Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 278 The Origin of the Zerg, The Hundred Flowers Imperial Court

"The alliance leader is truly righteous!"

The Lord of the Star Rivers shouted passionately.

"The alliance leader is truly righteous!"

All the lords of the universe excitedly echoed this sentiment.

Limit the level of conflict?

This can be!
Currently, apart from the Zerg, all races are supported by their own people.

As long as they themselves do not fall, their race can live a fulfilling life in the universe.

After all, even if all the members of the race outside died out, there would still be a large number of race members inside the divine kingdom. As long as they reproduced for a period of time, they would still be a powerful race in the universe.

Conversely, if they, as the pillars of the race, perish, unless a new cosmic ruler rises within the race, the race is destined to survive only in the cracks, or even suffer the unfortunate annihilation of the entire race.

The rulers of the Lone Ranger universe especially appreciate this limitation in combat.

Everything else is meaningless; only one's own life is real.

This limitation on the struggle undoubtedly ensured their safety to a large extent.

'Only an unbeatable powerhouse like the Alliance Leader could force the Heavenly Court's Lord of the Heavens to compromise, right?'

The various universe lords inside the hall all thought to themselves.

The Heavenly Court has an astonishing number of fifth-rank and above universe lords, among whom the Lord of Lingxiao can easily suppress and slaughter the strongest beings in the universe.

However, their own leader was not to be outdone, and within the primordial universe, he had at least a hundred clones comparable to the strongest.

In this way, it becomes very necessary for both sides to be cautious and limit the scale of the struggle to avoid a real fight that could escalate into a death match between the highest levels of their respective camps.

Furthermore, in the future, the two major camps will be competing against experts below the level of the Lord of the Universe. Who will win and who will lose is obvious.
The cosmic rulers present acknowledged that the human race was very powerful, or more precisely, that the human race's Heavenly Court was very powerful.

But aside from the powerful beings at the level of the Lord of the Universe and above, how could the Heavenly Court alone compare to its own Universal Alliance?

It should be noted that the Universal Alliance comprises hundreds of powerful races, plus a large number of ordinary races and a vast number of weak races.

Even the weakest races have a large number of immortal gods within them.

In terms of the sheer number of cosmic venerables and immortal gods, the Universal Alliance has thousands or even tens of thousands of times more than the human race!
Even if the quality varies, you can still overwhelm the human race with sheer numbers.

This wave is in my favor; the human race is doomed to lose!

Then, Lu Jin continued, "After sharing the good news, I, the patriarch, will announce another rectification notice."

From now on, there will be no longer any distinctions within the alliance such as the Northern Frontier, Nine Domains, Thorn Ring, Misty Peak, or Three Mountains; there will only be the Universal Alliance.

The status of a single race within an alliance depends on the number of strong individuals within that race and their contributions to the alliance.

Furthermore, all fifth-order universe lords form the management team. Routine affairs within the alliance are decided by this management team; major matters are then reported to me, the Ancestor.

"Yes, Alliance Leader!"

All the lords of the universe bowed in response.

Regardless of whether their own interests are harmed, no cosmic lord would dare to bluff at this moment.

Martial virtue is also a virtue. You should subdue people with virtue. If they don't submit, they have to keep quiet. Otherwise, they will only end up as ashes.

Shortly afterward, the high-level meeting of the Global Alliance concluded.

"Alliance Leader, regarding the matter of refining the treasure, just prepare the materials and come to me."

After all the lords of the universe left the hall, the Mountain-Sitting Guest spoke to Lu Jin.

"Okay, thank you very much, Vice Alliance Leader."

Lu Jin nodded and said.

The Mountain Dweller: "."

Since I'm the vice leader, why didn't you announce it at the previous meeting?
You young man, all you know is how to make empty promises?

After glancing at Lu Jin, the Mountain-Sitting Guest teleported away.

Some young people are inhuman, only thinking about getting something for nothing. His disciple Luo Feng is much better. At least Luo Feng respects him.

"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"

Seeing that the Zerg Queen beside him seemed somewhat conflicted, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, Lu Jin, who was about to return to the Heavenly Court with his four servants, asked.

'Are you the Lord of the Human Race, Lingxiao?'

After a moment's hesitation, the Zerg Queen asked telepathically.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin narrowed his eyes slightly, tapped the armrest of the throne lightly with his fingers, and said, "Your Majesty, it is not wise of you to guess and then say it out loud."

However, now that you know this secret, some things are no longer up to you.

"Shh!"

Having confirmed her suspicions, the Zerg Queen waved her hand, and the supreme palace treasure, the 'Queen's Palace,' which appeared in the shape of a purple sphere, materialized in mid-air within the palace.

"Dare you enter my Queen's palace?"

Teleporting into the Queen's Palace, the voice of the Zerg Queen rang out.

"Heh~, what's there to be afraid of?"

Lu Jin chuckled and teleported the four servants of the Demon Beast Ancestor back to the Netherworld God Kingdom, then flew directly into it.

"Whoosh!"

Upon entering the Queen's Palace, the space shifted, and Lu Jin found himself in a magnificent purple hall.

"You actually dare to come in?"

"Even if the Empress attacks me, I will suffer no loss."

"So that's how it is. It's just an incarnation without any real treasures."

"No, Your Majesty, you've guessed wrong. This time, I am the Emperor himself, and I have brought all my most precious treasures with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Jin's divine body transformed, reverting to his human form, which was only half a head taller than the Zerg Queen.

Of course, at this time, the Zerg Queen also suppressed the size of her divine body, which was only about twelve meters tall.

At the same time, the God-Slaying Spear in Lu Jin's hand and the World-Destroying God Armor on his body materialized, exuding the overwhelming power of these supreme treasures, before being put away again.

"Well, Your Majesty, do you have any thoughts about suppressing me?"

Lu Jin asked with a smile.

This can be considered a test. If the Zerg Queen dares to make a move, then he will abandon this most beautiful woman in the universe.

If the Zerg Queen submits, then it wouldn't be unreasonable to incorporate her into the human race.

In Lu Jin's opinion, the alluring queens looked more human than many of the alien humans who looked like demons and monsters.

"The Heavenly Emperor is quite audacious."

The Zerg Queen sighed, then said solemnly with her beautiful face, "Ling Xiao, since my birth, I have never mated with any male."

"You possess extraordinary talent, and there is still hope for you to transcend reincarnation in the future. Would you be willing to protect my Zerg race?"

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and said, "My mother has an approachable appearance. She has joined my human race and will henceforth be a member of my human race. I will naturally protect her."

To be frank, all seven of my Heavenly Court's imperial consorts, the Seven Clouds Masters, are mother goddesses, and although they are rulers of the universe, they all possess the strength of a ninth-tier true god.

"Nine-nine levels?"

The Zerg Queen was completely bewildered. A cosmic ruler-level queen with the strength of a ninth-tier true god?

How powerful must that secret technique be?
You must understand, she is a true god, but outside of the Empress's Palace, her strength is only at the peak of the seventh rank.

However, with the Empress Palace in hand, even a tenth-tier True God can be fearless.

Shaking her head, the Zerg Queen stopped thinking about it, rose from her throne, and stepped down. Her thin gauze dress fluttered down, revealing her charming and alluring figure as she slowly walked towards Lu Jin.

"I do not know why a powerful being like you would enjoy mating, but I am willing to cooperate. I only wish that you will protect my insect race in the future."

The empress placed her slender hand on Lu Jin's shoulder and spoke softly.

"Have I not yet asked the Empress's name?"

With his left hand on the Empress's waist and his right hand gently stroking her perfect, delicate cheek, Lu Jin asked.

"The Empress is my true name. The reason I am called Empress is not only because of my strength, but because I am the first Mother Empress in the original universe."

Originally a special life form born within the 'Empress's Secret Realm,' I later used myself as a template and, through special innate secret techniques, created the first Empress.

Although the first generation of queen mothers were not special beings and they failed to inherit that special talent and secret technique, they possessed peak bloodlines and could give birth to the second generation of queen mothers by consuming their own essence.

Through generations of nurturing by the Queen Mother, and the accumulation of countless years, they evolved into the Zerg we know today.

As she spoke, the empress puffed out her chest, a look of pride appearing on her beautiful face.

The Zerg are one of the most powerful races in the primordial universe, created by her alone, so one can imagine the pride in the Empress's heart.

"Put on a veil."

With a thought, Lu Jin felt a thin gauze dress that had fallen to the ground nearby suddenly fly up and draped it over the Empress again.

"You're not going to mate with me anymore?"

The Empress was stunned, somewhat confused by Lu Jin's actions.

Lu Jin smiled and said, "No, I like you to wear some clothes."

Three days later, the throne at the head of the Queen's palace had already been turned into a bed.

The two intertwined figures stopped their primal rhythm.

"Your Majesty, let the Zerg break away from the Universal Alliance."

Lu Jin gently stroked the dreamlike butterfly wings on the Empress's back and said.

The Queen asked, "What about the many alien races of the Zerg Alliance?"

Lu Jin said, "You can stay in the Universal Alliance or join the Human Race's Hong Alliance."

By the way, how many Universe Lord-level Queens does the Zerg have exactly? Are there any who have secretly broken through to the fifth tier?

Lu Jin naturally knew about the Zerg, but all the major powers had some trump cards up their sleeves.

The Empress said, "There are still eleven Universe Lords. It is very difficult to fuse the strongest secret technique. There are no fifth-order Universe Lords."

But apart from one who broke through tens of thousands of epochs ago, they were all fourth-order.

For the Queen Mother, achieving fourth-tier strength is not difficult. She can use the strongest secret technique to control a thousand top-tier overlord warriors to unleash a legion attack, the power of which is at least fourth-tier.

It is precisely because of the combined attacks of our legions that our Zerg's cosmic overlords possess at least the strength of top-tier cosmic overlords.

After a moment's hesitation, the Empress asked, "The Seven Clouds Lord's legion of warriors should all be at the level of Universe Lords. How did they manage to have a full 700,000 Universe Lord warriors?" The Empress couldn't understand why the Seven Clouds Lord of the Heavenly Court could be so arrogant.

Seven legions of warriors, each with a strength of 100,000, would be so powerful that even the entire Zerg race couldn't afford to support them.

Lu Jin smiled and said, "It's not 700,000, but 1.4 million, and each one is a cosmic master warrior with a hundred times the limit amplitude, ten thousand times the gene, and a divine body of more than 90,000 kilometers."

Thanks to the time acceleration within the Seven Clouds Heaven and the advanced primordial treasures that amplify the recovery speed of divine power ten thousand times, Hong'er and the others' Nether Sea clones have already expanded to a diameter of 12 light-years.

With their divine bodies expanding to their limit and their divine power seemingly inexhaustible, the Youhai clones began to strengthen the power of their legion warriors.

While the attack capabilities of the Ghost Warriors and Titan Warriors have reached their limit, their divine bodies do not.

After a complete overhaul, consuming a massive amount of divine power, the divine bodies of each ghost warrior and titan warrior were all upgraded to over 90,000 kilometers, greatly increasing their resilience.

In other words, after the divine body reached a range of over 90,000 kilometers, it could no longer be improved.

Otherwise, given Hong'er and her group's formidable divine power, the divine bodies of their legion's warriors would definitely extend far beyond 90,000 kilometers.

'One million four hundred thousand cosmic lord warriors, with a divine body spanning over ninety thousand kilometers.'

The Empress opened her mouth, feeling somewhat incredulous.

Lu Jin said, "After joining the human race, the resources of the Heavenly Court's Spirit Treasure Hall will be opened to all Mother Queens."

The Spirit Treasure Hall especially sells unlimited resources for cultivating Immortal-level, Venerable-level, and Universe Lord-level warriors.

The resources for cultivating Lord-level Zerg warriors are not difficult to obtain; as long as you have money, you can have as much as you want.

The resources for cultivating immortal warriors are relatively expensive, but they can still be purchased.

However, the resources for cultivating Venerable Warriors are among the Zerg's most important strategic materials, which are not only difficult to collect but also ridiculously expensive.

The resources needed to cultivate warriors of the universe are so scarce that even money can't buy them.

However, the Heavenly Court is not an insectoid race, and the Divine Source Liquid is a magical substance that can compensate for quality with quantity.

With sufficient divine source liquid, a universe-master level mother nest can fully cultivate universe-master level warriors.

"Where did the Heavenly Court get so many resources to train warriors who are masters of the universe?"

The Empress couldn't help but ask.

The Zerg's Queen, a ruler of the universe, is not incapable of training ruler-level warriors.

However, the sources of resources at this level are extremely limited and the cost-effectiveness is also extremely low. This results in the fact that the legion warriors under the command of the Queen Mother, who is a cosmic lord, are only top-tier overlords.

The scarcity of resources at the level of a universe master severely limits the power exerted by a universe master-level queen.

Of course, if you're ruthless enough, there is another way.

That is to use the Queen Mother's own divine body to cultivate warriors.

But even if one were willing to sacrifice their divine body, how many ultimate universe master warriors could they cultivate?

Lu Jin said, "If the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds of the Ancestral God Sect were to selflessly dedicate himself, and the eleven Queen Mothers of the Zerg were to cultivate a full complement of Queen-level warriors, wouldn't that be a piece of cake?"

"Is the relationship between the Heavenly Court and the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds really that good?"

The Empress couldn't help but ask in surprise.

And let me tell you, if the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds were to spare no divine power, a full complement of warriors from the Lord of the Universe's Legion would be an absolute breeze.

Lu Jin shook his head: "This was not contributed by the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds. The Lord of the Seven Clouds possessed the secret technique of creating clones. When they were at the Realm Lord stage, they all used the Nine Netherworld Sea water to nurture their Netherworld Sea clones. The Heavenly Court has seven Nine Netherworld Seas of the Universe Lord level with divine bodies and diameters of 12 light-years."

Upon hearing this, the Empress was greatly alarmed.

No wonder the Lord of the Seven Clouds is so arrogant; it turns out his divine power is almost inexhaustible!

Judging from this perspective, joining the human race would not only grant them the protection of the Heavenly Court, but would also ensure a significant leap in the power of the Queen Mothers of the Universe.

For example, if the top-tier fourth-order Minglian were to replace the thousand legion warriors under her command with ultimate universe masters, the upper limit of the legion's combined attack power could be increased from a top-tier fourth-order warrior to a top-tier sixth-order warrior.

Furthermore, if the strongest fusion technique is created, the combined power of the legion's attack can even reach the seventh level.

Lu Jin said, "Your Majesty, go back to the Zerg first and inform them internally that they should break away from the Universal Alliance and establish their own power."

"At that time, I will inform the higher-ups of the human race that you will join our race as the seventh major power."

"it is good."

The Queen nodded.

Two days later, Lu Jin initiated a high-level meeting of the human race.

On the open ground in front of the Supreme Temple, a group of high-ranking human leaders gathered.

Given that he was no longer the leader of his tribe, Giant Axe renamed the original 'Giant Axe Temple' to 'Supreme Temple'.

The original Great Axe Conference was renamed the Supreme Conference.

"Ling Xiao, what exactly is going on with the Universal Alliance?"

After taking his seat, the Lord of Chaos City couldn't wait to ask Lu Jin a question.

All the universe lords present turned their gazes toward Lu Jin.

A few days ago, after the Universal Alliance made a big fuss, the human race held a high-level meeting.

But Lu Jin was so engrossed in the Empress's attentive service that he had no time to participate.

After all, how could he, as the leader, not know the specifics of the Universal Alliance?

Lu Jin said, "The Blood Sea Demon Ancestor is no longer planning to be a lone wolf; he has set his sights on the powerful Universal Alliance."

You should have a general understanding of the situation. Blood Sea Demon Ancestor was full of martial virtue and directly stepped on the corpses of the four true gods, namely Mechanical Father God, Starry Sky Ancestor, Black Universe Founder and True Demon God, to become the leader of the Universal Alliance.

Before this, I had made an agreement with the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor.

From this day forward, the conflict between the human race and the Universal Alliance shall be limited to those below the level of the Lord of the Universe, and at most to the top-tier universe overlords. Anyone who violates this rule will be executed.

Of course, places like the Cosmic Secret Realm and the Cosmic Sea, which are inherently battlegrounds, are not subject to this restriction.

Furthermore, sixth-order universe lords or true gods can disregard this restriction.

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Chaos City raised an eyebrow.

Is the Heavenly Court playing such elaborate tricks?
Others may not know who the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor is, but how could he not know?
"Limiting the level of conflict is actually quite good, as it can effectively prevent excessive losses after a conflict."

Lord of the Wilderness nodded in agreement at first, then said with a worried expression, "But given the size of our human race, if we limit the level of our struggle to those below the level of the Universe Lord, can we defeat the Universal Alliance, which has a large number of subordinate races?"

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "No need to worry, the Heavenly Court has enough top-tier cosmic overlords to keep things in check."

Also, I have some good news.

"What good news?"

"Giant Axe," he hurriedly asked.

Lu Jin said, "After my careful guidance, the Zerg Queen has repented and decided to join the human race."

After that, the Zerg withdrew from the Universal Alliance and ceased to use the name Zerg. Based on their original territory, they established the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court, which became the seventh major power of the human race.

As for the many alien races that were originally part of the Zerg Alliance, some remained with the Universal Alliance, while others joined the Grand Alliance.

The Empress originally wanted to bring the Queen of the Zerg to join the Heavenly Court, but Lu Jin did not agree.

If the empress were no longer the empress, wouldn't that take away a lot of the fun?

Giant Axe: "."

All the lords of the universe: "."

Good heavens, you managed to take down the Zerg Queen?
I must say, this 'dowry' is quite generous.

With the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court becoming the seventh major power of the human race, the territory of the more than 800 star sectors originally belonging to the Zerg will directly fall entirely to the human race.

Unlike the 4936 star sectors enclaves under the Heavenly Court, the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court's more than 800 star sectors are separated from the original 1008 star sectors of the human race only by a void region of the universe, so they can be said to be directly adjacent.

Moreover, the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court consists only of the Mother Queen, and compared to the territory of more than 800 star sectors, the number of Mother Queens is extremely small.

As for the issue of the 'essence' of the region being evenly distributed and the potential of the Queen decreasing after a large population is added, it can basically be ignored.

The reason why there are so few Universe Venerables among the Mysterious Realm Humans is mainly because the population density of the Mysterious Realm Humans is countless times that of the Universe Humans.

As long as not all planets within the territory are artificially transformed into habitable planets and large floating landmasses are not created, then there will be almost no impact.

Of course, although both are densely populated areas, the Xuanhuang Heaven of the Heavenly Court is different.

After the Thirty-Six Heavens were activated, they directly entered the primordial origin of the universe. Even though Xuanhuang Heaven was a super-large continent, filled with people, its environment for reproduction was still above the most quintessential territory of the primordial universe.

If one day the 'essence' within the Xuanhuang Heaven decreases, it can only mean that the original universe could no longer support such a large population.

Furthermore, before the 'essence' of Xuanhuang Heaven descends, the essence of the entire primordial universe must descend first.

If the beings in the Divine Kingdom are like beggars begging for food, the beings in the Secret Realm are like sons of distant relatives, the beings in the remote territories are like adopted sons, and the beings in the essence territories are like biological sons, then the beings in the Celestial Realm are the most favored biological sons of the primordial universe.

Even if there is not enough food at home, the most beloved son's food ration will always be the last one to be deducted.

At this moment, the giant axe said, "Since the Empress has established the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court and is willing to join our human race, our human race will naturally welcome her, and the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court should also have a seat in the Supreme Council."

Lu Jin nodded: "That's excellent!"
Gentlemen, I know that the five major powers have a deep-seated hatred for the Zerg in the past, but now that the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court is the seventh major power of our human race, we should work together and treat each other equally.

Upon hearing this, everyone present agreed without objection.

It's not hard to understand; the Zerg have brought their own food this time.

For the human race, the original eight hundred-plus star sectors were an immense benefit.

When faced with immense benefits, hatred must give way.

Moreover, who among those present, including the giant axe-wielder, didn't know that the human race had become the sole authority of the Heavenly Court?

Before saying 'no,' you must first weigh the consequences.

After all, the Heavenly Court truly has the power to expel them from human status and physically eliminate them.

Ultimately, this is a world where strength reigns supreme.

Ultimately, the extent of one's influence at the highest levels of meetings depends solely on one's own strength.

Back when humanity was divided into five major powers, how did the universe's number one bank, which was at the bottom in terms of strength, survive?

So, now that the Heavenly Court holds absolute power, how should the other five major forces, including the Giant Axe Arena, cope?

Frankly speaking, even if the five major powers were destroyed, aside from the factor of the virtual universe, the overall strength of the human race would not decrease much.

If it weren't for the Heavenly Court standing in front of such a behemoth as the Universal Alliance, the human race would have been driven back to the initial universe and the small universe of the giant axe long ago.

Overall, however, the existence of the Heavenly Court is beneficial to the five major powers.

With the Heavenly Court in existence, the human race will not face the danger of extinction.

Furthermore, after this cycle ends, the human race will be able to dominate the cosmic sea for at least two more cycles.

(End of this chapter)