Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 258 8280 Enlightenment Diagrams, Achieving the Status of the Universe

The operation ended a week later.

Apart from the two Universe Lords killed by Lu Jin's team, the entire operation was carried out successfully.

The Celestial Temple also killed hundreds of cosmic venerables, including three cosmic overlords, as well as more than 100,000 immortal gods of various races.

There are certainly still some 'remnants' whose names are disrespectful to the Heavenly Court, but the primordial universe is too vast, and it's inevitable that some will slip through the net.

It's like knowing someone's name but not being able to find where they are.

Or perhaps the target is so obscure that they operate only in extremely remote areas, and neither the Heavenly Court nor the Hongmeng intelligence departments have ever heard of them.

After the operation concluded, at Lu Jin's behest, the official website of the Heavenly Court's virtual universe published the kill list for this strike.

Looking at the names of the Lord of Piercing the Sky and the Lord of Breaking the Sky at the beginning of the kill list, followed by the names of more than a thousand Universe Venerables, plus the names of tens of thousands of Immortal Gods, everyone who saw this kill list was shocked.

At the same time, the kill list published on the Heavenly Court's official website is spreading rapidly to billions of races throughout the primordial universe.

Virtual universe, virtual gold temple.

'He's really ruthless!'

Looking at the kill list, the Lord of Void Gold clicked his tongue in amazement.

Mysterious Ancestral Realm, Beacon Fire Temple.

'I hope you can really avenge Sister Chenxi.'

Upon receiving the news, the newly renamed God of Beacon Fire thought with anticipation in his eyes.

The Primal Secret Realm, outside the Blood Luo World, inside the Heavenly Eclipse Palace.

'My name is Tian Shi (天食), I hope that's not taboo?'

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace couldn't help but mutter to himself.

To be honest, the name 'celestial eclipse' is fine, but if it's reversed to 'eclipse the sky,' then that won't do.

The Heavenly Court does not forbid any living being from having the word "Heaven" in their name, but it does not allow any name containing the word "Heaven" to be insulting to the Heavenly Court.

In the primordial universe, the Northern Frontier Alliance, the powerful Gu Clan's territory.

Inside a temple radiating the oppressive aura of a supreme treasure, a cosmic lord, thousands of kilometers long, with grayish-white skin, a head resembling a chrysanthemum, and covered in jet-black spikes, resembling a ferocious giant silkworm, slumped onto a massive throne.

"Fortunately, I know that the Heavenly Court is extremely cruel, so I changed the name as soon as I received the news."

Otherwise, my Gu-Slaying Clan would become just an ordinary race.

The man, whose strength ranked in the third tier and whose original name was Lord of Slaughtering Heaven, but who had recently changed his name to Lord of Slaughtering Gu, thought to himself with lingering fear.

After the Heavenly Court issued a warning in the virtual universe, some people did not receive the warning message, while others did.

While some powerful individuals ignored the warning, others, intimidated by the Heavenly Court's infamous reputation, immediately changed their names.

This was the case with the original name 'Lord of Slaughtering Heaven', the Lord of Slaughtering Gu.

Even fearing that the Heavenly Court would come knocking on his door, leaving him no chance to defend himself, the Lord of Slaughtering Gu specifically instructed his clansmen to inform the Heavenly Court that he had changed his name after changing it.

"It's a pity that Citian owes me a favor that I can't get back. I wonder if the alliance will take any action."

The Lord of Slaughtering Gu said with a regretful expression.

If we're talking about which faction in the primordial universe has the most Universe Lords, then if we exclude the Universe Lord-level Ghost Warriors and Titan Warriors, it would undoubtedly be the Northern Frontier Alliance.

The entire Northern Frontier Alliance has over a hundred Universe Lords, and the number of Universe Venerables is a hundred times greater than that of the Hong Alliance.

Moreover, considering that cosmic overlords and top cosmic overlords require the strongest beings in the universe to be resurrected, the Northern Frontier Alliance, which was originally just a large group of races banding together for mutual support, invited a lone strongest being to return and serve as the alliance leader.

Of course, the leader of the Northern Frontier Alliance doesn't usually get involved in affairs.

However, precisely because the leader of the alliance doesn't manage affairs, and because it's a force formed by many ethnic groups banding together for mutual support, conflicts inevitably arise between the various ethnic groups, resulting in a low level of unity within the Northern Frontier Alliance.

If a member of one of the six top-tier clans were to have a universe lord killed by a powerful figure from another force, they would certainly seek revenge.

Even if they don't retaliate on the spot, they'll find an opportunity to stab them in the back.

But if it were the Northern Frontier Alliance, and the murderer were an easy target, then everyone would join forces to kill the murderer and then divide up the spoils that originally belonged to the murderer.

If it's a tough nut to crack, everyone will share it.

However, what was divided up was not the interests that originally belonged to the murderer, but the interests that the victim's ethnic group occupied.

With the fall of the Lord of Thorns, the Sharp-Headed Clan is no longer a powerful clan, but an ordinary one.

You, an ordinary ethnic group, dare to claim the benefits that only powerful ethnic groups can enjoy?
The law of the jungle prevails, and bullying the weak and fearing the strong is the way things are.

Ten years after the primordial universe, in the Great Luo Heaven.

In the square in front of the Hall of Ascension to Immortality, two young men who had just come out of different side halls were walking and talking.

One of them was dressed in black with a buzz cut, and the other was dressed in white with a shaved head; both of them had an undisguised look of joy on their faces.

"Brother, this Enlightenment Diagram is truly powerful."

The white-robed, bald Thor spoke to Hong, who was dressed in black with a buzz cut.

"It is powerful, but it is also really expensive."

Hong said with a pained expression.

Thor nodded in agreement: "It is indeed expensive. It costs 1000 points to comprehend it for a day. Even with the 20% discount, it still costs 800 points. I'm about to go bankrupt!"

Fortunately, I'm only one step away from mastering the fundamental law of lightning, so I won't need to spend points to comprehend the Lightning Law Enlightenment Diagram anymore.

The points within the Heavenly Court are quite valuable; 1 point can be exchanged for 1 Hunyuan unit.

However, if members of the Heavenly Court want to exchange Primordial Units for Points, they either need to reach the Immortal level in their own life or defeat an Immortal God in the virtual universe to obtain the authority to exchange Primordial Units for Points at a 1:1 ratio.

Furthermore, no member of the Heavenly Court is allowed to profit from reselling the resources of the Lingbao Palace.

"I'm just a hair's breadth away from mastering the laws of light. I don't need to comprehend the lower laws, but the two higher laws are a bottomless pit."

As he spoke, Hong couldn't help but shake his head.

As one of the Ten Palaces of Heaven, the Palace of Ascension to Immortality is not just a single palace, but a complex of palaces with numerous side halls.

The eight side halls surrounding the main hall of the Hall of Ascension to Immortality were set up as the Halls of Enlightenment of the Eight Lower-Level Primal Laws.

Each of the Lower-Level Primal Law Enlightenment Halls is divided into 1008 independent meditation rooms, each containing a Lower-Level Primal Law Enlightenment Diagram approximately 300 meters long and 200 meters wide.

The superior law enlightenment diagram is located in one of the many quiet cultivation rooms separated from the main hall, and can also receive the enlightenment blessing of the Bodhi tree.

By immersing one's consciousness in the Enlightenment Diagram of the Fundamental Laws, one can begin to comprehend it.

During the process of enlightenment, the lower-level fundamental law enlightenment diagram will automatically provide feedback to the enlightener on all the mysteries that the lower-level laws of that system have not yet been mastered.

If one comprehends the Enlightenment Diagram of the Higher-Level Primordial Laws, the feedback received will be all the mysteries that the Higher-Level Primordial Laws of that system have not yet mastered.

How much one can gain depends on one's own existing knowledge and understanding.

Of course, apart from one complete diagram of each of the ten fundamental laws, all the remaining diagrams of fundamental laws have been deliberately left with a slight flaw.

Simply studying the incomplete Enlightenment Diagram of the Fundamental Laws is insufficient to fully grasp the Fundamental Laws of that system; at most, one can only reach a point where one is just a hair's breadth away from complete mastery.

Lu Jin instructed Zi Nishang to do this primarily to prevent his genius from accidentally breaking through while trying to comprehend the teachings.

If one wishes to break through to a higher level, then one can study the complete Dao Enlightenment Diagram of the Origin Laws.

Furthermore, as Lu Jin had predicted, just like the Primal Spirit Tea Tree and the Primal Spirit Peach Tree, the Primal Law Enlightenment Diagram also had a limited number.

The Eight Lower-Level Law Enlightenment Diagrams, each with a maximum of 1008 diagrams, totaling 8064 diagrams across all eight systems, are classified as ordinary treasures.

The two superior laws of enlightenment diagrams each have a maximum of 108 diagrams, totaling 216 diagrams, which are classified as ordinary treasures.

The Ten Fundamental Laws, comprising a total of 8280 diagrams illustrating the enlightenment of these fundamental laws.

Thor nodded and said, "I heard from my teacher that the Enlightenment Diagram of the Higher Laws is in the main hall of the Hall of Immortality, and there is also a divine tree inside that greatly enhances one's comprehension."

As long as one's level remains at the Realm Lord level, the difficulty of comprehending the higher-level law enlightenment diagram within the main hall and mastering the higher-level law is no greater than the difficulty of an ordinary genius Realm Lord achieving immortality outside.

"It takes 10 million points to comprehend a World Lord level artifact in one day, 1000 billion points to comprehend an Immortal level artifact in one day, and 100 trillion points to comprehend a Universe Venerable level artifact in one day."

Although we are the realm lords with the lowest entry fees for enlightenment, even with the 20% discount, we still need eight million points, so we can forget about it for the foreseeable future.

Hong shook his head with a regretful expression.

Is this enlightenment course expensive?

It's very expensive for a weak realm lord, but very cheap for a powerful realm lord. He can just snatch a piece of the wealth of a Marquis and Immortal from the outer battlefield.

Thor suggested, "We're out of points. How about we go to the outer battlefield and get some?"
In terms of understanding the laws, you're at the 14th level of the Heavenly Bridge, and while I'm a little short of that level, I'm not far off.

Furthermore, with the power granted by the Black Serpent Armor, aside from still being flesh and blood, our strength is in no way inferior to that of an ordinary high-level immortal military lord.

"We're on the same page! Let's go report to the teacher."

Patting Thor on the shoulder, Hong took the lead and flew towards the Temple of Gods.

The Black Serpent Armor is one of the lowest-level divine armors in the newly launched Golden Dragon series from the Tushita Palace. It is priced at 10000 Hunyuan units in the Lingbao Hall.

Ordinary World Lords at the peak of the ninth rank can wear it, and when activated, it can grant the user a thousand times the power of a peak World Lord.

Furthermore, material attacks with less than a thousand times the peak power of a World Lord will be completely blocked by the Black Serpent Divine Armor; those exceeding but not too far above will be weakened by 90%.

Above the Black Serpent Armor are the Azure Python Armor, priced at 10 million Chaos Units; the Silver Flood Dragon Armor, priced at 1000 billion Chaos Units; and the Golden Dragon Armor, priced at 100 trillion Chaos Units.

The Azure Python Armor requires a hundred times the power of a peak Realm Lord to activate. Once activated, it grants the user ten thousand times the power of a peak Realm Lord, and any material attacks with less than ten thousand times the power of a peak Realm Lord will be completely blocked, while those with more will be weakened by ninety percent.

The Silver Dragon Armor requires ten thousand times the power of a peak World Lord to activate. Once activated, it grants the user one hundred thousand times the power of a peak World Lord, and any material attack with less than one hundred thousand times the power of a peak World Lord will be completely blocked; attacks with more than one hundred thousand times the power will be weakened by ninety percent. The Golden Dragon Armor requires one million times the power of a peak World Lord to activate. Once activated, it grants the user ten million times the power of a peak World Lord, and any material attack with less than ten million times the power of a peak World Lord will be completely blocked.

Furthermore, because the Golden Dragon Divine Armor is a top-tier treasure, it can reduce material attacks exceeding ten million times the power of a peak Realm Lord to one percent.

With the hundredfold limit of divine body amplitude achieved without much cost, Hong and Lei Shen were just about able to reach the limit of activating the Azure Python Divine Armor.

However, the Azure Python Armor was too expensive for them. Even with a 20% discount, it still cost 8 million Mixed Yuan Units, which was far less affordable than the Black Serpent Armor, which only cost 8000 Mixed Yuan Units after the 20% discount.

In addition to the Golden Dragon series of divine armor suitable for martial artists, there is also the Golden Dragon series of divine souls suitable for illusionists and controllers.

The Black Serpent Divine Soul, Green Python Divine Soul, Silver Flood Dragon Divine Soul, and Golden Dragon Divine Soul are all available, and their prices are the same as the Golden Dragon series of divine armor.

That's right, the Golden Dragon series of divine armor and divine soul are imitations of the armor beads and soul beads born from the supreme treasures, the Calamity Armor and the Origin Soul. The Golden Dragon-level divine armor and divine soul are much stronger than the Imperial Armor and Imperial Soul.

Inside the Heavenly Court's Inheritance Tower, there are also methods for crafting treasures that can enhance the user's power.

After considering various factors, and at Lu Jin's suggestion, Zi Yumo launched the Golden Dragon series of divine armor and the Golden Dragon series of divine souls, which are divided into four levels.

However, while the divine armor and divine soul are good, they also have two drawbacks.

First, the power granted to the user by the divine armor and divine soul is not the user's own power, and the amplification technique cannot amplify this external power.

Secondly, both the divine armor and the divine soul have activation requirements. If a World Lord-level life form does not improve its life genes, even if it possesses a hundred times the divine body or soul amplitude, it can only use the divine armor and divine soul at the Azure Python level at most.

Examples include the Silver Dragon Divine Armor and Divine Soul, which can only be activated with ten thousand times the power of a peak World Lord, and the Golden Dragon Divine Armor and Divine Soul, which can only be activated with a million times the power of a peak World Lord.

If a Realm Lord wants to use it, the former needs to have a hundred times the amplitude and a hundred times the life gene, while the latter needs to have a hundred times the amplitude and ten thousand times the life gene.

Not long after, inside the majestic Heavenly God Temple.

"Are you two going to train on the battlefield outside the domain?"

Zi Zhenfeng smiled and said to his two disciples.

"Teacher, you once said that no one can become strong without hardship."

Hong bowed and said, and Thor nodded in agreement.

Upon hearing this, Zi Zhenfeng felt quite ashamed.

Possessing the strength of a fourth-order universe master, although not quite at the top, he is still considered a strong figure in the primordial universe.

But as for tempering, sorry, he really didn't get any proper tempering; he relied entirely on the great Heavenly Emperor's careful cultivation.

It's no exaggeration to say that among the current powerhouses at the level of the Lord of the Universe in the Heavenly Court, only His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor has undergone rigorous training.

It can only be said that legitimate geniuses need to hone their skills to become strong, but for unorthodox 'geniuses,' this process is not unnecessary.

“The battlefield outside the territory is indeed a very good place to hone one’s skills.”

Ignoring his shame, Zi Zhenfeng nodded, waved his hand, and conjured four items, which landed in front of Hong and Lei Shen.

Two three-inch round beads, translucent and bluish-green, with a bluish-green python faintly visible inside.

Two transparent, rhomboid crystals emanated a powerful aura.

Then, Zi Zhenfeng said, "You should be familiar with the Azure Python Divine Armor, so I won't go into details."

The other two treasures are called 'Heart of Illusion', which are soul-type treasures specially crafted by the Tushita Palace for the genius realm lords of the Heavenly Court.

In addition to the inherent ability of soul-type treasures to resist soul attacks, the 'Heart of Disillusionment' has two other effects.

One is disguise, including changes in appearance, energy, and aura. After you two left the Heavenly Court, you disguised yourselves as immortal gods.

Secondly, it is a self-destructing sensor; the Illusion Crystal has a real-time detection function.

It will automatically explode once it detects that the user is subjected to irresistible soul illusions, soul infiltration and annihilation, soul enslavement, or other such methods.

Although you will inevitably perish after the Heart of Disillusionment self-destructs, as long as you are not enslaved by your souls, the Lord of the Universe can resurrect you.

"Thank you teacher!"

Hong and Thor bowed excitedly.

These days, the two brothers are no longer clueless novices. They know how valuable treasures are, let alone soul-type treasures, which are at least one level higher in value.

Zi Zhenfeng instructed, "Cultivate diligently. Qinghua Palace rewards geniuses who achieve remarkable success."

If you can pass through the Primordial Tongtian Mountain at the Realm Lord level, Qinghua Palace will distribute some precious resources as a reward, allowing you to achieve ten times the life gene, and the affinity of the two superior laws can also reach the level of the darling of the original laws.

Furthermore, have you seen any information about the ginseng fruit in the Lingbao Hall?

"Teacher, do you know?"

Hong hurriedly asked.

The ginseng fruit on display in the Lingbao Hall is extremely difficult to obtain, and he is very curious about its effects.

Zi Zhenfeng shook his head: "I don't know either, but the threshold for obtaining ginseng fruit is set by the Heavenly Emperor. Anything that the Heavenly Emperor values ​​so highly must be extremely precious."

You should try not to, but you must obtain it in the future.

I'm certain that its effects must violate the original rules of the universe, otherwise the Heavenly Emperor wouldn't have needed to hide its effects.

Furthermore, I require you to fully comprehend all the profound mysteries of the two superior laws before attempting to break through to immortality.

Comprehending all the mysteries of the two superior laws at the realm master stage means that as long as you can integrate one of the superior laws, your level of law comprehension will reach the level of a cosmic overlord.

At that time, the only thing missing to master spacetime and become the master of the universe is the integration of another system of superior laws.

This is the difference between mediocre people and true geniuses.

"is teacher!"

Hong and the Thunder God responded in unison, and then left the Temple of the Gods.

The Hall of Ascension to Immortality, fifth floor.

The Time Dragon avatar, transformed into human form, had a complete diagram of the fundamental laws of time floating in mid-air in front of it.

As his consciousness sank into it, the transparent vortex on the Enlightenment Diagram of the Fundamental Laws of Time was constantly feeding Lu Jin feedback on the last part of the mysteries that he had not yet grasped.

At a certain moment, Lu Jin's mind was shaken, and the fluctuations of the time law emanating from his body underwent a qualitative improvement.

Immediately, all the Blood God Child incarnations within the Hall of Ascension vanished, and the true body and its two avatars teleported out of the Hall of Ascension.

The fundamental law of time, which was just one step away from being mastered, was finally achieved with the blessing of enlightenment from the Bodhi tree and the feedback from the enlightenment diagram of the fundamental law of time!

Time and space are now firmly in our grasp.

Within the realm of the Netherworld Gods.

"boom--"

The fundamental laws of the universe descended, and endless pressure enveloped the entire divine kingdom. The once relatively calm ocean of blood suddenly surged and churned.

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

At this moment, the main body and two clones teleported and appeared above the Netherworld Blood Sea.

In an instant, a black and white vortex with a diameter of trillions of kilometers condensed above the Netherworld Blood Sea clone.

The black and white vortex alternates between black and white, one ring inside the other, constantly taking turns.

At the center of the black and white vortex, radiating overwhelming pressure, lies an enormous void passage, a passage connecting the ocean of primordial laws of the universe with the divine realm.

"Rumble--"

The next moment, endless, surging divine power and seawater poured down wildly from the core of the black and white vortex, as if the Milky Way had been overturned.

At this moment, Lu Jin's consciousness was struck like never before. His divine body, now expanded to a Netherworld Blood Sea clone with a diameter of over 300 billion kilometers, was fully absorbing the divine power seawater descending from the black and white vortex passage.

With the absorption of countless divine seawater, the divine power of the Perfect Gene Universe Venerable level immediately soared a hundredfold, reaching the level of the Perfect Gene Universe Lord.

But in just a moment, the entire divine kingdom returned to peace, and the oppressive force of the primordial laws of the universe had receded.

The time it takes for an Immortal to become a Cosmic Venerable, and a Cosmic Venerable to become a Cosmic Lord, to be able to absorb divine power without limit, is only a brief moment.

'Although it was only for a short while, the divine power transformed from the Netherworld Blood Sea reached approximately 12%.'

Standing above the vast sea of ​​blood, Lu Jin secretly made his calculations.

Despite only completing 12% of the transformation of the divine body, the diameter of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone's divine body has expanded to over 300 billion kilometers, and the divine power contained within it is several hundred billion times that of the Perfect Gene Universe Lord at its peak.

Even a single hair plucked from it is thicker than a thigh; this describes the divine body of the Netherworld Blood Sea clone.

Moreover, the "thigh" used for comparison must be a "pillar reaching the sky" to qualify for this comparison.

The next moment, amidst the surge of divine power, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone consumed only a negligible portion of its own power. The clone, along with the Water Kirin clone and the Time Dragon clone, completely transformed the Perfect Gene Universe Venerable Divine Body into the Perfect Gene Universe Lord Divine Body.

"The strongest talent secret technique, perfect genes, supreme treasure, plus the first level of the 'Three Heads and Six Arms' technique that I just mastered recently. Top-tier sixth rank."

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Supernatural Power: The cultivation of the Three Heads and Six Arms technique is not easy, but thanks to the large number of Blood God Child incarnations and the Bodhi Tree's significant boost to his comprehension, he also mastered the first level in the Primordial Universe two years ago.

With the strongest innate secret technique, perfect genetic divine body, and fully equipped top-grade treasures, his strength is at the top of the fourth tier.

By replacing the ultimate treasure with the strongest treasure, one's strength will increase by another level, reaching the top of the fifth level.

In addition, with the supernatural power of the first level of Three Heads and Six Arms, which increases combat power tenfold, his strength can reach the upper limit allowed by the original universe—the top of the sixth rank.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the consumption of three heads and six arms is extremely low, and the power of the three heads and six arms is ten times that of the normal burning of divine power.

With its divine body over 90,000 kilometers high, the main body, the water unicorn clone, the time dragon clone, and the strongest blood god's incarnation all do not need to worry about the problem of excessive consumption of divine power.

(End of this chapter)