Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 287 An Identity Dared Not Be Revealed, Seventh-Order Secret Technique
The fifth level of the Hall of Ascension in the Great Luo Heaven.

"Master, a letter from the giant axe says that the Lord of the Ancestral Tree has discovered eight new miniature universes in the Cosmic Sea."

Fatty's voice echoed in Lu Jin's mind.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin, who was in the process of creating a new technique, separated a wisp of his consciousness and instructed, "Reply to Giant Axe, our Heavenly Court has eight Universe Lords breaking through to True God, there is no need to be nervous."

"Yes, Master."

Fatty responded.

On the other side, inside the majestic temple at the headquarters of the Giant Axe Arena.

"Are these eight True Gods who broke through this time really from the Heavenly Court?"

Upon receiving Lu Jin's reply, Giant Axe couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

After the Lord of the Ancestral Tree reported the news, the giant axe immediately thought of the Heavenly Court.

If only one universe master breaks through to true godhood, then the giant axe might not necessarily immediately assume that this newly promoted true god is a member of the Heavenly Court.

But to have eight of them at once is such an outrageous thing that only the unfathomable Heavenly Court could have done it in the entire primordial universe.

After all, it's normal for the Heavenly Court to suddenly produce a large number of universe lords without warning, let alone eight true gods.
'How did they manage to summon eight true gods at once? Was it a continuation of an ancient civilization?'

The giant axe was puzzled.

In his understanding, every cosmic master who becomes a true god needs to forge a new path, unlike the cosmic masters who can simply apply a template and master time and space to achieve their goal.

Needless to say, these eight true gods of Heaven certainly did not achieve their status through normal means.

He was willing to guarantee it, otherwise he would have devoured the supreme treasure axe!

After thinking for a long time, Giant Axe shook his head and sent a congratulatory letter to Lu Jin.

Thinking about it is useless; just thinking about it won't produce any new True Gods in our own Giant Axe Arena.

Should we ask the Heavenly Court?

That won't work.

If Lu Jin doesn't speak up, it means she doesn't know how to speak.

If he were to ask, what if it offended Lu Jin and she stopped inviting them to play together in the future?

It should be noted that the Heavenly Court already possessed the power to expel these five major forces from the ranks of humans.

Since you've latched onto a powerful figure, you should be prepared to be a loyal follower.

Three months later.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, under Lu Jin's expectant gaze, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Four Seasons, their faces filled with excitement, entered the palace.

"Meet the Emperor of Heaven."

Eight people bowed in respect.

"No need for formalities. What level has your secret technique reached?"

Lu Jin waved his hand and asked.

Dhritarashtra: "Your Majesty, thanks to the enlightenment of the Bodhi tree and after comprehending the evolution of chaos, I have created an eighth-order top-tier secret technique."

King of Growth: "Your Majesty, I have also created a top-tier eighth-order secret technique."

Xuanwu Heavenly King: "Heavenly Emperor, your subject has created an eighth-order secret technique."

"very good!"

After understanding the situation, Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

The original level of the Four Directions and Four Seasons Heavenly Kings' secret techniques was only the fusion of the strongest secret techniques, which is the fifth level.

However, after refining the true god-level law divine spark, his life level entered the true god realm, and he comprehended the evolution of chaos.

In just over three months, the Four Heavenly Kings' secret techniques reached the peak of the eighth rank, while the Four Seasons Heavenly Kings, whose accumulation was slightly less, also reached the eighth rank.

The secret techniques of the Eight Heavenly Kings have all been enhanced by as many as three levels.

It must be admitted that comprehending the evolution of chaos is indeed an excellent opportunity to significantly improve the level of secret techniques.

Of course, Lu Jin also knew that it was not enough to improve the secret technique by three levels in a short period of time by just comprehending the evolution of chaos.

When the eight people were comprehending the evolution of chaos, the Bodhi tree's blessing on their divine incarnations was also an extremely important factor.

Without the Bodhi Tree's assistance, the current level of secret techniques among the eight people is estimated to be at most the peak of the seventh rank, or even possibly only the peak of the sixth rank.

After all, when Lu Jin was recruiting Heavenly Generals, although he did make special selections, it was just choosing the tallest among the short.

Then, Lu Jin waved his hand, and eight sets of Blood Sea Armor, each composed of 10081 Blood Sea Pearls, materialized and landed in front of the eight people. He said, "This is a top-grade, supreme treasure set. It can be transformed into any melee weapon, armor, and domain treasure. I bestow it upon you. You may name the treasures yourselves."

Since the Qiankun Cauldron activated its automatic treasure-refining mode, thousands of years have passed since the beginning of the primordial universe.

Due to the ten-thousand-fold time acceleration, the Qiankun Cauldron could produce a Blood Sea Set in ten years in the primordial universe.

Although only a small portion of the Blood God Child's incarnation is currently equipped with the Blood Sea Set, it's still not a problem to spare eight sets.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor!"

Upon receiving the Blood Sea Set, the Eight Heavenly Kings bowed in gratitude.

"Yes, we should cultivate the Three Heads and Six Arms and the Law of Heaven and Earth to the third level as soon as possible."

Lu Jin nodded and said.

The combination of eighth-tier and top-tier eighth-tier secret techniques with the third level of the Three Heads and Six Arms technique, considering only the power of the secret techniques, can reach the eleventh-tier and top-tier eleventh-tier levels.

Once both divine abilities are cultivated to the third level, the Four Directions and Four Seasons Heavenly Kings will be eight divine bodies with a combined length of over 90 million kilometers, and will also possess top-tier eleventh-order or even eleventh-order supreme treasures of the domain and armor types.

It's a pity that, given that the Eight Heavenly Kings' strength already surpasses that of the top ten tiers, even the most powerful and rare treasures have become ordinary weapons for them, no longer able to provide them with any additional boost to their combat power.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The Eight Heavenly Kings responded
Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "One month from now, the Heavenly Court will hold a True God Ceremony for you. Go."

In the primordial universe, the ascension of the cosmic ruler to true godhood was undoubtedly a paramount event for their respective race.

After all, even if a race has many universe masters, it can only be a powerful race.

If a race possesses a true god, even if there is only one, it is still a top-tier race.

Such an important event naturally deserves a high-level celebration.

Firstly, it was a celebration, and secondly, it was a way to demonstrate the strength of the tribe to the outside world.

Although the Heavenly Court possesses abundant martial virtue and no longer needs to publicly declare its strength, a celebration is still necessary.

On that day, within the virtual universe, the official websites of the Heavenly Court and various levels of the Qiankun Palace all released an announcement.

— [Congratulations to the eight Heavenly Generals of the Heavenly Temple for achieving true godhood!]

The four directions, up and down, constitute the universe; the four seasons cycle, constellation ...

The four Heavenly Kings are: Dhritarashtra (Eastern King), Virudhaka (Southern King), Virupaksha (Western King), and Vaishravana (Northern King).

The Heavenly Kings of the Four Seasons are: Azure Dragon Heavenly King (Spring), Vermilion Bird Heavenly King (Summer), White Tiger Heavenly King (Autumn), and Black Tortoise Heavenly King (Winter).

Below the announcement, there is also a majestic image of the Eight Heavenly Kings of the Four Directions and Four Seasons, dressed in precious armor and holding precious weapons.

The announcement of the eight newly appointed True Gods of Heaven spread rapidly throughout the entire virtual universe.

Soon, Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Arena, Hundred Flowers Royal Court, Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Cosmic First Bank, and Cosmic Galaxy also issued congratulatory announcements on the official website of Virtual Universe.

In less than a day, all humans who logged into the virtual universe learned that their human race had gained eight more true gods.

Of course, most humans don't understand what level of power a 'true god' is; they only know that the god is very strong.

After all, although they did not understand the meaning of the true god, they knew that the Heavenly Court was one of the super powers of their race.

A 'true god' who deserves a congratulatory announcement on the Heavenly Court's official website and can also receive congratulations from the other six forces must be a super being within their race.

Similarly, the news that the Heavenly Court had produced eight true god-level Heavenly Kings was not only spread in the virtual universe.

As the news began to spread, a large number of intelligence agents from various races relayed it back to their respective communities, and the news then began to spread to billions of races throughout the universe.

Ancestral God Religion.

Inside the Ancestral God Palace, the three Ancestral Gods gathered together.

"Tsk~, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Four Seasons, and eight true gods."

The young ancestral god smacked his lips and shook his head.

As expected, the Heavenly Court possesses unfathomable depth and develops at an unreasonable pace.

Fortunately, the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor of the Universal Alliance had many clones; otherwise, in the primordial universe, there wouldn't even be a force strong enough to rival the Heavenly Court.

"In previous years, within the space of the black-patterned stone pillar of the Cosmic Ship, the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor of the Universal Alliance revealed the strength of a ninth-order True God, which was comparable to that of the Star Lord Bei Chi from the first reincarnation era."

"With the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor's numerous avatars, I initially thought the Universal Alliance would have the upper hand over the Heavenly Court, but now it seems the outcome is truly uncertain."

The old ancestor god sighed with emotion.

Upon hearing this, the two-faced ancestral god couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Are you pretending to be ignorant, old man, or are you really not smart enough to guess that the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor is one of the incarnations of the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court?

"Alas~, a century ago, my Ancestral God Cult was the number one power in the original universe."

But unexpectedly, a century later, they are now only able to survive in the cracks.

The young ancestral god sighed with a worried expression.

He couldn't understand why this universe felt so foreign to him.

Suddenly, at that moment, a great will descended upon the Ancestral God Palace.

"!!!"

The three ancestral gods were immediately invigorated and quickly stood up to pay their respects.

The great primordial will has descended!
"Shh!"

A golden page appeared out of thin air, and then the primordial will receded.

With a wave of his hand, the golden page fell into the hands of the two-faced ancestral god. The golden page was covered with dense text.

"Two-sided, what is bestowed by the original will?"

The elderly ancestral god asked.

The young Ancestral God also looked at the Two-Faced Ancestral God with curiosity.

"The Divine Power Burning Secret Technique?"

Looking at the name of the secret technique displayed on the golden page, the two-faced ancestral god asked in confusion.

It's just burning divine power; all beings at the Marquis level or above can do it. This thing even has a special secret technique?

At the headquarters of the Universal Alliance, inside the majestic, empty temple at the head of the palace, all the Alliance's cosmic lords gathered, discussing amongst themselves. "Whoosh!"

After a while, the self-proclaimed "most trusted confidant" of the Alliance Leader, the Chief Star Lord of the Alliance Management, teleported and appeared in front of everyone.

"Xinghe, what did the Alliance Leader say?"

The Lord of the Black Lotus, whose entire body was surrounded by rings of lotus leaves and whose head resembled the stamen of a plant, hurriedly asked.

After glancing around, the Lord of the Star River said in a deep voice, "Everyone, I have just informed the Alliance Leader about the eight newly promoted strongest individuals in the Heavenly Court."

The leader of the alliance said, "There is nothing to worry about; just observe the situation."

Even if the Heavenly Court produces many more of the strongest beings in the universe, it will not break the agreement restricting the actions of those at the level of Universe Lords and above.

As soon as the Lord of the Galaxy finished speaking, the Lord of the Golden Horn immediately shouted, "The Alliance Leader is wise!"

"Our leader is wise!"

A host of cosmic lords followed closely behind.

After the alliance meeting, inside the temple of the Golden Horned Lord's divine kingdom, two enormous golden-horned beasts were having a secret meeting.

The lineage of the Golden Horned Beast has two more cosmic lords: the Golden Horned Lord and the Whirlwind Lord.

"Golden Horn, it seems we can confirm it now: our alliance leader is an incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor of Heaven."

Otherwise, if the Heavenly Court were to send eight more True Gods at once, the Alliance Leader would most likely not remain indifferent.

The Lord of Annihilation spoke to the Lord of Golden Horn.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Horned Lord looked helpless and said, "So what if the Alliance Leader is an avatar of the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court?"

This primordial universe, no, the entire cosmic sea, has long had to act according to the whims of the Heavenly Court.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Heavenly Court was the one that destroyed the Divine Eye Clan during the first cycle of reincarnation thousands of years ago.

Lord of Annihilation nodded: "That's right, absolute strength is unbeatable."

Within the alliance, you and I are certainly not the first to think this way; many cosmic lords could guess it, but playing dumb is better than risking death.

It is not impossible for a powerful being to rise in the universe at an unreasonable rate of growth, just like the original ancestors of the human race.

However, two powerful figures rose to prominence during the same period. Both were major enemies of the universe and true gods. Moreover, the ruthless Blood Sea Demon Ancestor had never killed any human powerhouse.

From an outsider's perspective, his true identity is almost obvious.

If they weren't in the position, they would have guessed it long ago.

But even if they guessed it, would the two of them, or rather, any cosmic ruler in the alliance, dare to stand up and expose them?

The answer is definitely no.

Those who can cultivate to become masters of the universe are not idiots; no one would be the one to stick their neck out and risk certain death.

Even without the Alliance Leader personally taking action, the other universe lords of the alliance would immediately join forces to suppress him.

The agreement to restrict the actions of beings at the level of the Lord of the Universe and above is very good.

If we really expose the identity of the Alliance Leader, what if the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court gets angry and decides to slaughter all the high-ranking members of the Universal Alliance?
Although it undoubtedly feels like a slow suicide right now, it's better to live a miserable life than to die.

If the Heavenly Court wants to seize territory, and we can't stop it, then we should just give up our territory to the Heavenly Court.

Anyway, the original universe is so vast, it's impossible for the human race to occupy the entire territory of the universe, right?
If they can't defeat the Heavenly Court, can't they at least control ordinary and weak races?
If a powerful race had even a remote star sector as its territory, and its members could squeeze together, that would be enough to keep it alive.

As for the Alliance Universe Lords who have no race and belong to special life forms, or the original Starry Sky Beast Alliance Universe Lords who have no requirements for territory, they would be even less likely to expose the Alliance Leader's identity.

As long as our leader doesn't take our lives, we will be his most loyal underlings!
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the eighth era of the primordial universe.

In the cosmic sea, inside the cosmic boat, in a certain void filled with chaotic air currents.

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

A violent roar continued to resound, shaking the void.

Lu Jin slashed repeatedly with the Blood Sea Demon Sword, unleashing streaks of dark sword light that stretched for tens of thousands of miles, shooting towards a towering, octopus-like beast with thirteen tentacles.

The Golden Demon God, who was his actual opponent, did not sit idly by and wait for his death.

Despite being at a disadvantage, the thirteen tentacles swept through the void, and the black sword light that shot towards it was blocked by the thirteen huge tentacles formed by its secret technique.

"Blood Demon, I, Jin Huang, admit defeat. Draw a line for me, and I will do whatever I can."

Struggling to withstand Lu Jin's attacks, the Golden Emperor Demon God, whose voice sounded like a child's, shouted from inside the tentacle octopus beast.

The Golden Demon God, also known as the 'Golden Child,' comes from the Dream Eater Clan, one of the seven peak clans of the Second Cycle Era.

Later, due to a special encounter, its life form changed. Its divine body resembled a demonic child with thirteen pairs of arms, carved from gold, and possessed a palace-like supreme treasure. It could be considered a wealthy big fish.

"Jin Huang, you're not admitting defeat here. You're saying you won't do it if you don't want to?"

With his attacks unabated, Lu Jin rebuked her without any politeness.

"So what are you going to do? Is it fun to bully someone as weak as me?"

"The Golden Demon God asked."

For countless eons, the strength of Blood Sea Demon Ancestor, the leader of the Primal Universe Universal Alliance, has long been known to powerful figures from all sides of the Universe Sea.

The Blood Sea Demon Ancestor's strength can vary; when he is weak, even a seventh-tier True God can fight him for three thousand rounds.

When at its strongest, it can even outperform ninth-tier true gods such as the Star Lord of Beichi, the Nine-Headed Demon Lord, and the True God of Juehe.

Furthermore, the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor is suspected to have an extremely large divine body, or possess special divine power recovery methods.

Despite being the ruler of the universe, he never showed signs of excessive depletion of his divine power, regardless of which powerful opponent he fought against.

Facing the Blood Demon, whose strength could reach the ninth level of True God, aside from the supreme treasure of palaces, the 'Black Stone Temple', the Golden Emperor Demon God, whose strength had barely reached the threshold of the eighth level, was naturally a weakling.

After all, the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor possessed a supreme treasure of the domain type, had a large number of clones, and it was rumored that he also possessed a supreme treasure of the palace type.

If someone truly harbored murderous intent towards him, even if he didn't perish thanks to the Blackrock Temple, he would definitely be suppressed by the combined forces of the Blackrock Temple and its many clones.

Lu Jin said, "I've heard that you, Golden Radiance Boy, are a very good person. I, your ancestor, am still lacking a supreme treasure of the palace type. Why don't you lend me your Black Stone Temple to play with?"
Don't worry, our ancestor will definitely repay you in a few years."

This time, the Blood God Child, in disguise, approached the Golden Emperor Demon God not simply for a friendly spar, but with the intention of killing him and seizing his treasure.

Lu Jin doesn't necessarily need the most powerful treasures in melee weapons, armor, and domains.

However, he still coveted other types of supreme treasures, especially palace-type and soul-type supreme treasures.

Moreover, suppressing and killing the Golden Radiance Demon God will also allow you to obtain a True God-level Law Godhead.

Is murder for treasure not a good deed?
His Majesty the Great Heavenly Emperor has already done many good deeds. If the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor, who is disguised as a villain, doesn't do some bad things, wouldn't all his merits have been accumulated in vain?

"Does being a good person mean you have to bully people?"

The Golden Demon God asked in grief and indignation.

'Borrow' the Blackrock Temple?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
The Blackrock Temple was his lifeline. He would rather die than live a cowardly life than surrender the Blackrock Temple to save his own.

"Hmph~, you don't know what's good for you! I, your ancestor, praised you as a good person, and you, this lowly scum, actually think you're a good person?"

Lu Jin snorted disdainfully.

nice guy?

None of the powerful beings in the cosmic sea are good people.

Those who can become true gods are all people who have killed countless people.
Even within their own Heavenly Court, the Eight Heavenly Kings of the Four Directions and Four Seasons, who achieved true godhood through the laws of the divine, had killed many living beings in the past, let alone true gods.

"Blood Demon, aren't you afraid of becoming the common enemy of the universe by taking things by force?"

"The Golden Demon God roared."

Lu Jin didn't reply and directly activated the second level of the Three Heads and Six Arms technique.

Enemy of the Cosmic Sea?
That's absurd. Why would our ancestor be afraid of this?
'tumultuous!'

The moment the Three Heads and Six Arms supernatural power was activated, Lu Jin's strength surged by two levels again, and the power of the secret technique entered the tenth level.

The Blood Sea Demon Sword, a supreme and powerful weapon, is enhanced with the second layer of three heads and six arms. Originally a top-tier sixth-order secret technique, "Return to the Void," it is now capable of unleashing the power of a top-tier ninth-order technique.

The gap between the top level of the ninth rank and the tenth rank is made up by life genes that are stronger than those of ordinary true gods.

Eight eras ago, his mastery of life genes had already reached 19999 times.

Eight eras have passed in the primordial universe, and eight hundred million years have passed within the Hall of Ascension.

Although his life gene attainment did not successfully reach the first level of the divine power route, which requires 30,000 times the life gene, it still reached 29999 times.

Its life genes are nearly three times that of an ordinary true god. With a divine power base that is nearly three times higher, it is naturally enough to make up for the gap between the top level of the ninth rank and the tenth rank.

"puff!"

The next moment, another black sword light suddenly appeared.

"boom--"

A sword beam of 100,000 miles descended, and under the violent roar and terrifying energy impact, the huge 13-tentacle octopus beast instantly disintegrated. Amidst the scattering of fragments of its treasured armor, the Golden Demon God, spitting out golden blood, was revealed, blasted into the shattered void.

"Tenth rank? That's impossible, you're just a universe master!"

The secret technique was shattered by a single sword strike, and even the 'Golden Emperor Beast' suffered some damage. The Golden Emperor Demon God couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

It should be noted that the 'Golden Beast' he was wearing, which combined armor and telekinetic weapon, was a top-grade supreme treasure, second only to the Supreme Treasure Armor in strength.

Even a ninth-tier True God, at most, could only surpass the Golden Emperor Beast's defensive limit, causing the original 100,000 times material damage reduction effect to be greatly reduced.

Only attacks of material strength reaching level ten can damage the Golden Beast; otherwise, even top-tier level nine attacks won't work.

At this moment, the Golden Demon God felt as if reality were an illusion.

The fact that the Lord of the Universe is comparable to a ninth-order True God is already outrageous enough, but I never expected that the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor would be a tenth-order Lord of the Universe!

It should be noted that there is not even a single tenth-order True God in the current cosmic sea.

'Um? '

Just as he was about to respond to the Golden Emperor Demon God with a sword beam that stretched for ten thousand miles, Lu Jin's expression froze slightly, and his movements slowed down.

However, it was an incarnation of a Blood God Child who was creating a new method within the Hall of Immortal Ascension, and he had made a new breakthrough.

The next moment, the secret technique changed, and Lu Jin unleashed the Blood Sea Demon Sword.

"puff!"

As endless black and white light burst forth, the laws of spacetime fusion rippled, and a million-mile-long sword rainbow interwoven with black and white suddenly appeared.

The black and white sword rainbows instantly traversed space and landed directly on the body of the Golden Radiance Demon God.

"boom--"

Amidst the deafening roar, the Golden Radiance Demon God, spitting out golden blood, was once again blasted away, and the supreme treasure, the Golden Radiance Beast, instantly disintegrated into countless fragments.

Even more deadly, under this terrifying material attack, the Golden Emperor Demon God felt his True God Heart tremble violently, and then cracks appeared.

(End of this chapter)