Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 254 The Value of Comprehending the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd
On the other side, in the Cosmic Sea, outside the miniature universe of the Blood Thunder Demon God.

"Shh!"

Inside the supreme treasure of the high-grade palace, seventeen figures teleported to Lu Jin's Blood God Child avatar.

Zi Ni Chang, Hong Er, and seven others are the masters of the nine palaces of the Heavenly Court.

Pointing to the small universe hundreds of thousands of light-years away, which was already beginning to collapse, Lu Jin said, "The small universe of the Blood Thunder Demon God is just ahead."

The Blood Thunder Demon God was a being from the second reincarnation era. The miniature universe collapsed, and all life within it had perished.

Materials, resources, and treasures of at least the level of great treasures, as well as corpses with extraordinary life genes, especially the corpse of a cosmic lord, were all looted.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Everyone responded in unison.

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

Then, the palace's treasure gates opened, and seventeen people flew out into the air. They then manifested their respective palace treasures and teleported towards the small universes that were collapsing ahead, where all living beings had perished.

In the primordial universe, far from the human realm, within the territory of the Crystal Clan.

A magnificent palace complex, forged from countless crystals, spans an area of ​​light-years.

In the center of the magnificent palace complex stands a tall tower.

The tower is 3.2 light-years tall, soaring into the depths of space. Its incomparably sharp spire bursts forth with a dazzling beam of light, piercing through the cosmos. Its power lasts for almost an entire star field before finally weakening completely.

Inside the tower, in a magnificent crystal palace.

"My Lord, after investigation, the Holy Spirit has fallen into the hands of the newly established Heavenly Court of mankind."

Furthermore, after the fall of the Holy Spirit, the Heavenly Court also used a sealing-type supreme treasure within the Black Patterned Stone Pillar space of the cosmic ark to suppress the Blood Thunder Demon God of the Second Cycle Era.

A stunningly beautiful female cosmic ruler of the Crystal Clan addressed the Crystal Clan True God 'Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord', who sat on the throne in the hall, clad in a magnificent golden robe.

Under the combined attack of the legion with seven powers reaching the eighth rank, the Holy Spirit Lord was instantly killed on the spot, and the divine power avatar left inside the primordial universe dissipated before it could even react.

Furthermore, at that time, there was no Universe Lord of the Crystal Clan Alliance present in the space of the Black Pattern Stone Pillar. When the Holy Spirit Lord fell, the Crystal Clan had no idea who the murderer was.

However, the space of the black-patterned stone pillars was not without the presence of the primordial universe's cosmic lords. After the human race's Heavenly Court forcefully suppressed the Blood Thunder Demon God, they used their divine power avatars left in the primordial universe to inform their respective races or forces of this news.

Since the Lord of the Crystal Clan Holy Spirit had fallen, the Lord of the Universe would naturally inform the Crystal Clan of this news so they could sell him for a good price.

"Human race, Heavenly Court"

The Heavenly Crystal Saint Master closed his eyes and the golden eye between his brows, speaking softly without much emotion in his words.

However, the fourteen Crystal Clan Universe Lords or divine incarnations standing inside the magnificent crystal palace all knew that the Holy Lord's anger must have been burning fiercely for some time.

This is because the fallen Holy Spirit Lord was not only the second strongest in the Crystal Clan and the Holy Lord's personal disciple, but also the most promising among the Crystal Clan's previous fifteen Universe Lords to become the clan's second True God.

After a long while, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord opened his eyes and said coldly, "Those of you who are adventuring in the Cosmic Sea, immediately return to the Primal Universe."

"Jingyue, reply to the demon race: if the demon race can win over any super power to fight against the human race, my Jing race will join forces with them to attack the human race when they start their war."

Although his anger was burning fiercely, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord did not lose his mind.

As the Holy Lord of the Crystal Clan, he had to consider the well-being of his people.

As the pinnacle races of the primordial universe, the six races—demon, human, insect, machine, crystal, and prison—are not equal in strength; there are differences in strength among them.

Undoubtedly, even disregarding the primordial ancestor who once dominated the universe, the Crystal Race's overall strength is still inferior to that of the Human Race.

In a one-on-one fight against the human race, the Crystal Clan probably wouldn't even be able to achieve a draw, and that was before the Heavenly Court appeared.

However, in the eyes of the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord, if they join forces with the demon race, the Crystal race will have the strength to fight against the human race.

If the demon race can also unite with any super power in the original universe, and combine at least three super powers to attack the human race, how can the human race not be defeated with such an advantage?
"Yes, my Lord!"

The Lord of Crystal Moon, along with several avatars of the Crystal Clan's universe lords, bowed in response.

A week later.

After plundering the collapsed mini-universe of the Blood Thunder Demon God, Lu Jin teleported the Heavenly Court's powerful figures back to the Netherworld.

Inside the Divine Palace of the Netherworld Kingdom, Lu Jin was inspecting his spoils of war.

As expected, within the small universe where the Blood Thunder Demon God collapsed, there were still three corpses of universe masters.

When an era of reincarnation ends, the cosmic lord who has not yet become a true god must find a small universe to rely on, otherwise he will not be able to survive.

Lu Jin was certain that there were more than just these three universe masters affiliated with the Blood Thunder Demon God's miniature universe.

However, the Lord of the Universe is not dead, and apart from the Realm Beasts that have not yet appeared, there are no powerful beings in the Universe Sea who can pose a threat to the small universes of a True God.

Without the need to guard their lair, these cosmic lords naturally wouldn't all be holed up in the Blood Thunder Demon God's small universe.

After all, treasures won't just fall from the sky if you're hiding in your lair.

After the three corpses of the Lord of the Universe decomposed, three spacetime law divine sparks and three bloodline source crystals with nearly ten thousand times the genetic power were produced.

Including the treasures on the three cosmic lords, the Heavenly Court obtained over a thousand treasures of varying levels and hundreds of thousands of major treasures during this plundering trip.

However, there are not many treasures whose value is no less than that of top-tier treasures; there are fewer than forty such items.

Among these, four treasures deserve Lu Jin's attention: one peak palace treasure, one peak soul treasure, and two peak domain treasures.

Especially that supreme treasure of the pinnacle palace, which is of the wood element, but its quality is slightly inferior, and it can only be considered a mid-range item among the supreme treasures of the pinnacle palace.

In addition to a large number of supreme and precious treasures, the Heavenly Court also plundered a large amount of materials for refining treasures and various precious resources.

Of course, in addition to the above gains, there are also a massive amount of Law Godheads, as well as a massive amount of Bloodline Source Crystals with varying amounts of genes, ranging from three times, six times, to ten times.

The Blood Thunder Demon God is a special life form with no race of its own. Before the destruction of the primordial universe in the second cycle of reincarnation, it gathered many races with extraordinary bloodlines.

Over countless years, before the collapse, all habitable places within the miniature universe could be found to have at least three times the natural life genes.

"Greenie, this Azure Palace is yours."

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin summoned a palace treasure, shrunk to the size of a palm, green in color, and covered with countless vine reliefs, which landed in front of Lü'er.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Greenie squinted her eyes and happily accepted it.

I've been envious for so long, and now she can finally use the ultimate treasure, the Palace.

"Huang'er, you can use this Purgatory Demon Thunder Palace."

Lu Jin gave Huang'er the Palace, a top-grade treasure dropped by the Blood Thunder Demon God.

Originally, the Purgatory Demon Thunder Palace would have been more suitable for Zi'er, but since Zi'er already possesses the supreme palace treasure 'Mysterious Thousand-Jun Palace', she is no longer within the scope of consideration.

Although the Purgatory Demon Thunder Palace is of a higher quality than the Profound Thousand Jun Palace, Lu Jin did not allow Zi'er to change it, and instead handed the Profound Thousand Jun Palace over to Huang'er and the others who did not yet have access to a peak palace treasure.

Since a tenth-tier true god isn't coming out, even the most powerful palace treasures are just a waste of resources; there's no need to replace them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Huang'er accepted the Purgatory Thunder Palace with a smile.

Then, Lu Jin turned to look at the Lord of the Heavenly Spirit Palace, the Lord of Dawn, and said, "Dawn, the Heavenly Spirit Palace will give each of you nine Palace Masters 1000 Treasure Points."

With such a bumper harvest, he, as the boss, has to give out some bonuses.

Unlike Zi Ni Chang and Hong Er, other lords of the Heavenly Court could apply for and obtain the most precious treasures in the Lingbao Hall's treasury, but they all obtained them through loans.

They will need to work to pay off their debts in the future, but there is no specific repayment deadline.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor!"

The nine Lords of Dawn were overjoyed and quickly bowed in gratitude.

1000 Treasure Points are almost enough to offset the loan for a top-tier Treasure Weapon!
"Ah."

Nodding slightly, Lu Jin tossed a world ring to Cangwu, the Lord of the Spirit Treasure Hall, and said, "Cangwu, put all the spoils from this hunt and looting into the Spirit Treasure Hall."

As per tradition, treasures of the pinnacle realm are only open to members of the Heavenly Court.

However, the supreme and most powerful weapon, the 'Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd,' is an exception and is also open to members of the five major forces.

"Heavenly Emperor, this supreme treasure is incomparably precious."

The Lord of Cangwu spoke with some hesitation.

The Supreme Treasure is the most precious treasure, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the treasure that protects the clan.

The Heavenly Court wouldn't have much use for a large amount of treasure points. If they were bought by the five major powers, wouldn't that be a loss for the Heavenly Court?
However, since it was His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor who ordered it to be put on the shelves, he dared not openly disagree, but could only give a subtle and indirect reminder.

Lu Jin said, "I'm not selling the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd; I'll offer it at a price based on its comprehension."

"The price of enlightenment?"

The Lord of Cangwu was stunned. What was this "comprehension price"?

Lu Jin said, "Comprehending the secret runes of the most powerful treasures can help powerful individuals with deep knowledge to improve their secret techniques."

Later, I will build a new palace next to the Lingbao Hall, named the Wufa Hall, and bless the Wufa Hall with a thousand times time acceleration, so that I won't need to send many people to manage it on a daily basis.

The Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd will be placed in the Enlightenment Hall. When your Spirit Treasure Hall is listed in the virtual universe, please indicate that the Enlightenment Hall has a thousand times time acceleration.

Every year in the primordial universe, a fee of 10 Treasure Points is charged to each seeker of enlightenment.

Pay first, then begin your comprehension; fees are renewing on schedule; and the participant is prohibited from taking the Bloodflame Demon Lightning Halberd out of the Enlightenment Hall.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

The Lord of Cangwu bowed in response.

Why does the level of secret techniques increase dramatically in a short period of time after a true god obtains the most powerful treasure?
There is no other reason than that the most powerful treasure contains high-level secret patterns.

The "Enlightenment" effect of the supreme treasure rune is useless against true gods cultivated with the divine essence of laws.

After all, true gods who can rapidly improve their secret techniques after obtaining the most powerful treasures already possess a wealth of accumulated knowledge and skills.

Just like the giant axe that obtained the most powerful treasure in the original work, it has accumulated countless years.

With the supreme and precious secret runes as correct guidance at a higher level, if one gains something, the already substantial accumulation will erupt in a single day, resulting in a rapid improvement in the level of secret techniques in a short period of time. This is also the biggest reason why, despite the Heavenly Court possessing supreme and precious treasures and countless high-level secret technique inheritances, the cosmic lords of the Heavenly Court generally have shortcomings in secret techniques.

This is not because the powerful beings cultivated by the Godhood of Laws are mentally challenged, but simply because they lack sufficient accumulation of knowledge and experience.

As for giving the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd to the Giant Axe?

nonexistent!

This is a supreme treasure that the Heavenly Court worked so hard to seize, why should it be given to others to use?
The giant axe wasn't his teacher, the Lord of Heavenly Frost, and besides, the giant axe arena in the original work hadn't left him with a good impression, so Lu Jin wasn't going to be so generous.

Moreover, three true gods will soon appear in the Heavenly Court. If there are no further gains, even the most powerful treasures will not be enough for them!

However, although it cannot be given away, it is fine to rent it to the giant axe to study the secret runes. In any case, the true god of the Heavenly Court has not yet appeared, and there is no need for this supreme treasure for the time being.

Furthermore, the secret runes of the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd can not only provide some guidance for the giant axe, but also provide some guidance for the other universe lords of the five major forces who have been stuck at their bottlenecks for countless years.

The Heavenly Court lends out its most powerful treasures that it doesn't need for the time being, in exchange for some treasure points.

The five major powers' experts comprehended the most powerful treasure runes, which improved their secret techniques and led to an overall increase in the strength of the human race. This was a win-win situation.

Anyway, for the giant axe and the universe masters of the five major forces, even with time acceleration, 10 treasure points are enough to comprehend the supreme treasure runes for a thousand years, which is affordable, isn't it?
Inside the temple, after everyone had left, Lu Jin opened the list of Heavenly Generals of the Heavenly God Temple, pondered for a moment, and then asked Fatty to notify four of them to come to the Netherworld Heavenly God Kingdom.

At the same time, inside the Great Luo Heaven Immortal Palace, Lu Jin himself retrieved a top-grade palace treasure.

After recognizing it as its master, it was placed next to the Lingbao Hall, which transformed into a magnificent palace. Above the hall's gate appeared a plaque with the three characters "Wufa Hall," and Wufa Hall was blessed with a thousand times the time acceleration of the Great Luo Heaven.

Upon returning to the Lingbao Hall, the Lord of Cangwu, seeing that the Wufa Hall had been established, immediately placed the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd within it.

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

Within the Netherworld God Kingdom, four heavenly generals—three men and one woman—who had received Lu Jin's summons, teleported to the outside of the temple.

"Come in!"

Lu Jin's voice echoed from the temple.

"Meet the Emperor of Heaven!"

Upon entering the hall, the four bowed respectfully.

"Ah."

Nodding slightly, Lu Jin took out three spacetime law divine sparks and placed them in front of the three heavenly generals (two men and one woman), saying, "After becoming the masters of the universe, you can choose your own titles. As for the deficiencies in your life genes, you can study the 'Miro Supreme Diagram' on your own."

Furthermore, without my permission, none of you three are permitted to log into the virtual universe from now on.

He did have a few high-value bloodline source crystals in his pocket, but there were quite a few blank-level universe lords in the Heavenly Court, so there weren't enough to go around. Therefore, Lu Jin didn't plan to give them out for the time being, but instead reserved them as rewards for outstanding performers.

As for the Lord of Dawn, the Lord of Azure Martial, and others who were granted perfect genes, it was because they were the masters of the Nine Palaces of the Heavenly Court.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor!"

The three of them excitedly accepted the divine sparks of the laws of time and space.

Lu Jin waved his hand: "Go ahead~"

The three bowed and left the temple.

Then, Lu Jin looked at the last burly heavenly general and said in a deep voice, "Jiu Ge."

"My subordinate is here!"

General Jiuge bowed respectfully.

"You are removed from the ranks of the Heavenly Generals and are hereby granted the title of 'King of Wide-Eyed Heaven'."

As Lu Jin spoke, a ten-colored divine spark of law flew out from the sea of ​​blood and landed in front of Pan Wu.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor, for bestowing this name upon me!"

The future Western Heavenly King of the Heavenly Court bowed and accepted the true god-level divine spark.

Lu Jin said, "Within one era of the primordial universe, you will first cultivate various secret techniques in the Hall of Immortal Ascension to familiarize yourself with the structure of the miniature universe. After one era, you will refine the Godhead of Laws."

Furthermore, you are not permitted to log in to the virtual universe without my permission.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

"Go practice."

The Heavenly King Guangmu bowed and took his leave.

'The Four Heavenly Kings are still missing one; perhaps it would be best to slay a true god as well?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

As for causing too much trouble, will you be attacked by the masses?
joke!

The Heavenly Court is not afraid of being besieged, whether in the primordial universe or in the cosmic sea.

Even if all the powerful beings in the universe besieged the Heavenly Court, Lu Jin was not afraid at all.

Let alone closing the gates to the heavens, even if the gates to the heavens were open, which hostile cosmic lord or true god would dare to enter?

Anyone who dares to come in will be met with a face-to-face service from Fan Longtian and the Black-Patterned Stone Pillar.

This is because the Heavenly Court itself is invincible, but the human race is not. Otherwise, Lu Jin would have already been thinking about which power in the original universe to target.

As for the Cosmic Sea, there are currently no True Gods of the tenth rank or above in the Cosmic Sea. The Supreme Treasure of the Peak Palace is a symbol of invincibility. The only thing that can restrain the Supreme Treasure of the Peak Palace is the Sealing Treasure.

However, with the Kunlun Mirror in hand, even the most powerful and sealed treasures are ineffective against the Heavenly Court's experts.

As long as you have the Kunlun Token, even if you are trapped inside a sealed treasure, you can escape with a spatial teleportation.

Shaking his head, Lu Jin stopped thinking about it and continued his treasure hunt in the black-patterned stone pillar space.

There are 16 black-patterned stone pillars. He had only explored two of them before, and there are still 14 black-patterned stone pillars with many black artifact-filled secret chambers waiting for him to explore.

Moreover, the spaceship has more than just the Black Pattern Stone Pillar space as a secret chamber; this is just a small, inconspicuous area.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the human territory, at the headquarters of the Giant Axe Arena.

Inside a majestic temple, the divine embodiment of the giant axe sat enthroned on a divine throne.

Ling Xiao said he had already suppressed the Blood Thunder Demon God and could kill him at any time.

This Blood Thunder Demon God possesses the supreme treasure, the Blood Flame Demon Thunder Halberd. I wonder if, if I were to ask to borrow it, he might lend it to me to study the secret runes of this supreme treasure.
Furthermore, how should we bring this up? Should we have Chaos or Frost subtly probe about it?

The giant axe thought to himself with some inner conflict.

Giant Axe didn't intend to let Lu Jin lend him the Blood Flame Demon Thunder Halberd. The two weren't close, but not to that extent. He only wanted to borrow it to study the secret runes inscribed on the treasure.

While powerful treasures can certainly enhance the strength of a powerful individual, improving one's own secret techniques can also enhance their strength.

If he can comprehend the secret runes of the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd and gain some insights, his strength may well reach the ninth rank.

"Big axe!"

Just then, a voice rang out, and the Lord of Void Gold hurriedly entered the hall.

"Xu Jin, what's the matter that you're in such a hurry?"

The giant axe asked the hurried-looking Lord of Void Gold.

Without wasting any words, the Lord of False Gold got straight to the point, having his AI assistant project a virtual screen in front of the two of them.

The information displayed on the screen was about a treasure from the Heavenly Court's treasure vault in the virtual universe's Lingbao Hall.

【Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd (Not for Sale)】

Enlightenment Price: 10 Treasure Points/person/year

The Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd is an extremely powerful and precious weapon, containing six layers of secret runes, and is stored in the Enlightenment Hall of the Great Luo Heaven in the Heavenly Court.

Paying Treasure Points allows you to comprehend the most powerful and secret runes of the Treasures within the Hall of Enlightenment.

The Enlightenment Hall maintains a thousand-fold time acceleration for an extended period, with the actual cost of enlightenment being 10 Treasure Points per person for one thousand years.

Note: Those who wish to comprehend the Dharma are prohibited from taking the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd out of the Enlightenment Hall.

After the Heavenly Court's Lingbao Hall put the Bloodflame Demon Thunder Halberd on display, it was quickly discovered by members of the Giant Axe Arena, who then reported the matter to the arena's higher-ups.

Upon receiving the message, the Lord of False Gold immediately rushed over to inform Giant Axe.

The Lord of Void Gold was well aware that comprehending the secret runes of the most powerful treasures could potentially elevate one's true mystical arts realm.

Looking at the content displayed on the projection screen, Giant Axe was overjoyed. Now he didn't have to worry about it anymore!

10 Treasure Points for a year. No, for a thousand years?

Not much, not much, he can afford it.

On that day, in addition to the newly promoted Lord of Frost, the divine incarnations of the Giant Axe and the eighteen cosmic lords of the five major forces all arrived at the Heavenly Court.

These nineteen highest-ranking members of the human race have all been stuck at a bottleneck for a long time, accumulating profound knowledge and comprehending the most powerful and precious secret runes. It is possible that they will make further progress in their secret techniques.

Of course, treasure points are also valuable.

Uncertain of whether they would gain anything, the eighteen Universe Lords each paid only 10 Treasure Points, obtaining one year in the Primal Universe and a thousand years of enlightenment time in the Enlightenment Hall.

If you gain nothing, consider it an eye-opening experience.

For just 10 Treasure Points, you can get up close and personal with the most powerful treasure, which is definitely worth it.

Giant Axe, on the other hand, was more generous, paying 1000 Treasure Points in one go to gain 100 years of the Primordial Universe and 10 years of comprehension time in the Enlightenment Hall, as if he would not give up until he comprehended the ninth-order secret technique.

However, the Great Axe is not lacking in a mere 1000 Treasure Points; among all humans, the Great Axe has the most Treasure Points.

Because of its great strength, the giant axe had roamed the cosmic sea for many years and acquired countless treasures. When it could no longer use them, it would contribute them to the clan's treasury.

Things that can be bought with Treasure Points are useless to him, and things that are useful to him cannot be bought with Treasure Points.

With only money coming in and not coming out, over time, the Giant Axe's treasure points accumulated to the point that it was impossible to spend them all.

(End of this chapter)