then in the future, all the Lords of the Universe of the human race will be at least at the fourth rank.

Moreover, it has a very long health bar, enough to fight against an ordinary fifth-tier universe master.

(End of this chapter)