Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 274 Return to the Void, A New Tenth Order

The Great Luo Heaven, the Lingxiao Palace.

"Shh!"

Lu Jin's figure teleported to the nine-colored throne at the top center.

Lu Jin instructed Fatty, "Fatty, summon all eight Heavenly Kings, including Chiguo and Zengzhang, as well as all the Heavenly Generals in the Heavenly Temple who have not yet achieved perfect genes."

Fatty replied, "Yes, Master."

Before long, people began to enter the Lingxiao Palace.

After everyone had arrived, Lu Jin bestowed nearly nine hundred perfect gene bloodline source crystals and 50 law godheads at the level of the Lord of the Universe.

These 50 Law Godheads at the level of the Lord of the Universe are naturally byproducts of the treasure hunt on the Cosmic Ship.

Inside the spaceship, every single cosmic lord encountered by the Blood God's incarnation who was searching for treasure was captured.

Aside from a few universe lords who possessed clones and committed suicide immediately upon being suppressed, all the rest contributed their spacetime law divine sparks or fusion law divine sparks to him.

Looking at the group of heavenly generals in the hall, Lu Jin felt secretly gratified.

At the beginning, the Heavenly Court had a thousand heavenly generals.

However, with this bestowal, the overall strength of the former thousand heavenly generals has undergone a tremendous change once again.

Those possessing the perfect genetic body of the universe's master include eleven palace masters such as Zi Zhenfeng and two hundred heavenly generals.

The remaining eight quasi-god-level Heavenly Kings and 781 Venerable-level Heavenly Generals also possess perfect genes and top-tier cosmic overlord divine bodies.

After the heavenly general left the palace, Lu Jin pondered for a moment and then instructed, "Fatty, have Xu Xin come to Lingxiao Palace."

"Yes, Master. Master, a letter from the Lord of Cangwu."

Just then, Fatty received an email from the Lord of Cangwu of the Lingbao Hall and immediately reported it to Lu Jin.

Lu Jin asked, "What is it?"

Fatty said, "They say that Hong and Lei Shen have met the application requirements for ginseng fruit, but there is no ginseng fruit in Lingbao Hall."

"Reply to Cangwu and have Hong and Leishen come to the Lingxiao Palace of the Great Luo Heaven."

Lu Jin said.

Fatty replied, "Yes, Master!"

Despite the extraordinary nature of the ginseng fruit, Lu Jin did not store it in the treasure vault of the Lingbao Hall.

It's not that he forgot.

The main reason was that he thought that anyone who could pass the test and obtain the ginseng fruit was a peerless genius under the Heavenly Court, and he, as the Heavenly Emperor, couldn't have never even met them.

However, with the emergence of the Enlightenment Diagram of Higher Laws, the difficulty of obtaining Ginseng Fruit has been significantly reduced.

After all, any genius with good comprehension, with the help of a superior law comprehension diagram, can probably grind their comprehension of superior laws to the level of the 20th level of the Bridge to Heaven even if they rely on time to hone their skills at the Realm Lord stage.

Therefore, the biggest challenge in obtaining the ginseng fruit is to create an immortal-level peak secret technique at the realm master stage.

'How about we increase the difficulty?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

After a long pause, Lu Jin shook his head again.

If we were to increase the difficulty further, we would have to create an immortal-level ultimate secret technique at the realm master level.

Even with the Bodhi tree's blessing of enlightenment, how many realm lords of the human race can create an immortal-level ultimate secret technique?

It should be understood that, apart from those born with special life forms and those with perfect genes, the lifespan of world lords is limited.

Moreover, he can now use his magical powers to accelerate the ripening of ginseng fruit trees.

Although the divine power was greatly consumed, the ginseng fruit had become no longer extremely precious, so there was no need to continue raising the bar.

Before long, Xu Xin entered the Lingxiao Palace.

"Emperor of Heaven."

Xu Xin bowed.

Lu Jin said, "Within the Heavenly Court, the Yanhuang Company's level is no lower than that of the various palaces of the Heavenly Court."

As the president of Yanhuang Company, Mingyue, your strength is only that of an ordinary Universe Venerable, which is somewhat lacking.

The functions of Yanhuang Company and Lingbao Hall overlap to some extent, but it is necessary for the two to coexist.

Yanhuang Company serves customers below the Immortal level and sells inexpensive goods.

The Lingbao Hall caters to customers at the Immortal level and above, selling high-end goods.

In the universe, weak life forms always make up the vast majority, and the strong are all born from the weak. Lu Jin would not ignore Yanhuang Company just because it is not very profitable.

As the external face of the Heavenly Court, Yanhuang Company is led by Xu Xin, who is only a Cosmic Venerable, and a weak one at that. Lu Jin felt that it was already somewhat inadequate to show off.

"The bright moon is ashamed."

Xu Xin said with a look of shame.

She knew exactly what her talents were.

In terms of cultivation, she was a master of lying down and pacing monsters.

She didn't know who the most powerful cosmic master in the entire universe was.

But she knew very well who the weakest cosmic lord in the entire universe was.

In addition, Yanhuang Company is in a period of rapid expansion, so it would be better to do a good job in our current position rather than take time to improve ourselves.

It's not impossible for His Majesty the Great Heavenly Emperor to grant her the title of Lord of the Universe, given her diligence and hard work.

After all, the Lingbao Hall contains special treasures that can help one achieve the status of a Universe Venerable, so it's normal for the Heavenly Court to have treasures that can help one achieve the status of a Universe Lord.

Moreover, there are so many universe masters in the Heavenly God Palace, it's impossible that they all cultivated themselves, right?
"I don't care about feeling ashamed; I didn't expect you to achieve anything in cultivation anyway."

The divine essence of the laws of space and time, once refined, grants mastery over space and time, making one the master of the universe.

The Perfect Gene Bloodline Source Crystal, after refinement, yields 10081 times the perfect genes.

As he spoke, Lu Jin waved his hand, and the black and white spacetime law divine sparks and the pure gold perfect genetic bloodline source crystal materialized and landed in front of Xu Xin.

Upon seeing this, Xu Xin's spirits lifted, and she quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Heavenly Emperor."

Nodding slightly, Lu Jin said, "10 Treasure Points for the Divine Spark of the Spacetime Law, and 10 Treasure Points for the Perfect Gene Bloodline Source Crystal."

"Mingyue, you are one of the high-ranking officials in the Heavenly Court, with the authority to offer a 40% discount. Your interest-free debt in the Heavenly Spirit Palace has been increased to 120010 Treasure Points."

Upon hearing that her debt had skyrocketed to over 120,000 Treasure Points, Xu Xin shuddered in fright and almost threw away the Law Godhead and Bloodline Source Crystal in her hand.

At this moment, Lu Jin added, "Furthermore, the Lord of the Universe is the highest level of any force in the universe, and the Heavenly Court will no longer pay you a salary."

To be precise, your 40% discount privileges across various Heavenly Court institutions are essentially your salary.

Not only the Heavenly Court, but also any of the major powers in the universe, have not seen any paying salaries to the Lord of the Universe.

If I post too few, it might be considered disrespectful to the Lord of the Universe.

If too many are issued, and the timeline is extended, no force can afford to issue them.

For example, a salary of 1 Treasure Point per Era is nothing to the Lord of the Universe.

However, based on this wage, 10,000 epochs would be worth 3 Treasure Points, and 1 trillion epochs would be worth 300 million Treasure Points.

There are still six trillion eras left before the end of this cycle, totaling 18 billion treasure points. Which power can afford to do that?

Xu Xin: "."

As our capabilities have increased, not only has our salary not increased, but it has actually been canceled?

"Your Majesty, please show me a way to make money, otherwise I will never be able to pay off all these loans."

"Go work at the top-tier Divine Source Tower of the Immortal Transformation Palace, learn the secret techniques of treasure refining, or just lie back and wait for Luo Feng to pay you back in the future."

"Refining a divine spark of law will be rejected by the fundamental laws of the universe."

But refining the Bloodline Source Crystal should have no side effects, right?

"Could I give this perfect genetic bloodline crystal to A-Feng for use?"

Xu Xin asked Lu Jin.

Lu Jin shook his head and said, "Xu Xin, you need to know that Luo Feng is different from you."

Unless you possess special treasures like the Divine Spark of Laws, or other precious resources, based solely on talent, you have no chance of becoming the Lord of the Universe, or even a Supreme Being of the Universe.

If you have mediocre talent and don't go through trials, becoming a strong person directly through resources is advantageous and without disadvantages, since you can't become a strong person on your own.

The Heavenly Court possesses external objects that can create powerful individuals, such as the Perfect Gene Bloodline Source Crystal in your hand, which I created using secret techniques and special methods.

If it weren't for the need to avoid embarrassment, I could even transform your divine body into a perfect genetic system simply through secret techniques.

However, there is ultimately a limit to how much external help and assistance from others can provide.

Once a dependency is formed and its upper limit is reached, it creates an insurmountable constraint.

Luo Feng is a true genius; I can't cripple him.

"I see."

Xu Xin nodded, then hesitated for a moment, a look of worry showing in her eyes, and asked, "Over the years, Luo Feng has been replying to my letters less and less frequently."

Hundreds of years ago, contact was completely severed.

I asked Babata, but he wouldn't tell me either. Was Luo Feng trapped in some special place?

Lu Jin said, "He is on the path to becoming a strong person. Just wait patiently."

Just then, Lu Jin turned his gaze to the outside of Lingxiao Palace.

"Shh!"

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin shifted the space and moved Hong and the Thunder God into the Lingxiao Palace.

"Meet the Emperor of Heaven."

After regaining their senses, Hong and Lei Shen bowed respectfully.

"No gift."

"Greetings, Venerable Mingyue."

The two bowed to Xu Xin again.

"No need to be so polite, Heavenly Emperor, I shall take my leave now."

With that, Xu Xin bowed and left the Lingxiao Palace.

"Go~"

Lu Jin waved his hand, then looked at Hong and Lei Shen and said, "After using the Ginseng Fruit, the Heavenly Court's requirements for you will increase again, and the difficulty of breaking through to immortality will skyrocket. If you cannot create an ultimate immortal-level secret technique or master the complete superior laws, you will remain only realm lords for your entire lives. Are you sure you want to use the Ginseng Fruit?"

"Heavenly Emperor, I am willing."

Hong said without hesitation.

Thor then said, "Emperor, I'm willing too."

"That's good."

Lu Jin nodded, then took out two ginseng fruits and a ball of blood-red liquid from his external storage space.

The next moment, the blood-red liquid split in two, falling in front of the two people along with the two ginseng fruits.

Lu Jin said, "This blood-red liquid comes from the Nine Nether Sea, a special life form at the World Lord level."

The Ancestral God Cult has a cosmic master named the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, whose divine body has a diameter of 12 light-years.

Looking at the entire universe, given that only one clone can be created at a time, the Nether Sea clone is definitely the most suitable.

"With such a massive divine body, he will be free from the trouble of insufficient divine power once he enters immortality."

"12 light-years?"

Thor swallowed hard and said with a shocked expression.

My God, are there really life forms this big in the universe?

Lu Jin shook his head: "12 light-years is the limit. Before you become immortal, even if you upgrade the life genes of the Nether Sea clone to 10081 times the perfect genes, the limit diameter will still be 100 billion kilometers."

As he spoke, Lu Jin took out four more Perfect Gene Life Source Crystals and placed them in pairs in front of the two of them: "If the main body and the clone each refine one, they can achieve a perfect gene."

However, after achieving perfect genes, the original core derived from ginseng fruit will be strengthened countless times, making the breakthrough extremely difficult.

"At that time, without an immortal-level ultimate secret technique, or by directly mastering the complete superior laws and becoming a cosmic sovereign, you will not be able to break through the shackles of the primordial core."

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor!"

After bowing, Hong and Thor accepted the gifts with excited expressions.

These are perfect genes!

According to their teacher, a being with perfect genes can be at least 90,000 kilometers in size, and most universe masters cannot possess perfect genes. How did the two of them achieve this so easily?

Suddenly, Hong realized something crucial and said, "Heavenly Emperor, this treasure that creates perfect genes must be extremely precious."

"Since the ginseng fruit can nurture a perfect genetic clone, why not have Thor nurture a Netherworld clone, elevate that clone to a perfect genetic level, and then use Thor's clone's genetic material to nurture another clone?"

If he operates as he says, he and Thor's main body and clones will not need four of the treasures for achieving perfect genes; three will suffice.

"No need for that. Ginseng fruit can produce perfect genetic clones, but the time required for this process is quite long."

Moreover, the value of a treasure lies not only in its function, but also in how difficult it is to replicate.

In the past, treasures that could create perfect genes were extremely precious, even to the Heavenly Court, but now…

Lu Jin shook his head and didn't continue.

It's just a perfect genetic bloodline crystal; you can get it in no time.

After a pause, Lu Jin asked the two of them, "The ginseng fruit can only nurture one clone, so the main body plus the clone only results in two divine bodies."

The Golden Horned Beast, which possessed one of the twelve peak bloodlines of the Starry Sky Beast Alliance, had a total of four divine bodies, including its main body and three clones.

Comparing the two, which is better?

Upon hearing Lu Jin's words, Hong immediately realized that something was wrong.

Since the Heavenly Court possesses treasures that can create perfect genes, and judging from His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor's nonchalant attitude, it's clear that such treasures are plentiful or very easy to manufacture.

In that case, refining the ginseng fruit, compared to possessing the Golden Horned Beast, not only has no advantage, but also has the disadvantage of lacking two clones.

But this is obviously impossible.

How many points are a golden-horned behemoth below the Immortal level worth?
The ginseng fruit, however, is something that even a genius who appears only once every tens of millions of eras in the human race might not be able to apply for and obtain.

Hong asked respectfully, "May I ask the Heavenly Emperor, does the ginseng fruit have any other unknown effects?"

Lu Jin nodded and said, "After the Lord of the Universe becomes a true god, all innate secret techniques, including clone-type innate secret techniques, will disappear."

However, the ability to create clones through ginseng fruit is not an innate secret technique.

However, due to the attainment of true godhood, the clones will merge with the original.

Although this clone can be reassembled later, it will no longer be from the Nine Nether Sea or other special life forms, but will be a clone exactly the same as the original.

As for the True God's miniature universe, no powerful being could breach the Cosmic Sea.

If a true god possesses avatars and leaves these avatars within a miniature universe, then that true god is virtually invincible.

It is precisely because the greatest efficacy of ginseng fruit can only be manifested after one becomes a true god that I have set a relatively high threshold for obtaining it.

If one doesn't even have the chance to become a true god, it's better to seize the body of the Golden Horned Beast than to refine the ginseng fruit.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong and Thor were deeply shocked.

Most world lords would find Lu Jin's words completely incomprehensible.

However, the two of them are different. With Zi Zhenfeng, the master of the Heavenly God Palace, as their teacher, and because their authority within the Heavenly Court is not low, their understanding is far beyond that of ordinary realm masters.

They are even superior to many cosmic venerables.

In Lu Jin's view, apart from some information that is unique to Heaven and not convenient for outsiders to know,

There is absolutely no need to set up obstacles for members of the Heavenly Court to access information that powerful external beings can obtain through various channels.

Just like in the universe, many humans only know that immortal gods are high above and have infinite lifespans, while the ruler of the universe surpasses the immortal gods.

But they had no idea what the true strength of the Cosmic King was, or whether there were even stronger beings above him.

What negative impact could it have if the ruler of the universe were to be revealed as the supreme being of the universe, above whom there are the lord of the universe and the true god?

Too many realms to reach, no hope of cultivation, so choosing to lie down and give up?

Those who think this way are destined not to go far; whether they give up or not is irrelevant.

If geniuses know that the path to becoming a strong person can be so long, the more they know, the more it will become their motivation to move forward.

After offering a few more words of encouragement, Lu Jin told the two to go back and refine the ginseng fruit to nurture their Netherworld clones.

'King of the Blade River, King of the Illusion Realm, King of the Thunder Blade. The alien races on the outer battlefield are destined to suffer.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Needless to say, Luo Feng, the King of the Knife River, is quite bloodthirsty when dealing with alien races, influenced by the inherently brutal Golden Horned Beast.

As for Illusionary Realm King Hong and Thunder Blade King Lei Shen, due to the genius cultivation mechanism of Qinghua Palace, these two are destined to be extremely ruthless.

A genius desires a priceless treasure, or even a priceless treasure?
simple!
Under the witness of the virtual universe army system, for every alien immortal killed on the extraterrestrial battlefield, in addition to the clan's military merit, Qinghua Palace also rewards the alien immortal with points ten times the value of the military merit, depending on the strength of the alien immortal.

For example, killing a peak-level King can earn 100 trillion military merits, equivalent to 1000 billion Chaos Units or Heavenly Court Points.

In addition to the rewards from Qinghua Palace, Hong and Lei Shen will receive 1100 billion points for each alien king peak they kill.

As long as you kill enough alien races, even if you don't manage to seize any valuable treasures from the enemy in battle, you can still earn a lot of points and use them to purchase valuable treasures or even supreme treasures that suit your taste from the Spirit Treasure Hall.

Of course, Lu Jin didn't expect the three of them to be able to reverse the disadvantage of the human race in the extraterritorial battlefield.

To be precise, the current situation of the human race on the battlefield outside the realm is the result of the Heavenly Court's deliberate control.

Otherwise, the immortals sent by the Heavenly Court to stabilize the situation on the outer battlefields wouldn't just be a large number approaching the level of King-level Invincible, but rather a whole horde of King-level Invincibles.

In Lu Jin's view, the human race should maintain a disadvantageous position on the extraterritorial battlefield, but the disadvantage should not be too obvious.

Time passed, and more than 300 years later, in the primordial universe.

Above the endless golden sea of ​​clouds in the Great Luo Heaven, a figure stood suspended in mid-air.

With the God-Slaying Gun covered in blood-red patterns now in his hand, Lu Jin's divine power surged, and an extremely complex and profound secret pattern appeared.

"Whoosh!"

As the God-Slaying Spear thrust out, the laws of water and space merged, and a dazzling dark light suddenly appeared. A spear beam spanning ten thousand miles, radiating an intense sense of annihilation, shot out.

"Rumble--"

A deafening roar resounded, and the ten thousand miles of dark spear light pierced a massive, rapidly expanding spatial crater in the Great Luo Heaven.

"boom--"

In the blink of an eye, the void in space stretched for light-years, and then the black spear light that stretched for tens of thousands of miles transformed into a terrifying energy shock, turning the area of ​​hundreds of millions of kilometers around the explosion point into absolute nothingness.

"Let's call it 'Return to the Ruins'."

Lu Jin gave the newly created secret technique a name.

More than 300 years have passed in the primordial universe. More than 33 million years have passed since the last time the strongest secret technique of the three-style fusion was created, and the time in the Immortal Palace was accelerated by ten thousand times.

Over such a long period of time, apart from improving his life gene attainment to 10081 times the perfect gene by comprehending the "Miro Supreme Diagram" more than three million years ago, his secret techniques have finally achieved a qualitative leap.

Judging by the combat power of the Lord of the Universe and the True God, the strongest secret technique is the fourth-order secret technique, the strongest fusion secret technique is the fifth-order secret technique, and the 'Return to the Void' he has just created is the sixth-order water-space fusion law secret technique.

Perfect Genes, Universe Master God Body, Supreme Weapon, Sixth-Order Secret Technique, Second Level of Three Heads and Six Arms
"Ninth rank... no, tenth rank?"

After calculating in his mind, Lu Jin's eyes widened.

Based on the perfect genetic universe master's divine body and sixth-order secret techniques, the most powerful and precious weapon is upgraded by one order, and the three heads and six arms, cultivated to the second level, are upgraded by two orders. This is the ninth-order combat power.

In addition, even disregarding his enormous divine body spanning over nine million kilometers, he still possesses the supreme and most powerful treasure armor, the 'World-Destroying Divine Armor'.

When calculating overall strength, an additional layer of strength built up from defensive capabilities must be added.

At this moment, following the once invincible progenitor who roamed the universe, the human race has once again welcomed a new tenth-tier powerhouse!
Moreover, this new tenth-tier powerhouse does not possess only one divine body.

Of course, not every divine body of Lu Jin has tenth-level combat power.

Only the main body and the Time Dragon's clone possess the strength of the tenth rank.

Lacking a suitable top-grade, supreme treasure weapon, the Water Kirin clone is somewhat weaker, but it still possesses at least top-tier ninth-order strength.

As for the remaining 10081 Blood God Child incarnations that can be transformed into perfect genetic divine bodies, there are simply too many of them.

Let alone the most powerful and precious weapons and armor, Lu Jin couldn't even gather tens of thousands of fully equipped peak treasures.

However, even the most powerful and precious weapons and armor are no longer of much use to experts at the True God level.

Lacking suitable treasures, the strength of the 10081 Blood God Child incarnations, although severely affected, will still be at the level of true gods.

'The Blood Demon Ancestor has been out of contact for a long time.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Having been inactive in the outside world for many years, the fear brought by the name 'Blood Demon,' the incarnation of the Blood God Child, has gradually begun to subside.

It is time for all those who oppose the Heavenly Court to experience a deeper level of fear and despair.

(End of this chapter)