Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 245 Banquet, Gifts

At this moment, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom noticed a treasure called Ginseng Fruit at the bottom of the list.

Ginseng Fruit

Price: Free application (limited quantity)

Those belonging to the Heavenly Court can view the effects by passing through the Primal Tongtian Mountain, a virtual universe realm master level.

Within the virtual universe, one can apply to defeat a peak-level Immortal while in the guise of a Realm Lord, without using any powerful or higher-level treasures. Once the application is approved, the reward will be granted.

Note: Those whose life level surpasses that of a Realm Lord cannot apply.

The leader of Ganwu Kingdom: "."

Although we don't know the specific effects of this ginseng fruit, the extremely stringent application requirements show that it must be a real treasure.

Having conquered the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a realm master level being, he can be considered a once-in-ten-million-epoch genius.

However, this is only the threshold for viewing the efficacy of ginseng fruit. To obtain it, one must defeat a peak Marquis as a Realm Lord, and this must be done within a virtual universe, without relying on powerful treasures.

After some calculations, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom came up with the prerequisites for obtaining the ginseng fruit.

A Realm Lord possesses the insights of a peak King-level being, coupled with a hundredfold limit amplitude and peak secret techniques, and has the opportunity to defeat a peak Marquis-level Immortal in the virtual universe.

'Is this even human?'

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Little did the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom know that there were indeed people who could reach, or even surpass, this standard.

The ability to create clones granted by the ginseng fruit can exist even after one becomes a true god; the clones simply become identical to the original.

Such a treasure would naturally not be given to an ordinary person; only an unparalleled genius could even dream of it.

Continuing to browse the list of special resource treasures, in addition to immortal-grade plant life and immortal-grade metal life, the Qianwu Kingdom Lord also discovered two other rather special items.

[Secret Treasure of the Laws (Lower Grade)]

Price: 100 billion Mixed Yuan Units/piece

Refining lower-level law treasures can create immortal gods with corresponding law attributes. You can choose from eight lower-level law attribute treasures.

Any alchemist belonging to the Heavenly Court who crafts any fifth-tier top-grade treasure can apply for it for free.

Note: Those who achieve immortality through the use of lower-level law treasures are rejected by the fundamental laws of the universe and will no longer be able to comprehend any fundamental laws in the future.

[Secret Treasure of the Laws (Advanced)]

Price: 10 Arcana Points/coin

Refining superior law treasures can make you a cosmic venerable with the corresponding law attribute. You can choose from two superior law attribute treasures.

The Heavenly Court's treasure refiners can apply for any treasure they create for free.

Note: Those who achieve the status of a Universal Venerable by using the secret treasures of higher laws are rejected by the fundamental laws of the universe and will no longer be able to comprehend any fundamental laws in the future.

'The art of refining treasures truly holds great promise.'

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom thought to himself.

Those who can refine powerful treasures will be directly promoted to the cosmic venerable ones, which shows how much the Heavenly Court values ​​treasure refiners.

After looking through it for a while, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. He asked the staff at the window, "Why is there no resource in the treasury to assist in cultivating the Amplification Secret Technique?"

The importance of the Amplification Secret Technique goes without saying; there's no reason why the Heavenly Court should lack such auxiliary resources.

The staff member said, "Your Excellency may not know this, but all the powerful and talented people in our Heavenly Court cultivate the same Amplitude Secret Technique, and the cultivation requirements for this Amplitude Secret Technique are extremely low."

Those who reach the pinnacle of immortality and those who have gained recognition from higher laws can apply for the first 30 times the amplitude of the secret manual.

Universe Venerables and Realm Lords who have comprehended a profound higher law can apply for the complete amplitude manual that reaches the limit of one hundred times.

I have heard that all the cosmic venerables of my Heavenly Court possess a hundredfold limit amplitude.

As for more specific details, I have no idea.

If the Venerable One's amplification technique fails to reach the hundredfold limit, an application can be made to the Hall of Inheritance.

Upon hearing this, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom's eyes lit up.

Keep in mind that his divine body's amplitude is only 50 times!

Moreover, this was thanks to his previous status as a senior high-level cosmic venerable. Otherwise, if it were a high-level cosmic venerable without any background in the universe, the amplitude secret technique could not reach 50 times.

Suppressing his urge to immediately head to the Hall of Inheritance, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom switched the interface for special resources to that for supreme treasures.

I borrowed 100 Treasure Points from the Celestial Palace. After deducting the 3.8 Treasure Points I owe to my friends and clan, I still have 96.2 Treasure Points to spare, enough to buy a few decent Treasures.

"Shh!"

The interface changes, and many treasures are displayed there.

Because the most precious treasures in the treasury are arranged according to their price from highest to lowest.

What came into the eyes of the Qianwu Kingdom Lord were all top-quality high-grade treasures in the categories of Domain, Soul, and Palace, with prices reaching nearly several hundred thousand Treasure Points.

In an instant, the eyes of the Qianwu Kingdom ruler were filled with a fiery light.

However, after looking at the price of the Arcana and then at the balance in his account, he realized that he was still a poor ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, so he reluctantly clicked on the Arcana category option.

After some deliberation, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom purchased a high-grade treasure sword priced at 9 treasure points and a set of high-grade treasure armor priced at 12 treasure points.

One common Realm Arcana item priced at 16 Arcana Points, one common Palace Arcana item priced at 25 Arcana Points, and one common Soul Arcana item priced at 34 Arcana Points.

Needless to say, these five treasures are almost the worst quality among their kind.

It wasn't that he didn't want to buy top-tier items, but rather that he didn't have enough Treasure Points. If he only bought top-tier items, he would spend all 100 Treasure Points he borrowed from the Heavenly Spirit Palace just on weapons and armor.

However, the improvement in his strength brought by top-grade high-level treasure weapons and armor was far less than that brought by the combination of these five treasures.

Even if it were just an ordinary item, this level of treasure configuration would surpass most of the universe's overlords.

'Make money, make big money!'

Glancing at the last 4 Treasure Points remaining in his account, the Qianwu Kingdom Lord felt a burning desire to fight.

After placing an order for the five treasures, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom transferred the outstanding payments to his creditors and clan accounts.

Meanwhile, in reality, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom left a divine mark in the Immortal Transformation Hall and headed directly to the Spirit Treasure Hall. He took 70 mid-grade peaches and the five supreme treasures he had purchased, and then rushed to the Inheritance Hall without stopping.

He not only wants the secret technique of a hundredfold extreme amplitude, but also the secret art of refining treasures!

The ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, who had been poor for countless years, felt that it was essential to learn a commendable craft in order to change his impoverished situation.

With his foundation as a cosmic overlord with a hundred times the life force, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom refused to believe that he could not forge a powerful treasure.

As long as you can become a treasure refiner, pay off your loan, and make money along the way, isn't that a piece of cake?
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, in the void of the Milky Way, in the square in front of the South Heavenly Gate.

In addition to the celestial soldiers and generals guarding the area, Xu Xin was also present, along with many beautiful fairy maidens dressed in palace gowns.

During this month, in addition to his cultivation, Lu Jin had Hong'er and the other seven train another batch of immortal-level insectoid warriors, obtained a batch of lower-level law godheads, and assigned 100,000 immortal fairy maidens to the Heavenly Court.

At this moment, in the distant starry sky, two powerful figures, accompanied by two juniors, teleported over and then quickly flew towards the South Heavenly Gate.

Half a minute later, four figures arrived at the square in front of the South Heavenly Gate.

"The Lord of the Dark Flame Universe has arrived!"

"The Lord of the Yuan Chen Universe Kingdom has arrived!"

Two fairy maidens sang.

"Heavenly Court, Bright Moon, welcome to the two rulers."

Xu Xin greeted them with a smile.

This banquet is for the high-ranking officials of the five major powers and many cosmic rulers. It is necessary for the Heavenly Court to send a high-ranking official to the South Heavenly Gate to welcome the guests, so as not to be impolite.

Moreover, as the president of Yanhuang Company, he will inevitably have to deal with the top leaders of the five major forces and many cosmic rulers in the future.

"Venerable Bright Moon".

The two rulers of the universe returned the greeting.

"Greetings, Venerable Mingyue."

Bolan and Rong Jun, who had come to the banquet with their teacher, bowed.

The King of Mingyan Kingdom was Bolan's teacher, while the King of Yuanchen Kingdom was Rongjun's teacher.

Xu Xin waved his hand: "No need for formalities, Your Majesties, please come in."

Then, two celestial maidens stepped forward and led the two cosmic rulers and Bolan into the South Heavenly Gate.

"Gentlemen, could you tell us about the general situation of the Heavenly Court?"

After entering the Nine Heavens, the King of Yuanchen spoke to the two fairy maidens who were leading the way.

A fairy maiden said, "Your Majesty, the Heavenly Court has many celestial realms, which are connected by celestial passages."

We are now in the Nine Heavens, where the Heavenly Emperor is holding a banquet at the Jade Pool of the Great Luo Heaven.”

"Where is that palace complex?"

After glancing at the numerous treasure palaces floating in the sky, the King of the Underworld pointed to the majestic palace complex standing on the ground in the distance below.

He could sense that the supreme pressure emanating from this majestic palace complex was stronger than that of the many supreme palaces suspended in the sky, clearly indicating that it was not as simple as ordinary palace treasures.

The fairy maiden said, "That is the headquarters of Yanhuang Company, the external agency of my Heavenly Court. The president of Yanhuang Company is none other than Venerable Mingyue."

Furthermore, the Nine Heavens will be open to the public in the future.

"The King of the Golden Mist Universe has arrived!"

"The King of the Noah Universe has arrived!"

"The Nine Flames Universe Ruler has arrived!"

"The Lord of the Lanting Universe Kingdom has arrived!"

"The ruler of the desolate universe has arrived!"

Outside the South Heavenly Gate, cosmic rulers continued to arrive with their disciples or family descendants to attend the banquet.

At this moment, more than a thousand powerful figures appeared in the distant starry sky.

Most of these figures were accompanied by one or two younger colleagues.

"Swish!" "Swish!"

Panwu Heavenly General and Yemu Heavenly General, who were guarding the South Heavenly Gate, flew out of the Supreme Palace.

Soon, the many figures that appeared in the starry sky flew to the square in front of the South Heavenly Gate.

Leading the group was a figure with fiery red horns on its head, wearing dark red battle armor, and having a tail covered in scales—the main killing avatar of the Chaos City Lord.

"Panwu (Nightfall) greets the Lord of Chaos City, the Lord of Ice Peak, the Lord of Dragon Journey, and the Lord of Netherworld."

Pan Wu and Nightfall General were the first to bow to the four Lords of the Universe.

The Lord of Darkness is one of humanity's hidden trump cards, so naturally he will not reveal it.

Moreover, of the four cosmic lords who came to the banquet, only the Chaos City Lord, who possesses the secret technique of creating clones, came in his true form; the other three were all incarnations of divine power.

After all, the universe is not peaceful. If all the human race's universe lords were to attend the banquet in their true forms, it would give hostile forces an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

"Greetings to the King of Tianshuang Kingdom and the Palace Master of Tianshi Palace."

"Welcome to the Virtual Universe Company." Apart from the four Universe Lords, the only ones who could command special respect from the two Heavenly Generals were the Heavenly Frost Kingdom Lord and the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Lord. The remaining Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords were simply addressed without further ado.

The former is the Heavenly Emperor's teacher, which has nothing to do with strength.

The latter is a top-tier cosmic overlord, whose strength and status are different from other cosmic venerables and cosmic overlords, and is worthy of the respect of the heavenly generals with the strength of the two overlords.

Moreover, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace possesses a secret technique for creating clones, so what appears to be his true form is also his true form.

"Heavenly Court, Bright Moon, welcome to all members of Virtual Universe Company. Please follow me."

Xu Xin stepped forward to pay her respects and led the guests from the virtual company into the South Heavenly Gate.

Just as they entered the Nine Heavens, a figure teleported in front of them from mid-air.

"I met the teacher."

Lu Jin bowed to the King of Tianshuang Kingdom, then looked at the others and said, "Welcome to my Heavenly Court."

"Greetings, Lord of Lingxiao."

The venerable beings of the Virtual Universe Company and the younger generation who followed them bowed in greeting.

"Please, everyone, there's no need for such formalities. Let's head to Yaochi first."

As he spoke, Lu Jin came to the side of his teacher, the King of Tianshuang Kingdom, and personally led the way for everyone.

"Teacher, have you had any further insights?"

Lu Jin asked the King of Tianshuang.

The Heavenly Frost King was already a cosmic overlord. After achieving perfect genes, his physical cultivation talent became even stronger, especially since he had previously been given a Bodhi seed.

In Lu Jin's view, it should be no problem for the Heavenly Frost King to become the Lord of the Universe.

"Difficult, difficult, difficult! What is the Heart of the Beast God? I still can't figure it out."

The King of Tianshuang shook his head with a regretful expression.

"Then why doesn't the teacher try the time-space path? The key is not which path to take, but whether it can be successfully navigated."

Lu Jin suggested.

Upon hearing this, Tian Shuang perked up: "That makes sense!"

If I cannot grasp the essence of the Beast God's Heart, and the Path of the Beast God is impassable, then I cannot even take the Path of Time and Space?

Compared to his understanding of the laws of the Beast God Path, his understanding of the laws of the Space-Time Path is equally impressive.

Over countless years, he had long ago grasped the three mysteries of time.

He lacks the heart of a beast god in the Path of Beast Gods, and he only lacks the integration of the laws of time in the Path of Spacetime.

With perfect genes and Bodhi seeds, the former enhancing his physical cultivation talent and the latter improving his comprehension, he should have no trouble integrating the laws of time.

Chatting casually along the way, Lu Jin led the Virtual Universe Company members across the Heavenly Passage and into the Great Luo Heaven.

Upon entering the Great Luo Heaven, the attention of everyone from the Virtual Universe Company was immediately drawn to the various fundamental laws of the universe manifested in the sky.

"The manifestation of the fundamental laws of the universe to this extent is truly unparalleled in the universe! The cultivation environment of the Great Luo Heaven is simply the best in the universe!"

The Lord of Chaos City couldn't help but sigh.

Lu Jin shook his head: "That's too kind. Whether you can become a strong person or not, environmental factors alone are not enough."

In Lu Jin's view, the cultivation environment of the Great Luo Heaven can indeed greatly increase the probability of a Realm Lord entering the Immortal Realm, and slightly increase the probability of an Immortal entering the Universe Venerable Realm.

While it's possible to say that the probability of a cosmic being becoming the master of the universe exists, it's absolutely minuscule.

Even if one could become the master of the universe, the cultivation environment of the Great Luo Heaven would only account for a very small part of the factors.

"Ling Xiao, I noticed that many of the top-grade palace treasures in the Heavenly Court have the same style. Could they have been crafted by the Lord of Yaochi?"

After glancing at the various palaces of Lingxiao Palace floating above the golden sea of ​​clouds in the distance, the Lord of Dragon Journey asked with a look of inquiry.

Lu Jin nodded: "Not bad."

"Haha~, Long Xing, you can step down as the number one treasure refiner of your clan."

The Lord of Ice Peaks said with a smile.

There are few alchemists in the universe, and alchemists of the supreme treasure level are even rarer.

The Dragon Lord, hailed as the number one treasure refiner of the human race, also possesses treasure refining skills at the level of high-grade treasures.

He can only refine ordinary versions of higher-level treasures such as those in the realm, soul, and palace categories, and the probability of failure is not small.

While refining these three types of treasures won't necessarily result in a loss, it's fair to say that there's not much profit to be made either.

"You're not the number one treasure refiner in the universe, so what's the big deal about such an empty title? Ling Xiao, would you be so kind as to ask the Lord of Yaochi to give you some pointers on treasure refining techniques?"

"The Lord of Dragons said with anticipation."

The Lord of Yaochi is capable of refining top-grade palace treasures, which shows that his treasure-refining skills are far superior to his.

If he receives guidance and his treasure-refining skills improve, it will be a joyous occasion for both his clan and himself.

"Of course, everyone. Let's go to Yaochi first, as the banquet will be held there today."

With that, Lu Jin led everyone from the Virtual Universe Company toward Yaochi.

Before long, the group arrived on a floating island with a diameter of several million kilometers.

In the center of the floating island, there was a giant pool of water that shimmered and was crystal clear, occupying most of the island's area.

In the clear pond water, countless large, canopy-like, glass-like petals of the thousand-petaled lotus bloom in layers, refracting the seven-colored light.

At the center of the pool, a series of white jade pavilions are built on the water, shrouded in ethereal mist, from which ethereal music emanates.

On the land outside the pool, countless jade trees and rare flowers and herbs grow, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

"Welcome to Virtual Universe Company."

Zi Ni Chang, Hong Er Qi Ren, Zi Zhen Feng, and Zi Yu Mo stepped forward to welcome them.

"Jade Pool".

"The Lord of Yaochi".

Everyone returned the gift one after another.

"Ling Xiao, may I ask who these nine are?"

The Lord of Chaos asked Lu Jin.

It is clear that these nine are all cosmic rulers who control time and space.

The Heavenly Court's resources are indeed unfathomable!
Lu Jin said, "Let me introduce you all. These seven are the Seven Lords of the Rainbow in my Heavenly Court, named after the seven colors of the rainbow."

This is the Lord of Light, who governs the Heavenly Palace; this is the Lord of Crimson, who governs the Tushita Palace.

Outside the South Heavenly Gate, waves of guests arrived.

Not long after the Virtual Universe Company team arrived, the top executives of the remaining four major forces also arrived with many of their subordinates.

Apart from a few cosmic lords who remained hidden in the shadows and were not publicly identified within their respective races, all the top-ranking members of the five major powers had arrived.

Those who possess the secret technique of creating clones are all present in their true form.

Those who did not have clones also manifested divine power.

Guests arrived in droves, celestial maidens performed dances, and the sounds of zithers, flutes, pipes, and drums created a melodious celestial ambiance as a grand banquet was held in the Jade Pool.

The main ingredient in the banquet is from Shanhaitian.

With so many kinds of monsters that fly in the sky, run on the ground, and swim in the water, even after careful selection, a large number of monsters are still listed as ingredients for the banquet.

It can be said that the countless demonic beasts in the Heavenly Realm are not only demonic slaves and cattle, but also the Heavenly Court's food supply.

It is also worth mentioning that for Domain Lord-level and World Lord-level life forms, only the Life Core and Origin Pearl are the core. Gathering ingredients will not cause the death of monsters above the Domain Lord level.

Of course, the Heavenly Court doesn't have a very wide variety of things like wine, fruits, and melons.

Many of them were purchased from outside by Yanhuang Company, who also purchased seeds to plant in various celestial realms.

Similarly, the guests who came to the banquet were all secretly shocked by the depth of the Heavenly Court's resources, even the highest-ranking officials such as Giant Axe and the Lord of Chaos City were no exception.

The Heavenly Court has a total of eleven Lords of the Universe and more than eight thousand Venerable Ones of the Universe.

This foundation is comparable to that of a top-tier clan.

The Heavenly Court does not have the strongest being in the universe, but each of the Seven Lords of the Clouds possesses top-tier sixth-order strength. In the primordial universe, they are not much different from the strongest being in the universe. At most, they cannot make their words come true, nor are they as resilient as the true strongest being in the universe.

However, their numbers are enough to make up for the lack of resilience compared to the strongest beings in the universe.

Moreover, even the strongest being in the universe could not truly threaten the universe lord who possessed the ultimate palace treasures within the primordial universe.

The banquet at Yaochi lasted for a full week before it ended.

The entire banquet was, of course, more than just eating and drinking.

Most of the time, it was the many cosmic lords present who were preaching.

Some explained the laws of time, some explained the laws of space, some explained secret techniques, and many even explained the art of refining treasures, such as Zi Nishang, who had become the number one treasure refiner among humans.

As for Lu Jin, he gave an introduction to the Secret Pattern Diagram School.

The later a secret technique or ultimate skill reaches, the greater its impact on the strength of a powerful individual becomes.

Following the secret rune pattern path will undoubtedly be more conducive to the creation of secret techniques.

Most importantly, the Lingbao Palace treasury sells top-grade peaches of immortality, and the universe lords of the five major powers all have the opportunity to achieve perfect genes, thus having the conditions to follow the secret pattern path.

Furthermore, more than half of the human race's universe lords are at the fourth-order level.

If they could create and fuse the strongest secret technique by comprehending the secret rune diagrams, then their strength would be that of a fifth-order universe master.

Especially the leader of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Lord Huangjian, this guy has four divine bodies including his main body and clones.

If they create the strongest fusion technique, it will be equivalent to the human race having four fourth-order universe masters break through to the fifth order.

It would be impossible for Lu Jin to spend resources to cultivate human powerhouses who are not affiliated with his own Heavenly Court and have no close relationship with them; he is not that generous.

But if it only requires words and no actual resources to help the other party break through, Lu Jin wouldn't mind doing a good deed.

As for whether the many universe lords actually listened to him, and whether it was of any practical help, Lu Jin didn't care.

After seeing off the guests, inside the Jade Pool, Zi Nishang handed the congratulatory gifts from the five major powers to Lu Jin.

When the Heavenly Court hosts a banquet, the guests who come to attend will naturally bring gifts.

However, the guests who came to the banquet, including many cosmic rulers, were all members of the five major powers. Instead of giving each person a gift, each of the five major powers sent a gift.

"What exactly are they?"

After accepting the five world rings from Zi Nishang, Lu Jin asked.

Zi Nishang said, "The Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Arena are both giving away top-tier treasure weapons, each worth around 1200 treasure points."

The remaining three major forces donated top-tier, supreme-grade treasure armor, each worth three to four hundred treasure points. The total value of the five treasures was approximately 3500 treasure points.

"That's not bad."

Lu Jin nodded slightly.

3500 Treasure Points isn't a lot; it's roughly the price of 175 top-grade peaches.

But it's not a small amount; it's enough to be equivalent to four top-grade palace treasures.

(End of this chapter)