Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 286 The Demise of the Divine Eye Clan, The Eight Heavenly Kings of the Four Directions and Four Seasons

Having completely suppressed the seven True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan, Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

Then, Lu Jin asked the Empress, "What's the situation with the Star Lord?"

The empress shook her head and said, "Seeing that the overall situation was settled, I abandoned the illusion and the secret art of enslavement."

Lu Jin nodded slightly.

Since there was no enslavement, then they could simply be massacred afterwards.

Lu Jin had no intention of keeping the seven True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan as servants.

Aside from the factor of supreme treasures, among the seven True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan, only the strongest, the Divine Eye True Lord, possesses an eighth-order secret technique; the secret techniques of the remaining six are all only at the seventh-order level.

The only difference is whether it's a common seventh-tier or a top-tier seventh-tier.

The seventh-tier secret technique is something that even a true god possesses.

Although there are true gods in reality whose secret techniques are only at the sixth level, these true gods are similar to first-level universe masters. They basically only create techniques within a small universe, and they will not appear in the outside world unless their secret techniques are at the seventh level.

The greatest value of the seven True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan lies in the supreme treasures they possess, as well as the True God-level Law Godheads obtained after disintegrating their corpses.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, the giant axe, which had been traveling at full speed, finally arrived.

Teleportation is restricted within the desolate region; one can only fly using their own speed.

The giant axe, which has no ability to travel through space, only contributed to this great battle by suppressing one of the Five Chaos Lords.

"You guys are moving too fast."

Giant Axe couldn't help but complain.

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "We need to finish this quickly! There are still seven big guys inside the Giant Axe and the Treasure Seal that we need to deal with, so we'll be leaving now."

"Look at that supreme treasure that hasn't even been born yet."

As he spoke, Giant Axe became somewhat embarrassed.

Although that supreme treasure was first discovered by the Lord of the Ancestral Tree, it seemed to have nothing to do with the Heavenly Court.

But Giant Axe knew that without Lu Jin, the treasure would definitely have fallen into the hands of the Divine Eye Clan.

In terms of ownership, Lu Jin should have the majority.

However, this supreme treasure is very likely the most suitable axe weapon for him, and if he can get it, the giant axe doesn't want to miss it.

"That supreme treasure is an axe, and you owe me a true god's corpse as well."

Lu Jin said.

The one that was born was an axe, and Lu Jin couldn't very well compete with the giant axe for it.

In addition, the discoverer, the Lord of the Ancestral Tree, also contributed, so exchanging him for a true god's corpse would be about right.

Lu Jin wasn't worried about not being able to repay the giant axe.

True gods, well, there aren't that many in the cosmic sea, but there are plenty in the world of Jin. The giant axe can be returned slowly.

Moreover, while living beings cannot be taken out of the Jin world, corpses can.

"to make!"

Giant Axe agreed without hesitation.

Then, with a thought, Lu Jin teleported everyone back to the Netherworld God Kingdom.

Upon returning to the Heavenly Court, Lu Jin dispatched seven Blood God Child avatars, along with seventy Universe Lord-level Heavenly Generals, to teleport to the vicinity of the seven minor universes of the Divine Eye Clan, preparing to loot and plunder the corpses.

The Divine Eye Clan is a species from the first cycle of reincarnation. Once the seven True Lords fall and the seven miniature universes collapse, the countless Divine Eye Clan beings living within them will also perish instantly.

The sheer number of corpses and various treasures represents an enormous fortune.

Within the cage of heaven, after a series of maneuvers, all seven true masters of the Divine Eye Clan were killed by Lu Jin through the terrifying impact of the black-patterned stone pillar.

'So, what level of will impact did this black-veined stone pillar experience at closest range?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Shaking his head, Lu Jin raised his hand and summoned seven true god corpses and numerous treasures to his front.

The corpse was stuffed into the Demon Refining Pot, and seven True God-level Law Godheads were freshly produced.

As for other resources, Lu Jin no longer cares.

He could concoct perfect genetic bloodline crystals in no time.

Of all the gains from this great battle, the only ones worthy of his attention are the seven True God-level Law Godheads and the nine supreme treasures possessed by the seven True Lords.

The supreme treasure of the Divine Eye True Lord's soul, the 'Eye of Annihilation', and the supreme treasure armor, the 'Holy Demon Armor'.

The True God Realm is the most powerful and precious treasure in the realm of the True Spirit and the True Lord.

The Star Lord's supreme domain-type treasure 'Star Kingdom' and supreme offensive treasure 'Star Hand'.

The supreme and most powerful weapon of the Lord of Light and Darkness, the 'Divine Mace of Light and Darkness'; the supreme and most powerful weapon of the Lord of the Stars, the 'Divine Sword of the Stars'.

The Azure-Eyed True Lord's supreme treasure of the soul type, 'Azure-Eyed Light'; the Mystic Ice True Lord's supreme treasure of the palace type, 'Ice Cliff Fortress'.

'Tsk~, not even a treasure at the level of a Void True God.'

After a thorough examination, Lu Jin felt a slight sense of regret.

The term "Supreme Treasure" is a collective term for all treasures of true gods and above.

In the cosmic sea, there are many treasures of a level that surpasses that of a true god, such as the 'Blood Sea Demon Armor' that roams among demon gods.

It's a pity that the nine supreme treasures I acquired this time are all genuine divine treasures.

Subsequently, Lu Jin kept the Ice Cliff Fort for his own use, and kept the remaining eight pieces as inventory.

Including the previously acquired 'Qiqu Starlight Lake', 'Dream Scale', 'Eight Directions Divine Dragon', 'Blood Flame Demon Thunder Halberd', and 'Thousand-Pound Shattering Domain Hammer', the Heavenly Court now possesses a total of thirteen supreme treasures.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Jin summoned eleven Heavenly Court Palace Masters, including Zi Zhenfeng and Zi Yumo.

Each of them was given a supreme treasure, with only the Eye of Annihilation and the Azure Light, two soul-type supreme treasures, left as inventory.

As for the palace masters who were assigned the most powerful and precious weapons, the compatibility between the treasures and the secret techniques was not high.

The Lingbao Hall contains numerous supreme treasures, and with a choice to make, one should naturally select a supreme weapon based on secret techniques.

However, if it's a supreme treasure, then it's based on the secret method of creating supreme treasure weapons.

Are priceless weapons unsuitable for unleashing secret techniques?

Why not just create a new secret technique?

Creating secret techniques of the same level but different types based on the existing ones is not a particularly difficult task.

Moreover, in Swallowing the Stars, only comprehension and affinity with the laws matter. What achievements you can make in the future has nothing to do with what type of weapon you use.

In fact, at the very beginning, Lu Jin had planned to save the extra supreme treasures for the Heavenly Kings who would eventually reach the True God realm in the future.

However, after the Blood Sea Set appeared and could be automatically produced by the Qiankun Cauldron, Lu Jin changed his plans.

There's no need to deliberately keep the most powerful treasures in the weapon, armor, and domain categories.

The Heavenly Kings of the Heavenly Court can use the Blood Sea Set in the future.

In any case, the supreme and powerful treasure weapon derived from 10081 Blood Sea Pearls is not limited to the Blood Sea Demon Sword because of its transformation effect. It can also be transformed into weapons such as battle swords, battle spears, battle axes, and battle hammers.

On the other side, in the desolate outer realm of the Peak Realm, within the temple, the giant axe guards the divine axe that has not yet been officially born in the far distance.

Just as Lu Jinkeng was killing the seven True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan, Giant Axe noticed that the Five Chaos Lords, who were being suppressed in another space of the palace's treasure, had perished without warning.

'Resolved so quickly?'

The giant axe clicked its tongue in amazement.

The sudden fall of the Lord of the Five Chaos must be due to the collapse of the small universe he was affiliated with.

"The number one power in the cosmic sea, tsk tsk~"

The giant axe shook its head.

In terms of strength, aside from the unknown progenitors of the two holy lands, the Divine Eye Clan is even stronger than the two holy lands, making them undoubtedly the number one power in the universe.

However, due to a single misjudgment, the entire clan's foundation was destroyed by Lu Jin.

The Eternal Eye Clan?
They didn't even live to see the end of this cycle of reincarnation; they all died today.

"Ancestral Tree".

The giant axe looked toward the ancestral tree master inside the hall.

Having anticipated that Lu Jin's side would act quickly, the Giant Axe did not allow the Ancestral Tree Lord, who had made significant contributions, to leave.

"The founder".

The Lord of the Ancestral Tree said respectfully.

"The supreme treasure of the Five Elements of the Divine Eye Clan is bestowed upon you."

As he spoke, the giant axe waved its hand, and four supreme treasures materialized and landed in front of the Lord of the Ancestral Tree.

This time, the giant axe, in a great mood, was very generous.

After all, the four supreme treasures of the Five Chaos Lord are either top-quality items among supreme treasure armors such as the Mad Demon God-Slaying Armor, or supreme treasures of the domain, soul, and palace categories with relatively higher value.

After a week, the Divine Eye Clan had finished looting the seven small universes that were beginning to collapse.

The Heavenly Court obtained a large number of treasures and various precious resources, as well as a massive number of immortal and above-level corpses.

The Divine Eye Clan has nearly a hundred Universe Lords, but when the seven small universes collapsed, many of these Universe Lords were not in the small universes. The Heavenly Court could not collect the corpses of these Universe Lords.

Even so, the Heavenly Court acquired more than fifty corpses of the Lords of the Universe.

There are nearly 200,000 corpses of the Cosmic Venerable.

The Cosmic Sea is not suitable for Cosmic Venerables below the level of Top Overlords to operate in. Within the small universes, the vast majority of people are of the same race, and there is little fighting.

Over the long years, the Divine Eye Clan has accumulated a large number of Universe Venerables.

However, in Lu Jin's eyes, the value of most of the corpses of the Cosmic Venerables was not as great as that of the immortal corpses of the peak-level Kings who had comprehended the three profound mysteries of the superior laws.

Because of the three profound levels of superior law beads, when combined with another type of superior law godhood, the understanding of laws is at the level of a cosmic overlord.

As for the higher-level divine titles, the Heavenly Court had long since achieved freedom and could mass-produce them, especially after the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court became the seventh major power of the human race.

However, the superior law beads at the three profound levels cannot be mass-produced, and their value to the Heavenly Court is even greater than that of superior law deities.

Subsequently, Lu Jin summoned dozens of top-tier overlord celestial generals, bestowing upon them the newly acquired spacetime law divine sparks and fusion law divine sparks. Just as the Heavenly Court's strength was further increasing, a great upheaval occurred in the cosmic sea.

In the first cycle of the Divine Eye Clan, all seven of their smaller universes collapsed.

The Divine Eye Clan, which was known as the number one power in the Cosmic Sea, apart from the two special holy lands, was wiped out!
At first, only a few universe masters discovered that a universe master from the Divine Eye Clan had suddenly perished, and they dared not conclude that the Divine Eye Clan had been wiped out.

However, after a powerful figure went to the seven small universes of the Divine Eye Clan to verify the information, the news spread to all forces in the Cosmic Sea at an extremely fast pace.

However, the exact cause of the destruction of the Divine Eye Clan remains a subject of much debate among various factions and lone experts.

Things happened too suddenly, and there was too little information.

The trigger for the annihilation of the Divine Eye Clan was simply the birth of an extremely powerful treasure.

Then, the seven true masters of the Divine Eye Clan had a sudden inspiration, thinking that they would only use this to severely strike the human race, without making a big fuss.

Not to mention the outside world, even within the Divine Eye Clan, not every universe lord knows this.

The Heavenly Court did not announce the annihilation of the Divine Eye Clan, nor did the human race boast about it, which led to the outside world not knowing that it was the human race of the original universe who did this.

Since there was no clear evidence pointing to any particular force, the high-ranking officials of various factions in the Cosmic Sea were all secretly speculating whether it was the Purple Moon Holy Land or the Eastern Emperor Holy Land that was responsible.

Although the number of true gods in both holy lands is very small.

Even the Purple Moon Holy Land only has two True Gods, one of whom was promoted just a few years ago.

Even if the true god powerhouses of the two holy lands were united, they would still be no match for the seven true masters of the Divine Eye Clan.

However, all parties have not forgotten why the two holy lands are called holy lands.

If the legendary progenitors of the two holy lands were to suddenly appear and wipe out the increasingly domineering Divine Eye Clan in one fell swoop, it wouldn't be impossible.
The higher-ups of various factions, who knew little about the Holy Land universe and could only rely on their imaginations due to the lack of information, pondered the matter more and more, and felt that the mastermind behind the destruction of the Divine Eye Clan was one of the two Holy Lands, or even that both Holy Lands were involved.

Thinking this way, most of the forces in the first and second cycles of reincarnation began to send envoys to other forces with whom they had no enmity to discuss forming secret alliances to jointly resist the persecution by the two holy lands.

Zi Yue: "."

Eastern Emperor: "."

Time flies. Decades later in the primordial universe, Luo Feng broke through the shackles of the original core using an immortal-level ultimate secret technique and stepped into immortality.

Upon achieving immortality, Luo Feng's cultivation level immediately reached the peak of the King realm.

With the power of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual and Blood Luo, apart from the Demon Killer Clan clone, the Golden Horned Beast main body, the Earthling clone, and the Nether Sea clone all achieved perfect genetic immortal divine bodies, enough to easily slaughter ordinary universe venerables.

Two thousand years after the primordial universe, Luo Feng created the ultimate secret technique for becoming a cosmic overlord by following the Secret Pattern Flow, and integrated the three mysteries of space, stepping into the realm of cosmic venerables, thus becoming a top cosmic overlord with perfect genes.

Two thousand years later, Hong and Lei Shen, core members of the Qinghua Palace of the Heavenly Court, successively integrated the three mysteries of time as realm lords, directly transcending immortality and entering the realm of cosmic venerables, becoming top cosmic overlords with perfect genes.

On this day, in the Lingxiao Palace of the Great Luo Heaven.

The four Heavenly Kings—Dhritarashtra, Virudhaka, Virupaksha, Vaishravana, Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise—representing the four cardinal directions, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, entered the palace.

"Meet the Emperor of Heaven!"

The eight people bowed respectfully to Lu Jin.

"How is your level of arcane arts?"

Lu Jin asked the Four Heavenly Kings of the Four Seasons.

Now that the first era of the primordial universe has arrived, the Four Heavenly Kings, who were the first to receive the divine status of a true god, have cultivated for hundreds of millions of years in the Hall of Immortality under a time acceleration of ten thousand times.

The Four Seasons Heavenly King, who was later granted the divine status of a true god, has lived for over eight thousand years, though not yet the first era of the primordial universe. The Immortal Ascension Palace has been there for over eighty million years.

With the help of the long years and the great enlightenment gained from the Bodhi tree in the Hall of Ascension, the eight quasi-heavenly kings have accumulated profound knowledge in secret techniques and it is time for them to step into the realm of true gods.

"Your Majesty, thanks to the divine power of the laws of space and time that you bestowed upon us thousands of years ago, we have all created a variety of the most powerful secret techniques."

"Dhritarashtra, the King of the Nation, bowed and said."

Considering that the Lord of the Universe's creation efficiency is higher than that of the Venerable Universe, and after having a sufficient supply of Time and Space Law Godheads, Lu Jin also arranged Time and Space Law Godheads for the Four Heavenly Kings.

Eight Law Godheads at the level of the Lord of the Universe are not something we can afford to waste.

'With a foundation in multiple fifth-tier secret techniques, the ability to comprehend the evolution of chaos, and the capacity to create a divine avatar under the Bodhi tree for further study, one should at least possess top-tier seventh-tier secret techniques as a guarantee, right?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

If one possesses a top-tier seventh-order secret technique, nearly 20,000 times the life gene, and cultivates to the third level of the corresponding True God-level Three Heads and Six Arms, even without considering the Blood Sea Set, one's strength would exceed the scope of a top-tier tenth-order True God.

"Shh!"

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin conjured up eight bloodline crystals, each with a hundred thousand facets and countless tiny golden specks within, which then landed in front of the eight people.

Then, Lu Jin said, "These eight bloodline source crystals each have a life gene multiplier of 19999. After you refine them, go to the Immortal Transformation Hall to replenish your divine power, and then return to refine the Law Godhead."

Remember, after your breakthrough, send a divine power avatar to the Hall of Ascension, and have it assist you in comprehending the evolution of chaos under the Bodhi tree.

Lu Jin had lived for thousands of years in the primordial universe and tens of millions of years in the Hall of Immortals; his time there had not been in vain.

By studying the "Miro Supreme Diagram," one's understanding of life genes has increased by 19999 times.

It's a pity that there hasn't been any qualitative improvement in secret techniques. Although more than a dozen top-tier sixth-order secret techniques have been created, no seventh-order secret techniques have been created.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor!"

Upon receiving the Bloodline Source Crystal, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Four Seasons bowed in response.

Lu Jin waved his hand: "Go ahead."

"I'm waiting to retire."

After paying their respects, the Eight Heavenly Kings left the Lingxiao Palace and headed to the Huaxian Palace.

After replenishing the divine power deficiency caused by the enhancement of life genes with divine source liquid, the eight Heavenly Kings left the Heavenly Realm through the South Heavenly Gate and returned to their respective divine kingdoms.

The Lord of the Universe ascended to the status of a true god, and the divine kingdom underwent a transformation into a miniature universe. This miniature universe was at least one hundred million light-years in diameter, which the celestial realm could not contain.

Moreover, the true god can no longer absorb divine power from the original source of the primordial universe; all divine power consumption originates from the transformation of chaotic energy absorbed by the smaller universe.

Even if the Heavenly Realm could contain a small universe, the small universes of the true gods under the Heavenly Court would still have to go to the Cosmic Sea.

Therefore, among the many celestial realms currently in use, apart from Lu Jin, Zi Nishang, Hong'er, and the other seven, there are no other divine kingdoms.

The numerous star kingdoms that were originally suspended in the sky had long been moved by Lu Jin to the kingdom layer within the interlayer of the original universe.

Within the spatial interlayer corresponding to the Qianwu Universe Kingdom in the primordial universe, lies the Divine Kingdom layer.

With the breakthroughs of the Eight Heavenly Kings, one after another, void passages were born within the eight enormous divine kingdoms.

Endless chaotic energy surged in through the void passages, forming chaotic vortexes that caused the eight divine kingdoms, which had already expanded to their limits, to begin a new round of rapid expansion.

Furthermore, as it expanded, the enormous divine kingdom continued to move rapidly toward the membrane of the primordial universe.

A week later.

After absorbing the endless chaotic energy that surged in, the barrier of the divine kingdom transformed into a cosmic membrane, and the eight rapidly expanding divine kingdoms had now become a huge miniature universe.

When the diameter of the eight miniature universes reached one hundred million light-years, the expansion finally stopped.

At the same time, an irresistible force acted upon the eight miniature universes.

'boom--'

At this moment, the eight miniature universes that had touched the membrane of the primordial universe were like eight glass balls, directly ejected from the primordial universe and appeared in the endless sea of ​​the universe.

"Rumble--"

On what appeared to be an endless membrane of the primordial universe, eight large holes, each over 100 million light-years in diameter, were torn open. Eight smaller universes, ejected from the primordial universe, rolled and spun, crushing the surrounding chaotic air currents into a turbulent upheaval.

Even powerful beings billions of light-years away could clearly sense the commotion coming from this side.

"Shh!"

In the Cosmic Sea, near the primordial universe, a figure clad in turquoise battle armor frequently used teleportation to rush towards the primordial universe.

"This treasure hunt in the Peak Realm not only led to the discovery of the divine axe at the beginning, but also resulted in the acquisition of four supreme treasures from the Five Lords of the Divine Eye Clan as a reward."

A few years ago, I even found a supreme treasure weapon. It seems my Ancestral Tree is definitely one of the most favored beings by the primordial will of the universe!

The Lord of the Ancestral Tree thought to himself with delight.

Suddenly, the Lord of the Ancestral Tree, who was constantly using teleportation to travel, stopped and looked into the far distance to his side.

In his perception, a tremendous commotion was coming from the far distance in this direction.

"What a commotion! Could it be that a powerful treasure has been unearthed?"

After concentrating and carefully sensing for a moment, the Lord of the Ancestral Tree couldn't help but make a connection.

"Shh!"

Without hesitation, the Lord of the Ancestral Tree immediately teleported in the direction from which the commotion came.

If God does not take it, he will suffer the consequences!
A powerful treasure has appeared; we certainly can't miss it.

Even if he, a top-tier fourth-order universe master, couldn't win, there was still the boss, Giant Axe.
Even if the giant axe can't win, there's still the Heavenly Court.

Thousands of years ago, the Heavenly Court annihilated the Divine Eye Clan, which was known as the number one power in the universe, in a single battle, and he was one of the few witnesses.

Although he didn't know the exact limit of the Heavenly Court's strength, it was definitely an invincible force in the Cosmic Sea.

A few days later.

"Rumble--"

Gazing at the small universe rolling in the distance and sensing the same sounds coming from seven other different directions, the Lord of the Ancestral Tree fell silent.

Eight. Eight miniature universes?

It should be understood that the birth of each miniature universe represents a cosmic master stepping into the realm of true godhood.

The eight miniature universes are the eight true gods.

Before this, how many true gods were left in the primordial universe?
If we only consider life level and not strength, there are only the original ancestors of our own human race, the founder of the giant axe, and the empress, and the Mountain-Sitting Guest, the progenitor of monsters, the Lord of the Primordial Island, the Lord of the Northern Frontier, and the True God of Calamity from the Universal Alliance.

After the massacre by the Heavenly Court and the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor, only these eight True Gods remained in the primordial universe, and the primordial ancestor of their own human race was even suppressed.

In other words, without the outside world's knowledge, the number of true gods in the primordial universe has doubled?

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

The Lord of the Ancestral Tree used teleportation repeatedly, rushing towards the directions from which the other seven sounds came.

Although it is very likely to be a newly born miniature universe, seeing is believing, and we cannot make a direct conclusion based solely on speculation.

However, while teleporting, the Lord of the Ancestral Tree also informed the Giant Axe through his clone left in the primordial universe that eight new true gods had been born in the primordial universe.

Something unusual must be going on. We must find out the situation as soon as possible to prevent humanity from being caught off guard.

(End of this chapter)