Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 266 The Crystal Clan Must Be Annihilated!
After the highest-level meeting concluded, the five major powers issued a notice to their respective Universe Venerables.

They didn't explicitly say they were going to start a tribal war, but simply told them that if they were exploring or searching for treasure outside the territory, they should immediately return.

The Heavenly Court is waging war against the Crystal Clan Alliance and the Prison Clan Alliance. These cosmic lords need to be wary of the Mechanical Clan Alliance and will not participate in the conflict.

However, those cosmic venerables below the level of the Lord of the Universe can fully participate in the cleanup work of the Heavenly Court's campaign against the two major alliances.

The two alliances occupy a considerable territory, encompassing nearly five thousand star sectors.

Such a vast territory, yet enemies are everywhere.

Even if the Heavenly Court could sweep through the high-ranking officials of the two alliances, the cleanup work would be enormous and would last for a long time; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a gluttonous feast.

Of course, the specific 'fertility' of these nearly five thousand star sectors varies.

More than 1,300 of these star sectors are the territories of the two top races, the Crystal Race and the Prison Race. The former occupies more than 600 star sectors, and the latter occupies more than 700 star sectors. Their 'fertility' is not much different from that of the 1008 universe kingdoms currently occupied by the human race.

The remaining 3,600-plus star sectors are the territories of the major races of the two alliances. The fertility of these territories is far less, making them remote and isolated parts of the universe.

Even if these territories are not ideal, they are still more suitable for the reproduction of life than the various cosmic secret realms, not to mention the divine kingdoms located in the spatial interlayers.

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The Crystal Clan, the pinnacle race, resides in the Holy Crystal Star Region.

"Shh!"

In the boundless starry sky, a figure clad in platinum armor, with six wings spread on its back and long hair flowing, teleported in. It was the Time Dragon clone in human form.

Looking across the starry sky, Lu Jin's gaze fell upon the magnificent palace complex of the Crystal Clan headquarters, stretching for light-years, tens of millions of light-years away.

"Shh!"

The next moment, Lu Jin's figure disappeared, teleporting towards the Crystal Clan headquarters.

For the cosmic ruler who can teleport tens of thousands of light-years at a high frequency and millions of light-years at a low frequency, a distance of tens of millions of light-years is really nothing.

Before long, Lu Jin appeared in the starry sky dozens of light-years away from the Crystal Clan headquarters.

'That's quite a grand display.'

Looking at the towering crystal tower, 3.2 light-years high and radiating dazzling beams of light, in the center of the majestic palace complex in the distance, Lu Jin thought to himself.

"Who are you?!"

Just then, a harsh voice came from behind.

At the same time, a handsome figure, whose body seemed to be cast from crystal, wearing a magnificent golden robe, and with a dazzling golden eye between his brows, appeared in the starry sky one light-years away in front of Lu Jin.

"boom--"

With a thought, Lu Jin descended upon the towering Western Heavenly Gate, which stretched for hundreds of millions of kilometers.

Immediately afterwards, fifty cosmic lords, whose bodies were either emanating fluctuations of spacetime laws or fused with the laws of spacetime, flew out from the Western Heavenly Gate.

"Humanity, Heavenly Court, Lord of the Sun! Crystal Race, shall be destroyed!"

Lu Jin stood with his hands behind his back, the supreme and precious psychic weapon, the Radiant Abyss Cone, appearing beside him, and said with a cold expression.

Looking at the fifty figures of universe lords standing behind Lu Jin, he was suddenly struck by the fact that they were from the Heavenly Court and had come to exterminate his clan.

The Celestial Crystal Saint Lord's pupils constricted, and he immediately summoned the Universe Lords of the Crystal Clan Alliance through his divine power avatar.

Although it seems that no true gods have come from the Heavenly Court this time, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord has not forgotten how the Holy Spirit Lord died.

Moreover, although the True God is the strongest being in the universe and invincible in the original universe, it does not mean that the True God cannot be suppressed by the sealing treasure.

The Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord asked in a deep voice, "My Crystal Clan has no deep-seated hatred with the Human Clan, and has no connection with your Heavenly Court."

"Why did your Heavenly Court kill our Holy Spirit Lord back then? And why are you starting a war with my Crystal Clan now?"

The Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord was puzzled, as there was no conflict of interest between the Crystal Clan and the Heavenly Court.

In terms of hatred, it should be the Crystal Clan, whose Holy Spirit Lord died, who hates the Heavenly Court, not the Heavenly Court that hates the Crystal Clan.

With no conflict of interest and no personal grudges, why would the Heavenly Court want to fight to the death with its own Crystal Clan?
Putting aside the question of where the Heavenly Court got so many cosmic lords, and regardless of whether the two sides ultimately win or lose, if the two sides go to war, isn't the Heavenly Court afraid of suffering heavy losses?
Lu Jin asked, "Do you still remember the Lord of Dawn?"

It's not that Lu Jin likes to talk nonsense; he always acts when he can, and while he's doing his job, he'll chatter on the side.

The main purpose is to give the Heavenly Crystal Saint Master some time to call in reinforcements.

If nothing unexpected happens, many of the universe lords of the Crystal Clan Alliance are already heading this way via divine kingdom teleportation.

"The Lord of Dawn?!"

The Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord frowned. Could it be that the Beast God of Light, who had perished countless years ago, still had some connection with the Heavenly Court?
Lu Jin said, "Back when I was still the Lord of the Realm, I received the inheritance of the Lord of Dawn."

Although this inheritance is of little use, I am a sentimental person.

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord looked incredulous: "For a mere inheritance that is of little use, your Heavenly Court is willing to become an enemy of my Crystal Clan?"

“My Heavenly Court has also set its sights on the territory of your Crystal Clan Alliance. Heavenly Crystal, if you commit suicide or become my soul slave, my Heavenly Court may preserve your Crystal Clan bloodline.”

Lu Jin glanced at the Crystal Clan Alliance Universe Master who had teleported in and appeared beside the Heavenly Crystal Saint Master, and said.

"Hmph~, how dare a mere Lord of the Universe be so presumptuous?"

This Holy Lord warns you, if you retreat now, I will pretend this never happened.

The Holy Lord of Heavenly Crystal warned.

It's not that we're scared, it's just that our own Crystal Clan and the Alliance's resources are all here.

If this battle begins, it will be fine if we win, but if we lose, even if it's just a draw, it will be an immeasurable loss for the Crystal Clan.

"Naive!"

Lu Jin made a sarcastic remark.

In a short time, the Crystal Alliance had already reached thirty-seven Universe Lords.

Fourteen Crystal Clan Universe Masters, eighteen Crystal Clan Alliance Universe Masters, and three more are avatars.

However, these three universe lords are not too stupid. According to the information shared by the Virtual Universe Company with the Heavenly Court, they are all universe lords with more than one clone.

'There's no need to deliberately leave the body; just kill it.'

Lu Jin transmitted his voice to Zi Zhenfeng and the others behind him.

In Lu Jin's view, the imperfect gene universe master was of little use.

Moreover, there won't be too many universe masters in the future world of Jin. The corpses of the universe masters of the Crystal Clan Alliance can be left to fate; there's no need to deliberately leave them behind.

"tumultuous--"

The next moment, Lu Jin's divine power ignited, and endless white light bloomed, instantly forming a domain of light and flame that covered an area of ​​hundreds of light-years.

He didn't activate the Three Heads and Six Arms supernatural power because his perfect genes, combined with the strongest secret techniques and the ultimate treasure weapon, had already reached the top limit of the sixth rank.

"The Dragon of Time!"

"Yin——"

Fueled by the most powerful secret technique, accompanied by a long and ethereal dragon roar, the supreme treasure of mental power, the Radiant Abyss Cone, shone with a dazzling white light, transforming into a 100,000-kilometer-long, shimmering white-gold divine dragon, which sped toward the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord.

"Humph!"

Seeing this, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord snorted coldly, and his golden robe transformed into the supreme treasure armor 'Spirit Gold Saint Armor'. He also burned with divine power and activated the strongest secret technique, and a golden stream of light with terrifying pressure, hundreds of millions of feet long, rushed towards the Time God Dragon.

At this moment, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord, who had been pouring divine power into the supreme treasure of the Golden Light Realm but failed to successfully condense the realm, appeared calm on the surface, but a bad premonition arose in his heart.

This 'Lord of the Sun,' whose name I've never heard of before, actually possesses a supreme treasure of the realm!
The fact that the opponent possesses a supreme treasure of the realm is not good news for the cosmic lords of the Crystal Alliance.

Bound by this domain of light and flame, even the universe lord of their own Crystal Clan Alliance would find escape a luxury if he were not a match for them.

"boom--"

The Time Dragon collided with the billions of feet of golden light, accompanied by a violent roar, and the space within billions of miles of the collision point instantly turned into nothingness.

The intense collision repelled both the dragon and the golden light, leading to repeated clashes.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Terrifying energy surges erupted continuously, but neither could overcome the other.

Whether it's the Time Dragon or the billions of feet of golden light, the power they unleash is top-tier at the sixth rank.

Since their powers are the same, neither can defeat the other.

At the same time, the cosmic lords of the Crystal Alliance and the Heavenly Court also began to clash.

Compared to the fifty Universe Lords on the Heavenly Court's side, the Crystal Clan Alliance's Universe Lords were not only fewer in number, with only thirty-seven Universe Lord God Bodies of various levels, but their quality was also much lower.

"tumultuous--"

As divine power surged, the forty-three cosmic lords of the Heavenly Court activated their supernatural abilities: three heads and six arms, their divine bodies underwent a dramatic change, and their strength increased tenfold compared to the burning of ordinary divine power.

Immediately afterwards, intricate runes appeared, and the strongest secret techniques or the strongest talent secret techniques were unleashed.

The remaining seven imperfect gene universe masters who did not achieve the three heads and six arms, due to their short time as universe masters, have not mastered the strongest secret technique or the strongest talent secret technique, but they have also created their own ultimate secret technique for universe masters.

With his supreme treasure, the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe, and thousands of times more life genes, aside from his very small divine body, he could be considered a third-order Lord of the Universe.

In contrast, among the thirty-seven Cosmic Lords of the Crystal Alliance on the battlefield...

There were only two fifth-order beings, who were also the same universe lords, plus ten fourth-order beings. The rest were third-order and second-order universe lords.

Moreover, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Lu Jin used the radiant domain formed by the Karmic Fire Lotus to cover an area of ​​hundreds of light-years, encompassing the entire battlefield.

Being within the domain formed by the opponent's supreme domain treasure, and facing attacks from a powerful enemy whose overall strength far surpasses their own, can this battle still be fought?

"Rumble--"

A vast and powerful divine force surged forth, and terrifying energy raged.

In the very first clash between the two sides, seven second-tier universe lords of the Crystal Clan Alliance were struck by the strongest secret technique or the strongest talent secret technique, their divine bodies instantly turning to ashes, leaving only numerous ownerless treasures to prove their existence.

The divine bodies of second-order universe masters are generally not large, and although the top-tier treasures they wear can weaken material attacks to one ten-thousandth, the limit is not high.

Faced with a top-tier fifth-order secret technique attack, the damage reduction effect of their top-tier treasure armor plummeted, and they were instantly wiped out. The other thirty Universe Lord Divine Bodies of the Crystal Clan Alliance, including two fifth-order Divine Bodies, fared better; even when surrounded by three opponents each, their physical damage was minimal.

Even ten fourth-tier universe masters could hold out; their opponents were only one tier higher and wouldn't be able to take their lives in a short time.

However, the eighteen third-order universe lords were filled with fear, as their supreme armor was only a top-tier supreme treasure, and their divine bodies were severely damaged.

Even with the most powerful and precious armor, his divine body was still severely damaged.

"Damn it!"

Upon realizing that their alliance had lost seven second-tier universe lords in their very first encounter, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord cursed inwardly.

He hurriedly manifested the supreme treasure palace 'Heavenly Crystal Palace', intending to take the eleven third-order universe lords whose divine bodies were severely damaged into the treasure palace.

If they get hit by a single blow, they'll be critically wounded. Letting them stay on the battlefield is tantamount to sending them to their deaths.

It can be said that the only thing the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord could be thankful for at this moment was that his own Crystal Clan had not produced a Universe Lord for a very long time.

Therefore, the cosmic rulers within the Crystal Clan must possess at least a third-tier strength.

The seven second-tier universe masters who were instantly killed were all universe masters of the Crystal Clan Alliance, and could not be considered direct descendants.

Although it hurts to see it broken, it's not exactly heartbreaking.

"Sleepy!"

With a thought, Lu Jin's domain of light and flame formed an extremely strong binding force, which descended upon the supreme treasure palace manifested by the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord.

Then, Lu Jin sneered, "Despicable Tianjing, our battle represents a clash between the Crystal Clan Alliance and the Heavenly Court's leader. How dare you secretly aid your own Universe Lord! You are utterly unworthy of being a true god!"

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord was startled and hurriedly asked, "Isn't the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court the Lord of Lingxiao?"

Manipulating the Time Dragon, it launched a fierce attack, intercepting the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord's secret technique of billions of feet of golden light, preventing him from attacking the Lord of the Heavenly Court Universe.

Lu Jin said, "The sun is also the celestial being! Tianjing, I'm giving you one last chance."

"By leading the Crystal Alliance to submit to the Heavenly Court, and making your alliance leaders my soul servants, your race's lineage will be perpetual."

The Holy Master of Tianjing did not reply, so he became a soul slave?

You might as well die!

Meanwhile, at the Crystal Clan headquarters, the divine power avatar left behind by the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord began to notify the cosmic venerables within the clan to fully recruit Crystal Clan members and send them to their own miniature universes.

If this alliance is defeated, the people who remain in the primordial universe will inevitably be slaughtered or enslaved.

At least for now, as long as he himself doesn't die, his miniature universe is the most secure stronghold.

In addition, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord also sent a request for help to the demon race.

Although the Crystal Clan's communication methods are inferior to those of the Machine Clan and even more so to the Human Clan's virtual universe, requesting assistance is still quite simple.

When the demon race initially intended to form an alliance with the crystal race, after the Holy Spirit Lord was killed by the Heavenly Court, the crystal race sent an incarnation of a cosmic venerable from their race to remain within the demon race, acting as a liaison between the two sides.

With such formidable strength, the Heavenly Court's own Crystal Clan Alliance alone is no match for it; it would need to at least enlist the help of the Demon Clan Alliance to have any chance of fighting back.

The Demon Clan's Territory, the Ancestral Realm.

Inside the Demon God Palace, twenty-one divine incarnations of the highest-ranking demons gathered.

The Silver Scale Serpent Dream Demon Ancestor on the right side of the head seat said in a deep voice: "Urgent news has come from the Crystal Clan. The Human Heavenly Court has taken action against the Crystal Clan, and the battlefield is near the Crystal Clan's headquarters."

Furthermore, the Lord of the Sun, an avatar of the Lord of the Sky, possesses top-tier sixth-order strength and is no weaker than the strongest in the primordial universe.

Furthermore, the Heavenly Court dispatched fifty Universe Lords, including forty-three fifth-tier and seven third-tier.

Shortly after the battle began, the Crystal Clan Alliance showed signs of faltering, and the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord appealed to my Demon Clan for help.

"Forty-three fifth-order universe lords?"

The serrated-shelled beast Zhen Yaozu, standing on the left side of the upper part, said with an incredulous expression.

The Dream Demon Ancestor said, "It should be due to a special secret technique. The news from the Crystal Clan says that the divine bodies of these forty-three fifth-order universe lords have all turned into three heads and six arms."

"Could it be that the Heavenly Court is related to the Purple Moon Holy Land?"

"This is what the Lord of Changjiu said inside the hall."

With its many heads and arms, the Lord of Changjiu immediately thought of the Purple Moon Clan of the Purple Moon Holy Land in the Cosmic Sea.

Zhen Yaozu shook his head and said, "Impossible. Not to mention that even the Universe Lord of the Purple Moon Holy Land doesn't have such a special secret technique, even if he did, the Purple Moon Holy Land would never give it to the Heavenly Court."

A few years ago, the 'Guang Sheng Zhen Shen' of the Purple Moon Holy Land perished at the hands of the Heavenly Court, and the enmity between the two sides is considerable.

The Dream Demon Ancestor looked at the Tremor Demon Ancestor and said, "The issue now is not about discussing the origin of this special secret technique. Tremor Horn, should the Crystal Clan save them or not?"

After a moment's thought, Zhen Yaozu said, "Whether to save them or not, we must save them!"
Given the temperament of the Heavenly Court's Lord of the Heavenly Court, my demon race will inevitably have a showdown with the Heavenly Court sooner or later.

The Crystal Clan is one of the allies in dealing with the Heavenly Court, and we cannot abandon them.

However, there are too many fifth-order universe lords in the Heavenly Court. For this rescue, just the two of us will suffice to avoid any mishaps.

As he spoke, Zhen Yaozu had already returned to the primordial universe. His true form, currently residing in the Zhen Yaozu Secret Realm, was being transported to the Crystal Clan headquarters via a divine kingdom teleportation system belonging to a demon clan venerable.

With so many fifth-order universe lords in the Heavenly Court, Zhen Yaozu dared not directly allow the demon race's universe lords to participate, otherwise he would most likely be sent to their deaths.

However, he and Mengcha are different. Although the original universe restricts the attacks of true gods, it is not restricted in other aspects.

If the attack power remains constant at level five, then no matter how many there are, it's just scratching the surface.

"Alright."

The Dream Demon Ancestor nodded, and his true form also headed to the Crystal Clan headquarters.

Zhen Yaozu then said to the Lord of Changjiu and the Lord of Annihilation, "Changjiu, have the divine power avatars of your subordinates left inside the Zerg and Mechanical Races inform the high-ranking officials of both races of the news that the Heavenly Court is taking action against the Crystal Race."

Since the rise of the Heavenly Court and the beginning of the demon race's propagation of the threat of the human race, there has been a significant increase in communication among the demon, insect, and mechanical races.

Although a temporary alliance has not been formally formed, they have sent the divine incarnation of the cosmic venerable among their clans to the other two clans to ensure that the information is delivered as soon as possible.

"Yes, Demon Ancestor."

The Lord of Changjiu responded.

On the battlefield of the Crystal Clan's territory.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Lu Jin looked towards the area within the domain of light and flame, dozens of light-years away in the northwest and northeast directions.

In these two locations, two imposing figures with terrifying auras appeared, traversing the dark universe.

To the northwest is a serrated, eagle-shelled beast over 90,000 kilometers long, and to the northeast is a silver-scaled serpent 100,000 kilometers long; these are the two great demon ancestors of the demon race.

It wasn't that the Demon Ancestor Zhen and the Demon Ancestor Meng didn't want to get closer to the battlefield, thus failing to launch a sneak attack on the Heavenly Court's Lord of the Universe.

Rather, the Western Heavenly Gate, as a derivative of the Thirty-Six Heavens, has the function of folding the surrounding dark cosmic regions.

Whether it is the Lord of the Universe or a true god, none of them can enter the dark universe region that has been folded up by the gate of heaven.

Furthermore, the entire battlefield space has been sealed off by the radiant domain formed by the Karmic Fire Lotus, restricting spatial teleportation and divine kingdom teleportation.

'Zhenjiao, Mengcha?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow, and his voice echoed in the minds of the seven third-tier universe lords of the Heavenly Court: 'Retreat to the Heavenly Realm.'

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

Upon hearing the sound, the seven third-tier universe lord-level celestial generals transformed into streams of light and returned to the Great Luo Heaven through the Western Heaven Gate.

Within the primordial universe, any attack from a true god could reach the pinnacle of the sixth rank.

Although these seven cosmic lord-level celestial generals all possess top-grade peak treasure armor, their 100,000-fold material damage reduction effect is precisely not weakened.

However, their divine bodies are too small, no different from those of normal Earthlings.

If you were to be hit by a top-tier sixth-order attack, you would basically have to make a trip to the Immortal Transformation Palace.

The reason they don't increase the size of their divine bodies is mainly because with perfect genes and sufficient energy, their divine bodies can directly increase to over 90,000 kilometers. There's no need to waste precious resources to increase their size right now.

"Zhenjiao, Mengcha, thank you for your help this time."

The Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord spoke gratefully to the two demon ancestors who had come to his aid.

Although no cosmic ruler from the demon race came this time, both demon ancestors were present.

In the eyes of the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord, the combined power of the three True Gods is enough to resolve the current crisis facing the Crystal Clan Alliance.

"Zhenjiao, Mengcha, you two beasts, have you forgotten the pain of your wounds? You actually dare to be enemies of my Heavenly Court?"

While using the most powerful secret technique, 'Time Dragon,' to restrain the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord, Lu Jin rebuked him without any politeness.

"Hmph~, the evil Heavenly Court, may all races of the universe unite to strike it down."

Mengcha snorted coldly.

"You vile snake demon, you must not be allowed to live!"

Lu Jin's expression turned cold as the "Map of Mountains and Rivers" material appeared in his hand.

The three true gods, Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord, Dream Demon Ancestor, and Zhen Demon Ancestor, have entered the arena, and all of them are inside the supreme treasures of the ultimate domain. It's time to pull out their trump cards and deliver the final blow!
"Whoosh!"

Before it was even opened, the landscape painting, which resembled two scrolls, transformed into a streak of light and shot rapidly toward the Dream Demon Ancestor in the northeast direction.

Of the three true gods, the Heavenly Crystal Saint Lord was the closest to him. Although the Light Flame Domain could not completely restrict the true god's movements, it would not be easy for the opponent to escape.

Since Zhen Yaozu and Meng Yaozu were far apart and had not yet gathered together, Lu Jin first targeted the talkative Meng Yaozu.

Seeing a streak of light shooting towards them at high speed, the Dream Demon Ancestor assumed it was Lu Jin's telekinetic weapon.

"call out--"

Immediately, the enormous snake mouth opened, and a cyan phantom flew out at lightning speed, breaking through the restraints of the light and flame domain, and heading towards the incoming Mountain and River Map.

Wherever the cyan phantom passed, space shattered and turned into a torrent of particles.

(End of this chapter)