Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 242 Heavenly Order, Resource Tree

Within the Nine Heavens.

After using the authority of the Lord of Heaven to reshape the environment of the Nine Heavens.

Lu Jin then took out a top-grade palace treasure, which transformed into a magnificent palace complex to serve as the headquarters of Yanhuang Company.

The following day, Xu Xin, who had refined a spatial law divine spark and become a spatial venerable, moved into the headquarters of the Yanhuang Company with the company's management team.

"Heavenly Emperor, I see in the business plan for the monster slave business that there are also domain lord-level and world lord-level monster slaves for sale."

Since the slave chips cannot control beings at the level of Domain Lord or higher, what methods are available to ensure their security?

Xu Xin asked Lu Jin.

Previously unaware that the Heavenly Court had changed its way of addressing Lu Jin, Xu Xin now knows and has also changed her way of addressing him.

Lu Jin said, "The Heavenly Court has a soul-type treasure called the 'Beast Taming Token,' which contains a secret technique similar to soul enslavement."

By imprinting a Beast Taming Token into the soul of a demon beast, the buyer can gain control over the demon beast at the soul level after recognizing the Token as their master.

A fourth-tier Beast Taming Token can control the souls of beings below the level of ordinary Realm Lords, while a fifth-tier Beast Taming Token can control the souls of beings below the level of ordinary Immortals.

"Cosmic ninth-tier to domain lord eighth-tier demonic beasts are controlled using fourth-tier beast-taming tokens; domain lord ninth-tier to world lord ninth-tier demonic beasts are controlled using fifth-tier beast-taming tokens; immortal demonic beasts are not for sale for the time being."

The Beast Taming Token wasn't invented by the Heavenly Court's treasure refiners; rather, it's one of the countless treasure refining secrets recorded in the Heavenly Court's Inheritance Tower.

This thing isn't expensive to produce; it's not more expensive than other telekinetic weapons of the same level.

The price of a fourth-tier psychic weapon is only tens of millions or hundreds of millions of cosmic coins, while a fifth-tier psychic weapon is only a hundred billion cosmic coins.

Compared to the price of monster slaves, the value of the Beast Taming Token itself is negligible.

After all, slaves are not cheap. For example, a slave of the eighth level of the universe has a market price of 30 billion universe coins.

Of course, the Beast Taming Token also has certain flaws.

Controlling demonic beasts through the Beast Taming Token, though similar to soul enslavement, is fundamentally based on the Beast Taming Token.

If the Beast Taming Token is destroyed, the demon beast it controls will also perish with its soul annihilated.

If a monster dies, the Beast Taming Token will also be invalidated, and one Beast Taming Token can only control one monster.

Xu Xin asked, "Wouldn't there be a potential risk if a Domain Lord's eighth-level demon slave controlled by a fourth-level Beast Taming Token broke through to the ninth level of Domain Lord?"

Furthermore, while it is difficult for a Realm Lord to transcend to Immortality, it is not entirely impossible.

Lu Jin said, "If this kind of phenomenon occurs, you can apply to purchase a higher-level Beast Taming Token."

Once a beast has been bound to a master, the user can bind the beast controlled by the lower-level beast-taming token to the higher-level beast-taming token, and the original lower-level beast will be automatically discarded.

Fifth-tier Beast Taming Tokens can be purchased from the Star Region branch, while F-tier Beast Taming Tokens, which can control immortal-level demonic beasts, must be purchased from headquarters. The price is equivalent to that of a psychic weapon of the same tier.

Xu Xin nodded slightly, then asked, "What about the cultivation of immortal-level plant and metal life forms? What are the prices?"

"After signing the cultivation contract, the customer needs to send the plant or metal life form that has recognized its master to the headquarters, where it will be specially cultivated by an organization called 'Life Peak' within the Heavenly Court, and only the 'strongest' cultivation will be accepted."

For example, with Star-Eating Grass, we only accept the cultivation of Immortal-grade Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass; we do not accept cultivation of other grades.

For example, cultivating an Immortal-grade Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass requires 3500 billion Chaos Units, regardless of its original level—whether it's a Planetary or World Lord level.

"How many?!"

"3500 billion mixed units."

"So expensive?"

Xu Xin's eyes widened.

Lu Jin said, "It's not expensive. The Virtual Universe Company has a cultivation program for Immortal-grade Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass, which requires about 1200 billion points and has a success rate of only about 30%."

Moreover, although the immortal-level members of the Virtual Universe Company can exchange Mixed Units for Points at a 1:1 ratio, the real value of Points is higher than that of Mixed Units.

Yanhuang Company is only charging 3500 billion Mixed Yuan Units, that's already very cheap, isn't it?

"Cheap. Is the Immortal-grade Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass really that strong?"

"It has the strength of a peak-level King, but the Immortal-level Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass Divine Body has a radius of one million kilometers, so even an ordinary King-level invincible being cannot kill it."

After a pause, Lu Jin smiled and said, "The 3500 billion training fee is for outsiders; there are certain preferential treatments for members of the Heavenly Court."

As the president of Yanhuang Company, you can get discounts of up to 60%. For 210 billion Hunyuan units, you can help Luo Feng obtain an Immortal-grade Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass.

So, what do you think? Are you tempted?

"Can I get a loan?"

"No, Mr. Xu, you can't take out another loan until you've paid off your debts. You'll have to let Luo Feng raise the money himself."

"When will I be able to pay off my debts?"

"The secret treasure that will help you become a supreme being in the universe costs 10 Treasure Points. Mr. Xu, you can enjoy a 40% discount, which is 6 Treasure Points."

As for you, Mr. Xu, as the president of Yanhuang Company, your salary per era is 10 billion Hunyuan units.

Within my Heavenly Court, 1 Treasure Point can be exchanged for 3300 Heavy Treasure Points, and 1 Heavy Treasure Point can be exchanged for 10 trillion Chaos Units.

With a salary of 1 billion Chaos Units per era, nearly 200 million eras, or almost 2 trillion years later, Mr. Xu, you will be able to pay off your debts.

Of course, Mr. Xu, if you have the funds, you can pay off your debts ahead of schedule.

Xu Xin: "."

When Xu Xin, who had just become a Universe Venerable, heard Lu Jin say that his salary had skyrocketed to 10 billion Chaos Units per Era, with an annual salary of about 10 Chaos Units, he was extremely excited.

But when she heard that at this level of salary, it would take almost two trillion years to pay off the debt, Xu Xin felt as if the sky was about to fall.

"President Xu, keep up the good work and don't let me down. I'm entrusting Jiuxiaotian to you."

After giving the oxen and horses a pep talk, Lu Jin waved and left.

One year after the beginning of the primordial universe.

In the Great Luo Heaven, inside the Lingxiao Palace, another thousand years have passed.

The appointed time had arrived, and Lu Jin, seated on the nine-colored throne, opened his eyes.

Lu Jin glanced across the entire Lingxiao Palace and nodded with satisfaction.

Of the thousand celestial generals under the Heavenly Court, apart from Zi Zhenfeng and Zi Yumo who became masters of the universe, the remaining 998 celestial generals all created the ultimate secret technique for becoming a cosmic overlord.

The ultimate secret technique of the overlord level, a hundredfold increase in genes, a hundredfold increase in amplitude, plus top-grade high-level treasure armor and weapons, and top-grade ordinary domain-type, soul-type, and palace-type treasures.

The strength of the celestial generals can be said to have reached the limit of the level of cosmic overlords.

Looking at the entire human race, apart from the Heavenly Frost King who has achieved perfect genes and the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master, there are no other cosmic overlords whose strength is significantly superior to that of the Heavenly Generals; at most, their strength is roughly the same.

Of the original 12,000-plus alien king-servants, thanks to the Bodhi Tree's greatly enhanced comprehension and the complete cultivation inheritance from the Heavenly Court's Inheritance Tower, half of them have now entered the ranks of Universe Venerables.

As for the rest, they are not entirely out of the running for the title of Universe Venerable.

After all, they were originally capable of comprehending at least one advanced profound mystery, which, if placed among the human race, would be enough to surpass the vast majority of geniuses and become the number one.

They were already capable of cultivating to the peak of the King-Sealing Realm. Even without the Bodhi Tree's blessing of enlightenment, they would have a high probability of becoming Universe Venerables simply by relying on the primordial laws manifested in the Great Luo Heaven and their complete cultivation inheritance.

The reason it hasn't succeeded yet is mainly because the cultivation time is still too short.

Then, Lu Jin's mind changed.

Within the Nine Heavens, at the headquarters of Yanhuang Company, Xu Xin, who was busy at work, heard a voice: "Come to the Lingxiao Palace of the Great Luo Heaven."

Yanhuang Company is the Heavenly Court's external commercial entity, and Xu Xin, as the president of Yanhuang Company, is also one of the Heavenly Court's high-ranking officials.

Next, he will appoint managers for various functional departments of the Heavenly Court. Xu Xin needs to clarify the functions of each department and know who the managers of each department are.

Before long, Xu Xin arrived at Lingxiao Palace.

'! ! ! '

Seeing the numerous figures inside the Lingxiao Palace, with thousands of powerful individuals whose auras surpassed her own, some exuding spatial laws and others temporal laws, Xu Xin couldn't help but show a look of shock.

Although she is only a Blank Venerable, a Blank Venerable is still a Universe Venerable!

Those who can surpass her are at least cosmic masters.

Thousands of cosmic venerables—even a virtual universe company probably doesn't have that many.

"Everyone."

At this moment, Lu Jin's voice boomed, echoing throughout the entire Lingxiao Palace.

As the sound rang out, many powerful figures from the Heavenly Court within the Lingxiao Palace stopped their cultivation and turned their gazes toward Lu Jin.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin moved the Bodhi tree from the Lingxiao Palace to the Chengxian Palace.

Immediately afterwards, the supreme treasure of the high-grade palace, the 'Lingxiao Palace', materialized, and in the spatial transformation, the new Lingxiao Palace replaced the original ordinary Lingxiao Palace.

At this moment, the majestic Lingxiao Palace became even more awe-inspiring.

Then, Lu Jin glanced around the hall and said, "The time for the birth of the Heavenly Court has arrived. Today, we will officially establish the order of the Heavenly Court and the Lord of Yaochi."

Upon hearing this, Zi Nishang stepped forward.

"You shall be the Empress."

After saying that, Lu Jin thought for a moment, and the semi-circular lotus pond on the right side of the nine-colored throne shrank back, and in the empty space, a nine-colored throne slightly smaller than his appeared.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor."

After expressing her gratitude, Zi Nishang stepped forward and instantly teleported to the front of the Nine-Colored Throne, where she sat down to Lu Jin's right.

"Greetings to the Emperor and Empress."

Inside the hall, all the powerful figures from the Heavenly Court bowed in respect.

Lu Jin looked at Hong'er and the other six: "The Lord of the Seven Clouds."

Hong'er and her seven companions stepped forward.

"You will all be imperial consorts."

After saying that, Lu Jin thought for a moment, and the semi-circular lotus pond on his left side also shrank back, and in the empty space, seven nine-colored thrones, each smaller than Zi Ni Chang's, materialized.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor."

The seven bowed, then instantly teleported to the front of the nine-colored throne and sat down to Lu Jin's left.

"Paying respects to the seven imperial consorts."

The powerful figures from the Heavenly Court inside the hall bowed again.

Lu Jin looked at Zi Zhenfeng: "Lord of Light".

"Emperor of Heaven."

Zi Zhenfeng stepped forward and bowed, awaiting orders. "You are the Lord of the Heavenly God Palace, in command of the Heavenly Army and its generals."

As he spoke, Lu Jin tossed out a top-grade palace treasure, which flew to the outside of Lingxiao Palace and transformed into a magnificent palace complex, with the words 'Heavenly God' inscribed above the main hall's lintel.

Zi Zhenfeng bowed and said, "I obey the Heavenly Emperor's command!"

Lu Jin looked at Zi Yumo: "The Crimson Lord."

"Emperor of Heaven."

Zi Yumo stepped forward, bowed, and awaited orders.

Lu Jin said, "You are the master of the Tushita Palace, in charge of the many treasure refiners in the Heavenly Court."

Zi Yumo bowed and said, "We obey the Heavenly Emperor's decree!"

Lu Jin looked at a woman who appeared to be from Earth, wearing white armor, with a beautiful figure, long platinum hair, and looking to be around twenty years old: "General Xiguang".

Changing a portion of one's genes is not difficult for a strong person.

For example, this rather vain Xi Guang Tian Jiang changed his hair color from black to platinum blonde.

"Emperor of Heaven."

Xi Guangtian was immediately invigorated and hurriedly stepped forward, bowing and awaiting orders.

Lu Jin said, "You will step down from the Heavenly Generals and temporarily assume the position of Lord of the Heavenly Spirit Palace. The function of the Heavenly Spirit Palace is to record the contributions of Heavenly Court members and distribute resources."

The reason for the temporary appointment was mainly because Lu Jin felt that the Lord of the Universe was not worthy of the position of Palace Master, an important functional institution of the Heavenly Court.

Moreover, his appointment was not arbitrary.

The achievements one can make on the path of cultivation are not necessarily related to gender.

Despite her delicate appearance, this Earthling-born Heavenly General of Dawn is among the most powerful Heavenly Generals.

This point has already been discussed by the celestial generals in the virtual universe.

Once he creates the ultimate secret technique for becoming a Lord of the Universe, or when he possesses a Law Godhead at the level of a Lord of the Universe, sufficient to enable all the Palace Masters to become Lords of the Universe, Lu Jin will arrange for the Palace Masters of the Heavenly Court to be appointed, and then cancel the "substitute" designation.

Venerable Xiguang bowed and said, "In accordance with the Heavenly Emperor's decree!"

Lu Jin then looked at a Heavenly General who was of Earth origin, wearing blue armor and with a burly figure: "Cangwu Heavenly General".

"Emperor of Heaven."

Cangwu Tianjiang stepped forward and bowed, awaiting orders.

Lu Jin said, "You will step down from the Heavenly Generals and temporarily assume the position of Lord of the Lingbao Hall. The Lingbao Hall is the location of the Heavenly Treasury."

Venerable Cangwu bowed and said, "In accordance with the Heavenly Emperor's decree!"

"Azure Celestial General, you are stepping down from the ranks of Celestial Generals and will temporarily assume the position of Lord of the Hall of Life. The functions of the Hall of Life are to manage the Mountain and Sea Heaven, select demonic beasts, and cultivate plant and metal life forms."

"By the order of the Heavenly Emperor!"

With his blue hair and blue armor, and handsome face, the Azure Venerable, who was also of Earth origin, bowed in greeting.

Lu Jin looked at Xu Xin: "Venerable Mingyue."

The title "Bright Moon Venerable" is the name Xu Xin adopted after entering the realm of the Universe Venerable.

"Emperor of Heaven."

Xu Xin stepped forward and saluted.

Lu Jin said, "Yanhuang Company is the external commercial organization of our Heavenly Court. Its headquarters is located in the newly established Nine Heavens. Venerable Mingyue will serve as the president of Yanhuang Company. From now on, all palaces must cooperate with Venerable Mingyue's work."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

All the palace masters bowed in respect.

Lu Jin continued, "From now on, there will be two celestial passages for outsiders to enter Lingxiao Heaven."

One way is to enter the Eastern Heavenly Gate, pass through the Xuanhuang Heaven, and enter the Lingxiao Heaven.

The second way is to enter the South Heavenly Gate, pass through the Nine Heavens, and enter the Lingxiao Heaven.

The Eastern Heavenly Gate is fixed on Earth, while the Southern Heavenly Gate is currently located in the void of the Milky Way galaxy, but its position is not fixed.

Lord of Light, after the meeting, the Temple of the Gods dispatched a celestial general to guard each celestial passage, prohibiting unauthorized passage except for invited guests.

The Heavenly Generals will be on a rotating duty system. You can decide the specific duration of each rotation and the number of Heavenly Soldiers under each Heavenly General's command.

In addition, the East Heavenly Gate also sends one celestial general to guard the Earth; the South Heavenly Gate sends two celestial generals to guard it.

Ten more celestial generals will be dispatched to guard the Nine Heavens. Among these ten rotating celestial generals, at least one must be skilled in soul illusion techniques.

With the Nine Heavens now open to the outside world, there will inevitably be many spies from other races appearing in the future. Anyone who disrupts the order will be thoroughly investigated using soul illusion techniques, and anyone who resists will be suppressed and killed.

Non-foreign spies, regardless of their origin, will be punished accordingly.

If the person is a spy, after using illusion magic to find out the mastermind, the soul of a non-soul servant will be marked with the corresponding level of Beast Taming Token and put up for sale in the Spirit Treasure Hall.

Those who are soul slaves, or those without souls, are put into a slumber and then sealed away.

"By the order of the Heavenly Emperor!"

Zi Zhenfeng bowed and said.

"The Heavenly God Palace, Tushita Palace, Heavenly Spirit Palace, Spirit Treasure Palace, Immortal Transformation Palace, Inheritance Palace, Immortal Ascension Palace, Law Enforcement Palace, Life Palace, and Yanhuang Company are the existing important institutions of my Heavenly Court. More will be added in the future as needed."

Any staff shortages in each department can be addressed by requesting celestial soldiers from the Heavenly Temple as subordinates, or by recruiting subordinates within the Xuanhuang Heaven to maintain the operation of each department.

If the Heavenly Temple lacks heavenly soldiers, you can report it to me.

Furthermore, the Tushita Palace is special; anyone belonging to my Heavenly Court who passes the Tushita Palace's examination can become a member of the Tushita Palace.

The Hall of Inheritance will open up corresponding levels of treasure-refining techniques to all members of the Tushita Palace.

Unlike experts who only know how to fight, treasure refiners are wealth creators.

Other types of inheritance require contributions in exchange, but Lu Jin will not set any thresholds for treasure refiners to learn the secrets of treasure refining.

Once a treasure is successfully crafted, all treasure crafting techniques of that level will be unlocked, and a treasure crafting technique of the next level can be selected as a guide.

After all, the more treasure refiners there are, the more ore that can be refreshed infinitely, and the stronger the treasure refiners' skills, the larger the ore that can be refreshed infinitely.

Lu Jin naturally wished that the Heavenly Court had as many treasure refiners as possible, and that their treasure refining skills were as strong as possible.

Then, Lu Jin looked at Zi Nishang on his right: "Lord of Yaochi".

"His Majesty."

"Invitations will be sent to the five major powers and the 1008 Universe Kingdom. One month from now, my Heavenly Court will be officially established. We welcome them to come and witness this."

You are in charge of organizing the banquet. If the Heavenly Court does not have the necessary supplies, the Yanhuang Company can purchase them from outside sources.

"Venerable Mingyue, Yanhuang Company must cooperate fully."

"Yes, Your Majesty (the Heavenly Emperor)."

Zi Nishang and Xu Xin responded.

"Your Majesty" is the exclusive title used by Zi Ni Chang and Hong Er, while "Heavenly Emperor" is the title used by all members of the Heavenly Court.

On the other side, in the Netherworld, within the Divine Realm.

"Supernatural Power: Manipulating Creation!"

As he unleashed his supernatural powers, divine energy surged, and the Blood God Child, transformed into an ordinary peach tree before him, began to undergo mysterious changes.

The entire trunk and branches were covered with countless transparent runes that emitted faint temporal fluctuations.

The next moment, several planetary-level life source crystals materialized and fell to the roots of the peach tree, which were covered with countless time-related runes.

Before long, the Time-Tracking Peach Tree advanced to the Planetary level and developed some instincts.

Afterwards, Lu Jin took out a high-level Time Law Divine Spark and handed it to the Time Rune Peach Tree for refinement.

As Lu Jin waved his hand to move the Time-Tracking Peach Tree, which was refining the Time Law Divine Spark, to an open space in the Divine Kingdom, he began to activate the Creation Manipulation Divine Power on the next peach tree.

At the same time, throughout the divine kingdom, the origin of the universe descended from time to time, and three-colored vortexes filled with powerful pressure descended one after another. A large amount of time divine power poured down to supply the time-patterned peach trees that had achieved the Time Venerable, completely completing the transformation into Venerable-level divine bodies.

Three days later, in a corner of the Divine Kingdom, not far from the Netherworld Blood Sea, looking at the sizable Ten-Colored Tea Tree Forest and Ten-Colored Peach Tree Forest, Lu Jin's Blood God Child avatar nodded in satisfaction.

While the main body, clones, and other incarnations were diligently cultivating, Lu Jin's Blood God Child incarnation was not idle; it was also working hard to enrich the Heavenly Court's foundation.

The so-called profound foundation is nothing more than having many strong people, many treasures, and many resources.

With the Demon Refining Pot in hand, the Heavenly Court has many powerful figures under its command.

With the treasure-refining inheritance in hand, and numerous treasure refiners under the Heavenly Court's command, the number of treasures they could refine was naturally also large.

In terms of resources, besides the Divine Source Liquid, Lu Jin, who also possesses the Peach Garden and Ginseng Fruit Garden, couldn't help but think of cultivating spiritual plants using the Divine Power of Manipulating Creation.

While it's not necessary to cultivate heaven-defying spiritual roots like the Peach Tree or Ginseng Fruit Tree, it's not difficult to cultivate resource-type treasure trees like the Twilight Purple Tree, which can enhance talent in cultivating the Law of Light.

With time accelerated a hundredfold in the Netherworld Heaven, and referencing the genes of numerous precious trees purchased from the outside world, Lu Jin spent a hundred years creating two types of resource-type precious trees through divine intervention: the Primal Spirit Tea Tree and the Primal Spirit Peach Tree.

There are two types of treasure trees, each with two superior laws and eight inferior laws, totaling twenty types of treasure trees.

The Primal Spirit Tea Tree is based on an ordinary tea tree. Through the manipulation of creation, it is endowed with different law attributes, and then with the divine nature of the law, it becomes an Immortal-level Primal Spirit Tea Tree and a Venerable-level Primal Spirit Tea Tree with corresponding attributes.

The ten types of Primal Spirit Tea Trees are all less than two meters tall, with a crown diameter of three meters, and can produce one thousand Primal Spirit Tea Leaves every 10 years.

Drinking the Origin Spirit Tea can temporarily increase the affinity of the corresponding attribute to the Origin Law, with the maximum effect being the Origin Law's Favorite level, and there is no drug resistance.

For example, the superior spatial origin spiritual tea can temporarily elevate one's talent in cultivating spatial origin laws to the level of a darling of spatial origin laws during the duration of its effect.

That is, the cultivation talent levels of the Demon Slayer Clan in the Law of Space and the Golden Horned Beast in the Law of Metal.

However, depending on the individual's life strength and talent in cultivating spatial laws, the duration of the effects of the Spatial Origin Spirit Tea varies even when the dosage is the same.

The higher the drinker's life level and the worse their talent for cultivating spatial laws, the shorter the duration of the effects of the Spatial Origin Spirit Tea.

As for those with talent in cultivating spatial laws, reaching or even surpassing the level of a darling of the origin of spatial laws?

Then you can only drink it like regular tea.

Originally, Lu Jin planned to plant the Ten-Element Law Origin Spirit Tea Trees throughout his divine kingdom, and even the entire Netherworld Heaven.

However, whether it is due to the 'manipulation' of the original will of the primordial universe, there is an upper limit to the number of Primal Spirit Tea Trees.

Only by destroying one can another be cultivated.

The number of tea trees with the eight lower-level law attributes is relatively large, with a maximum of 129600 trees in each category, totaling 1036800 trees across all eight categories.

The number of tea trees with the two superior laws and their original spirit tea trees is relatively small, with a maximum of 10081 trees in each category, for a total of 20162 trees in both categories.

(End of this chapter)