Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 279 The Imperial Court's Spider Cave, A Wild Imagination
The following day, in the Zerg territory, at the Queen's Secret Realm.

Inside the magnificent royal court, the Empress sat high on the throne, while eleven equally beautiful figures stood in the courtyard.

"Shh!"

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the courtyard; it was none other than Lu Jin himself.

"Meet the Emperor of Heaven."

Led by the Lord of the Nether Lotus, eleven Queen Mothers of the Universe Lord level respectfully bowed.

Although the queens had no fondness for males, especially since this Heavenly Emperor was of human origin.

But there was nothing they could do; the great Mother Empress had already been conquered by the Heavenly Emperor.

Just like the Lord of the Nine Netherworld in the eyes of the beings of the Nine Netherworld, the Empress is the heaven of all the Mother Empresses, even those Mother Empresses who are the Lords of the Universe.

"No gift~"

Lu Jin waved his hand, and in a flash, he appeared on the large throne at the head of the table.

"Is there any opposition within the human race?"

The Empress asked Lu Jin.

Lu Jin said with a smile, "Even without my Heavenly Court, the human race has no reason to object."

Just kidding. The Zerg, renamed the Hundred Flowers Royal Court, joined the Human race. The Human race suffered no loss, so why should they refuse?
If all of this is to be rejected, then the Hong Alliance, which is dominated by humans, should have been disbanded long ago.

However, the Heavenly Court did play a role.

Without the Heavenly Court, the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court would have directly joined the human race, and the five major powers would not dare to truly believe in the Empress's goodwill.

But the Heavenly Court is different; even if the Empress comes with malice, the Heavenly Court can easily suppress her.

Moreover, the Heavenly Court's strength is unfathomable, and now that the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court has joined the human race, it is impossible for them to betray them again.

The Empress nodded: "That's good. I will announce the Zerg's withdrawal from the Universal Alliance shortly and rename it the Hundred Flowers Royal Court."

"Approximately how many empresses does the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court have?"

Lu Jin asked.

The Empress said, "Including those who haven't entered the Immortal realm, there are over twenty million."

Most of them are below the Immortal level, with more than 1,200 being Cosmic Venerables.

Once a life level surpasses that of a realm lord, the Mother Queen can no longer conceive a new generation of Mother Queens. In addition, conceiving requires consuming a large amount of essence, which results in a limited number of Mother Queens.

Generally, only those World Lord-level Mother Empresses who have passed the halfway mark of their lifespan and still haven't reached the immortal level will conceive a new generation of Mother Empresses.

For ordinary life forms, mastering any lower law is enough to enter immortality.

However, it is not a simple matter for a World Lord-level Mother Queen to step into Immortality.

Not only do you need to master a lower-level law, but you also need to reach the level of a king to comprehend a higher-level law in order to enter immortality.

Of course, it is very difficult for the Queen Mother to enter the realm of immortality, and her strength after the breakthrough is also extremely strong.

Once the life level reaches immortality, the World Lord-level Mother Nest is upgraded to an Immortal Mother Nest, and a full complement of Immortal Legion warriors are cultivated. An Immortal-level Mother Queen is more than capable of easily defeating ordinary King-level Immortals.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin said, "There are many high-level law enlightenment diagrams in the Heavenly Court's Hall of Ascension. These diagrams can help those who wish to comprehend them to master the fundamental laws."

Subsequently, the Imperial Court continued to use the military merit system from previous overseas battlefields, where points were earned by killing enemies from opposing factions.

Once you accumulate enough points, you can go to the Heavenly Court's Great Luo Heaven Immortal Hall to comprehend the Enlightenment Diagram of the Upper Laws.

Theoretically speaking, given enough practice, anyone capable of comprehending a law can master a higher-level fundamental law through the higher-level law enlightenment diagram.

"real or fake?"

The Empress was somewhat surprised.

"Snapped!"

Lu Jin didn't reply, but instead slapped the Empress's shapely buttocks.

"Minglian".

Then, Lu Jin turned to look at the more familiar Lord of the Dark Lotus.

Lu Jin could tell at a glance whether a life possessed perfect genes, unless it was deliberately hidden.

Because of perfect genes, life forms possess a sense of 'perfection'.

Moreover, this sense of perfection is not affected by the different aesthetic views of individual lives.

No matter how abstract the appearance, as long as one possesses perfect genes, Lu Jin will still perceive the same way; at most, it will just be an abstractly perfect one.

"Emperor of Heaven."

The Lord of the Nether Lotus stepped forward.

"I have bestowed upon you a great destiny."

Having said that, Lu Jin activated his divine powers, and divine power surged forth to envelop the Lord of the Nether Lotus, beginning to modify her life genes.

The moment the divine power enveloped him, Lu Jin was able to ascertain the condition of the Lord of the Dark Lotus's divine body.

Similar to the previous fourth and fifth-tier universe lords of the human race, due to the lack of gene treasures with effects exceeding ten thousand times, the Lord of the Nether Lotus, although a top fourth-tier universe lord.

However, her life gene count only reached 10,000 times, which is still 81 times less than the perfect gene count.

At this moment, the Lord of the Dark Lotus felt a surge of embarrassment and irritation.

Although the Queen Mother was skilled in soul illusions and controlling Zerg warriors, she was ruthless and even extremely cruel when dealing with enemies.

But that's all from the enemy's perspective. From the perspective of a fellow queen, all the sisters are pure and kind.

Currently, her divine body is enveloped by the Heavenly Emperor's divine power, and within the lotus, she feels as if the Heavenly Emperor has seen her naked.

Moreover, the Heavenly Emperor not only saw her naked, but also 'touched her inappropriately'.

'Could it be that the Heavenly Emperor intends to turn the Imperial Court into his harem?'

The Lord of the Dark Lotus thought to himself.

Just as she was thinking this, as the transformation of her divine body began, the Lord of the Nether Lotus, noticing the dramatic changes that had occurred to her own divine body, couldn't help but widen her beautiful eyes.

As the master of the universe, the Lord of the Nether Lotus could clearly perceive even the slightest changes in his divine body.

She could feel that the strength of her divine body had suddenly increased by one ten-thousandth.

This improvement stems from a breakthrough in its own life genes, which increased by 10001 times.

However, before she could think further, the Lord of the Nether Lotus felt her life genes still rapidly improving.

10002 times. 10020 times. 10050 times. 10070 times.
Soon, the Lord of the Nether Lotus realized that his life genes had increased by 10081 times.

Immediately afterwards, every cell in his entire body transmitted a strong sense of hunger.

At the same time, in the eyes of the Queen and the ten other Queens of the Universe, including the Lord of Bilong, the Lord of the Nether Lotus's divine body exuded a sense of perfection.

"Perfect genes?"

The Empress looked at Lu Jin with a surprised expression and asked.

How can such heaven-defying methods create perfect genes so easily?
Lu Jin nodded and said, "If one can comprehend the mysteries of perfect genes, theoretically any life form can achieve this."

Empress: "."

All the queens of the universe level: "."

Is that even human language you're talking about?

Perfect genes are generally reserved for true gods. It is normal for the Lord of the Universe to achieve ten thousand times the life gene, but achieving perfect genes is very difficult. It can only be described as a "legend," let alone the so-called understanding of the mysteries of perfect genes.

Speechless, the Lord of Bilong and the others exchanged glances, then looked at Lu Jin with burning eyes.

Whether or not they achieve perfect genes, their offensive power remains largely unchanged.

However, as rulers of the universe with true gods in their race, they all knew that with perfect genes, a divine body could reach at least 90,000 kilometers.

The enormous divine body, spanning over 90,000 kilometers, is at least tens of thousands to nearly a million times larger than their divine bodies, which are at most a few thousand kilometers long.

The Lord of the Nether Lotus, now possessing perfect genes, looked at Lu Jin with even greater fervor.

'If it were the Heavenly Emperor, it wouldn't be impossible, after all, even the Empress was conquered by the Heavenly Emperor.'

The Lord of the Nether Lotus thought to himself.

Even the Empress has yielded, so what's wrong with these rulers of the universe yielding as well?

After transforming the divine body of the Lord of the Nether Lotus, Lu Jin did not stop. He then enveloped the Lord of the Azure Mound beside the Lord of the Nether Lotus with his divine power.

Before long, all eleven Queen Mothers at the level of Universe Lords were transformed into perfect genetic divine bodies by Lu Jin.

"This is a unique resource of the Heavenly Court called 'Divine Source Liquid,' which can quickly replenish the divine power deficiency in a divine body."

As he spoke, Lu Jin had a thought and created a temporary space within the Imperial Court, manifesting a massive amount of divine source liquid.

Before the Divine Source Tower project was launched, the output of Divine Source Liquid from the Immortal Transformation Pool was only enough to meet the needs.

However, with the rollout of the Divine Source Tower project, Divine Source Towers of all levels have sprung up throughout the Nine Heavens, and the Heavenly Court has so much Divine Source Liquid that it can no longer use it.

After all, the divine source liquid consumed by the workers is only a small part of what is produced because of them, and apart from the sale in the Spirit Treasure Hall, the Heavenly Court doesn't have any major consumers of divine source liquid for the time being.

Of course, Lu Jin wouldn't complain about having too much Divine Source Liquid.

This thing is similar to, or even more important than, the oil on Earth before the Great Nirvana.

For mechanical treasures, divine source liquid can be used as an energy source.

The Empress said, "The divine body of the perfect gene spans over 90,000 kilometers and requires an enormous amount of divine power. Why not use the primordial treasure to restore it?"
Although the Imperial Court lacks top-tier primordial treasures, it does possess several high-level primordial treasures.

The loss of a divine body by the Lord of Chaos City means that while the human race will not suffer a devastating loss, it can still be considered a significant one.

The Zerg are not much richer than the Humans. Right now, the divine power shortage of the eleven Queens, the rulers of the universe, is enormous.

If these divine essences are enough to fill the gaps in their divine power, their value will be immeasurable.

In the Queen's view, rather than consuming precious resources to quickly fill the gap in divine power, it would be better to use the primordial treasures to 'slowly restore' it.

"No need, you can recover."

Lu Jin waved his hand.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor!"

Lord of the Nether Lotus and the others hurriedly expressed their gratitude and absorbed the divine source liquid to replenish the divine power deficiency in their divine bodies.

Lu Jin turned his gaze to the Empress, gestured with his lips, but said nothing.

After a few seconds of eye contact, the Empress glanced at the Lord of the Nether Lotus and the others who were absorbing the divine essence, her gaze somewhat evasive: "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Although the Empress had long anticipated that the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court would not only become the seventh major power among humans, but also one of the Heavenly Emperor's exclusive harems, she still felt somewhat embarrassed to do it so soon in front of all her subordinates.

Lu Jin remained silent.

Seeing this, the Empress rolled her eyes, and with a thought, she closed the palace gates. Then, she loosened her thin gauze dress and began to serve the great Heavenly Emperor, who had just bestowed great fortune upon the court's high-ranking officials and was truly a man of great merit.

Lord of the Nether Lotus and others: "!!!"

Upon noticing the actions of Her Majesty the Empress and the Heavenly Emperor, the Lord of the Nether Lotus and others, who were absorbing the divine essence to replenish their divine bodies, all cast curious glances their way.

The Queen can reproduce without mating, and her Zerg warriors are bred from the hive, also without mating.

Therefore, the Lord of the Nether Lotus and others were very curious, not to mention that one of the mating partners was the great Empress.

"You all need to fill the vacancies in the divine bodies as soon as possible. Minglian, you'll be the first one to follow up."

The Empress's voice, filled with shame and anger, echoed throughout the royal court.

It feels weird to be the leading lady while your subordinates are the audience.

To avoid embarrassment, let's just go together!
Lord of the Nether Lotus: "."

Lu Jin: A reward! We absolutely must reward them properly!
Inside the imperial court, the great battle that had lasted for over a month finally came to an end.

"I have fallen!"

Minglian massaged his shoulders, Bilong kneaded his legs, and with his right arm around the Empress whose dress was half undone, Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the beautiful women on the spacious throne.

The Spider Cave, definitely the Spider Cave!

Fortunately, as the master of the universe, there is no problem of lust being a scalpel.

Falling into a rut for a month only means missing a month of cultivation time; there are no other adverse effects.

Nestled in Lu Jin's arms, the exquisite mistress blinked and asked, "Did His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor like it?"

The Lord of Linglong, originally the lowest-ranking third-tier Universe Lord of the Zerg, did not achieve the status of Universe Lord for very long after mastering spacetime.

Of course, the title of a third-order universe master is ancient history.

Having achieved perfect genes and obtained the strongest offensive talent technique, the Lord of Linglong already possesses the strength of a top-tier fourth-order universe lord.

Unfortunately, none of the eleven Queen Mothers of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court, who are at the level of Universe Lords, possessed a unique and powerful innate secret technique similar to Hong'er and the others' 'Soul Resonance'.

Apart from the Linglong Lord, who was originally only at the third rank and had not yet created the strongest secret technique, even if they obtained the strongest talent secret technique, they would not be able to increase their upper limit of strength.

"Very happy!"

Lu Jin pinched the cheek of the Linglong Master and nodded with a smile.

Why did he work so hard to cultivate?
Isn't it all so that we can do what we want to do?
Becoming the Lord of Hunyuan was his greatest dream, but besides this greatest dream, he also had many other desires.

Conquering the empress and having a host of cosmic ruler-level queens as members of his harem was one of his many desires.

A large harem?
Not much at all!

In the universe, there are countless women with harems, but he only has about twenty at most.

Patting the Empress's shapely buttocks, Lu Jin said, "Alright, it's time to get down to business."

After the Royal Court is established, Your Majesty, you will bring the two of you to reside in the High Council of the Clan.

In addition, although the Imperial Court is not subordinate to the Heavenly Court, the various palaces of the Heavenly Court are open to members of the Imperial Court.

Especially you, warriors at the level of top-tier cosmic overlords, can be eliminated.

The Empress asked, "As the seventh largest power among humans, does the Imperial Court intend to recruit members?"

Should we send some of the more talented queens to join the five major powers to promote the integration of the imperial court and the various ethnic groups?

Lu Jin waved his hand: "You can decide these things, but official members of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court can only be women."

Three days later, a bombshell message began to spread throughout the primordial universe.

One of the strongest beings in the universe, the Zerg Queen, announced that the Zerg, the pinnacle race, would disband and instead establish the Hundred Flowers Royal Court, joining the human race and becoming the seventh major power of humanity.

The Heavenly Court, Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Arena, Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Cosmic First Bank, and Cosmic Galaxy Bank all expressed their congratulations on the establishment of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court and its joining the human race.

From then on, of the original six peak races in the primordial universe, the Crystal and Hell races were destroyed; the Demon and Mechanical races lost their strongest members and no longer held the title of peak races; the Insect race disbanded; only the Human race remained, and its strength continued to grow.

Ancestral God Religion.

Deep within the core of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, in the Ancestral God Palace, the three Ancestral Gods gathered together.

"At the beginning of this era, our Ancestral God Cult was the number one power in the primordial universe, but now... alas..."

The elderly ancestral god sighed repeatedly.

"The Universal Alliance is one thing, but why does the Human Heavenly Court have so many powerful figures?"

The young ancestral god was very puzzled by this; it made no sense at all!
The two-faced Ancestral God was quite open-minded, saying, "Worrying is useless. Throughout countless cycles of reincarnation, has the Ancestral God Sect ever been the number one power in any one cycle? Right now, it's just that we've advanced half a cycle."

Upon hearing this, the young Ancestral God said with a frustrated expression, "In less than an era, he has fallen directly to third place. The difference is too great."

"I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light," these words were the heartfelt sentiment of the young ancestral god at that moment.

Their own Ancestral God Sect hadn't done anything, and there hadn't been any instances of powerful figures within the sect falling, yet in the blink of an eye, they had fallen from first to third place, which was somewhat hard to accept.

'Third? Ha~, not necessarily.'

The two-faced ancestral god shook his head inwardly.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor of the Universal Alliance is no ordinary person!

Moreover, the Ancestral God Sect is on good terms with the Heavenly Court, and it is backed by the will of the universe's origin. As long as the Ancestral God Sect does not become an enemy of the Heavenly Court, there is no need to worry about the Heavenly Court coming to their door one day.

It's a pity that the Lord of the Moon and the Lord of the Sun didn't stay in the Ancestral God Sect for long enough, and the Ancestral God Sect failed to forge much of a relationship with that Heavenly Emperor.

Otherwise, if the Heavenly Emperor, whose talent is beyond the heavens, could break through the cycle of reincarnation in the future, the Ancestral God Sect might very well be able to remain eternal under his protection.

Global Alliance.

Inside the headquarters temple, the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor sat on the central throne at the head of the temple, with the five True Gods positioned on his left and right, and all the lords of the universe gathered in the temple.

The Lord of the Galaxy stepped forward and reported in a deep voice: "Alliance Leader, this time the Zerg have broken away from the Alliance and established the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court to join the human race. The Alliance has lost one of its strongest members and ten Zerg Universe Lords."

In addition, eight former Zerg Alliance Universe Lords, along with their respective races, have switched allegiance to the Human Grand Alliance.

The reason there are ten Zerg Universe Lords is that the Empress has kept the newly promoted Linglong Lord hidden in the shadows, and the outside world is unaware of it.

"Yes, Ancestor understands."

Lu Jin's Blood God Child avatar nodded without saying anything more.

"Alliance Leader, the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court has betrayed our Universal Alliance. Has the Alliance taken any measures to prevent such shameless behavior?"

The former Black Lotus Lord of the Northern Frontier Alliance stepped forward, bowed, and asked.

"No need, it's pointless. I, the ancestor, have no way to take over the Empress's Palace."

Lu Jin waved his hand, then changed his tone and said with a sinister expression, "If any of you here have something that the Ancestor can't do anything about, then it's fine to betray the Alliance, as long as you have the strength."

After all, I, the patriarch, value the authority and voice of the strong very much.

'I've never seen you show any respect for an old man like me.'

The mountain dweller thought to himself.

"Alliance Leader, please calm your anger. We dare not."

Led by the Lord of the Star River, all the Lords of the Universe in the hall spoke up.

Just as the Alliance Leader said, what is the strength of the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court, and what is their strength?
Even if the human race were to accept them, they wouldn't dare to betray them!

Judging from the respectful expressions of the four True Gods, including the Demon Beast Ancestor, towards the Alliance Leader, who among them hadn't guessed that these four strongest beings had already become the Alliance Leader's most loyal soul servants?

The Queen dared to betray the Alliance because she is a true god and possesses the supreme palace treasure, the 'Queen's Palace'.

And what about them?

At most, he would be a top-tier fifth-order universe master, plus a supreme palace treasure.

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "The ancestor doesn't care whether you dare or not. If you don't have the strength to make the ancestor helpless, just keep your opinions to yourself."

In addition, Xinghe, please pass on the message and have the various races under the alliance put more pressure on the human race in the outer battlefield.

With so many races in our Universal Alliance, and by combining the strength of all races, the future will undoubtedly produce more powerful individuals than the human race. Our ancestor will ultimately have the last laugh.

I am the Heavenly Emperor of the Azure Sky, I am the Demon Ancestor of the Blood Sea, and I am the one who will have the last laugh.

After a pause, Lu Jin added, "Be careful not to push the humans too far; just maintain the upper hand."

Don't exhaust the alliance's power and drive the human race out of the outer battlefield.

Otherwise, if the Heavenly Court's Lord of the Heavens were to go on a killing spree, the rate at which powerful figures emerged from the alliance's ranks would be far slower than the rate at which they perished.

"Yes, Alliance Leader!"

The Lord of the Star River bowed in response.

On the other side, in the Netherworld, within the Divine Realm.

A Blood God Child stood on the edge of the vast Blood Sea, with a mass of Blood Sea water floating in front of him. He activated his Divine Power of Manipulation and Creation, attempting to transform the Blood Sea water into materials for refining treasures.

Lu Jin had previously made an agreement with Zuo Shan Ke, and Zuo Shan Ke was willing to lend a hand once.

He planned to have the Mountain Guest come to the Heavenly Court and use the Qiankun Cauldron to tailor-make a set of supreme treasures with effects comparable to the most powerful and exquisite treasures for the Blood God Child's incarnation.

After the Qiankun Cauldron recorded the treasure-refining process of the Mountain Guest, it activated the automatic treasure-refining mode. As long as sufficient treasure-refining materials and energy are provided, it can continuously produce identical sets of supreme treasures.

This would enable all Blood God Child incarnations to use the most powerful treasures, instead of making do with the current, less advanced treasures.

However, there is one problem that Lu Jin urgently needs to solve.

Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice. Even if the Qiankun Cauldron could perfectly replicate the treasure-refining process of the Mountain Guest, it would still require a massive amount of extremely high-grade treasure-refining materials so that all the Blood God Child incarnations could use high-end treasures.

If the Mountain and River Map had not been suppressed, given its divine king-level treasure and its ability to nurture rare and precious materials, providing tens of thousands of refining materials would have been no problem at all, not even a drop in the ocean.

The problem is that the Mountain and River Map can only be used to create the most powerful treasure. Although it can create even the most powerful treasure materials, the efficiency of creating such materials is very low.

If the timeline is extended, it wouldn't be a problem, but Lu Jin can't wait that long.

Therefore, Lu Jin decided to take a different approach, thinking of using the power of creation to solve the problem of materials for refining treasures.

Supernatural powers: They can manipulate creation in mysterious and extraordinary ways, creating something from nothing, transforming the essence of things, and creating all things.

Among these three effects, the creation of a perfect genetic divine body by combining the life gene attainments after comprehending the "Miro Supreme Diagram" is one of the applications of "creating all things".

Whether it's 'creating something from nothing' or 'transforming the essence of things,' as long as one has sufficient expertise, theoretically the problem of the source of materials for refining treasures can be solved.

(End of this chapter)